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Message: <blockquote data-quote="THEMNGMNT" data-source="post: 7979452" data-attributes="member: 6809274">85th session with my group of 13th level player characters. Currently nearing the endgame of a modified Storm King's Thunder. Characters are in Skyreach Castle, attempting to free Hekaton from the Zhentarim. It was surprisingly eventful:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Characters located an ancient blue dragon guarding the storm giant's treasure hoard. They donned the robes of Cultists of Tiamat (which they found two years ago IRL) to parlay. They discovered that the dragon: 1) is enspelled by the Zhentarim to guard the hoard and Hekaton 2) is the father of a blue dragon they slew many levels ago 3) likes bardic music.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">NPC drow cleric with the party banished the storm giant rider of an enormous roc, then was nearly slain by the roc despite being invisible.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">NPC drow cleric (of Lolth, natch) successfully used Divine Intervention. She had a ten percent chance and rolled a 09. She wanted the Orb of Dragonkind that's known to be in Skyreach...and it appeared in her hand. (In retrospect, that was too easy. It was late. I was tired. And a little drunk. But still--she rolled a 09!)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Characters encountered a clone of Manshoon atop the highest tower in Skyreach. This is the fourth clone they've encountered, and the other three have literally gone down without getting off a single spell. This time the clone trapped them behind a Wall of Force, protected himself with Globe of Invulnerability, and took out the paladin with Maze. (The clones' hive mind allows them to have multiple Concentration spells active simultaneously.)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">To counter the Wall of Force, the characters started knocking down the walls and ceiling of the tower, which led to the whole top floor collapsing. They are, of course, in the middle of a thunderstorm. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Also, the shadow sorcerer cast Reverse Gravity, so all the debris (and the foes within it) flew 100 feet straight up into the air. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A Zhentarim champion on a flying nightmare took out the sorcerer in a single turn. That ended Reverse Gravity. Everything fell 100 feet back down to the top of the tower. The impact caused the rest of the tower to begin collapsing.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The roc and a backup force of storm giants are now converging on the characters' position. And there's still two more Manshoon clones somewhere in Skyreach Castle.</li> </ul>That's where we ended things...for now.</blockquote>

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