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Check it out. On Censor. Now, Censor may be the

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Amber World, but it is known for gold. Gold exchanged

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at the Grand Bazaars or bet on horse races. Gold

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mined for the incredibly lucrative deposits that

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line the mountains at desert's edge. Gold decorated

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the rich earth and architecture of the Empire

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City States. But for those that travel deeper

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into the desert... There are many dangers that

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lurk behind the world's rich golden facade. Local

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lore often talks of the Autumn Borax. These ferocious

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critters were known to strike travelers in packs,

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tearing down anything between them and their

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feast of gold. That's right, the critters consumed

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minerals, and their favorite food was gold. Nowadays,

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they're pretty much a myth, though. They were

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hunted down to extinction by the Empire because...

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I mean, well, the favorite food was gold. Unfortunately,

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what is not a myth are the ever -present threat

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of Sense's infamous Twilight Dune Scorpions.

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These monsters are known for their translucent

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blue shells and extremely aggressive behavior.

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Scorpions are the size of large dogs that hunt

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in packs throughout the desert. Their venom is

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deadly, their claws are fiercely strong, and

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they do not know fear. These creepy -colored

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killers... These creepy crawly killers will show

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no mercy when they start on the hood. Damn it,

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I can't speak. Let me take that again. Alright,

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this is orange. These creepy crawly killers,

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I can't fucking speak. Why do I say creepy crawly

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killers? It's the worst. These creepy crawly

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killers will show no mercy when they start on

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the hood. So should you find yourself facing

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one, I suggest you do the same. Nailed it. Oh,

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God, yeah, and that was right at the end, too,

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so you got so close. So close. So close, and

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then it all just fell apart. I'm not 100%. I'm

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sorry if I sound like I've got the sniffles,

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listening audience. My excuse is that I have

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the sniffles. And that's... What? Speaking of

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things falling apart. Yeah. And speaking of the

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sniffles, here's a question. I don't know if

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I've done this one. I don't know. We all have

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the collective memory of a goldfish. So we probably

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have talked about everything before and come

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right around to it. But what is the sickest you've

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ever been? Do you have like a sick story, a real

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gnarly sick story? Get into detail. I want people

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to throw up in their cars. Like what kind of

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sick? I don't know. Like self -inflicted? Does

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that count? What the fuck does that mean? Self

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-inflicted sickness? You have to explain what

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you're talking about. Like a wild night of drinking?

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Oh, shit, okay. Poisoning yourself. I was like,

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should we put some warnings on this one? Yeah,

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guys, yes. I poisoned myself. Jeremy's doing

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a princess bride. He's been taking Iocane powder

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for years. Jesus Christ. Sure, I mean, I have...

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over consumed alcohol to the point of sickness

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before. Um, well, no, I mean, no, I was just,

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I, no. What's the six year bed? Well, we've gotten

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pretty fucking crunk. We're, we're so cool. God

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damn it. Uh, I mean, I, I'm, I think most people,

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I don't know about most people. I think a lot

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of people, myself included, got super sick during,

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uh, COVID stuff. You know, I had a 104 fever.

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When was that? Yeah, that was going to be my.

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What was that for? Yeah, that was what I was

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going to say is I think COVID was the worst I've

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ever been. Oh, really? Hands down. Wow. see it

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didn't i did i got it and like nothing i i got

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it and stayed for work for two weeks but never

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got well for me though what got me was in college

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one time i have no idea it was right around finals

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week and i got so insanely sick for like three

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or four days i had a bottle of gatorade i was

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drinking next to my sleeping bag because i slept

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on my floor in my dorm room because uh i sent

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my wife in my dorm room and we couldn't both

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fit in the bed so we slept on the floor under

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the bed anyway oh my god i was sleeping on that

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floor for like i wonder why you were sick And

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literally all I would do is just get up and vomit

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Gatorade and drink more and go back to sleep.

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Wow, gross. And they'd try to like get me to

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go out and do things like, hey, let's go to the

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store. You know, we'd get up and I'd go up and

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I'd get outside the door and I would just start

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dying and just go right back into bed. Never

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went to like a hospital or anything? I was so

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stubborn. I was so stubborn and so poor. So stupid.

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Look, man. That was college. I had no money.

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I couldn't go to the hospital. Couldn't afford

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anything. Couldn't really afford that Gatorade.

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Oh, my God. When I turned around, I went to one

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of my final exams though. And it was my Spanish

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exam. And I basically just walked in and, you

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know, kind of bombed it. But the teacher really

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liked me. And I think she could tell that I was

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just on death's door and just gave me a passing

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grade anyway. Oh, my God. It was really nice.

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Very nice. Thank you. Thank you, Professor Orla

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Leighton. You're the best. I hate when people

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call headaches migraines. When they're like,

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oh, yeah, I've got this really bad migraine,

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like blah, blah, blah. Not a migraine. It's like,

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nah, bro. Not a migraine. I used to get migraines

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when I was in high school. Oh, yeah. Like I would

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just have to go home and just be in a dark room.

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No light, no sound. I remember the first time

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it ever happened. My mother was like trying to

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like comfort me and she was rubbing my back.

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And just the sound of her hand on my clothing

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was like. killing me inside, but I didn't even

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want to speak up to say something cause it would

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hurt. Uh, so I had like four or five of those

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over the course of my high school career to the

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point where like the doctor was like, okay, if

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you get one more of these, I'm going to prescribe

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you this medication. You're gonna have to be

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on for the rest of your life for migraines. But

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like the only way I could alleviate them was

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falling asleep and I would wake up and I would

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feel better and I would get up and I would walk

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around and like 30 seconds later I would vomit.

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Holy shit. And that's how I knew that the migraine

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was over. Sorry. I've only ever had a migraine

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once, and her name was Gabby. Holy shit. Why

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didn't you say about me? That's pretty good.

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That was solid. That was solid. She's listening

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again, so she's going to hit this episode. Shit.

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So Jeremy, you got in crunk before. Anything

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else? Did COVID was the worst? Yeah, COVID was

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the worst. Hell yeah. Yeah, I mean, I have times

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where I remember having like a really flash,

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disgusting, gross sickness, but nothing like,

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I would say, the worst sickness I've ever had.

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Just like cough syrup always made me throw up

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and vomit. Ugh, ugh. That's probably just natural

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though, right? Ugh. Yeah, yeah. You know, here

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we are, three straight white dudes, never really

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had to deal with any poor health or sickness.

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Hey, hey, pants people, feel bad for us. We're

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the real tragic tales. There are people who deal

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with like legit chronic illness. Hey, speak for

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yourselves. I'm an old man and my body's falling

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apart. It's 80 years old over there. And we were

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tall like that. I mean, like when your lower

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body starts to fall apart, it's like the whole

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thing comes down. Yeah. It's like a tall, tall.

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I mean, there are tall specific ailments because

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of the fact that it was so tall. Like a leaning

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tower of Jeremy over there, just slowly sinking

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deeper into the murk of life. You know, death

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is just inevitable. It's like spiders. It's just,

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you know. So we're going there, huh? Speaking

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of the inevitability of death, I'm finally maybe

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about to kill some characters tonight, huh? This

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is not, honestly not looking great. I don't feel

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super well equipped for this fight. Dude, I realized,

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this is true, earlier today that also my stat

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blocks, I ported over a different stat block

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and added a bunch of fun things to it for this

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particular AG6. And for all AG6s, also has a

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blind sight. Isn't that fun and cool? Yeah, that's

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awesome. Yeah, that's fantastic. Which again,

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wouldn't affect the previous fight because blind

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sight can't see through walls. That was in a

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fill container. So Blink still stands. But in

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this case, Fog Cloud, I don't give a damn about

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it. So let's get ready for this. Back. Ready

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for this? And do it. Oh, hang on. Oh, that's

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cool. Wait. Oh. Oh, hot dogs. Here we go. Hot

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dog, hot dog, hot niggity dog. You stand. in

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the southern corner of East Wing of the library

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of Onisa Academy. A large space of 70 by 75 feet,

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and though much of it to you is still obscured

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behind rows and rows and rows of bookshelves

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filled with books on magical lore. But reading

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is probably the last thing on your minds right

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now because you are currently trapped in a blinding

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fog with two Twilight Dune scorpions. And just

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outside the fog cloud, The real Predator lurks,

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standing above the action upon a bookcase as

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a genius student of the magical arts? An unfeeling

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killer automaton? Or something in between? You

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still don't fully understand what it is you face.

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What you do know is that this thing may have

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killed already, and fully intends to kill now.

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And it is his turn. Now there's one description

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I need to rectify before I take this turn. A

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little something something that I didn't say

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last time. But it's semi -important. When you,

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Dresden, I believe it was you that finished off

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the first Twilight Dune Scorpion. The only one

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who can currently see, thanks to that dagger

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you almost didn't attune to, but you did. You

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can see in this file, you can see all around

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you the chaos unfolding, and you know your allies

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are in grave danger. This is Dresden's time to

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shine. You took out the first one of these things,

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and when you did, and you all would have kind

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of seen this, you stabbed through the shell,

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and as it kind of broke through, as you kind

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of struck into the inner ichor of this creature,

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there was a puff of golden light that would have,

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a little puff of radiance in all the fog. And

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you would feel nothing. There's nothing there.

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There's no body. Nothing to step on as you move

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around it. This thing vanished. Great. So, that's

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all you know. It just disappeared as if it was

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not fully there to begin with. And with that

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done, let's get you. Oh, yes. I'm going to cast

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some conjured bolts, I think. So, I'm going to

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start moving. Where is Dresden? Oh, Dresden's

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in the back. Yeah. Ooh. Oh, you son of a gun.

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Yeah. Yeah. You son of a gun, because here's

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the thing. I have blindsight, but let's be fair

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here. Blindsight would give me the ability to

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see all the figures moving around, but I would

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not be able to distinguish between the Echo and

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Dresden. I would just see two figures, just like

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before. The Echo is clutch. in the dark. So my

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first attack is going to be against the Echo

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itself, because I think this thing has been watching.

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It knows that for some reason, you, you are affected.

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You're the one I need to take down first. Okay.

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Echo first. If you destroy it, then I know. It's

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a natural one. No! Oh my god, right? I know I'm

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advantaging you, right? Yeah, because... He trips

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on an equestrian. If you were blinded, I would,

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but... A stampede of Echo horses come through.

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The echo of horse steps. The gallop through the

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shelves shake. No, nothing happens. He just misses

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because I don't feel it. Yeah, he does. He blasts

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down and just fully kind of misses the echo.

