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Session 1 :
Life in Luskan has become mostly unbearable for what remains of the so-called Civilized. Our heroes have been connected through many avenues to end up being thrown together in a possible adventure to save the world from itself.
When a group of demons attack the harbor, the heroes, along with several of the Luskan citizens and zhent troops, are able to defend and slay the demons.
Jarlaxle has asked the player to steal an item from a ship in the harbor, and burn the evidence. The players do so, and are then whisked away from the docks in Jarlaxle's submarine. They free a large minotaur who was being held captive.
Fourteenth of December, Two Thousand Twenty-four
Session 2 :
Our heroes arrive in Waterdeep. It's easy to get lost in a city like this, but now, if you find yourself in a dark alley it might not be thugs or muggers awaiting, but undead creatures instead!
...and the heroes do just that! While en route to the Yawning Portal, they take a wrong turn, only to find themselves in a dark alley surrounded by undead skeletons and zombies! They dispatch the filth and continue unscathed.
The Yawning Portal is a shell of what it once was. Now it is mostly a carnival of Death, where Vecna's enemies are given a twisted version of justice.
And there is always a crowd of blood thirsty animals ready to watch the show
Our heroes happen to somehow save a former Harper from certain death. To what end?
<< The party reaches 6th level! >>
Twenty-fifth of January, Two Thousand Twenty-five
Session 3 :
The players seek out and find Jarlaxle's contact, Xorl, the illithid. After some confusion and communication the players have a new assignment, to locate Xorl's informant.
They find the informant's house ransacked, no one home, and only a group of Drow await them, with unexpected news. They add the Drow female priest, Kellis, to the group.
Pann, the Faerie, purchases a bag of beans from an old lady in the market. One seed produces a tree bearing healing fruit.
Pann is approached in the market by a Dryad, who claims that a Fairy Princess is being held captive in the Fungus Forest.
The heroes are taken before Manshoon, who asks them to retrieve an item called the "Iron Flask".
Fifteenth of February, Two Thousand Twenty-five
Session 4 :
The players set out on their journey to find the iron flask, and to find Xanathar.
They are attacked by an Umber Hulk. They find his treasure cache, and are also attacked by carrion crawlers.
They stumble upon a changed landscape, and a Chimera awaits them in the mist of the rocky terrain. Ziandra dispatches the Chimera, channeling her fear and anger into her most powerful firey spell - but not before it nearly kills Pann .The dragon head breathes fire and roasts the Party. They rush off to rest inside the cave from whence the Chimera came..
<< The party reaches 7th level! >>
The 22nd of February, Two Thousand Twenty Five
Session 5
Our Heroes rest up and heal inside the Chimera's den. They find some coin and the remains of some cultists of the dragon, eaten alive by the cave's resident.
Back on the road, they discover they are neing followed. They utterly destroy a Nothic who has been trailing since Waterdeep. Vecna surely knows something is afoot.
The party rolls up on what appears to be a sea elf in distress, his fish net caught in a mass of flotsam. The party is ambushed but not surpised by Sahuagin warriors, who are quickly slaughtered by Ziandra's fireball spell.
The party discovers a ruined temple of Umberlee. Inside they avoid a group of flail snails, and aren't fooled by the illusions of a guardian naga, who challenges them to a test of worthiness.
The 15th of March, Two Thousand Twenty Five
Session 6 :
Riddles from the Naga: The heroes succeed at proving their worth to the Gaurdian Naga, who rewards them with items of magic power, and information.
Approach on Thornhold Keep : The heroes encounter a tribe of Jubliex -worshipping Bullywugs. They quickly dispatch a group of the amphibious humanoids with a fire ball. The team splits into pairs. Ziandra and Pann encounter a pair of Jubliex-slime covered bullywugs, while Kellis and Klaatu square off against a Black Pudding! Nearly falling in battle, Klaatu is healed by a miraculous regenerative spell from Kellis.
The 22nd of March, Two Thousand Twenty Five
Session 7 :
The Adventurers continue on through Thornhold. They find the throne room, in which they battle the Bullywug King and his Shaman. The king mounts a giant sized frog, while the Shaman jumps inside the cover of a Gelatinous Cube, and battles the heroes from within! The players dispatch the pair of evil Bullywugs, and soon discover a stairway leading down further into Thornhold's catacombs.
