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Ep. 109 Party Time - Bellum Draconis
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On the eve of the Jewel. Our contenders join the host of the championship for a social gathering.
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Live D&D Session Introduction
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Hello everyone, and welcome to this action-packed, jam-packed live episode of The Fellowship of the Tabletop. Ben and Draconis with our live studio audience. a We are live Flay 5E's D&D podcast at the Magical Homebrew world of Aerith in the Kingdom of Dralak. Joining you for this week's episode, we have ah the Edgelord Callum, who plays the Warforged Artificer Alpha. Let's get ready to rumble!
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Darrin, he plays the high-elf-artifice of Rainshadow. Let's get ready, let's get ready, let's get ready. Ian, who plays the Tiefling Wars for a Nyx Carell. Yup. Pooh Bear, who plays the human cleric, Emron. I believe in your Henry. Will, he plays the dragon, Mon-Druid, Bal-Valkon. Mortal Kombat! My name is Mark and I am playing the human blitzing of Seth, Feral Reaver, and by last, but by no means least, is our man-boy, man-boy monk who brings the hard funk, our masturbator facilitator, dungeon master, Dally!
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That was so good. They were so good. I had like some sort of Nanti's wrestling reference ready to go, but no, the man they were good. Manboy. Manboy Monk who brings the hard funk. The smell of the rock is cooking. The last one I'm not going to use because it doesn't make any sense. um We find ourselves, oh shit, fucking anywhere, on the docks of Sleetguard with the long toes and the beard, blah, blah, blah. I just want to get to the fucking episode. Oh, Gail is there staring into the orb. He almost drops it in the water, catches it. ah He looks at us and regales.
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Orgrimmarff, Alpha and Co are at the Changelin workshop. Turns out Orgrimmarff changes a lot and Rains just comes as pants. Alpha wants his gun fixed and Orgrimmarff's all like, yeah, I can do that boy. And by the way, I've met over 2,000 Nakavoto before. He schools Rains somewhat and then he says to Alpha, it's time to find out who you are, boy.
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in one week's time! And he also reveals that he sent Marota to Goldview to find Rains whilst in another form, so we can't actually explain what it is right now, and that he will seek him out in that form in Scorchy Scorch Hair. Baal goes planting in Ember Bark and finds some sort of sexy-ass wood elf, she might be sexy, who knows, called Lyra Silvermoon, who wants to teach him some greeting fingering.
Strategy and Group Dynamics
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yeah and and says basically like if you just fuck up the earth here we'll come and stop you sir you know you'll be able to find us that way and then it's shopping potions daggers armor oh my the group chats through the heist your heist plan and a little bit of marota alpha realizes that all the other competitors are armed and armored on their way to that thing so they're like oh maybe we should actually bring you know fucking gear with us that's a good idea nicks goes off on his way to find Sebastian, but accidentally Nay drops him and is like, I should just fuck off! The group goes into the melee, all the fighters are there, along with a big old script that Emmeron goes and have a look at, and it turns out it's all of them tasty, tasty arts for the group. There are four favorites, it's trial, four, seven, two, who is bloodied.
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The Valkyrie, who is bloodied. This Rurik Ironforged motherfucker, who is bloodied. And Osiris, my lord, who Seth kind of forgot, was himself. The ones with good odds are Nyx, bloodied. Bal, bloodied. Rames, not bloodied. The kind of meh odds are Alpha and the oh, what's the fucking point odds are Amron. And in last place is James.
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Nick's talk secretly to Seth through his mind fucker Ian's like I need to tell you this boy there's a traitor in the winged like but I swear I heard that the tell Seth at some point so he's all confused and he's stirring shit up Seth's like oh I'm gonna smash a glass in my angsty axed ways go to the toilet and Ox like you smash my beer boy and Seth's like I'm just gonna fucking garage you boy and Shadowbleeds him to fuck and everyone comes in like, I'm gonna glass you boy and fucks it up. And finally, the fight is all broken up by Prago who plays that tasty, tasty music and pushes them boys all back. So, as fireworks fill the sky above you and the sounds of merriment are heard outside of this arena from below,
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that single looped plays from Prego again. Prego not playing, but his hands glowing blue, his jewel mage hands able to perform this. And he places the loop down in front of the fire. And with hands both hands, he's able to just manipulate the chair the long tables and chairs, so everyone is sort of in his cone of vision, or 28 of your new competitors.
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You look around you, there are familiar sights of Flood who you met on the road, of the Valkyrie or Marota Broken Tusk, of this animated object that has been called Trial 472.
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No other faces that you recognise save for those that you briefly met in the Proving.
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It's James there. Can we see James? James is there. Okay. It's flood Floods there as well, yeah. Floods there as well. There's James being this this gnome with this opulent
Games Master Prego's Rules
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furry fuzzy red hair. How is he looking about his odds? He's at the very bottom of the odds list. But is he feeling it? Does it look pretty down on his head? He looks like he really regrets being here. Seeing um seeing Seth try to look over for him, I was just going to point him out and go, he's the guy there in the chaps, the Chapman. I see, right? Thank you.
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I don't know what that means. And Prago just takes a second and sort of arranges the lighting in the the the colosseums, all of the everything that we were only seeing through the light of this white object in the sky. That just sort of dims. And there is a black cloud now over the top of this the stadium as though you are completely isolated from the rest of the city.
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welcome to the jewel of the desert champions my friends my ah looks a couple of faces foes goes to take a second sip and marks that some people aren't drinking, some people don't have anything in their hand, and he says, oh, no, no, no, this is what we do, and begins to levitate, and it's almost like um a scene out of, of of ah I don't know what that Disney movie is, where they have animal objects dancing around, thank you. It's Merlin's What I'm After, Merlin is the winner, not Beauty and the Beast. Merlin. I know my Disney shit. Prego is able to just dance these glasses around in people's hands.
