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C3 Episode 61 Pilgrimages & Infestation Chapter Seven
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The party enters the Welcoming Chamber to find others awaiting them.
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Introduction and Welcome
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D20 Radio, at your
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radio
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Hello and welcome to Eberron Renewed Natural Play Podcast set in the Eberron campaign setting. I am your Game Master, Eric. I'm Mia. I'm Phillip. I'm Madison. I'm Jeff. Welcome to another episode.
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Folks, what happened
Recap of Previous Encounter with Burrowing Spiders
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last time? Spide fight. Burrowing spiders. It's true. Yeah. <unk>t I didn't listen yet. I just was told there was a spider fight and I'm going along with it.
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They burrowed under Selena's skin and it was like gross. Yeah, it was awful. Each hand was gross and awful. Yeah. You're welcome, everyone. We reached a door. one thanked you. And we got through a door, right?
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Yes. We got through it. We opened it. We're not the door. Well, you walked through the door, but the door on it is is opening. Yes. So, yes. Big deal for us. Yeah, long-time listeners, we have not been thwarted by this door. How Philip and I handle doors. That's exactly right. your story That's why we have... that's One of the wonderful things about having more players is someone who's not terrible at this. Because I write a piece of paper.
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yeah It occurred to you read the piece of paper as it went towards the script. It's because they they they haven't been hurt by Eric, so they're looking around for clues instead of just thinking, oh, right, he gave us the thing. There's six stones on this side of the door, so it must mean.
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Anyway.
Overcoming Obstacles: The Difficult Door
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So the doors begin to slide inward. And just a reminder, there were also two massive statues carved into the stone on either side of the door, depicting a feminine figure.
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And as the doors slide open... Was it... Sorry. Did we work out... Or am I connecting something we heard earlier where someone referred to Onatar as she?
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Did we work out these images are supposed to be Onatar? You've not figured anything out yet. though The big thing that you'd figured out about the statues is that they seem to... the The amount of detail in them indicates that these are carvings of a real person that, like, oh that artists knew. remember that.
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Not a general... Yeah. Okay. Okay.
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So the doors begin
Entering the Chamber: Dwarves and Spiders Await
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open. open and I need initiative. Oh, wow. oh That doesn't seem right. I will describe already here what you all see. Nyx, what do you got? 15 on the dice, so that's pretty good. wish to It's going to be a ah modified 20. Okay.
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Valk. 19. Selina. 3. Kaz. 25. Nice. selena three chaas twenty five nice And then we roll for all my folks.
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and Oh, yeah, that's what I was hoping. Just kidding. Six for me. I looked at the wrong number. Not that that helps much. but Oh, my goodness. Okay, so the initiative order will be Kaz, then and enemy, then another enemy, then Nix, then Valk, then another enemy, then Slate.
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Okay, so what you all see, the doors begin to slide open. And you see in the center of a large chamber, a robed dwarf holding a staff, muttering unnatural syllabic language that you all cannot understand. It seems to be complete nonsense.
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In addition to that, you see a handful of other dwarf-looking figures, except that they have different looking they they are spiders but they look different from the burrowing spiders and these dwarves begin rushing towards the door the spiders are covering their faces completely oh i was about to ask you what do you mean when you say they are dwarves and they are spiders yes so you cannot see their faces because spiders are like the legs are wrapped around the side of their head latched on
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And then additionally, like face huggers? Like, yes. Xenom? Okay, gotcha. Everything's bad here, guys. There are six of those. And then you also see four identical looking spiders, but not attached to corpses. And they begin rushing towards the door as well.
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So, the... The sage is at the back of the chamber that you all are walking into.
Kaz's Druidic Magic: Powerful Attacks Begin
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um And that's really, I'm going to say that's all you can notice because these things are rushing at you. I will go into more detail about the chamber itself once you all are no longer in imminent danger.
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so kaz okay how many how many how many enemies are there i'm sorry there are six dwarf spider zombies and four spiders and then a and then a sage right i think kaz would have to go for the spider zombies that's all that makes sense i rolled an icon dive and i ended up with oh i just should tell you this shouldn't i O'Alyon, the big big tree friend.
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and Okay. So, yeah. right. So here's what happens. We start with a natural 20. Hey! hey that's neat. Remind me, that is full dice plus roll again.
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ah Yes, that's what we've been doing. okay Yeah, you get the max damage on your first die and then you roll it again. Okay, so that's... Yeah, that's 18 plus... At least I think that's how we do it most of the time. I think there have been some critters. I forget about that. Fair enough.
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23, 26. of them, and I get to roll... You're attacking the zombie, not the spiders, correct? Right, the spider the the spiders ride. Okay. How much damage on that first one? 30? 30, okay.
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And if I get... and if i get And I don't get. So there we go. That's that's what I can do. Okay. um And what does this look like being powered by wall in and like druidic magic in general?
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I think it is literally, you know, he's he's getting to a point where he knows that if he just thrusts his arm out something, something projection of the hearse people. And this is just straight of twisted vines. Yeah. I mean, that's the name of some of my spells. In fact, not this one.
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But yeah, it's just a twisted vine comes out and he does the thing where he tries to grab it again, but this time because it's an icon thing and it's way too ephemeral, it just goes to mist in his hand. Awesome. And he goes, oh, okay. And then he tries to do it again because that's part of the spell and and it didn't work. So it doesn't work.
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Okay.
Facing Spider Crab Attacks: Combat Penalties
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It is the spider crabs turn. How's he look? Please tell me not good. Real roughed up. Not dead, but like like the the vines actually like hit the right shoulder area of his chest and you hear the bones just snap as that arm begins just dangling loose from the torso um and he's limping towards you.
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And then just let's see something else. Because if you're flying around, and that is relevant. That's exactly what I'm checking to see. I may start flying. Let's see. to and need to find my tables. Jeez.
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I am not flying. I'll let you know if this happens. Okay. So the spider crab is going to attack Kaz, the first one. hey I have a question. Sure.
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If I've already kept, I rolled the randomness table and it says the first spell you cast this battle, is this first spell from now or have I negated that? That is the first spell that you cast in the battle, the one that you just cast. Right, but I rolled my random thing after I cast it. So is it just negated?
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What is i need it DMed. So my second turn will be an attack, which means I roll on the randomness table after this is done. and And it says the first spell you cast this battle has effects like a spell two levels higher than it, if possible.
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Is that negated because I'd already done my first spell? It's just a DM's call, think. No, i I will say i read that as the first spell that you cast with that effect on you. So it's not like you can cast multiple spells while that's impacting. So the next spell that I cast. Okay, great. because Great.
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This is against your physical defense. Sure.
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19? Yeah. ah yeah ah So that is five damage, and it was a I rolled a 12 on the die, so it was a natural even hit, yeah which means Kaz, this thing launches itself at your face, and you feel its legs wrap around the side of your head.
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You take a minus one penalty to all d20 rolls. Save ends. you know Until the target saves, whenever you move, the spider crab comes with you and it will continue to bite you.
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um Every time that you fail a save, the penalty gets worse. So it starts off minus one, then it'll get up to minus two. And then if you fail three consecutive times, so
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If you failed i don't i don't like how you're just not reading what happened when you fail three consecutive rolls, it is so like burrowed into you that any damage dealt to it, it takes half damage and you take half damage.
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Like the damage is split between the two of It's my little parasite buddy. Yeah. How exciting for all of us that these ones are here.
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Yeah. And then another one's going to rush up and leap towards Nyx physical defense. That is a 23 to hit. Well, yes, that hits by physical defense.
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Five damage, same thing. Five damage, any drops are my face? Yep. It was ah you roll a, you rolled natural 16. Yeah. I hate everything. Um, the group was forcing Dimitri to lead, so I will say that one goes after Dimitri.
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We didn't do that, yes. Natural one. Um, Dimitri ducks. Um, He's a gnome. He just launched bastim. He just launched.
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Sacrebleu. And Valk. Natural three. So only a 10 to hit.
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So the doors open and from Selena and Gaut's perspective, two spiders leap out and latch onto Kaz and Nyx's faces. And now it is the sage's turn.
Mind-Screaming Powers: Selena's Challenge
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So he is going to attack Selena.
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with his He raises his staff and like the gibberish chanting grows louder and he rolls a natural 20. Oh. Of course. Which means there there are based on what I roll on the die, there are three different effects on a natural 20.
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All three happen. Wonderful. So eight. I'm running out of room on my spreadsheet to keep track of all this stuff. Insane. First route. And let me read all three things. So, okay. Sure, you got it. Eight damage.
