Welcome back to Terra Deusa, Episode 6, The Storm Before the Call.
So, quick recap of where we're leaving off.
You had just ended some honestly pretty terrible dreams that you guys had waking up in some
lovely predicaments.
Perpicament.
Would anybody like to volunteer to go first before I start rolling?
I'll go first.
Awesome.
You woke up without any legs.
How?
Everything sort of from that little like cut off point just stops.
Your waist?
Yeah, but it's not like everything waist down, it's just the legs.
I would like to be very clear about that.
Okay, I got it, I got it, I got it.
You spooky.
Yeah.
So, first off, what is your initial reaction?
Scream.
Awesome.
Give me a constitution roll.
Roll or save?
Give me a constitution roll or a strength roll.
That's a 17 to a 19.
You tried to scream.
You put everything you had in it.
You took a deep breath and as you do, no sound comes out but water does, trickling from your
mouth in like a massive pool.
Bro, this child is traumatized.
Can you please give me a constitution saving throw?
21.
Awesome.
Too good.
You snap, very suddenly, seeming to roll on the floor with no action of your own and your
eyes are blurry but your legs are back.
You're out of breath but there's no water there.
God damn.
Ooh, gorgeous.
Stupid little bug.
You.
There we are.
Actually I'm going to roll for this.
Still you.
So you wake up in a sort of strange sense of sight, not quite being able to move as
the only thing you can really see is just a hazy red view of your ceiling.
What is your initial reaction?
My initial reaction is just trying to wipe my eyes.
Just trying to wipe your eyes?
Awesome.
Yeah, give me a constitution saving throw.
I want to roll.
Yes.
Constitution save or?
Constitution save.
15.
Awesome.
You try to wipe your eyes and everything around you just sort of pushes in and you
get hotter.
Eris, your turn.
You wake up.
I.
Your arms are tree roots that have embedded themselves into your mattress so getting up
and moving is an option if you try very hard but it won't be easy.
What is your initial sort of reaction?
Purple vibe check.
Not like not looking around room but just being like a quiet like hey.
You guys awake.
Awesome.
You yeah.
Both of you, well all three of you, but both of you can hear that.
You are fully back to normal.
And you are still a mattress.
Thank you so much.
That is slowly and steadily getting warmer.
What are what are the responses?
There is no response.
Just like staring at the floor like what the fuck just happened.
My response?
Yeah.
Um.
I kind of like get up from the mattress.
Yeah give me another concept.
I am a mattress.
11.
It gets warmer.
My mind get physically hot and the both of you see a small trek of steam begin to crawl
from every possible point of escape from this mattress.
Almost like it is breathing.
Eros, can you give me a con save with advantage please?
What?
Yeah.
That is a 19.
Awesome.
You notice that you have still senses in your arms.
They are slowly coming back and as you give it a good like tug at the end there, right
after you are done speaking you see smoke coming in and you are like ah fuck I am in
danger.
You just throw up your arms and these roots sort of unravel almost looking like your arms
were underneath them but that does not feel quite right.
You are back to normal and no longer paralyzed.
Your turn.
Am I no longer a mattress?
Still a mattress that is slowly lighting itself on fire.
That is actually crazy.
Kind of like Misty Step out of here.
You don't have, do you have Misty Step?
Give me a con save with advantage.
15.
That is a 2.
15.
No.
No Misty Step.
How bad does this go?
It was on the floor doesn't count.
It was a 2.
I think you like that.
2 again.
The smoke starts billowing and it turns a light pale shade of red.
Am I not one who is suffering this bad?
Can I roll really bad during my con save for the durian?
No.
It is one of those things where the DC goes down by one every time.
You are just rolling for shit.
So Tikal and Eros you are up and at it.
You see this mattress begin like actually smoking like there is a fire inside of it.
Can I like take a pillow and start like smacking it like you would a fire?
Yeah roll to hit.
Crazy.
Fuck that is a 3.
Awesome.
What is your armor class?
16.
No you don't hit her.
You waft at the mattress and as you hit it the pillow gets like hot to the touch and
you have to let go or take damage.
Shit.
Okay so what I was going to do was a call for the adults and also can I use the like
snuffing a bonfire part of the prestigitation cantrip to like I don't know at least get
the smoke to go down?
No as there is nothing that is actually on fire.
Curse.
The latest episode was successful.
I will hand this to you and you can do what you need to.
I guess can I use it to make the air clean?
Yes you can.
This will give you.
Sweet I am going to do that.
Another advantage.
Go ahead and give me that concept.
Am I just sitting here and taking myself over and over again?
9.
Definitely a.
Roll that.
Girls I'm going to try to do that.
13.
18.
18 finally.
So you in a quick burst of flame that completely singes and chars your mattress to ash are
there.
Are you logged into my stuff?
Yeah go for it.
Your mattress bed and then house would be engulfed in flame.
So all three of you are now awake and normal.
Vana is nowhere to be found.
And because you called.
Awesome.
Jacques bursts into the door and it's like children my children are you all right?
Did anything happen?
That does not help.
Shenanigan is not an actual term I can infer anything from.
That makes less sense.
All right is this is the magic thing should I get Clara?
Yes.
Awesome.
I'll be right back.
Don't do anything.
That's so funny.
And right on time Jacques has just left the room saying don't say anything don't do anything.
So do we tell.
We're going to do everything.
Vana right at the start can you give me a con save please.
Con save to not be invisible.
Sorry I've been lost in the star real fast.
Yeah.
Oh my god.
That's some story writing there.
I see where my con save is.
I forget.
That should be one of my higher ones.
Yeah it's plus six.
I'm good.
Nice.
I roll this.
I rolled a nine so that's a 15.
