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GM Mad Game Master Joined: 01 Jan 1989 Posts: 81 Location: Erie, PA	Posted: February 09, 1990      Post subject: The Frontier #26
	The Frontier #26 As the Skeletons come forth from the pit, the Seekers act. Dar and Cereld pray to their deities in hopes of turning the Skeletons. Both of their prayers are answered, and some of the skeletons retreat down the pit. However, more than a few still come forth. Finrod drags one of the large chests across the room. He shoves into the pit, solidly connecting with several of the undead. They all land with a resounding crash at the bottom of the pit. Finally, the skeletons begin to pour out of the pit. As they emerge they are each met with resistance. The Seekers attack with their various weapons, meeting with a great deal of success. Most skeletons are hurtled back into the pit. Many of them hit other members of their brethren, also sending them to the bottom. The entire battle lasts about five minutes. The party emerges virtually unscathed. Best estimate would place the number of skeletons at thirty. With no more threats emerging from the pit, the group takes a better look around. Finrod descends to the bottom of the pit, a forty-foot climb. At the bottom of the pit, apart from a large pile of bones, are the remains of the chest he tossed into the pit and an opening. The opening enters a large room that the skeletons apparently came from. There are no exits and there is nothing of interest here. Not much remains of the contents of the chest. Several broken vials have spilled their contents onto the floor. A rod lies snapped in two. Only two items in protective sacks are undamaged. One holds a large book with arcane symbols on it, the other a necklace of emeralds. The other door opens easily from this side. Beyond is a corridor. Carefully proceeding down this passage, several traps are discovered, including pits. The passage turns right twice and leads directly to the barred passage in the main corridor. There are no other ways to go down here. Each of the chests are locked, and guarded by a minor trap. These are all circumvented, revealing the contents of the chests. The small chests each are filled with copper coins. The large chest holds 3 large sacks. One sack holds gold, the others silver.

GM Mad Game Master Joined: 01 Jan 1989 Posts: 82 Location: Erie, PA

Posted: February 09, 1990      Post subject: GM Notes

GM Notes: It appears that the search for Ti-Cat has come to a disappointing end. He is not in this temple... When Detect Magic is cast, most of the other items will radiate as magical. The items are as follows: A Spear 2 Longswords, one has an odd green tint to its blade. A Shortsword A Battleaxe bearing the symbol of Heironeous. A Mace 2 Shields A suit of Plate Mail A suit of Chain Mail Elf-Sized Studded Leather The Book Emerald Necklace The Coins come to a total of: 10,000 cp 3,000 sp 1,500 gp Party Wounds: Arafel: 11 of 16 Arathron: 5 of 7 Cereld: 23 of 28 Dantar: 4 of 9 Dar Thaltus: 7 of 13 Raeden: 19 of 24 Stephanie: 27 of 32 Party Status: Update XP List Name Race Sex Class Level Hp's AC Arafel Human Female Ranger 2 16 4 Araduin Elf Male Mage 2 7 3 Arathron Half-Elf Male Ranger 1 3 7 Cereld Human Male Priest of Hieroneous 4 28 4 Dalliance Elf Female Fighter/Mage 3/2 17 1 Dantar Human Male Thief 2 9 6 Dar Elf Male Priest/Ranger of Ehlonna 2/1 17 5 Finius Halfling Male Thief 1 5 7 Finrod Elf Male Fighter/Mage/Thief 3/2/3 18 5 Readen Human Male Druid 3 24 7 Stephanie Human Female Fighter 4 43 0 Validar Human Male Fighter 4 32 -2 Now what?

GM Mad Game Master Joined: 01 Jan 1989 Posts: 91 Location: Erie, PA

Present Day Comments: As I mentioned a few files back, I left Ticat's fate a mystery in case he did return. Since he did not, they never did find the body. Although, many years later a body did turn up in a fashion. Check out New Frontiers #102 in the Game Zone on the forum for details.

Cereld Priest of Heironeous Joined: 21 Aug 1989 Posts: 38 Location: Frontier Lands

Posted: February 11, 1990      Post subject: Cereld

Cereld "Well it seems that our friend is not down here either. I am at a loss as to where to look next for him. Perhaps the only real thing we can do now is to go on and if Heironeous so deems it, we will one day learn of his fate. Validar, Ti-Cat is the ONLY reason we came down in this dungeon with so many other important things to do. Treasure is one of the last things on my mind, as is proved by what I am about to say. I say that we let the villagers have all the money we found down here, along with any of the magic weapons that none of us can wield. They must be able to protect themselves from letting things like the goblin hoard from returning and this would be a fitting start. But before we do this, Validar, you and Raeden may take anything that you wish from this pile. If I may request, however, might I exchange the flail that I have for the Battleaxe which bears the symbol of my deity on it." After Validar and Raeden have made their choices, and if Cereld is allowed to take the battle-axe, he will give thanks to Heironeous for allowing him to find such a marvelous weapon. Then the others may take any of the magic that they wish. "Maybe the necklace and the book should be placed in the chest until such a time as they can be properly identified before we try to use them. As of right now, since we are all relatively unhurt, I say we proceed on to the tower now and finish solving the mystery of the one who lead us to this village. But first maybe Heironeous can help us once again. With your permission Stephanie and Raeden." Cereld will walk over to Steph and Raeden and cast a CLW spell on each of them. "Onward to the tower." (* Note to Validar (and anyone else interested)! Cereld would never cast any spell, with the possible exception of a cure spell, on any member of this party without first getting their permission. The only reason things came out like that was due to the lateness of my last post. If I offended Validar, or anyone else for that matter, I am sorry.)

