Session 95
General Summary
SESSION BEGINS on the morning of LUCOM 19th after they wake up and go shopping.
- Da'ath and Mak'Ti blip back in
- Radiant Sword (Sun Blade) SOMEWHERE in Magia (likely DOREDUUM)having been hidden there over 100 years (request by players for Mark)
- While talking about what to do next (and telling Da'ath and Mak'Ti about Bord and the crazy ship dream), get a message from BALDIR from the bar owner, Nordrol Runegrip - Dwarf M - Runs Thindriline Inn
Black Tear,
I've spoken with my goddess, Hebretault. Your Bard is a beacon for those creatures, what you called, Star Spawn. You MUST leave Thindriline immediately, there is a horde of those things approaching. I have left to head them off on theWine and Dot Plains, to slow them down so the refugees may have time to escape. However, there is another chance. Perhaps if you leave, they Star Spawn might follow you and leave this place in peace. Please, for the sake of this city and all those seeking refuge here, flee!!
Baldir the Bold
PS - I know you're a stubborn lot, so I sent along this little beauty of a shield i've been working on to prove not only that this is from me, but that I do want you to succeed!
- Along with the package is large package and when unwrapped, it reveals a plated brass shield. The shield has a metallic maw in the visage of a dragon forged into the face of the shield, and small plumes of flame occasionally leap from openings in the shield’s plates.
- Forgework Dragon Shield RARE, 8000 GP
- They decide to teleport to the most eastern location of Magiault, trying to bypass as much of the city as they can so they can make their way to Doreduum itself where they can find the Death Joints and/ or information on coins
RUINS OF MAGIAULT
- Mak'Ti throws a seeming spell over the group so everyone looks like an ABISHAE
- Spotted by a BLUE DRAGON who comes to talk to them, giving them info on Rebels, including Mayor Ursa Edrens and Saphielle Umephine (both of whom are still rumored to be alive)
CHAPEL TO GRANTONES
- Discover the resting place of the SUN SWORD, once used by the LOVING SPOONFULS, under a tiny marking in the shape of a spoon, in a spot who's bright radiance was difficult for BORD to look at
- They hold onto it for Mark
ROAD TO DOREDUUM
- Pass through farms guarded by Black and Green Dragons
- Pass by a lot of remains of soldiers and dead farmers
MAK'TI's MAGNIFICENT MANSION
- The group settles in for the night, reaching out to Mayor Ursa Edrens after hearing from the Blue Dragon that she was still alive
- Ursa informs them she is working with the Death Joints to break into Doreduum, and they are staging their invasion at DAWN (also, Saphielle is alive and with her)
- Black Tear is still about a 1 day's hike from Doreduum, but decide to risk a TELEPORT, with Mak'Ti doing research on Doreduum in his library to decrease the risk.
- As Mak'Ti is doing research, feeling particularly confident, Vrae and Mak'Ti turn into WERERAVENS under the full Moon (which came a few hours early, due to madness of Cthulhu on the realm), severely breaking their plans to teleport to the Death Joints that night for planning
- Da'ath turned into GOAT by Mak'Ti Tower protection when he tries to get in (and Mak'Ti is a wereraven who threw up defenses to protect his friends)
- They decide to get some rest and try to teleport in the morning when Mak'Ti and Vrae return to normal, hoping they will be able to catch up to the Death Joints
BORD DREAMS - LOVECRAFT BAR BY THE SEA
- Starts with Gorrazar once again slightly dozing at the bar in the mansion, then focuses to find himself at a dockside bar near an ocean, a very Lovecraftian setting
- Vrae and Mak'Ti ravensat outside looking in through a window on the sill
- Da'ath and Narinn are sleeping suspended from the ceiling in hammocks, awakened by the violence and chaos below
- Bord is a creepy bartender, who attacks them
- Once again, they must attack Bord to wake him up
- Meanwhile, Mak'Ti raven (mindless) is trying to shatter the glass to enter and attack the group, but Vrae raven (still with her mind) is able to tackle him and knock him out
- They manage to knock out Bord eventually, and they wake up in their rooms, though Da'ath's room is like a 1950's perfectly clean hotel room (including mint on his pillow) which really freaks him out
- Uneventful aside from Cthulhu dreams of Bord (above)
MANSION - DAWN
- They awake at dawn, with Mak'Ti pretending everything is fine, despite the embarassment of what happened
- They attempt to teleport to Doreduum using the knowledge he was able to research, and they GET CLOSE, but end up landing in the forest nearby, though they can see the road and Doreduum itself, maybe an HOUR away (much closer than before)
- They set off to catch up with the Death Joints and the Mayor
- Mark STILL absent
- Mak'Ti and Vrae have two more nights of being WERERAVENS
- They are heading INTO BATTLE
- Remind everyone they should have leveled UP to Level 16
Notes
Session 94 PREVIOUSLY
TIME PASSED (in world) - Lucom 20th, 100 NSE
| DESCRIPTION | PREVIOUSLY | NEW |
|---|---|---|
| Days Session Took Place in | 1 day | 1 day |
| Time/Place Session Ended | 9am, Thindriline (shopping) | 8am, road to Doreduum |
| Countdown to Da'ath Pact Needs | 3 days | 2 days |
| Days Till Next Full Moon | 1 day | HAPPENING |
| TOTAL TIME OF CAMPAIGN | 132 days | 133 days |
LEVEL UP GENERAL SCHEDULE
- Level 17 - Session 101
- Level 18 - Session 107
- Level 19 - Session 113
- Level 20 - Session 119
NEW ITEMS TO GIVE OUT
- Polymorph Blade Polymorph-blade VERY RARE 20,000 GP
- Potion of Polychromy Potion-of-polychromy UNCOMMON 400 GP
- Living Armor Living-armor VERY RARE 10,000 GP (save for end game?)
