The Battle of High Point: Campaign Diary

The fight continues. For a time. M’narr uses Elemental Bane to soften up the visage, and Ragados quickly pummels it to death. 12-Bar keeps stabbing at Nachen John. The formation changes, and M’narr is able to cast a spell that changes the tide of battle: Wall of Fire.  The two immobilised watchmen are quickly incinerated, and the disguised visages must leap through fire to attack the party. Problem is, every time they jump through a member of the party tries to smash them back into the wall of fire! Ragados uses his shield of repulsion, 12-Bar uses Dissonant Whispers, and M’narr just shoves them using his sheer Astral strength. The tapestries start to catch in the blaze. One of the creatures flees, as does the one surviving watchman. The sound of heavy doors opening fills the room as they escape. The last visage is finally cut down, reverting to its true form before dissipating.

The party spends the next few minutes trying to extinguish the fire on the tapestries. A small armed group bursts into the room, led by Veridis Mov. Nachen John’s body has just been found. Marlus is still imprisoned in High Point for her arson of the Woodworkers' Guild, so Veridis sends for her to try and heal the dead watchmen. She tries, but they're already gone. Veridis continues to talk to the planewalkers.

Needless to say, some of the more lawful planewalkers were not impressed with Crux’s town watch. Alternatives were suggested, which led to the following exchange:

    “If it’s alright with you I don’t think we’d want someone from the Harmonium overseeing the town’s security-”

    “-Well if it’s alright with you, I don’t think I’d want to live in a town where you can’t even get a decent drink of water!”

We wrapped up at this point, people were tired, and I didn't want the conversation with Veridis to be shit.


No BTS this time round, there was little prep required this session so it's in the earlier post.

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