WEBVTT 00:00:00.840 --> 00:00:03.560 For centuries, the world of Astralin has known 00:00:03.560 --> 00:00:07.459 peace. A fragile peace, built on alliances and 00:00:07.459 --> 00:00:11.039 the stillness of anticipation. Cities prospered, 00:00:11.039 --> 00:00:13.960 and the world grew silently. But in that calm, 00:00:14.199 --> 00:00:19.179 things changed. To the north, Savroch stands 00:00:19.179 --> 00:00:22.120 ever vigilant, its guardians holding the world's 00:00:22.120 --> 00:00:25.399 peace in their hands. A delicate balance of strength, 00:00:25.579 --> 00:00:29.699 resolve, and secrets. To the east... Zedinel 00:00:29.699 --> 00:00:32.340 creates wonders, bending the laws of nature, 00:00:32.460 --> 00:00:35.119 pulling us into a future we cannot yet understand. 00:00:35.799 --> 00:00:39.679 To the south, Catresis remains neutral, a shining 00:00:39.679 --> 00:00:43.539 example of wealth and belief, one that has chosen 00:00:43.539 --> 00:00:46.240 to remain untouched by the chaos of the world. 00:00:47.140 --> 00:00:50.600 And then, there is Dremoda, the youngest of the 00:00:50.600 --> 00:00:53.560 cities, the home to the very best and brightest. 00:00:53.960 --> 00:00:57.979 It is here that you have trained, studied, bled, 00:00:58.539 --> 00:01:01.539 And now, you stand at the edge of your final 00:01:01.539 --> 00:01:06.159 test. Your mission should have been simple. Cross 00:01:06.159 --> 00:01:09.459 the Cedar Levering, disable the tower, and end 00:01:09.459 --> 00:01:13.340 the threat before it spreads. But there is no 00:01:13.340 --> 00:01:16.579 such thing as simplicity anymore. The heavens 00:01:16.579 --> 00:01:19.680 fall, the sky itself trembles, and the world 00:01:19.680 --> 00:01:22.680 you thought you knew is shifting, faster than 00:01:22.680 --> 00:01:26.219 anyone could have predicted. This calm is never 00:01:26.219 --> 00:01:30.219 destined to last. You are about to discover the 00:01:30.219 --> 00:02:25.569 cost of peace. Welcome to Astralen. We open on 00:02:25.569 --> 00:02:28.509 a familiar vista. The preserve of the ancestors, 00:02:28.770 --> 00:02:31.849 miles of pristine land, an amalgamation of all 00:02:31.849 --> 00:02:34.689 the world's beauty combined and contained within 00:02:34.689 --> 00:02:37.830 the auroral diamond. We take it all in from the 00:02:37.830 --> 00:02:40.430 diamond -protected sky, desert dunes shifting 00:02:40.430 --> 00:02:42.650 into rolling hills, into forested mountains, 00:02:42.789 --> 00:02:45.949 into jagged peaks, a western coast of tropical 00:02:45.949 --> 00:02:50.210 sands, an eastern coast of frigid tundra. A miracle 00:02:50.210 --> 00:02:54.780 of the Sunweaver's making. And as we look down 00:02:54.780 --> 00:02:59.319 upon this place, a title card appears. The Aurora 00:02:59.319 --> 00:03:06.740 Diamond. 216 years ago. We pass over the central 00:03:06.740 --> 00:03:09.340 crystal amphitheater, looking down upon a few 00:03:09.340 --> 00:03:11.939 homes that nestle just beside it, a quaint and 00:03:11.939 --> 00:03:14.759 beautiful village belonging to the early Speakers 00:03:14.759 --> 00:03:17.039 for the Ancestors, many of whom were the surviving 00:03:17.039 --> 00:03:19.159 champions of the quest to find this incredible 00:03:19.159 --> 00:03:23.250 place, the quest to save the worlds. Now they 00:03:23.250 --> 00:03:24.830 live a peaceful life in the preserve when they 00:03:24.830 --> 00:03:27.129 are not working in tandem to coordinate assistance 00:03:27.129 --> 00:03:30.509 between their connected worlds. We look upon 00:03:30.509 --> 00:03:33.270 this village and we see that it is a far cry 00:03:33.270 --> 00:03:36.129 from the loud, boisterous auroral town that will 00:03:36.129 --> 00:03:40.949 consume this place in time. And we move over 00:03:40.949 --> 00:03:43.490 all this to the north where the land begins to 00:03:43.490 --> 00:03:46.069 slope upwards giving way to mountains. And at 00:03:46.069 --> 00:03:48.530 the foot of the first and smallest of these mountains 00:03:48.530 --> 00:03:52.939 lies the tallest of the hills. At the peak of 00:03:52.939 --> 00:03:57.580 this hill, two figures. We see Sholay brass in 00:03:57.580 --> 00:03:59.840 her human guise, though looking older than before, 00:04:00.039 --> 00:04:02.599 having allowed her form to age, it seems, to 00:04:02.599 --> 00:04:07.060 match that of her husband. And we see old Zebulon 00:04:07.060 --> 00:04:09.419 brass as well, the human variety, of course. 00:04:09.680 --> 00:04:12.180 A thick white beard covering his brick of a lower 00:04:12.180 --> 00:04:15.180 jaw, his smiling face overtaken by wrinkles. 00:04:15.520 --> 00:04:18.040 That twinkle in his eye remains, though, as he 00:04:18.040 --> 00:04:20.699 takes in the form of his waiting wife. We see 00:04:20.699 --> 00:04:23.379 him breathing hard as he moves to reach her side 00:04:23.379 --> 00:04:29.279 of the hilltop. You know, that's just not fair. 00:04:30.139 --> 00:04:33.360 Technically, your steps are a lot bigger than 00:04:33.360 --> 00:04:38.339 mine. And Shirley kind of smiles. I offered to 00:04:38.339 --> 00:04:42.759 fly you up, but it seems... But as she smiles, 00:04:42.939 --> 00:04:46.100 it seems to falter and sink as she takes in Zebulon's 00:04:46.100 --> 00:04:51.649 labored breath. Just... I needed the adventure, 00:04:51.889 --> 00:04:54.889 though these days it feels like going to the 00:04:54.889 --> 00:04:59.769 bathroom is its own adventure. He takes a few 00:04:59.769 --> 00:05:02.029 more wheezing breaths and begins to lower himself 00:05:02.029 --> 00:05:06.350 to sit upon the grass. And finally, Zebulon turns 00:05:06.350 --> 00:05:10.189 and looks out over the preserve, his eyes swimming 00:05:10.189 --> 00:05:15.250 as he takes it all in. Wow, it really is beautiful. 00:05:16.040 --> 00:05:18.420 Every sight we saw on our journey together all 00:05:18.420 --> 00:05:22.000 packed in one place. Adventurer's perfect playground. 00:05:23.079 --> 00:05:25.620 And Jolay kind of comes and sits down beside 00:05:25.620 --> 00:05:29.579 him, letting out a long sigh, a breath laden 00:05:29.579 --> 00:05:32.240 with both contentment and a deep exhaustion. 00:05:33.779 --> 00:05:37.279 It's practically our backyard. It's easy to miss 00:05:37.279 --> 00:05:39.620 it all once you start carrying the problems of 00:05:39.620 --> 00:05:45.379 25 separate worlds. Eh, politics. I don't know 00:05:45.379 --> 00:05:48.019 how you stomach it. And now Wrath is getting 00:05:48.019 --> 00:05:51.699 involved, eh? Dinner with LaRose Royals. He's 00:05:51.699 --> 00:05:56.259 your son, all right. I think he's far more interested 00:05:56.259 --> 00:05:59.620 in popularity than politics. He's a show -off, 00:05:59.720 --> 00:06:03.560 just like his father. A pointed stare and Zebulon 00:06:03.560 --> 00:06:09.079 just laughs. Yeah, you know, the boy's gonna 00:06:09.079 --> 00:06:12.259 get lonely, show. It's gonna be an uphill battle. 00:06:12.860 --> 00:06:14.800 Finding a partner when he can't just pop into 00:06:14.800 --> 00:06:16.699 the shape of a beautiful lady like his mother 00:06:16.699 --> 00:06:20.660 can. He winks. Once you think he's ready to settle 00:06:20.660 --> 00:06:22.680 on down, you should introduce him to another 00:06:22.680 --> 00:06:25.199 half -dragon. There's bound to be a few around 00:06:25.199 --> 00:06:29.620 the world. I already have one in mind. One from 00:06:29.620 --> 00:06:33.839 Anker and Sengar. You really have it all planned 00:06:33.839 --> 00:06:38.639 out. Good. Good. Keep taking care of him, Sho. 00:06:39.259 --> 00:06:43.209 He needs you. And you need him. He'll live a 00:06:43.209 --> 00:06:46.790 good 500 years or so, right? He'll probably even 00:06:46.790 --> 00:06:50.810 outlive you. You'll never be alone. As long as 00:06:50.810 --> 00:06:53.730 you have him. So take care of each other and 00:06:53.730 --> 00:06:56.750 then catch on up to me once your time here is 00:06:56.750 --> 00:06:59.689 done. We'll go on one last adventure between 00:06:59.689 --> 00:07:05.629 worlds. All of us. As a family. He stares out 00:07:05.629 --> 00:07:08.829 towards the fake sky and Shirley kind of reaches 00:07:08.829 --> 00:07:11.920 a hand towards him. Zeb. Can you imagine it, 00:07:11.959 --> 00:07:15.160 Cho? A couple hundred years from now, we'll probably 00:07:15.160 --> 00:07:17.439 have grandchildren. Maybe great -grandchildren, 00:07:17.500 --> 00:07:19.699 depending on how much you dragons like to take 00:07:19.699 --> 00:07:23.160 your time. It's a shame I'll miss it. Little 00:07:23.160 --> 00:07:25.519 quarter -dragon Zebulons just running around 00:07:25.519 --> 00:07:29.980 this big diamond. Damn shame to miss that. And 00:07:29.980 --> 00:07:34.540 Cho just leans back. That's if he can manage 00:07:34.540 --> 00:07:37.500 to keep a partner. You've seen how he acts out. 00:07:37.920 --> 00:07:40.800 Wrath has a lot of growing up to do yet. You 00:07:40.800 --> 00:07:44.339 need to cut him some slack. The boy has it rough, 00:07:44.540 --> 00:07:46.980 living in the shadow of the greatest adventurer 00:07:46.980 --> 00:07:51.639 and hero the worlds have ever known. Shirley 00:07:51.639 --> 00:07:55.120 just rolls her eyes. And I see you've still learned 00:07:55.120 --> 00:07:59.000 no humility in your old age. No, I have not. 00:07:59.980 --> 00:08:03.480 And Zeb fixes Shirley with a smile and another 00:08:03.480 --> 00:08:08.389 cheeky wink. But in this case... I wasn't talking 00:08:08.389 --> 00:08:14.589 about me. Welcome back to Fantasy Pants. Damn, 00:08:14.730 --> 00:08:17.470 heartstrings, man. I got some. That might be 00:08:17.470 --> 00:08:24.069 the last one. That might be the last of our flashbacks. 