Team MeFight Sixteenth Session

The group made an early camp, tallying the contents of the hidden rooms and getting some much-needed rest. The night passed uneventfully, and the party emerged the next morning to complete their task. The party decided to continue with the as-yet unexplored West wing (passing the area by, the party noted that the living grizzly had disappeared, most likely run off to live a normal bear existence).

Among some relatively uninteresting rooms, one of the doors was found to be trapped when Thed decided to open it without checking first (he escaped the trap unscathed--twice). Dealing with the issue, the party discovered that they were in a nicely appointed office, probably that of the CO. Some trap disarming and lockpicking later confirmed the office to be that of the base Captain, uncovering his logbook and 24 component-quality pearls (i.e., 100gp apiece). Perusing the logbook gave clues to the source of the plague, particularly as to its possible source, a small village Northwest of Draglet. Apart from this there was little else that had not been taken, with the notable exception of a mirror that dominated one corner of the room. Attempting to disarm the trap on the mirror caused damage to both Thed and the unfortunately positioned Kib. A second attempt was successful, however, and after some fiddling, Thed was able to deduce that the mirror was for seeing other locations, although whether current, future or past visions were being presented was not determined.

At some point, the third of Zek's friends' bodies was found and prepared for travel. The party also managed to find a mundane silver ring, and after taking some time to dispose of the corpses, headed back to the village.

Zek was found, in better condition than when the party left, but unmoved from his hiding place. The news was conveyed and the bodies identified, and in thanks, Zek presented the party with a wand that he felt he currently had little use for. He also offered to identify any items the party had--Kib paid for one out of the looted pearls to identify the wand found on the Ettins, and Anise took up Zek's offer to use one of his own pearls to identify the arrow of Gribb, her recently deceased stalker. Zek expressed his dismay that the party did not find anything that was worth a fortune, a sentiment to which the party remained largely unmoved, evidently unwilling to show much sympathy to a compulsive gambler turned looter. Camp was made, and a pyre was constructed, that all corpses that could be found were burned. The party then prepared to continue to Draglet.

XP (halved for all regents):

• 100 (to all, door trap)
• 100 (to all, mirror trap)
• 400 (to all, subquest completion)
• 25 (to Kib, for Heroic Internship achievement)

Phat Lootz (not including stuff enumerated last time):

• Statue by Anzo Riveroler, a rare depiction of Dadtim and Alexandria in a mirthful scene
• A silver ring (non-magical)
• 23 pearls in a small, elegant case (was 24, one spent for identify)
• A platinum piece (found by Thed, probably not mentioned to rest of party)
• The logbook of the Captain of the fortress
• A wand of Flame Arrow (38 charges)

Other notes:

• Ettin wand is a Wand of Bear's Endurance with (some I don't remember number of) charges
• Gribb's Arrow was identified.
• The raven figurine was recognized by Zek, but evidently not identified (Kib didn't press the issue). He offered to take it back to the family, but Kib was pretty sure he was lying (Sense Motive), and kept it.