Heroica RPG - Quest#154: Confidence Game

[Mencot]

Addok-zo takes the moldy food but he notice that it will not stay together for long.

Then he opens up the cupboard, just to find... cups, dust and old pieces of what seems to be paper. 

What will the heroes do now?

Edited December 24, 2016 by Mencot

[Waterbrick Down]

Boris inspects the paper, "What do we have here?"

[Mencot]

As Boris reaches out for the papers and touches them, the papers crumble to dust and he can feel like a chilly wind go through him. The heroes back off.
A low howling noice is heard and a dark figure appear in front of the cupboard, the dungoen go even more dark because the torches almost go out. 

 

"Huh, Zoot´s minion..." Blaine grips the short sword with his left hand and steps forwards but is easily knocked back by a forcewave that the wicked wraith makes. And it seems to be a forcefield kind of thing around it.

It speaks, the voice it speaks with is something of the most horrifying they have heard in awhile. It is like a lowpitch, screaming kind of a sound.

"AAaaargh, Yoooouuuu... Whoooo aaaaarre you? Doooonnn't you knoooooww nay toooo touch weeeeerrreee yoooouu noooot suppppppooouse toooo?"

 

[Waterbrick Down]

Boris shivers, he was not prepared to deal with a demon at this point. "Apparently your liberators, someone had you locked up in that nasty cupboard." The vampire inched slowly toward the door motioning for Addok and Blaine to follow.

[Mencot]

9 hours ago, Waterbrick Down said:

Boris shivers, he was not prepared to deal with a demon at this point. "Apparently your liberators, someone had you locked up in that nasty cupboard." The vampire inched slowly toward the door motioning for Addok and Blaine to follow.

"Noooot soooo faaaast..." The wraith shuts and locks the door in front of the heroes when they try to get out.

"Not, leeeaviin now are yooou? Noooo. Altooouuug I reesisteeedd in theeereeee, diiidn´t meeaaan that I waaaas it´s captiveeeee. I aaam nooot alooone, Leeet meee show." Even if the heroes and Blaine would resist, the demon penetrate their minds with images. Images of this place, present and past. Images of the floors underneath them, showing hundreds of demons. It shows them that this was once was one of the temples of Zoot, but now long forgotten.

"Nooow, youuuu know, noow youuu understand.

Buuut my Master dooooesn´t haveee anythiiiing neeed fooor youuuu at thiiiis tiiimmeee. Sooooo I wiiiilll leeet youuu gooo. Buuut youuuu wiiiill neeeddd theee oooold parchments aaaaannd maps tooo leeeaaave."

Sooo I wiiiilll test youuu, I willl giiiivve three riddles aaaand if you solve theeem you can have the papers aaand go... If not....hhahhahahhaha"

~Riddles of th' wraith~

1. You will always find me in the past. I can be created in the present, But the future can never taint me. What am I?

2. What is harder to catch the faster you run?

3. What is it that no man ever yet did see, which never was, but always is to be?

"Nooow, whaaat is iiit?"

 

QM note: Three riddles, three answers. Pm the answers to the riddles first before saying them here.

 

Edited December 29, 2016 by Mencot

[Waterbrick Down]

Boris puzzles upon the riddles from the spirit before replying succinctly, "Memory, ones breath, and the future." A pair of Dark Shades magically appear and slowly float down onto the vampire's face.

[Yzalirk]

Addok-Zo eats the moldy food in hopes of gaining any benefit... besides filling his empty stomach.  He then notices the Scavenger's Toolkit laying on the ground with his name on it and he picks it up and equips it.

[Mencot]

On 31.12.2016 at 8:05 AM, Waterbrick Down said:

Boris puzzles upon the riddles from the spirit before replying succinctly, "Memory, ones breath, and the future." A pair of Dark Shades magically appear and slowly float down onto the vampire's face.

"Ah, ye beeeeeee right ooonn aaaalll theee riddles. Aannnd I wiiiilll keeep my paaart of theee deaaal. Untiiiill weee meeet agaiiin."

And the there is a load howel and the wraith dissapeares, dropping a few parchments in the lap of Boris.

The wraiths hold on Blaine releases and he falls to the ground.

"Uh... darn demon."

The lock on the the door out also unlocks with a loud click.

Boris looks at the parchments he got. There are two maps, one of the dungeon but the two others parchment look more intresting.

 

Boris also feels a bit more experienced.

On 31.12.2016 at 5:52 PM, Goliath said:

Addok-Zo eats the moldy food in hopes of gaining any benefit... besides filling his empty stomach.  He then notices the Scavenger's Toolkit laying on the ground with his name on it and he picks it up and equips it.

"You are not going to eat that, are you... ugh, guess you are."

