Kingdom on the Brink - Session 46
General Summary
The party continues into the room, they see a chasm and Uriel helps Duromar and Rosemary cross, while Gareth uses misty step and Del Varis with Uriel jump across the chasm. The group heads to the far door and see that there are light globes along the wall, Gareth goes to pry one off the wall and Uriel offers him his crowbar. Gareth pry's out the globe and begins to pocket the crowbar but Uriel makes sure to get it back, the group enters the room and see a Doom Golem, Devil Warlock, and a Nalfeshnee. The Doom Golem and the Nalfeshnee move up and begin the dodge, Rosemary buffs the party and Duromar casts scatter which causes the party to flank the Devil Warlock and the Nalfeshnee. Uriel attempts to hit the Nalfeshnee and manages to counter one of its dodges and lands a smite, then he uses his sword to grant Gareth an attack with his reaction. Gareth strikes the Warlock, the Warlock moves away and casts eldritch blast on Gareth, with only one ray hitting. Del Varis hits the Nalfeshnee several times, and attempts to punch him back, but the Nalfeshnee resists, Rosemary moves towards the Warlock dodges an attack of opportunity from the Nalfeshnee. Rosemary hits the Warlock several times with her quarterstaff and follows it up with a flurry of blows. The Nalfeshnee attempts to use a fear aura but Uriel and Del Varis resist, it then bites Uriel (puncturing his abdomen), and claws Del Varis several times. The Warlock uses power word stun on Duromar and continues to move away, the Golem then unleashes a cold cone on Duromar, Gareth, and Rosemary which is partially resisted. Uriel and Del Varis land several strikes on the Nalfeshnee, felling the demon, Duromar casts haste on himself (which almost gets counter-spelled). The Doom Golem recharges his cold breath and uses it as an aura and hit Gareth and Duromar, Duromar casts Steel Wind strike which kills the Warlock. The party surrounds the Doom Golem, which falls to a critical hit. The party searches the room and sees the glass on the ground shows light emanating from below them and see there's several hundred feet, Uriel ritually casts comprehend languages and sees that there's language written in the center of the room. Uriel realizes it's a lift and the party short rests before heading down, Rosemary starts to have a vivid vision of the nine hells, floating over the legions of demons. They're being rallied by a Pit Fiend, that seems pissed, Uriel has Rosemary describe what she's seeing, then he guides her out with a channel divinity. As Rosemary is leaving she sees the demons pointing to the light being produced by the channel divinity, Rosemary wakes up and tells the party (she doesn't benefit from the short rest). Uriel casts remove curse on Rosemary and the party gets ready to take the lift to the lower level.
When the party arrives to the lower level they find themselves facing a Marilith and Smaragdine Golem, the Marilith gets the jump on Uriel and restrains him with its tail. Duromar casts banish and the Golem disappears but the Marilith manages to resist. Duromar moves away from the rest of the party while Rosemary performs emboldening bond and casts sanctuary on Duromar. Del Varis moves to assist Uriel and stuns the Maralith continuously, this gives Uriel and Rosemary the opportunity to land multiple blows back to back, leaving the Marilith barely standing. The infuriated Marilith focuses on Del Varis and restrains him with its tail, and just as it's about to strike, it momentarily falters which causes it to accidentally slice its throat. Duromar quickly looks around the room and sees there are several large crystal formations around the circular perimeter, there's magical connections leading from the crystals to the center, he shouts they need to destroy the crystals before the Golem returns. The party spreads out, Duromar and Rosemary head to the southern part of the room, Rosemary shatters one of the crystals while Duromar destroys another with a scorching ray. Del Varis heads to the eastern part and uses his ki strikes to enhance his damage on the crystals, destroying several in succession, Uriel prays (hoping to reach the Ankou) letting them know that the souls are being released (boosting it with his channel divinity). Uriel's gets a response that his message is received and moves to shatter the nearest crystal, Duromar shouts the Golem will return in a matter of seconds and they need to hurry up. Rosemary moves to the eastern side and shatters the crystal there with a guiding bolt, Duromar heads north and blasts a crystal with firebolt, and Del Varis destroys the last crystal with a ki-fueled strike. Duromar, Rosemary, and Del Varis are able to make it back to the platform before the Golem. Uriel is about to step onto the lift with the rest of the party when the Golem returns and slams him twice, which knocks the wind out of him and launches him onto the platform, Uriel activates it the lift starts to ascend. The party makes their way back to surface.