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Perhaps it's like that strange incorporeal nature

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of it is like throwing off the blind sight and

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he shoots down and kind of... Land somewhere

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in front you see this all you you won't even

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aware of anything You just kind of feel this

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like bolt of magic rip through You see like the

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same sort of golden spark for a second in the

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in the fog I get one more attack and I guess

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damn. Oh my gosh. This sucks. I gotta go for

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the echo again Oh my gosh, I do so much damage

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Unless I want to do No, I'll do this. We'll do

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this again if I hit That's going to hit. That

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is going to be a 25 or something. Ah, fuck. Oh,

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yeah, it's a big old hit. All right, now let's

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do some damage. Yeah, he's gone. Well, it doesn't

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matter. He takes one, and he's gone. Okay, he's

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gone. He's gone, yeah. If you hit him, he's gone.

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Which means I'm now aware of your shenanigans.

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The echo vanishes. Okay. That's all I got. That's

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all I can do. That damned echo. That's okay.

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That's going to be old. Dresden Kellig. Ooh.

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Okay. I'm going to manifest the echo again. How

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far am I from this guy? Probably the exact same

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spot. You know what? Can I still get flanking

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on that thing? I can command him right there.

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yes yeah that would be where the bookshelf is

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uh you'd be so you wouldn't be able to reach

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down from the top of the bookshelf it's still

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at 15 feet you need to go behind it fully so

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like you'd appear right there but you can get

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playing with the keo if you appear like yeah

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on the edge of the bookshelf you're close to

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the guy now he's like like 10 feet behind you

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and 15 feet above you okay Which is fine. He

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knows what's up, so. I think you just see, like,

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the second it appears, like, you would sense

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it through the echo. The fate, the head of this

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thing just shoots down, looking down almost like

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in full alarm as another you appears within the

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fog. Yep, and it's going for it. Okay. Going

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on the scorpion. Hell yeah. Yep. With flanking.

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Ooh. Let's do it. Let's do it. First one is a

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22. 22. It's going to hit. Fuck yeah. Roll some

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damage. For nine. Okay. Hell yeah. Again, you

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just break through the shell of this thing. Cool.

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Take a second attack. Yep. Thirteen. Thirteen.

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With flanking? 15. Why do I always fucking forget?

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15 will actually hit! Hell yeah. Oh my god, that

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flanking. I bring it up and I make sure that

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I have it and then I forget to fucking add it.

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It still counts. He's still there. He's still

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there. This thing is literally holding a Kyo

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and stabbing at him repeatedly. That makes sense.

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I'm going to reroll that damage. Okay. So that

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would be 8. 8 damage. An additional 8. Yes. Crack!

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You see light beams that flicker. And you almost

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see it flickering through this thing and these

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open gashes that you create, but it's still up.

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And then Dresden will creep up just a little

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bit. Hell yeah. So he's a little closer to John

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Franklin. Interesting. Okay. All right, that's

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Dresden. That's Akio being held fast by these

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things, stabbed repeatedly, the poison coursing

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through his... old dog body and bones. He's not

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doing well, right? No. Akio is in single digit

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hit point territory. In the grasp of two predators.

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Is he grappled? I don't remember. He actually

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is, yes. Akio is currently, I believe, I don't

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know if it's fully restrained. Let me check.

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claw uh grappled not restrained he cannot move

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but he can he does not have any uh apart from

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being blind he has no effects on his attack effects

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on his attacks you got there i got there in the

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end i made it all right cross the finish line

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take your damn turn you smart well he wants to

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break out of the grapple okay uh that's gonna

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be athletics or acrobatics is his action though

00:16:32.509 --> 00:16:36.009
yeah okay he's gotta get out of there he's gonna

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die if if he gets attacked again Now, if he gets

00:16:39.440 --> 00:16:41.179
out of there, he still has to leave their attack

00:16:41.179 --> 00:16:43.940
opportunity range, right? So it's still not great.

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Yeah, no, it's definitely not great. But his

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other option is to stay there and wait to get

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hit. There's one other way you can go on the

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offense. If you can take this thing out. I mean,

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that's a hard thing, right? Like, if you can't,

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and he's at disadvantage, like, I don't know

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what the best... I honestly don't know what the

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best thing to do is, but I think you would know

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that they would still have AOOs because they

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have Blindsight, and you would fully feel that

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by now. They can sense you. They're fighting

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you fully alert. You're in an impossible spot.

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What's the turn order? The turn order is going

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to be Akio. After Blanche? After Blanche will

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be the Scorpions. You can feel them, their tails

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rising again to strike. You have seconds, seconds

00:17:27.750 --> 00:17:29.970
for Akio, seconds for Blanche, who doesn't even

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know what's happening beside her. She just heard

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her disciple, her treasured friend, whimper in

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pain as he was pierced through with stingers.

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Blanche can hear Akio next to her, getting attacked,

00:17:43.369 --> 00:17:48.279
and she'll say, Akio, retreat! But instead, he's

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going to use his bonus action to cast Second

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Wind. Oh! No! I can't run! That's only eight

00:17:59.579 --> 00:18:03.619
back, so he might be able to stand for one more

00:18:03.619 --> 00:18:07.960
hit. Holy shit. That was his bonus action. What's

00:18:07.960 --> 00:18:10.579
his action going to be? He's going to use Ichigenka.

00:18:10.920 --> 00:18:17.980
Holy shit. Okay. The claws, this thing, he just

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grabs a sword, swings it out blindly into the

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smoke. 19 on the die for the first. Disadvantage,

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because blinded. Oh, my God. That's fine. It's

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still 25 with flanking. That hits. I am a disciple

00:18:38.500 --> 00:18:42.319
of Ozenya Shikatsu! Ruff, I am a student of Blanche

00:18:42.319 --> 00:18:48.059
Trudeau! Ruff, I will not die here! Weapon slides

00:18:48.059 --> 00:18:55.019
into the fog. Give me that roll. Ooh, 12 on the

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first attack. I'd ask you what it looked like.

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But it doesn't look like anything because it's

00:19:00.160 --> 00:19:03.160
all fog. You just see Akio is just met by sudden

00:19:03.160 --> 00:19:05.970
resistance. cracking of exoskeleton, and then

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just another puff and flash of gold sparks as

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another one of these creatures disappears. Do

00:19:12.890 --> 00:19:16.809
you mind if I re -roll my second win because

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I accidentally rolled it with a D8? Go ahead.

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Wait, isn't it? Oh, it is a D8, isn't it? All

00:19:21.930 --> 00:19:23.660
right, I'm stupid. You want me to roll a d20

00:19:23.660 --> 00:19:27.700
instead? No. I just instinctively reached for

00:19:27.700 --> 00:19:30.140
my d8, and then I was like, oh, no, it is a d10.

00:19:30.200 --> 00:19:32.539
Yeah, it's a d10 plus 6, not a d8 plus 6. Well,

00:19:32.579 --> 00:19:35.700
that was too late. Come on, man. Give Akio a

00:19:35.700 --> 00:19:38.420
shot. That's definitely a few extra hit points.

00:19:38.619 --> 00:19:43.440
That's 15 instead of 8. Oh, my gosh. Okay. Not

00:19:43.440 --> 00:19:46.680
bad at all. Yeah, so that's a much bigger heal.

00:19:46.960 --> 00:19:48.900
I have to work pretty hard to kill that dog.

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Okay, and that dog still has one more attack.

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It does. So he's going to turn to the second

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one. He now doesn't have flanking on, but that's

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okay. We didn't need it last time. I'm going

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to say this. I think this thing moved in kind

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of more or less after everything came out. I

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want you to have disadvantage and a minus two.

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It's standing on top of a table, and I don't

00:20:10.410 --> 00:20:12.730
think Akio can quite pinpoint that it's there.

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I think there's like... more circumstances here.

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There's more possible things in its way. How

00:20:17.559 --> 00:20:21.960
about a perception with smell? Okay. Give me

00:20:21.960 --> 00:20:24.579
that. I'll give you the free perception to avoid

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the minus two. Still keep the blinded. Is there

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something Dresden could do out of turn? No. Like

00:20:30.240 --> 00:20:34.720
yell to him? It would be... That's fine. Yeah,

00:20:34.720 --> 00:20:36.759
it's fine. It's all about kind of him pointing,

00:20:36.980 --> 00:20:38.039
because even if you say that, he doesn't know

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the size, how high up it is, and what possible

00:20:40.539 --> 00:20:41.720
obstacles are in the way, but he might be able

00:20:41.720 --> 00:20:44.779
to smell his way through, smell the rich wood

00:20:44.779 --> 00:20:49.119
of these fine mahogany chairs around these fine

00:20:49.119 --> 00:20:53.759
mahogany tables, smell the venom on the stinger

00:20:53.759 --> 00:20:56.700
rising up. Could Dresden do like hot, cold, hot,

00:20:56.759 --> 00:21:00.700
cold, and get the help action? Ah, jeez. It's

00:21:00.700 --> 00:21:02.880
only a nine. He's got a passive perception of

00:21:02.880 --> 00:21:05.460
15, but... I'm going to say he's going to take

00:21:05.460 --> 00:21:07.559
the negative two. All right. I'm going to say

00:21:07.559 --> 00:21:11.059
you're an asshole. Yeah, go ahead. I love it.

00:21:11.480 --> 00:21:14.940
Nope, that's just... Wow, that's so weird. I

00:21:14.940 --> 00:21:19.500
got the same two rolls, like... But that is...

00:21:19.500 --> 00:21:27.079
13. 13. He slings out... swings out. Ichigenka,

00:21:27.079 --> 00:21:29.480
he slings too, he doesn't mold. Ichigenka strikes

00:21:29.480 --> 00:21:31.940
the chair that's sort of before him on the table

00:21:31.940 --> 00:21:33.819
and the chair just fully explodes because it's

00:21:33.819 --> 00:21:38.059
Ichigenka. Nice. Wood splinters around, sliced

00:21:38.059 --> 00:21:40.259
right in half, drops down, but the scorpion is

00:21:40.259 --> 00:21:43.539
untouched. Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy. So close.

00:21:43.920 --> 00:21:46.960
And yet so far. Sorry, I gotta be a little mean.

00:21:47.769 --> 00:21:50.829
Gonna be a little mean. That's Blanche. Blanche,

00:21:50.869 --> 00:21:54.170
blinded. Now with wooden shavings in her eyes.

