Mad like a Fox [Party Tactical Planning and tracking]

[TristenC]

This thread is for party knowledge and tactical planning between players. I will periodically edit the first post to update information, to include generic maps

Magical trap found on the bottom step of a 30 ft diameter stairwell before entering the dungeon proper.. marked by party and not stepped on.

Sigils Found:
*1st Sigil (wall alcove in pit below A4) (* = acquired)
[Ax, Alik, Ke, Jag, Jack, Landro, Stephen acquired]

3rd Sigil (behind West mirror in C1)


Foes Vanquished:
8 Trolls, 8 Black Puddings (invisible ambush, Area A)
4 Green images of Vytholus (C1)

Drove off:
2 'snake folk' (warrior and priest) (C1)

Fallen Allies:
'Rattle' (Skeleton. Source of destruction unclear. Hatch c)
Ho (Zombie Ogre, dissolved by black pudding. Area A)
Rror (Zombie Bear, dissolved by black pudding. Area A)
'Bony' (dissolved by black pudding. Area A)
'Skinny' (Destroyed by a Troll. Area A)


Outer Cavern

Area A
Large (20 ft) Snake Head:
Poison dart trap found and disarmed. Hand-shaped depression on nose found
-Head opened. Empty space, no apparent exit. "Vytholus" carved on the roof of the snake mouth

hatch a: opened,
6ft drop to a circular room full of bones. Archway exit leads to 10 ft wide spiral stair in the center of a 30ft diameter shaft (no railings).
Spiral stairway leads down to a short straight stair (trapped), an empty square room (trapped), and a false door. No apparent exit.

hatch b: Opened, no traps found. 8ft diameter shaft with a ladder in the middle. Bottom appears to be a dead-end (trapped). No apparent exit.

hatch c: Opened, no traps found. Square shaft leads down to 20x20 room 40ft high with a large iron door 20 ft high.
-Door lifts easily to reveal another 20x20 room with 20 ft pit and 20 ft ceiling (total 40 ft centered on floor of room1)
-Door slammed shut, destroying 'Rattle' (skel)
-Door openes 2nd time, propped up by Landro / troll bars
-Body in the pit had magical chainmail, a lavender and purple stone, and bore the 1st Sigil.

hatch d: Opened, no traps found. 10ft diameter shaft with a ladder on one side. Can't see the bottom. Axid detected life, Invisible Trolls climbed out and attacked!
-Trolls vanquished, Jack scouted. Leads to A2

A2 Big empty room. 1 door (to A4), 1 hallway with door (leads to A3) and apparent dead end (previously searched by Jack), now has a Doorway!

A3 Troll bunk room. Searched, found coins, meaty bones, green serpent ring.

A4 Pit obvious on far side of room. Panel found near door to A3 that extends over the pit to another door (wiz locked). Large pit leads to hidden space below with statue. Statue had hidden levers to move arms and reveal 2 alcoves. Alcove 1 has lever that opens door out of A4. Alcove 2 has the 1st Sigil, (Ax, Alik, Ke, Jag, Jack, Landro, Stephen acquired)

Door opens to empty 10x20 room, searched (Jack, Jag), no apparent exit.

A1


Area A

A4 profile


Area C


C1 Profile

Found trigger on statue behind R knee that opens secret door. Wall behind the west mirror has the 3rd Sigil

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Loot:
-Ring of Invisibility (Large sized creature only) [troll fight]
-Suit of Magical Chain Mail +2 human sized (on body from hatch c) [claimed by Ke'Sha for Ju-ju zombie Alrius.]
-Stone, small. Ioun Stone, Lavender and Green (on body from hatch c)
absorbs up to 35 spell levels of offensive magic cast at the user. can absorb spells of up to 8th level
-290 gp (A3)
-Green Serpent ring (A3)
abilities detected are unclear. Seems only to be some kind of magical 'identifier' like a wizard mark or a . Possibly designed for other things to recognize it or mark the wearer as someone important. Not cursed (as far as they can tell)

[BishGada]

Important knowledge:

Vytholus was a serpent-god from the plane of Pandemonium. Pandemonium (also called the Howling Plane) is a place of madness, darkness, and deafening winds. It is where Chaos turns sick and damaged, becoming mentally ill, demented and deranged. It is a place of winding, mazelike tunnels with no rhyme or reason behind them.