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Curse of Strahd Ep. 35: Finale + A New Dawn in Barovia Pt. 2
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Folks, we're finally here. The end of the line. All our efforts have led us to Castle Ravenloft. War wages outside, our allies fight tooth and nail against the legions of foes the Vampire Lord has set in their path. The task is simple - survive. Meanwhile, deep within the catacombs of the highly fortified lair, Call the Lightning prepares to face Count Strahd von Zarovich himself. Many have tried, and all have failed to depose the warlord. Armed with deadly purpose, the Light of Lathander, and some absolutely hulking muscles, the party begins their assault.
This final battle goes hard. We've had an absolute pleasure making this, and for those of you hear now listening, we can't thank you enough for your support over the last 10 months making this podcast! This will be our final episode of the Curse of Strahd campaign, with one last Graveside Chat to follow in the coming weeks.
now everyone please stand up, put your hands in the air, pray to the dice gods and turn on the finale of Curse of Strahd.
The Blade's Edge has been:Bryan Sammis as the phenomenal Dungeon Master, ultimate narrator, story weaver, plot and schemer.Kyle Girard as Bash Bloodsinger, Half-Orc Barbarian.
Kyle Beams as Stal Veh'dok, Warforged Artificer
Trevor Christensen as Innabi, Shadar'Kai Bladesinger
Tommy McMillian as D'issan, the Drow Paladin
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Transcript
Conclusion of Curse of Strahd Campaign
00:00:01
The Blade's Edge
Hello, one and all, and welcome back to the Blade's Edge D&D actual play podcast, where we are ah finishing up our playthrough of Curse of Stride. This is our final episode. Thank you so much for coming with us on this journey.
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The Blade's Edge
Now let's see if it ends in triumph or in heartbreak.
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Kyle
Thank you.
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The Blade's Edge
um As always on our Patreon, ah there are some Patreon only episodes, including Crafting Valentine, the Mad Mage, where I made his stat block, his fully powered stat block.
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The Blade's Edge
um one where I ah prepped for another podcast where I DMed for some non-D&D players, so it's a bit more loose, but more goofy, and also Crafting Strahd, where I talk about what I what i kept on this Strahd versus what extra external resources I used.
00:00:49
The Blade's Edge
As long-time DMs will know, the the OG Strahd they put in this module is a cakewalk and is ah not... particularly good to run, especially for experienced players, especially when your players like magic items and you give them magic items and they're a little higher level.
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The Blade's Edge
um So if you'd like to listen to all that, please go subscribe to our Patreon. And thank you
Preparation for the Final Battle
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The Blade's Edge
so much for coming along on this journey with us. And ah we're going to get started tonight.
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The Blade's Edge
um We dive back in to ah Castle Ravenloft, Strahd's Castle, outside the forces of good, ah the Olmas Inquisitors, Jimothy, Yax Sizzler, the Order of the Silver Dragon, the Keepers of the Feather, the Ghosts of the Graveyard, Yevgeny, the Druids and Barbarians, the Talons People of Vallaki, fighting against...
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The Blade's Edge
ah The
Initiation of Battle Against Strahd
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The Blade's Edge
skeletons and zombies of Shrod, the witches, the werewolves, the vampires, the mongrel folk. They have bought our group some time and call the lightning. Our group has found Shrod in the tomb, in his father's tomb.
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The Blade's Edge
Shrod draws a blade made of blood and begins to fly towards the party. As we roll initiative here, we're going to get a... everybody click your token rule initiative and then and then at this at the start of your turn in this battle before you say what you want to do please let the folks at home know ah number one who you are. Feel free to promote anything you'd like to promote.
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The Blade's Edge
ah Number two, who you're playing and then number three, what's maybe going through your your ah character's act ahead and what they what your action is. um ah Here is ah and go ahead and let the people know what you guys rolled for Nish.
00:02:39
Kyle B
It's a little 14 from Doc.
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Kyle
A 15 from Bash.
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The Blade's Edge
Okay. 17 for the Mad Mage.
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Tommy
18 for Dasan.
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The Blade's Edge
um And Trevor is muted.
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Kyle
Trevor, you're muted.
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Trev
but I am. And now we got 19, I think. Yeah.
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The Blade's Edge
yeah. And Shrod is going to have a... um
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The Blade's Edge
um
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The Blade's Edge
Let me just find this real quick. Here we
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Kyle B
Man, 35 episodes and we're here at the end. Unreal.
00:03:26
The Blade's Edge
He has plus 10.
