The Devil Made Me Do It

[eveglass]

I had to miss last week's session of The Devil Made Me Do It, wherein Our Heroes (tm) managed to kill the Devil of Gluttony. That'll teach me to miss games. On the upside, I was back this week for the aftermath and the precious 54,000 gp reward. (Yay, taking its treasure!) Also, Robert the GM was kind enough to record a few lines of the night from last week, so we're not totally in the dark about what happened.

Oh, and one more thing: level up! Next week, we start at level 7! Yay!


[Jace has infiltrated the kitchen of a local restaurant to snoop around, trying to find the Devil of Gluttony. After praising one of the chefs, he was given a large sheet of deep-fried pigskin. He returns to the the party to report on his findings.]
Jace: "Mmph! Mmm pgh woom flough umph!"
Andrew: "Gorka'munda understood every word of that."

[Trying to get through the kitchen unnoticed, Ionos cast Obscuring Mist, creating a thick, opaque fog. Agatha then shouted "Fire!," prompting everyone else in the restaurant to rush out.]
Robert the GM: "Erin, what does Agatha do next?"
Erin: "I'll do crowd control to make sure no one gets hurt."
Robert the GM: "What you have done is the stereotypical example of what not to do in a crowded place because it'll cause mass panic. Roll diplomacy and roll high."

[Gorka'munda makes a bite attack on the woman he suspects is the devil.]
Robert the GM: "When she screams in pain, she sounds like a human. She doesn't taste like a human at all, though."
Adam: "Wait a minute! How does Gorka'Munda know what a human tastes like?"
Andrew: "Are you kidding?"

[Bardo comes to join the fight! But to get there, she has to run through the kitchen, which is still filled with fog.]
Robert the GM: *rolls a couple of dice* "Wow. You don't get burned, cut or coated with anything."
Sabina: "Yes!"
Robert the GM: "You do slip in a puddle of oil and slide out the door on your back."
Sabina: "Can I be wearing a colander on my head when I get out?"
Robert the GM: "...Yes."

[Gorka'munda is fighting in close quarters with the devil. Jace fires spells from a distance, choosing his attacks carefully.]
Adam: "I don't want to kill Andrew, but..."

[The Devil of Gluttony is dead! Sadly, unbeknownst to most of the PCs, there's a riot going on in the restaurant. Ionos proves how meta he is.]
Eric: "I save my Calm Emotions spell for when I see what's happening."

[We find out about the riot in the restaurant. Ionos rushes out to make sure no one gets hurt.]
Andrew: "He runs towards the riot?"
Eric: "That's what heroes do. You wouldn't know."

[Naturally, with a scene like this, the city guard arrives. Baska's on point.]
Baska: "You, as a fine, upstanding member of the city guard, can be trusted not to immediately panic at this information."
Eric: "I'm not sure if that's a bluff check or a diplomacy check."

[Ionos stops the riot, never knowing it was Agatha's fault in the first place.]
Robert the GM: "Your efforts are very much appreciated by people who don't know you were the cause of this."

[Recall that Baska had originally told Gorka'munda that the obnoxious, insulting wyrmen were all illusions.]
Robert the GM: "You're followed by a small flock of wyrmen."
Gorka'munda: "Stupid illusions."
Julie: "I'm so glad I thought of that!"

[On the body of the Devil of Gluttony was an amulet of undetectable alignment and a +2 vicious meat cleaver. The cleaver obviously goes to Gorka'munda. As for the other thing...]
Julie: "Who's taking the amulet?"
Andrew: "I don't know. Who's got a shifty alignment?"
Julie: (innocently) "Who does have a shifty alignment?"

[Our Heroes (tm) are invited to the mayor's house for dinner in thanks for their service to the city. Baska decides to press the issue of looking into the student's room at the mage college who may have started everything in the first place.]
Julie: "I don't even need to lie for this."
Sabina: "It's like a police investigation."
Julie: "What else is being friends with the mayor for?"

[Gorka'munda is also invited to the dinner.]
Andrew: "I revel in the fact that I'm welcome for a change."
Julie: "I revel in the fact that he's welcome for a change!"

[Surprisingly, the servants and our hosts are treating Gorka'munda very well.]
Robert the GM: "People say please and thank you."
Julie: "Wow, he doesn't even get that treatment from his ka."

[We discover that the Devil of Envy is in the town of Mirarod, to the northwest, and the Devil of Green is in the town of Lysania, to the northeast.]
Adam: "Okay, here's the plan: we stop envy, then go to the city where the greed devil is and start a pyramid scheme."

[More of the same.]
Julie: "I'm good with this plan."
Andrew: "Don't encourage him."
Julie: "I think he's encouraging me."
Andrew: (to Adam) "Don't encourage the rogue."

[We discover that one of our hosts, Baroness Ashaya Lyander, owns an airship. Bardo might be in love.]
Bardo: "I'm fascinated by flight. I think it's the next frontier."
Andrew: "I'd like to point out this is the dwarf who's saying this."

[Due to the Devil of Gluttony, there has been an up-tick in religious devotion.]
Robert the GM: "Attendance at all temples has increased. Good temples, evil temples..."
Eric: "People wandering around searching for the temple of Vecna..."

[In searching through the room of Mordilla, the student who probably summoned the imp that summoned the devils, we find a diary.]
Julie: "What language is it written in?"
Robert the GM: "Common."
Julie: "I'm suspicious already."

[Bardo and Baska tour the Baroness's airship. It's fantastic and amazing.]
Bardo: "Do you use it for trade? For shipping?"
Baska: "They use it to look impressive."
Captain Serrano: "Looking impressive is one of the prime jobs of a noble."


And that's it for this week! Join us next time when we figure out which devil to fight next!