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| Laori Vaus on a good hair day |
21/12/4708
Kaz has dinner with the Freemen, who talk with him about goings-on in Korvosa. Ileosa's grip tightens as she allies firmly with the devil-summoning Acadamae. She has increased grain tributes from the outlands, causing shortages in Kaer Maga. The Freemen speculate that she may be preparing for war against someone.
Naglatha is anointed as a Champion of Pharasma in the Godsmouth Ossuary. Boon: Naglatha may add Deathwatch to her list of 1st level Ranger spells. She may eventually add Death Ward to her list of 4th level Ranger spells (so useable at 13th or 14th level).
Jareth has met a friendly half-orc priest in Kaer Maga, Tsadok by name, who is willing to join the party.
28/12/4708 AR
After a week of rest and shopping, Vemi is nearly recovered from his death, when he receives a Sending from Laori Vaus beseeching his aid. Apparently the rest of her party have been eaten by Gugs in the Underdark beneath Scarwall, unless Shadowcount Sial was able to Word of Recall back to his Sanctuary in Nidal - Laori didn't see.
That evening Vemi Shadow Walks the party back towards Scarwall.
29/12/4708 AR
The group arrive at the Scarwall Bastion 3 hours before dawn, to find it held by Deadwatcher Orcs, who menace them with bows, but are successfully cowed by Tsadok. The party spot a bedraggled Laori Vaus hiding behind a nearby rock. Vemi brings up a Tiny Hut to rest and plan.
Laori tells them that the undead Castellan Mithrodar, current lord of Scarwall, was persuaded by Shadowcount Sial to open the Warding on the Star Tower. The Brotherhood of Bones spent much of the week clearing out most of the gargoyles, before the Brotherhood Airwalked up to the Star Tower's entrance, Sial opened the final Seal, and they descended deep into the depths. She says she saw the glimmer of Serithtiel on an Underdark lake island - right before the Gugs struck.
Towards dawn a patrol of 5 orcs return to the Bastion, bringing their strength to 12.
Late morning and the party are rested and ready to set out. Laori wants to strike immediately at the Star Tower, where the rest of her group perished. Vemi rejects her suggestion - there is more pain and suffering to be had through first clearing Mithrodar's spirit anchors from Scarwall. By the end of Vemi's oration Laori Vaus is persuaded that he has special insight into the mind of the Midnight Lord, falling at his feet in awe.
The group pass through an honour guard of Deadwatcher Orcs at the Bastion and decide to start with whatever abomination bars the way through the Outer Keep - it proves to be a Corpse Orgy, an aberrant collection of bodies, easily destroyed by Kaz Ander's summoned tiger spirit.
The group enter the War Tower, locate and destroy an orc zombie that was once Kazavon's lieutenant General Gorstav. Much tedious searching of empty rooms ensues. The group work their way up spiral stairs to a cupola, where they find and destroy a gargoyle - but this alerts devil guardians of the heights, plus the few remaining gargoyles. A brutal fight ensues against two bone devils, three gargoyles, and Nihal, a powerful Ashmede Devil and one of Mithrodar's Spirit Anchors - Laori is wounded, but at length all foes are destroyed.
XP
Kaer Maga CR 7 XP 3200
Orc Negotiations CR 10 9600
Corpse Orgy CR 12 19200
General Gorstav CR 12 XP 19200
4 Gargoyle Brutes CR 6 2400x4=9600
Nihil CR 12 19200
2 Bone Devils CR 9 6400x2=12800
Total 92,800/5 = 18,560
18560+164597=183,157
220,000 for Level 12
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