Turkey, Air

In honor of Thanksgiving, the United States holiday, I gave stats for the Athasian Turkey, which is mentioned in the Veiled Alliance sourcebook. This year, I present the air aspected form of the terrible beast.

Happy Thanksgiving! 

	Turkey, Air
Climate/Terrain	Plane of Air, Mountains
Frequency	Very Rare
Organization	Flock
Activity Cycle	Day
Diet	Omnivore
Intelligence	Semi (2-4)
Treasure	Nil
Alignment	Neutral
No. Appearing	1-6
Armor Class	7
Movement	8 fl 16B
Hit Dice	5+5
Thac0	15
No. of Attacks	1
Damage/ Attack	1-6
Special Attack	Spells
Special Defense	Immune to Air Damage or Effects
Magic Resistance	Nil
Size	S (4' + tall)
Morale	Elite (13-14)
XP Value	1,400

Session One Hundred Nineteen: The Lord of the Many

The group began exploring the keep. There was the main hall, where they battled the Klar, and two small rooms adjacent to it. These small rooms were cluttered with bones and offal. There were stairs that lead to an upper level. However, the upper level was not stable and threatened to collapse, so they decided not go explore too much on that level.
Beyond the entrance hall was a large chamber. Inside the chamber was a basin, which had been set into the floor. There was also a great stone door. The door was heavily weathered and there were some marks on it. Dimitria thought it might be writing and told the group, but they ignored her. They pushed and pulled on the stone door, but it didn't budge.
Rafiq decided to use the way to open a dimensional doorway to go beyond the stone door. The dimensional doorway appeared and he stepped through, closing the door behind him. He found himself in a gray fog and he heard whispers all around him. He attempted to manifest another dimensional doorway, but could not do so. He heard whispers in the fog, but the voices were quiet. He could not understand what they said because they were mumbling or speaking a different language. Then he felt someone, or something, touch his shoulder. He reached up to grab their hand, but felt nothing with substance. He decided that it was his time to leave.

Session One Hundred Eighteen: The Klar

The group used their healing magics to recover from the rat attack. They were unsure what to next and discussed their options. They wanted to retrieve the last two gemstones, so they conferred with the Lord of the Mind. He confirmed what they already knew, that the last two gemstones were inside the Golden Tower. They discussed various plans to get inside the Golden Tower, but none of them seemed viable.
Then, Dimitria remembered she had been given a sword by a strange blue person. It had been for Samsun, but he had died. She thought they could still travel to the mysterious Blue Shrine and awaken the swords magical powers. The group agreed.
Rafiq and Ali began using the way to search for the mysterious shrine. They knew a rough direction of travel and spent the next hour, or so, scouting. They made sure to coordinate their efforts, so they did not overlap.
There appeared to be nothing, but miles and miles of desert. Then, Rafiq saw something else. A stone keep in a small mountain range. The keep was recessed into a crevice where two mountains met. They believed they had found it.

Dark Sun Artifact: Bonesaw

 Bonesaw

Bonesaw is a magical shortsword, or gladius, created in the elemental plane of water. The sword has a hard wood handle, a single large tooth blade, with smaller, razor sharp, teeth connected to the sides of the main blade. It resembles a macuahuitl, but with sharp teeth instead of obsidian blades.
Bonesaw does not have any material penalties, for being made of bone.

Weight	Size	Type	Speed	Melee Reach	Dam. Sm/Med	Dam. Lrg
3	S	S	Fa (3)	1	1d6	1d8

Session One Hundred Seventeen: Rescuing Rafiq

Rafiq was answering questions for his new templar friend. He warned the Templar about Tyr planning to attack Urik. It was a lie, of course, but he was hoping the Templar would believe him.
The rest of the group were in the desert, west of Fort Iron. They did not know what to do about Rafiq being captured. So, they decided to have Ali use the way to spy on Rafiq.
Back at the fort, the templar brought in dancing girls and he and Rafiq dined together. This is the scene that Ali saw, when he used the way to spy on Rafiq. Ali told the group what he saw, making sure to point out that Rafiq seemed to be enjoying himself.
Dimitria was sure a spell had been cast on Rafiq, otherwise, he would just teleport away. Suddenly, a wind blew in from the south and when the dust cleared, Kraah was standing before them.
The group was over joyed to see their friend again. The group briefed Kraah on all that had happened since they left the Lost Oasis, including how Rafiq had been captured. Kraah was troubled by Rafiq's capture and came up with a plan to rescue him. Everyone listened and agreed that it seemed to be a good plan.
Yusef spent the rest of the day crafting disguises for everyone, except Kraah. He did a good job for everyone and for Clavis, he did an amazing job. He made him look like a beautiful, muscular woman. They didn't want to return to Fort Iron the same day, so they waited until the next.

Session One Hundred Sixteen: The Attack on Fort Iron

When the group arrived in the dark early morning, outside of Fort Iron, they began making a hasty plan for their attack. Rafiq asked Clavis, Ali, and Yusef to start some fires in the distance, large enough that they would be seen by the fort guards. They agreed to do so, but did not have any fuel for large fires.
Rafiq carried a nights worth of fuel for a fire and split it up among the three men.
Then, Rafiq wanted Dimitria to use the magic to create a large cloud, which would magically frighten and confuse the guards. He asked Selia to do hit and run strikes on the guards, from outside of the fort. He would then teleport in and free the slaves.

A Dark Sun Adventure: The Runaway Slave Girl

Plot Summery: In a City-State, Post Kalak Tyr and Gulg would not be suitable, lived a lovely slave girl named Heba. She grew up as an attendant for a noble woman named Esraa. While Esraa treated Heba well, the distinction between noble and slave was always present, the two were never friends. Now, at sixteen years old, Heba is growing into quite a lovely young lady and has been granted some authority over the other house slaves.
Another slave, Jamila, is a house slave and is extremely jealous of Heba's beauty and her elevated status. Jamila knows another slave, Ziad, is infatuated with her. She used her feminine wiles to convince Ziad to lie to their mistress, Esraa. Jamila then met with Heba in the kitchen and handed Heba a knife, the knife had blood on it and Jamila had a cut on her arm. Before Heba knew what was going on, Jamila screamed and Ziad rushed in and grabbed Heba by the arms. They then lied to Esraa about Heba attacking Jamila and in an attempt to escape.
Esraa was appalled and ordered Heba to be taken outside, whipped and beaten. Heba had never been whipped or beaten and was very panicked. Once outside, she broke free of the house guard and fled into the streets of the city-state. The guards gave chase.
This is where the player characters enter the adventure.