DW Session 18: New Year's Massacre, Pt. 2
General Summary
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- So, The Mariner says he’s already working for the Sunken God
- He explains to party how the Sunken God saved him at sea years ago
- Mariner was granted the powers and intellect of an aboleth
- He formed the Characters to overthrow Elflands Empire
- The chaos would allow the Sunken God to return
- In display of Sunken God’s power, he introduces party to Jones Burns
- It’s Amara, in undead wight form
- She kills Empress with one brutal stab from Fork
- Down below, sahuagin are storming Kassadeia, thanks to the party’s work opening the sewers
- The party refuses to help the Mariner resurrect the Sunken God
- Jax, Elan, Adam fight, Wilbur leans back and watches
- Final Boss Fight: The Mariner and Jones Burns
- Jax and Elan destroy one of tower’s windows
- They use it to toss Amara out of the tower
- Jax succeeds on strength check, Amara clings onto stonework
- She tries to climb back up, but the stonework breaks
- She falls 250-300 ft.
- Adam focuses attacks on The Mariner, takes a lot of blows
- The Mariner holds his own with Aboleth’s powers
- Jax rushes over to help Adam once Amara’s thrown
- Meanwhile, Wilbur flat-out leaves the tower
- He goes downstairs, convinces Gug to go upstairs
- The Gug agrees to eat ‘nuggets’ like the Mariner
- Upon return, Gug keeps his words and deals blows to Mariner
- Jax delivers killing blow, stabbing him w/ greatsword
- Just in time, Sahuagin are coming up the tower
- The Gug looks for its next meal, but suddenly it starts levitating
- A telekinetic force pushes it out of broken window and out of tower
- It’s Medraad disguised as a Character agent this whole time
- He helps party escape by drawing portal to Shroud HQ
- He doesn’t want Wilbur to come, but Wilbur casts suggestion :/
- Back in Kanara, (most) of the party goes to sleep
- They’ll be headed for Gameria the next day to see Queen Astrid
- Wilbur gets apprehended by Shroud agents for questioning
- Elan decides to help break him out of prison
- Lots of dimension doors and polymorphs cast
- Not sure why she helps, but it works
- Unfortunately, she ran out of spell slots, had to sleep in cell
- Medraad finds her, and he is furious
- The next day Cassandra and Adam start talking over breakfast
- Cassandra wants to go to Noggin
- She’s worried about her family, wants to protect it from Sunken God
- Adam offers to go along, tired of adventuring life
- In fact, he even proposes to her!
- And with that, the party travels back to Gameria
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