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Session One is finally in the bag! Not exactly what I expected, but really, it never is. Meet the party:
-Android Infiltrator Investigator (Qayin): He's actually an Android in secret. I didn't like that people more or less all know what Androids are in Numeria, so I'm holding that back, too, to introduce it slowly, along with the other tech ideas. I'm also looking for the big reveal of his character secret to the other PCs, especially considering
-Half-Elf Thundercaller Bard (Erushin): I've placed this character as Val's biological twin. Additionally, I've set it up so
-Human Soundstriker Bard (Shredrick Powerchord): Very silly character, he's a Falstaffian lovable oaf who wants to be a Rock and Roll star. No real secrets for him other than the fact that the player wants the torchlight going out to be his fault, like he leaned on the wrong thing and POOF. He is also insisting that he and Erushin start a band.
-Human Pistolero Gunslinger (Thaddeus Nash): True Grit meets Fisher King. Grisled old gunfighter, he talks like pirate. I've cast him as an old friend of Khonnir's who would come into Torch periodically to trade information and stories, so he's like a crazy uncle to the Thundercaller. He's fairly drunk all the time, so we quickly realized there was some dark humor since his character seems to have a serious, crippling addiction and his alcohol use is hardly glorified.
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So a weird party. They may TPK. But I love weird party compositions. All the more interesting.
So Erushin and Mr. Thaddeus Nash meet up in Torch, which I've described as practically bursting at the seams with travelers and gloryseekers curious about the disappearance of the Torch. They start sifting the town for rumors. Shredrick Powerchord stumps up to share what he's learned. They wander over to the Temple of Brigh to find Qayin praying and share rumors. Qayin perks up at the mention of a "woman with purple hair" and the PCs all start excitedly discussing ideas in-character. Awesome stuff to watch as a DM.
They decide they need to learn even MORE rumors, despite the fact that they know where to go and I keep implying that time is of the essence. Shredrick declares that they'll throw a "totally rockin show" at the Foundry as a special opening, since it's been closed, as a way of making more gold, catching more rumors, as well as fame as the band.
I ask them if they've named the band, which they have not. They stare at each other blankly, then Shredrick's player goes:
"The Rock and Role Players."
A legend is born.
Erushin tends to a catatonic Val, Shredrick rolls diplomacy to get the word out in town, Qayin examines the bar while taking notes about everything, and Thaddeus goes snooping around the Foundry for anything Khonnir might have left behind. This leads him to Khonnir's workshop and gets jumped by the drone. Thaddeus goes one-on-one with it, gets his ass kicked a bit, but ultimately takes it down as the PCs come running after hearing the sound of the gunshot. They marvel over the concept of a robot and I let the foreboding nature of such an advanced automaton creep into them.
They have a rocking show. I play a serious of teenagers screaming in the crowd. Shredrick tries to smoke a pipe and drink an ale at the same time, fails completely, but the crowd loves him anyway. Erushin casts some Dancing Lights and Silent Image of Khonnir and they produce lyrics that they'd written while I wasn't looking about "the Age of Numeria" and "The Tale of the Mighty Khonnir" and other glam rock such themes. They do a little crowdsurfing.
They wake up the next day hungover, but with a little more gold, but far less than they'd hoped considering that Shredrick kepting paying for everyone's drinks, all of which Qayin had written down meticulously. They also realize they'd forgotten to search the people for more rumors, but they put on a truly rockin show, and that's all that matters.
They wander over to the Weeping Pond. I try and talk about the need for "a blessing of Brigh", but they mostly just pray to her, then Erushin drives in headfirst. He rolls a Nat 1, swallows a bunch of the water, takes a bunch of ability damage, becomes schizophrenic, takes a negative level and dies, rising as a wight.*
Whoops.
*(a special thanks to Oliver Veyrac)
They get scared s~#+less of the water and take a while to decide they should go back in. They just start diving in, so I just help them out and decide they can make it to the caves below without "Water Breathing" for the sake of pacing.
They all make it and then see the floating bones of the past expeditions, and I menacing describe the chittering sounds of hungry creatures all around them...
Cliffhanger. End of Session 1.