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shock for Lucretia(well I thought it was pretty good!)
From: "Fenn, Matthew" <matthew.fenn@stratus.com>
Date: Thu Apr 1, 2004 8:27 pm
Subject: DM POST [Kythorn 28th late evening] Lucretia and the broach!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!
:-)
<Lucretia aka Joe wrote>:
> <Lucretia is a bit taken back by Blondung's desire
> to have the broach back, but tries not to show it.>
> <On a whim Lucretia places Vaslin back down and
> opens the pouch, and removes the broach to take
> a closer look at it...and to see if it feels evil
> to him. He will say a silent prayer to Tymora for
> guidance.>
Blondung frowns at Lucretia as the warrior doesn't let go of the pouch, and instead bends, placing Vaslin's form back onto the floor. The warrior pulls open the draw strings of the pouch, and tips it onto his other hand. As the broach touches his skin, it lays there for a few seconds, doing nothing, then suddenly, it writhes in his hand, flipping over with the pin driving itself into his flesh. Luc yells, shaking his hand to try to drop the broach, but it fastens itself too securely into his flesh.
As pain rips through his hand, Lucretia tries to pull it free with his other hand, but it seems slippery to his fingers, and he can't get a grip. If anything, the broach seems to wriggle, embedding it further into the flesh of his hand.
The flesh around the broach starts to wither somewhat, and take on a greyish ancient look, which soon spreads to cover his whole hand. Gripping his wrist with his other hand, he looks on in horror as the process spreads quickly down his wrist, disappearing under his armour. Lucretia collapses to his knees, suddenly short of breath, kneeling just in front of Vaslin. At his neck, the grey colour starts to appear, and within moments, his other hand has also been transformed into a withered ancient looking thing, the flesh pulled taut and pale looking over withered muscles.
As the others look on in horror, Lucretia doubles over, finding himself looking almost directly into Vaslin's face. To Lucretia's further horror, Vaslin's eyes suddenly flick open, and within them is a burning light. "Thankssss...." croaks Vaslin, though her voice is that of Torus, not Vaslin.
Vaslin/Torus or whatever she has become suddenly thrusts her arm up, gripping Lucretia by the throat. Lucretia gasps for breath and shudders, and Vaslin/Torus seems to visibly swell as the warrior's life force flows into her/it.
The others finally come out of their shock, and start to react. Yvandel is the first. "Quick! Kill them both!!!!" he screams in mad panic.
Larz wrestles to get his holy symbol out, sure that he would need to turn something.
Blondung smiles, and reaches into his coat pocket. He pulls out a small book no one had seen before, and starts to thumb through it. Reaching a certain page, he tips his head back and laughs, a sound strangely eerie and unnerving. "It is but the first!" he says cryptically, "Of the fourth no less..." Laughing now like a mad man, he starts to skip down the corridor, disappearing into the mist... His laughter can be heard echoing for some time...
The Player Reactions:
Luc, Milo, Luc Again, Herod, Dorn,Merrell, Cleo, Milo again, Luc Again, Cleo again, Dorn again, Ceely
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From: May Joseph W Jr MSgt PACAF/CEXO
<joseph.may@hickam.af.mil>
Date: Thu Apr 1, 2004 8:44 pm
Subject: RE: [NJ_PBeM] DM POST [Kythorn 28th late evening] Lucretia and th e
broach!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! :-) joseph.may@hickam.af.mil
Crap
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From: "Steve Weigold" <sweigold@polezero.com>
Date: Thu Apr 1, 2004 9:12 pm
Subject: Milo looks horrified... kf8ki
Milo looks on in horror at Luc's sudden transformation, and he quickly
considers his next action. Somewhat indecisive, Yvandel's words spur
him to
action, and he steps in, prepared to bash in something's skull with
his
staff.
Strangely though, Blondung's words echo in his mind. Suddenly, realization
comes to the priest, and he decides exactly what he must do. Forcing
the
his staff in between the now tightly coupled Torus/Vaslin and Lucretia,
Milo
leaves it there and steps back...
"Back off everyone.. this evil must be destroyed at any cost!"
Without much of a pause, Milo called out loudly...
"Enjoy more Longsaddle Beef!!"
Then the priest too laughed a strange laugh. Oddly, its not unlike
Blondung's departing laughter.
