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Avi had been told several times that he’d be useful on a ship, but he hadn’t particularly enjoyed his time on the ship to Hegaehend and this trip didn’t seem much different. It was hard to tell exactly how much time it’d been since they set sail, but it’d definitely been a while - and Avi gave himself credit for holding onto his lunch for so long. Regardless of this fortitude, he still found himself curled over the side of the ship, the contents of his gut spilling into the ocean. Perhaps he shouldn’t have eaten the fish snack a crew member had offered earlier, or perhaps he just wasn’t made for life on the sea.

After a long moment of drowning in sickness and self-pity, Avriel surfaced to the sound of shouting. His head snapped toward the horizon, spotting the shipwreck after a moment of looking. Remarkably, there was no chuul to be seen. Wiping at his mouth with his sleeve, he returned to Jakoby’s side. They’d only met at the start of this expedition, and Avi couldn’t help but think he was good company. Trustworthy, at least.

BONUS EVENT BOUNTY: An Official Request of the Council

DETAILS: As the pamphlets start to appear across Hegaehend an official bounty will be placed ordering whomever to find any sources of where the literature is being distributed. Any warehouses or other facilities found to be producing the material are to be destroyed. If the person or persons responsible can be apprehended alive or any further information gathered about the operations, a greater reward will be negotiated. To report findings or collect rewards, see the nearest military outpost for confirmation. REWARD: 400 gp per distribution facilities destroyed, other rewards to be negotiated.

Hidden details:

The pamphlets are being distributed across all major cities meaning multiple facilities all across the nation.

Following the print trail will lead you to the print shop of a popular newspaper named The Witness. It seems as if the business has allied themselves to The Strength of Hegaehend and have offered their printers in various towns and cities to the cause.

Raiding one of their buildings you will find that soldiers from the King’s own army that Sir Brine has recruited are protecting the building and are more than willing to fight for their cause.

Any printers or other newspaper staff will attempt to flee and anyone who is captured refuses to give up any information on who is running the operations.

Inside they find several newspaper articles from The Witness over the last couple of years slandering King Rolland for his inadequacy within the war. None of such articles made it to the public however.

It is found that the newspaper isn’t the main figurehead behind The Strength of Hegaehend but they are still put under investigation and eventually go out of business for their involvement.

BOUNTY #1: Shy in Stone

DETAILS: Near the edge of Alverton there have been rumors of a hulking beast that lurks in the cemetery. It lumbers about, it’s footsteps shaking the earth, and it emits strange, alarming sounds all through the night. Local children, who make it a habit to traipse through the graves, have told authorities that it’s a statue that comes to life every night that commands wolves with it’s mind and they think it wants to eat people. Naturally, the guards think little of it and their minimal investigation turns up nothing. The rumors still fly, however, and a concerned parent who has very little confidence in the capabilities of the local guards has put out a bounty for a proper investigation. She doesn’t believe the children’s stories about it being a living sculpture, but worries that there is a real, more realistic threat looming. REWARD: 200 gp for information or eradication. 

Hidden details: 

The cemetery is a quarter of a mile outside of town, has a very high stone walls and iron spikes mounted on top, and the gate will be heavily chained shut, but the key will be provided to you.

As you search the small cemetery you might notice that one sculpture does not resemble the others. You’ll find, in fact, that it is a seven foot tall, poorly built, stone and metal warforged trying to stand as still as possible, but failing as it is shaking too hard.

Once he notices your attention, or if you do not notice him at first but get too close, he will immediately turn and flee, but accidentally become trapped in the corner of the fence.

He will cower and try to speak, but you’ll find it’s neck damaged and it only manages to say a few words at a time. You can assume that the strange, ominous noises the townspeople have heard were the sounds of the struggling being.

He’ll manage to tell you that he has no name and fled a cruel master who was going to dismantle him. He had nowhere to flee, and he knows his master is seeking him, but he’s sorry that he stole food from the townspeople. He was going to run away after the kids noticed him, but they locked the gate and he became trapped. The more panicked he becomes, the less he will be able to speak.

