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The Party
(Anna) Evelyn - Human Paladin of Lathander
(ProJared) Diath - Human Rogue
(Holly) Strix - Tiefling Sorcerer
(Nathan) Paultin - Human Bard
Chris kicks this session off with a rundown of things the characters can do.
Paultin
- Has the canaith mandolin. He can use it to cast levitate, fly, cure wounds, dispel magic, and protection against lightning
- Eyes of charming
- Disguise kit with two costumes: Pterodactyl and perkins
- Broken axe - lightfall
- Treebane, the magical axe.
- The Heart of Spinelli, a flaming sword.
- Holy symbol of ravenkind.
- She is a construct, has many immunities.
- She received a boon from Lathander. She has holy oil in her veins, extra constitution.
- Evelyn's book of etiquette
- Flying boots
- Magical steed
- Gutter, the short sword of backstabbing.
- Mysterious key ring - the keys can summon Shemeshka.
- Gloves of thievery
- Horn of blasting
- Padlock from Barovia
- ring of protection +1
- Luckstone
What kind of jokes, you ask? Here they are, right here:
Why was Strix late for the Waffle Crew reunion?
Her broom overswept.
What does a clock do when it's hungry?
It goes back for seconds.
How do you make a clown cry?
You kill his family.
What did the shoe say to the pants?
"Sup, britches?"
Why did the scarecrow win a prize?
Because it was outstanding in its field. 9this one killed me).
Where does Papa Paultin keep his gold?
In snowbanks.
The group is on a beach in the Shadowfell. There's a hole in the cliff wall. Looks like a tunnel.
They sense the presence of the ring of winter.
Paultin's invisible. He uses one of his candles for light and he creeps around in the tunnel. Inside are colored floor tiles that form paths down the corridor like snakes.
Gold tiles.. red.. purple. This is from the Tomb of Annihilation adventure, but altered. There is a gash in the roof of the tunnel.
Why was the zombie upset with his job?
He wanted a raise.
The heroes decide to walk the golden path. Tentacles drop down through the crack and attack.
Diath stabs it and rolls a critical. He does 56 points of damage.
The tentacle thing has legendary actions?! It does piles of damage, but the group is able to wound it.
It has Evelyn! It teleports away into a rough-hewn rocky chimney.It's not far.. Strix flies on her broom up the chimney and hits it with a fireball for 52.
The fire fills the tunnel! It drops Strix. Simon goes down.
This monster is a balhannoth... a magic-eating tentacle monster. It will apparently be in the upcoming Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes.
Pieces of Evelyn come falling out of the crevasse.. there's her head. The head rolls over to Paultin's feet.
Paultin hits the balhannoth with a thunderwave and destroys it.
Evelyn is dead!
She's not alone. There are other beings. Like her, they are spectral.
The other creatures gathered here:
- A scrawny tiefling
- A gnome in a vest
- An elven woman
- The ghosts of the acq inc battle balloon crew.
- An old woman wearing the symbol of Lathander who is comforting a young boy...
The old woman introduces herself to Evelyn. Her name is Zaress. She is a champion of the church, and she took the faith to some of the darkest corners of Faerun
The spirit of an orc appears and joins the congregation. There's little for them to do except to wait to be devoured by the massive entity.
The entity extends long tentacles. The tentacles wrap abound the tiefling and pull him into the sky. he yells "I hope you choke on me!"
Zaress looks at Evelyn and says, "I sense something strange about you.. something different than all the other ghosts."
They talk for a bit. Evelyn's the worm in the apple. Zaress thinks that if the atropal tries to devour her, she will destroy it.
Zaress says, "Everything will be alright. You are loved."
Evelyn flies up and tells the atropal to take her instead. Persuasion.. natural 20!
She's drawn up into the vortex. Perception check: natural 20. Seriously.
The towers are shuddering.. one collapses...
Back in the Shdowfell, Paultin calls out, "Lathander you punk bitch, give her back! Hallowed be thy name, gg."
He checks on Simon. Simon is dead - a burnt hunk of metal. Face is burnt off.
The ghost of Simon appears on the tower with the other spirits.
Evelyn is drawn into the vile gullet of the atropal. It is an unborn god...
Evelyn transforms into sunbeams that tear into everything.
Throughout the multiverse, all hit point maximums are restored. The death curse is over!
Overall
Crazy! I was trying to figure out what the city was. Is it Khin Oin? Probably not..
Very good show! We talked about this extensively on Waffle Talk: