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* ''(After the riddle is solved):'' "Quite the descent. Best get started." | * ''(After the riddle is solved):'' "Quite the descent. Best get started." | ||
==== [[Underdark]] ==== | |||
'''At the [[Selûnite Outpost]] and around:''' | |||
* ''(Approaching portcullis, saw a [[Minotaur]] killed by traps):'' "Those flames will make short work of anyone who gets too close." | |||
** ''(Responding remark):'' “More effort than a pit of spikes. Credit where it's due.” | |||
* ''(Felt the quake):'' "What the…? Hells, this place is ready to collapse." | |||
* ''(Approaching myconid [[Rapport Spores (Condition)|spore-guarded territory]], [[Nature]] check):'' | |||
** ''(Successul):'' "The air's thick with spores. They must thrive in the dark." | |||
** ''(Failed):'' "There's something in the air. I can feel it with every breath." | |||
* ''(Approaching a group of petrified Drow):'' “Somehow I doubt these figures were made with hammer and chisel...” | |||
* ''(Killed the [[Spectator]], Arcana check):'' | |||
** ''(Successful):'' “Since when can spectators petrify their victims...?” | |||
** ''(Failed):'' “That was too close of a fight for my liking. Better be careful down here.” | |||
'''In the [[Ebonlake Grotto]] and [[Decrepit Village]]:''' | |||
* ''(Met the [[Myconid]]s for the first time, [[Intelligence]] check failed):'' “I don't care for mushrooms on a plate, never mind... like that.” | |||
* ''(Looking at [[Spaw]] planting spores into a corpse):'' “What's that thing doing with the dead? Feeding?” | |||
* ''(Saw a corpse revived as a Spore Servant):'' “Bringing back slain foes as your lackeys? Clever.” | |||
** ''(Responding remark):'' “What's a little stench in exchange for a lot of power?” | |||
* ''(Found the remains of duergar and myconids’ battle):'' “Looks like there was a fight. No love lost between duergar and myconids, it seems.” | |||
* ''(Approached abandoned camp in the Decrepit Village):'' “A camp. Looks like it's been sitting empty a while.” | |||
* ''(Killed [[Glut]]):'' “Glut will have to settle for being mulch instead of ruler.” | |||
** ''(Responding remark):'' “I'm not sure I know how to eulogise a giant mushroom. Can we leave?” | |||
'''In the [[Dread Hollow]]:''' | |||
* ''(Found [[Hook Horror]] markings, [[Survival]] check):'' | |||
** ''(Successful):'' "These gouges... something's marking its territory. Best be careful." | |||
** ''(Failed):'' "These markings look recent. What could've left them...?" | |||
* ''(Saw a Hook Horror up on the cliff, eating a gnome):'' “Look at the barbs on that thing... Shar preserve me.” | |||
* ''(Heard Hook Horror calling for reinforcement in battle):'' “What's it calling to? Are there more of them?” | |||
* ''(Saw [[Bulette|Bulette’s]] holes, Nature check):'' | |||
** ''(Successful):'' “Quite the burrow-hole. I'd rather not meet its maker.” | |||
** ''(Failed):'' “Did something dig this...?” | |||
* ''(Felt Bulette burrowing beneath):'' “What the...?” | |||
* ''(Bulette approaching, [[Nature]] check):'' | |||
** ''(Succeeded):'' "A bulette. Those things are vicious." | |||
** ''(Failed):'' "That thing didn't look friendly, whatever it is." | |||
* ''(Bulette reappeared after hiding underground):'' “The message didn't quite sink in, I see.” | |||
* ''(Approaching Sussur Tree):'' "Something about that tree... almost like an invisible hand pulling me towards it." | |||
* ''(Feeling [[Sussur Antimagic Field (Condition)|Sussur Tree impact]]):'' "There's something about these flowers... feels like my magic's wilting." | |||
* ''(Found Myrna's [[Myrna|dog collar]] after digging out the grave at {{coords|-41|-212}}):'' “A collar. What are these runes along it?” | |||
** ''(Responding remark, read [[Letter from Amarith]]):'' “Final resting place of Lenore's pet, I'll wager.” | |||
** ''(Responding remark, hasn’t read the letter):'' “No matter. The Underdark's probably full of lost oddities.” | |||
'''In the [[Arcane Tower]]:''' | |||
* ''(Approaching the entrance, saw scorched ground from [[Arcane Turret]]s):'' “Burn marks, and not from someone's campfire either. Best be careful.” | |||
* ''(Read any poem book in the tower):'' “Hmm. I can think of better places to enjoy literature than in the depths of the Underdark...” | |||
