In Search of Uttercold
General Summary
In his quest to find a source of unearthly chill cold enough to defeat even the most wintery opponent. After gathering some foolhardy adventurers to join him, they journeyed north to find out if the Vistani's rumors of barbarian villages was true.
The party was prepared for the elements and snow, but the altitude of the mountain pass below the coldest temperature band proved nearly fatal. Bloodied by local fauna (and flora), they left the Vistani goods behind and pushed on to the tundra on the other side of the mountains. There, they found several villages abandoned without graves or temples, only bloodsnow-covered altars. Eventually, they happened upon the only fishing village in the area, unnamed and forgotten, but beholden to sacrifice their old and young to Queen Hulda. Fighting off her snow goblin minions, they confronted this arctic royal in the ruins of an ancient temple to an unknown god. She was haughty and demanding, but promised them the path to frozen magic if they would kill her sister, who was commanding a viking ship that threatened her village.
The party accepted her offer and found the pirates wintering nearby, arctic dwarves drunk and charmed by Hadasseh. They decided to attack the iced-in ship with a few fireballs and lightning strikes, slaying the pirates and enraging the pirate queen enough to reveal her true nature as a winter hag. Collecting the head of their contract, they returned to the Snow Queen.
Once there, they found their patron surprisingly honest and she gave Alastari a scroll detailing snowcasting, a first step to learning frozen magic. She too was likely a hag, extorting the village with weather to gain children to eat. Learning this, the party decided to attack her, slaying her guards and forcing her to reveal her true self. She bartered her life for the password to the ice golem guarding the temple, which they learned was dedicated to Ulutiu, the Sleeping God. Nevertheless, they did not let the hag live.
The village was grateful to their saviors and granted them permission to access the temple and a place to stay at the village. Their leader Fiske was especially excited, realizing that the prayer that had been passed down for 150 years by his ancestors included the password for the golem as well, and decided to reignite the flames of faith that had so long been smothered by the Snow Queen's chill. Victorious, the party returned home, but not before naming the village Snowfall.
Rewards Granted
Loot:
2,041 gp, 8 sp, 8 cp
Armor
2x [350 gp] masterwork breastplate
[300 gp] masterwork chainmail
[160 gp] masterwork leather armor
Weapons
[310 gp] masterwork shortsword
Gems
[40 gp] moonstone
[110 gp] unworked saltwater pearl (worth 55 gp; Craft (jewelry) DC 15 to repair)
[55 gp] peridot
[110 gp] unworked garnet (worth 55 gp; Craft (jewelry) DC 15 to repair)
[120 gp] saltwater pearl
[120 gp] unworked jade (worth 60 gp; Craft (jewelry) DC 15 to repair)
[120 gp] unworked jet (worth 60 gp; Craft (jewelry) DC 15 to repair)
[120 gp] unworked garnet (worth 60 gp; Craft (jewelry) DC 15 to repair)
[600 gp] unworked aquamarine (worth 300 gp; Craft (jewelry) DC 20 to repair)
[55 gp] chrysoprase
Art
[40 gp] silver statuette of a warrior
5x [400 gp] polished frostfell drinking horn (looks to be made from the tusk of a walrus, but it's crafted out of a mysterious blue ice that does not melt)
Potions/Poisons
[25 gp] potion/oil of stabilize (CL 1)
[50 gp] potion/oil of cure light wounds (CL 1)
[50 gp] potion/oil of remove fear (CL 1)
Scrolls
[700 gp] arcane scroll of ice storm (CL 7)
[150 gp] arcane scroll of owl's wisdom (CL 3)
[50 gp] potion/oil of magic fang (CL 1)
[300 gp] potion/oil of protection from arrows (CL 3)
[25 gp] arcane scroll of protection from chaos (CL 1)
[150 gp] arcane scroll of shadow anchor (CL 3)
[25 gp] arcane scroll of true strike (CL 1)
[25 gp] divine scroll of charm animal (CL 1)
[50 gp] divine scroll of curse water (CL 1)
[150 gp] divine scroll of share language (CL 3)
All members receive the following titles:
Anthropologist - discovering the village of Snowfall
Envoy - peacefully initiating first contact with a new tribe of Ulutiuns
Explorer - naming Snowfall
Expedition members named the arctic tundra north of the The Verdant Expanse "The Everfrost" and the body of water north of Snowfall the Frozen Depths.
