The Sinister Spire - GM Turn Post 49

As the party approaches the opening, a bulky male drow in shining breastplate steps out from behind a pillar. Glaring and waving his serrated scimitar, his shield at the ready, he snarls, “Get gone from here, or we’ll use your skins as cloaks! House Dusklorn claims the Necromancer’s Spike!” Deeper in the tunnel, another drow covers you with his ornate longbow.

What do you do?

Starting positions for Turn 49 are displayed on the Combat Map.

Please submit your turn instructions using the Player Action Response - Turn Post Template.

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Conditions

Banjo - Ash Doom Antidote (1 week)
Kirlic - Ash Doom Antidote (1 week)
Mr. Wolfe - Ash Doom Antidote (1 week)
Thurstan - Ash Doom Antidote (1 week)

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Party Health:

Thurstan 72/72, Mr. Wolfe 43/43, Banjo 60/60, Clint 66/66, Dargoth 84/84,
Kirlic 81/81

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Map Key:

Gray is the floor.
Gray with crosshatch is dense rubble (Hindering terrain – 2 square of movement)
Blue circles are pillars (Partial cover -+2AC and +1 Reflex saves)

The Sinister Spire - Turn Results 48

To prepare for the next step of the investigation, the party went shopping at the Bazaar. The party upgraded equipment and restocked consumables. Suspecting an encounter with a medusa in the future, many purchased protective measures in the way of smoked goggles.

From the Bazaar, the best way to enter the Noble Section appears to be the Noble’s East Gate. An arched opening in the wall reveals towering mansions, the majority decaying and home to opportunistic fungus. Traveling through the gate, the party is able to navigate to the Necromancer’s Spike.

Light glimmers, as if from hundreds of tiny windows, from the curving sides of this towering natural formation – the heart of the city, its highest point, a column of unbelievable size. However, this close to the base the tiny patches of light shimmering on the column are clearly discrete patches of luminescent fungi.

Traveling the circumference of the spike, the party determines that the entry point to be on the west side of the formation, not 100 feet from the edge of the Plagueburst crater. An unlit cavity gapes at the Column’s base, apparently providing an opening into the interior. The thick stone doors that once must have secured the entry lie blasted in a pile of gravel and small boulders all around the entrance.

Website and Blog Updated

I have updated the website by modifying the character levels, adding the PDF files and the new Character Summary document.

The blog has been updated by modifying the marching order, updating links to the character sheets and Character Summary. I also updated the Story Summary, Missions/Goals and Gathered Information pages.

I still am waiting for updated versions of Dargoth and Kirlic based upon things I found when reviewing their sheets. Assuming that everyone has completed their shopping, we are ready to continue.

Marching Order?

Is this the new marching order?


Single File

1. Dargoth

2. Clint

3. Thurstan

4. Mr. Wolfe

5. Banjo

6. Kirlic

Double File

Dargoth and Clint

Thurstan and Mr. Wolfe

Banjo and Kirlic

Checked the Treasure Math

Per Bruce's comment on The Sinister Spire - GM Turn Post 26 on 4/21/11, the party already has already sold 4 tridents, 9 javelins, 5 heavy steel shields and 5 spears. Those proceeds plus 405 GP and 28 PP yielded each party member 129 GP and 8 CP at that time.

Based upon my records, it looks like Clint took the +1 Elven Chain found on Rikaryon's Isle and put his +1 Studded Leather in the kitty. I expect it will be sold with the rest. (I expect this does not count as a pick?)

The items sold this time plus the money from the extra mushrooms (150 GP), yields each party member 708 GP and 7 SP.

(Did you mean to assign a Scroll of protection from Energy to Dargoth? As a fighter, he cannot use it.)

Personal Shopping - What did you buy and sell?

Please post what you plan to buy and sell in this thread.

I want the chance to veto something if it is unavailable. I also like to know what you guys are up to.

GM Bookkeeping/Housekeeping

I now have copies of all the characters. I am awaiting the results of the treasure distribution.

I also need to know what do you do now? Head out immediately for the Necromancer's Spike? Go shopping first then the Spike? Cause trouble somewhere else?

I will attempt to have the site updated by the end of the week and the next turn posted.