CoS Session 38: The Rise of Tarkov

General Summary

4/3/876

• Party flies to Gameria, warns garrison in Eastwood of imminent invasion
• In Gameria Medraad checks on Shroud
• Asmodeus is recruiting more people, gathering intel and strength
• Medraad gives him 500GP for group’s growth
• Asmodeus will start investing Coven activity in royal court
• Somebody wants Verona dead and Handgun destroyed
• Prichard still not keen on adventuring life, but he enjoys royal accommodations
• Gets introduced to Elan and Catriona, kinda awkward

5/1/876

• Party flies via Theo to the ancient city of Oblast
• Fireworks, explosions, gunshots going off
• Pirates are uniting to push back the Coven invasion
• A celebration of sorts, party has to propel down ropes
• Theo’s not landing in that mess
• At the ground level Prichard does some scrying to find out where Fairouz is
• She’s in the Temple of Myltev, descending into crypts beneath cellar door
• This Temple now doubles as a bar!
• Party starts to head out, but then a detachment of Coven troops appear
• But before they fight, a pirate troop runs them off
• Once Coven guards flee, pirate troop leaders shows himself as Cpt. Tarkov
• He’s got ambitious plans for pirates of Myltev uniting them together and establishing a pirate empire
• Tarkov will give them map of Sterry Khram crypts for 600GP each
• Medraad’s suggestion lowers price down to 300GP each
• Catriona keeps watch, rest of party sneaks inside Temple
• Adam’s invisible, everybody else is disguised as Coven guards
• Elan convinces guard to let them into crypts, against Fairouz’s orders
• The crypts go on for miles
• Murals detailing the vast history of the ancient empire spread out across walls
• Elan and Adam think they see a giant Fairouz spider, but it’s just an illusion
• Finally makes it to antechamber, where last Emperor of Myltev is buried
• There are rows and tombs, one sarcophagus looms in center of room
• A statue is etched onto top of sarcophagus, emperor is holding blade
• Adam starts punching at sarcophagus, breaks lid in half
• Inside, there’s just a really old skeleton. That’s it.
• Fairouz shows up behind them in the corridor, Ostry Blade in hand
• She’s mad about all of the people close to her the party's killed
• Party doesn’t care, Elan casts Thor-sized lighting attack
• Fairouz has a rough time of escaping
• Adam punches her, Medraad traps her with telekinesis
• She finally breaks free and opens portal with the Ostry Blade
• Next stop, Faiouzia
• But she leaves group with parting gift by reanimating all the room’s corpses
• Mini-Boss Fight: hordes of zombies
• Prichard scares a group of them back into their tombs
• But the other groups take it personal and start whaling on him
• Elan summons a ghost dog that has a taste for zombie flesh
• Medraad, never big on melee combat, fires some long-range missiles
• Adam punches at least one zombie, but eventually everbody’s dealt with
• Great, but Fairouz still escaped w/ Ostry Blade
• Upstairs in the Temple, Cpt. Tarkov and his men are drinking night away
• They successfully pushed back Coven guards back into sea!
• Tarkov wants fleet attacking ports from Kiri-Kawa to Avicenna
• Adam tries to start fight w/ pirate wearing a small hat
• Gets KO’d instantly
• Elan tries to fight the guy and tosses down his ale
• Pirate guy KO’s her too
• Medraad has to use thaumaturgy lightshow to make guy abandon fight
• Party sulks back into Theo ship, flying to Faiouzia

Report Date

14 Jul 2019

Primary Location

Nikograd

Secondary Location

Sterry Khram