Deadly Dungeon: Episode 18

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==Session 18: The Anthology of Creation (13th Party - Floor 11)==
=== Characters ===
* Crypt CurlZZ - Way of the Astral Self Monk 6
* Say'nt Prance - Domain of Life Cleric 6
* Ned aka Snowflake Face - Totem of the Bear Barbarian 4 / Circle of the Moon Druid 2
* Chrim Sass - Divination Wizard 3 / Genie Warlock 3
===Episode Synopsis===
The party spawns in the dungeon, touting the Glory of the Winter Gods:
Dasher, God of Travel
Dancer, God of Inspiration
Comet, God of Faith
Vixen, God of Chaos
Cupid, God of Love
Donner, God of Loss
Prancer, God of Peace
Blitzen, God of War
The party finds themselves in a room with four bookcases, numerous sconces that emit light, 2 simple treasure chests, a good treasure chest, and a recycling chest. There is a double door to the south that will not open, and a double door to the north with three concentric circles of runes on them. Say'nt opens the two simple chests, finding a Scroll of Cloud of Daggers and a Potion of Healing. He then goes to open the good chest, and hears a women's voice:
"Hello my friends, you've made it. You've told many wonderful stories together, haven't we? Simulated acts of great heroes, and even terrible villains. Explored what it means to be alive and fight for survival, keeping the doors of death closed as long as we can. We've celebrated victory, lamented defeat, learned all that we can from stories; but I'll be honest. My favorites are those that speak of legends of the world's creation. In my travels, I've heard many, many tales of it. I wonder what it would be like to stand with those legends."
The party immediately decides to find this person, as they feel she is a true follower of the winter gods. Say'nt opens the chest, finding Boots of Springing and Striding. Chrim puts the Scroll of Cloud of Daggers in the recycling chest, and gets a Scroll of Resistance. Crypt CurlZZ attunes to the Boots, and the party gathers by the door to the north. Chrim uses the Armor of Shadows Invocation to cast Mage Armor, and the party focuses on the door to move through.
They find a massive room with a strange reflective surface on the floor and what seems like a garden of crystals. The ceiling is blocked by a thick smoke, and there are many rays of light that shine through it and illuminate the room. The women's voice returns, saying:
"In the beginning, this story goes, there were six forces of nature exising in the void. Then, their powers touched one another, creating the world and expending nearly all of their energy. The remnants of these forces eventually become harnessed in turn into powerful crystals; eternity shards. The residual energy of the forces made the shards sentient, and they rose up as primordial beings among the gods, whom they themselves created. The shards bickered about what to do next, about what their role in the world would be, and eventually four of them turned on their brother and sister, slaying two of them. Now these four oversee the gods, taking turns slumbering, resting, and overseeing. What would it be to like to face the avatars of these primordial energies?"
(Mechanically, a d4 is rolled to determine which elemental is not faced) The party starts moving about the room, examining the crystals. They rise up beyond the smoke. Chrim examines the crystal by him, feeling an untamed and unharnessed power emanating from them. Sayn't moves forward, feeling the warmth of the light shining down through the smoke. Say'nt notices a prismatic crystal towards the back of the room, and advances towards it until he spys a purple crystal starting to move. A Purple Crystal Elemental appears out of the wall, and starts moving towards the party. Crypt moves up and punches the Purple Elemental, and uses Stunning Strike to stun it as Chrim uses his Portent ability to predict the failure of the Elemental. Chrim hits it twice with Eldritch Blast as Say'nt hits it with Sacred Flame. The Radiant energy of Sacred Flame reflects off its body and also damages Say'nt. A Red Crystal Elemental emerges from a crystal to the east and moves behind the party, as an Orange Crystal Elemental moves from the east and stops underneath a beam of light. Ned lets out a roar as he rages, and stabs the Purple Elemental with a javelin. As Crypt attacks the Purple Elemental, the Orange Elemental uses Glare to give him disadvantage on his attacks. He hits the Elemental twice anyway, and Chrim kills it with an Eldritch Blast, causing it to Shatter. It explodes and deals damage