Session Date: 18.1.08
Game Date: 385 TME (to The Modern Era) Spring
Present Players: Mickey (Verena), Koby (Tristan), Effim (Diadora)
Day 30 in the Maze.
Time: ~16:00
NPCs Met:
- In the inn you saw Thaeryn the vanishing and reappearing mage.
- You saw Dendrick the aging ranger, whom you spoke with, and bought some information from, on the maze within the maze(location and hazards).
- You also met your friends from before: Thaemond, Bromaryn and Aaredan.
- You later met up with Tibur, the maze’s smith.
Rooms Explored\Things Done:
- You began your session by finishing off the battle with the strange, flying, gargoyle-like, undead creatures (just to remind you – they weren’t ethereal, just invisible). The creatures, who apparently summoned the “army” of shadows you dealt with last session, were pretty pathetic without their ethereal guard. They did manage to drain some charisma from Tristan, and to grapple with Verena, but due to Diadora’s original use of Faerie Fire their invisibility was no longer a shield for them, and they had to take to using ethereal jaunt and friends. Tristan’s weapon seemed to have little affect on them, Diadora was sorely missing spells against undead, and Verena’s spells did a very small amount of damage, so it looked to be a long battle. Ironically, however, Verena’s escape attempt, after one of the creatures seized her and was prepared to drain charisma from her, destroyed the grappling creature, who was shocked to death (pun intended
). His fellow in undeath did not wait out the battle, and wounded, without minions, and without his companion – he fled. - Tristan and Verena had a heated and prolonged discussion on the influence of the gods on their lives. After a few minutes, Diadora lost patience, and dealt with the manner (since they were both completely ignoring her) by casting a spell that pushed Verena back against the wall. Verena was puzzled as to the source of the power that did that, and for a long time flipped through all her books, to find any likely explanation to it. Diadora was, however, pleased since the group moved on.
- You then reached the room of Tibur, the smith (whom you know nothing about, since Verena obviously didn’t pay enough attention in history class). He was rather unpleasantly impatient with Tristan, who tried to talk to him, and intimidated Verena, who tried to peek into his “Recipe Book”, but you did manage to garner from him that he was put in this maze as a punishment from the gods (who else was placed in the maze by the gods? why? hmmm…). Tristan lead the way out of Tibur’s room in disgust, while Tibur called out after him: “Come back when you’re ready to buy something!”.
- You then returned to inn (having decided not to try and tackle the riddle door again), and rested there for a while. Verena went on a shopping mission for scrolls and tried to swap spells with Aaredan. Diadora had a short talk with Thaeryn, but having no new ideas why nature punished him so severely for ignoring her rules so brutally for so long (*hint*, *hint*), she left him be and talked to Dendrick instead. After a short while, she bought from him the information he had on the location and hazards of the maze within the maze.
- You went to sleep, woke up refreshed, and set out to the maze within the maze (30 minutes walk to there. It’s North-East of the inn), ignoring all the rooms on the way (you’re going to have to enter some of them – at least to earn some cash).
- You entered the first part of the maze within the maze, where magic ceased to function and every 5 minutes or so of walking (in the light of torches), you were stopped by a purple haze which let you through (i.e. turned transparent and less dense), one by one, only after you truthfully answered the questions it posed in your head. While the first four questions could be answered in your head, the rest of the 19 questions had to be answered out loud. Here are the questions as they appeared in your head:
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- What is your favourite bard song?
- What is your favourite food?
- What is your favourite drink?
- What place would you most like to visit?
- What is your most treasured possession?
- What things could you not live without?
- What annoys you the most?
- What are your most annoying habits?
- Who were your parents?
- Do you, or did you, have any role models?
- Do you believe in the gods?
- Name seven things you hate in others.
- How do you generally treat others?
- Who would miss you should you go missing?
- Do you have any close friends?
- Do you have any bitter enemies?
- What is the worst thing someone has done to you?
- Describe your worst nightmares.
- Do you have any dreams or ambitions?
- If your life were to end in 24 hours, what 5 things would you do in those remaining hours?
- What is the one task you would absolutely refuse to do?
- Why have you chosen to risk your life as a career?
- Are you who you claim to be?
Enemies fought: Two Ethereal, undead, flying, gargoyle like creatures which seemed to be made from darkness.
Things found: Where the maze within the maze is. Why were these questions asked? Is it part of the labyrinth’s threat to change all those who enter within its doors?
One liners/Character interaction: see Rooms Explored.
End Point: ~12:00. You’ve spent three hours in the maze inside the maze. Likely you will want to stop, eat and rest for a bit before trying out the second part.
Notes: Diadora, Tristan and Felix – you only have 6 days left to complete your mission. Assume that you’ll spend two, maybe three days in the maze within the maze.
