Not just a simple comb

Summary

Adventure: Not just a simple comb
GM: Jono
Season: ~Autumn 821 WK
Night: Starting Monday the 8th of Mar 2021 at Stephen & Lisa's place.
Area: Western_Kingdom & Brandenburg and Borovia.
Level: High
Info: Information from players for Jono
House Rules: Jono Quickness and Slowness
Playtest
Please note - Lowered specialisation to 1 per rank (from 3). See change log on last page of each doc.

Adventures related to this adventure are Operation Word, Liberty of County Palatine of Borovia and Half a crisp spring.

Dramatis Personae (preference will be given to those that have played on the previous games)

Silverfoam Elven(m) Namer - Michael P. 22 PB Mil.Sci.
Keshah Elven(m) Rune - Michael H. 20 PB
Roderigo Halfling(m) Champion of the small folk - Michael M. 9 PB
Braegon Human(m) Elementalist - Stephen. 14 PB Scribe
Caprice Human(f) Thaumaturge - Kelsie. 20 PB P.L.
Vychan Giant(m) Elementalist - Sean. 20 PB
Kilroy Human(m) Rune - Dean. 14 PB

Employer

Morgor & Syrene

Mission
A group of adventurers, in good standing, skilled in the art of shaping time is needed to assist Morgor in dealing with the Dark Skies.
This is only one course of actions that is expected to work but others may also work.

1. Travel back to Winter 818 WK.

1A. Travel to County Borovia (the Pit)... Borovia map

Steal & replace enchanted green collars on 3 specific slaves (to upper bosses - we get visions of them, one of them is Caprice) within the pit before any battle. We have 3 replacement collars from Morgor.
It would be helpful to have a fake replacement skull (Rune Poison skull).
Either way remove a skull (replace with fake if you can) of the second Dark Skies from the Infected Prince Smith. The skull is an item that the Dark Skies is after.

1B. Travel to Mount Ghakis in SW County Borovia (to blow the horns).

Gain the assistance of the Dark Skies or Red Crowns if needed.
Blow the enchanted Horns no earlier than the 14th Snow 818 WK. Snakes that open portals enslaved by the drow.
Under the protection (Blessing) of Death, kill Dilxae Baenath - The Fae Fallen Fawn (Pacted to Sitri), at the hand of the shortest of you. (If Rodrigo is dead this is Caprice)
A portal will open for one of Sitri's Lts to turn up and avenge the Fae. If you defeat Avenging Avatar quickly then you should be able to enter undetected into Sitri's realm.
Rescue Kitty and Purr with Keshah on hand. (They are 'doomed' to not die at the hand of someone that loves them when close to Keshah.)
Kill Sitri if needed.
Make sure this is done before the 'Days of Chaos'.

2. If you have time...

Find Peter (who was reduced to ash in the Time Tunnel)
The Fae near Ambrose Inn want Dilxae Baenath returned if possible.
Travel to the Shrivers and remove evil parts of Dilxae Baenath - The Fae Fallen Fawn, allowing the corpse to be given back to the Fae realm.

3. Travel back to Spring 819 WK...: and place a bag of items in the garden near the arch entrance to Morgor's lair (without the other guild parties seeing you).

4. If you still have time...: Morgor will give you dates and locations that the three living Janx have spent in the Shriven Hills.

Payment: An item to deal with the Ghost of the Janx.; Training of special skills.; Three large blocks of copper in a strange shape (500,000sp).

Scribe Notes

Meet & Greet in Seagate

Sort out the administration requirements then head to Turf's place in Seagate.

