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<blockquote data-quote="Piratecat" data-source="post: 5830356" data-attributes="member: 2"><p>Last night was the first game at lvl 14. Since the PCs hit paragon tier:</p><p></p><p>- They received word that every Guardsman was ordered to assemble into an army to fight hags on the isle of Connabar. The order came from Commander Reymus, Logan's old enemy, so the PCs flat-out ignored it and covered up their insubordination. Recruitment officers are possessed by weird psychic parasites.</p><p></p><p>- Our heroes tracked the poisoner and golem-crafter Tanis Riverlimb to her family's "vacation home" deep in the northern swamps of Croghan. It turned out to be protected by a weird planar conjunction with the Shadowfell; the PCs entered shadow, informed the rulers of the shadow-city on the other side that the Riverlimbs had violated their agreement, and convinced them to withdraw their support of Tanis. She almost managed to kill them all with an underhanded trick, but they barely triumphed and completely destroyed her.</p><p></p><p>- The PCs discover that guardsmen returning from Connabar all seem to be infested with the psychic parasites. Returning to the capitol of the empire, civil war has broken out in the streets between factions vying for the throne. </p><p></p><p>- The PCs find the Grey Guard headquarters abandoned except for a mummified, stuffed browl (<em>not</em> owlbear). Needing the order's library, they follow the leadership to the resort town of Tagus, beseiged by an undead army who are trying to get at another contender to the throne that's hiding within. The PCs ignore the undead since that's a political matter, and in fact the undead treat them with strict neutrality since they're Grey Guard. </p><p></p><p>- The Tagus tower is heavily fortified, partially because one of the few surviving bastard sons of the late emperor is a Grey Guard member. Logan is attacked and framed by a guardsman who turns out to be Reymus himself. They organize a chase through the swamps for the PC, who manages to get back to the tower and warn everyone. Monster-infested guardsmen are dispatched, and it turns out the Reymus's room in the tower is <em>covered</em> in mirrors. Bringing mirrors into a tower is an ancient taboo, and now the group thinks they know why. The tower roof turns out to be covered in translucent egg sacks, and (in the magically summoned hurricane caused by the invading undead army) the lvl 13 PCs face off against the lvl 22 solo I'd intended to fight them at the end of Paragon tier. I anticipate a TPK.</p><p></p><p>Through quick wit and great tactics, bastards kill him in a round and a half by knocking him unconscious, dropping him off the roof of the 200' tower, and dropping catapult stones on his head from hundreds of feet up. </p><p></p><p>- The PCs now assume that Reymus managed to infect all the hundreds - thousands? probably more than a thousand - guardsmen who reported to him on Connabar. All of them have returned to their towers, and all of them have probably set up mirrors to somehow summon more of these psychic parasites (named "clath.") This is very, very bad. The PCs teleport to one such tower they know of. After almost dying in a crushing pit trap, they fight the infected guardsmen in a long and brutal battle that involves killing the mortal, and then killing the monster that's inside of it. Problem is, another 30 infected townsfolk are now standing silently outside the tower...</p><p></p><p>And that brings us to lvl 14 and the end of last night.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Piratecat, post: 5830356, member: 2"] Last night was the first game at lvl 14. Since the PCs hit paragon tier: - They received word that every Guardsman was ordered to assemble into an army to fight hags on the isle of Connabar. The order came from Commander Reymus, Logan's old enemy, so the PCs flat-out ignored it and covered up their insubordination. Recruitment officers are possessed by weird psychic parasites. - Our heroes tracked the poisoner and golem-crafter Tanis Riverlimb to her family's "vacation home" deep in the northern swamps of Croghan. It turned out to be protected by a weird planar conjunction with the Shadowfell; the PCs entered shadow, informed the rulers of the shadow-city on the other side that the Riverlimbs had violated their agreement, and convinced them to withdraw their support of Tanis. She almost managed to kill them all with an underhanded trick, but they barely triumphed and completely destroyed her. - The PCs discover that guardsmen returning from Connabar all seem to be infested with the psychic parasites. Returning to the capitol of the empire, civil war has broken out in the streets between factions vying for the throne. - The PCs find the Grey Guard headquarters abandoned except for a mummified, stuffed browl ([I]not[/I] owlbear). Needing the order's library, they follow the leadership to the resort town of Tagus, beseiged by an undead army who are trying to get at another contender to the throne that's hiding within. The PCs ignore the undead since that's a political matter, and in fact the undead treat them with strict neutrality since they're Grey Guard. - The Tagus tower is heavily fortified, partially because one of the few surviving bastard sons of the late emperor is a Grey Guard member. Logan is attacked and framed by a guardsman who turns out to be Reymus himself. They organize a chase through the swamps for the PC, who manages to get back to the tower and warn everyone. Monster-infested guardsmen are dispatched, and it turns out the Reymus's room in the tower is [i]covered[/i] in mirrors. Bringing mirrors into a tower is an ancient taboo, and now the group thinks they know why. The tower roof turns out to be covered in translucent egg sacks, and (in the magically summoned hurricane caused by the invading undead army) the lvl 13 PCs face off against the lvl 22 solo I'd intended to fight them at the end of Paragon tier. I anticipate a TPK. Through quick wit and great tactics, bastards kill him in a round and a half by knocking him unconscious, dropping him off the roof of the 200' tower, and dropping catapult stones on his head from hundreds of feet up. - The PCs now assume that Reymus managed to infect all the hundreds - thousands? probably more than a thousand - guardsmen who reported to him on Connabar. All of them have returned to their towers, and all of them have probably set up mirrors to somehow summon more of these psychic parasites (named "clath.") This is very, very bad. The PCs teleport to one such tower they know of. After almost dying in a crushing pit trap, they fight the infected guardsmen in a long and brutal battle that involves killing the mortal, and then killing the monster that's inside of it. Problem is, another 30 infected townsfolk are now standing silently outside the tower... And that brings us to lvl 14 and the end of last night. [/QUOTE]
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