Into the Dark Continent

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Summary

Adventure: Into the Dark Continent - Nualis
GM: Jim
Session: Summer 817
Night: Monday
Location: New Windsor
Level: Medium

Party

Will not be at guild meeting, weird & extreme abilities preferred

1. Rahne - Stephen
2. Bromli - Nick M
3. Cronose - Ciaran
4. Boris - Mike H
5. Dellith - Clare
6. Lucius - Bridget

Employer

Giovanni di Crescenti, a nobleman of Tarquinia

Mission

Find and secure the Elephant's Graveyard, recover 200lbs Ivory

Reward

Papal indulgences for theft, adultery and murder.

A map to the Black Library of Alexandria.

25 tsg each

Scribe Notes

Abyss to Nualis

Duesday 1st-3rd Meadow

Meet with Giovanni, he would like us to find and secure the Ivory at the Elephant's Graveyard. There are likely to be others wanting the same thing:

• Holy Mother Church
• Templars - a small mobile group
• Poor Clares - The sisters of St Clare, secretive nun assassins
• Knight Priest of Challah - Necromancer based on the north African coast, possibly a pirate.
• Ibn Washaid - Islamic Mystic, Sufi.
• Queen Gudit of Aksum

He offers us 20tsg each, we negotiate up to 25 and loot/salvage rights, including ivory, excluding any Banes of Giovanni or the Eye of Discord, or the Blue Jade Dagger.

We are to deliver the Ivory to his people in Veii. He suggests we could get there via the west African port of Orra (Accra?). Establishing local trade contacts for him while there would be useful.

Frysday 4th-15th Meadow

Astral then flying/climbing down the cliff to the Abysss. A third of the way down we find a cleft, exploring within we find a Mosaic of a Serpent, deeper in we find a trickle of liquid which has enchantment of 'Master Plan' and originates from Victoria. We take samples, Boris gets some spilled on his left hand and cuts his hand off.

The next day we see the Chaos Wind approaching and flee sideways avoiding it but coming perilously close to the face pit. Resuming our trip we pass over chaos tainted Abyss. Boris' hand regenerates paler than before and his severed hand has escaped, Cronose' feet gain an odd pattern from the chaos ground.

Arrive at Kerberoth, makes purchases from the market. Lord Tirwh is away in the Empire of the East, we tell Lady Suneth of the cleft and masterplan beneath Alusia and ask her to pass the news on to The Master of Intrigue, the message will go with the next Caravan.

W'ansday 16th-27th Meadow

Back into the Abyss to Nualis via the Prince of Demons so we can leave a message for him about the masterplan.

Moonday 28th Meadow

We emerge from the rift in Aksum, speaking to locals we find someone who can tell us the rough location of the crater, about 700 miles west.

Deciding to fly with Lucius and Cronose as skin-changed mice, we set off west. Later in the day we sense trouble from the jungle below and divert north, smoke rises and spreads out into the shape of a Cobra. Safely distant most of us turn invisible and resume flying west.

Unable to find a clearing we manage to land at the top of a tall tree and settle in between the first and second canopies.

Reference

Places & Locations

Dark Continent - Nualis

Local Languages are: Berber, Hebrew, Arabic, Egyptian.

North-East: Aksum Queen Gudit.

North-NE: Kemet

North: Nubia

West: Ghana King Suleiman

Elephant's Graveyard - crater 20 miles across, rising out of the jungle. About 700 miles west of Aksum.

Logistics

Mil Sci

Daily Pattern

Sleep/Camp 11 Hours (4/3/4hr). Travel 10 Hours, Meals 2 Hours, Rituals 1 Hour

Watches

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Rahne			Bromli				Dellith
Cronose				Lucius				Boris

Marching Order

Skirmish Formations (Front)
Default Rahne (Scout) Bromli Boris Cronose Lucius Dellith	Double File Bromli Boris Cronose Lucius Rahne Dellith	Single File Bromli Boris Dellith Cronose Lucius Rahne

Astrology

Lucky Numbers

Boris	Bromli	Cronose	Dellith	Lucius	Rahne
74		73	63	72	86

Astrology (Rahne)

Boris	___________________________________________________________
Bromli
Cronose
Dellith
Lucius
Rahne

Buffs

Long Duration - always on

Magic	Rk	Effects	Dur	Bo	Br	Cr	De	Lu	Ra
Ench Armour (R)	13	+28% Def +1 AP 4 DR vs Phnt/Nmare.	7 hrs	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Greater Ench. (R)	20	+21% to Res, Mag, Com, S&S.	5 days	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
-
Self Only
Mind Shield	6	+22% vs M.Att.	13 hrs			Y			Y
Sense Danger						38			49

Short Term - Cast as required

Magic	Rk	Effects	Dur	Bo	Br	Cr	De	Lu	Ra
Ench Weapon (Rahne/Lucius)	10	+11% SC +4 Dmg (+2)	15 mins						Y
-

Enhance Enchantment (R) rank 10: 65 seconds (L) rank 12: 75 seconds.

Share Talent (Lucius) rk 10

Empowers 1 entity with another's talent up to rk 10. Duration 5.5hrs (10.5 enhanced)
Boris	Sense Danger
Bromli	Shaman Sight
Cronose	Necrogeny
Dellith	Witchsight
Lucius	Treasure Sense
Rahne	Necrogeny

Loot

Treasure Page

Loot, Purchases and Expenses

Item	Qty	Effects	Bo	Br	Cr	De	Lu	Ra	X
Purchased
Blank Phylacteries	5
Plover Stones	9		1	2	2	2	2
Pentecost Potions	2					Y		Y
Inc: Wall of Dark - Solid	1	Can take 10+rk dmg per pulse. 3,000sp						1
Inc: Whitefire - Res Half Damage	1	Resist for D+Rk. 6,000sp
Inc: Fire Arc - Translocation	1	8,000sp
Looted
...

Calendar

Summer: Meadow (1) 817wk
	Moonday		Duesday		W'ansday		Th'rsday		Frysday		Reapsday		Sunday
		Beltane Full Moon	1	Guild Meeting Seagate, Brastor, Blackshore					4	Astral, Abyss...
	7	...
	14	.. Kerberoth. Market			16	Abyss to Damien
	21		22	Abyss to Nualis
	28	Full Moon Aksum => west. Tree Camp	29	West. Clearing camp.	30	West => Crater. Night Priest.	1	Tracking...	2		3		4
Summer: Heat (2) 817wk
	Moonday		Duesday		W'ansday		Th'rsday		Frysday		Reapsday		Sunday
	5		6		7		8		9		10		11
	12		13		14	Midsummer Eve (Faerie Day)	15	Solstice	16		17		18
	19		20		21		22		23		24		25
	26	Full Moon	27		28		29		30		1		2
Summer: Breeze (3) 817wk
	Moonday		Duesday		W'ansday		Th'rsday		Frysday		Reapsday		Sunday
	3	Day of Death	4		5		6		7		8		9
	10		11		12		13		14		15		16
	17		18		19		20		21		22		23
	24	Full Moon	25		26		27		28		29		30