Nothing in the books about magic weapons of any kind. There is no information on gods either, besides mundane spending ledgers of various monster god temples over the past couple centuries. The oldest books in these rooms are still not old enough to be written at the time of the last Great war with humans.
A couple of things of note you find:
Reference in financial ledgers to a "Special religious research department", an organisation that drew a suprisingly large amount of money from the citadel's budget, comparable to that of one of the smaller forts you visited earlier. Also, unlike most ledgers, these expenses are not detailed anywhere in these books. According the the documents, funding to the organisation was drastically cut some 170 years ago, although a small trickle remained to the present day.
The older books with maps make note of an an area a couple dozen miles into the human territory from the mountains. More recent books refer to it as a "magical wasteland", made unlivable during one of the battles of the Great War. However, the oldest books in the room, from 195 years ago refer to this area as the "site", and reference the unsuccessful "37th scout expedition" to this location. It seems the name of area eroded over time.
Isaac muses, “Aye, a dragon be a mighty fine talking companion, to be sure… But a little more research first might not go amiss… let’s call the dragon, ‘Plan B’…”.
Leesha sighs at the levels of stupidity she needs to sink to just to get her point across.
"I will think on it and let you know, but is not what I asked. Does this secret location appear to be inline with whatever gods thing you claim to know about?"
"It's. A. Secret. Location. Never been there. But 'religious research' in a wasteland from the Great Wars. Sounds promising."
The firebolg's momentarily raised opinion of Leesha after seeing her cast a huge ball of fire is ticking down again with every time she opens her mouth.
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DM:Forged in Chaos, Spiders of the Abyss, The Sundered Way, Champions of the Citadel
Nothing you know in monster history comes to mind. Human legends and stories have one from approximately the same period about a band of devout paladins destorying a den of evil monsters that were summoning demons to end the world.
He walks into the room, looking for any entrances to where the first room with the collapsed entrance might be. If he sees nothing, he goes back out and spends time trying to see if it would be posible to clear the entrance at all by moving rocks.
Assuming there were no entrances or possible pathways to the first room? And any chance of digging out the collapsed passageway?
He walks into the room, looking for any entrances to where the first room with the collapsed entrance might be. If he sees nothing, he goes back out and spends time trying to see if it would be posible to clear the entrance at all by moving rocks.
Assuming there were no entrances or possible pathways to the first room? And any chance of digging out the collapsed passageway?
Well, the destroyed pathway went north, and you are now in the southern rooms, so opposite direction. You have no way of knowing there the door from the southern rooms could possibly lead. The cave-in looks very difficult to dig out without specialised tools.
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Isaac contributes, “Well crew, I’m as they say, ‘easy’ either way… We could explore further… or head to this interesting location we seem to have uncovered…”.
All the while, he’s simultaneously making his way over to the south-west door (the unexplored route). When he reaches the door he casually tries it to see if it opens, and tries to see what lies beyond…
As you open the door, you see a large room, similar the one with statues, but brightly like. An old goblin seems to be stood back at the end of the room, looking frightened at the door. He is holding a crystal in his hand.
Player map updated.
Nothing in the books about magic weapons of any kind. There is no information on gods either, besides mundane spending ledgers of various monster god temples over the past couple centuries. The oldest books in these rooms are still not old enough to be written at the time of the last Great war with humans.
A couple of things of note you find:
Leesha notes this information down in her own records before presenting it to the less mentally deficient in her party.
"Perhaps we should find whatever is left of this religious research department here. After that it seems our only clue is this 'site'."
She snorts and says dryly,
"Or we can talk to the dragon."
Isaac muses, “Aye, a dragon be a mighty fine talking companion, to be sure… But a little more research first might not go amiss… let’s call the dragon, ‘Plan B’…”.
”Lead the way, my learned friend!…”.
GILLAIN OF ATHKATLA - Human Paladin - Into the Mists PHILLIP THE GRUNG - Grung Eldritch Knight - Tomb of Annihilation
ROBWIN WINDROBE - High Elf Wizard - Dragon of Icespire Peak EVE DARKSHORE - Tiefling Warlock - Rime of the Frost Maiden
ASH OF THE FIRE - Tabaxi Rogue - Ghosts of Marshswamp LIA STARBORN - Aasimar Bard - Out of the Abyss
"Anyone know what happened 170 years ago that would have cut funding?", the firebolg asks of the more 'civilized' folks.
DM: Forged in Chaos, Spiders of the Abyss, The Sundered Way, Champions of the Citadel
Active Characters:
Breldo, Halfling Ranger | Kathryn, Wood Elf Rogue/Ranger | Kroshav, Dragonborn Paladin | T'laren Farsiel, Wood Elf Fighter | Trill, Kenku Bard | Val "Janellae", Mark of Shadow Elf Warlock
History on 170 years ago: 9
"Any of this seeming relevant to you firbolg?"
