Game On for Tonight at 7pm EST

Game on!

In a miraculous turn, everyone can make tonight as per our normal schedule, so let's do it. 7pm EST on mIRC.

Also, in light of the artifacts and the vials of dragon god blood, please create new descriptions of what you look like, from race, to skin, to hair, to gear and even faint smells and temperature shifts if you like. Looking for solid descriptions so everyone knows what you look like, including me hehe.

Also, considering I may not have the summary ready in time for tonight, here's experience, coinage and artifacts:

Experience:
15: 5400
16: 3840
17: 3060

Loot:

Coin
20,000gp per person

Six Swords of Anansiel
Each of these nonpareil longswords have spider motifs subtly injected into their make and carry a number scrolled in Abyssal at the base of their blade corresponding to the order they are listed.

1. +4 Frostbrand (Longsword version)
2. +3 Life-Drinker Longsword
   
3. +3 Nine Lives Stealer Longsword
   
4. +3 Elf Bane Longsword
5. +3 Fiend Bane Longsword
6. +3 Human Bane Longsword

Artifacts (1 vial and 1 artifact per person)

1. 5 vials of Kultuss's Blood, contained in serpent-sculpted diamond vials with ruby stoppers like forked tongues (3000 gp worth themselves). Their contents are far more precious, the blood of the dragon god, which if administered adds +2 to a non-artifact magic item permanently and gives it either +2d6 of Cold, Fire, Electric, Acid or Sonic damage OR resistance 20 to either Cold, Fire, Electric, Acid or Sonic. Every group member receives 1 vial.
2. Gorefeet, Boots of the First Lich: Sewn from the gray flesh of Delilah's own corpse when it was fresh enough to peel, the ancient mage-priest Koschie used it as a vector and offering in the process of becoming the first lich. It grants +20 feet speed, 4 damage to attackers per landed hit, and DR 10/-. (Finduilas)
   
3. Lava Gout, Lost Gauntlets of Firelord Endymion: These gauntlets of blackened stone streaked with hot, flowing lava were the prize of the first Firelord of Phoenix Forge, the great efreet who captured and caged the magnificent firebird so many ages ago. His treasury was raided during the Winters War by devils seeking more magic arsenal, these gauntlets being part of their take. It grants Resist Cold 20, Immunity to Fire and +2d6 fire damage per attack. (Victoria)
   
4. Snakecord, Belt of the Hydra King: Once a contender for demon lord of the Underlands, Lorcryn was a fiend who bound himself to the growing might of Kultuss, siphoning some of the dragon god's cosmic energy to become the first hydra and sire of that terrifying species. Delilah herself banished him to the glacier, its first prisoner, for she did not trust his loyalties. The belt itself is made from some of his flayed, green flesh studded with sharpened fragments of one of his fangs. It grants the wearer Resist Acid 20, Immunity to Poison and Fast Healing 5. (Serren)
   
5. Highlord's Wrath, Amulet of the Storm Giant King: Stolen from the famed vaults of the mythic storm giants comes a relic of their royal king, a smoky gem sphere reflecting the planet's ever-fluctuating weather patterns, clutched by criss-crossing steel lightning bolts and attached to a thick lightning bolt chain. It grants Electric Immunity, 8 electric damage to attackers whenever the wearer is struck, and a +4 bonus to all charisma, constitution and strength-based skills. (Matthias)
   
6. Anansiel's Visage, Helm of the Crawling Queen: Made of Shalraza's own hands as a gift to Anansiel in the time before her tricked imprisonment, this golden likeness of Anansiel's head, crowded with walnut-sized ruby eyes and platinum-etched ivory fangs, bestows it's wearer with +2 all abilities, +2 all saves and immunity to mind-influencing effects. (Sev)
   

Objectives:
1. Uncover the secret of activating the Hoping.
2. Prepare for a demon siege in Ivristel.
3. Find and confront Shalraza.
4. Win!