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where else ya gonna find fresh ordovician sea food?

Crystal Hilt

Aura faint psychokinesis; ML 3rd (+1), 6th (+2), 9th (+3)
Slot weapon; Price 11,200 gp (+1), 44,800 gp (+2), 100,800 gp (+3); Weight 2 lbs.

DESCRIPTION

A crystal hilt looks like a crystalline sword with no blade and comes in light, one-handed, and two-handed varieties. A soulknife, or anyone else with the ability to manifest a mind blade, channels their mind blade through the crystal hilt when summoning it. This does not otherwise alter the action needed to summon a mind blade, the summoner must simply be wielding the crystal hilt and choose to manifest the mind blade through the hilt.

Crystal hilts have 45 hit points and a hardness of 15.

When a mind blade is manifested in this fashion, the enhancement bonus and the maximum enhancement bonus of the mind blade is increased by the enhancement bonus of the crystal hilt, although any enhancement bonus above +5 is lost.

Characters wielding two mind blades only gain the benefit on the mind blade channeled through the crystal hilt. Multiple crystal hilts would be needed to affect multiple mind blades.

Throwing a mind blade while wielding a crystal hilt does not require the crystal hilt be thrown. If forming your mind blade into two blades, only one is altered by the crystal hilt unless you are wielding two crystal hilts.

Crystal hilts may only be made with a +1, +2, or +3 enhancement bonus.

CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS

Craft Crystalline Focus, ability to manifest mind blade; Cost 5,600 gp (+1), 22,400 gp (+2), 50,400 gp (+3).

"Well,... I daresay that we have uncovered the true cause of the children's disappearances." Edwin drolly states the obvious as they examine the dank hole and it's sad remains.

"While it will bring the parents no true comfort, at least we can give them the means to lay the children to rest properly. And let them know that they have been avenged."

"Of more immediate import, while the other clues gathered thus far have ranged from the odd to the obtuse to the highly unlikely, THIS proves without a doubt that the 'Beast' did not, in fact, kill anyone. From this village at least."

"Which brings to mind another question that has been nagging at me for some time. Operating under the presumption that our apparently intelligent golem was truthful, and did not commit the crimes of which he is accused, (A case I think we can now make successfully to even the most doubtful of juries), Then that begs the question,... Were these crimes laid at his feet purely from convenience? Was he merely in the wrong place at the wrong time? Or was he singled out and framed intentionally?"

Edwin ponders for a bit longer, sucking on his pipe and blowing an almost constant stream of smoke as he considers.

"Bah! I've seen so many spooks and specters since I came to this corner of the world, I'm beginning to see them in the daylight!" He quips, smiling wanly.

He returns to looking thoughtful as the group binds their wounds and performs the familiar acts of setting up camp. He seems to still be trying to convince himself,...

This avatar is a tracking device.....I'm quoting this because you've gained the party a CR 5's equivalent exp; 320 exp per partymember.

And the spirit children smile, and the owl nods at Edwin wisely, with his odd man mask on his face.

If I can ever remember to do so, I meant to put stuff like exp rewards and treasure gained in this avatar.

I just always forget when it's proper to do so.

MAP!!!

map

4 vials of alchemist's fire, up for grabs.

Judge Daramid speaks:

"I believe there is a.....cancer in Lepidstadt. A darkness of some sort lurks, behind the shadow of a scapegoat. For years, all of the woes of Lepidstadt have been lain at the feet of this Beast.
Murder. Theft. Terror.
and yet some tell of the beast's kindness, dare I say....humanity. Now that this kindness calls for repayment though, nobody steps forth. BURN THE BEAST!!! they yell; it drowns everything out.

The beast stands accused of four crimes:

1)murder of the Swampers of Morast
2)murder of the Children of Hergstag
3)murder by asrson of Dr. Brada and the patients at Karb Isle Sanctuary and the blinding of his assistant Karl.
and
4)the crime during which the Beast was apprehended: the theft of the Seasage Effigy from the Antiquities Department at Lepidstadt University.

I suggest you go to the Courthouse, at this late hour even, and register as volunteer defendants of the Beast, and have a talk with Barrister Gustav Kaple who is in charge of its defense. I'm sure he will need all the help he can get.

And please,....I must remain anonymous in this."

marking for importance

Alinya's on 15 of 22 hp.

Alinya has....7 of 22 hp left.

heh heh.....5500 to go

time check: 2:05 p.m.

time check: 1:50 p.m.

dungeonmaster heathy wrote:

Is that Dreams in the Witch House?

The Yellow Wallpaper, actually. Great little short story.

note to self to look it up when I have time.

time check: 1:40 p.m.
took.....about 45 minutes to reach the prison from town.

Mercer and Audreya
Two acolytes at the temple of Pharasma.....

"Thank you both. Most helpful," Alinya says gravely. Then, "Ah, before I disappear into the library, perhaps I will just..."

Alinya carefully tears some pages from her notebook, and writes names on each one. She places the name-cards, one for each member of the group, around the edge of the large drawing room table.

By Wod's card she places the ring of protection and a potion of cure light wounds.

By Castiel's card she places a sunrod, a flask of holy water, and a haunt siphon.

By Larissa's card she places a scroll of detect undead, a scroll of hide from undead, and a scroll of protection from evil.

By Rholf's card she places a sun rod, two flasks of holy water, two potions of cure light wounds, and a potion of lesser restoration.

By Nijel's card she places the wand of magic missile, a potion of cure light wounds, and a haunt siphon.

By Myron's card she places a sun rod, two flasks of holy water, a potion of lesser restoration, and a haunt siphon.

By Edwin's card she places twelve silver arrows, a sun rod, ten +1 arrows, five +1 ghost touch arrows and two +1 undead bane arrows, and a haunt siphon.