00:08:24.810 --> 00:08:26.970 I think this is a good time to drop it. I don't 00:08:26.970 --> 00:08:28.350 know. It felt like it because I didn't have an 00:08:28.350 --> 00:08:31.850 orange in my mind. So, you know. That was awesome. 00:08:32.169 --> 00:08:34.230 Gave me goosebumps. Yeah, well, I'm glad to hear 00:08:34.230 --> 00:08:36.700 it. I'm glad. to hear it. But now that we had 00:08:36.700 --> 00:08:39.059 that out of the way, it's time for some housekeeping. 00:08:39.500 --> 00:08:42.200 Oh, God. The fun's gone. It's over. We have some 00:08:42.200 --> 00:08:44.279 housekeeping in here because we have been dawdling 00:08:44.279 --> 00:08:47.639 on this. Yeah, we really have. We really have. 00:08:47.700 --> 00:08:49.899 Like every week, I'll be like, hey, David, we've 00:08:49.899 --> 00:08:52.019 been meaning to talk about this. Yeah, there's 00:08:52.019 --> 00:08:54.000 so many things I want to talk about. And I'm 00:08:54.000 --> 00:08:55.960 like, you know what? Let's do it tonight in the 00:08:55.960 --> 00:08:57.919 middle of a chase because that seems like the 00:08:57.919 --> 00:09:00.200 right time to just stop everything to a screeching 00:09:00.200 --> 00:09:06.769 halt. Let's talk about the live show. First, 00:09:06.870 --> 00:09:09.610 let's talk about magic items from the live show. 00:09:09.789 --> 00:09:12.629 Now, obviously, you got five push bolts is what 00:09:12.629 --> 00:09:15.669 I call them. They are the knockback -laden bolts. 00:09:16.409 --> 00:09:18.149 You get five of them. They're magical. When you 00:09:18.149 --> 00:09:21.730 hit somebody, I believe it views the attack with 00:09:21.730 --> 00:09:25.110 a 15 -foot knockback automatically, which is 00:09:25.110 --> 00:09:27.990 pretty awesome. That's great. Now, one amongst 00:09:27.990 --> 00:09:29.909 your party has a crossbow. I'm assuming these 00:09:29.909 --> 00:09:36.409 are going to that character. Jules? The old invisible 00:09:36.409 --> 00:09:41.129 Chester, little scamp himself. Mr. Meeps. He's 00:09:41.129 --> 00:09:42.809 going to be really powerful with those. Yeah. 00:09:42.889 --> 00:09:44.769 And I mean, you just want to make him stronger, 00:09:44.850 --> 00:09:46.870 give him more dangerous weapons. Yeah, exactly. 00:09:47.149 --> 00:09:50.250 It's such a good idea. So I assume he has got 00:09:50.250 --> 00:09:52.429 those in his quiver kind of holding out. Because 00:09:52.429 --> 00:09:54.490 I mean, this all happened, remember in Canada, 00:09:54.529 --> 00:09:56.690 this happened days ago. So you already have this 00:09:56.690 --> 00:09:59.210 stuff. So yeah, they're just in his quiver, boom, 00:09:59.309 --> 00:10:02.399 sitting down. 15 feet of knockback. That is correct. 00:10:02.559 --> 00:10:06.740 So I wrote it down. We also have one potion of 00:10:06.740 --> 00:10:10.320 mana. And right now, you guys have essentially 00:10:10.320 --> 00:10:12.399 very few spell slots between the two of you. 00:10:12.460 --> 00:10:14.539 This restores a number of spell slots with a 00:10:14.539 --> 00:10:17.379 combined spell level equal to or less than 1d4 00:10:17.379 --> 00:10:21.919 minus one. Minimum of one. This is a Andrew Cooley 00:10:21.919 --> 00:10:24.259 Forge original here. But I think this makes a 00:10:24.259 --> 00:10:27.460 lot of sense. It also says... Warning, testing 00:10:27.460 --> 00:10:29.240 has shown that some sorcerers may experience 00:10:29.240 --> 00:10:32.960 a wild magic surge upon passing the potion. Passing. 00:10:32.960 --> 00:10:37.480 Oh, that's funny. I just realized, oh, dear, 00:10:37.519 --> 00:10:39.940 that's a surge, all right. I see you, Andrew. 00:10:41.159 --> 00:10:43.840 What if you're not a sorcerer? You guys are okay. 00:10:44.259 --> 00:10:46.179 You can feel free to shit these, piss these out, 00:10:46.220 --> 00:10:48.440 whatever you want to do. God. You won't explode. 00:10:49.759 --> 00:10:53.860 Who wants the potion of mana? Who wants to get 00:10:53.860 --> 00:10:58.560 spell slots backpacked, potentially? Blanche. 00:10:58.560 --> 00:11:02.360 Okay, I can take him. Yeah. I'm down to two slots 00:11:02.360 --> 00:11:04.980 left. I got one third and one first level slot. 00:11:05.100 --> 00:11:08.519 That's rough. I've got three left. I've got one 00:11:08.519 --> 00:11:11.539 one, a third, and a fourth. Yeah, nice. At least 00:11:11.539 --> 00:11:13.159 you're in the final boss fight now, right? Got 00:11:13.159 --> 00:11:16.000 something. No. No. No, you're really not. Hey, 00:11:16.080 --> 00:11:18.700 David, want to give us a long rest? No. You earn 00:11:18.700 --> 00:11:22.379 it. Figure it out. Get away from this very angry 00:11:22.379 --> 00:11:25.500 angel first. We also have boots of false tracks. 00:11:25.639 --> 00:11:27.019 These magical boots can be activated to mimic 00:11:27.019 --> 00:11:29.299 the tracks of other creatures. So basically you 00:11:29.299 --> 00:11:31.200 put these on and you wander around and you could 00:11:31.200 --> 00:11:33.039 like just make them take the shape of a bear 00:11:33.039 --> 00:11:35.659 paw or, you know, duck feet or something silly. 00:11:35.759 --> 00:11:37.600 How long ago was Mountain Mania? Because I don't 00:11:37.600 --> 00:11:39.659 remember some of this stuff. No, no. You were 00:11:39.659 --> 00:11:44.679 also drunk. You went off of the intermission 00:11:44.679 --> 00:11:49.210 and drank for 20 minutes. No, I didn't. Came 00:11:49.210 --> 00:11:52.129 back sloshed. Knocked over the whole set. You 00:11:52.129 --> 00:11:54.009 remember that part? Now I remember you knocking 00:11:54.009 --> 00:11:57.269 stuff over. Hang on. Shut up. He broke Jean Franklin. 00:11:57.470 --> 00:12:03.409 He broke Jean Franklin. Who wants these boots? 00:12:03.490 --> 00:12:04.809 Anybody want these boots? They're cool boots. 00:12:05.009 --> 00:12:07.470 That seems like a cool Akio thing to have. No? 00:12:07.590 --> 00:12:10.350 That's kind of a cool idea. Are they dog boots? 00:12:10.549 --> 00:12:15.850 No! Damn it! Akio can't work with this because... 00:12:16.240 --> 00:12:17.600 Despite, you know, maybe they can magically resize 00:12:17.600 --> 00:12:19.500 things like that. But then again, it would be 00:12:19.500 --> 00:12:22.679 weird because he has four paws. Right. So there's 00:12:22.679 --> 00:12:24.419 not four boots. You need two pairs just to pull 00:12:24.419 --> 00:12:28.200 off of the Keo. Okay. Well, I got the mana potion. 00:12:28.320 --> 00:12:29.419 So why don't we give him the jewels for now? 00:12:29.580 --> 00:12:31.220 It's a fun little weird thing. Yeah. Got some 00:12:31.220 --> 00:12:32.759 cool looking boots. If you want to lead different 00:12:32.759 --> 00:12:35.659 tracks that aren't your tracks, boom. Cool. You 00:12:35.659 --> 00:12:37.659 want to use invisibility and create tracks to 00:12:37.659 --> 00:12:39.379 lead people in one direction. There's cool utility. 00:12:39.879 --> 00:12:43.340 You know, they're kind of fun. There's, of course, 00:12:43.340 --> 00:12:46.490 also the... prehistoric figurine of power the 00:12:46.490 --> 00:12:49.590 jasper tyrannosaurus rex but you don't have that 00:12:49.590 --> 00:12:51.830 yet crazy you don't have that yet because john 00:12:51.830 --> 00:12:55.789 has it so uh we'll get to that eventually that 00:12:55.789 --> 00:12:57.450 is the crazy that's the big one that's the big 00:12:57.450 --> 00:12:59.610 draw from the live show so i have no idea how 00:12:59.610 --> 00:13:01.470 hard it's going to break this entire story when 00:13:01.470 --> 00:13:03.529 you get a hold of that i feel like right i feel 00:13:03.529 --> 00:13:08.179 like hear me out ater What does that mean? What 00:13:08.179 --> 00:13:10.080 does that mean? Explain yourself. You should 00:13:10.080 --> 00:13:12.899 have it. No. The Jasper Tyrannosaurus Rex? Yeah. 00:13:13.500 --> 00:13:18.620 I forbid it. The ugly Tyrannosaurus. It's a new 00:13:18.620 --> 00:13:24.500 chain coming your way. Live show. Another thing 00:13:24.500 --> 00:13:28.379 to address, Stephen. You mentioned that someone 00:13:28.379 --> 00:13:31.399 from the live show, a friend of the show, Jules, 00:13:31.460 --> 00:13:32.820 who has actually been on the show, who once gave 00:13:32.820 --> 00:13:36.590 you a button, I believe. Gave you another button 00:13:36.590 --> 00:13:38.409 or wanted to during the show, but didn't realize 00:13:38.409 --> 00:13:40.269 how the button system worked. And so that button 00:13:40.269 --> 00:13:42.909 being held in reserve, you believe should go 00:13:42.909 --> 00:13:46.590 to you now. And very selflessly and with no interest 00:13:46.590 --> 00:13:49.230 of my own, I do agree that you should have that 00:13:49.230 --> 00:13:51.429 button. I think that live show buttons should 00:13:51.429 --> 00:13:53.509 carry over to the main show because people gave 00:13:53.509 --> 00:13:57.129 them to you. You and other people potentially 00:13:57.129 --> 00:13:59.529 with so much love in their heart for what that 00:13:59.529 --> 00:14:01.350 button could represent. I see what you're doing. 