15 awesome.
You open your eyes and just see the floor of your bedroom.
A charred pile of ashes where Felix's mattress used to be.
Some stray roots and like small tree leaves.
Can I roll perception and try and see if it's Vana or Sexy?
It'd be Arcana but yes.
I'm going to roll my ten.
And you can see what looks like people having a very bad time.
A ten?
No you can't really see anything.
Vana what is your initial reaction to essentially being on the ceiling or just seeing down from
it.
Wait why am I on the ceiling?
Um you'll find out.
Well that's the first thing that I want to find out.
Alright give me a perception check and a con save.
Uh perception what the fuck is that?
Found you bitch.
That was a seven.
Awesome.
My con is a 16.
Okay so once again you are still trapped on the ceiling.
You can sort of feel yourself starting to spread thinner and thinner.
Sort of like a cloud on top of the ceiling.
Sort of condensing very slowly.
This is kind of rude.
Can I do our con to put myself back together?
Uh it'd be a con save but yes.
Now that you are trying give me advantage.
Well that's good because the first roll was a two and the second roll was a one.
Awesome so nothing happens.
You spread even thinner and you also feel the air around you getting slightly thicker.
Can everybody except Vana please make a con check.
Check?
Just a check.
Everybody except you.
That's a nine.
Also a nine.
Awesome.
For the benefits of being air.
That's a 17.
Awesome.
So Eros.
You are a 17.
You breathe in this air and from your many years spent in the forest you realize a combination
of Vana completely and literally dissipating into the morning air and Felix's burning mattress.
It's getting very difficult to breathe in here.
And it'd probably be a good idea to get out of here.
Anybody else take two points of damage.
Including Vana?
Yes.
You breathe in unclean unsafe air and it's sort of.
You're breathing Vana.
Yes.
I was using prestidigitation to try and cleanse the air but now that Vana is a part of the
air.
That'd be kind of weird.
Don't cleanse Vana.
Yeah okay.
Everyone get out.
Oh yeah.
Skadoot.
You're all skadoot.
So as you guys are exiting you do see Clara come down the hallway ready to enter the room.
You guys say anything to her before she goes in?
Vana is air.
That what the fuck?
Is this like a spell or are we under attack?
What's oh god why does it always have to happen in the morning?
Alright fuck.
Okay.
Wear like a breathing mask thing.
Like just pull your shirt over your nose.
Got it.
Anything you guys know about it.
Weaknesses, strength.
Give me the what's what.
We just woke up man.
Natural.
That happens every day.
You can try.
Can Vana speak as wind?
You can try.
Can the wind howl again?
Yeah.
Can the wind talk to me?
Not talk but every time you do speak the wind does sort of do that howling moving through
the trees sort of illusion.
Vana is just lowkey screaming a surplus of swear words having learned them from Jacques
and Gustave.
And this just sounds like rough winds and like a storm is picking up in this room.
Vana is confused.
Clara is going to go in and try and cast dispell magic so give me another con save but this
time I will also add on top of it Clara's spell casting bonus.
So that is a 12 for con save.
Awesome.
So you just make it.
The DC was at this point a 17 and Clara gets a plus five.
So you try to like pull yourself together compressing all of the air in this room and
with the tiniest bit of like guidance from Clara it all sort of swirls down and you are
just sort of in a pile on the floor.
Oh.
Not even like Vana shaved just a pile of air.
No.
Like Vana is now Vana again.
Just sort of like they look like they fell from the ceiling and are just sort of lying
there and Clara just used dispell magic.
Yes.
Vana is just going to stay on the ground.
Yeah.
That was a bit much.
Fair enough.
She looks like peering through the window to watch Vana kind of like reform and reshape.
Lovely.
So as you.
I'm looking at our genasi.
Average air genasi.
Average genasi.
Average genasi experience.
It's true.
Becoming one of their own.
Some level of what the fuck.
A quick question.
Vana, do you have gust?
Like the spell?
Look at them.
Look.
I feel like I do, but also I don't remember.
We're level four, right?
Yep.
And as you all sort of pull yourselves back together, you like wake up in this like very
quick succession of just like one, two, three, four.
Breakfast is not made.
Everybody is super tired.
I'll make breakfast.
Awesome.
Give me a survival or nature check.
But all of you feel like you have gained something, which I will post in your little things now.
The only thing I gained was asthma.
How good is a not net 20?
Very good.
What would you like to make?
Just simple like eggs and like steak or bacon.
Yeah.
Steak or bacon would be awesome.
You whip this up.
It takes a good like 15, 20 minutes and at the end of it all, you're sitting there.
People are like slowly bit by bit walking into the room.
You're all incredibly tired.
What are you doing as you're sitting down for breakfast?
Before breakfast, take a shower.
Get the blood off.
There is no blood on you.
No, it does not require you to have gust.
This is essentially an extra little spell and one of the powers of this crystal you
have in your hand.
We seem to be awakening rather aggressively.
Yes.
If it's got an all rights reserved sign on it, that means it's a ritual spell and it
has a copyright sign on it.
That means it's a concentration effect.
Meaning if you get hit, you need to roll and if you get below a 10, it stops.
You cannot do multiple.
Wait, is there like a cantrip in or is it a spell?
Give me a.
Gust is a cantrip.
You can do this once a day.
All of these, all of you can just do this once per day.
So you all get cleaned up, you have breakfast.
While you're sitting at the table slowly eating like eggs and steak, it's been whipped together
pretty quickly, but it's honestly incredible for all things considered.
Gust has never fallen asleep again and technically doesn't have to since he's like an elf, but
it's.
And could everybody please give me an insight check?
For what?
I'm just going to attack us now.
Nothing's attacking you.
