Kingdom on the Brink - Session 58
General Summary
The party descends the stairs and find themselves in an open room, there is an illusion of outer space. An illusion of Nadranth is flying around and performing the following cycle of creating, watching, and destroying his creations; over and over again. Duromar takes his time and records what he sees, he steps on a glyph of warding, which hits Duromar and Uriel with a cold blast. Del Varis and Gregori begin to search the rest of the area for more magical glyphs, Del Varis decides to set off the glyphs by running over them, he gets blasted with lightning and acid damage. Gregori then finds the symbol spell in front of a set of double doors, Duromar sees it has destructive properties, Uriel becomes bonded with Rosemary and he dispels the symbol. The party observes the illusion for the next hour, Rosemary and Uriel get another hour in reading their tomes. The party moves towards the double doors and Duromar inspects it, he finds another symbol and Uriel dispels it. Duromar sees the door has an inscription that says, "May these halls beyond be great enough for the all-powerful Nadranth, may his rein be eternal." The party enters.
The party finds themselves in a great hall of clockwork wonder, there is a long bridge over a water chasm, power starts surging and three dragon statues start to activate (two Clockwork Dragons and a Three-Headed Clockwork Dragon). The party moves up and the Dragons take flight and begin to dodge. The party moves up and begins to buff themselves with haste, bladesong, spirit guardians, emboldening bonds, heroism, and warding bond. Uriel casts spiritual weapon and attempts to strike the Three-Headed Dragon, Amber attacks one of the Clockwork Dragons with eldritch blast. The party has clumped up in a bottleneck, one Clockwork Dragon sprays them with oil, and the other Clockwork Dragon hits them with a fire breath. Duromar moves up further and casts steelwind strike, hitting all three dragons, Del Varis throws a set of needles at the smaller Clockwork Dragon, which causes it to be restrained and crash into the ground. Rosemary moves up and begins to critically strike the fallen dragon with her staff. Amber Kerogen moves up and hurls eldritch blasts and Rosemary's spirit guardians begin to rip apart the fallen Clockwork Dragon. The Clockwork Dragon responds by biting Rosemary, Uriel intercepts, which allows Rosemary to continue to concentrate on spirit guardians. The Three-Headed Dragon moves up and breathes fire on the oil-soaked party, Uriel drinks a potion of supreme healing to keep himself up, Merigold fires volleys of arrows into the dragons. Duromar and Del Varis smash the grounded Clockwork Dragon, Gregori disengages from combat (he is low on health). The Three-Headed Dragon uses a tail sweep and knocks Uriel to the ground, Rosemary and Duromar dodges out of the way. Duromar casts circle of Death that hits the remaining two dragon, but they partially resist. Amber fires more eldritch blasts into the fight, Uriel throws Del Varis at the flying Three-headed Dragon, Del Varis attempts to grapple but fails and starts to punch it. Duromar casts misty steps and strikes the Three-Headed Dragon with his booming blade, Gregori reaches the end of the hall and starts to bark (telling Merigold that a "bad sausage was coming"). Merigold turns around and sees a Star Drake has entered the hall, she runs back to help Gregori. Merigold misty steps onto the Drake and begins to slash into it, attempting to smash it into the ground. Rosemary fires a guiding bolt at the Three-Headed Dragon, the Three-headed Dragon moves down (taking force damage from booming blade) and begins to swipe and bite at Uriel, leaving him barely standing. The Clockwork Dragon fight devolves into melee as Del Varis and Duromar strike repeatedly, Rosemary's spirit guardians rip them to shreds, Uriel smites. Eventually the Clockwork Dragons fall, leaving that group in bad shape. The Star Drake incapacitates Merigold with its blinding light and climbs to 120 feet, it bites and claws at her and turns over, Merigold crashes into the ground. Merigold awakes and fires her bow and manages to drop the Star Drake into the ground, Amber fires more eldritch blasts. The Star Drake attempts to blind the party, Duromar resists and closes and slashes with his rapier, Uriel and Del Varis come in right behind him and finally kills it. The party short rests in the area.