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The temperament of the orc that had been near killed from your intervention has changed somewhat and has become far more reserved. And Prego just says, it is tradition, I'm told, this is my first time as Games Master, for me to explain the rules.
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Now, I don't like to do things ah in small moments. So this year, the games, the jewel, it is not one jewel, but four, and then a finale.
Revealing the Four Game Arenas
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There are four arenas. You will enter one of them at random. with six, seven, or eight other random competitors. My understanding of the history is that some people end to hear secretly in groups. It gives a knowing look to the six of you, or obviously in groups. I wish for this not to be the case. You will be a randomly assigned one of four rooms, and I have themed each arena after my four favorite kingdoms of Erith. The first arena,
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is themed after the great sands of Dralak. Set in a ziggurat amongst the vast labyrinths of this kingdom, you'll find a deadly basilisk who protects two basilisk eggs. The objective of this jewel is simple.
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Be one of two people holding an egg by the end of one minute to advance.
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The second arena, themed after one of my favorite spots in the Scarlet Realm, the Grand Volcanoes.
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All fighters will start on the outer wall and must survive against each other, but also dragon fire. At the center of this arena is a small patch of ice that can never be melted and will protect you from the flames.
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in the third arena. This is themed after more recent travels to the east, where they follow the goddess of moon and the goddess of the sun. I have made a courtroom, let's say. This arena is themed after a courtroom, perhaps of shadow men, perhaps of somewhere else. It need not matter.
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In this courtroom, you must stick to the light, for the moon, for the shadow, will bring your doom.
Arena Challenges and Stakes
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And the fourth arena, my favorite of all places on Earth, themed after the courtly dances of moonrise. This dance hall comes with a twist.
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Music will play throughout the jewel. When the music stops, you best have a partner, else you will be eliminated. When the music stops a second time, if you have the same partner, you'll be eliminated. There will be other people in that jewel other than the competition. There will be monsters.
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There will be all manner of dance partners, I assure you. Two will advance out of each of these to the finale, for which I will tell you nothing, except the clue you have been given. Prago the Majestic is here to elevate these serious games. Now,
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what I must tell you, But hopefully now you have seen your odds. I do not want this information to be spoiled between now and sunrise when the jewel is due to begin.
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all four matches will happen simultaneously. Hence this. And you watch as Prego makes these huge swirling gestures. And this one Colosseum you're in, this one arena just fragments into four separate arenas at the point at which you're stood. So it sort of begins to crack and move. And there is now like a 40 foot drop in the floor.
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A lot of the glass falls in, a lot of the tables, the fire completely falls through. And then he's able to, with the same gesture, pull everything back together. That is my precaution number one. To ensure that no one spills the beans, precaution number two is that you will not be leaving tonight. Rego the majestic extends A warm welcome to your evening lodgings. Right here under, well I would say the stars, but this object in the sky is so unseemly. Oh well. You'll stay here nonetheless. Now.
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I will be passing around this, and he levitates this big bag, and inside one of his mage hands pulls out four different colored stones. You will all take a stone at random. The color denotes which arena you will go into. Understand? Okay. Let us begin.
Strategies and Conflicts Arise
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And he begins to move it around the table. Hey, Oak! Oak! Oak, what's your name?
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So that's gonna be asking the orc, are you gonna elbow him? And he just sort of turns to you. What's your name? And he spits in your face. Righto? It's a very interesting name. I'm gonna kill you, you know?
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What if I kill you first? Very difficult to do there. When you're dead. And then what I would do is I'll animate your body, and then I'll kill you again. No, because when I kill you, I'm gonna shit on your face. What are you gonna do here? You're gonna shit on my face, yeah? You're gonna shit on my face. I'm gonna shit on your face. I'd like to see you try with all these people watching. I'll tell you it's very hard to shit. I'm not a size-sitter. Aww.
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Seth's gonna spit back. He just grunts to himself. And then you're hit inside the head with a bag. Seth, Osiris, Mightlord, you rolled a d4 for me. Oh, a d4. Oh, man, that's so much tension. One. Thank you. You're in the first arena. Drolak, ziggurat, basilisk, eggs, hold onto an egg for at the end of the minute to advance. Yeah. Cool, thank you. now I write things. I'm gonna roll this instead. Rains, you go put your hand in the bag and hold it.
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And you'll pick out a green stone.
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The green stone is the third arena, aptly themed after the goddess of sun and shadow. What was Seth's stone? Red. ah Emron, I'm going to offer you. You'll be going into the second arena, which is a blue stone. That is the arena of the great lava lakes and volcanoes of the Scarlet Realm.
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That'd be handy for ball, that wouldn't it? Alpha. Ho-ho-ho. You are going, you pull out a green stone. You are going into the Moon and Sun arena. These are all themed after Pokemon games, aren't they? um I'm Brock. Yeah. ah Bow. Ah, also going into the Moon and Sun arena. Wait, there could only be two people who are going through that one.
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You are going into the red arena. The first arena with Seth. With me, baby. The labyrinths of drama. Two people. Two eggs. One mind. So. Okay, so on my own, you three could have fucked me. This bag is then passed around.
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But what happens is when you reveal it, it sort of falls into your palm, that colour. And you can just see that light on your hand. Can we see anybody else's colour? No. Okay. So you're in, Emron, you're in the green. No, you're in the blue one, Scarlet Realm. I'm in the third one, yep. The third one. No, no, I'm in the second one, sorry, Scarlet Realm. It's not one in the fourth, which is interesting.
