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 == June, 1120 ==
-The Loremaster ...
+Geld Seekingstone, the Dwarven Loremaster in Hammerfast, summons the party to
-Dunesend ...
+discuss the state of things.
-The Desert ...
+He has been trying to keep a tight lid on the details of the conflict with "The
+Puppetmaster" -- but when [[v2session28|major supernatural activity]] occurs
+inside the city walls, it's hard to stop people from asking questions. As a
+result, he is going to have to reveal some of what has been going on to the Town
+Council -- and wanted to give the party a heads up.
+In addition, he tells them that he's been pursuing a separate line of
+investigation over the past few weeks.  An organization such as Azêllay's
+requires significant resources to operate.  Threats and evil magic alone are not
+enough -- he would need a significant amount of cash.  And while Azêllay, as a
+major businessman in Idus, clearly has lots of cash, Geld believes that it is
+not enough.  There must be another source of treasure funding this operation.
+So, Geld has been trying to "follow the money" and has recently uncovered a
+possible source that would explain it all: An abandoned mine out in the desert
+may have been reopened.  It is called "Karak" and was abandoned some 250 years
+ago because of an encounter with some great evil.  Unfortunately, the location
+of the mine is not precisely known -- however a nearby Dwarven output //is//
+known.
+The party prepares for an overland trek and heads out east toward the desert...
+After a few days of travel, they arrive at the location of the original Dwarven
+outpost.  There they discover a human settlement called "Dunesend".  More
+importantly, they stumble into a fight when they find a group of Gnolls
+threatening the villagers.
+After ridding the village of the Gnolls (and their pet Behir), the villagers
+tell them that somebody called "Queen Shephatiah" now resides at the "Karak"
+mines.  Only by killing her will the village truly be safe.
+After a night's rest, the party heads south into the desert, following the
+(fairly vague) directions that the villagers are able to provide.  On the way,
+they are ambushed by a group of Razorclaw Shifters and a Howling Hag.
+Surprisingly, after defeating the Hag and Shifters, the party discovers they
+were carrying the following loot:
+  * 1 Level 10 Magic Item: Boots of the Mighty Charge ([[Ibiza]])
+  * 2,300 gp (most of which in the form of freshly mined platinum)
 === Game ===
-[[http://www.wizards.com/DnD/Article.aspx?x=dnd/duad/20081022]]
+[[http://www.wizards.com/DnD/Article.aspx?x=dnd/duadp/20081022|This adventure]]
+was included in Dungeon Magazine issue #159 (pages 56-93) and is part of the
+"Scales of War" adventure path.  Here, I used it as a standalone adventure by
+excising the sub-plot with Bram Ironfell's ulterior motive.  In this version,
+clan Ironfell is included only as background color.  Because of this edit, I
+skipped the first encounter with a rival group of Dwarves.
+As published, this adventure was designed for a group of five sixth-level
+characters. Since the party consists of six seventh-level characters, each
+encounter was (and will be) augmented by roughly 50%.  (DMG p.57: A 6th level
+encounter for 5 PCs is 1,250 XP; A 7th level encounter for 6 PCs is 1,800 XP).
 == Encounter 1: The Warden ==
-The first encounter ...
+Since I had quite recently used Satyrs (at [[v2session26|"Glimmer Lake"]]), I
+removed the 3 Satyr Rakes (Skirmisher/7, 300 XP) in this encounter and replaced
+them with 5 Gnoll Gorgers (Brute/7, 300 XP) -- changing this from 1,750 total XP
+to 2,350 XP.
+The party started in the brambles just off the edge of the map and tried to
+sneak into the village by crawling and using stealth.  This worked for awhile,
+but a few rounds in, they were spotted.  The Behir and three of the Gnoll
+Gorgers moved to engage -- while the Warden remained behind and tried to cow the
+party by threatening the villagers.
 == Encounter 2: Desert Patrol ==
-The second encounter ...
+The second encounter was augmented by adding two additional Razorclaw Stalkers.
+Even with this addition, though, the encounter turned out to be underpowered and
+the party tore through the enemies in six quick rounds.
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