WEBVTT 00:00:02.279 --> 00:00:04.360 Hello, friends. We're gearing up for another 00:00:04.360 --> 00:00:07.080 episode of Unzipped, our Q &A behind the scenes 00:00:07.080 --> 00:00:09.919 show where we talk about the podcast, our characters, 00:00:10.039 --> 00:00:12.419 the deep, dark secrets of our personal lives 00:00:12.419 --> 00:00:16.079 and answer questions from all of you. If you've 00:00:16.079 --> 00:00:18.059 got any burning questions for us, send them our 00:00:18.059 --> 00:00:21.739 way in our Discord, Instagram, by owl, however 00:00:21.739 --> 00:01:07.439 you get a hold of us. Thanks. The Magesmith has 00:01:07.439 --> 00:01:09.480 sparked a vested public interest in the surviving 00:01:09.480 --> 00:01:12.500 luminaries of Tithos. Though few in number, these 00:01:12.500 --> 00:01:14.879 luminaries serve as some of our best, a fact 00:01:14.879 --> 00:01:17.299 that stands for another amongst their number. 00:01:17.680 --> 00:01:20.599 I'm talking, of course, about Lark Silverstep, 00:01:20.819 --> 00:01:24.620 also known as Shrike. Now, Shrike's Rise as a 00:01:24.620 --> 00:01:27.099 Luminary is fascinating, as she rolls up from 00:01:27.099 --> 00:01:30.099 the gutter itself. Her origins lie in the streets 00:01:30.099 --> 00:01:33.120 of Cerule's low city. Now, until recently, we 00:01:33.120 --> 00:01:35.140 have believed that the royal family of Cerule 00:01:35.140 --> 00:01:37.180 have been doing its utmost to cut down on crime 00:01:37.180 --> 00:01:40.180 in the city and bring fortune to those with less. 00:01:40.480 --> 00:01:44.200 And of course, that was all a lie. But that's 00:01:44.200 --> 00:01:46.319 where Shry came in. The halfling girl had only 00:01:46.319 --> 00:01:48.700 two things of worth. A strong sense of justice 00:01:48.700 --> 00:01:51.640 and a penchant for psychic powers. wielding weapons 00:01:51.640 --> 00:01:54.659 of pure psionic energy, usually punching daggers, 00:01:54.760 --> 00:01:58.040 karambits, or stilettos. Shrek would protect 00:01:58.040 --> 00:02:00.019 smaller folk from the criminal factions that 00:02:00.019 --> 00:02:02.340 tended to bring violence into the streets. As 00:02:02.340 --> 00:02:04.959 a smaller folk herself, Shrek would run dirty, 00:02:05.120 --> 00:02:07.200 efficient battle tactics to use an opponent's 00:02:07.200 --> 00:02:09.939 size against them, leading to a popular alias. 00:02:10.460 --> 00:02:12.340 Though Shrike could be impossible to spot when 00:02:12.340 --> 00:02:14.159 she didn't want to be, she also had a curious 00:02:14.159 --> 00:02:16.439 quirk. Donning silver boots she had acquired 00:02:16.439 --> 00:02:18.800 in her heroics, Shrike would strike fear into 00:02:18.800 --> 00:02:21.300 her foes, letting her steps ring out as she came 00:02:21.300 --> 00:02:24.659 to deliver her retribution. A signal for villains 00:02:24.659 --> 00:02:28.300 to run and for the wounded to hold on. You see, 00:02:28.379 --> 00:02:30.500 Shrek is also trained in the art of stabilization. 00:02:31.539 --> 00:02:33.919 Trapped in a city where life was cheap, Shrek 00:02:33.919 --> 00:02:36.219 prioritized the preservation of it, proving to 00:02:36.219 --> 00:02:39.419 all that the biggest arts can come in the smallest 00:02:39.419 --> 00:02:46.740 of packages. Thank you, Zila! Hey! For that and 00:02:46.740 --> 00:02:50.659 for so much more. Holy shit. We've not talked 00:02:50.659 --> 00:02:54.800 about this yet. Zila, Astropathic Art on Instagram, 00:02:54.979 --> 00:02:58.680 on Blue Sky, has been... Lighting up the Discord 00:02:58.680 --> 00:03:03.180 lately with, honestly, just unbelievable art 00:03:03.180 --> 00:03:07.979 pieces. Oh, yeah. Remember the Golden Bay Manta? 00:03:08.520 --> 00:03:10.819 We would love to see art of this. There's art 00:03:10.819 --> 00:03:13.219 of that. There's art of that. There's two. There's 00:03:13.219 --> 00:03:15.439 an early Jules LaRoche and a more recent Jules 00:03:15.439 --> 00:03:17.199 LaRoche. There's a Blanche. There's a Zebulon. 00:03:17.319 --> 00:03:19.879 There's a round stuff in the works. What else 00:03:19.879 --> 00:03:21.580 is there? There's so many. Wild. She's working 00:03:21.580 --> 00:03:23.139 through the whole cast. We got Sean and Chester. 00:03:23.219 --> 00:03:26.189 It's all so fast, too. Dude. Dance macabre. There's 00:03:26.189 --> 00:03:27.409 a dance macabre. Yes, there's a dance macabre. 00:03:27.469 --> 00:03:31.409 It's honestly unreal. I'm terrified because I've 00:03:31.409 --> 00:03:32.889 been doing this thing in Discord where I do like 00:03:32.889 --> 00:03:35.509 these Discord emoji. I have a button emoji. And 00:03:35.509 --> 00:03:37.530 for like years, I just kind of dropped this emoji 00:03:37.530 --> 00:03:38.849 here and there without really thinking about 00:03:38.849 --> 00:03:39.969 it. I'd just be like, ah, there's a button, there's 00:03:39.969 --> 00:03:41.930 a button. And I noticed a very peculiar thing 00:03:41.930 --> 00:03:45.509 that Zila's name, which is Astropathic Art in 00:03:45.509 --> 00:03:48.310 the Discord, would just say like... One button. 00:03:48.469 --> 00:03:50.270 Two button. And it was growing. And I was like, 00:03:50.310 --> 00:03:52.849 oh my gosh. She's collecting the buttons. She's 00:03:52.849 --> 00:03:55.150 keeping track. She's keeping track. And someday. 00:03:55.270 --> 00:03:57.789 Zeal is bringing receipts. Someday, I'm going 00:03:57.789 --> 00:03:59.050 to have to cash out on those buttons. I don't 00:03:59.050 --> 00:04:00.110 know what that means. I don't know what that 00:04:00.110 --> 00:04:02.729 means. But I'm scared. I'm scared. Well, I mean, 00:04:02.770 --> 00:04:06.310 I'm hoping that it's good for us players. You 00:04:06.310 --> 00:04:07.349 know, actually, it could be great. It could be 00:04:07.349 --> 00:04:11.939 for me. But scared as I am. The buttons are so 00:04:11.939 --> 00:04:14.699 worthwhile. I mean, the art is incredible. Please 00:04:14.699 --> 00:04:17.639 check out Astropathic Art, Instagram, Blue Sky, 00:04:17.879 --> 00:04:21.040 and hop in our Discord and say hello to, honestly, 00:04:21.100 --> 00:04:23.740 the fastest and just as fantastic artist that, 00:04:23.800 --> 00:04:28.540 like, oh my gosh. I could go on and on. And actually, 00:04:28.579 --> 00:04:30.600 just a little side note here. When we go into 00:04:30.600 --> 00:04:35.360 this next session of combat, we have done away 00:04:35.360 --> 00:04:41.879 with buff, sexy Marge Simpson. Rip. for I now 00:04:41.879 --> 00:04:45.120 have a Jules and Blanche actual token, which 00:04:45.120 --> 00:04:49.199 is so exciting. I also have a new Ozanar. I just 00:04:49.199 --> 00:04:51.579 had like a sort of shadowy samurai form before. 00:04:52.060 --> 00:04:54.240 Kevin actually made up a new one in Hero Forge. 00:04:54.259 --> 00:04:55.720 On Hero Forge, I saw that. Yeah, it's really 00:04:55.720 --> 00:04:57.399 nice. I can't imagine how much. So I grabbed 00:04:57.399 --> 00:04:59.779 that too. So yeah, we have all full updated tokens. 00:04:59.980 --> 00:05:03.060 The whole map looks way cooler. I'm so psyched. 00:05:03.060 --> 00:05:05.399 The pants people are showing up. They're showing 00:05:05.399 --> 00:05:08.300 up. And like, this is, oh my gosh. It's, yeah. 00:05:11.430 --> 00:05:16.230 Oh, yeah. I see the Blanche token. I saw the 00:05:16.230 --> 00:05:19.350 art, but I haven't seen the token live. Oh, yeah, 00:05:19.430 --> 00:05:21.389 buddy. That's really cool. It's really cool. 00:05:21.790 --> 00:05:23.870 And honestly, hey, wait. I just realized something. 00:05:24.569 --> 00:05:28.230 Isn't this just the best Christmas present from 00:05:28.230 --> 00:05:31.069 our friends? Because this episode is coming out, 00:05:31.129 --> 00:05:34.879 what, two days before Christmas? yes yes yeah 00:05:34.879 --> 00:05:36.839 that's right christmas and happy holidays everybody 00:05:36.839 --> 00:05:38.899 oh my gosh whether you're celebrating hope it's 00:05:38.899 --> 00:05:40.680 a great one hope you guys are doing a great time 00:05:40.680 --> 00:05:42.779 i think last year we mentioned uh uh we originally 00:05:42.779 --> 00:05:45.899 we did like a happy skylights little intro oh 00:05:45.899 --> 00:05:47.860 yeah it's so funny because we never actually 00:05:47.860 --> 00:05:50.360 like like skylights is a holiday i designed in 00:05:50.360 --> 00:05:52.240 this setting we're gonna do a zine on it and 00:05:52.240 --> 00:05:53.620 i was gonna do episodes on it it's basically 00:05:53.620 --> 00:05:55.680 just a celebration of miracles when atash came 00:05:55.680 --> 00:05:57.699 and saved on current cigar blah blah all that 00:05:57.699 --> 00:06:00.350 um And we just kind of dropped that and never 00:06:00.350 --> 00:06:01.670 brought it up again because I'm always doing 00:06:01.670 --> 00:06:04.689 something else. But someday we'll celebrate skylights 00:06:04.689 --> 00:06:08.110 in our little show here and canonize it. Happy 00:06:08.110 --> 00:06:09.709 skylights is what I'm saying. Happy skylights. 00:06:09.709 --> 00:06:12.930 Happy skylights. And thank you so much for all 00:06:12.930 --> 00:06:17.670 the art, really. Super incredible. And before 00:06:17.670 --> 00:06:19.990 we're giving thanks, I want to thank you, gentlemen, 00:06:20.170 --> 00:06:23.910 for what I think was my singular favorite round 00:06:23.910 --> 00:06:27.009 of combat I've ever had the pleasure of running. 00:06:27.350 --> 00:06:30.110 It was one round. Whole last session, one round 00:06:30.110 --> 00:06:32.350 of this crazy combat, but oh my gosh, it was 00:06:32.350 --> 00:06:34.649 - Wait, that was only one round. Dude, we got 00:06:34.649 --> 00:06:37.370 to pick up the pace. One round. Oh yeah, we're 00:06:37.370 --> 00:06:38.790 going to do this fight for 10 more episodes. 