Malta Session 31: 04/04/2018 This happened and it didn’t go well…

The game session was mostly combat; early on in the fight Lex was calling for a retreat as we were overwhelmed by dragonic armored warriors, bards, and divine opponents who were expecting Metas and the other Lords of Bugibba. It was a spirited fight but in the waning moments of the fight Marco and Evagara surrender after Jabari was rendered blind and deaf while Carlo was also subdued. Lex and Lete narrowly escape thanks to potions of invisibility and fly potions.

As Lete escapes he locates the Priestess quite by accident and under serious peril. Pausing briefly Lete watches as a tengu attempts to transform its shape into the Priestess Kakakombe. The tengu seemingly tutored by a spellcaster in red: Brudiphan who is better at duplicating the appearance of an individual. While watching Brudiphan also takes the form of Zallas.  Also scattered about are six arcane pods containing some five city leaders the empty one assumed being for Kakakombe.

Lex and Lete, fleeing separately and about a minuet apart, see the remaining characters being taken to custody and overhear their plans of taking the prisoners to Paola to walk the plank. The two characters eventually escape the vaults of Ripae and come out in a public area in the early morning hours. About a minute from Ripae there is obvious activity around the Bank. It takes a bit but Lex and Lete eventually meet up at the Dog Park and proceed to the Gypsy’s Heart to take a room. About an hour later Lermang arrives as the two characters wait for Metas and the others to become aware of the night's failure.

For the others, the unconscious characters are left as they are while the others are blindfolded, restrained and placed on litters and carried around for about a half-hour eventually encountering fresh air and loaded onto a ship.

Zallas