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[DnD] The Haunting of Hargast (GFF D&D Adventure 3)
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The unmovable stubborn
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Old Feb 12, 2009, 02:32 PM #176 of 613
The halfling and the elf descend into the basement, gingerly stepping through the zombie-enlarged hole in the basement's west wall. There's very little natural light in the cavern beyond, but Bob's light spell is more than adequate for the task. Dozens of brittle bones crunch underfoot as the pair investigate.

As suspected, the caverns lead deeper into the earth. With the aid of improved lighting, they discover an obviously-artificial mineshaft leading down into blackness. The shoring timbers lining the chute look dubious at best.

Around the bend to the north, something heavy is splashing around. Bob detects an absolutely vile odor emanating from that direction.



What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?
Bradylama
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Old Feb 12, 2009, 10:52 PM Local time: Feb 12, 2009, 10:52 PM 1 #177 of 613
Argumentus picks up his shield to get ready for the day, and joins the women folk in the cave to do some spelunking.

Try to estimate the length of the shaft

Jam it back in, in the dark.
No. Hard Pass.
Salty for Salt's Sake


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Old Feb 13, 2009, 12:11 AM Local time: Feb 12, 2009, 11:11 PM #178 of 613
The dwarf wandered into the cave, yawning as his eyes got accustomed to the low light. He decided he knew caves fairly well, and in order to get the lay of if this was a wet zombie monster cave or a giant dragon cave, he used his inherent knowledge of stuff.

Dungeoneering check to see if he can predict a bit of what they're in for.

There's nowhere I can't reach.


John Mayer just asked me, personally, through an assistant, to sing backup on his new CD.

knkwzrd
you know i'm ready to party because my pants have a picture of ice cream cake on them


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Old Feb 13, 2009, 12:51 AM Local time: Feb 12, 2009, 11:51 PM 1 #179 of 613
Motsognir didn't want to be alone. He followed the others, and noticing the Paladin examining the cavern, decided to lend a hand.

double your pleasure with double dwarf dungeoneering

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.
Fluffykitten McGrundlepuss
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Old Feb 13, 2009, 06:38 AM Local time: Feb 13, 2009, 12:38 PM #180 of 613
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12
Being a curious fellow, I couldn't help but want to know what was splashing about round the corner and smelling so bad. Using my best sneaky tiptoe skills, I edged round the corner, hoping for a peek without being spotted by whatever it was.

Sneak over and look at what's making the noise.

How ya doing, buddy?
The unmovable stubborn
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Old Feb 13, 2009, 07:44 AM #181 of 613
Argumentus tests the depth of the mineshaft, tying his sack of sling stones to the end of his rope. He estimates the landing to be about 15 feet down; it's odd for Bob's light spell not to be able to reach such a shallow depth. Suddenly, something starts to tug at the opposite end of Arg's rope, and he hurriedly reels it back up. When he recovers it, there's no sign of the perpetrator but his sling stones are gone.

Gabe and Soggy take a good look at the cave, curious about what kind of beast it may house. While this kind of damp and swampy cavern does occasionally play home to dragons (particularly greens or blacks), it seems more than a little cramped for dragon's tastes down here. While a lair of this size could support a wyrmling or two, dragons would never lay their eggs so close to a human settlement. Whatever's down here is probably some kind of simple hungry animal, but neither dwarf's enthusiasm for nature seems to extend much further than a good plate of venison.

Bob creeps down the passage, hoping to get a glimpse of whatever may be lurking (without getting glimpsed himself). Hugging the wall as he moves north, he wades carefully into a shallow underground pond. As he enters another open chamber, he spots the probable culprits; two large creatures like massive caterpillars, munching on the still thrashing body of a drowned zombie. Neither of the crawling monsters seem to notice Bob.



I was speaking idiomatically.
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Old Feb 13, 2009, 08:09 AM Local time: Feb 13, 2009, 08:09 AM #182 of 613
Arg hesitantly calls down the shaft: "Uhh... hello?"

How ya doing, buddy?
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Old Feb 13, 2009, 08:26 AM Local time: Feb 13, 2009, 02:26 PM #183 of 613
I sidled back to the others who were seemingly not quite in the same mood for stealth as I was and communicated my findings. It seemed as though we were faced with two choices, engage the monsters or at least try to incapacitate them or head down the spooky looking mine shaft. That it was just a cave with the caterpillers in suggested that we could just ignore them as there seemed to be no way through to the mausoleum past them but if we did that, we'd never know what kind of awesome loot they might be hoarding and I still didn't have enough money for that war paint.

