The artifact hunt

Quest type: Fetch
A magic user from Kutol asks for the party to retrieve some magical artifact from some nearby ruins.

The artifact:
Unknown to the party, the magical artifact they're tasked to retrieve is an ancient artifact from Xernos. It is extremely powerful and requires a wisdom check of at least 23 to use. When used it teleports everyone in a 60 ft radius to a random location in the country. The artifact was previously part of a teleport network set up by Xernos and is one of a few used by big cities around Bremos to set up a teleport network.

The ruins:
The ruins are an ancient site, being used as a warp location. The initial contraption is long past usable but the internal mechanism is still mostly intact. Due to it being used as a warp location, there are no traps. However some unstable magic has seeped through from the fall of Xernos and the entire area is infested with Lesser Magical Anomaly's.

On the return trip:
The party gets attacked by a group of bandits attempting to steal the artifact.

At completion:
At arrival in the Kutol castle they are met by a group of magic users from the castle. They all look very surprised at the party but accept the artifact in a haste and disappear inside immediately. A guard pulls the party aside and requests they follow them. They are lead to King Raja Penggaris who thanks them for the artifact and requests their help with The Ilwar strangeness.

Related Session Reports

• Session 5: The first dungeon