{"id":7135,"date":"2022-12-16T01:23:18","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T01:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/?page_id=7135"},"modified":"2025-02-17T07:55:39","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T07:55:39","slug":"adventure-notes-the-adventurers-66","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/adventure-notes\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers-61-70\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers-66","title":{"rendered":"Adventure Notes \u2013 The Adventurers 66"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Want to help? Consider becoming a&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/kneurth\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Patreon.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/characters\/the-adventurers-characters\/adrian-silverstrength-origin\" target=\"_blank\">Adrian Silverstrength (Human Paladin)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Buppido Diinkarazan (Rock Gnome Cleric\/Wizard)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/characters\/the-adventurers-characters\/sephrenia\" target=\"_blank\">Sephrenia&nbsp;(High Elf Cleric)<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/characters\/the-adventurers-characters\/ragnaroc-origin\" target=\"_blank\">Ragnaroc (Aasimar Warlock)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/characters\/the-adventurers-characters\/don-kannin-origin\" target=\"_blank\">Don Kannin (Half-Elf Ranger)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/characters\/the-adventurers-characters\/korra-origin\" target=\"_blank\">Korra (Air Genasi Rogue)<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Dusk (Tiefling Artificer) \u2013 NPC<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Adrian pushes the four yellow pieces together &#8211; and immediately the sounds of gears churning beneath the floor emanate throughout the entire area to an almost deafening volume; when suddenly there&#8217;s one last <em>click!<\/em> and the four pieces rise and form a large button<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Buppido presses down on the newly risen button &#8211; and the entire floor seems to suddenly plummet at incredible speeds &#8211; and it seems to do so for what <em>seems<\/em> like hours, but is undoubtedly only minutes &#8211; before it comes to a stop. A glance around &#8211; and a door suddenly opens and the stench of death emanates from the door<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Staring down the long hall, they see a portal of some kind at the end &#8211; but the entire room seems to be littered with bodies &#8211; as if hundreds of people died, trapped<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-19.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"479\" src=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-19-1024x479.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7138\" style=\"width:557px;height:260px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-19-1024x479.png 1024w, http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-19-300x140.png 300w, http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-19-768x359.png 768w, http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-19-500x234.png 500w, http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-19.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Art, as far as I can tell, is by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chrisdrysdale.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chris Drysdale<\/a> (signature letters look the same)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Korra looks around and estimates there&#8217;s about a hundred dead bodies; and there&#8217;s claw marks on the walls as if these people had died of starvation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Estimating the hall to be roughly sixty feet, all but Adrian take notice that several of the &#8220;dead&#8221; seem to have hands that are twitching ever so slightly; Sephrenia whispers to the others that the &#8220;dead&#8221; may not be so &#8220;dead&#8221; after all, but rather &#8220;undead.&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dusk, who still had the gauntlet with the dwarven hammer attached to it, muttered, &#8220;We need to go that way. That&#8217;s the way the hammer is pulling my arm.&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Buppido explains that he will <em>Ritual Cast<\/em> the spell <em>Unseen Servant<\/em> which has a range of 60&#8242; to make it walk down the hall of the undead<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Korra looks at the walls and notes that they&#8217;re made up of rows and rows of bones and skulls<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-20.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"533\" src=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-20-1024x533.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7140\" style=\"width:554px;height:288px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-20-1024x533.png 1024w, http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-20-300x156.png 300w, http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-20-768x400.png 768w, http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-20-1536x800.png 1536w, http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-20-500x260.png 500w, http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-20.png 1943w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>She then looks up and notices there is a swirling green energy where the ceiling should be<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-21.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"821\" height=\"665\" src=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-21.