Session 15: The Underdark - Revision history

Manath: /* The Confrontation */

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The Confrontation

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	* Aunrae of House Drezz'Lynur of Undrek'Thoz: "Blind, still. Like all your kind. Lolth's web stretches beyond your feeble m—"		* Aunrae of House Drezz'Lynur of Undrek'Thoz: "Blind, still. Like all your kind. Lolth's web stretches beyond your feeble m—"
	* Vaergath pummelled her repeatedly.		* Vaergath pummelled her repeatedly.
	* Vaergath: "Open the way to Drezz'Lynur as agreed. Maybe I let you limp back to your Spider Queen.		* Vaergath: "Open the way to Drezz'Lynur as agreed. Maybe I let you limp back to your Spider Queen."
	* Vaergath: "Or maybe I send Tharos your body, piece by piece."		* Vaergath: "Or maybe I send Tharos your body, piece by piece."

Manath: /* Summary */

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Summary

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	The party wasted no time silencing the drow lookout, Ryltar T'sarran, as Glenn's frog tongue deftly snatched away his whistle before he could summon Umber Hulks. Despite a brief scuffle—including Lilia resisting drow poison and the celestial badger's polite but fruitless diplomacy—the group subdued and interrogated their prisoner. Ryltar, after enduring a cycle of unconsciousness and waking via starry-smelling salts, relented. He revealed Aunrae Drezz'Lynur's deception: the ogres had been led to believe they were teleporting below Surthay, but the sigils would instead cast them into the duergar-infested Black Gloam. With faerzress somehow shielding her from divination, Aunrae played both sides, taking coin from both Tharos and the duergar slavers.		The party wasted no time silencing the drow lookout, Ryltar T'sarran, as Glenn's frog tongue deftly snatched away his whistle before he could summon Umber Hulks. Despite a brief scuffle—including Lilia resisting drow poison and the celestial badger's polite but fruitless diplomacy—the group subdued and interrogated their prisoner. Ryltar, after enduring a cycle of unconsciousness and waking via starry-smelling salts, relented. He revealed Aunrae Drezz'Lynur's deception: the ogres had been led to believe they were teleporting below Surthay, but the sigils would instead cast them into the duergar-infested Black Gloam. With faerzress somehow shielding her from divination, Aunrae played both sides, taking coin from both Tharos and the duergar slavers.

	Leaving Ryltar with his weapons ~~but~~ free to seek his fate on the surface, the party pressed deeper into the Underdark, following ogre footprints past glowing fungi and a fork in the tunnels. A false trail led to an abandoned camp—only for Lilia to discover, firsthand, that a tattered cloak was a living Cloaker. The ensuing battle saw Unit 137 unleash hellfire, Glenn sever its tail, and Smokescale fall (for now) as the creature latched onto him and Lilia withered them both into oblivion. Glenn and Unit 137 harvested its carapace.		Leaving Ryltar with his weapons and free to seek his fate on the surface, the party pressed deeper into the Underdark, following ogre footprints past glowing fungi and a fork in the tunnels. A false trail led to an abandoned camp—only for Lilia to discover, firsthand, that a tattered cloak was a living Cloaker. The ensuing battle saw Unit 137 unleash hellfire, Glenn sever its tail, and Smokescale fall (for now) as the creature latched onto him and Lilia withered them both into oblivion. Glenn and Unit 137 harvested its carapace.

	Realizing the ogres had backtracked, the party corrected course and found themselves on the shores of the Cold Sea, an expanse of still, dark water. Flying silently over its surface, they extinguished their light, narrowly avoiding a roper's grasping tentacles over an expanse of bibberbangs. Draped in the cloaker's carapace, they mimicked its movement, fooling another roper into letting them pass. Their journey took them to a second mooring post, where signs of a massive object—likely the Monolith of Stars—had been unloaded from a barge.		Realizing the ogres had backtracked, the party corrected course and found themselves on the shores of the Cold Sea, an expanse of still, dark water. Flying silently over its surface, they extinguished their light, narrowly avoiding a roper's grasping tentacles over an expanse of bibberbangs. Draped in the cloaker's carapace, they mimicked its movement, fooling another roper into letting them pass. Their journey took them to a second mooring post, where signs of a massive object—likely the Monolith of Stars—had been unloaded from a barge.

