Session 38

PCs (lvl 10): Alexander, Broch, Levarion, Tarlyn

The party explores more of the Temples of Extraction, facing more undead guardians, evil wizards, and Chosen of the Gods. When they have disrupted enough of the black gates, the way is open to access the Phylactery Vault. The PCs regain their strenghts for one night, and then they enter the Vault.

There they find the sepulchers holding the phylacteries of Szass Tam's most trusted lieutenants. When they manage to pen one of the sepulchers, the Vault's guardian makes his appearance: Kazit Gul, the demilich.

The floating black skull attacks the party with his fearsome magical abilities. After a dangerous fight the PCs succeed in defeating the demilich, retrieving the shining object embedded in one of his eye sockets: one of the seven coins of Shadowthrone, God of Death.

With the coin in their hands, a magical portal opens up in Vault. As they've done many times in the past, they cross the portal, and find themselves once again in Sigil, in the Yawning Portal tavern.

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Session 37

PCs (lvl 10): Broch, Levarion, Tarlyn

Having disrupted enough Black Gates, the PCs gain access to the Temples of Extraction.

In these chambers, the Chosen of several gods are kept prisoner, their divine essence leeched from them to fuel Szass Tam's lust for power.

The PCs save the Chosen of Zehir from his containment shrine, forging a temporary alliance. The yuan-ti reveals his true colors when he tries to dominate the party while they're fighting more red wizards in the chamber holding the Chosen of Ilmater.

Both Chosen die in the fight that follows, one killed by the party, the other devoured by a demon summoned by Tarlyn.

In the next chamber the PCs meet and free the Chosen of Loviatar; further ahead they arrive in a room where the Chosen of Tymora is kept.

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Session 36

PCs (lvl 10): Aleksander, Broch, Levarion, Nuada, Tarlyn

The PCs explore a room occupied by a vast pool, surrounded by bone sculptures. A band of merrow lives in the ppol. The creature look non-hostile in the beginning, but when they're tricked into bathing in the necromantic energies of a nearby room, they attack.

Having defeated the merrow, the party proceeds to a room guarded by several kuo-toa. The creatures do not represent a big challenge, and the PCs attuned to one more Black Gate.

The next room contains a few undead. A dread warrior, supported by a few zombies and wight, try to stop the PCs from advancing, but without success. The party arrives in the lair of a sea hag. when they inform her they've already killed her most hated rival, the hag allows them to leave without a fight.

Not far from there they enter a cave where evil sauhagin are performing a dark ritual. The PCs slaughter the shark-like villains and their undead servants, saving the lives of the many prisoners that were about to be sacrificed. 

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Session 35

PCs (lvl 10): Broch, Levarion, Tarlyn

guest star Artham (played by Ken)

From the corpse of the malformed kraken, a dwarven woman comes out! This is Artham, a planar traveller and cook-extraordinaire. Artham joins the party to find a way back home.

The PCs return to the vampire Issem, to make good on their promise to free him from his curse, and allow him to escape the Doomvault. Things eventually turn sour, but the confrontation ends without any additional corpses.

The party returns to the Predator Pools, where they free a young dragon turtle from captivity, killing her naga jailor. Further ahead, they fight a band of acquatic trolls, before ending up in a vast room dominated by a pool filled with floating corpses. Several of the corpses come out of the pool to attack the PCs. Broch manages to turn the undead monstrosities to ash with his divine powers.

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Session 34

PCs (lvl 9): Broch, Levarion, Nuada, Tarlyn

Tarul grants the PCs a few pieces of information, and shares the attunement of his own glyph key with theirs. Then he leaves the them, and departs from the Doomvault. The PCs take a rest, and then continue in their exploration.

They face several undead guarding a bound glabrezu. Levarion once again tries to strike a bargain with the demon, only to be betrayed by the fiend.

In the chamber of the Chaos Rift, their elemental companion finally finds a way to return home. After suffering from the elemental energies of the room, the PCs attune to one more Black Gate.

More magical traps await the party in the hall leading them to the ghost Sorlan, a former adventurer who lost his life in dungeon. Following the ghost's advice, the PCs avoid the Maze of Undoing, and fight a few Thayan wizards their bodyguard in the Demon Cells.

Having seen enough of the Abyssal Gates, the PCs proceed to the Predator Pools zone, where they fight and defeat a malformed kraken.

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Session 33

Tarul Var

PCs (lvl 9): Aleksander, Broch, Levarion, Nuada, Tarlyn

Continuing in their exploration, the PCs discover a room with a fire elemental bound to arcane sigils. The party frees the elemental, and the creature decides to follow them until he can find a back to the Elemental Plane of Fire.

Next the PCs arrive at a summoning chamber guarded by several undead. After destroying the undead, the party tries to strike a bargain with some of the fiends bound inside the protective circles, but things go south and all the fiends are released. The PCs fight them and destroy them.

They leave the chamber, and arrive in the private quarters of Tarul Var, the lich in charge of this zone of the Doomvault. The arcanist is protected by several undead. After a difficult fight the PCs are getting the upper hand, when Tarul Var calls for a chance to parley. The party agrees.

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Session 32

Syranna

PCs (lvl 9): Aleksander, Broch, Nuada, Tarlyn

Adventure calls once again, when the party leaves the Yawning Portal, and found themselves in Thay, a land in Faerun ruled with an iron fist by the lich Szass Tam.

The PCs are in the Gatehouse, a sort of teleportation hub from which the gatekeeper Syranna can send them to the Doomvault. 

The Doomvault is a secret laboratory and containment structure, beneath which lies a hidden storehouse where the phylacteries of Szass Tam's elite liches are held. Syranna wants the PCs to travel to the Doomvault to disrupt Szass Tam plans of becoming a god.

In order to do so, they will have to activate several magical "black gates", eventually gaining access to the Philactery Vault. Believing they will be able to find on of Shadowthrone's coin in the Vault, the party accepts to assist Syranna.

They are transported to the Abyssal Prisons, where they face several undead and a vrock demon. But not everyone they meet is an enemy, and the PCs manage to strike a bargain of sorts with both a vampire and a succubus.

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