Edge of the Underdark

Scribe Notes

Summary

Adventure: Edge of the Underdark
GM: Paul Schmidt
Season: Winter 799 WK

Party

• Someone - played by Somebody (Party Leader)
• Someone - played by Somebody (Scribe)
• Someone - played by Somebody (Mil Sci)
• Someone - played by Somebody
• Someone - played by Somebody
• Someone - played by Somebody
• Someone - played by Somebody

Employer

Cuculain of Greyhawk

Mission

Find out what the drow’s plans are for the surface.

Plane

Greyhawk

Places visited

Greyhawk City

Gnome city in the UnderDark

Iren-Kithic - Drow city in the Underdark

The Skillet - Efeeti town in the Plane of Elemental Fire

City on the surface that had been taken over by the drow

City of Midrick

Major NPCs encountered

Lord Ebonhand

Shriek - a goblin

Matriarch of House Melshak

Lawfakir

Dr Stephanopolois

Trusty Jack

Original Scribe Notes

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Adventure Summary

1st Frost ‘99 - Day 1 Spent 26 days at the Guild having potions and scrolls done 27th Frost - Day 27 Went to Greyhawk City 1st Snow - Day 31 Reached entrance to Underdark. Encountered trolls in mushroom forest. 5th Snow - Day 35 Encountered and defeated large beholder. Obtained it’s treasure 6th Snow - Day 36 Found large underbground city, ex-dwarven, now populated by undead. One end contained two magical pillars which kept the undead away from that section. They are also an Earth place of power. Here resides an old red dragon on a large treasure pile. Nearby is a lava stream which is a fire place of power. 10th Snow - Day 40 Finally left the old city and encountered petch who told us how to get to the gnome city. On the way we reached a starway down a cliff. The minerals there distorted earth magics. 11th Snow - Day 41 Reached the gnome city. Stayed with the gnomes for some time while new spells were learnt and some training done. 12th Ice - Day 72 Left the gnome city with the plan to find a drow trading party and hijack them. 14th Ice - Day 74 Reached a kua-toa trading post. Various trading parties are here, including illithids, human, and drow. 15th Ice - Day 75 Go after one of the drow parties. Attacked by illithid on a rock bridge over a lava stream. Later on, we got directions from a bunch of duager riding giant spiders. 17th Ice - Day 77 Ambush drow party who are members of House Tormentor in the drow city. Have to fight off a summoned demon. 19th Ice - Day 79 Reach the city of fire giants located on the shores of a lava sea. Cross the sea and encounter an efreeti who wants a fire opal retrieved from the drow city. On the other side of the sea was an old male drow wizard who helped us maintain our drow illusions and also gave us stones that would help us speak drow. He also wants the House Matriarh of House Tormentor slain. 22nd Ice - Day 82 Arrived at a drow settlement where we obtained a goblin called Shriek. Stayed there overnight. 23rd Ice - Day 83 Bought two gnomes off a drow trading party. Later on, reached drow guardhouse and managed to pass through into the city. While we were there, we achieved the following: - captured the steward of House Tormentor - fought and defeated the house wizard of House Tormentor - looted the House Tormentor vaults - captured the Matriarch of House Tormentor - captured the Matriarch of House Melshak (a rival house) - looted the House Melshak vaults. The House Melshak Matriarch was released and the House Tormentor Matriarch turned over to her. In the Melshak vaults was the fire opal the efreeti was looking for. We also discovered that the drow are using a large orray in the centre of the captured surface city to change the conditions at the surface to match those of the Underdark. The vaults contained notes and a model of the orray. 29th Ice - Day 89 Returned to the shore of the lava sea where the wizard and steward were released. The fire opal was turned over to the efreet. In return he conveyed the party to The Skillet where we were healed and rested. Candlemas - Day 91 Arrived back at the gnome city and used a summoned xorn to reach the surface. Two party members had to be retrieved from an evil temple near the surface. Had an interview with the regent of the area. It was his city that the drow had captured. Currently there was a dark dome over it that was slowly expanding. 3rd Thaw - Day 94 Arrived in Greyhawk city and reported to the Wizard Lawfakir. Discovered how the orray worked. 5th Thaw - Day 96 Back to the regent and organised an army to invade the city once the dome was brought down. 9th Thaw - Day 100 Entered the domed city and made our way towards the centre. City populated by drow, formorian giants, and undead. 10th Thaw - Day 101 Reached the centre where the giant orray was. Had a large battle with drow and formorians. Sunlight spells were used to cause the orray to fade away and the dome to vanish. It is believed that the orray is still present and may reappear someday. The secret to permanently destroying it is said to lie in the underground dwarvish city which is directly below. 12th Thaw - Day 103 Returned to Greyhawk City and thence to the Guild.