DW Session 14: Battle of Hedgpeth

General Summary

12/4/896

• Wanted posters are showing up in town for Amara
• They have her name as ‘Jones Burns’
• She’s been connected to the murder of Gremio in Silvio
• Best to keep a low profile till the fight begins
• But first, Adam has to try infiltrating sorbet shop
• He buys a disguise kit, dresses up as tacky nobleman
• Somehow, it works
• He buys a couple sorbets, taunts Jon Lemon w/ bananas
• Almost everything’s ready to take over the city
• The Characters will attack from northern part of town near farms
• Goodberry and his men will charge from southern slums
• Most of fighting will be concentrated in town square
• Rest of party can sneak inside city hall amidst fighting
• Now they just have to wait for the perfect opportunity
• Thanks to Helix, opportunity comes when dam to the west of town is broken
• The town square and downtown area floods
• Some parts as deep as ten feet
• Intense fighting at river bypasses and bridges, party begins mission
• First, an old friend stops them near town square
• Jon Lemon, owner of sorbet store
• He has a bone to pick w/ Amara
• Lemon casts cone of cold on Amara before Adam kills him
• Party fights at least four more guards before they make it to City Hall
• In the lobby there are two giant doors leading into archives room
• One guard opens door and flees
• That’s were Princess Isabel is hiding
• She’s been consulting with the Sunken God
• She’s obtained some slaad-like powers, but she’s become crazy
• Wilbur is reluctant to kill her, convinces Adam not to join the fight
• Instead, Wilbur suggests that Amara and Isabel duke it out
• Let’s see who’s the stronger disciple of the Sunken God?
• Boss Fight: Princess Isabel, Slaad form
• Adam got a few good blows in before it became a one-on-one match
• Amara starts fighting back with reckless attacks, lands some hits
• But Isabel is strong, casts a couple of devastating fireball attacks
• Amara nearly gets KO’d twice, but she survives the attacks
• She even grappples Isabel and chops one of her legs off!
• But Isabel is relentless, and a noxious cloud of poison kills Amara
• The party is devastated, Adam goes into rage and kills Isabel
• Amara begs for her life w/ Sunken God one last time
• She fails to persuade him to save her from death
• Goblins and Characters enter city hall, victorious from battle
• Cassandra tries consoling Adam, but he feels like a failure
• Wilbur, not one for shedding tears, does some investigating in the library
• He captures Isabel’s soul, lets Cassandra ask her a question
• Is everybody in Avon royal family working for Sunken God
• The short answer, no
• Wilbur then goes into archives, finds a pretty neat book
• Strange Occurrences on the Continent of Pescat by Horatio Elsin
• It’s a spellbook to cast 'Contact Other Plane', very handy

Report Date

03 Dec 2019

Primary Location

Hedgpeth