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Quellbourne - Turn 7.3 - In Search of the Mithril Medallion


NameWatchNotes
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)
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