Shalelu, after her ordeal, spends most of Day Twenty-Eighth in a tub.
"Thank you Stone. I don't know what that was, but it was terrible." Kelvin spends the rest of the day taking it easy and slow, recuperating from the now gone disease.
Brandark will go with Stone and Garrath to the church.
Father Zantus is pleases to see Brandark, Garrath and Stone. He leads them to the kitchen where he offers them tea in clean ceramic cups. When the party tells him about "The Misgivings", he ponders it for a moment. He looks at them, "I will be right back."
He returns with a scroll covered in what looks like soot. "This is one of several scrolls saved from when the previous church caught fire. It is one of two Dispel Evil scrolls saved. The other was used against the remains of Jervas Stoop. I will give you this last one if you promise to restore to our library with two as soon as you are able."
Elektra looks up from her work and nods.
"Let´s give it a try!"
The big barbarian grabs his weapons and just gives one quick nod in response.
Rested and feeling much better after Stone ministrations, Kelvin readies his weapons and says "yes. Let us do what we need to do about that place."
I agree, let us go purge that evil place so no others get caught up in it.
Day Thirty-One
After a few days rest and preparation, tparty rides back to Foxglove Manor.
Father Zantus gives Stone and the party his blessings, "You need to find and touch the source of evil while reading the scroll."
After the blessing Brandark spends some time getting the horses ready while the others grab their gear.
Let us go, I just hope that no one else has fallen afoul of that house
When Stone reads the scroll, the mold expands then rapidly contracts. A pained scream of extreme torment is heard, then suddenly ends.
The patch of mold quickly dries out and dies. The party will notice a metal tube about a foot long that had been previously covered by the mold.
Kelvin will check the tube for traps, and if not trapped he will open it.
Once Kelvin has the tube in his hand.
Shall we burn this place down now, or is it safe to leave it here ?
Kelvin does not find a trap. The hollow tube radiates magic. Brandark will recognize it is made of Mithril.
"Elektra, can you identify this?"
Elektra weaves a quick spell to identify it.
Elektra determines that the Mithril tube is a Chime of Opening.
Elektra will ask to check the house if the curse is broken and then off to magnimar.
Kelvin, I suggest you keep that. Elektra, I agree, we should check to determine if the curse is broken
"Sure, but I hope that I never have to use it. Any lock that I can not open must be hiding something really awful." quips the rogue.
"Sounds good to me, as long as we are outside."
Elektra will take the chance to learn the 2 spells from the scrolls.
Using materials worth 180gp to do so.
The party camps outside, setting up watches. The soothing sound of the constant crash of the surf upon the rocks below the cliffside made for a pleasant night's rest.
The party awakes refreshed.
Brandark goes through his morning routine, but includes all of the horses in their morning feeding.
So what should we do with that
He points at the manor house.
"Burn it to the ground."
Once that is done, shall we return to Sandpoint and let the sheriff know. Then head off to Magnimar ?
As he pulls a couple of wineskins filled with lamp oil off of Suzie
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That morning Stone will ask for Sarenrea's guidance has he goes through the house. He will go in to the rooms that affected him last. detect evil The house does seem to be clear of what evil possessed it but I think we'll have a hard time burning it to the ground. It is still covered in mold and the ocean spray is coming off of a cliff keeping the house constantly wet. Perhaps we should go back to Sandpoint and have the sheriff come out here with some men and axes to tear the place down. Then salt the ground and perhaps have fathers Zantis concentrate and bless the area. As for where we're going next should we not go ahead and find that devil before we go to Magnimar.
Stone, I had thought we planned to hit Magnimar to get the right equipment to deal with that devil
Brandark restows the oil that he was going to sacrifice use to set the house on fire.
"I think Garreth seeks a magic weapons. Many monsters need magic weapons to kill!"
"And I need to get my longbow enchanted also" says Kelvin. "So back to town, rest for the night and then on to Magnimar?"
Sounds like the best plan
The party returns to Sandpoint. It will be near noonday.
Elektra will vote to drink one of the great vines found downstairs in the manor! And to hell with the money it is worth.