Chapter 1 session 1 (25/09/2023) A Pair of Black Antlers summoned by our factions leaders are meeting in the tavern A Pair of Black Antlers meeting to discuss activities of the cult of the dragon they are robbing nearby in hopes to resurect Tiamat player presentations Diana elven woman long silver hair in a thick braid light skinned slick armor and white clothes sabaton shoes 5ft 9in amber eyes Thelder Hezire tall and thin red dragonborn baggy robes starry patterns mumbling about rocks La'garde man in his late 20s clean shaved face piercing midnight blue gaze black and red clothes miniature rabbit in his hand Lavasham nearly 5ft tall fully shaved bracers baggy pants no shirt Dro Grimbeard crimson outfit shield in his left hand emblazoned small but very bulky dwarf rough looking scar around the right eye Master Gideon Froom arrives i'm glad to see you gathered here today - cult burned down a town in the south - cult doing riitual in the eltugard woods asks to act all together the other 2 leaders agree this concerns all of us Gideon Gideon asks Diana directly Diana unconfortably agree with all the gazes on her Gideon looks at a woman Reya you will guide this group to where they must go young looking hellrider since the age of 14 Reya Mantlemorn goes to the group Thelder asks if we see rocks to point them leaves the party to talk while preparing Gideon comes over and blesses the party Reya comes back with the horses and manacles a travel through the city peaceful atmosphere guards are not threatening passing near a park on the way out wedding ceremony priestess of Lathander man woman child on a picnic blanket we assist the ceremony recomitment ceremony giving a bracelet child comes over and gives bracelet ceremony thank you for witnessing my mom and dad ceremony the child is a winged tiefling everyone but Dro accepts it fuck off kid the child goes away tears swelling groom and bride go to the child give an evil eye to Dro aknowledge the bracelets on the others out of the city following the paths someone is screaming for help female voice party goes after it pack of wolves surround a small halfling in a tree bright rainbowed colored scarf throwing rocks and stick at the pack the pack notices the party combat script fill later Thelder gives the wolf cub food cub eats it Thelder pets him Thelder has now a pet halfling comes down of the tree whistles name is Grace a fucked up donkey comes named Lonkey she lost all her stuff in the forest do you have any money ? Diana gives her 5gp i never had that much from scavenging she gives Diana her rainbow scarf in exchange she promises to Diana that she'll repay her once in the academy if you want to repay me, go to the temple where my mother works and volunteer back on the road there is tales of an old evil druid conclave used to stay in this wood before the companions terrain is suitable for giant owls and owlbears Thelder tracks down 3 paths 2 bad ones 5 distincts sets of footprints heading into the woods hours cold damp indicating a creek or river rushing noisy river footprints on the other side that are fresh following the river path cultists can be seen female human praising Bane it should be a dragon cult here why is the cult of the Dead 3 here ? party gets the jump on her combat script Lavasham shoves her in the river everyone pile up on her as she comes out of the river Lavasham cuts her head off the two bodies she was torturing were dragonclaw the woman had a necklace of Bane dishsheveled man and a skeleton doing a ritual altar stone the skeleton notices the party combat script skeleton rushes Lavasham and the skeleton exchange one blow Le'garde takes the cultist out with a ray of sickness the cultist had a spellbook, and ritual components the altar had a dragon claw body on it continuing on for more cultists a cultists ambushes the party stabs Lavasham nearly to death combat script nightblade is jumped by the rest of the party second one is done by Diana's guiding bolt before he can do anything someone is stabbed to the altar healed him doesn't want to be captured nor killed still captured had a letter on himself Head to the bathhouse in Baldur’s Gate and retrieve our Queen’s stolen treasure. The bathhouse is located in the northern portion of the Lower City. It has a walled garden  frolicking nymphs carved into its front gates. If Duke Vanthampur thinks she can use our Queen’s treasure to buy the loyalty of the Cult of the Dead Three she is sorely mistaken. I’ll be looking for you in Baldur’s Gate when I arrive. Bring the treasure to me then or Ultiss will come for you. – Wyrmspeaker Rezmir heading back to the city prisoner on the shoulder city flicker cries of childrens Material Realm tears open Elthurel is sundered into Avernus session 2 (09/10/2023) party goes to Baldur's Gate instead as Elturel is sundered The Basilisk Gate desk reeks of blood crime and opportunities nobles look to refugees with contempt more and more refugees are flocking from Elturel flaming fist gained more power but it's head is missing flaming fists closed down the gates of the city a mob formed encampment are in front of the gates Dro approach the Fists cpt XXX is in charge here replacing the head for now looking discheveled fresh Fists are here too unsure about that roughing up of civilians Dro talks to the captain cpt recognise him Dro back from a mission talks about why the civilians are locked out ppl fear the welcoming of civilians will give the same fate to this city Hellriders are being arrested ppl think they are responsible in some capacity they have hell in their names Dro asks to pass cpt asks if some of the party are Hellrider Dro lies and say no to pass we must be conscripted Dro comes back to the party explaion what we must do party begrudgingly agrees some civilians try to pass and get roughed up party really disaprouves teh violence of the repression Reya stays back and aid the refugees party goes in the city in direction of the bathhouse Baldur's Gate's Lower City Dro guides the party towards the bathhouse party plans for what to do looking for clues of the cult of the dead 3 maybe not boast the badges ambiance guards on the streets passerby don't linger weapons are visible on most ppl ppl are on edge the situation is ready to blow a flaming fist gives a missive to Dro from the captain because of our mission against the dead 3 we are summoned to see a contact names Tarina at the Elfsong Tavern she is a contact in the under belly, a "hands off" person Dro is a lt. in the Flaming Fists at the Bathhouse party realises that the lack info decides to go to Elfsong Tavern to meet Tarina Elfsong Tavern tavern is very busy it is rumored that sometimes the disembodied voice of a female elf fill the tavern ppl come to it to try and hear it no one knows how/why/when it happens security there is a large female half ogre keeping an eye on patrons customers tussling over a bet not interrested separating them there is a suit of animated armor named Clank they are here mainly to protect the staff Dro sees Alith the proprietor half even gentlemen older years kind soul share with others in contrast to the typical Baldurian Tarina is not seen here Dro asks Al for help as he is on official fist business asks if Tarina is here she is around Dro will start to ask all patrons if needed Diana asks too but gently as it is very important Alith a waiter where she is Tarina is upstairs playing upstairs it is a gambling den crowd up here is tougher there are also a couple nobles Tarina is here too playing Baldur's bone Diana asks for a Tarina everyone looks but nobody answers Diana asks again still no answer and the go back to playing Diana menaces to charge them for obstruction against the Flaming Fists Diana looks to Dro alright everyone up against the wall tapping the warhammer on the ground redacted because missunderstood the desc ? Le'garde goes around and asks questions a drunk rushes near him hand slips a not in his pocket tell your friend ot shut up Le'garde relay the paper message to Diana Party goes in the room in the room bedroom door on the side to another room female looking dissapointed at the party lots of gold coins some loaded dices throws electrum away you there with all the garbs, do you realise i'm off limits ? Le'garde asks if she has information about the bathhouse not for free of course we need to kill her old shipmates for her she stole money from them on the Uncivil Serpent they want her dead it is a pirate ship cpt was Murosko Sessprin last she heard he is dead Lekard "Dead-Eye" Cadavrus should be the new captain there was a whole crew of 20-30 ppl she stole like at least 5000gp knows her as Randa Thunderbell get Dead-Eye's eye for proof downstairs party discussing about what is next i'm sorry missed part of it :/ best lead is the dead three in the bathhouse not sure if the cpt can be trusted low hush in the crowd a low voice starts singing O sing a song of Elturel Of water, woods, and hill The sun dawns on her ruddy cliffs And fields green and still. This land of long-abiding joy Home of the strong and brave Renowned by