00:14:01.590 --> 00:14:05.190 The potential. I have kind of a fun idea. Hmm. 00:14:05.269 --> 00:14:09.049 What? How about I text Jules and we let her decide? 00:14:10.350 --> 00:14:12.789 I can keep her button, but that means that David 00:14:12.789 --> 00:14:15.409 gets his button too. No, I want my button. I 00:14:15.409 --> 00:14:19.110 want it. What? I want to use it. What? No, you 00:14:19.110 --> 00:14:20.730 don't want to let Jules decide? You can let Jules 00:14:20.730 --> 00:14:23.649 decide. I'll send her a text. I think Jules will 00:14:23.649 --> 00:14:24.929 decide. And we'll see what happens. With the 00:14:24.929 --> 00:14:28.340 light. An eye in the light. And I want my button 00:14:28.340 --> 00:14:30.360 because I also received a button I forgot to 00:14:30.360 --> 00:14:33.279 use because everything went insane and I was 00:14:33.279 --> 00:14:36.799 trying to wrap things up very quickly. So I want 00:14:36.799 --> 00:14:39.659 that button. I want the wishes and hopes that 00:14:39.659 --> 00:14:41.840 that button represented to be fulfilled within 00:14:41.840 --> 00:14:44.399 our show. Yeah, I think the two... Think of the 00:14:44.399 --> 00:14:46.000 children. Yeah, the two buttons that I got should 00:14:46.000 --> 00:14:48.559 be reincarnated. Think of the orphans. What? 00:14:48.759 --> 00:14:51.120 The two buttons that I got should be reincarnated. 00:14:51.159 --> 00:14:53.720 You used those. Exactly. They should be reincarnated. 00:14:53.840 --> 00:14:56.809 I got some notes for you, Jules. Let's talk attunement 00:14:56.809 --> 00:14:58.750 real quick while Steven's playing on his phone 00:14:58.750 --> 00:15:03.529 like a real good guy would. Attunement is a very 00:15:03.529 --> 00:15:06.330 complicated thing. It's something that I've always 00:15:06.330 --> 00:15:08.129 kind of been high and dry, whatever, playing 00:15:08.129 --> 00:15:10.129 around with. I've never really gotten a settled 00:15:10.129 --> 00:15:13.230 opinion on it. I don't love it a lot of times, 00:15:13.230 --> 00:15:15.350 but I understand why it's very useful when someone 00:15:15.350 --> 00:15:18.850 gives out lots of powerful magic items. As you've 00:15:18.850 --> 00:15:21.950 seen, I don't do that. I usually rely on Andrew 00:15:21.950 --> 00:15:26.100 and Zila to do that for me now. Because they're 00:15:26.100 --> 00:15:31.879 better at it. Jules, I realized after our last 00:15:31.879 --> 00:15:34.200 session that your loot that has been upgraded 00:15:34.200 --> 00:15:36.600 to a Rhythm Maker's drum would technically require 00:15:36.600 --> 00:15:39.779 attunement. Now, I waived the Sturge Swords, 00:15:39.820 --> 00:15:41.519 which normally would as well, based on what it 00:15:41.519 --> 00:15:43.820 is, because it's not good enough to require attunement. 00:15:43.840 --> 00:15:47.419 I don't care. A sword that has no modifier that 00:15:47.419 --> 00:15:49.700 can just do extra damage on a crit, I don't care. 00:15:51.740 --> 00:15:54.519 You also have an Amulet of Lesser Vitality, a 00:15:54.519 --> 00:15:56.700 Cloak of Protection, and a Ring of Mind Shielding. 00:15:57.139 --> 00:15:59.679 Two of these are essentially necessary for you 00:15:59.679 --> 00:16:01.559 because, let's face the facts, you rolled a really 00:16:01.559 --> 00:16:05.559 bad character. You're like a soft Zebulon. I 00:16:05.559 --> 00:16:07.159 mean, the dice were not in your favor that day. 00:16:07.320 --> 00:16:10.399 They were not. They're never in my favor. Your 00:16:10.399 --> 00:16:13.059 con being so low means you really kind of need 00:16:13.059 --> 00:16:15.539 that amulet of health is what it is. I think 00:16:15.539 --> 00:16:17.159 lesser amulet of health. I don't remember. Amulet 00:16:17.159 --> 00:16:19.960 of minor health. Boom. Got it. You kind of need 00:16:19.960 --> 00:16:21.779 that. And I don't want to be like, hey. What 00:16:21.779 --> 00:16:24.179 does that do? It just boosts your con to 12, 00:16:24.240 --> 00:16:27.700 I believe. Or it was 14, where typically you 00:16:27.700 --> 00:16:29.139 were thinking of a negative con. It was pretty 00:16:29.139 --> 00:16:33.080 rough. But you had really low rolls. Oh, the 00:16:33.080 --> 00:16:35.779 save. No, your whole, your con stat, your HP, 00:16:35.940 --> 00:16:38.200 a lot of HP you have is because of an amulet 00:16:38.200 --> 00:16:39.679 you're wearing. If you unattune from that, you 00:16:39.679 --> 00:16:43.980 will lose a butt ton of HP. Um, so yeah, a lot 00:16:43.980 --> 00:16:46.860 of the items you have are very vital for you 00:16:46.860 --> 00:16:48.919 to just like stay alive. And I planned these 00:16:48.919 --> 00:16:50.940 items and gave them to you with the intention 00:16:50.940 --> 00:16:54.179 that like, like that amulet was essentially made 00:16:54.179 --> 00:16:56.559 for Jules sake. Cause I knew that you kind of 00:16:56.559 --> 00:16:58.480 needed it to scale into the game as you went 00:16:58.480 --> 00:17:02.509 further on. It's Not a great item, and yet it's 00:17:02.509 --> 00:17:04.430 burning up one of those attunement slots. Which 00:17:04.430 --> 00:17:07.650 one? The Amulet of Lesser Vitality. It's really 00:17:07.650 --> 00:17:10.630 important for you, but on somebody else, no one 00:17:10.630 --> 00:17:11.930 would need that because it only gives you 14. 00:17:12.150 --> 00:17:13.630 Amulet of Minor Health? Damn, that's the one. 00:17:13.789 --> 00:17:16.650 Okay. I forgot what I named it. Like three times 00:17:16.650 --> 00:17:18.789 you forgot. It's homebrewed. I haven't looked 00:17:18.789 --> 00:17:20.410 at it in two years. I was like, what the fuck 00:17:20.410 --> 00:17:24.039 are you talking about? Where this is bringing 00:17:24.039 --> 00:17:26.680 me is I think I'm going to waive the attunement 00:17:26.680 --> 00:17:29.400 on the rhythm maker's drum. It is your loot. 00:17:29.519 --> 00:17:31.599 It feels weird to make you have to connect and 00:17:31.599 --> 00:17:33.460 attune to that. It essentially gives you a plus 00:17:33.460 --> 00:17:35.960 one on your attacks and spell attacks and saves. 00:17:36.059 --> 00:17:39.259 And most plus one weapons do not require attunement. 00:17:39.480 --> 00:17:42.519 So it feels weird to force you to, you know, 00:17:42.519 --> 00:17:44.140 attune to something that you just realistically 00:17:44.140 --> 00:17:48.680 should have. Given that and the late ruling on 00:17:48.680 --> 00:17:53.710 this, your, uh, my. 15 save on blindness last 00:17:53.710 --> 00:17:57.630 round should have stuck because your spell save 00:17:57.630 --> 00:18:01.210 should have been 16 at that point. I cannot undo 00:18:01.210 --> 00:18:04.390 that, but I can offer you a button in compensation. 00:18:04.730 --> 00:18:07.029 All right, I'll take it. Yeah, it's fair trade. 00:18:08.289 --> 00:18:10.529 All right, moving on. Yeah, a little bit of homework. 00:18:10.670 --> 00:18:14.519 That's a two -minute. We'll kind of address this 00:18:14.519 --> 00:18:17.220 again as we go forward. You guys just stop and 00:18:17.220 --> 00:18:19.559 talk the grit and the mechanics, but a tomb is 00:18:19.559 --> 00:18:21.500 something that I struggle with a little bit. 00:18:22.039 --> 00:18:24.960 It's a hard thing because balance, sometimes 00:18:24.960 --> 00:18:26.819 it throws balance off one way, sometimes it throws 00:18:26.819 --> 00:18:28.640 it off in the other. It exists to make some people 00:18:28.640 --> 00:18:30.500 think it's too powerful, but in the way we're 00:18:30.500 --> 00:18:32.500 running it and with your characters, it's really 00:18:32.500 --> 00:18:35.140 limiting you, Jules, and how you can become. 00:18:35.299 --> 00:18:37.279 So I want to change it up. I think it's a fair 00:18:37.279 --> 00:18:40.700 ruling. Yeah. Your sins are attuned, atoned. 00:18:41.539 --> 00:18:44.779 Attuned, atoned. Oh, dear. All right. We have 00:18:44.779 --> 00:18:48.299 any button updates over there, Stephen? No, but 00:18:48.299 --> 00:18:52.259 I will keep you updated if or when I hear. The 00:18:52.259 --> 00:18:53.940 second I get a button in my hands, you let me 00:18:53.940 --> 00:18:57.759 know. Okay. You hand it to me. If it happens 00:18:57.759 --> 00:18:59.759 during this episode, I don't hear about it, I'm 00:18:59.759 --> 00:19:01.900 taking three buttons in compensation for my pain 00:19:01.900 --> 00:19:04.299 and suffering. I'll get my button, too, so I've 00:19:04.299 --> 00:19:05.859 got something to gain here. All right, cool. 00:19:06.359 --> 00:19:10.059 Because I want buttons. I'm hungry for them. 00:19:10.160 --> 00:19:11.940 I don't get to play with them very much. Yeah, 00:19:11.940 --> 00:19:13.859 they're really dangerous in your hands. They 00:19:13.859 --> 00:19:17.720 are so deadly. It's like you have all the like 00:19:17.720 --> 00:19:20.579 behind the scenes knowledge and you know exactly 00:19:20.579 --> 00:19:23.380 when to use them. Speaking of things that are 00:19:23.380 --> 00:19:27.200 so deadly in my hands, let's talk about Hyronix. 