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C1 Ep. 43 Ancient Memories Chapter Nine
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The heroes find themselves face to face with a mysterious figure who claims to hold answers. But can he be trusted? What does he want from the heroes? How high of price will they pay for the knowledge they have already gained? Find out this week on Eberron Renewed!
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Introduction to Eberron Renewed
00:00:09
Speaker
D20 radio, your game is roll.
00:00:27
Speaker
Hello and welcome to Eberron Renewed, a D&D 5th edition actual play podcast set in the Eberron campaign setting. I am your dungeon master, Eric. I'm Philip. I'm Randy. Jeff. And welcome to another episode.
Visions of the Elf Revolt
00:00:37
Speaker
Gentlemen, what happened last time? We finished the Hall of Horrors. It was considerably less horrifying the second time. That's true. The second number went out so bad. Those trees were unpleasant.
00:00:46
Speaker
Yes, yeah, we finished the hall had some more visions all regarding the Elf revolt against the Giants and the formation of this group called the Cabal ring which are Somehow connected to the silver flame or it seems to be obviously the silver flame, but I guess we didn't hear that term
Confronting Barasha
00:01:10
Speaker
All right. Yeah. And where you all last found yourself, uh, face to face with a goblin, a large hulking, hairy man, and a drow standing next to Barasha strap down in a chair. And he said, I've been wanting to talk to you. Well, uh, you could start by letting our friend there go.
00:01:37
Speaker
I don't think so. Ah, he's smug. They're always smug. I am the Grey Hawk. Do by chance go by a bird name. Some stupid bird. The great t***. You know what? That didn't happen like I wanted it to. I've been watching a lot of British television. It's a very different word.
00:02:04
Speaker
proceeds sir smugs a lot um i can't give up your friend because you know dragon blood just so invigorating and he smiles and you see now for the first time that his canines are decidedly longer than they naturally should be
00:02:32
Speaker
Yes, it is. I suppose introductions are in order. You go first. Who are you? Parrish Rowan leaves Lyle. What?
Dragon Blood and Vampire Revelations
00:02:55
Speaker
No, we feel good. Booyah Grego. What? Booyah Grego.
00:03:03
Speaker
You'll call Booyah. Oh, you'll be. I don't believe everyone has introduced themselves. Sorry, Drakir was busy casting protection from good and evil. That's three of us. Your turn. No. And he quickly unsheathed the dagger and brings it up near Brash's throat. That's Drakir.
00:03:31
Speaker
Jerkier... says to anyone else's last name. We are Griggle. Didn't go to lie. Yes, he did. Or Barre. Well, you said Barre growing. Oh, did I? Oh, yeah. Whatever. Jerkier de Vrim. There it is. See, he already knew that. It was just he wanted to opt in for the smug line. Just be a real prick. Yeah.
00:03:58
Speaker
And I'm going to guess you're the Black Crow.
Character Introductions and Intentions
00:04:04
Speaker
No. Alabaster. Mu. Let me try one. Let me try one. The Raven. Chicken. That's right. You didn't meet a Raven. The Jackdaw. The Greater Corvid.
00:04:27
Speaker
My companions are this one, any gestures to the large creature. Is it a human? Like, is it a bug bear? Is it a shifter? No, it's humanoid. It has pointed ears. So you get some elf lineage, but it is a bit more hulking hairy face.
00:04:51
Speaker
We've had some experience. Is it a wear something? It looks like a hybrid. Yeah. Wear something. Dex hold his arm out. Come get it. This is Taren Sevelran, which you all recognize the name of. Yeah. Orgev was experiencing. And this is this is Clark. And.
00:05:21
Speaker
Wait, Clark is Godwin. Yeah. Not who I want to also discreetly cast protection from good people on himself. Do you know Clark? They're not all related. My name's Lucan Osteroff.
00:05:45
Speaker
I believe that Drakir and I share a gift. And what would that be? Oh, I think you know, and I think that's why you came. And he reaches into his pouch and holds finally decks with searching every pile of rubble you've come across. You finally find yourself face to face with a red gem, a silver light coursing through it.
Debating 'Gifts' and Red Gems
00:06:15
Speaker
I'm not so sure that any of you knows the power is that. You see. I'm sorry, can you tell me the elf werewolf's name again, Taryn Sevelran?
