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C3 Episode 35 Eight Bells and All is Well Chapter Five
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Tree Demon?
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Introduction to Ever On Campaign
00:00:04
Speaker
The New, an actual play podcast at the Ever On campaign setting. I am Game
00:00:19
Speaker
Master, Eric. I'm Mia. and welcome to on new national play podcast at the everon campaign setting i am your game master eric i'm mia I'm Phillip.
Revisiting Past Train Events
00:00:30
Speaker
I'm Madison. I'm Jeff. Folks, what happened last time? We're in the worst kind of Star Trek episode. Hey, we had a groundhog train fight.
00:00:44
Speaker
Yeah, there was a very brutal fight in which we did not take into consideration any of the passengers of the train car. so They were fine. They were fine. Nix has been told there's no consequences.
00:00:57
Speaker
Not in so many words. Who said The GM told me that. eric Eric told Nix that there were no consequences to her actions. We also learned that Grubb is great at puppet shows. Grubb is really good at puppet shows. Also strong enough to rip a sconce off of the wall. is really to use him more.
Mysteries of the Fire Demon
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Speaker
yeah also yeah somebody have to pay for that It's gonna reset. That's true. There's a fire demon on the train. Tree treaty demon. A tree demon. Although I don't know what the fire was. Like, we didn't we didn't get an answer on the fire element of it. grab We gotta not burn things. So Grub assumed you could produce flame to cast light so he could do the shadow puffins.
00:01:49
Speaker
That's a very bold assumption. No, I can't. I cannot do that. Unless you tell me I can do that, in which case I'll start doing that. So, okay, so our loop reset.
00:02:01
Speaker
Yes. yes yeah The clock is ticking. So the question is, do I get my spells returned to me? I also am interested, and I would like to know whether I am still all demoned out.
00:02:12
Speaker
No, because you all you all are still in a linear concept of your own existence.
Strategizing Against Threats
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Speaker
Oh. so they That's a bummer. So am I still hurt? but Yes.
00:02:24
Speaker
Interesting. so Really quick, how much time did it take for her to... or the group to begin to enter? Not long. We need to move if we're going to move. Yeah. I don't know if I can do this in time for the... I...
00:02:39
Speaker
They didn't kill anyone here when the the first time, so these people are not in any real danger except that man's going to nose broken. We're going to deal with this. We should go.
00:02:50
Speaker
Yes. need you to get in front of me. We're going to go to the exit. I want to shift into her.
00:02:59
Speaker
Wait. And I want to continue through. Who's her? To the changeling. Oh. And I want to continue through Okay.
00:03:11
Speaker
Okay. Forward. And you want me to stay in front of you? I want in case she, cause she's the first one that enters. Oh, right. okay I understand. Yeah. Okay. I need to keep going. Nyx, Nyx has got it. Yep. So yes, Nyx gets up and starts moving ahead of.
00:03:28
Speaker
So I'm going to do my shape change. Okay. I really hope everybody else is coming because I don't want to fight a tree demon by myself. Oh yeah. yeah yeah percent following I'm going to assume they are of the same party.
00:03:43
Speaker
So it should not attack us if I am oh Dig it. I like this. Okay. Okay. i'm I'm trying to make myself as orc appearing as possible.
00:03:54
Speaker
Excellent.
00:03:57
Speaker
It's probably a little insensitive. I'm just looking big. there is There is a big human also amongst their range. Wasn't there a dwarf? There was also a dwarf.
Tension in the Utility Car
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Speaker
Oh, was there a dwarf? I totally missed that. I thought they were all large people.
00:04:12
Speaker
Yeah, there's a dwarf. And a gnoll. Yeah, the gnoll and the orc fall in the same category. I'm not going to look like them no matter Bull shifter? yes
00:04:22
Speaker
um okay so you all are just booking it up towards the front of the train yes you oh i i do have a question eric so if i'm so if everything else is still linear am i still all demoned out like archnix's scales and horns and everything still all yes okay cool um uh so you all go through a sleeping cart Then you find yourself going through a dining cart that is a lot nicer than your class.
00:04:56
Speaker
And there are a few people that see you running through and like, my. um
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Speaker
Then you hit the first class passion passenger cart. And as you try to go through the door, there is a person in a a very fine tuxedo standing there. And he goes, I'm so sorry. Can I see your ticket?
00:05:15
Speaker
Move out of my way. The train's about to be robbed. I'm... By you? it know It's very aggressive.
00:05:23
Speaker
Are you all just pushing past him? Nyx. the Yeah. Okay. Nyx moves him. Unhand me, you fiend.
00:05:34
Speaker
but That is not okay. it um i Nyx throws him to the side. Amazing. Okay.
00:05:46
Speaker
Okay. So, yeah you all reach, then you all get through the first class car, and then you find yourself in what appears to be like a utility car with like maintenance stuff for the the engine of the train, which is the next thing forward.
00:06:06
Speaker
Do we wait here?
00:06:09
Speaker
like i ah Grub? Grub, what do we do? Grub, did you go directly in? Grub gestures like Grub climbs out of the bag and stands in front of you and does this like Chris Pratt with raptors.
00:06:28
Speaker
Yeah.
