Campaign Lore & Notes
The Death Curse
- Location lies within chult
- To find it, need one of these: red dragon, medusa, eagle
- “Light a candle to the milk and that will show him (dr-jack-aubry) the way.”
- “Trust the numbers” — told by the magic faerie
The Algiz Rune
- Arrow shaft that killed throbbin-willowmist bore an algiz rune — “of the Symposium”
- The party has asked around; even the most legit NPCs barely believe it exists. Most think it’s a myth.
- Balm Bitdoom explicitly said “the Symposium is always watching” before disappearing after the party got the Kilburg Card Deck contract in writing. This is the strongest current connection between Balm Bitdoom and the Throbbin murder / Symposium thread.
The Purple Substance
- Faintly purple manticore blood (looted from the colosseum) matches the purple bloodshot eyes of relzar-biscar’s triceratops in the races
- velmira-biscar’s lab is likely producing this substance and using it on both arena animals and race dinosaurs
Flea’s Father
- flea’s father is a guide named Mosquito
- Mosquito’s partner or crew member is Chago
- Lilith, a jungle guide, is searching for Mosquito and Chago
- Lilith last saw them at the Temple of Cayochan
- Plan: meet Lilith at first light at the ship; bring a canoe
Midsommer Night’s
- Darius had a blank invitation to Midsommer’s Night Song
- Volo said the invite uses invisible ink and is revealed by playing an average song most excellently
- Balm Bitdoom gave Isilrod a glowing parchment invitation after Isilrod and Bonzo’s duet
- Invitation text: “Welcome Brotherbard. Join us in 5 nights time at old Tin Tops Juke Joint and Casino for an evening of Song.”
- Old Tin Tops Juke Joint and Casino is somewhere in the jungle
Balm Bitdoom’s Debt
- Balm Bitdoom wants the Kilburg Card Deck from Ras Nsi’s pocket
- Deadline: 3 months
- If the party provides it, they can keep Balm Bitdoom’s gifted items except for 1 item
- If they do not provide it, Balm Bitdoom says he will kill one party member
- Contract is now in writing
- Party suspicion: Balm Bitdoom may be big-bad-adjacent; possible counter-plan is to level up and kill him in 3 months instead of surrendering the deck
- Balm Bitdoom’s exit line: “Don’t forget — the Symposium is always watching!”
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