The 300-page grimoire known as THE MAGNARON is not just a book of spells, it’s a book of many SECRETS as well.

The pages shown in this update reveal hard facts regarding The Dark Enclave’s current main objective, which is to assassinate King Tavrik, the undisputed ruler of the large area where these adventures take place.

There are many reasons why the adventurers’ quest to find this book is so important. These reasons are as follows.

1 - To stop the current owner of this book (Saito Nobunaga, the Oni lord master that rules over Kergard Keep) from unleashing some of the more unique and deadly spells onto the realms.

2 - To stop Saito Nobunaga from creating EIGHT exact duplicates of this lethal tome, which he intends to pass on to the other eight members of The Dark Enclave.

3 - To prevent the assassination of King Tavrik. This ruler’s death would not only end a very successful, long, and peaceful reign but would also weaken the forces of good while empowering The Dark Enclave’s ever-growing army of evil men, monsters, and magical creatures. 

The confiscation of The Magnaron is vital as well as the PCs delivering this book to King Tavrik and notifying him of the nine leaders’ wicked plans. The theft of The Magnaron would undoubtedly destroy the plans of The Dark Enclave as well as empower every surviving wizard or sorcerer in the adventuring party. 

The infamous archmage and spellbook collector Boris Klaverlock expects The Magnaron to be delivered safely to him BEFORE the heroes deliver it to King Tavrik. In return for the PCs’ actions, Klaverlock keeps THE ORIGINAL Magnaron and provides an exact duplicate for King Tavrik as well as a duplicate for all wizards or sorcerers that survive the 5e adventure RAID ON KERGARD KEEP.

The question remains, however, that even if the party of bold wizards and warriors is successful in their quest, will they be ready for who - or WHAT - will invariably stalk them in the hopes of stopping them from achieving their epic quest?

The pages shown in this update reveal the secrets behind the TRUE NAMES AND IDENTITIES of these nine evil members of The Dark Enclave. Each page contains these vile spellcasters’ vital SIGIL as well as the types of troops that form The Dark Enclave’s army. These bits of information will prove invaluable down the road.

Part of the treasure uncovered in this particular trove includes several hundred (seemingly) ordinary gold coins with an ornate medusa’s head engraved onto both sides. In truth, a small percentage of these gold coins are MEDUSA COINS. These coins are the embodiment of the cruel and bitter nature of the medusa that guards this lair. The gorgon concubine of the Oni Lord Saito Nabunaga known as SERATHIA had enough power to entice Saito’s sorcerers to create a handful (36, to be precise) of coins to place in her treasure vault on the off chance that raiders of Nabunaga’s castle slew her. Saito, an oni lord well known for his lust for exotic lovers, gladly agreed. The result of the sorcerers’ mad workings has yielded three dozen of these lethal coins that possess the powers for the thieves that steal them to be TRACKED relentlessly by the magical bull-like creature known as a GORGON, as well as the power to turn greedy and unsuspecting pilferers into stone if they escape this deadly stronghold.

To determine the number of Medusa Coins each character is cursed with, start by taking the number 36 and dividing this number by the number of thieves foolish enough to steal from Mistress Serathia’s private cache. If six plunderers take these coins, then each unfortunate being will have six of these coins on their person for as long as they choose to carry them. These CURSED COINS were designed to spread their vile powers AFTER they leave these dungeons, but the DM may choose to have one or more of these coins activate while the party still plunders within the depths of Kergard Keep. Each coin that activates should have a description similar to this.

For any remaining coins, the DM may disperse as he or she sees fit.

The POWERS of these Medusa Coins will be written in a legible and very readable Adobe Garamond font for the DM’s use and be placed on one of the artworks shown.

TRACKING POWERS - This power pertains to activating Serathia’s most prized pet, her magically summoned Gorgon named BORODOV. Borodov will be activated to TRACK THE PARTY 66 minutes after the thieves steal these coins. Borodov will magically materialize behind the party at a location to be determined by the DM. Suggestions include at the open end of any of the DEAD END HALLWAYS found in this castle, or while the party is engaged with another deadly guardian that dwells here.

Any/all survivors of this challenging semi-deathtrap adventure have a very real chance of PASSING ON SERATHIA’S CURSE by spending these coins. Any merchant, hireling, sword for hire, etc. that receives a Medusa Coin will have to make the same saving throws previously mentioned.

PETRIFICATION - Kinda obvious, but more details in the final product.

Standard 5e stats are to be used for this gorgon and are not shown in this update.

The medusa Serathia’s stats will be worked on very soon. There might be a little something extra nasty added to her.

A special edition of this adventure campaign will be released AFTER this project is 100% COMPLETE. One of the cool baubles that can be found in this future release is an actual, physical “gold” MEDUSA COIN. The vendor has already been selected but the exact substrate (type of metal) has not. More on this much later, but not now.

*****As some of you may know, the last V I T A L three days of this KS campaign were compromised. If you know, YOU KNOW what I mean. If you are one of the ones who is reading this but was scared off due to the technical banner that somehow hovered over the top of this campaign FOR THREE FULL DAYS - trust me, we did nothing wrong at all. This project Has, Is, and will always be a very valid and legitimate campaign that will be unlike anything you’ve ever experienced. If you are still interested, YOU CAN STILL BACK AND SUPPORT ANY/ALL AVAILABLE PLEDGE LEVELS as this was a Late Pledge Campaign decision from day one. I sincerely hope it still is. Here is the link.

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P.S. So sorry for the delay from our last update. We had absolutely no other choice but to put considerable time and energy into setting up SEVERAL things to protect our creative works and to take care of the aforementioned problems moving forward.

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Your friend in Wizardry,

Frank

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RAID ON KERGARD KEEP

The shield hung on the wall before you is suitable for any human-sized warrior. It is seemingly made entirely of bronze and features the life-sized sculpted head of a medusa with its eyes closed. The Medusa’s head is encircled with dozens of snakes coiled in various attack poses.

This is THE MEDUSA SHIELD. It is a potent weapon and work of powerful protection that obeys commands that have been burned into the leather enarme (arm and hand straps found on the shield’s inside shell).

If anyone approaches this artifact, the shield reacts by opening its eyes, sending a glowing green cone of petrification out toward all intruders. The published product will most likely include a top-down diagram showing this cone and its area of effect.

This shield has the following command phrases and the actions it takes when these phrases are uttered.

This secret phrase is uttered by Saito and his trusted underlings every time they open the door to this room. This phrase completely DEACTIVATES the shield’s powers until the door is opened again at a different time.

GORGON - This command phrase unleashes a bright green cone of energy that has the power to (petrify) turn any living thing to stone. Every living being within this area of effect must make a successful saving throw or be turned to stone.

The actual stats, pluses, etc., are being worked on now and will be in the final product.

This is just one of many fabulous treasures found in the medusa SERATHIA’S treasure trove. Speaking of which, make sure to check out the next update sent on the same day - THE MEDUSA COINS!

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1-3-2025 - HAPPY MEDUSA SHIELD DAY!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Here is an UNfinished look at one of the prime magical items that can be found deep within KERGARD KEEP!

This is the last weekend spending holiday time with family, but we have lots of new ART and stuff to show and share with you wacky wizards next week!

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Have a great weekend!

Frank

Lords of Wizardry

RAID ON KERGARD KEEP