Severed Planes and Onward to the Wind Temple!

Session 5:

Not a lot happened, but a good time was had again. Jake joined the game with a duskblade character, a fighter/wizard type class named Aurelius. There were a lot of distractions, a few arguments, and a new character to create so not a lot got done, but I still think most people got at least some enjoyment from the session. Again, let me know if I made any mistakes grammatically, spellings, and especially on who did what or what happened (If I missed something or gave credit to the wrong person). On with the show!

Between session 4 and 5:

People buy stuff in the city.

Gerdrex, Naonomi, and Kelch discuss some things.

Planar Mishaps:

Once the group finished gathering supplies and spending their newly found gold the sky sudden went dark. The ordeal lasted only about 10 seconds before returning to normal. While dark, there was a sudden sense of dread in the heart of all who witnessed it. Whispers of dark times where on the lips of the people.

The group met up together in the middle of the market area when they noticed a peculiar human looking at them inquisitively. The man introduced himself as Aurelius. He Explained that he was just in another location, presumably another plane similar to this one, but not quite the same. Kintel introduced to him the party and tried unsuccessfully to explain their quest. Aurelius decided to follow the party since they seemed to know a bit about the planes and could possibly help him find his way back. He also told the party about his world through illusions cast from a spellbook that appeared to hold a great deal of knowledge about his own plane.

On the Windy Ocean:

The party decided to go to Sol'sangre's tower to speak to Serra about where each of the temples could be. Serra agreed to help and used a Legend Lore scroll to try and give a hint about the location of the Wind temple. The result was a cryptic poem which the bard recognized as part of a collection, but could not remember the rest:

On the raging, powerful ocean,
Amongst the highest waves;
Flies the tower that reaches the heavens,
That is conquered by mortal when the tempest he braves.

Shortly after this divination a man dressed in an apprentice's plain robe ran into the tower asking where Sol'sangre was. Serra answered that he went to Sigil earlier today. The messenger informed the group that it had been determined that around the time that the sky went black, connections to the elemental planes had been severed and that Sol'sangre's presence was requested at the mage's guild as soon as possible. Serra agreed to relay the message to Sol'sangre as soon as he returned.

The adventurers decided to head to the tavern at Cryllise's request to gather more information about the poem and possibly a more exact location of the temple. Kelch, excluded from this, decided to ask in the thieves' guild for more information.

Liyl was not at the thieves' guild as normal, but in his stead was Robyn, his first mate. (If she wasn't introduced before she is an elven rogue and first mate to Liyl. Second in command of the thieves' guild). Kelch asked if she knew anything about the wind temple. Robyn said no, but she did know of some legend about a large whirlwind at sea that caught careless sailors in its damaging winds. She also was worried that Liyl had not returned after a long adventure at sea. Liyl had left a note which contents read that he would go to Wherst, a town on a smaller continent to the east where pirates (not his own) had taken over. He received information that they were also keeping slaves and had hope that his father was among the captives. Robyn was worried because the letter said that he would be back in 10 days, but it had been 11. Robyn offered to help Kelch in his quest if Kelch would help her find Liyl. Kelch was told to meet her in Hartlet in 16 hours to set sail.

Meanwhile in the tavern, the group happened upon a retired and drunken pirate. They asked him if he knew anything about the wind temple. In fact, his ship was a victim of the furious winds surrounding it. He told of his sad tale in which his crew and ship were destroyed, but he was lucky enough to survive somehow.

About this time, Kelch showed up and let the group know that he had a ship and a captian (well, first mate). He neglected to mention that they would have to help find the missing Theives' guild leader.

The group set off to Hartlet where they met with Robyn. Robyn asked them if they were ready to set off to Wherst. There was some objections in the group until everything was explained, but only a little more clearly. The only thing added was that they agreed to help find the captian. Nothing was said about Wherst having pirates.

The party set sail to Wherst. On the second day, far off in the distance, they noticed a giant funnel cloud reaching to the heavens.

On the third day the ground was suddenly attacked by two naga. Each naga stayed at either side of the ship. They nearly decimated one before it shot a lightening bolt at Xanandethis but it missed. The naga on the port side was finished off quickly. On the starboard side, the naga turned invisible. Aurelius cast see invisibility and Gerdrex detected evil; both could see that the naga went behind the ship and both lost sight of it. Xanandethis ran to the back, tied himself to a rope in case he fell in (or decided to jump in) but was attacked by the invisible naga who missed. The party decimated the remaining naga with all they had before it had another chance to attack.

Rewards:

1030 (fighting) + 200 (RP) XP each.

1200g worth of pearls (Inside the naga? Why not? How do you know they don't like to eat shiny things?)