Halos

Top spire in stormguard-Citadel.

Lore

Storm giants are good spellcasters and self-sufficient, close to godhood. Umnos leads, with Serissa (quintescent with trident) and Neri (smiling one ranger with stormbow).

Only realistic way up to the spire. The queens and the 20-something storm giants present a real heavy guard to prevent anyone from interfering with / reaching Umnos. Fryggt guards the outside, and lightning clouds around that.

Curling Bridges

Risk lightning patrols. Hostile cloud giants on patrol 3 each bridge. Athletic, they don't fuck around. THey will hurl lightning javelins at you on sight + try to throw you off the bridge (500ft to ground)

Entrance

Circular hangar either through open hole cylinder in floor (peek down through clouds to Protectorate). Two doors on either side lead down to bridges. Patrols Circle through here. 2 on bridge for 3 minutes as they walk halfway down as a unit while2 stands guard (will join battle by shooting lightning).

If they get passed it, then they can proceed up the hallway leading to the battlemap (modified snurre 2)

Also a circular indent in the floor above with hexagonal outlines, but can't see through.
40ft Square grate above them leading to 13E. 1 sleeping storm giant there.

DUNGEON

SCALE: 2x larger than 5ft square. 10ft squares!
Storm Giants very perceptive, they'll just instintively nom Petros.
Motion sensor light gems (similar to Blingdenstone wherever the map shows lights).
Neri/Serissa can see through these.

CENTER + TOP

13A Door

2 Storm Giants Guarding entrance plus 13F. They'll attack on sight, and with sufficient noise, people from 13 will wake.

NB: Doors in center are lightning activated. PERC15 to understand mechanism.

13D Protecttive holes

Storm giants chuck extra lightning through here.

13C

RIGHT: -> keys to 13F first door
Sleeping giant in 13E has the other.

13B? - the lever rooms

Doing lever first lets people operate the flywheels.
Each flywheel can be used to turn off the doors in the relevant section (so they don't even need electric opening, always open).

The 3 lever room, North West South i think i said.
South are the 10/11 rooms. North is the 13A north door. West is 13A west door.

13B levers control:
- top right lever: everything outside main above prismatic wall
- bottom left lever: everything outside main below prismatic wall

14A Resting chamber

3 storm giants meditating in a circle. Not super observant while that's going on. Chest contains clothes fit for giants and 2 supreme healing potions.
One of them is an elite elite with huge hammer: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/563935184592880430/
Storm spell idea:
https://www.reddit.com/r/UnearthedArcana/comments/f7a6xj/storm_spear_two_variants_strike_your_enemies_down/ - too strong to be of general use, so:
Specials attack; CON save 16 vs. 4d8+15 LG dmg. Paralyze for one round on fail.

After gates in 13F. Blue lightning scars the walls. Large footsteps has depressed the floors in this hallway. Giant sized, but clearly heavier.

12B Asylum

Door: same electricity lock.
Insane cloud giant Zavag resides here. Very skinny, smaller than the others. Female He was trying to get a meet up. He knows a lot, but speaks like an asylum patient. Shackled to the bed, gagged.
Semi-deep, incoherent speech.
"leeet me out, ltme out"
"you cnt do thiiis tooo me"
"serissa put me here, claims i stole her octarine. i did no such thing" (he did, swallowed it)
PERS20/INT20 (after releasing him): I have it. It fuels me. He will try to fight them. Monk giant! Way of the s/Sun/Lightning Soul.
INV20: see caloused knuckles and very beefy hand even for this smaller giant, does not seem to have been caloused by the shackles
CHEST: keys to shackles.

info:
- doors open by electricity
- the queens see through the gems
- the queens control the vault
- serissa's dress and neri's mask are the keys to the vault
- neri sees everything
- umnos under the influence of the white lady
- he wants to become the ultimate death knight

only got some of these ^

https://www.dndbeyond.com/profile/sszynrae/characters/32026495
Proficiency on saves. Spend ki to reroll result.
Radiant Sun Bolt attacks: 2x +14 (modified) 1d8+3 per hit.
Searing Arc Strike: Burning hands dex save for 3-10d6 fire dmg
Bonus action patient defense. 18AC. 123HP

see he has taken lots of cuts, but still looks very healthy - more than you would expect

Octarine Core - grants half of overkill damage worth of temp hp - up to a maximum of 50 (for un-numbered crits)). Must replace your heart via surgomancy. Can only be done during a resurrection ritual

12A Serissas Chamber

Storm Giant Quintessent. Throne in center. Paranoid. Slightly mad. Not as helpful as Sansuri expected.
Will have a chat, but unwilling to let anyone pass unless they really smooch up to her vanity (like set up a church to her). Spells? Champion of Talos the storm Lord.