00:19:27.579 --> 00:19:31.920 Yeah. Big, beefy boy, pale skin, bald, angel, 00:19:32.279 --> 00:19:36.950 mason hand, glowing with light. chasing you down 00:19:36.950 --> 00:19:45.329 the halls of the Seat of Dragons. Before we get 00:19:45.329 --> 00:19:51.089 back to this chase, let's reset the scene. I've 00:19:51.089 --> 00:19:53.670 opened up a new page here. It is a very familiar 00:19:53.670 --> 00:19:57.509 page. It is a chase page. It is simply a white 00:19:57.509 --> 00:19:59.970 page. We have distances and increments of 10. 00:20:00.190 --> 00:20:03.970 That will be your distance from Hieronyx. Blanche. 00:20:04.589 --> 00:20:09.470 How far did you move? You disengaged, I believe, 00:20:09.630 --> 00:20:16.569 and then ran? Yes, but with the expeditious retreat, 00:20:16.849 --> 00:20:24.170 she gets to take a dash action. So with Bladesong, 00:20:24.269 --> 00:20:28.069 her movement is 40 feet, so that's 80 feet. 80 00:20:28.069 --> 00:20:30.859 feet, okay. Oh, look at that. The map only goes 00:20:30.859 --> 00:20:32.740 to 100, so I guess we're almost done, right? 00:20:32.859 --> 00:20:34.779 He does immediately chase after you. And we'll 00:20:34.779 --> 00:20:37.420 call it there. But I'm going to allow you to 00:20:37.420 --> 00:20:41.200 keep your 80. I will add one addendum to the 00:20:41.200 --> 00:20:43.119 rules, though, as we go forward, because we're 00:20:43.119 --> 00:20:45.980 hitting a point now where distances, basically 00:20:45.980 --> 00:20:49.920 our values, our modifiers vary so much that I'm 00:20:49.920 --> 00:20:53.779 going to say if there's a difference of 10, I 00:20:53.779 --> 00:20:57.970 will collapse 30 feet on a crit either way. uh 00:20:57.970 --> 00:21:00.109 well a 40 feet difference we'll get into this 00:21:00.109 --> 00:21:02.430 as we go basically when we start moving we're 00:21:02.430 --> 00:21:04.029 going to be rolling athletics checks that are 00:21:04.029 --> 00:21:06.069 modified based on our movement speed as well 00:21:06.069 --> 00:21:08.509 so you get a bonus to your athletics check if 00:21:08.509 --> 00:21:10.650 you're running based on your actual movement 00:21:10.650 --> 00:21:15.049 speed you have active on that turn now i'm going 00:21:15.049 --> 00:21:17.609 to roll and set a dc you need to hit that dc 00:21:17.609 --> 00:21:23.359 if you are under it by five or less then you 00:21:23.359 --> 00:21:26.200 will go 10 feet towards Tyronix. He gets 10 feet 00:21:26.200 --> 00:21:31.079 closer to you. If you're under it by 5 to 10, 00:21:31.259 --> 00:21:35.299 20 feet. Over 10, he's going to come 30 feet 00:21:35.299 --> 00:21:37.240 closer to you. And the same goes the other way 00:21:37.240 --> 00:21:40.380 around. If you beat my DC by 5 or less, you're 00:21:40.380 --> 00:21:42.480 going to gain 10 feet. Blah, blah, blah. Got 00:21:42.480 --> 00:21:45.660 it? Yeah, the bummer is that I don't have a huge 00:21:45.660 --> 00:21:49.099 athletics. And I have an absolutely ridiculous 00:21:49.099 --> 00:21:51.140 modifier. So I'll keep you. I'll leave you have 00:21:51.140 --> 00:21:53.809 your 80 feet. because you are going to need it. 00:21:54.690 --> 00:21:57.150 Now, this is a strange chase, because on the 00:21:57.150 --> 00:22:00.470 first round, Blanche will not be there. Or, sorry, 00:22:00.569 --> 00:22:03.410 Blanche will be the only one there. Jules, Chester, 00:22:03.509 --> 00:22:07.269 and Akio are on the, you can see on the top, 00:22:07.349 --> 00:22:10.109 I have a number of rounds, up to five, and Chester, 00:22:10.130 --> 00:22:13.599 Jules, and Akio are sitting at, for Akio. Round 00:22:13.599 --> 00:22:16.000 two, Jules Nestor. Round three, as long as you 00:22:16.000 --> 00:22:18.619 keep moving, you will stay one round above the 00:22:18.619 --> 00:22:20.440 current, like where Hyronix is, and you will 00:22:20.440 --> 00:22:22.079 not fall onto the actual chart itself, which 00:22:22.079 --> 00:22:24.880 means I cannot reach you to attack you. You want 00:22:24.880 --> 00:22:27.779 to keep moving. So let's get back into this, 00:22:27.839 --> 00:22:29.019 because every round we're going to be acting, 00:22:29.099 --> 00:22:32.019 not just with Blanche, with you two, Jules, because 00:22:32.019 --> 00:22:34.720 you're not out of the water either. Because as 00:22:34.720 --> 00:22:38.559 you turn a corner, you see a number of guards 00:22:38.559 --> 00:22:42.329 who sort of lower their spears towards you. You 00:22:42.329 --> 00:22:45.470 see, let's just say there's about four of them 00:22:45.470 --> 00:22:49.069 kind of spread out throughout the hall. You begin 00:22:49.069 --> 00:22:51.109 to call out, Hieronica's gone mad. Hieronica's 00:22:51.109 --> 00:22:55.390 attacking us. And they don't act. They don't 00:22:55.390 --> 00:22:59.589 move. They stare you down. As Jules is coming 00:22:59.589 --> 00:23:03.150 up to them, he's not stopping. He's just saying, 00:23:03.210 --> 00:23:08.250 run, run, run, run, run. And they say, by order 00:23:08.250 --> 00:23:12.829 of Queen Jean Mee of Yanito. You are under arrest. 00:23:13.630 --> 00:23:15.490 There'll be time to talk about that later. We're 00:23:15.490 --> 00:23:17.049 all going to die if we stay here. Do you want 00:23:17.049 --> 00:23:20.789 to try to convince them? Yes. I will let you 00:23:20.789 --> 00:23:25.309 make a persuasion check on them. Yeah, that'll 00:23:25.309 --> 00:23:27.269 be your action here as you're moving. Make a 00:23:27.269 --> 00:23:29.549 persuasion check. Okay. There'll be a slight 00:23:29.549 --> 00:23:31.329 difficulty basically here. Getting all of them 00:23:31.329 --> 00:23:33.809 will be tough. Getting some of them might not 00:23:33.809 --> 00:23:38.970 be as tough. Okay. Okay. Button. Whoa. Okay. 00:23:39.519 --> 00:23:42.019 I like it. This is a very high DC. You're asking 00:23:42.019 --> 00:23:45.380 them to act out against their orders. Yeah. Okay. 00:23:49.420 --> 00:23:53.660 First roll was a natural one. Oh, my God. Second 00:23:53.660 --> 00:23:57.339 roll was a 15 plus 10 for 25. Wow. With a 25. 00:23:57.759 --> 00:24:01.369 Yeah. Meant to do us four guards. Mm -hmm. Two 00:24:01.369 --> 00:24:03.369 of them look to each other and kind of like lower 00:24:03.369 --> 00:24:05.210 their weapons. What are you doing? What are you 00:24:05.210 --> 00:24:07.130 doing? No, we have orders! As you're running 00:24:07.130 --> 00:24:10.150 towards them, they brace themselves to try to 00:24:10.150 --> 00:24:13.569 attack, to grab, to do something, to interfere 00:24:13.569 --> 00:24:17.009 as you move by. Okay, say what you're going to 00:24:17.009 --> 00:24:18.349 say. No, I don't know what you're going to say. 00:24:19.049 --> 00:24:24.430 I want you, as Chester, to start crying and say, 00:24:24.529 --> 00:24:28.410 don't let me die, don't let me die. Is this a 00:24:28.410 --> 00:24:32.849 setup? Yeah. You run the game? Yeah. What do 00:24:32.849 --> 00:24:34.569 you say? Do you say something to, like, clue 00:24:34.569 --> 00:24:36.789 them in on the game you want to run here? No, 00:24:36.809 --> 00:24:39.430 he just taps them. They know. Well, it's probably 00:24:39.430 --> 00:24:43.009 a trick that they've pulled before on the streets 00:24:43.009 --> 00:24:44.549 of Cerule. Yeah. That's what I'm thinking. Yeah, 00:24:44.589 --> 00:24:45.730 it's one of those little. They have, like, a. 00:24:45.829 --> 00:24:49.430 Yeah. Oh, only tomato. Yeah. Only tomato. I got 00:24:49.430 --> 00:24:53.369 it. I got it. Yeah. You just have here. He's 00:24:53.369 --> 00:24:57.410 still invisible. Yeah. Okay. Makes himself visible. 00:24:57.710 --> 00:24:59.769 Okay, he's dropping it? Yeah, he's dropping it. 00:25:00.170 --> 00:25:01.690 What are you doing? Hold, hold. And then you 00:25:01.690 --> 00:25:04.210 see he peers. I'm going to die. I'm going to 00:25:04.210 --> 00:25:05.950 die. I want to die. Come on, come on. Help, help, 00:25:06.089 --> 00:25:09.150 please. He's just running. And you see he looks 00:25:09.150 --> 00:25:11.190 every bit as frantic as he's acting like he is. 00:25:11.430 --> 00:25:14.869 There are, he looks terrified. With his dirty, 00:25:14.970 --> 00:25:17.150 bloody hands. His dirty, bloody hands. Maybe 00:25:17.150 --> 00:25:22.890 Akio is doing a sad dog cry. He's like down the 00:25:22.890 --> 00:25:24.390 hall. He's one round behind you. But you see 00:25:24.390 --> 00:25:29.569 him waving. Calls down the hall. Catching on 00:25:29.569 --> 00:25:31.869 to what's going on up there. So is that like 00:25:31.869 --> 00:25:35.250 a Keogh? Is that like Chester making a persuasion 00:25:35.250 --> 00:25:37.329 check with a Keogh's aid or something? I'll allow 00:25:37.329 --> 00:25:38.730 it. You know what? Yeah. If you want to do a 00:25:38.730 --> 00:25:41.130 second check with Chester's stats, persuasion. 