[IC1] Pool of Radiance

Kordunn bows formally and as the party recieves the council's thanks and rewards. Then it is off to the ale hall for some recuperation.
 

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Eldwyn

"Freeing the fortifications proved to be of little challenge. Not everyone fears the dead. However, the frog was very nearly the end for several of us. I would guess only a creature of unusual power and thus danger could survive the foul waters."
 

"What is truly worrying is the fact that we saw another such creature. . . dead, admittedly. But if the river is infested with such things, it will become quite dangerous."
 


“We will have to find out what's going on with the river eventually, but for now our task lies here in Phlan. You have our thanks, once again! When you are ready to go on another mission, just let us know. There is still plenty to do.”

The adventurers leave the council hall with a feeling of accomplishment and pockets full of gold. It was only a small step, but it was an important one. The words the undead priest told them before he vanished about the powerful generals and their strange source of power, and about the sage Mantor and his library, maybe they would be able to uncover their meaning eventually. If they still had any meaning for them, decades after the war.

For now, it's heading back to the Blade and a little celebration, as well as much-needed recuperation. And they would need to determine what to do with all the gold and treasure they obtained. Surely they could be put to good use in some way.
 

After the carousing is over Kordunn suggests to his companions that they spend 500 of the group's reward to identify their magical loot then he will see about getting his ranseur enchanted with part of his share.
 

On their way back, the party purchases a few pearls to be used in the identification process.

Eldwyn analyzes the two more interesting items right away, the mace and the pendant. The identification of the pendant turns out to raise more questions than it answers.

The small golden pyramid has two spells imbued within, one that enables someone to bind the creature wearing the pendant to one's will, while the other grants the owner of the pendant the ability to see and hear the near surroundings of it. There must be some counterpiece to it, which is used to invoke its scrying powers.
 

Eldwyn

"This is interesting indeed, Eldwyn says holding up the pendant." He wraps it in a blanket and tucks it under a bed before going on. "I don't know if that will prevent someone from hearing or even seeing us, so be careful what you say. It would seem that someone has an interest in preventing our progress. This speaks of something more than leftover undead and rampaging humaniods. I would that I had the power to trace it back to its owner."
 

Kylest nods.

"I certainly wouldn't advise carrying it around with us. Still, if it was mere chance that ended it up in the frog's gullet. . . if we could find the other half of the device, it might be useful."
 

"It was not in the frog's gullet, the frog was wearing it. At least this provides an explanation for the beast wearing jewelry, though it means the beast's master knows us by sight now. And the council."
 

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