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<blockquote data-quote="Celtavian" data-source="post: 6822624" data-attributes="member: 5834"><p><strong>Session 11 Mantol-Derith</strong></p><p></p><p>The party decided to enter Mantol-Derith with Apothicas acting as the leader with Jharzzle and Tytus acting as his personal guard and the non-drow posing as slaves. He would claim to be a mage from House Xorlarrin stopping at Mantol-Derith while on a mission to determine the extent of the demonic excursion in the Underdark. Given the status of House Xorlarrin as an outside ally of House Baenre and also not coming directly from Menzoberranzan, this seemed like a wise idea.</p><p></p><p>The party entered Mantol-Derith bypassing the wards with the passwords from Vizeran. They passed through the trench bisecting Mantol-Derith and used the lifts to reach the main market area. Jharzzle cast <em>pass without trace</em> and they scouted the area. They found duergar chasing svirfneblin engaged in some kind of murderous dispute. Apothicas led them to the Zhentarim Enclave. They encountered the drow leader Sirak Mazelor and her entourage in the pavilion outside the Zhentarim Enclave. Kinyel spotted the party and informed Sirak. Sirak and Apothicas spoke using the pretense they had concocted as to why they were in Mantol-Derith. Sirak ordered them to return to the drow enclave for further discussion once she had completed negotiations with the humans. Apothicas agreed to do as she wished not wanting to start an unnecessary conflict.</p><p></p><p>The party arrived at the enclave. They convinced the drow elite warriors guarding the doors to let them in to wait for Sirak Mazelor's return. Inside they ran into some friends: the slave hunting party led by Asha Vandree. Asha, Shoor, and her cohorts and slaves attacked. The PCs defeated them easily due to Eraxis's timely use of his <em>necklace of fireballs</em> and the tight quarters. He tossed seven beads at the group taking out most of the quaggoth slaves, quite a few giant spiders, and most of the weaker drow as well as nearly killing Asha's mage cousin she had recruited to help find the escaped slaves. After the <em>fireball</em>, it was a quick battle as Apothicas misty stepped to the mage and killed him with a whip smite. </p><p></p><p>Most of the drow merchants restrained their slaves and the elite warriors absent their leader surrendered. Tytus killed Shoor for the beatings he received and he other elite warriors fled in the chaos. The drow elite warriors stationed outside saw no reason to throw their lives away in a battle in which they were overmatched. So they left the newcomers a wide berth.</p><p></p><p>Sirak Mazelor returned with Kinyel and two more drow elite warriors. The negotiations failed due tot the presence of a beholder supporting the Zhentarim Household. She took no action versus Apothicas and his cohorts, even though she knew his story was a ruse. She invited Apothicas to dinner. During dinner, she asked Apothicas to kill the beholder and the remaining duergar and svirfneblin. This would allow the drow to control all trade with the surface in Mantol-Derith and negotiate with the Zhentarim from a position of strength. She offered to cast the blame for killing the priestess of Lolth on Apothicas's cohorts conveniently leaving out his involvement in the events, so as not to involve House Xorlarrin in a scandal. </p><p></p><p>This is where the session ended.</p><p></p><p><strong>DM Notes</strong>: I modified the events in Mantol-Derith to suit a party with drow members and turn the encounter into a more interesting encounter. I thought this would be a good place to have the PCs run into the drow slave hunting party given they had no intention of traveling to the surface. It felt natural. I did not include Ilvara because I want to use her later.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Celtavian, post: 6822624, member: 5834"] [b]Session 11 Mantol-Derith[/b] The party decided to enter Mantol-Derith with Apothicas acting as the leader with Jharzzle and Tytus acting as his personal guard and the non-drow posing as slaves. He would claim to be a mage from House Xorlarrin stopping at Mantol-Derith while on a mission to determine the extent of the demonic excursion in the Underdark. Given the status of House Xorlarrin as an outside ally of House Baenre and also not coming directly from Menzoberranzan, this seemed like a wise idea. The party entered Mantol-Derith bypassing the wards with the passwords from Vizeran. They passed through the trench bisecting Mantol-Derith and used the lifts to reach the main market area. Jharzzle cast [I]pass without trace[/I] and they scouted the area. They found duergar chasing svirfneblin engaged in some kind of murderous dispute. Apothicas led them to the Zhentarim Enclave. They encountered the drow leader Sirak Mazelor and her entourage in the pavilion outside the Zhentarim Enclave. Kinyel spotted the party and informed Sirak. Sirak and Apothicas spoke using the pretense they had concocted as to why they were in Mantol-Derith. Sirak ordered them to return to the drow enclave for further discussion once she had completed negotiations with the humans. Apothicas agreed to do as she wished not wanting to start an unnecessary conflict. The party arrived at the enclave. They convinced the drow elite warriors guarding the doors to let them in to wait for Sirak Mazelor's return. Inside they ran into some friends: the slave hunting party led by Asha Vandree. Asha, Shoor, and her cohorts and slaves attacked. The PCs defeated them easily due to Eraxis's timely use of his [I]necklace of fireballs[/I] and the tight quarters. He tossed seven beads at the group taking out most of the quaggoth slaves, quite a few giant spiders, and most of the weaker drow as well as nearly killing Asha's mage cousin she had recruited to help find the escaped slaves. After the [I]fireball[/I], it was a quick battle as Apothicas misty stepped to the mage and killed him with a whip smite. Most of the drow merchants restrained their slaves and the elite warriors absent their leader surrendered. Tytus killed Shoor for the beatings he received and he other elite warriors fled in the chaos. The drow elite warriors stationed outside saw no reason to throw their lives away in a battle in which they were overmatched. So they left the newcomers a wide berth. Sirak Mazelor returned with Kinyel and two more drow elite warriors. The negotiations failed due tot the presence of a beholder supporting the Zhentarim Household. She took no action versus Apothicas and his cohorts, even though she knew his story was a ruse. She invited Apothicas to dinner. During dinner, she asked Apothicas to kill the beholder and the remaining duergar and svirfneblin. This would allow the drow to control all trade with the surface in Mantol-Derith and negotiate with the Zhentarim from a position of strength. She offered to cast the blame for killing the priestess of Lolth on Apothicas's cohorts conveniently leaving out his involvement in the events, so as not to involve House Xorlarrin in a scandal. This is where the session ended. [b]DM Notes[/b]: I modified the events in Mantol-Derith to suit a party with drow members and turn the encounter into a more interesting encounter. I thought this would be a good place to have the PCs run into the drow slave hunting party given they had no intention of traveling to the surface. It felt natural. I did not include Ilvara because I want to use her later. [/QUOTE]
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