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Curse of Strahd Ep. 28: Ladies and Gentlemen. We got him.
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Call the Lightning picks up on the trail of the Mad Mage's lost belongings; his Staff and Spellbook. We make a pact not to side quest (challenge rating: impossible) and cruise out on another venture across the wilds of Barovia. Their journey leads to the the ultimate side-quest of them all as they make contact with with a old party favorite...Jimothy himself!
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Welcome & Patreon Shoutout
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The Blade's Edge
Hello, one and all, and welcome back to the Blade's Edge, a D&D actual play podcast where we are currently playing through Curse of Strahd. A quick shout out up top to some of our patrons. If you haven't yet, feel free to go over to our Patreon at patreon.com slash Blade's Edge. No the, right cow?
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Kyle Beams
Yeah, correct.
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The Blade's Edge
That's right.
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Kyle Beams
Just the, just blades.
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The Blade's Edge
Blade's Edge. um If you want to get the episodes early, um ah You get them a week early um or a couple of days early. In addition, I want to give a shout out to the Janester, Kendall, Bree, myself, and EMF5671, Ken, Justin, Jay, Kendall, ah Brandon, Ashley. Thank you guys so much, just to name a few. Really appreciate having you guys over there.
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The Blade's Edge
um Maybe when we get a couple more on there, ah we'll we'll do a little something special for the the patrons, whether that be a one-shot, involve some of you guys. Maybe I'll ah start doing some polls ah that these players can't look at and maybe get some, ah hey, what should they fight ah on the road?
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Kyle Beams
Yeah.
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The Blade's Edge
What random encounter should we just auto-pick instead of roll for, ? etc
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Kyle Beams
We're coming up on 40 members on Patreon. So maybe once we get to that milestone, we'll ah we'll jump up and do some cool stuff.
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Kyle
Peace.
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The Blade's Edge
Yeah, and you also shout out. that's the Those are the paid members. Shout out to the paid members, but also shout out to the people who have also just so sort of joined our Patreon.
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Kyle Beams
Yeah.
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The Blade's Edge
um we we We love all you guys as well, even though yeah yeah're you're not necessarily subscribed yet. You're still on there, so you're still getting the updates, and we super appreciate that. And anybody who's been listening, so um
00:01:49
Kyle Beams
Come join us in the comments.
Discovering Valentine & Planning
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The Blade's Edge
come join us in the comments. um Jumping back in. The gang called the lightning.
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The Blade's Edge
Just recently, finally, finally found and helped cure, at least somewhat cure, the mad mage, a.k.a.
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Kyle
you
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The Blade's Edge
Valentine. You guys are up in the mountains now. north of Lake Baratok.
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The Blade's Edge
I'll ping for you guys over here where you are, sort of by this purple... ah Lake Zarevich, sorry. Yeah, for those of you listening at home, feel free to just fucking pull up a map of Barovia so you always know where I'm talking about.
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The Blade's Edge
um You're in the Svalich woods up near Mount Baratok, north of Lake Zarevich. You have finally...
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The Blade's Edge
found the mad mage valentine his cat sila his goat philip and his wife and his son um and you guys can correct my memory so it's we got anabi bash uh stalvedoc our newest member deson and deson what was your horse's name that's
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Kyle Beams
His wife and his son.
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Vesz'rak
Oh shit, I can't remember. I'm so
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The Blade's Edge
okay Um, and then, it was something about Lathander or something about all of that. You've got this horse with this sunlight and all of that.
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Vesz'rak
out of the
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The Blade's Edge
Cool.
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Vesz'rak
i'm not sure if i actually named it, and if I did, someone feel free to call me a liar.
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The Blade's Edge
Yeah. Well, we'll, we'll listen back to last step and and find it. But, um, did you guys, after uncovering his, his memory, did you guys long rest up here? Hmm.
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Kyle
According to my stats, we did
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Kyle Beams
ah
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Vesz'rak
Yeah, we did.
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Kyle Beams
Yes, we did.
Morning Surprise & Magic Mishaps
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The Blade's Edge
I love it. So the morning comes and while you don't get the beautiful sun cresting that morning light, you do get a darkness turned a bit light gray.
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The Blade's Edge
There's some light rain in the morning. Maybe um some of that's blocked out by the tree canopies overhead. You guys have found you know a small clearing in between some trees, but there's still some overhang.
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The Blade's Edge
You had a fire going last night. You didn't really hear any wolf howls, as you know from your trek here, that the wolves and associated creatures, werewolves, etc., ah Don't come to this side of the Svalch Woods.
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The Blade's Edge
um But as you wake up, you see that um you see that Valentine is up.
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Kyle Beams
ah Aww. Stavadok is sad.
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The Blade's Edge
Philip has a little harness on with like a leash. ah Sila ah is sitting on top of Philip's head. And Valentine seems to have made...
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The Blade's Edge
ah You guys don't know where he got the ingredients to make this, but he has made for each of you um ah avocado toast.
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Kyle
Yo!
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Kyle Beams
Oh, incredible. Incredible.
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Vesz'rak
I didn't know they they grew avocados in this part of the nature.
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Kyle Beams
with ah With some nice flaky sea salt from Lake Zarevich.
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The Blade's Edge
Yeah, make me.
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Kyle
is this dude from Silver Lake?
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The Blade's Edge
Yeah. Yeah. um
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Kyle
Oh cool.
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The Blade's Edge
Why don't you guys all make me a nature check? I'd say Stal the Dock, you... Is this your first time out in the world, though, right?
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Kyle Beams
ah Yes. Well, yes.
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The Blade's Edge
Yeah, make that a disadvantage for Stal the Dock.
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Kyle Beams
Yes.
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Kyle Beams
That's going to nine.
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Trevor
Do I need one?
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Kyle Beams
Is this made of ghoul meat?
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The Blade's Edge
one one So, Inabi, why don't you and... ah Is anybody here proficient in Arcana?
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Trevor
Nope.
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The Blade's Edge
No.
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The Blade's Edge
Okay.
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Vesz'rak
Negative.
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Kyle Beams
Negative.
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The Blade's Edge
Okay. Why doesn't everybody make me an Arcana check? We'll set the DC at 20. So we gotta get a high roll here. Okay. ah high roll here
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Vesz'rak
ah Four.
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Kyle Beams
Oh yeah.
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The Blade's Edge
yeah
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Trevor
Five.
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The Blade's Edge
And I think Kyle G. Bash is is is restarting
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Kyle Beams
He's like, wait a second.
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Trevor
Hell yeah.
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Kyle Beams
arcan He's really focusing about this one. He's thinking really hard about it.
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Vesz'rak
He's pushing too hard in my poop.
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Kyle Beams
Yeah.
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The Blade's Edge
the Barbarian. You look over, that he just actually is pooping.
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Kyle Beams
Yeah.
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The Blade's Edge
Not paying attention at all.
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Vesz'rak
No, Arcana, Arcana.
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Kyle Beams
Think.
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The Blade's Edge
it Each bite of avocado, a piece of poop comes out.
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Trevor
if they
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Kyle Beams
Think. Think.
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The Blade's Edge
It's just ah it's a very streamlined experience.
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Kyle
It's a natural is so funny.
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Kyle Beams
Yo.
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The Blade's Edge
Oh my god.
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Trevor
hell yeah
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The Blade's Edge
Call the lightning.
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Vesz'rak
some of Bash's best work happens on the toilet. What can i say?
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Kyle Beams
and yeah
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Kyle
No, my my Chrome, I had to change some settings in my in my browser.
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The Blade's Edge
Oh, you turned it to Nat 20s only?
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Trevor
Yeah, just put on your auto crit.
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The Blade's Edge
Yeah, i exactly.
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Kyle
Yeah, I had to turn on the Nat 20 button, so yeah.
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Trevor
Yeah, yeah.
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Kyle Beams
Oh, yeah, yeah. Auto quit on, yeah.
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The Blade's Edge
Yeah.
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Vesz'rak
Check
Quest Decisions & Travel to Vallaki
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Vesz'rak
his PC, check his PC.
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Kyle Beams
I had to fix my Google Chrome.
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The Blade's Edge
Yeah, I downloaded an an app that waits that weighs the die, so the dies are all weighted.
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Kyle
yeah but it's a natural 20, Brian.
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The Blade's Edge
So ah first off, Inabi with 21, you know, avocado toast, super weird. Definitely no avocados in Barovia.
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Trevor
Okay.
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The Blade's Edge
You're certain, 100% certain. There's no avocados in Barovia, for sure. Also, like freshly baked bread. Like, it's soft. This is not like hard, stale bread that he had in a pack or something.
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The Blade's Edge
All very strange. Definitely not from this area.
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Trevor
Hmm.
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The Blade's Edge
And then Bash, I think you're starting to realize, ever since you've seen this guy, or been in this area of the woods, this guy Valentine, he...
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Kyle
Mm-hmm.
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The Blade's Edge
You're starting to put some things together in your head. He's been here a long time, but he looks really young. He has told you his name, but he didn't give you a full name.
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The Blade's Edge
He gave you one name. You've cleared his mind, and I think with a natural 20, you know that he can't fully control what's going on with his magic, with his connection to the weave yet.
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Kyle
Mm-hmm.
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Trevor
We've.
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The Blade's Edge
And his mind is still fractured. I mean, he definitely knows he's Valentine. He definitely is the Mad Mage. He's definitely on your guy's side. He's with you. But um he had mentioned that his belongings had been lost and his mind fractured with them.
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The Blade's Edge
And with this, you see that sort of these were definitely made magically. And that maybe he didn't even necessarily pick avocado toast. And it's something so random because he cannot control what he's doing fully.
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Kyle Beams
He's like, I was thinking Arby's.
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The Blade's Edge
Yes.
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Kyle
Interesting.
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The Blade's Edge
But it is good. I mean, if anybody's and if anybody's eating it, you guys are all...
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Trevor
Thank you.
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Kyle Beams
Yeah.
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The Blade's Edge
He's eating it too. So is Sila and Phillip.
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Kyle
Have we heard of avocados before? Okay.
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The Blade's Edge
Yeah. Yes. Oh, well, maybe Bash. Maybe you haven't because you're from here. They're from Barovia. So maybe, um yeah, maybe we have within the Nat 20 Arcana. Maybe somebody's mentioned like import exports.
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The Blade's Edge
Maybe some of the Vistani who can travel through the mists have come back with these rare, you know, delicacies.
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Kyle
Sure.
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Kyle
Yeah.
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The Blade's Edge
Yeah, maybe you've heard about it before, but.
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Kyle
I love this green sludge.
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The Blade's Edge
He nods and he goes, ah yeah, it's honestly pretty good. I've never had it before, but this is smacking.
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Kyle Beams
It's banging.
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Trevor
The last note that I have in my and from last session is just Philip the goat and goat is all caps.
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Kyle
That's so fire.
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The Blade's Edge
yeah
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The Blade's Edge
Yes, you've got Philip the goat.
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Trevor
The best.
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Kyle
It's the goat.
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Vesz'rak
Sila the cat
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The Blade's Edge
Sila the black cat with green eyes. Philip the white furred goat. um chewing He's chewing on some ah some hay in between bites of avocado toast that has been placed in front of him as well. Sila's nibbling on some avocado toast on the back of Philip's head.
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The Blade's Edge
ah He's eating it and going, wow, yeah, this is good. i assume and ah We got to have this more often. What do you guys think?
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Kyle Beams
I don't know if we can afford it. I want to buy a house someday.
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Kyle
Is there any any way you can make some more of this?
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The Blade's Edge
um
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The Blade's Edge
Yeah, I think so.
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Kyle
Maybe we take some for the road?
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The Blade's Edge
He looks at Philip and he goes, Philip, how did I make this? And you see the goat is just looking at him, chewing grass. Oh, okay.
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The Blade's Edge
um Yeah.
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Kyle Beams
Just like that then, huh?
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The Blade's Edge
Right. Yeah. Yeah, Philip has reminded me. um Yeah. I can make some more. Not right this second, but I can... oh Oh, yeah. To bring it on the way? Yeah, let me let me ah let me let me try and make some more. Roll me a d10. Kyle G. Let me know your roll.
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Kyle
two
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The Blade's Edge
Okay,
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Kyle
fourteen
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The Blade's Edge
fourteen okay he goes, I got this, here you go. um I can make three at a time, here you go. And... Boobity!
Journey to Luna Lake
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Kyle Beams
Fresno pasta.
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The Blade's Edge
Boobity! ah And you see three ah motes of bright light appear. Vroom, vroom, vroom. And these lights are sort of bobbing around. ah They almost look like they're maybe dancing.
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The Blade's Edge
And they're three globules of light.
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Kyle Beams
Hey, those don'tt those don't look edible.
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The Blade's Edge
Oh, are we? Are you sure?
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Kyle Beams
I'll try it. oh no
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The Blade's Edge
Yeah, you put your head through it, and it is just a ball of light. goes, huh.
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Kyle Beams
I don't need food, but...
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The Blade's Edge
Right. Well, I'm... Okay, that wasn't it, but I'm i'm sure next time I could i could i can um hone in on it. I mean, it's roughly the same form factor. and Right, if I just make it from light to mushy green, and yeah I should be able to do it. Yeah.
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The Blade's Edge
Right.
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Kyle Beams
We need to get you your book back, don't we?
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The Blade's Edge
Right.
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Trevor
We need to get him to to town.
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Vesz'rak
Yeah, the book's in Luna Lake. And if we bring him to town, isn't he super hated because of leading a bunch of people to death?
00:12:33
Kyle Beams
Potentially.
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Vesz'rak
i mean, one of us ah hypothetically, allegedly, was the Mad Mage in town and got into a bunch of trouble.
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Kyle Beams
True. But then they also don't necessarily know what the Mad Mage looks like then.
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The Blade's Edge
Was that me?
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Vesz'rak
Allegedly. Allegedly.
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Kyle Beams
It was a very long time ago.
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The Blade's Edge
Right.
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Trevor
That's true, that wasn't very looked up.
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The Blade's Edge
Right. to Right. Two, three years.
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Trevor
Something like that.
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Kyle Beams
Yeah, two or three years, buddy.
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Vesz'rak
For sure.
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The Blade's Edge
Okay.
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Vesz'rak
Uh.
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Kyle Beams
It's been more like seven or eight decades since us and Mad Mage was well before that.
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The Blade's Edge
Jesus.
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Kyle Beams
So we're talking maybe a couple hundred years, right?
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The Blade's Edge
why do they Why do they hate me?
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Kyle Beams
I think you lost against Shrod and a lot of people thought we would do or you do a little better and a lot of people died.
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Vesz'rak
ah
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The Blade's Edge
lot people died, but not me, huh?
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Trevor
They hate you because they ain't you.
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Vesz'rak
Yeah, and you definitely didn't win against Trude.
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Kyle Beams
True. Yeah,
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The Blade's Edge
Right.
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Vesz'rak
you got i think you got thrown off of a cliff, truth be told.
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Kyle
I think it was very specifically described as you being thrown off of a cliff.
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The Blade's Edge
Uh...
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Vesz'rak
Yeah.
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The Blade's Edge
yeah Wait, so you're telling me I was thrown off of a cliff?
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Vesz'rak
yeah yeah
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Trevor
pretty sure somebody told me that you were thrown off of a cliff.
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Kyle Beams
yeah I think you were thrown off of a cliff.
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Kyle
They threw you like they launched you off a cliff with their hands.
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Vesz'rak
it Yeah, like into a waterfall.
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Kyle Beams
Yeah.
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Vesz'rak
There was like a lightning strike.
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The Blade's Edge
Right.
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Trevor
Honestly, it's insane you're still alive.
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The Blade's Edge
At that moment, the rain sort of picks up and you hear in the distance oh
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Vesz'rak
See like that.
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The Blade's Edge
some thunder.
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Vesz'rak
Did you see that? It was like that.
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The Blade's Edge
He looks back. Yeah, I saw that. its
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Kyle
Right when that kind of thing happened, they threw you off a cliff.
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The Blade's Edge
the That's when I was thrown off a cliff.
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Vesz'rak
you into the yeah You into the waterfall off the cliff. That's one-two punch.
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Kyle Beams
Bye.
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The Blade's Edge
Did you hear that, Philip the goat? They hate me because they ain't me.
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Trevor
hell yeah it is true
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The Blade's Edge
ah Okay. I remember ah bits and pieces of this. Of course, I remember coming to Barovia, but for me, it seems like it was not that long ago.
00:14:37
The Blade's Edge
i remember fighting him multiple times? Twice? i
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Trevor
Let's make it a third time. Let's get you back on your meds.
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Vesz'rak
yeah that's good Yeah, let's get your book.
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The Blade's Edge
Yeah.
00:14:48
Vesz'rak
Your book has your meds in it, right? There's like a secret there's like a like a secret cutout in the book, right?
00:14:50
Kyle Beams
Get you back on your med so we can go fight God Vampire.
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The Blade's Edge
Right. i am'm I'm somewhat familiar with the area. I... um Yeah, he grabs a like ah stick on the ground, this sort of gnarled ah wooden staff.
00:15:08
The Blade's Edge
um I'll i'll up blow up his thing again just for you guys at home. i mean He's wearing like a purple cape, ah blue tunic underneath. ah For you guys, the art that I have here, there's a staff, there's a book. He does not have that.
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The Blade's Edge
He just sort of has this... ah ah purple cape, a blue tunic, and this sort of non-magical piece of an gnarled wood that he helps himself up with. ah you know Light blue tunic, ah dark blue ah trousers, brown boots, purple coat.
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Trevor
Thank you.
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The Blade's Edge
ah He's got medium-length shaggy brown hair sort of parted in the middle. ah No beard, angular face, looking very youthful.
00:15:48
Kyle
Mm-hmm.
00:15:48
The Blade's Edge
how old are How old are you guys? Remind me. ish
00:15:54
The Blade's Edge
Salva Doc, you're quite new.
00:15:56
Kyle Beams
I am quite quite new.
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The Blade's Edge
Yeah, you're like, this is your...
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Kyle Beams
This iteration of me, i mean, i've been i don't i don't know what version I am, but I'm definitely not the first, and but hopefully I am the last.
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The Blade's Edge
Right.
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The Blade's Edge
A couple years old. Dasan, you're pretty up there at this point, right?
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Vesz'rak
Yeah, I'm like 86, 87 maybe.
00:16:21
The Blade's Edge
uh what about you bash i mean obviously you were you know frozen in time for a long time within the blood spear but sort of thirty s looks like from your token twenty s sure could be mid late 20s those half or people forget what's the other half you know is it human is it elf is it dwarf is it tiefling is it demon you know mean
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Kyle
Yeah, I mean, a half orc, so whatever that equivalent of like mid late 20s would be. Mashes.
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Kyle
Yeah.
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Kyle Beams
You know, it's...
00:16:50
Kyle
Yeah, for sure.
00:16:51
The Blade's Edge
Mid to late 20s, awesome. And Anabi, probably right around the same for you, or are you a bit older? Cool.
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Trevor
No, probably about the same.
00:16:59
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, you're looking at this guy, and I think like by the art, I mean, yeah, it looks like your guy's age. Mid to late 20s.
00:17:04
Kyle
Mm-hmm.
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The Blade's Edge
um ah No...
00:17:08
Kyle Beams
I'm gonna live forever.
00:17:10
The Blade's Edge
I think also for what it's worth, D'Saun, you're pretty old, but you're an elf, you know?
00:17:15
Vesz'rak
Yeah, I'm pretty.
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The Blade's Edge
um And you're looking at this guy, no pointy ears on this guy.
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Vesz'rak
Okay. Not the same lifespan then.
00:17:24
The Blade's Edge
Right, but he's been here for, he was here when you first came here, when your name was Dasan, or your name was Vesrak, rather.
00:17:32
Vesz'rak
Yeah.
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The Blade's Edge
um Back then, the stories of him being here were around, and now it's 70-some-odd years later, um and without him being an elf, still looks like this.
00:17:48
Kyle
Hmm.
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Kyle
Maybe it's the area.
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Kyle Beams
Or just the and unfathomable magic within this guy.
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Vesz'rak
Yeah, maybe it... Yeah. yeah I think he's What if he's like a reverse Benjamin Button?
00:17:59
Trevor
Is he wearing some sort of like weird jade necklace thing made out of brass that if I take off, he immediately turns into an old dude?
00:18:06
Kyle
It turns into a raisin.
00:18:06
The Blade's Edge
Haha.
00:18:08
Trevor
Yeah.
00:18:08
Kyle Beams
Yeah. Game of Thrones.
00:18:10
Vesz'rak
Exactly.
00:18:11
Kyle Beams
Oh, shit.
00:18:11
Trevor
Ew.
00:18:12
Kyle Beams
Where he's just growing older over time.
00:18:15
Vesz'rak
Exactly.
00:18:16
Kyle Beams
Incredible. Fascinating.
00:18:17
Vesz'rak
but
00:18:17
Kyle
jason
00:18:17
Kyle Beams
What a revelation.
00:18:19
Kyle
Yeah, i've got I've got reverse Benjamin Button's disease.
00:18:21
Vesz'rak
yeah
00:18:22
Kyle Beams
Yeah.
00:18:22
Kyle
It's the terminal, unfortunately.
00:18:25
Vesz'rak
he's ah he's just he He's just eating good.
00:18:25
Kyle Beams
Terminal, yeah.
00:18:26
Trevor
That is...
00:18:27
Vesz'rak
He's got the good grass.
00:18:27
Trevor
way more common than you think.
00:18:28
Kyle Beams
Hopefully after about 80 to 90 years, I succumb to my di disease.
00:18:28
Vesz'rak
He's got the foliage.
00:18:33
Vesz'rak
Okay, so...
00:18:35
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, i all well, I think you do know there is this there is definitely magic ah pulsating off this guy with a nat 20 bash.
00:18:46
The Blade's Edge
I mean, this guy is very magical. What that means, I don't think you're totally familiar with, and you don't have necessarily the ability to detect magic or something like that, but he is very magical.
00:18:55
Kyle
Yeah. Yeah.
00:18:56
The Blade's Edge
Yeah. and And there's some magic in this area. I mean, when he just cast that spell, you felt you felt very powerful magic for such a simple spell.
00:19:08
The Blade's Edge
A spell maybe you guys recognize as a cantrip.
00:19:08
Vesz'rak
Hmm.
00:19:10
The Blade's Edge
When he did it, it felt as though somebody was performing um masterful you know spell.
00:19:22
The Blade's Edge
um
00:19:22
Kyle
yeah
00:19:23
The Blade's Edge
As he gets up on with his snor gnarled staff, ah finishes the last of his piece of toast, he goes, All right. So that shit's good.
00:19:34
The Blade's Edge
ah Where to?
00:19:37
Vesz'rak
ah Well, we need to get your book back for sure.
00:19:41
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, I remember you guys were talking about maybe heading back to Vallaki, maybe heading over to Luna Lake.
00:19:49
Vesz'rak
i'd like to make a side trip to... ah for and where were we buried originally? Was Barovia or Vallaki?