00:06:38.990 --> 00:06:41.970 But oh my God, it was awesome. Like the whole 00:06:41.970 --> 00:06:43.810 thing, we come into it, we had the happy little 00:06:43.810 --> 00:06:46.730 beginning. We had this like overwhelming dread. 00:06:46.829 --> 00:06:52.329 I was on you guys. And I just, that play, dispelled 00:06:52.329 --> 00:06:55.430 magic into the full aggressive push, cutting 00:06:55.430 --> 00:06:57.350 me down the 20 HP that you needed to hit the 00:06:57.350 --> 00:07:00.990 threshold. to remove the helmet and mask. Yeah, 00:07:01.129 --> 00:07:04.810 it's one turd you got there. Very cool. Yeah, 00:07:04.910 --> 00:07:07.009 that was my plan. If you got to 20 HP, if you 00:07:07.009 --> 00:07:09.269 got a good enough blow, I was going to reveal 00:07:09.269 --> 00:07:11.709 information that would not be revealed otherwise. 00:07:11.850 --> 00:07:13.970 And you did it. Yeah, I was going to say, imagine 00:07:13.970 --> 00:07:16.269 if we just went that whole episode with just 00:07:16.269 --> 00:07:18.209 the one round and didn't get that. Right. How 00:07:18.209 --> 00:07:21.769 boring that ending would have been. Oh, man. 00:07:22.589 --> 00:07:28.970 That's going to be this episode. Oh, but yeah, 00:07:29.069 --> 00:07:32.790 I mean, I, yeah, it was incredible. You guys 00:07:32.790 --> 00:07:34.910 are awesome. I wish I hadn't already said, I 00:07:34.910 --> 00:07:36.110 can't give out buttons because otherwise I'd 00:07:36.110 --> 00:07:37.350 give you a button maybe, but you know, it's too 00:07:37.350 --> 00:07:39.730 late. I said last episode, I can't, I'm too busy. 00:07:39.810 --> 00:07:42.209 I'm driving a Ferrari over here. I can't, there's 00:07:42.209 --> 00:07:44.290 no, there's no mental space to give out buttons. 00:07:44.430 --> 00:07:47.250 Yeah. Well, thankfully Abby came along to give 00:07:47.250 --> 00:07:51.410 you guys some buttons. Much needed. But unfortunately 00:07:51.410 --> 00:07:54.110 Abby's not here tonight. And so the button well 00:07:54.110 --> 00:08:00.110 has run dry. Yeah. Better caller. Fuck. Jeremy. 00:08:00.250 --> 00:08:04.790 Get over here. Get him. Yeah. They're getting 00:08:04.790 --> 00:08:09.310 me. I'm getting you, David. You got. Speaking 00:08:09.310 --> 00:08:15.110 of getting, someone else got us a present. Fail 00:08:15.110 --> 00:08:19.910 time. Fail time. It's fail time. That was a transition. 00:08:20.029 --> 00:08:26.459 Yeah. Yeah. That was good. We got another present. 00:08:26.560 --> 00:08:28.800 We got more mail. More mail. How is this possible? 00:08:29.120 --> 00:08:32.200 It's Christmas. And also Stephen's birthday. 00:08:32.700 --> 00:08:34.759 And I realized earlier... Holy shit, I forgot 00:08:34.759 --> 00:08:36.919 about that. I realized Stephen... Well, I realized 00:08:36.919 --> 00:08:39.120 earlier I was like, oh man, you know, at some 00:08:39.120 --> 00:08:40.159 point tonight I'm going to be like, hey, it's 00:08:40.159 --> 00:08:42.179 my birthday tomorrow. And then I was like, we 00:08:42.179 --> 00:08:45.200 recorded last week the day before David's birthday 00:08:45.200 --> 00:08:47.279 and didn't mention a fucking thing. Oh, you're 00:08:47.279 --> 00:08:51.639 going to pay for that. You'll pay for that tonight. 00:08:52.120 --> 00:08:54.399 I'm going to upcast a spell because of it. I 00:08:54.399 --> 00:08:59.419 don't know. But we got a box from Mike. Oh, Mike. 00:08:59.500 --> 00:09:01.840 Hammer in the Discord. Oh, Mike. And I'm so excited. 00:09:01.879 --> 00:09:03.440 So excited. We haven't seen a lot of Mike lately. 00:09:03.480 --> 00:09:04.860 We were playing World of Warcraft together and 00:09:04.860 --> 00:09:06.940 it's been a lot of fun and very distracting. 00:09:07.679 --> 00:09:10.019 Hear that, pants people? This show is almost 00:09:10.019 --> 00:09:12.639 over now because David is not playing WoW. Once 00:09:12.639 --> 00:09:15.899 I hit rating level, we're done. Oh, no. And it's 00:09:15.899 --> 00:09:19.340 all Mike's fault. I saw him mention that in the 00:09:19.340 --> 00:09:22.360 Discord and I was like... Oh, God. It's over. 00:09:22.820 --> 00:09:24.639 Let's see if Mike redeemed himself to you guys 00:09:24.639 --> 00:09:27.200 right now. He gave us one last gift before the 00:09:27.200 --> 00:09:30.860 show is over. It's easy to open, so don't need 00:09:30.860 --> 00:09:32.240 to murder. You ready for this? You ready for 00:09:32.240 --> 00:09:36.259 this? What is this? What the fuck is that? Whoa, 00:09:36.340 --> 00:09:38.159 that looks like dice. What is that? That looks 00:09:38.159 --> 00:09:40.440 like dice. Dice? I see puzzle pieces. Wait, is 00:09:40.440 --> 00:09:43.460 this like a... Oh, it's an advent calendar. It 00:09:43.460 --> 00:09:46.799 is. What? I should have opened this a long time 00:09:46.799 --> 00:09:50.620 ago. We're on 19. Oh, my God. It's the 19th. 00:09:51.860 --> 00:09:54.679 Whoops. Oh, man. He probably gave this to me 00:09:54.679 --> 00:09:57.080 like on the first and I was like, we'll open 00:09:57.080 --> 00:09:59.299 it eventually. Then we skipped the week. Dude. 00:09:59.299 --> 00:10:01.259 Oh, my God. Because we couldn't last week do 00:10:01.259 --> 00:10:05.120 two. Mike said that in the Discord and like eight 00:10:05.120 --> 00:10:07.539 other people were like, you guys need new dice. 00:10:08.059 --> 00:10:11.720 Oh, man. Well, who wants the honors of doing 00:10:11.720 --> 00:10:17.820 one through 19? Open them. Come on, give them 00:10:17.820 --> 00:10:20.019 to us. All of them? Should we do all? I mean, 00:10:20.019 --> 00:10:23.480 it is the 19th day. Okay, you know what? That's 00:10:23.480 --> 00:10:26.840 how advent calendars work, right? I mean... Whoa, 00:10:26.840 --> 00:10:30.000 okay. I feel like it's supposed to be easier 00:10:30.000 --> 00:10:32.759 than that. It's a badass. Wait, hang on. David, 00:10:32.820 --> 00:10:36.759 do you want me to try? Oh, he's cheating. He's 00:10:36.759 --> 00:10:40.200 just going to rip it open. No, I got this. Okay. 00:10:40.200 --> 00:10:43.460 This is really bad. Hang on. David, we want to 00:10:43.460 --> 00:10:46.740 save the boxes at keepsake. One down. It's a 00:10:46.740 --> 00:10:49.080 really cool. That's pretty cool. That's a D. 00:10:49.279 --> 00:10:54.039 Oh, that's a really fancy D8, I believe. Yes. 00:10:54.100 --> 00:10:57.019 No, it's a D10. What? It's a 10? No, it's not. 00:10:57.320 --> 00:11:00.139 It's an 8. But there's a zero on it. What? What 00:11:00.139 --> 00:11:03.039 a fascinating dice. Let me see. Well, that's 00:11:03.039 --> 00:11:04.419 going to be it. Wait, what number is that? There 00:11:04.419 --> 00:11:08.360 are eight sides. But it's not like equal sided. 00:11:08.759 --> 00:11:14.620 Let me see. What are you? Strange, strange. This 00:11:14.620 --> 00:11:16.799 one doesn't have a number. This one doesn't have 00:11:16.799 --> 00:11:19.559 a number. Is this like a... This is very strange. 00:11:19.759 --> 00:11:21.399 I'm going to put this in the Discord. I need 00:11:21.399 --> 00:11:23.799 help figuring this one out. Okay, yes. These 00:11:23.799 --> 00:11:26.960 perforations do not work. So we're just going 00:11:26.960 --> 00:11:32.299 to fold it down this way. All right. Should we 00:11:32.299 --> 00:11:34.360 do all of them, or should we do one this week, 00:11:34.399 --> 00:11:36.940 one next week? Did you pull out two? We're doing 00:11:36.940 --> 00:11:38.779 two tonight. David, did you pull out two? No, 00:11:38.779 --> 00:11:41.200 one. There's one missing. There's bubble wrap 00:11:41.200 --> 00:11:43.559 in the two, but not... It's an invisible dice. 00:11:44.399 --> 00:11:48.899 Guys, there's minis in here. Invisidice. There's 00:11:48.899 --> 00:11:52.429 minis in here. What's that? Ooh, look at that 00:11:52.429 --> 00:11:54.690 beast. Holy shit, what is it? That's so cool. 00:11:54.789 --> 00:11:57.009 Oh, I thought you meant miniature dice. No, minis. 00:11:57.009 --> 00:12:00.330 Like mini figs. Oh, also, I found the number 00:12:00.330 --> 00:12:06.519 two die. Scaly stone. What are these? What is 00:12:06.519 --> 00:12:08.620 going on? Take a picture of this, too. These 00:12:08.620 --> 00:12:10.500 are so... I need some of this to move monster, 00:12:10.600 --> 00:12:12.340 this is. It's so cool. It's like a weird three 00:12:12.340 --> 00:12:14.879 -crowned stone demon. Whoa, check this out. Should 00:12:14.879 --> 00:12:17.299 I just keep folding these down and opening them 00:12:17.299 --> 00:12:19.360 up? Ooh, a tiny, tiny, like, halfling knight. 00:12:19.460 --> 00:12:22.580 I love that. I love that. Hold on. Hold on. This 00:12:22.580 --> 00:12:25.440 is going to take forever. Yes! Yes. Let's do 00:12:25.440 --> 00:12:27.840 the rest later. Let's do one. Let's do the first 00:12:27.840 --> 00:12:30.710 four, and then let's do the next four. Okay, 00:12:30.730 --> 00:12:34.190 cool. Yeah. Like, we are going to have a boatload 00:12:34.190 --> 00:12:36.850 of fun with this. But I think the pants people 00:12:36.850 --> 00:12:38.090 are just going to want to see pictures of the 00:12:38.090 --> 00:12:39.830 end result. True, true. Good point, good point. 00:12:40.210 --> 00:12:42.370 Oh, it's so cool, though. That was awesome. Thank 00:12:42.370 --> 00:12:44.750 you, Mike. Thank you so much, Mike. That was 00:12:44.750 --> 00:12:49.049 so cool. Oh, man. Okay. All right. Well. Now 00:12:49.049 --> 00:12:51.049 that we've got all the happiness and celebration 00:12:51.049 --> 00:12:54.610 out of the way. Thank you, by the way. Are we 00:12:54.610 --> 00:12:56.029 going to fight? Let's fight. I think we're going 00:12:56.029 --> 00:13:00.409 to fight. I mean. 109 episodes into our show. 00:13:00.529 --> 00:13:03.350 And finally. This is 110. 