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<blockquote data-quote="Tolamaker" data-source="post: 8428467" data-attributes="member: 7031495"><p><strong>Session 5</strong></p><p></p><p>Crystin wakes up her father, a cantankerous man who does NOT want to leave. As Gruz and Mishka try and convince him, Eluriah suddenly announces that there's nothing they can do, and goes to leave. She opens the door to see a group of Ragesian soldiers and an Inquisitor approaching, and Haddin commands them to protect him. Eluriah immediately unleashes Artemis, and the battle is on. Aripose and Gruz deal with a pair of goblin rogues in the back, while Mishka and Eluriah take the front. Eluriah takes three hits in a row, and is terribly wounded, but the damage snaps her out of her haze, and she realizes Haddin was <em>dominating</em> her. Inquisitor Boreus <em>cancels</em> a Catapult spell from Orwin, and then <em>Burning Hands</em> Mishka, Eluriah, and almost killing Torrent. The barbarian Smiley is <em>dominated</em> by Haddin, but Boreus dispels it, and the confused barbarian takes an Enlarge potion. It doesn't do any good, as Gruz <em>Mind Spikes</em> him immediately after, killing him. Mishka catches the Inquisitor with a javelin to the back, and the fight ends with the remaining soldiers surrendering.</p><p></p><p>The party interrogate them and find out that the Inquisitor and his retinue expected there to only be Haddin and his wife and child. They explain that mages are rounded up, and then sent back to Ragesia. Mishka convinces them to tell their superiors that Smiley and Inquisitor Boreus chased them foolishly into the Fire Forest. Orwin tells Haddin that there will be more Inquisitors coming, and Haddin begrudgingly begins packing his things. The party is able to gain a little gold and a few crafting materials, and take a short rest before heading into the Forest. Will they be the first beings to make it through alive? Can they ever escape the overbearing shadow of the Empire? Will Torrent ever roll above a ten? We find out, next week!</p><p></p><p><strong>Post-Session Thoughts</strong></p><p></p><p>Hoo boy, this one was a doozy. Loved all of the roleplay stuff, while the fight was a mess on my end. Everyone absolutely despises Haddin only a few minutes after meeting him, so mission accomplished. They were angry enough he was dominating Eluriah, but Crystin was helping in the fight with magic missile (with one max damage hit on Smiley) before Haddin told her to go hide with him. At the time, she had done the most damage, and they were worried they were in for a tough fight. The dice eventually turned around. But not before Torrent went down, then took damage from the burning hands, and rolled a nat 1 on her death saves. Everyone freaked out, I found it funny to lose their NPC guide, but then three different people offered their inspiration to let her reroll, so I did. Sill failed, but wasn't dead outright, but it was good to put some fear in them before she got healed. Also, no joke, Torrent did not roll above a ten all session. Not on attack rolls or saves.</p><p></p><p>Mishka's player has started a collection of bear skulls from the Inquisitor and Smiley. She believes the Ragesians are desecrating them. Good stuff. Also, everyone got to shine in the fight.</p><p></p><p>Aripos and Gruz - Split the party to eviscerate the goblins. Aripos got off a nasty sneak attack to kill one at almost full health, and Gruz dove through a window (1d4 slashing damage) when the the doorway was blocked off. This is a holdover from his CoS character, who also liked to take damage from diving through church windows.</p><p>Eluriah - Accidental tank from the domination, held off javelins from the soldiers, and threw heals around keeping everyone up.</p><p>Orwin - Mechanicles, his cat homunculs dealt some nasty damage, and his temp hp turret gave enough buffs to last the fight.</p><p>Mishka - Held Smiley in one place, and took an enlarged hit to the face.</p><p></p><p>And everyone got to single digit health except for Aripos. Boreus was untouched until he began to run away after Smiley died, where he then got utterly demolished, so they got all his healing potions.</p><p></p><p>The NPCs on the other hand were a mess, and its my fault. I completely forgot how Cancel worked, and had Boreus doing other stuff until I remembered two or three rounds in, "Oh yeah, I should probably let the antimagic cleric do some antimagic." Felt bad after some big spells went off, and kind of threw me off my groove. I don't usually get down on my mistakes too much, but I just felt especially dumb after forgetting that. In reality, I think it was a really good fight, I was just in a funk. I also didn't pop Enlarge until too late, so Smiley only got to take a single swing with it.</p><p></p><p>Players finally got their level up, but we only took a short rest, so the next session should be interesting. Everyone took an ASI, so they're already jonesing for level 5.</p><p></p><p><strong>Changes to the module</strong></p><p></p><p>Somehow, I don't think I made any changes at all! I knew the fight would be long, and I'm really interested in seeing where Crystin and Haddin's story goes. I guess officially I gave Torrent death saves, but I do that for most NPCs tagalongs and to bosses with minions that can heal them. Overall, great session.