Present are:

Baron Turf - Elvish (m)â™‚ï¸
Morgor the sharper (Dark Terror) Elvish (m)â™‚ï¸
Syrene The Keeper of the Great Heart Elvish (f)â™€ï¸
Ambrose is a known agent of the Summer King Human (m)â™‚ï¸
Anguitia the Naga Queen - A naga looking like a Elvish (f)â™€ï¸
The Elemental twins - Duncan and Charm. Human (m, f)â™‚ï¸â™€ï¸
Matt Tumbledown - A titan and blessed child of the Fates. Titan (m)â™‚ï¸
Jedburgh of Candlestone Farm. (Leader of Carzala rangers) - Human (m)â™‚ï¸
Chieftain Kragview Lomhead of Superstition mountains - A Dwarf (m)â™‚ï¸
Sir Callus Kelpenwood of the Royal Eyes of Alfheim Royal Court - Elven (m)â™‚ï¸
Princess Verina Aleksandra of Glissom - Human (f)â™€ï¸

We are given several astrology readings.

The Janx seek to release Terminus from imprisonment (possibly) beneath Khatovar. Dust of death (from a specific location in the from the valley of death) stops them teleporting. Some were killed in the tunnel of time, their ghosts still need to be dealt with.

Morgor & Matt believe the Janx are involved but from about 1 year ago they are protected from Astrology so it is hard to tell where/how. We killed 8 Janx, they think that there are 4 full strength Janx and 2 weaker ones who will be after us.

Sir Callus believes we have a 75% chance of surviving/succeeding.

Kilroy has a blade made of Typhon's shadow. Typhon is the leader of the Janx.

Caprice has some troubadours who were taken by the Moriquendi that she needs to rescue. Also her shaper dwarf friend was kidnapped. Ditto

Sigismund's Sceptre disrupts portals.

Vychan (being smart): Forge Dust of Death into weapons or armour using Kilroy's Forge?

The Twins give Kilroy & Keshah a pair of daggers, scrolls and instruction to kill one of the bad guys with and create a skull that will be appealing to Dark Skies.

Head to Fates & Death

Matt takes us to visit his mothers (The Fates). Richard of Lunar is waiting with a couple of other armoured men.

We enter and talk to The Crone:

We should go to the luck lake, it's more pure this time. Take 3 or 4 vials between us.
Caprice should sacrifice the pure heart making the Janx's hearts vulnerable to K&K. The Janx key can be used to cut through (unlock) their defences.
Don't leave the two soul jars containing parts of the Janx laying around free.
Travel to Death now to seek his blessing - especially for Roderigo.
She is expecting Caprice, but with her daughter. Asking about Allegra and the closet, they say that they visited her and told her to bring her mother. Thus this may be another visit in the near future.

Matt takes us to Death:

He's expecting Roderigo, he reluctantly marks Roderigo.
He gives us directions to get the Dust of Death.
The Red Crowns (led by the Golden Crown), Dark Skies, and (Serpent) Priestesses have all come here within the past 3 weeks.
- The Senators of decay have been moving pawns around at the direction of the Dark Skies, they bought the Red Crowns here. They were also concerned that the Moriquendi and the Elven crown were still at odds.
- The priestesses wished to change Strahd's Sceptre to affect the living.
- The Senators will try to kill us after we have killed the Janx.

Chapter 2

Buffs & Mil Sci

'A = Always on.

Long Term

**Long Term (assumed always on)**
Magic (caster)	Rk	Effects	Dur	Si	Ki	Br	Ke	Ro	Ca	Vy
Strength of Stone (Br)	20	+20 EN	21 hrs	Y	Y	A	Y	Y	Y	Y
Armour of Earth (Br)	21	+44 Def, 2 DR	12 hrs			Y
Rune Armour (Ki)	20	+25 Def, +5 AP, 2 SG	10.5 hrs	Y	Y	-	Y	Y	Y	Y
Fire Armour (Br)	20	100 Ablative Mag. Fire	21 hrs	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Heat Shield (Br)	9	40 Ablative Mag. Cold	10 hrs	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Fire Proofing (Br)	17	Prot. Normal Fire 6 less Dmg	18 hrs	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Cold Resistance - Water (Br)	18	Prot -36Â°C 5 Less Damage	19 hrs	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Wind & Water Proofing (Si)	20	Dry, protection from Rainstorm	63 hrs	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Water Breathing (Si)	20	Breathe and see in water. Talk PC hexes.	21 hrs	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Buoyancy (Br)	6	Up/down 17'/pulse, withstand pressure	3½ hrs	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Vapour Breathing (Br)	6	Safely breathe any gas	3½ hrs	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Witchsight (Br)	20	See Invis, see in dark 150' or 75' inside.	10½ hrs		Y	Y		Y	Y	Y
Willow Healing (Ke)	8	3 end per pulse x 9 pulses	16 Hrs	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Greater Heart Rune (Ke)	20	heals 13 end	21 days	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Smite (Ke/Ki)	20	Resist or D+21, knocked prone, stunned	21 h	Y	Y		Y	Y	Y	Y
Blessing F.(Br)	6	+50 vs Disease/Infection +30 Fertility	7 Mo	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Disguise (Ca)	20	ht+/-20%, wt+/-40%,PB+/-12, voice and clothing, race and gender	21/41 hrs	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y

