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<blockquote data-quote="Boendal2" data-source="post: 8000399" data-attributes="member: 7015844"><p><strong><strong><u>16th session:</u></strong></strong></p><p></p><p>A friend of ours joined for this session as the Zhentarim mercenary "Cy Amakiir" (high elf eldritch knight).</p><p></p><p><strong>Day 184-204 (skipped)</strong></p><p>The party left Gauntlgrym with their troops and some dwarven wine to sell in Mantol-Derith. During their journey through the Underdark they dealt with infighting between some thugs of the Zhentarim and the Lords' Alliance dwarves. Some persuasion and extra alcohol rations increased moral of the troops. Also Athut had a wererat episode, but rolled high on his constitution check - he could control his curse and only roamed/guarded the tunnels surrounding the camp. The PCs were asked by Nero (Zhentarim leader) to leave the troops at a Zhentarim outpost one day before arriving in Mantol-Derith. Vanya and Tyus got more and more telepathic calls from their patron Fraz-Urb'luu, asking them to hurry up and help him in Mantol-Derith. A few party members tried to train their giant lizards (with mixed success).</p><p></p><p><strong>Day 205</strong></p><p>The party, accompanied by Cy and Nero entered Mantol-Derith. Nero told them the passwords for re-entering and showed them the way to the Zhentarim quarters. The PCs didn't interact with the drow entourage waiting in front of the quarters. They met Ghazrim DuLoc and the beholder Lorthuun, but were told both of them had to talk with the drow immediately, as there were fight between svirfneblin and duergar (which is highly unusual in Mantol-Derith). Athut followed the Zhentarim hidden. As the drow assassin Sirak Mazelor started to attack the Zhentarim he called for help and soon enough the party helped the Zhentarim defeat the drow. During battle also a mad gargoyle started to attack the party, but Cy turned him into molten stone and ash with an acid chromatic orb. Vanya and Tyus both got a telepathic message from Fraz-Urb'luu that he is near and they should free him. Both searched the drow and tent, but not the gargoyle remains (outside the tent). Ghazrim and Lorthuun retreated into the Zhentarim quarters to recover. The PCs talked to Ghazrim and told him about their mission. As Ghazrim was already informed by Davra Jassur (and also the party just saved his life) he gave them his ring and explained its properties.</p><p></p><p>While Tyus and Cy stayed at the merchant stalls to talk with each other Eeria, Vanya and Athut wanted to see what the deep gnomes and duergar were up to. At the svirfneblin quarters they spotted four enlarged duergar trying to mine a way into the quarters. Athut, a deep gnome himself, hid behind Eeria and Vanya, which tried to talk to the duergar. Athut chimed into the conversation slightly aggressively, which led to long fight with 14 duergar. During the fight some formerly hidden deep gnomes tried to flee from in between the market stands. After the fight Cy and Vanya talked to theses surviving merchants. One of them was named Peebles and had a blue quaggoth hide bag. After the party told him about Lorthuun he wanted to leave quickly, which led to suspicion. He was held back by the party and Vanya cast zone of truth on him. The party found out, that he serves a beholder named Xazax. Peebles invited the party to meet Xazax, which they declined. Vanya cast locate object on his bag and the party let him go.</p><p></p><p>The doors to the svirfneblin quarters opened and a female deep gnome approached to party, thanking them for their aid.</p><p></p><p></p><p><u><strong>GM notes:</strong></u></p><p>I mixed up the details of Fraz-Urb'luus black gem... regarding the gargoyle and Sirak. I thought the gargoyle has the gem... which is why neither Tyus nor Vanya could find it on the drow assassin. Well, now I have to stick to it. I think the gargoyle had the gem first, fell in love with Sirak, which led to Sirak touching the gem - but the gargoyle kept it and stalked Sirak from a distance.</p><p></p><p>Maybe I should have just let them find the gem already, but the players SPECIFICALLY searched the inside of the tent (where the dead drow lie) and nothing else.</p><p></p><p>Oh wow, I did not expect for Peebles or Xazax to be discovered that fast... Zone of truth made it impossible to hide any information from this suspicious party (the quaggoth hide bags fault). Anyways, they let him go and I will not let them find him with <em>locate object </em>spell as it only has a range of 1.000 ft. I think Peebles side quest is dead, maybe I can use Xazax after they were in Araj.