Hey, everyone. This is David. Real, real quick
here. I don't want to take away from the action
because there is going to be so much action.
But I got to talk to you guys. I want to give
you a brief debrief, if you will, because last
time, as you know, and if you don't know, get
out of here. Go back. Listen to the show up to
this point. But if you know, Crispin Dubois died.
And we discovered afterwards, thanks to Andrew,
who we forged on Discord, that there was a bit
of a wedgie there. I did not realize that my
AoE attacks I'd used that brought Crispin down
two death throws each time, they were within
five feet, but they would not be considered an
attack, rules as written, and therefore that
death, rules as written, would not stick. But
here's the thing about that. I've done a lot
of thinking about wedgies, about rules, about
the justifications you make when you have these
sort of mistakes in the show, and I don't like
to think of them as mistakes at all. In Dungeons
& Dragons, we have a lot of homebrew rules. The
golden rule of the game is the Dungeon Master
can make weird things up and they can happen.
Now, I'm not saying that I'm sticking with these
broken, not rules as written rules. What I'm
saying is, if I didn't understand a rule, and
going forward, if I don't understand a rule in
a combat, I can't walk it back. That is the rule,
because it's the rule I interpreted, the rule
I understood when I made the ruling, if that
makes sense to you. And so... Crispin DuBois'
death stands. The two death fails Arhalon has
going into this stands. All of that is going
to stay as it is. Wedgies are a chance for us
to move forward and reinterpret and rediscuss
rules as we go. And going forward, I will rule
it as it should be. The attacks will be one death
fail if it's an AoE, two death fails if it's
a direct, precise strike within 5 feet, within
melee range. That's all good. But I just want
to let you guys know that I'm putting thought
into this, really, really thinking about it.
And that's how I want things to move forward.
But thank you so much, Andrew. Thank you so much
to anyone who points these things out and helps
us to grow, to step forward, and to better interpret
and change the way we make our game, the way
we make our rules. Because as you see, there
are hefty consequences to this story anytime
we take that swing. So thank you so much. I'll
get out of your hair now. Enjoy this episode.
It is... Awesome! Ushikatsu famously blends these
two concepts, wielding the powers of the storm
in his role as an Amizu luminary. But did you
know he is not the only one? Enter Rieta, the
Devil Fish, also known as the Shanty Sorceress.
Now it's no secret that Amizu has a pirate problem.
Those that stand to disrupt the brigands are
often celebrated, and few titles spark more fear
in pirate hearts than the Devil Fish. Named for
the very fear she inspired, Rieta served as a
merchant marine sailor and ship protector. Though
a tiefling, she carried with her the blood of
a bronze dragon and wields draconic magic. This
magic is her primary way to fight, though she
is known to carry a collection of daggers for
her catapult spell. Much like the storm eye himself,
Rihanna tends towards the use of lightning and
wind -based magic, channeling the various storms
she would often sail through. And of course,
fighting mostly upon the wooden planks of sailing
vessels, she never used fire. Though Rihanna
lived the life of a devil fish for many years,
slaying pirates and saving lives, an event would
occur that would change her path and bring her
into the spotlight. A tragic shipwreck that took
the lives of every one of the crew, except for
her. Though Rhea survived, they've had, like,
scars on her heart. She soon moved on from the
world of Romizu, stepping away from the sea and
journeying to the Radiant Citadel. One aspect
of her former life has traveled with her, though,
leading to her second moniker, the Shanty Sorceress,
as she tends to call upon her magic through the
singing of sea shanties. So criminals all over
best fear when they hear a sailing song. No violent
villain is safe. Now the devil fish has left
the sea. Thank you again, Zila. Oh, my gosh.
We got two. We got two for two. I figured it's
a two -episode night. I got two luminaries polished
on Zila. And, I mean, you know what? It's cool.
It's cool. Two luminaries. How much art do you
think Zila produced between the time we did the
two episodes? I bet you a million dollars. It's
been like four minutes. She did Crispin DuBois'
portrait. Stop. She did Crispin DuBois. Oh my
gosh. It's only been five minutes for us and
we're still feeling it. Well, this is two episode
night and this past episode that we recorded,
it was just before Christmas and now this one
is going to be just before New Year's. Happy
New Year. Happy New Year. Yeah, who didn't get
to see New Year's? Yeah, fuck you. Yeah. Oh my
gosh. I felt so bad but I knew I had to do it.
It was like, I mean, I'd be an idiot. I would
be a fool if I didn't go all out. This is the
most vile villain we've had in the show so far.
This is a powerhouse yeah but man this is this
is a crazy fight this is intense because i'm
not doing great either this i'm not entirely
sure that you are the underdogs in this combat
right now perhaps tonight we will see the end
of it every time you like pull off some bullshit
i'm like okay that's gotta be the last time you
can do that right okay it's gotta be the last
time you can do that right oh but it's david
i am using such an overpowered villain right
now but You know, this is how it has to be sometimes.
There are a hundred of you. Sometimes half the
party just needs to die. Sometimes half the party
just has to die. We gotta cull the weeds and
let the garden grow anew. How am I going to build
a more unkillable character than Crispin DuBois?
It only took an entire arc of pushing you through
combats to burn all your wild chips. It's been
like 85 combats. This entire arc has been insane.
Maybe this is the last episode of it? Maybe?
Maybe? Maybe? I don't know. You're crazy. It
was supposed to be like a two episode arc. Like
you say every time. Two episode arc and now a
three episode final fight. Yeah. Well, I have
something to maybe lift your spirits. What's
that? Your spirits. What's that? Wait, wait,
wait, wait, wait. We've got more. More. Male.
More. More male. I'm... I can't believe, dude.
Wild. The generosity lately. The holiday season,
I guess. Dude, right? Alright, you talk about
that, I'm gonna grab him the knife. Oh, yes.
I will need a knife to open this one. Do not
give Steven a knife. I just killed his character.
Oh, I'm giving him a knife. No! No! I'm giving
him a knife. Pants people, help! This package
comes from our buddy Don on Instagram. He is
oakhammerandcraft. And he sent us... I mean,
I got a bit of a preview, but I don't want to,
like, talk about it until I open it. So, let
me... Oh, my goodness. Oh, yeah. This one's fun.
Here, David. Oh, my gosh. Nice letter for us
to read. Whoa. Should I start? Yes, please do.
I'm going to start to unwrap some of this because
there's a lot of stuff in here. This thing is
packed full. Oh, I love this. The very top is
long note. I am sorry. hey guys happy d20 day
to steven happy birthday shall you forever be
one oh yeah december 20th d20 and don and i don
and i are birthday buddies oh my gosh oh my gosh
nice so happy birthday don yes a week late but
Shall you forever be one year younger than me?
