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The party continued up the road.... They met a trapper with a load of hides, had a couple peacful days travel then came to a group of sling bearing guys who said the road was closed for the next few days for a druidic religious ceremony; Aswansea talked their way into the area and the party was stopped by a barbarian and a few more guys who attacked the party; The people were killed and the party turned & ran when a stone giant came out to challenge them; Heading in a loop east of the road, they were challenged by a giant Staghorn Beetle which they killed. Eventually they got back to the trail and camped; Late at night a party of goblins attacked; by the time the party was all awake & had killed the raiders, their Goblin Shaman had struck with a lightening bolt and dropped Walker and Tao. Tao recovered but Walker the Ranger was quite dead, a smoldering corpse of charred flesh. Some of the party took off after the shaman in hot persuit when we ended the session...
As we adapt to 3rd Edition Rules we have begun to figure out and implement the SKILLS and ABILITIES
All characters are being fleshed out with 3rd Edition talents.
DM AIDE:
New posts including Archery weapon speed, and a Weapon Speed guide avalable in the Arcane Library
See you next year!
Dec 26th - Jan 1st: Kwanzaa
Dec 26th: Boxing Day
when the imperfect Roman Julian calendar was set.
Dies Natalis Invictus Solis (Eclectic Holiday by Emperor Aurelian in AD 274/5)
Christmas (Emperor Constantine declared 'Feast of the Nativity' Christian in AD 336)
Dec 25th - Jan 6th; 12 Rauhnächte or Wild Nights...
1st 12 nights of winter
 Dec 21st 2002 @ 5:14 PM PST |
Birthday of Mithra (Persian)
Rebirth of Sol Invictus (Syrian)
Celebertation of Baal (Phoenician)
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Happy HolyDays!
Nov 6th - Dec 6th '02: Ramadan
Nov 12th: Birth of Mirza Husayn Ali Baha'u'llah; 1817
Nov 28th: Thanksgiving
Nov 29 - Dec 7, '02: Hanukkah
Dec 6th: Saint Nikolaus Day
Dec 6th '02: Eid-el-Fitr (End of Ramadan)
Dec 7th '02: Hanukkah ends
Dec 14 - 24th: Saturnalia (Roman ~ Grain ~ Sickle)
(The 10 days before The Solstice - fixed erroneously to Julian calendar dates)
The party continued up the road.... Attacked by a pair of Bane's clerics, with 5 archers and a pack of fighting dogs, the Party was challenged but prevailed. Tai Chi was able to get a bunch of new horses, had them stolen but recovered them and helped the party speed up to Gnoll Pass where the wraiths had slaughtered some 40 of the guard, freshly burried in th e field. The party camped out & slept long to recover. Duingthe night the dead were desicrated and all of the bodies were dug up and shambled away to join the zombie army of Bane. Afer some trade and reprovisioning, the party headed North into the stone hills. A pack of Leucrotta attacked & were defeated; and a large earth bug grabbed & ate Marissa's horse. A camp fire... mule train... pack of dogs in the distance... otherwise no signs of Bane on this road into the heart of Tasick's 'hood...
Ann could not play and Paul was out of town; The Party continued on foot toward Elminster - up toward Gnoll Pass - An avatar upon awinged pegasus warned of a sweeping force of Bane's Wraiths. She took TaiChi on to Gnoll Pass to fetch some horses for the party. The remaining party took to a tree and avoided the group as they rode north. A few followed Midnight into the woods, and nearly ended her role, but Aswansea turned many and led the last away. They killed off 16 orcs that raided in the night, and defeated 5 Barghasts that hunted them all day and attacked after dark. The party regrouped and has continued up the road....
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The Party spent much time shopping and doing recon in Arabel; After no success at reaching the Princess, and a prophetic god-speak from the old fool Molby ~ who was turned away by the 1st Church of Helm for not believing, but sloppily taken under wing by the Lathandrian church. (Sloppy as they let him wander away...) the party attempted to follow clues and make contact at the Eastgate Inn at Midnight; No one showed up AND they were not even captured or tortured although there was a brief moment of roof-top lesbo bitch slapping (with a dagger at throat involved) when Aswansea took a look out position with out informing Marissa. The Party came to some agreement that a leader was needed, and a single task to follow. Aswansea has committed to the task of solving the riddle of Bane's apparent resurrection, and offered to take the party if they accepted her leadership... lawful, good, no murder or mayhem, clean battle and following orders... She left scouted West to Eveningstar with Walker and Marrissa while Tai Chi collected horses and any messages before ridding West with the party. More shopping, including the hiring of henchmen by Karlock! and they finally rolled out by noon. The advanced party met with the Lethander cleric in Eveningstarr and learned that the wandering missionary clerics of Lathandar were scattering to get information. The party re-grouped on the road, and the next day made it to Eveningstar. They decided to march North over the mountains to find the source of the explosive release of chaos some few day s ago; They sought the help of a local ranger but he was not home. Aswansea order camp and was immediately contradicted by Karlock; Aswansea sternly dressed him down for insubordination and made it a bit clearer to a few more of the party that if she was to lead they had to show her the respect to follow; all decisions for the good of the party but no more insolent, chaotic initiative would be tolerated. The party had to choose if Asswansea was a worthy leader and decided to stay together. In the morning the party headed back to Eveningstar and came upon a grizzly battle scene; an entire pack of Lethanderian swordsmen were slaughtered on the road; only the cleaned bones of two horses and a few broken weapons were left; no bodies; only pools of blood, and an epitaph referencing Bane written in blood upon a large rock; A large flock of carrion birds were picking over the horses and scratching the bloody ground for gore; there was no sign of retreat or escape; all of the dead seemed to have vanished with their weapons. The head cleric of Eveningstar came out to inspect the scene and confirmed the identity of the leading cleric the party met the day before, not more than 1/2 hour before the battle must have taken place. The party asked for divine guidance and decided to head back to the dessert by know roads rather than attempt a cross country trek over the mountains to the North. When they got back to Arabell they were met by a mysterious girl who asked for help saving her captured mistress, who was to be unnamed. Before much could be divulged she passed out, bleeding, and was whisked to the Temple of Lathander, where the clerics tried to save her and promptly sloppily let her also vanish. A bard met two nights earlier revealed himself to be the message bearer; His cryptic riddle about smoke and Tao's recalling the red sealed scroll and coded reply, resulted in getting the egg passed to the party. The egg contained another note. The Party found out that Midnight was a woman, not a time of night, and she was a friend of the bard; with a black cat - not so mincing and not responding to the name Elsomar...
