2023/04/19: Searching for the Zenogovia Gem Report
General Summary
Post-adventure consolidation
Knight, Buzz, Deadalus, Terana, Sunderfury, Zaran, Allen, Reela Su With the Lord of Nightmares dead, the party returned home to Meridan. They brought the evil undead-animating head to the temple of Ranthael in Alvidar. Ranthael and his priests were happy enough about its destruction (and the energy it released) that they offered either a weapon blessing or a collection of four lesser magic items in exchange. After some debate, the party chose the former, with Buzz taking the blessing as his loot item for the adventure. The rest of the items were divided up between the other members of the party. Deadalus took the Gleaming Rock of Hope, which a visit to Blythe subsequently turned into a magic stone guitar pick. Terana took a fancy wooden hilt that can be fitted to a sword to improve its accuracy. Allen got a silver dagger with an attached note; the dagger is particularly deadly to lycanthropes and undead, and the weapon can be thrown to deliver a spoken message a few times a day. Reela Su finally got some protection in the form of Ishisugal's Helm of the Fallen, a magical helm that allows its wearer to push through incapacitating injury with sheer willpower. Sunderfury picked up the Blade of Deadly Flowing Shadows, an oversized katana with counterattack and shadow-related abilities, and Knight got a key staff of runes that provided him a bit of spellcasting utility. Finally, Zaran acquired a runed adamantite bucket that Terana had summoned that keeps anything inside it fresh, non-poisonous, and non-diseased. With that resolved, the party spent some time discussing what to do next. With the most immediate threats vanquished, they finally had leeway to take aim at more longstanding threats. They settled their sights on Necrosa. The first part of dealing with her would have to be finding a lead on her plans and location. As the Shadows returned to their various homes, they set about contacting allies and bringing up old notes. They would come together again when they found a direction to pursue.Senal's search for the gem of Zenegovia
Senal, Giordino, Marc, Albadan, Thalin At the Underdark leader meeting, Senal learned the location and circumstances of one of the two gems she still needed for her artifact quest: The gem was located in a fallen fairy fortress off the coast of the (mostly) magicless continent of Zenegovia. And beyond accessing the gem being supposedly impossible, it was also apparently somewhat time-sensitive. She needed to gather a team for a heist in one of the least pleasant settings on Renedge for a modern magical adventurer. She chose the Rook, the adventurer bar in Castle Fallingstar, as her hiring hall. Over the course of an afternoon and evening she collected the spymaster Marc Zhayress, who had been visiting with a few of his agent trainees; an elite and disgruntled caravan guard by the name of Amos Giardino; a scarred albino dark elf named Albadan; and the dragonslayer Thalin. For navigator and spelljammer pilot, she found three candidates: the godslayer archer Zonoma, the charismatic Calantha, and (as a surprise volunteer) an eager little shapeshifting princess by the name of Parari Ontowarila of Ontowaria. The party ended up choosing Zonoma. They were initially planning to go with Calantha, but further interaction suggested she might have too much "party" for this party. Parari was passed over for a number of reasons, but Marc did hand her off to his trainees, instructing them to keep her distracted with some sort of adventure more appropriate to her experience level and talents. Calantha had no hard feelings, and she and Zonoma helped Marc acquire a mostly seaworthy (or at least currently floating) spelljammer in exchange for two gems of animate object. The party then had a party night while Buzz and his compatriots brought the boat up to spec. The next day, they set off for Zenogovia. Amos had never sailed a day in his life before this. He stayed inside as much as he could. Marc, on the other hand, said that if he's going to die, he wants to see the cause coming, so he spent much of his time up in the rigging. And Princess Parari Ontowarila, having escaped her intended minders, spent the beginning of the trip stowed away in the cargo hold.Rewards Granted
1 xp for new party (for roleplaying)
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19 Apr 2023
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