Exorcise Morikage Toshi/Session Three
Pre Game[edit]
This would technically be week four, but I called off last week because Bill was unable to show, and my dear friend was in town from Korea for just a few days. So we skipped a week.
This week I put more effort into deciding where this game would go. More development of the time line and support players. I was goofing off at work and came up with names, thus solidifying characters in my head. I think I'll need to keep better notes of when I'm just making up names. I have seemed to have forgotten a name I've already used, but I don't think anyone is counting.
Matt was unable to make it this week, so his character Agasha Noritada was played as an NPC for Hikaru's protection.
Session Highlights[edit]
- Reclaiming the first floor of Morikage Toshi
- The defeat of Oni Yaku
- The show of Ghosts
I left last time with 3/5 players injured so this session, so I kinda sped through the 3 days of recovery. Shiba Hikaru and Tsuruchi Takahide were well enough to supervise the clean up of the castle, commanding the Eta out there. While out there, Takahide-san went searching for the other diary left by the Phoenix Lord, Shiba Takimoto. After two days of searching he was able to locate the second journal in the hidden library.
When the group was recovered, they again forced their way into one of the second level doors that had been too difficult for Takahide-san to open alone. With the door open they stumbled upon nine bandits dressed similarly to the ones they've faced before. The five samurai cut down eight without trouble, Hikaru got off her second level spell Tail of the Fire Dragon and was enjoying using that for the full duration of the spell.
The last bandit escaped the room though a concealed door down a concealed hall that does not appear to be part of the castle's original construction. The five samurai eventually followed the boy down this passage and came across a large man with two body guards calling himself Oni Yaku and declared how he could not be beaten. He tried to dispel Hikaru's spell, failed and was promptly put down by the shugenja and the other Samurai. The samurai rummaged around the room a little looking for clues, while Daidoji Sachi sat down to meditate, and Agasha Noritada broke out the tea. Tsuruchi Takahide found the boy he originally agreed to save, Miyazaki. When the Samurai were prepared to leave, they opened the doors to the hall and were witness to a scene obviously from the hieght of the castle's reign. The scene was pastel colored and appeared decorated as if it were new. In this vision Shiba Takimoto stood in the hall addressing a small group of servants, in a somewhat stern tone he demanded the castle be it's absolute cleanest for the arrival of his new bride. The servants were then dismissed and one petite female servant stayed behind, whispered something to Shiba Takimoto that made his cheeks go red, and she was dismissed also.
Post Game[edit]
I awarded another five points to the players this week. Explained how experience is spent and again encouraged them to increase if they wish but within reason please. I'm glad I got to insert my drama story some more, I like it and it's designed to be informative if anyone wishes to solve the story. I'm thinking some of the players will like it too.
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