Session 60: Rusted Omens Report
General Summary
This session began in the Cloakspell Tower, where the party had teleported to at the end of last session. The party discussed where they would head to lay low for the time being. They decided to try and get to the Rust Monsters' hideout and made their way out of the tower. Outside, to not look suspicious by climbing down a well, Eldon Caufield paid an elf 5 gold to leave the well for 1 hour so they could pass.
They made their way to the storage room of the Spider's Sting, a tavern in Debtford, then Eldon used the Cube of Thávma to create a Sound Barrier, allowing the members with armor to make their way more quietly. As they got outside, a scavenger was searching through the trash of the tavern and Eldon bribed/intimidated them to leave.
They made their way towards the Lum'el Markets, the district where the hideout was, but on the way they had to make it through a guard checkpoint. To do this, Nitt and Ironhand cast Invisibility on Baradin Godchosen, Kagain, Takemura Yoshiro and Arten Veronica Lagurdo and Omen cast Giant Insect to casue a distraction, but as they were casting the spells, a passersby walked into view of the party, noticing they were casting spells. As the passersby attempted to run and warn the guards, Omen cast Command on them, forcing them to approach befor Arten knocked them out. The party then made their way past the checkpoint and went to the hideout of the Rust Monsters, but before meeting them, discussed their next plans and who to ally themselves with. They settled on telling the Rust Monsters of their plan to potentially aid the Prism Houses for the time being but then helping the Rust Monsters afterward.
They were taken into the real hideout of the Rust Monsters, in an abandoned cistern. There, they met with Eleesa , the seeming leader of the group. She and Ironhand told the party that the one who left the messages in the tower was Elvalur Dorindale, headmaster of the Aurelian Oracles, who is trying to find a way to become undying. Elvalur is also the person who made the Collector Towers that the party were request to destroy one off by their contact with the Prism Houses, Leodan Luthinen. Eleesa agreed that it might also be useful for the rust monsters if the party destroyed one of the collector towers, since they could investigate what they were made to do and could force the Golden Houses to spread their guard force thinner.
Eleesa told the party that if the managed to destroy the tower, it might give a good opportunity to attack the Denivas Manor and deal with an alchemist called Valera Denivas, a member of the Golden Houses. This would remove some supplies for alchemical products for the Golden houses and it would cause the queen, Lythril Dhinthas to act. The prism houses could then see this as an opporunity to attack the queen, that they want rid off, but before the prism houses get there, the rust monsters would "kidnap" the queen as to not get her killed. The party then asked if Eleesa wanted to kill the queen herself, but she responded that she would not let her sister be hurt. The rust monsters could also accomodate for getting the party to where they needed to be, at least in the undercity.
Finishing their conversation with Eleesa, Omen briefly spoke with Cora, another member of the rust monsters that he had met earlier in the adventure. She had requested them to get a magical shield for her, but they had instead taken it for themselves. Omen wanted to tell Cora that he knew where the shield was and that she could just get it back if she wanted, but she reassured him that if she actually cared, they would've gotten it long ago. Cora then thanked them for freeing Joy from the prisons and gave the party a bag of 4 gems worth 2500 hp and an Ioun Stone of Agility.
After a short rest, the party was taken through a secret passage near the Collector Tower. They managed to sneak inside the tower and Eldon cast Dominate Person on a knight and had them manage to persuade the rest of the guards that they were needed at the prisons, getting the entire guard force to leave the building. The party then re-entered the tower and made their way to the third floor which held the balcony with the strange sphere that they needed to destroy.
There, they found a room with two "engines" as well as three black-grey crystals. Looking into the crystals, they looked like infinitely refracting "spaces", in which you could see black Rukh flutter past every now and then. As they were investigating them, the crystals seemed to grow larger. At one time, a runed circle dimly flashed under the crystals and they shrank. Identifying the crystals yielded that they just contain the rukh. They then went to the balcony nearby, which had a brass construct on the base, the strange sphere hovering above it. Looking with Detect Magic on the sphere, it seemed to be collecting the black rukh towards and into it.
To destroy this "collector", Omen ripped the cables out of the engines, causing the sphere to stop hovering and drop onto the brass base. He then began smashing the crystals while Baradin grabbed a larger piece for further investigation. At the same time, Maro began hitting the sphere, eventually destroying it. As the sphere crumbled, black rukh strarted pouring from it and formed into three creatures. The party recognized these creatures as they had encountered them before in Session 42: Those who sow darkness Report.
As the party engaged the creatures, wanting to stop them from attacking any nearby people, one of the creatures caused a Magical Overload, summoning an Air Elemental before Eldon cast a 9th-level Prismatic Wall, which the creature tried to Counterspell, but Ironhand, in turn, Counterspelled it. This marked the end of the session.
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Missions/Quests Completed
Character(s) interacted with
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Nitt
Neutral Vedalkan ()
Wizard 17
Rouge 2
Wizard 17
Rouge 2
92 / 92 HP
STR
8
8
DEX
16
16
CON
10
10
INT
20
20
WIS
14
14
CHA
14
14
Maro Rei 'Sky'
Chaotic Good Air Genasi (Aspirant)
Fighter 8
Monk 4
Fighter 8
Monk 4
92 / 92 HP
STR
12
12
DEX
18
18
CON
16
16
INT
13
13
WIS
12
12
CHA
10
10
Omen ei' Taure
Chaotic Good Tabaxi (Temple Guard)
Monk 16
Cleric 2
Monk 16
Cleric 2
172 / 172 HP
STR
23
23
DEX
20
20
CON
18
18
INT
8
8
WIS
20
20
CHA
8
8
Arten Veronica Lagurdo
Lawful Neutral Fallen Aasimar (Mercenary Veteran)
Paladin 14
Paladin 14
113 / 113 HP
STR
8
8
DEX
18
18
CON
16
16
INT
10
10
WIS
14
14
CHA
20
20
Eldon Caufield
Neutral good Halfling (Fisherman)
Bard 15
Bard 15
77 / 77 HP
STR
9
9
DEX
16
16
CON
10
10
INT
10
10
WIS
16
16
CHA
20
20
Baradin Godchosen
Neutral Good Hill Dwarf (Far traveler)
Cleric 14
Cleric 14
150 / 150 HP
STR
8
8
DEX
14
14
CON
20
20
INT
10
10
WIS
20
20
CHA
8
8
Takemura Yoshiro
Report Date
29 Nov 2022
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