Chapter 4: The Revenant Hunt session 20 (15-02-2025) date is 25th Uktar 1519DR party finishes to buy stuff for the expedition diamonds potions dynamite holy water 300 sheet of paper basic shit second revivify diamond on the road a bit rainy cart leaves tracks in the mud air is chilly Nybarg drives the carriage city watch is coordinating refugee camps around Waterdeep Vincent sends a message to the other 2 groups telling the party is departing for Amphel 2 ACKs all 3 parties will keep in touch on their progress scattered wreckage of carts Nybarg stops the cart blood dead animals large cleaves on them area around the wound is decaying faster maybe 2 weeks old looking it was run off the road no sign of a chase only tracks of this cart and animals it was travelling too fast for the cart weird as all signs point to a chase broken carts large pools of blood where people would have been sitting no bodies left they were most likely impaled Calcine goes to the pool of blood places his hand in it casts crimson bond there is a tug in the direction of Amphel party is in the correct direction Vincent is writing about that event in his papers Nybarg can't manage to get the horse moving Vincent convinces them to get moving after promising more carrots the road continues no incidents road is a bit narrower the crimson bond is stronger now might be before Amphel itself Vincent and Nybarg peptalk trying to understand what happens with the strong reaction of Jezz about the book night is falling thick fog damp party pushes for the last 2hs Nybarg scouts ahead for a camp site hears weird howling out in the forest has a bit of a reverb canine adjacent finds a easy off the path camp site 5mins off the road old abandoned farm long past decay still ample enough shelter goes back to guide the party there camp a fire is lit fog is thicker here off the road the howlings can still be heard sound like moving in packs multiple of them hard to tell numbers not in the immediate area they feel like shadowplane noises Vincent and Jezz banter Calcine is a person heater some people gets the in the offered blanket hoping people don't dislike trekking as she plans on getting the party to trek for fun at some point Jezz doesn't dislike it Jezz first watch moves up in a tree hides in it howlings get a bit closer north east west fog is getting disturbed half skin and half muscle dog appears around in the fog blinking to where it wants to go after a moment it stops having sniffed something Jezz shines a mirror on Nybarg waking him up Nybarg joins Jezz in the tree Nybarg sees a few more of these dogs they are joining with the first one even more are joining Nybarg wakes up the rest of the party the hounds close in on the party fighting script first harrow hound comes out of the bush shadow steps to Vincent bites Vincent Vincent resists getting knocked prone second harrow hound shadow steps to Calcine bites and prones Calcine third harrow hound runs towards the party Nybarg crits down the second harrow hound climbs up a tree hides Jezz jumps down on the third harrow hound handaxe and dagger miss crit punches it fourth harrow hound shadow steps to Royston bites Royston fifth harrow hound runs to Jezz sixth harrow hound shadow steps to Royston bites Royston Calcine gets up hastes Royston telekinetic shoves in the fire the first harrow hound Royston unleashes hastened punches on the fourth harrow hound seventh harrow hound runs to the party eighth harrow hound runs to the party ninth harrow hound runs to the party Vincent inspires Calcine vicious mockery the first harrow hound resistant to psychic tenth harrow hound runs to the party first harrow hound burns from the fire misses Calcine teleports behind a wall second harrow hound misses Jezz Nybarg shoots seventh harrow hound hides back Jezz handaxe, dagger and kicks second harrow hound fourth harrow hound misses Royston fifth harrow hound shadow step to Jezz bites Jezz sixth harrow hound bites Royston Calcine produce flame the first harrow hound shoves the sixth harrow hound away from Royston Royston casts darkness around Jezz and Royston haste punches the fourth harrow hound teleports into the darkness seventh harrow hound fails to see Nybarg blinks on top of the wall hops to the other side eighth harrow hound fails to see Nybarg dashes up to Calcine ninth harrow hound runs to Nybarg Vincent casts hypnotic pattern on the harrow hound around Calcine Calcine barely saves tenth harrow hound runs to Vincent first harrow hound goes to Vincent bites Vincent hypnotic pattern still is here Nybarg shoots first harrow hound hides back Jezz pulls out Ebonedge kills the fifth harrow hound action surge attacks the tenth harrow hound knocking it prone fourth harrow hound runs out of the darkness through the campfire runs to Calcine misses a bite harrow hound goes to Vincent through the fire misses a bite Calcine turn undead the harrow hounds shoves a harrow hound near Vinent Royston moves the darkness atop Calcine and the harrow hounds cleans up 3 harrow hounds Vincent is in the darkness misses a shillalagh moves out of the darkness Nybarg goes down from the wall shoots into the darkness missing Jezz moves into the darkness slashes a harrow hound down moves deeper punches a harrow hound in the darkness Calcine sear undead again Royston finishes