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Hello, friends. I just want to reiterate that

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we are in the horror arc now, and there are going

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to be some scary moments, and there might be

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some adult themes that aren't appropriate for

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everybody. So be warned, and enjoy. Discovered

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dead hands digging holes beneath boards For farmers

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controlled in the party's lament With backs to

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the wall to the guards they were sent One pathway

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remained to a cavern beneath Kiana blood -eyed

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in a rotting arm heap Fingers like claws dragging

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pile across land And a child's voice asking,

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can I take your hand? And it ends. Oh, it ends.

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Roll for initiative. We're getting right to it

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tonight. No banter, no goofery. This is the final

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boss. You ready, gentlemen? Are you ready? Oh,

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God. Yeah, actually, I feel pretty good. All

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righty, then. Glad to hear it. That is a 15 for

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Jules. 15 for Jules. And that is, I believe,

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a 5 for Chester. Let me just check his... Hell

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yeah. But also... Oh, no. I know. All right,

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Zebulon. What do you got for me? 12 for Zeb.

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15 for Jean. Not the hottest rolls tonight, guys.

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I hope that turns around. Yep. For your sake,

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I hope that turns around. Mm -hmm, mm -hmm, mm

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-hmm. All right, then. Anything you want to say

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before this gets... Full on going, gentlemen.

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Any last words? It's been fun. It's been fun,

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guys. It's been fun. Yeah, I hope these blessed

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dice really come in for us today. Yes, yes. Let's

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do a quick sweep over this field, over this open

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cavern beneath the farmhouse in which Kiana works.

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You went down through the kitchen, you saw a

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pantry. A trap door beneath led down to like

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a sort of a cool cellar room to keep a lot of

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their produce. And in the wall of that room,

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you saw a large hole opened up, a burrow digging

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deeper, farther down and around, a twisting pathway,

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hard to fit through. You move through here, crouching,

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listening to the sounds of Kiana's humming and

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singing somewhere just ahead. And then you entered

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this cavern. I told you before, this cavern is

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something like about 40 by 40 feet. It's not

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fully squared. It's kind of this sort of obtuse,

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circular, oval -y sort of shape. But for the

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sake of your mind's eye at home, imagine a circle

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about 40 by 40, and you got the gist of the idea.

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We see a number of these holes moving out from

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here. It looks like various trails dug by smaller

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hands moving into this one room. But you don't

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see them now. You only see two figures in this

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room as you're the light of a jewel's blade.

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fills the space, casting great shadows against

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the wall, the shadow of a woman, Kiana, in the

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center of the room, singing, and eyes filled

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with the same telltale blood, the sort of magical

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control that this creature can trap people in.

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And you see a pile, just a pile of limbs, lying

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on a little cavern on the very other side of

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the room, this own little cubbyhole? Coven? What's

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the word I'm looking for? What's the word, Steven?

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Like a cove? Alcove. That's it. I like it. Little

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alcove on the edge. See this pile of these bloated,

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slick hands, fingernails ending in these cracked,

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dirty claws. You made a move. First of all, you

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all start entering the room. Chester's in the

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very back. He's still kind of in the tunnel itself,

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getting his ranged weapons ready. Upon seeing

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Kiana, Cully just went running in to go after

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his niece. In that moment, Jules, you grabbed

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him, forced him up against the wall, and that's

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where you stand now. You've got Koli grappled

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at the start of this thing. Debulon, you're in

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just behind Jean Franklin, who came charging

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in by your order to try to grab Kiana. But as

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he came close, as he tried to force her out,

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she went berserk, went wild, not wanting to part

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from this place, this control affecting her.

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making her unpredictable, making her strong.

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And she kicked out, knocking Jean Franklin back

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and peeling herself towards the back of the room,

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closer to this pile, which began to animate.

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And so we see in a line from the center of the

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room, Jean Franklin's the closest to this thing.

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Zebulon behind, Jules behind him, holding Orin

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up to the wall. And this thing begins to move.

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Legs reaching out, this sort of twisting, writhing

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body, all tangled together. Just shifting around

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towards you in this unnatural manner, like some

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horrible CGI nightmare. A really fucked up movie.

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And guess what? Shit. It's going first. Of course.

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Of course, because it couldn't get any worse.

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Nope. Well, there's only one target to go for,

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isn't there? Poor little tortle in the front.

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This thing just moves past Kiana, who's now kind

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of... sort of pushing us up against the wall

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behind it. It reaches out, hands pressing towards

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him, trying to grab onto the turtle. Stay back!

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Back! That is a 19. Ooh, 19 AC. Holy shit. Okay,

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okay. Here we go. Oh, my. Oh, my. Pretty good

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damage. That is... Okay. You watch John Franklin

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is holding his spear out, holding his spear and

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shield in hand, trying to, like, ward this thing

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off, standing bravely. And this gigantic, this

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large pile just, like, shambles up to him, hands

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reaching out, grabs onto his arm, starts pulling

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him in, and, like, all these clawed hands start

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reaching out and scratching at him, yanking at

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him, dragging him deeper into, like, this fold

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as he's just getting overtaken by hands and hands

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screaming, Ah! Ah! He takes 17 points of damage.

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Oh, my God. What the hell? He's got 24 HP. Oh.

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Oh, dude, we're so fucked. This is it. I need

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you to make a constitution saving throw because

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John Franklin is now grappled, and I'm going

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to use a bonus action. Nine plus two, so 11.

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Okay. That will not do it. He takes five more

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points of damage as you watch as he's being overtaken,

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these claws digging into his body, deep into

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his skin, and you almost see veins being able

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to pop up on the bloated hands. You see them

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filling with some kind of liquid, pumping, pumping

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out of him and into this pile of limbs over.

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He just screams. You see his body starts to shrivel

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as he takes five necrotic damage. That's 22 out

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of 24. It's actually not. It's 22 out of, well,

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19 now. Because that 5 damage is also going to

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his max HP. Are you serious? So, Jean Franklin's

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down. No, no. It's 22. No, sorry. You still have

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it. It's just that when you heal, he's only going

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to heal 19 now. I made this sound really confusing

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to be dramatic. Oh, yeah. That didn't make sense.

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No, it did not. He has 19 max HP now. Awesome.

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This is starting out great. Our tank is on death's

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door. Yeah, okay. What do we do? Oh, right. I

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should note now. There was a poll, actually,

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just a little earlier on, a couple weeks ago,

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I believe, where you asked the pants people who

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should get a button in this arc. And it's going

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to finally pay off. And the poll winner was actually

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Jean Franklin between the two sidekicks. So,

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hey. Here's a Jean Franklin -only button, Stephen.

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Jean Franklin button. So we can retcon everything

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that just happened. Yeah, exactly. Here you go.

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Take this. You have buttons. You can use them.

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Are you serious? You could use them. Yeah, it

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just didn't seem right to use two buttons to

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give you disadvantage on the first attack of

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the battle. It makes sense. Yeah. Here we stand.

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Jean Franklin, his body shriveling, his shield

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and spear barely holding on to them, his arms

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slowly lowering. He's just... Run! Just... Run!

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Can I take your hand? Can I take your hand? Hold

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on, John. We're coming. Next up is going to be

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Jean. Jean's going to just, you know, exhaust

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his, well, not exhaust his Lay on Hands pool.

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But, yeah, what is his Lay on Hands pool again?

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Don't I have it somewhere here? It's full right

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now, so it's 15. 15, okay. Yeah, he's going to

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exhaust it on himself. Okay, good move. And that's

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his action, so he can't really do anything else.

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Okay. His finger's pressing down all over his

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body, and you see his holy light begins to glow

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in the center of this pile as he's starting to

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fight back just a little bit, starting to refill

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his own vitals. But how long can he really last?

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Jules, what are you going to do? Can I start

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off with a religion check? You absolutely can.

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So you're doing a check on this creature itself.

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It's a 12. 12. I'll give you this. It is clearly

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undead. Given that it's clearly undead, given

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that you see it's draining Jean Franklin, it

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looks like it's essentially using the powers

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of decay and life siphoning, which makes you

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think that maybe it's either immune or resistant

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to necrotic damage. You would think it's probably

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not going to be poisoned. And you'd think it'd

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be immune to a lot of conditions. Most undead

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don't really have the... The sensibilities to

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be affected by things the way a living creature

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would. I'll give you that. Okay. What do I do?

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I can't tell you that, Jeremy. I know. At this

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point, I don't know if I can even release Kali.

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Well, if you and Kali are sitting there up against

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the wall, then we're all going to die. Oh, I

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know. It's not going to do anybody any good.

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Son of a bitch. Yeah, take your time. Read your

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spells. I had an idea. Oh, no, she's back further

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now. I'm not going to go into there. I will say,

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as you're holding him, Koli begins to try to

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fight back against you. He's just, please, please,

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let me go. I've got to get to her. Just let us

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get our footing. Let us get our footing here.

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Figure out what we're doing. And then I'm going

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to lean over and kick my hip out to use my loot

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to cast Bardic Inspiration on Zebulon. Ooh, hell

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yeah. Ooh, all right. That D6 will come in handy

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pretty quick, I'm thinking. And then as I have

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one hand still on Kali's chest, I'm going to

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reach out with my other hand and cast level one

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Dissonant Whispers onto the pile. Okay. All right.

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So I'm rolling a wisdom save, correct? Correct.

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All right, Kali Jr., don't fail me now. It's

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a 12 straight. That is a fail. Okay. So now you

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take, let's see, it was 3d6 psychic damage, and

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you immediately have to use your reaction to

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lose it as far away as your speed allows. And

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I'll tell you right now, I know there's a lot

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of conditioned immunities, but I see no reason,

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I looked into this before, why this wouldn't

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work. Fuck yeah. There's no set condition on

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it, it's just like... Yep, that's huge. So I

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hold on my hand? That's nine points of psychic

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damage. Nine points, okay. You see this thing

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is ripping, ripping into Jean. And you just cast

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this out. It just kind of screams out this strange

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thing. You have a little voice just, help, help,

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help. Daddy, help. And it begins to peel away.

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The limbs all coming off him. Is he in there?

