The April 3 rd session was one of the epic fight
sequences.
With us was:
Luke C playing Kritty the Swashbuckling kitty at 279 points.
Naryar playing Brother Sarman the Martial Artist at 262
points.
Stripe playing NPC Rashi Talonfurr at 251 points
And introducing:
Mark W (Whisper) as Kegorach the Elven Wizard/Archer at 250
points
After a wonderful introduction by Stripe and a quick recap
of the previous session thanks to Luke, we got back down to business.
Starting off from where we last left the group of heroes, in
the middle of a battle with the boss known as Doppel. With only a little bit of
effort the first of the three was cut down under Kitty’s blade and Sarman’s
strike. A hit to the chest knocked the wind out of the man in black where he
lay, forcing him to attempt to draw breath and failing. It was obvious he wasn’t
long for the world as he finally ended up passing on in a puff of smoke, the
body disappearing.
Not to be forgotten, Rashi. . . kindly welcomed a newcomer
moving into the room. The Wood Elf Wizard wielding a bow before turning
concentration back to the magical fire that he had conjured and moved it to
burn the enemy before him as Kegorach prepared to attack.
Only visible to a few, the last of the Doppel charges down
towards the southern set of bookcases while the one facing the two casters
attempted the best he could to throw a fragile packet of Lime Powder towards the
newly arrived Brother Sarman, barely getting to dodge out of the way, keeping
himself from inhaling the deadly poison and instead coming back around to
attempt to take down the second opponent the same way as the first with a
grapple. Without someone else to back him up, the fresh opponent instead
parried the blow with a lucky shot, striking at Sarman’s arm in retaliation,
crippling the martial artist arm. Rashi, attempting to prevent more harm from
coming to Sarman, rushes behind the shadowy man and attempts to sweep the leg.
With a lucky dodge made against the runaround attack, Rashi barely managed to
pull the quarterstaff back in time to avoid hitting the good Brother.
With a heroic charge, the Swashbuckling catfolk moved
forwards and struck at the blurry figure. Unable to take the attacks, he lost
his balance and fell back on his haunches. Down, but not yet out, the Doppel
kept attention on him and slashed at the Cleric’s legs in an attempt to at
least take down one of the group.
Burned and struck with an arrow enchanted with Deathtouch,
it only took a few more rapid strikes to be brought down like the other,
disappearing as though he were smoke.
The final Doppel finally comes out and exposes himself to
goad the team into coming for him, waiting for the Delvers to come to him,
silently having set his traps. It didn’t take too long before Kritty couldn’t
take it anymore and impulsively rushed into the frey and fire, managing to
survive through explosive caltrops before reaching his foe standing in the
middle of Rashi’s firestorm.
A shining moment of glory for the Fire Resistant Kritty was
cut short when upon the Catfolk’s final attack was caught by Doppel’s empty
hand and then it became Doppel’s counterattack.
Moving into close combat, he struck at Kritty’s hand, the jagged edge of
the katar ripping through the flesh, nearly severing it in a single slash,
crippling it and forcing Kritty to relinquish the hold upon his cutlass and cry
out in pain and shock.
The others exercising more caution move towards the cries of
their stricken comrade. Kegorach summoning an element to keep Doppel busy as
they manage to get Kritty away. But not to be deterred, the Doppel had something
to return. And despite Sarman’s attempt to protect his comrade, he was
determined to give Kritty back his sword in the best way possible by throwing
it into Kritty’s back, although with his living armor, it only added insult to
injury.
The group moved back, allowing time and protecting Kritty
long enough for him to manhandle a potion and allow for him to heal back up,
although his hand still remained useless. But not letting that deter him, he
pulled his sword from his back and hold it in his off-hand. Thus began a cat
and mouse game that finally came to an end the moment that Rashi empowered
Kegorach’s fire elemental with Fast Fire and Kegorach cast Great Haste upon the
wounded Swashbuckler.
Supported by the Martial Artist’s unique battle cries to
keep Doppel stunned, the Catfolk kept striking at the blurry figure, chopping
and hacking as the Fire Element kept giving out a lot of burning hugs. Despite
being stunned, the figure managed keep up on the defense, but eventually was
overwhelmed by the constant attacks and finally fell beneath the cutlass and
the support of his opponent’s team.
Only a few seconds after combat ended, the only remnant
being the body of the assassin and three glowing blue orbs that appeared above
the bodies, and the lack thereof.
CP Awards:
1 CP to all that showed up to the Session.
1 CP for defeat of Doppel 2 (Worthy)
1 CP for defeat of Doppel 3 (Worthy)
2 CP for defeat of Doppel Master (Definitely Boss)
Total of 5 CP granted.
Loot Rewards:
That which can be found on the boss . All throwing knives were able to be recovered. All uses of Lime Powder used, 1 use of Monster Drool used. 1 charge on the Ring of Blur has been used.
4 small tokens found on the Boss’s throne.