Addok eats the Moldy sausage and the Moldy pretzel. The taste is a bit bland and disgusting at the green spots but he finishes both. Addok-zo feels refreshed but then he feels something in his stomach, like it is aching and he feels nauseas. Addok-zo gains a permanent +1 to health and also lucky effect for the next battle. But he is also poisoned by 1 for one battle.

 

"Lets get out of here!"

Blaine says and walks over to the door.

What will the heroes do?

 

Edited January 2, 2017 by Mencot

[Yzalirk]

"We must-"  Addok-Zo vomits on the ground.  "Ehhhgggg... get our stuff back from these bastards.  And-"  He vomits again and wipes his mouth.  "Revenge might be in order."

[Waterbrick Down]

"We'd best be heading to the torture chambers first. Hopefully Samantha is still alive. Make sure we look like we're escorting Blaine here." Boris pulled the guards mask over his face and started leading the party to the Torture Chamber.

[Mencot]

Our heroes slowly open up the door and peeks out and when there doesn´t seem to be anyone insight they walk out dressed as bandits escorting the wounded Blaine. It seems to work and luckily they don´t run into many guardpost as they walk through the dungeons.
Passing other cellblocks, the sight is horrible, dead and badly kept prisoners dwell in the them, begging for help, water or mercy.

"We can´t help them now... lets keep moving and get back for them latter." Blaine whispers to Boris and Addok-zo.

And so they keep moving, until they find the way out from the dungeons.

Congratulations,

Dungeon break-out misson is successful.

You have escape the banditprison and both Boris and Addok-zo feel a bit more experienced.

Heroparty:

Addok-Zo Obbex (Goliath)
135 year old Male Wakorian Ranger  Poisoned for one battle. Lucky for one battle.
Level 6
Power: 6 (6 + 3 + 2)
Defense: 0
Health: 11/11 *
Gold: 115
Equipment: Bandits crossbow (WP.5, Crossbow), Scavenger's Toolkit  (Replaces the user's '4' roll with ENHANCEMENT (see Artisan); accessory, suitable to Addok-Zo only)

Jury-Rigged Long Hand Cannon (WP:3), Pugilist’s Gloves (Power +2, protects from weakened-effect; handwear.)
Inventory: 4 Potion, 1 Smoke Bomb, 2 Venom,  1 Fire Bomb, Mead, 2 lightningbombs, 1 Phoenix Essence, 1 Carrion beetle horn (The horn can be attached to any blunt weapon to permanently deal Bleeding 2 effect) (but also including spears, polearms, handcannons etc. Only swordlike weapons are excluded)

* Additinal +1 health from eating a moldy sausage. (Quest 154)


Boris Bruhalv (Waterbrick Down) Partyleader
38 year old male vampire Cleric *Immune to Light,  Stunned and Poisoned*
Level 13
Power: 15 (13 +10+2)
Defense: 2 (2)
Health: 21/21 (21)
Ether: 17/17 (17)
Gold:  98
Equipment:  Dark Shades  (grants immunity to Light and WP+2 when worn. Accessory suitable for Boris only.)

Honeydrop Staff (WP:10, 1/3 to cause slowed; staff), Rusty Chainmail (SP: 2, Immune to Stunned and Poison)

Inventory: 2 Bones.

2 Potions, 5 Remedies, 1 Phoenix Essence, 7 Tonics, Scroll of Sleep (Enables casting the asleep-effect to the target, forcing them to miss its turn for three rounds or until woken up by an attack. Each casting has a 50/50 chance of success and costs 1 ether.), 1 stunbomb, 1 Icebomb, 1 Sleep Bomb, 3x Blind Bomb, Military Grade Fire Bomb (Deals 10 Fire damage to all opponents when used), Military Grade Holy Bomb (Deals 10 Holy damage to all opponents when used), Military Grade Lightning Bomb (Deals 10 Lightning damage to all opponents when used), Floral Bomb, Defender's Ring (Accessory, Rolls of "Heal Less" become "Heal"), Bone, Grating Stone, Sword of the Vampir (WP:17, user is Jinxed; longsword), Simple Mace (WP: 3, mace),  Staff of Ennon - (WP: 5, staff, Restores 2 ether on a roll of 2, 3, or 4)Banana, 1 Ruby

Master Blaine (Takes suggestions by WBD) 

55 year old, Human Vindicator Badly crippled.

Level 40 20

Health: 75/75 20

Power: 53 26

SP: 7

Equipment: Old shortsword (WP: 3),  Brotherhood of Ylsid Armor ( Heavy Armor (SP: 7, Immune to all magic and fragile, suitable for barbarians, knights, dragoons, skirmishers, regulators and vindicators; bodywear.)

Inventory: -

 

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But it isn´t over yet, as they get out of the dungeons they are in some sort off a mazecomplex.

Good thing they have a map. Because they are in a hurry Boris and Addok-zo consider they don´t need the guard cloths anymore, so they remove them.

"Alright, we should head to the torturechamber as you said Boris, right?"

