Spelljammer Recap #11

Spelljammer Recap 11 Sunday May 25, 2025 @ 12:30-3:30 P.M.

<<WARNING SPOILERS FOR THE LIGHT OF XARYXIS! >>

CHAPTER 12: LIGHT OF XARYXIS

      The Zodar whirred back to life and began floating again. It then spoke in a resounding voice, “TAKE THE RING OF THE STARS INTO THE HEART OF THE STAR WHERE IT WAS FORGED, AND YOUR WORLD WILL BE SAVED!” Golden light shined from the eyes of the Zodar and washed over the party. The Zodar then drifted back down to the ground, rusted over, and disintegrated into red flakes.

     The party gained the effect of a Long Rest. P40-X found her visions of doom gone. WuKong achieved temporary Nirvana. “Skittles” appeared next to Tamayo ready for battle. Nebun’s outer membrane returned to normal and the Ring of Shooting Stars began to loosen from his finger.

     Prince Xeleth summoned a Solar Dragon and mounted it to try and escape. Empress Xedalli ordered her twelve Astral Elf Bodyguards to attack the party…

 

 

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     Fel Ardra cast Hold Person on Empress Xedalli but failed. She moved her Spiritual Weapon closer to the dais. P40-X got up off the ground and moved towards the dais. She cast Hunter’s Mark and shot at the closest Astral Elf Bodyguard twice with her pistol and once with her faerie swarm. Tamayo got on the dais and cast Fireball at Empress Xedalli and her six closest bodyguards. Empress Xedalli was singed but her bodyguards were hurt badly.

    Empress Xedalli swung twice at Tamayo with her scimitar and then used a Radiant Beam, knocking her out with a searing light from her palm and hitting a glancing blow on P40-X. She then used Starlight Step to move back out of the way. P40-X made her concentration check on Hunter’s Mark.

   Skittles teleported to Empress Xedalli and became enraged as a bonus action. She summoned a shimmering barrier around Tamayo and kicked at Empress Xedalli with her hooves as Legendary Actions on subsequent turns.

   Warwyck and Mr. Flinch dashed to either side of Tamayo to protect her. WuKong summoned his true self and then hit an Astral Elf Bodyguard with four attacks using his astral arms’ reach. Nebun used a bonus action to heal Tamayo with Aura of Vitality. He then broke concentration on it to use his Ring of Shooting Stars to summon a lightning orb that struck Empress Xedalli.

    Prince Xeleth fled on his solar dragon.

    Topolah cast Ice Storm on the Astral Elf Bodyguards while Lefty flicked them off.

    Four Astral Elf Bodyguards unleashed four Radiant Rays on Topolah. She cast Shield as a reaction and combined with her Mage Armor, blocked three of the attacks. But the fourth ray seared her, leaving her Bloodied. Four Astral Elf Bodyguards attacked WuKong, Nebun, Mr. Flinch, and Warwyck with their radiant longswords twice. WuKong used his Hadozee Resilience to mitigate the attack that hit him. Mr. Flinch and Warwyck were struck once each. The Shield of Faith that Fel Ardra cast on Nebun deflected the attacks. Skittles was attacked eight times by four Astral Elf Bodyguards with their radiant longswords and Bloodied.

    

 

    Fel Ardra cast Hold Person on the closest Astral Elf Bodyguard but failed. She used her bonus action to move and swing with her Spiritual Weapon but missed. P40-X slashed at Empress Xedalli twice with her rapier and once with her faerie swarm. Tamayo got back up and cast Fireball again.

    Empress Xedalli attacked P40-X twice with her scimitars but missed. She then used a Radiant Beam on her, Mr. Flinch, and Tamayo. Tamayo used her Tides of Chaos ability to make the save but still went unconscious again. Mr. Flinch had to use his Hadozee Resilience reaction to stay alive. P40-X had to use her Built for Success ability to save her concentration on Hunter’s Mark. Empress Xedalli then used Starlight Step to teleport further away.

    Skittles attacked the nearest Astral Elf Bodyguard in her way to get towards Empress Xedalli. She hit him with two hooves and stomped him to death. She might have teleported towards Empress Xedalli instead if she wasn’t already in a rage. On the subsequent turn she used her Heal Self as a Legendary Action to become Unbloodied.

   Warwyck managed to hit the Astral Elf Bodyguard engaging him in melee with one of his long sword slashes.

