Eighty years ago, the war against the Dragonkin
ended. Catastrophic magical explosions reaped
the land of Matusha, leading the nation of Antili
victorious. Matusha, forever scarred, its lands
were never the same. With untamed magic, the
land and its denizens were ripped asunder and
changed forever. The nation of Antili, recognizing
on how volatile Matusha had become, created a
magical wall around its neighbor, ensuring that
the magic was contained. Now naming the lands,
The Expanse. Welcome everyone and welcome to
Beginner's Luck. I am Larry and I am the Game
Master for this game. I am joined here by my
lovely players. Hi, I'm Bella. I play Annie Bones.
She enjoys a nice shot of espresso. I... Personally
enjoy a very sweet latte. My name is Rob. I play
Gordar Sevrok, who probably wouldn't drink coffee,
but some kind of chai. And I much prefer a cappuccino
with a lot of chocolate on top. My name is Avia,
and I play Raynor. Raynor would only probably
go to a coffee to try to scam someone out of
some cash. And me, Larry. Just likes to scam
people. Sounds very, very good. I will scam the
hell out of anyone for all the cash that they
have. Isn't that the way? All right, so let us
begin. It is currently high noon in the city
of Antili as we go through the Diamond District
with sprawling skyscrapers towering over the
people below. Up high, Old Antili, where the
University of Mages sits. going down to McKinley
Park where the stadium and showground sits. There
we have Nick Nocturne with his regular performances,
probably headlined by Astro Levine. Then we head
down to South Shores where the docks are, bustling
with travelers from all around and ships from
all over the world. But as we continue on towards
the ocean, not too far off the docks, we find
Blackhold Prison. A towering prison that sits
up high and all the way down to the bottom of
the ocean. The tower in itself is surrounded
by maelstroms and sea monsters. The prison itself
is the largest prison in Antili, and here is
where the worst of the worst is confined. Now,
unbeknownst to the government in itself, the
warden has... has put on an illegal show, some
sort of blood sport. And every once in a while,
he has prisoners fight their way through for
special prizes, perhaps privileges, perhaps maybe
even shaves off some time of their sentences.
Maybe, possibly, but that is unknown. And currently,
One of that Bloodsport event is happening. A
crowd of prisoners gather to be let in or to
sign up. And we have a few of, we have a few
select who decided to participate in this games.
And Annie, you are trudging along and you can
see You've known about these games for such a
long time. And you've heard rumors that with
this particular event, that there is a special
guest. So there may be a special prize. This
is the first time in your long sentence that
you decide to actually participate. Could you
give us perhaps a description of Annie? What
is she doing as she waits? So, Annie is a Goliath
of the Storm Ancestry. Her hair is a mix of black
and grey with age. Her eyes shimmer with, like,
amethyst. And there's little markings of runes
on her face as well. At the moment, she's just
kind of fiddling with her prosthetic arm, which
sadly is made out of wood, not like what she
originally came to the prison with. You could
say that she's just mumbling about wanting metal,
just waving around her arm, just saying metal,
metal, metal, metal, metal. You can see a few
of the other prisoners around you. Some of them
spot you, well, simply because of your... and
they seem to purposely avoid you. Whether they
know you by reputation or just by your sheer
size, it is currently unknown and I believe she
would not even care. No, she wouldn't. She would
just be minding her own business sitting there.
She doesn't really converse with anyone. Okay.
And we move to Godar. What do we see? You see
a androgynous figure, slim in build, covered
in patchy green scales which lay upon a light
grey skin, emerald green eyes, and wearing the
orange prison jumpsuits which clash horribly
with their colouration. And protruding from their
head is thick, um... dreadlock -like extrusions
but seemingly made out of the same uh flesh and
scales that they are and a bit of a a slight
bun kind of like flowing down their back see
a few of the prisoners eyeballing you some of
them are like pushing you out of the way one
big fellow just sort of like knock almost knocking
you over watch where you're going fish oh um
sorry uh i'll just go this way then you better
watch it very quietly just like nodding and just
like trying to be as small as possible and Raynor
so Raynor would probably be wearing the same
jumpsuit that um Evernote is and he would have
it kind of rolled up so his tattoos kind of show
so he's kind of like just eyeing everything trying
to find out like the dynamics of all of the groups
you see As you're trying to eyeball a lot of
the prisoners here, it's exactly what you would
expect. There are more than a rough and tumble
bunch, but one individual does catch your eye
and you see this, what you think is a dragonborn
where his scales seem to shimmer and change from...
from red to green to copper and brass. And you
can see him just standing there on his own and
all the other prisoners seem to have just given
him a wide berth. So there's this huge space
of circle around him where people are just completely
avoiding him. You all wait for a while and it
almost seems like an eternity when one of the
guards, a huge bugbear, starts approaching all
the other prisoners and starts handing out little
placards. And as you all spy that one particular
guard, you can see that each placard that he's
handing out seems to be color -coded, and there's
several different colors from red to green to
blue, and he's just handing them all out. And
now you're beginning to see all other guards
doing the same thing. You can see a beholder
telekinetically passing each of the placards
around him. You see a half giant doing the same.
And with each of you, you receive your placard.
And your placard seems to be of the color blue.
Oh, um, is this the ticket to see the warden?
I have very important matters to discuss with
him. Right, yeah. If you want to see the warden,
that's most definitely how you're going to see
him. That's no ticket, though. That's a placard.
Oh, um, is this like a numbering system that
everyone with this color gets to see him? Or
how does this work? Just you wait, darling. Just
you wait. Oh. He says, as he's continuing to
hand out the placards around you. And as the
guards continue to hand out the placard, one
of the guards, which is a minotaur, comes up
at the front of all the prisoners that are currently
attending. And he begins to announce to all of
you. There's a big hulking fellow, you know,
and one of his horns have been broken off. He
has his guard uniform on with this little badge
and everything, and he seems to be holding a
Morningstar. It's like, right. For those of you
who got red, you can piss right off. Green, make
your way to the green door. Blue, make your way
to the blue door. And he continues on with all
the other colors. Some of them telling them to
leave, while others continue to a door that corresponds
with the color of them. What kind of meeting
system is this? It's not. You can see a lot of
them are very upset. were those who had to leave
and they're like trying to push their way through
a brouhaha breaks out here and there and you
see some of the couple of the guards breaking
it up and everything god i was going to make
his way over to the blue door very nervously
hiding his uh blue placard noticing that the
brouhahas are happening just like um no i have
to see him you make your way to the blue door
and there is a uh guard waiting awaiting you
and he just simply puts out his hand um yes so
uh here i have a blue one um are we after the
green or before the green shut up he grabs the
placard from you and he opens it'll get right
in there oh i will talk to my father about this
what is your name get get inside Don't waste
my time. I know what you look like. I'll get
you fired. Walks in, puffed up chest. You can
see that there's this like vein on the head.
It's just like you are clearly stressing him
out. And he's holding himself back. You go in
and you find yourself in this almost like a waiting
room. Not a waiting room that you're used to
but there are a couple of chairs there's a low
uh almost like a coffee table and there seems
to be like a few uh drinks nothing fancy or it
what what seems to be just like water and like
maybe some old fruit that are there huh even
my servant's dogs get better than this the rest
of you annie will approach the blue door and
she just slams the blue tag the placard the placard
that you said yep she slams the placard onto
the guard's hand doesn't look at him doesn't
talk to him just keeps walking straight he opens
the door and lets you in you see that there is
an individual here that is already waiting a
very lithe individual already waiting Grainer
will grab his key and he'll kind of go up to
the guard and he'll be like, we're sorry about
that one, mate. I don't know. Like, you get all
kinds of crazies here. He just puts his hand
out. Again, you see that vein twitching on his
forehead. Ah, it's terrible, mate. Honestly.
I mean, have you tried yoga? He leans down real
close. All right, relax. Relax, mate. Personal
space, I get it. Almost in a small whisper. Did
you ever learn to shut the fuck up? They tell
me I should learn that. That's what got me in
here, but, um... Perhaps you should take that
advice. Tell you what, I'll give you a cut, whatever
this blue thing is, and I'll just go in, right?
Can you open the door? He angrily, like, you
know, he tightly grabs the placard from your
hand, and he opens the door and lets you in.
And as you enter, you just feel the door slam
behind you. A big slam. And as you enter, you
can see another large, hulking individual and
also a live fellow who seems to have made themselves
comfortable in the room. Comfortable is generous.
Godar is not wanting to sit on anything, not
wanting to touch anything. And it's kind of with
the tips of their fingers pushing around the
fruit, just like... You can see a few fruit flies
just buzzing around the fruit. And you're pretty
sure when you flip that apple, a little worm
came out of it. Oh, disgusting. Annie will grab
hold of the apple and eat it. With the worm?
Do you eat the worm too? No. Okay. She avoids
the worm, but she just... So you find with the
apple in itself, there's like... a portion of
it that's still kind of good but the rest of
it is kind of almost rotting away so when you
take that because that apple is like almost tiny
in your hand so you take a big chunk so you get
some of that good stuff but majority in your
mouth is some of that not so good stuff so it's
almost like a 30 70 ratio it's not all bad And
she slams the core down back on the table. Barbaric.
Ew. Okay. Opposite to the door from where you
entered, you can see that there is a... another
door. Well, not a door, sorry. What do you call
those? Bars. The palisade? Not a palisade, though
the... Palisade's the side of the wall, right?
