Founding Clifftown

[OGRE MAGE]

No Mor-Tar

The wrestling match between bear-man and offspring rages on, with the younger man seeming to win out in a test of pure strength. But when a strange mist passes overhead, leaving behind a loud splash that occurs out on the water, Feanol shouts and heads in that direction. The parrot tells its master that the misty cloud must have dissipated over the sea, since it doesn't see it anymore. Before following along himself, Wake senses a major source of evil, not just from the boy Luther is fighting, but from all around the clearing, as if the whole area were tainted, but especially around the red portal.

While Mor-Tar drags his father into the opening of the portal he shouts back. "Hey! I made that Dark Side part up myself! And I thought it sounded pretty cool!" Yrias and Amun rush in to lend aid, though unfortunately since they were both keeping their distance initially, they arrive after both combatants have already disappeared through the magical gateway. They both sense a growing evil once they get closer, but if they truly wish to help their friend, it appears that they will now need to follow him through. Urson, please give me a [4d6] Con check before I detail the situation.

At the riverbank, an unseen commotion that sounds like Allissa shouting is seen and heard. Feanol and Wake urge the invisible splasher towards them, unsure how the others behind them fare. They eventually pull the soaked scout to the safety of the muddy bank.

Actions?

Liam AC:4 9/9
Daisy (C3) AC:6 3/23 0/3 1st / 0/2 2nd
Maag AC:4 12/20
Feanol (MU2) AC:10 6/8 RM, CL, DM 0/2
Princess AC:6 5/5 (Held?)
Keg (F4) AC:1 32/32 (Held?)
Luther (R4) AC:3 9/30
The Knife (T2) AC:4* 8/8
Wake (C2) AC:3 16/16 3/4 first DE:20
Amun (F2) AC:2 20/20
Yrias AC:5 8/8 3/3 1st RM, CL, DM 1/1 1st

[Urson]

Luther
CON:15 ability check H [4d6]=16

Luther struggles all the way- less interested in breaking loose than in putting Mor-Tar on the ground.

And I bet Mummy thought it was sooo clever, too...

[Bluehorse]

Keg held?

Liam seeing the splash and the thrashing in the water, but recognizing the voice, he takes the coil of rope from his pack and throws it out to Bonnie Allissa's voice and braces himself to help pull the invisible elf in.

[sastaz]

Amun quickly steps through the portal, following Luther & son.

[Monsieur Rose]

Allissa

She takes the rope and accepts the help, pulling herself to shore. "Thanks!" She notices who helped pull her out and addresses them. "Thank you guys, Liam, Feanol, Wake. Here's a pro tip: don't accept rides from dragons."

The Thief shakes around, wringing out her hair, and sighs. "Tell me Daisy made it back and I don't have to go and get her." She looks around and stops when she spots the large glowing red elephant of a portal nearby.
"And what fresh hell is that?"

[Karaunios]

Yrias

The cleric grinds his teeth. This is not what he was expecting. He doesn't feel ready to jump into the unknown through an energy portal.

I'm sorry, but I'm not gonna make my level 1 character into a place where a 4th level one has been dragged... Except if more of you come along

[gurusql]

Wake

Wake help get our invisible friend out of the water.

[Ahlmzhad]

Feanol

Turning back at Alissa's exclamation she sees the portal with no Ranger/Mor Tar battling and Amun disappearing through it.

"Well folks do we go or do we stay"?

[OGRE MAGE]

A Concrete Following

The struggling Luther must lose consciousness as he gets dragged through the pulsating portal by his shiny clad son. His mind goes blank for a moment.

More brave, or possibly foolish, than the other onlookers, Amun stoically walks through the gateway next without question, willing to help Luther regardless of where they end up. Can I get a [4d6] Con check from her, please? Yrias and several others wonder if that is a good idea or not, looking around to see if anyone else will follow.

Once the dripping wet but still unseen form of Allissa is pulled from the water, that group observe the commotion at the portal, seeing the others now long gone. Yrias feels something very disturbing pass by him at the edge of the blood red doorway. Once he sees a disturbance in the field, and his strange feeling passes, he assumes that whatever it was has now also escaped through the portal behind Amun, solidifying the belief that someone or something else was here with the golden hued young man.

After that, Keg and The Princess suddenly regain control of their faculties, shaking off the sting of the needles from their now unfrozen limbs.

Before a long drawn out discussion can be had, the swirling portal starts to dissipate. If anyone else wishes to follow the pair, it appears they have mere seconds to decide.

Actions?

Liam AC:4 9/9
Daisy (C3) AC:6 3/23 0/3 1st / 0/2 2nd
Maag AC:4 12/20
Feanol (MU2) AC:10 6/8 RM, CL, DM 0/2
Princess AC:6 5/5
Keg (F4) AC:1 32/32
The Knife (T2) AC:4* 8/8
Wake (C2) AC:3 16/16 3/4 first DE:19
Yrias AC:5 8/8 3/3 1st RM, CL, DM 1/1 1st

Amun (F2) AC:2 20/20
Luther (R4) AC:3 9/30

[sastaz]

HARD Con check vs 17: [4d6]=16

Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.

