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The Zak Campaign |
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Gamemaster: Steve L. (#1 1980-1982)
Rules Systems: AD&D 1st Ed, Spell Law
Setting: The World of Greyhawk: Loftwick
Characters:
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Log Keeper: fraz
Page 1: [no game date]
Sept 15: Begin work on statue of Deslock in Loftwick [capital of the Yeomanry]
Sept 16-21: [no entries]
Sept 22: Enter D2 Module - Drow Caves
Sept 23: Fight Lich
Sept 24-30: [no entries]
Oct 1-10: Fight ogres, Type II Demons; Enter 3rd dungeon level.
Oct 11: Fight Type III Demons; Enter 4th level.
Oct 12: Kill Lolth! Destroy 666th layer of abys!
Oct 13-16: [no entries]
Oct 17: Greyhawk, Loftwick and many other places destroyed.
-In Loftwick for three weeks
Nov 6: [no entry]
Nov 21: Arrive in Monmurg [Capital of the Hold of the Sea Princes]
Dec 9: Enter strange world (an alternate world)
Dec 10-31: [no entries]
Jan 4-11: [no entries]
Jan 12: fight
Feb 12: [no entry]
Page 2: 03 Mar 82
[at the top of the page is a list of characters and their levels]
Zak: 11
Les: 9
Deslock: 10
Aljar: 11
Amsirach: 11
Lorien: 13/16
Ciona: 11
Olmar: 5
[Note in left margin:] Zak has married Ciona. They have a daughter named Meldonna. Zak finds a centaur [Chiron] to school her.
Jul 14 Tues: First fight against Nefarion. He Escapes.
Jul 15 Wed: Follow obvious path made by Nefarion.
-Fight Nefarion in Greyhawk. Aljar is killed. Lorien is killed. Amsirach, Les and Zak are injured. Thor (the god) arrives after Roxemille kills himself. Nefarion is taken to the 1st plane of the Nine Hells by a strange lightning bolt.
-Travel to Tiamat's plane and find Tiamat's treasure unguarded.
-Battle Tiamat. Les is killed by a lightning bolt. Aljar kills Tiamat with a column of rock.
Sept 1: Deslock and Les fight a dragon near Deslock's keep. After a hard battle, it disappears.
-Days later, Zak sees in his fireplace a scene of the near future: Lorien being thrust through the heart with his own Vorpal Sword. When Ciona looks in her Crystal Ball she sees Lorien die. Sure enough, when Lorien is located he is found dead. Amsirach casts life giving.
-Everyone gathers at Deslock's keep. Meldonna is lost. When found, she is walking directly towards a huge dragon (120 feet long). Zak rushes at it, Les fires arrows. The dragon breathes flame at Meldonna, then takes flight and leaves.
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-Amsirach casts some dream spells to find out who killed Lorien. Ciona disappears.
-Deslock and Les go giant hunting. Les is almost killed and never even gets off his attack. Deslock saves him. Les is healed at Amsirach's temple. Deslock returns and kills the giants with Les' hammer, girdle and gauntlets. Les and Deslock go to Greyhawk to meet Zak and Amsirach. It is found that Ciona is dead! She is raised.
Dec 28: Zak, Amsirach, Aljar, Deslock, Les, Ciona, and Meldonna begin traveling to Silverwood to meet Chiron, the centaur who will school Meldonna. (11 days to Silverwood by horse). A storm begins as they leave.
Dec 29: The storm turns into a blizzard! (Note: Loftwick is near the Hell Furnaces! [this implies that blizzards are unusal for this area])
Dec 30: 4 days through the Little Hills; no encounters.
Dec 31: [no entry]
Jan 01: [no entry]
Jan 02: Approach the Hool River. Aljar attempts to cross the bridge. The middle of the bridge is an illusion, and Aljar falls into the drink. When he comes out of the water he is holding the leg of his horse. "There's something dangerous in that river!" he replied.
-Deslock uses his Cube [Cubic Gate] to travel with his horse, through the ethereal plane, to the opposite bank. Zak, Les, Amsirach, and Aljar are attacked by a large clawed leg from the river. The bridge collapses and they fall towards the water. Aljar spreads wings of flying, the others hit the water. Les and Zak swim with massive strength, but Amsirach is grasped by a dragon and pulled under.
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Jan 02 cont: Everyone pulls out their weapons. Amsirach casts Absolution Pure, the dragon's soul is driven from the body. The horses are led across the river.
-That night Deslock travels the ethereal plane to his keep for a good nights sleep. He encounters two efreet along the way. Deslock is not able to gate out in time. His shield [+5 War Shield] is knocked off his arm. He hurries to retrieve it. He succeeds and escapes.
Jan 03: Snow!
Jan 04: Snow!
Jan 05: Snow!
Jan 06: Snow!
Jan 07: Arrive at Silverwood, and "Centaur City". Meet a cantaur who says he will take us to Chiron. The snow has stopped.
Jan 08: Arrive at cave, meet Chiron. Tell Meldonna that we will be leaving her here to learn.
-Use Deslock's Cube to travel back to his castle. Surprise! All the guards, Deslock's followers, and Olmar Decktar are quite dead. Amsirach casts Death Tale and finds that they were killed by radiation. Go into Loftwick. Everyone there is dead also! Everyone goes to Aljar's hole for safety. Deslock goes to Lorien's castle to inform him. They return to Aljar's hole again.
-Suddenly, Aljar's roof is knocked in! A 15th level monk challenges him to a fight. Aljar, in just two rounds, shatters his knee and kills him. Aljar puts in a new ceiling with his ring. Les goes to Loftwick.
[Note in left margin:] That night the continual lights turn into skulls. These skulls watch us all night. Les is feared at the sight and runs away. His armor is wrecked.
-It is soon found that most of the people in Loftwick are asleep and will not wake up.
-The armorer is asleep so Les takes a suit of +4 chain armor and leaves a 1,000 gp gem.
Jan 09: Deslock goes to Loftwick.
There are no further entries in the log. Did the campaign peter out here? Or did the party resolve the situation? Will we ever find out? -fraz- 06 Apr 03
