Session 88: Zelraun Roaringhorn Report

General Summary

Session 88 – Wednesday November 24, 2021 – Zelraun Roaringhorn

4.5 Hour Role Play/ battle session. 6:00 PM to 10:30PM

Party of 6 (The order of Heroes, Inc.):

It is the 20th day of the month of Uktar (The Rotting) in the 3rd year of the Age of Enialis

• Annalisa (Anna) – Human L8 Monk – L6 Wizard /L3Fighter – Ryan Armstrong (remote)
• Jaquette Mara – L17 Human Druid – Jackie Armstrong
• Lucky Lightfoot – Leprechaun – L16 Bard/L1 Sorcerer – Jacob Munson
• Luigi Risotto – Wood Elf L15 Monk/L2 Wizard – Dan King (Absent-Church)
• Rolen – Human L17 Warlock – Josh Pozsonyi
• Tyrena Rechs – Human L14 Ranger/L3 Fighter – Nathan Gioconda
• Jeter Kaiser – L16 Human Sorcerer – Spencer Armstrong (Back at school)

Goals:

• Collect Zelraun Roaringhorn’s soul
• Find the Mind Flayer lair and raise an army to take out the Elder Brain
• Gather the other parts of the god Destroyer (Blade, Hilt and guard)
• Locate the Amber Sarcophagi and destroy them with the god Destroyer
• Take the sword to the Summer Queen and have her destroy it.
• White Dragon at Purple Rocks

The Roaringhorn Estate

The party healed a bit. Jaquette went to do some component shopping. Rollen went into an ally, cast his demi-plane, and brought Luigi out from storage. Lucky took the party to the Green Dragon to have dinner and a short rest while they filled in Luigi on the current mission. After lunch they took went to Roaringhorn’s estate and Lucky cast his telepathic bond. Rolen walked up to the door and knocked. A young man, Cornelius Page, recognized the Order of Heroes and Rolen gave him on of their signed party sketches. Cornelius took the OoH into the house and to the Sitting room where they met another Harper – Watcher named Eth. Eth was very excited to see the OoH and he too got a signed sketch. Eth walked to the bookshelf and whispered something into the shelf. A moment later the bookcases separated revealing a room. Zelraun Roaringhorn and his shield guardian stood in the door. Zelraun greeted the party and invited them into the “strategy room.” Zelraun told Cornelius to go to the portal and let the others know the Order of Heroes will be there soon. Cornelius left, Eth joined the party and they saw another man in the room.

The man in the room saw the OoH and his face lit up with a large smile. He introduced himself as Dickon. Roaringhorn told the party that Dickon is a Wise Owl who is helping to muster the Hapers to aid in the battle of the Mind Flayers. They told the OoH that they have 50 Harpers of varying skills, mostly Watchers and Harpshadows. Roaringhorn told the party that Dickon will be leading the forces. Zelraun explained that he, himself, will not be joining because he is not welcome in the Shadowfell. Luigi asked, “Is it because of the Raven Queen?” Zelraun’s face grew a little pale at the mention of the Raven Queen. He looked at the shield guardian and held the amulet in his hand. The doors opened and Cornelius allowed Jaquette to enter the room. Cornelius then shut the door and left. Lucky pulled out his magical lute and started playing with it. Zelraun recognized the lute as “Doss Lute” and then Lucky used it to cast “Suggestion” on Eth, telling Eth to “leave the room.” Eth started to leave and Zelraun seeing what was going on, grabbed him.

The staff of Zelraun Roaringhorn.

