^ [[cherai13|{{left.jpg}}]] [[cherai13|Session #13]] ^ [[cherai_campaign|{{up.jpg}}]] [[cherai_campaign|Campaign Page]] ^ [[cherai15|Session #15]] [[cherai15|{{right.jpg}}]] ^ ==== Cheraî Campaign: Session #14: The Plot Against Q ==== ^ Players in attendance: ^^^ | Norm Kindle | Half-Elf Sorcerer/5 (Wild Magic) | Connor | | Dr. Barry Smiley | Human Rogue/3 Cleric to Loki/2 | David A. | | Quintin Q. Quincy, aka “Q” | Half-Elf Warlock/4 (Hexblade) Fighter/1 | David S. | | Tan Balli | Elf Wizard/4 Cleric to Sehanine/1 | Frank | | Hamakona Munu | Variant Human Barbarian/5 (Path of the Berserker) | Ricky | == 2 Dec 1129 == * Up from the Underdark * Set up a camp site away from the temple * [[https://www.dndbeyond.com/monsters/night-hag|Hag]] tries to curse Norm again * Tan stops her using //Protection from Evil// * Long rest successful == 3 Dec 1129 == * Tan sends a message to Kuriz and asks for a spell to detect invisible enemies * Discuss whether to return to the Underdark -- decide against * Stop by the Goblin Lair on the way back to [[Thodon]] -- Skullcrusher is still in charge == 4 Dec 1129 == * Arrive in Thodon -- Talk to Kuriz * He introduces them to Martine, a cleric to Hermod, the Asgasrdian god of luck * She can cast //Greater Restoration// to remove the Hag's curse from Norm -- but she wants Norm to be a servant of hers for "a year and a day" * She sells them three Potions of Healing at a reduced rate * Back to the Carnelian Hotel * No bad dreams for Norm that night -- or the next three days! == 7 Dec 1129 == * Norm decides to make a deal with Martine: 3 months service + the cursed spear + 100 gp == 10 Dec 1129 == * The Dwarf sergeant, Rinain shows up at the Carnelian with 10 soldiers to arrest Q! * The party scatters -- but Tan goes to The Silver Assembly (after Linarv recommends that they clear up this issue) * In the council chamber, Tan discovers that a female Dwarf in the audience has an aura of Illusion magic! He guesses that this is the Hag in disguise and attempts to corral the group. * With a little help from Kuriz (and a Sending spell from Martine), the dispersed party is recovered and brought back to Kuriz's shop (still under construction) * That night, while Kuriz is still out, a woman knocks on the door (apparently as a distraction) while the Hag phases in from the Ethereal Plane * She produces a clay jar from a magical bag on her belt and smashes it to summon a [[https://www.dndbeyond.com/monsters/bone-devil|Bone Devil]]! * The Hag flees (along with the young woman at the door), but the party manages to kill the Bone Devil [[cherai_campaign|Back to the "The Cheraî Campaign"]]