00:21:54.289 --> 00:21:59.930
So you're double blinded. Yeah, so... Okay, so

00:21:59.930 --> 00:22:02.910
that kind of makes things harder for Blanche.

00:22:03.990 --> 00:22:05.549
So you're staying there. You're still, your back

00:22:05.549 --> 00:22:07.750
is against this bookshelf. Uh, the thing that

00:22:07.750 --> 00:22:10.109
originally coined you is gone. Now the fight's

00:22:10.109 --> 00:22:11.769
kind of all around and ahead of you. There's

00:22:11.769 --> 00:22:13.450
two of them, you know, actually one of them's

00:22:13.450 --> 00:22:15.950
dead. One of them's dead. I didn't exit. Uh,

00:22:16.029 --> 00:22:18.410
there's two of them. You saw two bursts of light

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and you realize that means they're being killed.

00:22:19.849 --> 00:22:21.809
You realize there's only one left, but I don't

00:22:21.809 --> 00:22:22.970
think you know where it is. I don't think you

00:22:22.970 --> 00:22:25.619
can quite pinpoint where it is. You also know

00:22:25.619 --> 00:22:27.079
there's someone behind this, someone pulling

00:22:27.079 --> 00:22:29.319
the strings. You saw that figure appear in a

00:22:29.319 --> 00:22:31.400
bookshelf, just appear in the air of nowhere

00:22:31.400 --> 00:22:35.259
and cast this fog cloud spell. The real threat

00:22:35.259 --> 00:22:39.519
is outside of the fog. Okay. Above, waiting.

00:22:40.019 --> 00:22:44.119
This might be stupid or it might be cool. Let's

00:22:44.119 --> 00:22:46.519
lean into it and see where we go. Blanche is

00:22:46.519 --> 00:22:49.319
going to bonus action, click her heels and activate

00:22:49.319 --> 00:22:52.500
her boots of speed. And she's just going to take

00:22:52.500 --> 00:22:54.960
off straight into the fog cloud, trying to break

00:22:54.960 --> 00:22:57.759
through to the other side. Oh shit. And it just

00:22:57.759 --> 00:23:00.589
so happens that there's like nobody. In that

00:23:00.589 --> 00:23:03.190
line? There's nobody in that line. Going straight

00:23:03.190 --> 00:23:06.349
up. Yeah, yeah. You, like, pass by Akio, his

00:23:06.349 --> 00:23:08.410
furrowed tail. You feel his tail just push against

00:23:08.410 --> 00:23:12.049
you. He feels the wind of you passing. You swing

00:23:12.049 --> 00:23:15.190
right past the echo, brushing by. Feels like

00:23:15.190 --> 00:23:19.049
Dresden's long hair, Dresden's armor. How far

00:23:19.049 --> 00:23:21.730
do you go? Until she can see something. You break

00:23:21.730 --> 00:23:24.109
out of the fog cloud, and you turn, and you look,

00:23:24.109 --> 00:23:26.349
and immediately standing, having moved a bit

00:23:26.349 --> 00:23:30.099
closer, you see... This figure is 15 feet above

00:23:30.099 --> 00:23:32.900
you and just standing right above you on the

00:23:32.900 --> 00:23:36.700
bookcase, looking down with some alarm. Ozen

00:23:36.700 --> 00:23:40.119
Yoshikata. You did not see the one before. You

00:23:40.119 --> 00:23:43.220
saw it, I guess, crouch the eyes of Turbo, but

00:23:43.220 --> 00:23:46.900
now you see this one standing tall. The posture

00:23:46.900 --> 00:23:49.779
is different. It's not like Ozen. Ozen had this

00:23:49.779 --> 00:23:53.180
humility in the way he moved, the way he walked.

00:23:53.200 --> 00:23:55.880
His movements were graceful and simple and clean.

00:23:56.000 --> 00:24:01.289
This thing above you. It's arrogant, haughty.

00:24:01.710 --> 00:24:06.690
It stands with head raised. You can feel just

00:24:06.690 --> 00:24:10.369
this superiority emanating off of it. This is

00:24:10.369 --> 00:24:16.490
not Ozen. Who? Who is this thing? How much of

00:24:16.490 --> 00:24:20.250
who this thing was is still there? And now that

00:24:20.250 --> 00:24:22.390
you see it, Blanche, now that you come face to

00:24:22.390 --> 00:24:25.609
face with this creature, what are you going to

00:24:25.609 --> 00:24:29.579
do? Because you have a choice to make. There's

00:24:29.579 --> 00:24:31.859
a part of you that wants to save these students.

00:24:32.099 --> 00:24:35.400
A part of you that hopes they can be saved. But

00:24:35.400 --> 00:24:39.180
you're a practical person. Logical. I'm sure

00:24:39.180 --> 00:24:44.000
you coldly understand that your end goals lie

00:24:44.000 --> 00:24:48.220
beyond this thing. Quite literally, you've been

00:24:48.220 --> 00:24:52.299
asked to tear the heart from the chest of these

00:24:52.299 --> 00:24:56.140
automatons. So getting up onto the bookshelf

00:24:56.140 --> 00:25:02.579
between the Boots of Speed and Bladesong, I mean,

00:25:02.599 --> 00:25:04.240
you tell me if I'm wrong, I don't think Blanche

00:25:04.240 --> 00:25:06.160
will have much trouble getting up there. No,

00:25:06.180 --> 00:25:07.859
no. I wouldn't even roll a check for it. Okay.

00:25:07.920 --> 00:25:09.259
I'm going to say, like, it's half your movement

00:25:09.259 --> 00:25:11.579
to get up there, but honestly, bookshelves are

00:25:11.579 --> 00:25:15.259
easy to climb. Sure. It's like a ladder. So she's

00:25:15.259 --> 00:25:18.640
going to, like, anime -like flash teleport up

00:25:18.640 --> 00:25:22.359
to be standing in front of this thing. Holy shit.

00:25:23.019 --> 00:25:25.339
I don't know if you can hear me or reason with

00:25:25.339 --> 00:25:28.180
me, but one of the suits has escaped the school.

00:25:28.759 --> 00:25:33.339
You can't hope to collect all four pieces. Huh.

00:25:33.920 --> 00:25:40.380
And then Blanche is going to teleport away. Whoa,

00:25:40.500 --> 00:25:44.670
what? She's going to teleport. Oh, wait a minute.

00:25:44.710 --> 00:25:46.930
So from here, can she see over the fog? Oh, no,

00:25:46.990 --> 00:25:49.410
it's a 20 -foot sphere, isn't it? Yes, you're

00:25:49.410 --> 00:25:52.849
looking back and you see a round sphere of fog

00:25:52.849 --> 00:25:56.230
just all covering the room behind you. You can't

00:25:56.230 --> 00:25:58.390
see into it or what's going on inside of it.

00:25:58.450 --> 00:26:01.710
You know this thing can. Okay. Then she'll teleport

00:26:01.710 --> 00:26:07.490
to the other door that she can see. Huh. And...

00:26:07.490 --> 00:26:10.789
What are you up to? I'll let you know after a

00:26:10.789 --> 00:26:15.160
constitution saving throw. What? Okay. All right.

00:26:16.319 --> 00:26:19.019
Constitution save is going to be... Hey, what

00:26:19.019 --> 00:26:24.359
am I doing? Very, very poor. Excellent. That

00:26:24.359 --> 00:26:28.140
is only a seven. Very, very poor. Blanch cast

00:26:28.140 --> 00:26:31.779
Thunderstep. And you'll now take 3d10 thunder

00:26:31.779 --> 00:26:35.220
damage as a crack rings out that can be heard

00:26:35.220 --> 00:26:38.759
throughout most of the school. Okay. Oh my gosh.

00:26:38.759 --> 00:26:40.259
You're really just putting it out there to the

00:26:40.259 --> 00:26:43.980
world that you are here. I'm going to collect

00:26:43.980 --> 00:26:48.380
3d10s. In the fog, everyone just sees a flash

00:26:48.380 --> 00:26:51.220
of light. It's as if you're standing in a storm

00:26:51.220 --> 00:26:54.420
cloud watching lightning burst around you as

00:26:54.420 --> 00:26:57.849
Blanche launches. I thought there was actually

00:26:57.849 --> 00:26:59.470
lightning with Thunderstab, but it feels cool.

00:26:59.549 --> 00:27:05.230
It feels cool, damn it! 21. 21. That's a lot

00:27:05.230 --> 00:27:09.029
of damage. Yeah. Holy shit. This thing is just

00:27:09.029 --> 00:27:13.529
rocked, rattling metal, as you just appear at

00:27:13.529 --> 00:27:17.369
the doorway. Pretty damn cool, Blanche. And that's

00:27:17.369 --> 00:27:22.009
her move. Okay. Well, only one scorpion is left,

00:27:22.049 --> 00:27:24.569
thanks to Akio's bravery in the face of death.

00:27:25.500 --> 00:27:28.059
And this one's going to keep attacking Akio because

00:27:28.059 --> 00:27:29.980
he was brave in the face of death, and I hate

00:27:29.980 --> 00:27:32.259
that. I hate that. We don't do that here. You're

00:27:32.259 --> 00:27:34.799
such a shit -ass. Yeah, inevitability. Here it

00:27:34.799 --> 00:27:39.299
comes. That's going to be a 15 to hit. That's

00:27:39.299 --> 00:27:41.980
a miss. Oh, sorry. I have advantage. Silly me.

00:27:42.119 --> 00:27:46.579
Hang on. Let me deal with advantage now. That

00:27:46.579 --> 00:27:50.640
is 17 to hit. That's a miss. No! All right, I

00:27:50.640 --> 00:27:54.359
got it this time. That's a natural 20 to hit.

00:27:54.990 --> 00:27:58.349
Does that miss? Does that miss, you bastard?

00:28:01.130 --> 00:28:07.170
That does not. I'm going to do some damage on

00:28:07.170 --> 00:28:12.329
you now. Hold on. Guardian. Hell yeah. Guardian

00:28:12.329 --> 00:28:14.950
reaction. Yep. Wait, what does that do? Immediately

00:28:14.950 --> 00:28:17.250
after a creature within five feet of you takes

00:28:17.250 --> 00:28:19.130
the disengage action or hits another target other

00:28:19.130 --> 00:28:20.670
than you with an attack, I can make an opportunity

00:28:20.670 --> 00:28:23.369
attack. Oh, okay. So I'm still hitting, but you're

00:28:23.369 --> 00:28:25.500
going to get that attack on me. Yes. Okay. All

00:28:25.500 --> 00:28:27.220
right. So I'm still going to do my damage first.

