Through Ultan's Door

The Take(!!!) and Downtime Thread for 3/1 Game Baiba and Marjanna scale the great black walls, sending down the rope behind them. Climbing the surging Breath of the Simoom to the rope, the rest of the party mounts the walls, turning once to gaze at the Doomed City, the name of which you each heard spoken once in your mind--let it never cross your lips! The view of the palace in the distance is stunning, inviting, perhaps mocking, you, with its rose brass domes piled one atop another, and marble terraces, with fluted columns, and tiny hammocks swinging in the sweet breeze next to lush plants, pots sparkling with a king's ransom of jewels. One half of your soul knows this is the last glimpse you will ever have of the Palace of the Painted Caliph, and tarries for a moment, entranced and melancholy, but the other half is filled with mirth and a new found determination, thinking, "We have won this round. We will see you again old adversary; perhaps next time we will take the palace...

The annotated map for Thursday's session! Eric Boyd Chris P. Shemek hiTankolel Anthony Huso Aleksandr Revzin Joshua Blackketter Maxime Golubchik Evlyn M

Guys I can't run a game this Thursday. I'm traveling for work Friday-Monday and I need to be present with my family Thursday night before I leave. We'll pick up next week. I'm looking forward to it, as you just opened up an area to poke around in, which will be fun :) Anthony Huso Chris P. Aleksandr Revzin Eric Boyd Evlyn M Joshua Blackketter Maxime Golubchik Shemek hiTankolel

Session Recap: Enter The Doomed City! The party climbed the steep stairs over the stables to crowd into the Child witch Adrianna's cramped apartments. All the furniture had been moved out. Guttering candles lit a complex diagram in powders of various hues. The pages from Evocations of the Doomed City, retrieved by the party as some expense, were nailed to the wall around the room. The cloying smell of incense mingled with the smell of horses. Adrianna explained to the party what they were in for. She would begin with the Song of Six, calling forth the six vessels that would transport the party to the location of the Doomed City. She explained that as the party members stepped forward into their chosen vessel, their souls would meld with these potent individuals. The union would provide them with the powers of the vessel, but should the vessel be slain, the soul of the traveler might be lost (save vs. death). When questioned she indicated that although physical injuries and maladies...

Here is an annotated version of the map from the party's first session in THE DOOMED CITY! Warning, it's a big file. If it breaks your google, here's a link to the file on google drive: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Qu4_tB_b2dL7_lToA4a5VOX7LRFvYzZX

We do need to adopt a proper high-level mentality here in the Doomed City. No one should open things, that's a job for unseen servant. We've all got a pile of magic items and only one session to use them in.

Apologies to Chris for getting his character blinded and deafened. I have a bad mindset for old school play.