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The Blade's Edge
ten
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Kyle
plus what? nice
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The Blade's Edge
I'll play a 10. So he's got an 18.
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Tommy
Roll
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The Blade's Edge
Shroud's got an 18. Oh, you also got an 18. Okay.
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Tommy
Yeah, roll up
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The Blade's Edge
Yeah, just... Yeah, roll me a The forces of light versus the forces of darkness. Who's going to win? um roll the four.
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Tommy
I rolled a 10. I...
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Trev
Let's go.
00:03:49
The Blade's Edge
All right.
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Kyle B
Forces of light.
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Kyle
ice
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The Blade's Edge
10-4, good buddy. Which means that would put him... Okay, so he'll go ah before you, but he goes before the mad mage. um Amazing.
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The Blade's Edge
As...
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The Blade's Edge
battle kicks off and Shrod begins to fly towards you guys. Inabi, you're up first. So yeah, for the final time on our final episode, ah who are you?
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The Blade's Edge
ah Plug anything you'd like to plug and then who's your character and then what would you like to do
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Trev
uh, yeah, uh, Trev, um, I've been playing a knobby through the campaign shadow wizard money gang.
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Tommy
You
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Trev
Uh, yeah.
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Kyle B
We love casting spells.
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The Blade's Edge
do? Hell yeah, dude.
00:04:32
Kyle
We love casting spells.
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Trev
Class just, ah yeah. Just, uh, just a shadowy ninja dude who wants to kill Strahd super bad. Um, yeah, that's all that's on his mind is kill Strahd. That's kind of all he knows at the moment.
00:04:46
Trev
Um, so he's here. We're doing it.
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The Blade's Edge
OK.
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Trev
Um, He is going to pull the two Nodachis off of his back and start blade singing.
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The Blade's Edge
Did no doubt. Chase did.
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Kyle B
Hell yeah.
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Trev
No doubt, cheese.
00:05:03
The Blade's Edge
No doubt. Cheese brother.
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Trev
No doubt, cheese.
Tactical Maneuvers and High-Stakes Battle
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The Blade's Edge
but
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Trev
And, uh, you know, with his action, does he want to do? He's got so many fucking options.
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Kyle B
this is if
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Trev
You know what Fuck it. He's going to, uh,
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Trev
He's going to pull the... He's going to open the bag with those ten ah little items that were in there, and he's going to cast animate objects.
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Trev
So ten of these small like stone disks that have been slivered start floating around him like in a circle, kind of.
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The Blade's Edge
Nice.
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Kyle
Sick.
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Trev
ah Almost like ah like a halo, kind of. like Right behind him. And...
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Trev
and They will just kind of sit there and await his instructions. He's going to move five.
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Trev
Actually, which direction does he ah ten fifteen Yeah, 10, 15, 20, and kind of duck behind whatever this thing is if he can get any cover there, and he's going to tell his familiar to go five, 10, 15, behind one.
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The Blade's Edge
Nice. You and your familiar going east to west, trying to hide behind some pillars in the room as these sort of 10 silvered floating sharpened disks fly around.
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Tommy
Thank you.
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The Blade's Edge
love that.
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Trev
Yeah. And that is, that's my action.
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The Blade's Edge
yeah Okay. On the lair action, which actually should have happened before you, but that's okay. um Before Dasan goes, a ghost of one of Shrad Von Zarevich's family members reaches through the floor, Anabi, and attempts to hit you.
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Trev
Okay.
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The Blade's Edge
Natural one.
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Trev
Nice.
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Kyle
Nice.
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Kyle B
Huge start.
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Tommy
Hard enough hot. I'm going to my portent roll, Brian, actually.
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The Blade's Edge
We're not hot.
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Tommy
Make that a nat 20.
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The Blade's Edge
Make it, yeah, give him an effort.
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Trev
we but Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
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The Blade's Edge
I don't forget you guys have a natural 20 and a 15 on the board um and app.
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Kyle B
Could I ask one question about that too, sorry?
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The Blade's Edge
Yep.
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Kyle B
So um when you replace that role, is it just a flat replacement of the role or do you still add modifiers?
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The Blade's Edge
We still add modifiers.
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Kyle B
Okay, cool.
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The Blade's Edge
um All right, this on who are you plug whatever you want to plug who you plan? What are you doing?
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Tommy
How's going? I'm Tommy, ah playing D'Saun, the paladin of Lathander, formerly Vesrak, a blood wizard of Loth, converted. ah Got nothing to plug, just want to let you know, um you know, everyone out there, the world's better with you and it, and thanks for listening, it means the world. so And with that, let's get done.