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I'm not taking Jean Franklin with me. He's moving

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back, moving away from this body. I could potentially

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move with grapple target, but I don't know how

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that works with something like this where I'm

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using my reaction. So to be safe, I'm going to

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say he drops John Franklin, just barely standing

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as he moves away, bleeding from all sorts of

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scratch wounds and claw marks all over his body.

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Yeah, I imagine that situation is kind of like

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somebody dropping everything they have because

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they're just panicked, trying to get out of there.

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As the sound's assaulting it, this thing's like...

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crawls back into its little alcove, just like

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up against the wall for a moment, just terrified

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like a child. That's your turn? That is my turn.

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Okay. Are you still grappling, Cully? Yes. All

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right. I'm going to make either Athletics or

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Acrobatics to escape. It's his turn now, and

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he's trying to break your grapple. You said either?

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I'm going to make that you have to make Athletics.

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Okay. It's a 20 for me. Yeah, you got it. Okay,

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so he just... I got a three. No! Almost like

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Spurred, you actually see this thing, as this

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thing calls out, there's a moment where, like,

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his eyes tinge a little bit red. Um, he's...

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I gotta... I gotta... Go! Do this right! No!

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Do this right! And he kicks you away and peels

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down. Keanu! Keanu! Hey! Hey! He just slides

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up next to her, she's just staying there. As

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he gets close, as her hand touches her, she begins

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to scream, No! No! No! Stay away! Stay away!

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You left me. You left us both. You ran away.

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You, you, you. And he just, no, hold on. Just

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grabs her and they're just, he's basically essentially

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like grappling her. They're kind of like struggling.

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Mechanically, he can't do anything yet, but he's

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just trying to get a hold on her. He gives you

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guys plenty of space. He kind of moves off to

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the side, I'll say. You know, kind of keeping

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away from the creature. Now back in its shadowy

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alcove, barely hidden by the darkness. And that's

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going to be... Koli's turn. That's you, Zebulon.

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All right. So, David, on the map, this monster

00:15:11.110 --> 00:15:15.309
icon is fairly large. Yes. How big is this thing?

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It's probably about 10 feet wide or so. Oh, wow.

00:15:22.570 --> 00:15:24.710
Jeez. Yeah, maybe like a little. So like the

00:15:24.710 --> 00:15:26.889
size of a car, maybe a small car? I think I described

00:15:26.889 --> 00:15:28.470
it. Maybe it's, okay, maybe not so much. I think

00:15:28.470 --> 00:15:30.649
it's, the shape of it is changing constantly,

00:15:30.750 --> 00:15:33.070
right? It's sort of amorphous as like its hands

00:15:33.070 --> 00:15:35.009
are dropping down to the sides and reshifting

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up to like move forward. It's, it like goes from

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almost like this long, almost centipedal sort

00:15:39.970 --> 00:15:42.330
of shape when it moves to like a straight sort

00:15:42.330 --> 00:15:45.070
of flat pile. Andron probably just kind of being

00:15:45.070 --> 00:15:47.350
like a ball around him. But I think I described

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it before as being roughly the size of like a

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bowl when it's moving. It's got like a decent

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bit of body bulk. but it can stretch out to about

00:15:54.460 --> 00:15:56.679
10 feet or like 10 feet high. So the meat of

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my question, do I have a clean shot on this thing

00:16:00.279 --> 00:16:03.279
from here? Yes, you do. Okay. So first thing

00:16:03.279 --> 00:16:06.860
Zeb's going to do is take steady aim on this

00:16:06.860 --> 00:16:12.120
thing with his bow. Going to reach out and attack

00:16:12.120 --> 00:16:16.159
with advantage here. Good thing for the advantage.

00:16:16.279 --> 00:16:20.899
First roll was a nat one. Wow. Second roll was

00:16:20.899 --> 00:16:24.600
a two. A one and a two. This is awful. Okay.

00:16:25.659 --> 00:16:29.179
What do you think happens? Why are you missing

00:16:29.179 --> 00:16:33.559
here? Oh, dude, he's terrified. What the fuck

00:16:33.559 --> 00:16:36.960
is he saying? I can't. He's trying to shoot.

00:16:37.179 --> 00:16:39.340
John Franklin's right in front of him, and he's

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trying to shoot around John. He's too afraid

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to step out. Mechanically, I couldn't move if

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I wanted to use steady aim. so he missed both

00:16:48.110 --> 00:16:50.029
of those shots. You were right there as this

00:16:50.029 --> 00:16:51.889
thing went all over Jaune, basically just covered

00:16:51.889 --> 00:16:54.929
him. You saw your ally just vanishing into this

00:16:54.929 --> 00:16:59.690
pile, and as this thing peeled away as it moved

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back, you're getting flashbacks of the rattlesnake,

00:17:03.309 --> 00:17:05.829
the fear you felt, that cold dread that kept

00:17:05.829 --> 00:17:07.910
you from moving into the fight. Zebulon, you

00:17:07.910 --> 00:17:12.769
have to fight! Gee, I guess to end his turn,

00:17:12.970 --> 00:17:16.700
Zeb's going to take just a step. Up there, so

00:17:16.700 --> 00:17:19.680
he has a bit of a cleaner shot. Okay. So you

00:17:19.680 --> 00:17:22.440
just kind of take a step to the north, basically,

00:17:22.440 --> 00:17:24.640
pressing up against the wall of the cavern and

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giving yourself a good shot on this creature.

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I got all the bad rolls out of the way, guys.

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All right. Let's hope. As you move to the spot,

00:17:31.579 --> 00:17:33.140
you move a little closer to where Koli and Kiana

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are. There's a sort of northern alcove here as

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Koli's trying so hard to get around. And Kiana,

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with her one left hand, her one good hand, just

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spins around with a knife. With her left hand,

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she branches a pocket knife, basically, off from

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her belt and starts swinging out wildly towards

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Kali. No! Hey! What are you doing? She's going

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to try to strike him. She misses. So he just

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kind of grabs her hand sort of pulls the blade

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away for a second, but she's still just trying

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to stab at him. You left us. You left us. You

00:18:05.069 --> 00:18:08.740
went off to your city and run away. Did you think

00:18:08.740 --> 00:18:10.599
you'd change your name? You think you'd leave

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it all behind? You can't run away. You can't

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run away and expect... She's screaming, swinging

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her blade wide. He's barely sort of dodging back

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from it. And that is going to be Chester. Absolutely

00:18:26.359 --> 00:18:30.599
white -faced. He's okay to fight now, though,

00:18:30.599 --> 00:18:32.880
right? Oh, he'll fight this. Okay. All right.

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He's going to very apprehensively step next to

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Jules. And he's going to take his short bow.

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Question. Oh, yeah. I know as a whole we're treating

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this as one entity, but since this is many and

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many a limbs, could he do his quick reload? I

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think I know the answer, and that's fine. It's

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a thought that I had. Not currently. Okay. What's

00:18:53.809 --> 00:18:56.529
quick reload say? I can rapid fire two times,

00:18:56.630 --> 00:18:59.569
but it has to be different. Oh, sure. Targets.

00:18:59.690 --> 00:19:01.970
Yep. But he just said not. What did you say?

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Nothing. He said not. Not currently. Not currently.

00:19:06.279 --> 00:19:09.680
Don't read what I say. Well, let's cross that

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bridge when we don't get killed by it. I'm a

00:19:11.759 --> 00:19:13.579
weird guy. I'm just saying. I'm just saying.

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Something's up. That's a 26 to hit. Oh, that'll

00:19:18.960 --> 00:19:22.140
hit. You want to give me some Chester action

00:19:22.140 --> 00:19:26.099
sounds? All right. All right. Come on. Come on.

00:19:26.420 --> 00:19:29.480
Got to do this. From now on, it's self -defense.

00:19:30.319 --> 00:19:33.579
Jules, look out. He starts shooting. That is

00:19:33.579 --> 00:19:37.680
a seven for damage. Ooh, not bad. Or Zebulon

00:19:37.680 --> 00:19:39.940
missed before. You see one strikes through right

00:19:39.940 --> 00:19:42.079
into the heart of this thing. A hand is reaching

00:19:42.079 --> 00:19:45.160
out, and you see, like, a single arrow just digs

00:19:45.160 --> 00:19:48.079
right through the palm, and it just, like, screeching.

00:19:48.900 --> 00:19:53.599
Yeah, just pierces through at this thing. Recoils

00:19:53.599 --> 00:19:58.259
into itself. And actually, it's my turn. Well,

00:19:59.240 --> 00:20:01.990
I hate to be repetitive. But there's only one

00:20:01.990 --> 00:20:05.289
target for me to go after right now. John Franklin

00:20:05.289 --> 00:20:08.049
is keeping true to his oath. He is standing in

00:20:08.049 --> 00:20:11.029
the place where this thing cannot quite reach

00:20:11.029 --> 00:20:13.509
Cully. It can't quite squeeze past him. I'm really

00:20:13.509 --> 00:20:16.170
hoping that was a high roll. So now I'm moving

00:20:16.170 --> 00:20:21.130
back for him. He's standing tall. Shields wear

00:20:21.130 --> 00:20:27.690
out. Just get him and run. Run, fools. That's

00:20:27.690 --> 00:20:31.170
a natural one. Oh, thank heavens. That was such

00:20:31.170 --> 00:20:35.549
a, like, a diabolical look in your eyes. I thought

00:20:35.549 --> 00:20:37.430
it was another hit for sure. I thought he was

00:20:37.430 --> 00:20:41.309
going to say natural 20. Seriously. It was one

00:20:41.309 --> 00:20:44.930
or the other, and I had no idea. Okay. Thank

00:20:44.930 --> 00:20:48.009
heavens. All right. That was a natural one. So

00:20:48.009 --> 00:20:51.529
as this thing moves up, it's Kiana just swinging

00:20:51.529 --> 00:20:53.849
wild and wild. I'm going to say there's a moment

00:20:53.849 --> 00:20:57.670
where, like, Sean sees something in this movement.

