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C3 Episode 60 Pilgrimages & Infestation Chapter Six
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The party finds a nest, and then it gets worse.
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Introduction of hosts
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um threatenly with the coach or twenty radio at your gamers role
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Hello, welcome to Eberron Review, an actual play podcast set in the Eberron campaign setting. i am your Game Master, Eric. I'm Mia. I'm Philip. I'm Madison. I'm Jeff.
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And welcome to another episode.
Recap of previous events
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What happened last time, everyone? You got like the cadence of an NPR host right now. Thank you. There were bug dwarf zombies and vomiting.
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Yeah, this was two episodes ago. That was two. Oh, never mind. This is why I don't do the recap. No, most of the fight last time was just Dimitri was awful in the last episode. Kaz wrestling with his inner turmoil.
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I have brain damage. Yeah. yeah you That took more damage in the last episode than during the combat.
Dimitri's challenges and goals
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Cool things about Kaz and also...
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if possible, will leave Dimitri's corpse here. Classic Philip, no spin recaps. So that was deeply accurate. If possible, that's that's that's a side goal for Nyx in this mission.
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You used the pronoun we, I think is what I was saying was editorializing. I don't know how much- I'm assuming everybody will leave with Nyx if Dimitri's corpse is still down here. I'm assuming everybody will still leave with Nyx.
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If Dimitri dies and there's like the message happens, like like I better leave with Nyx because I'd rather be there when they show up than not there. I'm happy for them to scry and discover that Dimitri was killed because I didn't protect him from dwarf zombies.
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that's They can find that out. Yeah, I did like I was like, what if you die in the last fight? you're like i didn't even get hit in the last fight. Like, yeah, dog, that's not what I asked. I also didn't get hit, but I can easily die in a fight.
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All right,
Journey through the tunnel begins
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so Dimitri is leading the way this time. Can I do my Rowley? Yes, you can do your recovery. Yep. Thank you. Drinking your health potion.
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Okay, carry on. Okay, so Dimitri's leading the way down the tunnel. He does say over his shoulder, it will probably be sometime before we arrive at the destination.
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And he just walks a little bit further ahead. So while you all are walking, any conversations, anything that wants to be happening during the trek? I think Val will walk just a smidge ahead behind Dimitri.
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Just to give a smug comment of you never know when to stop. I have a job to do. Sometimes you have to make sacrifices for that. You know this. But I've also learned when to stop.
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You should have stopped. him Well, unless you figure out how to step into Zoriath to turn back times, there is nothing to be done for it now. That's it? No comment. Kazus. And Dimitri, you're talking. Anything?
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Kaz is silently replaying everything, trying to commit it all to memory, and he gets to that part about, like, he misses you, and Kaz is like, what happened? But continues to be not pleased about the whole thing.
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So, okay. Nyx is following Dimitri only as close as she needs to to be able to not lose sight of him. Selina? Selina's just somewhere in the middle, I think. Okay.
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Not close to Dimitri. Yeah, avoiding the bugs. And not close to Dimitri. Dimitri
Encounter with spiders
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does without walking relatively close.
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I understand that they would not want to talk to me or seek my counsel on it any further, but you may want to let them know when the time is right that the...
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It is Kaz's memory to share with you. All I will say is the first figure is a recognized archfey known as the forgotten prince.
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I did not recognize anyone else that I saw, but that may be worth sharing with him once he is ready to hear more information. But there is no one in the annals of the Congress bearing the titles that we heard from the other figure.
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I will do that when it's appropriate. Thank you. All right. After a bit of a walking up ahead, you see Dimitri hold a hand up for everyone to stop at a bend in the tunnel.
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And he kind of crouches up against the wall and he gestures for you all to get closer. I will get closer and be the physical barrier between Dimitri and my friends.
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Is anybody else going up to get closer? Selina will. Okay. Selina and Valk, you get up with Dimitri and he says, around this corner, if you peek your heads, but be very careful to not draw attention.
