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Hey, Pants people. I just wanted to stop real

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fast and say thank you so much for listening.

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We love getting to know you guys and interacting

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with you, whether it's on the Discord, social

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media, anywhere. So this one's for you. Storyteller

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Rune still isn't here? Well, that's odd. But

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that's okay, because we have a way more exciting

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guest to hear from tonight. Welcome back, stuff!

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Hey! Hell yeah! Good to be back. It's been a

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while. Man, it's so awesome to have you back.

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Oh my gosh. Yeah, man. This is great. I like

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the new studio. This is super cool. Right? Cool

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new digs. Yeah, yeah. God's country. Yeah, a

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little bit. I've been listening to the latest

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episodes, and you guys are sounding great. How

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many are you up to now? A hundred and... I think

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this is 147, I think. Okay. I think 147. Crazy.

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That's incredible. Yeah, that's amazing. Still

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grinding away. Doing our darndest. Yeah, that's

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awesome. What about live shows? Any more live

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shows lately? We have our second back in spring.

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We'll probably have one more for this campaign

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at least this coming spring, I'm hoping. Yeah,

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we're currently in our March to 200. It's kind

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of crazy. And then March to the end. We are going

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into, following this sort of mini arc on Talat

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Effect, we're going into some very climactic,

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I would say our penultimate arcs, which are going

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to be happening kind of simultaneously. We'll

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get to that. We'll get to that, Jeremy. Why me?

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That's awesome. But yeah, so I figured I was

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so, so glad you could make it in tonight. Thank

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you so much for making the drive over. I know

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you are insanely busy with everything going on.

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Those who don't know, Stomp is the busiest person

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in the world. How's your summer been, by the

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way? It's been good. Yeah, I mean, we had those

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few oppressive days of humidity, so I was on

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the couch quite a bit, actually. Not that much

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hiking or anything. Yeah, dealing with a little

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orthopedic thing with my left hip that's starting

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to bite me. Oh, yikes. Oh, I remember. Yeah,

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I had the right one done. Now the left one's

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starting to catch up, so I got to take it a little

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easy. Yikes. Busy with the studio, doing my own

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personal recording and stuff like that. Oh, nice.

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The summer was busy with a lot of... trail running

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dj sets which is really neat i've fallen into

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this neat community what just spinning edm for

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uh trail running races talk about the ultimate

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niche that dude yeah that's right yeah it's like

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i i picked up um djing and the whole thing way

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back in like junior high school and to come full

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circle and be actual be able to do edm in this

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community with trail running events and whatnot

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it's just amazing So this year I did Mount Washington

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Road Race and several other races for Ara Vipa,

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White Mountain Endurance. But the big one, the

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big enchilada is Mount Washington Road Race,

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which to me is just such an honor. That's so

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cool. Yeah. Super cool. So, yeah. Talk about

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the ultimate mashup of passions. Yeah, seriously.

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Where else can you find something like that?

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So cool. It's weird. Yeah. It's wicked weird.

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Good for you, man. But I'm digging it. Good for

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you. also shows that stomp has a foot in every

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door like every hobby that's my life i'm jack

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of all trades but master none yeah yeah and i

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i do get bored easy i hate to say it but well

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thank you again so much for coming out uh taking

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time and and joining us for i think eminem wrath's

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last episodes in our campaign uh in this campaign

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this is yeah It's crazy to put a rap on a character,

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but this really shows we are getting there, folks.

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We are getting close. Only got two and a half

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years left. I know, right? Yeah. And I don't

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want to derail us too much, but in between like

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major arcs, we do like behind the scenes episodes.

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And I think pretty much every time somebody will

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submit. as a question when is when is emin wrath

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coming back yeah it happens all the time so and

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it's like you know we tried to like play cool

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we're like oh he's coming back so yeah yeah hey

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i'm always available i mean this guy but i'm

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glad to come in it's part of this occasion i

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want to show you this is super super cool uh

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one of our community uh zila astropathic art

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on our discord has been known to create some

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incredible portraits of our characters And yours.

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Say hello. Oh, my God. Wow. That's pretty intense.

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Got Zephyr Strike going on that blade. Wow. No

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kidding. It looks awesome. You got the long jacket.

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The boots are the long strider, actually, that

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you've had since the beginning. Yeah, absolutely.

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Topknot. The topknot? Looking fancy. So awesome.

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Thank you very much. A new token for you in our

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map based on the art. And thank you, Zila. Again,

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it's ridiculous. Yeah, very generous. Very generous

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with their time and talents. I always thought

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I was more of like a dwarf, but now I look like

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a shogun warrior. Very cool. We always look so

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much cooler when Zila. Yeah, exactly. She makes

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us look good. Well, you guys are ready for us

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to start on our first final. Are you ready? Are

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you ready? Yeah. All right. Now, I hope it's

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okay if I get kind of dark here. I'm going to

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put you through it just a bit, Stomp. Mm -hmm.

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Let's set the scene. Pink petals caught in a

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warm breeze. They fall beneath the branches of

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a lone sakura tree that stands in the training

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grounds of Ozen Yoshikatsu and his few disciples.

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We see these petals gently falling, then pulled

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in a wind flowing around a long blade in the

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hands of a young emin -grash who stands beneath

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the tree of discipline in his usual spot. The

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ground's kind of worn right there on the grass

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where your boots normally stand. And in the wrath,

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you are currently engaging in a thousand swings

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punishment. Basically, you've been asked to commit

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to 1 ,000 earnest sword swings, or at least a

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swing until you can no longer raise your arms.

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Sweat drips down off your face, your arms, every

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swing. And it feels... God, it feels hot. Too

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hot, you think, as you look up into a sky of

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heavy gray clouds. You swing and you swing and

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your wrists are just... burning hot, and you

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hear footsteps approaching you. The clank of

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armor. You see Ozen, wearing his full black plate,

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a single eye peering out from the mask of his

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Kabuto helm, looking amused. His sleek black

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beard is wet with sake, and he holds his usual

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drinking gourd in a sake bowl as he comes towards

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you. Now, you know you are here. Because earlier

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today, I think you had an altercation with Ozen.

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I've noticed we've had, I think Ozen and Emin

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rather had a kind of a touch and go relationship.

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And so I think there was an altercation and you

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struck your mentor. And so you've been sent to

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do this. But now, without a word, he stops before

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you, pours from the gourd into the bowl, and

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offers it out to you. You look thirsty. Here,

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have a drink. You may put down your sword. You

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have seen enough discipline, I think. What is

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this? The finest sake for a fine student. No

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pain, no gain. Now's the time to train with some

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sake. Are you going to drink it? Yeah. Hell yeah.

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Yeah. You raise the bowl to your lips and you

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drink and you can feel the liquid, but... You

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don't taste it. You don't feel it in your throat.

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Your throat is so dry. You're so thirsty. And

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Ozen begins to speak. I have come to offer clarity,

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Amun -Rath. Do you understand why you are being

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punished this time? No, please inform me. It

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is not because you struck me, I should tell you.

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It is because when you struck me. And he kind

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of raises the mask of his helm and you see his

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face lined with some age. You see the eye that

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is just an empty socket. He points to, like,

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his cheek, completely unmarked, and says, When

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you struck me, you did not leave a mark. You

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are the wind itself, willful and free. I do not

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expect to mold the path you will take through

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our worlds, nor would I want to. My pupils will

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never be shackled by my expectations, for I am

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a man with little imagination. My goal has always

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been to reveal to you the power you can wield,

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so you may choose your own path. I mean, any

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path. But there is just one thing I would ask

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of you. I think he brings a hand down onto your

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shoulder, very fatherly, and looks to you with

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one eye staring into yours. Leave. A mark, Emonroth.

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Find a passion, a quest, and before your time

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is done, leave your mark on the conquered worlds.

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I've had no idea you would say that to me. I

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will consider your words. We've had our attentions.

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Our story goes long and far back. But I will

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consider your words. And I hope you'll stop calling

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me the Big O. No, I like that part. It's very

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embarrassing in front of Blanche. It's merely

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for convenience. How is that? It's called an

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abbreviation. I think you see Ocean just start

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laughing at this. This light chuckle. And as

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he laughs, he begins to fade away. It all begins

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to fade away. The sakura tree, the gray sky,

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clouds building with sweet, sweet rain all fade

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away. And it's so hot. And you remember that

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this isn't real. Just a memory. Another hallucination.

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One of many that you've been experiencing. Because

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you are dying, Emon Rath. A bleary reality pulls

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back into focus. You stand in a room that feels

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akin to a stone oven. A temple shrine built into

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the side of a volcano, a gateway into its caldera.

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The Gate of Illumination is what they call it.

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The temple of a volcano known as Jade Mount.

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The air around you is heavy with smoke and heat.

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An innate magic built into the black stone of

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the shrine makes the volcanic gases non -toxic

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and keeps the heat low enough to not immediately

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cook you. But it is still so hot. The iron manacles

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that change the walls are burning your wrists

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with this heat. The smell of sulfur in the air

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is so overpowering. The room you have been kept

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in, kind of like the main chamber of this temple,

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It's closed off from both the caldera and the

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world outside. You have no idea how long it's

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been since they caught you in their trap. There

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is light here, but only through strange veins

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of magma cooled by the innate magic that run

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through the walls in this temple. You stand shackled,

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and you may look at the map if you so desire,

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in the southeast corner of a broad, pillared

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hall. All on the walls are murals depicting people

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through the ages receiving... Blessings from

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the gods. I lost my notes. The various volcanoes

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of Tledebek. A stone double door stands at the

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far north end of the room while stairs rise to

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the west and another hall opens to the east.

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There's a wide mouth to a natural cave tunnel

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just across the wall from you. The southeastern

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corner that leads out to the mountainside that

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you cannot see inside it. I'm in a wrath. You

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and Bink had followed a lead to this world, the

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world of fire, a world riddled with volcanic

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activity. You had acted on the dying words of

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another major player in the snake -eater poachers,

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a dark elf hunter named Rhea Chelre, which is

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hilarious, who told you that the head of the

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snake was a god on Tletepec. These words, this

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path, led you right into a trap. Fire elementals

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taking the forms of burning spine -covered serpents

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had been waiting for you. I have to ask you now,

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Bink is not here with you. And I'd like you to

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tell me why. Poor Bink. Oh no. He's my source

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of inspiration in this moment. I lost him following

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those words of advice. We ended up in a trap.

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And we were captured for a short period of time.

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But during that time, we were forced into cannibalism.

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Oh, God. Oh, shit. And we had to make a brutal,

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brutal decision. We had a long conversation.

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Holy shit. And I said, Bink, I cannot do it.

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And Bink looked at me and said, you must do it

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to carry on. I give my body so you may survive

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to carry on the campaign. So. I did the unthinkable,

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and I ate my poor pink. You're like playing dark

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chicken. I'm like, all right, I hope you're ready

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for the stop. I want to get real bleak. And you're

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like, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. You have no idea. Oh,

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my gosh. So I find myself in this situation now,

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and whatever must be done, I will do it for pink,

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because he saved my life. So while you are thirsty,

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you're not very hungry as you're suspended on

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this wall. Poor Bink. Poor Bink. Holy shit. Yep.

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He tasted all right, though. Oh, my goodness.

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Yeah, he tasted all right. I mean, honestly,

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you probably cooked a little bit in here. It's

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not... Slow roasted. Oh, God. Smoked. There you

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go. Yeah. So... Amazing. As you've been here,

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these elementals known as salamanders have come

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and gone from this temple. Right now they are

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totally gone from what you've seen. You've heard

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them speak to each other in Ignin, a dialect

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of elemental primordial. And you, I discovered

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while updating your sheet, just so happen to

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have chosen elementals as your favorite enemy

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as a ranger. Due to this, you've actually understood

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enough of their language to give you some idea

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of the full story here. Wow. So let me give you

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a quick... boom -bam of how the snake eaters

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were formed. Some time ago, a powerful elemental

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spirit called a Teleshaladl, a mere myth among

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the people of Tledebek, awoke from a centuries

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-long slumber deep in the caldera of Jade Mount.

