Expedition: Ablesforth: The Demon Hole: Part 2 - 30 Aug 2021

[Zhym]

Marullus: Since we're already dealing with the Templars, can we have them check the ring for internal taint?

Pendleton notices something Dolph's corpse: a small, wooden flute. The tiny musical instrument seems incongruous on the big fighting man. Seems a shame to burn it, thinks Pendleton. He takes the instrument and plays a little tune—a little out of tune at first, but gradually improving until the song is wistful and melancholy. A particularly well-disposed listener might even call it "haunting." Appropriate, perhaps, for this place full of the infernal.

He plays the flute at Dolph's funeral.

[Marullus]

They confirm the ring has no infernal taint. It is a wizardly Created item.

The Wizard Tower is being constructed by the ArchDuke at no cost and turned over to the Wizard Guild proposed by Baxtaw and Pendleton. They will have rights of a Lord for one Archmagus decided amongst themselves and an obligation to secure the underground ruin as their territory. For now, it will be sealed by a warded gate only accessible from within the tower. He reveals to the Guild and your group it is a magically-created labrinth created as a testing ground and experimental laboratory for Dreadlord Belleron's apprentices. Belleron's city was on the same location as Gaul, but the entire city disappeared without leaving any ruins - only the foundations remain, which Gaul built on when the ArchDuke arrived.

The politics of the wizard guild are clear enough - with Hagaseth establishing a tower and apprentices among the recently (and inexplicably) resurgent dwarves who now claim Kingship over all the north, the ArchDuke needs his own wizardly advantage, and an organization that can rapidly grow and share knowledge while also unearthing lost secrets below meets that need.

Starbeard had good vision for running the exploration underneath, but is now absent. We will leave it sealed for now until we have a GM solution for it. In the meantime, all PCs wizards joining into the Guild need to sort that out IC. I will make an IC location for it tied to Frogmorton Ford. They need rules for joining, spell sharing, communal goods. They also need to decide if what NPCs (types and levels) they try to entice from the Southlands (and based on what offers).

Discuss IC as a guild here: viewtopic.php?f=438&t=8569

[Zhym]

Pendleton will take the ring as his share of treasure, then, if no one objects.

One ring and 100 gp (from the reward) added to Pendleton's sheet.

[Spearmint]

Idriss

is happy with his share of gold, no objections for the ring to go to Pendleton. That leaves the third share of cash to Ablesworth.

Idriss will look to join the mage guild subject to Templar approval. He chose the fireball spell as though learning Imprisonment might be great vs future devils, I doubt getting to 9th level to cast it will come any time soon.

[Marullus]

Post final spell picks in private forums. Closing this discussion.