Szass Tam’s Arcane Essence. Epic boon, unique. You have wrested away part of Szass Tam’s essence. Specifically, this spark of energy was originally wrested from the vile lich himself, and grants one additional 9th level spell slot, provided that you already have one. This item can be found in the Dungeon Master’s Guide under the entry for Boon of High Magic.

Planes in Pockets in Planes. The Thayan mansion in Mulmaster was comprised of a series of nested demiplanes and pocket dimensions, and you survived the exploration – and brought back lingering traces of that magic. As a result, you always know what plane you are on, and if you find yourself away from your native plane you may excise this magic to return to the Prime Material plane immediately. If you do this, destroy this story award.

The Wild Magic Sorcerer Arric (Player: Mark Bawden) cast Wish, granting permanent resistance to necrotic damage.

Scarab of Protection. Wondrous Item, legendary (requires attunement). If you hold this jaculi-shaped medallion in your hand for 1 round, an inscription appears on its surface revealing its magical nature. It provides two benefits while it is on your person:

• You have advantage on saving throws against spells.
• The scarab has 12 charges. If you fail a saving throw against a necromancy spell or a harmful effect originating from an undead creature, you can use your reaction to expend 1 charge and turn the failed save into a successful one. The scarab crumbles into powder and is destroyed when its last charge is expended.

This pin is carved in the likeness of Moa the Jaculi, trickster god of Omu. While you wear this scarab, you are hidden from scrying while you sleep but if you ever tell a lie the scarab becomes unattuned. This item can be found in the Dungeon Master’s Guide.

Friend of the Ageless. Through your efforts to thwart Dendar the Night Serpent, you inadvertently freed the lich Rhaugilath from his bondage to the archlich Larloch. While you have made one friend, another no doubt calls you an enemy.

Purchased material component for True Resurrection (25,000 gp).

Traded Sunang's Aegis of the Raven Queen (Shield +3) for Davina's Wand of Polymorph.

Traded in session during DDAL07-17 Cauldron of Sapphire, no DT required.

Purchased 2x Potion of Cold Resistance (600 gp).

Sold Soul Coin to Garrozen for passage to the lower caldera.

Expended 1x Scroll of Greater Restoration. Drank 1x Potion of Cold Resistance.

Staff of the Magi. Staff, legendary (requires attunement by a sorcerer, warlock, or wizard). Hewn from the bedrock of Chult itself, this mighty stone staff offers tremendous magical power - and all it asks is that you honor Ubtao in the process. This item can be found in the Dungeon Master’s Guide.

Atropal in a Cage. You have a portion of an atropal safely stored in an opal amulet.

Vorpal Sword. Weapon (scimitar), legendary (requires attunement). This blade hums and vibrates with great energy, and slices through obstacles with the greatest of ease. If the sword does not claim the life of a sentient creature each day, you find that you are easily angered and become frustrated by even the smallest obstacles.

The Opal Pendant. You captured part of the Soulmonger’s energy within a magical opal pendant taken from a Red Wizard of Thay. At some point in the future, you and your allies will need to deal with this nefarious device permanently. Perhaps this will aid you when you do.

Efreeti Chain. Armor (chain mail), legendary (requires attunement). While wearing this armor, you gain a +3 bonus to AC, you are immune to fire damage, and you can understand and speak Primordial. In addition, you can stand on and walk across molten rock as if it were solid ground. The efreeti Prince Rashidi al-Zahar ibn Rath transmogrified an efreeti sultana into this delicate suit of crimson chain mail. The wearer of this armor always feels a slight draft, and sometimes finds it hard to stay focused on a task.

The Opal Pendant. You captured part of the Soulmonger’s energy within a magic opal pendant taken from a Thayan zulkir. At some point in the future, you and your allies will need to deal with this nefarious device permanently. Perhaps this will aid you when you do.

Prince Rashidi al-Zahar ibn Rath, seventeenth son of Rathiman the Wise, who is the Sultan of the Obsidian Mountains and Ruby Palace, Suzerain of the Sparkling Desert, and high vizier of the City of Brass, may his reign remain ceaseless and ever burning.

Purchased material component for Chromatic Orb (50 gp)

Purchased material component for Identify (100 gp)

Purchased material component for Find Familiar (10 gp)

Traded Tblood13's Matalotok for Sunang's Belt of Storm Giant Strength.

Traded during DDEP07-02 Drums of the Dead. No downtime required.

