Princess Bride in the Black Tower

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Scribe Notes

Summary

Adventure: Princess Bride in the Black Tower

  • aka The Return of the Princess Bride

GM: William
Season: Summer 797 WK

Party
Time on adventure
01/04/96 to 11/06/96 AP
Employer
Jacob Carlyle - The Traveller
Mission
To seek and return a princess from the Black Tower of the Illimari
Planes
Jann/Illimar
(with stops on: Malthria, Gran Brutan, Relateth, Alerus, Rloth, Morak, and Malac)
Places visited
Amath - Jann
Rasalteth - Jann
Major NPCs encountered
The Grand Vizier at Rasalteth
Greatspear - an Illimarian elf
A Mountain Man who collected mages
Myrene - captured E&E mage - from Jelmarre
A spideroid seer
Slandeshi - an Illimarian
Prince Millideta of the Illimar
Princess Farzana of the Jann
Original Scribe Notes
Media:Snsu9702.zip

Adventure Summary

Hired by the Traveller, Jacob Carlyle, to go and rescue a Jann princess that had been forced into an unsuitable marriage with an Illimari prince. The Jann believe all the Illimari have been driven insane because of their captivity from the Calimari.

03/04/96

After preparations, started ‘hellriding’ (dimension-hopping) towards the plane of the Jann. On Gran Butan we were attacked by something called ‘ornithopters’ and people wielding strange pikes.

On Relateth, encountered the remains of a battle between humans and amphibian Doomprophets.

10/04/96

After many worlds later, we reached Jann and spent the night in the city of of Amath.

11/04/96

Lost PJ.

12/04/96

Discovered the Mayor’s Magician had PJ thinking he was a demon familiar. PJ escaped. Decided to leave.

15/04/96

Arrived in the capital city of Rasalteth and spoke with the Grand Vizier. They would open a portal to Illimar tomorrow. Described inhabitants of that plane as psychopathic maniacs and most are mages.

16/04/96

Prepared for the trip.

17/04/96

At midnight the portal was opened and we went through. Had a vision about being a solar warrior fighting an evil sorcerer in a zuggurat. Managed to defeat him.

22/04/96

Awoke and found myself on a boat with a badly injured chest.

23/04/96

Encountered a Mountain Man. I was captured and was taken to his lair where he had a collection of mages - one of each type.

27/04/96

Rest of the party finally turned up. Stark convinced mountain man to ‘loan him his Earth Mage’. He also told us we needed to see a seer who could tell us where the Prince’s tower would appear. It travels around and appears at random spots.

28/04/96

Flew to the next mountain range where the seer was. Took refuge from s storm in a cave.

29/04/96

Found the seer who would tell us where the palace was if one of us would stay with her - as the meal. The seer was a spider-woman. She’d settle for a bandersnatch so an attempt was made to summon one. Got an Illimarian , Slandeshi, instead.

He told us that the palace’s movements are controlled by the Price and it remains in one spot for as long as that area can support the inhabitants. Last place it was, was the Eastern Desert. Decided to go there.

Reached the desert. Couldn’t find the castle. Sand has a major curse on it. Headed back for the mountains.

30/04/96

Attacked by a hydra. Defeated it, then headed south.

01/05/96

Encountered a sylph. She didn’t know where the palace but her sister might. She lived in a lake, three days away. Headed off in that direction. Late that evening we heard the tower arrive.

02/05/96

Flew towards the tower and landed a few miles away. Managed to sneak inside and spent the night in a storeroom.

03/05/96

Somehow, one of our party shapechanged into a cat creature and started rampaging up the tower. We followed. While in pursuit, we were captured. Two of the party were changed into stone statues, the rest were put in cells.

04/05/96

The remainder of the party managed to see the Princess, after the Illimari ascertained their story was true. Couldn’t convince her to leave. Instead, party reconfined, separated, and tortured.

04/06/96

Guild rescue party arrives. Party rescued and had to pay ransom for items.

Full Scribe Notes

Credited to Basalic and Flamis

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