1. Journals

41. Siege Rework?

April 12, 2025

There was a lot going on in this session and I wasn't able to take notes as it was going

17th Nymm, 999 YK

  • They make their preparations to continue their journey. Valaari is fatigued.
  • Pine suggests that Valaari should sit in the saddle, rather than hang off the side, today.
  • This means Naze has to hang off the side. He'll do it, but he'll spend the entire time screaming.
  • Runmae says a little prayer in her head before getting back on a bird.
  • Valaari asks who Runmae is praying to. "Be careful, there is a correct answer"
  • Runmae says it's none of their business.
  • They get back on the birds, and then continue their journey.
  • Valaari stays vigilant, and does their best to stay awake during the flight.
  • They fly for most of the day, and then see that Jaasakah Dar is under siege! By a mixed force of mortals and demons
  • Obviously they're going to help. The dragonhawks will run interference on the flying demons.
  • The birds drop the party off where they can be most useful.
  • The players all notice that Gong is among the besieging demons.
  • Gan'dal drops a righteous Flame Strike on the Pusk Posse (incl. Gong)
  • The Hwacha fires at the Pusk Posse. Gong still lives
  • Runmae summons a longbow with her bracelet and begins firing from the wall. She shoots at Gong, specifically. Somehow, she kills 4 other pusks, who are not Gong, with that shot.
  • Warren gets his bow and shoots at Gong. He kills him, RIP Gong.
  • The siege engines fire and take out more of the attackers.
  • Svash throws a javelin like a god damn railgun and takes out 4 orcs.
  • The troops continue to move up.
  • Naze uses a Divine Wrath and affects no one. Damn.
  • 2 Brimoraks advance, and fireball the wall. Gan'dal throws up a divine shield to protect some of the Jaasakah warriors. Naze gets hit by both fireballs.
  • Two troops of Barbazu teleport onto the wall and begin causing chaos. Runmae and Warren engage one group, whilst Svash and Valaari engage the other.
  • Svash kills someone every time he strikes. Bro is hot shit.
  • The Jaasakah rally on the wall, determined to remove the demons.
  • Naze drops another Divine Wrath on the approaching tribal warriors, but it's not super effective.
  • A Nycaloth teleports onto the wall, but Valaari blocks it and the Jaasakah attack it.
  • The Brimoraks teleport onto the wall and attack Bhaltair.
  • Bhaltair summons a spectral incarnation of a legendary figure: Warden, who attacks the Brimoraks.
  • Svash finishes off his Barbazu Band and then goes for the Nycaloth, taking a chunk out of its back.
  • One of the ballista fires and destroys the battering ram, leaving the troops on the ground without a way to get into the fortress.
  • Runmae shoves one of the Barbazu off of the wall, where it falls 90 feet to its death. A squad of Jaasakah from within the wall ascends the stairs and attacks that group of Barbazu, causing them to break and teleport away.
  • Valaari manages to intimidate the Nycaloth, triggering its aversion to cowardice. Shortly after, it's morale also breaks and it teleports away (where it continues to take damage for its cowardice)
  • The brimoraks also break. One of them manages to teleport away, but the other is killed by a combination of the Phantasmal Warden and the Jaasakah warriors on the wall.
  • With the demons broken, the remaining mortal troops also break and flee.
  • I try to level the group up, but they refuse (except Naze's player). They haven't got used to level 8 yet.