2024-06-14 – Shadowed Keep

Characters

  • Chartreuse (pp 14)
  • Eldrox (pp 16)
  • Helm Hobbs (pp 17)
  • Radon (pp 14)
  • Voxi (pp 11)
  • Zaffre (pp 14)

Strong Start

Whispering. "No, my lovely. I'm so sorry. What have they done to you??" from the north.

Scenes

  • Campfire tales
  • Whispering to the north
  • Hunting for the key of eyes and mouths

Secrets and Clues

  • Thickra the Shepherd has lost his love, a giant spider now succumb to the call of the Eater of Worlds.
  • Ancient glyphs of elves can be found deep in the earth. Do the children of Lolth live here?
  • The natural formations of the earth are different here. The obelisks twist them somehow.
  • The journals of St. Cuthbert don't touch on items like the obelisk – the abyssal machine.
  • How far do the abyssal machines reach? All the way to the archeplaegos of Radon's birth?
  • The whispers of lolth travel through these halls.
  • Blood Sister Zaxya of the World Eaters holds the Key of Eyes and Mouths. She and her World Eater assassins hunt Black Harbingers.
  • High Priest Kryxsis Blacktooth attempts to channel energy from the Shadowed Keep obelisk which infuses his allies with tremendous power.
  • Passages in the Undercrypt lead into the caverns of the underdark.
  • The Black Cathedral lies beneath the dwarven citadel of Vongyth. Vongyth lies at the edge of the Forest of Grey Spires carved into a plateau.
  • Blood Moon goblinoids used to haunt these halls but they were subverted by the voice of the Eater of Worlds on the other side. They can be heard to whisper a word – Hethradiah.
  • Two lead the forces of the Black Harbinger, Sir Geldron Grayhand and Brother Navros.
  • Three lead the World Eaters – Blood Sisters Axleva and Zaxya and Elder Kryxsis Blacktooth.

Notable NPCs

  • Blood Sister Zaxya holds the key of eyes and mouths.
  • Thickra the Ettercap Shepherd
  • High Priest Kryxsis of the Eater of Worlds
  • Sir Geldron Grayhand – wight commander
  • Brother Navros – Priest of the Black Harbingers but secret priest of the Dead Night

Monsters

  • Travmiki the Cursed Spider – CR 6 AC/DC 15 HP 112 Atk/Prof +7 DPR 41 Atks 3 × 1d6 + 11 Maddening Call for psychic damage
  • World eater hounds CR 3 AC/DC 13 HP 65 Atk/Prof +5 DPR 23 Atks 2 × 1d6 + 9
  • World eater assassins CR 4 AC/DC 14 HP 84 Atk/Prof +6 DPR 28 Atks 2 × 1d6 + 11
  • Brother Navros CR 6 AC/DC 15 HP 112 Atk/Prof +7 DPR 41 Atks 3 × 1d6 + 11
  • Sir Geldron Grayhand CR 6 AC/DC 15 HP 112 Atk/Prof +7 DPR 41 Atks 3 × 1d6 + 11
  • Black harbinger cultists CR 1 AC/DC 12 HP 33 Atk/Prof +5 DPR 12 Atks 2 × 1d6 + 3
  • Black Harbinger cult fanatics CR 3 AC/DC 13 HP 65 Atk/Prof +5 DPR 23 Atks 2 × 1d6 + 9

Treasure

  • 510 sp, 2,475 gp, 110 pp (3,626gp), 1,000 gp sapphire, Ioun Stone (Protection), Portable Hole, Boots of Levitation
  • Scroll of Flamestrike
  • Revivify
  • Dispel Magic

Session Notes

  • Ended with the cult leader and Lord Geldron coming out of the hall thinking they were saved.