Session Start: Sun Oct 13 13:57:15 2002

[13:59] <Grey> *** 22/12/1026 (continued) [14:01] <Grey> We were investigating the jeweller deaths and such. [14:09] <Grey> We take a sample of the goo left behind by the creature. [14:10] <Grey> We find that the herb taken is typically used as a relaxant. [14:29] <Grey> We investigate the area. Zim searches around, and gets a hunch that something is wrong with a patch of wall. [14:41] <Grey> We dispel it, but otherwise it seems to be a normal patch of walll. [14:42] <Grey> We head off.
[14:43] <Grey> Grey and T'zaz's apprentice investigate the goo, but it'll take a while. [14:46] <Grey> We take the substance to Quinby, the potion person in Serraine. [14:51] <Grey> But since we don't want to put him in danger, we take it back. T'zaz's assistance and I will have to figure it out. [14:53] <Grey> We buy up amethyst dust and sell it to the one location, to limit the options on any further locations for amethyst dust theft. We will protect this place. [14:54] <Grey> Nothing happens that night. [14:56] <Grey> T'zaz's apprentice is named Garadas.

[14:58] <Grey> *** 23/12/1026
[15:01] <Grey> Another day passes.
[15:06] <Grey> During the day, Lani tries to scry on the creature again but is presented with a powerful scrying protection. [15:09] <Grey> Grey tries a sending to the creature, but gets no response. [15:13] <Grey> Zim and Turia sneak into the undercity. [15:14] <Grey> They find nothing.

[15:14] <Grey> *** 24/12/1026
[15:16] <Grey> End of the day, Garabus and Grey discover several things about the goop. It contains elements of an extra-planar origin. The goop is a remnant of a projection of some sort. Basically, it looks like an extra-dimensional being projected itself here, and when things went bad, it left. [15:24] <Grey> We split up to investigate stuff.

[15:25] <Grey> *** 25/12/1026
[15:25] <Grey> Arni and Zim investigate the undercity. [15:26] <Grey> Lani researches the creature.

[15:27] <Grey> *** 26/12/1026
[15:28] <Grey> We continue to investigate. [15:28] <Grey> Grey is off ruling.

[15:30] <Grey> *** 28/12/1026
[15:33] <Grey> Zim and Arni, investigating the undercity, encounter something. [15:37] <Grey> Something forcibly tries to teleport Zim, and partially succeeds. Zim takes damage from the attempt. Zim sees a large hulking creature hiding in the shadows. It tries the same thing again, and Zim takes more damage. [15:40] <Grey> Combat ensues.
[15:54] <Grey> Zim and Arni are losing. [15:57] <Grey> Zim runs away.
[16:09] <Grey> Lani scries on the creature. Grey eventually gets to Lani. We dimension door to the creature. [16:10] <Grey> Zim and Arni are long gone by now. [16:14] <Grey> We attack it. It actually looks like it has a giant sort of gnomish face. [16:30] <Grey> Lani is downed. Grey attacks it, but is hard pressed, and then a second one appears to attack him. [16:31] <Grey> This guy isn't quite the same as the first one, but still has the giant gnomish face, an angry one. [16:33] <Grey> The combat escalates.
[16:44] <Grey> They're casting spells of about seventh level. Taking much damage, Grey leaves. [16:50] <Grey> We meet up again at Zim's place. We then head off to inform the constable. [17:02] <Grey> We tell him of the events. [17:12] <Grey> We have time off during the day of no magic.

[17:13] <Grey> *** 2/1/1027
[17:14] <Grey> Turia and Minora return. Lani has not reformed yet. [17:15] <Grey> They didn't find out much. Apparently those items that were stolen can be used to make something: armour treated by the items can help make the wearer more resistant to mind-based attacks. [17:20] <Grey> We will wait for Lani, during which research will be done.

[17:20] <Grey> *** 3/1/1027
[17:21] <Grey> Lani reforms.
[17:30] <Grey> She appears via a magical transport spell, wearing some sort of high fashion. [17:33] <Grey> Lani memorises, and we head in to try and find the nest. [18:00] <Grey> We get to where Zim was ambushed with ease, after which Safranna begins tracking. [18:10] <Grey> No, Safranna doesn't track, Zim searches out where Lani and Grey were attacked. [18:19] <Grey> Safranna now starts tracking, after Zim doesn't find much. [18:22] <Grey> We head on.
[18:26] <Grey> Whilst trying to ferry people across a drop into some water using the flying carpet, the flying carpet stops working. [18:27] <Grey> This is not on the first run. [18:33] <Grey> Zim observes one of the creatures moving our way. Combat ensues. [19:00] <Grey> Roland cuts one down, but there seems to be more than one, as Lani can attest to. [19:10] <Grey> The party attacks the second creature. It escapes by moving into the wall. It looks much like it was originally part of the wall. [19:12] <Grey> Minora and Arni move into the wall in pursuit. [19:17] <Grey> Whilst Arni and Minora are away, the sounds of combat can be heard. A short while later, they return, and Minora says she thinks she killed all of them. [19:45] <Grey> All of the ones she killed turned to goo except for one. The problem seems to have been resolved. [20:10] <Grey> Zim gets Leo to do a commune. The ring leader has been killed. They were responsible for the murders. None of them are on Serraine anymore. On whether they were once gnomes, yes and no. They no longer have a base on Serraine. They did have a base in the undercity. They were not projecting from another plane. [20:11] <Grey> We also ask about the dark elves. The shapeshifters have infiltrated Mystara. The creators are involved. The dark elves may sort of be involved. The mind flayers on Mystara are definitely involved. [20:18] <Grey> Grey organises a meeting with his Rajahdirajah. [20:23] <Grey> Grey also does a sending to Captain Rolf, on his ship the Heldannic Warbird the Valiant. [20:25] <Grey> He is ready for a meeting in Freiburg, immediately. [20:30] <Grey> We scry and teleport.
[20:38] <Grey> He leads us into the outskirts of the Star Chamber, the temple to Vanya. Freiburg is the capital of Heldan. [20:45] <Grey> We have a casual chat for a while. Then we get to see the general. [20:49] <Grey> General Paulus von Braun meets us from behind his large desk. [20:52] <Grey> We tell him all.
[20:55] <Grey> He says they have decided that to win this battle, they will need to take the battle to the enemy. They have decided to assemble a strike force, but would also like the assistance of others. [21:04] <Grey> We discuss further details with Captain Rolph. [21:06] <Grey> We can leave with Captain Rolph and a couple of other ships in about two weeks. A scouting mission. [21:21] <Grey> Zim mentions his plan to install a teleport drive on the Falcon. It'll probably only work 50% of the time, but being able to teleport a ship like the Falcon is a real good thing. Zim says it'll cost 20k and 20 days to install. We agree.

Session Close: Sun Oct 13 21:24:26 2002