Castle Amber: A D&D Adventure

MEANWHILE, IN THE REAL WORLD???

The half-giant roars as his axe tastes the flesh of another victim! "God forsaken demons! Where do they come from?! If it's the last thing I do, I'm going to kill them all!" There is genuine determination in his words.

OR MAYBE THE DEMON IS LYING, AT WHICH POINT


MEANWHILE, IN THE REAL WORLD????!

The half-giant roars as his axe tastes the flesh of another victim! "God forsaken trees! Where do they come from?! If it's the last thing I do, I'm going to kill them all!" There is genuine determination in his words.

Nothing happened as Harvey poked the corpse and whispered to himself about what he thought might be happening in the real world.

Dan reappeared. "I was able to retrieve the corpses of those devoured by the sharks. What is that you have Rob? If that's a potion of time travel, I hope you're not thinking of drinking it. The last person I know of that did that vanished forever."

"That should be enough time. Let's find out what's on the other side of that portal," said Azedarac as he began a spell.


Meanwhile
The years had been unkind to the kingdom of Averoigne. The army of devils and bugs had overtaken more than half of the kingdom. The fight against them was led by a radiant young man and a band of sailors. The town of dragon worshipers had grouped together with the people of Ximes to form a stronghold against the legions of evil. All notions against the use of magic had gone. The people of the kingdom of Averoigne needed all the help they could get against this harsh threat.

Rob puts away the Potion of Time Travel, and breathes a little sigh of relief that he tries to hide as a snort of impatience.

"So this whole dungeon crawl was a distraction?!" Lynda exclaims. "Nerroth, the unicorn, and all those people died just so some faceless voice can tell us they're invading Averoigne?!"

Lynda's spent up her energy being angry, and falls to the floor, dejected.

"Are all the other party members we left behind OK, I wonder? ...Are they even on our side anymore?"

Azedarac finished his spell and began to converse quietly with an unseen partner. He turned pale. "We have to close that portal. It leads to the seventh level of hell."

A high pitch scratchy laugh came from the swarm. It grew in pitch and rapidly speed up until it became an all too familiar screech. Nothing could be heard above the terrible screech, everyone in the room was as good as deaf.

The beholder shot 2 deadly rays towards the party. The tall man successfully defeated them both. The beholder had clearly gone over the deep end. The little mouse riding on it's back was frantic.

Then, 4 large Kythons fell out of the portal. The cracked the marble floor as they landed and looked ready to fight.

"Keep them off me! Minions, attack!"

Kalar holds out his hand, focusing power through the ring he wears. He sends the power out towards the portal, creating a wall of force to block anything else from coming through.

As he does that, he shouts out, "Rob! The wish! Now!"



Item Used: Ring of the Forcewall, expended all 3 charges, creates 10 foot square wall of force that lasts for the next 4 rounds.

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Lynda stands, cold fury in her eyes. She fishes out the water elemental gem from her pack, and crushes it under foot.

The ensuing elemental will be directed towards the adversaries.

At the first sign of trouble, Harvey assumes wind form again and swooshes himself into the coffin, under the body for maximum protection. Kinda bit off more than I could chew by investigating. How the hell are we gonna close that thing?

Kalar quickly realized his orders were falling on deaf ears. Nothing could be heard above the screeching.

"I wish... That our entire party was even more healthy and strong and ready for battle than we were when we all woke up this morning"

Rob's sense of terror that he is screwing up this wish is almost as strong as the sense of terror that he gets from the portal above.

He hopes that all the party's spellcasters will get their magic back, but even as soon as the words are out of his mouth he worries that he has phrased the request badly... Is he wasting their wish? Who trusted Rob to make this call? Dammit, Dad!?

TIME STOPPED.

Kalar, Lynda, Rob, Stumpy, and Harvey all instantly found themselves in a big fancy cabin equipped with multiple rooms and a feast prepared in a large dining hall.

"Well. This is... something."

Kalar looks around, trying to figure out where this might be. Either way, if the wish worked, then this is a perfect time to prepare for the coming battle.

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Rob sinks into one of the chairs and stares at the feast...

"I could have wished so much better..." he mumbles sadly.

He reaches for a dish, suddenly realizing he is hungry.

There were no doors or windows for Kalar to investigate.
The smell of the food filled the air. As Rob ate the food, it filled him with a mighty vigor.

"Very well, if we are to rest here, then I shall make the most of it."

Kalar takes some food and eats it, then reaches into his pack for some incense. He lights it then begins to meditate, gathering as much divine power to himself as he is able to.


Using incense of meditation, all of Kalar's spells are maximized.

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