Stephanie Swordswoman Joined: 21 Aug 1989 Posts: 29 Location: Frontier Lands	Posted: February 12, 1990      Post subject: Stephanie
	Stephanie 'Your plan sounds reasonable to me, Cereld. Let us be on our way!' Steph will not object to the healing offered her. When it comes time to choose items, I will ask for one of the shields, if they remain. Mine was destroyed by the mage in the battle and I wish to replace it.

Dar Thaltus Priest of Ehlonna Joined: 02 Sept 1989 Posts: 16 Location: Frontier Lands

Posted: February 12, 1990      Post subject: Dar Thaltus

Dar Thaltus Dar Thaltus .will once more use his two CLW's for the party's benefits casting them upon himself only after all the rest of the consenting members have been cured. Also, for those who wish not the assistance of magicks Dar will offer to anyone the use of his healing/herbalism skills to bandage and cleanse their wounds and form healing salves for them. Dar will take great effort in impressing upon all the fact that this aid is NON magical in nature and he offers this freely to everyone. Finally, satisfied that everyone has been helped Dar will turn his attention to his own 'small' wounds and deal with them in all manners available to him. When finding the hoard of treasure Dar notes both the green tinted longsword and the elven shaped studded leather would suit him nicely **no pun intended ;D** If for some reason that is not an available choice then Dar would happily settle for the spear and/or a shield for his use. Naturally should it come down to the second alternative Dar will relinquish the better of the two shields to Stephanie. Looking to Cereld Dar does something rather unusual for him and speaks up. "Cereld, as leader of our group you have once again shown great wisdom in your decisions. I too believe that the majority of the money.....in fact ALL of it should remain with the Villagers so that they may indeed fortify themselves and become better able to defend themselves. I'm certain some of this hoard at least once belonged to them anyway. As with the coins so too do I agree on the magical items for there is no need for greed among us as Ehlonna is obviously showing her favor upon us." Dar then turns to face the group as a whole." As you are all well aware I offer any and all of my skills to further our cause...should at any time you do not wish these to be given to you....such as magical aid....I would never even think of forcing this upon you. I would not cause any feelings of discomfort to anyone through any means purposely...so please let me know of any objections you may have with me." With that Dar falls back into his customary quietness awaiting the decision of treasure splitting and destination(s).

Araduin Elfin Mage Joined: 26 Oct 1989 Posts: 21 Location: Frontier Lands

Posted: February 12, 1990      Post subject: Araduin

Araduin "As I stated before, Validar, I am here for one reason alone. A member of our group was taken captive, and I will not abandon anyone to such a fate without exhausting all leads. I am no mercenary, what I do I do for reasons of my own. Why do you insist on questioning the honor of those who have treated you honorably?" "Cereld, you speak wisely, although I would make one suggestion, if I may. If we were to announce to the town at large that there is a treasure here for the taking, I fear there would be great bloodshed, human nature being what it is. There is a barmaid at the Inn, who treated us with friendship when all others were suspicious. Unless my judgment in such matters has completely left me, I think that we could tell her in secret of what has transpired here, and leave it to her to gather those of a trustworthy nature to collect and distribute this wealth."

Finrod Fasthand Servant of Steel Joined: 21 Aug 1989 Posts: 43 Location: By Stephanie's Side

Posted: February 12, 1990      Post subject: Aftermath

Finrod Validar, you seem to think that anyone who does not forsake all wealth, friends, and goals in the pursuit of Good is "mercenary". I, for one, am quite willing to get rich in the service of the Good Cause, and, while Mercenary is a quite honorable and forthright trade, by my association with this group, I am NOT one of those fine folk! You Noble Jackasses are far too full of yourselves to realize the value of these "common sell-swords" that secure your comfortable positions with their blood! How many of your castles would last a week without the Mercenaries who form the bulk of your forces? Nobles! Faugh! ::After a short period of meditation to regain his composure, Finrod will ask for one of the Longswords:: "My own was destroyed in the lightning- blast. If others desire the one with the Green sheen, I am not greedy, but I have so far received no Item to raise my value to the party. A longsword would go a long way toward helping me help us all." "As to letting the villagers have all the Money-(a pointed glance at Validar)- I think this is a great Idea, but Identifying the necklace and book will take me several castings of Identify, and Identify uses a 100 gold-piece gem each casting. We should save back 4 or 5 hundred pieces to cover that expense, as all my own gems have already been expended. The rest of the money should go to the barmaid and her pals, since they were so nice to those of you who spent that one night there." "When we get through here, we most definitely need to track down both Ti-Cat's body, and the Wench Wendy, so relaying the info we have will have to wait until after we check out this tower."

