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the princess. Rumpus, did you abduct the princess?

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soup. Bon Appetit! I call this one a gloominary

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spotlight. Now our worlds have seen a non -stop

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barrage of dramatic blows to a high and mighty

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as of late. And one of the first in the sequence

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of fallen dominoes was the fall of the Roche

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family. Once seen as brilliant and kindly rulers,

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the truth of the demonic worship and cruel treatment

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of their people was revealed when Atash exposed

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their cult on Sansa Tian. For decades, they have

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used connections within the network to keep a

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lid on the information they had wanted conflict

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worlds to see. Devils. To use this marvelous

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connection to lie to the good public. Absolute

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devils. Anywho, this brings me to the subject

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of the spotlight. One Dresden Kellig. Once an

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esteemed personal guard to Speaker Cyril LaRoche,

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Dresden's story is one of duplicity. It has been

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said that Dresden had been working in secret

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against the family for his entire life. Supposedly,

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he had been in constant contact with the wayward

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prince, George LaRoche, and had been throwing

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his murderous brother, the very man that would

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later kill Zabion Brass, off of the prince's

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tracks. This, in my opinion, is utter bullshit.

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I speculate that Trezor only flipped sides when

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he knew the Roche family was caught. I speculate

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that he still works for the demonic cause alongside

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Jules and that he was instrumental in the plot

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to see Amizu delivered to the gloom. And I speculate

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that even now he works in secret to dismantle

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the ideas of law and order in all our worlds.

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But armed with only speculation, we can only

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hope that some righteous force yet comes forth

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to stop him. Excuse me. I got a couple of nitpicks.

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Go home, Oren. You're drunk. No, no, no. Hold

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on. So first of all, Oren says, any who? It's

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right there in my notes. Second of all, Oren

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says, okay, yeah, Dresden was working against

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the LaRoche family, who are demon worshippers,

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funneling information to Jules. And then he's

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like, yeah. He said that's the story they all

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say, but he's saying it's a different story.

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Jules and Dresden always worked with the LaRoche

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family. They just pretend they weren't. And when

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the LaRoches went down, they flipped sides very

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conveniently, like, oh, we were never part of

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that group. Okay, so they both together flipped

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sides. Yeah. I thought it was like Dresden flipped

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sides, even though he was working for the same

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side the whole time. The man's trying to tell

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the truth out there. All right? Get rid of all

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these lies you got going on. It's a weird version

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of the truth. it's the best version of the truth

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and the truth that everyone is going to know

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gentlemen if that's what you want to believe

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oren we're about to engage in one hell of a combat

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uh it's about to open up goddamn and uh it's

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a weird night it's a weird night yeah It was

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a very weird night. Good dude night, but the

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whole internet went down or something. I don't

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know. I think it was like the Google cloud service

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went down. Wow. An essential website to recording

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just went back up after the time that we are

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usually all at home. Yeah. We were like, oh,

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let's wait around. Maybe it'll come back up.

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We were about to leave. We were like, oh, it's

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back. It's like, well, better check one more

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time. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So we're going

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to run this thing. We're going to do it. We're

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going to fucking do this. It's going to be crazy.

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There'll be deaths. There'll be tears. What?

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Probably mine. My tears and that guy's die. But

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this is going to get crazy. Before we get into

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all that crazy, I want to go into a flashback.

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I'm following this flashback. Keep me honest

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here because we need to talk Jeremy Wolf. Okay.

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Can we just do a little thing? Off mic, we're

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kind of biding time, waiting for you to come

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back. I gave you a bunch of magic items to choose

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from. Oh, yeah. Yes, we're going to get into

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that. Dresden's going to give a little power

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-up that I think he deserves, and I'll get into

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the reasons why. Before all that, let's go into

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a flashback. As mentioned previously, Dresden

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had been promoted to the role of Cirilla's personal

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guard. As such, the Hymn of Time Lord Dresden

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was relocated from Cerulean Tithos to a rural

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town within the Citadel. How long ago do you

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think that was, Jeremy? Was that kind of recently?

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Was that some years ago? Try to create the setting

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for our scene here. It was fairly recently. Okay.

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In this case, our scene would still open up in

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the Tower of Authority, in the city of Cerulean,

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the world of Tithos, because at this point, Dresden

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has not yet moved on. Now, I imagine we've talked

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about this before. Dresden has many dead drops

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where he'd pick up notes for Jules and leave

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them in return as he's on his patrols. Yep. Well,

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so you have one such letter now. Probably grabbed

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earlier, but not... Wouldn't dare to open it

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then. Not in the public eye. So let's open on

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Dresden in his solitary room in the barracks

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within the Tower of Authority. Let's open on

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him in a dimly lit chamber. Probably sitting

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on an immaculately made bed. Yeah. Pure soldier's

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room. I imagine it's pretty stark, pretty Spartan.

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And as we see Dresden here, probably a single

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sconce of flickering light in this room, we see

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him sliding, worn parchment from an envelope.

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And what expression does he hold as he opens

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this letter and begins to read, Jeremy? No expression.

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And what does the letter say? It says, Hey D,

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sorry it's been a while since I wrote last. Shit's

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been crazy out here. The wealthy bastards are

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starting to catch on to our scheme, so it's been

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kind of dangerous. We've had to keep a pretty

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low profile. On that note, thanks for facilitating

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that horse stampede the other day. That was some

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really good cover. We got in and out of Mr. Wink's

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manor completely undetected. Cleaned out his

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pantry entirely. Thanks to you, a bunch more

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kids get to eat this week. Damn, I miss you,

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man. I can't wait to introduce you to the gang,

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to the family. I told so many stories about you

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and I to the kids. You're already Uncle Dresi

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to them. I promise, you'll be here soon enough.

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Just sit tight. I'm coming for you. And as Dresden

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folds the letter away, what expression does he

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hold? Still no expression? I think he's got a

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small half -crack of a smile. Hell yeah. This

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letter, I imagine, is so much more than just

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words on paper. For Dresden is a window into

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a world of warmth and family. A world Dresden

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can see but not touch. Its warmth can shine through

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the glass, bring light into the solitary darkness

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around him here. This double life could break

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some men, shatter their minds, and drag them

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down into despair. But not Dresden. He can glance

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through that window at any time and know the

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one truth that has shaped his entire life and

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path. That Dresden Kellig is a guardian angel,

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fighting every day for the sake of those he loves.

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And so he is a man that can never fall. Right?

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Two things here before we get into this. One,

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I am initiating flashback rules from here on

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out. Two, back when we finished up the Imizu

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arc, I denied you guys any monetary rewards for

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the arc. I did this because for three reasons.

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One, it made sense for the story. You've been

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trash -talked hard and your sponsors are getting

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a little hurt because of it. There's not enough

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money to go around, perhaps. And they might be

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shunned for. actually supporting you. There's

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various reasons. In the case of the Golden Bay,

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a lot of turmoil happening within that kingdom

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lately. So there's reasons. Reason number two,

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it was funny. Reason number three... Enough said.

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It was funny. I laughed. Welcome to the game

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we play. Yeah. Reason number three, and this

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is important, was because... I'd already given

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Blanche and Jules some very valuable things,

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and that are, Jules, I had your loot upgraded

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to basically a Rhythm Maker's Drum, giving you

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plus one to spell saves, attack rolls, and I

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believe you can also regenerate Bardic Inspirations

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as an action. Up to a limit, I think it should

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be one per day, maybe two. Pretty good stuff.

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Pretty good stuff. Blanche, Sword of Sharpness

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plus two is frankly insane. I don't know why.

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I must have been drunk. So, you got those things.

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It's almost like we had to kill a god to get

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it. It only cost us a PC. I did add plus two

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to my attack rolls in the character when I thought

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of that, so that's kind of like even stronger.

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Yeah, so we earned it. If only you were a door,

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you would have died so fast. You got those cool

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things. And so I did not give you as much of

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a reward, but I did not give Dresden any major

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rewards from the Ark. Crispin, who cares? He's

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dead. Bone shattered. Corpse gone. He died so

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Dresden could get a reward. He died to Dresden.

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And so, in the time, the intervening time since

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then, I want to say that at some point, Dresden,

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you received a package of the Coyote. A package

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from your sponsor, Freedom Ironworks, not of

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money. but of a magic item crafted specifically

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for you by Paloma, the current head of Freedom

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Ironworks. I gave you, because I bought a magic

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item card recently and I wanted to use them because

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they were cool. So I gave you a bunch of really

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interesting options. I want you to know this

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here. There were a bunch of options and this

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is the one you chose out of all of them. There's

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some really good ones and you chose this. Yeah.

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It fits in a lot of different ways. What did

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you get from Paloma? Dresden got the Belt of

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Dwarvenkind. While wearing this belt you gain

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the following benefits your constitution score

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increases by 2 to a maximum of 20 You have advantage

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on charisma checks made to interact with dwarves

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in In addition while attuned to the belt I love

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this. It's so good. You have a 50 % chance each

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day at dawn of growing a full beard if you're

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capable of growing one or a visibly thicker beard

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if you already have one. Oh, my God. So would

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it get thicker every day? I don't know. I think

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he's going to shave it every day. If you aren't

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a dwarf, you gain the following additional benefits

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while wearing the belt. You have an advantage

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on saving throws against poison and you have

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resistance against poison damage. You have dark

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vision, that's huge, to a range of 60 feet. And

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you can speak, read, and write dwarvish. Hell

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yeah. It fits. Hell yeah. It's very cool. And

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Paloma being a dwarf and reaching out this...

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all branch of friendship to you, even when the

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world's turned against you. It's really cool.

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I love, narratively, it was the coolest option.

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Big fan of that. I also need to know, on a scale

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of retired detective to Santa Claus, where is

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Dredson's beard at right now? I think he's clean

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shaven. Okay. I mean, well, he's got stubble.

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I don't know if that would be enough to call

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it a short beard that just gets a little fuller.

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Okay. Yeah. I think it's just stubble. Yeah.

