Chapter 2
- session 16 (15/07/2024)
- session 17 (24/08/2024)
- session 18 (12/08/2024)
- session 19 (09/09/2024)
- session 20 (21/10/2024)
- session 21 (18/11/2024)
- session 22 (16/12/2024)
- session 23 (20/01/2025)
- session 24 (03-02-2025)
session 16 (15/07/2024)
- Candlekeep
- last minute purchases
- 4 vials of acid
- 4 vials of holy water
- Val named her daggers powerword and kill
- Vivian named his paintbrush Ambrosia afterv his favorite desert
- Reinhold names his glave Sphia's Gospel
- last minute purchases
- travel to Traxigor
- the party rides griffons there
- up to a floating tower
- group lands inside
- Traxigor's tower
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- wide open
- bigger on the inside
- cluttered chamber
- candles everywhere
- papers loose
- an otter is in the room
- clad in red
- speaking to itself in common
- about a tuning fork
- it is not speaking to itself but to someone else
- Val and Reinhold see
- something small with golden fur
- a small holyphant flying around the room
oh our guests are here
- they are both looking for the tuning fork
- without it there is no avernus
- they asks help from the party to find the lost tuning fork
- Vivian manages to find it
- it is a black metal fork
- it reeks of sulphur
- the holyphant is named Lulu
- she is from Avernus
- she might be able to help the party and guide them there
- Traxigor picks the tuning fork
- Traxigor is nearly the same size as Vivian
- Reinhold is thinking very loudly about petting the otter
- Traxigor warns him not to
- after asking if everyone is ready Traxigor planeshifts the party to Avernus
- level up to 6
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- sundered Elturel
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- a black orb of darkness is seen in the sky
- the city is ruined
- rivers of fire
- crumbling fortress
- it has been nearly 3 tendays since the sundering
- Reya is awestruck and determined to look for survivors
- Lulu starts to emanate some celestial energy
- Reya looks where to search fir survivors
- the high hall cathedral
- a place where people can take refuge
- party proceeds to there at a fast pace
- laughing from the dark can be heard
- 4 monsters with snakelike beards are around the corner
- they are surrounding a woman with toddlers
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fighting script
- bearded devil
more for the imporium i guess
- goes after the woman non lethally who falls unconscious
- Val
- steady aims a sling on the fourth bearded devil
- wails of the grave the first bearded devil
- Reinhold
- rage walks to the middle of the bearded devils
- the glaive is encrusted in ice
- attacks the first bearded devil
- he resists cold
- second bearded devil
- wounds Reinhold with his glaive and it burns a lot
- misses with his beard
- third bearded devil
- leave Reinhold's reach and gets attacked
- walks to Diana
- misses Diana
- Vivian
- creates a large wooden doll
- inspires Reinhold
- Le'garde misses a chill touch
- fourth bearded devil
- misses Reinhold wit the glaive
- hits with his beard
- Reya
- moves to the second bearded devil
- misses with both swords
- Diana hits the third bearded devil with her mace and spiritual weapon
- first bearded devil hits Reinhold twice but Reinhold saves
- Val
- crits a silvered dart at the third bearded devil killing him
- wail of the grave the fourth bearded devil
- Reinhold
- slams the glaive on the ground making it vibrate for thunder damage
- slashes twice at the first bearded
- he doesn't resist thunder
- second bearded devil misses Reya
- Vivian
- turns his large doll into a male version of Val with the same mask
- the doll flies towards the fourth bearded devil
- inspires Le'garde
- Le'garde
- moves forward
- chill touch to finish the first bearded devil
- the devil stays dead and does not disappears
- fourth bearded devil hits twice Reinhold who saves
- Reya hits the second bearded devil with her longsword
- Diana
- moves to the fourth bearded devil and hits him
- moves the spiritual weapon to the fourth bearded devil and hits him
- Val
- dashes to the second bearded devil
- stabs critically the second bearded devil
- Reinhold
- reckless attack
- injures the fourth bearded devil
- finishes the second attack
- Vivian orders the doll who kills the second bearded devil
- bearded devil
- Reinhold closes his open would
- Le'garde acid splash the flesh off the skull of the third bearded devil for later use
- Diana and Reya go to take care of the unconscious woman
- the woman will live
- the children are fine hiding under her
- party manages to find a safe place to hide
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session 17 (24/08/2024)
THIS SESSION'S NOTES GOT CORRUPTED BECAUSE I DID A BAD MANIP ON MY LAPTOP RIGHT AFTER THE SESSION SO THESE ARE THE ONLY SURVIVING NOTES
- sundered Elturel
- small bit of respite of the streets
- the woman and her children are carried there
- woman is still unconscious
- the children are crying
- Diana lay on hands to wake up the woman
- Lulu is playing with the children to distract them from the conversation to be
- the woman looks panicked but sees that both her and her children are safe and calms down
- discussion
- the woman thanks Diana and the party
- the woman asks why the party is here and how
- Diana mentions that the party just arrived and is here to save the city
- the woman tried move to the high halls before getting attacked
- Vivian and Le'garde mentions that the group attracts attention and that following the party might get attention
- Vivian asks the woman to hide
- the party will start clearing the way
- they should follow after 10 minutes
- Reya protests on that
if you don't take them to the high halls i will !