Last December, I learned that December 20th is
D20 day. And after I learned that Steven shares
my day of birth and that we share this day, I
decided that I was going to give him a D20. Ooh,
so here it is. Steven, you know which bag is
yours. I hope the tea is good. Now I raise better
than just give one person something and not the
group. Yes, New Yorkers do have manners. So I'm
honored to do just that. Should we open a four?
Just in case, you know, I'm going to keep reading.
Okay. Sorry, I'm just like looking. One, happy
birthday. Well, thank you so much. Two, you were
phenomenal DM. Well, thank you so much. My goodness.
Oh my gosh. I'm glowing. I hope you weren't a
Crispin fan. Jeremy, one, why did you be the
odd one out and not be a December kid? Why, Jeremy?
Sorry. Let's hear an answer. Blame my parents.
Blaming other people. Okay. Two, you are a phenomenal
musician. It makes me miss playing my sax. With
an X. Don't be gross. Saxophone. Ooh. You need
a sweet sax drop. Ooh. Seriously, though, there's
a mystery bag of dice for Misty Mountain Gaming
inside a set of dice for each of you. Ooh. Since
I don't know what is in there, I'll leave it
to the group to decide how to split the contents
of the box. Okay, that's it. There's nothing
else in the box. All right. So I lied. There's
more. I don't have self -restraint. So I do woodworking.
That's how Stephen and I met. I include a book
buddy for the three of you and your partners.
Merry Christmas. Oh my gosh. There's also a box
of coffee that has been sent in from Thomas Hammer,
a local coffee roaster in Spokane, Washington.
Holy moly. They're released at the end of the
year and they never again. No, they never again.
Holy crap. Every year it's different. To my knowledge,
it has not been repeated. This is... Dope as
a latte. David, because you're probably sawing.
It's true. Child bad taste noises. I include
some hot chocolate. Whoa, you're welcome. Thank
you. Whipped cream not included. I also have
a 3D printer. So I wanted to make some fun things
for you guys. What? I like some tabletop organizations,
so I made and designed each of you a button holder
that also holds two D20, technically four, but
intended for one, pens and five buttons. I also,
please don't hate me. And if you don't use them,
I understand. Though Stephen Turing won't be
able to find them on the floor. Hint, hint, nudge,
nudge. Made 15 fantasy pants buttons? Dude, look
at these. Look at these. Look at these. What
the fuck? They're incredible. It's got a logo.
Oh, my God. Fantasy pants logo on one side. Button
on the other side. Ugly Coyote. Yes, there's
some Ugly Coyote stuff. Ugly Coyote coins. I
receive a person from Hungry Familiar and request
one sent to her. Oh, my gosh. Oh, yes. I got
to send that to Meg as well. Here are our book
buddies. There's also a few additional coins
in the box. Both buttons on these are roughly
modeled off of a challenge coin. This is my last
gift to you guys and one for Hungry Familiar.
Oh, my gosh. Yeah. I mean, check these out. Dude.
Like to like, you know, put on your finger and
you keep the page open while you're reading.
Look, there's a book. There's like five of them.
Oh, man. Or maybe there's. Holy shit. I can't
even like I can't see the bottom of the box.
There's another one. This is insane. Oh, my God.
David, look at that. What is that? Now wait just
a damn minute. Now wait just a damn minute. I
think these are the dice holders he was talking
about. Oh, my God. There's so much. There's too
much. Holy crap. This is insane. Literally. Which
one is this? Real quick. Let me finish this.
I think this is the tea that has the dye in it.
Oh. I got to get the dye. All right. All right.
I gab like a Long Islander, so I'll leave you
with a thank you. Thank you, Fancy Pants, for
being the podcast I listen to. It's genuine and
true, and that is something we can use more of.
Your community is just that, honestly. They're
amazing. Everyone, you're amazing. Everyone's
amazing. Holy shit. We all want to see you succeed
and grow. Thank you for including us in your
game night. Hope to roll the dice with you someday.
Don Ruger. Oh my god. Yeah, right? At oakhammerandcraft.
So remember that, guys. oakhammerandcraft. Instagram
or else? Good question. We'll put Don's stuff
up. I know he's on Instagram, so we'll put his
Instagram stuff up. And I think he has a link
tree. So, you know, we'll share that on our Instagram.
And it's always on the Discord. I'll take the
link and put it in the show notes there, too.
Hey, show notes. Oh, yeah. Check out this sweet
die that came out of that tea bag. Dude, that
is badass. I think, honestly, I'm going to put
it here. I'm going to say this. Look at this.
Oh, this is the grab bag. This is the grab bag
of dice. Holy crap. that we got from misty mountain
gaming oh my god um dude i i know that at some
point we do have to play the game but i want
to say real fast that don was like he was ordering
this stuff and he was just like chatting with
the people at misty mountain gaming and he's
like yeah i think the um the warehouse manager
at misty mountain is going to start listening
now after hearing about the show so like don's
out there you know making uh making stuff happen
um yeah we got some that's so cool Ooh, and a
coin, too. Oh, no, it's a pin. A Misty Mountain
Gaming D20 pin. Oh, my God. Ooh, it says Dungeon
Master. I guess that one probably... That one's
for you, David. Oh, give me that. I'm putting
it on right now. Okay. And there's that. I want
to wear this pin while I kill the rest of your
characters. These are the Dice -a -ma -jogs.
This is... Holy crap. Oh, my goodness. This is
like a metric ton of hot cocoa for David. It
is almost two pounds. Of hot chocolate. David.
What the fuck? Huh. And look at this box. Look
at this box with the coffee. This is the special
blend that they do once a year and they change
it. They don't do it again. That's a dumbbell.
They do it once a year. Oh, I don't want to break
into this. Well, I mean. I think we're going
to. We're going to have to. Next episode. Oh,
it should be the day after Christmas where we
record it. So this will be a nice little treat
on that day. That'll be the start of my holiday
rush weeks. I almost would want that coffee.
And these are the challenge coins, I think, with
the Fantasy Pants logo on one side and the Oak
Hammer and Craft. on the other oh man this is
this is like crazy I gotta put this out here
I was very adamant that I was too busy for buttons
you know too busy for buttons these next few
episodes but with these new buttons I'm feeling
a little inspired feel inspired to give these
things out oh man all right who wants which dice
holder oh that's a great question um here you
pick first I was going to pick that one. Okay,
you want the gray? Okay, I kind of wanted the
one that you were holding. Okay, cool, cool,
cool. All right, David, you get that one. Which
one? Give me that. The one in front of you. Wait,
they all say to wait just a damn minute? Yes,
they do. Okay, cool, cool, cool. And Jeremy and
I already chose, so you don't get to choose.