00:19:58
Kyle Beams
Barovia.
00:19:59
Vesz'rak
Yeah, I'd like to take a side trip if I could take my horse on a quick errand. to Barovia, but it is out of the way, like super out of the way.
00:20:08
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, so just so you know, each one of these, I've put you on the map now, it's massive map.
00:20:08
Vesz'rak
so I could go, so i go bury Alma's ashes.
00:20:15
The Blade's Edge
um You can see where you are, you're up by the purple. And each one of these hexagons is a quarter mile. So, ah yes.
00:20:24
Vesz'rak
That's a lot of miles. It's a lot of damage.
00:20:25
Trevor
It's okay. I mean, we got to do it. but We got to do it.
00:20:27
The Blade's Edge
if you If you do it, if you so that would be a straight shot, right? But really, you'd have to follow the road.
00:20:32
Vesz'rak
Yeah, we're going to follow.
00:20:35
The Blade's Edge
Um, so you get the sense that heading to the village of Barovia, that would be, you'd get there by like nightfall.
00:20:44
Vesz'rak
Yeah, too long. Maybe I'll just keep the ashes. Maybe I'll find a more convenient time to do it.
00:20:49
The Blade's Edge
Up to you you. You guys, you guys can go, ah whenever, whenever you'd like.
00:20:55
Kyle Beams
He's mapping it out. He's mapping it out.
00:20:57
Vesz'rak
Yeah, I'm i'm di mapping.
00:20:57
Kyle Beams
Let's see. We got 10 mile, 10 mile journey.
00:21:01
Vesz'rak
Mapping.
00:21:01
Kyle Beams
um
00:21:01
Vesz'rak
Hold on. Passes air pools.
00:21:02
Kyle Beams
the Yeah, past the...
00:21:04
Vesz'rak
Here we go.
00:21:04
Kyle Beams
Okay.
00:21:04
Vesz'rak
up Up, down, and around over the bridge. 65. Yeah, 65.
00:21:07
The Blade's Edge
So we're looking at
00:21:07
Kyle Beams
Into Barovia. 16 miles.
00:21:08
Vesz'rak
sixty five as
00:21:11
The Blade's Edge
16.3 miles on foot.
00:21:15
Trevor
Thank you.
00:21:15
The Blade's Edge
um
Magic Connection & Kraken Encounter
00:21:16
The Blade's Edge
Yeah. I mean, yeah, it's morning. you could probably get there. it obviously Honestly, it depends on you guys have run into things in the woods. You've run into things on the road. You've gotten sidetracked, et cetera, et cetera.
00:21:16
Kyle
That's lot of miles.
00:21:28
The Blade's Edge
If nothing happened, ah you might get there before nightfall, 16 miles. you might If you guys really hauled ass and nothing really sidetracked you or stopped your way, you could get there probably by...
00:21:40
The Blade's Edge
you know, right before sundown, quote unquote, you five, six.
00:21:45
Vesz'rak
Or another option is we do that later and we just go south here follow the Luna River down to Luna Lake, and then we head up into the mountains.
00:21:59
Kyle Beams
I like that.
00:22:00
Kyle
Yeah, I mean, I think we have to figure out what our priorities are. Like, obviously, we'll want to be able to give Alma proper ah burial, but she is dead.
00:22:11
Kyle Beams
She is dead. so you know.
00:22:13
Vesz'rak
Yeah, she's got time.
00:22:14
Kyle
And we have to got to prioritize the living.
00:22:15
Vesz'rak
She's got time to kill.
00:22:15
Kyle Beams
Yeah, she's she's she's got time to wait.
00:22:18
Vesz'rak
Yeah.
00:22:18
Kyle Beams
Rest in peace. or
00:22:20
Vesz'rak
I think... Yeah, my boat, I was just putting it out there just to remind myself. and But I think, yeah, I like the second option where we go through Vallaki, we drop off Valentine, head south, follow the Luna River down to Luna Lake, get the book, and then just keep going more south towards.
00:22:39
Vesz'rak
this what's down What's the mountains down here, Brian, ah to the south?
00:22:43
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, that's the where the Amber Temple is.
00:22:46
Vesz'rak
Yeah, that'd be cool.
00:22:47
The Blade's Edge
That X right there is the Amber Temple.
00:22:49
Vesz'rak
And the Amber Temple was Alma's Taroka card reading.
00:22:51
Trevor
Thank you.
00:22:55
The Blade's Edge
Who picked the Troika card didn't matter.
00:22:55
Vesz'rak
There's...
00:22:57
The Blade's Edge
It wasn't almost Troika card.
00:22:57
Vesz'rak
Okay.
00:22:58
The Blade's Edge
It was your guys' Troika card.
00:22:59
Vesz'rak
i Yeah, I keep assigning it to people just so I remember, but um it's a Taroka card.
00:23:02
The Blade's Edge
Right. Yeah. You can. I just don't want to get your hopes up for like, ah, this is this person's story beat. This is this person's story beat And it's like, oh, no, these are...
00:23:08
Vesz'rak
Yeah. Alma's in the Amber Temple, guys. ah
00:23:14
Kyle
confirmed yeah we're dropping him off
00:23:15
Vesz'rak
But yeah, that's my... that's my
00:23:16
The Blade's Edge
Valentine says, oh you're you're dropping me off?
00:23:20
Vesz'rak
i
00:23:22
Kyle Beams
Do you want to come with?
00:23:22
Vesz'rak
um mean we can ah yeah I mean, we could drop them off in the blue water in, right?
00:23:24
Kyle Beams
Yeah.
00:23:28
Kyle Beams
I mean,
00:23:29
Vesz'rak
Or we just leave them here. I don't know.
00:23:31
Kyle Beams
would he would you rather come with us?
00:23:32
Trevor
Yeah,
00:23:33
Kyle Beams
Would you rather get dropped off? Or would you rather stay here?
00:23:37
Vesz'rak
With your family.
00:23:39
The Blade's Edge
we already we We talked about this. I'm coming with you.
00:23:42
Trevor
yeah that's about, yeah.
00:23:42
Kyle Beams
Great. Then he can come with.
00:23:43
The Blade's Edge
I'm coming.
00:23:44
The Blade's Edge
I, my job, my, my goal, as far as I can remember is to defeat Strahd. I wish to defeat Strahd. I have no other plans. You've freed me from that.
00:23:44
Vesz'rak
Like the entire time?
00:23:56
The Blade's Edge
I don't know how long I've been pretending to be a mountain man ah up here and, you know, lost my marbles, but I found at least some of my marbles now. And I, I, my job, my goal is to kill Strahd.
00:24:08
The Blade's Edge
If that is your goal, we are aligned and I am your ally.
00:24:12
Vesz'rak
well we're Well, we're accumulating a lot of allies in Vallaki, la the Mardukovs.
00:24:12
Kyle Beams
Let's do it.
00:24:20
Vesz'rak
So I think if we leave him with the Mardukovs, one, he'll be safe, and two, I feel like when we raise the banner, they would bring him along as well. That's just my thought.
00:24:34
Vesz'rak
What do you guys think about that?
00:24:35
Trevor
So wait, you're thinking about, they're in Vallaki, right?
00:24:35
Kyle Beams
Let's bring him.
00:24:38
Vesz'rak
Yeah, so...
00:24:39
Trevor
But we got to go get his book in Luna Lake.
00:24:41
Vesz'rak
which is down here and Vlocky's just on the way. So this is what I'm thinking.
00:24:46
Kyle
I don't think we should leave him unattended at any point.
00:24:48
Trevor
Yeah, I think he should just come with us.
00:24:49
Kyle Beams
He's coming in with us. He's part of Call the Lightning.
00:24:53
Vesz'rak
Okay.
00:24:55
Kyle Beams
The Mad Mage becoming a part of our group. That was always, always the objective.
00:25:00
Kyle
was always the plan.
00:25:02
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, I think that they're they are right about that, Tommy. That was, I mean, you guys have you guys have allies like the Mardukovs and the Omnus Inquisitors who, when you guys finally make your assault on Strahd's castle, ah they will come with you to you know combat the evil forces that maybe Strahd has acquired, armies, etc.
00:25:06
Vesz'rak
My bad. Yeah. Yeah. but i
00:25:15
Vesz'rak
Yeah, yeah,
00:25:18
Trevor
Thank you.
00:25:22
The Blade's Edge
over there. But when you pulled that Taroka card reading, this is for your ally. This is for your guys' is like companion.
00:25:28
Vesz'rak
yeah. Okay. Maybe I just misinterpreted the card. um Yeah, totally. Totally on board with that.
00:25:33
Kyle Beams
Yeah, let's let's head to Luna Lake promptly, and then we can go to Argenvoss Holt. Right? that the one?
00:25:40
Vesz'rak
Or which one? Where's Argenvosswoldt?
00:25:43
Kyle Beams
It's Q on the map here.
00:25:45
Vesz'rak
Oh, we yeah, we can go Vosthold, Luna Lake, Amber Temple. We go bang, bang, bang.
00:25:54
Kyle Beams
Sure.
00:25:58
The Blade's Edge
All right.
00:25:58
Kyle
Sounds good to me.
00:25:58
The Blade's Edge
Is that, is that the, is that the plan?
00:26:00
Kyle Beams
Yeah, unless you guys want to go to the lake first and then go to Argenvossolt.
00:26:00
Trevor
yeah him.
00:26:04
Kyle Beams
I think we get him his spellbook first, see what happens, and then we can go to the other places. Getting getting a wizard spellbook back seems like a pretty solid first point of...
00:26:12
Vesz'rak
Oh, he's got...
00:26:12
Kyle
Yeah, that does seem pretty high priority.
00:26:13
Vesz'rak
Yeah, he's with us. Let's go to...
00:26:14
Kyle Beams
Yeah.
00:26:14
Vesz'rak
Yeah, let's go to Luna Lake first.
00:26:15
Kyle Beams
Yeah. So we're going to Luna Lake, and Valentine, a.k.a.
00:26:15
Vesz'rak
Yeah, he's...
00:26:16
Kyle
Yeah.
00:26:16
Vesz'rak
Sorry.
00:26:19
Kyle Beams
the Mad Mage, is coming along with us. Is he bringing his family?
00:26:23
The Blade's Edge
Oh yeah.
00:26:24
The Blade's Edge
Oh yeah.
00:26:24
Trevor
yes
00:26:24
Kyle Beams
Hell yeah.
00:26:24
Kyle Beams
All right.
00:26:24
Vesz'rak
Oh, fuck.
00:26:25
The Blade's Edge
Yeah.
00:26:25
Kyle Beams
We're mobbing out.
00:26:25
Vesz'rak
What if they die?
00:26:25
The Blade's Edge
Phillip and Phillip and Siler are coming.
00:26:26
Vesz'rak
What if they die on the way?
00:26:27
Kyle
Bringing the goat.
00:26:28
Kyle Beams
We're bringing them.
00:26:29
Vesz'rak
oh shit.
00:26:30
Kyle Beams
That's okay.
00:26:30
The Blade's Edge
Cool.
00:26:31
Kyle
Love a little escort mission, huh? Huh, boys?
00:26:33
Kyle Beams
No, no Wyverns, no Griffins, no Wyverns, no Griffins.
00:26:38
Trevor
Hey, Brian, quick question for you.
00:26:39
The Blade's Edge
Yes.
00:26:40
Trevor
With that Find Familiar spell, I was just like, ah this whole time, I just assumed it was like an eight-hour thing where it just went away after X amount of time. But am i correct in saying, does it not go away unless it drops to zero hit points?
00:26:56
The Blade's Edge
I think so.
00:26:57
Trevor
Fuck yeah. Okay, right. So that thing's still around somewhere.
00:27:00
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, let's ah let's pull up the spell real quick.
00:27:03
Trevor
Yeah, I can...
00:27:03
The Blade's Edge
Casting time is an hour if you do it as a ritual or no, I guess you just can do a ritual.
00:27:05
Trevor
Right. Right.
00:27:09
The Blade's Edge
role It depends on you drops your hit points disappears. Alternatively, you can dismiss it forever.
00:27:16
Trevor
yeah
00:27:17
The Blade's Edge
ah That's funny wording because reappear when it drops your hit points, to his peers in the pocket dimension, it leaves behind anything it was worrying or carrying.
00:27:19
Trevor
yeah
00:27:23
Kyle Beams
Or ever.
00:27:26
The Blade's Edge
ah You cannot have more than one at a time. yeah Yeah, you just have it until it until ah ah is dismiss killed or you dismiss it
00:27:35
Trevor
Sick. ah Yeah, that if that goes to even if so yeah, I still have that around. ah But then I think if we're passing through Vallaki, if I could quickly stop in and just get like spend 20 gold or something on another like enough for another like two castings of it, I would like to do that real speedy like as we pass through if that's possible.
00:28:01
The Blade's Edge
Cool. Yeah. What are you, um, what do you need to buy for that?
00:28:02
Kyle Beams
Cool.
00:28:04
Trevor
I think it's just the... Here, let me pull it up. Ten gold pieces worth of charcoal, incense, and herbs that must be consumed by fire in a brass brassiere. I had gotten the brass brassiere and all that shit last time, so I just need the ten gold piece worth of charcoal, incense, and herbs.
00:28:24
The Blade's Edge
Cool. Well, as you guys begin to head down the mountain, you guys can go ahead and on this map, plot your way to get to Vallaki and then Luna Lake, and I will ah stop you if anything ah should come up.
00:28:40
Kyle Beams
Okay, plot us out, Tommy.
00:28:43
Vesz'rak
All right, here we go. we're going to follow the ridge line by the water, and then we're going to hit the main road, head west.
00:28:48
The Blade's Edge
Okay.
00:28:50
Kyle Beams
And we're 100% not going to get distracted by a guy throwing a body overboard in Lake Zarevich, right?
00:28:55
Vesz'rak
No.
00:28:56
Trevor
Yeah.
00:28:56
Vesz'rak
i know Yeah, I know I know i ah drew a stick figure in the lake last time.
00:28:57
Kyle Beams
100%, no sidetracks.
00:29:01
Vesz'rak
Okay, we're going to hit the bridge west of Wallachie.
00:29:03
Kyle Beams
We're sticking to the mission.
00:29:04
The Blade's Edge
Okay, so that's good for now. So let's let's go ahead.
00:29:04
Vesz'rak
We're going to follow the Luna River.
00:29:07
Vesz'rak
All right.
00:29:08
The Blade's Edge
So you guys begin your trek down back towards Vallaki to get some supplies on your way to Luna Lake. um And let me go ahead and get...
00:29:23
The Blade's Edge
ah Everybody can go ahead and roll me a D20.
00:29:29
Kyle Beams
Yes.
00:29:31
Vesz'rak
Show me what you got. 10, 8, 10, and 5.
00:29:33
Kyle Beams
i I'm playing Dungeons & Dragons four days in a row, and this is day two, and it makes me so happy to consistently be rolling D20s.
00:29:35
Kyle
Eat.
00:29:42
Vesz'rak
ten eight ten and five
00:29:44
The Blade's Edge
Okay, cool. You guys, I think it doesn't take you very long. I think you're not heading up a mountain. You're kind of heading downhill. And then you eventually reach the lake where the trees kind of part because you're hugging the lakeside.
00:29:56
The Blade's Edge
um I think maybe the only thing that could catch your interest is that while you were up in the Svalich Woods north of Lake Zarevich by Mount Baritok,
00:30:08
The Blade's Edge
didn't really hear any sort of wolf activity, cetera. Maybe the minute you get back close to Volaki, you just hear to the south, probably pretty far into the woods to the south. You just start hearing your first, arroo, arroo, arroo.
00:30:26
Kyle Beams
um You see Stalvoduck trying to break free from the party and going to the wolves.
00:30:32
Vesz'rak
I refuse to let Mommy Night distract me this day.
00:30:36
Kyle Beams
I want to kill him. I want to kill him.
00:30:42
Kyle
No, no. No distractions.
00:30:43
Kyle Beams
Fine. Fine. Stick to the plan. Stick to the plan. We'll be able to kill some werewolves later, right?
00:30:48
The Blade's Edge
ah You guys...
00:30:50
Kyle
course.
00:30:53
The Blade's Edge
You guys make it to Vallaki pretty quickly, honestly. I mean, five, you know, um almost six miles, most of it's downhill.
00:31:03
The Blade's Edge
Clear, no rough terrain, nothing in your way. It looks like Valentine's sort of, um you know, foray as a fake woodsman um actually has given him some survival skills.
00:31:20
The Blade's Edge
So he is how like sort of helping lead the way. And i think you guys get there pretty quickly. Maybe takes you guys, you know, ah just because you're coming from the woods, have to cross a lake and do all that. Maybe takes you guys a couple hours, two hours.
00:31:33
The Blade's Edge
ah But you guys are there at roughly, you know, still sort of a 10 a.m. m sort of vibe. um
00:31:39
Kyle Beams
Hell yeah.
00:31:40
The Blade's Edge
You guys get to Vallaki. um I won't make us role play it. Trev, you get as much of that as you need. How many did you want to get? too
00:31:46
Trevor
ah Yeah, two would be sweet.
00:31:48
The Blade's Edge
Cool. Roll me a persuasion check. We'll see if you can if you can save some gold on that because it'll be 20.
00:31:53
Trevor
Oh, hell yeah.
00:31:54
The Blade's Edge
Unless you...
00:31:54
Trevor
Oh, I'm not very persuasive. See them?
00:31:58
The Blade's Edge
Okay. Yeah, maybe it's it's that's maybe it's that Steve guy, but he still has... He has...
00:32:02
Trevor
So I honestly, if it was Steve, if it was that Steve guy, I would straight up just walk in, drop 20 gold on the counter.
00:32:04
The Blade's Edge
Yeah.
00:32:10
Trevor
It'd be like, can I just get the same thing I got last time? No, no funny business, you know? Send it out.
00:32:16
The Blade's Edge
I love that. Same stuff you got last time. No funny business. I love that because that's not good or bad, really.
00:32:21
Trevor
Yeah, exactly.
00:32:21
The Blade's Edge
That's just a neutral transaction. Here you go. Here's the stuff.
00:32:24
Trevor
Fuck yeah. Thank you. me little handshake, out the door.
00:32:27
The Blade's Edge
Honestly, you don't need to thank me. This is my job. I have to do this. This is what I do.
00:32:30
Trevor
You're totally, honestly, my bad. You're totally right.
00:32:31
The Blade's Edge
I don't have to do it, but I also need to live. You know what i mean?
00:32:35
Trevor
ah Yeah, I do, actually. Yeah, for sure.
00:32:37
The Blade's Edge
Yeah.
00:32:37
Kyle
This guy.
00:32:38
Trevor
Have a day.
00:32:40
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, it will. And that is one thing that we can be certain about is that this will be a day.
00:32:44
Trevor
Absolutely.
00:32:45
Kyle Beams
Hell yeah.
00:32:45
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, and a night. Also, my favorite part of the day?
00:32:48
Kyle Beams
I think it's always...
00:32:48
Trevor
That's true.
00:32:48
Kyle Beams
Bye!
00:32:49
The Blade's Edge
Afternoon.
00:32:51
Trevor
That's your favorite.
00:32:51
Vesz'rak
That was a big afternoon.
00:32:52
The Blade's Edge
Right in the middle there.
00:32:53
Vesz'rak
Yeah, right big afternoon enjoyer, huh?
00:32:53
The Blade's Edge
Yeah.
00:32:53
Trevor
Damn.
00:32:56
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, well, not big. Medium.
00:32:58
Vesz'rak
Okay.
00:32:59
Trevor
What is your favorite though?
00:32:59
Kyle
If I don't see you afternoon, evening, and night.
00:32:59
The Blade's Edge
Sort of a normal amount. Yeah.
00:33:04
The Blade's Edge
Yeah. All right. Bye.
00:33:08
Kyle Beams
yeah
00:33:08
Trevor
Yeah.
00:33:08
The Blade's Edge
ah You get your 20 colds?
00:33:09
Trevor
Favorite favorite dude in this entire fucking in all of Barovia. That's my favorite dude.
00:33:15
The Blade's Edge
Steve of Vlocky.
00:33:15
Kyle
So funny.
00:33:17
Kyle Beams
Steve of Alaki.
00:33:18
Kyle
oh bo
00:33:21
The Blade's Edge
Okay.
00:33:21
Kyle Beams
Crazy thing about being the Steve.
00:33:25
The Blade's Edge
And then you guys ah leave Vlocky heading west and south. Why don't you go ahead and plot that out for me? You're heading to Luna Lake.
00:33:36
Kyle Beams
Hit us with it. Hit us with it.
00:33:36
Vesz'rak
Show me what you got. All right, here we go. Crossing over the river, following the other bridge.
00:33:41
The Blade's Edge
Bridge on Luna River.
00:33:43
Vesz'rak
Then we're following the river south. We're following the Lunar River south. Passing Argenvossal. Still following the river.
00:33:51
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, not not close enough to see it, but it is up on a hill. So you do see there's sort of this like castle up on a hill, sort of destroyed castle.
00:33:56
Vesz'rak
see the tip. we see the tip
00:34:00
The Blade's Edge
And so let's go ahead and for let's mark right that you're there for now, right before you cross that river.
00:34:06
Kyle Beams
Five miles in. 19.
00:34:07
The Blade's Edge
So five miles in. 5.8
00:34:13
Vesz'rak
oh
00:34:13
The Blade's Edge
Milwaukee at 10 a.m., m then about five miles in You're running on, you know, noon-ish. And everybody roll me a d20. Okay.
00:34:24
Kyle Beams
nineteen
00:34:32
Trevor
Four.
00:34:33
Vesz'rak
Sixteen!
00:34:34
The Blade's Edge
left.
00:34:38
The Blade's Edge
um love la Um, okay, go ahead and, and which woods are we, where are we here?
00:34:43
Trevor
Lovely.
00:34:47
The Blade's Edge
We're sort of by the Svalich woods by Luna river heading south. Okay.
00:34:55
The Blade's Edge
Um,
00:34:59
The Blade's Edge
just look at something here. Let me just look at something here. Um,
00:35:09
The Blade's Edge
Okay, why don't um ah stall the dock? Go ahead and ah roll me a D4.
00:35:20
Kyle Beams
Okay, coming at you. D4. Four. ah for
00:35:25
The Blade's Edge
Four. um As you guys make your way across the river, um maybe when you when you get to these, I'm going move your token down a bit.
00:35:36
The Blade's Edge
When you get to sort of where these...
00:35:38
The Blade's Edge
um
00:35:38
Trevor
Thank
00:35:41
The Blade's Edge
little trees, little sections of of of woods that surround the lake on either side. As you guys get close, you see that in these trees, perched up on these trees, watching you guys all very carefully, are like swarms and swarms of ravens.
00:36:01
Vesz'rak
mean that's a good sign, right? I mean, like we're super friendly with Ravens.
00:36:05
The Blade's Edge
Yeah.
00:36:09
Kyle
bats that we gotta worry about.
00:36:13
Kyle
I think.
