Session 42: The Second Trial
General Summary
The Vandals of Fate gather themselves before flying north in search of the second trial. However about an hour into their flight they are ambushed by two individuals. One who looked like a giant with red skin, the other a large devil of some sort. The Vandals recognize these two as allies of the Hand of Vecna that they saw in the scrying eye only the day before. The group is ambushed and a sky battle commences. Fedi is able to get out the spell Falling Sky which causes the red giant to slam into the ground 250 feet below. The devil however manages to resist the ordeal. The battle quickly turns into a brawl with Masari taking the front while the rest of the Vandals back her up. It doesn't take long and our Ratcatchers are successful in fending off the two attackers and striking killing blows. Searching the bodies only yields a couple of magic items, nothing else of note.
Continuing northwards they find themselves roughly back where they had originally started when they came to this demiplane of nature. Going north from here they head towards the strange black tree. As they land to investigate the tree itself uproots and with electricity arcing between hits branches begins to fire off electrical bolts towards our Vandals. The battle proves to be difficult as the tree continues to fire off magic combined with the tough nature of its wooden exterior. However with teamwork our Vandals manage to slay the creature. With that the mournful song that seemed to be emanating from the tree ends. Within 5 minutes the songs of songbirds return to the forest. Our Vandals decide it would be best to rest for the night, after patching up all their wounds. The night goes by with little to no fuss and they awaken the next morning, a little stiff but ready to complete the next trial.
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02 Jan 2025
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