Maybe I won't be giving out buttons. Did I lose
track of... No, there's so much. There's so much,
Don. This is amazing. Fucking wild. I can't begin
to thank you. This is, like, so crazy. Look at
all this cool custom stuff. Hold on. Yeah, sorry.
You were talking about buttons, David. I didn't
mean to interrupt you. So buttons have the holes
on the side, and then the ugly coyote coins have
the ugly coyote on the other side. Oh, my gosh.
Okay. All right. Wah. Wah. There's so many. 15.
of the fantasy pants buttons stacks and stacks
i have lost track of the other stuff trying to
make sure that i'll never not see them again
just like buttons everywhere gigantic oh my gosh
and and uh you know orange and all sorts of warm
colors it's so amazing it's so amazing holy shit
ah thank thank you trying to get oh my gosh uh
a little bit of space on the table once again
yeah uh Kevin and Mike and Don and Zila. Like
everyone, it's everybody. Andrew, who's been
doing so much for us and giving us the Superior
Healing Potion. Like everyone out there. I know
we've missed 1 ,600 people and someday I'm going
to list them all off. But thank you all so much.
Well, right. Thank you all so, so, so much. And
that's just what's happened in this very small
little blip of time. Yeah. But think about over
the course of the show where we've gotten, you
know, stuff from I'm not going to try to list
everybody because I'm going to forget. at least
one person, I'm going to hurt somebody's feelings
and that would crush me. But you all know who
you are. We all know who you are. This is coming
on the heels of, I know we don't usually talk
about this sort of stuff until it happens, but
by the time this episode releases, there's a
great chance that we just crossed 20 ,000 downloads,
which is like crazy and wild. Yeah. It's just
really, really, really, really cool. Yeah. Well,
as we dive into this next fight, as we go into
this, one last note to put out there in the world.
We're about to hit the new year. And I know it's
time for new year, new me, all the big changes,
all the self -development, all that. And if you're
going for that, if you want to change, change.
But Pants people, just know you're all perfect
just the way you are. And we love you. Oh, my
God. So cool. Yeah. So, so much. Amazing. Let's
stop being happy. All right, David. All right.
You ready to TPKS? Let's do it. Thank you, Don.
The sound of thunder echoing across the landscape.
Let's open up not in the Shrine of Storms as
this last pulse of thunder has gone off, carrying
with it the spirit of Crispin Dubois. Let's open
instead on the conquered jewel, the pearl, which
stands still upon the earth, upon the docking
bay here in Amizu. You can see... The crowd still
rowdy, but less so now it's been cordoned off.
There's still people sort of standing, sort of
prostrating themselves towards the west, towards
the sky, where that draconic thing has exploded
upwards, where the clouds have parted the storm,
gone. Where a great prismatic sort of rainbow
reaches down. And amongst those that watch, we
see Captain Commander Ariad. I think a figure,
I think we mentioned before, there's an Aarakoc
or a lieutenant that kind of moves up behind.
Sir, the Pearl has reached capacity. Are we still
evacuating? The storm is... well... She sort
of looks up at the blue sky, feeling the sun
on her feathers, and Aria just stands silently
watching, his face grim, people behind her still
trying to get by, shield -bearers holding them
off, but everyone looks to him. The big question.
Are we leaving? No. Issue the command to hold.
I have an odd feeling. He nods his head back
out towards the base of that rainbow, towards
the west, towards the Shrine of Storms. Let's
give them a little bit longer. And we zoom across
the land, back to the shrine. Before anything
else happens, I have to roll some damage. He
pulled out the knife, oh god. Oh, no. Roll that
damage, David. Oh, no. Okay. Stop. That's so
much, actually. Holy shit. David. Wow. Okay.
Okay. I'm thankfully saving spell slots right
now because I need them. But I still rolled.
Pretty damn close to max on that. Thunderstep
rockets out. It's enough to tear Crispin apart.
Enough to drop Arhalon to two deathmails. He
gets no save. The Echo, once again, gone. Destroyed.
Akio and Blanche. Need to roll Constitution saving
throws. Okay. Jeremy, can you pass me the Holy
Water, please? Yeah. I have a new d20. It is
admittedly a little difficult to read. The numbers
are quite small, but I think it's time to give
this one a chance. Ah, whatever. It's too late
to upcast now. Damn it. It's still really good.
It's still really good. Oh, I'm scared. My spell
slots are getting a little rough. All right.
I'm going to roll Akio's first. Typically...
Enemies are just like, you can use this spell
twice a day. This spell once a day. I'm kind
of playing it wrong, but I want to play. I want
to feel what a spell a Bladesnare can do. I want
to feel it. Okay, single digits again for Akio's
con save. Okay. Blanche gets advantage. Only
if it's to maintain concentration. Oh, that's
right. Which, don't worry, you'll be doing one
of those next. Yeah. That's 24. Oh, my gosh.
Yeah. You resist it. Okay. 17 points of damage
to Akio, half to branch. Okay. Not the worst
it could have been. You see Ozen disappears from
the spot and actually appears, I deal with that,
at the very base of the Court of Beauty where
it intersects with the Court of Discipline. There
is that tower with the Chinese Morning Ring,
and there's a wall between the two. It is, from
where you're standing, it's 20 feet high, and
Ozen stands on top of it. He just moves to the
top of this wall, five foot wide wall. He is
not going to get surrounded again. He won't allow
it. I'm going to roll for Blanche's concentration.
Okay, that's 20. Okay, you're good. Yeah. Come
at me then. Are you mad? You look down. You can
see the broken form of Crispin is very clearly
dead. Eyes staring up wide. Behind that fuzzy
face. No light left. Blanche is looking down
at Crispin. That tells me there's not an inkling
left of Ozen in there. We will end you here.
And avenge our master. Please. Try. That's me
Crispin Du Bois to... Oh, silly me. I hate you.
Oh, my God. President Kelly your echo has been
again upload that echo. Holy yeah, it goes pulling
its weight I mean, oh man, that's if I got that
39 damage on Blanche and then did that under
step? Echo is clutch Crispin and resin sticks
strong Stephen. I'm thinking of doing something
completely different from what I said I was gonna
do. Haha. Okay, I should know as always That's
the thing, there's no good answer. There's no
good answer, no. I should note, as Ozen was speaking
to you, his throat is once again swollen, that
blue light kind of pulsing inside as he speaks,
like wisps of almost like sparking energy kind
of blast outside of his mouth. That spell is
an active augmentation. That's Ozen's specialty,
is augmenting his physical form to make himself
stronger. His dragon breath has replaced haste
because haste is terrifying to me. I have used
all of my legendary actions. I have used my reaction
on this turn. Maybe, maybe you can seize an opening
here, but if I go again, I'm killing someone
else. Yeah. And you can be damn sure of it. Okay.