00:36:14
Vesz'rak
We should have brought Crow with us.
00:36:17
Kyle Beams
Oh, shit, we could have brought eat crow.
00:36:18
Vesz'rak
Yeah, we should have brought Eat Crow with us.
00:36:19
Kyle
my
00:36:21
The Blade's Edge
I think Valentine says, ah I'm not sure who that is, but it sounds like he would probably try to eat these guys now.
00:36:28
Kyle Beams
i think I think you might have made eat crow.
00:36:31
Vesz'rak
Yeah, it would be more of a deterrent than anything.
00:36:32
The Blade's Edge
Really?
00:36:35
The Blade's Edge
What was he? Eat crow.
00:36:36
Kyle Beams
He's a scarecrow that liked instead of scare them, he ate them.
00:36:40
Vesz'rak
true
00:36:41
Kyle Beams
Which is actually probably inspiring a lot of fear into them. So he is still a scarecrow, but he is also an eat crow.
00:36:47
The Blade's Edge
Hmm. Eat crow, scarecrow. Interesting. All right. Well, um maybe it's a good thing we didn't bring him then because it sounds like he'd probably try to scare these guys. Right. And if you're saying they're friends of yours, which is just sort of wave. He waves at them.
00:37:01
The Blade's Edge
Hello. i
00:37:03
Kyle Beams
Hello. Hey.
00:37:04
Vesz'rak
Did I wave back?
00:37:05
Kyle Beams
Yeah, they just...
00:37:06
The Blade's Edge
ah You see one. You see like the one at at the front just sort of cocks its head to the right.
00:37:08
Kyle Beams
Squaw!
00:37:11
Trevor
ah
00:37:11
Kyle
you
00:37:12
Vesz'rak
All right. So we're cool with these guys. Let's go in.
00:37:15
Trevor
I imagine like if that were a movie scene, it would like pan up and you just see a fuckload Ravens. But like in the background that probably nobody would see one Raven would try and wave.
00:37:25
Trevor
But his other Raven buddy would like smack him on the back of the head. Like, fucking stop, dude.
00:37:29
Kyle Beams
He's not cool.
00:37:29
The Blade's Edge
yeah
00:37:29
Kyle Beams
He's not cool. We don't like him.
00:37:30
Trevor
Yeah.
00:37:31
Kyle Beams
Ah, but he's so cool.
00:37:31
Trevor
ah Yeah.
00:37:32
Kyle Beams
Look at his hat.
00:37:33
Vesz'rak
He just waved.
00:37:33
The Blade's Edge
Yeah. and In Ravenspeak, they're saying, dude, that's the guy that made Eathcrow.
00:37:37
Trevor
ah Yeah. What the fuck are you doing?
00:37:38
The Blade's Edge
We'll wave at that guy.
00:37:40
Trevor
He's not cool, man.
00:37:41
Kyle Beams
He is not cool.
00:37:43
The Blade's Edge
um but anyway, you guys see these guys just sort of making the world feel alive. Not all random encounters that we roll are deadly and and are bad. Sometimes they are just neutral.
00:37:54
The Blade's Edge
um And you can sort of file that information.
00:37:56
Trevor
That's wow. Today panning out to be a Steve type of day.
00:38:01
Vesz'rak
Yeah. Yeah. Praise Steve.
00:38:02
Trevor
Praise Steve.
00:38:04
The Blade's Edge
And you guys can continue.
00:38:08
Vesz'rak
All right. So we're still following the river down. I'm going to we get to like where the lake starts and I'm going to look over to Valentine and be like, all right, where do you last remember having your book at Luna Lake?
00:38:12
The Blade's Edge
Okay.
00:38:26
The Blade's Edge
Okay. Well, this will be, i will move you and i will actually let you know exactly what you see.
00:38:36
Trevor
dragons invading Dave and Busters.
00:38:37
The Blade's Edge
um Yeah. um did Do do. T, T, T. and we go down to t Okay.
00:38:50
The Blade's Edge
So first of all, to get there, you pass this sort of um bridge right here. And on the bridge, um you see it's this gravel road.
00:39:03
The Blade's Edge
That ah looks like it goes down towards this mountain down here where you guys are and this gravel road. um And it looks like this place is called.
00:39:16
The Blade's Edge
ah
00:39:17
The Blade's Edge
so so can't show you that road, but you can kind of see it. So that mountain, maybe you see on us on a signpost near that bridge that you guys stop by. You see that this is called Solenka Pass.
00:39:17
Trevor
you
00:39:33
The Blade's Edge
And that mountain that the road continues on and and hugs, that mount is called Mount Gakus.
00:39:42
Kyle Beams
now
00:39:44
Kyle Beams
I'm about to GAC.
00:39:47
Kyle
It's Gackin' Time.
00:39:48
Kyle Beams
It's GAC in time.
00:39:50
The Blade's Edge
um And...
00:39:52
Kyle Beams
Three seconds. That's all it takes.
00:39:54
The Blade's Edge
And yeah, you see that um on the other side of the bridge... Obviously, you're not going there right now, but on the other side of the bridge, you do see that there is sort of a gatehouse.
00:40:08
The Blade's Edge
Um...
00:40:11
The Blade's Edge
So sort of to even to eat like on the bridge, actually. So as you guys come to the bridge, the bridge is ah there is a gate. There is a gatehouse on both sides.
00:40:23
The Blade's Edge
Obviously, you're not you're not necessarily heading there right now. But if you look at it, like where that black line is and where that black line is, the gate, the bridge is sort of blocked off.
00:40:34
The Blade's Edge
There are these gatehouses with like portcullises and stuff.
00:40:34
Vesz'rak
Okay, we couldn't cross the bridge if we tried.
00:40:35
Kyle Beams
Yeah.
00:40:39
The Blade's Edge
Um, you potentially could. I mean, you see the shelf of rock on which the mountain road ah clings grows narrow. Uh, to your left, the icy cliffs rise sharply towards dark rolling clouds.
00:40:51
The Blade's Edge
To your right, the ground falls away into sea of fog. Ahead, through the wind wind and snow, you see a high wall of, uh, black stone. ah so maybe as you get down here, it started to snow.
00:41:06
The Blade's Edge
you guys reached Luna Lake. Um, um you see a high wall of black stone lined with spikes and topped by statues that look like demonic vultures with horned heads set in the center of the wall is a closed iron portcullis behind which burns a curtain of green flame so this very arcana like like moving green flame is behind the iron portcullis
00:41:29
Kyle Beams
Wow. Sure. a
00:41:35
The Blade's Edge
On the other side of the dark wall, gripping the mountain's edge, is a guard tower of white stone topped by golden statues of mighty warriors.
00:41:44
Trevor
Sick.
00:41:45
Kyle Beams
wow
00:41:46
The Blade's Edge
That does seem like that's maybe something that you're doing after this, but just letting you know because you're you guys have decided to come straight down to Luna Lake and you're right next to this guard tower and these port calices.
00:41:58
Kyle Beams
sure
00:42:00
The Blade's Edge
um And as you get to the lake...
00:42:09
The Blade's Edge
I will move you. You see, on the lake, there is sort of a almost like a town in the middle of the lake.
00:42:23
The Blade's Edge
You see, first of all, everybody make a maybe perception check before I move you.
00:42:28
Kyle Beams
I love those towns in the middle of the lake.
00:42:28
Kyle
A Persepi?
00:42:30
The Blade's Edge
Mm-hmm.
00:42:31
Kyle
do love a good Perception deck.
00:42:31
Kyle Beams
23...
00:42:33
Kyle
Never mind, this game sucks 13.
00:42:35
Kyle Beams
twenty three
00:42:35
Trevor
Oh, 14.
00:42:36
Vesz'rak
eighteen
00:42:40
The Blade's Edge
Trav, what'd you roll?
00:42:41
Trevor
of fourteen
00:42:44
The Blade's Edge
um So as you guys approach, you see that there's this, it's it's it's raining and it's it's it's snowing, a little bit of both. um You see that there's a little town in the middle of the lake.
00:42:55
The Blade's Edge
And you see it there's a ship that's in the water, but that's like held up by like wooden planks coming out of the water. Like it's a ship that's being worked on.
00:43:09
The Blade's Edge
um And I will put you guys on this map.
00:43:14
Kyle Beams
A ship that's being worked on.
00:43:15
Kyle
Whoa. whoa
00:43:17
The Blade's Edge
Yes, you see that that is where you come to the lake. Do you still have your horse? Okay, the horse is not there, but Trev, is your raven there?
00:43:23
Vesz'rak
No, no, no. That was only a short time.
00:43:29
Trevor
Yeah. It's like a dark owl.
00:43:30
The Blade's Edge
Raven is with you, and you should... You can control it, yes. um Oh yeah, Dark Owl, sorry. It is...
00:43:37
Trevor
Oh, Gucci. I almost called it a rave in a second here, too.
00:43:39
The Blade's Edge
like that yes um yeah valentine philip and sila are with you and as you guys approach the lake uh it's it's it's very cold here um yeah you see a a ship um being worked on and then you see this this sort of uh sort of almost like town in the middle of of luna lake no
00:43:58
Kyle Beams
Okay.
00:44:03
Kyle
Is it? This isn't underwater, is it? Okay.
00:44:07
Vesz'rak
I'm sorry, Brian. The steed is still there. i was just reading up on it. Or still there.
00:44:12
The Blade's Edge
Okay, you're...
00:44:13
Vesz'rak
and until until Until it dies or I dismiss it.
00:44:15
The Blade's Edge
Cool.
00:44:17
Kyle Beams
Wow, this is a big map.
00:44:17
The Blade's Edge
This is...
00:44:19
Kyle
This area looks crazy.
00:44:20
The Blade's Edge
And what is the... ah what what What spell is that again, Tommy?
00:44:25
Vesz'rak
Find steed.
00:44:28
Kyle Beams
um Find Steve.
00:44:30
Vesz'rak
Yeah, find Steve.
00:44:33
The Blade's Edge
Valentine says, is this where my stuff is? My spellbook? My ah staff?
00:44:40
Kyle Beams
Yeah, try to attune yourself to the weave. See if you maybe get like a little ping and I make the radar sound like pop, pop, pop.
00:44:48
The Blade's Edge
okay He sort of walks up to this cliff you know overlooking the water. Philip and Sila behind him. And he closes his eyes and holds his hand out.
00:45:02
The Blade's Edge
Barmani. Vashtani. Roll me a d10.
00:45:08
Kyle Beams
Me?
00:45:09
The Blade's Edge
Yep. Okay.
00:45:09
Kyle Beams
Cool. And then i would also cast detect Detect Magic at first level to help him out.
00:45:17
The Blade's Edge
Okay. ah With a roll me a
00:45:22
Kyle Beams
Yeah.
00:45:26
Kyle Beams
64.
00:45:27
Kyle
So close.
00:45:28
Kyle Beams
I rolled a Nat 69 on the D69 roll yesterday.
00:45:31
Kyle
No way, bro.
00:45:32
Kyle Beams
Yeah, it was insane. so Set my whole day on fire. I loved it.
00:45:37
The Blade's Edge
um As he attunes to the weave, you you all here um hear Philip going, ah, ah. and Syla sort of give out a meow, meow, meow.
00:45:51
The Blade's Edge
And then, out of nowhere, you guys hear Philip go, ah, you can do it.
00:45:51
Vesz'rak
What is with these guys?
00:46:00
The Blade's Edge
You got this. Come on, Valentine. You can do it. And you hear Syla go, you got this, meow. You can do it.
00:46:09
Vesz'rak
like
00:46:09
The Blade's Edge
Attune to the weave.
00:46:10
Vesz'rak
What?
00:46:13
Trevor
Just can't speak with animals.
00:46:13
The Blade's Edge
Uh...
00:46:14
Kyle Beams
I look down at them and just like, cock my head so far that it turns upside down.
00:46:14
Vesz'rak
I'm freaking out, dude.
00:46:19
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, with a detect magic, i'll and because Trev called it out, that's exactly what happened. yeah A mass speak with animals just cast um but from him ah trying to attune to the weave, and he he looks back, and he for continues talking to them as he has been, and you guys realize that he can talk to them this whole time, and now you guys are a part of that, at least for the next minute.
00:46:28
Vesz'rak
Not to compel, duel these animals, dude.
00:46:30
Kyle Beams
Hilarious.
00:46:47
The Blade's Edge
um but he says i i got nothing i can't seem to find it uh with the detect magic stalva doc you see that um he's very magical just in essence you also get you also see the lake there is a strong magical presence emanating from the lake um itself um
00:47:13
Kyle Beams
Well, powerful wizard, powerful spell book. Maybe there's some kind of correlation. And while I'm not proficient in Arcana, I do have plus five int.
00:47:24
Kyle Beams
So um I think maybe making our way towards the um the town here. See if anybody's got some kind of maybe like a library or something that might have the picked up the book.
00:47:38
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, you, um for what it's worth, ah you do not see, I'm going to actually move the ship token that I have on the map to ah a more appropriate place because this place, there is not a way to get to the town.
00:47:51
Vesz'rak
Oh, it's like a...
00:47:52
The Blade's Edge
It is floating. It's like a, it is an island in the middle of the lake. There is this map that I, that I, yeah, this map that I found is, um you know, has it.
00:47:57
Kyle Beams
ah Oh, I see. i see.
00:48:04
The Blade's Edge
with a little inland the thing. ah that just That is not actually there.
00:48:06
Kyle Beams
Yeah.
00:48:09
Kyle Beams
I see. Cool. It's just basically like a moat.
00:48:13
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, but the ship is being worked on right there. um I've just covered up that that thing with it.
00:48:20
Vesz'rak
Is there like a ferry or anything around, Brian? Like how would they get to land? Or we just got to swim it.
00:48:26
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, you don't see any sort of ferry around.
00:48:33
The Blade's Edge
Valentine says...
00:48:33
Vesz'rak
Interesting.
00:48:35
The Blade's Edge
So what is this? So, Stal of a Doc, I see that you've cast a spell. What is it what is it telling you?
00:48:41
Kyle Beams
um Well, it's telling me that the lake and the waters around here itself are coursing with magic.
00:48:51
The Blade's Edge
Jeez.
00:48:56
Kyle Beams
Also, I can hear the voices of your family. They're quite nice and supportive.
00:48:59
The Blade's Edge
Ah. He smiles and goes, yeah, they're great. No, I didn't know that that's what happened. ah
00:49:07
Vesz'rak
Thank you.
00:49:07
The Blade's Edge
I tried to sort of attune myself to the weave, and I guess i accidentally cast a spell. Whoops.
00:49:16
Kyle Beams
yeah i ah I can kind of empathize with that because there are some spells that I have no control over casting as well.
00:49:28
The Blade's Edge
Well, what do we what do we do i don't how do? How do we get out there? there's no There's no boat. It's fucking freezing here.
00:49:36
Kyle Beams
um Let's see i and cast Vortex Warp to warp somebody over there and maybe you can get the boat to come get us or maybe get a rowboat on the other side.
00:49:47
Vesz'rak
Hell yeah.
00:49:49
The Blade's Edge
Well, the only boat I see is that one. It looks like somebody's building a boat. like so that this that There's no ferries here, but there's one boat. It's like... he He tells you what I told you, which is that it's like held up by wooden sticks or wooden planks coming out of the water, holding it up so that it like the hull can be built.
00:50:05
The Blade's Edge
like The hull's not intact on the bottom, like somebody's building a ship.
00:50:09
Kyle Beams
It's snowing, so we don't have a very good visibility of all the way over there, but can I do a perception check to see if I see anyone? 21.
00:50:16
The Blade's Edge
Sure. Yeah, give your a perception check.
00:50:19
Kyle Beams
one one
00:50:21
The Blade's Edge
um You... Yeah, you maybe see... ah somebody ah working on the boat, but you only see one person.
00:50:32
The Blade's Edge
You see like one random like figure out in the water, like in the hull, doing something, maybe hammering, but you only...
00:50:41
Kyle Beams
In the water interesting.
00:50:43
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, I mean, it's it's it's it's held up out of the water, but he's out where the boat is, so he's not in the town. This person's over by buy the boat in the hull. You just ran from where you are. You just see, you know, you're so far away that you see a, ah like, just a shape move.
00:51:00
The Blade's Edge
And, you know, well, there's at least one person.
00:51:00
Kyle Beams
Interesting.
00:51:02
Vesz'rak
I kind of like the vortex warp idea.
00:51:04
Kyle Beams
I can warp you into into town and see if you can get somebody to let us in meet with the. Whoever's in charge.
00:51:15
Kyle Beams
I can do it a couple times, too.
00:51:18
Kyle Beams
So you're not alone.
00:51:21
The Blade's Edge
Are you talking to me?
00:51:23
Kyle Beams
Oh, no, I was talking to D'Saan.
00:51:26
Vesz'rak
Yeah, I mean, that'll work. I, um...
00:51:29
Kyle Beams
I'll send D'Saan and Anabi in there, and then Bash and I will head towards what we perceive as the entrance to the south, maybe, by the boat.
00:51:36
Kyle
Yeah.
00:51:38
Trevor
How many?
00:51:43
Kyle Beams
What do you think
00:51:45
Vesz'rak
Yeah, I could try and go talk and try to find like, uh, I could talk good.
00:51:48
Kyle Beams
Would you like to get warped?
00:51:52
Kyle Beams
Yeah, you can talk good. Yeah, I'll walk up to you guys.
00:51:56
Trevor
If more people want to go, i can also vortex work. um But if we just this whole time.
00:52:01
Vesz'rak
This whole time.
00:52:03
Kyle Beams
Hmm. Hmm.
00:52:06
Trevor
Um, but that's the, it's, it only be four. So it would be kind of like same scenario where it would be just like a smaller group out here. Well,
00:52:13
Kyle Beams
Well, I mean, we can get we can get the four of us and then leave everyone else out, and then we just come get them.
00:52:19
Kyle
I do think that I should be on the ship, one of the first on the ship, as if anything goes wrong, I can sort of, you know, use may use my might to make sure everyone's okay.
00:52:34
Kyle Beams
Ah.
00:52:35
Trevor
big Mike guy.
00:52:36
Kyle Beams
Big might Big strength guy.
00:52:36
Vesz'rak
ah Well, if both of you guys cast Vortex Warp, we could get everybody.
00:52:36
Kyle
Big might guy.
00:52:42
Kyle Beams
Vortex Warp only hits one target, right?
00:52:42
Trevor
There's two creatures.
00:52:46
Kyle Beams
So it's the Vortex Warp we're familiar with is from our other campaign, Tommy, where you were always twin spell Vortex Warping.
00:52:54
Vesz'rak
oh right, right, right.
00:52:55
Kyle Beams
So we're all like, oh yeah, you can do two people with Vortex Warp when really you can you can only do one person.
00:53:01
Vesz'rak
ah yeah Well, you you can't can't twin spell it, huh?
00:53:01
Trevor
Oh, if you,
00:53:04
Kyle Beams
Yeah, no, can't.
00:53:05
Vesz'rak
ha, ha.
00:53:05
Trevor
well, if you upcast it, you can get more people. So if you have like third level spell slots, you could get two.
00:53:09
Kyle Beams
That's true.
00:53:11
Trevor
And then with a fourth level spell slot, you could get three.
00:53:15
Vesz'rak
What if Bash, what if we sent Bash and Anabi?
00:53:18
Trevor
Yeah.
00:53:18
Vesz'rak
So Anabi sends Bash and then Doc sends Anabi.
00:53:19
Trevor
Uh, uh,
00:53:24
Vesz'rak
Anabi can be sneaky guy. Bash can be talky brawny guy.
00:53:30
Kyle Beams
Sure.
00:53:33
Kyle
Yeah, whatever whatever works.
00:53:33
Kyle Beams
If that's what you guys want to do. Yeah.
00:53:35
Kyle
That works for me.
00:53:38
Kyle Beams
Cool.
00:53:38
Trevor
Cool.
00:53:38
Kyle Beams
So I will vortex warp Inabi once he vortex warps Bash.
00:53:42
Trevor
Done.
00:53:44
The Blade's Edge
Okay, and Vortex Warp can get you how far?
00:53:47
Kyle Beams
90 feet from the location it's cast. So if we're right on the edge of the water here. Oh,
00:53:53
The Blade's Edge
Sure. So that's a cliff that you're on.
00:53:56
Kyle Beams
that's a cliff.
00:53:56
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, you're standing on a cliff overlooking the water.
00:53:56
Kyle Beams
OK. We're at the precipice.
00:54:01
The Blade's Edge
Sure, yeah, and then there's like this hill, this domed hill out in the middle of the water where on top of it sits sort of a almost monastery-looking-ass house at the forefront of the town.
00:54:12
Kyle Beams
Hey, if it's a monastery.
00:54:12
The Blade's Edge
ah You know, this this town, you only, monastery-looking, and you see this town only has like, ah you know, six sort of huts, hut-looking things inside.
00:54:16
Kyle Beams
Yeah.
00:54:20
Vesz'rak
Thank you.
00:54:23
The Blade's Edge
It's not like a big-ass town. Yeah. But you guys feel free to move your tokens once you cast it.
00:54:32
Kyle Beams
All right.
00:54:37
Kyle Beams
Where you headed, Bash? You get 90 feet from the location right here. So probably next to an obby.
00:54:50
The Blade's Edge
Okay. As you do, Valentine's eyes go wide as he looks at the water and he says, wait, watch out.
00:55:01
Kyle Beams
ah
00:55:02
Kyle
i see
00:55:02
The Blade's Edge
And you both, as you land on this side of the hill, see coming out of the water two massive tentacles.
00:55:14
Kyle
ah
00:55:14
Kyle Beams
Oh.
00:55:15
Kyle
Oh, they're cracking.
00:55:16
Vesz'rak
classic Classic Lord of the Rings. huh
00:55:19
Trevor
Look, the Kraken.
00:55:20
The Blade's Edge
um And you see in one of them sort of ah grappled, or maybe maybe it's more interesting if it's like like sunken into the tentacle skin.
00:55:33
The Blade's Edge
On one of them, the one to the north, you see a book.
00:55:37
Kyle Beams
Oh.
00:55:38
The Blade's Edge
And piercing one on the south, you see a staff.
00:55:38
Vesz'rak
ah my god
00:55:43
Kyle Beams
Oh.
00:55:44
The Blade's Edge
As these two tentacles that are...
00:55:45
Vesz'rak
It's a fucking magical kraken, bro.
00:55:47
Kyle
Okay.
00:55:48
The Blade's Edge
That are obviously attached to, they're attached to a body that you cannot see. ah But as they pop out of the water and whip all wildly around, Valentine goes, oh no!
00:56:01
The Blade's Edge
And like falls back on his butt and goes, wait, is that my book? And everybody can roll initiative.
00:56:07
Trevor
Let's go.
00:56:08
Kyle Beams
Hell yeah, squid belly time.
00:56:19
Kyle Beams
You're not werewolf.
00:56:23
Kyle Beams
10 initiative.