It's one of those... Kind of like a gate. You
know the ones where they can drop it down and
up and it's like bars. What do you call that
thing? Gates? It's one of those. You're looking
at bars and beyond it, you can see almost like
an arena setting full of dirt. And then you can
almost hear a crowd just outside. And just beyond,
not just beyond, sorry, just by this gate, you
have another guard just waiting. It is a half
giant. Okay. He's waiting there. As you're all
milling about, just waiting, the door from where
you came from opens once more. And Raynor, the
individual that you spot earlier, enters. Okay.
Raynor is going to notice that Gordar looks very
anxious and very out of place here. And he's
going to walk up to Gordar and say, Oi mate,
I think we're in the wrong place, you and me.
Oh, but no, the guard said that this is the way
if I want to talk to the warden. Yeah, I think
this is the way to talk to the warden. He's going
to be up in the arena and watching us fight.
And we're going to shout stuff at him and he's
not going to hear us. Oh, that can't be right.
That's probably what it is. I mean, do you see
that guy over there? And he kind of points to
the dragon boar and he's like, that one looks
dangerous. He kind of points to Annie and he's
like, and that one looks even more dangerous.
So like, you and me, we're the weak ones here.
How about we let them go ahead, fight everyone,
right? And then you and me can talk to the warden
and see how we can get out of this. Oh, I mean,
that does sound quite adequate. It can't be right.
Mr. Dragonborn, you're innocent too, correct?
as you're having this conversation before you
manage to ask you just this dragonborn just begins
to laugh and it's almost like a blood curdling
laugh it's like and he walks over to the both
of you i imagine that you're close to the fruit
table and you just see him grab a handful of
the fruits doesn't matter what it is and he just
thumps on it and you can see it like dripping
from his face his orange prisoner jumpsuit his
sleeves are rolled up much like yours Raynor
and you can see his arms up this close with his
scales they're all heavily scarred in a way where
it's like several lacerations over and over,
and since I think both of you are the closest,
perhaps give me a medicine check? The first roll
of the game? Yes, please. Crazy. Alright, so
that's a 13 for Gordar. It is an 8 for Raynor.
Okay, Gordar, as you're eyeballing and about
to ask whether this Individual is also innocent.
When you spot the scars, those lacerations on
his arms, they almost look as if they were self
-inflicted. He goes to open his mouth to say,
Hmm. You have beautiful scales. Turns to look
at Reena. We need to get the fuck away from him.
Told you. He puts his hand. on your head and
just almost like gives you a pat he is towering
at all like like at seven six right and he reaches
down and almost gives you like a playful pat
is what you can best translate it as as he touches
goddard's head there is sudden movement as the
extrusions with their serpentine heads on the
end of them bite into his hand he pulls away
immediately from the first bite and he just says
aren't you a cute little you can see now at their
full extent the medusa crown of the um serpents
upon his head just flickering out in defense
oh girls it's okay it's okay he didn't mean any
harm just You see him lick his lips. Annie, how
tall are you? 7 '2", she is. Oh, so he towers
over you just by four inches. Huh. So he's about
7 '6". So this fellow walks up to you. Don't
I recognize you? And he doesn't say anything
and just cocks her eyebrow. I've seen you before.
Did I kill someone you loved? I don't love anyone.
You just see him licking his lips and he's just
like walk and he begins to pace this little room
that you're in, this little waiting room. And
he looks, occasionally he'll look out through
the gate and just continues to pace back and
forth. Something interesting? You all are. You
all look very tasty. A carnivore, then. Licks
his lips once more, once again. And you see,
like, you can see bits of fruit stuck in between
some of his fangs. And you just see him sort
of, like, he flicks his tongue out and begins
to, like, clean his fangs. You seem to have kind
of like teeth issues, mate. I used to know a
guy, right? He was like someone who used to work
on teeth, right? And I think he could have helped
you. I can connect you with him, but we'd have
to get out of here first, right? So how about
you and me, Dragonborn? We just try to like escape,
right? Because you said we're interesting. We're
not interesting if we're dead. So like, how about
we... You're funny, I give you that. Very, very
funny. And funny people always taste a lot tastier.
Is that true? I wouldn't know, but... Oh, but
I would. Cool. I think I'm done talking to you.
And he's beginning to like... He's beginning
to twitch almost in excitement. Um, guard, when
will I meet the warden? He looks at you, the
half -giant, and he just, with his standard -issued
prison guard morning star, just bangs on the
gate. You wait! Okay. Won't be long now. Then
you can meet the warden. And he bangs on it again.
That's an interesting accent you have. Where
exactly are you from? Your mother's bedroom.
Oh. Would you be able to... I don't know who
my mother is. Would you be able to tell me? Well,
I certainly do. Oh, that's... Okay. You wouldn't
happen to have her address. I've been searching
for her for quite some time. Yeah, it's 123 Shut
the Hell Up Street. Oh, I haven't heard of that.
Is that downtown? Most certainly. Ah, okay. Thank
you. Um, mate, he's not helping you there. He's
telling you that he shagged your mum, but he's
not actually done it. Oh. Idiots. Well, that's
not exactly... That's quite rude of you. You
just see him sticker. Yeah, he's... I don't think
he's paid to, like, help us. He's paid to watch
us. Look. What I think we should do is get away
from this dragon ball. He's trying to eat us,
right? And see that tall lady there. How about
we talk to her? Maybe she seems a little bit
more sane. I think so. You see the shock realisation
of, wait a minute, did you say that we need to
fight? Yes, we do need to fight. And unfortunately
for me, I'm not a very good fighter. Judging
by your entire demeanor, I don't think you are
one either. So we could either pick with the
cannibal who wants to eat us, or we can pick
the tall lady that we don't know nothing about.
Oh, um, I think I'll go with the tall lady. Guard,
sorry, one more thing. I'm just supposed to be
meeting the warden. I'm not supposed to be fighting.
Oh, you're definitely going to meet the warden
soon enough, as he's saying that the crowd outside
is getting louder and louder. Oh, um, big lady,
um, what, are you going to eat us? Annie looks
almost offended by the question. Excuse me? Well,
um, this one wants to eat us, and I haven't met
many, uh... Goliaths before. Do you eat people?
No. Crowd continues to swell louder and louder.
Okay, good. Yes, Reina, we can stay with this
one. Um, is there anything in the room that we
could possibly take into the arena? Currently,
what is only present in this room, this tiny
waiting room, are the chairs. The now empty fruit
bowls and that coffee table. There is nothing.
Oh, there's still the cups of water. A jug of
a pitcher of water there as well. Lovely. Okay.
Annie looks to the two tiny men and she just
kind of observes them. Does it look like they
have any weapons on them? Anything they could
use to defend themselves? You, none of you have
anything at hand except your prison jumpsuits.
Your nice, hot, orange prison jumpsuits. Can
any of you fight? Kind of just nervously looks
at Raynor, looks back, looks at the, assuming
to licking his lips, Dragonborn, looks back.
Um, not in the standard sense, no. Great. You
can hear the crowd as they're going wild. You
can hear stomping of the crowd's feet in rhythm.
And now the guard in itself is now beginning
to bang on the gate with the same rhythm. So
almost drowning out the conversation that you're
trying to have. Won't be long, ladies! I think
if you run your mouth all that often, you will
get yourself hurt, so shut up. See, I'm a lover,
not a fighter, so I really wouldn't know how
to begin. That's true. Noted. See those chairs
there, right? How about we break him? Take a
leg each. That could work. At that moment, Annie
will just stomp over to the chair and just break
it. Grabs the legs. As you, yeah, as you break
this chair, the chanting, not the chanting, sorry,
the stomping, the rhythmic stomping stops. And
it is almost silent outside. Ew, I don't think
they were very happy that you did that, M .M
.Biz. No one's happy. That high -pitched ping
from a microphone. You know that microphone ping
that... Hear that. Yo, yo, yo! What is up, prisoners?
It is your warden! DJ Slipslaw, how we all doing
today? And you hear the crowd go wild. We have
a very special event for you today. A special
guest, none other than the Lady Delacroix. And
you can hear ooze and ah from the crowd. And
then the chanting, I'm sorry, not the chanting,
the stomping, the rhythmic stomping begins once
more. So how about we get this show on the road?
First up, we have a few, and then he continues
to drone on. And from where you are, you can
see that a few prisoners are being let out. And
the crowd is going nuts. And then another huge
gate just far beyond. opens up and you see a
griffin just fly out and then they're beginning
to uh you see these other prisoners are beginning
to combat this griffin and you can see that they're
all fighting tooth and nail and it this fight
doesn't even last a minute before the griffin
just tears right into them blood and viscera
all over the sand or dirt or whatever it is that's
there The guard seems to be watching in excitement
and you see the blood letter, like he's almost
tweaking at this point, right? Seeing all the
blood, right? He's shaking. And as everything
sort of calms down, the guard that's waiting
for the rest of you, waiting there by the gate,
he looks at all you, right? It might be that
you guys will be on soon. so and you see him
he reaches into his uh belt and he produces this
little um a stack of these little toothpick like
uh sorry so the guard reaches into his belt and
he produces these small toothpick like uh stones
And you see him, he looks at the dragonborn and
he says, right, you first blood letter. And he's
tweaking. He's fucking tweaking this guy. Oh,
there's my one. No more. And he's just shaking.
