Session 7: Into the Mouth of the Serpent

This session was pure chaos and the DM is just glad no-one died. Let’s go over what happened:

* Our session began with the embrace of Ramzi and his daughter

* She was angry but happy, she’s basically a cute kid with a lot of big feelings
* They bond a little, talk a bit about how she doesn’t wanna be here anymore, her grandma was mean and she had to study
* Ramzi tells her that Tato might eat her
	+ Tato: I eat potatoes!
	+ Allegra: mum says I look like a potato!
* Allegra mentions later on that a person called Asmodeus had promised to get her away from the village
* She had also seen Sask, though didn’t know his name
* She said that she had spoken with Naga-Jun as well

* Choosing to run, our heroes knocked out one of the villagers with the sleeping powder while Marcus used thaumaturgy to make another one run away
	+ Nearing the outer wall, the heroes were stopped by a smooth, low voice
	+ A Yuan-Ti man stepped out, with long dark hair and skin, slitted blue eyes
	+ Allegra calls him Asmodeus and he has the tattoo 054
	+ He tells them all to cooperate and return to the village to enjoy the feast made for them
	+ Marcus recognises this as the man who had given him the potion/his magical power
	+ When trying to perform magic, it is revealed he is able to suspend Marcus’ magic for a minute
	+ A phantasmal force on Marcus (from a concealed Sask) makes him believe that Eora is screaming for help
* The group initiates combat (DM: Oh no)
	+ The group gets badly hurt and Allegra and Tato go down at one point
	+ Sensing that their foes need them alive, Ramzi makes a deception check to fool Sask and Asmodeus into thinking he will harm Allegra if not let go
	+ The villagers arrive at this point and elder Carmine is horrified to see what is going on
* Our players then attempt deception to get the villagers to side with them against Asmodeus
	+ Unbeknownst to them, Asmodeus appears to be in some kind of leadership position over them all
	+ Their deception doesn’t get them far as Asmodeus takes Carmine’s precious staff and announces that his Mutah would never trust such filthy apostates
	+ A religion check from Ramzi reveals that a Mutah is something captured or bound. With a nat 20, it seems as if Asmodeus either has a contract or has captured and bound a soul to himself
* With Sask running and hiding in the crowd, Asmodeus calls him a filthy coward and then approaches Marcus
	+ He reveals he is the one who picks everyone
	+ When Marcus tries to cast suggestion on him, Asmodeus beats the check and casts it back at him
	+ When he tries to dig beneath Asmodeus feet, he dismisses the spell and stomps on his hands
	+ He tries to force Marcus to look at him, using his boot to make him face him
	+ He expresses that he was greatly disappointed in him and, perhaps, he should have chosen someone else
* When he leaves, he takes the villagers with him
	+ Ramzi keeps Allegra while Louli leaves
	+ Allegra tries to cheer up Marcus but he is fairly locked in his mind
* An expert persuasion and making sure that Morgan has his gun away, results in Sask coming out to tell them what he does know
	+ He doesn't know what the end goal is, just that they need to fill all the spaces of their wheel
	+ He doesn't expect all the current numbers to survive
	+ He loathes Asmodeus, is quite scared of him
	+ Asmodeus is one of their bosses and knows the end game
	+ Allegra was meant to be the 'back up' to Asmodeus
	+ Sask's current job is to scout and recommend potential souls, Entari's is reconnaissance and movement
	+ He's uncertain of the others' tasks
	+ When asked what would interfere with the Facility's plans the most, he replies that getting the PM and Empress to talk would greatly affect the outcome.
	+ Asmodeus is also looking for a woman who killed many of his associates, a dark elven woman called Thia Nailo
		- A quick history check showed no-one knew who this was
	+ Sask says that he really doesn't want to hurt them all but he will for his job
	+ Morgan threatens to kill him if he ever uses Phantasmal Force against them again
	+ A last minute question from Ramzi reveals that Sask lies when he said he willing joined the Facility in the beginning
	+ He leaves and everyone is left alone
* They begin the journey to return back to Sunminster
	+ Marcus gets flashes of a dream with Eora trying to reach him
	+ It’s glitched and wrong and cuts off
	+ He manages to finish his tome
	+ When the others awaken, Marcus has deep wounds from where he had clearly been scratching at during the night
	+ Morgan makes some mittens to help stop Marcus from scratching at himself
* We end the session just as they arrive on the outskirts of Sunminster

Once more forgetting to get Clara her crystal, we will return for session 8 on the 24th of November, 2021