21 June 2023 – Wednesday Ghouls

Review the characters

Character Connections

Bruno – Recognizes the strange gods worshipped at this forsaken vault.
Durrim – The energy of the ley lines is strong. Recognizes the world into which the Red Portal opens.
HB – Finds a vendor with a great grapple gun.
Ved Pinion – Spent a long time hunting in these lands with Rohalin. Knows the desert. A new view of the place with his new eyes and dark past.
Wynasia – For thousands of years warriors have painted these sands in blood.
Rohalin – This is your land. You know the City of Cats well. You know the city of Siwel. Parlina – Former Hand of Gahib Temuuri is out there somewhere.

Strong Start

Ashra-Re - Initiate of the Inner Circle of the Emerald Order is here. She is close to her people. She introduces the characters to Jalil im-Tep – Emerald Order advisor to God-King Thutmoses XXIII who is interested in opening up trade to the north for his master and believes breaking the hold of the undead is an important step. Offers a powerful magic item to help in their quest.

Acid 3d6 acid damage and lowers their AC by 2.
Cold 3d6 cold damage and slows them.
Fire 3d6 fire damage and 2d6 fire automatically their next turn.
Lightning 3d6 lightning damage and arcs to another creature in 25 feet for 2d6
Poison 3d6 and the creature is poisoned until the end of its next turn

Scenes

Meeting Jalil im-Tep – Emerald Order advisor to God-King Thutmoses XXIII
Traveling to the Tomb of Dhali Soliman
The Dune Mimic
A moontouched celestial well Eshu – God of Travelers and Nomads, Patron of Weavers, Master of Birds, Luckbringer, the Golden Gifter, Guide over the Plains, Father of the Ushabti, and Friend to the Jinnborn and the Luckless – Meeting Husa – Follower of Eshu and traveler of the western planes
Arrival at the The Tomb of Dhali Soliman
- Goal: Find the key to the Red Portal and shut it down. Bring the key back to Per Bastet.

Secret and Clues

The forgotten tomb of Dhali Soliman, a long-dead high priestess of Bastet, has been rediscovered in the wilderness outside Per-Bastet. Wizards affiliated with the Slinking Sisterhood of the Untamed have created a portal in Tes-Luria that leads to and from this location.
The former capital of the Kingdom of Luria, Tes-Luria fell into collapse centuries ago. After the fall, the tombs of the richest godlings of Nuria Natal remained, guarded by mummified sphinxes, stone golems and undead gnoll warriors, but few of their faithful visited the site.
Some years ago a cult of catfolk and gnolls, calling itself the Sisterhood of the Feral Scratch, who worship Bastet’s darker aspects of ferocity and lust, took root at the location.
The cult’s priestess was killed, and many of her followers were chased from the still-unfinished Grand Fane. The new priestess, Mau-tet Tivali (CN female nkosi pridelord, Tome of Beasts, p. 308), renamed the cult the Slinking Sisterhood of the Untamed.
The Red Portal crosses through the undead world of Evermaw.
Dhali Soliman was a high priest of Bastet who recognized her more feral side and connected it as a mask of the Hunter.
Dhali Soliman’s tomb is filled with necrotic energy flowing from the Red Portal to Evermaw.
Dhali Soliman was a priest of Bastet but became obsessed with her darker and wilder form.
Dhali built his retreat far away from Per Bastet to study his theories in solitude.
Dhali heard whispers from dark-Bastet to build a gate from which she might emerge.
The voice was a lie, it came from Mot – God of Eternal Death, Lord of the Undead, the Death of Fire, Black Emperor of the Silent Land of Mirey, Prince of Necromancers, and High Potentate
of Dragonslayers

Fantastic Locations

Locations
A moontouched celestial well Eshu – God of Travelers and Nomads, Patron of Weavers, Master of Birds, Luckbringer, the Golden Gifter, Guide over the Plains, Father of the Ushabti, and Friend to the Jinnborn and the Luckless

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NPCs

Review NPCs

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Monsters

Ghouls Combat Tracker
Deadly Encounter Benchmark: 24
Big undead cats

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Treasure

SF Generator - Vault of Magic Generator

693cp, 8991sp, 1881gp, 99pp (3678gp); Chrysoberyl (transparent yellow-green, 100gp), Jade (translucent light green, 100gp), Jade (translucent white, 100gp), Jade (translucent white, 100gp), Jet (opaque deep black, 100gp), Pearl (opaque lustrous yellow, 100gp), Spinel (transparent red, 100gp), Tourmaline (transparent blue, 100gp) 800gp; Potion of frost giant strength (rare potion), Potion of superior healing (rare potion), Potion of superior healing (rare potion)
An eldritch draconic quill of Bastet – Goddess of Cats and Hunters, Queen of Perfumes, Bastard Child of Aten, Mother of Alchemy, Patron of the Gnolls, and Wife of Anu-Akma (Southlands 235) that casts Feather Travel (Lvl 2)
A psionic nightmarish swordhilt of Aposis – The Chaos Serpent, Dragon of the Apocalypse, the Devouring Wyrm, Patron of Zanskar (Southlands 254) that casts Blade of Wrath (Lvl 3) once per day.
An clockwork flaming chariot toy of Mbanu – Forge of the Dwarves, Lord of Law, the Hammer God, Iron Fists, God of the Fireproof Beard, and Master of Flames and Lord of Light (Southlands 242) that casts Blazing Chariot (Lvl 5)
Akaasit Blade (rare), pg 11. You gain a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. This dagger is crafted from the arm blade of a defeated Akaasit (see Tome of Beasts 2). You can use an action to activate a small measure of prescience within the dagger for 1 minute. If you are attacked by a creature you can see within 5 feet of you while this effect is active, you can use your reaction to make one attack with this dagger against the attacker. If your attack hits, the dagger loses its prescience, and its prescience can't be activated again until the next dawn.

21 June 2023 – Wednesday Ghouls

Character Connections

Strong Start

Scenes

Secret and Clues

Fantastic Locations

NPCs

Monsters

Treasure

Session Notes