16-Killing The Piper

Summary

Roz used Message to get Bruce to agree to walk away from The South Tavern with a few of his men for 15,000 gold, which we haven’t paid yet and may not. The rest were paid by The Piper, and when Theodore was spotted through a window we fought and killed them all. In the basement, a book of Milil warned that the Piper’s music can be felt, so Silence might not stop him, and Theodore solved the door’s musical puzzle with a natural 20. Inside, the Piper had ten dragons and said he needed three more for his ritual. He tried to talk us out of fighting, failed, and after a long, brutal fight we killed him. The three stolen dragons flew home to their owners. In the back room we recovered the notebook, found statues of Sable Dawnwick and Vigel Revere, and opened a chest of magic rings and necklaces and a Helm of Teleportation. The tombs in the main room held more swords, including a golden sun-and-moon blade that Raelor took.

Events

Outside The South Tavern

• Roz uses Message to communicate with Bruce inside
• We are able to convince him to leave (with a few of his men) for 15,000 gold
  • We haven’t paid him yet; we haven’t decided whether we will
  • Most of his men remain inside (paid by The Piper)
• We begin preparing to go in and fight
• As Theodore walks past a window to get into position, he is spotted
  • Combat begins
• We kill them all
• Rithas uses some magical thing to give us all a short rest

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To the basement

• Everyone except Roz and Raelor put wax in their ears
• The first thing we see is a locked door, a tomb, a book, and two fireplaces
  • It is a puzzle
• Detect Magic shows that almost everything has magic
• The book is of Milil (the god of music)
  • The author created some thing to make it so the listener can feel the music
  • This may mean that Silence does not stop The Piper
• The door has a musical graph with notes on them
• As Roz approaches, he can hear a single musical note
  • He needs to figure out which note it is
• Theodore rolls a nat 20 and solves it

Killing The Piper

• As we enter the battle chamber, The Piper unsuccessfully tries using Mass Suggestion
  • He says “Be chill. Let’s have a conversation”
• He tries convincing us not to fight him
• He has 10 dragons and says he needs 3 more to complete the ritual
• We fight him
• It takes a huge amount of time and effort, but eventually we kill him
• The three missing dragons fly back to their owners

The aftermath

• In the back room, we find:
  • The notebook with a sleeping face on its cover
    • Theodore stores it away
  • Statues on the left and right:
    • On the right is a halfling woman with psychic blades and a headscarf
      • Sable Dawnwick, the Starkeeper
      • She was a PC in another campaign in our world: The First Story
      • Supposedly King Halfred had the statue erected of her
    • On the left is a noble man, broad of solderis,
      • A dwarf man: Vigel Revere
      • He fought in The Dwarven War
  • A magic chest with the following inside
    • 12 rings:
      • Ring of Protection x 4
      • Ring of Evasion x 2
      • Ring of Free Action x 5
      • Ring of Spell Storing x 2
      • Ring of Feather Falling
    • 3 necklaces
      • Necklace of Adaptation
      • Amulet of Health
      • Necklace of Fireballs
    • Helm of Teleportation
• In the main room there are two tombs
• Raelor opens one
  • Inside is a “really cool sword”
    • Golden on the blade
    • There is a sun around both sides of the hilt
    • The crossguards have a crescent moon
  • He takes it
• There are two more blades within:
  • A rapier
    • Rapier of Wounding
  • A longsword
    • Sun Blade
  • A greatsword
    • Flame Tongue Greatsword