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7141\" style=\"width:574px;height:465px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-21.png 821w, http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-21-300x243.png 300w, http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-21-768x622.png 768w, http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-21-370x300.png 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 821px) 100vw, 821px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Buppido completes the spell and sees his <em>Unseen Servant<\/em> through the hall with the (un)dead bodies &#8211; none seem to react &#8211; and his servant reaches the portal on the far end but can&#8217;t seem to activate it<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Buppido commands it to kick one of the (un)dead, and the dead reacts by lashing out, then slowly lowering its hand<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;These undead,&#8221; Buppido explains confidentially, &#8220;are kick activated. As long as we don&#8217;t kick them we should be fine.&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Buppido considers levitating Sephrenia so she can do <em>Destroy Undead<\/em> at 30 feet and potentially destroy all of them; but then realizes if some of them are more powerful and forced to flee, they may come charging into the room everyone is standing in<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Buppido resummons his familiar &#8211; an owl (last seen all the way back in <a href=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/adventure-notes\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers-51-60\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers-56\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Session 56<\/a>, when it&#8217;d been turned to stone thanks to a basilisk)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He sends the owl across &#8211; and through the owl&#8217;s eyes &#8211; sees the portal where there are several bodies slumped over a control panel. A zombie awakens and lunges and grabs the spectral owl, and devours it<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-22.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-22.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7152\" style=\"width:549px;height:309px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-22.png 1000w, http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-22-300x169.png 300w, http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-22-768x432.png 768w, http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-22-500x282.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sephrenia tells Adrian that he should summon his steed, Ms. Claws &#8211; the raptor, and that she would ride it back to the button that Buppido had pressed to see if that does anything<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adrian summons Ms. Claws &#8211; and Sephrenia rides back &#8211; presses the buttons &#8211; hears the loud whirring sound of gears &#8211; then the sound of air &#8211; then nothing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sephrenia returns and explains that nothing happened &#8211; she steps inside the hall and finally decides to call upon her goddess &#8211; she draws her holy symbol, extends her hand and uses a <em>Channel Divinity<\/em> to <em>Destroy Undead<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>As she expected &#8211; many of the undead are destroyed &#8211; however, each body that explodes &#8211; unexpectedly &#8211; releases a green, noxious gas into the air that poisons several of the party members<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sephrenia casts <em>Protection from Poison<\/em> on Adrian, who was poisoned by the gas<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sephrenia casts another <em>Channel Divinity<\/em> to <em>Destroy Undead<\/em> &#8211; and Adrian, Ragnaroc, and Buppido follow her; while Korra and Don hang back<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>More of the undead, just as before, explode as a result &#8211; this time, Ragnaroc and Buppido are both poisoned from the noxious, green poison<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sephrenia, Adrian, Ragnaroc, and Buppido make it to the shimmering portal &#8211; and see that it has a number of intricate designs around it &#8211; after briefly studying it, Adrian realizes that the symbols are similar to the symbols that they&#8217;d seen at the control panel that originally lowered them down into these depths (back at the start of <a href=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/adventure-notes\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers-61-70\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers-63\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Session 63<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-23.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"860\" height=\"907\" src=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-23.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7153\" style=\"width:495px;height:525px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-23.png 860w, http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-23-284x300.png 284w, http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-23-768x810.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Welcome to the Star Chamber<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Buppido sends his <em>Unseen Servant<\/em> through the portal &#8211; but it never returns<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sephrenia points out that going forward is truly their only option<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Korra recommends that everyone grip her 50&#8242; rope while Adrain ties the end of the rope around his waist and proceeds to enter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adrian feels a cold sensation wrap around him as the liquid embraces him; then he sees darkness\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>As the darkness peels back &#8211; he finds himself in a massive room, surrounded by gold coins; but more importantly &#8211; about 60 feet away &#8211; a sphere with wild colors swirling inside of it. Adrian realizes, this is the sphere they&#8217;ve come to find. He tugs on the rope &#8211; but realizes the rope is now pulled tight. He gives a firm yank on the rope<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Unaware of what Adrian sees (unable to see him