HighRollers: Lightfall/Episode 17

"The Assassin & Genie Wishes" is the seventeenth session of High Rollers D&D. It was broadcast live on the Yogscast Twitch channel on June 4, 2016.

Picking up from where Session 16 left off, the adventurers try to foil the assassination plot against Korak, but he gets poisoned badly by a Broken Sky member disguised as one of the guild masters. The adventurers set off to find an artefact to cure Korak as well as finding Trellimar's object. Before that, they bump into a genie and exchange their loots for better gears.

Campaign Summary
Jiǔtóu casting Burning Hands on the Buckland's tapestry caused a raging inferno to envelop the chamber hall up to the ceiling. Everyone is alarmed by the inferno and starts to panic. Cam attempts to pat out the flame but sustains first-degree burns on his hands while doing so. Korak stays behind to try to calm the crowd and tells Durmont to escorts the guild masters out of the chamber hall safely. He also tells Cassandra to find any mages or wizards to put the fire out. Elora directs the people out through the back door as the people listens to their instructions, including Franco as he is frightened by the inferno and worries that someone is trying to burn everyone alive. The side doors are all blocked by the burning tapestry. Cam shamelessly advertises the Unicorn's Patch as the people crowds around the exit.

Kirkwall walks up to Cassandra and Elora and requests their help. Elora stay by Korak to assists with the evacuation while Cassandra heads to the crowd to try to keep the situation in check. Cam tells Jiǔtóu off that the inferno she caused is worse than the accidental assassination of Dimitriv, although she rebutes him by saying that at least she did not lock the door to prevent escape. Trellimar blasts a hole on the wall in an attempt to create another escape route, but it only creates a head-sized hole. Elora tells Kirkwall to try to get as many people out of the hall. He tells her that she should help her companions who are now on the audience stand. Observing his odd behaviour, Elora firmly refuses. Letting out a sigh, Kirkwall draws out a dagger smeared with an unknown liquid at the tip and stabs Korak at his side. Korak yells out in agony and clutches his side as the skin around the wound darkens to a deep purple hue.

The Meta-Game
Before the session starts proper, all of the characters have level up to Level 5, boosting their character stats and earning new skills and spells. Jiǔtóu gains Stunning Strike and an addition ki point. Cam gains Destroy Undead and Magic Circle, but remains undecided on learning either Mass Healing Word or Revivify. Elora gains Call Lightning and is the tank of the group since, with 40 HP, she have the highest HP amongst the four. Trellimar gains Vampiric Touch and now can emits two beams of Eldritch Blast.

With the amount of people rolling threes on their dice roll in this session, the tag # 3 or # Three is made popular in the Twitch livestream's comment.