DM Lobo Event Thread

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Please note that this thread will not include a lot of the 'on the spot' random events such as treasure hunts etc... and minor NPC interactions.

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The Lost Lizardmen ((Small event)) Status: On-going
"A small group of lizardmen stormed the friendly arms Inn; however a group of people (players) managed to talk the down - the lizardmen expressed their hate to the humans having lost their children (eggs) and home. They were talked into moving into a new cave nearby and were promised to be left in peace - the lizarmen then left. To help the lizards a small group of adventures went to visit the cook in the friendly arms and request he not use lizard eggs for his food - he agreed on the condition they buy him a new exotic cooking book which cost them 2 bags - they paid and said their goodbyes."
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The lost farm pig ((Small event)) Status: Completed
"A small pig somehow managed to escape a local farmer and ran to hide in a bush near the camp outside the friendly arms - the farmer applogied and came to collect the pig, however a druid (known to be a little crazy) refused to let the pig go - thus the locals at the campfire that night offered to buy the pig off the farmer, which they did. The pig then travelled with them for several days and the druid dubbed him 'robert' after returning to the friendly arms several adventures taughted the pig and the druid saying how he is for eating not as a pet - the pig was then attacked by a pet dog and badly injured. The druid took the pig to a healer learning that the pig was a she, not a he and that she had several other little children - feeling guilty the druid let the pig go back to her piglets on the condition that no harm come to the pigs - the farmer agreed as long as she paid for it, which she agreed. The druid said its goodbye to her pig friend, Robert (the pig) then sneakily placed his old collar into her boot as a goodbye"
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The attck of the flesh golems ((Huge event)) Status: on-going
"Rumors began to surface of many Beregost citizans vanishing in the night - seemingly for no reason, however one night just outside the city - two red wizards (one male and one female) were spotted talking to the drow - a local adventure alerted the guards and a fight broke out; the drow raiders were killed. Inspecting the sight it seemed the drow were in the middle of harvesting the bodies which were carefully placed on a wagan behind a rock - the two red wizards informed the guards that they knew nothing and eventually allowed to leave - the adventure claims they were talking about a soul sucking weapon, though no evidence was found to support this"

"While Beregost said their goodbyes to the fallen a half drow "Rilae" came to investigate the drow and dug up the area they were buried in - she found out that their armours were stripped and replaced with 'fake' armour, she also learned that their souls were missing and a revive was uneffective. Soon after Elyssa and her friends arrived to study the dead drow but not much else was learned; they concluded the Thayans might have a powerful soul sucking weapon in their hands"

"Some time passed; the roads were beefed up with extra patrols following the news of the drow raiding partys and many brave adventures also helped - the drow however were keeping quiet. Some minor rumors went around of people going missing in the nights, but this was normal gossip - however after several days of silence what looked like a prototype flesh golem attacked Gully, they sent out scouts to request help in responce and finally took the thing down - Sirion, a mage at the scene was shunned for luring the creature near the village. Many samples of the golem were taken; the golem was made of pure flesh and bone, many bodies of which were reported to be missing Beregost citizens/guests."

"A small adventuring party learned from a lost girl, Lilly - that her and her mother were running from something in the woods; dark elfs Lilly - the child told the adventures her mother wasn't there when she turned back. The adventures track her down into the mines outside cloakwood - but the drow hiding there proved to be too powerful; a deal was made - if the adventures take the dead and leave they would be allowed to go unharmed - which they did and left"

"A few days later, Terri and her guild - the Phoenix Company were approched by three drunk men waving around an invite to a party - Terri managed to get the invite and the drunk men were escorted out peacefully. Terri decided to go with her guild and check out this party, which they did....

"...leading them into a complete hell; an old ruin filled with the dead of many thugs, bandits and criminals - though some were normal working people. Bodies were sliced and diced and many limbs were missing. Terri decided to revive some of the dead - however they soon went mad and attacked. The remaining survivors in the old ruins also attacked, though it was revealed that demons were charming the men luring them inside. A contract was recovered which detailed a deal between the drow - in exchange for souls the demons would supply bodies. Phoenix Company took down all the demons inside the ruins and killed the 'head' demon putting an end to the trading operation"

