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Champions of the Empire | Quellbourne - Turn 7.3 - In Search of the Mithril Medallion
| Name | Watch | Notes |
| KC | 2 | Tceskia Luck 4/4, Fate 2/3 |
| Martin Vane | 1 | Lesser Enchantment on everyone. |
| Morty Crystaltouched | 1 |  |
| Pellanistra Xarann | 3 | 25% DR vs Slash, Crush, Puncture & Elemental |
| Shaarilla | 3 | |
| Syllivarrna Obanghall | 2 | |
| Tyra Stellastrom | 4 | Telepathy |
| Randle Hewlet | | |
MORTY: "I don't think it needs to have any physical resemblance to a key or KC's idea might be worth investigating. It might have to include some mithril metal though, so that might be a way to figure it out. Too bad we don't have a way to detect mithril with a potion of treasure finding or metal detection or something like that. It should be rare enough that the number of objects with any of that metal in them can be counted on one hand.
GM: Morty is the most likely to recognize mithral. It is often mistaken for silver but with Morty's skill with metal and mineral lore, he can tell the difference with careful study.
GM: The group has had a long day of searching and I will assume the group retreats to the Museum Octagon where they spent the previous few nights to rest and discuss further. There is also a possibility that the protections on the museum will prevent undead spirits in the ethereal plane from entering.
RANDLE: "I know that we already found some silver coins. Morty, maybe you can start by carefully examining them to make sure they really are silver."
GM: Most of the time, mithril coins stand out, in part, because they are designed to stand out. They are more carefully minted and designed. However, it is certainly possible that a mithril coin could be cleverly disguised to actually be a silver coin. However, after Morty spends some time studying the silver coins the group has already found, he determines that they are all silver. None of them are mithril.
GM: Feel free to throw ideas out there of what to do next.
RANDLE: "Maybe Aktagog is so sure we will be successful because his divination told him that we already found the mithril key? We just don't know it yet."
TYRA: "Hmm, do you think we had it before we arrived in the Citadel of Wizards or found it while here?"
TYRA: "What about the contents of the small leather pouch KC found that had the platinum medallion in it? What if one of the coins was the mithril medallion?"
GM: Morty does a thorough examination of the contents of the pouch but determines that they are indeed platinum and not mithril.
TYRA: "I don't recall if we picked anything up in the Bolden Tower that might be the medallion. Can anyone else think of a potentially mundane item that could be the medallion?"
SYL: if we had it already wouldn’t the undead already be attacking?
TYRA: "Good question. I guess not as it's so powerful that it avoids normal forms of detection? It seems like he'll ambush us when we try to use it to open the vault."
RANDLE: "Yes, 'tis plausible that the Hollow King is unacquainted with the visage of the mithril medallion, and mayhap he shall embark upon his assault solely when we do advance upon the vault."
MORTY: "It's possible we found it and didn't take it with us. Part of one of the items in the Museum perhaps? I'm guessing it wasn't the ring of 'regeneration' in that one 'trade-in' box in the Bolden Tower... Although it being in the Tower might explain why Aktagog and Valthar haven't been able to find it. It just seems so much more likely that it's in the Citadel. Maybe the secret rooms in the top of Bolden Tower?
RANDLE: "I most fervently beseech the heavens that it be not the Ring of Regeneration from Bolden Tower. Gaining entrance to this citadel proved a formidable endeavor, and I should find it most grievous to depart only to have to return once more."
TYRA: "There were so many things in the Museum Octagon that maybe we should revisit there with this new perspective."
TYRA: "If we still need to search, then let's go to places that require the platinum medallion to open."
RANDLE: "So Tyra, perhaps the mithril medallion does indeed emanate with arcane essence, but cloaks its true nature disguised as another enchanted artifact!"
MARTIN: Maybe we should revisit the items we discovered in the alchemists building. The mithril medallion could be hiding in plain sight, disguised as something minor.
LANI: "You think it might be one of the minor items we already found?" Lani asks. "Which one?"
LANI: Lani pulls out the Gem of Magic Detection that she got from the First Crafts Building and looks at it but it looks nothing like a mithril medallion to her.
GM: I am going to give it a couple of days before sending another turn. I was going to give people an Insight roll to figure out what to do next but someone already suggested a course of action that the Insight roll would have given so I will hold off.
