I wish .
. . Book Two, Chapter 4.3 (session 88, 21 st May
2019) The Party: Naergon Harna, elven wizard (Diviner) Mads Rangle, human fighter/warlock (Fiend: Archdevil
Zariel) Jamna Gleamsilver, gnome rogue (Arcane Trickster) Tomaz Stormwind, human ranger (Hunter) Druscilla Oakenrock, dwarven cleric (Trickery: Mask) Talis Wintercrest, half-elven cleric (War: Bane) [Turn 15] Jamna casts invisibility and looks for an
opportunity as the dragonfang advances along the southern wall towards the
green chapel. Druscilla casts dimension door and leaves the green chapel into
the white chapel adjacent to Naergon. Mads moves to gain line of sight round
the giant bowl and casts eldritch blast at Naergoth, one blast of force
slamming into the undead horror. Bel the pit fiend roars and shouts something
unintelligible [infernal] as he charges Tiamat and bites, claws and batters at
her with his flaming mace through the planar membrane. The red wizard from the
blue chapel casts fireball, engulfing Druscilla [DEX save fail], Mads [DEX save
pass], Naergon [DEX save pass] and one of the ice devils [immune]. Another red
wizard steps out from the green chapel and casts cone of cold across Jamna [CON
save pass] and the still smoking form of Druscilla [CON save fail] and two of
the ice devils but it just falls short of Mads and Naergon. With a gasp,
Druscilla crumples to the ground as the last red wizard also emerges from the
green chapel and casts fireball, Druscilla screams and chars [auto fail death
saves], Mads relies on his dark powers to dodge the worst of the effect but
Naergon is caught by the full blast. Tiamat roars as her claws sheer through
the planar membrane, space distorts and her heads writhe as the dragon queen
emerges through the portal into the prime material. The readied actions of two
of the ice devils are triggered and the first casts a dome of ice between
Tiamat and Bel, the other a 30 foot long wall of ice. Tiamat is forced back
into the cauldron as she emerges spreading her wings while all five heads roar
in triumph spreading her frightful presence across the temple. Only Mads
(immune to the effect thanks to his gifted armour) and three of the ice devils
are unaffected, everyone else is cowed and awed. Then she steps and flies
around the ice walls to rip into Bel with claws and tail, slashing and impaling
the pit fiend, whilst her red head shouts incomprehensibly at him [infernal].
One of the ice devils moves south to the closest red wizard and rends it apart,
hurling the separate halves of the wizard against the wall. The second ice
devil moves south towards the green chapel, the third devil retreats into the
depths of the white chapel and remains scared [WIS save fail]. The last ice
devil moves around the fissures into the blue chapel and casts a dome of ice
over the red wizard. Naergon moves towards Druscilla, pulling a potion from his
pouch and dropping onto one knee, pours the contents down the dwarf’s throat
[lesser healing 5 HP] but remains. Naergoth steps out of a patch of shadow near
Talis’s corpse and shoots at Naergon ineffectively. [Turn 16] Jamna [invisible] moves south and prepares to
shoot the red wizard, should he step out of the green chapel [ready action] and
remains scared [WIS save fail]. The dragonfang continues to advance towards the
green chapel as Druscilla rolls on to her back and casts healing word on
herself [14 HP]. Mads retreats deep into the white chapel as Bel continues to
attack Tiamat with tooth, claw and mace. The red wizard in the dome of ice
casts firebolt against the wall of the dome, burning a 10’ wide hole in the
western side. The red wizard in the green chapel steps forward and casts cone of
cold across the two ice devils nearest him as Tiamat continues to circle around
Bel, slashing and stabbing with claw and tail. Her heads roar and wings spread
as she bellows her frightful presence, Druscilla remains uncowed [WIS save
pass] however. It’s clear that her white and green heads are semi-translucent,
as if they aren’t quite as solid as the rest. The first ice devil fails to
recharge and advances on the red wizard in the green chapel, ripping him apart
in a shower of blood. The second ice devil also fails to recharge but races to
the dragonfang and rips and rends, impaling it on its tail and shaking it
around like a wet rag. The third ice devil forms an ice wall across the chasms
in front of Tiamat and shakes of its fear [WIS save pass]. The last ice devil
advances up to the ice dome. Naergon casts wish and as he utters the words “ I wish we are all rejuvenated as if we had
rested for the night” a strange bubble of planar membrane forms around him
and intersects with the stream of white energy still faintly flowing from the
chapel up to Severin high in the Great Apse. The white energy jumps and arcs
back towards him, as it does the blue, green, black and red streams also arc
back and into the strange globe surrounding the elven wizard. Mads calls out “ careful, Naergon don’t cross the streams !”
but it’s too late, the globe starts to vibrate and take on the hues of all five
colours. As the globe pulses and vibrates there is a deep pressure explosion
and the globe is compressed, elongated and blown apart in a scintillating ring
of multi-hues energy across the temple. Everyone and everything is washed by
the energy blast. For an imperceptible moment that also lasts forever, nothing
happens and then the tide recedes and rushes back towards Naergon where it is
consumed, leaving the wizard standing, arms akimbo, hair and robes flying in
the ethereal wind as the power and energy is reabsorbed and disappears. All
ongoing spell effects [potion of invulnerability, forcecage, invisibility,
fear, ice walls] fail and end, everyone is rejuvenated and brought back to full
health and all items recharge. With a gasp Naergon comes to his senses and
takes a step backwards, regaining his composure and retreats deep into the
white chapel, staring around wide-eyed. Far away in the black chapel, Galvan
steps out from the collapsed forcecage and makes his way towards Naergoth. In
the sanctuary above the Great Apse Severin cackles and howls in demonic glee.