Name: Thomas Pollack
DCI: 5208277615
Character: Fargarth Steelshaper
Item: Matalotok
Item Description:Legendary
Description Matalotok was a large black warhammer. It was cold to the touch and was constantly surrounded by mist Martial Weapon (warhammer), Melee Weapon, Legendary (Requires Attunement) 2 lb. 1d8 bludgeoning - versatile (1d10) Matalotok, the Frost Father, is an ancient hammer fashioned by Thrym, the god of frost giants. The favored weapon of the demon lord Kostchtchie, Matalotok is frigid to the touch and wreathed in mist. You are immune to cold damage while holding Matalotok. Whenever it deals damage to a creature, the hammer radiates a burst of intense cold in a 30-foot-radius sphere. Each creature in that area takes 10 (3d6) cold damage.
Acquired by: Trade
Trade Details: Introverse #8713 DCI 5107-305-636 Character is Mortimer Thaddeus Graves Matalotok Source is decent into Avernus Escape from avernus

Blessed of Ubtao - Story Award. Your understanding of the maze of life has pleased the great god Ubtao. To save his people, the god has granted you the ability to foresee your own failures and react accordingly. Once before the end of this event, you can undo any action you take after it has been resolved. This could be an action taken during combat, or a character action you describe to the DM outside of combat. Time literally resets to the moment before the action was taken, yet you remain cognizant of its outcome.

Lich Slayer. You helped an alliance of heroes stop Szass Tam and Valindra Shadowmantle from destroying Port Nyanzaru and conquering Chult. Your names spread throughout the necromantic orders, where they are feared forevermore. You have advantage on saving throws made to resist spells cast by necromancers and other undead creatures.

Spellguard Shield. Armor (shield), very rare (requires attunement). While holding this shield you have advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects, and spell attacks have disadvantage against you. This item is found in the Dungeon Master’s Guide. This shield is fashioned from a single piece of flawless crystal with straps of supple leather.

Tome of Clear Thought. Wondrous item, very rare. This book contains memory and logic exercises, and its words are charged with magic. If you spend 48 hours over a period of six days or fewer studying the book’s contents and practicing its guidelines, your Intelligence score increases by 2 as does your maximum for that score. The manual then loses its magic.This item is found in the Dungeon Master’s Guide.

Tome of Leadership and Influence. Wondrous item, very rare. This book contains guidelines for influencing and charming others, and its words are charged with magic. . If you spend 48 hours over a period of six days or fewer studying the book’s contents and practicing its guidelines, your Charisma score increases by 2 as does your maximum for that score. The manual then loses its magic.This item is found in the Dungeon Master’s Guide.

Maze step. The final trapped step depicts a maze. Stepping onto it has no harmful effects; however, to unlock the doomsday device a humanoid creature must die on this step. Any living humanoid that leaves the step must succeed on a DC 15 Charisma saving throw or suffer the effects of bestow curse spell cast with a 9th level slot (disadvantage on Charisma ability checks and saving throws).

After stepping off the maze step and suffering the effects of a 9th level Bestow Curse, Sunang was despondent. Desperate to redeem herself, she plunged her ceremonial dagger into her chest, fulfilling the last step of the maze. She was brought back to life by the Forge Cleric Fargarth, with the blessing of Moradin, Sunang now constantly feels a slight comforting warmth from her body. Almost as if she were not cold blooded.

Meteor Swarm'ed Szass Tam.

Traded Sunang's Rod of the Pact Keeper, +3 for Wir's Manual of Quickness of Action.

Favor of Candlekeep. Inkpot and the scribes of Candlekeep are extremely grateful for your stories and account of your time in Warlock’s Crypt. In return, they have offered to teach you ancient Netherese as an immersion course; if you would like to learn ancient Netherese, you must spend 120 downtime days at Candlekeep doing nothing other than working on your knowledge of this language. If you are not interested in learning ancient Netherese, you may instead choose three spell scrolls of up to 5th level (tier 3) or 7th level (tier 4) for free from an approved Adventurers League resource.

Robe of the Archmagi (Gray). Wondrous item, legendary (requires attunement by a sorcerer, wizard, or warlock). Originally crafted during the height of the Netherese Empire, this robe is a warm gray color and very plush. It is stitched with silver thread and the back is covered by Rhaugilath’s arcane sigil mixed with the sign of Mystryl. This item can be found in the Dungeon Master’s Guide.

Rooster (Wand of Wonder). Wand, rare (requires attunement by a spellcaster). Rhaugilath’s efforts to record the history of the Netherese Empire sometimes incorporated some unsavory elements… such as the transmogrification of a chaos sorcerer into this elegant wand. Covered in swirls, whorls, dizzying patterns, knobs, and clicky bits, it thrums and hums in your hand. This item can be found in the Dungeon Master’s Guide.

