onsdag den 28. januar 2015

Session 51

Day 282 (1st cycle of winter, 32nd day) - countdown day 22
The next day, the Sons returned to the Church of Shar to investigate. They found it was warded against teleportation and the entranced was glyphed several times over. The Sons instead entered through the holes in the wall, and checked for more traps, but found nothing. Urnyx tried to alter the symbols drawn in chalk, hoping that it might screw with the ritual, just in case.

Day 283 (1st cycle of winter, 33rd day) - countdown day 23
The last clerics arrived from Ironville and Morninglord Henry finished his hallow of the area near the temple of Shar.

Day 284 (1st cycle of winter, 34th day) - countdown day 24
As the sun went down, the ritual started and necrotic energy started to pour in through the three portals, convalescing into the Orb of the Void (which suddenly appeared in the middle of the portals) before pouring up into the air, slowly beginning to cover the sky around the temple.

The Sons peered into the portals and found out that they all lead to the same spot (the Shar church) on the three different planes. 

The Sons hurried to the one on Gemnos, arriving a couple of hours later. Krakas was in full swing, surveying the ritual. 

Avoiding the glyphs, the Sons tried to surprise him, but his spells warned him of them coming and he had a few surprises ready. Symbol, a reversal of gravity and an icestorm later, and things began to look as if they would soon end for our heroes. But slowly and surely they clawed their way back from the edge of mortality and after a very long fight, one of the most powerful necromancers of the Seven Army Nation lay dead at their feet and a third of the powerful ritual had been disrupted by the magical skills of Nevron. 

tirsdag den 13. januar 2015

Session 50

Day 278 (1st cycle of winter, 27th day) - countdown day 18
The Sons decided to stay at the temple and inspect it, then await for night to fall and see what happened. 

Day 279 (1st cycle of winter, 28th day) - countdown day 19
After finding out that the temple became increasingly powerful during the night, the Sons took turns sleeping and keeping lookout.

Suddenly 3 demons arrived, looking for the Sons, as told by their master. The Sons managed to ambush them, and even though the demons took a while to kill, the magic of the Sons made the fight very easy. 

With the demons dead, the Sons moved their camp to another hidden spot in the crevasse and continued to keep watch of the temple.

Sometime after dawn, but before they were fully rested, a Gelugon arrived, also looking for the Sons. This fight proved somewhat harder, but in the end, the demon was sent back to Hell. The Sons decided to move their campsite further away to sleep in.

Once they awoke, they returned to the temple and figured out that the power had once again diminished. They deduced that the power was keyed to the darkness, not the time in relation to the beginning of the ritual.

The Sons ported back to Ironville and their tower to make further plans. They spoke to Ruby and Elias, then paid Morninglord Henry a visit and told him all about the undead plot and the ritual. He immediately offered help, and it was decided that his priests would travel to the temple the next day, and that he and a couple of priests would teleport along with the Sons when they went back.

Day 280 (1st cycle of winter, 29th day) - countdown day 20
The Lathander priests left for the Shar Temple.
Nevron teleported Ruby to the east, to the Faetown army, to find out about their status.

Day 281 (1st cycle of winter, 30th day) - countdown day 21
The Sons ported back to the Shar Temple, along with Morninglord Henry, a couple of priests and the golems. Shortly after arriving, Nevron took flight and scouted the surrounding area. About 2-3 miles away, he found the building that Urnyx had felt previously. It turned out to be a large, ruined Shar Temple. However, inside there was clues that led him to believe someone or something was preparing a ritual of some sort - the floor was completely cleaned of debris and chalk had been used to draw up preliminary symbols.

torsdag den 8. januar 2015

Session 49

Day 277 (1st cycle of winter, 26th day) - countdown day 17
After a good night's rest and some planning, the Sons, once again looking like orcs, returned to the camp and made their way to the command-tent inside the cave. There they debated and thought up all sorts of crazy plans involving the bag of beans that Urnyx was carrying, but when it did not produce the desired result, they decided to face off whoever was inside the tent head on. As it turns out, it was the Glabrezu they encountered in Faytown, once again masquerading as an elf. Unfortunately, he had two Bone Devils lurking around invisible, and the fight proved quite a mouthful for the 3 Sons. But in the end they prevailed and the demons died and were sent back to Hell.

With the demon dead, the Sons started to look for the Fey presence that Urnyx had detected. They identified him as the purple orc giving orders. After a while, the alarm was sounded, someone had figured out that the demon in charge was dead. The purple orc went in to find out, and the Sons followed, still cloaked with illusion to make them look like orcs.

As the purple orc was about to contact Ter-Zoth, or someone else, the Sons attacked. The purple orc turned out to be a Formorian of exceptional strength, and only after a long and hard battle did the heroes manage to come out on top, although Urnyx was left mishapen from it's Evil Eye.

Badly hurt and wounded, the Sons teleported away when discovered by the orcs.

Day 278 (1st cycle of winter, 27th day) - countdown day 18
With John-John checking in the night before and telling them he had found a temple, the Sons teleported back to Starkhold and left immediately for the Black Hills. There they inspected a Shar Temple but Urnyx detected another ruin within 3 miles. Maybe there were more temples.