    WuKong critically failed an attack on the Astral Elf Bodyguard and fell off the dais but used his Slowfall reaction to prevent damage from the fall. He flipped up from prone and then clambered back up the dais. He then struck with his Flurry of Blows to take out the Astral Elf Bodyguard.

    Nebun concentrated on the Ring of Shooting Stars to move the ball of lightning and hit Empress Xedalli. The ball of energy dissipated then he cast Healing Word as a bonus action on Tamayo.

    Mr. Flinch missed both his attacks. Topolah cast Cone of Cold.

    The Astral Elf Bodyguards used four Radiant Rays, disintegrating Topolah and leaving only Lefty in the ashes. Lefty crawled towards the dais. Skittles was knocked out cold by a critical radiant longsword hit by an Astral Elf Bodyguard. Mr. Flinch was chopped in half and cauterized by an Astral Elf Bodyguard’s radiant longsword. An Astral Elf Bodyguard singed Warwyck with a radiant longsword attack. The attacks on Nebun were deflected by Fel Ardra’s Shield of Faith.

 

 

    Fel Ardra cried out, “Mr. Flinch, NO!” She stabbed the Astral Elf Bodyguard with her dagger once missing her second thrust. She then used her bonus action to move her horn dagger shaped Spiritual Weapon and stab him with it.

    P40-X lunged at an Astral Elf Bodyguard and pierced him, surging her metal faerie swarm into the wound. The faeries exited out the Astral Elf’s back and then returned through the entry hole back to P40-X’s abdominal storage cavity.

   Topolah cast Cone of Cold and killed the four Astral Elf Bodyguards, leaving one frozen solid. She then had a wild magic surge that made her Large in size.

   Empress Xedalli used her Radiant Beam and hit P40-X and Nebun. She then teleported to P40-X’s location using her Starlight Step. She pried open P40-X’s abdominal cavity with her scimitar’s curved edge and then stabbed inside it, deactivating her. 

   Skittles failed her death check. Warwyck moved to the other side of the battlefield and slashed twice with his longsword, felling the Astral Elf Bodyguard who had killed Mr. Flinch.

   WuKong attacked Empress Xedalli with his Awakened Astral Elf power and a Flurry of Blows. The five hit combo ended with a brutal critical hit that ripped her right arm off and she dropped dead from the shock.

   Nebun cast Mass Healing Word as a bonus action, using it to heal everyone except Lefty and P40-X. The healing woke up Skittles. Skittles then used her Legendary Action to heal herself at the end of Nebun’s turn.

  Lefty crawled up onto the dais next to Nebun.

  The remaining three Astral Elf Bodyguards attempted to surrender to which Nebun replied, “So what?” With their surrender not accepted, they continued to fight. The Astral Elf Bodyguard on Nebun managed to hit him once. An Astral Elf Bodyguard knocked out Skittles again with two slashes of his radiant longsword. The other Astral Elf Bodyguard attacked WuKong but missed.

 

 

    Fel Ardra shrugged at Nebun and then stabbed at the Astral Elf Bodyguard who tried to surrender, missing with her Spiritual Weapon but hitting with once with her dagger.

  P40-X failed her death check.

  Tamayo cast Firebolt and hit one of the Astral Elf Bodyguards.

  WuKong attacked with five attacks, giving P40-X a Death Check on a fumble but also doing two critical hits that killed two Astral Elf Bodyguards.

  Nebun used the Ring of Shooting Stars to severely burn the Astral Elf who tried to surrender with three shooting stars. He then used a bonus action to cast Mass Healing Word on everyone again, saving P40-X and waking up Skittles.

  Warwyck hit the Astral Elf that tried to surrender with the flat part of his longsword, knocking him out. As soon as he dropped, Lefty used his readied action to choke the last living Astral Elf Bodyguard.

   Nebun’s Ring of Shooting Stars dropped from his finger and his body returned to its true amorphous Plasmoid shape, removing the rigid membrane of “skin” that had started to envelop him.

   Lefty picked up the ring in his middle finger. Warwyck lifted Lefty and was ready to toss Lefty into the beam of radiant light at the center of the temple surrounded by a pool of shimmering water.  Nebun grabbed Lefty and cut off his middle finger and the tossed it into the radiant beam of light. The Ring of Shooting Stars was teleported into the sun of Xaryxis. The undead finger was instantly turned to ash and the ring started a chain reaction that made the star go supernova.

    Captain Elaina Sartell and Flapjack the Flumph arrived on The Moondancer with The Second Wind in tow.

[Since Fel Ardra was the Spelljammer for The Second Wind.]