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The Blade's Edge
Oh, yeah. yeah
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Tommy
I'm going to pull my shield out, Sun Sword out, running towards Strahd, ready to embrace him, and as I get 30 feet closer, I'm going to lay down Fairy Fire, 20-foot cube, ah catching Strahd, and I'm just outside of it.
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Tommy
And I'm ready and waiting.
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The Blade's Edge
OK. Deck save.
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Tommy
Yes, it is a dex 14 save.
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The Blade's Edge
Okay, he's got a plus nine to this roll. Wow, an 11. And but there are some...
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Trev
Let's go.
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The Blade's Edge
He's going to burn his first of three legendary resistances, which these are...
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Kyle B
Huge.
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Trev
Classic.
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The Blade's Edge
ah These are good things to burn off. That way, when you really need him to fail something, he will fail.
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Kyle
He gets three total or three per turn?
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The Blade's Edge
has three total.
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Kyle
Okay, good.
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The Blade's Edge
Just... That's not thought. Um... a A natural one from me and then a natural two from me. um And is that your turn?
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Tommy
Starting off hot.
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Tommy
Yeah, so that the fairy fire doesn't go off, or it does?
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The Blade's Edge
It goes off, but nobody's in it, so it didn't do anything.
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Tommy
or but But no, okay.
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The Blade's Edge
Yeah.
00:09:02
Tommy
Got it, got it. Okay, then I'll use, yeah. 30 feet, I'm closer, shield out, ready to go. That's my turn.
00:09:07
The Blade's Edge
Okay. Okey-dokey. Okay. um
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The Blade's Edge
Shrad is going to very slowly say, as he steps forward, five, 10, 15 feet,
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The Blade's Edge
all these tricks, all these tricks, but that's all it is. The light won't find you here, D'Saun. And he casts a spell wow at you as dark energy ripples towards you.
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The Blade's Edge
I need you to make DC-22 Constitution saving throw. ah constitution saving throw
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Kyle
Lord.
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Tommy
Oh, no. Okay, ah plus four and plus one for just for fun. Ooh, not gonna do it, 13.
00:10:10
The Blade's Edge
All right, with 13, you take 21 points of necrotic damage.
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Tommy
Okay.
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The Blade's Edge
As this necrotic negative energy washes over you, draining the moisture and vitality from you, maybe your face gets a little more wrinkly, and all of the sweat on your body dries up as your skin tightens.
00:10:31
The Blade's Edge
ah You take ah that much necrotic damage, and that is Strahd's turn.
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Tommy
okay
00:10:40
The Blade's Edge
Um, all right. Uh, let me go ahead and I'm going to actually, going to put, uh, Mad Mage is going to go after bash as I don't want to go twice in a row.
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The Blade's Edge
So bash, uh, who are you? What would you like to plug? And then, uh, who are you playing and what are they doing?
00:11:02
Kyle
Um, good evening. My name is Kyle. I'm playing Bash Bloodsinger, son of K'Vaun, who ah formerly was under the reins of Strahd. So in a way, I'm kind of seeking retribution for the way Strahd manipulated my father, or I would hope that he manipulated my father as opposed to my father seeking out that kind of power.
00:11:29
Kyle
um Yeah, playing a barbarian. um And of course, what do barbarians do? They rage, rage against ah the dark of the night or whatever that guy said in Interstellar.
00:11:41
Kyle B
The Dying of the Light?
00:11:42
Kyle
want to rage. Dying of the light. Yeah. I'm going to rage and let out just a guttural howl as I sprint and 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40.
00:11:52
The Blade's Edge
Love that.
00:11:55
Kyle
That's as far as I get. And I'm also going to frenzy attack, but that won't go into effect until next turn.
00:12:05
The Blade's Edge
Nice. So you can attack three times on your turn.
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Kyle
wreck Also, real quick, you know I don't want to you know make any sales pitches, but assuming we want to use that natural 20 for an attack roll, your boy puts up numbers, is all I'm saying.
00:12:10
The Blade's Edge
yeah
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Kyle B
Yeah, we we know it, baby. Hell yeah.
00:12:23
Kyle
Assuming we don't need it for like a saving throw, that could be a good use.
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Tommy
Bash puts up numbers and flirts with moms.
00:12:30
Kyle B
Yeah, that's true.
00:12:30
Kyle
yeah that's That's what they say.
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The Blade's Edge
um
00:12:34
Kyle B
Jill Funter.
