Escape from Xenosia

[Frederic Bourgault-Christie]

Fire and darkness fills the sky. Women are tortured, beaten and raped, pulled out of farm houses. The Aertryan Zeppelin Force has become a tool of domination, spouting the justice of the Xenosian Reclamation. Miscreants of all kinds are punished with slavery or worse. A black claw seems to extend across the horizon.

The hope of defeating the claw grasping at all of Hael and the universe lies in a number of people currently running from it.

On Dern Ironwit's ship, a heated battle against a supernatural and seemingly unstoppable foe continues.

And in Aertrya, three young warriors are running from men on horseback...

[doomkitty]

ok and who would those warriors be? CRAP I need to name them how dont I?

Mage=coyote=Mercy
Warlock=Rabbit=Shannon
Warrior=Wolf= Zoie

FTW

[Frederic Bourgault-Christie]

...No. This is Vicky, Amber and Megan. The Mage, 'Lock and Warrior are the ones in Canada.

[doomkitty]

ok I lost track of everything!

[doomkitty]

Barbarian
Bard
Cleric
Druid
Fighter
Monk
Paladin
Psion
Psychic Warrior
Ranger
Rogue
Sorcerer
Soulknife
Wilder
Wizard

[Frederic Bourgault-Christie]

Last night, the group met Fritz the Bookkeeper, acquired the above classes plus Hexblade in book form, then defeated the Black Salamander!

The queen sighs with great sadness as the elephant continues through the tunnels. "What is happening? Normally, that creature is docile and half that size. Some thing is corrupting the animals and the creatures into... monsters."

[doomkitty]

does vicky feel anything wrong with the world? being a shaman and all.
amber will be healing everybody
Megan will say " That is really sad that this is happening."

[Frederic Bourgault-Christie]

There does seem to be an unusual overabundance of dark spirits. Then again, she is new, and doesn't know how many there were before or what forces may be coloring her perspective.

Amber is running low on energy. Luckily, it seems as if nothing will attack them on the way.

Anomos (the Wizard) says, "It was as if the elements repelled away from me... Well, I can't imagine how useful a wizard without elemental magic will be, but I can try."

Suddenly, the elephant seems to make a trumpeting sound. "Huh.", Queen Rain comments. "That's... new. It's saying there's a cave to the side."

[doomkitty]

"lets not explore it right now, lets get safe first then worry about it later. when we have rested and then we can take it on" says Megan

[Frederic Bourgault-Christie]

The Queen says, "We are still some distance from the kingdom. If someone is in there, they may be killed before we come back."

[doomkitty]

"then let us go, and see what is the end of the rabbit hole!" says vicky

[Frederic Bourgault-Christie]

The tunnel is somewhat long, but nothing compared to what they've traversed so far. At the end is a large, brownish woman, a veritable rotund Earth Goddess. She smiles beneficently at the group.

[doomkitty]

"greetings" says vicky
"what have the earth to say to us?"

[Frederic Bourgault-Christie]

OOG: She's not literally an earth goddess, but good line anyways.

"Ah. So you were able to see into my cave. Have you heard of the Shamanic Power of Fusion, dear?"

[doomkitty]

"No I have not, could you expain it to me. I thank you for allowing us to talk to you."

[Frederic Bourgault-Christie]

"There is a now almost lost tradition on my world. Shamans are able to transform themselves. Most are able to turn themselves into pure elemental energy and imbue their power into a specific person. The hope is that, with the proper combinations of energies in the person, it may be possible to transform them. But every so often, as with the thief Karn, there comes someone able to transform others into themselves and form a new combined personality. I am the Shaman of Earth, Solo. May I come with you?"

[doomkitty]

"yes you may join us, you will honer us with your presence." says vicky

[Frederic Bourgault-Christie]

Solo nods and climbs up the elephant with the help of Marcelo and Queen Rain. As she boards, she hands the adventurers a small, hand-built wooden box with no nails. Inside is a small selection of draughts, potions, herbs and items, apparently medicinal in nature.

The elephant, at a prompt from Queen Raine, backs up the tunnel, moving away from the shrine in reverse. It finds a divot in the wall to turn around in and, after a few adjustments, begins to move at a galloping pace down the hall. Turning back into the main hall, the group crosses the remaining distance rapidly.

What faces them is amazing. There is a whole underground city in the caves below! Most of the occupants are human, dwarven or kobolds, living in what appears to be harmony. The designs are somewhat Oriental, ranging from Indian to Chinese. Queen Rain smiles and says, "Welcome to the Underground City of Ang." As the group gets closer, they can tell two things. Not all of the city is underground. The castle and the monastery are clearly above ground. The cave opens into a large cliff overseeing the sea. Rain explains, "Ang has always been a small kingdom. We have historically been a place for refugees, hermits and free-thinkers. We have cultivated this. The monastery is massive and our first line of defense. They form a substantial part of the Royal Guard. Then there is our militia. Ang has a port town as well, bustling even if not a Gongamnos or New York. One goes down the mountain path." She sighs. Even closer, the group can see that the city is swarming with new people. They do not look to be prosperous, either. Families are holding their possessions, and nomadic peoples are looking in confusion. "The Xenosian advance has driven out these people. Aertryans, nomads, and the small nations the Xenosians began absorbing. As they expand, Ang will continue to help. There is more space below, but we are running out. There are ancient tunnels, unknown to the Xenosians, that can be used to evacuate. But they mostly lead into Xenosian territory, or into territory that will be dominated by them. We have to fight back. In the case of a siege, we can hold out on underground ranching and farming for years and can seal the cave leading in here. A full scale bombardment would be needed to dislodge us. However, we don't want to show our hands to the Xenosians. Ang's involvement must remain a secret. This underground city is unknown to everyone but Ang citizens. I am trusting you with this because... well, because you are our hope."

