Thank you. The good news can be the cold open
of this session some of you have these little
fun rocks mm -hmm that we got at character creation
and You are encountering your first creature
that is able to take advantage of those. How
is that good news? It's good for me. Fuck you
That we introduced so long ago Like 15 15 that's
not bad. Let me count without without going to
too much detail for the listeners if I use one
Let's say I say make me a saving throw against
this attack and blink rolls at Nat 20 I can take
one of his little corrupted points from him that
he gained earlier for other boons and he can
not can is forced to reroll that at 20 into something
else and take that role and i have 15 of them
holy limit to that and they knew that going into
this points of uninspiration but this is where
it's more powerful than inspiration is there's
no limit to it if you roll in at 20 and i use
one and you're rolling at 20 i can use one If
you roll a nat 20, I can use one. Just over and
over until you get the result you want. If you
roll two nat 20s, I probably won't use one because
that's like, okay, this was supposed to happen.
You know what I'm saying? One of our hundreds
is not lottery crazy, but it's still crazy. But
that's very cool. So we have someone with 15,
someone with 12. I have 12. Okay. Anyone else
close? I have two. Anyone have zero? In the range
of four to six, they're in my backpack, which
I'd have to run and get, but like we have four
to six. I only have two at the moment. At the
moment? Yeah. What do you mean at the moment?
At this very moment, I only have two. Has there
been a time recently where you had more and then
just decided not to have them? Maybe. You see,
I have to, like, genie speak to him. Maybe I
get more. How many do you want, Vane? These will
replace the ones in your bag. Yeah, yeah, I will.
OK, yeah. I'll overestimate and say six. Cool.
I think it was closer. to three or four but it
could never be me if Sean makes us use one of
these we're gonna call it a dawn sham yeah that's
funny yes so very cool this is going to make
this fight very fun the size of this creature
this black icarus ooze that erupted from the
corpse of the tortle that you slew slay slayeth
slay upon Slay through, ran through with your
sword, with your sword. Yeah, it was. You guys
are disgusting. We don't monster shame here.
Honestly, I'm done doing this with you guys.
And the podcast. I'm glad the turtle died. What?
Because I'm a rabbit. What? Who won in the end?
This podcast have everything race wars, but they're
all rabbit based. That makes it okay. This creature
is towering out of a 40 foot deep pit. It is
tall and wiry in its form, not like ultra thin,
but it's definitely not a gargantuan class creature.
I would say it really is large. But at this time,
anyone without a perception check can basically
see that it is raising itself above the walls
to look around, so to speak. So it's able to
make itself long. Is it close to the walls or
is it like right in the middle? Right in the
middle. And Vayne, are you hanging off of it
or are you disengaged completely? Make that choice.
Nah, this is no longer the fight we were in before,
so I'm going to try to retreat a bit, try to
climb out of the pit. Probably the last recording
ended with you plunging downward, right? And
killing this thing. Did you take a step away
from it? Do you think? At this point. Yeah, after
that, that crazy shit started happening of like
the transformation, I would run away immediately.
Yeah, cool. Then I will put you off of the thing
and the ladder up is here in here a long ways
left and right. Very cool. A lot of this will
be edited out. This is mostly just for us. Audrey
wrote me a recap of the last two sessions that
I can just speed run through. So we're all feeling
kind of long. I'm going to bullet point it. Okay.
Session picks up with BoB Blink, Chris and Vayne
upstairs and BoB touches the lens. BoB is upset
that his friends would encourage him to do that.
Everyone splits up for the night, Chris Blink
with the lens, BoB, Vayne, and then Keyla on
her own. BoB and Vayne have a conversation about
happy endings. That is pretty sad, that's true.
In the middle of the night, Garrison and his
buddy break into Chris and BoB's room and steal
the lens. Chris and Blink, Q and B. Gotcha. I
guess BoB's also a B. Chris in Blink's room in
Steel. Yeah, but you earlier mentioned that they
were sharing. Brief scuffle occurs, but ultimately
the two are able to dimension Dora away with
the lens in hand. The gang sets out on a business
search, albeit interrupted slowly. First waking
up Keyla and having an interaction there. Downstairs,
then briefly interact with the bartender who
doesn't seem surprised and looks for Garrus outside.
We go beneath the bar and we investigate some
stuff. We meet... Rory who explains what's going
on. Garrus is one of his men, but he can't really
do anything about summoning him or anything like
that. We hear the voice of the people recording
that alludes to the fact that there was most
certainly a cover -up in regards to what happened
at the Opera House. We fill Rory in on what happened.
We name -drop Vance. He takes us to the lead
room. I hate lead and lead are spelled the same.
Where there's an open book of cleric magic and
what looks to be a portal. We remember that,
right? He has the lens. Ardriel is here, that's
nice. Ardriel is a feminine looking elf that
might be a dude, might not be a dude. You'll
never know. Ardriel said, tell him I'm casting
magic. Sent a little message to somebody, presumably
Rory. Says, tell the guy I'm casting magic. I
think we start my rolling initiative. What do
you think, gamers? Well, I don't think that I'm
aware of what's happening. I think last we left
off, me and Pesky Kyle were still... I forgot
about. Because I don't think we can see it from
down in our pit. Oh, that's very fair. I think
so. You think B .O .B. and Kila can't see it?
I think that's fair. Yeah, I I have a tangential
question to that. Are the how many more people
are there watching? This thing people began storming
out a majority of them. I'd say one in they went
this isn't people are screaming 10 % of people
squared up 90 % said oh goodbye and began screaming
and leaving gosh You I think I may have even
said this but if you were paying attention with
wise people would notice that anyone who seemed
to have a bit of a fey influence maybe Even elves,
dwarves, people have been around for a while,
seemed to clock what was going on and say, I
got to go. I want nothing to do with this. But
for this very first round of initiative, it is
going to be Vayne, which I will give you advantage
on initiative because you saw this coming as
it was happening. And then everyone above ground.
So I'm going to roll for Ardriel. Chris, if you
would like to roll. I've rolled. Can I keep the
one that I rolled or why wouldn't you? Cause
I did it before, like two minutes ago. I got
a 16 both times. Uh, 23, 23, 16. And I have a
piping hot four over here. Uh, Chris, 19, 19.
Okay, I should write this down. All right. So
the order is blink Chris vein Ardriel monster.
That's a very good setup for initiative I'll
remember you guys can freely interchange your
initiative because the monsters at the end if
the monster were Blocking you guys in the middle.
You could only trade with the people before the
monster. Yeah, that makes sense. Mm -hmm question
Yeah, I'm still in combat with you are in combat
with the other two. So you are going to be like
Auto resolving that round while this happens
because if a camera was paying attention to something
it would be like this is happening Yeah, yeah,
yeah, you'd be distracted by your fight for a
round and while you're punching something Maybe
you would see black goo at the wall or so, you
know, I rolled just in case but no later sweet
Was it good? It was better than my initial initiative,
which was terrible. So anything's better. Okay,
cool I'm glad it was still a win for you. Yeah.
Yeah, then let's see a blink Chris, Vayne, or
I guess the NPC. It's up to you. I guess we can
just kind of confer a little bit. I think just
a little bit. A little. You guys go first because
all I'm doing is probably going to climb out
of the mic. I'm not doing much unless you guys
change something. Blink would jump into action.
Yeah. Are we is the goal to kill this thing or
restrain it? Or is there any extra thing that
will help us because of any fey influence? Like
you said. people started running. So to that
same. Roll me an insight check. OK, let's call
it history. I don't know if you have a good history,
but oh, dirty, 20 dirty. Nice total for 20. That'll
work. You see that a majority of the people dipping
out are the ones who maybe know more. The people
squaring up seem to be very martial fighters
who are good in the pit, so they think they're
going to stand a chance. But you notice that
the gnomes that were here and the other the one
other total that was here that didn't just explode
immediately start teleporting out or bolting
for the door. And with a history check, you realize
that these guys know what is happening completely
and are choosing to get the fuck away. Yeah,
I guess I'm really quick going to shout to our
drill because I saw her, you know, call to someone
say that they're they're using magic. I guess
I'm gonna yell at her and I'm gonna say something
like Whoever you talking to tell him to send
More than this because this is not gonna cut
it. I'll tell you right now. They are standing
idly It's almost weird that they're not acting
it almost seems like they're waiting for the
confirmation on what they said earlier and They
look at you as you talk and they go. I'm sorry.
Who are you? Yeah true I go, yeah, you got a
good point. And I guess I'll get my bow ready.
And I just want to try to fight this thing. Yeah.
As soon as I get magic, I assure you, I'll do
something. Do not fight that thing. Stay out
of its way. All right. Easy. Easy for me. Cool.
That's what she said. That's what that is. What
are you saying? OK, I guess if you want to go
first. Yeah, hold on. I'm I'm probably going
to I'm probably going to get behind the bar.
