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<blockquote data-quote="Echolocation" data-source="post: 8219065" data-attributes="member: 7011911"><p><strong>Session 49</strong></p><p><em>Courtesy of Angharad's player</em></p><p>Asrabey, even if he couldn't understand the argument before, could tell that there had been tension, and asked if they were able to work together for the mission. With some nods, the party would move on to inspect the corpses at the base of the large tree, they were dressed in druidic styled robes and cats were feasting upon them. The druids had been dead for a few days, and the bruising around their necks very strongly implied they were hung.</p><p></p><p>Ella was first up the tree, Angharad and Lisandra after her, with Asrabey coming in last. Rotting food could be smelt and rocks being flung at the team as they traversed upwards. When they had made it up the staircase, they entered a small room and got into a scrap with some gremlins hiding in the roof , flinging rocks, making people unlucky and spell resistance. It was a glorious, confusing fight.</p><p></p><p>With a simple stab to the ankle, Angharad was thrown to the ground and had a noose wrapped around his neck, but it didn't really stop him. With some combat tricks, the team won the fight.</p><p></p><p>Ella would find a fairly untouched office, that wasn't really explored while B.A.D went onwards, found an abandoned playrooom that seemed like it was in use semi recently, fitting within the 2 days potentially for the dead druids. A class room filled with mud people, probably from bored gremlins and then a gremlin bedroom was found. Asrabey offered to "deal" with the sleeping gremlins, even if he seemed reluctant to do it. The stench in that room was nearly life endangering, dazing Lisandra and Angharad, while Asrabey could function in there. Ella didn't go in for some reason..</p><p></p><p>As the team kept moving south, with a impressive entrance, a mask would form in front of the southern most satellite building. A floating mask with antlers and leaves around it. "Greetings, I an Ekossigan of Spring." Asrabey and Angharad would move forwards, interposing themselves between the Fae Lord and the ladies. Ekossigan of Spring would launch into a small speech, calling Asrabey the guard dog of the court, and Team B.A.D his pups. Telling the party that there is something inside Cauldron Hill, and that Asrabey's wife is the gardener. Kasvarina, and that she doesn't remember him. And that Ekossigan could get there, but it comes at a step price. Death, and death of the freshest flowers. And from the other satellite buildings, children's anxious cries could now be heard. Lisandra and Ella would rush to try and free children, even as Ekossigan of Spring would pass over to Ekossigan of Winter. His other forms overlapping to distract the eyes. A snow leopard, covered in ice would wrench itself from space.</p><p></p><p>[SPOILER='Ekossigan's "other forms overlapping"']</p><p>I had Ekossigan of Winter enter the world with three mirror images, each embodying one of the other seasons. Upon shattering, the mirror image grants Ekossigan a slight advantage in the combat:</p><p><em>Ekossigan of Spring</em>: When struck, erupts in a healing bloom, healing him for 2d6 HP.</p><p><em>Ekossigan of Summer</em>: When struck, dries Ekossigan of Winter into a hardy wood. This suppresses Ekossigan's vulnerability to fire for one round.</p><p><em>Ekossigan of Autumn</em>: When struck, erupts into autumn leaves that cloud the attacker's vision, blinding them for one round.</p><p>[/SPOILER]</p><p></p><p>Asrabey would inform Angharad he will stop the army of fae coming up, that he must stop Ekossigan but not kill him, and then Angharad faced the Fae Lord alone. Angharad would shatter Springs image, while Ella and Lisandra struggled to get the children out, struggling with the bordered up, the grown over doors. The Angharad would be bitten by the snow leapord, eyes locking on to it, but even as that happened, once again Angharad would fall prey to a Fae's machincation with his mind, and hit the floor, asleep. Cracking of the branch that Lisandra and Ella were on, still trying to free the children and then Ella would succumb to a confusion effect. And now lastly, Lisandra the only functioning member of the team, would watch as she couldnt stop the branch they wre on breaking..</p><p></p><p>Falling..</p><p></p><p>Nothing they could do. But Gale, weak, struggling from the fight before, but free from her compulsion would come to the aid of the party. Her wind powers catching Lisandra and Ella, striving to stop the dorm from falling as well,but its mass was too much for her, and it hit the ground, cracking, shattering. Destroying some of the fae army, but also those poor children inside. Gale would wake Angharad, Ella waking Lisandra with her claws in a moment of confusion. But even as they would redouble their efforts, Angharad enraged that once again Fae messed with his mind, Ella still in the throes of confusion, attacking Asrabey with everything she has, And Lisandra, watching more dormitories fall, would save Angharad from his own focus. Gale, flitting about, not strong enough to help the children.