- she doesn't want to leave them alone
- Vivian agrees on that and gives them some ration and his waterskin
- Diana wants to keep them with us
- Le'garde considers giving a phantom steed but it would not be good enough
- if there is a distraction needed Reinhold can provide
- Le'garde still summons the phantom steed just in case
- Vivian heals back up Reinhold a bit
- Reinhold gives some ration sand his waterskin to Vivian to replace the ones he gave
- the woman and her children are carried there
- small bit of respite of the streets
session 18 (12/08/2024)
- High Hall Cathedral
- shouts and laughters in infernal can be heard
- screams and sound of combat
- fiends are laying siege to the place
- place looks a bit ruined
- person that opened the door asks for help
- party agrees
- Reinhold barricades the entrance they came from with rubble
- party proceeds in
- giant crabs, hell hounds and more are here
- Vivian summons his creation again
- Legarde and Reya roll a nat 1 stealth
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fighting script
- some crabs and hellhound start approaching
- Le'garde
- chill touches a giant crab
- skitters up a wall
- crab crits Reinhold
- Vivian
- animates the puppet into Reinhold
- jean shorts
- Coolest dad ever apron
- wields a giant spatula
- smacks a crab with it
- inspires Reinhold
- animates the puppet into Reinhold
- more crab come closer
- Diana
- finishes a crab with her mace
- spiritual weapons another crab
- Reya
- moves to a crab
- smacks it silly killing it
- Barbed devil
- pissed about his crabs being killed
- runs to the fray
- misses Reya with his hurl flame
- crab claws Reya
- hell hound
- runs to the puppet
- bites into it critically
- Reinhold
- turns to Vivian to ask for the same apron
- tells Vivian he wants an apron like this too
- rages turning his glaive into fire
- cooks two of the crabs
- merrengon shoots a crossbow at Reinhold
- hell hound bites Reinhold
- Le'garde
- wither and blooms crabs and Reya healing her
- skitters on the wall some more
- Vivian
- moves near Reya and three crabs
- thunderwaves the crabs killing one and pushing another
- inspires Diana
- puppet reinhold slams its spatula on a hell hound
- zoomies back
- crabs misses Reya
- Diana
- misses a crab with the spiritual weapon
- tries to get away from the crabs but gets grabbed
- maces down the one grappling her
- moves all the way to the barbed devil
- Reya
- kills the two crabs near her
- moves to the barbed devil
- barbed devil
- completely misses Diana with both claws and its tail
- Diana's shield starts screaming at it
Jailor ! let me free !
- it becomes frightened
- starts fleeing
- Diana warcasters toll the dead
- Reya hits it with her sword
- hell hound bites the puppet
- Reinhold retaliates hard on that hellhound
- white abishai attacks Reinhold
- merrengon attacks reinhold
- hell hound breaths fire on Reya and Diana
- hell hound bites Reinhol
- Le'garde
- casts wither and bloom around reinhold and the enemies surrounding it
- Reinhold heals for 17
- Vivian
- finishes a hell hound near Reinhold
- inspires Le'garde
- climbs 10ft on the wall near Le'garde
- Diana
- spiritual weapon misses the hell hound in front of her
- crit misses inflict wounds on the hell hound
- Le'garde portents it to hit
- consumes the inspiration for more damage
- Reya
- moves to the barbed devil
- unleashes into it
- barbed devil
- is no longer frightened
- barely hits Reya
- tries to move away from Reya
- Reya misses the opportunity attack
- Reinhold kills another hell hound
- white abishai
- reckless attacks Reinhold
- tries to move away
- Reinhold strikes it
- it saves the strike of the giant
- goes to Le'garde
- merrengon fails to grapple Reinhold
- hell hound bites Reinhold
- hell hound crits Diana
- Le'garde and Vivian tag teams the white abishai
- Vivian dissonent whispers it away
- portent the save to 1
- Le'garde vampiric touches it
- Vivian rapiers it
- Diana
- spiritual weapon hits the hell hound
- misses the hell hound with inflict wounds
- Reya
- chases the barbed devil
- slashes a it with her swords
- barbed devil
- misses Reya again
- tries to flee
- Reya misses the opportunity attack
- Reinhold
- smacks the merrengon
- strikes of the giant locks it in place
- white abishai continue fleeing
- merrrengon
- hits Reinhold
- can't move
- hell hound bites reinhold
- hellhound misses Diana
- Le'garde
- asks Vivian if he has Reinhold
- flanks towards the hell hound near Reinhold
- dodges the merrengon opportunity attack
- misses teh hellhound
- Vivian
- moves to Reinhold
- cure wounds Reinhold zoomies up on the pillar
- Diana
- spiritual weapon misses hell hound
- hell hound saves toll the dead
- Reya
- runs after the barbed devil
- attacks the barbed devil
- barbed devil
- flees away from Reya
- Reya hits the opportunity attack
- throws flames at Reya and Diana missing both