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Okay. Selena. First one. Sadistically, a random engaged foe is dealt three psychic damage from each... Okay, so there know are there are the the zombies have not gotten up to you yet, so there are no other dwarves engaged with you, so that doesn't apply.
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Great. Endurable Shriek. Each engaged foe takes five thunder damage. Okay, so each of you take five thunder damage, as does Dimitri. You did. Wait, engaged with him.
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Okay. Not engaged with Selena, so none of you are up there with him. Do I take that? No, because you're not engaged. This was a ranged attack. Oh, this is this is the the the the wizard thing. Yes.
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The target is dazed until the end of the sage's next turn. So dazed means you have a minus four penalty to all attacks. Okay. So eight damage and you are dazed.
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Okay. At least there aren't spiders under my skin yet. That's true. they the yet Okay. Now it is Nyx's turn. have a minus one penalty to all your d20 rolls.
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But also there's a spider on my face. Yes. Which feels like the pressing issue.
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Well, first of all, I would like the spider on my face because it is now engaged with me ah to take one d six damage.
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Okay. Six. And then I'd like to kill it if... Yeah. if Oh, it it hurt me, right? So I have a... Shoot, no, that's an interruption I should have before.
00:12:27
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I'm so sorry. Jeff, I was looking at the wrong block. That zombie that you hit, the vines died. Oh, great. Yeah. But you don't know that. There's a spider on your face. I would have gotten to see that first. Yeah. Did the did the spiders on its skitter?
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it It died also. like oh oh good. Good, good. Yep, that's... So if we die, at least we know the spider will also die. There's comfort. It's one way to get rid of it. All right. So six damage. Apologies about that. Great. I would like the spider to not be on my face.
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What can I do to make that happen? Can I can i kill the spider on my face? Yeah. or You can attack it. Yeah. And you haven't failed three checks yet, so you won't take damage as you damage it. Awesome.
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The save is the only way to get it off your face, but you'll do that at the end of your turn. Yeah, I mean, I think Nyx's left hand goes down to her belt and pulls the big knife she carries because she's not obviously able to swing a sword at her face. And then just starts stabbing at her face.
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Sure. There's spider of theirs. In fact, yes. 21. That does hit. ah that is sat That 14 points of damage to the spider.
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Already. It is still alive. I don't like that. Yeah. Knock it off.
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Yeah, I don't think I have any way to improve that. So I think that's my turn. all right, go and roll save for me. 11 or higher gets it off your face. 19. Okay, so as you stab at the spider, like, shrieks and drops off of your face, Nyx.
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Great. and It is great. Falk. Is it dead or is it just screeching on the It's screeching on the floor. It's still alive. That's terrible. Yeah. First, because i I don't like those numbers, I'm going to take stance if necessity.
Struggling with Spider Crabs: Mind-attacks
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Okay.
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That's a quick action.
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I think I'm going to attack the spider with my sword. Okay. I don't want i use to use the big one. That one's scary. That he is Luke.
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Give me one second. Wrong page. Wrong page. we Because I can use my intelligence. That is a 19. 19 does hit.
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Okay. I don't have any. That's fine. What do you need? I just need one more to hit. Yours are scary. Me too. That's 12. 12? Yeah. All right. Okay.
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12 damage to the spider. that's twelve twelve yeah right okay twelve damage to the spider Anything else?
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I don't think I can do anything else. Yes. So no. Okay. Then we are to the zombies. So they are going to begin to rush up.
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One fewer than earlier. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. ah Not great. Not great. Still. One will rush up to Nyx. Not a great roll. 13 versus AC. That does not hit me.
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Okay. on a natural even miss, the zombie pops free from Nyx and continues to move past, so it will move towards Selena. It can't attack though.
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And then the next one will rush towards Kaz. 19 versus AC. Four damage, and it continues to rush past, and it'll rush towards Valk.
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Another one will attack Dimitri.
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That is 22 versus Dimitri's AC, which will hit. That is three of the zombies, two more. Another one will rush to Nyx. That is only a nine versus AC. It does not hit.
00:16:09
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Okay. That's a natural even miss. So that one will move past Nyx and towards Selena. And last one will attack Kaz. say Natural 19, so 24 versus AC.
00:16:21
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Oddly enough, yeah. Four damage, and it will continue to move past, and it will move towards about. Okay. I can't even see it coming. I'm even spider hugged. I just hear a thing, run up, hit me and run off. And just because there once these zombies start picking momentum, these are like sprinter zombies. So they like rush towards you. And as they like rush past Nyx and Kaz, they're just flinging their arms out and they rush back towards Selena and Vau.
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I hate it. And now it that is the, oh, Selena's turn. Okay. I'm going to mark the sage with sigil of blood. Okay. And I'm going to use... Just the tone. Okay, so the sing song you've heard. Sing song you've heard. use barrier strike on one of the zombies that ran toward me. The first one that ran toward me.
00:17:10
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You're not rolling well. It's 14 versus a scene. That misses. It does take damage equal to my level. Okay, so three. Okay.
00:17:22
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And that's it. Okay. Yep. Will somebody move the escalation die to a one please? Kaz. Okay. but Let's check this out first.
00:17:35
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Okay. I can target one enemy. Nice. think just leave the one on my face. So that is a, but what spell are you casting? Oh, sorry. It's called Blarg. Is it a ranged spell or a close quarters spell?
00:17:46
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Oh, it is ranged. So we'll get an opportunity attack. No, because I took a talent that my ranged spells don't take opportunity attacks. nice.
Kaz's Druidic Magic: Explaining the Limits
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That's handy. Yeah, it's pretty nice. That's why I took it.
00:17:58
Speaker
Suck it, Eric. It's a 20-some odd to hit. 23. That hits. Okay. So I need to roll more d6s again. And that was a natural.
00:18:09
Speaker
Okay, doesn't matter. Okay, cool. Not great. ten 10. Better. 20. Oh, that's another 30 damage to the spider on my face. Okay. It does not quite die. What? It is messed up. What does this spell look like that you cast on the spell? wait. I also... and Another thing happens to it. Sorry.
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Also, it is hampered. Okay. What does the spell look like? I think you can't see it. I think it's something that emits from like his eyes because he's like, I know I can hit it. There's this overflow flash. The thing that happens during battles right now is yeah no one has ever seen Kaz focus or concentrate on things as much as he does during battle because he's genuinely afraid if he's not like staring at, pointing at, and talking to the thing he's trying to attack. He could go anywhere. And so with this thing on his face, he's just like...
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and and it comes out of his eyes and no one sees it and it unfortunately does not go through the back of the spider like I was kind of hoping it was. Spider is just thick enough to, it it can only make its basic attacks. We love a thick spider.
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Okay, and I can roll to we to get it off. Roll a saving throw. Okay, what's the DC? 11 or higher. ah Okay, 19, we got her. So yeah, you like this light glows underneath the spider and it pops off of your face and falls at your feet.
00:19:26
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I have a healthy glow from my red light mask. Kaz might have acne, 16.
00:19:33
Speaker
Alrighty. didn't mean to me. You don't have to add it. I got it right here. And then you want to go and pull for your next thing. Yes, I will do that. Sorry.
00:19:41
Speaker
Another icon. Okay. Oh, and that spell damage doesn't count for the leveling up thing. And this only did damage. So there's no, okay the weirdness thing is no longer in effect. Okay. Um, so the spiders, a spider front of Valk is going to try to jump up at Valk's face.
00:19:58
Speaker
That is a natural five. So that is only A 10 versus, uh, 12 versus physical defense. Nope. Okay. One that Miss Dimitri is going to try to hug his face.
00:20:12
Speaker
That is an 11 versus physical defense that fails. Not endobling back and missing again. These spiders are just like hopping at Shalke and Dimitri who are like bobbing and weaving as they go flying over their heads.
00:20:23
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it's just going to make its basic attack versus Kaz because that's all it can do since it's hampered. Natural one and dies. Yes. Wait, hang on. That's a thing. Has an anxiety attack and dies. If it if it misses that's me until I draw my next warp, it is stuck until the end of his next turn. Oh.
00:20:42
Speaker
So there. Take that. What does that look like with Kaz's magic? You're getting stuck. You tell me, dog, it's your guy that's stuck. It's your magic that's stuck him. The floor goes briefly, briefly. yeah It's gone now. Pass through stuff.
00:21:01
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Incorporeal. Incorporeal. And it sinks like part of my scenes into it. i I'm fine with that. Yeah, I love it. That sounds great. And the one in front of Nyx is going to try to kiss Nyx. Rude. 13 versus physical defense. Told you that Demetri had things in common with his stuff.