110. Oh, no, no, no. 00:13:03.350 --> 00:13:06.169 It's the last one. Finally, we've revealed the 00:13:06.169 --> 00:13:08.490 main villain. We have an antagonist. We didn't 00:13:08.490 --> 00:13:10.009 have an antagonist until now. Isn't that crazy? 00:13:10.250 --> 00:13:11.470 It was kind of crazy. At least not a main one. 00:13:11.590 --> 00:13:14.110 That's wild. Now we have one that's pulling the 00:13:14.110 --> 00:13:18.169 strings. So let's hear a little more about how 00:13:18.169 --> 00:13:22.230 things ended up the way they have. Time for gifts 00:13:22.230 --> 00:13:27.730 and blessings is over. A secret tragedy. Hidden 00:13:27.730 --> 00:13:30.929 beneath a veil woven of misconception. But the 00:13:30.929 --> 00:13:34.110 veil has been lifted. The misconception has been 00:13:34.110 --> 00:13:38.889 cleared. And so we see puzzle pieces. Puzzle 00:13:38.889 --> 00:13:41.210 pieces floating in an infinite void. We see them 00:13:41.210 --> 00:13:44.750 falling, falling, and finally, to doom, landing 00:13:44.750 --> 00:13:47.889 into place. Connecting into a cohesive whole. 00:13:48.289 --> 00:13:53.970 A truth that forms the basis of our story. Puzzle 00:13:53.970 --> 00:13:57.070 piece. Ozen meeting with Kejau Kamal. This is 00:13:57.070 --> 00:14:00.049 a man we've seen before, on Tythos, on Sanction. 00:14:00.370 --> 00:14:03.649 An old man, near as old as Ozen himself. Brown 00:14:03.649 --> 00:14:06.990 skin, harsh, speckled facial features. Ornate, 00:14:06.990 --> 00:14:09.549 gold -trimmed purple robes and a long, thick 00:14:09.549 --> 00:14:11.970 braid. White at the crown and chipped into a 00:14:11.970 --> 00:14:15.029 deep brown as it falls. We see them within the 00:14:15.029 --> 00:14:17.950 court of beauty. Two men in their 80s, speaking 00:14:17.950 --> 00:14:21.940 casually, friendly. A letter handed harmlessly 00:14:21.940 --> 00:14:24.539 from the Crystal Network's founder to the Storm 00:14:24.539 --> 00:14:28.179 Eye. But there is a darkness in Kejau's eyes. 00:14:28.340 --> 00:14:34.080 A desire. And deep within Ozen's, a fear. Puzzle 00:14:34.080 --> 00:14:36.539 piece. Ozen in the Soul Sanctum, resting upon 00:14:36.539 --> 00:14:39.940 his mat, lit by the constant flashing of lightning. 00:14:40.159 --> 00:14:43.320 Ozen writes nervously to Blanche. His back to 00:14:43.320 --> 00:14:46.250 the roaring wind. He tells all, initially, writing 00:14:46.250 --> 00:14:48.590 the name of the one who commands this great conspiracy. 00:14:49.129 --> 00:14:53.090 The Sapphire Wyvern, Dawn and Corner of Tythos 00:14:53.090 --> 00:14:59.049 S .W. But then, Ozen thinks better. To say too 00:14:59.049 --> 00:15:00.909 much would be dangerous should the letter be 00:15:00.909 --> 00:15:03.629 discovered by those involved. And apart from 00:15:03.629 --> 00:15:07.110 that, there is a deeper concern. Ozen has always 00:15:07.110 --> 00:15:09.769 stood firm on one ideal. that his teachings are 00:15:09.769 --> 00:15:12.470 freely given in his hand to never push his students 00:15:12.470 --> 00:15:15.490 down a path they did not wholly choose. But this 00:15:15.490 --> 00:15:17.830 information given to Blanche would force her 00:15:17.830 --> 00:15:21.029 path. It could put a target on her shell, could 00:15:21.029 --> 00:15:25.090 alter her life. And she is doing so well. She's 00:15:25.090 --> 00:15:28.470 so happy as the master of defense. And so we 00:15:28.470 --> 00:15:30.429 see the initial letter crackle and blacken as 00:15:30.429 --> 00:15:32.669 lightning runs through Rosen's bare fingers. 00:15:32.769 --> 00:15:35.789 And he writes another, far more vague, in hopes 00:15:35.789 --> 00:15:38.929 that Blanche will choose to come. to hear the 00:15:38.929 --> 00:15:41.210 full truth, to stand by his side in the coming 00:15:41.210 --> 00:15:45.889 fight. But of course, she does not come. For 00:15:45.889 --> 00:15:48.490 this letter finds its way into DiPiero's pocket, 00:15:48.669 --> 00:15:51.389 the king of the turtles, unwilling to let the 00:15:51.389 --> 00:15:56.690 invaluable Blanche Trudeau go. And so, puzzle 00:15:56.690 --> 00:15:59.649 piece. A ten day after the letter is sent, Ozen 00:15:59.649 --> 00:16:02.850 leaves the Shrine of Storms. We see him, hand 00:16:02.850 --> 00:16:05.950 resting on the head of Akio, a sad smile hidden 00:16:05.950 --> 00:16:08.860 behind his mask. There is a hesitance in him 00:16:08.860 --> 00:16:11.240 as he turns to move away, leaving Akio with the 00:16:11.240 --> 00:16:15.120 order to wait. Blanche did not answer the call, 00:16:15.220 --> 00:16:19.940 but perhaps... No, no, looking into the eyes 00:16:19.940 --> 00:16:22.500 of his last pupil, seeing the sorrow plastered 00:16:22.500 --> 00:16:24.840 over the old dog's features, Ozen dismisses the 00:16:24.840 --> 00:16:27.559 thought. Too much sweetness in those eyes, too 00:16:27.559 --> 00:16:31.299 little guile. It would have to be the storm eye, 00:16:31.460 --> 00:16:34.940 alone. By the time he reaches the Concord Jewel, 00:16:34.940 --> 00:16:37.539 he has magically disguised himself and travels 00:16:37.539 --> 00:16:42.320 in secret to the Citadel. Puzzle piece. We see 00:16:42.320 --> 00:16:44.779 Ozen a short while later. He stands upon a mountain 00:16:44.779 --> 00:16:48.419 peak within a large crater far to the north in 00:16:48.419 --> 00:16:51.440 the preserve. We see him facing the Sapphire 00:16:51.440 --> 00:16:55.159 Wyvern, a monstrous draconic entity made of shimmering, 00:16:55.159 --> 00:16:59.159 glowing sapphire gemstones. It flies over the 00:16:59.159 --> 00:17:01.919 crater and we see its sharp gemstone teeth part 00:17:01.919 --> 00:17:06.259 as it releases a great and terrible roar. A sound 00:17:06.259 --> 00:17:09.319 both bestial and alien. A surge of power seems 00:17:09.319 --> 00:17:12.180 to follow it. A gravity that slams down upon 00:17:12.180 --> 00:17:17.119 the lone samurai. But, even facing down a wrathful 00:17:17.119 --> 00:17:19.180 god, the stormite does not drop to his knees. 00:17:19.380 --> 00:17:21.559 Rather, he turns his head upwards, forcing every 00:17:21.559 --> 00:17:24.460 ounce of his own rage and fear into his staring 00:17:24.460 --> 00:17:29.920 eye, and he draws his blade. And... Puzzle piece. 00:17:31.039 --> 00:17:34.079 Surrounded by scorch -marked earth, Ozen lies 00:17:34.079 --> 00:17:37.039 in a pool of blood. His helmet has been thrown 00:17:37.039 --> 00:17:39.599 off, his blade protrudes from the earth nearby, 00:17:39.759 --> 00:17:44.089 his limbs twisted and broken. He is defeated. 00:17:44.670 --> 00:17:47.710 Yet sapphire stones lay all around, fragments 00:17:47.710 --> 00:17:50.670 of this creature sliced off. The wyvern that 00:17:50.670 --> 00:17:53.410 looms above him bears its own scorch marks. It 00:17:53.410 --> 00:17:56.670 is earthbound now. One full wing lays off to 00:17:56.670 --> 00:18:00.029 the side. Its stones lay dark and lifeless. The 00:18:00.029 --> 00:18:03.829 battle, it seems, was close. But the wyvern looms 00:18:03.829 --> 00:18:07.289 over Ozen, its jaws opening wide above Ozen's 00:18:07.289 --> 00:18:11.329 broken body. The old man coughs and chuckles. 00:18:14.150 --> 00:18:20.230 So, the battle is lost. But my quest is not. 00:18:20.990 --> 00:18:25.650 You've undone yourself, villain. For your actions 00:18:25.650 --> 00:18:31.450 have led to the rise of the luminaries. I may 00:18:31.450 --> 00:18:37.829 die here, but my generation has passed. New flowers 00:18:37.829 --> 00:18:43.599 are blooming. You will be stopped. I don't need 00:18:43.599 --> 00:18:48.539 two eyes to see that our worlds are full of heroes. 00:18:49.920 --> 00:18:57.619 I was merely the first raindrop of the storm. 00:18:58.779 --> 00:19:04.539 Ozen closes his eye and accepts. And something 00:19:04.539 --> 00:19:07.440 flashes out from the throat of the incarnate, 00:19:07.440 --> 00:19:10.119 a small projectile blasting downwards in a beam 00:19:10.119 --> 00:19:13.599 of blue light, a single stone driving into Ozen's 00:19:13.599 --> 00:19:16.319 empty right socket with a sickening squelch. 00:19:16.759 --> 00:19:20.660 The incarnate's heart stone, bearing its very 00:19:20.660 --> 00:19:24.859 soul. And Ozen's eye opens again, the light brown 00:19:24.859 --> 00:19:30.599 color fading to a bright sapphire blue. The pieces 00:19:30.599 --> 00:19:34.490 are together. The tragic story of the storm I 00:19:34.490 --> 00:19:38.089 give in form. Yet we are missing pieces still. 00:19:38.470 --> 00:19:43.009 For we don't know how this story ends. So let's 00:19:43.009 --> 00:19:50.109 all find out. Together. We move back to the Shrine 00:19:50.109 --> 00:19:52.650 of Storms. Back to the moment of revelation. 