bowels of the Underdark. They presented the contents
of their research, a collection of rare spells,
while Dart further deciphered the text of the
mysterious tome, revealing that it once belonged
to a powerful giant. Rain and Dart each learn
new spells with relative ease. However, Zavari,
who was gifted her spells by Asmodeus, finds
herself unable to learn new spells in the same
fashion. Even her prayers to the King of Demons
were to no avail. Rain attempted to teach Zavari
to connect with her magic, but that did draw
the attention of Asmodeus, who, after briefly
touring with Zavari, granted her the new spells
and acknowledged Rain before disappearing again.
Then the group departed for the Great Woad, where
countless orcs and the imperiled frogfolk await.
This is Episode 6, Black Forest Ham, Part 1.
It has been just, it's been like really hot,
so like, that's kind of what the weather has
been doing the past like week. here in Bedagar
and that's what it continues to do for the first
few days. So we only have six days or five days
left. How much book do you have left? I have
34 chapters left. I don't know my notes from
here. So I think you would read like two hours
less than Rain or something like that. i'd start
reading it a little bit before rings i started
reading it during my one shot um okay uh i have
the hours accumulated like my notebook yeah i
can tell you later i believe you um but yeah
a couple of days passed so maybe like you know
three days or so passed um if you are doing like
the foraging and stuff um like what else do you
have to do other than like studying and you know
i would help with like probably with forging
or prepping or not like doing like yeah stuff
but like i want to focus on the book because
it's like a concentrate about time yeah um so
let's say like at least six hours a day but then
like a little bit more So let's do my convolution.
16. Yeah, so you keep going. I got 14. You keep
going. 17. You keep going. What'd you get? I
didn't get the second one. What'd you get? A
6. 12. So, 8 hours a day? 7 hours a day? So 8
hours a day, 8 times 3 is 20. It's okay. Um,
Dart, can you roll for an encounter? So you guys
are kind of, like, traveling through the, like,
you're traveling through, like, like the fields,
um, outside of Bedagar. Um, there is a, like,
a sort of, like, a river nearby. You crossed
it, because, like, you know, Bedagar has that,
like, um, or not Bedagar, Bravesford has the,
uh, it's a bridge. There's a river. What? What
do you want me to roll? Um, roll for an encounter.
So roll a d12. Then I'll need 10 more hours.
Two days? Two. Two? Um, nothing. Nothing really,
like, I mean, you know, you guys see some wildlife,
um, you... I mean, it's pretty mundane traveling.
for um another three days so how far how close
are you to finishing the look i have 10 hours
left in two days remaining okay so go ahead and
roll for your two days oh wait it's minimum six
hours a day so you got it for you since i have
to spend 48 hours over a six day period i just
gained 26 this session and you had at least like
I had 14 from the day before. Yeah, you had at
least that much. Yeah, so... That... I mean,
yeah, it's pretty much impossible if you do not
finish it. I finish it. Yay! So you guys finish
it. You finish your books. Bart, do you want
to, like, roll survival? The fours? Sure. Nice.
We'll do that. 18. 18. So yeah. Summer is like
a great time for foraging. A lot of things are
in season. You're able to get like a ton of like
really, really good berries of various varieties.
You found like morel mushrooms and uh and other
edible mushrooms you found um are you like hunting
as well maybe small game yeah because mario leads
me oh yeah oh yeah i can eat other stuff it'll
just like you know give me a day i guess if i
see things i might as well i've got a bow and
arrow Yeah, so yeah, you're able to hunt up some
small game. And it's, I mean, honestly, it's
basically like, it's a bounty. Like, that's like,
it is bountiful. Like, the amount of food Darth's
able to bring in easily covers what you need.
Like, easily. And you eat well. Like, if you
guys are willing to poke it, you eat well. um
yeah of like duck stew and you know a rabbit
pot pie i don't know it's kind of delicious um
obviously probably lots of stews right um but
yeah delicious mushroom shish kebabs and over
the fire there's a river nearby so you could
easily fish if you you know so chose um but just
i guess basically assume that for this stretch
of the adventure you guys are fucking good um
have enough water at the decanter it's kind of
nice like it's hot and like you know you guys
have to you guys have to let the like horses
rest semi -frequently because of how hot it is
but like other than that like everything goes
really smoothly um it's like you know a little
off road as well so sometimes the sometimes the
horses you know have some have some difficulty
with the cart and whatnot but so far nothing
you know unusual or difficult has occurred And
then you arrive at the Black Forest. Before you
start, it's a pretty vast forest. I mean, it's
large. You guys are kind of next to a forest
at Castle Wren, and it's definitely a lot bigger
than that. As you guys peer into, so it's kind
of like, you know, it gets denser as you go in.
So it's kind of like you see there are more trees.
there is you know more vegetation um until it
like sort of builds into like this wall of trees
and um rain throws uh rocks into the trees just
to make sure that there's no mimic trees because
it reminds her of home oh yeah yeah um you don't
see any mimic trees no The underbrush is kind
of difficult for the horses to pull a cart through.
Oh, I don't need the cart anymore because I've
finished my book. Oh, true. I mean, but we have
stuff in it. Supplies and whatnot. Yeah, you
guys do have bags of wool in them. But you can't
put a cart... I don't think you can fit a cart
into it because it doesn't have a big enough
opening, right? I don't know. Yeah, probably
not. We just have to be on foot. and huff and
we'll get it or or not yeah okay you want to
leave the cart behind or do you guys want to
keep trying it's going to slow you down like
pretty significantly to take the part three and
you guys have gained time so far i'm just going
to ditch our card i only needed it to read we
can get it on the way back I mean, if it's still
there. We can hide it in a brush. You could.
There might be some mice in it. I mean... It
makes me feel silly for bringing the cart. I
wanted it so that I could read, because I can't
read on horseback. Right. It served its purpose.
Yeah. You guys traveled... Alright, let's load
up. Five days to the Black Forest and... load
our supplies into the bag of holding and leave
the cart behind. Like, hidden. Like, we can pull
it a little bit and just, like, hide it in there
so that we can... Yeah, we can stash it. Okay,
sure, yeah. Um, yeah, if you guys come back for
the cart, we'll just have to make a survival
check. It's probably the most well -equipped
to do so to find it. Um, if it's still there.
Um, but yeah, so... Can I just mark it on the
map? Sure. I don't think I can do it with this
view of the map, but we can. It's just like,
right there. But yeah, it's at the entrance of
the Black Forest, basically, where you guys are
going in. I mean, it's dark, but you guys all
have dark magic, so... So it's not that dark.
Well, I guess it's dark for your horses, though. So they have to trust us. We have to really guide them. Not with Charlie Bigbottom, though, maybe.
No, Charlie Bigbottom has dark vision, I'm sure.
Yeah. It's the giant spider stat block. I can
look it up. There's like an LA, I feel. I mean,
if needed, I can give the animals dark vision.
For how long? An hour or something? It's gonna
take a few days to travel through the forest
for sure. Yeah, not only does Charlie Bigbottom
have dark vision, he has blind sight. He's perfect
for this sort of thing. He has fainting senses.
Well, um... Into the woods, let's go. You always
have to lead your horses really well. Yeah. What?
Oh, I'm complaining about B &B Beyond. It won't
let me set my charisma to 20. What? Yeah. Aww.
We'll figure it out. We'll take a look at it.
It might be a little overrated. It might be like,
stop cheating. Right. She's not cheating. Yeah.
She's reading. Every time I try to set it to
20, it just changes it back to 18. Hater? Like,
I worked hard for this. Fine. Right? Why are
you hating? Um, so... Dart? Yes. You're... You're
a ranger. You know forests very well. Um, can
I get the nature check with a 13? A 13? Um, I
mean, yeah. Forests seem really foresty. um you're
not really like you know you're not acclimated
to this forest yet you haven't gotten to know
it um so may i do the same role because of my
experience with forests i know it's not your
role with advantage yeah okay um sure yeah okay
just let me just do one uh yeah yeah what did
you roll just like a like surviving turn nature
uh 19 plus six and i can't even say um so and
you can probably once i think once you point
this out the dark you notice too like you kind
of like feel like the vibes are off hey dog do
you hear any birds no the vibes are off right
the vibes are off the lives are um there's no
life i mean there's You don't hear any birds.
There's like, you know, there's definitely bugs.
Isn't that good for flux? There's no birds around
here? Yes, there's definitely birds, but there's
definitely bugs. Yeah, I would say. For sure.
Can I use my priming for awareness? It doesn't
seem dead. It seems off. What's your priming
for awareness? Use my action. For one minute,
I can detect up to one mile. Um, for six miles,
if I'm in my favorite terrain, which I am, any
aberrations, celestials, dragons, elementals,
faes, fiends, or undead? Okay. Um, yeah, yeah,
you can do that, for sure. For six miles in every
direction. Crazy work. Yeah. This is the first
time that's come in handy. Fucking crazy work.
Okay, hold on. Let me... Oh, shit. Okay. Um...
I mean, yeah, you definitely feel like there's
some shit here. I'll tell you that much. Tell
me, what can you detect against art? Uh... Aberrations,
Celestials, Dragons, Elementals, Fae, Fiends,
and Undead. And can you... Detect like a line
in of these things or just their presence and
can you detect like where they are or just like
General percent just that you know that it's
near Let's find out I Think I can just sense
that they are present. Okay. So yes, there are
There are fiends present there are undead present
They're a fey present. Fey. Fiends and undead,
huh? I'm trying to figure. No celestials. What
was the other one? Aberrations? Yeah. Elementals
and dragons. I'd say no elementals. No dragons.
And... Aberrations? Probably. Yeah. There's a
lot of shit in the forest. Rain, roll for an
encounter. Okay. You guys are traveling through
a forest. It's very dense. It's three. Okay.