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It's more like bad Santa. It's middle of the

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night. It's really shaved. It went to sleep and

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it started growing in already. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

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Hell yeah. All right. Also, we got to remember

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if you don't needlessly kill Dresden in these

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coming times. Needlessly. This guy. We got to

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roll every morning. Hell yeah. Also, for that

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note, take a button. Oh, hell yeah. Whoa. Take

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a button. And if it comes down to it, you might

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want to use that button on a flashback because

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for Dresden, I'm initiating flashback rules going

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into this combat. You had some time before this.

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You prepared something. You knew there could

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be an attack. We'll say flashbacks are now a

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thing. Nice. Wait, what was the button for? For

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that cool letter. Yeah. Oh. Oh, hell yeah. I

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should have said earlier, but I was busy being

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cool. I didn't give it to him early enough, so

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I'm going to give it to him late. It's the late

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button. Oh, yeah. The late Mr. Button. And with

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that, let's reset the scene. Dresden, you woke

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up early. You had an hour regimen. You woke up

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after only about 42 minutes had passed. For a

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second, you didn't understand why. You couldn't

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hear anything around. Then you realized there

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was no sound at all. A complete void of sound.

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as if magically imposed. As this fear strikes

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you, you catch moving at the corner of your eye,

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you see something moving down the steps, bouncing

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onto the bottom and releasing a pale blue smoke.

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Now, in this moment, we need to keep a few things

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in mind. One, the room is dimly lit. I will say

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you probably had some low candles, fires around,

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things that you would actually see around you.

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I think that makes sense. But you're also sleeping.

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So I imagine it's not like fully lit room you're

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in right now. There's no light from the windows

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outside. The air doesn't really keep a lot of

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light sources in his pub. Around you are the

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cherry delights. Fibro sleeps. I think he like,

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he was at a table reading a book and he was like,

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I'm turning in. I never moved him from that spot.

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I think he just like literally just collapsed

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onto the table, onto the book and started snoring.

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I'm going to bed now. Fibro is about 10 feet

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to the south of you, right beside the front door,

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sleeping on his stool, kind of in the corner

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right next to where the fireplace would be. The

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fireplace you're close to right now where you

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wake up, it's about 15 feet away from you, and

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you see above it is the crossed swords, the item

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created by Andrew to cast. Pass without trace?

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Thank you. Pass without trace on a number of

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figures around. I believe the number was seven.

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Might have to go back and check if you used that.

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But it is there. It exists. Mm -hmm. About 20

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feet to the west, against the other corner, opposite

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of Fibro. You see there's a table with a cloth

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over it. Mulligan sleeps underneath that. At

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least you believe he does. Before you could hear

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his snores. Now you hear nothing. Miskin sits

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at the top of the table, fully asleep. And to

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the north of you, about 20 feet, are... Just

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next to the bar, we see Jeans, the pangolin,

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whose name is Jamal. Jamal. Yes, there's so many

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characters. And round stuff all kind of nestled

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together, sleeping. You see the cherry lights

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all around you. They are asleep. And because

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of this silence around you, you realize you cannot

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wake them unless you move to them. But as the

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cylinder hits, it begins to spew out. This pale

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blue smoke, some kind of gas, is going to fill

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this room. I'm going to give you one free turn

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before we roll initiative to make one move here.

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What can you do? One move? One full turn. One

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full turn? Yeah. Because you rolled high enough

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to see this happen as it's happening. I'm going

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to say before we roll initiative, you get a chance

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to try to negate some badness that's going to

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happen here. Fuck. Fuck indeed. So those are

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the only ones I can see downstairs. There's others

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upstairs. The only one you do not see is Ader,

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who sleeps in his room behind the bar. Okay.

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But you saw the canister came from upstairs,

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so it means someone's up there. Okay, so Dresden

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will summon his Echo with a bonus action at the

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grenade. Ooh, okay. Okay. Okay. And then... Echo

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appears on top of this thing. In an eye blink,

00:18:02.240 --> 00:18:04.660
Dresden is reacting to this moment. The spew

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of smoke is just barely funneling out into the

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room. What does the Echo do? He takes the grenade

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and throws it back up the stairs. Okay. I like

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that move a lot. Hell yeah. You grab it, you

00:18:20.759 --> 00:18:24.900
hug it. flies up there, bounces off the wall,

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and you see a cop rolling around the corner up

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into the upstairs hallway. The smoke's still

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coming out, but I believe smoke does not settle

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quickly. Okay. So you have time now. Okay. And

00:18:35.819 --> 00:18:39.200
he's going to use his movement to go over to

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the mantle. Okay. Hell yeah. I don't have control.

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I now have control. You're out of control. I'll

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give you the echo as well. All right, you slide

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over to the middle. You reach to a touch. I don't

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think of an action to speak the word here, but

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as you're kind of moving over, preparing yourself

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to act mentally. Again, everything you're doing,

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entirely silent. Hell yeah. And with that hand

00:19:06.960 --> 00:19:08.720
above the fireplace, turning back towards the

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stairs where the echo stands at the bottom, looking

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up into the void above, into the showers of the

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second floor, let's roll for initiative. Dresden's

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a fucking seven. Okay. What, does Echo have the

00:19:25.490 --> 00:19:28.109
same dark vision? Yes. The way that Echo typically

00:19:28.109 --> 00:19:29.970
works is you'll, like, inhabit it to see through

00:19:29.970 --> 00:19:31.690
it, and it'll go in and out. It's almost like

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a shadow that you can step into and out of. It's

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pretty rad, actually. So can you see anything

00:19:36.650 --> 00:19:53.279
up the stairs? Uh... Not yet. Okay. Initiatives

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are rolled. The echo. I imagine you step into

00:19:57.960 --> 00:20:00.460
its place to see through its eyes. You're looking

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up the top of the stairs. As I take my first

00:20:04.279 --> 00:20:08.779
turn. Well, I don't want to compromise his ability

00:20:08.779 --> 00:20:13.819
to use the item. True, true, true. So I guess

00:20:13.819 --> 00:20:18.380
in that case, no. Okay. It won't matter much

00:20:18.380 --> 00:20:21.710
because they're coming fast. You hear footsteps.

00:20:22.190 --> 00:20:23.789
No, sorry, you hear nothing. You hear nothing.

00:20:23.809 --> 00:20:26.670
There's no sound. Ha ha. Almost got me there.

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I won't fall for your tricks, Jeremy. You see

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two more figures. Moving down the stairs, you

00:20:32.849 --> 00:20:40.069
see figures. Hulking forms in brass plague doctor

00:20:40.069 --> 00:20:43.309
masks and thick black leather armor wielding

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tower shields and cudgels, as well as nets forged

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with interwoven steel bands upon their backs.

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Their eyes covered by lenses seem to like stare

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down towards the echo and they go charging down

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the steps surrounding your shadow. They're going

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to make some attacks. Wait. You gave me one action

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or you gave me one turn. Yeah. Can I use action

00:21:18.470 --> 00:21:23.210
surge? Oh, shit. Can we retroactively go back?

00:21:25.309 --> 00:21:28.730
It's up to you. I'll do it for a button. I want

00:21:28.730 --> 00:21:30.970
to use action surge. Yeah, that's fair. I'll

00:21:30.970 --> 00:21:33.309
do it for a button. It's fair. Because I want

00:21:33.309 --> 00:21:36.470
to use that to activate... The mantle thing?

00:21:36.529 --> 00:21:42.509
The mantle. Hell yeah. Hell yeah. Okay. Take

00:21:42.509 --> 00:21:45.750
that button. You get a full extra action on this

00:21:45.750 --> 00:21:50.559
turn. There we go. Okay. You reach up. It's the

00:21:50.559 --> 00:21:54.180
pinky you kind of switch over as you kind of

00:21:54.180 --> 00:21:57.839
reach this thing. You know what? You know what?

00:21:58.539 --> 00:22:01.920
Keep your token. This sounds, the way it's ascribed

00:22:01.920 --> 00:22:07.570
to me. What? Keep your button. I'm sorry. It's

00:22:07.570 --> 00:22:10.829
10 o 'clock over here or something. Keep your

00:22:10.829 --> 00:22:12.809
button because the way this is described to me,

00:22:12.890 --> 00:22:14.190
you're just basically flipping a switch on a

00:22:14.190 --> 00:22:15.950
pinky in order to activate this thing. Mechanically,

00:22:15.970 --> 00:22:17.349
I want to call it just an object interaction.

00:22:17.690 --> 00:22:19.029
I don't think you need your action search. So

00:22:19.029 --> 00:22:20.490
I get to keep my action. I'm going to allow it.

00:22:20.490 --> 00:22:22.529
I'm going to allow it. I think it's cool. You

00:22:22.529 --> 00:22:25.329
threw the gas and you see the gas sort of go

00:22:25.329 --> 00:22:27.849
down the stairs and you see these figures unaffected

00:22:27.849 --> 00:22:31.670
by it. These masks they wear. These beaked Plague

00:22:31.670 --> 00:22:35.740
Doctor masks made of brass seem to... Totally

00:22:35.740 --> 00:22:37.740
make them infected by whatever gas this is. Sure.

00:22:37.740 --> 00:22:43.700
The steps going through the light blue fog that

00:22:43.700 --> 00:22:46.940
now seems to emanate down from the upstairs.

00:22:47.880 --> 00:22:50.500
You reach out. You come to this thing. You flip

00:22:50.500 --> 00:22:56.359
the pinky behind the hand. And immediately, there's

00:22:56.359 --> 00:22:58.680
this flash of... It gives me the opposite of

00:22:58.680 --> 00:23:01.539
a flash of shadow as all the shadows move into

00:23:01.539 --> 00:23:04.539
a long egg and wrap around the seven nearest

00:23:04.539 --> 00:23:10.059
creatures, which at this point are exactly Dresden,

00:23:10.200 --> 00:23:16.619
Jamal, Jeans, Roundstuff, Fibro, Mulligan, and

00:23:16.619 --> 00:23:19.579
Miskin. While they are sleeping, you see the

00:23:19.579 --> 00:23:23.680
shadows. cover them. You can barely see them

00:23:23.680 --> 00:23:25.180
and you know the same effect is on yourself.

