The Drow War Book Two. The Dying Of - RoseRed

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The bearer of such an orb can use any of the portals at
will.
Prices for Portal Keys
Price Price (black
Item
(offi cial) market)
Lesser portal
key (two charges
only, nonrechargeable)
400 gp 950 gp
Portal key (can
be recharged)*
1,500 gp 4,500 gp
Charge for portal
key
200 gp 600 gp
Key of the fi rst
portal*
Not available 35,000 gp
Orb of Free Not available 500,000 gp
Travel
(must be stolen
to order)
*When they are fi rst bought, these items have four free
charges.
Event: Arrival at Xoth Sarandi
The description below assumes the Player Characters
arrive by sea-portal. The Games Master should omit
the first paragraph if they come some other way.
Your vessel sails through the pillars of the gate. The
vast stone lintel passes high overhead and for a second
the whole ship seems to shimmer; you feel a lurch as if
you had missed a step, then with a crash and a spray of
water you are through.
Ahead you can see an island so overbuilt that it seems
more like a floating city surrounded by sea. According
to the tales, this is a place of wonder, the strongest seat of
magic in the world. From here it looks like a collection
of slums spilling into the water, with a suggestion of
cleaner buildings somewhere further inland. This is no
sylvan paradise; this is a termite mound. One thing is
certain, however. From the stone sea-gates far off in the
distance to the haze of energy simmering over the city,
Xoth Sarandi is clearly soaked in magic.
Information: Magic Use in Xoth Sarandi
This island was not chosen at random. The elves who
founded Xoth Sarandi chose it for its strong background
energy. The sea-portal system would probably not
have lasted so well without it. All spells and spell-like
abilities cast within five miles of Xoth Sarandi have
an effective caster level of +1. Creatures with these
abilities can sense the subtle boost to their powers when
they come within the area of effect.
Event: Vipers in the Shadows
Soon after the Player Characters arrive, the Shadow
Troupe (see below) attacks them on Brexel’s orders.
The Troupe will wait until night has fallen before
mounting its attack and will try to observe the Player
Characters from a hiding place, so that its members can
use their death attacks. If they have a chance to pick off
a solitary Player Character, they will take it.
If the Player Characters delay coming to Xoth Sarandi
in order to head to Lost Athul (or for any other reason),
then the Shadow Troupe’s information network is set
up when they arrive. The Shadow Troupe attacks them
on their first night in the city, wherever they are staying,
while they rest. Assume that the Troupe’s contacts
notice the Player Characters arrive, no matter where
they go first. If the Player Characters take exceptional
care to protect themselves, such as by teleporting to
some safe haven off the island or retreating off-plane,
then the Troupe is of course unable to reach them; but
the slightest lack of attention to overnight security
should warrant an attack.
If, however, the Player Characters choose to head
straight to Xoth Sarandi instead of chasing after the
Sea Harriers, then the Shadow Troupe has less time to
prepare. Without their information network in place,
the Troupe is not able to locate and attack the Player
Characters as efficiently as it had wished. With no idea
where they are staying, the Troupe is forced to attack
them in the street, opportunistically.
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