Best Quote Nominees
- "This is the work of a Thrakazord!"
Sting of the Thrakazord:
Binknutt, using his legend lore ability in an attempt to identify the dragon-like
beast which was stinging people to death, failed miserably and declared
that it was a mythical creature known as the "thrakazord".
- "Hee hee! They think I'm a goat!"
Kasmordo's Apprentice:
Pursuing a goat which seemed to show up rather abruptly at the scene of
a murder, Shao Tsang read its mind and found this thought. The goat was,
of course, the dead wizard's imp familiar, and the cause of all sorts of
trouble in Timber that night.
- "I would've made it if not for that teleporting freak."
Things Fall Apart:
Ezren, attempting to escape from unreasonable persecution at the hands of
his companions, made a break for the woods, where he would have been able
to disappear. Shao Tsang stopped him, using his psionic ability to teleport,
enraging Ezren.
- "Maybe a century of order wouldn't be so bad."
The Beginning of the
End: Future versions of Mogdar and Ezren, dominated by Shao Tsang's
mind flayer henchmen, were attempting to convince the party that the Evil
One's rule might be beneficial. This remark from Mogdar earned him baffled
looks from both Shod and Tellar.
And the winner . . .
- "We haven't been here long; the mayor's still alive."
Sting of the Thrakazord:
Still chagrined over having unknowingly butchered the mayor in Ishkerton,
Bobo McBaggett made this premature generalization about the party's conduct
in town..
Cringe Award Nominees
- Mogdar and Shao Tsang choke Victor and tie him up with
his own rope.
The Real Enemy:
Paranoid as always and convinced that Victor was an enemy in disguise, Mogdar
and Shao Tsang choked Victor until he passed out, then interrogated him.
- Plucky young Merrick gets melted and his brain is abandoned.
The Beginning of the
End: Knowing that they were on a suicide mission, the alternate future
party allowed their young admirer Merrick to accompany them into the Evil
One's stronghold. He died while they were still in the courtyard, melted
by a giant brain-eating worm.
- Tellar berserks and passes out fighting an illusion.
Kasmordo's Apprentice:
Tellar, activating his berserker rage a little early, freaked out and tried
to hack an illusion to pieces. Then, his rage spent, he passed out. The
party left him behind, helpless, with the illusion-casting monster.
- Ezren reveals that the Mayor's gate is unlocked.
Things Fall Apart:
The party, heading for the mayor's house, stopped at the gate to his manor.
Seisha started climbing, Shao Tsang got ready to teleport, and Binknutt
got out his pipes of charming. Ezren walked up and pushed the gate open.
It wasn't locked.
And the winner . . .
- The party uses freed human slaves as cannon fodder.
When a Star Falls:
In a raid on a Derro lair, the party liberated a number of docile, brainwashed,
human slaves. Those slaves accompanied them to the Tower of the Heavens,
where they were left behind and ordered to "fight" to cover an
escape from pursuing gnome troops.
Best
NPC Nominees
- Rathlind
Transformed and alignment-reversed former assassin
(and infamous villain of previous campaigns). Rathlind now serves the god
Tyr and uses her skills and vampiric powers to hunt assassins. The party
met her in Kethys, where she saved them from the Yuan Ti.
- Van Wilkes
Daiten's mentor. Died at the hands of the psychic
vampire, Cain. An adaptation of Todd's old character. Known for his double-wakizashi
fighting style.
- The Giant Talking Camel
What else can I say? It was a giant talking camel.
Helped out in Rock the Casbah.
- High Priest of Ishker
This small-town high priest cobbled together his church
from leftover relics of the ziggurat-builders and apparently some stuff
he just made up. He helped the party by giving them shelter and bits of
information.
And the winner . . .
- Ash
Friendly Great Druid who helped Victor enter the Order
and dispensed hallucinogenic mushrooms. A player character in a previous
campaign, Ash has retired from adventuring and devotes his time to studying
the stars and exploring altered states of consciousness.
Best Villain Nominees
- Mestipsha
Rakshasa from Cerfal Pass. He was running a profitable
restaurant and inn when the party stumbled across him. After discovering
that their initial attempt to kill him had failed and that he was very likely
coming after them for revenge, the party got out of town as fast as they
could.
- Evil One/Shao Tsang
Future version of Shao Tsang, corrupted by power.
He created a mechanically ordered hive society out of the frontier territory
surrounding Timber and Dagger Rock. He somehow duped the mind flayers into
believing he was the avatar of their god, and so employed them as lieutenants.
- Balthazar
Crazy mage in a powerful artificial body. He liked
to fly into small towns and claim to be a god. His traveling companions
included a slaad named Tongue and a succubus called Blue, both of whom wore
elvish bodies when last encountered. After being worn down by a former companion
(from before he became completely evil), Balthazar was slain by PC's in
Dagger Rock.
