Maddgoths Castle (Chapter 2)

[D20Dazza]

Asher stands at the entrance to the sphere playing his light over the inside so his friends can search.

 

[Scotley]

Theobold

Theobold follows the others in doing his best to avoid the troll dung. "There better be something good in here."

 

[Evilhalfling]

"There better be something good in here."

There is but it takes a while to find it -

the troll holes are squalid messes, giving new meaning to
the word repulsive. It will require an hour to find and
search them all. If this is done a total of 2,376 gp in various
small coins and gems.

The strangest find is a knights helmet, the moveable visor has no visable holes, instead it is a single piece polished to a mirror-like sheen.

A search of the rest of the room reveals little of interest. The Idol seems old and not recently used, while Asher notes a fish in the small stream on the east side of the cavern. (you could probably catch some if you worked at it)

Melkof - the ruse seems to work as you are not disurbed. The potion is a potion of reduce - the normal limtation of person does not seem to apply. It can be drunk or thrown at a target.

 

[Endovior]

Melkolf is duly impressed, and keeps the potion...

(the others should be back by the time he's finished, though)

 

[D20Dazza]

"Come on people. We should get back to Melkolf. Grab the booty and let's make haste" Asher says in a stage whisper.

 

[Scotley]

Theobold Dwarven Cleric

Theobold exits the nest and proceeds to use the stream to clean up a little. In response to Asher's rushing him he asks, "Is that your usual strategy with women Asher?" With a brief chanted prayer and a mystical pass with his holy symbol, the cleric checks the helment for magic.

 

[Voadam]

Konrad guffaws at his brother's friendly gibe and dunks his head into the cold stream then proceeds to scrub off the troll nest grime.

 

[Rhun]

Erik

Erik follows Konrad's lead, washing off the grime of the troll lair in the cold waters of the stream. Feeling much refreshed, he shakes his head like a dog, sending droplets of water spraying about.

"So, where to now?"

 

[Evilhalfling]

Since there seem to be no other exits from the troll cave, you hall the 25 lbs of coins and treasure back to the small cave. Theo finishes his prayer there, and the helmet does prove to have an aura of abjuration magic. (Theo is still carrying the helmet tucked under one arm)

Melkof you finished a minute or two before your friends returned.

As for other areas to explore there is another small passage leading east from from the great cavern, that contains the floating castle. The cavern also continues out of sight to the south.

 

[Endovior]

In that case, Melkolf takes and pockets the note before they arrive, and heads off with them.

"A helmet with an aura of transmutation? Hmm... that's odd... I can only think of one magic helmet that might have such an aura... and that is the infamous Helm of Opposite Alignment. I strongly recommend that nobody wears that helmet until I have a chance to examine it."