I think that's the move. You got to try to end
it this round, I think. Yeah. So either go with
what I told you was my original plan or what
I just said there. Because if I go with the original,
I can't get away. My only... If a plan takes
two or three rounds to set up, we might be dead
by then. Yes. It doesn't need to be set up, though.
Okay. This new plan. Sure. All right. Well, then
that sounds fantastic. Because... Okay. Closed
roll 20 while you're plotting. I'm just desperately
trying to reopen my tabs. Okay. I think we can
make this work. Okay. Okay. Okay. Oh, you see
again? You pulled crazy shit off before. You're
doing better than I thought you would do. I'll
be honest. Dresden. What? Is going to run into
the mech. Okay. Yep, you're within range. Where's
the sheet that has all the stuff? It's under
your items in your... Okay. Yep, go to your items.
It'll be underneath your bag. You have the apparatus
of the crab in there. And you're going to see
there's ten. Basically, you can pull two levers
with an action. these levers will do certain
things. Like, basically, you can turn the mech.
You can have the mech swat out and attack in
the area in front of it. You can have it move
forward, backwards. You can have it, you know,
dive down. Okay, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold
on. Give it a read, give it a read. Be sure of
yourself. Yeah, I was going to say, can I give
this a read real quick before I actually decide
to move into it? Seriously, do it. Okay. Take
your time. Okay. Yes. Dresden is going to get
into the mech. Okay. Jump in. You see the levers.
You know what they do now. You took the time
to learn them. Mech, I should say, right now,
on your sheet is 200 HP. It's down to 100 HP.
Okay. It took 50 from before that, from the guards,
from the zappies, and it took 50 from the explosion.
Perfect. Oh, it was also down from the explosion,
as you mentioned. I had deburr and a spell slot
on. Not taking all of that. Okay. So, I've seen
what it can do. Shit. With one lever. Shit, I
don't know if he can. He can't attack. Because
if he takes the action to move, he can't attack.
Right. I am 20 feet up, too. Yeah. I think he's
10 feet up. You said 10. No, 20 on this side,
10 on the other side. 10 from the Court of Discipline,
20 on the Court of Beauty. Because he goes downstairs
from the Court of Discipline. Oh, God. I still
think that's a good move, though. No. Hey, got
to do what we got to do. We got to do what we
got to do. What? So he'll get two actions, only
if it's the movement. So can I move it with one
action? And take another action as Dresden? Or
is it just the two with the movement? Oh, interesting.
Interesting. Yeah. Ooh, that's a weird bargain.
Well, I mean, let's think about that. Because
if you move it, you get two attacks and you can
pull two levers. I'm willing to... I think, you
know, this is definitely not how the rules go.
I don't care. I think it's fun. You can pull
one lever and do one attack. Because, I mean,
that's the same movements, right? Well, because
then I'm going to add one little thing into it
is I want it to manifest my echo. It's like texting
and driving. Bonus action. Bonus action. Okay,
cool. Yeah, do all three. Okay, perfect. You're
just going to do one attack, though, with this.
Yes, that's fine. That's fine. That's fine. So
Dresden is going to move the mech within range
enough to manifest his echo up. If there's, yeah,
if there's enough. Manifested, yeah, 30 feet.
One more forward. Okay. Yep. To manifest his
echo. So you just dive in. Basically. Hit the
lever. Then I just kind of skitter, skitter,
skitter. Its legs are kind of damaged, but it
still kind of pumps, moves. It still has power.
You, like, rip open the hatch, which is kind
of bent in there. Network's damaged. Sit down.
Hit it. You slide across. As you kind of are
looking through the tubes, you look at O's new
standing tall, and you flash your echo. Boom.
Ozen. You're staring through the two, like, scopes
in the mech. One scope sees Ozen. One scope sees
the Echo as he appears right beside him. Yep.
Hell yeah. And he's going to attack him. Okay.
I have used my reaction. This is terrifying.
I know. All I can do is watch. Yep. All I can
do is watch. 17 is not going to hit. It's not
going to hit. Fuck. Fuck, fuck, fuck. Um, Dresden
has Bardic. Ha, ha, ha. That's a tough Bardic.
Yeah, that's... You got a 50 % chance. Oh, man.
When else is he going to use? We have a number
of people going. That's crazy. Now is the chance.
That's crazy. And extra damage if it hits, too.
Yeah. Oh, man. Oh, shit. That makes it worth
it. I will give you this, too. Absolutely. I
will allow a button. or button advantage on a
Marduk, too. Whoa, that is a deal of a lifetime.
All out. Because we have these really cool new
buttons, and I want to get one. You kind of got
it. So we're at 17 right now. What is it, 22?
That's what you've seen. Is it 22? Okay. So I
need a five or higher. This is incredible. Your
inside of mech thing appears golden low around
the... Dude, I love this too, because it's probably
around Dresden, but as the echo appears, the
golden note sort of shifts from you and shifts
into the other you that stands apart as you kind
of become the echo for a half second. Slaking
in, not quite hitting, but that bardic is empowering
you! First was a four. Oh, God. Second was a
fucking three. Oh! So close. Damn, damn, damn.
Nothing. 21. Nothing. That's bullshit. Kicks
to the side. And that is Dresden's turn. So close.
So close. Oh, my God. Oh, okay. That's Dresden.
But now, but your body is safely inside this
mech. It's sealed up behind you. As you move
in, it kind of like moves up there. You have
this extra HP pool. You are protected, Dresden.
But for how long? Holy shit. That's Arhalon.
And he's making a death save. And he's at two
fails. Oh, shit. Yeah, he's before. So we don't
have a choice there. I mean, he came in. He took
hits. He showed up. He showed up and just got
dropped. But, like, he took so much hit. Like,
so many hits for the rest of you. Again, that
breath weapon would have been on Blanche if it
wasn't for Arhalon. He had to... He had to be
there. Since I'm controlling Arhalon, can I use
a button? Absolutely you can. Cool. Last button.
Oh my god. Okay. One brass has already fallen.
Will the brother fall as well? Arhalon lays.
Dying. First roll's a 19. Nice. That's great.
Roll the other one in case you crit. Second roll's
a 9. Arhalon is lying. And he's seeing the new
play. I think Jules can feel it. And he says,
not yet. And you say that, and it's not your
voice that says those words. Oh, shit. Not yet,
brother. And Arlon grits his teeth and pulls
himself back. He is for now. Still alive. Oh,
my God. Fucking hell. Okay. That's Blanche. It's
Akio. What? The turn order you gave me was Dresden,
then Akio. No, Akio's after Ozen. He was the
first one to go. Oh. Oops, because I messed up.
