Kingdom on the Brink - Session 68
General Summary
The party wakes up and realizes that Merigold had taken Gregori and left the inn, assuming she went to go save her wife. The party decides to alter their plan, they will all go to the vault to stop the cultists. They inform their allies who will be at the festival in the dam area will be on their own. The party set out from the inn, when they get to the entrance of the vault Duromar sends his zombie forward. It finds several bodies of the vault guards, the party starts to move forward and inspect the corpses, Duromar sends his zombie forward. The Zombie moves further but quickly turns around once it gets to a certain spot it gets frightened and turns back, quickly leaving. Duromar goes to inspect the area, and then attempts to move through, he feels a strong urge to turn around, but he fights it. Uriel, Bob, and Ashara (Uriel's mount) seem to be unaffected by the effects. Uriel helps the party with his aura and the party is able to make it past the magical effects, except for the Zombie who falls into the water and stays there. The party makes it to the door and enter, they fall a few feet and find themselves on a desert island. The party looks around and Duromar realizes it's a powerful illusion, Uriel and Duromar work together to counter-spell the illusion. The party finds themselves in a room filled with books and magical items, they party looks around and find many books written with firsthand accounts of major events. Duromar starts looking for any books of interest, Knott asks if he can help and Duromar says he is looking for books. Knott goes and picks a random book off a shelf, he sets off a trap, he gets feeblemind cast on him. Duromar inspects the area and realizes the area is enchanted with magical traps. Uriel looks around and finds many types of magical martial weapons, Knott is unable to make any sort of coherent thought, Duromar asks if anyone can help. Amber Kerogen says she can restore him with greater restoration, but she can only do it once, she restores Knott. The party moves forward, Uriel and Ashara activate a glyph and they start to dance uncontrollably, Duromar makes some jokes at his expense. They continue further into the vault.
They enter another area with more books and magical items, they party starts to search the area. Duromar has his Shield Guardian grab a book off the shelf, setting off a fireball; only the Shield Guardian takes the damage. The rest of the party looks around, Uriel activates a glyph, it reveals a door that leads to a treasure room. Uriel looks through the doorway and sees a few corpses inside. Duromar takes a book and the party heads down the hall, they find a room filled with artifacts in glass cases. Duromar dispels the magical enchantment on a case and finds a leather-bound book, Knott goes to grab a another artifact (believing the party is taking the items for safe keeping). Knott activates a mass suggestion enchantment, most of the party resists, but Bob and Duromar feel compelled to head to the treasure room. Uriel tries to talk sense into them, but they don't react. Rosemary hits Duromar with her staff, this breaks him out of his stupor, Duromar then hits Bob with his fist. The party heads back to the room, Uriel dispels the magic on the sword and takes it. The party moves to another part of the vault.
The party finds themselves in an open courtyard, there is a line of cultists on the other end blocking their path. Rosemary starts to move up the side, the Alchemical Archer takes aim at her and lands an entangling strike which restrains her, he then lands a critical strike on her. Knott moves up and frees Rosemary, Duromar rides forward on Bob and casts prismatic wall that traps a Champion and Blackguard. Uriel flies up with Ashara, the Evoker casts a fireball at Bob and Duromar, the other Champion and Blackguard move up and start to dodge. Duromar casts banish on the Evoker and starts to dodge. Amber moves and starts to hurl eldritch blasts at the Champion, Uriel throws javelin which hits the Champion and the Evoker. Rosemary uses dimension door and teleports herself and Knott next to the Alchemical Archer, the Archer fires off an explosive arrow which sets Rosemary on fire. Rosemary and Knott kill the Alchemical Archer and then move to take care of the Champion and Blackguard trapped by the prismatic wall. Amber continues to hurl eldritch blasts at the foes engaging Uriel, Uriel starts to get accustomed to his new sword, trading blow for blow as his mount begins to shred the Blackguard. The Blackguard attempts to ready a smite on multiple occasions but Duromar counter-spells every smite, Duromar then casts disintegrate which greatly weakens the Champion. Uriel strikes down his opponents and then moves to assist against the foes inside the prismatic wall. Knott enters the wall first but gets several hits and he moves out, Rosemary moves in next. The Champion scores a critical blow and knocks her out, Knott doesn't see Rosemary exit, so he goes back in and carries her out, dodging strikes from his blinded opponents, Knott heals her enough to regain consciousness. Duromar tosses over a potion of superior healing and charges in on Bob, Trampling the Champion. Rosemary drinks the potion and uses her staff of healing to heal the party. The party overwhelms the trapped fighters and strike them down, they then move to where the Evoker was, Duromar drops his banishment spell and the party strikes down the Evoker. Uriel casts beacon of hope and they quickly heal, the party moves further into the vault.
