Silverwalkers Quest Notes 2015-01-24

Last game

• http://wiki.memphisgamers.com/index.php?title=Silverwalkers_Quest_Notes_2014-12-13
• The party descended to level 2, and kicked off a battle with some ogre guards in a bouldered off area, which then triggered a long battle that occurred in waves.
• The culmination of the battle ended with the party defeating the half-giant psion king and looting all his stuff.

Exploration of Level 2

•  Quinalin begs the Ring of Protection +2 from LE.
• The party begins searching all of the unsealed areas of the cavern
• We find the room of the Ettin summoner, which contains 220 gold and 4650 silver. We took the gold, but left the silver due to lack of room to store it. We also find several jet black onyxes and a blood diamond.
• We go south and find the throne room of the half-giant, as well as the naked (but for some boots) War Marshall of Wa, Liu Bang.
• We free Liu Bang and find out from him that he believes the giant activities in Wa aren’t limited to this group. He believes there is someone even higher up in the chain of command than the half-giant king that is orchestrating giant activities across several kingdoms.
• Liu Bang is very impressed with our ability to king the half-giant king and also the dragon that has plagued the region for some time.
• The party begins going down the hall to the south of Room 1, and hears very rhythmic mining activities. In fact, the tempo has not changed one bit since we first entered this area, and there is absolutely no light that we can discern down the hall. We decide to hold off on exploring this area until the morning.

New Day Begins

• After some rest, we find and free the prisoners, urging them to stay together and not stray. If they do, we cannot guarantee their safety.
• After we leave them there to eat and recuperate, we investigate the bouldered off area to the south.
• It is the room where the honor guard and the half-giant king stay. There is another room with a gigantic boulder blocking it - far too big for any of us to move.  Kaleesarynn determines that the king used his psionic abilities to make himself huge in order to move the boulder. Then, once beyond the threshold, returns to his normal size.
• When the group enters the room,  Al triggers a trap and four Reapers appear and attack the party.
• We dispatch the Reapers and loot the place.

Loot

• Fortress shield (magical)
• +2 Agile half plate x2 http://www.d20pfsrd.com/equipment---final/armor/agile-half-plate
• +1 Greatsword x2
• High quality suit of armor (it is Liu Bang’s)
• Spellbook (it is Liu Bang’s)
• High quality sword (belongs to the heir of Wa now)
• Carved ivory scroll case x2 (60gp)
• Copper scepter with gold inlay (50gp)
• Decorated gold plate (700gp)
• Engraved gold scarab (75gp)
• Engraved jade scarab (85gp)
• Gold and silver chess set (100gp)
• Gold chess set (500gp)
• Painting of a queen by a master (1500gp)
• Platinum idol with mysterious markings (5000gp)
• Platinum statuette of a diety (1300gp)
• Set of six silver dice (75gp)
• Silver and glass decanter (75gp)
• Silver hand mirror (75gp)
• Silver noble family seal (60gp)

Rescue and Rewards

• During preparations to shuttle everyone back to the Castle of Wa, there is some discussion/light arguing with the peasants about who gets the sacks of money they found in the treasure hoard, but it’s eventually decided that they can keep it.
• The party then spends the next two days to teleport the newly freed captives back to Wa, who then sing our praises, as is appropriate.
• We are welcomed back and invited to stay in the Palace in Wa for as long as we like, and a great feast is thrown in our honor.
• After the feast, Liu Bang (new War Marshall of Wa) speaks to us. Though his primary desire is to see the giant menace eradicated and not to serve Wa, he realizes we are in a better position to deal with the threat and entreats us to deal with it in his stead. The party agrees to do this. It will involve traveling far to the north in search of the awakened Godmountain.
• We are then taken to see the Queen Regent, who opens up her vaults to us as well as the use of her craftsmen as reward for the service we provided. She is extremely displeased at  Al’s absence from her presence, but with lots of diplomacying from the talky types, agrees to allow him a reward as well. She does, however, say that she will order his death should she ever see him again.
• The party works out which rewards they will claim while in town.
  • Al: +1 Wild, Expeditious, Poison Resistant and Glamoured added to Gargoyle Hide Armor. Paid out of pocket to third party to have Glamoured added. (aka Al's Armor)
  • Mose: Crown of Charisma +4
  • Quinalin: +1 Expeditious Kikko Armor of Poison & Spell Resistance (15) (aka Quin's Armor)
  • LE: Circlet of Charisma +4
  • Kaylee: Belt of Constitution +4
  • Stein: Cloak of Resisitance +4

Reward Menu

CHOOSE ONE:

Each category only has one maker, so creation times of the same type will stack.

