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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mikeawmids1" data-source="post: 9639902" data-attributes="member: 7030604">Session 8While the rest of the party debate how to bypass the remaining gargoyles, Hamar invisibly slips through the mirror door to Medusa's lair. He follows the stream to a cavernous grotto beneath the keep, where a beautiful woman bathes naked in the crystal clear water. Her long hair writhes unsettlingly, but Hamar is too busy staring at her tits to notice. Unable to master his raging Goliath libido, Hamar joins the sorceress in the water. Medusa is not charmed by the invisible pervert act and calls on her monstrous offspring Gorgon to attack the trespasser.An armoured bull monster charges out of the shadows to brutally gore the horny barbarian! Hamar exits the pool, and Gorgon loses track of him amidst the dripping stalagmites. Hamar restrains Medusa in a powerful bear hug, believing her to be helpless against his might. Strands of her serpntine hair lash out, sinking their venemous fangs into the goliath's flesh over and over. Hamar succumbs to poison damage and is incapacitated. Gorgon lumbers over and tramples his twitching body under hoof. RIP HAMAR.<a href="https://i.postimg.cc/MTxtqcWV/9d1f68176f473f5e580482cc2bf27d9d.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/MTxtqcWV/9d1f68176f473f5e580482cc2bf27d9d.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></a>Meanwhile, back in the throne room! Gargoyles smash through the windows and attack the Runewardens. The heroes defeat them easily and climb down to the cave entrance hidden behind the waterfall. They arrive in Medusa's gotto just in time to witness Hamar's inglorious end. Gorgon exhales a cloud of green smog over the new arrivals; Apogee drops to the ground as her wings turn to stone. Tink lobs a dwarven grenade at the bull monster, exploding Gorgon into brisket. Medusa curses the Runewardens for slaying her children; they are no better than Galthyr Lionfell and deserve to be driven out of the Runewild for good! Sir Bruno meets her hateful gaze and is restrained. Apogee averts her eyes, pulls the pin on a grenade and rolls it along the cave floor to stop at Medusa's feet.<a href="https://img.freepik.com/free-vector/comic-speech-bubble-with-boom-text_1308-61727.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://img.freepik.com/free-vector/comic-speech-bubble-with-boom-text_1308-61727.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></a>Medusa is no more. Tink finds Gorgon's nose-ring (Ring of the Ram), and lots of gold pilfered from the keep. The Runewardens now have over 45,000 in loose change(!).The heroes return to Caerfell to report their success. Lord Fairwind signs over ownership of Broken Keep to the Runewardens to establish a bastion in the Runewild. The dwarves of Burly Point can restore the ruin to a habitable condition for 20,000gp. The party scoff at that paltry sum and hand over the cash. Rennovations will begin immediately. The Runewardens begin advertising for new recruits to join the burgeoning organisation. They hire Dante, an Aasimar bounty hunter (Adam's new character, ported straight from Capcom's Devil May Cry). Dante doesn't have a backstory, as no-one expects him to live long enough for one to matter.<a href="https://i.postimg.cc/VNPWWS0p/Dante-DMC.png" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/VNPWWS0p/Dante-DMC.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></a>Before the Runewardens can plan their next action, they are visited by Hoorah the Bunny-Girl. She is frantic with worry; Korthsuva has Seventails cornered and is going to kill him! The heroes are transported to the Pookah King's demi-plane to stop the Hag of Hours. Wraith-like spectres flood through a great tear in the sky, and the face of a huge clock hangs overhead, hands spinning madly. The bodies of seven giant foxes lie strewn across the approach to the standing stones where Korthsuva has Seventails trapped.Korthsuva warns the Runewardens not to interfere. Seventails implores the heroes to find the Clockmaker, as re-sealing Korthsuva's time-manipulating magic is the only way to truly defeat her!The Runewardens can't stand by and watch an ally die in front of them. The heroes attack the Hag of Hours. Every time they successfully attack, Korthsuva rewinds time to negate the damage. A swarm of temporal spectres descend to stop the Runewardens hassling the hag, aging the heroes by a span of years each time they land a blow. Taking advantage of the extended lifespan of the Aasimar, Dante pushes through to reach Korthsuva, placing himself between Seventails and the hag. Korthsuva orders him to move - or die. Dante considers his options... and steps aside. Hell, it's practically his first day on the job and he ain't dying for a paycheck. Korthsuva casts Powerword Kill. A bolt of necrotic energy strikes the Pookah King in the chest! Heroically, Sir Bruno uses the Helm of the Intercessor to redirect the damage to him! The selfless paladin is laid low by the killing spell! RIP SIR BRUNO.Korthsuva curses the Runewardens for denying her revenge. Not that it matters - with the right rituals she can reshape history to suit her purposes. Everything the Runewardens have accomplished will be undone when she triggers the Great Reset, restoring the Runewild to its original, primordial state before it was contaminated by man. Korthsuva teleports away, and the huge tear in the sky closes up like a old wound.Tink suddenly recalls the Soul Jar they got from Malicraft before the Battle for Burly Point, and snares Sir Bruno's spirit so he can be resurrected. Seventails survived, but can no longer wander the Runewild freely as he once did. The Pookah King urges the Runewardens to seek the Clockmaker and re-seal Korthsuva's magic - before she enacts her ritual to revert the Runewild to the dark ages.TBC - in a future rotation!The Runewardens will return in October 2025.XP Calculator5x Gargoyles - 2250xpMeduda & Gorgon - 4,100xpClaiming Broken Keep as a Bastion - 500xpDefeating Korthsuva (temporarily) - 5000xpSaving Seventails - 1000xpSir Bruno's heroic sacrifice - 500xp= 13,350 / 5 = 2670+ 10,896 = 13,566 + season finale bonus = 14,000The Runewardns level up (6)!</blockquote>

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