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Message: <blockquote data-quote="THEMNGMNT" data-source="post: 8920305" data-attributes="member: 6809274">45th session of Monte Cook's 3E Banewarrens campaign run with Shadow of the Demon Lord on Owlbear Rodeo. Five player characters at level 8.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Dwarf Executioner/Berserker/Warrior. He now wields the sacred Axehammer of the Lost Clan.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Elf Librarian/Wizard/Magician. Outcast from elven lands, raised in Ptolus, keeper of a dark secret. His magical traditions are Arcana, Teleportation, Chaos, and Fey.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Goblin Pyromancer/Oracle/Magician. Responsible for the destruction of his tribe. Specialized in the Fire and Forbidden magic traditions, with a dose of Divination.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Changeling Dervish/Spellbinder/Rogue. Created by House Vladaam to replace a child they kidnapped and held in servitude. Naturally, she wants revenge. Two weapon fighter with the Battle tradition.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Human Defender/Paladin/Priest. Cleric of Lothian, the primary god of Ptolus. His magical traditions are Life, Theurgy, and Battle. His murdered wife was has returned as undead and now he seeks to stop her.</li> </ul>The characters used potions of flying to ascend the Baneheart -- the hollow cylinder inside the Spire rising nearly 3000 feet high. There were numerous Vault Doors to explore, but they bypassed them all. In the adventure as written there are several artifacts here the characters might want to obtain -- or prevent others from obtaining. But the players have come to believe that the best way to thwart their enemies is to lock down the Banewarrens -- permanently. And swiftly. How? By obtaining the original Bane Key -- the Key of Making -- from which all the other keys were duplicated. With that, they can destroy the other keys and seal the Banewarrens forever.So they flew to the top of the Baneheart until they arrived at the location where the Dread One, Eslathagos Malkith, was defeated and destroyed 3000 years ago. Here, there were signs of an ancient but mighty battle -- scorch marks, holes blown in the walls, and a collapsed set of warrens. Within the warrens was a floor with a blackened, burned-in image of the Dread One -- the very spot where he fell. And laying there in easy reach was the Key of Making. As they approached, the black outline peeled itself off the floor and coalesced into a shadowy silhouette of the Dread One. He spoke to the paladin in the voice of Danar -- the man the Dread One was before his corruption and fall. He claimed they had common enemies -- the evil factions that were looting the Banewarrens. He offered them the power to destroy those enemies and save their loved ones. All they have to do is let him possess one of their bodies. What could possibly go wrong?Next session: Battle for the Key!</blockquote>

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