00:06:30
Speaker
Thank you. Continue. Um, several rounds acts that he's holding a, the blade is made of a similar material with which you've seen barracks blade. And the, uh, the staff of the great acts has houses, another red gem with silver light coursing through it. All right. All right. All right. So.
00:06:58
Speaker
I would suggest that you all leave. Clearly, you all are in possession of the gift. You have a piece of the conflagration, and that should be enough for you to come here hunting for more is greedy. Well, I think you're mistaken. None of us have a piece of this conflagration on us.
00:07:29
Speaker
Do we drink here? And most certainly do not. Booyah. Booyah don't have. Does Barrick sense? Don't know if I have the ability to sense, so feel free to just say no, but this. It was explained to Barrick that others are bearers of this pact.
00:07:59
Speaker
Um, Ms. Barak have the capacity to sense that in these two seen very similar weapon, seeing the red gem and having sort of begun to make the connection between the red gems and the pact. Yes. You, you sense the familiar presence, same
Skepticism about Mabar's Threat
00:08:20
Speaker
thing you felt in the presence of the Raven. Um, you sense the presence of, of the pact in others near you.
00:08:29
Speaker
which of course is a two way street. Sure. Um, they've just misidentified the, or, or they're just messing with us on her. Um, well, um, he's going to make an insight check on this little display that you all have made. Um, but we're telling the truth, right? You said that none of you have the gift on you. I said, I specifically said conflagration.
00:08:57
Speaker
I think that he doesn't, I think that probably Dex has not made the connections because there's actually not been any moment where we've talked about what happened to Berwick in the afterlife. Yeah. Yeah. We have not had the opportunity for that moment yet. Okay. So he gets, I mean, he can do what you will with insight, but I can sense the presence of the gift. So one of them has it. Gentlemen.
00:09:28
Speaker
I don't know what you've been doing here, but just once. The world is in grave danger. I don't imagine that a successful invasion from a bar would be pleasant for you any more than it would for us. And the only way we're going to stop it is with those gyms.
00:10:01
Speaker
You can turn them over. You can work with us. But I know what you are. And I have no problem dealing with it. You think that Mabar is the threat?
Vampire Negotiation
00:10:20
Speaker
Well, that's at least part of it. You presume to know what the fight is? I tell you what.
00:10:29
Speaker
I'm going to put up with this for a little bit longer. Enlighten me. You're like the eighth person who said some variant of those words to me in like what? Like the month last month. Yeah. Uh, and yet not a single one of them has been willing to say what this great secret they're carrying around that I'm so very ignorant of. If so, why don't you enlighten me? Tell me what is the real threat.
00:10:59
Speaker
My accents all over the place. It's GMOs. It is too late. I was trying to come up with something where the M worked, where the M was my bar, but missed the moment. We'll record it later and drop it back in. The great my bar Oracle. Yeah. I was going to say the, the grand my bar offense. Um,
00:11:26
Speaker
It's the fights that we've been fighting for thousands of years. It's the same fight. What's it against? What are you fighting? I am fighting to save Eberron from the same creatures that have been invading the dream for thousands of years.
00:11:54
Speaker
All right. And how does what you're doing here serves that we, and I include all who wield the gift. We are the final line. We are that which can push them back, cut them off.
00:12:19
Speaker
So,
Battle Commences
00:12:21
Speaker
while our comrades elected to lead normal lives, marry, have children, have their gift passed down to where the meaning is lost on their children and their children's children, or, like many, give their gift over to someone that is not of their bloodline, they don't know what the fight is. You don't know what the fight is.
00:12:48
Speaker
We, and he gestures to Silveron next to him, made the sacrifice. We chose to give up everything to save this world. And so forgive us if we hold back. We are not willing to put ourselves in danger until the fight arrives. So at the moment, you're waiting, you're waiting for an attack from the Dream Thieves. You're not
00:13:15
Speaker
We are not currently actively under attack and you're resisting it. You're, you're preparing for the, for an attack, which you see, which you see as inevitable. Yes. During the downtime, we write wrongs. Uh, you've kidnapped our, our friend there and I assume you've been drinking his blood. So that doesn't seem to be writing it wrong. Well, a,
00:13:46
Speaker
We must live on to continue the fight. And also you are half-elf, you're drow, goblin, human. What have the dragons ever done for you? They murder and slaughter. They killed our people. That's a dragon born.