Just for something else.
I have a six.
That's a nat one.
Six.
Insight one.
I rolled a two.
Awesome.
I have a Simbana.
No idea what's going on.
Two A.
I don't have an addition to that.
Beautiful.
So Tikal, seeming like the only one who's like calmed down enough to get their bearings
is looking at Clara and Jacques and Gustav and they look deep in thought.
They look very distracted.
They're like, oh yeah, thanks for breakfast.
We're going to do something.
All of you are a little too focused on your very traumatic morning.
Those of us who got sixes, something feels a little off in this house today.
Really?
I got a one.
Yeah.
You are far too focused on literally having just been air.
We only had a dream that bolted reality.
It's a little bit off.
Well, no, like about the house itself.
Like you ever wake up and you just like, no, it's going to be a bad day.
Yeah.
What's the range for?
For what?
The create and destroy bar.
Moving the water itself.
What's it touch range spell it comes from you.
It's just a range of sight.
If you have any questions about these nifty little things, you will get more of them and
more bonuses, if you will, from these gens awakening.
You have the ability to create and destroy flame.
More specifically, when focusing on a point, you can set it on fire dealing 1d8 damage
to everything within five feet of that point.
You can choose any number of creatures to be immune to this effect.
If someone touches the flame or they are, they are then immediately on fire taking 1d6
fire damage until they are not on fire.
And you can choose to just not have fire be within 15 feet of you.
Wait, how much damage did it do?
1d8 or 1d6.
Or 1d6.
1d6 if somebody enters the five feet of fire.
1d8 if somebody is already in it or like starts their turn in it.
Okay.
And I can't, there's no damage.
No, it's sort of like Mage Hand.
It could do everything except deal damage.
And the range is just what I can see.
90 feet.
So you see Jacques, Clara and Gustav sort of disappear leaving you guys.
Normally this is when you would do training.
However your trainers are deep in conversation and kind of ignoring everything.
Can I feel his tricodes dropping?
Yeah, give me, are you, stealth check.
That is not looking good.
I have disadvantage on it.
And a negative one.
And that is?
A two.
Awesome.
So you walk up to them and trip, trying to like get your bearings back from literally
being a liquid not 20 minutes earlier.
And as you like trip, you roll in and you see that they are actively making plans to
go back to the compound.
Do they see me?
Yeah.
You rolled into the room.
Like somersault?
More like tumbling.
So where are you guys going?
They all look at you like they keep opening and closing their mouths like they're going
to say something.
And after like 15 seconds of the most agonizing non-conversation ever.
As they're not talking, he's trying to like peer around their shoulders and see what's
going on.
You are immediately blocked by Clara.
Crazy.
Like Gustav like puts his hand out and is like, well, let's, we should talk about this.
It involves everybody.
It's rather important.
Let's come on guys.
And in his lovely billowing voice, she goes, all right, everybody back to the table, please.
Let's we have something to talk about.
That got slowly lower and lower as it continued.
That would be an eepy little guy, low key about to fall asleep on the table.
And so Jacques, Clara and Gustav are all sitting at the table looking very distraught and in
earnest and they lay down some plans on the table.
Anybody who would like to look at these plans, please give me a perception check.
Anybody who would like to focus more on what Clara, Gustav and Jacques are saying, give
me, well, another perception check.
Just please tell me.
I got 21 to look at the maps.
Yep.
It's a six.
Four.
Eight.
18.
18 for what?
Looking at the maps or listening?
Plans, yeah.
Yep.
11 for listening.
11 for listening and a six for?
Looking at the map.
Awesome.
So with all of those perception checks, looking at the map, you realize this is not so much
a plan to bring you guys back, but a plan to bring the fight to them.
That was really funny.
Everyone is a visual or auditory learner depending on where they looked.
They are making these honestly very detailed plans for them to get some things that they
left at the compound and clear out the oracles.
You do-
For DM murder.
The oracle period.
Oracle, yes.
Felix, you're the only one who realizes this, but there's no plans on here for any of them
to attack the oracle.
They're all somewhere else.
This thing is like time stamped and very detailed.
We're seeing Jacques is in his room getting things to sharpen blades and small shields.
Clara is in her study grabbing magical artifacts and spell tones.
Gustav is clearing out all of the villagers, but there is something there that says the
oracle is going to be attacked while all of this is going on.
You can put two and two together to realize that's you guys.
I mean we've already defeated two, so what's one more?
Yeah, what's one more?
Could be that much more difficult.
And Vanna, you're trying your hardest to listen.
No, I'm listening.
Vanna is trying their very hardest to do both.
Their eyes are still blurry and their ears are still ringing.
Being wind kind of takes its toll on you at this point.
They haven't been wind in like a couple of days.
In a hot minute.
For like 15 years, I'd say.
Does Felix know that the black oracle is the most dangerous since he's lived with them
for his whole life?
Give me a history check.
I mean we got told.
Yeah, we got told there was a strong oracle.
We got told by the great one.
You did get told by the oracle that black was their strongest and you have never seen
them do anything.
You've seen white and gray like move things or interact with the world physically.
The only thing you've seen black do is glare at somebody and then they ran.
Not in any direction.
They literally just instinctually and as a fear response ran.
Felix, can I tell Gustav, I don't know if I really want to fight the black oracle.
He looks really strong and whenever he looks at me I get really scared.
Gustav puts his hand, his massive fucking hand.
He says to get his arm around his shoulder.
On your shoulder.
Sort of like this.
And he's like, worry not child.
I am very confident and you will have my blade.
Why can't you guys just do it?
There's a lot that needs to be taken care of and well you guys have more than proven
yourselves capable of dispatching the oracles.
That's true.
I believe in you.
