Session 50: Snapped Lines Report
General Summary
Kiara, Delmirev, Keledek, Eliander, and ten soldiers arrive at the Snapping Line. When they enter, they are surprised to see both Hannah and James rist, alive and well. Hannah is behind the counter, James at a table - he looks like he was out hunting, given the bow and his cloak.
Captain Fireborn and Talon Delmirev begin asking Hannah questions as they slowly step into the inn. She is uneasy by their presence but complies, explaining that she wasn't missing: just resting. Though she had awful nightmares. She additionally states that she has never felt better.
The soldiers slowly fan in, making the Rists and patrons unconformtable. Keledek also enters, and Kiara confirms with a patron that the Rists only arrived an hour ago. The conversation goes on, with James confirming Bubbles stopped by at 3 AM to ask for who the best illusionist is. He directed them to Keledek the Unspoken, and Hannah is outraged at the implication she or her brother were involved in the fight last night.
Delmirev can see Hannah clearly now, and in the torch- and candle-light of the tavern he can see that not only is her hair down (and James's hood up), but that beyond her hair are red irses - that's not a normal eye color for humans. He uses thaumaturgy to make his eyes red and leans in, telling her it must've been quite the nightmare; red eyes are hard to come by.
She leans in in return and smiles widely, revealing far too big canine teeth. "It was quite the rest; I have never felt more alive."
Suddenly, Delmirev feels an impact on his back and his strength sapped away. While he shruggs it off, he still knows that someone has just cast Blight on him. Everyone turns to look to the attacker, and standing on the ceiling is none other than Xolec!
"Well well, hello Talon! And Captain, and Castellan, and... ooooh, the Unspoken! Such a party just for me?" Xolec drawls, shuddering with a strange delight as he surveys the room, "And so many guards too. All for me? Oh, I would say you flatter me - but unforntuantely, that will not be enough. Now now, I wouldn't attack if I were you - I have far more hostages than just these few townsfolk." Xolec, who is standing above a table, caresses the head of a tavern-goer with his wicked claws. "I have information too, of similar matter that the fishfolk - what, Bubbles? - gave me. I assume you are all familiar with this matter?" The others all nod, "Good. I have more of the same, and if you hurt myself or any of my dear new family, I'll have to kill you."
Talon Delmirev responds to these threats and monologuing with a breath weapon attack, causing the vampire to scream in pain at the holy light of the paladin's assault, and then cricks his neck to prepare for battle.
A fight breaks out. Kiara goes first, moving into range to attack Xolec. She misses once but attacks again, however her mundane sword seems to do little against the vampire. Two of her soldiers are guarding the door, and they both shoot at Xolec with their muskets. They miss, only punching holes in the ceiling and floor of the second story. Kiara's two scouts are guarding the back door, and as such they are not in the fight.
Keledek then attacks, casting Cone of Cold and angling it to only hit Xolec. He deals some damage, but on the end of his turn Xolec uses legendary actions to flee and make for a Knight of Raan on the perimeter. He then attacks the knight, hitting with two claw attacks. The knight, a priest, is screaming and greviously injured. Xolec then moves to be above yet another priest, with the former missing his opportunity attack.
Delmirev heads to reinforce his soldiers, flying over to Xolec and using his breath wapon once more. He then casts Spirit Shroud, but Xolec retaliates by grappling onto Delmirev, intent on feeding on the Talon. Delmirev's knights mobilize, with the two monks engaging the Rists - one beats James up, stunning him, while the other struggles with Hannah - and the priests focus on healing themselves and attacking Xolec, though he shrugs off their Sacred Flame attacks. He retaliates in kind by biting Delmirev, feeding on the dragonborn and draining him of his life force.
Captain Fireborn kicks a table over for cover and brings his musket to bear against Xolec. The vampire fucking dodges his attack while still gripping onto Delmirev, and as Fireborn reloads he signals for his two guardsmen to secure the townsfolk.
Hannah Rist then smiles at the Knight of Raan who has dared to face her, attacking with her claws. She criticaly hits, scarring the man, and takes out a third of his health in one turn! Her young brother James, on the other hand, does nothing as he is still stunned.
Castellon Shadowbreaker then uses a Commander's Strike to direct Delmirev to attack Xolec, his radiant sword flashing with light and blinding Xolec, bititng deep into his undead flesh and making him scream. She then leaps from the table she was on to the counter, failing to attack Hannah Rist in the process. Her soldiers then step forward to shoot Xolec, both hit. The shots rip through Xolec's bloated stomach, which begins to spurt blood.
Keledek then calls upon the candles and torches to summon a Fire Elemental, which shoves a table out of the way and simply touches Xolec with a flaming tendril. The vampire screams once more and recoils. At this point, he is barely standing. The vampire lets go of Delmirev and, blinded and cornered, dissipates into a mist and seeps through the cracks in the walls.
