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Message: <blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 5630788" data-attributes="member: 463">Turn 2You bury Bigleg under a stone cairn in accordance with the customs of his ancestors, dividing the money 5 ways (30gp to each PC except Eric).You eat dinner and rest overnight with watches.Day 2The night passes peacefully, next morning dawns bright and warm.  You break fast, conceal the campsite and head west, in the direction of Yaztromo's Tower...Your walk to Yaztromo's takes you a couple of hours.As the Tower is set back on the edges of DarkwoodForest some 150ft. from the path, it is actually quitedifficult to find.Day 2, ca 9amThe Tower itself is most impressive. It stands over60ft. tall and is made of white stone. Several windowscan be seen at higher levels (the lowest are 25ft.from the ground) and stone steps lead up to the beautifullyornate oaken front door.Looking a little apprehensive, Lirael the Sorceress ascends the stone steps and raps the haft of her long spear on the ornate wooden door.You wait anxiously at the door while slow footstepsdescend from the Tower above. A small wooden slotin the door opens and two eyes appear. "well, whoare you?" demands a grumpy voice.You introduce yourselves, and tell your storyabout meeting Bigleg the dying dwarf, his quest to recover Gillibran'sWarhammer for the Dwarves of Stonebridge, and your planto fulfil the quest.Yaztromo:"Ah yes", says the old sorcerer."I had heard that the good Dwarves of Stonebridge hadlost their fabled Warhammer. Without it, KingGillibran is unable to arouse his people, despite thefact that the Hill Trolls threaten the City.Rumour has it that Gillibran's rival, the envious Dwarf King ofMirewater, had sent a War Eagle toStonebridge to steal the Warhammer. This it managedto do. However, on its return flight overDarkwood Forest it was attacked by Death Hawksand dropped the Warhammer into the forest. TwoGoblins found the Warhammer and, after a lot ofarguing about who should keep it, discovered thatthe head unscrewed from the hilt. Each Goblin tooka piece of the Hammer and went his own separateway. So I am afraid your problems have doubled. Ican tell you that the head is made of bronze and thehandle of polished ebony. Both pieces have the letterG inscribed on them.Your task is not an easy one. I wish you good luck."Lirael:"Perhaps you could assist us?  We have Bigleg's gold, with which toto buy some aids to defeat the monsters of Darkwood Forest and fulfil his mission."She smiles coquettishly, fingers twining a lock of her long dark hair.Yaztromo harrumphs."Well, if you are interested in buying some of mystuff, you had better come up. I am Yaztromo". Theold man opens the door then turns and ascends thespiral stone stairs that stand behind him. "Last onein, shut the door behind you please", he calls back.Yaztromo has a grey beard and wears tatty, plain white sorcerer's robeswith very little in the way of jewellery (two ringsadorn his middle and index fingers on his right hand).The old man slowly climbs the stone steps that leadto his study, stopping on more than one occasion toget his breath back. Eventually you arrive at hisstudy, which is at the top of his Tower. Shelves, cupboards and cabinets line the walls, all filled withbottles, jars, weapons, armour and all manner ofstrange artefacts. Yaztromo shuffles past the generalclutter and slumps in an old oak chair. He reachesinto his top pocket and produces a fragile pair ofgold-rimmed spectacles. Placing these on his nose hepicks up a piece of slate and chalk from the table nextto him and begins to write frantically. When he isfinished, he hands you the slate which reads:PotionsCure Light Wounds 30gp eachHide from Animals 30gp eachHide from Undead 30gp eachMagic Weapon (Oil) 30gp eachPass without Trace 30gp eachProtection from Evil 30gp eachSanctuary 30gp eachShield of Faith  30gp eachGM: All are at Caster Level 1.(tag PCs - feel free to interject earlier in the boxed text!) <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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