Queen Serissa: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/374572894004775015/ ish
Opulent. Oozes elecric energy. Hard to tell if she's even a corporeal being, but her dress sparkles with gold. Her staff bears a large ruby and the statue of phoenix. She's oversees the treasury, but haven't given a dime downwards anymore (she's a little insane.) Won't hear it if they talk about Irae.

soft english / ethereal voice:
"Oh, how the guards have failed."
"you know you are not allowed up here anymore?"
"well, no matter, i am not afraid to use my hands, if you know what i mean"
about irae: "she has been a tremendous help for us, do not speak ill of her"
about umnos: "umnos is accomplishing just incredible things these days"
"but i sense power in you - Talos guide me" - Cast Prismatic Wall with her dress.
death: "you fools. you dare challenge the gods. Neri will perforate your bodies so thoroughly you'd have wished you never came here"

STATS AC18 otherwise quintessent, some spells.
Crazy contingency. That also sets up a prismatic wall (can't see through it - without red wall so Champion can shoot through. Champion sees through a third eye in Serissa's forehead.

If spells fail, stat using standard quintessent attacks

Special Contigency; Stoneskin + Blur => perma res to physical dmg + disadv to hit
Fighting with Queen Neri with a special bow. Who will use Windforce. +2 awakened legendary bow. On hit can infuse electrican energy into arrow for extra 3d8 thunder damage CON SAVE 15 vs deafened (once per long rest).
Behind a prismatic wall.

Key to first part of 13F on Serissa.

if Serissa falls, Neri will be furious and unleash a lightning bolt in there.
If Serissa ports ports, she MIGHT restore HP if they rest, but she will be further in.
If they tread on immediately, she'll only have short rested and won't have her defenses.
In either case, she needs to fall before they can go to level 2.

repeat battle: has one 6^th level spell: chain lightning
127hp recoverded from short and no protective incantation

BATTLE NOTES

Prismatic wall is there, no red wall.
Havil is out. +14 to hit multiattack. Undecided dmg
Serissa is quite wounded. Probably will escape next round on legendary action if she takes another hit.
Havil will fight to the death though. Likely use the line attack through Faey and GW (auto crit) it it is long enough (yeah prolly, <60ft)
revealed legendary actions, but not legendary saves (allow a clutch stun, he only has +10 hit)

Active Spells: Pass Without a Trace, Prismatic Wall, Contingency(Serissa special), Whirlwind (action to move)
Arrow of Slaying on the ground (perhaps recoverable)

Recap: bought a lot of stuff, misted in a stange way and found two bosses, and did not drink lightning resistance.

Recap2: They killed Havil, destroyed his armor with the first grymin crit (with a hold monster combo). Took the fuckoff shield(?). Snuck around in the various places, found Zavag, an incarcerated slender giant monk who was looking to escape. You freed him in exchange for some information. Then you took down two sleeping giants with ¾ grymin crits and silence. However, the last miss meant Mordai burned EBs to finish the last giant. This was outside the silence and heard. 2 giants (one next to the door), now stare you down, and shout; "the intruders, they are here" (in giant).

EBA FAILURE

They throw them to Fryggt to die.

13-10 Havil Patrol Guard

Wielding a dragon tooth as a maul. Full Plate + Shield AC22.
Slow ass crazy dmg attacks infused with lightning. If failing too much he'll do the wave attack.
Wanders the corridors between 10A and 12A. Possible to dodge
Has one door key. Can be lured all the way up to 13F.

Havil has Stats similar to Fire Giant Dreadnaught. +1 plate. +2 shield 28STR (hard to wield 22STR req - Chest High Wall - speed reduction -5ft).
Wielding a tusk. Bludgeoning swipe attack +13 hit 4d10+8 bludgeoning. 2 attacks. Tusk is an ancient dragon tooth.

RIGHT + VAULT

13F Vault Door ½

Locked through arcane lock (knock undoes it for 10minutes)
Giants can assemble into 13D to throw bolts if sounds are heard.
If they pound their way through, they will have an army on their hands. They can escape through 16A if so, but they will face Fryggt.
Note that passive lightning damage from the cave here as this is below the spine.