So the guard takes that one piece of toothpick
-sized stone and you see him, he inserts it somewhere
within the prison collar that he has. And as
he does that, you can see a shimmer that is cast
over this dragonborn guy. And almost like you
can see a ghostly image of armor. And then you
see he begins to clench his fists like so. And
as he does that, ghostly figures of sickles appear
before his hands. And he just yells, yes! Let's
go! And now the guard heads to each of you. One
by one, he places that same small toothpick -sized
stone into your prison collars. Now go ahead
and tell me what ghostly apparitions of equipment
appear with you. Let us start with... Annie?
Pardon me. As the toothpick is inserted into
the collar, you can kind of just see the prosthetic
wooden arm, her left arm. It starts to take on
more of a... I would say... fleshy shape like
you can see the shoulder muscles you can see
bicep tricep like forearm that kind of thing
and you just you just see that and right on the
fingertips the middle finger and the thumb they're
kind of they're plated with flint or just something
very shiny you see that and then on that same
prosthetic hand you see uh smith's tools just
sort of appear in between each of her fingers
you see um You see now, you know, as the blood
letter, as he's watching you and he's getting
all pumped up, he's watching, as he sees you
get these ghostly images of Yogi with your smith
tools and noticing your, the flints on your fingers,
he just yells out, flint fingers! I knew I knew
you. Gordar. You see... Does his clothing come
along with it, like in a ghostly figure, or is
it just... It's entirely up to you. You still
have... I imagine... I personally imagine Annie
still in that orange jumpsuit, and then, like,
with a nicer arm. Not much changes with Gordar.
A dagger appears in his hand, but... And then
as well as a neck, it looks like a necklace with
like a crystal in the center of it. That's it.
You see, um, Bloodletter's still tweaking, eyeballing
you. Not much equipment there. Not much! Are
you going to make him bleed? Um, I just came
here for the meeting. But um, yes, if that makes
you happy, I'll make them bleed. Raynor. Raynor.
Sorry. Yeah. So Raynor is gonna drop the wooden
piece of a chair that he picked up. And he's
like, oh crap, I didn't need this anymore. So
he drops it and he's like, alright. So he gets
a dagger out of this ghostly thing. And it doesn't
look ornate or anything. It just looks like a
normal dagger. And he creates like his hat. And
that's all he does. very nice yes it'll be tasty
scrape on each arm letting himself bleed and
it's just going and he's just going to go on
Sorry, Annie's just going to tap both Gordar
and Rayna's shoulders and just, she's going to
move behind them towards nowhere near this Dragonborn.
She's kind of worried now. The guard begins to
speak. Right. First of all, you need to calm
down. Secondly, the four of you are a team. You're
gonna be working together. It isn't a free -for
-all. Unless you make it a free -for -all. Oh,
don't tell him that. Yes! Let's go! Yeah. Sorry,
I'm really getting into the bloodlurn right now.
It's fine. He's that crackhead kid. Right. Okay.
Again, calm down. you're gonna be sent out there
and you're gonna be put put through a series
of tests okay you are all here for a reason and
you wanted some favors oh get a favor if you
survive comprende comprende did you say yes um
yes yes And you hear the crowd swells once more.
Oh, it looks like that those did not survive.
Too bad for the green team. Up next. Oh, it looks
like we have a, we have a celebrity on our hands
in this next match. We have none other than Annie
Flintfinger Bones. And you can hear. A lot of
people in the crowd cheering. Some people, you
can almost hear some voices questioning who that
is, not knowing who exactly who you are, Annie.
And then you can hear murmurs of people knowing
exactly who you are. But the crowd begins to
swell even further. And you hear the, you see
the guard. Oh, before the guard lets you win,
you hear DJ Schlipschlorp once more, the warden,
and says, Let us welcome the balloon team. And
the guard makes a giant bang onto the gate once
more and it opens up. Opens up. Upwards? Yes,
upwards. English, yes. Yes, English, I know that.
And the guard is now beginning to... sort of
gestured you to head on out. You see immediately
the blood letter runs out, still continuing to,
uh, create lacerations on his arms with his sickles,
and he's just yelling, Yes! Let's go! And he's
just still tweaking like crazy. He's the first
one to die. No doubt. The guard again motions
you, almost in this hurried gesture. And half
stumbles out, Gorda does, and overwhelmed by
just the crowd and the noise, just like, who?
Calm down. Kind of like half waving towards the
warden, trying to get their attention. Raynor
is going to fix his hat as he kind of walks in
with a confident kind of like strut. And he's
going to be like, This would be some good business.
Annie's going to walk out of there calmly, not
really bothered by the guards' rushing motion.
And she's going to take a glimpse at her arm
and just kind of play around with her fingers.
She kind of looks sad. Yeah. As she looks at
it. Because while it has the... the feeling and
the look of your prosthetic arm, your original
prosthetic arm. Now and then, as it shimmers,
you do see your temporary makeshift prosthetic
arm under it. And as you step outside, the crowd
is now beginning to do the same rhythmic stomp.
Boom, boom, boom. Boom, boom, boom. And... Now
you see the warden in himself in all his glory.
The warden, DJ Schlipschlarp, up above, high
above there. And you see a hulking ooze with
a beholder skull sitting inside of him with headphones
also floating in there. And you see him next
to him. You see a, what appears to be a... young
woman in one of those gothic lolita dress with
frills black and grey and you see you see her
wearing this half like doctor's mask and her
hair is in a way where it almost looks short
but there's like kind of like a pigtail twirls
i don't know how to describe that um but yeah
sort of like pigtails and you see her just uh
watching up there along with uh with the warden
and as you all um as you now all uh go to the
center of the arena you notice that while uh
dj slipswarp and the Lady Delacroix up there,
almost like this skybox thing. You can see that
there is this huge shimmering dome above you.
You can see the crowd in their circular motion,
and the dome in itself shimmers like a bubble.
You know how with bubbles you've almost got that
rainbow -like tint? So that's what you're seeing
as you step outside. And DJ Slipswap, once more,
you see him now pulling out this sort of microphone
with his, what do you call it, his gloopy, oozy
arm with not only the microphone, but the microphone
stand with it, and he just brings it closer to
him. I'm not sure where the sound is coming from,
but it's certainly from somewhere. And he says,
looks like we also have another celebrity in
our midst. The one and only Bloodletter. Famous
for killing so many. What was your kill count?
And you see Bloodletter still tweaking and he
yells out 634. And he goes, 634! And then DJ
slips up, that is quite a high number. You most
certainly deserve to be here. And DJ slips up
and goes, now, for your next, for your first
test, let it begin. And then the crowd sort of
hushes and the light almost kind of dims in this
arena. And the ground before you sort of shakes
and trembles. You see the dirt sort of like almost
vibrating in a way. And the dirt itself almost
looks like it is being sucked into the ground.
And a room or maybe like half a room of a manor
appears. Sort of like a cutout, like think of
a set from a TV show or a movie stage. And the
depiction of an old manor, almost haunted with
cobwebs hanging at one corner. You have old suits
of armor and then you find like brooms. And you
find swords and shields laying about. It looks
like a place that had been abandoned for a very
long time. And DJ Slipslorp once again raises
the microphone. As everyone waits in silence.
Let it begin. Roll initiative, please. Annie,
what did you get? Annie rolled an eight. Goddard?
I rolled an 11. Thank you. And Rainer? I rolled
a 4. Thank you. All right. So the items amongst
you, the swords and shields and brooms and armor,
you now begin to see some of these objects begin
to float up and are beginning to fly and dance
amongst the air. You see three brooms. flying
up above and then you see two swords almost doing
those swishing motions and you see one of the
suit of armor in itself is now beginning to move
towards you you see one of the brooms up high
and it's beginning to fly and it it's going to
swoop down and it's going to go straight towards
you uh towards you annie as you see uh as you
are unawares of what's going on you This one
broom just swoops down. It's going to attempt
to just sort of like sweep you away. What? Okay.
And as it flies by you to try and sweep you away,
does a 14 hit your AC? It does. It does. Okay.
So as it slams you, you almost lose your footing
right then and there. And you're going to go
ahead and take... Seven points of damage. Okay.
Cool. And as it flies by, it is now sort of like
hovering around you. And it's almost like circling
you in a way. So, funny thing. Annie having Goliath
Ancestry, there's a little reaction that she
has. Okay. That she has. Giant Ancest... Giant
Ancestry Storm. Yes. Of which the description
says, when you take damage from a creature within
60 feet of you, you can take a reaction to deal
1d8 thunder damage to that creature. Let's roll
some damage. That is 4 thunder damage to the
broomstick. Okay, so that would be towards broom
number 3. Beautiful. There we go. so this uh
so why don't you go ahead and describe this um
this thing that you just did with your ancestry
ancestral powers well i would say it's not something
that annie can control but more so just her bodily
reaction um to getting hit from like similar
to how when you get slapped in the face you kind
of feel like a stinging sensation you can imagine
that it's sort of the stinging sensation coming
through and out of the skin so just kind of like
little things of lightning just kind of erupt
on the skin's surface all right now one of these
swords It's like twirling in the same way. Do
you remember how Aragorn twirled that sword from
that little kid? He twirled it twice, which is
a good sword. I'm like, all right, calm down,
buddy. You knew it was a good sword by twirling
it twice. That one particular, one of those swords
is now going to fly towards you, Raynor, and
it's going to go ahead and do a little slishy
slashy. It's not a slishy slashy. Naturally.
And as it dives towards you in this almost, not
sweeping motion, but almost like a charging motion
towards you, does A hit? Perfect. All right.