So, um, as you guys are traveling, you, uh, you're
guiding your horse, and you notice, like, just
up ahead, there's, like, a there is a a body
on the ground. Um, it's got like it looks somewhat
fresh if that makes sense um you know in a forest
like this something that dies is gonna get recycled
pretty quickly um so yeah but you see like a
a corpse like a humanoid corpse on the ground
um kind of ahead of you guys Haley has something
of a head, something dead, either a trap or a
recent find. I feel like whatever killed it would
have eaten it. Um, like the way it's like, um,
laying, you kind of can't, it's kind of like
scrunched up, and like, it's not just like laid
out, if that makes sense, it's kind of like tossed
aside, almost, so it's, you can't see. the human
body's, like, head from where you are. You have
to, like, get closer to, like, investigate or,
like, really get a good look at it. I want to
throw something at it. Okay. But I don't know
what. I would throw a rock. A rock. I just want
to blow my butt. You can throw a rock at it.
I'm holding my rock. Before we do anything, I
cast Bless on the three of us. Nice. What does
Bless do again? Uh... You can add a 1d4 to your
attack rolls and saving throws. Perfect. Thank
you. That's good. That was a really powerful
action. It's the opposite of bang. Yeah, true.
Um... You throw the rock. Yep. Squidge. It hits
the, like, flesh, fleshy body and thuds off of
it. I was like listening for any like thing moving
towards it or just watching it move. We should
not leave. We should steer clear of this area.
I feel like this is a trap. But it's not a trap.
What do you think we should do, Jart? It's in
the middle of the way. Hmm. It's suspicious.
It does seem suspicious. With how, like, heavy
the roots are and stuff, yeah, there is, like,
paths that you still might have to follow. And,
like... I will... Is there a rock at it? Yeah,
nothing happened at all. I think we should cautiously
approach with you out front. We're arranged,
remember? We got your back. Kane. When he gets
off the horse, he shows him a chain near it.
Cautiously approach the body. Take out my pole
of collapsing and stick it. Poke it? Yeah, from
10 feet away. Okay. So you poke it from 10 feet
away and kind of push up, push its shoulder over.
When you do that, you see it kind of hand rolls
out, and it's got blood on it, like red blood.
it kind of hand rolls out and so you can see
from the hand that like oh this has to be like
a human or an elf or like humanoid some like
very human humanoid humanoid you know what i
mean um but when you roll it over you see that
it has no head oh well ray wants to look up so
you look up Make an investigation check. 19.
So with a 19 you look up and you see that there
are like branches in the trees above you that
are like snapped and broken off and like there
are claw marks on like the like on like the trunks
and like some of the bigger branches of the trees.
and then like you know that I think would probably
like you see that and so that would probably
kind of trail your eye down and as you trail
your eyes down um you see like on the ground
kind of nearby there's like this like big like
long ragged sort of black feather um and you
see like claw marks And stuff. And you can kind
of see, like, the beginnings of a trail. Like,
you can't track, but you kind of see, like, the
beginnings of a trail. So, like, if, like, Dart
wanted to track this creature, he probably would.
With, like, you know, with your help. Hey, Dart.
Look ahead. It's not a head, but it's a long
black feather with scratches. Look ahead. There's
no head. Um, yeah. We're in my favorite terrain.
So, if I try to track whatever this is, I can
learn their number, their size, and how recently
they passed. Uh, the, wait, so, what are you
investigating to learn this? The body? No, like,
the trail. The trail? Yeah. If she's showing
me that there's a trail, then I'm examining it
for their... Their number, their size, and how
recently they seem to have passed. Okay, yeah,
go ahead. Definitely with advantage, right? Because
you're in your favorite terrain. You're meaningful.
Net survival. While Dart is doing that, I just
want to ready an Eldritch Blast in case anything
comes along. Net 20. Oh, shit. Net 20. Okay,
so, yeah. How many there are? Yes. One. there's
one how big is it um in technical dnt size terms
medium um so like the size of like a person but
not necessarily like person shaped just like
that kind of size how recently was it how like
how recently was this trail made um it's fairly
fresh it's probably been no more than like An
hour or two. Oh, guys, whatever did this seems
to be gone now, but it's not a good sign. Yeah,
and, like, I mean, how far do you want to, like,
follow the trail to see, like, if it, like, if
it went away from the area or... Does it deviate
away from the trail that we're on that's leading
us through? Yes. I feel like we shouldn't get
off the main path. There's no reason to go chasing
after monsters if we don't need to. Agreed. Let's
clear this body from the road and keep moving,
but keep our wits about us because this is a
dangerous forest. Does he have anything on the
human life? And you're right next to him. Yeah.
God, I'm scared. I mean, he's wearing clothes.
See if he's got an ID on him. Check his wallet.
See if he has a wallet. The thing with Tom Jones.
So, if you, you know, if you loot his body, he
has a... Very nice. Shortsword. A plus two shortsword.
Ooh, very nice. He has, like, a, like, nearby,
like, it's not on him anymore, but nearby his
body is a backpack full of, like, adventuring
gear. He's wearing, like, a ring that is magical
of some nature. his boots have like a magic aura
to them as well um he was like an adventurer
you know he's also got oh he's also got like
a pouch with like 30 platinum in it um yeah i
mean he was a decently well -off adventurer um
okay see you You get the loot and you start to
move on. You guys are being a little bit more
careful, a little bit more aware. And as you
guys are kind of moving through, following the
trail, you hear a lot of... rustling you hear
branches snapping you hear like it sounds like
there's like a fight going on sort of like nearby
the trail um and you also hear this like like
sort of like buzzing like there's like a swarm
of incense or something in this altercation um
The sound is kind of coming in your direction,
if that makes sense. There's some kind of scuffle
going on, because you guys are being really alert,
so you're paying attention, so I'll just give
that to you. You hear something happening and
there's something going on, and the fight itself
is sort of moving through the forest and getting
closer to you. You hear... a crackle of like
electricity and like cutting through the top
of the trees through the sky like a bolt of lightning
comes out and like strikes the ground and makes
kind of like a thunderous noise um rain you would
recognize this belly because you've cancer before
it's called lightning you hear someone kind of
call out. And he says, Willow, are you all dead?
We should probably help. Okay. I don't know.
No more lightning. We'll help, but calm your
lightning. So you guys, if you go to meet this
altercation, just off the trail there's like
a huge fallen tree and on top of the fallen tree
is standing a tabaxi holding a staff the tabaxi
has like bobcat markings like he's got like the
little tipped ears um and he's wearing like like
a like padded leather armor that has what's it
like holly leaves engraved into it and like like
on his chest and on the back um and he is doing
battle so you see this um this event is clearly
an adventurer tabaxi standing at the top of uh
at the top of this fallen tree because he's like
trying to put some distance between him and his
enemy and as you guys kind of walk up you see
These large bats. But they aren't bats. They
have like long needle -like noses. Like mosquitoes.
Oh god. It's like giant mosquitoes in summer.
Blood bugs. Jocelyn Moran doesn't like summer.
Jesus Christ. Gross. So there's a swarm of like
stooges. That's what they're called, stooges.
Which is something you guys would probably recognize
as adventures. Maybe not Zavari, but I feel like
you, I feel like Ray and Dart would recognize
these things. So they're these little like, sort
of like bat, they're like parasitic creatures
that drink your blood. And they are sort of swarming
around this other creature. Semi -hairy, semi
-feathered. semi like fleshy creature it's it's
kind of like kind of looks like a harpy um and
it's like hunched over like this is approaching
it has a its face like looks skeletal um and
it has skulls like attached to its arms and it
has these like wing -like appendages on its arms
gross Yeah, so you guys see this horrific, I
don't know what you would describe the head as
looking like. Heinous. Yeah, this horrific heinous
creature with black feathers going down the spine.
And right before you guys roll initiative, you
start to hear from around you, coming from a
couple of different directions. Clever girls.
If you're ready, we're going to roll for initiative.
Let's get fucking to it. You hear the buzzing,
the flapping, these strange creatures. Because
of reading the book. Yeah. I said that at 12.
Found it at 19. Oh no, I lied, I gotta stop.
So what did you get rain? Seven. Dirt? 18. 19.
Okay. Oh, sorry. One more thing. Before we start
battle, the Sturges are minions. So like the
ones, hit point? Yes. Okay. For the listeners
at home, we're using the minion rules from Kingdoms
and Warfare. Because they're awesome. So with
that, Zavari. Okay. You're leading us all. Cool.
So from, just so I can get an understanding,
from our position, we can't see the big thing,
but we can see the little minions? Yeah, you
can see them flying around, yeah. Okay. Are we
all the way back here? Um, you can kind of, like,
decide how close you want to get. They're kind
of engaged, like, with each other, so I would
be willing to say that, you know, you've managed
to position yourself, so you don't have to be
that far back. And there is more map to a view,
you know, like in every direction. So if you
wanted to like go further on the map, you can
as well. So where do you guys want to start out
then in that case? I feel like Rain's going to
want to go up a route. She's plotting a route
to go up a route. And it's also thinking of a
route situation. No, my route is going to be
this route. You can go up that ridge. In the
dark, you can run up that ridge. Can you please
Naruto her arms? I'm going to... I'm going to
have... Rain's going to have her Naruto arms,
but it's just Flux running. Yes! I see the vision.
I'm going to do what I do best for my attack
and Eldritch Blast, and I'm going to aim for
those two. minions just to get them out of the
way. Go ahead and roll. 20. Okay. So that one's
dead. Yeah. That's a 20 plus 11, so. And which
one was that? That was this one? Yeah. And then
I rolled a 15 on the second one. Oh, 15 hits.
I blast the hell out of these things. Yeah, and
remind us, what does your Eldritch Blast look
like when you shoot it out? If you've ever seen
Naruto, Yamaterasu, the black flames, that's
what that shit looks like. Unintentionally. Is
it like that you're hurling? Yeah, it's like
fireballs that she just like hurls that shit.
That's why Reign's fire stuff is black. I will
say, yes. If she's looking for more accuracy
though, then she's pulling out a finger gun.
