Varisia Campaign

The heroes rested in the secret chambers of the Shimmering Veils, but their rest was interrupted by a group of warriors wearing uniforms identifying them from the Thassilonian kingdom of Bakrakhan, Runelord Alaznist's realm. The warriors of wrath gave themselves time to cast bull's strength , mirror image , haste , and displacement before engaging the heroes. They used spells like fireball to hit heroes who hang back from the melee. The warriors of wrath fought to the death. After completing their rest, the heroes used magic to determine that what they were looking for in this wing was in the Peacock Shrine.

The heroes located a secret door behind a section of mirrors in the far wall. Meditation Room. Bookcases full of tomes and scrolls lined this cozy chamber's walls and a reading table with several matching chairs sat atop a thick rug in its center. A peacock made of gold sat upon the table, holding a single stick of incense cleverly positioned in its tail feathers. A heavy wooden door exited the room through the wall to the northwest. A figure lay slumped in the chair in the far corner - the body of a man wearing rich robes and a cloak made of peacock feathers. An elegant mirror was clutched in his hand, and a book and quill sat on the table before him. This room was filled with religious essays on the subject of the Peacock Spirit, one of the more popular faiths during Thassilon's height. Unfortunately, the books were maddeningly vague and coy in revealing actual details about the Peacock Spirit, made all the worse by the large volume of material at hand. Very little could be o

When the proper key from the Sihedron Circle outside was placed in the proper pillar's keyhole and then turned in two complete revolutions, the pillar began to hum and glow softly. Once the pillar was glowing, its key vanished. When all seven pillars were active (the order of activation did not matter), the central pillar began glowing and rippled with a vortex of light that combined all seven of the surrounding colors. At the pillar's base, the vortex whirled in on itself like a vertically aligned whirlpool, opening into a 7-foot-wide circular portal through which could be faintly seen a long tunnel. The heroes stepped through this portal into Runeforge. Runeforge The approach from the portal was along a 10-foot-wide stone tunnel. Runeforge Features Magically Treated Stonework: The walls, floors, and ceilings of Runeforge were made of stone that had been magically treated. Sustenance: Runeforge sustained those within its walls constantly, keeping them nourished and reviving th

Earth elementals are earth elemental extraplanar outsiders. An outsider is at least partially composed of the essence (but not necessarily the material) of some plane other than the Material Plane. Some creatures start out as some other type and become outsiders when they attain a higher (or lower) state of spiritual existence. Outsiders have darkvision. Unlike most living creatures, an outsider does not have a dual nature – its soul and body form one unit. When an outsider is slain, no soul is set loose. Spells that restore souls to their bodies, such as raise dead, reincarnate, and resurrection, don’t work on an outsider. It takes a different magical effect, such as limited wish, wish, miracle, or true resurrection to restore it to life. An outsider native to the Material Plane can be raised, reincarnated, or resurrected just as other living creatures can be. Outsiders breathe, but do not need to eat or sleep (although they can do so if they wish). Outsiders native to the Mater

The heroes returned to Rimeskull to face off against Arkrhyst again. When Arkrhyst was severely injured, he escaped from the heroes. Xin's Stairway A massive stairway that looked like it must have been built by giants and taken years, if not decades, to complete was chiseled out of the side of the mountain. A twenty-foot-wide and thirty-foot-tall stone arch framed the first steps, while the final steps led directly up to a carving of an ancient face, its open mouth a cave entrance. The familiar seven-pointed star was etched deeply into its surface, prominently positioned at the highest section of the arch. Bones lay in iced-over heaps along the visible areas of the stairway. Each step was approximately a foot and a half high and 3 feet deep, with an average width of 20 feet. The stairway wound back and forth, rising up 200 feet to the entrance to the cavern above. Icy bones littered the long stairway. For the most part, the skeletal debris was frozen to the steps, the bones and ran