     The party got on board The Moondancer and Fel Ardra got on board The Second Wind. A few Astral Elf ships had survived the Battle for Xaryxis and they attempted to rescue as many Astral Elf citizens as they could before fleeing the sector. The Moondancer, The Second Wind, and the Astral Elf Star Moths got out of the system in the nick of time escaping a wake of energy from an exploding star. The planet Xaryxis and the Imperial Citadel were completely obliterated. When they looked around, Skittles was gone after the explosion, as if she had only stayed around long enough to see it. WuKong lost his connection to his true Astral Self as if it was blasted out of him. He asked himself, “How long till I achieve nirvana again?” P40-X realized her visions of doom were gone since she had not seen the destruction of Xaryxis in her mind beforehand.

   Captain Elaina Sartell asked Tamayo is she wanted to return to Toril. She said, “Why would I want to return to be a forgotten sewer rat? I am part of the crew of The Moondancer now Captain.”

   WuKong remembered that the star map he had found that went to Humblespace was taken from the Neogi Nightspider. It was a world that they wanted to conquer. By giving it to Rika, they had sent those Aarakocra to a planet that would be a death trap. With no reason to return to Toril to see the results of their actions, they decided to head towards Humblespace...

Spelljammer Recap #10

 

Spelljammer Recap 10 Sunday April 27, 2025 @ 12:00-3:00 P.M.

<<WARNING SPOILERS FOR THE LIGHT OF XARYXIS! >>

CHAPTER 10: SPACE INVADERS

    P40-X shot her pistol twice at the Solar Dragon but only hit once, shooting a bullet that her faeries followed to a dragon scale that they ripped off. The Solar Dragon did another fly-by attack and hit WuKong with its tail.  Nebun poisoned a crossbow bolt and fired at the Solar Dragon but missed. WuKong threw two darts at the Solar Dragon and hit once. Topolah cast Ice Storm on the Solar Dragon. Captain Elaina Sartell unleashed the mangonel stone and struck the Solar Dragon. Warwyck Blastimoff fired his musket and pierced the skin with the missing dragon scale, and the Solar Dragon was killed.

[At the beginning of next session, the party gets to loot The Xaryxis and go to Level 9.]

    The party found 700 copper pieces, 4,000 silver pieces, 2,500 gold pieces, 110 platinum pieces, and 11 gems worth 50 gold pieces each on The Xaryxis. They found 300 gold pieces in a sack with a note that said Dead Man’s Hand Money in the ashes of Grimzod Gargenhale. They looted two other Star Moths and gained 5 small golden statues worth 25 gold pieces each on one ship. They found an Adamantine Scale Mail that Nebun equipped, and a Longsword +1 on an Astral Elf Commander on the other Star Moth. Nebun gave his old Scale Mail and the Longsword to Warwyck Blastimoff.

       Topolah grieved Grimzod’s second death until Lefty crawled up on her shoulder reminding her a piece of him was still alive. The party escorted their Astral Elf Priest prisoner to the brig and found Zanth and Blackbird nearly completely drained of all health. The Will O’ Wisp and Grimzod had been feeding on them.

       The party took a Long Rest and leveled up to 9. Nebun noticed his Plasmoid body was growing a thick membrane while he made some basic poison. His fingertips had fingerprints; even his pseudopod. The rest of the party saw him growing taller and his face had growing brows and pointed ears giving him an elven appearance. The ring also seemed to restore strength perhaps by feeding on the energy of Nebun’s body.

      The Second Wind stopped next to The Moondancer. Fel Ardra demanded her remaining 200 gold pieces. Paid in full, she decided to go with them to the Imperial Citadel. Dakaer’s Tarrasque, Zoth’ess’ Gadabout and two other wasp ships were gone from the sector having looting and left presumably for Doomspace or the Rock of Bral.

CHAPTER 11: CROWNING MOMENT.

       The Moondancer and The Second Wind landed at the Common Docks of the Imperial Citadel. Topolah and Lefty, Warwyck Blastimoff, Fel Ardra, and Mister Flinch went with them to the Temple of Light. The party managed to stealth their way through the crowds and enter the Temple of Light at the moment of Emperor Xavan’s cremation within the light beam. Princess Xedalli stood accused of treason by Prince Xeleth. She countered by saying that Prince Xeleth had exiled her to die on Toril. The crowd didn’t believe Princess Xedalli so she asked for Trial by Combat. Prince Xeleth said only one with a Ring of Shooting Stars had that right. Nebun and the party appeared and Princess Xedalli pointed to them as her champions. Nebun raised his hand with the ring so all could see it as Tamayo told the crowd the truth. The crowd turned to Princess Xedalli’s side. Prince Xeleth sneered and chose the Zodar that had served their family since the first emperor as his champion.