00:21:17
Speaker
13 does not hit. The sex pack stuff is categorically unfair. Everything else I will hear. is absolutely not. It is unfair. I'm going to bed. Unless someone would like to join He did not say it that way. He absolutely did. No, he did not. We have the recording. That was your final.
00:21:34
Speaker
We'll never know who's right. Definitely the way we heard it. We should see. Anyway, the spiders have all gone. And so that brings us to the sage, who is going to use his...
00:21:46
Speaker
Ability called Mind Scream. That's already happening, man. We're in a room full of spiders trying to eat our faces. More than just my mind, actually. it' just screaming No one's mind isn't screaming right now.
00:21:59
Speaker
And he will attack Selena. Dang it. Natural 20. Sorry. Once again, Mind Street has three things that could happen based on the roll. Natural 20. All of them happen. And two out of three don't matter, right? i don't think that's the case in this. So is it not anymore? Does he did he move up?
00:22:16
Speaker
It's a different attack. 10 psychic damage. Okay. And you are confused until the end of his next turn. Gross. Okay. Okay. 1d4 foes. Three. so we'll do the other. or It's random.
00:22:30
Speaker
Okay. Oh, there's four of us. One, two, three, four. Yeah. Nyx. Yeah. Kaz. Well, I can't do somebody twice. And Selena each take one psychic damage.
00:22:44
Speaker
These sigils are never going to work. I'm in a bubble. A random nearby zombie deals five ongoing poison damage to its nearest foe. ahead.
00:22:55
Speaker
Valk takes five ongoing poison damage. Slay. And Nyx is vulnerable to all the doors in the combat.
00:23:06
Speaker
Does mean what it meant back when vulnerable was a thing and in like old D&D editions where I take double damage from stuff? I will read you what vulnerable means. Vulnerable means when you attack a creature that's vulnerable to that attack, you deal bonus damage equal to double your level, and whether you hit or miss.
00:23:23
Speaker
If you score a critical hit, deal bonus damage equal to triple your level. If you roll a natural one, you deal zero damage as usual. So the spiders don't count towards this, but the zombies and the sage do. Sure.
00:23:35
Speaker
Sure. Sure. Why wouldn't they? And that's all the things that have happened. I have a question. What's your deal? Yeah. Why? How dare you?
00:23:46
Speaker
The damage that i just took. Yes. Was the damage dealt to me by the sage? Yes. Oh, then my sigil would maybe He didn't attack them.
00:23:59
Speaker
It was just damage like as a result of the attack. Never mind. That is the real, I'm not touching you energy. have a bonus question. whenever Sorry, its this is only for a melee attack.
Nyx and Lady Vol: Dangerous Connections
00:24:09
Speaker
Whenever the dwarves rush past, could they have intercepted them?
00:24:14
Speaker
No, because they were engaged with other enemies. Okay. and let me look at, yeah, if they attack an ally. He attacked you, but then based on his role, got to deal bonus damage to other targets. So.
00:24:25
Speaker
Oh. Okay. Okay. Okie dokie. So that was the sage's turn. Nyx, you have a spider in front of you. And I think that's it in terms of things engaged. Yeah, because everything else went past me and is attacking people behind me.
00:24:41
Speaker
Yeah. Oh, forgot to roll Dimitri's initiative in this. He has not been going. Natural 20. Just assumed he was being unhelpful on purpose. Natural 20. At least I used that on his initiative. So he gets two in a row? He will just act at the top of his drum. need to... Dimitri was helpful in all the combats. He's really one. Nope, he undid all of it.
00:25:01
Speaker
How many things are attacking Valk? There are two zombies on Valk and one spider. Okay.
00:25:08
Speaker
This is almost certainly going to be good. Eric's going to make me regret this. I would like to give you my icon die. Okay. Which is with Lady Vol. Okay.
00:25:19
Speaker
I would like to pull the zombies off of Valk. Okay. Like taunt them off of Valk, essentially. Okay. I cannot think of how this narratively works.
00:25:33
Speaker
Nyx has like... no connection of any kind to bowl like narratively. I know that's not, but I haven't, I haven't had to use an icon die that wasn't relevant to my story. So I'm not sure why this does that.
00:25:49
Speaker
Yeah. But I'd like it to do that. Yeah, the thing that I can think of is... i mean, Nyx's soul isn't entirely here. Yeah. So she's kind of half dead? Not exactly. Well, the other thing that thinking of is we are we are very close to Zoriath right now. And so maybe Nyx trying to tap into the Shavarath power to like...
00:26:12
Speaker
intimidate but because you're so close to Zori at like the wrong you call the wrong number kind of thing sure and tap into more Mabarin magic crossed wires zombies so yeah I like that I will make a deal with you if you want to be a little bit more powerful okay um you can pull all like i'll let you use your icon die to pull all the zombies off and about as as you requested i will let you pull all of the zombies so like off of selena as well if you want if you gain a one point negative relationship with lady bowl like you get on her radar for tapping into her power so that for that i can pull the zombies off of valk and off of selena yeah yeah i'm sucker for that kind thing
00:26:58
Speaker
This is permanent? Yeah, yeah. You can add relationship points ah in the campaign. Okay.
00:27:08
Speaker
Nyx has no positive relationships. Okay, cool. That's where you all say, we like you, Nyx. The closest thing to a positive relationship is she has a conflicted relationship, in that statement and the conflicted relationship is with the Lords of Dust.
00:27:23
Speaker
So it's not great. Only slightly positive with arguably the most evil entity in the world. i'm in iconic relation sign I iconic iconic relationships. It's okay. It's just about just single tier. Nyx has functional relationships with the other people and at the at the mansion. Okay, cool. So when Nyx says that, though, you're not sure if it's functional as in like they work well or functional as they serve function. kill Things can be two things. Completely misinterpreted.
00:27:55
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Solely function only. Anyway.
00:28:01
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Nyx, do you want to describe what this looks like, Philip? I'm more than happy to. You you let me know. Nyx looking at at these things and and she's she has her blade out and she wants to... The things she would normally do here, she she feels she cannot do.
00:28:27
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And so she tries to do something less showy and she tries to
00:28:35
Speaker
reach to the other side of herself and find the, she doesn't know if these things were warriors when they were alive, but if they were, they have sword wraiths in Shabarath. And so she tries to find those and use them to, to hinder these things that have gotten past her while she was blinded.
00:28:56
Speaker
And in in reaching for that, because Zoriat makes everything worse, thick she she feels something different. She feels a a colder power, and but feels herself connect to these things.
00:29:17
Speaker
And they're... Their eyes just, their heads just, you know, swivel unnervingly too far around. ah and And look at Nyx, who then tries to stab the spider in front of her and with my attack.
00:29:36
Speaker
Well, crap. that That's a 13. Nope, 14. It's AC? Yeah. miss Yeah, okay. All right. What's your miss damage? Thank you. I deal miss equal to half. I deal half damage on a miss. Miss damage is going to be seven.
00:29:53
Speaker
Seven? Yeah, I think Nyx is thrown by feeling the wrong thing when she reaches out. And so this just attempt to stab down this thing has enough time to skip skitter out of the way.
00:30:05
Speaker
Nyx. Okay. That was my twist, right? You're not going to like pull something else weird out on me out in a minute, are you? Oh, yeah, because you had a guaranteed twist with it. No, I'll... Let's see. I'll never tell.
00:30:22
Speaker
You have a strange dragon mark appear on your face. I'm not drawing. Oh, great. Don't that to me. That was next. Valk, your turn. Valk. do with this that was nick's vok your turn oh Oh, dear.
00:30:37
Speaker
So now you just have the the two zombies have not had a chance to move yet. So they are still technically next to you. But the spider is the only thing focused on you at this point. Well, guess we're going to get rid of the spider.
00:30:49
Speaker
That is numbers. but It's 20 something. That will hit. It's like 20.
00:31:00
Speaker
That's it. he 18. It's like, yeah, 24. Because need my intelligence. Yeah. Is this less scary?
00:31:11
Speaker
No, i but I grabbed one. Okay. So that I don't have to use the heavy metal that is... Oh. That's 16. sixteen 16? Not quite dead. Ugh. Why? man. They have a decent amount of hit points.
00:31:25
Speaker
I think they have an indecent amount of hit points. Why am I not allowed to kill things when I use my sword, but everyone else can? I haven't. Nobody's killed anything yet except for Kaz. And I didn't use a sword. used to treat a Some guys don't need swords. Some guys just have to panic if stuff happens. But to be clear, Kaz does need a sword. Kaz could use a sword. We'll i well will agree there.
