Aeon Trespass Odyssey
Cycle 5 - Session 8
This session was largely story progression, as in the last session I unlocked the next main story chapter and several “inwards odyssey” steps (essentially side stories related to our ship). I unlocked the ability to awaken into Zeus Exalted form. Normally to awaken you have to die, and then roll a 10 on a d10. I’ve complained before that its a wasted mechanic as it only occurs so rarely. But in this cycle you can amass aether tokens, and each one adds to your awakening roll.
Normally when you progress the main story, you trigger a battle with the Boss Primordial of the cycle, and this time was no different. I’d managed to get it to the point where I only needed to inflict one wound to win, but then it was it’s go. It managed to inflict massive damage on one of my poor Titans (I haven’t been able to manufacture it any armour or other defensive gear yet) and it died, but then I realised I had enough Aether tokens that it would awaken on a 6+. I awakened and decided to give Zeus Awakened a try. Suffice to say, Zeus was able to inflict the final wound and win me the battle.
And yes, the card does have an ability called “Childeater”. I’ve just learned that the Gods weren’t as good as we thought (and by now I didn’t have a particularly high opinion of them in the game) and that Zeus drew his power from eating children.
