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Blood-Feud?

2017-09-07T03:23:52Z

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[[Category: Dean Ellis]][[Category:Scribe Notes]] [[Category:Grymeron]] [[Scribe_Notes#Winter 817 WK|Scribe Notes]]<div class="TOC">__TOC__</div>
== Summary ==
'''Adventure''': Blood-Feud? 
'''GM''': [[Dean Ellis]] 
'''Season''': [[Winter]] 817 wk 
'''Night''': Tuesday 
'''Location''': Chez Ellis 
'''Level''': High 
; Party
* [[Erzabet]] - Name - Julia
* [[Tari]] - Earth - Michelle
* [[Father Broc]] - Rune - Chris
* [[Mordrin]] - Fighter (Mil Sci) - Clare
* [[Cher|Lady Cher]] - Binder - Sean
* [[Shiana]] - Shaman of the Pheonix - Jacinta
* [[Caprice]] - Thaumaturgist - Kelsie

; Employer
: [[Albrecht of Grymeron]]
; Mission
: On [[Grymeron]], too many enemies are no longer fighting amongst themselves and are instead cooperating for some reason. This represents a great danger to the civilised Goblins and their way of life. 
* Primary - Investigate what's changed and why.
* Secondary - Assess how to fix the situation to return it to status quo of normal inter-racial warfare and non-cooperation.
* Tertiary - Fix the situation and return it to status quo 

Also identify which Allies would help the goblins should the situation deteriorate and how. List of Allies include;
* Vindikar
* other goblin tribes
* Camdindel
* Sarska?
* Mossiegong?
* others as yet unknown 

Enemies would include;
* Trolls
* Dragons
* anything bigger than the goblins (hopefully excluding the list of Allies above)
* Whoever or whatever is stirring up the cooperation amongst the goblin enemies
* undead and evil types
* unknown entities et al

== Scribe Notes ==
=== Session 1 - Guild meeting and initial travel ===
Meet, greet and introductions. It's a party of fearsome women and me their male companion - oh the hardship. Stock up on supplies (inc a quick visit to the coven at [[Slippery Rock]]), a review of previous Grymeron scribe notes ([[The Rainbow Gates]] in Winter (Thaw) 810WK & [[Shopping on Grymeron]] in Autumn 814WK) and then a nice night at the guild with naked dancing by Caprice. 

The next day we travel South down to [[Newhaven]] to reset the banishment locations and then travel East towards [[Camdindel|Camdindel's Home]] in the [[Superstition Mountains]], specifically on the [[River Rumble]]. 

There we are met by Lorto, we then meet Camdindel and Legion. We hold discussions and have a light repast. Camdindel's father (aka [[DoD|Dear old Dad]]) floats by as well. We are later joined by [[Maelstrom]] who has recently (just now) returned from [[Grymeron]] with some information which we listen to.

=== Session 2 - Camdindell's and more ===
The party plays some more with Maestrom's various forms and making pans to protect ourselves against possible adversaries, especially a Sarth Dragon. We leave after 2 days here during which time we make items and supplies we consider essential. See CD's time below. 

We depart via the [[Gate of Tears]] where we visit with the Vindikar and gain a small measure of knowledge around a possible intrusion of another hive mind type onto Grymeron. We attempt to localise where it may be originating from but fail. We stay the rest of the day and night there until we can use the Gate of Tears to return. I created Intra Planar Portal near the Gate of Tears portal and created an Interplanar Portal point near the Gate of Tears portal. 

Once back in the Vale of Tears we flew up to the Gryphon Pass area and landed just outside Darkwell village which we entered and prepared to enter another portal. Here I created an Interplanar portal point linked to Grymeron. Albrecht activated the fountain portal (aka Noble Gate) and we ported to Newhome on Grymeron. Once there we exited the complex and I created another Intraplanar portal point. We took flight across the lake to the E and headed from Gribbit â€“ the Imboo Goblin capital. Once we got closer to the City we were intercepted by the Goblin Air Corps who were flying on small dragon like creatures some 6 foot in length and escorted to the landing zone.

=== Session 3 - Gribbit and into the Haunted Forest ===
We didn't stay long in the city as after 1 night we'd managed to cause a social conniption with all the locals wanting to feast us. We plead the need for getting the mission done and left the city so that a single huge social occasion could occur in 2 days time. I create another Intraplanar portal point and test this back to Newhome. We leave the city taking the haunted gate through to the Haunted forest. 

We portal into the Haunted wood and establish that the point has moved somewhat (as is the nature of the wood) and so I sit down to create another Intraplanar portal point. Tari vanishes into a tree and has a very slow conversation with the wood which when she comes out, she tells us is one big tree, not individual trees. We move on looking for nothing in particular and travel between levels, assisted by Tari teasing out breaks in the levels. We establish that there are 5 levels to the woods and the haunted portal opens onto level 2. Under the portal point may be solid ground but no-one we know has ever seen it. The levels of darkness change as you ascend upwards from level 1 - which must be truly dark (if any light was there to contrast to) and increases to merely gloomy at the top level 5 before you break out above the woods. 

Anyway we travel along and find streams of water in the air passing through the trees with fish. We follow one of these, encounter electric eel type creatures, kill them and them see a much larger shark/killer whale come along and consume the dead eels in front of us - all of which is to the bemusement of a goblin who had been fishing when we came up out of the river. The goblin is xxx and he is a bit of a loner who has yet to gain recognition (and from there a wife perhaps) as yet. We get him to fearfully guide is to find a group of Dracoslurze which we entice in close and then kill with some excitement. 

We take a petrified Dracoslurze statue back to his camp so he can make up stories and us it to build his reputation and lure a woman in the future.

=== Session 4 - Ignorance abounds ===
We moved through the woods for the next day with no luck and the next day looked similar until at last we chanced upon a large lake we took to be that of [[Lake of Ignorance|ignorance]]. We started moving around the lake and a feeling of unease came upon us but without a specific source, so we warily moved on. We finally got to the home beside the lake which was just up from a beach on the lake-shore. We said hello to Keifer the keeper of the lake (Keifer is a pygmy forest troll) and started negotiations for potions. Me begged off to go do something in the back room while most of us split up to look at the lake, beach or gardens. 

I stayed behind inside as I was suspicious of something, and this suspicion was proved true when chanting started, a water elemental summoned and water started to fall. A fight ensued where we poured heinous damage into Keifer until he transformed into water and we offered him to surrender, which he did. 

We now spoke with him and he didn't remember why he attacked us but did complain of a hazy period of time over the last 3 weeks. He remembers that some goblins visited him 3 weeks ago and that he felt different after they left. We find the cause of this to be a small creature that invaded his ear and obviously had some control over him (which we suspect is part of the insidious hive mind) and caused him to act strangely. He can't remember which tribe of goblins they were and thinks the forest goblins they were, however I suspect the dark goblins. 

We do however find other useful information in that the lake of ignorance has two portals in it, one for the plane of water and another from the plane of death. The PoD one is possibly a leak of the [[River Lethe]] which explains the forgetfulness. The portal points move with the lake when it travels through the haunted woods. 

We now have suspicions and seek proof!

=== Session 5 - a party and then travel ===

We make ready to leave and once I've completed a portal point here in Keifers home we portal back to my portal in our rooms in Gribbit. The portal works just fine except the exit point in Gribbit has moved to a nearby Fountain which we all appear in. I do notice in the fountain that there are runes carved in there - I will investigate once I have time. 

We exit the fountain and go to our rooms as the party is only hours away. The ladies start primping and fluffing while I cogitate on what just happened. I decide to test the portal here and transit over to Newhome to the west and I find myself where i expected and so we portal back to the rooms. The rest of the day is spent dressing, cleansing and other ladylike pursuits while I merely comb, wash and change into my samite robes in order to be ready. 

The party is interesting and we meet a number of new goblins from far tribes as well as the goblin queen, Cecelia III. The party lasts and much dancing is done. In the morning we awake early and depart quickly as we've decided to head towards the Tower of Knowledge to further our knowledge. We portal as far south and east as we can and then travel up through the top level of the woods and start flying. We travel 600m before stopping for the night where we camp atop the canopy. 

The next day we fly all day and cover 600m to the Narrabi mountains where we camp in a cave. 

We travel another 2 hours and arrive around 9am at the Tower of Knowledge after 500m of travel 

=== Session 6 - at the Tower of Knowledge ===

We are all struck by the 'peace' field around the area and we all accept the peace bonding geas laid upon us which allows us to enter the area. We meet some officials who greet us and assign Byll, a goblin as our runner while we are here 'investigating'. We make an appointment to see the Dean of Entomology who receives us forthwith. We meet with 'Pharyn' and show him our little pet. He admits he won't be able to help us too much as while he can do the cross breeding he doesn't have access to the magic to meld the other aspects of the creature such as applying the tree nerves and the insect hive mind aspect. He does point us at the Dean of Ghosts who might know of melding or constructs. We leave and make an appointment to see Zandar the Dean of Ghosts in the evening. We depart and have an afternoon nap. 

