Session 03 – Nimble Shadows and Sewer Serpents

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💥 Fireball in Trollskull Alley

While business picked up at Location:Trollskull Tavern, a massive explosion shattered the calm—a fireball detonated just outside, killing Dalakhar, a gnome spy, and several citizens. Remarkably, the tavern and party were unharmed, though the street was left scorched and chaotic.

Waterdeep

👤 A cloaked figure was seen looting Dalakhar’s body and fleeing toward the Bent Nail–.
🧒 A child claimed a metal puppet had thrown something into a barrel—it was revealed to be a Necklace of Fireballs with two remaining beads.
🧙 Silas identified the explosion as magical; Dren confirmed the necklace’s nature.

Eyeless assisted folk and asked questions

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🚨 City Watch & Renaer's Secrets

The City Watch, led by:

🧑‍⚖️ Barnabus Blastwind

👮‍♂️ Sergeant Cromley
...arrived and began their investigation. Captain John Mercer calmly persuaded them the party was innocent. They revealed:

Dalakhar had been fleeing armed pursuers.

Trollskull was declared a crime scene.

Later, Renaer Neverember arrived and revealed:

Dalakhar had spied on him for two months.

He was likely seeking the party to deliver the Stone of Golorr to Renaer’s father in Neverwinter.

The artifact is powerful and valuable, drawing interest from the Zhentarim and Xanathar Guild.

Renaer offered 💰1,000 gold if the party retrieved it.

Silias in the library with a candlestick

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⚙️ Temple of Gond,Gond City– Sewers,The Lonely Automaton

Following the automaton’s trail to the Temple of Gond, the party met:

🐉 Valetta, bronze dragonborn priestess

🤖 Nim, a sentient automaton

Nim confessed to secretly creating a second nimblewright that had escaped. He feared the construct was responsible for the explosion. The temple had locked Nim away.

🎁 Rewards Offered:

500 gold for destroying the rogue Nimblewright

OR a mechanical invention (e.g., barking box or adjustable stilts)

Nim begged for the nimblewright to be spared and Trollskullreturned, Tavernpromising a unique invention

📟 The party received a Nimblewright Detector — spins and clicks when within 500 ft

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🕳️ Sewer Hunt – The Yuan-ti Ritual

With no detection from the device, the party scouted the Waterdeep sewers and stumbled upon a yuan-ti ritual involving a drowning victim, red and green malisons, and a purple abomination.

The cult attacked, declaring: “Witnesses must be slain!”

⚔️ Combat Highlights:

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🎁 Loot & Rewards

📜 Magical Scrolls (unassigned):

Fireball – AoE damage

Animate Dead – Raise undead (ethical concerns)

Flaming Sphere – Area control

Fear – AoE frighten

🗡️ Weapons:

+1 Longbow

+1 Scimitars

💰 Gold:

216 gold pieces total

🛡️ Faction Gain:

+1 Renown with the Grey Hands / Force Grey for defeating the cult

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🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Party Status:Status (Post-Battle)

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🛠 Temple of Gond Investigation

ExploredAll theexhaustion siteeffects ofhave thebeen fireballcleared explosion tied to Delacar and a Necklace of Fireballs.post-session.

Met Nim, a lonely automaton who created a runaway Nimblewright—likely the “puppet” seen fleeing the scene.

Violita offered:

💰 500 gold for the Nimblewright’s destruction

🧰 A barking box or stilts as a reward

Nim pleaded for mercy: return it and receive a unique invention.

Received a Nimblewright Detector (clicks and spins within 500 ft, max speed at 30 ft)

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🐍🔍 SewerUnresolved Battle – The Yuan-ti Cult

No Nimblewright detected in the sewers.

Discovered a yuan-ti ritual with:

A drowning victim

Red and green malisons, and a purple abomination

The cult attacked, declaring: “Witnesses must be slain!”

🎯 Combat Highlights:

Eyeless: Used Divine Smite & Guiding Bolt, downed by cold/poison, revived Slim Jim

Slim Jim: Healed Eyeless, downed, revived

Captain John: Landed a critical Sneak Attack (39 damage); rolled nat 20 death save; finished red yuan-ti

Dren: Frontlined, maul attacks, survived with 3 HP

Silas:

Unleashed two Fireballs (from Necklace)

Deployed Fear and psychic spells

Remained untouched—but his boots got filthy crossing the sewer

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🧪 Loot & Rewards

Scrolls not yet assigned; likely for Dren or Slim Jim

🛡 +1 Renown with Grey Hand for stopping the ritual

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🩹 AftermathThreads

• The party staggered home torogue TrollskullNimblewright Manor:

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• Captain John: 1 HPlarge.

• Dren:The 3purpose HPof the yuan-ti ritual is unclear—possible necromantic ties?

• EyelessDebate &brews: Slimdestroy Jim:or severelyspare drainedthe Nimblewright?

• Silas:Some ✨scrolls, pristinelike robes,Animate muddyDead bootsand Fear, raise moral dilemmas within the party.

Nimblewright’s fate remains unresolved

Yuan-ti ritual's purpose (possibly necromantic) still a mystery

Ethical debate brewing over whether to destroy or return the Nimblewright

Scrolls like Animate Dead and Fear challenge the party’s moral compass