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This Teleshaladl, called Pualadin, was hungry.

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Pualadin's funny. Oh. Oh, God. Groan. You know,

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you didn't have to say anything. I had to. You

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didn't laugh hard enough. I just thought it was

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a cool fantasy sounding game. Yeah, see? I did

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a good job. It is in the nature of these creatures

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to wake and to feast and to feast until they

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sleep again for more centuries. And so Paladin

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sent elemental minions into the forest around

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to hunt. And they brought back a hunter. A dwarven

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man with frosted tips named Guy Safari. Enamored

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with Guy's stories of wondrous feasts from various

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different worlds, worlds that Paladin remembered

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as pieces of one united world, the Celestial

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Owl decided it would not be satisfied with what

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was offered to it here on Tledepec. It granted

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Guy ancient knowledge, told him of secret places

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filled with rituals and magical items, and granted

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him the title of Cath Dracon, Snake Eater in

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our modern language, though it once meant so,

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so much more. It did this. in order to start

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an organization of hunters. And until your investigations

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and subsequent annihilation of many branches

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of this organization, until now, that had been

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succeeding. You have broken this organization

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in so many ways. You, Emonrath, have done so

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much. But your efforts have enraged this creature.

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denied it much feasting, cut off many allies.

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A short while ago, it tried to use an ancient

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artifact to summon your allies, Blanche, Jules,

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and Jaune, into a death trap at a cool live show.

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You might have wondered why you were not called,

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but now you know. It wanted to destroy you. It

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always wanted to destroy you personally, and

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soon it shall do so. And so I have to ask, how

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does the usually jovial Emonrath face his coming

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demise? We've all known him to be a wild and

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free spirit, unfazed by hardship. Even after

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cannibalizing his friend, does he face down the

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heat, the thirst, with an easy smile? What does

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Emonrath, what is your expression now as you

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wait? Oh, God. I'm smiling with a wide grin,

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thinking about Papa Rath and Mama Rath at the

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Silver Hills. No matter what the situation, they

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would always bring out the smile. But I'm curious

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about if I'm dying, can I use any of my spells

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to heal myself? Or is that for another object?

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If your spell, I'll say your death at this point

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isn't coming from damage. It's coming from just

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like a slow heat. And eventually when you're

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weakened enough, they're going to. probably bring

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you into the next room into that caldera you

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have not seen to meet paladin face to face you

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are awaiting execution um but you also you're

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not i won't give you exhaustion points i won't

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give you damage because that would be the most

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shitty thing in the universe what about um the

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passive abilities investigation looking for a

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way out of my you know what yeah yeah give me

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a roll I like this. You've been spending your

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time trying to figure out the weakness, perhaps

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the manacles. 100%. Yeah. Oh, hell yeah. That's

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an 18. 18's pretty good. Oh, plus 3. 21. 21.

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Okay. It's been taking a long time. Emonrath.

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The wind so hard to trap, so hard to hold down.

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The shackle of your right hand. where it's tethered

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to the wall, you felt a weakness, a crack in

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the stone, sort of around one of these magma

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lines giving light to the room, and you've been

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slowly kind of working at it, kind of prying

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it when no one's been looking. Is it my sword

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hand? Yes. Because I could just cannibalize myself.

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That's some good practice. i have good practice

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you might need that hand later yeah you realize

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you might not need to go there as you are very

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close to breaking yourself free of this um perhaps

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with a at this point as you're waiting here with

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one last strong pull uh let's do it do you want

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to give me athletics check let's see if you can

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get out of this thing it's been weakened enough

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you've healed with everything you've got 10 plus

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2 12 12 You feel it give just a little bit shift,

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but not quite. But you know if you just keep

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working at it, you're exhausted. But if you just

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keep working at it, maybe you're so close. Maybe.

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Because has you been left shackled to this wall,

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facing death and pondering a rather haunting

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question? A question asked by the samurai that

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once trained you. You have to escape because

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have you left your mark? I'm in the wrath. If

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this creature in the next room survives. Then,

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much like the lush forests of this volcanic world,

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the scorched earth, the snake ears will grow

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trees and bear fruit again. So long as the head

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of the snake lives, their vicious crimes will

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continue. And you know that and you pull and

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pull because you are the only one that can stop

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them now. And as you're pulling, as you're feeling

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this giveaway, you're so close. Another hallucination

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begins to play before your eyes. Another hallucination

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as you see a strange sight poking out from the

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tunnel entrance of this chamber. You're like

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probably pulling and you stop for a second. When

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you hear a strange sound, you see, like you hear

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like a, and you see a snoot of some animal sniffing

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at the air, kind of poking around the tunnel

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entrance and then pointing in your direction.

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The beast looking kind of blurry with your eyes

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as you're kind of straining, fully moves around

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the corner and comes bounding towards you, coming

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into focus. There's a dog in the volcanic temple?

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An elderly Akita, by the looks of it. The animal

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is wearing armor quite similar in style to Ozen's,

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an ornate samurai's plate with a katana sheathed

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within reach of the beast's mouth. It looks at

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you for a moment, then cocks its head to its

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side. Are you Emonrath? The one who would call

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Master Ozen the big, oh, rough, shameful, bad,

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rough... The dog says. Yes, I am. You see he

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turns to look back at the tunnel behind. Roof,

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he is here. And two figures scramble in behind

00:23:09.359 --> 00:23:11.940
this dog. Even blurred in your eyes, they are

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immediately recognizable. One is Blanche Trudeau

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and the other is Jules LaRoche. Wow. What was

00:23:22.180 --> 00:23:29.940
that? laughing at something for later maybe blanche

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rounds the corner and she goes straight to emin

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wrath to try to uh un un unbind him hell yeah

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i should tell you actually as you guys are moving

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to this room give you an update on your situation

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your journey was not an easy one 25 miles through

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thick forest and deadly volcanic terrain occasional

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earthquakes would rock the land as you approach

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closer and closer to jade mount But Akio did

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find a scent when you were far enough from the

00:23:54.759 --> 00:23:57.900
well -traveled lands. Magical blood, elven and

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human mixed. Emonrath. The scent brought you

00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:04.019
to a trail that climbed into the mountains. The

00:24:04.019 --> 00:24:06.539
haze of volcanic smoke hang overhead. The path

00:24:06.539 --> 00:24:08.740
ended at the entrance to a cavern carved with

00:24:08.740 --> 00:24:10.880
images of divine figures and gigantic lizards

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amid cracking mountains, clouds, and geometric

00:24:13.619 --> 00:24:18.099
flourishes. A cavern that opened into this room.

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But as I said, it was a hard journey. So I do

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have to ask one very familiar question to your

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guys How many spell slots did you use? Oh my

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oh, come on. Yeah, come on. I'm gonna keep this

00:24:30.049 --> 00:24:32.589
one very simple Just a way to balance out having

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only a single played out encounter on this day

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I'm going to dock a set 80 HP from all of you

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Every spell slot level or ability you use will

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remove 10 from this Wait, what? You have burned

00:24:45.160 --> 00:24:47.819
all of your short rests for the day. Sorry. I

00:24:47.819 --> 00:24:49.660
don't make the rules. I just enjoy them. So we

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have to burn basically eight levels of spell

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slot in order to... Between the three of you.

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So like two fourth level spell slots and you

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essentially take no damage. But it's for all

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of you. The 80 is... Oh, for everyone. Oh my

00:25:02.539 --> 00:25:04.779
goodness. You guys decide. You just need to burn...

00:25:04.779 --> 00:25:07.019
I was like, David, that's cruel even for you.

00:25:07.140 --> 00:25:09.339
A bardic inspiration will count as 10. It'll

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count as a personal spell slot. I don't want

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to burn those. But basically, I need you to burn

00:25:12.180 --> 00:25:14.950
between the two of you. Eight spell cell levels

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or abilities. Okay. Jesus. Just to balance this

00:25:19.250 --> 00:25:24.190
out. And no shards. Nah. How much does a Bladesong

00:25:24.190 --> 00:25:29.450
cost? I'll give it 20 on that. Bladesong's pretty

00:25:29.450 --> 00:25:31.970
crazy. What about like performance and creation?

00:25:32.970 --> 00:25:36.470
20. Okay. I will do a Bardic and performance.

00:25:36.950 --> 00:25:40.049
Okay. So 30 on jewels. So that's 30 total. All

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right. I can make up the rest. I'll do... Easily?

00:25:43.130 --> 00:25:45.809
Ah, sure, yeah. You could burn an Akio armor

00:25:45.809 --> 00:25:47.109
point, too, if you want to burn one of those.

00:25:47.150 --> 00:25:48.890
Or like his second wind or anything from him.

00:25:49.430 --> 00:25:52.990
Not his second wind. Sure, I'll do one of his

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armor points. Okay. I will use a blade song.

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That's 60 now. So a second level spell. i'm gonna

00:26:03.319 --> 00:26:07.559
keep my first level spells okay uh so yeah screw

00:26:07.559 --> 00:26:09.440
it i'll just burn a second level spell so you've

00:26:09.440 --> 00:26:12.119
exhausted some resources but you enter this place

00:26:12.119 --> 00:26:15.119
unharmed yeah uh and then you come in and you

00:26:15.119 --> 00:26:17.180
move to eminrath who you see is just about to

00:26:17.180 --> 00:26:19.420
like you see like the the manacle where it connects

00:26:19.420 --> 00:26:22.519
to the wall is the hooks almost out uh perhaps

00:26:22.519 --> 00:26:24.700
with a second person polling that's all you would

00:26:24.700 --> 00:26:28.220
need she grabs blanche grabs the chain it looks

00:26:28.220 --> 00:26:29.500
like you would have gotten out of this sooner

00:26:29.500 --> 00:26:32.569
lady yourself What took you so long? Let's go.

00:26:32.750 --> 00:26:36.509
Start yanking. The dog only has four legs. We

00:26:36.509 --> 00:26:40.289
can only travel so fast. Akio grabs Blanche's

00:26:40.289 --> 00:26:48.390
pant leg to also pull. Sounds like a positive

00:26:48.390 --> 00:26:52.750
outcome. Go ahead and give me another athletics

00:26:52.750 --> 00:26:56.329
check. This time, I guess take advantage? Yeah,

00:26:56.349 --> 00:27:01.140
so roll twice and add two to the highest. Actually,

00:27:01.180 --> 00:27:02.579
add four, because you're getting double advantage.

00:27:02.740 --> 00:27:03.900
Akio's helping, too. I'll just give it to you.

00:27:04.940 --> 00:27:12.099
Twelve. And two. So twelve, and then... And then

00:27:12.099 --> 00:27:14.500
plus two for fourteen. And then plus two for

00:27:14.500 --> 00:27:18.000
Akio helping on top of it. Sixteen. With a sixteen,

00:27:18.299 --> 00:27:23.680
you're... And then... The manacle slides out

00:27:23.680 --> 00:27:27.079
of the wall. One arm is completely free. Nice.

00:27:28.220 --> 00:27:29.880
You guys can start work on the other. It might

00:27:29.880 --> 00:27:32.299
take a little while, but is there a faster way

00:27:32.299 --> 00:27:34.000
you can think of to break this other... I don't

00:27:34.000 --> 00:27:35.839
think anybody has... I don't have any weapons

00:27:35.839 --> 00:27:38.339
on me, right? I'm assuming. Your weapons, you

00:27:38.339 --> 00:27:40.380
know, are being held basically in one of the

00:27:40.380 --> 00:27:43.619
other rooms of storage off those stairs. Ozen's

00:27:43.619 --> 00:27:47.000
sword, Ichigenka, automatically does max damage

00:27:47.000 --> 00:27:51.240
on... That's so cool! Your master sword, Blanche!

