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Dunmari Frontier - Session 78

Palace Attack: in which Kadmos is defeated

Featuring: Seeker, Delwath, Kenzo, Wellby, Riswynn
In Taelgar: Dec 06, 1748 DR to Dec 08, 1748 DR
On Earth: Thursday Jun 01, 2023
Uzgukhar

TheDunmar Fellowship successfully defend the palace against Kadmos’s attack and secure the Cloak of Rainbows.

Session Info

Summary

  • The party deceives potential scryers by pretending to steal the Cloak of Rainbows and leaving in false disgrace.
  • They secretly return to the palace and endure a tense night before learning of a devastating attack on the western border.
  • Undead attack the city; Kadmos and his followers attempt to steal the cloak from Chief Lubash.
  • The party engages in battle; Delwath’s spells, Wellby’s bow, Kenzo’s attacks, and Seeker’s actions are pivotal in neutralizing the enemy.
  • Antonia is stopped by Riswynn’s Wall of Fire, and Delwath prevents a last-minute escape with a counterspell.
  • Kadmos is executed and his allies are imprisoned in the mirror after a narrow victory.

Timeline

  • Dec 06, 1748 DR: Spend the day in Uzgukhar, trying to play-act a fight with Chief Lubash; depart in fake disgrace; sneak back into palace under cover of darkness to wait. No attack comes during the fitful night.
  • Dec 07, 1748 DR: Pass the day hidden at the palace, waiting.
  • Dec 08, 1748 DR: Kadmos and company attack in the early morning hours, well before dawn, and are defeated.

Narrative

We begin as the day of deception passes, Dec 6th, during which the party tries to fool anyone scrying, convincing watchers that they have attempted to steal the Cloak of Rainbows from Chief Lubash. The day passes in fits and starts, until the party departs in false disgrace in the late afternoon. Camping in the desert, the party scries Hektor, seeing him on a boat on the river, an uncertain distance away. After preparing for a battle with Hero’s Feast, and sneaking back into the palace, the party passes a fitful night waiting for an attack that does not come.

The next morning, Dec 7th, the party stays hidden in the palace, waiting. Lubash brings bad news: the western border was attacked, with huge loss of life, and the fortress at Khumarz cannot hold back another assault of undead. The day passes. Two orc warriors from the western front arrive, to provide more support for the coming battle with Kadmos. Day turns to night, as the party waits, tense.

Past midnight – early in the morning on Dec 8th – the attack begins with an undead assault on the city gates. While the palace guards rush off to protect the townsfolk, the party prepares for Kadmos’ assault on Lubash and attempt to steal the cloak. Hiding in the bedrooms, the party waits until Delwath’s alarm is triggered, and launches their attack. Delwath’s sickening radiance keeps the vanguard of Kadmos’ crew at bay for a moment, although Wellby takes the brunt of ranged attacks, as he is initially the only easy target. As the fight proceeds, Kenzo pins down the large demonic creature commanded by Kadmos with his frightening strike, but Casian and Kadmos manage to dimension door into the room with Lubash, and make a grab for the cloak, stopped only by Seeker dimension dooring away with Lubash. Hektor manages to barrel through the door and grab Lubash and the cloak, only to be stopped by Seeker’s irresistible curiosity spell, trapping him in Delwath’s sickening radiance with Lubash, who nearly dies from the spell. Still, even with the large warriors (Hektor and the demon) neutralized, Antonia, Kadmos, and Casian made to get away with the cloak, until Antonia was stopped by Riswynn’s wall of fire. Still, Casian and Kadmos nearly get away, stopped only by a clutch counterspell from Delwath, stopping Casian’s final dimension door.

With everyone barely alive, Delwath uses sleep to bring the enemies unconscious. The session ends as Kadmos is executed and the remaining prisoners are stripped of their gear and trapped in the mirror.