Close to midnight we are led into the depths of the tower and enter the catacombs there until Byll is too scared to show us any further, at which point we move through the darkened caverns and make our way to the residence of the Dean of Ghosts. There we are greeted by Igor and led to his master Zandar who is a sentient greater undead Vampire. He appears to be a troll cross-breed with genetic defects including bulging eyes and a hunchback. He offers to helps us but it will take some time and suggests in the meantime that we utilise the library to investigate further. 

Some 8 days later we meet him again and he tells us the the creature was approximately 20-50th generation which puts its age at around 5-10 years which speaks of a long existing conspiracy to make them. Also the tree bits were cross bred in over generations rather than a single lucky one off fluke. The insect filaments are interesting and part wasp/bee like. The creature has a life span of 10's of months and has a regular reproductive cycle and are not asexual.

=== Session 7 - Things may not be as they seem! ===
We continue using our wide and varied skills to identify likely suspects who may have created the creatures and undertaken the magical transformation - and we get a list of 10 possibles. We also being smart adventurers not only look at what the information tells us using the data we have but also look to identify the data missing to see what's been tampered with, withheld or 'mislabelled' to get another set of data. Divinations and the like are so useful when cross-checking magical information you know! We identify that the tomes have been modified by a skilled user of High Magic as well as other skills. 

several days of curse removals are needed and another name comes up when do look at what's missing and its 'Skral the Mad'. We cross check this with other more esoteric sources of information and discover that he's known to be a hunchback, with strange eyes and a dark personality. We think who this could be and discover that the Master of Ghost Magic fits the bill exactly. Now we'd like to burst in an confront him but the peace bond geas prevents us from many things and would cause 'issues' for now and the future. So we plot. 

We decide to pretend to be following up another on the list who has departed the ToK as a red herring, so that we may travel away and get to the LoI and make potion to ignore the peace bond or such. We announce our intentions and leave, suspicious of occasional bats following us. Once far enough away we head north and take portals to the LoI. Once there some of us decide to pay a visit to Death while so close to a planar gate to death. Death was quite receptive to Caprice, Erzabet and I visiting and when we ask questions about Skral he informs us that he's one of three (according to his book of death) and we take this under advisement. We chat some more and then depart back to LoI. 

We illuminate the party upon our return and decide to take action if we can locate a Skral. A locate is cast and an arrow appears which points to the NE deeper into the woods and away from the ToK. We decide that this is an opportunity for us and we plan an assault on Skral's 'lair'?

=== Session 8 - We find the Cancer growing in the woods ===
We go down to the lowest level and test out light effects. We encounter light devouring sharks and can deal with these. We return and portal through to another location to identify a distance to target. We fly to the location (well 2 miles away) and Tari merges to gain information about our intended target. The woods consider itself healthy although there is a 'Ã§ancerous' location which is a mile across and completely occupies a complete level some 300ft in depth. We examine the borders and there's a 100ft air gap between the healthy area and the cancerous zone. There is more devouring sharks swimming in the 100ft area while at the bottom is a huge wall of thorns made of three layers of blood thorns, and more entwined with zombies. It looks a mite nasty with a number of heavy duty undead inside as well as being a place of power for an entity that's been here quite some time so we decide to gather allies and reinforcements before we attempt entry.

==== '''Cancerous Area''' ====
This is ovoid but sits on the ground level so the lowest area must be compressed or closer to the centre than the top would be.
* ''We never used overt observation devices such as COV, wizard eyes etc'' 
There appear to be 3 definable layers here;
Devouring sharks swimming in the area between healthy haunted wood and this growth. The sharks are attracted to light and 'consume' it when it sporadically appears on the vines as part of some magical feeding effect which keeps them there and in a constant state.
# Zombies holding traps entwined in thick vines (infused with?) are the outer layer
# The is then a gap area which has a maelstrom effect on it which has fast moving Greater Ghasts, Wraiths and possibly more â€“ around Â½ a dozen or so? A portal is open enabling the maelstrom effect? Unknown if the area is liquid or gaseous.
# Another 30/40 Wraiths and Ghasts in?
# In the middle is an area which has a structure there and a portal point there. There is a Vampire Lord (most likely Skral), 2 greater undead werewolves, greater spectre, greater ghost, 2 spectres. 

Any incursion to this area has to
# deal with the sharks
# get through the vines and whatever poisons they have on their sharp spines
# get through the trapped zombies layer in the vines
# enter and cope with the Maelstrom
# Deal with the unenhanced undead
# access the central area and the super undead there

=== Session 9 - A trip to Lake Rhinius ===
We take our knowledge and decide to find the third Skral if we can. We discuss things with Albrecht regarding getting help to deal with the cancer in the woods and make some plans. We then take a portal path (once I've created another portal point near a guardian) from the HW to Newhome and there portal to Alusia's Suarime village near Novadom and then fly west 150miles to Neptune's gate. There we meet with Neptune and give him a gift in the form of a unique aquatic parrot named Jet who can live underwater with him (with the aid of a perm effect water-breathing etc net) and he's pleased with this level of homage and allows us to pass through his gate. 

We portal through and arrive at the Lake Rhinius gate and its attendant complex behind the waterfall (carved here last by Tari during 'Shopping on Grymeron') and we note signs of having been used in recent days by Sarska. A look back in time reveals there were 4 sarksa here and they (well she does) notices the review in the past by Cher and tells him she's coming to see him soon. We also do a locate in an attempt to find another Skral and we note one is only 25 miles north of us on the shores of the Lake - which means he's around the centre of the lake. We go for a quick fly outside while it's dark and overfly an island hidden by obfuscation and illusionary terrain type magic. We don't get too close and return to the cavern to rest. Night passes. 

We sleep till 2pm and the 4 sarska arrive to talk, 1 female named Pryscilla and 3 make fighter/guard types. We relate our task and seek help. COV observations of the island reveal crystal spiders weaving huge columns including encased undead holding traps, a types of trolls (Blood and Ice) and others too, evidence of web-like defences deployed on and in the island area as well as the ruins of an old giant structure. The rest of the daylight passes and then we alight on of her enhanced bubble of forces and travel underground to the island. There we get close but can't get close enough to lower rooms to dock due to crystal in the earth and spider warrens. So we wall walk across to a lower room and have the sarska waiting there for us in case of need. I've detected 3 greater undead in the tower area and we're seeking to take over or deny access to the portal here to stop comms/reinforcements etc. We wait in the basement for the party to get together and then!

=== Session 10 ===

Some scrying is done, quaking and fear dispelled once we learn more about the denizens on the island and through the use of magic a plan is decided upon. A nearby Goblin is rigorously 'questioned' by the scary women in the party who reveals a nugget of information or two, which helps even more. We learn that the Sarth dragon is returning in 5 days and that the controlling creature who 'runs' the communication network is a hideously deformed entity. 

I create another portal and we travel back to the LoI and get more tailored potions made, one of which is ignore connections. 4 days later and armed with our potions and a plan we return to the lake to await the dragons return. We portal to the island and lurk in the depths of the basement until we note the dragon land above. The plan goes into effect and the potion laden maggot is added to the communication entity's food chain (which is a constant feeding tray - as it must be using up a lot of energy to 'communicate' across the plane) and the results happen quickly. The communication nets drops and the Sarth Dragon is very very very angry - even more so as a female dragon. Also the controls over the Giants drop and they start hurting each other along with many other creatures all over the place. Mayhem ensues with the Dragon Sonically bombing the island time after time and the undead start for the portal point down below which we already know of. We get there first and deploy in readiness for the Vampire lord, 2 Greater werewolves and two huge, orc-like hairy types. 

The enemy come to the doors and open them and we unleash holy attacks on them. The undead die in 2 pulses but we allow the hairy ones to live - for now.

=== Session 11 ===

== Creatures / Races that we encountered ==
=== Goblin tribes - encountered at the ball ===
* Graggi Goblin Tribe - Farmers from the south of Gribbit - @ 500 miles south.
* Elata Goblin Tribe - these live 3000m NW of Gribbit in dangerous lands. They like a dwarf-like existence, hiding from predators.
* Sutec Goblin Tribe - seafaring tribe
* Dragon Goblin tribe - noted beastmasters, magically adept more than normal
* Savage Goblin tribe - uncivilised with sharp teeth
* Valdagorian Goblin tribe - live nearest the Blood Trolls and Sarth dragons. They have undead/construct level helpers. KNown for magic use and they have creatures that live in/on them such as spiders or death beetles.
* Etolan Goblin tribe - battlers, akin to scottish highlanders
* Zorba Goblin tribe - armed and armoured knight types, usually mounted.
* Merithol Goblin tribe - 2-4ft, often misshapen and full of tales
* Norn Goblin tribe - Noble type goblins - more pretentious than usual.