The area gets darker, resembling a night sky, they see a light blue light in the distance. As the party gets closer, they see the path narrow into a bridge, a War Priest, Abjurer, and Star Drake block their path. Rosemary moves up quickly and stuns the War Priest, the Star Drake attempts to hit Rosemary with a searing star but it misses. Knott moves up and attempts to hit the Abjurer but doesn't have enough movement, so he punches the stunned War Priest. The Abjurer casts magic missile on Knott, but he is able to partially resist it. During this time the Star Drake tries to get several bites on Rosemary. Bob, Duromar, and Uriel on his mount move up and strike the Star Drake in melee, landing several powerful blows. Rosemary gets incapacitated by the Start Drakes aura, the Star Drake moves around, get hit several times and it unleashes its breath weapon; hitting everyone except Knott. Duromar casts negative energy flow on the Star Drake, it partially resists, Rosemary regains her ability to act and between her and Knott they keep the War Priest and the Abjurer stunned. The Star Drake falls from a critical hit from Uriel and the other two opponents fall shortly thereafter. The party quickly heals and moves into the building, Knott and Rosemary sneak up to where they hear voices. One voice says they need to move quickly, their enemy isn't too far behind them. Rosemary reports back and the party enters the room.
Inside the room is 2 Assassins, a Herald of the Great Wyrm, and Maleichar (the teifling that tortured and experimented on Amber). Rosemary moves up, the two Assassins move up and fire their crossbows, she is able to partially deflect one of them. Maleichar casts ice storm on the party, making the ground more difficult to cross. Uriel flies over on Ashara and then dismounts and focuses on Maleichar, the Herald uses a legendary action to summon a void at the center of those who haven't moved. Amber misty steps away and begins to hurl eldritch blasts at the assassins, Bob and Duromar pull away from the void and move to trample the Herald. Knott also moves away and helps Rosemary stun the assassins, Duromar casts finger of death on Maleichar, he tries to save but fails (even with his portents), Maleichar attempts to casts a delayed blast fireball but Duromar counter-spells it. Rosemary heals herself and continues to strike the assassins with Knott, Bob tramples the Herald. The Herald focuses all its attention on Bob, landing several blows and restraining him, Uriel strikes down Maleichar. Duromar strikes Maleichar for good measure and moves to assist Bob, the assassin strikes Knott but finds his poison is ineffective against him. The Herald continues to strike Bob, this infuriates Duromar and he goes in to assist, Ashara assists by rending the Herald. The Herald doesn't last too much longer and gets struck down, Uriel cuts off the head of Maleichar. The party approaches the statue, they find what they suspect to be the keystone and take it. Uriel feels divinely drawn to another part of the building, almost everyone follows him, Amber stays behind.
Uriel enters the room and finds the skeleton of Rugos, The reformer, he morns how the dragon hasn't been shown the proper respect. Uriel goes to the skeleton and finds the tooth he's been looking for, after some effort he puts it into his belt, the belt shines in a bright light, completing the Storm Queens girdle. Uriel then performs a ceremony to enshrine the bones of Rugos. The party short rests, during this time Knott goes to find Amber, who is looking over the now burnt remains of Maleicher. Knott approaches and asks if she's ok, she's quiet for a little while and holds up a journal and multiple scrolls of greater restoration. Amber wonders why he had the scrolls, it's what she needed to fix whatever he did to her, why would he carry them? Knott says he might have had other victims, maybe he would use the scrolls on them and redo his torture over and over again. Amber thinks it's as plausible as anything else and says she hopes to find some closure using the scrolls and reading his journal. The party finishes their rest, and they move to exit the vault and head towards the dam.
They enter another area with more books and magical items, they party starts to search the area. Duromar has his Shield Guardian grab a book off the shelf, setting off a fireball; only the Shield Guardian takes the damage. The rest of the party looks around, Uriel activates a glyph, it reveals a door that leads to a treasure room. Uriel looks through the doorway and sees a few corpses inside. Duromar takes a book and the party heads down the hall, they find a room filled with artifacts in glass cases. Duromar dispels the magical enchantment on a case and finds a leather-bound book, Knott goes to grab a another artifact (believing the party is taking the items for safe keeping). Knott activates a mass suggestion enchantment, most of the party resists, but Bob and Duromar feel compelled to head to the treasure room. Uriel tries to talk sense into them, but they don't react. Rosemary hits Duromar with her staff, this breaks him out of his stupor, Duromar then hits Bob with his fist. The party heads back to the room, Uriel dispels the magic on the sword and takes it. The party moves to another part of the vault.
