V2 Session Forty-Nine - 1 May 2009 - "Dread Pagoda of the Inscrutable Ones" (part 4)
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Player | Character | Race | Class |
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Dave | Freyrik | Human | Warlock/11 |
Ken | Ash | Aasimar | Paladin/10 |
THF | Likami | Human | Monk/6, Tattooed Monk/5 |
VW | Heilli | Human | Illumine Soul/4, Soulknife/5, Psion/2 |
Kurt | Ketamine | Crag Gnome | Barbarian/1, Witch/10 |
Chris | Yosi | Wood Elf | Barbarian/11 |
Val | Allie | Lesser Aasimar | Favored Soul/8, Ranger/1 |
Note: This adventure was written by Tom Ganz, Stefan Happ, Stephen S. Greer, B. Matthew Conklin III, and Ashavan Doyon and published in Dungeon Magazine Issue #147 by Paizo Publishing, LLC.
March 1113
Clear out the upper level of the Pagoda. Kill the Yak Folk leaders and the “Sehan Abomination” they created. Since the party needs to recuperate, they bar themselves in the abomination's chamber on the hope that the Yak Folk won't risk entering that room. Their plan works and they spend the night undisturbed.
During the night, Heilli hears a persistent psychic rambling from elsewhere in the Pagoda. Through the muddled phrases and partial sentences, he hears a number of prophetic statements.
The next day, Ketamine uses her Detect Poison spell to locate the remaining vials of “Sehan” on this level. At the same time, they discover a vast amount of silver – which she casts Shrink Item on to make it portable.
While discussing how to ensure that there is no more “Sehan” substance on the unexplored levels, they are surprised by Didrik, one of Kevin Arcana's “Arcane Defenders”. He tells the party the following:
- His mission was to learn about the Yak Folk's gate
- He knows where it is (room 18) and how to destroy it
- He has delayed his mission to learn what he can from the library
- He is currently searching for something called “The Charm of Making”
- He believes the charm was used by the Yak Folk to create the gate
- He is confident that there is no “Sehan” substance on the lower levels
The party then helps Didrik destroy the gate. He then returns to Neroth by using a teleport gem. Since the party's primary mission is complete – and further exploration would be too risky (for too little gain), the party opts to leave.
Treasure from “Dread Pagoda of the Inscrutable Ones” | |||
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Area | Item | gp | Who? |
– | 1,500 pp (from Ogres) | 15,000 | Party |
– | 14 gold bars | 1,400 | Party |
6 | +2 Ring of Protection | Keep | ??? |
6 | +1 Falchion | 1,187 | Sell |
6 | Ring of Mind Shielding | Keep | Heilli |
6 | 2 100gp Pearls | 200 | Party |
6 | 3,400 sp | 340 | Party |
6 | Platinum Ring | 3,000 | Party |
6 | Pair of Gold and Ivory Earrings | 2,000 | Party |
6 | Three Flasks of Alchemists Fire | Keep | ??? |
17 | Potion of Cure Serious Wounds | Keep | ??? |
17 | 800 gp | 800 | Party |
17 | Two small silver bars | 10 | Party |
17 | Wooden Puzzle Box | 300 | Party |
17 | Half-dozen gold statuettes | 2,100 | Party |
19 | +1/+1 Spell-storing Quarterstaff (chill metal and sleet storm) | Keep | ??? |
23 | Gold Half-mask depicting a beautiful woman's face | 2,000 | Party |
23 | Gold ankle bracelet | 1,000 | Party |
23 | Golden chime (10 lbs) | 300 | Party |
25 | 800 gp | 800 | Party |
25 | 9,000 sp | 900 | Party |
29 | 260 ten-pound silver ingots | 26,000 | Party |
Total | 57,337 | 8,191 ea |
# | Challenge | CR |
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1 | Jin Niu, Efreeti Monk | 11 |
5 | Yak Folk Guards | 6 |
1 | Ad Hoc: Rescue Onyeka | 9 |
1 | Wulan Cheng, The Archivist | 10 |
1 | Chao Rong, the Defender | 10 |
1 | Xiang Ru | 12 |
1 | D'Khanti Po | 10 |
1 | Sehan Abomination | 12 |
Total XP (each) | 3,50011 4,50010 |