Durations Enhance Enchant: Caprice has rank 15, Kilroy has 'once a day' Rk 20 enhance available. That will last 110 seconds, so should be able to cover our daily buffs. Please include enhanced durations where appropriate. Vychan has a rock - If used to cast magic the result will be a triple effect and if the roll is a 60 or more then the caster is an extra target of the spell. So most daily buffs will be at approx x6 duration.

Short Term

**Short Term - Cast as Needed**
Magic (caster)	Rk	Effects	Dur	Si	Br	Ke	Ro	Ca	Vy
Mind Special Counter (Si)	20	+90% MR	26-35 min	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Feather Fall (Br)	6	Fall no more than 5'/pulse	3½ hrs
Star Wings (Br)	6	36 mph	3½ hrs
Ice Traversal (Br)	6	2 Targets +3 TMR	2 1/3 hrs
Enhance Enchantment (Ca)	15	up to +15 Ranks spell duration	17 pulses
Invisibility (Ro)	20		105 mins
Enchant Weapon(Ro)	20	+21 SC / +7 dam	25 mins
Rune Weapon (Ke)	20	+[D-5]+7 Acid dam x D pulses	25 mins
Qucikness (Ca)	18	IV + 25, TMR+7 (Max 18)	78 pulses					Y

Senses

**Ambush/danger senses/skills/magic**
Magic (caster)	Effects	Ki	Br	Ca
Sense Danger %		71%	91%
Ranger Detect Ambush %	Base %, -5*OppRk, SpecArea +6%	124%	203%	135%
Thief/Assassin Sixth Sense %	BC 10+2xPC+5xRk	128%		132%
Sense Intent %	Sense ill intent toward self or party 100' range or 20' when asleep self only			104%

Self only

**Self Only**
Magic (caster)	Rk	Effects	Dur	Si	Ki	Br	Ca
Mind Shield	*	+10+2/rk% vs M.Att.	1+2/rk hrs	11			Y
Fall Banding (Br)	6	Land on earth without damage	7 hrs			Y	Y
Elemental Transformation (Br)	15	+3 DR +3 U.dmg -2 AG -2 MD -1 TMR Move through earth	16 hrs			Y
Tracking (Br)	20	Tremor Sense 100'	42 Days			Y
Detect Traps & Snares (Br)	10	+20% to detect Traps/Ambushes within 70' in Nat. Env.	22 hrs			Y
Shapechange (Ki)	20	Change into normal animal/avian/aquatic	21 hours		Y
Heart of the Mountain (Ki)	6	Swap FT for EN as free action	7 hours		Y
Dissolution Of Violence (Ki)	11	17% chance of avoiding blow	12 hours		Y

Misc Buffs

Greater Enchantment rank 20 (Ro)

Hair Braiding (Rk 9 Skill) (200sp 1oz silver ribbon per person/time): Sometimes (takes 30 mins per person per day): +50% resistance vs Charm (Demonic, Spells, Bardic Voice). -25% melee damage from attacks from behind. Enhance Duration of one 2+ hour spell until next dawn. Stealth +10% 20'r. Unaffected by Awe or Fear for 5 mins from first exposure.; Rarely (takes 1 hour per person per day) +3 AG (or +2 over racial max).

