6/29 session recap

After Siala and Rhin 'ported out, the rest of the party was left with three chests and a couple of piles of armor. Hrir immediately cast Detect Magic, and realized that one piece of armor in the pile was magical. At about the same time, the walls of the cave started glowing green. Rockaneeshoo recognized it as the Dimensional Lock effect, meaning that the party couldn't teleport out anymore. Unperturbed, Hrir dug out a set of leather armor studded with sapphires and put it in the rug of holding.

Of the two chests, two were quite large, and probably weighed a lot. Hrir tested one, and it was about 500 pounds. He set it down and smashed the lock with his adamantite axe. A cloud of burning phosphorus and smoke smothered the immediate area, but Hrir wasn't harmed, and Urgmob got out of the way. Hrir felt in the chest and encountered lots of coins, but he couldn't see their color because of the smoke. He tasted one, and got no taste. He then noticed that there was something burning in the chest, and he breathed a cold breath on the chest to quell the firey cloud. This served to extinguish the leather bag that was on fire, and when Hrir picked it up, it spilled out gems. Also, with the flame cleared, he could see that the chest was filled with gold pieces.

Enli was busy trying to Legend Lore the dragon during the time, and Rockaneeshoo was scheming. Hrir finally took the large chest, and dumped it into the rug of holding. Urgmob picked up the small chest to throw it in, and Evards Black Tentacles sprung up from the ground surrounding the chest. Still warded with Freedom of Movement, no one was really hindered. Urgmob then went to push the remaining large chest into the rug, but as he moved it, he and the chest fell upwards to smash against the ceiling. Urgmob was then hit by the chest on the way back down, where he took more damage from the floor. That trap sprung, the party managed to get the chest into the rug.

The green glow on the walls went away, and the party heard infernal voices back near the entrance shaft. As they dithered about what to do, a horned devil flew into sight and called out for his companions. Hrir uttered the Word of Recall, and got everyone but Rockaneeshoo out. Rock then turned into a Margoyle, and swam to the submerged corpse of the dragon. He then teleported himself and the hunk of meat to the desert. He then summoned a large elemental, enlarged it, strengthened it, and told it to carry the dragon onto the teleportation circle that he had just activated. Thus another dragon carcass found its way into Oriv.

A morning was spent counting money and tallying magic items. The following day, Rock identified the goods. During this time, Enli received a sending from an unknown elf that said that Dilithen requested to see him and his companions at his garden. After some discussion where Rhin claimed it was a trap, the party agreed to visit in one week.

The treasure contained approximately 58,000 gold pieces, 27,125 gold pieces worth of assorted gems (including diamonds), and several magic items.

• +3 Studded Leather Armor of Cold Resistance 10 (with sapphire studs)
• A square pottery vial with a label depicting an orc, an arrow, and a larger orc (of Enlarge Orc)
• A glass bulb with a wax seal containing a clear liquid that when swirled turns briefly blue (Darkvision)
• A smooth platinum band of Sonic Energy Resistance 10
• A steel ring with two small onyx set in a band of jade - It confers X-ray vision out to 20 feet when the wearer holds to the ring (on their finger) up to their forehead and concentrates. After 10 minutes per day, further use will tire the wearer, causing 1 point of Con damage per extra minute.
• The Watchsword, a +2 ghost touch bastard sword with ivory handle - This sword seems aware of it's surroundings, and can glow blue when it sees undead, especially incorporeal undead.
• An ash staff of Healing with 45 charges that gives clerics lesser restoration, cure serious wounds, remove blindness/deafness, and remove disease.
• Winged boots that are activated with a little tap dance - Wearer can fly for 5 minutes, 3 times a day.
• A Scintilating Robe that dazzles anyone within 30' who looks at it, and grants the wearer concealment - works for 10 rounds per day.

Enli, Rockaneeshoo, Rhin, and Davinov went to visit Dilithen in his antimagic garden, and Rhin was asked to remain outside for his own safety. When led into the house, the party saw Dilithen and Calathinius sitting at a table. While the rest of the party conversed with Calathinius, Dilithen went out and spoke with Rhin.

Calathinius explained that Vlemniir had returned somehow and possessed Jiyoomenath's body. Calathinius' sigil was active again, and he was ordered to find Sky Singer, one of the artifacts. In his search, he found Dilithen's garden, and found that his sigil was not active there. Rockaneeshoo and Enli then immediately stabbed and punched each other to make sure it was true, and sure enough, there was no repercussive effect. Calathinius said that he had generally located the cloud castle where Sky Singer was reported to be held, and gave that information to the party. He also gave them all the information he had about the devils, which was mostly what the party already knew. He agreed to look up more information about the dragonstone, it's uses, and it's location, while at Dilithen's. He also declared that he was on the side of the party.

The party asked if he could share what he knew of sigil removal, and he said that he might be willing to share that information, but that such a negotiation would be best left to later.

Meanwhile, Dilithen explained to Rhin that the reason he didn't give any more information about other liches was because he didn't want to influence Rhin's choices. He felt that Rhin's philosophy was one that he could accept at the moment, but he feared that too much knowledge of those who had gone before would throw Rhin off his current track, onto something that Dilithen wouldn't be able to accept. He also shared the legend of how the dragons were created by either Assuboz or another young deity, and how they had gone amok and unbalanced the world for the other races. Other gods had fashioned the dragonstone as a way of regulating the dragons, binding them to a seasonal cycle, and thus preserving the balance.

After a few divinations by Rhin and Enli, they found that the dragonstone was held on the eastern cliffs, in the old court of Lumat, god of war. They're not sure where that is exactly, but they asked Calathinius to look for it's location. As they left the anti-magic field, Rockaneeshoo and Enli suddenly felt the effects of their previous scuffle, proving that karma exists even where magic does not.

The party returned to Oriv and made some deals with the captured orc captain, Skoluk. Skoluk said that if he could return, he could organize some troops into a coup, and with the party taking on the major house sorcerors and the trolls, transfer of power in Mugron could be completed. He agreed that for the party's help in this, the orcs would ally themselves with the party for future conquests or holding of territory, and that that the party would receive a 10% tribute from revenues gained by the new regime. Skoluk was insistent that all of the sorcerors would have to die in the coup, but that priests of Lumat should be spared. Skoluk also agreed to buy back the looted orc armor at a 75% base price once the city was retaken, since he would then sell the armor back to his own troops, making a profit.

The Habergeon of Conquering Might was analyzed, and it's various functions discovered. In addition to awesome combat bonuses, the wearer is cursed so that they cannot take it off, and the armor must feed on at least one soul a day or it will eat the soul of the wearer instead. Hrir liked the benefits so much that he started trying to figure out how to obtain daily sacrifices. But no one has put it on.

Urgmob spent two weeks training, and can now suck the life out of a squirrel from 200 feet with his vampiric touch arrows. He is also more capable of penetrating spell resistance now. The rest of the party has decided to take a month off for item creation.

Everyone but Siala gets 100xp for this session. I will be on my camping trip for the next two weeks, so we'll start back up on July 20th. See you guys!