the last 2 a hunting horn bellows not sure of its meaning very off in the distance session 21 (01/03/2025) date is 26th Uktar 1519DR morning mist is still present cold and damp party goes on the road there is still a lot of wrecks party decides to do a detour to Rassalantar, a potential hamlet to the south of the road Rassalantar desc blood and cries civilians getting abducted into cages cultists are manning the operation giant flying creatures are here party starts prepping to move in to interrupt Vincent casts fly on Jezz Calcine casts Nybarg starts moving stealthily to the side to blow up a distraction dynamite Jezz gets ready to fly in when assault starts Royston gets ready to stealth in with Nybarg fighting script Royston infiltrates and teleports to the wall Calcine casts sanctuary on herself Jezz starts flying in kicks a bucket starting to alert people dashes to the fence holds a dash if the fliers try to get away Vincent casts shillalagh on the bandore tells Calcine that he can get both inside Nybarg move to the side dissociated shadow blade ranger moves to see to the other side sees Vincent blows a silent horn all of them are alerted now Royston realizes they are aware now runs to dissociated shadow blade ranger punches them teleports out overwhelmed blightborn druid covered in runes and vines moves to the center of the camp casts corrupted growth on the entrance where Royston was Calcine casts flame blade tries to help Vincent to land the teleportation perfectly Jezz flies in dodge Vincent dimension door with Calcine inside asks the cultists to stop Nybarg runs to the wall ties a dynamite to an arrow shoots dissociated ranger who resists dissociated druid moves towards Calcine and Vincent fails to pass Calcine's sanctuary targets Vincent with infestation who saves dissociated ranger misses Nybarg moves back surprised shadowblade ranger fires a dread volley at Vincen Vincent looses concentration on fly evil ranger goes to civilians puts a knife on their throat Royston moves in uses the cube of force to protect the civilians overwhelmed druid starts holding a spell Calcine casts slow on overwhelmed druid (fail) dissociated druid (success) surprised ranger (fail) loses the flame blade Jezz casts armor of agathys moves to numb gloomstalker, one of the fliers slashes at it with Ebonegde Vincent casts hypnotic pattern on the gloomstalkers trusting gloomstalker fails Nybarg peeks out shoots overwhelmed druid looses concentration on his ability trips it prone moves behind a building and hide dissociated druid form starts shifting into a shadow lupine form attacks Calcine light helps reduce damage dissociated ranger smoke bombs Vincent moves back in a building numb gloomstalker bites Jezz takes the armor of agathys damage surprised ranger is slowed kills a commoner in retaliation is no longer slowed eager ranger enters a house becomes invisible evil ranger doesn't realize about the wall of force fails to attack the commoner through it silly druid climbs on trusting gloomstalker doesn't realized it is hypnotized Royston moves to surprised ranger punches they resists the stunning strike punches again showed them away from the commoners overwhelmed druid prone and slowed stands up fails an infestation on Royston is still slowed Calcine burning hands dissociated druid they are vulnerable to fire Jezz places the dynamite on the chain holding numb gloomstalker to the cage kills it along with its empty cage Vincent dissonent whispers dissociated druid Calcine hits an opportunity attack unsettling word overwhelmed druid Nybarg moves to evil ranger chucks a dynamite under him it is blown away and on deaths door hide back dissociated druid casts insect plague between him and Calcine moves back dissociated ranger turns invisible surprised ranger misses Royston evil ranger is in pain on the ground trusting gloomstalker is still hypnotize silly druid shakes out trusting gloomstalker Royston punches surprised ranger into the insect plague flurry of blows them saves the sunning strike overwhelmed druid is slowed casts blight at Vincent moves back no longer slowed Calcine healing word Vincent and 2nd level produce flame dissociated druid Jezz goes to trusting gloomstalker breaks the cage door entirely commoners get out throws Ebonedge at silly druid Vincent dissonent whispers dissociated druid inspire Calcine Nybarg moves towards overwhelmed druid shanks him twice with daggers dissociated druid moves in the building turns invisible surprised ranger moves away from the bees and Royston Royston kicks him back in the bees dies trusting gloomstalker flies off silly druid tries to wrangle it Vincent silvery barbs into a nat 1 silly druid is shredded as it goes though a broken house Royston breaks the chains between some of the commoners keeps an eye out for invisibles overwhelmed druid chill touch Nybarg who uncanny dodges moves away Calcine moves towards overwhelmed druid produce flame it resists a telekinetic shove Jezz moves to another group of civilians destroys the chains holding them Vincent moves to evil ranger starts telling him his rights Nybarg misses overwhelmed druid dissociated druid moves away Royston sees him and misses him Royston runs to dissociated druid slams him overwhelmed druid runs away infestation Calcine closer to him Calcine moves