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==Scribe Notes==
==Scribe Notes==
Blah blah blah
==Our Little Trip to Bug City==
===31/12/93===
Attended the Guild Meeting. Unfortunately no suitable adventures came up. Looks like another
three months hanging around the Guild.
10/01/94
While checking the noticeboard I saw a notice indicating that possible employment could be had
for a party of adventurers. I decided to check it out.
When I got there, I discovered Gar (full name Gar Og Zegate - he changed it) was there. This
time he was dressed in frills and roughs and wearing a floppy hat with a feather in it along with
his hand and onehalf sword but I knew he had a big chest with LOTS of assorted weapons in it.
He's also a firemage and is 6'6" tall - (he looked 5'6 because of a permanent stoop). He's an
obvious orc with black hair, red eyes, green skin and a protruding canine tooth.
Starflower was also there. Even though she's a female she's one of the few who take the Art of
magicks seriously. She's an elf 6'4" tall with long auburn hair, green eyes, and wearing black plate
armour as well as a shimmering silvery cloak. Her crossbow and two tulwars (one of which has
a Bound Air blade) were strapped on. She's a Mind Mage and a rather good one.
The other female in the party introduced herself as Lath and was currently wearing a white
ballgown with silver shoes. She's human, blue eyes, long blond hair (figures), 5'9" and currently
carrying two hand axes. She told us she's a death aspected airmage and she can also turn into a
wolf.
The next to introduce himself was Vila. He was in casual dress. He's 5'6" with brown eyes,
brown hair and told us he's an E&E mage and also a 'famous' thief.
Valium was also an E&E mage but specialised in differing areas. He was 6'2 with shoulder length
brown hair.
Last was Romo. He told us he was a Binder. No golems with him though.
I introduced myself as Phaeton Tama - solar celestial mage, magic philosopher, and experienced
healer. 5'3", and thin, wearing white robes and a rainbow cloak. I had quite a few useful spells
such as Shadowform, StarWings, Walking Unseens and, finally, Curse Removal.
We were able to discover that this adventure had been called by a representative from Guild
Finance who wanted us to 'go out and make money for the Guild'. Apparently the latest tax rise
was hitting the Guild hard. Anyway he told us that this farmer chap, from Aquila, had been
hanging around the Guild for the last couple of weeks but he couldn't afford to hire a party.
Finally they let him present his case in the hope that the party might discover enough treasure to
refill the Guild coffers.
First thing we dealt with was the formalities. Vila became the party leader as he was the most
experienced and Starflower was the military scientist. Both Gar and I wanted the position of
scribe. He managed to convince the party that it would be safer if the notes were in his possession
so he got the vote.
Once that was complete a weatherworn gentleman, about 5'7" in height was brought in. When
he started his introduction we noticed he spoke Common with a very odd accent. That was soon
explained when he told us he was from Fesenheim in the northern reaches of Aquila, near the
mountains bordering Aquila with Alfheim. His name was Rudigar and he needed a party to
accompany his son, Hautmut, on a journey to a colony of insectoids that lived under the
mountains. Insectoids? Was this a colony of Selenites? Apparently their village was friends with
the 'bugs' and they traded knowledge. Every so often, a boy or girl would come of age and would
go down to the colony to stay there to learn a trade. It was now his son's turn to go. Usually the
insects send an escort but it hadn't showed up this time. War problems? Brudegar also told us
that some of the insects were dangerous. This prompted Lath and Gar to discuss the possibility
of getting 'bug' plate armour - like that which Starflower already has. Also we were able to
ascertain that Gar still had his insect control rod. We tried to locate Grendel to obtain the other
one but he had lent it to another party.
Valium mentioned that if he shouts 'Q', he's casting a Quickness. Vila then mentioned that he says
'Geronimo' we were to close our eyes as he's about to trigger a skeleton. Many of us were rather
intrieged by this so Vila decided to demonstrate. Suddenly a skeleton appeared. Once we got that