00:27:51.700 --> 00:27:55.059
Whether it's a door or a chair... Blanche has

00:27:55.059 --> 00:27:58.460
it. Oh, you have it! Blanche... Yeah, had it.

00:27:58.460 --> 00:28:00.799
They kind of killed Ozen's dead body a while

00:28:00.799 --> 00:28:03.140
back. Oh, got it. And got the sword. Also, this

00:28:03.140 --> 00:28:05.740
dog. He was taken over by another bad guy. We

00:28:05.740 --> 00:28:07.440
thought it was him, but it wasn't really him.

00:28:08.039 --> 00:28:10.400
There you go. And this dog that's here, you probably

00:28:10.400 --> 00:28:13.500
know from letters, is likely Ozen's final disciple,

00:28:13.900 --> 00:28:16.880
Akio the Akita, who he took on his last few years.

00:28:17.339 --> 00:28:20.480
Got it. Now you're all caught up. The big A.

00:28:20.859 --> 00:28:25.039
The big A. No, Ruff, don't you dare. He's a bad

00:28:25.039 --> 00:28:29.059
dog. Leave him. Don't cut him free, Ruff. Hold

00:28:29.059 --> 00:28:32.180
still, Emon. And with Ichigenka. You're so proud

00:28:32.180 --> 00:28:34.559
to finally do this. It's the first time I've

00:28:34.559 --> 00:28:36.720
ever used it on an item. I love the idea of Ozen's

00:28:36.720 --> 00:28:39.440
blade is the one that like finally sort of gets

00:28:39.440 --> 00:28:41.180
that last bit of freedom for you. Like butter.

00:28:41.599 --> 00:28:44.500
Yeah, seriously. Bing! Parts the chain like it's

00:28:44.500 --> 00:28:47.339
nothing. And you are free. You probably can use

00:28:47.339 --> 00:28:49.259
a sword to help break all the manacles fully

00:28:49.259 --> 00:28:51.500
off the wrist. It's like full freedom of movement.

00:28:52.920 --> 00:28:55.720
I'll just keep it on. It'll just remind me of

00:28:55.720 --> 00:28:59.640
this travesty. And if you're dearly departed,

00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:02.200
Bink, you'll see a skeleton on the ground next

00:29:02.200 --> 00:29:07.420
to him. What happened to Bink? It's a long story.

00:29:07.460 --> 00:29:19.609
Long story. You stand in this pedestalated room.

00:29:20.329 --> 00:29:22.130
You know there's double doors at the end. You

00:29:22.130 --> 00:29:23.890
know, Emonrath, that's where the caldera is.

00:29:24.410 --> 00:29:27.809
There's also other rooms to the side. You also,

00:29:27.950 --> 00:29:30.549
if you're interested, can make checks on elementals,

00:29:30.549 --> 00:29:32.029
knowledge checks, things like that, if you want

00:29:32.029 --> 00:29:33.410
to learn a little more about what you're up against

00:29:33.410 --> 00:29:36.029
before you move forward. Anyone has the ability

00:29:36.029 --> 00:29:37.890
to do that. Yeah, maybe we're all sitting here

00:29:37.890 --> 00:29:40.220
and we're trying to get like a... quote -unquote

00:29:40.220 --> 00:29:43.119
sit rep you know like what are you doing here

00:29:43.119 --> 00:29:44.940
what have you what have you learned so far do

00:29:44.940 --> 00:29:46.339
you know do you know where they are do you know

00:29:46.339 --> 00:29:47.880
their movements blah blah blah so maybe we can

00:29:47.880 --> 00:29:50.859
all just like do a big collective knowledge roll

00:29:50.859 --> 00:29:52.740
and see what we can all learn collectively you

00:29:52.740 --> 00:29:55.220
have some time from what you heard when the elementals

00:29:55.220 --> 00:29:56.960
left last they were going out to hunt some of

00:29:56.960 --> 00:29:59.559
the further out terrain as the stuff close to

00:29:59.559 --> 00:30:02.200
the mountains been like seared to you know the

00:30:02.200 --> 00:30:05.490
bones of the land You have time before they come

00:30:05.490 --> 00:30:08.089
back if you want to still strike at Paladin.

00:30:08.230 --> 00:30:09.930
You have time to sort of recover for a minute

00:30:09.930 --> 00:30:12.529
and then, yeah. So what do you want for a roll?

00:30:13.490 --> 00:30:16.029
If you would like to learn about elementals in

00:30:16.029 --> 00:30:17.750
general, these fire elementals, salamanders,

00:30:17.809 --> 00:30:21.269
and this telestral auto, I would ask an arcana

00:30:21.269 --> 00:30:24.809
check. Okay. And then wrath would get advantage

00:30:24.809 --> 00:30:29.329
on this. Ooh la la. I'll also... grant if he

00:30:29.329 --> 00:30:31.029
wants to use a help action i'll grant like a

00:30:31.029 --> 00:30:33.549
plus two on on his advantage on somebody else

00:30:33.549 --> 00:30:35.730
because he can give you a lot of information

00:30:35.730 --> 00:30:40.150
okay yeah so um emin wrath has a plus zero for

00:30:40.150 --> 00:30:43.089
arcana but blanche has a plus eight for arcana

00:30:43.089 --> 00:30:46.150
so i'm gonna roll hell yeah see what we learned

00:30:46.150 --> 00:30:51.990
oh no uh 16 you got a advantage and a plus two

00:30:51.990 --> 00:30:55.619
oh my gosh I should listen sometimes. Oh, no.

00:30:56.440 --> 00:31:00.500
Goodbye, dice. It's gone forever. You count that

00:31:00.500 --> 00:31:07.619
as your hero? Yeah. Okay, there we go. 14 on

00:31:07.619 --> 00:31:12.500
the die, plus 10, 24. Holy shit. Nice. Okay.

00:31:13.359 --> 00:31:15.420
You know of three types of elementals that you've

00:31:15.420 --> 00:31:17.579
seen here. well two types you've seen here and

00:31:17.579 --> 00:31:19.440
one that you are aware of that's waiting for

00:31:19.440 --> 00:31:23.460
you salamanders are these large humanoid uh sort

00:31:23.460 --> 00:31:26.200
of snake looking creatures they like serpentine

00:31:26.200 --> 00:31:28.859
lower bodies uh they generally roam the plane

00:31:28.859 --> 00:31:32.660
of fire uh but can be called here through any

00:31:32.660 --> 00:31:35.319
sort of portals or very very like fiery locations

00:31:35.319 --> 00:31:38.000
they were likely spawned here in the heart of

00:31:38.000 --> 00:31:40.079
this volcano from the plane of fire and they

00:31:40.079 --> 00:31:44.319
serve the creature within uh Typically, they

00:31:44.319 --> 00:31:47.539
have features like heated bodies, so if you hit

00:31:47.539 --> 00:31:49.299
them and do damage to them, they would do damage

00:31:49.299 --> 00:31:51.660
back to you. The innate magic of this chamber

00:31:51.660 --> 00:31:55.740
seems like it might actually stop that from happening.

00:31:55.779 --> 00:31:58.299
It might kind of help to, you know, any sort

00:31:58.299 --> 00:32:00.160
of passive effects like that might not particularly

00:32:00.160 --> 00:32:06.400
go off. You also know, 24, they are immune to

00:32:06.400 --> 00:32:10.039
any kind of fire damage, and they are vulnerable

00:32:10.039 --> 00:32:14.430
to cold. Ah, cold. Countering an element with

00:32:14.430 --> 00:32:16.309
its counter element would actually be a pretty

00:32:16.309 --> 00:32:19.029
effective way to maybe double the effectiveness

00:32:19.029 --> 00:32:23.349
of your attacks and spells. I think I prepped

00:32:23.349 --> 00:32:26.170
some water spells, but I don't remember if I

00:32:26.170 --> 00:32:30.210
exactly prepped cold spells. The Telethilottle

00:32:30.210 --> 00:32:32.529
itself, you don't know much about, but you can

00:32:32.529 --> 00:32:36.450
assume a lot of the same applies to it. If it

00:32:36.450 --> 00:32:38.170
lives in the heart of this volcano, it likely

00:32:38.170 --> 00:32:41.660
has... Let's think. You've heard some local rumor.

00:32:42.240 --> 00:32:45.099
Perhaps you saw the cave walls coming in and

00:32:45.099 --> 00:32:46.819
you saw, like, images of these creatures. You

00:32:46.819 --> 00:32:48.380
saw, I'll give you one more thing with the 24.

00:32:49.000 --> 00:32:53.680
You saw an image of the Teletholotl with this

00:32:53.680 --> 00:32:58.640
ring of magma spreading out around it. You would

00:32:58.640 --> 00:33:00.259
take that to mean it might be able to ignite

00:33:00.259 --> 00:33:04.579
itself and essentially erupt with flame in a

00:33:04.579 --> 00:33:10.970
very devastating way. Sometimes. Well, we'll

00:33:10.970 --> 00:33:13.569
have to make sure that... Understand, if you're

00:33:13.569 --> 00:33:15.269
standing close to this telestial idol, it could

00:33:15.269 --> 00:33:19.589
ignite itself and deal a great amount of damage

00:33:19.589 --> 00:33:22.390
in that area. My shield will go up in flames,

00:33:22.470 --> 00:33:28.930
too. What do you guys want to do? You have this

00:33:28.930 --> 00:33:31.410
location in front of you. You could... Fan out,

00:33:31.470 --> 00:33:32.809
check out the ruins a little bit, or you can

00:33:32.809 --> 00:33:35.230
just push right forward to those double doors.

00:33:35.950 --> 00:33:39.009
There's some stairs on the eastern, sorry, western

00:33:39.009 --> 00:33:40.670
side, and then opening into a different room

00:33:40.670 --> 00:33:43.309
on the eastern side. God, I'm so bad at those.

00:33:44.089 --> 00:33:46.789
Were you able to explore anything at all, Lumenrath?

00:33:47.710 --> 00:33:54.410
You were not. Nada. Well, we should make sure.

00:33:54.450 --> 00:33:56.150
Nada mucho. We should make sure nothing will

00:33:56.150 --> 00:33:58.509
come in behind us when we do go to confront the

00:33:58.509 --> 00:34:02.039
monsters. Hell yeah. Where do you want to go?

00:34:03.579 --> 00:34:05.539
Jules, which way should we go? I think Jules

00:34:05.539 --> 00:34:09.360
wants to go to the right first there. Which one's

00:34:09.360 --> 00:34:13.900
that? Is that the stairs? No. Hell yeah. We bet

00:34:13.900 --> 00:34:17.639
it does too. Is it dark in there? uh everything

00:34:17.639 --> 00:34:19.400
in here is dim lighting because there's that

00:34:19.400 --> 00:34:21.820
volcanic sort of magma trenches so it's dim light

00:34:21.820 --> 00:34:23.639
jules will give it a little more and cast light

00:34:23.639 --> 00:34:27.460
onto his uh hell yeah it'll cast light from his

00:34:27.460 --> 00:34:32.340
loot you oh you shine the loot light in uh and

00:34:32.340 --> 00:34:36.590
you see this room uh has more murals of people

00:34:36.590 --> 00:34:39.489
making offerings to the gods on the walls. And

00:34:39.489 --> 00:34:41.650
at the chamber's center stands three statues

00:34:41.650 --> 00:34:44.090
on short pedestals, one of a tiefling, one of

00:34:44.090 --> 00:34:46.670
a dwarf, and one of a human, all in poses of

00:34:46.670 --> 00:34:48.130
supplication. You've noticed those are the three

00:34:48.130 --> 00:34:52.030
kind of primary races on this world. You see

00:34:52.030 --> 00:34:55.530
notably there are like urns in front of the three

00:34:55.530 --> 00:34:57.190
statues, but not much else going on in here.

