# Chapter 2 # 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 - travel to Traxigor - the party rides griffons there - up to a floating tower - group lands inside - Traxigor's tower - *desc* - 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*** - sundered Elturel - *desc* - 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 - *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 - 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 # 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 # 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 - *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 - 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 - *desc* - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - *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 # 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 - 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 - Reinhold slowly starts to calm down - takes Vivian on his shoulders - both reassure each other - party escort people back up - 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 - 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 - *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 - 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 - 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 # 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 - *desc* - 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 - 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 - chapel underground - first room - *desc* - 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 - 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 - *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 - 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 - *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 - 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 - 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 # 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 - 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 # 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 # 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 - Ulder starts waking up - party goes back to the temple upstairs - 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 - ***REDACTED*** - Diana - ***REDACTED****