to Ned. Chrim casts Hex on the Red Elemental as Say'nt casts Spiritual Weapon and summons a magical mace. The Red Elemental uses Glare on Ned and stabs Crypt. The Orange Elemental uses Glare on Say'nt and stabs Ned twice. Ned uses Wildshape to turn into a Giant Hyena. Crypt strikes at the Red Elemental, who is displaced, but connects anyway. Say'nt casts Shield of Faith on Crypt and Sacred Flames the Orange Elemental, dealing damage to the Orange Elemental and reflecting to the Red Elemental, which reflects to Ned. The Red Elemental starts displacing again and fails to stab Crypt, while the Orange Elemental stabs Ned twice. As the Orange Elemental stabs Ned, it rends his soul and drains maximum health from the Hyena form. Ned bites the Orange Elemental as Chrim casts Shatter, dealing massive damage to the crystals. Say'nt hits the Orange Elemental with Sacred Flame, bouncing to Crypt. The Orange Elemental stabs the Ned twice, as Crypt deals a large amount of damage to the Red Elemental. Chrim hits the Red Elemental twice as Say'nt bounces more radiant damage around with Sacred Flame. The Red Elemental stabs Ned twice and the Red Elemental stabs Crypt twice, bringing both heroes low. Crypt hits the Red Elemental and Chrim kills it with Eldritch Blast. The Red Elemental explodes and almost brings down Crypt. Chrim moves his hex to the Orange Elemental as Say'nts Spiritual Weapon smacks the Elemental. The Orange Elemental stabs Ned and activates his Relentless Endurance, then stabs Ned again and takes him out of Wildshape. Crypt punches the Orange Elemental three times as Chrim blasts the Orange Elemental to bits. It explodes and knocks Crypt unconscious. Say'nt casts Healing Word and brings Crypt back up. As the party looks north, they see the primatic shard explode and reveal a path forwards. The party looks to the remains of the elementals and finds scrolls of Burning Hands, Magic Weapon, and Entangle. Say'nt gathers everyone around and uses his Healer feat to patch up Crypt, Ned, and himself. He then puts the scroll of Magic Weapon into the recycling chest and gets a Pearl of Power, which he attunes to immediately. The Author decides that the Boots of Springing and Striding are insufficient as an item, and grants the party a Periapt of Wound Closure, which Crypt attunes to. The party gathers by the door to the north, and then moves through. 
They find themselves in a huge open space, bathed in starlight. Although the party cannot see the ground, they are walking on a solid surface. Far out in the distance, perhaps a mile away, is a structure floating in the void. The building they have stepped out of appears to be floating in the void as well. Say'nt casts Thaumaturgy and yells out "Echo", but does not hear a response. Crypt casts Dancing Lights and moves them out into the void to scout, and then the party starts walking forward. As they get halfway to the structure, they hear the women's voice call out again: 
"Perhaps my favorite myth is that of the ten dragon titans, whose clash slammed the body of the earth into being. It's said that their battle echoes throughout history; that when you witness storms, you witness echoes of that battle. Thunder, the crash, the echoes of their wings." 
Flying past the group at that moment are two large dragons; one copper, one blue. In the distance, a silver dragon battles a black dragon; a gold dragon flies at a white dragon; a red dragon battles a brass dragon, and finally a bronze dragon battles a green dragon. The party starts moving forward towards the door. Ned drops a dagger, and it floats on the ground until he picks it up. After a few moments, the Blue and Copper Dragons wing their way towards the party. As the heroes move to engage and start attacking and casting spells, they feel stronger than they believed themselves to be (Mechanically in this room the primordial energy grants the heroes double damage and they will take half damage after all modifiers). 
The Blue Dragon wings in breaths lightning breath on Say'nt and Crypt, dealing Say'nt a large amount of damage. Crypt grabs onto Chrim, moves to Say'nt France, and casts Darkness on himself. He then summons the Visage of the Astral Self, creating the mask of a reindeer to allow him to see in the Darkness. Ned yells out in challenge to the dragons, telling them they worship the wrong deity and that they should worship the Winter Gods. He then Rages and Wildshapes into a Giant Hyena, drawing the attention of 5 dragons. He engage in an epic battle, and kills 4 of them before he goes down. 
