Are you familiar with the concept of adventure hooks? An adventure hook is a small detail that players come across or are introduced to over the course of one adventure that will help transition to the next.
Some possibilities:
1. The players come across some sort of message or communication between the undead elf and the orc chieftain - a letter, a phantom messenger, a holographic communication stand, whatever works.
2. Maybe the orc chieftain had a trusted adviser from before he was corrupted, and this adviser fled the clan when things started going down hill. And this adviser conveniently knows some details about the undead elf and whatever the next phase of the threat is.
3. Maybe some of the souls in the rock were not sacrificed properly, and came unbound from it when the players destroyed the orcs. Now they're following the players, trying to get their help.
Some possibilities:
1. The players come across some sort of message or communication between the undead elf and the orc chieftain - a letter, a phantom messenger, a holographic communication stand, whatever works.
2. Maybe the orc chieftain had a trusted adviser from before he was corrupted, and this adviser fled the clan when things started going down hill. And this adviser conveniently knows some details about the undead elf and whatever the next phase of the threat is.
3. Maybe some of the souls in the rock were not sacrificed properly, and came unbound from it when the players destroyed the orcs. Now they're following the players, trying to get their help.
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- 05/10/2009 11:33:52 PM
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Wizard sends his familiar, along with an armed guard, to recover the stone
- 07/10/2009 02:24:38 AM
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The stone is quite large.
- 07/10/2009 04:08:10 PM
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Hm... I'd say, either make the party interested in researching it, or have the bad guys steal it
- 07/10/2009 08:30:58 PM
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Re: Hm... I'd say, either make the party interested in researching it, or have the bad guys steal it
- 07/10/2009 09:44:00 PM
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THis is D&D. You're a DM. Size shouldn't be an issue 
- 07/10/2009 09:26:21 PM
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- 07/10/2009 09:26:21 PM
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Teleport Any Object? 
- 07/10/2009 09:45:18 PM
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- 07/10/2009 09:45:18 PM
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You running 3.5? 4th? There's a Shrink Item spell in 3.5 that would be perfect.
- 07/10/2009 10:31:41 PM
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yes. basic shrinkage and teleportation spells always work on artifacts *NM*
- 09/10/2009 11:35:26 PM
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*NM*
- 09/10/2009 11:35:26 PM
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He's the DM. What he says about the world and it's magic goes. *NM*
- 13/10/2009 04:31:15 AM
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