The party searches the room, they realize that there are a lot of old assembly lines below them. As they search more, they see machinery up the stairs that appear to be used more recently. Duromar and Uriel continue to investigate the area, finding it to be very ornate and finely crafted, Uriel finds engravings that seem to be of a different style at the very back, depicting an ornate black dragon. The party believes the machinery is used in some sort of major assembly process; they decide to move on (Del Varis stays behind unbeknownst to the rest of the group). The rest of the party starts to explore the other rooms, they find what appears to be some sort of research lab with scattered books and journals; there appears to be lightning barriers blocking certain parts of the lab. Duromar picks up a book and begins to read it, it speaks of trying to make a body. Rosemary and Amber find a transmutation circle, it appears to be used in crafting components and parts for major items. Merigold and Uriel move up, keeping a watch, Uriel hears a popping sound, as if someone had magically entered the room and warns the party that they have company (via Merigold's sending stone). Del Varis begins to run towards the party from the great hall (he picked up their trail). Uriel rounds the corner and finds a Herald of the Great Wyrm attempting to hide, Uriel, Merigold, and Gregori move to surround the Herald. The Herald attempts to hit Merigold with a spectral barrier (but misses) and then moves up to Uriel. Rosemary attempts to use dimension door and takes Amber with her, but as they get close, they get knocked back by some sort of anti-magical travel field. The Herald then uses its claw of fate and slashes Uriel, leaving a burning mark. Uriel retaliates by smiting the Herald twice, the Herald then uses a legendary action to create a blackwell of unmaking which pulls Gregori and Merigold towards it. Duromar casts haste and begins his bladesong and moves in to strike the Herald, Merigold and Gregori get stunned by the well and it begins to rend them apart. Rosemary closes in at speed and Uriel continues to strike the Herald, his commanding presence allows Rosemary to strike and attempt to stun him, they find out the Herald is immune to stunning. Duromar moves in and strikes with his booming blade and rapier strikes, Merigold remains stunned, but Gregori manages to free himself and pulls her out of the sphere. The Herald opens a portal and moves to another side of the room (taking some force damage), Duromar gets pulled towards the sphere and Rosemary uses mass cure wounds. Duromar frees himself from the sphere and speeds around the room, he finds the Herald and casts chill touch, which kills him.
Del Varis shows up shortly thereafter and sees the lightning barrier and goes to inspect it, the rest of the party also investigates the room. Uriel finds what appears to be a nexus feeding the lightning barriers, Duromar and Del Varis notice some conduits leading from the lightning barriers. Merigold starts to go through the books speculating about making a body for a great and powerful being, she finds this boring. Rosemary inspects a room, finding equations written on the wall with notes, each equation ends with a different depiction of a body. Duromar and Del Varis decide to destroy the conduits leading to the lightning barriers. Del Varis punches the conduit and gets a surge of lightning through him, Duromar moves back and casts firebolt, this causes feedback that nearly strikes Uriel (he is able to run and dodge out of the way). Duromar goes into a room and notices a symbol on the ground and steps around it, finding blueprints for different creatures and machines. Rosemary decides to go into the previously blocked room, she doesn't notice the symbol on the ground and gets engulfed in a necrotic shroud. Del Varis then goes into the same room as Rosemary and activates a second symbol that makes them both go insane. They begin to slap each other, perceiving a different reality in their minds, this ends with Del Varis punching Rosemary (healing her) and Rosemary kicking him in the groin. Duromar sighs to himself and mutters something negative about his companions as Merigold and Gregori walk into the room, Merigold doesn't see the symbol and steps on it, stunning all three of them. Duromar goes off on her and an argument ensues, leading to Duromar casting charge blast on her. Uriel comes in and grabs Gregori and Merigold and begins to drag them out to break up the argument, Uriel yells there are more notes and Duromar quickly grabs up everything and the group heads towards the other unexplored room.