As this goes on, the rest of the party begins moving towards the structure. Crypt dispels the Darkness as Chrim hits the Blue Dragon with an Eldritch Blast. Say'nt casts Aura of Vitality and heals Crypt. Crypt casts Faerie Fire on the Blue Dragon, and Chrim divines that the dragon will fail the save with Portent. The Dragon flies by and bites Say'nt, taking a dagger from Chrim and a dart from Chrim. Say'nt continues to heal the party as the Dragon wheels around and tears into him. Crypt and Chrim hit multiple strikes on the Blue Dragon and Say'nt kills it with his mace. The dragon falls through the floor and starts to disappear. The party gets a brief respite as they move towards the structure. Crypt grabs a few darts as Chrim casts Expeditious Retreat on himself. Sayn't drinks a healing potion. 
Eventually the Copper Dragon returns to fight. The Copper Dragon hits both Chrim and Crypt with its acid breath. Chrim pushes it away with his talisman as Crypt jumps onto the dragon's back. Say'nt casts Aura of Vitality and heals Crypt, as Crypt starts punching the dragon in the back. Chrim hits it with two Eldritch Blasts as the Copper Dragon vears in to slash at Say'nt. Crypt punches it two more times, kllling the dragon, and Say'nt continues to heal the party. 
The Silver and Black Dragons start flying towards the party as they edge close to the structure. Crypt attempts to jump on the Black Dragons back and fails. The Black Dragon breaths it's acid breath on Say'nt and Chrim. Chrim uses Hellish Rebuke to damage the dragon. The Silver Dragon flies in and misses a bite at Crypt, and slashes Say'nt France. Say'nt uses the Scroll of Entangle, misses the dragons, and casts Healing Word on himself. Crypt unleashes a Flurry of Blows and hits the Black Dragon multiple times. The Dragon flies through and damages Say'nt and Chrim, who return damage as it moves away. The Silver Dragon follows suit, and Chrim loses concentration on Expeditious Retreat as he takes damage. Chrim hits the Black Dragon with Eldritch Blast and Crypt rushes up to it and punches it. The Black wheels around and tears into Crypt while the Silver Dragon uses it's Cold Breath to knock Chrim unconscious. Say'nt moves in and uses his Channel Divinity: Preserve Life to bring Chrim back up and then casts Healing Word on Chrim. Crypt punches the Black Dragon repeatedly and brings it down. The Silver Dragon recharges it's breath weapon and breaths cold onto both Chrim and Say'nt. Chrim uses Hex on the Silver Dragon and hits it twice with Eldritch Blast, dealing a large amount of damage. The Silver Dragon again recharges it's breath weapon, and breaths cold on Crypt and Say'nt; Crypt deflects some of the ice sharda away from him. Chrim lands a strong Eldritch Blast as Say'nt casts Cure Wounds on himself. Crypt hits it three times, and the dragon is no more, sinking into the floor. 
The party dashes forward, almost at the door, when the Bronze and Green Dragons close in. Chrim rushes ahead as the Bronze Dragon goes to block the path of Crypt and Say'nt. The Green Dragon closes in right on top of the party, and misses it's bite on Chrim as he runs away. The Bronze Dragon breath's its lightning breath on Crypt and Say'nt, knocking Say'nt unconscious. The Green Dragon breaths poison breath on the entire party, and everyone goes unconscious. The Bronze Dragon recharges it's lightning breath and kills Say'nt. Crypt stabilizes with the Periapt of Wound Closure, and Chrim gets hit three times from the Green Dragon and dies. Crypt takes several hits, and dies to the Green Dragon 
The Author, sitting in a grand library, hears the sound of the dragons on the other side of the door. She stares at a large book on the table that emanates light. She puts her hand to chin, says "Hmmmm......next", and taps the book with her quill. The book turns to a different color, and another page appears. As the camera fades to black, a small drop of milk falls from the edge of the book, the remnants of Chrim's soul extruding itself to seek another host... 
=== Death Synopsis ===
* Ned dies to a Copper Dragon
* Say'nt dies to a Bronze Dragon
* Chrim dies to a Green Dragon
* Crypt dies to a Green Dragon
=== Post Mortem Recap ===
* The PCs were all part of the Gift Demon Cult, and used the Brand-New Cultist Background, created with love by leova.
* The group is happy to gather information for the next group
Category:Deadly Dungeon Episodes