00:25:41.450 --> 00:25:44.750 Okay. So purely his charisma. I was going to 00:25:44.750 --> 00:25:47.069 say, yeah, it's just his charisma. He's no Jules. 00:25:47.190 --> 00:25:48.430 It's going to need to be pretty high. You're 00:25:48.430 --> 00:25:50.130 going to need a good roll for this. Well, it's 00:25:50.130 --> 00:25:54.549 funny because his charisma is plus zero. Advantage 00:25:54.549 --> 00:25:56.130 from Akio, though. Advantage from Akio. Advantage, 00:25:56.170 --> 00:25:58.549 yeah. This needs to be a very, very high roll, 00:25:58.569 --> 00:26:02.670 though. Crying Dog, that really, you know. Again, 00:26:02.829 --> 00:26:06.589 the first roll was a natural one. Holy moly. 00:26:06.950 --> 00:26:08.950 Second roll was a fucking crit in the pants. 00:26:09.069 --> 00:26:13.250 What? Are you kidding me? You're the 120 split. 00:26:13.309 --> 00:26:17.730 Crit in the fucking pants. No way. Is that the 00:26:17.730 --> 00:26:21.539 sound you make when you crit? Ugh! Ugh! Double 00:26:21.539 --> 00:26:23.819 up! Ugh! Ugh! Are you okay in there, Jeremy? 00:26:24.500 --> 00:26:28.920 Ugh! As Chester, this kid, blubbering, crying, 00:26:28.940 --> 00:26:31.000 when he appears from his ability, the whole situation 00:26:31.000 --> 00:26:33.299 just takes him fully aback, the dog howling, 00:26:33.420 --> 00:26:35.599 the two guards that already lowered their spears 00:26:35.599 --> 00:26:37.940 kind of look to the other ones, this sort of 00:26:37.940 --> 00:26:41.480 glances that just show scorn towards your allies 00:26:41.480 --> 00:26:44.240 who still yet hold their spears up, and the other 00:26:44.240 --> 00:26:46.019 two just sort of drop their weapons, lower them 00:26:46.019 --> 00:26:48.460 to the tips, touch the floor, and you all... 00:26:48.680 --> 00:26:52.619 start moving past this group of very disturbed, 00:26:52.779 --> 00:26:56.420 very surprised guards. Wow. Fighters. Yeah, and 00:26:56.420 --> 00:26:59.240 as we move past them, Jules is still going to 00:26:59.240 --> 00:27:02.480 keep it up and say, hey, guys, run. They kind 00:27:02.480 --> 00:27:04.559 of look to each other, and they start running. 00:27:04.720 --> 00:27:07.660 Good. The way is clear for Blanche now. The way 00:27:07.660 --> 00:27:10.480 is clear for Blanche. That's really good, because 00:27:10.480 --> 00:27:12.539 on this first round, had you not taken care of 00:27:12.539 --> 00:27:14.140 them, I would have been making attacks of opportunity 00:27:14.140 --> 00:27:16.339 against you, including potentially grapples. 00:27:16.380 --> 00:27:19.299 But you... And Akio and Chester will automatically 00:27:19.299 --> 00:27:22.900 begin to move on. And with that, let's slide 00:27:22.900 --> 00:27:31.240 back down the hall. All right, Blanche. Let's 00:27:31.240 --> 00:27:34.140 make our first checks. I will roll and say here, 00:27:34.160 --> 00:27:36.599 DC, you are moving, blazing the hall. But as 00:27:36.599 --> 00:27:38.980 you turn around, you hear a rush of wind and 00:27:38.980 --> 00:27:42.640 you see Hyronix is blasting towards you at incredible 00:27:42.640 --> 00:27:49.680 speed. I have... a plus 26 that's gross holy 00:27:49.680 --> 00:27:52.460 shit okay so i literally there's nothing like 00:27:52.460 --> 00:27:55.519 even if i roll a natural 20 i have a plus three 00:27:55.519 --> 00:27:59.819 to um plus your movement speed modifier if you're 00:27:59.819 --> 00:28:02.019 in blade song it's an automatic plus uh okay 00:28:02.019 --> 00:28:07.259 four plus two for every five feet okay and if 00:28:07.259 --> 00:28:09.220 you find ways to increase that more every five 00:28:09.220 --> 00:28:11.180 feet you gain above 30 will give you another 00:28:11.180 --> 00:28:14.720 plus two Okay. On top of your athletics check. 00:28:14.759 --> 00:28:15.900 All right. So I'm just going to tell you what 00:28:15.900 --> 00:28:20.319 I'm doing. All right. So is this like the start 00:28:20.319 --> 00:28:24.059 of my turn? Yes. We're basically, instead of 00:28:24.059 --> 00:28:25.519 running straight turns, we're just running like, 00:28:25.599 --> 00:28:29.500 I'll say to DC, I cannot do anything to you until 00:28:29.500 --> 00:28:31.220 I get within range of you, essentially. Okay. 00:28:32.160 --> 00:28:36.440 Blanche wants to mount the broom of flying. Okay. 00:28:36.720 --> 00:28:40.829 All right. Yeah. So that instead of a 40 -foot 00:28:40.829 --> 00:28:43.430 movement speed, she now has a 50 -foot fly speed. 00:28:44.329 --> 00:28:47.529 I can't double move because I used that action 00:28:47.529 --> 00:28:50.789 to mount it. That's object interaction. I think 00:28:50.789 --> 00:28:53.130 it's fine. Oh, okay. Double moving is kind of 00:28:53.130 --> 00:28:56.289 implied in this system. If you use an action, 00:28:56.430 --> 00:28:58.150 an actual action, you will have disadvantage 00:28:58.150 --> 00:29:01.190 on your roll. Same with me. Okay. Because we're 00:29:01.190 --> 00:29:03.650 assuming this is your full running, full dash 00:29:03.650 --> 00:29:06.470 actioning. It's basically any kind of combat. 00:29:06.529 --> 00:29:10.480 You can do any sort of combat maneuver. But bonus 00:29:10.480 --> 00:29:12.160 actions are free. Everything else is going to 00:29:12.160 --> 00:29:15.720 cost you some penalty to your actual roll. Okay. 00:29:15.819 --> 00:29:18.180 That's how a chase would work. Then she'll also 00:29:18.180 --> 00:29:21.279 use her bonus action for expeditious retreat. 00:29:22.259 --> 00:29:26.039 So she gets another dash action. Nice. So that's 00:29:26.039 --> 00:29:36.000 150 feet. That's a lot. Yeah. Okay. So it's plus 00:29:36.000 --> 00:29:40.640 three for my athletics. plus four for blade song 00:29:40.640 --> 00:29:43.519 and then what do i get for 150 feet of movement 00:29:43.519 --> 00:29:52.000 100 so you 30 base plus holy crap holy crap math 00:29:52.000 --> 00:29:54.160 and calculator real quick hang on this is wild 00:29:54.160 --> 00:29:57.660 so 150 is your entire movement right now on this 00:29:57.660 --> 00:30:01.680 turn well yeah if i use my action to move um 00:30:01.680 --> 00:30:06.579 my regular movement speed and my Bonus action 00:30:06.579 --> 00:30:08.700 from Expeditious Retreat gives me the dash action. 00:30:09.359 --> 00:30:13.940 If my calculations are correct, this system is 00:30:13.940 --> 00:30:18.220 wild. Because that gives you a plus... That can't 00:30:18.220 --> 00:30:23.259 be right. A plus 48? Holy... Can't be right, 00:30:23.380 --> 00:30:26.539 right? Pause. Wait, pause. Hang on. Math. Hang 00:30:26.539 --> 00:30:31.200 on. Let me math some more. We're back. We're 00:30:31.200 --> 00:30:34.900 back. So, plus 48. Hang on. So, hang on. Let 00:30:34.900 --> 00:30:37.799 me just... Did I break your chase mechanics? 00:30:38.160 --> 00:30:40.779 Hang on. 150 minus 30, so every 5 feet above 00:30:40.779 --> 00:30:44.099 30, so we divide it by 5, which is 24, times 00:30:44.099 --> 00:30:47.220 2, because that's 24 intervals of 5, right? Above 00:30:47.220 --> 00:30:55.339 30 in that case, which would be 40, 40, 48. Plus 00:30:55.339 --> 00:30:59.500 48, and also on top of that, your acrobatics 00:30:59.500 --> 00:31:04.130 in the case of riding the broom. And I get advantage 00:31:04.130 --> 00:31:06.970 on acrobatics checks because I'm playing a song. 00:31:07.170 --> 00:31:12.670 Because 50 times 3, 150. Holy shit. Because you're 00:31:12.670 --> 00:31:17.509 doing a whole bunch of... No, wait. I see where 00:31:17.509 --> 00:31:19.930 I went wrong here. Give me a second. Hang on. 00:31:21.210 --> 00:31:24.029 Is it divided by 2, not multiplied by 2? No, 00:31:24.029 --> 00:31:30.200 it's... And we're back again. Housekeeping. I'm 00:31:30.200 --> 00:31:32.720 back from the asylum after Steven drove me insane. 00:31:32.779 --> 00:31:35.599 All this finger math is doing my head in. I've 00:31:35.599 --> 00:31:38.240 only got 10. So this is what happens if you have 00:31:38.240 --> 00:31:40.539 on -the -fly, kind of like home -brewed systems 00:31:40.539 --> 00:31:42.180 that you're messing around with. I've learned 00:31:42.180 --> 00:31:44.559 a thing. I'm going to update the system. Before, 00:31:44.640 --> 00:31:46.440 when we did this thing, I believe, you couldn't, 00:31:46.440 --> 00:31:48.380 rather than having a dash action, it didn't really 00:31:48.380 --> 00:31:50.039 count. Even your bonus action dash didn't really 00:31:50.039 --> 00:31:52.140 count towards your modifier. It's just your movement 00:31:52.140 --> 00:31:54.420 speed at base. Zebulon, when he would use his 00:31:54.420 --> 00:31:55.900 dash action as a rogue, would gain advantage 00:31:55.900 --> 00:31:58.299 on the roll. Now, looking at the situation, I 00:31:58.299 --> 00:31:59.720 don't think advantage is good enough. It doesn't 00:31:59.720 --> 00:32:02.420 really help bridge that gap well enough. So here's 00:32:02.420 --> 00:32:04.259 what I want to do. I'm going to say if you use 00:32:04.259 --> 00:32:07.059 your dash action, you double your modifier based 00:32:07.059 --> 00:32:09.180 on your movement speed. It seems a little confusing, 00:32:09.319 --> 00:32:10.779 but basically in this case, when you're using 00:32:10.779 --> 00:32:13.440 Expedition Retreat, that gives you a plus eight 00:32:13.440 --> 00:32:15.660 because you have 50 speed normally. So you get 00:32:15.660 --> 00:32:17.400 plus eight on top of your plus eight because 00:32:17.400 --> 00:32:19.480 you're moving twice, right? So that would give 00:32:19.480 --> 00:32:23.460 you a plus 16 for each roll, helping you really 00:32:23.460 --> 00:32:28.019 bridge the gap with Hieronyx. Okay. Better than 00:32:28.019 --> 00:32:31.339 Advantage by a lot, I would say. So that's just... 00:32:31.690 --> 00:32:35.809 Okay, so plus 16. Plus acrobatics. Plus acrobatics. 