Manath: /* Summary */

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Summary

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	The party wasted no time silencing the drow lookout, Ryltar T'sarran, as Glenn's frog tongue deftly snatched away his whistle before he could summon Umber Hulks. Despite a brief scuffle—including Lilia resisting drow poison and the celestial badger's polite but fruitless diplomacy—the group subdued and interrogated their prisoner. Ryltar, after enduring a cycle of unconsciousness and waking via starry-smelling salts, relented. He revealed Aunrae Drezz'Lynur's deception: the ogres had been led to believe they were teleporting below Surthay, but the sigils would instead cast them into the duergar-infested Black Gloam. With faerzress somehow shielding her from divination, Aunrae played both sides, taking coin from both Tharos and the duergar slavers.		The party wasted no time silencing the drow lookout, Ryltar T'sarran, as Glenn's frog tongue deftly snatched away his whistle before he could summon Umber Hulks. Despite a brief scuffle—including Lilia resisting drow poison and the celestial badger's polite but fruitless diplomacy—the group subdued and interrogated their prisoner. Ryltar, after enduring a cycle of unconsciousness and waking via starry-smelling salts, relented. He revealed Aunrae Drezz'Lynur's deception: the ogres had been led to believe they were teleporting below Surthay, but the sigils would instead cast them into the duergar-infested Black Gloam. With faerzress somehow shielding her from divination, Aunrae played both sides, taking coin from both Tharos and the duergar slavers.

	Leaving Ryltar ~~weaponless~~ but free to seek his fate on the surface, the party pressed deeper into the Underdark, following ogre footprints past glowing fungi and a fork in the tunnels. A false trail led to an abandoned camp—only for Lilia to discover, firsthand, that a tattered cloak was a living Cloaker. The ensuing battle saw Unit 137 unleash hellfire, Glenn sever its tail, and Smokescale fall (for now) as the creature latched onto him and Lilia withered them both into oblivion. Glenn and Unit 137 harvested its carapace.		Leaving Ryltar with his weapons but free to seek his fate on the surface, the party pressed deeper into the Underdark, following ogre footprints past glowing fungi and a fork in the tunnels. A false trail led to an abandoned camp—only for Lilia to discover, firsthand, that a tattered cloak was a living Cloaker. The ensuing battle saw Unit 137 unleash hellfire, Glenn sever its tail, and Smokescale fall (for now) as the creature latched onto him and Lilia withered them both into oblivion. Glenn and Unit 137 harvested its carapace.

	Realizing the ogres had backtracked, the party corrected course and found themselves on the shores of the Cold Sea, an expanse of still, dark water. Flying silently over its surface, they extinguished their light, narrowly avoiding a roper's grasping tentacles over an expanse of bibberbangs. Draped in the cloaker's carapace, they mimicked its movement, fooling another roper into letting them pass. Their journey took them to a second mooring post, where signs of a massive object—likely the Monolith of Stars—had been unloaded from a barge.		Realizing the ogres had backtracked, the party corrected course and found themselves on the shores of the Cold Sea, an expanse of still, dark water. Flying silently over its surface, they extinguished their light, narrowly avoiding a roper's grasping tentacles over an expanse of bibberbangs. Draped in the cloaker's carapace, they mimicked its movement, fooling another roper into letting them pass. Their journey took them to a second mooring post, where signs of a massive object—likely the Monolith of Stars—had been unloaded from a barge.

Manath: /* XP Award */

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XP Award

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	== XP Award ==		== XP Award ==

	* 200 XP for Octavius's encyclopedic knowledge of this part of the Underdark.		* 200 XP for Octavius's encyclopedic knowledge of this part of the Underdark
	* 900 XP for defeating the drow lookout and preventing Umber Hulks from appearing		* 900 XP for defeating the drow lookout and preventing Umber Hulks from appearing
	* 975 XP for defeating the Cloaker		* 975 XP for defeating the Cloaker

Manath: /* Summary */

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Summary

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	Realizing the ogres had backtracked, the party corrected course and found themselves on the shores of the Cold Sea, an expanse of still, dark water. Flying silently over its surface, they extinguished their light, narrowly avoiding a roper's grasping tentacles over an expanse of bibberbangs. Draped in the cloaker's carapace, they mimicked its movement, fooling another roper into letting them pass. Their journey took them to a second mooring post, where signs of a massive object—likely the Monolith of Stars—had been unloaded from a barge.		Realizing the ogres had backtracked, the party corrected course and found themselves on the shores of the Cold Sea, an expanse of still, dark water. Flying silently over its surface, they extinguished their light, narrowly avoiding a roper's grasping tentacles over an expanse of bibberbangs. Draped in the cloaker's carapace, they mimicked its movement, fooling another roper into letting them pass. Their journey took them to a second mooring post, where signs of a massive object—likely the Monolith of Stars—had been unloaded from a barge.

