"Looks like they died fighting that mold over there, but I'm not a tracker so I can't very well fill you in on what happened. "
Aravashnial you seem to know something of this, could you share with us? Also, those Chain shirts look useful
Nalun detects magic on the area and examines any magical auras with the intent on identification
Dennis will go and examine the mold pile and see if he can recognize it.
nevermind
"No idea what that was. Been hacked up too much I think. "
Dennis you have no idea what it was.
Nalun you can detect magic but specifics elude you.
The chainshirts are masterwork quality and are medium size so they are a good find.
Phineas will see if he can figure out the potion.
Windsworn is already stipping the men of their possesions and laying them out the useful ones.
The potion is a potion of CLW.
There is still the scroll.
The unholy symbols look to be of some value.
This is to identify the scroll.
It is a scroll of cause fear
When I checked it this morning the text that I copied and pasted about what the elf knows is what we know.
Vorshek tucks the unholy symbol into his belt and hefts his sword back into his shoulder.
Windsworn, gather the supplies and we'll divide the weight between us so we can take it with us. You may want to put on one of those chain shirts, As well. It will better serve as protection. I'll continue to lead the way. We should be off as soon as we can.
Ok, so where are we in terms of moving along?
Nothing in here to engage. If there in an exit which seems to take us somewhere we will proceed in that direction.
The mongrelmen lead you finally after about 20 minutes back to their village. The chief welcomes you and thanks you for helping bring his village people back safely. He is especially grateful to Windsworn for lifting the rock and rubble that rescued the 3rd mongrelman and they offer you their hospitality.
Please level to 2nd level.
Nalun talks with them to improve their attitudes and perhaps convince them to trade with us.
Let me see if they have anything to trade, in between trying to catch up on posting as well as grading papers and getting ready for a workshop I am leading today.
Vorshek will also thank them for bringing the group to their village. He asks them if there is any more help they need, and about the history of their village. He also tells them that they items to trade, if the mongrelmen are willing.
I forgot to include a description of the little town you are at:
A small, dark lake ripples in the center of this two-hundredfoot-
wide cavern, the walls and ceiling aglow with thick sheets
of luminescent fungi. In the center of the lake, over two dozen
low stone buildings cluster on a rocky one-hundred-foot-wide
island. Lights glow in the windows of the buildings, giving
the settlement an almost welcoming look. Rafts made of
mismatched planks of timber bob along the length of a crooked
pier at the lake’s closest shore.
The mongrelmen take you to the home of their chieftain. Chief
Sull, a bloated and unpleasant-looking
but mild-mannered mongrel with one
clouded white eye.
Chief Sull listens to Lann’s
report and thanks the PCs
for their attempts, successful
or not, to free the trapped
mongrelman. He then asks
the PCs to explain their
presence in the caverns.
"Well you see there was this big boom and we fell in a hole. I'm not sure there's much more to tell about it. I think the demons broke through the wardstones, so there's some pretty bad stuff going on up above. "
Beltin ensures the noble doesn't insult anyone.
Vorshek bows to the chieftain and speaks.
In the city above, there was a demon attack. It happened too fast for anyone to stop. They even slew the city's guardian, a beautiful silver dragon named Terendelev. We were about to fall to our deaths into the caverns when the very ground itself cracked open, but with Terendelev's last breath, she cast a spell on us and saved us. We have been trying to return to the surface, some to escape the caverns, some to return to the city and fight back, or to save whoever we can. We appreciate the kindness of your people, bringing us here and helping us through the caverns as they have. We are in your debt.
Windsworn greets the chief in his usual manner.
"I be Windsworn. I came from the North to visit the city above but fell in a hole. I journeyed with these friends and found your friends in trouble so I helped."
The Chief is impressed with your stories as well as your accomplishments and bravery. Once
Sull learns the source of the
tremors that shook the tunnels and
caused so much damage, he grows
quite concerned. He and his kind, Sull
explains, may be outcasts and freaks in
the eyes of uplanders like the PCs, but their
ancestors helped drive back the demons
in the First Crusade. He wants the demons
defeated as much as anyone who lives above,
and asks the PCs if they’re willing to bring this message
to the surface—that the mongrels will stand with the
inhabitants of Kenabres to defend the city.
