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Message: <blockquote data-quote="the Jester" data-source="post: 1110778" data-attributes="member: 1210">The Hunt is OnNote: This update has some Temple of Elemental Evil/Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil spoilers in it.Morning.  Little do our heroes know how close they are to utter disaster.  Unknown to them, Felenga has begun making his move.  They are discussing their next course of action.  Now that they have the Deleter and are done with the inevitable, it’s time- ridiculous as it seems- to go after Felenga.“Maybe we should try to destroy the Temple of Elemental Evil,” Lester suggests.  “It’s his power base, right?  And we know a lot about it- some of us, most of us have been there before.”They chew the idea over and find it palatable.  They know the Temple of Elemental Evil is connected to strange sub-planes called the elemental nodes; previously, destroying the nodes did for the Temple pretty severely.  There was also an artifact involved, the Orb of Golden Death (also called Yellowskull).  The nodes, the Orb, the Temple- the fate of all were linked.“Maybe,” the L suggests, “we can lure Felenga into the nodes and then collapse them on him.”Orbius begins the hunt with a contact other plane, reaching up to perilous heights with his mind.Who am I talking to? Dexter.How can I best lure Felenga into the Nodes? Threaten them.How can I threaten the nodes? Throne.What area of the Temple of Elemental Evil can we find this throne in? None.Show me an image of this throne. Impossible.Will the Bile Lords recast their curse? Not soon.Are Paytyn’s goal to destroy the Black Academy and our quest to slay Felenga linked? No.What is the most powerful elemental Lester can summon with a greater planar ally spell? Many.Malford and Lester say hello and miss you very much, and they wonder- will they ever see you again in this lifetime? Unlikely.Somewhat pensively, Orbius relates this information, then casts a vision on the ‘throne’ Dexter mentioned.  Surprisingly, the spell fails.  Malford points out that it could have been a lie- “like when I got the ‘stain’ result,” he grumbles.Next, the Eye casts a sending to Arion the Archmage.  I’m about to talk to Boccob, do you have a question?  To his dismay, Arion’s answer is Where’s my simulacrum?  He relates this to the group as well, then communes.Who am I talking to? Boccob.What’s the best way to threaten the nodes and lure Felenga into them? Orb.Who currently has this orb? Unknown.Can we plane shift into and our of the nodes? Yes.What is the proper note to get to the node of earth? D flat.What is the proper note to get to the node of fire? B sharp.What is the proper note to get to the node of air? A.What is the proper note to get to the node of water? G.Will Felenga be frozen in time when I cast timestop? Unknown.Has Felenga had any success in getting into Darkhold? Yes, URGENT!!!Uh-oh, Orbius thinks, his lips tightening.  Grimly, he continues.Can the Master of Darkhold fend off Felenga? Maybe.Where’s the best place to start looking for Prayzose*? Heaven.Where’s the best place to start looking for the orb? Temple.Where’s the best place to look within the Temple? Unknown.Boccob, I open my mind to you- show me the Orb! (Nothing happens.)Who besides Felenga in the Temple knows the location of the Orb? Unknown.What is the name of the most powerful air creature I can call on? There are many.Where is Arion’s simulacrum? Blendorag.**What is the name of the best creature we can summon to champion our cause? Garnet.“Well, that’s good news, anyhow,” Lester remarks.  Garnet’s a goddess, after all.  Can’t hurt to have one of those on your side.Angelfire, meanwhile, surreptitiously sneaks a look into the toilet into which he’d pissed his ooze Chaos baby not so long ago, leaving his manhood a mangled, burned mess.  There’s no sign of the ooze, but the wall below the privy has a hole burnt through it.  Shrugging, he heads back to the group.Just in time for Orbius to cast gate, calling to a goddess…*The Forinthian Emperor, missing for several years, a sometimes ally, sometimes adversary of some of the party; they know he summoned the Formian hive that a somewhat different version of the group dealt with near the beginning of the Agents of Chaos story.**Blendorag is a nasty island that hosts the Stinking Pit, which is known to be inhabited by a pit fiend.Next Time: A third of a goddess, an ally from the positive energy plane, and help from Heaven!  The pcs pull out all the stops to get all the help they can- and then get ready to get it on with Felenga!!!</blockquote>

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