Naergoth shoots at the closest ice devil, hitting it once. [Turn 17] Jamna activates her boots of speed [bonus
action] and runs down to the corner of the green chapel. Druscilla casts shield
of faith and moves south within the white chapel. Mads casts eldritch blast at
Galvan across the Great Apse, multiple beams slamming into the wyrmspeaker. In
reaction Tiamat’s white head, now much more substantial looking, turns and
roars, emitting a cloud of icy cold breath across Bel, two of the ice devils
and Jamna. Bel [resistant] and Jamna [evasion] reel in the icy shockwave but
the ice devils ignore it [immune]. Bel again rips into Tiamat with claws and
mace. The red wizard in the blue chapel stares at the ice devil, now that the
ice dome has disappeared and casts fireball at it which the devil shrugs off
[immune] before retreating. Tiamat spreads her wings and her heads roar as she
makes her frightful presence felt, all the ice devils cower in fear but Bel
holds fast. Mads is immune in his special dragon armour, Jamna and Naergon both
cringe in fear but Druscilla stands her ground “ it’s just a dragon, what’s the matter with you all ” she snarls.
Tiamat turns her attention to Bel as the wounds inflicted on her begin to heal
[regeneration]and rips into the pit fiend with claw and tail. The first ice
devil advances towards Galvan and casts an ice wall in front of the chasm
between it and Naergoth and remains scared. The second ice devil also casts an
ice wall in front of Tiamat, forcing the dragon queen to step back, immune to
the cold, the devil cringes away against the southern wall. The third ice devil
hides in the rear of the white chapel, cringing in fear. The fourth ice devil
advances on the red wizard and rips him apart in a welter of blood and body
parts but remains scared. Naergon, weakened by his wish spell, drops his
backpack and casts invulnerability, his skin ages and shrinks as he does so
[necrotic damage], he then staggers deeper into the white chapel still scared
by Tiamat’s presence. Naergoth shoots at the second ice devil, one arrow
penetrating the devil’s scaly armour. [Turn 18] Jamna
continues to run south-west past the green chapel and casts invisibility on
herself as Tiamat’s green head roars and emits a cloud of noxious poison gas
towards the scampering gnome. Bel and the second ice devil are enveloped but
Jamna and the first ice devil are just outside the area. Both of the devils
shrug off the effect [immune]. Druscilla invokes improved duplicity and four
identical, illusionary versions of the dwarven cleric appear spread across the
front of the white chapel. Mads casts dimension door and teleports across to
stand adjacent to the corpse of Tomaz, advances on Naergoth [action surge] and
attacks at range with his glaive, cutting the undead creature before stepping
away as Tiamat’s black head roars and spits a line of acid across the third ice
devil and Druscilla, the acid burns deeply into both and Druscilla struggles to
maintain her duplicates – one of the illusions flickers out of existence. Bel
continues to rip at Tiamat with mace and tail before the dragon queen retaliates,
ripping into the pit fiend with claw and tail as her wounds continue to heal
[regeneration]. The first ice devil fails to recharge and charges at Galvan,
biting and clawing at the heavily armoured wyrmspeaker to little effect but
managing to pierce him with its tail but remains scared of Tiamat. The second
ice devil also fails to recharge before advancing towards the black chapel but
does manage to shake off its fear. The third ice devil continues to huddle in
fear at the rear of the white chapel, likewise the fourth ice devil cowers in
the blue chapel. Naergon stays in the white chapel “ we need to concentrate on the dragon” he shouts as he cringes away
from Tiamat in fear. Galvan runs towards Mads, flaps his cloak [bonus action]
and floats in to attack him, Mads swings his glaive [AOO] and stabs the
wyrmspeaker. Galvan stabs Mads with his shortsword, lightning coursing through
the wound. Naergoth steps up behind Mads and attempts to grab him but misses
before swinging his sword and cutting the warlock deeply across the back. Next time: The fate of the world awaits Levels were gained this session:
Naergon
18 th
level
Mads
17 th
level
Jamna
17 th
level
Tomaz
16 th
level RIP
Druscilla
17 th
level
Talis
13 th
level RIP
XP earnt is now
irrelevant as the rest of TOD is based on milestone XP In-Game the
session ended at 09:30 on 15 th Eleint 1485 DR [The last LONG
REST was completed at 06:00 on 15 th Eleint] [The last SHORT REST
was completed at 08:45 on 15 th Eleint] Next session
Tuesday 28 th May at 19:15