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He sees. some open spot, basically, where maybe

00:21:02.210 --> 00:21:03.789
the hand that was injured, that Chester hit,

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there's a certain gap where it would have been,

00:21:06.329 --> 00:21:09.130
where it's kind of recoiled deeper inside. And

00:21:09.130 --> 00:21:11.849
just now, as it's reaching out towards him, he

00:21:11.849 --> 00:21:14.950
sees a quick opportunity for a free AOL. All

00:21:14.950 --> 00:21:20.970
right. Here it goes. 14. 14 will hit. Ooh, nice.

00:21:21.150 --> 00:21:23.529
I didn't expect that. Okay. Nice. That's how

00:21:23.529 --> 00:21:28.430
we're going to win this. Five damage. Okay. So

00:21:28.430 --> 00:21:31.460
he just stabs in. hits that same spot. Maybe

00:21:31.460 --> 00:21:34.740
the hand inside just splits open. Fingers drop

00:21:34.740 --> 00:21:38.099
into the ground beneath it. Again, just, oh,

00:21:38.240 --> 00:21:42.680
please. Oh, oh, they're hurting me. They're hurting

00:21:42.680 --> 00:21:45.980
me. You see Orin's eyes start to tinge red again,

00:21:46.099 --> 00:21:48.240
almost like blood starting to form just a little

00:21:48.240 --> 00:21:52.380
bit underneath. No, no, no. Hey, what are you

00:21:52.380 --> 00:21:56.680
doing to my boy? No, no. Keep it together, Orin.

00:21:56.759 --> 00:21:59.690
Keep it together. And that's going to be. Oh,

00:21:59.710 --> 00:22:01.750
that's going to be... Yeah, Jean Franklin. I

00:22:01.750 --> 00:22:05.089
can't do anything. Yeah, all right. Jean Franklin's

00:22:05.089 --> 00:22:12.089
going for another spear attack. That's a dirty

00:22:12.089 --> 00:22:18.130
20. That will hit. Five more damage. Okay. Not

00:22:18.130 --> 00:22:21.990
bad. All right, all right. Stabs out again. Splits

00:22:21.990 --> 00:22:24.430
some fingers off another hand. Tears through

00:22:24.430 --> 00:22:27.569
flesh on the top of an arm. Just like black your...

00:22:28.410 --> 00:22:31.029
bubbles out. A little bit of like water it looks

00:22:31.029 --> 00:22:32.809
like. Bubbling from these large sort of bloated

00:22:32.809 --> 00:22:36.210
veins. Water from a certain lake. As you see

00:22:36.210 --> 00:22:37.910
this thing you realize that all these limbs look

00:22:37.910 --> 00:22:40.490
like they've been underwater for a long time.

00:22:40.789 --> 00:22:45.450
And that it's going to be Jules. A lot of staring

00:22:45.450 --> 00:22:47.990
going on. A lot of communication through eyes.

00:22:48.529 --> 00:22:50.750
Look at my eyes. I want to communicate something

00:22:50.750 --> 00:22:55.910
with you. Did you get that? Double metal fingers.

00:22:56.109 --> 00:22:59.140
Oh yeah. I'm going to poke your eyes with them.

00:22:59.160 --> 00:23:01.500
Real mature, David. I'm going to kill your character.

00:23:04.799 --> 00:23:08.559
Holy shit. Jules is going to cast Tasha's Hideous

00:23:08.559 --> 00:23:11.660
Laughter. Wow. That's going to be really weird.

00:23:12.380 --> 00:23:15.740
Very weird. That works. Very weird. I know. I

00:23:15.740 --> 00:23:20.200
love it. It'll get it prone. I love it. I'm uncomfortable

00:23:20.200 --> 00:23:27.279
by it, but I love it. Okay. Wisdom. Wisdom. Okay.

00:23:27.279 --> 00:23:30.380
I just checked this out. You cast this at it.

00:23:30.839 --> 00:23:35.539
I think you hear it. It does fail the save, but

00:23:35.539 --> 00:23:40.200
it technically can't become prone. So as you

00:23:40.200 --> 00:23:42.940
touch it, but let me, this is really important.

00:23:43.059 --> 00:23:45.500
I got to check because Tasha's, I think also

00:23:45.500 --> 00:23:49.380
has a factor of it that makes them. It's an odd

00:23:49.380 --> 00:23:52.200
one. It says it becomes prone, becoming incapacitated

00:23:52.200 --> 00:23:55.079
for the duration. So I don't know if that means

00:23:55.079 --> 00:23:58.740
the prone, is the precursor to incapacitation,

00:23:58.839 --> 00:24:01.160
which this thing is not immune to. I don't think

00:24:01.160 --> 00:24:02.460
so. I think you can be incapacitated without

00:24:02.460 --> 00:24:05.539
being prone, can't you? This is actually an extremely

00:24:05.539 --> 00:24:07.339
important thing to double check on. This is going

00:24:07.339 --> 00:24:10.559
to change everything. All right, just a quick

00:24:10.559 --> 00:24:14.420
search here. This is actually a very, very interesting

00:24:14.420 --> 00:24:18.880
topic. Can something that can't go prone become

00:24:18.880 --> 00:24:23.460
incapacitated by Tasha's? And Mr. Jeremy Crawford

00:24:23.460 --> 00:24:28.200
says yes. Fuck yeah. For sure, for sure. So what

00:24:28.200 --> 00:24:31.140
happens now? You cast this magic out. I rolled

00:24:31.140 --> 00:24:35.700
a nine, and so absolutely I fail this. You cast

00:24:35.700 --> 00:24:36.900
this magic out. What's it look like when you

00:24:36.900 --> 00:24:40.720
cast the spell, Jules? My hand goes out, and

00:24:40.720 --> 00:24:46.000
the telltale white mist comes out. Which hand?

00:24:47.180 --> 00:24:51.880
The gloved one? No, my left hand. Okay. All right.

00:24:52.269 --> 00:24:53.710
So you're kind of holding your other hand down

00:24:53.710 --> 00:24:57.029
as you cast this. This magic sort of shifts around

00:24:57.029 --> 00:24:58.869
this creature, moving around as Jean Franklin,

00:24:58.990 --> 00:25:00.890
who's now right before this thing, spear out,

00:25:00.990 --> 00:25:03.630
getting the second wind, stabbing out at it.

00:25:03.650 --> 00:25:05.150
And as his hands start to move around him again,

00:25:05.630 --> 00:25:12.250
this mist sort of fills the spaces between. And

00:25:12.250 --> 00:25:20.529
all of you in your minds begin to hear. Not just

00:25:20.529 --> 00:25:23.089
like a child's laugh, but many laughs intermingled.

00:25:23.089 --> 00:25:25.650
You hear like the moaning laughs of some older

00:25:25.650 --> 00:25:35.410
man. A woman just... It's a cacophony of horror.

00:25:35.710 --> 00:25:38.309
Just filling every space, every crevice in your

00:25:38.309 --> 00:25:41.650
mind. As this thing, its hands, its fingers begin

00:25:41.650 --> 00:25:45.529
to just undulate and just writhe amongst themselves.

00:25:45.569 --> 00:25:49.609
It does not fall prone. For a moment, it is stopped.

00:25:50.309 --> 00:25:52.549
And I hate that. Yeah, I don't like that either.

00:25:53.329 --> 00:26:00.170
Next up. For different reasons. Boy, let me think

00:26:00.170 --> 00:26:03.670
about this. Okay, so. Okay. As this laughing

00:26:03.670 --> 00:26:05.190
is happening, as he's being incapacitated, you

00:26:05.190 --> 00:26:07.509
see Koli's eyes start to lose a bit of that tent.

00:26:07.650 --> 00:26:11.450
He's kind of pushing himself against the wall

00:26:11.450 --> 00:26:20.000
here. No. No. No. I see. I see. And all these

00:26:20.000 --> 00:26:21.660
sounds, all these voices intermingling, he's

00:26:21.660 --> 00:26:27.420
nodding. You ain't my boy. You ain't my boy.

00:26:27.619 --> 00:26:31.180
There we go. I know who you are, and you ain't

00:26:31.180 --> 00:26:34.460
my boy. You may have stole his mind, his memories,

00:26:34.660 --> 00:26:38.539
but you ain't him, are you? No, no, you killed

00:26:38.539 --> 00:26:43.240
him. You are the lake. You are cradles, echoes

00:26:43.240 --> 00:26:46.720
of death and tragedy. animated by the evils of

00:26:46.720 --> 00:26:50.200
this cursed land. Tell me, how many? How many

00:26:50.200 --> 00:26:52.539
did you drag to the depths before my boy? Huh?

00:26:53.400 --> 00:26:56.900
I bet there weren't many after, were there? Not

00:26:56.900 --> 00:26:59.900
after those songs and stories. Bet you got real

00:26:59.900 --> 00:27:03.259
hungry over those last ten years. I bet you suffered.

00:27:03.880 --> 00:27:06.799
Well, don't y 'all worry no longer. We're gonna

00:27:06.799 --> 00:27:09.160
put you out of your misery right here and right

00:27:09.160 --> 00:27:12.779
now. Get him! And he just, like, screams out

00:27:12.779 --> 00:27:15.819
to you guys. and turns back to Kiara. Hey, Kiara,

00:27:15.940 --> 00:27:19.480
I know. I know that's you speaking. And I'm sorry,

00:27:19.579 --> 00:27:23.420
you're right. I did leave. I ran away. I didn't

00:27:23.420 --> 00:27:25.640
just lose my boy that day. I ran away from my

00:27:25.640 --> 00:27:29.039
old daughter. That's who you are. Kiara, listen

00:27:29.039 --> 00:27:33.099
to me. And I'm gonna go for a grab on her. She's

00:27:33.099 --> 00:27:35.240
gonna counter it. Wow, okay, so he actually does.

00:27:35.339 --> 00:27:37.180
He grabs hold of her, her blade swinging. He

00:27:37.180 --> 00:27:39.259
grabs that hand and pulls it down, slams it against

00:27:39.259 --> 00:27:41.299
the wall, puts a hand on her shoulder and stares

00:27:41.299 --> 00:27:43.200
her right in the eyes like, you listen to me.

