Post by Tyto on Nov 13, 2010 17:20:17 GMT -5
Just a fun little thing that I'd like to play around with, could end within a few pages or drag out god knows how long, depends on who joins and what happens.
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Ambergris is a substance created in the intestines of a whale, mainly known for its inclusion in scented perfumes. While it isn't something the typical, sane person would go searching for on the nearest beach, it is fairly valuable do to the pleasing smell it obtains after several years.
Whales are the most widely known creature that creates a substance like this, though the species' is virtual useless. No, other beasts make something similar, something actually useful. The waxy substance found coating the insides of another, much more exotic being has been said for hundreds of years to cure any ailment when evaporated and inhaled. Naturally, the catch is that no-one is sure just where this creature resides, or if it exists at all. Many old works of lore show the beast offering the substance it makes in times of need to ill villages - however, the demand for the creature's healing abilities were great, and once it refused to assist the increasingly selfish humans and even other creatures of lore, its kind was slain at a rapid pace to obtain the material, driving the last few to highest reaches and deepest caverns around the world. Not a single one has been seen since.
Entire kingdoms have suddenly reached a state of panic, an epidemic not seen for years grabbing their lands and wringing the life from the villagers. No work of a medicineman or healing solution has worked. People are looking back to old, dusty tomes forgotten by the general populace, finding the stories of the reclusive healer, yearning for the healing powers it possesses and praying it will appear to them as it did so many years ago.
Growing anxious, the royals have decided to send a small group of still-fit fighters to find the beast and plead for its help. Those of any race are being accepted, everyone desperate enough to hope that a tiny band of mismatched commonfolk won't intimidate the creature and possibly convince it to help them, one final time.
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Typical rules, no GM/PP, check your spelling, put effort into your posts, etc, etc
Just give me an idea of what your character is best at, along with their main weakness. I may or may not link to profile pages, if you have them.
Eillich, specializes in swift scouting and recovery, physically weak
Emanuel, close combat and pickpocket expert, incapable when given ranged weapons
Rinthe, archer and swordsman, lacks agility[/center]
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Ambergris is a substance created in the intestines of a whale, mainly known for its inclusion in scented perfumes. While it isn't something the typical, sane person would go searching for on the nearest beach, it is fairly valuable do to the pleasing smell it obtains after several years.
Whales are the most widely known creature that creates a substance like this, though the species' is virtual useless. No, other beasts make something similar, something actually useful. The waxy substance found coating the insides of another, much more exotic being has been said for hundreds of years to cure any ailment when evaporated and inhaled. Naturally, the catch is that no-one is sure just where this creature resides, or if it exists at all. Many old works of lore show the beast offering the substance it makes in times of need to ill villages - however, the demand for the creature's healing abilities were great, and once it refused to assist the increasingly selfish humans and even other creatures of lore, its kind was slain at a rapid pace to obtain the material, driving the last few to highest reaches and deepest caverns around the world. Not a single one has been seen since.
Entire kingdoms have suddenly reached a state of panic, an epidemic not seen for years grabbing their lands and wringing the life from the villagers. No work of a medicineman or healing solution has worked. People are looking back to old, dusty tomes forgotten by the general populace, finding the stories of the reclusive healer, yearning for the healing powers it possesses and praying it will appear to them as it did so many years ago.
Growing anxious, the royals have decided to send a small group of still-fit fighters to find the beast and plead for its help. Those of any race are being accepted, everyone desperate enough to hope that a tiny band of mismatched commonfolk won't intimidate the creature and possibly convince it to help them, one final time.
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Typical rules, no GM/PP, check your spelling, put effort into your posts, etc, etc
Just give me an idea of what your character is best at, along with their main weakness. I may or may not link to profile pages, if you have them.
Pra-ta-ta-ta, Characters!
Eillich, specializes in swift scouting and recovery, physically weak
Emanuel, close combat and pickpocket expert, incapable when given ranged weapons
Rinthe, archer and swordsman, lacks agility[/center]