Chapter 3: The Glittering Tower
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Jake
Jake is about to attack one of the pirates when he remembers the gadget he picked up a while back- the Portal Key. He quickly uses it to open a portal in the wall to allow himself and the other party members to pass through into the room. Have fun with the Eld!
Jake is about to attack one of the pirates when he remembers the gadget he picked up a while back- the Portal Key. He quickly uses it to open a portal in the wall to allow himself and the other party members to pass through into the room. Have fun with the Eld!
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Flintlock attempts to throw off his captors, grunting and pulling as the pull him to the portal. The pirates pick Flintlock up—one on each arm and one on the legs, and they swing him back and forth like a cradle, building momentum for a really good toss. The metal man goes sailing into the supernatural darkness, where he collides with Horton. Horton grabs ahold of Flintlock: "I've got you!" he says, his voice oddly muted in the vast emptiness. Together, they slowly somersault, the portal growing ever more distant.
Things are looking dire for this pair. While Horton had been just a hair past reaching distance, they've now been knocked considerably farther, and will only continue to drift away. In a round or two, they will be considered lost.
Wikerus, meanwhile, is shocked to discover his lame attempt at deception caused the pirates to drop their hold on him. They look at each other with a blank expression for a half second before they realize their mistake, and move to recapture their prisoner.
Jake uses his Key to open a door through the wall from the hallway to the Portal Room. The remainder of the party can now bypass the two pirates blocking the door, and engage the six pirates inside the room, if they wish.
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Things are looking dire for this pair. While Horton had been just a hair past reaching distance, they've now been knocked considerably farther, and will only continue to drift away. In a round or two, they will be considered lost.
Wikerus, meanwhile, is shocked to discover his lame attempt at deception caused the pirates to drop their hold on him. They look at each other with a blank expression for a half second before they realize their mistake, and move to recapture their prisoner.
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Jake
IF he can't attack this round, he will next.
Jake charges, walloping the nearest of the pirates with his maul. Get a rope through that hole!
maul[1d8] = 5
IF he can't attack this round, he will next.
Jake charges, walloping the nearest of the pirates with his maul. Get a rope through that hole!
maul[1d8] = 5
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I'm having images of the Illustrated Man, with Horton and Flintlock sailing through space together, eventually sailing into a star or being incinerated in some atmosphere.
Flintock takes a moment to look around and finds the void beautiful. He smiles at Horton and pushes off with all his (puny) strength, aiming Horton towards the portal and himself deeper into the void. See you later!
This has been great fun! I am hoping for an equal and opposite reaction-reaction. Perhaps A DEX check for targeting? Maybe Horton has a water bottle he can use as a thruster for adjusting the trajectory.
And maybe Flintock will get luck and end up in the tower again. (With a bunch of frozen pirates...)
Flintock takes a moment to look around and finds the void beautiful. He smiles at Horton and pushes off with all his (puny) strength, aiming Horton towards the portal and himself deeper into the void. See you later!
This has been great fun! I am hoping for an equal and opposite reaction-reaction. Perhaps A DEX check for targeting? Maybe Horton has a water bottle he can use as a thruster for adjusting the trajectory.
And maybe Flintock will get luck and end up in the tower again. (With a bunch of frozen pirates...)
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Axe Attack!: [1d6] = 5
Over their heads he watches Flintlock sail into the void. A rope! Why didn't I bring a rope! Always bring a rope! he thinks.
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The Princess charges into the Portal Room shouting, "Scallywags," "Ne'er-do-wells," and, "Loathsome criminal types!"
She rushes an unoccupied pirate and attempts to push him through the portal into the depths of the Cosmos.
She rushes an unoccupied pirate and attempts to push him through the portal into the depths of the Cosmos.
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Grappling Thoughts:
Let's you and him fight:
The party and the pirates come together in a terrible clash! The Princess leads the charge, barreling into a pirate reaching for Wikerus, and knocking him, tail over teacups, into the portal void. Wikerus' axe bites into a pirate's leg, and Jake clocks another with his maul.
Outside, in the hallway, Deet and Splinter's muskets discharge as they fire on the two pirates blocking the door.
But the pirates give as good as they get. With flashing cutlasses, they strike each member of the party. The previously-wounded Deet and Princess both fall to the ground. Jake, Wikerus, and Splinters are bloodied, but remain standing.