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Both of you give me dexterity checks to stay hidden. Yeah, I just had brain damage, dude. 21 to 7. Okay. so Selena, the way this plays out, like, Dimitri is already kind of leaning around the corner. Selena, you lean forward long enough to see the tunnel ahead, the bottom half of it, kind of in a U-shape.
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You see clutches of eggs ah all over. And some, like...
Combat with spiders and dwarf zombie
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probably slightly bigger than your hand, spiders crawling.
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all over the eggs with some webbing between them tending to their nest. And as you all like holding your breath, looking and seeing this Valk goes to lean and just slips on some of the slickness and just into the middle of the tunnel and the spiders all stop in turn and you hear skittering as the spiders begin to rush down the tunnel towards Valk.
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So initiative. putting that dice away it is a 16 okay 10 nix 20. kaz 21 okay so our initiative order is one of the spiders then kaz then nix then the other Spiders, then Valk, then Slain. Okay.
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So the first spider rushes onto Valk and begins to try to bite. That is a 17 versus physical defense.
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Oh, yeah. Eight damage as the spider bites into you. Okay.
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i Yeah, I mean, Dimitri would shout, quickly, attack! Back down the tunnel to Nix and Kaz, like, and it is Kaz's turn.
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okay I rolled an attack, so we start off with the weirdness. It's not a global effect, thankfully. I just... it However you'd like to interpret this part, I shift a waver or go transparent, but I can't take missed damage until I roll another weirdness roll. Oh, cool.
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yeah You're in a dimmy plane. Your soul's kind of trying to figure out what the heck's going on. Okay, so Kaz does the same kind of forward thrusting movement with his right hand that he did earlier when the chain came out of his cuff.
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yeah But this time, you just see a a glowing porcelain mask fly from the palm of his hand and strike out at these spiders. hey And that's like a 26 to hit. Against the one on Valk?
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Yeah. Yes, that hits. Okay, great. Then we're going to do... going to hurt him. We're going to hurt him good. That's not the right day. Hold on, please. going hurt him differently than that. 17 points of damage.
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17 points of damage. Okay. And I guess, did i have to use some movement to get up there? Yes. In order to be able to see it, you need to move forward. yeah Then that's what I did on my turn.
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Cool. Okay, Nyx. Nyx. Well, I'm not going to leave Valk, so Nyx will run forward and stab it with a sword. Okay.
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But she's also now going to think through all of her actions. What do I want in this guy's report? A 19 to hit. 19 to hit. That does hit 20 damage. Oh, okay.
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It is staggered. Okay, the next spider that is rushing up is going to attack Selena. That is a 26 to hit against your physical defense.
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Yeah, that'll hit. That was rude to even ask. Yeah. yeah I'm never going to assume. You might have some crazy stuff. This system's weird. It might be like, oh actually, you flip the numbers and divide by seven, and that's the new attack.
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Okay, eight damage. Okay. But, and Madison, I am... Oh, so very sorry. This is in the book. On a natural even hit, the the attack name is Claws That Burrow Under Your Skin.
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Oh. So on a natural even hit, the spider bites, and then, Slayna, you see it, like, crawl underneath Slayna's skin on the hand, and you see the lump underneath your skin. Wait, how big is it? Oh.
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it It, like, burrowed down, but, like, the the legs have wrapped around your forearm. Like, you see the body. Yeah. In order to...
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That's awful. but but In order to disengage from this spider, you have to take eight points of damage to cut it out of you. Is basically... Yeah.
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Okay. This blows. Okay. There's many them? about to get worse, gang. ah So from the Clutch of Eggs, Valk, all of you can see now, you rush forward.
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From the Clutch of Eggs, you see some movement as a dwarf corpse kind of gets lifted up out of the Clutch of Eggs. Sure, sure.
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And you see its hands come up and begin to move in a gesture that Slayna probably, all of you, horrifyingly recognize as the somatic components of spellcasting. And he is going
Intensified combat strategies
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to attack Nyx with this spell.
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Brain Rippling Tentacles. That's a 24 versus physical defense. Yes, Eric. It attacks my brain and it's physical?