GM: Just to be clear, the group has already retreated to their "campsite" inside the museum building and this is where these discussions are taking place.
MORTY (GM): As I see it the insight roll could still be helpful in figuring out WHICH of the ideas we've expressed is worth pursuing, so I'll send one and I suggest others do the same.
MORTY: "Well we should obviously check all the stuff we've found inside the citadel, magic or not, but we might want some privacy if we can get it while checking them..." Morty trails off looking around. "Maybe inside the Museum will be best for security purposes, and I can check with True Seeing once we're inside to see if any spirits are spying on us. It's too bad we never found that Circle of Protection from Detection. I do wonder about that magical shelf that scattered the magical tzochkes though, that would seem a very good security measure to make it even harder to find if that was where it was stored. We did search pretty thoroughly though, not even always relying on magic detection so if it doesn't radiate magic we wouldn't have automatically overlooked it.
MORTY TECH: Insight 30- [rolled 69]
LANI: "Maybe we can pick the items that we think are most likely to be a possible medallion to start with. After all, we don't really have any magical way to identify the medallion and we may end up checking an item and deciding it is not the medallion and maybe it actually is. This way, we concentrate most heavily on the most likely items."
GM: Here is a list of the items you found recently.
- Ring of Eternal Dreams (KC)
- Mittens of Flame Resistance (Randle)
- Fountain Pen of Color Shifting Ink
- Pin of Pocket Organization
- Alchemist's Ocular Lens (KC)
- Rod of the Stone Serpent (Syl)
- Clockwork Raven
- Scarf of Chill Blocking (Morty)
- Twig of Weather Sense (KC)
- Journal of Secrets
- Gem of Minor (Magic) Detection (Lani)
- Umbrella of the Dry Bubble (Morty)
- Lantern Beetle Jar (Morty)
- Brooch of Hair Control
- Quill of Neat Writing
- Stone of Honesty (Tyra)
- Paper Bird of Return – Flies back to its owner when thrown (only once).
- Whispering Locket – Repeats the last sentence spoken near it in a whisper after an hour.
- Cup of Catnip – Attracts cats if left unattended.
- Toothpick of Tiny Sparks – Makes a spark when snapped.
- Quilt Patch of Warmth – Warms a bed-sized area when placed. (Morty)
- Snowglobe of Fog – Creates a small puff of fog once per day. (Tyra)
- Feather of the Forgotten – Makes others forget the last sentence you said.
- Chalk of Temporary Doorways – Draws a door that lasts one minute on any wall.
- Tiny Globe of Daylight – Emits sunlight-like glow at dawn for 30 seconds. (Morty)
- Psychic Dagger - A +1 dagger that deals an extra 1d6 psychic damage; silences the target for 1 round on a critical hit. (KC)
SYL: Insight [rolled 11]
SYL (OOC) : fat chance.
TYRA: Insight 5- [rolled 4]
TYRA: "Hmm, I suppose my Stone of Honesty could pass as a medallion but it's not made of metal so probably not unless its magics hide its true form. How will we know? Maybe the Whispering Locket, the Pin of Pocket Organization, or the Brooch of Hair Control?"
GM: The Insight roll was to focus on items that you found that might be medallion-like in some fashion. Since that is the exact turn you sent, I won't give you anything else at this time except to come up with a secondary list if none of the suggested items are the medallion. Let's call the items above that you suggested your "A" list. The secondary list will be your "B" list, and so on.
TYRA (GM): Alright, good to know.
GM: My assumption is that everyone will study the items in your A list first, probably starting with Morty (metal and mineral lore) and Randle (artifact lore). Both also have power perception. Then, if nothing jumps out for anyone, everyone studies the B list (once you come up with one). Then, if still nothing, maybe everyone studies the A and B list items again and you start thinking about a C list and also start thinking about searching another building.
RANDLE: "For a secondary list, I suggest for consideration the Ring of Eternal Dreams, the Rod of the Serpent, the Twig of Weather Sense (it is made of metal in the shape of a twig) and the Psychic Dagger."
TYRA: "The other thought that occurred to me is that maybe the medallion is part of a larger piece. Since it seems we'll need to study any potential candidate, we should consider that."
TYRA: Here are some items for the B list.
