# 📘 Session 10 – The Fey Wilds and False Doors

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*"The Doors of False Promise" - [Varrick Songweave](https://bookstack.thecartwrights.nz/books/varrick-songweave)*

```
Chorus
Raise a glass, brave souls, beware!
Golden dreams hide poisoned air.
Through fire, fey, and mimic’s maw,
The tower waits with stair on stair.

Verse 1
A shining gate of gold did gleam,
Promising peace, eternal dream.
Dino fell, and Valen too,
But stout Laydrick’s will stayed true.

Chorus
Raise a glass, brave souls, beware!
Golden dreams hide poisoned air.
Through fire, fey, and mimic’s maw,
The tower waits with stair on stair.

Verse 2
The fire realm roared with endless flame,
The party turned, too hot to tame.
Through silver woods where starlight grew,
They faced the gaze of a dragon blue.

Verse 3
The villagers spoke of wizard lost,
His tower stood with riddles crossed.
Three doors carved with truth and lies,
But one would bite with hungry guise.

Chorus
Raise a glass, brave souls, beware!
Golden dreams hide poisoned air.
Through fire, fey, and mimic’s maw,
The tower waits with stair on stair.

Verse 4
The mimic fell to steel and spell,
Though Dino’s defender rang its knell.
The center path swung wide to show,
Two stairways rise and sink below.

Final Chorus (repeat twice, rising)
Raise a glass, brave souls, beware!
Golden dreams hide poisoned air.
Through fire, fey, and mimic’s maw,
The tower waits with stair on stair.
```

</details>## 🪐 Campaign Arc

- **Campaign:**<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> Spelljammer – Shadows of the Void</span>
- **Session:**<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> 10 – </span>**The Fey Wilds and False Doors**
- **Dungeon Master:**<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> James (Sicareus)</span>
- **Setting:**<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> Planar portals between Elysium, Elemental Fire, and the Feywild</span>

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## 🧭 Overview

The party’s path through the planar nexus revealed both wonder and peril. First, a golden gateway into Elysium promised bliss, but its peace nearly proved fatal. Next, the searing flames of the Elemental Fire plane forced retreat. Finally, they entered the Feywild, where silver trees and starlit skies led them to a dragon-guarded village and a wizard’s abandoned tower. There, illusions and false doors tested their judgment—culminating in a mimic attack and the discovery of a hidden staircase.

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## 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Party Members

<table id="bkmrk-characterplayerclass"><colgroup><col></col><col></col><col></col><col></col><col></col></colgroup><tbody><tr><th>Character

</th><th>Player

</th><th>Class/Subclass

</th><th>Race

</th><th>Notable Actions

</th></tr><tr><td>Garrick “Rigg” Dalhart

</td><td>Ben / Elemunk

</td><td>Rogue (Swashbuckler)

</td><td>Human

</td><td>Found bracelet/ring of Mind Shielding; wary during mimic fight.

</td></tr><tr><td>Laydrick Gefinhal

</td><td>Jared / Galindis

</td><td>Cleric (Life Domain)

</td><td>Dwarf

</td><td>Persuaded dragon they weren’t bandits; later opened central tower door.

</td></tr><tr><td>High Jinks

</td><td>Kate / Keitachan

</td><td>Warlock (Great Old One)

</td><td>Tabaxi

</td><td>Purchased spell components in Fey village.

</td></tr><tr><td>Dino Roar (Dynoth Rokos)

</td><td>Robb / BaconBuff

</td><td>Artificer (Battle Smith) / Fighter

</td><td>Githyanki

</td><td>Burned +1 longbow to fuel progression; Steel Defender destroyed by mimic.

</td></tr><tr><td>Valen Pyre

</td><td>Justin / Slitzer

</td><td>Wizard (Evoker)

</td><td>Human

</td><td>Arcane support during puzzles and exploration.