- Sun Blade Sun Blade RARE 5400 GP (found somewhere in MAGIAULT)
- Broom of Flying Broom of Flying (CURRENTLY WITH ABISHAI)
- Anti-Magic Field Generator Rod Anti-Magic Field Generator Rod (CURRENTLY WITH ABISHAI)
- Arc Blade Arc Blade (CURRENTLY WITH ABISHAI)
- Duergar Glaive - "black and amber brown - "For our #1 Fighter" (CURRENTLY WITH ABISHAI)
TO DO
- WAR UPDATES
Plan attack on ThindrilineWrite letter from Baldir to group telling them to FLEE
ALLIES
- SPEER
- Navarax
- 3 Aasimar Warriors from Eldathir (need names!)
- Ushani Hobgoblin Tribe
- Metallic Dragons led by Nymmarth
- Dronzroh and the Loxodon of Boludo
- Queen Valhana and the Elves of Lyanthandir
- Clan Axebreaker and the City of Gimloth
- Tabaxi of Palm Point
- Vrae's Parents/family and Retainers in Eldathir
- Stosan Academy academics plus Narinn
- Acolytes of Keyrth
- Survivors of ORDER OF THE SACRED GARDEN?
- Survivors of TEEP
- Githzerai
- Guards of Magia
- Cuer
- Warin
- Eladrian of Queen Titania - i.e. Lady Shandria
- Orcs of the Nalied Desert Tribe
- Baldir the Bold
FLAYER's BANE SHIP OFFICERS
- Captain - Lykalada'ath Stormcall
- 1st Officer - Mark Bastardson
- Chief Science Officer - Maak-Ti
- Chief Engineering Officer - Narinn
- Chief Medical Officer - Gorrazar
- Counselor/Chief Diplomat - Bord Agatta
- Chief of Security - Vrae Cherchuse
- Chaplain - Dronzroh
- Helm - Cuer
Report Date
28 Aug 2025
Primary Location
Secondary Location
WERERAVEN TF
CON Saves (Full Moon)
- On a FULL MOON, the afflicted character must succeed on a Constitution Saving Throw or suffer the Terror of the Night effects with a DC depending on whether the player chose to embrace or resist the curse.
