Tuesday 12 February 2019

Session 214 - Last March to Armageddon

Now! This is it! The last march of the dragons, and the battle for the fate of the world!
Everything comes to a head now, multiple forces clashing to take down the Tentacle and allow Ninhursag to dive in and deliver its poisonous payload!

POWERLAD achieves the ultimate power of the dragon! Snels discovers he's in a den of demons! Capitano Romantico is denied drugs! Sophia the Elf learns to drive!

Powerlad walks into the Risen HQ and speaks to the receptionist, "Hello, I'm looking for a bone?" "What a coincidence, so am I" she smiled from Powerlad and his Boney lass
- Carter's Fiction Fanatic

Session 214 - Last March to Armageddon

Campaign Date:
Tuesday, 24th June, 1601
Moon Phase: Third Quarter
Zenith: Minerva
Zodiac: Gemini

New Backstory:
- Sophia, the new Elf who is allegedly POWERLAD’s time-displaced progeny, had gained a position of prestige and power yet was betrayed, possibly by her gang of urchins? (+1 Con)

Treasure and Equipment:
- Adventurer’s Journal - detailed notes on the barrowmaze and counts as Book #152 - The Nature of Undeath (200 exp)
- Grey-green putty can mimic an object it’s smooshed over for an hour before reverting to putty form.
- A key to the Barrowmaze (100 exp)
- Marble of Ice-8, transforms a 20’ sphere of water into permanent ice.
Total: 300 exp

Enemies Defeated:
-
Total: 0 exp

Exploration:
- First party to enter New Moondin (500 exp)
Total: 500 exp

Events:
--- March Through the Dark
- In the pearly glow of POWERLAD’s witch-light, within a ossuary of ordered bone in the empty brain-case of a vast undead dragon, POWERLAD and Snels sleep. The whir of wings and discordant voices does little to breach their slumber. (50 exp)
- As they rest, the new Elf-child Sophia explores the dragon’s throat. The bones of a thousand thousand human skeletons have knitted around the dragon’s frame, forming grim grinning parodies of muscle and flesh. (50 exp)
- She travels down the throat, torch in hand, skeletons quiescent, and in the sepulchral clanking hollow of the dragon’s cavernous stomach she finds many abandoned things. (50 exp)
- The corpse of an adventurer yields a diary with detailed notes on the Barrowmaze and the nature of Undeath, another skeleton holds a now-useless key. Of keen interest are a ball of strange putty and a marble of cold ice in a small vial. (50 exp)
- She returns to the dragon’s skull, well satisfied. (50 exp)

--- Alongside the Earth Dragon
- POWERLAD and Snels awaken at dawn. The group find their dragon striding parallel to Ninhursag, mere miles away, and steadily closing in! (50 exp)
- From here they can see the domes of a town upon Ninhursag’s back between its wings - a new Moondin? - and the winged drakencult that swoop around its head and the poison-canister slung by great chains beneath its neck. (50 exp)
- As the sun rises, a small group of drakencult glide in to investigate this bone dragon that appeared overnight. POWERLAD flies up to the top of the skull to greet them. (50 exp)
- Their leader is Katsin, a gogamogic drakencultist! She’s ecstatic to meet POWERLAD - she’s both a fan of his books and a fan of his high priesthood! (50 exp)
- She’s real into the POWERLAD fandom and begins peppering POWERLAD with questions about plot holes, character inconsistencies, and unsatisfactorily resolved plot lines. The others look on in confusion, while POWERLAD does his best to answer them. (50 exp)
- They compare apocalypse plans, and POWERLAD reveals that he’s planning to go nova if shit goes down. Sophia looks sad. (50 exp)



- Basic idea - protect Ninhursag as it gets to the tentacle, tears a hole into it, then plummet down the hollow centre of the tentacle to deliver the omnipoison to the core. The party’s well-received upgrade is to clad Ninhursag in the undead dragon’s bones like armour! (50 exp)