Tome of Leadership and Influence. Wondrous item, very rare. The red leather that covers this tome is embossed with a smiling man with a third eye. This book contains guidelines for influencing and charming others, and its words are charged with magic. If you spend 48 hours over a period of 6 days or fewer studying the book’s contents and practicing its guidelines, your Charisma score increases by 2, as does your maximum for that score. The manual then loses its magic, but regains it in a century. A description of this item can be found in the Dungeon Master’s Guide (pg. 208).

Nature of the Weave. You have uncovered a series of tomes written by the archmage, Manshoon. By spending 50 downtime days, you gain proficiency in the Arcana skill. If you are already proficient in Arcana, you double your proficiency when making checks with the skill.

Amulet of Health. Wondrous item, rare (requires attunement). Your Constitution score is 19 while you wear this amulet. It has no effect on you if your Constitution is already 19 or higher. This item is found in the Dungeon Master’s Guide. This obsidian amulet was given to Tenebris Umbra by Kothys. When attuned to this item, the essence of the Shadowfell imbued into it by Kothys turns its owner’s body deathly cold and numbs the skin it touches.

Silent Nights. Characters have put an end to the Sorrowsworn and their source, and have ensured that Kyria’s secrets remain unknown. Kyria is thankful for your discretion in handling the matter.

Quarterstaff +3. Quarterstaff, very rare. You have a +3 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon.

Broom of Flying. Wondrous Item, uncommon.

Soul Coin. Wondrous item, uncommon.

Aegis of the Raven Queen (Shield, +3). Armor (shield), Very rare. This shield appears as a shroud of shadow with the symbol of the Raven Queen glowing in dim red light. While holding this shield, nonmagical flames are extinguished within 30 feet of you as the shadow lashes out at the flame. The shield encourages you to hold no pity for those who suffer and die, for death is the natural end of life. While holding this shield, you have a bonus to AC determined by the shield’s rarity. This bonus is in addition to the shield’s normal bonus to AC.

Grosvenson? With access to the libraries of Hillsfar and the knowledge of the citizens of Elventree, you may spend 15 downtime days engaged in research in attempts to locate the town of Grosvenson. Though you failed to locate the town, you learn plenty regarding towns around Hillsfar. In future session, your character gains advantage on all History (Intelligence) checks make to remember details about locations around Hillsfar. This story award is permanent.

Szass Tam’s Arcane Essence. Epic boon, unique. You have wrested away part of Szass Tam’s essence. Specifically, this spark of energy was originally wrested from the vile lich himself, and grants one additional 9th level spell slot, provided that you already have one. This item can be found in the Dungeon Master’s Guide under the entry for Boon of High Magic.

Planes in Pockets in Planes. The Thayan mansion in Mulmaster was comprised of a series of nested demiplanes and pocket dimensions, and you survived the exploration – and brought back lingering traces of that magic. As a result, you always know what plane you are on, and if you find yourself away from your native plane you may excise this magic to return to the Prime Material plane immediately. If you do this, destroy this story award.

The Wild Magic Sorcerer Arric (Player: Mark Bawden) cast Wish, granting permanent resistance to necrotic damage.

Scarab of Protection. Wondrous Item, legendary (requires attunement). If you hold this jaculi-shaped medallion in your hand for 1 round, an inscription appears on its surface revealing its magical nature. It provides two benefits while it is on your person:

• You have advantage on saving throws against spells.
• The scarab has 12 charges. If you fail a saving throw against a necromancy spell or a harmful effect originating from an undead creature, you can use your reaction to expend 1 charge and turn the failed save into a successful one. The scarab crumbles into powder and is destroyed when its last charge is expended.

This pin is carved in the likeness of Moa the Jaculi, trickster god of Omu. While you wear this scarab, you are hidden from scrying while you sleep but if you ever tell a lie the scarab becomes unattuned. This item can be found in the Dungeon Master’s Guide.

Friend of the Ageless. Through your efforts to thwart Dendar the Night Serpent, you inadvertently freed the lich Rhaugilath from his bondage to the archlich Larloch. While you have made one friend, another no doubt calls you an enemy.

Purchased material component for True Resurrection (25,000 gp).

Traded Sunang's Aegis of the Raven Queen (Shield +3) for Davina's Wand of Polymorph.

Traded in session during DDAL07-17 Cauldron of Sapphire, no DT required.

Purchased 2x Potion of Cold Resistance (600 gp).

Sold Soul Coin to Garrozen for passage to the lower caldera.

Expended 1x Scroll of Greater Restoration. Drank 1x Potion of Cold Resistance.

