Andrew Moreton
Adventurer
The session starts with the team waking up just above the high water line on a beach near Vendricce at dawn. They take a short hike into town and begin to plan their operation to kidnap Luc and preferably his lantern. El Kevin wants to ambush the train before it reaches town, however no one else likes this idea as it risks all sorts of chaos and collataral damage.
They make contact with their Familias contacts and purchase some sleep poisons for Manuel to use on his patented none lethal bullets and arrange for several people to be available in the enclave to shadow Luc as he leaves the train , they make sure to have a carriage on hand as well. They also prepare their escape plans with a familias ship waiting to give them a covert lift out of the port. However they think that ship will not help if the local authorities close the port so they start on plan B. Nevla makes contact with the local fey who are sympathetic to an Eladrin and dislike the locals they tell her there is a warband of Eladrin in town already and she makes an arrangement to meet them initially alone but after thought she thinks they may grab her or something to take the hole team , ensuring uneventful contact. Before this meeting they brainstorm and decide that their favourite plan is to steal a train and then drive it at full speed through the city and onto the bridge crashing it off the end and doing all sorts of damage, Nevla is in favor of damaging the bridge as she is not keen on the clergy stealing more of Elfaivar. They speak to the Fey again and arrange for the local fey to save them if they plummet into the sea and dump them onto the deck of a Risuri merchant ship which will be leaving port just before sunset.
Then they meet with the Eladrin who seem a trifle odd and barbaric to Nevla but no one , not even the Lightning Weasel makes a knowledge religion check to recognize that they are were-tigers. They want the Eladrin to cause a diversion by attacking something else so the local authorities are too busy to respond to their actions, the Weretigers agree to set fire to part of the construction project for the bridge when Padme sends her familiar bird to them, largely they agree because they find the idea of someone driving a train off the end of the bridge entertaining.
Finally they visit the shoe shop recommended by Morgan Cippriano and purchase a selection of comfortable shoes as well as a few pieces of formal wear. The shop owners cope surpisingly well with providing footwear for a Kobold and a Goblin. Finally they are ready for the arrival of the train with the familias observers in position as well as Padme's bird and the lightning weasel. They discover Luc and Bree are not getting off the train and from the RHC man on the train that the train will be stopping at a small private station so they rush off in the carriage.
Arriving at the station they observe Lya , which gives them pause they believe she is dangerous combatant and also don't think they want the diplomatic consequences of killing her. Manuel takes position in a tree opposite the train station while El Kevin lurks on the roof Nevla, Ulvaar and Padme being less certain of their stealth skills (in Ulvaars case he is certain of his stealth skills) lurk behind the buildings behind the station. The lightning weasel hides under the floorboards to listen in on anything inside.
The train arrives and the spying begins, they are initially suprised by Lya providing some oil to Luc and the link to the bleak gate but soon realise that it gives them an opportunity Lya is inside and so cannot see much outside the station while the new guards cannot see them if they stay outside the lantern light. Ulvaar moves around to behind the train but outside the lantern light, realising that the train engineer may be able to see them Padme is sent forward to Sap the train engineer while Nevla and Manuel hide inside the train. As they start moving around they send off the bird to signal the diversion.
Inside Lya is explaining about the Obsurati to Luc and how his lanterns will be used in Lanterns and Clocktowers to change the world, Luc asks if it will make the world better for people, and she assures him it will and that she had doubts at first as well before she can explain further Nicodemus introduces himself and explains that the full explanation should wait until they reach their destination. The players pick up the point about the towers , the 'wisest minds of the last 500 years' they are picking up that a lot of things with Ashima-Shintu and the Ob seem to lead back to the 2nd Victory, finally they pick upon the name Nicodemus they has taken to calling the thing that possessed people and smoked Nicodemus but are suprised that is his name.
When Nicodemus produces the amulets they make the connection to Macbennin and his bleak gate amulets and decide to strike before anyone can move to the Bleak gate. Unsure of their ability to defeat the guards and Nicodemus they come up with a cunning plan. Manuel shoots the lantern with one of his alchemical explosive bullets destroying it and immediately seperating them from the threats in the Bleak gate. El Kevin opens the side door , Ulvaar and Padme move to support him as Lya moves out stabbing hin in the process, Manuel shoots Luc with a sleep poisoned bullet and he drops unconcious, Nevla teleports in next to Luc and casts hold person on Bree which she shrugs off, she stabs Nevla who parries. Meanwhile Ulvaar and El Kevin attack Lya and Ulvaar lands a good blow while El Kevin wings her with some revolver rounds as he backs away. Lya drops Padme with quick blows and wounds Ulvaar , Manuel shoots Bree with a poisoned bullet and despite her excellent save she goes down unconcious. Nevla looks around and then casts obscuring mist while grabbing Luc. Lya takes another hit from Ulvaar despite her parrying which is rolling badly moves across the room and strikes at Nevla who parries and counterattack wounding Lya , Lya's decoy ring activates as she drops to 15 hp and she disengages to get healing and reinforcements. In the confusion everyone pile onto the train and set off along the track as fast as possible. Manuel goes as fast as possible constantly sounding the whistle to try and warn people off. Manuel thinks that stealing a train and driving it off a bridge into the sea is going on his list of fun things he has done alongside ramming a monster with a subway train. El Kevin is less keen on this sort of thing as he was badly injured when they crashed trains into monsters they argue about it as they train head towards its doom. As they pass through the construction site they see fires and what looks a lot like a weretiger rampaging around. No one is able to respond fast enough to stop them and the train roars onto the bridge smashed through the barriers and then plummets 300 feet into the sea. Fortunately the water fey act fast and rescue the constables leaving them on the boat to Risur.
