Ishzu Down Under

Dec 3, 2023 3:32 pm
OOC:
Welcome to story time with @Smiley
[ +- ] Ishzu
Ishzu lies still on what can only be coins. Overhead pinpricks of light are the only source of illumination. Ishzu thinks back to what transpired the night before. He was traveling with a merchant caravan and was sitting at the edge of the firelight when he was suddenly knocked off his feet by a force of such great power that he was temporarily rendered unconscious. When he cabe to Ishzu realized he was being carried by something large and powerful through a dark and winding passage. Still confused and weak from whatever happened earlier Ishzu was preparing to act when he was tossed though the air and knocked unconscious again upon striking the place he now lay. Somewhere out of your line of sight you hear something large moving.
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Dec 3, 2023 5:28 pm
The crystalized being sits up and tires to get its bearings. It checks to make sure its pack is still strapped to his pack and good shape.
Ishzu stands on top of the piles of coins and clambers down. Opening the pack Ishzu pushes a few handfuls of coins into the bag. Others can use this... Ishzu thinks.
Taking a moment Ishzu focuses trying to sense what is down here.
Last edited December 3, 2023 5:29 pm

Rolls

Ishzu: Test - Basic (Sense Presence) - (2d6)

(65) = 11

Dec 3, 2023 7:31 pm
As Ishzu begins putting some of the coin in his pack a deep rumble accompanied by the sound of a massive and heavy form approaching alerts him and his senses confirm a great and powerful intellect is in the room. Out of the vast darkness looms a massive head and in you mind you head a powerful voice accompanied by a sinister hiss from the dragons mouth.
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You Dare? Know you not a dragon will always know if ANY take evel the LEAST of his hoard???
OOC:
Welcome to the frying pan :)
Dec 3, 2023 8:04 pm
Ishzu walks to stand before the dragon. He bows and stays bowing. Speaking into the dragons mind. "Forgive me great dragon. I know not who they belonged. I did not take of greed. " The pack opens behind him and the coins float out. They land in a pile before the dragon. "May I ask your name great Dragon?"
OOC:
Rolling Test. Trying to be Calm and polite and respectful.

Rolls

Ishzu: Test - Basic - (2d6)

(42) = 6

Ebonwrath

Psybermagi

Dec 4, 2023 4:47 am
Ebonwrath
Little more than a massive bulk can be made out of the dragon in the extreme dim light of the cavern. The head alone, the closest and easiest part of the great wyrms form to pick out, is larger than most huts Ishzu has seen. The jaws open and a voice filled with power resonates through the cave, your body, soul, and mind. Ebonwrath is a name I have used in ages past.
Roll a Save Test, 2d6, to resist the power of the dragon voice.
Now tell me crystal man, are there more like you? I am most anxious to learn of your kind.
Dec 4, 2023 12:44 pm
Ishzu stops bowing and stands up straight. Still speaking into the dragons mind "Well Met Ebonwrath. I am called Ishzu. " The crystal being shrugs in a ridged way. "I do not know. I have been searching for others simular to me but have found nothing"

Rolls

Ishzu: Test - Basic - (2d6)

(62) = 8

Ebonwrath

Psybermagi

Dec 4, 2023 3:32 pm
Ebonwrath
That is too bad, I have not heard of a Crysmal in some time. They have always been rare. When I gathered you to my hoard I was not sure if you were alive. But since you are here I am afraid I must send you out or bind you with an oath to stay as part of my hoard.

I have not had a pet in some time as I dislike having others live with my hoard as they tend to detract from its splendor. You though would add to it and could help maintain it. I would of course help to keep you alive and entertained. I have lived a long time and can teach you much.

But if you wish your freedom I understand but will require an oath from you and a minor service for the inconvenience you put me through by being alive and so making my foray to add to my hoard a waste of time.
Dec 4, 2023 7:01 pm
"While staying here and learning from you would be quiet educational. I would not be able to continue my search for my own kind. Being a Pet does not sound like a worth while existences. What about friends? I can explore and see what this world has to offer. Every year I come back here and impart some of what I learn to you and you the same to me?

Ebonwrath

Psybermagi

Dec 4, 2023 7:42 pm
Ebonwrath
The dragon ponders your offer Intriguing. I have servants but they fawn too much as worship tends to warp their perceptions. An independent entity with a free perspective could prove useful and interesting. And while a year is nothing to me normally that thing is causing trouble and if you are to be of use to me you will need to report more often.

