Slain by Elf

'Inside the chest is a staff.' 'How many?' 'Um, just the one.' 'That's a small staff. Maybe he only needs a butler.'

'That's how useless wizards are.' 'Oi!' 'No, Wizards of the Coast. They've put the medium outsider Azer miniature on a small base.'

We defeat the wizard, don't get vaporised by the protective wards, and switch the steam back on for the city. It's a simple matter to return to the surface and report back to the Lyceum. Nearing the end of our debriefing, Aramil admits that 'I never trusted that bloke, he looked shifty from the start'. […]

With the help of our rescued companion, and a little fiery fellow, we find the evil wizard who has disabled the heating system for the entire city. Of course, he starts monologuing. Typical. 'Can't we just attack him? He's kinda distracted.' 'I think you need a feat to interrupt quest text.' We learn all about […]

Heading in to the underground tunnels that form the steam system reveals what appear to be lived-in passages, lit by torches. We were led to believe the whole system would normally be filled with steam, so this is not quite what we expect. 'Can I make a knowledge check to see how long these torches […]

The underground steam system that heats the city has failed. No one really knows why, partly because the system was constructed centuries ago and has never even needed maintenance, so no one alive knows about its workings or topology. This means that it's up to us brave adventurers to investigate. 'Why us? Do we have […]