Staff of the Magi. Staff, legendary (requires attunement by a sorcerer, warlock, or wizard). Hewn from the bedrock of Chult itself, this mighty stone staff offers tremendous magical power - and all it asks is that you honor Ubtao in the process. This item can be found in the Dungeon Master’s Guide.

Atropal in a Cage. You have a portion of an atropal safely stored in an opal amulet.

Vorpal Sword. Weapon (scimitar), legendary (requires attunement). This blade hums and vibrates with great energy, and slices through obstacles with the greatest of ease. If the sword does not claim the life of a sentient creature each day, you find that you are easily angered and become frustrated by even the smallest obstacles.

The Opal Pendant. You captured part of the Soulmonger’s energy within a magical opal pendant taken from a Red Wizard of Thay. At some point in the future, you and your allies will need to deal with this nefarious device permanently. Perhaps this will aid you when you do.

Efreeti Chain. Armor (chain mail), legendary (requires attunement). While wearing this armor, you gain a +3 bonus to AC, you are immune to fire damage, and you can understand and speak Primordial. In addition, you can stand on and walk across molten rock as if it were solid ground. The efreeti Prince Rashidi al-Zahar ibn Rath transmogrified an efreeti sultana into this delicate suit of crimson chain mail. The wearer of this armor always feels a slight draft, and sometimes finds it hard to stay focused on a task.

The Opal Pendant. You captured part of the Soulmonger’s energy within a magic opal pendant taken from a Thayan zulkir. At some point in the future, you and your allies will need to deal with this nefarious device permanently. Perhaps this will aid you when you do.

Prince Rashidi al-Zahar ibn Rath, seventeenth son of Rathiman the Wise, who is the Sultan of the Obsidian Mountains and Ruby Palace, Suzerain of the Sparkling Desert, and high vizier of the City of Brass, may his reign remain ceaseless and ever burning.

Purchased material component for Chromatic Orb (50 gp)

Purchased material component for Identify (100 gp)

Purchased material component for Find Familiar (10 gp)

Traded Tblood13's Matalotok for Sunang's Belt of Storm Giant Strength.

Traded during DDEP07-02 Drums of the Dead. No downtime required.

Name: Thomas Pollack
DCI: 5208277615
Character: Fargarth Steelshaper
Item: Matalotok
Item Description:Legendary
Description Matalotok was a large black warhammer. It was cold to the touch and was constantly surrounded by mist Martial Weapon (warhammer), Melee Weapon, Legendary (Requires Attunement) 2 lb. 1d8 bludgeoning - versatile (1d10) Matalotok, the Frost Father, is an ancient hammer fashioned by Thrym, the god of frost giants. The favored weapon of the demon lord Kostchtchie, Matalotok is frigid to the touch and wreathed in mist. You are immune to cold damage while holding Matalotok. Whenever it deals damage to a creature, the hammer radiates a burst of intense cold in a 30-foot-radius sphere. Each creature in that area takes 10 (3d6) cold damage.
Acquired by: Trade
Trade Details: Introverse #8713 DCI 5107-305-636 Character is Mortimer Thaddeus Graves Matalotok Source is decent into Avernus Escape from avernus

Blessed of Ubtao - Story Award. Your understanding of the maze of life has pleased the great god Ubtao. To save his people, the god has granted you the ability to foresee your own failures and react accordingly. Once before the end of this event, you can undo any action you take after it has been resolved. This could be an action taken during combat, or a character action you describe to the DM outside of combat. Time literally resets to the moment before the action was taken, yet you remain cognizant of its outcome.

Lich Slayer. You helped an alliance of heroes stop Szass Tam and Valindra Shadowmantle from destroying Port Nyanzaru and conquering Chult. Your names spread throughout the necromantic orders, where they are feared forevermore. You have advantage on saving throws made to resist spells cast by necromancers and other undead creatures.

Spellguard Shield. Armor (shield), very rare (requires attunement). While holding this shield you have advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects, and spell attacks have disadvantage against you. This item is found in the Dungeon Master’s Guide. This shield is fashioned from a single piece of flawless crystal with straps of supple leather.

Tome of Clear Thought. Wondrous item, very rare. This book contains memory and logic exercises, and its words are charged with magic. If you spend 48 hours over a period of six days or fewer studying the book’s contents and practicing its guidelines, your Intelligence score increases by 2 as does your maximum for that score. The manual then loses its magic.This item is found in the Dungeon Master’s Guide.

Tome of Leadership and Influence. Wondrous item, very rare. This book contains guidelines for influencing and charming others, and its words are charged with magic. . If you spend 48 hours over a period of six days or fewer studying the book’s contents and practicing its guidelines, your Charisma score increases by 2 as does your maximum for that score. The manual then loses its magic.This item is found in the Dungeon Master’s Guide.

