Recap
Mid-teleport onto a blizzard-swept mountaintop, the party (Donnie absent, his character Fish piloted by Rich) faces a frost giant and four golem escorts with a sheer cliff at their backs. Alexander’s dislocator gun repeatedly teleports the golems away one at a time while the rest of the party burns them down; the giant flees on foot. A knowledge check reveals the party is in the Nexus, a planar prison they cannot plane-shift out of — the only way forward is through a chain of gem-keyed portals. After looting three treasure chests (including a mimic disguised as a sword), the party rests, newly self-declared “champions of the North,” with a new gem suggesting a fiery plane next.
Key events
- The party arrives mid-teleport on a mountaintop facing a frost giant and four golems, with a sheer 120-ft cliff behind them @ 00:00:29–00:16:06.
- A knowledge check reveals the plane is “the Nexus,” a prison for powerful evil beings akin to Carceri but under separate management @ 00:18:18–00:19:54.
- Alexander’s dislocator gun “Becky” teleports golems dozens of miles away one at a time, removing them from the fight @ 00:20:53–01:16:00.
- The main giant flees on foot after being hit with Jake’s dislocator and the party’s damage @ 01:19:19.
- The party loots three treasure chests (~50,000 gold in gems) and several joke/magic items; one “sword” turns out to be a mimic, eventually killed after being greased, laughter-stunned, and lassoed off a cliff @ 01:20:01–01:59:23.
- The party confirms the sextant can’t get them back out — they must advance through a chain of linked portals @ 02:30:02.
- Session ends with the party resting before pushing toward a suspected fiery plane next @ 02:36:29.
Entities referenced
- NPCs: the frost giant, the mimic
- Places: The Nexus, the frigid mountaintop battlefield
- Items: Locate Portal Sextant, Becky (dislocator gun), assorted Nexus loot (hat of Steve, dagger of the poet, inverse umbrella)
- Quests: escape the Nexus (started, open at session’s end — the last recorded session)
Unresolved
The main antagonist is called a “frost giant” throughout the fight but a “storm giant” once by Pat afterward — unclear if this is a slip or a deliberate detail.