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Keep the Floor Log at Hollow Ear Station - AI-generated fantasy Encounter

Keep the Floor Log at Hollow Ear Station

Encounters
Faction parley · Low · 6 players, level 16

Keep the Floor Log at Hollow Ear Station

Who controls the Floor Log may shape the route into the Under-Horn; a failed parley lets an envoy carry its contents into the coming fight.

Run the talk

Successes
0/4
Failures
0/2

Starts Neutral

Base DC 18

Success The envoys withdraw

Failure One envoy slips away with a log copy

Party 6 players, level 16

System D&D 2024

Cheat sheet

The party wants

Keep control of the Floor Log, secure the envoys' withdrawal, and decide who receives its record.

Success

The envoys withdraw; the party gains a one-day head start into the Under-Horn.

Failure

One envoy slips away with a log copy; the later Horn-Field combat gains one additional Hearth-Quencher, beyond the intended high difficulty.
Clock
4 / 2
successes / failures
Base DC
18
Starts
Neutral

Read aloud

Say this

Three envoys crowd the dry ledge as the Floor Log trembles against the stone, its ink smelling sharply of salt and lamp oil. From the flooded steps, the Kindly One raises its head; a low pulse travels through the iron grating and makes every lantern flame lean toward the Under-Horn.

Who says what

They wantMarta Oath-Held wants to avoid being blamed by the Concordat; Corvin Tide-Lantern wants a reliable chart before the discovery is suppressed; Hamar Duskfrost wants the log's wording and a copy for the Glacial Absolute.

LeverageThe Still Watch controls the station and its route into the Under-Horn; violence here could silence the Ear and strand every faction's findings.

  • Marta

    Marta's voice tightens whenever the Concordat is named; she softens when offered a signed record of her restraint.

  • Corvin

    Corvin taps a route line with one finger and listens closely to practical proposals; vague promises make him impatient.

  • Hamar

    Hamar speaks gently and recalls details nobody has yet shared; direct questions make his smile still, not vanish.

  • If the party threatens violence, all three move toward the log while the Kindly One blocks the flooded steps.

Maneuvers

DC 18On a success, name which envoy the argument moves and what safeguard they demand.
DC 18A character may cite a concrete fact from the expedition instead of making a check; grant advantage if it directly answers an envoy's concern.
DC 18A second character may Help by presenting evidence, translating an interest, or keeping the Kindly One calm.
DC 18At four successes before two failures, the envoys withdraw and the party gains a one-day head start into the Under-Horn.

What the party can use

Assert the Still Watch's right to hold the Floor Log, Persuasion DC 18.
Warn that a fight could silence the Ear, Insight or Arcana DC 18.
Offer a shared reading under agreed witnesses, Persuasion DC 21.
Call on the Kindly One as witness, Religion or Performance DC 18.
Offer a written copy while keeping the original in station custody.

What happens

20–30 minutes
  1. ·

    After the second failed check

    The Ear's pulse stutters; everyone feels it through the floor, and the next claim of ownership must be backed with evidence or loses force.

  2. ·

    At the start of the third round

    A vent coughs steam across the log table, blurring its ink; an envoy demands the party choose where the original goes before the marks fade.

The battlefield

Zones

  1. 1

    Log Ledge25 ft

    A dry ledge around the log table, crowded by six visitors and three envoys.

  2. 2

    Flooded Steps25 ft

    A flooded entry where the Kindly One can be addressed as witness; cold water laps at the steps.

  3. 3

    Horn Passage25 ft

    A vent-lined passage toward the Under-Horn; every pulse shivers through the iron grating.

What the party can use

A narrow stone table holds the Floor Log between the envoys; moving it openly signals who has custody.
The station's listening vents carry sound into the Under-Horn; loud threats risk drowning out the Ear's faint pulse.
The Kindly One watches from the flooded threshold, its wet coat shining blue in the lantern light.

Treasure

The Floor Log records the Ear's latest pulse and the route markers leading into the Under-Horn.

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