But she needs a little bit more accuracy rather
than brute force. When you're using that distant
spell. Yeah, the distant spell. She can turn
her arm into a shotgun. That's kind of hot. That's
kind of hot. We're cyberpunk now. It's like they
changed the genre. Yeah, so you hurl like two
bolts of black fire and they just immediately...
And you can see the Sturge. It's a decently sized
bat. It's pretty big. And when the fire slams
into it, it just explodes. And it has a green
sort of blood. And when it's blasted apart, there's
a bluish aura essence that dissipates from it,
if that makes sense. Like, like, um, it's like
a little, like a little glowy essence dissipates
from it when it dies. That's its soul. Yeah,
and you just blast it apart. It's like a splatter
of green blood everywhere. And, uh, you hit both
of them. It's just like, okay, I'll have somebody
else do something before they come over here.
Or are you going to move any closer? God, no.
Why would I do that for? Fair enough. Um, Dart,
it is your turn. And then it is the creature
that you cannot see this turn. Um... Oh, and
you can let me know where you kind of want to
begin your positioning. I will cast Hail of Thorns
as my bonus action. Okay. And for attack number
one, I will shoot at... This guy? 24? Uh, yeah.
Yeah, easily. With my Hail of Thorns, the people
within 5 feet of him, technically they need to
make a rec save, but even if they pass it, they
still take half damage, and since they are minions,
I assume they all die? Uh, yes. Yes, that would
be accurate. Then I will take my second shot.
And what does it look like when your hand a lot
of thorns is after it? I would assume that it's
like a... I wouldn't say it affects my bow. It's
more like my arrows. Okay. Are probably glowing
with some kind of magical energy. And then when
they hit, it all kind of disperses the thorns.
It's all spiny. Yeah. Cool. Um, for my second
run, I'll protect that guy over there. Okay.
22. Oh shit, yeah. So yeah, so Dart is letting
out like a volley of arrows and thorns, and it's
just raining death upon these Sturges that are
buzzing around. We're buzzing around? Yeah, I
mean, there are still some. I counted six. Nice.
How did you know? Yep, that's correct, yeah.
It is six, which I think about how many I started
with. my god face guys come on this is my time
to show them we're back at hidden harder than
ever um darren that's uh your turn so darren
while you're up there um you see this thing this
guy darren what you see is a this this creature
is it's tall it's unsettlingly thin um Its head
is a monstrous skull with a jutting jaw. And
it has long arms that have black wings. His long
arms are flightless black wings that end in clawed
hands. So it's standing kind of like in a crouching
position. And it looks like it's tensed and ready
to kind of like pounce. It's almost like a harpy
or like a cub. and moving sort of in a feline
manner almost i don't know what we're fighting
but it's ugly um and then dar you also notice
that it has um along its arms and on it like
on its wings it has skulls hanging from it um
like both wings um and they're like a various
like humanoid and animal skulls and whatnot um
and its face is like bony um has this like it
has like a uh like a bright yellow eye that like
kind of almost glows in this darkness um yeah
that's what so dark sees that and it's it's turn
to move um so the creature is it's like its body
is all tensed up and it's got its like claws
into the ground and it's kind of lunging back
um and it like leaps up onto the top of the tree
um right next to the tabaxi um who's like oh
and And when it lands, it skids across the top,
and it's shredding the top of this tree. You
can see that the wood is brittle, and it appears
to be very strong. It sort of hunches over and
digs its claws into the ground, or into the trunk
in front of it, and lashes out. with these big
wicked black claws at the tabaxi and he hits
him. There's like a sort of like a black trail
of like necrosis that like breaks across the
tabaxi as he's being attacked. I mean, it looks
like it hurts. It definitely looks like it hurts.
And then the creature goes for a second attack.
It's going to throw its other claw for the time
being and attempt to reave this wayward soul.
And he hits. and this time he like slashes over
the slash he just made it looks incredibly painful
and he's like and he's kind of like leaning on
his staff to kind of stay upright because he's
a little bit staggered by the intensity of the
blow next it's the tabaxi's turn and then it's
some sturges and so he's going to That's tough.
So he's still got his call lightening up. But
at the moment, he's a little bit concerned about
this lion's proximity to this creature. And he
has seen that somebody is killing the surges.
And he kind of looks over his shoulder. And he
sees you guys. And he's like, hope you're on
my side. And he is going to, like, use, uh, he's
gonna, he's gonna cast Shillelagh, um, on his
staff. And then kind of, like, you can see, like,
the wood, like, hardens into stone. Um, and he
then uses his staff to, like, vault himself off
of the top of the tree using, like, the disengaged
chin. Doing some faith. and his newfound friends.
Hopefully. It's the best chance I've got, he
thinks to himself. So we both see it now, right?
Yes, you guys can both see it now. So as it jumps
up, you see this creature fucking people. Show
me big nasty. Oh, big nasty. Oh, big nasty. Accessorizing.
Mm -hmm. Mm -hmm. Yeah, it has several skulls.
It actually goes with his aesthetic though. Honestly.
It's on brand. He do got that shit on. He put
that shit on though. He do. He ate it up literally.
Serving killer couture. I mean, there's a runway
somewhere. Somewhere. I hope I'm not there. He
dropped the episode of Bones. And so the Sturges
are buzzing. And one of them, uh, one of them
is like, you can see, uh, rain. It got its eyes
on you and it started, it's like flapping in
your direction. Um, and it is going to use its
action to dash. And that's all I can do. And
this other one is going back, going in on its
original target. The tabaxi. Could be worse.
So it's going to kind of like, so what it does
is it sort of like swoops in and is attempting
to like stab it with, stab him with its proboscis.
I don't like that boss, isn't it? I didn't realize
what he said. But he's sort of like, so he had
used his like staff, his shillelagh staff to
sort of vault himself off of the tree. When he
landed, he planted his staff down a little bit,
like into the ground to kind of steady him so
that when the surge comes in, he just kind of
pivots and the surge stabs the staff with our
Hrabaskas. And he kind of blocks it. And he goes,
a surge. And he just, you know, seems surprised
to see it. That... is the Sturgis turn. So it
is Rain's turn. Well, Rain is going to take...
She's going to shift into Moonglide. Okay. So
for those listening, Moonglide is part of the
playtest we're doing for Rain's stuff, so things
have changed, but not on Moonglide. So, again,
out of 20 feet in the air, must be able to land
on each round. Speed increased by half round
down at half proficiency. Round down to AC. Lots
of things. That's just like a quick and dirty
version. So, her AC is now 21, and she is able
to move at 60 feet. What does it look like when
she enters one cloud? Um, so what happens is
she whispers to Flux, she's like, Flux, glide.
And, um, it just looks like she is lighter. Like,
they're still touching the ground, but her hair
starts floating up, the ribbons in her hair start
floating up, and she just seems like she is Rock
Lee dropped the weights. Like, it's just lighter.
Um... And she could move more quickly. And am
I able to... Are they like... Is the Sturge the
Sturge and the Big Nasty in a line? Hmm. Probably
not. Let me see. But it's at five foot. So I'm
considering doing the lightning bolt. Second
situation. It's 100 feet. That's as wide. I mean,
I guess. And it's 5 foot wide. Like, if you did
it from the headache? I feel like if I came from
here, then I think. Or like, even shaved her,
because it's 5 feet wide. Like that? I feel like.
I don't think it would hit. I think it would
hit. I was thinking these three. Because even
if I came from this, like right here. Like a
little bit over. You'd still be able to get them.
I think I can get them. I'm still getting mine.
My roll 20 is a twinkie. Yeah, so, I mean, it's
close, but sure, yeah. Whatever you feel. Yeah.
So Rain has a necklace with six little lightning
bolts on it. And she grabs one off, breaks it
off of the necklace she has on it, and throws
it in this line. I can go 100 feet, and it turned
into a lightning bolt to hit two Sturges and
a baddie. So, each creature in the line must
make a dexterity saving throw. A creature takes
8d6 lightning damage on a failed save. Or half
as much on a successful one. Oh, shit. The lightning
ignites flammable objects in the area that aren't
being worn or carried. Endless water? Do you
can't drink endless water? Um, fuck. Lose all
that talk and I'll probably have to change my
mind. Um, well then, she's going to punch that
one as an attack. You're gonna punch the Sturge?
Yeah. Punch the shit out of it. Maybe they don't
want to set shit on fire. At least not yet. I
mean, it's cool, but... Your horses would be
able to see. As long as they were alive. They'd
be able to see. 17 plus... Oh yeah. Black. And
then she... So, up to this guy. And then... She's
like, here. Yeah. So I've already used my bonus
action for Moonglide. I attacked that one, so
I'm going to hit that one with my punchy -punched
studded knuckles. My diamond knuckles. I'm going
to feed this thing diamonds. In a bad way. Not
in a bad way. Eat diamonds! Oops. um so it is
so you're face the base of this thing looking
at 12 looking at its eyes and oh but we have
inspiration right because you said you do have
inspiration and has a uh a haunted glow i would
like to use my yellow like the eyes of a wolf
i have the exact same thing it's okay keep going
i miss it Yeah. Um, so you, um, why do you miss
it? Are you unnerved? It's because it's not what
I originally wanted. I wanted to be able to take
them, like, take out more of them and stay at
a distance. Yeah. And so it's not according to
my original thought or, like, idea. He's been
thrown off. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I just had to climb
a giant tree and now it's like an old rickety
tree. Um, it has, it's deep within its guttural
or its chest is like a guttural sort of vibrating
growl, and it clicks its toothy, you know, skull
face at you. Well, I'm not so sauce crazy. You're
probably, you know, right? And it also has feathers,
like, it looks kind of bird -like. Like me. In
a way, because I have my birdie feathers. Yeah,
sort of, yeah. They both have black feathers.
You guys have that in common. I use my action,
my extra attack, my thingy, my longest action,
my movement, I am. Then it's my turn. Okay. So,
Ray, as, you know, you jump, like, you glide
up. You land in front of it. You get thrown off.