== Major and Minor NPC's ==
* [[Camdindel]], Lorto, Legion, Maelstom and DoD.
* Boran the Mirobothal Goblin in the Haunted wood. He now has a petrified Dracoslurze statue in his garden.
* Keifer the Lake of Ignorance 'keeper'. He's a water mage of quite some talent. He also has magic from many other colleges due to people dropping off the odd bit of magic here and there.
* Cecelia II, the Queen of the Inboo.
* Ser Doran, a Graggi farmer of skill with mushrooms and worms.

== Locations we survived going to ==
* [[Camdindel]]'s tower

== Goods and services sourced ==
'''From Camdindell'''
* 5 potions of Bind Elements (rk6)
* 2 potions of remove curse
* 2 potions of true-form
* 1 potion of stone to flesh
'''Created while at Camdindell's'''
* 3 stat potions of +6AG for 6hrs
'''From the vindikar'''
* a dozen Naptha grenadoes
'''From the Dracosluze ambush'''
* 30 teeth
* x sizes of Dracoslurze leather from 6 Dracoslurze

== Rainbow or Mull Gates that we traversed ==

== Buffs & Mil Sci ==
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Please re-enter your buffs with rank 15 enhance duration added.*
=== Long Term (assumed always on) ===

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!class="mg" | Magic (caster)
!class="rk" | Rk
!class="ef" | Effects
!class="du" | Dur
!Title="Erzabet" | Er
!Title="Tari" | Ta
!Title="Father Broc" | Fb
!Title="Mordrin" | Mo
!Title="Cher" | Ch
!Title="Shiana" | Sh
!Title="Caprice" | Ca
|-
|class="mg" | Strength of Stone (Ta)
|class="rk" | 20
|class="ef" | +20EN or PS
|class="du"|
| 
| 
|  Y
| 
|  Y?
|  Y
|  EN
|-
|class="mg" |Primordial Armour (Sh)
|class="rk" | 15
|class="ef" | 100 Ablative Against Spell and Magical Damage
|class="du" | 31hrs* 8 targets
| 
| 
|  Y
| 
|  Y
|  Y
|  Y
|-
|class="mg" | Rune Shield (Fb)
|class="rk" | 20
|class="ef" | +25 def, 5 prot, 1 spec grev
|class="du" |
| 
| 
|  Y
| 
| 
| 
| 
|-
|class="mg" | Grace of Fire (Sh)
|class="rk" | 20
|class="ef" | +32 Def, +10 IV Half Poison Damage
|class="du" | 18hrs* 10 targets
| 
| 
| 
| 
|  Y
|  Y
|  Y
|-
|class="mg" | Disguise
|class="rk" |17
|class="ef" | High rank locate required
|class="du" | 33hr*
|  -
|  -
| 
|  -
|  -
|  -
| Y
|-
|class="mg" | TBA4
|class="rk" |
|class="ef" |
|class="du" |
| 
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| 
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|}

=== Short Term ===
{| class="buffs" |
!class="mg" | Magic (caster)
!class="rk" | Rk
!class="ef" | Effects
!class="du" | Dur
!Title="Erzabet" | Er
!Title="Tari" | Ta
!Title="Father Broc" | Fb
!Title="Mordrin" | Mo
!Title="Cher" | Ch
!Title="Sheana" | Sh
!Title="Caprice" | Ca
|-
|class="mg" | Weapon of Flames (Sh)
|class="rk" | 20
|class="ef" | +21 SC +7 Dam / +10 Dam Undead Cold or Water
|class="du" | 25 minutes 10 targets
| 
| 
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| 
| 
|-
|class="mg" | Smite (Fb)
|class="rk" | 20
|class="ef" | D+21 (if not resisted then thrown prone & stunned)
|class="du" |
| 
| 
|  Y
| 
|  Y
| 
| 
|-
|class="mg" | Truth
|class="rk" | 15
|class="ef" | PC + 30 chance of noticing deceptions
|class="du" | 5 hours (enhanced)
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
|-
|class="mg" | Pheonix Wing (Sh)
|class="rk" | 20
|class="ef" | Flight 50MPH
|class="du" | 10.5 hrs 10 targets
| 
| 
| 
| 
|  N
| 
| 
|-
|class="mg" | Wildfires (Sh)
|class="rk" | 12
|class="ef" | Running 44MPH
|class="du" | 4.5 hrs 7 targets
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|-
|class="mg" | Rune Healing (Sh)
|class="rk" | 16
|class="ef" | Heal 51, Cure Alicifications up to Healer Rank 6
|class="du" |
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|  Y
| 
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|class="mg" | 
|class="rk" |
|class="ef" |
|class="du" |
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===Tea's===
Lady Cher:
* +45% stealth for a duration of (combined Cook, Herbalist, and Alchemist skill) Hours.
* -5 off percentile die for a duration of (combined Cook, Herbalist, and Alchemist skill) x 10mins.
* +5 Ft (over personal & racial max) for a duration of (combined Cook, Herbalist, and Alchemist skill) Hours.

=== Watch Order ===
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=== Marching Order ===
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=== Plans ===

=== Nominations ===
In game nominations (to make Guild meeting recollections easier)

=== Treasure ===
Write details here for GM to note and complete;

# 3 potion of ignore blah each
# lightning ball each - chain/ball
# reusable trap each - ritually cast magic - fm goblins at gribbit
# 6 slivers of spell mana
# 2 charges of movement via bubble of force
# a deep pocket/scabbard thing each

--Shiana--
Ignore Death
Ignore Limitation
Ignore Consiquence

Deep Pocket of the Kitchen

Funky Item Idea

Bracer that allows the wearer to expend addition Magic Fatigue (Mana) to increase an effect. Effect to be decided before rolling. Side Effect of the wearer flaring and heating like (Fire/Sun)
Note: I cant double or triple damage anyway as part of my college, so this should over power. May need a clause limiting it to my use...

== Calendar ==
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! colspan=15 | '''Winter: [[Frost]] 817 (7)'''
|-
| class="calMoon" |
! colspan=2 | Moonday
! colspan=2 | Duesday
! colspan=2 | W'ansday
! colspan=2 | Th'rsday
! colspan=2 | Frysday
! colspan=2 | Reapsday
! colspan=2 | Sunday
|-
| class="calMoon" | [[Image:moon2.jpg]]
| class=day | || [[Samhain]] No tribute day
| class=day | 1 || Guild Meeting Seagate day organising (Inc Slippery Rock) and dancing that night
| class=day | 2 || Travel to Newhaven and Camdindel's. Spend the day and night potioning
| class=day | 3 || Travel through the Lake of Tears portal and spend day with Vindikar
| class=day | 4 || Return to Alusia and travel to Noble Gate and back to Newhome on Grymeron. Tvl to Gribbit.
| class=day | 5 || Depart Gribbit into the Haunted Wood. Ambush the Dracoslurze. Don't search for Lake of I.
| class=day | 6 || Don't search for Lake of I
|-
| class="calMoon" | [[Image:moon3.jpg]]
| class=day | 7 || Don't search for Lake of I and stumble across it.
| class=day | 8 ||
| class=day | 9 ||
| class=day | 10 ||
| class=day | 11 ||
| class=day | 12 ||
| class=day | 13 ||
|-
| class="calMoon" | [[Image:moon0.jpg]]
| class=day | 14 ||
| class=day | 15 ||
| class=day | 16 ||
| class=day | 17 ||
| class=day | 18 ||
| class=day | 19 ||
| class=day | 20 ||
|-
| class="calMoon" | [[Image:moon1.jpg]]
| class=day | 21 ||
| class=day | 22 ||
| class=day | 23 ||
| class=day | 24 ||
| class=day | 25 ||
| class=day | 26 ||
| class=day | 27 ||
|-
| class="calMoon" | [[Image:moon2.jpg]]
| class=day | 28 ||
| class=day | 29 ||
| class=day | 30 ||
| class=day | 1 ||
| class=day | 2 ||
| class=day | 3 ||
| class=day | 4 ||
|-
! colspan=15 | '''Winter: [[Snow]] 817 (8)'''
|-
| class="calMoon" | [[Image:moon3.jpg]]
| class=day | 5 ||
| class=day | 6 ||
| class=day | 7 ||
| class=day | 8 ||
| class=day | 9 ||
| class=day | 10 ||
| class=day | 11 ||
|-
| class="calMoon" | [[Image:moon0.jpg]]
| class=day | 12 ||
| class=day | 13 ||
| class=day | 14 ||
| class=day | 15 || Solstice
| class=day | 16 ||
| class=day | 17 ||
| class=day | 18 || Yuletide
|-
| class="calMoon" | [[Image:moon1.jpg]]
| class=day | 19 || Days of Chaos
| class=day | 20 ||
| class=day | 21 ||
| class=day | 22 ||
| class=day | 23 ||
| class=day | 24 ||
| class=day | 25 ||
|-
| class="calMoon" | [[Image:moon2.jpg]]
| class=day | 26 ||
| class=day | 27 ||
| class=day | 28 ||
| class=day | 29 ||
| class=day | 30 || Twelfth Night
| class=day | 1 ||
| class=day | 2 ||
|-
! colspan=15 | '''Winter: [[Ice]] 817 (9)'''
|-
| class="calMoon" | [[Image:moon3.jpg]]
| class=day | 3 ||
| class=day | 4 ||
| class=day | 5 ||
| class=day | 6 || First Plough
| class=day | 7 ||
| class=day | 8 ||
| class=day | 9 ||
|-
| class="calMoon" | [[Image:moon0.jpg]]
| class=day | 10 ||
| class=day | 11 ||
| class=day | 12 ||
| class=day | 13 ||
| class=day | 14 ||
| class=day | 15 ||
| class=day | 16 ||
|-
| class="calMoon" | [[Image:moon1.jpg]]
| class=day | 17 ||
| class=day | 18 ||
| class=day | 19 ||
| class=day | 20 ||
| class=day | 21 ||
| class=day | 22 ||
| class=day | 23 ||
|-
| class="calMoon" | [[Image:moon2.jpg]]
| class=day | 24 ||
| class=day | 25 ||
| class=day | 26 ||
| class=day | 27 ||
| class=day | 28 ||
| class=day | 29 ||
| class=day | 30 ||
|}

