Final Notes:

1. If players levitated through the skylight in the Chamber of the Golden Waters, skip this Interlude.

2. If a player decides to attack the shopkeeper, the DM should dissuade them very strongly, reminding them that good individuals never do such things. If the player(s) ignore the advice and attack anyway, the Ring of the Lizard Ling summons the Aspect of the Lizard King, who proceeds to Ban Hammer those who attacked into oblivion.

3. If the players have destroyed all of Palindrome’s Soul Gems or have only missed one of them, her Astral Engine shuts down. In that case, player’s next Encounter will be the field of Jackassery. If however, the players have left two or more such Gems behind (by not visiting this shop or failing to buy the Demi-Litch’s Ring, by escaping the Chamber of the Golden Waters without winning the battle, or by talking their way past Berlin Inferno), then the players must shut the Astral Engine down by main force. Their next battle is in Civil War Woods.

Tomorrow, Civil War Woods will be detailed.