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The Al Queso Terror Netwok
3/01/05. Campaign Date 3/1/1262 R.S.T.
The Ace of Spades (O'shama Naut Bin Ladin) has the artifact, the Scepter of Supremacy. He recently acquired it and has
yet to master it's use. He has kiled and replaced Count Sven . There was a real count sven, who is a member in good standing
of the Ionic World Peace Council. He hails from Ice-Land (Norway). He was sent to Dracos in Slavania and picked up some retainers
there, since his party was lost in an avalanche.
(So he says) Count Sven then began his tour through the isle of lost souls, Cape Fear, the un-named islands on up to Sargun,
then to York. He is solicting aid in a special peace project and has picked up several supporters along the way. Using his
Scepter, he has
solicited support for the Al Queso network. He knows that the network has suffered great losses and is on the verge of
extinction. To foster an atmosphere condusive to allowing him to stay out of the public eye, and to lure Seldar's sword out
for vengance; he has started a rumor that his life has been threatened by the Al-Queso network.
Dash has recently gotten information about Sven and has sent him a letter offering him
20 million gold pieces, military support and 1000 new recruits for Al-queso in exchange for the sceptre. Dash is also
on his way to York to retrieve it by any means possible. Towards that end he is bringing 10,000 helspawn along behind him
and an advance patrol.
Once he arrives in York, Sven will be accepted into the Merlin's graces and given diplomatic quarters in Recto Tower.
While there, Count Sven has managed to hide some devices he has made in Verso Tower. There are 20 of them, they are a canister
of jet-fuel oil with a necklace of missiles bead inside of each one. They are strategically placed so that when 1 goes off,
it will trigger a chain reaction and all 200 beads will go off. The resulting explosion will do 500 dice of damage and will
knock the tower down (See diagram). When the tower hits, it will crush all the buildings in the red area. Then immediately
the blue area will be filled with shrapnel. 1000 people are killed outright. The Mallar is killed. 5000 people are injured
1000 of them critically.
Seldar's sword was assigned to protect the Count, but they were in his precence for less than 5 minutes when they noticed
something fishy. Mark the pure was able to discern evil and discern lies from the Count's scribe. He turned out to be a Siva
priest, a battle soon ensued. In the course of the battle Mark was poisoned into paralysis, L.B. managed to retain all of
his limbs, Orphella was slain. Meanwhile Osama was taking potshots with hold spells, lightning bolts and other nefarious magics
from the safety of his projected image. Pancreas swung and hit the image several times...to no avail. Osama's people were
losing the battle when he decided to 1st summon a pit fiend and then use an artifact power and do a time stop. During the
time
stop he instructed the pit fiend where to go immolate himself in order to set off the charges previously set in Recto
tower. there was an earth shattering boom, followed by a heat wave, a concusive blast and a large ball of fire.
Recto tower began to crumble, it fell, no longer erect. When it landed it crushed a large section of town and all the
people in that area. Immediately upon striking the ground it shattered, exploded, damaging a further section of town (see
attached diagram). Then a huge dust cloud arose from the impact obscuring the entire town. Meanwhile
Orphella was risen from the dead, the Merlin reversed time for Orphella, Mark was unpoisoned and Kit drove up 10 flights
of stairs to the rescue. Everyone piled into Kit and drove down the stairs to the ground floor. Things were no better down
here, and Orphella was able to scry Osama, and guess that he was in the room above the room where the fight took place. So
the party rushed back up to the 11th floor, and attacked Osama. orphalla needed a 19 to hit and Mark needed a 20, so what
do they do?... in the next round Orphella rolled 2 19's and Mark rolled a 20, the combined blade damage was not enough to
kill Osama, yet Mark's 20 caused his holy sword to tap into a holy plane and fill Osama with an additional 56 points of damage...just
enough!
Osama went down, thus ending the reign of terror posed by the Al-Queso network. Collecting the artifact and other sundry
treasures, the party now faces the question of "What is next"?
The town of York is in shambles, 1000 people were killed in the knocking down of Recto tower, another 5000 were seriously
injured. The Mayor (Jules) was killed as were a large number of counsel members, city officials and City guard elite. The
Merlin is now swamped with taking charge in a temporary martial law situation. There is cleanup, medical triage, digging bodies
out of the rubble, some of them still alive; dust has overcome 100's of rescue workers
and they are now being treated for injuries as well. People have been caught looting & scavenging. The Merlin has
declared a 7PM curfew, anyone caught outside after that time must have a written document from the merlin's office or be thrown
in jail.People are being stopped on the street and searched for pieces of the tower, being stolen for souveniers, 55 Arabic
men have been found dead in alleys, with a strange rune carved on their chest, the sign of a local group of vigilantes. The
city gates are kept closed, only 1 gate is open and there are 100 guards going over everything with a fine toothed comb, only
food and vital supplies are allowed in, and trade and travel is down to a very slow crawl. The atmosphere in town is 1 of
gloom and despair, there is a memorial vigil scheduled next week on Sunday from 12PM to 5PM, to be held at the base of Tower
Verso. There are rumors that the vigilante group has killed some non-arabic men, with no known motive. The Merlin informs
Seldar's Sword that there are troop movements of 10,000 helspawn headed towards York, they are 100 miles away,in the mountains,
and the general public has somehow gotten wind of it too. Messengers have been sent to Londres, Atlan, Freehaven, and Sargun,
asking for Military aid.
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(4/5/5)
The Merlin let the party know what the Sceptre does...
Scepter of Supremacy
The scepter is 3 feet long. The head is encrusted with gems of immense value. The whole thing is worth a million gold
pieces, beyond it’s magical and legendary value. It has the following powers from the artifact rules (at 30th level)
Side effects
When holding the scepter, the user appears most noble in all aspects, he/she has all regal, social skills, and noble bearing,
they can command any humanoid under 3 hit dice as if they were their rightful ruler. Their clothing will appear to be of exceptional
quality, and they will appear to have whatever token of the office they would need. I.E. The local Royal Crown, or Amulet
of the Emperor. Etc.
Minor Benign
1. Protection +5 when held,combinable with any other device
2. Possessor is immune to all gases and poisons.
Major Benign
1. Animate Object on command three times per day.
2. Phantasmal Killer once per day
3. Teleport without Error twice per day
Minor Malevolent
1. Possessor loses interest in sex completely.
2. Possessor’s touch kills green plants.
3. User becomes infatuated with the scepter and will not be parted from it EVER.
Major Malevolent
1.Possesor takes damage from direct sunlight, 1 point per round. Only rest can heal this damage. This also applies to
sunburst, sunray, Hollyphant, etc.
Prime Powers
1. Finger of Death once per day.
2. Powers of a “Rod of Rulership”
3. Time Stop twice normal duration once per week.
4. Total immunity to ALL electrical attacks
5. Total immunity to ALL Cold attacks
He then asked the party to take the sceptre and leave town
to keep the Helspawn horde from attacking York.
On the road south, the party was attacked by a group of
spiders, driders, and retrievers. There were spells cast,
petrifying eye beams, poisonous bites, but in the end it
turned out that the retriever crew was no match for Seldar's Sword...
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