So you swiftly dodge right out of the way. And
now this sword is beginning to sort of circle
you the same way that that one particular broom
is now circling Annie. You can see the blood
letter. He is weak and mad. And he's like, yes.
And then you hear him say, no, wait, there's
no blood. And see him cut again onto his arms
with his sickles. And you see him run towards
this. He runs towards that sword. And you see
him sort of like almost in a. dancing motion
with uh towards this sword so it's like a flurry
of like it's almost like a dance where he's uh
twirling and spinning and the sword is sort of
like uh meeting his blows let's just take a look
and you see him he's continuing to dance away
he's going ting ting and it's almost in a way
um graceful and hypnotic at the same time like
it's just wild he's swinging at it one more time
and you see and the sword begins to sort of shake
and quiver as as the blood letter it's uh himself
you see him spinning and he's doing all these
all these arcs of his body and his body begins
to contort and twist in ways that you did not
even think was possible almost um Cirque du Soleil
kind of way right another broom comes flying
down and it swoops towards uh it swoops towards
the blood letter trying to brush him off And
you see the broom itself make contact with the
blood letter, almost knocking him off his feet.
And now both the sword and the broom is now beginning
to circle the blood letter. But you see him,
even though he's almost lost his footing, he
has regained it once more, and he's now dancing
with two of these inanimate... Well, I say inanimate.
animated objects, one broom and one sword. And
he's trading blows with his sickles. All right.
Kadar. Oh, no, no, no. Yes. How far away is the
suit of armor from me? 30 feet. 30 feet? You
see the necklace glow like a deep green. And
little beads of energy build up on the pointer.
and ring finger of his right hand which then
turn into like snake fangs as he mutters to himself
before flicking it forwards twirling through
the air with like a faint trail as it goes to
try and collide with the suit of armor as I cast
the antrip sorcerer's burst now I believe this
is a new spell that it is so Sorceress Burst.
Sorceress Burst. English is hard. Yes. You cast
Sorceress Energy at one creature or object within
range. Make an attack roll against a creature.
On a hit, it takes 1d8 damage of my choice. If
you roll an 8 on the damage, you can roll another
d8 and add it to the damage. If you cast this
spell, you can do this a number of times equal
to your spellcasting modifier. Perfect. go to
try and hit uh does a 18 hit i believe it does
but let me go ahead and just double check that
yes all right 18 most definitely hits so it takes
five points of poison damage Awesome. Now, just
quick question. Are you able to apply the damage
to it, or do I have to do it? Okay. There we
go. All right. You hit this suit of armor. It
almost reels back for a brief moment, but it's
still continuing to move forward in a very slow
manner. Is there anything else you'd like to
do? Wimper? Uh, that is a free action, sir. And
kind of like half walk back a little bit, probably
about like 10 feet, just staggering backwards.
As your, um, as your, your, uh, burst hits, you're
beginning to hear the crowd once more now. It
is now going wild. Like watching, uh, seeing
you cast this spell, watching the Bloodletter
doing this Cirque du Soleil performance with
his sickles. They're all going nuts. occasionally
you hear an off uh an aside uh commentary from
dj schlip schlorp himself uh up next we have
annie okay now i just want to confirm that at
the moment only broom three is directly in front
of annie there's no one else in front of her
that is correct that's the one is circling you
Perfect, because she's now going to cast Eldritch
Cannon with her smith's tools. Okay, why don't
you pop that in the chat and tell us all about
it. You can make a magic action to create a small
or tiny Eldritch Cannon in an unoccupied space
on a horizontal surface within five feet of yourself.
You can... What is it? I can't read English.
Oh my god, I can't read. No one can speak English.
What is this session? You determine its appearance,
which includes your choice of legs or wheels.
this is the no english session sorry just continue
once again okay so little thing about the eldritch
cannon as well you can basically decide whether
it's going to be a flamethrower um what do you
call it the thing that they used in middle medieval
times where they like bang it against like some
wooden doors a battering ram that's it Something
similar to a battering ram and even a protector,
like kind of like an artificial shield without
actually casting shield. Oh, like a Winston shield?
I think so, yeah. That's pretty cool. Similar
to that. And in this circumstance, Annie is going
to prepare the Eldritch Cannon like a flamethrower.
Now, because she has nothing on her, you just
kind of see like it is so unassuming. It just
looks like a... block of wood with like a hole
cut through it it looks like a very thick straw
well there is debris around you from this um
makeshift haunted mansion so there's like pieces
of wood here and there i imagine annie's just
like quickly gathering up these materials close
by yes she's picking them up actually with her
prosthetic arm just kind of like not even picking
them just kind of like swoop swooping all of
them towards her she's doing the broom's job
essentially and they just kind of form into a
block with a hole through it again it's nothing
special it does have wheels on it though okay
so she so she just prepares that and that is
her bonus action oh sorry that is her action
all right so you see the crowd looks at you as
you're constructing this thing not at all but
in confusion rather than they were expecting
some sort of retaliation towards this uh this
broom that is flying over you and they see you
sort of like bend over and construct this uh
this mini cannon thing and you hear a lot of
confused sounds from the uh from the crowd Is
there anything else you'd like to do? As a bonus
action, I am allowed to activate said cannon.
So I'm going to proceed to do that. As the cannon
just kind of rolls onto the floor, it rolls a
little bit forward. So it's some steps away from
Annie, not too far. And as a bonus action, you
order the cannon to use flamethrower, force ballista
or protector. We're going to do flamethrower
here, and the cannon will now exhale fire in
a 15 -foot cone. Each creature in that area makes
a dexterity saving throw against your spell save
DC, taking fire damage. Okay. All right. So where
you're aiming the cannon, let's say that you're
going to hit the broom that circled you, is circling
you. It's also going to aim towards the two inanimate
objects that are with the blood letter. And also
with the blood letter. So it's a 15 foot cone.
So you'll be hitting four targets. So they will
all be rolling dexterity saving throws. Okay.
Okay. So I will go ahead and do that. I hope
the blood letter gets hit. me personally but
for annie i know it's going to be a very bad
idea okay so let us go ahead and do the broom
that is circling you first yep so i'm going to
roll damage separately for each target is that
right i believe it's just the one roll and they
all take the one damage i see okay All right.
So I'll just roll them individually and I'll
let you know what they are. Okay. So the broom
itself, the one that's circling you rolled a
total of 14. Okay. Okay. All right. Now, next,
let's do the blood letter. Dexterity saving throw.
The blood letter is three. Okay. So he's going
to catch a light. And I did say, because he's
getting circled by one of the other brooms as
well, which is broom two. Okay. Broom two rolls
a five. Okay. And lastly, sword number one, which...
That sword rolled a total of eight. So you will
be hitting three out of four of your targets.
Perfect. Okay. So you set this flamethrower off.
And as you set it off, that broom that is circling
you just got out of the range of the cone itself.
Okay. And it goes forward and you see it hit.
The blood letter and the broom and the sword
that he is engaged with. Go ahead and give me
the damage. Perfect. Also, my mistake. I should
have prefaced this a little bit better. Fire
damage on a failed save or half. Sorry. Taking
2d8 fire damage on a failed save or half as much
damage on a successful one. So even the broom
that flew away. Yeah. So he will take half damage.
Is that right? Yes. So, and it is, what was your
damage? Seven. Okay, so we will go ahead and
roll down to three. Yep. And then the rest of
them will take the full brunt of it. You see
as your flamethrower bursts towards the bloodletter,
you see one of the sword begins to spin. flame
it lands on the ground and it big it singes into
ash as if it was not made of steel what was it
again your damage seven wasn't it seven all right
that is that Do you have any other actions that
you'd like to do? No, I believe that is it. That
is the end of my turn. Just a sword that's dead.
Okay. Now the suit of armor is up. As it's slowly
moving towards you guys, it is now beginning
to charge. at its full force of 30 feet. It's
going to take its 30 feet of movement and it's
heading straight for you, Raynor. Raynor. And
you see him, it sort of brings both its arms
up and it tries to slam towards your chest. Okay,
so that's an 11 hit. An 11 does not hit. Okay.
So you see this thing. He swings down and you
swiftly dodge it. And as you dodge the first
one, you see him bring his arms back up and he's
coming straight back down. Does a 23 hit? A 23
does hit. Okay. So you're going to be taking...
four points of damage. I'm going to go ahead
and apply that for you. Okay. I'm sorry. 23 hits
and yet only four damage. What kind of numbers
is this? Well, that's what they roll. Man. Let's
see. Next is broom number one. There is still
one more broom flying up the sky. And it now
swoops down and it's heading towards you, Godar.
And you see this, this broom about to slam towards
you. Hell. And does a 21 hit? A 21 does hit.
all right so as you say oh as this thing comes
charging from up high it slams you right into
your chest and you'll be taking four points of
damage i'm gonna go ahead and apply that for
you It is now beginning to circle you much like
the other brooms with your companions. Right.
