Sooooo, without any sort of
false modesty, I must start by saying WE HAD A BLASTING SESSION!
Hands down, the 20th session
of our "The Pendants of Tor-Logos" campaign was quite certainly one
to place in the podium.
Release the Kraken!
When the party reaches level
13 it is time to start sending a few GARGANTUAN monsters towards them. I
couldn't pass this "RELEASE THE KRAKEN” opportunity. How often do we get a
high level party in a boat? Therefore, my godly powers summoned a very angry
Charybdis, a child of the god of the oceans. It was time for snacks and
munchies… and the rogue was the main course!
I don't enjoy very much using
these monsters which are very big and only do multiple attacks with massive
damage. After two rounds it becomes repetitive (even swallowing the poor rogue
along the process). That is why I threw a nereid into the bargain, thus having
some magical hocus pocus to play with. I'm also not a big fan of using
charm/compulsion stuff against the PCs, but we're playing D&D (more
accurately, Pathfinder), so there's really not much alternative...
War, and Destruction, and
Demons... Oh my!
Next, came the best of the
session. One of the things I try very hard to define me as a GM is the surgical
placement of puzzle pieces woven by the players' actions. When a considerable
amount of pieces are moved simultaneously, triggering a major history moment,
it is time for the GM to sit back and enjoy the players discussing priorities
and choices. And when they have different ideas, different approaches, and
different ethical and moral opinions... ROLEPLAY HAPPENS!
Resuming 2,5 hours of
roleplay: there's a new Titan called Kelsier, which is a balor (and a former PC
from a previous campaign). He intends to enter the Prime Material Plane with his
armies of demons to help the PCs' kingdom to defeat its dwarven enemies. To do
so, he needs a link between the two Planes. That link will appear in the form
of a soon-to-be-born child, whose parents are a succubus and the Regent
Prince's cousin. Most members of the McKymera family are followers of the same
god as Kelsier, therefore their understanding of the events may be quite
different form the PCs'.
How, and when, to act is less
than linear. The prince's cousin is a major political enemy of the party. The
prince himself may not see the situation in the same way the players do. Will
they kill an unborn child, without knowing if it has any inner evil? Also, the
McKymera family is under a curse that prevents them from bearing progeny. What
if this is the only way to overcome that limitation?
Close the notebook, cross arms,
watch and enjoy... :)
Trial of the Tree Hugger
And if the previous scene
didn't contain enough roleplay... how about a trial where the accused is one of
the PCs, and the defense witness and lawyer are the other PCs? Thorkron had to
answer before court for being the mastermind behind an attack that caused the
death of city guards. There wasn't much in the prosecution, but it offered an
opportunity for the players to eliminate another political enemy. These guys
are rapidly getting rid of all opposition... Mafia Family in
the making? I wonder...
Session Chronicle and Epilogue (Portuguese): link
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