Blood-Feud?

2017-07-12T03:54:17Z

Jacinta: /* Long Term (assumed always on) */

Shiana

2017-06-28T01:24:32Z

Jacinta:

Shiana

Previsouly known as [[Shizane]] the fire mage
[[Category:Character]][[Category: Human]][[Category:Healer]][[Category:Jacinta Saggers]]

Jason Saggers

2017-06-28T01:23:43Z

Jacinta:

[[Category:Jason Saggers]][[Category:Jacinta Saggers]]
Just this person.

Has these characters

*[[Killramadrum Gillgiver]]
*[[Shiana]]
{{Stub}}

Jason Saggers

2017-06-28T01:23:05Z

Jacinta:

[[Category:Jason Saggers]][[Category:Jacinta Saggers]]
Just this person.

Has these characters

*[[Killramadrum Gillgiver]]
*[[Shizane]][[Shiana]]
{{Stub}}

Jason Saggers

2017-06-28T01:22:37Z

Jacinta:

[[Category:Jason Saggers][Category:Jacinta Saggers]
Just this person.

Has these characters

*[[Killramadrum Gillgiver]]
*[[Shizane][Shiana]]
{{Stub}}

Jason Saggers

2017-06-28T01:21:48Z

Jacinta:

[[Category:Jacinta Saggers]]
Just this person.

Has these characters

*[[Killramadrum Gillgiver]]
*[[Shizane]]
{{Stub}}

Blood-Feud?

2017-06-28T01:19:20Z

Jacinta: /* Long Term (assumed always on) */

Blood-Feud?

2017-06-18T12:34:43Z

Jacinta: /* Short Term */

Blood-Feud?

2017-06-18T12:33:55Z

Jacinta: /* Long Term (assumed always on) */

Blood-Feud?

2017-06-18T12:33:10Z

Jacinta: /* Summary */

Blood-Feud?

2017-06-18T12:32:25Z

Jacinta: /* Short Term */

Blood-Feud?

2017-06-18T03:29:50Z

Jacinta: /* Buffs & Mil Sci */

Shiana

2017-06-18T03:09:31Z

Jacinta: Created page with "Shiana Previsouly k now as Shizane"

Shiana

Previsouly k now as [[Shizane]]

Blood-Feud?

2017-06-18T03:08:14Z

Jacinta: /* Summary */

Vacancies

2017-01-07T07:59:57Z

Jacinta: /* Buffs */

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==Summary==
'''Adventure: Vacancies''' On Plane 
'''GM: Bernard''' 
'''Session: Summer 817''' 
'''Night: Tuesdays ''' 
'''Location: ''' Birdlands, Massey. 
'''Level: Medium/Independent''' 

'''Party:''' 
Expressions of interest only at this point. Will not be at guild meeting, will organise via E-mail 
Nothing too weird & no extreme abilities even if the rest of the character isn't powerful

* [[Aurora]] - ''[[User:Keith | Keith]]''
* [[Thorn]] -''[[User:Helen|Helen]]''
* [[Ben]] - ''[[User Ira | Ian A]]
* [[Grizelda]] - [[User:Jacqui | Jacqui]]
* [[Shizane]] - Jacinta

'''Employer:''' 
Initially Guild Security

'''Mission:''' 
Guild security have received a number of disturbing reports all arriving in the last day via magical means from people in Thonia & Azuria who have interacted with the guild in recent years. While none of them are directly requesting a guild party because of the reports from multiple sources Guild Security would like a party capable of operating on their own for considerable time to investigate this, and will provide an initial payment promise if the party is not able to secure more formal employment from any of the sources of information. 
Thonia is located about 2000 miles SSW of Seagate, on the NW Corner of the Southern Continent. Very little is known about it. 
[[Azuria]] is located just to it's east and is a fairly closed empire, known to be a strange mix of fantastical magic & a destitute lower class. 

'''Pay:''' 
Promise of 10,000sp each from Guild Security if no formal employment is achieved.
30 Arcane Points 

==Diary==
''Scribe will receive an EP bonus if the notes are up to date more than 24h before the next session, and the in game dates are correct.''

=== Initial Brief ===
From Malphazar:, an Azurian Trader: 
:To the esteemed folk of the Seagate Guild, whom one of my trading partners Thorn has waxed poetically about their great deeds in these lands before. Troubling news has come to me from my western factors telling me of a new plague, one of which magic seems at it's heart. They report of several villages found in the last few days where many of the villagers have been found sitting as if dead, but their heart still beats. As such a well known place of magical learning, I feel you should be informed of this so you may begin to formulate a counter agent to this terrible plague. 
From Shahed, a Thonian Trader: 
:To my friends at the guild. My tribal friends have been having losses in the east lately where they have sent the weaker families to be safe far away from the predations of the drakes of the mastiff. I would ask that from the kindness of your hearts you see fit to come speak to them and aid them in these troubles. 
From Shoja, a Thonian Shaman: 
:To the carriers of change on the winds, I send word of a fresh wind of change blowing, It comes from the hills, blowing along the river valleys and soon shall reach the sea. I see your carriers in visions here, to shape that change, to give it form and decision, for without that shape it is but a dread chaos that will consume all it comes across. 
:Should your carriers feel insufficient to this shaping, they may seek me out at the great lake for wisdom and blessings. 

=== Chapter One ===
''In which we fly to Thonia with Stops on the way''

I have to admit, I was rather curious when this adventure was announced. Guild Security had been receiving dire portents from [[Azuria]] and [[Thonia]] â€“ two places next to each other to the south that no one knew much about. Only one Guild party had been there as far as I knew.

One message mentioned plague, another mentioned losses of villages and the third, from the Shaman of Change, near the Great Lake, spoke about Great Portents. Whether or not they were speaking about the same thing, Guild Security had no idea, but they wanted us to go and check it out â€“ just in case. So that was why I found myself in a meeting room with Thorn, a rather shorter looking Grizelda, Ben Gaul, and a firemage called Shizane I had not met before. I think I know who I am going to be interviewing for the next edition of the Times.

Guild Security guaranteed a payment of 10,000sp each and were hoping we would find employment down there to fix up any problems. Azuria was said to have efreets and slums while Thonia had red dragons, deserts, and a large number of tribesmen. There were also places where the land had been â€˜compressedâ€™ and bent into other dimensions so taking items containing extra-dimensional spaces was not a good idea. Fortunately that didnâ€™t involve Thornâ€™s tower.

No one else wanted the scribe job, so I took it, and Thorn became both the party leader and military scientist. She them added a clause to the contract about â€˜no poisoning the waterâ€™ while Sau Rus added one about the needless harming of trolls i.e. - donâ€™t unless you have to. Since I feel the same way about seelie fae, I quite agreed.

Contracts and forms were signed then Guild Security â€˜leftâ€™ us to get on with it. I had several things to do, i.e. get a Greater. Lucius was not available this session so I decided to see if I could get one from Herkum, the Head of the Guild and the top E&E. To my surprise and delight, he was free and I got one. Maybe I should try interviewing him for the Times.