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Tentacles. That's mental defense. It hit my mental defense too, but... Yeah, it is mental defense. I looked at the... ah yeah Okay. Eight damage.
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Sure. Okay. You get a choice on this because it was a natural even hit. You either lose a recovery or you must immediately roll a save.
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Just a regular save. If you fail, you're confused. um I'll roll the save. Okay. Natural 20. Okay. Yeah.
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Now the next spider is going to go. It's going to rush up and attack Dimitri. Boom. That is a 32 versus Dimitri's. wait, no, that's the wrong. That is a 27 versus his physical defense.
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Does that hit? Yes. No, it doesn't. Dimitri's a god. So, eight damage. It was not even, so it does not burrow under his skin. Okay.
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Darn. um Valk, your turn. Spider on you. Can I still do my quick action? Yeah. To get the stance of necessity.
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case your bully's not looking good good. And it gives me my plus fours.
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Am I able? What's the thing for getting away? or is it? Disengage. It's grappling me or anything. so No, it's it's not grabbing you or anything. Just if you want to move away from it without invoking an attack of opportunity, you would need to disengage, which is your move.
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You roll a save. If you get 10 or higher, you can move away fine. If you get less, it you can't move. I will do that. I will disengage. Okay. Roll a d20. That's 14. Okay.
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that's a fourteen okay You can move. right. So I will and pitifully wobble back a little further into the hull of the tunnel.
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Do I still have my action or was that my action? Yes. That was your movement. So you still have your action. Okay. And then I'm going to gain my focus. Okay.
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And that is my turn. All right. Selena, you got a spider in you. Yeah, I'll take the eight points of damage to disengage.
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Okay. Roll your d20 to see if you can. Okay. 13. Yeah. yeah So um take your eight damage as Selena pops that spider out of her arm. Okay.
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Okay, I'm gonna mark that one with the sigil of blood. then I'm also gonna cast barrier strike against that one. So that is a 22. 22, that hit. Awesome. How damage? 8 damage.
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Okay. barrier strike against that one so that is a twenty you twenty two that will hit art um much damage eight damage okay All right, it is now Dimitri's turn.
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So Dimitri is going to... He has an enemy engaged with him, so he is going to use his Crescendo spell.
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That is a 24 versus its physical defense, which hits.
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Four, seven, twelve, thirteen thunder damage as there's a lot of boom in the tunnel. But the force of the thunder throws the spider away from Dimitri.
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And then Dimitri backs up to stand near Kaz in the back. And that is it for the first round. Encounter die. Escalation die up to one.
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It is now the spider that is attacking Vout's turn. Vout popped away. So yeah actually Nyx is the closest target, but Nyx is big and scary. So it's going to use its chittering call Nyx.
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13 versus your mental defense. Nyx. Does not hit. Nyx. That's quick action though. So it is going to...
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Use its tendril web natural 20 kind of a bummer because it doesn't deal damage. Nix, you are stuck. Save ends in until you save the spider gains a plus one attack bonus on you.
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So webbing shoots out and tangles up Nix and sticks you to the the floor and the sides of the tunnel. I don't know what stuck means. ah Immobilized.
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So it just can't move. I can still let me kill things. Let me confirm that I am fairly certain. Yeah, you can't move, disengage, pop free, change your position, or let anyone else move you without teleportation.
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Okay, so it's more like it webbed my foot to the ground. Yes. Okay, alrighty. It's pretty effective when Spider-Man does it to people. It's true. I pulled a defensive spell, I rolled a four, I get to give Valk 12 temporary hit points.
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Nice. he Bless you. what What weird thing does not grow? No, this is a different one. i roll I literally rolled the dice and because about 1 through 10...
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One through 10, I hand out points. 11 through 20, I get them. And I was just like, I got a 50-50 shot of being able to help out and So I went for it. And I... Okay. All right.
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Nyx, your turn. Killing a spider. ah No spider is engaged with you currently. What happened to the spider I attacked last time? that I made staggered.
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Oh, that was the one on Vow that you attacked. Yeah, that's right. That was the one that webbed you. But go ahead yeah, go ahead. I lost track of the positioning. I've got an 18 on the die plus... ah It's like 28.