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The Blade's Edge
At the end of your turn, Strahd is going to use a legendary action to make a leaping strike. He'll move up to half of his movement, 10, 15, as he sort of just leaps up in the air, brings the ah sanguinated blade behind his head and brings it down on you, Bash.
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The Blade's Edge
ah That is 13 to hit.
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Kyle
Mrs.
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The Blade's Edge
Another four for me.
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Kyle
brother.
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The Blade's Edge
So I've given you guys a one, a two, and a four so far. ah He misses his legendary ah action as he makes a leaping strike. The blade comes down and misses you.
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The Blade's Edge
it is now ah the mad mage's turn, and the mad mage is going to go ahead and... Use...
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The Blade's Edge
ah do do do use ah
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The Blade's Edge
He is going to go ahead and... i was gonna he's gonna Who can he do this on that is in range?
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The Blade's Edge
He's going to try and get close, so he's going to burn a 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30.
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The Blade's Edge
twenty twenty five thirty um And you know he's going to do? He's going to disown. He's going to touch your shoulder and cast haste on you.
00:13:57
Tommy
Ooh, let's go!
00:13:58
Kyle B
Ooh, I like that.
00:13:59
The Blade's Edge
So that is a third level spell. you have plus two to your AC, advantage on dexterity saving throws. You gain additional action each turns. You can do that to just use the attack action or dashes, engage hide.
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The Blade's Edge
um
Turning the Tide Against Strahd
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The Blade's Edge
And as long as he's concentrating on it, ah you have that. And if he drops concentration, ah something bad will happen.
00:14:18
Tommy
okay
00:14:20
The Blade's Edge
And roll me a D100 as he casts that spell on you.
00:14:24
Tommy
oh
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Kyle B
Hmm.
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The Blade's Edge
as ah the energy ah ah As the energy washes out from you, as he casts haste on you, Dasan, you feel some of his magic entering your body, and Dasan, a third eye opens in the center of your head.
00:14:46
The Blade's Edge
you
00:14:47
Tommy
yeah. It's like a goal it's a golden eye, huh
00:14:51
The Blade's Edge
A golden eye opens in the center of your head. ah That is the Mad Mage's turn. Stahl Vadak, who are you? What would you like to plug? Who are you playing? What are you doing?
00:15:02
Kyle B
Yo, it's Kyle, the other Kyle. um I just want to say thanks to everybody who made it this far. Super, super appreciate that. I want to plug your local farmer's market ah because your farmers are going to need your help, okay, in the coming months.
00:15:17
Kyle B
um And I'm playing StalvaDoc, a.k.a. Doc. The Warforged Artificer with the recently upgraded Iron Man-esque armor starts cruising over past Beyond Dasan and firing off with his Lycan light crossbow at Strahd Von Zarovich.
00:15:36
The Blade's Edge
Okay.
00:15:37
Kyle B
First one is a 19.
00:15:40
The Blade's Edge
So a 19 would miss. I'm going to use the Mad Mage's reaction to do something called Bend Luck. And you can add a d4 to that. I'll let you know right now.
00:15:50
Kyle B
oh
00:15:51
The Blade's Edge
You need a 2 on that d4.
00:15:54
Kyle B
I got a three.
00:15:55
The Blade's Edge
Nice. So 22 does hit. And you know Strahd's armor class is 21. Nice.
00:15:59
Kyle B
Okay, so I hit him for 10 damage.
00:16:04
The Blade's Edge
nice
00:16:05
Kyle B
And with this successful attack, damage done to vampires with this Lycan weapon means they cannot regenerate until the creature um has a short rest.
00:16:16
The Blade's Edge
Nice. Love that.
00:16:19
Kyle B
Okay, and that's my first attack. Second attack coming in.
00:16:22
The Blade's Edge
Okay.
00:16:23
Kyle B
because when I switched, I get two attacks. Okay, and so that's a 21, so that will not hit.
00:16:31
The Blade's Edge
Okay.
00:16:32
Kyle B
um
00:16:32
Trev
Wait.
00:16:33
Kyle B
What was that?
00:16:33
Trev
Wait, isn't his...
00:16:35
The Blade's Edge
Okay. No, yeah, his AC is 21, so that is meat to beat it.
00:16:36
Trev
AC is a 21. Meets it, beats it.
00:16:38
Kyle B
Oh, sorry, I thought you said 22. Okay, oh, it's not clicking, I'll click here.
00:16:40
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, you're good.
00:16:45
Kyle B
Okay, and we're dropping seven more damage.
00:16:48
The Blade's Edge
Okay, hell yeah. um Seven more damage on him.
