Kingdom on the brink - session 24
General Summary
Del Varis starts to club the heads off the chimera, eventually severing the heads (and causing a mess). The group then sets out deeper into the forest. After some time the party comes across a shallow pond with rocks going through it, at the center one is 30 feet tall, they also see several orbs and a spectral being on the other side. The orbs grab most of the groups attention but Del Varis and Hendred notice something in the bushes next to it, they describe it and the group realizes it fits the description of something fiendish in nature. Ashara and Oneiro head towards the tall rock in the center while the rest of the party moves around the side of the pound, the ghost by the orbs moves towards the group, Hendred casts guiding bolt at the ghost but it passes right through it and splashes into the pond. Runsha seeing this uses his channel divinity and turns the ghost, Saying "don't harm it", since the party is now closer they are able to see what's in the bushes, a Draegloth. Stormsong attacks it with scorching rays, which hit but aren't as effective as she hoped, the Draegloth breaks cover and attempts to cast a spell on Stormsong but she resists it. The ghost continues to flee and Runsha and Del Varis move up to engage the Draegloth in Melee, Oneiro hexes it and starts to fire arrows into it with Ashara supporting with her longbow landing two critical strikes. As the group engages the Draegloth a few of them notice something moving in the bushes and exiting the area, Runsha shield bashes the Dreagloth away from him and it responds with some claw strikes and attempts to disengage. The party moves up and finishes off the Dreagloth. The party decides to try and take a short rest, but before they can finishes they are disturbed by more creatures.
Two Vrocks and a Draegloth appear, the Vrocks split off, one dashes towards Ashara and Oneiro (who are still on the rock) and the other (along with the Dreagloth) towards the Runsha, Del Varis, Stormsong, and Hendred. The Dreagloth attempts to cast a spell and the two Vrocks release some spores, but the party is able to resist the effects. Del Varis and Stormsong begins a volley of darts and eldritch blast at the Vrock, the Vrock is flying at 10 feet above the ground so Runsha jumps do get within melee range and swings with his warhammer, this does provoke an attack from its Talons. Hendred casts spirtual weapon and starts to engage the Dreagloth. Ashara places herself between the Vrock and Oneiro starts firing at it, the Dreagloth casts darkness on the group on the ground and the Vrocks position themselves and begin to screach, everyone manages to resist the screach except Oneiro who gets stunned. Stormsong casts duplicity and quickens more eldritch blasts at the Vrock and Del Varis moves to help Hendred with the Dreagloth, breaking its concentration on the darkness spell. Runsha jumps again and smites the Vrock, felling it out of the sky and killing it, he then moves forward to help with the Dreagloth, which quickly falls under the combined force of the 4 party members on the ground. Ashara sees that Oneiro is stunned and decides to jump and grapple with the Vrock, knocking it to the ground and proceeds to punch it, this gives Oneiro enough time to shake off the stun and take aim at the Vrock, shifting his hex towards it. Runsha makes a jump across the pound and Stormsong begins blasting the Vrock, Hendred and Del Varis catch their breath, the Vrock and Ashara continue to fight on the ground, with a flurry of longsword strikes and talons but the Vrock can't escape the grapple. Runsha manages to climb up the rock to assist and in a final act of desparation the Vrock releases more spores but is unsuccessful and is struck down shortly. Del Varis takes the skull of the Dreagloth and the party moves on.