Okay. Blanche, then, is going to 20 feet, then...
I'm unflankable right now, by the way. I've made
myself as strong as I can get. So with her haste
and her blade song, as quick as a flash, Blanche
moves a few paces here in front of the wall.
And as she reaches this point, her steps begin
to slow and get more deliberate as she lowers
her sword and raises a hand. And her hand turns
blue and a beam of crackling energy glances out.
I'm going to make a roll, and I'm going to use
my button. What are you doing? Don't forget,
you also have another bard. I've got my bardic
here. What are you doing? And I've got my new
dawn d20. What are you doing? No. Highest roll
was a 12. Nothing happens except Blanche loses
haste. You lost haste? I was casting another
concentration spell. Steven, that means you're
frozen for a turn. Blanche, you try to put everything
into this. Advantage plus seven to hit. I had
my bardic, but it wouldn't have helped. You shoot.
I think you're... blast, sort of blast, arcs
up towards this wall, and Ozen's blade just,
you know, proffered forward, and the blade, almost
like a song of the magical energy going around
it, almost just like repels, almost like it absorbs
it partially and just shoots off to the side,
repelling your final shot. Ha ha ha ha ha ha!
You poor small things! You know not what you're
doing and striking at me! But I'll be truthful
with you. I may be a god, To you, mortals. But
I do not love you. I hate you. I hate every single
one of you. But I will reforge you into children
I can love. And you will not stand in my way.
Jules, that's you. Goes and stands invincible.
Is there anything? I feel like I have to continue
with that plan. I want to do other things, but...
It's a lot harder now, but... Yep. Okay. Okay.
So, Jules will fly himself on the broom. That's
right. You've been moving on the broom this whole
time, just sliding around. Hell yeah. Into the
mech. Into the mech? What? And as he's moving,
as he's flying, he turns his back to the right,
so his loot is facing Arhalon. And cast level
three healing word. Ooh, okay. On to Arhalon.
Okay. Arhalon's eyes snap open. He's reaching,
reaching not for the light, but for the fight.
Reaching back here to protect his allies, to
stand again. So that's 3d4 plus four. Okay. That's
not much. He wakes up and Akio's just like, oh,
sorry. He rolls off. Akio's just standing on
his, I'm just moving Akio to the side a little
bit. So that's 13. 13. Okay. Our Alonzo. Groaning
in pain, blackened, just like deep cuts, and
like scars are blackened, electrocuted flesh,
but he managed to kind of move up again. He's
felt this pain before. Jules, you slide up behind
Dresden, taking the second seat from the mech,
I imagine, or what are you doing? You're on your
own. Yeah, and he's closing the door on his way
in. Door closes, hell yeah. Okay. Yeah, and I
mentioned the next painting forward, so you're
behind, so it makes sense you just drive right
in the back and the doors are open. Hit a switch.
And as a bonus action... Oh, you know what? Actually,
can I revert just a little bit on the way? Yeah.
As a bonus action. So he casts Healing Word,
and then he casts Bardic Inspiration onto Arhalon.
Oh, okay. Hell yeah. And I believe that is my
last Bardic. That is my last Bardic. Oh, we're
using everything here. This is insanity. But
Arholon's back in the fight, and that is a problem
for me. Oh, shit, but that's my turn. Oh, this
is tough. I kind of like where I am. I don't
want to move. Moving's bad for me. Oh, but I'm
20 feet up, which means my breath won't touch
you. That's not good either. What are you going
to do about it, dummy? If I go in on you now,
I might kill Blanche. Then I've got so many guys
that are going to swarm on top of my body right
there and then. So we're going to take it slow
this turn. I'm going to... Oh, this sucks. But
I mean, yeah, you know what? This is fine. This
is fine. I mean, for free, I'll just bonus action
Breath of the Echo. Just get rid of that thing.
Get rid of your bonus action. Just kind of spins
aside and lightning crackles out. Echo vanishes.
And that sort of spark of lightning, I'm going
to turn towards Blanche. I can only change one
attack for a cantrip. Oh man, this is really
tough, but I'm really in a good defensive spot
here, so I'm gonna take it. Ozen's instincts
are to fight defensively, and I think those instincts
are ruling my decision -making. I think that
makes sense. The memories, the strategies of
Ozen, that is who you are competing against.
You can feel it, Blanche. This is not, well,
this is a Sapphire Wyvern. This fighting style
belongs to your master. So I'm instead going
to just use one cast of... Too far from... Yeah,
okay. So I'll use, essentially, instead of firebolt,
it's going to be a lightning bolt. Okay. A quick
blast down there. It's going to be 18 on the
die. That will definitely hit, I think. Oh, actually,
what's on the die? Okay. I shouldn't have said
that. What's on the die? Because now you're going
to know. Oh. What's your AC? I'll tell you. Right
now, without haste, it's 21. Okay. Even with
shield, you will not be able to stop me. She
can't use shield because of the ending of haste.
Wow, that's so brutal. Okay. While you stand
defenseless, I'm going to rock you up. Did he
just roll four d12s? Yeah. Wait, is it d12? No,
d10. Oh. Still. Yeah. From across the table?
You should know, I am using max little cantrips.
That's why this is a devastating play. So even
though I'm only taking the one move, I'm still
going to do 19 points of damage to Blanche. Oh,
no. That's really bad. Is Blanche down? No. Oh,
shit. Blanche has got nine HP. Oh, my God. Again,
like this blast of lightning rockets through
you. You can feel it just like this quick. And
you're frozen in place, helplessly being blasted
as this. malign sapphire jewel just looks down
and you can feel that oozing hatred coming off
of it. You can feel eons of hatred crushing you.
But that's actually going to be my whole turn.
I already have my... Yeah, right? You know what?
Man, I shouldn't have dropped haste. That was
so stupid. I could have done something so cool.
Oh, but I already used it. Damn. Damn, damn,
damn, damn. Okay, never mind. I can't do it.
I already used my spell. Yeah, that's it. I can't
believe I missed that spell until now. It's fine.
Next turn. His anger is, like, flushing. He's
not thinking the way he could be. He didn't use
that cool thing. But it's fine because Blanche
is down to 9 HP, and that is something to celebrate.
Dude, I'm going to be upset if you kill Blanche.
Seriously. I'm obviously bummed that Crispin
is dead. Yeah. This is bad. It'll be another
level. That's a kill. Okay. I've been staring
at the screen for a while. Almost dead Akio.
