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The new day has dawned and Alzar has eaten and is back to the castle. The portcullis is open and anyone can come in.
While entering the palace, Alzar lashes his wagon to the entryway inside, and ties up the five horses. (One riding, four draft). The hallway is searched by animal skeletons running up and down. The hallway splits into a left and right corridor, with a small gate room at the front of each. Alzar enters the gate room on the left. Inside is a giant rat, which is killed by Lastion in a second.
XP – 10
Alzar heads over and checks out the right gate room, and inside are two skeletons, and Alzar commands them. They have 5 hp each, short swords in their hand, and ac7. Alzar chooses to head through the door on the left. Soon it has one way going forward, and one back. Alzar turns. The corridor goes on, so he searches for secrets, but finds nothing. He arrives at a natural cavern with a fresh creek running through it. A large stone grey pool of water in still in the center of the room, and occasionally bubbles rise to the surface.
Alzar sends in an animal skeleton to check, and it is attacked and killed by these bubbles. These creatures are unique to this pool, and Alzar has never heard of them. (They were formed by the process of making magical potions, and dumping the residue and failed potions into this pool over and over again through years, which eventually animated and gave intelligence to these bubbles). (I told you, this is a quirky module).
With a dead animal skeleton, and no reason to challenge the bubbles, Alzar skips the pool and moves on.
He goes back to the fork in the corridor and heads south and hits a door shortly thereafter. It’s already ajar. The walls of the room are collapsing and moisture clings to everything. A brilliant purple moss is growing everywhere. The torch is sputtering as if not getting enough oxygen. A check by an animal skeleton finds nothing. Alzar enters. The Purple Moss gives off a sweet smelling gas that puts people to sleep, but Alzar is immune to gas. (Necklace of Adaptation) It smells nice. Alzar thinks that it would be a great way to protect a home where he was. He hacks off a nice section of Purple Moss and puts it in a large urn from a nearby storeroom, seals it, and returns it to the wagon. He then continues on.
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