00:19:53.910 --> 00:19:57.029 Those last words ring out across to all of you. 00:19:57.069 --> 00:20:00.849 Crispin, you are reading the letter out loud 00:20:00.849 --> 00:20:03.680 still. And I should note, because we didn't talk 00:20:03.680 --> 00:20:05.740 about it last time, Jules, you did draw, you 00:20:05.740 --> 00:20:07.339 had your turn, which means you would have freely 00:20:07.339 --> 00:20:11.200 actioned, pulled out the, yes. You find in that 00:20:11.200 --> 00:20:13.420 moment, as you look down towards it, the diamond 00:20:13.420 --> 00:20:16.099 does not work. Just as it does not work in the 00:20:16.099 --> 00:20:18.160 presence of the other incarnates. While it was 00:20:18.160 --> 00:20:21.059 muted before, you can all feel it now, an oppressive 00:20:21.059 --> 00:20:24.119 gravity, the sound of a far -off storm mingled 00:20:24.119 --> 00:20:28.279 with a melody. And this melody is harsh. But 00:20:28.279 --> 00:20:30.079 your words still ring out, Crispin, as you're 00:20:30.079 --> 00:20:33.180 reading down this letter. And Ozen has to return 00:20:33.180 --> 00:20:38.500 towards you. Kajokamal is an arrogant fool. He 00:20:38.500 --> 00:20:41.960 should have moved outside my guidance. But at 00:20:41.960 --> 00:20:46.079 least he could accept my wisdom and my love. 00:20:46.700 --> 00:20:51.119 It's too late for Ozen Yoshikatsu. But it's not 00:20:51.119 --> 00:20:57.019 too late for all of you. But because you dropped 00:20:57.019 --> 00:21:01.559 haste, that monologue... was my turn. No movement, 00:21:01.759 --> 00:21:05.299 no action. And so in this moment, you hear a 00:21:05.299 --> 00:21:12.140 quiet response. Wait. Master taught me to wait. 00:21:12.980 --> 00:21:18.279 But Master is gone! And I'm done waiting! Ruff! 00:21:18.460 --> 00:21:22.940 And it's Akio's turn! Finally! Active! On the 00:21:22.940 --> 00:21:28.269 field! Wow, I gotta open his sheet. I think you 00:21:28.269 --> 00:21:29.890 just see, like, in this moment, very quickly, 00:21:29.910 --> 00:21:33.089 he just turns, uh, draws his word, going to draw 00:21:33.089 --> 00:21:34.750 his one, turns to you, Blanche, and says, If 00:21:34.750 --> 00:21:37.210 you are truly the Blanche Trudeau, his favorite 00:21:37.210 --> 00:21:39.549 friend, then it is an honor to battle at your 00:21:39.549 --> 00:21:45.269 side. Command me! Ruff! Oh, damn, cool. Yeah. 00:21:45.869 --> 00:21:47.650 He'd know about you. Of course he'd know about 00:21:47.650 --> 00:21:51.150 you. And your name was just dropped. Ooh, I can 00:21:51.150 --> 00:21:53.049 actually see my bonus actions now. But he already 00:21:53.049 --> 00:21:56.269 used second wind, right? Yes, it is gone. Okay. 00:21:56.680 --> 00:21:59.460 Then... So it's... Yeah, you're up. Akio will 00:21:59.460 --> 00:22:02.279 take his two katana strikes. And he is, again, 00:22:02.400 --> 00:22:05.759 barely standing. I know. One HP, just like... 00:22:05.759 --> 00:22:08.759 He can't really help himself, so... Oh, man. 00:22:11.259 --> 00:22:18.200 No, that is just a 15 for the first. Oh, my God. 00:22:18.299 --> 00:22:24.660 Two eights in a row. 15, 15. Oh. No hit. So that's... 00:22:24.660 --> 00:22:29.019 Yikes. That's it. Hey, do you want to move? Anything 00:22:29.019 --> 00:22:31.859 like that? No, out of range and take an A -O 00:22:31.859 --> 00:22:35.960 -O. He'll be dead. Okay. Okay, then. Akio just 00:22:35.960 --> 00:22:40.180 tries. Swings out twice. Blade goes, but easily 00:22:40.180 --> 00:22:42.539 in his weakened state. Ping, ping, parry twice. 00:22:42.680 --> 00:22:45.420 The poor dog just can't help himself, like you 00:22:45.420 --> 00:22:48.680 said, but he's attacking in rage. His temperance 00:22:48.680 --> 00:22:52.460 gone, Blanche. There's a spark of kinship there 00:22:52.460 --> 00:22:54.099 between the two of you, a spark that you worry. 00:22:55.130 --> 00:23:01.089 May soon vanish. Oh, but do I want to? No, haste 00:23:01.089 --> 00:23:05.210 is gone. So I will not take a legendary action 00:23:05.210 --> 00:23:12.630 here. We shall move on. No. Oh, that's evil. 00:23:13.109 --> 00:23:15.829 Stop being evil. But I've been stressing about 00:23:15.829 --> 00:23:19.049 this fight. This is a true chess game now. Oh, 00:23:19.109 --> 00:23:21.369 isn't this brilliant? A tactician, but so is 00:23:21.369 --> 00:23:24.049 Blanche, or all of you. We are fighting on a 00:23:24.049 --> 00:23:27.049 higher level, and so I cannot afford to hold 00:23:27.049 --> 00:23:31.109 back. Stop being evil! Ozen parries the blade. 00:23:31.789 --> 00:23:35.369 So Gigi easily parries to the side, crouches 00:23:35.369 --> 00:23:39.130 a little, and energy builds up once again in 00:23:39.130 --> 00:23:42.609 his stance. I'm using Thunder Step as a legendary 00:23:42.609 --> 00:23:47.980 action. Oh, fuck. And I'm going to appear. Just 00:23:47.980 --> 00:23:51.539 behind, Crispin and Jules. Son of a bitch. Right 00:23:51.539 --> 00:23:53.480 there behind the two of you, suddenly Ozen stands, 00:23:53.759 --> 00:23:57.400 blade proffered up threateningly. But for those 00:23:57.400 --> 00:24:00.579 of you he left behind, a shockwave rolls out 00:24:00.579 --> 00:24:02.160 from the ground. I'll tell you right now, Akio, 00:24:02.339 --> 00:24:06.119 no matter what, is down. The echo, no matter 00:24:06.119 --> 00:24:09.279 what, is gone. What's going to happen to Blanche? 00:24:09.319 --> 00:24:11.380 I do need a save for Akio and for Blanche because 00:24:11.380 --> 00:24:15.819 this could kill him. Holy fuck. Akio, remind 00:24:15.819 --> 00:24:19.279 me of the save again. This is going to be a constitution 00:24:19.279 --> 00:24:23.380 saving throw. Okie dokie. Con save, you say. 00:24:23.519 --> 00:24:27.259 I will roll Akio's first because it's going to 00:24:27.259 --> 00:24:33.960 be dramatic. Oh, that is not even close. Single 00:24:33.960 --> 00:24:41.640 digits for Akio's con save. 22 for Blanche. And 00:24:41.640 --> 00:24:45.869 then plus four for, oh no, sorry. 22? 22 for 00:24:45.869 --> 00:24:47.930 Blanche. Blanche actually passes. Holy shit. 00:24:47.950 --> 00:24:51.089 That's great. Okay. Nakio, has it failed? Yes. 00:24:51.369 --> 00:25:03.069 Let's do this then. Upcasting one. Okay. That 00:25:03.069 --> 00:25:07.410 is going to be 17 points of damage halved for 00:25:07.410 --> 00:25:10.829 Blanche. Okay. So, I mean, Nakio had one hit 00:25:10.829 --> 00:25:15.769 point. Nakio's down. Yeah. Nakio is... full down, 00:25:15.990 --> 00:25:20.609 the echo obliterated, and Blanche feeling some 00:25:20.609 --> 00:25:23.750 scars of this rock, you slide back just a little 00:25:23.750 --> 00:25:26.150 bit, you see Akio behind you, just gets like, 00:25:26.349 --> 00:25:30.049 boom, body start crumples, folding, falling, 00:25:30.170 --> 00:25:35.150 just alongside all the others. Had this last 00:25:35.150 --> 00:25:37.849 stand, staring defiantly at the one who killed 00:25:37.849 --> 00:25:44.089 his master. And he too has fallen. But as Ozen 00:25:44.089 --> 00:25:46.369 suddenly shifts through space as he suddenly 00:25:46.369 --> 00:25:49.410 appears behind Jules and Crispin. Crispin Dubois 00:25:49.410 --> 00:25:54.410 is ready. You're up, turning to meet the Storm 00:25:54.410 --> 00:25:59.269 Eye and whatever lies within him now. Oh, goodness 00:25:59.269 --> 00:26:04.309 gracious. Okay. Children, nuts, all of you. In 00:26:04.309 --> 00:26:09.009 my benevolence, I will save you still. Crispin's 00:26:09.009 --> 00:26:13.789 gonna crumple up the letter, put it away. And 00:26:13.789 --> 00:26:19.130 take a swing with his great club. I really hope 00:26:19.130 --> 00:26:22.609 this one hits. Haste is gone. And I can't use 00:26:22.609 --> 00:26:24.990 it anymore because that hurt. Losing a whole 00:26:24.990 --> 00:26:27.269 turn hurt. With the spell magic on the field, 00:26:27.329 --> 00:26:30.009 I'm scared of that again. So I am. Needs to be 00:26:30.009 --> 00:26:34.710 a really high hit. So Jeremy, let me tell you 00:26:34.710 --> 00:26:37.049 why I'm thinking about using my button. Okay. 00:26:37.650 --> 00:26:40.069 Crispin with his great club has a plus seven 00:26:40.069 --> 00:26:43.420 to hit. Uh -huh. Damage with the gray club isn't 00:26:43.420 --> 00:26:47.819 fantastic. It's 1d8 plus 4, but he still has 00:26:47.819 --> 00:26:52.720 2d6 from absorb elements. I'm just not sure how 00:26:52.720 --> 00:26:56.259 many more chances I'll get to make this attack. 00:26:56.380 --> 00:26:58.720 You absorbed the last thunder step. Oh, shit. 00:26:59.039 --> 00:27:01.259 Your weapon's quaking with Ozen's own magic. 00:27:01.500 --> 00:27:06.180 That's so cool. That makes sense to me. I guess 00:27:06.180 --> 00:27:08.359 you're reasoning. I'm going to use it, and I'm 00:27:08.359 --> 00:27:10.940 going to have... a better reason to use it the 00:27:10.940 --> 00:27:14.740 next round. Sure. I'm sure. Sure. But for now, 00:27:14.740 --> 00:27:17.440 this seems like a smart move to me. This hits. 00:27:18.220 --> 00:27:21.539 It's gotta. I mean, otherwise, Crispin just doesn't 00:27:21.539 --> 00:27:23.720 have as much use in this battle. My reaction, 00:27:23.779 --> 00:27:26.740 I should say, is back. Oh, shit. If that changes 00:27:26.740 --> 00:27:28.559 your mind, you can have this. But my turn did 00:27:28.559 --> 00:27:30.319 pass. I didn't get to move, but I did refresh 00:27:30.319 --> 00:27:32.299 my reaction and legendaries. Yeah, so even if 00:27:32.299 --> 00:27:35.200 I hit, he's going to just delete it. But, I mean. 00:27:35.319 --> 00:27:38.700 Well, he might. How many spell slots does he 00:27:38.700 --> 00:27:40.980 have? A bazillion. I'm going to take the button 00:27:40.980 --> 00:27:43.680 back for now. Okay. It's a hard one. You need 00:27:43.680 --> 00:27:46.180 to get two clean hits to get damage on him. But 00:27:46.180 --> 00:27:48.700 you got a lot of people on the field. No, see, 00:27:48.819 --> 00:27:53.779 that's 19. 