Post by Black Robed One on Oct 5, 2003 5:21:59 GMT -5
The Dark Times of Celene
Story background:
More then three years have passed, since Lord Edhelorn Serethorn leaded an attack against the being, which is now known as Demonic Wizard. Little is known about details of Lord Edhelorn Serethorn’s crusade, except that it ended in utter and complete failure. Lord Edhelorn Serethorn’s mercenary army was partially annihilated, and partially fled into surrounding kingdoms. Last remnants of Lord Edhelorn Serethorn’s family guard are now scattered all across the Faerie Kingdom of Celene and surrounding lands; as only few best members of Lord Edhelorn Serethorn’s family guard have survived their lord’s failure. As about Lord Edhelorn Serethorn himself, there are rumors that his hatred and desire for vengeance were turned against Faerie Kingdom of Celene, and that now Lord Edhelorn Serethorn is one the finest generals in Demonic Wizard’s armies. But then again, these are only rumors, which haven’t been proved so far…
Demonic Wizard was not satisfied with Lord Edhelorn Serethorn’s failure. As Demonic Wizard dealt with Lord Edhelorn Serethorn in one way or another, he moved onto Faerie Kingdom of Celene with more force, then he was believed to have. Only skillful guerrilla warfare allowed elves of the Faerie Kingdom of Celene to keep at last small portion of their land, in unfair battle against Demonic Wizard’s armies, and hordes of orcs and goblinoids, who used weakness of the Faerie Kingdom of Celene to launch their own attack against their ancient enemies – elves. Even though elves of the Faerie Kingdom of Celene were able to keep the invaders for more then three years, their situation is grim indeed, and is getting worse with each passing day.
Understanding that without powerful help from outside that the fall of the Faerie Kingdom of Celene is only a matter of time, Her Fey Majesty Queen Yolande of Celene ordered her older daughter Ariel to assemble a force made of the powerful warriors and mages to land a deathblow to very heart of their problem: to the Demonic Wizard himself, and his generals, without whom, Demonic Wizard’s organized army will become just a mob. In her turn Princess Ariel with help from wizard Onselven sent a call throughout the Oerth, and even to some others worlds and plans, asking all those who are ready to fight for ideals of goodness and justice to come to aid Celene in these dark times. Along with call, there came the instructions how to find the outpost, which will become their headquarters.
Campaign setting:
This game takes place in world of Oerth (Grayhawk campaign setting). Game will start in the western outpost of the Faerie Kingdom of Celene, which also serves as headquarters for the raiders against the powerful enemy, who is known only as Demonic Wizard. Don’t worry if none of these names are known to you, as no knowledge about Grayhawk campaign setting is required for enjoying this game, and all the necessary knowledge about past events that hasn’t been explained yet, will be explained to you during the game itself.
Character Rules:
This is game for quite powerful characters, somewhere between 15th and 18th level. Sending me characters background and/or statistics aren’t necessary, although it won’t harm either. If you won’t to give me any information about your character, please either PM me, or put your information in ‘Character Description’ thread at this forum. Please, try to avoid playing munchkin races, such as fully-grown dragons (although wyrmlings, very young and young dragons will be okay), Mind Flayers, Giants, Ogre Mages and similar over powered creatures. If you wish to play such overpowered creature anyway, PM me first and give me an excellent character description as well as the good reason for me to allow you to play this character (i.e. interesting role-playing suggestions). This game is good for any alignment, for radical changes in goals and/or PC vs. PC options will be available.
Characters introduction:
This is open RP, and any character may join at any point of this game, of course, if character has a logical reason to be there. In the beginning, your character may arrive to the western outpost of the Faerie Kingdom of Celene either by himself or herself, or together with other character(s). If you prefer later option, be sure to PM player(s) of other character(s) and to receive their agreement on this matter.
Combat Rules:
1. If you attack somebody (Monster, NPC or PC) with either normal weapons or magic, you just post what kind of attack takes place. Then, I will post resolution of this attack. Don’t worry; I will be a fair DM. Don’t try to post resolution of your attack yourself.
For example: you should not post: “I strike Ogre with my greatsword, slashing him across the torso”; instead you should post: “I strike Ogre with my greatsword, aiming at his torso”. It is for me to decide, whatever your attack was successful or no, not for you.
2. Likewise, if you try to defend (dodge from physical attack or ray spell, shrug off effect of mental spell with your willpower, use magical resistance against spell and so on) from any attack from somebody (Monster, NPC or PC), you just post what kind of defense takes place. Then, I will post resolution of this defense. Don’t worry; I will be a fair DM. Don’t try to post resolution of your defense yourself.
For example: you should not post: “I nimbly dodge strike of Ogre’s greatclub”; instead you should post: “Being a nimble person, I am trying to dodge strike of Ogre’s greatclub”. It is for me to decide, whatever your defense was successful or no, not for you.
3. Respect me and other players. Not everybody may be able to post as frequently as you are. If you post your attack, but don’t receive any response to it from either player or me, don’t try to assume anything, just wait.
Now, without further ado, let the game begin!