00:23:25.700 --> 00:23:28.500
You have a plus 10 to stealth. Now they're not

00:23:28.500 --> 00:23:30.839
necessarily hidden right now, but this effect

00:23:30.839 --> 00:23:34.559
will last some time. Sure. And those that are

00:23:34.559 --> 00:23:38.400
in, you know, places that can be, you know, considered

00:23:38.400 --> 00:23:40.940
obscured or hidden will be a lot harder to see.

00:23:42.359 --> 00:23:45.779
Yeah, that's free. All right. Let me beat your

00:23:45.779 --> 00:23:52.880
guys up. Does 19 hit? The echo? No, it does not.

00:23:52.960 --> 00:23:57.279
Oh my god, echo? It shares an AC, doesn't it?

00:23:57.400 --> 00:23:59.279
Hold on, let me just double check. I think it

00:23:59.279 --> 00:24:03.539
shares AC. Oh, no, no, no. The echo's AC is 17.

00:24:04.519 --> 00:24:07.819
Okay. Yeah. Shit. It just stands up there as

00:24:07.819 --> 00:24:10.579
these things come down. One of these clubs phases

00:24:10.579 --> 00:24:14.539
through as the first one strikes. The second

00:24:14.539 --> 00:24:19.329
one. As they get one more full move action, because

00:24:19.329 --> 00:24:22.670
they did not have to attack. Seeing the echo

00:24:22.670 --> 00:24:24.869
vanish, they look through where the echo stood.

00:24:25.390 --> 00:24:28.529
And you, while you are wreathed in shadow, are

00:24:28.529 --> 00:24:31.049
still unhidden, staying in front of the fireplace.

00:24:31.390 --> 00:24:34.029
And this figure is going to begin to move up

00:24:34.029 --> 00:24:37.890
to you. But it's only going to get to where it's

00:24:37.890 --> 00:24:41.349
10 feet away. You see it's reaching around for

00:24:41.349 --> 00:24:43.910
the net on its back. There's no action left.

00:24:44.480 --> 00:24:49.559
to strike with. And that's their turn. And that's

00:24:49.559 --> 00:24:52.400
you, Dresden. Okay. He will manifest his echo

00:24:52.400 --> 00:24:58.200
behind it. Echo silently appears. Got flanking.

00:24:59.059 --> 00:25:02.900
Targetable, so plus two flank bonus. Cool. And,

00:25:02.920 --> 00:25:06.460
yeah, he is going to just go in with a war pick.

00:25:09.279 --> 00:25:14.940
Not great. Thirteen. 13 will not hit. Okay, that

00:25:14.940 --> 00:25:17.180
was the first attack. Bounces off this huge tower

00:25:17.180 --> 00:25:19.940
to a black metal tower shield. You're going to

00:25:19.940 --> 00:25:27.339
get the extra attack. 16. 16 also does not connect.

00:25:27.339 --> 00:25:29.460
Are you fucking kidding me? Big shield. This

00:25:29.460 --> 00:25:34.400
thing is made to stand and not fall. You just

00:25:34.400 --> 00:25:36.940
go in. And again, I made a sound, but you just

00:25:36.940 --> 00:25:39.559
feel yourself hitting this thing, but no sound

00:25:39.559 --> 00:25:43.119
comes off as you just... Bounce and bounce. So

00:25:43.119 --> 00:25:48.099
strange. So surreal. You are locked now in combat

00:25:48.099 --> 00:25:52.099
with these figures. But at least that's it. Right?

00:25:53.000 --> 00:25:58.819
We pan outside of the coyote. We look out upon

00:25:58.819 --> 00:26:03.500
an empty street. It's the middle of the night

00:26:03.500 --> 00:26:06.640
now. No one is about this deep down in the trade

00:26:06.640 --> 00:26:09.980
disc on the tail of the citadel. No one except

00:26:09.980 --> 00:26:13.500
for two figures perched on a rooftop across the

00:26:13.500 --> 00:26:18.200
way, which I will now make visible. We see two

00:26:18.200 --> 00:26:21.299
more brass plague mask wearing assailants that

00:26:21.299 --> 00:26:23.700
stand on top of this roof right along the edge

00:26:23.700 --> 00:26:25.940
of this. I believe we mentioned this before.

00:26:25.980 --> 00:26:27.720
It's like a fine China shop. I think he went

00:26:27.720 --> 00:26:29.740
in here once and caused some sort of chaos. I

00:26:29.740 --> 00:26:33.240
can't remember. It was a million years ago. They

00:26:33.240 --> 00:26:35.539
wear black robes, the hoods that curve up to

00:26:35.539 --> 00:26:38.240
pointed ends. Their eyes, hidden behind the glass

00:26:38.240 --> 00:26:40.039
lens of their masks, look into the front window

00:26:40.039 --> 00:26:43.579
of the coyote. And they hold sleek black staves

00:26:43.579 --> 00:26:46.839
with metal tips, although these figures are quite

00:26:46.839 --> 00:26:50.460
content to hold the spells they've already cast,

00:26:50.700 --> 00:26:55.920
watching as the assault has begun. That is their

00:26:55.920 --> 00:27:01.019
turn, but they will make no moves. And, just

00:27:01.019 --> 00:27:04.109
like that, We are back to the top of the initiative.

00:27:04.950 --> 00:27:08.210
But as we step into round two, our focus does

00:27:08.210 --> 00:27:10.630
not return to the interior of the coyote. No,

00:27:10.690 --> 00:27:14.650
it stays here upon this rooftop. Upon these mages

00:27:14.650 --> 00:27:17.609
that look down through the front windows, look

00:27:17.609 --> 00:27:20.910
down into the room. And it focuses upon what

00:27:20.910 --> 00:27:25.210
they do not see. For behind them, sailing out

00:27:25.210 --> 00:27:28.589
over the back of this china shop, across the

00:27:28.589 --> 00:27:33.440
roof. Another figure enters the combat. One who

00:27:33.440 --> 00:27:38.960
saw this coming from a mile away. Steven Rodriguez,

00:27:39.319 --> 00:27:43.940
will you please re -describe for us Salome Sightweaver

00:27:43.940 --> 00:27:49.720
and how she comes to enter the fray here. Salome

00:27:49.720 --> 00:27:56.200
is a Pari angel. So she has her big red wings,

00:27:56.539 --> 00:28:01.319
her blue skin, and part of her, Luminary costume

00:28:01.319 --> 00:28:06.279
is her gold makeup on her face. As she flies,

00:28:06.400 --> 00:28:10.900
she carries her sensor. It's like a flail in

00:28:10.900 --> 00:28:15.059
one hand and her shield in the other. And as

00:28:15.059 --> 00:28:21.039
she approaches, she's casting a spell. Okay.

00:28:22.160 --> 00:28:25.640
Okay. We're going to go right into your turn

00:28:25.640 --> 00:28:28.390
here. Cool. I'll give you top of the rack. We

00:28:28.390 --> 00:28:30.309
just see like, I love this too. I think your

00:28:30.309 --> 00:28:32.769
eyes are like essentially just radiant forms,

00:28:32.910 --> 00:28:35.230
like orange radiance. And so we just see like

00:28:35.230 --> 00:28:39.210
two orbs of radiant light sliding over in the

00:28:39.210 --> 00:28:42.470
sort of dimly lit blue of the actual like auroral

00:28:42.470 --> 00:28:46.509
diamond, which your skin probably fades so perfectly

00:28:46.509 --> 00:28:54.269
into. It's so cool. And let's see. I don't expect

00:28:54.269 --> 00:28:57.779
it to matter, but... I want to be perfectly clear.

00:28:58.440 --> 00:29:02.660
What's the weather like outside, David? Oh, that's

00:29:02.660 --> 00:29:05.519
a weird question here. There is no weather per

00:29:05.519 --> 00:29:08.819
se in the Radiant Citadel. Though there is one

00:29:08.819 --> 00:29:10.900
unique feature of the Citadel when it comes to

00:29:10.900 --> 00:29:12.579
weather. Constant keening gloom? There is the

00:29:12.579 --> 00:29:15.680
keening gloom. Down far below, there is constant

00:29:15.680 --> 00:29:19.799
rolling thunder. I mean, there's a storm brewing

00:29:19.799 --> 00:29:23.150
beneath the Citadel. What do you want? I mean,

00:29:23.150 --> 00:29:25.410
if you're outdoors in a storm, when you cast

00:29:25.410 --> 00:29:28.509
this spell, that spell gives you control over

00:29:28.509 --> 00:29:32.109
that storm. This is a fucking Steven thing to

00:29:32.109 --> 00:29:35.690
do. Hey, man, you used the term storm. What if

00:29:35.690 --> 00:29:37.750
I just got to control the cleaning, the cleaning,

00:29:37.789 --> 00:29:43.069
the fucking what? God! What if I just got to

00:29:43.069 --> 00:29:45.849
control the cleaning? That's what you sound like.

00:29:45.869 --> 00:29:49.210
Hey, man, I'm just reading the words of the spell.

00:29:49.390 --> 00:29:51.720
What does the spell do? This is some weird magical

00:29:51.720 --> 00:29:54.680
bullshit. The spell is call lightning. Okay.

00:29:55.720 --> 00:30:01.920
I'm open to your interpretation. There's a storm

00:30:01.920 --> 00:30:09.440
nearby. It is far beneath the sandal, but we

00:30:09.440 --> 00:30:12.680
are on the tail end of the fossil. One of the

00:30:12.680 --> 00:30:16.279
places where this actually might work. You know

00:30:16.279 --> 00:30:18.329
what that makes me think? You want to roll a

00:30:18.329 --> 00:30:19.970
die about it? I think we should roll a die about

00:30:19.970 --> 00:30:24.910
it. Give me that D100. Oh, D100. Yeah. We're

00:30:24.910 --> 00:30:27.390
calling this a 50 % chance. Someone else tell

00:30:27.390 --> 00:30:29.730
me what that means number wise because I am bad

00:30:29.730 --> 00:30:33.529
at that. 51 or higher? 51 or higher. 51 or higher.

00:30:33.549 --> 00:30:36.029
51 or higher. And you get the thing you want.

