November 27-December 3rd 216B The group spends almost a week identifying items and selling/creating other equipment. Swiftwind dreams again his dream of three brothers living in a house named Charden-Dar. The brothers turned upon one another after the sun faded and the crops died. One brother tried to move on and was imprisoned by his two brothers who needed his help. One brother wanted to make sacrifices to appease his new dark god while the other wanted servants to help with his grand project. The prisoner escaped when the house caught fire and then found a place were he was safe, but after a few seasons he forgot about the threat they posed and is thinking of returning home. December 4th 216B Party sells items and begin tracking down Moge. December 5th 216B Party finds Moge's remains. The group begins hunting down the Blue Cuckoo. Initially they attempt to jump him in a city while he is telling stories to children in the street, but the Cuckcoo gets away. December 6th 216B The party jump Cuckoo while he is accompanying a caravan. Jaenelle charms guards, while Swiftwind cuisinarts the demon. Heronaro changes his appearance to look like Kiri-Joleth, walks over to the turnip carts and disintegrates them, convincing the caravan that he hates turnips. Party takes Cuckoo's remains and teleports away. December 7th 216B Group equips for a long journey. Jaenelle commisions several items in Ipsus. Alex tries to acquire an accurate map for long distances so he can teleport to the moon. Or at least launch a rocket filled with halflings. Learns that the best maps were made by Desedrian, an elven mapmaker, and that it may take some time to recover the records from the vaults. Divination on Charden Dar Divination on Dark road encounters December 8th 216B Korvath makes continual light lockets and Swiftwind's horse gets turned into a dog. Dog seems very amused that it can now lick itself... um places. December 9th 216B Group travels through underground vaults starting underneath Nightfang spire. There are signs of bat people. After a full day of travel they find a room with mini-dioramas of the elvin kingdom and Ipsus. While investigating, the group is attacked by a beholder and two angels. The party is largly disabled by the anti- magic field. Goo armor disappears and invisible flying people become visible and fall down. Korvath runs into a corner feverishly praying to Pelor, Alex digs himself into the floor, Swiftwind shoots arrows at the beholder. After a short while the beholder retreats and disappears into another vault where he can shoot through at party but they can not easily shoot him. Before he kills them in earnest he asks what they are doing in his domain. Discussion reveals he is Desedrian; flattered that the party has heard of him, he refrains from further hostilities. A long conversation follows - revealing that McGuirect's Crowd Control has passed by this way, leaving behind wonderful stone sculptures for the land of the giants in Desedrian's map room. Alex measures the map to get a sense of the landscape of the continent. Desedrian talks about the changes that resulted in the Dragon Mountain range, the war, and Charden Dar. The party discover his desire for elven teas, strong wines, modern maps and histories. The angels don't let him have anything stronger than watered down wine, but the party find ways of smuggling liquor, starting with "mare's milk". One of the stories is about the ghost of Desedrian's daughter. When the changes came, Desedrian's form was changed to a beholder, but his daughter change was incomplete, leaving her spirit to haunt the caverns. Desedrian wishes to have her put to rest. The party move on and camp for the night. December 10th 216B After traveling for most of the day the party is ambushed in a larger cavern. The bat creatures (Desmodu) are tough fighters with echo-location. Party finds interesting equipment including light steel cables, power spools, gas masks, smoke sticks, many alchemical gear. The equipment is unlike anything they've seen before. SESSION END evening of December 10th 216B NEXT TIME : Familiar faces EXPERIENCE TOTALS (Session 39) ----------------- Korvath Alex Herunaro Swiftwind Jaenelle Murgen 82905 81662 82076 83433 83243 40827 DEATHS Moge The Blue Cuckoo