And ready arrows from there because I can I can
see it sticking out of the pits So I'm gonna
move over. Yep that bar I'm protecting your stuff.
Why don't you think of it like that? That goo
is gonna eat it. It's goo then like it is black
goo jet black Consumes light in a way that is
very unsettling. Is it like dripping? Like is
it like like I'm picturing like muck from Pokemon
it as it like falls off of itself. It almost
like dissipates and seems to fall back into itself
and reform like muck a little. Yeah, let's say
the muck. OK, no slime trail. Well, a fate quickly
fading slime trail that seems to snap back into
his body and not stay left behind. OK, that changes
a little bit. Really? Yeah. I love Dungeons and
Dragons. What's the, what's the consistency of
this monster? That changes my answer. Not dogging
on you. It's so normal because booze, a spider
climb. Oh, okay. I see. I see. He might gloop.
Yeah, that's what I was saying. I was, he might
gloop. He might gloop. He might look. No, so
I guess really quick. I'll go first for at least
this round. I'll go behind the bar. Cool. And
then I guess I'm going to look for a weak spot
too. Like it can't all be goo. It can't be a
hundred percent goo. Can it? I'm going to look
for any kind of weak spot or any sort of anything.
This is going to be your action. What skill do
you think applies to find a weak spot right now?
What do you mean? Um, this investigation. Let
me say this. I have a pile of of play dough in
front of stealth or acrobatics. Probably this
character, this this monster is not usually this
big that like, let's say that's it squashed for
as short as it can be when it right now its mass
is elongated so that it is doesn't have eyes,
but maybe is using the top of its. Being to look
around or something something like that. Okay,
I guess I'll aim for wherever eyes would have
been and Let off an arrow with and snaring strike.
Oh And I'm gonna try to make sure there's no
size class restrictions and I'm gonna try to
you right now. He is large I know I know you
said it wasn't gargantuan exactly. I don't want
I don't want to try and pull a sneaky on you
I'm gonna look up the quiver you have So is it
it's huge then like a three by three. No, it's
just large. Okay. Okay four by four Large has
advantage on the saving throw but that's it.
Okay. Okay ready Kyle. What's your DC? I'm gonna
roll it Right in front of you. Actually, don't
tell me DC. I'll tell you my rules. How's that
sound? Sure That is a two that does not go away.
What kind of save is it? What do you mean? What
kind of strength? Oh strength. It's a strength
save. Oh It is a two plus six for an eight, but
he has advantage. Yeah. Yes. Yes It is a 15 plus
four for 19. Oh Yeah, that that makes it now.
So what happens with the staring strike when
you make it? As you hit the target, grasping
vines appear on it, and it makes a strength saving
throw at advantage. On failed save, the target
has the restrained condition and still the spell
ends. On a successful save, the vines shrivel
away the spell ends. It just doesn't work. Sorry,
dude. Can I still get the damage from firing
the arrow? Absolutely. So you'll still roll this
attack. You didn't roll the attack yet, right?
No. Cool. Because in Snaring Strike is a bonus
action that makes your next attack. Cool. I may
have said it was your action to do that thing
earlier. I don't care. This is fine anyway, so
to hit nat twenty. Oh really that ass. Okay,
do we maybe want to call it something else? John,
is that forcing it? Sorry guys, I won't do that
again. Right when the joe's died, Sean yeah fucking
stupid. For just edit like a bunch of people
laughing Damage so no on a net 20 you max damage
you max damage the die once So what do you roll
on this attack 10 10 so a D 10? Yeah, so you're
good taking 10 and then what's your dex bonus
for so 14 damage base and now roll a D 10 yo
5 10 plus 4 Plus 5 plus 4 plus 5. Oh, yeah 23
Cool. 23 damage and a single arrow strike. He
is not knocked down. You see this thing get wrapped
with vines that quickly get absorbed or coated
in this black Icarus substance and the vines
die instantly as they fall off of it. You hit
it with another round and it reverberates. You
see it sort of absorb the round, not the round,
the arrow you shoot into it, but it rumbles like
it's vibrating in its core, but it manages to
hold its ground. When you do hit it, it lets
out this awful audible sound, and you see one
of these upper tendrils snap its attention towards
you. It has, like, three different points it
comes to at the stop. Anyone else who would like
to take a turn? Blink is going to turn to Ardriel,
and he's going to be like, if we stop this thing,
you owe us a conversation. Wow. Ardriel looks
at you a little caught off guard and says, If
you survive, you deserve a conversation. I'm
going to be like looking at her. How far into
the pit is the monster, the monster? Yeah, it
would be a 10 foot jump to grab onto the monster
from any side. Cool. Horizontal 10 foot jump.
I think a monk is more than capable. Yeah, she
says that and I'm going to pull out my quarter
staff and I'm a run and jump into the pit and.
not grab onto the monster, but as a reaction,
I'm going to use slow fall, which reduces the
damage from falling. What does that cost you?
That's a reaction. Cool. Yeah. Key point or Air
Genasi thing? Air Genasi. Very cool. Yeah. And
then as I'm falling, I'm going to use Flurry
of Blows, which is focus points. And I get four
hits on this guy. That's a bonus action, right?
Yeah, that's a bonus. Nat 20. Hit go do we just
back -to -back ham? So that one would be 15 to
hit yeah, that is 20 something like 20 that hits
six You can start telling me when it hits if
it's above 15 all four hit I'm sorry. What's
so it's the weapon type quarter staff dex 1d6
plus dex bludgeoning i thought flurry of blows
had to be your unarmed strike or can it be your
monk weapon so my unarmed is also 1d6 bludgeoning
oh because monk okay go ahead then okay what
level are you guys four four four i think you
can only make three attacks Oh, you're right.
You can make an unarmed strike as a bonus action.
So I can't use that. So you can do three, right?
Three is still good, especially if you grow.
So three hit. Say the first hit I got was a six.
You rolled a six on your first one. So then it
would have been plus four. So another 10. So
20 on the first day is the idea. And then on
the second hit, I got a four four plus four.
So eight plus what? And then I got a two. You
got a six four three or six three four. Yeah,
thirty five. You're right. Yep. That equals thirty
five. Holy shit. Yeah. OK. And then I I fall
40 feet, but I have reduced fall by five times
level. Oh, well, for so. So twenty. So it's a
ten foot fall. So that's roll one d six four.
You take four damage when you fall. Right. Yeah.
Because you technically fall ten feet. Next is
going to be. That's everything. Right. Did she
look impressed? You can't see. They don't know
they don't know they see a feminine looking elf,
okay, they're at the edge they can't they're
right there They're standing at the edge. Yeah,
but 40 feet down. You know this you could see
the top of their head you happy Can you see their
eyebrows? Yeah, you can see their eyebrows. Sorry,
I got defensive. No, I understand. Look at the
eyebrows. Trust me. Well, they'll get got if
they keep it up once they know. Payne? Or do
you want Ardriel to do something? Since you're...
I'll go. I'll go. Cool. I will move away and
climb. Up this side? Yeah, but that's an opportunity
to attack, right? It will be. And it's also the
ladder is going to be more than your movement,
so you'll have to dash two knots. To make it
all the way out. How tall is it? 40 feet deep.
I can climb 35 feet so I can get most of the
way. Three fourths of the way up. That's fine.
Do you want to dash? No. Do you want to disengage?
No. Very cool. He's cooking. May I roll an opportunity
to tuck? Yes. What if you said no? 16 plus 6
so I'm gonna use shield to increase my AC to
19 and block that attack 16 plus 6. Oh, I Heard
16. I was my brain was like, it's alright Yeah,
I will not then I will just climb cool you're
taking 20 I'm not taking oh No, no, it's a 22
tack and it is going to two things are gonna
happen. You are going to give me a Decks or a
strength saving throw. It is up to you decks.
Very cool. And before you tell me the DC is fourteen.
Does inspiration still carry over? Yes, we carry.
We cap. Yep. Cool inspiration. That's going to
leave me with a sixteen. I'll take one of those
rocks from you. Oh, go ahead and reroll it. And
that is a twelve. You fail. You want to use any
more inspiration? I have one more. Why not? Yeah.
Okay. Very cool. And that's a seventeen. Very
cool. Give me one of those rocks. Come on, Garrison.
You can do it. You can do it, bro. You just got
rocked and roll it again. We're good. We're good.
We spent two points, but he's better getting
rid of lifelong burden. Oh, that's a nineteen.
So I will pass my luck. This thing is still going
to hit you. So I'm going to roll its damage right
now. You were going to take 13 damage the the
form is necrotic as it hits you and you feel
your skin though. It is cold and dead itself
begin to Almost be assimilate. I'm within an
inch of my life He's gonna die to HP and you
feel it start to wrap around you and it's almost
like warm and inviting when it starts to envelop
you and you shake it off and You feel this thing
not want to let go of you, but you are pushing
every last bit of your willpower and you are
able to pull yourself out of it. If you had failed
that you have been stuck. Anything else? I know
this wasn't anything goes fight, but this is
pretty fucking crazy. I'll shoot off my Eldridge
blasts. Very cool. Roll me to hit. It's just
one right now, right? Level five is where you
get to. Yeah, just one. So that's 19 to hit.