On the surface the party sees the ruins engulfed in fire and a pitched battle happening between the demons and the Ankou, remains of the demons and Ankou can be seen throughout the ruins, it has been going on for some time. One of the Ankou descends and tells the party the fighting has gotten fiercer during the night and the Pit Fiend leader had been dragged back to the hells, causing the current chaos. The Ankou are spread thin trying to contain the demons and ask the party to attack the now inert gate, the party head towards the gate (after Duromar comments about how the party must do everything). On the edge of the city the party sees the path blocked by a Greater Rakshasa and a Glabrezu, the party buffs themselves and Duromar speeds into the fray (leaving the party in his dust). The Glabrezu takes advantage of Duromar being on his own and flanks him, landing four attacks (two of them critical hits) and leaving him grappled and barely standing. Uriel and Rosemary catch up and heal Duromar and cast warding bond on him, Uriel distracts the Rakshasa, the Rakshasa misses striking Uriel. Del Varis moves up and paralyzes the Glabrezu and Duromar pierces the Rakshasa several times to great effect, the Greater Rakshasa uses a legendary action which allows him to get out of melee (leaves an illusion while the real Rakshasa turns invisble and moves away). The Greater Rakshasa attempts to cast suggestion on Uriel, telling him to go home, Uriel responds that there's still demons to be slain (resisting the suggestion). Duromar, Rosemary, and Uriel strike down the Glabrezu and Uriel starts to move towards the Rakshasa. The Rakshasa uses its harrowing visions ability, causing the party see their worst nighmares, they manage to partially resist but they are left barely standing (with few hitpoints remaining). Duromar's haste remains active and he engages the Rakshasa, he lands two critical hits and with the third hit he destroys the Greater Rakshasa. Rosemary casts beacon of hope and the party quickly heals up and continues to the gate.
The party crests the hill and see a large, stone, structure roughly 100 feet long and 50 feet high, they have found the gate and it is guarded by a Bone Devil and a Infernal Knight. The party expends the last of their buffs and Uriel summons a Lion, the group moves to destroy the gate. Duromar arrives first and casts fireball on the gate, which causes stress fractures he then positions himself to face the Bone Devil. Del Varis moves up to the gate and focuses his efforts on destroying it, landing ki-fueled strike after strike, Uriel moves to engage the Infernal knight, Rosemary moves towards the gate but launches a guiding bolt at the Infernal knight to help Uriel. The Infernal knight and Uriel trade blows, Uriel finds the Infernal knight's demonic sword is able to weaken his strength when it hits. Uriel redoubles his efforts and the lion moves to flank the Infernal knight. Duromar and the Bone Devil engage in single combat, The Bone Devil lands a claw but Duromar uses one of his spells to soak the damage and returns the favor by casting blight, which is partially resisted. Rosemary attempts to hit the Infernal Knight with a sacred flame, but it's dodged, she then casts spiritual weapon and uses it to attack the Bone Devil, she continues to the gate. The Infernal Knight lands another hit on Uriel, but he resists his strength being weakened, Uriel also notices the Infernal Knight heals a little every turn. The Bone Devil lands a stinger attack on Durmoar which he soaks again, Duromar uses his last spell to cast blight, which fully effects the Bone Devil (destroying it). During this time Del Varis has continued to cause more damage to the gate, widening the fractures more and more, Rosemary helps on the other side, after Del Varis hits it again the gate begins to crumble. Duromar and Rosemary manage to avoid some of the rocks and not get buried, Del Varis becomes partially buried in the rubble. Uriel continues his duel with the Infernal Knight, but when the gate is destroyed the Infernal Knight opens a planar rift and escapes.
