Alrighty, here's a summary of the March 14th mission.
The party which consisted of Emett(TossBoss), Brent(Nym(spelling?)), Proper Colin(Gorgon) and Warhammer Dane(can't remember character name, sorry) were teleported into Midland(Berserk universe again) to the ending scene of the trolls mission. So the party stands in front of Flora's(schierke's teacher) burning tree manor thing with a large army of demons standing nearby. A tall, red haired demon steps out and challenges them to a fight. He says his name is grunbeld and transforms into a dragon to fight the party. The party manages to defeat him, causing the other demons to attack. However, a giant wall of fire appears and a flora appears made of fire and tells the party fo flee to the city of vritannis and that the ship will tell them what to do from there. Schierke also grabs a special item from a cave beneath the manor.
Dane's character also polymorphs one of the demons into a chipmunk.
So the party escapes and makes their way to vritannis with the help of some coneniently placed sign posts, which Dane's character ended up taking with him. Along the way they make camp and schierke gives the item she grabbed to Gorgon stating that it is the Berserk armor which flora told her to give to Gorgon. She knows little about the armor but Gorgon notices he doesn't feel pain when he puts it on. She also gives everyone, except TossBoss who already had one, that special hair strand that lets people communicate mentally which I gave out before.
And so the party goes to vritannis, which they find is a port city. The ship tells the party to remove the enemy presence within vritannis and to acquire transport to leave midland. So the party comes to the city which has a large army stationed outside who appear to be doing military drills and other militaryish stuff. The party finds out from some of the soldiers there that numerous armies from under the holy see have gathered here to start a campaign against the Kushan empire who have invaded midland. Gorgon leaves one of his fingers as a present to the guards, who are throughly stunned.
So the party enters vritannis and finds it bristling with activity. They ask around if there is any evil presence within the city. Most of the answers they get are vague as people mention slave traders who practice their trade legally but have questionable ethics and the epus family who are known for being powerful slave traders. Some people mention the kushan but its presence within the city is limited to slaves and other subjects who are systematically being executed. They mention theres an execution going on right now in the town square, which excites Nym.
So the party heads to the town square where a man is about to be hung. He is accused of treason and of supporting the kushan empire, the man objects but noone lsitens to him. Dane's character reads his mind and finds out that the man is innocent. Dane casts hold on the executioner who is about to pull the rope. Nym invisibly sneaks his way onto the stage and wants to kill the man being executed, but Dane objects so Nym casts darkness and frees the man. The audience is shocked and Nym manages to get the man away and Dane casts invisibility on him.
So the party gets away and questions the man who says he owns a general store and was falsely accused of treason. He mentions he used to be a kshatriya in the kushan empire but was exiled for having intimate relations with a woman who he should not have had relations with. So the party questions him about the slave traders and the man tells the party that they are rounding up and selling kushan prisoners of war and immigrants to execute or take as slaves. He says if they want to know more they should seek a man named rodney epus of the epus family at the docks. The man also mentions there is a large noble ball going on tonight and that if they want transport that would be a good place. So the party leaves and the man asks them what he should do. they point out that he is invisible and had better run to escape the city as it only lasts 10 minutes, and so he ran.
The party went over to the docks and asked around about how to get on one of the ships to leave. they try bribery and negotiation but all the ships they go to are contracted by the military, the slave traders or the nobility. While this is happening nym goes off on his own and finds several slave trader vessels. He notices a group of kushan children running away from the slave traders. nym goes ahead and places a mist at a turn in the docks. Many of the children dont realize the dock ends there and plummet into the water and begin drowning. nym tries to push the others into the water as well because he really hates orphans. The slave traders catch up and apprehend the rest of the children. nym scolds them for not imprisoning the children more effectively.