But if you continue to not believe in yourself, please speak more.
We will listen.
You were a part of this plan.
What does Tikal hear?
Not much.
But what does Tikal hear as John sort of begins to ramble on and try to be like, so we've
got this plan and it needs a little something else to really go through and we're just wondering
if you guys think you're capable or really like to, we're going to go back there, we
need to grab some stuff.
He just keeps going and sort of like trying to speak around the fact that you guys are
going to be the ones fighting black.
I thought that it was good to have the oracles around because it prophesies upcoming.
Having only one of them, you can see this with your 21, having only one of them is substantially
worse because the only thing that's being prophesied is incorrect tragedies.
Oh, so that's a bunch of false information.
Just a bunch of 100% of the time wrong, like you're going to die tomorrow.
Oh, how the fuck does that work?
All three of the oracles are required to make accurate predictions.
White predicts the good in the world.
Black predicts the bad in the world and gray predicts the point where in which those things
intersect.
Without all three of them, that is impossible.
Why did we kill the oracles when they had the most goaded ability?
You guys did not know until one of them was already dead.
So now we have to commit to the bad or people are going to be told they're going to die
for no good reason.
Exactly.
But are they actually doing harm or are they just like...
They are... black is not really doing anything, however, you are still being hunted by them.
What...
Go ahead.
Talk about it.
Vanna, you were saying something.
Oh, Vanna's going to ask when they're going.
I'd like still pillowed on the table.
Jacques is still like dancing around.
He's like, well, you see about that the land was actually and Clara just like sighs and
is like it's for today, tonight, more accurately, but we're going tonight.
So I can sleep first.
Yes, you all can get some rest.
We'll have you go and sleep.
We'll like warm up, do some combat here first and then we'll head out, go back through the
portal.
We got this.
You didn't think to tell us earlier.
Well we were going to, but then he didn't want to.
He thought you'd say no.
If that was the case, the plan wouldn't be able to happen.
We cannot do this without the four of you.
I think he didn't want to do it at all.
You scare me, kiddo.
You're a little too gung ho for this murder stuff.
We should check on that later.
Well, I mean, to be fair, she hasn't had her first kill yet.
So yeah, that's him.
Yeah.
Well, that's a good thing.
Murder's not really healthy for a growing boy.
Don't mean I woke up and then I was in a compound and I was in a bag.
That's mean.
Yes.
That's why we're murdering them.
But again, I really need you all to understand that this is a big move we're doing.
We've been given a timeframe.
We only have a year left.
A year?
Before, before shit goes to hell.
All right.
Before the day of prophecy happens.
You swear to God.
And if you guys, I'm working on it.
And if you guys don't have what it takes, we fail.
And c'est la vie.
That's it.
This is as much a rescue mission and as much a tying up loose ends as it is.
Think of it like your final exams.
We've been...
What are we rescuing?
We're rescuing equipment.
And yeah, that's fair.
We're not really rescuing anything.
We're sort of just committing several crimes.
Are we sure we're the good guys here?
Clara looks back and forth at everyone and is like, are we like morally in the right
still?
Probably not.
Jacques nods so confidently.
I think you three?
No.
You three?
No.
The four of us, we're children.
Yeah.
We're children.
We can't be held responsible.
Pretenses be gone.
We are going tonight.
Five o'clock sharp.
I will make dinner beforehand.
Don't worry.
I've prepared a recipe just for tonight.
This is your final exam.
We've been training and teaching you.
Lessons have been going incredibly well.
I've never been prouder of you four than I am right now.
But this is the make or break moment.
If you do not win here, everyone dies forever at the end.
That doesn't sound very good.
No pressure, huh?
Exactly.
Don't fuck it up.
I believe in you.
But I love all of you.
Go back to sleep.
Wake up later and we will take care of everything then.
You might want to leave someone with us because that magical shenanigans.
Yes.
If it's magical shenanigans, we will leave Clara in the room and no one else.
She's the most powerful mage I know.
And he like puts his hands on his hip.
He looks at Clara with just love in his eyes.
That's so sweet.
And...
Are they dating?
Pfft.
Gustav looks at you dead in the eyes and is like, for several years.
Yes.
They're going on five now.
It's a big week for them.
They're five?
No.
You know what?
Yes.
But you all should go to sleep.
We'll take care of this tonight.
Don't worry.
If anything happens, we'll be right outside the door preparing and finishing up this whole
plan.
You see there's like pain in their voices.
They...
Well, Clara and Gustav are like not that confident.
Jacques is brimming as always.
He's like, we got this.
He's too confident.
No, I'd win.
No, you are not going to.
But...
Does anyone want to talk about their magical trauma or do you guys just want to go to sleep?
Well, one is going to be an eepee little guy and like if the others start talking, he will.
But for now, eepee.
Yeah.
You guys are all back in your room.
Clara is like right at the door so she will be able to hear what you guys talk about,
but she's not really listening in or a part of the conversation.
If you guys want to talk about what the fuck just happened, now would be the time.
Guys, I literally turned into a mattress and I don't know what's going on.
I turned into a mattress.
He turned himself into a mattress.
And now I don't want to fall asleep ever again because I'm going to have another nightmare
that will turn me into another mattress.
They call me Dr. Mattress.
Can you explain the mattress thing now?
Because you certainly didn't turn into it.
Was that a question for me or Felix?
I did not hear the question.
Felix.
What was the question?
It was can you explain the mattress thing because you certainly weren't a part of the
mattress.
I'm just going to like look over at Felix and just look him up and down before going,
you aren't that comfy to lay on.
Got to get a double check.
Nope, not a mattress.
I was a mattress and then I broke free from the mattress, but I certainly, definitely was
a mattress.