Fountain Pen of Color Shifting Ink
Metal spectacles with rubber eye ( Alchemist's Ocular Lens?)
Clockwork raven
Twig of Weather Sense
dagger of black and brown (Psychic dagger?)
Lid of Lantern Beetle Jar
KC: "Here Morty, check out this ring too. We should check all the items in the museum too I think."
KC: I think that when I sleep I will think about what the mithral Medallion looks like for the ring of dreams.
MARTIN: Also, the medallion might be composed of multiple pieces, each appearing insignificant until combined correctly.
GM: The last day of the year 606 ends as the group sleeps for the night and they awaken to a new year (607). They plan to spend the morning thoroughly examining the items they found in the citadel to see if any of them are the mithril medallion, hoping they will be able to identify it when they examine it. They start with their "A" list consisting of the Stone of Honesty, the Whispering Locket, the Pin of Pocket Organization, and the Brooch of Hair Control?"
The Stone of Honesty is smooth like marble and dark purple, streaked with gray in color. It hangs from a leather thong through a hole in the top of the stone. Starting with Morty and Randle, everyone examines it closely. There is not a hint of metal in the item so nothing that can possibly be mithril unless the mithril is fully embedded in the stone and thus unseen and unseeable. No examination with any skills available to the group indicate that it is anything more than it seems.
The Whispering Locket is made of gold and opens to reveal the image of a long dead king wearing a crown and other trappings of his high office. It depends from a gold chain. Morty examines it closely but the metal is definitely gold. Appraising the item with other skills available to Morty, and then by the rest of the group, does not indicate that it is anything more than it appears.
The Pin of Pocket Organization is made of silver with a small sapphire at the push end. Morty carefully examines the metal but determines that it is indeed silver. He and everyone else examines the item carefully but find no indication that it is anything more than it appears to be.
The Brooch of Hair Control is made of silver and and etched with artistic but otherwise meaningless lines, curves and squiggles. There are half a dozen tiny amethyst gems embedded here and there among the etched pattern that provide a pleasing look to the brooch but don't seem to have any particular meaning. Everyone examines the brooch and finds nothing about it that would indicate it is anything more than it seems.
GM: The careful examination of the four items above took a couple of hours. Feel free to interject. Otherwise I will send a turn where the group examines the "B" items in the next couple of days.
KC: (GM) so no insight from the ring of dreams over night on what the mithral key looks like?
GM: Sorry, forgot to resolve the Ring of Eternal Dreams. KC goes to sleep planning to dream of the mithral medallion to at least know what it looks like. However, when he awakens, he has no memories of this dreams. It has previously been suggested that the mithril medallion might resist any type of divination magic and this outcome would seem to support that theory.
KC: well the ring of dreams was a dud when it comes to the mithral medallion. Pondering it a bit, if it's not a medallion than maybe it just has to be an item that the person has on them that the vault door recognizes, either it's emanation of magic or some other type of sense.
TYRA: "Of course, the ring isn't going to make it easy for us! I have been wondering if the medallion needs to have a similar shape and size as the others, or if its magical nature doesn't require that."
MORTY: If that was the case it already should have reacted when we were there the first time, if we already had it on us and it didn't require attunement we had that and the platinum medallion already attuned. Maybe it still DOES require attunement, or MORE attunement. We should check each others auras for signs of attunement processes. Of course it might be problematic if we are carrying several items but hopefully most of them don't require attunement or it's already complete.
KC: they only time we were at the vault that I remember is right after talking to the undead on the throne. So everything we have found in here we have not taken to the vault room yet.
GM: Great discussion!
GM: Morty brought up a great point about attunement. He and Shaarilla study the group with Power Perception and determine that, while most of the medallions - the brass and copper ones the group has - do not require attunement, the gold and platinum medallions do seem to require attunement. In studying Tyra, they can see that she is already attuned to the gold medallion. In studying KC, they can see that he is not yet fully attuned to the platinum medallion but is attuning and will probably be fully attuned in the next 24 hours or less. Since KC has been using the medallion to open doors, it is clear that the open doors function does not require attunement. Presumably some other function or functions do require attunement.
GM: KC is correct that the group has not been back to the vault since finding all of the items in the various buildings here.