• Armor
  • No special materials. Can enchant party supplied gear. Can not upgrade already enchanted gear.
  • Any +4 up to half-plate unless provided.
  • Posion-Resistant & Expeditious added
  • Only one named modifier allowed.
• (~18,000) (9 days each)

• Weapon
  • No special materials. Can enchant party supplied gear. (+2k pay in for Cold Iron) Can not upgrade already enchanted gear.
  • Any up to +3. No Wounding.
  • Only one modifier allowed.
• (~18,000) (9 days each)

• Wonderous Item
  • Any legal +4 Stat Item.
• (~16,000) (8 days each)

• (No Wait) (One of Each on offer)
  • Ring of Protection +3 (18,000)
  • Ring of Minor Spell Storing (18,000)
  • Trap-Stealer's Rod (+1 Trap DC) (13,500+??)
  • Everwand of Contingent Scroll [3/day] [CL:9] (???)
  • Marble Elephant FoWP (17,000)
  • Staff of Understanding (16,000)
  • Horseshoes of Crushing Blows +2 (16,000)
  • Cloak of Resistance +4 (16,000)

Post Game Downtime

Psychic Reformation

•  Kaleesarynn describes for the group the new ability of brain surgery that she now has and how it can help the group if they wish. (see Psychic Reformation house rules)
•  Quinalin’s thoughts
•  Stein’s inner thoughts: “Stein sits back, staring at Kaylee with those cloudy eyes that always mask his thoughts whether he wants it that way or not. He muses on the idea of really going back 1400 years to rethink some of the decisions back them. As interesting as it sounds, if only to learn more about the somewhat squishy nature that time seems to take for him, he pauses. He thinks about his memories of that time . . . seeing Alexandria in her mortal form, even the bad ones about the war and horrible creatures they faced. Rubbing his chin he decides to stay silent . .no he's not willing to risk any damage to that important piece of him to this mind mage's magic, despite how steady a companion she has proven herself. At least not yet. So he contents himself to stay silent and listen to Quinn's story, quietly grumbling about the lack of a decent ale at the campsite that better accompanies such tale-telling.”

New scrying attempts

• Once we’re above ground again,  Kaleesarynn detects that the party is being scryed upon, but is unable to get a visual on the person doing the scrying. The only image that shows up is the city on a monster (or what she assumes to be it). Possible reasons:
  • Some sort of reverse feedback indicating a higher level of countermeasures to being detected by her.
  • Could be a chain of manifesters working together on the scrying, preventing her from seeing any one face.  Kaleesarynn believes this to be the most likely scenario and that the source is from the Godmountain. We may have attracted some attention...
  • Could be a custom made spell crossing the boundaries between magic and psionics, preventing her from being able to see the scryer as expected.
• After 2-3 days of being scryed upon,  Kaleesarynn throws up all of her defenses, including a scrying trap. The attempts cease after the first time the trap goes off.

Shopping in Wa

Metropolis

• 50,000 People
• Spellcasting: 7th Level
• Corruption = +1
• Crime = -3
• Economy = +1
• Law = +2
• Lore = +2
• Society = +1
• Item Order Maximum = 9,000 GP
• Item Pawn Retail Value Limit = 50,000 GP

Government:

• Autocracy (No Modifiers)

TRAITS:

• Strategic Location (Economy +1, Base Value +10%)
• Academic (Lore +1, Spellcasting +1)
• Rumormongering Citizens (Lore: +1, Society: -1)
• Superstitious (Crime: -4, Law: +2, Society: +2, -2 Spellcasting)

Temporarily Impoverished

• (Corruption: +1, Crime: +1)
• (50% base value & purchase limit)
• (1/2 magic items)

SELLING: (this includes your great diplo)

• Non-Martial items: 50% of retail
• Martial items: 60% of retail
• Items >= 10,000 GP: 75% of retail
• Gems: 80% of retail
• Currency Conversion: Swap out Nonlocal for Local @ 3:2

BUYING and ORDERING:

• Any item of 9,000 GP or less can be ordered, and takes 1 day per 2,000 gp of retail cost to produce. Such items also have a 50% chance of being simply available through shopping around.
• No item of more than 50,000 GP value will find a buyer here.

Searching around town during the first week (8 days) in town finds the following exceptional items for sale:

2 MAJOR

• Staff of Speaking (39,600)
• Belt of Physical Perfection +6 (144,000)

5 MEDIUM

• +2 Warhammer (Sheds Light) (9,000, I think)
• Ring of Protection +2 (18,000)
• Improved Ring of Climbing (10,000)
• Staff of Fire (18,500)