00:32:35.890 --> 00:32:39.390 Yeah. Plus, if we're using acrobatics, I get 00:32:39.390 --> 00:32:42.329 advantage because I'm in Bladesong. That's crazy. 00:32:42.910 --> 00:32:44.849 Yeah. Damn, that's cool. That's really cool. 00:32:45.029 --> 00:32:47.309 Okay, yeah. You know what? Advantage plus 16 00:32:47.309 --> 00:32:50.869 plus acrobatics. That's cool. Oh, my God. All 00:32:50.869 --> 00:32:51.930 right, so we have it figured out. And I still 00:32:51.930 --> 00:32:53.849 have Bardic. Can I use Bardic in chase? I am 00:32:53.849 --> 00:32:56.660 sweating. Yes, you can. I'm pretty sure, yeah. 00:32:56.799 --> 00:32:58.740 D20 roll? Hell yeah. You're blazing, so it's 00:32:58.740 --> 00:33:00.680 like you're flying heedlessly down the halls, 00:33:00.779 --> 00:33:02.640 chasing after your allies, just zooming out. 00:33:03.039 --> 00:33:04.579 Time is a little bit relative. We have to assume 00:33:04.579 --> 00:33:06.940 that they're moving pretty far ahead as you go. 00:33:07.119 --> 00:33:08.839 They're all gathered together. You're just trying 00:33:08.839 --> 00:33:12.400 to catch up to them now with Hyronix on your 00:33:12.400 --> 00:33:16.140 tail. Yeah, it says it can be added to an ability 00:33:16.140 --> 00:33:20.880 check attack roller. Whoa, okay. I'm definitely 00:33:20.880 --> 00:33:24.130 using my Bardic, though. Because on 2d20, I got 00:33:24.130 --> 00:33:29.950 a 4 and a 6. Oh no, and the bardic only gave 00:33:29.950 --> 00:33:37.049 me a 2. So... I rolled very high. Oh no, I rolled 00:33:37.049 --> 00:33:42.890 a 24. 24 actually does fail by more than 10. 00:33:42.910 --> 00:33:45.950 Oh no. Which means I'm going to get... 30 feet 00:33:45.950 --> 00:33:49.230 closer. You're moving, Blanch. You start off 00:33:49.230 --> 00:33:52.210 80 feet ahead. You look back and now Hyronix 00:33:52.210 --> 00:33:54.609 is sailing 50 feet behind you. You've moved on 00:33:54.609 --> 00:33:57.210 to round two. I cannot strike you yet, but he's 00:33:57.210 --> 00:34:00.269 getting close. His eyes just burning radiance. 00:34:00.549 --> 00:34:03.730 Tears of light flowing behind him as he surges 00:34:03.730 --> 00:34:06.329 down the hall. Let's roll again. It can't get 00:34:06.329 --> 00:34:12.010 worse than a four out of six. It didn't get much 00:34:12.010 --> 00:34:19.440 better. Oh, shit. Yeah, it's 25. Jesus Christ. 00:34:19.780 --> 00:34:25.280 This is really not great. With a 25, you fail 00:34:25.280 --> 00:34:28.969 by less than 10. So you only move 20 feet closer. 00:34:29.150 --> 00:34:32.230 Okay. You're speeding up. You see him behind 00:34:32.230 --> 00:34:34.010 you. Perhaps you hit the metal a little more. 00:34:34.090 --> 00:34:35.869 You're going a little faster. You cruise around 00:34:35.869 --> 00:34:38.570 a corner, but with your acrobatics, you do one 00:34:38.570 --> 00:34:41.210 of those cool twisty twirls up, kick off the 00:34:41.210 --> 00:34:43.750 wall, go flying, and Hyronix takes it a little 00:34:43.750 --> 00:34:48.389 slower, smashes against the wall. He goes surging 00:34:48.389 --> 00:34:50.670 after you again, still on your tail, but a little 00:34:50.670 --> 00:34:53.550 bit slower. Round two, you're moving into round 00:34:53.550 --> 00:34:59.150 three now. Moving into round three. Jules. Yeah. 00:34:59.570 --> 00:35:02.250 You are searching in the halls, a group of guards 00:35:02.250 --> 00:35:05.289 behind you. You are moving into the western wing 00:35:05.289 --> 00:35:09.130 towards Sholay, which means you are passing by 00:35:09.130 --> 00:35:13.710 the throne room. And before the throne room, 00:35:13.730 --> 00:35:16.690 you see one more set of guards. Fuck. Oh, God. 00:35:16.789 --> 00:35:20.449 Queen Jean -Mi. Oh, come on. And the queen? Yeah. 00:35:20.809 --> 00:35:25.650 What? Yeah! What? Who just like stands firm, 00:35:25.829 --> 00:35:29.710 no words spoken, but eyes full of scorn and a 00:35:29.710 --> 00:35:33.650 hand outstretched towards you. Threat in her 00:35:33.650 --> 00:35:39.670 gaze. Shaking her head. You are moving. There's 00:35:39.670 --> 00:35:42.610 only two guards with her now. And there are other 00:35:42.610 --> 00:35:46.429 four behind you, but look cowed, confused. They're 00:35:46.429 --> 00:35:49.010 looking towards each other. This is all happening 00:35:49.010 --> 00:35:52.739 so fast. What do you do? What the fuck is Jules 00:35:52.739 --> 00:35:55.340 going to do? We stop, and Jules is going to look 00:35:55.340 --> 00:35:59.880 at her. Whatever beef you got with me, we'll 00:35:59.880 --> 00:36:03.639 handle this later. Hyronix is killing everyone 00:36:03.639 --> 00:36:13.480 in this path. He killed Omin. I will gladly go 00:36:13.480 --> 00:36:16.679 with you wherever you want me to go. But if we 00:36:16.679 --> 00:36:20.199 want to be able to go anywhere... We gotta run 00:36:20.199 --> 00:36:25.739 now. That the heat in her gaze breaks for a second. 00:36:25.960 --> 00:36:30.420 She looks unsure. She looks unsure. Give me a 00:36:30.420 --> 00:36:36.940 deception check. Uh, can Chester help me? Hell 00:36:36.940 --> 00:36:39.800 yeah, he can. Still crying? I watched it all 00:36:39.800 --> 00:36:42.000 happen. He tore him apart like it was nothing. 00:36:42.239 --> 00:36:44.559 Covered in his blood. Look, look. He's trying 00:36:44.559 --> 00:36:52.559 to kill me and I'm a kid. I'm a kid. Fuck. Oh, 00:36:52.559 --> 00:36:56.380 no. I rolled a five and a four. Oh, no. So it's 00:36:56.380 --> 00:37:00.500 15. Only a 15. Oh, no. Oh, hopefully that's enough 00:37:00.500 --> 00:37:02.300 for some doubt at least. At least something. 00:37:03.579 --> 00:37:05.880 Not even with the other guards with me running 00:37:05.880 --> 00:37:08.639 as well. Here's what I'm going to say. She does 00:37:08.639 --> 00:37:11.260 not make any orders for them to do anything because 00:37:11.260 --> 00:37:13.260 I think this is kind of a middling roll. It is 00:37:13.260 --> 00:37:16.139 sort of a middling result. She kind of looks 00:37:16.139 --> 00:37:20.079 taken aback, confused. Don't, don't. Let me think. 00:37:20.559 --> 00:37:24.400 I need to think. The guards kind of stand at 00:37:24.400 --> 00:37:28.340 the ready. You got precious seconds. And with 00:37:28.340 --> 00:37:31.320 that noted, let's do round three of the chase 00:37:31.320 --> 00:37:34.860 because just down the hall. Oh, God. Are you 00:37:34.860 --> 00:37:41.099 ready for this? No. Yes. Okay. There we go. Nice. 00:37:41.760 --> 00:37:48.420 So that's 28. I mean, it's still, it's just a 00:37:48.420 --> 00:37:53.809 12. I can't. Oh, no. It was a wild eye roll. 00:37:54.269 --> 00:37:58.349 Real bad. Oh, thank God. Real bad. Nice. We tied. 00:37:58.829 --> 00:38:02.530 Whoa. Yes. No gain? No gain at all. Okay, great. 00:38:02.530 --> 00:38:05.050 You're still 30 feet. Zoomer. And as this happens, 00:38:05.329 --> 00:38:08.489 like, you're surging, surging forward, trying, 00:38:08.610 --> 00:38:11.210 trying. Hyrox runs into the wall, moving forward. 00:38:11.949 --> 00:38:14.789 Just, like, trying so hard to keep up with you. 00:38:14.889 --> 00:38:17.670 Those wings are starting to fail just a little 00:38:17.670 --> 00:38:20.869 bit. You just whip around the corner. He's gained 00:38:20.869 --> 00:38:23.570 no speed and you see just ahead the door to the 00:38:23.570 --> 00:38:26.510 throne room. Queen, Jean, me, Jules, Chester, 00:38:26.690 --> 00:38:31.449 all of them. I'm willing to put everyone at 100. 00:38:32.409 --> 00:38:35.530 That isn't you. Okay. Akio behind them. Everyone's 00:38:35.530 --> 00:38:39.670 now in. We're at round four. As Hyrod comes around 00:38:39.670 --> 00:38:42.090 the corner. Hold on. Hold on. Yeah. As Jules 00:38:42.090 --> 00:38:43.809 realizes that Blanche is coming around the corner. 00:38:43.869 --> 00:38:47.130 I want to do an as too. No. Okay, cool. Jules 00:38:47.130 --> 00:38:52.030 is going to yell. Make your decision now. Hyronix 00:38:52.030 --> 00:38:55.110 is killing everyone. To make sure that Blanche 00:38:55.110 --> 00:38:57.929 can hear what's happening. I think having held 00:38:57.929 --> 00:39:02.530 you up one round with a 15, that was kind of 00:39:02.530 --> 00:39:05.010 the sort of negative result of it. I think 15 00:39:05.010 --> 00:39:07.110 is good enough. Combined with the Hyronix is 00:39:07.110 --> 00:39:09.130 flying around the corner, smashing into walls, 00:39:09.329 --> 00:39:13.969 maced fully out. And when Blanche clocks that 00:39:13.969 --> 00:39:16.989 the queen is there, she shouts, save the queen! 