00:31:49
Speaker
There's just too many things near me to try and gain my focus. i I can see how it'll be hard to gain your focus in this moment. Okay, so the zombies begin to rush towards Nyx as they sense something.
00:32:01
Speaker
Bring it. So that does mean that Selina and Valk have the opportunity to do opportunity attacks.
00:32:12
Speaker
I am confused, though. It's okay. Oh, yeah, you are. I'm assuming not. It's okay, Madison. You'll start to get it at Jake's Lake. I'm always confused, but... Selena is also confused.
00:32:24
Speaker
Yeah. Let me read the new confused rules, because those are the rules that I am using. And so... Confused.
00:32:33
Speaker
Yep. You take no actions when it is not your turn. Yeah. Darn.
00:32:38
Speaker
Why are they leaving? I don't know. But Vow, you can make a opportunity attack against each of them as they rush away from you. So each, you can do more than one. Opportunity attacks are free actions in 13th age. That's cool.
00:32:54
Speaker
Two.
00:32:56
Speaker
So you cannot use any like limited use abilities. This is just making a basic melee attack against the zombies as they rush away from you. I was like, I don't have those.
00:33:08
Speaker
You have a sword. Well, yeah, I just have my sword. My sword doesn't have any cool. But you can still stab them. I'm gonna stab them. Okay. I think... Oh, I'm pretty sure I'm stabbing them.
00:33:19
Speaker
One is a dirty 20. Yep. And then the other... That's a bigger number. Quick math.
00:33:31
Speaker
You know, that's 25. Hit both of them. Okay.
Zombie Swarm Chaos: Allies in Battle
00:33:36
Speaker
One takes 12. Okay. okay And the other takes 11. Nice. Nice.
00:33:42
Speaker
Okay, so Valken like one swing slashes in the zombies' backs as they rush towards Nyx. Okay, Nyx, first zombie. no That is a 15 versus AC.
00:33:53
Speaker
ah That will miss. so Natural 20. Eight damage. Okay. I'm going to take a free action to react. This is a melee attack, right? Yes. I'm going to cast the spell, burn it off, which is like Hellish Rebuke, basically. Fire just erupts from Nyx.
00:34:10
Speaker
This is charisma versus its physical defense. so Oh, my gosh. Okay, that's still a 1, right? 7 plus my levels. So that is 14 versus physical defense.
00:34:24
Speaker
Physical defense. That hits. Okay. It is going to take... It's going to take 10 fire damage. Nice. Okay. And its AC is lowered by 2.
00:34:38
Speaker
four until they of the battle nice all right then the next one is going to attack nix that's an eight versus ac it does not hit the fourth one that is a dirty 20 versus ac that does hit four damage then the last one 14 versus ac uh does not hit okay Those are all the zombies.
00:35:04
Speaker
Selena. Did you include I'm vulnerable?
00:35:12
Speaker
No. The first one was a critical. life So their level, this really ties in well to the thing we did with, with, with the lady of Olsing. ah Well, I'm glad it's good thematically.
00:35:23
Speaker
I am. it was It was going to happen either way. I'm glad it's good thematically. I want to win a good win and tell a good story. So you got hit by two of them, right? Yeah. The first one was a crit.
00:35:36
Speaker
Thrice, it's level. Well, they are only level one monsters. Okay. So an extra three and then an extra two. Yeah. So an extra five. Got it. Thank you. That hurt. I can imagine. Okay, Selina, it is your turn.
00:35:49
Speaker
What can I do? Being confused. Right. On your turn, you make a half damage basic attack against...
00:36:04
Speaker
Sorry, I scrolled away from the conditions. A nearby ally determined, right? The second edition over right. against a random nearby ally. Oh, I see the difference. It's subtle. I have so need to pull it up.
00:36:16
Speaker
Nix. What's good? Thematically you are tied to my bar. Yeah, it makes sense. It makes so much sense. Super, yeah, super good. Okay. What kind of attack is this? It says nearby? Yeah, so ranged attack or like, and I have no idea how close we are to each other. Like we we have had no opportunity to move. So yeah, i mean, you can be nearby to each other and like,
00:36:38
Speaker
and Just like a melee attack? No, you you can move to them. So yeah, yeah melee attack. So Slater rushes. So you come with the zombies. I pulled too many things. yeah Okay, so I got an 11.
00:36:50
Speaker
That does not hit me.
00:36:53
Speaker
Wait. Did you roll damage first? Yes, I did. Okay. Oh, that was a damage. 13. That does not hit me. do you deal like your level on mist? Yeah.
00:37:04
Speaker
Okay. That part will, that But you only take one damage or two damage because it's a half damage attack.
Dimitri's Unique Magic Style: Wand Use
00:37:10
Speaker
So we roll up, we round up. Did I fail to remember that? That's cool.
00:37:15
Speaker
I think so. i No, i'm i'm a favorite I'm in favor of rounding up. I just. Okay, so i'm going to describe kind of like what Selina sees in her mind's eye in this moment, and then you fill in a gap for me.
00:37:27
Speaker
So, Selina, the battle's happening around you, and then when this confusion sets, you find yourself in this, like, shadowy version of Arenal, where you grew up.
00:37:40
Speaker
Mm-hmm. And there is fighting going on all around you. And you see members of the Death Guard, the people that have been hunting you and chased you out, fighting around you and attacking you.
00:37:52
Speaker
Would it be make more sense for it to be your brother or your father that's about to be like killed that would have a stronger like emotional hit to Selena? Brother, for sure. So you see your brother on the ground nearby and a death guard is about to bring halberd up and stab your brother in the chest. And so so you rush and go to stab this death guard.
00:38:15
Speaker
And at the end of your turn, or it's still the end of the Sage's next turn. So you still see that. So you, you are entangled in a melee fight with this death guard. So narratively, even though it was just one basic attack,
00:38:27
Speaker
mix you see selena rush towards you with like rage in her eyes and you are having to deflect her attacks away as she is just coming at you with her sword with everything she has can i feel that i i i kind of narratively speaking that can i feel that i connected to selena inadvertently when i did all this can i tell that that happened can tell that there is like you can feel the tendrils of your connection to the zombies and you feel a very faint one also attached to selena and that was selena's turn move the escalation die up to a two okay it's dimitri's turn everyone now time think it make it okay he is going everyone else said something he's going to raise his wand and point it at the sage in the back what does his wand look like it actually looks like it's like a
00:39:17
Speaker
Like he's technically a wand slinger, so it's got like a curved handle. He almost holds it like a gun. It's a piece of that figurehead. It's Evelyn sucks card. That is going to hit the mental defense of the sage.
00:39:35
Speaker
So the sage has less than 100 hit points. so he i would hope so. That's so comforting, isn't So the sage is hampered until the end of Dimitri's next turn.
00:39:46
Speaker
So he can... What did he do? like what is it What did Dimitri do to him? yeah So Dimitri brings his wand up and like circles it overhead. And you see arcane chains begin to extend out.
00:40:00
Speaker
And they whip around. And rather than going around the sage themselves, it twists around his staff. And you can tell that the staff is kind of locked into... Cool. And he rolled Okay.
00:40:13
Speaker
And as we said with Hampered, he can only do basic attacks, so he can't do any of his crazy stuff on his next turn. Thank goodness. Thank you, Selena.
00:40:22
Speaker
Kaz, your turn. So ah you see around Kaz these kind of...
00:40:30
Speaker
illuminated like they look like runes but if you look at them long enough it's actually just words in a cipher and they start to kind of form around him and then once they've got a considerable amount they kind of slam into him and that's all that you see kaz is getting hit really hard and so yeah his his magic has decided to boost his armor a little bit nice Kaz is another way to boost his armor. Yeah, don't forget about you. See, I didn't know if had to claim that at beginning of the battle.
00:40:54
Speaker
No, you can use it I really can't use any other spell right now anyway, so... And I'm terrified that this is not our hardest battle. this That's a fair point. I don't know that this is... That's a very fair point. We have yet to meet the spider lady.
00:41:05
Speaker
She's a centipede. ah The centipede lady. Don't make that real. The centarpede. The centipede. Don't take joke. Let's not agree. Don't put my joke on wax before I can. And I forgot, Dimitri cast a range spell while engaged with a spider.
00:41:22
Speaker
And so the spider gets an opportunity attack. That is a 12, which misses. So, right. It is now the spider's turns. So the spider on Kaz will attack. Kaz, that is a yeah 19 versus physical defense.
00:41:40
Speaker
Is he still hampered? Was that a save ends thing? Um, let me double check. I think it's just till the end of my next turn, which i mean, it just ended, but let me, let me find which table that's I'm really sorry. One second. It's Blard.