--- Ride the Dragon
- With the help of Katsin and her squad, the party fly across the gap between the dragons and land in the town atop the dragon’s back! It’s a new Moondin alright, mostly made up of stone domes, although Japhet & Hirsch’s eye-tower managed to make it up here! (50 exp)
- Yes, it seems that everyone’s favourite demons and cultists from Moondin made it up to Ninhursag’s back. It’s much safer from the bugs and Dead up here, even though everyone knows they’ll need to drop off the dragon before it dives into the Earth. (50 exp)
- The stone homes are enmeshed in webs, giant spider-kids constantly scuttle past, carrying messages and items and repairing the web where it’s eaten away by NInhursag’s poisonous fumes. The entrances to the buildings are crammed with webs and Styx-brand filter-plants to keep the worst of the poison at bay. (50 exp)
- Also here is… Capitano Romantico. A new Romantico with a piratical streak who is conveniently already signed up to NInhursag’s Drakencult. The idea of nicknaming them the “Ninnies” is met with outrage from POWERLAD (50 exp)
- The party splits up to check in with various people and get ready for what seems to be building up to a final battle for the fate of the world. (50 exp)

--- Japhet and Hirsch scare Snels
- Snels wanders the shifting streets of New Moondin, searching blindly for anyone “near death” and shouting about eyes. Unfortunately only the strong have survived so far, and the populace is tough. They haven’t come this far to die now! (50 exp)
- His talk of eyes gets him directed to a tower of eyes, though of course Snels cannot see them. He smells… bird? And he can almost taste the alternating waves of pride and gluttony. (50 exp)
- A snooty voice greets him, mocking his blind prophet routine, then lets him inside. His brother, on his back, recites psalm 91:4. Snels lays a hand on his sword as he stumbles up the steps into an interior that smells of spice and roasting meat. (50 exp)
- A pair of voices speak to him, clearly amused by this blind prophet’s predicament. He mumbles something about his hatred for demons and, laughing, they tell him that they are indeed a demon! (50 exp)
- Snels goes into a rage and runs at them… into a wall. He gets thrown out of the tower by the bird butler and mocked by passers-by. (50 exp)



--- Julgoor’s got the goods
- POWERLAD arrives at the Honey Healing 4 U Megastore to see Julgoor. The place is large, but the actual ship is small. Like an Argos. Spiderkids make a whooshing sound as they open the sliding front doors. (50 exp)
- Julgoor himself is behind the counter, and he seems much healthier than when they last saw him. He has extra arms, and extra faces like a Hindu god. He’s excited to see POWERLAD, and offers him whatever he wants from the warehouse! (50 exp)



- He’s got the usual stuff, as well as some less common substances like Wave, Sight, and the ubiquitous Blood Honey. All on the house, of course. (50 exp)
- POWERLAD mentions that he’s got a friend who sweats Wave, and Julgoor asks if she’d be up for coming in and sweating for an hour or so. Might as well ask! (50 exp)
- POWERLAD obtains a bunch of Notcoke, snorts a cheeky line, and turns around to head out… before Capitan Romantico storms in! (50 exp)
- He tries to buy drugs, but unfortunately drugs are now the currency of New Moondin. No use in gold any more really. Without funds, he angrily storms out and tries to yell a bad Yelp review into the sky. (50 exp)
--- The Arboretum
- Sophia enters the Arboretum, a huge stone sphere that was originally the one created for Galaxy Johnson’s funeral way back when. The interior is packed with filter-plants, and she is soon discovered by the new Crystal Drakencult leader. (50 exp)
- Her name is Krystal Shattersby, and she is very mean. She insults Sophia and extorts a cookie from her before listening to what she has to say and calling for Stones. (50 exp)
- They chat about the plants and POWERLAD  for a bit before she starts to cry and he awkwardly shuffles off, leaving her alone in the Arboretum. (50 exp)
- Sophia wanders around a bit, then hides when the new Magman cult leader, Bernard Boris Quincy-Reynolds, looks around for her. (50 exp)
- She avoids him, thinking him creepy, and heads out into New Moondin’s main square. (50 exp)
--- POWERLAD smashes a Necromancer
- POWERLAD visits the Rebel Dead HQ in search of an undead to punch and smash, since killing something that lives but doesn’t breathe is Ninhursag’s thing. (50 exp)
- He’s a little bit coked up, and the lithe black-hooded secretary has had enough requests to “borrow” a skeleton in the past few months that she denies any drakencultist from smashing one and ruining the dwindling merchandise. (50 exp)
- She is, however, a fan… notcoked up as he us, POWERLAD makes a rash decision when she offers to let him smash something else… (50 exp)
- They enter a back room, and great thuds soon begin shaking the desk. A legless dictation-skeleton tumbles and shatters on the floor. That counts! (50 exp)
- A Turn or two later POWERLAD emerges from the staff only door, while the secretary stumbles over to her chair and sits back down. She tries to pat down her hair that’s standing up with static, and sparks flutter from her fingertips. She winks at POWERLAD and smiles lazily, biting her lip. (50 exp)