QM note: Check your stats and inventory, if I have missed something.

 

 

 

[Waterbrick Down]

"Aye, hold up for a moment though, something don't feel right." Boris glances around the corner of the entrance to the dungeon to try and figure out what the red dot down the hallway was.

[Mencot]

23 hours ago, Waterbrick Down said:

"Aye, hold up for a moment though, something don't feel right." Boris glances around the corner of the entrance to the dungeon to try and figure out what the red dot down the hallway was.

It is hard to see but it looks like somekind of obstacle but it is not moving and it looks harmless. Maybe move closer to see!

The heroes also hear so faint shouting, coming from somewhere in the maze!

Edited January 8, 2017 by Mencot

[Waterbrick Down]

Boris steps forward and inspects the first orange obstacle on his left.

[Mencot]

As Boris inspects the orange obstacle, he can notice that this pathway is totally overgrown by thick yellow thorny vines. And there is no going this way.

[Waterbrick Down]

"Looks like this way is blocked, best proceed forward." Boris leads the party towards the red object at the end of the hallway.

[Mencot]

The hero party moves closer to the red thing at the end of the hallway. When they get close enough they can see that it is another obstacle but this one could be easily broken with a right tool or weapon. But as get near the red obstacle, near the crossing, they can hear movement coming from around the corner.
It someone walking there and it is coming right towards them.

"Ssh, something is moving around the corner?"

What will the heroes do?

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QM NOTE: As of this, Lord Cedric (Wiz) will be joining the you in the main thread. Lets welcome him

Hero party 2

 Lord Cedric (wiz)

34-year-old Male Human Knight 

Level 8

Power: 15 (5+8+2*)

Defense: 8

Health: 18/18 (10+6+1**)

Gold: 20

Equipment: Halberd (WP 5), Hinckwell shield (SP:5, Can block one free hit every round.

Additionally If the user has Hinckwell rep. rolls of DAMAGE has a 1/2 chance to be blocked and SPECIAL DAMAGED has a 1/4 chance to be blocked. ), Boots (SP 2 Footwear), Scary Black Cloak (grants the Intimidate [see Black Knight] and "Diplomacy" [see Infiltraitor] job traits; backwear)

Inventory:

Shields: Shield (SP 5)

Consumables: 2x Potion, 2x Mead, 1x Smelling Salts, 2 x Venom, 2 x Remedy, Mulled wine, Moonshine (gives Hastened and Encouraged for one battle)

Tools: Bedroll

Treasure: 1 Small Crown (Worth 35 gold)

 

*Permanent Power boosts: +2 from Zane in 153

**Permanent Health boosts: +1 from drumstick in 153

 

[wiz]

Cedric, before turning, realizes that he cannot equip both the boots and cloak at the same time, so he de-equips the Scary Black Cloak. He then turns around the corner. "Halt, bandits! Wait..." He then surveys the people in front of him. "Vampire, brown guy... Would you happen to be Boris Bruhalv and Addok Zo? I was sent by a Hinkwell knight named John Alburn to rescue you."

Edited January 9, 2017 by wiz
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[Yzalirk]

"Brown guy?"  Addok-Zo grunts.  "Yeah... that would be us.  Who are you?"

[wiz]

"I am Cedric, a knight of Heroica. Who is the human with you?"

 

[Mencot]

Blaine narrows his gaze at the knight,

"John Alburn sent you, you say... hmmm." Blaine looks at the shield Cedric is holding.

[wiz]

"Yes, he did. He told me where to find this shield, and to show it to you as proof."

[Waterbrick Down]

5 hours ago, wiz said:

Cedric, before turning, realizes that he cannot equip both the boots and cloak at the same time, so he de-equips the Scary Black Cloak. He then turns around the corner. "Halt, bandits! Wait..." He then surveys the people in front of him. "Vampire, brown guy... Would you happen to be Boris Bruhalv and Addok Zo? I was sent by a Hinkwell knight named John Alburn to rescue you."

"That would be us. Can't say I'm not surprised to see another member of Heroica down here. Is John alive? Have you seen a young woman down here?"

[wiz]

32 minutes ago, Waterbrick Down said:

"That would be us. Can't say I'm not surprised to see another member of Heroica down here. Is John alive? Have you seen a young woman down here?"

"Yes, John is alive. The hall was undergoing a quest drought, so I had decided to take an evening stroll to chip away at the boredom, when I found a bloody Hinkwell knight on the ground, just outside of Eubric. I gave him directions to Eubric, and he told me that you lot had been captured and tasked me with finding you heroes and a woman named Samantha, then get the bloody hell out of here. If this young woman you refer to is a fleeing Selkreeth rogue, then yes, I have seen her, if it is Samantha, then I'm afraid not."

[Mencot]

"If you are telling the truth and I think you are when you carry his shield, that is a good thing. We will need all the help to get out of here."