Raynor, you are up. Yes. So Raynor is trying
to like fix his hat after taking the brunt of
the damage and then he's kind of like looking
at the rest of the group as he does biotic inspiration
on Annie. Because Annie's the only one who killed
anything. all right so why don't you go ahead
and pop that in the chat for us and just read
it read it out yep so bardic inspiration he could
supernaturally inspire others through words and
musical dance and it's usually uh d6 and it's
a bonus action that can inspire anything within
60 feet so raynor is going to kind of go he doesn't
really know exactly how he's going to do it he's
kind of like holding his hat and he's just like
should i dance um i'll just say it go go annie
okay so this yeah go on yeah go for it so this
was a bonus action correct yes and this gives
annie an additional d6 on any of her rolls uh
so it should only be attack attack or saving
yeah and is this a permanent thing or is this
only a one -time thing it's a one -time thing
okay all right cool all right so that was your
bonus action is there anything else that you'd
like to do you do have a suit of armor towering
over you i do and i'm going to cast invisibility
oh paint me a picture what does this look like
he's kind of just looking at this towering armor
that's in front of him and he's like i hope it
doesn't have eyes because if it has eyes it will
see me disappear and it's not going to end up
very good so invisibility as he kind of touches
himself as he kind of just blinks out of like
okay cool all right And back at the top of the
round, Annie, that one broom that is circling
you is going to go ahead and try and slam you
once more. Annie's a bit confused because she
just got this surge of like, not power, but just
a boost of confidence, we'll say. And then as
she's trying to look around, she just sees that
a little guy just... isn't there anymore? So
she's just kind of like, she's like shaking her
head. She's looking over to where that little
guy was. And then she just, she's shaking her
head again, still looking, shaking her head.
And now she notices the broom that's about to
sweep her head. I don't even think you noticed
the broom because this, this broom, as you're,
as one of your dear companions yells out, go,
go Annie. And you see him disappear. Uh, there's
a dirty 20 hit. I'm sorry? A dirty 20. Um, it
does? Yes, I imagine it does. So, in your awe
and confusion as your companion disappeared,
um, this broom just smacks, dabs you right on
your back. And you'll be taking... Six points
of damage. Great. Let us not forget that the
giant ancestry reaction is still there. So the
broomstick gets some damage of its own. All right.
So is there a limit on how many times you can
use that? Or is that just... You need to get
your reaction back, which is the beginning of
your turn. Oh, okay. Well, you most certainly
have your reaction at this point. So, okay. All
right. So I'm going to go ahead first and apply
the six damage to you. Okay. Okay. The little
one died. Certainly looks like it. Don't die
too, please. I'll try not to. Don't leave me
with him. I don't plan on it. And you can see,
like, fires on him that are, like, still burning.
Give me more! Oh my god, is he into it? It's
terrifying. I think so. What a... I don't even
remember that guy. He doesn't even go here. Now
go ahead and give me... He doesn't go to his
school. He doesn't go to our school. Oh my god.
Okay. Which class is the inn? Go ahead and tell
me your lightning stuff. What was the thunder?
Thunder. Thunder damage. Go ahead. Oh, that's
seven thunder damage to the broom. Okay. So as
this broom smacks you in the back, Your ancestral
thunder reaction kicks in once more and it blasts
these things to a million pieces. And as the
little pieces sort of like shoot out outward
from it, you can see that it slowly sort of wisps
away each piece, almost like a wispy ethereal
sense. Strange. They're not real. Does that mean
the little one wasn't real too? No, no, he's...
Actually, I'm not sure. Is it even possible to
create a person? In the not conventional sense.
Raynor, as you disappear, that suit of armor
towering over you, there was that one sword that
was circling you. And now... Almost as if it
paused in a almost Looney Tunes kind of way,
where it realizes that you're no longer there.
It stops mid -circle, and it points towards you,
Godara, as this one sword goes flying towards
you. Oh no, I'm going to die too. Okay. goes
flies towards you and it is going to try and
stab you with a 11 verse ac you don't need to
do that you don't need to do that uh i'm going
to cast shield as the hands go up and a shimmering
green just bubble just perfect so as this sword
comes towards you and as um as it's about to
make contact with you this shimmer of shield
of yours appears and it sort of like just dinks
back and it's now sort of doing that once again
that aragon spin just around you you see blood
letter still one -on -one with this uh with this
broom and still slightly on fire and you see
him sort of like now with um only facing one
of the the uh the uh the objects he's like patting
some of this uh this fire off him this the singes
and you see him what would he do what would he
do He's going to face towards the rest of you,
where the sword and the broom is, and also the
animated suit of armor, okay? And you see his
mouth. Acid begins to drip from his mouth, and
he's like... And he's going to go ahead and use
his breath weapon. Ew. Should have taken Rainer
up on that dentist visit. Uh -huh. As he turns,
this is going to hit everyone in this 15 -foot
cone. They're all pretty much close together,
and you're basically at that sort of edge of
that. 15 foot cone and so you just see the he's
like almost drooling in a way where and as each
drool drops on himself and on the ground it almost
sizzles and hisses and he's like and as a huge
spray of acid just goes spits forward to all
of you all of you go ahead and give me a dexterity
saving throw and the DC is going to be uh 10
13 uh Gordar rolled a 16 Annie rolled a 7 Reina
rolled a 15 sorry make that a 6 Yes! Alright!
Okay, so now let me just go ahead and roll for
the rest of them. So Annie, you take an extra,
because of that one difference, you take an extra
3d6 damage. Yes sir, you're going to be - Don't,
don't do that to me man. No no no. Yes. Alright.
One moment. The suit of armor rolled a 3, broom
number 1 rolled a 19, broom number 2 rolled a
15, and flying sword, the remaining flying sword
rolls a 13. So do they take half damage? Yes,
so they'll be taking half damage. So those who
have succeeded will take half damage, and those
who failed will be taking the full brunt of acid.
Which in this case, it's going to be... 1d10.
Not too bad. Yeah, to the viewers, I am utterly
disgusted by the 1d10. Yes. You take the full
brunt of this and so does the suit of armor.
So you and the suit of armor is going to take
six points of damage. And those who saved will
take three points of damage. You sounded a bit
enthusiastic to do that. I'm always enthusiastic
of hurting my players. I mean, what? This is
going to be fun. I know. Sit in the corner of
Rock's chair. Does Godard do that just in the
middle of this battle right now? He just has
one? Uh -huh. And you can see this acid still
sort of dribbling on him, and as it drops down
on his orange jumpsuit, pieces of it is beginning
to burn off. Just a tiny little flex. And then
he looks at all of you. Ew. I would also need
to roll a concentration check, right? Because
I'm concentrating on invisibility. Yes, I do
believe you need to roll for your concentration
right now. Yep. Go ahead and give me that. Would
I do that on the beginning of my turn? Would
it be now? It is now, and because it's less,
it's DC 10. it's either half damage or dc 10
minimum okay okay so is it a constitution or
yeah constitution save 18. very good so you are
still invisible my friend all right let's get
these fellas out of the way So the broom that
was on you, Annie, is now gone. There's still
one more broom upon you, Godard. No, two. Fabulous.
You got two brooms and a sword. Annie, are you
okay? Are you okay? So you got two brooms and
a sword on you. And... So this one particular
broom is circling you. You can see... Bits and
pieces of it is, like, sort of singed off, and
it's not quite as sprightly as the other one,
and it's almost, in a way, waning. And it's going
to attempt to smack your ass. Kinky. Uh -huh.
And does a 14 hit your AC with the card shield?
Oh, sorry. Shield? No. Okay, perfect. All right,
so once again, I have an AC of 16. Very good.
So once again, this broom, it's like sort of
lopsided in a way in its attempts to give you
the smackdown, and it sort of tries, and that
shimmering shield once again appears before you.
And it is now your turn. You have two brooms
and a sword circling you, sir. Oh, um, I don't
like any of this. Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no,
no. Um, so what I'm going to do is in a mixture
of desperation and fear, um, these things are
like all circling me, right? Those three. Yeah.
Centered upon himself. He's kind of going to,
um, you see the, uh, with my bonus action. the
snakes all flare up into that medusa crown as
i activate a uh feature a class feature called
innate sorcery okay what this does it's a new
thing for 2024 uh as a bonus action you unleash
uh you can unleash magic for a minute during
which you gain following benefits my uh spell
save dc for sorcerer spells only goes up by one
and i have advantage on all attack rolls for
my sorcerer spells awesome so my spell save dc
is now 14 and with that flaring uh the snakes
all flare up and his eyes go entirely like a
dark green and i'm going to class sleep centered
upon myself oh and i believe that this sleep
is very different it is very different okay Sleep.
So it's a five foot radius sphere centered upon
myself. So it should get two of them at least,
I think. You'll get all three. All three? Alrighty.
So each creature of your choice within a five
foot radius sphere centered on a point within
range must succeed on a wisdom saving throw or
become incapacitated until the end of its next
turn. at which it must repeat the save. If the
target fails the second time, it becomes unconscious.
If the target takes damage or someone takes an
action to wake it up, then it wakes up. Creatures
such as elves or have immunity to the exhaustion
condition automatically succeed. So I myself
also need to save on this wisdom 13 saving throw.
Okay. Which at this point is 14, correct? It's
a 14, yes. Yep. So I roll my saving throw. A
seven. Okay. Interesting. All right. Let's go
ahead and do the more spry, the spry broom. Okay.
Wisdom savings throw, you said? That is an eight.
Okay. So it's a fail. and the second broom that
is sort of not so fresh uh wisdom saving throw
that is a 14 uh that succeeds so meat speeds
and uh also and none of this matters because
i have the incapacitated condition i can no longer
concentrate the gamble did not work oh my god
so okay uh yeah pretty much lost concentration
and then came to and uh i still have my innate
sorcery going but that's my turn oh that is awesome
what a gamble oh that could have been so good
if it worked yeah Uh -huh. Welcome to D &D, everybody.