Almost dead Akio. Great. Okay. He's back in it.
Okay. Akio, though, has two grenades on his...
You do have the thunder grenades. I don't want
to call it person, but on his... On his poppin'
dogson. His dogson. So, Akio used quicksheath.
Oh, I have a person. And sheath his katana as
a free action. That's right, yeah, or as a nothing
action. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And throw one of these
thunderball grenades. It says 60 -foot range.
I don't even think he needs to move. Oh, yeah,
just stand right beside Arhalon. He kind of gets
off. He's grabbing this. He sees Ozen standing,
and he just reaches back, grabs a grenade, and
lunges it forward, his whole neck straining with
his powerful thrust. That's going to be automatic.
You can choose where you hit that. It's like
casting a spell. So I'm going to hit the top
of the wall. Oh, wow. Oh, really? And I'm alone,
so you actually can get me. Yeah, it's basically
the same as casting a spell. It's a save spell.
I just got to save on that. Oh, right. Yes. Yeah,
Thunderbolt. Thunderwave. Sorry. You did use
one. You had two stars. This is actually your
last one. When did I use the other one? You used
it on Leone. Oh, yes. Like 20 fights ago. Okay,
so it's second level Thunderwave. I don't have
Thunderwave pulled up. Do you have the... 3d8.
Okay. Just 12. Okay, I'm burning a Legendary
Resistance. Of course you are. That's his reaction
though, right? No, I can just do that. You can
just do it for free. Big boss monsters can do
that for free, but I lose one. Basically, it's
when you fail a save, you can choose to just
pass it if you learn one. But I did fail the
save. Okay. Khan is good against me. And he's
going to move, I guess, over here on the other
side of the crab thing. I've slowly accrued so
many tabs. I'm stressed about it. Okay, yeah,
so you slide up beside the apparatus of the crab.
Everyone kind of gathering together as Ozen stands
above you all. Sapphire glowing. That's going
to be Dresden. Okay. We're going to rinse and
repeat. Manifest as Echo. Okay, yeah. It's bonus
action. Echo appears. And he's going in for attacks.
Same spot on the top of the wall. Yep. You are
fascinating. Fuck, first one's an 18. Total or
on the die? Total. Yeah. And no more bardic.
Fuck. 21. Just barely. Just short. Ding, ding.
Just barely parries. This is insane. You're so
close. You're so close. Fuck. But Ozen is an
insurmountable wall. A legendary luminary. Anything
else this turn? Not his turn. This is good. You
are invincible as you lie in that mech, right?
Like, I'm dealing with your echo inside, but
you're staying inside this thing. That's actually
crazy. That's a problem. Okay. Yeah, that's it
for Dresden. That's Arhalon. So Arhalon... Arhalon
can fly to get within range, correct? Arhalon
can fly. 30 feet, it should be able to get right
in front. Ooh, it's really tight. He has a 30
-foot fly speed? Yeah, he doesn't need to be
right in front. He can come, like, next to Blanche.
Okay, yeah. Not too close. Yeah, I don't want
to get too close. No, no, no, fuck that. I'm
talking, like, right here. Okay. Like, right
there. Line up, right bishop side, Blanche. Yep.
Kind of on the, you know, towards the ocean side,
a little farther away from Rosen. The only thing
he really can do from a distance here, which
is a deck save, is going to be his breath weapon.
Oh, right. And you can move it just to avoid
the echo, too. Yep. Oh, that's pretty cool. Stand
by one second, though. One quick second. Okay.
Yep. Breath of the Wild. Let's go. So it's a
deck save. Should I keep that? It didn't go through
the tower. It fell off the tower. I'm going to
try to keep it. 16. Yeah. That passes. Do you
have damage? Huh? Do you have damage? No. It
doesn't. Oh, really? Yeah. That's not what it
says. That's not what it says. I may have just
not done it right, because you have the Draconic
half as much. Sorry. Okay. Yeah, I just didn't
put it in the stat block. I'm very lazy sometimes.
Sweet. Okay. I... Go ahead and roll. Five. It
was 11 total. Okay. I should have given you a
button earlier, I realized, for that cool little
line as Arlon lay dying. I didn't. I just wanted
to do this. Arlon lunges up, flying up just above
Blanche, sort of building his own chest, sort
of building his own throat, kind of building
as he unleashes this burning flame that rushes
out. And I want to add a little more fire to
this. Nice. Ooh. As something else feels like
it's with him in this moment, empowering him.
Now, two more d6. That's what he's feeling. Or
half dragon would have. Add two more d6 to that.
Oh, cool. Fuck yeah. Yeah, add more d6 to that.
It's extremely, it's a very powerful, very hot,
boom, flame launching out. I rolled two goddamn
ones. True Zebulon fashion. Classic. Fucking
classic. Okay. Well, then that's Arlon. That's
Arlon. Okay, he still stands strong, breathes
his fire out, boom, blasts me. Oh, man. I love
that fighting fire, fighting breath with breath.
I do have my legendaries back. Sorry, I don't
want to... It's really tough. So, just a heads
up. I'm doing one of two things. It's either
that or that. Yeah, I mean... He can get there.
Yeah. I don't hate it. I don't either. I like
it better than the other thing. Same. Same. But
I don't like it. I don't either. I don't either.
I'm going to use a legendary action. Yeah. Okay.
Yeah. I'm going to do this. I have to do this.
Arwan shoots me the fire and Ozen almost reactively
turns a finger up. I'm going to cast lightning
bolt again or fire bolt. Not lightning bolt the
spell. Fire bolt the cantrip but lightning themed.
Make this very clear. I'm going to cast that
Arhalon. That move may have saved Blanche. I
think I'm acting reactively now. I think I'm
going to drop one person here, and the person
who can fly, that one scares me. 20 to hit. Yeah,
that hits. That's because I want 18 damage. Yep,
Arhalon is down. Down. Again, I had to do it.
Fire hits. Even a little bit of damage right
now is a lot of damage. More damage than I want
to take, so we just blast out with that. And
that is going to be my legendary. That's going
to be Blanche. And Blanche cannot move or take
actions. And I'm going to take a legendary action.
Oh my god. And I'm going to... Oh shit, I'm up
20 feet, aren't I? Okay, well, I'll just do it.
I'm going to use my movement. Without broken
attack of opportunity, I'm going to jump down.
I'm going to move around in front of the lying
sort of corpse of Arhalon, who has just fallen
next to and in front of Blanche. And I'm going
to slap him toward that corpse. Before Blanche.
