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<blockquote data-quote="gideonpepys" data-source="post: 7502359" data-attributes="member: 79141"><p><strong>Session 67, Part Two – Bibulous! Miraculous! Lubricious!</strong></p><p></p><p>When Korrigan reappeared he was sorely disappointed to see the almost vanquished titan disappearing off into the distance: if he hadn’t had to vanish, he might have been able to keep the titan pinned down! By now Uru had taken off after him, pushing his construct into the ‘red line’ on its pressure indicator, and easily leaping over the chasms created by the titan’s fall. He had done so at the urging of Uriel, who said he had a plan. “Keep him moving, and steer him towards that gorge we saw earlier.” </p><p></p><p> The gorge in question was the inevitable route for the Father of Thunder and his herd, if it headed towards Bole by the easiest route. The unit had considered ambushing him there, but decided the terrain was too tight. Uriel now declared his intention to invoke a mad plan to get the fey titan drunk, as his skyseer vision, all the ancient texts (and the Book of Kelland) suggested. </p><p></p><p> Uru had already had this idea earlier, only for it to be dismissed, and now testily questioned what had changed. What had changed was Uriel’s level of preparedness - not desperation exactly, but a willingness to make a substantial sacrifice* to obtain what they needed: epic amounts of booze! (Lack of which was the deciding factor when they dismissed the plan earlier.)</p><p> </p><p> “You plan to fight him all over again?” asked Riffian, astonished – reminding the unit that the titan’s wounds would heal quickly. Indeed they did, but there was no point trying to catch the titan before this happened. They put their faith in Uriel, and Uriel put his faith in Triegenes…</p><p> </p><p>Leon teleported them to the gorge, where Korrigan raised a dam across the river, causing a great lake to form quickly. Uriel channelled his incarnation Cardinal Tadeo, and fervently prayed to Triegenes for a miracle: to turn the gathering waters of the Delve into strong beer, with a hoppy aroma delicious enough to draw the titan.</p><p> </p><p> Uriel must have earned Triegene’s favour, as the transformation worked! Before them stretched a vast lake of booze. (Luckily, Rumdoom wasn’t present to make a dent in it before the titan arrived.)</p><p> </p><p> And arrive he did. Uru reported a sudden change of tack, and before long, the Father of Thunder was dipping his head eagerly into the foaming surface. The unit and the Great Hunt kept their distance. Uriel moved from one ally to the next, bestowing upon them the healing powers of another incarnation, Tadeas, enabling them to fight the titan for a second time in one day. Uru stopped chasing and worked on fixing up his battered construct, and generating enough power for one last assault. He had plenty of time to do so: once the Father of Thunder had satisfied himself that the coast was clear, he began to drink, and did not stop until the beer thinned to clear water. This took well over an hour!</p><p> </p><p> Then he raised his head, stumbled back and bellowed, “Down in one!”</p><p> </p><p>The cry was prescient, for at that moment, Big Jack stomped through his herd and struck him with his fey-foe hammer – a blow well-placed and hard enough to topple the drunken titan onto his side.</p><p> </p><p> Then the others were on him. Korrigan, rejuvenated, grabbed the titan by his horns and held him down in a grip so firm he could not rise – too disoriented by the lake of booze to co-ordinate himself.</p><p> </p><p> Meanwhile, Big Jack, Quratulain and Uriel – who now channelled Jannick, the dragonslayer – whaled on the felled bovine until he cried out in submission:</p><p> </p><p> “Enough! You party poopers! If you weren’t enjoying yourselves, why didn’t you just <em>say so</em>?”</p><p> </p><p> Having defeated the titan, they might have simply insisted he return to his slumber - walk out into the wilderness, pull a hillside over himself, and grumpily take a nap for a few centuries. But they decided to try and barter with him, as this has worked so well with the Ash Wolf. Like a rowdy neighbour, he agreed to temper his parties and stay away from farmland (particularly farmland marked in the appropriate way, with fey sigils and lightning bolts). He demanded monthly offerings of alcohol – several hundred gallons at least. </p><p></p><p> There were corn druids all over the weftlands. The king would ordain the formation of a new druidic circle dedicated to satisfying the Father of Thunder’s thirst. (Perhaps they could call it ‘The Big Round’?)</p><p></p><p> Pushing his luck, the titan asked to have sex with Gupta and Quratulain, promising them mighty children. </p><p></p><p> Everyone looked at Gupta to see if she was amenable. She shook her head and said that the titan was not her type. “He stinks of beer.” (No one bothered to check if Quratulain was up for it. She remained silent, but her fingers twitched as if reaching for her guns.)