19 will not hit. 19 doesn't hit. Bladesong 00:27:53.779 --> 00:27:59.440 still active. That humming, metal ringing. You 00:27:59.440 --> 00:28:01.559 try to strike out and boom, parried to the side. 00:28:01.579 --> 00:28:05.619 That thunderous magic. Not striking true. Then 00:28:05.619 --> 00:28:12.539 as a bonus action, take hot Jules, something, 00:28:12.680 --> 00:28:17.839 something, aura of vitality. Truer words have 00:28:17.839 --> 00:28:21.180 never been spoken. Sorry, I'm nervous. So as 00:28:21.180 --> 00:28:23.759 a bonus action, the aura of vitality is going 00:28:23.759 --> 00:28:26.500 to activate. And since Jules is within 30 feet 00:28:26.500 --> 00:28:30.119 of him, of Crispin, Jeremy, why don't you roll 00:28:30.119 --> 00:28:33.599 2d6 for Jules? Ladies and gentlefolk. Crispin 00:28:33.599 --> 00:28:36.700 Dubois' last words. Yeah, I know, right? You 00:28:36.700 --> 00:28:41.700 said 2D6? 2D6. Put it on his gravestone. Near 00:28:41.700 --> 00:28:45.180 max each time. 5 and a 6. So 11's going back 00:28:45.180 --> 00:28:47.220 on. I've got to get rid of this guy. Oh, man. 00:28:47.559 --> 00:28:51.779 No, stop. Oh, no. And that's your turn? Holy 00:28:51.779 --> 00:28:54.640 shit. That is the end of Crispin Dubois' turn 00:28:54.640 --> 00:28:57.559 and potentially life. Dresden Kelly, the echo 00:28:57.559 --> 00:29:01.500 is gone. But you still stand. Yeah. And Ozen 00:29:01.500 --> 00:29:03.880 is closer to you than before, hovering around 00:29:03.880 --> 00:29:06.940 both of your closest friends. What are you going 00:29:06.940 --> 00:29:08.619 to do about it, soldier boy? He's going to manifest 00:29:08.619 --> 00:29:10.500 his echo again, right behind and half -flanking. 00:29:10.779 --> 00:29:14.940 Ooh, okay. And Dresden is fucking tapped out, 00:29:15.039 --> 00:29:19.680 so all he has are his two attacks. Wait. I want 00:29:19.680 --> 00:29:21.119 to address one thing real fast, just so you know. 00:29:21.420 --> 00:29:24.460 Yeah. If you had, you wouldn't still hit. You're 00:29:24.460 --> 00:29:26.279 probably thinking if you flanked with that attack. 00:29:26.720 --> 00:29:28.630 Oh. I wouldn't have still. Yeah, I should have 00:29:28.630 --> 00:29:31.670 done that. Just so you feel good about when you 00:29:31.670 --> 00:29:33.890 realize later on, when you're lying in bed tonight 00:29:33.890 --> 00:29:35.990 at midnight, and you're like, oh, no! I should 00:29:35.990 --> 00:29:40.289 have flanked. Wouldn't have hit. Anyway. You 00:29:40.289 --> 00:29:42.609 said that you wanted Dresden to be in flanking, 00:29:42.670 --> 00:29:44.509 though, right? Yes. So that's not... Well, his 00:29:44.509 --> 00:29:47.190 Echo. The Echo, yeah. Oh, right, right. I thought 00:29:47.190 --> 00:29:48.630 you were going to move two to be also... Yeah, 00:29:49.309 --> 00:29:51.670 so Echo's just flanking with Jace? Yep, exactly. 00:29:52.369 --> 00:29:55.089 Hell yeah. And he's just going to go in for attacks, 00:29:55.329 --> 00:29:58.900 I guess. That's all he can do. Hell yeah. Okay. 00:30:01.279 --> 00:30:06.519 Ooh. First attack is a 26. That'll actually hit. 00:30:06.819 --> 00:30:09.819 Oh no. Okay. I'm going to roll the second attack. 00:30:09.960 --> 00:30:13.099 Okay. And then I'll roll damage. Or do you want 00:30:13.099 --> 00:30:15.640 me to do the other way around? Roll damage as 00:30:15.640 --> 00:30:18.880 you go. Because I think I get to absorb it. So 00:30:18.880 --> 00:30:20.420 I hear the damage and then I can decide to absorb 00:30:20.420 --> 00:30:22.759 it. Okay. So I choose which spell slot to use. 00:30:24.940 --> 00:30:29.930 12. I'll take the 12. That hurts, but I'll take 00:30:29.930 --> 00:30:32.630 the 12. Oh, you took it. Okay. No, I'm going 00:30:32.630 --> 00:30:34.829 to take the hit. Okay. Take the damage. Okay. 00:30:37.150 --> 00:30:40.089 And that one is not going to hit with an 11. 00:30:40.430 --> 00:30:43.430 Okay. Oof, rough, but you still got through. 00:30:43.849 --> 00:30:47.529 A little gash goes across, just breaking off 00:30:47.529 --> 00:30:48.990 a piece of the armor, cutting into the bloodless 00:30:48.990 --> 00:30:53.630 flesh beneath. I had to take it. I had to take 00:30:53.630 --> 00:30:58.339 it. Okay. Okay. And that's Dresden's turn? That 00:30:58.339 --> 00:31:01.440 is... Stand by. That is Dresden's turn. Yeah. 00:31:01.720 --> 00:31:06.619 Damn. You see Ozen's eye turns to you now. That 00:31:06.619 --> 00:31:09.880 bright sapphire sort of pulsing looks at you. 00:31:10.000 --> 00:31:12.940 Jules, you feel weight sort of pushing down on 00:31:12.940 --> 00:31:15.460 you, trying to, like, restrict your breathing. 00:31:15.460 --> 00:31:20.720 You hear, Jules, I felt your corrupted touch 00:31:20.720 --> 00:31:26.440 upon my body. I know who prowls outside of your 00:31:26.440 --> 00:31:31.579 flesh awaiting vacancy. I will not kill you. 00:31:32.000 --> 00:31:36.640 No. But there are other ways to keep you out 00:31:36.640 --> 00:31:40.339 of my way. And a voice booms out from above. 00:31:41.000 --> 00:31:45.339 You will need to go through me. Yes. A figure 00:31:45.339 --> 00:31:48.140 comes smashing down hard into the battlefield. 00:31:48.380 --> 00:31:50.980 A warrior armored in scales of shining brass 00:31:50.980 --> 00:31:53.859 and wielding an unsheathed great sword. Where 00:31:53.859 --> 00:31:56.759 does he land, Jeremy Wolf? Holy shit. Where's 00:31:56.759 --> 00:31:59.400 Arlan coming in? I fucking hate this is happening 00:31:59.400 --> 00:32:04.660 to me. I think, is it possible for him to land 00:32:04.660 --> 00:32:09.670 like directly? next to them, but then simultaneously 00:32:09.670 --> 00:32:13.190 kind of push Jules out of the way? Would that 00:32:13.190 --> 00:32:18.609 incur an AOO? Or is that just like the action 00:32:18.609 --> 00:32:20.230 of pushing them away? It would take an action 00:32:20.230 --> 00:32:23.470 to shove Jules. What if he landed so fucking 00:32:23.470 --> 00:32:26.930 hard that it knocked Jules back? I can't. I can't 00:32:26.930 --> 00:32:29.230 do it. I can't do it. I can't make allowances. 00:32:29.250 --> 00:32:30.930 It's too rough. It's too crazy. It's too close. 00:32:31.170 --> 00:32:34.150 Okay, so he's just going to go then on the other 00:32:34.150 --> 00:32:37.009 side of him. Oh, it's right there. Okay, hell 00:32:37.009 --> 00:32:39.470 yeah. Yeah, I have control. He slams down right 00:32:39.470 --> 00:32:43.710 beside Crispin. Kind of looks at Crispin, nods. 00:32:43.990 --> 00:32:46.269 Blade drawn. I think you actually just hear, 00:32:46.329 --> 00:32:48.869 like, as Ozen sort of blades sort of up as everyone 00:32:48.869 --> 00:32:52.930 kind of has a frozen moment. Ha, ha, ha. You 00:32:52.930 --> 00:32:56.569 haven't died, though. Must I cut you down again? 00:32:57.269 --> 00:33:00.230 You can try, but I've since learned a few things 00:33:00.230 --> 00:33:03.529 from my luminary brother. What do you want to 00:33:03.529 --> 00:33:07.859 do? You're going into strike. Oh, my God. I have 00:33:07.859 --> 00:33:13.039 not used Arhalon. This is so terrifying. This 00:33:13.039 --> 00:33:14.880 is so terrifying. You have a corvette of your 00:33:14.880 --> 00:33:18.440 own over there. Arhalon is strong. Before, when 00:33:18.440 --> 00:33:20.880 he was armless, he was oathless, or at least 00:33:20.880 --> 00:33:23.660 his arm didn't work. We have the full power to 00:33:23.660 --> 00:33:26.559 Arhalon now. Full smites. All his power and abilities 00:33:26.559 --> 00:33:30.420 are back. Full use of his weapon. This is horrifying 00:33:30.420 --> 00:33:37.299 to me. I think for this... Okay. I think for 00:33:37.299 --> 00:33:40.559 the... You know what? Okay. I think for this 00:33:40.559 --> 00:33:42.119 first one, he's just going to go in with his 00:33:42.119 --> 00:33:46.380 greatsword. Hell yeah. Oh my gosh. Oh, if you 00:33:46.380 --> 00:33:50.859 hit, I'm so scared. Oh no. He did not hit with 00:33:50.859 --> 00:33:53.839 an 11. He gets multi -attack. That's right. He 00:33:53.839 --> 00:33:56.759 gets two. So first one parried to the side. Second 00:33:56.759 --> 00:34:01.059 one comes swinging in. Cracked. I thought you 00:34:01.059 --> 00:34:03.180 said quit, and I almost died. Okay, I want to 00:34:03.180 --> 00:34:04.799 be totally honest here. Don't touch the table 00:34:04.799 --> 00:34:07.339 so it doesn't block it. It is cracked between 00:34:07.339 --> 00:34:10.500 a one and a seven. It's kind of wild. But I just 00:34:10.500 --> 00:34:12.400 want you to make sure that this is cracked. Yeah, 00:34:12.539 --> 00:34:15.480 it's definitely a skew. Okay. All right, I'll 00:34:15.480 --> 00:34:17.519 allow it. Just being honest. I'll allow it. Just 00:34:17.519 --> 00:34:19.340 being honest. Yeah, I mean, I think we'd do that 00:34:19.340 --> 00:34:21.380 no matter the number. And Steven's totally impartial 00:34:21.380 --> 00:34:28.199 in this, so. 13 is not going to hit. Oh, my gosh. 00:34:28.519 --> 00:34:31.599 Whoa, he's rolling low, trying so hard. Perhaps 00:34:31.599 --> 00:34:33.320 there's something part of him that still feels 00:34:33.320 --> 00:34:37.519 fear. He's got to fight his legs. Sapphire turns 00:34:37.519 --> 00:34:39.199 to him. That same power pulls him through, and 00:34:39.199 --> 00:34:41.460 Arhalon looks a little shaken. The weapon goes 00:34:41.460 --> 00:34:45.159 a little wide. He kind of takes a step back, 00:34:45.199 --> 00:34:49.360 but he's there now beside you, Jules. Oh, yeah, 00:34:49.420 --> 00:34:50.840 it was so low -flanking, it wasn't even going 00:34:50.840 --> 00:34:54.619 to help either. Yeah. We're going to slide across 00:34:54.619 --> 00:34:57.260 the Court of Beauty over to the now lone Blanche, 00:34:57.360 --> 00:35:01.739 sitting beside the crumpled form of Ozen's other 00:35:01.739 --> 00:35:05.519 final pupil. Blanche, what are you going to do? 00:35:05.860 --> 00:35:11.139 I'm guessing that if Blanche were to use the 00:35:11.139 --> 00:35:13.940 Ring of Spellstoring for a concentration spell, 00:35:14.219 --> 00:35:18.800 would