</td></tr></tbody></table>

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## 📍 Key Locations

- **Elysium Portal**<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> – Golden archway to blissful rest, with hidden danger.</span>
- **Elemental Fire Plane**<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> – Uncrossable inferno beyond a fiery portal.</span>
- **Feywild**<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> – Silver trees, beautiful skies, and guarded settlements.</span>
- **Dragon-guarded Village**<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> – Home to Star Elve villagers seeking missing wizard Githrin.</span>
- **Wizard’s Tower**<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> – Contained riddle-doors, a mimic, and a hidden staircase.</span>

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## 📑 Session Highlights

<details id="bkmrk-the-riddle%22i-mimic-w"><summary>The Riddle</summary>

**"I mimic wood, I mimic stone —**  
**A clever trap, not flesh nor bone.**  
**Three doors you see, but one is true,**  
**And two would make a meal of you.**  
**The left one lies about its fate.**  
**The right one lies about its mate.**  
**The center door tells what is right.**  
**But only one speaks truth tonight.**  
**Choose the path with logic keen,**  
**Or be devoured, sight unseen."**

**Door Claims**

- <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Left door: </span>**“I lead to safety.”**
- <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Center door: </span>**“The right door is false.”**
- <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Right door: </span>**“The left door is safe.”**

</details>- <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Dino sacrificed a </span>**+1 Longbow**<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> to continue through planar paths.</span>
- <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Gold portal to </span>**Elysium**: Dino and Valen fell asleep in blissful dreams before being shaken awake.
- Fire portal revealed only flame—party declined to risk entry.
- <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">In the </span>**Feywild**, Laydrick convinced a dragon they weren’t bandits; villagers revealed wizard Githrin missing.
- Jinx bought spell components.
- Tower puzzle: inscriptions marked one door as safe, another as false.
- <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Dino opened “right door” → revealed as a </span>**Mimic**; Steel Defender destroyed in battle, mimic slain.
- <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Laydrick opened center door → revealed </span>**dual staircases**<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> leading up and down.</span>

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## 📸 Key Scenes

##### **Elysian Dreams**

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> Dino and Valen collapse into serene slumber beneath golden light, their faces peaceful—until sudden shaking rouses them into dissonant reality.

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##### **Dragon’s Suspicion**

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> A blue-scaled guardian looms over the party, eyes narrowed with distrust. Leydrick’s calm persuasion eases tension, winning passage to the wizard’s tower.


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##### **The False Door’s Bite**

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> Dino pulls open the ornate right-hand door—only for it to snap into tendrils and fangs, consuming his Steel Defender in an instant before being destroyed.

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##### **The Split Path**

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> Outside a weathered stone tower with three doors, High Jinx (lantern at her hip) stands before the central door, tail flicking warily. The rightmost door lies collapsed, revealed as the corpse of a slain mimic. The tower looms above under a pale, alien sky, its walls cracked with age.

##### Behind the central door lies two diverging stairways: one ascending to unknown heights, the other spiraling downward into shadow.

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## 🔍 Ongoing Threads &amp; Plot Hooks

- <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">The fate of </span>**wizard Githrin**, last seen at the tower.
- <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Choice of path in the tower: </span>**upward or downward**.
- The dragon’s warning about bandits may signal other factions nearby.
- The planar nexus remains unstable, with Elysium and Fire left unresolved.

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## 🎁 Loot &amp; Discoveries

<table id="bkmrk-itemfinderdescriptio" style="width: 100%;"><colgroup><col style="width: 52.0823%;"></col><col style="width: 14.3063%;"></col><col style="width: 33.6114%;"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr><th>Item

</th><th>Finder

</th><th>Description / Status

</th></tr><tr><td>*Bracelet/Ring of Mind Shielding*

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</td><td>Rigg

</td><td>Protects thoughts from detection.

</td></tr><tr><td>*Spell Components*

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</td><td>High Jinks

</td><td>Purchased in Feywild village.

</td></tr><tr><td>Burned Longbow +1

</td><td>Dino

</td><td>Sacrificed to fuel planar travel.

</td></tr></tbody></table>

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## 🚨 Cliffhanger

- <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">The mimic slain, the central tower door revealed a </span>**split staircase**.
- The party must now choose: ascend into the tower’s upper mysteries or descend into its depths.