Yeah. Really, really tying in with the beginner's
luck name that we've called ourselves. Okay,
beautiful. What just happened? Okay, so Annie
is now giving the dragonborn Whatever the F his
name is. That does not count towards my score,
by the way. Giving him an absolute death stare.
The blood letter winks. While trying to cover
up as much of her body as she can from the acid
splash that there was. And Annie is going to...
Where was it? Cool. So I just want to confirm,
the suit of armor, where is that? Where Rainer
was standing. So roughly around maybe 10 feet
from you. Okay. And is there anyone else standing
in direct line between Annie and the suit of
armor? Well, you did see your companion disappear
just there. Send it. So before anything, and
he's just going to call out to the tiny man.
She's like, where did you go? Sorry. Pardon me.
Where did you go? Tiny man. I don't know if I
can respond with still being invisible. He kind
of just just kind of he's like you can just hear
that noise. You hear a low, even through the
roaring crowd, you hear a, can you do it again,
please? Okay. Annie's just going to like grunt
and pick up her little cannon and she's just
going to mumble under her breath. I'm going to
take that as a, you're not here. And the cannon
is now going to enforce. Sorry, it's going to
do a force ballista towards the suit of armor.
Wait, so can you change it at will? I think it's
once you've constructed it, you can't change
it after construction. Really? Yes. So you construct
one of each. Oh, it doesn't say it there. Well,
flamethrower it is then. Not that suit of armor.
Okay. what was the no you can choose okay yes
oh there we go it's the updated version it's
the ua it's updated so previously you could you
had to create it and choose but this one you
can choose out of any of the three let's go now
i'm imagining this cannon it reconfigures itself
when you decide to choose its action that is
so cool it is oh my god let's go i'm not blind
okay see it force ballista that bitch okay can
you go ahead and just like put that up there
once more and read out what force ballista does
okay so for force ballista um annie has to make
a ranged attack spell originating from the cannon
at one creature object within 120 feet of it
on a hit the target takes 2d8 force damage and
if the target is a creature it is pushed up to
five feet away from the cannon cool all right
so do you know what your range spell attack is
i should say here range spell attack Yeah, so
it should be... Is that the spell attack mod?
Yes. Okay, yep. So that is going to be 18. Okay,
so can you go ahead and paint me a picture on
what this looks like? Okay, so as Annie picks
up the cannon and kind of puts it underneath
her arm, kind of like cradling it almost, you
just kind of see a little thing of air. kind
of starts off small like a little marble and
then it just grows and grows and grows and it
kind of it looks like a very dense bubble and
soon enough once it hits maximum capacity of
like the cylindrical tube for the sad looking
cannon just kind of goes and it pops out and
it just it charges straight towards that suit
of armor and possibly reyna i am sorry and he's
not but i am okay so it is on it's only a single
target which is perfect and you were aiming it
towards the um uh the suit of armor and you rolled
what what did you say you rolled and um are you
oh wait wait wait you have uh you have bardic
inspiration too that's true i didn't use it yet
okay so what did you get The saddest number eight
I've ever seen. Right. Okay. And since you have
bardic inspiration, you can go ahead and use
it if you wish. I do wish. All right, go ahead.
Roll an additional D6 and add it on top of that
eight. So that eight plus four for the bardic
inspiration roll, that is going to total 12.
Okay. So it's been a while since you were able
to do this. You've been here for like an odd
what? 40 years, I believe. Something around there.
Yeah. So it's been a while that you got to tinker
around with your equipment. It's been very, very
long. So you prep your cannon and you aim it
straight towards this suit of armor. However,
you've forgotten what the recoil was like. So
as it fires, you sort of reel back and your...
Your force ballista shoots upwards, completely
missing the suit of armor, and you see the force
hits the top of the dome, and you just almost
see the bubble, like, ripple. Oh, thank God.
No, you hit Raynor. No, I'm kidding. God. Is
there anything else you'd like to do? Um, well,
that was sad. Let me just read this one. Okay,
this is a bonus action. It is a first level spell
called Sanctuary. I just want to ask if that
applies to a creature that I cannot see, aka
Raynor. You already used your bonus action. Yeah,
I was going to say, you used your bonus action
for the cannon. You still have your main action.
I keep forgetting that using the cannon is actually
a bonus action. Yeah, so you still have a main
action. Okay, great. What do? Good question.
What do indeed? I mean... There are three objects
flying around Godar. Is Godard asleep? No. Okay,
he's not asleep. He's just meditating. So there's
three objects hovering around him. There is also
the suit of armor. And if this suit of armor
could have facial expressions, it would be the
facial expression of confusion. Confusion. Don't
worry, Annie's also confused. America, explain.
What do you mean? It's Arkansas! Okay, um...
I think that's... I think that's it. I don't...
I don't believe Annie can do much after this.
You should be able to do a lot with an action.
Yeah. Gordar is at least ten feet away from you.
Hmm. Okay. And for the... for the mobs? They're
just around him. Around Gordar. Yep. So they're
literally within his five feet range. Hey, Rob.
No, no, no, no. I'm not saying anything. Okay.
Do what you think you need to do. Annie's going
to mumble under her breath. This is why I work
alone. And she's going to cast Thunderwave. Okay.
You unleash a wave of thunderous energy. Each
creature in a 15 -foot cube originating from
you makes a constitution saving throw. On a failed
save, a creature takes 2d8 thunder damage and
is pushed 10 feet away from you. On a successful
save, a creature takes half as much damage only.
Okay. So... I got a 22. Perfect. So now the rest
of these objects need to make a... What was it?
A constitution saving throw? That is correct.
All right. So it's not the suit of armor. That's
not there. So we'll go ahead with the most healthiest
of brood. Constitution save. And he rolled an
18. Okay. And the one that is flying ever so
limply is going to roll a 10. So it will take
the full one. And the sword is going to take,
is going to roll a 13. So meat beats it. So I
understand that they take, did you say they take
half damage? That is correct. The creature takes
half as much damage. All right. So go ahead and
roll me that damage, please. 13. Perfect. Okay.
So, Goddard, you'll be taking... What is that?
Six points of damage. You see Goddard around
you, that very placid... I was trying to find
a word. Placid is the closest thing I can think
of. Placid. You see it burst. And as the pieces
around... As the pieces... spread all around
you. You see it begin to dissipate once more
into little wisps like ghosts. If they successfully
save, do they still get pushed? On a failed save,
a creature takes 2d8. On a successful save, a
creature takes half as much damage only. Okay.
They're not pushed away or anything. Is there
anything else you'd like to do? That is it. End
of turn for Annie. A suit of armor looks... Its
head turns down to look as to where Raynor once
was and realizes that Raynor is not there. It
swivels its head upwards and is now looking towards
you, Annie, and is now beginning to move towards
you. As it moves towards you, it begins to charge
and is raising both its fists up the air, and
it's going to go ahead and give you the smackdown.
Oh, man. So he swings and does five hit. It does
not. All right. So this thing brings down both
its club -like arms towards you, swinging. And
as you swivel out of the way, it brings its arms
once more, brings it up, and now begins to bring
it down to you again. Bastard. Does a 17 hit?
Yes. Okay. So, as this, um, as the second swing
makes contact, you will be taking three points
of damage. Oh god! I'll go ahead and apply that.
Okay. Oh. Well, hang on. It does that, and now...
There we go. Oh god. Okay. Alright. Awful. You
don't see it. Do you still have your reaction?
Nah, that's done now. I only had two things for
the reaction. Ah, so there is a limit. Okay.
All right. Okay. So, Godar, one of these things
are not like the others, which in this case is
a broom. And smackity smack smack smack smack
whack. All right. Okay, let's go ahead and see
how this goes. So that is a 15 versus AC. Shield.
Shield. Okay, cool. So what was the total of
your shield? 16? 16. Okay, perfect. So this broom,
it almost now in the same sort of predicament
as the previous one where it is very lopsided
and goes to swing towards your head. The broom
goes to swing towards your head and sort of your
shield once more comes up and goes bang. And
it's now just like sort of circling you once
more. Raynor. It's the invisible man. Yes. The
invisible one indeed. So I'm assuming this arena
is circular, right? Like we're at the corner
of it. Need an entrance? You are more towards
the center. Okay. Need a center. All right. So
what Raynor is going to do is. He's going to
notice that Annie can't really attack this armor
because he's in the way, kind of. So he's going
to try to book it in a different direction that
would give them a clear line of sight. Sure.
So as far -ish as he needs to be. And then he's
going to cast Healing Word on Annie, noticing
that they had been damaged. So that's a bonus.
So I can select any number of targets. So I'll
put that in the chat and read it. So healing
word. A creature of your choice that you can
see within your range regains hit points equal
to 2d4 plus your spellcasting ability modifier.
I don't know how many I can do. It says a creature,
so I'm assuming one creature. A creature of your
choice, yes. Yes. So I'm going to cast it at
first level. And that should be nine. What does
this look like? Like Rainer is going to flicker
in and out of invisibility as he's kind of like
concentrating and he's going to kind of like
focus towards Annie's direction as he sends good
vibes. Essentially, he's just like concentrating
as like little beams of light. head in that direction
okay as you send these good vibes towards annie
how much is it so it is nine all right perfect
okay so as you cast a spell and you're shimmering
in and out of invisibility you find as as the
spell ends you are now quite visible both of
you you now see rain are way across the um like
just at the edge of this makeshift sort of uh
stage Oh, the little one isn't dead. So it would
seem. He just kind of waves. Like, oh, you can
attack now. Very weakly waves back. Oh, no. And
he just gives a nod. Is there anything else you'd
like to do, Rainer? Um, I think... I don't think
Vicious Mockery will work because none of them
have any minds. So I assume that is all I can...
