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Aphonion Tales: Adventures in the Spice Lands and the War in Hanal, a tween and teen D&D game (edited notes, posts Tuesdays, most recent 3/7/23)
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<blockquote data-quote="CPaladin" data-source="post: 8424462" data-attributes="member: 7030144"><p>Session 26 (May 23, 2021)</p><p></p><p>16 Ta-Ghast (evening)</p><p>The na-Vad takes the group to see his mother, the Vadess. She looks up with interest from the couch where she is seated. She looks exhausted.</p><p></p><p>Noah explains about the cult investigations in his family’s lands, and the corruption of the Bishop of Zendiker’s privy secretary.</p><p></p><p>Ravokris suddenly starts seeing increasing swirls of energy around the Vadess. Only he can see it, but he interrupts to mention seeing swirls of energy.</p><p></p><p>Sister Agnes immediately casts Protection from Evil, which expels the swirls of energy from the Vadess. The energy, now fully visible, leaps to the lady in waiting in the room, who shrieks and begins transforming.</p><p></p><p>Noah calls to the guards to summon blessed weapons and to seal the manor against the threat to the Vadess.</p><p></p><p>Sister Agnes interposes herself between the Vadess and the former lady in waiting.</p><p></p><p>The Vadess is speaking to her lady-in-waiting in great concern. “Kathandra? Kathandra?”</p><p></p><p>After organizing the guards, Noah rages and charges the lady-in-waiting monster.</p><p></p><p>Ravokris attacks with a fire bolt, and gets a 25 to hit, striking the lady-in-waiting and doing 7 points of fire damage.</p><p></p><p>Noah charges and smacks at the monster with the silvered axe, which is getting pretty dulled by now. Noah strikes and hits for 15 damage; his next strike misses, despite hitting AC 22. The last of the silvering is knocked off in the process.</p><p></p><p>Iados rushes in with his rapier, and hands his silver cheese knife to Noah, who he expects to be able to use it better. He does a sneak attack successfully, for 20 damage total (although he does a little bit less damage than he would have expected—it must have resistance to non-silver weapons).</p><p></p><p>Elyn joins with Sr. Agnes in trying to physically block any route for the monster to the Vadess.</p><p></p><p>Two guards rush in and fire their crossbows. One shoots himself in the foot, the other misses wildly.</p><p></p><p>Elyn casts Hunter’s Mark, and then shoots the monster, barely hitting with a 24, and does 10 damage (reduced to 5).</p><p></p><p>A guard bounces a crossbow off the back of her head.</p><p></p><p>Sr. Agnes splashes some holy water on the creature, doing 9 points of damage.</p><p></p><p>Ravokris hits the creature with another firebolt, doing 5 damage.</p><p></p><p>Noah misses on his first blow, then does 16 damage on the second with a critical hit with the silver cheese knife.</p><p></p><p>The creature breathes out a horrible cloud of green gas. Sister Agnes is drained of 4 points of Con, Iados is drained of 6 points of Con, Ravokris loses 1, and a guard loses 5 but is still up.</p><p></p><p>Iados misses, but Elyn shoots the creature again, for another 11.</p><p></p><p>The na-Vad hits the creature with his dress sword, which is alas not silver, and does a tiny amount of damage.</p><p></p><p>Sr. Agnes misses with holy water.</p><p></p><p>Finally, Ravokris hits it with a fire bolt.</p><p></p><p>The creature collapses, and the demonform sloughs off it, leaving the lady-in-waiting’s body with all its wounds.</p><p></p><p>The Vadess and Sr. Agnes both mourn the dead lady-in-waiting.</p><p></p><p>The group explains what they understand to be going on.</p><p></p><p>The Vadess says, that explains certain things. The lack of response to the blood-driven in the streets in particular—it would not hurt the war effort.</p><p></p><p>Sr. Agnes casts Revivify on the lady-in-waiting, who is restored to life.</p><p></p><p>The Vadess sends Kathandra to rest and recover. She then orders the room sealed so she may speak in private to her son’s friends.</p><p></p><p>Noah explains that they were sent by the Inquisition to secure the imperial bone dust supply to prevent it from being used against the Inquisition.</p><p></p><p>The Vadess points out that the creature fought without any sign of intelligence. The group notes that they do not recognize the demons the cult has, nor its altars—it seems to be unlike normal demons, and greatly unlike devils.</p><p></p><p>Noah asks the Vadess if she could secure a talisman.