The rest of the party finds them as nym sent them a mind text message and gorgon and tossboss attempt to save some of the drowning children; they manage to save a few. The slavers are impressed with their skills and tossboss's ability to hurl children out of water and ask them if they are looking for work. They recommend the party should talk to their boss, rodney epus. Gorgon decided he could not save the children as they would be killed if he set them free, so he let them be slaves as a slave life seemed better than no life at all. So the party goes to rodney.While they had initially planned to kill rodney, they instead ask if he can get them transport, and rodney says his ships are occupied with slave trading business but if they help him out he may be able to find someone who can spare a ship. rodney mentions he needs a rival slave trader killed. this slaver trader is a former pirate named kain who leads a gang called the sticks who are in competition with the epus family. He wants cain removed, as the gang itself is made up of numerous different factions who will likely split up if their leadership is destroyed.
nym tells rodney about his incompetent men who cant handle their children and rodney says he shall scold them. rodney tell them where the sticks turf is and they head out. the party encounters the gang and attempt to parle by speaking to some people who appear to be members. nym attempts to bribe the men with a gold coin, but one of the guys takes it and insults him. nym gets pissed and is about to turn the men into ash but gorgon intervenes and attempts to negotiate. he also tries intimidating them but they are not afraid. nym throws fire at them and combat begins. The gang is quickly dispatched as gorgon's size is increased by Dane's character(who jumps into the water afterwards, just cause) and nym continues throwing fireballs. tossboss uses his axe to decimate the gang as he gets cleave after cleave. nym also takes his gold coin back and rips up a drawn picture of a gang members dog, who he appeared to hold in high esteem(for teh lulz). the gang archer on the roof is ripped in half by gorgon and the final gang member is pinned.
The party interrogates the surviving gang member on where kain is and he points to a building nearby. gorgon quickly kills the gang member and the party enters the building. they find it is a simple general store owned by a middle aged woman. nym searches the side rooms and upstairs as the rest of the party inquires about kain. the woman says she doesnt know who this kain guy is, as gorgon's description refers to him as being a little pirate b*tch. nym finds a trap door within the cellar of the general store. which leads down a set of stairs. Down here he finds a room with kain and two other men, one appears to be a thug and the other, a nobleman. the lady says she doesnt know who kain is but after the party gives a physical description she says she knows him as he rents out her cellar room and hangs out with his "boyfriends".
As this is happening, nym sets about casting darkness in the small room and severely burns kain with fire. the party comes down and joins in the fight. kain and the other men are shocked and unsure of what to do, the nobleman and thug try to run away. nym proceeds to explode kain all over the room as gorgon apprehends the nobleman and tossboss grabs the thug. gorgon interrogates the thug and the noblemen and says they better forget about everything that happened. the party had intially intended to kill rodney, but the nobleman informs them that he does charity work for non kushan children which makes them quesiton his evilness. Their recent deal also made them question their initial plan nym grabs the documents lying on the table in the room, a few gold peices and kain's head.
nym begins walking back before the party is ready, holding kains head as he walks along like a bouse. The party goes to rodney who is impressed with the party's efficiency and brutality. He says he still won't be able to get them a ship for transport but knows some people who can. he gives them tickets to the noble ball tonight where military leaders and the aristocrats are gathering. Rodney says he will meet them there and that they should get fancy clothes at a nearby tailor. rodney crosses a name off his assassination list, and nym inquires about any more assassinations which need to be done. rodney gives him the list accordingly and winks.
So they go to the tailor, TossBoss is given a fancy cape, a scarf and his armor is touched up a bit. Gorgon is given a nice suit, has his hair gelled back, and gets a mask with a long nose to accomodate his face. he's about as handsome as a troll can get. nym is given a little child sized suit, and Dane's character simply has his already fancy clothes cleaned.
the party waits until night time and goes to the ball. the guards question them but let them in once they see their invitations. the party enters the ball and find numerous nobles spread about the banquet hall. they search around for rodney and find him talking among nobles. rodney explains to gorgon that he will plead to frederick vandimion, head of the vandimion family(I dont think this was his name in the series, but whatever) to acquire a boat. the vandimion family is a large banking family who hold great power. rodney informs nym that one of the nobles he wants removed is at the ball and points to him. nym convinces the noble that there is something wrong with his carriage, and follows him into a back room where a double crit fireball turns him to ash.
so the party messes around at the ball a bit. Dane's character puts elemental water into the punch to freeze it(trololololol) and gorgon dances around awkwardly. a girl attempts to hit on the tossboss, who appears more infatuated with the tossboss legacy than her. nym returns to rodney and says he got the job done, then hands him a box of the noble's ashes. rodney is impressed and points him to 3 other nobles he needs killed. nym convinces the woman that there is a sexy guy waiting in another room for her, and does likewise for the man.....only with a sexy woman instead(no homo). the two are turned to ashes as well. nym gives the ashes to rodney who again is extremely impressed with his work and promises him money.