The party finally reach their destination, before them they see the wreckage of a airship, there's several ghosts and more fiendish looking creatures. Oneiro and Stormsong activate their boots and ascend into the air, Runsha and Ashara moves up and Ashara gets protection from evil and good cast on her. The Hezrou (Frog looking creature) dashes at the party and the Glabrezu (Crab looking creature) moves up and casts confusion on Ashara, which she fails to resist, Hendred attempts to Banish the Glabrezu but the spell is resisted. The Hezrou attacks Ashara but Runsha is able to use his shield to block most of the blows, Stormsong and Oneiro continue their volleys, finding that fire based attacks aren't as effective, the Glabrezu moves to attack Ashara but do to the spell that was cast on her most of the attacks miss, Hendred moves up and channels a turn undead and forces one of the ghosts to flee. Hendred then casts spirtual weapon, the ghost that's unturned then tries to possess Del Varis, but he resists and responds with several punches. Ashara, still in a confusion, does nothing for a little while, but by sheer will manages to shake off the confusion. Runsha positions himself and unleashes a cold breathe attack, but sees it's not as effective as he would of hoped, the Glabrezu discerns that there's a spell on Ashara and casts dispell magic and attacks her with two pincers, Runsha blocks one but the other makes it through and grapples her. The melee continues with Hendred striking with her warhammer and spirtual weapon, the Hezrou attacks Runsha but its attacks are shrugged off, Runsha uses another breathe weapon to incapacitate his opponents but it is resisted. Ashara Strikes the Glabrezu several times, making no attempt to break the grapple, the Glabrezu focuses on Ashara and casts power word stun and lands another pincer attack, the ghost that attempted to possess Del Varis attacks him and casuses some necrotic damage on him. The Hezrou is enraged by Runsha's shield bashes and lands two devasting strikes on him, nearly dropping him. Stormsong and Oneiro focus on the Hezrou and finally drop it, Ashara tries to shake off the stun but is unsuccessful, Del Varis disengages from the ghost and uses his abilities to heal Ashara and remove the stunned condition. The ghost tries to possess Del Varis again but is resisted, the party focuses on the Glabrezu, landing many blows and is finally brought down by Hendreds inflict wounds. The party turns its attention to the ghost, who realizes it won't get a body and phases out of the plane and flees, talking about a halfling that sent them on this foolhardy trip.
The party explores the airship and finds the power source and other salvage, some of the party short rests, Runsha casts divine sense and it pings off Ashara and Oneiro. The group heads back to Strongfare to talk to Salwor, once they arrive Ashara jokingly says they didn't find the power source, she and Del Varis begin to question him further about the airship and his story starts to unravel. Another halfling enters the workshop and introduces himself as Nevel Wildcloak, saying how Salwor schemes has a way of backfiring, revealing his hand is a magical prosthetic. He goes on and states that Salwor used to be a guild member until his ideas got others killed, his denial of the risks he has others take eventually led to his expulsion (the party reponds by giving Salwor several slaps). Salwor attempts to defend himself stating he was trying to rediscover lost technology and magical arts, but Nevel was having none of it, and reiterated that Salwor's repeated refusal to place himself at risk and have others take it instead was disgusting and begins to walk out, he tells the party that they should be careful when dealing with his brother. Ashara realizes who they were talking to and asks if he's the guild leader for the merchants, which he confirms, Hendred asks if he could organize a meeting between the party and the guild of magic as she has a way to speak with the body of Erlathan Valfaren. Nevel says he'll figure something out, but not to expect it to be easy as guild politics can be quite murky at times, he takes his leave. The party turns their attention back to a more deflated Salwor, he says he does have a reputation around this city but that doesn't include not being a halfling of his word, He gives the party a flame tongue and a scroll of legend lore, he explains that while mistakes were made he only meant to advance the limits of knowledge. The party trades their salvage for diamond dust and make a few more requests (Ritual spell scrolls, allowing Artimus to learn some magic from him, use of the airship in the future).
Two Vrocks and a Draegloth appear, the Vrocks split off, one dashes towards Ashara and Oneiro (who are still on the rock) and the other (along with the Dreagloth) towards the Runsha, Del Varis, Stormsong, and Hendred. The Dreagloth attempts to cast a spell and the two Vrocks release some spores, but the party is able to resist the effects. Del Varis and Stormsong begins a volley of darts and eldritch blast at the Vrock, the Vrock is flying at 10 feet above the ground so Runsha jumps do get within melee range and swings with his warhammer, this does provoke an attack from its Talons. Hendred casts spirtual weapon and starts to engage the Dreagloth. Ashara places herself between the Vrock and Oneiro starts firing at it, the Dreagloth casts darkness on the group on the ground and the Vrocks position themselves and begin to screach, everyone manages to resist the screach except Oneiro who gets stunned. Stormsong casts duplicity and quickens more eldritch blasts at the Vrock and Del Varis moves to help Hendred with the Dreagloth, breaking its concentration on the darkness spell. Runsha jumps again and smites the Vrock, felling it out of the sky and killing it, he then moves forward to help with the Dreagloth, which quickly falls under the combined force of the 4 party members on the ground. Ashara sees that Oneiro is stunned and decides to jump and grapple with the Vrock, knocking it to the ground and proceeds to punch it, this gives Oneiro enough time to shake off the stun and take aim at the Vrock, shifting his hex towards it. Runsha makes a jump across the pound and Stormsong begins blasting the Vrock, Hendred and Del Varis catch their breath, the Vrock and Ashara continue to fight on the ground, with a flurry of longsword strikes and talons but the Vrock can't escape the grapple. Runsha manages to climb up the rock to assist and in a final act of desparation the Vrock releases more spores but is unsuccessful and is struck down shortly. Del Varis takes the skull of the Dreagloth and the party moves on.