00:14:11
Speaker
And he hasn't done it. I mean, it's not the same bloody thing. Right. And he hasn't done anything to us other than protect the stalwart companion in trouble. Are you doing with all this dream, dream stealer talk we've been doing? I mean, I I'm just listening. I mean, well, you know what? No, we fight not. We don't know that yet. OK, sure. Uh, I
00:14:44
Speaker
Everything in the village during that war with like the giants fighting giants and stuff, the look in their eyes and everything you've been kind of picking up on some similarities. I just, I struggle, Dex struggles to understand how anything's a greater threat than my bar. Sure. Is there a connection? Is there a connection with my bar? It's been implied to us by some who seem to have a greater understanding than us that
00:15:14
Speaker
My bar is in some way a part of this threat. Is there a connection you're aware of? Possibly. There have been times in the past when Zidrim Thieves would try to enter through another plane.
00:15:35
Speaker
manipulate those who live on another plane of existence to cause them to invade and follow them in. Use it as a bridge. Because we cut them off. That's very clever. So is this mobile skirmish that you are so worried about? Might be, but we don't know. Okay. But I think we all sound like friend here. Only problem is you have friend in chair.
00:16:05
Speaker
And we really do need the Dragonborn. And either your willing cooperation or your weapons. Or at least I need to get my hand on one of them rocks. But. How? How? Weapons. Your gifts. The stones you carry. You you want them. You want to take them from us.
00:16:31
Speaker
Now I want you to actually seem rather, rather well informed on this matter. And, uh, I've had some interesting experiences lately. So I'm currently willing to accept your assistance. How about this? Because as you say, I'm knowledgeable. We are knowledgeable. Selvren doesn't talk much anymore, but we stood.
00:16:58
Speaker
before the conflagration. We gave our answers and received the gift. You did not do this. True. None of you did. So why you? If there's going to be an exchange of gifts. I haven't got a stone. I haven't got one of those stones. That's not required. That's fine. Giving the gift can just be an exchange. I'll take the stones. If you'll give them up. You'll give me your gift.
00:17:29
Speaker
Uh, no, that's not what I asked. Well, doesn't seem like I'm getting much out of the deal. You give us the dragonborn, you give us the stones. Maybe we all walk out of here.
00:17:51
Speaker
Now, that sounded like a threat. And I know because we're friends, you wouldn't be threatening me. So perhaps you would like to take back some of your words, boy. Look, I don't know what your concern is, but people I care about
00:18:18
Speaker
Uh, I've had their lives wrecked by this my bar incursion. And I've been told by someone I trust, uh, and forgive me more than I'll trust you that those gems can be used to combat the incursions from a bar. Yes. And we need them.
00:18:48
Speaker
And there's a lot more at stake than my life or yours. Oh, I, I know this. That's why I gave up my life. Yes. Well, have you done this? Yes. And yet you are not like me. Yeah, he really did. That's true. Interesting. So
00:19:15
Speaker
I've asked, I think rather politely for the Stones and our friends.
Strategizing During Battle
00:19:21
Speaker
Let's start with the easy one. You've got our friend. Uh, that's, I don't think you can claim to have a right to him. So well, how about our friend?
00:19:33
Speaker
Anybody can claim right to a prisoner. Well, he's in the employ of this one right here. So there's some probably some contractual obligations that we could call on where such things matter. He was my prisoner too. And you stole him. So I could call you thief rescued semantics. You kidnapped and they were trespassing.
00:19:55
Speaker
We found them, sneaking about. But you definitely don't own this place. It was built by the Giants. I've already had this conversation with a giant. I don't want to do it again. Who do you think the Giants built it for? You're awfully small for it. Not this place. Have you not noticed that the doors fit us? But they were trespassing in the upper reaches, which are definitely giant sized.
00:20:23
Speaker
Eric will sit here and litigate with him. I had to make sure that my retinue and my servants could exist in this place. All right. Look, we want our friend. Fine. Then it sounds like we need to come to terms. You want your friend and you want the stones. Yes. That's no small ask. You don't want to give me a gift. So I got this blue stone. I have an offer. We'll listen.
