A Meeting of Brains is a one-round adventure module set in the Living City organized play program. It is the ninth installment of the Living City's High Level Underdark Campaign and the second part of its Illithid Trilogy. It was published in and is intended for a group of adventurers of any levels.
Index[]
Characters[]
Al-Pyros • Charles Frederik LaVerne Blacktree IV • Dar'Nastreen • Githon • Groundshaker • Johan Tilverus • Nar'Lheeth • Navarre Kheltrain • Shalizan • Smoky • TalaBrina • Ter'Nin • Voice of Yagol • Whisper of Night • Yagol
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Azoth Malisar • Enkillo Sly • Gith • Kyustrain • Lich Queen • Prufoin • Trant • Ub'lick • Veragrim
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Azoth Malisar • Enkillo Sly • Gith • Kyustrain • Lich Queen • Prufoin • Trant • Ub'lick • Veragrim
Creatures[]
balor • deep dragon • drow • efreet • fire elemental • fire grue • giant spider • githyanki • goblin • gold elf • human • illithid • iron golem • kobold • lightning quasi-elemental • myconid • ogre • red dragon • shadow dragon • slug • subterranean lizard (riding lizard • troll
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ant • devil • dwarf • elephant • gargoyle • gorgon • planetar • yugoloth (arcanaloth)
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ant • devil • dwarf • elephant • gargoyle • gorgon • planetar • yugoloth (arcanaloth)
Items[]
Armor & Clothing
amulet • drow chainmail • elven chain mail • githyanki splint mail • loincloth • mask (object) • plate armor • robe
Currency
Referenced only
gold piece
gold piece
Food & Drinks
Materials & Substances
acid • agate • brass • cold iron • crystal • gemstone • holy water • illithid mucus • iron • lead • marble • obsidian • poison • salt • silver • steel • unholy water
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terracotta
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terracotta
Vehicles
Referenced only
wagon
wagon
Weapons
arrow • bolt • crossbow (triple crossbow) • dagger • lance • long sword • mace • mancatcher • short sword • two-handed sword • whip
Works
A Million Pieces Of Jink In A Century • An Instruction Manual On The Use Of The Two-Handed Sword • The Art Of Negotiation
Miscellaneous
Locations[]
Buildings & Landmarks
Hass'Rell • Temple of Lathander (Ravens Deep)
Nations
Planes
Settlements
Wilderness
Cavern of Life
Magic[]
Items
Askrance il' Tilvain • boots of speed • dart of the hornets' nest • Githyanki silver sword • glare goggles • illithid exoskeleton • lance of venom • planar traveler • powder of time • psychic sword • ring of bladeturning • ring of gargoyles • ring of wizardry • rod of passage • shade of the shadow • Tentacle extensions • wand of fire
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amulet of proof against detection and location • bag of holding • cloak of protection • necklace of adaptation • Orb of Protection • ring of fire resistance • ring of mind shielding • sword of sharpness • vorpal
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amulet of proof against detection and location • bag of holding • cloak of protection • necklace of adaptation • Orb of Protection • ring of fire resistance • ring of mind shielding • sword of sharpness • vorpal
Potions
Psionics
adrenaline control • all-round vision • animate shadow • astral projection (psionic) • ballistic attack • banishment (psionic) • biofeedback • body control • body equilibrium • cause decay • combat mind • contact • control body • control flames (psionic) • create sound • crisis of breath • dimensional door • disintegrate (psionic) • displacement (psionic) • double pain • ectoplasmic form • energy containment • energy conversion • ESP (psionic) • fatal attraction • heightened senses • inertial barrier • inflict pain • intrusive taste link • invincible foes • invisibility (psionic) • kinetic control • metamorphosis • microcosm • mind bar • mind blank (psionic) • mind over body • mind rip • mindlink • probability travel • probe • psionic blast • psychic drain • psychic inflation • psychic surgery • receptacle • send thoughts • sever the tie • shards (psionic) • share strength • sight link • soften • spirit sense • splice • stasis field • taste link • telekinesis (psionic) • teleport (psionic) • teleport trigger • time shift • truthear • ultrablast • wrench
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awe • cell adjustment • domination (psionic) • energy conversion • fate link • levitate (psionic) • phobia amplification • post-hypnotic suggestion • repugnance • split personality
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awe • cell adjustment • domination (psionic) • energy conversion • fate link • levitate (psionic) • phobia amplification • post-hypnotic suggestion • repugnance • split personality
Spells
Abi-Dalzim's horrid wilting • acid bolt • alarm • anti-magic shell • armor (spell) • augmentation II • blur • bonesteel • burning hands • cause fear • chain contingency • chain lightning • chaos • chill shield • cloudkill • cone of cold • contingency • continual darkness • contingency • continual light • dancing lights • darkness • Darsson's fiery cube • deathbolt • deathguard • delayed blast fireball • detect good • detect invisibility • detect magic • dimension door • disintegrate • dispel magic • enlarge • Evard's black tentacles • fabulous fireball • faerie fire • false seeing • feeblemind • finger of death • fire shield • fireball • flame arrow • fly • forcecage • free action • glitterdust • globe of invulnerability • greater malison • haste • heal • hold monster • hold person • improved invisibility • incendiary cloud • invisibility • knock • know alignment • levitate • light • lightning bolt • limited wish • lower resistance • magic missile • maze • meteor swarm • mind blank • minor globe of invulnerability • mirror image • mount (spell) • non-detection • obscurement • plane shift • polymorph other • polymorph self • power word kill • power word stun • prismatic sphere • programmed illusion • protection from fire • protection from good • protection from lightning • protection from paralysis • protection from psionics • resist injury • Serten's spell immunity • shadow magic • shadow monsters • shadow walk • shield (spell) • slow • spell turning • stoneskin • strength • teleport • teleport without error • thunderlance • time stop • true seeing • vampiric touch • vocalize • wall of fire • wall of force • wall of ice • wall of iron • wall of stone • web
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astral spell • augury • commune • contact other plane • domination • ESP • harm • heroes' feast • Negative plane protection • passwall • reduce • stone shape • water walk • wish • wraithform
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astral spell • augury • commune • contact other plane • domination • ESP • harm • heroes' feast • Negative plane protection • passwall • reduce • stone shape • water walk • wish • wraithform
Others
abjuration • alteration • conjuration • divination • evocation • illusion • necromancy • polymorph • psionics • sentient item • spellbook • spell scroll
Organizations[]
Knights of the Dove • Red Wizards of Thay • Seventh House of Nykhandthandar • Tamer Creed
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Clan Brightsword • Harmonium • Sensates
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Clan Brightsword • Harmonium • Sensates
Religions[]
Miscellaneous[]
Classes & Kits
Events
Battle of the Lake
Languages
Professions
Vegetation
Referenced only
mushroom
mushroom
Others
Appendix[]
Background[]
- On the cover page of the module, the author featured a thematic quote that he attributes to George S. Patton, "It is a terrible thing when your commander starts acting like an ally instead of a commander...."[1]
References[]
- ↑ Jeffrey J. Morrison (October 1999). A Meeting of Brains. Living City (RPGA), p. 1.