sorted out, Vila rolled a marble across the table. It turned into some sort of winged creature.
According to the DA it was a 'Magical entity - winged imp'.
After the meeting broke up, I paid 600sp for a Lesser Enchantment to be put on then went to the
Fire College so Gar could put Protections from Magical Fires on us. I then paid 1000sp for two
10pt healing potions. Vila was also offering Greater Enchantments at Rank 6 so I paid 1000sp
for one. It was supposed to last for four weeks but he double effected on me so it'll last eight
weeks.
11/01/94
Someone had arranged for an astrology reading - along with interpretation. The reading was as
follows:
Once upon a time, long, long ago (ancient history or legend)
There was a dwarf who didn't know (dwarf=ground/cave dweller)
Of anything except his cheese (cheese=gold)
"Come here little mouse, come here please" (Warning of lure - danger)
"I only want to be your friend" (An obviously false statement)
But really the cheese was only pretend (Gold doesn't exist?)
The dwarf had a little problem you see (Enigmatic insect problem?)
"A little creepy crawly was looking at me"
Here they come like lambs to the slaughter (Danger!)
And that was the end of the dwarf and his daughter (Lost generation? Destroyed? Or a
warning?)
We were also waiting for permission to use the rune portal to Borovia (the closest safest place
to our destination) which is Count Kree's territory but no word was expected until tomorrow.
That night, I did a Reading the Night Sky ritual and got the following:
The wars continue
Above and below the ground
What are men but insects?
12/01/94
We managed to get permission to portal to Borovia so that was what we did. Upon arrival
Starflower cast a telepathy and followed that with a mindspeech. Meanwhile I did StarWings on
everyone. Once done, we took off towards the mountains in the general direction of Rudigar's
village. Because of the distance we had to make a few stops. The first one was Graft. The
ground was thick was snow and Gar managed to plow into a snowdrift. I was feeling the cold
so asked Lath for a Resist Cold spell which she obliged with. She then used a lightning bolt to
bring down a tree so we could get a fire started. Soon Starflower had completed an invigorating
broth. After drinking it we were ready to go. Unfortunately my attempts at casting the
StarWings were not entirely successful. The first attempt was a backfire which completely
drained my power crystal. I had just enough energy to complete the job (except for Lath and
Rudigar. She had used Windwalking on both of them to go ahead and prepare the next stop).
However I was too exhausted to fly. So I was bundled up in blankets and Gar drank one of
Starflower's Waters of Strength so he could carry me.
.2.
I don't remember much of the rest of the trip. Vila had a Locate of Lath so we could follow them.
The next thing I clearly remembered was being woken up by Starflower and fed some sort of
stew. From the smell and sounds around me, it was obvious that we had holed up in someone's
barn.
13/01/94
It was rather noisy the next morning, what with the animals etc, but I did manage to get an hours
purification in. I managed to get starwings on everyone, (except Lath & Rudigar - they went off
ahead on windwalking) and half an hour later we arrived near a village. We followed Vila to a
house. Once inside we discovered Lath was being berated by an elderly lady who Rudigar later
introduced as Granny Click. Two young children were in the room, a boy called Sasha and a girl
called Petira. They both seemed to exhibit insect behaviour but Petira's aura showed her to be
fully human with no magical talents and there wasn't any magical effects on her either. While
Rudigar went to see Grandfather Werrin, Granny Click served us a selection of cheeses for
breakfast.
Afterwards we discussed tactics and decided to split up resources. Vila pulled out two of his ten
point Healing potions and gave one to Valium and myself. Gar decided to pass the Wand of
Insect Control over to Valium as Valium wasn't likely to be in combat and had a good chance of
getting it to work. Gar also suggested pairing fighters with mages so Vila decided to pair with
Starflower. Lath selected Valium (thank goodness) which left Gar looking after Romo and
myself.
Accommodation also had to be sorted out. Granny Click had three places here, there were two
more next door, and one over the road. So Lath, Valium and Romo ended up staying here,