00:28:27.279 --> 00:28:29.480
Then you do your attack on me. Okay. You can

00:28:29.480 --> 00:28:31.539
see me. So you don't have anything. My thing

00:28:31.539 --> 00:28:34.779
is going to do. I'm also going to use interception.

00:28:35.059 --> 00:28:37.740
What? When a creature you see hits another target

00:28:37.740 --> 00:28:40.759
within five feet, you can take a reaction. Oh,

00:28:40.779 --> 00:28:43.380
it was Jaune. Yeah, it was Jaune. Hold on. Yeah.

00:28:44.079 --> 00:28:46.779
Oh. Wait, wait, wait, wait. Opportunity attack

00:28:46.779 --> 00:28:49.920
is not a reaction or is it a reaction? It's a

00:28:49.920 --> 00:28:52.440
reaction. Never mind. Because, yeah, I would

00:28:52.440 --> 00:28:54.470
need two reactions then. Are you doing one with

00:28:54.470 --> 00:28:57.750
Jaune and one with Dresden? It was going to be

00:28:57.750 --> 00:29:00.009
both with Dresden. Oh, okay. I don't think Jaune

00:29:00.009 --> 00:29:02.930
has anything. Oh, yeah, Jaune does. Well... I

00:29:02.930 --> 00:29:05.690
think he can switch places. Yeah, he does, but

00:29:05.690 --> 00:29:08.849
he can't right now because he is in Shell Defense

00:29:08.849 --> 00:29:12.329
still. No, you dropped that last turn. Did we?

00:29:12.609 --> 00:29:14.170
Yes, yeah. I took two attacks on you last turn,

00:29:14.230 --> 00:29:15.630
and then afterwards on your turn, you dropped

00:29:15.630 --> 00:29:17.130
Shell Defense. It hasn't been Jaune's turn yet

00:29:17.130 --> 00:29:20.789
today. You was the last one that went last time,

00:29:20.809 --> 00:29:23.700
actually, was Jaune. I am, like, 99 % sure. If

00:29:23.700 --> 00:29:26.579
I'm wrong, it's on me. Okay. It's on me. So,

00:29:26.680 --> 00:29:29.799
yes, in this case, then, Dresden is going to

00:29:29.799 --> 00:29:34.180
use his Guardian. Okay. So you're going to Womp

00:29:34.180 --> 00:29:36.660
the guy. Going to Womp him, and then Jean Franklin

00:29:36.660 --> 00:29:42.259
is going to use Noble Sacrifice. Hell, yeah.

00:29:42.319 --> 00:29:46.039
That's awesome. So do you want to do your damage

00:29:46.039 --> 00:29:48.279
first, or do you want me to do my attack first?

00:29:49.119 --> 00:29:51.430
Jean will still take the damage. With a crit.

00:29:51.630 --> 00:29:54.529
Yep. It's going to be only 11 points, actually.

00:29:54.730 --> 00:29:58.710
Phew. I mean, still 11 points not on Akio. And

00:29:58.710 --> 00:30:00.430
now he's grappled, and he'll be the one taking

00:30:00.430 --> 00:30:03.029
the sting after you do your image to me. So a

00:30:03.029 --> 00:30:05.210
whole lot of stuff's happening in the fog right

00:30:05.210 --> 00:30:08.710
now. It's craziness. Jean just blindly hears

00:30:08.710 --> 00:30:11.589
Akio struggling, reaches out. It's so funny.

00:30:11.609 --> 00:30:13.750
He has this maneuver. He just spots some people

00:30:13.750 --> 00:30:16.130
to take their hits. And I think in this moment,

00:30:16.210 --> 00:30:18.390
he just kind of... He probably has never done

00:30:18.390 --> 00:30:21.329
it blinded before. But he just fully dives in,

00:30:21.349 --> 00:30:23.710
slides Akio out of the way, protecting his, as

00:30:23.710 --> 00:30:26.789
he said last time, his friend. And wham, takes

00:30:26.789 --> 00:30:30.130
the claw. It grips him. The stinger rises, but

00:30:30.130 --> 00:30:32.890
as the stinger rises, it takes down Jaune. Dresden

00:30:32.890 --> 00:30:36.569
Kelling, also surging forward to protect an ally,

00:30:36.730 --> 00:30:40.789
slides into attack. Cool. That is going to be

00:30:40.789 --> 00:30:46.589
a 19. A 19 will hit. Okay, cool. So, I'm going

00:30:46.589 --> 00:30:48.289
to do my damage, and then I got something else.

00:30:48.509 --> 00:30:53.970
What? That's going to be max damage for 14. Whoa.

00:30:54.349 --> 00:30:58.049
Yeah. Guess what? What? Halt. What does that

00:30:58.049 --> 00:30:59.950
mean? When you hit a creature with an opportunity

00:30:59.950 --> 00:31:01.730
to attack, the creature speed becomes zero for

00:31:01.730 --> 00:31:03.130
the rest of the current turn. Oh my goodness.

00:31:03.230 --> 00:31:05.789
Okay. All right. So he's not moving. You just

00:31:05.789 --> 00:31:07.470
strike this thing. I guess you just drive your

00:31:07.470 --> 00:31:09.630
weapon right through his leg. One of these big

00:31:09.630 --> 00:31:12.569
scorpion legs rips the leg right off and sort

00:31:12.569 --> 00:31:14.970
of goes teetering on the edge of the table. It's

00:31:14.970 --> 00:31:17.599
kind of wobbling. It's still going to try to

00:31:17.599 --> 00:31:19.259
strike a Jean with the last move on its turn,

00:31:19.259 --> 00:31:22.619
though. So here it comes. Advantage Jean is blinded.

00:31:22.640 --> 00:31:26.339
That is a... The first one probably hits. Second

00:31:26.339 --> 00:31:31.380
one... Okay, so 21 to hit. Yes. Okay. This is

00:31:31.380 --> 00:31:33.339
the bad one. I need you to make a Constitution

00:31:33.339 --> 00:31:36.019
saving throw with Jean Franklin. He's pretty

00:31:36.019 --> 00:31:45.150
good at that. 14. 14 is a pass, actually. Oh,

00:31:45.230 --> 00:31:50.430
damn. Which means he's only going to take 6 piercing

00:31:50.430 --> 00:32:02.710
damage. And then... 28 divided in half to 14

00:32:02.710 --> 00:32:06.769
because he passed the save. Poison damage. 28

00:32:06.769 --> 00:32:08.849
poison damage on a hit. I rolled pretty good.

00:32:09.690 --> 00:32:14.559
Nasty. Yeah. Yeah, Jaune took some serious blows.

00:32:14.680 --> 00:32:18.079
He just, the pincer grabs him, the tail sticks

00:32:18.079 --> 00:32:19.680
in right into his, like, neck. You can see his

00:32:19.680 --> 00:32:21.539
stinger going in, the poison pumping, pumping,

00:32:21.640 --> 00:32:26.180
and he's just kind of just fighting against it,

00:32:26.220 --> 00:32:28.440
letting the poison sort of run its course. He

00:32:28.440 --> 00:32:33.440
grits himself, and he's okay. This thing is hurt,

00:32:33.539 --> 00:32:38.839
wobbling. It's Jaune's turn. Cool. You guys are

00:32:38.839 --> 00:32:40.680
kicking my ass again. What's going on over here?

00:32:41.880 --> 00:32:45.180
John Franklin, you said, was grappled now? He

00:32:45.180 --> 00:32:46.700
is grappled currently. He is grappled. Okay.

00:32:47.839 --> 00:32:50.940
So he's just going to go in with his spear. Hell

00:32:50.940 --> 00:32:54.700
yeah. And... At this point, I'll say he knows

00:32:54.700 --> 00:32:56.380
where this thing is. He can pinpoint it because

00:32:56.380 --> 00:32:58.819
it's literally grabbing him. Okay, cool. So no

00:32:58.819 --> 00:33:04.619
minus two, but still disadvantage. Yeah. Oh,

00:33:04.779 --> 00:33:10.640
fuck. So that'll be 11 to hit. 11 to hit will

00:33:10.640 --> 00:33:14.099
not hit. Fuck. Okay. He's going to go in for

00:33:14.099 --> 00:33:19.000
the extra attack. Hell yeah. Son of a bitch.

00:33:19.000 --> 00:33:22.480
Will a 12 hit? No. Fuck. Can't get into it. Fuck.

00:33:22.480 --> 00:33:25.779
Shit. His vision is extra hazy. He's wobbling

00:33:25.779 --> 00:33:30.599
too. That poison took its course. And that's

00:33:30.599 --> 00:33:35.839
me. Oh, what do I want to do? Now, wait a minute.

00:33:35.880 --> 00:33:37.200
Let me check one thing real fast. I may have

00:33:37.200 --> 00:33:40.779
made a mistake last time. Blinded. Attack rolls.

00:33:40.980 --> 00:33:43.319
Not just melee attack rolls. All attack rolls

00:33:43.319 --> 00:33:45.200
since creature in blind. Okay. So I should have

00:33:45.200 --> 00:33:49.400
advantage against Dresden's Echo last time. I

00:33:49.400 --> 00:33:51.059
will not make this thing again. I have advantage

00:33:51.059 --> 00:33:52.720
against things that are blinded, so I will not

00:33:52.720 --> 00:33:55.539
be aiming for you, Blanche. This thing sees you.

00:33:55.779 --> 00:33:59.240
The helmet just slowly grinds, turns back towards

00:33:59.240 --> 00:34:02.740
the fog. It's going to pinpoint someone. This

00:34:02.740 --> 00:34:07.220
is a cruel creature, I've decided now. You've

00:34:07.220 --> 00:34:11.059
heard it. What sort of lessons would Kejau Kamal

00:34:11.059 --> 00:34:15.199
the Great impart to his students? I think Kejau

00:34:15.199 --> 00:34:18.679
is the type to teach people to strike at weak

00:34:18.679 --> 00:34:23.719
points, create emotional outbursts, forge your

00:34:23.719 --> 00:34:27.139
own openings, forge your own weaknesses in your

00:34:27.139 --> 00:34:32.280
opponent's armor. And Akio looks so hurt. I'm

00:34:32.280 --> 00:34:35.179
going to attack Akio twice with advantage. Counterspell.

