Session 72

• When they RETURN from LIMBO, MAK'TI and BEGLAR will roll a d20 each (straight), 1-10 still current state when they arrive, 11-20 revert to GAEL and Belgar with all memories
• TIMESHIFT - roll a d20, a 1 or a 20 will cause time to SHIFT weirdly - (20 it goes fast, 1 is goes slow) - then roll a d8 (if it was a 1 to determine how many hours have passed) or a d6 (if it was a 20 to see how many days have passed)
• DA'ATH BARGAIN AFFECTED BY ABOVE!!!

VRAE (Enchantment i.e. Memory loss/changes & WISDOM)

Morality. Right from wrong - is the world truly so black and white? Are there shades of grey? Or is that madness? Can one be "good" and save the world? Does it matter?

The bray of a mule assaults your ears and a cacophony of snorts, squeals, and bleats joins the chorus of protest as you find yourself on a farmstead. Two draft horses shift forward, staring at you through soft eyes, their tails flicking nervously against the confines of a shared you find youselves within. The unpainted barn that houses them is cornered by thick stone pillars supporting a slanted shingle roof. Behind it, neat rows of barley, wheat, and oats grow as far as the eye can see. Beyond the small window you see a small farmhouse, taking in the rich scent of manure and fresh cut hay. Behind that, a large METAL STRUCTURE, steam pouring out of a number of chimney pipes. As prepare to call out to see if anyone is around, you spot a small mirror nearby, and take in your appearance. Vrae, you are currently in your Raven form, yet fully yourself. Bord, you find you are in the form of a small SPARROW, also with your own mind intact. Gorrazar is in the form a small HAWK, also with his mind intact. Both of you are about 1/2 the size of Vrae in her Raven form. In a nearby pen you spot what you assume to be your other three allies, all in porcine form (i.e. PIGS) (in shades of white, blue and green), all of them squealing in a manner you do not understand. You get the sense that even in the unlikely chance that you find a way to communicate with them, they all appear to have been stupefied in this form.

• Bird players can understand each-other, they speak FEATHER SPEECH
• They have NONE of their items equipment - but can FLY. STRENGTH scores reduced to -4, DIS on all attack rolls
• Meet some of the animals, make them very charming and nice
• Overhear farmers talking, two HOBGOBLINS named Grenkor and Narunog

Farm is going under, even this newfangled slaughter rig we bought from them gnomes isn't gone save us. I say we just abandon the place. What about all the pigs? We got like 300 of them we were holding in reserve, should we give 'em to the Holdman farm? Fuck those guys. We got this whole machine set-up, lets see what it can do. You wanna kill the whole lot? Why not, it'll be fun.

• SEE FARMERS loading pigs into coral for the slaughter house - See TWO PATHS - one that leads PIGS to fields outside the farm, other sign leads them into the SLAUGHTERHOUSE
• Either PCs or DM manage to separate to other PC PIGS into a separate path outside SLAUGHTERHOUSE for the CHOICE
• BORD KILLS A CROW who was flirting with Vrae
• See farmers LEAVE A CONTROL ROOM and lock it behind them
• FRIENDLY RAT named NINIT gives them advice
• Vrae is the only one STRONG enough to push the buttons, the others are too small and don't have the strength
• END GAME - slaughterhouse farm - Vrae can choose to save either her friends, Da'ath, Mak'Ti, and Gorrazar, or the other 300 pigs and other animals that are going to be slaughtered

Have you thought about the choices you might have to make in the coming days? What you might have to sacrifice? Loved ones, innocents, your own soul - if you sacrifice those to end the threat in the battle ahead, are you still "good?"

• VRAE CHOOSES to save her friends and sacrifice the 300 pigs

BORD (Abjuration & CHARISMA)

Accountability. Children die in war. Adults make the hard decisions. Which are you? Can you own up to your mistakes, learn from them, and use those experiences in the coming days to create a better world for the next generation? Or will you hide behind excuses, ignorance, and blaming others for where you, and the world are today? Will you take responsibility when the time comes?

