Session Number 80A (on Discord)
Date: November 28th & 29th 2022
Players level 11:
Daesyrliniwich (Baiz)
Ma/ra (Kermit),
Zorroth (Zelldeb),
Norm (Ojike),
Bos’ke (Tundrra),
Caerdon (Lasarian)
DM:
You have completed a long rest outside of the temple. You spent all day reading books and arguing about what to do next.
1 day has passed since you killed the form of Ebondeath. You are still outside the sunken mausoleum.
Caerdon took most of his long rest in giant eagle form. "Way up in a #$@& tree."
It is the morning of 19th Elient.
The group is busy breaking camp and going about their morning routines.
Ra begins with her customary breakfast of wine, apparently fiddling with a deck of cards. After finishing her wine, she declares: "I'll take out four cards ... what could go wrong, after all?"
She has made this declaration to the deck of cards she holds in her hands. Four cards appear, but what they portent only Ra can see. As the fourth and final card reveals itself, we see most of Ra's possessions turn to dust before our eyes. Among them, her armor, her wand, her boots, a ring, even the very deck itself she is holding ... and the Alchemy Jug.
Ra and Caerdon cry out in unison: "NO! Not the Jug!"
Once the surprise and alarm subside, Ra shares with the group which cards she drew and that their effects are.
Vizier: At any time you choose within one year of drawing this card, you can ask a question in meditation and mentally receive a truthful answer to that question. Besides information, the answer helps you solve a puzzling problem or other dilemma. In other words, the knowledge comes with wisdom on how to apply it.
Balance: Your mind suffers a wrenching alteration, causing your alignment to change. Lawful becomes chaotic, good becomes evil, and vice versa. If you are true neutral or unaligned, this card has no effect on you. (Ra is now Lawful Neutral)
Comet: If you single-handedly defeat the next hostile monster or group of monsters you encounter, you gain experience points enough to gain one level. Otherwise, this card has no effect.
Talons: This card destroyed every magic item Ra carried, including the deck itself.
Norm is shaking his head, "Wow, Ra, I think the risk level of that move is right up there with me attacking Gnawbones when she offered a truce. I'm sorry about your things." he says, rifling through his back for extra clothes.
"I wish I had something to offer, to at least replace some of the things you lost but I don't think I have anything I've seen you show any ability to use."
Norm pauses for a moment.
"However, if no one else has an issue, I wouldn't mind hanging onto that flail we found. The sword Lady Protector gave me has been a great boon, until we meet something that seems to enjoy the bite of fire."
No one objects.
Ra recovers some clothing from her back and gets dressed.
While inspecting the body of Eicco, Bos'ke again wonders aloud about discovering when Gutbur will return, adding in a low voice: "I'm tired of taking the brute force all the time."
At this moment Gutbur has nearly arrived at Beorunna's Well (19th Elient).
Finding nothing on her remains, Bos'ke declares: "We should head out today, return Eicco's remains at her village, unless of course, Ra has more things she wants to break ... "