The 29th of March, Two Thousand Twenty Five
Session 8 :
They adventurers seek out Xanathar in the catacombs of Thornhold. They run into a couple dead ends, find several traps, avoiding most of them. They find and free a Minotaur in what appears to be the Bullywug Shaman laboratory. They move on to encounter a beholderkin pretending to be Xanathar. Avoiding any conflict, they pass by the Spectator to finally find Xanathar, in the throes of mental distress, his paranoia and mental instability at an alarming level. When his beloved Sylgar is returned to him, he immediately snaps out of his cloud of turmoil. He rewards the players with mind expanding books, gold, and a few powerful trinkets. and begins preparations for rebuilding his network.
They discuss Vecna and how it may be possible to defeat him.
The Xanathar explains about Vecna's need for souls. The balance he's trying to tilt in his favor is unsustainable, and will destroy the fabric of the realms as he siphons souls from another dimension to fill Toril with "free energy" for himself. He takes the souls from a place called Ravenloft, implants them into meat suits here on Toril only for them to die or be killed, hence "free souls" for his SoulMonger, without the energy drain he normally suffers from "new life' being born into this world.
He explains Vecna's knack for knowing everyone's secrets, but also that Vecna has secrets of his own. He thinks we need to discover his secrets and exploit the secrets we about about.
Xanathar explains the idea of some form on an "illusion" Vecna has placed upon Toril, Making everyone "believe" he has always been here on Toril, and that he belongs here to rule over everyone. Most people are forgetting about their deities completely, other are very aware of the disconnection from theirs. He ponders a way to contact or better communicate with some deity, or deities, but whom? Would they listen?, Would they answer? Would they care?
He explains how there is a Birthing Chamber somewhere inside the HostTower of the Arcane Brotherhood, and how they must find a way inside to destroy said chamber and the portal to Ravenloft they've created.
<< The party reaches 8th level! >>
The 5th of April, Two Thousand Twenty Five
Session 9:
Our heroes set out to find the Iron Flask for Manshoon. Their journey is slow and treacherous through the swamp surrounding Thornhold, but they have some luck in avoiding most conflicts and danger. They stumble upon a foul beast, Catoblepas, but are able to dispatch it without much expense.
The 12th of April, Two Thousand Twenty Five
Session 10:
The Adventurers exit the swamp, traveling around the north end of the Westwood mountain range. They're able to foil an ambush by a group of Goliath tribesmen, with the aid of a Mountain Giant! A tough battle ensues, with Klaatu nearly being crushed by a flying boulder! They kill the Giant and most of the Goliath warriors, but one or two escapes. They reach the edge of Westwood forest.
With the continuing struggles of Kellis lack of contact with her deity, Ziandra suggest the group pursue some item or opportunity to restore contact with the gods, or break the spell Vecna has cast upon the World. Kelliss suggests they should investigate this more while in Triboar, when they travel toward Luskan.
The 19th of April, Two Thousand Twenty Five
Session 11:
They travel through the forest a while. With a little reconnaissance, they discover an odd-placed Boneclaw. The undead creature lumbers through the forest seemingly aimlessly. The group tries to hide, but tensions explode as Pann unleashes a wave of attacks upon the creature. He bravely uses the Wand of Wonder given to him by Xanathar, luckily producing a high powered lightning bolt that severely damages the creature. The Boneclaw nearly kills Kelliss, impaling her through the chest.
The players find what seems to be the remaining ruins of a Temple of Selune, but there is little left, except for Stone-henge-esque standing stones. The inscriptions written in elven reveal a riddle. "What is that which is in front of you, yet cannot be seen?" Pann utters the words "The Future" and the stone of a "door" magically recedes into itself, revealing a stone hallway curving to the east, somehow impossibly inside the standing stones, yet beyond them.
The Heroes are shocked, but not surprised by the arrival of 4 menacing-looking individuals. A BlackGuard, a Red Wizard and his Thayan Protector, and a Warlock of the Fiend. One bears the head of Manshoon, and delivers a message from Vecna. "you will submit or die" , to be paraphrased, he rants, The heroes choose to stand their ground rather than flee into the place beyond the dimensional door. A great battle between very skilled warriors and magic users commences. The heroes become frightened by the presence of the BlackGuard, but are able to persevere and overcome their fears. The Red Wizard conjures an Air elemental that occupies Ziandra for a while, but she soon realizes her folly, and creates a line of searing flames that extend to and engulf the Red Wizard and his knight protector! Kelliss lands several heavy hits from her magical flail upon the dreaded BlackGuard. Klaatu gives the warlock enough trouble to keep him occupied. The heroes have their foes on thier heels, but how will the battle end???
The 26th of April, Two Thousand Twenty Five
Session 12 :
Ziandra is a bad bitch. Nuff said.
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