Category: GM Notes

The party reaches the Spires of Xin-Shalast, and enters the Pinnacle of Avarice, where they meet the giants guarding the front door and a dramatic battle is fought.

Before they finally decide to start climbing the mountain, the party returns to the lower parts of Xin-Shalast to find that the giants have had a disagreement amongst themselves, and the trap set by Khalib isn’t quite what was expected.

In the ongoing saga of Rise of the Runelords, the party of heroes are particularly heroic in their defeat of the blue dragon Ghlorofaex.

The party manage to avoid an ambush through luck, decide not to rescue a Succubus, murder some ropers that just want to talk, and finally do talk to a Lamia that provides some useful information.

Having defeated the ice devil, the party decides to head up to the fortress of Shahlaria to take on the Rune Giants up there. This could turn out to be quite a dangerous fight, since a couple of rune giants plus a dozen or so cloud and storm giants could be more than the group can handle.

In which an assault is made on the lair of an Ice Devil, which turns out to have been waiting for them and has a few surprises in store.

In their explorations of the lost city, the party encounter a possible ally who provides them with a lot of information about the groups within the city.

A well planned and well executed plan of attack actually works, and luck is also with the party when it matters. It’s all going smoothly until an unexpected visitor crashes the party.

Bringing the roof down on themselves, a cure for vampirism and a strong desire to find loot are all on the agenda for the party.