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On the far side of the Hammam is the Mufti’s chamber, a priest’s chamber. The priest is not here right now, and there are a handful of items. This room has been converted to a non-specific altar and dedication to evil. (Alzar is not harmed by being here, like others would be) He secures a few items he suspect could be magical and continues. (They aren’t)
He skipped past the part of the Palace with the officer’s quarters and torture chamber and barracks and such….
He hits a pair of fancier rooms on the way to the “Sultan’s” bed chambers and does a quick search in each for stuff. Things like gems, a few items that might be magical, The Gem/Star is used too, so see if he can find anything.
He arrives at the corridor with his bedchamber, and casts Sleep on the 3 guards standing watch there.
Alzar listens and can clearly hear them talking about planning a party, (In the midst of the plague, how tacky). There are roughly three or four voices in there. He opens the door and casts Chaos as he does.
There are 4 guards, the “Sultan”, two administrators and someone else. All but two guards fails their saves. The two guard/brigands are moving towards Alzar, weapons drawn.
A quick Hold Person paralyzes them both (and an admin as well, who was nearby).
Alzar heads over and checks the room out. He binds the Chaos’d and paralyzed folks. Blindfolds them as well. He also reaches with the Spellcrux focus to grab Forget and after using ESP to interrogate the “Sultan,” casts Forget on him.
So, in the 6 rounds of interrogation, here is what he learned.
Sultan has no idea where the Cup or Talisman might be.
He is fearful of an impending coup, and thought Alzar was with it
He gave up where he stashes his personal treasury
He gave Alzar even better knowledge of the layout of this area.
And that’s it. Alzar pockets some gems, a pair of magic items, and jewelry from the Sultan’s private stash, then opens a secret door to the Harems, closes it, and leaves. He doubts the men will remember him enough to identify him, and the “Sultan” will be embarrassed by it.
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