00:27:43.769 --> 00:27:49.450
You listen. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. Just grabs

00:27:49.450 --> 00:27:51.650
her in a hug. And you can see the light in her

00:27:51.650 --> 00:27:55.829
eyes begins to fluctuate as well. Blood starting

00:27:55.829 --> 00:27:57.890
to trickle down just a little bit, then pulling

00:27:57.890 --> 00:28:01.069
back up supernaturally. The strange, amorphous

00:28:01.069 --> 00:28:03.769
blob just running down her cheeks and back up,

00:28:03.789 --> 00:28:06.509
leaving red streaks behind. That's going to be

00:28:06.509 --> 00:28:11.690
his turn. Holy shit. I had no idea what to expect.

00:28:12.329 --> 00:28:15.450
from casting Tasha City's laughter. And it was

00:28:15.450 --> 00:28:18.490
not all of that. That goes, yeah, that goes way

00:28:18.490 --> 00:28:22.309
beyond what I was hoping for. You're interrupting

00:28:22.309 --> 00:28:24.109
a lot of what this thing can do. I mean, it makes

00:28:24.109 --> 00:28:28.349
sense. Incapacitated is rough. Holy shit. And

00:28:28.349 --> 00:28:30.549
like the other voice, the sound, I mean, it's

00:28:30.549 --> 00:28:33.250
all starting to click. You have your permission.

00:28:33.569 --> 00:28:37.269
Wow. Fully go in there to fully strike. Spurred

00:28:37.269 --> 00:28:39.130
on by these words, I imagine Zebulon, it's going

00:28:39.130 --> 00:28:42.410
to be you. All right. Zebulon. Let's kill this

00:28:42.410 --> 00:28:44.990
fucker. All right. Get him, Zeb. It's time to

00:28:44.990 --> 00:28:49.789
do this. Zeb puts his bow away, draws his sabers,

00:28:49.789 --> 00:28:54.769
and gets up into the action. David, I'm five

00:28:54.769 --> 00:28:57.009
feet from that spot, right? Yeah. I'm just at

00:28:57.009 --> 00:28:59.829
an angle. I close the tab. There you are. Yes,

00:28:59.829 --> 00:29:01.769
you're five feet. All right. You're right next

00:29:01.769 --> 00:29:03.930
to Jean Franklin, right by his side, so you can

00:29:03.930 --> 00:29:07.210
squeeze in there real quick. Now, incapacitated.

00:29:08.069 --> 00:29:10.890
Do I get advantage against an incapacitated foe?

00:29:13.190 --> 00:29:16.009
No, he's not prone to doing advantage. Oh, shucks.

00:29:16.210 --> 00:29:18.190
He just can't take actions or reactions. Okay,

00:29:18.269 --> 00:29:24.170
that's fine. 17 for the first swing. That'll

00:29:24.170 --> 00:29:30.049
hit. 18 for the second. Okay. All right, so this

00:29:30.049 --> 00:29:33.829
first attack is going to include sneak attack

00:29:33.829 --> 00:29:39.289
damage. Hell yeah. Oh, max on the D8. Oh, my

00:29:39.289 --> 00:29:45.539
God. Max on the first D6. Oh, no. Then just a

00:29:45.539 --> 00:29:51.779
one, so that's okay. So that's 18. Not bad. And

00:29:51.779 --> 00:29:55.119
then the second attack is just the D8 plus three.

00:29:56.920 --> 00:30:01.559
Nine. Holy shit. Okay. Oh, my God. Pretty damn

00:30:01.559 --> 00:30:05.680
good. Slice out twice. A couple of hands come

00:30:05.680 --> 00:30:08.200
flying off of arms and spreading out from this

00:30:08.200 --> 00:30:11.160
pile, landing on the floor and just dropping

00:30:11.160 --> 00:30:15.539
lifeless. And then... And all you hear in your

00:30:15.539 --> 00:30:22.480
mind is... Just laughing, laughing. I'm going

00:30:22.480 --> 00:30:26.920
to do a quick bonus action. Disengage and just

00:30:26.920 --> 00:30:30.509
pull back one spot here. Okay. Sorry, Jean, but

00:30:30.509 --> 00:30:33.069
you're our tank for a reason. And that is going

00:30:33.069 --> 00:30:37.269
to be... That's Kiana. Actually, I'll never do

00:30:37.269 --> 00:30:39.589
anything this turn. She's kind of just like stuck

00:30:39.589 --> 00:30:42.890
frozen. Eyes sort of, you know, like I said,

00:30:42.950 --> 00:30:44.849
just like the blood leaking and sucking back

00:30:44.849 --> 00:30:48.349
in. This slow kind of like reverse trickle down

00:30:48.349 --> 00:30:53.519
her face. Just staring at her uncle. Yeah, her

00:30:53.519 --> 00:30:55.160
expression shifted between just this awe and

00:30:55.160 --> 00:30:58.339
surprise to this pure snarling rage, and then

00:30:58.339 --> 00:31:00.779
back and forth again, this strange, constant

00:31:00.779 --> 00:31:03.480
shifting. That's all she's going to do, and that's

00:31:03.480 --> 00:31:06.339
going to be Chester. He's going to take his short

00:31:06.339 --> 00:31:11.740
bow again. All right. That's a dirty 20. That's

00:31:11.740 --> 00:31:15.980
going to hit. All right. For only three damage.

00:31:16.299 --> 00:31:20.460
Okay. It's not nothing. And I believe that is

00:31:20.460 --> 00:31:23.680
all Chester can do. All right, then. And that's

00:31:23.680 --> 00:31:25.640
me again. I got to make a save here, don't I?

00:31:25.900 --> 00:31:31.859
Let's see. Yes, you do. Oh, please. Yes. 17 on

00:31:31.859 --> 00:31:34.480
the die. So it's straight 17. Yeah. But that's

00:31:34.480 --> 00:31:36.240
my whole turn. Yep, that passes it. The laughter

00:31:36.240 --> 00:31:39.440
slowly dies down. This thing begins to take shape

00:31:39.440 --> 00:31:44.700
again. Its fingers start reaching out towards

00:31:44.700 --> 00:31:45.960
you again. He's coming back up. He's coming back

00:31:45.960 --> 00:31:56.369
up. No. No. No. That's going to be Jules. No,

00:31:56.390 --> 00:32:00.569
that's Jean. Oh, boy, oh, boy. Yeah, there's

00:32:00.569 --> 00:32:02.390
not a whole lot that makes sense for Jean to

00:32:02.390 --> 00:32:07.369
do other than another spear attack. Okay. That's

00:32:07.369 --> 00:32:14.990
a 21. That'll hit. Four damage. Okay. That's

00:32:14.990 --> 00:32:17.789
going to be Jules. Jules is going to cast level

00:32:17.789 --> 00:32:21.920
two Dissonant Whispers. Hell yeah. Wow. All the

00:32:21.920 --> 00:32:24.640
mean things. Yeah, can't pull out any stops for

00:32:24.640 --> 00:32:28.420
this one. Wisdom save. Let's go. Come on. Natural

00:32:28.420 --> 00:32:31.140
20. Ooh, damn. Where's your head at for an attack?

00:32:31.339 --> 00:32:33.619
Damn it. No, that's fine. That's fine. You still

00:32:33.619 --> 00:32:36.259
get to roll damage, though. Half damage. Damage

00:32:36.259 --> 00:32:39.180
for that was 4d6, so I'm still rolling 2d6. Hell

00:32:39.180 --> 00:32:44.619
yeah. Get out of town. That's some horse shit.

00:32:45.400 --> 00:32:48.759
Two damage. Oh, no. That is some horse shit.

00:32:48.799 --> 00:32:51.490
And then... It's like its resolve has returned.

00:32:51.769 --> 00:32:53.369
You, like, try to hit this thing again, and you

00:32:53.369 --> 00:32:57.269
see it does not budge. And then as a bonus action,

00:32:57.329 --> 00:32:59.289
I'm going to cast my Bardic Inspiration onto

00:32:59.289 --> 00:33:04.430
Jean -Franc. Oh, sweet. Okay, okay. Oh, boy.

00:33:04.990 --> 00:33:06.990
Yeah, you just reach out your hand again, and

00:33:06.990 --> 00:33:09.250
it covers it, and just this thing, like, almost

00:33:09.250 --> 00:33:11.329
poisoning down, crouching down like a predator

00:33:11.329 --> 00:33:14.170
in all of its various arms, fingers digging into

00:33:14.170 --> 00:33:17.009
the dirt. You hear only in your mind, Jules,

00:33:17.029 --> 00:33:22.380
just... Such lovely hands. Such lovely hands.

00:33:23.180 --> 00:33:27.779
Can't say the same about yours. Um, hell yeah.

00:33:28.720 --> 00:33:30.279
That's going to be Coley again. I think he's

00:33:30.279 --> 00:33:33.539
just going to hold her into deeper hugs. It's

00:33:33.539 --> 00:33:36.460
all right. It's all right. Come on. Come back.

00:33:36.779 --> 00:33:40.720
Come back. We can both move on. We can move past

00:33:40.720 --> 00:33:44.420
this together. Remember what I said. Anything.

00:33:44.920 --> 00:33:48.359
As a family, we can get through anything. He's

00:33:48.359 --> 00:33:52.700
gone. But we still have each other. Just hold

00:33:52.700 --> 00:33:57.240
on. And that is going to be Zebulon. All right.

00:33:58.160 --> 00:34:00.900
We're going to rinse and repeat. Zebulon's going

00:34:00.900 --> 00:34:03.519
to... Why don't you skip your turn, huh? All

00:34:03.519 --> 00:34:07.059
right. Jump back in. Go for a couple of strikes

00:34:07.059 --> 00:34:11.639
here. First one's a dirty 20. That will hit.

00:34:13.929 --> 00:34:16.929
Jeez, second one's a 17 on the die. These blessed

00:34:16.929 --> 00:34:19.530
dice are working out. You guys are rolling. That's

00:34:19.530 --> 00:34:21.610
beautiful. I'm waiting for an excuse to use my

00:34:21.610 --> 00:34:23.610
bardic inspiration. I know, you guys are doing

00:34:23.610 --> 00:34:30.989
so good. Nine on the first attack with the sneak

00:34:30.989 --> 00:34:35.329
attack damage. And eight on the second attack.