that kill her haste? I don't really know 00:35:18.800 --> 00:35:22.210 much about how. The ring of spell storing works 00:35:22.210 --> 00:35:25.949 in that regard. Shit, that's a good one. It says, 00:35:26.329 --> 00:35:28.510 while wearing this ring, you can cast any spell 00:35:28.510 --> 00:35:31.010 stored in it. The spell uses the slot level, 00:35:31.250 --> 00:35:33.510 spell save DC, spell attack bonus, and spell 00:35:33.510 --> 00:35:35.750 casting ability of the original caster, but is 00:35:35.750 --> 00:35:38.510 otherwise treated as if you cast the spell. I 00:35:38.510 --> 00:35:40.570 think where it says is otherwise treated as if 00:35:40.570 --> 00:35:43.170 you cast the spell means that you can't double 00:35:43.170 --> 00:35:46.349 up on concentration spells. Yes, it would. Okay, 00:35:46.429 --> 00:35:51.699 that's kind of what I thought. Okay. Okay. Then 00:35:51.699 --> 00:35:56.300 one more question. Can you remind us what our 00:35:56.300 --> 00:36:00.940 homebrew potion rules are? If you take it yourself, 00:36:01.099 --> 00:36:02.800 bonus action. Give it to somebody else, full 00:36:02.800 --> 00:36:04.619 action. It's actually a pretty popular homebrew 00:36:04.619 --> 00:36:09.159 rule. Yeah. Okay. It's a tough choice. It's a 00:36:09.159 --> 00:36:13.219 tough choice. Save the one that's fallen. Or 00:36:13.219 --> 00:36:15.920 while you have this opening, this chance, strike 00:36:15.920 --> 00:36:20.610 at this monster. So the Sapphire Wyvern starts 00:36:20.610 --> 00:36:25.690 to, you know, run across the field and Blanche 00:36:25.690 --> 00:36:33.030 gets enraged. I'll kill you for... She squelches 00:36:33.030 --> 00:36:36.489 the anger and rage that she's feeling because 00:36:36.489 --> 00:36:38.789 she's got to remember her training. She's got 00:36:38.789 --> 00:36:41.429 to remember what Master Oz and Yoshikatsu taught 00:36:41.429 --> 00:36:44.030 her. There will be time for emotion. It's not 00:36:44.030 --> 00:36:49.590 now. She'll look down to... Akio saw y 'all the 00:36:49.590 --> 00:36:54.750 new shrine dog and uses an action to administer 00:36:54.750 --> 00:36:58.769 her superior potion of healing. Is that the Andrew 00:36:58.769 --> 00:37:01.550 Hooli Forge given superior potion of healing? 00:37:01.670 --> 00:37:04.610 That is the one. Oh my God. Where's the jar? 00:37:04.829 --> 00:37:08.750 Where's the jar? Wait, was it the... Oh. There 00:37:08.750 --> 00:37:11.130 it is. Red jar. Look at that beautiful thing. 00:37:11.250 --> 00:37:13.949 I love this. Oh yeah. I love this. If I could 00:37:13.949 --> 00:37:15.610 only give you a button, but I can't. I'm too 00:37:15.610 --> 00:37:21.130 busy. Okay. Hands are tied. 8d4 plus 8 hit points. 00:37:21.510 --> 00:37:24.130 Oh my gosh. So Akio's already up with 8. Give 00:37:24.130 --> 00:37:26.909 me like 8 hours to count this up. Hold on. I'm 00:37:26.909 --> 00:37:28.469 going to re -roll that one there in the corner. 00:37:28.630 --> 00:37:30.769 Can you guys see that? It's not even like close 00:37:30.769 --> 00:37:39.150 to being straight upright. Wow. Okay. 8d8. Sorry, 00:37:39.369 --> 00:37:44.630 8d4 plus 8 comes out to 29 hit points for Akio. 00:37:44.789 --> 00:37:49.570 Nice. Nice. Wow. Hey, Steven, remember what we 00:37:49.570 --> 00:37:52.369 talked about earlier about positioning? No, I 00:37:52.369 --> 00:37:54.949 literally don't. Oh, yes. I think I know what 00:37:54.949 --> 00:37:57.690 you're talking about. Yeah. I know, but it's 00:37:57.690 --> 00:38:01.989 going to be hard for me. Okay. Akio is at 29 00:38:01.989 --> 00:38:07.329 hit points. And with all of her movement left 00:38:07.329 --> 00:38:11.949 against her better judgment, Blanche is going 00:38:11.949 --> 00:38:17.210 to shoot over on the other side. of Ozen completely 00:38:17.210 --> 00:38:20.610 surrounding him, which is both good and bad because 00:38:20.610 --> 00:38:25.269 almost everybody is right there on Ozen. Blanche 00:38:25.269 --> 00:38:29.889 has haste cast, which means she has another attack 00:38:29.889 --> 00:38:33.250 action. You just hear as you go one last master 00:38:33.250 --> 00:38:36.590 as you move away, sliding across the field, sliding 00:38:36.590 --> 00:38:39.750 past the broken down apparatus, the crab, moving 00:38:39.750 --> 00:38:43.670 in behind Ozen, fully boxed in, five figures 00:38:43.670 --> 00:38:49.079 surrounding. Holy shit. Oh my gosh. I'm glad 00:38:49.079 --> 00:38:53.840 I saved. Glad I saved my reaction. So do I only 00:38:53.840 --> 00:38:58.139 get, do I get one or two swings with this? Because 00:38:58.139 --> 00:39:02.260 now Blanche has her. Oh, one. Okay. Because. 00:39:02.260 --> 00:39:05.559 So the first action. Right. Yep. Haste gives 00:39:05.559 --> 00:39:07.139 you a second action, but can only be used for 00:39:07.139 --> 00:39:09.460 one singular attack. Right. Yep. Unless you. 00:39:09.980 --> 00:39:11.800 Wait. Right, it's like, which way do you want 00:39:11.800 --> 00:39:13.659 to use? Well, I think she would need to use that 00:39:13.659 --> 00:39:16.400 action first, the, like, first action. I don't 00:39:16.400 --> 00:39:18.980 think that's necessarily true. Hang on. That's... 00:39:18.980 --> 00:39:21.480 Oh, wait a second. Yeah, because what is it that 00:39:21.480 --> 00:39:26.900 gives her that two attacks? Okay. Use an object 00:39:26.900 --> 00:39:30.300 action is allowed for haste. Your haste, you 00:39:30.300 --> 00:39:32.500 just very quickly pour the potion in. Oh, okay. 00:39:32.659 --> 00:39:35.440 You have two attacks. Great, yeah. The level 00:39:35.440 --> 00:39:39.050 six Bladesinger extra attack feature. Yep. Okay, 00:39:39.110 --> 00:39:42.429 sweet. So two swings for Blanche. That's great. 00:39:42.829 --> 00:39:46.190 With the flanking. And I still have Blanche has 00:39:46.190 --> 00:39:49.250 Bardic here. So let's see what we can make happen. 00:39:51.050 --> 00:39:55.050 Yeah, that's going to do it. That's just going 00:39:55.050 --> 00:39:58.150 to do it. That's 22. That's 22. That hits. Holy 00:39:58.150 --> 00:40:01.289 smokes. Oh, your singing blade, his singing blade. 00:40:01.389 --> 00:40:04.750 They meet. You get just past. You cut in four? 00:40:05.250 --> 00:40:08.969 The next one I'm going to use my bardic on. Wait, 00:40:08.989 --> 00:40:11.630 how much damage? I didn't roll damage yet. Oh, 00:40:11.630 --> 00:40:13.969 sorry. Okay. Just tell me the damage separately 00:40:13.969 --> 00:40:15.489 afterwards so I know if I should absorb something. 00:40:15.710 --> 00:40:19.190 Okay. Actually, don't roll yet. Because if you 00:40:19.190 --> 00:40:20.929 do it twice and you miss the second one, that 00:40:20.929 --> 00:40:22.570 gives me incentive to roll. You know what I mean? 00:40:22.610 --> 00:40:24.269 Like, it's better for you if you tell me the 00:40:24.269 --> 00:40:26.110 damage and I choose to absorb. Okay. And then 00:40:26.110 --> 00:40:28.889 you do the next one. Well, I... Okay. Yeah, I 00:40:28.889 --> 00:40:31.769 am going to hit both of them. Okay. Because I 00:40:31.769 --> 00:40:35.329 rolled a 21 before the Bardic. Gotcha. So if 00:40:35.329 --> 00:40:37.949 I use the Bardic. Gotcha. What? Sorry, go ahead. 00:40:38.030 --> 00:40:40.110 Say it again. If I use the Bardic die, I can't 00:40:40.110 --> 00:40:43.150 roll less than a one, so. Okay. And also on the 00:40:43.150 --> 00:40:45.150 attack roll, he would have to make a con save 00:40:45.150 --> 00:40:47.550 or take thunder damage equal to the Bardic as 00:40:47.550 --> 00:40:50.070 well. Oh, yeah. That's gross. Okay. Nice. Yeah. 00:40:50.250 --> 00:40:55.289 Okay. So I'm now going to roll my d8s if I can 00:40:55.289 --> 00:40:59.769 find my d8. There it is. 11 damage for the first. 00:40:59.969 --> 00:41:03.530 Oh, man. And the second one is the one that gets 00:41:03.530 --> 00:41:06.849 the... Wait, don't tell me yet. I'll take the 00:41:06.849 --> 00:41:09.650 11. I'll take the 11. I see that golden moat 00:41:09.650 --> 00:41:12.030 shooting towards me. I know I got to hold off 00:41:12.030 --> 00:41:15.469 with that one. That's more damage. Ooh, it was 00:41:15.469 --> 00:41:19.489 a lower die roll. Gosh darn it. So six for the 00:41:19.489 --> 00:41:23.570 sword damage, long sword damage. Now you got 00:41:23.570 --> 00:41:27.820 to roll the con save. Oh, I goofed. Oh, no. My 00:41:27.820 --> 00:41:31.019 con is low. Natural 18. So I pass the con save. 00:41:31.219 --> 00:41:36.280 Okay. So I'm going to absorb the six damage. 00:41:36.559 --> 00:41:41.940 Oh, no. I mean, you can take that, too. No, my 00:41:41.940 --> 00:41:44.599 turn's coming up. What, are Jules stabbing me 00:41:44.599 --> 00:41:47.559 over here? Speaking of Jules, it's Jules' turn. 00:41:48.260 --> 00:41:50.400 So this is a really shitty spot right now for 00:41:50.400 --> 00:41:52.920 Jules. Jules, get out of here. Well, that's the 00:41:52.920 --> 00:41:55.280 thing. I can get out of there, but I can't do 00:41:55.280 --> 00:41:57.780 shit after that, really. I mean, you could just 00:41:57.780 --> 00:42:01.840 use your action to withdraw. I could. Hey. I 00:42:01.840 --> 00:42:04.039 could. Card to the table, I just used my reaction. 00:42:04.360 --> 00:42:07.079 Oh, that's true. You can run away for free. I 00:42:07.079 --> 00:42:09.960 can run away for free. Yeah. Fuck yeah. Okay. 00:42:10.300 --> 00:42:13.280 Oh, man. Okay, I didn't envision this scenario, 00:42:13.400 --> 00:42:18.000 but we're here. Shit. All right, so as a bonus 00:42:18.000 --> 00:42:19.619 action, he's going to cast Bardic Inspiration 00:42:19.619 --> 00:42:24.239 again onto Blanche. Oh! Oh, blue loot light. 