Shattering Dreams
Dramatis Personae:
Tilea Aervavil'A'Sum, the Wild Elf Circle of the Moon Druid Barbarian
Scritch, Tilea's Squirrel Animal Companion
Sachi Kno, the Vistani Weremonkey Thief
Belmont Von Richter, the mysterious Human who tends to show up just in the nick of time
Tabitha Marie Lennox, the Human White Witch of Mystra
Nikko, Tabitha's Flying Monkey familiar
Bruenar Shieldwall, the Shield Dwarf Shield Fighter the party hired
Comrades we have lost:
Pineck, Anvil's Horse- turned into soup by a cursed crate
Kithri "Quickshadow" Tealeaf, the Lightfoot Halfling Werebat Order of the Lycan Blood Hunter and Ruin Raider- left to become Archivist
Forgrotken Anvilrocker, the Blugrim Forge Cleric of Moradin- killed by the Talmot Wives
Lythana, the Human Werewolf Order of the Ghost Slayer Blood Hunter- captured by the Talmot Wives, then turned evil
Syndal Al'Vherin, the Four-year-old Human girl who Tilea released from an amulet- kidnapped by Strahd, now working with Talmot
Tilea Aervavil'A'Sum, the Wild Elf Circle of the Moon Druid Barbarian
Scritch, Tilea's Squirrel Animal Companion
Sachi Kno, the Vistani Weremonkey Thief
Belmont Von Richter, the mysterious Human who tends to show up just in the nick of time
Tabitha Marie Lennox, the Human White Witch of Mystra
Nikko, Tabitha's Flying Monkey familiar
Bruenar Shieldwall, the Shield Dwarf Shield Fighter the party hired
Comrades we have lost:
Pineck, Anvil's Horse- turned into soup by a cursed crate
Kithri "Quickshadow" Tealeaf, the Lightfoot Halfling Werebat Order of the Lycan Blood Hunter and Ruin Raider- left to become Archivist
Forgrotken Anvilrocker, the Blugrim Forge Cleric of Moradin- killed by the Talmot Wives
Lythana, the Human Werewolf Order of the Ghost Slayer Blood Hunter- captured by the Talmot Wives, then turned evil
Syndal Al'Vherin, the Four-year-old Human girl who Tilea released from an amulet- kidnapped by Strahd, now working with Talmot
NOTE: Things will be mostly from Tabitha's perspective, anything in italics is from a third party view, since the Witch can't be everywhere at once.
***** Hetedik Honap 17, 745 CY, Shores of Lake Zarovich
Farrah came after me, so I polymorphed the girl from the Resistance into a flying snake to fit her on my broom, and used my dimension door two more times to put some distance between us. A few seconds later Sachi yelled to me to "get ready," so I put Nikko in his dimensional pocket and turned myself into a flying snake. He grabbed me and the girl and away we went.
When we reached a clear spot, Sachi summoned Bruenar and Tilea came with him. I attempted to send a message to Belmont, but it wouldn't go through. We decided to go to Argynvostholt, it had always been our fall back location. Before leaving, Sachi decided to test out Bruenar's teleport to see how many people could go with him, so we he went a little away and summoned, but only I went with him. Since that didn't work like he was hoping it would, I turned myself and the girl- Violet- back into flying snakes, and we wrapped ourselves around Sachi. Tilea stayed behind with Bruenar.
About half a mile outside of town, after crossing the river, we heard a trumpet sound. Talmot soldiers were below us, drawing weapons, so Sachi turned invisible so we could get away from them. Sachi called Bruenar, but Tilea didn't come with him. He was really beat up, it took me two major healing spells and one minor one to get him back in shape. Apparently calling him had left Tilea facing a group of vampires alone. She could handle herself though and we knew she'd catch up pretty quickly.
Sachi and I went to scout Argynvostholt and found several ballistas outside, along with some huge battlements on the outskirts of time. As we passed over town, we were hit with a net and stuck to the immovable rod. Sachi got out easily, but it took a bit of effort for me to wriggle free. We went to the Resistance chapter house, and it was on fire. Sachi summoned a water elemental to help, but fire elementals were the source of the flames, so the little water elemental couldn't do much. Sachi summoned Bruenar and Violet came with- they ended up falling into the flames... He scurried away to summon them somewhere else.