"Following rumors of a drow attack inside the old cloakwood mines a group of adventures decide to go inside where they uncover a small drow patrol and several bodies with limbs missing. As they go down further they encounter more drow and a portal leading into the darkness. After killing the drow they decide to close the portal, which they do and leave with the bodies, burning them outside the mines. As they do a zombie appears before the adventures and thanks them for helping explaining he was imprisoned by the drow and forced to collect souls on their behalf - he explains he is still trapped but their support gives him hope, he warns them that the flesh golem is complete and they plan to let it out onto the friendly arms soon - the zombie then dies. The adventures warn the guards at the Inn and a huge battle takes place as a giant golem spider appears from the cloakwood. The creature is killed - and a strange gem recovered by a red wizard who later teleports away with it"

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Updated with the current events going on with the 'stone' for those confused -- contains all Info (sumarized) may contain spoilers for those who wish to learn for themselves what is going on.

Includes Both UD plotline and Surface plotline

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With Sshamth under a lot of pressure to get rid of the growing Ooze problem -- and recover a lot of their roads, the School Of Necromancy (under the orders of the masters) began researching ways to kill the Oozes more effectively.

They learned of a powerful soul gem (http://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/Soul_Gem_( ... pment[/url) on the surface guarded by a powerful (nameless) red dragon. A special squad of elite raiders were sent up to bring it back down for research under cover of night, several of the raiders were killed as the dragon spotted them but the raid was a success overall and the stone was took back to the drow city.

Under the command of a drow necromancer (nameless) the stone was researched -- they learned of powerful arcane high tier spells imbured into the stone and tried to find ways to 'copy' it. They ran into one problem however as the stone acted very much like a cursed object and bound itself to the person who touched it. No magic would get rid of the curse only death seemed to free them fully -- until the stone was claimed again for the process to start anew. This meant throwing the stone away or trying to destory the stone was always unsuccessful.

During the research of the stones power on live human subjects one -- unfortunatly escaped and killed the current servant (also bound to the stone) with a rusty knife catching him off guard and fled with the stone using its power to reach the surface.

This caused the head mage in charge of its research to panic -- in retailation he began to form alliances with several demons including a powerful Fey'ri to collect bodies to form a powerful flesh golem which was able to resist the stones power and collect it, bringing it back down -- the escaped slave / target hid in the village of Gullylin, in the meantime drow raiders were in a frenzy ambushing both players and patrols in the night dragging their bodies back to the underdark.

This lead to a huge spike in patrols and many players forming alliances and offering money. eventually the drow raiders were killed off -- but the damage was done and the city of Belegost moarned the loss of their loved ones. The final raiding party was located by two Red Wizards one being Kananak and the other his apprantice (a female) they questioned the Drow party and tried to form an alliance, however a player (forget his name) informed the guards and the drow were killed and buried. The Thayans were questioned and informed the guards of a strange stone and a brief alliance with a Fey'ri who was helping them.

Several succubus were also luring men into an abandend castle far to the east with several letters, promises of power, sucduction and other sly tactics. Terri Lalani of the Phoenix Company learned of this from two drunk men who were lost trying to follow a map, this map was taken by Terri and her company who followed it to an old castle. Inside she saw many, many dead bodies most of which were missing limbs, heads and even internal parts. Terri Lalani revived the bodies but they went crazy and attacked. Further inside they found many succubus and other bewitched men who were all put down by Terri and her company. They then found the 'leader demon' who promised them information if he was allowed to live -- they refused and he was killed putting an end to the deal the drow had with the demons in order to harvest bodies in exchange for souls.

The number of reported disaparances declined and evetnually the patrols returned to normal -- the drow trying to get the stone back were desperate however and only had the Fey'ri Necromancer left as an ally; however a long term enermy of his Viridiana was found and thus he betrayed the drow and enslaved those near. This caused a huge headache to the elven city of Doran with Elyssa trying to protect Viridana from the Fey'ri shifter. Eventually he was tracked down and killed in his head layer putting an end to his rein and his army of undead.

While things seemed peaceful now, finally - on the surface -- the drow in charge of research -- fearing the wrath of the masters below were now desperatly putting together two flesh golems resistant to magic in order to track down and destory the current owner of the stone, an escaped human slave -- the first golem was forged and sent up to the surface but Sirion, a mage caught on and alerted the Gullylin guards -- who were not happy. A tough fight took place and with aid from many players it was taken down and destoryed.

