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    Back in the camp the goblin Wu Jen wanders across the bridge and around camp. The gnoll sentries show little concern for a goblin with a withered arm. As he rounds the southern rim of the camp he notices Terran runes etched around a marker stone. In fact, runes etched stones surround much of the camp.

    Gathering his spellbook the excited Wu Jen begins study of the runes when a robed cleric comes upon him. Though guarded at first, the silent gnoll sees the goblins true interest and waves him over to a hut. Inside the earth focused Wu Jen finds a huge collection of scrolls and tapestries all in Terran depicting the study and worship of an ancient Earth entity by these clerics. Sensing the ways of Earth about the Wu Jen the clerics inside quickly begin a silent exchange using written runes to converse...



    Back in the damp cave, the rest of the party is hunched in the crevasse serving as the Seer's chambers. Two robes attendants flank the Seer and assist in her movement.

    Knaath hands over the small package of the Ogre-Mage to one of the attendants who is quick to examine and open the parcel. A single crystal inset with more Terran runes sits wrapped in furs. Bowing, and clearly pleased, the robed clerics turn and hang the shard among many others already surrounding this chamber. They then turn to the crone and prompt her.

    The elder hag barely hides a small grimace and glares at yet another crystal along her walls. She shudders, while another clump of withered hair falls to dust along her back. "Visions you seek," she sighs, "and thus shall be."

    She starts to circle the small pool. Her attendants carefully follow, as if to ensuring she does not topple in. Her stretched and gnarled hand reaches over the pool and a sprinkling of dust scatters the surface. The waters go dark with only three spots of orange lights dancing on the ripples. The Hag stares for a few moments.

    "Seek those of horn and hoof, for their fires warm your very roof," the strained voice quiets and the hag approaches Maosh. Near the ogre she leans in quickly and whispers in his ear.

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    "and bring me the crystal of my birth, and we shall drown this retched earth."


    The robes clerics' eyes narrow. The hag moved too quickly for them to catch her words, and they now lead her back to her pillows, but their heads keep turning to eye the ogre suspiciously.

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    Knaath

    What the hell is that supposed to mean?


    Knaath tries to keep his voice steady, despite his frustration. "I don't suppose you could speak a bit more plainly?"


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    Kaej follows into the Seer's lair. He lowers his eyes a little, wishing to himself that he had remembered to smoke a little smelling weed before he entered. Now, staring at this old hag, he tries to think about her words: a clue, or a test?

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    The hag rests against her pillow mound and deflates into a pile of cloth. Knaath's words go unanswered and the gnoll attendants prepare to start escorting you out. From beneath the rags, the old crone's deep blue eyes never leave Maosh. They stay on him, alert and tracking, while the rest of her body fains exhaustion.




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    You sense that is a clue, and you think it is about the location you seek (your future mine).


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    She's a dust hag...vision of the future and dreams of all possibilities...and positively mad as a hatter to anyone who listen to her. Yet there is wisdom there to those who can pick it out of the ramblings.

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    Maosh

    Maosh does not start as the hag leans to him with her secret poem, but is surprised by her voice. Outwardly he does not move. As soon as he realizes that this was a private message he begins concentrating to remember the message, saying the words over in his head, hearing the dryness of her voice next to his ear, memorizing his body position. Is she a seer or a prisoner? Or too far mad to know the difference?

    As the attendants move to show everyone out of the cave, Maosh stays in position as long as he can without offense, studying the chamber where they sit.
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    As he rises he locks gazes with the hag one last time to gauge the sanity of the hag, if that can even be done, and the intention of her message.
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    The bulk of Maosh prevents easily looking around the enclosure, his head and shoulders stooped to the point of crammed to fit in the low cave. There is, however, clearly no other entrance to this chamber. One attendant seems to be ushering them out while the other stays at the hag's elbow.

    From within the pillows eyes of the crone bore into the ogre. They are clear, focused, with intent. The robed gnoll at her side notices the intensity of her gaze and snaps his head up to their destination, staring at the ogre himself. He rises to assist his fellow standing directly between Maosh and the hag. He gives a gurgled growl, lacking a tongue, urging Maosh out.

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    The warleader decides to wait until they return to their caravan before discussing the matter. He tries to appear unworried as he engages in playful and boastful banter with the gnoll gate guards.

    After they cross the bridge, he turns to Kaej and Maosh. "Did either of you have an idea what the hag meant?"

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    I am fine with it the timing, gives Maosh and Kaej a chance to bring the leader up to speed on what they noticed/heard. You are still right outside the hag's camp so it is very easy to try and return just across the bridge.