00:41:55
Speaker
It's the spell, which is somewhere on this page. Here she is. Save-ins. Oh, no, either my next turn. That was what is it in my next turn. So it's against physical defense then. 19. Yeah, that still hits.
00:42:08
Speaker
Five damage and it's on your face. delightful 24. Nyx. Nyx looks bad. 23 versus physical defense. Oh, right. This is that wasn't my turn. It's just I'm being attacked. Yeah. 23 versus physical defense. Definitely. Five damage and it's on your face. Yeah. Oh, good. hey Good. I might eye see.
00:42:25
Speaker
Love that. i'm flying. Oh, you're flying. Yeah. Okay. So is the spider still able to do the thing? No, no five damage and no on your face. Yay. It'll rest to attack Selena. The way, the the way that I just rolled that, like, please God be a one. Otherwise I stopped this for no good reason. And it was.
00:42:42
Speaker
That's only an 11 versus your physical defense. It does not hit. The one on Dimitri, that is a 21 versus Dimitri's physical defense. It jumps onto Dimitri's face. And we have one more, Valk.
00:42:55
Speaker
That is a 12 versus your physical defense. Nope. Valk continuing to be evasive. But Valk, you do see... Well, Kaz did not. But Nyx and Dimitri now have spiders on their faces.
00:43:06
Speaker
The sage can only make his basic attack... which is Thunderbolt. He will attack Dimitri with that.
Desperate Healing: Regaining Strength
00:43:15
Speaker
It's natural 20.
00:43:17
Speaker
Do you have something? Yeah, that is gonna be negative energy damage. Six? Yeah. Of six. And I heal. But you're confused.
00:43:27
Speaker
Oh, what? my Never mind. It's an interrupt action. Like, you cannot take actions when it's not your turn. But you prompted her. Forgot! and may I forgot! Only to disappoint. forgot! I'm going to be able to use these sigils one day. It's like that everyone whose parents are still alive take one step forward. Not so fast, Johnson! Well, never mind. Sorry!
00:43:50
Speaker
ah the Demetri takes 24 points of damage. Gee. He looks pretty hurt. Try that. Join the club. are It is the end of the sage's turn.
00:44:00
Speaker
Selina, the vision in your mind's eye washes away and you see yourself sword fighting Nyx, who is deflecting your strikes away. With a spider on her face. There's...
00:44:11
Speaker
So you might think, as far as you know, despite that was there the whole time. And you are, oh no, I meant, as far as you know, that was there the whole time and Nyx is just that good. Also, Nyx looks like she's about to fall over and die.
00:44:24
Speaker
You can always rally. I can't. You can't. but I can't. You can use a healing potion. I don't think I have one. I do not have one written down, so I swear to- Everybody starts an eventual one. one Okay, well, there's a spider on my face, so that's going to hinder that process.
00:44:40
Speaker
It's like a hat. You have a healing salad. No one said you have to ingest it, technically. What? No one said you have to ingest it. It's topical. Find an open wound. That would be ideal, frankly. That's just involuntary. That would not.
00:44:57
Speaker
It is now Nyx's turn. The sage has gone. What is the nature of the action by which one takes the healing potion? Desperately, i think. It's quick, right? I believe so. Let me double check.
00:45:09
Speaker
but yeah We could just believe so. ah It would be an option. to just You don't have to keep looking. We could just believe that it It's your game, bud. It's true. You don't let the rules tell you what to do? man Generally, do.
00:45:23
Speaker
Come on, man. Be cool. like It keeps everyone from hating me so much because I can just say, it's what the rules say. and That's what we like about you. Right now, that's not what we want you to do. We want you to Ted Lasso this and just bleed. I think we killed him, though.
00:45:37
Speaker
You watched Ted Lasso. did kill that guy. Just drink your healing potion. It's a recovery plus 1d8. So whatever your normal recovery is, plus a d8. Excellent. Peel the spider a little bit. but You cannot gain more than 30 hit points from adventurer level healing potion, though.
00:45:55
Speaker
That's interesting. Cool. That makes sense because the recoveries rise. so can see oh plus one.
00:46:04
Speaker
No danger of 30.
00:46:09
Speaker
What'd you get? and I recovered. i rolled four D eights. The highest number I rolled was four. I rolled three. I rolled two ones and a three and a four.
00:46:21
Speaker
i do get to add six because I took a feat to make my recoveries rubber better. So I ah do get 14 hit points back. So it's not nothing, but it But unless this point.
00:46:31
Speaker
Okay. So next is, you know. All right. The spider on my face. What'd I like to know, Eric? How dare I? Well, yeah, where'd he get off? i i'm I'm past that. I'd really like these zombies are all over me.
00:46:43
Speaker
They're whacking me with like their fists, right? Like crashing back. Yeah. I really like to grab one of these zombies and I'd like to head, but it with this spider on my face. Love that. Uh, in an attempt to harm both of them.
00:46:55
Speaker
Make an attack roll with disadvantage. Sold. Yeah. And I know disadvantage is not a thing in 13th age listeners, but I'm just making a call. No, it's a useful thing. That's going to be fine. That's a modified 20.
00:47:06
Speaker
ah That hits. Awesome. Eric is engaging his sense of fun and will not hear the damage. i not your What's your basic melee attack? what My basic melee attack with a heavy weapon is D10s.
00:47:20
Speaker
Okay. damaged yeah so just go with that okay Nick's head is a heavy weapon. I mean, it's got horns. yeah i would Yeah, that's what I'm referencing.
00:47:31
Speaker
That's such a good roll.
00:47:34
Speaker
Okay. We don't add that. We don't add Escalation Dice not for damage, right? Correct. Okay. So that is then 25 points of damage. Okay. so One of these things claws Nyx and she just, her free hand shoots out and just grabs it by whatever it's wearing and then just slams her her whole face and head into this thing with the spider.
00:47:56
Speaker
The... You grab one of the fresh zombies by the shoulders and bring your head back and the two spiders collide with each other and explode. ah And the dwarf corpse drops to the ground in front Nyx.
00:48:13
Speaker
Like a big tick. It just shakes her head off the stuff off of her head and snarls. Yep.
Nyx's Raw Strength: Brutal Spider Kill
00:48:20
Speaker
Gross. It was, Hey, Nyx, gross. Yeah. Kaz says from the ceiling, put your arm on it.
00:48:26
Speaker
I kind of did. I'm glowing just a little. Selene is right there. She's mad happy about whatever's gone on her. val next like so Oh, it's my turn. yeah That's what that meant.
00:48:38
Speaker
I was like, he's he just there. don't know. So you have a spider on you and that's it. I thought that was a spider that would jump on Nix's face. No, Nix had her own spider.
00:48:50
Speaker
There's there' spiders. and that thought it wasn't spiders enough for all There were four spiders. One just died. yeah One was attacking Kaz but moved to Selena. So Dimitri, Valk, and Nyx.
00:49:03
Speaker
Dimitri has a spider on his face. Dimitri has a spider. Dimitri has a spider. yeah I thought Nix and I were sharing a spider. Dimitri has a spider on his face. No, Nix had her own spider. no Yeah, Nix had a spider. It fell off. I stabbed it. I had a spider. That's true. Nix, Kaz, Valk, and Dimitri each had a spider at the start of the fight.
00:49:20
Speaker
Dimitri and Nix still have the spiders they started with. Kaz has moved to Selena. Nix just killed her spider, so Valk still has Valk's spider. No. You have not been sharing a spider. One plus two plus two plus.
00:49:31
Speaker
I guess I just want the spider to die. Well, then kill it. I feel like I'm going to attack the spider. like I'm going to. Hey, just reduced a non-mook damn enemy to death, right? Yes.
00:49:44
Speaker
Cool. Okay. Oh, he's getting stressed out now. um Yeah, that's a four. 16. Dang.
00:49:56
Speaker
16 to hit AC or physical defense. 16 to hit the spider does not hit. Okay. I can't do anything else.
00:50:09
Speaker
Okay. The zombies will attack Nyx. Nyx looks now entirely fresh after killing something. Nyx made her feel a lot better. So cool. So cool. I almost asked you how long your vulnerability lasts and realized that was the thing I did. yeah Sorry.
00:50:26
Speaker
You should have made a save at the end of your turn to end the vulnerability. I'd like to do that. It is a hard save. So you have to roll 16 or higher.
00:50:33
Speaker
A 16. There you go. so far So there are still one, two, three, four zombies up. So just a curiosity, when the zombies die, the spiders die. When I killed a spider, the zombie also died? Yes. Okay. 19 versus AC.
