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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ltclnlbrain" data-source="post: 7025717" data-attributes="member: 12882">They debated for about an hour and a half about which planes to align with. Jiese, Av, and Apet were a lock from the start. They didn't want to lose any of their technological advancements, and they respected the pact Risur had with the fey of the Dreaming. Plus, they didn't want to risk any extraplanar incursions like the Gidim or the Golden Legion--they were happy being an isolationist world again. I think they settled on Mavisha because they were worried what altering water would do to change the landscape and ecosystems of Lanjyr--they decided to go back to the status quo with that one.When they got to the final battle, they knew they couldn't attack Nic directly without harming innocents thanks to the sacrament, so they made a beeline for the Revolution. Mariah started off with several buffs. Oliver used song of discord and confusion to make most of the crew attack each other, while Will and Piotr landed on the deck to engage in melee (Piotr had wildshaped into a Huge fire elemental). Alwyn first tried casting spells at the colossus, but quickly realized that its defenses were too strong, so he turned towards cleaning up the crew.After a round or two, Lya Jierre emerged to duel with Will. Both were pretty evenly matched, and after a few rounds of narrow misses, Alwyn used possession to take over Lya and take her out of the fight. Meanwhile, Han had been directing barrages of gunfire at Piotr, dropping him to single digit HP at one point. Will, Alwyn, and Mariah all focused on taking Han down, and he fell after a round or two.So overall, challenging tactically but only one PC was in danger of dying.Oliver moved onto the bridge, where another song of discord neutralized Dr. von Recklinghausen and the remaining crews. Freeing Kasvarina, everybody teleported over to Borne's shoulders to plea for the colossus to realize Nic's trickery. By this point, the party could easily hit Diplomacy DCs in the 60s, so I had them roll a few for show but mostly based the results on their roleplay. They were very good at picking apart Nic's arguments and showing the fallacies in his logic. The odds were stacked in their favor too: they had fully restored Kasvarina's memories in adventure 8, and refused to use the sacrament of apotheosis themselves so they had the moral high ground. Plus while Nic kept throwing occasional attacks at them during the debate, they never once tried to fight back. So eventually, Nic had enough and went on the rant that is scripted in the adventure, then tried to attack Kasvarina, which was the deciding factor.</blockquote>

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