Djelibeybi Sojourn: Part 1 -- Scaling the Cliffs of Madness

 

This Week's Team Members

• Chumbawamba the loyal warg and team mascot
• Nimrod Crowguile, esquire. 
• a Corporate Lawyer (i.e. fixer and aspiring consigliere) of Kas Enterprises, 
• a charismatic male Varient Human ("vuman") warlock of Kas the Bloody Handed
• a proud graduate of an evil law school

• Devora --she/her,  Valor Bard and Student Intern spending time adventuring between course work at a Strixhaven-like university
• Hootie Hoo -- Devora's owl familiar
• Nimbat: Nimrod's bat familiar and confidant
• Dormin: Nimrod's summoned shadow ally.
• Thuggoon: Nimrod's new shadow spawn enforcer and body guard, assigned to Nimrod by Kas Enterprises as protection against violent Unicorns, undead Paladins, and any others who might seek to injure Nimrod.
• Jax the investigative rogue dhampir (she/her) private eye

This is the team's first outing at level 8.

This Week's Adventure

We decided to go to Djelibeybi, a location in the desert, to intercept the events mentioned in the letter.

We go into the desert.  We get caught in a bad, dusty sand storm.  Up ahead we glimpse a patch of blue sky above a high rocky plateau.  One of its spires is close enough to tower over us as we get close enough.

7 gargoyles attack as chumba is under the flying spell and is carrying nimrod up

devora polymorphed chumba into a great ape after a gargoyle halved her hp

nimrod turned chumba and himself invisible.  nimrod then teleported to the top of 

plateau

chumba polymorphed into great ape

nimrod summoned fear shadowspawn

blue dragonborn knights blew lightning -- hit lucinia and nimrod separately

they had 4 heavy crossbow + mace armed thugs

An Intercepted Message to SM

 A message intercepted by the Bad Decisions Guild and forwarded to the team:

SM--

You're behind that mess at the museum aren't you? How very like you and your brothers to have made such a ridiculous mess out of things. I could have told you that plan was completely foolish but nooooooo, the three of you are so clever and independent.And then of course you don't take credit for it because it blew up and probably didn't accomplish anything you wanted it to. But those of us in the know can always recognize your work.

Keep an eye out for news from Djelibeybi--you'll get a chance to see what a real plan looks like.

--Someone much cleverer than you

Tomb of a Fatal Marriage

The Weeks Adventurers

• Chumbawamba the loyal warg and team mascot
• Nimrod Crowguile, esquire. 
• a Corporate Lawyer (i.e. fixer and aspiring consigliere) of Kas Enterprises, 
• a charismatic male Varient Human ("vuman") warlock of Kas the Bloody Handed
• a proud graduate of an evil law school

• Devora --she/her,  Valor Bard and Student Intern spending time adventuring between course work at a Strixhaven-like university
• Hootie Hoo -- Devora's owl familiar
• Nimbat: Nimrod's bat familiar and confidant
• Dormin: Nimrod's summoned shadow ally.
• Jax the investigative rogue dhampir (she/her) private eye
• Princess the winged cat

The party is currently at level 7.   This is the final adventure before reaching level 8.

This weeks adventure

The Bad Decision Makers made their way to a dark and foreboding 500 year old tomb. They came here to investigate a spot that was marked as a point of interest on Vohilde's map. They hoped to find materials that would help them continue prosecuting their case against the Golden Orchid Society.

The party had already cleared out much of the tomb which had presented many deathly challenges, including a pair of well-armored skeletons, a group of skeleton rogues, and a deathweaver spider. But they had persevered, and now they were nearing the end of their quest.

The party came to a large chamber, in the center of which was a coffin. The coffin was made of solid gold, and it was engraved with the names of Lord Ivan Polevoi and Master Dmitri.

The party knew that Lord Ivan was the necromancer, and they suspected that Master Dmitri was the paladin who had defeated him. They decided to use the Speak with Dead spell to learn more about the history of this place.

When they cast the spell, they were able to speak to the spirits of both Lord Ivan and Master Dmitri. Lord Ivan told them that he had been driven mad by a neighboring lord, who had publicly mocked his love for Master Dmitri. In a fit of rage, Lord Ivan had raised an army of the dead to defeat the local lord. But using the undead to wage war upon a neighbor violated Master Dmitri's sacred oath to his patron god, a god of marriage. So Dmitry fought his life partner Ivan to stop the undead army. Dmitri killed Ivan but was also killed by him. Now they were together in this tomb.

Master Dmitri told the party that his sword was probably nearby. It was a powerful weapon against the undead. He also told them that the keys to the sword's location    q were held by his loyal companions, who had died alongside him in battle.

The party then set out to find the keys, which they surmised were scattered throughout the tomb complex. They searched the chamber and found three skeletons, each of which had a key on a necklace around its neck. They also found a room with two specters, who were the spirits of two of Master Dmitri's companions.

The party defeated the specters and the skeletons while taking their keys. They then returned to the coffin and used the keys to open it. Inside, they found the sword of Master Dmitri.

The party then faced the final challenge of their quest: the wraith of Master Dmitri. The wraith was a powerful undead creature, but the party was able to defeat it with the help of Master Dmitri's sword.

With the wraith defeated, the party had completed their quest. They had found the sword of Master Dmitri, and they had put an end to the threat of Lord Ivan's undead army.