00:56:27
The Blade's Edge
Okay, the initiative will be thus. It will be Tentacle to the North, Dasan, Bash, Stalvodok, Inabi, Tentacle to the South. Sorry, let me roll for Valentine here. um he will go...
00:56:42
The Blade's Edge
right, he'll go towards the end there. All right, so as you guys get Vortex Warp, this magic cresting over the lake, um this ah first tentacle whips out and will whip its form towards Bash.
00:57:01
Kyle
Fuck.
00:57:02
The Blade's Edge
And Bash, as it gets close, um it almost stops. outside of hitting you, it gets close and you feel the water whip off the end of the tentacle towards you and the book inside of it lights up.
00:57:20
Kyle
Oh.
00:57:22
The Blade's Edge
There's a 30 hit you.
00:57:24
Kyle
Yeah, Ryan, a 30 hits me.
00:57:26
The Blade's Edge
Okay. um
00:57:27
Kyle Beams
ah
00:57:28
The Blade's Edge
ah You take 15 points of piercing damage and the water turns to acid as it strikes your body to eight points of acid damage.
00:57:29
Kyle Beams
Best questions.
00:57:29
Trevor
o
00:57:38
Kyle
Oh, brother.
00:57:39
Kyle Beams
oh brother.
00:57:40
The Blade's Edge
as this tentacle that has flung out of the water, instead of hitting you with the tentacle form, just cast a spell.
00:57:48
The Blade's Edge
Dasan, you see these tentacles are up. You're up.
00:57:54
Vesz'rak
Oh boy.
00:57:54
Trevor
Thank you.
00:57:55
Vesz'rak
So the one to the north has the book in it. All
00:57:58
The Blade's Edge
One in the north has the book, one of the south has his staff.
00:58:01
Vesz'rak
right. I'm about to go.
00:58:01
The Blade's Edge
They each have something.
00:58:03
Vesz'rak
I'm about to go crazy mode. Oh, this guy's are actually kind of far.
00:58:05
Kyle Beams
yeah Let's see it.
00:58:08
Vesz'rak
um Can I? i'd like to run to the edge of the water and then try to misty step onto the tentacle, but like at the book.
00:58:20
The Blade's Edge
Okay.
00:58:20
Vesz'rak
Could I do that?
00:58:20
The Blade's Edge
Yeah. the Yeah. I mean, it's a tentacle like whipping and wailing around. So we're going to go ahead and call that...
00:58:26
Kyle
gonna ride the bull the lightning baby
00:58:27
Vesz'rak
Yeah, I'm trying to ride the ball. All
00:58:29
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, let me see.
00:58:29
Kyle Beams
ah Let's go.
00:58:30
The Blade's Edge
Okay, I'm going to need, I'll let you make the call. I'm going to give you all the tools at your disposal, whether you want it to be a strength saving throw, a dexterity saving throw, an athletics check, an acrobatics check.
00:58:34
Vesz'rak
right.
00:58:42
The Blade's Edge
You can totally do that. The DC is 21.
00:58:46
Vesz'rak
ah Look, when push comes to shove, Brian.
00:58:48
Kyle Beams
And we call the lightning, you know how it goes.
00:58:48
Vesz'rak
Okay, so, yeah, look, we've believeve been we've been down this road before.
00:58:50
Kyle Beams
so
00:58:53
Vesz'rak
First Mrs.
00:58:54
Kyle
Wait, do we have do we have inspiration? I think we have inspiration, right?
00:58:57
Vesz'rak
No, not on my screen.
00:58:58
The Blade's Edge
ah
00:58:58
Vesz'rak
Not on my screen.
00:58:58
The Blade's Edge
give you guys I'll give you guys each inspiration.
00:59:00
Vesz'rak
Okay.
00:59:01
Kyle
I have inspiration marked on my... I think it was from Saving Valentine, right?
00:59:04
The Blade's Edge
and normally they yeah Normally they won't transfer over, but let's do it.
00:59:04
Vesz'rak
but We're greasing the wheel. We're greasing the wheel here.
00:59:09
Kyle
Or...
00:59:10
Vesz'rak
all right.
00:59:10
Kyle
Or... My fault.
00:59:11
The Blade's Edge
Let's do it.
00:59:11
Vesz'rak
All right.
00:59:11
Kyle
I mean, you you don't have to. I was just, you know...
00:59:13
The Blade's Edge
No, I love it.
00:59:13
Trevor
I, okay.
00:59:14
The Blade's Edge
I love it.
00:59:15
Kyle
Okay.
00:59:15
The Blade's Edge
Yeah.
00:59:16
Vesz'rak
All right.
00:59:16
Trevor
We're all getting it.
00:59:16
Vesz'rak
I like...
00:59:16
Trevor
Okay.
00:59:17
The Blade's Edge
Take inspiration.
00:59:17
Vesz'rak
I like...
00:59:18
The Blade's Edge
Everybody's got inspiration.
00:59:19
Vesz'rak
I like Titan...
00:59:19
Trevor
Fuck. Yeah.
00:59:19
Kyle
Give us inspiration for the sick idea that you just had.
00:59:23
Vesz'rak
I tighten my pauldrons.
00:59:23
Kyle Beams
mrs
00:59:24
Vesz'rak
I tighten all like my straps and stuff like that. Sheed the sword and the shield, and I just start big arm pumpy towards the edge of the water. yeah Jump, misty step. It's been cast, second level spell.
00:59:36
The Blade's Edge
Okay.
00:59:36
Vesz'rak
And then I would like an athletics check to try to ride the ball. All
00:59:40
The Blade's Edge
Got it.
00:59:40
Trevor
Oh, let's go.
00:59:41
The Blade's Edge
DC 21.
00:59:42
Kyle
Yeehaw, baby.
00:59:43
Vesz'rak
right, here we go.
00:59:44
Kyle Beams
That one, you're on it, but the tentacle is in your ass.
00:59:44
Vesz'rak
Why i not why am I not? No, why am I not standing up? Sorry, I'm standing up. Standing up, athletics check, coming in.
00:59:52
Vesz'rak
Uh, inspiration time? Boom!
00:59:54
The Blade's Edge
Okay.
00:59:57
Vesz'rak
Still standing up. Maybe I should sit down?
01:00:01
Vesz'rak
ah Does it 12 do it?
01:00:01
Kyle Beams
Oh.
01:00:02
Vesz'rak
Does it 12 do Ah!
01:00:03
Trevor
It did technically help a little bit.
01:00:04
Vesz'rak
it does develop
01:00:05
Kyle
ah
01:00:06
Trevor
Yeah.
01:00:07
The Blade's Edge
ah you
01:00:08
Kyle
You were inspired, but like just a little bit.
01:00:10
The Blade's Edge
You fall into the water. um you You are now ah swimming in the water and you can feel something underneath as the water sort of burbles and gurgles around you.
01:00:20
Vesz'rak
Jesus Christ.
01:00:21
Kyle
Oh, God. no I hate this.
01:00:25
Vesz'rak
Horsey, come save me!
01:00:25
The Blade's Edge
um I'm going to say as a that is most of your movement, but you're right here. Yeah, you still
01:00:35
Vesz'rak
Can swing the sword?
01:00:37
Kyle
Even with the fact that he missed, he stepped.
01:00:39
Vesz'rak
Yeah.
01:00:40
Trevor
I just like the horsey.
01:00:40
The Blade's Edge
Missy step.
01:00:40
Vesz'rak
yeah
01:00:41
Kyle
he didn't He didn't technically move there.
01:00:42
Trevor
Come save me.
01:00:43
The Blade's Edge
Oh, he ran and then jumped and then did it. Jumping does cost your movement, so does running.
01:00:48
Vesz'rak
of so hey Brian, you're saying a lot of words.
01:00:50
The Blade's Edge
Yes.
01:00:51
Kyle Beams
Slice them
01:00:52
Vesz'rak
I'm swinging.
01:00:53
The Blade's Edge
Cool, cool. Yeah, you have your action.
01:00:54
Kyle
Oh, my
01:00:55
Vesz'rak
One-handed, shields out.
01:00:56
The Blade's Edge
Okay.
01:00:58
Vesz'rak
ah First attack.
01:01:00
The Blade's Edge
And your movement is halved in water unless you have a swim speed.
01:01:03
Vesz'rak
Dirty 20. All right.
01:01:04
The Blade's Edge
That does hit. Okay.
01:01:05
Trevor
Let's go.
01:01:06
Kyle Beams
slice them up
01:01:08
Vesz'rak
One-handed, 11.
01:01:09
The Blade's Edge
Okay, 11 damage.
01:01:11
Vesz'rak
and Second.
01:01:11
The Blade's Edge
It rise.
01:01:13
Vesz'rak
You know, what' just we' we're going pump a first-level smite ah into it. Just test ah test the water stuff.
01:01:17
The Blade's Edge
Cool. It is not undead.
01:01:20
Vesz'rak
Testing the waters, four smite damage. I am rolling just as I normally do. Why am I even surprised? Second swing. 21.
01:01:28
The Blade's Edge
21 hits.
01:01:30
The Blade's Edge
Okay.
01:01:30
Kyle Beams
Let's go.
01:01:31
Trevor
Hey, your hits are good
01:01:31
Vesz'rak
One-handed eight.
01:01:34
The Blade's Edge
okay
01:01:34
Vesz'rak
Oh, man.
01:01:36
Trevor
Why am I surprised?
01:01:37
Vesz'rak
Why i am I always surprised that I roll so mediocre?
01:01:40
Trevor
I don't know why I really like the image in my head of you just like half drowning going, horsey, save me.
01:01:42
Vesz'rak
All right. ah just
01:01:48
Trevor
Oh, God. and The horse is just like, dude, what the fuck?
01:01:52
Kyle Beams
like, dude, I'm a horse not known for swimming.
01:01:53
Vesz'rak
it's just just
01:01:54
Kyle
Oh, this guy guy's, this guy's fucked.
01:01:54
Trevor
Yeah. Yeah. It's so funny.
01:01:56
Kyle Beams
I am a land a mammal, not a
01:01:58
Vesz'rak
Come help me.
01:02:00
Kyle Beams
Uber!
01:02:00
Trevor
so
01:02:01
Vesz'rak
he' just, he's just eating a carrot that I just gave him. Look it over at me.
01:02:06
Trevor
completely unfazed.
01:02:06
Vesz'rak
All right.
01:02:08
Trevor
doesn't give a shit. That's so funny.
01:02:09
Vesz'rak
That's all. Uh, okay. Uh, jumped, Missy step, swang, swang. Uh, am I submerged underwater, Bri?
01:02:16
The Blade's Edge
No, you're swimming. Yeah.
01:02:18
Vesz'rak
Okay, thank God.
01:02:18
The Blade's Edge
Okay,
01:02:18
Vesz'rak
All right, that's my turn.
01:02:21
Trevor
That was good.
01:02:21
The Blade's Edge
hold on. Let me just make sure that's the right thing. It is. And your control is right there. Boom, boom.
01:02:27
Kyle
I do love the image of swinging the sun sword in water. I think it that would look so sick. Just like the light kind of slightly shining throughout the water. Some god rays.
01:02:36
Trevor
Oh, true.
01:02:37
Vesz'rak
gets these purple tentacles.
01:02:38
The Blade's Edge
The rain...
01:02:39
Kyle Beams
Yeah.
01:02:40
The Blade's Edge
ah The rain, the snow, you are thrashing in the water at the end of your turn. The creature underwater will use a legendary action these purple rings get shot up.
01:02:48
Kyle
Love that.
01:02:50
The Blade's Edge
this ah ah these purple rings get shot up The spell book on one tentacle flips open to a page. The pierced tentacle down below with a staff in it points the staff at you, and these rings from up underneath the water go around you, and then the spell book illuminates, the staff illuminates, and the rings close around your body.
01:03:15
The Blade's Edge
Dasan, I need you to make a wisdom saving throw. DC21.
01:03:19
Vesz'rak
All right, here we go. Not standing up this time.
01:03:22
Kyle
Please make this wisdom saving throw.
01:03:24
Vesz'rak
Hey.
01:03:25
Kyle Beams
Oh, I love it.
01:03:25
Vesz'rak
Whoa. What?
01:03:26
Kyle Beams
ah
01:03:26
Vesz'rak
What?
01:03:28
Kyle Beams
ah
01:03:28
Trevor
Oh my god.
01:03:28
Vesz'rak
What? What yes
01:03:31
Kyle
Yeah. going need you to start re-rolling your next character.
01:03:34
Kyle Beams
oh i love it
01:03:35
Vesz'rak
that's the
01:03:35
Trevor
it up.
01:03:36
Vesz'rak
that's it na can i hey right actually i think i missspoke earlier can i go back to land and not you get just see my home get some
01:03:42
Trevor
That's
01:03:45
The Blade's Edge
ah That's a nat one, Wizzy.
01:03:46
Vesz'rak
ah yeah so that's an that's an that one whizzy
01:03:46
Trevor
let
01:03:49
The Blade's Edge
You take 34 points of psychic damage.
01:03:51
Kyle
Oh my fucking
01:03:52
Kyle Beams
Oh no.
01:03:52
Vesz'rak
Nice.
01:03:53
The Blade's Edge
And Dasan, you are stunned until the start of your next turn, and Dasan starts to sink underneath the water as he cannot keep himself afloat.
01:03:54
Vesz'rak
Nice.
01:03:56
Kyle
god.
01:03:59
Kyle
oh my fucking god
01:04:00
Kyle Beams
No.
01:04:01
Vesz'rak
And how much damage do I, Tommy, take?
01:04:04
The Blade's Edge
um A cough's worth, because i think he just got it.
01:04:06
Vesz'rak
yeah
01:04:06
Kyle Beams
Yeah. Goodness gracious.
01:04:08
The Blade's Edge
Dasan begins to sink. I have to take 34 psychic damage. Stal the dock, you are up.
01:04:13
Kyle Beams
Yeah. So on my turn, I see this massive tentacle spring up from the lake below. and a big grin appears on my face, and um dropping from my jaw is a little pair of legs, poof, and then ah it starts walking around, and a turret comes out from the center of it and aims at the tentacle.
01:04:35
Kyle Beams
um So I'm using my Eldritch Cannon.
01:04:40
Kyle Beams
um
01:04:40
The Blade's Edge
Hell yeah.
01:04:41
Kyle Beams
And so as an action, I summon a Force Ballista. And this thing looks kind of mean. um And then as my bonus action, I'm going to make a ranged spell attack with it.
01:04:53
The Blade's Edge
Cool.
01:04:57
Kyle Beams
And that's going to be a 15. 15 misses.
01:04:59
The Blade's Edge
15 misses. You do have inspiration.
01:05:01
Kyle Beams
And I do have inspiration. And because I like the idea of this thing hitting, I'm going to try again.
01:05:06
The Blade's Edge
Okay.
01:05:07
Kyle Beams
And we're wrong.
01:05:09
The Blade's Edge
Okay, 11 will miss.
01:05:09
Kyle Beams
um So that's my action and my bonus action. um And then I'm going to use my movement to cruise back over here in front of family. And I'll use this guy to move to protect me over here.
01:05:26
The Blade's Edge
Okay.
01:05:26
Kyle Beams
That's my turn.
01:05:27
The Blade's Edge
All right, you move over there. You've got your Eldridge Cannon out, ready to go. The action economy will be working in your favor. um All right, Bash. You just took some acid damage and some piercing damage from some spell that turned water into shards of acid.
01:05:46
The Blade's Edge
it is your turn.
01:05:48
Kyle
Yeah, so am I even able to physically hit him, hit this this tentacle with like a melee attack?
01:05:57
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, if you get up to the token, you can because it's ums still coming out of the water at some point. It's it's massive, you know.
01:06:04
Kyle
If I move right here, still on the shore, but I'm like, you know, ah adjacent to the token, is that is that cool?
01:06:06
Trevor
Yeah, nice.
01:06:11
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, yeah, totally. Yeah. It's writhing around, so it is able to be hit.
01:06:11
Kyle
Cool.
01:06:13
Kyle
um
01:06:16
Kyle
i yeah I'll hit him on on the next lap. ah So I'm going to bonus action rage.
01:06:22
Trevor
Fire.
01:06:23
The Blade's Edge
Okay, raging.
01:06:24
Kyle
Oh, mad as hell. Smack my axe against the ground. Let out a guttural roar. And then i would like to make an attack.
Combat with Kraken Tentacles
01:06:36
Kyle
And this is going to be reckless. Make a reckless attack.
01:06:40
The Blade's Edge
Okay, this like and this gives you advantage.
01:06:43
Kyle
um And then I can't... For Frenzy, i have to declare Frenzy this turn, but I can't use it until next turn, right?
01:06:51
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, you can just, whenever you want, you can you can declare it.
01:06:55
Kyle
Actually, I'm not going to do that.
01:06:57
The Blade's Edge
Cool.
01:06:57
Kyle
um But it is going to be a Reckless Attack.
01:06:59
The Blade's Edge
Cool. You have two attacks at advantage.
01:07:04
Kyle
First roll, 15. fifteen ah Second roll, 19.
01:07:07
The Blade's Edge
A 15 will miss.
01:07:08
Kyle
Ugh. nineteen
01:07:10
The Blade's Edge
19 is pizza pizza. 19 is its AC.
01:07:12
Kyle
oh
01:07:13
Trevor
Let's go. Oh
01:07:14
Kyle
I'm
01:07:19
Kyle
going to be... plus 9 for 11 points of damage.
01:07:22
The Blade's Edge
Nice. It takes all that.
01:07:26
Kyle
And for my second attack...
01:07:29
Kyle
That is going to be a natural 20, Brian.
01:07:31
Kyle Beams
oh
01:07:31
Trevor
oh
01:07:32
The Blade's Edge
Oh, baby. Natural 20 hits.
01:07:33
Vesz'rak
Who is this guy?
01:07:34
The Blade's Edge
And are you, what level are you guys, by the way? Did you get your brutal critical yet or no?
01:07:38
Kyle Beams
We are level eight, so I think we do have Brutal Critical.
01:07:39
Kyle
Um...
01:07:40
The Blade's Edge
Okay, cool. I think that's your next level. You get that.
01:07:42
Kyle Beams
So all you need to do is just click the Great Axe plus two in there and it should factor in everything you have activated. so
01:07:48
Kyle
Let me make sure something real quick. Because do have stuff that like...
01:07:54
Kyle Beams
Triggers if you're raging.
01:07:55
Kyle
Yeah, when you so yeah I have Savage Attacks. my score a critical hit, roll one of the weapons dice one additional time and add it to the extra damage. Will that calculate?
01:08:02
The Blade's Edge
won't, but you can then roll another D12.
01:08:02
Kyle Beams
and
01:08:06
Kyle
Okay, let me just roll this.
01:08:08
The Blade's Edge
That's huge.
01:08:08
Kyle Beams
Savage attacks.
01:08:09
The Blade's Edge
Oh, it does. Savage attacks.
01:08:10
Kyle
ah perfect.
01:08:10
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, there you go.
01:08:11
Kyle Beams
And you rolled in 11 on the D12.
01:08:11
The Blade's Edge
So, 9 damage.
01:08:13
Kyle Beams
Awesome.
01:08:13
Kyle
But i also, I don't think it...
01:08:14
The Blade's Edge
23 critical.
01:08:15
Kyle
It doesn't account for rage, I don't think. So I think there's an additional two added to this.
01:08:20
The Blade's Edge
Nice. So, 34 damage.
01:08:23
Kyle Beams
Yeah, that's a huge swing.
01:08:24
Kyle
ah
01:08:25
The Blade's Edge
That's huge. This top tentacle is bloodied.
01:08:28
Trevor
Let's go.
01:08:28
Kyle
Beautiful.
01:08:28
The Blade's Edge
And ah something to think about as youre as you're chopping at it, something to think about, that the book is in it.
01:08:29
Vesz'rak
that'll touch That'll teach him.
01:08:34
The Blade's Edge
you know So I think maybe you guys are starting to get an idea of like, hey, maybe when we when we deliver the final blow or before we deliver the final blow, we should get the book.
01:08:35
Trevor
Yeah.
01:08:46
Kyle Beams
Yeah. Right.
01:08:46
The Blade's Edge
Because we don't want to just kill it and then it falls underwater with the book and now we have to go searching underwater for this book or whatever.
01:08:53
Vesz'rak
Well, I'm already underwater.
01:08:53
Kyle
yeah
01:08:55
The Blade's Edge
That's true.
01:08:57
Vesz'rak
So I'll catch it.
01:08:58
Trevor
you
01:09:00
Kyle
Wait, you said 34 damage? Where do you get 34 from?
01:09:04
The Blade's Edge
9 plus 23 is 32, and then plus 2 is 34.
01:09:10
Kyle
r Okay.
01:09:12
The Blade's Edge
Right?
01:09:13
Kyle
Yes.
01:09:13
Kyle Beams
right
01:09:14
The Blade's Edge
and er
01:09:14
Kyle
I didn't realize that the total and total critical were being added together.
01:09:18
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, his total damage is just your your normal damage. It's your slashing. You did a d12 plus 7. You rolled 2. It's 9. Slashing critical was a 12 on the d12.
01:09:27
Kyle
Gotcha.
01:09:29
The Blade's Edge
Your savage attacks was an 11 on the d12. So 9 23.
01:09:33
Kyle
For sure.
01:09:34
The Blade's Edge
Alright, and is that your turn?
01:09:36
Kyle
um That is my turn.
01:09:40
The Blade's Edge
Okay. Not having access to all of his stuff currently. ah Valentine will does, however, have access to something that i will he's going to use. Just straight up.
01:09:51
The Blade's Edge
He puts his hands together and goes, Wait. Just like I was taught. Just like Mordenkainen taught me. Ah!
01:10:03
The Blade's Edge
And he ah releases this gout of fire that as it goes through the rain and snow, ah disintegrates all the rain and snow on the way.
01:10:10
Trevor
hell yeah
01:10:13
The Blade's Edge
And I'm going to say I'm going do this at advantage with Philip and Sila giving him the help action.
01:10:19
Kyle Beams
spirit bomb
01:10:20
The Blade's Edge
This is just a plus nine, but two to twenty plus nine. Seventeen is not going to hit. Damn. Okay. ah He shoots off a spell.
01:10:32
The Blade's Edge
We're seeing growth. He did something intentional that was not random and that would have seemed like it would have done a decent amount of damage.
01:10:36
Trevor
yeah yeah
01:10:40
The Blade's Edge
ah However, he missed. He will go again next turn. Inabi, you are up before the final tentacle on the bottom goes and before the next round of combat.
01:10:53
Trevor
All right, let's see. Bonus action, gonna do a little blade swinging.
01:10:59
The Blade's Edge
Yeah.
01:10:59
Trevor
you know Let's see, and mark that off. All right, all right, that's nice. ah And then for my, okay, so I got a question for you. I'm gonna come up here here and also make some swings on this tentacle.
01:11:15
Trevor
got a question, for Booming Blade, ted I think rules is written the way this works. Like if the tentacle willingly moves five feet before my next turn, that's when it takes that extra damage.
