The Lamentation of Lolth - Chapter VI

[Majin]

Ayden finds no discerning religious symbols on any of the furniture and items he examines. Although he does find a small laquered offering box tucked away in a dark rubble-filled corner. The box itself appears finely crafted and valuable and when opened contains quite a pile of coins. (30 pp, 620 gp, 120 sp) Nestled withing the coins is a large pearl, which glows when Drogo casts his magic detection spell. A large glow seeps through the cracks of the large chest on the other side of the room as well.

Dunstand finds and manages to disarm a rather nasty trap set on the large chest. Picking the lock he quickly lifts the lid to peer at the treasures within. Inside is a large book, closed with a golden clasp, a spellbook, Broddy realizes by the runes etched on the cover. Besides that, the chest contains a potion, a scroll, heavy steel shield, scimitar, circlet, and an amulet, all of which are glowing as magical.

 

[Manzanita]

Drogo

"Wow. Quite a find. Where did we leave Madam Grundy, anyway? Is she with the Mellorn? She used to identify this stuff for us. Brody, do you have that spell? Some of this we can use to compensate her victims, if we can identify some, but the rest we must use, for surely we will see her again. In any case, let's head back for the fair. I want to go after Chasity and Andreas as soon as possible."

 

[Verbatim]

Sighing in frustration at his inability to recognize anything among the religious relics, Ayden opened the magical bag and placed several of the pieces inside of it. While he was growing in his abilities, he hoped that some of the senior priests in the Lost Vale could cast a spell which revealed to them the history of the item. It was long shot, but Ayden was quickly learning that sometimes the long shot was the only one you truly had.

When the pearl in the offering box began to glow, Ayden pulled it from among the coins and examined it for a moment. While it appeared to be little more than a fine gem, Ayden wondered what enchantment could be locked within it.

~Perhaps Master Broddy could inform us in time...~

As Dunstand managed to unlock the chest, Ayden watched as he slowly began lifting the items out of the chest and setting them before them. Once again, Ayden felt his frustration growing with the knowledge that to collect a horde such as this, the hag must have been here for quite a while.

~When we return to the fresh light of day, I will have words with the Mellorn..~

As Drogo mentioned asking Madam Grundy to identify the items for them, Ayden wondered if that truly was a good idea. The old woman had risked much and traveled far to tell them of Andreas and Chasity's kidnapping and Ayden did not want the elder to feel as if she was merely a pawn to them.

"Perhaps it might be best to seek a different means to discover their enchantments Master Drogo. We do have the coins of our own, as well as the fine gear the grimlocks carried. Perhaps Master Broddy could purchase the required scrolls from the merchants, as Mother Grundy has been through much of late, and I would not see her strength fail her due to our further taxing her."

 

[DarkMaster]

Sarlis stays silent observing the others.
"The shield could be useful"

He then turns towards Ayden as he starts putting the objects in the bag. "Before you put all that in the bag I would like to try the amulet and the circlet, I might be able to figure out what it does"

If Ayden lends him the two object he first put them on him. And try to judge if the object provides any obvious improvement. If he can't detect anything he will walk about 30 feets away from the others and starts to play with them trying various incantation and action hoping to activate the objects.

[sblock]First he will try to see if they have any obvious effect like raising ability score then he will try to activate them blindly UMD +13 DC25 potential mishaps if he rolls 1[/sblock]

 

[Verbatim]

Handing Sarlis the items he requested, Ayden watched his fellow priest with a slight look of confusion. While he considered himself well versed in most things dealing with the divine nature of magic, pure arcane spells were a complete mystery to him.

~Perhaps the Morninglord has began to encourage his priests to study both fields, similar to Azuth and Mystra...~

 

[kirinke]

Teleri wracks her brain, trying to remember something important about night-hags. There's something... Something about an amulet. Darn it. What could it be? Teleri frowned, frustrated.

"Um, I seem to remember something about an amulet of some sort that night-hags carried. It helped them in some way, I'm not sure...." she shook her head, the information just beyond the tip of her tongue.



[sblock]first use of spoiler! and +1 Knowledge history, +3 Knowledge religion, +2 Knowledge planes to try to remember the amulet night-hags carry to help them go ethereal and such like. Oh and Teleri probably needs a sheild too. Maybe not the nice magical one, but a maybe one of good darkwood perhaps?[/sblock]

 

[hippocrachus]

Calenthang stands around trying to remain inconspicuous while the others use their magical abilities to determine the properties of the newly-acquired items.

 

[Mimic]

He knew that other people were talking, even mentioning his name but he couldn't pry his eyes way from the book. He did notice the other magical items of course, they were interesting for sure but here was potentially some information that has been lost for possibly hundreds of years and a spell book no less, who knows what it might contain.

He reaches out but stops just short of touching it, most wizards guarded thier spells books... warning the others way he studies the books looking for any arcane traps that might be on it.

[sblock] Knowledge (arcana) +10 Spellcraft +12 [/sblock]

If he can dectect no traps he will pick up the book and open it

 

[Majin]

Donning the thick golden circlet atop his head, Sarlis immediately feels more confident in himself and his abilities. Insights into new forms of diplomatic discussions and debate skills flood through his mind. In turn, wearing the amulet he feels a tightening in his skin. It does not look any different but he can tell it is tougher than before.

Teleri does not recall anything about night hags or their possessions.

Not detecting any traps on the book, Broddy opens it up to peer at it's pages. Just as soon as it's spine is cracked though a tremendous light flashes up through the book. Broddy is rooting on the spot, and cannot turn away. His eyes grow wide, drinking in the light and just as suddenly the light is gone. The gnome thinks for a moment that he has gone blind, but gradually his vision returns. One thing he realizes though, is that he has some memory of a new knowledge. Something almost alien to him but powerful. He has the ability to close Malifustal's portal stuck right in his mind, as if placed there by some unseen entity.

OoC: DarkMaster does have a point Kirinke. We have talked about this before. You really should be more careful on what you assume Teleri can do or know.

 

[hippocrachus]

Seeing Broddy's unnerving scene, Calenthang rushes over to the gnome and lends a hand to steady him.
"Are you alright, friend Broddy?" he asks, genuinely concerned.