- Resist the curse - DC 20 Constitution Saving Throw (Both have advantage since they conquered TERROR OF THE NIGHT)
- The curse is at its strongest whenever there is a Full Moon in the sky
- DC 10 WIS Saving throw to remember the night if Transformed
WAR UPDATES TO CAMPAIGN
- CLOOAD Currently Shutdown - all fighters encouraged to join local army (Obreriault, Magiault, Genasi Kingdom, OINC Oroccid Independent Nations Coalition
- WASTELANDS - Acolytes of Keyrth Battling X-Cult in Wastelands - Reports of Necromancy and Undead roaming the nearby lands, as well as Treants being spotted throughout the once dead lands (TIBAC THE TORTLE one of the leader's speaks directly with Keyrth, who he calls for aid)
- CAMBREY VALLEY and the Surrounding MOUNTAINS Shrouded in Darkness - all the vampires dead/ perished, dissolved after BLACK TEAR killed Khonaheeto, valley back to normal now
- ELDATHIR - currently under siege by Forces of Malar after ILLUSORY SHIELD went down - repelled forces of Malar, but still under blockade
- MAGIA - fell to the dragons (taken by surprise), people fled to Doreduum and Winda, MAYOR URSA EDRENS killed by Abishai, Saphielle taken captive (most assume she died in the fighting), Concillium meeting on Winda to decide next actions (calling for AID from Obreriault)
- LLEGOSERT - fell to invading STAR SPAWN - town in ruins, no sign of the FLAYERS BANE ship or her crew, though the hangar was flattened (ship crushed inside, PANCHEEM and FLIMP dead within, Elasfar survived, BARELY, escaped to search for The Black Tear in THINDRILINE)
GENASI KINGDOMS
CLOUDSCAPE and FUGORE- have now taken over TWIN FALLS, WARRENSTONE, DRACOSTELLUM, GIMLOTH and BOLUDO (first attacked by X-Cultists who ransaced the Cathedral To Boldrei and stole the ROD OF RESURRECTION, THEN Cloudscape invaded)
- Left token garrisons in these cities as they retreated to protect their own cities from invading forces from the Far Realm and armies of the newly revealed CABAL OF CTHULHU
- now allies with WINGPERCH and GIMLOTH
- Trying to rebuild after losing many lives and forces to Cloudscape and Fugore, all but Wingperch on high alert from Star Spawn from the desert and UNDEAD from the Wastelands, barely enough to troops to protect their own cities
CURRENT MASSIVE BATTLES
- TWIN FALLS & BOLUDO- Martial Law under control of CLOUDSCAPE (many citizens have fled, not LIBRARIANS), still under martial law, but just small Garrison's left, citizen militia's are defending cities from UNDEAD AND STARSPAWN
- WARRENSTONE & DRACOSTELLUM - Martial Law under control of FUGORE (Harengon underground resistance remains and is protecting city from UNDEAD)
- PALMPOINT - UPDATE - Fugore and Oreton forces have retreated, Ushani left for NEW SHI, on their own, most are packing up to flee to BRIGHTSHELL harbor, one of the last safe and FREE Bastians in Oroccid (since its a walled city, safe from the UNDEAD and STAR SPAWN)
- BRIGHTSHELL HARBOR - Moderately okay after the Genasi War, but full of REFUGEES (think Ba Sing Se) and all troops working to repel UNDEAD from Wastelands being sent in by X-CULT
- ETERNAL CURRENT MONASTERY - a ruin currently, all having FLED to Brightshell harbor
- GIMLOTH Currently Under MARTIAL LAW under control by Fire Giants and Other Massive Creatures from Elemental Plane of FIRE, the few that remain of the dwarves are shoring up defenses against the undead, the enemy Garrison offering little help
- ELDATHIR Currently being attacked once more by forces of MALAR along with help from the DARK EMBER MONASTERY
- NEW ENSALADA Leadership Captured/Wiped out by Thorman's forces, now under his command (Cult Members enslaved/ scattered), the location abandoned
- MAGIA - currently under control of Cult of Tiamat with Abishai in control, headquarters for the Cabal and Aberration Assault on Domunz
- CHALINOS- water blockade by Aboleth, daily assault by Dragons from Magia, Protection holds still holding, but people are frightened and supplies are starting to get scarce, especially with all the refugees from Magiault
- THINDRILINE - last Bastian of Freedom and Security in lower Domunz
- NEW SHI - blocked at sea by Aboleth's, handling LOTS of refugees, but holding strong, despite increasing infernal presence in area around the city
- ZYN and UNDERDARK - currently under attack by Cult of Lolth terror groups, bombing, cave collapses, and Dryder/Spider/Wurm attacks, travel in the area very dangerous
- MIRAXALIM - last Free Bastian of security in NORTH of Domunz, thousands of Obreriault refugees from all the islands, holding off daily scouting assaults from Mind Flayers from Obreriault Island and their strongholds across the island chains
- (also see "The Trap" section below for more details)
JUDAI'ARUK'S NEW PLAN
COMPLETED PARTS
- JUDAI'ARUK Taking Control of the Cabal of Cthulhu
- T'nin defects to Judai'aruk, having regained his memories, bringing the Vedalken the bottle of LUKAS HELVIIREN, who T'nin overheard speaking about his master, the Djinn Genie Keth. They torture Lukas and get the location of Keth, and they head to EXPA to demand wishes from her, bringing the might of the Cabal alongside them.
