Spellbound

The Acquaintances With Weapons must stop the Sewn Sisters from getting the tiamat scale armor

## Major Plot Points

* Calypso, Voloth, Vulveeta, Neuriel, Bigsby, Olivia, Fern, Peggy, and Sudsy were visited by Rhiannon at their camp. Rhiannon warned that the Covenant discovered that the Sewn Sisters were going to the mythical Amber Temple to find a piece of Tiamat.
* Bigsby’s knowledge of history revealed that the Amber Temple was built by Thay’s previous monarch, King Barov. He built it to house evil magic items and secrets.
* Rhiannon shared that Valindra was conquering smaller villages in the country and often freezing them solid.
* Fern freaked out at the mention of the Sewn Sisters. Calypso left to go after Rhiannon to smooth things over after Bigsby was rude to her.
* After getting into an argument with Bigsby and the group, Vulveeta ran off into the woods. She was accosted by three of Valindra’s forces. The Acquaintances came soon after and asked them to excuse her because of her cognitive difficulties. One of the soldiers donated a can of soup to Vulveeta before leaving.
* When the party arrived at the Amber Temple, they found a dark entryway. They also found a squad of soldiers through cracks in the western wall. Bigsby and Vulveeta worked together to lead one out and AWW promptly ambushed him. Olivia’s magic bound him. He told the party that they were there on assignment from Valindra to protect the Sewn Sisters.
* When he was let go, Kevin ran into the temple to warn his comrades. Voloth killed him with an Eldritch Blast and raised him from the dead to strike his friend. The party ambushed Nathaniel and let him go into the woods after questioning.
* AWW then entered the temple. Neuriel used his shape stone spell to cover a door to prevent Valindra’s soldiers from finding the party. Fern became a gas and found a room filled with scrolls and parchments. Olivia dispelled magic in the room, making the spell scrolls useless. However, the party did find an old map of Thay during King Barov’s reign. Mysteriously, the mountainous border of Thay didn’t exist just 500 years ago.
* In the next chamber, Neuriel identified a 40-foot statue depicting Leira, the goddess of secrets and illusions. Sudsy investigated the magical darkness under the statue’s hood. A fire bolt shot out and missed the monk.
* Bigsby coaxed the woman in the darkness to come out. She was Reina, a fox humanoid and a failed red wizard. She was assigned by Szass Tam to oversee the temple about 450 years ago. She was injured by the Sewn Sisters and Neuriel and Fern healed her. She escorted AWW through the temple to the lich’s lair. She said they had to go through there to get to the catacombs where the Sewn Sisters went.
* AWW made a stop at the temple’s potion room. Voloth found a Shrink potion. Fern found an Enlarge potion. Vulveeta found a llama potion.
* Sensia, a demilich, was in the lich’s lair. She and Sudsy hooked up. Then Fern cured her amnesia. Sensia recalled how she was King Barov’s archmage. She was the overseer of the temple, but she fell victim to temptation. She tried to become a lich, but her efforts failed, turning her into a living skull and erasing her memories.
* She recalled how Szass Tam came to the temple, perfected her approach, and then became a lich himself. Sensia said Szass Tam wanted to escape death after surviving a poisoning attempt. When asked about the country’s history, she said King Barov tried to court Szass Tam’s mother, but she declined his offer. It’s believed he killed her for this, which made Szass declare war against King Barov.
* AWW entered the temple’s catacombs where they found a wall covered in animals trapped in amber. Olivia’s dispel magic and remove curse failed to affect the wall. The animals screamed at the party dealing them psychic damage.
* In the library of the catacombs, the party found evil spell books urging the party to read them. Despite the prophecy, "A great power awaits you. You must not give in to temptation,” Voloth, Fern, Peggy, and Sudsy all reached for a book.
	+ Once per day, Voloth can bind a ghost to a living creature. If the creature fails a DC18 charisma check, they are possessed. They reroll this every dawn.
	+ Sudsy can use his book to communicate with a devil or demon. They will answer his questions so long as he accomplishes a task for them.
	+ Once per day, Peggy can sacrifice a good aligned humanoid to summon a demon or a devil with a challenge rating of 5 or lower. There’s no guarantee the summoned fiend will follow her commands.
	+ Once per day, Fern can cast Black Fire Ball.
		- The user casts the fireball spell, however, the fire is summoned from hell itself. Creatures take an additional 8d6 necrotic damage. Any creature killed by this spell is sent to one of the Nine Hells. Their corpse rises as a zombie under the control of the caster.
		- The caster’s soul is forever bound to a devil in the Nine Hells. When they die, they will serve it for eternity. They can no longer be healed by Clerics or Paladins. A healing spell from them will do damage equal to its healing power.
* In another hall, the party found the burial sites of Szass Tam’s original four generals who helped him defeat King Barov and conquer Thay. They tried to tempt Peggy, Vulveeta, Sudsy, and Voloth into releasing them but they were all denied.
* AWW then found the Sewn Sisters attempting to leave the temple with a scale of Tiamat crafted into a suit of armor. Fern drank her Enlarge potion. Vulveeta struck with her blades. Voloth swung his hammer. Bigsby summoned a moon beam. Sudsy scratched them with his claws.
* The Sewn Sisters proved worthy foes as their resistance to magic protected them from severe attacks. They dealt massive damage to Fern, Sudsy, and Neuriel. Luckily, Neuriel’s magic healed Fern and Sudsy. Fern, Peggy, and Olivia landed the killing blows against the sisters.
* Olivia collected the Tiamat armor and destroyed the Sister’s toy horcruxes, preventing them from rising again.