        The Zodar floated forward to fight the party. Nebun cast acid Glyph of Warding on a stone and placed it in the Zodar’s path. The Zodar rolled over it and it exploded, dealing acid damage to the Zodar and Nebun. But the Zodar was immune to acid, and Nebun resistant to acid, so very little damage happened. The Zodar punched Nebun twice and tried to teleport him out of its path but Nebun rolled a natural 20 on his save. The series of attacks left Nebun at 11 Hit Points from a 75 max. Tamayo cast Magic Missile and struck the Zodar with three balls of force. Fel Ardra cast Shield of Faith on Nebun to give him +2 to AC. Warwyck missed the Zodar twice with his longsword. Mister Flinch fell over trying to lunge at the Zodar with his short sword. Topolah cast Mage Armor. Lefty flicked off the Zodar. WuKong summoned his astral arms and missed the Zodar from 10 feet away. P40-X cast Hunter’s Mark on the Zodar and went to work on her favored enemy, an aberration. She shot it twice with her pistol and had her faerie swarm trace the shot for nearly 40 damage.

      Nebun cast Healing Word on himself. The Zodar dodged out of the way of Nebun’s Sacred Flame cantrip. The Zodar didn’t like that and floated towards P40-X, taking damage from an opportunity attack by Warwyck Blastimoff who slashed it in the back with his longsword. The Zodar punched P40-X and tried to teleport her away but she succeeded her saving throw with help from Tamayo. On its second punch, the Zodar fell over off balance. Tamayo cast Magic Missile again to summon three more bolts of force. Fel Ardra cast Spiritual Weapon summoning a pair of astral daggers with a horn-like appearance but missed the Zodar’s prone form. Warwyck hit the Zodar once with his long sword. Mister Flinch missed twice with his short sword. Topolah also cast Magic Missile. Lefty made a three fingered flick of the wrist, imitating a magic missile. WuKong hit twice with a flurry of blows. P40-X dropped her pistol and stabbed at the Zodar with her rapier twice. Her rapier and faerie swarm ripped into the Zodar for thirty more damage leaving it shredded in parts of its armor.

      Nebun cast Aura of Vitality and healed himself. The Zodar got up and hit P40-X hard following up with a teleport attempt that failed with Tamayo’s help, leaving P40-X at 2 hit points. But the Zodar’s second hit sent P40-X flying into the rock wall behind her as the Zodar turned around to face Warwyck Blastimoff. Tamayo cast Witch Bolt and hurt the Zodar with electrical damage. Fel Ardra cast Sacred Flame but the Zodar used a Legendary Action to avoid it. She also missed with her spiritual daggers with her bonus action. Warwyck hit with his longsword once. Mister Flinch managed to hit twice with his two short sword attacks. Topolah cast Magic Missile leaving the Zodar teetering. Lefty made a V sign. WuKong punched thrice and took down the Zodar with the first two, whiffing the third as the Zodar drifted down to the ground and powered down.

       Nebun used Aura of Vitality to heal P40-X back to consciousness.

       With the party succeeding in the Trial by Combat, Princess Xedalli was declared Empress. She asked for her ring back from Nebun. He tried to take it off, but it remained firmly attached to his body. Empress Xedalli seemed to be enraged by this “refusal” and ordered her guards to give her champions their justly deserved reward…capture and execution.

CHAPTER 12: LIGHT OF XARYXIS

      The Zodar whirred back to life and began floating again. It then spoke in a resounding voice, “TAKE THE RING OF THE STARS INTO THE HEART OF THE STAR WHERE IT WAS FORGED, AND YOUR WORLD WILL BE SAVED!” Golden light shined from the eyes of the Zodar and washed over the party. The Zodar then drifted back down to the ground, rusted over, and disintegrated into red flakes.

     The party gained the effect of a Long Rest. P40-X found her visions of doom gone. WuKong achieved temporary Nirvana. “Skittles” appeared next to Tamayo ready for battle. Nebun’s outer membrane returned to normal and the Ring of Shooting Stars began to loosen from his finger.

     Prince Xeleth summoned a Solar Dragon and mounted it to try and escape. Empress Xedalli ordered her twelve Astral Elf Bodyguards to attack the party…

[End of session.]