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(3) Dead in Thay

The Cult of the Dragon has been thwarted and Tiamat's would be resurrection stopped.   But now the Iron Company must deal with the atrocities they suffered while seeking an ally in that fight. Will they succeed or end up Dead in Thay?

  • 2021-10-29
    DIT 1: "The Proposal"
    Diplomatic action

    The Cult of the Dragon is done and you are beginning your plans for your personal vendetta against Thay. But on your last night in Waterdeep a woman with the markings of the Red Wizards arrives claiming that she has a proposal for you.

  • 2021-11-12
    DIT 2: "Into The Doomvault"
    Discovery, Exploration

    You have breached the Doomvault! Now to find out its many secrets and find a way into the Phylactery Vault before all of Thay descends upon you.

  • 2021-11-26
    DIT 3: "The Charming of Pubert"
    Discovery, Exploration

    Pubert has been charmed by a, woman? Or is she really a succubus? Either way, she's enticed him to attack her guards and now you're in a battle with four Thayan Warriors.

  • 2021-12-10
    DIT 4: "Iron Menagerie"

    The Thayans clearly have a multitude of demons, elementals, and other creatures they have captured in the Doomvault. You have even managed to make a couple of allies by freeing them.

  • 2022-1-7
    DIT 5: "Deep Predator Pools"

    An entire sector of saltwater pools, all of which seem to be filled with dangerous creatures. But so far no signs of how to get into the Phylactery Vault.

  • 2022-02-04
    DIT 6: "Predator Pools Continued"
    Discovery, Exploration

    Nabu, the adolescent Dragon Turtle has been returned to Lake Thaylambar. George, the Fire Elemental, remains with you but knows of an elemental rift within the Doomvault where it can return home as well.

     

    Clues as to how to get into the Phylactery Vault, however, still seem to allude you.

  • 2022-02-18
    DIT 7: "Malice vs the Undead"
    Discovery, Exploration

    A cadre of Kuo-toa are escorting you to "her". You don't know who she is yet but maybe she has answers you seek to finding the Phylactery Vault.

     

    But before you get there, you have to deal with Malice's compulsion to destroy any and all undead!

  • 2022-03-04
    DIT 8: "Glyph Key Hunting"
    Discovery, Exploration

    The sea-hag called Tanjus has given you information you didn't have before. To get to the Phylactery Vault you need to find a way into the Temples of Extraction. The problem is, though you can see it on your rudimentary map of the Doomvault, you don't see any connecting white gates into it from other sectors. Clearly you need a key that will get you into a black gate; but where to find such a key.

  • 2022-03-18
    DIT 9: "Regroup and Re-strategize"
    Discovery, Exploration

    You have some idea now of where to look for ways into the Phylactery Vault but first, after a series of battles with undead and sahuagin, you must first revisit the Gatehouse to rest and rethink how best to proceed.

  • 2022-04-15
    DIT 10: "Back to the Abyssal Prisons"
    Expedition

    Somewhere, allegedly, within the Abyssal Prisons of the Doomvault is the lich Tarul Var. Perhaps he can unlock how to get into the Phylactery Vault, or at the very least have a way into the Temples of Extraction where you've heard is rumored to have the way into the Vault.

  • 2022-05-13
    DIT 11: "Tarul Var"
    Discovery, Exploration

    You've found him! Tarul Var, the lich that runs the Doomvault and one of Szass Tam's lieutenants. Surely he will have a glyph key that can get you into the Temples of Extraction and ever closer to the Phylactery Vault.

  • 2022-05-27
    DIT 12: "Temples of Extraction"
    Discovery, Exploration

    You have gained access to the Temples of Extraction. Supposedly, somewhere in this sector is a way into the Phylactery Vault so that you can end Szass Tam and every Lich in Thay for good!

  • 2022-06-10 7:00pm EDT
    DIT 13: "Learning to Shrine"
    Discovery, Exploration

    After rescuing a member of the resistance you now know that the Shrines you have been seeing are somehow tied to the black gates and the Phylactery Vault -- but how?

     

  • 2022-06-24
    DIT 14: "Shrines & Gates"
    Discovery, Exploration

    After helping a would be defector, you learn exactly how to use the Shrines of Binding and Black Gates within the Temples of Extraction to gain access to the Phylactery Vault. Now all you have to do is gather enough glyph keys and find Black Gates in other sectors since you need to disrupt a certain number across multiple sectors.

  • 2022-07-08
    DIT 15: "Clearing the Temples"
    Discovery, Exploration

    Now that you know what needs to be done to get to the Phylactery Vault, you just need to clear out enough Thayans in enough zones to make sure they cannot thwart your plans - and find more glyph keys so you have enough to pull it off.

  • 2022-07-15
    DIT 16: "Clearing the Temples Continued"
    Discovery, Exploration

    Now that you know what needs to be done to get to the Phylactery Vault, you just need to clear out enough Thayans in enough zones to make sure they cannot thwart your plans - and find more glyph keys so you have enough to pull it off.

  • 2022-07-22
    DIT 17: "What The Hell Is That Smell?!"
    Discovery, Exploration

    You found a glyph key allowing you to directly transport via Black Gate into the Prison of Filth zone in the Far Realm Cysts sector. Taking advantage of this stroke of luck allowing you to move more quickly to another sector and get you closer to controlling the requisite number of Black Gates to get to the Phylactery Vault you find yourself in an area that reeks to the Nine Hells - which is fitting since it has a bunch of otyughs.

  • 2022-08-19
    DIT 18: "The Trees have... Tentacles?"
    Discovery, Exploration

    You've located what should be the last Black Gate you will need, but you still have to find someone with a glyph key attuned to the zone it's in. So far all you've found is trees, shallow pools, owlbears, and whatever these creatures are that are attacking you from the trees!

     

  • 2022-09-02
    DIT 19: "Just One to Go"
    Discovery, Exploration

    You have but one Black Gate to secure to begin the steps to disrupt enough of them to get into the Phylactery Vault. But you also have no idea if Tarul Var has rejuvenated yet or not so even making it into the Vault, will you face an army of guards? Tarul Var's rejuvenated self? or Szass Tam himself?

     

  • 2022-09-30
    DIT 20: "The Death of Szass Tam"
    Life, Achievement/ Win

    You made a deal with a Beholder, but the glyph key you gave her doesn't work. Uh-oh!

     

    Now you not only have to secure one more Black Gate, but you have an angry Beholder to deal with first.