Delmirev moves back to the middle of the bar to deal with the Rists, while the monks attack. One stuns James once more breaking his ribs in the process, and the other falls prone as he tries to show off to Kiara. One of the priests, though, does hit Hannah with a Guiding Bolt. The Castellon then shouts for the two rangers guarding the back entrance to search for Xolec, while a final priest misses with Sacred Flame in an assault on Hannah. Still greviously wounded from Xolec, he then casts Scantuary on himself.
Seeing Xolec has eccaped, Fireborn orders the commoners to stay inside where they can see them and sends his two guards out to alert the town of Xolec's escape. He then runs over to the bar and vaults over behind Hannah, curring of entrance to the cellar. He rifle butts Hannah twice, and tells her to surrender.
Hannah refuses, and instead of surrendering grapples the monk off the floor. If the party doesn't act fast, she will feed on him - making it significantly more difficult to un-vampire spawn her. James is still stunned.
Seeking to save Hannah Rist, Kiara Shadowbreaker grabs Hannah and flips her over the bar. While Hanna hands on her feet, she lets go of the monk. The rangers searching for Xolec, meanwhile, cannot see his misty form among the rain and dark. The soldiers inside, though, take shots at Hannah - one hits, and the vampire spawn grunts in pain.
Keledek then uses Dimension Door to exit the building to try and find Xolec. When he cannot see where the vampire went, he pulls his fire elemental through the window and has it sweep the area to try and hit Xolec. While Xolec's misty form is immune to the fire, they can see the mist now. The gaseous vampire tries to escape and regenerates a little, but it will likely not be enough with Keledek hot on his trail.
Delmirev then moves to Hannah and attacks the "bloodied" vampire spawn, missing and then hitting twice with his brilliant sword. He slices her across the chest and then pommels her over the head, knocking bartender out. Their soldiers then stabilize and restrain her, while keeping James stunned and tied up himself.
Captain Fireborn asks where the other hostages are and goes downstairs to see if they're there, since that's likely where the Rists' bodies were kept. One of the Knights of Raan, a priest, goes with him.
As soon as Fireborn departs and the Rists are subdued, a trio of townsfolk come down the stairs from the upstairs room. Rather than scared townspeople who were disturbed by the gunfire, they are yet more vampire spawn Xolec created...
Captain Fireborn and Talon Delmirev begin asking Hannah questions as they slowly step into the inn. She is uneasy by their presence but complies, explaining that she wasn't missing: just resting. Though she had awful nightmares. She additionally states that she has never felt better.
The soldiers slowly fan in, making the Rists and patrons unconformtable. Keledek also enters, and Kiara confirms with a patron that the Rists only arrived an hour ago. The conversation goes on, with James confirming Bubbles stopped by at 3 AM to ask for who the best illusionist is. He directed them to Keledek the Unspoken, and Hannah is outraged at the implication she or her brother were involved in the fight last night.
Delmirev can see Hannah clearly now, and in the torch- and candle-light of the tavern he can see that not only is her hair down (and James's hood up), but that beyond her hair are red irses - that's not a normal eye color for humans. He uses thaumaturgy to make his eyes red and leans in, telling her it must've been quite the nightmare; red eyes are hard to come by.
She leans in in return and smiles widely, revealing far too big canine teeth. "It was quite the rest; I have never felt more alive."
Suddenly, Delmirev feels an impact on his back and his strength sapped away. While he shruggs it off, he still knows that someone has just cast Blight on him. Everyone turns to look to the attacker, and standing on the ceiling is none other than Xolec!
"Well well, hello Talon! And Captain, and Castellan, and... ooooh, the Unspoken! Such a party just for me?" Xolec drawls, shuddering with a strange delight as he surveys the room, "And so many guards too. All for me? Oh, I would say you flatter me - but unforntuantely, that will not be enough. Now now, I wouldn't attack if I were you - I have far more hostages than just these few townsfolk." Xolec, who is standing above a table, caresses the head of a tavern-goer with his wicked claws. "I have information too, of similar matter that the fishfolk - what, Bubbles? - gave me. I assume you are all familiar with this matter?" The others all nod, "Good. I have more of the same, and if you hurt myself or any of my dear new family, I'll have to kill you."
Talon Delmirev responds to these threats and monologuing with a breath weapon attack, causing the vampire to scream in pain at the holy light of the paladin's assault, and then cricks his neck to prepare for battle.
A fight breaks out. Kiara goes first, moving into range to attack Xolec. She misses once but attacks again, however her mundane sword seems to do little against the vampire. Two of her soldiers are guarding the door, and they both shoot at Xolec with their muskets. They miss, only punching holes in the ceiling and floor of the second story. Kiara's two scouts are guarding the back door, and as such they are not in the fight.
