FOE Log 27 Kalifa’s Keep Part 2

Federation of Explorers (FOE)
Homebrew Campaign in the Domains of Dread

Session 27
Regnar the human ranger, Zen the half-elf monk, and Raylin the human cleric continued their quest in the Domains of Dread, at the Keep of Kalifa, now separated from their dwarf fighter friends Tacklinn and Orsik Ungard. As the group searched the hall, weapons animated from the armor statues along the walls and fought them.

In a side room, the group found a mirror of life trapping that tried to take Raylin. Regnar destroyed the mirror; the human peasant Avon fell out, unconscious. In that room the group also destroyed 4 specters that came out of old mannequins. The next side room had a moose head and alcohol.

Another side room contained the illusion of the dwarf fighter brothers and Kalifa (with the Vecna gem on a chain around her neck). When the illusion went away, the cavern actually contained the dead priest from the village and a Deck of Many Things (with a note suggesting the group had to pull from the deck in order to rescue one of the dwarves).

Continuing on, the team killed a spine devil in a horrifying kitchen room and 5 skeletons in the tower connected to the end of the hall. The team rested at the top of the tower after Regnar put on some cursed armor and Raylin needed to swap out his spells to use remove curse. After the rest, Regnar flew Avon back down to the village.

From the Deck of Many Things: Regnar lost his non-magical gear but then got 50,000 gp in gems; Raylin received a deed to a keep on the Sword Coast; Zen gained 50,000 xp, a pair of matched magical sending stones, and a wish. Zen used the wish to destroy the 4 gems Vecna needed in order to escape, thus ending the team's quest in the Domains of Dread.

The Dark Powers offered the group some “dark power inside of them” that would help them defeat the lich responsible for trying to free Vecna, but also make the trio bound to the Domains of Dread if any of them committed a truly evil act; Regnar and Zen outvoted Raylin and the group accepted. Raylin demanded the return of Orsik and Tacklin, but Tacklin was already dead. The Dark Powers returned Orsik to the group and the 4 of them were allowed to leave the Domains of Dread.

Team FOE returned to the dwarven city leading the resistance against the undead; they rested.