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6 The Otherworld

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Background: Taro convinces the Party to journey to his homeland, northwest of Amphithea, to help the war effort there.

Game time:

286 January 25 - 287 May 14

Real time:
1993 February - April
Starting members:

Arlephone (F3/MU3), Lena (NrC3/A3), Darkmoon (F4), Geran (F4), Hrudi (WrC4), Rikki (I3), Taro (T3/F2)

Meet Shawn (MU2), who joins.

Jan 25-Feb 7: journey to the Jomon lands, to help in war effort. In Tanabi, meet Daimyo Tomabi and hear of Gnoll activities in old city and necropolis of Salos.

Feb 8-21: cross the mountains, guided by yetis.

Feb 17: Rikki killed by Ice Toads (one bite takes him from 12 to -16 hit points). Rikki buried in rock cairn.

Feb 22: meet Dexios, a local Greek ranger, who becomes party guide. Tells party of the necromancer's activities.

Feb 23: enter the Necropolis: Defeat some ghouls. Encounter and properly entreat some ghosts. Encounter animated corpses of Queen Penelope and King Agapententholos II.

Feb 24: follow and attack the necromancer on the shore. Embark on necromancer's boat. Party killed at sea by freak wave; become spirits in the Otherworld.

In longboat, attacked by Orcish galleys; reach shore, where meet Arand Storm (Dumystor) and Agapententholos II; Arand/Dumystor (R2) joins; walk into the City. Meet and talk with local human spirits. Meet Bova, who becomes guide.

Enter the underground harbour of the Citadel: Defeat several Deep Ones; Bova vanquished?

Climb up the Mages' Hall; defeat several Gnoll mages.

Descend to hall where the Gnolls and the Deep Ones barter; kill most of them.

Defeat the necromancer and the Shoosova.

Guided out by Kobolds through tunnels under the City. Hrudi uses scroll to Commune with Thor: given instructions. Sail out to sea, avoiding Orcish galleys.

Party killed at sea by freak wave; return to the land of the living.

Apr 26: Wake up on shore.

Apr 26-30: meet with locals, and do patrol work for them.

May 1: Summon the dead on the necropolis of Salos to destroy the Gnoll camp.

May 2-14: walk back over the mountains.

May 9: defeat 2 Hill Giants (in one round Darkmoon kills both Giants [and almost Arand], and breaks her sword); then defeat 2 little Hill Giants.

May 14: report back to the Daimyo.

Training for Lena, Taro, Shawn.

Lena, Geran, and Arand leave the party.

Surviving members:
Arlephone (F3/MU3), Lena (NrC4/A4), Darkmoon (F4), Geran (F4), Hrudi (WrC4), Taro (T3/F3), Shawn (MU3), Arand (R2).
New members:
Shawn, Arand/Dumystor.
Casualties:
Rikki.
Retirees:
Lena, Geran, Arand/Dumystor.
Continuing party:

Arlephone, Darkmoon, Hrudi, Taro, Shawn.

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