"Not relevant to firbolg, relevant to finding answers. Doesn't say what money was used for, but why did it stop then?"
DM: Forged in Chaos, Spiders of the Abyss, The Sundered Way, Champions of the Citadel
Active Characters:
Breldo, Halfling Ranger | Kathryn, Wood Elf Rogue/Ranger | Kroshav, Dragonborn Paladin | T'laren Farsiel, Wood Elf Fighter | Trill, Kenku Bard | Val "Janellae", Mark of Shadow Elf Warlock
Leesha sighs at the levels of stupidity she needs to sink to just to get her point across.
"I will think on it and let you know, but is not what I asked. Does this secret location appear to be inline with whatever gods thing you claim to know about?"
"It's. A. Secret. Location. Never been there. But 'religious research' in a wasteland from the Great Wars. Sounds promising."
The firebolg's momentarily raised opinion of Leesha after seeing her cast a huge ball of fire is ticking down again with every time she opens her mouth.
DM: Forged in Chaos, Spiders of the Abyss, The Sundered Way, Champions of the Citadel
Active Characters:
Breldo, Halfling Ranger | Kathryn, Wood Elf Rogue/Ranger | Kroshav, Dragonborn Paladin | T'laren Farsiel, Wood Elf Fighter | Trill, Kenku Bard | Val "Janellae", Mark of Shadow Elf Warlock
Nothing you know in monster history comes to mind. Human legends and stories have one from approximately the same period about a band of devout paladins destorying a den of evil monsters that were summoning demons to end the world.
Leesha's already low opinion of the firbolg drops a couple of notches.
"Fine. Let's go to human territory and see if anything is left. Anything else to check down here?"
"Were there any other parts if the archive to destroy?", the firbolg asks innocently.
DM: Forged in Chaos, Spiders of the Abyss, The Sundered Way, Champions of the Citadel
Active Characters:
Breldo, Halfling Ranger | Kathryn, Wood Elf Rogue/Ranger | Kroshav, Dragonborn Paladin | T'laren Farsiel, Wood Elf Fighter | Trill, Kenku Bard | Val "Janellae", Mark of Shadow Elf Warlock
Assuming there were no entrances or possible pathways to the first room? And any chance of digging out the collapsed passageway?
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Well, the destroyed pathway went north, and you are now in the southern rooms, so opposite direction. You have no way of knowing there the door from the southern rooms could possibly lead. The cave-in looks very difficult to dig out without specialised tools.
Isaac contributes, “Well crew, I’m as they say, ‘easy’ either way… We could explore further… or head to this interesting location we seem to have uncovered…”.
All the while, he’s simultaneously making his way over to the south-west door (the unexplored route). When he reaches the door he casually tries it to see if it opens, and tries to see what lies beyond…
If it doesn’t open, he’ll try to pick it…
Thieves tools check: 25
GILLAIN OF ATHKATLA - Human Paladin - Into the Mists PHILLIP THE GRUNG - Grung Eldritch Knight - Tomb of Annihilation
ROBWIN WINDROBE - High Elf Wizard - Dragon of Icespire Peak EVE DARKSHORE - Tiefling Warlock - Rime of the Frost Maiden
ASH OF THE FIRE - Tabaxi Rogue - Ghosts of Marshswamp LIA STARBORN - Aasimar Bard - Out of the Abyss
The firebolg will follow Isaac at a distance.
DM: Forged in Chaos, Spiders of the Abyss, The Sundered Way, Champions of the Citadel
Active Characters:
Breldo, Halfling Ranger | Kathryn, Wood Elf Rogue/Ranger | Kroshav, Dragonborn Paladin | T'laren Farsiel, Wood Elf Fighter | Trill, Kenku Bard | Val "Janellae", Mark of Shadow Elf Warlock
Leesha takes the rear of the team.
The door does looks locked, but nothing your theives tools can't handle.
Isaac opens the door and peers inside sneakily…
Stealth check: 18
GILLAIN OF ATHKATLA - Human Paladin - Into the Mists PHILLIP THE GRUNG - Grung Eldritch Knight - Tomb of Annihilation
ROBWIN WINDROBE - High Elf Wizard - Dragon of Icespire Peak EVE DARKSHORE - Tiefling Warlock - Rime of the Frost Maiden
ASH OF THE FIRE - Tabaxi Rogue - Ghosts of Marshswamp LIA STARBORN - Aasimar Bard - Out of the Abyss
As you open the door, you see a large room, similar the one with statues, but brightly like. An old goblin seems to be stood back at the end of the room, looking frightened at the door. He is holding a crystal in his hand.
Leesha looks around at the goblin from over people's shoulders. In goblin she yells,
"You? What are you doing here? Are you a librarian or a thief?"
Crystal look bad news arcana: 21