through the liquid portal), the party holds firm to the rope (<em>DM Note &#8211; While Adrian was on the other side, to keep up the suspence, I was privately messaging him and him me &#8211; so the party <strong>literally<\/strong> did not know what was going on)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>As the party clings to the rope &#8211; discussing if they should pull him back, go after him, or continue to hold the rope &#8211; there&#8217;s another tug on the rope (<em>Yet again, from Adrian, though the party is unaware)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This time, the party has a group failure against the attempt to stay &#8211; and all agree &#8211; that they should just go in &#8211; and one by one &#8211; leap inside the frost portal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>They crash into the room and see Adrian still tugging on the rope as each one of them lands on the cavern floor &#8211; and each of them notices, in this dark room &#8211; only illuminated by the glowing orb &#8211; that the floor feels odd<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ragnaroc is the one who calls out, &#8220;We&#8217;re sitting on a mound of gold.&#8221; And as they look around, the flickering lights of the orb, barely illuminate what looks to be sand dunes, but in truth, it&#8217;s gold coins.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Just then a massive mummy bursts from one of the mounds, booming, &#8220;Foolish mortals! You&#8217;ve freed those I have punished! And for that you must pay!&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-24.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"1000\" src=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-24.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7157\" style=\"width:488px;height:655px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-24.png 750w, http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-24-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ankarin has risen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>DM Note: Adrian recognized the mummy image being from <strong>Darkstalkers<\/strong>. As I&#8217;ve made all kinds of references to other things throughout my D&amp;D game world, I figured it&#8217;d be fun to introduce characters based on Darkstalkers as well. They&#8217;ve made 3 appearances prior to this &#8211; with Morgan in <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/adventure-notes\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers-61-70\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers-62\" target=\"_blank\">Session 62<\/a>, Lord Raptor in the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/adventure-notes\/the-discovery\/the-discovery-11-20\/adventure-notes-the-discovery-19\" target=\"_blank\">Discovery Session 19<\/a>, and Rikuo in <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/adventure-notes\/servants-of-the-wizard\/servants-of-the-wizard-11-20\/servants-of-the-wizard-15\" target=\"_blank\">Servants of the Wizard Session 15<\/a>)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Korra fires off a <em>Fire Bolt<\/em> &#8211; believing the bandages should easily catch on fire &#8211; but the fire bolt misses as his bandages unravel (<em>She simply missed, I flavored it as the bandages unraveling for the visual)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sephrenia realizes that all of her <em>Channel Divinity<\/em> had been used up fighting the zombies in the previous hall; she decides to rely on using <em>Spiritual Guardians<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>However, he rolls a Natural 20 on his save<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-25.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"610\" height=\"415\" src=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-25.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7163\" style=\"width:547px;height:373px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-25.png 610w, http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-25-300x204.png 300w, http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-25-441x300.png 441w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Adrian casts <em>Protection from Good and Evil<\/em> sensing that this Mummy Lord is clearly one of the undead<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Buppido launches a flaming sphere his way &#8211; but the mummy lord seems resistant <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-26.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"542\" height=\"487\" src=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-26.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7166\" style=\"width:487px;height:439px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-26.png 542w, http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-26-300x270.png 300w, http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-26-334x300.png 334w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 542px) 100vw, 542px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ankarin sees Dusk and realizes why the hammer is here &#8211; and targets him; which hits and wraps around Dusk and begins constricting him<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ragnaroc fires two Eldritch Blasts, both of which hit<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Korra seeing Dusk in trouble she throws her dagger &#8211; and hits &#8211; Ankarin with a <em>Natural 20!<\/em> And then a moment later, teleports to the dagger.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-27.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"378\" height=\"563\" src=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-27.