* ''(Felt Weave emanations from the [[Chest of the Mundane]], [[Arcana]] check):'' | |||
** ''(Successful):'' “Magic - from that chest. I can feel it.” | |||
** ''(Failed):'' “I feel something. Magic... but where?” | |||
* ''(Put an item IN the chest):'' “This chest - it disguises whatever's placed in it.” | |||
* ''(Took an item OUT of the chest):'' “Wait. This was different a moment ago...” | |||
* ''(Interact with lights without activating [[Power generator]]):'' “Doesn't look like I can light these... at least not by normal means.” | |||
** ''(Activated Power generator):'' “Magical illumination. Useful if you don't have flint or a taper to hand...” | |||
* ''(Blocked lift in the Arcane tower, Arcana check):'' | |||
** ''(Successful):'' “Powered by magic, it seems. Now to just get it working...” | |||
** ''(Failed):'' “Not a budge. Better take a look around...” | |||
** ''(Try to trigger it second time):'' “Still nothing. Bloody contraption.” | |||
* ''(Pressed the strange button in [[Lenore De Hurst|Lenore’s]] bedroom, doesn’t have the collar):'' “The button does nothing. And why's it barely above the floor? Strange.” | |||
** ''(Pressed the button, has Myrna's [[Myrna|collar]] in inventory):'' “The old collar with the runes - I just felt it tremble.” | |||
** ''(Pressed the button, a party member wears the collar):'' “The collar's trembling. Must be something nearby that's causing it. ” | |||
** ''(Pressed the button, got a [[Raw Steak]]):'' “Well look at that - self-service for a pet. Or other collar-wearer, I suppose...” | |||
** ''(Pressed the button second time):'' “Looks like the larder's run empty.” | |||
* ''(Put on the [[Guiding Light|ring]] obtained from [[Bernard]]):'' “A button... revealed thanks to this ring, no doubt.” | |||
* ''(Sat down on the [[Stool of Hill Giant Strength]]):'' "This chair... I feel stronger just from sitting in it." | |||
** ''(Got up from it):'' "The strength vanishes as soon as I stand. Curious." | |||
** ''(Destroyed the stool and took the [[Club of Hill Giant Strength|leg club]]):'' “Hmm. As much as I enjoy a sit-down, a strengthening bludgeon is more useful...” | |||
'''Collecting the lore on the [[Adamantine Forge]]:''' | |||
* ''(First learned about the adamantine forge):'' “An adamantine forge? Curious.” | |||
* ''(Looted [[Flumph Mating Rituals|disguised book]] from [[Xargrim]], Arcana check):'' | |||
** ''(Successful):'' “Mating Rituals? No... this book has something even juicier - hidden by a spell.” | |||
** ''(Failed):'' “'Flumph Mating Rituals'...?{{ref|Flumphs are a sentient race that inhabits the Underdark. They are known to reproduce themselves through a budding process, hence the bemusement of party members. Also, flumphs express their emotions by changing body colour, which is probably the point of Shadowheart's ironic remark when the disguise magic is dispelled. More on these creatures can be found at {{FRWiki|Flumph|long}}}} That drow must've gotten very lonely down here.” | |||
** ''(If already interrogated Xargrim's corpse):'' “This must be the book that dead drow spoke of. Magic's hiding its true contents.” | |||
** ''(The book transformed, the party knew it was disguised):'' “Hmm. Looks like 'Flumph Mating Rituals' has revealed its true colours.” | |||
** ''(The party didn’t know):'' “The true contents of that book on flumphs were hidden by magic - ingenious.” | |||
* ''(Looted [[Filro|Filro’s]] records, not knowing about the forge):'' “This gibberish is giving me a headache.” | |||
** ''(Deciphered the record scroll):'' “The forge is guarded by something vulnerable to a 'hot hammer'. Might be useful - or gibberish.” | |||
** ''(If learned about the forge first from Filro):'' “These notes speak of an adamantine forge hidden deep below.” | |||
*** ''(Responding remark, successfully deciphered drow’s records):'' “Something's guarding it... something vulnerable to a 'hot hammer', whatever that is.” | |||
*** ''(Failed to decipher the record scroll):'' “There's more written about it... scrawled, more like. I can't figure it out.” | |||
* ''(Second mention of the forge):'' “More talk of this adamantine forge. Quite the attraction, it seems.” | |||
