X2 - Castle Amber 2026 - Session 3.3 Knock-Knock!

The last session was rough. I am continuing that post here to cover the aftermath of the fight. At the end of the day, Pizzaballa, Solvo, Thomas, and Rety were reduced to zero hit points or less. Bel and Sybil fought bravely to fight off a rakasta that breached the door and downed Rety. They both have only 3 and 4 hp left.

Gabby pulled the party into the rakasta lair for rest and healing. In the end, Pizzaballa, Solvo, and Thomas succumbed to their wounds. All of the healing magic has been used. Gabby advises the party that there is an area in the Indoor Forest where the dead can be buried. Warren and Parker, as Magen associated with the castle lords, would be ignored by most monsters. They volunteer to dig graves. 

Gabby also turned over the key she had to the party and asked to join them. She also shows the party the rakastaa's larder and treasure. 

Each surviving member of the party received 1802 exp... assuming they survived the next encounter. 

Across the hall, the Ogre posing as Janet Amber discovered Richard's body and the trails of blood to the study door. 

Janet...er the Ogre, roared and charged the door. At the sound, Sybil and Bel approached the door to see what the noise was. The door's latch gave way, and the door smashed the Magic-Users to the ground. Jude and the Ogre met each other with weapons, and Jude was knocked unconscious, again. 

The battle was brutal and brief. Injuries mount. 

Afterwards, Merry and Nononn picked over Richard's body and gave Jude the plate armor and sword.  Returning to Richard's room, they saw the open secret door. They discovered the body in the fireplace and removed it. By its side, they placed the bodies of Richard and the rakasta leader. 

Standing in the hall, they realized they needed help. Lance, Khouri, and Alexei joined them, and they all dragged the other rakasta bodies out of the foyer and laid them along the western wall of the castle. 

Grim task completed, the party decided to move their dead to Richard's room for burial at some point in the near future. 

Warren, Parker, and Gronk returned to the study. With so many of the party injured, they decided to hunker down in the study until they have a reasonable amount of hit points left. Gronk was displeased with this choice until Gabby made him a nest near the fireplace. Lance and Alexei barricaded the door with the furniture. The rakasta conveniently left bedding for them to use, rich carpets and rugs. 

Since 9 characters participated in the battle against the Ogre, I assigned another 3925 exp to them, or 380 exp each. I also discovered an odd glitch with the copy of X2 I have. There is a typo: 

I have no idea what NSA would mean, so I ignored it. I suspect this is a rare scanning artifact. If you have an original copy, could you tell me what that word is? 

Over the next week, I will be updating character sheets, calculating exp awards, etc.