SIDE SESSION 17.5: ORIS SWAPS GENDERS


 * When inspecting the loot one day, Praxis brings his creepy ring over to Oris’ cottage for magical testing. Oris comes up with the brilliant idea of putting it on Gilda’s tail. Gilda agrees, but only if Oris puts on the magic ring that he found on Barbazaaal’s corpse. Oris rolls a 1 on a wisdom check and agrees it’s a great idea. 
 * Golden light subsumes Oris! He floats off the ground. Praxis has no idea what’s happening. The light fades, and Oris is gone, leaving a woman in his place. 
 * Gilda starts talking in a male voice and, moments later, transforms into a dude 
 * The dude starts smooching Oris, who is VERY CONFUSED. Praxis, who is also deeply alarmed, goes to find some sausage to try to distract Gilda. It works. Gilda backs off for a moment. Sort of. 
 * Oris realizes that HE is now a SHE. Oris freaks out. The ring is gone. 
 * Praxis tries to get Gilda-Cat-Man to spill the beans. “Who are you? Where are you from?” Gilda responds that it’s some sort of possession and seems more amused than anything. 
 * Oris asks whatsisface “Zeigfriend Grosse-Schwanz!” (Ziggy) what the last thing he remembers is. Apparently, there was meant to be a moonlight assignation atop the barrowdowns. Gee, wonder what went wrong? 
 * When Ziggy gets distracted trying to remember what happened, Oris and Praxis both attempt to pull the ring off of Gilda’s tail. Oris fails. Praxis succeeds. Gilda shrinks back down to her normal size and rolls around on the floor, giggling. Praxis feels the spirit struggling in the ring and drops it like it’s hot. 
 * <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Everyone except Oris is very amused that Oris is now apparently stuck in the body of a woman. Praxis leaves the haunted ring with Oris. Gilda makes smoochy noises. (Not helping, cat.) 
 * <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Oris decides to skip the festival because “I can’t go out like this!!!” and sends Gilda instead. Oris will watch/hear everything from under a pile of blankets using the familiar bond. Obviously, nothing could possibly go wrong with this plan.