Sunday, February 28, 2021

Last Legend 9: Bellum Speaks

 

The team meets with members of the League of Arcanists and is asked for a favor

Session Date (Real Life): 02/27/2021
Begin (Game Date): 10/19/520 12:00
End (Game Date): 10/20/520 20:00
Player Level: 2   
Total XP: 3


At the bottom of this post is a list of characters and groups that you can reference in this post for keeping track of who people are.

Last Legend is a fantasy tabletop RPG campaign using the Open Legend RPG system. For more information on the setting of Last Legend, check the background post here: https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/2021/01/Last Legend Overview.html

Or, go to the Last Legend Glossary, here: https://goalworlds.blogspot.com/p/last-legend-glossary.html

The team (Aanso, Arthur Grant, Balthazar, and Kesua), along with Molly, an arcanist; and Kismo, a girl from Mūsūyya, had entered a high-tech ruin of the ancients as they searched for Lyatbi, a girl from Kismo's hometown. As they searched, they had encountered a Watcher, one of the robots which served as a scout for others. Aanso had just used his time magic to incapacitate a Watcher.

Kesua vanished in a puff of dark energy.

Unfortunately, before Aanso could get up to the creature to deliver the killing blow, the robot's systems restarted and it activated once more. It fired a burst of electrical energy at Aanso, blinding and stunning him, before jumping down and out of sight.

As the group moved forward to pursue the Watcher, things became more complicated. It turned out that the metal floor they were on was a series of catwalks overlooking an assembly line floor where more and more robots were being constructed by various automated machines.

Balthazar ran ahead in pursuit of the watcher, while Arthur turned and went up a set of stairs into a nearby room. Balthazar cast a fireball at the watcher as a much larger robot, a Sawtooth, bounded into view. Meanwhile, in the room where Arthur was, another watcher appeared on top of a stairway within the room. It fired a blinding burst of light at Arthur, stunning and blinding him. Molly ran into the room with Arthur and drew forth an arcane blaster, firing a shot at the watcher. The watcher leapt down the stairs, striking Arthur and sending him reeling.

Balthazar fired another shot at the watcher that had fled onto the factory floor, while the sawtooth leapt up onto the catwalk he was standing on.

As Arthur remained blind and stunned, the watcher in the room with him swung its tail around, striking him with it and making the pain that much worse. Molly tried to use her blaster to make a laser wall between them and the creature, but was unable to do so. Kismo ran up into the room and fired arrows at the watcher, killing it. Her arrows seemed to glow with an arcane energy.

Aanso, having recovered from his own blindness and stunned state, used his time magic to start Arthur's body restoring itself from the damage it had taken on by the watcher. 

As Balthazar backed away from the sawtooth, firing fireballs at it, a second sawtooth descended the stairs towards Arthur, Molly, and Kismo. Arthur tossed a device down the stairs towards Balthazar. The device unfolded into an automated machine to fight against the first sawtooth, but that robot tore through Arthur's creation without trouble.

The second sawtooth charged down the stairs, striking hard against Kismo with its massive claws. Another watcher followed behind the sawtooth, and it launched a stunning blast at Kismo, succeeding in both stunning and lbinding her.

Balthzar and Aanso entered the room with the others to try to help against the sawtooth. Aanso provided healing help to Kismo, while Balthazar tried to provide literal cover fire. The sawtooth was none-too-happy about Balthazar's flames and struck him, knocking him out instantly. The others, working together, were able to overcome the remaining sawtooth and watcher, putting an end to the defenses in the area.

Exploring the facility, the group eventually found their target: Lyatbi, the missing child from Mūsūyya. She was connected to a technological pedestal and several technological parts had been implanted into her skin and body, showing ports, plugs, and metal plates across her arms, head, and body as a whole.

At the prodding of the group, Kismo (who was the only one that knew the girl), moved forward to address Lyatbi. The girl's eyes opened and glowed blue. The voice speaking from it claimed to be Bellum. Bellum had previously been mentioned by Feste in Last Legend 2: Crystal Caverns, where it was said that Bellum had awakened and was connected to the robots that had caused the Echoing Eclipse and which had continued to plague humanity since then.

