Katznaa’i vs Sigil: Behind the Screen

As laid out last week, Berith’s an evil Guvner, and taken a bribe from some vengeful Athar to make sure M’narr ends up in the Gatehouse. With Berith’s fees set at 200gp per session, I set trial length as 1+1d6 sessions. On rolling a 6, the player must roll another d6 and add that to the total. Rolling a 6 always means adding another die, so the trial length is potentially infinitely expensive.

The Twelve Factols is a tavern mentioned in the Sigil guide In the Cage. The lower staircase into Sigil’s catacombs might be an entrance to the Gatehouse for any would-be kidnappers, we’ll see. Rough description of the Prison and the Gatehouse can both be found in the Factol’s Manifesto, as can (rather simple) maps.

This session was not exactly “fun”, but compelling and enjoyable in its own grim way. Every location, even the short journey through the Hive, was fleshed out with details. The table was truly shocked when M’narr stabbed himself in the eye. Berith (and me) offered the Oedipal self-harm with no expectation of M’narr following through with it. He’s half-blind now! It was fucking ice cold. And there I was thinking Berith’s betrayal would be the plot twist of the evening. The length of M’narr’s sentence was a surprise though. Alex and Andres have no idea if M’narr’s coming back now, or when.

This was about as long as people wanted to deal with the consequences of the street murdering I think. People are happy to close the book on it now. Breaking M’narr out is another matter, but it’ll have enough excitement (and fighting) to zip along quickly I think.

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