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We finally began our adventure in Zeitgeist!
I’m going to try and keep up a campaign journal but I am terrible with taking notes but i will try my best to write from memory. The introductory session was Fantastic and I was very excited to be able to run it. My players really enjoyed it as well.
And here are the cast of characters!
Inspector Amethyst Ironforged. Human Yerasol Veterain. Tactician Fighter who was a linguist in the Fourth Yerasol War. Through a string of bad luck was thrust into the thick of combat. Was settled in a Danoran village on an Island in the Yerasol Archipelago. He was acting as translator to the diplomat when the village was attacked by its own nation. He fought back until the orders to retreat was called when they fell back with a group of Danorans who fled the attack of their own people.
Constable Cloche Lemaitre. Tiefling Martial Scientist. Swashbuckler who lived on one of the islands of the Yerasol Archipeliago, her coastal village hosted Risuri soldiers during the war and was attacked by the Danorans by cannon barrage along the coastline. Her entire was village was prosecuted as traitors by a particularly zealous military official. She was able to escape with the Risuri soldiers and lived in Flint ever since.
Constable I'Sheng Liuxing. Eladrin Skyseer. Restorer Druid who hailed from Elfaivar. Very progressive for his people, he left to explore the world. Joined the Risuri as a field medic in the Fourth Yerasol War. Took part in the rescue of a few prisoners of war. It is here where he met his wife, a female Eladrin who was a prisoner of a Danoran Nobleman. His animal companion is a Fey Housecat. Intelligent and can talk. He spent an extra feat for the improved companion.
Constable Keiran Oddcog. Gnome Technologist. Alchemist who always had a fascination with technology due to his older brother. It’s been over 10 years since he’s seen his brother and has been looking for him ever since.
We begin in the Headquarters of the RHC. Their secretary gives them the Sunday newspaper and their itinerary for the day. A Halfling names Lindzi (Shameless ripped from Pathfinder Kingmaker and unanimously voted for by my players, who am I to argue?) who is the group's biggest cheerleader. They finish up some paperwork before the days mission then the RHC Cab brings them to Royal Square.
Here is the newspaper handout I created. Thank you to whoever wrote those original articles, I don't remember where i picked them up from, they just have been sitting in my notes for years now.
First Amethyst began by briefing the party and the police officers there.
I had the police officer be Officer Bellastair from the beginning of the second adventure so they have someone to recognize later on.
They spot Coulton leaning against a tree and quickly are able to have him leave the area. A police officer escorts him from the grounds.
Soon afterward they find Marcliffe and Iscalio near a map shop. They listen in to them talking about where Coulton could have gone off too. Cloche confronts them and tries to bluff them by saying that Coulton isn’t coming as he was just arrested, She manages to be very convincing but Amethyst tries to add in but being the furthest from a docker you can get, immediately tips them off. A fistfight breaks out. Soon Dafton charges in an disarms Amethyst and begins beating him with his own weapon. Thames Grimsley following dafton charging through the crowd tries to diplomatically stop the fight. He is unsuccessful and asks the constables to do what they do best. The dockers are defeated and arrested and Thames is broughts in for questioning. He agrees to go quietly as long as they deliver a message to Governor Roland Standfield. The party agrees.
They move to Fleet Square Stover Delft gives them their next orders and they speak briefly to Principal Minister Harkover Lee. Keiran has a good conversation with Geoff Massarde about the technology that went into the Coaltonguel. Amethyst talked with Captain Rutger Smith about Philosophy and was very happy to receive a Drakran Cigar from the Black Bearded Dwarf. Duchess Ethelyn asked Amethyst to arrange a room for her which he promptly did with the petty officer. King Aodhan arrived and christens the ship and everyone boards.
Throughout the next hour or so the party emarks on a tour of the Coaltongue and meets the various characters aboard. Amethyst likes Divianne Athel and brings her food from the dinner upstairs. Keiran spends way longer in the engine room and holds up the tour. The tour ends with the banquet but Stover Delft detached himself from a group of Soldiers and asks the party to fetch the Duchess and she hasn’t woken up from their nap. Heading downstairs they spot the body of Divianne stuffed behind some barrels in the corner of the magazine.
They rush to the Duchess. Sokana stalls them enough time for the Duchess to escape. They see her sinking beneath the seas with Beshela on the back of a giant squid. Sokana jumps out the window and spider climbs outside the ship. Cloche is attacked by the Halfling Assassin but escapes and the Halfling goes invisible again. They try to head towards the magazine ward but find two firesprites trying to mess with the firewards. Amethyst kills one but the other escapes downstairs. They hear Sokana yelling for the engineers to rust the door closed. They manage to subdue Sokana and one of the Saboteurs but the other dies due to the fires of the furnace. Cloche gets the firerod out of the furnace and stops the elemental from manifesting. The halfing reappears and attacks Sheng nearly dropping him in one hit. Amethyst Nearly kills him with a well placed critical hit but stabilizes him so he may be questioned.
With time quickly running out Keiran Oddcog manages to fix the alarms and release some of the pressure on the boiler. And just in the nick of time, they manage to calibrate the capacitor and shoot off the Brand, averting disaster and the assassination of their King and the dignitaries.
They're debriefed by Stover Delft and Harkover Lee and arrive topside just as the King is about to begin his speech. Afterwards King Aodhan has a brief words with the party congratulating them on a job well done.
All in all, this was a blast to run and everyone enjoyed it. I am eagerly looking forward to next session. I am curious how Cloche will react to Lya Jierre as she believes that her own country turned on her and hates all things Danor now.
