Se03Ep06
General Summary
Still in the doomvault...
Question
Tell us about a time when illness affected you or your “family”. What did it change in you?
Lostin is a big baby when it comes to personal illness. If however, it happens to others he tries to be understanding but fails as he must balance his desire to help with his fear of caught whatever it is. Seom had always suspected that his mother suffered from mental illness. As a boy he'd catch her chasing invisible creatures through the house with a pan screaming obscenities or gazing for hours at the reflection of the moon on her toenails. Having witnessed these things has helped Seom in his adult life to recognize signs of mental illness in people. Once, when Rodger's daughter Matilda fell gravely ill, he travelled a great distance to pluck a flower that would cure her. The flower only grew on a floating island miles above a barren canyon.The floating island was home to a grove protected by an ancient bronze dragon druid. The dragon gave Rodger the flower, on the condition that whoever took the medicine it became would be pledged to The Wildmother, A Contract With God.Rodger never told his wife or anyone else, but his daughter's soul was secretly under the protection of the nature goddess.Synopsis
The characters learn that disrupting a number of black gates is essential to reaching the Phylactery Vault; the channeling of Chosen life force has created instability in the black gates’ magic. To reach the Phylactery Vault, six black gates must be disrupted. Once those gates are disrupted, any black gate in the Temples of Extraction can be forced to connect to the Phylactery Vault. Once the characters learn that they need to disrupt the gates, anyone who understands the nature of the gates knows how to perform the disruption. As an action, a character who has the glyph key attuned to a black gate’s zone can disrupt the gate. To do so, the character must touch the edge of the gate’s energy field and succeed on a DC 18 Intelligence (Arcana) check. A dispel magic spell cast on the gate up to 1 minute beforehand grants advantage on this check. On a failure, the character performing the check takes 2d12 force damage. Creatures patrolling the Doomvault don’t notice the disruption, since a disrupted black gate continues to function normally. However, the gate’s active field deals 3d12 force damage instead of 2d12.Rewards Granted
intimate information on the Night Cauldron of Chernobog given by the necromancer (da-vid) from the temple of poison in doomvault
Notes
Chosen of Ghaunadaur. The Chosen of Ghaunadaur is a sickly and chaotic evil male drow named Therzt. Ghaunadaur is a strange god worshiped primarily by male drow that seek power outside the confines of a society dominated by females. Ghaunadaur is a malignant and unknowable deity that desires living sacrifice and destruction due to monstrous causes, particularly oozes.
Chosen of Loviatar. The Chosen of Loviatar is a lawful evil female half-elf named Irisoth. Loviatar, the Maiden of Pain, is the god of hurt and agony, and the patron of torturers. Loviatar teaches that the world is filled with pain and torment, and the best that one can do is to suffer those blows that can't be avoided, and then deal as much pain back to those who offend.
Chosen of Tymora. The Chosen of Tymora is a chaotic good male halfling named Curran Corvalin. Tymora is the goddess of good fortune, skill, and victory. She is the patron of all who take risks. Although considered to be a good deity who favors those who take bold action, she is also seen as somewhat capricious.
Chosen of Zehir. The Chosen of Zehir is a male yuan-ti malison (type 3) named Oussa. Zehir is the serpentine god of poison, darkness, and murder. He is worshiped primarily by yuan-ti. If Oussa is rescued and then realizes that the characters aren't Zehir's faithful sent to help him, he uses his unholy power to instantly assume snake form and attacks the party.
Chosen of Ilmater. The Chosen of Ilmater is a lawful good male human named Kieren. Ilmater, also known as the Crying God, is the god of suffering, martyrdom, and perseverance. He offers succor and calming words to those who are in pain, oppressed, or in great need.
Chosen of Ibrandul. The Chosen of Ibrandul is a chaotic evil female drow named Ashdra. Ibrandul is a god of darkness and underground places once primarily worshiped by humans in southern lands such as Calimshan. He was worshiped as a comforter and protector of those who travel and work in darkness.
Chosen of Bhaal. This shrine contains a Chosen of Bhaal named Torlin Silvershield, who was formerly a duke of Baldur's Gate. He has become a wight. The creature hisses an oath to Bhaal and attacks characters who free it.
Chosen of Yurtrus. The Chosen of Yurtrus is a neutral evil male orc named Bandagh. Yurtrus is the orc deity of disease, decay, rot, and death. Orcs fear Yurtrus, and his priests have protected status in the tribe even though they are often weak or infirm in some way. Bandagh is pockmarked from years of disease, and is in no condition to pick a fight if he is freed.
Chosen of Rillifane Rallathil. A neutral good female wood elf druid named Eira is the Chosen of Rillifane Rallathil, the elven god of the woodlands and of the harmony of nature. He is seen as a calm and steady deity, quite unlike his more mercurial fellow elven deities.
Chosen of Auril. The Chosen of Auril is a chaotic evil female human named Hedrun Arnsfirth. Auril is a callous and cold-hearted bringer of winter. Most humans propitiate Auril with offerings or prayers when the first frosts come and curse her name during blizzards.
Report Date
09 Dec 2020
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