Vicar's Head, Gran March, Greyhawk
Day Five. Dawn. Wednesday, November 16th, 576 CY
Cold, foggy, cloudy
Dawn comes with no relief for the doomed heroes.
Forsaken and damned, they lament their dark fate, deprived of even the release of death.
Long Bo scans his environs. The dying moss clinging to leafless trees, and the smudge of light in the cloudy sky, tell him which direction is North. In the fog-smothered wood of the mountainside, he hears neither birdsong nor water.
Hothhil notes his enchanted ring is still on his hand, as are Ingrid's and Urdur's. The ensorcelled bands apparently alter their size to fit their bearer.
Telkis is the last to awaken. None have the heart to rouse him.
Brevos longs to find the black unholy altar of the haunted wood, but without knowing where he is, he has no way of knowing in which direction it lies.
Pyotr Whitetip discovers wolf-like tracks that the heroes made when they were no longer creatures of this world.
The wretched damned try to clean the blood from their hands and faces and then they realize they are not alone.
A pack of wolves watches them from the edge of the mist, some forty feet away. The heroes recognize them. The druid and the ranger can tell the pack is watchful but not readying to attack. Yet.
Then its leader, a great black wolf, speaks in the tongue of Men, without the aid of Ingrid's magic.
"Poor, lost children, dry thy tears. Thy suffering is at an end, if only thou wilt allow it.
Cease thy pointless resistance. Lower thy useless burdens. Hast thou not suffered enough at the hands of your cruel gods who hast forsaken thee?
"Struggling against thy destiny causes only misery unto thyself. I wast once a Man like thee. Now I have no regrets.
Join with us. The pack accepts thee. Embrace thy fate. Come and live a wondrous life, hunting forever as my packmate beneath the moon, the stars, and the endless night."
Actions?!
PC Status:
- Brevos, Half-Elf Ranger 3: Move: 12", AC: 10, HP: 12/31
Grey Mouser, Half-Elf Magic-User/Thief 2/3: Move: 12", AC: 7, HP: 9/15, Spells: 2/2 1st lvl
Hothhil Thornbush, Elven Fighter 3: Move: 12", AC: 9, HP: 20/20
Ingrid Esthof, Human Cleric 4: Move: 12", AC: 10, HP: 18/22, Spells: 5/5 1st lvl and 4/4 2nd lvl
Long Bo, Human Druid 4: Move: 12", AC: 9, HP: 20/30, Spells: 6/6 1st lvl, 3/3 2nd lvl and 2/2 3rd lvl
Pyotr Whitetip, Half-Orc Fighter 3: Move: 12", AC: 9, HP: 24/30
Rudolf Rassendyll, Halfling Thief 3: Move: 12", AC: 6, HP: 7/12
Telkis Brassfang, Gnome Fighter 3: Move: 12", AC: 6, HP: 16/32
Urdur Shimmerstone, Gnome Illusionist 3: Move: 12", AC: 7, HP: 6/9, Spells: 2/2 1st lvl and 1/1 2nd lvl
- None currently.