00:39:17.730 --> 00:39:24.659 Save your queen! That's really good. God, I can't 00:39:24.659 --> 00:39:27.900 even do this. Take both of you. Five for both 00:39:27.900 --> 00:39:31.519 of you. You see the queen looks terrified towards 00:39:31.519 --> 00:39:33.460 you, Jules, and the guards, upon hearing that, 00:39:33.559 --> 00:39:36.599 grab her. No, wait, wait, no. Throw her in the 00:39:36.599 --> 00:39:38.360 throne room. Oh, I was going to scream, get the 00:39:38.360 --> 00:39:42.300 shoelace. Oh, they're moving to the throne room 00:39:42.300 --> 00:39:43.699 and slam the door. Their guards are all kind 00:39:43.699 --> 00:39:46.360 of at it. They just move out. All four that are 00:39:46.360 --> 00:39:48.860 around you gather up with her. That's gone. Fine, 00:39:48.920 --> 00:39:52.059 yeah. The hall is cleared, and you know for a 00:39:52.059 --> 00:39:54.800 fact that the wing that she'll is in is quite 00:39:54.800 --> 00:39:58.360 abandoned. Sweet. Your path is clear, but now, 00:39:58.440 --> 00:40:03.539 Hyronix is on you. God damn it. Two more rounds, 00:40:03.739 --> 00:40:08.690 and you're in the chase now, too. Fuck. I believe 00:40:08.690 --> 00:40:11.369 you have no modifier. It is Chester, which means 00:40:11.369 --> 00:40:16.329 you're rolling just your athletics. Rude. You 00:40:16.329 --> 00:40:18.769 got like a four round head start. Rude. Oh yeah. 00:40:19.070 --> 00:40:20.630 You're a hundred feet ahead though. So I need 00:40:20.630 --> 00:40:23.090 to get like, honestly, I need to get crazy good 00:40:23.090 --> 00:40:26.530 rolls to get up to you. In fact. He knew that 00:40:26.530 --> 00:40:28.929 we were doing this as a chase or he at least 00:40:28.929 --> 00:40:31.030 suspected he like had the chase mechanics like 00:40:31.030 --> 00:40:34.050 all prepped up. Imagine if Blanche didn't like. 00:40:34.409 --> 00:40:38.469 Hold back for three rounds? And you had to run 00:40:38.469 --> 00:40:41.769 away with no modifier for five rounds? I'll be 00:40:41.769 --> 00:40:43.409 honest with you. I did not know until we started 00:40:43.409 --> 00:40:45.769 playing last session. I didn't look at the staff 00:40:45.769 --> 00:40:47.849 lock's movement speed to see that. Ironically, 00:40:47.889 --> 00:40:52.949 it's a 90 -foot fly speed at base. So doubling 00:40:52.949 --> 00:40:55.449 180, it's insane. It's crazy. So Chester says 00:40:55.449 --> 00:40:58.389 dex? Yep. Sweet. Oh, no, sorry, athletics. It'd 00:40:58.389 --> 00:41:00.929 be a strength. Oh, strength. Yeah, not the best. 00:41:01.110 --> 00:41:08.400 It's only one less than dex. Okay. Middling roll. 00:41:12.019 --> 00:41:18.659 Jewel's got an 18. Chester got an 8. Oh, I need 00:41:18.659 --> 00:41:23.280 to roll for Akio, too. Let's see. Let me use 00:41:23.280 --> 00:41:28.119 a different die for Akio. My two die that I'm 00:41:28.119 --> 00:41:30.179 rolling for Blanche are a little cold, so I feel 00:41:30.179 --> 00:41:33.099 like they've got some goodwill coming. So I'm 00:41:33.099 --> 00:41:37.820 going to pull out a third die for Akio. That's 00:41:37.820 --> 00:41:41.539 not doing well either. That is 11 for Akio. 11 00:41:41.539 --> 00:41:45.940 for Akio. Total. Taking the lodge I used earlier, 00:41:46.099 --> 00:41:49.179 where every 5 feet I've been kind of going back 00:41:49.179 --> 00:41:54.820 10 feet more. Chester and Akio drop back to 50. 00:41:55.579 --> 00:42:01.699 Oh, wow. Hey, middling roll. Yeah, right. Middling 00:42:01.699 --> 00:42:03.980 roll with a plus 28. Blanche, where are you at? 00:42:04.440 --> 00:42:06.900 Oh, let me roll for Blanche. Because you're in 00:42:06.900 --> 00:42:08.880 this natural. You're zooming in. Everyone's catching 00:42:08.880 --> 00:42:10.539 up. They're very close to you now. Perhaps you're 00:42:10.539 --> 00:42:13.139 like, yo, as we see. Oh, my God. I just can't 00:42:13.139 --> 00:42:17.760 roll. Jeez. 26. Fuck. Dude, I haven't rolled 00:42:17.760 --> 00:42:22.039 on. So this is what? My fourth roll with two 00:42:22.039 --> 00:42:25.320 die. The highest number I've seen is 12. Jesus. 00:42:25.480 --> 00:42:28.039 One last round after this. You reach Sholay's 00:42:28.039 --> 00:42:30.059 door. You're pushing down around the corner towards 00:42:30.059 --> 00:42:32.079 that western wing, blazing down the hall. Blanche, 00:42:32.159 --> 00:42:35.159 you fall back another 10 feet. He's 20 feet behind 00:42:35.159 --> 00:42:37.320 you. You can feel him almost reaching out a little 00:42:37.320 --> 00:42:40.780 closer, a little closer. He will strike you down, 00:42:40.840 --> 00:42:44.139 his weapon glowing with the power of his holy 00:42:44.139 --> 00:42:48.400 smite, his holy wrath. You guys ready for one 00:42:48.400 --> 00:42:51.420 last chase round? No. I'm going to roll a Q first. 00:42:52.110 --> 00:42:54.050 I also forgot that I still have Bardic for Akio, 00:42:54.130 --> 00:43:02.090 so... I'm gonna need it. That's really bad. Oh, 00:43:02.190 --> 00:43:08.670 okay, but... So, 13 for Akio. Okay. Jules is 00:43:08.670 --> 00:43:13.630 a 9. Chester. Finally. Crit on the roll for a 00:43:13.630 --> 00:43:18.530 22. Ooh! Okay. I finally rolled a 19 for Blanche, 00:43:18.590 --> 00:43:24.739 so that's 35. 35? Yeah. Ooh. You actually gained 00:43:24.739 --> 00:43:27.699 10 feet. Nice. Thank goodness. Nice. And Jules, 00:43:27.760 --> 00:43:29.400 you were what now? Oh, yeah, you were pretty 00:43:29.400 --> 00:43:33.980 bad. Yeah, I was rough. Okay. As we move into 00:43:33.980 --> 00:43:38.550 this last round. Nobody falls fully victim. Akio 00:43:38.550 --> 00:43:41.269 slides back 20 feet away as Hyronox is moving, 00:43:41.409 --> 00:43:44.250 surging behind him. Jules falls back 30 feet 00:43:44.250 --> 00:43:46.349 as Blanche surges forward 30 feet ahead. The 00:43:46.349 --> 00:43:48.590 two of you suddenly side -by -side. Jules running, 00:43:48.750 --> 00:43:51.949 cloak whipping. Blanche on the rod of flying, 00:43:52.070 --> 00:43:55.550 zooming by. You, Chester, just ahead. Shit! Shit! 00:43:56.429 --> 00:44:00.130 No! You will not escape me! You will not escape 00:44:00.130 --> 00:44:03.789 me! You spin around the corner as he's just reaching, 00:44:03.929 --> 00:44:06.110 just catching up. His hand's getting close to 00:44:06.110 --> 00:44:10.190 Akio. You see the double doors leading into that 00:44:10.190 --> 00:44:13.190 back ballroom. What do you do? We're going to 00:44:13.190 --> 00:44:16.909 fucking burst them open. Throw the doors open. 00:44:17.150 --> 00:44:23.269 As we do that, Jules screams, Sholay, help! Hell 00:44:23.269 --> 00:44:28.550 yeah. Doors. burst open. Chester, Jules, Blanche, 00:44:28.690 --> 00:44:31.650 Akio, Folio, all pushing into the room. You scream 00:44:31.650 --> 00:44:35.010 out. Hyronic surges around, blasting into the 00:44:35.010 --> 00:44:38.489 room. Wings fan out as he comes and looks over 00:44:38.489 --> 00:44:42.670 you all. His holy radiance from his weapon sending 00:44:42.670 --> 00:44:46.989 waves of light into this blackened room. And 00:44:46.989 --> 00:44:50.110 even then, the shadows at the far end were only 00:44:50.110 --> 00:44:56.380 revealed when, backlit by flame, we see... The 00:44:56.380 --> 00:45:02.079 maw of an ancient dragon begins to lower, surging 00:45:02.079 --> 00:45:06.159 forward. And we are in a wholly different kind 00:45:06.159 --> 00:45:10.760 of encounter now. Oh, God. I still don't feel 00:45:10.760 --> 00:45:14.920 safe. No, no. I still think this was the safest 00:45:14.920 --> 00:45:18.179 option, though. Yeah, I don't know what else 00:45:18.179 --> 00:45:21.940 we would have done. No. Before any action goes 00:45:21.940 --> 00:45:26.199 down, I think Hyronix... freezes, he sees that 00:45:26.199 --> 00:45:28.820 great form stirring in the back of the room. 00:45:29.099 --> 00:45:34.300 The shoelace flies ahead herself, smashing through 00:45:34.300 --> 00:45:36.480 any sort of remnants of table there in her way, 00:45:36.579 --> 00:45:39.619 her great trachonic form sliding up, her claws 00:45:39.619 --> 00:45:42.820 just behind all of you as you have slid into 00:45:42.820 --> 00:45:47.519 the room, turning to face your assailant. You 00:45:47.519 --> 00:45:57.179 will leave! No! They are murderers. Vile sinners. 00:45:57.300 --> 00:46:01.400 Scum. I must kill and arrest. It is my right. 00:46:01.440 --> 00:46:05.280 You would not dare stand in my way. Surely brass. 