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The Party returned to Castle Crag and resumed their exploration of the dungeons. AFter killing 4 Ogres, teh part freed two merchants and a Gnoll loving Gnome from a cell. They continued, battling a pack of Gnolls and then further down ran into a pack of undead and animated a pair of crypt guardians. Backtracking, they finished off 3 more ogres and a Hill Giant. The day ended in the middle of a pitched battle where Karlock called in a pack of giant ants.
Happy Östara Fest!
ROMANIAN traditions
The Pagan Origins of Easter
By Royce Carlson
This name was fashioned after the ancient word for spring, Eastre.
The goddess Ostara was the Norse equivalent,
whose symbols were the hare and the egg.
From this comes our tradition of celebrating with eggs and bunnies.
Attis derived his mythology from even earlier gods, Osiris, Dionysus, and Orpheus, who also were supposed to have been born of a virgin and suffered death and resurrection as long as 500 years before Christ was born.
Christ or Orphius?
ChristianOrigins/PaganHistory
Patricius Magonus Sucatus 385 ~ 3/17/461 AD
http://www.doyle.com.au/saint_patrick.htm
Brother
DIES!The members of the Party were suprised by a group of Zentharium mages and rogues at the corner tower of Castle Crag. They held them off while Aswansea flew in 3 more of the party and engaged in a fierce battle. The final 3 were flown in and helped mop up the pitched battle, only then to find the party had slain who they assumed to be Tasick and his mage partner. The group began to explre the dungeon below the castle, when an etherial mance began attacking and chased them back to the tower. The party got away and camped, returning in the morning to find the place abandoned... and ready to plunder before Zentharium reinforcements arrive & hunt the party down.
The members of the Party followed their battle with the Kobolds with a brief rest - disturbed by a cataclysmic earthquake which foreshadowed a terrible storm blasting from the North West dessert; forests south of Gnoll Pass were destroyed as if by a hurricane and the sun was darkened for a full day... as well as disrupting magical and spiritual powers for the party.
The braver members of the Party followed Walker, who tracked Aswansea's spilled blood into the lair of the Rock Lizards. Karlock gave Walker the strength of a bull and sought out Aswansea's location by detecting her pure alignment. A Gelatinous cube tried to dissolve Walker, but was scorched with burning oil and retreated. The Mother of All Rock Lizards fell upon Walker; a battle with the two parent Rock Lizards was brief but fierce, and Aswansea was rescued from the torments of being nibbled to death by the baby lizards. Buried in their nest midden was a headless warrior, bearing a magic shield, plate and great axe. The party remained in the cave for the night and resumed their trek in the morning.
Tormenting Bill, who's Aswansea lies in the stinking lair of the Rock Lizards, awaiting rescue or pillaging burial, the players agreed to move the game date to Sunday so Christian could play and Dick could attend all day learn more than he ever wanted to about lactating breasts on Saturday... unbeknownst to even his protector Ann, Shane has taken u& p cruising and could not care less about which day the game took place. He hath earned a black mark...
Happy HolyDays!
Dec 6th: Saint Nikolaus Day
Dec 10th 2001: Start of Hanukkah
Dec 14th 2001: Eid-el-Fitr (End of Ramadan)
Dec 14 - 24th: Saturnalia (Roman ~ Grain ~ Sickle)
(The 10 days before The Solstice - fixed erroneously to Julian calendar dates)
Dec 21st 2001 @ 11:22 PST: The Actual Winter Solstice
Birthday of Mithra (Persian)
Rebirth of Sol Invictus (Syrian)
Celebertation of Baal (Phoenician)
Dec 25th: The date of the Winter Solstice in 46 BC when the Roman Julian calendar was set.
Dies Natalis Invictus Solis (Eclectic Holiday cooked up by Emperor Aurelian in AD 274/5)
Christmas (Emperor Constantine declared 'Feast of the Nativity' to be Christian in AD 336)
Dec 25th - Jan 6th; 12 Rauhnächte or Wild Nights...1st 12 nights of winter
Dec 26th: Boxing Day
Dec 26th - Jan 1st: Kwanzaa
Jan 1st: New Years Day - Start of modern Solar Year calendar
Jan 6th: Epiphany / 3 Kings Day (Older Celebration of Jesus' Birth before Roman assimilation ~ Jesus' Babtism ~ visitation of the Magi)
Jan 6th; 12th day of Christmas