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V3 Session Twenty-Four -- 25 June 2010 -- "Azêllay's Fortress"
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Note: This adventure's encounters are home-brew encounters using the “Thieves Quarter” map from “Fantastic Locations: City of Peril” and the “Tomb of Queen Peregrine” map from “Fantastic Locations: Fane of the Drow”.
May, 1120
Continuing from the previous session, the party storms into the now (hopefully) unguarded section of the city controlled by the merchant Azêllay. There, they encounter a large number of Dark Ones patrolling the rooftops and alleys.
Once they defeat a number of Dark Ones, the remaining ones scatter – with Ibiza in pursuit. The remaining party spends several minutes locating a secret entrance to Azêllay's fortress – which turns out to have a similar arcane enchantment as the secret door on the crypt in Hammerfast.
Despite having lost Ibiza, the party decides to enter the fortress to confront Azêllay. Inside, they find a chamber much larger than the outer building. There they fight a Flux Slaad and Azêllay himself – who turns out to be a capable necromancer.
In the end, badly wounded, Azêllay flees by pushing Erasmus through one of the open doors and closing it behind him. When the party reopens the door, they find it opens to a completely different location.
After some experimentation and exploration, the party determines that Azêllay's fortress has four doors – each one opening to a random destination. Some of the destinations appear to be other planes of existance - though most seem to be of “normal” locations around the region.
| # | Challenge | Type | XP |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Hex Knight Dark One | Soldier/4 | 175 |
| 5 | Shadow Bolter Dark One | Artillery/5 | 200 |
| 1 | Flux Slaad | Skirmisher/9 | 400 |
| 4 | Nighthaunt Slip | Minion/12 | 175 |
| 1 | Azêllay (aka “Azu”) | Elite Controller/12 | 1400 |
| Total XP | 4,375 | ||
| (6 PCs) | 875 | ||