The party finds themselves in an open courtyard, there is a line of cultists on the other end blocking their path. Rosemary starts to move up the side, the Alchemical Archer takes aim at her and lands an entangling strike which restrains her, he then lands a critical strike on her. Knott moves up and frees Rosemary, Duromar rides forward on Bob and casts prismatic wall that traps a Champion and Blackguard. Uriel flies up with Ashara, the Evoker casts a fireball at Bob and Duromar, the other Champion and Blackguard move up and start to dodge. Duromar casts banish on the Evoker and starts to dodge. Amber moves and starts to hurl eldritch blasts at the Champion, Uriel throws javelin which hits the Champion and the Evoker. Rosemary uses dimension door and teleports herself and Knott next to the Alchemical Archer, the Archer fires off an explosive arrow which sets Rosemary on fire. Rosemary and Knott kill the Alchemical Archer and then move to take care of the Champion and Blackguard trapped by the prismatic wall. Amber continues to hurl eldritch blasts at the foes engaging Uriel, Uriel starts to get accustomed to his new sword, trading blow for blow as his mount begins to shred the Blackguard. The Blackguard attempts to ready a smite on multiple occasions but Duromar counter-spells every smite, Duromar then casts disintegrate which greatly weakens the Champion. Uriel strikes down his opponents and then moves to assist against the foes inside the prismatic wall. Knott enters the wall first but gets several hits and he moves out, Rosemary moves in next. The Champion scores a critical blow and knocks her out, Knott doesn't see Rosemary exit, so he goes back in and carries her out, dodging strikes from his blinded opponents, Knott heals her enough to regain consciousness. Duromar tosses over a potion of superior healing and charges in on Bob, Trampling the Champion. Rosemary drinks the potion and uses her staff of healing to heal the party. The party overwhelms the trapped fighters and strike them down, they then move to where the Evoker was, Duromar drops his banishment spell and the party strikes down the Evoker. Uriel casts beacon of hope and they quickly heal, the party moves further into the vault.
The area gets darker, resembling a night sky, they see a light blue light in the distance. As the party gets closer, they see the path narrow into a bridge, a War Priest, Abjurer, and Star Drake block their path. Rosemary moves up quickly and stuns the War Priest, the Star Drake attempts to hit Rosemary with a searing star but it misses. Knott moves up and attempts to hit the Abjurer but doesn't have enough movement, so he punches the stunned War Priest. The Abjurer casts magic missile on Knott, but he is able to partially resist it. During this time the Star Drake tries to get several bites on Rosemary. Bob, Duromar, and Uriel on his mount move up and strike the Star Drake in melee, landing several powerful blows. Rosemary gets incapacitated by the Start Drakes aura, the Star Drake moves around, get hit several times and it unleashes its breath weapon; hitting everyone except Knott. Duromar casts negative energy flow on the Star Drake, it partially resists, Rosemary regains her ability to act and between her and Knott they keep the War Priest and the Abjurer stunned. The Star Drake falls from a critical hit from Uriel and the other two opponents fall shortly thereafter. The party quickly heals and moves into the building, Knott and Rosemary sneak up to where they hear voices. One voice says they need to move quickly, their enemy isn't too far behind them. Rosemary reports back and the party enters the room.
Inside the room is 2 Assassins, a Herald of the Great Wyrm, and Maleichar (the teifling that tortured and experimented on Amber). Rosemary moves up, the two Assassins move up and fire their crossbows, she is able to partially deflect one of them. Maleichar casts ice storm on the party, making the ground more difficult to cross. Uriel flies over on Ashara and then dismounts and focuses on Maleichar, the Herald uses a legendary action to summon a void at the center of those who haven't moved. Amber misty steps away and begins to hurl eldritch blasts at the assassins, Bob and Duromar pull away from the void and move to trample the Herald. Knott also moves away and helps Rosemary stun the assassins, Duromar casts finger of death on Maleichar, he tries to save but fails (even with his portents), Maleichar attempts to casts a delayed blast fireball but Duromar counter-spells it. Rosemary heals herself and continues to strike the assassins with Knott, Bob tramples the Herald. The Herald focuses all its attention on Bob, landing several blows and restraining him, Uriel strikes down Maleichar. Duromar strikes Maleichar for good measure and moves to assist Bob, the assassin strikes Knott but finds his poison is ineffective against him. The Herald continues to strike Bob, this infuriates Duromar and he goes in to assist, Ashara assists by rending the Herald. The Herald doesn't last too much longer and gets struck down, Uriel cuts off the head of Maleichar. The party approaches the statue, they find what they suspect to be the keystone and take it. Uriel feels divinely drawn to another part of the building, almost everyone follows him, Amber stays behind.
Uriel enters the room and finds the skeleton of Rugos, The reformer, he morns how the dragon hasn't been shown the proper respect. Uriel goes to the skeleton and finds the tooth he's been looking for, after some effort he puts it into his belt, the belt shines in a bright light, completing the Storm Queens girdle. Uriel then performs a ceremony to enshrine the bones of Rugos. The party short rests, during this time Knott goes to find Amber, who is looking over the now burnt remains of Maleicher. Knott approaches and asks if she's ok, she's quiet for a little while and holds up a journal and multiple scrolls of greater restoration. Amber wonders why he had the scrolls, it's what she needed to fix whatever he did to her, why would he carry them? Knott says he might have had other victims, maybe he would use the scrolls on them and redo his torture over and over again. Amber thinks it's as plausible as anything else and says she hopes to find some closure using the scrolls and reading his journal. The party finishes their rest, and they move to exit the vault and head towards the dam.
it is early afternoon on the 3rd day of the Festival of Creation 2517 AGF
Rewards Granted
Tome of the Stilled Tongue
Potion of Storm Giant strength
Holy Avenger
Report Date
27 Jul 2024
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