Hello my unwilling subjects!! I'm ⭐Erin⭐ your new Co-op officer :D. I have usurped this newsletter from the wonderful 💙Fran🩷 and will henceforth begin my reign of terror! Yippee!! Get ready for another term full of games with our lovely new exec!! :D (applause, applause, cheer)
❗ Announcements ❗
🌟EGM🌟
Big things are happening! At this years AGM, a motion has changed how Assistant Reps work so we will now have 2 of:
- Wargames Rep
- Board Games Rep
- Collectable Card Games (CCGs) Rep
- Role Playing Games (RPGs) Rep
- Live Action Role Playing (LARP) Rep
Because of this, we will be holding an EGM on 🗓️Wednesday 13th May, ⏰6-8pm in🗺️B2.02
So what is EGM for? We will be voting on proposed motions and electing these new reps!
- Want to know more about EGM? Read here: https://www.warwicktabletop.co.uk/forum/thread/356/
- Want to propose motions or nominate yourself for these reps? Read here: https://www.warwicktabletop.co.uk/forum/thread/357/ Read also for important dates about the process!!
To vote/nominate yourself/propose motions in the EGM you must have membership by the 🗓️29th of April so be quick!!
Get your membership here ➡️ https://www.warwicksu.com/societies-sports/societies/sff/
Remember you can ask exec if you have any questions!
🎲Tabletop Weekend!🎲
Games on top of tables, on the weekend?? Sign me up! Just kidding, but Tabletop weekend is approaching us fast for Week 3!! Treat yourself after all your hard work and revision and come along on the 🗓️16th & 17th of May, ⏰9-10pm in 🗺️B2.02, B2.04 and B2.05 for the new execs first Tabletop weekend! :))
❔What's happening this week?❔
- Monday 5-10pm: In Person Wargames - MB0.07
- Tuesday 6-10pm: In Person Draft - B2.02 - Secrets of Strixhaven - £13 - you must sign up on the Magic Discord to take part
- Wednesday 2-10pm: In Person Board Games - B2.02 (4-10pm), B2.03 (2-10pm), B2.04 (3-10pm)
- Thursday 5-10pm: In Person CCGs - B2.02
- Sunday 12-5pm: LARP - B2.02
Remember, you can always find an up-to-date timetable of what's going on on our website's Schedule page, and you can see special events (including RPGs) and sign up to them via our Events page.
💭 What happened over the holidays? 💭
Last Time on Of Spheres and Scales: Season 1 - Cirque D'Aur:
Episode 9: Breath and Depth
Faced with the threat of the dragonborn who’d been haunting them, the Circus Monkeys set about proving their continued loyalty to each-other, Loretta and, by extension, Carthollo, by attempting to put the threat down. A skilled fighter, however, Hiro felt no fear. Instead, he moved to attack the party in return, first swinging one of his necrotic scimitars at Talia. Talien managed to utilise his more druidic magic to save his compatriot, pulling Hiro 30ft closer to himself. He and the others proceeded to attack the dragonborn, landing hit after hit, but seemingly doing very little beyond agitating him.
This agitation proved to be one of their direst mistakes, as he eventually simply shrugged them off, instead deciding to stop holding back. With a roar that echoed through the surrounding plains, he shrugged off his humanoid form and instead returned to his true shape, that of an Ancient Black Dragon. He lifted into the air, and began his assault in more earnest.
However, he seemed somewhat unused to being back in his true form, allowing the party to continue attacking him – Cassandra even managed to cast Hold Monster and force the massive dragon prone. She attempted to cast Tasha’s Hideous Laughter, but the sheer indignation of such a spell being used on him threw Hiro into an even greater rage than before.
Fearing for her and the party’s safety, Loretta quickly and without entirely knowing how summoned her staff, a powerful relic with dragons entwined around it, and held it aloft, casting a shield about her person whilst she set about creating a ritual circle, an idea dawning in her mind for how to at least stun Hiro. All she needed was for the party to buy her time.
Now that Hiro was back in the air, the party was less able to attack him head-on, but still managed to deal a decent amount of damage. Twig even managed to use his teleportation magic to help Thorne high enough into the air that he could unleash a combination of blows on the Ancient Dragon, stunning him briefly back down to the ground.
However, before Hiro could properly retaliate, the party retreated into the shield, allowing Loretta’s ritual circle to function. It was revealed to be a similar spell to the one used by Carthollo to send the Monkeys into her own mind just a short day ago, but this one was designed to propel the party into Hiro’s mindscape instead. Once inside, the Monkeys found themselves in what appeared to be an ancient storeroom, part of a monumental castle. Cracks in the floor, however, revealed the infinite expanse of the Sea of Screams beneath them, the rawness of the Ethereal Plane.
Immediately, Kobolds and Acid Elementals flooded into the space to attack them, constructs of Hiro’s psyche. However, these were exactly what Loretta had been hoping for. She drew within Hiro’s mind yet more ritual circles, instructing the Monkeys to power them. They did so swiftly, by killing two Acid Elementals inside each of the circles, allowing more circles to be created and for conduits of bright light to connect them.
When all the circles were connected, Hiro began to attempt to counter the ritual, destabilising three of them. However, the party were able to rebalance them, using runes dropped by Kobold Bladedancers to neutralise Hiro’s effects. Talien especially proved useful, managing to deposit all three runes in a single turn of action thanks to the Haste casted upon him by his allies. Once this was done, and the ritual was stable, Loretta enacted her grand plan: pressing her Staff into the plane, she encouraged a magic-user to take it up.
Baern was closest and so assumed the role, channelling the magic of the ritual circle to cast Hold Monster at 10th level, higher than supposedly possible.
This immense casting deeply staggered Hiro, forcibly ejecting the party from his mindscape. Still he was far from defeated, but before he could attack the party again, enraged by their insolence, his attention was instead drawn to Carthollo, who had stepped out of the shield.
The aged ringmaster, quivering with rage, turned to the great hovering dragon, and let out an animalistic snarl. Before the party, or his own daughter, could react, he extended himself and allowed his own transformation to fade, revealing that he too was an Ancient Dragon, this time of the most glorious gold. He swooped up into the air, bellowing one final intonation which rang out as he clashed with Hiro, the two flying away tangled with each-other in the direction of the Worldtree: “Stay away from our daughter.”
And with that, the Circus Monkeys were left alone.
Extra Bonus End Bit 🐝
Find all the Bee2.02's!🐝
The people have voted for a ROOM as our mascot this year so I hope (bee)2.02 is acceptable (spare me please)
Quote of the week:
"Even a child can cover the sun with a finger" 🎵 - Double Dutch, FORAGER
Take care this week, drink water and I'll see you for the next one! ⭐
Erin (she/they, Communications and Operations Officer) @rin_doodle on discord
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