00:42:24.320 --> 00:42:26.860 Shoot him, golden moat. Once again, ringing her. 00:42:27.599 --> 00:42:29.679 Oh, I'm so stressed. And then he is going to 00:42:29.679 --> 00:42:33.679 move over to Dresden. And he is going to cast 00:42:33.679 --> 00:42:38.440 level one cure wounds. Okay. Give him a little 00:42:38.440 --> 00:42:41.820 bump right now. So that is one D8 plus four. 00:42:43.940 --> 00:42:47.199 Fuck, that was only a two on the die. So that's 00:42:47.199 --> 00:42:49.380 only six. Even six hit points can make a difference. 00:42:49.920 --> 00:42:53.480 Yes. And that is it for Jules' turn, I guess. 00:42:54.179 --> 00:42:59.099 It's my turn. Ozen, Sapphire, looks around, takes 00:42:59.099 --> 00:43:04.559 in all of you, surrounded. This flesh is so limited. 00:43:05.079 --> 00:43:08.179 The awesome magical power Ozen could have wielded, 00:43:08.179 --> 00:43:10.880 yet he chooses instead to augment himself, to 00:43:10.880 --> 00:43:13.179 let her swing around a sharpened metal stick. 00:43:15.050 --> 00:43:17.710 You see that sharp metal stick, that black katana 00:43:17.710 --> 00:43:20.190 begins to light up again. I'm going to use, once 00:43:20.190 --> 00:43:22.949 again, the green flame blade cantrip. First attack. 00:43:23.429 --> 00:43:29.869 I'm going to attack Crispin. Oh, boy. That could 00:43:29.869 --> 00:43:32.309 be iffy. Probably not, though. Actually, never 00:43:32.309 --> 00:43:34.869 mind. My ridiculous. His AC is fairly low. 19 00:43:34.869 --> 00:43:41.010 damage. Oh, yeah. Damn. Okay. You're going to 00:43:41.010 --> 00:43:43.210 take 15 points of slashing damage. Okie dokie. 00:43:43.349 --> 00:43:45.539 But he halved. That didn't sound like the end 00:43:45.539 --> 00:43:48.480 of the sentence. Oh, there's more. Wait, you 00:43:48.480 --> 00:43:51.059 didn't say halved, did you? It would be halved 00:43:51.059 --> 00:43:52.800 for you. 15 would be halved. He's not raging 00:43:52.800 --> 00:43:55.360 anymore. He's not raging anymore. 15 full. Oh, 00:43:55.360 --> 00:43:58.199 my God. That's right. That's right. Okay. Oh, 00:43:58.219 --> 00:44:03.920 my God. This is going to hurt. Yeah, he's down. 00:44:04.019 --> 00:44:05.820 I can see. I mean, I don't know what you're rolling, 00:44:05.960 --> 00:44:09.780 but... 12 points of lightning damage. Holy shit. 00:44:11.059 --> 00:44:15.500 On top of that... Arhalon's going to take 17 00:44:15.500 --> 00:44:18.179 points of lightning damage. Oh, my God. As the 00:44:18.179 --> 00:44:20.519 bolts of lightning that come off the sword blast 00:44:20.519 --> 00:44:22.699 through Crispin, tearing into Arhalon as well. 00:44:22.739 --> 00:44:26.119 Oh, my God. Okay, that was my first attack, so 00:44:26.119 --> 00:44:27.659 I guess I got one now. Oh, that's great. Wait 00:44:27.659 --> 00:44:29.619 a minute. What? You said it was lightning damage? 00:44:30.019 --> 00:44:35.500 Yes. Crispin can... Never mind. I keep forgetting 00:44:35.500 --> 00:44:37.880 that Absorb Elements just uses it. It doesn't 00:44:37.880 --> 00:44:40.900 take damage away. You can resist. You gain resistance. 00:44:41.889 --> 00:44:44.110 Oh, right. Yeah, so he's resistant to... You 00:44:44.110 --> 00:44:45.690 could half it if you want to use Absorb Elements. 00:44:46.489 --> 00:44:49.289 It won't matter. Okay. Whew, good, because I 00:44:49.289 --> 00:44:50.809 was so close to catching Shotgun Grass to try 00:44:50.809 --> 00:44:52.690 to stop to shut that down, and I was like, no, 00:44:52.789 --> 00:44:54.809 I'll try bursting through it. Okay, that's you 00:44:54.809 --> 00:44:57.630 down, so I do need to hit somebody else here, 00:44:57.690 --> 00:45:00.429 and I will... Oh, wait, hold on, hold on. Sentinel. 00:45:01.070 --> 00:45:04.130 Oh, right. So what does that do? Within five 00:45:04.130 --> 00:45:06.630 feet, we got Guardian, which immediately after 00:45:06.630 --> 00:45:09.170 I can just hit within five feet, I can make an 00:45:09.170 --> 00:45:11.039 AOL. Oh, right, use your reaction. Yeah, okay. 00:45:11.119 --> 00:45:14.500 And if I hit with the AOL, it's halted. That's 00:45:14.500 --> 00:45:19.380 really bad for me. Okay. Okay. Sorry, I was shifting 00:45:19.380 --> 00:45:24.300 my gears. I'm a badass. 24. That will actually 00:45:24.300 --> 00:45:29.579 hit. Oh, my gosh. Okay. That's bad. That's real 00:45:29.579 --> 00:45:32.539 bad. So halted, no movement, right? Yeah. Yeah. 00:45:32.679 --> 00:45:34.800 Yeah, that's great for us. There's no save, right? 00:45:34.840 --> 00:45:41.440 It just happens? Yep. Okay. Max. There we go. 00:45:41.539 --> 00:45:46.239 So that is going to be 14. I'm going to absorb 00:45:46.239 --> 00:45:50.139 it. Burn the slot. Then it doesn't go through. 00:45:50.539 --> 00:45:53.239 I've got to be careful with those, but... Okay. 00:45:54.179 --> 00:45:55.679 Wait, were those two separate attacks you did? 00:45:56.340 --> 00:45:57.679 No, that was one. It was just one. I have one 00:45:57.679 --> 00:45:59.800 more attack. Okay. Trying to decide how I want 00:45:59.800 --> 00:46:03.059 to best use it, because that halt was actually 00:46:03.059 --> 00:46:05.860 unbelievably good for you guys. Yeah, for real. 00:46:06.019 --> 00:46:07.940 That sets us up. You don't know what I was going 00:46:07.940 --> 00:46:10.070 to do there, but it was really bad. Really, really 00:46:10.070 --> 00:46:12.570 bad. Checking an obscure rule thing real fast. 00:46:13.210 --> 00:46:16.710 Okay. Ozen strikes out, lightning covering the 00:46:16.710 --> 00:46:18.889 blade, slashes into Crispin, takes him down, 00:46:18.909 --> 00:46:21.550 the bolts shooting from him into Arhalon, damaging 00:46:21.550 --> 00:46:24.369 him, but as his guard is dropped for this moment, 00:46:24.510 --> 00:46:28.150 here comes the Echo, driving in with that magical 00:46:28.150 --> 00:46:32.130 war pick. It goes through Catching Ocean just 00:46:32.130 --> 00:46:34.949 right beneath the arm, but with a quick wave, 00:46:35.150 --> 00:46:38.309 boom, spell slot used. The damage of it, it like 00:46:38.309 --> 00:46:40.630 touches in, but it's blasted backwards, absorbed, 00:46:40.869 --> 00:46:44.969 but touches just enough. This thunderous force 00:46:44.969 --> 00:46:47.150 wraps around Ocean. He tries to step and cannot. 00:46:47.909 --> 00:46:51.130 So instead, he just alters his stance a little 00:46:51.130 --> 00:46:53.230 bit, lowers down, strikes out, and then go a 00:46:53.230 --> 00:46:57.949 second attack on Arhalon. Okay, that is 20 to 00:46:57.949 --> 00:47:04.590 hit. Fuck. Okay. What's Arholon's AC? 16. Whoa 00:47:04.590 --> 00:47:06.670 -wee. Oh, he doesn't have a shield, right? He 00:47:06.670 --> 00:47:10.349 has a two -handed sword. He takes 18 points of 00:47:10.349 --> 00:47:14.650 slashing damage. Holy fuck. Good. Deep. Cut. 00:47:14.909 --> 00:47:19.750 In. Okay. Now the big one. Wow. Bonus action. 00:47:20.329 --> 00:47:23.409 Dude, somebody's dying. Yeah. Somebody's dying. 00:47:24.230 --> 00:47:30.119 Fucking hell. Ozen's memories do hold some useful 00:47:30.119 --> 00:47:33.260 magic yet, though. This one in particular feels 00:47:33.260 --> 00:47:37.760 quite fitting for me. What? Wait a second. What? 00:47:37.880 --> 00:47:40.820 I get another AOO. Use your reaction. I did. 00:47:40.980 --> 00:47:47.920 Fuck. You watch as Ozen's throat seems to inflate. 00:47:47.960 --> 00:47:50.219 What? A glowing blue light shines behind the 00:47:50.219 --> 00:47:53.119 skin. backlighting the shadows of veins. His 00:47:53.119 --> 00:47:57.039 mouth seems to grow. It opens wide and you can 00:47:57.039 --> 00:48:00.400 see blue scales lie the inside now and crackling 00:48:00.400 --> 00:48:02.519 energy fills the back of the throat. I'm going 00:48:02.519 --> 00:48:04.199 to burn a very high level spell slot for this 00:48:04.199 --> 00:48:09.400 one. I have to. Okay. Yeah. I like to save my 00:48:09.400 --> 00:48:12.099 high spell slots, but this time around, I've 00:48:12.099 --> 00:48:16.639 got to burn a big one. Here it comes. I'm going 00:48:16.639 --> 00:48:19.360 to burn a seventh level on this. Holy shit. To 00:48:19.360 --> 00:48:24.199 upcast dragon's breath. And as he sort of breathes 00:48:24.199 --> 00:48:27.659 in as his throat elongates, grows, pulsing, and 00:48:27.659 --> 00:48:30.980 then shrinks down, a blast surge of electrical 00:48:30.980 --> 00:48:35.940 energy rips out through Arhalon and Crispin. 00:48:36.039 --> 00:48:39.500 Oh, no. You're sick. Are you fucking kidding 00:48:39.500 --> 00:48:44.800 me, David? I have to. I'm in a bad spot. This 00:48:44.800 --> 00:48:54.849 is sick. Stop rolling. Somebody die. What are 00:48:54.849 --> 00:49:03.289 you doing? That was really, really high. 39 points 00:49:03.289 --> 00:49:06.510 of damage. What's wrong with you? But you do 00:49:06.510 --> 00:49:08.829 get a save. No, you don't. You're dead. What's 00:49:08.829 --> 00:49:10.989 he going to say? Crispin gets no save. Crispin 00:49:10.989 --> 00:49:15.769 gets two death fails. Arhalon gets a save. Dexterity. 00:49:16.050 --> 00:49:21.389 Holy shit. Dude. Dude. He's got a plus zero on 00:49:21.389 --> 00:49:23.920 dex. Sorry, I'm not worried about our hold on 00:49:23.920 --> 00:49:25.760 right now. I'm worried about Chris. I got to 00:49:25.760 --> 00:49:30.099 say. Yeah for two fails I can't go down, dude. 00:49:30.760 --> 00:49:34.559 I Mean it's either that or use a button. We talked 00:49:34.559 --> 00:49:39.199 about my buttons earlier Holy shit. Yeah, man 00:49:39.199 --> 00:49:42.579 your call just so you know if you hadn't stopped 00:49:42.579 --> 00:49:45.699 me Blanche would have gotten that too Wow. Yeah. 00:49:46.000 --> 00:49:48.460 Yeah, right would have moved and got everybody 00:49:49.829 --> 00:49:52.250 You saved Blanche with that. That was a clutch 00:49:52.250 --> 00:49:55.590 stomp on me, Dresden. I feel like I have to use 00:49:55.590 --> 00:49:58.250 a button. 