Twenty-ninth Session – And now – weird elves out of time!!!
My research indicates that Old Man Fish’s desire for darkvision let us into DCC 88.5, Curse of the Kingspire!
Things get weird quick, both camping near the ruins of the Kingspire and then as we approach it (leaving our 8 companions and horses at camp) ghostly figures surround us. And as we approach the tower we are suddenly part of a ghostly ancient battle between hordes of beast-men and a castle full of Kith! Some of the spectres are more real than others and it’s dangerous.
I think Kith are elves. But “old” elves? Kinda like in the Witcher they’re like “Elder blood!” “Do you mean elves, there’s a bunch of them?” “Yes! No! Kinda!” Fair enough.
Anyway, we fight/sneak our way into the Kith castle with the sometimes phantom, sometimes physical savage subhumans close behind. We find a crapload (27) of cultists doing some ritual, doubtless responsible for the ancient battle starting to phase in on us.
Luckily (?) a bunch of worms start eating cultists as part of the ritual. We have to fight our way through a rearguard of archers but Ned gets a super high magic missile roll and “death blossoms” them (Last Starfighter reference!)
We make our way through the ruins and find the cult leader Arkos and his cult champions and initiates and a free range combat is on! At the climax the cult leader throws done some black orb from the top of the chamber while invoking the “Crow King.” Harp powerslides and catches the orb before it hits but it shatters anyway (fair enough, gotta get to phase 2 of the adventure, but I was proud of doing it) and suddenly we’re in the full on past battle!
After some violence we make contact with the Elder Kith and meet the Crow King himself, who explains we’re not technically in the past but in a spell of time stasis. “A difference without a distinction!” we cry! Anyway, Old Man Fish swears fealty to him and agrees to go whack his brother, and gets his darksight!
Then we meet the old Vizier and a big formorian giant type torturer on the way to the brother. It’s obvious to us they aren’t on Team King and they are torturing some chick, so once the Vizier leaves we dogpile the giant and take him down fairly quickly. Unfortunately the tortured kith-maiden perishes shortly after being rescued.
Trapped catacombs ensue and we find some other kith – forces of the brother (who we’re not sure is really the bad guy in all this?) Find out… Next time!
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