Se02Ep28 - War is Hell

General Summary

Hitching a ride to the Tarterian Depths of Carceri, on the Devil's gargantuan transport, the front of which packed with Lemure and Nupperibo to the point of discomfort, the middle with medium sized creatures of various fiends and mortals, and the rear with the largest vehicles and fiends. Before landfall, @ark uses his spellcasting to control weather creating a thick fog on the demons' foothold. Miles uses conjure celestial and summons Rhadar to help in the battle. Boots and the Fel Reaver holding the back ranks and the rest of the party in the middle, the transport ramp opens. Fireballs bombard the ramp destroying the first ranks of lesser Devils. The battlefield is a marshy mess of devil blood and bodies of the mortals "hired" to help them. Above, one hundred yards away, bunkers line the hills while in between lie barricades, razor wire, and vehicle obstacles block access to the paths to the bunkers.
Thinking about finding a safe location Lostin cast longstrider to get the group moving. Boots moves to an advantageous location and uses roar to put fear in to the demons that hide in the bunkers. Sambra casts Circle of Death on the bunkers to diminish the demons casting spells from inside. Sambra's simulacrum cast invisibility to hide the party from direct attacks. Ark follows suit with sickening radiance eliminating more demons.Rodger stealthily leads the party through the fog created earlier by Ark. Miles casts death ward on Ark to keep their sorcerer alive. Rhadar uses her celestial powers to help the party pass without trace through the battlefield. Seom Rando stops clear a path with the Fel Reaver acting as a barrier to the group. 
Lostin deceives the demons by gesticulating wildly while barking move orders in the wrong direction covering Boots advance. Sambra uses his knowledge of the arcane to inform the party with tactics for offence and defence against demons. The simulacrum cast counterspell on a fireball heading toward the party as Ark uses a scroll of counterspell on a group of nearby devils.  Using the torch of seeing, Rodger leads the party through the storm and bloody mist on the battlefield. Thinking to aid to the aim of their henchpersons, Miles cast bless on the crew of the Fel Reaver and Rhadar  uses shimmering shield on Boots to shield her advance. Seom Rando leans out the window and hurls whelm at pack of fiends! Lostin uses countercharm, on the parties allies, anticipating what is sure to come. Boots attacks with a ferocious bite toppling a bunker getting a rousing cheer from the allied forces who send in the vicious beasties to tear apart the enemy. Sambra aids the devouring beasties by casting hypnotic pattern and mesmerizing the opponents and his simulacrum aids a nearby devil by casting haste as he thrashes through the lines. Ark uses synaptic static to disrupt spellcasting from the bunkers. The camera zooms in on a strung wire glistening in the fire and then to Rodger who holds up his hand in the stop sign. He points out the wire just as a group of mortals stumble into it, tripping the explosion and leaving nothing; Rodger motions for the party to continue. The party hears something big approaching, a Balor crashes out of the fog. Thinking quick, Miles banishes the fiend back to the Abyss. Rhadar casts entangle to slow the advance of the Balor's minions. Putting the Fel Reaver on auto pilot,  Rando uses his boots of levitation to rescue a Nupperibo from being pulled into a mass of demons. Finally seeing an opportunity, the crew of the Fel Reaver uses its stomp ability to devastate the rear guard of the enemy and losten washes them away with the decanter of endless water. 
Finally getting past the front lines, the party enters a lake and swims to the bottom and through Othrys, the first layer of Carceri, and floating high above the second, Cathrys. Near this exit from the first layer is the portal they seek.

Question:

What disturbs you about the people you adventure with?

Miles Just about everything. From cannibalism, racisms to eye gouging, frequent changing morals and worshiping Aztec gods. But the enemy of my enemy is my friend and i do what my god commands
Seom Rando Seom Rando gets a highly disturbed sensation when looking at Roger's shiny eye implant. He finds it distracting and unnerving, but he's noticed when looking deep into that jewel that sometimes he's stricken with a great sense of inspiration, and this is thrilling. Seom is most disturbed by this thrill.
Rodger Lastname Something that disturbs Rodger about the people he works with is some of the racism Sambra used to exhibit. It reminds him too much of the slavemasters he's fought all his life. Another thing is Miles' blind devotion to his god, who Rodger isn't convinced is entirely altruistic. Rodger might worship Chalchiuhtlicue, but he views it as more of a contract with god, rather than something he derives spiritual enlightenment from. To him, it's no different than bargaining with a devil for information. Dangerous, but necessary.
Lostin Lostin is pretty laid back so little ‘disturbs’ him. That being said, Rodger’s near obsession with eating intelligent beings does give him pause. To the point he has stopped eating anything Rodger makes without making a fuss.
Sambra The slow creeping evil that I feel is slowly enveloping the group. Making deals with devils use to be a deal breaker, but now it seems to be common place. Learning to live in the deep grey has been a challenge for Sambra, but he's beginning to see that you need to suspend one's morality a bit to achieve the greater good. Oh, and some people have some very strange habits and items that I'd rather not think about... Like a that weird creeping hand, the jabbering skull, and the crazy eye that Rodger wears.
Ark Ark thinks what most bothers him about his adventuring group is the inability to find a true companion among them, one like his adventuring parents found in each other. All of his friends being male is fine... he guesses... Yet it feels like there could be more if there was that one warrior woman in his life.

Notes

Rules
Only things that help your party will get successes, others get inspiration
24 successes before 5 failures
Failure:
-50 HP to person who failed, -15 HP to everyone
-15 HP to everyone, everyone loses a short rest ability
-25 HP to everyone
-25 HP to everyone, everyone loses a long rest ability
-50 HP to everyone
There will be a combat with no short rest after you get through the portal. Each failure adds more baddies

PC/NPC
sambra: Sambra similacrium
Boots: boots
toes not involved fran k lynn - not involved

 
Turns
Beach!
1 Losten - Longstrider to help
2 Boots - roar for fear
3 sambra - circle of death
4 simulacrum - invisibility
5 ark - sickening radiance
6 rodger - stealthily leads the party through the fog
7 miles - death ward ark
8 unicorn - pass without trace
9 Rando stomped a path with land vehicles
10 lostin decieves the enemy by barking orders and gesticulation
-boots advances(none)
11 sambra uses arcana to inform the party on tactics
12 simulacrim cast counterspell on a big spell coming at them
(I) ark casts a scroll off to a devil (inspiration)
13 rodger uses the torch of seeing to lead through the storm and bloody mist
14 miles casts bless on the crew
15 unicorn uses shimmering shield on boots
16 rando attacks with whelm
(I) lostin using anti charm to
17 boots uses bite to topple a bunker
18 sambra casts hypnotic pattern to mesmerize the troops in the bunker
(I) simulacrium casts haste on a devil for inspiration
19 ark synaptic static to disrupt spellcasting
20 rodger percieves a trip wire and halts the party as a group of devils stumble into the trap
21 miles banishes a big bad balor demon
22 unicorn use entangle to slow the demons advance
(I) rando uses levitation boots to rescue a peon devil
23 fel reaver stomp
24 losten uses the decanter of endless water to wash out a bunch of deomns

Date

37th of Fall, 69

Campaign

Blood Wars of Sanguera

Protagonists

Lostin

()

8 / 8 HP

STR

DEX

CON

INT

WIS

CHA

Rodger Lastname

Level 15/3 Tiefling Chaotic Good Rogue/Fighter
(Criminal (Smuggler))

/ 96 HP

Report Date

22 Sep 2020

Primary Location

Tarterian Depths of Carceri

Secondary Location

Sanguera