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-//Note: This adventure's encounters are home-brew encounters using the "Thieves
+=== Story ===
-Quarter" map from "Fantastic Locations: City of Peril" and the "Tomb of Queen
-Peregrine" map from "Fantastic Locations: Fane of the Drow". //
-=== May, 1120 ===
+== May, 1120 ==
 Continuing from [[v3session23|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 [[v3session22|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
+In the end, badly wounded and leaking small black spiders from his cracked skin,
-the open doors and closing it behind him.  When the party reopens the door, they
+Azêllay flees by pushing [[Erasmus]] through one of the open doors and closing
-find it opens to a completely different location.
+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.
+In the process, the party finds the following loot:
+  * 1 Level 7 Magic Item: Badge of the Berserker +2 ([[Ibiza]])
+  * 1 Level 8 Magic Item: ??? ([[Oin]])
+  * 1 Level 9 Magic Item: ???
+  * 1 Level 10 Magic Item: ???
+  * 2,400 gp
+=== Game ===
+== Encounter 1: Thieves Quarter ==
+The first encounter was a home-brew using the "Thieves Quarter" map from
+"Fantastic Locations: City of Peril".  The party entered from one side, with
+five Hex Knight Dark Ones (Monster Manual 3) waiting for them in the alleys,
+along with five Shadow Bolter Dark Ones (Monster Manual 3) positioned on the
+rooftops.
+As the party entered, [[Damazi]] placed his cat on the first rooftop and started
+pushing the planks off -- thus restricting the Shadow Bolters from moving around
+freely.  [[Imbo]] used his "(name here)" power to pull Shadow Bolters from their
+position.  Despite the saving throw, he was remarkably effective at this -- and
+by the end of the fight, all of them were on the ground.
+One of the Hex Knights tried to sneak around behind the party, but the weak-ass
+Stealth rules prevented me from doing anything really cool.
+== Encounter 2: Azêllay's fortress ==
+The second encounter was a home-brew using the "Tomb of Queen Peregrine" map
+from "Fantastic Locations: Fane of the Drow".  It consisted of a Flux Slaad
+(Monster Manual 2) and "Azu Morn, Necromancer" (from the RPGA module "Out of
+Hatred").  "Azu" fit the idea of the merchant Azêllay (complete with Shadow and
+Necromancy) -- not to mention a similar name!
+Azu first moved closer to the party and used his "Call of the Grave" encounter
+power to summon four Nighthaunt Slips (Open Grave).  Despite the Slips being
+minions, their high defenses kept them in the fight for several rounds.  Unfortunately,
+they were unable to effectively mob a single target like they want to do.
+Next, Azu wasted his "Life Trap" encounter power with a bad die roll.  He then
+held back and used his "Slashing Darkness" ranged attack, alognside "Shackles of
+Death" every time it recharged.
+The Flux Slaad's "Vulnerability Shift" never came into effect.  He started the
+fight with Vulnerable 10 against psychic damage and Resist 5 against the other
+five energy types -- but never got hit with a psychic attack, so it never
+shifted.  This defense (and his annoying 2 square teleport move) made him an
+effective enemy who lasted most of the fight.
+Eventually, though, it was just down to Azu.  Just before he reached bloodied,
+he opted to flee -- but [[Oin]] used a Run maneuver to get ahead of him and
+block one of the exits.  He tried for another, but [[Erasmus]] blocked him. In
+the end, because he was a vital NPC, I opted to go with a small cheat to allow
+him to escape.  With the door open (due to a //tiny// tactical flaw from
+Erasmus), he did a 2-square Bull Rush maneuver (normally only one square) to
+push himself and Erasmus through the door.
+Despite being a 12th level Elite Controller, the party managed to pummel Azu
+from 236 down to only 47 hit points!  (Every time I bump the maximum monster
+levels up, the party seems to meet or exceed the challenge)
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