The Goddess Of Fate Summoned Us To Another World To Be Her Champions, But She Won't Tell Us What To Do! - Episode 9 (Isekai Campaign)
Previously on The Goddess Of Fate Summoned Us To Another World To Be Her Champions, But She Won't Tell Us What To Do!:
Four Japanese High School students were hit by a truck and brought to a magical world by Bruni, the Goddess of Fate to be her champions. After discovering that the head of the local adventurers' guild was in league with the Cult of the Demon Lord, the group confronted him and threw him in jail after a lengthy battle. In his house they also found the daughters of the mayor held captive, as well as Brish, the receptionist/deputy guildmaster. Tobe and Pezel (catgirl adventurer NPC) decided to guard the jail overnight while the others went to bed.
Our heroes:
- Sato - carries a katana and dreams of being a samurai
- Tobe - carries a bow and enjoys tracking and sneaking
- Okita - has two companion animals, a spark rabbit named Yokai-chan and a wind hawk named Riku-chan, and enjoys the creepy things
- Akuto - wannabe gangster who talks with his fists
Tonight's session:
Tobe and Pezel fell asleep due to exhaustion of the past few days and were woken up in the morning by the arrival of the sheriff, Pampanik. Fortunately nothing happened that night. They explained the situation to him and left the guild master under his guard and went back to the guild dormitories to get some sleep.
After everyone woke up, Brish said that the mayor wanted to see them. She also said that she had two possible assignments for the team. The first option was to carry a message about the new dungeon, the guildmaster, and the Demon Lord Cultists to the Baron and the District Guildmaster in Filmelon city. The other option was to let Pezel carry the message and stay here and take adventuring quests (most of the guild was in the cult and had been wiped out). Finally, she insisted that they choose a name for their adventuring group.
Over breakfast (served by Brish's sister, Begit in the tavern next door) they considered names for their team. Their patron goddess, Bruni, has a butterfly as her symbol (because the goddess of fate loves chaos theory), so they used that as a starting point. They settled on the "Mourning Cloaks."
After breakfast, they met with the mayor. He thanked them for rescuing his daughters and apologized for assisting the cult, even though his daughters were hostages. He told them that he needed to report the cult to the Baron in Filmelon and would need an adventurer to deliver it. The team said they would do it. He also said that they should approach the council of churches in Filmelon city and request an inquisitor to help root out cult members in case they are in the district Adventurers' Guild leadership, or even the baron himself. He excused them and said he would have letters of introduction for them by lunch.
Lessons:
- Decisions you make can have far-reaching consequences. When I tried to come up with reasons the local guildmaster would be corrupt, I didn't think the conspiracy would stretch to the barony capital, and that I would need to come up with inquisitors.
- You are going to have to create important things on the fly. When I realized in session that the baron might be a part of the cult, I realized that there needed to be a religious order to root out cultists. So that's something I'm going to have to create.
- Whole sessions of downtime can be nice, particularly after climactic battle sessions. This gave me an opportunity to flex my roleplaying muscles.
- Players don't always care if you do voices or accents.
Thanks for reading! Join us next week for another exciting episode of The Goddess Of Fate Summoned Us To Another World To Be Her Champions, But She Won't Tell Us What To Do!
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Posted Aug 11, 2022, 3:55 AM UTC