So the party continues and frederick vandimion enters the room. there is a large announcement and music plays specially for him. he gives a speech about the upcoming military campaign and begins chatting with the nobility. rodney gathers together the party goes to proposition frederick. frederick seems to be open to giving them a boat, but just then demon tigers burst through the windows and attack the nobility. the party engages them. gorgon places frederick and rodney in his backpack to keep them safe. the party manages to hold off the tigers. Dane's character turns one of them into a chipmunk, but lets it keep thinking it is a tiger and the chipmunk continues to try and kill the party to no avail.
Fighting continues, but a mivilorn(large acid spitting demon dog) breaks through the wall and attacks the party. the party fights off the mivilorn, and gorgon is almost eaten by it(agh, so close). tossboss axes and cleaves things. Dane uses fancy alchemy to severely damage the mivilorn and uses polymorph to transform another tiger into a chipmunk. surely the party could not handle such ferocious woodland critters. the mivilorn is dispatched by nym and the tigers are defeated.
So the party stood victorious. the nobility were impressed by the party's actions and spread rumours that the kushan were repsonsible for this attack. frederick takes control of the situation and says these were likely kushan war beasts sent to assassinate the nobility; however, it would be best to say that these were merely illusions. he explained the nobility would become a laughing stock if they say they were attacked by mythical beasts and that their soldiers need not hear such a thing as it would damage morale if the leadership appeared to be insane. the party initially objects to this but decide it is likely for the better. rodney insepcts the dead bodies of some of the nobles, then gives nym a thumbs up and goes over to cross off some of the names on his list.
Frederick vandimion agrees to give the party a ship and rodney thanks them for their work, giving extra gold to nym for his assassination work. the party then goes off and uses nym's collected slave paperwork to free some of the slaves. they give them supplies and send them on their way, the kshatriya kushan man from before notices the children and agrees to try to lead them to safety. their fate is unknown. the party then enters the ship and sets sail, the ship teleports them back up.
Loot:
everyone gets 300 experience and 7200 gp, and one of those magical hair strands which allow you to telepathically communicate, except for tossboss who already had one. These work with anyone else who has them, even the people from the trolls game.
Dane: You get an extra 300 exp and an extra 800 gp as you didn't get anything particularly special this game mostly because I couldn't think of anything cool.
Nym: You get an extra 800 for his assassination missions and +2 favoured enemy: orphans for your extreme disdain of orphans.(again this only functions like favoured enemy, it cannot be used for prerequisites, also what constitutes an orphan is largely up to the dm's discretion)
TossBoss: You get the Dragon Slayer sword. it is a fullblade sword which has 3d6 damage isntead of 2d8, and an extra 5ft reach. it does slashing/piercing damage and has 19/20 x2 crit. It is essentially Gut's sword from the manga/anime. you also get exotic weapon proficiency: fullblade.
Gorgon: You get the Berserker armor, it functions like the armor you aready had but when you fall below 0 hitpoints, you must make a dc 30 willsave to not go into a frenzied rage. This rage only works once a day and lasts for 7 rounds. once you use up the rage for the day, you do not have to make another will save.if you succeed on the willsave and fall under 0 hitpoints again that day you must make another will save.
Fluff: The Berserker armor was forged by ancient dwarves and harnesses the wearer’s anger to launch him into a frenzied berserk. The helmet takes the shape of the animal form of the wearer's ego. The wearer feels no pain and when severely wounded, metal spikes stab into the person's body to reinforce their bones.
Also, while it didn't happen in this game, when you go into rage for the first time with this armor it changes from its old skull shaped helmet to a bear head shaped helmet and the armor looks more bearlike, as Gorgon's ego takes the form of a bear. You also move differently than before, more like an animal, kinda like the way Guts moves in this(
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGKY5ztdRFg ). This has no effect gameplay wise its just for roleplaying stuff. Also the whole not feeling pain thing is mostly fluff, I'm not sure what the D&D rules for something like that would be.
Edit: Also, do you guys think the berserk armor is too powerful? I mean Gorgon was hard to kill before now he's more or less indestructible. I just don't want to overstep my boundaries and give someone an overpowered item.
Edit 2: Also I forgot to mention the two tiger chipmunks. They'll be back, in force.
