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Keys from the Golden Vault Session 41
Starring
Chéri Powder, level 8 human Illusionist Wizard
Elowen Fernwhisper, level 8 wood elf Circle of the Moon Druid
Stayzie Diamondz, level 8 orc Champion Fighter
Taveen, level 8 aasimar Warrior of Mercy MonkVarrow, level 8 gnome Thief Rogue/Gloomstalker Ranger
Seeing Stayzie become restrained from her own infected soulshard, Aminta fires her crossbow. With three hard-hitting, poisin-infused attacks, the assassin leader deals about 80 damage to the orc fighter before tactically retreating through the western door, calling for her guards to hold the party off.
Elowen and Taveen deal with the first guard, with Taveen also rushing up to help heal Stayzie.
Chéri has his eyes set on the enemy mage however. He’s an elf, and he was handling a soulshard earlier while showing it to Aminta. It must be Edino!
The mage keeps trying to launch a fireball into the room, but Chéri keeps countering it. Then the mage counters tries to counter Chéri’s Vicious Mockery!
The two wizards yell at each with very little spells being thrown around, while Edino tries to make his way out the same hallway.
Chéri doesn’t want him to escape however and continues chasing to the doorway, where Edino finally gets off a spell — a nasty 48 damage cone of cold!
Thankfully everyone makes the save, but the wounded party is in bad shape.
Stayzie cuts down one guard while Taveen knocks out the other, and the party begins converging on the mage. Chéri gets off a sleep spell to incapitate him, and Elowen summons her moonbeam.
Edino knows when he’s been beaten, and he quickly surrenders. Aminta, however, is no where in sight.
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Stayzie threatens him into talking, asking how to remove her shard. Edino is shocked to see it has infected her. He wasn’t exactly keen on the side effects!
She takes the shard he has on him (careful not to physically touch it) as well as the last piece of Rilago’s map of the tomb.
He explains that the information on how to remove the shards, as well as more shards, are in his office downstairs.
Stayzie moves to execute him out of frustration, but the others stay her hand. She relents, and they tie up him, knock him out, and stuff him in an empty room by the conference chambers.
Then they barricade the room and hunker down for a much-needed short rest. Taveen goes through all his hit dice, and still isn’t fully healed!
Their rest is uninterrupted. They know where they need to go (Edino’s office), but they have several different options to get there.
There’s also still the matter of a magically locked trapdoor in this room. Stayzie and Chéri both attempt to break it open using strength of thieve’s tools. They come close, but the magic lock holds firm.
And no, the world’s worst wizard doesn’t have knock or dispel magic!
They decide to head back to the war room, and down the western and southern hallway that Aminta escaped into.
They find a small private bedroom with some exquisite wine bottles and gems in a coffer (X16).
Taveen hears at least one person patrolling beyond the door to the south, and peeks out to see an armed guard (X15).
Chéri says the words the players dread and the DM mostly loves, “I have a plan.”
He grabs a nice bottle of wine, and casts disguise self to appear as one of the guards they took out in the earlier fight.
The patrolling guard is startled to see another guard come waltzing out of Aminta’s private bedroom carrying wine! Especially with intruders spotted in the tomb not long ago.
But Chéri plays the ruse well, complaining about their low pay and little benefits. He learns that Aminta has gone downstairs to start warning everyone about the attack, while he’s made to guard the nearby treasury.
What, the treasury right there? That treasury?
Chéri convinces him to enjoy a nice bottle of pilfered wine to calm their nerves. Little does the guard know, Chéri is using a potion of poison!
The guard takes a swig, takes about 15 damage, and becomes poisoned! He stumbles around, hurt and confused. What was in that stuff, anyway?
He tries stumbling toward the stairs.
Then the giant spider shows up!
Elowen has wild shaped into a giant spider, and the poor guard thinks he’s also hallucinating, and begins freaking out.
Then she webs him to shut him up.
Now they have easy access to the treasury, though at least one guard patrols the nearby mezzanine, and who knows how many wait for them in the rooms below.
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