The eyes of the dragon blaze for a moment with darkness so powerful it makes the earlier darkness of the cave seem to have only been dim. A searling sensation is felt on your inner bicep. As the dark light fades you look down at your arm and see a faint mark that seems to glow.

That is my mark. It marks you as mine for those sensitive to these things. Show that to any of my servants and they will not attack. It will fade in a day or so but can be recalled at will. With this you can call to me and I can reach you through your dreams.
[ +- ] Dragon Glyph
Dec 5, 2023 12:17 am
Rubs his fingers over the glyph still trying to follow understand its usefulness. "You spoke of a minor service? What would that entail?

Ebonwrath

Psybermagi

Dec 5, 2023 4:02 am
Ebonwrath
I need someone smaller to go down into the lower crevice's of my lair and clear out those annoying goblins. They keep a few close enough to scout out my lair periodically and the knowledge the thieving little filth can enter my lair if I leave is becoming most vexing! As Ebonwrath talks on this topic he becomes noticeably agitated and you feel a nearly overwhelming presence press down on your mind.

If you can either clear them out or locate the surface entrance they are using to enter the lower caverns and inform me of its location through my mark, I would appreciate it.
Dec 5, 2023 2:11 pm
"Can you show me where they are sneaking in? I will do my best to deal with them.
Isuzu rubbing the mark a little looks around the room for anything possibly useful in the dragons horde.

Rolls

Ishzu: Test - Basic - (2d6)

(32) = 5

Ebonwrath

Psybermagi

Dec 5, 2023 5:02 pm
Ebonwrath
Come the dragon commands turning with amazing grace for it's massive bulk and heads slowly deeper into the cave. A spark of light appears ahead of you and moves after the dragon. The dim light of the cave reveals little of the dragon hoard and the dragons light drifts so as to avoid leaving you over the mounds of wealth. You can tell there are a variety of coins, some gems, and other miscellaneous items but the details are lost in the gloom.

A couple minutes pass and you are now in a much narrower section of the cave. The magical light drifts to a crack in one of the walls.

They come up here. I could plug it but then they would find some other path in. It is impossible to keep a cavern large enough for a dragon's comfort isolated from the under dark. No matter how hard we try. So pest control is the best policy.

My presence should have driven off most wild creatures but traces of goblin stench and a few other traces make their way here on the occasional shift of subterranean air currents.
Dec 5, 2023 10:11 pm
"I will see what I can do. If I have any problems or questions do I just tap your mark?
Ishzu squeezes through the crack and into the darkness. Opening and focusing his mind he keeps a sense out for any other life forms as he goes.
Dec 6, 2023 5:23 am
Ebonwrath
A metal touch passes the dragons reply Simply pushing a bit of your mental energy into the place where the mark is will allow you to feel the connection the mark creates with me and you will be able to trigger it. The mark can have other effect based on the individual that carries it and how the react with the trace of my power in the mark.

The crack winds down dozens of feet and you lose track of direction and distance before reaching the bottom in darkness. During the climb you note there are a few glow grub on the walls of the crack, giving off their faint light, but the further you descend the less there are. The climb proves instructive as you stretch your senses to detect any nearby lifeforms you begin to not that your forced reliance on it has exposed its potential to "feel" objects around you which greatly aids you descent in the darkness. Reaching the bottom of the climb, or at least a large level area, you pause to consider your options.

Do you wish to continue in near total darkness or light a flame for illumination.
Dec 6, 2023 4:41 pm
Pulling out a torch and lighting it Ishzu takes a better look around. He stays by the edge of the cave as he circles around.
Dec 6, 2023 9:35 pm
The area around base of the climb shows signs of having been used as a camp of some kind somewhat recently. Marks of small fires and scraps of bones with mold growing on them where the meat was not truly picked clean. There is a passage that leads is directions perpendicular to the crevice.
Roll a Test to determine how good you are at picking up additional details
Dec 6, 2023 10:38 pm
Ishzu pushes the bones around the room around the room with his mind. Searching for anything interesting or useful.
He walks towards the passage and shines the torch into it to see where it leads before entering.

Rolls

Ishzu: Test - Basic - (2d6)

(31) = 4

Dec 7, 2023 3:52 am
The bones are of small creatures. The passageways have a slight slant with one direction leading up and the other down and reveal nothing but rock but you notice the one with an incline has a bit of trash, similar to around the camp.
Dec 7, 2023 5:13 pm
Torch in hand Ishzu travels up the Trash filled path.
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