But you're not.
But I was.
But you're not.
But I 100% definitely was a mattress.
Fused.
But you're not.
You have arms and legs.
I know.
That happened after when I broke free from the mattress.
I mean, I did something similar.
Like my arms grew into the mattress, but they were still separate.
Why did you all have mattresses?
Why are the mattresses trying to kill us?
I was wind.
And sky.
No, it's sand.
When we woke up, when we woke up, we were laying in the beds.
No, in my dream, there was a forest and it grew and apparently it's a real place.
Like the one guy said when we tortured him.
I definitely did not remember a place.
I was in hell with anything.
T-Col is just going to be sitting at the headboard of her bed.
And her edgy little preteen self with her little dagger and her sticks that hide behind her under her pillow, sharpening them to spears, speaking no words, but listening.
He's just rocking back and forth.
He has like a coffee because he's actually not sleeping.
I understand.
Are we getting a long rest for the sleep?
No, you are going to short rest, but not a lot of us.
He looks like tries to stay away.
Awesome.
And everybody, please give me a sleep check with advantage.
What is it?
Have you been giving me?
No, I mean, what if you choose not to sleep right now, then you will gain a point of exhaustion.
Oh, you bitch.
What if he goes into his trends, then still give me a sleep check.
Um, what was the two of your roles?
Real quick.
I want to go back to the game.
Lana got a 15 and.
And Scott 20. Nice.
Pretty sad.
Is this a no more role?
Yes.
Hey, not nice.
Awesome. Since we got to 20s, can we appear in each other's dream?
Well, normally I'd say no. However, as you all drift off to sleep, you all have this very clear dream of five colored points of light, all corresponding to the colors of your gem.
Can we get like mecha?
If you get mecha, is it then turn to like transform?
This is not a mecha anime.
Despite how much.
Also, Evangelion.
Don't touch me.
I'm like 20 minutes away from making any D&D campaign, but the Doctor Who episode and Evangelion.
Don't don't test me.
But so quick question.
What will be like the little pocket dimensions that our stones are like part of?
One more time.
Will be all like when you sleep in those like pocket dimensions that the stones show us?
Let's move. They're not pocket dimensions in real spaces, in which case that's a little more concerning.
They are pocket dimensions. You don't know your characters don't know that, but you do.
And you do go there when you're sleeping. You as your characters, you get a sort of sense that like you're in a physical place, but that place is separate from everywhere else.
And start rolling around in the sand.
One moment, starting first with our low roller tick off.
Low roller is crazy.
Good luck.
You wake up in your dream in your bed.
Everything is gone.
Every person, every item other than just like furniture and chairs and stuff are gone.
And the entire thing is completely flooded.
What you gonna do about that?
Bring her knees up to her chest.
Hold herself nice and tight and not move off of the bed.
Awesome. Can you give me an arcana check?
Yeah.
16.
Awesome.
As you do, everything starts drying out.
The water is coming around you closer and closer.
And it feels safe.
Like this is just a part of you.
You can control and move this as you will.
And you get the sense that with a little more focus and a little more active participation,
there's a lot that you can get from this place.
And there's a lot you can get from this water.
And it might not hurt anymore after a while.
Do you risk it for the biscuit?
Or do you like, like hesitantly lean over, dip her fingers into the water besides the bed?
The water is all around you.
If you push this way, you would be exiting the bubble of water.
So I'm in the water?
You are in the water.
It is all around you getting smaller and smaller.
But never too small that you can't be in it.
Okay.
Can I try and stick my hand outside of the bubble?
Yeah.
You stick your hand outside of the bubble.
The wind feels like hard against your skin.
But suddenly the bubble pops and there is no more air.
Give me a con save please.
F**k!
Con save you said?
Yes.
That's a six.
I'm dying.
Take 13 points of damage please.
F**k you.
How much HP do you have?
35.
And with that, you wake up.
It is early evening.
Clara is there.
Casting some sort of dispell magic.
Which is constantly on all of you trying to keep you safe.
Not doing a great job.
And vada.
Why would Jock encourage us to go back to sleep if not to get us stronger?
He probably already knows about it.
You awake once again in this house.
However, everything is gone.
You are just in the space the house would be.
And like you know that you can move up and down the stairs like into the basement.
However, nothing is really there.
And it is just nothing.
But ground as far as you can see.
In every direction.
What about the walls?
The walls and roof are gone.
All of the furniture in the house is gone.
However, you know that you can move up and down as if everything were still there.
That's terrifying.
Yes.
Is there any sand?
Under the earth.
But yes.
Is there any hills?
Not more than the mountain where you found the stones way off in the distance.
Is there enough of a hill for vana to just go lay on the ground and roll?
Yeah.
That's what vana is going to do.
Roll for vana.
Give me a dexterity check.
That's fair.
Oh god what's my dex? Okay.
That's a four.
Awesome. So you go to roll on the ground.
But you've never like laid down in a normal fashion just on the ground before.
So you just sort of fall.
And as you do, the sudden shock of like small pain.
Of just your face hitting the ground.
Gives you a sense of connection and control.
And you get this idea in your head that with enough dedication and enough time,
nothing will be able to hurt you here.
That's what a four.
That's a terrible idea.
Vana doesn't know any better.
And with that wonderful piece of work, you wake up in the early evening.
Clara lifts their Dispel Magic off of you.
You take no damage.
You're fully rested.
Please take a short rest.
And...
Clara's actually... Clara's lunch.
And that's a six.
So Felix, you wake up in this place.
However, it is completely ablaze.
Completely ablaze?
Completely on fire.
Your house and home are up in flames.
Okay.
He's gonna...
Well, he already knows it's a dream, obviously.
Yes.
