[D&D] Round 7

[Jim McQuillan]

Not to get sidetracked, but maybe we should go back and visit the 
Ungardt Mines to see if they've been able to dig up some of that Mithril 
or if they still need help with their Ogre problem first.

-Jim


Daniel Mays wrote:
> Okay.  Sorry I didn't have as much time as I thought last night.  I'll 
> still haven't got that letter finished from the Lady at the keep, but 
> I'll get it done soon.  However I can respond to a bunch of the other 
> things that people have suggested. 
> 
> As far as the necromancers guild goes.  I should play that part out in 
> steps James, so tell me where you want to start looking and I will let 
> you know what you find out at each location.  You can give me a list and 
> I'll stop you where something might become relevant and have you make a 
> bluff, diplomacy or gather information check, depending on whatever is 
> more appropriate.
> 
> I'm going to just say that Nooka spends some time playing with the rest 
> of that black goo, and between that and the information you got from the 
> alchemist:  You find out that the black oily substance can easily be 
> refined into a highly flammable and volatile liquid through a 
> distillation process that takes about a day (for a very small amount).  
> However the substance is very difficult to ignite (requires very high 
> temperatures / pressure).  Nooka is interested by this detail since the 
> substance obviously was able to self ignite on that one hot day that you 
> all remember.  Nooka suggests using some kind of salt peter to mix with 
> the substance that might make it more easily ignited. 
> 
> Erick finds in a book containing historical battles that have been 
> fought in the region, a passage about the rise of the undead lord 300 
> years ago.  He learns that the armies of the dead appeared in the north 
> eastern part of the kingdom and laid waste to several of the eastern 
> villages and towns of Rhuanmar while growing in numbers at each 
> location.  Some of the villages and towns that were laid to waste are 
> mentioned by name:  Tandem, Torwick and Tirsk.  The passage also notes 
> that the leaders of the armies seemed to be very difficult to kill and 
> could only be hurt by mithril weapons.  The armies were finally defeated 
> by a force of holy warriors and priests led by Glaiden Harrogate. 
> 
> Jim, you find out that according to something one of the mages wrote, 
> who did some research on lycanthropes, lycanthropes are vulnerable to 
> "true silver" which after doing more research you find out is mithril.  
> The mage also wrote that lycanthropes in the wild seem to be 
> particularly active when the 2nd moon - Rydia - a green-blue colored 
> moon, is in the "full" part of it's cycle.  This moon is also revered by 
> druids and thought of by some elven myths to be the place that life began. 
> 
> - I will post more information about the moon cycles soon.
> 
> Bruce, I will come up with a list of recipes that you find.
> 
> Let me know if I missed anything. 
> 
> Dan