Session 27

Present: Berrian, Heptzar, Ramuh, Vira, Walice

• PCs went deeper into the crypts
• A monk of Vecna was discovered meditating in a pile of bones
• further on in the crypts, several reforming skeletons were discovered and defeated
• There was some sort of ward inside a large silver locket outside of that crypt chamber with Vecna's symbol
• When taken out of the locket, the warding runes faded slowly
• A crypt with giant corpses was also discovered (6 per room)
• Giants were draped with similar locket wards
• All the lockets were taken, one was opened, wards were discovered and allowed to fade, and one was opened but the wards were replaced
• An iron spiral stairway was discovered leading down, but it was blocked by a large stone
• Back in the hallway north of the crypts, the strange whistling musical sound was louder
• Another room north of the hallway was investigated, inside was a series of volumes and a pedestal with an eyepiece on top (the eyepiece allows reading of the ancient script)
• The volumes were labelled "History of Duvan'Ku" and the pages disintegrated when moved (only a few of the volumes were so destroyed)
• When leaving that room, the PCs were surprised by a giant corpse crawling on the ceiling, which they destroyed

XP: 2200 / 5 = 440 (prior to bonuses)

Session 26

Present: Berrian, Heptzar, Ramuh, unnamed rogue, Vira, Walice

• Back at Nandel City
• Delivery of items to queen and advisors
• Rubbings of books
• 2 obvious hooks: queen's task (northwest mountains), dwarven map (northeast mountains)
• Chose the queen's task
• Tree with flutes at crossroads, supposed to ward the unquiet dead
• Decrepit trapping town at the base of the mountains
• Encounter with old hermit partway up (dried badger meat)
• Abnormally low tree line, snow
• Petrified tree with rope
• Crude graveyard
• Cabin: strange painting, harpsichord smashed, purple lotus powder
• Unnamed rogue now has amnesia
• Corpse discovered in the snow
• Trap door: 50' down
• Chapel, yellow mold spores; dislodged onyx bowl and sapphire
• Altar: jewelled dagger and ruby necklace
• Read curse aloud, Ramuh took a tooth from Heptzar's and put it in the basin, opening the door
• Room with bare stone slabs and a book
• Entered crypts

Treasure:

• 3 rubies from the queen
• Bowl
• Painting
• 9 remaining doses of purple lotus powder
• Jewelled dagger and ruby necklace

XP: 800 / 6 = 133 (before bonus XP)

Session 25

Present: Walice, Micrin, Vira, Zacarias, Heptzar

• 12 mysterious riders on warhorses evaded on the way back to the town of Steel
• 500 GP reward for rescuing prisoners
• Carousing: Heptzar got a glowing leg, Walice got kicked out of town (something about killing pigs)
• Used ritual circle discovered
• Cultist attacked party, tattooed with eye in palm, "kill the one that survived"
• Zacarias took some skin with the tattoo
• Zeph, dinosaur hunter encountered going south
• Return to Nandel

Carousing, etc:

• Walice (600 GP)
• Heptzar (300 GP, glowing leg)

XP: 500 / 5 = 100 (before bonus XP)