News of this failure reached the research team in the underdark -- and that the escaped slave with the stone had fled to the Friendly Arms Inn. Angry, and fearful, delaying the meeting with the masters he forged a bigger, stronger golem in the shape of a spider with the remaining resources he had left. In the meantime the players were investigating where the other golem came from and learned of drow actitiy in the old cloakwood mines where they learned of another golem planning to attack the FAL -- they sent a warning out right away and prepared for an attack. This golem let loose and finally able to kill the human slave successfully taking back the stone, but thanks to the players warning they were able to ambush the spider shaped flesh golem and kill it causing the stone to once again be lost and once again -- ownerless. A lost girl was also found by some of the players, a child -- roughly 7/8 who was put in the care of Bently in the FAL, her name was Lily and she explained her mother was killed by the drow and she was forced to run here.

It was claimed from the remains of the golem spider by a Thayan Kananok who teleported away with it, becoming the new owner of the cursed relic. Meanwhile in the drow city below the mage in charge of the stone was forced to meet with the masters -- along with several players who were aiding with the recent Ooze attacks. The mage was forced to report his failure and thus was swiftly killed by the masters infront of the players.

The drow city was having many problems, an alliance was made with several chaotic evil creatures and the goblins were being forced to dig tunnels into the city -- which were destoyed before the Ooze could get in. While the players and the drow tried to find answers things were getting even worse on the surface.

The red dragon, angry from the loss of his relic began threatening players who drew near to its layer in the south. The dragon eventually learned of the Thayan who had his stone, as did the drow in the underdark, but their hands were too full to worry about it.

Terri Lalani (and her Company) who learned of the dragon went to seek it out with her company -- they learned of its powerful arcane magic and turned their backs on the beast insulting it causing a fight to take place almost killing them all. The dragon then flu off warning the players he will burn the city to ash if his property is not returned.

Over the coming days many learned of this mysterious soul gem/stone and that it was in the hands of a Thayan Wizard -- he eventually agreed to hand it over for 4 million in gold. Terri Lalani went to seek out the dragon to relay this information. Once the Red Dragon was informed it grew angry and threatend to attack the city -- Terri managed to talk it down and lead it (through a portal) to the Thayan base where Kanaok came out and spoke to the dragon in human form -- refusing to give the stone without 4 million the dragon shifted back into human form and attacked causing a huge fight to endure. The Fist were called and the dragon, mortally injured was forced to flee. The guards were informed of Terri and Vendor being sighted with the dragon and were wanted for questioning -- but they both fled. The following day Terri and Vendor turned themselves in and the captain of the fist informed them they are on trial for murder of a young girl and for aiding the dragon.

<<<<<Not public>>>> fearful of its power believing it could destory his plans to destory the city of Sshamath and thus sent several of his agents to the surface -- including several dropplegangers who kidnapped lily taking her underground believing she knew where the stone was the players killed a 'fake' droppleganger Lily and went to bring her back, finding a dark crystal which the <<<<Not Public>>>> was using to communicate to his allies. Lily and a young boy were taken to the city of BG. Lily was later called to the stand as a witness to Terri's trial.

In the meantime, the drow city began forming alliances (Including a young black dragon who was saved from the Oozes) after learning of <<<<Not Public>>>> and his alliance with the Oozes and began to prepare a special acid to quickly get rid of the slimes. Following a lead from a friendly 'child slime' http://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/Slime_Child_(3.5e_Race) of a secret temple the players learned that a massive slime that had consumed the cultists hiding there -- the slime attacked, and the Black dragon aiding the players went to fight something in the darkness above. Once the super massive slime was killed the dragon fell to the ground greatly injured. It was at this point a powerful <<<<<Not public>>>>, whom the players believed to be <<<<<Not public>>>> attacked forcing the players to flee. The Black Dragon stayed behind to fight the creatures while hordes of dark creatures began coming out from the cave. Several players went to inform the city guard prompting them to come and destory the tunnels.

The masters put together a plan to get the stone back making a deal <<<<<Not public>>>> -- but in order to claim ownership once more the Red Wizard would have to be killed. <<<<<Not public>>>> with the city still on high alert from the dragon attack the trial was poorly prepared, and Terri was found guilty. In that moment however, a Necomrnacer who was waiting in the back summoned undead and teleported Terri away in the confusion. The pale Necromancer explained to Terri she was framed and that three mind flayers manipulated the results -- Terri was given a new name and teleported to Elyssa who contacted the Necromancer via sending. In the meantime a huge mob of angry players began to attack the Lodge of the Phoenix Company causing the fist to get involved and calm things down.