all, across the realms, And never once a slave. O sing a song of Elturel When foes are at her door Her fields torn by cloven feet From some infernal shore. Arise the mighty Hellriders Take up your swift, keen swords Then charge into the hellish fray And scatter devil hordes. O sing a song of Elturel And when the night does fall Sleep safe beneath Companion's light Until the dawn does call. We're bound by mortal covenant That only ends with death And so we'll sing of Elturel Until our final breath. everyone seems disturbed by it this is not the usual song the Hellriders gained their name because the once went to hell to fight the devils not a lot of the came back after it to the docks passed a group of pirates none of them fit the description arrived at the docks party asks where the Uncivil Serpent is party is pointed to a boat docked in the harbor a full crew is at work on it boxes transported on and off it at least 11 ppl there party talks about how to deal with the situation party will talk about Randa to lure the captain out party goes on board Diana hails someone on board requests to see the captain why ? Randa Thunderbell pirate asks for a bribe to pass the message Diana smacks his forearm with her warhammer that he is thrown overboard with his ribs cracked Lavasham asks if he should try to retrieve him Diana says no Lavasham will be needed here Pirates turns towards the party combat script Lavasham runs up the gangplank and beheads a pirate pirates don't approach and miss their shots party misses too rest of the pirate attack Diana and Lavasham Le'garde burning hands two of them Dro mines the head or a pirate out Diana is grievly wounded by one pirate Thelder throws one overboard pirates are getting killed Lavasham goes up to one and offers to stop they just wanted to talk to the captain but one pirate tried to get a bribe for that he is not here more pirates getting killed Lavasham grabs the sole survivor Lavasham asks about where the captain is the captain is going to the Elfsong tavern session 3 (20/11/2023) back to the Elfsong Tavern waiting for the captain next morning Jeff's character arrives desc tabaxi 4 ft 9 grey fur snow leopard wooden crate on the back leather armor oversized flaming fist tabbard male (?) name is Vivian waving summoning orders and seeks the party approaches the table planning on how to take care of Lekard "Dead-Eye" Cadavrus and get his eye Skuna has a message Lekard "Dead-Eye" Cadavrus is waiting for us in front of the tavern get your asses out here ! party comes out fighting script Lekard attacks instantly Diana and Lavasham Lavasham squares up against Lekard Le'garde throws a caustic brew at 5 of them Vivian casts faerie fire on Lekard and part of its crew the pirates take position Thelder sniffs his black rock and casts guiding bold on Lekard the pirates that were affected by caustic brew attack Le'garde Le'garde loses concentration on it because of a crossbow bolt Diana ripostes with a guiding bolt to Lekard Lavasham slams his giant infused axe on Lekard throwing him in the air and killing him Le'garde rips the throat of on of the pirates with his bare teeth Vivian dissonant whispers a pirate two pirate flee Thelder is panicking under as a table and calms down Lavasham chases on of the map Vivian finishes one end of combat Skuna scritches Vivian on the head eye is collected Tucked in Dead-Eye’s vest is a pouch containing 32 gp and 15 sp. He also wears two gold necklaces (25 gp each) and a blackened gold ring with a white pearl set in it (125 gp). Each of the other pirates carries coins in the amount of 29 silver the party is back to their seat patrons cheer at the spectacle that was given Tarina descends the stairs towards the party looking rough somebody caught her cheating (?) completely smashed by alcohol picking through the plates on the table Lavasham pulls the head and the eye out Tarina scribbles on the map the location of the bathhouse go in there and there is deffinitly a dungeon, they are doing weird rituals need to go in and look out for the south north massage room lay down and wait i'm here for the 3 person job if a female masseur comes we are good we will be handed down robes there is a puzzle on the north to figure out if solved we get in Tarina goes back up comes back down with a small chest pulls out an empty bag fumbles with it 6 coin purses each with 200gp leaves the bag on the table Le'garde takes it session 4 (04/12/2023) Elfsong tavern talking about how to scout just taking a bath there and look from inside ? not possible to do an expense report sadly to the bath house Thelder finds a tiny silverbell and a glassjar with flesh in it in the city trash Thelder purchases a pair of beaded necklace for 2gp Thelder places the second necklace over Vivian's neck refuses to elaborate walks away Vivian purrs we arrive about 1h after the bath house desc 1 story building stained glass clay rooftop courtyard with smiling nyphs images trimmed shrubery marble benches there is some activity the party enters central bath hall androgynous elf asks what are we here for details the services name is Jabaz Le'garde mentions that he is here for the 3 person job the elf seem confused about the question bathing is free, the rest is extra and tips are appreciated everyone enjoys a nice bath after more than a tenday without intricate wing tattoo on Diana's back Thelder asks for some scale services about a month without treatments takes a lot of work caretaker small talk she doubts the magnitude of the sundering gossips about the duke's son Le'garde insists again about the 3 person job Jabaz is not convinced i think you should leave Le'garde intimidates them into giving it to him they ring a bell fighting script 3 shadowy figures appear in the room Le'Garde shows the symbol of Myrkul the bone lord calls me here figures seem to stand down Jabaz asks Le'Garde to work on his delivery a bit end of the combat everyone gets dressed up again Diana takes a while with heavy armor party helps her Jabaz hits a jewel in the wall secret door slide down in the dungeon desc foul smelling water up to the knee no light carved out of the limstone 2 paths going out marching order Lavasham Vivian Le'Garde Thelder Diana path nº2 door to bhaal it opens small room coming from the top door on the right (bane) and bottom (myrkul) stairs going down to the left, tapestry on the wall Vivian goes to look at the tapestry 5ft tall faceless figure screaming edges are growing mold (hard to see the color of it) room to the right flooded tunnel small room large stone altar covered in entrails large iron mask a shrine to bhaal continuing shirtless backstabbed figure with a bhaal mask a dead end myrkul door pale bodies of 3 humans arranged in a triangle staircase is visible on the left the bodies animate they get stomped down the stairs partially collapsed chamber empty carcophagus Le'garde steps on a rotting stair foot goes through small bundle of books there Spellbook 1 is bound in red leather and contains the following spells: burning hands, detect magic, disguise self, fog cloud, ray of sickness, silent image. Spellbook 2 has the personal rune of its previous owner burned into its umber cover. This book contains the following spells: charm person, find familiar, identify, magic missile, sleep. Spellbook 3 is bound in scaly black reptile hide and contains the following spells: cloud of daggers, darkvision, detect magic, feather fall, mage armor, magic missile, Tasha’s hideous laughter. session 5 (01/01/2024) down in the dungeon path nº2 last door no noise party is bad at stealth small corridor ends in a flooded part once Lavasham goes in he gets hit by an arrow fight script Lavasham lasers for the rage reckless axe swing Diana toll the dead on the one Lavasham axed (saved) Le'garde misses a chill touch Lavasham gets maced twice Thelder thornwips her the second spears Lavasham once Vivian starry wisps and healing word Lavasham Lavasham finishes the first one with a strike of the giant Diana sees a man on the altar looking important 2nd lvl inflict wounds on the second one Le'garde chill touch the second one Thelder thornwhips the second one healing word the man on the altar second one spears Lavasham and tries to flee screaming Vivian tries to silence her and inspires Lavasham Lavasham runs aftaer the second one and finishes her off shiny head laser did nothing :( Diana and Vivian go and talk the noble did mother send you here to save me ? he is Klim Jhasso no one knows who he is Vivian gives him food and water he will be kept safe in the myrkul room while we finish clearing the dungeon ignoring the magic plate armor with bad vibes down the south door someone mumbling Lavasham opens the door on the west room there is a myrulite fight script Lavasham rushes down to her the rest of the the party rushes after in the room and piles onto her a swarm of bone rats attacks Vivian the myrkulite misses Le'garde as he shields Vivian unloads a shatter on the myrkulite Thelder crit thornwhip the myrkulite and vomits nearly on Diana Le'garde finds a spellbook on her Diana