00:34:35.650 --> 00:34:38.449
Okay. Thank you for consistently taking at least

00:34:38.449 --> 00:34:40.849
decent chunks out of this thing. Yeah, I know.

00:34:40.909 --> 00:34:44.869
That first roll was pretty bad for damage with

00:34:44.869 --> 00:34:48.090
the sneak attack, but bonus action, going to

00:34:48.090 --> 00:34:50.110
pull back again. You're flurries, you're taking

00:34:50.110 --> 00:34:52.090
out two more of these things, two more hands,

00:34:52.210 --> 00:34:55.949
a lot from arms, dropping dead to the ground,

00:34:56.030 --> 00:34:59.050
bits of fingers flying off with them, and more

00:34:59.050 --> 00:35:01.630
of this sort of black ooze and river water, or

00:35:01.630 --> 00:35:05.659
lake water. pouring onto the floor in a puddle

00:35:05.659 --> 00:35:08.260
all around. This thing is starting to, like,

00:35:08.260 --> 00:35:11.119
get smaller as these limbs are dying off, as,

00:35:11.239 --> 00:35:13.820
like, this bulk of this body is thinning and

00:35:13.820 --> 00:35:16.659
thinning. And you're hurting it. You can tell

00:35:16.659 --> 00:35:19.659
you're really, really hurting it. Oren, now's

00:35:19.659 --> 00:35:22.780
your chance. Get Kiana. Get out of here. Holy

00:35:22.780 --> 00:35:25.880
shit. That's Kiana. And I'm going to make a roll,

00:35:25.980 --> 00:35:32.380
actually. I rolled a die for Kiana here. Now,

00:35:32.380 --> 00:35:34.739
mechanically, there isn't really a set way to,

00:35:34.760 --> 00:35:37.719
like, fight off these effects. But I thought

00:35:37.719 --> 00:35:39.579
it'd be cool to roll a die and see if I could

00:35:39.579 --> 00:35:42.099
roll a natural 20. The power of love. Jeremy,

00:35:42.219 --> 00:35:44.820
look at this die. Look at this die. Oh, does

00:35:44.820 --> 00:35:47.079
love prevail? Look at this die. I'm terrified

00:35:47.079 --> 00:35:51.079
here. Does love prevail? Love does not. What?

00:35:51.500 --> 00:35:55.239
No, I rolled a natural 20. Yeah. A save. For

00:35:55.239 --> 00:35:57.579
Kiana. A save for Kiana. That's a good thing.

00:35:57.699 --> 00:36:00.739
It's a good one. It's a good one. Steven, get

00:36:00.739 --> 00:36:02.400
over here and react properly. That was a roller

00:36:02.400 --> 00:36:04.500
coaster. Steven. What the fuck? Get over here

00:36:04.500 --> 00:36:06.400
and react properly. Look at that. What's that?

00:36:06.539 --> 00:36:08.239
Oh, my God. Look at that 20. That's what I was

00:36:08.239 --> 00:36:12.820
talking about. That's a 20. Okay. Okay. I misunderstood

00:36:12.820 --> 00:36:15.320
what was happening. I misunderstood what was

00:36:15.320 --> 00:36:18.400
happening. I thought that was to resist the love.

00:36:18.579 --> 00:36:20.420
We're just talking about Steven's heart. He's

00:36:20.420 --> 00:36:21.780
like, what's happening? What's going on? Yeah,

00:36:21.800 --> 00:36:23.960
I thought she was resisting the love. I was given

00:36:23.960 --> 00:36:26.719
a chance to resist Coley Jr., so she's just over

00:36:26.719 --> 00:36:28.719
there. Oh, okay, okay, okay. Should I say resist?

00:36:28.719 --> 00:36:32.579
Oh, my God. Cradle Ace. You see, like, as she's

00:36:32.579 --> 00:36:35.440
in this hog, as she's staring out behind, like,

00:36:35.460 --> 00:36:38.300
her uncle's shoulder at this creature that's

00:36:38.300 --> 00:36:41.420
just still, like, just being cut down to pieces,

00:36:41.579 --> 00:36:45.630
the blood begins to run out of her eyes. washed

00:36:45.630 --> 00:36:49.170
away by a stream of tears running down her cheeks,

00:36:49.369 --> 00:36:53.530
just still gawking while her tight, her grip

00:36:53.530 --> 00:36:56.530
around her uncle's body just tightens. And she

00:36:56.530 --> 00:36:59.789
pushes herself into him, pushes her face into

00:36:59.789 --> 00:37:05.550
his neck and just kind of holds there like, I'm

00:37:05.550 --> 00:37:09.710
sorry. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. It's all right.

00:37:09.769 --> 00:37:14.210
It's okay. We're here now. Everything's okay.

00:37:15.019 --> 00:37:17.099
And that's going to be your turn. And that is

00:37:17.099 --> 00:37:23.300
Chester. Drop bow time. Hell yeah. Oh, yeah.

00:37:24.280 --> 00:37:27.699
Smells like crit in this. Stinky. Stinky crit.

00:37:27.820 --> 00:37:30.639
Stinky crit. In this cave. Oh, my God. There's

00:37:30.639 --> 00:37:34.800
not a lot of ventilation. Oh, man. It's definitely

00:37:34.800 --> 00:37:38.960
stuffy. Stuffy and moist. Holy shit. Chester's

00:37:38.960 --> 00:37:42.300
braced himself. He's like, oh, yeah. Come on.

00:37:43.099 --> 00:37:45.559
I can do it. Just this time to shine. Jules,

00:37:45.639 --> 00:37:53.179
watch me. Oh, my God, how? What? Double ones

00:37:53.179 --> 00:37:57.340
again. So that is a total of four. I thought

00:37:57.340 --> 00:38:03.239
I was done for. I'm still up. I'm still up. He

00:38:03.239 --> 00:38:06.039
shoots it. But that means he's pretty low. That

00:38:06.039 --> 00:38:07.519
means he's low. You see, like, more hands drop

00:38:07.519 --> 00:38:10.619
off, and this thing is in rough shape. You've

00:38:10.619 --> 00:38:13.000
been holding it off this whole time. He's still

00:38:13.000 --> 00:38:15.699
got a turn. I only have one choice now, don't

00:38:15.699 --> 00:38:18.539
I? No, he's going after Koei. I have to heal.

00:38:19.480 --> 00:38:22.840
Oh, that's not great. Holy shit. And yeah, I

00:38:22.840 --> 00:38:25.800
think I know just the way to do that. Oh my god.

00:38:26.280 --> 00:38:30.179
This thing just kind of... Like screaming, all

00:38:30.179 --> 00:38:32.900
these voices screaming in your minds. And then

00:38:32.900 --> 00:38:36.760
just kind of calms for a second. The hands, almost

00:38:36.760 --> 00:38:39.380
like all you use to begin to point up, start

00:38:39.380 --> 00:38:43.159
to move. And I'm going to make this roll on Koli.

00:38:43.820 --> 00:38:47.219
But I'm going to, for drama's sake, say it just

00:38:47.219 --> 00:38:50.460
turns. And, like, this entire body just reaches

00:38:50.460 --> 00:38:54.480
out for Kiana. Can Jaune take his AOL? Nope.

00:38:54.519 --> 00:38:57.199
It's still within his range. Ah, yeah. So it's

00:38:57.199 --> 00:38:59.440
not leaving his space. Oh, yeah. Okay. So it

00:38:59.440 --> 00:39:00.880
basically steps just barely north to the north

00:39:00.880 --> 00:39:03.000
where these two are sort of having their moment.

00:39:03.480 --> 00:39:06.119
Still in embrace. And as this thing is reaching

00:39:06.119 --> 00:39:09.619
out with many hands, Koli looks up, sees it.

00:39:10.119 --> 00:39:12.480
And pushes Kiana behind him, leaving the hug.

00:39:12.519 --> 00:39:15.599
Just push her down like, go, run! And I'm going

00:39:15.599 --> 00:39:23.619
to attack him. That might, might hit. Come on,

00:39:23.619 --> 00:39:27.800
Kali. We need you to tank one hit. Just hit to

00:39:27.800 --> 00:39:31.960
the 13. AC 13 on him. So he's going to get, this

00:39:31.960 --> 00:39:35.219
thing grabs onto him. Make a constitution saving

00:39:35.219 --> 00:39:37.320
throw. I'm supposed to do my initial damage on

00:39:37.320 --> 00:39:40.119
Kali. As he just begins to scream, this thing

00:39:40.119 --> 00:39:47.559
grabbing him. That's 13 damage on him. He's actually

00:39:47.559 --> 00:39:49.199
still up. This thing just starts tearing into

00:39:49.199 --> 00:39:51.039
his body, ripping through his arm, the flesh

00:39:51.039 --> 00:39:54.380
in his arms, his face, his head. His clothes

00:39:54.380 --> 00:39:57.539
come off in tatters. Just says, how about me?

00:39:58.139 --> 00:40:01.099
Don't I get a hug? Don't I get a hug? Don't I

00:40:01.099 --> 00:40:07.239
get a hug? Rip his scream out. He's grappled.

00:40:08.079 --> 00:40:12.840
He's going to make a con saving throw. This thing

00:40:12.840 --> 00:40:16.179
can heal when it rips and starts to drain them

00:40:16.179 --> 00:40:20.539
of their bodies. With an 18 on the die, he passes

00:40:20.539 --> 00:40:25.920
the con save. He just holds strong. He just kind

00:40:25.920 --> 00:40:27.960
of, like, grabs onto the hands of himself. He's

00:40:27.960 --> 00:40:30.300
almost, like, trying to fight back. He's trying

00:40:30.300 --> 00:40:32.139
to, like, get something in his body, trying to

00:40:32.139 --> 00:40:34.000
drain him. And for a second, he starts to, like,

00:40:34.000 --> 00:40:36.179
age a little bit, starts to shrivel. But his

00:40:36.179 --> 00:40:40.619
body begins to regain. No! No! You're not taking

00:40:40.619 --> 00:40:44.460
anything else from me! No! His voice echoing

00:40:44.460 --> 00:40:47.900
through the cavern, and he stands strong. That's

00:40:47.900 --> 00:40:49.820
all a Soul Shaker can do. That's going to be

00:40:49.820 --> 00:40:54.079
Jean. All right. Jean is going to take a step.