The party finally reach their destination, before them they see the wreckage of a airship, there's several ghosts and more fiendish looking creatures. Oneiro and Stormsong activate their boots and ascend into the air, Runsha and Ashara moves up and Ashara gets protection from evil and good cast on her. The Hezrou (Frog looking creature) dashes at the party and the Glabrezu (Crab looking creature) moves up and casts confusion on Ashara, which she fails to resist, Hendred attempts to Banish the Glabrezu but the spell is resisted. The Hezrou attacks Ashara but Runsha is able to use his shield to block most of the blows, Stormsong and Oneiro continue their volleys, finding that fire based attacks aren't as effective, the Glabrezu moves to attack Ashara but do to the spell that was cast on her most of the attacks miss, Hendred moves up and channels a turn undead and forces one of the ghosts to flee. Hendred then casts spirtual weapon, the ghost that's unturned then tries to possess Del Varis, but he resists and responds with several punches. Ashara, still in a confusion, does nothing for a little while, but by sheer will manages to shake off the confusion. Runsha positions himself and unleashes a cold breathe attack, but sees it's not as effective as he would of hoped, the Glabrezu discerns that there's a spell on Ashara and casts dispell magic and attacks her with two pincers, Runsha blocks one but the other makes it through and grapples her. The melee continues with Hendred striking with her warhammer and spirtual weapon, the Hezrou attacks Runsha but its attacks are shrugged off, Runsha uses another breathe weapon to incapacitate his opponents but it is resisted. Ashara Strikes the Glabrezu several times, making no attempt to break the grapple, the Glabrezu focuses on Ashara and casts power word stun and lands another pincer attack, the ghost that attempted to possess Del Varis attacks him and casuses some necrotic damage on him. The Hezrou is enraged by Runsha's shield bashes and lands two devasting strikes on him, nearly dropping him. Stormsong and Oneiro focus on the Hezrou and finally drop it, Ashara tries to shake off the stun but is unsuccessful, Del Varis disengages from the ghost and uses his abilities to heal Ashara and remove the stunned condition. The ghost tries to possess Del Varis again but is resisted, the party focuses on the Glabrezu, landing many blows and is finally brought down by Hendreds inflict wounds. The party turns its attention to the ghost, who realizes it won't get a body and phases out of the plane and flees, talking about a halfling that sent them on this foolhardy trip.
The party explores the airship and finds the power source and other salvage, some of the party short rests, Runsha casts divine sense and it pings off Ashara and Oneiro. The group heads back to Strongfare to talk to Salwor, once they arrive Ashara jokingly says they didn't find the power source, she and Del Varis begin to question him further about the airship and his story starts to unravel. Another halfling enters the workshop and introduces himself as Nevel Wildcloak, saying how Salwor schemes has a way of backfiring, revealing his hand is a magical prosthetic. He goes on and states that Salwor used to be a guild member until his ideas got others killed, his denial of the risks he has others take eventually led to his expulsion (the party reponds by giving Salwor several slaps). Salwor attempts to defend himself stating he was trying to rediscover lost technology and magical arts, but Nevel was having none of it, and reiterated that Salwor's repeated refusal to place himself at risk and have others take it instead was disgusting and begins to walk out, he tells the party that they should be careful when dealing with his brother. Ashara realizes who they were talking to and asks if he's the guild leader for the merchants, which he confirms, Hendred asks if he could organize a meeting between the party and the guild of magic as she has a way to speak with the body of Erlathan Valfaren. Nevel says he'll figure something out, but not to expect it to be easy as guild politics can be quite murky at times, he takes his leave. The party turns their attention back to a more deflated Salwor, he says he does have a reputation around this city but that doesn't include not being a halfling of his word, He gives the party a flame tongue and a scroll of legend lore, he explains that while mistakes were made he only meant to advance the limits of knowledge. The party trades their salvage for diamond dust and make a few more requests (Ritual spell scrolls, allowing Artimus to learn some magic from him, use of the airship in the future).
It is late afternoon on the 25th day of Kyzet
Rewards Granted
Flame Tongue
Scroll of Legend Lore
500 GP diamond dust
Scroll of Legend Lore
500 GP diamond dust
Missions/Quests Completed
Found the airship power source
Character(s) interacted with
Salwor Wildcloak
Nevel Wildcloak
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