00:30:36.130 --> 00:30:39.289
Then I get the extra D10. That sucks. Wait, can

00:30:39.289 --> 00:30:41.349
I take this back? Wait, wait, wait. I didn't

00:30:41.349 --> 00:30:42.730
know you finished. Do you want an advantage?

00:30:43.390 --> 00:30:45.329
I don't think advantage works on a D1. I think

00:30:45.329 --> 00:30:47.130
it's just D20 rolls. Yeah, we'll call it that.

00:30:49.849 --> 00:30:53.490
13. 13. Thank goodness. It's too far away. It's

00:30:53.490 --> 00:30:56.230
too magical. It's a soul storm. That's all right.

00:30:56.289 --> 00:30:59.049
I think I can still pull some. Hold on. What?

00:30:59.250 --> 00:31:03.309
We didn't roll Salome's HP yet. Oh, my God. Hold

00:31:03.309 --> 00:31:06.170
the phone. Salome slides in. Lightning crackles.

00:31:06.569 --> 00:31:09.349
Freeze frame. She's like, wait a minute. What

00:31:09.349 --> 00:31:15.869
are my stats again? We slide back to... Let's

00:31:15.869 --> 00:31:20.950
roll some HP. Some hippity poo. Hippity poo.

00:31:26.410 --> 00:31:28.950
Ready for this? No, not yet. Hold on, I gotta

00:31:28.950 --> 00:31:32.650
remember how to... Gird your loins. Zip your

00:31:32.650 --> 00:31:37.009
pants. Let's hit your grandma's HP. Hit point

00:31:37.009 --> 00:31:39.750
manual. I'm going to slam this entire drink so

00:31:39.750 --> 00:31:41.170
I'm drunk for the entire rest of this comment.

00:31:41.289 --> 00:31:48.089
Oh my god. Rolled HP. Why did I do that? Alright.

00:31:48.369 --> 00:31:52.769
I got a D8. You got a D8? Should have had a V8.

00:31:53.089 --> 00:31:57.710
Oh my god. Three. Three, actually. Really? Damn

00:31:57.710 --> 00:32:01.200
it. Are we doing it seven times? Yeah, I mean,

00:32:01.259 --> 00:32:03.099
we're seventh level, right? All right, let's

00:32:03.099 --> 00:32:12.779
do it. It's three. Five. Seven. Yay. Two. One.

00:32:12.980 --> 00:32:20.839
No! Is this good radio? Four. One. Eat shit.

00:32:21.039 --> 00:32:23.000
Hold on, hold on. I gotta keep track of how many.

00:32:23.119 --> 00:32:26.000
Was that number four? I think so. Yeah, it was

00:32:26.000 --> 00:32:36.269
four. Six. Seven. Oh, nice. One. One. No! Oh,

00:32:36.289 --> 00:32:40.849
no. Despite all odds. Oh, no. The last one? Dude,

00:32:41.130 --> 00:32:45.470
this is... Something is wrong here. Three. Seven.

00:32:46.849 --> 00:32:48.930
Modifier's probably not added yet, though. Uh,

00:32:48.930 --> 00:32:52.650
no. Yeah. So that's 31. Oh, wait. First level

00:32:52.650 --> 00:32:55.289
you don't roll for. First level, I believe...

00:32:55.289 --> 00:32:58.359
No, wait. I have no idea. We'll figure it out

00:32:58.359 --> 00:33:04.779
later. Just put it in there. Okay. Yeah. So with

00:33:04.779 --> 00:33:07.740
my lowered HP, because I think the first roll

00:33:07.740 --> 00:33:11.359
was like a three or four, we got 45 HP. That

00:33:11.359 --> 00:33:14.859
ain't bad. It's not good. Cleric. All right.

00:33:15.019 --> 00:33:16.420
Let's see what happens. What's your con modifier

00:33:16.420 --> 00:33:19.039
over there? Plus two. Well, yeah, that's what

00:33:19.039 --> 00:33:23.200
you get. Yeah. Let's dump con. No, I just got

00:33:23.200 --> 00:33:25.980
bad stats. Dude, that was my second best stat.

00:33:26.400 --> 00:33:28.880
Wait, really? Yeah. What a shit character. Oh,

00:33:28.880 --> 00:33:31.839
no. We did ruin a whole new Zebulon over here.

00:33:32.099 --> 00:33:35.299
God damn it. Salome stumbles across the rooftop,

00:33:35.500 --> 00:33:40.019
falls and... No, hold on. I'm going to do damage

00:33:40.019 --> 00:33:43.059
and shit. All right, do damage. So I'd like to

00:33:43.059 --> 00:33:45.640
say that Salome is definitely not up close to

00:33:45.640 --> 00:33:49.259
these guys. I also can't control Salome. Hang

00:33:49.259 --> 00:33:51.460
on, let me figure that. Well, I'm just going

00:33:51.460 --> 00:33:53.920
to tell you, I want to be 60 feet behind them.

00:33:54.160 --> 00:33:55.660
You can be wherever you want to be. Wait, what?

00:33:55.799 --> 00:33:58.559
Oh, no, that's... Okay, well, just put yourself

00:33:58.559 --> 00:33:59.799
at the end of the map and we'll figure it out

00:33:59.799 --> 00:34:01.559
because my map doesn't go that far. Okay, that's

00:34:01.559 --> 00:34:03.980
fine. I'm going to screw even more. I want to

00:34:03.980 --> 00:34:07.319
be like, no, 60 is fine. Can't fly? You can fly.

00:34:07.759 --> 00:34:09.519
I thought you said can't. I was like, I thought

00:34:09.519 --> 00:34:11.119
I could. You can go wherever you want. So the

00:34:11.119 --> 00:34:14.360
wording of the spell says that you create a storm

00:34:14.360 --> 00:34:17.519
cloud that you can see in a point you can see

00:34:17.519 --> 00:34:20.570
above yourself. Oh, neat. So I have to be behind

00:34:20.570 --> 00:34:22.230
them and underneath them. So again, this place

00:34:22.230 --> 00:34:24.710
that never sees storms, that is absolutely terrified

00:34:24.710 --> 00:34:27.889
of the thunderstorm that's below, is now witnessing

00:34:27.889 --> 00:34:31.329
its first ever thunderstorm above. And so we're

00:34:31.329 --> 00:34:32.590
probably going to see a lot of panic in the streets

00:34:32.590 --> 00:34:35.750
very soon here. Yeah, super cool. Lightning cracks.

00:34:36.190 --> 00:34:39.550
You, Salome, can hear everything going on. Oh,

00:34:39.570 --> 00:34:44.610
okay. That's good. So there is a storm cloud,

00:34:44.849 --> 00:34:48.250
60 -foot radius above them. And I'm going to

00:34:48.250 --> 00:34:53.210
pick the guy on the right to make a dexterity

00:34:53.210 --> 00:34:56.030
saving throw. Ooh, that's a good choice, maybe.

00:34:57.550 --> 00:35:00.250
Let's say they're each holding a spell. You only

00:35:00.250 --> 00:35:02.829
know what one of those spells could be. Pretty

00:35:02.829 --> 00:35:06.809
good roll on my side. That is going to be a 19.

00:35:07.309 --> 00:35:11.989
Okay, that is a pass. So you will only take half

00:35:11.989 --> 00:35:16.199
of my... 3D10 lightning damage. What the fuck?

00:35:16.639 --> 00:35:21.139
3D10? Holy shit. And you want more D10s? Why

00:35:21.139 --> 00:35:24.760
do you let you roll that die? It's a guy. Hold

00:35:24.760 --> 00:35:28.780
on. Do I want to do the thing? Or should I save

00:35:28.780 --> 00:35:32.019
the thing? Stop it. Do the thing. Well, let me

00:35:32.019 --> 00:35:33.639
double check how many times a day I can do the

00:35:33.639 --> 00:35:36.099
thing. I can do the thing three times a day.

00:35:37.460 --> 00:35:41.639
So I'm... Screw it. I'm going to do the thing.

00:35:41.920 --> 00:35:45.280
Do the thing. What thing? I don't know. I'm just

00:35:45.280 --> 00:35:47.139
saying do the thing. I'm waiting for it, too.

00:35:47.260 --> 00:35:50.199
Oh, my gosh. It's called Thunderbolt Strike.

00:35:52.420 --> 00:35:56.719
Nope, that's the wrong one. What? Where did it

00:35:56.719 --> 00:36:01.199
go? Ah, yes. It's part of my channel divinity.

00:36:01.280 --> 00:36:04.059
It's called Destructive Wrath. When you roll

00:36:04.059 --> 00:36:06.099
lightning or thunder damage, you can use your

00:36:06.099 --> 00:36:08.199
channel divinity to deal maximum damage instead

00:36:08.199 --> 00:36:11.860
of rolling. What? Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait,

00:36:11.860 --> 00:36:14.519
wait, wait, wait. Holy shit. What? Yeah, so I'm

00:36:14.519 --> 00:36:16.980
just going to do 15 points of damage on this

00:36:16.980 --> 00:36:22.179
guy. That's zany. Yeah, it's pretty zany, right?

00:36:22.599 --> 00:36:25.760
Holy shit, that's cool. So here's what happens.

00:36:25.860 --> 00:36:28.199
You come sailing in from behind. We see your

00:36:28.199 --> 00:36:31.780
red wings outstretched. You stop in place. Hands

00:36:31.780 --> 00:36:34.400
go out. I imagine we just see like the swirling.

00:36:34.400 --> 00:36:37.480
Another smaller Keening Gloom appears spiraling

00:36:37.480 --> 00:36:40.500
above this rooftop, 60 feet above. We hear a

00:36:40.500 --> 00:36:43.179
peal of thunder and we see these two sort of

00:36:43.179 --> 00:36:46.630
like bird beak mass sort of look up. just in

00:36:46.630 --> 00:36:50.369
time for one of them to get absolutely blasted

00:36:50.369 --> 00:36:53.429
by a bolt of light that shines out onto the rooftop.

