GM: yoruThe party arrived in a dead wasteland and was immediately surrounded by Flitterstep Eidolons. Kejora cast moonbeam, dealing massive radiant damage to multiple enemies, while River finished off eidolons using sap and frightful avatar. Carlsberg attacked in allosaurus wild shape but missed, Henry's attacks grazed, and Jerrod's eldritch blast beams both missed. Dax remained at 44/66 HP through the fight. After the eidolons fell, the area went silent, but more enemies waited in the fog ahead.
Dax cast light on his shield, used his periapt of health and Durable feat to heal back to full (66/66 HP), and coordinated with the party as Cervastrix scouted. Henry's lantern of revealing exposed a grotesque humanoid entity that addressed Henry as "my sweet boy" and claimed the party's business was "none of your business." Jerrod confronted the entity but failed a Wisdom save, suffering a headache while his patron JB refused to help. Dax attempted diplomacy, stating the party was there to help a friend, but the entity remained hostile.
As a loud scream echoed and footsteps approached from the fog, signaling an advancing army, Henry panicked and guided the party back to the portal. Dax ordered the retreat, and the group escaped safely. The DM noted that the party should gather more information and form a plan before re-entering, particularly regarding the entity's nature and Henry's patron.
GM: Hai-QThe Northern Road, specifically the cliffside and wooded ambush area north of Dawnport.
The adventuring party (Dax, Eden, Marx, River, Aiden, and Carlsberg), a Huge Frost Giant, two Hill Giants, an Ettin, and two Winter Wolves.
The party traveled up the Northern Road to eliminate a giant threat reported by local traders, engaging in a fierce battle against a Frost Giant, two Hill Giants, an Ettin, and their Winter Wolf companions. After Marx landed a devastating critical strike on the Frost Giant and Dax turned the tide of the battle by sweeping the field with his Channel Divinity: Radiance of the Dawn, the party defeated the massive foes, with Dax ultimately finishing off the fleeing Ettin with a massive fireball. Following the victory, Carlsberg identified the specific giant species and revealed the crucial intelligence that these creatures originate from the East and operate in organized communities.
GM: Nami |Ariana⁶, Nara³,jing Shan²After defeating the initial group of flameskulls and preparing the bodies for return, five more of the noble soldiers’ heads ignited and transformed into new flameskulls, which the party managed to destroy. In the aftermath, Dax pushed to stay focused on hunting the devil, while Father Hoilsat lamented that more could have been done for the undead.
Hanz scouted north from a treetop and spotted a distant campsite, where the party found seven Veteran Guards protecting a carriage and holding the cowardly noble Richard Von Bane prisoner for fleeing the devil fight. After tense discussion, Dax convinced them that Richard needed to be interrogated in Dawnport and urged them to pursue “Talk Back,” the tiefling who had secretly summoned the devil and caused the slaughter, but Richard suddenly poisoned himself with a hidden vial and died before questioning.
In gratitude for the party’s help, the Veteran Guards paid 600 gold (split between Hanz, Zevrouge, and Ariana) and distributed magic items: Mantle of Resistance to Beatrix, Sentinel Shield to Father Hoilsat, Medallion of Thought to Eden, and Split Adamantine Armor to Dax. With their business concluded, the group prepared to leave; Zevrouge burned Richard’s body along with the noble’s carriage, while Dax and Hanz tamed two horses, and the party returned to Dawnport to rest and plan their next move against the devil and “Talk Back.”
GM: Nami |Ariana⁶, Nara³,jing Shan²The party left Dawnport barracks with Dax and his five guards in separate wagons, heading into the forest to track down missing nobles and their troops. On the way, they met Wisemen Gemstore, traded with him, and noticed marching tracks and a hawk signaling a direction deeper into the woods.
Following the tracks and the hawk, the group discovered a burning clearing where four flameskulls hovered around the bodies of noble soldiers. After a hard fight—where all five noble soldiers and four of Dax’s guards died, with Zevrouge arriving late to help—the party recovered a journal describing a failed encounter with a devil seeking its summoner “Talk Back.” Beatrice realized the flameskulls were formed from the soldiers’ remains, and when Dax tried to perform a funeral ceremony, the corpse transformed into five new flameskulls, ending the session on that cliffhanger.
GM: Arkozh