00:34:35.599 --> 00:34:41.300
What? What? Can you see Akio? I can't see Akio,

00:34:41.320 --> 00:34:44.500
but I can see the spellcaster. It doesn't? No,

00:34:44.679 --> 00:34:50.480
I mean, David. It can, yes. Okay. Yes. I'll move

00:34:50.480 --> 00:34:51.800
a little down a little bit so I can make sure

00:34:51.800 --> 00:34:53.139
to see him past the scorpion, but yeah, he can

00:34:53.139 --> 00:34:57.340
see Akio. It's interesting. So what I'm doing

00:34:57.340 --> 00:35:00.260
isn't necessarily a spell. Oh, you asshole. But

00:35:00.260 --> 00:35:03.840
it's essentially a spell, right? It's like the

00:35:03.840 --> 00:35:07.739
flavor is I'm doing a conjured bolt attack. So

00:35:07.739 --> 00:35:10.119
what I want to do, I want to allow this because

00:35:10.119 --> 00:35:11.380
I think if done, the counterspell wouldn't be

00:35:11.380 --> 00:35:13.059
able to stop what's essentially a magical attack

00:35:13.059 --> 00:35:15.400
from these things. It's the newer, the newer

00:35:15.400 --> 00:35:17.860
mage stat blocks just kind of give things basic

00:35:17.860 --> 00:35:19.900
magic attack things that don't really have any

00:35:19.900 --> 00:35:22.119
sort of, they should be spells. They're just

00:35:22.119 --> 00:35:24.900
mages using spells. If this isn't a spell, it's

00:35:24.900 --> 00:35:26.900
dumb, right? This is essentially just him doing

00:35:26.900 --> 00:35:29.500
a cantrip. Oh, that sucks. I kind of assumed

00:35:29.500 --> 00:35:31.599
he was going to use something. Bigger. Well,

00:35:31.699 --> 00:35:33.760
it's a very gnarly, nasty cantrip. Honestly,

00:35:33.880 --> 00:35:35.480
I can do other stuff, but this is probably the

00:35:35.480 --> 00:35:37.679
most nasty thing I can do. God damn it. Because

00:35:37.679 --> 00:35:40.619
it hits really hard. I'm going to let you counterspell

00:35:40.619 --> 00:35:42.639
one of them. Okay. Because I think that makes

00:35:42.639 --> 00:35:45.760
sense. And because it's essentially a cantrip

00:35:45.760 --> 00:35:47.519
or first level spell, whatever you want to call

00:35:47.519 --> 00:35:49.019
it, it would just be a free... It just goes away.

00:35:49.159 --> 00:35:52.860
Okay. Yeah. So he... Reaches his hand out. Thing

00:35:52.860 --> 00:35:55.659
is glowing. It goes to blast. And he just fizzles

00:35:55.659 --> 00:35:58.360
out for a second. You see the metal knuckles

00:35:58.360 --> 00:36:01.420
are gripped down and a clenched fist. The metal

00:36:01.420 --> 00:36:04.679
face sort of turns to look at you. I'm your rail

00:36:04.679 --> 00:36:07.579
match. I'm going to shoot again at Akio. You

00:36:07.579 --> 00:36:13.820
bitch. I want to hurt you. And you feel it. Some

00:36:13.820 --> 00:36:18.679
vindictive nature in this thing. Okay. That is

00:36:18.679 --> 00:36:24.909
advantage against Akio. Four. A. 19. Oh, just

00:36:24.909 --> 00:36:28.949
barely. Oh, thank God. Hold on. What? You used

00:36:28.949 --> 00:36:31.130
every reaction you possibly have. What do you

00:36:31.130 --> 00:36:33.969
possibly have over there? Nah, nothing. Oh, my

00:36:33.969 --> 00:36:40.829
God. Oh, that's better. Okay, that's better now.

00:36:41.190 --> 00:36:43.449
Oh, my gosh. It started off really bad, and then

00:36:43.449 --> 00:36:45.349
I started rolling some really, really high numbers

00:36:45.349 --> 00:36:49.510
with that one. So that's going to be... Oh, really?

00:36:49.829 --> 00:36:57.449
That's only 27 force damage? Kyo's down. It's

00:36:57.449 --> 00:37:01.610
all Blanche here. You sick fuck. I have to do

00:37:01.610 --> 00:37:03.750
something real fast. Before you get called out

00:37:03.750 --> 00:37:05.329
on it, because actually I just realized this.

00:37:05.409 --> 00:37:07.349
You did hit me with a thing. I did not roll concentration

00:37:07.349 --> 00:37:11.409
on Pop Cloud. Okay. I'll roll it out. Natural

00:37:11.409 --> 00:37:14.179
20. We're good. Okay, so Fog Cloud's still up,

00:37:14.219 --> 00:37:16.639
and it has been up, and we don't have to redo

00:37:16.639 --> 00:37:19.920
anything. We're good. Okay. No, David, we're

00:37:19.920 --> 00:37:23.480
very much not good. Akio's down, and I'm going

00:37:23.480 --> 00:37:25.860
to finish him off, but not this turn. Hey, I

00:37:25.860 --> 00:37:27.920
was going to attack him twice. You stop one of

00:37:27.920 --> 00:37:30.940
them. That second bolt, two death fails. So,

00:37:31.059 --> 00:37:35.380
good on you. Good on you. It's funny enough it's

00:37:35.380 --> 00:37:38.039
not making me feel better. That's Dresden. One

00:37:38.039 --> 00:37:41.000
of these Scorpions still in there. Yeah, Hisako's

00:37:41.000 --> 00:37:43.940
going to come. Right here. Actually, you know

00:37:43.940 --> 00:37:45.059
what? No, you know what? Fuck it. He's going

00:37:45.059 --> 00:37:47.199
to go on top of the table right there. Let me

00:37:47.199 --> 00:37:49.280
at least Google, do scorpions attack unconscious

00:37:49.280 --> 00:37:52.639
creatures real fast? Scorpions generally do not

00:37:52.639 --> 00:37:54.199
actively hunt or seek out unconscious creatures

00:37:54.199 --> 00:37:56.980
to attack. Well, we'll change that. What's up?

00:37:57.039 --> 00:38:00.800
Sucks for you. No, these are Twilight Dune scorpions,

00:38:00.800 --> 00:38:03.699
though. Let me re -Google that. Tap, tap, tap,

00:38:03.739 --> 00:38:06.059
tap, tap. Oh, they only like to attack unconscious

00:38:06.059 --> 00:38:09.699
creatures. They're sick. Sick freaks. Sick like

00:38:09.699 --> 00:38:12.320
you. Yeah. How are you doing? Alright, I'm just

00:38:12.320 --> 00:38:14.380
going with Echo. Oh shit, Echo slides up behind.

00:38:14.539 --> 00:38:17.440
I'll get that flank. Boom, okay. And again, you

00:38:17.440 --> 00:38:21.239
can see! The only one who can see! Fuck. Fuck.

00:38:21.500 --> 00:38:24.539
Yeah. That was a 12. With flanking? Yes. No!

00:38:25.420 --> 00:38:28.420
Will not hit. Will not hit. One attack left.

00:38:28.699 --> 00:38:31.099
Cool. Can you clinch this thing? Am I gonna kill

00:38:31.099 --> 00:38:33.579
that dog? Uh, that is going to be, yeah, that's

00:38:33.579 --> 00:38:37.820
gonna be a fucking 28. Hang on. Yeah, 27. With

00:38:37.820 --> 00:38:44.269
flanking? 40. Oh, shit. You hit. Cool. You hit.

00:38:44.349 --> 00:38:49.010
Can you finish me? Near max, so that would be

00:38:49.010 --> 00:38:54.130
13. 13, and yet still up. You see another huge

00:38:54.130 --> 00:38:56.869
spark of golden light. This thing is getting

00:38:56.869 --> 00:39:02.050
really, really hurt. Okay. I can't expend anything

00:39:02.050 --> 00:39:04.829
else right now. Not on this thing, at least.

00:39:05.389 --> 00:39:07.269
I know. You're not even done yet. There's so

00:39:07.269 --> 00:39:09.579
much more to face. That's it. And one of you

00:39:09.579 --> 00:39:13.659
has already fallen. That's it. All right. And

00:39:13.659 --> 00:39:19.340
that is going to be Akio making us a death saving

00:39:19.340 --> 00:39:21.800
throw. We haven't made one of these in a little

00:39:21.800 --> 00:39:23.159
while, it feels like. Yeah, it's been a minute.

00:39:23.360 --> 00:39:29.559
It's been a minute. Pass. Pass, okay. He's holding

00:39:29.559 --> 00:39:33.480
tight. He is disciple of Blanche Trudeau. He's

00:39:33.480 --> 00:39:36.760
not going down here. He said it himself. And

00:39:36.760 --> 00:39:39.980
he holds. And that's Blanche. We slide from his

00:39:39.980 --> 00:39:43.699
slumped corpse in the fog, from the shadow, and

00:39:43.699 --> 00:39:47.599
we move across the room, past the echo, the scorpion,

00:39:47.599 --> 00:39:49.980
over a table and towards the far door outside

00:39:49.980 --> 00:39:52.079
the fog cloud where Blanche faces this thing

00:39:52.079 --> 00:39:56.000
standing upon a bookshelf. You regard each other

00:39:56.000 --> 00:39:59.440
as Akio's mournful cry rang out. This thing's

00:39:59.440 --> 00:40:04.059
helm just grinded back towards you. Empty sockets

00:40:04.059 --> 00:40:09.519
of Ozen's armor staring through you. Okay. Blanche

00:40:09.519 --> 00:40:15.800
is going to flash back up behind the AG6 now

00:40:15.800 --> 00:40:22.739
with her bonus action. She's casting Shadow Blade.

00:40:23.000 --> 00:40:26.380
Ooh. By flash, you mean you're just running?

00:40:26.719 --> 00:40:28.500
Well, yeah. Really, really fast. But she's running

00:40:28.500 --> 00:40:31.119
really, really fast. With both Boots of Speed

00:40:31.119 --> 00:40:34.059
and Bladesong active. She's going to bury Alan

00:40:34.059 --> 00:40:38.420
right up behind this guy. speed blade song. I

00:40:38.420 --> 00:40:41.320
love this. Shadow blade rips out. Hell yeah.

