Session 69

The Psionatrix

PCs (lvl 20): Dornal, Halbarad, Morg, Salina, Torak

The party teleports in view of the fortress of Dasaraches. They test the defenses of the walls, noticing some sort of psychic field deflecting their missile. 

They decide to charge toward the walls, in order to provide the necessary diversion, and allow the renegades of the Order to begin their own attack.

When the Order becomes aware of the presence of the PCs, battle starts in earnest. Loyalists and renegades unleash their psychic powers at each other, while the party uses blades, arrows, and magic to do their part. 

Then something happens. Suddenly, everyone is "cut off" from their psychic powers. The PCs can't access their wild talents, but most importantly, none of the masters of way can use their own abilities! The lords of the invisible way must resort to fight each other with blades and fists.

The PCs take advantage of this situation, and infiltrate the fortress. They battle a few undead and magical guardians, and interrogate powerless members of the Order. From them they learn that Pharistes must have activated the Psionatrix, and he's now leeching every drop of psionic energy existing in Athas. With such power at his disposal, surely he will be invincible!

The party does not despair, and continues to the top of the highest tower of Dasaraches. There they finally encounter Pharistes, Cerebral Master of the Order. The man is bathing in the psionic energies fed to him by the Psionatrix. Together with him, clearly under the effect of mental domination, are the Urikites templars and servants of Hamanu, well known to the party.

The final battle for the fate of Athas is about to begin!