You do know that this is a dream.
That I have to tweak out?
That the dead one's dying? That it's a dream?
No one is here.
Yeah.
Is he like in the flames himself?
Like it's everywhere all consuming him?
It's sort of small.
It's mostly on the walls and furniture and ceilings.
Not so much like covering the floor, but there are spots of flame on the floor.
Okay.
I'm just gonna like walk through the house.
Awesome.
You know, walk around the flame.
Yeah.
Try to get outside.
Get outside a backyard or front door?
Mmm...
Let's go front door.
Awesome.
See what's happening in the front.
You exit out the front door and see nothing but hills of blood.
Oh.
Congealed and solid.
They are moving like a liquid.
He's in like a gross disturbed phase.
Close the door and then try going out the back door.
Awesome.
Before you do that, can you please give me a constitution sign?
Oh, thank you.
Thank you so much.
17 plus 5, 23.
No, 22.
Awesome.
This flame cannot hurt you anymore.
You reach out and you notice that it's a calm warming.
It's a nice sort of like loving warmth.
And as you move through, you can sort of move the fire and choose where it is.
Can he take all the fire off of the house?
Yeah.
With one quick...
I spell it.
Everything is gone.
However, it is now extremely brittle.
It begins crumbling to ash.
And just as you make it out to the back door, there, floating, suspended in the air, is Gustav's greatsword.
It's eye open and blood red, crying tears as you wake up.
That's freaky.
Is it still bleeding next to him?
Not bleeding, crying tears.
The iris, the color of the eye is a blood red.
It is crying real tears.
Oh my God.
It like still crying like in real life.
No.
Okay.
Well, you don't know.
It is still sheathed.
Okay.
Can you like check?
Yeah.
It's not crying.
The eye is closed, but the sheath is a little wet.
Oh, I see.
And last but not least, Erdos.
When you wake up in your house, completely overgrown with vines and tree roots, you see several things that are gone and should be dead sort of piece themselves back together.
Like the table, you watch it crush and mold itself back into a tree.
Fair.
I don't have a response, right?
Lovely.
You are sort of walking around and slowly but surely brambles start poking out of, well, just about everywhere.
Can you go ahead and give me a wisdom saving throw?
Oh, that took me off guard.
That's going to be a 14 plus two, so 16.
16.
Awesome.
You reach out, touching the bramble, and it does not hurt.
It appears as though you are not taking damage while you're in this space.
But piece by piece, it slowly overtakes your arm and your whole body until you are fully covered in brambles.
And you wake up.
Clarke lifts the Dispel Magic.
You may all take the effects of a short rest.
And now it is time to get going.
It feels like he's super special now that he can tolerate flames.
So he's going to run to the stove.
Oh, no.
And he's going to try and touch the stove fire.
Oh, no.
Give me a constitution saving throw, please.
Wait, let me take my short rest first.
Yep.
Wait, sorry, I don't know what's going on.
Felix is sticking his hand on the stove.
That's 15 for constitution saving.
Awesome.
You go to put your hand on the stove, and immediately Gustav is like, nope, none of that.
Felix is probably like, no, I can do it.
He grabs your whole body and throws you over his shoulder, plops you down, and is like, that was not the time.
We could test our resilience and we can be strong another day.
But today, today you will be clever.
He just slinks away and tries touching the torch on the wall.
Give me a constitution saving throw.
That's a two.
Awesome.
It hurts like a bitch.
Thank you so much.
Go ahead and take four points of fire damage.
Okay.
Was it worth the shot?
No, it wasn't.
I needed to know if I could tolerate the flame before hopping in a valley with someone who might be able to control flames.
I see.
Do you actually see or do you think I'm a fool?
You're a fool.
Okay.
So you all are getting ready.
Jacques presents you with something new.
He gives you a small box.
It's like if unless fails, open this and then open it again.
I believe in you.
You are strong.
Go kick some ass.
Yes.
Open box time.
Give me a minute.
I'm going to share this.
Are you putting it in Discord?
Yes.
Actually, no, I'm going to send it directly to Addy.
What is happening in the PC?
And here is the thing.
It's Jacques' blade.
And just before you guys step in the portal, Clara traces it with her fingers, reactivating it.
It opens with a puff of stale air.
And you all feel a sort of pull back towards the compound.
And right before you guys leave to fight Black, Clara throws a cape over you, Vana.
Yay.
Give me a minute to grab these stats for that.
I'm sending this directly to you.
And there you are.
So you have all been given these items.
You have the Greatsword already, yes?
Wonderful.
And you step through the portal.
Jacques, Clara, and Gustave go in first, scattering completely.
So by the time you step through, you are, all four of you, once again, by yourselves.
Where are we?
You are back in the compound.
Inside?
Yes.
Inside.
In Tikal's room, actually.
So it's going to look good to call stuff?
There's nothing there.
It's absolutely nothing.
Yeah, Tikal took all our sticks already.
So, everybody roll initiative.
I see.
You know what, that makes sense.
I have a negative one on initiative. Please be good.
How do you have a negative one initiative?
Nineteen.
So, 19.
Sixteen.
Four arrows.
A 16 of Lovana.
Nine.
A nine.
Four to God.
Felix.
Rocket.
Love it.
Love the song.
So, you're all there.
First in the turn order is Eros.
You look around, quickly surveying your area, and you don't see anything that strikes you as out of place.
It's...you seem fine.
Cool.
What would you like to do, where would you like to go?
You have your actions, bonus actions.
I can't believe...
It's weird that we're starting combat right now, but...
Yeah, I guess I'm just gonna walk forward.
Awesome. How far and in what direction?
At least to the door, if I can reach there.
You've got the clicker.