00:50:49
Speaker
Adjust hits. Four damage. 23 versus AC. Four more damage. Nope. 9 versus AC. That does not hit. And 11 versus AC. Does not hit. Okay.
00:50:59
Speaker
And that is all of the zombies. Did you want to use your reaction thing on any of them? No, I can only do that once. Okay.
00:51:07
Speaker
Selena. Yay. Okay. going to put a spider on you. Oh, yeah. Not on your face, thankfully. Thank goodness. Okay. I'm going to mark one of the zombies. We'll just say the first one with sigil of blood.
00:51:19
Speaker
Okay. Okay. And then I'm going to do... I think just going to a basic melee attack against the spider that's in front of me. Nice. Natural 20. Nice. Heck yeah.
00:51:31
Speaker
So your what's your normal damage die? D8. So 3D8. So that'd be 24. And then roll three more D8. You see?
00:51:41
Speaker
Wait. That's... 27. 278. That works. 15. Plus... and but fifteen you What's what? There's 39. There's calculator on your phone. yeah. There's a calculator on your phone, actually. 39.
00:51:57
Speaker
Okay, yeah. Val, perhaps much to your chagrin as you're, like, trying to whack at this spider that's hopping all around you, Selina just brings her sword up and stabs her spider in, like, the body and flings it up and it goes flying against the wall.
Selena's Fiery Assault: Sage Damaged
00:52:09
Speaker
My one sword kill was a robb. No, it wasn't your spider. It wasn't your spider. It's her own spider. Thank you. you still You still have the opportunity. It's just frustrating because you' you've been fighting with this spider the whole time.
00:52:22
Speaker
it waddles up to Selena and Selena one knocks it out. I needed a win. Somebody update the escalation die to a three. Dimitri needs to get this spider off his face. Okay.
00:52:35
Speaker
He is going to going to use his at will spell. Crescendo. He just starts singing. ah but Muffled. From his wand, you hear like like strings like ramping up in volume as he brings it up and like tucks it between his face and the spider. And then you hear a blast of horns as this spider goes flying off of his face.
00:53:00
Speaker
17 damage and a condition of this and the target pops free of you. So, and that was Dimitri's turn. So now it is Kaz's turn. So Kaz, from his new vantage point, is kind of surveying everything. What's the sage doing? I haven't, I try to remember, I don't think Kaz has seen him do anything yet.
00:53:17
Speaker
I know he's a bad guy. I just wanted to see what he's up to. I mean, he's been casting spells at Slayna and Dimitri. Okay. and Yeah. um I think Kaz feels comfortable that he's out of the the melee of it all, that he is going to toss a spell at the sage.
00:53:32
Speaker
And it's going to be...
00:53:37
Speaker
A natural one. Okay. So that's good, right? Yeah, that's great. What spell were you trying to fling at him? The Chaos Ray. Okay.
00:53:48
Speaker
It was going to be cool. Yeah, you see the Chaos Ray comes within range of the sage, and he holds his staff up, and it's like the the Chaos...
00:54:00
Speaker
can't hold itself together. Like it goes beyond the normal chaotic nature of Kaz's magic to completely like loop into itself and dissipate. Okay. It's like something in being like close proximity with him. That was very weird with the nature of his magic, that the chaos did not, uh, interact well with it.
00:54:17
Speaker
and And I want to remind you that my new talent or a new feat that I took at third level, my warps stay until I roll another warp or choose to kill it. So I will remain in the air. Gotcha. oh Thank you. All right.
00:54:28
Speaker
The spiders, there are only two left, one on Dimitri and one on Valk. So the one on Valk.
00:54:36
Speaker
night 19 plus its attack modifier is a 26 versus physical defense. Yeah. Five damage. It rolled a natural odd hit, so it does not attach to your face. So Valk continues to evade getting hugged.
00:54:52
Speaker
And then Dimitri's. Mm-hmm. Natural one. The sage. He is no longer hampered.
00:55:01
Speaker
He didn't see what I did to him, did he? He didn't notice it was me. Right? The guy. The guy over the air. He may have noticed. He's going to mind screen Kaz. Okay. That's only a 14 versus your mental defense.
00:55:13
Speaker
That doesn't hit. Okay. Let me hold. He's not engaged with me, is he? So this this doesn't that take effect. I'm a miss. And attacked my ally without attacking me. you have more than one sigil up?
00:55:25
Speaker
I think so. Okay. I don't know. I guess I should look at that. dang it. Never mind. Sorry. You and the sage both take two psychic damage. Okay.
00:55:36
Speaker
Nyx. Is it like in my head I can hear this something? like Yeah, you hear like the chittering of insects very loudly. Yeah, a cacophony. And you hear a woman's laugh amongst them. and Join the party. Okay.
00:55:54
Speaker
I'm an attack a zombie attack a zombie. How many zombies am I still looking at here? Four. Okay, I'm going to attack some zombies.
00:56:04
Speaker
not going to very successfully attack some zombies, though. ah That's not a lot. That's going to be 13 versus AC. That misses. Okay. That's the thing I can do.
00:56:16
Speaker
All right. Valk. The stupid spider. That's a natural 20. All right. Sword deck deck.
00:56:26
Speaker
So what's your normal damage? 3d8 plus my wisdom. So that's 24 plus your wisdom, which is... 6. 6. So 30, and then roll 3 more d8. 15. All right.
00:56:39
Speaker
all right Go ahead and add another 5 on 4. It's okay. Describe how Valk finally kills this spider. This is so anticlimactic. It doesn't have to be. Describe it climatically. You rolled a natural 20.
00:56:52
Speaker
I think... Valk is finally just getting frustrated because things aren't going according to plan. And he's now had to... involve himself in in melee combat which is something he does not like to do because it adds more stress than he would like to have to manage um so i think in swinging his sword because he can use mostly anything as an arcane implement i think he starts channeling the magic from zoriat okay
00:57:28
Speaker
through the blade so the script on the blade starts grow or glowing and then think he's just gonna continue to just slice into the spider okay and just slowly start like actually ripping into zoria because he's starting to get just too frustrated With each strike, and everyone else has their own stuff going on, so nobody else sees this. um With each strike, the spider's form changes a little bit. like You hit it once, and like eyeballs up appear all over it. You hit it again, and it turns to stone. You hit it again, and it's covered in fur.
00:57:58
Speaker
And then finally, you stab it, in and looks like the regular spider that you were fighting as it stops moving. Okay, the zombies. The first one is going to attack Nyx. That is a eight versus your ac no slain i have good news that's the one that you marked with your six and it just makes an attack not that it's successful yes so six negative energy damage and i get to heal some that's that does not kill it but at least i got to use it yes the next zombie that is a 13 versus ac no
00:58:36
Speaker
Next zombie, 17 versus AC. No. Last zombie, 10 versus AC. No. They're all just, like, trying to batter at you. Selina, your turn.
00:58:47
Speaker
Okay. So you no longer have a spider on you. So you're kind of free to do whatever you want. Awesome. Let's do... We're going to do white flame blade. Okay.
00:59:02
Speaker
Against the sage. and So you're going to move to attack the with your sword? I am, I am. a nineteen 19. That is?
00:59:14
Speaker
Versus AC? Hits. Yes. Okay, great. Okay, 9 damage. 9 damage. damage How many d8s did you just roll for that? 1. You should roll 3. I get 3? Okay.
00:59:27
Speaker
Because weapon damage escalates to be a number of dice equal to your level. 14. 14.
00:59:33
Speaker
yeah It was white flame blade do. bla do I think the sword like catches fire as I swing it. ah Okay. Awesome.
00:59:43
Speaker
And then it also says 2d6 fire damage to all enemies you're engaged with, but I don't know if it counts towards that one too. I think, yeah, it still counts towards that one. Okay. So then that's seven fire damage. Nice.
00:59:54
Speaker
Yeah. So and just because i haven't described the full chamber yet, but Slane's the first one moved this far into the room. There's actually like... a trough made of stone that's about waist height, Selina, that you rush towards. and so you kind of like launch yourself over it as you come to stab at the sage who is kind of using that as a barrier between himself and the rest of you.
01:00:14
Speaker
Um, and that is it. Escalation die up to a four. And Selina does all this in a dress, right? There's pants. There's pants. It's tied up. Sorry. Accurate. i's not I was not allowing.
01:00:29
Speaker
to battle fell armor it
01:00:36
Speaker
But there's hoops. Dimitri is going to use his rebuke spell. So the rebuke spell is a cyclic spell for wizards, which means it's either once per battle or at will when the escalation dies even. So both that does not hit his mental defense, though.
