Wild:27 The Stars Stole Our Language

Starring: Brilla, Fuelwen, Nathaniel
Guest Starring: Ethyl, Deenar, Kotter Stonescale, Stumphy McShatterfist, Bo, Daudhir the blue dragon
Challenge: Huge ship, Treant, Ephemeral Swarm, Bard 13ish, Duergar, Warlocks
Location: Drn Tg area.
Date Played: 29 Dec 2009

Assaulting the vessel

Nathaniel: As we sailed towards the marooned vessel, our dwarven contingent readied themselves to board, heartened by the enemies flying and swimming madly away from our approach. The shield wall boarded first, followed by the pikemen, clearing the way for the rest of us to board.

Seeing the look on the enemies faces as Doomipede, carrying Brilla, crawled menacingly across the plank would've made my heart race, if I had one. I commanded my legion to assault the ship's Treant, as I understood that we needed to remove him as quickly as possible.

Our foes quickly moved to release monsters to attack! Duergar opened a solid steel box containing an Ephemeral Swarm while the Treant was distracted by my army. Brilla managed to talk their Blue Dragon into joining our side of the battle, though Fuelwen swears that he breathed on him intentionally.

Fuelwen: I was stunned. This epic battle, and I nearly exit without a scratch. The only injury I sustained was "friendly" fire from Duadhir. Regardless, we fought, we won. The Dwarves threw in their weight, and I almost kept the swarm from being released, for all the good that did, which is none.

The dragon did intentionally attack me, but I completely understand its motivation. Might makes right.

The ship is taken

Nathaniel: After the ship was taken, I was honored by the dragon, named Daudhir, by him sharing stories of himself. Daudhir is from the alternate material plane that many on this ship are from. He was captured by the Wu Jen who assisted us in stranding the ship, and seeks revenge against him. Brilla let slip that he traveled to Acheron.

Fuelwen: I busied myself with taking inventory. There was a great deal of cargo on the ship, but little of real value. Given the size of the vessel, most of it was the supplies required to keep the crew alive on a long voyage.

Released from service

Nathaniel: Upon returning and relaying our success the party was released from their service contracts and given their payments. My forced service was reduced to a single month and I've served out my time as a scribe.

Odd Constellation

Nathaniel: One night in the sky we see a constellation that was never there before. We ponder it's meaning, with Brilla suggesting that it's a spear headed for the whale constellation. Shortly we discover chaos in the street as everyone's shared language, Common, seems to have been removed from the game, er, the world. It has been replaced with a random language.

Fuelwen: I noted the star arrangement. I also noted that the world descended into linguistic chaos. My investment in mastering many languages proves to be valuable once more. I suddenly find myself equipped to master the tongue of the goblins.

Rewards

• Recap reward: Oil of Magic Weapon
  • Nathaniel

Random Languages

• Nathaniel: Ignan
• Fuelwen: Goblin
• Brilla: Terran
• Bo: Gnoll
• Ethyl: Gnoll
• Deenar: Ignan