warhammers the rats Vivian crits and kills with a starry wisp the rats decaying bones on the back wall freshly dissected bodies for rituals continuing on the corridor taking the north east door dark candles on an altar with grave dirt looking like a necrolite altar Le'garde takes a closer look the candles are ceremonial usually placed within a certain range of hidden messages Le'garde takes Lavasham's tinderbox and light up th candles Le'garde see's on the wall like with a blacklight Rise and be counted Le'garde complained about no loot here 3 skeletons rise up and are under Le'garde's control Eye's of night end Lavasham gives Theldar a torch further in Lavasham smell explosive gas Thelder extinguishes the torch Light cantrip by Diana for Thelder flooded dug part small corridor going up a flight of stairs first door stuck noisy push open collapsed carcophagus room second door opens well plain cacophagus relief on top humanoid Le'garde recognise it as a relief of a mumified human 2 intricated jade gems worth 50gp not trapped placed in the relief looks like a ceremonial coffin fit for a leader potentially necrolyte might have loot in it Lavasham pulls open the lid gently mummy individual inside grasping a small bag everyone prepares themselves while Lavasham pulls the pouch out it's a bag of beans :D third door moaning on the other side of the door Lavasham opens the door there are 6 zombies closethedoorclosethedoorclosethedoorclosethedoor fight script Thelder casts Flaming sphere and starts cooking the back Diana casts moonbeam on the rest of the room zombies start to pile up in the room at the door Vivian misses with the rapier they all died to the spells last door sounds of pain door is locked Diana uses keys and open itç desc a lot of blood on the ground dead body elderly farmer salt everywhere young tiefling woman beaten tied to the chair sobbing Diana unlocks the tiefling looks like she was fown here for quite some time Vivian offers food and water tiefling takes it all Diana asks her name Vendetta Vivian gets her clothes Diana asks i Vendetta knows about more to come sounded like the walls were moving to the east many more to come not seeing them come back Vivian is sent back to safety door to the north light creeping bellow it opening the door slight wistling, someone on the other side hears and screams fight script the fist of Bane flees Diana rushes after and toll the dead Le'garde crawls on the ceiling in the corridor too tired to properly write the rest of the fight (tldr they dead we won) session 6 (15/01/2024) down in the dungeon last session's room Thelder is having a mental breakdown old woman crying for help Diana and Vivian go in the room old woman is in farmer clothes and attached to the wall the room has an altar with a vivisection on it Diana unlocks the old woman from her predicament the old lady is intact physically (she was mentally tortured by mentally witnessing the horrors) Vivian gives her a ration and some waer from the waterskin Vivian asks her some questions name is Nebra been here for "so long", maybe 3 or 4 days was tending her garden before she got kidnapped, near the elfsong tavern Diana mentions that it's weird here for a long time but no physical torture the area around elfsong has no gardens Nebra was a fake name and she is a baddy Le'garde mentions the weak wall Le'garde and Lavasham go inspect it Lavasham can't make it budge Le'garde makes it slightly move grooves into the floor this wall has give a bit might be a latch on the other side fight script Vivian misses a satrry wisp and calls for Le'garde and Lavasham Diana misses with the warhammer Nebra lands 2 strikes on Diana and turns invisible Le'garde runs back in and holds an attack for the aggressor's return Vivian heals back Diana with a 2nd level healing word and holds an attack Diana casts feary fire to try to reveal Nebra but no success Lavasham holds his greataxe at the ready Thelder heals Lavasham Nebra appears and attacks Lavasham it hurts a bit Lavasham misses the axe Vivian hits the Starry Wisp and Nebra can't go invisible Le'garde mindspikes Nebra Le'garde casts chill touch on Nebra Vivian reaplies a Starry Wisp and heals Lavasham Diana steps and slams Nebra Lavasham finishes her of by cutting the head the head stays disguised the corpse turns into the cultist uniform (thats a hat of disguise identified by the age old spell of axe to your neck) Vivian asks for the head as it might have an item the wall has streaks of blood on it Vivian notices the torche fixture has a small gap Vivian pulls the torch and a wall opens the wall Le'garde and Lavasham tried is opened going in the wall explosive smell no torch Lavasham and Diana take a potion Diana casts light on Lavasham's head Le'garde takes the lead there are rotten pillars and skeletons everywhere Diana goes to the front to help Le'garde on the skeleton matter nat 1 Lavasham uses magic awerness, the are past expiration date and not animated anymore around the corner combat noises and someone falling combat script a slash and a scream are heard Vivian rounds the corner a figure in tattered robes is attacking a larger man with no flesh on the skull cackling histerically 2 other figures on the ground with apparent skulls that are caved in hold a starry wisp unsure who to attack yet Le'garde casts suggestion on the shrouded individual stand down, I'm in charge of the situation, you will obey me ! Thelder guidance on Diana Lavasham runs to the front the large figure slams on the shrouded figure Diana runs to the front and heals the large figure Vivian unleashes the held Starry Wisp on the shrouded figure the shrouded individual stands down and wait orders completing the suggestion Vivian runs to the front getting a better view and throws another wisp and the shrouded individual Le'garde portent 20 an acid chromatic orb on the shrouded figure Thelder iceknife the shrouded figure Lavasham breaks a javelin on a nat 1 the large figure turns the shrouded figure into a pulp I thank you for your assistance, i wish you could have come a bit sooner but i appreciate name is Mortlock Vanthampur the Vanthampurs are the ones who runs The Bathhouse and are a noble family Diana asks if he was captured Morthlock was betrayed by his family the family payed the cult of the dead 3 to kill people Mortlock was captured but they underestimated him Diana asks that Mortlock escort the civilians out can't escort them to the Fist as they are in it the goal of his mother, the Duke, is to get the fist in power to become Archduke Mortlock fears that there is evidence that Baldur's Gate might follow Elthurel's fate Vivian mends back the broken javelin the rest of the party hears a droning chant comming fromm the north Lavasham goes first north room 3 cultists praying around a body on the floor fighting script the first cultist plunges a dagger on his own chest casts wither and bloom Lavasham goes down the cultists sacrifice himself the life essence goes in the body on the ground Vivian heals back up Lavasham starry wisp the third cultist the second cultists tries to stun Vivian Le'garde chromatic orns the third cultist Diana pops out the wings cristaline wings jetisson out of the garments flies to the third cultist channel divinity harness power third cultist continue the ritual thelder starry for chalice cure wounds Lavasham for 15 Lavasham rage for extra shiny head slashes at the second cultist reaction to no damage Vivian starry wisps the second cultist second cultist attacks Lavasham but the rage cancels the aura of murder Le'garde misses a chill touch on th ritual target Diana inflict wounds on the ritual target third cultist attacks Diana Thelder thornwhip the third cultist and misses Lavasham greataxe at the second cultist Vivan misses a wisp on second cultist second cultist attacks Le'garde Le'garde tries to go away but gets downed by the second cultist Diana attacks the third cultist and misses third cultist stunns Diana Thelder thornwhips Lavasham head light blinds the third cultist attacks the second cultist you and me don't touch the others the cultist answers the dead three will take what they are owed, this one will not get away Vivian misses a wisp on the third cultist second cultist attacks Lavasham Diana flies after the third cultist and hits him the third cultists blindly swings at the wall Thelder 2nd level cure wounds for 23 Lavasam crits the second cultist Vivian missed a wisp second cultist first hit on Lavasham cultist sacrifice himself to the ritual target Le'garde bites the ritual target bad blood not tasty might be someone similar to Le'garde Diana hits the third cultist the cultist loses the grip on the ritual the aura of the 3 idols stop going in the ritual target third cultist the lords will get their due, you may have this one but they will get you runs to Lavasham and stabs him Lavasham is barely up Thelder bonks the cultist and disengages Lavasham attacks the third cultist but he blocks it Vivian zooms past the cultist and hits him Le'garde continues to suck on the ritual target still a very sick drink