%% date:: [[2025-01-05]] %% # [[081_20250105 Death Shepherd Multi-Phase Plan]] ![[081_20250105.svg]] ## Session Summary > [!tldr] [[081_20250105 Death Shepherd Multi-Phase Plan]] > The party successfully convinces [[Carman Rajani]] and [[Dot Rajani]] to relocate to [[Arbor Felix]] for their safety. They return to [[The Gauntlight]] and navigate the entrance defenses, disabling and re-enabling the barrier constructs to gain access to deeper levels. > > Inside, the party engages in a major battle with **ghasts** and begins implementing a tactical plan against the **[[Death Shepherd]]**. Their strategy involves eliminating all the shepherd's thralls first, throwing minion bodies down a pit to prevent the Death Shepherd from using them for resurrection, and preventing the shepherd from reaching the pit by grappling it and blocking its line of sight to potential host bodies. > > The session focuses heavily on combat tactics, with the party coordinating their martial arts stances (Tiger and Dragon stances) and positioning to execute their multi-phase plan to permanently defeat the Death Shepherd by denying it the ability to hide in thralls after being "killed." ^summary %% ## Video [Video]() %% --- ## Recap ![[080_20241215 Death Shepherd Showdown#^summary]] --- ## Log We got Carman Rajani and Dot Rajani to agree to go to Arbor Felix. We went to The Gauntlight, disabled the constructs guarding the entrance past the barrier, enabled it, disabled it again. We're in the middle of a battle with the ghasts. ![[1734259183263 - Combat#081_20250105]] The party engaged in a complex multi-round battle against the Death Shepherd and its ghoul thralls. The combat featured tactical coordination with martial arts stances, strategic positioning, and a dramatic moment where Zuhri used Kinetic Ram to push the Death Shepherd into a pit where it fell 80 feet onto a Gibbering Mouther, dealing 40 damage and killing it. The battle continued with the party implementing their plan to eliminate all minions first and prevent the shepherd from reaching the pit. - [[Zuhri|Z1]]: Tiger stance - [[Zuhri|Z1]]: Step - [[Ashnefrotty|A1]]: Move - [[Ashnefrotty|A1]]: Dragon stance Our plan: - Kill all minions - Throw minions down the pit - Prevent the shepherd from going down the pit and seeing minions by grappling (don't let it get line of sight) - Kill shepherd %% # Excalidraw Data ## Text Elements ## Drawing ```json {"type":"excalidraw","version":2,"source":"https://github.com/zsviczian/obsidian-excalidraw-plugin/releases/tag/2.0.25","elements":[],"appState":{"theme":"dark","gridSize":null,"viewBackgroundColor":"#ffffff"}} ``` %%