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So... seven and ah That's going to be 16 damage. Alrighty. That is enough to take out this spider. When does a save happen?
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At the end of your turn. Well, a 19. Okay. You cut the webbing off of you. Or rip it off. However you want to do it in your mind.
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Alright. The spider that is on Selina. Attack Selina.
00:18:38
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That is a natural 2. two So I don't like my chances. But let's see. A 10 versus your physical defense. Nope. All right. ye The zombie alright is going to cast Mass Confusion on one person.
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Let's do Kaz. Well, that's not a very good roll. Good. Well, he's got a big modifier. 17 versus your mental defense. Just beats it. All righty.
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You get a choice. No, this one is not target's choice. If the target is the first enemy, this attack hits each round, which is true. Kaz,
Managing spider threats
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you must make a basic attack against an ally.
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The only ally adjacent to Kaz is Dimitri. All right. So just ah just a melee attack? Yep. Hope you don't kill him.
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I don't see it happening. Hang on one second. I got to remember. I don't do those. Let me double check what my. Yeah. Okay.
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I rolled That's latest dies at one. I rolled a 15. fifteen 15 against AC. That will hit.
00:20:02
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Okay. I do. One point of damage. Okay. Wait, let me double check that. My strength modifier. Mom did to him. Let me just... No, I'm sorry. i do I do three points of damage. I switched two of my attributes.
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Okay. all Alrighty. It is now... I go, eh! The spider that Dimitri left behind is up there without anyone to attack.
00:20:29
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So it is going to go after Selena. Selena. I thought it might. That is a 24 versus your physical defense. Yeah.
00:20:41
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That was a natural even hit. So eight damage and hit. You got that loose skin. It's rude. oh
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So the other arm, s Selena, it bites and crawls into. Gross. And burrows. Yep. Real gross. Not a fan of this combat encounter. Whoever designed it is a real jerk. Yeah, that's what I'm saying. Valk.
00:21:06
Speaker
Oh, yeah. I... Okay. going to use... Well, I need to use a karmic rebuke as a quick action to get rid of my focus. So I will do that on...
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The spider that is on Selina... Well, oh, did it already burrow? There are two spiders on Selina. One burrowed and one unburrowed. Okay, so the one that's unburrowed. Sorry, I'm not... That's fine.
00:21:43
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Anything helps. don't even want to think about what happened if you killed it while it was still inside Selina. We don't need to think about that. Kind of sounds like you want us to think about that, though. Let me...
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yeah Just an interesting thought. Sounds like you're a liar. So you don't want to think about That's 23 against Mental Defense?
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Yes. Wow. And that's not even the one that's been base boosted. So that's just my normal one. That is 10 damage to that spider. Okay.
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Okay. From the Hewer of Truth... i in hidden Oh, it's not engaged with me. though
Victory through cooperation
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Speaker
Is it? If I attack it, is it now engaged with me or is it still engaged with Sona?
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Speaker
yeah yeah That was your karmic rebuke, which you don't yeah have to be engaged with. So no, you aren't okay you are not engaged with it. Alright, and then I am going to use my action to get my focus...
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Speaker
Unless you want to be. You could have moved up to engage with it if you wanted your hero to apply. No. I didn't think so. It's not that much. Can I... Can I still rally?
00:23:03
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No, that's the standard doctrine. and yeah No, I haven't. used i said I said wait. So I have not gotten my... Karmic Reboot is an equation. yeah If i don't want to regain your focus, then you can rally, yes.
00:23:14
Speaker
I will rally. Keep it. And then that would be my turn. Cool. Alrighty. That is Rauke. Selena, you got a couple of spiders.
00:23:27
Speaker
Yeah. I guess I should try to disengage. Cut the one out of me. Okay. Eleven. That's enough. so Yes.
00:23:37
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Take eight damage. Great. I am staggered. Okay. Okay.
00:23:47
Speaker
Let's do... yeah yeah Let's do Burning Leash on the one that I just got out. Okay. That is 19 versus Physical Defense.