00:40:54.880 --> 00:40:58.260
To the north here. So he's now five feet from

00:40:58.260 --> 00:41:05.539
Cully. And take his spear attack. Bonjour. This

00:41:05.539 --> 00:41:07.500
really might be the best time to use his button.

00:41:08.099 --> 00:41:10.800
I'd really like to make this hit. Yeah. Okay.

00:41:10.940 --> 00:41:15.639
I'll take that button. That's a 15 for the first.

00:41:15.739 --> 00:41:20.019
Let's see if we crit. Nope. Just a 15. Okay.

00:41:20.760 --> 00:41:26.539
Give me some damage. Damage incoming. Six damage.

00:41:26.880 --> 00:41:31.380
Six damage. Okay. He strikes down with his spear.

00:41:31.460 --> 00:41:33.940
This thing's sort of holding on to Koli. Junkers

00:41:33.940 --> 00:41:36.480
are behind it. Stabs out. Rips through number

00:41:36.480 --> 00:41:39.860
one of these arms. This can fall out like snakes

00:41:39.860 --> 00:41:43.539
dropping from this pile. And it's like almost

00:41:43.539 --> 00:41:46.480
nothing left now. It's very few arms sort of

00:41:46.480 --> 00:41:49.320
weaving bound together. Almost like held by nothing.

00:41:49.360 --> 00:41:53.960
Just sort of snaking around themselves. It's

00:41:53.960 --> 00:41:56.559
so small, and the voice in your mind is becoming

00:41:56.559 --> 00:42:05.360
much, much smaller. No! No! No! No! No! No! That's

00:42:05.360 --> 00:42:07.940
Jules. This is the round that we finish this.

00:42:08.159 --> 00:42:10.320
Yeah, I hope so. Either that or this thing's

00:42:10.320 --> 00:42:12.739
about to reach its final form. Time to finish

00:42:12.739 --> 00:42:16.260
this. Jules casts Tasha's Hideous Laughter with

00:42:16.260 --> 00:42:19.219
two buttons spent for disadvantage. What? Oh.

00:42:19.920 --> 00:42:23.599
Oh, I hate that. Whoa. I will take those buttons.

00:42:23.739 --> 00:42:30.480
Oh, no. Oh, no. Okay, okay, okay. It's a 10.

00:42:31.099 --> 00:42:34.559
That is a fail. Excellent. And I believe that

00:42:34.559 --> 00:42:37.179
stops the grapple, too, does it not? I will say,

00:42:37.239 --> 00:42:40.320
yeah. Oh, yeah, for sure. The hands begin to,

00:42:40.380 --> 00:42:43.039
like, as Cole is being grabbed and ripped into,

00:42:43.239 --> 00:42:46.460
fingers driving deep into his flesh. This thing,

00:42:46.460 --> 00:42:48.320
as the fingers once again begin to undulate with

00:42:48.320 --> 00:42:51.179
this strange phantom. laughter. It sort of pulls

00:42:51.179 --> 00:42:54.440
itself back, shriveling against the wall just

00:42:54.440 --> 00:42:56.480
a bit, kind of like, almost like a spider dying,

00:42:56.739 --> 00:42:59.480
moving into itself. It becomes smaller as it's

00:42:59.480 --> 00:43:02.719
against a ball up in one spot, just like laughing,

00:43:02.900 --> 00:43:07.900
undulating laughing in your mind. No! No! No!

00:43:08.159 --> 00:43:15.219
No! Anything else? Let's not finish this! Hell

00:43:15.219 --> 00:43:19.019
yeah. It's my turn. That is Cully. I think he

00:43:19.019 --> 00:43:21.579
just, like, falls back against the wall, bleeding

00:43:21.579 --> 00:43:23.579
against it, starts to slide down just a little

00:43:23.579 --> 00:43:26.139
bit. Come on, Kali. Grabs onto Kiara, and they

00:43:26.139 --> 00:43:28.780
sort of, like, hold each other down in this one

00:43:28.780 --> 00:43:30.880
corner. He's just, like, got her down on the

00:43:30.880 --> 00:43:33.480
ground, both of them on their knees, still holding

00:43:33.480 --> 00:43:35.860
her tight, watching this thing as it's still

00:43:35.860 --> 00:43:39.019
reaching, laughing, reaching towards him. He

00:43:39.019 --> 00:43:42.659
looks over at you, Zebulon. Come on! Finish it!

00:43:43.760 --> 00:43:48.980
Zebulon, that's you. All right. Um... Zebulon's

00:43:48.980 --> 00:43:51.679
going to dance back into the fray here. As he

00:43:51.679 --> 00:43:54.559
comes in, he'll mutter to himself, Here I come

00:43:54.559 --> 00:43:57.260
to save the day. Zebulon runs out of the cavern.

00:43:58.699 --> 00:44:00.139
He's moving her token way out of here. Hey, that's

00:44:00.139 --> 00:44:05.739
my token. Damn, 16 on the die for the first attack.

00:44:08.719 --> 00:44:11.039
Let's see. I mean, now is the time to use it.

00:44:11.099 --> 00:44:14.420
That's a 4 plus 5 is a 9. I'm going to use my

00:44:14.420 --> 00:44:19.199
Bardic Inspiration die. Okay. Oh, max six. That's

00:44:19.199 --> 00:44:22.480
two hits. All right, two hits. Let's see. First

00:44:22.480 --> 00:44:27.000
one with sneak attack. Damn, another one on that

00:44:27.000 --> 00:44:29.699
D8. So that's four. Let's see what we can get

00:44:29.699 --> 00:44:36.099
with these sneak attack die. So just ten for

00:44:36.099 --> 00:44:40.539
the first attack. And let's see if we can finish

00:44:40.539 --> 00:44:44.440
this off with a second. That's nine for the second.

00:44:44.980 --> 00:44:48.869
Nine for the second? Yep. Tell me this. This

00:44:48.869 --> 00:44:51.289
thing is now a ball. Its hands sort of starting

00:44:51.289 --> 00:44:53.710
to spread out slowly, once again reaching out

00:44:53.710 --> 00:44:56.809
towards Koli, towards Kiana, both cowering in

00:44:56.809 --> 00:44:59.789
the corner. You feel bolstered by Jules. The

00:44:59.789 --> 00:45:01.929
opening has been made, and you see it before

00:45:01.929 --> 00:45:04.809
you. You slide in with both your weapons and

00:45:04.809 --> 00:45:10.429
make contact. What does it look like? Hell yeah.

00:45:12.400 --> 00:45:14.780
I think Zebulon's just trying to, like, as a

00:45:14.780 --> 00:45:19.519
hand reaches out to attack Kali and Kiana, he

00:45:19.519 --> 00:45:21.780
just cuts it off. And another hand reaches out,

00:45:21.800 --> 00:45:25.679
and he cuts it off. And he's just playing. He's

00:45:25.679 --> 00:45:27.760
just trying to keep it off. Keep it off Kali.

00:45:28.119 --> 00:45:30.000
Just cutting hands and cutting hands and cutting

00:45:30.000 --> 00:45:32.320
hands. Slicing, slicing bits of hands falling

00:45:32.320 --> 00:45:35.420
all over the place in a pile sort of around you.

00:45:35.480 --> 00:45:38.519
Just spread out in a circle where this thing

00:45:38.519 --> 00:45:43.920
once stood in silence. A very eerie silence.

00:45:44.179 --> 00:45:46.619
Yeah, I don't like that. Isn't it, though? You

00:45:46.619 --> 00:45:48.860
stand there, Zebulon. There's a lot of Cole and

00:45:48.860 --> 00:45:54.119
Kiana both breathing together. Is that it? He's

00:45:54.119 --> 00:46:03.380
gone. He's gone. He's... You watch as eight of

00:46:03.380 --> 00:46:07.059
these hands on the ground around you begin to

00:46:07.059 --> 00:46:12.429
reanimate and stand. God damn it. Fuck. I knew

00:46:12.429 --> 00:46:16.289
that wasn't all. Oh, yeah. We're not done yet.

00:46:16.949 --> 00:46:19.989
That's going to be Kiana. Well, if we know anything

00:46:19.989 --> 00:46:21.650
from fighting these hands before, if it's just

00:46:21.650 --> 00:46:24.590
the single hands, it took nothing to get them

00:46:24.590 --> 00:46:28.469
gone. Right. Just screaming, echoing your mind.

00:46:28.550 --> 00:46:30.929
I think she just holds her head and just sits

00:46:30.929 --> 00:46:34.550
there. As these things start to move around.

00:46:34.750 --> 00:46:39.650
Just kick it. And I think her eyes open. She

00:46:39.650 --> 00:46:42.150
grabs that knife and swings out towards the nearest

00:46:42.150 --> 00:46:45.789
one. I'm going to give her disadvantage because

00:46:45.789 --> 00:46:48.789
she's using her offhand, unfortunately, out of

00:46:48.789 --> 00:46:53.929
necessity. But she's, no, no, no. Y 'all can

00:46:53.929 --> 00:47:00.309
stay dead. And that's a two and a one. That's

00:47:00.309 --> 00:47:03.610
rough. So just swings out completely, misses

00:47:03.610 --> 00:47:06.289
this thing as it kind of like crawls aside. She

00:47:06.289 --> 00:47:09.400
cuts her other hand off. That's Chester. Chester

00:47:09.400 --> 00:47:11.840
just sees all these hands begin to reanimate

00:47:11.840 --> 00:47:13.860
and start moving. So these are separate hands,

00:47:13.940 --> 00:47:15.860
right? Yes, they're not separate hands. I can

00:47:15.860 --> 00:47:18.579
now use... Because it'd be a lot of work to add

00:47:18.579 --> 00:47:20.460
eight hands. No, that's fine, but I can use quick

00:47:20.460 --> 00:47:22.920
reload. You can use quick reload, yes. Nice,

00:47:22.980 --> 00:47:25.559
good stuff. Here comes Chester. Foreshadowing.

