Session 39: Tomb déjà vu with a side of plans

## Ambush in front of Kiznack

After instantly slaying the caster that led the undead patrol in the outskirts of Kiznack, the group took to dismantling it's rotten compatriots who proved less of a challenge without a leader to command them.

They learned that the Corpse Behemoth could throw random undead during each of its turns, as well as some general information about each type of undead they faced. From the corpse of the wizard they looted an arcane focus worth 5 gold, 2 vials of an unidentified dark liquid and a spellbook with up to level 3 spells.

After the battle they entered Kiznack, remarking that the villagers had started expanding their village, and navigated the fog to reach Kaven's hut. Wary of potential undead creatures loitering the streets. They found him and his now wife in a heated discussion about the situation the village is in, and he welcomed them in his home with clear relief.

They discussed the situation, Eppa urging him to prioritize keeping his people safe instead of risking them in a futile fight, Kaven and Glunn shared what they could about Morova and her apprentices, going over her scheduled movements and potential location of the device that kept her alive.

They learned of Vrisko: a seemingly reclusive individual who has apparently been tasked with undead maintenance. She excels in magics that command, create and enchant undead

They learned of Karrix: a prejudiced undead that considers the still living goblins chattel to be used and commanded. Not much is known about his magics as most goblins who witnessed it met a quick end soon there-after.

They learned of Ord: the wizard they slayed earlier in the day, a seemingly more subdued character, who died before anyone could learn anything meaningful about him.

They learned of Surven: he who currently stands second only to Morova. Theoretically the most dangerous apprentice as he has a diverse portfolio of spells. He was tasked with keeping the entrance to the Tomb protected but was chased off by the party.

## Plans and Snags

Planning began awkwardly, the lack of concrete details making the process harder. Of little help were the two sending spells Taegen exchanged with Christopher, this time demanding a meeting soon, with a weird stipulation for Christopher himself, he must secure Eppa's presence in that meeting. Christopher does his best to delay the meeting, managing to gain the party a week.

Deciding that waiting in Kiznack will not be conductive to any sort of plan, the party leave and manage to sneak back into the abandoned laboratory to rest for the night. They decide to tackle the place from which Morova emerged head-on, deciding to sneak past patrols and other apprentices.

Thankfully they do just that, avoiding traps and ambushes set up around the small hill the undead wizardess emerged from, but realize their way is block and that a brutal fight would have to ensue, a fight that would drain resources they might need. Still not dissuaded Eppa scouts ahead with an Arcane Eye:

He wanders around a layout that reminds him of him last foray into the Tomb, seemingly so long ago, he passes by roaming undead patrols, the collapses corridor where Morova perished, only to later return and finally found her actual place of emergence.

8. Large lab in which a number of undead projects lay half finished, a frustrated goblin seems to be talking to skeletons whilst repairing an undead behemoth. She seems to sense something is off when the Arcane eye enters the room.

7. You emerge here after taking the stairs down. From west to east you find: the door to 8, a hidden door seamlessly made part of the wall, an ornate stone of marble-like stone, runes and a divot can be noticed on it, a door leading to a corridor to the north.

n?. A corridor that leads to a room Eppa had no time to scout and 2

2. A mausoleum that goes quite deep, still filled with some mundane undead. Two sealed doors can be found to its north. Both are sealed but the right one looks like the actual entrance to the Tomb proper the party saw in the Kiznack cave they fought the Absorber in.

In a moment of awkward calculations and probable regret over their decisions to take on this massive challenge so hastily, Ixxy offers to make their job easier by acting as a distraction.

After some encouraging words from Christopher and a divine inspiration, she leaves drawing the entrance guards away from the Tomb, into the fog.

Her fate remains unknown.

## What did the DM mean by this?

Eppa noticed, around 5 days ago, that the infernal conduit he was casting Nystul's Magic Aura on every night had stopped moving. More investigation is required as to the significance of this.