[Monsieur Rose]

Allissa

She regains more of her senses and starts walking towards the crowd and waning portal. "Seriously! What is going on here? Why is everyone standing around looking shocked?"

Allissa scans the crowd for Wes or Chauncey, but finds only her sister. "What did you do?!"


The Princess

She gasps as feeling rushes to all parts of her, flooding her senses with too much information. "DAMMIT! Nobody else goes through that damn portal! You have no idea where it goes! What plane of existence, what trap she set before." Shaking her hands and legs to hasten their recovery, she looks at Keg. "That kinda sucked, right?"

The Princess stomps her foot. "That bastard Momma! If anyone else, and I mean ANYONE, has information about her, now is the time to share. Put all the damn tokens on the ground, make a choice. You see what she does to her previous friends! She planned this weeks ago with Luther, seducing him for just such a situation. We need to take her down."

[Urson]

Luther
When Luther recovers, he struggles to his feet, looking around to try and find his enemy. He's running on pure rage now.

[Karaunios]

Yrias

The cleric sheathes his sword and crosses his arms on his chest. "That's exactly why I didn't follow. I hope we can still find him on this island. Actually, we should start looking for him or this Momma.

The problem is, where do we start."

[Ahlmzhad]

Feanol

"I agree, this Momma always seemed to need attention now more so than the dwarves. Let's take stock and see what we know, what we have in the form of skills, and then plan our next move against her."

[gurusql]

Wake

Just to be sure Momma has left he will continue his scan for Evil in the camp.

[Karaunios]

Yrias

"Hm... By the way. Something important I've got to tell you is that, after Luther and the boy disappeared through the portal, I saw some kind of... form, going into it after them. Something tells me that was Momma herself, perhaps manipulating her son while invisible."

[Monsieur Rose]

Allissa

"Wait. Does everyone know Momma? And Luther knew about her and kept in contact with her? And had a kid with her!?" She sees the seriousness of the camp and does her best to not laugh, but stifled giggling is heard in her vicinity.

Finally, she sighs. "And they said I was the only sneaky one...No matter." The Thief pulls out her own stone, melted as it is, and tosses it down. "I have one. I got it from Krystal. I also know of at least one other person who has been talking to Momma, but I'd like to talk to them in private."

"So I take it that people feel a certain way about Momma. Let's talk about that."


The Princess

She stands in shock as Allissa reveals that she had a stone. Well, not shocked because...you know... but surprised. "Anyone else? She has directly called some of you out, so show it now or risk being lumped in the same category as her."

[OGRE MAGE]

If it seems like I am stalling here, that's because I am.

Since I am only giving each player one round to decide if they will enter the portal or not before it closes, I am hoping to get a response from everyone before I continue the action here.

Anyone seen...

Liam
Daisy
Maag
Keg
The Knife

...lately?
(if you weren't involved with the fight, that's fine. I would still like some kind of an action post for verification, please)

The rest of you can continue to make plans while we wait, if you wish. At least I will know that you aren't intending to follow.

[Bluehorse]

I'm here! We finally have internet back in my area. It was rocky there for a bit with all services cutting in and out. Seems about 90% of the way back now and I will be posting soon as I can catch up. Last I checked Keg was still Held and Liam was helping Alissa get out of the water.

[Bluehorse]

Allissa

"Wait. Does everyone know Momma? And Luther knew about her and kept in contact with her? And had a kid with her!?" She sees the seriousness of the camp and does her best to not laugh, but stifled giggling is heard in her vicinity.

Finally, she sighs. "And they said I was the only sneaky one...No matter." The Thief pulls out her own stone, melted as it is, and tosses it down. "I have one. I got it from Krystal. I also know of at least one other person who has been talking to Momma, but I'd like to talk to them in private."

"So I take it that people feel a certain way about Momma. Let's talk about that."

Liam & Keg look at each other and then back to Allissa, or at least where her voice is coming from and in unison ask. Who the hell is Mama? They look at each other and both shake their head. Wierd... Hey, you! Stop copying me! I'm not copying you! You're copying me! Both men grumble and take a step away from each other, clearly not getting along at all.

Liam Look, regardless of what just happened here, we still have the problems we had before. We have threats coming from all directions, but the dock is getting secured by the townsfolk, so at least we know the Captain will have a spot for his last stop. We need to secure either a way to pay for all of us to get transported off this island, and I doubt everyone will fit, or find a way to pique his interest to come back, and that means money for him. Suggestions?

Keg Forget that! We just say Luther pulled into a portal or something. What are we going to do about that?!