Diana crits the third cultist but is not enough third cultist finishes Lavasham stabs him on the ground the dagger corrodes in Lavasham's chest Thelder misses a thornwhip on the third cultist Lavasham corrodes with the cultist as he dies the ritual target wakes up it was my character :p Le'garde has his caprisun woken up Mortlock point at the stuff from his family looting stuff will hurt the cult the party decides to loot the place all the rescued civilians make it out session 7 (12/02/2024) dungeon of the dead three Reinhold wakes up remembers only but his name Le'garde recognizes Reinhold he looks like the man in the wedding ceremony Reinhold barely remembers anything appart from the start of the sundering and the wedding ceremny Mortlock Vanthamper comes in he was betrayed the party saved his life his family pays the dead three to murder and kidnap people he is trying to prove the inefficacy of the flaming fist they want tu usurp the grand duke Mortlock thinks they plan on sundering Baldur's Gate too his mother is part of the council she convinced the grand duke to go to elturel Mortlock thinks she is in cahoots with the cult both his other brothers are also helping his mother in that endeavor Mortlock wishes out of the city Diana asks if he wants to help by testifying with the rest of the party to the flaming fist Mortlock first needs to rest after he offers to go after his brother Americk that manages the bath house and that spies Vivian gives him the hat of disguise to help Vendetta is escorted out the Klim is a liar wont pay he was dissowned by his mother on the path back to the Elfsong Mortlock can wait another day Diana confronts the Fist about the finding in the dungeon Vivian helps in that they believe what Diana said Mortlock is kept anonymous the Fist will not recruit as aggresively anymore Diana tells him that the party will raid the Vanthampur house he awards an extra 100gp to the party Reinhold recognises someone young darkd plate elf finishing to kill a Fists aproaches the party oh you made it out this is Reya Reinhold barely remembers her Reya remembers him mentions the wedding and Dro making Reinhold's daughter cry Reinhold briefly remembers it but it passes Diana takes appart Reya Reinhold was found dead in the dungeon memory troubles maybe be careful with what is mentionned Le'garde pokes around Reinhold to try top learn more about him 6ft9in tall 275lb bleach white hair cadaveric tint of blue as if from hypothermia left arm covered on blue runic tattoos right arm thin skin, you can kinda see muscles and bones under it Le'garde and Diana mention there is a new lead Americk Vanthampur Reya was also trying to track him down Reya heard of rumors about Americk with someone downtime before confronting Americk Le'garde scribes spells Reinhold gets his bearings doesn't remember much he can grow larger in combat blood tastes bad doesn't need to breath tries to avoid Le'garde's investigations Vivian sketches Reinhold's left arm tattoo Reinhold studies the tattoo REDACTED Vivian looks for the temple of Suny Diana gets funds for refugees meeting with Mortlock his brother is in the Low Light Tavern pretend we want money from him kill him session 8 (26/02/2024) in the inn Vivian gives the potion of fire breathing to Reinhold casters prepare spells Thelder leaves the party Mortlock waits impateiently to take us to the Low Lantern The Low Lantern tavern in a docked boat seagulls everywhere group of bandits are having a seagull vs raven fight club ravens are winning by a landslide going in the first deck bellow desc 10ft ceiling people are drinking not a lot of food is served kenku bartenders a place for drinks mor than food low lit social room no trouble here revelry sounds on deck bellow party takes some drinks to wait a bit courtesy of Vivian a woman comes up and hails the party name is Laraelra Thundreth captain of the ship and bar it's a place to drink and gamble Mortlock last time was thrown out because of fighting with his borther one deck bellow asks if we need something Vivian gives the drink order to Larealra meads, spirits and some water the kenku repeats it perfectly Le'garde asks Mortlock to stay up to avoid conflict Mortlock sits down guards the stairs Le'garde wants to try a diplomatic option masking as people needing some money to approach him asking questions about the family's involvment with the Dead Three and Elthurel's sundering hoping to get one of the sons of the Vanthampur to help going in the property one deck down again people down there some not paying attention the brother, Amrik, is counting money some gazing us Vhaltus red hair head body guard Mortlock warned us about him Diana stares down Vhaltus Vivian goes to Amrik with Reinhold right behind him Amrik invites everyone to a drink before starting to talk about money it's on the house Vivian is drinking the wine Diana tests it and it is safe Reinhold is drinking Vivian asks for a loan of not money but information Amrik usually deals in money Vivian tells him that they are here to get access to the manor the family is accused but not him Amrik sas that the only one Vivian could accuse is him Vivian says that not it's his mother Amrik says it is a very dumb thing Vivian starts to ego him Amrik is listening Vivian insists that the party needs access Vivian and Amrik agree to the terms Amrik would be thanked for his involvment Amrik would be helped to be named as her successor Amrik will not shake people for their money Amrik will write a summon to the manor and seals it with his signet 2 days from now gives Amrik time to get his affairs in order Le'garde interjects mentions what Mortlok revealed to us passive aggresive conversation Le'garde threatens Amrik Amrik starts sweating Le'garde suggests that Amrik goes have a conversation with Mortlok portent to roll a 2 all bodyguards sitting in chairs stand up fight script Vivian holds in case of conflict inspire Diana Grimboot dissapears from view Diana casts spiritual weapon and hits Vhaltus hammers down on Vhaltus Kasharra, a spine devil attack Le'garde for 17 Le'garde loses concentration on the suggestion Le'garde mind spikes Kasharra Vhaltus misses Diana with his mace Vanthampur throws a smokebomb and starts fleeing Reinhold runs after Amrik gets bitten by Kasharra rage and becoms large fails to grapple Amrik Skadric fails to crossbow Reinhold one of the guards reconsiders and doesn't attack Vivian gets the zoomies to get to Amrik Vhaltus misses an opportunity attack threatens Amrik with his rapier inspires Reinhold Grimboot was shoved out by Reinhold gigantifying hits Reinhold with an attack Diana spiritual weapons Vhaltus Vhaltus saves a toll the dead Kasharra flies to Le'garde and misses because of mindspike Skadric hits Vivian and taunts him Le'garde destroys Kasharra Valthus misses Diana Amrik hits Reinhold with a dagger saves the freezing of the fury of the frost giant end still in range of Reinhold Reinhold smacks down Amrik with his Glaive freezes him in place with strike of the Giant Vivian dissonant whispers on Skadric flees past Reinhold for an opportunity attack Grimboots attacks Reinhold with a toothpick Diana finishes a desesperatly flirting Vhaltus Mortlock comes down in front of a frozen in place Amric getting the cold feet Amric ? - Le'garde Mortlock smashes in him Skadric attacks Mortlock Le'garde starts slurping on Amric Amric gives up Vivian asks him to follow Reinhold and Mortlock manhandles him Diana finds a pouch of gold on Vhaltus gives it to Laraelra for the damages Reinhold smashed a lot of furniture when becoming large Amric had four bottles of Torpor poison for now Mortlock is handling Amric on the way to the council house in the council house session 9 (11/03/2024) in the low light waiting 1h for Mortlock Vivian rests on Reinhold Reinhold gives Vivian breathing exercises Vivian can stay like that on him Le'garde intimidates Amric Amric pisses himself Vivian is in the puddle Reinhold grabs Vivian by the scruff of the neck and lifts him out of it Vivian cleans his feets on the deck Reinhold gives Vivian uppies Vivian is now on Reinhold shoulders Seagulls are falling dead from the rafters from fighting ravens Vivian thinks they are just birds Amric looks scared of the birds Diana sees it maybe his other brother's spies going to the council house 1h30 of travel Vivian gets a new perspective on the world from up there Amric follows without raising attention council house near the castle grounds a few of the gards notice the party we were expected Mortlock made sure we are good to pass in the council chambers an elderly gentleman is on the other side of the room Duke Portyr the party is annouced the charges against the duke are announced lady Hlune is in absence the party are asked to state the proofs Le'garde come up mentions the bathhouse events the cult present down there mentions the implications of Mortlock's brothers and mother mentions the visit to the tavern the duke mentions that it was out of order to speak that much usually nobles first still thanked for the statement asks for physical proofs