--- POWERLAD attains ultimate dragon power
- The party meet up again in the main square, and head into the drakencult’s huge stone arboretum. (50 exp)
- POWERLAD is there, meeting up with his Gogamogic drakencult! They are all huge muscly bodybuilder types! (50 exp)
- He meets up with drakencult leader, Garlock Beendigung, who is VERY LOUD! A crowd has gathered to see POWERLAD as he declares the new plan - New Moondin will be dropped here, the Dragon will be encased in Bone Armour, and they will take Ninhursag to the tentacle and destroy it forevermore! (50 exp)
- Also, if necessary, POWERLAD will become a dragon to clear the path. Good news, this is the plan of the other high priests! They're going to apotheosise and defend Ninhursag during its march. (50 exp)
- Garlock goes to Ninhursag's head to dream peace into it, calming it so it won't freak out when the bone dragon becomes its armour. (50 exp)
- POWERLAD heads out to the main square outside the arboretum, seeing the stone spheres beginning to get lashed to plants and webs ready to be dropped. He kneels down to pray. (50 exp)
- With a great surge of energy, Ninhursag grants POWERLAD the final level of power! Drakencult level 12 - Apotheosis Ultimate - the ability to become an Elemental Dragon at will! (50 exp)



--- Last March to Armageddon
- POWERLAD and the other High Priests of the Drakencult gather upon the broad scaly head of Ninhursag, wind whipping through POWERLAD’s golden hair. They see Garlock who meditates upon the great Earth Rune upon its forehead. (50 exp)



- Snels the Blind Prophet is with them, contemplating the dark future he’s foreseen. He is shirtless, revealing his body covered in gnarly crucifix tattoos. (50 exp)



- Before them, writhing tall and cancerous, is the Prime Tentacle. It is sick, gobbets of flesh falling from its flanks, imperfect regeneration surrounding it with flailing half-formed limbs. Fat maggots dribble from it like rain. (50 exp)
- In the sky close by, out of the Tentacle’s reach, Ereshkigal looms. It is surrounded by winged shapes, the purple-black gravity well above its open mouth forming a swirling stormcloud of stolen weather. (50 exp)



- Above, full and pale and nightmarishly close, the moon looms grotesquely above the planet. Descending to reunite with the planet after aeons of separation. (50 exp)
- Behind them, New Moondin drops from Ninhursag’s back by web and by vine and by crystalline wing, dangling from its flanks and dropping when the Dragon passes over the dead town of Underall. (50 exp)
- Underall is a perfect place to hide a last bastion of humanity. They find it an empty last bastion of survivalists, hidden in the hills. They are all dead now, taken by Locusts in the night, but their thick walls and ample supplies will see the citizens of New Moondin through the weeks and months to come. (50 exp)
- Ninhursag strides onwards, the bone dragon coming alongside. The priests keep the Apocalypse Dragon’s focus on the tentacle as the bones and skeleton-flesh of the bone dragon crawl over like armour. The bone dragon’s jaws are hinged open, cradling the head of Ninhursag like a snake. (50 exp)



- Cryus-RJ stands atop the bone dragon’s skull, holding the golden monstrance aloft. The Ossuary of All Bones is encased within the empty braincase - the head of Ninhursag is now the central headquarters for two armies. (50 ex)
- Swinging below Ninhursag’s neck is the vast hollow stone filled with omnipoison - the poison that can destroy Shub-Niggurath forever. The poison-researchers work to improve it even now. (50 exp)
- And far below on the surface of the Earth, speeding away unnoticed against the scale of the dragons merging above, Sophia and Capitano Romantico slip off in a Guber towards Fortress-City Fate. (50 exp)
- They speed over the dying land. As they get closer to the walking city they see fast shapes speeding towards them - a shining army in burnished armour, mounted on Gubers. (50 exp)
- The figures on board salute as they whoosh past towards the final battle, armed with guns and with runes and with lances, surging towards the End War to decide the fate of the world. (50 exp)



Total: 2900 exp

Misc:
- Coitus boners (50 exp)
- Classic Charles bonus (50 exp)
- Diplomancy bonus (50 exp)
- Fame bonus (50 exp)
- High as Fuck bonus (50 exp)
- Long Deliberation bonus (50 exp)
- Noblebright bonus (50 exp)
- Politico bonus (50 exp)
- Pundemonium bonus (50 exp)
- Split the Party bonus (50 exp)
- Pacifism bonus (500 exp)
Total: 600 exp