00:40:41.559 --> 00:40:45.960
And she's taking her first attack with her shadow

00:40:45.960 --> 00:40:51.420
blade. Okay. It's only 13 on the first. 13 will

00:40:51.420 --> 00:40:57.000
not hit. 19 on the second. 19? Yes. Will not

00:40:57.000 --> 00:41:04.579
hit. Oh no. Oh yes. Oh. Ping. And then the second

00:41:04.579 --> 00:41:06.619
attack comes out. You feel so strongly about

00:41:06.619 --> 00:41:09.820
it. And this thing reaches down and it's just

00:41:09.820 --> 00:41:13.719
fully armored hands. Just grab your shadow blade

00:41:13.719 --> 00:41:17.179
and parry it, throwing it off to the side. Ping.

00:41:18.519 --> 00:41:20.559
John, I'm counting on you to look after Akio.

00:41:21.119 --> 00:41:25.559
And she's going to move back to her spot by the

00:41:25.559 --> 00:41:29.260
door. Okay. So back to the door. Um, hell yeah.

00:41:29.380 --> 00:41:32.480
All right. That is going to be. It's going to

00:41:32.480 --> 00:41:35.099
be the Scorpion. And Google says the Twilight

00:41:35.099 --> 00:41:41.039
doomed Scorpion's attack on conscious prey. I

00:41:41.039 --> 00:41:44.440
can't decide that's... Oh, man, I could. I really

00:41:44.440 --> 00:41:47.179
could. Let's be real here, right? I attack Akio.

00:41:47.599 --> 00:41:50.239
Jean goes next. Akio goes back up. What's the

00:41:50.239 --> 00:41:53.420
gain? What's the gain in that? So we'll go for

00:41:53.420 --> 00:41:56.239
Jean. All right, Jean. When do reactions reset?

00:41:57.500 --> 00:42:00.079
End of turn. I'm pretty sure... No, it might

00:42:00.079 --> 00:42:03.860
be star turn. Crap. Oh, it's a star turn. I don't

00:42:03.860 --> 00:42:05.840
feel good about it. Okay. He has his reactions

00:42:05.840 --> 00:42:07.860
back now. I'm going to attack. So both Jaune

00:42:07.860 --> 00:42:10.599
and Dresden have. Yes. Okay, cool. Jaune, take

00:42:10.599 --> 00:42:14.139
this. Take this. That's going to be with advantage.

00:42:15.519 --> 00:42:22.599
20 to hit. Yes. Okay. Also, Guardian. That's

00:42:22.599 --> 00:42:24.460
you doing an attack on me? Mm -hmm. Hell yeah,

00:42:24.480 --> 00:42:26.539
okay. Jaune takes 10 points of damage from the

00:42:26.539 --> 00:42:28.559
claw that snaps at him. You go ahead and do your

00:42:28.559 --> 00:42:30.619
attack on me now. All right, let me take Jaune's

00:42:30.619 --> 00:42:33.849
off. You said 10? Yes. Okay. I'm going to make

00:42:33.849 --> 00:42:36.190
a second attack, and their claw comes in, tail's

00:42:36.190 --> 00:42:38.289
coming down, Jaune takes another snap from the

00:42:38.289 --> 00:42:43.030
claw. Can you hit this thing, Dresden? That is

00:42:43.030 --> 00:42:46.550
going to be a dirty 20. Dirty 20 will hit. Cool.

00:42:46.550 --> 00:42:48.909
Oh, you can see me, and I can't do anything about

00:42:48.909 --> 00:42:53.190
it. Cool. So, and you also can't move again.

00:42:54.090 --> 00:42:56.389
Okay, this thing's frozen, locked in place. Uh

00:42:56.389 --> 00:43:00.909
-uh, you strike out hard. Near max damage again

00:43:00.909 --> 00:43:04.489
for 13. You can see what it looks like when you

00:43:04.489 --> 00:43:06.630
kill those things. Go ahead and describe it for

00:43:06.630 --> 00:43:10.510
me. God, I think he just clips off the rest of

00:43:10.510 --> 00:43:12.869
its legs, and then when the whole body just falls

00:43:12.869 --> 00:43:15.769
to the ground, he just goes right for the head.

00:43:17.670 --> 00:43:23.130
Golden sparks, and this one too, vanishes. And

00:43:23.130 --> 00:43:27.309
only your allies, one fallen, stand in the fog.

00:43:28.309 --> 00:43:32.929
All right, that's uh That's me. That's John John's

00:43:32.929 --> 00:43:34.610
got heels, right? He's got heels. He's got to

00:43:34.610 --> 00:43:36.869
lay on hands. Cool. He's going to heal Akio.

00:43:36.969 --> 00:43:39.570
How many points do you want to use? He has five

00:43:39.570 --> 00:43:47.530
times his level so currently 45 Let's go let's

00:43:47.530 --> 00:43:52.929
give him 20. Okay, Akio Oz back up as Jaune reaches

00:43:52.929 --> 00:43:55.110
down and again, lighting the fog this time, a

00:43:55.110 --> 00:44:00.030
cool white fume imbues Akio. And he's back. Hell

00:44:00.030 --> 00:44:03.090
yeah. And that's Jaune's turn? Yeah. Yeah. Okay.

00:44:03.210 --> 00:44:05.510
I think so. He's kind of standing stout by his

00:44:05.510 --> 00:44:08.150
allies, making sure if any other dangers come,

00:44:08.309 --> 00:44:10.289
he is ready, shield out. Right. I was going to

00:44:10.289 --> 00:44:11.750
say, how is this going to look with us getting

00:44:11.750 --> 00:44:14.510
out then? I mean, if Jaune were to try to get

00:44:14.510 --> 00:44:16.730
out of the fog. He could run and just leave it.

00:44:17.030 --> 00:44:20.539
Okay. Yeah, it's a little tough. We kind of keep

00:44:20.539 --> 00:44:23.119
walking through it. He can get out of there.

00:44:23.300 --> 00:44:25.320
Okay, if he can get out of there. Do you want

00:44:25.320 --> 00:44:27.420
to go towards the creature and towards where

00:44:27.420 --> 00:44:28.980
Blanche went, or do you want to go back towards

00:44:28.980 --> 00:44:31.159
the door he came through? Oh, he's going toward

00:44:31.159 --> 00:44:32.940
Blanche. He heard her voice, heard her call out.

00:44:33.019 --> 00:44:35.980
Yeah, he just moves. So we'll say it takes all

00:44:35.980 --> 00:44:37.619
of his movement to get there. Yeah, that's fine.

00:44:38.360 --> 00:44:40.719
He's bumping into chairs and shit. Yeah, it's

00:44:40.719 --> 00:44:43.059
difficult terrain, so he's moving around chairs,

00:44:43.159 --> 00:44:45.000
but he just barely breaks out of the fog as he

00:44:45.000 --> 00:44:50.150
steps out. The dog's okay! He turns and sees

00:44:50.150 --> 00:44:55.150
the creature standing. His spear points towards

00:44:55.150 --> 00:44:59.610
it. All right. One foe left, just the armor.

00:44:59.710 --> 00:45:03.750
It's my turn now. All right. This thing's in

00:45:03.750 --> 00:45:09.429
trouble. Minions have been destroyed. So the

00:45:09.429 --> 00:45:11.349
fog isn't doing much for me now as you're willing

00:45:11.349 --> 00:45:14.829
to escape it. My claws can't hold you anymore.

00:45:14.849 --> 00:45:19.400
My tails can't sting. You're all still up. You,

00:45:19.780 --> 00:45:25.360
Blanche, you. The eyeless face that regards you,

00:45:25.440 --> 00:45:29.679
the mask filled with shadow, seems to be filled

00:45:29.679 --> 00:45:33.179
with malice as well. Again, there's that haughty

00:45:33.179 --> 00:45:35.860
position, as if this thing could not believe

00:45:35.860 --> 00:45:38.219
for a second that it could lose, that it could

00:45:38.219 --> 00:45:43.420
fall. It just starts to walk slowly, Tep. Tap,

00:45:43.480 --> 00:45:47.119
tap, along the top of the bookshelf until it

00:45:47.119 --> 00:45:50.099
lines itself perfectly up with you, staring you

00:45:50.099 --> 00:45:54.039
down, and it raises a hand in challenge. I'm

00:45:54.039 --> 00:45:56.000
gonna fire upon you, Blanche. I'm gonna fire

00:45:56.000 --> 00:45:59.800
upon you twice. I'm gonna hope to destroy you

00:45:59.800 --> 00:46:05.360
here. That's both cracked and way in there. Ooh,

00:46:05.420 --> 00:46:10.340
that's not bad. That is going to be a 24 to hit.

00:46:10.500 --> 00:46:18.869
Shield. arcane bolt golden light splashes against

00:46:18.869 --> 00:46:22.809
the shield we just see like light fade blanche

00:46:22.809 --> 00:46:25.530
is standing there strong another attack against

00:46:25.530 --> 00:46:33.610
you uh not gonna make that shield and that's

00:46:33.610 --> 00:46:37.750
my turn right unless i want to no i could move

00:46:37.750 --> 00:46:41.489
but there's no reason to that is my turn standing

00:46:41.489 --> 00:46:46.829
far above you, shaking with metal rage, armor

00:46:46.829 --> 00:46:51.469
moving against itself. That's Dresden. All right,

00:46:51.510 --> 00:46:56.250
Dresden will move up next to John Franklin and

00:46:56.250 --> 00:47:00.489
command his echo. Well, how far is that? 30 feet.

00:47:00.670 --> 00:47:02.590
If you want to get right next to the guy. Okay,

00:47:02.690 --> 00:47:06.889
cool. Boom. Right next to him. Echo appears.

00:47:07.369 --> 00:47:10.369
Startlement in the armor. I just had to make

00:47:10.369 --> 00:47:12.429
sure because 30 feet is the range for the echo.

00:47:12.670 --> 00:47:15.349
After that, it disappears. Cool. He's going in.

00:47:15.849 --> 00:47:20.289
Four attacks. All right. First one is a 27 to

00:47:20.289 --> 00:47:25.409
hit. That will hit. That will hit. Four, nine.

00:47:26.369 --> 00:47:31.449
Nine. All right. Second attack. Huge hole whips

00:47:31.449 --> 00:47:34.150
through the armor. It's going to be an 18. 18

00:47:34.150 --> 00:47:37.639
misses. Fuck. Shing! It clashes the second one.

00:47:37.860 --> 00:47:42.340
Okay, stand by. I'm doing something. Yeah, I'm

00:47:42.340 --> 00:47:45.219
going to unleash incarnation. Oh, damn, okay.