Keledek then attacks, casting Cone of Cold and angling it to only hit Xolec. He deals some damage, but on the end of his turn Xolec uses legendary actions to flee and make for a Knight of Raan on the perimeter. He then attacks the knight, hitting with two claw attacks. The knight, a priest, is screaming and greviously injured. Xolec then moves to be above yet another priest, with the former missing his opportunity attack.
Delmirev heads to reinforce his soldiers, flying over to Xolec and using his breath wapon once more. He then casts Spirit Shroud, but Xolec retaliates by grappling onto Delmirev, intent on feeding on the Talon. Delmirev's knights mobilize, with the two monks engaging the Rists - one beats James up, stunning him, while the other struggles with Hannah - and the priests focus on healing themselves and attacking Xolec, though he shrugs off their Sacred Flame attacks. He retaliates in kind by biting Delmirev, feeding on the dragonborn and draining him of his life force.
Captain Fireborn kicks a table over for cover and brings his musket to bear against Xolec. The vampire fucking dodges his attack while still gripping onto Delmirev, and as Fireborn reloads he signals for his two guardsmen to secure the townsfolk.
Hannah Rist then smiles at the Knight of Raan who has dared to face her, attacking with her claws. She criticaly hits, scarring the man, and takes out a third of his health in one turn! Her young brother James, on the other hand, does nothing as he is still stunned.
Castellon Shadowbreaker then uses a Commander's Strike to direct Delmirev to attack Xolec, his radiant sword flashing with light and blinding Xolec, bititng deep into his undead flesh and making him scream. She then leaps from the table she was on to the counter, failing to attack Hannah Rist in the process. Her soldiers then step forward to shoot Xolec, both hit. The shots rip through Xolec's bloated stomach, which begins to spurt blood.
Keledek then calls upon the candles and torches to summon a Fire Elemental, which shoves a table out of the way and simply touches Xolec with a flaming tendril. The vampire screams once more and recoils. At this point, he is barely standing. The vampire lets go of Delmirev and, blinded and cornered, dissipates into a mist and seeps through the cracks in the walls.
Delmirev moves back to the middle of the bar to deal with the Rists, while the monks attack. One stuns James once more breaking his ribs in the process, and the other falls prone as he tries to show off to Kiara. One of the priests, though, does hit Hannah with a Guiding Bolt. The Castellon then shouts for the two rangers guarding the back entrance to search for Xolec, while a final priest misses with Sacred Flame in an assault on Hannah. Still greviously wounded from Xolec, he then casts Scantuary on himself.
Seeing Xolec has eccaped, Fireborn orders the commoners to stay inside where they can see them and sends his two guards out to alert the town of Xolec's escape. He then runs over to the bar and vaults over behind Hannah, curring of entrance to the cellar. He rifle butts Hannah twice, and tells her to surrender.
Hannah refuses, and instead of surrendering grapples the monk off the floor. If the party doesn't act fast, she will feed on him - making it significantly more difficult to un-vampire spawn her. James is still stunned.
Seeking to save Hannah Rist, Kiara Shadowbreaker grabs Hannah and flips her over the bar. While Hanna hands on her feet, she lets go of the monk. The rangers searching for Xolec, meanwhile, cannot see his misty form among the rain and dark. The soldiers inside, though, take shots at Hannah - one hits, and the vampire spawn grunts in pain.
Keledek then uses Dimension Door to exit the building to try and find Xolec. When he cannot see where the vampire went, he pulls his fire elemental through the window and has it sweep the area to try and hit Xolec. While Xolec's misty form is immune to the fire, they can see the mist now. The gaseous vampire tries to escape and regenerates a little, but it will likely not be enough with Keledek hot on his trail.
Delmirev then moves to Hannah and attacks the "bloodied" vampire spawn, missing and then hitting twice with his brilliant sword. He slices her across the chest and then pommels her over the head, knocking bartender out. Their soldiers then stabilize and restrain her, while keeping James stunned and tied up himself.
Captain Fireborn asks where the other hostages are and goes downstairs to see if they're there, since that's likely where the Rists' bodies were kept. One of the Knights of Raan, a priest, goes with him.
As soon as Fireborn departs and the Rists are subdued, a trio of townsfolk come down the stairs from the upstairs room. Rather than scared townspeople who were disturbed by the gunfire, they are yet more vampire spawn Xolec created...
Character(s) interacted with
- Captain Eliander Fireborn
- Hannah Rist
- James Rist
- Four Knights of Raan
- Two Saltmarsh Guardsmen
- Four Rangers of Burle
- Xolec
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Notes
A vampire spawn who has not yet been fed can be turned into a Dhampir with magic that heals and removes curses.
Report Date
21 Jul 2023
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