D&D Session 27 - Rakshasa
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taluminFinally posting!
First, we had a boss battle that was surprisingly hard - it was essentially an elder brain, and it tried to trick us into turning against each other. In some cases, it was successful. However, we had the added task of trying to soothe the brain as we killed it - if we convinced it of something and reminded it why we were here, it was less likely to attack. Still, Kaz got bored of that VERY quickly and just started hacking away. It was an interesting mechanic and could have gone very poorly for us.
Having the defeated the brain, we teleported away with the help of the crystal we'd been given ages ago, just as the mind flayers rocked up and the fortress collapsed entirely. And instead of finding ourselves with the army, we ended up in prison. Our patron was in another cell, and it looked like we'd been betrayed somehow! We managed to breakout, but our warlock was suspicious, and we suddenly discovered that our patron was actually the lord of the city in disguise. Who was also the rakshasa!!! (Turns out we poked a hole in the DM's plot and we couldn't think of an answer fast enough, so he revealed the twist early.)
Apparently they'd been tracking Kaz the whole time thanks to the blood spilled when fighting the warlock's husband, which meant everything we had done had been watched (I really hope the saw the bit with Rick and Morty). The rakshasa wanted to talk with us, and discovered that we had the book that revealed his true heritage. He forced us to hand it over, but the warlock made it invisible, then herself, and we ran like fuck. There endeth the session.
First, we had a boss battle that was surprisingly hard - it was essentially an elder brain, and it tried to trick us into turning against each other. In some cases, it was successful. However, we had the added task of trying to soothe the brain as we killed it - if we convinced it of something and reminded it why we were here, it was less likely to attack. Still, Kaz got bored of that VERY quickly and just started hacking away. It was an interesting mechanic and could have gone very poorly for us.
Having the defeated the brain, we teleported away with the help of the crystal we'd been given ages ago, just as the mind flayers rocked up and the fortress collapsed entirely. And instead of finding ourselves with the army, we ended up in prison. Our patron was in another cell, and it looked like we'd been betrayed somehow! We managed to breakout, but our warlock was suspicious, and we suddenly discovered that our patron was actually the lord of the city in disguise. Who was also the rakshasa!!! (Turns out we poked a hole in the DM's plot and we couldn't think of an answer fast enough, so he revealed the twist early.)
Apparently they'd been tracking Kaz the whole time thanks to the blood spilled when fighting the warlock's husband, which meant everything we had done had been watched (I really hope the saw the bit with Rick and Morty). The rakshasa wanted to talk with us, and discovered that we had the book that revealed his true heritage. He forced us to hand it over, but the warlock made it invisible, then herself, and we ran like fuck. There endeth the session.