00:36:54.210 --> 00:36:57.289
You just hear like a scream as this figure kind

00:36:57.289 --> 00:37:00.230
of lurches back. I need to roll a concentration

00:37:00.230 --> 00:37:05.650
check. which I failed. Oh my goodness. Oh my

00:37:05.650 --> 00:37:08.429
goodness. Inside the building, Dresden, as you

00:37:08.429 --> 00:37:11.550
take a step back from that first hit, you hear

00:37:11.550 --> 00:37:16.469
your footstep as silence is dropped on you. That's

00:37:16.469 --> 00:37:17.889
amazing. That's incredible. What's the other

00:37:17.889 --> 00:37:20.369
spell then? That's incredible. Oh, you don't

00:37:20.369 --> 00:37:21.789
know the other spell yet. Oh my God. No, I don't

00:37:21.789 --> 00:37:25.349
know the other spell yet. Holy shit. Oh, and

00:37:25.349 --> 00:37:28.710
you have done some damage to my Riot Mage, which

00:37:28.710 --> 00:37:31.510
I have a stat block I made. Is that block you

00:37:31.510 --> 00:37:33.909
made? Oh, then you know it's unfair. I'm doing

00:37:33.909 --> 00:37:35.030
a really fun thing with this fight. I do one

00:37:35.030 --> 00:37:37.610
of the usual, like, David does a modern day thing,

00:37:37.630 --> 00:37:40.889
but fancy style. Oh, so it's the... It's a SWAT

00:37:40.889 --> 00:37:44.250
team. Yeah. Fancy SWAT team. Let's have fun with

00:37:44.250 --> 00:37:48.570
this. Hell yeah, Salamay. Your turn. That's the

00:37:48.570 --> 00:37:51.550
end of Salamay's turn. Okay, two mages now turn.

00:37:51.670 --> 00:37:53.250
They're frantically looking around, and they

00:37:53.250 --> 00:37:58.449
turn their beaks towards you. Stabs, rays. You

00:37:58.449 --> 00:38:01.849
are locked in combat. She has her sensor and

00:38:01.849 --> 00:38:04.190
her shield slightly held out, like presenting

00:38:04.190 --> 00:38:07.429
herself with her wings spread behind her. But

00:38:07.429 --> 00:38:11.250
what, pray tell, has brought Salome to this battlefield?

00:38:11.389 --> 00:38:15.389
We'll find out, perhaps, if she doesn't die.

00:38:18.110 --> 00:38:22.269
Speaking of death, top of the round now. And

00:38:22.269 --> 00:38:25.929
that's me, Dresden. You can hear again, and so

00:38:25.929 --> 00:38:31.679
you hear it. When the door to Ader's room opens.

00:38:32.619 --> 00:38:37.719
That familiar creak you always hear. There's

00:38:37.719 --> 00:38:42.280
one more figure wearing a brass plague mask steps

00:38:42.280 --> 00:38:47.559
out. Steps out of Ader's room? Yep. Are you fucking

00:38:47.559 --> 00:38:50.940
kidding me? You see, as the figure steps out,

00:38:50.980 --> 00:38:54.260
there is a dagger in their hand. Are you serious?

00:38:54.659 --> 00:38:57.889
Are you serious? Coated in blood. that they stow

00:38:57.889 --> 00:39:01.989
upon their belt. I don't know. He's Aedir's what's

00:39:01.989 --> 00:39:06.250
-his -name's friend. And as his figure steps

00:39:06.250 --> 00:39:11.630
out, they draw two sabers very similar to the

00:39:11.630 --> 00:39:14.670
ones that hang above the fireplace, the style

00:39:14.670 --> 00:39:20.110
once wielded by Zebulon. Oh, yeah. I think you

00:39:20.110 --> 00:39:22.269
know exactly what's happening now, don't you?

00:39:23.579 --> 00:39:27.659
It's the police chief head guy. Oh, my God. The

00:39:27.659 --> 00:39:30.840
guy who comes in. It's fucking Ariat. Ariat.

00:39:30.840 --> 00:39:33.719
It's fucking Ariat. Yes. You son of a bitch.

00:39:33.739 --> 00:39:37.800
Or it's like a setup or something. Take a button.

00:39:37.940 --> 00:39:44.179
I can't. I have three. I'll take it. Nah. Actually,

00:39:44.400 --> 00:39:45.420
you don't get a button. You forgot the name anyway.

00:39:45.679 --> 00:39:49.099
You son of a bitch. Oh, I'm throwing a boss at

00:39:49.099 --> 00:39:51.289
you. Think I wasn't going to do that for a filler

00:39:51.289 --> 00:39:53.610
battle in the middle of another arc? No, nobody

00:39:53.610 --> 00:39:55.789
thought that. Yeah, I'm crazy. I'm insane. I'm

00:39:55.789 --> 00:39:57.789
foaming at the mouth. I'm drunk a little bit.

00:39:57.849 --> 00:40:01.889
You can't stop me. I'm crazy. Oh, my God. You

00:40:01.889 --> 00:40:04.090
also see, as these swords are drawn, there are

00:40:04.090 --> 00:40:07.309
three sheaths on each hip, the only two swords.

00:40:07.369 --> 00:40:11.949
Very interesting detail. Oh, well, looks like

00:40:11.949 --> 00:40:13.690
we need to dash the bonus action to reach you

00:40:13.690 --> 00:40:16.190
this turn. This figure steps out, looks over,

00:40:16.269 --> 00:40:20.170
sees you locked about, Dresden. crouches down

00:40:20.170 --> 00:40:24.929
and bounds forth, leaping over the bar in incredible

00:40:24.929 --> 00:40:30.909
speed. Oh, we're going to have so much fun here.

00:40:32.630 --> 00:40:35.590
Don't be shocked yet. Here's the thing. I'll

00:40:35.590 --> 00:40:36.809
make three attacks on you. That's the thing.

00:40:36.969 --> 00:40:39.849
So now the Cherry Delights can hear attacks being

00:40:39.849 --> 00:40:41.909
made, right? The Cherry Delights, actually, I

00:40:41.909 --> 00:40:42.929
think at this point, as the figure comes in,

00:40:42.969 --> 00:40:45.489
sliding down, you see figures being able to snap

00:40:45.489 --> 00:40:48.900
awake. and just look on in terror. I think Ron's

00:40:48.900 --> 00:40:50.719
about to speak, and Jean just fully grabs her

00:40:50.719 --> 00:40:52.880
and pulls her down to keep her quiet because

00:40:52.880 --> 00:40:54.380
they are covered in shadow, and she tries to

00:40:54.380 --> 00:40:56.800
move deeper behind the bar, trying to hide them.

00:40:56.860 --> 00:40:59.699
On that note, I think Dresden has probably had

00:40:59.699 --> 00:41:02.300
group conversations with all of them where if

00:41:02.300 --> 00:41:04.719
something like this were to happen, they stay

00:41:04.719 --> 00:41:07.539
quiet and hide. Hell yeah. There's like a safe

00:41:07.539 --> 00:41:09.539
word that means like, get the fuck out of here.

00:41:10.019 --> 00:41:12.739
Yeah, you can see like... As they become aware,

00:41:12.900 --> 00:41:15.659
they're starting to move into hiding spots behind

00:41:15.659 --> 00:41:19.039
tables, just wherever they can find in the shadow

00:41:19.039 --> 00:41:21.900
of the bar. This figure is going to attack you.

00:41:22.440 --> 00:41:25.079
God. A figure that I will say, Dresden, even

00:41:25.079 --> 00:41:28.500
you might recognize this quick form. You recognize

00:41:28.500 --> 00:41:31.920
these blades you see on the hip of the captain

00:41:31.920 --> 00:41:35.219
commander of the shield bearers. And these brass

00:41:35.219 --> 00:41:39.500
masks take on a whole new meaning. There you

00:41:39.500 --> 00:41:43.559
go. Thank you. Also, side note, I forgot to level

00:41:43.559 --> 00:41:48.039
up Dresden, so I just did. Get out. Oh, we're

00:41:48.039 --> 00:41:50.739
so screwed. Just levels up. Dresden's just like,

00:41:50.840 --> 00:41:53.800
seriously, level seven now. Yeah, he doesn't

00:41:53.800 --> 00:41:58.039
really get anything except more HP. Hey, that

00:41:58.039 --> 00:41:59.739
doesn't hurt. No, it doesn't. You're going to

00:41:59.739 --> 00:42:03.980
need it. Attack number one. That's only going

00:42:03.980 --> 00:42:10.800
to be a 16 to hit. Nope. 17 to hit. Nope. There's

00:42:10.800 --> 00:42:14.860
a good one. 26 to hit. Fuck, yeah, that hits.

00:42:15.139 --> 00:42:25.199
Oh, man. As a sword strikes true, 10 points of

00:42:25.199 --> 00:42:28.059
damage from the blade itself. Holy shit. But

00:42:28.059 --> 00:42:34.599
then you feel the poison. No. Now, I really didn't

00:42:34.599 --> 00:42:38.710
want to give you... That Dwarven kind belt. That's

00:42:38.710 --> 00:42:41.309
the first thing I thought of. This is a very

00:42:41.309 --> 00:42:44.829
Poison focused fight. That's why I gave it to

00:42:44.829 --> 00:42:46.110
a bunch of things. I was like, he's not going

00:42:46.110 --> 00:42:49.150
to choose that. It's fine. He was talking about

00:42:49.150 --> 00:42:51.510
that earlier and he read the Poison thing and

00:42:51.510 --> 00:42:53.789
he was like, that's way too OP. I'm like, dude,

00:42:53.929 --> 00:42:56.090
I can count on one hand the number of times I've

00:42:56.090 --> 00:42:58.250
ever played with you and Poison has been in play.

00:42:58.969 --> 00:43:03.530
Poison is such a big deal. I love this so much.

00:43:03.550 --> 00:43:06.010
Now, the Resistance. won't matter for this part

00:43:06.010 --> 00:43:09.110
of the show of this, but because are the, uh,

00:43:09.170 --> 00:43:11.849
the, the advantage on roles, but the resistance

00:43:11.849 --> 00:43:14.250
matters a lot because it uses flat damage to

00:43:14.250 --> 00:43:17.210
do as poison from these attacks, but it's halved

00:43:17.210 --> 00:43:20.849
automatically undressed, which is huge. I think

00:43:20.849 --> 00:43:22.389
you still, I think you still might die anyways.

