Session 12

Breastplate: dragon face and scales

Longsword: like a scimitar

Amulet: skull with a crescent moon (points facing upwards) as part of the skull

3 potion bottles that will need to be identified

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Aiz detects magic. It's surrounding us completely. Walls & floors are the most intense. No runes detected.
 
Hands look like stones.

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Aiz treats wounds on Pheylynn.

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As we go to leave, Pheylynn investigates Room 4. In the crates, there are torture and embalming equipment. One of the barrels is full of water, the other is full of oil. There's also a crate of black robes with symbols similar to the flags in the main chamber. (Pheylynn grabs 5 Black Hand Robes.)
 
Solana recognizes that they are cult robes.
 
There might be a lead in the Scarwood Vale for the Black Hand.

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We look for alternate ways into the Dungeon. The East Door leads to nowhere. Upon opening it, it looks like the door has been bricked shut.
 
Aiz detects magic. She sees a glyph, magic on Druid, the viles she picked up, and the brick wall. She tries to identify magic on the brick wall.
 
A light blue almost turquoise glow emits from the East door.

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Druid returned to the body. He picked up the amulet. As soon as it was lifted, it felt heavier.
 
The amulet is exploding with magic and recharges every night at midnight.

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Meadowlark pushes through the brick wall. The hallway is dimly lit with glowing mushrooms. She doesn't see the wall.
 
Druid pushes her through. Aiz follows the others through.
 
Pheylynn helps bring the bodies but goes back and closes the door.
 

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The hallway is 5' wide and 10' tall. It winds and twists down.
 
Meadowlark tries to identify mushrooms. They're not magical but can be used in alchemical concoctions. She gathers 10 mushrooms (0.1 Bulk).
 
Aiz scouts ahead after 100'. On the air, Aiz smells a burning torch. The sounds are echoing. A blue glow gets brighter, as if its coming towards her. She's about 40' ahead.
 
The blue light turns green, goes forward 15', then curves.
 
In the room ahead, there's an altar, flag with a symbol of the Black Hand. Torches lit with green.
 
There's a man kneeling on a symbol in front of the altar. He moves his hands and the light moves. A massive skull appears in front of him.
 
"What is it, Ryzon?"
 
"The Sanctuary is fallen, my lord."
 
"Get to the others. Find who is responsible and bring them to me. We cannot afford any more delays."
 
The man wipes the air around him. The light fades and he is gone.
 
Meadowlark goes up to Aiz.
 
Druid marches up without trying to be stealthy.
 
Meadowlark tells us that no one is here and there's no way out.
 
Pheylynn goes to make notes but her typical journals are gone. They've been replaced with 5 empty journals. She traces the sigil and recognizes it from Malthazar's book.
 
"For those of you who are my fans, enter here" with a slightly different sigil.
 
Aiz recognizes that the torches have alchemical materials that affect the coloration.
 
Druid flips the altar it blows out the torches.

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We reenter the church and hear someone trying desperately to get inside. It's D'Vallen! He says that he saw Terjan die on the edge of town about 15-20 minutes ago. He brings us to the ashes.
 
"There's a cow that needs to be saved." ? (I didn't write the context or who says it.)

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It took 30 minutes to return the lost bodies. The families were not able to offer much. We're given some food, flowers, & a block toy.
 
Pheylynn takes a few of the flowers and dedicates one of her new books to flower pressings.

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D'Vallen identifies the symbol as a teleportation symbol.

D'Vallen says the black hand symbol looks familiar. A mage with a long disheveled beard. Gaunt, old, symbol on a necklace.

Aiz shows D'Vallen a drawing of the pendant. He says the pendant's symbol looks old, seems like something religious.

Solana says the name is tied to death, an old world god. Veilaren (the Veil) - Will require library trips.

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Aiz and Pheylynn visit Terjan's house (Similar to Solana's). There's some writing stuff on the desk but nothing is off. The only thing that came up is one entry about Ryzon.
 
He lived meagerly.


Lawenda has been busy telling stories to everyone in the bar about himself.
 
Pheylynn's healed up between Aiz and a full night's rest.

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The next morning, Druid and Aiz go to the apothecary.
 
A: This is my friend, Beastie.
 
Upon being asked for more healing potions, she tells Druid that she "gave our friend the last of my batches."
 
Fes comes back with a wand. It can cast healing magic. It will allow multiple uses. 2 charges per day of the Heal spell. (1d8)