Claimed by: - Thalra Hylune, Ysenia Abaroa, Zymphadora Purpura

BOUNTY #2: Eggs for the Poor

DETAILS: Lady Flaggarty has bought every single egg available in town for her big, exciting, noble-only soiree in celebration of her wiggapoo dog’s birthday. The dog isn’t the only one with a birthday however. Garen Henrik is turning ten on the very same day, but there are no eggs with which to make his birthday cake. His older brother, Igby, is a soldier and only gets a vacation a few times a year. Because he’s home so infrequently, and it’s such a big birthday, he wants Garen’s day to be perfect, but that requires cake. He wants to spend as much time as he can with his brother while he’s home so he’s sent out a bounty for what might seem an unimportant thing: three eggs. REWARD: 8 gp.

Hidden Details:

If you go to all the nearby farmers, they’ll tell you that there are no eggs available and they were instructed to send them all to the Flaggerty Mansion to be baked into scrumptious baked goods for the Lady’s guests.

No local homes will have eggs either if questioned.

Both the common farmers and the home owners will suggest stealing the eggs back from Flaggarty and it isn’t easy to tell if they’re joking or honestly suggesting theft.

Her home sits on a hill near the edge of town and the grounds stretch out all around it. Guards patrol the gardens, but sparsely. Inside there are no guards since Flaggerty thinks they look too plebeian. Only waitstaff and the noble guests, including a few knights, and several dogs will be in attendance.

236 gp and 82 sp can be stolen in the house along with other valuable items you can attempt to pawn.

There are dozens upon dozens of eggs in the kitchen as well as dozens upon dozens of cakes and pastries ready made.

If caught, you will quickly find out that the fluffy, gentle poodles and puppies of the nobles are not the only dogs in the estate and the security hounds will chase you from the property.

Claimed by: -

BOUNTY #3: Forgetful and Fetid

DETAILS: Grungle Grandstone, an aged dwarven adventurer who was renowned for his adventures about a hundred years ago, has set out a bounty for an equally aged otyugh. He claims that the great beast stole his riches and killed his twin nearly two hundred years ago and he’s never been able to get revenge on it. His health has begun to fail and his last wish is that the beast die before he does. He is fiercely adamant that this is the beast that hurt him all those years ago and requires proof of its demise. REWARD: 400 gp.

Hidden Details:

You may or may not be aware that the otyugh is definitely not the beast that Grungle describes. In fact, it doesn’t sound like an otyugh, who prefers refuse over jewels, at all.

Regardless, if you follow his instructions to the otyugh’s den, you’ll find the beast gorging itself on it’s horde of garbage accrued from the nearby towns. The oryugh will attack if threatened or if any of it’s precious, precious trash is disturbed.

If you are successful in killing the otyugh, or even if you aren’t and instead bring back some kind of fake proof of it’s death, Grungle will not remember ever hiring you, setting the bounty, or even the death of his twin. Despite this, he’ll be proud that you are continuing on the legacy of adventurers and will reward you.

BOUNTY #1: If Music Be the Food of Love, Play On!

DETAILS: Lillian Mctavard, an entertainer who works at The Glistening Trinity, has requested an experienced investigator to track down the most handsome, most winsome, most eloquent, and fit elven man she met for just one evening, an hour really, the previous night during Sune’s Festival of Love. She has a letter enclosed for him and will pay the first person to either bring her the man himself or a return letter. She won’t accept, nor pay for, any silly hearsay about him, however, only the real thing and says she’ll be able to tell if the return letter is faked. 

REWARD: 238 gp, 2 sp, 14 cp.

Hidden details:

If you read the letter you’ll find four and a half pages of poorly spelled, yet lovingly written, common calligraphy about the magic of that one night and how she feels a true connection to him. She tells him she feels it prudent for him to return and not leave because of this feeling. 

The envelope also smells of perfume and there are browning flower petals inside the envelope. 