Before the mech. All of you in a line. In my
breath. Are you fucking kidding me? He's going
to kill Blanche. But I can't make that move until
my turn. That's all my legendaries burned and
I will say this I didn't use my reaction trap
right now I use it now I think I could absorb
that damage, but I'm rather going to absorb he's
set So so Jules has one move before it's awesome
You could run you could run you have the rod
you could pick up one you're so close I might
kill you all. I gotta do it. Oh my god, what
is going to happen? What is going on? I have
no buttons. Or spin. It's either that or leave
Blanche and Arhaan to die. The thing is the two
hit. I don't think that you can hit without buttons
or Bardic. And you can't even get flanking because
Arhaan's down. Okay, so we just had a bit of
a discussion off mic. This is the most dead serious
room. This is like, we're like a jury on a death
trial. I was dead set on doing something. And
then we had a discussion and things changed around.
So, David, if while I do this move, if you care
to narrate exactly what the decision was that's
happening. You were going to do something crazy,
and instead you realized you were on the lot
of flying. You were inside this thing. Do you
have enough speed here to go out, pick up Blanche,
go back in? the lot of flying looking at it or
the boomer flying whatever uh uh it's not i i
took this out to realize it's a two minute it's
not two minutes so totally fine you can do this
you just d command works to make it activate
for you so jewels has full control and you can
have some ability to move it on its own so i
imagine you can just pick planche up by just
flying beneath or moving it's all move action
you have your bonus and your action still if
you choose to do this okay so jewels will do
that Okay. He will go and grab Blanche. You depart.
The back... Oh, you just see this. Jules, you're
in this moment. In the neck. You return your
gauge. The eyes return. Oh, he lands. Something
is appearing down low. You see his neck swell.
You see the crackling breath. You see what's
about to happen to Blanche, who stands stunned,
bravely. You, boom, kick open the back. Fly out
with your rod. What? What's happening? What's
happening? Pause one more time. Okay, sorry.
We're back for a second time. Okay. Freaking
out. What's going on? So Jules will fly over
to Blanche. Flying out. Boom. Kicks up. You're
flying over. You grab Blanche. The rod just kind
of slips in. What? What? Yes. Yeah. He gets Blanche
on the broom. For a brief moment. He flies away.
For a brief moment before he flies backward.
What? He reaches out a hand to Arhalon. Oh? And
casts. Cure wounds. You are next up. That makes
sense. Arlon again, feeling that surge of healing
within. Level two, and that's 2d8 plus four.
Damn. I mean, play in that support. Arlon's like,
up, down, up, down, up, down. Jewels in the room
is the best thing that can happen in this fight.
You're just floating around, supporting everyone,
burning your spell slots too, or both burning
our spell slots. For the love of God, roll fucking
die. I mean, well, the thing is, is like, even
if you roll max, that's going to be one hit.
You know what I mean? Almost max. First roll
was a six. Second roll was an eight. Okay. So
that's 14 plus four. That is 18 for Arhalon.
Arhalon is back up. And Jules, Blanche, and Dresden
are back into the mech. Blanche barely standing,
sliding into this mech. Just no space. It's all
the space there is. It is now fully sort of crowded
in here. But the back closes behind you. You
three, for now, are protected. And Arlan and
Akio stand alone outside. And that's your turn?
Oh, yeah. He's just going to blast them. Yeah,
but it's not going to... It won't kill them.
It won't kill them. Yeah, so then we have to
kill them. Yeah. That's what that is. Yeah. Yeah,
that's kind of the move. Damn, dude. What's the
Q at? 12. All right, start with a breath weapon.
Oh, wait. No, you are within range. The mech
is within range, the breath weapon. I'm going
to breath open the mech. I'm going to try to
do as much of this thing as I can. I'm going
to get you guys inside, but I've got to blow
this thing up so I can get to you. So let's go
all out. And Arhalon is, of course, in the path.
Arhalon stands, sort of weakly stands again.
You can keep bringing me down. But I will protect
my allies, my friends, with my last breath. Is
Akio in the breath weapon range? No, he's not.
It's 5 feet wide. Oh, it's 5 feet. Oh, okay.
I thought it was a cone. It is a cone, actually.
It's a 15 -foot cone. Oh, 15 -foot cone. Okay,
great. Shit, Arhalon's is 5 foot by 30 feet.
Because Arhalon's a mook. We just need some hits,
dude. What the fuck? Fucking hell. I rolled so
bad. So bad. That was only 20 points of damage.
I mean, Arhalon's down. That was half of what
I did last time. Fuck. Oh boy. This is stupid.
This is stupid. Breath! Breath! Now breathe in.
You shall feel mine! And Arhalon just kind of...
It takes it to standing strong trying to hold
on trying to protect you He has taken a lot of
hits for you guys This also hits the actual thing.
Actually. No. Yes. He's safe. Oh And he gets
half. Oh All right content, right? Sorry. No,
thanks. Thanks. Yeah. Yeah 19 Which I'm pretty
sure that was the same one that he rolled the
first time Wow Wasn't he rolled 18? Did he? Because
a 19 passes. Oh! 19. Arhalon still stands. Wow.
Half the damage. It's only 10. Arhalon fucking
stands. Holy shit. You said 10? Yeah. Oh, my
God. Holy shit. This is it. This is where it
turns. I know, but... Oh, yeah. This is where
it turns. Yeah, Arhalon will get to go. So as
long as Arhalon can hit... That was my bonus
action. But now I can't move on anybody else.
I have to cut Arhalon down. Yeah. I have to.
So, first attack is going to be the shocking
grasp cantrip. Advantage on Arlon because he
has mail. It's going to hit. With a what? With
a lot. He's already down. He's just down. So
he just stands on his nose and just kind of like
seething, reaches out, grabs him with a sort
of gauntleted hand and just blasts and fills
him. Arlon screams again as electricity just
fills his body. And he falls. And now I have
a choice to make. I have a choice to make. Oh,
you get to go again? I have one more attack.
The mech is at 80. And I'm going to move past
Arlon to Akio. You're sick. Little pup. Someone
should put you down. I'm going to strike him.
I have to. It's going to hit. Almost a crit.
Not a crit, though. I don't like that I'm doing
this. I was really hoping that I could get some
attacks off with a Kyo to soak up those reactions.
I can't let a Kyo go. This is not good for me.
That is going to be 20 damage on a Kyo. Kyo is
down. Fuck. Arlon and Akio both dropped. But
if Arlon had not taken that first hit, that would
have been two attacks on Akio. Yeah. So Akio
would have, or one of them would be at two fails.
Right now, neither of them are at any. And that's
my turn. I mean, I guess the nice thing, if you
can say that, you can pull two levers in the
mech. Yep. You don't need to use any for movement.