There were tons of buildings on fire, more than we could deal with on our own. Sachi pulled out his Wand of Wonder and set off a fireball at a group of people... They didn't survive the fanning of the flames. I dropped an ice storm to put out part of that section, since the people were already dead, but it didn't do much. There was nothing we could do here. As we agreed on that, Sachi began mouthing off as usual, so Bruenar paid Violet to hit him. Sachi used the Wand of Wonder again and dropped darkness on us. I dispelled it, turned Violet and I into flying snakes again, and we took off. I hated leaving, but there really was nothing we could do.
We went hunting for Tilea and we entered a clearing where the smell of baked goods wafter toward us. It was the Old Bonegrinder, and this wasn't just dream cakes we were smelling, and there was snow around the Bonegrinder. This was odd, even by Barovian standards. Bruenar appeared, apparently he'd made it so we could summon each other, not just Sachi summoning him. Tilea appeared next, and we watched the Bonegrinder from the treeline while Bruenar wandered off.
We spent forever arguing in circles about what to do, the Resistance was pretty much dead at this point, and we couldn't reach Belmont. Eventually Bruenar came back with a ton of treats from the Bonegrinder, he said Kringle was at the Castle, so it was a special day in Barovia. The Bonegrinder was completely neutral territory; there were people in both Strahd and Talmot's factions together, talking and getting along, children were playing- this was a peaceful and glorious sight. We were close enough to the mill that the snow reached us, and we ended up engaging in a snowball fight with the kids playing nearby.
After the snowball fight, Tilea demanded we take down the Bonegrinder, which I was not happy about, because I didn't want to destroy this neutral territory. Everyone else was willing to go along with Tilea's demands, so I went to keep them alive. Tilea and Bruenar were going to storm the mill while the rest of us caused a distraction. Tilea made Bruenar look like a Talmot guard to frame him for it; we all did some sort minor disguises.
Sachi and Scritch stole all of the baked goods and the money from the Bonegrinder, and the pair began flinging gold and treats out to the crowd, causing a huge distraction. While they kept the patrons busy, we slipped inside and Bruenar tossed up a bomb. We heard feet scrambling above us as dust and smoke filled the air around us.
I felt something try to fill my throat, but I shook it off quickly, and summoned an air elemental to clear the smoke from the room. Sachi opened up a hole in the wall to help vent the smoke too. Bruenar began beating on the door to the second story. Sachi and Violet began bleeding from their eyes, and I dispelled that curse instantly. Tilea turned into a savager- an enormous beast- and started beating on the walls; she was going to collapse the building.
Violet and I got out of there before they could collapse the building, and I tried to see invisible things to look for the hags; when that didn't do anything, I lit a blink candle to see if I could find them on the ethereal plane, which didn't show anything either. A noxious cloud appeared, so I had my air elemental funnel it up and away from us. Then I realized we hadn't checked the other floors... As Bruenar charged through the tower, trying to break down the walls, I flew up to the second floor and found myself face to face with a blood hag. She tried and failed to curse me, and another one failed too. The other two hit me with magic missiles, and would have gravely injured me if not for my candles. Nikko healed me quickly.
Sachi used an illusion spell to make it look like Farrah was approaching; apparently we were completely framing Talmot for this one. Violet ran away in terror at the sight of the illusory dragon. Bruenar and Tilea continued breaking down walls, while the hags tried and failed to curse us, and sent more missiles at Tilea. Violet summoned Tilea, who turned and ran back into the building. Then she summoned me, and attempted Bruenar, but I guess he could choose not to come now. Sachi set off an epic explosion with several wands and necklaces of fireballs. Everyone believed it was Talmot's doing.
We headed back to my Temple and found it surrounded by mercenaries; the dog and cat were running the battlements quite well. Bruenar said he had something funny to show us, then waded out among the mercs, got himself surrounded, then switched places with Sachi. After laughing for a moment the others went into the fray while I got on my broom and started throwing out bolts of magic. All of the mercs were dead in less than a minute and we didn't really take any damage from that fight.
An old Vistani woman approached us and offered us a reading from her Tarokka Deck to thank us. When Violet's present card came up, an efreet appeared and proposed to her, which she readily accepted. The wedding was set for tomorrow. I would open the Temple and perform the ceremony. We invited Strahd, so we wouldn't be slighting the Lord of the land. Bruenar helped make the Temple and Violet look amazing.
Tilea made sure it was known that there would be an epic wedding, and everyone was invited so long as they didn't support Talmot.
***** Hetedik Honap 18, Temple of Mystra
Violet's fiance was a fucking prince in the City of Brass, so there were tons of guests from the Plane of Fire present. Strahd was able to enter the Temple, which I was not happy about; I needed to redo the hallow protections on this place.