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Which is the volcano one, yeah? Yeah, that's a good one. We've got none of them. Just to review, Seth and Alpha, sorry, Seth and Nick are in the first, everyone in the second, everyone's alone in the second and my five reigns, Alpha and Balor in the third. None of you rolled four. None of us are in the dance hall. None of you are in the dance hall. That reminded me of Ready Player One. I've never seen it. I really... I should do, it's a spill boat. Did anybody else know, reckon, know what I mean? I know what you're saying to me. I know the spoilers, but yes. Okay, no spoilers. First of the egg? First of the egg! Okay, so... Oh yeah. Everyone is... I got you in.
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Everyone is picking out their stones in tandem. The last person to pull out a stone, James, is Marota, is the Valkyrie. And then the bag returns to prego. Wonderful. Now, if you are in the first arena, boom. So the red stone in the hand, one corner, one quarter of this grand Colosseum, just a lights in red.
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That is where you'll be staying in one hour. If you are in the second arena, does the same for blue. That's who you'll be staying in one hour. Basically is telling you've got one hour of communal conversation. Oh, and one last thing. You are not allowed to leave and we will be monitoring all magical signals leaving the arena.
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Usually, this is where I offer the chance for questions. But Prego the majestic does not give answers.
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So, I'll say ciao for now. And he disappears in a plume of smoke.
Competitor Preparations
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But you're left with
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music. You're left with ah quite a grand scene and as he disappears the the sort of wooden bar that's been built around this fire that has been just replaced again after the crack that was created just like Hogwarts again reveals this opulent feast, this beautiful feast and everyone begins to sort of very nervously approach and get some food and more drinks
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Is Damwon Trace anywhere around? As Nyx looks around, is it just competitors? Only competitors in Prager were inside. Nyx will look wide eyes at the others, shrug his shoulders. Yeah, I think we all shrug. In your mind, Amwon, you're here. Have you still got a potion of invisibility? And Amwon just sort of looks around and looks at you and nods. Cheers. I might need it later. um What colour did the Orc pull out?
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Didn't see. A orc, what colour did you pull out? To come back to that, because I'm now randomly allocating all of the other convictions. I don't care if you're randomly allocating an orc, I need you to tell me... No, it's fine. There's others that listen to barely any other here just seething with anger at this orc, and it's just any reason. um And then we'll, um doesn't even know that Nick's got yellow, red, and we'll look at his own colour, look at the red. He's seeing red mentally and he's just going to storm towards...
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ah forgetting that they're supposed to be looking for Delmon Trace etc storm towards the red area and just start pacing around and we're still holding the sword until it dissipates and yeah that's him. Next watch as you go just feeling a little bit uncomfortable thinking that you might be the reason for what's happened.
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So, shall we get some food and then discuss what... what will... Well, I mean, straight up, I'm i'm in arena one. Sans of Dralic, sounds fun. Two for me.
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You guys, did did you pick up a stone? sir I got three. Are you saying this kind of... Whereabouts are you saying this? I think we were the back of it, we were the five of it. Okay, okay. So yeah, overhearing all that as well and seeing you both say three, he'll bubble hold up three fingers. Okay, yeah that's good. that's that's that's There's better odds for three of you. It does mean one of us is guaranteed to not be progressing.
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<unk> the baby Yeah, the collective odds collective odds are are good. Yeah, there's ah there's a lot of positives to take from that. yeah you know ah like Looks like Seth's with you as well. And one looks over to where Seth stormed over to the red area. so Oh, I didn't catch that. I thought he was just storming off. Yeah, so that's good, because two people can go from there, so me and Seth can can rally and and swashbuckle our way to the eggs and then hold everyone off. It will be a grand adventure. Emron, by yourself? Yep. Hold to everything I can. We should make sure I give out the potions before the hour's up, though. Okay, that's that's good. Is there anything you need, anything I can do to help?
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It's fire, isn't it, Dragonfire? Fire, um, my armour that I bought back in, uh... Snakerun. Snakerun. Thank you. If resistant to fire. That's good. And I assume you can, you know, to, um, fly to where you need to be? Flying over to that ice is, that was my thinking as well. Cool. Okay, okay, okay, Savvy, we're getting plans together. Um, do you, do we want to discuss it now? Or is it more of a conversation for you to have Just in your three... I mean, I would i would say, and this is me spitballing, you don't have to follow anything that I'm saying, God knows what I know, but I would just say that maybe the first question you should properly answer is, which two are gonna make it through?
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We also need to find out what happens when people are eliminated. Well I'll show them if they're unblooded. Well, yeah, it's surely that would just probably mean that you need to make it through. But is it if you die in the arena or is it if you're eliminated, you're just free to go to the crowds? As far as I'm aware... We could ask Flood. He might know. we can ask flood but as far as I'm aware us being bloodied I would I would say best foot forwards we get in there and if it feels like we're in over our heads and we feel like we're gonna die that's the time to go I'm tapping out and you walk out or or there's got to be some safe word
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No, i okay, that didn't register. ah Yeah, obviously... I don't need to say words, Nix, you know that. But, regardless, you should really maybe decide which two out of you, three. Yeah. That's really a you kind of conversation there, so feel free to fill in the silence. Enron's going to give, whilst Bart's going on, he's going to give Rains one of the Hill Giant strength potions.
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and one of the potions of growth. Thanks. Okay. Seth's going to storm over at this point. Nyx, we need to talk. Yep, yep. The name of that orc. We need to find his name so we can fuck him up. Right? Oh, Sammy. Because he punched me in the face really hard and hurt my nose. Let's get him now, Seth. Do you want this? Oh yeah, what is it? Enron passes you a potion of growth. Fuck yeah, that'd be useful. Allows you to cast Enlarge without concentration.
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Oh lovely. Are we good? And next we'll gesture towards Seth and do a finger to the you and then back to him. Oh yeah. You just passed on what you knew. Nothing to do with yours. angry at the situation noted you and then I can't punch you you in the face. So I'm angry at him. Well, what is worth? I'm willing to help find out the truth to that. I feel like I'm entangled in it somehow, ah but very much, you know, side character, energy, you're the main character in this one. i Just offering my help. Yup, much appreciated. Cool, okay, so let's kill that orc and we kill him now. Let's have a kind of look to the others. Yeah, now? No. Progo pretty much said that there'd be consequences. Oh.