- Reinhold
- reckless attacks
- kills the merrengon
- takes a step forward
- checks his glaive at the barbed devil
- hell hound misses Le'garde
- hell hound misses Diana
- Le'garde empower bites hell hound
- Vivian
- skitters along the wall
- starry wisps the barbed devil
- climbs on Reinhold
- Diana
- spiritual weapon misses
- barbed devil saved toll the dead
- Reya finishes the barbed devil
- Reinhold whacks the hell hound near him
- hell hound bites Le'garde who shields
- hell hound misses Diana
- Le'garde
- moves away from the hell hound
- moves towards Diana's hell hound
- botes it
- Vivian misses a starry wisp on the hell hbound from Reinhold's shoulder
- Diana
- spiritual weapon misses
- toll the dead finishes the hell hound
- Reya
- moves to the last hell hound
- finishes it off
- Reinhold shows that he can chuck his elemental glaive
- Vivian gives Reinhold 2 healing potion
- Vivian harvests the hell crabs
- about 28 uncooked legs
- the two Reinhold killed with fire damage are not cooked enough
- Le'garde harvests the hell hounds
- a poorly skinned hell hound hide
- Diana and Reya move the barricade to let people in
- the abishai can be seen perched very far away now
- the high hall is secured for the moment
- the hell rider that let us in
- barricaded the path down
- there was a druid down there
- might need to get him back
- was a survivor, name unknown
- hell rider asks to call everyone back now that it is safe
- Reinhold
- uses his dad voice (thaumaturgy)
- gives the dad order for everyone to come out now that it is safe
- someone comes out after a couple minutes
- Vivian does prestidigitation fireworks of victory as Reinhold poses for the success
- elderly wood elf
- the druid
- beckons everyone to follow him
- party and civilian moves after the druid
session 19 (09/09/2024)
- high hall cathedral
- Diana heals herself and Reinhold a bit
- party follows the druid
- downstairs
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- used to be the rectory
- winding stairs
- in poor shape
- smeared in ash and blood
- 15 or 20 ft underground
- makeshift beds
- 30 to 40 people here
- the druid presents the situation
- name is Seltern Obranch
- a lot of people fled here
- they sustain of the magic of the druid
- Vivian produces the hellcrab legs and offers to cook them
- Diana tries to look for veterans or soldiers
- there is one young guard
- shellshocked slumped accross the wall
- name is Trevick Thantorme
- Reya recognise him too
- Diana and Reya approach
- he is startled by them
- he is having a panic attack at the moment
everything is gonna be ok... everything is gonna be ok... everything is gonna be ok...
- Diana reaches for his hand
- trying to calm him
- not working
- Diana drapes him in a blanket
- there is one young guard
- Le'garde asks about Master Gideon's or the Grand duke's whereabouts
- the druid doesn't know
- some survivors crossed path with a priest working at the temple
- in the crypt further bellow
- name was Pherria Jynks
- directed them to come here
- she was looking for information on what happened here
- might have over heard that the grand duke's entourage was near Pherria
- not sure about it though
- talks about that with the party
- Diana suspects that some bodies might have come back to life
- there might be corpse eating devils
- Vivian prepares the meal
- Reinhold assist by grilling and cracking the crab
- Vivian does a show out of the cooking
- seems like it is effective as the mood in here starts to lighten
- 3 bottles of fine wine are also opened
- Lulu seems like she is getting bigger
- good actions seemed to affect here
- started to glow a bit
- party takes a short rest
- party descends into the crypt further down
- Le'garde passed too close to the defaced altar
- he looks like he is starting to decay
- moving away it reverses
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- crypt
- sarcophagi are open and empty
- Smallfield doesn't feel any invisible things
- first room
- big
- rests of shattered supplies
- 2 fonts
- looks like water fonts
- there are celestial writings
- used in the ceremony of creation for holy water
- enough for 50 vials of holy water
- small button under the lip of the font
- Vivian presses it
- the floor slides and the content of the font flows into a gaping hole
- th river styx flows under that hole all the way down
- more than 500ft down
- going north-west
- hall of scholars
- a large conference room
- passing tombs
- Vivien sees something thanks to Lulu's light
- tomb is opened
- bones are intact
- bag with 9 red amethysts
- potion of greater healing
- hall of scholars
- end of the corridor
- noises coming from the south
- woman
- bad shape
- holding a book
- ceremonial mace
- standing between the party and maybe 100 survivors
- Vivian fails to calm her
- Diana manages to calm her
- party starts escorting the survivors back