With everyone in the group having already examined the items in the group's "A" list, they begin examining the items in the "B" list. After examining the Ring of Eternal Dreams and the Psychic Dagger, Tyra gets the idea, based on a suggestion from Martin, that each item should also be examined using the Alchemist's Ocular Lens. The lens is one of the items found in the citadel and Martin's suggestion that a combination of items might make up the mithril medallion made her think that, at the very minimum, each item should be examined using the lens that KC is currently wearing and attempting to attune to (KC can send an Attunement roll).
KC: Ocular Lens attunement 89 [rolled 69]
The group does this, with KC carefully examining each item using both his naked sight and through the lens. In this manner, the group examines all of the "B" items but none of them give any indication of being the mithril medallion.
KC then examines each of the "A" items using the lens. Nothing in particular occurs until he examines the Whispering Locket. Even then, nothing occurs until he actually opens the locket and examines the picture inside, which shows a long dead king wearing a crown and other trappings of high office. When the picture is examined through the Alchemist's Ocular Lens, there is a bright flash of light emanating from the neck area of the picture and suddenly the image of the necklace worn by the king, too small to be seen as anything other than a dot with the naked eye, fills the lens and reveals itself to be a medallion that is silver in color and even more ornate than the platinum medallion that KC is wearing!
SHARRILA: Yahooh! We found something!
TYRA: "Ah, my goodness! How sneaky is that?"
TYRA: "Do we think we'll need to attune to the medallion before we open the vault? Either way, we'll want to make a game plan for how to approach the vault."
KC: So we now know what the medallion looks like now and that it is a medallion. What stands out to me is that there was a flash before I could see it. So I want to look at the picture again with out the lens to compare what I saw. I am also thinking that the medallion could be out of phase with this place or maybe even it is stored somehow in the picture or maybe the picture leads to the medallion. That would explain why no one has been able to find it.
GM: Examining the picture with the Ocular Lens again results in the same effect as the first time. The medallion that the king in the picture is wearing is magnified in the lens.
MARTIN: Wasn't the skeleton mage we saw earlier wearing a necklace? The one that answered questions in return for a curse?
GM: If you are referring to the ethereal undead that appeared on the throne and answered questions in return for causing pain and granting curses, no one recalls a necklace on him. The group had tentatively identified the creature as a spectre of some sort.
LANI: "So are we thinking that this whole thing - examining the Whispering Locket with the Ocular Lens to reveal a mithril medallion being worn by the person in the painting - is just showing us that a mithral medallion exists and looks kind of like we expected it to look? I have to say that seems rather pointless. It seems like there has to be something more to this."
SYL: I don't remember seeing anything on the list of buildings that would be where a King would normally be (alive or interred) or am I missing something?
GM: The main throne room was in the admin building.
TYRA: "So you don't think the Whispering Locket will work as the mithril medallion but is instead a clue to where we can find it?"
LANI: "Ah, I misunderstood. So you are saying that the Whispering Locket is the Mithril Medallion, right?"
TYRA: "Well, my thought was it's somehow hidden within, so it's not apparent this is the medallion. Does that mean it'll function as the mithril medallion in this form? Or does someone need to attune to it first? Or is there something else we need to do to unlock the medallion?"
KC: This place is high magical! So I guess it could be polymorphed.
KC: (GM) do I see the mithral medallion with the naked eye or only with the Alchemist Ocular Lens?
KC: I will use Power Perception with the Alchemist Ocular Lens to look over the locket to see if if I can determine the type of magic or if it's changed or altered. Both the locket and the picture inside. Power Perception roll of [rolled 120 (Success)].
GM: Through the naked eye, the necklace being worn by the king in the photo within the Whispering Locket is little more than a dot. It is only when the Ocular Lens is used does it flash and then enlarge within the lens to where it can be seen easily.
GM: Power perception, either by itself or through the lens, does not provide any more clues. The Whispering Locket radiates at magic level 1, whether it is opened or closed.
GM: I will assume that Shaarilla assensed KC and has determined that he is attuning to the locket.
KC: well I guess the next step is to wait til its attunement is done.
GM: The main question facing the group right now is whether the Whispering Locket is effectively the Mithril Medallion or not. No amount of studying that the mages have performed on the Whispering Locket, using Power Perception and related skills, have indicated that it is anything other than the Whispering Locket, a relatively useless magic item. Only when studying the picture inside the locket using the Ocular Lens has anything unusual occurred (the dot-sized necklace worn by the monarch in the picture appears to be the mithril medallion).