00:34:57.349 --> 00:34:59.329
Okay, no inscriptions or anything? Nothing that

00:34:59.329 --> 00:35:02.250
you see. Okay. Do you want to take a deeper look

00:35:02.250 --> 00:35:05.389
in, or do you want to leave? I kind of want to

00:35:05.389 --> 00:35:10.969
take a deeper look. Okay. You move in. Do you

00:35:10.969 --> 00:35:13.170
want to take some time to inspect the whole room,

00:35:13.210 --> 00:35:15.190
basically? Yeah, yeah, yeah. As you inspect the

00:35:15.190 --> 00:35:18.170
room, you do see that in the urn from the dwarf,

00:35:18.230 --> 00:35:21.550
there is a small pot with liquid in it. It's

00:35:21.550 --> 00:35:24.630
a very nondescript, just sort of clay pot with

00:35:24.630 --> 00:35:27.710
a stopper. You can feel liquid splashing around,

00:35:27.909 --> 00:35:31.400
but you don't know what it is. Yay. Unless someone

00:35:31.400 --> 00:35:33.420
wants to make some kind of check. Yeah, I was

00:35:33.420 --> 00:35:36.380
gonna ask if I can roll. Give me your corona

00:35:36.380 --> 00:35:40.039
check and you wouldn't give it to me. Hey Blanche,

00:35:40.179 --> 00:35:42.980
take a look at this. Hmm, interesting. I have

00:35:42.980 --> 00:35:45.739
never seen one of those in my life. Neither have

00:35:45.739 --> 00:35:49.840
I with a 10. 11. Okay, well. You want to roll

00:35:49.840 --> 00:35:52.280
see if you get lucky? Come on then and laugh.

00:35:54.179 --> 00:35:58.219
15. 15? Knows more than we do. With a 15 and

00:35:58.219 --> 00:36:03.119
with your background as an elemental hunter,

00:36:03.260 --> 00:36:05.840
it seems, as you pop this thing open, take a

00:36:05.840 --> 00:36:11.840
sniff, smells very sulfuric. It smells of fire

00:36:11.840 --> 00:36:15.440
itself. It's got that strong, like sulfuric,

00:36:15.460 --> 00:36:18.000
but mixed with just like the charred smells of

00:36:18.000 --> 00:36:21.840
a campfire late at night, an orange liquid. And

00:36:21.840 --> 00:36:24.480
you're looking at this and you think, I do know

00:36:24.480 --> 00:36:28.269
what this is. This is a single -use potion of

00:36:28.269 --> 00:36:34.489
fire resistance. I don't know who wants to take

00:36:34.489 --> 00:36:37.630
this, but it might be incredibly clutch. Yeah,

00:36:37.670 --> 00:36:41.030
for sure. I think it's only fair for you to have

00:36:41.030 --> 00:36:44.090
it, Emonrath. Ride on. You've been trapped here

00:36:44.090 --> 00:36:46.730
long enough. I think you deserve it. I will take

00:36:46.730 --> 00:36:49.929
with pride. How long does it last? I believe

00:36:49.929 --> 00:36:52.030
it lasts one hour. Holy shit. Might as well just

00:36:52.030 --> 00:36:56.150
down it, right? I'm thinking. I don't think we're

00:36:56.150 --> 00:36:58.530
going to be in here. I have to drink it. I thought

00:36:58.530 --> 00:37:00.469
I just poured it over myself. Plug your nose.

00:37:02.570 --> 00:37:05.630
One hour, yes. So with this, if you drink this

00:37:05.630 --> 00:37:08.889
thing, do you take it in? Well, that's what I

00:37:08.889 --> 00:37:10.849
was asking. Do I have to drink it or wear it?

00:37:11.010 --> 00:37:13.250
You have to drink it. Okay, let's do it. Let's

00:37:13.250 --> 00:37:16.690
chug it. It tastes like ashes in your mouth as

00:37:16.690 --> 00:37:20.289
it drips down. Still like a liquid. Still maybe

00:37:20.289 --> 00:37:22.489
like helps to, you know, touch the back of the

00:37:22.489 --> 00:37:27.039
throat. But as you drink it, you feel entirely

00:37:27.039 --> 00:37:30.659
less hot here. You will take half damage from

00:37:30.659 --> 00:37:34.300
any fire damage I give you, basically. So I'll

00:37:34.300 --> 00:37:35.659
make sure to round that down for you as I give

00:37:35.659 --> 00:37:38.019
it to you. That's clutch. Nice. Super, super

00:37:38.019 --> 00:37:41.079
good. Yeah. What did they use that for in this

00:37:41.079 --> 00:37:44.199
temple? It seemed like it was like an offering

00:37:44.199 --> 00:37:45.980
or something because it was in front of that

00:37:45.980 --> 00:37:49.400
dwarven statue. I talked. It was in the urn,

00:37:49.440 --> 00:37:52.599
right? I can tell you how to character. Yeah.

00:37:52.960 --> 00:37:55.320
This was given to snake eaters that would come

00:37:55.320 --> 00:37:57.639
to meet with. There's always one on hand that

00:37:57.639 --> 00:38:00.000
would brew and leave, so a snake eater could

00:38:00.000 --> 00:38:02.039
go and meet with Paladin without just, like,

00:38:02.079 --> 00:38:06.559
having a really bad time. Being very uncomfortable,

00:38:06.820 --> 00:38:10.559
at least. Hell yeah. That's all you see in here.

00:38:11.199 --> 00:38:13.360
There is the stairs on the other side of the

00:38:13.360 --> 00:38:14.900
main room there, and there's the double doors.

00:38:15.739 --> 00:38:18.639
I'll hold the bottom of the stairs. I'll make

00:38:18.639 --> 00:38:21.219
sure nothing comes up behind you. I think we

00:38:21.219 --> 00:38:23.179
should investigate before we continue through.

00:38:23.300 --> 00:38:26.639
There might be more useful items. Jules will

00:38:26.639 --> 00:38:31.579
jump in there with his light going. As you...

00:38:31.579 --> 00:38:35.079
I was going to say, speaking of light, what is

00:38:35.079 --> 00:38:37.380
our party makeup like? Because I know that Blanche

00:38:37.380 --> 00:38:40.760
has the goggles of night so she can see in dimness

00:38:40.760 --> 00:38:45.420
and darkness. I don't know about Akio or the

00:38:45.420 --> 00:38:48.940
other PCs. I don't know if Akio has dark vision.

00:38:49.530 --> 00:38:52.130
I don't think he does. But he's got this smell,

00:38:52.230 --> 00:38:54.409
so he's kind of sniffing the way out ahead. I

00:38:54.409 --> 00:38:57.210
think that's kind of his main way of moving about.

00:38:57.690 --> 00:39:01.949
What about insight? Can you use insight for anything?

00:39:02.449 --> 00:39:04.969
That's more if you want to check someone's intentions.

00:39:06.010 --> 00:39:07.929
You think someone lied to you, you roll insight,

00:39:08.150 --> 00:39:11.550
and I'll be like, ah, you got me. Jules, you

00:39:11.550 --> 00:39:13.909
move up into what looks like some kind of raided

00:39:13.909 --> 00:39:18.880
memorial. Once, maybe a place. you know, storage,

00:39:19.119 --> 00:39:22.239
and now it's been kind of carved apart. You see

00:39:22.239 --> 00:39:23.900
shells are carved into the room's walls. There

00:39:23.900 --> 00:39:25.880
are contents swept onto the floor, reduced to

00:39:25.880 --> 00:39:28.260
shards of shattered pottery and heaps of ashes.

00:39:28.760 --> 00:39:31.000
A mural on the north wall depicts erupting volcanoes

00:39:31.000 --> 00:39:34.099
and smoke in the shape of tiny people drifting

00:39:34.099 --> 00:39:38.840
into the sky. Something about that reminds you

00:39:38.840 --> 00:39:41.400
of the tales you heard in town of the ash rise,

00:39:41.619 --> 00:39:45.159
the coming apocalypse. But that's all you see

00:39:45.159 --> 00:39:49.039
in here. Nothing really too exciting. Okay. Is

00:39:49.039 --> 00:39:51.000
there anything else to see if I roll for anything?

00:39:51.340 --> 00:39:54.559
I'll tell you no. Okay, cool. Nothing here, Blanche.

00:39:54.940 --> 00:39:58.119
All right, very well. We checked, and Emonrath

00:39:58.119 --> 00:40:00.699
does have darkvision. Nice. Oh, so you're totally

00:40:00.699 --> 00:40:03.719
fine. Yeah, right, half -elf. That's right. Hell

00:40:03.719 --> 00:40:09.159
yeah. What now? Do you proceed to death? I think

00:40:09.159 --> 00:40:11.460
so. I think it's time we introduce ourselves.

00:40:12.800 --> 00:40:16.789
Let's go into the other room. I'm trying to decide

00:40:16.789 --> 00:40:21.309
if we should buff outside the room now. That

00:40:21.309 --> 00:40:23.909
might not be a bad idea. Let me see what I got

00:40:23.909 --> 00:40:27.489
for buffs. I got some Bless. Ooh, some Bless?

00:40:27.750 --> 00:40:30.750
I got some Bless. Only first level, unfortunately.

00:40:31.630 --> 00:40:33.630
That monologue, it won't count against your buffs.

00:40:34.489 --> 00:40:38.610
It won't monologue much. It's like the give and

00:40:38.610 --> 00:40:41.840
take of buffs in D &D. I got to let you have

00:40:41.840 --> 00:40:43.400
your boss post monologues, so you let me have

00:40:43.400 --> 00:40:45.840
my monologues. It's like the bargain players

00:40:45.840 --> 00:40:50.760
make with the ends. I mean, the only... Gosh,

00:40:50.880 --> 00:40:55.300
do I want to do Shadowblade? Yeah, I'm going

00:40:55.300 --> 00:40:58.659
to cast Shadowblade at third level. So that's

00:40:58.659 --> 00:41:04.860
a minute. And I will use another instance of

00:41:04.860 --> 00:41:07.460
Blade Song. So that's another one minute. Nice.

00:41:09.480 --> 00:41:14.219
Ready to go. I'm sorry, I was like half reading

00:41:14.219 --> 00:41:17.019
and half listening. Did you pop Bless? Yes, I'm

00:41:17.019 --> 00:41:21.019
going to pop Bless on Blanche, Eminem of Hroth,

00:41:21.199 --> 00:41:24.579
and Akio. And that's an extra d4? That's an extra

00:41:24.579 --> 00:41:29.639
d4 for attacks or saves. Sweet. For up to a minute.

00:41:30.199 --> 00:41:32.679
Sweet. It's concentration, though, so I've got

00:41:32.679 --> 00:41:34.960
to keep an eye on that. If it drops, it drops.

00:41:36.349 --> 00:41:38.750
So we'll go with that for now. Actually, hold

00:41:38.750 --> 00:41:46.130
on. Let's start off with a Bardic onto... Let's

00:41:46.130 --> 00:41:50.230
also put a Bardic onto Blanche. The way I'll

00:41:50.230 --> 00:41:53.130
view it with buffs like this is it's not hard

00:41:53.130 --> 00:41:55.130
to concentrate. They'll last longer if you're

00:41:55.130 --> 00:41:57.610
not in active, stressful combat, right? It's

00:41:57.610 --> 00:42:00.929
like there's this strain. Minutes, and there's

00:42:00.929 --> 00:42:03.309
minutes, minutes. Right, right, right. That's

00:42:03.309 --> 00:42:07.349
my David way of justifying. I hear you. You guys

00:42:07.349 --> 00:42:11.170
going in? I have a spell here that's locate animals.