And as you're looking at this thing in its eyes,
it's almost hard to look away. The glowing is
very... It draws your eyes, especially in this
dark place. And you hear from either side of
this clearing coming from multiple directions
around you guys. Do you have friends? Yeah. Do
you have friends? It gnashes its skull face at
you. It's gross. What would be your character's
favorite movie, TV show, or book series? A. Amphibia
because it's about frogs and it's amazing. Top
notch. top -notch children's television show.
But also, because of my many children, I just
feel like Dart would be a huge fan of Cheaper
by the Dozen. Oh my god. I just feel like if
Dart was real in our world, those are the things
that he would enjoy. Amphibia and Cheaper by
the Dozen. Both the original and the Steve Martin
remake. Nice. I think... And Zavari's favorite
movie would be Marie Antoinette. That movie from
like 06. I think she would really love the aesthetics.
I think that would take it over the top for her.
I've said this before, but I'll say it again.
I also think Zavari would love Sucker Punch.
Yes, absolutely. I think it would be her favorite
movie. Like aesthetics, everything. She just
fucking loves that movie. I feel like Zavari
would love... A movie I'm sure I'm the only person
who's ever seen or heard of. It's a French movie
about werewolves called Brotherhood of the Wolf.
It's awesome. I'm so tuned in. I also feel like
Zavari would love The Princess Diaries. I didn't
even consider it, but yes. I think she really
likes The Princess Diaries, too. Like the whole
obligation of getting married and... Oh, fuck.
is the plot line in that one. Oh! I just remember
I really liked that one and it's really making
sense now. It's making a whole lot of sense.
Um, yeah, that one is her favorite in a way that
she cares not to talk about what's understood
doesn't need to be explained. Rain, um, favorite
movie, TV show, book series, movie? Mulan. TV
series? Korra. Legend of Korra. Book series?
Sears Unfortunate Events. I think Zaurus. I guess
like what would be like if it would be like his
favorite movies or TV shows or whatever. Or them.
They're there. He. They. Those are the pronouns.
He. They. I think Zaurus would be super into
like unironically into Glee. Oh my God. He'd
be a Gleek. Zaras would also enjoy Sex and the
City. Yes. And he loves Carrie Bradshaw. Gossip
Girl, but the books, not the show. And as far
as like movies. The Barbie movie. Barbie movie.
The Barbie movie. Oh, you know what? Kill Bill.
Yeah, that is it. Because they eat down in that
movie. Like, the whole time. Zars would also
love Sucker Punch. Yes, I agree. I also feel
like Zars would love Kung Pao. I agree. Yes.
Absolutely. They also enjoy, like, a good animated
movie from time to time, for sure. Are you looking
at me for a name? No, I was just looking at you.
I was like, I think Zars would like Nimona. Oh,
I mean, yeah, I think so. Hell yeah. I think
Zars would like Nimona a lot. Absolutely. I agree.
I agree. And, um, Drag Race. I think Dart would
like Princess Mononoke. Ooh, nice. Because he
has fucking taste. God damn. Well, then if we're
including Studio Ghibli movies, Zavari loves
Howl's Moving Castle. Oh my god. Rain be loving
Kiki's delivery service, but I'm also realizing
that rain would love assassination classroom.
Oh my God. Yes. So this one flies up to rain.
The other one doesn't quite make it without dashing.
So it's going to dash up to rain. So Rainey,
you're now semi -surrounded by these little gross
dudes, these little gross bats, mosquitoes. And
the one that's in front of you is going to proboscis
you. But I'm guessing a 16 doesn't hit you. It's
one and a half. The way you move is... Hard to
predict it's You know because you're like floating
almost like you're the gravity on you is lighter.
So you move much faster than This thing expects
and when they're like their sucker think it's
into my like radius it like floats up I feel
buzzes back into its original sort of position,
looking a little confused if a bug creature could
fuse. Just draw angry eyebrows on it. One up
high end? Yeah. Now we are back at the top of
the round. Save me, guys. I'm gonna move up to
here. Here. And can I see big nasty? Yes. Oh,
well, no, from there up? Yeah, yeah, you can.
Yeah, because it's up there. Okay. Blast. Eldritch
Blast. Fifteen on the first attack. Fifteen does
not hit. It intuitively ducks your Blast. And
that one, I'm going to use my inspiration for
that. 19. 19. That hits. Cool. 8 damage. And
you... Oh, yeah. I knew this. So, yeah, the black
fire hits it, goes right over Rain's, like, head.
But she's, like, expecting it. Like, she knows
where Zafari is. She knows what she's going to
do. She knows her game. At this point, she trusts
that she has her back. It's always right. You
said eight? Yeah. Okay, so no. And it kind of
reels from the hip a bit. Oh, yeah. Obviously,
and you're, like, knocking it backwards. What
direction do you want to knock it backwards in?
Just, like, directly away from the ring. And
it's 10 feet. Yeah. So... Yeah, so you knock
it backwards and it has to, like, dig its claws
in to hold on to the side of the tree, chipping
off, like, big pieces of bark. You know, sort
of like, it's kind of like, now it's kind of
on the side of the tree. It's not necessarily,
it's not, like, on top anymore. Yeah. If that
makes sense. It kind of slides out of view of
anybody on the ground over there. Anything else?
No, that's it for me. Okay. So, yeah. Dart. It
is your turn. You also hear the noises coming
from around you. The clicking and growling. It
just goes from bad to worse every time. Can I
still see the thing? I feel like you can see
it. Yeah, you can still see it. Because you're
like up. It's just the Tabaxi wouldn't be able
to see it from where he is. Because he's on the
ground. He'd die. I mean, he's not dying, but
he's not happy. That's for damn sure. He's not
dying, but he ain't livin' neither. And his friend,
he really ain't livin'. Um, drop my hail of thorns
and test Hunter's march on Skull Face. Okay.
I tinted him red. Oh. So, he has marched. This
is so cool. I want to eat some food. Yay, DMs.
Now for like 70 bucks. Hell yeah. Don't let anybody
tell you you can't have a fancy cam. I mean fancy
game. There's fancy cam playlists. Oh yeah. Oh
my god. Plug in the playlists. Plug in the playlists.
I don't know what I'm saying. I need a Hunter's
Market. I'm going to shoot at it, but I'm going
to use my splitter attachment. Okay. You can
also shoot the sturge over by the tabaxi at the
same time. Okay. Yeah. And then you would roll
for each, like, arrow. Okay. Oof. I got a 22,
and then I got a 12. Dang, the 12 just barely
doesn't hit the sturge. Just barely. Its armor
class is 13. Dang. I rolled a 2. True crime.
Getting a 12 overall from that still isn't bad
at least. Yeah. But that 22 hits. Yeah, that
22 hits that thing good. Real hard. That'll be
for 15 damage. 15 damage? Ouch. That arrow like
sticks in this creature. That was attack number
one. Did you add your hunter's mark damage? Yes,
I did. Now I'm going to try the same thing again.
Alright. Splitter it all. Then another charge.
First one is 29. Damn. Second one is 18. Those
both hit. So there's this attachment on the...
Where do you hold the bow? I would assume. I
don't know what that is called. Why does it go?
The place where you aim, you hold the bow and
aim at. On the grip, I guess, there is a magical
attachment that is kind of just like hooked on.
It's like a metal cuff. And when he shoots it,
when it's activated, it splits the arrow into
two. One of them pulling the sturge. The other
hitting the strange creature. Four. Four. Four
damage. Four damage. Wait a minute, wait a minute.
I have Piercer. I can do that. What does Piercer
do? Can it just give you extra damage? I get
to re -roll one damage die per turn. So I won't
re -roll. And I rolled lower. Alright, I'm doing
four damage. I rolled two ones. Thank god. It's
horrible. Um, yeah, so that one, like, hits its,
like, bony skull and it chips it and it does
damage, but not as much as that first well -placed
arrow. The Pivaxi yells up, Are you killing it?
I'm trying. And his, like, Zavari, I guess you
guys can see this. If you look down at him, his
gears are kind of, like, doing this, like...
The thing where they're on a swivel, they're
going back and forth. They're twisting to the
sounds. Coming around, he's like, there's definitely
more! Yeah, I can hear them too. One of them
killed my friend! Should we run? I don't know
how bad this one is. Because I feel like they
will chase us. True. And we need to run where
they are. So let's do this shit. I hate the fucking
outdoors. Yeah. Yeah, the outdoors sucks. It's
fucking worse, man. We're in my favorite environment.
We still live in this type of environment. Well,
yeah, I was going to say, this is not new to
either of them. So it is the creature's turn.
Does anybody, like, think they might know what
it is? I feel like Dart has a potential of knowing
something about this creature. I might. Now that
you've seen, you've had a really good look at
it, I would say, like, maybe, like, nature, or
maybe arcana, history. They're all the same for
me, so it doesn't really matter. Fair enough.
I don't think there's... Oh, but you're in your
favorite terrain. Don't you get advantage for
knowledge about stuff in your favorite terrain?
I don't know. Is that not right? I don't know.
I think so. Rangers should get something like
that if they don't. Um... I know you get advantage
on, like... That's a good question. On survival
checks and... The ranger's good, I swear. That's
a good question, actually. I mean, I'm willing
to give you advantage for... I have another reason
why you deserve advantage, but I can't tell you
what it is. Oh, shit. Maybe I'd rather oversell
it. Hopefully it just reveals part of the creature
that you don't know yet. Damn it. I'm trying
to figure that out. It says, when I make an intelligence
or wisdom check related to my favored terrain,
my proficiency bonus is doubled if I'm using
a skill that I'm proficient in. And if I've traveled
for an hour or more in my favorite terrain, I
also am not slow during Groot's travel. Yeah,
you guys have been traveling for a couple hours,
probably. And I am assuming this thing is not
undead. You have some way of knowing. I mean,
just like my favorite enemies, I get advantage
on checks about them. like info about them gotcha
if they're a favorite type of enemy and one of
my favorite types of enemies is the undead i
um no they are not undead but i will still allow
you to have uh advantage because of something
else from something um 12 12 so with a 12 i would
say that you Have heard tales of a creature described
like that. But you don't remember what it's called.