You wouldn't be able to reach the door, but you'd be able to get a good ways of the way there, like...
like 30 feet.
How far away is the damn door?
About 90.
Just to the end of the call zone?
We don't make room!
It's more like a giant stone block that's been hollowed out to fit a very dangerous child.
Crazy.
That's accurate.
Then I'm going to ready an action so that if the guy comes in or appears, that I can shoot him immediately.
Absolutely.
Pew pew!
Next is Vanna.
What would you like to do?
Like Erros, Vanna is gonna begin coming closer.
Connor's set.
I'm just gonna...actually I'm gonna do an investigation check to...or a combat check to see if I can tell where this guy is.
Wait, no, he doesn't use that Connor, does he?
You don't know.
Well, this is the guy who has true sight, so he could be invisible.
90 feet.
I will do an investigation check to see if Vanna can hear him to figure out how far away he is.
That is a six for fuck's sake.
Awesome.
The guys don't like me today.
No, not really.
You're pretty sure he might be in this room.
In the closet.
To call.
So I have one extra turn that I'm saving?
No, that was your action.
And your movement.
Oh, we're back to you having action, movement, and bonus action.
Yes.
Instead of just having three?
Yes.
Okay.
Um, Ken, what does it mean to ready an action?
It means you use your action to immediately use that action when certain conditions are met.
Like you can ready an action for when someone comes within a certain range of you, and that means you don't attack this turn, but when somebody comes within that range, immediately they are attacked by you.
Okay.
And then I still get my turn the next turn.
Yes.
Okay.
Um, I don't have a lot.
Can I just ready a knife?
Ready a knife.
Ready a knife for?
Yeah.
For when he enters the room.
Awesome.
No.
Awesome.
Felix.
Um, Felix is going to use his movement to catch up to Vana and Eros, and then he's going to ready an action to attack anything that comes within range of either of his friends.
Absolutely.
And Eros, that's you again.
Wait.
Okay, I guess I'm going to the door since I have the 30 feet left.
You would need to dash.
Oh, wait.
Why would I need to dash?
Because the room is 90 feet, you've moved 30, dash action is 60 feet.
Oh, then I'm just going to take another 30 feet and then ready my action again.
Just in case.
Beautiful.
Can you give me a perception check?
Yep.
Thank God I'm pretty good at perception.
That's an 18.
Awesome.
As you're walking past, you realize that your movement is being tracked.
Oh, my six.
And somebody is placing points between where you have been and where you are.
This person is just like sitting on top of the wall with like a little booklet, essentially just moving dots around.
That's you.
Yeah, it's you with your map.
Yeah, they're doing essentially the same thing, but in world.
With that, Fana, it's your turn.
So can we see the person who's?
Yeah, they're like here.
That's so stupid.
Wait a minute, does that mean that he revealed himself or like we see him now?
You see the guy who's recording your movements.
But we don't know if that's stuff yet.
It is not.
Okay.
Really like a messenger for the Oracle?
You don't know?
Am I good to go?
Yep.
You're good to go?
Okay.
Well, just just to make sure this is a thing already has the cloak on, right?
Yes.
Okay.
Then he's going to read it and continue following along with it to sort of be like watching out for each other.
Beautiful.
What's your armor class?
16.
Awesome.
What do you roll?
Talk about it.
Let us know.
Awesome.
So as soon as Fana moves more than five feet away from you, you are immediately caught in the back of the head with something that feels very hard.
And then it is gone.
Please take nine points of bludgeon.
What?
Ripozo.
So was that a trap or was that the guy attacking?
It was the guy attacking and he is now no longer invisible.
What do you got?
Okay, great.
So everyone's missions are met?
Your ready to action, your ready to action and your ready to action go off.
Oh.
It was your.
So do we all roll to hit?
Erros, Tikal and Felix, Vana you did not ready in action this turn.
So roll to hit?
Yes, everybody roll to hit.
Fuck em up, fuck em up.
Is it 12?
12 does not.
I'm going to roll something.
That doesn't hit.
What is it?
Eight.
Eight does not hit.
That's why I said that.
Sorry, I didn't hear.
What did you roll to hit?
22.
22 hits, roll damage.
If 22 didn't hit at level 4 characters that would be crazy.
I mean I would roll the 22 hits but you never know.
Yeah, no.
22 would hit at level 20 characters.
Okay, sorry, don't take 9, take 12 instead.
I forgot I crit.
You forgot about it.
Yeah, okay.
I'll take that, I'll take that.
That's on me, that's on me.
We're already on to the next phase.
Yeah.
Roll damage.
That's on you.
Crazy.
No way you crit.
I need to.
Doesn't it crit through double damage?
That would have been hit seen.
It would have, yes.
Then why did you say full health?
I rolled a 6 on the dice.
So do I take 6, 9, or 12 damage?
You take 9.
Okay.
I'm sorry, this is going to take me a second.
Yep.
Plus 4, so that's going to be 13 fire damage and now he's on fire.
13 fire damage, did you crit?
Oh wait, does the 20 crit?
What did you roll playing on the dice?
Oh, my bow attack?
Yes.
So the normal attack was a d8 and I got a 3 and then plus the.
Then, no, they're not.
4.
13.
And then plus 1d6.
Yes.
So they are.
For the fire damage.
So 13.
Let me double check that.
See if they are in fact on fire.
Yep, they're now on fire.
Wonderful.
And Tikal, that is now your turn.
My cat is currently screaming.
They've got something to say.
Is anyone within 5 feet of.
Black.
Oracle.
Yes.
Felix.
How far away am I from the Oracle?
30 feet.
Okay, I am going to cast Bane on the Oracle.
Please make a Charisma saving throw.
That's not going to be their worst stat.
