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📘 Session 00 – “Title”

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"Into the Chaotic Deep" -

Varrick Songweave





 


 

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🪐 Campaign Arc

Campaign: Spelljammer: Shadows Among the Stars
Session Title: Into the Chaotic Deep
Dungeon Master: James (Sicareus)
Setting: The chaotic plane of Limbo, floating islands and unstable gravity


🧭 Overview

The party fought for survival in the chaotic plane of Limbo, where Red Slaads and a powerful Githzerai Enlightened descended upon them. The battle raged across floating stone and shifting gravity, but radiant fire, eldritch blasts, and Kith rath’s psionic-imbued strikes eventually turned the tide.

As the dust cleared, the Githzerai revealed his true intent: he opposed the Slaads, and his attack had been a test as much as a clash. After tense words — and Dino’s constant jabs about being the “real hero” — the monk proposed an alliance. With the help of a Hat of Disguise, he transformed into Dino’s likeness, posing as a supposed “champion” who had captured the rest of the adventurers. This would be used to disguise as a Mind Flayer to with the group, disguised as thralls, to infiltrate Mind Flayer ranks at the Shrak’talor Temple.


🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Party Members

Character

Player

Class/Subclass

Race

Notable Actions

Garrick "Rigg" Dalhart

Ben/Elemunk

Rogue (Swashbuckler)

Human

Landed a sneak attack with wrench; missed several swings

Laydrick Gefinhal

Jared/Galindis

Cleric (Life Domain)

Dwarf

Radiant flames suppressed Slaad regeneration; healed self

High Jinks

Kate/Keitachan

Warlock (Great Old One)

Tabaxi

Relentless Eldritch Blasts carried ranged damage

Dynoth “Dino Roar” Rokos

Robb/Baconbuff

Artificer (Battle Smith) / Fighter

Githyanki

Wielded Moon-Touched + Dancing Sword; crit with psionics; taunted the Githzerai throughout

Valen Pyre

Justin/Slitzer

Wizard (Evoker)

Human

Gust of Wind hurled a Slaad into the void; sustained arcane blasts

Kith rath (NPC)

DM

Psychic monk-warrior

Githzerai

Assisted party near end of battle; later allied, using Hat of Disguise to appear as Dino


🏞️ Key Locations

  • Floating Shards of Limbo – fractured battlefield with chaotic gravity.
  • Shrak’talor Temple (distant) – destination where the Mind Flayers gather.

⚔️ Session Highlights

  • Fierce battle against Red Slaads and their regenerative abilities.
  • Valen tried to hurl a Slaad into the void with Gust of Wind.
  • Dino’s psionic-charged crit nearly felled an enemy, while mocking the Githzerai’s “heroics.”
  • Jinx’s blasts consistently rained devastation from afar.
  • The Githzerai Enlightened joined for the end of the battle.
  • Post-battle alliance: Githzerai donned the Hat of Disguise to appear as Dino, while the rest of the party agreed to play the role of captured thralls.

🎭 Key Scenes

Leydrick’s Radiance

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Leydrick stands on a jagged floating shard in Limbo, raising his holy symbol as Sacred Flame pours down in radiant fire. A Red Slaad reels back, its wounds seared shut by the divine light.
Rigg's Leap

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Rigg lunges forward across unstable stone, his oversized wrench crashing down in a sneak attack. His face is tense with focus, the void swirling behind him.
High Jink's Attack

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High Jinks, unleashes twin beams of Eldritch Blast. The crackling purple force arcs across the void, slamming into a hulking Slaad on a nearby shard.

Valen's Wind

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Valen Pyre, human wizard in a crimson coat, braces against the winds of Limbo. His coat whips dramatically as he unleashes Gust of Wind. A massive Red Slaad is thrown backward, teetering at the edge of a floating rock. The void stretches endlessly behind it, fragments tumbling away.

Another Gith?

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Dynoth “Dino Roar” Rokos, a Githyanki artificer-fighter, fights with intensity. He wields his glowing Moon-Touched Sword while his Dancing Sword hovers beside him like a silver blur. Across from him, the Githzerai Enlightened braces, fists glowing with psionic force. Sparks of light and psychic shock-waves erupt between blade and strike as they clash with 2 Red Slaad on a narrow floating shard.


Kith’rath – Githzerai Enlightened

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A disciplined warrior-monk from the chaos plane of Limbo, Kith’rath wields devastating unarmed strikes infused with psionic force. His calm, calculating nature hides beneath a sharp pragmatism—he tests strength before granting trust. He revealed himself as an ally against the Slaads. Using the party's Hat of Disguise to impersonate Dino and later a Mind Flayer in their future infiltration plan.


🧠 Power of the Mind

Creatures within Limbo can manipulate the chaotic plane itself through sheer willpower and focus:

  • Move Objects:
    As an action or bonus action, make an Intelligence check to move a visible object within 30 feet.

    • DC 5 (Tiny), DC 10 (Small), DC 15 (Medium), DC 20 (Large), DC 25 (Huge or larger).

    • On success, the object moves 5 feet +1 foot per point above the DC.

  • Alter Objects:
    As an action, make an Intelligence check to reshape a nonmagical object not being worn or carried.

    • DC 10 (Tiny), DC 15 (Small), DC 20 (Medium), DC 25 (Large or larger).

    • On success, the object changes into another nonliving form of the same size (e.g., stone into fire).

  • Stabilize Area:
    As an action, make an Intelligence check to stabilize a sphere of order centered on the creature.

    • DC 5 for a 10-foot radius, +5 DC for each additional 10 feet.

    • On success, the stabilized zone resists Limbo’s shifting chaos for 24 hours, or until this ability is used again.

Kith’rath, the Githzerai Enlightened, revealed the strange discipline of his people in Limbo: the ability to impose will upon chaos. With a calm focus, he demonstrated how thought alone could shift the battlefield.

  • He stabilized the floating shard beneath the party’s feet, preventing it from drifting apart into the void, creating a calm sphere of order in the storm.

  • He showed how an object could be moved or reshaped by sheer mental focus, lifting stones with no hands and briefly altering one into a burning ember before returning it to stone.

  • He explained that this ability is not limitless — the further one pushes against Limbo’s chaos, the greater the strain of concentration.

The party realized that these powers could mean survival in a plane where even the ground itself betrays them.

🧵 Ongoing Threads & Plot Hooks

  • Ambush plan: infiltrate Mind Flayer ranks disguised as peer and thralls.
  • Shrak’talor Temple ahead — its true nature and alliances uncertain.
  • Illithid and Slaad threat continues to deepen across planes.

💰 Loot & Discoveries

Item

Finder

Description/Status

Hat of Disguise

High JInks

Used to appear as Dino and a Mind Flayer for infiltration

Githzerai Alliance

Party

New ally against the Slaads and Mind Flayers; shared infiltration plan