She describes his most distinctive features as his long, stark white hair and the tattoo of elven script down one side of his face.

Although in the heat of their first meeting she didn’t get his name she says she has heard rumours of a man of his description that goes by the title of The Stag.

Claimed by: Nathair Nagyndras & 

BOUNTY #2: Child of the Lostish

DETAILS: Young Darla, a seven year old halfling, has requested, with the help of Madam Fleet from a refugee orphanage, the strongest, smartest, bestest adventurer to go find her Papa. He’s also a halfling, she says, and he’s the nicest cleric and their towns doctor. Her father went on a trip to The Crossroads to acquire some rare medicines around the time of the operatives attack and she hasn’t heard from him since. Her birthday is soon, but she can’t remember exactly when, and she wants her Papa to return for it. 

REWARD: None.

Hidden details:

If you question Madam Fleet she’ll tell you she believes something happened to him during the attack. Since there weren't many casualties and his body was never found she believes he may of been taken prisoner or kidnapped by someone wanting to use him for his healing. 

Darla thinks he’s lost his letter stuff and is busy helping people. 

If you inquire with an official from the army, and convince them to tell you, they will inform you that Tinny Zephere, Darla’s father, has not been found alive nor recovered after the attack to their knowledge. He has been presumed dead by the army. This official will provide Tinny’s home address that you may search. A search will turn up only the basics of a two person household.

However while in the household you will be attacked by a group of thugs who had been watching the house. It turns out a group of mercenaries took advantage of the chaos of the operatives attack to indeed capture Mr. Zephere as their personal cleric and suspected someone might come looking for him.

Getting the attackers to talk they will guide you to their campsite where Darla’s father is being held. Searching the area you will find 191g, 2 normal healing potions and Amulet of Proof against Detection and Location.

Claimed by: Thea Woodbluff & Cass

BOUNTY #3: Maybe Deadly, Maybe Dead, Definitely Dumb.

DETAILS: Villera and Morry Snackle, newlyweds, were taking a walk on the outskirts of their village on the night of 20th July, unaware of the date, when dead people burst from the bushes and rushed them. Their dog, a wedding present from their family, got spooked and fled into the woods. The undead also carried off their belongings. Villera insists she needs her bag back, that she dropped in fright, because it has her personal items, money, and also the keys to their summer home. Morry will be hysterical with grief over losing her dog and doesn’t care about the money, the home, or really anything beyond the dog. 

REWARD: 250 gp, +300 for the return of the dog.

Hidden details:

The dog’s name is Cheese.

A trail of broken shrubbery, foot prints, and dropped items will lead you away from the walking trail taken by the newlyweds. A little ways in, there looks like there was a terrible scuffle and you will find Villera’s bag discarded and trodden on, though all items accounted for.

More broken shrubbery and prints, this time more chaotic, will lead you to a clearing full of the undead. If you look up, you’ll find three teenagers dressed like zombies clinging to tree branches and utterly terrified. 

If you survive the dead things, the teenagers will confess that they used the festival as a cover to try thieving. Although the parents don’t reward you with any gold for returning the rebels, they do give you a pie. They are also unable to lead you to Cheese, but they can point you in the direction that Cheese went when they jumped the Snackles.

BOUNTY #1: Cloaked in darkness

DETAILS: A wealthy merchant widower named Juliana Windsmith recently lost her wedding ring when her caravan was attacked by a Cloaker just on the outskirts of Runswick. According to rumours, it lives in a deep underground cave a few miles outside the city where it’s hoarded the things its collected from various caravans it’s attacked. Many would like to see it killed and their goods returned, but Juliana is the one paying the most amount of coin. She wants you to kill the Cloaker and, if possible, return her ring for her. REWARD: 200 gp for slaying the Cloaker / 275 gp if the ring is also returned.  

Hidden details: 

There are several swarms of bats in the tunnels leading towards the Cloaker’s cave. If they are alerted to your presence, they will attack and the will Cloaker hear your approach.