00:24:02
Speaker
That is a hit. Awesome. Okay, that's gonna be 15 fire damage. And it's engaged and it takes a minus five penalty to disengage from me and it can't pop free or teleport.
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Speaker
And when it attempts to disengage, it takes 2d6 fire damage. Dang. Okay. Alrighty. Dimitri. Dimitri could tell that Kaz didn't mean it. He understands.
00:24:31
Speaker
The light stabbing. Now that Dimitri is not actively engaged, he's going to pull out one of his bigger spells for that spellcaster in the back. Why not? We'll go ahead and pop it.
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He is going to against the zombie in the back as well as one of the spiders that Selina is fighting. Dimitri kind of shifts away to get the right angle and then he gestures with his hands and a bolt of lightning shoots out and streaks and shouts, Selina, to your left!
00:25:03
Speaker
Um, as a lightning bolt comes along Selena's side, hitting the spider and then continuing on to the zombie that is casting spells. So that is a 17 against physical defense and a much higher against physical defense. So that hits both of them.
00:25:26
Speaker
So he deals. How's Nick's looking? You know, if you were to... Gage Nix's combat effectiveness on a scale of 0 to 45. Yeah. She'd be at about a 34. Okay.
00:25:38
Speaker
okay That's the scale I was thinking about. Sure. Yeah. Classic. Classic scale. I was thinking in like smiley faces. Oh, yeah. She's 34 45 smiley faces.
00:25:51
Speaker
The spider that originally attacked you, Selena, that you first got out of your skin, the one that does not have your burning leash on it, just explodes as this lightning bolt courses through it and then hits the zombie in the chest. It is still up, but he dealt 54 points of lightning damage.
00:26:08
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Wow. Yippee. It's his daily spell. so it's All right. That
Reflections and preparations
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is it for Dimitri's turn. So the escalation dies now to two. And it is Kaz's turn.
00:26:22
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Well, I rolled another defensive die, and I think think I'm going to give Valk the real hit points, so you get to do a free recovery.
00:26:33
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And Selina, the temporary one. you get 10 temporary hit points, and you like grow another something. Sounds good. Oh, yeah. Slayna, you can't see it, but Kaz, when Slayna looks back to thank you for the temporary hit points, she just has a forehead full of eyes like a spider. Yeah! Gross, I hate it. I take them back! yeah That's like one of the few things that doesn't faze Kaz, is he knows something freaky's gonna happen when he does this.
00:26:59
Speaker
yeah Can I go over my max hit points? In temp. enough no Oh, in temp? In temp. Temporary hits are a separate pool, right? Yes.
00:27:10
Speaker
Okay. So just it would just be yes. I'm just writing it in a way that makes sense for me. Yeah. Temporary hit points sit on top of your hit points. So, yes. All right. Anything else, Kaz?
00:27:22
Speaker
I mean, no. All right. Nyx. You got one spider spellcaster. Oh, there's still a spider? Yes. The one Slayna. How far are we from that spellcaster? Can I get to that spellcaster?
00:27:34
Speaker
Spellcaster is nearby. That thing tried to get to my mind get into my brain. nix is going to run up and kill the spellcaster. right, I'm going to engage a rule that we have not really used. The spider is going to try to intercept you.
00:27:47
Speaker
That seems strange and unfair. 16 sessions in, introducing new rules. If y'all read the rule book, you would know what they are. You all can intercept as well. Oh, it is engaged with Selina, so it cannot intercept.
00:28:01
Speaker
Only non-engaged enemies can are entities can intercept. So never mind, as you were. As you were. you're rushing up into the clutch of eggs that are up here. Yeah, I'm going to kill this. i I mean, no, I'm going to walk up to within sword reach of the zombie and cut its head off.
00:28:24
Speaker
And I'm pretty sure I am because I've rolled a natural 20. Nice. It's a bummer to do at the end of this battle with this sword. Okay, so I'm just, do I double dice? is I don't remember. I don't get the crib very often with this.
00:28:37
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Yes, double dice. Okay.
