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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mikeawmids1" data-source="post: 9627649" data-attributes="member: 7030604">Session 6With war on the horizon and their leaders indisposed, the citizens of Caerfell look to the Runewardens for hope. Tink gives a rousing speech to inspire the common folk. He breaks 20+ on his Persuasion roll and Rosalind gives him a Ring of Unimpeachable Courage (immune to Frightened condition, can remove the condition from allies within 10ft as bonus action, thanks Book of Wondrous Magic).Lucinda Travers and Colton Frey approach the party. The Runewardens clearly have no idea who they are. Nevermind! They are now engaged and expecting their first child, and are looking for honest work and a place to start their family. The Runewardens hire them both as live-in caretakers of the Widderspire Lodge.Rosalind suggests the party find a guide to traverse Redcap Pass, and evade the Broken King's patrols. Ianto the Red and his not-so-merry men still languish in the dungeon, after Sir Bruno convinced Lord Caerfell to spare their lives, and not all of them are hardened criminals. The Runewardens speak with thug captain Harden (whom they previously subjected to psychological torture). He doesn't hold a grudge and genuinely regrets his actions. Harden agrees to help the Runewardens in the hope of redeeming himself.Malicraft appears to Apogee with a hag's bargain. In exchange for the promise that the Runewardens undertake a job for her in the future (no questions asked!), she offers to create a Soul Jar that will trap the soul of a recenly deceased individual and allow them to be resurrected. Apogee takes the deal and binds herself to the witch's terms. The party also buy a few potions from the capitalist hag, including a Potion of Diminution.The Runewardens leave Caerfell, crossing Redcap Pass to reach Burly Point unseen, and avoid the main force of the Broken Kings army. Harden proves a savvy guide and there are no random encounters along the way.<a href="https://i.postimg.cc/SxpbMQt9/Mountain-Goblin.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/SxpbMQt9/Mountain-Goblin.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></a>The dwarven settlement is besieged! A sea of goblins ebbs and flows like some apocalyptic tide. Armoured ogres haul ramshackle siege towers toward the walls. A muscular hill giant hurls boulders at the defenders along the battlement. Above it all, the Broken King surveys the battlefield from the back of a wyvern. A unit of worg cavalry spots the party and moves to intercept. Fearing the Runewardens are about to initiate a suicidal head-on assault aginst the entire goblin army, the dwarven defenders lower a rope ladder, and urge the heroes to climb!"This ladder looks a lot like a railroad." Claus quips, earning a Hero Point for funny.Keeper Coppertank is relieved to see the Runewardens, but wishes Caerfell had sent more men. A horn blares from the battlements; the goblins are making another push! Greenskinned invaders swarm up ladders in overwhelming numbers! Arrows fall amidst the defenders like deadly rain! A siege tower creeps ever closer to the walls, ready to disgorge more enemies unless the heroes do something about it!The Runewardens wade into the fray! The sheer quantity of goblins makes movement uncertain. Every round, the goblin swarm regains 1d4 HP for each ladder still in use, so the heroes prioritise destroying those ladders. Tink directs a dwarven canon crew to fire on the siege tower. Apogee hovers over the battlefield and upends her Bag of Tricks onto the horde; a black bear falls out and mauls a dozen goblins before succumbing to their spears. Tink fires again, not realising Apogee is in the canon's trajectory. Apogee activates monk naughty word to catch the cannonball mid-air(!), but is still blasted backwards through several ranks of hobgoblin archers. The siege tower stalls and Claus sets it ablaze, barbecuing the goblins trapped inside.<a href="https://i.postimg.cc/Pq5XCrP4/cannonball-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/Pq5XCrP4/cannonball-1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></a>A horn sounds, calling reinforcements to the main gate. The Runewardens arrive just as a hill giant (and another goblin swarm) break through. Apogee goes full Ant Man and flies up the giant's snozz, then goes to town on its brain stem with dual daggers. The giant tries to snort her out, but she is wedged up in there real good. Brother Alistair casts Toll the Dead, ringing the giant's skull like a church bell; even Apogee takes damage. Hamar charges and beheads the distressed brute. The head rolls away, and a gore-covered fairy crawls out. The remaining goblins flee!Suddenly, the wyvern swoops out of the sky and rakes Tink with sharpened claws! Tink readies his bow to return fire, but the bowstring snaps (two consecutive 1's rolled to attack)! Claus casts Fly on himself and magically compels the wyvern to do a barrel roll, trying to dislodge its rider. The Broken King manages to stay on. Apogee tries to grapple the wyvern mid-air, but it swerves to avoid the blood-soaked murder sprite.The wyvern alights on the roof of a tower. Hamar hurls a javelin, tearing through the leathery membrane of its wing. Sir Bruno uses the dead giant's gas-bloated corpse as a trampoline to bounce into melee. He crosses steel with the Broken King, a fragmented statue of a regal figure held together by wisps of ghostly energy. Sir Bruno notices his opponent wields Truth Teller - one of the seven Highvale Blades! Taking advantage of Sir Bruno's preoccupation with his fancy sword, the Broken King lands a life-draining touch attack that incapacitates the brave knight! Apogee pours a health potion down Sir Bruno's throat, whilst Hamar fights the Broken King. A flurry of reckless attacks reduces the Broken King to rubble. The wyvern tries to flee, but - still raging(!) - Hamar mounts the escaping monster and beheads it mid-air, sending them both plummeting to the ground.<a href="https://i.postimg.cc/jjmpRsNC/2dd28373ece31c8faf242e8448db6aea.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/jjmpRsNC/2dd28373ece31c8faf242e8448db6aea.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></a>The shattered pieces of the Broken King reform into the form of an anguished human male. This is Galthyr Lionfell, last Lord of Lionfell Keep. He thanks the Runewardens for releasing him from the terrible pact he made with Medusa, which bound his tortured soul to his petrified body. Lord Lionfell offers the hilt of Truth Teller to Sir Bruno, and asks that the Runewardens vow to see Medusa slain for the great evil she has wrought. Sir Bruno swears upon the ancient blade to end the sorceress, and the troubled spectre of Lord Lionfell is finally laid to rest.Hamar butchers the wyvern, and gives Tink the monster's heartstring to repair his bow, transforming the weapon into a +1 Bow of the Wyvern (4 charges, expend 1 charge to add poison to next attack, target rolls Con 15 or +1d10 poison damage, and Poisoned condition for one minute). Keeper Coppertank thanks the Runewardens for their aid, and comissions a statue to celebrate their victory. Magic items are dolled out like confetti; a bandolier of dwarven grenades (reskinned Necklace of Fireballs), Gauntlets of Dwarven Might (... Ogre Power), a Giantslayer's Hammer and blackpowder musket.Though the Broken King is no more, and his army has dispersed - the fey sorceress Medusa yet plots in the dungeons below the Broken Keep, a poisonous cyst the heroes must cut out before the Runewild can heal from the effects of her warmongering.TBCXP CalculatorTed's inspirational speech - 100xpHiring Lucinda & Colt - 100xpNot remembering who they were - minus 100xpRedeeming Harden - 100xpMaking hag's bargain with Malicraft - 100xpAvoiding patrols in Redcap Pass - 250xp2x Goblin Swarms - 3600xp3x Ogres - 1350xpDestroying the siege tower - 500xp1x Hill Giant - 1800xpDefeating the Broken King + Wyvern - 4000xpRecovering 1 of 7 Highvale Blades - 500xpMaking vow to slay Medusa - 100xp= 12,400 / 6 = 2,066+ 7420 = 9486next level up (6) at 14,000</blockquote>

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