- Reinhold and Diana at the front
- Vivian in the middle
- Le'garde at the back
- starting to feel an intense blood lust (nat 1 save)
- fails to select the good target (nat 1 stealth)
- knocks a brazier
- every survivor in the back sees a blood crazed Le'garde
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fighting script
- Le'garde
- a man interposes from the frail woman
- Le'garde bits him empowered
- Vivian
- moves nearly to to the scene
- warns Diana and Reinhold that there is a problem
- Diana
- bamfs out the wing
- flies towards the back
- Le'garde
- bites the man again killing it
- skitters up the wall
- guards notice him
- guard
- throws a spear at Le'garde
- Le'garde shields
- Reinhold
- sees the crowd panicking
- with dad voice calms the crowd
- starts moving towards the back
- Vivian
- lunges and grapples Le'garde
- starts berating at Le'garde
- Le'garde is still in his blood lust
- Diana moves further to the back
- both guards miss Le'garde
- Le'garde
- frees himself from Vivian
- runs away into Diana
- Vivian hits the opportunity attack
- misty steps further in the corridor towards Reinhold
- Reinhold
- moves to Le'garde
- rages
- grabs Le'garde
- impales him with his glaive
- Vivian
- moves towards Le'garde
- misses a starry wisp thanks to the shield
- inspires Diana full of anger
do what needs to be done
- Diana
- flies to flank Le'garde
- inflict wounds down Le'garde
- Le'garde doesn't roll a 20 save
- Reinhold
- finishes off the downed Le'garde
- shouts that the coast is clear and the danger was dealt with
- Le'garde
session 20 (21/10/2024)
- crypt
- Le'garde aftermath
- there is panic at the end of the civilian group
- Vivian goes there to calm them down
- a civilian asks why he should be trusted as he brought Le'garde down here
- Vivian apologizes for it
- Diana goes to the front
- Reinhold stays in the middle
- Reinhold wraps the body of Le'garde in a spare cape
- Diana hands the bag of holding to Reinhold
- Reinhold stores Le'garde in the bag
- there is panic at the end of the civilian group
- party starts to move people back
- a scream can be heard
-
fighting script
- Vivian
- dashes back
- there are 3 mummies here
- Vivian starry wisps a mummy
- screams back to tell the party
- Reinhold dashes in the room
- first mummy
- walks towards Vivian
- glares at Vivian who is now paralized
- second mummy
- walks in the room
- glares at Reinhold who saves
- Diana dashes through the corridor
- third mummy
- walks to Reinhold
- kills a commoner
- commoners start to flee the room
- Vivian is paralized
- Reinhold
- rages with fiery damage
- kills the second mummy
- moves between the other ones
- first mummy
- hits Reinhold
- Reinhold saves
- saves the fury of the frost giant
- second mummy misses Reinhold
- Diana dashes in the room
- Vivian
- sprays of card first mummy
- moves back
- inspires Diana
- Reinhold kills first mummy
- third mummy
- hits Reinhold
- Reinhold saves
- saves the fury of the frost giant
- Diana maces the third mummy
- Vivian
- moves around the room
- starry wisps the third mummy
- inspires Reinhold
- Reinhold
- burns to a crisp the last mummy
- Vivian
- Reinhold slowly starts to calm down
- takes Vivian on his shoulders
- both reassure each other
- party escort people back up
- Le'garde aftermath
- cathedral
- people up here are surprised with the influx of survivors
- it is a drain on ressources but they welcome them
- party stays here to recuperate for a long rest
- Diana and Vivian asks around for information about Duke Ravengarde
- he was looking for a way to the grand cemetery
- where Gideon Lightward might be holding with some survivors
- Diana sends a message to duke Ravengarde
- asks him to hunker down in the catacomb and wait for backup
- Ravengarde is at the cemetery, get here as fast as possible, demons and undead
- Reinhold stays near Vivian during the rest as comfort
- next day
- party decides to go see Ravengarde through the catacombes
- Diana asks Reinhold for the bag of holding
- Reinhold hands the bag and distracts Vivian from what Diana is doing
- Diana dumps Le'garde into the hole to the river Styx
- Vivian asks if we should dump the skeletons
- it is done
- party moves through the catacombs with little issue
- bodies are strung across fences
- they are corrupted companions
- path to the cemetery has been cleared
- like a sickening red bloody carpet
- Vivian doesn't seem to care
- nope, uppies it is, don't sully the feet of the boi
- party hears a heated argument inside
- Diana asks Reinhold for the bag of holding
- graveyard
- Giedeon is talking to someone
- Tiefling
- pale
- armor
- bone and steel sword
- long dark hair
- tiefling looks pissed
you have to the count of 5 to explain to me
- he seems angry
- he accuses gideon that he is lying and that he brought the sundering
- gideon was apparently with Zariel ?