00:20:55
Speaker
Say you've conquered death. No, I didn't say that. Well, you gave your life and here you are. Yes. If you are truly on the right side of this war and you want to save Eberron from destruction, you will need more power, more power than the conflagration would give you, more power than the stones would give you.
00:21:26
Speaker
I will give you the dragon board. I will give you the stones and you receive my gift. And he starts looking at each of you. I mean, you will be more powerful than you could imagine. You will conquer death.
00:21:56
Speaker
ability to sneak in and out anywhere. Just you'll need to use bridges instead of crossing creeks through the water. Give us a moment. I mean, Dex is no huddle. Booyah looks at each of these three. And
00:22:27
Speaker
wants to get an insight check to think that this does Booyah feel that his group has a chance in a fight against these guys. 1313 Booyah.
00:22:48
Speaker
Even before you joined this group, you heard tale of mind flayers, beholders, creatures of great threat and renown that have fallen to this group of fighters. There is no, no challenge that you all cannot overcome.
00:23:03
Speaker
Is anything apparently up with the goblin? It's just random, but get a vampire and werewolf. I'm trying to figure out what the goblin has elongated things as well. Okay. He doesn't have like as does the other neck. Wait, there's another elf. The big hairy one. Oh, he's a vampire werewolf elf.
00:23:24
Speaker
freaky. Oh, man. I was just trying to decide if Booyah is like, like, whoa, or if he's like, I feel like you could take him Booyah, I want to fight. So I'm not leaving without those stones. But I don't I mean, I don't think any of us should.
00:23:51
Speaker
Wolf it up. I don't think that's what he means. No vampire it up. I mean, pardon me, vamp it up. No, Barak would say this. Um, look, uh, he wants one of us. We get the stones. We get Barasha. You take him and go.
00:24:21
Speaker
Come again. But we're all on our last stretch of threat of strength right now. I don't know what they can do. Give us the stones. They give us Barasha. You three take you for take them and go. You're volunteering. I'll stay. I'm not going to be a vampire.
00:24:51
Speaker
You're not. What makes you think they will. Will be. Not going to let them turn me into a vampire. All right. Dex is ready to fight. Well, wait, why you stay? Because they won't let us walk out with that one without without someone staying. I'll do my best to get out. I don't think that's what they said.
00:25:19
Speaker
Well, he expects me to become a vampire. Right. I don't have to keep you all in the room here. Got some negotiation here. He wants me to be a vampire. Feel like we can negotiate our way of getting you and them out of the room. And then I'll do what I can to get out. I like it. I don't like I don't like it. Well, I don't like any of it. That's what I got. Look for all I know. I'll be kicked back out. Yeah.
00:25:50
Speaker
Like, I don't know whether my father brought me back or whether someone else showed me through. Uh, but, but the stones and Barash's life matter more than mine. I got a reasonable chance of getting out. I mean, if you've got a reasonable chance of getting out on your own, then we have a reasonable chance of, well, that's not the same thing. It feels like the same thing to right now where Dex is at.
00:26:19
Speaker
I'll do what I can and then run. I have more tricks for hiding me than I have tricks for hiding anyone else. I don't like it. I don't want to give any of our party up to these monsters. I don't know until either. I don't know what happens if we fight. Maybe we win, we all walk out. Maybe not. Boobie, what do you think happens if we fight?
00:26:49
Speaker
We take them. We got things we win. We got things we win. Well, I'll roll the same inside check. Yeah, cool. That's a eight. Next things we won already.
00:27:11
Speaker
We fight. I mean, no, who know? Maybe we, we still might get bit still change vampire, but these go down fight. Right. And if we get Parasha the stones and you all leave, then the chances become maybe I get bit going down fighting, but not all of us. Look, this isn't like lycanthropy. This isn't, this isn't a thing you control.
00:27:42
Speaker
You have to take life. If they beat us, that's what they're going to do. If they win, they won't just stab us on the ground. That's what they'll do. You think that goblin came here and willingly decided I want to be a vampire? No, no, he don't do that. He don't do that. I don't know either, but what do you do it then?
