CELTRICIA- Steel Isle Online Dungeon crawl

[LordVreeg]

Session 120
Hauntings, sneakings, and critical attacks.  Tanos 50

The group started with Tribin, the large yellow sun just dipping past the Ensight hills on the horizon in front of the explorers,and  smaller, red Gerin still lighting the remaining day in scarlet.  They folowed the old road, sometimes lightly submerged, sometimes above the moor, as it moved past old foundations and knocked over statues.  They could see ahead, some hour or so through the wetness, the rocks and trees of the 'island' they were making for, to the South and west.

After going down a small hill and up an old set of stairs, the group sees a pond off to the right of the road, and PLaes and Moss see a small band of gnolls of to the right, maybe 120 feet away.   The group hides, and PLaes goes foward, and spies on the gnolls as the light fades.  One gnoll has a well-kept, grey-white suit of Scale Armor, with dragonflies inlaid on the back.
The full darkness falls, and strange lights and distant horns are heard on the right side of the pont, off towards the direction the road they were following went.  the gnolls also were watching, and took a pose indicative of their expectation of the show, as strange, 1/2 seen phantoms dance and screams and horns wail seeming to come from nowhere.  

The Gnolls and the players enjoy the show.  

Then The group sneaks over, as the gnolls leave 2 on guard, and PLaes assassinates all the gnolls but one.  Succesfully sneaking and slaying first the ones on guard, silently, then the sleeping gnolls.  Then the group woke and questioned the last gnoll, finding out that this band was part of Trine  Stronghoen...the beastment of the Ruins the group was returtning to for the fifth time.

[LordVreeg]

and we are on tonight, at the normal 8:45 time period.

I look forward to our trek around the moors continuation.

[Ninja D!]

I'm out and about. Probably going to be busy during tonight's game. Sorry.

[LordVreeg]

I haven't really gotten any time to write up the 'after-action' report for session 121.
Things are 'stupd-busy' at work right now.

Session 121 was knowledge building and role-playing.  The explorers are still in the Moors between the two bridges, in an area they now know was once Vericium, an ancient and destroyed Venolvian polulation center.  The Knights of the Bone, Squires Billo and Abryxia, have felt spirits everywhere they turn.  As the night darkens and the moons rise, the presence of the spirits grows stronger.

Moss, Toden, Jon and Plaes_Holdir questioned the remaining gnoll, and learned much about an underground palace, where Stronghoen led the Trine Vexchian from.  Moss really got into the questioning...but eventually let the gnoll go...

Later that night, Abryxia and Billo cast a shriving on a strong ancient spirit in the area, making all the spirits in this ancient and soul-infested area more well-inclined to the group.   

[LordVreeg]

OK, do we have players tonight?  are we good?  ready to go? 
If not, please let me know...

[Llum]

I'll be there

[SDragon]

8:45? I'll need a character sheet, notes, background, and a beer, but I'll do my absolute best to be there for tonight.

[LordVreeg]

8:45? I'll need a character sheet, notes, background, and a beer, but I'll do my absolute best to be there for tonight.

i can help with some of that....

[limetom]

I'll be here.

[SDragon]

8:45? I'll need a character sheet, notes, background, and a beer, but I'll do my absolute best to be there for tonight.

i can help with some of that....

The beer I have. Just send me a message or file somewhere that has the sheet/note/background, and I should be good to go!

[Ninja D!]

I'm present.

[LordVreeg]

Traveling to Minnesota for the day; won't be able to game I believe.  Sad to miss SIG, since the group is homing into getting to the dreaded ruins.   But duty calls.

[Ninja D!]

I was just going to drop in and say that I'll be out tonight and won't be able to game but it looks like that doesn't matter. I'll also be in Minnesota but it's more of an unusual thing when I'm NOT.

[LordVreeg]

Tonight, we play!!!!
8:45 eastern, the Steel Isle Explorers continue their trek across the Moors, getting close to the Swamplands to the south, as they dodge cultists, break bread with the gnolls of Trine Guldana, and shrive the undead...

[LordVreeg]

will post more of the 'After Action' report later,
Just wanted to say that sometimes it is amazing how satisfying a pure roleplaying/discovering session can be.  PLayers were all contributing heavily last night.


Oh, and Plaes?  Would you rather the leather armor looked like one of these?