That hits. And then it'll be. Eight points of
damage eight. Okay. Yeah, that's it You have
done 66 damage to this thing as you begin to
blast chunks of it away It's going to be our
drills turn anyone who can see our drill as they
take their turn They are standing there watching
you do all of these different moves. They seem
now they are looking over blank You can see them
and they are intrigued at everything you're doing
But ultimately what you can pick up from them
is they are waiting patiently for permission
So to speak and we'll do nothing currently. So
next will be the monsters turn I forgot he did
that and it wasn't even his turn. How much help
do you have in things? But I can try to cast
the shield spell. Okay. Yeah Can I do any sort
of like bonus action to try and get biobies attention?
Not yet after the monster. All right, the monsters
gonna go and then everyone is welcome to join
in to the fun All right. Let's see he is going
to make two attacks. The first is going to be
at Chris, because you drew attention. I don't
think an eight hits you. No, sir. Okay. And the
second is going to be at vein, because you also
give it a nice blast. Does a sixteen hit? I will
use shield at this point. Okay. Nice. So I'm
at my teenage. Nineteen AC okay, then a twelve
plus six is eighteen and you put up a magic barrier.
What does your shield look like? Have you thought
about that? I imagine just do we want everything
to be a product of like the blood magic? I see
you like a blood wall like there's a yeah sort
of what I was thinking. That's what I was thinking
too. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. So I think my sword shoots
out excess blood and then it forms into a solidified
Half circular wall that surrounds almost like
a water bender just like raising my water shield,
but yeah As I'm up on the ladder, it's kind of
just like a this half shell surrounding me very
cool And it absorbs the impact completely you
see it hit it like a wall of ice Even though
it still seems to be moving like liquid it explodes
around this barrier that vein throws up in an
instant this thing will miss both of its attacks
and It is going to begin to lower its body and
use a legendary action to begin charging up some
kind of something as it begins to coil its bottle
down, body down flat into more of a pancake than
this tall spire form that it was in. That will
be the end of its turn. How tall is it when it
does that? Does it still like can I still see
it from where I am at the ground level? No. So
it's about 10 feet tall right now. OK. And you
are behind the bar over there. Yeah. Yeah. The
other two. There is so much commotion, Kiela
and B .O .B., that I'm gonna say two things.
Kiela, your fighter, Pesky Kyle, ends up stopping
and seeing this monster towering over the edge
and says, whoa, whatever, I quit, I quit, and
begins to turn to run from you. You can take
an opportunity to attack at him if you want.
It'll just be a quick detour. He was pretty fucked
up, so. Yeah. Bay Bay 16 first roll on you new
die. Yeah, Bay 16 pretty good As he turns to
run you get one last hit maybe even trip I mean
he just was facedown in the dirt and is laying
there unconscious unmoving As you won that fight
seemingly go love that for me. That doesn't count
as your turn That would just be like a little
thing. He'll be the camera jumps to you You see
this spiring monster screech and lash out attacks
at your friend who is right at the top of the
other pit. And these robots are unyielding. Oh,
I'm going to get you as they keep trying to pile
on to you and beat the absolute piss out of you
and your robots. So they will be still in play
for opportunity attacks on your turn. Yeah. And
you can do it as you like. They will go after
you instinctually. Yeah. because they're just
kind of circling you right now, trying to figure
out how to beat you. Right. I'm literally in
between both of them. And then the way out is
ladders are north and south, north and south.
You are looking south your side, north Kyle side.
So, yeah, I'm kind of trapped. I could attempt
to just take two opportunity attacks, but that's
not great. Yeah, I'm going to use thunder wave.
Each creature in a 15 foot cube makes a constitution
save. OK. And then, yeah, on a failed save, they're
going to take 2d8 thunder damage. Two guys, two
saves. I have a base 19 and a base 15. What's
your DC? DC is going to be. Oh, and it's constitution.
They are. They both made their saves. Save the
creatures. Take, yeah, one half damage on that.
So roll 2d8 and we'll have it. One's going to
be eight and a three. So eight, nine, ten, eleven
halves. Yep. Yeah, so round up around that round
up round up sick. Yep, six six cool You're gonna
do six damage to both of these guys, but they're
not knocked back. So that didn't solve that problem
Okay, if they're not gonna be knocked back I
can see this ooze you definitely see the monster
before it starts coiling itself down. Gotcha
So yeah as I see these guys and they're just
still gearing up to fight I'm just gonna call
out to them guys. No Get up there my friends
in danger. I am gonna try to take those attack
of opportunities, and I will run out going forward
or back Vane would be he's the only one that
I see that's actually nice, so I'm gonna have
to run okay back do it cool So he has 30 feet
movements You're gonna get five feet up the ladder
How deep is that pit 40 feet So if he's at the
bottom of that pit, how would he see vein in
the other pit? Vane climbed up to the top, so
he was only for veins at the top. He was on the
ladder. He is five feet down on the ladder. So
but five feet just means he can't get over the
top out because DND only operates in five feet.
So he can be at that top of that five feet. So
thirty five feet up. And then I'm so imagine
Vane right now as like if he's climbing out of
the swimming pool, he's on the very last step
about. Yeah, cool. I make my movements to try
to get out. I am going to make two more attacks.
Thank you. I have a natural one and. two natural
ones To reroll that's also one of 400 chance.
I'm literally looking I watch that. Yeah. Yeah,
that sucks I'll let you reroll a few takes on
my rocks. No, they can't influence rolls. Unfortunately.
They're just robots Great, then you they hit
you zero and you get to make yourself five feet
up the ladder, right? Because it was 25 feet
to the ladder. Yeah, I feed up. Oh Very good
turn Kila Um I Don't see the thing but people
are yelling and I just won So I guess I'll have
moved to and Chris left and he has all my stuff
So I will move to climb out of the pit you dash
You can get to the edge of the pit that the fights
going on in Oh of the monster thing. Yep. If
you don't dash you can get most of the way up
the ladder Okay Because you're just using the
ladder the ladder still normal movement. I'm
not having you on a ladder right now Maybe in
the future, but right now I'm not okay You can
all blame her when you have difficult terrain
on Except for blink. Well, I'll never have difficult
terrain on ladders or Audrey so so you want other
people to suffer so you can look cool No, I'm
just kidding. I was just making sure that You
weren't factoring in my need to dash with a ladder
being difficult to rain because it wouldn't apply
to me. Nope. That's annoying for me. It's 10
feet to the ladder. The ladder is 40 feet up.
What's your movement speed? Oh, oh, oh, I can
cunning action dash. It doesn't have to be. You
can cunning action dash. That's your bonus action.
Cool. You cunning action dash. Cunning action
dash. So up out of the pits. So you have 10 feet
once you get out of the pit. I look at. the thing,
and I'm like, oh, I didn't fucking realize you
guys had devil crabs that big. That's crazy.
Who let that fucking thing in here? Pitch that
shit overboard. And I'd like snap at Ardriel.
Hey, who let that shit in here? How did it even
make it this far in? Ardriel gives you a look,
complete confusion. Chris, where's my shit? Looks
in the pit where you... I'm like looking around
for Chris. Can I see him behind the bar or is
he like ducked down? His little ears sticking
out. Chris, give me my shit! Nice of you to show
up! And I throw her shit at her. Do you need
me to roll to catch it or can I just catch it?
I can just catch it? Cool, I love that for me.
All the guns go off. I was busy winning and shit.
I guess I'll just shoot the thing. Okay. No sense
in not pulling out a gun and shooting the thing.
Did we agree that shooting was a five foot range?
I thought we did. What do you mean? Shooting
a gun? Wait, you already dashed though. I have
a cunning action, so I get to do whatever I want.
Nice. Okay, I... It's not a traditional range
weapon in the way. It's more like an ability.
Where like, in the middle of hitting somebody,
she can also pull out a gun and shoot. Oh, I
see, I see. And I cannot use an action to do
a bonus action task, correct? You can, but I
always thought, and maybe this doesn't matter,
but I always thought the nature of balancing
Kila was that these pistols aren't ranged weapons.
They are benefits, trickery at close range, and
if you want to use it as a ranged weapon... Are
you open at that point? Because you are very
strong to having negatives on these flintlock
pistols at range. Because you are trying to use
a flintlock pistol at 5, 10, 15, 20 feet. More,
really, if you think about the downward. True.
And you have one eye. And you have one eye. That
doesn't have anything to do with it. I guess
I'll just try and shoot it at disadvantage. Why
not? What else am I doing? Standing there? 17.
