The Mad Mage of Mount Baratok
Objectives
Assist Toad-enkainen in recovering his staff from Baba Lysaga.Wait for Mordenkainen to located his staff.
Enter Mordenkainen's Magnificent Mansion and catch him up to speed about the goings-on in Barovia.
Defeat the mysterious Mad Mage and his greased up simulacrum.
Search the woods for the mysterious "Mad Mage of Mount Baratok".
Details
While exploring the Town of Vallaki, the Guardians heard tell of a mysterious "mad mage of Mount Baratok" in the woods. In the dead of night, Ocarin Stonehollow saw magical strikes of lightning in the woods below Mount Baratok.
In the Journal of Udo "D" Lukovich, the Guardians learned that "D" recognized the mad mage as a wizard who helped the Harpers 13 years ago named "Mord".
After directing Rudolph van Richten to find the mad mage in the woods, Rudolph tracked the wizard to a cave in the side of the mountain. When the Guardians arrived, the mage feigned sleep to lure them into his cave, only for his secret simulacrum to attack the group from the outside. The Guardians thought quickly and silenced the mage while destroying the simulacrum. They discovered that Mordenkainen had lost his mind after Mind Blanking himself over and over for years to protect himself from Strahd's agents.
The Guardians restored Mordenkainen, and the benevolent wizard welcomed the Guardians into his Magnificent Mansion and together they put together how they could work together to undermine Strahd. If only the Guardians could get their hands on the words of the pact Strahd made with the Dark Powers.
While the Guardians passed by the Raven River Crossroads, they happened upon a lonely frog. Charlemagne used her druidic powers to speak with the frog and learned that it was Mordenkainen, and that he has lost his form and his staff to the witch Baba Lysaga. The Guardians beat Baba in her own game and recovered Mordenkainen's staff.