📘 Session 15 - Thunder in the Void

🎵 Music

 

Ambient / Combat Music (placeholder)

[Add Spelljammer combat or astral ambience track]

🖼️ Images

Session

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• [Neogi Spider-Ship battle scene]

[Astral desert plane portal] [Cracked Neogi vessel drifting]

🪐 Campaign Arc

Campaign: Spelljammer Session: 15 Dungeon Master: Sicareus Setting: Astral Desert Plane → Portal Route to the Underdark

🧭 Overview

After a brief rest and recovery, the party followed Rook Varrek through a portal leading to a harsh, desert-like astral plane — a crossroads realm where Rook maintained access to multiple other portals, including routes into the Underdark.

Moments after emerging, the party was ambushed by a Neogi raiding force. What followed was a brutal, multi-round shipboard battle against pirates, void hunters, and a Neogi captain, ending in the discovery of a shattered Neogi spider-ship and valuable astral loot. With wounds tended and resources spent, the party pressed onward toward the Underdark, greeted by a disturbing, sickly-sweet scent as the session ended.

🧑‍🚀 Party Members

Character

Player

Class

Race

Notable Actions

Valen Pyre

Justin

Wizard (Evoker)

Human

Fireball opening strike; Thunder Step; revived Leydrick; final Eldritch Blast kill

High Jinks

Kate

Warlock (Great Old One)

Tabaxi

Chill Touch pressure; Eldritch Blasts; later summoned new familiar

Dino Roar

Robb

Artificer / Fighter

Githyanki

Dancing Longsword; frontline control; post-combat ship investigation

Garrick “Rigg” Dalhart

Ben

Rogue (Swashbuckler)

Human

Ranged Sneak Attacks; heavy wrench damage; claimed Ring of Spell Storage

Leydrick Gefinhal

Jared

Cleric (Life)

Dwarf

Downed by double critical; revived; finished a Void Hunter; heavy post-fight healing

Rook Varrek

NPC

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Portal guide; heavy pistol and rapier damage throughout the fight

📍 Key Locations

Astral desert plane used as a portal nexus Open void near a damaged Neogi spider-ship Portal leading toward the Underdark

⚔️ Session Highlights

Party ambushed immediately after exiting the portal by Neogi forces Enemy composition: 6 Neogi Pirates, 2 Neogi Void Hunters, 1 Neogi Captain Valen opened with Fireball, dealing heavy early damage Leydrick was dropped by a double critical attack early in the fight Valen revived Leydrick in the following round Rook Varrek consistently dealt high damage with pistols and rapier Valen flew out to confront a Void Hunter directly, then Thunder Stepped back to the ship A Void Hunter was finished off by Leydrick after Valen’s repositioning play The final Neogi was killed by Valen with a low-damage Eldritch Blast — just enough

🎭 Key Scenes

Valen & Void Hunter: Valen flew out from the ship toward a Neogi Void Hunter, smirked, then detonated a Thunder Step to escape back to safety. Leydrick’s Fall: Leydrick was struck down by a devastating double critical, forcing immediate triage under fire. Final Shot: A battered Neogi staggered under a pitiful Eldritch Blast — and still fell.

🧩 Ongoing Threads & Plot Hooks

Rook’s knowledge of astral portals and Underdark access remains largely unexplored The damaged Neogi ship suggests a prior, unknown conflict in the area The sickly-sweet smell beyond the Underdark portal hints at a new threat ahead

💰 Loot & Discoveries

Item

Finder

Description / Status

5,000 Gold

Party

Recovered from the cracked Neogi spider-ship

Wand of Web

Party Inventory

A wand etched with sticky, filament-like runes

Cloak of Protection

High Jinks

Lightweight cloak that subtly bends fate and fortune

Ring of Spell Storage

Rigg

A smooth ring capable of holding dormant spells

3 Astral Diamonds

Party

Crystalline gems humming faintly with planar energy

🧪 Aftermath

Party healed, recovered, and rested after the battle High Jinks summoned a new familiar — an Imp, currently disguised as a Raven The party leveled up

⏳ Cliffhanger

The party passes through the portal toward the Underdark A sickly-sweet smell fills the air on the other side