Subject: MYSTARA-L Digest - 30 Sep 2005 to 1 Oct 2005 (#2005-190) From: Automatic digest processor Date: 02/10/2005, 18:00 To: Recipients of MYSTARA-L digests Reply-to: Mystara RPG Discussion There is one message totalling 101 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. ist campaign part 7 ******************************************************************** The Other Worlds Homepage: http://www.wizards.com/dnd/OtherWorlds.asp The Mystara Homepage: http://www.pandius.com To unsubscribe, send email to LISTSERV@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM with UNSUB MYSTARA-L in the body of the message. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2005 12:15:38 -0500 From: Pat Taylor Subject: ist campaign part 7 the party now consist of: Ist Male minotaur fighter (F) Estabon Male Thyatian ex-gladiator (F) Majo Male Tangor mage (MU) Tzin male ex Minea pirate (T) The party has just arrived back on Skothar, due to the help of the deceased Myra...who is now a minion of her Imortal patron. As they move back to the west toward the Jenn/alphatian lands the party comes upon strange purple stones...not gems, but glowing stones. Majo determines they are not dangerous...Tzin and Estabon who are very playful and roguish pick some up for 'future use'. as they continue they are attacked by Gamulli and his Black Dragon Society henchmen...the stones were pieces of a metor that had hit nearby while the party was off on the Boor homeworld.....The society had found them at the behest of one of the "leaders" because of a strange enhancement they have for mind control spells. Gamulli is higher up than Virgo was and proves to be a major thorn.Gamulli uses the stones he has to enthrall local villagers to become cannon fodder in attacking the party..a semi-fight continues as the black dragon thugs have some giant spiders as well as three small black dragons to aid them. the party fresh off epic adventures have become powerful so the fights are fierce but they are careful not to kill the villagers...the fierce fighting cannot be contained before an entire villiage is devastated. Finally the party is able to kill the spiders and two of the dragons through ingenuety....and avoid killing the villagers that have been enslaved. but seeing the devastation the party decides to move on after stealing the remain stones from Gamulli while he is in a fit of rage. they begin leading refugees to an alphatian outpost before Gamuli can return with reinforcements. None of the party is too keen on the Alphatians so as they near the outpost, they slink away back to the wilderness...soon the are nearing Elantra...the villiage where Ist first met Majo and Estabon and had a run in with the BDS (Black Dragon Society). The villagers remember the heros and welcome them with open arms...the old farmer who was a major aid in fighting the BDS is now the headman....The town is having another mystery...it seems that everytime anyone from the village goes up near a certain cave they come back with a memory loss and babling...it would be of no importance but the cave is near one of the best fishing spots on the creek near the town...the heros are called upon to find the cause......Entering the cave the four heros are met with their deepest fears....and seem to be seperated from each other....(this adventure was played near halloween, lots of spooky details and happenings)....Majo finally unravels the true culprit as a Gold dragon who is healing from a fight with a BDS dragon. The Gold dragon didn't want to hurt the villagers, but also didn't want loose tounges to bring noisey, nosey crowds. The party works a compromise where the dragon will help gaurd elantra, and the villagers will help feed him and keep his secreat. The dragon, who's name is Aro becomes fast friends with the party...he loves the deep conversations with Majo, and is playful like Tzin and Estabon and ribs the stern Ist alot.....the party leaves Elantra again to seek out Alender and maybe gain his aid in finishing off the BDS in the area. On the trail they come across a strange metal building in the middle of a clearing in the wilderness. It is some kind of shrine with graves near the rear. Majo sugest going around the building. as they do, suddenly skeletal warriors rise from the graves to attack. It is a trap set by Virgo who has risen in the ranks of the BDS. These are no ordinary skeletons, but a type of Golem that has HD5 and resistant to lightning and fire attacks. As Majo's main spells are thrarted and Ist's Firedoom sword are showing now damage againsth these seemingly normal skeletons, the party begins to worry. this fight was a short encounter, but they had to be saved by Myra again as the Golem skeletons were proving dificult.(one of those bad roll days and nights) Tzin was badly wounded and Ist lost one of his horns. As the day was looking grim a female minotaur cleric steps in and uses her turn dead ability to help the party defeat the reamaining undead. she heals Tzin up to he is able to move on his own. The party is happy to see the newcommer due to her strange resemblence to Myra....but she has no idea who they are talking about.....actually she is a reincarnated Myra without her memories...her name is Myricca. Her Imortal patron who had a hand in sending the party to fight Bo-Keem Marid brought her back to aid "her" champions as they move to the appoint task in the future. (but the party didn't know this) Virgo appears soon the next day, as he has felt the trap being sprung. He has two meduim black dragons and 18 thugs to attack the party...as things are looking grim again....Aro shows up to aid the party in defeating the dragons, causing the remaining BDS to flee...Virgo once again vows revenge.....the party sets off again and soon finds Alendar and his camp......a true army now...Alendar is fighting a war with the alphatians...The Jenn has risen up....Alendar is glad to see his friends...as time has gone by revenge has been replaced with a desire to see his people's well being...He agrees to help the party with the BDS problem...since they are also a problem to him.....But at the moment the Alphatians are begining to take the Jenn seriously and have sent in a new force to "quell" the rebellious scum. Majo suggest using the two eneimies against each other as they did with the mogli and Boor. how to lure the BDS into a major fight....the party becomes bait to draw out Gamulli and a sizable part of the BDS forces in southwestern Skothar.... ok next we will see how the plan works, what myrric has to do with the party, a city adventure, a search, and new characters... hope yall are enjoying these brief overviews....the party was along runnning one and very enjoyable as they enjoyed all aspects of the game from hack-and-slash to the thinking and solving puzzles.... well till next time ------------------------------ End of MYSTARA-L Digest - 30 Sep 2005 to 1 Oct 2005 (#2005-190) ***************************************************************