Inside its cave there are several small crates with things ranging from basic goods to expensive fabrics and jewellery inside. Notably, there are also a set of horseshoes, which upon inspection, appear to be magical. When affixed to all four hooves of a horse or similar creature, they increase the creature’s walking speed by 30 feet.

The wedding ring is inside the Cloakers’ stomach.

Claimed by:  Vukasin Torashtai &  Kit Rohra & Efrain Crayhorn

BOUNTY #2: What lies buried

DETAILS: Summoned by a mysterious cult some weeks ago, the Bone Devil has been terrorizing the farms on the outskirts of Runswick ever since, slaughtering animals and digging up fields seemingly at random. The city guard, along with the numerous farmers affected by the fiend, have put together a hefty reward for the task of slaying the Bone Devil. The fiend is said only to appear at night when the farmers are asleep, though the shrieking of livestock will usually give away its location to anyone nearby. REWARD: 600 gp

Hidden details:

If successfully questioned or interviewed, multiple farmers will reveal that there is a legend that long ago a great inventor by the name of Cole Popkiss buried his latest invention under the fields before he died. This is what the Bone Devil is after. It is buried ten feet underground.

If losing the fight and close to death, the Bone Devil will try to make a deal with you and reveal it made a deal with the cultists to find the invention buried under the farms.

The invention is very heavy and likely can not be unburied or carried by conventional means. If investigated fully and its inner levers pulled, it becomes clear that dirt has worked its way between the gears and plates of the machine and that it broke long ago… if it ever worked at all.

Upon hearing of the news of the great discovery, King Rolland will ask his men to seize the invention, claiming it as royal property due to its powerful and currently unknown properties.

Claimed by: Carmelli Paelaes & Helis Lalanthe

BOUNTY #3: A mysterious thief

DETAILS: There have been a string of thefts on wealthy establishments recently in Runswick, and however hard the city guard tries, they can not find the culprit which is why they have offered up this bounty for anyone who can take the thief in alive. The thief’s victims, all wealthy nobles or merchants, report that although numerous valuables have gone missing there seems to be no rhyme or reason to why certain objects are stolen and others are not. Sometimes incredibly expensive objects are left behind while cheaper trinkets are taken. REWARD: 250 gp

Hidden details:

If the most recent crime scene is inspected it will become clear that the only items left behind were old and lacking luster. The items that were taken were all shiny. There are also a few long, black feathers dropped at the crime scene.

Interviewing locals will reveal that there are rumors of a hooded figure who can sometimes be seen disappearing into the forest to the east on nights when a robbery has taken place.

Traveling east into the forest for half an hour will reveal a very tall tree, nearly 100 feet in height. Climbing to the top you will find a makeshift treehouse, a hoard of glimmering treasure, and a terrified teenage kenku. They are wearing a hat that allows them to cast the invisibility spell on themselves.

Date: November 30th Place: Old Carnegie’s house (Runswick?) Status: Closed (@champion-fighter​, @fists-of-flame​ )

Caeli stood outside of the house, checking the address again that she had been given for this job. It had been scribbled down quickly by her sister, passed over to her in the interest of ‘sibling bonding’, and then, of course, she hadn’t shown up. ‘Duty and god stuff’, or whatever. Here Caeli stood by herself, looking awkward despite her imposing presence, like she’d wandered into the wrong party without an invite.

Still, it could be fun. The job had mentioned something about a dangerous basement. Perhaps whatever lurked within it could ‘accidentally’ make its way out into poor Old Carnegie’s house and into the streets. It’d either be a good way to cause some chaos, or a good chance at some combat practice.

She was about ready to head up to the door and offer to take it on by herself when she paused, noticing another approaching who had a look of intent.

