Tuesday, November 28, 2023

Session One Hundred: Lost in the Ringing Mountains

Day 5, Week 1, Fifthover, Friend's Vengeance, 190th King's Age, Sun Descending

The group got up and began their morning rituals. Samsun and Kraah preached sermons about how great their respective elements were. Dimitria implored the land to give her spells and Cheet memorized her spells. Raco practiced standing, with mixed success, and Yusef slept in.
Afterward, they passed out food and water rations. No one knew how to cook, so they ate dried meat and raw tubers. After eating, the group got up and began their hike.
The group climbed up steep cliffs, avoided ravines, and dodged rockslides. Yusef complained about all the walking, but the group ignored him.
In the late afternoon, when they saw the sun was descending in a direction they did not anticipate, they realized that they had gotten lost. They attempted to orient themselves in the correct direction, and continue west, but the passage west was blocked by the sheer mountain cliff and they were forced to go around.
When night fell, they did not know if they were on the right track, or not. They began looking for a cave and found one. However, as soon as Dimitria tried to enter the cavern, a human apparition appeared and warned her away from the "Forbidden caverns."

Tuesday, November 21, 2023

Turkey, Fire

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 fire aspected form of the terrible beast.

Happy Thanksgiving! 


Turkey, Fire
Climate/TerrainPlane of Fire, Volcanos
FrequencyVery Rare
OrganizationFlock
Activity CycleDay
DietOmnivore
IntelligenceSemi (2-4)
TreasureNil
AlignmentNeutral
No. Appearing1-6
Armor Class7
Movement12 fl 9
Hit Dice4+4
Thac016
No. of Attacks1
Damage/ Attack1-6
Special AttackSpells
Special DefenseImmune to Fire Damage, Flaming Aura
Magic ResistanceNil
SizeS (4' + tall)
MoraleElite (13-14)
XP Value975

Tuesday, November 7, 2023

Session Ninety-Nine: The Secret is Out

A few of the gith stopped hoping and pointed at Kraah flying overhead. They nocked arrows, but knew that he was flying well out of bow range. Some of them started leaping toward him, which brought them closer to the rest of the group. Kraah did the only thing he could think of to get the gith away from the rest of the group, he flew away.
As the majority of the group fled along a precarious mountain path, which lead them northeast, Kraah flew directly south. The gith were able to leap from rock outcropping to rock outcropping; they were moving swiftly. However, they could not keep up with Kraah's flying speed.
Once out of sight, the group hid themselves on the side of the mountain. They did their best to blend in, Yusef gave them camouflage advice. Kraah dipped into a ravine and was able to lose the gith chasing him. He flew low and was able to make it back to the group, without being spotted again. He hid also.
The gith passed them and they stayed hidden, until the last of the gith was well out of sight.