Out in the Void, Flintlock heroically sacrifices himself in order to fling Horton back into the light. Horton tumbles back into the Portal Room, narrowly avoiding a collision with the Princess-pushed pirate. He finds himself in a room full of angry pirates and badly wounded compatriots.
Flintlock continues to sail, off into the darkness.
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Outside, in the hallway, Deet and Splinter's muskets discharge as they fire on the two pirates blocking the door.
But the pirates give as good as they get. With flashing cutlasses, they strike each member of the party. The previously-wounded Deet and Princess both fall to the ground. Jake, Wikerus, and Splinters are bloodied, but remain standing.
Out in the Void, Flintlock heroically sacrifices himself in order to fling Horton back into the light. Horton tumbles back into the Portal Room, narrowly avoiding a collision with the Princess-pushed pirate. He finds himself in a room full of angry pirates and badly wounded compatriots.
Flintlock continues to sail, off into the darkness.
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Flintlock takes one last look at the portal, waving goodbye to that sorry lot of fools. Not Al bad, he supposed, but too moral to have any real fun. He looks ahead, waiting for the next portal curtain to pass through.
Several weeks later, a diminutive, metal man marvels at a supernova and narrowly misses a collision with a defunct NASA probe.
Fun game. Thanks!
Several weeks later, a diminutive, metal man marvels at a supernova and narrowly misses a collision with a defunct NASA probe.
Fun game. Thanks!
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Horton is struck by the sacrifice of his companion. Desperately, he grabs the nearest pirate by the arm and tries to swing him into the void. If we can dispatch these cretins quickly enough, I can be launched back out to retrieve Flintlock.
[1d6] = 3
[1d6] = 3
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Wikerus, waning in strength and feeling desperate, tries beaning the pirate that rudely attacked the princess. She's royalty...
Axe Attack!: [1d6] = 2
Axe Attack!: [1d6] = 2
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Splinters reaches over his shoulder and pulls a string, activating his Mirror Engine. Suddenly the hallway and portal room are filled with images of the Wooden Boy, distracting the pirates while the real Splinters hurriedly reloads. Two pirates fling themselves upon illusions, but one happens to strike the genuine article. With a soft crunch, Splinters is knocked out mid-reload, spilling his gunpowder and shot.
Jake attacks a pirate, narrowly missing and smashing a fist-sized chunk out of the wall with his maul. The pirate returns the blow, catching Jake in the stomach. He falls, bleeding.
Horton tumbles back through the portal, sword swinging. He catches a pirate behind the neck and uses his momentum to fling the pirate into the Void before his painted boots even hit the floor. It is a singularly dashing moment for the former librarian.
Unfortunately, the only audience to his daring do are three deeply pissed-off pirates. His compatriots litter the sandstone floor.
Jakes' portal to the hallway winks out of existence. Through the still-open door to the hall, however, Horton sees flashes of blue light, and the sudden smell of a lightening-strike. The two pirates in the hall drop in twisted heaps, as Eld rush down the hall.
Looking into the portal room, an impossibly slender Eld in cucumber-and-rose armor calls out in a language Horton can now understand: "Drop your weapons and cease hostilities! Surrender yourselves or face immediate correction!" The Eld carries a short baton that crackles with blue sparks.
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Jake
The overly-bold teen coughs in pain, too busy trying to press a hand to his wound to do much else.
The overly-bold teen coughs in pain, too busy trying to press a hand to his wound to do much else.
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Cucumber-and-rose armor: how dreamy! I simply must have some!
Horton raises his hands in surrender. Gladly. These monsters have destroyed my party. They barely have the patience to set the bait before they are tripping over themselves in their rush to betray. Quickly, will you help me retrieve my compatriot thrown into the void here? Please! Tie a rope to me and throw me toward him. Once I grab him you can pull us back in.
Horton, with hands raised and meek expression in place, takes a sidestep to be sure he isn't too close to any of the pissed off trio or too close to the portal.
Horton raises his hands in surrender. Gladly. These monsters have destroyed my party. They barely have the patience to set the bait before they are tripping over themselves in their rush to betray. Quickly, will you help me retrieve my compatriot thrown into the void here? Please! Tie a rope to me and throw me toward him. Once I grab him you can pull us back in.
Horton, with hands raised and meek expression in place, takes a sidestep to be sure he isn't too close to any of the pissed off trio or too close to the portal.
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Wikerus twitches. In a recurring nightmare he won't remember (especially if he doesn't survive) he is once again late for stone-cutting class. It's more of a memory, really.