01:11:27
The Blade's Edge
yeah
01:11:29
Trevor
In my head, if it's a tentacle like waving around that bit, like it it's not, is it taking up the space of the whole token or is that like the space that it's kind of moving in?
01:11:38
The Blade's Edge
That's like, it's, yes, exactly. That's the space that it that it's moving in.
01:11:43
Trevor
Okay, so do I think that if I were to hit it with a booming blade, even if the token doesn't necessarily move, if it were to, like, swing over here to hit him with that kind of...
01:11:53
The Blade's Edge
I love, hey, listen, and listen, you, listen, you sold me.
01:11:54
Trevor
You know what i mean?
01:11:56
The Blade's Edge
I'm driving home in this Buick today. Okay.
01:11:57
Trevor
Oh, let's fucking go.
01:11:58
The Blade's Edge
Listen, you sold me. Okay. I want the extra, I want the extra package with this thing.
01:12:00
Trevor
Hell yeah, alright.
01:12:01
Kyle Beams
Yeah.
01:12:02
The Blade's Edge
All right. All right.
01:12:03
Trevor
Fuck yeah, I'll take it.
01:12:04
The Blade's Edge
I'll pay the premium on this bad boy.
01:12:06
Kyle Beams
Yeah. You got the heated seats in that bad boy.
01:12:06
Trevor
ah Yes.
01:12:07
The Blade's Edge
yeah I want the heated seats. You've sold me. It's just when you roll it, it'll just take the extra damage because it is.
01:12:10
Trevor
Hell yes.
01:12:14
The Blade's Edge
I did say that it is whipping and waving all over the place.
01:12:14
Trevor
okay Okay, fuck yeah. um Okay, so I'll move up. I gotta get up close to, I'm gonna go through, 15, 20, I'm going like through his space kind of.
01:12:28
Trevor
ah And i will have my familiar like fly, ooh wait, can he even, hold up. if i Oh yeah, he can get there for sure. All right, yeah, he'll the familiar will fly, he'll do like a boom and then back out.
01:12:42
The Blade's Edge
like to imagine you going through Bash's space, by the way, is like running up to Bash and then going like doing like a spin move, going back to back to get to the other side of him.
01:12:50
Trevor
Ooh, some like Capoeira vibes.
01:12:50
Kyle
Ooh.
01:12:52
The Blade's Edge
Yeah.
01:12:52
Trevor
That's fucking sick, yeah.
01:12:53
Kyle
We fire.
01:12:55
Trevor
I like that.
01:12:55
The Blade's Edge
Coming around the other side of him when you get to the other side of him, that's when you swing.
01:12:59
Trevor
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Fuck yeah, dig that. um Okay, so Bird flies 15 and then 30 back over here. He does like a swoop, um giving me the help action on the first one.
01:13:09
The Blade's Edge
Cool.
01:13:10
Trevor
So this first one will be, I'll do the booming blade with a node.g.
01:13:14
The Blade's Edge
Cool. He has flyby, so no opportunity attacks.
01:13:16
Trevor
dutch
01:13:18
The Blade's Edge
19 is pizza.
01:13:20
Trevor
Oh, 19 fucking barely.
01:13:21
Kyle
Nice. Huge.
01:13:21
The Blade's Edge
Pizza, that is a hit.
01:13:23
Kyle Beams
We like Boofing Blade?
01:13:25
The Blade's Edge
Yo, josh.
01:13:25
Kyle
Fuck them up union style.
01:13:25
Trevor
Huge.
01:13:27
Trevor
All right, that'll be fucking 18 plus 4 plus
01:13:34
Trevor
think. plus two to eight
01:13:38
The Blade's Edge
So that's that's yeah I think it's it's at nine, right?
01:13:39
Kyle
Damn.
01:13:39
Trevor
but think
01:13:41
The Blade's Edge
So it's 12 plus nine is 21. OK, nice.
01:13:45
Trevor
Oh, yeah, it just rolled it all for me. Nice, nice. i only saw the one roll, but yes. Perfect.
01:13:52
The Blade's Edge
but
01:13:53
Trevor
Boofing blade.
01:13:53
The Blade's Edge
Boothin blade actually happens.
01:13:56
Trevor
ah wait.
01:13:56
The Blade's Edge
ah Thunderous. happens around and when that thunder happens you see off in the distance a ah bit of lightning and I think it maybe strikes it strikes the ground ah right next to Valentine and Stal the Doc and Philip and Sila the lightning striking the ground okay
01:14:10
Trevor
Whoops.
01:14:18
Trevor
Sick. Fucking tight. um And then one more attack with the other node.ge. Regular roll. Base a miss.
01:14:29
The Blade's Edge
Second one misses. um And is that your turn?
01:14:32
Trevor
Move right there.
01:14:35
Trevor
ah Yep.
01:14:37
The Blade's Edge
Okay. um All right. The bottom tentacle ah with the... ah Pierced by the... staff reels back and the staff lights up and as the tentacle whips your direction it once again does not hit you but shooting from the staff at you Anabi is this orb and as the orb comes towards comes towards you it is just a roll to hit let's go ahead and see 19
01:15:00
Trevor
Oh, okay. I
01:15:09
Kyle Beams
Big money, big money, no Amis.
01:15:09
Trevor
will shield. Nice.
01:15:12
The Blade's Edge
nineteen
01:15:14
Trevor
i will shield
01:15:16
The Blade's Edge
Okay, you shield, and this wave of psychic energy is ah rend asunder by your shield, and that is its turn.
01:15:27
Trevor
noise
01:15:28
The Blade's Edge
um
01:15:28
Kyle Beams
Parry this, idiot.
01:15:31
The Blade's Edge
Yes, and then can I find a good... me see something right here. Nor, I can't, so I am going to draw it in
01:15:42
Trevor
har
01:15:47
The Blade's Edge
That is where the lightning struck.
01:15:49
Trevor
Hmm.
01:15:51
The Blade's Edge
Impact zone. Right there. Alright, top of the next round. um This other tentacle is going to...
01:16:02
The Blade's Edge
um It is going to now turn. and it is going to whip. It is going to whip towards Stalvodok.
01:16:14
The Blade's Edge
And as it does, the ah pages in the book once again light up. It stops short, and the water whipping off of it turns into shards of acid.
01:16:27
Kyle Beams
Hell yeah.
01:16:28
The Blade's Edge
And that is 29 to hit.
01:16:31
Kyle Beams
That's going to hit.
01:16:32
The Blade's Edge
And stall the dock. You take 14 piercing and 11 acid.
01:16:36
Kyle Beams
Okay. 25 damage.
01:16:38
Trevor
Thank you.
01:16:40
Kyle Beams
Ouch. Ouch. Ouch. ouch
01:16:43
The Blade's Edge
D'Saun, roll me a d20 at the start of your turn.
01:16:45
Vesz'rak
Hello. Still... D20. 16.
01:16:50
The Blade's Edge
That's how many feet you are underwater. As you come out of your stunned condition, you are 16 feet underwater.
01:16:56
Vesz'rak
Okay.
01:16:56
Kyle Beams
Conveniently 16 as well.
01:17:00
Kyle Beams
And you have half movement.
01:17:02
Vesz'rak
Okay. I'm swimming up. I'm dashing, swimming... Okay.
01:17:06
The Blade's Edge
If you if you s swim up using all your movement, you'll be exactly where your token is, but you will crest the water.
01:17:12
Vesz'rak
okay
01:17:13
The Blade's Edge
So you won't be drowning anymore.
01:17:15
Vesz'rak
Won't be drowning, so i'm going to use all my movement. Swim up. And is the tentacle still within striking distance?
01:17:18
The Blade's Edge
Cool.
01:17:21
The Blade's Edge
Yes, it's it's whipping around down here. As you, by the way, as you sunk down,
01:17:26
The Blade's Edge
um you ah you saw something underwater. i want you to roll me an intelligence check. Here's what I want you to do.
01:17:26
Vesz'rak
Uh-huh.
01:17:35
Vesz'rak
Okay.
01:17:36
The Blade's Edge
We're going to use some some very fun a game that I've wanted to run for my friends for a long time called Cthulhu Rules.
01:17:42
Vesz'rak
Oh, shit.
01:17:42
The Blade's Edge
Here's what we're going to do.
01:17:43
Trevor
I'm sorry.
01:17:43
The Blade's Edge
what what is your intelligence What is your intelligence score?
01:17:48
Vesz'rak
Zero. Plus zero?
01:17:50
The Blade's Edge
but's What's the score?
01:17:50
Vesz'rak
It's ten. Ten.
01:17:50
The Blade's Edge
10.
01:17:51
Vesz'rak
It's ten.
01:17:52
The Blade's Edge
So 10 times 5 is 50. So you're going to roll me a D100.
01:17:55
Vesz'rak
So true. Uh-huh.
01:17:57
The Blade's Edge
And under 50 is a success, which means you understand what you saw when you were under the water.
01:18:05
The Blade's Edge
You want to fail this.
01:18:05
Vesz'rak
Okay.
01:18:05
Vesz'rak
Okay.
01:18:07
The Blade's Edge
You do not want your mind to comprehend what you saw under the water. So wal while under you want to roll over 50.
01:18:13
Vesz'rak
Now's my now is my time to shut. hey Hey, look, hey, look.
01:18:16
Kyle
that
01:18:17
Kyle Beams
Now's my time to shine.
01:18:17
The Blade's Edge
you want to roll over a fifty
01:18:19
Kyle Beams
If he rolls a nat 100, uh... 8!
01:18:22
Vesz'rak
If you ever needed someone to fail a role in your life, you call a lifeline. That lifeline is me. d one hundred That's an eight.
01:18:30
Kyle Beams
eight
01:18:30
Kyle
Oh my god!
01:18:30
Vesz'rak
yeah
01:18:32
Kyle
You failed that as fuck!
01:18:34
Kyle Beams
Holy shit.
01:18:35
Trevor
That's so funny.
01:18:35
Kyle Beams
Absolutely fucking crushed it.
01:18:37
Trevor
Holy shit.
01:18:39
Vesz'rak
Look, there's only a few promises that I can make in this life and the next.
01:18:39
The Blade's Edge
Um,
01:18:42
Vesz'rak
is that If you need me to fail, save!
01:18:43
Kyle Beams
Death, taxes, and 10th percentile rolls from Tommy.
01:18:48
The Blade's Edge
We're going we're going firstly, I'll be very, I'll be very ah concrete with what I say here.
01:18:50
Trevor
holy shit
01:18:56
The Blade's Edge
Each time we're going to roll these, maybe throughout the entire campaign, I'm going to go up a table in the madness tables.
01:19:02
The Blade's Edge
You're going roll me a short-term madness. This will only last 10 minutes, but I need you to roll me a, uh, a D.
01:19:02
Vesz'rak
Awesome.
01:19:06
Vesz'rak
Okay. But it'll feel like a lifetime.
01:19:09
Kyle Beams
All you do is turn back into Vezrak for 10 minutes.
01:19:12
Vesz'rak
Yeah, i am now and I am now a wizard.
01:19:12
Kyle Beams
Cause that was the madness.
01:19:15
Vesz'rak
ah Yes, what what do you need me to roll?
01:19:16
The Blade's Edge
Yeah. Roll me a D 100.
01:19:18
Vesz'rak
Okay, do I want to fail? This is another one. I need to fail it again All
01:19:21
The Blade's Edge
This will just depend on what short-term madness you acquire.
01:19:24
Vesz'rak
right, 99.
01:19:26
Kyle
Oh my god.
01:19:26
The Blade's Edge
Is it really a 99?
01:19:27
Trevor
That's fucking insane.
01:19:28
Vesz'rak
Yes, really, 99.
01:19:28
Kyle Beams
Oh my
01:19:29
Kyle
oh What in the world?
01:19:31
Kyle Beams
lord
01:19:32
Kyle
and the world
01:19:33
The Blade's Edge
Okay, we are going to... We are going...
01:19:35
Vesz'rak
God has blessed me with a very particular set of skills.
01:19:39
The Blade's Edge
We're going to roll... I'm going to roll this over for the end of combat.
01:19:42
Trevor
oh Oh my god.
01:19:45
The Blade's Edge
Um...
01:19:48
Kyle
Did he max out the madness table? It's off the charts.
01:19:51
The Blade's Edge
Uh, you did roll...
01:19:52
Vesz'rak
but
01:19:52
The Blade's Edge
That is the worst thing that happens. Which is why... Which is why I'm going to... I'm pushing to the end of the combat. Because this is more this is more of a narrative thing than it is... I'm not trying to have this affect the round of combat.
01:20:04
Vesz'rak
God, I'm so good at Dungeons & Dragons. am I winning, Brian?
01:20:06
Kyle
Insane.
01:20:07
Vesz'rak
Am I doing anything?
01:20:07
Kyle Beams
ah Yo, win in, son.
01:20:08
Vesz'rak
Am I winning? Am I winning?
01:20:09
Trevor
yeah You win it, son.
01:20:10
The Blade's Edge
I've just DM'd you what happens at the end of combat.
01:20:11
Vesz'rak
Okay.
01:20:12
The Blade's Edge
This is not something that Dasan knows. And this is something that I will let you, Tommy... Uh... ah narrate one when combat ends, ah but you see something underwater that is so alien and so foreign ah that your mind does not want to comprehend what you've seen, ah but what you see is ah disgusting and unfathomable and very alien to your mind's
01:20:19
Kyle
come to terms with?
01:20:22
Vesz'rak
Sure, absolutely.
01:20:45
Kyle Beams
And gross. Yeah.
01:20:47
Vesz'rak
Yeah, mid, okay, so and back to our regular scheduling program.
01:20:47
Kyle Beams
Yucky. Good. Yucky vibes.
01:20:50
Trevor
Super ewey.
01:20:50
The Blade's Edge
And.
01:20:53
Vesz'rak
I'm swinging. I'm throwing up, but I am swinging.
01:20:54
The Blade's Edge
Yes, yes, swing away, swing away.
01:20:57
Vesz'rak
Swing.
01:20:58
Kyle
Swing set.
01:21:01
The Blade's Edge
but twelve A 12 will miss. 17
01:21:02
Vesz'rak
ah hey you got another delivery? It's at the door. It's another swing.
01:21:06
The Blade's Edge
miss.
01:21:07
Kyle
swings it
01:21:08
Vesz'rak
That's 17.
01:21:09
The Blade's Edge
andino mess
01:21:11
Vesz'rak
And here I am.
01:21:12
The Blade's Edge
okay
01:21:13
Vesz'rak
Hey, back to you, Doc. Stolva, Doc.
01:21:15
The Blade's Edge
You have you have ah crest the water.
01:21:18
Trevor
you
01:21:18
The Blade's Edge
Your eyes are maybe a bit more wide than they would be as you've just seen something that's weighing heavily on your mind.
01:21:20
Kyle Beams
Thank you.
01:21:26
The Blade's Edge
You swing twice and miss twice, unable to comprehend what exactly the fuck is going on under there. At the end of your turn, it will use a legendary action. And the one to the south bash will do the exact same thing it just tried to do to Anabi as the staff in it lights up and it whips towards you. An orb of psychic energy gets thrown at you, bash.
01:21:52
The Blade's Edge
And that's 19 to hit.
01:21:56
Kyle
um You are rolling with advantage as well.
01:22:00
The Blade's Edge
Oh, nice. Is that for all attacks or just melee attacks? cause This is not a melee attack.
01:22:04
Kyle
Oh, um... This is for...
01:22:10
The Blade's Edge
Go ahead and read Reckless.
01:22:11
Kyle
It just says... It just says attack rolls.
01:22:15
The Blade's Edge
Cool. At advantage, I roll a 25. You take points of psychic damage.
01:22:21
Kyle
Oh, cool. that's That's what I was hoping you would do.
01:22:23
The Blade's Edge
As you're not have, your brain starts conceiving, is thrown through space and time, and you see tentacles eating worlds, ah not only ripping people apart, but eating worlds and acquiring knowledge.
01:22:39
The Blade's Edge
Whatever beast this is wants knowledge. And as it you see it searching through your mind as you take 26 psychic damage, flipping through the pages of your life and instantly learning everything about you, Bash,
01:22:46
Kyle
ah
01:22:52
The Blade's Edge
That is the legendary action.
01:22:52
Kyle
wow
01:22:53
The Blade's Edge
Stall the dock. You are up.
01:22:55
Kyle Beams
Yeah, I'm looking at this tentacle um to the north, the one that Dasan is underneath, and I notice it's got that spell book lodged within it. And so I take aim with my turret, and as a bonus action, I would make a ranged spell attack.
01:23:13
Kyle Beams
Come on, baby.
01:23:13
The Blade's Edge
Okay. 20 hits.
01:23:14
Kyle Beams
That's a 20 to hit. And we're going to be doing, um let's see, features and traits. It's 2d8 damage. And if Just show up, please.
01:23:29
Kyle Beams
to 2d8.
01:23:32
Kyle Beams
oh
01:23:35
Kyle Beams
It's going to deal 13 force damage.
01:23:39
The Blade's Edge
Okay, 13 force damage. Boom! This thing takes that.
01:23:43
Kyle Beams
Yeah, and ignore that dexterity save.
01:23:43
The Blade's Edge
it's ah good. that yeah That top one's looking pretty hard. the top one's looking pretty pretty hurt. Okay.
01:23:49
Kyle Beams
Okay, and then i am going to... take an arrow from my back and put it on my arm. Like I'm going to be using it as like a crossbow, but instead I'm going to cast the spell catapult and launch this arrow to try to dislodge this thing.
01:24:01
The Blade's Edge
okay
01:24:05
Kyle Beams
So the tentacle needs to make 16 deck save.
01:24:11
The Blade's Edge
Cool. It has a plus four, but it has disadvantage as it is just in the water. It's rooted in place. It's not trying to to dodge. There are no eyes on these tentacles. So whatever is controlling these things cannot see that you're doing that. So here's the disadvantage. That's an 11. Nice.
01:24:27
Kyle Beams
Okay, that fails, so it takes 11 bludgeoning damage.
01:24:30
The Blade's Edge
nice
01:24:33
Kyle Beams
um And on a failed save, 3d8 bludgeoning, and then that's the force damage from before, so total of 24 damage.
01:24:42
The Blade's Edge
Cool. 24 damage.
01:24:44
Vesz'rak
Nice.
01:24:44
The Blade's Edge
um I realize we but in the order we've been going a little mixed up here, but that's okay.
01:24:44
Trevor
far.
01:24:48
The Blade's Edge
um But Bash, before your turn, it's going to take another legendary action. As I didn't use... The thing I did the first round on Tommy cost all three of my actions, but this round I've not done that. I'm using the one...
01:25:02
The Blade's Edge
Legendary action cost, so I get to do it three times. So, at the end of the stall a doc's turn, that same tentacle to the south wheels back, the staff lights up, and it will throw another orb at...
01:25:06
Kyle
Oh
01:25:19
The Blade's Edge
Let's see here. Everybody roll me d20. Low roll short stick gets a psychic orb thrown at them.
01:25:23
Kyle Beams
E20, show me pit of salad.
01:25:29
Kyle Beams
Oh, and we all wanted to.
01:25:30
Vesz'rak
Oh,
01:25:30
The Blade's Edge
Wow, you all did not want to get hit.
01:25:30
Kyle
ah
01:25:31
Trevor
Holy. the
01:25:32
Kyle
ah
01:25:33
Vesz'rak
ah
01:25:33
The Blade's Edge
um And Nabi, is your shield still up?
01:25:36
Trevor
Shield's still up.
01:25:36
The Blade's Edge
Okay, so this is just a straight roll. It has plus 13, but your AC is... 20,
01:25:42
Trevor
Fucking a million, dude.
01:25:45
The Blade's Edge
is it a 21 right now?
01:25:47
Trevor
No,
01:25:48
Kyle
It's whatever you roll plus 13.
01:25:48
Trevor
twenty four
01:25:49
Kyle
Yeah, I'm gonna swang
01:25:50
The Blade's Edge
24. And with a 21, it misses.
01:25:54
Trevor
i
01:25:55
The Blade's Edge
It's wasting its secondary, second legendary action.
01:25:55
Kyle Beams
Oh.
01:25:57
The Blade's Edge
Bash, you're up. This thing looks really hurt. The book is lodged in it. You get the sense that you swing at this thing, you're going to kill it.
01:26:08
Kyle
on him. Okay, when I sw-
01:26:10
The Blade's Edge
Okay, the book it looks like the book book's going to fall in the water.
01:26:11
Kyle
sw on them
01:26:14
Kyle
okay ah when i
01:26:15
Trevor
What if...
01:26:16
Vesz'rak
I got it.
01:26:17
Kyle
when i so
01:26:17
Vesz'rak
I got it. I got it.
01:26:19
Kyle
is Is it within like arm's reach when I swing at it?
01:26:23
The Blade's Edge
No. No.
01:26:25
Trevor
Could I...
01:26:26
The Blade's Edge
It's pretty high up on on the lash.
01:26:26
Trevor
it Can we...
01:26:29
The Blade's Edge
I mean, I'll even draw on the token. Like, like maybe it's like up here. you go. You can see that. I drew on the token.
01:26:42
The Blade's Edge
You can see that, right?
01:26:43
Kyle
yeah, I can.
01:26:44
The Blade's Edge
ah towards Towards the top, that's like where the book is lodged in. Almost as if like the tentacle is grafted around the book.
01:26:54
Trevor
um can i can we Can we be speaking?
01:26:55
Kyle
Talk to me.
01:26:56
Trevor
that do it can i like Could Anabi say something?
01:26:59
The Blade's Edge
Sure, yeah. You guys you guys can you guys are strategizing. it's It's moving quick, but you guys can definitely strategize.
01:27:04
Trevor
Could I say i have my...
01:27:05
Kyle
dr
01:27:06
Trevor
I would use my action on my turn if you want to try and secure the book. I could have ah my familiar flaw. Oh, fuck no. Just kidding.
01:27:16
Trevor
Well, yeah. I guess it could it could dash maybe. um oh yeah, yeah, yeah. It could dash and get to it. ah And when it gets the book, I could then vortex warp it straight to, let me make sure it's within 90 feet of me. It is. And maybe make sure.
01:27:39
Kyle
Well, I do have a question. um When I attack this tentacle, is me like incapacitating it, is it just me like cutting the tip off?
01:27:43
Trevor
Nice.
01:27:51
The Blade's Edge
you won't be able to reach the tip from where you are the tip's all the way up in the air if you down it to zero basically what's going to happen is the book's just going to go in the water so you guys will just have to find it but I'm just yeah
01:28:02
Kyle
But but like if i if I swing, that's me. like I'll be able to hit it. I'll be able to touch it, right?
01:28:07
The Blade's Edge
not the book no
01:28:09
Vesz'rak
ah Look, you guys, I'm right here.
