The party returns to Thudheim where Nimble dick fingers establishes the official Thieves Guild with Thudmeister Splatski’s permission…
Max and Greenleaf depart for the high forest. Max must fight another druid for his 12th level initiation or lose experience back to eleventh level.
The rules are: one non-magical weapon shillelah or club and any of the three animal forms the druid can assume.
Max and his opponent enter the great circle and combat begins. The druids exchange blows but Max takes considerable more damage than the other druid. He is forced to shape change into an eagle. He begins flying in circles while clawing and pecking is opponent. He then resumes his human form and the other druid takes the form of a wolf. He clubs the wolf several times and begins to gain the upper hand. His opponent then takes the form of a copperhead rattlesnake. Just as he is about to be defeated he bites Max who fails his save vs poison, falling lifeless to the ground. Greenleaf is allowed to neutralize the poison. When Max regains consciousness he is back at the beginning of eleventh level.
Max and Greenleaf travel back to Thudheim to get the rest of the group.
From there the group travels over the Dawn Pass and into the great desert headed for the Desert City.
While in the town of the Beholder at the Dawn Pass, Max is approached by an unknown figure. He simply says, thanks for the book… Max replies “Your welcome” and the figure disappears into the crowd.
Through a couple of well placed bribes the group is able to gain sponsorship in the city with the Benhouse Loyalist clan. Party members do some shopping. Max and Greenleaf purchase 3 potions. Evil Dragon Control, Good Dragon Control and Silver Dragon Control. The group then decides to depart the Desert City in search of a dragon to kill.
After several weeks of searching in the deep desert a silver dragon is seen on the horizon. A week later brings the group to a hillside. A witch like figure can be seen comming and going from a small hut on a precipice half way up the hillside.
Greenleaf approaches the hut and drinks the Silver Dragon Control Potion. The potion works and the dragon is under his control. He convinces the dragon to ferry the other party members to the hut. Max attempts a polymorph on the silvery creature but it does not work. Catfish John follows up with another polymorph spell and the dragon flops as a silver carp to the ground.
After much exploring it is discovered that the dragon has been dropping all items of value in the caldera at the top of the mountain.
The group begins to gather as much treasure as they can find…
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