==== V3 Session Fifty-Five -- 11 Nov 2011 -- "Cave of the Giants" ====

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=== Story ===

== January, 1122 ==

After the party [[v3session24|came close to defeating The Puppetmaster]], he pulled up stakes 
and took his network of gates with him.  While the party lost access to the 
gates, it was seen as a victory in that the network of evil that were using it 
also seems to have vanished.

Then, at the culmination of a long, (ostensibly) [[v3session54|unrelated adventure]], the party 
learned that two of the higher-ups pulling the strings are known as the "Queen 
in Red" and "The King in Yellow".  (cue //[[http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/45608/|E.T.I.]]//
by [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAi1mIHb2FU|B.O.C.]]).
The colors refer to the suits (Red = Cups, Yellow = Swords). Also, it was learned that the Queen in 
Red is a Drow, who operates out of the underdark.

Coincidentally, Geld (the Dwarven loremaster in Hammerfast) discovered an 
entrance to the missing gates in the city of [[Akersim]] - and that one of the 
portal destinations leads to an underdark entrance.

Once there, the party kill a few Frost Giants and a batch of Drow (stationed 
to prevent people like the party from getting in to the underdark).  To spare her own life,
the Drow Matron in charge of the now-dead sentries, offered to guide the party to their 
destination.  (She even knew of "The Queen in Red" and seems eager to help 
defeat her).

  * Encounter #1: "Frost Giants"
  * Encounter #2: "Drow Sentries"

=== Game ===

[[Cave of the Giants]] is an adventure that was originally written for The [[Good Party]]
(under AD&D rules) back in 1982 or 1983.  It was intended at the time to be an entrance
into the "Underworld" (as depicted by the classic Gygax module [[wp>Descent into the Depths of the Earth]]).
Sadly, I was never able to use it to its full effect back then -- so hopefully V3 can take up
the mantle and avoid the inevitable TPK that the Underdark promises.

==== ====
^ # ^ Challenge  ^  Type  ^  XP  ^
|  3  | Frost Giants  |  Artillery/15  |  1200  |
|  3  | Winter Wolves  |  Skirmisher/14  |  1000  |
|  12  | Troglodyte Warriors  |  Minion/12  |  175  |
|  6  | Drow Warriors  |  Lurker/11  |  600  |
|  1  | Drow Matron  |  Elite Controller/16  |  2800  |
^  Total XP ^^^  15,100  ^
^  (5 PCs) ^^^  3,020  ^

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