00:16:57
Kyle B
Okay, and that is gonna be my turn
00:17:02
The Blade's Edge
okay um At the end of your turn, Strahd is going to use a legendary action. As he sees that and he cannot regenerate at the start of his turn, ah he cocks an eyebrow at you and he will use the his remaining two legendary actions to instead of making a weapon attack, he will ah ah or he will rend some magic.
00:17:30
The Blade's Edge
So I will cast a spell as legendary action. um
00:17:37
The Blade's Edge
um
00:17:40
The Blade's Edge
Hell yeah, he is going to cast... a Yeah, fuck it. um he He looks at you in the same negative energy wave he sent towards D'Saun, Stalvadak. He sends at you.
00:17:54
The Blade's Edge
and need a con save, DC 22.
00:17:54
Kyle B
Okay.
00:17:55
The Blade's Edge
Okay, take...
00:17:56
Kyle B
Con save coming out. um That's going to be 11.
00:18:01
The Blade's Edge
okay ah you take
00:18:06
The Blade's Edge
47 points of necrotic damage.
00:18:07
Kyle B
Okay. Ouch.
00:18:09
Kyle
It's such a gnarly roll.
00:18:10
The Blade's Edge
That's a way gnarlier roll. That is over double of what I rolled.
00:18:12
Kyle
Yeah.
00:18:14
Tommy
What, uh, what's the... We could use the portent roll, maybe? What's the sa... Oh,
00:18:22
Kyle B
It's 22, so it would have to be plus six, so we would have to use the nat 20.
00:18:22
Kyle
we We could...
00:18:27
Tommy
okay. Um...
00:18:28
The Blade's Edge
Yeah. Yeah.
00:18:30
Kyle B
So it's okay.
00:18:30
Tommy
Damn.
00:18:31
The Blade's Edge
47 points as you feel the moisture drain, the oil maybe within your joints draining, and the armor on your body kind like tightening up around you um That is your turn at the start of the next round.
00:18:46
The Blade's Edge
On initiative count 20 is ah the lair action. um I need everybody to make a charisma saving throw.
00:19:02
Trev
That's a three from the Navi.
00:19:05
Kyle
nine you
00:19:06
Tommy
What's the...
00:19:06
Kyle B
Fails across the board.
00:19:07
Tommy
Yeah.
00:19:09
The Blade's Edge
yeah this is a different This is a different DC, but those are fails across the board. So you guys each see each one of your guys' is shadow pulls off the ground.
00:19:23
Kyle B
Reminds me of Gil.
00:19:25
The Blade's Edge
um And here is the Mad Mage's charisma saving throw. Don't forget. All plus one.
00:19:34
The Blade's Edge
Failure. Okay. Okay.
00:19:39
The Blade's Edge
All right, Inabi, you are up.
00:19:42
Trev
All right, I'm going to just take the opportunity attack from this guy and go Can I get to Yeah, I can go 35 well actually let's
00:19:48
The Blade's Edge
Okay. Another natural one from me is he misses your shadow.
00:20:00
The Blade's Edge
His heart's not in it. Your shadow doesn't want to hit you. He misses.
00:20:03
Trev
Hell yeah um if i go here And then there, yeah, I can use all 40 feet of my movement to go right up next Strahd.
00:20:20
The Blade's Edge
Okay.
00:20:20
Trev
There.
00:20:22
The Blade's Edge
Love it.
00:20:23
Trev
And then my familiar, I believe has, just make sure. Yeah, 60 foot fly speed.
00:20:35
The Blade's Edge
Okay.
00:20:36
Trev
I'm going to have it fly kind of like up and over
00:20:42
Trev
and kind of like do a little swoop down, like a little flyby and like circle past stride, giving me advantage on the first attack.
00:20:46
The Blade's Edge
Yeah.
00:20:51
The Blade's Edge
Okay. And don't forget you guys each have advantage or you guys each have inspiration for this session. So use it whenever you want.
00:20:58
Trev
True. True. Okay. Advantage on this first one.
00:21:05
Trev
22 nice and that's a
00:21:05
The Blade's Edge
Only two hits.
00:21:10
Trev
Wait, is there any don't want to do no. Yeah, it'll just be a booming blade. This is
00:21:21
Trev
That'll be nine plus
00:21:26
Trev
plus four and then another 11 and when he decides to move. So 13 total for now.
00:21:31
The Blade's Edge
ah
00:21:35
Trev
On that first one.
00:21:39
Trev
Second one, 28.
00:21:42
The Blade's Edge
Nice. That hits.
00:21:43
Trev
Just for seven damage.