- party is running in at that point
- Diana asks what is going on
- the tiefling lashes out
- civilians should be staying out of it
- Gideon accuses the tiefling of being a fiend
- the tiefling says he has a name
- Lemartes Eidolon, 3rd Captain of The Palantine host
- Eidolon accuse Gideon of being a fiend
- Diana uses divine sense to know more
- Gideon has an undead smell
- Eidolon has a slight feindish smell
- Gideon sense it
- mutters in abyssal
- a giant skeleton and minotaur bones rise
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fighting script
- Eidolon
- goes to Gideon
- smites Gideon who takes additional damage
- casts shield of faith
- first minotaur skeleton dashes to Vivian and Reinhold
- Diana
- runs to Gideon
- casts spirit guardians excluding the party and Eidolon
- second minotaur skeleton
- enters the spirit guardian and fails
- runs to Diana and gores her
- Diana succeeds the saves
- third minotaur skeleton
- dashes to Vivian
- gores Vivian
- Vivian is thrown away
- fourth minotaur
- runs to Reinhold
- misses the gore attack
- Vivian
- stands up
- goes to Reinhold
- enlarges and inspires Reinhold
- Gideon
- saves spirit guardian
- the radiant damage prevents his regeneration
- uses withering gaze on Eidolon
- Reinhold
- rages and goes now Huge
- smacks twice with one crit at the third minotaur
- giant skeleton attacks Diana and Eidolon
- fifth minotaur
- runs at Reinhold
- gores Reinhold who doesn't move
- Eidolon
- uses his conquering presence
- frightening most minotaurs
- first minotaur misses Reinhold
- Diana
- spiritual weapons Gideon
- smacks Gideon with the candle mace
- second minotaur
- fails the spirit guardians save
- misses Diana
- moves away from Diana who maces it
- third minotaur
- moves away from Reinhold who attacks him
- Reinhold gets an opportunity attack
- is frightened so can't charge
- fourth minotaur gets back and charges at Reinhold
- Vivian
- climbs on Reinhold
- whisps Gideon
- inspires Eidolon
- Gideon
- takes spirit guardians damage
- disengages out of the spirit guardians
- Reinhold reckless attacks the fourth minotaur
- giant skeleton attacks Diana
- fifth minotaur
- runs to Eidolon
- gore misses Eidolon
- Eidolon
- moves to Gideon
- smites Gideon and kills him
- all the skeletons fall to the ground
- Eidolon
- Diana its on the ground battered
- Eidolon uses lay on hands to heal her
- Diana asks what happened to Gideon
- a display of the power of Zariel
- Eidolon asks why the party is here
- searching for duke Ravengarde of Baldur's Gate
- Eidolon is surprised that Baldur's Gate is still around
- evades the questions the surprise
- no more threats can be sensed at the moment
- Diana casts sending to Ravengarde
- party is here, Gideon is dead, where to meet him ?
- no response
- Diana looks through Gideon's belongings
- a twisted holy symbol of Zariel
- personal journal
- Eidolon looks at the chapel
- he recognises some of the names written on the statues
- name of heroes
- Agnithar
- Bertra Zomes
- Yevina Druen
- Xivik Looren
- Whrenk the Bloody
- he recognises some of the names written on the statues
- Vivian
- takes the body of Gideon and burns it
- while passing near Reinhold is muttering about cursing the soul of Gideon
- Diana mentions the failed sending
- not good
- this is one of the main defensible areas
- hopefully he could be here in one of the other chapels
- Diana sees some flyer activity in the distance
- Vivian asks Eidolon if he joins the rest of the party and he agrees
- Diana mentions the flyers
- might be a clue for where to go
- party goes towards it
- Diana casts sending to Ravengarde
- Giedeon is talking to someone
session 21 (18/11/2024)
- to the chapel of mourning
- undead shambling around
- pack of skeleton
- with tools in hand digging a grave
- working as asked by whatever animated them
- chapel of mourning
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- there are corpses of hellriders
- also flaming fists
- but not Ravengarde
- some corpses looks as if raised
- place sustained heavy damage
- no immediate threats
- Diana enters the chapel
- Eidolon kneels near a helldivers
- mourns them
- no hellrider should fight after their death
- Vivian joins Eidolon in it
- Eidolon seeks revenge for this
- Vivian agrees
- party follows Diana
- Reinhold has a vision
- Reinhold mimics the procession
- Vivian follows Reinhold
- Reinhold follows the procession path
- Reinhold after listening silently to a sermon to the south goes to the altar
- Reinhold places his has on the altar
- the broken shards of glass glow
- Lathander gives a last blessing to Reinhold
- glaive becomes a +2 now
- Reinhold mimics the procession
- Diana checks for undead inside
- nothing of note
- Vivian finds 3 scrolls
- mass healing word
- tongues
- remove curse
- Diana sees traces of people going down
- party descends in the underground
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- chapel underground
- first room
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- looks like a wreck here
- large mess of preserving chemical
- smells like sulphur
- the track continues forward
- marks of someone limping can be seen
- others walking fine
- door in front open
- Eidolon divine sense no one here
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- party stands in the intersection
- right side jars
- left side bones
- a bit too long
- a pulse of necrotic energy hits the party
- from corrupted holy symbols