GM: Shaarilla used her Assense Attunement ability of Power Perception to indicate that KC is attuning to the Whispering Locket. If the Whispering Locket is also the Mithril Medallion, does that mean that he will also be attuned to the Mithril Medallion? The group is not sure.
GM: A few hours pass and then KC is fully attuned to the Whispering Locket. Does the group have ideas to tell if the Whispering Locket is also the Mithril Medallion by testing it?
GM: Feel free to send Insight rolls (you want low) and, failing that, someone can use a Flash of Insight.
LANI: Insight roll 3 [rolled 28]
RANDLE: Insight roll 10 [rolled 73]
TYRA: Insight roll 5 [rolled 73]
KC: insight 16 roll of [rolled 37]
SYL: Insight Roll 7 [rolled 56]
SHAARILLA: Insight 30 roll of [rolled 61]
MARTIN: Insight (10) [rolled 20]
MORTY TECH: Insight 30- [rolled 9], if failed I will encourage Shaarilla to use her flash of insight since it's usually me that volunteers quicker.
SHAARILLA: Shaarilla will indded use her flash of insight if no one things of something.
GM: Just need an Insight roll from Morty. If everyone fails, then Morty or Shaarilla can use a Flash of Insight.
KC: now that I am attuned to it I will open the locket while wearing the alchemists Ocular and first try to will the medallion to come out of the picture, then if that does not work than touch it while doing the same thing.
GM: Neither attempts yield any results.
GM: It occurs to Morty that the best way to test whether the Whispering Locket is, in fact, the Mithril Medallion, is to go back to the Museum Octagon and see if KC is now able to remove any more magic items from the building. One issue with this is that KC is also the one who has, and is attuned to, the Platinum Medallion.
GM: Morty thinks about this some more and concludes that the Whispering Locket is basically the Mithril Medallion - or at least contains the Mithril Medallion. However, even though the locket contains the medallion, they are still 2 distinct magic items with their own properties and their own attunement requirements. So, while KC is attuned to the Whispering Locket, that doesn't necessarily mean that he is attuned to the Mithril Medallion.
GM: An idea occurs to Morty as he is thinking about it. He asks KC to open the locket. Then Morty uses the Ocular Lens to examine the picture in the locket to bring the medallion into focus. Then he uses power perception to focus solely on the image of the medallion in the lens. This is not as easy as it seems since power perception tends to try to give information about the lens and the locket but, with significant effort, Morty is able to focus his power perception solely on the image of the locket. It is only then that he can see that the locket itself radiates magic at level 8 out of 10. More importantly, he is able to assense attunement and determines that KC is not, in fact, attuned to the medallion. Morty strongly suspects a long attunement process for the locket that only fate could shorten to a time frame acceptable to the group.
GM: When he completes his examination, Morty is sweating profusely and looks tired. Morty used all 6 of his END and also used 13 points of NL in his efforts to focus on the medallion. These points will all come back with a half rest.
KC: Since I have both, I think that someone else should have one. Who wants it?
KC: Morty that was amazing! I could not get any other information with the Ocular Lens form the picture or the pendant. That was truly amazing.
KC: The only thing I could think of to test was to go directly to the vault. I really really like the idea of going back to the museum.
KC: (GM) I am willing to use a date point to attune to the Platinum medallion in the pendant.
SYL: Is willing to volunteer to attune to the Mithril Medallion, with understanding hat will take a Fate Point
LANI: "Having Syl attempt to attune to the Mithril Medallion sounds like a good plan to me. Then maybe we can rest up for the night and attempt the vault in the morning."
TYRA: "Great job, y'all. I like this plan."
GM: I will plan to send the next turn tomorrow or Friday with the assumption that Syl will attune to the Mithril Medallion using a Fate Point if she fails to roll a grievous attunement roll.
SYL: Attunement [rolled 44]
Syl takes the Whispering Locket, which is also the Mithral Medallion and places it around her neck to begin attuning to it. Though Morty believes that the attunement process can be very long - weeks or months if not years - there have certainly been cases of people attuning to items almost immediately regardless of the normal attunement times. He gives it an hour and then uses the Ocular Lens to study the image in the Whispering Locket. The Mithral Medallion expands in the lens and Morty studies it with power perception. It is clear to him that Syl is attuning much, much faster than she should. She and Morty both instinctively felt that this would be one of those rare instances of rapid attunement. Morty believes she will be completely attuned in another hour and confirms this an hour later with the use of power perception.
