Rift expansion preview (storyline)
A torn parchment page (storyline)
Topic: Pinefar Hunting Areas
Message #: 3725
Author: RAFFELS2
Date: 10/3/2009 1:46:23 PM
Subject: A torn parchment page
Perigourd and I found a parchment page on a lost soul today, which appears to be part of Haukragg's notes.
In the Common language, it reads:
...the depraved grimness of this place, but it has only grown worse and worse. Fortunately, I was correct about holding a black diamond when passing through the sphere, so the strength of my spirit is unabated. Nevertheless, the unease I feel remains, and can only be tempered by my resolve and my faith in the Lords and Ladies to see my task done. The rift must be contained. For if the escalated chaos pervades not only this dimension but also the world beyond, then we shall all perish.
Of some quaint comfort to me, I have noticed that the soft glow of the toadstools I gathered in the caves of Zul Logoth have not lost their shine, even at times when the darkness here would otherwise be blinding. In the lack of a fire, a handful of these is sufficient light by which to make camp and write a few pages. I must rest here and gather myself before descending to the lower...
Missoni.
Another page (storyline)
Topic: Pinefar Hunting Areas
Message #: 3736
Author: ELIZAISGOD
Date: 10/3/2009 2:40:05 PM
Subject: Re: A torn parchment page
Another page:
In the Common language, it reads:
Day 1, Imaerasta 29.
May Lumnis guide me into all wisdom. I pen these words as I sit in the very Cavern of Ages, my mind swimming with the heady memories of great and terrible deeds done on these sands. I have not returned here in many years. But now, in a pale echo of them of former times, the Chosen of our Lady, they who forever broke the curses of the Vvrael that were laid against us, so too in like manner am I come by the leave of our Right Master Theon and in behalf of our many faiths to slip behind this veil and fall into that world between worlds, to discover how we may repair this new bleeding wound torn into the scars of this hallowed place, and thereby forever turn away the sneering face of this new threat, confided to me in some secret detail by the elders of our guild. It has alrea...
...slipped into shadow and death, but a fate much worse than this may ensnare those whose faith is o...
* * *
...stores laden not only with provisions for my own self during the sojourn, but also with a stock of the tools of my ministry and my specialty, alchemy, if by any means with a blessing from Liabo I may be able to establish an island of order in the chaos and have a light wrought in the darkness. I have brought enough pearlescent trinket oil to afford many experiments, along with as many samples as I was able to procure of plant life, animal parts, minerals and crystals from the world over. I have reason to believe that a ward may be fashioned which will seal...
...ay even perhaps nullify this power to destroy both life and truth. Though it seems impossible, unless it is true, then there remains no hope for even the bravest of...
Droit
Another message found on critter
Topic: Pinefar Hunting Areas
Message #: 3920
Author: VICENTE
Date: 10/8/2009 2:14:00 PM
Subject: another message found on critter
i found this on a crusader thought it was most interesting
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In the Common language, it reads:
...on the fourth plane. I do not recall how I came to be here. It was not of my own volition, though it may be by the constantly chaotic machinations of this accursed dimension, or it may be that I was led here by the wisdom of Lumnis. I shall not judge before the time; I will only observe and hold back my doubts.
I encountered a most mournful sight after I arrived here. I beheld the shade of a proud warrior, as if clad in the form of a green mist. It was doubtless a spirit of one of our own paladins, now robbed of its mind and forced into bondage to an unseen master. As I sought to release it, a curious thing occurred. An old charm I carry, a runed bone talisman, was dropped, and the shade seemed particularly set against treading near it. Seeing this, I attempted the Prayer of Holding against it (as the power of this same prayer is bound up in the talisman), but it showed no special weakness. It may instead be something about the holy enruned bones themselves that prevail against the evil curse of the undead, though this has always escaped our notice if true.
The crusader's ghostly and yet sharply da...
Compiled Haukragg Journal Pages
Topic: Pinefar Hunting Areas
Message #: 3936
Author: LAMOREED
Date: 10/9/2009 3:06:40 AM
Subject: Compiled Haukragg Journal Pages
New (literally just found this):
In the Common language, it reads:
...bone, or bones, to the oil, then simmering it, regardless of how strong you're making the talisman. The chanting of a spell may be necessary before simmering; I don't know. I can't think clearly enough to remember right now. I have been battling these creatures all day long and have barely escaped with my wits half of the time. The heat isn't helping me think, either.
It's suddenly starting to get cold again. I could lose my nerve if this keeps up, Lumnis forgive me. I wish I knew the way out of this place. More than that, I wish I could havE
-- dan/gnimble
Alchemy Riddle
Topic: Pinefar Hunting Areas
Message #: 3940
Author: RIMALON
Date: 10/9/2009 12:54:31 PM
Subject: Compiled Haukragg Journal Pages
From wrossartley on the PC:
In the Common language, it reads:
bones bones bones and bones
keep your skins and herbs and stones
give up all the bones you got
need those bones and need a lot
one bone makes a good one
two bones make it better
three bones make it best of all
so i wrote myself this letter
sing a song sing along
so you know your mind is strong
if you dont i dont care
cause i just kissed a pink necare
i chanted a spell for a trinket
brilliant aura with three bones to link it
or if you have two
chant confidence to
make sure you dont have to drink it
make sure you dont go and stink it
make sure you can wink it
make sure
So we've got a heroism version, a bravery version, and a weaker version. Heroism version takes 3 bones, bravery 2?
So at least we know that... uh...
Heroism Version:
add pearlescent trinket oil
add 3 bones
chant 215
simmer
?
profit
Bravery Version:
add pearlescent trinket oil
add 2 bones
chant 211
simmer
?
profit
It's a little odd, in that chanting spells usually is the last step in a recipe, but we're getting these directions from an insane cleric, soooooooo!
-Sea Wizard, right?