I might just cast Mage Hand because I don't know
if it'll be useful. so a mage hand is a spectral
floating hand that you can place wherever you
want uh it's only limited to 30 feet can't really
do much can't attack can't activate items or
carry more than 10 pounds yeah oh 10 pounds now
oh that's a lot more than what it used to be
so previously yeah it used to be five pounds
oh okay yeah Oh, that's really, really cool.
And that is his turn. Okay. All right. So it
is now the next round? Yes, round. Goddard, this
flying sword still circling you almost weakly
in a way. No longer the same Aragorn spin, but
sort of just like jello, but still goes for that
stabby stab. And I do believe you still have
shield up. Is that correct? I do still have shield.
Okay. So there's a 13 hit. 13 does not. I get
it. Just bounce off your shield. You are shielding
your way through this, which is absolutely perfect.
And it's continuing to circle towards you. The
blood letter. Yes. And he charges towards the
suit of armor. And he's now beginning to dance
with it. It's no time for dancing. He laughs
towards your direction. He's going to go ahead
and attack that suit of armor. If anything, the
tales of Guardian of Galaxy is the dance -off
defeats any opponent. And he looks to Godot and
just like, huh? Reynos is like, what are they
doing? Way over there. Even Goldar stands blankly,
just like, what the fuck just took over him?
So, you see, you see, um, you see, uh, the bloodletter
continuously just, um, slashes and, uh, tinks
towards, um, towards the suit of armor. Whether
he's, uh, whether he's penetrating through It's,
um... Armor? Because he is armor? Uh, you are
not sure. Godar, you are up. You still have a
broom and a sword flying around you. Very weakly,
as the shield powers down. This is not good.
Um... Uh, going to... Uh, fingers... uh pointer
finger and ring finger out little beads of uh
green energy turn into a fang before he whips
it towards one of the the nearby ones they're
within five feet aren't they yes that's correct
okay so it would normally be a disadvantage but
because it's a sorcerer spell is now neutral
that's correct um sorcerer's burst is going to
be uh poison damage does hit okay 13 i'm going
to use as i am technically a human i gain inspiration
at the beginning of a long rest i'm going to
use that inspiration to re -roll it awesome that's
something better uh 15. so 15 unfortunately that's
that that does not hit so as you fling your spell
you see it fly forward and it hits just the edge
of the bubble uh the the dome bubble and you
once again see that rippling effect all right
Is there anything else you'd like to do? That
is his turn. Okay. Annie. Okay. Man. I just want
this over with. And Annie is going to get her
little cannon, her little baby cannon, and change
it up once more to become a flamethrower. Okay.
Where are you aiming it? She's going to aim it.
Just trying to picture again who's in front of
who. Okay, so from where you're standing, imagine
it this way, where just facing you, about 15
feet away, is the suit of... Oh, no, sorry. 10
feet away is the suit of armor and the blood
letter. Yep. And then... Ten feet to your right
is Goddard and the two flying objects, the sword
and the broom. Okay. From Ani's perspective,
how is Goddard doing? Does he look like he's
faring well? Does he look like he's about to
die? Barely holding himself up. Great. Okay.
Ani's going to ignore Goddard and instead aim
for the suit of armor and the dragonborn. Okay,
so you're switching... You're switching the cannon
to a... Flamethrower. All right. Go ahead. You
aim this flamethrower towards the suit of armor
and the blood letter. Mm -hmm. And do your magic.
Hell yeah. All right. You fire this cannon and
we'll do the blood letter first. And it is a
dexterity saving throw, is that correct? That
is correct, yes. And the AC was... AC, sorry,
the DC is? DC is 13, I believe. All right, so
the blood letter will go first. So the blood
letter rolls a total of nine. Okay. And the suit
of armor... It's gonna roll a total of five.
Hmm. All right, so go ahead and give me your
damage. Okay, the damage for fire is 11. All
right, so you fire and blast this, uh... Blast
this cannon of yours, and you see it hit both
the bloodletter and the suit of armor as... The
flames engulf the suit of armor. You see it begin
to crumble. And as it crumbles, you see these
little whiffs once more just flying up into the
ether. And as it hits to the bloodletter, you
hear him scream, this time not of, well, you're
not sure if it's pleasure or pain, but it's just
like... What happened? Is there... I am not sorry.
Anything else you'd like to do? That was my bonus
action. You still have your main action. Hell
yeah. Okay. Annie's going to make her way over
to Raina. Okay. And then? She's going to move
over to where she saw Raina last. Yeah. He's
still standing there. Just trying to get away
from... Oh, he's still... Okay, I thought he
moved around. In that case, Annie's just going
to move around this group of whatever it is.
Okay, so you're going to walk past Godard and
the two objects that are flying around him? No,
she's going to walk the other way. Okay. So you're
going to take the long way around? Yes. All right,
so you only get halfway. You won't reach Rainer
at the full extent, okay? That's fine. She has
an action to dash. Oh yeah, you can dash if you
want to get there all the way. Since you're not
going to use your action. Yeah, okay, she can
dash. Why not? Sure. Alright, so you dash around
and you're now side by side with Ray. How are
you holding up? I'm doing fine. It doesn't look
like Godara's doing very well. No, you can't
do another one of those. Oh, I can. Feel better
things. Yeah. Good. You see them muttering to
themselves, unsure what they're saying. I don't
see that. I'm too busy barely holding myself
up, trying to defend myself against two flying
objects. One of those flying objects is going
to go smack dab. The broom, once more, is going
to try and smack you. And that is a seven verse
AC. Doesn't hit. Okay. It continues to limply
just fly around you. Raynor, you're up. Cool.
He's kind of going to scream out to Gordar. He's
like, you're doing fine. I don't think so. Okay.
So he just kind of says, okay. So he just kind
of focuses on Gordar. I need to make sure that
this person's okay because they're going to die.
And if they die, then I'm going to get a bigger
sentence. A bigger sentence. And he heals Godard
for nine. Okay, so you do your little shimmy.
Yeah. And you go, go, go, Godard, I imagine.
Unless he says something different. Yeah, he's
like, go, go, Godard. And then kind of like does
this kind of way. He's like Jack Sparrowing it.
with his hands oh yeah yeah go in that general
vicinity yeah sure good vibes on your way guitar
um you see pretty much pretty much his entire
vitality come back to him it's like the wounds
heal and just like back to pretty much back to
what they were before they started now that wasn't
spellcast yep that was your bonus well what else
would you like to do um that's a good question
i don't have that much i could do i'm going to
yeah i'm going to attempt it i'm going to dance
off he's just going to yolo it and say i'm going
to use vicious mockery so he's going to attempt
to insult this um this wait the armor is gone
right The armor's gone. So it's just a sword
and a broom. So he's going to insult the broom.
What insult are you going to say? He's like,
you're not even a good broom. Like, I've seen
better brooms at my gran's house. Okay. Alright,
let's just take a look here. There is no... There's
a string of insults laced with a subtle enchantment
on one creature you can see. Now the question
is, can a broom hear? That is a great question.
Can a broom understand? Let's find out. So, it
can't be deafened, which I assume cannot hear.
Sick. So yeah, Rainer's just going to keep insulting
it, even if it doesn't do anything. It's still
sort of like, just circling Godard. All right.
A new round. So each round is six seconds, correct?
Yep. I believe we are on the fourth round now.
Yes. Round four. So that's like a little over
half a minute. No. Is it? Six times four. That's
24. Yeah. Nearly half a minute. This very limp
sword is just going to go ahead and try and dive
towards you. Does a 10 hit? A 10 does not? Okay,
perfect. So, it's just these two limp things
that are just, like, circling you, and it's just
not as impressive. And, like, you now begin to
hear the crowd just going, Boo! Boo! What is
this? And they're just going like this. All right.
You now see the blood letter charges towards
you on fire now. Like his shirt is his, I'm sorry,
his jumpsuit, his prison jumpsuit is almost non
-existent and he's like burning and like blood
is like dripping from his arms. And you see blood
dripping from his face. There's still a bit of
dribble acid. And he's just running towards you,
Godard. You are unsure if he's coming for you
or if he's coming for the... No, no, no, no,
no, no, no. And he's like, come here, pretty
one! And he yells out. And he's going to begin
his sickle dance. And you see him go ahead and...
bring down his sickle towards one of the uh towards
the broom and let's take a look here so he brings
his first sickle and you see him almost doing
this dance and as you're going no no no no the
broom is like like here at your face and the
sickle is like literally half an inch away from
your face as it comes down as this brute shatters
in front of you right and again with those little
wisps and then as that happens you see him sort
of twirl to your back and he's now going to go
ahead and try and um sickle the uh sword you
see uh as you see him go towards the sword uh
towards the sword you see them almost uh like
trading um trading sparks so he's hitting it
at this point like multiple times and he's doing
his very nice dance all right you and our up
guitar uh gold eyes no no no no no no no no stay
away from me and he's going to walk backwards
uh if attack opportunity if you would like to
take so yes okay so the as its training blows
with uh with the blood letter the sword tries
to make a swing at you does a seven hit seven
does not all right it continues as it swings
you see the blood letter sort of like sweeps
it up with one of his sickles preventing uh preventing
it hitting you and uh pointer and ring finger
flick out beads of energy just turn into snake
fangs as he whips it forwards as i cast sorcerer's
burst does a 23 hit Most definitely. Alrighty.
