Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Session 41

Heroes: Alandrovic, Sengar, Jamhand, Deadbolt.

In the largest cave, they meet N'vesh'nkar, a monstrous Apostle of Kyuss in the form of a gigantic worm. Only after defeating the disgusting monster can they retrieve the last fragment of Balakarde's soul.

Once all three fragments are together, Balakarde's ghost appears. He reveals what he knows about Dragotha, most importantly the fact that Lashonna is actually a servant of Kyuss!

He then guides the Heroes to the entrance of the underground sanctum of Dragotha. The entrance is guarded by undead Chimeras, which the Heroes dispatch of easily. After more than a mile of descending into the rock, they arrive at an Underground Lake. As they cross the stone bridge to the huge green doors, they're attacked by more Guardians.

Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Session 40

Heroes: Sengar, Jamhand, Deadbolt, Alandrovic.

With Thessalaar defeated, the Heroes investigate his laboratory, accidentally releasing the lich's latest experiment: a monstrous skinless creature of tentacles, muscles, and bones! They kill the creature, and in doing so they release a fragment of an imprisoned sul that was used in the experiment. they soon leran that this is a fragment of Balakarde's soul, the mage who was obsessed with the Age of Worms so many years before.

Riding their hydra pet, the Heroes travel to the opposite side of the gorge, and reach Zulshyn's tower. The mysterious lillend is initially amenable to the Heroes, but when they start to destroy her art collection, she and her marble golems attack. But not even her righteous rage can defeat the pure power of the Heroes, and she's made captive. She reveals what information she has about Dragotha, while the Heroes find a second fragment of Balakarde's soul in one of the statuettes made by Zulshyn.

With Balakarde's soul almost unified, the Heroes feel a pull to travel the Earthcancer Gorge, one more terrible location inside the Wormcrawl Fissure, where they must contend with monstrous vermins, on their way to find the last fragment of soul.

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Session 39

Heroes: Sengar, Alandrovic, Deadbolt, Jamhand

The Heroes travel to the Rift Canyon, looking for an entrance to Dragotha's lair. Deadbolt experiences a vision where he sees the lost mage Balakarde descending into the Wormcrawl Fissure to face colossal green worms.

While exploring the rift, the Heroes discover an ancient fortress, inhabited by the Lich Thessalar and his monstrous creations, the thessalhydras. Initially, they try to get some information from the lich, but eventually decide to destroy it and its abominations.

Thursday, June 4, 2015

Session 38

Heroes: Deadbolt, Sengar, Alandrovic, Jamhand

Set on opening the Vault, the Heroes face also Kagro Thundersmiter, the leader of the fire giants guarding the Citadel. They slay the powerful giant, and retrieve his key.

They then make their way to the Vault, where they're welcomed by an old friend, the ghost of Alastor Land (see HERE). The ghost helps them to perform the ritual of opening, and they finally enter the Vault.

Inside, the Fabler reveals himself as the traitor he really is, not a spriggan anymore, but a spawn of Kyuss. He tries to steal the phylactery, while Brazzemal the Burning melts the walls of the Vault from outside, and joins the fray.

While Sengar runs after the undead spriggan and kills it, the Heroes face Brazzemal, until Deadbolt kills him with a devastating blow (420 points of damage on a crit!).

Having recovered the phylactery, the Heroes destroy it. Their path is once again clear... now they must face Dragotha himself!

Friday, May 22, 2015

Session 37

Heroes: Jamhand, Deadbolt, Alandrovic.

The Heroes delve deep into the carrion pit, until they find the Mother Worm; in the guts of the monstrous creature, they find one of the keys necessary to open the Vault.

They return to the Citadel of Weeping Dragons, where they meet again with Vercinabex. But this latest meeting with him does not end well, especially when the giant introduces them to his Marilith demon ally. The Heroes decide to forsake their deal with the giant, and slaughter both of them.

Saturday, May 16, 2015

Icon Relationship Die - Special Uses

"5"
- Heal by using a free recovery
- Re-roll a d20, use the new result
- Have your opponent re-roll a d20, use the new result

"6"
- Heal by using TWO free recoveries
- Turns a failed d20 roll into a success (if used for an attack roll, it is just a hit, not a crit)
- Turns a successfull hit against you into a miss.
- Turns a crit against you into a normal hit.

Thursday, May 7, 2015

Session 36

Heroes: Deadbolt, Jamhand, Sengar, Alandrovic.

The Heroes make their way to the Citadel of Weeping Dragons, but are attacked by a dozen of black dragons on the bridge before the arched gates of the citadel. They're almost overwhelmed, when the Ominous Fabler, prince Zeech's fool, appears to save the day with his weird magic. After the battle, he reveals to be a servant of the Giant King, since he's not just a gnome, but a spriggan, capable of becoming a giant himself. He wishes to help the Heroes in thei quest, and sing of their legandary battles.

The fire giant guards of the fortress, having witnessed the Heroes slaughter the dragons, allow them to enter. They're introduced to the fire giant Bram Cleftshank, a fearsome dragonslayer. They explain to him they're looking for Dragotha's phylactery, but he does not seem to know anything about it. The giants of Kongen-Thulnir protect a mystical vault, but they have forgotten what it contains. In any case, the sacred vault must never be opened.

Bram then brings the Heroes to Vercinabex Tor, the arcane expert of the clan. When he's alone with them, Vercinabex makes a deal with the Heroes: he will help them open the vault, and they can have the phylactery, but he will get whatever else is in it. He also reveals that to open the vault the Heroes need two keys, and a "ritual of opening" must be performed. One of the keys is with the leader of the clan, Kagro Thundersmiter, while the second key has been lost in a place called the Carrion Pit, a dark hole in the Undercity of Kongen-Thulnir.

The Heroes cross the city once more, to reach the Carrion Pit, but on their way they're attacked by the great blue dragon Vermirox. Despite its prowess, the Heroes kill the wyrm, and proceed to the Undercity. There they meet a Hill Giant warrior of great strength, wounded from previous battles, but still fierce. The giant tries to stop the Heroes, but he's also defeated.