Dungeon of the Mad Mage Session 5

The party began by investigating the sounds of a goblin army to the north, discovering dead goblins with strange wounds. They then encountered and fought two grells, resulting in Fanus being poisoned and paralyzed. The party took a short rest to recover.

Continuing their exploration, they found a room with bone pillars and then a room with a cursed glowing longsword that Anna couldn't let go of. They accidentally triggered an alarm by knocking over plates.

The party discovered a room with statues of Melairkyn Nobles renamed by goblins and a broken white staff, which Gala Adore repaired and identified as a staff of charming. They found a room with more dead Undertakers and goblins, discovering a stone key, thieves' tools, and treasure.

Upstairs, they found a throne room with three happy goblins celebrating. Gala Adore used illusion to appear as their new master. Instructing a goblin to sit on the bone throne resulted in it animating and poisoning the goblin, leading to the selection of a new leader. The party looted the room, finding disguise kits, rations, gold, and a tiger eye gemstone.

They found a wand of secrets in a hidden compartment. A sloping hallway led to a room with a puddle of acid and a statue holding a stone box. Using the found key, they opened the box and discovered a withered heart with a deadly curse. They sharpened an ordinary hand axe.

Opening a set of double doors with a rune resulted in Anna gaining a powerful magical boon, granting her immunity to several conditions and automatic stabilization. However, the doors opened into a large room containing three large manacores, forcing the party to retreat.