By her card she places a scroll of hide from undead.

Pausing, Alinya picks up the card with Wod's name written on it. She draws a crude stick-figure half orc with a large axe and puts it back down. Then she retires to the library.

Remembered Wod can't read. Let me know when the gear is on your character sheet and I'll delete from my list. Edwin, we might want to re-shuffle if anyone else gets a bow.

posted to tour guide avatar for ease of future reference.

for future reference;....

In the box are four iron and glass vials containing churning clouds of vapor.

There is also a thin wooden board with all the letters of the alphabet, numerals 1 through zero, and "Yes" at the top left, and "No" at the top right, and a brass planchette, teardrop shaped, about 4 inches long, with a 1 inch circle through it near the point of the teardrop.

for future reference; haunt siphons/ouija board

Searching the four warriors.....

4 suits of plate armor

4 masterwork great swords

Giraroj

+1 ring of protection

wand of magic missile...1st level.....25 charges

you find some cool stuff in the alter......

12 silver arrows

4 sun rods

6 flasks of holy water

10 +1 arrows

5 potions of cure light wounds

five +1 ghost touch arrows

two +1 undead bane arrows

two potions of lesser restoration

a scroll of detect undead

two scrolls of hide from undead

1 scroll of protection from evil

and a thin darkwood case, decorated with an image of a scarab with a single eye glaring from its back, the same thing as was on the Manual of the Palatine Eye.
The case itsself is worth 50 g.p.

The case is closed; doesn't appear to be locked......

for future reference;

House rule:

re: I just read that the summoner can only summon stuff if his eidolon isn't summoned......
I'm handwaving this. I don't think it's any good.

I did start a secondary dungeonmaster avatar; I figured I'd use it to have a handy dandy list of really pertinent stuff......makes it easier than going back through numerous threads to find some important dude's name.......

Oh, and for the new folks.....I made this avatar, so I could use it to keep track of important stuff, to make it easier to find without churning through pages of backthread in the future.

“I, Petros Lorrimor, being of sound mind, do hereby commit to this parchment my last will and testament. Let it be known that, with the exception of the specific details below, I leave my home and personal belongings entirely to my daughter Kendra. Use them or sell them as you see fit, my child. Yet beyond the bequeathing of my personal effects, this document must serve other needs. I have arranged for the reading of this document to be delayed until all principals can be in attendance, for I have more than mere inheritance to apportion." He then names the gathered partymembers, except for Wod, and Hearthmount pauses on Darias' name, leaving it unsaid..... "I have two final favors to ask. “To my old friends, I hate to impose upon you all, but there are few others who are capable of appreciating the true significance of what it is I have to ask. As some of you know, I have devoted many of my studies to all manner of evil, that I might know the enemy and inform those better positioned to stand against it. For knowledge of one's enemy is the surest path to victory over its plans. And so, over the course of my lifetime, I have seen fit to acquire a significant collection of valuable but dangerous tomes, any one of which in the wrong place and/or circumstances could have led to an awkward legal situation. Hearthmount clears his throat uncomfortably at this, then continues reading. While the majority of these.....tomes remain safe under lock and key at the Lepidstadt University, I fear that a few I have borrowed remain in a trunk in my Ravengro home. While invaluable for my work in life, in death, I would prefer not to burden my daughter with the darker side of my profession, or worse still, the danger of possessing these tomes herself. As such, I am entrusting my chest of tomes to you, posthumously. I ask that you please deliver the collection to my colleagues at the University of Lepidstadt, who will put them to good use for the betterment of the cause. Yet before you leave for Lepidstadt,there is the matter of another favor—please delay your journey one month and spend that period of time here in Ravengro to ensure that my daughter is safe and sound. She has no one to count on now that I am gone, and if you would aid her in setting things in order for whatever she desires over the course of this month, you would have my eternal gratitude. From my savings, I have also willed to each of you an item I stumbled upon in my last year and that reminded me of you as well as a sum of one hundred platinum coins. For safekeeping, I have left these funds with Embreth Daramid, one of my most trusted friends in Lepidstadt—she has been instructed to issue this payment upon the safe delivery of the borrowed tomes no sooner than one month after the date of the reading of this will. “I, Petros Lorrimor, hereby sign this will in Ravengro on this first day of Calistril, in the year 4711"

...

for future reference.

later on, after a bit of tea, she shows you the chest in question.

small, oak and iron chest, treated and cared for impeccably;
a small lock on the front (she proffers the key)

and within.....

several old tomes, and one relatively newer book;

Manual of the Order of The Palatine Eye,
a rich, purple covered book, with a brass scarab with an eye set in the centre; this book is locked, and there is no key present.
"deliver to Judge Embreth Daramid in Lepidstadt," says a note on this book.

On Verified Madness a jet black cover of unidentified material. Feels cold.

Serving Your Hunger a brownish, cracked leather cover; this book didn't age well.

The Umbral Leaves a stately, gray covered book, with a spine in the motif of a silver spinal column.

The last three, according to notes, are to go to one Montaigne Crowl,
a professor at the Lepidstadt University, not to be confused with Aleister Crowley.

Finally, a new book, leather cover, with a big ass note on it that says "READ ME NOW!!!" like a big ass glowing exclamation point in the air.....

For future reference....

This is going to be the "journal avatar."
I'm going to put facts/figures/whatnot here, to help keep the tangled web of it all straight.

Anything you players want to go in the posts of the "journal avatar" let me know, and I can reply to it or something to help keep it all straight and whatnot.

So we don't get into a situation like "what was that...guy's name,....with the big nose and the.....sacrificial.....thing that told us....some stuff....?"

Maybe this'll help.