[Frederic Bourgault-Christie]

Amber, Vicky, Megan, Omani and Anomos began to clear out the caves within which Malakos is suspected to hide. In doing so, they rapidly gained levels [the rapid level gain is because all five had lost quite a bit of experience and health in their ordeals and burial, so regaining is easier than someone who had simply never had the experience]. When returning to Ang, they spoke to an elemental monk, who told them of a Xenosian soldier who was occupying a grove of an earth kami. They freed said kami and received the benefits. (We'll note under Merits - Blessing of the Earth Kami. It's a minor boost to Str, End, Ki and earth effects).

Everyone has risen to the equivalent of 3rd level in the D&D class they've been pursuing. You should figure out what class(es) everyone is pursuing (yes, you can multi-class, and alignment/multi-classing restrictions are a bit eased).

So, the sheets are:

Amber:
Level: 8
Abilities:
Healing Touch
Wrath
Moonfire
Rejuvenation
Element's Child (conjures a small bit of element on origami)
Lantern (origami lantern)
Foxfire
Chi Sense
Equipment: Staff
Merits:
Blessing of the Earth Kami (a minor boost to Str, End, Ki and earth effects)

Anomos:
Level: 8
Abilities:
Summon Familiar (Toad, Alertness, Improved Evasion, Share Spells, Empathic Link, Deliver Touch Spells)
Scribe Scroll
Specialized Schools:
Illusion
Banned Schools:
Elemental
Equipment:
Jobs Available: Wizard (3rd level Mastered)
Merits:
Blessing of the Earth Kami (a minor boost to Str, End, Ki and earth effects)
Limit Breaks:
?? ?? ? 1

Megan:
Level: 8
Abilities:
Boar Charge
Raptor Strike
Serpent Sting
Parry
Auto Shot
Track Beasts
Aspect of the Monkey
Equipment: Gun, Masterwork Axe
Merits:
Blessing of the Earth Kami (a minor boost to Str, End, Ki and earth effects)

Omani:
Level: 8
Abilities:
Rebuke Undead [note that this does not mean that she's evil]
Cure Wounds [replace any prepared spell with Cure]
Myaku (Pulse)
Rebuke Earth Creatures
Turn Earth Creatures
Boon of Strength (domain bonus from Strength)
Stance: Neutral Drill
Stance: Constant Deflection
Stance: Calm
Stance: Truth
Twister Comes Down
Tearing Bolt
Battle Stare (L. 2)
Vital Strikes (L. 2)
Human Tank Ability (absorb one shot per encounter)
Equipment: Nodachi, Drum, Headband, Beads, Research scrolls, two scalpels, headband, ninja clothes, off-duty clothes
Domains:
Air (turn/destroy or rebuke/command earth creatures, use abilities 3 + Cha per day)
Healing (+1 D&D level to healing spells and abilities)
Strength (enhancement bonus equal to Cleric level to Strength once per day)
Jobs Available: Cleric (3rd level Mastered)
Prepared Spells:
Wind Wall
Obscuring Mist
Enlarge Person
Merits:
Blessing of the Earth Kami (a minor boost to Str, End, Ki and earth effects)
Limit Breaks:

Vicky:
Level: 8
Abilities:
Rockbiter Weapon
Lightning Bolt
Earth Shock
Stoneskin Totem
Lesser Healing Wave
Lick Wounds
Sense Unmaker's Hand (Sense Wyrm)
[Three lion abilities
Equipment: Masterwork Iron Helm, Earth Totem, Masterwork Mace
Merits:
Blessing of the Earth Kami (a minor boost to Str, End, Ki and earth effects)

Items:

Xenosian Plate
Xenosian Chi Amplifying Sword
7 Tonics
3 Phoenix Down
3 Antidotes
1 Fire Materia
1 Cure Materia
1 Heal Element
300 gold

[doomkitty]

Megan=ranger
vicky= barbarin
amber=druid
Anomos=wizard? or sorcerer
Omani=Cleric
is that cool fred?

[Frederic Bourgault-Christie]

Anomos is a Wizard. Why double up on Druid? You'll get the abilities just as fast, the book doesn't help. The others are fine.

[doomkitty]

then how about monk for Amber, she needs to hit stuff hard and kill everything with her fists cause that is hot. Ok lets have the party continue clearing out the caves or where ever they are. I know we only got through like half of the first level.

[Frederic Bourgault-Christie]

Yes, Druid + Monk is classic cheapness.

You return to the dungeon after your Earth Totem quest. Proceeding to where you were last time, you had yet to take the fork down into the bottom or up at the end of the hall.

[eyolf]

lets go to the end of the hall and clear out the entire floor before we continue down the stairs

[Frederic Bourgault-Christie]

At the end of the hallway, you turn to the right and see another snaking route. Again, a blocked pathway lead to the same area earlier. You don't seem to encounter anything. The stairs at now to your right (straight up from where you originally entered the cave), and at the end of this hallway is a large circular room.

[eyolf]

head to the large circular room and check it out

[Frederic Bourgault-Christie]

Are you entering the room all as a group, what's your formation, etc.?

[Frederic Bourgault-Christie]

Ang has now heard that the XLF has recruited many powerful allies and has the full backing of Baron, Fabul, the Sorcerer Supreme of Earth, Latveria, the Sons of Korhal, remaining Protoss, Altair, Palamecia (though this is only in exile), and many other nations and groups.