That will hit. I love that for me. Okay. 11 points
of damage. Okay. 11 points damage is pretty damn
good, especially from this thing far away. As
it is. Will you put me next to Ardriel? Good?
Yeah. So cozy. I know. Ardriel smash. How much
damage? 11. 11. 11. You've done 77 points of
damage to this thing. It is going to let out
a screech as you blast it again. It is a combination
of everything happening in quick succession.
What'd you say you did to Ardryl? After you shot
anything? No, you were next to Ardryl. No, I'm
just standing next to Ardryl. I snapped on Ardryl's
face earlier. Yeah, Ardryl seems to still be
standing around waiting for permission. We can
go to top of the order, though. Good news is
top of the order can be, I'll tell you what,
let's get actual initiative rolls from B .O .B.
and Keyla, because I don't think you did those,
right? Nine. Did you just say nine? All right.
We have to get rid of Bobby. I guess I hate Germans
now. No, I shouldn't predict what I was gonna
roll. Oh, cool. Eleven. I was really close. It
was a actually. Oh, it's seven plus two. Let's
do nine. Called it and not German. Good news.
Here's really good news. Our drill and the monster
both got less than six. So cool. You guys can
freely interchange your turns. Blink with I like
to picture like as he was like swing. He's just
going ham on this absolutely this thing you are
like smacking pieces of it away, and you are
watching particles of it slough off and hit the
wall and splatter and Sometimes when you make
a big enough chunk it'll it'll arc off and then
reattach But when you get a really good hit and
you watch that spot or hit the wall and go dormant
so this thing is ultimately losing mass as you
chip into it and you guys are Bringing it down.
I think I would say it's still a large sized
creature But it is on the cusp of being a medium
sized creature because you are beating the piss
out of it Would anyone like to make a move just
attacking if no one else wants to? As it's like
shrinking down after I saw what it did to vein
As he's just swinging like in between each swing.
He's just gonna be like leave my friends alone
Ten does not hit Yeah, okay. I'm gonna wait.
He's got a few. Oh, he has a few he's flurried.
17 hits. Let's go! And 12 hits. Oh cool Low AC.
I guess it's pretty big hard to miss. Yep, and
it's goopy. Six. Hey! So, uh, 20. Wow. 12 plus
8? 28. Yeah. No, no, 12 plus 8. He hit twice
he adds for each time six six. Yeah, I wondered
if each of them got my oh my god I mean they
did the first one missed so that is eight damage
from bonuses and 12 damage from dice 20 total
97 damage is what you have done to this thing
as you beat the piss out of it this thing is
officially a medium class creature and as you
hit it your third time and bring it over that
cusp it suddenly explodes in the area around
it, and everyone within 10 feet of it is going
to give me a deck save. Oh, so Blink, give me
a deck save as you hit your last hit. And this
creature almost pops. It explodes as you render
a large amount of its mass in there. Ten for
your safe. That's not quite going to do it. So
I know ten makes it exactly. Oh, you. Make your
save and this explosion of a core you you are
able as simply to just put your hands up and
stop it from hitting your face or anything like
that and as it hits your hands you feel it almost
as if there's a magnet in your brain and The
Icarus attracted to it as this stuff splashes
onto your arms and you cover your face But it
wants to push through your hands and get into
your nostrils and your eyes Before just a second
of that and it falls to the ground dormant and
innate My venom arc yeah But it is now a medium
-sized creature it exploded and lost a good amount
of mass Good amount of mass. It is now not much
bigger than a Let's say an eight foot tall creature,
okay? I'm gonna hop over the bar and get closer
probably right next to our Jill on the other
side and Throw throw another arrow at Adam No
spell this time? No, that's okay. That was that.
Ten. Ten to hit? Yeah. It's not gonna do it.
You shoot an arrow that seems to just get absorbed
by this thing. Though it exploded, it still seems
to be focused not on attacking, but achieving
some other goal right now as it begins to quickly
whip in all different directions that is maybe
making a choice. Anything else, Chris? No. Who's
next? It can be anyone. Oh. I'll go next. Okay,
I'll climb up to the top. It's five feet of movement
to get out sweet Get to the top fire off another
Eldritch blast. Okay, let's see it. Oh That's
a 24 24 And then for damage it's gonna be a D
10 plus 4 5 plus 5. Yeah, so it'll be a 13 thing
is taking 110 and blasts like from vein are just
red lightning Wow, that's really cool. Yeah,
and they rip through this thing tearing off pieces
of it But it seems it's not screeching anymore.
It seems unbothered and focused and then I'll
use the rest of my movement to get closer to
Kila and Chris so kind of looping around the
Little pit that I'm in very cool Who's next?
We have Kila b. Obi or the monster or our drill,
but I bet you can guess what our drills turn
looks like I'm going to sort of side eye Ardriel
again. Do you plan on just standing there the
whole time? Because if you're just going to stand
here, you're just in the fucking way. Or are
you going to do something? You and your friends
are so efficient, I might not get the permission
I was looking for. Great. Can you move then,
please? They take a step back. I will get down
into the pit. So now you're at the bottom. I'm
going to... Hit it with my sword. I'm cool and
Blank you are not close enough. I'm right on
the monster cool. So I get sneak attack. No Because
there is an enemy within five feet you get sneak
attack without being snook If you have a teammate
flanking, I like within five Yeah, uh, I think
rakish audacity the swashbuckler thing as long
as you have advantage you can sync attack. That's
dope It's gonna be 16 to hit That will hit and
then it's much more alive now. You pick that
up when you swing at it that it tries to dodge
a little bit more and so then that is a d8 plus
four So that is seven plus Jesus, that's 10 damage
between my d8 and my 2d6 Plus any bonuses. Yeah,
that's with the bonuses. That's with the bonus
Yeah, you have done 120 damage to this thing.
Very good team. Whoa cool Be obi it's almost
monster time So and you would have a ladder to
go up. Yeah, so all I can really do here is yeah
I'll use a third dash to get out and then Get
a little bit closer in range. Okay. You can go
25 feet once you're out. Is that right? Yeah.
Yeah. Now I see what's happening. Fully cool.
And then I see vein assuming seeing how he's
looking. Oh, B. O. B. Please help. You don't
look so good. Yeah. I look worse than usual,
right? Whoa. No, you look great. Oh, thanks.
Yeah. That's it. Very cool. Because I'll have
to wait for my next turn to heal. If a vampire
is close to death, do they look more dead or
do they look alive? Whoa! What a question. Ardriel
is going to take their turn as you start your
conversation, B .O .B. They take 30 feet towards
B .O .B. and Vane. That's them to their turn.
What the hell was that? This whole time, Ardriel,
I just picture Mercy from Overwatch. Interesting.
Okay. BoB, you just went? That's correct. So
it's monster time. Monster time. At the start
of its turn, it is going to uncoil and it is
going to get to jump three times its movement
speed. What? So the first thing it gets to do
is provoke attacks of opportunity for two people
as it jumps. Up to the ceiling above you, 60
feet. Go ahead and roll opportunity attacks.
Blink. What is that? Just a D20 plus deck. Opportunity
attacks are an advantage? No. Okay. 16. That
will hit. 11. 11 will not hit. But Blink, how
much damage do you do to it? Five. You do five
more damage. Taking 125 damage, which is pretty
fucking good guys as it sticks to the ceiling
and it begins to move rapidly This way so that
is 60 feet. Oh I'm sorry. It could it's not gonna
land on the ceiling because it can jump its bonus.
So how does it maximize that? Speed is 33 times
90 feet 40 out and 50 over 15 20 25 I have to
go to 50 right because it's 40 out 50 over are
you Ending up on the ceiling or on the floor.
I'm deciding the floor now. I think it's going
to jump up and land on the floor. Yeah. To go
as much space as possible. Then it's going to
be 40, 40, 45, 50. Yeah. Over. So it's going
to land on the far side of the pit that Kila
almost on the far side of the pit that Kila was
fighting in now about 40 feet out and 50 miles
down there. Unconscious. Yes. Pesky Kyle. He's
not in the case, right? He is. No, he's super
monster Pesky Kyle. The monster. The monster
is not in the pit. He is on the outside. Wait,
and how far from the edge of the pit is he? Of
which pit? Our pit. 40 out, 50 over. And I'm
10 feet from the edge? Yes. Cool. Yep. So he
is on that far side, but that was the end of
the move he was charging at the end of his last
turn. So that is a legendary action. He still
has an action, a bonus action movement. And reaction
is going to use its movement of 30 feet to go
five, 10, 15, 20 and some bullshit 25, 30, as
it seems to be. Oh, towards the far side of the
building away from you. Oh, he might be going
towards the room. Is this the only door on this
side of the building? Is this the only other
place he can go? Yep. These are stairs that go
up to Rory's office. But there's no exit there.
