NOW LIVE! Today's the day you meet your new best friend. You don’t have to leave Wolfy behind... In 'Pets & Sidekicks' your companions level up with you!

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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cypherblade" data-source="post: 9645912" data-attributes="member: 7048389">I ended up with three players instead of five for this intro, so I decided to give each player two characters. Maybe not the best decision, as it doubled the time needed for everyone to get familiar with their roles. Still, it led to a hilarious moment where Amielle and King Lorcan had a heated debate about Danoran technology—both acted by the same player![spoiler]After the introductions, Amielle arrived, the Contessa spoke with the King, and the Chief of Police briefed His Majesty about the skyseer. With no time to lose, the party immediately rushed up the mountain. When the Chief asked what to do about the skyseer, the King replied, "If she hasn’t foreseen that I wasn’t coming, she’s not a very worthy skyseer."As they entered the woods and climbed toward Pernicity’s cabin, they found one of the Contessa’s spies tied to the trees. Stanfield recognized the unfortunate man as Rudy the butcher—someone he had abandoned months ago during a failed attempt to destroy the witches. Harkover Lee wisely used his black gem to block any scrying attempts, which proved fortunate: they managed to sneak past three groups of ghosts without being detected (lucky dice rolls, I guess...).At Pernicity’s hut, the party wasted no time and launched straight into combat. Before long, they realized that any damage dealt to the witch seemed to harm the prisoners locked in the cages; they began dying one by one. Acting quickly, the King ordered Harkover Lee to fireball one of the cages, preventing the witch from 'feeding' on the souls. They were doomed anyway—better to die on the King's command than empower their enemy.Pernicity tried to escape by transforming into a raven, but she hadn’t accounted for the power of the Godhand (Holy Sentinel). Tomas caught her by the tail and slammed her back to the ground. After a second failed escape attempt, the battle ended, and Pernicity’s spirit fled into the darkness.Realizing they had gained precious time, the party pushed onward. They reached the mountaintop just as the first sliver of the moon began to darken. A quick reconnaissance revealed they faced overwhelming odds...Unfortunately, it was already very late, so I decided to run the battle narratively. Once again, a group of prisoners huddled together against the cold suffered a fireball—this time to no real effect. But when Amielle decided to throw a grenade at the witches’ kettle, I asked for a roll. She landed a natural 20. With that, the kettle went flying over the edge, marking the turning point of the battle and leading to the witches' defeat.In the aftermath, the King named Dame Melissa as his successor. And thus, everything unfolded according to canon... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />[/spoiler]</blockquote>

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