The party rescues Del Varis from the rubble and Duromar begins to ritually cast tiny hut, Del Varis and Uriel decides to short rest and hunt down remaining demons and devils to help the Ankou, the rest of the party long rests. Uriel and Del Varis deal with weakened groups of enemies for the next five hours, once the area seemed relatively secure they head towards the Ankou sanctuary to gather the mounts they left behind for safe keeping. The Ankou Soul Herald returns and thanks them for all their help, Uriel asks about Tobias and if he found his kids (the person who followed the party into the demon stronghold), the Soul Herald gets quiet and asks if the party got a chance to get to know Tobias. Uriel responds that they didn't, he would have liked to, the Soul Herald says that Tobias was the only remaining human left in the settlement when the Ankou arrived. Tobias is the reason the demons were in the city to begin with, in an attempt to get around using the vast amount of blood needed to complete the summoning ritual he used his kids, which killed them. He didn't mean for that to happen, he just wanted some of their blood, but he didn't know exactly what he was doing, the Pit Fiend he summoned decided to not kill him and as more demons made their way into the ruins they would torment him with his actions. A small part of Tobias wanted to atone for his deeds so through the Ankou he called out to Kyzet, The Overseer, who granted him an extended life. He lived with his actions for centuries until the party arrived and gave him the opportunityto get into the demon stronghold, where he undid the ritual, banishing the Pit Fiend, killing himself in the process. Uriel offers a prayer and a few drops of his blood on the altar, praying for Tobias Rolt's soul, the Soul Herald lays its claw over Uriel's hand and says they will search for it. Uriel also pulls out a dragon's tooth and asks about it, the Soul Herald says they are finishing up here, but with the battle in their favor they can devote some of their numbers to the search and will relay any information they find. Uriel and Del Varis investigate the ruins one last time, finding another cache, they return to the hut as the sun starts to rise (suffering a level of exhaustion).
When the party arrives to the lower level they find themselves facing a Marilith and Smaragdine Golem, the Marilith gets the jump on Uriel and restrains him with its tail. Duromar casts banish and the Golem disappears but the Marilith manages to resist. Duromar moves away from the rest of the party while Rosemary performs emboldening bond and casts sanctuary on Duromar. Del Varis moves to assist Uriel and stuns the Maralith continuously, this gives Uriel and Rosemary the opportunity to land multiple blows back to back, leaving the Marilith barely standing. The infuriated Marilith focuses on Del Varis and restrains him with its tail, and just as it's about to strike, it momentarily falters which causes it to accidentally slice its throat. Duromar quickly looks around the room and sees there are several large crystal formations around the circular perimeter, there's magical connections leading from the crystals to the center, he shouts they need to destroy the crystals before the Golem returns. The party spreads out, Duromar and Rosemary head to the southern part of the room, Rosemary shatters one of the crystals while Duromar destroys another with a scorching ray. Del Varis heads to the eastern part and uses his ki strikes to enhance his damage on the crystals, destroying several in succession, Uriel prays (hoping to reach the Ankou) letting them know that the souls are being released (boosting it with his channel divinity). Uriel's gets a response that his message is received and moves to shatter the nearest crystal, Duromar shouts the Golem will return in a matter of seconds and they need to hurry up. Rosemary moves to the eastern side and shatters the crystal there with a guiding bolt, Duromar heads north and blasts a crystal with firebolt, and Del Varis destroys the last crystal with a ki-fueled strike. Duromar, Rosemary, and Del Varis are able to make it back to the platform before the Golem. Uriel is about to step onto the lift with the rest of the party when the Golem returns and slams him twice, which knocks the wind out of him and launches him onto the platform, Uriel activates it the lift starts to ascend. The party makes their way back to surface.
On the surface the party sees the ruins engulfed in fire and a pitched battle happening between the demons and the Ankou, remains of the demons and Ankou can be seen throughout the ruins, it has been going on for some time. One of the Ankou descends and tells the party the fighting has gotten fiercer during the night and the Pit Fiend leader had been dragged back to the hells, causing the current chaos. The Ankou are spread thin trying to contain the demons and ask the party to attack the now inert gate, the party head towards the gate (after Duromar comments about how the party must do everything). On the edge of the city the party sees the path blocked by a Greater Rakshasa and a Glabrezu, the party buffs themselves and Duromar speeds into the fray (leaving the party in his dust). The Glabrezu takes advantage of Duromar being on his own and flanks him, landing four attacks (two of them critical hits) and leaving him grappled and barely standing. Uriel and Rosemary catch up and heal Duromar and cast warding bond on him, Uriel distracts the Rakshasa, the Rakshasa misses striking Uriel. Del Varis moves up and paralyzes the Glabrezu and Duromar pierces the Rakshasa several times to great effect, the Greater Rakshasa uses a legendary action which allows him to get out of melee (leaves an illusion while the real Rakshasa turns invisble and moves away). The Greater Rakshasa attempts to cast suggestion on Uriel, telling him to go home, Uriel responds that there's still demons to be slain (resisting the suggestion). Duromar, Rosemary, and Uriel strike down the Glabrezu and Uriel starts to move towards the Rakshasa. The Rakshasa uses its harrowing visions ability, causing the party see their worst nighmares, they manage to partially resist but they are left barely standing (with few hitpoints remaining). Duromar's haste remains active and he engages the Rakshasa, he lands two critical hits and with the third hit he destroys the Greater Rakshasa. Rosemary casts beacon of hope and the party quickly heals up and continues to the gate.