</p><p></p><p>"Put down your arms! The children are as good as dead. Their sacrifices will be in vain if I am slaughtered!" But his logic could not save him, Lissandra giving out healing magic while Angharad struck down Ekossigan of Winter. The great tree would stop decaying, the fae army falling back as Ekossigan of Winter was brought back to wakefulness. the last few boys saved by Lissandra, Ella and Gale.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]133898[/ATTACH]</p><p><em>Three of four dormitories fell. When Ekossigan was defeated, the final batch of children were one round from plummeting.</em></p><p></p><p>Ekossigan of Winter would tell the team of his disappointment with Risur making a treaty with Danor, that he would find proof that Risur was failing in its duties to the Court. But instead he would find something that horrified him. The Court would deny his claims what he saw in the belly of the mountain though. Angharad would ask about where he can find Arianrhod in the Dreaming when the others were not nearby and was informed that he brought her here.</p><p></p><p>Ekossigan of Winter would laugh at Asrabey, that he had sworn to protect him from any others hands. Angharad would offer to deal the blow, knowing it meant trouble for himself, but Asrabey had other plans. "Protect you from any others hands, yes. But not your own." And would force Ekkosigan of Winter to hold a cold iron stake, and draw the point across his own neck.</p><p></p><p>Team BAD, struggling with the after effects of their mission, would separate over the walk back. Ella leaving earlier, heading away without a word. Angharad, barely paying attention as he helped Lissandra set the boys up, before excusing himself half way through, walking into the Cloudwood and Lisandra, getting the boys settled before heading back, to listen to spirits and do what she can to help all the boys of the school. Both dead and alive.</p><p></p><p>And that my friends, is what happened last time on Zeitgiest.</p><p></p><p><strong>DM Notes</strong></p><p></p><p>As I've already mentioned, the encounter was very well received. This is despite Ella spending the entire encounter confused, and Angharad spending it most of the time sleeping. The party also had a lot of fun with the gremlins.</p><p></p><p>For those interested, I've attached two documents written by players to describe their character's actions. In <em>Broken Boughs and Fallen Cradles</em>, Lisandra ventures back with help to collect the deceased and explore the orphanage. In <em>After the Rain</em>, Ella returns to her family's Nettle home (they have since relocated to the Cloudwood camp) to dwell on her actions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Echolocation, post: 8219065, member: 7011911"] [B]Session 49[/B] [I]Courtesy of Angharad's player[/I] Asrabey, even if he couldn't understand the argument before, could tell that there had been tension, and asked if they were able to work together for the mission. With some nods, the party would move on to inspect the corpses at the base of the large tree, they were dressed in druidic styled robes and cats were feasting upon them. The druids had been dead for a few days, and the bruising around their necks very strongly implied they were hung. Ella was first up the tree, Angharad and Lisandra after her, with Asrabey coming in last. Rotting food could be smelt and rocks being flung at the team as they traversed upwards. When they had made it up the staircase, they entered a small room and got into a scrap with some gremlins hiding in the roof , flinging rocks, making people unlucky and spell resistance. It was a glorious, confusing fight. With a simple stab to the ankle, Angharad was thrown to the ground and had a noose wrapped around his neck, but it didn't really stop him. With some combat tricks, the team won the fight. Ella would find a fairly untouched office, that wasn't really explored while B.A.D went onwards, found an abandoned playrooom that seemed like it was in use semi recently, fitting within the 2 days potentially for the dead druids. A class room filled with mud people, probably from bored gremlins and then a gremlin bedroom was found. Asrabey offered to "deal" with the sleeping gremlins, even if he seemed reluctant to do it. The stench in that room was nearly life endangering, dazing Lisandra and Angharad, while Asrabey could function in there. Ella didn't go in for some reason.. As the team kept moving south, with a impressive entrance, a mask would form in front of the southern most satellite building. A floating mask with antlers and leaves around it. "Greetings, I an Ekossigan of Spring." Asrabey and Angharad would move forwards, interposing themselves between the Fae Lord and the ladies. Ekossigan of Spring would launch into a small speech, calling Asrabey the guard dog of the court, and Team B.A.D his pups. Telling the party that there is something inside Cauldron Hill, and that Asrabey's wife is the gardener. Kasvarina, and that she doesn't remember him. And that Ekossigan could get there, but it comes at a step price. Death, and death of