When questioned by Balthazar, Bellum revealed that he is trying to accomplish his original purpose of wiping out the Living Crystals, who he claimed were all around now. This is possibly related to his statement that humanity has become corrupted, as he also stated that the Living Crystals were corrupted.

(As a note on history: Long ago, humans were "colorless," or what you and I would consider the variety of normal skin colors. They waged war against beings known as the living crystals, which are exactly what it sounds like. Humanity developed the robots to wipe out the living crystals. The arcane crystals around the world used by mages and arcanists are thought to be the remains of the living crystals. According to the history that is taught, the robots turned on humanity and nearly wiped them out. The world went into a dark age for a long time before human civilization re-emerged. When it did, humanity bore skin of many bright chromatic colors. There is no known reason for this change.)

When asked about why he had taken the girl, Bellum claimed that she was useful to him for assessing humanity, its state of corruption, and how best for Bellum to carry out his own purpose. Molly suggested that he was scanning her as a human specimen, looking for weaknesses.

Aanso used his time magic to teleport Lyatbi from the grip of the technology. She was unconscious and seemed to no longer be under Bellum's control. Kismo escorted Lyatbi out of the facility and the rest of the group searched for a way to destroy the location as a whole.

They found a control panel which Arthur was able to analyze and determine how to turn off the facility and the robot production lines. He wanted to find a way of causing it to self destruct, but found nothing of the sort. After some discussion, it was decided that Molly would get help from the League of Arcanists to dispose of the facility properly.

Done with the facility, the group traveled on to Mūsūyya where they returned Lyatbi to her mother, Aadu. Everyone was happy that Lyatbi was returned safely, and Otyo, the mayor of the town, rewarded the adventurers for their troubles. People are concerned about the cybernetics that have been implanted in the girl, but overall glad that she has been returned.

Molly and Balthazar were able to install the parts and the new crystal into the Mūsūyyan Arcanification network, successfully completing the arcanification process. As evening closed on the town, the streetlamps around the city lit with arcane light.

Itbi, the owner of the Broken Stein Tavern, allowed the group to eat and sleep for free at her establishment. While dining there, Arthur asked Molly what her plans were moving forward. She said that she would return to Vanguard City to tell the League of Arcanists about the robot production facility, and that they would see where things went from there. Arthur could tell that Molly was hiding something, but he told her that he trusted her and was here for her if there was anything she needed. She thanked him, apologized for the unspoken difficulties in their past (possibly tied to an individual named Lance, and warned him that he shouldn't stay in the Mount Yunnup region for much longer. 

The group eventually decided they would go with Molly to Vanguard City in order to see what awaits them there.

Player Characters:

  • Aanso-A time mage trying to prevent a terrible future
  • Arthur Grant-A machinist from Kstivan looking for someone from his past
  • Balthazar-An elementalist from Sniya, and a member of the League of Arcanists

NPCs:

  • Chibro-Balthazar's former mentor, now stuck inside his head
  • Molly Sadler-A woman from Arthur's past; A member of the League of Arcanists
  • Kismo-A talented young woman from Mūsūyya
  • Lyatbi-Daughter of Aadu, child of Mūsūyya, cyborg at the hands of Bellum
  • Bellum-An artificial intelligence bent on "purifying" humanity
  • Aadu-Owner of the Crooked Arrow Bar in Mūsūyya
  • Itbi-Owner of the Broken Stein Tavern in Mūsūyya

Cities:

New Adventure Release


Yesterday my new cypher system adventure, Five Course Feast, was released yesterday on DriveThruRPG. This is a wacky/lighthearted fantasy adventure that takes the traditional five room dungeon blueprint and integrates a food theme of a five course meal. Battle orcs armed with sharp cheese, avoid meteor meatballs, battle a giant turkey and more in this exciting adventure. Make sure you save room for dessert!


Bon appetite!
Posted by at
Labels: , , , , , , ,

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)