- Next he finds the mortat remains of DREW SCROLL, intent on raising him from the dead using the ROD OF RESURRECTION stolen by the X-CULTISTS from the Cathedral to Boldrei in BOLUDO, so he can cast the MASS RAISE DEAD spell he created over 100 years ago
- Next, he sets RENARD to find Eldath and STEAL THE CARAFE, fulfilling the VISION
- At first Judai'aruk wishes for Cthulu to be awoken and freed, but not even Keth has that power. Next, he wishes for all the recombined ORRERY of the WANDERER, which she reluctantly grants him, massively weakening herself in order to save LUKAS's life. The half drow escapes, but not before he sees Judai'aruk kill Keth in her weakened state, having used so much power to gather and reconstitute the remaining pieces of the Orerry.
- Stole the KRAKEN SKULL in front of the YAW SHIP
- Next he has GAULDENAL head to GIMLOTH to kidnap Myrra (Speer member for the ritual), now has both SAPHIELLE and Myrra for the ritual, may use one of them as bargaining chip
- Next, he sends the ABISHAI to Magiault to Steal the POWER STONE (slowed by lack of Mak'Ti's eye) - if Group gets it, he'll blackmail them with BORD's FATHER/ family - they STEAL other 2 STONES to see if they will work, Judai'aruk after two weeks is confident he has worked out a variation of the ritual using these stones
- Without Bord or his child, Judai'aruk confident he can either blackmail Bord with his kidnapped family members who he just returned from the Elemental Plane of Air with, or just sacrifice Bord's father, ALSO a Bard
- Judai'aruk enhancing missing pieces of ritual components with Shards of Living Gate T'nin STOLE from Da'ath at the Gimloth house
- He has given the signal for "The trap" to keep Forces of Terus, including SPEER, at bay
STILL TO DO
- Currently, he is in Obreriault to collect the parasite from the Mind Flayers, the last step needed for his ritual to become an ELDRITCH LITCH to perform the ceremony Eldritch-lich - there until LUCOM 20th
- After the ritual, Judai'aruk is heading to LAKE URDA for THE AWAKENING, feeling confident he will finally be ready, and having already summoned hordes of warriors there to protect it already, including the Sahuagin
- T'NIN can decide during the battle/ritual whether to help his old allies or not
- JUDAI'ARUK does not realize it is ALL A HOAX to keep people distracted so the GREAT OLD ONE can work on warping the MIND of BORD
THE TRAP TO KEEP FORCES OF TERUS AT BAY
- Mind Flayers invade DOMUNZ, with World Brain touching down on Obreriault with main assault force (keep Magiault, Miraxilim and Obreriault at bay)
- Aboleth forces invades the Lancu Sea, attacking the smaller islands while Main Force attacks Chalinos
- Tiamat sends dragons daily to harass Tufenes from Magia, including using the portal to Abyss near CHALINOS to attack Tufunes (keep Chalinos and Thindriline at bay)
- Malar's Hunters attack Eldath once more joined by hired help from Dark Ember Monastery
- Undead Armies rise up in the WASTELANDS, heading for populace centers already decimated by SECOND ELEMENTAL WARS
- Eldritch Horrors reveal themselves from their gathering points in the Nalied Desert, striking at Llegosert, Palm Point, and Nomadic Tribes
For Next Session (review!!)
- UPGRADE Mark's SUBTLE RING (now with Bord?) when he advances (something to do with Anti-Magic fields) -LOST - for next Campaign
- Vrae's silvered GLAIVE is buried in the rubble of the house, Myrra had it rushed (paid extra for it) and had it waiting for her
- DA'ATH now has a pact with MOLOCH
- Did MARK make a child with HOT FIRE?
- The many TEMPTATIONS of Bord - HOMEBREWUNLOCKING THE POWERS OF THE VESSELS (make sure he rolls!!)
ACTIVE MISSIONS
- Bounty Mission (Brightshell Harbor) - have to inquire at the farm
- WHELM Recovery - steal back Legendary Artifact from Duergar in Khor Torum and bring to Governor of Gimloth (12 months starting Anarro 25)
ITEM UPGRADES
- DA'ATH BRACER - ?
- VRAE Headpiece -?
- GAEL (Mak'Ti) Dragonmark -
FEATS, HOMEBREWED IN-STORY UPDATES
NOTE, need like 14-18 hours of training to master something. Maybe even 24- Da'ath - LIVING SHADOW LIVING SHADOW Rolled 4 - My shadow’s movements mirror mine incorrectly—when I raise my left hand, my shadow moves its right.
- Mark training with Vrae for SLASHING FEAT - 6 hours
- Da'ath FEAT - 4.5 hours
- Gorazzar FEAT - 2.5 hours
- Bord learning Polearm training from Gorrazar - 1 hour
- Mak'Ti - 4 hours/ 400 GP for Dimension Door
