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Message: <blockquote data-quote="THEMNGMNT" data-source="post: 8162104" data-attributes="member: 6809274">20th level player characters against the Cult of Tiamat. The PCs are in a cliffside monastery which holds a fragment of an artifact that they want...and the Cult wants, as well. Tiamat has sent in her infernal allies in a last ditch attempt to stop the PCs from disrupting her plans. They are led by the archdevil Bel (stats taken from Descent Into Avernus). Bel's goal was to overcome the PC who had a fragment of the artifact in their possession. Conversely, Bel also had a fragment of the artifact, so the PCs wanted to overcome him, as well as rescue a pair of captives.This session was one long fight. As was the last session. As the next session will be, too. It started with Meteor Swarm being dropped on the PCs by Bel CR 25. Then a flock of Horned Devils CR 11 descended. Meanwhile, at one end of the monastery the abbot was held in chains by a Pit Fiend CR 20 and Bone Devil companions. At the other end of the monastery Bel had what appeared to be the paladin's mentor and patron captive. Flanking Bel were a pair of Steel Predators CR 16. And with each turn he summoned another Ice Devil. In short, there are thousands of hit points the PCs need to grind through.Five of the PCs teleported away from the Horned Devils over to the Pit Fiend. They dispatched the Pit Fiend and his Bone Devils to rescue the abbot. Then they destroyed the remaining Horned Devils.On the other side of the monastery, the elf arcane trickster rogue snuck up on Bel and tried to lift the fragment from him. He succeeded! For good measure, the rogue threw in a sneak attack for about 50hp of damage. Unfortunately, Bel was simply an illusion, thanks to the Mislead spell. As the fragment faded away to nothingness in the rogue's hands, the true Bel attacked while invisible. One round of attacks knocked out the rogue. Then the Steel Predators killed him. Yet moments later, the aasimar vengeance paladin used Revivify to bring the rogue back to life. That's where we ended...Next session: For whom the Bel tolls!</blockquote>

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