It’s
been a while since I’ve updated the campaign log. We are still playing and last
night we had our eleventh session. This is what has happened so far.
Session 7: Dungeons and Doppelgangers
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| When I voiced these guys, I told my players they sounded like the aliens from the District 9 movie. |
After
defeating the were-boars the group rested and discovered the hoard of treasure
the two brothers had accumulated in the dungeon. After they struck out to find
the exit to the surface and the Yawning Portal. Along the way they found a
throne room with a dead orc in it and a scorpion shaped throne studded with gem
stones. Wisely the group decided that it would be smarter to not to mess with
the throne and continue to try and find a way out. As they came to a cross road
they heard deep voices in the dark planning to ambush them, once again the
party decided to avoid confrontation and took the southerly route instead. Shortly
after taking this path they were attack by spider-men monsters. As the group
went to engage they entered a room that had two sacs (presumably the webbed
bodies or possibly egg sacs) hanging from the ceiling. As they engaged some
giant spiders joined the fray! It soon became clear that the party was going to
win the battle when suddenly Kyhber and Skaar attacked their own party members!
Before the group could subdue them they fled leaving behind a small amount of weird
living luminescent blue ooze. When the web sacs were cut open the bodies of
Khyber and Skarr were discovered naked inside!
DM Note: The players of Khyber and Skaar had
missed some sessions so I had their characters disappear in Undermountain for a
while and then reappear later when they could play. I asked the players if they
would be willing to play along and they were. The grou was really surprised but
said they enjoyed the trick. I also decided that they haven’t seen the last of
these mysterious shape shifting creatures…
Session 8: The Yawning Portal
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| They finally made it out of Undermountain! |
After
the surprise attack the party hunkered down and barricaded themselves into a
small room to rest up. Once rested they continued their mission to escape
Undermountain. The party was determined to not let any distractions hamper them
from getting out. That changed when they ended up hearing a ruckus going on in
a nearby chamber and the sounds of a familiar voice. The voice was none other
than Randal Dawnbringer the cleric of Lathander, who they had last encountered
way back in Greenest! It turned out that Randal had been told by his “Brother”
(Randal believes that the God Lathanader is his brother) in a dream to find the
heroes by going to the raiding camp and through the same portal that brought
the heroes to Undermountain. While traveling through the dungeon he met and
joined up with a Halfling woman named Jamna who told him she was scouting for a
Temple to Tiamat somewhere in Undermountain. Along the way they encountered a
band of Hobgoblins who were about to capture them when the party arrives. The
group fought the Hobgoblins and reunited with their old friend. Raven, the
groups rogue had a conversation with Jamna who was also curious as to what the
group was up to. After hearing their story and that they were trying to get to
the Yawning Portal, she lead them there and after paying their gold pieces up
they went. In the Yawning Portal the group was hailed as great heroes and now
they have quite a reputation in Waterdeep!
DM Notes: This session I wanted to sow the seeds
to reintegrate the Tyranny of Dragons storyline back into the campaign. In my
mind one of the richest treasure hoards in all of the Realms is the City of
Splendours herself and that nothing less than the city itself would appease Tiamat!
At some point I plan on having the characters discover a grand temple to Tiamat
in Undermountain. But for now the seed is planted for the future and I think
the whole group was ready to move on to other adventures outside of the dungeon.
