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ritorix
Jul 22, 2007

Vancian Roulette


Feng Shen


"You really don't want to know what was in that box."

Feng daintily sips at his tea. The old tiefling is sitting ramrod-straight, his other hand rotating between smoothing his lengthy white beard, adjusting his eyeglasses, and tapping on the teacup. The old goat had a scholarly look to him, one not so suited to adventurous pursuits.

Truth be told, he had the time of his life on their little adventure. This was perhaps the second weirdest gathering he had been in, barring one memorable Sensate after-party in Sigil. It was a funny story, really... (Feng spends the next 5 minutes lost in thought, smiling slightly).



Zemo looks like what happens when a gnoll takes a vacation to Mount Celestia.
Bugsy was probably going to kill them all.
Erdan is
such a prime. He's in way over his head.
Guzzler is amusing, but has "first to die" written all over him.
Dalzranorth is the real attraction here, he could be useful in time; dragons grow up. He'll probably want more gold than his share, though.

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ritorix
Jul 22, 2007

Vancian Roulette
Feng Shen

"An ideal name for our group would serve as both advertisement of our goals and values. Where I come from, groups are formed based on their shared ideas, a unifying thought behind their existence. I believe our group has one, as well, a shared ideal based on our very nature."

Feng takes another sip of tea and adjusts his eyeglasses.

"Our diversity gives us strength, and it defines us. We are ambassadors, if you will, of our respective races to the good people of Waterdeep. Our name might reflect that; perhaps the 'Envoys Extraordinaire' or, to add some local color, 'Yawning Portal Envoys Extraordinaire', abbreviated YPEE ." [Yipee!]

He takes another sip. It's hard to tell if he's serious or not.

ritorix
Jul 22, 2007

Vancian Roulette
Feng Shen

Feng barely resists the impulse to elbow Zemo in the side when the dog asks "Why us?"

Now the Sunless Citadel, that sounds interesting. Feng's mind wanders a bit as he remembers bits of information about just such a place...



history of the citadel: 1d20+5 22

ritorix
Jul 22, 2007

Vancian Roulette
Feng Shen

Nodding to the dragon, Feng says, "Indeed it was once Cult territory, and though I doubt any remain from that time, there is no telling what might now reside in such a place. The Cult of the Dragon has quite the bizarre history, and they desired to capture members of your kind in order to fulfill an ancient prophecy."

'And naught will be left save shattered thrones with no rulers. But the dead dragons shall rule the world entire...'

Snorting after reciting the bit of ancient lore, Feng continues.

"And so they sought to create and control undead dragons. It was all quite an amusing mistranslation of the Chronicle of Years to Come, which actually says, I quote, 'And naught will be left save shattered thrones, with no rulers but the dead. Dragons shall rule the world entire..."

ritorix
Jul 22, 2007

Vancian Roulette


Feng Shen

Feng comes down in the early morn in a bathrobe, polishing his horns with some sort of ointment. They glisten a bit.

"Oh, is it already time to head out? One moment, these beauties don't maintain themselves."

It takes at least another hour before he's ready to go.

"Alrighty! Let's be on with it!"

ritorix
Jul 22, 2007

Vancian Roulette

Feng Shen
10HP 3/4 PSI

Feng steps off the cliff to his death! But he simply glides gently down to the bottom on the winds of air. No rope necessary for him. Ignoring the nasty rats, the tiefling lays a hand on Crushclaw and meditates. A bit of life stirs back in the fallen creature.


Gliding down via Mastery of Air, no falling damage.
Crushclaw is healed for 6 via Psionic Restoration. -1 Psi.

ritorix
Jul 22, 2007

Vancian Roulette

Feng Shen
10HP 3/4 PSI

"Do you know how many newly-formed adventuring parties perish due to simple vermin? Nearly 20%. Twenty Percent. And they almost got us too."

ritorix
Jul 22, 2007

Vancian Roulette

Feng Shen
10HP 3/4 PSI

Let's short rest to let a few of you spend hit dice.

ritorix
Jul 22, 2007

Vancian Roulette

Feng Shen
10HP 3/4 PSI

"Oh? Of course, of course."

Walking carefully over the goblin corpses, Feng peers down his glasses at the writing, making several 'hmmm' sounds.

ritorix
Jul 22, 2007

Vancian Roulette

Feng Shen
10HP 3/4 PSI

"Mmm. Hmmmm. Ahhh yes, this speaks of Ashardalon. Ancient and nasty, that one, a red dragon quite a bit larger than our own resident dragon. Perhaps a target of worship by this Cult of the Dragon, though they would only seek to raise him from the dead to fulfill their prophecy."

ritorix
Jul 22, 2007

Vancian Roulette

Feng Shen
10HP 3/4 PSI


Turning to his companions, Feng raises an eyebrow to impressive height.

"I'm not sure that chasing a dragon will lead us to our missing locals. I fear we are about to go down the proverbial rabbit hole, such as it is."

ritorix
Jul 22, 2007

Vancian Roulette
Feng whispers "You're doing great! You are like a god to them."

ritorix
Jul 22, 2007

Vancian Roulette

Feng Shen
10HP 2/4 PSI

Another ally down to rats. This is embarrassing. And with the rats poised to bite anyone nearby, there wasn't much point in being heroic and restoring Dal to consciousness. He and the dragon would just get tore up again by the rats.

It was time for something a bit more dramatic.

Focusing his palms together, he points his hands towards the rats, and a blast of wind streams out at them.

DC13 strength save for the 2 rats in a line, 3 damage and prone if they fail, 1 damage and no prone if they succeed.

ritorix
Jul 22, 2007

Vancian Roulette

Feng Shen
17HP 6/6 PSI

"What does that make you, then? Some sort of noncombatant, or a monk perhaps? Can't be a wizard, or you wouldn't be stuck in there. Perhaps it would be best if you avoided any combat."

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ritorix
Jul 22, 2007

Vancian Roulette
Hey please drop me if you haven't already. I'm evaced for this stupid hurricane and wont be around for a while depending on the damage. Sorry!

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