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From: May Joseph W Jr MSgt PACAF/CEXO
<joseph.may@hickam.af.mil>
Date: Thu Apr 1, 2004 9:11 pm
Subject: RE: [NJ_PBeM] DM POST [Kythorn 28th late evening] Lucretia and th e
broach!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! :-) joseph.may@hickam.af.mil
OOC: I have added my parts to the puzzle...I'm sure Luc is fairly helpless at the moment but these are his thoughts and attempted actions.
> As the broach touches his skin, it lays there for a few seconds, doing nothing,
"See nothing to fear!"
Then suddenly, it writhes in his hand, flipping over with the pin driving itself into his flesh. Luc yells, "CRAP" shaking his hand to try to drop the broach, but it fastens itself too securely into his flesh.
> As pain rips through his hand, Lucretia tries to pull it free with his
> other hand, but it seems slippery to his fingers, and he can't get a grip.
"Get it off! Get it off!"
> If anything, the broach seems to wriggle, embedding it further into the
flesh of his hand.
> The flesh around the broach starts to wither somewhat, and take
on a greyish
> ancient look, which soon spreads to cover his whole hand. Gripping
his
> wrist with his other hand, he looks on in horror as the process
spreads
> quickly down his wrist, disappearing under his armour. Lucretia
collapses
> to his knees, suddenly short of breath, kneeling just in front of Vaslin.
"O shit!" "Whattt!"
> At his neck, the grey colour starts to appear, and within moments, his
other
> hand has also been transformed into a withered ancient looking
thing, the
> flesh pulled taut and pale looking over withered muscles.
> As the others look on in horror, Lucretia doubles over, finding himself
> looking almost directly into Vaslin's face. To Lucretia's further
horror,
> Vaslin's eyes suddenly flick open, and within them is a burning light.
<Well it helped her at least, Lucretia thinks as his mind starts to cloud over.>
> "Thankssss...." croaks Vaslin, though her voice is that of Torus,
not Vaslin.
> Vaslin/Torus or whatever she has become suddenly thrusts her
arm up,
> gripping Lucretia by the throat. Lucretia gasps for breath and
shudders,
> and Vaslin/Torus seems to visibly swell as the warrior's life
force flows
> into her/it.
<Ok that was a mistake, he thinks as his body starts to drain....he then tries desperately to escape the undead Vaslin's grasp.>
> The others finally come out of their shock, and start to react. Yvandel
is
> the first. "Quick! Kill them both!!!!" he screams in
mad panic.
> Larz wrestles to get his holy symbol out, sure that he would
need to turn
> something.
> Blondung smiles, and reaches into his coat pocket. He pulls out
a small
> book no one had seen before, and starts to thumb through it.
Reaching a
> certain page, he tips his head back and laughs, a sound strangely
eerie and
> unnerving. "It is but the first!" he says cryptically,
"Of the fourth no
> less..." Laughing now like a mad man, he starts to skip
down the corridor,
> disappearing into the mist... His laughter can be heard echoing
for some
> time...
<That bastard Lucretia thinks...I always knew he was up to something....>
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From: "Scott Apodaca-Eacker" <sapodac@d20.co.edu>
Date: Thu Apr 1, 2004 8:54 pm
Subject: [NJ_PBeM] Herod's POST [Kythorn 28th late evening] Lucretia and the
broach!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-) sapodac
Herod watches in shock as Luc actually disregards all warning about the broach and drops it into his hand. ‘You stupid warrior’ Herod thinks to himself. “Why can’t you every think anything through before acting.”
IF Herod can get close to Luc before Torus/Vaslin can drain too much life force from Luc, Herod will try and use his battle axe to remove Luc’s hand that the pin is in.
IF Herod cannot get close enough, he will grab his holy symbol in hopes that Tempus can help with this creature. “Tempus smite this vile undead creature before it destroys your humble servant.” He will keep his battle axe ready in his other hand in case his prayer goes unanswered (or is not powerful enough).
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From: "George" <borderline_dnd@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu Apr 1, 2004 9:55 pm
Subject: The confusion-Dorn borderline_dnd
The dwarf actually thought the broach would have helped. But the
sudden turn of events dried his throat and he ached for a long
draught of ale, strong ale.
<snip>
The others finally come out of their shock, and start to react.
Yvandel is the first. "Quick! Kill them both!!!!" he screams
in mad
panic.
<snip>
The moment of indecision ends with Ynandel's shout. Dorn lifted his
axe and tried to cut off Vaslin's arm holding Luc's
throat. "Clangeddin help us."