- Diana uses faerie fire
- no creature can be detected
- the symbols don't stop glowing
- party goes on the right side first
- it is the vault of honor
- 5 statues are here
- 4 of them are destroyed
- last one is still here
- Lanish
- one of Torm's champion
- wielder of the helm of Torm
- party advances to take a closer look
- specters come out of the broken statues
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fighting script
- first specter
- goes to Reinhold
- misses the life drain
- second specter
- goes to Vivian
- hits life drain
- Vivian resists the max hp drain
- Diana
- moves in the center
- uses channel divinity to turn the specters
- healing word Vivian
- third specter
- goes to Diana
- misses the life drain
- Reinhold
- rage
- fire glaive
- hits twice for half damage
- Eidolon
- moves near Reinhold
- attacks twice a specter
- Vivian finishes a specter
- rest of the turned specters flee
- first specter
- the last intact statue is missing its helmet relic
- left path now
- big room
- Eidolon uses divine sense
- fiend and undead towards the north west
- party advances
- Diana divine sense
- the undead is very close
- Vivian summons his puppet
- a dark copy of himself
- Diana gets spooked by it and misses it with her mace
- it alerts the monsters in the meditation room
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fighting script
- Diana
- move to the entrance
- blocks it with a moonbeam
- Wraith
- goes through the wall
- misses Diana
- Eidolon
- flanks the wraith
- casts branding smite
- attacks the Wraith
- first ghast
- goes through the moonbeam
- misses Diana
- second ghast
- stands in the moonbeam
- misses Diana
- Vivian
- inspires Reinhold
- moves the puppet
- puppet slams the first ghast
- starry whisp the first ghast
- Reinhold
- moves to the entrance
- reckless attack the wraith
- double ones on an attack ffs
- Diana
- moves away from the ghast who misses
- toll the dead on the wraith who is immune
- wraith
- saves the moonbeam
- hits Diana
- Diana resists the max hp drain
- Eidolon slashes at the wraith
- second ghast
- fails the moonbeam
- slashes at the puppet
- Vivian
- puppet slams the second ghast killing it
- starry wisp the wraith
- Reinhold crit finishes the wraith
- Diana
- Vivian jumpscares Eidolon from behind
- Vivian explains it is an ability of his
- after a moment Eidolon calls it cute
- Reinhold agrees
- meditation room
- Diana inspects the dias
- a broken part of it is on the ground
- Diana mends
- Vivian sits at the table with his dark puppet
- wonders if the puppet eats
- Vivian is down to try
- Reinhold hands a chocolate bar to both
- shouts in abyssal and celestial can be heard further in
- party rushes in after Diana
- Diana inspects the dias
- pool room
- cadavers of flaming fist and hellriders are here
- pool of black ichor
- Ulder Ravengarde is standing in the middle of the pool
- clutching a helmet in his hands
- having a dialog with 2 voices in celestial and abyssal
- fighting for his control
- Diana asks Reinhold and Eidolon to grab Ravengarde
- Reinhold moves for a grab
- 4 minotaurs appears from the ichor pool in all the corners
-
fighting script
- Eidolon
- casts spiritual weapon
- attacks the bottom left minotaur
- Vivian
- casts fear on the bottom 2 minotaurs
- inspires Diana
- puppet slams the bottom left minotaur
- bottom left minotaur
- is feared
- reckless attacks the puppet
- Diana
- casts wall of fire on the top minotaurs
- doesn't manage to grab Ravengarde
- top right minotaur
- moves out of the wall of fire
- misses a gore on Reinhold
- top left minotaurmoves out of the wall of fire
- Reinhold
- moves Ravengarde behind him
- drags the top left minotaur back in the wall of fire
- rages and taks it place preventing him from moving away
- bottom right minotaur crits Reinhold
- Eidolon
- spiritual weapon misses
- hits bottom left minotaur
- Vivian
- puppet hits bottom left minotaur
- starry wisp bottom left minotaur
- Diana
- moves to the right
- fails to shove top right minotaur in the fire
- Ulder is still in pain
- top left minotaur hits Vivian
- top right minotaur misses Vivian
- Reinhold
- grabs both top minotaurs
- drags them both in the fire wall
- bottom right minotaur misses Diana
- Eidolon attacks bottom left minotaur
- Vivian
- finishes bottom left minotaur
- asks to help Ravengard
- Diana
- goes to help Ravengarde
- the celestial voice asks to help
- Eidolon
- first room
session 22 (16/12/2024)
- chapel underground
- Ulder is not moving after the attempt to remove the helmet
- Eidolon and Vivian fails to know more about the helm of Torm
- Diana
- 2 entoties are trying to get control of Ulder's mind
- the further Ulder gets from the portal the more in pain he is
- although the abyssal voice gets fainter
- not just a simple curse
- Feria in the temple might have a way to help
- Diana asks Reinhold to help moving Ulder
- Reinhold hands Diana the glaive
- Reinhold potato sacks Ulder outside
- outside
- Eidolon uses find steed to summon a warhorse
- Ulder is placed on the horse and is completely limp
- party rushes back to the crack of the catacombs
- vrocs flying overhead
- carrying big bodies
- one slips from their grasps and falls on Diana bludgeoning her
- it was a merchant's corpse with a backpack
- Reinhold grabs the bag
- doll making kit
- small clothes
- seemed to be a toy merchant's pack
- there are a lot of stray bodies on the floor
- people that fled out after the Le'Garde incident