00:42:11.289 --> 00:42:13.989
Would that work on these salamanders? In this

00:42:13.989 --> 00:42:15.610
case, it wouldn't because they are considered

00:42:15.610 --> 00:42:19.090
elementals. That would mostly only work on beast

00:42:19.090 --> 00:42:23.469
-type creatures. But you know. Actually, you

00:42:23.469 --> 00:42:25.150
do have an ability. You can burn a spell slot

00:42:25.150 --> 00:42:29.110
to sense. You can't sense the number of them,

00:42:29.150 --> 00:42:30.710
but you can sense if there are elementals nearby.

00:42:31.769 --> 00:42:34.329
Primeval awareness, I believe it's called. Is

00:42:34.329 --> 00:42:37.289
that a feature? Actions. Yeah, that sounds good.

00:42:37.929 --> 00:42:40.929
Oh, yeah. You burn it, and you feel a very powerful

00:42:40.929 --> 00:42:44.230
elemental presence ahead of you. A short ways.

00:42:45.230 --> 00:42:47.909
You can't pinpoint exactly where. You don't know

00:42:47.909 --> 00:42:53.530
how many either, but you know she is there. Steven.

00:42:53.989 --> 00:42:57.789
Jeremy. I'm considering going invisible to start.

00:42:58.050 --> 00:43:03.210
Ooh, fun. Yeah. Fun? Yeah. Do you have, is it?

00:43:03.329 --> 00:43:05.650
I'm double checking it right now. Is it greater

00:43:05.650 --> 00:43:08.650
or is it just invisibility? It's just, oh, it's

00:43:08.650 --> 00:43:14.409
concentration. Oh. Yeah. It's okay. I can find

00:43:14.409 --> 00:43:16.090
other use for it. I'd rather have Bless out there

00:43:16.090 --> 00:43:19.289
to start. The key opens the doors. Roof, I'm

00:43:19.289 --> 00:43:24.780
sorry. I'm just kidding. Are you guys opening

00:43:24.780 --> 00:43:29.539
the doors? Yes. Who's opening the doors? Em and

00:43:29.539 --> 00:43:33.820
Rath. Let's take the van. Akio, you protect Jules.

00:43:34.239 --> 00:43:38.500
Yes. Last of Blanche. And I can just imagine

00:43:38.500 --> 00:43:41.739
Em and Rath and Blanche each with like... an

00:43:41.739 --> 00:43:43.840
arm and a shoulder against one of the big doors

00:43:43.840 --> 00:43:47.079
and they just in sync push them open. The three

00:43:47.079 --> 00:43:48.900
disciples. I love this. Like the two of you together,

00:43:49.039 --> 00:43:51.400
the wave and the wind, the thunder just behind.

00:43:51.699 --> 00:43:56.460
You push these doors open, staring into another

00:43:56.460 --> 00:43:58.780
small chamber with two more double doors. Oh

00:43:58.780 --> 00:44:03.199
my God. Fuck. Crates and heaps of supplies surround

00:44:03.199 --> 00:44:06.119
a stone altar with a flaming burning in a depression,

00:44:06.380 --> 00:44:08.340
with a flame burning, there we go, in a depression

00:44:08.340 --> 00:44:11.179
at its center. Stone double doors lead to the

00:44:11.179 --> 00:44:12.960
north and south because, you know, you just went

00:44:12.960 --> 00:44:15.420
to the south ones. The door to the north is carved

00:44:15.420 --> 00:44:17.920
with the image of a frilled lizard -like creature

00:44:17.920 --> 00:44:21.420
amid flames. Now this is the real one. You can

00:44:21.420 --> 00:44:25.480
feel it. You know it. This is like where the

00:44:25.480 --> 00:44:27.179
offerings are. You see like foodstuffs. A lot

00:44:27.179 --> 00:44:29.320
of it's empty now, but this is like the offering

00:44:29.320 --> 00:44:32.730
chamber. All right. Well, put open those doors.

00:44:33.130 --> 00:44:37.150
Let's try this again. We already wasted the cool

00:44:37.150 --> 00:44:42.449
ones. Steal yourselves again. Round two. And

00:44:42.449 --> 00:44:47.429
once again, we see dramatically the doors open,

00:44:47.530 --> 00:44:54.610
and this time into the caldera. The masonry of

00:44:54.610 --> 00:44:57.110
the shrine gives way to the natural formation

00:44:57.110 --> 00:45:01.099
of Volcano's caldera. The immediate shore of

00:45:01.099 --> 00:45:03.239
this cavern is around 45 feet wide and stretches

00:45:03.239 --> 00:45:06.559
out in a J shape along the walls. A blast of

00:45:06.559 --> 00:45:09.719
heat and gas billow off the lake of magma roiling

00:45:09.719 --> 00:45:12.780
here. I love that word, roiling. At the magma's

00:45:12.780 --> 00:45:15.800
edge stands a pair of ornate altars carved of

00:45:15.800 --> 00:45:19.519
obsidian. Beyond, sooty rock ajuts into the molten

00:45:19.519 --> 00:45:25.480
lake. And something or some things move amid

00:45:25.480 --> 00:45:31.590
the lava. As the doors open, on the eastern edge

00:45:31.590 --> 00:45:35.230
of the shore, the short end of the jay, a strange

00:45:35.230 --> 00:45:38.610
creature slithers out of the magma, a large snake,

00:45:38.869 --> 00:45:41.389
body covered in red -hot spines that fan out

00:45:41.389 --> 00:45:44.070
like the tendrils of a flame. It's nearly the

00:45:44.070 --> 00:45:46.849
size of a man as it rises on its coiled form

00:45:46.849 --> 00:45:51.250
and hisses. Now let me get that so you can see

00:45:51.250 --> 00:45:58.070
it. Boom. Oh. And? Gross. Here's the picture.

00:45:58.269 --> 00:46:01.809
Look at that thing. There's one. Is that one

00:46:01.809 --> 00:46:05.550
of the ottle guys? That is a fire snake. One

00:46:05.550 --> 00:46:07.889
of the smaller forms you've seen. You would know

00:46:07.889 --> 00:46:09.550
actually they are the children version of the

00:46:09.550 --> 00:46:13.329
salamanders. Within the first year they are fire

00:46:13.329 --> 00:46:15.289
snakes and they kind of just turn into salamanders.

00:46:16.030 --> 00:46:19.130
uh on the western side of the shore the j -shape's

00:46:19.130 --> 00:46:22.050
long end a similar creature rises though this

00:46:22.050 --> 00:46:24.489
one is much larger than a man while the lower

00:46:24.489 --> 00:46:26.789
body of the thing is also serpentine its form

00:46:26.789 --> 00:46:29.449
also reading the same flame -like spines this

00:46:29.449 --> 00:46:32.190
one is a humanoid chest and arms as a crested

00:46:32.190 --> 00:46:34.289
reptilian face with long tendrils around the

00:46:34.289 --> 00:46:37.789
mouth and wields a spear of gleaming obsidian

00:46:39.039 --> 00:46:42.300
One of the ones you recognize, Stomp on the Salamanders.

00:46:42.460 --> 00:46:44.920
Oh, boy. That caught you. It looks like this.

00:46:45.440 --> 00:46:47.699
That's a big one. Oh, my God. That's a big one.

00:46:47.840 --> 00:46:52.000
We're not even at the fun one yet. Fuck. And

00:46:52.000 --> 00:46:58.219
finally. Something large stirs within the magma

00:46:58.219 --> 00:47:02.360
itself, between the two others. It rises slowly

00:47:02.360 --> 00:47:06.360
to the surface, lava flowing off of black scales

00:47:06.360 --> 00:47:10.690
looking like layers of glowing ash. A great maw

00:47:10.690 --> 00:47:13.570
opens, lined with sharp teeth and backed by an

00:47:13.570 --> 00:47:16.489
intense glow of heat. Frills, almost like burning

00:47:16.489 --> 00:47:19.570
flower petals, line the side to the head. Black

00:47:19.570 --> 00:47:23.250
eyes turn to regard you, shining in the light

00:47:23.250 --> 00:47:25.989
of the caldera. This fucker looks like this.

00:47:26.789 --> 00:47:30.889
Look at that awesome thing. Look at that. That

00:47:30.889 --> 00:47:32.510
is the most disgusting thing we've ever faced.

00:47:32.510 --> 00:47:34.969
It's just a flaming axolotl. If you've ever seen

00:47:34.969 --> 00:47:37.150
an axolotl on fire, but also huge and terrifying,

00:47:37.429 --> 00:47:43.469
you get the idea. down the map uh boom oh no

00:47:43.469 --> 00:47:48.650
it's so big it's so big and on fire the room

00:47:48.650 --> 00:47:52.769
begins to grow hotter the magic of the temple

00:47:52.769 --> 00:47:56.429
strand containing the volcano's fury the great

00:47:56.429 --> 00:48:00.710
maw of the paladin begins to rise and fall in

00:48:00.710 --> 00:48:04.630
speech deep, ignin primordial, most of which

00:48:04.630 --> 00:48:11.650
Emonrath can actually understand, just... But

00:48:11.650 --> 00:48:14.929
the salamander, the more humanoid serpent, does

00:48:14.929 --> 00:48:19.210
begin to translate for the rest of you. I am

00:48:19.210 --> 00:48:25.250
the great Palahaldin, spirit of Jade Mound. You,

00:48:25.570 --> 00:48:29.440
points to you, Jules, and you, Blanche. have

00:48:29.440 --> 00:48:33.699
survived the ogres of Mor and have come to free

00:48:33.699 --> 00:48:38.380
him in wrath from his fate. You are fierce hunters.

00:48:39.480 --> 00:48:43.480
I will give you one chance. You may leave this

00:48:43.480 --> 00:48:46.800
place as part of a new cath dracon, the ones

00:48:46.800 --> 00:48:50.559
now called the snake eaters, those who once hunted

00:48:50.559 --> 00:48:54.349
the very gods. Empowered by my ancient knowledge

00:48:54.349 --> 00:48:57.690
and granted boons of magic and riches by me.

00:48:57.989 --> 00:49:03.750
You will hunt for me. Feed my flame. Do this

00:49:03.750 --> 00:49:08.710
and see no end of the rewards I can grant. Or

00:49:08.710 --> 00:49:13.610
you can be consumed now by nature's most voracious

00:49:13.610 --> 00:49:21.659
predator. Fire itself. Of course. Regardless

00:49:21.659 --> 00:49:25.179
of your choice, I'm in wrath. We'll need to die.

00:49:25.719 --> 00:49:30.199
His crackling flesh has been a feast long awaited

00:49:30.199 --> 00:49:36.739
by me. And the creatures in the room go still,

00:49:36.940 --> 00:49:42.119
poised, and waiting for your answer. Oh, shoot,

00:49:42.300 --> 00:49:43.199
and I put your characters on the map, did I?

00:49:43.280 --> 00:49:45.119
Whoopsies. No, you didn't. They're all right

00:49:45.119 --> 00:49:46.840
there in GM. I just didn't realize I didn't put

00:49:46.840 --> 00:49:49.090
them. All right, put your guys in the room. Get

00:49:49.090 --> 00:49:51.909
in that there room. I don't wanna. Can you move

00:49:51.909 --> 00:49:55.130
your ass? Let me move Blanche first. Ah, hey,

00:49:55.269 --> 00:49:59.130
why'd you move back? Oops, sorry. And then I'll

00:49:59.130 --> 00:50:01.710
give you permissions on MNRATH, Steven. Okay.

00:50:02.110 --> 00:50:04.630
So you guys are going on that computer. Gimme,

00:50:04.690 --> 00:50:07.429
gimme. There you go. You still on the Vanguard,

00:50:07.489 --> 00:50:11.269
MNRATH? Oh, yeah, I think so. With that spell.