to overwhelmed druid 3rd lvl flame blade it is barely standing Jezz moves to overwhelmed druid finishes it it is destroyed even trying to do non lethal Royston punches down dissociated druid session 22 (15/03/2024) date is 26th Uktar 1519DR Rassalantar Calcine gentle repose the dead commoner Vincent speak with dead the commoner how many were taken ? doesn't know, came here last night where were they taken ? to the cages where were the cages taken ? doesn't know when did they arrive ? in the morning how many cages ? doesn't know, was hidden party tends to the commoners Calcine uses sanguine recall party takes a short rest captured ranger Calcine adds the blood of the ranger to the book Nybarg places dimensional shackles on him Vincent disarms him the armor can't be removed Nybargs holds onto the bow shortbow extra 1d8 necrotic when not in magical light no attunement 5 umbral arrows Nybarg throws a bucket of water on the ranger Vincent starts interrogating banter back and forth here to bring bodies to the Revenant Revenant name is Davrok worked with him for more than 20 years when he dies he comes back to the Shadowfell offers a game, one question on each side at a time asks what the party thinks they are doing share the Shadowfell with everyone setting up an anchor to the realm name is Garrick calls the commoners are kindling for the anchor Garrick taunt Vincent for asking the wrong questions stuff started about 1492 "When rot and ruin claim flesh and stone, the first veil falls, the seed is sown." -- verse 1 they are the ones that caused the Saprophytic plague Calcine reacts to it and is the one realizing it "A spell unmade, a path laid bare, through shattered light, the darkened prayer." - 2nd verse a blue flame/shard of the weave escaping gen 1 ending goal is have only one life lived freed from the gods wants pure oblivion after death instead of judged and serving ready to end existence for it serving entropy itself for it Varus is the one that showed them that path and truth Vincent goads him into telling more verses "Where death falters and souls take flight, the third veil cracks, drowned in blight." - 3rd verse party decide to gentle repose Garrick and send the corpse to Waterdeep last words he said are "safe word is Ophelia" Calcine casts gentle repose Vincent panics at the mention of it and sends a sending to his Father Jezz removes the axe and finds a half destroyed journal mentions a shadar kai in relation with a centaur woman named Ophelia Calcine calms down Vincent, not the same Ophelia Calcine sends a sending to Rolen about the qui-pro-quo and to expect a spare the dying body Rolen answers and thanks for the care Party sends the corspes with an explanation note to Rolen with the commoners to Waterdeep date is 26th Uktar 1519DR party goes back on the road on foot arriving to the edge of Amphail fog is even thicker it is aggressive Royston and Calcine gets a point of corruption Nybarg crit fails and get 4 point of corruption session 23 (26/04/2024) Amphail outskirts desc welcome to silent hill agricultural town about the same size as Greenest wooden palisade horses not crops no horses seen in the fields Calcine uses her crimson bond link is closer pull is to the town center alive not well feeling hot no bodies can be seen signs of struggles eerily quiet unseasonably cold Nybarg sees swarms of carrions in the distance in the direction of the fumes party goes in the town Amphail Nybarg will scout ahead first Vincent buffs him with bardic inspiration and invisibility lot of tracks and drag marks in the south road a building has all the bardings stored a building have a lot of bones snapped in half bleached rended of flesh a chanting can be heard closer towards the center of the town shadows in the fog no towns folks revelry in a tavern in the middle of the town middle of the town square pile of corpses mix of equine and human in front of an effigy of stone singing is louder here no figure seen singing Nybarg recites the chanting to the party no one recognizes it here the connection with the blood cuts off the person died party goes into town town center massive figure standing in the center of town blue crackling energy emaciated giant scythe standing on a pillar above the bone pile on the pillars ghostly females angry human bodies they are throwing themselves into the pile combat script tense dryad spirit chants townsfolk bodies run in the bone pile Royston moves out of Calcines light teleports above distracted dryad spirit in the south east corner punches it twice pushes it out of the pillar Nybarg throws ball bearings climbs the tree hides more people run in the pile Vincent casts entangle on the north west corner more people run in the pile Jezz runs to the south west pillar climbs it swings and pushes back the XXX dryad spirit action surge do it again spirit was blended the masses bellow the pillar stops patient defense Davrok asks why Jezz did that Jezz ignore him psychically blasts and stuns Jezz Calcine moves forward calm emotion the north east group steps back distracted dryad spirit wails at Royston who saves more people run in the pile pile starts taking form gibbering mouther 1 moves towards Jezz tense dryad uses its wail to override the calm emotion Royston uses the cube of force encircles the central pillar shadow