Session Thirty-Seven Summary (Graveyard of Empires: After the Fall)

Session 37, March 24 2021

Introduction

We continue at 5:00AM on the 24th of Tenrilden with the party having rested a second time in Malgrim's Silver Throne Embassy; the group still needs to wait until approximately 6PM to collect their "sunglasses" for Underdark party members and begin the journey to the surface. Then, using information from Jax and the stash of secret papers in the embassy, the party intends to pursue once again a solution to the magic crisis ...

Before leaving the /Silverthrone embassy Jax identifies the spider box and tells us that there is a portal at the mouth of the box. The box constrains the lid. If the box were to be desroyed, the portal would grow. There is space below the portal so something might be in there.

Lambertus casts Commune and asks 3 questions:

1.) Is Xen Khel the location of the Dragon Emperor's Secret Lab on this map we now have? - YES

2.) Did Jager the gnome illusionist leave anything at his tower that would help us figure out magic? - YES

3.) Is there something in the spider box below the portal that isn't spiders? - YES

Felix casts Commune and asks 3 questions:

1.) Can we use spiders from spider box to power magic? - YES

2.) Is the spider box portal connected to the portal in Velkin's pocket? - NO

3.) If we get the item out of there can we control what is under the spiders in the spider box? - YES

Lambertus casts Divination on the Mycelian village. We get indications that the relative strength of the creatures are weak, there is a rich treasure and no supernatural entities would be upset.

Felix casts Divination on Jager's Tower. Indications that the relative strength is very powerful, rich treasure, and a good change of some kind of powerful being being upset

Lambertus casts Continual Light on two coins for Kauri and Brendil.

Borthan tastes a bit of one of the mushrooms Lungmold grew on the bodies of Jax's hirelings. He has a ten minute psychedelic trip.

Kauri reads the two information cubes from the piece of the wrecked space station.

1.) List of animals augmented somehow, bestiary of the normal animals - comprehensive.

2.) Schedule - shipping schedule/manifest with incoming shipments, wish list of desired animals in order of priority (Dragon, Sahuagin, Devil Fish), Error message that delivery services interrupted indefinitely on this date of the Ancient Dwarven calendar: 6.035.06.15 and the earliest date is 6.033.xx.xx on the list of augmented animals.

Finally, Bili leads us down to the docks. On the way we overhear talk about the drow embassy from Vilgram is closed and the drow left.

On the way down the stairs a trio of gnomes try to interest us in investigating an old elvish tomb that is icy. We just keep walking.

We finally find the docks and meet up with Maggot.

Lungmold notices a black cat following us and we bring it along. The gnomes say that the cat is good luck. Odd to see a cat down here.

He tells us that the drow paid him a bunch of money to put the person with a chest (the spider box) in a boat with a grey piece of cloth that is unfolded. Velkin took that cloth from Maggot.

We rent four boats and occupy three and send the fourth with a lone gnome up ahead.

As the river narrows the gnome gets up and walks off the boat and disappears in the water.

Druul jumps over with a rope and sees the Aboleth eating the gnome.

Druul tries to flee but is hit by all its tentacles and knocked unconscious with a fish with one of Lungmold's mushrooms in the fish.

We toss nets and all miss.

Suddenly the aboleth pops up our of the water and is limp.

Rallion uses his spear to kill it.

We tie it to a boat and rescue Druul from its maw.

Druul is becoming transluscent.

Lambertus uses a Cure Disease potion and Druul returns to a normal appearance.

We also give Druul one of the extra healing positions and he feels much better.

We plan to head to the mycelian village to check things out.