Session 50: When Last We Met - 9/10/23

General Summary

When last we met, The party stood over the corpses of The Lich Vaarn, As well as the Death Knight revealed ot be Ja'ak, Isolde's brother in arms from back home. Adluak emerges and chides Isolde for her friendships and urges her to join him and become The Champion of Tharizdun. Isolde boldly refuses and attacks Adluak. Combat then ensues wherein Adluak attempts a Finger of Death spell on his fomer pupil, before being put down by two eldritch blasts. With the Chamber quiet once more, The party finds a passage leading deeper into this maze of tunnels and chambers. 
The party pack the corpse of Ja'ak into Romaia's Bag of holding and head deeper within. They find a crypt beneath and explore carefully. Eventually stumbling upon a profane trickster Demon who offers to help the party find the portal to the Lich's Phylactery. But warns them of a being known as "The Collector" Who would be hunting them soon. The party heed this thing's advice and reach the door to the portals as Tensi uses the chime of opening to unlock the door and get everyone inside. Once in the room Maleeka casts arcane Lock on the door to once more bar the way. 

They decide to take along rest within this chamber before venturing further. During their rest, they hear what could only be The Collector stalking the hallways outside as well as the Trickster demon playfully talking to them through the door, threatening to give away their position to the Collector. After an intimidation check from Vandread and Arcturus, the creature scurries away. Still giddily laughing like an idiot. 
With their bodies fully rested, the party then enter into the teleportation circle which takes them to a different chamber. This one empty save for 7 arches each holding portals of magical energy. Sure that the phylactery has to be somewhere within one of these but also positive that the magic imbued in these portals is very powerful, The party attempt each portal one at a time and are met with Vengeful Spirits, followed by a Cone of Cold effect. After that, vandread decides to mage hand the rest of the portal and triggers each one with harmless effects. All but one, as one portal saw him trapped inside a gem using the imprisonment spell. 
This is confirmed by Maleeka as well as the only possible means of freeing Vandred. To which Eammon thankfully does with a 9th level casting of Dispel Magic. Wth Vandread once again free, they continue their experiment, Eventually touching the final portal which spits out a chest filled with a dragon's hoard of Treasure. The party sifts through and divides up the coinage while Vandread casts identify on the various items contained within. One such item is figured out to be the Lich's Phylactery which is placed in the center of the chamber and attacked with Radiant damage by several of the group. Eventually destroying this item in a firey blaze as well as any chance of Vaarn returning to life. 
The party then teleport back to their carts and mounts and make the journey back to Tirasa where they breathe a sigh of relief at being back in familiar territory after their ordeal. And that's where we'll pick up next time!

Rewards Granted

178gp - taken by Celeste to give to Moonwing
6,000 gp 5,000 pp 1 black opal 1000gp 1 Emerald 1000gp 1 Fire opal 1000gp 1 Opal 1000gp 2 Star Rubies 1000gp 1 Star Sapphire 1000gp 1 Yellow Sapphire 1000gp 1 Clone Scroll, Wizard 1 Demiplane Scroll, Warlock 1 Time Stop Scroll, Sorcerer 1 Gold locket with a painted portrait inside All found as a hoarde inside the Lich's Lair

Character(s) interacted with

Adluak - Former teacher and mentor of Isolde. Had turned to worshipping Tharizdun and was trying to convert Isolde. Met his end at the hands of the party
Dybbuk - Trickster Demon, somewhat helpful bust mostly annoyed the party as they explored the underground catacombs of Vaarn's Lair

Notes

1st of Brigid

• Party fought Adluak and destroyed him
• Ventured deeper into the lair
• Encountered A Dybbuk and Heard tale of "The Collector"
• Took a long rest in a locked room before venturing further

2nd of Brigid

• Party entered through the portal
• Found a chamber with multiple magic doors and tried each one
• Found and destroyed Vaarn's Phylactery
• Teleported out and headed back to Tirasa

3rd of Brigid

• Party arrived back to Tirasa 

It is mid morning when we pick up next time. 
Party Levels up! Level 10

Report Date

11 Sep 2023