Anna apologized for Lucky’s behavior as did Rolen. Zelraun however took out a dagger and slit the throat of the young Watcher, Eth. The action seemed to invigorate Zelraun as he gained 15 temporary hit points. The action helped the party feel a bit relieved knowing that Zelraun is most likely evil. They looked at Dickon who seemed surprised and confused. Zelraun said “She sent you, didn’t she!” Lucky told Dickon to leave and then Lucky turned into a Giant ape. Al gave Rolen a Bardic inspiration and he too turned into a Giant ape. Luigi ran up to Zelraun and started hitting him with the staff. Zelraun cast shield but Anna counter spelled it Luigi then hit with a furry of blows and knocked Zelraun prone. For each punch that hit, the Shield guardian took ½ of the damage. Tyrena equipped her antimatter rifled and loaded it. Jaquette cast web on Zelraun but he avoided it. Dickon ran up to Zelraun. Zelraun turned to Dickon holding up his staff of power and said, “Fulfill your oath.” Dickon took the staff and then broke it over his knee releasing a very powerful explosion of force. Dickon was disintegrated. The tables were turned to splinters. Rolen jumped out of the way but still took 56 points of force damage. Luigi evaded the damage. Jaquette didn’t evade and took 84 points of force damage. Tyrena dogged some and only took 42. Lucky took 42 points of damage but maintained his concentration. Al took the damage as an ape but lost his concentration and turned back into Al. Anna took 23. As the dust settled the Polymorphed from of Zelraun disappeared and the form of a Nagpa appeared.

The soul of a Nagpa

Anna ran up to the Nagpa and started hitting. Rolen drew the Blackrazor and started slashing and smiting the Nagapa bloodying it. The Nagpa used a feat to paralyze Lucky, Al and Tyrena. The Nagpa stood up and raised its arm at Rolen casting a spell Rolen had seen before: Feeblemind. Rolen tried to counter spell and would have failed if it weren’t for Al’s Bardic Inspiration! The Shield guardian cast the 4th level fireball he had stored in his chest dealing 28 fire damage to most of the group. Luigi ran up to the Nagpa and smacked it and stunned it and then punched it. Jaquette ran up to Rolen and cured some of his wounds and cast Bonfire on the Nagpa. Anna ran up with her dragon whip and whipped the Nagpa and the shield guardian. She made the Nagpa vulnerable to fire and destroyed the Shield guardian. Rolen made the final critical blow on the Nagpa and captured its soul in the blade.

Cleanup in aisle 6

Rolen examined the Nagpa and found it wearing a black robe of the Archmagi and the shield guardian amulet. Lucky started looking through book on the lectern near the shattered tables and skimmed through, looking for information on the higher-ranking Harpers who have been summoned for the battle with the Mind Flayers. Lucky then started throwing books into a bag of holding. Anna investigated the chest and found a few magical items and a slew of potions. (See treasure found below.)

They party then went in separate directions. Anna went to explore the house. Jaquette went with him to find a bed to lay down in. Rolen went to speak with one of the nobles he met during downtime: The Lady Yasmina Lockwood. (A human whose husband "Lord Rafferty Lockwood" is one of the secret Lords of Waterdeep.) Tyrena went back to her home in Waterdeep. Lucky went back to the Harper’s headquarters to inform them of what’s going on.

The tale of Anna…

Anna and Jaquette began searching the house. Jaquette found a bedroom with an empty bed and laid down for a quick nap. Anna found a stairwell to the basement and began searching. She found a storage room filled with crates. She then walked into a room that had a large coffin and blood-stained floors. To the south was a door from which Anna heard sounds of movement. Anna then locked the door and jammed the lock. She then went back and followed the passageway to the south where she heard moaning coming from another door. Anna cast protection from evil and good upon herself before she opened the door. She telepathically let the party know what was going on. She then opened the door and saw a very withered old body of a human stretched out on a table with his hands and feet bound to the table. Anna asked his name and he told Anna “Seth Kosk.” Seth said, “I want my mommy.”

The tale of Rolen…

The noble house of Lockwood was only a couple blocks away from the Roaringhorn estate. Rolen went there and requested an audience with Lady Yasmina Lockwood. Lady Lockwood agreed to see Rolen and met him in her sitting room. Rolen explained that Lord Roaringhorn was an evil Nagpa and had infiltrated the Harpers and the lords of Waterdeep. Lady Lockwood asked for proof and Rolen agreed to submit to a zone of truth spell conducted by the Town’s guard. Lady Lockwood had her servant go get the Town’s guard to get a sworn statement. Rolen received a telepathic message from Anna looking for help and replied, “I’m kind of busy.”