Party Roles and Individual Exp:
- Remembrancer (Carter / Sepulchre - 100 exp)
- Caller (Kitty / POWERLAD - 100 exp)
- Mapper (Carter / Sepulchre - 100 exp)
- Treasurer (Kitty / POWERLAD - 100 exp) - Quartermaster (Kitty / POWERLAD - 100 exp)
- Guard (George / Oliver Snels - 100 exp) - Tracker (George / Oliver Snels - 100 exp)- Art Attack (Carter, Jorjj, Charles - 100 exp)
- Artapalooza (Charles - 100 exp)
- Attacco d’Arte (Jjj’j - 100 exp)
- JÜGBRINGYR bonus (Kitty, Charles - 500 exp ea.)
Active Businesses:
- Blood Honey Healing 4 U (Co-dependent businesses)
--- Honey Healing. Safe. 1095sp. (Bertha)
--- Blood Honey 4 U. Safe. 10515sp. (Sir Robyn)

Rumours:
-

Death Toll and Injuries:
-
Exp Totals:
- Kitty / High Priest POWERLAD!, Level 8 Muscle Wizard: 162048 (Level up at 288000)
-- Devotee of Ninhursag, Bond 12 (-60% exp) 
- George / Oliver Snels, Level 5 Barbarian: 28946 (Level up at 32000)
- Charles, ??? Romantica, Level 5 Barbarian: 17882 (Level up at 32000)
- Carter / Sophia, Level 2 Elf (Brackenfrau): 5417 (Level up at 6000)

Absent or Retired:
- Suzie / Dumbledorris, Level 6 Inheritor: 53712 (Level up at 72000)
-- Devotee of Ninhursag, Bond 2 (-10% exp) 
- Timothy / Galaxy RJ, Level 6 Martian Inheritor: 42488 (Level up at 72000)
- James / Abhor Global, Level 6 Extras: 25443 (Level up at 48000)
- (Styx's Disciples)
--- Dominique, Level 4 Necromancer: 9395 (Level up at 18000)
--- Ilda, Level 4 Fighter: 8466 (Level up at 16000)
--- Heriael, Level 3 Elf (Hauntling Glister): 6395 (Level up at 12000)
--- Zam, Level 2 Fighter: 2395 (Level up at 4000)
--- Hrundlfrust, Level 2 Specialist: 1895 (Level up at 3000)
--- Blixxer, Level 2 Specialist: 1895 (Level up at 3000)  
- Tim D / Mortlocke, Level 3 Necromancer: 5350 (Level up at 9000)
- Kitty / Bertha, Level 4 Necromancer: 10892 (Level up at 18000)
-- Devotee of Ninhursag, Bond 3 (-15% exp)   
- Kitty / Andromeda, Level 5 Muscle Wizard: 23376 (Level up at 36000)
-- Devotee of Ninhursag, Bond 8 (-40% exp)
- Timothy / Sir Robyn, Level 6 Magic-User: 62159 (Level up at 72000)
- Ollie / Flaming Fury, Level 6 Dwarf: 49511 (Level up at 70400)

-- Devotee of Ereshkigal, Bond 4 (-20% exp)
- Charles / Galaxy Johnson, Level 6 Reincarnated Shadow-Elf: 53575 (Level up at 96000)
-- Devotee of Ereshkigal, Bond 3 (-15% exp)
- Jevgeni / Antez, Level 2 Necromancer: 3571 (Level up at 4500)
- Grecia / Glycon, Level 2 Elf (Sloomit Waghorn): 3571 (Level up at 6000)
- Ollie / Synthia, Level 5 Inheritor: 24881 (Level up at 36000)
-- Devotee of Ninhursag, Bond 3 (-15% exp)
- Henry / Witchfinder-Sergeant, Level 5 Cleric (Unorthodox): 14963 (Level up at 28000)
--- Erstwhile, Level 2 Muscle Wizard: 3105 (Level up at 4500)
- James / Ratimir, Level 6 Ratman: 33991 (Level up at 48000)
- Andy / Carrie Meleste, Level 6 Termaxian Cleric: 52811 (Level up at 56000)
--- 4 Henchmen Undeserving of Names, Level 0 Bootlickers
- Kyle / Gimlass the Brave, Level 2 Dwarf: 2257 (Level up at 4400)
- Ollie / Tremendo Picante, Level 2 Ratman: 2654 (Level up at 3000)
- James / Raaf van Held, Level 4 Fighter: 14838 (Level up at 16000)

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