3/8/2025

Q: (positive only) - Character aspirations after defeating Asmodeus? A: Grow and solidify the tradelines to Charring's Domain in the name of the Cabaretti Family.
 
BEGIN SESSION
 
Begin at the Roost, and we need to get the bowl for Heroes' Feast so I lead the way, being the only one of us who's been here before. (SUR - 17 - I know how to get there and back to the ship, but I don't know how long it'll take to make the journey) There, we blow our wads on spell components and new equipment for Helen's poltergeist form. (PER - 14 - I notice nothing, but Marda and Yun notice the ship is in chaos.) Corbin is at the ship, along with an elvish woman, the necrodruid from the forest that tried to kill us. She is Corbin's protege, Tharthiel (Thanriel?) Haneways. Yun and I have never met her, but Marda definitely has a moment of recognition, and anger. Corbin introduces Thanriel, and kind of apologizes for her past behavior, blaming the gem that was in her chest.
 
We're putting the party together for Corbin to teleport us to Holden's compound, while the ship will fly back over the next 2 1/2 weeks. Teleporting, after one mishap, we land on the roof of the compound (DEX save - 17 me and 23 Sylvio - we don't fall, but Druss has to save Max by hitting him with an attack.) We then Feather Fall thanks to me and Mr. Corbin, landing safely on the ground floor of the workshop. My priority is to introduce Sylvio to Ricky, but the others knock on the office door to be greeted by Oliver and a gun barrel. We learn that lots of humans that had entered the sewer are now hosts to the myconids, as well as some close-enough-to-human species. Mallow is now worshipped as a minor deity, and it seems to be going well enough. The compound people have been in contact with the Fireforge estate as well, and they are running low on supplies. The mostly human Crimson Dragons and some turncoats in the city are on Asmodeus' side, as well as a legion of the damned and devils. We have forces from Smallville and the Black Legion coming from outside, and the temples are pretty much all fighting against the damned.
 
Marda and I ride Sylvio while Druss and Yun fly the carpet high above us, going out to intercept the Legion in the East. (PER - nat 1 for a 7 - I see trees) Druss sights the Legion, but Marda is only able to see the features of the camp from the ground. As we approach, a cloud of imps besets the area and we kill them a lot. The camp has been assaulted by a swarm of bone devils, and it's pretty touch-and-go. The poltergeist is able to identify the tent we need to get to by hearing some evil squeals emit from it. Marda leaps from Sylvio's back and runs to the tent. Inside, an imp is holding documents and she murdalates it. Sylvio finishes off the imps, and we run toward the rest of the commotion. The armor Spellen was using reattaches to the mounting sites on Sylvio, then Marda runs out of the tent to get back on as well. Druss and Yun disappear from the carpet, letting it fall to the ground where we catch it. We ride on to the bone devil group, and whittle them down. They're dead Jim. (PER - 23 - bad vibes are here.)
 
END SESSION
 
INSP Inventory: INSP, INSP, +d6, +d6, +d6, +d8 (V8 joke)
1 free crit to use at my leisure for finding the name of Corbin's protege.