Session One Hundred Twenty One: Evil Will Always Triumph, Because Good is Dumb

Dimitria called upon the spirit of Athas to lend her its strength. The spirit answered and Dimitria became much stronger than a normal human woman. She was ready for the skeleton to return, but to her surprise, it just stood at the edge of the light.
The group soon realized that the skeleton had been waiting for backup. As soon as more skeletons arrived, they moved in to attack. The group engaged them in combat and destroyed all but one. The last one showed a small amount of intelligence and fled into the darkness.
The group collapsed and resumed their rest. During their rest, while Clavis was keeping watch, a strange creature hoped slowly toward Clavis. The creature was small, with a large head, long rear legs, and a thin tail. It had wet blue-green skin. Clavis walked to it to investigate. He startled the creature and it spit on Clavis. The spit burned, so Clavis stomped the small creature and killed it.
When everyone awoke, Dimitria prayed to her Spirit of the Land and then used her healing magics to heal her badly wounded friends. They were grateful for the healing, but no one was fully recovered. Ali used the way to heal himself and Dimitria further, but then had to meditate to regain some mental strength. Clavis and Yusef went back to sleep, while Ali meditated.

Session One-Hundred Twenty: The Blue Shrine

The group could not leave and decided that resting in this place might be dangerous. So, they decided to continue searching the strange cavern they were in. They walked across a wide bridge, onto another platform.
On the platform was a small bowl set into the floor. The bowl was filled with crystal clear water. Clavis was the first to drink from it and he discovered that the water magically healed his wounds. Everyone else started drinking it too, until they had drunk the bowl dry. Having drank so much, they then needed to relieve themselves, so they decided to just do it off of the side of the platform. They were surprised to hear splashing sounds below. They all guessed that there must have been a shallow pool below the platforms and they regretted urinating in it. There was nothing they could do to change what they had already done, so they decided to move on.

Merry Christmas 2026

1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,

2 Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.

10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.

11 And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.

Select verses taken from Matthew Chapter 2 of the King James Version of the Bible.

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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