00:46:06.019 --> 00:46:10.739 You were the law once. You held power once. But 00:46:10.739 --> 00:46:15.619 Atash reigns supreme now. I hold the power now. 00:46:15.940 --> 00:46:23.199 You will live. Do you guys want to make any actions 00:46:23.199 --> 00:46:28.539 here? Probably. By the way, for funsies, I want 00:46:28.539 --> 00:46:31.179 to put this in the map. Let me put all you guys 00:46:31.179 --> 00:46:33.460 down here. We don't have an official battle map 00:46:33.460 --> 00:46:38.000 for this, but that'd be fun. Throw Sholay's token 00:46:38.000 --> 00:46:39.599 on here so you can see the difference in size. 00:46:40.420 --> 00:46:44.300 Yeah, she's huge. Boom. Let's exit this up a 00:46:44.300 --> 00:46:46.239 little bit. Hyronix, if you're sitting in the 00:46:46.239 --> 00:46:48.860 room, Hyronix, let's say, is like five feet away 00:46:48.860 --> 00:46:51.400 from you, kind of moving up towards you, going 00:46:51.400 --> 00:46:55.130 to strike. And the four of you stand at the foot 00:46:55.130 --> 00:47:00.050 of the ancient brass dragon. Blanche is going 00:47:00.050 --> 00:47:05.050 to step forward in front of the rest. Jeez. With 00:47:05.050 --> 00:47:10.550 her, with her sword out. And. You see how Ronix 00:47:10.550 --> 00:47:12.170 is like hesitating right now. We're kind of like, 00:47:12.210 --> 00:47:14.949 we're sort of like in Schrodinger's combat right 00:47:14.949 --> 00:47:17.929 now. He's hesitating, his face outstretched, 00:47:17.949 --> 00:47:20.349 looking towards Sholay. His eyes no longer see 00:47:20.349 --> 00:47:25.250 you. They are blazing. Blanche enters a combat 00:47:25.250 --> 00:47:32.670 form and casts True Strike. Okay. Getting ready. 00:47:33.750 --> 00:47:35.449 There's a free action for everybody if you all 00:47:35.449 --> 00:47:38.670 want to take it. You don't have to. No. Okay. 00:47:39.630 --> 00:47:45.860 Hell yeah. As you go into stance as... The angel 00:47:45.860 --> 00:47:48.900 stares down the dragon, two figures sort of, 00:47:48.900 --> 00:47:50.880 the hieronics sort of flying on the ground. They 00:47:50.880 --> 00:47:52.500 are both like fully kind of just a little bit 00:47:52.500 --> 00:47:56.480 above you. A battle that is truly over your heads. 00:47:57.420 --> 00:48:03.380 You would not dare. And he goes down to strike 00:48:03.380 --> 00:48:06.920 at you, Blanche. I'm going to make an attack 00:48:06.920 --> 00:48:11.800 on you. True strike is active, so you have that. 00:48:15.210 --> 00:48:19.730 31 to hit. Oh, wait, sorry. I was looking at 00:48:19.730 --> 00:48:23.150 the wrong stat block. That was the dragon. I 00:48:23.150 --> 00:48:25.250 was going to say, I was like, there's no way. 00:48:26.369 --> 00:48:34.849 14 to hit. Yeah, no. And a 21 to hit. That meets 00:48:34.849 --> 00:48:39.269 my AC. I'm trying to decide if I want to burn 00:48:39.269 --> 00:48:43.599 shield or not. Yeah, I think I'm going to use 00:48:43.599 --> 00:48:46.840 my reaction and cast shield. I know this guy 00:48:46.840 --> 00:48:49.679 can hit like a truck. He comes down. Bam! Bounces 00:48:49.679 --> 00:48:53.260 off your shield again. No! As his weapon goes 00:48:53.260 --> 00:48:58.559 back off your shield, Sholay is going to strike. 00:49:00.480 --> 00:49:03.260 I'm going to make three rend attacks on Hyronix. 00:49:03.380 --> 00:49:06.239 She just fully dives in. Actually, let's make 00:49:06.239 --> 00:49:09.360 one rend attack. That's fun. Okay, that's going 00:49:09.360 --> 00:49:13.059 to hit. extremely hard uh -huh that's also gonna 00:49:13.059 --> 00:49:15.719 hit extremely hard uh and then i'm also just 00:49:15.719 --> 00:49:17.760 for funsies going to cast scorching ray at level 00:49:17.760 --> 00:49:21.639 three uh let me just do some calculations here 00:49:21.639 --> 00:49:23.239 because she always going to do an outrageous 00:49:23.239 --> 00:49:30.400 amount of damage okay uh she was absolutely ballistic 00:49:30.400 --> 00:49:32.699 you see she's like as he strikes down you just 00:49:32.699 --> 00:49:36.079 see a large clock i'm sweeping in tearing into 00:49:36.079 --> 00:49:41.050 his sort of naked chest He screams. This light 00:49:41.050 --> 00:49:44.150 begins to sort of shine out when the claw penetrates. 00:49:44.230 --> 00:49:47.110 She comes down with her mouth ripping into him 00:49:47.110 --> 00:49:49.969 again. And as she does so, like three bolts of 00:49:49.969 --> 00:49:53.349 flame just, like, inside her mouth just blast 00:49:53.349 --> 00:49:57.230 against him, scorching the screaming diva. Do 00:49:57.230 --> 00:49:59.550 you want to make an attack, Blanche? Does anyone 00:49:59.550 --> 00:50:00.929 want to make an attack? You're freely able to 00:50:00.929 --> 00:50:02.809 move here. Okay, yeah, at this point, I want 00:50:02.809 --> 00:50:10.590 to try one more time to blind him. Oh, yes. And 00:50:10.590 --> 00:50:12.809 this time, I have it not set up yet, but your 00:50:12.809 --> 00:50:15.369 DC is going to be a 16 because we waived that 00:50:15.369 --> 00:50:18.909 with a loot. All right. Let me roll. This is 00:50:18.909 --> 00:50:25.750 con, correct? Yep. It's a 14. Fail. Fail the 00:50:25.750 --> 00:50:30.340 14. You cast this out, and finally, as he screams 00:50:30.340 --> 00:50:34.539 out in pain, that darkness covers over his eyes. 00:50:34.659 --> 00:50:37.860 His eyes are these pools of radiance shining, 00:50:37.920 --> 00:50:42.219 and that light simply goes out like candles blown 00:50:42.219 --> 00:50:46.340 out of a jack -o' -lantern's eyes. Almost like 00:50:46.340 --> 00:50:50.960 fumes of radiant mist just vanishing away. You 00:50:50.960 --> 00:50:56.829 just see blackness there. No! No! Blanche is 00:50:56.829 --> 00:51:01.789 standing in front of her three companions. She 00:51:01.789 --> 00:51:04.989 reaches behind her and she just grabs the collar 00:51:04.989 --> 00:51:09.550 of Chester's shirt and she backs away with Chester 00:51:09.550 --> 00:51:13.670 behind her, sort of pulling him along. Exiting 00:51:13.670 --> 00:51:18.610 the situation. Sir moving away, hell yeah. We'll 00:51:18.610 --> 00:51:20.510 say Blanche and Chester go off to the side. Akio, 00:51:20.610 --> 00:51:22.150 maybe he's catching wind of this. Does he also 00:51:22.150 --> 00:51:24.809 move to the side? Yeah, Akio moves with them. 00:51:24.969 --> 00:51:27.570 Blanche keeps her sword out in front of her, 00:51:27.650 --> 00:51:31.769 ready to strike if she needs to, but she wants 00:51:31.769 --> 00:51:35.090 to kind of let this happen. Let's let this happen. 00:51:35.510 --> 00:51:37.750 I think Jules is going to follow after he casts 00:51:37.750 --> 00:51:41.050 that. Hell yeah, you cast, you step to the side, 00:51:41.150 --> 00:51:43.590 Hyronix blinded. Jules is actually going to go 00:51:43.590 --> 00:51:48.519 around and shut the doors. Holy shit! You shut 00:51:48.519 --> 00:51:51.000 the door, and you get a look from Shirley as 00:51:51.000 --> 00:51:53.280 the door shuts, as he's screaming. Mace comes 00:51:53.280 --> 00:51:57.239 out. That basically says, move. Yeah, we told 00:51:57.239 --> 00:51:59.860 the Queen that Hyronix killed, or Jules told 00:51:59.860 --> 00:52:02.320 them that Hyronix killed Ovid. Hyronix cannot 00:52:02.320 --> 00:52:05.940 live after this. You did say that. I imagine 00:52:05.940 --> 00:52:09.429 you see her look. Door closes. You dive out of 00:52:09.429 --> 00:52:12.210 the way as well. Hieronyx moves in to strike 00:52:12.210 --> 00:52:16.349 at Sholay, blinded, sort of missing the mark. 00:52:16.889 --> 00:52:18.869 We're going full cinematic at this point because 00:52:18.869 --> 00:52:22.510 that's kind of where we're at. And for fun, Sholay 00:52:22.510 --> 00:52:25.170 sort of arcs back out of his attack range as 00:52:25.170 --> 00:52:28.380 he's blinded and you see something. lighting 00:52:28.380 --> 00:52:32.739 up in her throat. Her mouth opens wide. All of 00:52:32.739 --> 00:52:34.559 you probably see a sort of table that's sort 00:52:34.559 --> 00:52:36.679 of half covered. Chester's like, come on, quick, 00:52:36.760 --> 00:52:38.500 quick, quick! Starts trying to pull you now, 00:52:38.579 --> 00:52:41.079 Blanche, to get behind cover. Makio's, ah, ah, 00:52:41.139 --> 00:52:46.119 ah! And surely releases a gout of flame that 00:52:46.119 --> 00:52:50.599 brings pure light into this room. A surge of 00:52:50.599 --> 00:52:53.280 heat that you feel as if you are standing beside 00:52:53.280 --> 00:52:57.940 the very inferno of hell itself. The door, the 00:52:57.940 --> 00:53:00.599 wall the door's on, probably fully obliterated. 00:53:01.440 --> 00:53:04.860 I'm going to roll, let's see, what's this? 13d8 00:53:04.860 --> 00:53:09.400 fire damage. Holy shit. Oh my god. Hyronix is 00:53:09.400 --> 00:53:12.860 super dead. Holy shit. You just see like, no, 00:53:13.099 --> 00:53:18.199 no, justice is mine. I was justice before you 00:53:18.199 --> 00:53:21.969 ever came to these lands. You are interlopers. 00:53:22.130 --> 00:53:28.389 I am the one who saved these worlds. Fire ripping 00:53:28.389 --> 00:53:31.210 out, burning through the walls, burning through 00:53:31.210 --> 00:53:35.409 the screaming angel. When the flame goes out, 00:53:35.429 --> 00:53:38.590 all you see is this twinkling of light as the 00:53:38.590 --> 00:53:42.369 being known as Hyronix returns to the plane from 00:53:42.369 --> 00:53:46.309 whence he came. And we'll call it there.