DOTR - Chasing the Masks
Background
On board of the Spelljammer the Crimson Pathfinder, called Crimmy affectionately by its crew. You see some familiar faces onboard--Nancy the Changeling Child, Ymari the Satyr Spymaster, Captain Horatio and Wenumo the Cleric of The Star Prince.
This vessel larger than the Smiling Dragon has Giff canons on the port and starboard deck and seems better equiped for war. The Captain explains that they petitioned the Prince of Bral himself to get this warship, a gift to fight the Illithid and stop them from remaking the world of Toril into their own twisted realm... And perhaps, recreate their Empire of mental enslavement.
You enter the Astral Portal near the Tears of Selune, freshly opened by the Masks to travel to the Wildspace system that has a tear in fabric of the universe leading to the Far Realms--the eldritch corrupted home of the Mindflayers.
Sailing through the Astral Sea is a strange experience. One can float up and move themselves by will alone, you experience no hunger or thirst and have no need for sleep. Kandoori, huge Astral whales sing telepathic songs you can hear in your mind. In the distance you see clouds of brightly coloured gas and even what you can only describe as a gargantuan broken stone face.
The navigator assures you just a few more days in the Astral and you'll arrive at your destination. What is on the other side of the portal no-one knows but the anxious crew can be seen preparing weapons, canon and sharpening blades for what is to come.
Plot points/Scenes
- The Chase
- The Burning World and the Floating City
- The Godless World
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