00:28:12
Speaker
We are the slave all time. The goblin, nobody cares about Booyah. Booyah, do it. Booyah, hide sneaky. But can you walk over into that shadow and just not be there anymore? Because I can do that. No, boy, I can't do that. And that's what I got. I hate this. Eric.
00:28:43
Speaker
Stupid narrative tension. Look, it's not every fight. Look, Dex doesn't want to leave. I'm not leaving without all of us. Well, like I say, I'll do what I can to meet up with you. Which would require me leaving without all of us. Well, yes. Sometimes I feel like you don't listen to me.
00:29:15
Speaker
When fairness, sometimes someone else is talking in the middle of my head and it's very hard to pay attention to both at once.
Ongoing Negotiations Amid Combat
00:29:20
Speaker
He does have best chance. Get away. I'm not going to change your mind. It's, it's a shot. I look, fighting is a shot too. And maybe we win. I don't know, but this is what I'm willing to do.
00:30:00
Speaker
All right, I'm ready. No, it's just fine. I hate this. I hate this plan. Orgev chimes up and says, listen, if we get out of this and
00:30:19
Speaker
Barasha comes to regains his senses and finds one of you missing. Then he'll lower dead of honor and he can carry on and then finish the fight and you can let him out of his contract and he has to stay with them and keep fighting what this is. I look.
00:30:42
Speaker
Are you this tired of playing two characters? No, that's not me. This is absolutely nothing to do with me. I didn't know we were doing this. I'm just kidding. This is exactly what Barrick would do. No, this is nothing. I had no idea we were doing this. This is what Barrick would say. I would like to hear the rest of Prince Orgaf's thought without being so rudely interrupted.
00:31:20
Speaker
It's... He won't accept it. It will break him. And he would never ask anybody to do that for him. Of course he wouldn't. None of us would.
00:31:36
Speaker
No, they wouldn't. You don't want to break the dragon, friend. I understand the stones are important, but there must be another way. It's this. It's this. It's willingly accepting vampirism where it's fighting, and I'm not doing the second option. And I'm not confident of the outcome of the third. What makes you think that he'll let us go before he bites you? I haven't tried that yet.
00:32:07
Speaker
Also, I didn't just thought he has to kill me. It's not happily not like lycanthropy. It's not just a contagion. Just to bite you then bury you then. Yeah, there's the whole thing. So it sounds like based on his offer that
00:32:32
Speaker
You have to receive the gift. But look, if he won't let you walk out before I'm dead and buried, then obviously the whole thing fails and you know, there's no real other option. All right, fine. I'm going to ask, bear steps out of the hole. You guys are free agents. You don't have to just stand here and let me do things.
00:32:59
Speaker
Booyah's going to ready an action. He's going to prepare a bolt for the goblin. Let's say I agree. Let's say I'm willing to trade myself for the stones and Barasha. They get the stones, they get Barasha.
00:33:26
Speaker
And they get to walk out those doors before anything else happens. Then how will I know that you accept the gift? Well, I don't, uh, perhaps my lore is off, but it's not my understanding that I have to accept it.
00:33:53
Speaker
Well, it just takes one night. I mean, it's not that long. And I'm not gonna have my friends waiting in here waiting here with you lot who I trust no farther than I could throw you all night. Those are my terms. They get to leave first. Otherwise, we'll do it the hard way. Well,
00:34:21
Speaker
I appreciate your confidence and how you, you speak like you're in a position of power, even when you're not. It's very admirable. I really want to. Listen, I did not come into your home and start asking for things. I don't know what, like. Kidnapped one of my friends and dragging down here. We wouldn't be here if you hadn't done it. He was here. Look, snooping. That's my offer. Would you like to make a roll?
00:34:50
Speaker
It's not great. Thirteen. Thirteen. You sitting over there like like I like I've enthralled you or something. You have perfectly easy ways to end the situation if you really want to end it. Yeah. I'm waiting to see how this plays. Look, if this affects your thinking and the sword materializes in his hand.
00:35:20
Speaker
He gets a very grave look on his face as he looks at your sword. And he produces his own out of his hand. He points at silver ends. You see his. I see it. You see the one mark. Sure. And you just see one rune on silver and blade. You see mine. One mark. Yes.