The party crests the hill and see a large, stone, structure roughly 100 feet long and 50 feet high, they have found the gate and it is guarded by a Bone Devil and a Infernal Knight. The party expends the last of their buffs and Uriel summons a Lion, the group moves to destroy the gate. Duromar arrives first and casts fireball on the gate, which causes stress fractures he then positions himself to face the Bone Devil. Del Varis moves up to the gate and focuses his efforts on destroying it, landing ki-fueled strike after strike, Uriel moves to engage the Infernal knight, Rosemary moves towards the gate but launches a guiding bolt at the Infernal knight to help Uriel. The Infernal knight and Uriel trade blows, Uriel finds the Infernal knight's demonic sword is able to weaken his strength when it hits. Uriel redoubles his efforts and the lion moves to flank the Infernal knight. Duromar and the Bone Devil engage in single combat, The Bone Devil lands a claw but Duromar uses one of his spells to soak the damage and returns the favor by casting blight, which is partially resisted. Rosemary attempts to hit the Infernal Knight with a sacred flame, but it's dodged, she then casts spiritual weapon and uses it to attack the Bone Devil, she continues to the gate. The Infernal Knight lands another hit on Uriel, but he resists his strength being weakened, Uriel also notices the Infernal Knight heals a little every turn. The Bone Devil lands a stinger attack on Durmoar which he soaks again, Duromar uses his last spell to cast blight, which fully effects the Bone Devil (destroying it). During this time Del Varis has continued to cause more damage to the gate, widening the fractures more and more, Rosemary helps on the other side, after Del Varis hits it again the gate begins to crumble. Duromar and Rosemary manage to avoid some of the rocks and not get buried, Del Varis becomes partially buried in the rubble. Uriel continues his duel with the Infernal Knight, but when the gate is destroyed the Infernal Knight opens a planar rift and escapes.
The party rescues Del Varis from the rubble and Duromar begins to ritually cast tiny hut, Del Varis and Uriel decides to short rest and hunt down remaining demons and devils to help the Ankou, the rest of the party long rests. Uriel and Del Varis deal with weakened groups of enemies for the next five hours, once the area seemed relatively secure they head towards the Ankou sanctuary to gather the mounts they left behind for safe keeping. The Ankou Soul Herald returns and thanks them for all their help, Uriel asks about Tobias and if he found his kids (the person who followed the party into the demon stronghold), the Soul Herald gets quiet and asks if the party got a chance to get to know Tobias. Uriel responds that they didn't, he would have liked to, the Soul Herald says that Tobias was the only remaining human left in the settlement when the Ankou arrived. Tobias is the reason the demons were in the city to begin with, in an attempt to get around using the vast amount of blood needed to complete the summoning ritual he used his kids, which killed them. He didn't mean for that to happen, he just wanted some of their blood, but he didn't know exactly what he was doing, the Pit Fiend he summoned decided to not kill him and as more demons made their way into the ruins they would torment him with his actions. A small part of Tobias wanted to atone for his deeds so through the Ankou he called out to Kyzet, The Overseer, who granted him an extended life. He lived with his actions for centuries until the party arrived and gave him the opportunityto get into the demon stronghold, where he undid the ritual, banishing the Pit Fiend, killing himself in the process. Uriel offers a prayer and a few drops of his blood on the altar, praying for Tobias Rolt's soul, the Soul Herald lays its claw over Uriel's hand and says they will search for it. Uriel also pulls out a dragon's tooth and asks about it, the Soul Herald says they are finishing up here, but with the battle in their favor they can devote some of their numbers to the search and will relay any information they find. Uriel and Del Varis investigate the ruins one last time, finding another cache, they return to the hut as the sun starts to rise (suffering a level of exhaustion).
It is the beginning of the 12th day of Leranth
Rewards Granted
Gem of Seeing
2,000 GP in diamonds
Missions/Quests Completed
Destroyed the Demon portal
Report Date
11 Nov 2023
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