Keys to the Kingdom Session Report 4-12-2025

Next Session Intro

Far across the Astral Planes.

In the lands of Alms Furth, cutoff from the stars.

A Golden forest sits beneath an emerald moon.

The Luna Forest sways with quiet unease. Among it's wild wood there is an ancient elvish door carved into the trunk of an eldar tree. Through this door lies a churning planar gate to worlds of Fey and Fire. And ultimately the mythical Forge of Light.

With the Giant Lich s minions dispatched. Our heroes prepared to slay the master. Seeking out his lair they found nothing but wind, trees, and a magical Leyline Conduit. Tethered to The Forge of Light. Corrupted and siphoning power off to some unknown source.

Torden plied his skills as an Artificer to break the corruption. Scratch searched the ruined tower finding hidden treasures. Cade explored the Fey forest and greeting its wild folk. Torden and Feylee worked together. Their skills quickening the cleansing until as the sun set, they made camp for the night. Suddenly ghostly wails echoed through the night. Feylee succumbed to banshees wailing. And the Giant Lich attacked, so Torden and Violet took to the skies.

It is here our story begins...

Session Report

Our session begins mid combat. During the night Skeletal Spiders and Demiliches started emerging from the sand and swarming the heroes camp. Torden Eldings lept out into the Fiery Desert to keep the horde at bay. Violet Quv used her deck of illusions to distract them. Igris 'The Forsaken' took a tumble out into the fray snapping the haft of his Poleaxe. As things seemed dire all of the spiders and Demiliches turned to sand. Then the laughing voice of the Giant Lich came booming from the portal.

In Deep Speech he said "Come and play mortals."

After the fight the party settled down. Igris wondered if any of it had been real, looking to the broken haft he realized it was. Violet Quv pulled out her Hat of Wizardry and used the Mend Cantrip to repair Igris 'The Forsaken''s Poleaxe haft. As they kept watch they still saw many mounds of sand moving out in the desert. When close they could hear the sound of stone grinding against sand.

The next morning the party arose discussing their plans. Violet wanted to go into the Fiery Desert to search through The Forge of Light. Other members wished to go back into the Fey side of the Forge's Entrance. During the debate Igris 'The Forsaken' used his Channel Divinity: Poison the Well on Violet seeking to sew discord among the party. Violet succeeded the check and was able to notice the strange whispers and murmurs coming from Igris, she thought little of it at the time. When she lays down for a rest next she will think on this and be able to make an Insight check against a Deception roll from Igris to see if he is harboring ill intent or not.

With Violet out voted, the party set out for the Fey side and a confrontation with the Giant Lich. Arriving at a ruined tower they found no Lich in sight. They approached carefully weary and cautious. As they approached Igris 'The Forsaken' cast a blessing on Cade, saying to him "I don't trust this new guy." Speaking of Torden. Cade nodded along as if he agreed, but secretly does not trust Igris.

Investigating the tower they found the Leyline Conduit for The Forge of Light. Violet Quv, enraged and ready for a fight, began pulling the corrupting bones out of the Conduit. Arcing radiant energy lashed out at her as she did this damaging her for 4d6 damage. Under Torden Eldings careful eye they learned that this was built in the Fey realm to harvest arcanic ley line energies for the The Forge of Light. With his skills he believed that he could undo the corruption in two days time.

While surveying the place tainted by the undead he used Grim Psychometry granting him a vision of how the Giant Lich had corrupted the Conduit. Knowing the innerworkings of how the ritual was done this sped up his progress, cutting out half a days work. Feylee Emberspark used Guidance to help Torden as well, removing another half days worth of work. By noon the next day they believe they will be done removing the Necroking's taint on the conduit.

While they worked Cade set himself to exploring the nearby area. He encountered Satyrs who offered him a place by their fire, fairies flitting through the tree branches, and wary dryads softly angered by their destruction of trees around the ruined tower as the hero's setup their camp.

Tired and weary from the tense day. The party made camp and set down to eat. Before the food had touched their mouths a wailing cry cracked the quiet night. It chilled their bones and made the inside of their skulls itch. Suddenly two Banshees swooped out of the woods attacking.

Soon after, weakened by and engaged with the Banshees, the Giant Lich found this the opportune moment to pounce. Gliding through the air, flinging spells and cursing everything he saw move. A wail knocked Feylee unconscious. Torden and Violet took to the air to engage the monstrosity.

What will happen to our Heroes?

We'll find out next time on D&D.

Next Session is planned for 4-26-2025.