Session 9: From the Mist, Home Again

Smoke-choked hallways. A coffin carried through collapsing rooms. A gift from the shadows. A homecoming months too late. Session 9 closes our Death House arc and turns our steps toward Waterdeep.
Gather. Laugh. Roll
Gather. Laugh. Roll

Smoke-choked hallways. A coffin carried through collapsing rooms. A gift from the shadows. A homecoming months too late. Session 9 closes our Death House arc and turns our steps toward Waterdeep.

The chant finally reveals its true words: “He is the Ancient. He is the Land.” Following that revelation, the party uncovers rotting chambers, undead cultists, a ritual altar demanding a living sacrifice, and the thirteen niches of the cult’s sanctum. As the refuse mound begins to move, Lorgoth the Decayer awakens — and the session ends on a cliffhanger.

Dragon Heist • Session 3 Recap • Durst Manor: Shadows & Sacrifice The Children in the Mist They survive their first fight. They find a body. They meet two frightened children in the road. And for the first time since arriving in Barovia… they step inside the house. The party…

The party wakes in a strange land, meets two new allies, and follows a fog-choked road toward an unknown town. Gates loom, soldiers march, and bandits strike from the mist.

A party of strangers is invited to dine with local nobility and asked to evict a group of unwanted guests. What could go wrong?

Here’s how I adapted Death House for a brand-new group—small changes, mood lighting, shifted hooks, and spooky surprises to make this classic shine.