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Message: <blockquote data-quote="THEMNGMNT" data-source="post: 8126114" data-attributes="member: 6809274">108th session of my Tyranny of Dragons/Scales of War/Lots of Made Up Stuff mashup. Player characters are 19th level. This session was a lot of discussion between the players, the characters, and NPCs regarding their next steps. They're in the end game of the campaign so there's a lot to balance.It began with the elf arcane trickster rogue mystically merging with his sister and arch-nemesis. Together and whole, they are actually the elven god of trickery and mischief, Erevan Ilesere. To signal the slow return of his divine powers, I granted him three levels of trickery domain cleric.Meanwhile, there was a major issue to be resolved with the halfling bard. Through an insane series of unusual choices and unpredictable rolls, the halfling's soul had accidentally ended up in possession of an archdevil, Glaysa. The halfling's body was secretly possessed by the soul of a rival bard, an immoral half-elf. Everything had come out into the open in the last session. The PCs were trying to determine if they should kill the half-elf or accept him as an ally. Oh, and there was a clone of the halfling that had joined the party last session, too. Because that's the kind of stuff that happens at 19th level.They used plane shift to travel from their present location on the plane of Arvandor to the 6th layer of Hell of seek an audience with Glasya. Glasya is the one-time lover of the rogue and the mother of the tiefling shadow sorcerer. (Yes, it's weird.) She had just given birth to the rogue's child and now introduced the child and the rogue. I asked the rogue's player to select the child's gender, appearance, nature, etc.Glasya agreed to release the soul of the halfling. In return, she wants the players to get Tiamat out of Hell. They agreed to the deal upon forfeit of their souls. The halfling's soul occupied the halfling clone body. He immediately confronted the usurper of his real body. A temporary truce was agreed to. The other bard cast true polymorph followed by wish to transform his halfling body into the form of a half-elf. So, that player is now controlling two bard characters who hate each other's guts. Fun times!Finally, the Tiamat thing connects back into the main plotline. The players have learned that Tiamat is attempting to escape Hell, slay Bahamut with the mythic sword responsible for the original creation of both Bahamut and Tiamat, and absorb Bahamut's powers--thus becoming the one true god of all dragons. The PCs are now committed to helping Tiamat escape Hell. But they plan to flip the script by killing her and having Bahamut ascend to the one true god of all dragons. Time will tell!It was a good session. It's satisfying to see long-running plots resolve themselves in unexpected fashion. I can't wait for the end--it will be amazing to finish my first ever 1-20 campaign.Next session: The ranger attempts to rescue his mother--a silver dragon--from being sacrificed by cultists of Tiamat!</blockquote>

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