Refuge of Maldiglas

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The Refuge of Maldiglas

The Refuge

The Refuge is a hide-away in the heart of Mount Waterdeep. It has many layered magics, and the only way to access it is through one of the invisible gates scattered around the city, activated simply by walking through the appropriate archway in the Refuge, or by touching the appropriate keystone in the city and whispering the name of the Magister who created them: Maldiglas.

• Days To Clean: 3/10 total.
  • Mephits: 1 day (8 mephits working for one hour).
  • Clarc, Orion, Lola, Zan: 2 days (all four spending half of a day working).

Ambient Magics

Maldiglas, the Magister who created this refuge, layered the very stones of the structure with potent magics that regenerate themselves, drawing naturally upon the Weave to do so. Though they may be dispelled individually in any given manifestation, they will always renew themselves as long as the structure continues to exist. The magics innate to the refuge are:

• Environmental: The air is continually renewed as though the structure had normal ventilation. Gases and mists are dispersed normally over their typical durations. Running water is magically pulled up from deep, clear aquifers in the roots of Mount Waterdeep, and purified as it is transported. At taps in baths and privies, its temperature can be altered by the will of the one operating the tap.
• The Keystone Portals: Though the portals themselves can be overloaded and disrupted, the Round in which they are built operates as a powerful regenerative sigil for them, drawing on the power of the Weave naturally to regenerate them to their full functioning. The Round can rebuild one of the portals per tenday, roughly.
• The Entry Magics: The first five people to enter the refuge are immediately affected by three spells. These affect the first five people who enter, even if those targets do not benefit from them in any way. The refuge recovers all five "charges" at dawn.
  • Endure Elements: As the 1st level abjuration spell (Elminster's Guide to Magic). For 24 hours, the target can comfortably endure cold or hot weather conditions, ignoring the saves required for weather due to extreme temperatures. This offers no protection from cold or fire damage.
  • Heal: The target immediately regains up to 70 hit points, and any blindness, deafness, or diseases are cured as well. Due to an odd construction of the refuge's version of the spell, any hit points in excess of what the target needs healed are used to heal a spellcaster's familiar.
  • Remove Curse: As the 3rd level abjuration spell (PHB). Upon entering the refuge, all curses affecting the creature affected end. If the target is carrying a cursed object, the spell affects that as well, immediately breaking attunement to the item as it does so.

The Portals Round

This chamber is a round section at the center of the Refuge which holds the portal arches. Each such arch has a shimmering portal in it that can be peered out of to see the location that portal leads to. The arches lead to:

• 1. Fetlock Court (Castle Ward). Looks out onto a massive courtyard, with horses and Waterdeep Guard coming and going. A stables is nearby.
• 2. Watching Tower (Castle Ward). xxx
• 3. Rivuryn's Stone (Sea Ward). Looks out over a small copse of trees. One of the great towers in the wall around Waterdeep is visible.
• 4. The Downspout Stone (Sea Ward). Looks out on a narrow alley connecting two streets lined with well-to-do shops and houses.
• 5. The Grinning Lion (North Ward). xxx
• 6. The Farwatch Cubicle (North Ward). xxx
• 7. Tunnel to Complex B.
• 8. Aghairon's Heelstone (City of the Dead). Looks out onto the central thoroughfare of the City of the Dead. Several large mausoleums are in sight.
• 9. The Ironpost Stone (Trades Ward). xxx
• 10. Grey Serpent Stone (Trades Ward). Looks out over the rooftop of a building, right at the top of a set of stairs that lead down the side of that building to an alley below.
• 11. Garbage Stone (South Ward). Looks out onto an alleyway full of garbage. The back door of some establishment is visible.
• 12. Stable Stone (South Ward). xxx
• 13. Fish Stone of Odd Street (Dock Ward). xx
• 14. Crescent Stone of Aline's Way (Dock Ward). Looks out onto a bustling intersection in one of the poorer parts of town.
• 15. Tunnel to Complex A.
• 16. The Waterdrip Stone (City of the Dead). Looks out onto a small shaded copse of trees and well-tended lawn. A massive mausoleum is nearby, across a paved walkway.

The Keystones of Waterdeep

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Keystone Locations

These keystones are activated by touch and the use of the name of the Magister who created them: Maldiglas. They seem to be normal stones, even to the use of magics such as detect magic, unless the viewer is less than ten feet away from them. There are two keystones in each of the Wards, plus another two in the City of the Dead.

Castle Ward

• Fetlock Court (1): A cobblestone set into the edge of the courtyard, in the southwestern portion just past the horse-trough.
• Watching Tower (2): South of the Fetlock Court keystone, another street-cobble, in the middle of the street, almost exactly between the back of the Palace Stables and the Watching Tower

Sea Ward

• Rivuryn's Stone (3): In the small copse of trees south of Seaeyes Tower, a small footstone marking the burial of one of the ancient Open Lords' hound companion, Rivuryn. The memorial stone itself is the keystone.
• The Downspout Stone (4): A stone half-hidden under a downspout, on the seaward side of the Fanebar, at the southernmost corner where a narrow passage leads through into Kulzar's Alley.

North Ward

• The Grinning Lion (5): On the west side of the rain barrel that stands against the northern wall of the Grinning Lion tavern, just off Golden Serpent Street.
• The Farwatch Cubicle (6): Inside a cubicle behind an always-open door in the southeastern wall of Farwatch Tower. The cubicle is a tiny, tall bare room whose walls are several feet thick.

City of the Dead

• Ahghairon's Heelstone (8): The stone that begins beneath the right heel of Ahghairon's Statue.
• The Waterdrip Stone (16): The "waterdrip wash" stones set under a downspout on the western side of the Mariners' Rest tomb.

Trades Ward

• The Ironpost Stone (9): The huge, cracked paving stone set into the eastern end of Ironpost Street, on its southern edge (right against the wall of the corner building).
• Grey Serpent Stone (10): On the rooftop of the Grey Serpent Inn, just at the head of the back firestair that climbs the outside wall of the building.

South Ward

• Garbage Stone (11): The stone just outside the back (south) door of the Midnight Sun tavern, where the garbage is usually piled.
• Stable Stone (12): The round stone set into the street between Athal's Stables and the city wall guard tower that faces it.

Dock Ward

• The Fish Stone of Odd Street (13): The fish-shaped stone half-way down Odd Street, near its northern edge.
• The Crescent Stone of Aline's Way (14): The moon-shaped stone set into the mouth of Aline's Way, where it meets Keel Alley.