Thirtieth Session

Dance with Demons

Dramatis Personae

  • Actias Aureus, a 13th level Dhampir Warlock
  • Benjamin, a 13th-level Wood Elf Ranger
  • CoralKing, a 15th-level Gnome Monk
  • Orky, a 15th-level Half-Elf Paladin
  • Viker, a 15th-level Eladrin Druid
  • Wulrif, a 15th level Human Warlock

Summerday +1312 hours

From the journal of Countess Orky

Actias casts Hunger of Hadar on the portal. Unfortunately, 5 other monsters jumped out of the portal. A Goristro, a Chasme, a Glabrezu, and Hezrou, and a Nalfeshnee.

Round 1

  1. Viker casts Dispel Magic on the portal and she succeeds!
  2. The Nalfeshnee flies 30 ft toward us. He attacks CoralKing for 64 HP damage. Actias and I react and attack him for 42 HP total damage.
  3. CoralKing uses his Staff of Striking and a Flurry of Blows on the Nalfeshnee. He does 20 HP damage.
  4. Actias attacks the Nalfeshnee with his Sunblade and the Dancing Sword and does 30 HP damage.
  5. The Goristro attacks me for 32 HP damage.
  6. I cast Searing Smite and I crit, so I do 89 HP damage!
  7. Actias does 7 HP damage since something ended in his Hunger of Hadar.
  8. The Chasme attacked CoralKing, but does little damage.

Round 2

  1. Viker summons a Unicorn Spirit and casts Healing Word for 35 HP healing on everyone.
  2. The Glabrezu attacks my flank and does 21 HP damage.
  3. The Hezrou attacks me and does 15 HP damage.
  4. CoralKing attacks again with his staff and a flurry for 23 HP damage.
  5. Actias casts Bane and attacks with his Dancing Sword, but misses.
  6. The Nalfeshnee attacks me while taking 7 HP under Hadar. He does 23 HP on one hit and 32 HP on the second.
  7. I cast Searing Smite again and hit the Nalfeshnee for 54 HP damage.
  8. Wulrif misses his cast.
  9. The Chasme does 23 HP piercing damage and 27 HP necrotic damage. I react and hit it back for 22 HP damage.
  10. The Glabrezu hit me twice for 9 HP and 14 HP damage.

Round 3

  1. Viker casts Mass Heal Wounds for 53 HP healing on everyone.
  2. The Baned Hezrou attacks Viker for 19 HP damage and the other one attacks me for 14 HP damage.
  3. CoralKing attacks the Chasme twice and uses a flurry for 42 HP, killing it!
  4. Actias attacks with his swords and does 29 HP damage. He takes 6 HP damage though.
  5. The Nalfeshnee hits me with his hoof for 28 HP damage. The fist does 23 damage.
  6. I cast Spirit Shroud and deal 26 HP damage to the Nalfeshnee.
  7. Wulrif shoots the Goristro with his Witch Bolt and does 38 HP damage, killing it.
  8. The Glabrezu misses a psychic attack on me.

Round 4

  1. Viker casts Healing Word on me and does 18 HP healing, then she does another 14 on everyone.
  2. The Hezrou attacks me with a bite for 19 HP and 13 HP with a claw. The other one attacks Viker for 11 HP with his claw and 13 HP on his bite.
  3. CoralKing moves to flank the Glabrezu and hit with unarmed strikes. He deals 4 HP damage.
  4. Actias deals 36 HP damage.
  5. I cast Spirit Shroud and hit the Glabrezu for 48 HP damage, killing it!
  6. Wulrif hits Viker’s Hezrou for 35 HP damage.

Round 5

  1. Viker casts Healing Word, healing me for 10 HP and everyone for 14 HP more.
  2. The Hezrou attacks me again for 22 HP damage.
  3. CoralKing runs behind a Hezrou, provoking an opportunity attack, and takes 18 HP damage. He flanks the Hezrou attacking me and attacks it for 41 HP damage.
  4. Actias attacks Viker’s Hezrou for 42 HP damage.
  5. I cast Spirit Shroud and hit the Hezrou for 43 HP damage.
  6. Wulrif attacks my Hezrou for 38 HP damage, killing it!
  7. Viker hits the Hezrou with her Mace of Disruption and obliterates it!

Scimitars and the book are left behind and taken by us. Suddenly, the Crusaders appear at my Manor. They tell us they heard screams and ask why a Templar is here. We are healed 25 HP each. They leave 20 Crusaders around the neighborhood to make everyone feel safe.

Actias goes to the market to get medium armor. We restart our quest to find Brother Basil. Benjamin attempts to find his trail, but lost him around Level 3. I learn about the Franciscans who help the poor, and I approach them to help me find Brother Basil’s mother. They don’t know him. Actias decides he wants to Scry him. So, we head back to his quarters and he tries to find some DNA. Actias hears mechanical machinery in the background of this image, Brother Basil is scared and trying to hide. There are 12 shrouded figures around him and he is scribing some kind of circles. It’s either in Level 0 or Level 1, where he is located. We figure out he is on Level 0.

I decide to go ask an Artificer if they can help. He said he is too busy. I ask the **Templar to seal off level 0 from all travel. Benjamin attempts to track Brother Basil and he picks up the trail! He leads us and we follow him to a very large room with the underside of the moving treads with a crank shaft in it. Actias Scries again and sees the Brother Basil is suspicious, but in the same room as before. Now he seems to be speaking to someone, but Actias cannot see who he is talking to. He sees a door that says “Danger, Stay Out!” and a second door with the same side. Now, Actias can’t see who he is speaking to, but can see a sort of shimmering portal. Wulrif attempts to rips the door open with telekinesis. Wulrif opens the door and Actias can see a door opening through Brother Basil’s eyes.

Round 1

  1. I cast Hold Person and succeed!
  2. Viker casts Dispel Magic and closes the portal! I think “man, we are on a roll”.

We bind and gag Brother Basil. I put my manacles on him. We see the 12 shrouded bodies around him. Wulrif looks for magic residue other than the portal. He finds the portal holds an aberration. Nothing that would help the Brother. He found some saliva from the aberration on the bodies. Actias casts Speak with Dead and he asks what was Lord Varkosian’s motivation? They remember having a supper with him but nothing else, they don’t realize they are dead. They said they were working with Lord to find a cell of the Illuminati. They thought they found a cell working with the Artificer’s Guild, and before they were to raid the cell, they had a ritual and last supper before they died. However, they don’t seem to understand that they are dead. We ask who prepared the supper and they said Lord did.

17,200 XP