Maure Castle: Changes

About the Saga

The Blackrazors press deeper into Maure Castle, accidentally releasing an elder air elemental and stumbling across a cache of magic items (many of which turn out to be cursed).

Timeframe

• Greyhawk Date: Readyreat 25, CY 591
• Real World Date: 2004-11-19
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Cast of Characters

• Korem, human cleric of Kelanen (Jess)
• Fonteyn Buckthorn, halfling mage (Jon)
• Gaiseric, human rogue (Damon)
• Willum, human cleric of Pelor (Bob)
• Ian, human ranger (Nate)
• Alistair, human wizard/loremaster (James)

Notable Quotes

"I pull the pin." – Alistar, as he pulls the gold pin from a magic carpet, thus releasing an enraged and previously imprisoned elder air elemental

What Has Come Before

Adventure summary

The Saga

Ready’reat 25, 591 continued

Head north, find stone wall with two glyphs on it – one representing magical danger, the other the personal symbol of Bigby. Also find a whole drilled into the middle of it, six inches in diameter. Send a mage hand with a lit torch through the hole, and find another stone wall, with similar construction to the rest of the site, with a wooden door in it. Balk at going in though, even though Fontain suggests going gaseous.

Go back to the fresco “roundhouse”, then to the south door. Reveals a corridor to the west, then find a room filled with scribbles. Also find a mage passed out in the floor. Comes around, introduces self as Alistar, and says can’t remember why he was in the Castle, or how he got there. Spend several minutes trying to decipher the script, but can discern nothing.

Go through the eastern door, find a row of doors. Open door, finding room filled with rugs. Find one that’s magical – a carpet of flying. Unrolling it reveals a pin, which the loremaster pulls. Creature attacks him, then transforms into a whirl wind and pulls him into vortex, along with familiar.

Scrappy tries to banish it with his swords of the planes, but fails. Ian attacks, but misses. Willium flamestrikes it. Loremaster tries to cast hold monster, but creature resists. Monster moves to enclose Ian, but the ranger resists the creatures pull. FOntain attacks with magic missiles again, peppering it. Scrappy attacks, nicking him. Ian attacks, damaging the creature.

Willium attacks with searing light, frying creature. Korem then finishes summoning three lantern archon. One archon teleports it and a friend inside the elemental. They then teleport the loremaster back out into the larger chamber beyond. Korem heals the loremaster.

Elemental keys up on Ian, slamming him several times, then catching him up within the whirlwind. A now-hasted Scrappy attacks the elemental, but fails. Fontain falls back.

Ian then uses wish to add two plus to sword, gaining slight negativity from the universe.

Willium casts flamestrike again, this time frying the elemental and Ian. Koren directs his lantern archons to run in and teleport Ian out. Korem then heals Ian. Alister readies action to cast wall of force when creature is alone.

The creature then attacks several times on Scrappy, wounding him badly. The Scrapinator falls backwards. Ian moves up and attacks around corner, landing an impressive blow. Willumn, standing at the door, attacks feebly, hitting but doing no damage. Alister steps up, hits creature with cone of cold.

Elemental stoops through the doors, drawing many attacks from the adventurers. Ian evades getting caught, but Korem & Alisaster is caught. Scrappy falls back behind Fontain, running away. Fontain blasts it with magic missiles, and moves, depriving Scrappy of his cover.

Ian continues his assault, landing a terrible blow. Korem moves in, and strikes it, and the creature suddenly flies appear.

Find a chest filled with magic items. Cleric wears belt, turns female, becoming Willmina. He then dons all of the magic items and is able to remove all items. Belt falls off. Loremaster dons robes.

Go into next room, find many tapestries, including an obscene woman, plus a tattered one showing an alabaster women, last depicting obelisk. Analyze all tapestries, revealing their secrets.

Meanwhile, Alister and Willimina examine the chalice in the center of the room. Willimina says “what’s that on the chalice there?” and then pushes the mage into the pool. Hetfish leap up to attack him. Alister swims to the surface, gasping casts levitate. Spell manages to go off, despite that the cloak suddenly attack him

Fish continue to burn him. Alister screams out for help, saying he was betrayed, bringing others running. Ian goes running across room, beats woman to door. Scrappy runs over as well. Willimia calls to others saying – it was one of the gnolls, he went that way! – and Scrappy/Ian believe him. Korem runs over to fountain.

Alistar raises up into air and removes robes. Shouts out that Willimia has clearly been cursed and betrayed party. Fontain finally clues into combat, runs over to fountain.

Ian, hearing Willimia’s shout, attacks with his sword. Scrappy lashes out with his sap, hitting but not dropping him. Willimia tries to run, but Ian kills her as she tries to run.

Experience

Not available.