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 ^ Player ^ Character ^ Race ^ Class ^
 | Dave | [[Freyrik]] | Human(Feytouched) | Warlock/7 |
-| Ken | [[Ash]] | Human(Aasimar) | Paladin/5 |
+| Ken | [[Ash]] | Aasimar | Paladin/5 |
 | VW | [[Heilli]] | Human | Illumine Soul/1, Soulknife/5, Psion/1 |
 | Kurt | [[Ketamine]] | [[Crag Gnome]] | Barbarian/1, [[Witch]]/6 |
 | Chris | [[Yosi]] | Wood Elf | Barbarian/7 |
-| Val | [[Allie]] | Human(Aasimar) | Favored Soul/6, Ranger/1 |
+| Val | [[Allie]] | [[Lesser Aasimar]] | Favored Soul/6, Ranger/1 |
 //Note: This adventure comes from
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 //Area Y1)// Staging Area
-Through the door at the top of the stairs.  Fight a **dragon** and a Yuan-ti wizard.
+After dispatching the Lizardfolk guards, the party uses their keys to open the
-From the wizard (who they later learn is named "Issiel"), the party gets **2 potions**
+door at the top of the stairs.  Inside, the find themselves at the base of the
-of //levitate//, **//bracers of armor//**, and two keys (which they find go to areas
+highest (middle) tower.  A man-sized **bronze dragon** drops down from a high
-Y2 and Y3).  From the dragon, they get **//gloves of arrow snaring//**.
+balcony, claiming to be an abused captive.  Up on the balcony, a Yuan-ti wizard
+begins casting spells.
+During the initial instant of doubt, the dragon positions himself so that his
+lightning "breath" can affect as many of the characters as possible.  This,
+of course, erases any doubt about the dragon's intentions.
+When the battle is over, both the dragon and the wizard are dead.  From the
+wizard (who they later learn was named "Issiel"), the party gets **2 potions**
+of //levitate//, **//bracers of armor +4//**, and two keys (which they find go
+to areas Y2 and Y3).  From the dragon, they get a pair of
+**//[[http://www.d20srd.org/srd/magicItems/wondrousItems.htm#glovesofArrowSnaring|
+gloves of arrow snaring]]//**.
+{{ v2-22-portal.jpg|The portals -- as found throughout "The Fortress of the Yuan-ti"}}
 //Area Y2)// Map Room
-Find a **silver mirror** worth 1,000 gp and a **scroll** of //explosive runes//,
+This room contains numerous scroll cases, sheaves of parchment, and
-//magic mouth// and //sepia snake sigil//.
+cartographers' tools.  In the scroll tubes and on the table are many maps --
+which the party gathers in case they will be useful.  While many of the maps are
+of places they do not recognize, some are places they know -- including the
+"Barrow of the Forgotten King", the Underdark city of Pedestal, and the area
+around [[Kingsholm]].
+Over the table, [[Ketamine]] pries a 2-foot by 4-foot **mirror of polished
+silver** off the wall (It is worth 1,000 gp).  Also, among the scroll tubes,
+[[Freyrik]] finds a **scroll** of //explosive runes//, //magic mouth// and
+//sepia snake sigil//.
 //Area Y3)// Living Quarters
-Find **Issiel's Spellbook**.
+Under a false bottom in the wardrobe, the party finds **Issiel's Spellbook**.
+((0-level -- All except conjuration and transmutation, 1st -- //charm person//,
+//ray of enfeeblement//, //magic missile//, //shield//, //alarm//, //burning
+hands//, //hypnotism//, //Tenser's floating disk//, //true strike//, 2nd --
+//blur//, //invisibility//, //Tasha's hideous laughter//, //touch of idiocy//,
+//daze monster//, 3rd -- //deep slumber//, //dispel magic//, //lightning bolt//))
 //Area Y4)// The Winding Stair
+This long stairway merely connects the "Staging Area" with "The Lower Landing".
 //Area Y5)// The Lower Landing
-Here is where Issiel, "The Master of the Way" fought.  It also houses seven portals
+Here is where Issiel, "The Master of the Way" fought.  It also houses seven
-(five of which are "active" - but not open).
+portals -- five of which have a single bolt of electricity arcing across their
+middles, while the remaining two radiate strong magic, but have no electricity.
+(See area K21 for more on these portals).
 //Area Y6)// The Upper Landing
-Sealed off top of the tower.
+This unused area once may have looked out over the fields below.  Now, though,
+it is entirely sealed off (apparently by magical stone shaping spells).((The
+combat encounter in this area was excised from the module-as-written))
 //Area K19)// The Heart of Darkness
-Take a secret passage up to Level 4.  Find a room steeped in evil.
+Returning back to the main part of the fortress, the party goes back to the
+Barracks (K16A) and takes the secret passage up to Level 4.  They emerge into a
+vast room where the air is desert-dry and carries a foul scent.  An //evil//
+effect permeates the region and causes most of the party to become "shaken".  In
+the center of the room stands a three-tiered ziggurat of black marble -- each
+tier ten feet tall.
 //Area K20)// The Black Ziggurat
-Battle a Yuan-ti Abomination and a pair of Purebloods.  Recover a pair
+Resting on the far side of the Ziggurat is a Yuan-ti Abomination and a pair of
-of **//lesser bracers of archery//**.
+Purebloods.  As they are on the first tier, they use ranged weapons to attack
+the party.  However, the party's ranged weapons prove superior and in the end,
+the Yuan-ti are killed.
+From atop the ziggurat, [[Ketamine]] (in bird form) recovers a pair of
+**//[[http://www.d20srd.org/srd/magicItems/wondrousItems.htm#bracersofArcheryLesser|
+lesser bracers of archery]]//**.
 //Area K21)// The Gate Room
-Find three gates - two of which are "open", the third merely "active".
+In addition to mundane sloping passageways up and down, the party finds three
+more portals here.  While the middle one has a single bolt of electricity
+across it like the five in area Y5, the other two are covered in an electric
+field.
+From this and the other seven portals (as well as the portal they took from "The
+Sinister Spire" to here), the party deduces that the portals have three states:
+  * Inactive: No electricity present
+  * Active: A single electric bolt
+  * Open: An electric field
+As only "Open" portals can be used, [[Ash]] retrieves the key he used to open
+the gate from Fadheela's lair.  After some experimentation, though, it appears
+to have no effect on these gates.  A series of gemstones are set into the stone
+around the gates, though, and the party decides that the means to activate the
+gates must somehow involve these gems.
+Not willing to trust their fate to these gates just yet, the party opts to
+continue exploring the "mundane" way.
 //Area K22)// The Outer Balcony
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 //Area P3)// Main Sanctuary
 Fight Vsolt, a Yuan-ti Dread Necromancer and two Yuan-ti Halfblood Skeletons.
 From Vsolt, the party gets a **potion** of //barkskin//, a **potion** of
-//levitate//, a **//wand//**, **//+1 studded leather armor//**, a **//cloak
+//levitate//, a **//wand//** (which contains some kind of Necromancy spell,
-of resistance +1//**, and 4 onyxes (worth 100 gp).
+**//+1 studded leather armor//**, a **//cloak of resistance +1//**, and 4 onyxes
+(worth 100 gp).
+Because of Vsolt's importance to the Vanguard, the party //earns **three action
+points**// for defeating him.
-//to be continued...//
+//One session closer to the TPK...//
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