00:28:12
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I got one, I got the red one. Is anyone else? Me too! Fuck you. You on your own? Yup. the three are together but they don't know who of the two are going through and they're not talking about it and it's making me feel a little bit antsy i suppose it depends what the nature of staying in there because he didn't talk about what the wing condition was whether it is just a fight because the other rooms seemed to have a wing condition there so you've got that one had a condition about the eggs the fire one seemed to imply the ice was a place to go
00:28:44
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and the fourth room had something about dancing. The third room was the only one that didn't have details about... Stay on the shadow. Stay on the light. Would having Nix or Unsheaf the moon dagger that lights up... Would this help you? Vile? I don't know. Is it worth just taking it? You're not gonna need it? I can fight really well with one dagger and I've got... Seth?
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I don't know if I need light in to hold eggs. If I'm holding eggs anyway, I only have one hand free to to brandish one down. Do you want a hammer? No, I'm okay. I can get that smaller hammer. It's got a little light hammer. Oh, wow. That'd be really handy for like fixing the bed that we broke the other, other than that. Not right now. Would you like the dagger?
00:29:37
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I feel like I can help. Anyway, I'm not holding it. No, you're right. No, you're right. Okay. Thank you, Nix. Thank you. No problem. Well, yeah, thank... Rains. Rains, you don't mind me. Just, it's low, not like, you know, I still appreciate the fuck out of this, trust me. is You'll get it back. Yeah. Yeah, sure. Cool. So we need to find out what happens if you don't get through. It's not that big. It's flood nearby. He's watching you from a distance, cautious lookt not to approach, I think, while you're grouped. FLOOD!
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I'm here, we want you! Oh um drops It drops his head to his hand. Everyone puts his face to his hand as well. Last time we wanted his attention. He reluctantly stands and he's the other side of literally every other person. Come round, we'll meet you on the other side. Come round that way.
00:30:22
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What's the name of that orc? What's his name? Seth. Are you sure Seth didn't go in bloodied? After almost a minute. Can I, while that's happening, can I look, do I see Marotta? What's she doing? Meditating. Where? So she sat like the most excluded from everyone else at the perimeter, sat nursing a drink that she's not drinking, eyes closed but like sentinel to the entire... Is she close to any particular zone? Just trying to see whether her positioning tells her where she's going. No. Thank you. If you don't mind. When it does settle, I do want to notice in your gaze, I do want to have a quick chat with her if that's okay.
00:31:02
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I say go for it. Okay. Just be aware, the remember, if her memory's been altered, she might not. Well, now that... Here's my thinking. Now that we're not after Del Montrese, I might... And Nix will chime my probe in her mind. Okay. Just a little read. Okay. Just don't piss her off.
00:31:26
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if you promise that If you happen to find out what Zorn she's in, great. If I piss her off, that might be the old Marota coming back in a minute. If you think you're more powerful than the devil, next. Anyway. yeah So, Flood eventually gets through all the people who are now watching him approach you. Sorry, Flood. What's the name of that orc? What is your fucking problem? I'm pissed off.
00:31:52
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Lots of things we don't den know of, Ludd. And I appreciate you, and I like you, and you are a good person, and I know you will give us a straight answer. We have lots of problems. Mainly, I don't know the name of that orc. Do you know his name? That one. That cunt there. yeah I know you stood right there looking at me. That one. Yeah, I do. That's Vara. Vara? Stone Tusk. A shit name!
00:32:20
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Vara... I'm just going to write it in the spellbook. I'm curious. The stone. The stone of the cunt. Did he say you were furious? I'm curious. I'm furious. I heard furious, sorry. That was Will asking, did he say furious? Sorry about being loud. Can I ask?
00:32:41
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How prepared are you for for today? for For the morning? Fucking ready as ever. We've got healing, we've got various potions. Right. You still what came in as a group? That was the plan. Yeah. What are we, are you in?
00:33:01
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The fourth. Oh, okay. Well, you can't help you there, buddy. Sorry. That's you by yourself there. I mean, you know. I can't fucking dance. that's like Maybe it's not about dance, maybe it's just having someone grabbing an order, so I don't know. Is the dance a battle, maybe? I was i wasn't expecting separate rooms, like this is the first time it's ever happened. First time in all the years I've been competing and going and watching.
00:33:28
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We had a quick, we had a, theater it we had a thought of a, we weren't quite sure. If you don't go through and you're bloodied, what does that mean? Have you been killed in the first arena, I guess, or you're a coward and you walked out? Oh, that's strong words. So you can walk out. Well, but it sounds like there are some rooms where, like, you just need to be the one holding the egg at the end of the, the... Is there an option to run at Walkout? I don't, until you're in that space. Oh, that's a good point. like if I guess that would be bad form to incinerate those who weren't holding the egg at the end. I guess they would just be disqualified. Right? Who knows what the machinations of a devil are. Well, the only problem is with you guys, looking over to Baal, Rains and Alpha,
00:34:19
Speaker
the shadows like if you're not in the light you're in the shadows and the shadows will get you we don't know what that means don't know who's in the shadows but more importantly flood. If someone who isn't bloodied dies, we're under the impression that they could be brought back. Is that a guaranteed service? Is that something that should have been pre-arranged? Did you not read your contract when you signed up? Obviously not. Yes. If you're not blooded, you will still breathe after the duel. Right. Regardless of whether or not you stop breathing in the duel. Yes. Okay. Well, you guys will be fine. Regardless. We're, uh,
00:34:56
Speaker
small few looks at nix and bao hmm it's really a whim thing like you know yeah still either you're mad or brave or both but no one takes on but a bit of column a bit of column b for uh there's also the stupid column column c yeah i'm in that column reside in that too right yeah like ah Like one of those overlapping circles. Like a Venn diagram. Yes! But with three parts. That's it. And we're in the middle. I'm right in the middle. And I'm not even sure what side I will be on, depending on which day I'm on. Well, hopefully you'll still be on a side when this thing's over. Evara, what what coin did you get?
