In Cyric's Name!

We had a fantastic session of Dungeons and Dragons 5th Ed. last night. Most of it was centeted around one room and a simple curse that befell one of our party.

Cleric of Torm (Melchett): "Darling, why do you worship at that alter to the evil Torm?"

Paladin of Torm (Darling): "He is out God Melchett, how dare you blaspheme so?"

Cleric of Torm (Melchett): "What do you say? You worship Torm? For that you die!"

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Cleric of Torm (Melchett): "Darling, why do you worship at that alter to the evil Cyric?"

Paladin of Torm (Darling): "He is out God Melchett, how dare you blaspheme so?"

Cleric of Torm (Melchett): "What do you say? You worship Cyric? For that you die!"

Our Tormites were first to enter the room, Melchett our cleric failed a save and was cursed as he crossed the threshhold. Every time he spoke the name of his God, Torm, he said Cyric, but heard himself still Torm, and vica versa. From Darling the Tormite paladin he heard the same, Cyric when Darling said Torm and Torm when Darling said Cyric. Finally Melchett also saw the alter of Torm in the centre of the room as an alter of Cyric. 

These changes were enough to sow dissent and among our hotheaded Tormites (Cyricysts) dissent equals aggression. Our bard, Khan, in a panic about his allies turning on each other attacked the alter thinking it would be the cause and our ranger (me) and our wizard, seeing the bard (who carried an evil blade) attack Torm's symbol and the Tormite cleric declaring for Cyric struck.

As I was removing the evil blade from the fallen bards body Darling, the paladin began to shackle the downed cleric. Melchett tried to call on Torm for aid, now fornthe third time using Cyric's name in a prayer to Torm...

Torm arrived in the room shattering the curse and aweing us all. On my request Torm removed Khan's evil sword (Blackrazor), granting him a holy blade in return, the effect on Khan's temprement was immediate. He honoured Darling with praise and left Melchett with the need to prove himself worthy three times before he could be forgiven for invokeing Cyric's name. 

All in all a fantastic encounter (with ourselves). The players of the paladin, cleric and the bard really hit it iut of the ball park with this one and left us in a hell of a situation. I'd recommend any DM's to think about how a simple curse or misunderstanding can lead to amazing RP moments and oppurtunities. 

"For Cyr..  umm, Torm!"