BOUNTY #1: Here Fishy, Fishy—Oh, Fuck

DETAILS: Captain Crinklechip of the great seafaring, treasure hunting ship The Watercarriage has requested temporary crewmembers to join him on a brief expedition. They will set sail out of Arx and go north to where Captain Crinklechip lost many of his crewmates to a large chuul guarding a shipwreck. His goal is to eradicate the threat for his own future ventures and for the community’s safety, then explore the shipwreck, and finally return to shore to relieve the temporary crew he hired.  REWARD: 400 gp and 20 lbs of salted fish.

Hidden Details:

This chuul has developed a strategy for dealing with interloping ship crews. It hoists itself onto the shipwreck, the section above water, and grabs crewmembers with one of its pincers while beating at the ship with the other. If crew members fall victim to the chuul’s grapple (escape DC 14 (athletics or acrobatics)), they must resist the paralytic poison of its tentacles (DC 13 constitution saving throw). 

It will be obvious that the chuul is highly protective of the shipwreck it resides in and will target those closest to the wreck. However, the chuul is also especially interested in magic users and with its Sense Magic trait it will be able to target magic users specifically. 

If you succeed in defeating the chuul, the Captain will request your help in the exploration of the shipwreck. In the submerged section of the ship there will be clusters of slimy yellow-green eggs adhered to the walls and floors. On close inspection, you will be able to tell that the eggs are in perfect health and mere days away from hatching (DC 13 nature check). 

Beyond the chuul’s nest, in the old captain’s quarters, is the chuul’s hoard of trophies. The armor and weapons of its victims, piles of gold coins, chests of jewelry and fine fabrics, and an alarming quantity of skulls delicately and artistically stacked. The brains are all missing, but you won’t be able to find them. If you have a keen eye, you might also spot a Medallion of Thoughts in a broken drawer (DC 17 investigation check). 

In the section of the ship above water there are yet more piles of riches. Entering the room of treasure the floor will give way and drop any invaders into the bowels of the ship unless your instincts prevail (DC 16 dexterity saving throw). The floor below has been made into a pit of spikes using jagged pieces of bone (3d6 piercing damage). Here are the bodies belonging to the stack of skulls. 

Claimed by: Avriel Glynwarren & Jakoby Searyn

BOUNTY #2: Partier? I Hardly Even Know Her! Wait… 

DETAILS: Lady Flora has requested a committed, kind, but brutally efficient adventurer to go and collect her twin brother, Fauna, from his spiral of debauchery and debasement. He hasn’t been home in weeks and has only been spotted leaving and entering taverns, parties, and people’s residences. He’s squandering his inheritance, says Flora, as well as his intellect and his capabilities. He, in all likelihood, will be inebriated and unwilling, but she has requested his return to their home on the outskirts of Runswick. She insists that he must return in the next three days. She suggests any willing adventurers visit Lord Horcryn’s next party. She’s sure he will be in attendance.  REWARD: 60 gp. 

Hidden Details:

Fauna will be drunk and visibly sick when he is located, but not belligerent. He’ll also be wearing a very small lampshade as a tiara and wielding a silver candlestick. He looks, and acts, like he needs a bracing hug and a meal instead of being strong-armed anywhere. 

He’ll offer you a bag of gold to get him food and a new shirt because he is missing his shirt somehow (found on a DC 17 investigation check) and will try and bribe you into leaving him at Horcryn’s party. If you suggest you go and get food, or a shirt, he’ll follow after some persuading (DC 14 persuasion check).

You may take Fauna’s gold as well as the silver candlestick if you’re subtle (DC 16 sleight of hand check). If caught trying to take these things from him, Fauna will become upset and break down into sobs that can only be comforted by a gentle hand (DC 13 persuasion check). 

Fauna might begin to sing operatically if there is any lull in the conversation. 

He’ll reveal, tearily, that his mother’s funeral is in a few days and he’d been hoping to be drunk through it so he would not have to attend. If you’re so inclined, you can convince him to attend the funeral sober in any number of ways (DC 18 charisma check - either deception, persuasion, or intimidation). 

