The Lodestone Barn-Temple
Type: Barn converted into a Cult of Baphomet temple Location: Inside the walled village of Lodestone Status (latest): Burned by the party at the end of session 006 First Entered: Session 005 Burned: Session 006
Description
A large barn standing within the walled village of Lodestone, closed and barred from the outside. Once a normal village barn — now converted into a temple to Baphomet:
- Many candles encircling the main chamber.
- A ritual circle traced in powdered silver on the floor.
- Alchemical supplies scattered around (the cult's working materials).
- A back area: lashings on the wall, a small wooden platform with a trapdoor underneath. The trapdoor leads to a holding cell.
Holding Cell (beneath the platform)
Held three prisoners as of session 005:
- Sergeant Azros (5 days)
- Squire Eltiel (5 days)
- An Amnizonian Woman (5 days)
Tinrick had also been held here before being sacrificed and cursed into a minotaur form.
What Happened
- Session 005: Party enters and finds the temple. Ubys collects 90 GP of powdered silver from the ritual circle. Prisoners freed. Cultists return mid-rescue; party hides in the rafters.
- Session 006: Party bluffs the cultists out of the barn (re-using the Ubys-as-Baphomet trick from session 002, with Dhuxtyn adding Minor Illusion and Sleep). Cultists leave. Party arsons the barn; the powdered silver glows green as it burns.