00:47:45.360 --> 00:47:47.900
Do another attack. Nice. One already. From the

00:47:47.900 --> 00:47:50.699
echo. How many do you get per day? Two. Oh, all

00:47:50.699 --> 00:47:52.400
right, blowing them all, but I like it. I like

00:47:52.400 --> 00:47:56.940
it a lot. Fuck, it's cracked on a natural 20.

00:47:57.059 --> 00:48:00.760
Oh, my God. It's like it's ever so slightly askew.

00:48:00.840 --> 00:48:11.460
Ugh. No, it's a 17. Son of a bitch. I got something.

00:48:12.380 --> 00:48:18.559
Oh, man. Okay. The Echo will then move in between

00:48:18.559 --> 00:48:22.039
Jean Franklin and Blanche. If the Echo moves,

00:48:22.300 --> 00:48:25.539
then Blanche won't be able to get flanking. What'd

00:48:25.539 --> 00:48:29.340
you say, Blanche? If you wouldn't mind keeping

00:48:29.340 --> 00:48:31.900
that thing over there, I can make use of it on

00:48:31.900 --> 00:48:35.559
my turn. Alright, will do. Hell yeah. Okay. Echo.

00:48:36.179 --> 00:48:39.059
It's so funny. You're getting flashes, Blanche,

00:48:39.099 --> 00:48:41.519
looking up of the fight with Ozen when you saw

00:48:41.519 --> 00:48:44.440
him standing up on the wall looking into the

00:48:44.440 --> 00:48:47.300
sort of plaza you were in and it was you down

00:48:47.300 --> 00:48:50.219
low firing and it was the Echo battling with

00:48:50.219 --> 00:48:52.840
him on top of the wall. Ping, ping, ping. Just

00:48:52.840 --> 00:48:55.300
like that. You're suddenly there in that moment

00:48:55.300 --> 00:48:58.000
again feeling that fresh pain. And you're here

00:48:58.000 --> 00:49:02.739
in the library. It's Akio's turn. I think Blanche

00:49:02.739 --> 00:49:05.940
would have instructed Akio at this point to get

00:49:05.940 --> 00:49:09.139
out. What does his escape plan look like? Like,

00:49:09.159 --> 00:49:11.880
I kind of want Akio to, like, go back the direction

00:49:11.880 --> 00:49:14.519
that we came. It might make sense. He's going

00:49:14.519 --> 00:49:17.300
to have half speed right now because he's prone.

00:49:18.420 --> 00:49:20.300
So he's going to cast half his movement to get

00:49:20.300 --> 00:49:22.039
up. He only has 15 feet of movement. Okay. And

00:49:22.039 --> 00:49:23.679
it takes about 15 feet to get to the edge of

00:49:23.679 --> 00:49:27.380
the fog back where you came from. Okay. He's

00:49:27.380 --> 00:49:29.139
just going to limp back knowing that he's done

00:49:29.139 --> 00:49:33.230
his part. Yeah, I think so. And taking a potion

00:49:33.230 --> 00:49:37.630
himself is a bonus action. It's so funny to think

00:49:37.630 --> 00:49:41.070
about what this looks like. He's got like a bandolier

00:49:41.070 --> 00:49:43.789
with potions on. Yeah, it takes a bonus action.

00:49:43.789 --> 00:49:45.889
And he's got his quick sheath thing. So he's

00:49:45.889 --> 00:49:51.190
going to bonus action drink a... He drops his

00:49:51.190 --> 00:49:55.550
portable bowl and he undoes it, pours the potion

00:49:55.550 --> 00:49:58.889
into the dog bowl. Oh, and one swift movement.

00:49:58.929 --> 00:50:09.929
He's so fast. Damn, on 4d4, I rolled three fours

00:50:09.929 --> 00:50:14.409
and a one. Ooh, not bad. All right. Plus four,

00:50:14.710 --> 00:50:19.949
so sweet. Let me heal him up. Then can Akio use

00:50:19.949 --> 00:50:21.949
his action to double move and get around the

00:50:21.949 --> 00:50:27.050
corner out of the room? Yes, yeah. Okay. Yeah,

00:50:27.070 --> 00:50:29.409
he just leaves. He's going down the hallway outside

00:50:29.409 --> 00:50:30.889
the room heading towards the door that Blanche

00:50:30.889 --> 00:50:35.269
is currently standing in front of. Hell yeah.

00:50:35.829 --> 00:50:40.170
All right. Congrats, Blanche. Okay. Blanche is

00:50:40.170 --> 00:50:43.750
going to zip back up and go for another swing.

00:50:44.050 --> 00:50:45.690
Get that flank. You can actually hit this guy

00:50:45.690 --> 00:50:47.349
this time. With her shadow blade. Well, I rolled

00:50:47.349 --> 00:50:53.409
pretty low both times last time. 21. 21 hits.

00:50:53.690 --> 00:50:58.639
Awesome. 21 hits. I'll tell you what, 21, it

00:50:58.639 --> 00:51:02.179
just hits. Wow. You get through this thing with

00:51:02.179 --> 00:51:04.079
your shadow blade. So I pretty much have a 50

00:51:04.079 --> 00:51:07.079
-50 chance right now. Let's see. I'll do the

00:51:07.079 --> 00:51:11.880
second one, and then I'll roll damage. Okay.

00:51:11.960 --> 00:51:18.960
So that is a 26 or a 7. So that's good. All right.

00:51:19.179 --> 00:51:22.099
So as she's attacking this thing, she's kind

00:51:22.099 --> 00:51:25.710
of speaking out loud. I don't know if there's

00:51:25.710 --> 00:51:28.730
any saving you. But even if you are in there,

00:51:28.909 --> 00:51:31.449
I don't feel you can be reasoned with. Your mind

00:51:31.449 --> 00:51:34.190
has been poisoned. And I won't allow you to kill

00:51:34.190 --> 00:51:37.250
my students. Just to save... Just to try and

00:51:37.250 --> 00:51:47.369
save you. Damn. Ooh. First Shadowblade was really

00:51:47.369 --> 00:51:54.449
bad. 3 -1 -1 on... Or no. It was 8 total. 5 -1

00:51:54.449 --> 00:52:02.989
-1 on the first. What damage is it? Is it psychic?

00:52:04.329 --> 00:52:06.329
It is psychic damage. Okay, that actually gets

00:52:06.329 --> 00:52:10.550
through. Okay. Yeah, okay, okay. All right, okay.

00:52:11.250 --> 00:52:14.250
What's the damage? It is 12 on the second. 12

00:52:14.250 --> 00:52:16.650
and what was the first one? Eight. Eight, not

00:52:16.650 --> 00:52:19.449
bad. This thing actually, you strike out twice.

00:52:20.250 --> 00:52:22.650
Flickering blade of shadow, catching this thing

00:52:22.650 --> 00:52:27.469
between armor. And as your blade strikes, the

00:52:27.469 --> 00:52:29.630
psychic damage, the psychic link created between

00:52:29.630 --> 00:52:32.369
you and this thing, for a flash of a moment,

00:52:32.469 --> 00:52:35.829
the armor of Ozen Yoshikatsu vanishes. And you

00:52:35.829 --> 00:52:39.789
can see, standing before you, a young man with

00:52:39.789 --> 00:52:43.849
dark skin and combed back, super black hair.

00:52:44.590 --> 00:52:48.530
A small goatee. He looks to be 19 years old.

00:52:48.670 --> 00:52:52.510
His eyes are kind of this almost dark amber gold.

00:52:52.929 --> 00:52:55.969
And they're just filled with disdain and haughtiness.

00:52:55.989 --> 00:53:01.489
His stance, he looks princely. The image is gone.

00:53:01.690 --> 00:53:05.409
And this armor almost drops a little bit. Kind

00:53:05.409 --> 00:53:09.690
of arms covered chest. Almost wracked with pain.

00:53:10.110 --> 00:53:14.320
Psychic pain. You hear the metal rattling. It's

00:53:14.320 --> 00:53:18.420
not destroyed yet, but it is close. Ye old boy,

00:53:18.619 --> 00:53:22.639
I won't let you kill them. That's Jaune. All

00:53:22.639 --> 00:53:24.679
right. Does Jaune have a move to make here? He

00:53:24.679 --> 00:53:28.440
sees this battle happening up top. Sure. While

00:53:28.440 --> 00:53:30.800
we're in a switch of characters, sorry, Pence

00:53:30.800 --> 00:53:34.199
people, there is a snowblower going outside at

00:53:34.199 --> 00:53:37.579
the moment. So rather than stop and wait for

00:53:37.579 --> 00:53:38.960
who knows how long, we're just going through

00:53:38.960 --> 00:53:42.500
it. So if you hear a snowblower, sorry. Oh, there

00:53:42.500 --> 00:53:46.059
it goes. The loudest it's been right after I

00:53:46.059 --> 00:53:48.400
say it. That's the sound of the armor shaking

00:53:48.400 --> 00:53:51.599
in fear. Okay, so, yeah, Jean wants to do something,

00:53:51.719 --> 00:53:53.360
but I don't want to get Jean killed. I'm scared

00:53:53.360 --> 00:53:56.420
to get Jean killed. Yeah, he's going to move

00:53:56.420 --> 00:54:00.079
over, and can he throw his spear up? Yeah, you

00:54:00.079 --> 00:54:03.079
can throw a spear. Okay. Hell yeah. He just sees

00:54:03.079 --> 00:54:05.400
this thing's over there, and it begins to, like,

00:54:05.440 --> 00:54:09.360
cast a spell. It's not just going, looking right

00:54:09.360 --> 00:54:13.449
at you, Blanche. The answer to your demand. Another

00:54:13.449 --> 00:54:18.010
spell in your face. It is not backing down. And

00:54:18.010 --> 00:54:21.130
for that moment, that moment, I think you have

00:54:21.130 --> 00:54:23.869
to wonder, like, your students, they're so loyal

00:54:23.869 --> 00:54:27.769
to you. They'll do anything for you. What of

00:54:27.769 --> 00:54:30.909
Kejo Kamal's students? Does he inspire that same

00:54:30.909 --> 00:54:35.050
fierce loyalty? And Jaune moves in, grabs his

00:54:35.050 --> 00:54:38.250
spear, goes to throw. No! You don't have to,

00:54:38.269 --> 00:54:46.119
sir! Let me! 20. And the spear lands just beneath

00:54:46.119 --> 00:54:48.300
it. I think it almost hits it. It comes flying

00:54:48.300 --> 00:54:50.840
up the golden spear, and the creature just kind

00:54:50.840 --> 00:54:53.940
of dodges underneath it. It, like, sparks, rip

00:54:53.940 --> 00:54:57.940
off armor as the spear goes flying. No! He wanted

00:54:57.940 --> 00:55:00.800
to help you, Blanche. He still can. He's got

00:55:00.800 --> 00:55:02.920
his extra attack. The spear's no longer in his

00:55:02.920 --> 00:55:06.599
hand. Oh, fuck. Wait, what? He threw it. Yeah.

