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Wed 11th Sep 2024 11:57

Session 54: In which we perfectly impersonate the Magnuses

by Asharene Shadowthorn

I got to session late. There is a Bodak creature lurking outside of our tent. He isn't hostile and he's very childlike and seems lost. We are in the giant tree with the werewolves. There is a tiny little sprout growing in the middle of the dead tree. Apparently, the tree was dead. Before the werewolves arrived, there was an ancient tribe of druids that were here before.
 
We ask the bodak how we can help it. She can't remember herself. or her friends? She remembers more when she's at this tree. This tree is a light in the dark place she comes from. There are many like her where she is at. They aren't supposed to come here.
 
Her people are bound to Orcus and want to be free. Her name is Stabrey of the Mountains.
 
She used to have a tribe in the mountains. Before the Magnuses came. the Magnuses are the ones who bound them to Orcus. There are sigils carved into her chest. They are some of the worst of the worst, most evil of the evil sigils.
 
This person was likely killed and is a spirit, but when they are around this tree they have memories. She remembers that her people lived in the mountains and when th they were in danger they would transform and grow into giants.
 
WE think this might be the giant barbarians that were mentioned to us earlier. Maybe she was a goliath.
 
The chief of their tribe, if they found Stabrey here, she would be gone and never be able to come back to the light. Their chief leaves the darkness and comes into the realm of the living. He whispers to the living and is known as the "whisperer" People ask him why and he tells them because.
 
WE don't exactly know how we can help her. We have Amy and Jo inform the others of this ghost girl's presence. Stabrey looks up and says she has to go. She covers her face and is enveloped in darkness. We decide to warn greg and get on our way and rest a little further away from here.
 
Jo and Amy stay back ot study this tree as we wonder if holds the key to possibly helping. We take a piece of bark with us to see if this does anything with any other bodaks we may encounter in the wild.
 
It is CorellonEmber 2nd 7pm
 
We find a place to rest. We happen to find a druidic mithal that wards away anything dangerous. That's pretty lucky.
 
We rest up and head towards the mansion to try and infiltrate our way in to save the prisoners and blow up the place.
 
Franz and Panfyr will be disguised. Ash will be a spider in a pocket. Elias and Eloi will be prisoners. When we get to there. We get shot at by a canon by mistake. They don't recognize us at first (in our disguises) Franz drinks the guys blood as he tries to apologize.
 
We get escorted into the city. We get to a giant farm house surrounded by fields of cotton. There is an old man sitting by the front door with a long stick (firearm). He escorts us in. Franz ends up accidentally killing Hickory, whom is Reginald GreyTris's father.
 
John escorts us into the oubliette beneath the farmhouse.
 
We learn that Reginald is the only one with the key to "THE CELL" Panfyr puts the guards to sleep. Elias breaks out the prisoners.
 
We are confronted by Reginald. He sends Franz into the "darkness" and Franz disappears. Franz ends up in the shadow plane. Actually through some kind of mental gymnastics, it's the Negative plane.
 
We notice that when we damage Reginald, instead of bleeding blood he bleeds darkness.
 
Elias has a magical lantern that he is able to use to get him and Panfyr through parts of the darkness. Ash yells through the darkness for Franz to follow her voice as she casts a daylight spell. Franz gets to her, but she can't pull him out. Franz knows that someone has to come in in order for him to come out. Eloi grabs the sleeping body of John and throws him in and Franz is able to get out.
 
We get to the top of the stairs using our light sources.
 
Reginald is bleeding profusely this darkness from his chest still.
 
He ends up trapping Elias into the darkness. Elias, in the darkness sees a Giant whispering in Hadyr's ear. Hadyr stands up with an axe in one hand and a goat in another. Haydr attacks Elias in despite his pleas.
 
Panfyr can see the smoky image of a goliath chieftain whispering in the ear of Reginald as black smoke leaks out of him.
 
We fight him ferociously. At one point Franz charms Reginald and in that moment REginald is himself and we see that the chieftain is the one in charge. Reginald fights back against the Chieftain and is able to get him to leave for a moment.
 
Reginald tells us Franz was his first friend in a long time. This has helped him break free of the Chieftain's curse.
 
Reginald's son, one of the prisoners runs up to his father. Reginald tells us he was able to stop the chieftain by questioning him, and asking what if he is wrong??
 
In that moment, the chieftain comes back and Panfyr gets enveloped in her bad feelings and stops trusting us. . She sees Haydr and Elias fighting.
 
Elias is finally able to get through to Haydr. They run into Stobri again. She leads them to the tree which is supposedly a way out. Stobri touches Hadyr's arm and grants him some kind of strength ability. Stobri leads Elias and Hadyr back to the rest of us.
 
We face Panfyr and cannot talk sense into her. Elias casts tasha's hideous laughter and we are able to tie her up. Stobri offers to help get us out of there, BUT we can't bring Panfyr, because the chieftain will know that she betrayed him.
 
Reginald offers to let us keep the gun powder, a cart and horses if we dn't blow up his house.
 