the freshest flowers. And from the other satellite buildings, children's anxious cries could now be heard. Lisandra and Ella would rush to try and free children, even as Ekossigan of Spring would pass over to Ekossigan of Winter. His other forms overlapping to distract the eyes. A snow leopard, covered in ice would wrench itself from space. [SPOILER='Ekossigan's "other forms overlapping"'] I had Ekossigan of Winter enter the world with three mirror images, each embodying one of the other seasons. Upon shattering, the mirror image grants Ekossigan a slight advantage in the combat: [I]Ekossigan of Spring[/I]: When struck, erupts in a healing bloom, healing him for 2d6 HP. [I]Ekossigan of Summer[/I]: When struck, dries Ekossigan of Winter into a hardy wood. This suppresses Ekossigan's vulnerability to fire for one round. [I]Ekossigan of Autumn[/I]: When struck, erupts into autumn leaves that cloud the attacker's vision, blinding them for one round. [/SPOILER] Asrabey would inform Angharad he will stop the army of fae coming up, that he must stop Ekossigan but not kill him, and then Angharad faced the Fae Lord alone. Angharad would shatter Springs image, while Ella and Lisandra struggled to get the children out, struggling with the bordered up, the grown over doors. The Angharad would be bitten by the snow leapord, eyes locking on to it, but even as that happened, once again Angharad would fall prey to a Fae's machincation with his mind, and hit the floor, asleep. Cracking of the branch that Lisandra and Ella were on, still trying to free the children and then Ella would succumb to a confusion effect. And now lastly, Lisandra the only functioning member of the team, would watch as she couldnt stop the branch they wre on breaking.. Falling.. Nothing they could do. But Gale, weak, struggling from the fight before, but free from her compulsion would come to the aid of the party. Her wind powers catching Lisandra and Ella, striving to stop the dorm from falling as well,but its mass was too much for her, and it hit the ground, cracking, shattering. Destroying some of the fae army, but also those poor children inside. Gale would wake Angharad, Ella waking Lisandra with her claws in a moment of confusion. But even as they would redouble their efforts, Angharad enraged that once again Fae messed with his mind, Ella still in the throes of confusion, attacking Asrabey with everything she has, And Lisandra, watching more dormitories fall, would save Angharad from his own focus. Gale, flitting about, not strong enough to help the children. "Put down your arms! The children are as good as dead. Their sacrifices will be in vain if I am slaughtered!" But his logic could not save him, Lissandra giving out healing magic while Angharad struck down Ekossigan of Winter. The great tree would stop decaying, the fae army falling back as Ekossigan of Winter was brought back to wakefulness. the last few boys saved by Lissandra, Ella and Gale. [ATTACH type="full" width="895px" alt="1615279095747.png"]133898[/ATTACH] [I]Three of four dormitories fell. When Ekossigan was defeated, the final batch of children were one round from plummeting.[/I] Ekossigan of Winter would tell the team of his disappointment with Risur making a treaty with Danor, that he would find proof that Risur was failing in its duties to the Court. But instead he would find something that horrified him. The Court would deny his claims what he saw in the belly of the mountain though. Angharad would ask about where he can find Arianrhod in the Dreaming when the others were not nearby and was informed that he brought her here. Ekossigan of Winter would laugh at Asrabey, that he had sworn to protect him from any others hands. Angharad would offer to deal the blow, knowing it meant trouble for himself, but Asrabey had other plans. "Protect you from any others hands, yes. But not your own." And would force Ekkosigan of Winter to hold a cold iron stake, and draw the point across his own neck. Team BAD, struggling with the after effects of their mission, would separate over the walk back. Ella leaving earlier, heading away without a word. Angharad, barely paying attention as he helped Lissandra set the boys up, before excusing himself half way through, walking into the Cloudwood and Lisandra, getting the boys settled before heading back, to listen to spirits and do what she can to help all the boys of the school. Both dead and alive. And that my friends, is what happened last time on Zeitgiest. [B]DM Notes[/B] As I've already mentioned, the encounter was very well received. This is despite Ella spending the entire encounter confused, and Angharad spending it most of the time sleeping. The party also had a lot of fun with the gremlins. For those interested, I've attached two documents written by players to describe their character's actions. In [I]Broken Boughs and Fallen Cradles[/I], Lisandra ventures back with help to collect the deceased and explore the orphanage. In [I]After the Rain[/I], Ella returns to her family's Nettle home (they have since relocated to the Cloudwood camp) to dwell on her actions. [/QUOTE]
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