Adventure Title
DDHC-DD-06 Dragon Delves: The Forbidden Vale

Levels Gained

Location Played
Mox Boarding House, Portland

Notes
Session Notes 2025-09-12-B DDHC-DD-06 Dragon Delves: The Forbidden Vale Game Code - DDHC-DD-06 Game Name - Dragon Delves: The Forbidden Vale Location - Mox Boarding House, Portland Table - DM - Malachi Party - Tandur Background from other players as I sat down. Party is in a town called Aborean Springs, a druid-centered town. There is a red dragon which replaced the prior one. Something to do with the gith-yankee. Player gave a bunch of gold to all the refugees. 3 factions - Druids want to put the dragon to sleep. Name: Cactus (or similar). Druids think the dragon is responsible for the benefits the area is experiencing. Others Javick, human Varra, human want to kill the dragon. Noble Glendall Current mission - collect components for sleep potion From the Garden of Sacred __, arb. blossoms From the Garden of Unearthly Delights, arc. ___ From the Garden Everflowing, Fruit of Life. Party - Caylee Kira (f) goliath Cl-5, 40HP (Caylee) Vaelynn (f) Mo-5 33HP (Katie) Harlow (?) changeling Pa-?? 84HP (Liam) Ronum (m) Ro-10 ?HP (Josiah) Tandur (m) Fi-1/Cl-9 85HP (me, Thomas) Stratus (f) Fi-? 92HP (Roman) Vig Blessing - Vaelynn Refugees Every 200 years there will be a new dragon under the druid's plan. Druids: "Yeah, well." It still protects the forbidden vale. We'd prefer you not break the forbidden vale. And the safety has supported commerce. The merchants want the dragon killed Things that changed. Giant bird. Flashback - There is a large (50-ft) statue of a gith. The head was removed by a creature with claws, but maybe not a dragon (due to the count of claws). Something about caravan, cultists, and aberrations. There may be a benefit to using holy water (against aberrations? maybe?; I don't recall) We begin near a hot springs. There is a bridge over it. On each end of the bridge is a pair of dragon statues. Bridge 250 long x 20 wide, 30 feet high. Investigation. It's really well built, almost unearthly. (gith?) Some art is observed. History checks. No further notes. Lore - Aberrant -> vale -> dragon Something (missed it) connects all those. We enter a passage 4 rooms 2 have obsidian sarcophagi of gith. ASIDE https://arcaneeye.com/players/dnd-5e-races/gith-5e-guide/ Gith 5e Subraces Githyanki Githzerai The gith, once servants of the mind flayers, overthrew their masters to obtain freedom. After their victory, two factions quickly formed with opposing views on how they should move on with their lives. The githyanki are angry at their circumstances, believing they have the right to to kill whoever and take whatever they want. Their hatred for the mind flayer still runs very deep and they wish to destroy them all. On the other hand, the githzerai have chosen to cut themselves off from the world, taking refuge in an impenetrable fortress and only venturing out to eradicate nearby mind flayers. Even now, the githyanki and githzerai have inconsolable differences and will kill each other on sight. / END ASIDE Nature Guardian sarcophagus SE Warrior sarcophagus. Black Red legacy <- Ozadraz. Kh-krai (illegible) sooth-kett (f) designed gardens Secured, entrapped, barrier Fem (no idea) city Herbalist, animals Empire (illegible) Forbidden vale grants certain benefits Refugee from former queen. "Red dragon under Ozadraz's control" Relationship w/ dragon (illegible) Reborn Ozadraz's kind of magic Usurper. Zabahut Secret door Room (illegible) frescoes Travel Chamber Travel Warm, humid Frescoes: gith on her dragon Shaft 50ft down Combat 1 Snake Init 13 Gold & treasure collected. See below. Combat 2 mushrooms Dragon skull x2 Gith Self-invited curse lich. 4 fleeing for queen Ancient red dragon Woke dragon Flee: Yaelynn, Harrow, Ronum, Tandur Stratus - more damage to skull Kira - new room & hide Jump Zaratooth's lair. Rewards - 430 gold (2150/5=430) each Entered on character sheet. Sword of Vengeance (Greatsword) (Uncommon) (each) https://www.dndbeyond.com/magic-items/5505-sword-of-vengeance https://www.dndbeyond.com/magic-items/5463-greatsword-of-vengeance with: the sword's pommel is fashioned to look like an angry demon face. Entered on character sheet. Periapt of Health (Uncommon) https://www.dndbeyond.com/magic-items/9228920-periapt-of-health Entered on character sheet. Notes - Designer's thoughts (Spoilers) https://traveller.distantera.com/discussing-the-forbidden-vale-a-dungeons-dragons-adventure-for-dragon-delves-by-steve-townshend/ https://traveller.distantera.com/designing-the-forbidden-vale-for-dragon-delves/