The Tomb of Annihilation

The party proved Doc's identity to a skeptical fae audience via a chaotic Zone of Truth interrogation before diving into the Toxic Grotto's fungus zombie horde and a horse-sized victory bell creature. At the acid lake bridge a tentacle monster grappled and dragged Thrain, Doc, and Oak underwater repeatedly, nearly drowning Thrain before he drank an invisibility potion, dove into the acid, and finished the beast with a point-blank shot down its throat. The session closed with the party draining a Gloom Heart to clear their toxic saturation, resting on hit dice, and bracing for a harder final room ahead.

The party was hired by the dying Syndra Sylvain to find and destroy the Soul Monger, the force behind a death curse killing resurrected souls across Faerun. Their journey through Chult has led them from Port Nyanzaru through Camp Righteous, Camp Vengeance, and the Ambala plateau, gathering allies, charms, and grim knowledge about the disgraced paladin Rosni who now rules Omu as a Yuan-ti warlord. They currently find themselves pulled out of the main quest and into a bizarre fae broadcast dungeon crawl, the six-level 'Gnarly Delve,' hosted by the game show entity Glitter Smack, with permanent death on the line and no long rests between rooms. Doc is now inhabiting a frog-like grung body after a prior death and soul transfer, and the party still owes Glitter Smack the remaining four rooms of the Toxic Grotto's first level.