DW Session 11: Godlike Powers
General Summary
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- The next day Cassandra wakes party up in a rush
- They have to leave ASAP for next mission
- Cassandra checks on Amara, disgusted by what she finds
- Furniture in tatters, Amara is a mess
- She has no memory of what happened last night
- But she has Sunken God spear, and it’s covered in blood…
- Rest of party gets into wagon and leaves Oridelfa
- Cassandra fills party in on events that have happened since revolution began
- Galway and Noggin are firmly under Characters control
- Oridelfa’s in a stalemate, but reinforcements are due
- Characters are pinned down in Thork, surrounded by Elflands forces
- The Accuser and Mariner are stuck in Thork
- They planned to start revolution there, after all
- Now it’s the party’s job to rescue them before seige ends
- The sooner Empress Ophelia is assassinated, the better
- Party relaxes on the Iron Path to Thork
- They’re right at the edge of Elflands territory and Fey Plains
- Party purchases iron rings to prevent fey interference
- Party stops at elven tavern one night, stocks up on 2d8 healing potions
- Adam starts writing a play, gets more romantic with Cassandra
- Cassandra at one point accuses Veridan of mixed loyalty
- Asks if he’s working for Elflands govt
- She hasn’t seen him kill anybody on their travels
- Veridan convinces her he’s loyal to the cause, she relents
- Cassandra warns that violence will be necessary to kill Empress
- Amara consults with Sunken God on newfound powers
- It turns out she’d killed High Priest Yoho in beast mode
- This power does damage and pushes back enemies
- But it comes at cost, affecting sanity and physical features
- Her skin's gotten flakier and scaly since the beast mode
- Party is moving down Iron Path when it suddenly starts snowing
- It’s mid-fall, but it shouldn’t be this cold yet
- three horsemen start galloping up path behind them
- One of them fires off blasts of cold that destroy the back wheels of wagon
- The robed figure asks for Jones Burns and Jones Burns
- They’re the ones that killed her father, Gremio
- She’s Bianca, heir to Elflands throne after Ophelia
- She has the support of Iver, a disgraced goddess of winter looking to make comeback
- Iver was part of Coven’s pantheon in Faiouzia
- There’s a lot of desperate gods post-Fairouz, willing to offer a lot of power
- And now Bianca's using that power for revenge
- Boss Fight: Bianca and Iver
- Bianca has truly fantastic ice spells
- One of them even KO’s Veridan
- He manages to stupefy her horsemen guards for a while at least
- He also summons some horny satyrs to act as archers
- However, Amara deals vicious damage with Sunken God’s spear
- She dealt 70 points of damage in a single turn
- Adam lands some solid blows at the guards
- But Bianca has some tricks up her sleeve
- She conjures a celestial, her patron deity Iver (goddess of winter)
- Just as Amara kills Bianca, Iver revivifies her
- She also does some vast healing spells for good measure
- As battle starts getting intense, Amara channels Sunken God for 2nd time
- Her eyes turn a dark blue, muscles bulging and radiating w/ power
- She kills one horseman instantly with spear through head
- Another one is mortally wounded and pushed back ten feet
- Adam finishes off the rest
- Concerned by development, Iver teleports Bianca away from fight
- It’s too risky for her to stay here
- But as Iver tries to escape, Amara tackles her to the ground
- Consumed by Sunken God’s rage, she tears Iver’s legs off
- For good measure, she pulls Iver’s heart out of her chest
- Horrified and fighting for her life, Iver struggles away and teleports from the fight
- In the fallout Amara is exhausted and her hair starts falling out in clumps
- Party just saw her eviscerate a god and slaughter a horseman
- Where is all this newfound power coming from?
- Party repairs wagon, camps out on trail for the night
- Veridan sets up protective barrier around the wagon and camp
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