GM: It took 2 hours but Syl is now fully attuned to the Mithral Medallion. One thing she learns upon attuning is that she can mentally communicate with the owner of any other medallion (of any color/metal) simply by thinking about the person and the medallion they posses.
GM: What does the group want to do next?
GM: The obvious thing is to wait the night to fully recover spell points and then make for the vault while being prepared for possible battle with the Valthar, the Hollow King (the spectre who sat on the throne and gave the group information in return for causing them damage and stealing a magic item of Syl's - it later turned out that he apparently gave out false information).
GM: The other possibility is to revisit the Museum Octagon and see if Syl is able to remove any of the powerful magic items there now that she is attuned to the Mithril Medallion.
KC: I think we should return to the museum. There is a sword of undead slaying and other weapons and armor. Maybe even turn in the ring for another item. This would also require re attunement to the new items.
SHAARILLA: Why not do both? Spend the night in the museum while deciding what item(s) to try to remove.
TYRA: Tyra likes the idea of going back to the Museum Octagon. It seems like the Immortal Slayer could be useful in the expected battle.
SYL: agree - Tyra beat me to it!
MORTY (GM): I thought we were already inside the museum building because of the better security from the prying eyes of Valthar and his spirits?
GM: Yeah, that is my bad. The group's default rest area is the museum. When I said "revisit the museum" I meant to revisit the idea of removing additional magic items from the museum.
LANI: "Based on what we have learned about the Immortal Slayer, I should think that would be the LAST item we would want to take!"
GM: Shaarilla performed the identify ritual on the Immortal Slayer and can remind the group of what she learned:
RESULTS OF SHAARILLA'S IDENTIFY RITUAL ON THE IMMORTAL SLAYER: The Immortal Slayer has a bonus to hit and to damage again elves. The sword is normally +3 but is +5 vs elves and causes an additional 1d10 damage over and above normal damage for a +5 weapon. Shaarilla also learns a hidden property of the Immortal Slayer. When the weapon is used in any battle where elves are involved, the sword will automatically and seamlessly switch places with a weapon wielded by someone fighting an elf if the wielder is not already fighting an elf and the elf's opponent is capable of wielding weapons. There are more properties of this weapon that Shaarilla has not yet learned.
GM: Both Syl and Lani are dark elves so if the group takes the Immortal Slayer, there is a good chance that it will end up in the hands of someone fighting one of them.
MARTIN: Probably not the best weapon to use in battle.
TYRA: "Uh, yeah. Not good."
SHAARILLA: She finishes with, “… and that’s why we should leave the immortal slayer here."
LANI: "Tyra, maybe you were thinking of the Blade of the Dawn and mistook it for the Immortal Slayer. The Blade of the Dawn looks pretty useful if we are going to be fighting undead. Who is skilled with short sword?"
TYRA: "Ah, I mixed the two up. Yes, I was thinking of the Blade of the Dawn."
SYL: I am rank 8 with All Swords; using a broad sword at the moment but have used a Short Sword when we first getting started I think??
GM: Yes, if you are skilled with All Swords, you can pretty much use any bladed weapon.
GM: Syl concentrates on the Mithril Medallion and then feels confident that she can eventually recover all of the items from the Museum Octagon but the time frame is very long. She believes that she can immediately take two items from the museum but it could be a year before she could get more.
LANI: "I recommend the Blade of the Dawn and then either the Vambraces of the Titan, the Helm of Unbreakable Will, the Staff of Elemental Fury or the Ruby Breastplate."
RANDLE: "The Tesseract Chalice would also be good in the event we need healing."
TYRA: "Are we able to return previous items to the museum for another? Could we pick some items specifically for this battle, then trade them out for something we'd rather have long term?"
MORTY (OOC/GM): My understanding is that the attuned user of the Mithril medallion can bypass the security for more than one item, but I'm not sure we have specifics on that. GM?