After the Greater (rank 15 all areas), followed by a quick stop at the Earth College to get a Lesser, I headed for the Library to find out what they had on our destination (sweet bugger all) and background checks on the rest of the party. This mostly concerned off perusing scribe notes and discovering that much information on Shizane had been lost in the fire, several years ago. Must fix that. Following that, I checked in with the [[Sorceress in Silver]] (the Head of the Air College) to let her know where I was going and whether she had any special instructions for me. Her response was for me to be careful, not do anything silly and to bring her back a collection of feathers.

Finally, I went to visit my best friend Aaron, who had a gift for me â€“ a new masterwork longbow (+2TH, +1D) and ended up spending the night.

'''2nd Meadow 817''' 
Met up with the others in the field near the Air College and summoned a cloud to take us south. It was clear skies all the way and we could see the lights of cities on the northern coast of [[Palestrinia]] sometime after midnight. Touchdown was a few hours before dawn and our landing spot was slightly inland.

'''3rd Meadow''' 
By dawn, we had a space cleared for Thornâ€™s Tower to be enlarged and we settled down to rest and have a decent meal. A bit later on, the border patrol arrived and we ended up paying 100sp entry tax. If we wanted to trade, we needed to talk to the market master. I asked about trade with Azura and Thonia and they suggested we talk to the harbour masters at the cities of Taranto and Salerno.

'''5th Meadow''' 
The next hop took us two days and I was trying to navigate by following the coast The plan was to follow the coast then fly down over the Fagomu Gap between two of the large islands, then make a stop at the southern point before the cloud ran out. I thought I had landed in the right place but it was soon discovered that we had gone off course a bit and had touched down in a rocky area that had an acid and brimstone scent. I think Iâ€™d better get hold of a sextant and a good time piece set to Seagate Standard Time.

Grizelda, in bear form, summoned a bear spirit in order to find out where we were and what we hand landed on but what she got was â€œAll who live here are bloody â€“ let some blood out and seeâ€. Had we parked on a Hellmouth i.e. near a portal to the Hells? I then had to put Grizelda to sleep with Knockout Gas as she got possessed by the spirit and started to wander off into a deep ravine.

Shizane then summoned a fire elemental who said there were lots of cousins living around here., some of them that looked like smokey worms. We decided to leave before something around here decided we were edible â€“ certainly there didnâ€™t seem to be much to eat around here. So, flying spells were used to do due south towards Thonia, finally landing on a sandy beach.

=== Chapter Two ===
''C-c-c-c-c-changes''

It was dusk by the time we landed on the coast of Thonia and night passed uneventfully. All we heard was the sounds of the surf lulling us to sleep.

'''6th Meadow''' 
To get to the Shaman at the Lake, all we need to do was to follow the river but that was when the argument started, running with fire or flying with wings. Wings won, especially when it was pointed out we had to cross the lake. So .... off we went Two thirds across the lake we detected the edge of a high mana zone which we we were flying into. Grizelda didnâ€™t like the idea of that, especially since it wasnâ€™t there last time she was here, so she turned around in an attempt to go around it while the rest of the party kept going. While grumbling, I changed course to round up my errant flier while the rest of the party continued on. Once Grizelda had been convinced that it was too big to go around, and that we were going to have to enter it to get to where we needed to go. Nothing bad happened and we finally found the shaman camp on the southern shore, located at the centre of the HMZ

The enclosure contained roughly 1000 people, and â€˜far too many birdsâ€™ according to some. At least half the people were shamans or their apprentices and all those birds were required for reading entrails. By the time Grizelda and I touched down, the others were talking to an old shaman with twiny carved patterns on his staff. This was Shoja â€“ the Shaman of Change.

We spoke about spell differences between our style of magics and theirs. Ourâ€™s was more personal wheras their spells affected many at once. He then told us he wanted us to investigate the Winds of Change to the east and ensure that the change goes in the favour of the tribe. I told him about the other messages we had received and we were coming to the conclusion that they may be referring to the same event.

We spent the afternoon being entertained by the junior shamen finding out about their culture and learning how they do things. That night, we were all invited to sleep in one tent that was surrounded by runes. We were supposed to sleep while rituals were done to alter our spells to be more co-operative with each other.

'''7th Meadow''' 
The next day, other possible changes were discussed. I think Shizane got one, and when I started talking about my .... lack of self esteem problem ... the shaman got all enthusiastic. I think I got hexed before I had a chance to say I wanted to sort it out on my own efforts. Still ... nothing seemed to happen â€“ hopefully.

He also knew that the merchant to the west Shahed, was close by with a herd of caliphants , a cross between a camel and an oliphant â€“ an enormous elephant. So, after a five mile fire run we found his camp and looming over that, nearly half a dozen caliphants. So I fluttered up to get a closer look at one and promptly got splattered by a giant â€˜spitballâ€™. Once we found Shahed, he told us that the local tribesfolk, the Hawk Tribe, had gone east and were scattered by a flight of red dragons from the south-west. The people had been scattered and some of them had been lost â€“ even groups of twenty. He wanted us to investigate and had a rather heavy sack containing various valuable metals as payment. So we agreed to investigate.

=== Chapter Three ===
''Revelations, Robbers and Revolting Worms''

When we got back, Shoja took me aside and said he had tried something on me but nothing seemed to happen. He asked me some questions, then, based on my answers , he came to the conclusion that there was a conflict between my body and my spirit. It seems my spirit is more halfling than elf. So, was I meant to be a halfling? Certainly something to think about I suppose.

After some discussion it decided we were going to Azuria to find the villages of paralysed people. More 'discussion' later and we came to the conclusion that cloud flying was the safest way to travel for not running into dimensional folds. Basically the faster one is going when encountering the fold, the bigger the resulting mess. Also, to get to Azuria, we had to pass over a mountain range. It took us all the rest of the day to get to the base of the mountains.

There were three primary routes through the mountains. Near one, we found a cave to rest for the night.

'''8th Meadow''' 
The night passed without incident but, while preparing to leave, we discovered that we were short the gems that we got off Shoja. None of us on watch had seen anything and a search of the cave revealed no secret entrances. We did, however, detect three areas of magic on the walls. Nature of Magic: Shaping. College: No answer. The conclusion we came to was gnome earth mages with earth elementals.

There wasn't much we could do about it so we made our preparations to depart. It was midday by the time we were organised and it took the rest of the day to fly over the mountains. By nightfall, we had reached a flat scrubby area that was ten miles from the coast. The tower was set up and we settled down for the night.

I was on watch, in my usual spot on top of the tower that night when suddenly, the whole thing shook. After rolling across the deck I tried to take off and managed to get airborne after clipping the palasade. From there, I could see a large disturbance in the ground that was heading for the tower so I tried attacking it with thunderclaps in the hope of driving whatever it was away. Turned out to be one of those giant worms that we were told about. Meanwhile Thorn was detecting gnomish minds in a cavern underground that were controlling the worm - and we had no way of fighting back. So, it was decided to get everyone else out of the tower, collapse it, then get off this plain and onto something a bit more solid.

I was trying to distract it away from the others with Ball Lightning while they did that and got shot at by a salamander. Turned out to be one of Shizane's but was being rather indiscriminate. Fortunately no one else was hurt badly as Thorn finally collapsed the tower and they legged it for a nearby rocky outcrop.

=== People ===
* Shoja: Shoja is an older shaman of the Thonian desert tribesman. He is not affiliated with any specific tribe and appears to act as an Agent of the Great Spirit of Change. He has bestowed 'gifts' upon Guild Members before, though gifts from the spirit of change seem to come with a cost in a different area as well.
* Shahed: Shahed is a Trader who operates the inland routes of Thonia. He owns a small number of Calephants, a fantastical combination of a large elephant and a camel that is an ideal massive beast of burden for deserts. It is likely he is a Hedge mage with a little skill in illusions.
* Malphazar the Flowing: Malphazar is a Trader/Mage from Azuria who has had interactions with Seagate traders while working out of [[Dimazcus]]. It is rumoured when trading inside Azuria he uses a cloud ship to move his cargo, and he is highly suspected to be an Air Mage.

