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 ==== V2 Session Nineteen - 26 October 2007 - "The Sinister Spire" (part 5) ====
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 ^ Player ^ Character ^ Race ^ Class ^
 | Dave | [[Freyrik]] | Human(Feytouched) | Warlock/6 |
-| Ken | [[Ash]] | Human(Aasimar) | Paladin/4 |
+| Ken | [[Ash]] | Aasimar | Paladin/4 |
 | THF | [[Líkami]] | Human | Monk/5 |
 | VW | [[Heilli]] | Human | Soulknife/5, Psion/1 |
 | Kurt | [[Ketamine]] | [[Crag Gnome]] | Barbarian/1, [[Witch]]/4 |
 | Chris | [[Yosi]] | Wood Elf | Barbarian/6 |
-| Val | [[Allie]] | Human(Aasimar) | Favored Soul/5, Ranger/1 |
+| Val | [[Allie]] | [[Lesser Aasimar]] | Favored Soul/5, Ranger/1 |
 //Note: This adventure comes from
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 {{ fadheela.jpg}}
-In the last major room in the Spike, the party finally finds [[Fadheela]] (though
+In the last major room in the Spike, the party finally finds [[Fadheela]]
-they don't know it at the time).  She turns out to be a hybrid Medusa/Yuan-Ti
+(though they don't know it at the time).  She turns out to be a hybrid
-and presents a serious challenge.  Through most of the fight, the party manages
+Medusa/Yuan-Ti and presents a serious challenge.  Through most of the fight, the
-to avoid her petrifying gaze -- but once her minions are destroyed, they must
+party manages to avoid her petrifying gaze -- but once her minions are
-take more risks to take her down.  In the end, [[Freyrik]], [[Yosi]], and
+destroyed, they must take more risks to take her down.  In the end, [[Freyrik]],
-[[Líkami]] are turned to stone!
+[[Yosi]], and [[Líkami]] are turned to stone!
-[[Fadheela]] herself is kept from dying and a bag is placed over her head so that
+[[Fadheela]] herself is kept from dying and a bag is placed over her head so
-her gaze does not further trouble the party.
+that her gaze does not further trouble the party.
 **In a nearby storage room and a closet, the party finds the following items of
 interest:**
   * //[[http://www.d20srd.org/srd/magicItems/wondrousItems.htm#elementalGem|Elemental Gem (Air)]]// (from S28)
   * //[[http://www.d20srd.org/srd/magicItems/wondrousItems.htm#elementalGem|Elemental Gem (Fire)]]// (from S28)
-  * Two pieces of Art (200 gp each)
+  * Two pieces of Art (200 gp each) **//(sold)//**
-  * A crystal goblet (25 gp)
+  * A crystal goblet (25 gp) **//(sold)//**
-  * A set of gem-inset flatware (500 gp)
+  * A set of gem-inset flatware (500 gp) **//(sold)//**
-  * A gold comb (150 gp)
+  * A gold comb (150 gp) **//(sold)//**
-  * A platinum circlet (450 gp)
+  * A platinum circlet (450 gp) **//(sold)//**
-  * Documents -- numerous papers written in Undercommon.  These papers are apparently contracts put out on various figures in Pedestal. Almost all the contracts contain a scribble in Undercommon at the bottom that reads, "Complete."
+  * Documents -- numerous papers written in Undercommon.  These papers are apparently contracts put out on various figures in Pedestal. Almost all the contracts contain a scribble in Undercommon at the bottom that reads, "Complete." **//(given to Es Sarch)//**
   * Three rolled scrolls written in Yuan-Ti.
   * Clothing: There are numerous outfits that appear to be traveling attire or black working suits designed for [[Fadheela]]'s humanoid torso.  However some of the outfits include pants or other leggings that clearly would not fit her.
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 **On [[Fadheela]] herself, the party finds:**
+  * //Obsidian Ring// -- This ring has a skull glyph carved inside its loop.  It allows the wearer to bypasses the trap in S2 and control the (now destroyed) bloodhulk fighter. **//(given to Es Sarch?)//**
-  * //Obsidian Ring// -- This ring has a skull glyph carved inside its loop.  It allows the wearer to bypasses the trap in S2 and control the (now destroyed) bloodhulk fighter.
   * //Snake Key// -- This small gold rod has a head showing an opened, fanged mouth about to close over a blue agate that resembles a globe.  It activates a gate made of electricity (and is worth 200 gp).
   * //Potion of Cure Moderate Wounds//
-  * //+1 studded leather//
+  * //+1 studded leather// **//(sold)//**
-  * //+1 buckler//
+  * //+1 buckler// **//(sold)//**
-  * //+1 shortbow//
+  * //+1 shortbow// **//(sold)//**
   * 15 poisoned arrows
   * Key to Storage Room
 **Additional treasure adjustments:**
-  * Cost for eight //Identify// Spells: 880 gp
+  * Cost for eight //Identify// spells: 880 gp
+  * Cost for seven //Break Enchantment// spells: 3,150 gp //(see below)//
+  * **Net**: 535 gp for each of the seven characters
-Finally, [[Fadheela]]'s lair has a functional Gargoyle Sink.  That, along with the
+Finally, [[Fadheela]]'s lair has a functional Gargoyle Sink.  That, along with
-Field Provisions Box and the nearby lavatory means that a large group could live
+the Field Provisions Box and the nearby lavatory means that a large group could
-here for an indefinite time.