00:06:30
Speaker
And then there's a large thud on the roof of the car and then he goes Okay. He goes pointing up for the listener. Yes. Oh, yeah.
00:06:43
Speaker
I'm having a blast, but we have to make sure. Nyx looks at Valk to understand the play. Is this a no weapons situation?
00:06:56
Speaker
We can try, but it likely will be. And then you hear a boom, boom, boom. And then climbing down and Grub climbs up into the bag and like ducks down into it. Like Grub's not sticking around for, for this.
00:07:13
Speaker
And then you see a, from behind you all, because the, there's no transitionary doorway. So you all been kind of going in between the cars as you've walked through.
00:07:24
Speaker
There's no such gap between this like utility room and the actual engine. So this figure comes in from behind you all. It's really poor security that we can get this close to the engine. I don't want stopping us besides that. A few people.
00:07:36
Speaker
Someone did try to stop. Well, no one you could. um And you all see a large killer walk through the
Killarin Chaos and Quick Decisions
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Speaker
door.
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Speaker
hey Eric. Yeah? What's that?
00:07:58
Speaker
You all aren't up on your d obscure D&D races? Not. From 3.5 when they made 5,000 races. A large killer race. didn't even know how to spell that.
00:08:12
Speaker
ah large hillar i didn't even know how to spell that L-A-R-G-E. but Dix throws Kaz off the train. I fly.
00:08:29
Speaker
I'm sharing it in the Zencastr chat, a link to an image.
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Speaker
Oh my gosh. All right, I guess it's oh a link to Forgotten Rums article, but that image is ah killer image. Okay. Okay. That's a tree person, sure enough.
00:08:50
Speaker
With claws? It's like a tree animal person? Sort of hybrid? I breath fur think like a plant shifter almost. Okay. And it's big? Like it's very, very large. Yes.
00:09:02
Speaker
Okay. Like stands probably seventy two Like ducks inch. amazing. Yeah. And then he stops and sees you all standing there and goes Velvet.
00:09:18
Speaker
What are you doing here? Velvet. I'm change of plans. I want to do it. yeah This
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Speaker
this isn't the no. And like he like is yeah like mentally shaken this.
00:09:44
Speaker
What are you doing here? I told you I want to do it. Go. what
00:09:51
Speaker
Go where? Can you not think? Go away! it was meant to flow, not turn, not like this. Well, things have changed.
00:10:05
Speaker
i I'm terrified of what Valka's doing right now. And... He's...
00:10:18
Speaker
But you're meant to be back there. Distracting. Who's...
00:10:25
Speaker
this is The rest. there was a He told us the plan. And I didn't like it. Give me a charisma check. Because you need to like convince him that you're actually... like It's ah teeth any Any backgrounds, Lee, with deception in mind?
00:10:42
Speaker
It's not okay. It's not that bad. No, i don't have anything that would... Unless I start scamming people This house is definitely haunted. It's definitely haunted.
00:11:02
Speaker
um Start faking crop circles. you That's a natural 20. Plus 3. Plus, and then I have, I think I just have a bonus plus 2. So it's plus 5.
00:11:14
Speaker
25. Okay. Plus your level? Yeah, that was, that's the 3 plus 2. So if he is very taken aback and very confused by what's going on and... Right.
00:11:32
Speaker
But... he doesn't get it it's on you and the killer in turns and walks through the door and then like you hear another door open and then you hear screaming from the first class passenger car ah hopefully okay one out
00:11:56
Speaker
i didn't know that would work uh a I'm gonna take a stress point. Okay. I'm gonna roll that one.
00:12:09
Speaker
That's plus three.
00:12:13
Speaker
hey I'm... but that What now? That was a cycle break. I mean, you heard there was someone else.
00:12:25
Speaker
Yes. The plan, it was supposed to flow, not change like this. Right. So maybe this was a large enough...
00:12:37
Speaker
I don't know.
Hippogriff and Lockbox Mysteries
00:12:38
Speaker
Maybe. Do you think he meant the loops weren't supposed to change this much? Do you think he knows about the loop like we do? is that or is there something else that's supposed to flow and not change? That thing was enormous.
00:12:49
Speaker
One moment. Nyx steps into the, like, transitionary space and clambers up the ladder to look on the roof.
00:12:59
Speaker
um That seems, that seems, seemed too large to ride in on that hippogriff, but maybe I'm mis mistaken. Maybe I'm misunderstanding the size of the hippogriff. So you see kind of flying high above overhead, hippogriff kind of circling over the train with various like things attached to it that are floating behind it.
00:13:18
Speaker
It seems to be a normally sized hippogriff though. Am I right that it seems like that thing we just saw is too large to have come in on this? yeah Okay. And I don't see anything else in the air nearby.
00:13:31
Speaker
You know. Okay. I don't know how he got here. Everyone else rode in with that hippogriff and the sore wood rafts. I don't know how that thing got there.
00:13:42
Speaker
We heard a large thump. Right, but where did it come from? why It could have just launched itself from the trees ah onto the train. if this is If they're aware that this is repeating, then they always have a very ah designated spot to launch.
00:14:00
Speaker
Yes, I suppose that makes sense.