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Boendal2, post: 8000399, member: 7015844"] [B][B][U]16th session:[/U][/B][/B] A friend of ours joined for this session as the Zhentarim mercenary "Cy Amakiir" (high elf eldritch knight). [B]Day 184-204 (skipped)[/B] The party left Gauntlgrym with their troops and some dwarven wine to sell in Mantol-Derith. During their journey through the Underdark they dealt with infighting between some thugs of the Zhentarim and the Lords' Alliance dwarves. Some persuasion and extra alcohol rations increased moral of the troops. Also Athut had a wererat episode, but rolled high on his constitution check - he could control his curse and only roamed/guarded the tunnels surrounding the camp. The PCs were asked by Nero (Zhentarim leader) to leave the troops at a Zhentarim outpost one day before arriving in Mantol-Derith. Vanya and Tyus got more and more telepathic calls from their patron Fraz-Urb'luu, asking them to hurry up and help him in Mantol-Derith. A few party members tried to train their giant lizards (with mixed success). [B]Day 205[/B] The party, accompanied by Cy and Nero entered Mantol-Derith. Nero told them the passwords for re-entering and showed them the way to the Zhentarim quarters. The PCs didn't interact with the drow entourage waiting in front of the quarters. They met Ghazrim DuLoc and the beholder Lorthuun, but were told both of them had to talk with the drow immediately, as there were fight between svirfneblin and duergar (which is highly unusual in Mantol-Derith). Athut followed the Zhentarim hidden. As the drow assassin Sirak Mazelor started to attack the Zhentarim he called for help and soon enough the party helped the Zhentarim defeat the drow. During battle also a mad gargoyle started to attack the party, but Cy turned him into molten stone and ash with an acid chromatic orb. Vanya and Tyus both got a telepathic message from Fraz-Urb'luu that he is near and they should free him. Both searched the drow and tent, but not the gargoyle remains (outside the tent). Ghazrim and Lorthuun retreated into the Zhentarim quarters to recover. The PCs talked to Ghazrim and told him about their mission. As Ghazrim was already informed by Davra Jassur (and also the party just saved his life) he gave them his ring and explained its properties. While Tyus and Cy stayed at the merchant stalls to talk with each other Eeria, Vanya and Athut wanted to see what the deep gnomes and duergar were up to. At the svirfneblin quarters they spotted four enlarged duergar trying to mine a way into the quarters. Athut, a deep gnome himself, hid behind Eeria and Vanya, which tried to talk to the duergar. Athut chimed into the conversation slightly aggressively, which led to long fight with 14 duergar. During the fight some formerly hidden deep gnomes tried to flee from in between the market stands. After the fight Cy and Vanya talked to theses surviving merchants. One of them was named Peebles and had a blue quaggoth hide bag. After the party told him about Lorthuun he wanted to leave quickly, which led to suspicion. He was held back by the party and Vanya cast zone of truth on him. The party found out, that he serves a beholder named Xazax. Peebles invited the party to meet Xazax, which they declined. Vanya cast locate object on his bag and the party let him go. The doors to the svirfneblin quarters opened and a female deep gnome approached to party, thanking them for their aid. [U][B]GM notes:[/B][/U] I mixed up the details of Fraz-Urb'luus black gem... regarding the gargoyle and Sirak. I thought the gargoyle has the gem... which is why neither Tyus nor Vanya could find it on the drow assassin. Well, now I have to stick to it. I think the gargoyle had the gem first, fell in love with Sirak, which led to Sirak touching the gem - but the gargoyle kept it and stalked Sirak from a distance. Maybe I should have just let them find the gem already, but the players SPECIFICALLY searched the inside of the tent (where the dead drow lie) and nothing else. Oh wow, I did not expect for Peebles or Xazax to be discovered that fast... Zone of truth made it impossible to hide any information from this suspicious party (the quaggoth hide bags fault). Anyways, they let him go and I will not let them find him with [I]locate object [/I]spell as it only has a range of 1.000 ft. I think Peebles side quest is dead, maybe I can use Xazax after they were in Araj. [/QUOTE]
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