The Tuesday Game 2
Date May 2nd 2017
Character Level: 12th
Summary
The party takes their flying ship down to the earth elemental who has been named "Rock Dad" to see if it can help them get to the elemental plane of earth. They knew it could protect them while they were there, but the effort might kill it. With the help of their planar engines powering their flying ship, they create a portal to the plane of earth. Nimble is the first through, after Ijij moves the earth enough for the party to walk into the plane of earth.
As Nimble enters into the plane of earth, the others on the outside notice an almost imperceptible shift in the portal. They all enter through and walk down a long, narrow earthen hallway that Ijij is holding open for them. After a short time, the party reaches a strange foyer of sorts. The walls, floor, and ceiling are all made of smooth rock and there is a hallway that leads deeper into this place. After lighting the Lantern of Revealing, Nimble moves down the hallway and enters into a room made of the same smooth stone that is a 60 foot cube. In the center there is a raised dais, but as Nimble approaches it, five stone figures rise from the ground.
Nimble continues approaching, explaining that they are here with the Bones of Stone, but mid sentence, the stone figure closest to Nimble rushes forward and strikes him in the chest, pushing him back against the wall. "YOU MUST PROVE YOUR WORTH" it bellows as the other four figures assume a fighting stance. The fight is over quickly, each time one of the stone creatures is struck down, the remains sink into the floor until they have all been felled and the room is as it was when the party first entered.
When the Bones of Stone are placed on the dais, the room changes and a hallway reappears, showing them the foyer where they left Ijij to rest. They retreat back to the portal and enter back into the material plane, looking up hopefully at the giant planar hole in the sky only to find that it has not changed. The party sends their ship to the place where Umi got his powers, piloted by several Throden. While the ship is flying, the party returns to their town to attend to a few errands. Nimble and Illistair venture to Zakarna to find a huge commotion at the docks. When Illistair investigates, he sees six Dragonborn from the Scaled Cliffs. One is speaking broken common and asking for humanitarian aid in the form of people to help rebuild their now ruined civilization.
Illistair notices the other five Dragonborn standing more or less perfectly still and looking forward at nothing in particular. Finding this behavior odd, he calls the rest of the party to the docks. After they arrive, they begin examining the Dragonborn from the cover of the gathering crowd that seems very interested in helping the Dragonborn. Their investigations dance around the idea that something isn't quite right with these Dragonborn, so they start getting more direct until eventually Illistair has a direct verbal confrontation with the one who is speaking. Drawing on his cunning and quick wit, Illistair is able to turn the crowd to his side (being a local hero has its perks) and creates some suspicion about the Dragonborn who is asking for help.
Claiming to be insulted and not wanting anything more to do with people who refuse aid to a dying people, the Dragonborn turn to leave. Nimble instructs the party to slow down their departure and hides becomes the darkness itself on the ship the Dragonborn arrived on. They depart and Nimble notices the ship moving faster than an average ship would. After finishing up some last few errands, the rest of the party beats feet back to their town and waits for Aeyo to open the portal that will lead them back to their ship. When he does, they instruct the Throden to fly towards the Scaled Cliffs in an effort to intercept the ship that Nimble is hiding on.
As Nimble hides in hold of the ship, a Dragonborn walks down the stairs to the hold and announces to the seemingly empty room "Hello little one, we should talk."
Notes
- The temple of Earth has been activated
- Rock Dad didn't die during the process
- The party struck a deal with Ijij to help expand their keep further into the mountain
- Illistair got his tail reattached
