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116. The Floor is Zombies/Rockin the Boat/Down with the Richtus

Session (Mistwalkers)
2022-10-29

Summary

  • The party approach the Emerald Claw skycoach. 
  • They are hailed by Richtus, Unknown (Elf necromancer), another necromancer, a Karrnathi Undead and another member of the order.
  • Lozaal tells Richtus roughly where he can find Greykell, and then also says that Leonus was there!
  • Richtus gives a speech about how Leonus is a dick and this is actually his fault, and then detonates the blast disks.
  • The party attack, and all hell breaks loose. By that, I mean that the party chain control spells and most of Richtus' party are stunned for several rounds.
  • The elf accompanying Richtus gets the crap beaten out of her and then teleports away. She's not dying for this.
  • Richtus throws his weapons down, and surrenders to Leonus. Leonus accepts, and they really restrain him. Manacles on his hands and feet, as well as magebinders, and the Blindness spell.
  • They load Richtus onto their skycoach. Dax stays behind to try and thin the zombies numbers. The others take the skycoach towards the Dancing Shadows gate, helping others to flee the incoming zombie hoard.

26th Olarune, 1000 YK

  • During the recap, Lozaal's player challenges the ending statement of last session and argues that they are not, in fact, ready to face Richtus.
  • Leonus is hiding a little bit away, within sight range but far enough to remain out of sight. Rats are bringing circular objects that could be blast disks. The skeletons mechanically put them into his bag of holding, unable to analyse the objects. Leonus turns around and witnesses a frying pan getting put into his bag, but pretends he doesn't see it.
  • The others approach slowly in the skycoach, to avoid spooking the terrorists.
  • Richtus calls out that they're close enough, thank you. Richtus is on his skycoach, with an elven necromancer on board, as well as a karrnathi undead and another karrnathi necromancer.
  • They stall a bit, but Lozaal does actually tell the Order of the Emerald Claw roughly where Greykell ir'Ryc can be found. He points them towards Avrahk Mbar'ost though, not New Cyre. The elf seems to be advising Richtus, though when Lozaal calls attention to her, Richtus says she doesn't matter.
  • Lozaal continues to stall, trying to get Richtus to talk and explain his plan and his goals. He's not talkative, though.
  • Lozaal keeps him going by mentioning Leonus. Richtus gives a speech about how Leonus is a dick, and then detonates the disks.
  • Oh.
  • Leonus tanks the explosion like a boss.
  • Kalshana snipes the driver of the other skycoach, killing him instantly with a critical guiding bolt, preventing their getaway.
  • Dax' Athla flies up and casts Hypnotic Pattern and stuns Richtus and also the elf!
  • The necromancer then shakes Richtus awake, and upends their bag of holding, revealing skeletons! Yay!
  • Warden uses thorn whip to pull the Karrnathi Undead off of the skycoach.
  • The skeletons put the skycoach over capacity, and it begins to sink.
  • Skeletons jump from one coach to the other, and start stabbing warden.
  • Kalshana uses Turn Undead, and absolutely obliterates all but one of the skeletons and a bunch of zombies. This also revealed (OOC) that Richtus was undead, as he failed the save and fled!
  • Lozaal leaps over onto the other skycoach and then grows in size to become Large, causing the skycoach to tip over. He then beats the ever loving crap out of the elf necromancer, blowing his entire load in one turn. He uses action surge, the hill rune, fire rune, and stone rune all in one turn. She is restrained by fiery shackles.
  • Warden also attacks the elf, that poor woman.
  • The elf, in response to getting beansed, states that "I'm not dying for this" and then casts Otiluke's Resilient Sphere on herself.
  • Zombies began to emerge from tents and the corpses on the ground begin to get up. They swarm Leonus, and he Jumps away.
  • Lozaal jumps on the front of the skycoach, causing everyone to fall off of it. The elf, in her sphere, rolls away.
  • The elf drops her concentration on the sphere, and then Dimension Doors away.
  • They all gang up and attack Richtus, dealing over 100 damage in one round between Dax' Athla and Lozaal.
  • Richtus surrenders to Leonus and orders the Karrnathi Undead to stand down. Leonus accepts. Lozaal manacles Richtus, and then also binds his ankles with a second set of manacles, and Dax also puts magebinders on him. Leonus then walks up and casts Blindness/Deafness on Richtus, temporary blinding him.
  • Lozaal also shackles the three Karrnathi undead.
  • Zombies begin closing in. Kal throws the ladder for the skycoach down and they get on it, loading Richtus onto it.
  • Dax remains behind, flying, to try and thin out the zombies.
  • The others, on the skycoach, fly back towards the gate they opened, herding anyone who is remaining in that direction to get them away from the zombies. They leave the Karrnathi Undead behind as well.
  • At the open gate, the Sharn Watch have arrived and formed a defensive barricade at the gate. They're helping people to get out, and ready to face the incoming zombie horde.
  • The party level up! Level 9, baby!