Surviving the Burning Heat

General Summary

Nihilus had spent so much time alone in his darkened temple that he decided it was time to venture out for a lunch date with friends.
Grabbing an old post from the job boards, and disguising himself as Nexus, he proceeded to enter into "enemy" territory and met up with Alik, Nightfall, and Prim at the Fioritura Inn. They were greeted warmly by Anne, one of the wait staff, who didn't take a liking to Nexus, the rude old man. When Nexus inquired about a Mrs. Hahn, who they were to meet, Anne relayed that she was gone for the day but would be back tomorrow. At that, Nexus teleported away, not wanting to wait around with nothing to do.
The rest of the party ordered food and made conversation. They discovered that Anne was the daughter of Mrs. Hahn, the women who posted a help wanted job to search for her missing husband. Anne explained that her father had left for the Chaotic Claelands more than a year ago and that her and her mother had given up hope, presuming him dead. The party didn't promise her they would find him alive, but they did assure her they would do everything they could to find out what happened to him (and bring back his remains if possible). A desire for closure reawakened, Anne sent an error boy to go fetch her mother. She asked the party to meet back at the inn around lunch hour that day and she'd have her mother waiting for them.
With some time to spare, the party (minus Nexus), went to the local outpost to stock up on any supplies they felt were still needed for their trip into the dangers of the Chaotic Claelands. Lunch time arrived and the three of them headed back to the Fiortura Inn to find Mrs. Hahn waiting for them. She was surprised to learn that there were adventurers actually willing to venture into the Claelands. She provided them with a sketch of her husband, her half of a necklace that Mr. Hahn had carved, and a map of his planned course of travel. She wished them luck and that she hoped they would all survive.
The next day, Nexus popped back in expecting to speak to Mrs. Hahn. He discovered the rest of the party already had. Using the necklace that Mrs. Hahn had provided he was able to successfully scry into the Claelands, but what he saw was, perhaps, not what he expected. Mr. Hahn's necklace revealed a minerally encrusted undead shambling about in a burning landscape. Relaying this to the rest of the party they readied themselves to teleport directly to the site of this salt mummy.
They arrived alive and to their intended destination to immediately find themselves in danger. Between the burning heat of the land, which proved unavoidable, and the dry lich who accosted them, their task of retrieving Mr. Hahn, or what was left of him, was not as easy as they expected.
Thanks to Nexus, the threat of the lich was disffused, and his "friends" were protected. The rest of the party returned to Fiortura while Nexus stayed behind to speak to the lich, Faustinus Voidspire. Due to the magical friendship imposed upon Faustinus, Nexus was able to procure one of the five canopic jars which contain the lich's immortality, along with a promise to lead Nexus to the remaining four. Pleased with himself, Nexus returned to Fioritura with the Mr. Hahn mummy in tow.
Appearing in the middle of a small town inn, scorched and smelling of smoke, with an undead creature created a *bit* of a stir amongst the locals. Alik stepped up to mitigate the situation and reassured Mrs. Hahn that they would deal with the creature and see that her husband was finally put to rest. She thanked the party, paid them for their efforts, and requested they not return to Fioritura for an extended period of time.

Rewards Granted

Loot:
51,550 gp
[400 gp] unworked topaz (worth 200 gp; Craft (jewelry) DC 20 to repair)
[350 gp] unworked opal (worth 175 gp; Craft (jewelry) DC 20 to repair)
[40 gp] unworked peridot (worth 20 gp; Craft (jewelry) DC 12 to repair)
[40 gp] zircon
[120 gp] unworked chrysoberyl (worth 60 gp; Craft (jewelry) DC 15 to repair)
[100 gp] unworked amber (worth 50 gp; Craft (jewelry) DC 15 to repair)
[400 gp] black pearl

Experience:
Nihilus(ECL 16): 3600 XP (Dry Lich)
Nightfall(ECL 14): 6300 XP
Alik, Prim(ECL 13): 7800 XP

Report Date

31 May 2024

Primary Location

Chaotic Claelands

Secondary Location

Fioritura

Related Characters

• Alik
• Nightfall
• Nihilus
• Prim

Dungeon Master

Evette(ECL 6): 2,700xp/1,300gp/5dt