16A corridor

If they got through here, then they probably have the key to 16A. Found in 13C (right.)

16B Light room

Controls the rotation of the spire
Only affects what point the path ends out on.
9 configurations: all off => north, binary count around
000 => 0deg (north - allows passage backwards - otherwise seals light room)
001 => 45deg
010 => 90deg (east - fryggts lair)
011 => 135deg
100 => 180deg (south - overview over giants patrol below)
101 => 225deg
110 => 270deg (west)
111 => 315deg

NB: Feeding hatch for Fryggt. Large disc outside covered in blood and half chewed remains of flesh.

alternatively; dragon repellent!

15B Reliquary

Relics inside + 50k gold in coints, goblets, necklaces. Filled with a yellow mist mist. Hear the tossing of goblets on gold.

Distraction Treasure Goblin Galzug

ah-haaa! runs with bag of gold - tries to escape into penthacoron.
otherwise drops his gold sack with 15k gold in it. If they see it disappear they can see understand the nature of the escape with DC20 arcana. Pentachoron is a portal to a goblin realm.

If they stop him; he'll monster voice and explain that he found a way in through sneak platform. Part of an ancient goblin tribe that silently replaces gold in vault with a fake knockoff material made from a rich citrine vein near their location. Where is this? Below Gauntlgrym. Red dragon there controls the hoard. They'll have to torture him Galzug to get him to reveal information. How far will they go?

Goblin realm has funny goblins: "why can't i meet your parents? are you embarrased of me?"

Loot (outside gold)

Sunwuko's Spirit: Grant Breath of Heaven Spell: Heal all allies within 30ft 6d8 as action. ALso grants +1 CON and WIS (max 20).

Tome of Clear Thought. +2 int.

Somnambulists's Wraps: Can use a KI point to infuse your hands with Slow on hit (lasts for one round if they fail a CON save). Only affects unarmed strike attacks. (Cannot be used in combination with stunning strike.)
Also +2 fists.

On reaction: chance to deflect "ranged spell attack" reaction + ki point.
Deflect in a random direction: roll d12 (target spell hits first in line, aoe roll d100 ft, first major obstacle in that path (unless person fails dex))

DROPPED: Once per day: reaction, absorb spell, can cast next turn (use bonus action next turn, have to release or make CON SAVE to maintain DC12+spell level). Use monks WIS DC.

Conductor's Tuning Fork that radiates electricity. Can be placed down as an action to create a 30ft field around the fork that make everyone inside the field to become prone to lg dmg.
(downgrades 1 step: lg immunity -> lg resistance -> no lg resistance -> lg weakness). Plant fork in the ground. No attunement requirement. Tuning required (once per long rest).

Thorns Robe: "Robe of Roses" Enemy takes 2d8 poison damage when they hit you.

Roses are read. Punch me you're dead.

Opal (that fits in ring of wishes). Looks like it was cut for a ring. Investigation 15, remember you've seen a gem like this before explode inside the ring you retrieved form the shadowfell.

they took 30k (later took 20k, left rest to cloud giants).

SOUTH

DEAD BRIGADE

"How... Why...Why"
"Serissa and Neri will never let you enter the reliquary"

10 Neri's notes

Large topaz with light. Can cast light with it.
Also got potion of storm giant strength.
Robe of Useful items. They rolled for patches.

9 Barracks / sleeping chamber

Empty. Chest looted. Crawl space into vents where they can look down on from 13F to 14, inner 13A/E, down to 10

10 Serissa

Behind is Serissa healing herself. (She's had a short rest).
Robe is healing her, and she's just waking up in next round.
Robe colapses into a gem, almost fossil like in shape.

Storm of cloud?

She has the fork:
https://old.reddit.com/r/UnearthedArcana/comments/hu2ogq/ocart_noble_tasters_spork_dd_item_by_catilus/
Dress/Cloak of Displacement (blur)
Symbol on the dress detaches and can be used as a key

On death:
- I cannot die.
- Neri will bring me back.

Exit there leads to halos-2.

Neri foreshadowing

portrait with maze (ubtao)
4 names
W zilos, N silozar, E slutnir, neri
silver masks
arrows

meant to be indicative of the 3 helper rangers and where they go to

Control Buttons

control magic field dragons take 2d8 force damage per turn if it's active.
fryggt ancient white dragon.
loyal to neri/serissa
will sense they have stolen shit