00:14:04
Speaker
I don't know what to do now. back what I would like to glance into the next car and see whether the Killarin is in there massacring the people.
00:14:15
Speaker
Yes. Oh, lots of people are dying. And Nyx summons her sword and goes through the door. over okay Okay, let's go. Can Actually, like... Can you check the conductor? Well, I guess I will check the conductor. It's nothing special about him, just a guy on... Actually, as Nyx comes through the door, can I... I would like to summon a demon and have it manifest in front of the killerun to intercept it from its next victim.
00:14:48
Speaker
Okay. ah quarantine but lamp
00:14:56
Speaker
I do technically still have an attack spell on deck. I'm not sure if I'm supposed to have been done flying or not. Oh,
00:15:05
Speaker
but yeah. Because it says it lasts on my next turn, and i know we're out of combat, but... Yeah, know when the combat ends, yeah, you no longer have a turn that you are winning. Um...
00:15:22
Speaker
Which raises another question about that dice. Do I lose it without having to agree with you to smell? Ooh, we got talk about these things. I think Chaos Mates, this is what it says at the end of a battle, you put all the things back into your bag, right? Okay, so that is considered the end of the battle like that. okay yeah yeah yeah, yeah. You're no longer in combat.
00:15:50
Speaker
i I realized now that that's what I meant when I asked if I get my spells back, not do I get once a day. Gotcha. Okay. Yeah. Now I'm wrong. Okay. So, um, Valky's going to check on the conductor. Nyx is going to summon a demon to intercede with the killer in.
00:16:10
Speaker
Kaz and Selena, where are you headed? Selena will go with Nyx. Okay. Kaz.
00:16:19
Speaker
I can't imagine Kaz is going with Nyx right now to confront the killer. So think I'm sticking with my boy Valk. All right.
00:16:30
Speaker
So you all classic party split and Valk and Kaz, you all find that the door is locked to the engine room. So you all will need to find a way through that.
00:16:41
Speaker
How how would like handle that? Can I just knock? Yeah, you try knocking. I want to knock.
00:16:53
Speaker
There's no response. Okay, is it a lock? Is it a conventional lock that I can try to pick with my precurseous privilege to mischief? Yep. Okay, then I'm just going to try. um What skill would I add to this roll?
00:17:08
Speaker
Would it be? Is that dex? Dexterity. Yeah.
00:17:15
Speaker
Okay, that's a 19. Okay, lock on this door. Yeah, Kaz, you step up with some lockpicks and insert them into the keyhole and you hear a click as you turn it and the door swings open and you see a ah conductor at the controls, a House Orin heir, and he turns around and looks at you all and just says, yeah what are you doing here?
Conductor's Death and Rising Stakes
00:17:47
Speaker
Making sure you're okay. Why didn't you respond to the knock? We're not supposed to let people in here. That's fair. um but It feels like you should know some serious stuff's going down on the train right now.
00:18:02
Speaker
And that's why we came in here to make sure you were okay. Because there's like robbery and murder happening. Do not open this door again. either you found a way to protect yourself. Well, we didn't open it in the first place, but...
00:18:14
Speaker
How did he look when I said there's robbery and murder happening? Like we should lock him here to protect him or lock him in here to keep him in here? There wasn't a whole lot of like concern or shock on his face when you told him that there was a robbery going on. Okay.
00:18:30
Speaker
And you see... There's like tension in his like chest and face. Like he's, he's being restrained in some way that you can't see. And then he says, thank you for the warning.
00:18:50
Speaker
no No, this is not okay. Um, please leave me to my work and I'll try to get us to our destination.
00:19:02
Speaker
ah i juste I look at him like, fuck I don't think I trust him.
00:19:07
Speaker
I don't either. and Unfortunately, I'm not
00:19:12
Speaker
the one knows how to deal with people we don't trust. what what else okay let me I obviously know nothing about these strains, so I understand that I won't have... Which of us is that?
00:19:25
Speaker
I won't have real insight into this. But does it look like it's just like forward, backward speed controls that this guy's got, or is there something else weirder going on here potentially? So lightning rails are powered by a lightning elemental. Right. That lives in it.
00:19:41
Speaker
And so you basically have to, like he has a dragon mark that is glowing right now as he's interacting with the controls. And that basically allows him to commune with the elemental to implore it to make the train go fast.
00:19:56
Speaker
But if you don't have a dragon mark, then there's no way for you to control the train, essentially. Or stop the train. and so That's what the dragon mark houses once you think. Yeah, man. Yeah, let's go test it in an airship.
00:20:11
Speaker
We could do this without that guy.
00:20:15
Speaker
So what would you all like to do at this point with this guy?
00:20:25
Speaker
I think we already did one too large of a variable. So I think... I am not intimidating enough to get this guy to fess up. What about you, Valk?
00:20:36
Speaker
and What does that use? You're charming, though, aren't you? Yeah, I could try to charm him. You're just little guy.
00:20:45
Speaker
Or possibly the Archmage of a Fey Realm. There's something going on there, yes. I don't know anything about that. Okay, you know what? I think i think that Kaz is going to try to dig into that same spot that he found himself in Kernville when he was able to use his Fae influence to try to get some people to...