Anti-scrying (Rk 21 Spell): Braegon + 3 hex radius while on the ground. Undetectable to scrying (including Wizards Eye); Blocks Rk 20 (or lower) Locate, Telepathy, ESP.

Herbalist (Rk 7) Meals/Broth: 4FT for meal or 5FT for broth/tea

Caprice has 4 and Kilroy has 3, whispering earrings, range 600'
All tagged so that Caprice can talk with them within 200 miles

Naked Dancing: by Caprice(assuming Lipstick): At night party gains +21 to MR and Ft, Caprice +46

Martial hymn on voice (1 pass action /2 pulse from Mask of Shailah): by Caprice: +48 SC, followers of PoL +3 dam, agents of PoL regen 1 per pulse (with Braegon's support)

Psaltery of Psilence: sneaking at 1/2 TMR; by Caprice: negates stealth penalties of armour, doubles racial stealth bonuses, triples spy and assassin stealth bonuses

presumably check with SF - Defence potion, 1 each from Siverfoam: 35 def, -20 stealth (sparkling), against unholy, reflects 21 dam per strike and spec grevs

Night-Owlâ€™s Egg Pan - Caprice: When an egg is poached in it, the person eating the egg will be able to stay awake until dawn if they wish without ill effect. This can only be used every second night on the same entity.

Healer Dampen Pain - Keshah increases amount required to stun by 20

Watch Order

To be modified since egg pan allows 1 person to do whole watch

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Silverfoam			Braegon			Roderigo			Caprice
Keshah				Kilroy				Vychan

Marching Order

Skirmish Formations (Front)
Default Kilroy Vychan Keshah Braegon Silverfoam Roderigo Caprice	Double File Vychan Kilroy Keshah Braegon Silverfoam Roderigo Caprice	Single File Vychan Kilroy Keshah Braegon Silverfoam Roderigo Caprice

Calendar

Autumn 821 WK: Fruit (4)
	Moonday		Duesday		W'ansday	Th'rsday		Frysday	Reapsday	Sunday
	Lugnasad		1	Guild Meeting	2	3		4	5	6
	7		8		9	10		11	12	13
	14		15		16	17		18	19	20
	21		22		23	24		25	26	27
	28		29		30	1		2	3	4
Autumn 821 WK: Harvest (5)
	5		6		7	8		9	10	11
	12		13		14	15	Equinox	16	17	18
	19	Harvest Moon ..	20		21	22		23	24	25
	26		27		28	29		30	1	2
Autumn 821 WK: Vintage (6)
	3		4		5	6		7	8	9
	10		11		12	13		14	15	16
	17	Blood Moon	18		19	20		21	22	23
	24		25		26	27		28	29	30	Beerfest

Winter: 818 WK Frost (7)
	Moonday		Duesday		W'ansday		Th'rsday		Frysday		Reapsday		Sunday
	Samhain		1	Guild Meeting	2		3		4		5		6
	7		8		9		10		11		12		13
	14		15		16		17		18		19		20
	21		22		23		24		25		26		27
	28		29		30		1		2		3		4
Winter: 818 WK Snow (8)
	5		6		7		8		9		10		11	Honoured guest portal to Borovia.
	12		13	Dark Skies portals into Borovia.	14	Ritual of opening.	15	Open the Crypt. Solstice	16		17	The Duke of Carzala's Winter Ball	18	Yuletide
	19	Days of Chaos	20	DoC2	21	DoC3	22	DoC4	23	DoC5	24	DoC6	25	DoC7
	26	DoC8	27	DoC9	28	DoC10	29	DoC11	30	Twelfth Night	1		2
Winter: 818 WK Ice (9)
	3		4		5		6	First Plough	7		8		9
	10		11		12		13		14		15		16
	17		18		19		20		21		22		23
	24		25		26		27		28		29		30