Peering into the gloom in the mineshaft, I wracked my brain for anything I might have learned about amorphous dark blobs at mage school and tried to sense if there was any magic afoot.

Insight checks, is it magic in general and do I recognise the phenomena?

FELIPE NO
The unmovable stubborn
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Old Feb 13, 2009, 10:10 AM 3 #184 of 613
Argumentus calls down to whatever might be lurking below. There is a brief grinding noise, and then a voice shouts back up at him. It's an old man's voice, phlegmy and irascible.

"ENTER YE NOT THE TOMB OF HARGASTUS THE MIGHTY, LORD OF THE LAND, PROTECTOR OF THE REALM, BARON OF THE PLAINS, HOLDER OF THE CROWN, AND WINNER OF THE REGIONAL FOOTRACE FIVE YEARS RUNNING. MY ETERNAL REST SHALL NOT BE DISTURBED. LEAVE THIS PLACE OR BE DESTROYED BY MY MANY GUARDIANS, WHO ARE VERY FIERCE INDEED — OR SO MY ADVISORS HAVE ASSURED ME."

A second voice, a woman's, cuts in; it sounds friendly but monotonous, like a barmaid reading off the menu for the tenth time that day.

'This hath been a pre-recorded portent of thy doom. To hear once more of the doom that awaits thee should thy intrude upon the dead, say "hello" or pull the red lever."

This second message then repeats itself in the Elven, Dwarven and Goblin tongues, the speaker having increasing difficulty with each iteration. The very beginning of the message is then relayed in the Giant tongue, but the woman speaking gives up at "pre-recorded" and returns to Common for a handful of expletives before going entirely silent.

Bob checks the pit for any obvious signs of magery. Indeed, the blackness appears to be an illusionary Phantom Chasm, probably put in place specifically to deter visitors like himself. Of course, seeing the illusion for what it is does nothing to dispel it and Bob is left staring into inky blackness that he well knows isn't actually there.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?
Fluffykitten McGrundlepuss
Motherfucking Chocobo


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Old Feb 13, 2009, 10:40 AM Local time: Feb 13, 2009, 04:40 PM #185 of 613
I figured the blackness was probably hiding something and for want of a better way of finding out what, I tossed a fireball into the middle of it, hoping that all the noise we were making hadn't attracted the massive bugs round the corner.

Flame burst into the middle of the phantom chasm

Jam it back in, in the dark.
The unmovable stubborn
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Old Feb 13, 2009, 11:30 AM 4 #186 of 613
Luckily, the creatures are splashing around too much to overhear the faint wumpf of the fireball being flung down the chute. Nothing much seems to occur. Whatever may be at the bottom of the pit, it isn't especially flammable.

The bored-barmaid voice chirps up again. "Please do not expose the Doomsayer 1000 to extreme heat or cold; this can void your warrant of guaranteed functionality. Thank you."

There's nowhere I can't reach.
Bradylama
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Old Feb 13, 2009, 04:11 PM Local time: Feb 13, 2009, 04:11 PM #187 of 613
Argumentus ties his rope to... something, and makes his way down the shaft.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.
knkwzrd
you know i'm ready to party because my pants have a picture of ice cream cake on them


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Old Feb 13, 2009, 04:15 PM Local time: Feb 13, 2009, 03:15 PM #188 of 613
Motsognir lends the slow one his grappling hook.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?
The unmovable stubborn
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Old Feb 13, 2009, 06:34 PM 4 #189 of 613
Argumentus hooks his rope to a handy stalagmite and rappels down. As predicted, the unnatural blackness subsides after only a few feet of descent. Of course, with the darkness now above him, Argumentus cannot see the rest of the party — or they him.

The descent is brief, and Argumentus comes to his feet in a small, mostly tidy chamber. Contrary to the view from above, the interior of the crypt is in fact remarkably well-lit; this illumination seems to have no obvious source.

Two small heaps of stone lie here; a shield is propped atop one. On the wall adjacent the heaps, two messages are etched into the stone; one comprising a sentence or two, and then, below it, a single word in what looks like a different alphabet. Argumentus can make no sense of either.

The DoomSayer 1000 sits on a little pedestal here, this particular model having been cast in the shape of an oversized stone skull.

"Greetings, visitor!" chirps the DoomSayer's genial customer-service voice. "Welcome to — wait, wait."

A sound of parchment being crinkled emits from the device.

"...ah. Ahem. Leave now, or prepare to be killed in nasty ways. Should you persist in your intrusion, the DoomSayer Alchemical Company is required to warn you that the following side-effects may occur."

There is the sound of a page turning and a muttered "wow" before the speaker lengthily clears her throat.

