==== V2 Session Twenty-One - 7 December 2007 - "Fortress of the Yuan-Ti" (part 2) ====

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^ Player ^ Character ^ Race ^ Class ^
| Dave | [[Freyrik]] | Human(Feytouched) | Warlock/6 |
| Ken | [[Ash]] | Aasimar | Paladin/5 |
| THF | [[Líkami]] | Human | Monk/6 |
| VW | [[Heilli]] | Human | Illumine Soul/1, Soulknife/5, Psion/1 |
| Kurt | [[Ketamine]] | [[Crag Gnome]] | Barbarian/1, [[Witch]]/6 |
| Chris | [[Yosi]] | Wood Elf | Barbarian/7 |
| Val | [[Allie]] | [[Lesser Aasimar]] | Favored Soul/5, Ranger/1 |

//Note: This adventure comes from 
"[[http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=products/dndacc/9780786943609|Fortress 
of the Yuan-ti]]", by Ari Marmell, as published by 
[[http://www.wizards.com|Wizards of the Coast]].//

=== 12 October 1111 ===

{{ v2-21-gophodros.jpg|The smelly beast in the pit (Area K11)}}

//Area K9)// The Dungeon

The party descends the sloping stairs from the Torture Chamber to Level 1, where 
they encounter a Yuan-Ti Ghost named Yensurros -- who serves as a prison warden 
(of sorts).

Yensurros leads the party on a frustrating game of cat and mouse through the 
walls of the prison cells.  In the process, he drains vital life force from 
[[Yosi]]((4 points of STR)), [[Líkami]]((6 points of DEX and //?// points of 
STR)), and [[Freyrik]]((//?// points of INT)).

//Area K10)// Cells

After destroying the ghost, the party finds nine prisoners scattered throughout 
the cells:

  * Selirra (CG female elf adept 2). She lacks her holy symbol and so is unable to cast spells.
  * Aldros (N male human commoner 1). He was taken from the slave community in the vale (area F).
  * Rollin (LG male human expert 3).
  * Thoburk (CN male orc warrior 1). In exchange for his rescue, he insists on aiding the party in combat.
  * Illria (N female halfing rogue 2). Illria stumbled across Castle Serastis as a wandering adventurer, and was caught when she tried to break in.
  * Daverov (LN male dwarf aristocrat 4). He insists on learning the hometowns of the party so he can send them a reward for his rescue.
  * Kaleb (CN male human warrior 2). he was a hired guard in a small village north of [[Saltmarsh]]. When drunk on duty, he was taken unawares by the yuan-ti.
  * Maneri (LN female human aristocrat 2). She owned the gallery Kaleb was supposed to be guarding, and was captured when he was.
  * Male human corpse.  (Dead before the fight with the ghost -- so was not "collateral" damage)
  * Ossuru (CE female yuan-ti pureblood). A former guard, she failed in her assignments once too often.

In conversation with Ossuru, the yuan-ti prisoner, she insinuates the existence 
of a secret passage on this level.  When pressed for details, though, she puts 
up brief (and futile) resistance and is killed.  The orc, Thoburk, //insists// 
on joining the party on their "revenge quest" against the yuan-ti -- and the 
party (only somewhat reluctantly) agrees.

[[Allie]] consoles and feeds the remaining prisoners while the party finishes 
searching this level.  Once this level is deemed safe, the prisoners are 
escorted out through the secret passage -- //earning the party **one special 
action point**//((These points may only be redeemed during the final battle in 
Castle Serastis -- for a list of what can be done with these points, see 
[[http://www.d20srd.org/srd/variant/adventuring/actionPoints.htm]]))

//Area K11)// Garbage Pit

Gophodros, a magic-infused Otyugh lives in this massive garbage pit.  Despite 
the overpowering stench and his magical resistance, the party dives in and 
defeats him.  Under the garbage, [[Ketamine]] finds a 
**//[[http://www.d20srd.org/srd/magicItems/rings.htm#counterspells|ring of 
counterspells]]//** with //charm person//.

//Area K12)// Storage Chambers

Find armor, weapons, and "adventuring" gear:

  * Six suits of studded leather armor
  * Six suits of leather armor
  * Four chain shirts
  * Two sets of scale mail
  * A breastplate
  * Four heavy steel shields
  * Eight light sreel shields
  * Three heavy wooden shields
  * Four light wooden shields
  * Four bucklers

  * Twenty-four backpacks
  * Twenty-four bedrolls
  * Fifty candles
  * Six crowbars
  * Four hooded lanterns
  * Four pints of lamp oil
  * Thirty-six days' worth of trail rations
  * 250 reet of hemp rope in 50-foot sections
  * Two sledgehammers
  * Six tents
  * Six sun rods

  * Twelve scimitars
  * Six heavy maces
  * Four longbows
  * Eight shortbows
  * Twelve quivers of twenty arrows each

//Area K13)// Hidden Exit

Find a secret door to a hidden passage that leads both outside and back up to 
Level 2.

//Area K14)// Temporary Storage

Find an [[nanietharil|impressive suit of magical scale armor]]
(which Yosi tries on), and two magical pearls.

Escort the prisoners out and spend the night outside.

=== 13 October 1111 ===

The next morning, the party returns to the fortress via the secret passage 
discovered the previous day.  Once inside, they proceed up the passage -- which 
leads to the Kitchen (Area K4).

From there, they cross the Great Hall and head up the sloping passage to the 
third level.

//Area K15)// The Interior Balcony

This area is mostly an extension to The Great Hall (Area K3) -- and consists of 
a long brass railing around the edge of a balcony.  Doors and stairs lead in all 
directions.

//Area K16)// Barracks

While these chambers are currently empty, a variety of yuan-ti personal effects 
are found -- including 229 gp in coins and cheap jewelry.

//Area K17)// Guest Chambers

In one of these rooms, a //human// patrol was found (and killed).  The other 
room is covered in dust and appears not to have been used for some time.

//Area K18)// The Way Forward

Through the last unlocked door on this level, the party finds a set of steep 
stairs leading to a door.  At the top, a pair of Poison Dusk Lizardfolk stand 
guard.  Though they manage to activate a small barrier, their ranged weapons are 
insufficient to stop the party from reaching the top and the party's front rank 
makes short work of them.

//Countdown to the **TPK** will resume in two weeks...//

^ # ^ Challenge ^  CR  ^
| 1 | Yensurros, Yuan-Ti Ghost |  7  |
| 1 | Gophodros, Spellwarped Otyugh |  5  |
| 1 | Human Patrol Leader |  5  |
| 3 | Human Patrol Guards |  1  |
| 2 | Poison Dusk Lizardfolk |  4  |
^ ^ Total XP (each) ^  910<sup>7</sup>\\ 1,110<sup>6</sup>  ^

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