GM: When Syl concentrates on the mithril medallion and thinks about the magic items in the museum octagon, she is able to gain answers to both questions. Yes, KC can leave behind the Ring of Eternal Dreams and choose another item to take in its stead. Syl also learns that she can eventually remove all magic items from the museum octagon but that would take a long time - at least months if not years. However, she learns that she can take two items immediately.
GM: Based on the discussions so far, it sounds like the following items are being considered for the three items the group can take (1 by KC if he leaves the Ring of Eternal Dreams behind and 2 by Syl). Blade of the Dawn, Vambraces of the Titan, Helm of Unbreakable Will, Staff of Elemental Fury, Ruby Breastplate, Tesseract Chalice and the Ebon Talisman. Let me know which three items you want to rule it down to. If you can't do so, then maybe go with multi-voting where each character has 5 votes that they can split between the items. They can cast all 5 for a single item, cast 1 for each of 5 items, or anything in between.
LANI: If we go with multi-voting, I vote for Blade of the Dawn (3), Vambraces of the Titan (1) and Ebon Talisman (1).
RANDLE: I vote for Blade of the Dawn (2), Ebon Talisman (1), Tesseract Chalice (2).
SYL: Votes for Blade of Dawn (2), Ruby Breastplate (2), Staff of Elemental Fury (1)
KC: votes Sword of the Dawn (1), the Ebon Talisman (1), the Tesseract Chalice (1) and the Vambrace of the Titans (2)
SHAARILLA: Blade of the Dawn[2], Staff of Elemental Fury[1], Ruby Breastplate, [2]
TYRA: Votes for Blade of the Dawn (2), Ruby Breastplate(2), Ebon Talisman(1)
TYRA: She voted for two defensive items to help us last longer in the battle.
TYRA: Tyra likes the idea of swapping for the Tesseract Chalice and/or the Vambraces of the Titan once we're done with the undead battle.
MORTY: "A lot of the value of these items is based on being attuned, and we're not. Maybe we could take a couple days to do that, and to do another Ritual of Identify or two on the ones we're planning to take? What if the Blade of the Dawn has a special power that halts or destroys lesser undead but we have no way to use it without knowing what it is? As things stand while I like the Tesseract Chalice it's really not necessary to bring with us right now, we could just as easily return here to put it to use. Unless it has a special power that we don't know about. Similar things could be said about the Ebon Talisman, it definitely still has more powers. Without more knowledge I can't make educated votes, I would just say similar to others and 2 for Blade of the Dawn, 1 for the Staff of Elemental Fury, and 2 for the Ebon Talisman. Who of us can even use the Ruby Breastplate, I certainly can't unless it resizes heavily and even then it would almost certainly stop me from casting... well maybe not... hmm.
MORTY (GM): What type of armor is it, and what materials is it made from. Could a caster wear it? I assume it's not solid Ruby but at that level of magic it could be...
MARTIN: "I think that the selection we take for the expected fight with the undead prince would be different than what we might take for long-term use. For the fight I'd vote for
Ruby Breastplate: 2 votes
Blade of the Dawn: 1 vote
Ebon Talisman: 1 vote
Helm of Unbreakable Will: 1 vote
GM: Here are the results of the multi-voting and what you know about the top 3 vote-getters.
Blade of the Dawn (short sword)(14)
The Ebon Talisman (6)
Ruby Breastplate (6)
Vambraces of the Titan (3)
The Tesseract Chalice (3)
Helm of Unbreakable Will ()
Staff of the Elemental Fury (3)
Blade of the Dawn: Shaarilla learns that this weapon is especially effective against undead and fiends. The weapon is a +3 weapon that is +5 vs undead and fiends and causes an additional 2d6 damage to undead and fiends. There are additional properties.
Ebon Talisman: This item has multiple properties. The only property learned by Shaarilla is that the attuned wielder is immune to all forms of cause wounds spells and is 50% resistant to undead draining attacks.
Ruby Breastplate: The level of magic on the breastplate tells Martin that it is a minor artifact. He obtains critical success and learns 3 properties.
--The first property learned is that the breastplate is immune to weapon damage. If hit in combat, and the weapon hits the breastplate, it will stop the weapon cold, causing no permanent damage (a really hard hit might result in NL damage). --The second property learned is that the wearer is more resistant to magic. In game terms, they have a +25 to all saves vs magic.
--The third property learned is that the wearer is protected as if wearing a ring of fire resistance.