00:35:38
Speaker
What light did you get? He just sort of does a gesture to you where he lifts his chin and throws his five fingers out from underneath. I'm imagining Seth doing this. Seth pounds his fists together. in a Yeah, friend's passion. Go fuck yourself. out I'll see you on the other side. And even if... even if you're Are you bloodied? Are you bloodied? Yeah? You're not saying anything.
00:36:03
Speaker
Huh? I'm not fucking blood-aid. Right, but then when when we get out of here, I'm going to punch you in the face and the groin simultaneously. You're not getting out of here. Well, I'm not blood-aid either, you can't. I'm going to kill you after you're killed. But then when you die, I'm going to kill you again. But I'm going to kill you twice. This fucking guy, Rains, I swear to God. I swear to God, this guy, I'm not going to spoil him. What? Sorry? This guy, he's being a...
00:36:30
Speaker
Varrah! Oh, we you're still on the Ork? Right. You're still on the Ork, you punched me really hard in the cob. Blood at this point, he's just gonna sort of bow out. What really are you in Varrah? He does the gesture again. Fuck. Thank you, Flood. He's just stubborn. Maybe he's M4. Yeah, but he's buts got five fingers. You see, five there aren't any five, this one... I mean, Seth, you're gonna find out in less than an hour. I know, I wanna get rid of your killers, bastard. Sorry, Flood.
00:37:00
Speaker
I love you man. The blood is like bout bowed out. The blood's gone. I feel like I've let my anger get the better of me. While Seth's like, you know, spraying his testosterone all over the place. um Can I be looking... I'm looking for the dwarf Rurik Ironforge. What's he doing? I'm trying to sort of... I've got the test of what Maro is doing. I'm trying to get the the test of the metal of some of the... um Yeah.
00:37:23
Speaker
Opponents, oppositions. So Rurik appears to be adjusting armour and nursing, well not nursing, constantly refilling quite a large flagon at the same time. And he has a small entourage around him of other like interested competitors who um perhaps have heard of his fame or are questioning him, but there's a conversation happening on like the other side of ah ah the fire pit where you guys are, but looks busy and looks like he is mentally preparing.
00:37:56
Speaker
Seth's going to bat sorry so not that's goingnna bow out at this point and I'm going to long rest in the corner. A short rest, sorry. Okay, the the corners that are illuminated that you're supposed to go to, so and some people did leave early. and You notice after a few minutes, Marota goes up to leave in a certain direction. She actually goes towards the the clear-lit corner, the fourth room, the fourth
Marota's Arena Journey
00:38:18
Speaker
arena. Okay. When Marota moves, Nix is just going to peace out of this conversation with ah with a bow and make his way over to Marota so we can pick that up. I'm right in thinking we're getting a long rest. Yeah, definitely. Cool, cool, cool. All right, I won't bother. one by Yeah, when you said short rest, I just wanted to confirm. Yeah, yeah, i thought this you're lost yeah. I'll be going over to Marota.
00:38:44
Speaker
I'll retcon, sorry, I'll stay with the group. I thought it was an hour and then someone was hanging in. We just have to be in our assigned area, that's for sure. In an hour? Okay, so it's an hour of community. Go to an hour, cool, okay. So Maroja is going for her area and you sort of intercept. She pays no attention, she's just going to walk through you. I'm going to accidentally bump into her. Okay. You're making dexterity saving throw. Fuck yeah. She body checks you.
00:39:12
Speaker
it held on a natural 20 and then moved to a two. Four. As you bump into it, it's almost like a slight magnetism at the point you do. And it begins to burn you, not a warm burn, but a painful burn. And you actually have to yank your shoulder back out of her sort of chest. And you feel really hurt in that area, almost like a complete muscle fatigue has just kicked in.
00:39:40
Speaker
And you sustain. Yep. There it comes. One point and necrotic damage. Woof! Necrotic? Ah! God damn it! You don't normally hurt like that. Any recognition? She just looks at you, really sternly. Hey! Um, time no see?
00:40:02
Speaker
I don't know who the fuck you are. Can you say that? Stop turning up everywhere. Well, kind of got to, I'm afraid. Like, we're in the same place, after all. ah So, like, you looking forward to the games? Oh, you're bloodied! You knew she She doesn't nod. I've seen that. You here by your own choice? Oof.
00:40:26
Speaker
Do you want some company? I mean, where are you going? I can walk with you. I'm going to kill all of you in the morning. I do not want to get to know you, now move. Well, I mean, like, yeah are you doing this for you? Or, I mean, we may as well get to know each other, right? Are you going? You look like you're walking and Nick's all kind of look the direction that she's going. Looks like you're walking this way. How about I just walk with you? I swear to God, if you follow me, I will kill you and I will just accept whatever accomplish problem comes as a result of that.
00:40:56
Speaker
I mean, you don't want to do that, surely. It's, you know, it's nice to have a friend in here. You don't know who might need to have your back. I don't need anyone. Now move out my way or I will push you. And you don't really, you don't, you look at my face and you don't, you don't, no emotions come up with this, with this face. Oh, emotions are coming up. and Nice emotions, nice emotions.
00:41:18
Speaker
No, now fucking move. But why are you here? I mean, I'm here because, you know, I want to prove my worth and I wanted to get some... There's a 20 hit your armor class. Yep. Okay.