And you thought it was like a myth. It's supposedly
some sort of fey creature. So because you're
like fey wanderer, I figured you'd get advantage
for that. So yeah. So you know it's some kind
of fey, but you don't know anything specific
about it. Just that... Like, it's kind of like
a cryptic, like, you've heard, like, stories,
but it's kind of like one of those things that
people say, oh, you know, no one who encounters
one survives, and, you know, stuff like that.
So you don't have any, like, you know, palpable
information to use. Okay. But you do know it
is a thing. Anything else on your turn? No. So,
it is the creature's turn. So, it's kind of...
clinging to the side of the um the large the
ancient tree the ancient fallen tree trunk so
it's gonna kind of like it's gonna sort of slaw
its way back of the trunk um sort of in this
direction so it's like scrambles up and then
you see it kind of reach under its wing and it
clutches a skull And it locks its cold yellow
eyes on Rain. The creature grabs the skull and
like rips it off of its chain or crushes it.
And when the skull is crushed, Rain, you hear
like a blood -curdling scream. Just like blaring
in your mind. Make a wisdom save. 14. 14. So
you take 15 psychic damage. Oh, god damn. And
you are frightened of the bone stalker until
the start of its next turn. Oh, it's called the
bone stalker, by the way. Sorry. Bone stalker.
I accidentally revealed it. Well, the characters
don't know that. Yeah. But for us, it's easier
to say, yes, the bone stalker. But it just automatically
frightens her? She doesn't have to, like, roll
against it? I was going to say it was the bone
stalker. Oh. Yeah, if she succeeded, she would
have took half damage and not been frightened.
It's okay, Harris. If you had succeeded, I could
have bounced the frighteningness back onto it.
That's all. It's just for the start of its next
turn. So basically, you can't move closer to
it, and you have disadvantage on attacks when
you attack it. That exists. Okay. And let's see.
I feel like she's brought back to some of her
flashbacks of her most terrifying moments. There's
been a lot of them. It's just a super cut. But
I feel like this one would probably be more of
fear of the Empire giving her. That is like...
That's the level of fear she is experiencing.
The last time you were scared of forests like
this was... I was running for my life and Flex's
life. And that's why I was living there. Because
they wouldn't come in there. Rain or... So it
is the tabaxi's turn. And he's standing down
at the bottom sort of like... nursing his, uh,
wounds a little bit. Okay. Well, and he's going
to use his bonus action to cast Healing Spirit.
And, um, like, from his pocket crawls out, like,
a spectral, um, blue glowing ferret that, like,
runs, like, runs, it climbs, like, up around,
like, snakes up around his, like, torso and like
around his arm and and is giving this healing
aura to him so he's got this little like ferret
like you know crawling around on him and it is
uh healing him a little bit actually dm messed
up his turn oops um before he activates his healing
spirit he's going to activate call lightning
uh down onto the bone stalker Although, trust
me, you guys wouldn't be able to recon that.
So, yeah. So, he calls the lightning down. The
bone smoker does succeed on its deck save, so
it kind of, it sort of, like, manages to mitigate
the majority of the, like, the brunt of the damage,
but it gets kind of, like, shocked. And it creates
this big scorch mark on the trunk. And, like,
part of the trunk, like, starts to sort of crumble
and, like, cave in a little. There's, like, a
scorched hole made by the bolt of lightning that
landed. And it's hollow inside? Yeah, like, it's
like, you know, he blew, like, a hole into it.
And it started to kind of crumble around that
hole. So it seemed like at least parts of this
are hollow. Yeah. And then he is going to drop
his call lighting and cast his healing spirit.
And that's when his ferret companion crawls out
of his pocket and starts healing him. And then
he is going to use his movement to come here
to kind of climb his way up. the side and uh
and you see like his staff like up from the side
of the tree you know and he kind of pulls himself
up with his staff and he looks over at you and
he's like i'm backing you up okay okay floppy
ears let's go and then his ear sort of like twitches
playfully he's like um so another bone stalker
only one Pay no mind to the other one. Another
bone stalker jumps like from like a top like
a nearby tree and lands near the fight. It also
has skulls. It has like different skulls and
like a different number of them if that makes
sense. And when it like lands it is going to
crush a skull and target the tabaxi so he's gotta
make a wisdom save as he is tortured by the horrifying
screams of the forsaken. His ears like duck like
duck back like they like tuck in like he's trying
to like hold them to lessen the noise but of
course it's in his mind so it doesn't work but
He succeeds in his save, so it only takes half
damage. She's like, ugh. And he's kind of like
shivering. Did it do that to you? It calls out
to Rain. Yeah, it fucking sucked. So that is
its turn. That is the blue bone stalker's turn.
And then because we can't have enough bones,
a green bone stalker begins its approach. from
the trees and it has to use like its full movement
to crawl up into this position so dart you're
keenly aware of another one of these fuckers
behind you um so that's its turn and then the
two surges are going to attack rain very good
oh there's one right there they come in with
their crevasse guy um i know it 17. Does it hit
you? Does a 21 hit you? Yes. That's what it is.
It's 21. So you feel... This thing, like, sticks
its, like, serrated fucking nose into you. And
you're going to take three piercing damage. I'm
already, like, terrified. And it is now attached
to you. Right. This one? Attached itself to you.
So you have, like, it's... dug in and you can
feel it's like it's uh little insect legs it
has like the barbs on it and like the barbs are
like catching on your clothing and it's clutching
on you and it's got its nose in you gross um
and when it like when it hurts you it uh it is
a very it's a strange sensation you feel like
a pulling but not of your blood. I don't know
what it is, but it says something. It is draining
you of something else. Cool, cool, cool, cool,
cool, cool. But the other surge misses you. And
now it's your turn. So you can use your action
to detach the surge, but also it doesn't like...
keep you from hitting it or anything so you could
hit it and i would like to squeeze this little
head let's do the barb his head and squeeze okay
making a direct eye contact with the yellow eye
dude that's why no probably not but he has a
12 12 so her class is 13. okay infinity while
it's stuck inside me I'm going to say it loses
some of its dex, but I'm going to say, uh, really
technically, you know, it makes sense that it
would be easier to hit, right? It's stuck in
you. So, alright, I'll give it to you. I'll give
it to you. So... And it's a minion, so... Okay.
It's like head busts open, and then you see,
like, that blue aura. Essence. Dissipate. I tried
to bring it in. You didn't get it so far. So
many balloons! Mr. Constitution Zane. Oh god.
I need to stop using those. Oh wait, don't you
have advantage against being poisoned? Yeah.
Okay, cool. 18. 18, okay. So, the... Like the
ectoplasm coming off of this thing is vaporous,
but it's like acidic. And so when you like breathe
it in, you're like, ah. It's like the locker
room after an early bed workout. And you kind
of only breathe harder in it. Like as it dissipates,
you feel like you've lost something. Oh. It's
the memory. It's just like the tiniest, like,
you know, if that makes sense. Like when you
get the sensation like, oh, am I missing my phone,
but your phone's there? It's like that kind of
feeling just real quick. Did I forget to do my
homework? Yes, love, you always forget to do
your homework. But I remember to do it. Did I
remember to do it? It is dead. So that was my
first attack and my first action. I have a second
action, or I can, because I am scared of the
thing. You can't move closer to it. You have
disadvantage when attacking it. But you can still
attack it, and you can still cast stuff in its
direction. I have stillness of mind. Okay. You
use your action to end one effect on yourself
that is causing you to be charmed or frightened.
Yeah. Hashtag mope shit. If I were to do that...
It's not a bonus action or anything. It's just
the action. I just used the one action to attack
that. Your after attack action is an extra attack.
So that considered an attack action. Extra attack
is not a bonus action. You attack twice, seven
times. Your attack action was grabbing its head.
So yeah, you have another attack. Is that what
you're asking? Yeah. Yes. So I have another attack
and then I can do like Fury of Blades after my
second attack. Yeah, you have to use your bonus
action. So then I would like to... I'm no longer
frightened because I used my Stillness of Mind,
so I used my second... Oh, is Stillness of Mind
a bonus action? No, or it's an action. Oh, it's
an action. Yeah. Oh, so you couldn't do both
on the same turn. If you've already done... You
already started your attack action, which was
when you grabbed it and like busted it. That's
it. So if I now... So you can attack again. But
you can use still as a mind because you're already
taking the attack action. If that makes sense.
Right, but I have two. No, you have one action
and it's two attacks. It's two attacks. Okay,
I am tracking. Once you're initiated into the
attack action, you get to make another attack.
Okay, I squeeze in that. I guess I'll attack
this one. Unless you want to say that your arm
strike that you did on it was your bonus action
because you can do a bonus action. on our strike
and then you could activate stillness of mind
but you could not bend your fury of wounds or
another attack then i'm just gonna attack the
starter okay because i don't want more of my
stuff to disappear so it's like another idea
attack it's got to which film so um sorry yeah
17 17 hits so yeah how do you kill it I feed
it diamonds. It splatters. Mm -hmm. While making
direct eye contact with this thing. Like, I am
crying scared of it, but I am just, like, fucking
everything else up until it is right. Your response
to fear is anger? Apparently. I feel like if
a die is cocked, you should be able to do the
table wobble of destiny. I'd be fine with that.
I accidentally did it because I, like, sat up.
And it waddles it. I was just making it canon.
It's the table waddle of destiny. I'm here for
it. 100%. Just don't touch it on yourself. Mm
-hmm. God saw. Anything else? Um, he sees you.
Scrap, squeeze, diamonds, splatter. There's green
blood on the tabaxi. And he's just like. He gives
you, like, he gives you, like, the thumbs up.
Also saw her huff that stuff. Oh, yeah, he did
see you huff that stuff. He's just kind of, like,
scrunch up his nose a little bit, but gives you
a thumbs up for killing them. I think if they
have a bonus action I can do, then I'm just,
like, besides an arm strike, which I can't do.