00:47:27.179 --> 00:47:32.579
That's a 14, the first. 14 will hit. Reload.

00:47:33.639 --> 00:47:36.019
That's a weird way to reload a short bow. And

00:47:36.019 --> 00:47:39.539
it's a 10. Second. Ten does not hit. So he hits

00:47:39.539 --> 00:47:42.380
the one, barely grazes the next one right beside

00:47:42.380 --> 00:47:44.719
it. So one just starts charging towards him.

00:47:47.219 --> 00:47:49.519
Max damage, six. Oh, no, no, no, no, no. Eight.

00:47:50.159 --> 00:47:52.539
Absolutely annihilates it. Fuck yeah. Arrow sticks

00:47:52.539 --> 00:47:53.780
right through the hand, sticking right into the

00:47:53.780 --> 00:47:55.500
cavern floor. It immediately just flattens out

00:47:55.500 --> 00:48:00.400
and dies. Seven left. It's the hand's turn. Yeah,

00:48:00.400 --> 00:48:02.260
seven of those, though. That's still scary to

00:48:02.260 --> 00:48:04.800
attack. Yeah, it is. Yeah, it is. I don't think

00:48:04.800 --> 00:48:06.420
we've ever actually been hit with the hands yet,

00:48:06.440 --> 00:48:07.760
so I don't know what kind of damage it does.

00:48:07.980 --> 00:48:12.579
Well, it almost one -hit KO'd Jaune by the single

00:48:12.579 --> 00:48:14.360
-eel hand. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Now I see what you're

00:48:14.360 --> 00:48:17.699
saying. Yeah. How about this? I'll have five

00:48:17.699 --> 00:48:22.239
of them go for Koli. No, you won't, because Jaune

00:48:22.239 --> 00:48:28.639
is going to use Noble Sacrifice. So if I take...

00:48:28.639 --> 00:48:31.329
I think it's after I hit, right? When a creature,

00:48:31.429 --> 00:48:34.130
Jean Franklin, can see targets an ally within

00:48:34.130 --> 00:48:35.809
five feet of him with an attack, Jean Franklin

00:48:35.809 --> 00:48:37.750
can swap places with the ally and become a target

00:48:37.750 --> 00:48:40.110
of the attack instead. So he's the target. Oh,

00:48:40.110 --> 00:48:42.849
my God. Okay, it's a creature. I will let him

00:48:42.849 --> 00:48:45.590
switch with one of the hands. Still very helpful.

00:48:46.050 --> 00:48:49.289
He just, like, as Cully and Ken are hugging,

00:48:49.389 --> 00:48:51.349
these things are diving towards him, and as Jean

00:48:51.349 --> 00:48:53.469
just grabs Cully, throws him out, he's like,

00:48:53.550 --> 00:48:56.289
I have orders to follow! Slides him out and just

00:48:56.289 --> 00:48:59.110
goes into place, and this hand is going to attack

00:48:59.110 --> 00:49:02.019
him instead. So I'm going to say two, they're

00:49:02.019 --> 00:49:04.260
actually going to have like one for Jean, one

00:49:04.260 --> 00:49:07.119
for Zeb, and five for Cully. Now it's two for

00:49:07.119 --> 00:49:12.219
Jean. I'll do those first. It's only going to

00:49:12.219 --> 00:49:15.039
be a 15 on the highest, so that will miss. So

00:49:15.039 --> 00:49:17.280
he just easily bats them away with the bottom

00:49:17.280 --> 00:49:20.039
of his spear as they come moving in. But five

00:49:20.039 --> 00:49:23.920
of them still managed to jump on Cully. Let's

00:49:23.920 --> 00:49:32.460
do those next. No, sorry. It was four on Koli

00:49:32.460 --> 00:49:34.719
now. Yeah, because you originally said five.

00:49:35.239 --> 00:49:36.800
Which is actually great because that means one

00:49:36.800 --> 00:49:38.679
of them does miss. The last one I rolled was

00:49:38.679 --> 00:49:42.179
Hyda. Holy shit. So Jean Franklin actually did

00:49:42.179 --> 00:49:44.460
stop one from hitting. Let's roll some damage.

00:49:46.900 --> 00:49:49.989
Oh, God. He's going down. You see these hands

00:49:49.989 --> 00:49:52.670
launch at him. He manages to, like, he holds

00:49:52.670 --> 00:49:54.969
a scimitar out and just slides through, knocks

00:49:54.969 --> 00:49:57.369
a few back with the butt of the blade. Two of

00:49:57.369 --> 00:50:00.150
them go falling off to the sides, but two of

00:50:00.150 --> 00:50:02.030
them manage to, like, jump on, grabbing onto

00:50:02.030 --> 00:50:04.289
his neck, around to his shoulder, and with their

00:50:04.289 --> 00:50:07.309
claws just tearing into him, blood begins to

00:50:07.309 --> 00:50:09.750
pour out of the wound of his neck, and he just

00:50:09.750 --> 00:50:12.730
starts to, like, fall down to his knees. And

00:50:12.730 --> 00:50:17.429
Koli falls unconscious and dying, his hands on

00:50:17.429 --> 00:50:21.659
top of him. One coming for you, Zebulon. That

00:50:21.659 --> 00:50:24.880
is a 16 to hit. Nope, 17, because I'm wielding

00:50:24.880 --> 00:50:26.699
two swords. Oh, so yeah, you literally just bat

00:50:26.699 --> 00:50:29.000
it off with your swords, repost on the claws,

00:50:29.139 --> 00:50:32.780
it dives at you. Okay. Seven hands are still

00:50:32.780 --> 00:50:36.900
up. That's going to be Jaune. Okay, Jaune's just

00:50:36.900 --> 00:50:40.860
going to attack one of the hands that are on

00:50:40.860 --> 00:50:47.579
Cully. Okay. Just a 13. Wait, I already used

00:50:47.579 --> 00:50:51.099
his... You can use yours for him, too. Okay,

00:50:51.239 --> 00:50:52.579
yeah, I suppose there's really no better time

00:50:52.579 --> 00:50:55.519
to use it. Oh, sorry, I meant button. Not bardic,

00:50:55.539 --> 00:50:57.159
not that. Okay, all right, that's what I thought.

00:50:57.340 --> 00:50:59.559
Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yep, so just a 13. I'm

00:50:59.559 --> 00:51:05.280
doofing. 13 will hit. Ooh, nice. Okay, great.

00:51:07.199 --> 00:51:12.320
Max damage, that's seven. Sweet, sweet. And that's

00:51:12.320 --> 00:51:16.650
all he's got. Okay. Jules, that's you. So currently

00:51:16.650 --> 00:51:19.730
six hands left. Sean just drives through one

00:51:19.730 --> 00:51:22.369
of them with his spear, splits it up. They're

00:51:22.369 --> 00:51:24.510
all kind of all together in that one spot, basically.

00:51:24.630 --> 00:51:28.630
All wedged between Zebulon, Koli, Jean Franklin,

00:51:28.750 --> 00:51:30.909
and Kiana in kind of the upper corner. Meanwhile,

00:51:31.250 --> 00:51:34.769
Chester and Jules are kind of together towards

00:51:34.769 --> 00:51:37.190
the entrance of the room, holding the back line.

00:51:37.489 --> 00:51:38.710
All right, I'm going to turn around to Chester.

00:51:39.090 --> 00:51:43.130
Jules? Chester, hold the back. Okay. All right.

00:51:43.389 --> 00:51:46.579
He's just fire in his eyes. And Jules is going

00:51:46.579 --> 00:51:50.420
to move up to just behind Kali and cast level

00:51:50.420 --> 00:51:53.760
two cure wounds. Okay. Not today, my friend.

00:51:54.300 --> 00:51:57.239
Not today. Hell yeah. Yeah, that's the move,

00:51:57.280 --> 00:52:02.119
man. And this is for level two. It's 2d8 plus

00:52:02.119 --> 00:52:07.679
three. Pretty good healing. That's 12. Okay.

00:52:08.349 --> 00:52:10.670
12 points of healing. Good stuff, good stuff.

00:52:10.690 --> 00:52:13.429
Healing on Koli. You put your hand down. Probably

00:52:13.429 --> 00:52:15.449
then your hand reaches down towards his neck

00:52:15.449 --> 00:52:17.869
where that wound is opened up. As you touch it,

00:52:17.889 --> 00:52:21.869
you see the skin closes as he glows with this

00:52:21.869 --> 00:52:26.349
magical light. His eyes open again. Good stuff.

00:52:27.070 --> 00:52:30.090
Healing up our VIP. That actually means he gets

00:52:30.090 --> 00:52:33.929
to make a move. He cracks a smile at you as his

00:52:33.929 --> 00:52:39.590
eyes open. Luminary. He grabs his sword, kind

00:52:39.590 --> 00:52:42.929
of stands up, and he starts swinging towards

00:52:42.929 --> 00:52:44.829
these things. The one that's on him, it kind

00:52:44.829 --> 00:52:46.590
of falls off. He's going to swing right at that.

00:52:46.789 --> 00:52:50.710
He has two attacks, actually. And he hits on

00:52:50.710 --> 00:52:57.449
both. 13 and 14 of the dice. Sweet. Nice. Two

00:52:57.449 --> 00:52:59.769
hands chopped to pieces. It leaves, what, two?

00:53:00.030 --> 00:53:02.969
Uh -huh. Weren't there just six left? I thought

00:53:02.969 --> 00:53:05.010
you said six. You're right, yes. Yes, because

00:53:05.010 --> 00:53:06.130
Jon took out one of the six left. No, no, no,

00:53:06.130 --> 00:53:07.650
there were four. There were four. No, you're

00:53:07.650 --> 00:53:10.070
out. Yeah, two left, two left. So four left.

