Subject: MYSTARA-L Digest - 22 Sep 2005 to 30 Sep 2005 (#2005-189) From: Automatic digest processor Date: 01/10/2005, 17:00 To: Recipients of MYSTARA-L digests Reply-to: Mystara RPG Discussion There is one message totalling 95 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. ist campaign part 6 ******************************************************************** The Other Worlds Homepage: http://www.wizards.com/dnd/OtherWorlds.asp The Mystara Homepage: http://www.pandius.com To unsubscribe, send email to LISTSERV@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM with UNSUB MYSTARA-L in the body of the message. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 17:23:32 -0500 From: Pat Taylor Subject: ist campaign part 6 the party has just gained the aid of the Minotaurs and elves in the war against the Boor...now they begin the overland journey. leaving the Il lands and travelling throught he jungle lands toward the west the party is led by 2 halfings, 1 Elene, 1 minotaur, and 1 elf. Many strange animals and plant life take the wonder of being on a strange world....even a strange green dragon....this is a jungle dragon.....after overcoming the dragon...the party come upon stange symbols and a paved road in he middle of the jungle.....their newest allies seem afraid and warn the party to steer northward, but the road is too inviting. after a day's travel....they find out who built this, the Zinj, a gorrilla like society that has a roman type civilization. the zinj are too powerful and numerous for the party to overcome. Taken prisoner back to the main city, the party is amazed at the "civilization" before them in the middle of a "trackless" wilderness. As the Prime Cousel is deciding what to do with the prisoners......the Boor attack the city. Marid has not been idle during this time, yet he has many concerns....tracking the outsiders to the jungles he sent out a force to stop them. During the battle many Zinj die, yet with the help of the party the Boor are beaten and driven back to the north. The Zinj though not as numerous as other people now decide to use their legion in aid of the Alliance.....The party's companions are very bickeous....the Elenes are a very religious group and kinda arrogant, the elves and minotaurs have old cilvilizations that look down on the others, the halflings have a super sense of urgency and revenge.....and the a Zinj warrior is added to the mix......some adventures are sidetracked by trying to keep peace in the ranks....coming to the edge of the jungle and nearing the mountains...the group is attacked by a savage group of jungle orcs....after a sharp battle the group moves into the mountains and find the ruins of the Drarven civilization that once lived there......their guide are just as puzzled by the empty halls....as they travel through.....clues are found that lead the party to a mine complex....and the boor. The boor had conquered the drawves and now use them to mine steel and weapon forging.....The party decides to try to free the drawves and to gain a new ally.....using a unique plan the party gains the trust of most of the drawves and free them, yet a few are underlings of Marid.....and the plan is foiled.....but alot of the mine is collapsed....many drawves have died, yet many more are still prisoners.....and will be used to dig out the mines...yet the actions have crippled the boor war machine in cutting down the number of weapons manufactured. dispirited the party moves on out of the mountains and into the plains to the west....as they are coming out into the plains another group of Boor attack, yet this time Marid sends a kind of avatar...it is a special golem that houses part of his spirt. the battle is extreamly hard yet the party comes through but with great loss, the halflings and the elf are killed along with Tymon a henchman from Jenn.....with the strange properties of this world, there is no way to bring her back.......Sadened by the loss at the mines and now the loss of a comrad....the party determindly moves on.....Ist takes the loss hard as he and Myra were moving to become mates.....coming on a river flowing south and a new civilization of Lizard men (they have an egyptian type culture minus the desert) the lizard men aid the group and send them on their way into the Mogli plains and to the Thri-Keen.....The thri-keen are a nomadic tribe culture similar to the Huns and Monguls of the stepes. The party moves out but has very poor results....the thri-keen are not very friendly or receptive...though they don't like the boor....they really don't like anyone.....the party is force to flee....with the thri-keen on their tails....moving northward toward the Boor lands and the coast.....the party has one close call after another with the horde of Thri-keen after them....as they are fleeing Majo has inspiration to use the horde to their advantage....to lead them into Marid and the boor armies....using one enemy against another....while the boor are fighting, the party then tries to take the cauldron and make it back to Mystara.....As the party moves into mountains again, the Thri-keen do not stop, yet are slowed moving in strange terrain....Marid has returned with the loss of his "avatar" and being to prepare for the party....he knows their true goal since he created the rumor of the cauldron to draw out his enemies....up to this point the party has faced many disapointing events....yet the horde was something that worked.....the Thri-Keen smashed into the boor armies with as a thunderous wave....this is massive simular to the east front of wwII......Marid's attention was drawn, because of the massive nature of the invasion allowing the party to find and enter his tower......they find out the truth as he gloats when he realizes what has happened The party with their allies find a way to escape the dungeon and destroy the "body" of marid yet not kill him entirely......they move out to the desert and survey the devastation caused by the two massive armies meeting....all the way to the river and to the coast bodies lie deep...and putrid.....soon the party arrives back at the Elene camp and deliver the bad and good news....the party is congradulated on their work...and are updated on the results of the new alliance...the elves and minotraurs with the aid of the Zinj have closed the mines of the drawven slaves for good. As the party rest and decide what to do next they are met by a stange visitor.....a female minotaur....it is myra their old compainion and Ist's mate....she tells a tale of waking on the blessed isle and now is sent back to "show" the party home...she opens a gate and the party arrives back near the cave where they first entered the boor world....Myra then disappears. well the iron cauldron was full of disappointment and loss, yet the paty survived....now they are back on skothar and next installment will continue their adventures.... ------------------------------ End of MYSTARA-L Digest - 22 Sep 2005 to 30 Sep 2005 (#2005-189) ****************************************************************