</p><p> </p><p> It was left to Leon to dissuade the titan. Gupta took Leon aside to offer Leon ‘very specific advice as to what I will do to you if the negotiation fails’…</p><p></p><p> On behalf of the ladies present, Leon politely declined to meet this second request, and then demanded to know what the Father of Thunder offered in return for his freedom.</p><p> </p><p> First, he promised to ride into battle to defend the weftlands against any invasion. Second, he would use his storms and his manure to bless the crops of Risur. For the next year, everyone who ate from those crops would be blessed with enhanced vigour and health – a very useful boon in the event of a potential war. </p><p></p><p> Finally, he would grant one of the king’s retinue ‘unmatched virility, with facial hair to match’. Gupta accepted this boon as compensation for the earlier affront, figuring at least one of her forms would benefit from the facial hair. (Later, she discovered that a welcome corollary of this boon was the ability to strike those who offended her with a lightning bolt, much like the Father of Thunder had done, albeit only once a day.)</p><p> </p><p> With the agreement made, they returned to Bole. (As they went, Uriel began to wonder if it really was Triegenes who had answered his prayer, or if the power hadn’t come from within. …)</p><p> </p><p> <strong>End of Session</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p> <strong>*4XP!</strong><strong> Sufficient to pay for one permanent character advancement.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong><u><strong>DM’s Notes</strong></u></p><p><u><strong></strong></u></p><p><u></u> <strong>If anyone is interested, I based the voice of the Father of Thunder on Bert, Maria Bamford’s pug in the sitcom <em>Lady Dynamite</em>.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wP5u533DmA" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wP5u533DmA</a></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p> <strong>Also – we didn’t actually play out the second combat in full, we just narrated it. Once the titan had had his effective level reduced, victory was a foregone conclusion (as the unit had almost won when he was at full strength). Thanks to the Blood of Ostea, character death was out of the question, so it seemed like an unnecessary slog to run the second fight once the group had established a firm plan (and worked out how to get themselves back to full health too). It still felt satisfying, because it wasn't hand-waved and everyone got to pitch in ideas as to how their character would contribute.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p> <strong>PS. @<em><strong><u><a href="https://www.enworld.org/forum/member.php?u=63" target="_blank">RangerWickett</a></u></strong></em> - What happens to the Great Hunt now? Do they show up again? </strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gideonpepys, post: 7502359, member: 79141"] [b]Session 67, Part Two – Bibulous! Miraculous! Lubricious![/b] When Korrigan reappeared he was sorely disappointed to see the almost vanquished titan disappearing off into the distance: if he hadn’t had to vanish, he might have been able to keep the titan pinned down! By now Uru had taken off after him, pushing his construct into the ‘red line’ on its pressure indicator, and easily leaping over the chasms created by the titan’s fall. He had done so at the urging of Uriel, who said he had a plan. “Keep him moving, and steer him towards that gorge we saw earlier.” The gorge in question was the inevitable route for the Father of Thunder and his herd, if it headed towards Bole by the easiest route. The unit had considered ambushing him there, but decided the terrain was too tight. Uriel now declared his intention to invoke a mad plan to get the fey titan drunk, as his skyseer vision, all the ancient texts (and the Book of Kelland) suggested. Uru had already had this idea earlier, only for it to be dismissed, and now testily questioned what had changed. What had changed was Uriel’s level of preparedness - not desperation exactly, but a willingness to make a substantial sacrifice* to obtain what they needed: epic amounts of booze! (Lack of which was the deciding factor when they dismissed the plan earlier.) “You plan to fight him all over again?” asked Riffian, astonished – reminding the unit that the titan’s wounds would heal quickly. Indeed they did, but there was no point trying to catch the titan before this happened. They put their faith in Uriel, and Uriel put his faith in Triegenes… Leon teleported them to the gorge, where Korrigan raised a dam across the river, causing a great lake to form quickly. Uriel channelled his incarnation Cardinal Tadeo, and fervently prayed to Triegenes for a miracle: to turn the gathering waters of the Delve into strong beer, with a hoppy aroma delicious enough to draw the titan. Uriel must have earned Triegene’s favour, as the transformation worked! Before them stretched a vast lake of booze. (Luckily, Rumdoom