Shattered Star: Xindgame

Game Date: 6/5/2016
Location: The Game Keep
Campaign: Shattered Star, Session 56
System: D&D 5e
DM: Rusty

The Party:
Bjertha Brawlbaker (Matt) - Dwarf Fighter
Fellany Mertien (Gary) - Human Fighter
Gustav Greycastle (Graham) - Human Necromancer
Maruca (Daniel) - Elf Ranger/Cleric/Rogue
Slancio Brioso (Thomas) - Human Bard

The Session:
When we left off, we'd just finished off a rune giant, and took a long rest in Gustav's magic mansion.  Then we took an automatic stairway to the next level.  In the next room there was another one of those arcane chairs that Gustav keeps playing with, this one focused on Necromancy.  There was one door, which opened into the lair of Xin, our campaign's final boss.

It was an epic battle that took up pretty much the entire session.  Xin's skeleton was housed in a clockwork reliquary, and he was guarded by three Axiomites and a couple of Elder Crystallises.  We all used our best powers.  Gustav started things off with a lightning bolt, while Slancio used a Shatter spell.  We put down a zone of Silence over the enemies.  One Axiomite tried Hold Monster on Bjertha, but Slancio had already buffed Bjertha with Mind Blank.  Bjertha finished off the first Crystallis.

The second Crystallis was Hasted, but Slancio dispelled that.  Fellany got off several crits on the Crystallis in one round, and Meruca finished it off.  Xin fired off some powerful darts that ignored armor, and dispelled the zone of Silence.  Xin's armor kept transforming, which effected what effects he was under.  Sometimes he was hasted (giving him five powerful claw attacks), and other times he auto-passed all saving throws.  His armor also had poison spines.  However, whenever Xin would roll a one, he would become stunned for a round, due to his unstable mental state.  At one point he was both stunned (auto fail all saves) and in the "auto pass all saves" mode at the same time, a contradiction that nearly destroyed the universe.

Another Crystallis appeared from a crystal in the center of the room.  Slancio hit it with Shatter, to which the Crystallises were vulnerable.  Gustav's zombies stayed in the first room, strafing across the doorway while firing Magic Missiles.  Gustav would sometimes strafe with them, using his wand of lightning.  At one point Gustav used Meteor Swarm on the enemies.  The Axiomites managed to evade the spell, but Xin took 142 points of damage... bringing him down to "bloodied". 

Bjertha kept two of the Axiomites busy and away from the rest of the battle.  The two Axiomites kept trying to use sneak attacks on Bjertha, but the fighter's Displacer Cloak kept them from hitting.  One Axiomite was brought down by a Magic Missile, and Meruca killed another.  Then Xin used Chain Lightning on Slancio, Gustav, and Gustav's guards.  Xin kept trying to use something called "Mage's Disjunction" on our Sihedron, which never worked but made us nervous.

Slancio used a polymorph spell to turn Gustav into an adult Silver Dracolich.  Then Slancio put down another zone of Silence on our remaining enemies.  Xin and Gustav faced off.  Xin hit the Dracolich with a blood power, making Gustav vulnerable to all of Xin's attacks.  Then Xin prepared to use five consecutive claw attacks, which probably would have hurt a lot... but Xin fumbled again, stunning himself. 

Yet another Crystallis appeared.  Meruca killed the final Axiomite.  Fellany made made one final attack on Xin, doing a couple of Crits for a total of 101 points of damage.  This destroyed Xin, causing the Crystallis to die as well.  The crystal tower began to shudder and crumble apart.  We loaded ourselves up however possible, and escaped the tower.

With Xin destroyed, the tower collapsed, and we headed back to town to celebrate our victory.