00:41:34
Speaker
You take seven points of bludgeoning damage as you take a jab right to the face. I have a question. Last time, in last episode, Prego hit us with a bolt of lightning. How much was that? The thunder wave? Yeah. It was eight points of damage. Eight points. Okay, I'm still cool. What did Maruto do, sorry? Also eight? No, no, no. What was her? Punch it straight into the nose. Maruto! Do you know? And he pops his nose back. Do you know that's not the first time you've done that to me?
00:42:10
Speaker
Do you know that? She stops, turns back to you. Detectives. Go for it. Just surface thoughts, Bigemith? Yes. I see, I see what you're doing. I'm going to kill that sprout. Sprout? Sprout? You think I'm a sprout? Get out of my mind. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. 19 to hit. Yeah, that hits.
00:42:37
Speaker
Nix's palms are up. Nine points of blood for damage. Ow! And that scream. Hey, okay, okay, okay, okay. Just, right, I'll leave you and you you won't see my face, my very, very broken, beautiful face, admittedly, until at least the finals of this arena, because clearly you're walking over that side and I'm in a different place. Just, just why are you here and who got you here?
00:43:07
Speaker
She turns and begins to report. I'm probing now. Wisdom, save info, 14.
00:43:23
Speaker
22. I'm dead, aren't I? Nix's scream, everyone has started to make a direction over towards where Nix and Marota are currently, or sorry, where Marota is currently beating Nix there. So is Seth, he sees an orc and he's going to attack. Not straight away, he's he's on the way. But um yeah, I heard Nix's scream the second time and one is making his way over in that direction. Is that right maths? This is... legit maths.
00:43:53
Speaker
What? You've seen Trigonometry over there. Okay. That's London. Okay.
00:44:00
Speaker
Nick's watching a smile at my own Turk like, hey.
Nix vs Marota Confrontation
00:44:05
Speaker
And as she knows what you tried to do, yeah she's just going to loosen a whip at her hip. I mean, we don't have to do that right here, right now. You could go. That was a good time to go.
00:44:16
Speaker
and she's gonna yeah swing at you. You're on the floor at this point, did you say? No, I would have been stood up and ah just, yeah. ah This one might miss. It's a 12 to hit. I'll jump over the whip. Okay, okay. I'll leave you alone. I'll leave you alone. Just, this might hopefully won't be the last time we see each other and don't be afraid to ask for help. You're not on your own here. Let me make one thing clear.
00:44:45
Speaker
The next time I see you, I have to kill you. Yeah, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know. um And I will not hesitate. Yeah, yeah. Goodbye. Okay. Have a good battle. She just walks away.
00:45:03
Speaker
And Nix will just, if you're coming over, you'll see Nix kind of double down, hands on his knees and it' just start heaving because he fucking got some damage. And he's just bleeding a bit and he's just like, oh. I take it that didn't go well. No, but in some ways it went exactly as the old Marota would have handled it. Are you okay, Nix?
00:45:26
Speaker
My face! How's my face look? It looks up at you. Oh shit mate. Oh it's real- Varrah! This is you! I swear to god! Sorry about that Nix. It's okay! I feel- I don't know how I feel to be honest. She's not myself. Did you get the answers you needed? Not one bit, no. Oh fuck. I think I might have made matters worse somehow. She's more angry. You tend to do that. Yeah! Yeah!
00:45:54
Speaker
Everyone, seriously, she's like, oh, we know she is, but at the same time, completely different, which I know makes no sense whatsoever. She's had her mind affected, Nick, because I can do a lot of things. I couldn't probe either. I tried. Prago has got a lot to answer for, but right now I need to just take some time. We need to get through today. Well, Nick, get through tomorrow. She's in arena four. OK.
00:46:21
Speaker
so You all know that from the direction she walked towards. Is that like, flood? Yep. He's probably gonna die. Well, did he go in bloodied? Yes. Fuck. Okay. Yep. She doesn't need a partner to finish with. I don't know who else is going in that one though. No one else has moved into that chamber yet. You've got about half an hour left before the chamber's split. Well.
00:46:48
Speaker
What do you want to do, guys? You three need to decide who's going to cop out. Oh, yeah. Oh, Alpha. What do you think, Alpha? Oh, good point. Alpha, Alpha, Alpha, one episode. Is he here? Yes. Oh, I haven't seen that. He's still here. Surprise me when you see him. Stealth board. It's called standby mode, Jeff Reid. Stealth board. He's got well greased joints. Yes, I do not know what we three show.
00:47:18
Speaker
decide, assuming we get the opportunity to decide. Well you're going to where we are, you've got the night to chat. We'll be able to chat. Yeah, that's wise. well We'll contemplate and then make sure we have a consensus before tomorrow starts. Looks like there's no chance for us to place bets on ourselves though. That makes sense.
00:47:41
Speaker
Well, yeah, I mean, I suppose he's safeguarding against people going in there. I mean, no offence, Imran. Your odds are very generous for what you're capable of. yeah Well, no, it's because I did shit in the Proving show. But exactly. Anyone can then go into the Proving and deliberately be shit bang dunards and at odds with themselves. No, you're right. But no one would bet on them. No.
00:48:05
Speaker
And there's no guarantee. But they might be willing to bet on themselves, is what I'm saying. Yeah, you're saying that if you go in, have to share odds, put money on yourself and make an absolute fortune because you know you can do better. There is a light chime that's heard throughout this arena, and just an announcement.
00:48:25
Speaker
Who'd the party of the following six competitors? Ah, fuck. that that' those pencil so Please join me at the fire. We know it's going to be us. Emron, Al, Reigns, Osiris, Mightlord, Nyx, Karel, and Valkon the Walking Inferno. There's a package here for you.