The party heads down the stairs and hears some grunting, Merigold and Del Varis begin to sneak ahead, they find a Dragon Turtle that appears to be heating a forge. They continue sneaking and catch it by surprise, the party quickly moves into melee and land several devastating blows. The Dragon Turtle is able to get one blast of its steam breath off, which downs Rosemary, but Del Varis heals her. The party continues the melee, having greatly outnumbered it, Duromar finishes off the Dragon Turtle by disintegrating it. The Turtle turns to dust.
The party finds themselves in a great hall of clockwork wonder, there is a long bridge over a water chasm, power starts surging and three dragon statues start to activate (two Clockwork Dragons and a Three-Headed Clockwork Dragon). The party moves up and the Dragons take flight and begin to dodge. The party moves up and begins to buff themselves with haste, bladesong, spirit guardians, emboldening bonds, heroism, and warding bond. Uriel casts spiritual weapon and attempts to strike the Three-Headed Dragon, Amber attacks one of the Clockwork Dragons with eldritch blast. The party has clumped up in a bottleneck, one Clockwork Dragon sprays them with oil, and the other Clockwork Dragon hits them with a fire breath. Duromar moves up further and casts steelwind strike, hitting all three dragons, Del Varis throws a set of needles at the smaller Clockwork Dragon, which causes it to be restrained and crash into the ground. Rosemary moves up and begins to critically strike the fallen dragon with her staff. Amber Kerogen moves up and hurls eldritch blasts and Rosemary's spirit guardians begin to rip apart the fallen Clockwork Dragon. The Clockwork Dragon responds by biting Rosemary, Uriel intercepts, which allows Rosemary to continue to concentrate on spirit guardians. The Three-Headed Dragon moves up and breathes fire on the oil-soaked party, Uriel drinks a potion of supreme healing to keep himself up, Merigold fires volleys of arrows into the dragons. Duromar and Del Varis smash the grounded Clockwork Dragon, Gregori disengages from combat (he is low on health). The Three-Headed Dragon uses a tail sweep and knocks Uriel to the ground, Rosemary and Duromar dodges out of the way. Duromar casts circle of Death that hits the remaining two dragon, but they partially resist. Amber fires more eldritch blasts into the fight, Uriel throws Del Varis at the flying Three-headed Dragon, Del Varis attempts to grapple but fails and starts to punch it. Duromar casts misty steps and strikes the Three-Headed Dragon with his booming blade, Gregori reaches the end of the hall and starts to bark (telling Merigold that a "bad sausage was coming"). Merigold turns around and sees a Star Drake has entered the hall, she runs back to help Gregori. Merigold misty steps onto the Drake and begins to slash into it, attempting to smash it into the ground. Rosemary fires a guiding bolt at the Three-Headed Dragon, the Three-headed Dragon moves down (taking force damage from booming blade) and begins to swipe and bite at Uriel, leaving him barely standing. The Clockwork Dragon fight devolves into melee as Del Varis and Duromar strike repeatedly, Rosemary's spirit guardians rip them to shreds, Uriel smites. Eventually the Clockwork Dragons fall, leaving that group in bad shape. The Star Drake incapacitates Merigold with its blinding light and climbs to 120 feet, it bites and claws at her and turns over, Merigold crashes into the ground. Merigold awakes and fires her bow and manages to drop the Star Drake into the ground, Amber fires more eldritch blasts. The Star Drake attempts to blind the party, Duromar resists and closes and slashes with his rapier, Uriel and Del Varis come in right behind him and finally kills it. The party short rests in the area.
