Hetshepsut
Fifth Session (16 page pdf) “Race for the Erudite Eye” – Velriana lies abed poisoned and Khaled vows revenge as Murdus races to get to the Erudite Eye before his sister does so he can claim the dead pharoah’s blessing. But first we have to work our way through the Fiend Folio… Before the climactic showdown!
First I go trade in our proceeds from the grey-market selloff of our tomb goods for a brace of healing potions and similar. And I go buy a rapier, explaining to the shopkeeper that “I need to kill a man.”
We make our way to the Erudite Eye, and are ambushed by Hetshepsut’s well-oiled henchmen along the way. When we finally get to the tomb Usif uses a guiding flame spell so that we can skip the side rooms and follow in their tracks. We fight through some trash mobs (including caryatid columns) deeper into the complex. I leave doors re-locked behind us to prevent their easy escape.
We find evidence that some necromancer got here before any of us and got the mask and staff, or similar items, with the spirit of Hakotep, the guy who killed the Fiend Pharoah. That’s depressing as that’s what we’re looking for. But then we come across Hetshepsut, her cold lizard (the bane of Usif’s life), Azaz, and Khelru. Luckily Usif used a ritual-friendly room we’d come across to summon a fire elemental!
We engage with them and I see my quarry Azaz. But simple death, that’s too good for a traitor. Read on and find out who lives and who dies (it’s about fifty-fifty) in the final confrontation.
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