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 ^ Player ^ Character ^ Race ^ Class ^
-| Ken | [[Ash]] | Human(Aasimar) | Paladin/5 |
+| Ken | [[Ash]] | Aasimar | Paladin/5 |
 | THF | [[Líkami]] | Human | Monk/6 |
 | VW | [[Heilli]] | Human | Soulknife/5, Psion/1 |
 | Kurt | [[Ketamine]] | [[Crag Gnome]] | Barbarian/1, [[Witch]]/5 |
 | 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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 === 11 October 1111 ===
-The party returns to Es Sarch the ring that he gave them to get into the
+{{ v2-20-snakewell.jpg?200}}
+The party returns to Es Sarch the ring that he gave them to get into the
 Necromancer's Spire.  He convinces them to leave the second ring in
-[[Fadheela]]'s lair -- since they need it to get back into the spire, but
+[[Fadheela]]'s lair -- since they need it to get back into the spire, but won't
-won't need it once they go through the gate.  He promises not to retrieve
+need it once they go through the gate.  He promises not to retrieve this second
-this second ring for one week (in case the party needs to return through
+ring for one week (in case the party needs to return through the gate and escape
-the gate and escape the spire).
+the spire).
 Since he has a resistance to electricity, [[Ash]] opens the gate using
-[[Fadheela]]'s //Snake Key// and holds it open while the rest of the
+[[Fadheela]]'s //Snake Key// and holds it open while the rest of the party goes
-party goes through.  As they are the last two through, [[Freyrik]] and
+through.  As they are the last two through, [[Freyrik]] and [[Ash]] get a mild
-[[Ash]] get a mild shock as the gate drops.  Without the resistance to
+shock as the gate drops.  Without the resistance to electricity, [[Freyrik]]
-electricity, [[Freyrik]] finds that his magical abilities have been
+finds that his magical abilities have been "short circuited" and is unable to
-"short circuited" and is unable to contribute in any meaningful way.
+contribute in any meaningful way.
 //Area F)// The Surrounding Fields
-From a small rise, the party observes a small farming community outside
+From a small rise, the party observes a small farming community outside the
-the gates of a massive fortress set into a cliff face.
+gates of a massive fortress set into a cliff face.
-They proceed down and encounter a Dark Naga name Lieth, along with her
+They proceed down and encounter a Dark Naga name Lieth, along with her pet Dire
-pet Dire Snake and a squad of four Pureblood Yuan-Ti.  Once this group is
+Snake and a squad of four Pureblood Yuan-Ti.  Once this group is defeated, a
-defeated, a group of human and halfling slaves timidly approach the party.
+group of human and halfling slaves timidly approach the party. Their leader is a
-Their leader is a woman named Clora -- who tells the party of the snakemen
+woman named Clora -- who tells the party of the snakemen and agrees to shelter
-and agrees to shelter them for the night.
+them for the night.
-=== 11 October 1111 ===
+**Clora**: //The castle is called Serastis -- a horrible place inhabited by
+hideous snake-folk. Some are almost human, while others arc like giant serpents
+with hands. Gods only know what they do in there.//
+//Only a few of us are native to these lands, for the snake-folk are careful not
+to attract the attention of the closer villages. Most of our number were
+captured on the road or in distant settlements, brought here to serve the
+masters of the castle. We toil so that they might eat and keep warm. Those who
+take sick or become too weak for laboring are taken to the castle and never seen
+again.//
+//There has been much activity in Serastis over the past few months. Many more
+groups of snake-folk go in and out than in the past. Whatever horrors that place
+hides, they appear to be escalating.//
+//We thank you for your efforts, but I fear that few of us are strong enough to
+travel far, The snake-folk allow us little food or sleep. Even if we could
+leave, we would not get far enough to escape should they try to hunt us down. We
+will pray for your success, but as long as the snake-folk rule Castle Serastis,
+we remain slaves.//
+//If you intend to enter Serastis, beware. A horrible skeletal lizard-creature
+appears there when the main door is open. We have also overheard guards whisper
+of strange magic controlling movement within the place.//
+//Finally, the snake-folk have difficulty telling us 'mammals' apart. Should you
+need a place to hide, we might be able to pass you off as slaves for a time.//
+=== 12 October 1111 ===
+{{v2-20-serastis.jpg?400 }}
 //Area K1)// The Serpent's Stair
-In bird form, [[Ketamine]] scouts the fortress and learns there are no
+In bird form, [[Ketamine]] scouts the fortress and learns there are no entrances
-entrances other than the main door.  She returns to her normal form and
+other than the main door.  She returns to her normal form and secures a rope to
-secures a rope to hold the portcullis open while the party plans on
+hold the portcullis open while the party plans on how to get in.
-how to get in.
 //Area K2)// The Mouth of Serastis
+While the rest of the party is deciding that they should wait for a patrol to
+return and use that event to somehow gain access to the inside, [[Ketamine]]
+fiddles with the mechanism that controls the gate and portcullis.  Quite by
+accident, she trips the portcullis -- which fails to drop because of the rigging
+she put in place earlier.  Undeterred, she continues fiddling and after a few
+minutes, the massive doors spring to life and open!
 //Area K3)// The Great Hall
+{{ v2-20-megaraptor.jpg?200}}
 Fight an evil half-elf cleric and his pet Megaraptor Skeleton.
-At the bottom of a shallow pool, [[Ketamine]] discovers a 12-inch wide silver
+In the back of the room, at the bottom of a shallow pool, [[Ketamine]] discovers
-inlay in the shape of a coiled snake (worth 1,500 gp).
+a 12-inch wide silver inlay in the shape of a coiled snake (worth 1,500 gp).
 //Area K4)// Dining Hall
+Under a large table in this room, [[Ketamine]] discovers a small drain that
+leads down into darkness.
 //Area K5)// Kitchen
+Another drain leads down from this room.
 //Area K6)// Torture Chamber
+Currently unoccupied, this room contains implements of torture and three small
+jail cells.
 //Area K7)// Meeting Hall
-[[Yosi]] "discovers" a hidden pit trap and falls into what appears to be
+[[Yosi]] "discovers" a hidden pit trap and falls into what appears to be a
-a prison cell on a lower level.  He hears ragged breathing and the occasional
+prison cell on a lower level.  He hears ragged breathing and the occasional sob
-sob nearby, and concludes that the other cells must contain prisoners.
+nearby, and concludes that the other cells must contain prisoners.
+[[Líkami]] helps him back up and the party continues their exploration of what
+they realize is "Level 2" of the fortress.
 //Area K8)// The Lesser Shrine
+{{ v2-20-chavakuth.jpg?200}}
 The party meets Chavakuth, a Lizardfolk of the Dark Talon tribe.  He tries to
 convince them to kill rival Lizardfolk from the Poison Dusk tribe, but is
-unconvincing and ends up dead.
+insufficiently convincing and ends up dead.
 //Inching ever closer to the **TPK**!//