00:43:22.570 --> 00:43:35.960
I might, I might. Because it's halved. That was

00:43:35.960 --> 00:43:39.360
5d6. Jesus, fuck. Because it's halved, that's

00:43:39.360 --> 00:43:44.760
only 16 points. Only. Oh, no. You're dead. You're

00:43:44.760 --> 00:43:46.599
dead. That's all. I can't help you. That's all

00:43:46.599 --> 00:43:50.800
I got. Fuck. That's all I've got. Oh, wait. There's

00:43:50.800 --> 00:43:54.440
one more thing. Which do I want to use? I get

00:43:54.440 --> 00:43:57.579
to apply one of the three. Which sheath was my

00:43:57.579 --> 00:44:00.599
sword plugged into? Oh, so each sheath has, like,

00:44:00.599 --> 00:44:05.860
poison in it? Hey, shut up. Jesus Christ. You

00:44:05.860 --> 00:44:09.480
are in the poison condition for one round. Oh,

00:44:09.480 --> 00:44:13.800
yes. And remind me, is that disadvantage? Disadvantage

00:44:13.800 --> 00:44:17.940
on attacks. You're going to die. This is not

00:44:17.940 --> 00:44:20.139
even fair. I mean, like, unless these guys...

00:44:20.139 --> 00:44:21.840
This is not even fair. Unless these guys across

00:44:21.840 --> 00:44:25.019
the street have, like, less than 30 HP. Yeah,

00:44:25.059 --> 00:44:28.500
this is silly. You got this. Come on, you got

00:44:28.500 --> 00:44:31.659
this. This is silly. You're fine. You're fine,

00:44:31.780 --> 00:44:34.789
Ken. The guardian angel of the cherry delights

00:44:34.789 --> 00:44:38.329
holds strong against this foe. Dresden, you know

00:44:38.329 --> 00:44:40.190
who it is that strikes at you as a sword strikes

00:44:40.190 --> 00:44:45.269
true. Movements so fast. Movements made by a

00:44:45.269 --> 00:44:49.869
trained warrior. You know Ariat is the one that

00:44:49.869 --> 00:44:53.269
stands before you now. A foe you knew you had

00:44:53.269 --> 00:44:55.210
to come across eventually, but probably did not

00:44:55.210 --> 00:45:00.940
expect to come across on this night. Okay. I'm

00:45:00.940 --> 00:45:03.059
not done yet. Oh, God. Of course you're not.

00:45:03.159 --> 00:45:08.639
Of course you're not. Because now, as you stand

00:45:08.639 --> 00:45:12.059
there, Dresden, your Echo is behind one of these

00:45:12.059 --> 00:45:15.599
other warriors, these sort of hulking figures

00:45:15.599 --> 00:45:18.260
with their shields and their nets. One of them

00:45:18.260 --> 00:45:19.940
is going to come up and try to strike at the

00:45:19.940 --> 00:45:22.500
Echo. Full kind of blow to the back of the Echo's

00:45:22.500 --> 00:45:24.000
head. I'm going to try to attack. Let's see what

00:45:24.000 --> 00:45:31.829
happens. 16. And a 19. Nope. I thought Echo had

00:45:31.829 --> 00:45:35.150
17. Oh, you went in the Echo, sorry. So the first

00:45:35.150 --> 00:45:37.489
one misses the Echo, second one does poof the

00:45:37.489 --> 00:45:39.630
Echo. That's that guy's whole turn. The second

00:45:39.630 --> 00:45:47.929
guy tries to throw his net on you. That's 8 to

00:45:47.929 --> 00:45:52.469
hit. Oh, Jesus Christ. I thought it was an apologetic.

00:45:52.670 --> 00:45:54.949
No, no, it was not. I was apologetic to myself.

00:45:55.130 --> 00:45:58.039
I was really sad. 12 to hit. So you see this

00:45:58.039 --> 00:46:01.260
sort of steel mesh net comes flying towards you.

00:46:01.400 --> 00:46:03.500
You easily do a sidestep, pull it out of the

00:46:03.500 --> 00:46:05.280
way. Guy tries one more time, throwing it over

00:46:05.280 --> 00:46:08.320
you. You don't fall into the net. You step back.

00:46:08.340 --> 00:46:14.039
This figure is now going to move up beside Ariat.

00:46:14.039 --> 00:46:16.599
Jesus fucking Christ. One hulking figure and

00:46:16.599 --> 00:46:21.840
one slim assassin before you. And it's your turn,

00:46:21.860 --> 00:46:26.440
Dresden. Kill them all, Big D. All right. God

00:46:26.440 --> 00:46:31.460
damn it. Okay. A Dresden will use a charge of

00:46:31.460 --> 00:46:35.579
the Ring of Obscuring. Oh, shit. Oh, first time.

00:46:35.599 --> 00:46:37.360
You forgot I had that. First time on the Ring

00:46:37.360 --> 00:46:39.579
of Obscuring. Oh, my God. Yeah. What's the thing

00:46:39.579 --> 00:46:44.039
do again? It has three charges and regains 1d3

00:46:44.039 --> 00:46:46.500
expended charges daily at dawn. As an action

00:46:46.500 --> 00:46:48.199
while wearing the ring, you can expend one of

00:46:48.199 --> 00:46:51.480
his charges to cast the Fog Cloud spell from

00:46:51.480 --> 00:46:54.980
it. Oh, cool. Okay. With the following changes,

00:46:55.239 --> 00:46:57.639
the cloud is centered on you when it first appears,

00:46:57.780 --> 00:47:00.639
and the spell lasts for one minute, no concentration

00:47:00.639 --> 00:47:05.860
required. Huh. Holy shit. So we see, like, the

00:47:05.860 --> 00:47:08.900
fog seeping down the stairs, that pale blue smoke

00:47:08.900 --> 00:47:13.559
is suddenly met by this explosion of what's a

00:47:13.559 --> 00:47:16.219
gray, normal, typical fog? Yeah, I think so.

00:47:16.960 --> 00:47:19.739
Fills the entirety of this room, I imagine. How

00:47:19.739 --> 00:47:22.630
big is this fog? It's a 20 -foot radius. 20 -foot

00:47:22.630 --> 00:47:26.789
radius. So 40 feet in diameter on Dresden. The

00:47:26.789 --> 00:47:28.369
sphere spreads around the corners and its area

00:47:28.369 --> 00:47:30.530
is heavily obscured. It lasts for the duration.

00:47:30.670 --> 00:47:35.090
Well, yeah, that's a change. Hey, so was the

00:47:35.090 --> 00:47:38.650
first thing that Dresden heard the crack of thunder?

00:47:39.250 --> 00:47:41.449
It would have been right after because you shot

00:47:41.449 --> 00:47:42.769
the thunder and then it dropped concentration.

00:47:43.110 --> 00:47:45.570
Well, I shot lightning and thunder follows lightning.

00:47:46.510 --> 00:47:49.309
Fucking guy. Yeah, I was wondering if it was

00:47:49.309 --> 00:47:55.730
thunder. It's so cool. I'm going to Bill Nye

00:47:55.730 --> 00:47:58.130
me in my own house. It's Jeremy's house. I don't

00:47:58.130 --> 00:48:02.690
care. Well, even still, there's still a storm

00:48:02.690 --> 00:48:05.530
outside. That's very cool. Yeah. You hear thunder

00:48:05.530 --> 00:48:07.829
outside and you probably wonder like, I mean,

00:48:07.829 --> 00:48:09.369
there's probably a thought in your mind resident

00:48:09.369 --> 00:48:11.710
of something is happening beyond this fight.

00:48:11.829 --> 00:48:13.929
Yeah. Right. You hear sounds outside. You heard

00:48:13.929 --> 00:48:17.010
a scream as the first thing you heard upon that

00:48:17.010 --> 00:48:20.519
step was a bit of thunder and. from somewhere

00:48:20.519 --> 00:48:23.739
outside across the street. Where somebody is

00:48:23.739 --> 00:48:27.659
having a much easier fight. We'll see about that.

00:48:28.079 --> 00:48:30.940
All right, where's the door to the coyote? Right

00:48:30.940 --> 00:48:34.139
there? Yep. Perfect. So the door is currently

00:48:34.139 --> 00:48:37.880
set between two windows, about 20 feet to the

00:48:37.880 --> 00:48:41.219
southwest of you. Perfect. Okay, so Dresden is

00:48:41.219 --> 00:48:42.699
going to then use a bonus action to manifest

00:48:42.699 --> 00:48:51.869
his echo behind... Ariat? Ariat! Okay. Echo appears

00:48:51.869 --> 00:48:53.809
behind Aria. Yeah, he's going to use his action

00:48:53.809 --> 00:48:58.309
surge to make an attack. Okay. And now did we

00:48:58.309 --> 00:49:00.369
decide that use it? I forgot. It's been a while

00:49:00.369 --> 00:49:02.449
since we've used this. Because I get the extra

00:49:02.449 --> 00:49:06.250
attack. Is that included with action surge? The

00:49:06.250 --> 00:49:10.150
dual attack. Yes, it is. Cool. Cool. So he's

00:49:10.150 --> 00:49:12.650
going to do that with flanking and anything else

00:49:12.650 --> 00:49:15.489
because of the fog? Do you get the same disadvantage

00:49:15.489 --> 00:49:19.780
for... Yeah, I was wondering. Yeah. Because it's

00:49:19.780 --> 00:49:23.599
fog and flanking. Yes, you are obscured. Okay.

00:49:23.699 --> 00:49:25.420
Now you're poisoned, so you have disadvantage,

00:49:25.659 --> 00:49:28.300
but no minus two because you have flanking, which

00:49:28.300 --> 00:49:30.079
would counteract the fog's minus two. So you

00:49:30.079 --> 00:49:32.000
appear behind him. You can attack, disadvantage,

00:49:32.239 --> 00:49:33.820
no minus two because you have two mitigating

00:49:33.820 --> 00:49:36.539
things. You have a bonus to undo your minus,

00:49:36.699 --> 00:49:38.920
essentially, from flanking. Okay, so it's just

00:49:38.920 --> 00:49:40.059
straight disadvantage. Straight disadvantage.