00:53:10.110 --> 00:53:13.230
These things got cut down. He's smiling. Looks

00:53:13.230 --> 00:53:15.610
over. He's standing right now right between Jules

00:53:15.610 --> 00:53:19.389
and Zebulon. And he just looks at Jules, looks

00:53:19.389 --> 00:53:23.230
at Zeb, and nods like, oh, yeah, let's finish

00:53:23.230 --> 00:53:26.789
this. That's going to be you, Zeb. Can't get

00:53:26.789 --> 00:53:28.889
rid of you that easy, huh, Cully? We got to make

00:53:28.889 --> 00:53:31.239
you all famous, remember? Yeah, that's right.

00:53:32.860 --> 00:53:36.739
Okay, yeah, let's rinse repeat till we kill these

00:53:36.739 --> 00:53:42.860
hands, huh? Just a 12 on the first, but I'm going

00:53:42.860 --> 00:53:46.800
to use my... It's an extra three, so that's going

00:53:46.800 --> 00:53:50.900
to hit. That will hit. 19 for the second one,

00:53:51.000 --> 00:53:55.139
so two hits. D8 plus three on both. Do I even

00:53:55.139 --> 00:53:57.780
need to roll, or is that an auto? It's actually

00:53:57.780 --> 00:54:00.409
going to be an auto. Okay, sweet. Oh, yeah. You

00:54:00.409 --> 00:54:03.090
slice three more down, leaving only two left.

00:54:03.869 --> 00:54:07.389
Screams entering your mind. Different screams,

00:54:07.530 --> 00:54:10.550
different people, different hands. You see, like,

00:54:10.570 --> 00:54:11.989
the ones left, there's, like, women's hands,

00:54:12.309 --> 00:54:16.409
children's hands, large, burly man's hands. The

00:54:16.409 --> 00:54:18.030
one that was kind of, like, one of the two that

00:54:18.030 --> 00:54:19.829
are left, the one that's in front of Kiana, trying

00:54:19.829 --> 00:54:21.269
to, like, move it on her as she's trying to stab

00:54:21.269 --> 00:54:25.030
it. Looks a lot like her hand. Oh, fuck. Speaking

00:54:25.030 --> 00:54:27.469
of Kiana, that's actually her. She's swinging

00:54:27.469 --> 00:54:30.829
again. hand in front of her, and she actually

00:54:30.829 --> 00:54:33.289
hits. Awesome. She takes her dagger, and you

00:54:33.289 --> 00:54:37.329
see just like her own hand, baby. You can't really

00:54:37.329 --> 00:54:40.570
be sure, but it's got similar size nails, similar

00:54:40.570 --> 00:54:42.769
build, and she just kind of takes her dagger,

00:54:42.849 --> 00:54:44.489
and she's stabbing, stabbing, and finally this

00:54:44.489 --> 00:54:46.829
thing's almost like braced itself. It's going

00:54:46.829 --> 00:54:48.510
to leap, and she goes right through it with this

00:54:48.510 --> 00:54:51.030
little knife just sticking to the ground. It

00:54:51.030 --> 00:54:55.969
just shrieks and dies out. The last hand. One

00:54:55.969 --> 00:55:00.389
left. And that's Chester. All right, I need some

00:55:00.389 --> 00:55:03.050
heroic Chester stuff here. Jules is going to

00:55:03.050 --> 00:55:07.010
turn around, look Chester in the eye. Chester!

00:55:07.489 --> 00:55:11.449
Yeah! That's you! And Chester's going to pull

00:55:11.449 --> 00:55:14.369
around the side of everybody. Hell yeah, he just

00:55:14.369 --> 00:55:18.389
nods, starts running, shoulders low, bow out,

00:55:18.469 --> 00:55:21.110
arrow knocked, spins around the side of Zebulon,

00:55:21.210 --> 00:55:28.969
draws. And whiffs. And whiffs. That's a chew

00:55:28.969 --> 00:55:33.070
on the dive for an eight. God damn it. Shoot,

00:55:33.250 --> 00:55:35.730
goes wide in the mark. Shoot, hits it. Stares.

00:55:36.030 --> 00:55:40.269
Ah, the sun was in my eyes. I couldn't see. I'm

00:55:40.269 --> 00:55:41.710
still proud of you, man. Still proud of you.

00:55:41.789 --> 00:55:44.909
Thanks, Jules. My throat is not able to handle

00:55:44.909 --> 00:55:50.170
Chester today. Oh, God. He's just like standing

00:55:50.170 --> 00:55:52.409
there looking kind of sad with his empty bow.

00:55:53.340 --> 00:55:55.639
My last hand gets to make a move, but who do

00:55:55.639 --> 00:55:58.920
I make a move on? Huh? I'll go for the one that

00:55:58.920 --> 00:56:02.519
just shot at it. It skitters up and launches

00:56:02.519 --> 00:56:08.000
itself right at Chester. Chester takes three

00:56:08.000 --> 00:56:10.360
points of damage only, this thing. Launches at

00:56:10.360 --> 00:56:12.639
him. It just crawls up on him. He's just kind

00:56:12.639 --> 00:56:16.840
of, hey, hey, get off! It's just scratching into

00:56:16.840 --> 00:56:21.460
his body, just ripping down his chest. Bloods

00:56:21.460 --> 00:56:23.139
were pulling out of a small wound as it cuts

00:56:23.139 --> 00:56:28.159
there. That is going to be Sean Franklin. Okie

00:56:28.159 --> 00:56:33.519
doke. Let's see what happens here. Just an 11.

00:56:33.940 --> 00:56:39.440
He hits Chester. That does not hit. Yeah, I figured.

00:56:40.000 --> 00:56:41.659
This thing's on Chester, like ripping at him,

00:56:41.699 --> 00:56:43.599
and John's trying to, oh, it's still right here.

00:56:43.699 --> 00:56:45.199
And he tries to, as it goes on his shoulder,

00:56:45.280 --> 00:56:47.000
he tries to hit off his shoulder. The hand dips

00:56:47.000 --> 00:56:49.139
down. He misses it. He can't quite get a beat

00:56:49.139 --> 00:56:51.539
on it. It's moving around too much. He doesn't

00:56:51.539 --> 00:56:55.019
want to hurt Chester. Jules, that's you. Only

00:56:55.019 --> 00:56:58.300
one left. It's hurting your buddy. It's going

00:56:58.300 --> 00:57:01.260
to turn toward the hand that is just trying to,

00:57:01.300 --> 00:57:04.239
that just attacked Chester. It's trying to mind

00:57:04.239 --> 00:57:06.820
its own business. It's a wrong move, asshole.

00:57:08.280 --> 00:57:12.079
And I'm going to go. and grab the hand and cast

00:57:12.079 --> 00:57:14.920
Inflict Wounds. I'm only doing this because it

00:57:14.920 --> 00:57:19.099
is a higher modifier than just my rapier. It's

00:57:19.099 --> 00:57:21.800
a plus five to hit. My rapier is just a plus

00:57:21.800 --> 00:57:27.739
two. Sure. I like it. I, in fact, love it. And

00:57:27.739 --> 00:57:31.760
that's a 15. 15 hits. It would have been 12 with

00:57:31.760 --> 00:57:34.920
the rapier, so pretty close. Yeah. Good move.

00:57:35.159 --> 00:57:39.969
You grab onto this hand. You... Feel your magic

00:57:39.969 --> 00:57:42.969
pushing into this thing. A scream echoes through

00:57:42.969 --> 00:57:45.570
your mind. The scream of some man, some victim.

00:57:46.429 --> 00:57:51.349
Just... And in your mind, you begin to see something.

00:57:52.050 --> 00:57:56.650
Brief flashes. A family in a farmhouse. Water

00:57:56.650 --> 00:57:59.289
pouring in through broken floorboards. People

00:57:59.289 --> 00:58:01.389
trying to scramble out the door as a massive

00:58:01.389 --> 00:58:04.570
sinkhole is opening, dropping down into the land

00:58:04.570 --> 00:58:07.639
of the rattle. And just as this figure you're

00:58:07.639 --> 00:58:08.920
seeing, just as this hand is reaching towards

00:58:08.920 --> 00:58:11.239
a door, someone grabs him and holds him back.

00:58:11.920 --> 00:58:14.480
An older woman, the matron of the family. And

00:58:14.480 --> 00:58:17.099
everyone begins to drop down into the depths,

00:58:17.119 --> 00:58:20.440
water filling their eyes, their mouths, suffocating

00:58:20.440 --> 00:58:23.739
blackness. You feel yourself become something

00:58:23.739 --> 00:58:27.420
new. First you're small, but there's others.

00:58:27.920 --> 00:58:31.219
And you meet them. And you join them, wrap around

00:58:31.219 --> 00:58:35.880
them, becoming something hideous. Grotesque.

00:58:35.880 --> 00:58:38.739
This creature. And as those who come to the lake

00:58:38.739 --> 00:58:43.219
come near. As you feel them. This hunger in you

00:58:43.219 --> 00:58:47.719
grows. You couldn't escape the lake. Why should

00:58:47.719 --> 00:58:52.719
they? Why should they? And you grab them. But

00:58:52.719 --> 00:58:55.679
when you grab them, you pull them under. And

00:58:55.679 --> 00:58:58.000
they join you. And they join you. And they join

00:58:58.000 --> 00:59:00.400
you. You feel all this in a moment. You see this

00:59:00.400 --> 00:59:03.059
thing that you just fought. This writhing pile

00:59:03.059 --> 00:59:08.550
of rot. in death, in hatred. And as you see this

00:59:08.550 --> 00:59:12.090
thing in your mind, all the voices of this creature

00:59:12.090 --> 00:59:16.510
look at you, feel this magic, feel your hand,

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and say one word. Monster! Monster! And the hand

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drops dead. Vision's gone. And the room goes

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silent again. And this time, there is nothing

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left to animate. You all stand around just a,

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I don't even want to call it like a massacre,

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just severed limbs and fingers and arms and pieces

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and lake water mixed with a black ooze, mixed

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with the blood of those who were attacked. You

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stand here. In the cellar. In the rattle. For

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a long. Quiet. Moment. Until the silence is broken.

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By Coley. And by two words. It's. Over. And we'll

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call it there.