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Posted on March 11, 2013
The Acts of the Lords of Rannick, XCII
Okay, last night was a ton of fun, not least of which because we get to make an incremental improvement in someone else’s life, without them having to roll a character or listen to us make dick jokes or otherwise have to suffer us needlessly.
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Bossfight Reroll Fundraising Party is something I think we should do at the end of every campaign. I don’t think we’ll do many three years campaigns… but hell, even something like the adventure into the Shadowdarkgrimfeybad thing we did when the fight against Rhoswen took three sessions. If we do that every so often, we can be handing over chunks of change to some worthy cause, not just Fresh Wok and miniature companies.
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And really, great timing. I, as DM/GM, don’t want the group to lose this fight, although I know what happens if they do and it is definitely a possibility. But a narrow dramatic victory would be the best of all possible outcomes and I think they were helped by last night’s re-rolling. And we raised a fair chunk of cash.
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The treasure chest… it’s full of how shitty they are at rolling dice!
- Pretty certain Evil Overlords are supposed to make the trains run on time.
Whoever arrives at their destination first  will be able to unload their passengers first and take on new ones. And then tear up the tracks.
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So part of this cunning plan meant ensuring some of Karzoug’s passengers were dead and couldn’t be switched out. I’m stretching this… They converged on the weak point in reality and got ready to make Karzoug use up his spells. But they didn’t try and Bluff at all, just walked up to the weak spot with spells of destruction on their lips and weapons ready. So he didn’t come through, he’s not fucking stupid. As they walked away, he cast a few spells at them, but it was a desultory effort at best.Â
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They also woke the Lamia and had a brief and uniformative interrogation session that ended with Ron knocking her back out and Halvard almost killing her in cold blood before the Angel insisted that he did not. Instead, he cast Stabilize.
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Perhaps more informative – perhaps – was the Q&A with Gorum, courtesy of the Commune scroll. Halvard cast the spell and the room turned pretty doom-y. All dark and icy as Gorum’s presence was summoned for some chat. I can’t remember all the questions that Gorum answered, but he did confirm that there was nothing that they could do to harm Karzoug in the Pinnacle of Avarice. Halvard handled the tete-a-tete well, using up his last few questions to get a personal pep talk.
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The crew rested, Halvard and Ayruzi receiving their spells at the appointed hour. Arradin took the first watch, hanging out with the angel. A few hours into the watch the angel, suddenly interested in Viorian Dekanti, went over to the comatose woman and cast Greater Restoration. This appeared to restore her faculties. When the second shift woke up, they quizzed her a bit about what had happened to her. She had forgotten because she’d been stupified by the golden scimitar; they’d forgotten because… no one wrote it down. Vengeful and bitter, Dekanti knew of the Runelord’s plan and also what was going on within the Eye of Avarice. Karzoug was not alone, he had a blue dragon advisor (maybe?) and a Rune Giant who was dominating the two Storm Giants who were reporting on what they knew of the world. Dekanti knew that the Storm Giants (and all giants, really) have a complicated relationship with the Rune Giants. They are dominated by the Rune Giants; but once so enslaved, hate and fear their masters yet are unable to break free of their dominance. Take out the Rune Giant, she theorized and the Storm Giants would be amenable to killing Karzoug. They kitted her out with new gear although she insisted that no one use the Scimitar, lest their mind be stolen.
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Once everyone was up and about, Halvard cast Heroes Feast, the best way to start the day. The doomsday clock was now at 19 hours. Without further delay, they made their way up to the device that Dekanti assured them would take them to the Eye of Avarice. The vast spinning sphere whirled on, the pillar of green fire at its peak the gateway to Karzoug’s interdimensional hidey-hole.
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They stepped through the fire and into Karzoug’s 10,000 year resting place.
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I can never picture groups of people stepping through a portal together without picturing the cover of Destroyer. Probably the boots. What is Ace Frehley doing with his hands? Or his legs? Did he know what was going on here? Simmons and Criss seem to be on the same page, Paul Stanley is on a way campier, but no less appropriate page. But Spaceman Ace is fucking all over the place, which would make sense if this was a poorly timed photo, but it isn’t.
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All boss fight, all the time.
Things to note:
The Prismatic Wall did NOT come down. I think I said that it did. I’ll let the effects and damage done on Karzoug stand, but Dispel Magic doesn’t take down Prismatic Wall.
Team Tallen has 4 rerolls.
Mike has 6 rerolls.
Rolland and JIM both have 2.
I love how Dispell is the only spell that doesn’t impact some element of a Prismatic Wall.
Pretty much… and I knew that going in, I don’t know why I forgot.
There is still a gap in the wall, so Karzoug isn’t completely sealed off.
Damnit, Wall Of Force isn’t dispellable.
RETCON RETCON!