01:28:10
Kyle
Okay, here's here's
01:28:11
The Blade's Edge
you're You're towards the base, if you're looking at this token. it's hard for some of our viewers to just to to see, but basically, let's say this this this thing is is like 60 feet tall, but it's
Retrieving the Book & Valentine's Revelation
01:28:22
The Blade's Edge
just writhing around.
01:28:22
The Blade's Edge
So the books at like the tip of this 60-foot thing, you've been attacking the base.
01:28:26
Kyle
Oh, oh, I've been attacking the base.
01:28:28
The Blade's Edge
Just of what you can see, yeah. ah And you can you can even tell from Dasan's wide eyes that ah whatever he saw underwater is massive.
01:28:31
Kyle
Um,
01:28:39
The Blade's Edge
So this is... This is but a fraction of the length of the tentacle. And even if you bring it to zero, you're not chopping the tentacle off. You're basically rendering it incapacitated for this combat.
01:28:49
Trevor
Oh, shit, whoops. Okay.
01:28:53
The Blade's Edge
I mean, yeah, stuff that you wouldn't really know, that Bash wouldn't really know, that I'm just sort of telling you.
01:28:58
Kyle
So could I could i swing and then as I'm swinging to hit it, grab onto the tentacle so I'd have it like, and then I can just like pull it towards me basically?
01:28:58
The Blade's Edge
Just if you want to plan.
01:29:10
The Blade's Edge
I will, I'll tell you this. I've given you more than information than I even think you'd know in at this point. And you can do with that information what you'd like. So the choice of what to do next is your call.
01:29:25
Trevor
I think what Anabi would be yelling out is if you wanted to hold your action so it's instant, like hold your swings for my turn, i could use my action to send the bird then you hit it.
01:29:43
Trevor
That way the bird can get it as the bird...
01:29:45
Kyle
Just catch it like if it's falling.
01:29:48
Trevor
Or even just like as the book hits the water, so it's not like... you know if a book is... not completely like sopping wet. It'll float for a second, I assume, before it like soaks up enough water to sink.
01:30:02
Trevor
So in that time, the bird could grab the book with its beak and then knobby could vortex warp it while it grabs the book just up to the shore. I could get the bird just just up to the shore.
01:30:17
Kyle
Yeah, I mean, that sounds better than whatever I was trying to do, to be honest.
01:30:21
Kyle Beams
I'm going to chop it out.
01:30:21
Trevor
It's an, and I don't, I honestly have no idea if it's better or not. It's just an option for you. If you want to try something like that, I'm down. I could use my action doing that. Totally your call.
01:30:34
Kyle
Yeah, do you... When is your turn?
01:30:38
Trevor
Uh, stall the docs, I think is that who's next?
01:30:41
Kyle
Yeah, I think...
01:30:41
The Blade's Edge
ah here here He already went.
01:30:42
Kyle
Yeah.
01:30:42
The Blade's Edge
We've gone out of order. So it's Bash, then, and Navi.
01:30:45
Trevor
Oh, so it's fucking literally right now.
01:30:46
Kyle
yeah
01:30:46
Trevor
We could like do this together if you want. Like fucking right now.
01:30:49
Kyle
Let's do it.
01:30:50
Trevor
I was saying wait just because I thought there was a somebody between us.
01:30:51
Kyle Beams
ashrow so
01:30:54
Trevor
But yeah, can we attempt that?
01:30:57
Kyle
Sure.
01:30:57
Trevor
Should we try it?
01:30:57
Kyle
going to hold my action and then whenever I get on your call,
01:31:02
The Blade's Edge
Cool.
01:31:02
The Blade's Edge
So what action are you holding, Bash?
01:31:02
Trevor
Sure.
01:31:02
Trevor
I'll.
01:31:05
Kyle
my attack.
01:31:06
The Blade's Edge
Cool. So you're going to attack twice and you're holding it for Inabi's turn, which is right now.
01:31:12
Trevor
but
01:31:13
The Blade's Edge
so
01:31:13
Trevor
And mine is essentially like tell the bird, which is right now, uh, beeline for, uh, the base of the water, uh, where the book is essentially.
01:31:27
Trevor
Um, And so as soon as the bird starts flying, which would be right now, I would tell it to do that immediately. And then I would essentially be holding, Anabi is now holding his action to cast a vortex warp on the bird as soon as the bird has the book in its beak.
01:31:43
Trevor
And I would just, forward to i would I'm going to use my movement to like get here-ish so I can make sure. Actually, no, instead of moving there, I would move to this side.
01:31:58
Trevor
of bash so I can when I vortex work the bird oh wow yeah that's fucking I can get i can vortex it as close as I can to Valentine
01:32:09
The Blade's Edge
Okay. Sounds like a good plan.
01:32:11
Trevor
that's the plan it starts moving yeah so as soon as it starts moving yeah it'll go five and then boom ah and now the birds just got an eye on the fucking eye on the book
01:32:12
The Blade's Edge
ah so yeah So bird moves first. Okay.
01:32:26
The Blade's Edge
Okay.
01:32:27
Kyle
Now I'm... I'm swinging.
01:32:28
Trevor
Yeah, swing away.
01:32:29
The Blade's Edge
So got a hit.
01:32:30
Kyle
Alright, this is going to be another reckless attack.
01:32:33
The Blade's Edge
Okay. Okay.
01:32:35
Kyle
Oh. We have 24 to hit, going to roll for the Natty 20.
01:32:38
Trevor
Let's go.
01:32:40
Kyle
It's not. It's 25.
01:32:40
Kyle Beams
Ooh.
01:32:41
Kyle
twenty five
01:32:42
The Blade's Edge
25 hits.
01:32:42
Kyle Beams
Rolling hot, though.
01:32:45
Kyle Beams
Ch-chug, ch-chug.
01:32:46
Kyle
For 12 plus 9 maybe a 10 one on the die unfortunately and damage
01:32:52
The Blade's Edge
Okay. Alright, it's still up, but it's you hear you all hear a sort of muffled boom from underneath the water as if one more hit, probably no matter no matter the damage, is going to do it.
01:33:06
Kyle
Well, I'm gonna blow it out of the goddamn
01:33:06
Trevor
Nice.
01:33:06
The Blade's Edge
Well, that's definitely going to hit, but see if you create it just for...
01:33:10
Trevor
Fuck yeah.
01:33:11
The Blade's Edge
All right, as you chop this thing, it begins to retract. It just begins to be pulled underwater from whatever creature ah has decided, that's enough.
01:33:22
The Blade's Edge
I'm not having this anymore with this thing.
01:33:23
Vesz'rak
Mm-hmm.
01:33:24
The Blade's Edge
And as it does, the book dislodges and begins to fall to the water.
01:33:32
Trevor
nice
01:33:33
The Blade's Edge
And be.
01:33:34
Kyle Beams
contingencies have been planned for
01:33:34
Trevor
fuck yeah That's where it's at. So it's going to go. Yeah, it's going to use it's going to dash so can use so can get there. ah That was 50.
01:33:45
Trevor
It had used five. So 55. It gets there and tries. yeah it would just wait for the book to hit the water. And as soon as it hits the water and like stabilizes for a second, it would grab the.
01:33:55
Kyle
Can it not catch the water? Can it not catch the water?
01:33:58
Trevor
ah
01:33:59
Kyle
Oh my god, I can't talk. Can it not catch the book?
01:34:02
Trevor
It probably can, but i think it it it it's I think it's thinking that it'd be easier to rather than... I mean, maybe it could catch it in the air, but I think if it meets it on the water, it would have...
01:34:11
Kyle Beams
Less risky.
01:34:13
Trevor
Yeah, it it has like more time to... like I can fit this book in my mouth while it's floating here, not like try and catch it and then drop it while I'm...
01:34:17
Kyle
For sure.
01:34:19
The Blade's Edge
Cool.
01:34:19
Kyle
For sure.
01:34:19
The Blade's Edge
Well, here's what I'm going to do where it's D and D.
01:34:20
Trevor
You know?
01:34:21
The Blade's Edge
So it's going to be role-based. If it's trying to catch the book, it's going to make a dexterity saving throw.
01:34:23
Trevor
Okay.
01:34:27
Trevor
So it's not.
01:34:27
The Blade's Edge
d
01:34:27
Trevor
It's just waiting until it hits the water.
01:34:29
The Blade's Edge
Sure.
01:34:29
The Blade's Edge
I'm just giving you the options of if it wanted to do that, the DC for that will be, will be a 12.
01:34:29
Trevor
That...
01:34:31
Trevor
oh Oh, I see. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
01:34:34
The Blade's Edge
And if it wants to grab the book and take it up, that'll be an athletics or acrobatics check DC eight.
01:34:34
Trevor
Okay.
01:34:41
Trevor
Okay. Yeah, we'll go for the... Hang on let me
01:34:44
The Blade's Edge
ah It's not a heavy book, but it is a big fat tome. And this is just a owl trying to pick up a big fat tome in its beak.
01:34:49
Kyle
You have
01:34:50
Trevor
on, let What is... You said athletics or...
01:34:54
The Blade's Edge
Or acrobatics, which is basically for a fine familiar it is probably just your strength or your dexterity.
01:34:59
Trevor
Dex, which is a plus one. Oh shit, seven.
01:35:05
The Blade's Edge
Okay.
01:35:06
Kyle
inspo?
01:35:06
Trevor
Oh wait, can I use my inspiration?
01:35:07
The Blade's Edge
Yeah.
01:35:08
Trevor
Fuck yeah.
01:35:09
The Blade's Edge
One short. just need an eight.
01:35:14
Trevor
Dex, nice, 17. I still
01:35:15
Kyle
Nice.
01:35:16
The Blade's Edge
17, your owl.
01:35:16
Vesz'rak
Got him.
01:35:17
The Blade's Edge
Was your owl the name, by the way? Okay, cool.
01:35:19
Trevor
i still haven't named him yet.
01:35:21
The Blade's Edge
Your owl grabs the book.
01:35:22
Kyle
Chris.
01:35:23
Trevor
Gotta get to know
01:35:24
The Blade's Edge
Chris the owl.
01:35:26
Trevor
Chris. Yeah, we'll call him.
01:35:27
The Blade's Edge
ah Yeah,
01:35:27
Trevor
Yeah, that's a very Steve name.
01:35:29
The Blade's Edge
Chris.
01:35:29
Trevor
I like that.
01:35:29
The Blade's Edge
Yeah.
01:35:30
Trevor
um And then, yeah, as soon as it's got the book in its mouth, I will cast a vortex warp at motherfucking... Can do that?
01:35:42
Trevor
A second level vortex warp.
01:35:44
The Blade's Edge
Okay. All right,
01:35:45
Trevor
Send it.
01:35:50
Trevor
Yeah, fucking right there. That's perfect.
01:35:53
The Blade's Edge
right is that your turn?
01:35:54
Trevor
And then the bird has five feet of movement, so it'll get it five. It'll just get the book five feet closer to the Valentine if it can, just so can just reach. Oh, wait, no. Valentine's fucking right here.
01:36:09
Trevor
Who's out?
01:36:09
The Blade's Edge
Yeah.
01:36:09
Trevor
was looking at fucking the goat. Of course I was. It's good.
01:36:13
Vesz'rak
that's an animal's trap That's an animal.
01:36:13
Trevor
yeahs Yeah, that's. it it's just
01:36:14
Vesz'rak
an animal. That's a picture it's a picture of a goat.
01:36:16
Trevor
the
01:36:19
Trevor
Yeah, we're good. That's perfect.
01:36:21
The Blade's Edge
Alright, and is that your turn?
01:36:21
Vesz'rak
cor
01:36:23
Trevor
Uh, actually, actually, yeah, that's my turn. going to with my movement. I'm just going to fucking scoot like and spread out a little bit. going to get over here. Yep.
01:36:39
Trevor
We're good.
01:36:40
Vesz'rak
corporate needs you to find the difference between both of these pictures. It's literally a human male and a goat.
01:36:46
The Blade's Edge
Um...
01:36:47
Kyle Beams
They're the same picture.
01:36:47
Trevor
I don't know.
01:36:48
Vesz'rak
They're the same picture.
01:36:49
Trevor
It's the same picture.
01:36:49
The Blade's Edge
On Valentine's turn, you have vortex to warp the book directly into the sort of impact area that the lightning just struck. And as Valentine reaches down into this impact area and he grabs the book, you all hear massive go
01:37:14
The Blade's Edge
the entire area lit up.
01:37:20
The Blade's Edge
all of you blinded for a second. And as he holds the book in his hand, you now see he looks a little older. Looks like maybe in his fifties. The
01:37:31
Kyle Beams
Well, well.
01:37:31
The Blade's Edge
brown hair on his head has grown slightly longer down to his shoulders he has a big sort of ah neapolitan beard it's sort of it's brown but there's a little red in there and then there's a lot of gray as he as he holds the book in his hand and he says ah
01:37:33
Vesz'rak
You just aged him.
01:37:45
Kyle Beams
There's some strawberry.
01:37:51
The Blade's Edge
started to remember i've started to remember i need my staff i need my staff
01:37:55
Kyle
He's starting to believe.
01:37:59
Kyle Beams
Yeah, let's get his staff.
01:38:00
The Blade's Edge
Ridley, Ridley, Ridley Valentine.
01:38:04
Kyle
Ridley.
01:38:05
Vesz'rak
I'll get the staff!
01:38:06
The Blade's Edge
I, I served, I served Morden, Mordenkainen and one other.
01:38:07
Trevor
Blah blah blah blah
01:38:13
The Blade's Edge
Ridley, Valentine.
01:38:15
The Blade's Edge
The book. He flips the book open to a certain page and says, yes, that's right, my power. And he looks at the ah the um ah tentacle down here.
01:38:15
Kyle Beams
Ridley Valentine.
01:38:31
The Blade's Edge
And as he does, he begins speaking, another flash of lightning comes down and strikes him and strikes the book and then shoots out from the book at this tentacle, who will now make a deck save at disadvantage.
01:38:44
Kyle Beams
Oh, he's a conduit.
01:38:45
The Blade's Edge
uh it's plus four uh that is a failure uh as it takes a full lightning bolt damage so 8d6 lightning
01:38:50
Kyle Beams
Fuck yeah.
01:38:59
The Blade's Edge
uh all right 29 points of damage to the previously untouched bottom tentacle
01:39:05
Trevor
Thank you.
01:39:06
Kyle Beams
Nice.
01:39:07
The Blade's Edge
That will be Ridley Valentine's turn as he grew a little bit older.
01:39:07
Vesz'rak
ah I'm coming for that bottom.
01:39:13
The Blade's Edge
Pieces of his mind coming back, ah his knowledge coming back, his power coming back, as well as you're starting to see his age um coming back.
01:39:22
Kyle
ah
01:39:23
The Blade's Edge
He is not this youthful this youthful man. um As the lightning strikes this thing for 29 damage, it will take its last legendary action before its turn to make one more psychic orb attack.
01:39:35
The Blade's Edge
And this will be at Bash.
01:39:40
Kyle
Man, come on.
01:39:41
Vesz'rak
yeah take Yeah, take out the green big green giant.
01:39:44
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, well, you did just, you upset the thing underneath the...
01:39:45
Kyle
a
01:39:50
Kyle
Well, he was being mean to me.
01:39:51
The Blade's Edge
That one. That one.
01:39:52
The Blade's Edge
It doesn't...
01:39:52
Kyle
um And I will use a luck point because he would have had advantage.
01:39:56
Kyle
I'm going to use it to impose disadvantage to keep that nat one.
01:39:58
The Blade's Edge
nice so we'll just take that nat one the psychic orb misses it is its turn it will then uh it's thrashing about and it will thrash over towards you in abi as you were also helped take the book um it will make a lashing maw attack as the ah comes at you and this spec, the staff lights up this spectral maw made of shards of acid chomps on your location.
01:40:31
The Blade's Edge
um
01:40:31
Trevor
Chomperoni.
01:40:33
The Blade's Edge
Only a 15.
01:40:34
Trevor
Fuck yeah.
01:40:35
The Blade's Edge
Fucking misses. ah Start of the next round. Just saw on you're up swimming.
01:40:42
Vesz'rak
Swimming. Here we go.
01:40:43
The Blade's Edge
Swimming.
01:40:46
Vesz'rak
I'm going to swim towards the tentacle.
01:40:48
Kyle Beams
Let's go. Surely nothing could go wrong.
01:40:51
Vesz'rak
I'm going to Misty Step, bonus action, Misty Step up again.
01:40:56
The Blade's Edge
Onto it.
01:40:57
Vesz'rak
On to it again.
01:40:58
The Blade's Edge
Whatever check you want, the DC's 21.
01:41:01
Vesz'rak
Athletics.
01:41:01
The Blade's Edge
You pick whatever's best for you.
01:41:03
Vesz'rak
Look, surely you can't fail it two times in a row. Watch this.
01:41:09
The Blade's Edge
That's a natural one.
01:41:11
Trevor
Holy shit, dude.
01:41:11
The Blade's Edge
That's crazy.
01:41:13
Kyle Beams
I love you, Tommy.
01:41:14
Kyle
Oh, my God, man.
01:41:15
Trevor
That's insane.
01:41:15
Kyle Beams
I love you.
01:41:15
The Blade's Edge
um
01:41:16
Kyle Beams
Never change.
01:41:16
The Blade's Edge
ah How high up were you trying to... Let's see I'm onto it.
01:41:20
Vesz'rak
As high as I could go. 30 feet.
01:41:23
The Blade's Edge
30 feet.
01:41:24
Vesz'rak
yeah.
01:41:24
The Blade's Edge
Okay, yeah as you fall, you hit the water, ah sort of belly flop backwards. You'll take half this falling damage as you hit the water.
01:41:32
The Blade's Edge
ah You'll take 7 points of falling damage.
01:41:32
Vesz'rak
ah
01:41:34
Vesz'rak
right ah
01:41:36
The Blade's Edge
As you hit the water, and hey, hitting water from high heights still hurts. Especially...
01:41:39
Vesz'rak
it's like it's like not even It's like not even funny anymore because it's now it's like expected, you know? It's like...
01:41:44
Kyle Beams
Now we're just punching the guy that's down.
01:41:46
Vesz'rak
yeah
01:41:47
Kyle
Yeah, that's rough.
01:41:47
Vesz'rak
anywaym Anyway, I'm swinging.
01:41:49
The Blade's Edge
Okay.
01:41:51
Vesz'rak
First attack, 27.
01:41:51
Kyle Beams
Anyway, here's Wonderwall.
01:41:54
The Blade's Edge
27 does hits with the Sunsword. 12 will miss.
01:41:58
Vesz'rak
one-handed, 10 damage.
01:42:02
The Blade's Edge
it's It's actually only 8 because that extra 2 is against undead targets.
01:42:05
Vesz'rak
Oh, sorry, sorry. Yeah, 8, sorry.
01:42:06
The Blade's Edge
It's okay.
01:42:07
Vesz'rak
and And that...
01:42:07
The Blade's Edge
and You can smite him if you want.
01:42:10
Vesz'rak
Huh?
01:42:10
The Blade's Edge
You can smite.
01:42:10
Vesz'rak
Yeah. You know what? Hey, Brian, while I'm we'll do it.
01:42:14
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, get a win in, you know?
01:42:15
Vesz'rak
We'll smite
01:42:17
The Blade's Edge
um um Let's mix a win in.
01:42:17
Trevor
It's an easy dub.
01:42:18
The Blade's Edge
but that look
01:42:18
Kyle Beams
Yeah.
01:42:19
Trevor
but Grab that.
01:42:19
Kyle Beams
4 damage smite.
01:42:19
The Blade's Edge
let's mix the win in
01:42:20
Vesz'rak
him. Hey, hey, hey, hey, take that extra four and that's for your, you know, just get out, out of here.
01:42:21
Kyle Beams
4 damage smite.
01:42:25
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, honestly, yeah, let's let's take a little extra win while we're at it, you know, why not?
01:42:26
Vesz'rak
Yeah, yeah, yeah. So.
01:42:30
The Blade's Edge
All right, you you attack the the tentacle coming out of the water. At the end of your turn, it will make a psychic orb attack on Stalvodok.
01:42:42
Kyle Beams
Yeah. Yeah.
01:42:43
The Blade's Edge
but push push The orb inside thrown at you. Another nat one. It's second nat one.
01:42:50
Vesz'rak
lot they
01:42:50
Kyle Beams
Fantastic. Okay.
01:42:51
Vesz'rak
I've infected something. infecting it.
01:42:56
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, it is.
01:42:56
Vesz'rak
So it sort of infected the tentacle in that one's.
01:42:59
The Blade's Edge
um Okay.
01:43:04
The Blade's Edge
ah That is its legendary action. Just if we're going...
01:43:11
The Blade's Edge
Let's just keep it in the order we've been doing. So, stall the dock, you're then bash Nanabi.
01:43:13
Kyle Beams
okay
01:43:15
The Blade's Edge
Yes.
01:43:15
Kyle Beams
So seeing Dasan floundering in the water, I have an idea. and this is the edge of the cliff, right?
01:43:22
The Blade's Edge
Yes.
01:43:22
Kyle Beams
Okay, so I'm going to move to the edge of the cliff with my movement.
01:43:25
Vesz'rak
I'm floundering.
01:43:25
Kyle Beams
And then I'm going to click my boots of the winding path.
01:43:25
Vesz'rak
I'm a swimming grace for you.
01:43:31
Kyle Beams
um And with my artificer infusion, i can teleport up to 15 feet as a bonus action.
01:43:31
The Blade's Edge
Love that.
01:43:37
Kyle Beams
This...
01:43:37
The Blade's Edge
As long as it's somewhere you've been before on your turn. So it is a space you've previously occupied.
01:43:41
Kyle Beams
this Oh, okay. ah
01:43:45
The Blade's Edge
Yeah.
01:43:45
Kyle Beams
Well, that changes that. Let me...
01:43:48
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, it's ah it it is good, but it's good to sort of like get somewhere and then you go back 15 feet.
01:43:53
Kyle Beams
I see. So it's not a getting somewhere
01:43:56
The Blade's Edge
No, it is it getting back?
01:44:01
The Blade's Edge
run up, hit somebody, boots the winding path, you get back so you don't have just ah they don't have an opportunity to attack on you.
01:44:01
Kyle Beams
Then...
01:44:03
Kyle Beams
Yeah.
01:44:06
Kyle Beams
There we go. Yeah, I get the name now. um So I'm going to jump...
01:44:11
The Blade's Edge
Okay. You're jumping and attacking this thing?
01:44:14
Kyle Beams
I'm jumping and casting a spell.
01:44:16
The Blade's Edge
Okay.
01:44:17
Vesz'rak
Taking one out of my book.
01:44:19
Kyle Beams
I'm jumping and let's see, my jump distance is what? My strength score with a running start.
01:44:25
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, you can you can jump in and and reach the thing.
01:44:26
Kyle Beams
Okay, I'm gonna try to be here and I'm casting rope trick.
01:44:30
The Blade's Edge
Okay.
01:44:33
The Blade's Edge
Okay.
01:44:36
Trevor
o
01:44:36
The Blade's Edge
Go ahead and let the people know what that does.