The tale of Tyrena, Lucky and Al.

Tyrena went to her home and dropped off a few important items. Tyrena Cleaned up a few things and then headed towards her shop (T-Rex Cigars.) On her way to the store, she received the message from Anna and then started to head back in that direction to aid Anna. Lucky and Al went to visit with the Harpers and explained to them the situation with Roaringhorn. As soon as Lucky got the message from Anna, he sent Al off to help. Lucky spent a few more moments with the Harpers and then caught a carriage to quickly get back to Anna to help her.

Anna in the basement

Anna examined the eviscerated man in on the table. She saw no bite marks on his neck and then knocked him out. Examining the room, she found a cauldron of a blood substance. Jaquette woke up when hearing that Anna needed help and then went downstairs to help. Jaquette showed up and Anna said, “we’re going vampire hunting.”

Jaquette picked the lock and opened the door to the room with the Coffin. Anna went to the chest by the north wall and used Jaquette’s twigs to pick its lock. In the chest she found 2 vials of a pale reddish liquid with an aura of transmutation magic. Anna uncorked the vials and poured the contents of the vials on the ground. Al came into the room as Anna opened the door to the south.

A demonic development.

Anna looked in and saw a large room with a platform in the south. There were 3 large vats to the west and 3 pale, ugly Maurezhi demons in the room. Anna relayed what she saw to the others. Al polymorphed Anna into a giant ape but Anna was not wanting to do that. The Maurezhi began attacking the ape. Jaquette cast tidal wave against the Maurezhi. The tidal wave destroyed one of the vats of blood. One of the Maurezhi bit into the ape and its Charisma was reduced by 4. The Ape began to scream and telepathically Anna begged Al to drop the polymorph. Al dropped the concentration and Anna then took a hit from the Maurezhi.

Rolen completed his testimony with the city guard and excused himself as he heard Anna’s telepathic calls for help. Rolen ran out of the house and looked in the general direction of the Roaringhorn estate and cast dimension door to transport into the basement. Unfortunately, his calculation was slightly off, and he wound up in the neighbor’s basement. Al gave Anna some bardic inspiration and then cast Mass suggestion against the Maurezhi, telling them to leave. However, the Maurezhi were immune to being charmed and ignored Al’s suggestion.

A blocked door

Anna stood blocking the doorway with her Protection from Evil and Good spell still activated. The Maurezhi had a tough time attacking her. Jaquette cast an Ice storm on all 3 Maurezhi. Rolen dashed from the neighbor’s house and headed to Roaringhorn’s front door. Lucky walked into the basement and said, “What’s going on?” Jaquette cast tidal wave again and one of the Maurezhi looked really bad. Anna cast Ashardalon’s Stride and did a bit of fire damage to one of the creatures.

Rolen came in and killed the creature in front of Anna. Jaquette cast cure wounds on Anna. Anna, using her magical stride and her whip, attacked 2 of the Maurezhi. Rolen went into the room and killed a 2nd demon and leftt the last one with just a hint of life remaining. Lucky stepped in and shot a fire bolt at the last one and killed it.

Rewards Granted

Treasure found

• 2 Potion of healing (greater)
• Potion of fire breath
• Potion of resistance
• Potion of hill giant strength
• Potion of growth
• 2 Potion of water breathing
• Bag of holding
• Keoghtom’s ointment (5 doses)
• Oil of slipperiness
• Dust of disappearance
• Dust of dryness
• Cap of water breathing
• Cloak of the manta ray
• Driftglobe
• Potion of poison
• Shield guardian amulet
• Robe of the Archmagi

Campaign

Rebuilding in the Age of Enialis

Protagonists

Lucky Lightfoot

Annalisa Selemchant

Jaquette Mara

Fredrik Fredson

Douglan Halfdopple

Rolen Blackstone

Tyrus Rechs

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8 / 8 HP

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Report Date

01 Dec 2021