00:55:07.380 --> 00:55:09.940
Well, where the fuck did his spear go? It's in

00:55:09.940 --> 00:55:12.179
the shadow. It's in the fog of war. It's gone.

00:55:12.880 --> 00:55:15.840
Ding! Over the thing. Honks into a bookshelf.

00:55:16.019 --> 00:55:17.679
Destroys a few books. So it's on the other side

00:55:17.679 --> 00:55:18.880
of the bookshelf. Yeah, it's over here somewhere.

00:55:19.360 --> 00:55:23.519
That's horse shit. Is that me? Do I get to go

00:55:23.519 --> 00:55:27.599
now? Oh man, that is indeed. I need to do a thing

00:55:27.599 --> 00:55:30.840
here. I need to do a thing! God, it's so rough.

00:55:31.099 --> 00:55:33.300
All my spells. I built this guy to work with

00:55:33.300 --> 00:55:35.599
the scorpions. The scorpions are gone. I can

00:55:35.599 --> 00:55:39.099
do such nasty stuff with buddies. But I have

00:55:39.099 --> 00:55:41.199
no friends anymore. We got rid of your ads. I'm

00:55:41.199 --> 00:55:44.460
like Steven in real life. No friends. Wow. You

00:55:44.460 --> 00:55:47.619
see, he's going to. That was rude, man. Holy

00:55:47.619 --> 00:55:51.880
shit. Golden light. He teleports. Son of a bitch.

00:55:51.880 --> 00:55:54.320
Further into the room. So there's like four bookshelves

00:55:54.320 --> 00:55:55.840
you see going down. You're standing in the first

00:55:55.840 --> 00:55:58.320
of the four. He appears at the top of the fourth

00:55:58.320 --> 00:56:00.300
of the four. Three bookshelves away from you.

00:56:00.780 --> 00:56:04.579
Do I get an AOL? No, he teleported. He appears

00:56:04.579 --> 00:56:08.300
there and is going to make two attacks. Big gnarly

00:56:08.300 --> 00:56:10.599
attacks. And I'm gonna go after Blanche. Because

00:56:10.599 --> 00:56:12.320
he saw that Echo can just reappear. He knows

00:56:12.320 --> 00:56:15.219
that now. I gotta go after Blanche. I gotta get

00:56:15.219 --> 00:56:18.960
rid of you. You made your final threat. He will

00:56:18.960 --> 00:56:26.559
not back down. That is a... 23 to hit. Shield.

00:56:26.980 --> 00:56:31.239
Okay. Blasted the shield. I gotta try for that

00:56:31.239 --> 00:56:33.820
crit. If I crit you... Come on, give me that

00:56:33.820 --> 00:56:39.329
crit! Ah, it's a 24 to hit. Nope. The whole place

00:56:39.329 --> 00:56:41.389
shaking as you're just holding your shield up

00:56:41.389 --> 00:56:45.670
as golden bolts conjure from the air, smash against

00:56:45.670 --> 00:56:50.789
you. And you stand tall and you face inevitability,

00:56:50.869 --> 00:56:54.210
Blanche. The inevitable end to this combat. There

00:56:54.210 --> 00:56:57.590
is only one way this can go, it seems. But who

00:56:57.590 --> 00:57:00.269
will be the one to do it? It's going to be Dresden

00:57:00.269 --> 00:57:04.710
next. Okay. You say this is about 30 feet? Yes,

00:57:04.710 --> 00:57:08.179
yeah. I mean, for Dresden to move there. You're

00:57:08.179 --> 00:57:11.679
here. Yeah, about 30 feet. Okay. So you run up

00:57:11.679 --> 00:57:13.320
around the edge of the bookcase, slide up where

00:57:13.320 --> 00:57:15.239
Blanche is above you, you round it, you can see

00:57:15.239 --> 00:57:16.719
where he is now. Exactly, and then he's going

00:57:16.719 --> 00:57:19.900
to command his Echo over. Hell yeah. And we're

00:57:19.900 --> 00:57:22.139
going to attack again. Echo appears in the bookcase

00:57:22.139 --> 00:57:24.219
over there, no longer flanking, no longer with

00:57:24.219 --> 00:57:27.639
Blanche, but can you hit this thing? Not with

00:57:27.639 --> 00:57:35.929
a first attack of 14. No, 15. 22. I know we'll

00:57:35.929 --> 00:57:39.510
hit, because I remember 21 hit. It will hit.

00:57:40.329 --> 00:57:44.849
Four. Ooh, that was a one on the die, but I'm

00:57:44.849 --> 00:57:47.269
going to re -roll that. Hell yeah, man. Re -roll

00:57:47.269 --> 00:57:49.849
that lame old one. And a one on the second rolled.

00:57:50.389 --> 00:57:53.809
No way. Fuck me, that's a seven. Seven, it's

00:57:53.809 --> 00:57:58.909
still up. That's seven. You rip through. Spectral

00:57:58.909 --> 00:58:01.719
war pick. bursting through metal armor as he

00:58:01.719 --> 00:58:03.599
gouges all over this thing. I mean, with your

00:58:03.599 --> 00:58:06.380
war picks, it looks so much like the armor of

00:58:06.380 --> 00:58:09.039
the fallen, right? The potion maker who had been

00:58:09.039 --> 00:58:11.119
stung to death by these scorpions. Like, you

00:58:11.119 --> 00:58:12.820
see those same puncture marks now ripping through

00:58:12.820 --> 00:58:15.280
this thing wherever you struck, struck, struck.

00:58:16.260 --> 00:58:19.480
And you do not finish the job. I'm going to just

00:58:19.480 --> 00:58:21.260
assume Akio's going to just kind of run around.

00:58:21.420 --> 00:58:23.360
I don't think he can really do anything. Yeah,

00:58:23.420 --> 00:58:25.820
I'd like Akio to at least make it to the other

00:58:25.820 --> 00:58:32.300
door where Blanche and... I gave each Blanche

00:58:32.300 --> 00:58:36.360
and Akio three of those potions, so he's going

00:58:36.360 --> 00:58:38.519
to take another one. Oh, hell yeah. So he's running

00:58:38.519 --> 00:58:46.960
and drinking. Hell yeah. I'm coming back. Hell

00:58:46.960 --> 00:58:51.880
yeah. I'll do that math later. Okay. I don't

00:58:51.880 --> 00:58:53.320
think he's coming back into the fight. I don't

00:58:53.320 --> 00:58:56.500
think so. This fight is very close to over. Yeah,

00:58:56.519 --> 00:58:59.090
it's got to be Blanche. to see it to its end.

00:58:59.690 --> 00:59:03.210
Blanche. Blanche's gritted teeth will loosen

00:59:03.210 --> 00:59:09.730
and her demeanor becomes solemn and she jumps

00:59:09.730 --> 00:59:14.630
across the bookcases into flanking. You had great

00:59:14.630 --> 00:59:17.429
potential. I am sorry. This gives me no pleasure.

00:59:19.949 --> 00:59:25.429
I know it's a hit. It's a 26. 26. Roll damage.

00:59:28.429 --> 00:59:32.650
Just 11. Where do you strike this thing? When

00:59:32.650 --> 00:59:38.210
you kill it? She's thinking about the rest of

00:59:38.210 --> 00:59:40.630
the students, the mission ahead. She's thinking

00:59:40.630 --> 00:59:46.489
about the token that's in their chest, and she

00:59:46.489 --> 00:59:52.510
strikes just below it. Black Blade of Shadow

00:59:52.510 --> 00:59:57.800
strikes through Black Armor, and... and it just

00:59:57.800 --> 00:59:59.739
strikes right through one of the holes opened

00:59:59.739 --> 01:00:03.079
by dresden strikes deep into it deep into the

01:00:03.079 --> 01:00:05.460
magical inscriptions that run through this thing

01:00:05.460 --> 01:00:08.679
like the veins of a microchip you hit that right

01:00:08.679 --> 01:00:15.139
spot for a moment that young man stands before

01:00:15.139 --> 01:00:21.739
you looking down at a blade piercing his chest

01:00:21.739 --> 01:00:24.599
his lower chest his abdomen just looking down

01:00:24.599 --> 01:00:31.980
in complete shock No. No, I'm... I'm a prince

01:00:31.980 --> 01:00:36.579
of Senza. I'm Kejo's greatest student, I'm...

01:00:36.579 --> 01:00:40.940
It was supposed to be me. Can I save you, boy?

01:00:41.380 --> 01:00:46.699
It was supposed to be me! And that form of the

01:00:46.699 --> 01:00:52.360
young man just fades away as the armor before

01:00:52.360 --> 01:00:57.199
you clunks. lifelessly, clunks, is that a word?

01:00:57.320 --> 01:01:01.800
Can I use that? Yeah, that's alright. On the

01:01:01.800 --> 01:01:03.559
bookshelf, the pieces sort of falling apart,

01:01:03.599 --> 01:01:06.780
spilling to either side, dropping to the library

01:01:06.780 --> 01:01:10.659
floor. And you see before you, Blanche, as the

01:01:10.659 --> 01:01:15.219
armor falls apart, that stone tablet, a small

01:01:15.219 --> 01:01:19.360
demi -circle, sort of cut, engraved with golden

01:01:19.360 --> 01:01:23.860
lined, sort of summoning arcane inscription.

01:01:25.239 --> 01:01:30.880
You have one key. The madman, the monster that

01:01:30.880 --> 01:01:33.880
has created this situation, that has put these

01:01:33.880 --> 01:01:38.460
students, taught them to be this way, ruthless,

01:01:38.860 --> 01:01:42.460
forced them into this killing game. You have

01:01:42.460 --> 01:01:46.860
one key out of four that you need to face this

01:01:46.860 --> 01:01:51.880
monster. A confrontation that you might say is

01:01:51.880 --> 01:01:56.099
inevitable. And we'll call it there.