"Tinnitus, persistent hiccups, ulcers, sudden unexplained pregnancy, phantom limb syndrome, abdominal pain, hallucinations, shortness of breath, irritability, high blood pressure, suicidal tendencies, dry mouth, loss of appetite, sweating, nausea, grumpy armpits, partial blindness, total blindness, gradual weight loss, anal bleeding, gradual weight gain, restless legs, sudden anencephaly, uncontrollable dancing, the persistent belief that one is an orc, athlete's foot, increased risk of vampire attack, total skin failure, and untimely death."

A single wooden door bars the passage west out of the room.



How ya doing, buddy?
Bradylama
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Old Feb 13, 2009, 07:25 PM Local time: Feb 13, 2009, 07:25 PM #190 of 613
"Uhhhhhhhhhh. Me no read. Pretty lady come down?"

Argumentus investigates the Doomsayer in the meantime, looking for anything that seems like a mechanism.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?
No. Hard Pass.
Salty for Salt's Sake


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Old Feb 13, 2009, 11:44 PM Local time: Feb 13, 2009, 10:44 PM #191 of 613
The dwarf glanced over at Brigid and whispered under his breath:

"I bet this ends well."

FELIPE NO


John Mayer just asked me, personally, through an assistant, to sing backup on his new CD.

Sarag
Fuck yea dinosaurs


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Old Feb 14, 2009, 11:40 AM #192 of 613
"Well enough for us if we stay up here. An' anyway, we're lookin' out for dem worms the city-lady done told us about."

I suddenly pretend to be very interested in the splashing coming down the hall.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?
The unmovable stubborn
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Old Feb 14, 2009, 01:00 PM #193 of 613
The DoomSayer 1000 has no apparent external mechanisms save the aforementioned red lever.

Jam it back in, in the dark.
Bradylama
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Old Feb 14, 2009, 04:29 PM Local time: Feb 14, 2009, 04:29 PM 2 #194 of 613
"Hello."

There's nowhere I can't reach.
The unmovable stubborn
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Old Feb 14, 2009, 06:46 PM 5 #195 of 613
"ENTER YE NOT THE TOMB OF HARGASTUS THE MIGHTY, LORD OF THE LAND, PROTECTOR OF THE REALM, BARON OF THE PLAINS, HOLDER OF THE CROWN, AND WINNER OF THE REGIONAL FOOTRACE FIVE YEARS RUNNING. MY ETERNAL REST SHALL NOT BE DISTURBED. LEAVE THIS PLACE OR BE DESTROYED BY MY MANY GUARDIANS, WHO ARE VERY FIERCE INDEED — OR SO MY ADVISORS HAVE ASSURED ME."

How ya doing, buddy?
Fluffykitten McGrundlepuss
Motherfucking Chocobo


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Old Feb 14, 2009, 07:05 PM Local time: Feb 15, 2009, 01:05 AM #196 of 613
I climbed down the rope to join the big guy. Upon reaching the room below, I investigated the writing on the wall.

Read the wall. If it's not a language Bob can read, prepare that language ritual thing

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?
The unmovable stubborn
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Old Feb 14, 2009, 10:03 PM #197 of 613
Bob descends the rope, leaving Team Stumpy to their pretense of interest in the caterpillars.

The elf's sharp eyes immediately notice a light tracery of glowing lines on the western door; almost certainly some kind of trap.

Bob studies the etchings on the wall. The second one, while brief, is simple enough: it's Elven. It reads "Six".

Curious about the first message, Bob performs a simple ritual to grant him insight. The writing turns out to be Dwarven in origin, although of a somewhat archaic dialect. If only there were some dwarves around, he could have saved those components! Oh well.

"Here lie my brothers Bazral and Harel Ironhands, who went to their reward in this awful pit — but not before cleansing the world of more horrors than I can count."

I was speaking idiomatically.
No. Hard Pass.
Salty for Salt's Sake


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Old Feb 14, 2009, 10:13 PM Local time: Feb 14, 2009, 09:13 PM #198 of 613
The dwarf had no desire to attempt a rope in full plate. So he stood fast and guarded the edge of the pit against marauding worms and other such evil things.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?


John Mayer just asked me, personally, through an assistant, to sing backup on his new CD.

Bradylama
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Old Feb 14, 2009, 10:38 PM Local time: Feb 14, 2009, 10:38 PM #199 of 613
Argumentus keeps saying "hello" to keep the Doomsayer occupied while the elf investigates further.

FELIPE NO
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Old Feb 14, 2009, 10:40 PM 1 #200 of 613
The DoomSayer 1000 collapses into 1000 itsy-bitsy pieces and all of the pieces have little sad faces on them

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?
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