Chapter 19: A Nice Day for a Black Wedding: Recap

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Chapter 19: A Nice Day for a Black Wedding: Recap

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As I couldn't be there, could I please get a recap? What happened? how far did we get? What do I need to know? Etc.

From postas about weddings and monkeys, it sounds like a good time was had by all...
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Correct me where needed:

Skender had asked for the Heart of the Dragon emerald as a bride-price
for his proposal to Carlila. As Ken wrote, Skender began considering
marriage after talking to the old Varisian crone Naomi with the
caravan. Carlila accepted, and we planned the wedding to happen ASAP
since we only had two days in town.

Jump to the ceremony: the Gold Goblin was packed with various friends
and acquaintences. Clegg gave Carlila away, Priestess Shorafa Pamodae
officiated, and Freddie stood as Best Man. Just as the ceremony was
concluding, Shorafa revealed the demonic pact made by Carlila's
mother, how to break it, and offered her uniquely suited short sword
for the task, while stating that she herself could not intervene.

Jump to the combat: a succubus and four quasits are summoned by the
nuptuals, Cutheric gets dominated and is commanded to protect the
succubus. Skender swings in on his whip to attack her in the air,
Phil and Jorm begin dealing with the quasits, and Emeryon casts fly on
Skender. Carlila casts prayer for the group assist. Skender trades
some shots but gets grappled. Phil charms a quasit and casts mad
monkeys on the succubus and Skender. Cutheric jumps on a table near
the flying succubus holding Skender and drunkenly swings at the
monkeys and chops them to a paste. The succubus dimension doors to
near Carlila on the other side of the room, the party converges near
her after having dispatched or neutralized the quasits while Skender
moves in. A few more good shots all around, the succubus gives up and
ethereal jaunts away giving up on her pact claim (but not her
revenge).

Jump to the party: succubi and monkey swarms are nothing new to
Varisian gypsy weddings, more shennanigans ensue. Clegg makes good on
a request to have decoys of us head south to Magnimar on a ship while
we stealthily sneak out to the north the next morning.

Jump to the horse traders: we are intercepted on the Velashu plain by
some horsebreeding tribesman. We traded away the unclaimed masterwork
and magical treasure in return for high quality Velashan Warhorses
(either light or heavy, with max hp's and are expertly trained).

Jump to the Mierani Forest: Cutheric guides us in on game trails, and
we detect a pack of large forest drakes approaching. We have a
pitched fight with them, and some elves from Crying Leaf come in at
the end for the assist. They escort us to Crying Leaf, though the
scouting party leader is resentful of our presence. We meet with the
overall leader of Crying Leaf, tell her our story, give her the drow
journals, and are offered the chance to accompany an elven war party
to the ruins of Celwynvian. They mention some pocket dimension called
the Armageddon Echo where the drow escape to, but we don't know
exactly what that means yet. The elves have been fighting a secret
war with the drow here for probably centuries, and they do everything
possible to keep it secret.
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Phil says: "You know, if I were a creepy Cave Elf, and my evil buddies and I decided we wanted to destroy the world (or at least organized society), we would need a safe place to hide when the Bad Thing went boom. And maybe we would call that magic hidey-hole an Armageddon Echo. Yeesh..." :shock:
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Re: Chapter 19: A Nice Day for a Black Wedding: Recap

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erilar wrote:Phil says: "You know, if I were a creepy Cave Elf, and my evil buddies and I decided we wanted to destroy the world (or at least organized society), we would need a safe place to hide when the Bad Thing went boom. And maybe we would call that magic hidey-hole an Armageddon Echo. Yeesh..." :shock:
OOC:
"Cave Elves" is the name of my Bauhaus cover band. :)
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Drink and be whole again beyond confusion."
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Re: Chapter 19: A Nice Day for a Black Wedding: Recap

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Jonkga wrote:
erilar wrote:Phil says: "You know, if I were a creepy Cave Elf, and my evil buddies and I decided we wanted to destroy the world (or at least organized society), we would need a safe place to hide when the Bad Thing went boom. And maybe we would call that magic hidey-hole an Armageddon Echo. Yeesh..." :shock:
OOC:
"Cave Elves" is the name of my Bauhaus cover band. :)
ROFLMAO!!!
Another daring escape for the intrepid Spaceman Spiff!
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Not to be confused with the Love & Rockets drow tribute band anthem, "Let's blow up the Oerth Sun Moon"... :D
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