Ars Magica Session 2 Notes

 The Episode begins a week after the Zootopia Squad have deposited the Lord and Lady Ashbee in the Statue Garden where they have been petrified for their crimes.


A dog-sized, six-fingered crawling claw arrives holding an immediate summons to the offices of Grand Arcanist Cipe Pineles. We arrive at her Foyer and are obviously expected as we don't immediately get blown up by arcane defenses and die. The Coward Murdoc Kelp has died this way before.


We get ushered into her office where we see two Cipe Pineles having an exasperated conversation between each other. One is obviously Aubrey Dijitra, Master of the Secret Police, impersonating Cipe Pineles. We can tell it's Aubrey, because she has a big flying eye behind her.


They are discussing a revolutionary with connections to foreign powers known locally as Spark, real name Vienna Ledl. She is a Fire Genasi actor with a penchant for giving speeches to incite insurrections. She is accompanied by a Green Dragonborn, known as Striker, real name Bellio Venean.


The flying eye projects a short loop of video of them being chased, before Striker hits the camera with a censer. Spark wears a gold theater mask and red dress while Striker wears a tricorn hat.


They have attracted the attention of Githyanki raiders, who have a grudge against the 7th City after the Sea Kraken Gha'um'thes, the Pirate-King of the Githyanki, burned to death in his ship after attempting to raid the city. With his death the Githyanki Raiders fractioned into many disparate factions that offer no real threat. His son, Ga’alas Prince-in-Exile seeks revenge and is now working with Spark. He is accompanied by Fawanna Gish-Captain, an old Githyanki spellsword raider.


Cipe and Aubrey present us with a brand new warrant for Spark and Striker's arrest, while ordering us to kill the Prince in order to prevent the formation of any stable Githyanki leadership.


Spark is giving a speech in 2 days at a theater in the Auberndale Heights, a less well-to-do part of town. We are required to infiltrate the location so they don't get spooked and arrest Spark. Aubrey provides an agent to assist our infiltration, as we're kinda ass at subterfuge. We're a SWAT team, not secret police.


Hartford Goodwin, Air Genasi Assassin shows up and is our contact. We give him most of our weapons which he magically stows somewhere, so we can enter the venue. 


Murdoc Kelp trusts Hartford with his life. Endy Jackson trusts Hartford with his stuff, which is more important than his life.


We get Seeming cast on us to seem like regular civilians and infiltrate the theater. The theater is full of civilians but we spot revolutionaries holding hidden weapons. We spend way too long discussing where to sit in the theater to optimise for combat. 


Spark begins her speech, and we roll initiative. Resulting in a big theater fight which leads to a long sewer chase sequence, as Spark attempts to flee while we pursue.


Highlights:


Prince-in-Exile Ga'alas dealing 2 damage short of one-shotting Veld Dreadbringer.

Veld Dreadbringer applying fear to half the theater, and it immediately getting cancelled by Ga'alas.

Veld successfully Hold Personing the escaping Spark, but then getting knocked unconcious immediately so it doesn't matter.

Fawanna Gish-Captain fireballing and stabbing Veld Dreadbringer and killing him.

It's not a good day for Veld Dreadbringer.


Finnegan Sidney and the return of Pro-Choice Judy Hopps.

Sid revivifying Veld.

Sid having 330 ft of Darkvision.

Sid getting knocked unconcious by Fawanna Gish-Captain in the sewer hideout.


The Coward Murdoc Kelp tripping over a balcony and landing prone while getting beat up by riled up commoners.

Then killing said commoners with a Thunderous Step.

Chasing after the escaping Spark and Striker alone into the sewers, an atypically non-cowardy move.


Endy Jackson running on stage, shouting "You're under arrest!" and immediately stabbing Spark with a dagger. 

Lots and lots of very slow running after Spark.

Deep sadness over not having retreived the shield and javelin of lightning that were given to Hartford.


Hartford Goodwin outperforming all of us. 

He kills the Prince-in-Exile, knocks out Striker and is the only one able to keep up with the escaping Spark besides Kelp.

We (not Endy) are considering killing him in the sewers cuz he's making us look bad.


Currently : 

We are in a sewer rebel hideout.

Sid and Murdoc are knocked out on the floor.

Fawanna Gish-Captain and a Red Dragon Wyrmling are fighting Veld.

Endy just busted through the back storeroom, and found a cowering Spark in the corner.

She begs for her life and Endy says "We're not going to kill you. We want you alive." 😬

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