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Message: <blockquote data-quote="THEMNGMNT" data-source="post: 8145414" data-attributes="member: 6809274">5th level player characters in my Dragon Heist meets the Deck of Many Things mashup. They're in the middle of the heist of the Margaster Estate, which is my equivalent of the Cassalanter Villa, in the middle of a grand ball. The halfling rogue and half-orc fighter started in the attic/garret, where they discovered a room with a locked door warded by arcane runes. They tried to open the door to no avail. However, the magic on the door telepathically alerted Lord Margaster that someone was trying to break in.Meanwhile, the half-elf wizard deep in conversation with a scheming sorcerer from the Arcane Brotherhood, who hoped to recruit the wizard. The wizard cut short the conversation when he saw Lord Margaster rallying the guards and leading them toward the attic. Before they could get off the ballroom floor, the wizard threw out dust of sneezing and choking. Margaster and his men got a big whiff...as did a dozen guests of the ball. The wizard hurried past them up to the third floor. He failed his Stealth check and was intercepted by a guard. He took out the guard with magic missile. However, Lord Margaster and his men were now on his heels.The wizard met up with the rogue and fighter in the attic. They blocked the trap door so Margaster's guards couldn't reach them. Then they tried to get through the arcane wards with a series of spells. This temporarily lowered the ward. Inside was a lushly appointed chamber occupied by a veiled woman. This is Margaster's wife (and the half-orc's mother FYI). She's been held captive in this room for reasons unknown. Eventually the PCs realized they didn't have the magic needed to break her out. With no other choice, they escaped onto the roof. On the roof, they switched into guard uniforms they'd looted from elsewhere in the estate. They rappelled down the roof then snuck back into the estate's ground floor. One of Margaster's henchmen ordered them to follow her down to the basement.In the basement, they found a temple to Siamorphe. (Margaster is the embodiment of Siamorphe's powers.) The temple was being looted by a team of drow thieves. The PCs had crossed paths with the drow in previous adventures. Like the PCs, the drow are seeking cards from the Deck of Many Things. We ended there.Next session: Drow!</blockquote>

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