Session 0: Origins of the Abericlase Report

General Summary

We started our journey in the floating magic city of Bundushur where a group of unlikely heroes (or sacrifices) made their way to the grand hall for their orders. Reese on his way was gifted a coin that he promptly stuck in his pocket and the group all came together. They were the chosen group to undertake the pilgrimage trials to attempt to restore the shine back to the goddess stones. They were given a map and sent to fiaprae to retrieve the items necessary to be able to go through the tower. The group encountered an old man who grew giant watermelons and raised chickens who was once a great mage that had been recharging and putting together the components for their dungeon crawl. Unfortunately, some of his chickens had gotten into some of the magic items and the group ended up having to fight 3 giant cluckers that when destroyed, defeathered, de-internal organed, and deep fried themselves. The group also found out that one of their key items had been stolen by a group of bandits. Dart flew ahead of the group and cast mass suggestion on them where all but two of the bandits failed, gathered their items, and began marching through the desert pathway back to the town to return the stolen goods. The remaining two attempted to reason with their companions, but after dart's mount swiftly ended the life of one, the other ran back. The bandits were promptly arrested after returning the goods and the group decided that they would now teleport to the tower. Unfortunately, due to the whismy of magic, the group was actually teleported to the hellscape of Mili Allora and was a place that Aggnorhast seemed uneasy about. Putting together camp with magic tents and towers, the group waited a night and were able to successfully teleport outside of the tower of cerulea. Utilizing the map inside they found it almost too easy to go through and dispatched a couple of beholders before entering what appeared to be a giant study with a crackling fire place, books, and a demonic looking skeleton.   The skeleton offered them a story and a choice. He explained that the world that they lived in was a dream and the original world had been destroyed by undeath. He also explained to them that the gods that they worshipped today were already dead and what they see are merely echoes of their former selves and that the gods were once mortal that were given a task, hence why they have their quirks. Inside of the coffin in the study laid the skeleton of a dragonborn holding a book, Hydall the god of the arcane. Doc took the book and placed it in his satchel while the skeleton continued his story and offered the group their choice: they could choose to be removed from this place, forget the conversation ever happened, and be granted a long life full of happiness and could live out the rest of their years in peace as long as they worshipped the one true god of undeath. The other choice was to decided to continue the pilgrimage, gather the remaining artifacts, and destroy the curse against the goddess of creation which in turn would erase the dream world they were in. During this conversation, Dart was able to sneakily retrieve the book from Doc's satchel and he attempted to leave out of the door as well as teleport, but found that his magic effects merely fizzled out. With the group making the decision to stay and continue their trials, the skeleton exited and left them to their fate of death. Fortunately for them, the coin in Reese's pocket began to glow and get hot to the point of falling and hitting the ground where the god of destruction appeared before them. Because of the choices that they had made, he was able to get in here and was able to grant them a boon, gifting them the ability to dreamwalk and exist in both sides of the world. Unfortunately, all of the boons that they had gained through their experiences up to now would be reduced to nearly nothing and the group exited.    Exiting they found that the path that they had taken to get here had suddenly changed and they would have to find their own way out. Charging ahead, they ran across a group of goblins led by a hobgoblin that they were able to struggle with and defeat. There were also traps glaore that had been set and were triggered. Now moving into a hallway with two areas, Ray decided to weld one of the doors shut while the rest of the group moved to another section to investigate a scream. They soon realized that they had been tricked as two zombies and a will o wisp attacked them, taking down Dart, Reese, and Doc. Even the great Aggnorhast seemed to struggle with the creatures, but they were able to take them down. Both Ray and Aggnorhast were able to stabilize the group and both sit down to rest and wait for the rest of them to regain consciousness. Now, sitting in a small pool of the blood of your seer and next to an uncionscious bird and gorc....what do now?