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Message: <blockquote data-quote="aartvb" data-source="post: 9520917" data-attributes="member: 7035557">Session 36 (8-11-2023): A Portal of ChaosMost of the group joins the fight against the tentacle monster, which is ultimately defeated.  Stover Delft has completely lost his mind. He believes everyone is a doppelganger. Using a clever trick, the group manages to convince him otherwise.  As they look around, they see that Xambria is conducting a ritual in the subway line beneath the building. Everyone heads down once things become transparent again, with Stover Delft accompanying them.  Galarin studies the ritual and discovers it is creating a portal to another plane. There are eight lanterns that can be magically deactivated.  Some characters work on disabling the lanterns, while the rest fight Xambria. Zuna, in her bear form, is somewhat clumsy and destroys one of the lanterns, causing the ritual to become unstable.  In the meantime, Xambria is killed, but Sijhen emerges from her body and continues to live. Xambria’s consciousness transfers to the mind of Morthos, keeping her spirit alive.  Sijhen is also defeated.  In total, four lanterns are destroyed. The remaining four are carefully deactivated by the other characters. However, the instability of the ritual leads to a massive explosion. The overflowing energy focuses on the character closest to the portal—Galarin—who is killed in the blast.  500 A.O.V., Autumn, Day 34Eventually it turns out that Saxby has fled, having been unmasked as a member of the Obscurati. With Saxby gone, a new Chief Inspector/Lady Inspectress must be appointed.  Zuna applies for the position with Lord Viscount Inspector Nigel Price-Hill but is not selected unfortunately. However, she and her comrades are promised promotions: they will now work directly under the new Chief Inspector/Lady Inspectress, giving them more authority to direct RHC colleagues and the ability to request more assistance.  Ultimately, Stover Delft is appointed as the new Chief Inspector.  500 A.O.V., Autumn, Day 35The group members receive a generous salary from Stover Delft to purchase new equipment for their next mission.  Their next task will be to investigate the train journey from Beaumont to Vendricce, scheduled for Winter, Day 11.<code class="bbCodeInline">Note: I want to note two things here. Firstly: Galarins player was tired of playing Galarin, so the insta-kill was with full player permission. Secondly: Officially, according to the adventure, if one lantern was destroyed, I had to release some monster from Apet. However, my players were getting a bit tired from all the fighting. So I decided it would be a 50/50 chance between the monster appearing and just Galarin exploding. I rolled, and the dice decided it would be the second option. And I think it was the best option.</code></blockquote>

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