00:21:07
Speaker
Come around to his view of things. And I think he's just going to look at this conductor and he's going to say, look, man, I i can tell you're concerned about something. You seem like maybe a lot's going on right now. And I was wondering if there's something you might want to share with me. Maybe we can help you.
00:21:24
Speaker
but we can give you a hand with something. It just seems like you've got a lot of concerns. What's going on back there, man? could i try to see Can I interject? um And it might be too late for this.
00:21:37
Speaker
Was there any recognition when I stepped through? Because I am not Valk. That's a great point. I am Velvet. He didn't. There was no like, like, oh, you. Yeah. Okay.
00:21:48
Speaker
Sorry. What were you gonna Jeff? I think I said, I think I said it. I think that that's kind of my, my in is like, Hey buddy, we're here to. Give me your roll. You got it. ah So with Fae Touched and Charisma, I get to add nine to this.
00:22:03
Speaker
So it's a 17. Farts, farts, farts. 17? It's not bad, but there's a lot more higher numbers it could have been. but For sure. um the The conductor like looks at you and um he um but
00:22:31
Speaker
He's like, let's go to the controls, which doesn't cause the train to like fly off the the tracks or anything. And he turns to face you Kaz and he says.
00:22:47
Speaker
Tickets, please. All in order. All in order every single time. and I think that's what i say. I say, no, we haven't gone back that far.
00:23:00
Speaker
Don't.
00:23:02
Speaker
Don't let him reach the lockbox. Not again. Where's the lockbox? And then like, you you see almost like pain in his eyes as he says, tickets, please, sir.
00:23:17
Speaker
Tickets. And his his nose starts to bleed. and Okay. nobody air I think that I'm so freaked out that I just, I yeah yeah i grab his shoulders and go, where's the lockbox?
00:23:28
Speaker
Like just trying to snap him into one final answer for me. I think at this point, like, he just, like, screams yeah in desperation, like, like somebody pleading for their life.
00:23:43
Speaker
But the only words that come out is, Tickets, please! And then he slumps over dead and falls on the ground. Oh, no! Okay, now the train can't stop. Okay.
00:23:57
Speaker
I turned about it. We're going to restart, right? We're going to restart, right? We're restarting, right? You see one of the attendants from the first class car come rushing up and we'll cut Nyx and Selena. Okay. But she rushes into the door and sees the conductor lying dead at Kaz's feet and she lets out a blood-curdling scream as she sees her body. look.
00:24:16
Speaker
Hey, there's that scream. Nyx, Selena. Hey, that's from the first one. Oh, I did it.
00:24:25
Speaker
ah Nick Slater, rewind a bit. You all. So, Nick, you summon a demon to step in front the killer. A demon just covered in jagged edges and blades, just like a split in the air opens in front of the killer and maybe between him and his next victim.
00:24:43
Speaker
And this thing just crawls out about the same time that Nick shoves through the door. Selena, you didn't think that the first class people here could scream louder than they were at being murdered by the Killarin, but they sure do pull it off when a demon appears in their midst.
00:24:58
Speaker
And, okay. ah So, Nick, roll initiative again? Yeah, let's go and roll initiative for Nix and Selena and the Killarin. 16 again.
00:25:21
Speaker
Oh, I'm sorry. I had a rolled a 16. So 20
Combat Against Killarin
00:25:28
Speaker
modified 20. Okay. So it is Nyx, then Selina, then the killer.
00:25:35
Speaker
So Nyx, go ahead. but Yeah. Nyx just smashes through the door, ah the sword tearing out of the sky, out of the air as she rushes the killer in.
00:25:48
Speaker
And i will first rush and engage the killer in It will take six damage. And then
00:25:59
Speaker
attack. she will
00:26:04
Speaker
It's her sword. So it just lunges, flames lick out against the the creature, and then she just swings the sword through the air, wailing as it goes into it. And that's going to be 24 to hit.
00:26:20
Speaker
That hits. Thank goodness. That paw has alarmed me. That is 14 damage. Okay.
00:26:29
Speaker
fourteen damage
00:26:34
Speaker
And then the the blade, the claw the claw fiend will attack. Okay.
00:26:46
Speaker
That is so much. i wrote Natural knight fiend. 25 to hit and three damage. Oh, wait, it gets 1d3 attacks. I keep forgetting. How many attacks do we got? Just one.
00:26:56
Speaker
Okay. So three damage. Okay. And then it suffers 1d6 damage at the end of its turn. Okay. And then when do you need to start rolling for its... Not until it hits zero.
00:27:07
Speaker
Okay. So, Selena. Selena will do Ray of Frost. It's plenty. It probably won't like that. Well, I think it's gonna be just fine. That was a nine.
00:27:21
Speaker
That does miss. Yeah. but Damage equal to your level. So, two.
00:27:31
Speaker
Okay. Okay. It is the killerin's turn. So the killerin is going to...
00:27:48
Speaker
It will attack the claw demon since it is a new entity. So it reaches its arms back and its fingers extend into like jagged broken branches as it then just plunges all five of them into the claw demon.
00:28:03
Speaker
it is it
00:28:11
Speaker
And then that is a 20 versus AC. That will hit. 12 damage. Oh my word.
00:28:21
Speaker
This is fine. Just fine.