00:35:50
Speaker
What did you kill? I haven't killed anyone. Well you have two marks. I do. So you stole somebody's gift. I did not. Then explain yourself. Before I brand you a traitor to the cause. Here we are fighting the plane of evil undead and a vampire is gonna brand me a traitor.
00:36:19
Speaker
Yes. I have reasons for why I did what I did to myself. We all have reasons for why we do what we do. Doesn't make you right. Look, I don't know what bloodline she came from. You want my explanation? I want the truth. You want the truth.
00:36:49
Speaker
I'm not entirely sure you're prepared to hear the truth. You let my dragonborn friend get up. And over the stones, my friends walk out. Get all the explanation you want. No. I have two stones with the ability to carry the conflagration. I have somebody with the blood of the dragons running through their veins.
00:37:16
Speaker
A little bit of information in a story that I will not be able to trust is not enough of a price. I have Melissa Myron's pact. The Myron mine. Interesting. You say, Melissa Myron, she died long, long ago. Fair enough. How did you get? I died. I died. I went.
00:37:48
Speaker
I died. I met her in dollar. And she just gave it. She gave it to me. You can listen to the episode if you need to. Well, if you merely crossing a line and me having to give up everything for the pleasure of your presence. You just said you hadn't given, that it wasn't giving up everything. The stones? You said they're not everything.
00:38:18
Speaker
Dragonborn? It's not everything. I'm sure this is not the first person you've drank blood from. Oh. We kidnapped no one. Oh, right. People should stay out of my home. Yeah, right. Well, I don't understand why that's a ridiculous sentiment.
00:38:43
Speaker
Explain to me. I'm not like I'm not going to sit here and litigate property rights with you. I've made you a fair offer. No, you have not. Well, I've made an offer. Take it or not. I told you I'm not going to take your crap offer. Bear clear. Are you saying no?
00:39:06
Speaker
I'm saying your offer is terrible. Come back with a better offer. Make me a counteroffer. That's how a negotiation works. I'm not leaving my friends in this room with you all night. They're fine. Come here. Come here. Come here. Come here. Come here. Come here. Come here. What? Can we fucking fight now? When he says no. He's not going to say no. He's Eric's character. He doesn't use one word when seven will do.
00:39:35
Speaker
Fine. They won't have to stay down here. You can camp out in the jungle for all I care. With, Severin, and Clark. You and I go. We do the deed. Once the deed is done, I will hand over Barasha and the stones. A moment. May we have the room, please?
Cliffhanger: Facing the Monster
00:40:04
Speaker
Can you take a one on one? If you need to, honestly, cause I think we can. I feel like you guys could take that. We could take them. We could take sever in and Clark. And where are the stones at this time? There's still one of them on one of them's on sever and it's on his one of them's on sever. Yeah. And he's holding the other one.
00:40:34
Speaker
I don't understand how our odds get any better in that sense, in that case. You guys have a better chance of getting away. It's at least one of the stones. Here's my thought now. We're gonna have to fight anyway. So let's all fight together now. Both stones go with them. No. Okay, it would be us two, Orgev. Andrakir. Andrakir. Against those two. And he deserves to survive till we get back.
00:41:04
Speaker
I don't understand how that's a tactical advantage than all of us fighting right now, especially his brushes out cold. He's in a haze. I mean, he's so if we freed him, he couldn't necessarily jump in the battle. My friends don't like your deal. I don't like the idea of spending a night in the jungle with a werewolf and a vampire. Can't say I blame him. Where's everybody situated in this room?
00:41:26
Speaker
I mean, I was assuming that it's the back wall away from the door is the adversaries and then you all are kind of near the door. How far from each other are they and how far from Barash are they? I mean, they're there. He's standing right next to Barash. OK, like he still has the knife up near Barash just in case any of you try any funny business. Look, you get me.
00:41:50
Speaker
Give them the stones, you give them the dragonborn. Don't pull anything funny. You're going to kill me. When you kill me, you have this. Well, one last counter offer. I will give you everything you've asked. One of the stones goes with them. They go into the jungle.
00:42:18
Speaker
We take care of our business, but before anything else happens, he holds out his blade. Give it to me. Your gift. She won't let me. I've already tried to give it away. Well then, I suppose we're at an impasse.
