%% date:: [[2023-07-01]] %% # [[043_20230701 Volluk's Secret Chamber]] ## Session Summary > [!tldr] [[043_20230701 Volluk's Secret Chamber]] > The party discovered that the creature they killed was [[Volluk Azrinae]], the architect of The Gauntlight, and found his cluttered writing desk with maps of the top three levels. They discovered magical scrolls including a grisly spell called "Worms Repast" that was used on [[Zuhri]], and a magical lantern that attracts undead. After finding a secret door behind a painting, they entered a circular chamber where a screaming dwarf was bound to a metal table, covered in blisters and emanating a blue glow, with something invisible above him reacting to their presence. ^summary %% ## Video [Video]() %% --- ## Recap ![[ttrpgs/The Undead Unkillers/042_20230617 The Thing of Worms and Leeches#^summary]] --- ## Log We all got an extra feat called *Additional Lore* for our background lore. We're trying out something called *Tension Dice* now. There will be a certain number of d6s in the container. If we do something reckless, the DM will roll some amount of them. If there's at least one 1 rolled, there will be some sort of encounter-- a fight, or an event. - Every time we do a long rest in the dungeon, we add one die. - Once it gets to 6, we have to roll all of them. - We can clear the pool when we go into town or leave the dungeon. We realise that the thing we killed was what used to be [[Volluk Azrinae]]!! All of the paintings here were signed by Voluk. To the south, where he was sitting, was a cluttered writing desk and a large iron tub to the left. There are maps of the top three levels here. Voluk was either the architect, or he just knew this place intimately. There are also some notes in shorthand that are not in any discernible language. There are three pieces of paper that I think are something magical/useful. We'll have to try to Identify them. There's a massive lantern. When [[Brelda Venkervale|Brelda]] was complaining about her lost son, [[Lazda Venkervale]], the only rumour she got was that he was walking out of town with a hooded stranger that had a lamp. - Level 2 scroll of Comprehend Languages - Scroll of Paralyze - Scroll penned by Voluk himself. *Scroll of Worms Repast*. It's a grisly spell - the same one that he cast on Zuhri. I can learn all three, and so can [[Vayle]]. They're all arcane, divine, and occult. The lantern is magical. [[Zuhri]] and [[Ashnefrotty|Ash]] find out that this lantern, when lit, attracts undead. It's like a bullseye lantern that can shine in a specific spot. We search for the source of the screams. The tub is unused and ordinary. The chairs, table, wine glass, have not been used for years. But we do find a secret door behind the painting. We found a key in the hollow leg of a table. The painting opens into a 5' wide narrow corridor that ends in a steel door 5' away. There are *two* thinking creatures from beyond the steel door. We open the door. It's a circular chamber, abotu 35' in radius. The walls are smooth and grey. There's a flickering, nauseatingly blue ribbon of light that goes to the ceiling, and the ceiling is bubbling where it touches the ceiling. Below the light is a table on which a screaming, thrashing dwarf is bound. His body is covered by blisters. A blue glow emanates from him. - 25 [[Jaspen Bond Callistair|Bond]] - 19 [[Zuhri]] - A1: Tandem Movement - A1: Tandem - A1: Dragon Stance - - Thing - 12 [[Vayle]] There's something invisible above the dwarf that reacts to our presence. We're 15' from the metal table. - Z1: Shield - Z2: Soothe