D&D 5E - The Rise of Tiamat

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obvious hollow flattery, or outright hostility shouldinvoke a penalty.Make note of which characters succeed at the savingthrow and which fail. The outcome determines whathappens to them that night.At the end of the audience, the characters aredismissed. Before being returned to their rooms and feda sumptuous evening meal, Nyh Ilmichh tells them theyw ill meet again in the morning.D r e a m s a n d N i g h t m a r e sThat night, each of the adventurers are targeted by acustomized version of the dream spell, cast and craftedby Red W izard illusionists. Each character is confrontedin a vision by a pale Red Wizard who says, “We havefurther questions for you.” Elves and other creaturesthat do not sleep are not subject to this effect.Each character must make a DC 18 Wisdom savingthrow with disadvantage. On a successful save, acharacter remembers vague, disturbing dreams in themorning, but suffers no other effects.Each character who fails the saving throwexperiences a sim ilar nightmare. He or she is paralyzedand magically bound within a mystic cauldron amonganimated chains and tentacles. A dozen Red Wizardsobserve placidly while three more Red Wizards subjectthe helpless character to agonizing tortures. Thecharacter is questioned about why the party came toThay, about Severin’s plots, about Rath Modar, about hisor her own past and the lives of the other adventurers,about the party’s attitude toward Szass Tam, andanything else you care to ask.Each answer the character gives must beaccompanied by a D C 15 Charisma (Persuasion)check if the character answers truthfully, or a DC 15Charisma (Deception) check if the response is evenpartially false. A character who succeeded on theCharisma (Persuasion) check made during the audiencehas advantage on each of these checks. On each failedcheck, a character suffers excruciating pain as a RedW izard shouts out a tally of the character’s failedanswers. Refusing to answer is treated the same asfailing the check.A character who struggles against the bonds orwho tries to cast a spell or use some other ability nothindered by physical restraint is struck by pain sosevere that he or she is briefly incapacitated. Thatcharacter's next Charisma check made within thedream takes a -2 penalty.The nightmare ends when a character answers fivequestions successfully or eight questions in total. If thelast question was answered successfully, the charactersleeps fitfully the rest of the night. If the last questionwas answered unsuccessfully, the character wakes upscreaming and drenched in sweat. Blood stains the bedsheets, though the character has no visible wounds. Thecharacter also takes 10 (3d6) psychic damage and doesnot gain the benefit of a long rest from the night’s sleep.In the morning, any character who underwent thisquestioning has a deathly pallor and dark, hollow-looking eyes. The character’s appearance returns tonormal when he or she finishes a long rest.O u t c o m eIn the morning, after another delicious meal, thecharacters are ushered back to the audience chamber.Eseldra Yeth is not there. Instead, they’re greeted byNyh Ilmichh and one of the Red Wizards present at theaudience the previous day. Only Nyh Ilmichh speaks.What she says is determined by the number ofcharacters who answered five questions successfullyduring the dream. If that number accounts for morethan half the non-elven party (that is, elves don’t counttoward the party total, because they cannot be affectedby the Red W izards dream spell), Nyh Ilmichh informsthe characters that the Red W izards have agreed toaid the factions of the Sword Coast, and that she w illaccompany them as Thay’s ambassador to the council.When the characters have gathered their belongings,the Red W izard teleports with them back to Waterdeep.If the tally is half the number of non-elven charactersin the party or fewer, Nyh Ilmichh states that TharchionYeth thanks them for their information, but that Thay’sattention is commanded by matters within its ownborders and the Red Wizards cannot help. Before thecharacters can react, the other Red W izard waves hishand and a previously invisible magic circle on the flooraround the characters flares to life. A moment later, theadventurers are standing in an abandoned and ruinedfarmhouse a mile north of Waterdeep. The barely visibleoutline of a Thayan teleportation circle fades aroundthem and their neatly packed belongings.C o n c l u s i o nIf the mission to Thay was a success, it benefitsthe factions during the “Tiamat’s Return” episode.Additionally, hidden in a backpack or pocket,each character finds a human finger bone tied toa loop of dried gut. Each bone acts as a scroll ofprotection (undead) that is activated and spent bysnapping it in half.If you choose, the characters gain a level at theend of this episode. See “Advancement” in theintroduction section.
Episode 9: Tiamat’sReturnTyranny o f Dragons: The Rise o f Tiamat reachesits conclusion at the Well of Dragons, wheredragons, giants, spellcasters, and armies clashspectacularly around the risen Temple of Tiamat. Asthey do, the adventurers take on the crucial assignmentof infiltrating the temple and making a final standagainst the servants of the Dragon Queen and theirdark goddess.The climactic finale of The Rise o f Tiamat should beplayed only after all the other episodes of the adventureare complete and the characters have reached 14thor 15th level. In the episodes leading up to this one,both the Harpers and the Zhentarim have spies amongthe Cult of the Dragon. As such, both organizationscan report that the cult’s preparations are nearingcompletion. That same information could also comefrom prisoners questioned directly by the charactersduring any of the incidents in “The Cult Strikes Back.”However it happens, from the moment this episodekicks into action, events escalate rapidly. There is noturning back from that point onward, and characterswho hesitate risk losing everything.T h e F i n a l B a t t l eThe battle between the factions of the Sword Coast andthe Cult of the Dragon plays out as a huge clash betweenarmies and monstrous forces. The manner in which thatbattle plays out depends on the outcome of the “Councilof Waterdeep” episode, and on how successful theheroes have been bringing the various factions together.See “Enemies and Allies,” later in this section, for moreinformation.Before or during the final battle, the adventurershave a chance to reconnoiter the Well of Dragons andundertake a stealthy infiltration of the cult’s redoubt andthe Temple of Tiamat.T h e D r a a k h o r nSince it began sounding, the Draakhorn’s mournfultones have been an ever-present reminder of the threatrising in the Sword Coast. When Severin’s plan swingsinto its final stage, the Draakhorn’s call shifts frombeing barely perceptible to a clear and distant soundthat gives a sense of impending doom to all who hear it.See area 8 in “The Well of Dragons” for moreinformation on the Draakhorn.
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