The heroes begin by entering Belcorra’s office which is lit by a chandelier with an ever burning torch. They find a west-facing locked door stylized with an engraving of a book. Luckily they already found a bronze key on the first level with a book engraving that unlocks the door
Here they find Belcorra’s reading room which is occupied by Lurker in Light that is reading some unsavory books about torture. He attacks the party after being interrupted. After taking an enormous amount of damage from Suman, the Lurker uses a dimension door spell to try and escape, but is unable to outrun the party.
They find a book called ‘Ineffable Hauntings’ that can teach someone the Ghost Weapon spell. It also contains the ritual to create undead, specifically a poltergeist
There 1 bulk of books here
There are two doors exiting the reading room
South leads to a abandoned guard closet with stairs leading down to a lower level
North just leads to an unusually clean washroom
The heroes return to the main hall and head north to an unexplored hallway
They find an east-facing door that leads to a large room lined with books and a map of Absalom… but as it appeared 500 years ago. There’s also a large wooden statue of Belcorra… that lurches to life and reveals itself to be a Wood Golem when the party enters the room.
A very tough fight for the heroes ensues, but their fire-based weapons and implements turn the tide and they overcome the golem.
The books in the room seem to be focused on the history of Absalom sieges (as of 500 years ago), almost like someone was studying up on how to attack Absalom. There are 4 bulk of books here
The heroes return to Otari to lick their wounds
Even though they are just shy of leveling up, they are allowed to take out a loan on the gap in xp so they can become 5th level adventurers.
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