When you reach their home, Flora will be waiting up for him and will pay you. If Fauna has agreed to attend his mother’s funeral, she will also give you a Ring of Swimming that belonged to their mother.   

Claimed by: -  Leonidas Belgrave & Ione Seseri

Bounty #3: A Runswick Werewolf in Myrefall

DETAILS: Both the Runswick and Myrefall city guard have put out a bounty for a criminal by the name of Blaid Wilkson. Known previously throughout Myrefall as a petty thief and troublemaker, Blaid has had a warrant of arrest issued for his capture many times before. However, the situation has taken a serious turn as now Blaid has fled Runswick and appeared in Myrefall, where he appears to be trying to recruit people into his pack and turning people into werewolves. It is currently unknown just how large his group has grown, but both city guards urge extreme caution when going after Blaid and his pack unless any well-meaning adventurers end up cursed with the same lycanthropy.  REWARD: 700 gp. 

Hidden Details:

After asking around and finding many in Myrefall unhelpful, what can only be a member of the Thieves Guild approaches you and tells you that the werewolves are hiding out in an abandoned home on the outskirts of town. The Thieves Guild does not like competition and wants the werewolves gone. They will give you a common healing potion and a silver dagger. 

You will find the gang of werewolves deep within the abandoned house. Several traps have been laid in the halls and if you make too much noise (Failing a DC 14 stealth check) the wolves will be alerted and attack you. 

There are three werewolves, one of which seems to be more unsure than the other two. She can be persuaded to abandon the other two and fight alongside you if she feels she can trust you to help her out of the situation (DC 15 persuasion check). 

If you are bitten and contract lycanthropy (Failing a DC 12 constitution saving throw), you will have to find a cleric who can cast the Remove Curse spell, or be plagued with this new condition. 

If you defeat all the werewolves you will find a small hoard of stolen goods in the back room of the house. The most interesting things that can be found are the Tools of Truth, thieves tools that provide a +1 when a secret is told during lockpicking, and a potion of Animal Friendship. 

Bounty #1: An Oozing Expedition

DETAILS: Myrefall citizens have been lodging complaints for weeks now about the plumbing with the local municipal department. When someone was sent to investigate, it was discovered that a small colony of Gray Oozes had found its way into the sewers, clogging up pipes and generally being very gross. Now the city has issued a bounty to anyone with a strong will and a weak sense of smell to go down and take care of the problem. Just be sure you don’t accidentally find yourself trespassing in the underground labyrinth connected to the temple of Besheba.   REWARD: 250 gp and a favor from the municipal department in Myrefall.

Hidden Details:

The sewer system in Myrefall is large and confusing, but luckily the city has provided you with a map of the area where the Gray Oozes were found. However, upon entering, your constitution will be tested as the smell is almost unbearable. (DC 12 constitution saving throw, on failure you’re considered poisoned.)

You may also encounter some sewer rats along the way who are quite vicious but they can be calmed if you have any food on you to offer them (DC 13 animal handling check).  

There are three Gray Oozes clustered around a large pipe that is gushing water, making the ground slippery and hard to traverse. There is a fifty foot square around the pipe that is considered rough terrain.

If you investigate the area thoroughly (DC 15 investigation check) you will find… some very disgusting things better kept out of the imagination. But you may also find a Mystic Mouse, which is hidden in the sludge. It is a small statue of a mouse and gives the user a slight craving for cheese. It also grants proficiency and knowledge in making cheese. The user can sense cheese for up to one mile as well.

Claimed by: Pyrope Almandine & Kit Whitriver

BOUNTY #2: Home Renovating or Home Dungeoneering

DETAILS: Old Carnegie’s basement is a frightening place. For one thing, it isn’t a basement, it’s a dungeon. Secondly he hasn’t ventured into it in the last twenty years and he never explored all of it when he did. Thirdly, he wants it cleared out. He’s decrepitly old, the war is tiring, and he wants to retire to the Anari coast. Before he can move, though, he has to sell his house atop the dungeon and having a death trap for a basement is really lowering the market value. He’s set a bounty for someone, or a group of someones, to come in and clear the damned thing of any beasty or ghoul for a hefty reward and anything that can be found in the dungeon. REWARD: 700 gp for extermination of lurking beasties + anything found in the dungeon.

