Day 78, Terminal B: Shi's News
Okay Brogg, you cast Negative Plane Protection. You are protected from level draining for the next
n hours. Well played.
Marivhon, you ask Shi some questions while he's still around...
He doesn't have any clue how you guys can escape. This is a place where the dead come to stay for eternity. It doesn't just have a big old door marked 'exit'. He lays it on the line and tells you that he comes and goes thanks to a magic armlet he has that lets him Plane Shift. He hates other planes, but sometimes has to go around to do jobs to maintain his Fire Master status. He's been to the Elemental Plane of Fire, which is even worse that Hello Airport if you can believe that. But he only has one armlet, it's his, and he doesn't know where you could get more. He doesn't really enjoy talking to the dead, present company excluded of course, so he stays away from all the big HA players, and doesn't know who or where you could go for help. Mainly he comes down here to kick some ass and get some treasure.
Shi tells you that Grito was just attacked by the Knights of Armek. Tons of people died. It's a horrible situation, and he's pissed that the Monks of Progress aren't helping out. One of the reasons he's down here is to get a fire weapon that might work against the Knights. He has seen your pal Greg Vrill... apparently, Vrill had a contest to find some adventurers and journey into the ruined city of Greyhelm, stronghold of the Knights of Armek. That just happened, so Shi doesn't know how well it went.
Re-reading the guidebook about the magic artifacts in the Titan's forest, you don't learn anything new. That's DM speak for 'wrong tree'. Unless you really want to go fight titans and dinosaurs.