Oh, no. He's going to the office. No, I think
he's going to the Feywild portal. Possibly. But
the last... It was the fey creatures that fucked
off. Or maybe he's just going to mess. I don't
know. I don't know which way he's going. So if
you jump, you still get your full speed. Is that
right? Yes, jumping takes an action or a bonus
action, I think, though. That's how it is in
Baldur's Gate. So I think that's how I'll stick
with that. Cool. Yeah. Is that the end of the
monster's turn? I don't like the way you said
that. I do. I do. That's such a good point. I
still have an action. So I'm going to dash to
move five. Wait. He jumped. Jump was a legendary
action. He prepped last turn where he started
charging and that just came into effect this
turn, so his legendary action was commit to the
jump. His movement was moving. His action was
dashing. He seemed to bypass the stairs and seems
to be going for the door under the stairs. Oh,
boy. And he is 15 feet away. Anybody got a crispy
little dimension door scroll in their back pocket?
I got something better. He's counting. He's doing
math. He's sizing it up. It's like those calculations
are going. What's the jump? How do you calculate
jump? There's tools for that 5e jump Calculate
it like it will this will factor in you being
a monk and shit. Yeah, so What's your strength?
Oh or Dex? Dex is 19. I'm gonna let that affect
your jump distance cuz why not? How tall is your
character? This I like like six two. All right,
your long jump horizontally is 19 feet. Fuck.
Yeah Okay, your high jump is 7 feet That's okay.
You can jump horizontally seven. That's all right
So if you triple that it's 21 feet up, which
isn't out of the pit So I am gonna use step of
the wind nice so I could use a dash as a bonus
action and jump is doubled and What I'm gonna
do is with my boots of spider climbing. I'm gonna
run the dog That's right ten feet towards the
pit run straight up out of the pit. And then
since my dash is double my speed, I'm at 110.
Nice. So I get 50 to get out and then I have
60 to keep running. Get him, Twinkle Toes. Get
him. Five, 10. Oh no, I wouldn't end up here,
right? After how much? To get out because it's
10 feet to the edge and then 40 feet up. Yep.
That'd be right here. Yep, correct. I'm gonna
jump dead in front of the door. That's crazy
And all of the above you can basically triple
-dash up a wall like it's nothing Sprint over
and then end your turn with jumping to put yourself
in between this monster It's like it's like you're
airbending to like forward. Yeah Alright, does
anybody else have any fun powers that they've
been sitting on that we want to sort of throw
into the party here? Link will, when he gets
to the door though, he's gonna... He'll rush!
And then he just glares at him, he's like, you're
not going anywhere. As this monster kind of squares
you up, very cool. Bitch! No, he doesn't say
that. You're not going anywhere, bitch! Everyone's
turn is available. Anyone can go. It's going
to be a whole round of dashes, I think. Very
exciting. Let's see it. OK, that's fine, I guess.
At least I'm out of the pit. Yeah, man. Cool.
That's my next. So I've got a few things. So
I'll just talk what you think. I will say that
Blink spent his turn closing that gap, climbing
up the side, jumping, basically jumping the entire
way, flying like a spirit on the wind. cutting
off the bad guy even to the door who did something
insane to get across the entire map. But now
he is alone and very separate from his friends.
He just used her entire turn to try and close
that distance. It is going to have to do that
two and a half times to do what Blink just did.
I'll tell you what I have. You tell me how much
of it I can do. I have rabbit hop as long as
my speed is greater than zero. I can hop five
times my proficiency. So 10 feet. So that's my
movement speed. If I dash, can I also attack?
Okay, so we're gonna stay there then and we're
gonna try and snaring strike again good nice
cool. His bonuses did change Come on Wait, how
comment? How what? How are you using a strange
strike if you can't attack bow? He didn't dash.
I didn't dash. Oh, yeah. Yeah I only have one
point of inspiration. I'm gonna use it right
here. Oh What's oh the jumping Bonus oh, no,
but it's not a bonus action because it's Chris
he can jump for free which if you're a rabbit
your class better be able to jump All right,
try again there If it's in snaring strike, it
has to make a strength save. It is no longer
at advantage because it is no longer large 19
on the dial 11 11. Yeah That does not hit. Yeah,
this massive a core is finally taking a form
that is almost akin to a person You know, shoulders
in the head, standing at like eight feet tall
and narrow. And as an arrow is shot from behind,
you watch it quickly arc its body to the right
and dodge out of the way with this almost omnipresence.
Who's next? I'll run 35 feet towards it and shoot
off Eldridge Blast. OK, roll me that D20. Same
thing. You know what? You love it. Get blasted.
All right. We got a 17 that hit and it'll be
11 damage. Eleven damage as you fire an arrow
and it misses a vein. Oh, wait a minute. It's
a hundred twenty feet and I would have gotten
thirty five feet closer. Twenty feet. Is that
Eldridge Blast range? Yeah. Cool. So you do eleven
damage. Star Wars blasters. Yeah. And I think
the lightning moves too fast for it to dodge.
It's just a streak across the room. It snaps
across part of the creature, blasting a core
against the stairs as it loses a little bit of
its height and tries to keep moving. Anything
else? No, I'm just trying to play it safe. Okay.
Kila, do you take your turn this round? You did.
I did. We are waiting on B. O. B. B. O. B. will
follow. and as he's setting off his Eldritch
Blast, I'm going to just cast Cure Wounds onto
his bean, and heal him for your bean. We go by
new Cure Wounds, I think it's 2d8. Is it 2d8?
2d8 plus whatever your spellcasting modifier
is. Yeah, new Cure Wounds actually is good. It's
really powerful. Oh, so that's gonna be six plus
five, so 11. Health back to oh name chunky. Yeah.
Oh Blink is basically sonic. Very cool. Blink
is basically sonic blues goes fast collects peach
rings. That's so cool. Uh, and then yeah, I think
that would end his turn. You just get his heel
off and then movement action watching, uh, what's
going on up ahead with this. Very cool. That
means maybe our drill will do something now that
you're about to die. It is Ardriel is going to
stand right next to Vayne and B .O .B., and Vayne,
Ardriel is studying your face instead of doing
anything else and seems to be distracted. Distracted?
What the fuck? It's not his fault he's hot. Cool.
That brings us to the monster's turn. The monster's
going to move. It's nice knowing you blink hope
you have a backup character is the first time
blink might take damage from a creature instead
of himself 15 feet it moves to be in the square
in front of you you have your back to this this
lead door that you know is a Sealed room that
has a vent to the Feywild and this thing is going
to try and move past you But you see it approach
you suddenly It rears back its entire body, almost
arcing like a cat would, but it's standing on
what looks like, you know, two feet. It's standing
upright, not down. And as it snaps forward and
seems to strike you, it is slamming parts of
its body into the crack in the door, and it is
trying to squeeze past you through the door.
However, while it is doing that, it is going
to have small bits of it lash out and stab at
you. I'm going to make three attacks. I'm going
to be very honest with you. Each one of these
attacks is going to do a D10. Okay. Is going
to add his Dex bonus, which is four. Cool. Your
minimum taking 12 damage. Yeah, 15 if they all
hit. Yeah, I like the confidence. If it tell
him, tell him you are sharing a square with this
thing. Yeah. Yeah. Cool. Yeah, if it's trying
to get past me then I would assume so. Two plus
six. Miss. 13 plus six. Hit. Not 20. Missed.
Okay, so you are taking... I'm so stressed for
you. Two hits plus a full hit. Right, because
it's plus four, right? So just from the crit
let's get that out of the way You were taking
26 from just the crit okay, I'm going to roll
one more time and add four okay Okay, that is
ten more damage so 34 yep This creature starts
slamming and forcing its body Through the wall
and it almost completely envelop what kind of
damage that necrotic ah And it completely envelops
blink you see him Basically fall into the form
of this thing as he tries to dash in front and
stand his ground and as it is forcing its way
through the door You start to see, like, the
outline of Blink as the Ichor wipes off of him.
But on the other side, he is slumped and hits
the ground. And you, on your next turn, are going
to make your first death saving throw. As this
thing is still forcing its way through the door,
at the end of this turn is going to be out of
sight. Shit. It made it into the other room?
Really? It uses Gasha's form rule. where when
it makes itself able to squeeze through small
spaces, its speed is only... We can't even see.
Blink's like... Five. Big hero moment. But it
ends its turn using the five to go through the
door. Does that make sense? Yeah. Not really
a gaseous form. It's like liquid. But Blink is
unconscious, and it is just disappeared behind
the door. Blink, before he gets enveloped by
the goop, the last thing that people saw was
him making a brave face. Oh, no! That's so true,
too. He jumped in front to stand his ground and
just got fucking pummeled by a sea of pain. A
bummer. That is top of the round. Anyone can
take a turn except Blink. Actually, fuck it.
Let's do it for fun. Blink, roll me that d20.
