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Post by at on Jun 16, 2014 8:24:07 GMT -5
Lynette shakes the others awake, concerned that the light might be visible to any seeking them.
Xana recognises the nature of the symbol almost immediately, "it's a summoning seal, but i've never seen one like this before." Vadania and Ka'lion too have seen something like this in the room of the summoner in Westerbrook and near the portal tower, but not the same symbol.
Though he does not recognise the symbol itself George's mind goes back to his time in formal training, of the things that were not taught to young clerics and practices that were considered heterodoxy - against the official position of the church and the gods. He had once heard a story of the daemon prince Orcus who had, briefly, attained a form of divinity in undeath. When his plans for godhood failed he was returned to the nine hells a daemon once more but a shadow of his god-like power remained beyond the realms of life and death and beyond perhaps even the reach of the gods themselves, tempting mortals to call upon him that he might work his will from beyond.
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Post by (George) 3.5./ ZEM ( 4.0) on Jun 16, 2014 9:06:20 GMT -5
" Get back from it now, i know what this is and it has no good intent, its from an deamon princes Orcus, he is trying to get free from his chains. he holds out his symbol at the colors and shapes, " all of you get behind me now, this thing is dangerous. Be gone prince of darkness lord of hells, you hold no power on us nor will we give into your hate. I stand here to stop your attempt to be freed from chains. May you stay traped for eternity. We refuse your corrupting offers." Team we are Leaving this now, and not touching that, unless u want a deomon corrupting you.
If u want reasons its daemonic and i think that is reason enough. O by the way good thing you woke me when you did, otherwise this could have been way worse." And he is not taking opposition in any form. He has the team retreat far back from the shapes.
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Post by at on Jun 16, 2014 9:21:17 GMT -5
(to clarify - the story George had heard had been about Orcus and a summoning seal like this, however the symbol of Orcus is a skull on a rod while the symbol at the heart of this seal is quite different. Of course that doesn't mean this isn't in some way related to Orcus and none of the group have the religious background to nay-say him)
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Post by (George) 3.5./ ZEM ( 4.0) on Jun 16, 2014 18:10:28 GMT -5
( true, o and ka'lion does have religion skill. Ya he is not going to risk it, he could be wrong yet he is not going to use random object that could summon him. He knows enough not to touch it or use it. Someone in the party likes shiny things and can get corrupted, if george does he might get raw deamon powers that kill party, druid she may kill best friend. Casters go boom! All bad ideas to stay and mess with it.)
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Post by (George) 3.5./ ZEM ( 4.0) on Jun 16, 2014 18:17:08 GMT -5
With 15 religion he does not know the symbol he is looking at?
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Post by harknail on Jun 16, 2014 21:07:48 GMT -5
Once Vadania is awakened, does she see anything from under the canvas? Has the construct changed at all? Anything else here with her that wasn't here before?
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Post by at on Jun 17, 2014 3:34:22 GMT -5
With 15 religion he does not know the symbol he is looking at? He knows it is not the symbol of Orcus himself, nor any other god of which he has been taught. Xana seems to know more and there is a look of recognition on Vadania and Ka'lions faces as they emerge. Aside from the glow nothing has changed, Vadania can see not alteration in the hovel or any of the items pulled from it. |
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Post by rhinobullet on Jun 17, 2014 9:21:47 GMT -5
Garrot is bemused by the glowing symbols, and he looks at the symbols to see if he could figure out some sort of pattern or text in them.
Decipher text/script:
Q8PfOWUXp_1-20
+7221-20
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Post by at on Jun 17, 2014 9:51:28 GMT -5
Garrot can see nothing that looks like a word or sentence but some of the symbols are reminiscent of arcane runes and others flow together like the lines he had once seen on a ships navigation star chart.
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Post by harknail on Jun 17, 2014 10:19:42 GMT -5
Once she climbs out of their makeshift tent, looks at it, then starts taking it down. As she does so she explains, "Ka'lion and I have seen this symbol before. The wizard that slew most of a village used this symbol. We also saw it near a portal to another place, though that one had been scuffed out. I don't know if the symbol itself is evil or not, but I don't think we want to leave it here, explodes to the moon and charging."
