Recap
The party is ambushed at night by a caravan full of doppelgangers — revealed to be led by Mitch Copperhead himself, already confirmed a doppelganger. Connor opens with a surprise Hypnotic Pattern; Pat follows with a new fire spell (Cicero/Sirocco) that drops a column of furnace-hot wind on the whole caravan. Nutty shoots dead the doppelganger carrying the Dyson Dynamo, dropping it near the burning carriage — and the Dynamo, apparently charged with souls captured during the bank heist, reacts to the ongoing magical damage by mirroring Pat’s fire spell across the entire city of Godoy. A back-alley skirmish becomes a citywide firestorm that kills roughly 90% of the city’s population. The party spends the rest of the session surviving and escaping the blaze, then looting the ruins — platinum, a scrying mirror, a Ring of Energy Shroud — while debating how to cover up what happened and whether the Dynamo needs “better” sources of souls going forward.
Key events
- The party is ambushed by Copperhead’s doppelganger caravan at night @ 00:00:15.
- Connor opens with a surprise-round Hypnotic Pattern @ 00:05:02.
- Pat casts Cicero/Sirocco, a 40-foot blast of furnace-hot wind, on the grouped doppelgangers @ 00:21:51.
- Nutty kills the doppelganger carrying the Dyson Dynamo; it drops near the horses @ 00:36:05.
- The Dynamo begins glowing and, on a near-maximum d1000 roll, mirrors Pat’s fire spell across the whole city of Godoy @ 00:56:37–00:56:59.
- Rich Dimension Doors the absent NPCs and himself clear of the city @ 01:07:58.
- Ozan grabs the fallen Dynamo and flees into an alley, without grabbing Connor, who escapes separately via a water-breathing spell through a canal @ 01:18:46–01:29:53.
- The firestorm re-triggers for seven rounds, citywide; only the party and the capital’s defenders under a protective “blue dome” survive @ 01:36:19–01:42:41.
- The party loots the ruins: 200 surviving platinum, a scrying mirror, a Ring of Energy Shroud @ 01:43:51–01:46:52.
- White-cloaked rescuers question Pat and check survivors for magical markings; he talks his way out @ 01:50:21.
- Rich finishes crafting his Headband of Intellect to +4; it comes with a haunted “eye” that shows him visions of the burning city @ 02:03:00.
- Jake confirms the city suffered roughly 90% mortality and awards the party half a level’s XP @ 02:06:49–02:17:50.
Entities referenced
- PCs: Pat’s Wizard, Jim Jones, Richard Findelberg, Seabreeze, Frankie
- NPCs: Mitch Copperhead (killed this session), Bruce (the doppelganger “dog”), Zug Tug, the white-cloaked rescuers
- Places: Godoy, the unnamed bank, a magic-ring/jewelry shop, the capital (under its “blue dome”)
- Items: Dyson Dynamo, 200 platinum pieces, a soot-covered scrying mirror, a Ring of Energy Shroud, Rich’s Headband of Intellect +4, a Wand of Infernal Healing
Unresolved
Whether Godoy is the same city as Lidurithal from episode 1 is never stated outright, though both sit near the Troll Mountains and both center on the same bank.