00:28:26
Speaker
And that is going to be it for its turn. Escalation die is now to one.
00:28:35
Speaker
Nyx. Okay.
00:28:40
Speaker
Right. So this thing stabs into the fiend that she summoned and she will, and she's going to attack again. and i don't think, let's see.
00:28:50
Speaker
I rolled a
00:28:54
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah, she just steps back a little bit to get a little more room and shouts, OUT!
00:29:05
Speaker
And then ah swings the sword through again That is hit. hey That misses.
00:29:15
Speaker
Okay, then it's going to take half damage. Rolled so bad on the damage that time. That's... It'll take four points of damage from me. And then the Claw Fiend gets to attack twice.
00:29:28
Speaker
Boy, it's rolling well. That's 24 to hit, so three damage. And that is 16, so misses. Okay.
00:29:41
Speaker
And... yeah Okay. Getting close? Everything's fine. Everything's completely fine.
Nyx's Demon Control Dilemma
00:29:51
Speaker
For those of you that don't know, there's a chance that Nyx's demons will just stop being under her control.
00:29:57
Speaker
I don't know what gives you that impression all. There is absolutely no evidence of that happening in the campaign. That's fair.
00:30:08
Speaker
so i think it's unbelievably irresponsible to be playing with magic have no control over.
00:30:14
Speaker
yeah ah She's got control. what are you talking about? You're not there. This is fine. She can quit whenever she wants. Selena will do magic missile. Okay.
00:30:25
Speaker
I only get to once. Bummer. Yeah.
00:30:34
Speaker
So five damage. Yeah.
00:30:40
Speaker
Okay. And that's just a quick action. Okay, then Ray of Frost again.
00:30:52
Speaker
Much better. Okay. 25 against physical defense. That hits. Yay. damage.
00:31:06
Speaker
Thanks.
00:31:11
Speaker
The, some of the leaves that are coming off of his barky skin wilt and die from the cold. And now it is the killerin's turn. The killer is going to um
00:31:27
Speaker
attack only Nyx.
00:31:35
Speaker
Only? That's interesting. That is a 23 against your mental defense. Oh, dear. ah Well, that's i mean that's not as... That hits. Yes.
00:31:47
Speaker
Nyx is confused. ah Oh, hate this one. And because his natural roll was 16, the save is hard. Nyx has to roll 16 or higher to end the confusion. Great.
00:32:02
Speaker
Oh, who boy.
00:32:08
Speaker
Okay. Okay. So the killer in turns and looks at Nyx and locks eyes with Nyx and his eyes begin glowing with green fire.
00:32:19
Speaker
Much in a similar way that you see Nyx's eyes begin to glow and the fire Nyx's eyes and her platform shifts into green. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:32:32
Speaker
um Okay. ah Escalation Diet is now edit a 2.0. What are we ah are we... Am I talking to the conductor right now? Yeah, this is this is kind of happening concurrently. Just bam, bam.
00:32:46
Speaker
Sucks to suck, guys. Have a good time. Well, shoot, because I was going to yell out for help. but you I mean, you can. like it um if He'll let us get there, but it's temporarily appropriately. Nyx, it is your turn. So roll a d6 for me, Nyx.
00:33:03
Speaker
A five.
00:33:06
Speaker
Five.
00:33:12
Speaker
Confusion on a five. I don't know if high is better or worse.
00:33:27
Speaker
I'm gonna get attacked. You attempt to disengage from everyone you are engaged with, treating allies as if they were also enemies. You can't be too careful. You don't move far, you're just trying not to get hit. Okay. I don't know how to disengage. What do I do?
00:33:42
Speaker
So you roll a d20. If you get 11 or higher, you successfully disengage and you can move away. I rolled a two. Okay. So you are unable to disengage.
00:33:53
Speaker
Okay. You are not forced to then move to take opportunity attacks. so Okay. And that was... that's so i good That's all I do.
00:34:04
Speaker
Okay. Yeah. And now you roll a d20 to see if you can end the mission. Please. gosh. That's a natural one. Okay. That'll string of good rolls during the time loop when it didn't turn at all. Now you can act with your Claw Demon. The Claw Demon will continue to attack the killer and it will get... Hey, it'll get three attacks this turn.
00:34:28
Speaker
It's going to roll a natural 19, so the killer end can still roll. So that's going to be three damage. That's a two, so that'll miss.
00:34:38
Speaker
And that's a natural 20. So 6 damage. I assume. Yeah. Made up for that miss. No, I would have done so much more. um
00:34:48
Speaker
Bad news, though. Let's see. Yes. Bad news. Nyx's eyes shift and Nyx... you see Nyx just sort of like the sword is in a fight stance and then it sort of shifts. It it drops a little and her eyes are just flickering with green fire looking out from her eyes.
00:35:07
Speaker
And she just takes a sort of half step back and looks at a loss. And in that moment, the demon that she summoned, the fiend, seems to shudder and then look at Nyx and snarl.
00:35:27
Speaker
And it is not under my control anymore.
00:35:33
Speaker
Selayna. Selayna's wishing she hadn't come with Nyx right now. yeah
00:35:43
Speaker
Nyx is wishing too. This is real embarrassing. yeah um Nyx is going to die like this, you would rather just be alone for it.