01:44:37
Kyle Beams
So jump, i jump into the air, press my hands together and out flows long length of rope that seems to keep going and going and going until it reaches about 60 feet.
01:44:48
Kyle Beams
And up high at the top is a shimmer of what looks to be like a portal of extra dimensional space. um And i think that the rope should drop down into the water, right?
01:45:00
The Blade's Edge
Yeah.
01:45:01
Kyle Beams
um So then that is my action, my bonus action, my movement. And I'm basically just trying to hang on to this rope um right above Dessant.
01:45:11
The Blade's Edge
Sure, yeah. You and Dasan now have a rope to climb into an extra-dimensional space, should you choose.
01:45:16
Vesz'rak
Perfect.
01:45:18
The Blade's Edge
um And at the end of your turn, we'll use a Psychic Orb attack on Dasan.
01:45:25
Vesz'rak
Classic.
01:45:25
The Blade's Edge
as we're We're spreading these around. I've rolled two nat ones in a row. Will I roll a natural 20 on you? 27.
01:45:29
The Blade's Edge
Dasan,
01:45:29
Vesz'rak
kids like i don't know why you got to say it like that.
01:45:33
The Blade's Edge
you take 18 points of Psychic damage.
01:45:34
Vesz'rak
Yeah, that'll do it. Yeah, that'll do it.
01:45:37
Trevor
Yeah, I think that'll do it.
01:45:39
Vesz'rak
Okay, I haven't really heard.
01:45:41
The Blade's Edge
Okay, that's its its turn. Bash, you're up.
01:45:45
Trevor
He's blacking out.
01:45:46
Vesz'rak
Yeah.
01:45:46
Trevor
We've got to get him out of the water.
01:45:49
Kyle
Um...
01:45:50
The Blade's Edge
You're up, and this guy, this time, you would have to get into the water to attack this thing.
01:45:56
Kyle
Yeah, that's uh...
01:45:56
The Blade's Edge
Unless you got down here. Unless you traveled down here, you could ah further into the town.
01:46:00
Kyle
That's Gnarls Barkley. Oh, um, does my... Did my, um... Did my axe effect activate? Like, I didn't kill the creature?
01:46:11
The Blade's Edge
Oh, yes, yes. You get the effects of killing a creature, yeah.
01:46:14
Kyle
Okay, so let me roll that.
01:46:15
The Blade's Edge
Defeating this thing's tentacles are the equivalent of killing them.
01:46:18
Kyle
Okay, so I got 8 temp HP. Put that there. Oh my god, this map is so big, dude.
01:46:28
The Blade's Edge
Big map, big lake!
01:46:32
Kyle
i don't i think um I think I'm low-key a little useless this round. I mean, I guess I can start making my way downtown. What's my movement?
01:46:40
The Blade's Edge
Take your way. You could throw something if you have something to throw. Or you could dash.
01:46:45
Kyle
Yeah, going dash. Okay, walking speed I'm going to go 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40. Yep.
01:46:50
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, what's your walk?
01:46:50
Kyle
And then I'm going to dash.
01:46:51
The Blade's Edge
It could be 40 feet, probably.
01:46:52
Kyle
5, 10, 15, And 20, then could 25. make it this like creek? Yes, then 5, 10,
01:46:57
Kyle
i hor twenty five and then could i make it across as like creek like
01:47:07
The Blade's Edge
Yes, yeah. Once you're in the town, it's sort of all easily traversable.
01:47:11
Kyle
s i So this would be, 40 feet right here.
01:47:18
The Blade's Edge
Okay.
01:47:18
Kyle
And then that's that's just my turn.
01:47:21
The Blade's Edge
Okay. All right, Bash, you get to there. Anabi, you're up.
01:47:26
Trevor
If I'm looking at Dishon, are you fucked up? Are you looking like you might pass out in the water kind of vibe? Or like if you get touched again, you might pass out?
01:47:36
Vesz'rak
Yeah, I'm not not doing good.
01:47:37
Trevor
or Okay, I'm going to 5, 10, 15, 20, 25. i can't I can't heal. I don't think I have any like healing or anything, but I feel like if you go out in the water, that's super sketch. So I'm going to try and just get you out of the water.
01:47:51
Trevor
ah And I'm going to do a
01:47:56
Trevor
I'm gonna do, probably yeah, just another vortex warp, I think. um Last,
01:48:06
Vesz'rak
Yeah. We got Vortex Warp Mania this session. Didn't know we had it until this session.
01:48:09
Trevor
dude, it's yeah yeah, yeah, this is crazy.
01:48:10
Vesz'rak
Now we're using it five times.
01:48:12
Kyle Beams
Dude, it feels good.
01:48:15
Trevor
ah Yeah, ah the last second level spell slot, and I will vortex warp him. up onto let me make sure I can reach up there.
01:48:29
Trevor
Yeah, just right up next to Valentine.
01:48:38
The Blade's Edge
All right.
01:48:38
Vesz'rak
oh Does that happen?
01:48:40
The Blade's Edge
Yeah. yeah
01:48:40
Trevor
Yep, yeah, yeah, I i send that off.
01:48:40
Vesz'rak
Oh, hell yeah.
01:48:41
The Blade's Edge
As long as you're a willing.
01:48:41
Vesz'rak
yeah i am guy Get me out.
01:48:42
Trevor
get you Yeah, if you want to do that, I would. Okay, cool.
01:48:45
Vesz'rak
that's ah That's all.
01:48:46
Kyle Beams
ah Get me out of here.
01:48:47
Vesz'rak
Get me out.
01:48:47
Kyle Beams
Damn.
01:48:48
Vesz'rak
Look, I've gambled.
01:48:48
Trevor
Get me out of here.
01:48:48
Kyle Beams
My get him out strategy didn't...
01:48:49
Vesz'rak
I drove to the casino. I gambled. I've lost. I've lost. Now get me home.
01:48:54
Trevor
can be out here.
01:48:56
Kyle Beams
Can't afford the Uber.
01:48:57
Vesz'rak
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
01:48:58
The Blade's Edge
um All right. ah That happens. Anything else in Nabi?
01:49:03
Trevor
Uh, no, let's see, but I don't think I have any bonus actions worth, uh, well, actually, should we get fucking a little squirrely? Wait, I don't know if I have enough.
01:49:15
Trevor
No, I can't, unfortunately. Well, how much more was that?
01:49:19
The Blade's Edge
Once you hit the water, you'll have half movement because it'll be difficult terrain.
01:49:24
Trevor
Right. Do you remember how much? i Unfortunately, 5, 10, 15, 20. five ten fifteen twenty I think I probably moved like 20. That was probably 25 of my at least. Right. I don't think I have much movement left.
01:49:33
The Blade's Edge
Sure. Yeah, I believe you.
01:49:34
Trevor
twenty yeah ah If I have five feet left. Oh, wait, wait, wait, wait. This is something that I always fucking forget about with. a I have a little bit of extra movement. We'll say if that was.
01:49:47
Trevor
I think, uh, blade singing, I get my, I get an extra movement bonus too. Hang on. Just to make sure. Yep. It increases by 10 feet. So I have another like 10 ish feet. Can I, if I even use that, am I close enough?
01:50:02
Trevor
Do you want to mark? Can you mark on that tentacle where you think the staff might be?
01:50:08
The Blade's Edge
Sure, yeah, probably right around the same the same area, right there.
01:50:11
Trevor
Like on the, okay.
01:50:13
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, towards the top of the tentacle, not towards the fat base, but towards the top tip.
01:50:14
Trevor
Fuck.
01:50:18
Trevor
Okay. Okay. I can't get there anyway. So I'll, I mean, I'll scoot up a little bit, but I, yeah, that's, that's my turn. and I can't, I can't reach it.
01:50:26
The Blade's Edge
Okay. At the end of your turn, it'll use its last legendary action as my cat jumps on my back. Crazy move. To kill...
01:50:34
Trevor
Hell yeah.
01:50:34
Vesz'rak
Let's see Wade's work plays out for him.
01:50:34
The Blade's Edge
two It'll cast Psychic Orb. It's last a thing at you. He's tugging on my neck, trying to choke me out right now. He's choking literally tugging on the back of my shirt, choking me.
01:50:45
Kyle Beams
Incredible.
01:50:48
Kyle Beams
Yeah, ah I'm going to need you to make a dexterity saving throw.
01:50:51
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, he's...
01:50:51
Trevor
He's telling you not to use that last legendary action, dude.
01:50:54
The Blade's Edge
I think he's...
01:50:54
Kyle
Yeah.
01:50:54
Trevor
He's like, just because you can doesn't mean you should.
01:50:55
Kyle
Like, don't do it!
01:50:55
Vesz'rak
row Roll for claw damage. Yeah, roll for claw damage.
01:50:59
The Blade's Edge
Alright, this is the last Psychic Orb one coming at you.
01:51:00
Trevor
that hits.
01:51:03
The Blade's Edge
24. twenty four
01:51:05
Kyle Beams
Oh, great.
01:51:06
Trevor
Howie. that hits
01:51:07
The Blade's Edge
okay all right and abby you take 22 points of psychic damage um and then it is valentine's turn he flipping through the pages his beard still growing uh turning more gray his hair still growing turning more gray him growing like slightly more hunched flips through flips through flips through starts speaking in a language you don't know the coldness the snow coming down
01:51:10
Trevor
ah we
01:51:11
Vesz'rak
you
01:51:32
The Blade's Edge
ah coalesces together and forms a massive cone that shoots itself towards the ah tentacle as the tentacle has to make a con save of which it's pretty good it' a plus seven no disadvantage okay so it does save but it'll take half this cold damage which is uh it takes points of no not seventeen eighteen yeah seventeen 17 points of cold damage.
01:52:02
The Blade's Edge
It's almost bloodied, but not quite. That is Valentine's turn, as he is Ridley Valentine, um one of the stewards of Mordenkainen, he said.
01:52:13
The Blade's Edge
um It is now... The tentacles turn, and the tentacle will now swing down at Stalvadok and ah ah cast a spell, turning the water around you to acid-like ah shards that come and try to clamp you.
01:52:35
Kyle Beams
Yikes. I'm up in the air though, right? Okay.
01:52:37
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, it doesn't matter.
01:52:39
Vesz'rak
he getting clamped.
01:52:39
The Blade's Edge
it's I mean, he can do it at any point. I'm just narrating. The water yeah comes up from the water. Woo! And sort of tries to clamp you.
01:52:39
Kyle Beams
You're going to clamp the robot?
01:52:45
Kyle Beams
Ah. Tries to bite me.
01:52:48
The Blade's Edge
And the water bites you for 16 piercing and 15 acid.
01:52:51
Kyle Beams
Oh, 31 damage.
01:52:51
Kyle
My lord
01:52:53
Kyle Beams
That is a chunker.
01:52:53
Trevor
Bye.
01:52:55
Kyle Beams
ah And it's almost my turn. Excellent.
01:52:58
The Blade's Edge
Alright, Dasan, you are up.
01:53:01
Vesz'rak
ah Still laying leisurely on the grass here.
01:53:05
The Blade's Edge
Wet. Covered in water.
01:53:08
Vesz'rak
Absolutely.
01:53:09
The Blade's Edge
Briny water. You've seen some shit.
01:53:12
Vesz'rak
I'm just going to, as an action, I'm going to just lay on hands myself for 25. 15. heal myself
01:53:19
The Blade's Edge
Okay. Yeah, that that leaves you with what? Five left? 15.
01:53:23
Vesz'rak
for 25. 34 HP. Get up.
01:53:24
The Blade's Edge
fifteen Nice. Okay.
01:53:27
Vesz'rak
Look over Valentine go... thirty four hp get up ah look over at valentine and go Get the staff. I'll get the staff.
01:53:38
The Blade's Edge
I'm starting to remember!
01:53:39
Vesz'rak
I'm jumping back in the water.
01:53:39
Trevor
work
01:53:42
The Blade's Edge
D'Saun!
01:53:42
Kyle Beams
No.
01:53:42
Vesz'rak
I did.
01:53:43
Vesz'rak
I did. lay on hands myself. I'm just jumping back.
01:53:45
Trevor
You son of a bitch.
01:53:45
Vesz'rak
I've got to get the staff. Jump back in the water.
01:53:48
Trevor
I'm never fucking casting spells on you again.
01:53:48
Vesz'rak
I'm getting the staff.
01:53:49
Kyle
Oh my god.
01:53:49
Kyle Beams
Bro.
01:53:50
Vesz'rak
Yeah, I'm just swimming.
01:53:50
Kyle Beams
Lay on hands yourself. Lay on hands yourself.
01:53:52
Vesz'rak
i did i did i
01:53:52
Trevor
motherfucker.
01:53:53
Vesz'rak
yeah's why song i'm just jump gotta get
01:53:57
Kyle Beams
Incredible.
01:53:57
The Blade's Edge
Alright, jump back in the water.
01:53:57
Kyle
i'm gonna I'm gonna kill
01:53:58
Vesz'rak
jump back at the water we have the that
01:53:59
Trevor
I'm gonna fucking kill that guy.
01:54:00
Vesz'rak
yeah
01:54:01
The Blade's Edge
Alright, that is your turn?
01:54:02
Vesz'rak
yeah i'm justssuming it
01:54:06
The Blade's Edge
Alright, stalva doc.
01:54:07
Kyle Beams
I look down at Hassan.
01:54:08
Kyle
him. Darwin is loving this right now.
01:54:10
Kyle Beams
as he jumps back into the water and I'm like, I go, you stay, no following.
01:54:15
Trevor
Superman.
01:54:16
Vesz'rak
I can't hear you.
01:54:17
Kyle Beams
and
01:54:17
Vesz'rak
I'm underwater.
01:54:18
Kyle Beams
And an eye having been absolutely chunked to below 10 health, actually below five health, my my torso, poof, opens up and you see this glowing rod spinning and whirring and it's glowing brighter and brighter and brighter.
01:54:19
Trevor
superman
01:54:35
The Blade's Edge
woop boopooo
01:54:37
Kyle Beams
as this wand begins to overcharge. um And I'm rolling a d100, Bri.
01:54:43
The Blade's Edge
Yes.
01:54:46
Kyle Beams
Or an 83.
01:54:48
The Blade's Edge
An 83. Okay. mean, you can see what it does. You which would you like me to tell you. You can narrate what happens.
01:54:53
Kyle Beams
You guys see Stalvodok begin to whir and glow and then poof, disappear.
01:55:01
The Blade's Edge
StalvaDoc disappears.
01:55:02
Kyle
went
01:55:02
The Blade's Edge
Woof.
01:55:04
Trevor
Wah.
01:55:05
Kyle Beams
But my rope is left behind.
01:55:07
The Blade's Edge
ah his rob Yeah, his rope and the and the ah space is still there.
01:55:07
Vesz'rak
I'm going for the rope. I'm going for the rope.
01:55:11
The Blade's Edge
But Stalvodok seems to have disappeared.
01:55:12
Kyle Beams
And then as a bonus action, if this can infer anything to you guys, my force ballista takes a shot at the.
01:55:21
The Blade's Edge
Nice. And that's still over on the land.
01:55:23
Kyle Beams
Yep.
01:55:24
The Blade's Edge
Okay.
01:55:26
Kyle Beams
For 14.
01:55:27
The Blade's Edge
ah Phillip and Siler are going to give you the help action.
01:55:30
Kyle Beams
OK, for 14 and then we're going roll another ah one at those. Spell attack.
01:55:40
Kyle Beams
Yeah, I'm on. Oh, 20, baby.
01:55:42
The Blade's Edge
That does hit.
01:55:45
Kyle Beams
Four.
01:55:48
Kyle Beams
Five force damage.
01:55:49
The Blade's Edge
Nice. It takes that. It is now considered bloodied.
01:55:52
Kyle Beams
And that's the end of my turn, as you have no sight of Stalvodok.
01:55:58
The Blade's Edge
Okay. um Now something is about to happen that is very unfortunate for one of you. um including you, Stalvodok, as with this, whatever creature this is, knows that you're still there.
01:56:09
Vesz'rak
Look, just say my name, Brian.
01:56:09
The Blade's Edge
It has some sort of scent.
01:56:12
Vesz'rak
You don't have to be...
01:56:12
Kyle Beams
So...
01:56:13
Trevor
yeah
01:56:13
Kyle Beams
So it's it's very bad for one of us and extremely bad for another one of us.
01:56:14
Vesz'rak
yeah
01:56:17
Vesz'rak
Yeah, you don't have to be shit.
01:56:17
The Blade's Edge
i am I am using all three legendary actions to do what it did the first round. It is going to do ah this psychic lash.
01:56:28
The Blade's Edge
It comes out, but it will go, and it it is going to attack whoever draws the lowest draw. me get some money.
01:56:34
Kyle Beams
Oh, baby.
01:56:35
Vesz'rak
All right.
01:56:35
Kyle Beams
Tommy, Tommy, Tommy, I'm standing up.
01:56:37
The Blade's Edge
I doesn't want any of you here, so it doesn't matter which one of you I take down first.
01:56:37
Vesz'rak
all ah Like, I also don't want to be here!
01:56:41
Kyle Beams
Tommy, count it down.
01:56:42
Kyle
Oh, natural 20.
01:56:43
The Blade's Edge
Not going to be Bash. Not going to be Bash.
01:56:45
Kyle
It is not going to be me. Y'all be easy though.
01:56:48
The Blade's Edge
Could be Doc?
01:56:50
Vesz'rak
talk with the eight?
01:56:50
Kyle Beams
Y'all be easy, though.
01:56:52
Vesz'rak
Trev you first, Trev you first, Trev you first.
01:56:52
Trevor
Oh, we're all rolling D20s, man.
01:56:54
The Blade's Edge
Yep, yep. Yeah, we're drawing straws here.
01:56:58
Kyle Beams
Oh, Tommy.
01:56:58
Vesz'rak
13.
01:56:58
The Blade's Edge
not going to be Anabi.
01:56:59
The Blade's Edge
It's either SolvaDoc or Dasan.
01:56:59
Kyle Beams
Oh, Tommy.
01:56:59
Vesz'rak
Can I beat an eight? Here we go. 15.
01:57:02
The Blade's Edge
All right.
01:57:03
Kyle
This will be so funny.
01:57:04
Vesz'rak
Woo!
01:57:04
Kyle Beams
Oh, my God.
01:57:04
Kyle
Oh.
01:57:05
Trevor
Wow.
01:57:06
Kyle Beams
Stalvodok disappears, and then...
01:57:06
The Blade's Edge
not And then I don't even i don't even think i need to roll.
01:57:11
Kyle Beams
i have three health.
01:57:12
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, you have three health, so it does not matter with the wisdom save because you will take half ah even if you even if you save.
01:57:12
Trevor
Oh, shit.
01:57:13
Kyle
Oh.
01:57:19
The Blade's Edge
ah You take a ah boatload of psychic damage ah and you are stunned and you are invisible and you hit the water. i will say, D'Saun, you see splash on the water.
01:57:34
Vesz'rak
um' I'm going for that splash.
01:57:35
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, you don't see anything there.
01:57:36
Kyle
Can you roll the damage just so I can see a big number on screen?
01:57:40
The Blade's Edge
Sure, you want to see a big number? 49 points of psychic damage.
01:57:41
Kyle
or For dopamine's sake.
01:57:41
Vesz'rak
Yeah.
01:57:43
Kyle
Oh my god.
01:57:44
Vesz'rak
Jesus Christ.
01:57:44
Kyle
49.
01:57:46
Vesz'rak
He's rolling hot.
01:57:46
The Blade's Edge
Good roll.
01:57:46
Kyle
already nine
01:57:47
The Blade's Edge
i That's a good roll. That's a good roll.
01:57:49
Trevor
Yeah, it's a crazy rule.
01:57:49
The Blade's Edge
Nothing below four. All right, Stalvadak is down, stunned, and ah beginningnna is beginning to drown, hits the water.
01:57:52
Kyle Beams
yeah
01:57:58
The Blade's Edge
You guys do see a shape hit the water, but you don't see his body. Bash her up. That's all the legendary actions. There's no more legendary actions this round.
01:58:08
Kyle
um Yeah, I'm going to continue my my brisk walk up to the homie, and going throw out two more reckless attacks, so I'm feeling crazy.
01:58:16
The Blade's Edge
Okay.
01:58:20
The Blade's Edge
Okay. Attacking recklessly.
01:58:26
Kyle
That's going to be 26 26. 13 damage. or not at twenty six
01:58:31
The Blade's Edge
Hits.
01:58:34
Kyle
thirteen damage
01:58:37
The Blade's Edge
For 13 damage, it takes that.
01:58:40
Kyle
25 not almost rolled
01:58:41
The Blade's Edge
Hits.
01:58:44
The Blade's Edge
That hits. Roll that Dimash.
01:58:53
The Blade's Edge
Play the ball as a live. I'll take it.
01:58:54
Kyle
ah for twenty more damage
01:58:55
The Blade's Edge
Okay. Any more damage? It's looking hurt. It's looking hurt. Gotta have a plan for that for that staff. But also, you got you got a compatriot, an invisible compatriot starting to drown.
01:59:08
The Blade's Edge
that your turn?
01:59:10
Kyle
Yeah, and then I on it, and then I, that's end my turn.
01:59:14
The Blade's Edge
You're getting lost in the the rain and the snow and the water whipping around.
01:59:15
Vesz'rak
I'm doing it on that thing.
01:59:16
Kyle
Yeah, I Hawk, dude. Hawk it on him.
01:59:21
The Blade's Edge
Anabi, you're up.
01:59:23
Trevor
Alright, let's see. Fucking what can I do? going to have... Where's my board at?
01:59:35
Trevor
I'm bored.
01:59:35
The Blade's Edge
He might be covered by the tentacle. Or no, he's up there by the book.
01:59:38
Trevor
I see 30. Can get there? Oh yeah, fucking barely. Let's go.
01:59:50
Trevor
him to here. Give me the help action.
01:59:54
The Blade's Edge
okay
01:59:54
Trevor
um And I'm going to cast third level Scorching Ray.
02:00:04
The Blade's Edge
Nice. So your first roll of that will have advantage.
02:00:07
Trevor
yeah three Fiery Rays. One additional for each skill. Okay, so four Fiery Rays. um
02:00:13
The Blade's Edge
Cool. It each does like 2d6, right?
02:00:16
Trevor
Yeah, I'm just going to give you all these. Okay, 22. Nice. No, or 21. twenty two
02:00:19
The Blade's Edge
Oh, first one will hit, but let's see if you crit on the first one.
02:00:21
Trevor
nice
02:00:22
The Blade's Edge
Okay.
02:00:22
Trevor
now or twenty one
02:00:23
The Blade's Edge
First one hits.
02:00:25
Trevor
Okay, second one misses.
02:00:26
The Blade's Edge
So when this is.
02:00:27
Trevor
Third one, hella misses.
02:00:29
The Blade's Edge
Third one misses.
02:00:31
Trevor
Fourth one misses.