00:50:11.690 --> 00:50:13.869
Exactly the same order you came in. Keywood and

00:50:13.869 --> 00:50:16.170
jewels in the back. Blanche and Ebonrath standing

00:50:16.170 --> 00:50:20.110
in front, right in between these two altars of

00:50:20.110 --> 00:50:23.050
obsidian. Ebonrath's got this sort of light,

00:50:23.070 --> 00:50:25.809
pale orange glow with the potion's effects. And

00:50:25.809 --> 00:50:27.829
you feel, again, the room is getting hotter for

00:50:27.829 --> 00:50:30.829
all of you. Hotter and hotter to where it almost

00:50:30.829 --> 00:50:32.550
feels like you can't stand to be in here. Like

00:50:32.550 --> 00:50:34.909
it's fighting the sort of innate magic of this

00:50:34.909 --> 00:50:36.929
place. It's wrestling with it, trying to break

00:50:36.929 --> 00:50:43.400
it. What? is your answer. Blanche will answer.

00:50:43.659 --> 00:50:52.340
Paula Deen. Paula Deen. Rather than serve you,

00:50:52.440 --> 00:50:58.139
I think it would be best to end you here. Finish

00:50:58.139 --> 00:51:01.860
what Emon Wrath has done. We'll see an end to

00:51:01.860 --> 00:51:04.800
it today. With this potion, I could really go

00:51:04.800 --> 00:51:07.440
for a nice dip in that hot tub. Take care of

00:51:07.440 --> 00:51:10.780
this worm. I do think that might be a terrible

00:51:10.780 --> 00:51:15.500
idea still. The lava will do bad things to you.

00:51:15.739 --> 00:51:19.079
A lot less bad, but still bad. You're the only

00:51:19.079 --> 00:51:20.760
one that could feasibly swim in the lava. I will

00:51:20.760 --> 00:51:26.860
say that. How about the other two smaller creatures?

00:51:27.039 --> 00:51:30.150
Can they enter the lava? They are also fire immune,

00:51:30.269 --> 00:51:32.409
so you have resistance to it. They get no damage

00:51:32.409 --> 00:51:33.989
from fire, so they can freely move through it.

00:51:35.909 --> 00:51:39.449
You make that response. You all ready yourselves

00:51:39.449 --> 00:51:43.329
for combat? Yeah, ready. Blanche flourishes her

00:51:43.329 --> 00:51:46.090
shadow blade. Oh, what is the lighting in here,

00:51:46.150 --> 00:51:51.670
actually? It says dim light in every room, so

00:51:51.670 --> 00:51:53.170
I'm assuming this isn't open to the surface,

00:51:53.230 --> 00:51:54.630
so even though there's a glow from the lava,

00:51:54.730 --> 00:51:56.369
you're still within the earth, so dim light.

00:51:56.619 --> 00:52:01.760
Okay, so then maybe we can get an area on Jules'

00:52:01.980 --> 00:52:04.320
light spell, because if Blanche is outside of

00:52:04.320 --> 00:52:06.900
that light, then I get advantage on attacks.

00:52:06.980 --> 00:52:09.019
I think it's still going. Let me just stand by.

00:52:09.119 --> 00:52:11.420
Yeah, I can put a radius on it for you. Oh, yeah,

00:52:11.460 --> 00:52:13.579
it's one hour. Oh, yeah. So what's the radius?

00:52:13.659 --> 00:52:16.679
It's 10 feet bright? 20 foot bright. 20 foot

00:52:16.679 --> 00:52:18.699
bright, okay. For an additional 20 feet is dim.

00:52:18.860 --> 00:52:20.219
I'm going to switch that, and I'm going to make

00:52:20.219 --> 00:52:22.280
it so Blanche has full access to your token as

00:52:22.280 --> 00:52:25.320
well, just so she can see the radius I'm putting

00:52:25.320 --> 00:52:29.429
up. Cool. Is that the full 40? Because it's 20

00:52:29.429 --> 00:52:31.610
bright and then the additional 20. Oh, it's already

00:52:31.610 --> 00:52:34.130
dim light. So only the bright will matter for

00:52:34.130 --> 00:52:40.349
Shadowland. Okay. This creature. The cavern begins

00:52:40.349 --> 00:52:43.670
to shake and rumble with lava boiling. The creatures

00:52:43.670 --> 00:52:48.010
move forward to strike. Let's roll for initiative.

00:52:48.550 --> 00:52:53.710
All right. Blast doesn't count for initiative,

00:52:53.809 --> 00:52:57.269
does it? I don't think so. No, I think it's saves

00:52:57.269 --> 00:53:02.090
and attacks. Oh, no, just a 6. So let me find

00:53:02.090 --> 00:53:06.050
Blanche's initiative first. So 10 for Blanche.

00:53:10.230 --> 00:53:15.309
Jules is a 14. 8. Is that with your plus 4? No,

00:53:15.429 --> 00:53:19.130
so 12. Sweet. What about Akio? Oh, right, Akio.

00:53:19.519 --> 00:53:22.000
Yeah, yeah. What about me? I think he's got a

00:53:22.000 --> 00:53:26.360
three dex, I think. Oh! Advantage on initiative,

00:53:26.460 --> 00:53:28.599
I believe, because he has his... Oh, right. He

00:53:28.599 --> 00:53:31.679
does have a thing. Well, it's already... Already

00:53:31.679 --> 00:53:36.940
crazy? Yeah. 21 for a Q. Nice. Hell yeah. Okay.

00:53:37.500 --> 00:53:40.719
I'm hot in the volcano. Mm -hmm. Top of the round.

00:53:40.840 --> 00:53:45.650
First things first. As I said before... All of

00:53:45.650 --> 00:53:47.510
these things in this room have heated body or

00:53:47.510 --> 00:53:49.250
fire aura effect. When the interest in keeping

00:53:49.250 --> 00:53:51.130
things is kind of moving quickly, I'm going to

00:53:51.130 --> 00:53:52.710
say that it is dampened a bit by the innate magic

00:53:52.710 --> 00:53:54.969
of the temple. But I will have a very different

00:53:54.969 --> 00:53:57.530
mechanic to account for all this mist damage,

00:53:57.730 --> 00:54:00.050
which will occur at the top of each round. A

00:54:00.050 --> 00:54:02.550
very important con save that you will all need

00:54:02.550 --> 00:54:04.309
to make, because as this thing roars out, as

00:54:04.309 --> 00:54:06.369
the ground shakes, as this thing, the firestorm

00:54:06.369 --> 00:54:10.869
bubbles, it gets hot, hot, hot in here. The protections

00:54:10.869 --> 00:54:13.469
are failing against the heat of this elemental.

00:54:14.519 --> 00:54:17.300
Con saves for everybody. Oh, wow. Right now?

00:54:17.500 --> 00:54:19.320
Yep. Top of the round, baby. You guys both get

00:54:19.320 --> 00:54:23.000
an extra D4. Yes. Sweet. Okay, so that's a plus

00:54:23.000 --> 00:54:26.900
five for Blanche. So does Akio. Jules did not

00:54:26.900 --> 00:54:29.739
take one. Plus two for Akio. And I'm in wrath.

00:54:29.880 --> 00:54:34.460
Con is a plus four. Oh, fuck. It hit on a 20

00:54:34.460 --> 00:54:37.940
and then rolled off the 20. Oh, no. And it went

00:54:37.940 --> 00:54:44.599
to an eight plus five. So that is 12. Fuck. Oh,

00:54:44.619 --> 00:54:51.679
nice. 18 plus 7. Yep. So, M and Wrath's good.

00:54:52.360 --> 00:54:58.139
Hell yeah. Ooh, a 10 for Blanche. Oops, I didn't

00:54:58.139 --> 00:55:07.960
roll my... Okay, 13 for Blanche. Oh, no. 8 for

00:55:07.960 --> 00:55:17.110
Akio. Oh, my God. I rolled really high. Fuck.

00:55:17.230 --> 00:55:19.130
We're off to a really scary start. Just a heads

00:55:19.130 --> 00:55:23.769
up. Who rolled above 15? Just Iminrath? Yep.

00:55:23.809 --> 00:55:26.030
Iminrath rolled, like, above 25. Jesus Christ.

00:55:27.269 --> 00:55:31.690
This is a super high roll on this. Is this even

00:55:31.690 --> 00:55:33.610
mathematically possible? Let me hit the numbers

00:55:33.610 --> 00:55:36.409
real fast. Hang on. That just seems impossible,

00:55:36.750 --> 00:55:40.380
right? I can't roll this high, right? I guess

00:55:40.380 --> 00:55:43.280
I can. That's 19 points of damage. Halved for

00:55:43.280 --> 00:55:47.639
Emonrath to eight. Is that right? Is it fire

00:55:47.639 --> 00:55:50.119
damage? It is fire. Oh, halved again to Emonrath

00:55:50.119 --> 00:55:54.260
to four. Emonrath barely feeling it, this heat,

00:55:54.300 --> 00:55:57.380
but as this surge of fire rips out towards you,

00:55:57.420 --> 00:55:59.800
your clothes are billowing in this burning wind.

00:56:01.059 --> 00:56:04.739
You take a massive amount of damage to start

00:56:04.739 --> 00:56:07.760
things off. Like I said, a very, very high roll.

00:56:08.539 --> 00:56:13.760
And now, let's open this up with Akio. Once again,

00:56:13.760 --> 00:56:15.780
singed. Akio's gotten burned in the last three

00:56:15.780 --> 00:56:18.980
combats. It's all fire stuff lately. I don't

00:56:18.980 --> 00:56:21.159
think I can change Emon Rath's HP on... I think

00:56:21.159 --> 00:56:23.179
I'm just viewing it. Oh, I see. Okay, I can do

00:56:23.179 --> 00:56:25.059
that for you. Okay. Sorry, let me just take my

00:56:25.059 --> 00:56:27.679
damage for... So this is happening every round?

00:56:28.739 --> 00:56:33.570
Might be. Fuck. 19 damage. You... I was honestly

00:56:33.570 --> 00:56:35.489
in shock when I saw it, when I was doing that.

00:56:35.570 --> 00:56:37.570
I was like, wow, that is, it's very high for

00:56:37.570 --> 00:56:40.449
the role. It was, yeah. Okay. And you all failed,

00:56:40.469 --> 00:56:47.829
which, oof. So my intention for Akio was to give

00:56:47.829 --> 00:56:50.670
him Ichigenka for the start of this fight. Whoa.

00:56:51.210 --> 00:56:58.769
Okay. So I'd like Akio with Ichigenka to run

00:56:58.769 --> 00:57:03.800
up. You have the fire snake on one side, the

00:57:03.800 --> 00:57:05.719
salamander on the other, and then in the magma

00:57:05.719 --> 00:57:08.059
itself, not really moving into yet, is Powala

00:57:08.059 --> 00:57:11.619
Dean. Yes. So Akio's going to run up to the fire

00:57:11.619 --> 00:57:17.179
snake and make two attacks with Ichigenka. Okay.

00:57:17.239 --> 00:57:21.639
Snake just hisses with flame. He moves up, sliding

00:57:21.639 --> 00:57:25.519
into it. Give me those two attacks. Plus eight

00:57:25.519 --> 00:57:28.440
with Ichigenka. Ooh, the first one is a 16 on

00:57:28.440 --> 00:57:36.719
the die. The second one is just a 13. 13 total?

00:57:36.900 --> 00:57:40.880
13 total. The second one will miss. Okay. And

00:57:40.880 --> 00:57:42.940
let me double check Ichigenka's damage. I think

00:57:42.940 --> 00:57:45.139
it's a D8. He does not have Bless, correct, Akio?

00:57:45.989 --> 00:57:48.349
No, Akio has Bless. Oh, Akio has Bless? Oh, okay.