00:49:40.519 --> 00:49:43.239
Okay. And you're doing Axe of Surge, so how much

00:49:43.239 --> 00:49:47.159
attack does that? Oh, because the ring was one.

00:49:47.280 --> 00:49:49.559
Right. Yeah. Okay, cool. So this is just, yeah.

00:49:49.659 --> 00:49:52.860
So it's two attacks. You see that figure before

00:49:52.860 --> 00:49:54.539
you? It stiffens just a little bit. To negate

00:49:54.539 --> 00:49:58.739
disadvantage. Oh, shit. Okay. So is that for

00:49:58.739 --> 00:49:59.639
the whole attack action? Yeah, is that for the

00:49:59.639 --> 00:50:02.059
whole attack? Or is that just for one of the

00:50:02.059 --> 00:50:04.840
two attacks? That is for one of the attacks.

00:50:05.059 --> 00:50:10.760
Damn. 1d20 roll. Damn. Yeah, that was pretty

00:50:10.760 --> 00:50:16.510
shitty. It's going to be 14. 14. Does not hit.

00:50:16.630 --> 00:50:20.449
No, it doesn't. And for fun flavor, because I

00:50:20.449 --> 00:50:23.409
can, I'm going to use a reaction. Oh, no. Oh,

00:50:23.409 --> 00:50:27.110
God. To swap. You see a very familiar move happens

00:50:27.110 --> 00:50:31.769
as the shield bearer then pulls Art to the side

00:50:31.769 --> 00:50:34.650
and slides in place to take the attack. Very

00:50:34.650 --> 00:50:37.409
similar to the move Jean Franklin, your old ally,

00:50:37.730 --> 00:50:40.929
used to make. Okay. Yeah, I want you to see all

00:50:40.929 --> 00:50:43.590
my tools before I use them all and kill you.

00:50:44.400 --> 00:50:46.199
Are we close enough that Dresden realized that's

00:50:46.199 --> 00:50:48.159
just what happened and he can go for Jessen?

00:50:48.639 --> 00:50:51.920
Jessen? Jessen. Dude, no, seriously, no. In this

00:50:51.920 --> 00:50:54.980
moment, you see Arya and, like, he's endangering

00:50:54.980 --> 00:50:56.519
your family. He's coming to kill your family.

00:50:56.579 --> 00:50:59.079
And you see fucking Jessen, like, you see your

00:50:59.079 --> 00:51:02.710
brother sneering at you. through the cloud. That's

00:51:02.710 --> 00:51:04.469
no, seriously, that's cool. That's cool storytelling.

00:51:04.469 --> 00:51:05.789
Probably because we haven't seen it in 50 episodes.

00:51:05.909 --> 00:51:08.590
That's really cool storytelling. Like, someone

00:51:08.590 --> 00:51:11.309
you hate with all your heart, Dresden, and you

00:51:11.309 --> 00:51:13.349
see this figure superimposed for Arya for just

00:51:13.349 --> 00:51:15.030
a moment. Did you go with that second strike?

00:51:15.389 --> 00:51:18.590
Well, I would probably take the strike on the

00:51:18.590 --> 00:51:22.309
ad, too. I'm not done yet. I'm not done yet.

00:51:22.369 --> 00:51:24.769
You've got the flanking. I'm not done yet. Not

00:51:24.769 --> 00:51:30.719
done yet. I got poison, though. What? Well, right,

00:51:30.900 --> 00:51:34.619
but if you switch, because of Ariat switching

00:51:34.619 --> 00:51:37.179
places, if you switch to attack Ariat again,

00:51:37.280 --> 00:51:42.739
you won't get the negation of the flanking. Oh,

00:51:42.840 --> 00:51:44.000
I didn't even realize I did that. I'm a real

00:51:44.000 --> 00:51:46.159
motherfucker. Yeah. I love it. But I'm still

00:51:46.159 --> 00:51:49.820
also not done. Okay. I'm still also not done.

00:51:49.940 --> 00:51:54.500
How dare you? Yeah. Be done. Yeah. No. I'm not

00:51:54.500 --> 00:51:57.219
going to be done. So, yeah, also leave it to

00:51:57.219 --> 00:52:00.019
David to be an amazing DM and create a cool,

00:52:00.059 --> 00:52:04.780
awesome story component out of me fucking up

00:52:04.780 --> 00:52:08.280
names. Right, right. That was pretty cool. That

00:52:08.280 --> 00:52:10.900
was pretty cool. Anyways, he's going for Ariat.

00:52:11.519 --> 00:52:14.619
Okay. So it's disadvantage minus two, right?

00:52:15.639 --> 00:52:18.079
Yes. Okay. With the fall clap button. That's

00:52:18.079 --> 00:52:19.760
right. I don't have it on you. Oh, it's so cool.

00:52:19.840 --> 00:52:22.059
Yeah. You're like, I just love this. There's

00:52:22.059 --> 00:52:24.079
literally shadows in the fog. You see one huge

00:52:24.079 --> 00:52:25.960
golden shadow that's sliding in front of Arya.

00:52:26.079 --> 00:52:28.599
The thinner shadow with the two blades. And you

00:52:28.599 --> 00:52:34.480
turn to strike at that. Oh no, that was terrible.

00:52:34.699 --> 00:52:37.500
That was terrible. That was terrible. That's

00:52:37.500 --> 00:52:41.139
a two. You cut down at this shadow in the clouds.

00:52:41.199 --> 00:52:43.719
In the fog, you hear again the sound of your

00:52:43.719 --> 00:52:48.400
laughing brother. That fog disperses for a second.

00:52:48.440 --> 00:52:51.420
There's nothing there. You feel his presence,

00:52:51.500 --> 00:52:54.739
but you don't feel him there. Where is he? Where

00:52:54.739 --> 00:53:01.079
is he? Unleash Incarnation. Oh, damn. Okay. Whenever

00:53:01.079 --> 00:53:02.719
you take the attack action, you can make one

00:53:02.719 --> 00:53:04.480
additional melee attack from the Echo's position.

00:53:04.780 --> 00:53:08.039
On Ariat or on the... On the other one. On the

00:53:08.039 --> 00:53:10.460
Riot Trooper, as I call them. Actually, I'll

00:53:10.460 --> 00:53:13.000
say it now. Shield Bearer, Riot Trooper. And

00:53:13.000 --> 00:53:15.980
my question, does the same poison effect apply

00:53:15.980 --> 00:53:19.219
to the Echo? Yes, because more like you're taking

00:53:19.219 --> 00:53:21.519
its place when you do the attack. Yes, that would

00:53:21.519 --> 00:53:22.920
be. So it would be disadvantage minus two as

00:53:22.920 --> 00:53:27.300
well. Gnarly stuff. No, I'm not taking the Echo's

00:53:27.300 --> 00:53:31.320
place. The Echo is attacking. I can swap if I

00:53:31.320 --> 00:53:34.000
want to, but the Echo attacks itself. But it

00:53:34.000 --> 00:53:37.079
is an Echo of you. Right, exactly. It's a double

00:53:37.079 --> 00:53:40.340
of me. It should say if it shares your conditions

00:53:40.340 --> 00:53:42.500
or something. It doesn't. We'll say it doesn't.

00:53:42.809 --> 00:53:44.269
Because unleashing our condition is different.

00:53:44.369 --> 00:53:46.389
Oh, and immunity to all conditions. Oh, there

00:53:46.389 --> 00:53:49.969
you go. There it is. That's crazy. But it won't

00:53:49.969 --> 00:53:52.010
be the minus two if he's attacking the riot.

00:53:52.150 --> 00:53:54.090
It'd be a disadvantage, but no minus two. Yeah.

00:53:54.130 --> 00:53:56.909
Because of the foul cloud. So just no minus two,

00:53:56.989 --> 00:54:00.730
just disadvantage from the fog. That's crazy.

00:54:01.789 --> 00:54:08.690
But can you hit? No. Not with a 12. He can't

00:54:08.690 --> 00:54:11.429
fucking get a hit in. Not with a 12. Even with

00:54:11.429 --> 00:54:13.670
a plus two from flanking, you go to strike and

00:54:13.670 --> 00:54:16.530
this thing, shield swims around to block it.

00:54:16.750 --> 00:54:20.369
It's so hard. No one's landing strikes. But now

00:54:20.369 --> 00:54:22.989
with this fog filling the room. Dresden will

00:54:22.989 --> 00:54:26.329
then run to the front door. Okay. See how far

00:54:26.329 --> 00:54:29.750
it goes. I think it's making an attack at disadvantage

00:54:29.750 --> 00:54:32.929
because of the opportunity, but it's in the fog

00:54:32.929 --> 00:54:36.170
cloud, so it's going to be hard to hit you. Wait,

00:54:36.250 --> 00:54:39.420
didn't he already use his reaction? One guy did.

00:54:39.559 --> 00:54:42.440
The assassin did not. Okay. But you're right.

00:54:42.480 --> 00:54:43.360
Good point. I was actually going to make two

00:54:43.360 --> 00:54:44.579
attacks. So, you know what? Good on you, Steven.

00:54:44.719 --> 00:54:50.460
Keep me honest. No. That's going to be a 14.

00:54:51.440 --> 00:54:53.460
So, with disadvantage from the fog cloud, you

00:54:53.460 --> 00:54:55.739
go to, again, like, you feel that figure disappears.

00:54:55.800 --> 00:54:58.360
You're struck. You feel a presence move up on

00:54:58.360 --> 00:55:01.039
you. You move, and that figure slices where you

00:55:01.039 --> 00:55:03.219
just were. You're diving out of the way, rolling,

00:55:03.440 --> 00:55:06.380
sliding over. You go to open the door, Dresden.

00:55:07.369 --> 00:55:12.250
And you run into a wall that you cannot see.