wasn’t present to make a dent in it before the titan arrived.) And arrive he did. Uru reported a sudden change of tack, and before long, the Father of Thunder was dipping his head eagerly into the foaming surface. The unit and the Great Hunt kept their distance. Uriel moved from one ally to the next, bestowing upon them the healing powers of another incarnation, Tadeas, enabling them to fight the titan for a second time in one day. Uru stopped chasing and worked on fixing up his battered construct, and generating enough power for one last assault. He had plenty of time to do so: once the Father of Thunder had satisfied himself that the coast was clear, he began to drink, and did not stop until the beer thinned to clear water. This took well over an hour! Then he raised his head, stumbled back and bellowed, “Down in one!” The cry was prescient, for at that moment, Big Jack stomped through his herd and struck him with his fey-foe hammer – a blow well-placed and hard enough to topple the drunken titan onto his side. Then the others were on him. Korrigan, rejuvenated, grabbed the titan by his horns and held him down in a grip so firm he could not rise – too disoriented by the lake of booze to co-ordinate himself. Meanwhile, Big Jack, Quratulain and Uriel – who now channelled Jannick, the dragonslayer – whaled on the felled bovine until he cried out in submission: “Enough! You party poopers! If you weren’t enjoying yourselves, why didn’t you just [I]say so[/I]?” Having defeated the titan, they might have simply insisted he return to his slumber - walk out into the wilderness, pull a hillside over himself, and grumpily take a nap for a few centuries. But they decided to try and barter with him, as this has worked so well with the Ash Wolf. Like a rowdy neighbour, he agreed to temper his parties and stay away from farmland (particularly farmland marked in the appropriate way, with fey sigils and lightning bolts). He demanded monthly offerings of alcohol – several hundred gallons at least. There were corn druids all over the weftlands. The king would ordain the formation of a new druidic circle dedicated to satisfying the Father of Thunder’s thirst. (Perhaps they could call it ‘The Big Round’?) Pushing his luck, the titan asked to have sex with Gupta and Quratulain, promising them mighty children. Everyone looked at Gupta to see if she was amenable. She shook her head and said that the titan was not her type. “He stinks of beer.” (No one bothered to check if Quratulain was up for it. She remained silent, but her fingers twitched as if reaching for her guns.) It was left to Leon to dissuade the titan. Gupta took Leon aside to offer Leon ‘very specific advice as to what I will do to you if the negotiation fails’… On behalf of the ladies present, Leon politely declined to meet this second request, and then demanded to know what the Father of Thunder offered in return for his freedom. First, he promised to ride into battle to defend the weftlands against any invasion. Second, he would use his storms and his manure to bless the crops of Risur. For the next year, everyone who ate from those crops would be blessed with enhanced vigour and health – a very useful boon in the event of a potential war. Finally, he would grant one of the king’s retinue ‘unmatched virility, with facial hair to match’. Gupta accepted this boon as compensation for the earlier affront, figuring at least one of her forms would benefit from the facial hair. (Later, she discovered that a welcome corollary of this boon was the ability to strike those who offended her with a lightning bolt, much like the Father of Thunder had done, albeit only once a day.) With the agreement made, they returned to Bole. (As they went, Uriel began to wonder if it really was Triegenes who had answered his prayer, or if the power hadn’t come from within. …) [B]End of Session [/B] [B]*4XP![/B][B] Sufficient to pay for one permanent character advancement. [/B][U][B]DM’s Notes [/B] [/U] [B]If anyone is interested, I based the voice of the Father of Thunder on Bert, Maria Bamford’s pug in the sitcom [I]Lady Dynamite[/I]. [URL]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wP5u533DmA[/URL] [/B] [B]Also – we didn’t actually play out the second combat in full, we just narrated it. Once the titan had had his effective level reduced, victory was a foregone conclusion (as the unit had almost won when he was at full strength). Thanks to the Blood of Ostea, character death was out of the question, so it seemed like an unnecessary slog to run the second fight once the group had established a firm plan (and worked out how to get themselves back to full health too). It still felt satisfying, because it wasn't hand-waved and everyone got to pitch in ideas as to how their character would contribute. [/B] [B]PS. @[I][B][U][URL="https://www.enworld.org/forum/member.php?u=63"]RangerWickett[/URL][/U][/B][/I] - What happens to the Great Hunt now? Do they show up again? [/B] [/QUOTE]
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