00:28:42
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Ooh, that's a crazy good roll. 34 plus 15. Jeez. This weapon goes insane on crits. fifty nine 59? Nope. no Okay. forty nine
00:28:56
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Even still, ah describe how Nyx kills the zombie. I mean, it's it's really utilitarian and practical. This thing tried to get inside her brain. She does not like that.
00:29:07
Speaker
And she thinks the others can kill a spider. And so she runs forward and just just strikes his head off. Nice. ah The dwarf head goes flying off and you see a few spiders come crawling out of the neck and down its arms as the body clumps down onto the ground.
00:29:30
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I hate everything about this place.
00:29:33
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And yeah can't wait to work in a place where we get to pick between multiple jobs. Yeah, never Zoriat ever again.
00:29:42
Speaker
We got to figure
Character interactions and dynamics
00:29:43
Speaker
out all of Valk's stuff right now because I'm not going past. Buddy, that's a bigger storm than you think. We're not even nearby. All of Valk's specifically Zoriat related stuff. All the other things that make Valk Valk. The spider is going to attack Selina.
00:30:00
Speaker
Yeah. That is a pretty good roll. 23 versus physical defense. Yeah. I do have 8 damage. I do have good news, though.
00:30:11
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It was not a natural even hit, so the spider stays on the outside. Valk. Yes. I am going to get my focus, and I think that has to be it.
00:30:26
Speaker
Okay, cool. Selina. All right, I'm doing white flame blade against the spider. righty. That is 19. That is hit. Awesome. So, 7. 15 fire damage.
00:30:39
Speaker
All righty. That spider dead. thank goodness. All righty. seven and all fifteen fire damage all right that spider is dead oh think goodness oh right And that is all of the combatants taken care of.
00:31:01
Speaker
Okay, great. So the tunnel grows quiet and you all can take a quick rest. Use any recoveries roll for recharge.
00:31:13
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I apologize to Dimitri. i didn't i didn't want it I didn't want to stab you. I never used this thing. don't even know how to use this thing. If wanted to hurt you, I'd have like, you know I understand, guys.
00:31:24
Speaker
i The caster back there was casting some weird things in the brain. So, no hard feelings. I think Valk is going to rub his head because this is the second time he's gotten mental damage and then physical damage from falling.
00:31:42
Speaker
with the ol' noggin and just say, it is should we not be concerned about the eggs? The eggs. i I would recommend setting them on fire.
00:31:54
Speaker
i am more than happy to do it if no one else wants to. yeah I don't have a match.
00:32:01
Speaker
Nyx, you want to try? I just need a moment. So, ending fire? Nyx is examining possible exits. I have cantrips. I can use spark. okay Oh, it says it doesn't work against living beings. i Do the eggs count?
00:32:14
Speaker
Boy, let's not get into that. You just let me know. It's not that type of podcast. to Yeah, Eric. To red me hot debates, Dimitri casts a firebolt. Sounds good.
00:32:30
Speaker
The webbing catches on fire. So, the eggs go up in flames. Uh... Once Nyx had gotten clear of the the eggs that she was sitting there.
00:32:42
Speaker
Okay.
00:32:45
Speaker
And the way ahead is clear. Has everyone rolled for recharge and gotten recoveries that they wanted to? Yes. Yep. Didn't cast any spells. Cool.
00:32:57
Speaker
All right. So Dimitri goes on ahead. So
Puzzle at the carved door
00:33:03
Speaker
after a while more of walking, you all see Dimitri begin to slow and round a corner.
00:33:12
Speaker
And when you all get up to that curve, did anybody want to talk about anything or do anything? You all have like about an hour worth of walking that you're doing. If any conversations are happening.
00:33:26
Speaker
Mix is staying no closer than she has to to stay inside of Dimitri. I... No. i I didn't know if Dimitri might bring up that he noticed my projectile this time was from the...
00:33:37
Speaker
But if he doesn't bring it up, Kaz isn't bringing it up. So that's fine. I just... Dimitri is giving Kaz a wide berth. Speaking when spoken to kind of thing right now. Yeah. Given the emotional state that Kaz was in.