They are not charismatic.
17.
Motherfucker.
What?
Hey, can that not happen, please?
Yeah.
What?
And I'm going to give, you know what, I'm going to give Felix the advantage on this one.
Awesome.
So I rolled an 18 this time.
Damn.
Advantage for what?
Silver your bars.
I don't know if that does.
That gives someone disadvantage and someone else advantage.
You got the advantage.
Your next attack has advantage.
Awesome.
Thank you.
That was your action.
Would you like to move?
Awesome.
Felix, that's you.
Okay, so I'm going to use my bonus action to do second wind.
Yep.
That's a 10.
Okay, so that's 14.
Roll again.
Huh?
Roll again.
You crit.
Roll again.
Crunchy crits.
I only needed 14.
Awesome.
And now it's 18.
Okay, well that's, I mean, that's awesome.
Fully back up.
Yep.
And I'm going to use my normal action.
Yep.
To roll an hit with advantage.
What are you attacking with?
Obviously I'm attacking with a sort of submission.
Awesome.
So you're going to need to make that saving throw first.
Is it charisma?
Yes.
My charisma is on great.
19.
Plus 120.
20.
Awesome.
So this is now a plus three weapon.
Plus three?
Yes.
Dealing 2d8.
2d8 plus three.
Oh, and I have, I have a sword, don't I, now too?
Yes.
Okay, 2d8.
Oh, should I roll a hit?
Yes.
By the advantage?
Yes.
Thank God.
What did you roll?
Eight and seven.
Eight.
Neither of those hit.
Caillou's?
I'm going to roll.
Okay.
Can I please use my action surge to try that again?
Yeah.
Thank you.
You no longer get the plus three though.
Okay.
Do I still have advantage or just like the one time?
Just the one time.
Okay.
Does a 19 hit?
19 hits.
Okay.
Is it still in 7?
It's still in 7 hits.
Okay.
Is it still 2d8 or just 2d6?
2d4.
That is ten.
Awesome.
Beautiful.
And, Eros, that's you.
Um, is anyone close to me right now?
Just Vama.
Okay, and we're like 60 feet into the room right now?
Yes, 60 feet into the room, 30 feet away from Black.
Okay.
I just need to check my ranges real quick.
Absolutely.
I just need if I can catch.
Wait, did I use my movement last turn?
Did I use my movement to like get away from them?
No.
It's not your turn anymore.
Suhiyama.
Yes.
Don't you just have an extra attack as a fighter?
Not yet.
Okay.
Right.
So, I'm gonna put distance, sorry, I'm echoing in my ear.
I'm gonna put distance between me and the person who was closest.
I forget who it was.
Vana.
How much distance?
Vana, enough that he wouldn't get caught under my darkness thing.
Awesome.
How much is the range on that?
I think it's like 30 feet cubed, so.
Beautiful.
Would you like to move towards or away from Black while you're doing this?
Away.
Awesome.
So, that was my movement and bonus action.
And now that I'm in the dark, I'm gonna shoot my bow again.
Do I get advantage because I'm unseen?
No, he has True Sight.
Crazy.
If he doesn't see through darkness, it sees invisible people.
They're 12 right now, right?
13.
I will double check, but.
What's the range in normal and magical darkness?
Like 13 and 12 or 14 and 12, or 13?
14 and 13.
So, you're 14.
Oh.
It does see through magical darkness, so you are still seeing.
I know, I'm just gonna go check.
Are you saying true seeing or, sorry, I'm super confused.
I'm just gonna try and pull it up because I thought that was, oh, okay, cool.
I'm still gonna try and attack with my bow though.
Yeah, absolutely.
Roll the hit.
Kill him now.
That's a 16 plus 6, so.
That hits.
Okay.
Let's see what damage he's gonna do.
Oh, did he take any damage from being on fire?
He takes that at the beginning of his turn.
Okay.
I'm gonna use Colt real quick.
Yep.
So, that's just, that's a strength saving throw.
This is a chance to freeze the target in place.
The target is only frozen a little above there.
And the actual damage is 3 plus 4, so that's gonna be 7 damage.
Awesome, give me another roll on the D20 real quick.
This is to see if they freeze.
13.
They do not.
Okay.
Are they at least a little bit chilly?
Sorry.
Why did I roll for that one?
The target is only frozen if you roll above their AC after successfully attacking.
Okay.
And, Fauna, that's yours.
Okay, so first things first, I am going to cast...
Oh, I am an idiot.
What?
I'm going to cast Earthbind on the asshole.
Yep.
Is that a save or a roll to hit?
That is a save of strength.
Awesome.
How about a 30?
Why do you...
Fuck!
Yeah, you can roll.
It's advantage on strength saves.
Oh.
You fucker.
Okay, so that fails.
Not actually a 30, it was a 25, but...
Yeah, fuck.
That's my action.
Yes, you have bonus action and movement.
Do skill checks count as actions?
Yes.
Fuck.
What do you want to do?
I just wanted to see if I could like see what kind of things he's weak to.
Give me an insight check.
For movement, what counts as movement?
Moving.
Moving, you can move up to 30 feet in any direction.
What did you roll?
10.
Seems pretty strong.
You can also jump.
Crazy.
Thank you.
You can also jump.
Can you feel it?
Try it.
Yeah, give it a try.
That goes off.
Wonderful.
Avana does a 23 hit.
Fuck you.
Lovely.
It's 730.
Yeah, but we need to get ready to go and get there.
Awesome.
Take...
You see as Black appears behind you and hits you with one good punch to the back and then
another to the shoulder.
You take 12 points and that is unfortunately where we have to leave things for today.
Thank you for joining us for another episode of Terra Deusa.
See you next time.