Author Topic: Into the Castle  (Read 3376 times)

Offline Asinjin

  • DM
  • Administrator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 10116
    • View Profile
    • Habololy
Into the Castle
« on: February 03, 2026, 11:49:30 PM »
No xp for now as you are exploring the castle.

Its late afternoon.

The hand that rolls the Dice rules the world.

Offline Asinjin

  • DM
  • Administrator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 10116
    • View Profile
    • Habololy
Re: Into the Castle
« Reply #1 on: February 05, 2026, 12:14:03 AM »
The adamantium bastard sword is finely crafter and looks like to was shaped into a blade as one piece of metal, clearly done with magic.
The hand that rolls the Dice rules the world.

Offline Asinjin

  • DM
  • Administrator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 10116
    • View Profile
    • Habololy
Re: Into the Castle
« Reply #2 on: February 05, 2026, 12:14:36 AM »
The gem has floated out of sight by the time your battle with the golem ends.
The hand that rolls the Dice rules the world.

Offline Zunder

  • Global Moderator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1823
  • no one is youer then you
    • View Profile
Re: Into the Castle
« Reply #3 on: February 05, 2026, 05:44:30 AM »
I have seen more adamantium today then in my etire dwarfdom before today!


But he turns to Gwen , out of earshot, Speak up.. you know why the bugbear isn't dead?

Offline Valdis

  • Magnanamous
  • Administrator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1063
    • View Profile
Re: Into the Castle
« Reply #4 on: February 05, 2026, 03:10:47 PM »
I have seen more adamantium today then in my etire dwarfdom before today!


But he turns to Gwen , out of earshot, Speak up.. you know why the bugbear isn't dead?
"Know why? No.  But there were numerous tales from Icefia, Yellowia, the Great Forrest, even the Plateau of a ferocious Bugbear who dies in one great battle or another, or of a plague.  Taken individually, not all that surprising or noteworthy.  But, my dad had a theory that it was the same Bugbear in all of these stories.  He, my dad, can... (Gwen is clearly about to say something and you can see her change her mind about what she is going to say before she continues) knows a lot of people and reached out to them to get better accounts of what happened.  While he couldn't get first hand accounts of every battle, he got enough to theorize that the Bugbear in all of the stories was the same one.  With what we just witnessed here today, I'm guessing that our Zalthor may just be the Bugbear from those stories."

Offline Valdis

  • Magnanamous
  • Administrator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1063
    • View Profile
Re: Into the Castle
« Reply #5 on: February 05, 2026, 03:18:22 PM »
While following the swords directions to the Aeroblade, Gwen will think at/to it "Since it appears we will be working together for a while, can you tell me what I should call you?  or what you can do? other than create music I mean, I already know that much from the battle with the statue back there."

Offline Zunder

  • Global Moderator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1823
  • no one is youer then you
    • View Profile
Re: Into the Castle
« Reply #6 on: February 05, 2026, 10:09:39 PM »
"Know why? No.  But there were numerous tales from Icefia, Yellowia, the Great Forrest, even the Plateau of a ferocious Bugbear who dies in one great battle or another, or of a plague.  Taken individually, not all that surprising or noteworthy.  But, my dad had a theory that it was the same Bugbear in all of these stories.  He, my dad, can... (Gwen is clearly about to say something and you can see her change her mind about what she is going to say before she continues) knows a lot of people and reached out to them to get better accounts of what happened.  While he couldn't get first hand accounts of every battle, he got enough to theorize that the Bugbear in all of the stories was the same one.  With what we just witnessed here today, I'm guessing that our Zalthor may just be the Bugbear from those stories."

doesn't know how to react.. just nods.. rubs his temples and walks away.

mumbles as he walks away.. " If I didn't just see that shit with my own eyes "

Opens a clean page in his book of Dwarven Common Sense.  " Zalthor Deathes" and puts a single Mark.
a little lower - 1 - by adamantiam bastard sword.
« Last Edit: February 05, 2026, 10:25:52 PM by Zunder »

Offline Asinjin

  • DM
  • Administrator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 10116
    • View Profile
    • Habololy
Re: Into the Castle
« Reply #7 on: February 05, 2026, 10:25:28 PM »
While following the swords directions to the Aeroblade, Gwen will think at/to it "Since it appears we will be working together for a while, can you tell me what I should call you?  or what you can do? other than create music I mean, I already know that much from the battle with the statue back there."

"Edblade.  I defend the castle.  I do not create the music."
The hand that rolls the Dice rules the world.

Offline Zunder

  • Global Moderator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1823
  • no one is youer then you
    • View Profile
Re: Into the Castle
« Reply #8 on: February 06, 2026, 10:25:00 AM »
"Edblade.  I defend the castle.  I do not create the music."

rubs out his last comment

1 - by Edblade.

Offline Valdis

  • Magnanamous
  • Administrator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1063
    • View Profile
Re: Into the Castle
« Reply #9 on: February 06, 2026, 11:40:29 AM »
"Edblade.  I defend the castle.  I do not create the music."
"Ok then Eddie.  Where did the music come from?  Since you defend the castle you must know about the defenses, right?"

Offline Malchia

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2288
    • View Profile
Re: Into the Castle
« Reply #10 on: February 06, 2026, 12:59:41 PM »
"Ok then Eddie.  Where did the music come from?  Since you defend the castle you must know about the defenses, right?"
I believe we've identified Tyler's maker's mark.


Is this Eddie's?

Offline Asinjin

  • DM
  • Administrator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 10116
    • View Profile
    • Habololy
Re: Into the Castle
« Reply #11 on: February 06, 2026, 05:39:31 PM »
"Ok then Eddie.  Where did the music come from?  Since you defend the castle you must know about the defenses, right?"

It does not respond.
The hand that rolls the Dice rules the world.

Offline Zunder

  • Global Moderator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1823
  • no one is youer then you
    • View Profile
Re: Into the Castle
« Reply #12 on: February 06, 2026, 07:52:12 PM »
Cordero recalls seeing a transformed Avoral actually heal Zalthor. So he's not undead. 

" Hey Zalthor.. Do you remember being dead before?"





Offline Malchia

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2288
    • View Profile
Re: Into the Castle
« Reply #13 on: February 07, 2026, 12:21:41 AM »
"Hey Zalthor.. Do you remember being dead before?"
"No. Zalthor just hard to kill."

Offline Hero

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2663
    • View Profile
Re: Into the Castle
« Reply #14 on: February 09, 2026, 09:23:15 PM »
Can any combat oriented PCs use an extra fighter bonus feat for a few hours? Enzo has Heroics.