00:35:54
Speaker
Someone will come into the room and assume a bunch of other things happened. Yeah. um I guess we have frost again. Okay.
00:36:04
Speaker
Oh no. ah nine.
00:36:09
Speaker
So two damage. Okay.
00:36:15
Speaker
the uh
00:36:19
Speaker
killerin uh basic once the escalation die hits three so at the end of this round kaz and about you will be able to roll into the initial order and make i good to investigate what's going on baby i don't know how much we can help you but The Ray of Frost hits killer's back and it turns and sees Selena and it is going to reach into its own chest and pulls out a large acorn covered in spikes and it throws it at Selena.
00:36:57
Speaker
What? That's gas. um Sorry. Sorry.
00:37:05
Speaker
That is 19 to hit, Selina. Yeah, that'll hit. 11 damage as the Scythe. Oh my gosh. okay good Okay. Okay, okay, okay.
00:37:16
Speaker
We're good. It's fine. um And now it is... Escalation's Eye is now at a 3.
00:37:29
Speaker
Roll initiative, guys. Come join the party. Selena has yelled for help. We hear a scream from further up in the cart. Yes. Where does she go, though? Where did she come from? Yeah, I know. How is she alive? Cotton Eye Joe.
00:37:41
Speaker
It's not on purpose.
00:37:46
Speaker
But, like, really, like, we didn't pass her so She was hiding in under or inside a bar cart or something like that. Okay, so... We'll find out next. Does she come running into the room as she screams? like
00:38:03
Speaker
um There was a lot of chaos. She probably ran out of this room to get away from and let the conductor know and then found the conductor dead. yeah Kaz, what'd you get for initiative? I'm so sorry. I didn't realize I was looking at 21.
00:38:20
Speaker
Wait, do I add the escalation die? No. Man. so Okay. Valk, what'd you get? 17.
00:38:34
Speaker
Nix, you 19, right? I had a 20. Okay. ah yeah Okay, so the new ah order is Nick or Kaz, Nix, Valk, Selina, the killer. And ah So, Kaz, you hear Selena yell and come rushing into the room.
00:38:51
Speaker
You see Nyx standing there with green glowing eyes, a claw fiend demon that you've seen Nyx summon before, a Selena with a spiked acorn sticking out of her shoulder, ah and a large killer. and Okay.
00:39:07
Speaker
Well, one of those things is not surprising. Right. Exactly one. Well, since you guys have matching eyes, and I've seen you summon it before, I'm going to aim for the kill. I got an attack roll.
00:39:20
Speaker
i'm I've rolled a two on my attack warp, which means that any enemy that misses me with a melee attack is stuck until the end of its next turn. Cool. Just until the end of my next turn. That is the condition. yeah there's a i rolled weirdness, which is...
00:39:40
Speaker
Roll the escalation die and use the new result.
00:39:44
Speaker
So... What? So I guess I roll it? Or do you roll it? If you want to roll a d6, then yeah, I'll just set it to whatever. I guess. That's a six. Yes. Oh, i don't I don't know how good that is.
00:39:57
Speaker
don't either. But okay... Classic Kaz. So i have an attack to do, and i think I'm going to do the big one.
00:40:12
Speaker
yeah On this guy. So you Kaz looks around and just like kind of sees this pandemonium.
00:40:24
Speaker
And then after just having watched an innocent man die in front of him, and i did he so so A man died in front of him. You're right. I don't know that he was innocent.
00:40:34
Speaker
I'm going to scream. There's a lot of innocent dead people in here, so. Sure. Yeah. Take your pick. And that is going to be a 23 to hit the killer in.
00:40:48
Speaker
Nice. That hits. Okay. And it's a natural even, which, God, there's so much to keep track of. Mm-hmm.
00:40:59
Speaker
Okay, so I rolled 3d6 damage first. That's 5, 9, 11 damage. And now I have to roll a d4.
00:41:12
Speaker
The target is hampered until the end of my next turn. Okay.
00:41:20
Speaker
Hampered means it can only make it some basic attacks. Yes, nothing so but them too special. Okay. And then i am
00:41:31
Speaker
ah those were yeah yeah that He's the only enemy I see. I can target more than one enemy, but I don't know yeah anyone else as an enemy. So it's just him. So there we go. that's my That's my move. I scream into the ether, and I think it is just a like a sonic kind of psychic damage that it does. There's no physical manifestation, I think.
00:41:53
Speaker
Nice. Okay. Love it. Nix, roll a d6. nicks roller g six
00:42:04
Speaker
Six.
00:42:07
Speaker
You take no actions on your turn, but at least you're not attacking an ally. Okay. Thank goodness. my Roll a d20 to save. 14. Close.
00:42:22
Speaker
Does the escalation die sector her in? That's what I'm checking. Oh, interesting. Mm-hmm.
00:42:36
Speaker
It looks like it's just attacks.
00:42:47
Speaker
Yeah. Bonus two attacks. Oh, yeah. I'll shoot.
00:42:52
Speaker
Okay. The demon.
00:42:59
Speaker
Uh, right. Yes, it would, by preference, attack me. As is what the game mechanic says, is that it is now an enemy, and by preference, it attacks its former summoner.
