The Hero of Nightfall

Summary

Scribe Notes

Adventure: The Hero of Nightfall
GM: Stephen
Session: Summer 814wk
Night: Mondays
Location Sackville Street, Grey Lynn
Level: High (may involve travel to Hell, Haven, Asgard, & Sanctuary)
Party:

1. Bishop Velcanthus
2. Eric - Mike Haycock
3. Tegan - Kelsie
4. Lath
5. Christopher
6. Vychan

Employer: The Urielite Priest The Best Defence is Pre-emptive Execution (a.k.a. Bodie)

Briefing

Summary: A conflicted hero has fallen, which has left the Powers of Light with a slight problem. His job is unfinished, he is destined to fulfil a key role at Nightfall that could be pivotal to the victory of Light. Uriel has a plan, the fallen hero must ascend to become the Angel of One-Eyed Justice Delivered in Darkness (they're still working on the title), one of Uriel's choir of executioners. Unfortunately there's not enough left of his essence. A party of former comrades is required to take the angelic seed and immerse it in the formative places, events, and experiences of the fallen hero.

Requirements: (and guild security clarifications)

1. Must be of stern moral character and be of good will towards the fallen hero. (No devil worshippers and you have to have known, liked or at least respected the conflicted hero and wish him well in his afterlife.)
2. Must be capable of surviving the forge of events that made the hero what he was. (It's going to get messy)
3. Must be discrete and not catch the attention of the self-proclaimed 'patron saint of adventurers'. (If Seir finds out what you're up to it's going to get a lot harder)

Tasks:

1. Ostow, Aquila. Initiation at the place of birth.
2. Re-enact the infiltration of the Deepspring facility
3. Trace the web, honour the threads
4. Enscribe the names and know the faces of the fallen hero - all of them and recover the replica
5. Enscribe the Runes of Revenge with the blood of Proscenian Mimes
6. Burn the Mountain
7. Take 2 crystals, a fine vintage and the bunny to the dragon.
8. Seek the gift of Yggdrasil
9. Tag the target from before and now, seek the 4th
10. Gather the Shards
    • Breath from the lake
    • Remnants of Thwarted Demons
    • Sweat & Blood of Command
    • Tracks in the alternate way home
    • The Mantle of Safety
11. Gather the Remains

Scribe Notes

Session one

We have an interview with Bodie.

He gives us a large white seed shaped object, which we will imbue with Delran.

He views us all with a crystal ball called "The Scales" which he then leaves with Christopher to use to help find what we need to find. Some of what he said (it was too fast):

• Tegan: The spider's apprentice, tipping the balance the wrong way
• Rowan: Aspects of Uriel, Gabriel and Michael
• Vikhan: blue, the trickster, success and betrayal
• Lath: dark paths, pitfalls, future, present, past tangled
• Eric: many races, renunciate of Foras
• Christopher: the defender, has his work cut out with the rest of the party.

He the brings in a mad seer, who says we each get one question for free, pay for a second and bad things for a 3rd, and you really don't want to ask any more than that. Turns out any questions asked in the room count, so it gets a bit tricky.

1. What order should we do the tasks? The first first and the last last, the rest in any order.
2. Who will assist and who will oppose? Many, but the most opposition will be the willing one.
3. What is the precise location of the birthplace? In a castle on a hill in a pass in a tower in a bed, used to be the capital.
4. What is the name of the agent of the willing prince directly opposing us? One-eyed Davros, when we least expect it.
5. Have we caught the attection of Seir yet? No, but we will know by the falling of the horns.
6. Who will assist us the most? The Lady of the Dwarves in the mountains of Haven will be the most critical.

Lath asked too many questions, and a couple of people asked 2. We don't yet know the consequences of that.

We are told that we each have to carry the seed for at least one section. Father Rowan will be the first as it relates to birth.

We will call Seir "Bruce" and Delran "the Righteous" so as not to attract notice.

Task 1

Delran's Birth We have a vial of liquid and a scroll to read out. The ritual will take as long as it takes to be born.

Buffs and Mil Sci

Magic	Rk	Effects	Dur	FR	Er	Te	La	Chris	Vy
Heart Rune	8	Cures 7 EN when EN taken	9 days		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Willow Healing	12	Cures 3 EN / Pulse for 14 Pulses	24 hrs		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Mind Cloak	10	Conceals thoughts & pact, + 30 vs compel, charm etc	21 hrs		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Blessing	10	+10 SC, +10 vs Fear	110 mins		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Rune Shield	12	+17 Def, +3 Prot, avoid a SG	13 hrs		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Strength of Stone	20	+20 PS or EN	21 hrs	EN	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Armour of Earth	20	+42 Def, absorb 1 DP/Strike	10.5 hrs		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
FireArmour	20	Absorb 100 Fire Damage	21 hrs		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Circle of Protection	20	Absorb 20 Dam / Pulse, + 5 to attacker's die roll	10.5 hrs		Y	Y	Y		Y
Solar Protection	6	+14 vs Light/Solar magic, see through Rk 20 Light	70 mins		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Night Vision	6	110 ft see in darkness	3.5 hrs		Y	Y	Y		Y
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The Bishop

The Bishop always has these personal defences in place

Circle of Protection: absorbs the first 20 DP per Pulse, adds 5 to attacker's die roll

Soul Shroud (Mind Cloak): mind or pact cannot be read, +30 to resist effects that Charm, Compel or Bind.

When dangerous

Either +12 AG or +12 WP (Sacrifice)

Hex Field: avoid up to 5 attacks for 5 ½ hrs

Solar Protection (+14 vs light/solar efect, -1 damage vs light/solar, 70 mins)

Also, various shapes if things look as if they're about to turn to custard.

The Bishop's Spell Rack
Incantation	Rk	FT	Constraints
Hedge Maze	10	2	Unracks
Hellfire - Spell Magazine	18	3	Unracks
Hex Field	10	2	Unracks

Morning Routine

Purify if needed: 1 hr

rack Mind Cloak - Minor AoE 1 hr

rack Spell Magazine 1 hr

Bind Air 1/2 hr

Watch Order

Marching Order

Discoveries

The de Brevic line were based in eastern Aquila, Ostow (birthplace of the Righteous) is in the south western corner of Aquila.
The Righteous was born in a castle upon a hill, in a bed room. Scales from the party employer indicate a particular room, currently inhabited.
Parish registers show only a girl was born in that castle 43 years ago, and in any case, to a different family. No one has any recollection of the Righteous having been born a girl.
Another family from Barretskine stayed at the castle at that time. Speculation that the de Brevic child was a girl who replaced a boy child of the Barretskine family.
Also, a reference to the area from a previous adventure

Places

Ostow - currently, suffering the effects of the war with the Drow - widespread famine, dispossessed people, developing banditry.

People

Holy Fool - a madman given to religious ecstasy and visions. Also, speaking in rhyming couplets and giggling.
Repentant bandits - some chaps we met on the way and with whom we remonstrated gently about their choice of career.
Proscenian Mimes - we were warned of these, and the Righteous was recollected to have considered them particularly evil or threatening. Possible reference to one here.