+live here for an indefinite time.
-Since [[Fadheela]] was not killed outright, the party opts to keep her alive (with a
+Since [[Fadheela]] was not killed outright, the party opts to keep her alive
-bag over her head) while they question her -- as follows:
+(with a bag over her head) while they question her -- as follows:
 == ==
-Why does Xeron want the bones?
+**Why does Xeron want the bones?**
-//Heh.  Ask him yourself, if you wish.  He's in my museum.  You passed him on the
+//Heh.  Ask him yourself, if you wish.  He's in my museum.  You passed him on
-way in.//
+the way in.//
-//His job was to find the bones and the weapons and deliver them to me.  I was to
+//His job was to find the bones and the weapons and deliver them to me.  I was
-then pass them on to the Vanguard.  But the fool showed up without all the
+to then pass them on to the Vanguard.  But the fool showed up without all the
 pieces, claiming he was being pursued.//
-//I sent the bones and two of the items along, but kept one as protection against
+//I sent the bones and two of the items along, but kept one as protection
-reprisal.  I will NOT be punished for the incompetence of that fool!//
+against reprisal.  I will NOT be punished for the incompetence of that fool!//
-What is your role in the House of the Circlet?
+**What is your role in the House of the Circlet?**
-//The House is for the purebloods.  They like to think they serve a greater role,
+//The House is for the purebloods.  They like to think they serve a greater
-but in reality they only serve the Vanguard as liaison to the cattle.//
+role, but in reality they only serve the Vanguard as liaison to the cattle.//
-What does the House want? What is their next move?
+**What does the House want? What is their next move?**
-//To build a new Serpent Kingdom, of course.  Their next move is to await the dawn
+//To build a new Serpent Kingdom, of course.  Their next move is to await the
-of Sertrous.//
+dawn of Sertrous.//
-What do you know about [[Mosargrax]]?
+**What do you know about [[Mosargrax]]?**
 //Very little.  She was dealt with decades ago.//
-What is the Vanguard of Sertrous?
+**What is the Vanguard of Sertrous?**
 //Your future rulers.//
-Where are you from?
+**Where are you from?**
-//I am from the south - near what the cattle call [["Arela"]].  But my form made me an
+//I am from the south - near what the cattle call [["Arela"]].  But my form made
-outcast, so I moved to the frontier to help with the migration.//
+me an outcast, so I moved to the frontier to help with the migration.//
-Who is/was the winged creature in the entry? Who are the rest?
+**Who is/was the winged creature in the entry? Who are the rest?**
-//You like my trophies?  They are all fools who tried to oppose me.  You
+//You like my trophies?  They are all fools who tried to oppose me.  You would
-would be there, too, if circumstances were different.//
+be there, too, if circumstances were different.//
-Why does the vanguard want the bones?
+**Why does the vanguard want the bones?**
 //To rule the world.//
-What items were sent to the vanguard, and which did you withhold?
+**What items were sent to the vanguard, and which did you withhold? What pieces
-What pieces were missing?
+were missing?**
 //That fool Xeron never found the sword.  And I kept the staff for myself.//
-How can your victims be returned to flesh?
+**How can your victims be returned to flesh?**
 //Why would you want to do that?  Perhaps their natural state is stone?//
-Who, or what, exactly is Sertrous?
+**Who, or what, exactly is Sertrous?**
-//He is the Slumbering Serpent who feeds on the souls of the weak.  He
+//He is the Slumbering Serpent who feeds on the souls of the weak.  He walks in
-walks in nightmares and brings madness to the chosen.  Soon, he will
+nightmares and brings madness to the chosen.  Soon, he will wake and lead my
-wake and lead my people to dominion over all the races of the world.//
+people to dominion over all the races of the world.//
 //Or at least that's what they say.  I, of course, won't be there to see it.//
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 //I think it is time you sent me home.//
 ==== ====
-With that, the party determined they had retrieved all they could from [[Fadheela]],
+With that, the party determined they had retrieved all they could from
-so they executed her.
+[[Fadheela]], so they executed her.
 The four //"survivors"// then descended the spire and returned to the Dripstone
 Inn, leaving the three petrified characters behind.  There, they discuss their
 adventure with Es Sarch and ask him to help fill in some of the gaps in their
 understanding.
 == ==
-Do you know of any other agents of Sertrous, or members of the Vanguard, in town right now?