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From: "mike_brown_1" <mike_brown_1@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu Apr 1, 2004 10:44 pm
Subject: Arrgggggg!!!! mike_brown_1
I posted to this friggin site at 1:40 p.m. a post that would have
saved us from all this crap and I have been Yahooed or
ignored???WTF??
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From: "laduck201" <laduck201@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu Apr 1, 2004 11:29 pm
Subject: Re: [NJ_PBeM] DM POST [Kythorn 28th late evening] Lucretia and th e
broach!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! :-) laduck201
--- In NorthernJourneyPBeM@yahoogroups.com, May Joseph W Jr MSgt
PACAF/CEXO <joseph.may@h...> wrote:
> Crap
lol... um, yeah, that's the understatement of the year!!!
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From: "laduck201" <laduck201@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu Apr 1, 2004 11:41 pm
Subject: Re: DM POST [Kythorn 28th late evening] Lucretia and the broach!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!! :-) laduck201
> Blondung smiles, and reaches into his coat pocket. He pulls out a small
> book no one had seen before, and starts to thumb through it.
Reaching a
> certain page, he tips his head back and laughs, a sound strangely
eerie and
> unnerving. "It is but the first!" he says cryptically,
"Of the fourth no
> less..." Laughing now like a mad man, he starts to skip
down the corridor,
> disappearing into the mist... His laughter can be heard echoing
for some
> time...
Cleo looks on in motionless horror as the greyness spreads over Luc. "no....no...." she whimpers as she watches.
As Vaslin's eyes flicker open with evil malevolence and Blondung recites his cryptic words and runs off, Cleo slowly steps backward toward the tunnel, too stunned to think clearly.
(ooc - I had posted earlier that Cleo walked over to Merrell's side) Almost half-heartedly, Cleo draws her sword, knowing that it was capable of dealing with Torus - if indeed that was who Vaslin now was. Clutching Merrel's arm with her shield hand, Cleo pulls him back a few feet away from Luc and Vaslin. Looking at his urgently, Cleo asks quickly, almost nervously, "What do I do?!? This sword will detroy Torus, back the chances of bringing Vaslin back may also be lost! What do I do?!?"
(ooc - Yes, Cleo is throwing away her initiative this round for the sake of
realism, and will only strike if she or Merrell is attacked directly.)
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From: "Steve Weigold" <sweigold@polezero.com>
Date: Thu Apr 1, 2004 11:48 pm
Subject: ooc - about the staff kf8ki
ooc -
Just a reminder everyone... Milo has already placed his staff between Luc
and Vaslin/Torus and uttered the activation phrase. As a reminder,
if the
staff is used without Trolls in the vicinity, it will explode...
Just thought I should mention it...
(Milo laughs maniacally again!)
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From: May Joseph W Jr MSgt PACAF/CEXO <joseph.may@hickam.af.mil>
Date: Fri Apr 2, 2004 12:37 am
Subject: RE: [NJ_PBeM] ooc - about the staff joseph.may@hickam.af.mil
<If Luc could laugh maniacally like Milo and Boldung then he would...instead
I think he'll just go> Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
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From: "laduck201" <laduck201@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri Apr 2, 2004 12:57 am
Subject: Re: ooc - about the staff laduck201
> Just a reminder everyone... Milo has already placed his staff between
Luc
> and Vaslin/Torus and uttered the activation phrase. As a reminder,
if the
> staff is used without Trolls in the vicinity, it will explode...
>
> Just thought I should mention it...
>
> (Milo laughs maniacally again!)
Ok, well now see, that's just wrong!~
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From: "George" <borderline_dnd@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri Apr 2, 2004 2:43 am
Subject: Re: ooc - about the staff borderline_dnd
--- In NorthernJourneyPBeM@yahoogroups.com, "laduck201"
<laduck201@y...> wrote:
> > Just a reminder everyone... Milo has already placed his
staff between Luc
> > and Vaslin/Torus and uttered the activation phrase. As a
reminder,
> > if the staff is used without Trolls in the vicinity, it
will explode...
> >
> > Just thought I should mention it...
> >
> > (Milo laughs maniacally again!)
>
> Ok, well now see, that's just wrong!~
OOC: Nice one. I actually do remember that staff, but I don't think
Dorn was there. I think you used that staff before you went to
Silverymoon and picked him up. So Dorn wouldn't know that bit of
info. So, I guess Dorn is stuck with his action. Which may be totally
different depending on the outcome of that staff.
