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Session 29: 01/29/2026

Who attended:

  • Steve (Burton)
  • Darin (Tink)
  • Shannon (Zelanis)
  • Anton (Grombo)

Quotable Quotes

"We know lots about magic" - Anton

"And this is how the party TPK's" - Darin (again)

What happened:

The party arrived in Sigil. The Wizards Three were not there, but Malania greets the party. She offers them food and rest.

The next morning the Wizard Three are back in their studies researching. Alustriel is grateful to see the players alive and back with the fifth piece of the rod. Nyx tells everyone that they are headed to the Isle of Serpents on Oerth. The Wizards Three explain that Acererak has a tomb on the Isle of Serpents and that he stole many treasures from the island's inhabitants. Mordenkainen scoffs at the party. In return the party is upset that they seem to be doing all of the heavy lifting to defeat Vecna.

Mordenkainen and Tasha are offended by the idea that they are doing nothing. Alustriel quickly intervenes and explains that they are trying to find where Vecna is. That they have sent other groups out looking for information and other items to help defeat Vecna, several other groups have perished. Alustriel explains that they are also massing an army to help fight the armies of Vecna. She apologizes to the party if it seems that they are being exploited, that was never their intentions. She also gives the party some healing potions to help them on their way.

With that the party heads to Oerth. When they step out of the portal, they find a Kraken attacking a group of archaeologists. The party runs in to help and attacks when the tentacles come to shore. Eventually, Grombo grapples one of the tentacles allowing the group to attack in closer range. Zel gives it the final blow.

Laysa thanks the group. She explains that her group of archaeologists were trying to recover treasures solen from her ancestors. She brings the party back to her camp. She also gives the party a rough map of the complex they were exploring. She says they are looking for six ancestral treasures and offers to pay the party if they can find these lost treasures.

The party also meets Talo and Vogren, priests that tending to the wounded. Nyx makes friends with Vogren (crits persuasion) and convinces him to come with them into the tomb. Tink talks to Marian, a mage, and she explains that many of the traps in the tomb will be magical. She also tells them her secret, that she once admired the archlich and even considered studying necromancy. When Marian realized the great evil involved, though, she eschewed this grim path.

Burton spies a Lantern of Reveling and a Gem of Seeing by Marian. He attempts to charm her to giving them up, but she declines. Nyx comes up and asks to borrow the items with the promise to return them. Marian agrees and gives them to Nyx

The party rests for the evening.

The next day they head into the tomb. Using the map from Laysa they ignore the two false entrances. They find the main entrance floor traps have been pulled up, revealing a pit full of spikes. They party uses the thin planks of wood to cross. At the end of the room is relief of a scowling, fiendish face made of a of blue mosaic tiles. They also find a door that is magically sealed. After many attempts to figure out the blue devil face, the party finally remembers that the map showed a tunnel inside the spiked pit.

The party follows the tunnel to cave with 7 casks. Each cask had a different symbol on it, in different colors. There was a message in Celestial on the opposite wall. The party figured out the puzzle and Grombo volunteered to drink first. Grombo turned into a gaseous form and was able to float down to the basement below. The party followed suit.

There was another tunnel that the party found, which lead to a room with eight stone archways. Tink went through the North one and disappeared. Burton went in after him. Nyx and Vogren followed. Grombo and Zel decided to explore one of the other archways.

Tink and Burton appeared in a room full of darkness. Tink cast daylight and found a black orb in the center of the room. Tink and Burton felt an intense urge to leave the room. Tink found the door to leave locked. Burton unlocked it.

Nyx and Vogren found themselves in a similar room to Tink and Burton. She uses one of her charges on the Gem of Seeing and finds a black orb in the room. Nyx and Vogren feel the same intense urge to leave the room. Nyx fails at picking the lock, so she forces the door open.

Zel and Grombo find a room with a expansive glade of trees. They find a treant wrapped in sickly looking vines. Zel tries to remove them, but the treant says they are cursed and can not be pulled away. Grombo finds a ebony wand decorated with bones and feathers (one of the items Laysa asked them to find).

Tink and Burton find a library on the other side of the door. Nyx comes running up and hugs Tink, happy to be reunited. They all search the library and find a spell scroll, engraved copper sheets (one of Laysa's items), and a journal. Tink picks them up and the five stone statues in the room come to life.

Grombo tries to pick up the ebony wand and the treant becomes enraged, ready to attack.

(Initiative was already rolled)