	Tracking the ogres' movements inland, the party discovered the aftermath of a slaughter—drow bodies lay about, throats slit, backs pierced with massive javelins. Their path led to a grim confrontation: ahead, Vaergath, the ogre assassin, held Aunrae Drezz'Lynur by the throat, slamming her against a cavern wall. Enraged by her betrayal, he demanded she honor their deal and open the way to Drezz'Lynur. She sneered through bloodied lips, invoking Lolth's name. As Vaergath prepared to convince her, the party made their move, launching boulders and starry bolts. The ogre fought with savage fury, taking blows and turning invisible—only to be caught in Faerie Fire. Aunrae, desperate, attempted to summon a Cloudkill, but Octavius snuffed it out with a well-timed Counterspell.		Tracking the ogres' movements inland, the party discovered the aftermath of a slaughter—drow bodies lay about, throats slit, backs pierced with massive javelins. Their path led to a grim confrontation: ahead, Vaergath, the ogre assassin, held Aunrae Drezz'Lynur by the throat, slamming her against a cavern wall. Beside them were a teleportation circle and the Monolith of Stars. Enraged by her betrayal, he demanded she honor their deal and open the way to Drezz'Lynur. She sneered through bloodied lips, invoking Lolth's name. As Vaergath prepared to convince her, the party made their move, launching boulders and starry bolts. The ogre fought with savage fury, taking blows and turning invisible—only to be caught in Faerie Fire. Aunrae, desperate, attempted to summon a Cloudkill, but Octavius snuffed it out with a well-timed Counterspell.

	And then — the session ended, combat hanging in the balance.		And then — the session ended, combat hanging in the balance.

Manath: /* The Second Shore */

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The Second Shore

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	=== The Second Shore ===		=== The Second Shore ===
			* '''Date:''' 16th of Tarsakh (The Claw of the Storms, April), morning, 1372 DR
	* Six hours later, the party arrived at another island. This one had a hitching moor with a large wooden barge attached, with clear scrape marks of a large monolith-sized object having been onboard.		* Six hours later, the party arrived at another island. This one had a hitching moor with a large wooden barge attached, with clear scrape marks of a large monolith-sized object having been onboard.
	* The party deliberated the destruction of the monolith once they found it, but ultimately may have agreed to return it to the Rashemi people.		* The party deliberated the destruction of the monolith once they found it, but ultimately may have agreed to return it to the Rashemi people.

Manath: /* The Second Shore */

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The Second Shore

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	=== The Second Shore ===		=== The Second Shore ===
	* ~~The~~ party arrived at another island. This one had a hitching moor with a large wooden barge attached, with clear scrape marks of a large monolith-sized object having been onboard.		* Six hours later, the party arrived at another island. This one had a hitching moor with a large wooden barge attached, with clear scrape marks of a large monolith-sized object having been onboard.
	* The party deliberated the destruction of the monolith once they found it, but ultimately may have agreed to return it to the Rashemi people.		* The party deliberated the destruction of the monolith once they found it, but ultimately may have agreed to return it to the Rashemi people.
	* Sets of ogre tracks were joined by humanoid tracks, leading into a tunnel system.		* Sets of ogre tracks were joined by humanoid tracks, leading into a tunnel system.

Manath: /* Maps */

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Maps

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	[[File:The-earthroot.png\|none\|600px\|thumb\|The Underdark, Earthroot Region]]		[[File:The-earthroot.png\|none\|600px\|thumb\|The Underdark, Earthroot Region]]

			* Interactive Faerun map, including the Underdark: [https://forgottenmaps.web.app/map/Faerun https://forgottenmaps.web.app/map/Faerun]

	== NPCs Encountered (or mentioned) ==		== NPCs Encountered (or mentioned) ==

Manath: /* Maps */

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Maps

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	[[File:Undrek-thoz.jpg\|none\|600px\|thumb\|Undrek'Thoz, Drow City-States]]		[[File:Undrek-thoz.jpg\|none\|600px\|thumb\|Undrek'Thoz, Drow City-States]]

	[[File:The-earthroot.png\|none\|600px\|thumb\|The Underdark - Earthroot Region]]		[[File:The-earthroot.png\|none\|600px\|thumb\|The Underdark, Earthroot Region]]

	== NPCs Encountered (or mentioned) ==		== NPCs Encountered (or mentioned) ==

Manath: /* Maps */

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Maps

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	== Maps ==		== Maps ==
	[[File:Undrek-thoz.jpg\|none\|600px\|thumb\|Undrek'Thoz]]		[[File:Undrek-thoz.jpg\|none\|600px\|thumb\|Undrek'Thoz, Drow City-States]]

	[[File:The-earthroot.png\|none\|600px\|thumb\|The Underdark - Earthroot]]		[[File:The-earthroot.png\|none\|600px\|thumb\|The Underdark - Earthroot Region]]

	== NPCs Encountered (or mentioned) ==		== NPCs Encountered (or mentioned) ==