00:43:13
Speaker
The odds of this happening were really low. I had to fail a really easy save for it to lose for to lose control of it. Anyway, so its first attack is going to be a natural 17, so I take three damage.
00:43:29
Speaker
It's second attack is going to be a 17 and miss me. And that is all the attacks it gets. ah So, yes, it launches itself at Nyx and it just jams one of its blade hands through her, through her arm.
00:43:50
Speaker
Yikes. Okay. And it is about to roll to see if its hit points degrade, but that doesn't happen anymore. It gets to keep all of its hit points down.
00:44:02
Speaker
ah Vauk.
00:44:05
Speaker
he's going to He's not a vulper in the cart fully, right? Yeah. So I think he's yeah he's got a I have to get my focus. I can't... mean, technically, I could start swinging, but I don't...
00:44:26
Speaker
All your good stuff is with the... All of my good stuff is with my magic. So I'm going to get my focus. But I will take out my weapon, my sword, just in case, which ironically is the same sword that Velvet has.
00:44:44
Speaker
There we All right. Selina.
00:44:53
Speaker
The... What's it called? The tree guy. Yep. Killarin. Killarin. Okay. He's not close quarters to me, is he? No. Okay. He be. You could walk up to him.
00:45:05
Speaker
yeah No, thanks. We'll do Ray of Frost again. I don't want to get close to him. my goodness.
00:45:16
Speaker
I just need you guys to know I've rolled a two almost every time. Remember that the Excalachion dies at a six now, so you've got a plus six. Wonderful. So, 15. and Against AC or physical defense?
00:45:30
Speaker
ah Physical. Hit. Yay!
00:45:40
Speaker
That is 14 damage.
00:45:44
Speaker
All right. Just want you all to know that you have dealt a cumulative amount of damage equal to 69 to the Killering. Anyway, there we go. Nice. This is not the time. It's only the time, please.
00:45:58
Speaker
It is now the Killering's turn. So the Killering is hampered, so it can only do its basic attacks, which means its ah spiky wood fingers are in play. So Selina, Valk, and Kaz are all far away.
00:46:17
Speaker
Well, they're nearby. Nyx is not a threat right now, so probably Selina. Yeah, that's what figured. Or that weird demon thing. That demon thing is. Also not attacking the Killarin anymore, so.
00:46:31
Speaker
I tried. I tried. But it is not an ally of the Killarin, importantly. Correct. did a lot of image In terms of moving away, for example.
00:46:43
Speaker
Fair enough. He will make a disengage check.
00:46:48
Speaker
That is an 11. So, matches the needed save. That's right. So, the first roll that he made to attack Selina before I needed do the disengage check was only an 8, or 9 to attack Selina, which misses, I'm guessing. Yeah, does not hit.
00:47:06
Speaker
However... When the escalation die even, the killer and gets two standard actions. So it will attack Slayna again. oh no.
00:47:19
Speaker
That is a 26. You have it. 12 damage. oh Okay. As and the other shoulder... so Wait, wait, wait, wait. Nope.
00:47:31
Speaker
Can we use shield? So you have to roll. Okay.
00:47:39
Speaker
Natural one. Hey. Good.
00:47:44
Speaker
yeah, at the last second slaving, you like raise your hand up and like the wood impacts the magical energy and can't break through. The escalation die stays at a six.
00:47:55
Speaker
Cats. Yes. So I didn't say at the end of last turn, I pulled it. It was defense. So it doesn't really, there's not a lot of prep work with it, but I do have, cause I took you, I switched to touch of the divine. So I actually just straight up have cure wounds as one of my defense spells.
00:48:11
Speaker
nice said I would like to cast on if I haven't actually read it. Let me W10. The keel wounds. What's it called in this one? but Cure words. Yeah.
00:48:23
Speaker
One moment, please.
00:48:27
Speaker
Yes, and nearby Allie can heal using a free recovery. And I'm going to give that ability to... Well, Selina needs him more, right? Selina, yes. Yeah, so I'm giving that ability to Selina, you get to use one free... Whatever your 2d6 down. Yeah. Thank you.
00:48:42
Speaker
Nyx is only dubiously an ally right now. That's a good point. You might not want to heal Nyx.
00:48:51
Speaker
So that's my action, and I actually... No, that's all I can do. I was... Reading the Chaos Knight has gotten me confused about what I can do with certain things, but I cannot do it yet. So, yeah.
00:49:02
Speaker
So, yeah, that's it. And I stay away. And I guess it is the end of my turn. So now, even if he misses on an attack, I do not stop him anymore. All right. Nyx, roll a G6.
00:49:17
Speaker
Four. It's the disengage one again. you are You are... One through three is you attack an ally. So you are avoiding that... I rolled a five. Eric, let me do my prep. All right. I'm sorry. I forgot that. I saw 12.
00:49:36
Speaker
I rolled a 12 on my attempt to save.
00:49:40
Speaker
I do not disengage. I do not save. I remain perplexed. Eric, just to give you something to think about since there's not a lot else going on. I just rolled for my icon spell, at the Platinum Concord, who you gave me a twist for.
