MLP Gaming - Pool of Radiance (2) · 6:13am Jan 8th, 2020
2020 has just started, and I now feel motivated to keep blogging my gaming session. 2019 kept me VERY busy, but don't worry. I won't take 9 months for the next one. I promise. In fact, I'm going to make several small ones out of what I've made
So, our 6 companions reached the abandoned Melkor library, hoping to find books that might've help the city of New Phlan.
It was a long and tedious search (thankfully, Rainbow Dash could find some old adventure texts to keep herself occupied). Twilight was absolutely ecstatic. She spent hours and hours cataloguing every book, long after the rest of the party had fallen asleep. They manged to find:
- The Grand Historian's Records of the Arts of Wars ("Calling dibs!" said Rainbow Dash)
- The History of the North ("I think I know some of this" said Applejack)
- Lex Geographica ("Finally! We'll see what kind of ghastly world we're in!" said Rarity)
- Fyerdetha's Discourses on Power ("The what?" said Applejack)
- Urgund's Description of Darkness ("Hmm. I wonder how many shades we're talking here." said Rarity)
- Meditations (Rainbow Dash yawned loudly)
- The Harmony of the Rock ("Oh! Oh! Me! Mine! MINE!" said Pinkie)
- Storm's Discussions of Poetics ("mmm...Can I...look..." muttered Fluttershy)
- Chronicles of Arram (Rainbow Dash tried to sneak it off and read it)
- Discourse on the Nature of Writing ("MIIIINE!!!" screamed Twilight)
It took a LOT of efforts (and a group of goblins to finally pry Twilight off those books. She really wished she could've spent more time. But Rarity wasn't too keen on staying on such a dusty place. Not to mention the cobwebs and the slime infested gardens.
They did find a Manual of Bodily Health, which Rainbow Dash studied immediately (to everyone's surprise).
As they were leaving, a cavernous voice bellowed "WHO DARE TAKING BOOKS WITHOUT CHECKING THEM OUT!!!" (OK. He didn't really say that, but you get the drill).
The party faced a Spectre. Protector of books. Or so he claimed.
Protected by Fluttershy's spells of "Protection from Evil", our six heroes fought bravely (avoiding it's draining touch). Applejack managed to get the final blow.
As they were going back to New Phlan, Rarity noticed that Twilight's hands were cramped around one of the books. She could hear her mutter under her breath "Remember to returns ALL of my borrowed books once we get back to Ponyville."