Intangibles
The party knows the password to get past the ice golem standing in the entrance to the Forbidden Temple of Ulutiu is:
Experience:
Covak (8): 1,385 XP = 160 (Vistani infobrokering) + 80 (bitey moss) + 160 (frostfell sabre-toothed tiger) + 320 (angry snow gore-illa) + 0 (rude goblins) + 0 (MOAR goblins) + 320 (hag and vikings) + 320 (snow queen and minions) + 25 (exploring a hazardous hex)
Nightfall (7): 1,810 XP = 210 + 105 + 210 + 420 + 0 + 0 + 420 + 420 + 25
Meako, Prim (6): 2,845 XP each = 240 + 120 + 240 + 540 + 180 + 180 + 660 + 660 + 25
Alastari (5): 3,175 XP = 300 + 150 + 300 + 600 + 180 + 180 + 720 + 720 + 25
2,041 gp, 8 sp, 8 cp
Armor
2x [350 gp] masterwork breastplate
[300 gp] masterwork chainmail
[160 gp] masterwork leather armor
Weapons
[310 gp] masterwork shortsword
Gems
[40 gp] moonstone
[110 gp] unworked saltwater pearl (worth 55 gp; Craft (jewelry) DC 15 to repair)
[55 gp] peridot
[110 gp] unworked garnet (worth 55 gp; Craft (jewelry) DC 15 to repair)
[120 gp] saltwater pearl
[120 gp] unworked jade (worth 60 gp; Craft (jewelry) DC 15 to repair)
[120 gp] unworked jet (worth 60 gp; Craft (jewelry) DC 15 to repair)
[120 gp] unworked garnet (worth 60 gp; Craft (jewelry) DC 15 to repair)
[600 gp] unworked aquamarine (worth 300 gp; Craft (jewelry) DC 20 to repair)
[55 gp] chrysoprase
Art
[40 gp] silver statuette of a warrior
5x [400 gp] polished frostfell drinking horn (looks to be made from the tusk of a walrus, but it's crafted out of a mysterious blue ice that does not melt)
Potions/Poisons
[25 gp] potion/oil of stabilize (CL 1)
[50 gp] potion/oil of cure light wounds (CL 1)
[50 gp] potion/oil of remove fear (CL 1)
Scrolls
[700 gp] arcane scroll of ice storm (CL 7)
[150 gp] arcane scroll of owl's wisdom (CL 3)
[50 gp] potion/oil of magic fang (CL 1)
[300 gp] potion/oil of protection from arrows (CL 3)
[25 gp] arcane scroll of protection from chaos (CL 1)
[150 gp] arcane scroll of shadow anchor (CL 3)
[25 gp] arcane scroll of true strike (CL 1)
[25 gp] divine scroll of charm animal (CL 1)
[50 gp] divine scroll of curse water (CL 1)
[150 gp] divine scroll of share language (CL 3)
All members receive the following titles:
Anthropologist - discovering the village of Snowfall
Envoy - peacefully initiating first contact with a new tribe of Ulutiuns
Explorer - naming Snowfall
Expedition members named the arctic tundra north of the The Verdant Expanse "The Everfrost" and the body of water north of Snowfall the Frozen Depths.
Intangibles
The party knows the password to get past the ice golem standing in the entrance to the Forbidden Temple of Ulutiu is:
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"The Sleeper Awakens" in Aquan
Experience:
Covak (8): 1,385 XP = 160 (Vistani infobrokering) + 80 (bitey moss) + 160 (frostfell sabre-toothed tiger) + 320 (angry snow gore-illa) + 0 (rude goblins) + 0 (MOAR goblins) + 320 (hag and vikings) + 320 (snow queen and minions) + 25 (exploring a hazardous hex)
Nightfall (7): 1,810 XP = 210 + 105 + 210 + 420 + 0 + 0 + 420 + 420 + 25
Meako, Prim (6): 2,845 XP each = 240 + 120 + 240 + 540 + 180 + 180 + 660 + 660 + 25
Alastari (5): 3,175 XP = 300 + 150 + 300 + 600 + 180 + 180 + 720 + 720 + 25