</p><p></p><p>“I had presumed I was being trusted because I served Thyastis. Now I think I was being trusted because I was blind. She must have known that duty would overrule all else for me.” She turns to Ravokris. “Magister, do you believe that the Queen-Empress will be able to tell that I am no longer blind?”</p><p></p><p>Ravokris says, “The Queen-Empress would likely be able to tell that you are no longer loyal. She could see the absence of the energy upon you.”</p><p></p><p>“We will hope that she does not check often. I will approach a friend of mine and try to obtain the talisman that you seek, on the claim that I wish to check the security personally. It will take a few days, and I will try to avoid notice for that long. But if they do realize, and take me prisoner, you must do nothing to attempt to save me. You must find an alternate plan to get the weapons out, and find a different place to stay so you remain safe.”</p><p></p><p>17 Ta-Ghast</p><p>The Basher takes the entire group to the strategic council—a couple of dozen generals and the like, a couple admirals, and several other people, plus their various attendants. There is an enormous 3-D map of Hanal, with little figures that represent each units. The Basher notes that he is bringing some of his aides to season them for when they may be senior officers someday.</p><p></p><p>What is striking is how many Hanalian units there are, and how few of them are horsed.</p><p></p><p>Noah makes some suggestions about redeploying some troops to work on gathering resources to make more vollers and to defend the direction towards Enclaves.</p><p></p><p>The generals discuss the role that the Inquisition’s planning in Enclaves holds. The senior generals then argue about the viability of attempting to take Enclaves directly, as has been discussed for a long time.</p><p></p><p>Noah continues making suggestions, and rolls an 18 on a Persuasion check.</p><p></p><p>The discussion rapidly becomes very technical militarily. Noah comes to the realization that he has convinced them to take an action. They talked themselves in to bombarding the City of Enclaves. "We cannot cut their lines with a surface fleet, but we have a substantial air navy. When we deploy 100 vollers to bombard the city and their fields…"</p><p></p><p>It will take the vollers 10 days to attack Enclaves.</p><p></p><p>The rest of the day passes uneventfully, running errands.</p><p></p><p>18 Ta-Ghast</p><p></p><p>They deliver messages for the day.</p><p></p><p>The Vadess presents a jeweled case to them in the evening. “You will need a mission that takes you back to that area. Otherwise the human guards will give you trouble. And I must now quietly support the Princess Anastasia—I now know why she is in exile.”</p><p>[End Session 26]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CPaladin, post: 8424462, member: 7030144"] Session 26 (May 23, 2021) 16 Ta-Ghast (evening) The na-Vad takes the group to see his mother, the Vadess. She looks up with interest from the couch where she is seated. She looks exhausted. Noah explains about the cult investigations in his family’s lands, and the corruption of the Bishop of Zendiker’s privy secretary. Ravokris suddenly starts seeing increasing swirls of energy around the Vadess. Only he can see it, but he interrupts to mention seeing swirls of energy. Sister Agnes immediately casts Protection from Evil, which expels the swirls of energy from the Vadess. The energy, now fully visible, leaps to the lady in waiting in the room, who shrieks and begins transforming. Noah calls to the guards to summon blessed weapons and to seal the manor against the threat to the Vadess. Sister Agnes interposes herself between the Vadess and the former lady in waiting. The Vadess is speaking to her lady-in-waiting in great concern. “Kathandra? Kathandra?” After organizing the guards, Noah rages and charges the lady-in-waiting monster. Ravokris attacks with a fire bolt, and gets a 25 to hit, striking the lady-in-waiting and doing 7 points of fire damage. Noah charges and smacks at the monster with the silvered axe, which is getting pretty dulled by now. Noah strikes and hits for 15 damage; his next strike misses, despite hitting AC 22. The last of the silvering is knocked off in the process. Iados rushes in with his rapier, and hands his silver cheese knife to Noah, who he expects to be able to use it better. He does a sneak attack successfully, for 20 damage total (although he does a little bit less damage than he would have expected—it must have resistance to non-silver weapons). Elyn joins with Sr. Agnes in trying to physically block any route for the monster to the Vadess. Two guards rush