Araduin Elfin Mage Joined: 26 Oct 1989 Posts: 22 Location: Frontier Lands	Posted: February 13, 1990      Post subject: Araduin
	Araduin "As I recall, Finrod, the trip to the tower will take us through the town, so no time will be lost in relaying our information. I've no problem with anyone replacing their lost arms, nor covering their costs, but whatever is to be done, let it be done quickly that we might get on with our tasks."

Validar Noble Warrior Joined: 23 Aug 1989 Posts: 36 Location: Frontier Lands

Posted: February 13, 1990      Post subject: Validar

Validar "First of all, Cereld let me say that I was not speaking from an offended state. I simply was making a statement about my feelings. I had not intended to make you or anyone defensive or uncomfortable over my remark. It is simply a personal request I had." Validar saw no reason to make an enemy of the priest. He tried to keep it as simple as possible: 'do not cast spells upon me'. "I have no problem with you taking the battleaxe. It does belong to your group anyway." "Araduin, the remark you question was not directed at you." Validar looks toward Finrod, without saying anything, then back. "I understand the desire to search for TigerCat. He is a noble warrior. My objection was that we were not looking for him, but messing with this fool treasure chamber." "It is my opinion that, if he survived the conflict and managed to get away, then he is still alive. With the massive goblinoid troop movement that has commenced, I find it a slim hope that he would be left alive. That is a sad but true fact." Validar hoped that the brave warrior would be found alive somehow, but he truly doubted it. "I agree with Araduin that the treasure gleaned here must have an adequate dispersal system to avert any unforeseen tragedies." "Since this treasure has been won, I will exercise my right as granted by Cereld to choose a weapon." Validar will take the longsword without the green hue to it. He will then examine this new blade, testing its balance, and such. "Finrod, you seem to take every advantage possible to provoke me. Is it jealousy I sense in your tone, or something worse? In any case, I have no desire nor need to prove myself to you or anyone. It is also quite apparent that your definition of honor is a much stranger one than mine. I have no problem with the acquiring of spoils, however, there is much more to our reason for being here than mere wanton greed. And anyone whose sword arm is used for that purpose does not truly understand Honor." Validar desired riches as much as anyone. His lifestyle required that an influx of gold was acquired during hsi adventuring. But there was a time and a place for everything. If they had just stated that they wanted to sack this place, then fine. But don't make a pretense of looking for a lost ally and then spend so much effort on spoils. "Again, let me say to everyone that our next stop, the Tower of the Wizard Akbar, has all the trappings of a place of magicks most foul. We must be on our guards, but we must also hurry, for time is fleeting indeed." His piece said, Validar wanted to get the group back on track to where they needed to be going.

Stephanie Swordswoman Joined: 21 Aug 1989 Posts: 30 Location: Frontier Lands

Posted: February 14, 1990      Post subject: Stephanie

Stephanie 'Cereld, perhaps we should wait until after dealing with Wendy and the beast who stalks this valley before concerning ourselves with handing over the monies to the villagers. There might be more gold awaiting us in the hills.' 'Also it seems that no one has interest in the plate armor. I assume that it's size limits it's use to either Validar, Cereld, Arafel or myself. There's also the chain armor to consider too. It seems to me that I recall the Validar wishes to have his own armor made, so that drops him out of the running. It seems to me that, Cereld, as our leader should benefit by the suit's superior protection. I could understand Arafel not wanting the suit due to her archery skills. The plate would be too confining.' 'In a nutshell, it appears to only Cereld or myself can use the armor. Only if Cereld does not want the plate, will I take that instead of a shield. That would leave my own magic chain armor to give out. Again, if Cereld will not except my old armor, I will let Arafel take it.' 'What shall it be, Cereld?'

Finrod Fasthand Servant of Steel Joined: 21 Aug 1989 Posts: 44 Location: By Stephanie's Side

Posted: February 14, 1990      Post subject: Item Distribution

Finrod Ok, by my count, Validar choosing the Blade with the green tint makes three of us with desire for the two longswords. I therefore opt to change my choice to either the spear, or the elf-sized studded leather. Or are there multiple contenders for those items as well? "Cereld, I hope you will take Steph up on the suggestion that you take the Plate. Her arguments are sound... after all, look at what happens when you are not around to command--" a glance at Validar-- "sheer chaos! We have proven we cannot do without you."

Finrod Fasthand Servant of Steel Joined: 21 Aug 1989 Posts: 45 Location: By Stephanie's Side	Posted: February 14, 1990      Post subject: Finrod
	Finrod Mail From Finrod Finrod looks to Stephanie for help in keeping his temper when faced with the unreasonableness of the Noble Fool, who thinks so much of himself that he automatically assumes we all are jealous and want to be JUST LIKE HIM. :) Wouldn't want to lose my temper... I might damage a party asset. :)

GM Mad Game Master Joined: 01 Jan 1989 Posts: 92 Location: Erie, PA

Present Day Comments: ::Laughs:: This was one conversation that Steph was NOT going to get involved in.

GM Mad Game Master Joined: 01 Jan 1989 Posts: 83 Location: Erie, PA	Posted: February 16, 1990      Post subject:
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