Well, you could do, oh, um, you could do flurry
of blows with your bonus action, but you just
have to move into range to hit something. Do
I see the one over here? Yeah. Well, I don't
want to leave this to Max again. I'm going to
stay right where I am. Okay. Because I can't,
yeah. I don't know if we have any other clothes.
I have Misty's stuff. Oh. What if I like, well
I could make it to the one behind Dart. Anyways,
without Misty's stuff. Someone's going to do
that. I'm going to run behind Dart. Or like,
Dash behind her, not dash. Glide. So you kind
of like, so like, Flux kind of like lunges and
you sort of glide over to here. Yeah, and I theory
of Flux is this motherfucker. Because you're
like, fuck that one, but for some reason I can
come after this one. This one's a different thing.
New monster, new face to punch. And I got an
11 plus 8. That is? 19. The bone stalker's armor
class is 17. I got a 7 plus 2. So mine damage.
Mine damage on the green guy. And then I got
another 10. 16. You said 17 was the next one?
Yep. I missed the second one. So, Ray, make a
perception check now that you're face -to -face
with this thing. A dirty 20. A dirty 20. So,
with the dirty 20, you know there are a couple
of things about this one. It's just like slightly
bigger than the other one that you guys are engaging
with. And it has more skulls, two of which are,
they have, they still have flesh and blood on
them. There's two humanoid skulls where like
most of the face has been ripped off. There's
just like patch of like hair and like, you know,
bloody tissue and recent activity. Yes, and it
has blood on its claws. Cool, cool, cool, cool,
cool, cool. So this is the culprit of killing
our dude's friends? The green bone stalker. It's
cool. Yeah. That's the, the ring around it is
green. Oh. Um, but it looks, it looks, it looks
almost identical. It's just a little bit bigger,
and it has the bloodied skulls. Well, Doug. Hmm?
Find ourselves in a predicament. As we're like
back to back. Rain glides over your shoulder,
lands behind you, hits the thing behind you.
Okie dokie. Mm -hmm. Um, the Tabaxi's like, um,
bye! Bye? Oh. That's funny. Um, Zavari, it's
your turn. If that's the end of Rain's turn.
Indeed. It is my turn. Okay, um, I'm just gonna
blast. Blast. 16 plus 11 on the first one, on
this guy. Okay. That hits. And then an 18 plus
11 on the second guy. Yeah. So you're going to
knock it backwards, I assume? Yeah. Which direction?
Um, just back that way. Okay. So eight on the
first beam, and then 15 on the second beam. Yeah,
so yeah, you blast it backwards. There's like
shards of bone breaking off of its face. And
when it kind of like flies backward, it hits
the base of the trunk of the tree here and falls
through. It kind of like crashes down and then
there's all kinds of like, you know, debris falling
down into this hole. The force of it smashes
it. So it falls down into this hole and you lose
sight of it. But you hit it real good. Real good.
Real good. It is, um, bloodied. God. So, like
a little bit more than bloodied, but, you know.
Bloodier. Mm -hmm. And, yes. And dark. Do you
move? There's one over here, right? Does she
see the one over here? Yeah, you'd be able to
see it. I'll jump down like... That's like 300
feet of dark vision. And it kind of like... It
sort of doesn't even... It doesn't even look
at this one that fell into the tree. It doesn't
even look at it. And I will move like... Let
me see. Okay. Dark. It's your turn. Fudge. I
assume I can't see it because it fell in a hole.
Correct. It has... It would have, essentially,
because it fell in the hole, it would have, like,
total cover. I have sharpshooter, so total cover
doesn't mean anything to me. Even total cover?
That's what it says. Because you could shoot
through this whole right thing to get to you.
I don't know. No, I guess I ignore three -fourths
cover. Ah, yeah. If that total cover runs, at
least from where you are currently. Like, if
you were up significantly higher than the height
of the tree, you'd be able to see down into it
and it would be like partial cover, in which
case it wouldn't be relevant to you because you'd
be able to hit it. But, yeah, I would say, you
know, you don't have a good shot on it. Now,
that doesn't mean that you couldn't, like, aim
a shot for it for like to like land inside the
hole it's just like it would be a disadvantage
and you know be hard to you know you wouldn't
be sure if you hit it it's a crazy question so
i have hunter's mark on it which means i have
advantage on tracking checks now if i was to
also use guiding bolts do you think i could hit
a trend Hmm. Skip across the tree and then go
down. Roll, um, roll to, like, track it. It'd
be a survival. You'd have advantage. Roll a four
and a one. And I have a plus eight. So, twelve.
Twelve? Um, well, yeah, I mean, so with a twelve,
and you've been kind of, like, watching it and
seeing kind of how it moves and stuff, um, I
mean, I would say, You could try to guide and
gold it, but it would be a disadvantage. So you
can target it, but it would be a disadvantage
because you don't have a good shot. But you're
pretty sure you can kind of blind aim it, I guess
is what I'm saying. You kind of get a sense for
where it is. Hmm. Hmm. Are you going to move
over here -ish? Okay. I'm going to shoot at that
one. I don't think I can hit that guy. Okay.
So you shoot at the green one? Yes. 17. 17 hits.
Okay. 11 damage. A lot of damage. Then I'm going
to shoot at it again. 25. Yeah. Ow. For 10 more
damage. The brain just sees arrows coming over
her shoulders. Then I'm going to use my Warpriest
ability so that I can use my bonus action to
fire a third time. But I miss. I got a 13. I
finally decided to use that warmth and stability.
It doesn't make any sense. So, yeah, you plant
two arrows into its flesh, and it fucking growls
and quakes in pain, clicks its jaws at you, looking
like it's suddenly very hungry again. It's fine.
It is dark. Is that your turn? Yeah. It is the
red one's turn. It is going to move to an undisclosed
location. I mean, not undisclosed to me. So you
can hear it crawling around inside the trunk
of the tree. Anybody up at the top could see
through the hole. You could see like its back
as it is crawling around inside of it. And it's
going to attempt to burst out. in front of the
Tepaxi. How bursty is it feeling? Oh, pretty
bursty. Okay. So again, it jumps out, creating
a big, you know, fissure right up on him and
hits him with a double claw attack. The first
attack hits. He's just like so shocked. He's
like jumps up, slashes him. Oh. Oh, there goes
all the... And then it comes in with its second
claw attack and misses. Then it is going to reach
under one of its wings and clutch two skulls
into its claws, crushing them both. The tabaxi
and the red bone stalker become engulfed in magical
darkness. it's already dark but now this darkness
you can't see through you cannot see into this
sphere lovely um yeah and he's like so it is
now the tabaxi's turn um jump down the hole i'm
just trying to think about what he would do in
this situation this is tough for amy um so yeah
he he's gonna have to man this is rough um He's
going to have to use his action to disengage.
He's going to use his superior feline agility
to jump out of the sphere of darkness. And he
just hops, lands, and then he kind of leans over
and puts his hands... on the ground, his paws,
and lets out like a deep roar. And as he's roaring,
he turns into a big brown grizzly bear. I love
it, Drew. That turns into a bear. Yeah, he's
like, my health is fucking low. So there it is.
Yeah, that was his bonus action. So that's gotta
be his turn the so yeah, so he jumps back turns
into a bear and immediately This blue one starts
to run up on him It doesn't quite have enough
movement to get to him but it's going to get
a crusher skull and target the Savari they go
Wisdom save. 27. 27? Okay, so you take, so you
hear like a blood -curdling scream in your head,
and you take five psychic damage. The creature
looks, kind of like, shivers and bristles in
anger and frustration, and quickly grabs another
skull and crushes it, and you hear another scream
in your head. What are you doing? Make another
wisdom save. 29. I got rolled a nat 20. A nat
20? Yeah. Okay. Is it trying to frighten her?
Yeah, she succeeded twice. Oh, I can do a thing
about that. Three damage the second time. Beguiling
twist. Oh. I can use my reaction. If someone
I can see succeeds against being charmed or frightened,
I can use my reaction to force another creature
I can see to make a wisdom saving throw. And
if they fail, then you're charmed or frightened.
Okay. What is your spell save? 16. Ooh, it fails.
Now it's frightened. Are you going for frightened?
Yes. Okay. What color should frightened be? It
tried to frighten her, so I can't change it.
Oh, gotcha. That makes sense. Yellow. Yellow
belly. Also, question. Would this count as it
trying to make a spell against me? Yes, it's
a spell attack. For a reaction, I want to use
the Circlet of Mind Backlash. And as a reaction,
I can deal a second damage to any... While making
a spell against me for 1d4 damage. Okay. Could
just be spell attack roll? Uh, no, you just do
1d4. Oh, okay. Three. Oh, three. Um, what kind
of damage is it? Psychic damage? Um, it doesn't,
it's resistant to psychic damage, so it only
takes one. Well, good to know. Yeah. A creature
resistant to psychic damage. So, yeah. You feel
like it doesn't affect it as much as it should.
Fuck. You can hate the outdoors. So that was
its turn. That's the blue one. This green one
is going to slash at rain and it crits. So as
it crits, you see that one of the skulls Shatters.
Let me see how much. It's a lot of dice. So,
18 necrotic damage plus 18 psychic damage. So,
32, right? Yeah. Because it crits, so I roll
double damage. 36. Sorry. That's why I'm still
up. Yeah, she's still alive. Okay. She's... She's
not looking great. She's not looking great, but
she still has 36 hit points. Yeah. So, yeah,
it's claws just, like, breathe into you, and
it just... It hurts. You can feel, like, the
necrosis setting in instantaneously, and when
the, like, when the skull's shattered, it's like
your skull shattered. It, like, like... It's
like a really bad migraine buzzing through your
skull for a minute. Probably. Ouch. But it's
your turn. Okay. Well, she pissed. Because there
are no more stages left. So I would like to just
give it all the attacks that I can. I would like
to get hit, fear your blows, hit, hit. Okay.
Roll your attacks. 21. Hits. Do you want me to
roll damage first? You just go ahead and roll
all your attacks. 21. Hits. 26. Hits. How many
are you? 12. Does not hit, so you have three
hits. And they're just, like, shattering bones.
