Session Intro
We’re at the destroyed aqueduct, now burning a huge pile in the center.
The circle had attacked us, warning us to keep out of their business of corrupting corpses, seemingly with the scourge…
Failed to obtain puppy. :(
Session Notes
The session opens to the flames erupting over the body filled water. The hounds howl as they are burned alive. Waron hears howls accumulating to the Northern edge of Paterna Eter near the Grand Cathedral. Marinus sees the bodies writhing and contorting in the flames, their flesh seems to melt as they turn their faces to the sky and scream. The screams and the contorted faces cause Waron to disconnect in his mind and sees a woman’s face contorted in pain. Waron fails his madness save… (78/100, 9/10) The madness breaks his mind. Warren freezes, unable to react, fight, or use any actions.
Waron’s incapacitation
He cannot attack, use bonus actions, or move. Until either greater restoration is applied, or he takes 8 damage.
- He has 8hp currently, so it would drop him, and he’d need to be stabilized. They called Waron a large, middle child, while he was incapacitated.
Grey’s Madness:
Gray sees the face of Princess Efredi in the faces and realizes his hands are meant for damage, thus allowing them to become temporary weapons. Howling From the Northern Sect of Paterna Iter, or south of the Church. Reminded his hands are blasphemous weapons.
- Once per turn, he deals an extra 1d8 psychic damage
Marinus looks at the map after Narissa throws it at him frustratingly. He immediately sees that he could use the rooftops to get to Hugo’s quickly. The party notices that Warren is frozen and decides to return to the greenhouse to recoup. With surprising use of engineering and physics, Narissa manages to push Warren to the greenhouse, putting leather straps under his feet to stifle the sound of his feet. Upon entering the greenhouse, in Waron’s mind he hears the name Leigha and he is felt with hunger from a point of suffering. He barely holds it bacl.
Marinus thinks the party should make for “Henry’s Place, since Herbert will let them stay safe.” Narissa tries to correct him as she fixes Ingnem.
IN WARON’s MIND Verena uses her magic to enter Warren’s mind to try and help him. She sees a man in the inky blackness with the build of Warren in gleaming armor with a wolf emblem. A great sword hangs at his side. Behind him a woman, almost phantom, screams and contorts in front of him in some holy looking flames. Warren’s face is anguished with anger in his eyes, and Verena hears a voice screaming out to the man that looks like Waron. “Stop it! Get away from her!” Warin yelles. “Leigha!”
“Jerard, NO!” The scene before Verena seems to be on loop as she reaches out and grabs him, trying to turn him away from the memory. Something seems to clear in Waron; he sees a light. He turns to the woman, Leia, and says “I’ll be back, Leia. I’ll get you out of there. But for now, I am needed elsewhere.” he turns from her and heads into the light. Verena feels a sudden rage and hunger that tries to overwhelm her, but it seems to splash off her with no effect. They both exit his mind and snap back into the greenhouse. A hunger weaves its way through Waron’s body.
- simply takes a thought to quell.
- Melds into my being, he is unaffected
Waron doesn’t quite recall the tormenting vision in his mind from just now, but Verena does… He awakes, shocked and stammering. He is shocked that Verena saw Leiagh. He abashedly says that they need to talk at some point because he doesn’t quite understand what was happening. He doesn’t seem to know who that woman was.
Short rest is activated
Narissa and Marinus start using scrap leather and fabric from her pockets to help quiet everyone’s hinges, armor and boots. They prepare to leave and look out the window and see a wash of black water moving through the alleyways. It seems to make out shadows and giant skeletal hands erupt out to pull it forward. The blob of hands and shadow seems to consume all in its path and is about 30 ft long. The party bobs and weaves along the rooftops until they get to Hugos. They see a Hunter screaming for help as strange men seem to surround him. The party decides to help rescue the hunter. Marinus plans to use a spell, Waron plans to rescue the man while Gray will cause a distraction. Narisu gets into position to start shooting at the beasts. Cello plays a loud obnoxious tune while Gray throws rocks and yells at the zombie like men. Narissa shoots the groups of zombie men with explosive bullets to get them away from the hunter. The zombies turn to Gray as waron sneaks towards the Hunter. Waron grabs the Hunter, saying that they are here to rescue him. As Waron drags the man away, Marinus triggers his gravity spell. The spell traps all 16 of the enemies as Waron escapes. The party begins to destroy whatever enemies didn’t fall. Dur’zhoga drops down and smashes in the skull of one of them as she does so. Waron manages to teleport through ”hunt the prey” which he marks Narissa with the Hunter. waron notices that the man is injured. The party finishes the rest of the enemies. Lunar revenant in the water…?
- Seems strange. Not a giant skelly.
- Fuckthat.jpeg
- We decide to move on, and not fight the creature.
- Noted that its destroying crops
15 to 16 beast like men, moving forwards towards a wounded hunter.
Powerful howls of something moving towards the Cathedral…
- Stronger than the howls of the beast of the cathedral.
Combat
We’re sneaking up to the lone hunter being attacked by beasts.
Waron marks Narissa as his [Prey] for [Hunt the prey]
Assuming this will start again this session. Waron is low HP, and feeling it.
- Might be pushed to use his bloody vial? I want to grab the guy, run back/spectral slash to initiate getting away
The Hunter is panicked, clicking the trigger of his jammed gun while surrounded. Waron managed to sneak up and get close to him!
- He doesn’t know he’s there yet, and might attack him if prompted without warning
Waron’s plan:
- walk up remaining 10ft
- Grab the guy
- move remaining area that I can via movement towards Narissa
- spectral slash through the beasts surrounding Come with me, we’re getting you out of here! We may have our grievances with one another, but save it for after the hunt.
- No one gets left behind.
Narissa is 80ft away from Waron after saving the guy
- after 15ft of movement?
- I can action dash + tp bonus action should get me there! Waron to the Hunter:
Outside combat
The beasts are moving in packs tonight, it’s not safe to travel alone. Given your wounds, you ought to come with us to a safe location.
We make it to Hugo Magmabrand
The hunter we rescued is a member of the church’s The Militia
- has survived 7 hunts (“Let’s see if we can make this your 8th”)
Verena sweet talks Hugo into sharing his password for entry to his abode.
Luhyarna’s lock down event occurred after the 1st war.
- It was national news.
- First war started in 1000AE , and ended in 1010AE.
- Current year is 1015AE.
Waron would give Hugo a hug when leaving
- treating him with respect, in light of his struggles since he lost his parents at a young age
Good thing to give Narissa shit about:
- Missing the last shot on the Circle member, she seems real sore about it
Name idea:
Retten von Terror
- Translates to Savior of Terror
References
Hunter quotes to find:
- “Fuck you, your turns over.”
950, Godless King comes into power 980 , the civil war erupts to overthrow the Godless King that reigned within 981, civil war ends.