Starflower went over the road, which left Vila and myself next door. There wasn't much else we
could do until Rudigar came back so we stayed and talked to Granny Click for a while. We found
out that the villagers here use insects to help them with their farming. They even breed them.
When darkness arrived, and after dinner, I did a Reading the Night Shy Ritual and came up with
the following:
Who's that climbing up my wall?
Inky black and very small?
Now he's up above my head
Hanging by a little thread.
Boris the Spider!
Boris the Spider!
14/01/94
That morning I was too busy admiring the sunrise colours, and sketching the effect on the
mountains to bother about purification. After breakfast, Starflower went for a walk and did a
mental sweep of the area. Mostly she picked up villagers but there was an alien mind in one of
the buildings so she informed Vila who did a Wizard's Eye to investigate. His eye revealed a huge
bug creature sitting at a table. It looked something like a giant ant and appeared to be writing.
Starflower continued her scan and noticed that the villagers in the field seemed to be intently
concentrating on the job in hand but their minds also seemed agitated. Could they be under some
sort of mind control?
About lunch time, Rudigar arrived back and informed us that there was no hurry to leave. Also
that Grandfather Wirrn wanted to see us that afternoon.
.3.
So, that afternoon, we followed Rudigar to the building where Grandfather Wirrn was. Before
we entered, Starflower put up Telepathy and a Mind Speech. Also she recognised this as being
the building where the alien mind was. The room he led us into was one that Vila recognised.
In one wall was an alcove with a curtain drawn across it. As we entered Rudigar told us that
Grandfather was behind the curtain as he wished not to be seen. He also said that Grandfather
didn't understand Common nor could he speak it so he'd have to translate.
From behind the curtain came clicking, whirring, and scraping sounds. I immediately went on
Selenite Alert. Lath looked rather nervous as well. Rudigar told us that we should not leave the
village until we get what we deserve. Gar wanted to know if we had to kill anyone. Grandfather
wasn't sure. He also didn't know why the usual escort hadn't turned up but he did tell us that
there were conflicts among the different varieties of insects. The wasp-people (or wasp women)
were the most aggressive, attacking for no reason. There are lots of species of insects down in
the caverns and a few of them are mages. Grandfather listed all the different species.
The journey down would take a week but the entrance cavern was only a few hours away. The
cavern itself was large and lit by it's own sun which went through a regular day/night cycle (the
light waxes and wanes). The villagers work with a species that most closely resembles the termite
but wasn't. Ants are their worst enemy. There are beetle people, spiders are dangerous, mantis
men are also bad. The flies are also extremely nasty. Starflower asked about myriapods
(centipedes etc). They do exist and are large but not intelligent. There are also human/insect
hybrids. The growth rate down there is much higher. There are also some ruins down there but
no one is sure who or what built them.
Rudigar showed us an interesting object. It's a clay sphere which contains a highly ferocious
insect inside. Basically you throw it at the opposition, the sphere breaks, and the insect attacks
the nearest creature. Basically an insect bomb.
Back at Granny Click's we had lunch, a selection of insect food. Some of it was reasonably ok.
It all DAed as coming from Elushia.
That afternoon Hatmut turned up but told us he'd rather be called Martin. He's about 15 years
old 5'8" tall with brown hair and brown eyes. He doesn't speak Common either.
Rudigar told us that we should not use lights or fires on the journey down as that would attract
the insects. He has some insect repellant, usually insect byproducts, but what repels some insects
can attract others. Food will be provided and there is lots to carry. Water we can find on the
way.
Starflower spent the rest of the afternoon swapping recipes with Granny Click while Vila
wandered off to a tavern and got drunk. That night, I went for another astrology reading.
Evil lurks below the garden
Do not part the curtains
Do not plant the mushroom
Do not speak to the statue
===15/01/94===