After many days of travel through now nearly empty elven forests, or after successfully casted teleportation or plane shifting spell, each of you came to the large clearing, where according to what had been told to each of you, the elven outpost and your would-be headquarters were supposed to be located. Needless to say each of you was surprised by the fact, that there were nothing close to outpost or even camp on this clearing, and that this clearing was completely empty. However, as each of you are looking around, you got a feeling that each of you are being watched…
[OOC]Feel free to describe yourself and your actions. Each of you is now standing at the edge of the clearing, although not necessary close to each other.[/OOC]
Story background:
More then three years have passed, since Lord Edhelorn Serethorn leaded an attack against the being, which is now known as Demonic Wizard. Little is known about details of Lord Edhelorn Serethorn’s crusade, except that it ended in utter and complete failure. Lord Edhelorn Serethorn’s mercenary army was partially annihilated, and partially fled into surrounding kingdoms. Last remnants of Lord Edhelorn Serethorn’s family guard are now scattered all across the Faerie Kingdom of Celene and surrounding lands; as only few best members of Lord Edhelorn Serethorn’s family guard have survived their lord’s failure. As about Lord Edhelorn Serethorn himself, there are rumors that his hatred and desire for vengeance were turned against Faerie Kingdom of Celene, and that now Lord Edhelorn Serethorn is one the finest generals in Demonic Wizard’s armies. But then again, these are only rumors, which haven’t been proved so far…
Demonic Wizard was not satisfied with Lord Edhelorn Serethorn’s failure. As Demonic Wizard dealt with Lord Edhelorn Serethorn in one way or another, he moved onto Faerie Kingdom of Celene with more force, then he was believed to have. Only skillful guerrilla warfare allowed elves of the Faerie Kingdom of Celene to keep at last small portion of their land, in unfair battle against Demonic Wizard’s armies, and hordes of orcs and goblinoids, who used weakness of the Faerie Kingdom of Celene to launch their own attack against their ancient enemies – elves. Even though elves of the Faerie Kingdom of Celene were able to keep the invaders for more then three years, their situation is grim indeed, and is getting worse with each passing day.
Understanding that without powerful help from outside that the fall of the Faerie Kingdom of Celene is only a matter of time, Her Fey Majesty Queen Yolande of Celene ordered her older daughter Ariel to assemble a force made of the powerful warriors and mages to land a deathblow to very heart of their problem: to the Demonic Wizard himself, and his generals, without whom, Demonic Wizard’s organized army will become just a mob. In her turn Princess Ariel with help from wizard Onselven sent a call throughout the Oerth, and even to some others worlds and plans, asking all those who are ready to fight for ideals of goodness and justice to come to aid Celene in these dark times. Along with call, there came the instructions how to find the outpost, which will become their headquarters.
Campaign setting:
This game takes place in world of Oerth (Grayhawk campaign setting). Game will start in the western outpost of the Faerie Kingdom of Celene, which also serves as headquarters for the raiders against the powerful enemy, who is known only as Demonic Wizard. Don’t worry if none of these names are known to you, as no knowledge about Grayhawk campaign setting is required for enjoying this game, and all the necessary knowledge about past events that hasn’t been explained yet, will be explained to you during the game itself.
Character Rules:
This is game for quite powerful characters, somewhere between 15th and 18th level. Sending me characters background and/or statistics aren’t necessary, although it won’t harm either. If you won’t to give me any information about your character, please either PM me, or put your information in ‘Character Description’ thread at this forum. Please, try to avoid playing munchkin races, such as fully-grown dragons (although wyrmlings, very young and young dragons will be okay), Mind Flayers, Giants, Ogre Mages and similar over powered creatures. If you wish to play such overpowered creature anyway, PM me first and give me an excellent character description as well as the good reason for me to allow you to play this character (i.e. interesting role-playing suggestions). This game is good for any alignment, for radical changes in goals and/or PC vs. PC options will be available.
Characters introduction:
This is open RP, and any character may join at any point of this game, of course, if character has a logical reason to be there. In the beginning, your character may arrive to the western outpost of the Faerie Kingdom of Celene either by himself or herself, or together with other character(s). If you prefer later option, be sure to PM player(s) of other character(s) and to receive their agreement on this matter.
Combat Rules:
1. If you attack somebody (Monster, NPC or PC) with either normal weapons or magic, you just post what kind of attack takes place. Then, I will post resolution of this attack. Don’t worry; I will be a fair DM. Don’t try to post resolution of your attack yourself.
For example: you should not post: “I strike Ogre with my greatsword, slashing him across the torso”; instead you should post: “I strike Ogre with my greatsword, aiming at his torso”. It is for me to decide, whatever your attack was successful or no, not for you.
2. Likewise, if you try to defend (dodge from physical attack or ray spell, shrug off effect of mental spell with your willpower, use magical resistance against spell and so on) from any attack from somebody (Monster, NPC or PC), you just post what kind of defense takes place. Then, I will post resolution of this defense. Don’t worry; I will be a fair DM. Don’t try to post resolution of your defense yourself.
For example: you should not post: “I nimbly dodge strike of Ogre’s greatclub”; instead you should post: “Being a nimble person, I am trying to dodge strike of Ogre’s greatclub”. It is for me to decide, whatever your defense was successful or no, not for you.
3. Respect me and other players. Not everybody may be able to post as frequently as you are. If you post your attack, but don’t receive any response to it from either player or me, don’t try to assume anything, just wait.
Now, without further ado, let the game begin!
After many days of travel through now nearly empty elven forests, or after successfully casted teleportation or plane shifting spell, each of you came to the large clearing, where according to what had been told to each of you, the elven outpost and your would-be headquarters were supposed to be located. Needless to say each of you was surprised by the fact, that there were nothing close to outpost or even camp on this clearing, and that this clearing was completely empty. However, as each of you are looking around, you got a feeling that each of you are being watched…
[OOC]Feel free to describe yourself and your actions. Each of you is now standing at the edge of the clearing, although not necessary close to each other.[/OOC]