00:42:49
Speaker
So you're rejecting my offer? You have rejected my many offers. Do not put this on me. I rejected the offer where you send two murderous thugs into the jungle with my friends. Yeah. And I rejected the offer where you take everything and just leave yourself behind without actually making a commitment. I feel like I'm worth more than that. More than the other things. Well, I suppose you disagree. I do. You can cast Moonbeam on the werewolf. Okay, let's go to our initiative real quick.
00:43:20
Speaker
And can I get my readied action? What does Moonbeam do? This is all very bad initiative rules. For one thing, it's going to take him out of werewolf form. And it will hurt. And it will hurt. Booyah. 18. Dex. 29. Barret. 17 plus 12.
00:43:50
Speaker
12 Drakir, 14 Beric. That's right, you have like a 12 tier initiative, don't you? I'd forgotten that. It's my Dex modifier twice plus four. Okay, radiant damage is gonna...
00:44:07
Speaker
I mean, I would assume as a vampire he's probably resistant to things that aren't magical, but pretty much every weapon we have at this point is magical. I don't know if radiant damage will do any more to him. Some radiant spells do more damage on when they hit undead, but I don't know that I don't think he's vulnerable to it. Are they both drow? Don't know if we can tell with the werewolf. We have to assume he's got them. Yeah, I mean, that's true. He's got one of the packs, so yes.
00:44:35
Speaker
And can I use my ready-to-action to try to shoot the knife out of the vampire's hand before he slits Oregon's throat? You mean Barash's throat? Yes, Barash's throat. Sure. That small of a target and that kind of shot, you're gonna have disadvantage, but yeah, you can take it. All right. He's gonna use his ready-to-action to try to pop the knife out of the vampire's hand before he cuts our friend's throat. And I need the werewolf to make a constitution saving throw with disadvantage.
00:45:05
Speaker
Oh, that cancels out disadvantage. Nope. Oh, 19. So, yeah. So that's my hand crossed bow. That's 31. OK. Yeah, you your bolt goes right through the back of his hand and causes him to shriek in pain as the knife claims to the ground. Constitution saving through with disadvantage. Yes.
00:45:38
Speaker
Eight sweet All right, so the first thing that happens He instantly reverts to his original form. Okay, and cannot assume a different form while in the light And he takes 15 radiant damage And is reused in ghostly silver fire cause searing pain Good
00:46:04
Speaker
Okay. Um, now we are into the initial order. So Dex, obviously you are first. All right. I'm going to try to hit my vampire. Uh, the one that's just a vampire, uh, with my, uh, my light knife. Okay. So I make a ranged spell attack, which is what modifier dexterity.
00:46:31
Speaker
Oh, ranged spell attack. Uh, yeah. I mean, you're, you're grabbing magic and throwing it. So let's just see decks for now and modify it later. Well, nevermind. I ain't doing that was a seven. Okay. Um, the light flies wide as you want to move or anything. Uh, I am. Well, I was going to let him finish my time, but that's he.
00:46:57
Speaker
Um, or we'll go and finish your turn. Um, okay. So the layout of the room is we're all on one side by the door facing them. They're all facing us basically at the opposite side of the room. I think they're kind of in the middle of the room. No, they're on the back wall. Okay. So, so yeah. How far are we from them? How far are they? 25 feet, 25 feet. Can't see any reason to rush up on them right now. So no, I probably won't move.
00:47:22
Speaker
Okay. At the end of your turn, he in a moment vanishes and appears right in front of you and gentlemen, welcome to, uh, middle levels, uh, where creatures have legendary actions. Okay. He is going to perform an unarmed strike. Just try to reach out and grab you decks. Okay.
00:47:49
Speaker
28. Yeah. Yeah. He did that. He grabbed it. Okay. Second attack.
00:47:56
Speaker
damage 11 no so with the first attack he like sinks his Claws like his long fingernails into your shoulder and wraps you around into a grapple and then tries to bite down on your neck, but you managed to Skirt away just enough before he can that bite you now just being bitten by him is not enough to turn me right and then being bitten by a vampire no Past I have to actually die and the whole yeah, but it really sucks. Yeah
00:48:25
Speaker
Okay. Literally. Booyah. Booyah. Seeing this happen, I'm going to use a bonus action Hunter's Mark on the vampire and I'm going to move over and try to poke him with the rapier.
