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<blockquote data-quote="Samuel Cole" data-source="post: 6402938" data-attributes="member: 6668319"><p><strong>Session 3: Assault on the Duchess's tower</strong></p><p></p><p>This session went largely according to plan, with a couple major differences:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Eogan managed to ditch the guy he was supposed to bodyguard and rejoin the party just in time to recognize his brother, Asrabey, cutting his way through the Risuri ranks. He then spent the rest of the session trying to prevent his fellow constables from realizing he had a connection to the "fey terrorists."<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The player of Ulharaja (the dragonborn from Ber) had to leave early, so after the party did some snooping around the fort, Captain Rutger Smith came up to the party and gave them some magecuffs that they'd found while looting the fort. He offers to demonstrate how they work to the party and puts a pair on Ulharaja, then gets her to demonstrate how casting a spell deals damage to the caster.<br /> <br /> This, of course, was just a ploy did get Ulharaja into magecuffs, and which point he arrests her for sedition, sabotage, and arson - apparently, he has an eye witness in Flint who's seen her setting fire to Risuri factories with another dragonborn accomplice. He leads her off in chains.<br /> <br /> (In addition to providing a handy excuse for getting her out of the action early and nicely foreshadowing the arsonists in adventure 2, this sets the tone that Risuri think that all dragonborn look alike and even have difficulty distinguishing dragonborn genders. I believe that D&D is really just a creative exploration of racism.)<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Despite numerous hints that Gillie was only resisting the party because she thought they were trying to help Asrabey attack the Duchess, and despite the fact that at least two members of our party are deeply sympathetic to the fey, the constables cut Gillie down without hesitation. I think they are coldblooded sociopaths, every one of them. (Also, in my game Gillie was a girl because I grabbed the wrong lego minifig.)<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The party sent Zahn up to spy on Asrabey, and he overheard the conversation with the Duchess. He listened to the end, at which point Asrabey noticed him, called him into the light, and delivered his terms (guaranteed safe passage back to Risur, he keeps the tiefling, etc). The party discussed this, and decided to agree to his terms while actually planning to ambush him just outside the tower. Seriously, they are sociopaths.<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Asrabey emerged from the tower with his two hostages and was jumped, which did not go so well since no one could hit him except on a natural 20. Knowing that he couldn't flee while carrying two hostages, he immediately stabbed the Duchess through the head with his flaming sword. Two more rounds ensue with Asrabey standing his ground and dishing out damage before Stana realizes that he'd be running if he weren't trying to take Nathan with him. So, naturally, she puts a lightning bolt through Nathan's chest, removing Asrabey's incentive to continue the fight. Sociopaths.<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Asrabey runs away, and the party makes some heroic heal checks to bring Nathan back to consciousness before he fails his last death save. (The Duchess was beyond help.) They hand him over to Delft as a prisoner, but tell Lya that he was captured by the fey. I'm sure that there's no chance that lying to their future queen about her own family could possibly bite them on the ass in the future...<br /> </li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Samuel Cole, post: 6402938, member: 6668319"] [b]Session 3: Assault on the Duchess's tower[/b] This session went largely according to plan, with a couple major differences: [LIST] [*]Eogan managed to ditch the guy he was supposed to bodyguard and rejoin the party just in time to recognize his brother, Asrabey, cutting his way through the Risuri ranks. He then spent the rest of the session trying to prevent his fellow constables from realizing he had a connection to the "fey terrorists." [*]The player of Ulharaja (the dragonborn from Ber) had to leave early, so after the party did some snooping around the fort, Captain Rutger Smith came up to the party and gave them some magecuffs that they'd found while looting the fort. He offers to demonstrate how they work to the party and puts a pair on Ulharaja, then gets her to demonstrate how casting a spell deals damage to the caster. This, of course, was just a ploy did get Ulharaja into magecuffs, and which point he arrests her for sedition, sabotage, and arson - apparently, he has an eye witness in Flint who's seen her setting fire to Risuri factories with another dragonborn accomplice. He leads her off in chains. (In addition to providing a handy excuse for getting her out of the action early and nicely foreshadowing the arsonists in adventure 2, this sets the tone that Risuri think that all dragonborn look alike and even have difficulty distinguishing dragonborn genders. I believe that D&D is really just a creative exploration of racism.) [*]Despite numerous hints that Gillie was only resisting the party because she thought they were trying to help Asrabey attack the Duchess, and despite the fact that at least two members of our party are deeply sympathetic to the fey, the constables cut Gillie down without hesitation. I think they are coldblooded sociopaths, every one of them. (Also, in my game Gillie was a girl because I grabbed the wrong lego minifig.) [*]The party sent Zahn up to spy on Asrabey, and he overheard the conversation with the Duchess. He listened to the end, at which point Asrabey noticed him, called him into the light, and delivered his terms (guaranteed safe passage back to Risur, he keeps the tiefling, etc). The party discussed this, and decided to agree to his terms while actually planning to ambush him just outside the tower. Seriously, they are sociopaths. [*]Asrabey emerged from the tower with his two hostages and was jumped, which did not go so well since no one could hit him except on a natural 20. Knowing that he couldn't flee while carrying two hostages, he immediately stabbed the Duchess through the head with his flaming sword. Two more rounds ensue with Asrabey standing his ground and dishing out damage before Stana realizes that he'd be running if he weren't trying to take Nathan with him. So, naturally, she puts a lightning bolt through Nathan's chest, removing Asrabey's incentive to continue the fight. Sociopaths. [*] Asrabey runs away, and the party makes some heroic heal checks to bring Nathan back to consciousness before he fails his last death save. (The Duchess was beyond help.) They hand him over to Delft as a prisoner, but tell Lya that he was captured by the fey. I'm sure that there's no chance that lying to their future queen about her own family could possibly bite them on the ass in the future... [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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