00:21:46
The Blade's Edge
Nice.
00:21:47
Trev
And his movement is reduced by 10 feet because of my slasher feet. um
00:21:55
The Blade's Edge
Love that.
00:21:56
Trev
And then from where I was, those ah those stones are going to.
00:22:05
Trev
If I was here, they're going to just get 30 feet closer. the The animated objects, those tiny animated objects are going to. Yeah, literally right there. That's perfect.
00:22:15
The Blade's Edge
ah
00:22:16
Trev
um They're just making their way over towards Strahd. And let me just make sure it takes my bonus action to command them to move. Command creature spell.
00:22:29
Trev
At the same time. Yeah, commit yeah, yeah. So I assume to move them was also, even though they didn't attack, just moving them was in action. So that was my bonus action as well. My movement, that is my turn.
00:22:38
The Blade's Edge
cool
00:22:41
The Blade's Edge
All right, at the end of your turn, Strahd is going to burn two of his three legendary actions this round to cast a spell. As you get right there, he lines you guys up and puts his hands together and says, you'll make great statues.
00:22:55
The Blade's Edge
And a burst of cold energy will come forth and will get... um
00:23:08
The Blade's Edge
uh he wants to get you in it so we're gonna go here uh so bash inabee and bash's shadow uh all need to make con saves
00:23:24
Trev
Nat 20 for 28.
00:23:26
The Blade's Edge
nice
00:23:26
Kyle B
Oh yeah.
00:23:28
Tommy
You have 14 for, you're within 10 feet of me, Bash. get plus two. don't know if, you get plus two, you're within 10 feet of me, but I don't think it'll make a difference.
00:23:34
Kyle
sorry say it again?
00:23:39
Kyle B
If we give him the plus, if we give him the 15, he's a 22 that saves.
00:23:39
Kyle
oh gotcha
00:23:41
Kyle B
Important.
00:23:44
Kyle
wait okay we're throwing around a lot of numbers I also think I get a plus plus one for 13 okay
00:23:46
Kyle B
port
00:23:50
Tommy
So you have, so 15 total on that save.
00:23:53
Kyle
okay
00:23:53
Trev
Yeah, you'd have to get to, if his if his saving throw, his save modifier 22, if we gave you the 15, that would be plus your seven, which gets you to the 22 already.
00:24:04
Kyle B
Let's use it.
00:24:04
Kyle
Um, yeah we do that, yep.
00:24:06
The Blade's Edge
Okay. Portent number 15 off the board, leaving you guys just with the natural 20. So ah Bash, you'll take half of this. Anabi, you'll take half of this, and the shadow has got to be destroyed as the shadow takes 42 points of damage.
00:24:19
The Blade's Edge
ah Bash and Anabi, you each take 21.
00:24:24
Kyle
Good call on using that.
00:24:25
Trev
Damage.
00:24:26
Tommy
I'm going to use my ah Reaction Brian, ah Rebuke the Violent.
00:24:31
Trev
Nice. 13.
00:24:31
Tommy
um and He needs to make a DC 14 Wisdom saving throw. On a Success, he takes all of that damage Radiant. On a Failure, he takes half of that Radiant.
00:24:45
The Blade's Edge
um Nice. Will you go to link that for me?
00:24:47
Tommy
Yep.
00:24:47
The Blade's Edge
And what is the what's the save? Love
00:24:49
Tommy
DC 14 Wisdom save, it's my new channel Divinity for Oath of Redemption.
00:24:53
The Blade's Edge
that.
00:24:55
Kyle B
ah
00:24:56
The Blade's Edge
I'm going to my second legendary resistance.
00:24:59
Kyle B
Huge.
00:25:00
Kyle
Fuck you, man.
00:25:00
Tommy
i'm um I'm getting him. I'm getting him.
00:25:02
The Blade's Edge
I rolled out i roll a five on the dice for him.
00:25:02
Kyle
Yeah, we gotta whittle those away.
00:25:06
The Blade's Edge
ah Rebuke the Valiant. You change your rebuke those who use violence. Be sure your attacker within 30 who deals damage with an attack against creature other than you. You can use your action force attack with a saving throw. Wow.
00:25:16
The Blade's Edge
it So it does take half. On a set save, it takes half as much damage.
00:25:16
Kyle B
That's awesome.
00:25:18
Tommy
yeah so yeah he so Yeah, so he takes half. Yeah, so he takes 21 points of radiant damage.
00:25:20
The Blade's Edge
So he takes 21. Nice.