00:48:40
Speaker
Shit, you haven't been called. Oh wait, yours is yours. That's cool. I think I know what this is, guys. Package. Might not be happy about it. What did you order? What do you mean? Have you been embossed buying on Amazon again? What are the buys? They offer one day delivery, you're like... You got same day delivery. You must have had like a little sending drone. I got a box of Kingslayer beer, which you can order now.
00:49:04
Speaker
Okay, Enron goes over and orders. There is this um major imaged version of the host of the Jewel Desert Champions. Not the host, sorry. The, goodness me, the name, Grigor Stonefist, who was the um sort of steward at the time when he started the approving, who just That beckons you all, and I can't really tell because it's a generated image. This crate is full of a certain uniform you are supposed to wear for the jewel. One of the proprietors of this year's event has ensured me that this was a necessary announcement to make. You'll find six items of clothing in there. ah Apparently, only five of them are being worn, but they put the sixth in just in case. It is a condition of your entry, apparently.
00:49:59
Speaker
It would really be helpful if you could could just kind of wear it guys. yeah we We got the elephant from it and just saying. We got trunks and trunks is... Where is Trunks anyway? I don't know. We stable Trunks. He's got a good seven days left of stable trunks. Alright good. um Do I have to wear it? I mean like... yes Just say yes.
00:50:18
Speaker
yeah i I'm not one to tell you what to do, I'm just saying, like, it was part of a deal that I made, but that deal didn't work. In the end, we got here, we had the elephant trip, I would say. And listen, everyone thinks we're the group anyway, so why not lean into it? Why not fucking, instead of just people knowing, why not just fucking show people? I mean, look at it, it's not that bad, right? And Nix will hold it up. You produced this, um, bright red tabard.
00:50:42
Speaker
with just the words cream snake run emblazoned on the back and then this big garish hastily stitched snake on the belly oh that's a really unattractive piece of clay no everyone's like fuck it no that looks like we could burn that off early on in the fight and then maybe well i could toss it into a volcano couldn't i you could accidentally toss it in the eye absolutely Just five of you were, then we are savvy. He didn't say how long you had to wear it, did you?
00:51:14
Speaker
No, just like we, um I mean, I'm going to try. ah We just got to advertise his business. I saw it was a favor for a favor. And and the I mean, the deal is pretty sound like you get this and all you have to do is wear this tabard and and say good things about my business. it's I mean, it's good advertising. It's what anyone does nowadays.
00:51:38
Speaker
Seemed like a good deal at the time! Would you say it's similar to Zencaster possibly, where you get your very seamless delivery of podcasting needs? I feel like if we could just stitch Zencaster onto this thing, then we'd be off to the races. Because it's time to tell our story. Who is Zencaster?
00:51:55
Speaker
Castor of Zen. He's that one in the corner meditating with his spellbook. He's got loads of microphones around. He's a wizard working on his zen. Another announcement. Sigh lays up. Five minutes until separation. Fuck it, I'm putting mine on. Give me the damn tabard. Thank you, thank you. Emma will take it with him and just sort of like drape it on his belt for now. Thank you. I believe we have more things to worry about. Yeah, I know, I know, but he's right. Go put keep Emron. Wasn't part of that deal. Emron sort of looks to the group.
00:52:25
Speaker
Are we all we all together? Yeah, everyone else's hide is really just you six now. Everyone looked in the centre. Some of you all might not follow this, but as you do, watch all of you all. I just hope everyone's armed. Next, we'll just... I don't... I don't get... Saddle up next to Baal and just kind of hold his hand and if you mind here, don't fucking die.
00:52:53
Speaker
And then let go, yeah. Enron's going off toward and unless Enron's gonna do anything else. Bart's gonna stop Nyx from walking away. One for good luck. And he's gonna spin him round. Stuck him off.
00:53:06
Speaker
Suck him off right there. In the middle of everyone. reach around No hands, no hands. Seth's awkwardly waiting for Nick. We've only got like three minutes left. He'll only take one. Put him in from embrace, let him go and just say, don't die yourself. See you in the final. Savvy. Turn away without looking back. Okay. Cool guy. Cool guy, yes. Cool guy. Nick's is always looking back like a dog. A that you take on a walk.
00:53:37
Speaker
um Five metres. I'm brave, I'm brave. Everyone goes home over to Reigns. Good luck. At least we're not going in bloodied. Yeah, about that. I don't trust this Pray Go fellow. Should it turn out that he has another... I don't know what do you call it. Swerve up his... whatever it is.
00:54:06
Speaker
Look after Alpha. We'll make sure we all get through this.
00:54:16
Speaker
We will, okay. Alpha, look after Ains. I shall. And Baal. I shall. Ains, look after me. Baal, look after yourself.
00:54:30
Speaker
ah It's a genuine thing from Al for that. He knows going in bloodied out of all those three. So it's a genuine thing for that. Seth and Nick's average other's backs. Yeah. Oh, you're a good one. Yeah. Don't you worry. I feel pretty good. But you, are you going to be OK? What will be will be. I'll follow my faith and do what I can. I was really hoping you'd just go, yes.
00:54:56
Speaker
I'm Ron, I'll see you in the All right, see you at the final, yeah? See you in the final. And we'll fuck shit up. Six of us, well, five of us, and then three little fuckers we've got to kill off. Eight people in the final. That's cool. final. Let's flip forwards. Sevi. And as you disperse into your separate sections. Clip-clop. Clip-clop in. You feel the earth moving around you.
00:55:40
Speaker
In the red section, the first arena, Seth is Nix is a competitor you haven't met called Tharok Sonjari. You know that name because it was one on the bloodied list. Also in that one is a tiefling by the name of Zalathar Korthar. Oh, is that the one we saw after the proving in the proving area afterwards? The tiefling in the proving area. Correct.