Maze step. The final trapped step depicts a maze. Stepping onto it has no harmful effects; however, to unlock the doomsday device a humanoid creature must die on this step. Any living humanoid that leaves the step must succeed on a DC 15 Charisma saving throw or suffer the effects of bestow curse spell cast with a 9th level slot (disadvantage on Charisma ability checks and saving throws).

After stepping off the maze step and suffering the effects of a 9th level Bestow Curse, Sunang was despondent. Desperate to redeem herself, she plunged her ceremonial dagger into her chest, fulfilling the last step of the maze. She was brought back to life by the Forge Cleric Fargarth, with the blessing of Moradin, Sunang now constantly feels a slight comforting warmth from her body. Almost as if she were not cold blooded.

Meteor Swarm'ed Szass Tam.

Traded Sunang's Rod of the Pact Keeper, +3 for Wir's Manual of Quickness of Action.

Favor of Candlekeep. Inkpot and the scribes of Candlekeep are extremely grateful for your stories and account of your time in Warlock’s Crypt. In return, they have offered to teach you ancient Netherese as an immersion course; if you would like to learn ancient Netherese, you must spend 120 downtime days at Candlekeep doing nothing other than working on your knowledge of this language. If you are not interested in learning ancient Netherese, you may instead choose three spell scrolls of up to 5th level (tier 3) or 7th level (tier 4) for free from an approved Adventurers League resource.

Robe of the Archmagi (Gray). Wondrous item, legendary (requires attunement by a sorcerer, wizard, or warlock). Originally crafted during the height of the Netherese Empire, this robe is a warm gray color and very plush. It is stitched with silver thread and the back is covered by Rhaugilath’s arcane sigil mixed with the sign of Mystryl. This item can be found in the Dungeon Master’s Guide.

Rooster (Wand of Wonder). Wand, rare (requires attunement by a spellcaster). Rhaugilath’s efforts to record the history of the Netherese Empire sometimes incorporated some unsavory elements… such as the transmogrification of a chaos sorcerer into this elegant wand. Covered in swirls, whorls, dizzying patterns, knobs, and clicky bits, it thrums and hums in your hand. This item can be found in the Dungeon Master’s Guide.

Tome of Leadership and Influence. Wondrous item, very rare. The red leather that covers this tome is embossed with a smiling man with a third eye. This book contains guidelines for influencing and charming others, and its words are charged with magic. If you spend 48 hours over a period of 6 days or fewer studying the book’s contents and practicing its guidelines, your Charisma score increases by 2, as does your maximum for that score. The manual then loses its magic, but regains it in a century. A description of this item can be found in the Dungeon Master’s Guide (pg. 208).

Nature of the Weave. You have uncovered a series of tomes written by the archmage, Manshoon. By spending 50 downtime days, you gain proficiency in the Arcana skill. If you are already proficient in Arcana, you double your proficiency when making checks with the skill.

Amulet of Health. Wondrous item, rare (requires attunement). Your Constitution score is 19 while you wear this amulet. It has no effect on you if your Constitution is already 19 or higher. This item is found in the Dungeon Master’s Guide. This obsidian amulet was given to Tenebris Umbra by Kothys. When attuned to this item, the essence of the Shadowfell imbued into it by Kothys turns its owner’s body deathly cold and numbs the skin it touches.

Silent Nights. Characters have put an end to the Sorrowsworn and their source, and have ensured that Kyria’s secrets remain unknown. Kyria is thankful for your discretion in handling the matter.

Quarterstaff +3. Quarterstaff, very rare. You have a +3 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon.

Broom of Flying. Wondrous Item, uncommon.

Soul Coin. Wondrous item, uncommon.

Aegis of the Raven Queen (Shield, +3). Armor (shield), Very rare. This shield appears as a shroud of shadow with the symbol of the Raven Queen glowing in dim red light. While holding this shield, nonmagical flames are extinguished within 30 feet of you as the shadow lashes out at the flame. The shield encourages you to hold no pity for those who suffer and die, for death is the natural end of life. While holding this shield, you have a bonus to AC determined by the shield’s rarity. This bonus is in addition to the shield’s normal bonus to AC.

Grosvenson? With access to the libraries of Hillsfar and the knowledge of the citizens of Elventree, you may spend 15 downtime days engaged in research in attempts to locate the town of Grosvenson. Though you failed to locate the town, you learn plenty regarding towns around Hillsfar. In future session, your character gains advantage on all History (Intelligence) checks make to remember details about locations around Hillsfar. This story award is permanent.