00:25:23
The Blade's Edge
nice
00:25:24
Kyle
ah yeah.
00:25:25
The Blade's Edge
uh making it do do got it okay so he did he does that um trev maintains concentration um i forgot to go for this other shadow which is going to be in the blast but before it is in the blast it is going to be able to make its way to you and nabi it has 40 feet movement um and it is your shadow
00:25:35
Tommy
Thank you.
00:25:47
Trev
Perry Kivolowitz, Norcal PTAC.
00:25:47
The Blade's Edge
And so on its its turn, because it goes on your turn, um it's just going to make ah one ah attack against you before likely being destroyed. It is, because even if it saves, it's more than its hit points. It's got a plus four.
00:25:59
Trev
yep
00:26:00
The Blade's Edge
ah Eleven, miss.
00:26:01
Trev
Kivolowitz, Norcal PTAC.
00:26:01
The Blade's Edge
Your boy's not rolling hot.
00:26:02
Trev
it's
00:26:04
The Blade's Edge
Strahd, Cone of Colds, destroys two of the shadows, does damage you guys, and takes damage as well. um That is his legendary action. And Dasan, you are up.
00:26:17
Tommy
Yeah, first and foremost, I'm going to pull out the symbol of Ravenkind. Use 5 charges to cast Sunlight.
00:26:29
Tommy
As an action, you can expend 5 charges while presenting the Holy Symbol to make it shed bright light in a 30-foot radius and dim light for an additional 30 feet. The light is sunlight and lasts for 10 minutes, or until end the effect.
00:26:42
Tommy
So I'm going to center it right on here on Strahd.
00:26:45
The Blade's Edge
Nice.
00:26:46
Tommy
and it So it's going to encapsulate pretty much everybody. And I want to see if the sunlight dissipates the shadows as it branches out, as it blanches out.
00:26:53
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, what a good question. um You immediately see them shrink in the sunlight. The shadows have disadvantage on attack rolls, ability checks, and saving throws. so
00:27:04
Kyle B
oh
00:27:05
Tommy
Perfect. And then I'm going to, so that's my action.
00:27:06
Kyle
huge
00:27:08
The Blade's Edge
Yes.
00:27:08
Tommy
I'm going to use my movement. to move away from the shadow, a provoking opportunity attack.
00:27:13
The Blade's Edge
Yes.
00:27:14
Tommy
He has disadvantage.
00:27:15
The Blade's Edge
He has disadvantage. It's a ah four, six.
00:27:20
Tommy
Miss.
00:27:21
The Blade's Edge
Miss.
00:27:21
Tommy
um So I'm now within 10 feet of everyone, so now everyone gets Aura of Protectioned. And I'm going use my hasted action to swing with the Sun Sword.
00:27:32
The Blade's Edge
Nice.
00:27:34
Tommy
Swing.
00:27:34
Kyle
What is Aura of Protection?
00:27:35
Tommy
ah Gives you a plus two to all saves. You already had it.
00:27:38
Kyle
ah Okay, perfect.
00:27:40
Tommy
ah right. Plus nine, one-handed.
00:27:43
Kyle B
oh
00:27:43
Tommy
Not 20, Brian.
00:27:44
Kyle B
Oh!
00:27:45
Tommy
Not 20.
00:27:45
The Blade's Edge
Sometimes, sometimes things just work out where I'm rolling like shit.
00:27:46
Tommy
twenty
00:27:47
Trev
Shit.
00:27:51
The Blade's Edge
I've literally, my last couple of D20 rolls are, don't read them off for the listener here. A two, an eight, a seven, ah five. um let's go let's continue Let's continue to go go back.
00:28:00
Kyle B
My hands are so sweaty.
00:28:02
The Blade's Edge
A natural one, another natural one for me. ah ah ah four, ah two, another natural one, another four.
00:28:09
Kyle
It's about damn time.
00:28:10
Trev
Yeah. How's it, how does it feel? Does it, does it not feel too good?
00:28:12
Tommy
you
00:28:14
Trev
Is, are you saying it, does it hurt a little? Does it stink? that's
00:28:17
The Blade's Edge
An eight for Shrods initiative.
00:28:18
Trev
Is it not fun?
00:28:21
The Blade's Edge
No, I love it. this is this is This just goes to show you guys the preparation and the planning that the the group has done ah to not come here before doing everything else is really paying off.
00:28:33
Kyle B
Mm-hmm.
00:28:33
The Blade's Edge
I also like to think that holy symbol, Dasan, as you do that, um obviously you're underground, but almost thematically, the roof of this place shakes, and you see the roof of this underground ah tomb being ripped off by this hand of a god, this hand bigger than anything you've ever seen, ripped the roof off of this place as sunlight pours in.
