Session 16: A Lost Empire - The Tourney Begins Report
General Summary
The party started by meeting back up with Nat Turner who gave them a boosted Lightsaber. It can on a bonus action be turned into a great sword that is two-handed, deals more damage, and has a higher Wis save.
He promises that if the party can bring him 3 refined diamonds that he will be able to make power armor for a dinosaur.
The party went to the mimeography and chatted with some dudes who could duplicate a bunch of non-sentient objects. They explained to Nolfravell that he couldn't duplicate his arms, but with training he could augment his aura.
The party then heads out and catches a ride on Rex out of the college.
They traveled to Deadwood and spotted some Skyjek Rocs in the sky a few days out. The party stashed Rex in a small valley, then made their way towards the hold of Deadwood.
They came up on the gates as they opened to let out a platoon of soldiers. Korac'h and Kenrith teleported deep in, too deep, and began to fall into a magma tunnel. They cast feather fall and used a staff to stop them from continuing to fall. Nolfravell snuck through the gate as it closed and sprinted over to the other boys as they teleported out.
The boys then got engaged by a platoon, lead by a Skyknight. The Skynight pinned Kenrith to the ground as the party is told to surrender.
Nolfravell, clocked, and his team pinned, surrenders.
The party is brought up to the dungeons atop one of the towers. They are then visited by Brigadier Reckoner Agosto. He gives them the option of conscription or death. The party chooses conscription.
As Agosto is leaving he kneels down to pick something up and whispers to Nolfravell, "Do your best to sleep. It's the only way to hold off the moonblinking."
The party is then stripped and dressed in conscript attire, except for Nolfravell who is shirtless to display his Deadwood brand on his chest.
The party is then marched down and paraded to be moonblinked. Kenrith feels the blessing of Cozadel, and stays strong, but as the other boys march and chant their names, the words begin to loose meaning.
In the morning the boys feel rested, though they never slept. They are then ushered into a rooftop arena.
Tajic approaches the conscripts and gives them a short speech about living for the cause or dying disgracefully. Then the conscripts are forced to fight in a hunger games style dash free-for-all.
Kenrith fights a bald BERSERKER and a bearded BANDIT CAPTAIN, all three of them being headstrong and ready for a good worthy fight.
Korac'h interacts with a very quick and intelligent SCOUT girl who went for poisoned weapons.
Nolfravell engages an older mercenary VETERAN. The two exchange some words about why the other is there.
Korac'h kills a second shirtless defector medic and fireballs a fleeing bandit.
Also left is a grey-haired ponytail THUG.
Once down to 8 (the party, BERSERKER, BANDIT CAPTAIN, SCOUT, VETERAN, THUG) arrows are shot at the conscripts' feet and they surrender, once again to be moonblinked.
The order of the next 1-on-1 bracket
1. Veteran
2. Thug
3. Kenrith
4. Bandit Captain
5. Nolfravell
6. Scout
7. Berserker
8. Korac'h
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