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tolamaker, post: 8428467, member: 7031495"] [B]Session 5[/B] Crystin wakes up her father, a cantankerous man who does NOT want to leave. As Gruz and Mishka try and convince him, Eluriah suddenly announces that there's nothing they can do, and goes to leave. She opens the door to see a group of Ragesian soldiers and an Inquisitor approaching, and Haddin commands them to protect him. Eluriah immediately unleashes Artemis, and the battle is on. Aripose and Gruz deal with a pair of goblin rogues in the back, while Mishka and Eluriah take the front. Eluriah takes three hits in a row, and is terribly wounded, but the damage snaps her out of her haze, and she realizes Haddin was [I]dominating[/I] her. Inquisitor Boreus [I]cancels[/I] a Catapult spell from Orwin, and then [I]Burning Hands[/I] Mishka, Eluriah, and almost killing Torrent. The barbarian Smiley is [I]dominated[/I] by Haddin, but Boreus dispels it, and the confused barbarian takes an Enlarge potion. It doesn't do any good, as Gruz [I]Mind Spikes[/I] him immediately after, killing him. Mishka catches the Inquisitor with a javelin to the back, and the fight ends with the remaining soldiers surrendering. The party interrogate them and find out that the Inquisitor and his retinue expected there to only be Haddin and his wife and child. They explain that mages are rounded up, and then sent back to Ragesia. Mishka convinces them to tell their superiors that Smiley and Inquisitor Boreus chased them foolishly into the Fire Forest. Orwin tells Haddin that there will be more Inquisitors coming, and Haddin begrudgingly begins packing his things. The party is able to gain a little gold and a few crafting materials, and take a short rest before heading into the Forest. Will they be the first beings to make it through alive? Can they ever escape the overbearing shadow of the Empire? Will Torrent ever roll above a ten? We find out, next week! [B]Post-Session Thoughts[/B] Hoo boy, this one was a doozy. Loved all of the roleplay stuff, while the fight was a mess on my end. Everyone absolutely despises Haddin only a few minutes after meeting him, so mission accomplished. They were angry enough he was dominating Eluriah, but Crystin was helping in the fight with magic missile (with one max damage hit on Smiley) before Haddin told her to go hide with him. At the time, she had done the most damage, and they were worried they were in for a tough fight. The dice eventually turned around. But not before Torrent went down, then took damage from the burning hands, and rolled a nat 1 on her death saves. Everyone freaked out, I found it funny to lose their NPC guide, but then three different people offered their inspiration to let her reroll, so I did. Sill failed, but wasn't dead outright, but it was good to put some fear in them before she got healed. Also, no joke, Torrent did not roll above a ten all session. Not on attack rolls or saves. Mishka's player has started a collection of bear skulls from the Inquisitor and Smiley. She believes the Ragesians are desecrating them. Good stuff. Also, everyone got to shine in the fight. Aripos and Gruz - Split the party to eviscerate the goblins. Aripos got off a nasty sneak attack to kill one at almost full health, and Gruz dove through a window (1d4 slashing damage) when the the doorway was blocked off. This is a holdover from his CoS character, who also liked to take damage from diving through church windows. Eluriah - Accidental tank from the domination, held off javelins from the soldiers, and threw heals around keeping everyone up. Orwin - Mechanicles, his cat homunculs dealt some nasty damage, and his temp hp turret gave enough buffs to last the fight. Mishka - Held Smiley in one place, and took an enlarged hit to the face. And everyone got to single digit health except for Aripos. Boreus was untouched until he began to run away after Smiley died, where he then got utterly demolished, so they got all his healing potions. The NPCs on the other hand were a mess, and its my fault. I completely forgot how Cancel worked, and had Boreus doing other stuff until I remembered two or three rounds in, "Oh yeah, I should probably let the antimagic cleric do some antimagic." Felt bad after some big spells went off, and kind of threw me off my groove. I don't usually get down on my mistakes too much, but I just felt especially dumb after forgetting that. In reality, I think it was a really good fight, I was just in a funk. I also didn't pop Enlarge until too late, so Smiley only got to take a single swing with it. Players finally got their level up, but we only took a short rest, so the next session should be interesting. Everyone took an ASI, so they're already jonesing for level 5. [B]Changes to the module[/B] Somehow, I don't think I made any changes at all! I knew the fight would be long, and I'm really interested in seeing where Crystin and Haddin's story goes. I guess officially I gave Torrent death saves, but I do that for most NPCs tagalongs and to bosses with minions that can heal them. Overall, great session. [/QUOTE]
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