Assuming the PCs agree, Chief Sull nods sagely and
goes on to inform the PCs that the nearest route to the
surface lies to the south, but this exit is guarded by a
tribe of mongrels who do not have the same opinions as
those of Neathholm. In fact, this smaller tribe, a group
he contemptuously calls “the traitors,” have consorted
for some time with cultists. Chief Sull has ignored them,
but that time has passed.
"Do you think they can be talked around, or should we expect them to be hostile. They can't be crazy enough to think demons running the show will be good can they? "
The chief responds, They are the way they are because they want to be. They have turned away from the light and have embraced darkness.
"Ok, sounds like it's going to be a fight then. "
Why would someone choose darkness and evil? I will never understand such a thing. As a servant of Ragathiel, it is my duty to bring a purifying death to ones such as them. If they have indeed embraced evil, I will not stay my blade in order to get our destination.
Windsworn Stretchs.
"Windsworn thinks we should rest and restock on supplies before we go after bad mongrelmen." He gestures to what they have collected so far.
"Can these items be sold so far?"
Aye Windsworn. I had planned on asking to rest here for the night as well.
Vorshek gestures to the items they've found so far and asks the chieftain
Have you anything to trade? We need some supplies to make it back to the surface, and some of these items may be of great use to you.
"We should keep the potions, but I have no use for the scroll."
"Let us get these bad people."
Beltin inventories their supplies with some disappointment.
Nalun nods indicating that he too is ready to proceed if the Chief doesn't have anything else for them.
"Since we're going to spend the night here, it might be a good time to find out if these people do a decent job of brewing. " and he will look around for any products of his god's blessings. (ie beer, ale, etc).
"I'll join you, Dennis. A good drink can make the night go by easier."
There is the divine scroll.
Nalun will work to identify the Divine Scroll. He will then attempt to trade the copper broach, masterwork warhammer and two masterwork chain shirts for something or somethings that the party has more use for.
How does one identifybs spell on a scroll? Spellcraft?
Nalun, do you have detect magic?
If the PCs agree to destroy the
traitors as they make their way back to the surface to bring
word of the mongrel’s pledge to aid the crusade, Chief Sull
promises them aid in the form of a small stash of potions
(six potions of cure light wounds and three potions of lesser
restoration). His own soldiers, alas, he cannot spare—he
needs them to fan out deeper into the tunnels to gather
the other mongrel tribes to Neathholm. Once they receive
word that the crusaders above will welcome the crusaders
below, the mongrels will be ready to rise up and help take
back Kenabres.
The PCs can rest in Neathholm safely for as long as
they want, though they undoubtedly want to return to
the surface as quickly as possible. The mongrelmen of
Neathholm trade occasionally with other underground
races and willingly accept both gold pieces and items
in trade if the PCs wish to restock. Once the PCs are
ready to move on, Chief Sull escorts them to one of the
several doors that mark exits from the cavern in which
Neathholm is located—the route beyond this door leads
directly to the traitors’ den, and past that,
to the surface. He wishes the PCs luck in
their journey, gives them the potions he
promised, and tells them he eagerly awaits
word of whether the crusaders wish them
to join the battle above. At your option,
he may allow Lann to accompany the
PCs to the traitors’ lair and above as
an envoy and guide. He certainly tells
the PCs they’re welcome to return
here if they need to retreat, rest, and
recover before making additional
assaults on the traitors.
LN Hamlet
Corruption +0; Crime –5; Economy –2; Law +2; Lore –1; Society –4
Qualities insular
Danger –5
DEMOGRAPHICS
Government overlord
Population 38 (100% mongrelmen)
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NOTABLE NPCS
Chief Sull (LN male mongrelman ranger 2)
Seer Opoli (LN male mongrelman witch 3)
MARKETPLACE
Base Value 200 gp; Purchase Limit 1,000 gp; Spellcasting 2nd
Minor Items +1 arrows (8), +1 buckler, ring of protection +1,
earth elemental gem