- burnt and with slash marks
- vrocs flying overhead
- party arrives at the cracks
- the steed is let go as it doesn't fit
- Reinhold and Diana carry the body of Ulder
- party is exhausted
- party makes it to the high hall
- high hall
- only 30 people are in here
- the bodies in the street were indeed part of the people down there
- Ulder is taken care of
- Selturn calls the party on the side
- thanks the party for saving Ulder
- the party can't stay with the survivors because of what happened with Le'garde
- Feria is tending to Ulder
- waves at the party she'll b wioth them in a moment
- focuses on Ulder first
- figures the issue after a moment
- Feria joins the party an escort them upstairs
- upstairs
- Feria asks where Ulder was ound and in what state
- Vivian explains where he was found
- Diana explains that the helm of Torm was corrupted
- Baphomet was speaking through the helm to Ulder
- it is beyond Feria's individual power
- the helmet needs to be cleansed
- an altar in the temple was corrupted
- it needs to be cleansed
- there are fonts of holy water downstairs if needed
- Vivian hides behind Reinhold as he had flushed one of them
- party has 4 vials of holy water
- requires another artifact of Torm to anchor the ritual
- someone is also needed for the ritual
- it would weaken the presence in the helmet enough for Ulder to regain consciousness
- Baphomet would retaliate during the ritual
- Ulder has at most a day until his minds completely collapses under the pressure of a god and a demon lord fighting for it
- party goes to the library
- to find clues about artifacts
- to rest there
- Vivian and Reinhold campfire talk
- Reinhold pulls Vivian to a side
- Reinhold thanks Vivian for the portrait of Eluun he made
- it allowed Reinhold to recognise her in the vision he had in the temple
- it gave Reinhold hope about regaining his memories and seeing her again
- Vivian is someone that helps a lot people around him
- if Vivian ever has doubts, needs to talk or a shoulder to lean on, Reinhold is here for him
- the place here was rough but Vivian held high and should be proud about it
- Vivian thanks him about it
- makes him feel like the party is a family
- like the one he had in the caravan
- Reinhold mentions he still wants his apron
- Vivian starts sketching it
- Reinhold also shows the doll maker backpack to Vivian
- Vivian looks excited about it
- Reinhold mentions maybe he could do a doll for Sophia
- Eidolon flips through his book
- he swears
- it is a dated book about the hellriders that swore the oath
- he has been down here for like 139 years
- Diana casts tiny hut
- Vivian peruses the books for clues on artifacts
- greatsword for the unknown fallen hero
- hellrider who took up his sword in defense of Elthurel
- held the line on the later named Torm's bridge
- artist book
- a paintbrush is dancing on the pages
- Vivian grabs and pulls it out of the book (new shiny !)
- more pages fill
- Diana stares holes in Eidolon's skull
- Eidolon is part of the forst ride in
- Diana asks who he worships
- technically Torm
- Eidolon had to learn who to stick by down here to survive
- Eidolon still swore an oath to the city
- Eidolon is not under Zariel
- Zariel broke her promise to Eidolon about not harming the city
- the promise was made when she was the general
- she is now the archduchess
- maybe did not felt it held anymore
- party takes a long rest
- only 30 people are in here
session 23 (20/01/2025)
- party discover further down a temple
- statue with a man with a sword
- there is a 15ft long carcophagus
- could be used for the ritual
- too big to transport
- Diana divine senses the room
- still a holy site
- a bit damaged with the sundering
- party goes back to inform Pherria
- high hall
- Pherria is waiting for them
- Ulder's body and soul are in a battle between Torm and Baphomet
- the ritual must be maintain through concentration
- if broken it must be start again
- it might take longer depending on the resistance and the hold of Baphomet
- no longer than 10 minutes
- Diana has an idea to protect physically
- Eidolon lends his steed to Diana for her to go ahead first
- rest of the party starts bringing Ulder towards the ritual site
- ritual site
- Diana starts preparing a magic circle
- rest of the party arrive while Diana is nearly done
- Lulu offers to help Pherria inside the circle
- Vivian summon his puppet
- shadow Vivian form
- eyes are more orange than red this time
- Vivian hands Pherria 3 bottles of holy water
- Reinhold drinks a potion of fire breath
- Pherria casts sactuary on herself
- Vivian casts heroism on Ulder
- the ritual begins
- Vivian helps Pherria
- Pherria starts well the ritual
- a psychic scream pulses out of the helm
- party manages to hold it back
- 1 success
- Vivian inspires and helps Pherria
- Eidolon blesses Vivian, Reinhold and Eidolon
- large section on the ceiling falls
- Pherria continues the ritual
- splashing holy water on Ulder
- Ulder is calming
- 2 successes
- a portal opens up in the room
-
fighting script
- a hezrou comes out of it
- barrels to the party
- misses Reinhold and Diana
- hits Eidolon
- Eidolon
- saves the stench
- hits the first hezrou
- a second hezrou comes out of a portal
- runs to the party
- takes out Shadow Vivian
- Reinhold
- saves the stench
- rages
- smacks the second hezrou
- Vivian
- reanimates the puppet with a 3rd level spell
- inspires Diana
- Shadow Vivian hits the second hezrou
- Diana