Twenty minutes into the wedding, Talbutt walked in and asked why they didn't invite the up and coming lord of the land. Tilea told him we didn't acknowledge his claim to the land, and Strahd had given his title to a cat; which he hadn't done, but probably would now to slight Talbutt. Violet mouthed to her fiance that Talmot was ruining her wedding, then pouted at him; all of the elementals rose as one. Talbutt said if she wanted him to leave he would, and she told him he wasn't invited and it was rude to crash the party.
Talbutt said he understood and Syn appeared behind Violet and stabbed her- then vanished. None of my healing magics could close the fucking wound, though I tried frantically. The Prince rounded on Talbutt. Tilea put a daylight spell on an arrow and shot Talbutt with it. I tried my talisman of good, but he just barely avoided falling in. He turned to mist to get the arrow out, and instantly reformed because the daylight spell was still present. The asshole pulled out an iron flask and sucked the Prince into it. He vanished just as Tilea took another shot at him.
Strahd knelt beside the dying Violet and offered to turn her and help her rescue her Prince, and she accepted.
Almost every one of the elemental guests was killed by Talbutt supporters.
Maps from the Curse of Strahd adventure module by Wizards of the Coast
Farrah came after me, so I polymorphed the girl from the Resistance into a flying snake to fit her on my broom, and used my dimension door two more times to put some distance between us. A few seconds later Sachi yelled to me to "get ready," so I put Nikko in his dimensional pocket and turned myself into a flying snake. He grabbed me and the girl and away we went.
When we reached a clear spot, Sachi summoned Bruenar and Tilea came with him. I attempted to send a message to Belmont, but it wouldn't go through. We decided to go to Argynvostholt, it had always been our fall back location. Before leaving, Sachi decided to test out Bruenar's teleport to see how many people could go with him, so we he went a little away and summoned, but only I went with him. Since that didn't work like he was hoping it would, I turned myself and the girl- Violet- back into flying snakes, and we wrapped ourselves around Sachi. Tilea stayed behind with Bruenar.
About half a mile outside of town, after crossing the river, we heard a trumpet sound. Talmot soldiers were below us, drawing weapons, so Sachi turned invisible so we could get away from them. Sachi called Bruenar, but Tilea didn't come with him. He was really beat up, it took me two major healing spells and one minor one to get him back in shape. Apparently calling him had left Tilea facing a group of vampires alone. She could handle herself though and we knew she'd catch up pretty quickly.
Sachi and I went to scout Argynvostholt and found several ballistas outside, along with some huge battlements on the outskirts of time. As we passed over town, we were hit with a net and stuck to the immovable rod. Sachi got out easily, but it took a bit of effort for me to wriggle free. We went to the Resistance chapter house, and it was on fire. Sachi summoned a water elemental to help, but fire elementals were the source of the flames, so the little water elemental couldn't do much. Sachi summoned Bruenar and Violet came with- they ended up falling into the flames... He scurried away to summon them somewhere else.
There were tons of buildings on fire, more than we could deal with on our own. Sachi pulled out his Wand of Wonder and set off a fireball at a group of people... They didn't survive the fanning of the flames. I dropped an ice storm to put out part of that section, since the people were already dead, but it didn't do much. There was nothing we could do here. As we agreed on that, Sachi began mouthing off as usual, so Bruenar paid Violet to hit him. Sachi used the Wand of Wonder again and dropped darkness on us. I dispelled it, turned Violet and I into flying snakes again, and we took off. I hated leaving, but there really was nothing we could do.
We went hunting for Tilea and we entered a clearing where the smell of baked goods wafter toward us. It was the Old Bonegrinder, and this wasn't just dream cakes we were smelling, and there was snow around the Bonegrinder. This was odd, even by Barovian standards. Bruenar appeared, apparently he'd made it so we could summon each other, not just Sachi summoning him. Tilea appeared next, and we watched the Bonegrinder from the treeline while Bruenar wandered off.
We spent forever arguing in circles about what to do, the Resistance was pretty much dead at this point, and we couldn't reach Belmont. Eventually Bruenar came back with a ton of treats from the Bonegrinder, he said Kringle was at the Castle, so it was a special day in Barovia. The Bonegrinder was completely neutral territory; there were people in both Strahd and Talmot's factions together, talking and getting along, children were playing- this was a peaceful and glorious sight. We were close enough to the mill that the snow reached us, and we ended up engaging in a snowball fight with the kids playing nearby.