He's right in front of you. Oh, shit. Yep. That's
right. I am in the forward space. I move to Akio
to strike, which means I am right in front of
the mech. Yep. Oh, man. This arcane weapon. But
can this thing strike? It's Akio's turn to make
a save. Okay. What is it? A natural one. There's
one point left. Legendary action. No. I'll hold
it. You stare, all three of you, that survived
this fight, stare at the two eyes of his neck
as Ozen raises his blade above the dying dog.
Now, step out of there, or I shall start calling
those my blade cannot reach. I want to hold my
legendary action and see what you do. I feel
like such a monster, I... I hate that I'm doing
this. I hate this. Okay. I hate this, but I have
to. So if we do anything other than step out,
he's going to kill Akio. Not if he's grappled.
I think it's a reaction, right? It's a legendary
to use in action, basically, but can you... Right,
so I just want to make sure that we're understanding
this right. If we make any move other than get
out, he's going to... react and slay Akio. Yeah,
he stands before the mech's claws, both kind
of down, proffered. He stands within range of
this thing. This is a risk. You can try to attack.
You got a crab mech. But if you miss, if you
don't kill me now, I start killing them. Dresden
could hold until after Blanche's turn. You could
hold and push your turn back. Did you read entirely
what this does? No. I'm too stressed to read.
I'm so stressed out. The second that you go to
make that move, he's going to trigger the reaction,
and he's going to kill Akia. But that doesn't
happen before that finishes. It will happen before
yours. Right? Your reaction will happen before
Jeremy's action. After. There we go. Legendaries
can only happen at the end of a turn. There we
go. Yeah, and that's a risk, but yeah. I mean,
what else are we going to do? I misunderstood.
I thought it was going to be a sure thing. Okay.
Okay. So stressed out. Because I'm also going
to get flanking. Right. Dresden will manifest
his echo behind Ozen. So we now have flanking.
Oh, I see. Oh, with the mech. Oh, shit. It appears
just at the base of the tower, back against the
wall. Ozen. But I can't make my move yet because
it's at the end of your turn. So that is a bonus
action. For his first action in the mech, he
will pull lever number four, which is... Two
claws extend from the front sides of the apparatus.
They're already extended. The claws were... They're
already extended? I believe they're already in
attack form. Unless they were unextended, which
they weren't. This thing was in attack form when
it was moving the bodies around. Does that mean
I can do that four times? I don't know. What?
Pause. What? All right, folks, we're back for,
I think, like, the third time this episode. Oh,
my God. Oh, my God. Okay, so the two claws are
extended. Yes, they are. I think they wouldn't
not be. It was being used earlier to move bodies
around. Why would they not be? Which means I
have two pulls of levers. I should have read
that sheet. Which I was going to use only one
of them if one of them was taken up to extend
the claw. But now I can do this. Each extended
claw. So this is with one lever pulled down.
Each extended claw. There's two of them. Makes
a melee weapon attack. Plus eight to hit. I also
have flanking. Oh, my God. Plus 10 to hit. So
that's two. That's two. One for each one with
one lever pull, which means with the second lever
pull, that adds two more. So that is four. Four
attacks. All with flanking. Plus 10 to hit. It
is plus 10? Yeah, so you still need to roll 12
or higher. Oh, yeah, with flanking. Yes, it's
still plus 10 to hit, but on any one of those,
if those succeed, the target is grappled. Does
it say it's restrained or just grappled? Grappled.
So it means I can't move, but I can still kill
a Kiyo. Okay. You need to finish me off if you
want to save that dog. Blade is proffered. I
said my piece. You know what I'm going to do.
You have one last chance or you need to step
outside. So what is the... 12 or higher. Yeah,
what is the damage for the melee attack on these?
Oh, right here. There it is. My breath weapon.
Melee weapon. Okay, yeah. Damage is 2d6 for each
one. Okay. If they hit. Can you do it? Gotta
hit. Can you do it? Number one. Holy shit. Buttons
are gone. Everything is gone. This is your last
chance to save. You've already lost one ally.
So, if I end up grappling him on the first one,
what does that mean for the rest of the damage?
Attacks on him if he's grappled. Does that change
it? Uh, it does not. It does not. Okay. Okay.
It just means I cannot move. Okay. But I can
still... No, I can't do it. Yeah. I can't move.
Yeah. Yeah. Number one. Okay 14 on the die. Okay,
so that's 24. That will hit that's one hit. Okay
number two 13 on the die. Oh, wow, it's 23. Two
hits. Holy shit 14 on the die again. Whoa. Oh
my goodness. That's three fucking hits. Oh man,
I don't know what his HP's at, but And last one
was full on the die. Okay, I seriously Gave the
middle finger to Karma right there when I was
like, I'll kill this puppy. You walked right
in front of the mech. I did. I did. I went, I
mean, there's just seething hatred plastered
on these features. The helmet's gone. And I think
that clouded the perfect judgment of the Storm
Eyes. He went in to try to drive you guys out
to get you with that breath weapon. Next turn,
he wanted you all to step out so he could kill
you. Each hit is 2d6. So I'm about to roll 6d6
for damage. Is that enough to kill those, do
you think? I don't know. I don't know. The way
he's been talking, it feels like it is, but I
can't tell if I need to roll really high on every
single one. Still ringing. The echo appears.
Ozen kind of turns, sees it. Blade rises up.
And the crab's claws start jutting out these
quick movements. He turns back, heads were whipping
around, realizing the mistake he made and his
haste and his hate as these claws begin to rip
in. But how much damage can you do? Not the greatest,
not the worst. 20. What's it look like when you
kill the storm eye? Holy shit. We have a bottle
of ketchup for this later. This is going to get
nasty. This is going to get nasty. Go ahead.
Just remember there's no blood. Bloodless corpse.
That's fine. Okay. Is there an actual sapphire
in the eye? Yes. Okay. It is unbreakable, I should
say. Dresden. That's fine. Okay. Dresden's face
is nothing but rage inside this mech. And you
see him. There's a close -up on his face. And
you just see his arms angrily. moving these levers
up and down. He grabs the body and starts pummeling
his face. And just as he's almost completely
dead, he takes one of the claws, reaches, smashes
into the skull, and rips out the sapphire and
throws it to the floor and then takes the body
and just pulls it in half and throws it. The
body torn to pieces, much like the sapphire wyvern
had been when it was discovered all that time
ago. Sapphire, ping, ting, ting, ting, ting,
ting, rolls, stops, as all of you watch on, looking
at the carnage, looking at the dying Akio, the
dying Arhalon, looking at the sapphire. You see
it with perhaps a very familiar sounding Sort
of hum. Vanishes. And we'll call it there.