- saves the stench
- casts spirit guardian
- flames sprout from the ground burning the frist hezrou
- Pherria
- maintains the ritual
- Ulder's body lift ofthe ground
- a blast of radiant energy comes out of him
- burning the hezrous
- portals take a hit
- first hezrou
- saves the spirit guardian
- claws and bites Reinhold
- Eidolon smites the first hezrou
- second hezrou
- saves the spirit guardian
- claws and bits Reinhold
- Reinhold
- smacks the second hezrou
- fire breath on the second hezrou
- Vivian
- helps Pherria
- inspires Shadow Vivian
- Shadow Vivian punches the second hezrou down
- Diana
- casts spiritual weapon
- hits the first hezrou with the spiritual weapon and the candle mace
- the floor rumbles
- Diana, Eildolon and the first hezrou become prone
- shadows crawl out of the portals
- first shadow dodges around the spirit guardian
- Pherria
- first shadow avoids a sacred flame
- maintains the ritual
- first hezrou
- fails the spirit guardian
- stands up
- attacks Diana and Eidolon
- Eidolon
- stands up
- attacks the first hezrou
- second shadow
- moves to Reinhold
- gets obliterated by spirit guardians
- Reinhold
- finishes the first hezrou
- smacks the portal close
- Vivian
- starry wisps the first shadow
- inspires Reinhold
- Shadow Vivian poofs the third shadow
- Diana
- sprouts out her wings standing up
- flies to the second portal
- spiritual weapon moves
- fourth shadow gets obliterated by spirit guardian
- portal gets disrupted by the spirit guardian
- closing
- big psychic blast resonates in the room
- a shadow demon commander comes out of the center of the room
- pissed at the party for making it difficult
- has an ornate armor
- moves to Diana
- fails the spirit guardian
- his armor absorbs energy
- his armor pulses knocking Diana against the wall prone
- Diana blocks the claws
- Pherria barely maintains the concentration
- Eidolon
- moves to the shadow demon commander
- guided strikes and smites the commander
- the armor pulses again
- slamming Diana and Shadow Vivian
- Diana is unconscious
- second attack hits
- shadow demon commander legendary action misses Eidolon
- Reinhold
- moves to the shadow demon commander
- glaives onces
- the shadow demon commander sprouts a mirror image
- glaive hits a mirror image
- Vivian
- uses the scroll of mass healing word everyone
- helps Pheria
- Diana
- is conscious
- moves away from the shadow demon commander
- healing word herself
- shadow demon commander
- casts darkness on himself
- moves
- Pherria prays and maintains concentration
- Lulu
- joins the frey
- flies to Diana
- casts cure wounds on Diana
- Eidolon tries to move out and gets taken down
- Reinhold
- fails to grab Eidolon
- moves out of the darkness
- Vivian
- moves to the darkness
- casts fear in the darkness
- zooms back in the circle
- Diana
- dashes to the circle
- drops the candle mace
- grabs her glowing holy symbol
- mutters "mother moon forgive me for this"
- screams Gargoth and slams the shield on the ground
- Diana's features darken
- a pit fiend crawls out of the shield
- a hezrou comes out of it
session 24 (03-02-2025)
- ritual ground
-
fighting script
- Diana
- had summoned Gargoth out of the shield
- healing word herself
- Ulder
- has shadows creeping
- Pherria manages to push it back back thabks to Vivian's inspiration
- the shadow demon commander loses concentration
- the shadow demon commander
- is unseen after the darkness
- pops out near Gargoth
- misses Gargoth completely
- Pheria casts bless on herself, Diana and Vivian
- Gargoth
- grants everyone the blessing of the shield (+2 ac, attacks and saving throws)
- unleashes on the shadow commander nearly killing it
- Eidolon is on the ground
- Reinhold
- moves to flank the shadow commander
- drops the elemental infusion
- cleaves in half the shadow commander
- Vivian
- goes to Eidolon
- stabilizes Eidolon
- drags Eidolon back
- puppet guards Vivian
- Diana
- moves the spiritual weapon to Eidolon
- asks Gargoth if more are coming
- answer is yes bellow and above
- Pheria
- steels herself
- helps Ulder on his next saving throw
- Ulder fails the save against the mental barrage
- Gargoth investigates the room interior
- Reinhold
- moves near the center hole
- holds his attacks
- rage drops
- Vivian
- drags Eidolon back in the magic circle
- casts mass healing word bringing Eidolon back up
- helps Pheria
- Diana
- steps back in the magic circle
- healing hands on Eidolon
- Pherria
- asks for everyone's help
- she has a last ditch effort or the ritual will fail
- everyone pitches in
- Pherria succeeds
- Ulder is cleansed
- all fiends close by are banished
- Gargoth is sent back to Avernus
- Diana
- Ulder starts waking up
- party goes back to the temple upstairs
-
fighting script
- temple
- some of Torm's energy is still lingering protecting the place
- Ulder is quite and withdrawn
- party takes a long rest
- Diana
- cuts the hair affected by the unholy
- Reinhold looks over her concerned
- Reinhold tells her that if she ever needs to he is here to talk
- Diana asks him to help finishing to cut her hair
- Eidolon
- asks where the pit fiend came out of
- Vivian answers that Diana called it out of her shield
- small talk happens
- Pherria
- goes to Diana
- asks to see the shield
- making sure there is no lingering presence in it
- Diana hands out the shield
- Eidolon
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- Diana
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- Diana