After the snowball fight, Tilea demanded we take down the Bonegrinder, which I was not happy about, because I didn't want to destroy this neutral territory. Everyone else was willing to go along with Tilea's demands, so I went to keep them alive. Tilea and Bruenar were going to storm the mill while the rest of us caused a distraction. Tilea made Bruenar look like a Talmot guard to frame him for it; we all did some sort minor disguises.
Sachi and Scritch stole all of the baked goods and the money from the Bonegrinder, and the pair began flinging gold and treats out to the crowd, causing a huge distraction. While they kept the patrons busy, we slipped inside and Bruenar tossed up a bomb. We heard feet scrambling above us as dust and smoke filled the air around us.
I felt something try to fill my throat, but I shook it off quickly, and summoned an air elemental to clear the smoke from the room. Sachi opened up a hole in the wall to help vent the smoke too. Bruenar began beating on the door to the second story. Sachi and Violet began bleeding from their eyes, and I dispelled that curse instantly. Tilea turned into a savager- an enormous beast- and started beating on the walls; she was going to collapse the building.
Violet and I got out of there before they could collapse the building, and I tried to see invisible things to look for the hags; when that didn't do anything, I lit a blink candle to see if I could find them on the ethereal plane, which didn't show anything either. A noxious cloud appeared, so I had my air elemental funnel it up and away from us. Then I realized we hadn't checked the other floors... As Bruenar charged through the tower, trying to break down the walls, I flew up to the second floor and found myself face to face with a blood hag. She tried and failed to curse me, and another one failed too. The other two hit me with magic missiles, and would have gravely injured me if not for my candles. Nikko healed me quickly.
Sachi used an illusion spell to make it look like Farrah was approaching; apparently we were completely framing Talmot for this one. Violet ran away in terror at the sight of the illusory dragon. Bruenar and Tilea continued breaking down walls, while the hags tried and failed to curse us, and sent more missiles at Tilea. Violet summoned Tilea, who turned and ran back into the building. Then she summoned me, and attempted Bruenar, but I guess he could choose not to come now. Sachi set off an epic explosion with several wands and necklaces of fireballs. Everyone believed it was Talmot's doing.
We headed back to my Temple and found it surrounded by mercenaries; the dog and cat were running the battlements quite well. Bruenar said he had something funny to show us, then waded out among the mercs, got himself surrounded, then switched places with Sachi. After laughing for a moment the others went into the fray while I got on my broom and started throwing out bolts of magic. All of the mercs were dead in less than a minute and we didn't really take any damage from that fight.
An old Vistani woman approached us and offered us a reading from her Tarokka Deck to thank us. When Violet's present card came up, an efreet appeared and proposed to her, which she readily accepted. The wedding was set for tomorrow. I would open the Temple and perform the ceremony. We invited Strahd, so we wouldn't be slighting the Lord of the land. Bruenar helped make the Temple and Violet look amazing.
Tilea made sure it was known that there would be an epic wedding, and everyone was invited so long as they didn't support Talmot.
***** Hetedik Honap 18, Temple of Mystra
Violet's fiance was a fucking prince in the City of Brass, so there were tons of guests from the Plane of Fire present. Strahd was able to enter the Temple, which I was not happy about; I needed to redo the hallow protections on this place.
Twenty minutes into the wedding, Talbutt walked in and asked why they didn't invite the up and coming lord of the land. Tilea told him we didn't acknowledge his claim to the land, and Strahd had given his title to a cat; which he hadn't done, but probably would now to slight Talbutt. Violet mouthed to her fiance that Talmot was ruining her wedding, then pouted at him; all of the elementals rose as one. Talbutt said if she wanted him to leave he would, and she told him he wasn't invited and it was rude to crash the party.
Talbutt said he understood and Syn appeared behind Violet and stabbed her- then vanished. None of my healing magics could close the fucking wound, though I tried frantically. The Prince rounded on Talbutt. Tilea put a daylight spell on an arrow and shot Talbutt with it. I tried my talisman of good, but he just barely avoided falling in. He turned to mist to get the arrow out, and instantly reformed because the daylight spell was still present. The asshole pulled out an iron flask and sucked the Prince into it. He vanished just as Tilea took another shot at him.
Strahd knelt beside the dying Violet and offered to turn her and help her rescue her Prince, and she accepted.
Almost every one of the elemental guests was killed by Talbutt supporters.
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