00:49:58
Speaker
So I've already i know got the connection. Yeah, that's your connection. That twist relates to the connection, not to your icon spell. Okay, so you just want make sure. All right, cool. Well, then never mind.
00:50:10
Speaker
Nyx is only sort of half-heartedly defending herself as the demon continues to ah launch itself at her, avoiding all of her parries, and she takes six more damage.
00:50:22
Speaker
So you all also see that nis the demon that Nyx normally summons is currently eviscerating her. Yes. Valk. I was trying to read. Well, no, I don't even have that. I didn't take that yet. Okay, so that doesn't matter.
00:50:42
Speaker
I thought I could help Nyx in an interrupt action, and i I don't think I can. No.
00:50:49
Speaker
No.
00:50:52
Speaker
No. Okay, so and forgot that all the people who normally deal damage cannot deal damage or deal damage reliably.
00:51:03
Speaker
So I have to use my karmic rebuke. Okay. I
00:51:14
Speaker
I'm I'm going to do that on the demon. Okay. themed thing okay okay that is so um yeah okay plus 2 it's 22 against
00:51:38
Speaker
what? yeah e sixteen plus
00:51:44
Speaker
for twenty plus two <unk> two against what um mentor ah that oh yeah
Victory and Community Engagement
00:51:53
Speaker
Plus six. Do you get something for doubling its mental? Plus six. but I don't think it matters if I go higher. Escalation die is a six. So you get a plus six to all your attack rolls. Oh, ah plus six to all my attacks. Okay.
00:52:07
Speaker
Then that is... Okay. Three plus...
00:52:16
Speaker
Wisdom. A nine plus six. Do that simple math. re nine Well, it's not to damage, right? It's not to damage?
00:52:28
Speaker
Escalation die? Escalation die is to damage? No, no, no. Sorry. okay nice So just 9. ah Just the attack. ah Then just a 9. So you you just turned its attack back on it, so it's like it stabbed itself with its blade. Oh, yeah.
00:52:44
Speaker
Yes. I think I am not. I, Valk is freaked out. It's really badly hurt. It is not quite down, but it's really badly hurt. Okay. Then I'm going to, ah because that's a quick action. I'm not going to try to run up on it um with much love and respect.
00:53:04
Speaker
So I'm going to get my focus. Okay.
00:53:09
Speaker
Selena. Okay, let's try color spray. so okay So I roll a D4 to see how many it can target.
00:53:20
Speaker
So it can target two, so I can target both of them with this. Yeah. ah Okay.
00:53:29
Speaker
Okay. That's a big one.
00:53:33
Speaker
That's a 30. thirty
00:53:39
Speaker
Yes. Against Mental Defense, absolutely. Yes. I'm guessing that also applicable for the Claw Fiend. The Mental Defense of the Claw Fiend is 11. Okay, so 30 hits, yeah. to
00:53:54
Speaker
Okay, well, that's only for damage, psychic damage. That will kill the demon. Yes. That will kill the Fiend, yeah. That will kill the Killarin. Amazing. Yay! We still... well...
00:54:06
Speaker
The fire in Nix's eyes goes out and she just half collapses against a table. Bleeding lot.
00:54:16
Speaker
Yeah. And like, so Slaney, you send out the splash of color towards the demon and towards the killer. And, and like it deals psychic damage. So like you're, you're rending their minds in a way.
00:54:31
Speaker
yeah.
00:54:34
Speaker
Nyx, Valk, and Kaz, give me a wisdom-based check to notice something in the colors. 19. 6. I have to scroll over.
00:54:43
Speaker
on. 15. 15. Weird. Can Zory yet? 20. i have to squa it for a full on
00:54:52
Speaker
fifteen fifteen weird can i do zoa but Sure. Yes. Nineteen. Nineteen. Okay. Nyx and Valk, as you like, Nyx, as you're coming out of it, you see this wash of color.
00:55:07
Speaker
Valk, you also see the prismatic nature of this spell. And you all see briefly, whereas a prism splits the beams of light into its requisite colors.
00:55:19
Speaker
Um, this seems to split something else and you see a few different versions of a window into this train almost. Like you see basically three different images of
00:55:38
Speaker
the, the roof of the train, the hippogriff. You see a figure on the hippogriff's back with the lockbox. like that the conductor mentioned in its hand, like taking off.
00:55:51
Speaker
And you see that like the prismatic and nature of that is shattered and broken. And on the opposite side, you see
00:56:01
Speaker
Val, you recognize the vision of like an older looking Kaz in robes. nix says that This is the first time you're seeing standing over the figure that was getting on the hippogriff.
00:56:13
Speaker
Like the the body is laying in a pool of blood holding the lockbox as Kaz looks down. That is also jagged and broken. The one in the middle that you see is the figure on the Hifagrip flying away, looking back as the figure of Kaz is holding the lockbox on the train.
00:56:32
Speaker
ah And that one is not cracked. That one is the clearest of the three images.
00:56:40
Speaker
I don't see it, but just from my own indication, are they all three the older Kaz or is the one with cat with the box on the train today Kaz? No, they're all three older Kaz. Okay, okay, yeah.
00:56:52
Speaker
End of episode.
00:56:56
Speaker
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