Oh, I hit an 8! I rolled an 8! Yes! So, I get
to add another d8. Please roll another 8. Please
roll another 8. Oh, that's a 1. Okay, so 9 points
of poison damage. Alright, perfect. So, you see
the bloodletter trading blows with this very
limp sword. And he's still trying. Like he's
giving it his all while this sword is just like
limply going. Yeah. He's giving it his all. And
as your sorceress burst hits the sword, it goes
up into flames and it begins to dissipate once
more. And that's where we're going to end. I'm
Larry and I have been your GM this evening. And
thank you all for listening. Say goodbye, everyone.
Bye. See ya. Bye -bye. Bye, everyone. Meow. Good
night, Mrs. Sockmonic, wherever you are. Who?
Hi there. Robert here just quickly jumping in
at the end of this episode to let you know about
a little segment we are calling Table Talk. But
what is Table Talk? Well, I'm glad that you asked,
and I'm not placing pre -written words into your
mouth. Table Talk is the show after the show,
where we, Larry, Bella, Zen, and I chat about
the session we just had. It's going to be a bit
more freeform and conversational, a way for you
all to get to know us better as well as our characters.
So for now, after each episode, we'll be keeping
Table Talk a part of the episodes, just a little
bit of a wind -down afterwards. But if you guys
like it, we may spread it into its own thing,
where we answer burning questions that you might
have, as well as delve into other parts of our
characters' thoughts and their actions and the
world they live in. But that's enough from me
for now. Let's get back to the table for some
chatting. Tabletop, how did we enjoy it? Yeah.
For our first episode, our first session, I was
rusty as hell. Nah. it was fine there was a few
things good time yeah it went a lot longer than
i thought like um flying brooms and combat does
that yeah it combat kills me the more creatures
you add to it longer it takes yeah i have to
say like i felt very rusty playing annie for
a bit because like i wasn't not not to say that
i wasn't interested in playing annie like anymore
but more so like i haven't dove into her character
for a little bit so i kind of felt like i wasn't
familiar with her again so i need to bring that
i need to bring that back into my own headspace
yeah well and also considering the mere fact
that the mere fact that uh that this has been
in development for quite a while and this was
the only time we were able to record this particular
session like It is a bit tricky to get back into
the groove or into the character of it. Looking
back in retrospect, right, without even listening
to it, there was so... There's so many things
that I wish that I could have done or I could
have changed. Like, I wanted to do a lot more
commentary as DJ Schlipschorb, the warden of
the prison. I wanted... to have, I guess it was
a bit, I guess a bit of jitters at the start
where I wanted to have a bit more of a cinematic
feel of the, at the beginning where it was, you
know, showing the city in itself and then it
slowly goes towards the prison. And initially
I wanted to have it as well where you guys start
in your own separate cells. Right. But I thought
to cut for time, just sort of like cut it down
like straight. You're already there sort of awaiting
to be entered into this blood sport thing. Yeah.
Okay. So questions. what is uh highlights please
from the top bella what would your highlight
be from this episode i loved uh how you put through
like the what do you call it like the needle
things like the stone pins did you call it oh
into the into the colors the toothpick size yes
i really liked the idea of those and i loved
how instead of having the characters like each
pick out their own weapon or pick out their own
thing they it just yeah willed it into existence
i really like that see that was originally the
idea was it was you guys were going to be presented
with um similar sets of gear of what you would
have but just kind of like a shittier version
of it not that the stats would change or anything
but like so for example with Gadar had like a
crystal necklace right it would have been like
a shitty makeshift necklace which would have
been a substitute for his original one but the
whole needle into the collar thing was spur of
the actual moment and I think that's where I
shine that's where I think that's where I shine
the best as a DM like coming up stuff on the
spot coming up stuff on the spot yep Coming...
English. Coming up with stuff on the spot. Thank
you. But this is what this episode should be.
It's just like, do we English? English 101. Yeah,
English 101. It's clearly we all had struggles
of speaking. For real, oh my god. But yes, that
was improvised. And I think that's my... I think
that's where my... my strength lies in improvisation
yes I would say it is for sure it was good I
liked the necklace thing it was really interesting
because then it started making me personally
think I'm like I wonder how many people have
tried to like you know it's a prison how many
people are starting to try and jimmy up their
own thing to get their gear back for like short
periods of time or that kind of stuff so and
I'm like those um This actually, the thought
also ran in my head as I was creating it on the
spot. Those little stone toothpick shaft things
are actually the same sort of stone that the
collars are made of. so it resonates with um
so the magical property of that uh that toothpick
would resonate with your uh because the color
is basically uh it's a dampener right preventing
you from using the abilities that you do have
and uh i also toyed with the idea of the uh that
the it would have been so much work so i i i
kind of like just pulled it back so the originally
what the color was also going to do was also
going to bring down all your stats to a base
level of eight across the board right and i'm
so much work it's not much i don't want to do
that so i just removed that idea uh rob highlight
um first like i enjoyed pretty much all of it
like you know learning a bit more about the prison
learning you know going into the combat being
terrified by a fucking uh perlis and dragonborn
that wants to eat my face off um you know like
yeah good old blood letter um all right um i'm
gonna keep calling you zen yeah just out of sheer
habit but uh highlight um for me it was Gordar's
kind of introduction and like how he walked into
this place he was completely nervous he was thinking
about it as like oh they're guards I'm gonna
try to convince them that like I need to see
this um warden and I was like this is this is
this is great this is setting me up for like
okay this person's the introduction for not only
their viewers but everyone around it as well
but yeah it was just Gordar's introduction it
was a good introduction only not only for the
viewers but also for not viewers listeners but
also anyone else and i found that like really
interesting because god i was like okay well
i'm scared and set the tone for me as well i
very much like how you all played your characters
um you all performed it so well that i was very
very happy with it Um, the guards, I wish I did
a little more with the guards, but I wanted to
get you guys straight into combat because I knew
that like, this might, I didn't know how long
it was going to take, I'll be honest. And, but
that was a real, uh, that was a real slog. I
did like also as well, um, all your reactions
to the blood letter. right straight up murderer
with like 600 or something kills whatever it
was um the original blood letter in my mind was
like a cold calculating uh killer and i think
i sort of like in my mind he's still that but
just also an absolute fucking psychopath yeah
i mean who cuts themselves and like starts going
yeah baby See, that's another thing that was
just improvised. Like, I had an original concept
in my head on how it was supposed to be, and
then in that moment, I'm just like, make him
crazy. Yeah. Make him crazy. Yeah, that's...
I like the guards, though. I like the guards
a lot. I mean, that whole conversation between
Kordar and the guard with the mother. And I saw
Bella also reacting like I was, which was like,
dude, he's making fun of you. That was so good,
actually. That was weird. Right, it's just, my
mother, I haven't actually seen her. Do you know
where she lives? It's like, oh, you met her.
Could I get an address? And he was like, yeah,
one, two, three, fuck you. That's mine. It's
so good. It's so fucking good. Is that what a
capital F or is that a P -H? Oh, man. I am. Yeah,
he's got no social awareness. No, it's great.
Like, I think you've personified very much the
unaware noble who does not know what happens
outside his bubble. And the fact that he's in
prison and doesn't know why he's in prison. Well,
he thinks he's there temporarily and he'll just
be let, he'll be let out at any moment. Again,
let me sit on how much we're speaking because
this is still part of an episode. Oh, sorry.
Give away everything. That's right. Cut that
out. Yes. Cut that out. Cut it out. This isn't,
this isn't. it was still recording this is still
part of the thing get to the point and just sort
of like leap it and then it ends to the point
where i got cut that out yeah but i also really
liked how um annie is you see signs of like annie
actually probably does care even if they say
they don't they're like i was like i was like
yeah no You can see the intent behind that. It's
like, oh, I could help Gord Ardon. Not gonna,
because the flames are. But it's also like, do
I really want to attack and kill everyone? I'm
just going to go over there. I thought it was
really... Except bloodletting. Just burning him
alive. He enjoyed it. He enjoyed being on fire.
Yeah. Yeah, honestly. Yeah. That's the worst
part, you know? Because Annie already was just
kind of like, I don't know this man. And then
all of a sudden, this dude is like, so that's
how I remember your flint fingers! And Annie's
just there like, okay, but who are you? Like...
I don't remember. Did I make you sick? I don't
think I did. And then as soon as he started getting
like, excuse my language viewers, turned on by
being set on fire and other pieces of damage.
And he's just like, okay, this guy's a freak.
If I was going to go with comedic effect, I would
have done the, and he's about to, you think he's
about to, he's just like. yeah that was awful
but i didn't think that would have been in character
for him so i just had him probably but i do like
the i've always found it funny for breath weapons
like if it's something like that to make it like
puke so and then i always love doing the sound
effect of going i love that it's so strange like
i love and hate almost any type of sound effect
that larry makes because on one hand it's so
convincingly good but then on the other hand
it is so convincingly good that it just it aches
me out like you just now doing the whole like
puking sound thing i'm just like like i can feel
it on me Stop it. Put it back. Okay, well, thank
you so much, guys, for playing. I will see you
next time for the next episode. So I'll look
forward to that. Thank you all for listening
for our little table talk. My highlight would
be... I wish I utilized it more, but I did enjoy
DJ Schlipschlor. Okay. Goodnight, everyone. Bye!
Bye!