in and fire their crossbows. One shoots himself in the foot, the other misses wildly. Elyn casts Hunter’s Mark, and then shoots the monster, barely hitting with a 24, and does 10 damage (reduced to 5). A guard bounces a crossbow off the back of her head. Sr. Agnes splashes some holy water on the creature, doing 9 points of damage. Ravokris hits the creature with another firebolt, doing 5 damage. Noah misses on his first blow, then does 16 damage on the second with a critical hit with the silver cheese knife. The creature breathes out a horrible cloud of green gas. Sister Agnes is drained of 4 points of Con, Iados is drained of 6 points of Con, Ravokris loses 1, and a guard loses 5 but is still up. Iados misses, but Elyn shoots the creature again, for another 11. The na-Vad hits the creature with his dress sword, which is alas not silver, and does a tiny amount of damage. Sr. Agnes misses with holy water. Finally, Ravokris hits it with a fire bolt. The creature collapses, and the demonform sloughs off it, leaving the lady-in-waiting’s body with all its wounds. The Vadess and Sr. Agnes both mourn the dead lady-in-waiting. The group explains what they understand to be going on. The Vadess says, that explains certain things. The lack of response to the blood-driven in the streets in particular—it would not hurt the war effort. Sr. Agnes casts Revivify on the lady-in-waiting, who is restored to life. The Vadess sends Kathandra to rest and recover. She then orders the room sealed so she may speak in private to her son’s friends. Noah explains that they were sent by the Inquisition to secure the imperial bone dust supply to prevent it from being used against the Inquisition. The Vadess points out that the creature fought without any sign of intelligence. The group notes that they do not recognize the demons the cult has, nor its altars—it seems to be unlike normal demons, and greatly unlike devils. Noah asks the Vadess if she could secure a talisman. “I had presumed I was being trusted because I served Thyastis. Now I think I was being trusted because I was blind. She must have known that duty would overrule all else for me.” She turns to Ravokris. “Magister, do you believe that the Queen-Empress will be able to tell that I am no longer blind?” Ravokris says, “The Queen-Empress would likely be able to tell that you are no longer loyal. She could see the absence of the energy upon you.” “We will hope that she does not check often. I will approach a friend of mine and try to obtain the talisman that you seek, on the claim that I wish to check the security personally. It will take a few days, and I will try to avoid notice for that long. But if they do realize, and take me prisoner, you must do nothing to attempt to save me. You must find an alternate plan to get the weapons out, and find a different place to stay so you remain safe.” 17 Ta-Ghast The Basher takes the entire group to the strategic council—a couple of dozen generals and the like, a couple admirals, and several other people, plus their various attendants. There is an enormous 3-D map of Hanal, with little figures that represent each units. The Basher notes that he is bringing some of his aides to season them for when they may be senior officers someday. What is striking is how many Hanalian units there are, and how few of them are horsed. Noah makes some suggestions about redeploying some troops to work on gathering resources to make more vollers and to defend the direction towards Enclaves. The generals discuss the role that the Inquisition’s planning in Enclaves holds. The senior generals then argue about the viability of attempting to take Enclaves directly, as has been discussed for a long time. Noah continues making suggestions, and rolls an 18 on a Persuasion check. The discussion rapidly becomes very technical militarily. Noah comes to the realization that he has convinced them to take an action. They talked themselves in to bombarding the City of Enclaves. "We cannot cut their lines with a surface fleet, but we have a substantial air navy. When we deploy 100 vollers to bombard the city and their fields…" It will take the vollers 10 days to attack Enclaves. The rest of the day passes uneventfully, running errands. 18 Ta-Ghast They deliver messages for the day. The Vadess presents a jeweled case to them in the evening. “You will need a mission that takes you back to that area. Otherwise the human guards will give you trouble. And I must now quietly support the Princess Anastasia—I now know why she is in exile.” [End Session 26] [/QUOTE]
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