They discuss keeping their survival secret from most of the people of Risur but have not finalized a decision when we end the session
They make contact with their Familias contacts and purchase some sleep poisons for Manuel to use on his patented none lethal bullets and arrange for several people to be available in the enclave to shadow Luc as he leaves the train , they make sure to have a carriage on hand as well. They also prepare their escape plans with a familias ship waiting to give them a covert lift out of the port. However they think that ship will not help if the local authorities close the port so they start on plan B. Nevla makes contact with the local fey who are sympathetic to an Eladrin and dislike the locals they tell her there is a warband of Eladrin in town already and she makes an arrangement to meet them initially alone but after thought she thinks they may grab her or something to take the hole team , ensuring uneventful contact. Before this meeting they brainstorm and decide that their favourite plan is to steal a train and then drive it at full speed through the city and onto the bridge crashing it off the end and doing all sorts of damage, Nevla is in favor of damaging the bridge as she is not keen on the clergy stealing more of Elfaivar. They speak to the Fey again and arrange for the local fey to save them if they plummet into the sea and dump them onto the deck of a Risuri merchant ship which will be leaving port just before sunset.
Then they meet with the Eladrin who seem a trifle odd and barbaric to Nevla but no one , not even the Lightning Weasel makes a knowledge religion check to recognize that they are were-tigers. They want the Eladrin to cause a diversion by attacking something else so the local authorities are too busy to respond to their actions, the Weretigers agree to set fire to part of the construction project for the bridge when Padme sends her familiar bird to them, largely they agree because they find the idea of someone driving a train off the end of the bridge entertaining.
Finally they visit the shoe shop recommended by Morgan Cippriano and purchase a selection of comfortable shoes as well as a few pieces of formal wear. The shop owners cope surpisingly well with providing footwear for a Kobold and a Goblin. Finally they are ready for the arrival of the train with the familias observers in position as well as Padme's bird and the lightning weasel. They discover Luc and Bree are not getting off the train and from the RHC man on the train that the train will be stopping at a small private station so they rush off in the carriage.
Arriving at the station they observe Lya , which gives them pause they believe she is dangerous combatant and also don't think they want the diplomatic consequences of killing her. Manuel takes position in a tree opposite the train station while El Kevin lurks on the roof Nevla, Ulvaar and Padme being less certain of their stealth skills (in Ulvaars case he is certain of his stealth skills) lurk behind the buildings behind the station. The lightning weasel hides under the floorboards to listen in on anything inside.
The train arrives and the spying begins, they are initially suprised by Lya providing some oil to Luc and the link to the bleak gate but soon realise that it gives them an opportunity Lya is inside and so cannot see much outside the station while the new guards cannot see them if they stay outside the lantern light. Ulvaar moves around to behind the train but outside the lantern light, realising that the train engineer may be able to see them Padme is sent forward to Sap the train engineer while Nevla and Manuel hide inside the train. As they start moving around they send off the bird to signal the diversion.
Inside Lya is explaining about the Obsurati to Luc and how his lanterns will be used in Lanterns and Clocktowers to change the world, Luc asks if it will make the world better for people, and she assures him it will and that she had doubts at first as well before she can explain further Nicodemus introduces himself and explains that the full explanation should wait until they reach their destination. The players pick up the point about the towers , the 'wisest minds of the last 500 years' they are picking up that a lot of things with Ashima-Shintu and the Ob seem to lead back to the 2nd Victory, finally they pick upon the name Nicodemus they has taken to calling the thing that possessed people and smoked Nicodemus but are suprised that is his name.
When Nicodemus produces the amulets they make the connection to Macbennin and his bleak gate amulets and decide to strike before anyone can move to the Bleak gate. Unsure of their ability to defeat the guards and Nicodemus they come up with a cunning plan. Manuel shoots the lantern with one of his alchemical explosive bullets destroying it and immediately seperating them from the threats in the Bleak gate. El Kevin opens the side door , Ulvaar and Padme move to support him as Lya moves out stabbing hin in the process, Manuel shoots Luc with a sleep poisoned bullet and he drops unconcious, Nevla teleports in next to Luc and casts hold person on Bree which she shrugs off, she stabs Nevla who parries. Meanwhile Ulvaar and El Kevin attack Lya and Ulvaar lands a good blow while El Kevin wings her with some revolver rounds as he backs away. Lya drops Padme with quick blows and wounds Ulvaar , Manuel shoots Bree with a poisoned bullet and despite her excellent save she goes down unconcious. Nevla looks around and then casts obscuring mist while grabbing Luc. Lya takes another hit from Ulvaar despite her parrying which is rolling badly moves across the room and strikes at Nevla who parries and counterattack wounding Lya , Lya's decoy ring activates as she drops to 15 hp and she disengages to get healing and reinforcements. In the confusion everyone pile onto the train and set off along the track as fast as possible. Manuel goes as fast as possible constantly sounding the whistle to try and warn people off. Manuel thinks that stealing a train and driving it off a bridge into the sea is going on his list of fun things he has done alongside ramming a monster with a subway train. El Kevin is less keen on this sort of thing as he was badly injured when they crashed trains into monsters they argue about it as they train head towards its doom. As they pass through the construction site they see fires and what looks a lot like a weretiger rampaging around. No one is able to respond fast enough to stop them and the train roars onto the bridge smashed through the barriers and then plummets 300 feet into the sea. Fortunately the water fey act fast and rescue the constables leaving them on the boat to Risur.
They discuss keeping their survival secret from most of the people of Risur but have not finalized a decision when we end the session