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From: "Blackwing" <nhrn@ncia.net>
Date: Fri Apr 2, 2004 2:57 am
Subject: ceely blackwing_th...
Ceely watches in horror as Luc takes the broach into his hand then starts to...change. Making things worse is the sudden opening of Vaslin/torus eyes. Shaking the horror from her thoughts, then:
Gripping her sword in two hands she........
If she has a clear shot whe will attempt to behead the Torus/Vaslin thingy.......
If no clear shot, she will wait until she had one.......
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THE DM COMES CLEAN!
From: "Fenn, Matthew" <matthew.fenn@stratus.com>
Date: Fri Apr 2, 2004 7:31 am
Subject: DM POST [Kythorn 28th late evening] - REWIND !!! matthewfenn
<The DM wrote>
> Blondung smiles, and reaches into his coat pocket. He pulls
> out a small book no one had seen before, and starts to thumb
> through it. Reaching a certain page, he tips his head back
> and laughs, a sound strangely eerie and unnerving. "It is
> but the first!" he says cryptically, "Of the fourth
no
> less..." Laughing now like a mad man, he starts to skip
> down the corridor, disappearing into the mist... His
> laughter can be heard echoing for some time...
OOC: OK Folks - I guess I was too subtle, since only two of you seemed to have
"got the joke" :-) Geddit? 1st of the 4th? 1st day of the
4th month? April 1st? April Fool!
Scott, Joe, Dan, George, Mike, Deb
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From: "Scott Apodaca-Eacker" <sapodac@d20.co.edu>
Date: Fri Apr 2, 2004 3:26 pm
Subject: [NJ_PBeM]OOC only! sapodac
Matthew,
Okay you got this poor sucker, and here I thought not only are we going to lose Vaslin but also Luc. Great one, and here I thought my personal feelings on Blondung finally played out.
I will have to remember that for next year.
Scott Apodaca-Eacker
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From: Joseph May <joejoemay@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri Apr 2, 2004 5:01 pm
Subject: Re: [NJ_PBeM] DM POST [Kythorn 28th late evening] - REWIND !!! joejoemay
<Lucretia hands the pouch & broach back to Boldung.
scoops up the stricken priestess and exits stage
right....I mean heads for the exit and camp.>
OOC: I loved the April Fools joke...
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From: "laduck201" <laduck201@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri Apr 2, 2004 5:35 pm
Subject: Re: DM POST [Kythorn 28th late evening] - REWIND !!! laduck201
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> OOC: OK Folks - I guess I was too subtle, since only two of you seemed
to
> have "got the joke" :-) Geddit? 1st of the 4th? 1st
day of the 4th month?
> April 1st? April Fool!
Ok, that's just wrong!!!!
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From: "George" <borderline_dnd@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri Apr 2, 2004 6:59 pm
Subject: Re: DM POST [Kythorn 28th late evening] - REWIND !!! borderline_dnd
--- In NorthernJourneyPBeM@yahoogroups.com, "laduck201"
<laduck201@y...> wrote:
> > OOC: OK Folks - I guess I was too subtle, since only two
of you seemed to
> > have "got the joke" :-) Geddit? 1st of the 4th?
1st day of the 4th month?
> > April 1st? April Fool!
>
> Ok, that's just wrong!!!!
***ROFL*** This was too funny. I was having visions of the movie "The
Mummy" with the scarb bettle that bore into the person and ate
the
flesh. Ewww. ;P
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From: Michael Brown <mike_brown_1@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri Apr 2, 2004 8:03 pm
Subject: Re: [NJ_PBeM] REWIND !!! mike_brown_1
Ok....but I'm still going to kill Blondung, just
because he's creepy. Mwwwwahhhhhh!!!!
If I wasn't all pissed about Yahoo screwing up on me
I'd have probably figured out that you were playing a
joke on us. Good one, Chief. ;-)
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From: "Blackwing" <nhrn@ncia.net>
Date: Sat Apr 3, 2004 2:41 am
Subject: ooc inside-----> blackwing_th...
BAD DM, BAD DM...you go to your room with no supper tonight!
I knew that if Ceely had a pet fishy all would have been alright with
the group...but noooooo thye said no pets and look what happens!
ROFLMAO good one Matt..you had me hook, line and sinker....
Deb