00:56:10
Speaker
There is another called Distle Down Greenbar, Half Link, and a Tabaxi called Fenris Stormclaw. Emron, in your section is an elf called Allaris Moonshadow. Again, all these names are familiar to you, but you're now able to sort of put faces to them.
00:56:34
Speaker
bloodied no thank you is a gnome called glimmer zin bar who is buddied is a half elf called doriah ballor blooded is ruric iron forge no blooded and is shaler moon whisper an elf reigns alpha and bao In your quarter of your arena is a dwarf called Borgrim Stonefist, is a human called Cailin Windrunner, and an orc called Vara Stonetusk. And the rest of the competitors... Who's blubbed in that one with the exception of Bowne? Just me, it sounds like.
00:57:34
Speaker
just you stab through about 20 pages there right um yeah just just you so I've got four bloody people in mind I think everyone's gonna die so I've got that written on one page and you will all get the benefit of a long rest that all four jewels will happen simultaneously at dawn so we will start that rest now however what's going to happen is we are going to play this arena by arena made slightly easier because no one rolled into arena four right so arena one we'll have
00:58:10
Speaker
Seth playing Seth, Nix playing Nix. We'll have Darren playing Tharok Sanjari. but I'll give you all details very shortly about these characters and then you can present them back to the listeners very shortly. Is Will Pubert playing Zalithar Kortha, the Tiefling. Is Alpha playing Thistledown Greenbar, the halfling.
00:58:40
Speaker
And is William playing? Fenris. Fenris, thank you. Fenris Stormclaw the Tabaxi. You don't have any dragon's teeth, Callum. I'm good with Tabaxi and murder. There's no dragon's teeth and you're going to betray everybody because you're a Tabaxi. Back to them. I'll remind listeners in probably an episode of Time what's happening in these other rooms but anyone wants to do anything while they're in their quarters while they're long resting? Just I think it's worthwhile having that chat very quickly between Reigns Bar and Alpha.
00:59:11
Speaker
I am going to prepare my spells for this evening that'll best help to either both help or hinder movement, seeing as though we seem to be the ones that need to be on the move.
00:59:23
Speaker
oh Obviously I know that both of you would like to make your way through to the finals, and this is just me assuming that I'm going to, because I can't afford to think otherwise. I do believe, at the very least, you are the first logical solution.
00:59:40
Speaker
Well, do we see how things pan out and make sure it's one of you rather than choose? I think that could possibly be best if both myself and Reigns remain. One of us can... I'm really worried that Prego's got another trick up his sleeve. He always does. It's never simple. I think he'd want us to try and agree on a course of least resistance and then throw some bananas. I don't think because we're unbloodied that we're safe.
01:00:10
Speaker
that's my first go when you say safe I don't think I don't think that your life is forfeit it might be here but you can be brought back I've seen it done multiple times I've done it once or twice myself but it's not going to be simple it's a
01:00:36
Speaker
I can't have Alpha die, but equally, if we get through, I'm really, really proficient now with healing to the point where I can keep people in a fight if it was going to go otherwise. i can put the I can help us get that egg. But I'm not prepared to go through if I put Alpha in danger, of course. Which brings me to another point, if it's not me,
01:01:06
Speaker
then I get the egg. Forget the egg. No. Get. Get the egg. Get the egg. You shall. Seth will tell you everything you need to know. Good luck. If I, me as well, Baal, just for a few moments, may I borrow your armour? Of course.
01:01:37
Speaker
And for the second time in two days, behold this robe. i The fuck are you doing over there? He's showing me his exhaust.
01:01:48
Speaker
now um I'm just going to take it and on the inside of it, I'm just going to do some runic symbols ah for something that will become active after the long rest tomorrow morning. okay um Basically, Baal, I'm give it gifting you armor of magical strength.
01:02:14
Speaker
So while the wearer can expend a charge to add its intelligence modifier to its strength check or strength shaving throne. Just a little bit of extra boost. But you have six charges and if you get knocked prone you can use a charge to not be knocked prone. Nice. That's amazing. That is very good.
01:02:35
Speaker
Fuck yes. So that will be connected after the long rest. That's genius. Okay. Cool. Thank you. And I will also be setting up my pistol with the repeating shot as well. Cool. Yeah, I'm going to attune to the Alimentin armour, and I'm also... If it needs to be attuned to. yeah I have to with an artefacto, I have to wear it to make to infuse it. So it's not achievement, it's infusion. I'm going to infuse the Alimentin armour to become my my magic armour for the time being.
01:03:06
Speaker
So with each of you in your allocated sections of this Coliseum, over the course of the night, as you long rest, it slowly separates, not just ah partially like it had done, but into four separate corners of the city slowly over time.
Arena Transformation for the Games
01:03:24
Speaker
You're still surrounded in this sort of blue force field like quality.
01:03:31
Speaker
ah but you're still suspended and when you're looking out to the parts of the arena that weren't there but where you should just be like sheer drops those sheer drops aren't happening they're becoming their own environments their own terrains those of you in the first arena everything is getting very sandy almost feels like you're in the desert those of you in the second arena you feel like you're inside a volcano those of you in the third the the Arena itself is turning into this opulent palace around you. And none of you are in the fourth, so I won't explain what's going on there because none of you can see it.
01:04:05
Speaker
And apart from Nyx, who doesn't sleep through the night and sees this develop over the course of that time, you all complete a long rest. Nyx, you do complete a long rest. So if you are changing spell slots overnight, consider that part of a long rest action, do all the long rest stuff you need to do. And as you wake the next morning, you awake to a cacophony of a city in celebration. There is music, there is cheer, there is a buzz and a warmth of excitement.
01:04:35
Speaker
And then you begin to, one by one, see in the very distance of your environment, a large, bleached seating area beginning to fill with people.
The Games Begin
01:04:47
Speaker
And an announcement that says, on the sound of the first canon, the games will begin.
01:04:52
Speaker
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