Revision as of 09:39, 22 March 2026

Scribe Notes

Summary

Adventure: Insect World
GM: Carl R
Season: Spring 794 WK

Party
Time on adventure
tbc 826 WK to tbc 826 WK
Employer
Rudigar
Mission
To escort Hautmut safely down to the underground insect hive
Places visited
Fesenheim in North Aquila
Underground insect hive
Underground complex
A garden somewhere in Alusia
Major NPCs encountered
Hautmut (Martin) - Rudigar's son
Grandfather Wirrn - insectoid
Granny Click
Fritz
Baron Richtofen
Revlin - town leader
Sudonikus - Baron's noble
Uve - guide
8' tall iron golem in underground complex
Heinrich
Original Scribe Notes
Media:Snsp9401.zip

Scribe Notes

Our Little Trip to Bug City

31/12/93

Attended the Guild Meeting. Unfortunately no suitable adventures came up. Looks like another three months hanging around the Guild. 10/01/94 While checking the noticeboard I saw a notice indicating that possible employment could be had for a party of adventurers. I decided to check it out. When I got there, I discovered Gar (full name Gar Og Zegate - he changed it) was there. This time he was dressed in frills and roughs and wearing a floppy hat with a feather in it along with his hand and onehalf sword but I knew he had a big chest with LOTS of assorted weapons in it. He's also a firemage and is 6'6" tall - (he looked 5'6 because of a permanent stoop). He's an obvious orc with black hair, red eyes, green skin and a protruding canine tooth. Starflower was also there. Even though she's a female she's one of the few who take the Art of magicks seriously. She's an elf 6'4" tall with long auburn hair, green eyes, and wearing black plate armour as well as a shimmering silvery cloak. Her crossbow and two tulwars (one of which has a Bound Air blade) were strapped on. She's a Mind Mage and a rather good one. The other female in the party introduced herself as Lath and was currently wearing a white ballgown with silver shoes. She's human, blue eyes, long blond hair (figures), 5'9" and currently carrying two hand axes. She told us she's a death aspected airmage and she can also turn into a wolf. The next to introduce himself was Vila. He was in casual dress. He's 5'6" with brown eyes, brown hair and told us he's an E&E mage and also a 'famous' thief. Valium was also an E&E mage but specialised in differing areas. He was 6'2 with shoulder length brown hair. Last was Romo. He told us he was a Binder. No golems with him though. I introduced myself as Phaeton Tama - solar celestial mage, magic philosopher, and experienced healer. 5'3", and thin, wearing white robes and a rainbow cloak. I had quite a few useful spells such as Shadowform, StarWings, Walking Unseens and, finally, Curse Removal. We were able to discover that this adventure had been called by a representative from Guild Finance who wanted us to 'go out and make money for the Guild'. Apparently the latest tax rise was hitting the Guild hard. Anyway he told us that this farmer chap, from Aquila, had been hanging around the Guild for the last couple of weeks but he couldn't afford to hire a party. Finally they let him present his case in the hope that the party might discover enough treasure to refill the Guild coffers. First thing we dealt with was the formalities. Vila became the party leader as he was the most experienced and Starflower was the military scientist. Both Gar and I wanted the position of scribe. He managed to convince the party that it would be safer if the notes were in his possession so he got the vote. Once that was complete a weatherworn gentleman, about 5'7" in height was brought in. When he started his introduction we noticed he spoke Common with a very odd accent. That was soon explained when he told us he was from Fesenheim in the northern reaches of Aquila, near the mountains bordering Aquila with Alfheim. His name was Rudigar and he needed a party to accompany his son, Hautmut, on a journey to a colony of insectoids that lived under the mountains. Insectoids? Was this a colony of Selenites? Apparently their village was friends with the 'bugs' and they traded knowledge. Every so often, a boy or girl would come of age and would go down to the colony to stay there to learn a trade. It was now his son's turn to go. Usually the insects send an escort but it hadn't showed up this time. War problems? Brudegar also told us that some of the insects were dangerous. This prompted Lath and Gar to discuss the possibility of getting 'bug' plate armour - like that which Starflower already has. Also we were able to ascertain that Gar still had his insect control rod. We tried to locate Grendel to obtain the other one but