==Mil Sci==
''Mil Sci will receive an EP bonus for ensuring Combats run smoothly and quickly''
===Daily Pattern===
*Sleep/Camp 12 Hours (6/6 & 6/3/3hrs)
*Travel 9 Hours
*Meals 2 Hours
*Rituals 1 Hours
====Travel Magics====
Caster & Spell
* Total speed:
* Duration:
* Ft cost per duration:
* Effective travel distance:

Aurora - Flying
* Total speed: 50mph
* Duration: 630mins or 10.5 hrs
* Special knowledge spell (2FT)
* Effective travel distance: 525 miles

Thorn - Wings of the phoenix. 
* Total speed:40 mph
* Duration:330 mins or 5.5 hrs
* specialknowlege spell
* Effective travel distance: 220 miles

Shizane - Wings of the phoenix. 
* Total speed:44 mph
* Duration:450 mins or 6.5 hrs
* specialknowlege spell
* Effective travel distance: 330 miles

Ben - Wildfires. 
* Total speed:50 mph
* Duration:320 mins or 5.33 hrs
* specialknowlege spell
* Effective travel distance: 260 miles

Shizane- Wildfires. 
* Total speed:44 mph
* Duration:260 mins or 4.33 hrs
* specialknowlege spell
* Effective travel distance: 191 miles

Ben - Wings. 
* Total speed:39 mph
* Duration:300 mins or 5 hrs
* specialknowlege spell
* Effective travel distance: 195 miles

Shizane - Efreet. 
* Total speed:60 mph
* Duration:24 hrs
* specialknowlege spell
* Effective travel distance: 1440 miles

===Watch Order===
1st Ben 1st Grizelda. 
2nd Thorn 2nd Shizane 
2nd cont. 3rd Aurora 

===Marching Order===

Main body front: Ben & Grizelda 
Main body rear: Aurora & Shizane 
Tail Guard: Thorn 

'''Formations''' 
Single file: Ben, Grizelda, Aurora, Shizane, Thorn. 
Line Abreast: Ben, Aurora, Thorn, Shizane, Grizelda. 
Two lines abreast: line 1- Ben, Thorn, Grizelda. Line 2- Aurora, Shizane 

===Buffs===
Buffs listed in the table don't need to be detailed, other buffs not on the table must be mentioned at the time they are cast. 
Y means always on, N/- means never on, 'Sit.' means when the party has time for buffs before a fight. 
Weapon Spells which weapon/s it is going on normally should be noted also. 
 
General notes. 

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Long Duration Buffs
{| class="buffs" |
!class="mg" | Magic
!class="rk" | Rk
!class="ef" | Effects
!class="du" | Dur
!Title="A" | Thorn
!Title="B" | Ben
!Title="C" | Grizelda
!Title="D" | Shizane
!Title="E" | Aurora
!Title="F" | F
|-
|class="mg" | Mind shield (Th)
|class="rk"| 12
|class="ef" | +34 MR vs mental attack, no mind reading
|class="du" | 25 hrs
|  Y
|  Y
|  Y
|  Y
|  Y
|  -
|-
|class="mg" | Primordial Armour (Sz)
|class="rk"| 15
|class="ef" | 80 Point Spell Protection
|class="du" | 16 hrs
|  Y
|  Y
|  Y
|  Y
|  Y
|  -
|-
|class="mg" | Shadow Form (ben)
|class="rk"| 19
|class="ef" | 40 defense
|class="du" | 10 hours
|  Y
|  Y
|  Y
|  Y
|  Y
|  -
|-
|class="mg" | Resist Cold (Au)
|class="rk"| 6
|class="ef" | 2 less gold damage, 2 gauge up
|class="du" | 7 hours
|  -
|  -
|  Y
|  Y
|  Y
|  -
|-
|class="mg" | Witchsight
|class="rk"| 9
|class="ef" | -
|class="du" | 5 hours
|  Night
| 
|  Night
|  Night
|  Night
|  -
|-
|class="mg" | Rune Shield (Gz)
|class="rk"| 12
|class="ef" | +17 DEF, 3 EN, 3 FT armour, and absorbs 1 spec grev
|class="du" | 13 hrs
|  Y
|  Y
|  Y
|  Y
|  Y
|  -
|-
|class="mg" | Willow Healing (Gz)
|class="rk"| 8
|class="ef" | Heals 3 EN/pulse for 10 pulses
|class="du" | 16 hrs
|  Y
|  Y
|  Y
|  Y
|  Y
| 
|-
|class="mg" | Smite (Gz)
|class="rk"| 12
|class="ef" | 8 charges of maximum damage
|class="du" | 13 hrs
|  Y
|  Y
|  Y
|  Y
|  Y
| 
|-
|class="mg" | Immolation (Grace of Fire?) (BG)
|class="rk"| 14
|class="ef" | 23 Defense IV 7
|class="du" | 7.5hrs
|  Y
|  Y
|  Y
|  Y
|  Y
|  -
|-
|class="mg" |
|class="rk"|
|class="ef" |
|class="du" |
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
|-
|}
Short Duration Buffs
{| class="buffs" |
!class="mg" | Magic
!class="rk" | Rk
!class="ef" | Effects
!class="du" | Dur
!Title="A" | Thorn
!Title="B" | Ben
!Title="C" | Grizelda
!Title="D" | Shizane
!Title="E" | Aurora
!Title="F" | F
|-
|class="mg" | Mind speech (Th)
|class="rk"| 9
|class="ef" | 300ft mind to mind talking
|class="du" | 100 mins
|  Sit
|  -
|  -
|  -
|  Sit
|  -
|-
|class="mg" | Force Shield (Th)
|class="rk"| 16
|class="ef" | 21 to defence
|class="du" | 170 mins
|  Sit
|  -
|  -
|  -
|  -
|  -
|-
|class="mg" | Weapon of Flames (Sz)
|class="rk"| 20
|class="ef" | +21 SC +10 Dam / +20 Damage Undead/Cold/Water
|class="du" | 25 minutes
|  -
|  -
|  -
|  Y
|  SS/Mg
|  -
|-
|class="mg" | Strength of Darkness
|class="rk"| 9
|class="ef" | 6 strength
|class="du" | 100 minutes
|  -
|  -
|  -
|  -
|  Sit
|  -
|-
|class="mg" | Feather Falling (Au)
|class="rk"| 10
|class="ef" | Fall slowly
|class="du" | 330min
|  -
|  -
|  -
|  -
|  Y
|  -
|-
|class="mg" | Arrow Flight (Au)
|class="rk"| 8
|class="ef" | +9 SC +3 D
|class="du" | 180 min
|  -
|  -
|  -
|  -
|  Y
|  -
|-
|class="mg" | Vapour Breathing (Au)
|class="rk"| 6
|class="ef" | -
|class="du" | 210 mins
|  Y
|  Y
|  Y
|  Y
|  Y
|  -
|-
|}

===Map===

==Loot==
===SP===
===Items===
===Gifts===

==Calendar==

Vacancies

2017-01-07T07:58:54Z

Jacinta: /* Travel Magics */

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==Summary==
'''Adventure: Vacancies''' On Plane 
'''GM: Bernard''' 
'''Session: Summer 817''' 
'''Night: Tuesdays ''' 
'''Location: ''' Birdlands, Massey. 
'''Level: Medium/Independent''' 

'''Party:''' 
Expressions of interest only at this point. Will not be at guild meeting, will organise via E-mail 
Nothing too weird & no extreme abilities even if the rest of the character isn't powerful

* [[Aurora]] - ''[[User:Keith | Keith]]''
* [[Thorn]] -''[[User:Helen|Helen]]''
* [[Ben]] - ''[[User Ira | Ian A]]
* [[Grizelda]] - [[User:Jacqui | Jacqui]]
* [[Shizane]] - Jacinta

'''Employer:''' 
Initially Guild Security

'''Mission:''' 
Guild security have received a number of disturbing reports all arriving in the last day via magical means from people in Thonia & Azuria who have interacted with the guild in recent years. While none of them are directly requesting a guild party because of the reports from multiple sources Guild Security would like a party capable of operating on their own for considerable time to investigate this, and will provide an initial payment promise if the party is not able to secure more formal employment from any of the sources of information. 
Thonia is located about 2000 miles SSW of Seagate, on the NW Corner of the Southern Continent. Very little is known about it. 
[[Azuria]] is located just to it's east and is a fairly closed empire, known to be a strange mix of fantastical magic & a destitute lower class. 

'''Pay:''' 
Promise of 10,000sp each from Guild Security if no formal employment is achieved.
30 Arcane Points 

==Diary==
''Scribe will receive an EP bonus if the notes are up to date more than 24h before the next session, and the in game dates are correct.''