steps very far away Nybarg shoots distracted dryad hides calmed townsfolk ignores the run order and moves up Vincent moves forward inspires Jezz vicious mockery distracted dryad Jezz snaps out of the stun Davrok recharged the blast blasts Jezz and Vincent Jezz failed and is stunned Calcine steps forward tries to blood puppet Davrok doesn't work retaliates on Calcine REDACTED casts sanctuary on Jezz more people run into the pile the thing crawling out of the pile is almost formed Royston move up shadow steps to relieved dryad spirit punches an shoves her stuns and crits her Nybarg kills distracted dryad spirit hides people fail to climb the wall Vincent casts dissonent whispers on tense dryad spirit she is affected and flees inspires Calcine Jezz is still stunned Davrok glides to Royston swipes with his scythe thrice Calcine slows Davrok uses a legendary resistance relieved dryad spirit saves townsfolk fail the last needed group of people gets in a huge zombie t-rex gets out relieved dryad spirit is stunned tense dryad spirit continues to move away Royston shadow steps to Jezz grabs Jezz from the pillar starts running away Nybarg hold an arrow for the retreat party retreats Davrok doesn't give chase session 24 (10/05/2025) Amphail square fighting script Davrok summons a gloomstalker as a mount Nybarg fires an umbral arrow at Davrok hides Vincent moves forward unsettling words the gloomstalker irresistible dance the gloomstalker to dance moves back Jezz is still stunned Davrok orders his mount to fly down mount doesn't listen because of irresistible dance Calcine sanctuary Vincent runs to Royston hands Royston a chef snack dodge action T-Rex slams against the wall of force taking 10 dmg gloomstalker flies around in a circle saves the dance Royston eats the snack continue to push Jezz forward Nybarg shoots the gloomstalker hides Vincent universal speech to tell to retreat dashes away Jezz is no longer stunned Davrok recharges the mind twist is wrestling for control over the gloomstaker Calcine crushes the yellow diamond an earth elemental is summoned near Davrok casts sanctuary on Royston earth elemental stone throw knocks down the gloomstalker and Davrok slams the gloom stalker melds into the ground T-Rex slams into the wall of force gloomstalker teleports up 40ft leaves Davrok behind Royston moves away Nybarg moves in range shoots the gloomstalker hides behind the pillar Vincent moves away Jezz second wind moves away Davrok moves towards the fleeing party speaks some under common places his hand on the ground earth rumbles orders the T-Rex to climb over the wall Calcine moves away earth elemental erupts near Davrok grapples Davrok T-Rex slams in the pillar near him pillar nearly topples to make a bridge Royston runs away Nybarg moves closer to Davrok shoots Davrok dashes back Vincent moves away Jezz moves away Davrok misses the elemental with his scythe Calcine sees a bulette emerge panics blood puppet takes hold on the bulette earth elemental pummels Davrok drags Davrok to the bulette T-Rex fails to knock downthe pillar is still trapped in the wall of force Royston drinks a potion runs away Nybarg shoots Davrok hides in the tree Vincent stops asks Nybarg to shoot Davrok down Jezz stops pulls the dynamite sticks from the haversack starts putting them together Davrok fails to leave the grapple Calcine dodges earth elemental slams twice Davrok T-Rex slams down the pillar a massive shockwave erupts from the pillar forced into the sky by the wall of force the sky has a bright blue hue air is electrical fog was blasted away wall of force protected the party T-Rex gets hurt gets out of the wall of force arrogant bulette moves towards teh T-Rex Royston helps Jezz with the pipe bomb Nybarg shoots Davrok hides Vincent looks at the energy in the sky hard to know unknown to him magic items seem full of energy Jezz prepares the bomb ties it to her axe mad bulette is a blood puppet fails to bite Davrok fails the save Davrok mind twist elemental saves (nat 20) mad bulette is stunned misty step away Calcine dashes back to the action elemental glides to Davrok misses 2 grapples T-Rex pukes a zombie runs to Calcine arrogant bulette leaps to Nybarg Nybarg is prone on the ground Nybarg rolls away with skirmisher Royston helps Jezz with the bomb axe Nybarg stands up from prone moves forward shoots Davrok cunning action dashes even more forward ends up close to the gibbering mouther Vincent dashes back to the action casts shilelagh tense zombie shambles forward Jezz turns back lights the wick throws it lands on the T-Rex explodes also Calcine saves the puppet concentration obliterates tense zombie explodes arrogant bulette mad bulette savesthe puppet still stunned Davrok recharges mind twist stuns earth elemental, Nybarg and mad bulette moves away Calcine channel divinity sear undead on T-Rex and arrogant bulette T-Rex is on 1hp casts sanctuary wild magic surge Calcine blasts the T-Rex and arrogant bulette with necrotic damage T-rex dies sanctuary falls arrogant bulette leaps on Calcine Calcine is on the groun Royston runs to arrogant bulette punches it Nybarg is stunned Vincent runs to arrogant bulette true strike it down Jezz runs full speed after Calcine stands up barely graze Davrok Jezz runs under him throws her axe one last time Davrok escapes at 1hp