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7168\" style=\"width:335px;height:502px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-27.png 378w, http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-27-201x300.png 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 378px) 100vw, 378px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Finally she attuned to the dagger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sephrenia realizes that usually clerics of life have dealt with mummies by locking them into a room and igniting the room<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sephrenia attempts to cast <em>Dispel Magic<\/em> &#8211; and (flavoring this) &#8211; she sees a crackling line of energy that traces from the back of the mummy to the glowing sphere; she tells the party that he&#8217;s using the sphere to make him resistant to all of the magic being thrown at him<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adrian casts <em>Sanctuary<\/em> on Dusk who is still wrapped up<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adrian casts <em>Channel Divinity &#8211; Turn the Unholy<\/em>, but Ankarin  resists<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Buppido casts <em>Polymorph<\/em> and turns Ankarin into a small turtle by using his portent ability<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>However, when Korra pulls out her <em>Dagger of Misty Step<\/em> (which had still been in the mummy lord since it&#8217;d been thrown) &#8211; it breaks the polymorph spell &#8211; and Ankarin begins to take form again (<em>I flavored this that he returned to form slowly as to not burn a high level spell &#8211; more on this in a moment&#8230;<\/em>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dusk, having been wrapped before the polymorph is trapped inside of a separate turtle shell<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Restored to full height &#8211; Ankarin is furious and knows now there&#8217;s no more time for games &#8211; he stares at Dusk &#8211; and despite <em>Sanctuary<\/em> &#8211; is able to get through the spell and uses his <em>Pharaoh&#8217;s Curse &#8211;<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-29.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"878\" height=\"488\" src=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-29.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7174\" style=\"width:573px;height:318px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-29.png 878w, http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-29-300x167.png 300w, http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-29-768x427.png 768w, http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-29-500x278.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 878px) 100vw, 878px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dusk&#8217;s eyes go blank &#8211; and a mist escapes from his lips and quickly departs &#8211; and he collapses to the ground&#8230; lifeless.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Pharaoh&#8217;s Curse<\/strong> <em>(Costs 2 Actions). Ankarin can choose to gaze at someone and peer into their soul and their heart and bestow the Pharaoh&#8217;s Curse, which forces the target to make a savings throw of Ankarin&#8217;s choosing at Disadvantage. Should they fail, the target takes 10d10 damage and half should they succeed. If someone is brought to 0 hp from this attack, their soul is revoked &#8211; and only Wish or True Resurrection can return the soul to the body.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sephrenia attempts to cast <em>Banishment<\/em> but the furious mummy lord, Ankarin is able to resist (Successful savings throw)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adrian strikes Ankarin and hits &#8211; and expends a <em>Divine Smite<\/em> into the Mummy Lord, who roars in fury<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Buppido launches a <em>Flaming Sphere<\/em>, but Ankarin &#8211; despite being an old mummy lord is quite dexterous (<em>Natural 20)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ragnaroc pulls out the <em>Scroll of Soul Displacement<\/em> (Remember all the way back in <a href=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/adventure-notes\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers-31-40\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers-38\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Session 38<\/a>, kids?) &#8211; and reads the words &#8211; <em>sacrificing his soul into damnation<\/em> &#8211; and pulling Dusk&#8217;s soul back into his body!\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>DM Note: So the player who controls Ragnaroc had approached me about playing an Artificer &#8211; and that was a class I&#8217;d never had in any of my games; I never thought they fit the over all theme of my games. However, as I knew they were heading for an area full of ancient Egyptian-like pyramids, I thought someone like an artificer might exist there; especially when they approached me with the idea of the character concept &#8211; an eccentric Tiefling Artificer obsessed with the stars&#8230; named, you might have guessed &#8211; Dusk. Now this was many months after Session 38 &#8211; but as we discussed how to do it, we thought how fun it might be that this person they all considered a murderer &#8211; see <a href=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/adventure-notes\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers-41-50\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers-44\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Session 44<\/a>, would go on to be the &#8216;hero&#8217; who sacrificed himself. So Dusk&#8217;s &#8220;demise&#8221; was planned for this session as well as Ragnaroc&#8217;s ultimate sacrifice! This is a plan that was &#8211; according to the recording notes &#8211; two and a half years in the making! This is why I was worried when Buppido had polymorphed Ankarin &#8211; but in all my excitement, I forgot I&#8217;d planned for that potential and given Ankarin the Legendary Action to 3 times per day &#8211; pass a savings throw he failed &#8211; but it still worked out! When I began DMing for this group, all but the player who had played Morsus\/Buppido were brand new to D&amp;D &#8211; so originally, only spells from the <strong>Player&#8217;s Handbook<\/strong> were available &#8211; so I&#8217;d made it a &#8216;quest&#8217; to &#8220;unlock&#8221; the magic in the world which had been imprisoned within the magical sphere &#8211; and knew by the time we&#8217;d gotten here, the players