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Episode 22: All in[]
Guards at Thaddeus mansion firing at the attackers
Guards scramble to face the attackers
DM: Attack on Thaddeus manor[]
Gathering for a rescue mission after tracking down Thaddeus Manor the brave group prepares for a head on attack. Leaving the shuttle are Vee, Qroak, Razz and Korgak from Mars corp, Jeremiah, Friend from Talaris and Rikky, Manyu, Blud Monet from WOTO corp as well as Horizon, Polka and Raleigh. Somewhere inside the mansion the captured spirit walkers Tynan, Ahi and Reeza are being held prisoner. With the attackers they are carrying 3 nanite resuscitators capable of restoring life but they offer no protection against Thaddeus himself, who can kill your actual soul directly. Mercenaries with red - snipers, yellow - riflemen, blue - magic patrol the grounds.
Leading the charge are the melee fighters Manyu and Polka, weilding energy blades and protected with magic they laugh loudly as the run in through the gates. With his giant shield Polka evade most shots while making short work of many guards with his energy sword.
More reinforcements arrive
Raleigh erects a barrier
Flanking intending to surround the attackers Raleigh enacts a giant barrier, preventing the guards to spread out. This proves very effective and they reach the manor door. Raleign approaching tries to inspect the door. She notices that it is heavily enchanted and will need a lot of raw magic as well as physical force to open and get to work together with Qroak. As they get to work on getting in a drop ship flies into the courtyard and drops a team of armed mercenaries give them no rest. Eventually breaking through the gates they shut close magically, sealing them off to any hostiles but also trapping them inside.
Entering the manor
Checking who is injured and applying the field medicine they can Korgak, Jeremiah, Qroak and Monet lead the way until they are attacked by what looks like mushroom infected golems. Blud Monet and Raleigh are injured and she erects a magical barrier protecting herself. A swarm with small golems charge as well until the place falls dead silent. Moving into what looks like a museum room with double wings of stairs. At the lower level they finds display casings with artifacts behind glass. Joining powers Horizon grasps Manyus hand and together they shatter the glass, grasping a blade inside Manyu loses control of himself and turns against his allies. Cackling manically he starts swinging his swords at them until he is shot and falls down. In criticial condition but no longer possessed.
Data glitch wraiths attack the synths and cybernetics
Manyu fighting undead
They get little time to help him as another charge of soldiers followed by data wraiths attack. In the chaos the sword gets reanimated by some force or a will of its own and it catches Horizon unsuspecting, impaling him. The gunfire seems to have no effect on the cyber wraiths and one starts to infect Vee's systems rendering her unconscious. Still alive Horizon sees this happen, at the risk of his own life sees a chance to save her with his decking - with a second wind he stands up, pulls the sword out of his belly and uses it to strike and destroy the wraith, saving Vee. Nearly perishing Neither uses one of the nanite injectors on Horizon and it begins doing its work as he is carried on by Polka.
Finding a short moment of respite Polka starts searching through crates, finding various magical paraphernalia he settles on a tomes that emanates magic. Friend finds a barrier that will be very difficult to break unless they find its designated passcode. To pass break the barrier it will completely use up the persons mana who attempts it, rendering them unable to channel for the remainder of the mission. Friend volunteers and starts focusing. It's going to take time and as she channels her powers they continue being charged by more creatures. Manyu is injured again and among them he spots one of them being Blud Monet, turned into whatever things they are. Dispatching his former friend after the wave is defeated they take a closer look. Manyuu and Rikket find that Monets features are contorted and twisted.
DM: Prisoners[]
Manyu manipulates an electrical device
Entering the basement they find it waterlogged and hear the prisoners somewhere deeper inside. Worried that it may be a trap to just walk in and very much so Raleigh senses and finds a ward surrounding the cages. Any living creature entering runs the risk of death but the only way to remove the wards is to trigger them. Manyu touching a device begins to charge his electricity based powers but doing so he unknowingly starts the devices of torture in the cages. Rushed Rikky prepares the last nanite resuscitator, telling Raleigh that he's got her - she enters the room. Being half dead it does not kill her but shocks her into unconsciousness while disappating the wards. The torture devices continue what they were designed to do and unless they're stopped everyone in the cages will die.
Jeremiah channels a resistance ward
Vee moves towards the cages and has to decide who to save first, freeing Ahi she takes a shot in the back. Korgak, entering his orcish rage starts wildly bashing at the cages and manages to free both Reeza and Tynan. Counting the injured they're going to have to be carried out. Another charge by hundreds of small undead the way they came they have to take another route to exit. Blocked by an analogue lock Horizon opens it and locks it behind them, they find themselves in temporary safety in some kind of sanctum. In the sanctum are more locked doors, another strong portal and various magical artifacts and corpses. Jeremiah puts up a resistance ward against attacks that affect the mind while the others explore. Horizon wandering off missing the circle starts reading some of the books and gets cursed with a debilitating fear of the outside - agoraphobia, hit by a sudden panic he starts ranting and raving. Korgak and Qroak both hungry make a terrible decision to start snacking on a dead body in the chamber and are affected differently. Korgak gets some indigestion but Qroaks skin starts rotting on himself. The only benefit they got was being able to sense undead. Polka studies a tome of an old paladin and gained an ability to lay-on-hands, to heal once per day - this will come in use. More guards burst out from a balcony above and Ahi is shot and injured, Reeza comes to her aid healing her.
DM: Battle vs Thaddeus[]
Thaddeus hovering in the air
Breaking out onto a balcony they are greeted by none other than Thaddeus himself - standing inside of a circle of purple runes and hovering above the ground in the air. He is covered by swirling magic protected by the runes. Laughing and mocking them he exclaims that he is summoning the dark elements to bind them, and starts sending down lightning and fire from the skies. He downs Korgak and grasps ahold of Friend, crushing her. Thaddeus attackers take notice of their inability to harm him and shift their target towards the runes surrounding him instead. In response he calls fourth a large group of golems and starts putting his opponents to sleep while hitting others with balls of lightning. He commands Reeza, Korgak and Tynan to fall sleep and hits Rikky in the face, knocking him out.
Armed troopers on Thaddeus side arrive and he calls out for them to keep going, promising to mend their injuries. In the chaos Ahi falls off. Asking one of the guards to hand over his weapon with mage slaying rounds Thaddeus is not satiated and greedily consumes the soul of his mercenary. With the mage slaying rounds he shoots Manyu.
Announcing that he is about to end it - Thaddeus prepares for his finale move - a spell that will kill all his enemies and starts turning his own mercenaries into dark elementals. Channeling his spell the attackers only have so much time to reenagage and stop him. They charge again but not before all the elementals are released. Putting more to sleep Thaddeus grasps Raliegh by the hair and shouts -"This is the price of you cowardice!" and snaps her neck. Jeremiah stirring after being blasted feels his Lazarus nanites kick in, restoring him back to health. Thaddeus hit by Polkas blade and Jeremiahs mage mage slayer rounds makes him find himself staggering for a moment, taking steps back Vee attempts to take the opportunity at hand but she is smashed to bits. Commanding Horison he makes him turn and fight against his friends. Jeremiah continuing to fire the bullets actually causing harm gets his weapon knocked away, getting up close and personal Thaddeus rips his soul out and consumes it - making the cowboy who dared punch a god fall down dead in a pile on the ground.
Had enough Thaddeus tries a last attempt to get up close, delivering headshot after headshot but before succeeding he is overwhelmed at being hit by his own mage slaying bullets and decides to retreat. Calling for his drop ship he flies up towards it and makes his escape.[1]
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