Session 56: The Bitter End

Evening, Ulanra 13th

Previously in Barovia...

Duel of Wills

Consecration

An Impressive Offensive

Poor Giers

The Angry Marsh

Father's Prayer

Fog-eye

Kavan's Defeat

No Mercy

Ritual

Epilogue


Experience: 683 xp each (23, 998 total)
Taking the Swamp Fane, 4100
Magic: Talisman of Terror, Rimewrought Plate (Giers), The Von Zarovich Family Sword (Vilthanos)
Money: 2500 gp (416 gp each)

New NPCs
Patrina Velikovna, banshee of the Ivlis Marsh; summoned by Kavan via the power of an angry fane

Current Quest
Isabella's Ashes 1/3
(swamp fane complete)

Talisman of Terror
This ivory amulet depicts a face with an expression of abject terror.

Level: 12
Price: 13,000 gp
Item Slot: Neck
Enhancement: +3 Fortitude, Reflex, and Will

Property: When you use a fear power, each target takes a –2 penalty to saving throws against any ongoing effects of the power.

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Rimewrought Plate Armor
Washing years of encrusted blood and mire scum from this plate mail reveals blue-tinted steel, cool to the touch.

Level: 12
Price: 13,000 gp
Armor: Plate
Enhancement: +3 AC

Property: Resist 10 cold.
Property: Ignore difficult terrain caused by ice or snow.

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Von Zarovich Family Sword (Paragon Level)
Commissioned by Count Strahd, this weapon is the family sword of the Von Zarovich clan, symbol of its sovereign rule over Barovia.

The Von Zarovich Family Sword is a +3 longsword with the following properties and powers...

Weapon: longsword
Enhancement: +3 attack rolls and damage rolls
Critical: +3d6 damage.
Property: Once per day, if the Sword has been used to help defeat a living enemy, it must feed. The owner is stunned until the start of his or her next turn.
Property: You gain vulnerable 10 radiant.
Property: You do not cast a reflection.

Power (Daily * Weapon): Free action, when you hit with the Sword. The target is weakened (save ends), and you gain 20 temporary hit points.

Special: At the end of each round in which an attack is knowingly made with it against a member of the von Zarovich family, the weapon burns with sudden intensity, dealing 30 fire damage to its owner.

The Von Zarovich Family Sword is an artifact, with properties yet to be unlocked should the wielder satisfy it. An unsatisfied artifact may weaken its properties and powers.