I’m going to try and keep up a campaign journal but I am terrible with taking notes but i will try my best to write from memory. The introductory session was Fantastic and I was very excited to be able to run it. My players really enjoyed it as well.
And here are the cast of characters!
Inspector Amethyst Ironforged. Human Yerasol Veterain. Tactician Fighter who was a linguist in the Fourth Yerasol War. Through a string of bad luck was thrust into the thick of combat. Was settled in a Danoran village on an Island in the Yerasol Archipelago. He was acting as translator to the diplomat when the village was attacked by its own nation. He fought back until the orders to retreat was called when they fell back with a group of Danorans who fled the attack of their own people.
Constable Cloche Lemaitre. Tiefling Martial Scientist. Swashbuckler who lived on one of the islands of the Yerasol Archipeliago, her coastal village hosted Risuri soldiers during the war and was attacked by the Danorans by cannon barrage along the coastline. Her entire was village was prosecuted as traitors by a particularly zealous military official. She was able to escape with the Risuri soldiers and lived in Flint ever since.
Constable I'Sheng Liuxing. Eladrin Skyseer. Restorer Druid who hailed from Elfaivar. Very progressive for his people, he left to explore the world. Joined the Risuri as a field medic in the Fourth Yerasol War. Took part in the rescue of a few prisoners of war. It is here where he met his wife, a female Eladrin who was a prisoner of a Danoran Nobleman. His animal companion is a Fey Housecat. Intelligent and can talk. He spent an extra feat for the improved companion.
Constable Keiran Oddcog. Gnome Technologist. Alchemist who always had a fascination with technology due to his older brother. It’s been over 10 years since he’s seen his brother and has been looking for him ever since.
We begin in the Headquarters of the RHC. Their secretary gives them the Sunday newspaper and their itinerary for the day. A Halfling names Lindzi (Shameless ripped from Pathfinder Kingmaker and unanimously voted for by my players, who am I to argue?) who is the group's biggest cheerleader. They finish up some paperwork before the days mission then the RHC Cab brings them to Royal Square.
Here is the newspaper handout I created. Thank you to whoever wrote those original articles, I don't remember where i picked them up from, they just have been sitting in my notes for years now.
First Amethyst began by briefing the party and the police officers there.
I had the police officer be Officer Bellastair from the beginning of the second adventure so they have someone to recognize later on.
They spot Coulton leaning against a tree and quickly are able to have him leave the area. A police officer escorts him from the grounds.
Soon afterward they find Marcliffe and Iscalio near a map shop. They listen in to them talking about where Coulton could have gone off too. Cloche confronts them and tries to bluff them by saying that Coulton isn’t coming as he was just arrested, She manages to be very convincing but Amethyst tries to add in but being the furthest from a docker you can get, immediately tips them off. A fistfight breaks out. Soon Dafton charges in an disarms Amethyst and begins beating him with his own weapon. Thames Grimsley following dafton charging through the crowd tries to diplomatically stop the fight. He is unsuccessful and asks the constables to do what they do best. The dockers are defeated and arrested and Thames is broughts in for questioning. He agrees to go quietly as long as they deliver a message to Governor Roland Standfield. The party agrees.
They move to Fleet Square Stover Delft gives them their next orders and they speak briefly to Principal Minister Harkover Lee. Keiran has a good conversation with Geoff Massarde about the technology that went into the Coaltonguel. Amethyst talked with Captain Rutger Smith about Philosophy and was very happy to receive a Drakran Cigar from the Black Bearded Dwarf. Duchess Ethelyn asked Amethyst to arrange a room for her which he promptly did with the petty officer. King Aodhan arrived and christens the ship and everyone boards.
Throughout the next hour or so the party emarks on a tour of the Coaltongue and meets the various characters aboard. Amethyst likes Divianne Athel and brings her food from the dinner upstairs. Keiran spends way longer in the engine room and holds up the tour. The tour ends with the banquet but Stover Delft detached himself from a group of Soldiers and asks the party to fetch the Duchess and she hasn’t woken up from their nap. Heading downstairs they spot the body of Divianne stuffed behind some barrels in the corner of the magazine.
They rush to the Duchess. Sokana stalls them enough time for the Duchess to escape. They see her sinking beneath the seas with Beshela on the back of a giant squid. Sokana jumps out the window and spider climbs outside the ship. Cloche is attacked by the Halfling Assassin but escapes and the Halfling goes invisible again. They try to head towards the magazine ward but find two firesprites trying to mess with the firewards. Amethyst kills one but the other escapes downstairs. They hear Sokana yelling for the engineers to rust the door closed. They manage to subdue Sokana and one of the Saboteurs but the other dies due to the fires of the furnace. Cloche gets the firerod out of the furnace and stops the elemental from manifesting. The halfing reappears and attacks Sheng nearly dropping him in one hit. Amethyst Nearly kills him with a well placed critical hit but stabilizes him so he may be questioned.
With time quickly running out Keiran Oddcog manages to fix the alarms and release some of the pressure on the boiler. And just in the nick of time, they manage to calibrate the capacitor and shoot off the Brand, averting disaster and the assassination of their King and the dignitaries.
They're debriefed by Stover Delft and Harkover Lee and arrive topside just as the King is about to begin his speech. Afterwards King Aodhan has a brief words with the party congratulating them on a job well done.
All in all, this was a blast to run and everyone enjoyed it. I am eagerly looking forward to next session. I am curious how Cloche will react to Lya Jierre as she believes that her own country turned on her and hates all things Danor now.