the party produces the books Armic had there is a note about lady Hlune Duke Portyr asks what Amric has to say for his defense asks for immunity and he'll spill the beans Portyr assk for more up front Armric spills the bean like he did in the tavern last brother and mother are planning to sunder Baldur's Gate too his role was to keep the money flowing Portyr asks the party to do something for him he'll send someone with the party Diana sees someone behing the party tarnished leather and metal white porcelain mask but silver eyes can be seen no weapons drawn arms crossed laying on the door Armic gets shot by a dart air starts to feel heavy and sulphuric an imp materialises Stop talking ! fighting script excited imp misses Reinhold Reinhold walks to the greedy imp rages grabs the tiny thing in his large hand Diana obliterates the excited imp with a guiding bold Le'garde magic missles greedy imp inconsistent imp stings Diana two statues come to life broke helm horror attacks attacks Mortlock sliggish helm horror attacks Reinhold gallant imp stings Reinhold Vivian healing word vivian misses inconsistant imp cloaked figure (Val not known yet) head pats Vivian hops on the table misses broke helm horror suggests to Duke Portyr to leave important imp misses a sting on Val unpredictable and nervous imp bite Reinhold Reinhold swings down on gallant imp who barely survives Diana misses spiritual weapons on sluggish helm horror misses on inconsistent imp Le'garde magic missles down gallant imp injures inconsistent imp spider climbs on the ceiling inconsistent imp bites Diana who is now very hurt Mortlock misses the broke helm horror broke helm horror retaliates on Mortlock sluggish helm horror goes to Amric ignoring Reinhold Armic you should have shut your fucking mouth attack Armic Vivian zooms to Diana casts heroism on her inspires Val Val disengages from important imp hits the sluggish helm horror thanks to the bardic inspiration lifts the mask and wails at inconsistent imp killing it (phantom rogue) important imp bites Vivian unpredictable imp bites Reinhold nervous imp fails to bite Armic Reinhold kills important imp Diana spiritual weapon misses unpredictable imp flanks broke helm horror with Mortlock Mortlock swings down on broke helm horror the horror lacks it usual resistances Le'garde vortex warps Armic to safety near Duke Portyr broke helmed horror swings on Mortlock misses Diana sluggish helm horror attacks Reinhold Vivian casts shatter nervous imp dies sluggish helm horror fails the save brasier explodes and burns the helmed horror hides between a statue base Val steady aims for elven accuracy sneak attacks the helm horror it extinguises Vivian -mers broke helm horror Mortlock hits broke helm horror Le'garde skitters on the ceiling slides down on Reinhold weirdly bites and kills unpredictable imp broke helm horror explodes Mortlock and Vivian are on fire broke helm horror is no more sluggish helm horror still burns because of the brasier runs towards Mortlock explodes on the rest of the party Vivian is down Vivian is still burning on the ground Val crit fails a stabilization on Vivian Reinhold extinguises Diana and is still burning Diana heals and extinguises Vivian Le'garde extinguishes Reinhold and is still burning Vivian wakes up and extinguises Le'garde Amric is shoked Duke Portyr wants us to deal directly with the Vanthampurs Portyr asks Val to accompany the party in the raid Portyr did nº2 out of fear Vivian asks Portyr to seize the Vanthampur assets while the party deals with it directly Portyr will pull the guards and flaming fist from near the manor Le'garde asks what is to be done for Amric Portyr doesn't care Le'garde wants to bit him down Vivian agrees Val intejects don't he needs to be emprisoned, my husband disagrees no one is near Val asks what Vivian is Vivian is intimidated Reinhold steps in front Vivian uppies on Reinhold shoulders Val removes her mask very pale shadar-kai Le'garde asks if Amric would escape his cell Diana cuts the debates by smashing Amric's kneecap stay focus on the task of tomorrow Diana asks for information on the manor to Mortlock Mortlock knows the place well there is a dungeon end session here so we think about the questions session 10 (25/03/2024) some supplies and spells are bought elfsong tavern with Mortlock planning the manor Mortlock shows the map of the house guards and imps cultists down in the cellar mother might be down there Reya comes in the tavern Le'garde greets her as a lieutenant Reya tells him to not call her like that Le'garde exposes the plan to the Vamthampur villa Reya is interested as they have Thadeus Krieg Le'garde flashes the fist badge saying it is an insurance Reya flinches she is researched by the fist an "unfortunate incident" Reya trusts the party for now but wont hesitate to turn on the party if consider surrendering her Slobberchops is a Tressym is a dick to the family but Mortlock has a statue in the manor is the pet of the family Mortlock and Slobberchops like each others Mortlock wants to take him Le'garde casts find familiar and gets a Tressym Vanthampur Villa exterior desc 12ft tall walls livestock noises in the stables guards patrolling the inside garden extinguished lanterns Le'garde starts spiderclimbing the wall Reinhold hoists Vivian to see over the wall Reinhold is not stealthy a spear misses Vivian fighting script Reinhold rages goes over the Wall AoT style Glaives down one guard Vivian misses a starry wisp inspires Diana deceitful guard spears Vivian Diana kills deceitful guard Reya kills bone-idle guard Le'garde pulls out his skeleton shooting squad shoots down narrow-minded guard Reinhold dashes to a patrol of 3 guards enterprising and irritated spear Reinhold Vivian enlarges Reinhold to huge inspires Reinhold bitching guard spears Reihold runs away Diana runs in the the house it is a gallery elderly female bust (duchess) Amric Slobberchops very fancy wax statues elderly gentleman butler cowering in the corner Diana intimidates him asks where the duchess is she is in the temple butler escapes the scene after narrow-minded guard misses Le'gard Reya takes down 2 guards Le'garde shootsing squad down the last of the groups Reinhold cleaves down 2 guards goes to the last one guard surrenders and flees inside Diana tells the rest of the party that the duchess in downstairs kitchen Slobberchops is eating food meal mid prep staff fled after Diana kool-aided the door nice and expensive wine bottles 16 bottles of fine wine 8 gem encrusted goblets loot on the way out Le'garde directs Slobberchops towards Mortlock downstairs wine cellar Diana shares Eyes of Night 3 spine devils bust out of barrels of wine fighting script Reya attacks hiphop spine devil Diana Toll the Dead hiphop spine devil Reinhold misses hiphop spine devil inspiration mote explodes on hiphop spine devil second swings connect but resistance damage hiphop spine devil attacks Reya flees in the corner Vivian finishes hiphop spine devil takes cover in a box (cat be cats) Le'garde chill touch woke spine devil woke spine devil misses tail spines at Reinhold hits tail spines at Diana 2 cultists arrive in the room joyful cultist scimtars Reya inofensive spine devil misses Diana and Reya well-spoken cultist falls in the pile of box reaching for Vivian Reya hits joyful cultist Diana kills woke spine devil Reinhold misses well-spoken cultist Vivian climbs down the pile dissonent whispers on inofensive spine devil Le'garde bites joyful cultist joyful cultist retaliates inoffensive spine devil misses Reinhold spines Diana well-spoken cultist misses Le'garde Reya kills joyful cultist you dragon cultist you know something about Elthurel kills well-spoken cultist Diana misses a toll the dead on inoffensive spine devil Reinhold grabs and slams inoffensive spine devil between everyone Vivian misses inoffensive spine devil Le'garde chill touch inoffensive spine devil Reya slams inoffensive spine devil Diana misses inoffensive spine devil Reinhold skewers inoffensive spine devil on the glaive loot there is a fuckton of wine in here 23 fine wines bottles 6 rations 18 gp session 11 (22/04/2024) Vanthampur Villa Basement going to the prisons in the south coast seems clear it is not 2 cultists walking from the north side heavily armored under the robes party tries to hide around the corner yeah no that's a fail... they come running towards the party fight script horny spined devil runs in Le'garde unleashes his chill touch hits Reinhold flybys away constant cultist runs in hits Reinhold untruthful spine devil flies around the corner hits Le'garde and Vivian lawful cultist runs in Reinhold prevents him from blowing an alarm horn misses Reinhold Diana retaliates on horny spine devil Vivian backs away dissonent whispers on untruthful spine devil Reinhold takes down the 2 cultists Le'garde hears footprints closing in finishes horny spine devil jealous cultist comes out from behing Vivian hits Vivian with his scimitar untruthful spine devil spines Le'garde flies away pretentious cultist goes to Vivian slashes Vivian Diana misses a toll the