Make that death save. First death save of the
game. First player death save. Vayne had to do
one before, didn't he? I have a faint memory
of that. He did. I don't remember that. John
ham that baby So that means that at the top of
this round blink lays their limp for a second
But before anyone can even do anything before
anyone can make a move you see him cough up a
small goop of ichor get back on his feet, so
tell you what yeah, you're a one HP That's really
cool that that happened for you. If only I could
get a hit on him before he left. And Gash's form,
this thing is only on the other side of the door.
It is only on the other side of the door. So
we know that when it changes its form, it only
gets to move one square. We cannot target it,
though, because it is invisible to you because
there's a door between you and it. And as far
as we know, we can't open that door. That was
locked. I like where you're standing or what
you're saying, but Ardriel sort of snaps out
of it and is going to take five, ten, fifteen,
twenty five, thirty. You see them cast a spell
on themselves and move twice as far and raise
their hand and point at the door and it flies
open as they seem extra winded like you did for
a second. That is the end of their turn. If no
one wants to go right this second, I have something.
Cool. Fire away. Cool. So I'm going to call out
to Doug. OK, Doug, I think we got one shot at
this. Load the or eight coins. The what? The
or eight or eight. The pellets. The gold coins.
Oh, as weapons. Yeah. OK. And then Doug's going
to extend out his arm and then. Catapult is going
to sort of appear It can load it up to five pounds.
Okay. It's a five pound five pound bag of gold
Yeah, which is exactly five hundred gold. Okay
Someone write that down Yeah, it's more than
I even have Yeah, he loads it up with the Oriate
pellets you guys have gold you roll to hit right?
Yes. All right, so it's going to be 90 feet the
creature Actually, I'm sorry to save must make
a deck saving throw It does not make it as a
three plus four oh nice, okay so on a field save
the object strikes the target and stops moving
When the object strikes something the object
But besides damage when the object strikes something
the object and what it strikes each take 3d8
bludgeoning damage. Oh that gold is deformed
now. Yeah. Yeah. Cool. But totally reading damage
saying blink runs really fast and then gets hit
and then a bunch of gold coins fall. You can't
beat the sonic allegations. We're really doing
it guys. I need a chili cheese dog Okay, so that's
gonna be a four Plus anything I don't think no
no that would suck So four five six seven eight
not not just nine damage nine damage is pretty
good as you send gold flying across the room
And it is it a bag of gold or is it loose gold
you know it's loose Flies over blink before he
can fully Get up to his feet. Although you're
technically up to your feet mechanically, but
don't worry about that I just want to say this
goal does not hit you it flies over your head
and blasts into this creature has a bunch of
individual holes tear through it and how much
more damage Sorry nine nine. Yeah, dang. No,
wasn't that good? Hey Well through for 3d8. Yeah,
this thing looks worse for wear as gold tears
through it and it it tears a bunch of new individual
holes that sends this thing reeling and All those
individual tears do not seem to be closing up
like they have been when you hit this thing and
it seems to be slowing down They can't do anything
right now. Let me at it. It is someone else's
turn. Oh, let me at it I'm gonna unless you have
anything else no other than just moving a little
bit closer Absolutely Thank you. So you move
up and fling gold at this thing and it is looking
worse for wear as it just rounds the corner.
You guys are doing a lot more damage than I thought
you would. I thought I would kind of run you
guys over with this and that's cool. No, I'll
make it harder next time. Don't mess with monks.
True. So true. So true. I'm going to cunning
action move 60. So I'm right behind Blink. And
would I still be at a disadvantage for My gun
at this point i'll tell you what we can make
your gun 10 feet But you're gonna be a disadvantage
because blinks in your way. She can't be like
standing I can't aim over his shoulder. Oh wait,
he's standing technically in dnd There's like
half cover rules are like obscured target rules,
but she uses my shoulder as like a like a rest
blows his ears out I was gonna say if The gold
can go over his head without consequence. I feel
like I should be allowed to shoot over his head
without consequence. The only reason I'm saying
no is because Catapult is a magic spell that
invokes a save. You are trying to aim past something.
That's fine. That's fair. So I am at disadvantage.
Yep. I'm not actually because Blink is within
five feet of my target, so I'm actually just
rolling normal. No, because you also need to
be within five feet of your target to do that.
What? Yeah, you and your target need to be within
five feet of each other, right? First think attack.
Am I crazy? I just need my target to have an
enemy within five feet of it, or I can be one
V wanting it. You want me to pull it up? Pull
pull up brackish audacity. I'm going to pull
up. You know, I love rules. Ref coach at the
rule book on advantage or adjacent enemy to trigger
sync attack. The rogue typically needs advantage
on the attack. Or an ally must be within five
feet of the target. All right, you're so fucking
bad. Roll it straight So fucking bad, baby. I
got my rules written down. You're rolling it
straight, but it is sneak attack I'm gonna burn
a point of inspiration. Hang on. Let me let me
charge. Let me charge my dice That's that's what's
gonna do it. My little my brand new glow -in
-the -dark dice Audrey sucking on it to charge
it What she just spit it out just spit it out?
Holy shit. That's what Base 17. Very cool. Do
you have any rocks? Oh no. Can I have one? Yeah.
Can you re -roll that? Yeah. Thanks. Can I burn
another point of inspiration? Absolutely. Garrison
did earlier. Come on! Base 17. Can I have that
other rock? Yeah, you sure can. Really doesn't
want it. That's her only two rocks. Yeah, that's
it. Yeah, I'm clean and clear the whole rest
of the game any inspiration left No, this is
it. This is the role Seventeen Good roll 17 to
hit 17 will just hit And then she just stuck
a weight at the bottom of her guy three 17s let
me charge I get do 21 damage you see why I don't
let you do this past 10 feet. Yeah, maybe 21
damage. Oh What do you mean? Oh, oh for me. I
had a whole thing. I come up behind Blake. I
don't cover your ears Fire that thing right off
next to his ear. Blink is gonna have one of those
like a war action movie moments where he died
for a moment and then he woke back up and then
that happened. Imagine it's already and then
you just hear cover your ears and then as it's
all foggy and then Kila and Blaine and BoB have
taken their turn. Is that it? Vane. Vane too?
Oh, this thing's still off? No, I haven't gotten
yet. No, I haven't gone yet. Chris has to go.
Vane has to go. Very cool. This thing is still
up. But when you blast it with your gun, it almost
vivisects it completely in half. The bottom half
spilling to just liquid on the ground that seems
to stay in the ground but go dormant. The top
half flung slightly forward and almost seems
to be inching still towards the magic circle
on the ground. Yes, I'll go. So I'll use rabbit
hop again for 10 feet. And then is that every
turn? It's it's a race thing. I don't know what
you want me to say. Why you got to make it a
race thing. Wizards of the coast made it a race
thing. What do they call it now? Yeah, it's a
bonus action. But it's a species. OK, that's
fucking amazing. It is a bonus action. Oh, yeah.
So 10 feet. Plus, another 30 feet of moving.
You know, get as close as I can. Wizards of the
Coast changed it. Tim, you can species these
nuts. I'd like to get in the room if possible.
Okay, and I can still shoot it from there? Oh,
I'm so bad. It's funny. That is going to be a
harder shot because you have two teammates. Can
I shoot it from that other one I was just hit?
It's through a doorway that two people are standing
in front of. You can make the attack you're just
going to be doing at a disadvantage like Audrey
did From which spot is the attack better? That's
the same no matter what because one you're cutting
an angle in a weird way the other you're shooting
past Okay, I'll just be there then Cool, and
I don't have any more spell slots, so Yeah, the
Ranger life. Yep. I'm gonna try to hit it. That's
all I do, baby Do it at your best your role plays
be 17 show up a 17 number today. I'll do it All
right. You all are just lying to me. Like seventeen
should work. It's believably low. That's gonna
be four eight eight damage. Yeah. Oh shit. Sean
made a face. This thing. We kill it. What was
once a towering creature is now a slug. inching
away as that arrow tears it again in half more
than in half breaking off just a small piece
that is Trying to sneak away while the rest of
it collapses and pours into the floor It has
a little bit of health as it is still continuing
with does anyone else have a move animators animators
That was a that was a Skyrim arrow shot Get him
vain take us home and yeah Eldridge blasts Doesn't
need I don't need to see it. It just needs to
be within range. You don't need to see it Yeah,
because it says a beam of crackling energy streaks
toward a creature within range Target a creature
within range. I don't need to see it. I don't
need to have a line of sight Rather what? As
long as it's within 2120 feet and it is really
like there can be a wall there I think it has
to be able to get to it Because yeah, you're
making a range spell attack so it could even
go around a wall I imagine the way it's described
over a wall or whatever. Yeah, like it's like
a homing missile Screeches around a corner. I
think the range spell attack Part of that might
ruin it. That just means I have to you make an
attack roll Yeah, and I wouldn't shit. I don't
know. That is really hard Because it doesn't
say I need to see it and a lot of other spells
say Creature with in sight line of sight line
of sight yeah, a lot of something you can see
think Do you have line of sight? I don't need
it You do you can always you know come up kind
of come on up. Oh, that's right Yeah, and then
you get really tall and then from that point
then you can see over everyone because that's
how line of sight works, right? Let me figure
out if I need to do that first. Oh, you know
I'm here. Just here to be tall Yes, I just need
to think for a moment You do that It will take
a second or or vain counter offer you dive into
the pit and as you're jumping you shoot it when
you have That seems perfectly reasonable What
a great idea 40 feet players handbook page 204
really sorry about this one garrison Yeah, see
that's a target something you must have a clear
path to it It cannot be behind total cover if
it is behind partial cover You know that you
know the disadvantage applies for that or whatever
but even It's been the range spell attack part
is that is getting you because you have to have
a target make a ranged attack to someone They
would have to follow the same rules It is the
phrasing of the act of making a spell attack
on a creature has to have line of sight to make
a spell attack Can I climb on to be Obi and have
line of sight or a dog? I mean? Yeah, I don't
see why not Okay, then I will fire off my eldritch
blast please hit it roll it straight. Tell me
what you get. That's gonna be 13 I don't have
any inspiration Can you use someone else's? Yes
you can. I don't have any. I also do not have
any. Thank you. EOB! Yay! As I like, uh, grab
Vayne's legs and kind of like stabilize, I'm
like, gotcha! Very cool, I love that. I got it
now. Come on, come on, come on. I got it now.
