In the quest for magical engineering, the group of valiant adventurers are directed to the dining hall to eat a great feast.

Everyone in the party sits with Nethandric, who sits at the head of the table. Again, Nethandric asks the party about the nature of their quest.

Dar-wynn and Konrad explain that they are on a mission to repair the barrier between the planes of existence. That segues into a discussion of magical engineering and the adventurers are told that there will be an arena test that will be graded on a pass/fail scale.

The overriding question is: Does the group have all necessary components (skills, aptitude) to learn magical engineering.

Magical engineering is about combining spells to great effect.

Amicas is the one individual who can fix the barriers between the worlds, so ultimately, that is the goal of the quest. To find Amicas.

The headmaster knows where Amicas is but the group will likely d ... Read more »

The group resumes looking for Nethandric...

In a vestibule off of the endless plane of stone floor, Dar-wynn tries each of the two doors, neither were locked.

Kat opens door number 1 and sees a wall of water, think a door into an aquarium.

Dar-wynn opens door #2, sees a wall in the glowing distance with a glowing flower. 

There is also a creature present.

The creature is a chimera covered in armor. It comes bounding forward but it is restrained by a chain.

The group decides to attempt distracting the chimera to grab the glowing flower.

The dragon head of the chimera uses an acid attack on Konrad which does some damage.

Dar-wynn prepares to fly up and does successfully. 

Konrad moves forward to grab the flower. He gets the flower. Kat rushes in and the chimera attacks Konrad. He becomes critically injured - possibly fatally.

Kat tries to pick up Konrad's body and run but her hand passes thro ... Read more »

The hags were defeated. We all noticed the fresh celestial mark upon Brega's forehead that she had received from her deity. Small price to pay after being saved from drowning. With the storm cleared after the death of the vile witches, we are able to continue our voyage to find Nathandric. The next morning we wake to find everything absolutely still. I would say there was an ill wind but for the fact there was no wind. The sea was silent and smooth as glass. All of the crew that were on deck were absolutely still, and no amount of prodding caused any change in their poses.

We retrieved the captain's spyglass and Kat climbed the mast to get a bearing in the crow's nest. Along the horizon off the starboard side we did notice motionless columns of smoke. On the port side we saw an island in the distance and some other object in the still water between the ship and the land. While sizing up our situation, Konraad scried into the future to gain a glimpse of what foe we may be e ... Read more »

After the good ship Corgi was repaired and restocked, the party of adventurers were eager to reach the sea.

First mate, Cynthia takes Konrad aside on deck and chats with him about the Captain’s immortality and the members of the crew. She also peppers him with questions about how he came to have a cat’s head as well as claws. Konrad answered her questions in a cordial manner while the rest of the party was still in the galley eating… all except for Kat, who was feeling quite sea sick and stayed resting in a bunk.

After she finishes with her questions, Cynthia shares a story of the devastation caused by the first war of the infected. Konrad tells her that the dragon Val wants to fix the problem of the infected and so the party of adventurers are working under that directive. Val believes that Nethandric is the key as only a powerful magic user can repair the barriers between the planes of existence.

Nethandric has been alive for thousands of years ... Read more »

Cor-Wynn

The Stein and Sword

Safka

 

 

Dearest Mother,

 

I know it’s been a bit since I’ve written. I’m doing well though, or better now that I and some of my friends got rid of a rather nasty fungal infection. We had to cure it in the most horrible way though. We had to bathe in a barrel of FINE Brandy. One of the finest I’ve ever seen and smelled, since I couldn’t taste a drop of it. It was an absolute waste of something such a quality product, but apparently this cursed captain only smuggles the best.

 

The ship was in desperate need of repairs and the captain filled us in on his plan to snatch some loot from another smuggler to fund the repairs. We anchored in a cove about a day from the town in which the smuggler lived. The captain had scouted out the town, and told us about the walled mansion in which the smuggler lived around the town that supported him. H ... Read more »

Kat strikes algae monster.
Brega freezes its neck and the head rolls of its shoulder and falls to the floor. Nice!
Hull has been breached. Gross af. Yuck. Dark green slime hanging to ceiling, comes to life.
Bay-Wynn calls for Bartimaeous. No answer.
Fight slime creature
Shark in water. Yikes!
Eel swarm
Go back upstairs. Bay-Wynn touches tiller but nothing happens.
Conrad calls Bartimaeous 3 times.
Waves spread out and then back in and fall down onto the deck.
Skeletal hand grabs rail and pulls himself up.
Bartimaeous runs toward us. Strangles BayWynn. Says “get off my boat”.
BayWynn asks if he knows where the wizard Nethandrix.
Konrad asks him to release Bay-Wynn. He tosses her.
Bay-Wynn asks again about Nathandrix.
Bartimaeous goes to explore the ship. Returns with a corgi.
Tells us we are now part of his crew
Nathandrix was thrown into the lake by the captain that br ... Read more »