=== Initial Brief ===
From Malphazar:, an Azurian Trader: 
:To the esteemed folk of the Seagate Guild, whom one of my trading partners Thorn has waxed poetically about their great deeds in these lands before. Troubling news has come to me from my western factors telling me of a new plague, one of which magic seems at it's heart. They report of several villages found in the last few days where many of the villagers have been found sitting as if dead, but their heart still beats. As such a well known place of magical learning, I feel you should be informed of this so you may begin to formulate a counter agent to this terrible plague. 
From Shahed, a Thonian Trader: 
:To my friends at the guild. My tribal friends have been having losses in the east lately where they have sent the weaker families to be safe far away from the predations of the drakes of the mastiff. I would ask that from the kindness of your hearts you see fit to come speak to them and aid them in these troubles. 
From Shoja, a Thonian Shaman: 
:To the carriers of change on the winds, I send word of a fresh wind of change blowing, It comes from the hills, blowing along the river valleys and soon shall reach the sea. I see your carriers in visions here, to shape that change, to give it form and decision, for without that shape it is but a dread chaos that will consume all it comes across. 
:Should your carriers feel insufficient to this shaping, they may seek me out at the great lake for wisdom and blessings. 

=== Chapter One ===
''In which we fly to Thonia with Stops on the way''

I have to admit, I was rather curious when this adventure was announced. Guild Security had been receiving dire portents from [[Azuria]] and [[Thonia]] â€“ two places next to each other to the south that no one knew much about. Only one Guild party had been there as far as I knew.

One message mentioned plague, another mentioned losses of villages and the third, from the Shaman of Change, near the Great Lake, spoke about Great Portents. Whether or not they were speaking about the same thing, Guild Security had no idea, but they wanted us to go and check it out â€“ just in case. So that was why I found myself in a meeting room with Thorn, a rather shorter looking Grizelda, Ben Gaul, and a firemage called Shizane I had not met before. I think I know who I am going to be interviewing for the next edition of the Times.

Guild Security guaranteed a payment of 10,000sp each and were hoping we would find employment down there to fix up any problems. Azuria was said to have efreets and slums while Thonia had red dragons, deserts, and a large number of tribesmen. There were also places where the land had been â€˜compressedâ€™ and bent into other dimensions so taking items containing extra-dimensional spaces was not a good idea. Fortunately that didnâ€™t involve Thornâ€™s tower.

No one else wanted the scribe job, so I took it, and Thorn became both the party leader and military scientist. She them added a clause to the contract about â€˜no poisoning the waterâ€™ while Sau Rus added one about the needless harming of trolls i.e. - donâ€™t unless you have to. Since I feel the same way about seelie fae, I quite agreed.

Contracts and forms were signed then Guild Security â€˜leftâ€™ us to get on with it. I had several things to do, i.e. get a Greater. Lucius was not available this session so I decided to see if I could get one from Herkum, the Head of the Guild and the top E&E. To my surprise and delight, he was free and I got one. Maybe I should try interviewing him for the Times.

After the Greater (rank 15 all areas), followed by a quick stop at the Earth College to get a Lesser, I headed for the Library to find out what they had on our destination (sweet bugger all) and background checks on the rest of the party. This mostly concerned off perusing scribe notes and discovering that much information on Shizane had been lost in the fire, several years ago. Must fix that. Following that, I checked in with the [[Sorceress in Silver]] (the Head of the Air College) to let her know where I was going and whether she had any special instructions for me. Her response was for me to be careful, not do anything silly and to bring her back a collection of feathers.

Finally, I went to visit my best friend Aaron, who had a gift for me â€“ a new masterwork longbow (+2TH, +1D) and ended up spending the night.

'''2nd Meadow 817''' 
Met up with the others in the field near the Air College and summoned a cloud to take us south. It was clear skies all the way and we could see the lights of cities on the northern coast of [[Palestrinia]] sometime after midnight. Touchdown was a few hours before dawn and our landing spot was slightly inland.

'''3rd Meadow''' 
By dawn, we had a space cleared for Thornâ€™s Tower to be enlarged and we settled down to rest and have a decent meal. A bit later on, the border patrol arrived and we ended up paying 100sp entry tax. If we wanted to trade, we needed to talk to the market master. I asked about trade with Azura and Thonia and they suggested we talk to the harbour masters at the cities of Taranto and Salerno.

'''5th Meadow''' 
The next hop took us two days and I was trying to navigate by following the coast The plan was to follow the coast then fly down over the Fagomu Gap between two of the large islands, then make a stop at the southern point before the cloud ran out. I thought I had landed in the right place but it was soon discovered that we had gone off course a bit and had touched down in a rocky area that had an acid and brimstone scent. I think Iâ€™d better get hold of a sextant and a good time piece set to Seagate Standard Time.

Grizelda, in bear form, summoned a bear spirit in order to find out where we were and what we hand landed on but what she got was â€œAll who live here are bloody â€“ let some blood out and seeâ€. Had we parked on a Hellmouth i.e. near a portal to the Hells? I then had to put Grizelda to sleep with Knockout Gas as she got possessed by the spirit and started to wander off into a deep ravine.

Shizane then summoned a fire elemental who said there were lots of cousins living around here., some of them that looked like smokey worms. We decided to leave before something around here decided we were edible â€“ certainly there didnâ€™t seem to be much to eat around here. So, flying spells were used to do due south towards Thonia, finally landing on a sandy beach.

=== Chapter Two ===
''C-c-c-c-c-changes''

It was dusk by the time we landed on the coast of Thonia and night passed uneventfully. All we heard was the sounds of the surf lulling us to sleep.

'''6th Meadow''' 
To get to the Shaman at the Lake, all we need to do was to follow the river but that was when the argument started, running with fire or flying with wings. Wings won, especially when it was pointed out we had to cross the lake. So .... off we went Two thirds across the lake we detected the edge of a high mana zone which we we were flying into. Grizelda didnâ€™t like the idea of that, especially since it wasnâ€™t there last time she was here, so she turned around in an attempt to go around it while the rest of the party kept going. While grumbling, I changed course to round up my errant flier while the rest of the party continued on. Once Grizelda had been convinced that it was too big to go around, and that we were going to have to enter it to get to where we needed to go. Nothing bad happened and we finally found the shaman camp on the southern shore, located at the centre of the HMZ

The enclosure contained roughly 1000 people, and â€˜far too many birdsâ€™ according to some. At least half the people were shamans or their apprentices and all those birds were required for reading entrails. By the time Grizelda and I touched down, the others were talking to an old shaman with twiny carved patterns on his staff. This was Shoja â€“ the Shaman of Change.

We spoke about spell differences between our style of magics and theirs. Ourâ€™s was more personal wheras their spells affected many at once. He then told us he wanted us to investigate the Winds of Change to the east and ensure that the change goes in the favour of the tribe. I told him about the other messages we had received and we were coming to the conclusion that they may be referring to the same event.

We spent the afternoon being entertained by the junior shamen finding out about their culture and learning how they do things. That night, we were all invited to sleep in one tent that was surrounded by runes. We were supposed to sleep while rituals were done to alter our spells to be more co-operative with each other.

'''7th Meadow''' 
The next day, other possible changes were discussed. I think Shizane got one, and when I started talking about my .... lack of self esteem problem ... the shaman got all enthusiastic. I think I got hexed before I had a chance to say I wanted to sort it out on my own efforts. Still ... nothing seemed to happen â€“ hopefully.

He also knew that the merchant to the west Shahed, was close by with a herd of caliphants , a cross between a camel and an oliphant â€“ an enormous elephant. So, after a five mile fire run we found his camp and looming over that, nearly half a dozen caliphants. So I fluttered up to get a closer look at one and promptly got splattered by a giant â€˜spitballâ€™. Once we found Shahed, he told us that the local tribesfolk, the Hawk Tribe, had gone east and were scattered by a flight of red dragons from the south-west. The people had been scattered and some of them had been lost â€“ even groups of twenty. He wanted us to investigate and had a rather heavy sack containing various valuable metals as payment. So we agreed to investigate.

=== Chapter Three ===
''Revelations, Robbers and Revolting Worms''

When we got back, Shoja took me aside and said he had tried something on me but nothing seemed to happen. He asked me some questions, then, based on my answers , he came to the conclusion that there was a conflict between my body and my spirit. It seems my spirit is more halfling than elf. So, was I meant to be a halfling? Certainly something to think about I suppose.

After some discussion it decided we were going to Azuria to find the villages of paralysed people. More 'discussion' later and we came to the conclusion that cloud flying was the safest way to travel for not running into dimensional folds. Basically the faster one is going when encountering the fold, the bigger the resulting mess. Also, to get to Azuria, we had to pass over a mountain range. It took us all the rest of the day to get to the base of the mountains.

There were three primary routes through the mountains. Near one, we found a cave to rest for the night.

'''8th Meadow''' 
The night passed without incident but, while preparing to leave, we discovered that we were short the gems that we got off Shoja. None of us on watch had seen anything and a search of the cave revealed no secret entrances. We did, however, detect three areas of magic on the walls. Nature of Magic: Shaping. College: No answer. The conclusion we came to was gnome earth mages with earth elementals.