32 damage. It doesn't have any technicals. It
doesn't even cost it. So, yeah, I mean, you hit
it right the fuck back. Um, so now it is bloody.
You, like, shatter off, like, a whole section
of its face, like, around its eye socket. And
now it's just, like, an eye, like, hovering in
the blackness of the inside of its head. It just
doesn't make any sense. Well, I would like to...
risk... er... no... use my bonus action... I
would like to... not be near, I think. But I
know that that will take a little risk and attack
of opportunity. I will stay. Why won't you stay?
Um... Zavari. Cool. You just saw Rain get fucking
rocked. Yeah, I see her get rocked real bad.
And I'm going to cast Banishment on that die
next to Rain. He has to make a charisma save
of 17. My god. I saw it. Okay. I'm going to quicken
Eldritch Blast. So yeah, it saves against your
Banishment. Um, it's, you know, this creature
is a fey creature. It has a lot of charisma,
actually, weirdly enough. 21 on the first one.
Okay, yeah. That hits. 18 on the second one.
That hits. 13 on the first beam, and 13 on the
second beam. And I'm pushing it back away from
the ring. 13, 13. Sorry, I'm doing the math.
Why is it, like, breaking my brain? Too much
for me. I do not wish to do masks. Okay. Yeah.
Ouch. I mean, yeah, it's looking really fucked
up. And it kind of, like, so you push it backwards.
It's, like, ten for each beam. And it falls,
yeah, it falls back. And when it stands back
up, it looks really weak. If that makes sense.
Like, it's, like, unsteady on its feet. And that's
the one with the freshly bloodied skulls on it.
Um, gee, Matt, how dare you say it against my
fucking banishment, bitch. Uh, do you do anything
else? Quicken your elder's blast? No, that's
my bonus action. I did my action. I'm done. Okay.
Darth, it's your turn. One in the darkness. Is
it still making its clickety -clack sounds? Um,
no. It's intelligent enough to not do that. Yeah,
you have hundreds of marks, so you kind of know
where it is, but you'd still have disadvantage
attacking it in the darkness. I was like, I think
the light spell dispels darkness, but... I'm
not sure. I don't have it anyway. Um... I know
that regular attempts to illuminate it with torches
or lanterns don't work. But daylight? I'm not
sure. Hard to say. Rain. After dark's turn, it's
the red one's turn and you can no longer be frightened.
By the way. Alright. I'm going to take a shot
at the green one. Okay. 16. 16? 16 doesn't hit?
I'm going to use my inspiration. Mother... Okay.
I'm going to try to shoot it again. Okay. 24.
That hits. I'm going to use my piercer. Okay,
that's better. For 9. It has 7 hit points left.
How would you like to do this? Put the arrow
right through its skull -based eye hole socket.
So yeah, it just goes right into its eye socket
and the eye is so dark. And it just collapses.
I'm going to use my second Warpriest thingy to
take one more shot. I'm going to use both Sharpshooter
and Guided Strike. Effectively a plus 5 to my
attack roll and plus 10 to my damage. You say
it's at disadvantage? Are you shooting this one
and not this one? Yes. If you're shooting the
red one, yes, it's at disadvantage. It's still
a plus 15 to my disadvantage. So, I mean, we'll
see how that goes. Yeah. I rolled double 11s.
Wow. That hits, that hits. So that is 24 damage.
24 damage? I'll kill the shit out of this thing.
Damn, dude, I have 22 hit points left. It scares
me. It's like, enough of this. The darkness dissipates
and the creature falls to the ground dead. Definitely
not afraid of it anymore. Technically, it would
have been 22 damage, not 24 damage because it's
resistant to psychic and my dreadful strikes
is psychic damage. So just don't kill the shit
out of him. Still doesn't know. Just got it,
barely. Anything else, Art? No, that's literally
everything. The last is frightened. Yes, it's
the Tavaxi's turn, and he's going to come in
in his bear form and just unleash a flurry. of
bear paws bear claw strikes and hitting it twice
oh i forgot i killed the thing with hunter's
mark which means i can uh move my hunter's mark
to the other one so it's frightened and hunter's
marks whatever if i can put two layers on it
um we'll just make a note of it it's the only
thing left it'll stop being frightened at the
end of its turn i think yeah so um but yeah so
and he takes damage um and he's trying to like
he tries to like restrain the creature so it's
like grabbed onto it with his big bear claws
and it's kind of like um it is its turn and it
is frightened but it is going to try to lash
out at the bear holding onto it One of the claws
hits, and when it hits, one of the skulls shatter,
and it does, like, extra damage. Doing 25 damage
total. And Bear kind of reels, but he holds on
tight. And the creature's going to try to escape.
He has to make a conflicting athletic... Oh,
yeah, no way. He got a four? Oh. So, yeah, it
can't get from the grasp of this bear. So the
bear's holding him in place. Then it is Rayne's
turn. Rayne would like to heal a little bit.
She's going to use Cure Wounds on herself. I
just healed myself for 15 hit points. And then
I am going to look at Zavari and be like, fucking
crush this thing. And I give you Bardic. So you
get Bardic and Zavari. How much is that again?
1d6. D6. You feel the - the hype of Bessie's
support. What does - are - is there a song associated
with Bardo this time? Um... Bardo's rage is mad.
Rage is fucking angry. Yeah. Is it the crush
this thing? That's the... Crush this thing. Yeah.
Crush this thing. That's all you're hearing,
right? Crush this thing. A house makes plays?
No, it's like you're in the church by the way
it is. Oof. Break it! Kick it. Smash it. Evil
Bop It. Yes. Evil Bop It. Quick, let's get our
producer on that. Patreon content. And then it's
the barista. Oh. Um. Bop It. With Eldritch Blast.
Yeah. 17 plus 11. Okay, so that hits. Like, so
the... Druid, he kind of like turns his body
and like holds it in places that take a target
for you. Wow. The first one. And then a 19 plus
11 on the second one. Hit, hit. She's tearing
this shit up. I wonder if Bardo could go to damage.
Gosh. I mean, as soon as he can. Go ahead. Nine
on the first beam. Thirteen on the second beam.
So, yeah, I mean, it's significantly hurt, but
it's not dead. Do you knock it out of his paws?
Or do you... He's still holding on. Basically,
if you wanted to keep holding on to it, you would
have to not knock it back. I will knock it back
this time. Okay. Dark... Oh, no, wait, sorry.
Yes, yes, it is dark. Yes, that's right. Dark,
it's your turn. So, the tabaxi is holding this
thing in place, making it the perfect target.
I will attempt to sharpshooter it. So because
he's holding it still, you get advantage. I don't
need it. That is a dirty 20. Okay, that hits.
Should I use my piercer to reroll that? I've
got a 50 -50 chance of getting more damage. How
much is that? that's 20 damage right there seems
like enough i'm just gonna let it go that's 20
damage 20 damage um i mean yeah i mean you hit
it real good and the arrow sinks into its chest
um but it's still alive just barely that's okay
i've got another arrow i will see him fix that
18. oh 18 hits the time i will use the piercer
it has 18 health left. I should have done sharpshooter.
That was 12. Fuck it. I'll use my war priest.
It's the last thing out here. Might as well use
it. I can use it four times and I've only used
it twice. So while you're shooting your second
shot, your tongue reaches back and grabs the
extra. Oh my god. Yeah. Okay, I'm using my inspiration
because I rolled an F1. 30 -20. because you're
inspiration. Oh, oh, because I just got a natural
20, so I crit. I'm actually saying pray to Sylvanas
to kill this fucking thing. Yeah, do you pray
to Sylvanas while you're killing it? I don't
need to bother him for this. That's, uh, yeah,
that's 12 more. That's enough? That's enough?
So, yeah, you stack. a second arrow right into
its heart that pushes your first arrow straight
through it and its eyes dim they just yeah they
just power down i had to do so much killing um
and the tabaxi turns back into himself and he's
letting his healing spirit uh heal him a bit
um and i'll walk up to you and tosses Farron
at you. So... It's like 1d6 per round, but we'll
say... We'll say that, like, he has... Pray for
rain. Oh, for the eyes, boo! Oh my god! Yes!
We'll say that, like, he only had, like, three
rounds left, so you heal 3d6 from the Farron.
It's like running around on your shoulders and
kind of, like... And like nuzzling into your
neck. I got eight. It feels like really light,
but it does feel like fuzzy and kind of warm.
Adorable. Like it's like a weightless little
ferret. That's healing you. He's giving me little
tiny massages. His little hat. And he kind of
walks up to you guys and he's like, thank you.
Thank you. Raina's looking around for more. I
don't hear anything else. Not right now. These
things don't usually travel in packs. Very strange.
He sticks the one that Dart killed in front of
him with the end of his staff. He's poking it.
It's a bone stalker. I say, don't worry, I got
it. And then I take my pistol out and just shoot
it one time. His ears duck back. And Rain's just
like, you just rang the dinner bell. We gotta
keep moving. Yeah. Tabaxi guy, come with us or
not, but we gotta keep moving. What's your name?
Well, yes, of course. I am Drifting Leaf of the
Quiet Wilds. You can call me Drift. Some people
call me Leaf, but I think Drift sounds cooler.
And he smiles like a toothy cat grin. Anyway,
do you think we could double back? My companions
have some stuff. You mean that stuff that Rain
looted off their dead body? Is it this? No, it's
full of blood! I just happened to find this.
Well, I don't blame you. I was going to offer
what they had up as a thanks to you. Oh, that's
fine. Love. Is there anything of their wares
that you would want to keep? They're your friends,
you know, like you're with these boots. Oh, um,
well, I'll, uh, then he kind of like stops and
he sort of like looks down. He's like, I have
enough of their things actually. Okay. I just
want to make sure you got something from them.