    FYI: the SnowMongers have improved their reactions to you to indifferent and the lead sentry boarders on friendly after the chats and peaceful interactions. The dark furred cleric gnolls however have reduced to unfriendly out of general suspicion.


    The gate guards, bored as they are in this desert camp, are more than willing to yip and boast back. They begin a round of "biggest gnome they ever caught" stories as each after the next makes up ridiculously ego driven stories of giant forest gnomes. As you prepare to cross back over the ropes Wallace appears, "Vell you sure know how ta drum up dem dark-furs. Very luck fer you none a us SnowMongers like dem lot much. Yer little goblin friend, however, seems to have taken a shining to dem." the large white gnoll jerks a clawed thumb back to a rune covered hut, "Me thinks you'll be lucky ta get him back by dat look in his eyes. Dem Earth-lovers like him stick together pretty tight."

    He sees you off to your clanmates. Along the way there is an offer for supper and a night at the camp if you wish.

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    After the crossing the bridge, Maosh responds to Knaath.
    "Yes. Sometimes shaman read words sound like that. She make me think you don't know where new mine is at." Maosh chuckles at this for a moment. "She talk 'bout bull clan, Min-tar. No others are horn and hoof."
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    "Me confused 'bout secret message. She lean in and say..." Maosh closes his eyes and starts counting words on his fingers. After a few moments he shrugs and recites with his eyes closed, "Bring me crystal of my birth... then we... will... drown the earth." Maosh opens his eyes and looks at both of them. "What that mean?"
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    "Horn and hoof... Horn and hoof." Kaej mutters. "Their fires warm our very roof." Kaej shrugs, not too sure what to make of it at the moment. "Sounds like a clue, definitely more than a test." Even the smelling weed is losing a little of its magic, if he can't figure out the puzzle. "Something to burn? Someone is burning something?"

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    Knaath

    "Minotaurs sound reasonable for 'horn and hoof', but what of the fires? Are we meant to mine underneath their encampments, perhaps?"


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    The rest of the gnolls look on, back and forth like pups. The alchemist is the only one to pipe up at all, "Yesss Warmaster, I am not trained in the rambles of inane old hags, but that would seem reasonable," he looks around the other smunderlings for support but finds only glazed eyes, "Ah, and the clan looks rather hungry and our rations are thinning...are we to sup with the encampment?"

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    "Sup would be good. While we figure out this riddle." Kaej takes out his smelling weed, closing his eyes as he inhales in the dull but mildly piercing smell. "Meat, I want meat."

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    "Yes, I think it would be nice to dine with our new friends."


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    Maosh nods his head in agreement. "Mmm... need food. Help me think about hag riddle." You can see Maosh's face fade to the memory of a good meal as he breaths in a deep breath from the roasting fire in his mind, and then shake back to the present. He pushes past the smunderlings suddenly moving toward the cart. "Wait. Why we have no food?" Upon reaching the cart he throws back the covering. "Did we lose food to soggy cart?" Peering around the cart, he stops and stares at the giant crystal, once again entranced in its mystery.

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    Most of the food packets have been spared all bundled in a hide blanket kept near the driver. Overall the rear cart is still soggy as the crystal continues to bead water down its surface. The rest of the equipment and ropes are fine being slightly wet.

    A sentry arrives a few minutes later and invites you all inside the encampment. To the east is the main SnowMonger camp separate slightly from the rune covered areas of the clerics. None of the clerics join the meal.

    The meal and company is good. Much meat to be had by all.

    As the evening dims Eerb approaches you holding a hefty sack (hefty for a goblin). "Knaath, these cleric...their writings...you have no idea their connection with the Earth. I," he looks around the group before piping up with a slight squeek, "I cannot stay with you and have come to buy out my contract." Tosses the sack into the circle dinning.

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    Maosh

    Maosh follows the group to the fireside meal and enjoys the meal. He is interested in the relationships here and asks several questions throughout the meal, scattered in the casual conversation.
    "The clerics no look like snow tribe. How they get here?"
    "... no, me just ogre that work at Temple of Groemel Draal, I help orc priests and monks. What the priests here do?"
    "... this is good camp with strong bridge to hold. Why snow tribe come out of snow? This seem like long way from big mountains."
    "... snow tribe does look like strong tribe. Where you find the hag, the seer? How long she been here? She must be good ally to tribe..."


    When Eerb show up, Maosh listens to his explanation. "It look like gobo has gods in the eyes." After his slipped comment he decides to wait for Knaath's response before saying any more.

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    Kaej moves to the crystal and gazes at it. Seeing that no one is bothering much with it right now, Kaej takes a few moments to refresh the duration of his invocations upon himself. Wisely, he does not use Detect Magic upon the crystal again. Once that is done, he sits next to the crystal, alternating between chewing on a piece of meat and smelling his weeds. He does not proceed to make conversation with the camp, instead content with his location. His mind however, keeps thinking back about the riddle.