Come on! Oh fuck, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I don't
got it now. I have one more you can have. One
more inspiration, let's go! Oh man. Yeah. Oh
Okay, oh my 19 19 and you don't have any more
of those rocks, right? Um, I'm pretty sure you've
got one. Yeah, go ahead and reroll that Can I
have another rock oh my god, wait, how many do
you have left? Two now. He's got two. Yeah. Yeah.
Cause he used two from earlier. I'm fine with
this. He's burning through the road. He's good.
Okay. Well 14 14 is not going to do. It is going
to streak past as this slug has one small desperate
chance. Can I make a proposition for you? Yeah.
So blink technically didn't use his action on
his last turn. Nothing he did would have been
an action. You still have a turn in this. Do
I? Yep. Oh, sweet. Like a full turn so it's not
over when you am I wrong, but when you not 20,
you're you're good to go Okay, I think because
all of your initiatives are simultaneous. I think
you're good to go. Yeah. Yeah flurry of blows
Go ahead. I have one more with your foot 21 that
it's Okay 15 how much do you add on each hit?
Seven no, no, no six six plus six. Oh on here
on hit you add four, right? Okay, roll me one
more time. He said 15 for the second one. I know
and 20 a 20 total a 15 total in a wet total The
first one was over 20 19. I think it was 19 15
and good news is this thing's AC is 16 Oh, you
hit it with two. Okay, the minimum damage kills
it. How do you want to do it? Blink's back on
his feet from falling. I imagine like the whole
time everyone else is attacking it, he's like
slowly like getting back up. Very cool. So like
there's like an arrow and a gunshot and lightning
shooting past him and shit. And he kind of is
like barely conscious as he like stands back
out and he's just going to grab his quarterstaff
and... just stab down onto it and like smash
it into a bug. Just like smear it a little bit.
Very cool. The second hit is you smearing and
then he's going to use like the quarter staff
as like a like a staff almost to like hold himself
up. Cool. On top of this thing, you just squished
the itlets out one last squelch as it stops.
giving any sign of life. And you are in this
lead lined room with this black Icarus creature
three inches away from the magic circle, looking
like it's desperately reaching to touch it. And
you are all out of initiative. We just saved
the Feywild. And the rest of you can do what
you want. But immediately what happens is Ardriel
is heading upstairs. Absolutely fucking not.
And I stop her. Can you stop them as they hit
the base stairs and they were about to head up
to Rory? And yeah, you intercept how what is
stopping them look like? Like, I don't know.
I'm pretty small, huh? Yeah, I guess. I guess
like pushing on their hips are so funny. I'm
like. I'm like three foot six or something. We
talked about it. We talked about it. You're like
shy of four feet. Yeah, I'm like three foot six,
but the ears stick a little bit. Real Bugs Bunny
energy. Yes, yes. And what's up, Doc? Pushing.
Yeah, and I just stick my hands out and like
stop. Absolutely not. They stop and they look
at you and they say, excuse me? Thanks for nothing.
Nothing? I open the door. You need to explain.
Thanks for opening the door. Good job. You're
about as useful as a key. Yeah. Oh, we're all
getting involved. I have some things I need to
check on. It was a pleasure meeting all of you.
No, no, no. We you said you said you would give
us a conversation. I do owe you a conversation,
but there is a lot that just happened. And I.
Yeah, I know. You're welcome, by the way. OK.
OK. I understand where you're coming from. He
almost died. I saw that. I have questions for
you, too. Please understand, I'm not here to
ditch you. I just need to speak with Rory or
Vance right now. Well, we're coming with. Shouldn't
someone stay here and make sure this goop doesn't
get up? Blink is going to reach down and grab
a handful of it and just bring it with their
jaw drops as they watch you scoop it up. And
they look at you, Chris, after Blink does that
and goes, they're brave. Yeah, I know. Foolishly
brave. And they Take a deep breath and look at
all of you. Their stare lingers on vain for a
while before they shake their head and look at
all of you in front of them. And they say, okay,
I owe you answers. And something tells me, have
you brought up Vance Stardreel, or did you just
see them? I don't think we've had a conversation
with Ardreel. Perfect, perfect. So they stop,
they breathe, and they say, right, how can I
help you? Sorry, well. I would like to circle
back to that in a second. Can you put that down,
please? No, can you can you put that down? Stop
fucking touching it. What is wrong with you?
He's been like, not even really. He's been squeezing
it like a stress ball. That's going to make you
crazy. Put it on the fucking ground. He's just
going to sigh and kind of toss it into the pit
vein in a NBO beer. We'll probably walk up at
this point. Did it touch any of the other motherfuckers?
Because now I got a babysit you make sure you're
not crazy. What are we touching? No, you're not
touching anything What is Doug touching already
looks at you guys start to sort things out and
folks This is their attention again to you Chris
who's still in front of them and says why don't
we go to the library? Vance will likely be there.
It's Rory here now Rory does not stick his head
over the side Is he up there? Arduino look shoots
a glance up and looks at you in shrugs and says,
I'm worried that he's not. Well, I've got winnings
to cash out on. So if he's not up there. You're
not going to cash anything in today. I'm sorry.
When was the last time you saw something like
that here? Or anywhere else in town? 200 years
give or take. How old are you? You're not supposed
to ask someone that. You look great. They nod
and they, with sort of like a thousand yard stare,
begin to walk past you towards Blink and Keela.
the room if they're not stopped they will push
past you and walk into the room and Begin to
walk up and stand in the center of that circle
and they'll turn to you and say Anyone who's
coming along? Let's go God yeah Blink is gonna
like stumble for hang on. You're just can we
run like a couple introductions? I don't know
who the fuck you are. I don't know why I would
ever think about going anywhere with you after
that shit just happened. Yes, B .O .B. I'm B
.O .B. Yes, we know that you are B .O .B. But
we don't know who you are. All we know is that
you stood there. You opened the door, which is
great. Appreciate the effort. But like you stood
there. You kind of run your mouth away a bit.
And now you're just telling us to follow you.
Can we? Can you bring us to the Feywild? I was
waiting for permission to cast magic. Permission?
No, I can't take you to the Feywild. But I can
take you to the library. If anyone was willing
to break those rules, it would be Vance. Oh,
I'm very much in the mood for reading after that
experience. Yeah, yeah, very much so. What's
in the library? What's a library? Everything's
in the library. If we want answers on this, we'll
go to the library. Maybe a healing spell that
you can use? I do. Oh. We will have many players
there that can hopefully solve your ailments.
I apologize for not being straightforward, but...
I feel as though I'm still having a nightmare.
Shall we? A gesture for you to stand in the circle
with them. All right, there better be answers
at this library. I'm excited. I cannot believe
that we're just fine. What I still have my best
slips. All right. As long as I saw my slip, don't
lose that shit. I got it. All right. Don't try
to go upstairs. If now we're going here, our
drill stands. Wait, what did you say? Why are
you trying to go upstairs? If now we're going
this way? Because this one shouted to Rory and
there was no response. So I assume Rory's not
here. Ah, that's probably, yeah. Do we already
leave the space where the Ichor was? Nope. We're
still right on top of it. We haven't teleported
yet or anything like that. After Keela had told...
Blink to put it down. Thank you. Blink to put
it down. Gibby would become curious by what it
is. Of course he is. What are you going to say?
What do you do with it? He's just gonna kind
of hop out of Doug, okay? It's quietly Stealthily
if you unseen unseen I'm seeing we're all standing
right there. Okay, doesn't be everything against
touching things right now Passive perception.