00:57:48.349 --> 00:57:50.030
Akio has Bless. In fact, you don't need to. He

00:57:50.030 --> 00:57:52.710
will hit. Blanche, Akio, and Emonrath. Gotcha,

00:57:52.829 --> 00:57:54.809
gotcha. Okay, great. He will hit twice. As long

00:57:54.809 --> 00:57:56.170
as you add one to that, he'll hit twice. Okay,

00:57:56.250 --> 00:57:59.710
awesome, great. So that's 2d8 plus 5. Good shit

00:57:59.710 --> 00:58:09.449
jewels. That's 20 for over two swings of Ichiganka.

00:58:09.670 --> 00:58:12.349
All told. Nice. Here's a fun question. This thing

00:58:12.349 --> 00:58:18.159
reads up. slides in super fast pushing against

00:58:18.159 --> 00:58:20.780
the buffeting hot wind slides up this thing slices

00:58:20.780 --> 00:58:24.880
describe for me how he kills the fire in one

00:58:24.880 --> 00:58:28.980
round nice he just with the with ichi genka in

00:58:28.980 --> 00:58:31.119
his mouth he just does two quick shakes of his

00:58:31.119 --> 00:58:33.880
head and the second one whops his head right

00:58:33.880 --> 00:58:41.179
off it burns away one foe dropped Instantly.

00:58:41.179 --> 00:58:45.719
The smallest, mind. But one dropped. Nice. That's

00:58:45.719 --> 00:58:50.559
Akio. Holy shit. That is going to be... Hey,

00:58:50.559 --> 00:58:54.019
don't celebrate yet. That's going to be the Telethiladdle.

00:58:55.059 --> 00:59:01.260
Do I use this now? Wait. I think jewels... Well,

00:59:01.320 --> 00:59:05.719
if I move closer, I will move closer. The Telethiladdle

00:59:05.719 --> 00:59:09.869
is going to move. Oh, no. Right up to the edge

00:59:09.869 --> 00:59:13.210
of the arena where he's kind of in like sort

00:59:13.210 --> 00:59:17.289
of the opened, what do you call it, the open

00:59:17.289 --> 00:59:19.469
part of the J, the lower part of the J, between

00:59:19.469 --> 00:59:22.329
all the J shit. He's in there. He's in the bay.

00:59:22.510 --> 00:59:24.210
He's in the bay. There we go. I like that. Not

00:59:24.210 --> 00:59:26.429
the J, it's the bay now. He slides up into the

00:59:26.429 --> 00:59:28.550
bay, gets right up in front of you guys, in front

00:59:28.550 --> 00:59:30.789
of those altars, this huge, powerful creature.

00:59:31.920 --> 00:59:35.260
And I'm going to do something so gross that you're

00:59:35.260 --> 00:59:37.400
going to poop yourselves. Yeah, we're all bundled

00:59:37.400 --> 00:59:41.199
up. As it sort of like splashes down and you

00:59:41.199 --> 00:59:44.059
see those like ashen scales sort of open. The

00:59:44.059 --> 00:59:48.900
mouth wide and gouts of molten lava erupt from

00:59:48.900 --> 00:59:53.480
the telestial's body. It sounds like an explosion

00:59:53.480 --> 00:59:58.280
raining over you. Each creature, oh wait, each

00:59:58.280 --> 01:00:01.289
creature, oh shit. Ha ha. Damn it. Okay. Well,

01:00:01.389 --> 01:00:03.670
fuck. Okay. Well, I've already committed. In

01:00:03.670 --> 01:00:06.670
a 30 -foot radius. That's everything on this

01:00:06.670 --> 01:00:08.389
map. That's my guy, too. This is not a big map.

01:00:08.610 --> 01:00:10.889
It's my guy, too. I didn't pay attention to that.

01:00:12.590 --> 01:00:14.889
Got to make deck saves, all of you. Oh, my God.

01:00:14.889 --> 01:00:17.550
Okay. As this is all splashing down. Fucking

01:00:17.550 --> 01:00:22.349
hell. Fire and stone scale ripping off it. Don't

01:00:22.349 --> 01:00:24.650
forget, you got Bless active and Blanche has

01:00:24.650 --> 01:00:27.829
Bardic. Oh, no, my guy. Oh, yeah, that's right.

01:00:27.969 --> 01:00:31.329
The sum of those two plus eight. You said a dex?

01:00:32.289 --> 01:00:36.590
Yes. Jesus Christ. Oh, no. Come on, my guy. You're

01:00:36.590 --> 01:00:38.329
going to be okay. Why did I do this to myself?

01:00:38.969 --> 01:00:43.429
Ooh, natural 20. Okay, just barely. Good. You

01:00:43.429 --> 01:00:47.789
said just what? Sorry, me. Oh. I'm like, with

01:00:47.789 --> 01:00:50.489
a natural 20, I would hope it's just there. Or

01:00:50.489 --> 01:00:54.690
more than just there. Oh, this is going to suck.

01:00:55.230 --> 01:01:16.650
Oh, wait, don't I get... Okay, that was a 12

01:01:16.650 --> 01:01:22.690
for Akio, 18 for Blanche. I'm in wrath. What

01:01:22.690 --> 01:01:26.849
did I roll? That was a 15 plus 8. So 15 plus

01:01:26.849 --> 01:01:33.230
8. 15 plus 8. Jules. What? What did you roll?

01:01:33.369 --> 01:01:35.389
I told you. Oh, I forgot. Oh, I rolled a natural

01:01:35.389 --> 01:01:37.929
20. Oh, holy shit. That's really good. Sorry,

01:01:38.250 --> 01:01:44.250
my brain was in the land of flames. As pyroclasm.

01:01:45.119 --> 01:01:47.480
unleashes on you all. Akio's the only one that

01:01:47.480 --> 01:01:49.900
actually fails this, which is really good, because

01:01:49.900 --> 01:01:53.039
only Akio's going to take another 22 points of

01:01:53.039 --> 01:01:57.380
damage. Holy shit! The rest of you will take

01:01:57.380 --> 01:02:00.860
half of that, and Emonrath can shave 3 off that,

01:02:00.960 --> 01:02:04.420
so that is going to be 22 and a half to 11. Emonrath,

01:02:04.420 --> 01:02:08.579
you only take 8 points of damage. Everyone else

01:02:08.579 --> 01:02:10.099
takes 11 points of damage. Even with a natural

01:02:10.099 --> 01:02:15.519
20? Yes. Fuck off. but you don't take the full

01:02:15.519 --> 01:02:18.539
hit. You guys all kind of weave. Keo, I think

01:02:18.539 --> 01:02:20.780
when he took out the guy on the top, he's sort

01:02:20.780 --> 01:02:22.380
of stuck in a corner here. He's in a bad spot.

01:02:22.579 --> 01:02:24.539
He couldn't really get away. He has lava on one

01:02:24.539 --> 01:02:26.480
side of him, so as this bursts out, he's not

01:02:26.480 --> 01:02:27.900
able to get in a good spot, and he just gets

01:02:27.900 --> 01:02:31.579
pelted by it, burned, and the rest of you can

01:02:31.579 --> 01:02:35.239
dive behind the altars. As this goes, you only

01:02:35.239 --> 01:02:39.900
take some damage, but that is going to be my

01:02:39.900 --> 01:02:43.789
move. That's all I got. Oh, it's worth noting

01:02:43.789 --> 01:02:46.150
that Telesha Lottle also does shed bright light

01:02:46.150 --> 01:02:47.889
in a 30 -foot radius, so if you're close to it,

01:02:47.909 --> 01:02:50.309
Blanche, as it kind of comes out and this happens,

01:02:50.469 --> 01:02:52.869
you see as that burns, like this fire comes out,

01:02:52.949 --> 01:02:56.769
a great light emanates, washing over you, and

01:02:56.769 --> 01:02:58.869
your shadow blade begins to diminish a little

01:02:58.869 --> 01:03:02.210
bit. Sorry, not sorry. That's a stinker. And

01:03:02.210 --> 01:03:07.730
that's Jules. Question. There's walls, correct?

01:03:08.050 --> 01:03:13.340
Yes. Are there any ledges? Not... You know what?

01:03:14.380 --> 01:03:16.239
This probably opens up. I think it's like, I

01:03:16.239 --> 01:03:18.159
would say the farther out this room goes, the

01:03:18.159 --> 01:03:19.980
wider it gets. Right where you are, the room

01:03:19.980 --> 01:03:22.179
is kind of low, but I'll say up in the corner,

01:03:22.219 --> 01:03:24.219
kind of near where the largest elevator, the

01:03:24.219 --> 01:03:26.579
long side of the J, there are some ledges where

01:03:26.579 --> 01:03:28.420
the walls get about 20 feet high, and there's

01:03:28.420 --> 01:03:33.619
a 10 -foot sort of ledge. Cool. Cool. That makes

01:03:33.619 --> 01:03:37.519
sense. That's cool. It's fun. All right. Fuck.

01:03:38.199 --> 01:03:42.260
Okay. How's Blanche doing for HP? About halfway.

01:03:42.900 --> 01:03:45.320
Okay. But we just didn't even have a turn yet.

01:03:45.320 --> 01:03:47.980
Yeah, I know. Go figure. Jules is about the same.

01:03:48.139 --> 01:03:52.280
It's almost like I'm a wizard with 54 HP. Table

01:03:52.280 --> 01:03:58.019
Talk, what's your con? High. High con? Okay.

01:03:58.119 --> 01:04:00.480
Everyone is high con here, actually. Yeah. Yeah.

01:04:01.400 --> 01:04:04.920
Okay. So Jules is going to cast Enhance Ability

01:04:04.920 --> 01:04:08.340
onto Blanche so that you can have advantage.

01:04:10.959 --> 01:04:13.179
Oh, yeah, yeah. I did say saves or will work

01:04:13.179 --> 01:04:14.159
earlier for con. You know what? I'm going to

01:04:14.159 --> 01:04:17.079
let that stand. Yeah, I like that. That's cool.

01:04:17.219 --> 01:04:18.699
That's really cool. I like it a lot. So I get

01:04:18.699 --> 01:04:20.880
advantage on con saves? Yes. It's a concentration,

01:04:21.059 --> 01:04:24.820
so everybody loses. Bless. Okay. But you can

01:04:24.820 --> 01:04:29.579
choose. save to get advantage on, which I assume

01:04:29.579 --> 01:04:31.480
is going to be constitution. Yeah, that's smart.

01:04:31.480 --> 01:04:33.480
That's the idea with it. So you get advantage

01:04:33.480 --> 01:04:36.579
on checks, and also you gain 2d6 temporary hit

01:04:36.579 --> 01:04:38.880
points. I house ruled earlier that you also do

01:04:38.880 --> 01:04:41.780
get advantage on saves way, way back. I hoisted

01:04:41.780 --> 01:04:44.800
with that batard today, but I will allow it unless

01:04:44.800 --> 01:04:46.639
somebody tells me why I'm an idiot for allowing

01:04:46.639 --> 01:04:50.179
it. 11 temp HP. That's huge. That is insanity.

01:04:50.760 --> 01:04:53.780
Nice. All right, cool. Second level spell. That's

01:04:53.780 --> 01:04:54.980
pretty cool. That's pretty cool. Yeah, and then

01:04:54.980 --> 01:04:57.860
I'm going to cast Bardic Inspiration onto myself.

01:04:58.960 --> 01:05:03.460
Hell yeah. That's it. Blanch. Abs. Tighten up.

01:05:04.780 --> 01:05:08.360
Ritz. Hell yeah, you. Cast Bardic Inspiration.

01:05:08.360 --> 01:05:10.739
You glow with that golden mote surrounding you,

01:05:10.760 --> 01:05:13.679
Jules. And you stand firm, this creature bearing

01:05:13.679 --> 01:05:16.559
over your allies in front of you. That would

01:05:16.559 --> 01:05:19.260
be the Fire Snake, but it's super dead. So that's

01:05:19.260 --> 01:05:22.010
going to be Emonrath. Him in the wrath. Your

01:05:22.010 --> 01:05:26.369
first turn in a long, long time. Yeah, just absorbing

01:05:26.369 --> 01:05:30.010
this. So I don't have my weapons yet, do I? Oh,

01:05:30.030 --> 01:05:32.550
we'll see. They were actually, I totally goofed.