00:33:50
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So as you all catch up with Dimitri, you see him looking at a closed door at the end of this tunnel. You... everyone give me a wisdom check real quick to notice like visually something with your surroundings yeah touched can be applicable here about 22 16 19 i gotta get it easier 29 okay those that got 20 or higher twenty nine okay those of you that got
00:34:20
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ah twenty year higher probably clocked a little bit after it happened that the tunnel was going up and you all broke out of the demi plane.
00:34:32
Speaker
So it's like you you have returned fully to the material plane, still moving along the same tunnel, but you kind of exited the the speedway that you were on.
00:34:43
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You see this tunnel ends with a large carved entrance into the stone. That is just a dead end save for the shut door.
00:34:54
Speaker
the you you can tell that it is ancient in make and there is ancient dwarven script above the doorway. Okay. You all can make any checks you like to investigate the doorway and figure out what's going on with it, how to proceed um as you as you like.
00:35:15
Speaker
Can I check for any sort of like magics? Sure. Would I get any bonus if I... Well, I want to assume but this is like the entrance that the dwarves were looking for in the script.
00:35:33
Speaker
Would that help? Probably.
00:35:39
Speaker
Wait, what am I rolling for, but the way? I just said if you wanted to investigate the doorway to learn more about it, how to get through it, etc. So just a straight roll? Intelligence or wisdom would be...
00:35:53
Speaker
but by Wisdom, that's the wrong page. twenty two
00:36:00
Speaker
So trying to detect magic specifically, you can tell Valk that there is an arcane lock on this door that a password or passphrase would unlock it.
00:36:14
Speaker
I will share that. I'm a whole man. Is there any of anything else on like the walls? Or is it just just the carved door?
00:36:27
Speaker
there There is Dwarven script above the door, like writing. And then there is, on either side of the door, yep there is a figure carved into the stone twice on each side of the door.
00:36:45
Speaker
What strikes you all as, well, potentially odd is this is all very clearly dwarven inmate, ancient dwarven inmate. The figure on either side of the door is human carved into the stone.
00:37:01
Speaker
It is a ah woman with a like smithing hammer in one hand kind of crossed over her chest, and then in the other hand crossed over her chest is a warhammer.
00:37:14
Speaker
This is not a recognizable religious icon or anything like that? You do not recognize them, no. Importantly, like, yeah, I mean, this would be pretty big. Like... Unlike a lot of religious iconography where the the face and the visage is intentionally left somewhat ambiguous or kind of everyman-ish, this face is very detailed.
00:37:39
Speaker
Like, this is the carving of somebody that was physically known. Like, this is not a an interpretation of a figure, I guess. Right.
00:37:50
Speaker
if If that makes sense. This door requires... a verbal password. It's an arcane lock. The only thing I have is the parchment off of one of the many dead dwarfs.
00:38:12
Speaker
If I look at the ground, does it look like the door has been open like at the base of it like has it been is there any shifted you can you can tell that there are footprints that ah like the door opens in yeah but you can tell that there are footprints and there's traffic that has come in and out of this door recently okay the only thing i can think of is just trying to read off what was on the parchment okay yeah guy guess i'm gonna do that i got nothing nothing to work with and if there's one not the right stats for this
00:38:46
Speaker
Philip and I love when Eric gives us doors and puzzles, so we're we're we are happy to let you... but boom oh be yeah. I only want the parts that were important of it, so I don't have it like verbatim, but probably the Our Lady Fernia part that would focus on.
00:39:06
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So Our Lady Fernia, in your blessings, we see the true flame. we
Episode conclusion and community invitation
00:39:10
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will find you and set you free, breaking your chains as you forged the chains that bound our enemies. As you finish reading that, Valk, you hear stone begin to grind as the doors slide inward. And we will call it an episode there.
00:39:27
Speaker
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00:39:47
Speaker
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00:40:02
Speaker
Thank you all so much for listening. I have been your Game Master, Eric. I'm Mia. I'm Philip. I'm Madison. I'm Jeff. We will see you in the next time.