The scorched ninja's

Gourd sets up a hammock in the garden and tells Rasa he is very happy here. Gil does not do well with Shoji doors and destroys his almost immediately. A knock at the door brings Rasa face to face with a Samurai with a golden mask & six ninja's. He demands to see Yanemay. Then demands a brass horn which he describes and depicts with magic sand. Things go south rather quickly and Mopuck & Gil cast fire spells killing the ninja's and damaging the Samurai. The Samurai cuts down Rasa with 4 attacks. Gourd goes into a rage and charges. He uses the horn to attack the Samurai along with his horns and the group takes down the gold faced warrior. 

Gourd takes Rasa to the church of Ion and gives them the horn in return for Rasa's resurrection, they agree.  Upon return to the dojo, Rasa takes the golden mask of the Samurai and places it on the wall where the horn once was displayed. They get a good deal of potions off of the dead. 

Gourd smells a sweet scent and it leads them to a citadel guarded by a few town guard. They make quick of them and rescue a Blue dragon held in captivity. Her name is "Litha" and thanks them greatly for their efforts. She agrees to fly them to Burning Town but needs three weeks to get her strength back after being so malnourished as a prisoner. 

Gift of Bread and then walking through afterbirth!

After the bread gift from the lady of pain, the group travels again throughout the planes. They meet an older version of their friend Lynette and encounter a group of evil treants. They wind up arguing and killing one another over giving the group the shard they needed. 

The next stop is Burning Town in Furnoth. They are way back in time as this famed city is nothing more than a few tents and single forge. They grab the next shard through some creative action on the tar pits. 

The next portal jump involved ears in sherbet, dead Elven heads, & Lynette being killed by a flying shard.

The group gets the rest of the shards and completes it. Artimus appears and turns to black smoke and heads into the newly restored cooking pot (all shards complete) and then disappears. Abe's "Crazed book of Mog" is now blank. 

They encounter a red dragon who tells Rasa he is here to clear his name. Asks him for a list of all of the people who testified against him and anyone else that might have been part of his incarceration. Gourd joins him and they head to Diamond bed city. 

When the dragon and Gourd return, the list is all crossed off and the dragon said "your name is clear"

The group heads back to Diamond Bed city. They find it in chaos and burning everywhere! the dragon and Gourd did a number on this place. Rasa heads to his Dojo and his Sensei is back! Yanemay greats him warmly. He says he must leave again and does not know if he will be able to return. He signs over the deed to the Dojo to Rasa and bids farewell. Rasa gives each member of the party their own luxury suit that opens up to a central garden with Shoji doors.

Forever the fearless player

It didn't matter what time period in Alt3rnity or realm in D&D we would play in, he always managed to be the shining player. Be it a boxer in the 1920's, a serial killer in the 1970's, or a 1st level wizard with a dagger ready to take the charge.  In the real world, we spent countless hours jamming and making music, camping, and just conversing too long as our conversations would never end. Today is such a sad day that I will never forget. Forever in my dreams my brother. 

Updated Adventuring party

New List of adventurers

Jon J: Wurm - Human, Cleric

Sal T: Rasa - Elf, Swordsage

Sal D.: Randy - Human, Dragon Shaman

Greg: Aberaxes "Abe" - Half Dragon, Druid/Rogue

Paul: MoPuck Granger - Beholder, Wizard

John C.: Surajugala "Sura" - Amazonion, Fighter

Eddie: Mordilane Solgloom - Human, Bard

Carl:  Gilzok "Gil" - Ogre Mage

NPC's

Gourd: Minotaur, Ranger

Lynette: Verdant Prince

The Crazed Book of Mog

Not too long after, a book is left for Abe to find, "The Crazed book of Mog". It has plenty of info to decipher but,  what he can understand takes the group through the planes again. This time finding a salt & pepper shaker used for further plane hopping and further infor into Artimus. They meet a verdant Prince (twice) throughout their travels. It/they has breasts,, and befriends the group, It's name is Lynette. 

Lynette winds up having to sacrifice 9 druids to keep the group moving further in their journey. They end up briefly on a ship heading straight into a sink hole and escape just in time before it is swallowed up by the sea. They also spend a little time in the mazes. But luckily Abe was able to read enough in the book to keep them moving forward. They get back to their warehouse safehouse and meet an Ogre mage by the name of Gil. The group is attacked by more bounty hunters and Gil helps out by using a fireball spell. They all make friends and enjoy some fresh cow meat.