Ephemeral Elephants

A party of Heroes & Scholars, plus support staff (Friends & Beauties) to be vetted beforehand by "the brother of the God of Wyrm-slayers, a.k.a. God of Serpent-Slayers": the emphasis is on a variety of colleges & species. A Rank-8 healer is probably essential.

Confirmed or Interested Party members

Axis Dragonmage & attendant Exhaltation
'Chesca - Hero/Beauty
Kit - Hero/Beauty
Braegon - Hero/Scholar (Beginning Fire Mage, Mid-Combat Resurrection)
Mortimer - Unconfirmed - Scholar(?)
Motley - Bro. GoSS
Naden - Elf Hero or friend

Enrollees still to pass the Motley test. Ideal party size:6-7

GM's comment: OK, the above are all very weird ... but where's the variety of colleges? A party composed of only E&Es & Illusionists will be seriously outgunned. I understand Axis may be a rank-8 healer by the time the adventure starts (but no guarantees -- if I have to take Dr Frank as an NPC, there is less room for PCs).
Less importantly,if possible I would like to have several races: so far we have only 1 hatchling & a bunch of humans (albeit some less so than others).

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Guild Spiel (at Spring meeting 808):

Employer: Party is hired by a being called Puppet who has come "to the Lower Planes"
Payment: One heart, plus whatever you seize from "the wilderness beyond the known world".
Location: off-plane, "The Middle Kingdom" & places beyond.

Thus speaks Puppet:

"O mighty Demons & Denizens of the Underworld, your humble supplicant travelled far for many years and has finally attained this lower plane where dwells the brother of the God of Wyrm-slayers, long since vanished.

"In the Southwestern Wilderness beyond the civilised world, the natural food source of the Serpents is fast disappearing, so they are predating on the talking animals (I think this bizzare tongue you speak calls them go-blins, or gobblings, or something). That means trouble for the Empire since the goblins are very ugly and, though poor mages & fighters, they employ painful, fatal poisons & other forbidden war-tricks.

"The wise strategist Sleeping Dragon advised I should seek a variety of species of demons, especially of different colleges, to solve the mystery and preferably stop it. In payment whereof I offer the heart of this humble vessel and whatever you wish & can carry away from the Wilderness.

"In summary: the missing food source is called E-le-phant, which is like the mythical mammoth, but somewhat larger and less hairy. Serpents swallow elephants; fewer elephants causes serpents to devour other animals instead; other animals flee into the Empire and cause trouble."

See guide on how to be Middle Kingdom Heroes

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Scribe Notes

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Nominations and SGT Snippets

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Reference Information

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People

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Places

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Expenses

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Loot

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Standard Buffs

"A" = always on, "Y" = Yes please, "-" not required, blank = as required

Magic	By	Rk	Effects	Ax	Br	Ka	Ki	MG	Mot
Armour of Earth	Br	21	+44% Def -2 Dam 21 Hrs	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Enchant Armour	Ax	20	+42% Def +1 AP 20.5 Hrs
Strength of Stone	Br	20	+21 EN 41 Hrs	Y	A	Y	Y	Y	Y
Fire Armour	Br	10	20Hrs 44 Protection	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Disguise	Ki	20	41 Hrs
Choker	*	*	Counterspells 4 Hrs
Quickness	Ax	?	6? Targets, ?x[d-5] pulses
Trollskin	Br	13	Regen 1 EN/Pulse 95 Sec
Invisibility	Ki	20	1:45 Hrs
Multiple Images	Ki	10	11mins / 5 Days
Restoratives	MG		-?EN +?FT best before ? Sec
Enhance Enchantment	Ax	20	+20 Ranks

* Chokers allow extended duration counterspells cast on self
Most durations are assumed to be enhanced.

Braegon's Anti-Scrying (while on ground): 2 Hex Radius, blocks magical scrying, blocks Locate < 17, appear as native animals to ESP/Telepathy

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Mil Sci

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Calendar

Spring 808wk: Thaw (10)
	Moonday	Duesday		W'ansday	Th'rsday		Frysday	Reapsday		Sunday
	Candlemansa	1	Guild Meeting	2	3		4	5	The Carzalan Generals Ball	6
	7	8		9	10		11	12		13
	14	15		16	17		18	19		20
	21	22		23	24		25	26		27
	28	29		30	1		2	3		4
Spring 808wk: Seedtime (11)
	Moonday	Duesday		W'ansday	Th'rsday		Frysday	Reapsday		Sunday
	5	6		7	8	Rites of Thunor	9	10		11
	12	13		14	15	Equinox	16	17	Eostre	18	The Seagate Spring Ball
	19	20		21	22		23	24		25
	26	27		28	29		30	1		2