The Masquerade Ball

Luke Hart - The DM Lair

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Plot Overview
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Descriptions
The Villa
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Reoke Segymn
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Tasha (lamia)
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Jackalwere
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Guards
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Servants
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Mascaraed Ball

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Ambush at the Ball (deadly 51,480)

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Ambush Outside

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Ambush Outside (deadly 51,480)

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Captured!
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Basement
Cells
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Guard Room
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 1 gladiator and 4 guards (medium 3800)
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Torture Room
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Storage A
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Furnace Room
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Wine Cellar
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Ground Floor
Foyer
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G1 Gardens
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1 jackalwere sorcerer, 3 jackalwere veterans (hard 6400)

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G2 Pool
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G3 Dining Room
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G4 Kitchens
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Battle Notes
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 1 jackalwere veteran (trivial 700)
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G5 Ballroom
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G6 Guard Room A
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2 guards (trivial 75)

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G7 Armory
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G8 Guard Room B
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2 guards (trivial 75)

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G9 Guard Barracks
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1 gladiator and 5 guards (medium 3850)

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G10 Servant Barracks

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Second Floor
S1 Landing
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S2 Guard Room
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2 guards (trivial 75)

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S3 Sitting Room
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S4 Reoke Sitting Room

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Clay golem (medium 5000)

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S5 Reoke Bedroom
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Chest: DC 15 Lock; TRAP (DC 15 spot; must be dispelled (DC 18), or the password “Jackalface”
must be spoken when opening the chest): feeblemind spell (PHB 239) on the person who opened
it or the closest person in the room; 4d6 psychic damage, and make an INT saving throw, DC 16.
If failed, target’s INT and CHA become 1.
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S6 Secret Passage
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S7 Sitting Room
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S8 Jackalwere Bedroom 1
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Combat Notes
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4 jackalwere veterans, 1 jackalwere sorcerer, 1 lamia (deadly 8500)

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S9 Jackalwere Bedroom 2
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Combat Notes
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S10 Jackalwere Bedroom 3

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S12 Lamia Bedroom

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Denouement
If they turn Reoke Segymn into Magister Altadar:
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Word from Etis Bright after a couple days:

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