The party searches the room, they realize that there are a lot of old assembly lines below them. As they search more, they see machinery up the stairs that appear to be used more recently. Duromar and Uriel continue to investigate the area, finding it to be very ornate and finely crafted, Uriel finds engravings that seem to be of a different style at the very back, depicting an ornate black dragon. The party believes the machinery is used in some sort of major assembly process; they decide to move on (Del Varis stays behind unbeknownst to the rest of the group). The rest of the party starts to explore the other rooms, they find what appears to be some sort of research lab with scattered books and journals; there appears to be lightning barriers blocking certain parts of the lab. Duromar picks up a book and begins to read it, it speaks of trying to make a body. Rosemary and Amber find a transmutation circle, it appears to be used in crafting components and parts for major items. Merigold and Uriel move up, keeping a watch, Uriel hears a popping sound, as if someone had magically entered the room and warns the party that they have company (via Merigold's sending stone). Del Varis begins to run towards the party from the great hall (he picked up their trail). Uriel rounds the corner and finds a Herald of the Great Wyrm attempting to hide, Uriel, Merigold, and Gregori move to surround the Herald. The Herald attempts to hit Merigold with a spectral barrier (but misses) and then moves up to Uriel. Rosemary attempts to use dimension door and takes Amber with her, but as they get close, they get knocked back by some sort of anti-magical travel field. The Herald then uses its claw of fate and slashes Uriel, leaving a burning mark. Uriel retaliates by smiting the Herald twice, the Herald then uses a legendary action to create a blackwell of unmaking which pulls Gregori and Merigold towards it. Duromar casts haste and begins his bladesong and moves in to strike the Herald, Merigold and Gregori get stunned by the well and it begins to rend them apart. Rosemary closes in at speed and Uriel continues to strike the Herald, his commanding presence allows Rosemary to strike and attempt to stun him, they find out the Herald is immune to stunning. Duromar moves in and strikes with his booming blade and rapier strikes, Merigold remains stunned, but Gregori manages to free himself and pulls her out of the sphere. The Herald opens a portal and moves to another side of the room (taking some force damage), Duromar gets pulled towards the sphere and Rosemary uses mass cure wounds. Duromar frees himself from the sphere and speeds around the room, he finds the Herald and casts chill touch, which kills him.
Del Varis shows up shortly thereafter and sees the lightning barrier and goes to inspect it, the rest of the party also investigates the room. Uriel finds what appears to be a nexus feeding the lightning barriers, Duromar and Del Varis notice some conduits leading from the lightning barriers. Merigold starts to go through the books speculating about making a body for a great and powerful being, she finds this boring. Rosemary inspects a room, finding equations written on the wall with notes, each equation ends with a different depiction of a body. Duromar and Del Varis decide to destroy the conduits leading to the lightning barriers. Del Varis punches the conduit and gets a surge of lightning through him, Duromar moves back and casts firebolt, this causes feedback that nearly strikes Uriel (he is able to run and dodge out of the way). Duromar goes into a room and notices a symbol on the ground and steps around it, finding blueprints for different creatures and machines. Rosemary decides to go into the previously blocked room, she doesn't notice the symbol on the ground and gets engulfed in a necrotic shroud. Del Varis then goes into the same room as Rosemary and activates a second symbol that makes them both go insane. They begin to slap each other, perceiving a different reality in their minds, this ends with Del Varis punching Rosemary (healing her) and Rosemary kicking him in the groin. Duromar sighs to himself and mutters something negative about his companions as Merigold and Gregori walk into the room, Merigold doesn't see the symbol and steps on it, stunning all three of them. Duromar goes off on her and an argument ensues, leading to Duromar casting charge blast on her. Uriel comes in and grabs Gregori and Merigold and begins to drag them out to break up the argument, Uriel yells there are more notes and Duromar quickly grabs up everything and the group heads towards the other unexplored room.
The party heads down the stairs and hears some grunting, Merigold and Del Varis begin to sneak ahead, they find a Dragon Turtle that appears to be heating a forge. They continue sneaking and catch it by surprise, the party quickly moves into melee and land several devastating blows. The Dragon Turtle is able to get one blast of its steam breath off, which downs Rosemary, but Del Varis heals her. The party continues the melee, having greatly outnumbered it, Duromar finishes off the Dragon Turtle by disintegrating it. The Turtle turns to dust.
It is early evening on the 29th day of Leranth 2517
Rewards Granted
Party is level 15
Report Date
06 Apr 2024
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