01:05:32.570 --> 01:05:35.309
They were up in that room with the empty shells.

01:05:35.409 --> 01:05:38.170
The one you said that had nothing in it? I didn't

01:05:38.170 --> 01:05:40.289
put it in my notes because I'm dumb. You have

01:05:40.289 --> 01:05:44.530
your weapons. Okay, all right. So since my HP

01:05:44.530 --> 01:05:48.369
is good, I have a longbow, right? You have a

01:05:48.369 --> 01:05:50.929
plus one longbow, yes. Nice. I'd like to take

01:05:50.929 --> 01:05:52.949
a try on the bow. You probably got that from

01:05:52.949 --> 01:05:55.349
the hunter you killed, actually. The night elf.

01:05:55.590 --> 01:05:57.969
Yeah, let's do that. Or dark elf. Night elves

01:05:57.969 --> 01:06:02.429
are Warcraft. So I pull out the bow and... That's

01:06:02.429 --> 01:06:04.150
a plus eight. Yeah, plus eight. Are you shooting

01:06:04.150 --> 01:06:08.090
at the big thing or the bigger thing? The primary.

01:06:08.389 --> 01:06:11.090
Hell yeah. Yeah, the primary. Paladin turns,

01:06:11.250 --> 01:06:13.469
regards you. You draw your bow, knock arrow,

01:06:13.630 --> 01:06:17.849
stare into that flaming maw. I got a four plus

01:06:17.849 --> 01:06:21.909
eight. So a 12? Yeah, I got a 12. 12. Do you

01:06:21.909 --> 01:06:25.889
have Bless on? Bless is inactive now. It is now

01:06:25.889 --> 01:06:28.809
inactive. He dropped. Oh! I've got to start paying

01:06:28.809 --> 01:06:33.690
attention. Okay. With only a 12, you do not hit.

01:06:33.909 --> 01:06:35.909
You have two attacks, though, as a ranger at

01:06:35.909 --> 01:06:38.550
this level, so you can try again. The first one

01:06:38.550 --> 01:06:41.570
gets stuck, and it bounces off like a jagged,

01:06:41.570 --> 01:06:48.070
rocky tooth. Another 12. Oh, my God. Oh, no.

01:06:48.429 --> 01:06:50.449
Pew, pew. You're firing this thing. It's just

01:06:50.449 --> 01:06:54.329
so unstoppable as it stares you down. You have

01:06:54.329 --> 01:06:56.110
a bonus act. You cast one of your spells if you

01:06:56.110 --> 01:06:58.690
want to, or you can hold. Speak with the animal.

01:06:58.789 --> 01:07:02.070
No. Hunter's mark. A squirrel's like, I know

01:07:02.070 --> 01:07:06.329
it's weakness. Hunter's mark. Hell, yeah. I love

01:07:06.329 --> 01:07:08.849
that. You just point out, and again, just like

01:07:08.849 --> 01:07:12.239
before. You lock this thing with the gaze of

01:07:12.239 --> 01:07:16.500
a hunter. You look at this creature, this burning

01:07:16.500 --> 01:07:18.519
flame, this great predator, and you see it as

01:07:18.519 --> 01:07:23.579
prey, and it knows this shiver down its long,

01:07:23.800 --> 01:07:29.199
molten back. Hell yeah. That means on subsequent

01:07:29.199 --> 01:07:33.500
hits, you'll do more damage, basically. And that's

01:07:33.500 --> 01:07:36.449
your turn. That would be my second strike, right?

01:07:36.670 --> 01:07:38.309
Yep, so that's all you would have. You've already

01:07:38.309 --> 01:07:40.769
done your two attacks, so you wouldn't be able

01:07:40.769 --> 01:07:43.590
to do any more. But Hunter's Mark will work on

01:07:43.590 --> 01:07:46.150
your next turn. Anytime you actually do hit this

01:07:46.150 --> 01:07:51.090
thing, you'll do more damage. Hell yeah. Okay.

01:07:52.750 --> 01:07:57.110
That's going to be Blanche. Okie dokie. Blanche,

01:07:57.150 --> 01:07:58.570
your HP's looking pretty bad over there. What's

01:07:58.570 --> 01:08:03.090
going on? Yep. Blanche is going to step to the...

01:08:03.340 --> 01:08:08.539
Opposite side of the J towards this salamander

01:08:08.539 --> 01:08:14.320
here. Okay. And from about 20 -ish feet away,

01:08:14.539 --> 01:08:18.779
she's going to cast Chromatic Orb at third level.

01:08:19.619 --> 01:08:21.640
And she's going to choose cold damage. Oh, don't

01:08:21.640 --> 01:08:25.000
do it. Don't fucking. No. Third level? What am

01:08:25.000 --> 01:08:27.920
I just going to do? Okay. You know what? All

01:08:27.920 --> 01:08:30.880
right. I'm in. So let's see. That's a plus 10

01:08:30.880 --> 01:08:40.260
to hit. Where were we throwing that? Okay, yeah.

01:08:40.399 --> 01:08:44.460
17 on the die. Sweet. I think I'm going to use

01:08:44.460 --> 01:08:47.600
the Bless for the extra damage. Oh, that's Inspiration.

01:08:48.939 --> 01:08:50.500
I'm sorry, not the Bless. Yeah, that's what I

01:08:50.500 --> 01:08:52.199
meant. It's the Inspiration. Jules has that.

01:08:52.279 --> 01:08:55.039
You don't? No, you have it with the rum. I have

01:08:55.039 --> 01:08:58.359
it too. I guess they're paying attention. Would

01:08:58.359 --> 01:09:00.600
it be advantageous to use it here, you think,

01:09:00.640 --> 01:09:04.680
Jeremy? With... What it is is you roll it, and

01:09:04.680 --> 01:09:07.579
then he has to make a con save. A con save against

01:09:07.579 --> 01:09:11.260
the attack, though, right? A DC. Okay. Yeah.

01:09:11.399 --> 01:09:14.420
Jules Spellcast DC. Yeah. Okay. All right. DC

01:09:14.420 --> 01:09:17.579
16, or else it takes damage equal to the bardic.

01:09:18.399 --> 01:09:21.560
Sweet. So it could get up to eight extra. Sweet.

01:09:21.640 --> 01:09:23.479
Let's see if we can do some extra damage. Okay.

01:09:25.099 --> 01:09:29.079
Seven. Nice. I'm going to die. That is a fail.

01:09:29.659 --> 01:09:32.239
Excellent. So it takes seven thunder damage.

01:09:32.460 --> 01:09:35.840
Thunder damage. Cool. And how much else? And

01:09:35.840 --> 01:09:39.939
5d8 cold damage. Ooh. I love that your golden

01:09:39.939 --> 01:09:42.420
moat channels into your... What does your Wand

01:09:42.420 --> 01:09:46.260
of the War Mage look like? Oh, gosh. It looks

01:09:46.260 --> 01:09:51.239
like it's a piece of driftwood. Holy shit, that's

01:09:51.239 --> 01:09:54.939
cool as hell. Yeah. Just like this golden mote

01:09:54.939 --> 01:09:58.000
transfers into that. You blast out and this orb

01:09:58.000 --> 01:10:01.460
of freezing energy launches forth, strikes this

01:10:01.460 --> 01:10:03.939
creature in the chest. The golden sort of mote

01:10:03.939 --> 01:10:06.140
inside of that explodes it with thunder damage

01:10:06.140 --> 01:10:09.859
as cold rips through this thing. I'm just finding

01:10:09.859 --> 01:10:18.180
one more D8. Oh gosh, they're so far back. Yo,

01:10:18.180 --> 01:10:21.699
what? There's a couple eights in there. Ooh.

01:10:21.920 --> 01:10:27.880
That's 30. Holy shit. 30 damage? Oh. Mm -hmm.

01:10:27.979 --> 01:10:32.159
Whoa. 30 damage? You just did 37 damage to this

01:10:32.159 --> 01:10:35.979
thing? No. No, it's 67. She did 60. Wait, what?

01:10:36.220 --> 01:10:44.460
Oh, shit. Oh, fuck. Oh, my God. What? Oh, my

01:10:44.460 --> 01:10:49.689
God. Yeah. What? This thing is... Whoa. practically

01:10:49.689 --> 01:10:53.729
dead holy hell yeah uh this ice blasts out ripping

01:10:53.729 --> 01:10:57.850
through you see it screams it's like it's being

01:10:57.850 --> 01:11:01.310
torn apart shards of ice ripping through its

01:11:01.310 --> 01:11:05.310
elemental form holy shit is it the biggest hit

01:11:05.310 --> 01:11:08.590
we've seen on the show uh strike now while it's

01:11:08.590 --> 01:11:14.569
wake uh damn dude I'm going to get you now. It's

01:11:14.569 --> 01:11:18.170
going to now move up to you. It slithers up to

01:11:18.170 --> 01:11:21.390
you in rage. You see the embers on its body so

01:11:21.390 --> 01:11:24.649
cool that you barely feel its heat as it comes

01:11:24.649 --> 01:11:26.710
around you, but it's trying to embolden itself,

01:11:27.029 --> 01:11:29.770
trying to recover, barely alive. I need you to

01:11:29.770 --> 01:11:32.170
roll a strength saving throw. It's going to try

01:11:32.170 --> 01:11:35.750
to constrict you. Oh, no. Oh, my gosh. Blanche

01:11:35.750 --> 01:11:37.590
is not good with strength. I probably should

01:11:37.590 --> 01:11:39.550
have saved that bardic for that. I need this

01:11:39.550 --> 01:11:41.539
to work because you have... got me in a bad bad

01:11:41.539 --> 01:11:47.619
spot um do i use a button for this oh i'm gonna

01:11:47.619 --> 01:11:49.979
do you only got one you only have one well we

01:11:49.979 --> 01:11:51.779
swap places so i actually have all your buttons

01:11:51.779 --> 01:11:53.479
i might need well that means that means he's

01:11:53.479 --> 01:11:56.359
got three there yeah exactly yeah yeah um i don't

01:11:56.359 --> 01:11:58.119
know i might need it for a death save later so

01:11:58.119 --> 01:12:00.359
hold on to it let's just roll and it's a plus

01:12:00.359 --> 01:12:03.979
zero for strength for blanche yeah david figured

01:12:03.979 --> 01:12:05.800
out as long as you can ignore armor class you

01:12:05.800 --> 01:12:12.130
can hit blanche oh that's an 11 oh This thing

01:12:12.130 --> 01:12:17.130
leaps onto you, fully wraps around you. Fuck.

01:12:17.170 --> 01:12:31.069
What? Now do some damage. That is eight points

01:12:31.069 --> 01:12:33.890
of bludgeoning and four points of fire damage.

01:12:34.529 --> 01:12:36.930
Not very good rolls. Okay, it's not the worst.

01:12:37.879 --> 01:12:40.920
That's my temp HP anyway. It wraps around you

01:12:40.920 --> 01:12:44.300
and you are now restrained as it's trying to

01:12:44.300 --> 01:12:51.960
close you. You will pay for your insolence. As

01:12:51.960 --> 01:12:56.060
you are bound and restricted, blanched by this

01:12:56.060 --> 01:12:59.539
creature. Deeper into the room as Akio stands

01:12:59.539 --> 01:13:03.560
over the ashen remains of one of its young. As

01:13:03.560 --> 01:13:07.960
jewels and wrath stand facing. Powalla Dean,

01:13:08.159 --> 01:13:11.319
the Teletheladdle itself, as a room grows hotter

01:13:11.319 --> 01:13:14.560
and hotter, volcano at the edge of destruction.

01:13:16.279 --> 01:13:19.359
I think we'll call it there.