Yeah. And he just sort of puts his hand over
his heart. Oh, it's Henry's? Oh my god. He's
like, I've got a lot from it, actually. If I
can ask, what are you doing out here? Wait, your
names. You didn't tell me your names. Also, we
should get moving a little. Rain's already down
the way. It's like average people walking. I'm
stuffing a sack full of magic skulls. So you
get... The 3D4 skulls. Seven. Seven skulls. And
make a quick, like, nature arcana type chick.
Fifteen. The claws and feathers could also be
useful. Yeah, yeah, I mean, do I have a pencil?
Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. What do we got? Probably
just seven skulls and then probably like if you're
just quickly grabbing some claws, like six claws
and I don't know, maybe like ten feathers. So
you guys start like walking and talking. He goes,
tell me your names. I'm Ray. Ray? Yeah. Like
the rain? No, more like royal rain. And Royal
just like, er, Royal. And Rain just like stops
and retracts. She's like, Royal, Rain. Okay.
Rain goes faster. And you? You're a good shot.
I'm Dart. Dart. Great. Short and sweet. I like
it. I'm Zavarn. Zavarn, you are also a good shot.
Thank you. Um. So, I apologize, you asked me
a question. What was it? What are you doing out
here? Oh, well, I was actually on my way with
my partners to purify a pond in this forest that's
been poisoned by another dark entity, a parasitic
creature named an Ala. How do you spell that?
A -L -A. Maybe it's an ala. It might be better.
An ala. Yes, it is a parasitic creature that
harms treants. It's corrupted a nearby pond.
Truth be told, we've been here investigating.
We're kind of concerned this forest is not usually
dangerous like this. Really? Well, I mean, it's...
You know, it's a forest, so of course there's
creatures and the like, but this is something
else. Those bone stalkers, they're invasive.
Do you think there's probably more out there?
I'm not sure, but they're coming from the wood,
I think. In Sylvanas' name, this forest will
be cleansed. Wait, you are a follower of Sylvanas?
And he just like, his ears perk up. And he's
like, yes, yes, thank you, thank you, yes, brother.
Sweet. In Sylvanas' name, we must cleanse this
forest. But yes, I've heard some troubling news,
or we've heard some troubling news, and my partners
and I, well, we make troubling news our business,
or we used to. Well, I make cleansing corrupted
forests my business. It's what Sylvanas would
want. Oh, without a doubt. Without a doubt. Alas,
praying to Sylvanas did not save my companions
on this day. I wish I had time to mourn them,
but we have to keep moving. Though, it would
be nice to double back and get their things.
Hmm, too dangerous. They're gone, my friend.
Yeah, you're right. They're gone. It's just,
you know, it's hard. What do you think is causing...
That's the thing. I think it might be related
to the woad. There's been some disturbances there
as of late. Something is causing the woad to
become angry, and there are creatures fleeing
it. I don't know what's going on now, but it's
affecting the forest, at least. That's my guess.
I know that the bone stalkers are native to the
Wode. The Wode is a... The reason it's called
a Wode is because it's a magical jungle, technically.
So these bone stalkers are from the Great Wode.
So the forest of the member creates really a
Wode? Yeah. Yeah, at least by, you know, how
people on this side of the mountain refer to
things. Yeah, they would call it a load. But
yeah, so the Great Load has, you know, all sorts
of, like, dark fate creatures and stuff, and
it seems that they've been disturbed. I think,
I believe that they were actually originally
attacking towns, although... No one could really
confirm what it was in Dalrath. But they've now,
I guess, been driven out. And now they're in
the Black Forest. Is it Allah? I'm not sure.
They're born from corrupted treants. Which could
be related as well. Or it could be because they're
a dark fey in this forest now. You know, the
ecosystems are a delicate thing to balance. Very,
very delicate. Word. Dart is like fucking preach.
What brings you guys to the forest? My friend's
face. Tell him, Dart. We are passing through
on our way to confront some orcs who have supposedly
been mistreating my people, the frog folk. In
the woad. In the woad. what um what may i ask
in what way maybe this is the disturbance in
the world that is causing all this chaos well
it's not my favorite thing to talk about but
i think they're eating them he looks at you like
his eyes kind of like grow dark and very serious
and his like ears sort of droop down and he's
like are you sure i'm not entirely sure that's
why i'm on my way there He kind of stutters and
he's like eating them in mass. I think so. It's
an abomination of nature. The gentle folk of
the forest must be defended, especially when
they're adorable frogs. Here, here. He nods with
real conviction. And he's like, would you help
me cleanse this pond? Then may I help you cleanse
the Wode? Sounds like exactly what Sylvanas would
want. I mean, kind of lonely. I don't think I
can do this pot. I don't think I can defeat this
Ala by myself. Or Ala, sorry. I don't think I
can defeat this Ala by myself. So I'm trying
to think of it like Ala, but like how I would
say it. Ala? Ala? Ala Mera? Yeah. I think Ala
Wode, but then it was not true? Alabama. Alabama.
Trying to figure out what the, like... So, the
plural noun for frogs is an army. Oh! So I'm
gonna say what's good for the frog is good for
the army. Yeah, that's like the goose gander
thing, but for frogs. I support. So that's clearly
what I would use, being a frog. I can take you
to this pond. Do you think we should rest first?
Yeah. At least a short rest would have hurt.
Yeah. I've used one of my wild shapes, but I
still have most of my spell energy. I did waste
a spell, so I'm going to banish that. A decent
amount of energy, but I do have a bunch of sword
already, but I could always reset. What's our
first? Short rest is like five minutes. Ten minutes.
Ten minutes. It's short. First of the day. Most
important rest of the day. So, yeah. You guys,
uh, you have to stop for a moment and rest. He
pulls out, like, a, um, like, a wooden paddle
with, like, a sandpaper on it. And he, like,
starts sharpening his, like, claws during his
break. Um. Hey, will you do that on my calluses?
My hands are pretty bad. I just want a pedicure
on my hands. You could try it. And they'll pass
it to you? It's like a fine grit. So I'm just
saying, you know, it helps. It's probably not
exactly what you want. Yeah. But it does help.
Then I clean it out, friends. Because that's
gross. That's good. I'd like to take the time
to write the magic curator. And maybe we can
just ask him to protect the castle. Yeah. Okay.
While you're grinding your palm, he's going to
kind of step away. And he has a holy symbol around
a chain on his neck and holds this holy symbol.
um so it is a golden oak leaf it's totally the
symbol of my dad and um he says oh father guide
me i didn't know i would be alone so soon so
much crunchy munching failing oh feeling my little
partners can i join him in prayer that like appropriate
um you can you can if you want to um he's you
know he's having a moment and he's kind of whispering
you know like softly to himself you guys can
overhear him like rain is also singing her song
of rest and so like everyone can feel more So
you're singing a somber song and he's, you know,
praying. And if he sees you, like, kind of a
grouchy, he'll, like, reach his hand out and
kind of invite you to come pray with him. Come
with me. Can you help me pray for my partner's
soul? Absolutely. You know... Valen always said
that we should retire, but O 'Belia and I couldn't
resist the call, I guess. Seems kind of silly.
So he's like a cat. He doesn't cry. You know,
you're in tears, but his ears are down. He's
very somber. Should have just listened to you,
I guess. You were always right, but I can't join
you now. I want you to keep fulfilling your purpose.
The Oak Father, the Oak Father will guide me.
Thanks, uh, new friends. Uh, this is tough. Returning
home's gonna be really hard. So I will stay here
in Leonor. Huh? Wow. Shh, shh. Should we move
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please stay safe, friends. reacted how did you
react at first like confusion and then like rolling
her eyes and groaning and then zavari passed
it to rain zavari have you heard from zarus i'm
worried about him He's been on a serious drinking
binge the past week. It's been a nonstop party
and like, okay, normally I wouldn't worry about
it, but they were actually doing a lot better
for a while. Rain seemed to be a good influence
and he was working harder and shit. And now it's
like, they just reverted. I don't know what's
up. He won't talk to me about it. They told me
they just can't, whatever that means. I'll keep
an eye on them though. Hope all is well. Really
missing the good old days when we were kids,
sneaking mints. mince meat pastries out of the
kitchen and bribing you with them so you wouldn't
tell on us. Fuck. Everything is so different
now. Anyway, just let me know if you figure anything
out. Love you and stay safe. Please, no fighting
any more squid people. Graham. What? Okay. Okay.
So, if you know anything bad, like, bad, I was
thinking that it was gonna, it's, it's Zars related,
but, like. Subplot. So, if you hear from him,
would you let me know? He messaged me yesterday,
or, like. That was, like, six days ago. That
was, like, six days ago, right? Zars has been
talking to you. Oh. Just assume that he has been
talking to you. Not, like, constantly, but, like,
regularly. Yeah. Yeah. I haven't heard from Zars
either, and, like. But they haven't, like. No,
she's... I said me. Oh, you haven't heard from
Zarys in like a week. That's true. Yeah, Zarys
has not been messaging you. But you've been talking
to Zarys. And, I mean, it's been, like, flirty
and cute and, you know, like, fun. Like, Zarys
hasn't said anything super off or anything been...
If anything, like, Zarys has just been kind of,
like, yarning a lot. Yo! But, like, be casual.
He'll stop talking to you, probably. I know.
It seems like we're about to get into a fight
in this weird, creepy forest, probably, we're
about to go into. Oh, great. There's something.
So, like, you're like, oh, my God. You read the
note, and then that's when you, like, look up
and see the body. And you're like, you go, yo!
And then you go, dart. There's something up ahead.
Yeah. And I tell him to crack it. And then the
timeline. It's like, yeah, so I was going to
say, hi, I miss you. Kissy emoji. Kissy emojis.
And just hope you're okay. Doing good. Have a
good day. You draw two thumbs up. Two thumbs
up. Finger guns. Finger guns. He writes back,
real guns, wink. Oh my God. And it's hitting.
I'm saying he's for fun. How loud is he? Yeah.
He hasn't gone on a bender in a long time. Yeah,
I mean, so you don't get a response right now,
but like, yeah, so you send out like, are you
okay? Want to see you after we're done with this?
Dead body. Dead body. I was expecting Edmund
to be dead. No. I was like, what is happening?