I think you know anyone with a decent wisdom.
It's let's say 14 or higher Yeah, you you notice
what be obese doing if you choose to get involved.
That's up to you His sneak. You want to roll
a stealth check? Yeah. Okay. It was a 21 What?
To stealth. When did you roll? Just right now.
Did anyone see that? I did not. That's the point
of stealth. I did see Avi roll a die right now.
I know how you feel all the time, but it was
like it was before any of this came up. He just
rolled a die and it was like so you you did see
it. I didn't see him roll. When you say any of
this came up, he did say he did it quietly so
that can sure how much it was a twenty one. Okay,
so everyone's made conversation. You're yelling
at Ardriel. You're yelling at Ardriel and he's
just going to kind of scoop it up into like a
little Container vile what what is it? Is it
a it is it's like a black gooey liquid It's a
black gooey liquid, but like the last bit that
Blink stomped what happened to it? Is there a
core? Is there a nugget? There's a stain with
goo on the floor, but the goo is now innate.
It's not writhing It's not moving. It's just
there. So there's no CPU nugget. No No, no, no
his staff have goo on it. Sure. Nice Okay, and
then we will just kind of slink back into after
collecting this yeah, cool Stealth mode and then
a idle turned off Cool back and Doug. Yeah, great.
And you have this little little bit of a experimentation
goo. Yeah, arterial clears their throat and says
I Saw I'm sorry to be impatient, but I want answers
and so do you shall we? There's no answers available
like right now like we have to go somewhat or
completely different How how can I get you to
help me move on with my life? Well, why would
we trust you? It just it doesn't really even
make sense. You can stay if you like I might
Then I am leaving I have things to do I'm going
with you're not leaving my sight then come with
me Come on vein I wanna go to a library. We can't
let them go by themselves. Plus this guy's got
my bet in slips. So I'm not inclined to let him
out of me sight either. Great. Oh yeah, did we
win our bets? We so did. I did. I don't know
about you guys. Something tells me bets won't
clear today. You'll get your money back. I hate
betting. Anyway, I would like some answers to
the 200 year old horror, infinite year old horror
and Nice I saw shit like that couple weeks ago
elaborate Well, that's why I'm yelling at all
you about touching it. That shit makes you crazy.
I'm gonna Now it's not an option. You need to
come with me Vance needs to know that we're right
where I'm on the on the boat. I've you've never
fished a devil crab in your life No We'll talk
to Vance the library I'm like still holding on
to our trails cloak like and they like sort of
tug it out of your hands and they say The library
will yield you all answers while I am talking
to Vance about what I just saw You can take some
time to spread out and look through those shelves
any answers you need I'm sure they'll be there
and if you need a more direct response, you can
ask me our Vance But if you want to trust the
source, I suppose a written book might be more
validating then word of mouth from me and maybe
somebody you don't trust completely stay here
if you like i have answers i need to get no i
think we're all going great and they start waving
their hands and as they move their arms in circles
there's this this almost jet stream of of light
blue light as they begin to produce magic and
activate this magic circle on the ground are
they using the book no the book is not in here
While they're doing that I'm gonna kind of stand
next to Chris and be like you see how fast I
went So fucking fast No, that's Sonic Great you
all step into this circle as this spell progresses
at the end of ten minutes And Argyle let's do
this This is where we'll end the session, but
10 minutes of casting a teleport spell. We are
going to land in the library, whatever that means.
For 10 minutes, Arterial has half a mind to give
you short yes or no answers. They can't break
down and give you huge explanations because they're
literally casting a spell. But if you have yes
or no's right now, that's where this is how we'll
wrap things up. Any questions? Yeah. Were you
asking for permission to cast magic from Rory?
Were you asking Rory? No, I was asking what oh,
no Were you asking Vance no Do we need your permission
to go to the Feywild No, I don't see why you
need permission to do anything. I don't know
why you just don't fucking do it Rory Rory said
that They were the one that we needed to talk
to to get permission. That's why yeah, we make
rules for Rory Correct, but what you asked me,
I'm answering too much. Okay, sure. I supposed
to just say yes, I knows they end up, but I think
it would very much so be that where they would
start to explain and shake their head and be
like, so the portal starts closing exactly. Is
the gold that b o be launched? Is it like gone
or is it on the ground? A lot of it is misshapen.
Some of it is embedded into the far walls. Anything
I can pick up I'm gonna roll me a d -bomb around
the room and scoop it up. I don't care if it's
deformed. I'll just Smelt it down, you know Gold
it can ship and explode and it's not worth a
gold anymore 31 31 percent of 500 is what math
guy do it 155 155 you have 155 gold Worth it
If I have proficiency with alchemist tools, can
I look down and investigate the goo? Are you
using any tools? Yeah, yeah. You know. You have
tools, Mr. Escape the Underworld with nothing?
You have them. It's alright. Alright. You're
an adventurer. You grabbed a bag and ran, right?
Yeah, then I'll do my best to investigate this
thing because Vane's initial presumption is that
it came from his sword. So you saw that no idea
what happened. Yeah, give me a Check that what
what kind of let's call that intelligence add
proficiency Nice good roll. It was a 10 unfortunately
less good But total no no no more than that 13
on a 13 you inspect the substance, and I can
easily say you've never seen it before. You don't
know what it is, and any magic that seemed to
be in it seems to be gone now. It's drying quickly
as you observe it. If you try to put it on an
instrument or anything like that, it almost evaporates
into the air as you hold it separate. If you
put it in a vial or a jar or something, that
would halt, but it Seems to take care of itself
in the cleanup department for the most part.
All right, just slowly cool I think of other
yes or no questions to ask them to get more in
Formation the library this will be answers. I
know that this session became all combat But
yeah, I Sean I'm telling you once we land next
session. We are just role -playing the entire
yeah, but I want answers now Are you close with
Vance? very See you sugar daddy Vance answers
to me. I respect that. Vance doesn't seem like
the kind of guy that likes to answer to anybody.
Oh, he hates it. Well, Vance owes us a favor.
Suddenly, I'm back in. I'm back in. I'm on board
for now. I like this energy from you. He owes
us a favor because I was like, we got the mirror.
And then I was like, oh, we don't have the lens.
We don't have the lens. So in the event that
we do see Vance, are there like checks and balances
in place where we're going that would prevent
him from wiggling the fuck out if he obtained
a piece of information that maybe he didn't enjoy?
Vance wigging the fuck out is a long -winded
lecture. Alright, nevermind. We're good then.
I'm not worried about it. He's all bark, no bite.
Great. I'm even less worried about him. Did you
know about the magic lens at the auction a couple
days ago? No, but I suppose that's something
Vance sent you to do. Oh, we're just starting
to give out information for free now. See, this
is... We're having this conversation again where
you people just start Saying things I just want
to know can you shake their head and says I need
to focus Let's not talk about Vance. Ah So Vance
distracts them vein under his breath is like
at this point, I think we will just learn more
from reading a book than talking to this person.
I mean, like, I guess you could read a book about
it if you wanted to. But who wants to do that?
Waste time. We'll just get to the place. We'll
have a conversation with people. No, it's OK.
I'll teach you how to read, Keila. I know how
to read. One more time, shakes their head and
says, I will personally grab Vance and answer
all of your questions once I know what's going
on. But I think we have the same questions for
now. Do you mind letting me reconnect with Vance?
Alright, yeah, fine, whatever. Great. And they
start focusing very hard on casting. You can
interrupt this if you want. But this spell begins
to resolve as Ardriel waves their hand one final
time and a final rune fills this circle of floating
blue magic. And as it resolves, the space around
you begins to dissolve away into a faint black.
and that blackness all around you in a circle
begins to quickly take on a foggy mist. And one
at a time, these ethereal golden bookshelves
begin sprouting all around you in like this jungle,
this maze quickly as this place begins to realize
itself or you teleport, but more so the space
around you changes. And you are standing in a
large area that almost looks like an open office
with a few table. No, it looks like a library
with a bunch of tables laid out for a bunch of
people to study. And you see wispy golden ethereal
figures with hoods and cloaks on sitting at tables
writing on inanimate pages that aren't there.
Ardriel, as the spell ends and gains their bearings,
looks at all of you and says, it's easy to get
lost. Stay together. Give me 10 minutes to have
a conversation and I'll be back. Yes. You said
there would be answers here in this library.
Yes, if you want to venture off together and
find Information in these pages. Yeah, but that's
the problem. All I see is books I'll let your
friends answer that Wait, don't leave me with
it As our drill begins quickly stomping off down
a aisle as you round the corner Argyle is gone
and not walking down that That aisle of bookcases.
I come around the corner and I say on a scale
of one to ten my friends. We're fucked She's
gone Just saying blink runs really fast and then
gets hit and then a bunch of gold coins fall
You can't beat the sonic allegations really doing
it guys