dead untruthful spine devil Vivian takes a step back gets hit by an attack of opportunity casts spray of card on the cultists both save for half one is dead Reinhold cleaves down the last cultist long range crits the last spine devil healing is done further in the tunnel Le'garde is keeping guard the room to the east is the prison 3 prisoners Vivian opens the locks with his paintbrush the jailer will be back soon went to get tools to torture them Vivian hails Le'garde back Vivian proposes the party to lie and wait for an ambush Le'garde asks Smallfield, his familiar Tressym to keep watch Smallfield sees teh jailer coming back party lies in ambush fight script Diana misses toll the dead Vivian hits a starry wisp Reinhold grapples the jailer Le'garde bites the jailer Diana spiritual weapon on the jailer misses toll the dead on the jailer jailer retaliates on Le'garde with his beard whi shields it misses Reilhold with his glaive Vivian holds for Reinhold Reinhold pushes the jailer prone fails to wresle the glaive away Vivian stabs the jailer Le'garde mind slivers the jailer Diana spiritual weapon the jailer toll the dead jailer beards Le'garde misses Reinhold with the glaive Vivian rapiers the jailer Reinhold removes his glaive party bullies the jailer to death while it is prone on the ground Vivian resumes conversation merchant is from Candlekeep and was sent to investigate Thirstwell he has a contract in an infernal puzzlebox containing a devilish contract name is Falaster Fisk his colleague tiefling women name is Sylvira Savikas Vivian and Falaster agree to collaborate to bring the Vanthampur down the last cell had someone dragged out the last noble of the council Satiir Thione-Hhune Le'garde negotiates for Candlekeep access bring the infernal puzzlebox first Falaster informs of the precense of a secret shortcut Reinhold is complaining about ash and soot on his cargo pants doesn't know why but he feels like they are some of his old favorites Vivian cleans them up for him continuing on in the tunnel near the pointed secret spot Le'garde finds it and opens it the wall fades away revealing a room room desc altar made of obsidian 9 candles 3 resseced windows chanting coming out of the other room angel shaped statue there altar has infernal runes ad an angel carving the carving bares a resemblence to Zariel chanting from the next room praising the archdevil Zariel Le'garde asks Reinhold to destroy it it is not enough and makes a lot of noise the chanting in the next room stops duke Vanthampur orders someone to attak the party fighting script jolly barbed devil throws fire at Le'garde Reinhold rushes down towards duke Vanthampur rage glaives and freezes in place duke Vanthampur Le'garde comes in the room lighting bolt at a nasty angle on duke Vanthampur dumb cultist barely injures reinhold loving cultist misses Le'garde Diana rushes in the room casts spirit guardians dumb cultist dies from it itchy cult fanatic casts hold person on Reinhold Le'garde forces the save with a portent 19 Vivian comes in the room casts detect thoughts on Duke Vanthampur surface thoughts: fight or flight resists the probe goes back in the altar room dizzy cult fanatic fails a hold person on Reinhold Duke Vanthampur misty steps away eldritch blasts Le'garde jolly barbed devil claws at Diana spirit gaurdain is lost Reinhold pursues Duke Vanthampur slashes and freeze her Duke Vanthampur casts hellish rebuke Le'garde finishes her and loving cultist off with a second lightning bolt Diana recasts spirit gardians on jolly barbed devil and itchy cultist itchy cultist misses Diana with inflict wounds Vivian comes back in the room casts dissonent whispers on ditzy cult fanatic who saves ditzy cult fanatic inflict wounds on Reinhold Reinhold retaliates with a fury of the frost giant killing it jolly barbed devil takes down Reinhold Le'garde casts caustic brew on jolly barbed devil and itchy cult fanatic itchy cult fanatic fails Diana spiritual weapon misses itchy cult fanatic toll the dead killing itchy cult fanatic Vivian runs to Reinhold brings back up Reinhold zoomies back to safety jolly barbed devil tails Reinhold who retaliates with a fury of the frost giant claws Diana Reinhold you should have aimed for the head stands up flanks jolly barbed devil rages swings at jolly barbed devil Le'garde looms over Duke Vanthampur's body magic missles towards jolly barbed devil Diana spiritual weapon jolly barbed devil misses toll the dead Vivian starry wisps jolly barbed devil jolly barbed devil misses Reinhold claws Diana Reinhold swings at jolly barbed devil Le'garde finishes jolly barbed devil Le'garde is hungry as hell Reinhold pulls him back Vivian and Diana check on duke Vanthampur she is dead-dead Le'garde is barely kept under control as he rushes towards her Diana lashes at him control yourself for gods sake, we'll get you a cat Vivian did not like that apparently it is legal to drink blood from cats (not Tabaxies) Vivian goes towards Le'garde and offers some blood Vivian asks Reinhold to let him do it Le'garde can't even take it being weak he'll get some from the fresh corpses instead the statue in the room has a crack in it holy energy can be felt inside the ritual that was interrupted a mace can be seen in the crack: in this cavity is a +1 mace that can be removed only if the statue is destroyed. The head of the mace sheds bright light in a 5-foot-radius and dim light for an additional 5 feet. The wielder of the mace can extinguish or ignite its light as an action. session 12 (06/05/2024) Vanthampur Villa Basement main room party starts a short rest Vivian keeps guard Val sneaks upon Vivian and surprises him no one interrupts the short rest party continues exploring the tunnels there is a group of cultists around the corner fighting script Vivian casts heroism Reinhold, Diana and Le'garde wonderful cultist moves around the corner hits Le'garde sensitive cultist moves around the corner hits Le'garde Diana flanks sensitive cultist and hits itchy cult fanatic misses Diana with a spiritual weapon Diana dodges the sacred flame pretentious cultist runs towards the action Val elven accuracy steady aim takes down sensitive cultist wails of the grave wonderful cultist Le'garde bites and kills wonderful cultist ditzy cult fanatic runs towards the action Reinhold runs to itchy cult fanatic attacks him with his glaive Vivian runs to the intersection starry wisps itchy cult fanatic zoomies back to safety Diana kills with toll the dead itchy cult fanatic pretentious cultist runs to Diana misses with his scimitar Val moves towards pretentious cultist kills him with a dart wails of the garv jealous cultist Le'garde chromatic orb ditzy cult fanatic ditzy cult fanatic retaliates on Le'garde with 2 daggers missing both Reinhold runs to the group kills ditzy cult fanatic walks to jealous cultist jealous cultist hits Reinhold Reimhold kills him with fury of the frost giant some noise is heard in the room bellow Vivian unlocks the door Reinhold opens it bottom room someone is hiding elderly figure shadow is not matching the form Diana guiding bolts first and and asks questions second Le'garde and Vivian joins too drop the disguise now ! he was enclosed here he is the former adviser of elthurel, Thavius Kreeg Diana forces him to look at the weird shadow he casts he starts reaching for something in his pocket smacks Diana he is taken down his body burns away the shadow goes away the room contains quite a bit of treasure 30 electrum ingots (10 gp each) 100gp 100pp twenty azurite gemstones (10 gp each) broken fancy draconic dagger letter i brought you the shield as intended, now we will be able to summon Gargauth very ornate shield Diana goes towards it Diana mentions the shield will be useful later on the shield speak to the party Thavius was guarding the shield held in the shield by Zariel need to go to forges in Avernus to free him it is Gargauth was going to be used to sunder Baldur's Gate and maye summon Zariel Le'garde identifies the shield While holding this shield, you gain a +2 bonus to AC and resistance to fire damage. The shield has 3 charges. You can use an action to expend 1 charge to cast fireball or 2 charges to cast wall of fire from the shield (save DC 21 for each). The wall of fire spell lasts for 1 minute (no concentration required). The shield regains all expended charges daily at dawn. Anytime during your turn, the shield can choose to radiate an aura of dread for 1 minute. (This is not a power of the shield that you control.) Any creature hostile to you that starts its turn within 20 feet of the shield must make a DC 18 Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, the creature is frightened until the start of its next turn. On a successful save, the creature is immune to this power of the shield for the next 24 hours. Once the shield uses this power, it can't use it again until the next dawn party takes a while to sweep the rest of the basement 127gp 65pp 2x 100gp diamond 1x 500gp diamond spellbook +1 dagger +1 leather armor cloak of protection periapt of wound closure potions