39 does not overkill Crispin, right? 00:49:58.590 --> 00:50:01.570 Let me double check what his HP is. I think it's 00:50:01.570 --> 00:50:04.050 like 60 -something. You're fine. 64. You're just 00:50:04.050 --> 00:50:07.090 super fine. I'm using a button that I didn't 00:50:07.090 --> 00:50:09.429 want to fucking use. You'll never get it back. 00:50:09.889 --> 00:50:13.010 Nope. No, I can't. Hands are tied. Too busy. 00:50:13.190 --> 00:50:22.769 You said it's dex? Dex. First roll was a 6. Second 00:50:22.769 --> 00:50:26.650 roll is an 18. On the die? On the die. No modifier. 00:50:26.670 --> 00:50:30.469 That's total? Yes. That's a fail. Dude, it's 00:50:30.469 --> 00:50:34.809 going to be a TPK. Maybe not, but... 39 points 00:50:34.809 --> 00:50:36.429 of damage. Yeah, going to be some serious... 00:50:36.429 --> 00:50:38.230 Archelon's down. Oh my god, are you serious? 00:50:38.409 --> 00:50:43.510 Archelon's down. Oh my god. He had 27 left. Oh 00:50:43.510 --> 00:50:50.760 man. Fuck. I mean... Who's up? That is wild. 00:50:50.840 --> 00:50:52.539 I mean, looking into it, yeah, I think I did 00:50:52.539 --> 00:50:57.059 like 75 damage just now in this turn. In this 00:50:57.059 --> 00:51:00.000 turn. I will say, this walking course before 00:51:00.000 --> 00:51:03.320 you is not looking great, though. You can sense 00:51:03.320 --> 00:51:07.000 a desperate energy emanating from the sapphire. 00:51:07.239 --> 00:51:10.300 Maybe we've got to kill the vessel. This is closer 00:51:10.300 --> 00:51:14.300 than you think, but I'm getting aggressive now. 00:51:15.260 --> 00:51:18.300 Two figures down. The potion, Superior Healing, 00:51:18.440 --> 00:51:22.800 has been used. I realize that Blanche took damage 00:51:22.800 --> 00:51:25.579 earlier from that Thunder Step, so she has to 00:51:25.579 --> 00:51:29.739 roll a con save to hold haste. Oh, hell yeah, 00:51:29.840 --> 00:51:33.380 right. Isn't it against, like, the spell or something? 00:51:33.519 --> 00:51:35.260 The con save you're going to use is half. How 00:51:35.260 --> 00:51:38.420 much damage did I do to you? Let me see. I don't 00:51:38.420 --> 00:51:41.119 believe it was over 20, so you're going to do 00:51:41.119 --> 00:51:43.559 DC 10. Right, I'm at... Okay, yeah, because she's 00:51:43.559 --> 00:51:46.579 at 36 now, so it wasn't much damage. And you 00:51:46.579 --> 00:51:48.519 have advantage. And she's got advantage for Bladesong. 00:51:50.559 --> 00:51:53.260 Okay, so that first one already passes. Okay. 00:51:53.840 --> 00:51:56.079 So I just wanted to make sure we didn't skip 00:51:56.079 --> 00:51:59.199 over that. That is my turn, though. I have used 00:51:59.199 --> 00:52:03.019 action, bonus action, and for this turn, at least, 00:52:03.039 --> 00:52:05.699 I have zero movement. That's going to be Akio. 00:52:06.340 --> 00:52:09.960 Oh, yeah. What's Akio's movement? He's got 40 00:52:09.960 --> 00:52:13.929 feet. So I guess he's just going to, I think 00:52:13.929 --> 00:52:15.730 it would have to be a double move. Let me double 00:52:15.730 --> 00:52:21.110 check. Yeah, Akio's going to double move, stand 00:52:21.110 --> 00:52:26.769 over Arhalon's body, flanking with Blanche. Hell 00:52:26.769 --> 00:52:29.269 yeah, just slides up the two disciples of Ozen, 00:52:29.329 --> 00:52:32.670 once again fighting together. Storm, I stand 00:52:32.670 --> 00:52:35.369 between you. That's his whole turn, correct? 00:52:35.630 --> 00:52:38.969 Correct. It's not him anymore. We must do him 00:52:38.969 --> 00:52:43.440 right. Stop. I'm sorry, man. Stop. I'm sorry, 00:52:43.619 --> 00:52:48.860 man. Stop. I'm sorry. I have to. Stop. I'd be 00:52:48.860 --> 00:52:51.360 stupid if I don't. What are you going to do? 00:52:51.659 --> 00:52:53.860 I'm going to legendary action cast Thunderstep. 00:52:54.280 --> 00:52:59.019 God damn it. What the fuck? I have to, man. I 00:52:59.019 --> 00:53:02.079 have to. You grouped up all around me. There's 00:53:02.079 --> 00:53:05.719 only two of us. We're almost all down. I have 00:53:05.719 --> 00:53:08.320 to aim to kill. There's three of you. There's 00:53:08.320 --> 00:53:10.719 that two. I have to use understep here. This 00:53:10.719 --> 00:53:14.440 is desperate for me, too. And it's the only right 00:53:14.440 --> 00:53:18.820 move. If I don't do this, I'm not treating this 00:53:18.820 --> 00:53:21.960 fight seriously. All right. Fuck. Go ahead and 00:53:21.960 --> 00:53:28.219 kill me. Okay. Ozen kneels down again, surrounded. 00:53:29.460 --> 00:53:37.269 Tiny match. You will learn! and vanishes. A force 00:53:37.269 --> 00:53:42.989 of thunder, terrible thunder, rips through all 00:53:42.989 --> 00:53:48.530 of you. Crispin. Where do your thoughts linger, 00:53:48.630 --> 00:53:52.429 Crispin? God's breath. At home, in the swamps. 00:53:53.010 --> 00:53:58.289 You think of home as in your state of semi -consciousness. 00:53:58.289 --> 00:54:02.869 You hear those last words ring out and... This 00:54:02.869 --> 00:54:04.949 force rips through your body, tearing your bones 00:54:04.949 --> 00:54:09.550 apart. But there is no pain. You are beyond pain. 00:54:11.010 --> 00:54:14.250 Crispin, you... You don't go to the fugue plane. 00:54:14.889 --> 00:54:17.230 You find yourself shifting somewhere else, somewhere 00:54:17.230 --> 00:54:21.690 outside of all the planes. Somewhere beyond where 00:54:21.690 --> 00:54:23.849 you can look out and see the grand tapestry that 00:54:23.849 --> 00:54:27.869 makes up this universe. And you hear something 00:54:27.869 --> 00:54:30.579 ringing out. As you look between the planes, 00:54:30.679 --> 00:54:33.579 as you look at the fragments of your world, you 00:54:33.579 --> 00:54:37.880 hear the lost Dracon. You hear them singing. 00:54:38.780 --> 00:54:42.159 A song that tells of every event that has ever 00:54:42.159 --> 00:54:44.199 occurred, every story that has ever intertwined, 00:54:44.199 --> 00:54:46.559 every person that has ever loved and laughed, 00:54:46.739 --> 00:54:49.699 lived and died in these worlds. It's not unlike 00:54:49.699 --> 00:54:53.219 the awakening song from your world. And there's 00:54:53.219 --> 00:54:55.380 something so warm and inviting about it. You 00:54:55.380 --> 00:54:59.119 feel yourself pulled. pulled somewhere so fast, 00:54:59.239 --> 00:55:04.579 surging forward. And then you kind of open your 00:55:04.579 --> 00:55:09.199 eyes. You are somewhere else. You are hovering 00:55:09.199 --> 00:55:15.920 above a small village in God's breath, in the 00:55:15.920 --> 00:55:19.420 nightwater marsh. It's your village, Crispin. 00:55:19.559 --> 00:55:26.079 It's your home. What do you see? The few... Residents 00:55:26.079 --> 00:55:30.960 are always busy, always bustling, some tending 00:55:30.960 --> 00:55:35.980 crops, some bringing back the daily catch, and 00:55:35.980 --> 00:55:42.860 some are still constructing or fortifying walls, 00:55:43.119 --> 00:55:49.380 small defenses, bridges, with the money that 00:55:49.380 --> 00:55:54.639 Crispin always sent back, so that nothing like... 00:55:55.179 --> 00:55:58.920 The destruction that happened to his Warren would 00:55:58.920 --> 00:56:03.300 ever happen again. And he sees them safe for 00:56:03.300 --> 00:56:07.760 now. Those he knows and loves and some who he's 00:56:07.760 --> 00:56:11.239 related to and some that he doesn't really know 00:56:11.239 --> 00:56:16.579 at all. But they're all safe. The Incarnate put 00:56:16.579 --> 00:56:19.420 it great when he said that your life has been 00:56:19.420 --> 00:56:23.010 defined by sacrifice. But in your case, Crispin, 00:56:23.010 --> 00:56:26.630 your sacrifice has yielded one last reward. Knowledge. 00:56:27.150 --> 00:56:30.670 You get to know three things. First, as you look 00:56:30.670 --> 00:56:32.989 down upon your ward and see perhaps the better 00:56:32.989 --> 00:56:36.730 armaments they've bought, bits of armor and weaponry 00:56:36.730 --> 00:56:38.710 they have, in the case they need two guards that 00:56:38.710 --> 00:56:40.750 are standing at posts, you know they will be 00:56:40.750 --> 00:56:44.449 safe. It's true. They will be safe. And more 00:56:44.449 --> 00:56:46.250 than that, you know with the money you've sent 00:56:46.250 --> 00:56:49.429 back, they are... Bolstered theirs for farming, 00:56:49.510 --> 00:56:51.429 their trading, and you know they will be prosperous. 00:56:51.449 --> 00:56:56.389 You see luxuries, flower gardens, and maybe like 00:56:56.389 --> 00:57:00.010 nice furniture as you peer through windows. And 00:57:00.010 --> 00:57:03.469 third, they will be happy. You know they will. 00:57:04.449 --> 00:57:06.670 Even though their hero, their neighbor, their 00:57:06.670 --> 00:57:10.349 brother and son, Crispin Dubois, will never come 00:57:10.349 --> 00:57:15.670 home. They will be happy. And you feel pulled 00:57:15.670 --> 00:57:19.510 away from this world. Do you have any departing 00:57:19.510 --> 00:57:21.250 words or thoughts as you look down upon your 00:57:21.250 --> 00:57:25.769 people? No, I think even if Crispin's words could 00:57:25.769 --> 00:57:30.889 reach them, I think it's kind of better to go 00:57:30.889 --> 00:57:33.949 silently. It's just your style. He's always been 00:57:33.949 --> 00:57:37.929 a man of few words. And with that, Crispin Dubois 00:57:37.929 --> 00:57:42.650 leaves home for the last time. And we'll call 00:57:42.650 --> 00:57:42.949 it there.