The Barren Wasteland
Forbidden Island of Xygax the Mad Wizard, Land of One Thousand Towers
Day Four. Dawn. March 28th, 912 CY
Sunny, hot, dry
No rest for the weary. Testing the limits of human and inhuman endurance, the adventurers set out without food, water or sleep, trying to cover as much ground as possible across the barren landscape before the unforgiving sun reaches its zenith.
They trek into inhospitable territories unknown, hoping to reach a river they spotted from the plateau of Xygax's skyscraper. Tullia the ranger uses the sun as a marker in the featureless wastes to keep true to their chosen course. But she knows that with every hour, fatigue, heat and thirst erode her wits.
Near midday, the adventurers summit a low ridge and spot something reflecting the sun in the distance. In desperate need of shade and rest, the exhausted travelers cautiously make for it.
An hour later, just as they feel they can go no further, they reach the elusive, shimmering shape.
They stare in disbelief. It beggars description: an astonishing citadel the likes of which they've never before seen!
From their vantage 100 yards away, they see no sign of life on or around the incredible castle.
Inscribed across its monolithic fortifications are ancient cuneiforms of the dawn-timers of 'Earth That Was.' Adrock finds it almost meaningless but he can decipher one word: Enterprise. Neither the erudite historian-priest, nor his companions, have ever heard the name before.
The drained adventurers see water pooled in the shadow under the strange fortress' vast circular battlement, unless this is all some fantastic mirage; fevered imaginings borne of heatstroke and exhaustion!
Actions?!
Island Map Detail:
White X = the approximate location of the adventurers.
PC Status:
- Fiefo LeBratt: Rat-Man Fighter 3: Move: 9", AC: 1, HP: 26/26
Hans the Shrewd: Mole-Man Cleric/Thief 2/2: Move: 12", AC: 4, HP: 16/16, Spells: 0/4 1st level
Jack: Wolf-Man Cleric 3: Move: 12", AC: 2, HP: 25/25, Spells: 0/4 1st level, 0/1 2nd level
Ko-Nan: Human Barbarian 2: Move: 12", AC: 4, HP: 32/32
L.L. Adrock: Half-Elf Cleric/Magic-User 2/1: Move: 9", AC: 1, HP: 8/8, Spells: 0/5 1st lvl
Maskelyn: Gnome Illusionist 3: Move: 9", AC: 7, HP: 14/14, Spells: 0/2 1st lvl, 0/1 2nd lvl
Moniqua: Robot Fighter 3: Move: 9", AC: 1, HP: 32/32
Tullia Galena: Half-Elf Ranger 3: Move: 9", AC: 5, HP: 31/31
- None currently