psychic, lighting and force resistance rope of mending talking doll 5 unbreakable arrows Vanthampur villa ground floor combat sounds upstairs female kick at a door it's Reya Vanthampur villa first floor Thirstwell open the door before i take it down Reya slams the door open Le'garde enters the room 4 helmed horrors animate to defent Thirstwell fighting script Le'garde executes Thirstwell instantly misty steps out Diana goes in the room attacks XXX helmed horor Val attacks sad helmed horror Reinhold goes in the middle of the room misses XXX helmed horror near-sighted helmd horror hits Reinhold sad helmed horror misses Reinhold Vivian misses near-sighted helmed horror with an alchemist fire inspires Le'garde gracious and sociable helmed horrors miss Diana Reya comes in the room asks for someone to pick the box and get out attacks near-sighted helmed horror Le'garde comes in the room sees the box on the other side of the room Diana goes to the box gets out of the room with it healing word Reinhold Val attacks near-sighted helmed horror Reinhold chucks Reya out of the room Le'garde is carried away by theforce of the throw goes to the door near-sighted helmed horror gets a last hit on Reinhold before deactivating Reya mentions that the box was what Reya searched for infernal puzzlebox my beloved rest of the loot The vanity holds six bottles of fine perfume (20 gp each), a silver hairbrush inlaid with lapis lazuli (100 gp), and a wooden jewelry box with electrum filigree (75 gp) holding a pearl necklace (250 gp), a platinum cameo shaped like a winged cat (50 gp), and two potions of healing in thin crystal vials. 73 gp, 120 sp, and a potion of healing, as well as a black-covered tome titled Apocalypto—a poetic prophecy by an unknown author envisioning the end of the multiverse (worth 50 gp). it contains three thin, black-covered ledgers with entries written in Infernal (records of Duke Vanthampur's legitimate business dealings), a set of calligrapher's supplies (15 gp), a poisoner's kit (50 gp), a coin pouch made from a sheep's bladder (containing 22 pp, 85 gp, and 113 sp), and pipes of the sewers. twenty rare first editions (25 gp each) 150 gp.2 silvered daggersThe vases, rug, and tapestries are valuable art objects, though they don't go well together. Each of the sixteen vases weighs 2 pounds and is worth 25 gp. The rug weighs 50 pounds and is worth 250 gp. Each of the two tapestries weighs 5 pounds and is worth 75 gp. session 13 (20/05/2024) next day after a well deserved rest Le'garde starts scribing spells Legarde sells a couple spell books of Diana and Vivian liquidate Vanthampur assets search for a magic item shop cloak of protection for Vivian set of silvered darts for Val +1 Glaive for Reinhold Diana buys a plate mail potions are bought Diana donates some 50gp to the Elthurel refugees party asked for an audience to report to Duke Portyr day after getting the armor for Diana rounding up the shopping night in the street party banter interrupted by the apparition of a woman in the symbol of Bane it time to recover what is ours a couple skeleton appear from nearby building fighting script Val steady aims on the woman Vivian moves in spray of cards innocent and sneaky skeletons and the woman the woman is blinded dodges the opportunity attack from sneaky skeleton annoying reaper of bhaal appears from the shadow moves towards Diana missing Diana handsome skeleton shoots and misses diana multi talented shoots and hits reinhold innocent skeleton runs to Reinhold hits Reinhold Diana in a more centered location casts spirit guardians Reinhold moves to the blinded woman rages slashes at the woman Le'garde finishes innocent skeleton loving reaper of bhaal charm persons Reinhold calming master of soul comes out of a building attempts to cast fireball Le'garde counterspells it sneaky skeleton gets blasted by spirit guardians professional skeleton misses Le'garde with his shortbow civilised black gauntlet of bane moves out of an alleyway casts silence on the party insane black gauntlet of bane (the woman) succeeds the spirit guardian stumbles away from Reinhold dodge action Val steady aims annoying reaper of bhaal Vivian moves in front of the silence casts dissonent whispers on civilised black gauntlet of bane Le'garde portants the save to 8 civilised black gauntlet of bane flees maintaining concentration inspires Reinhold who is deafened annoying reaper of bhaal fails the guardian spirit save and dies handsome and multi-talented skeleton miss Reinhold with the shortbow Diana moves to calming master of soul crits him with the candle mace summons spiritual weapon in the fray hits loving reaper Reinhold monologues at insane black gauntlet of bane attacks insane black gauntlet of bane feels sad realising he talked in the silence Le'garde moves out of the silence fireballs all the remaining skeletons insane black gauntlet of bane dies loving reaper of bhaal saves loving reaper of bhaal moves in the spirit guardian attacks Vivian calming master of soul saves the spirit guardian scoots around hits Vivian civilised black gauntlet of bane moves back near the action casts hold person Reinhold saves Diana fails and spirit guardian drops Val flanks calming master of souls sneak attacks hits second attack is shielded wails of the grave kills loving reaper of Bhaal Vivian turns towards calming master of souls casts dissonant whispers Val finishes him as he flees gets the hell out of here gives a bardic inspiration to Diana Diana saves the hold person with a nat 20 spiritual weapon hits civilized black gauntlet of bane finishes civilised black gauntlet of bane with toll the dead Vivian is not that good Diana heals Reinhold hands in a potion Val offers a congratulatory group hug Le'garde tries to avoid it Reinhold tries to grapple him into it Le'garde dodges with misty step Le'garde starts considering which corspe are useful to him Diana and Val tell him to stop small confrontation Le'garde holds off for now fine by me girl scout session 14 (17/06/2024) night in the streets party goes towards the inn walk and talk Reinhold doesn't need to sleep Vivian is given a shoulder ride on the way back Elfsong some more discussion Reinhold apparently doesn't need to eat Val mentions maybe to equip ourselves for the heat of hells some talks about maybe potions Reinhold just mentions to just wear less clothes and demonstrate by unzipping the cargo pants legs into a cargo short Le'garde produces the puzzlebox Le'garde wants to try to open it Vivian want to show it to Duke Portyr so he is the one dealing with it Le'garde insects it more it is very hard to open Le'garde mentions bringing it to Candlekeep Val is excited to discover hell as she has never been there before Reinhold uses dad voice (thaumaturgy) to ask for refills on the table Le'garde mentions that he doesn't need normal food he can still enjoy it can also drink blood Vivian say he understands Le'garde go to bed Le'garde discussion tl:dr: stay alert for him Diana wants to keep a close eye on Vivian says he'll try to steer him in the right direction with his words Reinhold says he'll help intervene if needed Vivian says he is not that bad of an egg still need to be careful Reinhold says he'll stay with the party unless he suddenly gets a memory flood telling him the party is evil memory flood just met them now aside from Le'garde they don't seem like evil ppl memory on the cusp Diana and Le'garde standing with a few other figures duergar dragonborn genasi standing in a park with Reya a small figure placing bracelets on their wrists small possibly child there is another one on Reinhold's wrist too Reinhold asks Diana and Reya to show they right wrist there is the bracelet Diana wanted to tell earlier but not sure how Reinhold would react Reinhold asks for more information daughter is Sophia wife is Eluun a good family man Diana met them a the temple a few times Reya mentioned she saw all three of them as a happy family in the parc last time they were seen was right before the sundering during a recommitment ceremony Vivian tries to peer in Reinhold's mind from information manages to get a view of both Eluun and Sophia starts painting them and shows them to Reinhold big hug from Reinhold Diana compliments the drawings Diana casts sending towards to one of her moms Mama, We have figured out who here sent elturel to hell. Please tell me you and Mum are ok the message goes through we are not, but we are alive, i don't know where we are, we're in a cell it is cold and dark...please help in a hushed under breath voice the mug in Diana's hand breaks Reya understands and tries to reassure Diana Le'garde in the room pulls the 3 skeletons out of the bag orders them to sort and fold everyone's stuff they proceed and there are neatly ordered piles on the respective beds wait in salute after the command Diana and Vivian enter first Vivian is very happy about the now cleaned brushes for Reinhold it's the exact 4 same copies of what he is wearing right now folded on the bed perfectly in the morning Reinhold is reading the gazette cross legged with a hot cup of