** ''(The party knows about it from Filro’s corpse):'' “Seems the mad drow wasn't alone in hunting this adamantine forge.” | |||
** ''(The party knows about it from Filro’s notes):'' “More about this forge. But the other notes mentioned some sort of guardian...” | |||
** ''(The party knows about it from [[Dhourn]]/Dhourn’s corpse):'' “The adamantine forge - the same the wizard Dhourn was hunting for, it seems.” | |||
** ''(The party knows about it from Dhourn’s [[Memory Shard]]):'' “The adamantine forge - its location already revealed of course, thanks to the memory shard.” | |||
** ''(The party knows about it from Xargrim’s corpse):'' “An adamantine forge? The same as that dead drow spoke of, surely.” | |||
** ''(The party knows about it from Xargrim’s disguised book):'' “That journal mentioned the adamantine forge as well. Quite the obsession.” | |||
** ''(The party knows about it from [[Skarjall]]):'' “An Adamantine Forge. The duergar spoke of this.” | |||
* ''(Third mention of the forge):'' “Again with the adamantine forge. These people need a new hobby.” | |||
'''Dealing with [[Mushroom Circle]]s in the Underdark and beyond:''' | |||
* ''(Found dead drow at the foot of the crag, [[Medicine]] check):'' | |||
** ''(Successful):'' “This drow's cracked like an egg. Must have fallen quite some height.” | |||
** ''(Failed):'' “This drow was pulverised. What happened...?” | |||
* ''(Found illusory mushroom “ladder” leading toward crag top):'' “An illusion. Better tread carefully.” | |||
* ''(Found illusory wall on the top of the crag):'' “An illusion. Must be something worth hiding beyond it.” | |||
* ''(Approaching a mushroom ring, knows its purpose):'' “A fairy ring. It doesn't glow like the others though.” | |||
** ''(Not knowing the purpose):'' “Mushrooms growing in a perfectly neat circle? Curious.” | |||
* ''(Entered a mushroom ring, knows its purpose):'' “This fairy ring isn't working for some reason.” | |||
** ''(Not knowing the purpose):'' “Hmm. Thought that might've done something.” | |||
* ''(Activated the mushroom ring):'' “The ring's a different colour from what it was before...” | |||
* ''(Teleported from the Underdark into [[Overgrown Tunnel]], [[Ethel]] is dead):'' “The hag's lair. She must've had dealings in the Underdark.” | |||
* ''(Teleported from the Underdark into Overgrown Tunnel, Ethel survived):'' “The hag's lair. Hardly an improvement on the Underdark...” | |||
* ''(Teleported from the Overgrown Tunnel to the [[Putrid Bog]]):'' “The swamp. Of course. Wouldn't want to be teleported anywhere pleasant, naturally.” | |||
* ''(Teleported from the Overgrown Tunnel into the Underdark, hasn’t been to Underdark earlier):'' “How in the... this looks like the Underdark!” | |||
* ''(Teleported from the Overgrown Tunnel into the Underdark, has been to Underdark):'' “A shortcut to the Underdark. Interesting.” | |||
* ''(Teleported from the Putrid Bog into Overgrown Tunnel, Ethel is dead):'' “The hag liked to save herself some walking, it seems.” | |||
* ''(Teleported from the Putrid Bog into Overgrown Tunnel, Ethel survived):'' “The hag's lair. Wonderful.” | |||
* ''(Teleported from the Underdark to the Putrid Bog):'' “Nothing like being dropped in a stinking bog in the blink of an eye...” | |||
* ''(Teleported from the Underdark to the [[Sunlit Wetlands]] (Ethel’s illusion is still intact)):'' “Nothing like being dropped in the wetlands in the blink of an eye...” | |||
'''Elsewhere in the Underdark:''' | |||
* ''(Looking at cave paintings, [[History]] check):'' | |||
** ''(Successful):'' “[[Lolth|Lolth's]] driders in combat against mind flayers. This artwork must be ancient.” | |||
** ''(Failed):'' “Crude, but vivid as artwork goes. Whoever made these must be long dead.” | |||
* ''(Entering [[Zhentarim]] storehouse):'' "A Zhentarim symbol. Those outlaws must be operating here." | |||
* ''(Entering Zhentarim storehouse, descending from [[Zhentarim Hideout]]):'' "Quite a set-up. This takes smuggling to new lengths... or new depths, rather." | |||
* ''(Found a Drow resupply stash at {{coords|71|-220}}):'' “An old resupply cache. Lolth-sworn drow... hasn't been touched in years.” | |||
* ''(Heard [[Baelen Bonecloak|Baelen’s]] cries for help):'' “Calls for help. Could be genuine... or a trap.” | |||
* ''(Killed all [[Kuo-toa]] in [[Festering Cove]], dissipating [[BOOOAL|BOOOAL’s]] magic):'' “Seems like his godlike powers died with his followers.” | |||
==== [[Grymforge]] ==== | ==== [[Grymforge]] ==== | ||