• Character trial against Bord.
• Luna Lightfoot F Harrengon - Waitress hurries up to the group outside the TWIN FALLS GOVERNMENT CENTER

Bord, you need to pick your counsel, is it gonna be Vrae or Gorrazar (you think its weird that she knows Gorrazar, she never met him) - unless you wanna defend yourself? Either way the trial is about to start!

• In Attendance - Cosa, Panell Agatta (father, estranged in Gourdham), DeBri Agatta (mother, estranged in Gourdham), Ardwood Agatta (brother estranged in Gourdham), Chellf Agatta (sister estranged in Gourdham), Tubyfor Agatta (grandfather, patriarch, estranged in Gourdham), Planc Agatta (uncle in Wingperch), Twiggie Agatta (aunt in Wingperch), Timbha Agatta (cousin in Winperch)

Let us begin the trial: the People of Terus VS Bord Agatta, the Bird Bard of the Black Tear. Presiding over the trial, Founding Membert of the Loving Spoonfulls, SPEE Member, SPEER Member, Council Member of the STA Bardic Associate, the Honorable and Legendary Dragonborn Bard, Svadri Vur Krikvlic.

• OPPOSING COUNCIL - T'NIN JABARI
• JURY - Hundreds of people Bord has met throughout his life, cult members, audience members, former lovers, hookers, drug dealers, shop owners, everyone who he has made any kind of impact on is there.

OPENING STATEMENT What we're here to discuss people is not whether or not Bord has done a little bit of good with his friends in these last few months. That's fine...GOOD..FOR...HIM. But we're talking end times now. The BIG BAD. Do we wanna send this guy up against that? Does he look like someone who can handle it? What's he gonna do, swing his banjo at a tentacle? Oh, oops sorry. He doesn't even have that Banjo anymore - in an emotional state he shattered it. The family banjo. An heirlooom. A PRICELESS magical item that upped his power so he could help fight evil. And he destroyed in when he got a little "EM-O-TION-AL." This is who thinks he can fight Cthulhu. And I say, fuck that. And I'm gonna prove to you, with one witness after another, why we should NOT allow him to do so. Childish, irresponsible, emotional, hell, I would know, we were buddies before we even joined the Reclamation, or Black Tear, or whatever the fuck they call themselves now. And I'm also a huge piece of shit! I'd bet that if we hadn't run into these people we'd still be in the PLAZA doing Koce right now. Just think about that. Your statement dumbasses.

• Joining a Cult (Panell Agatta Witness)
• Spreading Cult throughout Oroccid with his Music - LORD TILL Witness (blood and mangled after battle with Mech Suit)
• Abandoning PREGNANT GF in said Cult (COSA Witness)
• Letting Mak'Ti'Il Sacrifice Himself to destroy the Scroll instead of taking care of it yourself (Mak'Ti Witness)
• Letting Mark Bastardson die instead of Surrending to the Tlincali (MARK BASTARDSON witness)
• Letting Lykada'ath Stormcall die fighting the Abishae instead of making the call for the group to retreat (Da'ath Witness)
• Leaving Lord Till and the cult members to die after they protected Cosa instead of fighting Thorman and his mech suit (Random Cult Wizard, Brunhilda Wost - missing an arm and her face severly burned)

CLOSING STATEMENT: What do all these have in common your honor? A refusal to accept any kind of responsibility. He let others direct his musical career, left behind a committed relationship when things got difficult, let others direct the actions of the party, coudln't make decisions in the heat of battle to save team members, fled other battles to save himself, let others take on burdens he was too cowardly to take on himself. What kind of man, let alone hero, is this? Can he be trusted to save this world from the Great Old One? Your statement.

• Jury could go either way, depends on the CHARISM/ PERSUASION check (and speech) of the Defense.
• SVADRI gets a final statement, basically saying he cannot stop Bord from doing anything, but he hopes he might carry what he learned today with him.

Children die in war. Adults make the hard decisions. Which are you?