Tuesday, November 30, 2021

Session Sixty-Eight: Homeward Bound

Note: For those unfamiliar with Dark Sun, psionics are called the Will for wild talents and the Way for trained psionicists.

Everyone disagreed with attacking the armored wagon. Kalino was disappointed, but agreed that finding the gems was more important.
Using the way, Alaxander opened a large dimensional doorway and lead the group to the gates of Nibenay. Kiara changed into her templar robes and introduced herself at the gate. The templars exchanged pleasantries and the group was lead to a small house to stay in.
The house was a one room stone house. There were grass woven partition screens to set up small private areas. Shade and Kiara set up a private area for themselves and everyone else just planned to sleep in the open area of the home.
Before resting, Shade went to the bard's quarter and purchased some poison, along with some mundane equipment. To find the location, Shade had to bribe an elf. He had to pay for more information to find the poison seller.
While there, a small half-elf boy bumped into Shade. Shade caught the boy trying to steal some coins from his pouch. Shade saw the sorry state of the boy's clothing and his malnourished appearance. He handed the boy a ceramic piece and the boy dashed away.

After they departed from the bard's quarter, they checked their belongings and found that they were missing a ceramic piece, eight bits, and a nicely crafted bone comb. They thought it was not a bad loss, considering where they had been.
The group returned to their borrowed house. Julius began crafting a bone shortsword to sell, while Shade trained to use a spear, from Kalino. Alaxander went into the city and paid a gem cutter to train him in his craft. Vashti went to a legitimate marketplace and purchased rice for her village. She purchased some other foodstuffs for her home village as well.
She returned to the house and explained that she wanted to stop off at her home village, let them know she was okay, drop off some food, and then continue in their quest. Everyone agreed, because one of the gems was in that general direction. The group than ate a light dinner and went to sleep.

Day 8, Week 1, Macro, Friend's Vengeance, 190th King's Age, Sun Descending

The group woke up and Vashti preached her sermon. The group ate from their food stores and drank from their reserves. Alaxander left, to finish training in gem cutting. Kalino continued to train Shade in using the spear and Vashti went back to the marketplace to buy more goods for her village.
When Alaxander returned, just after high sun, the group loaded up their kank. Kiara informed a Nibnese templar that she would be departing and thanked the Shadow King for being such a gracious host. The group could tell their was animosity between the two, but they put on an act of getting along.
Julius used the way to join the minds of Vashti and Alaxander. Alaxander then used the way to open a large dimensional doorway to the outskirts of Vashti's home village, Kuresh. The group moved through the portal and saw that the village was under attack by a small horde of gith.
The group ran to assist and the gith were forced to split their troops. Even with a gith, who could use the way, the gith were no match for the group. The fight had not been particularly easy and the group was damaged.
Once the fighting was over, and the gith looted, the group put their weapons down and informed the guards of Kuresh that they were not there to attack the village. The village guards kept their bows and spears trained on the group.

Join us in two weeks for another exciting session of Adventures Under the Dark Sun. 
2nd edition AD&D Dark Sun Cast of Player Characters 
Julius: Human male psychokinetic. 22 years old. Played by Dave. Speaks Balican, Tyrian, and Giant. 
Alaxander: Human male psychokinetic. 18 years old. Played by Ben. Speaks Balican, Tyrian, and Elf. 
Vashti: Human female clairsentient/water cleric. 20 years old. Played by my wife. Speaks Nibnese, Gith, Tyrian, Balican, and Urikite. 
Shade: Half-Elf male ranger/thief, 18 years old. Played by Chad. Speaks Balican, Elf and Tyrian. 
Kalino: Human male fighter/preserver. 20 years old. Party NPC. Speaks Rammin, Tyrian, and Balican.
Kiara: Human female fighter/templar, 22 years old. NPC. Speaks Urikite, Raamin, and Tyrian.

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