Hidden Details:

You’ll find that the dungeon goes about a half a mile in each direction, North, South, East, and West. Each long corridor has several antechambers. Some of the chambers will be locked and others will be open or doorless. Many will be empty, but most will have beasts such as rats, bats, or spiders in them, while others may contain ghouls (roll a d6 on a 1- 4 the room contains harmless vermin, on a 5 or 6 the room contains 1d4 ghouls).

While traversing the Northern corridor be mindful to spot (on a DC 15 perception check) the two arrow traps (DC 17 dexterity saving throw or else take 2d6 piercing damage).  At the end of the corridor, there is a skeleton slumped in the back corner. On him can be found a nice, oddly pristine and tasteful waistcoat. If asked, Carnegie will tell you that it’s his butler that got too curious and when he didn’t come back, Carnegie closed access to the dungeon. You can take the waistcoat, which is slightly enchanted so as not to ever stain.

At the end of the South corridor there is a pile of rotten, collapsed crates and one pristine treasure chest. The treasure chest is a mimic that is doing its best. Around it, if you don’t get eaten, there are piles of jewels, rings, an unstringed necklace, and what appears to be a very uncomfortable solid gold choker. Or it’s a collar. Either way, it’s solid gold and probably expensive. There are also a set of two finely crafted daggers (Returning Daggers) in a mahogany box that can be found in the mimic’s corpse (DC 18 investigation check).  

At the East there is nothing but a large tome suspended in a Gelatinous Cube. If you successfully remove the tome, you’ll find that it is a very saucy romance novel between a dragonborn and a tiefling titled “The Scales of Horniness.” It’s still readable despite the goo and bears a strong enchantment. Once a day, reading one of the steamier scenes from this book out loud for 10 seconds grants the reader a +1 to AC for 2 minutes.

The west corridor is mostly empty, except for at the very end where there is a large, seemingly bottomless pit.  

Claimed by: Caeli Brunswick, Gilmar Grimforge, Abrams 

Bounty #3: A Winter Wonderland

DETAILS: An elderly mage named Gimca Idwraz has requested help with one of his experiments that he has lost control of and has subsequently taken over his tower where he studies magic in service of the king. The tower itself is hard enough to reach as it is located on one of the mountain peaks that houses the city of Khaggon. The trek there alone will take a hardened set of individuals, but what lies inside the tower is even more perilous. The mage has set a bounty for you to reach the fourth and highest floor of his tower, where a magical device is running amok, causing the whole tower to freeze over in a layer of thick ice. If the device is not broken, dismantled, or dispelled the device will consume the tower and all of the mage’s research that is locked inside. DETAILS: 1000 gp, or 1250 gp if the device is dismantled or dispelled instead of destroyed entirely.

Hidden Details:

There are powerful magical wards within Gimca’s tower that prevent magical users other than himself from teleporting in or out of the tower and from floor to floor. Each floor is massive, and seems to stretch far further than the tower’s outward appearance would suggest.

The cold that freezes the tower makes the ground slippery and hard to traverse (all of the ground in the tower is considered difficult terrain). Additionally, the longer you spend inside the tower, the worse the magical cold will get (every floor requires a DC 14 constitution check, on failure, take one level of exhaustion).

If you try to stay on one floor for too long-- perhaps to pilfer any magical secrets hidden in Gimca’s tower-- the Flesh Golems who have been half frozen (considered under the effects of the Slow Spell) will wake up and attack. There are two on each floor.

On a close inspection of the any of the floors, and at risk of awakening the Flesh Golems, the following items can be found (DC 18 investigation check of any desks or bookshelves) on the second, third, and fourth floor respectively: Oil of Slipperiness, Wand of Conducting, Ring of Jumping.