he had lent it to another party. Valium mentioned that if he shouts 'Q', he's casting a Quickness. Vila then mentioned that he says 'Geronimo' we were to close our eyes as he's about to trigger a skeleton. Many of us were rather intrieged by this so Vila decided to demonstrate. Suddenly a skeleton appeared. Once we got that sorted out, Vila rolled a marble across the table. It turned into some sort of winged creature. According to the DA it was a 'Magical entity - winged imp'. After the meeting broke up, I paid 600sp for a Lesser Enchantment to be put on then went to the Fire College so Gar could put Protections from Magical Fires on us. I then paid 1000sp for two 10pt healing potions. Vila was also offering Greater Enchantments at Rank 6 so I paid 1000sp for one. It was supposed to last for four weeks but he double effected on me so it'll last eight weeks. 11/01/94 Someone had arranged for an astrology reading - along with interpretation. The reading was as follows: Once upon a time, long, long ago (ancient history or legend) There was a dwarf who didn't know (dwarf=ground/cave dweller) Of anything except his cheese (cheese=gold) "Come here little mouse, come here please" (Warning of lure - danger) "I only want to be your friend" (An obviously false statement) But really the cheese was only pretend (Gold doesn't exist?) The dwarf had a little problem you see (Enigmatic insect problem?) "A little creepy crawly was looking at me" Here they come like lambs to the slaughter (Danger!) And that was the end of the dwarf and his daughter (Lost generation? Destroyed? Or a warning?) We were also waiting for permission to use the rune portal to Borovia (the closest safest place to our destination) which is Count Kree's territory but no word was expected until tomorrow. That night, I did a Reading the Night Sky ritual and got the following: The wars continue Above and below the ground What are men but insects? 12/01/94 We managed to get permission to portal to Borovia so that was what we did. Upon arrival Starflower cast a telepathy and followed that with a mindspeech. Meanwhile I did StarWings on everyone. Once done, we took off towards the mountains in the general direction of Rudigar's village. Because of the distance we had to make a few stops. The first one was Graft. The ground was thick was snow and Gar managed to plow into a snowdrift. I was feeling the cold so asked Lath for a Resist Cold spell which she obliged with. She then used a lightning bolt to bring down a tree so we could get a fire started. Soon Starflower had completed an invigorating broth. After drinking it we were ready to go. Unfortunately my attempts at casting the StarWings were not entirely successful. The first attempt was a backfire which completely drained my power crystal. I had just enough energy to complete the job (except for Lath and Rudigar. She had used Windwalking on both of them to go ahead and prepare the next stop). However I was too exhausted to fly. So I was bundled up in blankets and Gar drank one of Starflower's Waters of Strength so he could carry me. .2. I don't remember much of the rest of the trip. Vila had a Locate of Lath so we could follow them. The next thing I clearly remembered was being woken up by Starflower and fed some sort of stew. From the smell and sounds around me, it was obvious that we had holed up in someone's barn. 13/01/94 It was rather noisy the next morning, what with the animals etc, but I did manage to get an hours purification in. I managed to get starwings on everyone, (except Lath & Rudigar - they went off ahead on windwalking) and half an hour later we arrived near a village. We followed Vila to a house. Once inside we discovered Lath was being berated by an elderly lady who Rudigar later introduced as Granny Click. Two young children were in the room, a boy called Sasha and a girl called Petira. They both seemed to exhibit insect behaviour but Petira's aura showed her to be fully human with no magical talents and there wasn't any magical effects on her either. While Rudigar went to see Grandfather Werrin, Granny Click served us a selection of cheeses for breakfast. Afterwards we discussed tactics and decided to split up resources. Vila pulled out two of his ten point Healing potions and gave one to Valium and myself. Gar decided to pass the Wand of Insect Control over to Valium as Valium wasn't likely to be in combat and had a good chance of getting it to work. Gar also suggested pairing fighters with mages so Vila decided to pair with Starflower. Lath selected Valium (thank goodness) which left Gar looking after Romo and myself. Accommodation