00:48:48
Speaker
That's going to be 25. Hit. 12 damage. No, wait a minute. There's more. 16 damage. And again... Your rapier's not magical, correct? Oh, no, it's not. It is not. So I'm gonna... I'm gonna attack with the crossbow with my second attack.
00:49:15
Speaker
That's gonna be a bunch. 29. Hit. 21 damage. That's gonna be a bit more effective that time. It is now Clark's turn. So, Clark is going to sprint up to Drakir. He kind of does a similar move that Ostaroth did, where it seems like he just vanishes and appears. And he is going to swing.
00:49:47
Speaker
20. Yeah. Six damage. As he stabs his short sword into Drakir's thigh. Beric. Uh, all right. Uh, Beric is going to cast Guiding Bolt at vampire. Okay. Um, so I'm going to make attack.
00:50:16
Speaker
17. It's vampire. That's a hit. Cool. So he's going to take a whole lot of reading damage and the next attack against him has advantage. Just note that. He takes 19 radiant damage. OK. And the next attack against him has advantage and I'm going to move a little bit out from the door to get a little bit closer to where Barash is. OK. And at the end of Barrett's turn,
00:50:45
Speaker
He is going to attempt to bite decks again. 19? Yeah, it hits. Shoot. I hate hearing you pick up a lot of dice. You got bit. Yep. Okay, so you take eight piercing damage. Okay. Plus 11 necrotic damage.
00:51:09
Speaker
And I resist necrotic damage as long as I'm holding everything. Okay. Ooh, nice. So six, five. And your hit point max is reduced by five. Meaning... You now have a maximum hit points of five less. Until you finish a long rest. Well, here's the thing. Ain't enough healing potions in America to get me back up to my, even this max.
00:51:37
Speaker
I forgot about the resistance and the chronic damage, that's what you're gonna... ...bode well over this fight. I mean, I'm still gonna die. Okay, it is now... ...Drakir's turn. Uh, well, the little goblin is adjacent to me, so I'm gonna place my slayer's eye on him. Uh, I wouldn't learn any vulnerabilities and resistances, immunities...
00:52:07
Speaker
Um, he is resistant to necrotic bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from non-magical attacks. Okay. Uh, then I will summon my shadow blades and go all stabby on him. Was moonbeam radiant damage? Yes. It was. Okay. So attack the first is a miss. Okay.
00:52:36
Speaker
What did you roll? Because Clark's got not a whole lot going on. Ten. That's a hit. Oh, OK. Well, then second attack is also going to be a hit. I've got a section for the slayers, I think, so I can't attack again. OK. So. That is 12 damage on the first hit. 12 damage on the second 24 in total.
00:53:05
Speaker
What were you using shadow blades piercing damage your shadow blades just pierce into Clark's chest as blood begins to ooze out of it and he just Clark yeah, and then he dissipates into mist into and flies away ah Right Yeah, they can do that. Yeah Okay, that's trickier soon concerned about this fight guys
00:53:33
Speaker
Yeah, I tried to avoid it. Then you also started it. Sure, once all options were gone. I apologize. Clark's body falls on the ground lip. Does not have that ability. Yeah, vampire spawn. That fact, by the way, that's what will be if he kills us, for the record. Vampire spawn? Yes. Little vampire zombies. With a boar? Yeah.
00:54:02
Speaker
End of episode. Hey everybody, it's Eric, your dungeon master here. Sorry to leave you all on a bit of a cliffhanger, but we all lost track of time while recording this episode and we still have quite a ways to go in it. And so we're going to leave you all here where the heroes are fighting a vampire and a vampire werewolf.
00:54:24
Speaker
But fortunately, they've just dispatched Clark. So join us next week to find out what happens. We would like to thank Kevin McLeod for the use of his music. You can find all of it over at incompetent.com. And also we want to give a special shout out to Laura over on the Facebook group who has put together a wiki for the show, which is just amazing. And I would recommend all of you go check it out. You can find it over at Eberron dash accrued.
00:54:54
Speaker
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00:55:18
Speaker
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