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Post by at on Jun 17, 2014 10:30:21 GMT -5
Xana looks over, "the same symbol, or a similar symbol? Can you draw it?"
The symbol differs from the one Vadania had seen earlier, this one is circles and arcs while the other pattern resembled a cup on a table, straight lines and triangles.
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Post by (George) 3.5./ ZEM ( 4.0) on Jun 17, 2014 18:46:28 GMT -5
If its charging then its an arcane boom and all the more reason to run, can you all just trust my judgement for once?
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Post by (George) 3.5./ ZEM ( 4.0) on Jun 17, 2014 20:59:43 GMT -5
Look it may no be his ok fine but im not risking it, i can name way too many bads things u have faced. This does not need to be added to the growing list, o if it does go off drow will see it and trolls. So we are done with reasons if you want to mess with powerfull possibly dangerious summing magic by all means just dont blame the guy warning its a bad idea.
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Post by at on Jun 18, 2014 3:38:11 GMT -5
As Vadania takes it down and folds the canvas the symbol stops glowing, it would seem it responds to moonlight or starlight. The metal hovel beneath appears to have been unaffected, as are the various scraps brought up from within.
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Post by (George) 3.5./ ZEM ( 4.0) on Jun 18, 2014 21:54:50 GMT -5
(Yep i the player am now totaly confused)
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Post by at on Jun 19, 2014 3:17:11 GMT -5
(Yep i the player am now totaly confused)
-The large canvas sheet has a seal on it that appears to be only visible under moon/star light
-George has heard a legend of such a seal tied to Orcus, but this particular seal does not bear his symbol
-Vadania and Ka'lion have seen a similar (but not identical) seal during their travels
-Xana appears to know of a seal like this which can be used to summon a suit of magical armour |
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Post by rhinobullet on Jun 19, 2014 10:09:40 GMT -5
Garrot scratches his head and simply says "I think we need to show that to someone that knows more about this stuff than us. I hate we can't go back and talk to that wizard."
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Post by at on Jun 19, 2014 10:31:15 GMT -5
Xana shakes her head, "Melwyn didn't know anything about seals, or at least he never said anything", she glances at George before looking back at Garrot, "priests and knights can get twitchy about things that don't fit with their idea of the divine order of things, it's why Merebas has never gotten along with the druids"
Ka'lion had no real knowledge of the politics and histories of the druids but Vadania understood from her teachings that while the druids nominally served nature and the elemental balance their true power comes from a more primal source, a vaguely defined divine entity that existed apart from the pantheon. The true nature of this entity was a closely guarded secret known to only a few of the most powerful druids, or at least they claim, but the methods by which to petition it and the actions which would cause it to withdraw it's favour form the groundwork of Vadanias teachings.
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Post by (George) 3.5./ ZEM ( 4.0) on Jun 19, 2014 19:03:27 GMT -5
I dont get you used the word twitchy yes? First off my god says do what ever the f u want, so i do. My obsession was bad shit if u mess with it so i was points out what should be done but did not force, i dont jam my religion in others faces and i restsent when im not taken seriously in matters of the gods. You can trust me or not, its your call. Yet if you dont trust me dont expect it in return, that simple. Garrot i wish we did too, but you have been with me for a bit now and know i have only tried my best, what i know is this could be very,very bad.
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Post by harknail on Jun 19, 2014 23:21:46 GMT -5
Vadania says, "Ok, this thing may be dangerous or it could summon something to help us fight demons. But it seems powerless when it's folded up and kept out of the moonlight. So I'm going to bring it with us until we find someone who knows the different summoning symbols, or at least someone I trust not to misuse it."
OOC: Vadania isn't arguing with the possibility it could be dangerous. We don't know what it is going to summon. But she feels that to set it up and then run away would have been criminal. We'd have been responsible for summoning something without staying around to contain it. We'd have been safe, but it might have eaten what was left of Burrtown. So that's why she folded it up again. Her problem is that while druids as a whole are neutral, she's actually good. This makes life harder for her and those with her.
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