Return to Tyr

August 9, 2012

As we left off last time, Zon had just pulled Vizier across the barrier and Vahn remembers that a summoning circle of that style should have prevented Zon from reaching across the line.

Vizier said that Straybo Ianto was tasked by Kalik to learn about the type of magic that is neither defiling or preserving. He mentions that he's going to go out and father more tieflings and make some money. He seems to be concerned that the head of the house, Straybo, may be coming back. Zon informs him that he went west for several days. Then Vizier offers to teach Zon psionics and we offer to let him join the group. He accepts and we head out of the ruins and go back to Tyr.

On the walk, Zon talks to Vizier a lot and then Zon hears a bell ringing on the other side of a cluster of hills. He is unable to resist the pull of going to check it out. He hustles over there and then snaps out of it. He realizes something was messing with his head and gets angry. He turns around and takes his Trikal from Vizier, who picked it up earlier, and says, "I'm going to kill someone."

At that time, several humanoid creatures with bows show themselves at the top of the hill.

Battle Begins

Vahn shoots his short bow at long range and gets an amazing role. 8W

Dro'van shoots his long bow and hits the same guy with an amazing role. 2M

Vahn shoots a second guy for 5W

Elendal and Vizier both ran up towards the enemies.

Zon sprints at the bad guys and throws a bolo, missing horribly.

Zon is mentally attacked and conviced that his friends are his enemies and the bad guys are his friends.

Dro'van walks forward and misses.

Elendal throws his dagger and hits for 5W.

Zon walks up to Dro'van and hits him for 11W with his Trikal. Dro'van goes down.

Vahn is hit for 1W, 2S

Elendal is hit three times for 2S and 3W, 3S and 1W

Elendal runs. He's hit from behind for 2S

Vahn hits the enemy for 4W

Zon attacks Vahn and misses.

Elendal continues to run.

Zon attacks and hits Vahn for 4W, 5S

Vizier shoves a healing fruit down Dro'van's throat.

Vahn uses all his charges to create a shockwave. He takes out the six bad guys in front of him and does 20S to Zon.

Zon hits Vahn again.

Vizier hits Zon with a psionic ability causing 1F

Dro'van gets up and sneaks up on Zon and does 2M, 8W, 2S

Zon finally wakes up, turns around and full sprints at the bad guys, and throws his trikal and misses.

They all fire on Zon and three hit, with no damage.

Elendal threw a dagger into the void.

Dro'van fires his bow and does 7W.

They run

Dro'van sprints after them and catches up to one. 

Zon sprints, picks up his Trikal on the way and throws it, hitting one for 8W.

Vizier tries, and misses.

Vahn takes off and hits on.

Vizier and Vahn both notice one using a psionic enemy using chemeleon to hide.

We then all chase down the rest and take them out.

Battle ends.

24sp and 45cp each on 12 bodies was found. So, total of 288sp and 540cp.

43sp and 96cp on the main bad guy.

A magical obsidian dagger. +1 penalty (because it's obsidian), Ordinary magic item, +2 to dmg, can do ranged lightning att or add shock dmg 

We find 6 Gems:

Azurite/Uncut/Large/Blue -- Harness: Stone of Heaven(MM3) -- 525cp 

        (40gp to Enchant as Good Quality Magic item giving a -2 casting check)

Alabaster/Cabochon/Tiny/White -- 54cp

Goshenite/Trillion/Small/Yellow -- 589cp

Bloodstone/Square/Medium/Green-Red -- Vision Stone(MM2) -- 294cp (Vision Stone adds -1 for perception checks)

Cultured Perl/Uncut/Tiny/Black -- 56cp

Chalcedony/Round/Tiny/Orange --122cp

Vizier mentions that we need to work on defenses for Zon. That translates to a rank in Mental Resolve after some training.

We then head back to Tyr. When we return to Tyr we notice that there are no guards at the gates and the gates are standing open. Vahn stops a street peddlar and asks about the lack of guards. He explains that the nobles have hired up all the guards and since Kalik died, the guards just don't show up.

We head to Ranis's and she is happy to see us to get some guard help. She puts us to work for room and board. She's been having trouble keeping up with the rowdy crowd and still cooking up all the meals.

After the busy night, Ranis comes over and sits at our table to tell us that they will be announcing all slaves in the Tyr region not under a merchant house will be free. Merchant houses will still retain slave rights. She explains that Tythian, Kalik's head templar, seems as though he will become the "king". He will still have to answer to a council, but he will be the figurehead.

Ranis says that there is talk that the Veiled Alliance may be allowed to operate within Tyr.

6pts

We split up the previous session's 1000sp + tonight's Money

1333sp 

636cp 

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332sp, 234cp each

GM Notes

• I really like how Alternity handles combat for Modern and SciFi.  I'm not as thrilled with Fantasy but it's growing on me, mainly because I want a bit more "heroic but realistic".  But the fight with the Belgoi really showed how vulnerable Zon is to psychic influence. 
• I'm sure we are going to tinker with the system and allow for more improvements to characters, which will really help with the heroic but realistic feel.  I'm hoping to write them up and share with the Alternity community. 

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