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Month 4: (July)
Work is fine – 24 weeks left
Dominion – Capital gains +20%, others +5%; lost 4 families in Farhome to monster attacks - hell hounds and a pair of fire giants raided at night.
Alzar decides to head over and check things out.
After searching for a while, Alzar uncovers a hidden cave about 6 or 7 miles from Farhome, in the foothills. A very large exit from the cave is pretty big, and is too hard to hide, and no one has been taking chances at being stealthy. The exit is big enough for giants or dragons or anything else.
Alzar sits down and concentrates and uses a Crystal Ball to scout a bit ahead – The cave entrance bends into a large tunnel that goes right and left, and there is a door to the front as well. Alzar can see some smoke coming from the right side of the passage.
Alzar conjures an Invisible Stalker to explore and return to him. After it heads out, he conjures an Earth Elemental and then pulls out his golem, Aegis from the Warp Marble. He secures his items for combat, and then the Stalker returns.
The Stalker reports that it saw a red dragon in the large cave, and there were also a cavern of trolls to the left, and some other doors, with fire giants and hellhounds to the rear and a Beholder in a chamber in the far corner. There were three doors he couldn’t open.
Hmmm…
Red dragon, beholder, trolls, and giants/hell hounds.
He swaps his items around a bit. He is now wearing a Ring of Free Action and another of Fire Resistance. He decides to head out to the dragon first. It could be the most difficult.
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