# [[026_20210530 Inside the Volcano]] %% <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JPtk_igH53o" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> %% ## Session Summary After taking a short rest to identify some things and discuss what Ora had learned in her use of Encode Thoughts, we entered the volcano and were immediately attacked by a kobold champion that seemed to have been guarding the entrance, and a group of fire snakes and kobolds that had been in the first cavern. After defeating them, we found some jewelry and gems, and we learned from the Draconic markings in the cave that this volcano was somehow linked to the worship of the god Tiamat, the Scaled Tyrant. In the second chamber, we came across a large ambergris dragon statue (which we later broke and took for later sale) and a large, magma-belching basilisk that had begun to petrify Lira. Luckily, Boris was able to subdue it, taking advantage of the death of its previous master, and set it free. Examining the cell that was at the end of the cavern, we found Eryn, a half-elven woman who had been kept captive by the kobolds. She was also the mate of a man we'd seen turning into one of the lizardfolk on Urukayxl. Finding and opening a secret door in another alcove of the cavern, we all entered a narrow passageway leading into the darkness. Just then, Ora's father contacted her telepathically, saying that perhaps she required a show of faith to listen to him. Saying a keyword, _Lumos_, Ora's hand began to glow as a light globe floated in her hand, illuminating the dark passageway before us. ^summary ## Housekeeping - Moving back to Owlbear Rodeo. Let's see which we like better. - Ora, did you do a short rest? Did you use your hit dice? - song of rest (+4) - Loot - 100 gp armor - Boris - 4x spell bottle of encode thoughts - Ora - goggles: [Finder's Goggles](https://www.dndbeyond.com/magic-items/finders-goggles) - potions: Potion of Fire Giant Strength, Potion of Hill Giant Strength - Speculations on the Rise of the Kryn Dynasty (book) - Boris [Initiative tracker](https://donjon.bin.sh/5e/initiative/?load=60b286ab-541a3535) ### Heroes' Feast (Ora and CTE) - immune to poison and being frightened - advantage on Wisdom saving throws - increased HP ## Recap ![[025_20210523 Ransacking Fire Brand Camp#^summary]] ## Quest [[The Rumble at Rumblecusp]] ## Strong start > We're standing in the middle of this now empty kobold camp. Boris, you're the one who identified these as kobolds, so you're the one that notices, as we all go through the remnants of the village, looting it, that there are some elements to it that don't match with your recollection of kobolds. Kobolds are normally very simple creatures. Their short, violent lives and low status in civilized societies means their needs don't extend too far beyond the basics: shelter, food, safety. But there are signs of intelligence here and there. > Of particular note are a shrine, with bones and teeth lining its entrance, that belies a religion - unheard of for a kobold; and a pit in the center of the little circle of huts with a sigil tied to a wooden structure near it, which seems to be of ritualistic significance. > Ora has been going around camp for the last ten minutes, plucking parts of the mist itself, or so it seems, and putting it on her forehead. > Near the huts are two dark openings in the stone of the mountain. ## Scenes - [x] Exploring what remains of the [[Fire Brand Camp]] - 🎧Rumblecusp > Scouting - Alchemical skunks come by to sniff at overturned vials of Encode Thoughts. - [x] Spotting the [[Fire Brand Camp#Mountain Entrances]] - [x] Entering the volcano: [[Vokodo the Volcano]] - 🎧Rumblecusp > Exploring Cavern, maybe with Barovia camp music - 🎧Rumblecusp > Camp for combat, or D&D Saltmarsh battle music - [x] [[Vokodo the Volcano#Cavern of Torches]] - [x] [[Vokodo the Volcano#Narrow passageway]] - [ ] [[Vokodo the Volcano#The Hatchery]] - [ ] [[Vokodo the Volcano#Assassin's Chamber]] ## Secrets and Clues - [x] Rumblecusp has many portals to different places, including the Feywild, Xhorhas, and the Greying Wildlands. - [x] [[Firsov Iosif Anatolievich]] succumbed to the Fire Brand Kobolds and his dying thoughts were of the [[ttrpgs/The Slayers Five/Luxon Beacon]] in their hands. - [ ] [[Mother Krangor]] uses alchemical skunks to spread the mist of [Encode Thoughts](https://www.dndbeyond.com/spells/encode-thoughts). - [ ] [[Vokodo]] guards an orb that may strengthen or release a chain holding [[Uk'otoa]] captive. The Betrayer God [[Zehir]] made a pact with other gods to help him stop his ex-follower from rising to power. [[ttrpgs/The Slayers Five/Tiamat]] agreed in exchange for Zehir helping her defeat [[ttrpgs/Temporary White Circle/Bahamut]] during the Calamity. - [ ] [[Trent Ikithon]] is gathering an army of Volstrucker to fight in Xhorhas, and he wants Ora to join them. - [ ] [[Captain Three Earrings|CTE]] is losing her abilities due to her shifting allegiances, and needs convincing not to turn on the party in order to take the orb in Vokodo for herself. - [ ] [[Jannika Jäger|Viridian]] is Jannika Jäger, Ora's nursemaid and the closest thing to a mother that Ora has. She was freed by [[Aro|Karolin]] from the [[Vergessen Sanatorium]] in [[002_20210612 Where is my sister]] (835-09-10, about four months ago) and went to Urukayxl to follow Ora's trail, but she was waylaid by [[Thunder the Dragon Turtle]]. Her ship was shipwrecked in [[Rumblecusp]] and she became Viridian. - [x] The [[Ritual of Forgetting]]'s main purpose is to expose kobolds to high concentrations of [Encode Thoughts](https://www.dndbeyond.com/spells/encode-thoughts), making them forget their more violent urges and enabling higher thought. - [x] The god Tiamat, the Scaled Tyrant, is the evil queen of dragons and one of the [[Betrayer Gods]]. - [ ] The [[Will of the Talon]] is the artifact that [[Hektor Delina]] wanted to send to [[Dragen]]. - [x] [[The Arms of the Betrayers]] are the only physical manifestations of power that the gods can send past the Divine Gate after the Divergence. There are eight of them. ## NPCs - [x] [[Eryn]] - [x] [[Qresk Bronzeripper]] - [ ] [[Mother Krangor]] ## [[Loot]] - [ ] --- ## Log Start: 10:30 Psychic Whispers: Boris, Lira, creature for 5 hours (until 15:30) Magma Belcher as pet? Boris set it free - [x] Loot: 75 gp of slightly chewed jewelry and gems - not yet divided - [x] Horn of Silent Alarm 2x - add 6 pieces of ambergris to Boris's inventory ✅ Ora used a third encode thoughts potion End: 12:00