00:55:13.349 --> 00:55:16.829
Fuck. You think it wasn't going to make it that

00:55:16.829 --> 00:55:19.690
easy? Come on. You think my riot mages aren't

00:55:19.690 --> 00:55:22.949
going to steal the exit? Come on. Oh, that's

00:55:22.949 --> 00:55:25.590
the other spell. Yeah. That's the other spell.

00:55:25.789 --> 00:55:27.650
Yeah. I thought he was just being a dick because

00:55:27.650 --> 00:55:30.630
of the fog. Nope. There's another spell. There

00:55:30.630 --> 00:55:35.030
is another spell. The silence is gone. Maybe

00:55:35.030 --> 00:55:38.679
in like three or four rounds I can... Just spell

00:55:38.679 --> 00:55:43.539
that one for you. Pick up my dead body. You can

00:55:43.539 --> 00:55:46.199
oversee the funeral in three or four rounds.

00:55:46.440 --> 00:55:50.679
Okay. Dresden, you hit that wall. Your heart

00:55:50.679 --> 00:55:53.179
sinks as you realize the exit, the primary exit

00:55:53.179 --> 00:55:59.099
has been sealed. They have you trapped. You threw

00:55:59.099 --> 00:56:02.619
away their initial attack, their poison, whatever

00:56:02.619 --> 00:56:04.780
that was. You had a moment to get rid of that

00:56:04.780 --> 00:56:08.699
before you could breathe it in. What? Just hide.

00:56:08.880 --> 00:56:11.639
What do you do now? Let's slide back outside.

00:56:12.179 --> 00:56:15.940
So you did say Dresden heard something happening

00:56:15.940 --> 00:56:18.679
outside. Yes. You heard a scream. You know someone's

00:56:18.679 --> 00:56:21.380
fighting outside at this point. Okay. I am going

00:56:21.380 --> 00:56:23.820
to take that play, though. He's going to realize

00:56:23.820 --> 00:56:27.000
the wall is there. So I'll do a weird thing real

00:56:27.000 --> 00:56:28.960
quick. This is a two -year token because the

00:56:28.960 --> 00:56:32.340
fog cloud should stay where it was. Yes. So you

00:56:32.340 --> 00:56:34.860
don't have it on you. He's going to run along

00:56:34.860 --> 00:56:38.659
the back wall here. So Dresden, I want to check

00:56:38.659 --> 00:56:40.739
this real fast. The fog cloud right at the door

00:56:40.739 --> 00:56:42.440
is where it basically ends. You slide in the

00:56:42.440 --> 00:56:45.199
door, you kick it open, you slap into, and you

00:56:45.199 --> 00:56:47.280
can see there's no fog in the way. You can see

00:56:47.280 --> 00:56:48.719
that you slap against some kind of invisible

00:56:48.719 --> 00:56:51.679
wall. You're looking out across the street. As

00:56:51.679 --> 00:56:54.880
you look up, you can see a storm swirling around,

00:56:54.960 --> 00:56:58.760
two more figures that are turned away from you

00:56:58.760 --> 00:57:02.320
in combat with somebody you cannot see. Someone

00:57:02.320 --> 00:57:04.960
is helping you. That's so cool. It's so fucking

00:57:04.960 --> 00:57:09.380
cool, actually. Oh my God. Okay. Yeah, and then

00:57:09.380 --> 00:57:12.179
he's going to move into that corner and catch

00:57:12.179 --> 00:57:16.780
his breath for a minute. Okay. So you just slide

00:57:16.780 --> 00:57:19.179
past the form of hiding Fyro under the table.

00:57:19.320 --> 00:57:21.300
You can, like, feel him there. You know he's

00:57:21.300 --> 00:57:23.699
there. You feel him brush against your leg. I'm

00:57:23.699 --> 00:57:25.940
going to put a hand on him. Hell yeah. Give a

00:57:25.940 --> 00:57:28.960
little squeeze. Just say, it's going to be okay.

00:57:29.119 --> 00:57:31.699
Stay right there. Tucks up in a corner right

00:57:31.699 --> 00:57:35.659
beside the fireplace, holding tight in the fog.

00:57:36.250 --> 00:57:39.510
And is Echo still there? In the darkness, Echo

00:57:39.510 --> 00:57:44.849
still fights. On the rooftop, two figures turn

00:57:44.849 --> 00:57:49.349
to face their assailant, their sudden assailant.

00:57:49.449 --> 00:57:53.309
They almost reel back in some shock as they look

00:57:53.309 --> 00:57:59.210
upon the face of an angel, a Pari, flying 60

00:57:59.210 --> 00:58:02.760
feet away from them, commanding the storm. I

00:58:02.760 --> 00:58:05.119
think you see just a brief moment of indecision.

00:58:05.119 --> 00:58:07.840
They look towards each other, and their sort

00:58:07.840 --> 00:58:11.019
of black, sort of crackling, electric -tipped

00:58:11.019 --> 00:58:14.719
staves come up, and they're going to fire some

00:58:14.719 --> 00:58:19.760
attacks at you. All right. There comes four attacks.

00:58:22.039 --> 00:58:24.360
Does a nine hit Solomon? I don't know. It does

00:58:24.360 --> 00:58:26.860
not, actually. Okay, hang on. It's going to be

00:58:26.860 --> 00:58:30.500
cool. Hang on. Ooh, baby, but does 18 hit Salome?

00:58:30.500 --> 00:58:33.460
18 does not hit Salome. What? Yeah, Salome's

00:58:33.460 --> 00:58:36.860
got a shield, baby. Okay. All right. Well, that's

00:58:36.860 --> 00:58:42.880
okay. Well, maybe 12 will hit. Hang on. Got this

00:58:42.880 --> 00:58:47.400
time. Here it is, baby. This is the one. That's

00:58:47.400 --> 00:58:52.619
a 23 hit Salome. 23 hits. Finally. Oh, it's going

00:58:52.619 --> 00:58:53.900
to be a record for me to kill your character

00:58:53.900 --> 00:58:56.019
in the first combat. It's going to be a record.

00:59:00.960 --> 00:59:06.000
Nothing crazy here. That's just going to be 12

00:59:06.000 --> 00:59:09.000
points. Oh, my God. Of lightning damage. Oh,

00:59:09.019 --> 00:59:12.159
my God. Crackling blast strikes at you. Imagine

00:59:12.159 --> 00:59:14.940
you're swirling like the last electricity fly

00:59:14.940 --> 00:59:16.840
out of these wands and you're kind of like flying

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to the side. you know, doing like full barrel

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rolls. The last one, finally, like you, the other

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pincer attack comes at you, dodge one, just get

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hit by the other, right in the shoulder, crackling

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electric pulse through your body. That's all

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I can do. And that's you, Salome. Okay. Salome

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is going to raise her, raise her hand at the,

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the one that she's already damaged and say to

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the one on the left. Leave now and you may escape

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my justice. And she's going to use call lightning

00:59:52.599 --> 00:59:57.280
again. I need that dex save, please. Please fail

00:59:57.280 --> 01:00:02.239
it. 13. Oh, 13 fails. Yay. And I'm going to do

01:00:02.239 --> 01:00:04.460
the thing. I'm going to do the thing and I'm

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just going to do 30 damage to you. Oh my God.

01:00:07.179 --> 01:00:11.599
Oh my God. That is one hell of a lightning bolt.

01:00:11.780 --> 01:00:14.050
Yeah. Go ahead and describe what it looks like

01:00:14.050 --> 01:00:17.210
when you kill. Oh, excellent. She tells this

01:00:17.210 --> 01:00:20.570
guy to get lost and then just closes her fist

01:00:20.570 --> 01:00:23.769
and the lightning strike falls and just cripples.

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As you're going to strike the one, the other

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one, you hear like a woman's voice. It's like,

01:00:27.710 --> 01:00:30.590
no, so that's true. You don't understand. Wait,

01:00:30.690 --> 01:00:33.869
this, this is your will. This is your master's

01:00:33.869 --> 01:00:38.579
will. And then the lightning comes down. Holy...

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You see, like, this rooftop, like, explodes.

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Rubble goes flying. There's a hole right through

01:00:45.420 --> 01:00:47.300
into the china shop. A bunch of china breaks.

01:00:47.440 --> 01:00:49.920
It's very sad. I hope she's got good insurance.

01:00:50.900 --> 01:00:53.159
And the figure that was staying there is just

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fully decimated, gone. Then one stops and looks.

01:00:57.239 --> 01:01:01.920
You've gone mad! You've gone mad! And Salome

01:01:01.920 --> 01:01:07.039
focuses on him next. I'll say Salome is... expression

01:01:07.039 --> 01:01:10.039
is usually a little distracted, a little aloof.

01:01:10.880 --> 01:01:14.519
I came up with a term on the drive over here.

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I'm going to say that she now is more focused.

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She has initiative eyes. Hell yeah. Yes. Nice.

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I love that. Well, Salome, always viewing ahead,

01:01:26.760 --> 01:01:31.530
always seeing the future. Salome saw this. moment,

01:01:31.550 --> 01:01:35.329
saw this coming tragedy, came here to stop this

01:01:35.329 --> 01:01:39.469
coming tragedy. But now, right now, in this moment,

01:01:39.530 --> 01:01:44.909
she exists in this moment. She is present. Because

01:01:44.909 --> 01:01:50.039
she has to be. As we look down, sliding through

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the windows, past the wall of force blocking

01:01:52.820 --> 01:01:55.699
exit for the chariot of lights, into this room

01:01:55.699 --> 01:01:59.260
enclosed where this fog is trapped, filling the

01:01:59.260 --> 01:02:01.460
space where Dresden huddles beside a fireplace,

01:02:01.719 --> 01:02:06.079
holding strong, and where Ariat, Captain Commander

01:02:06.079 --> 01:02:10.780
of the Shieldbearers, sheathes his blades in

01:02:10.780 --> 01:02:15.059
a moment. draws them against, spraying some bits

01:02:15.059 --> 01:02:18.460
of ichor around, some poison, dripping onto the

01:02:18.460 --> 01:02:21.880
wooden floors, dripping through the fog, and

01:02:21.880 --> 01:02:26.199
begins to search for his prey. And we'll call

01:02:26.199 --> 01:02:26.659
it there.