The party continued through the maze, progressing from basement like rooms and tunnels, to sewers, to humanoid finished stone hallways, encountering a series of enemies along the way, all of which seemed a bit manic and insane.
Eventually the party entered a large, finished cavern filled with large piles of treasure/debris as well as hanging curtains. “You help?” they hear, but do not see the speaker. The party finds a magical, four armed artifact surrounded by spellbooks, scrolls, and pieces of parchment. Each arm has runes etched into it corresponding to the following spells: Teleport, Interplanar Teleport, Ethereal Jaunt, and Maze. There are also unfinished runes under each one, made by an untrained hand, that appears to attempt to counteract each spell.
”Been trapped. Want free!” yells the voice. The party attempt to finish the work on the artifact. They are not able to succeed fast enough before the being gets agitated and attacks the party. The party dispatches the monster with relative ease thanks to Aranvael’s faerie fire wand and a string of high rolls by all involved. They acquire the ochre fulcrum lens as well as a couple other items.
After defeating the monster, the party finish disabling the artifact, lifting the spell from the dungeon. They being to walk out before going “Fuck this,” and using the scroll of Teleport.
They party heads home/to Barkeep’s Sunken Temple to wait for word from Jax. Aranvael does some research and learns that the lenses are incredibly old and their origins unknown. He learns that each lens can imbue their wielder with power and abilities. Additionally, the wielder can imbue the power to another being. There is danger to this - imbuing multiple lenses can cause an overload of power, killing the entity that’s been imbued.
The party learns that Jax hasn’t returned as expected, nor have the Rocabaira heard from their representatives. They head to the Verdant Ward, a dense forest in the middle of the city. As they approach, they see members of the Golvermund patrolling the outskirts. After sneaking past and entering the forest, Aranvael Message’s Jax. He has been taken. He instructs the party to go deeper into the city and retrieve the emerald lens from the Wildthorn Druids.
They approach the small village in the center of the ward and see that the residents are preparing the village against an assaunt. They are directed to the village center where they are filled in by the elder. He agrees to give the party the emerald lens in exchange for their help repelling the Golvermund.
Treasure
Ochre lens Sandstorm Top Toy Chariot
XP tracker
XP: 20/1000