also had to be sorted out. Granny Click had three places here, there were two more next door, and one over the road. So Lath, Valium and Romo ended up staying here, Starflower went over the road, which left Vila and myself next door. There wasn't much else we could do until Rudigar came back so we stayed and talked to Granny Click for a while. We found out that the villagers here use insects to help them with their farming. They even breed them. When darkness arrived, and after dinner, I did a Reading the Night Shy Ritual and came up with the following: Who's that climbing up my wall? Inky black and very small? Now he's up above my head Hanging by a little thread. Boris the Spider! Boris the Spider! 14/01/94 That morning I was too busy admiring the sunrise colours, and sketching the effect on the mountains to bother about purification. After breakfast, Starflower went for a walk and did a mental sweep of the area. Mostly she picked up villagers but there was an alien mind in one of the buildings so she informed Vila who did a Wizard's Eye to investigate. His eye revealed a huge bug creature sitting at a table. It looked something like a giant ant and appeared to be writing. Starflower continued her scan and noticed that the villagers in the field seemed to be intently concentrating on the job in hand but their minds also seemed agitated. Could they be under some sort of mind control? About lunch time, Rudigar arrived back and informed us that there was no hurry to leave. Also that Grandfather Wirrn wanted to see us that afternoon. .3. So, that afternoon, we followed Rudigar to the building where Grandfather Wirrn was. Before we entered, Starflower put up Telepathy and a Mind Speech. Also she recognised this as being the building where the alien mind was. The room he led us into was one that Vila recognised. In one wall was an alcove with a curtain drawn across it. As we entered Rudigar told us that Grandfather was behind the curtain as he wished not to be seen. He also said that Grandfather didn't understand Common nor could he speak it so he'd have to translate. From behind the curtain came clicking, whirring, and scraping sounds. I immediately went on Selenite Alert. Lath looked rather nervous as well. Rudigar told us that we should not leave the village until we get what we deserve. Gar wanted to know if we had to kill anyone. Grandfather wasn't sure. He also didn't know why the usual escort hadn't turned up but he did tell us that there were conflicts among the different varieties of insects. The wasp-people (or wasp women) were the most aggressive, attacking for no reason. There are lots of species of insects down in the caverns and a few of them are mages. Grandfather listed all the different species. The journey down would take a week but the entrance cavern was only a few hours away. The cavern itself was large and lit by it's own sun which went through a regular day/night cycle (the light waxes and wanes). The villagers work with a species that most closely resembles the termite but wasn't. Ants are their worst enemy. There are beetle people, spiders are dangerous, mantis men are also bad. The flies are also extremely nasty. Starflower asked about myriapods (centipedes etc). They do exist and are large but not intelligent. There are also human/insect hybrids. The growth rate down there is much higher. There are also some ruins down there but no one is sure who or what built them. Rudigar showed us an interesting object. It's a clay sphere which contains a highly ferocious insect inside. Basically you throw it at the opposition, the sphere breaks, and the insect attacks the nearest creature. Basically an insect bomb. Back at Granny Click's we had lunch, a selection of insect food. Some of it was reasonably ok. It all DAed as coming from Elushia. That afternoon Hatmut turned up but told us he'd rather be called Martin. He's about 15 years old 5'8" tall with brown hair and brown eyes. He doesn't speak Common either. Rudigar told us that we should not use lights or fires on the journey down as that would attract the insects. He has some insect repellant, usually insect byproducts, but what repels some insects can attract others. Food will be provided and there is lots to carry. Water we can find on the way. Starflower spent the rest of the afternoon swapping recipes with Granny Click while Vila wandered off to a tavern and got drunk. That night, I went for another astrology reading. Evil lurks below the garden Do not part the curtains Do not plant the mushroom Do not speak to the statue

15/01/94

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