Martin suspects that there are still many other properties to learn.
GM: Does the group want to do further identify rituals on any of the items? If so, who will identify what?
GM: Shaarilla is rank 11 with the Ritual of Identification while Martin is rank 6.
KC: Another though or question is this. The items taken out of the museum, do they have to stay with the person who is attuned to the medallion or can they be handed of to another for them to use?
GM: Syl is fairly certain that, once items are removed, anyone can attune to them.
KC: another thing to take into consideration is attunement to the new items. Which will work right away and how long it will take to attune to the new items and there properties. At least the ones that we know.
KC: I could use the ring to get some more of the properties of the items by sleeping with them using the ring of dreams before turning it in.
KC: I guess I am saying how much time are we likely to be here preparing for the walk to the vault.
GM: I awarded EXP for August. Let me know how you want to spend it.
GM: I assume you probably want to do additional identify rituals on the Blade of the Dawn, the Ruby Breastplate and the Ebon Talisman. Shaarilla and Martin and choose what to identify and send me their rolls. Feel free to buy up a rank or two of the ritual first if you would like.
LANI: "We should talk about who will wield what item in the coming battle. I think Syl should wield the Blade of the Dawn, Tyra should wear the Ruby Breastplate, and I should wear the Ebon Talisman. Obviously this is subject to further identifies."
RANDLE: "We should also discuss, at least generally, what kinds of spells we can deploy against undead. My Asceptic Bolt spell can be effective against undead."
KC: do you want me to use the ring to identify some of the properties of an item before I turn it in or just turn it in?
MARTIN: (GM) Bought up Mage E&E Special Knowledge, so I now have 11 skills at rank 11 and believe Martin should now be overall level 11. Also bought 2 levels with Ritual of Identification and a level of Power Perception.
GM: I updated the back end. You will need to save a time or two to have it update on his character sheet.
MARTIN: Identification Ritual: (54) [rolled 3 (Absolute Failure)]
GM: What item is Martin identifying?
MARTIN: Sorry, Martin is identifying the Ebon Talisman.
SYL:" Shouldn’t that have been skillroll + 54 rather than -54??
GM: It is actually not even a skill roll. Basically Martin has a 54% chance of success so he wants to roll 54 or less. He usually does a 10 hour ritual of preparation first to enhance his odds of success. The natural 3 means that he rolled grievous success on his identify ritual.
GM: That will teach me to try to do math first thing in the morning. If his modifier was -54 and the result was a 3, then it means he probably rolled a 57, which is still success with the ritual of identification.
SYL (OOC): Even better!! Stoopid Diebot is my enemy...
GM: Steve, you can either keep the roll (57) or just send a new roll using the cc-54 keyword instead of skillroll-54. If you do the 10 hour ritual, then it will be cc-84.
MARTIN: This is my bad - I thought that the Identify was a skill roll. I'll keep the success. Thanks!
GM: Martin casts an identify ritual on the Ebon Talisman and can learn 3 properties. The first is that the attuned wearer can teleport between shadows up to 4 times per day provided the shadows are not more than (MA x 10) feet apart. The second is that, once per day, the attuned wearer can cast a Darkness spell (as Dark Magics at rank 15) and can see through their own field as if it were a light haze.
GM: Martin can learn one additional property of another item since the talisman is now fully identified. Let me know which item it will be. It can't be one that Shaarilla will be identifying at the same time that Martin is doing his identify.
SHAARILLA: While Martin is casting identify on the Ebon Talisman, Shaarilla will cast identify on the Blade of the Dawn with any extra for the Ruby Breastplate. Since Martin isn't doing a ritual purification, Shaarilla won't either.
SHAARILLA: Cast chance 84% [rolled 26 vs cast chance of 84 - Successful Cast Chance!]
SHAARILLA (OOC): I always get confused when to use - and when to use + in the dice rolls, and have to look it up.
GM: When Shaarilla identifies the weapon a second time, she learns the remaining two properties. The first is that, once per day, the attuned wielder can command forth a wave of sunlight that causes all creatures of evil alignment to be blinded. The second is that the attuned wielder can call forth a Sunburst (as the 3rd level Cleric spell of the same name) once per day. There are no additional properties.
GM: With her 2 remaining properties, she identifies the Ruby Breastplate. |