There wasn't much we could do about it so we made our preparations to depart. It was midday by the time we were organised and it took the rest of the day to fly over the mountains. By nightfall, we had reached a flat scrubby area that was ten miles from the coast. The tower was set up and we settled down for the night.

I was on watch, in my usual spot on top of the tower that night when suddenly, the whole thing shook. After rolling across the deck I tried to take off and managed to get airborne after clipping the palasade. From there, I could see a large disturbance in the ground that was heading for the tower so I tried attacking it with thunderclaps in the hope of driving whatever it was away. Turned out to be one of those giant worms that we were told about. Meanwhile Thorn was detecting gnomish minds in a cavern underground that were controlling the worm - and we had no way of fighting back. So, it was decided to get everyone else out of the tower, collapse it, then get off this plain and onto something a bit more solid.

I was trying to distract it away from the others with Ball Lightning while they did that and got shot at by a salamander. Turned out to be one of Shizane's but was being rather indiscriminate. Fortunately no one else was hurt badly as Thorn finally collapsed the tower and they legged it for a nearby rocky outcrop.

=== People ===
* Shoja: Shoja is an older shaman of the Thonian desert tribesman. He is not affiliated with any specific tribe and appears to act as an Agent of the Great Spirit of Change. He has bestowed 'gifts' upon Guild Members before, though gifts from the spirit of change seem to come with a cost in a different area as well.
* Shahed: Shahed is a Trader who operates the inland routes of Thonia. He owns a small number of Calephants, a fantastical combination of a large elephant and a camel that is an ideal massive beast of burden for deserts. It is likely he is a Hedge mage with a little skill in illusions.
* Malphazar the Flowing: Malphazar is a Trader/Mage from Azuria who has had interactions with Seagate traders while working out of [[Dimazcus]]. It is rumoured when trading inside Azuria he uses a cloud ship to move his cargo, and he is highly suspected to be an Air Mage.

==Mil Sci==
''Mil Sci will receive an EP bonus for ensuring Combats run smoothly and quickly''
===Daily Pattern===
*Sleep/Camp 12 Hours (6/6 & 6/3/3hrs)
*Travel 9 Hours
*Meals 2 Hours
*Rituals 1 Hours
====Travel Magics====
Caster & Spell
* Total speed:
* Duration:
* Ft cost per duration:
* Effective travel distance:

Aurora - Flying
* Total speed: 50mph
* Duration: 630mins or 10.5 hrs
* Special knowledge spell (2FT)
* Effective travel distance: 525 miles

Thorn - Wings of the phoenix. 
* Total speed:40 mph
* Duration:330 mins or 5.5 hrs
* specialknowlege spell
* Effective travel distance: 220 miles

Shizane - Wings of the phoenix. 
* Total speed:44 mph
* Duration:450 mins or 6.5 hrs
* specialknowlege spell
* Effective travel distance: 330 miles

Ben - Wildfires. 
* Total speed:50 mph
* Duration:320 mins or 5.33 hrs
* specialknowlege spell
* Effective travel distance: 260 miles

Shizane- Wildfires. 
* Total speed:44 mph
* Duration:260 mins or 4.33 hrs
* specialknowlege spell
* Effective travel distance: 191 miles

Ben - Wings. 
* Total speed:39 mph
* Duration:300 mins or 5 hrs
* specialknowlege spell
* Effective travel distance: 195 miles

Shizane - Efreet. 
* Total speed:60 mph
* Duration:24 hrs
* specialknowlege spell
* Effective travel distance: 1440 miles

===Watch Order===
1st Ben 1st Grizelda. 
2nd Thorn 2nd Shizane 
2nd cont. 3rd Aurora 

===Marching Order===

Main body front: Ben & Grizelda 
Main body rear: Aurora & Shizane 
Tail Guard: Thorn 

'''Formations''' 
Single file: Ben, Grizelda, Aurora, Shizane, Thorn. 
Line Abreast: Ben, Aurora, Thorn, Shizane, Grizelda. 
Two lines abreast: line 1- Ben, Thorn, Grizelda. Line 2- Aurora, Shizane 

===Buffs===
Buffs listed in the table don't need to be detailed, other buffs not on the table must be mentioned at the time they are cast. 
Y means always on, N/- means never on, 'Sit.' means when the party has time for buffs before a fight. 
Weapon Spells which weapon/s it is going on normally should be noted also. 
 
General notes. 

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Long Duration Buffs
{| class="buffs" |
!class="mg" | Magic
!class="rk" | Rk
!class="ef" | Effects
!class="du" | Dur
!Title="A" | Thorn
!Title="B" | Ben
!Title="C" | Grizelda
!Title="D" | Shizane
!Title="E" | Aurora
!Title="F" | F
|-
|class="mg" | Mind shield (Th)
|class="rk"| 12
|class="ef" | +34 MR vs mental attack, no mind reading
|class="du" | 25 hrs
|  Y
|  Y
|  Y
|  Y
|  Y
|  -
|-
|class="mg" | Primordial Armour
|class="rk"| 15
|class="ef" | 80 Point Spell Protection
|class="du" | 16 hrs
|  Y
|  Y
|  Y
|  Y
|  Y
|  -
|-
|class="mg" | Shadow Form
|class="rk"| 19
|class="ef" | 40 defense
|class="du" | 10 hours
|  Y
|  Y
|  Y
|  Y
|  Y
|  -
|-
|class="mg" | Resist Cold (Au)
|class="rk"| 6
|class="ef" | 2 less gold damage, 2 gauge up
|class="du" | 7 hours
|  -
|  -
|  Y
|  Y
|  Y
|  -
|-
|class="mg" | Witchsight
|class="rk"| 9
|class="ef" | -
|class="du" | 5 hours
|  Night
| 
|  Night
|  Night
|  Night
|  -
|-
|class="mg" | Rune Shield (Gz)
|class="rk"| 12
|class="ef" | +17 DEF, 3 EN, 3 FT armour, and absorbs 1 spec grev
|class="du" | 13 hrs
|  Y
|  Y
|  Y
|  Y
|  Y
|  -
|-
|class="mg" | Willow Healing (Gz)
|class="rk"| 8
|class="ef" | Heals 3 EN/pulse for 10 pulses
|class="du" | 16 hrs
|  Y
|  Y
|  Y
|  Y
|  Y
| 
|-
|class="mg" | Smite (Gz)
|class="rk"| 12
|class="ef" | 8 charges of maximum damage
|class="du" | 13 hrs
|  Y
|  Y
|  Y
|  Y
|  Y
| 
|-
|class="mg" | Immolation (Grace of Fire?) (BG)
|class="rk"| 14
|class="ef" | 23 Defense IV 7
|class="du" | 7.5hrs
|  Y
|  Y
|  Y
|  Y
|  Y
|  -
|-
|class="mg" |
|class="rk"|
|class="ef" |
|class="du" |
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
|-
|}
Short Duration Buffs
{| class="buffs" |
!class="mg" | Magic
!class="rk" | Rk
!class="ef" | Effects
!class="du" | Dur
!Title="A" | Thorn
!Title="B" | Ben
!Title="C" | Grizelda
!Title="D" | Shizane
!Title="E" | Aurora
!Title="F" | F
|-
|class="mg" | Mind speech (Sz)
|class="rk"| 9
|class="ef" | 300ft mind to mind talking
|class="du" | 100 mins
|  Sit
|  -
|  -
|  -
|  Sit
|  -
|-
|class="mg" | Force Shield (Th)
|class="rk"| 16
|class="ef" | 21 to defence
|class="du" | 170 mins
|  Sit
|  -
|  -
|  -
|  -
|  -
|-
|class="mg" | Weapon of Flames (Sz)
|class="rk"| 20
|class="ef" | +21 SC +10 Dam / +20 Damage Undead/Cold/Water
|class="du" | 25 minutes
|  -
|  -
|  -
|  Y
|  SS/Mg
|  -
|-
|class="mg" | Strength of Darkness
|class="rk"| 9
|class="ef" | 6 strength
|class="du" | 100 minutes
|  -
|  -
|  -
|  -
|  Sit
|  -
|-
|class="mg" | Feather Falling (Au)
|class="rk"| 10
|class="ef" | Fall slowly
|class="du" | 330min
|  -
|  -
|  -
|  -
|  Y
|  -
|-
|class="mg" | Arrow Flight (Au)
|class="rk"| 8
|class="ef" | +9 SC +3 D
|class="du" | 180 min
|  -
|  -
|  -
|  -
|  Y
|  -
|-
|class="mg" | Vapour Breathing (Au)
|class="rk"| 6
|class="ef" | -
|class="du" | 210 mins
|  Y
|  Y
|  Y
|  Y
|  Y
|  -
|-
|}

===Map===

==Loot==
===SP===
===Items===
===Gifts===

==Calendar==