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Message: <blockquote data-quote="THEMNGMNT" data-source="post: 8089083" data-attributes="member: 6809274">The player characters reached 4th level at the end of the most recent session of my Dragon Heist/Deck of Many Things mashup. The session took place in a scriptorium. The PCs were there to recover a magical stone that had a recording of every book that had passed through the place. That information would help them uncover the secret plots of one of their enemies -- a rogue mind flayer in the employ of the Xanathar's Guild.The session started with the PCs discovering the vault where the stone was secured. They detected and disabled the magical glyph of warding on the vault. Inside was the stone, hovering in mid-air. The wizard used mage hand to manipulate the stone. Suddenly, shadows emerged from it, and coalesced into the form of an allip. I've always liked this creature and have been itching for a chance to actually use it. They fought the allip and eventually it fled from them, escaping through the walls.Meanwhile, a strike team from the Xanathar arrived at the scriptorium -- four grimlocks led by a nothic. The PCs took up hiding positions and prepared an ambush. Some rolled well on their stealth checks...others did not. Battle ensued. In the middle of the fight, the allip reappeared. It used it's maddening whispers to turn the grimlocks against each other. The wizard used magic missile to defeat the allip. And the rogue put down the nothic.Collecting the stone, the PCs headed for the exit. But they found their way blocked by another agent of the Xanathar -- a mighty troll. In the first turn of combat the wizard pulled out a bead of force and tossed it at the troll. The troll failed its saving throw. It was encased in an impenetrable ball of force with no way out for the next full minute. The rogue delivered a kiss off line to the troll and kicked the ball across the scriptorium. Then the PCs fled.It was definitely the wizard's night.Next session: A deal with the Arcane Brotherhood!</blockquote>

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