We trek back to the druid circle and get Panfyr to safety. Greg comes out and sees Reginald, his father. Greg wants to kill his dad for giving their mother to the Magnuses. Ash is able to descalate the situation, and htis is where we end. Panfyr is back to normal and there is peace. Ash promises Stobri that we will find a way to defeat the Chieftain.
 
 
It's CorellonEmber 3rd about 12pm
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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  1. Session Zero Summer Camp years
  2. Session One: Shadows of Deception- There's demons in town
  3. Session Two: "Bread, Faeries, and Maleficarum: A Confectionary Conundrum"
  4. Session Three: Shadows of Enchantment: Confronting Demons, Trapped in the Fey Wild
  5. Session Four: Ensnared in the Fey's Embrace: A Scarlet Salvation Saga
  6. Session Five:
  7. Session Six: Missed this session
  8. Session Seven: A black dragon in disguise
  9. Session Eight: Tuning Fork of Unknown planes
  10. Session Nine: Welcome to the Abyss
  11. Session 10: Escape the Abyss
  12. Session Eleven: Games, rides, and fortunes at the faire
  13. Session Twelve: Fake Dwarves and Stolen Treasure
  14. Session Thirteen: A purple worm fight and a reunion with a dad
  15. Session Fourteen: A party, A fight and a funeral.
  16. Session Fifteen: Raising Zariel, Saving Andromeda, and making Dermish the ruler of the 9 hells
  17. Session 16: Crossover Aftermath. A fight against Demons
  18. Session 17: Bael's Gate- the 15th of Azuthair
  19. SEssion 18: The Big Cheese and the Way of the Cheese
  20. Session 19: We're making this shit up as we go.
  21. Session 20: And She was Seven
  22. Session 21: I think we have to kill my Aunt.
  23. Session 22: All roads lead to Eldoria
  24. Session 23: A heist given away, and lots of fire.
  25. Session 24: The fall of the house of Harcleave.
  26. Session 25: So many quests. So little time
  27. Session 26: The Living Flame
  28. Session 27: The Living Flame
  29. Session 28: So many things to do and a new place to live I guess
  30. Session 29: The magic school hidden in the Shadowplane
  31. Session 30: Curse of Slaad
  32. Session 31: The Good the Bad and the Oblivious
  33. Session 32: A Harcleve Family Reunion
  34. Session 33: Will the Real Aria Silvermist Please standup
  35. Session 34: Sisterhood of the Traveling Sword
  36. Session 35: Storming the castle of Loadagraph
  37. Session 36: We defeat Loadagraph and have a reunion with Morpheus
  38. Session 37: One Flou Flou over the Dragon's Nest
  39. Session 38: New friends and Floof Hoof reunites with Lukai
  40. Session 39: Murdering Orcs and getting ready for the adventures ahead
  41. Session 40: The Ambushers become the Ambushees
  42. Session 41:
  43. Session 42: Wizards, Lizards and kids in cages! Oh My!
  44. Session 43: Thunderstrike at Crow's Crossing
  45. Session 44: Travel to Pontimunde
  46. Session 45: Adventures in Pontimunde
  47. Session 46: A Reefining: A Who Dun it on the Voyage to New Galvania.
  48. Session 47: See Hunter for notes
  49. Session 48: On our way to Lupine
  50. Session 49: Wolves, Owlbears and Rocs OH MY!
  51. Session 50: Mansions, Rifts of Insanity, and Treasure Chests Oh MY!
  52. Session 51: Adventures in Anastas Village
  53. Session 52: The Magnuses attack the village because of us
  54. Session 53: An ooze named Denise- Meeting the werewolves
  55. Session 54: In which we perfectly impersonate the Magnuses
  56. Session 55:Motes of Shadow
  57. Session 56: Hydyr kills his brother and we meet Mordenkainen
  58. Session 57: A trip to the hells and seeing our old friend Dermish
  59. Session 58: Randi missed
  60. Session 59: Court Dates and Demon Princes
  61. Session 60: Gold returned, saving the Miners and Elois mom, Arud. .
  62. Session 61: Three Brides, an Elephant and a Death.
  63. Session 62: The Red Party Heist
  64. Session 63: The White Party- Oh hi Lyra!
  65. Session 64: Off to the Pyramid- Oh hi Ash!
  66. Session 65: Pyramids, Puzzles and snakes
  67. Session 66: An out of this world fight with Neo the Lid.
  68. Session 67: We defeat the Magnuses
  69. Session 68: Saving the werewolves from the mindflayers
  70. Session 69: Just a tiny group in a regular sized world
  71. Session 70: Randi Missed
  72. Session 71:
  73. Session 72: Fighting fucking moon dragons
  74. Session 73: A fight with Zozth
  75. Session 74: Zozth Fight part 2
  76. Session 75: Is that a sex thing?
  77. Session 77: Terry! Noooooooo!
  78. Session 78: Adventures in a new world???
  79. Session 79: There never was a Hilda and a Helga
  80. Session 80: Actually there WAS a Hilda and a Helga
  81. Session 81: Into the Underdark

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