+**Do you know of any other agents of Sertrous, or members of the Vanguard, in
+town right now?**
-//Until you arrived, I had never heard of this group.  Since then, I have
+//Until you arrived, I had never heard of this group.  Since then, I have tried
-tried to glean as much information as I can -- but have found essentially
+to glean as much information as I can -- but have found essentially nothing.//
-nothing.//
-//My suspicion is that [[Fadheela]] was a lone agent working for this
+//My suspicion is that [[Fadheela]] was a lone agent working for this "Vanguard"
-"Vanguard" group.  Whether she was sent here or whether they recruited
+group.  Whether she was sent here or whether they recruited her after she
-her after she arrived in Pedestal is something we may never know.//
+arrived in Pedestal is something we may never know.//
-//I was able to learn, though, who "Sertrous" is.  He is a demon lord
+//I was able to learn, though, who "Sertrous" is.  He is a demon lord revered by
-revered by a small cult of snakemen.  Unlike "normal" demon lords,
+a small cult of snakemen.  Unlike "normal" demon lords, though, Sertrous
-though, Sertrous allegedly lives on the material plane - though he has
+allegedly lives on the material plane - though he has been asleep for
-been asleep for millennia.//
+millennia.//
-Does you know who the Medusa's victims might be? The winged one, in particular?
+**Does you know who the Medusa's victims might be? The winged one, in
+particular?**
-//Again, this is an area where you have more information than I.  Despite
+//Again, this is an area where you have more information than I.  Despite all my
-all my contacts, I have *never* heard of a Celestial being in Pedestal.
+contacts, I have *never* heard of a Celestial being in Pedestal. Perhaps it was
-Perhaps it was a spellcaster caught in an alternate form?//
+a spellcaster caught in an alternate form?//
-Do you know of someone who can de-stone the winged one and our friends?
+**Do you know of someone who can de-stone the winged one and our friends? (And
-(And we need it as cheaply as possible.)
+we need it as cheaply as possible.)**
-//The only spellcasters in Pedestal capable of performing this spell would
+//The only spellcasters in Pedestal capable of performing this spell would be
-be the drow clerics - and I **strongly** advise against approaching them.//
+the drow clerics - and I **strongly** advise against approaching them.//
-//First, they care nothing about you and would charge far too much.
+//First, they care nothing about you and would charge far too much. Second, they
-Second, they have a special hatred for surface elves, so could not be
+have a special hatred for surface elves, so could not be persuaded to help your
-persuaded to help your friend, Yosi - at any cost.  Third, they claim
+friend, Yosi - at any cost.  Third, they claim the Necromancer's Spire as their
-the Necromancer's Spire as their own.  To learn than you had infiltrated
+own.  To learn than you had infiltrated the place (killing their guards in the
-the place (killing their guards in the process, I presume) would be a
+process, I presume) would be a "deal-breaker".//
-"deal-breaker".//
-//However, there is an alternative.  If you can be patient, I can send
+//However, there is an alternative.  If you can be patient, I can send word to a
-word to a colleague who lives far to the north.  While she is still a
+colleague who lives far to the north.  While she is still a drow, she has turned
-drow, she has turned from the way of [[Lolth]] and embraced the goddess
+from the way of [[Lolth]] and embraced the goddess [[Eilistraee]].  It seems
-[[Eilistraee]].  It seems that two years ago, her enclave suffered some sort
+that two years ago, her enclave suffered some sort of calamity.  Most were
-of calamity.  Most were asphyxiated - but she (and a few others) survived.//
+asphyxiated - but she (and a few others) survived.//
-//She has been most helpful to me in the past.  I can get word to her in a
+//She has been most helpful to me in the past.  I can get word to her in a day,
-day, but even if she agrees to help, it will take her at least a week to
+but even if she agrees to help, it will take her at least a week to make the
-make the journey.//
+journey.//
 ==== ====
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 And so begins the long, uncomfortable wait in Pedestal...
 While the party waits, they find a spellcaster willing to cast //Comprehend
 Languages// on the [[fadheela_scrolls|three Yuan-Ti scrolls found in Fadheela's
 quarters]].
 === 8 October 1111 ===
 Finally, after nearly three weeks, [[Banaud'a]], a drow cleric to [[Eilistraee]]
-arrives in Pedestal.  She turns out to be quite unlike any drow the party has seen
+arrives in Pedestal.  She turns out to be quite unlike any drow the party has
-so far and is not only able to help, but is also //willing// to help.
+seen so far and is not only able to help, but is also //willing// to help.
 Of course, she still expects to be paid for her services -- and since the spell
-required((//Break Enchantment//)) is a powerful spell, she can only cast three
+required((//[[http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/breakEnchantment.htm|Break
-per day.  On her first day, she successfully revives the "angelic being", who
+Enchantment]]//)) is a powerful spell, she can only cast three per day.  On her
-turns out to be a male Drow Half-Celestial!  Despite her promises of further
+first day, she successfully revives the "angelic being", who turns out to be a
-assistance, [[Banaud'a]] ditches the party to learn all she can from this
+male Drow Half-Celestial named "Sh'honale".  Despite her promises of further
-strange creature.
+assistance, [[Banaud'a]] ignores the party for the remainder of the day to learn
+all she can from this strange creature.
 === 9 October 1111 ===