02:00:31
The Blade's Edge
Fourth one misses, but your first one hits.
02:00:34
Trevor
Hey, I'll take it for 12 damage.
02:00:36
The Blade's Edge
Nice, this thing is on death's door.
02:00:36
Trevor
um Nice. And then...
02:00:51
Trevor
Should i fucking get squirrely too?
02:00:53
Vesz'rak
Kiss him.
02:00:54
Trevor
I'll get, I'll get squirrely.
02:00:55
Kyle
Get a little silly with it.
02:00:56
Trevor
Fuck it. Uh, is this like, that's what I'm saying.
02:00:58
Vesz'rak
How are we getting the staff, though?
02:01:00
Trevor
So how would movement work between here and here and here?
02:01:04
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, the minute you'd hit like this square right here, you'd be hitting water and then your movement would be halved.
02:01:05
Trevor
Cause is this like a little,
02:01:09
Trevor
okay, six. So I got 15 feet of movement to here.
02:01:18
The Blade's Edge
Now your next square would bring you to 25.
02:01:22
Trevor
Where am I at right here? Okay, nice.
02:01:26
The Blade's Edge
oh
02:01:28
The Blade's Edge
okay
02:01:35
Trevor
oh wait, I might be stupid.
02:01:38
Kyle
Well, you just have to touch the... Or wait, do you have to get to that specific tile?
02:01:44
Trevor
For what I was thinking, yeah, wait.
02:01:44
Kyle
Or the...
02:01:51
Trevor
Oh, wait, no, because it's not technically, it's not as, as a bonus action, you can teleport up to 30 feet to an unoccupied space you can see c three times per long rest. That's the blessing of the Raven Queen. Does that count as a spell, Brian?
02:02:02
The Blade's Edge
No.
02:02:03
Trevor
Oh, let's go. Okay, fuck yeah.
02:02:07
Kyle
It's so good.
02:02:08
Trevor
I'm going to try and fuck it. I'm taking a page out of their book and I'm going to try and do that directly to the staff and to grab the staff.
02:02:15
The Blade's Edge
Okay.
02:02:19
The Blade's Edge
Nice. Whatever check you want to make. Dexterity saving throw. Strength saving throw. Athletics check. Acrobatics check. DC's 21. Cool.
02:02:26
Vesz'rak
Hey, watch this.
02:02:27
Kyle Beams
Let's go.
02:02:27
Trevor
me
02:02:27
Kyle Beams
Yo, let's
02:02:28
Trevor
I'll do acrobatics.
02:02:29
The Blade's Edge
cool
02:02:30
Trevor
A dexterous sort of vibe.
02:02:32
The Blade's Edge
Sure.
02:02:35
Kyle Beams
yo let's go, dude.
02:02:35
Trevor
23, let's fucking go.
02:02:35
The Blade's Edge
you are able to You are able to hold on.
02:02:36
Kyle Beams
Let's go.
02:02:37
The Blade's Edge
You get some sort of a monk-like footing to do in the suction cups on the tentacle's tail. And is that your turn?
02:02:48
Trevor
That is my turn.
02:02:50
Vesz'rak
You hate seeing people live your dream, huh?
02:02:50
The Blade's Edge
Okay. Okay.
02:02:54
The Blade's Edge
Valentine is going to do something that is going to, he says, ah I'm beginning to remember.
02:02:55
Trevor
yeah
02:03:01
The Blade's Edge
I'm changing. Hey, I'm sorry for this, but D'Sun, you should be okay, but it will light up your friend. And he will cast Fairy Fire. Actually, I can get it where it won't hit you.
02:03:12
The Blade's Edge
It'll just hit Stall the Dock.
02:03:13
Vesz'rak
Oh, I was going to cast fairy fire. Nice.
02:03:16
The Blade's Edge
ah he but
02:03:16
Vesz'rak
were We're on the same page.
02:03:17
The Blade's Edge
So no no offensive spell from Valentine this turn, but he does cast Fairy Fire on Stalvadoc. And we'll say he gets the Tentacle in there. Let's see let's roll a Dex save for the Tentacle. He's disadvantage on Dex saves.
02:03:29
The Blade's Edge
Cool. The Tentacle also is Fairy Fire, meaning attack rolls will now have advantage on him.
02:03:32
Kyle Beams
Oh, yeah.
02:03:34
Trevor
Huge.
02:03:35
The Blade's Edge
And you can see the outline of a body beginning to sink to Saan. It is the Tentacle's turn.
02:03:41
Vesz'rak
I'm going for that body.
02:03:43
The Blade's Edge
And the tentacle is going to turn and ah water and acid ah coalesce to take a chomp out of bash.
02:03:52
Kyle
Oh my god, I'm gonna fucking kill you.
02:03:53
The Blade's Edge
At advantage.
02:03:53
Kyle
Not the DM, but the the tentacle.
02:03:54
Vesz'rak
ah yeah
02:03:58
The Blade's Edge
A 30 to hit. Bash, you take 8 halved to 4 and only 9 acid.
02:04:01
Kyle
Yeah.
02:04:05
The Blade's Edge
Low roll for 13 total.
02:04:09
Kyle Beams
Could have been 25 and it could have been 24. total of
02:04:12
The Blade's Edge
Dasan, it's your turn, and the ah ah legendary actions have been resumed, ah but you're up first.
02:04:21
Kyle
Wait, he got more legendary actions?
02:04:21
Vesz'rak
Okay.
02:04:23
The Blade's Edge
Gets three every round.
02:04:24
Kyle
Oh!
02:04:26
The Blade's Edge
He can use three of them to do the big thing, the Psychic Lash, or he can use the Psychic Orb attack three times.
02:04:26
Vesz'rak
How?
02:04:32
Kyle
When do I get legendary actions, huh?
02:04:32
Vesz'rak
How?
02:04:34
The Blade's Edge
when you become When you become an NPC, and then I have control of you, then you do.
02:04:34
Trevor
ah
02:04:34
Vesz'rak
ah but ah How far away is Doc from me? So I'm kind of at the just at the edge of the water.
02:04:43
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, roll me a d20, Doc. going want to roll low here.
02:04:49
Kyle Beams
That's a 16, which is coincidentally exactly what Tommy rolled.
02:04:50
The Blade's Edge
I'll say roll... Yeah, roll with disadvantage, though, because you started above the water, so we'll take the lower of your two rolls.
02:04:58
Vesz'rak
16. Wow.
02:04:58
Kyle
No way, dude.
02:04:58
Vesz'rak
Fuck.
02:04:59
The Blade's Edge
It's meant to be. you He's 16 feet down, Dessan, so it would take your entire movement to get to him.
02:05:03
Kyle Beams
ah
02:05:04
Vesz'rak
Yeah, so I am going to burn my entire movement.
02:05:04
Kyle
no
02:05:08
The Blade's Edge
Okay, you're 16 feet underwater.
02:05:10
Vesz'rak
16 feet underwater, and I'm going to use, as an action, the last bit of Lay on Hands, 15 points, into Stalbadok.
02:05:17
The Blade's Edge
Okay.
02:05:17
Trevor
And I'm 16 from edge.
02:05:18
Kyle Beams
15 points.
02:05:19
Vesz'rak
Yeah, 15 points of healing.
02:05:22
The Blade's Edge
That is your movement.
02:05:22
Kyle Beams
Maybe 16 isn't so many feet down.
02:05:23
Vesz'rak
Yeah, it's a...
02:05:23
The Blade's Edge
That is your action. Any bonus action?
02:05:27
Vesz'rak
um
02:05:32
Vesz'rak
Fuck. I want to get this.
02:05:37
Vesz'rak
No, I want to save it for when the staff drops. I want to save my... I have one more Misty stuff, but I want to save it save it for the staff. like Like, when it comes down, I want to be able to go and grab it.
02:05:45
The Blade's Edge
Okay.
02:05:47
Vesz'rak
Can i hold my action? Or no?
02:05:49
The Blade's Edge
No, you can't hold a bonus action.
02:05:51
Vesz'rak
um it's actually Okay, i'll just wait I'll just wait.
02:05:51
The Blade's Edge
Okay.
02:05:53
Vesz'rak
I'll just wait in the water. then So I'll be over here. I'll wait for the water.
02:05:56
The Blade's Edge
Stall the dock, you're up, and then one of you is drawn straws again.
02:05:59
Kyle Beams
Excellent. Yeah, so I get back up and 16 feet underwater.
02:06:02
The Blade's Edge
You're 16 feet underwater, 15 health.
02:06:05
Kyle Beams
Unfortunately, that doesn't stop my core from going absolutely fucking manic. So I'm rolling a D100 again. Okay, this is my second charge and it is a right.
02:06:11
The Blade's Edge
Nice, and you're still invisible, so you spend another charge. It's your second charge. And just remember that each day you regain 1d6 plus 1.
02:06:21
Kyle Beams
So I roll a four.
02:06:21
The Blade's Edge
And if you ever use your final charge, you'll roll a d20, and on a 1, your core will crumble and to be destroyed.
02:06:28
Kyle Beams
Exactly.
02:06:29
The Blade's Edge
What'd you roll?
02:06:30
Kyle Beams
um
02:06:31
Kyle
you
02:06:31
Kyle Beams
I rolled a four, which is ah certain spell.
02:06:34
The Blade's Edge
Nice! Pretty good.
02:06:36
Kyle Beams
So I'm casting it on tentacle.
02:06:36
The Blade's Edge
Yes.
02:06:40
Kyle Beams
It's a wisdom, wisdom save.
02:06:41
The Blade's Edge
Nice. I think it's a con is that a con save or a dex save. Wisdom save. Okay. Not disadvantage on the wisdom save, but a plus five. Failure.
02:06:52
Kyle Beams
Failure. So you see this thing start to go from whipping and, uh, swinging its tentacle around, and now it looks like it's moving in slow motion.
02:07:03
Kyle Beams
um It has minus two to its AC and dex saving throws, and it can't use reactions.
02:07:09
The Blade's Edge
Nice. I will also say that'll help, Inabi, that'll help you get the staff better.
02:07:16
Trevor
Oh sick, okay.
02:07:17
The Blade's Edge
as it's slowed.
02:07:17
Kyle Beams
Yeah, let me link that.
02:07:17
Trevor
Fuck yeah.
02:07:19
The Blade's Edge
Yeah. Also, what I'll say for that for legendary actions is we're going to take the three option off the board because he's going to lose one. But let's see how many he loses to Alvodok. Roll me a D3.
02:07:30
The Blade's Edge
On a three, he loses all of them.
02:07:32
Kyle Beams
and Okay, so I'm not super concerned by being underwater because I don't need to breathe.
02:07:32
The Blade's Edge
But he at least loses one, he can't use the big one.
02:07:35
Trevor
Nice.
02:07:41
The Blade's Edge
True. True.
02:07:41
Kyle Beams
um But looking at Dasan, let's see, I've used my action, and then for my bonus action, i can't see through my Ballista's eyes, or my Cannon's eyes, so would I be able to still use a bonus action for to shoot?
02:07:59
The Blade's Edge
Sure.
02:08:00
Kyle Beams
Okay, cool. Then we're gonna do that.
02:08:03
The Blade's Edge
Add advantage, and it has minus two to its AC. So the AC is now 17, and you have advantage.
02:08:07
Kyle Beams
Add advantage.
02:08:08
The Blade's Edge
From Fairy Fire.
02:08:09
Kyle Beams
Boom. First one. Miss. Boom. Second one. 22 to hit. Okay.
02:08:14
The Blade's Edge
That hits.
02:08:16
Kyle Beams
And then we're gonna roll 2d8. Force damage. That's gonna be 13 force damage.
02:08:23
The Blade's Edge
Stalvodok, how does your Ballista Cannon end this tentacle?
02:08:28
Kyle Beams
Hell yeah.
02:08:29
The Blade's Edge
With 12 health.
02:08:34
Kyle Beams
And it basically has like one chunk of tentacle flailing in the air with the staff in it, hoping that one of the guys can grab it.
02:08:45
The Blade's Edge
Cool. Yeah, as Inabi, you're holding onto it, the tentacle begins to pull itself, get pulled back into the water from whatever creature underneath. Stalvodok, what's your intelligence?
02:08:45
Trevor
I'm holding on to it, I think.
02:08:58
Kyle Beams
twenty
02:08:58
The Blade's Edge
Score. Okay, so that then you need to roll me, is that makes it times five is 100. So you absolutely, unfortunately ah for you, you understand what this thing is underneath the water, and you do gain, ah this is sometimes where being smart
02:09:21
The Blade's Edge
hurts you because what you're looking at, that's what you see. I just DMed it to you. um And I need you to roll me a short-term madness effect. Roll me D100. 23. You can go ahead
02:09:31
Kyle Beams
Yeah, baby. Short-term madness is 23. Okay, Now...
02:09:38
The Blade's Edge
twenty three um you can go ahead and
02:09:45
The Blade's Edge
ah
02:09:48
Kyle Beams
ah okay
02:09:49
The Blade's Edge
at the end of combat, which is right now.
02:09:52
Kyle Beams
now
02:09:56
The Blade's Edge
Combat ends. ah Inabi, as you're getting pulled towards the water, you have the staff in your hands. You've ah held onto to it as it's being pulled in, and you hit the top of the water with the staff.
02:10:11
Trevor
Yeah.
02:10:12
The Blade's Edge
Bash, your rage ends. Is this correct?
02:10:15
Kyle
That is correct.
02:10:17
The Blade's Edge
And as both of you look towards the water, expecting to see Dasan and Stalvadak crest,
02:10:27
The Blade's Edge
you see neither thing happen.
02:10:37
Kyle Beams
um Yeah.
02:10:41
The Blade's Edge
Anabi, Ash?
02:10:41
Kyle
We know where they are, like in the...
02:10:44
Kyle
we have an idea of where we think they would come up.
02:10:47
The Blade's Edge
You still see Stalvodok's lit up body ah like underneath the surface of the water about 16 feet down.
02:10:54
Kyle Beams
Undulating.
02:10:55
The Blade's Edge
And he's on. He is undulating. ah You don't see Dessan's body. Because he was not lit up with fairy fire.
02:11:09
Kyle
Shoot, I mean, they're so far away, like, i don't have a ton of movement I can, like,
02:11:13
The Blade's Edge
Is that my staff?
02:11:17
Trevor
Yep.
02:11:18
The Blade's Edge
Throw it to me.
02:11:22
Trevor
I don't trust myself to throw that. Can I have my familiar?
02:11:25
The Blade's Edge
I trust myself.
02:11:26
Trevor
Yeah,
02:11:26
The Blade's Edge
Throw it to me.
02:11:30
Kyle
Just throw it
02:11:30
Trevor
yeah i'll I'll toss it.
02:11:32
The Blade's Edge
right, you toss it as
Valentine's True Identity & Triton Encounter
02:11:33
The Blade's Edge
you do. You see his young body start to run towards the edge of the cliff and leap off of it. And as he does and grabs the staff midair, a bolt of lightning strikes his body.
02:11:39
Kyle
Not again.
02:11:48
The Blade's Edge
And as ah he grabs the staff and the lightning ah that had blinded your guys' eyes, you see the true a form of Stull the Doc in his old age.
02:12:01
Kyle
Wait, have... have stole dock?
02:12:02
Kyle Beams
Hell yeah.
02:12:03
The Blade's Edge
Sorry, no, of Valentine.
02:12:05
Kyle
Oh.
02:12:07
Trevor
Sick.
02:12:07
Kyle
Look at him.
02:12:09
The Blade's Edge
Ridley Valentine, as he is in midair flying, holding the staff, he begins to say something and he says, i am.
02:12:10
Vesz'rak
He's perfect.
02:12:23
The Blade's Edge
Gentlemen, I am beneficous, Ridley Valentine. i s servedd more than canaan I served I served Alcefew Stardark. And it is time.
02:12:34
The Blade's Edge
And he points his staff at the water, which parts and you see an unconscious D'Saun who was sinking and an incapacitated stall of a dock who is
02:12:49
Kyle Beams
laughing his ass off.
02:12:51
The Blade's Edge
laughing underwater.
02:12:51
Trevor
yeah Oh, shit.
02:12:54
Kyle Beams
Ha ha ha ha
02:12:54
The Blade's Edge
ah
02:12:56
Kyle Beams
ah
02:12:58
The Blade's Edge
He will use ah burn a a massive spell slot to like levitate both of them out of the water while they are still um unconscious or incapacitated. Place them over here.
02:13:12
The Blade's Edge
And he... His eyes, lightning tingling behind his eyes. Venificous, Ridley Valentine. You look towards the town.
02:13:28
The Blade's Edge
And as you do 10 minutes or so pass as you guys sort of wait for them to wake up, you see a a man from the town approach.
02:13:43
The Blade's Edge
It's like this.
02:13:45
Trevor
Sick. Fucking tight.
02:13:47
Kyle
Oh.
02:13:47
Vesz'rak
Shift Z me?
02:13:48
The Blade's Edge
Uh.
02:13:48
Vesz'rak
Shift Z me then one more time?
02:13:49
The Blade's Edge
And he you see sort of a triton man with blue skin.
02:13:52
Vesz'rak
Nice.
02:13:53
The Blade's Edge
His ears almost look like fins. His hair is this dark green. He's he's very wet. um
02:13:59
Kyle Beams
Would he be a triton perhaps?
02:14:00
The Blade's Edge
He is a triton. And Stalvadak, this is the same silhouette as the guy you saw working on the ship. um And as he sees you all, ah he sort of waves and goes, is everybody OK over there?
02:14:19
Kyle Beams
I come up from the water and I'm still laughing.
02:14:21
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, you're out you're over here on the on the side. you are You were brought out of the water. You were saved by ah Valentine. Beneficus Ridley Valentine levitated both you and Dasan out of the water onto the side and 10 minutes have passed.
02:14:35
The Blade's Edge
Your short-term madnesses have passed.
02:14:35
Vesz'rak
God bless.
02:14:37
Kyle Beams
Fantastic. Woo!
02:14:39
The Blade's Edge
Is everybody okay over there? I saw some commotion.
02:14:43
Vesz'rak
He saw some commotion. That was a lot of commotion.
02:14:45
Kyle Beams
Are you aware you have a gigantic kraken lingering in your midst?
02:14:50
The Blade's Edge
Right. Yeah, he is so he's protecting me from my important work, and I serve him in turn. and's so He's just doing his job. I wouldn't take him personally. ah He loves knowledge.
02:15:02
The Blade's Edge
He loves the things that I think you guys took back, which that's totally fine with me.
02:15:03
Trevor
Thank you.
02:15:07
The Blade's Edge
ah But ah yeah, that's Yach Thichler.
02:15:12
Kyle Beams
Excuse me?
02:15:12
Kyle
ah What?
02:15:13
The Blade's Edge
His name's Yach Thichler.
02:15:17
Kyle Beams
I'm sorry.
02:15:17
Kyle
Who?
02:15:17
Kyle Beams
One more time.
02:15:19
The Blade's Edge
Yach? Fiffler.
02:15:23
Kyle
Yach Fiffler.
02:15:23
Kyle Beams
Yuck Sizzler.
02:15:24
The Blade's Edge
Yuck Fiffler.
02:15:26
Kyle Beams
Yuck Sizzler.
02:15:27
Kyle
Oh, Yach Fiffler. Oh.
02:15:29
The Blade's Edge
Yuck Fiffler, yeah.
02:15:29
Kyle Beams
Oh, Yuck Sizzler.
02:15:31
The Blade's Edge
What it...
02:15:31
Kyle
Yach Fiffler, of course.
02:15:31
Vesz'rak
of Of course.
02:15:33
The Blade's Edge
He sort of wins. ah What brig... You guys are are getting so some stuff?
02:15:33
Kyle Beams
Of course.
02:15:38
Kyle Beams
We kind of came here for for this stuff. what's ah What's your name, guy?
02:15:42
The Blade's Edge
Indeed, my liege. My name is Vinificus Ridley Valentine.
02:15:46
Trevor
ah yeah
02:15:47
The Blade's Edge
This is my staff and my book.
02:15:49
Trevor
Go off, King.
02:15:51
Kyle Beams
off.
02:15:51
The Blade's Edge
Nice to meet you, young man. Yes. As my compatriot Stalvardakia said, who are you? We are called the Lightning.
02:16:01
Kyle Beams
Oh, yes. He said we are.
02:16:03
Vesz'rak
Yeah, I said, we, we, we, he gravitated to it pretty quick.
02:16:03
Kyle Beams
yeah we got it, baby.
02:16:03
Kyle
It's Timothy!
02:16:05
Kyle Beams
The Mad Mages in our party.
02:16:06
The Blade's Edge
ah You see this this guy, as he's waving, says, oh, what's up?
02:16:07
Kyle Beams
Mad Mages our party.
02:16:10
The Blade's Edge
ah Hey, call the Lightning. My name's Jimothy.
02:16:13
Kyle Beams
No.
02:16:15
Vesz'rak
i I sit up, bolt, bolt up.
02:16:15
Kyle Beams
And with that, we'll see you next episode.
02:16:18
Vesz'rak
We found him. We got him.
02:16:20
Kyle Beams
We found him! Episode 20 billion? What are we?
02:16:25
Vesz'rak
ladies
02:16:25
Kyle Beams
28.
02:16:25
Vesz'rak
Ladies and gentlemen, we found him.
02:16:25
Trevor
Wow.
02:16:26
Kyle Beams
Oh my
02:16:27
Trevor
We got em
02:16:28
Vesz'rak
We got him.
02:16:30
Kyle Beams
o my god
02:16:31
The Blade's Edge
And indeed, if you listened to our Crafting Jimothy episode, we did build him a whole character and he is a Triton.
02:16:32
Trevor
him.
02:16:39
Kyle
Dude, I totally forgot. That is so funny.
02:16:42
The Blade's Edge
um You guys have found not only as Valentine fully in his beneficous Ridley Valentine, servant of Mordenkainen and Azephi Stardock form, fully powered, fully remembering.
02:16:43
Trevor
Fire.
02:16:54
The Blade's Edge
Now an old man sort of still standing at around 6162, but this big, almost witch-like hat, long gray beard, ah wild gray hair sticking out in all directions.
02:17:09
The Blade's Edge
his big spell book, his powerful staff, his eyes crackling with lightning. As you guys stand at the home of Jimothy, the classmate of Valerius Moonstone that are the, the student of Valerius Moonstone that you guys have been looking for.
02:17:25
Kyle Beams
student.
02:17:29
The Blade's Edge
uh, you have finally
Episode Conclusion & Patreon Promotion
02:17:31
The Blade's Edge
found him. And, with that information, we will, uh, see what happens from here and we will, uh, see you guys next week.
02:17:32
Kyle Beams
Holy shit.
02:17:41
The Blade's Edge
Thanks for tuning in. And, uh, don't forget to go to, uh, patreon.com slash blaze edge to, subscribe to help support the the pod and, get the episodes a little bit early. Thank you.
02:17:51
Kyle Beams
Thanks everybody.
02:17:52
The Blade's Edge
Bye. Bye.