[D&D] Round 7

Fri Apr 18 18:29:12 UTC 2008

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That is where the black oil is too.

On Apr 18, 2008, at 11:26 AM, Jim McQuillan wrote:
>
> 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
>
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