double expresso on the table Val comes from her home rest of the party descends party goes to see Duke Portyr council chambers Reya, Mortlock, Duke Portyr, Sylvira Savikas and an unknown woman discussing a bit before the party arrives Reya informed the council a bit of what happened Le'garde produces the infernal puzzle box informs that the duke and her son are dead Vivian presents the narrative as they would have rather died than cooperated unknown woman speaks up oh so these are the so called maniacs that stirred every rats nest in the city name is commander Liara Portyr she now takes command of the city the party tells her about the treatement given by the former captain for the forced conscription complains that Sylvira Savikas was captured Sylvira Savikas mentions that this happened only because she trusted a noble who invited her for a drink to get information that box was what she was looking for she mentions she is in the party's debt for getting it mentions she'll now bring the box to Candlekeep for further studies Vivian mentions that this was the party's plan too Vivian mentions the rest of the incriminent information and the statue of Zariel Sylvira Savikas will get to Candlekeep first and expects the party to join whenever they are ready the party will be provided with some equipment riding horses for everyone wagon pulled by mules food and drink for the journey tents, bedrolls, etc... bag of 50pp after confirming a last time the transfer of the box Sylvira Savikas teleports to Candlekeep with it travel to Candlekeep first 2 days are uneventful 3rd day there is a bridge very busy group of younger teens going in the party's direction tried to pickpocket the party not successful they scatter seeing the failure settling for the night Diana uses sendings to get a clearer picture of the situation will be written at some point between the games Vivian has finished working on a piece it is Reinhold and his family Reinhold is in a loss for words and thanks Vivian Vivian offers him a painting case to protect it and places it in the bag of holding for safekeeping Val is sitting away from the camp fire Reya asks if she can sit with her Reya asks more about the Shadowfell and if the rumors are true about it Reya hopes that the shadowfell did its role to save some people of Elthurel for Avernus Reya is afraid of what will happen to people that are stuck in Avernus as it even managed to corrupt a celestial like Zariel conversation continues with Val comforting Reya in her own weird way Reinhold tries to remember more but to no avail even with the help of the pictures like trying to remember a dream 4th day is uneventful 5th day Candlekeep can be seen over the horizon now every time people look at it it is different it shifts a lot it is a magical repository of knowledge it is impossible to map as it is ever changing all teleportation magic and planar travel is very limited 6th day Vivian and Reinhold see an older gentleman riding on a cart heading our way with intent asks if the party needs some hay for the horses Vivian politely refuses old man hops off and inspects the horses and inspects them before insisting again Reinhold agrees to buy some hay for 5 silver and starts to help the old man unloading the hay Diana feels something suspicious as the old man keep looking at her shield as Reinhold pulls the last hay reveals some hidden armored figures session 15 (01/07/2024) travel to Candlekeep 6th day hay merchant encounter fighting script Vivian zoomies near the ambushers casts fear on them 2 fail zoom away from frightened veteran+ inspires Le'garde warm veteran is frightened gets of the cart dashes away from Vivian saves on the fear with the cart hiding Vivia Reya moves the the old man fails to grapple him the old man turns into a rd skinned devil it is a cambion misses the canbion with her longsword Le'garde walks up to the cambion casts vampiric touch on the cambion portents the roll to a total of 23 orders the skeltons to wait on warm veteran cambion flies up 30ft Le'garde and Reya retaliate fires a fire ray at Le'garde and misses Reya frightened veteran moves away from Reinhold who slashes at him saves the strike of giant moves behind a rock fails the fear save Val steady aims misses pro-active veteran with her sling pro-active veteran moves to Val hits Val with his longsword uncanny dodge Diana spiritual weapons the cambion and misses toll the dead the cambion who succeeds Reinhold moves towards the cambion rage asks Vivian for a boost gets ready to grapple the cambion Vivian enlarges Reinhold Reinhold choke grabs the cambion moves away inspire Reinhold warm veteran misses Vivian with a crossbow Reya walks to pro-active veteran slashes at him Le'garde moves to pro-active veteran crits him with vampiric touch skeletons shoot the cambion cambion tries to charm Reinhold bardic inspiration saves the day frightened veteran misses Reinhold with a crossbow Val finishes of pro-active veteran moves towards Reinhold Diana hits the cambion with spiritual weapon tolls the dead the cambion who saves Reinhold slams the cambion on the ground slashes with his handaxe Vivian casts dissonent whispers on the cambion doesn't move recharging zoomies Reya runs to the prone cambion unleashes on the cambion Le'garde moves too the prone cambion vampiric touch the cambion cambion prone and grapple tries to planeshift Le'garde counterspells it frightened veteran shoots Reinhold flees out Val walks to the cambion slashes at him with her daggers Diana walks to the cambion attacks him with her mace the shield is laughting in her head starts moving the spiritual weapon Reinhold swaps the grapple with his foot grabs back his glaive crits and freezes to the ground the cambion Vivian zoomies to the cambion rapiers the cambion inspires Reya Reya unleashes on the cambion all her attacks Le'garde vampiric touches the cambion cambion is pinned on the ground fails to command Reinhold to flee Val plants her daggers into the cambion Diana crits to death the cambion with spiritual weapon loot in the cart small chest 120gp bag of dust vial of a thick salve smelling of aloe a note they've left Baldur's gate assuming for Candlekeep, get us the shield, do not fail us. if you fail us we'll punish you Kaddrus Vivian and Reinhold drive the new "free" cart Le'garde identifies the items salve is a full jar of Keoghtom's Ointment dust is dust of dryness half full traveling now with 2 carts Vivian holding the reins on Reinhold's lap afternoon the grey walls and spires of Candlekeep can be seen closer now at the gates 3 monks come to greet the party human dwarf elf monks of Deneir they ask for a book or scroll that is not in the archives yet for entry Le'garde hands out the black scaled spellbook party is allowed in in Candlekeep desc large courtyard a lot of ppl species rich less well off everyone seems to be welcomed there is an air of not fucking around and not finding out staff is way over your league party look all around everything Sylvira sees the party, waves at them and continues her conversation after a moment she invites the party to see her crack the puzzlebox open party enters her laboratory very high ceiling ladder bookshelves a lot of magic stuff an assistant gives her a vial she pours the content on the box the box crack, click and falls completely appart there is a scroll in infernal inside Diana reads it Be it known to all that I, Thavius Kreeg, High Overseer of Elturel, have sworn to my master, Zariel, lord of Avernus, to keep the agreements contained in this oath. I hereby submit to Zariel in all matters and for all time. I will place Her above all creatures, living and dead. I will obey Her all my days and beyond with fear and servility. I recognize the dispensation of the device called the Solar Insidiator, hereafter called the Companion. In my capacity as High Overseer of Elturel and its vassal territories, I acknowledge that all lands falling under the light of the Companion are forfeit to Zariel. All persons bound by oath to defend Elturel are also considered forfeit. I further recognize that this dispensation will last fifty years, after which the Companion will return whence it came, taking Elturel and its oath-bound defenders with it, if that is Zariel's wish. All this is my everlasting pledge. Diana asks where the nearest portal to the hells is no portals can't be opened in Candlekeep Sylvira could planeshift but is needed here someone owes Sylvira a favor and might help us someone named Traxigor is guarding them Sylvira escorts the party to a tower I might be able to do one better than horses atop the tower are griffons once we leave we can uses them to go to see Traxigor Vivian suggests party does researches before going to Avernus Sylvira warns the party about Traxigor bring seafood as he likes it was polymorphed into an otter liked it so much he wished it to be permanent downtime stuff Le'garde learns phantom steed Reinhold tries to get help to learn more about the runes on his left arm some informations might be gathered in the next few days party leaves before though