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    Knaath glares at Ereb. "What, a few challenges along the way and you wish to quit? A glorious future awaits us, with wealth and honor. And you want throw that all away to study dirt and rocks?"

    He grabs the sack and waves it in front of Ereb's face. "Accepted." He then steps away and continues. "Who needs one so weak? We shall use this fee to hire someone who can actually be of use to us." The last is said with a definite hint that any of the gate guard gnolls may be welcome should they choose accept the offer.

    Then Knaath turns away. "Begone, coward."


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    The little green one takes it all, silently. Afterwards he turns and makes a stiff-legged walk back to the cleric's tent. Those with training in sensing ones mood can easily spot the signs of fuming.


    Soon the ruckus surrounding the goblins dies back into general revelry. A few of the SnowMongers gather around the lead sentry as he begins to spin the history of his tribe for the Ogre:

    The SnowMongers were born of the tundra. Upon northern islands and fjordes the clan followed the ice-flow. The hunt was pure, and the clan strong.

    But then came men. In their ships, explorers and geographers, they took the spirit of the islands. Gave them names and bound them to maps. They could no longer flow with the ice. The clan was weak. Dependent on man's foods and cloth they became until the time of the Great War. Old chief wanted power, wanted respect amongst the tribes of man, and entered the War to capture their respect. If only he knew how large this land was. No island here, just land, and land full of men.

    After the time of blood the clan wandered. Slowly pushed to this wild land where they could hunt freely. Then the dreams came. Dreams of islands. Dreams that left memories and thoughts. Dreams with direction.

    New clan found the hag here, the priests already with her. Came seeking answers to the dreams from the Seer. Her answer short, "Seek not the islands, for the islands will find you."

    And so the clan stays. Hunting here poor. The heat burns the clan, and the dirt is nothing like the ice. But the wise one spoke, and the dreams stopped. So we stay.


    The story ends and much of the white gnolls break off to form hunting parties. Watching them leave the Wallace explains, "Days to hot for clan. We only go out at night to hunt as the sands cool." he pauses awhile, "Clerics never join. They never do anything we see. Just sit in their huts. Dey try to chant...deep choking sounds cause dey gots no tongues. Dey here when we came, dey still here now."

    "Your clan leaving soon? Or goinna wait with us fer tha islands?"

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    Before Knaath can answer a smunderling begins choking on a chicken bone. After a few flailing thumps from his mates he's OK.

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    Maosh listens intently to the story from the chief of the Snow Mongers, revelling in the tradition surrounding the story. Nodding to the chief Maosh comments,
    "Snow clan is clan of honor. Me not get all of story. How do islands move? This sound like BIG magic. And why you feed clerics? In my clan... if you not help clan... you not in clan." Maosh gestures with some finality letting the meaning fulfill itself as would be obvious to all that live in Droaam.
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    As the feast continues Maosh spends some time watching Kaej ponder the wagon. Why is he staring at the wagon? I wonder if the Snow Tribe offends him? As Maosh watches Kaej, he sees something that amazes him. When Kaej, during his concentration, absently reaches out to touch the crystal in the wagon, he pulls his hand back wet and shakes the droplets from his hand. How is the crystal wet on top? After the meal, Maosh finds his place to sleep among the ranks pondering this new wonder he has seen.

    The night wears at him, almost sleepless, when a dream passes to him at the edges of sleep. He watches as flying islands circle the encampment waiting for their time to come and settle with the Snowmongers. The Snowmongers although waiting for their homes, cannot see them hovering about. He turns to watch as the crystal is poured out as an endless cistern on the whole encampment. The dream turns hectic as the water is continually poured out. He can hear cries of fear and adulation, and chanting of prayers all about him, but he cannot move his vision from the crystal to see what is happening to the tribe.

    Maosh wakes to the noises of his dream with a start and spends some moments gathering his wits and reciting prayers to Mockery for this vision. But knowing the import of his decision he wastes little time, confident that his next actions will be more of an offering to Mockery than this time in prayer. Acting as if by intuition, he rises to find the crystal and forms his plan. First, secure the crystal to carry with a sack and rope, perhaps on my back. Next, make my way through the camp without raising alarm and climb down to the cave entrance by ladder or by cliff-side. I can then deliver this crystal to the only one here who may know what to do with it. Two images are secure in Maosh's mind that drive him forward with purpose, the dream of the crystal being poured out and the locking stare of the hag.