01:00:50
Speaker
and So Dimitri misses. its said Similar chains go up, but this time the sage, like, whips his staff out of the way of the chains as they come flying towards him. And now it is Kaz's turn.
01:01:02
Speaker
i have to rally. So I'm going to do that. Right, there's an 8. 11. I get 18 hit points back. That puts me back up to full. Nice, but I only have so many, so it's pretty rough. Spider time. Dimitri's spider is going to attack him.
01:01:22
Speaker
That hits, but it is an odd hit, so Demetri's looking well. Oh, I also land. Oh, okay. I'm going land. And now it is the sage's turn. So the sage is in melee with Selena. So he is going to try to hit her with his staff.
01:01:39
Speaker
14 plus 21 versus your AC, Selena. Yeah, that just hits. Okay. So that is eight damage. And then as the staff hits you, your mind kind of flashes white for a second and you hear this like unbearable shriek both in your mind and you take five thunder damage and the sage can pop free from you. So he backs away without drawing an opportunity attack.
01:02:08
Speaker
Okay.
01:02:13
Speaker
And now it is Nyx's turn. You still have four zombies on you, Nyx. I mean, okay. If you insist. I do. I'm attack with sword. Hey, finally. That is 27 hit. That hits. ah That is going to 21 damage. Okay.
01:02:35
Speaker
You're just attacking one of them, right? I don't have any way to attack all of them. You kill that zombie. Excellent. so Was it the one that was marked with the sigil? No.
01:02:46
Speaker
Okay, good. ah Yeah, Nyx just slashes through one of them with your sword. Cool. That's what I can do. Valk, you no longer have a spider. Yes, I can focus now. um So i will I will gain my focus.
01:03:05
Speaker
Nice. Okay. That's it. The zombies. First one's going to attack Nyx. That is only 10 to hit your AC. That does not.
01:03:16
Speaker
Sigil of Blood. Mm-hmm. Six negative energy damage. Next one attacks Nyx. That is a 22 versus AC. I guess. So that is four damage.
01:03:26
Speaker
And the last one, 18 versus AC. Does not hit. Brandy. Selena. All right. Sage backed up from you, so you'll need to move up to engage with him again if you want to continue to attack him.
01:03:38
Speaker
Yes, I will do that. Okay. I'm just going to do a basic melee attack. I am rolling really bad. 13. Versus Versus a versus a c That misses. Yeah.
01:03:50
Speaker
I'm going to use... I do get damage. now What? Inevitable fall. What does that mean? Whenever one of my allies attacks an nearby, enemy and misses. What happens? Oh... They don't... de I'm sweating. Well, i have to I have to do an attack. Okay.
01:04:04
Speaker
So he takes three damage equal to your level. Oh... Oh...
01:04:12
Speaker
I think Valk is still a little freaked out about what he saw, because that's like an 11 versus mental defense. That's not going to do It's actually a 15, right? Did you add the... if Yeah, if I just... Did you add the... Did you add the escalation the escalation die. That's only That'd make it 15 if it was an 11, right?
01:04:29
Speaker
no Well, now I actually have to do real math. Sorry. and Wait a minute. What? Sorry. Why are you saying... Nine. I'm just here, man. Don't worry about me.
01:04:40
Speaker
Me too. i I don't know what's happening. I didn't know what the real math she had to do was. Yeah. Adding four? Because I think I looked at the wrong one.
01:04:50
Speaker
Hold on. Yeah. I was 15. Yeah. Miss. Placed. I'm still sweating. I had to swing a sword. line That's a different page.
01:05:03
Speaker
Okay. But on a miss, the sage takes five ongoing psychic damage. Dang. That'll be on his turn.
01:05:14
Speaker
Okay. So that was Selina's turn. That is the end of the round. Escalation die up to a five. Dimitri's going to go. Okay. Let's do Rhea Frost.
01:05:24
Speaker
Why not? a Classic. Classic. That'll hit. So that's four. Selina goes basic. yeah I remember when I had to be Rhea Frost.
01:05:36
Speaker
15 cold damage to the sage. Yes. I took an adventurous feat on that. So the save for that psychic damage is a hard save. Oh, nice. All right.
Reflecting on Performance: Team Struggles
01:05:48
Speaker
A ray of cold energy blasts the sage in the chest and he backs up a little bit, but he is not down the yet. So now it is Kaz's turn. All right. I finally drew a defensive die. I think we're actually all doing not terrible, right? Let's just see what happens.
01:06:06
Speaker
Someone's not doing great. Dimitri's doing terrible. That's true. I rolled the wrong thing for to help with that, so I get a plus two to my mental defense. Nice.
01:06:16
Speaker
That's that. And I'll always go back in the bag and see what's next. All righty. No defense. Cool. Dimitri's holding out.
01:06:27
Speaker
The spiders. The only one that's left is the one on Dimitri.
Dimitri's Downfall: Urging Care
01:06:31
Speaker
Oh, no. Natural 20. Oh, my gosh. Oh, no. Oh, no. Oh, yeah.
01:06:40
Speaker
Um. They're. That's it. As I hold Dimitri's dying body and make sure he knows we'll take care of his baby. It's true.
01:06:53
Speaker
If only we weren't a long way from the sea. can get his lackeys to take it to the closest port to... Dock it on the river tunnel. Obviously. Of course. My bad.
01:07:04
Speaker
My bad. Kaz has thought of everything. You're on it. Okay. Dimitri, Dimitri goes down as the spider leaps onto his face. And yeah, that's all you see initially. So the spider stays attached to Dimitri's face as his body falls on
Sage Retaliation: Slayna Targeted
01:07:20
Speaker
the ground. but that It is now the sage's turn.
01:07:24
Speaker
So the sage takes his ongoing, you said five damage? and Five psychic damage? Okay.
01:07:32
Speaker
And Slayna rushed back up to him to attack him. So he's going to to hit Slayna with his staff. Yeah. That is a 16 versus AC? Nope. All right. One psychic damage.
01:07:43
Speaker
All right.
01:07:45
Speaker
As his staff makes contact with your blade, you hear the the chittering of bugs briefly in your mind. That... You're meant to. Well, you're doing great. Thanks.
01:07:58
Speaker
Nyx. Okay. Okay.
Nyx's Zombie Attack: Narrowing the Field
01:08:01
Speaker
I am going to continue to kill zombies. Okay. Or I'm going to roll a natural two. Let's see what it is now with all of the things. Believe it or not, with all of the things, and includle say that's now a 17. Jeez.
01:08:12
Speaker
she That hits. Oh, that's such a good roll. That's 32 points of damage. You kill that zombie. How many zombies left?
01:08:23
Speaker
Two. Halfway there. Is there still a sigil on one of them? Yes. Yes. If I have figured that out, I am deliberately avoiding killing that. I'd assume that there would be some level of coordination between Nix and Slayna. Assuming that I can see the sigils, yeah i'm I'm not targeting those ones at unless I have to. Yeah, we've trained together enough.
01:08:42
Speaker
Provided there's no spider on your face, you can see the sigils. No, I assume that the sigil and the minus two AC are the ones that you don't want to be attacking unless the minus two AC is rough. Yeah. Okay, it is now Valk's turn.
Valk's Mission: Saving Dimitri
01:08:57
Speaker
Can I? I have to, I need to get to Dimitri. I you could easily have trees do he said if he dies, that scry goes off. Right, the scrying will see that he died in a battle where we were helping. That is unconfirmed. special that They will see what they want to see in the tableau they are given.
01:09:19
Speaker
Unfortunately. Nix would rather explain how he died in Evelyn's time. Regardless of that, I don't think we're having this conversation in the middle of a heated battle. I mean... To displace Vap from doing Vap's character. No, Nix is entirely unaware that anything's happened to Dimitri. She's fighting zombies.
01:09:34
Speaker
It's not a terrible lot I can do the because i I'm pretty sure I yeah i drink my own potion. You have my potion. I gave it to you. do you i did not. I refused that. That's true. but You should have a potion. I have all these things. the spiders yourre unconscious the spider is still alive on his face. Yes.
01:09:54
Speaker
Am I able to... What's the thing? Can I attempt to pull it off of his face? No. can i attempt to pull it off of his face Yeah, i would I would accept a check to try and wring the spider off of his face.
01:10:10
Speaker
It would probably be a strength check. it she Do it. Do it. I have no idea. that's That might be strong. but with That's an edge melee weapon for Hewer of Truth to use my intelligence instead of strength.
01:10:26
Speaker
pry it off of his face. Can I just pry off of his face? A little twist.