would have been playing for quite a bit of time and had a feel for their characters, and spells so I wanted to open it all up to them &#8211; and this was a fun way to do that &#8211; and I tied to it existing lore in my world to an ancient elf named <strong>Ashen&#8217;Var<\/strong> who had been known to imprison magic and dragons in spheres to siphon their magic&#8230; and Ashen&#8217;Var was tied to the Ilyx Forest &#8211; which as a result of the war, was sundered to barren wastelands &#8211; see <a href=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/campaign-references\/notable-ships-places-and-npc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">this page<\/a> for more)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dusk, with life renewed, sees he&#8217;s landed close to the glowing sphere &#8211; and raises the dwarven hammer, and with all of his might &#8211; brings it crashing down<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Magic unlocks throughout the world &#8211; and severs Ankarin&#8217;s tie to the sphere!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ankarin pummels Buppido with his wrap attack &#8211; then attempts to <em>Dreadful Gaze<\/em>, he is however next to Adrian which gives him enough of a bonus to avoid its effects<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dusk <em>(now being controlled by the player who had played Ragnaroc)<\/em> casts <em>Lightning Bolt<\/em> and takes extensive damage<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sephrenia, knowing that Ankarin has been severed from the sphere &#8211; decides to cast <em>Burning Hands<\/em> &#8211; most of her party members avoid it &#8211; but Buppido and Dusk take fire damage<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adrian manages to hit Ankarin &#8211; and expends another <em>smite<\/em> into the hit, dealing more damage<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Buppido manages to keep his concentration and continues his <em>Flaming Sphere<\/em> which now is doing double damage<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ankarin slams Buppido against the ground twice, doing more damage to Bupiddo<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Buppido fires off a <em>Fire Bolt<\/em>, but because being engaged with Ankarin &#8211; it&#8217;s at disadvantage and fails to hit<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dusk tries another <em>Lightning Bolt<\/em>, but Ankarin rolls a <em>Natural 20<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-30.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"754\" height=\"423\" src=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-30.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7181\" style=\"width:576px;height:323px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-30.png 754w, http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-30-300x168.png 300w, http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-30-500x281.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 754px) 100vw, 754px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>DM Note: Because the main part of the fight was truly over, and Ankarin barely had any health left &#8211; and it had been getting late &#8211; I had the party do a &#8220;heroic group attack&#8221; where they all lunged at him at once&#8230;<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-31.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"613\" src=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-31-1024x613.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7183\" style=\"width:576px;height:344px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-31-1024x613.png 1024w, http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-31-300x180.png 300w, http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-31-768x460.png 768w, http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-31-500x300.png 500w, http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-31.png 1211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ankarin lets out a final scream and unravels, never to rise again &#8211; the four ghosts whom he&#8217;d banished (Red, Pink, Blue, and Orange) are briefly seen &#8211; and they escort Ankarin&#8217;s soul to damnation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Buppido notes there is a small ankh on the ground and quickly pockets it &#8211; and feels it tug towards the wall &#8211; Adrian spots this and looks at Buppido who looks at him innocently<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-32.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"174\" height=\"316\" src=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-32.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7185\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-32.png 174w, http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-32-165x300.png 165w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 174px) 100vw, 174px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Adrian picks up Buppido and drags him to the wall &#8211; where the ankh flies out of Buppido&#8217;s hands and clicks into the wall and reveals a secret passage. The passage opens up to a much larger room &#8211; and torches ignite magically &#8211; showing the party that the room they&#8217;d been fighting in was definitely covered in gold coins, amassed during Ankarin&#8217;s life hundreds of years ago and buried here with him &#8211; 30,000 gold<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>And a door opens &#8211; showing them there&#8217;s the barren lands<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The party realizes that they now have a base<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>DM Note &#8211; With the &#8220;magic unlocked&#8221; the players could now &#8220;respec&#8221; their characters &#8211; which means they have to remain the same class &#8211; but the &#8220;sub class tier&#8221; they picked can now be changed. As well as new spells can now be memorized.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want to help? Consider becoming a&nbsp;Patreon. 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