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    Move Silently: (1d20+1)[8] -- Let's not draw attention.
    Hide: (1d20+1)[16] -- If needed, though let's not be conspicuous.
    Climb: (1d20+7)[11] -- Getting to the cave entrance.
    Jump: (1d20+6)[10] -- In case needed getting to the cave entrance.
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    (( Before the ogre's stealth act... ))

    "Do you expect these 'islands' soon? We must leave in the morning, as we still must answer to our chiefs."


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    ((Knaath's taking to Wallace yes?))

    "Vell," the white gnoll puffs out his chest and looks around, "Ve not really know," he admits deflating. "Ve been here long time, no islands. Me and da others not doubting da Seer...but tha heat here is gettin' ta the clan." Wallace walks towards the bridge with Knaath. They make idle chat about the clans future and plans before heading to respective camps for sleep in the early morning hours.



    Just before the sun breaks the Ogre makes its move. The camps are silent and dim of the dying fires cast little light. So set in watching for the SnowMongers or Clerics Maosh stumbles directly into Knaath - waking the warleader.

    ((Knaath now has an option, to join Maosh in this little adventure, to stop him, or to go back to sleep and try to claim ignorance of any outcome. Since I am in the process of recruiting more members for this game I will give away that completing this task will change a lot of things. It will delay you reaching the mine-site by a few day to up to a week and will DRASTICALLY change the region. That is all I'll say - oh and that either way, by taking that crystal in the first place you have gotten yourselves involved in a major Elemental Plane War so either way, action or inaction, you will be perceived as picking a side.))

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    Knaath is a little disoriented. "Maosh... where in the nine hells are you doing? And wha... wait... is that that strange crystal we found back on the road? Okay... I need answers, now, and I imagine quickly, given that you're sneaking around in the dead of night."

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    Stumbling over the warleader, Maosh looks a bit disgruntled with himself. Fates be what they are. Maosh tries to gather his thoughts to explain his actions, something he had not considered doing before. He kneels down next to Knaath speaking softly. "Kaej knows riddle. He look at crystal all night. The hag wants crystal. And she can be strong ally to us." Knowing that this may not be enough to explain, he struggles with his next admission. "I think crystal bring islands to Snow Tribe." Maosh grins a little. "Another strong ally." Maosh fixes his look on Knaath, determined his decision is right.

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    This expedition is ill-omened, isn't it? Very well... Knaath sighs heavily.

    "All right. If you're going to do this, you might need help. So I guess it's you and me. Just make sure we don't get ourselves killed, because that will just make me angry," he adds with a wink as he makes ready to tag along.


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    Maosh grins in return. "We change much today."
    "Not big plan. Need to get in cave. I think Snow Tribe not stop us. You make them understand. We see hag about islands. Clerics be some problem. Me only see one way in cave, so I climb to it and go find hag. She know what to do after that." Maosh waits for any input from the the flind, and then remembers, "Unless they stop us at bridge."
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    After the night of revelry the sentries on the bridge have been greatly reduced as a sign of trust between tribes. The two sleepy gnolls propped against the wooded struts bear their hyenish grins and wave the two lone wanderers through with a joke about returning to Esmeralda's tent...one of female gnolls who put on quite the performance earlier in the night.

    The camp is spread out and quiet. Three small fires smolder off near the yurts and the glow of the central bonfire's ashes casts a red warm over the camp. A few of the gnolls, having not made it to bed, lay curled up near its warm - clutching their empty screech bottles.

    You make your way along the western edge toward the ladders. The few rune-laden cleric huts near the cliff-side retreat still show some movement. Through the flapping leather doors of the main yurt a single candle flickers and you can hear light muttering in goblin. Likely, Eerb still enthralled by the earth rune teachings. You give the huts a wide clearance and make for the ladders.

    Knaath slithers down to the first platform quietly, but as the mass of Maosh loads the structure it gives a low and rumbling creak. One platform below some ten feet down a wooden ramp a single cleric was kneeling in prayer facing the depths of the great canyon. At the creak his meditations pause and he turns in your direction.

    His eyes bulge in surprise as his tongueless throat rasps a muffled cry. He trips over the pillow kneeling pad while scrambling to rise.


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    Tactical - Maosh is still on the ladder (easy climb) thus denied Dex and flatfooted. The cleric was surprised and so is flatfooted. Thus Knaath can make one standard action right off as a surprise.

    Knaath is on a 10' square wooden platform 10' down a ladder from the top of the canyon. The platform is gnoll crafted and so not the most stable being perched against wooden struts and held together by leather straps.

    There is a 10' angled ramp with railing leading down to a second platform. The cave entrance is right against that platform. The cleric seems to be trying to move toward the cave entrance but for now he is on the second 10' square platform.

    Last edited by Benejeseret; 2008-08-12 at 02:22 PM.

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