01:10:36
Speaker
Swords through, tip on the it's on the ground. i will like I will let you try that once again at disadvantage. Roll 2d20 and take the worst result. If you roll a natural one, something very bad. Okay. That is 11 plus...
01:10:50
Speaker
okay that is possibly pretty good leather than plus
01:10:57
Speaker
Five. No, six. Plus another five. Plus. So level plus 11? Yeah. Any bad. Yeah. Yes, I will say no damage, but you did slide your sword up and like... I use my knife. I'm not done. See, I'm just like, the sword's longer, so you can get the point all the way out. The more is that much? Yeah. Okay, fine. I'm sorry that my character is smarter than me.
01:11:25
Speaker
I don't know what the best way to pry a giant spider off someone's face is. I'm not criticizing. Let's run through experiments. Okay. okay So that was your action.
Dimitri's Critical State: Death Saves Needed
01:11:35
Speaker
ah You still see that Dimitri is unconscious on the ground.
01:11:38
Speaker
But importantly, now that the spider is off of his face, so instead of... save or die mechanics in 13th age second edition they have what are called last gasp saves mean he was gonna have to make death saves and last gasp saves at the same time and if he failed the last gasp saves he was gonna get on a a belly full of aches yeah oh is it an act is it an action to search through his bag wait is it a what to search through his bag i will allow a quick action to take a look in his bag if you want or just take If I know Dimitri, can I try to find his potion? Yes. Take his back.
01:12:15
Speaker
Dimitri is a skilled enough adventurer that he would have a heal at least one healing potion on him. No. Unfortunately, this is my is my like um partner. I know him. I know him. I need to keep him alive.
01:12:28
Speaker
i loved him. did not. Say it. That's a hard line. Maybe other people, not this one. It is the zombie's turn. Natural 20 against Nyx.
01:12:40
Speaker
So for you i don't think it was, but sigil of blood. So eight damage on Nyx. Ow. But what does the sigil of blood look like when it kills someone? Ooh. I think it makes them explode.
01:12:56
Speaker
So, because the sigils have never popped off this before, this zombie hits you and then just explodes in a mist of blood. Oh, mind you, we are in a cave. We are going to break for a while. We have vaporized zombie and spider all over us. Pretty sure there's also little cinch from poison. She said out loud. Awesome. Awesome. Imagining this in Mythbusters high speed.
01:13:23
Speaker
The next zombie attacks Nyx. This is just blinking. so that's what they got It got real good and then just... Look like you're in a cut seat in Dragon Age. 13 to hit. you doesn't.
01:13:36
Speaker
doesn't Alright. That's the zombie's turn. Selena, you have a sigil to use now. I Who is left? There's one zombie and then the sage, which has been attacking pretty consistently. He's so yeah. And the spider. And the spider that's on Dimitri. Let's do the other zombie. The other zombie was on Dimitri.
01:14:01
Speaker
Okay, so the sigil is now on the other zombie. Love that for Nyx. Okay, and then I'm gonna to
01:14:12
Speaker
Burning Leash. Okay. The Sage. Kinky.
01:14:20
Speaker
Okay. Well. Natural one. But with everything. mean And just to be clear, like i I was rereading the, well, natural one always misses. And I was rereading the rules of second edition while i was in a way this week.
01:14:36
Speaker
ah Natural ones, you don't get your miss damage either. Like natural, things that you get nothing. so Okay. Well, nevermind then. He's so concerned about the fact she just blew up his arm. He's like, that does? Escalation die.
01:14:48
Speaker
Two six. Dimitri makes a gets him skull. ah yeah dmitri makes a saving throw that is a three which gets him one skull Is it what he gets a skull?
01:15:04
Speaker
That's cool. He grinned like that. Yes. Just like skulls. Is it three skulls? but When you get your fifth skull, you die. Oh, okay. but yeah So death saves are a lot harder to pass though. You have to roll 15.
01:15:20
Speaker
are 16 through 19 use a recovery return from consciousness a 20 you get to return and you also get your actions 15 or lower you get nothing and you gain a skull if you get up to five skulls you die okay do they go away every time you recover like they go away immediately or ah you can take a quick rest and you go down to one but a full heal is required to get rid of all of your skulls that's cool okay
01:15:47
Speaker
Not all
Kaz's Intervention: Defensive Spell Saves Dimitri
01:15:48
Speaker
of your skulls. like There's one that I would like to keep. The mandatory one. The metaphorical skulls marking your steps towards death. crude skulls uh so it's my turn and i think this is a great time for me to learn about the concept of death um what my current defensive spell grants either an opportunity to recover or temporary hit points well either of those help dimitri right now recovery would okay if he gets to spend a recovery he's back okay then then he gets to spend a recovery and his potion oh
01:16:19
Speaker
good's Good. Keep his potion. Get his bag. He gets to spin the recovery and I grow an eye and... or something. that's so Your third eye opens. You're going give me a spider eye too, aren't you, a monster?
01:16:31
Speaker
Just one. He is now. He was good. They're always thematic. i There was a robot arm one time. Because it's just an appendage, right? It's an eye or a limb. It says eye or limb. or Or something else.
01:16:44
Speaker
ah Just because I think it's funnier and it's on my mind. Out of the back of your hand, a single centipede leg Eww. So much worse. That's the worst thing you've ever done.
01:16:56
Speaker
Yeah. It's yeah like yeah. The language is limb or other physical feature. It really can be. like And i get 10 temporary hit points along with that. Nice. Oh my God. Dimitri gets to roll a d six per level. He rolled two ones and a two.
01:17:10
Speaker
Oh boy. is up. Plus his con. Wizards famously have high con modifiers. Um,
01:17:21
Speaker
all right, so the retreat is up to five hit points. Hooray. Thank you, Kaz. And now the spider gets to go. And now the spider goes. but The spider is focused on the person that just pried them off of their their lunch. That's right.
Remaining Zombie Defeated: Nyx's Strike
01:17:38
Speaker
That is only a 10 to hit your AC. The sage now gets to go. try to hit Selina. That is 16 versus your AC. Nope.
01:17:49
Speaker
Okay. One psychic damage. All right. And now it is, I believe, Nyx's turn. Zombies. One zombie. Oh, great. Yeah, because that one exploded.
01:18:00
Speaker
ah Yeah, Nyx blinks and then attacks the other zombie. It's not in my depth. So much. If you roll anything, i was to say, as a natural one, I hit. Because ah this is the one that you put a minus two to its AC, so... Even better. Yeah.
01:18:17
Speaker
Lots. 21 points of damage. You kill the zombies so hard. Yeah, this thing just explodes, Nix blinks, and then just turns and brings the sword up and just carves through its torso. Nice.
Final Battle Moments: Sage Defeated
01:18:31
Speaker
Valk, have a spider. And Dimitri's eyes open, he's like... oh Plus it's in my mouth. Plus it's in my stomach. I guess I am going to move to attack the spider.
01:18:47
Speaker
It'll just attack you, Sadie. That's natural 20. 24 plus wisdom plus another 3d8. Yes. yeah That was the right dice.
01:19:01
Speaker
Oh. Another... year Oh, that's 7. That's another one. That's 12. 12. Okay. The spider is dead. It's dead. i The sage is the only one left. You killed two spiders.
01:19:13
Speaker
Yes. Nice. Now the scary sword won't potentially be angry at me. I don't know. I feel like it would be. If I didn't. It's the one that's like, if you did. Don't worry about it. I remember the inscription. I don't even, I don't think Nick knows the inscription.
01:19:27
Speaker
Nick definitely doesn't know the inscription. I don't think Philip knows the inscription. not sure Philip knows the inscription. I don't remember this being a thing. It just feels like it it probably should kill things. I think you found this sword with your gym suit, right?
01:19:39
Speaker
but yeah Yeah. Underneath. yeah Layers. like old weak Lest nobody forget that Valk is wearing a gym suit. A track suit. she looks like a He looks like a Russian gangster. Valk just went, so slay now. Okay. I'm just going to melee 24. 24. Versus AC.
01:19:58
Speaker
That is a hit. Awesome. Dang. and Okay. 18. eighteen Describe how you kill sage. Hey. yeah Great. It's over. No, no. Okay.
01:20:11
Speaker
Like I just stabbed him right through his heart. Nice. ah Okay, cool. The echoes of battle begin to quiet down as you all see the corpses laying around you.
Aftermath and Farewells
01:20:21
Speaker
And I will go into more detail about the room that you're standing in next time.
01:20:25
Speaker
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01:20:36
Speaker
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01:20:55
Speaker
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