- Gunther
Small-time thief in Ishkerton. He became much more
dangerous when he stole the Death Rock from a night hag and used it to create
undead grave-robbing henchmen. Believing that grave-robbing and necromancy
weren't really all that bad, Ezren secretly freed him. Once revealed, this
led several party members to believe Ezren was evil, brainwashed, an imposter,
or all three.
And the winner . . .
- Malligant
Malligant is the only offspring of Adolf Hitler and
a baboon. Actually, that's just conjecture. Malligant is a chronomancer
who has repeatedly manipulated the heroes into humiliating defeats and embarrassing
snafus. He claims to have been Mogdar's teacher, although Mogdar denies
this.
Darkest Hour Nominees
- Zombies press in on all sides in the Zombie Theater.
Cerfal Pass: Fleeing
through the tunnels under Cerfal Pass in an attempt to escape the rakshasa,
the party found an underground theater with an audience of corpses. As they
entered the theater, more and more corpses got up and attacked them. They
were so badly outnumbered that Shao Tsang felt their only chance was to
use the Wand of the Wyrds.
- Mogdar outnumbered and Shao Tsang polymorphed into a snake.
A Little Shopping Trip:
While lowering Victor into a well, the party was ambushed by three yuan
ti, any one of which could have given them a hard time. Ezren had already
been captured and replaced, Victor was hanging from a rope in the well,
and Shao Tsang had been transformed into a garden snake. Still fairly inexperienced,
Mogdar didn't even have many spells to try.
- Tellar One-Arm alone against the Evil One.
The Beginning of the
End: Mogdar and Ezren, dominated by mind flayers, banished Shod to the
Temporal Plane and sapped some of Tellar's strength with a spell. Shao Tsang
psionically disintegrated Parenia. Tellar was left alone against Shao Tsang,
his golems and lieutenants, two powerful spellcasters, and Ezren's squadron
of skeletons.
- Kasmordo's Monsters released into Timber.
Kasmordo's Apprentice:
To cover its escape (and just for fun) the imp opened the cages of all the
horrific creatures Kasmordo was keeping for experimentation. Although the
heroes tried to rope the leucrotta, they were unable stop the monsters from
getting out of the tower to wreak havoc in the village of Timber.
And the winner . . .
- Ezren about to deliver the gem to Ophion.
The Beginning of the
End: The plan was for Ezren to swoop into the illithid conclave using
his Cloak of the Bat, snatch the evil gemstone, and fly away. Ezren got
the gem, and was immediately dominated by Ophion, who ordered him to bring
the gem through a magical portal in the ruins. Ezren proceeded to do so,
with no one but the comic relief close enough to stop him.
Greatest Moment Nominees
- Future versions of Ezren and Mogdar begin wiping out the
party.
The Beginning of the
End: See the darkest hour nominations. This scene
was nominated as a joke, but somebody actually voted for it.
- Shao Tsang offers to teach the Tao to giants.
Rock the Casbah:
After being teleported to a strange oasis and attacked by fierce green giants,
the party was scattered. Shao Tsang made himself intangible, stood before
the giants, and greeted them politely. He then offered to teach them the
path of the Tao.
- Tellar survives being swallowed by the hatori.
Knowing is Half the
Battle: Battling an enormous stone crocodile, Tellar was swallowed whole.
He not only survived and cut his way out of the monster's belly, but brought
treasure from other swallowed victims with him.
- Seisha thwarts Shao Tsang's attempt to change the past.
Things Fall Apart:
Shao Tsang traveled into the past to prevent a catastrophic intra-party
battle. A few tense moments after listening to his plea for peace and predictions
of doom, Seisha donned her Chameleon Ring and attacked, proving that not
even foreknowledge of disaster can stop the party members from beating each
other senseless.
And the winner . . .
- Tellar One-Arm beheads the evil Shao Tsang.
The Beginning of the
End: Picking right up from his appearance in the darkest
hour nominations, the future Tellar desperately hurled his vorpal sword
at Shao Tsang and chopped his head off.
Best Adventure Nominees
- Kasmordo's Apprentice
Introductory adventure for the campaign. Monster hunt
starring the familiar, would-be apprentice, and captured monsters of a recently
dead conjurer.
- Things Fall Apart
The heroes wandered into a town where someone was
using undead henchmen to rob graves. They had to find out who it was and
then find out how a small-time thief became so powerful.
- The Real Enemy
Something that washed up after the storm was corrupting
the people of Halclef and making the party members paranoid.
- Knowing is Half the Battle
The party traversed a monster-infested desert, made
a harrowing journey through the Plane of Time, and defended a monk from
assassination. Then they found out it was all for nothing.
And the winner . . .
- The Beginning of the End
Sucked into a future in which their homeland is dominated
by a power-mad psionicist, the PC's worked with their future selves to destroy
the Evil One's source of power and undo the whole timeline.