00:28:54
Trev
God damn.
00:28:57
The Blade's Edge
um And you natural 20, go ahead and roll that damage, baby.
00:29:01
Trev
Let's fucking go
00:29:02
Tommy
And now not only I natural 20, I'm going to spend a third level spell slot to Divine Smite this piece of shit.
00:29:10
Trev
Oh, let's go.
00:29:10
Kyle B
oh
00:29:11
The Blade's Edge
And he is an undead, so you do get the extra D8.
00:29:15
Kyle
Oh my god, this rolls.
00:29:15
Tommy
first this a First, the Sun Sword damage.
00:29:16
Trev
Disgusting.
00:29:19
Trev
So does that D8 double as well?
00:29:19
Kyle
The dopamine is flooding my brain right now.
00:29:22
Trev
That extra...
00:29:22
Kyle B
few things hit harder than a paladin nat 20 on a fucking vampire
00:29:26
Trev
That's insane.
00:29:27
The Blade's Edge
Oh, yeah. So 11 plus the two 13.
00:29:32
Tommy
And then Divine Smite.
00:29:32
The Blade's Edge
Plus and the that's over there is the it's a D8. Yeah. So seven and five is another 12. So we're at 25 so far before the before the crit smite.
00:29:47
Tommy
So that's 5d8 for a third level spell, right?
00:29:51
Kyle B
Yeah.
00:29:52
The Blade's Edge
um it's yeah because it's four and then one for it being undead and then you double that so 10 d8
00:29:57
Tommy
Yeah, sometimes yeah. Oh my god.
00:30:04
Kyle
Roll hot, roll hot, roll hot. Come on.
00:30:05
The Blade's Edge
roll hat wow holy shit 79 74
00:30:06
Kyle B
Oh!
00:30:07
Tommy
49, 49 points of radiant damage.
00:30:08
Kyle
Jesus Christ, man.
00:30:10
Tommy
And as I connect, I would, I pull, I grab Strahd by the collar and I pull him in and I say, I'm going to take your ashes, find the highest mountaintop I can and bury you facing East.
00:30:10
Kyle B
Yes.
00:30:11
The Blade's Edge
nine
00:30:15
The Blade's Edge
and or
00:30:25
Tommy
So every single morning you can feel the brightness and the warmth of a new dawn for eternity.
00:30:31
Trev
Oh, oh, God.
00:30:33
Kyle
Mmm.
00:30:35
The Blade's Edge
He,
Defeat of Strahd and Reflection
00:30:36
The Blade's Edge
and as that happens, you you smite him, and as his turn starts, he goes to have some sort of pithy retort, but as he opens his mouth at the start of his turn, when he is in sunlight, he takes 20 points of radiant damage.
00:30:53
Tommy
I'm cooking.
00:30:53
Kyle
Wait just Just wait just because of sunlight?
00:30:54
Trev
God damn.
00:30:56
The Blade's Edge
Just for him being in the sunlight. Yep, that is why it was smart to go get that holy symbol of Ravenkind.
00:31:00
Kyle
Oh
00:31:06
The Blade's Edge
um He takes 20 points at the start of his as he goes to say something his mouth and his lips are burned and start to blister. um And it is his turn.
00:31:19
Kyle
Just tap out a little bro
00:31:20
Kyle B
Just tap out.
00:31:22
The Blade's Edge
Just tap dude just tap out just tap dude.
00:31:23
Tommy
He's done. He's done.
00:31:24
Kyle
You
00:31:24
Tommy
Dasan's tummy ache disappeared. he He threw up while we were still outside. Nobody saw but the nerves are gone.
00:31:34
The Blade's Edge
um he's going to use the first of his um He's going to use the first of his legendary actions to... um
00:31:44
The Blade's Edge
ah or no, the first of his actions, he has three, is who do I want to do this on? Here's the question. I think it's got to be Dasan.
00:31:52
Tommy
Look, we don't have to.
00:31:52
The Blade's Edge
ah he's He looks at you, Dasan, and he says, I like your...
00:31:53
Tommy
Look, hey, look.
00:31:59
The Blade's Edge
I like your style. It reminds me of me when I was younger. I think me and you could do a lot of damage. You know you're not leaving this realm, even once you kill me.
00:32:11
The Blade's Edge
Your soul's here. So, let's get started now. um And I need you to make a wisdom saving throw.
00:32:21
Tommy
Wizzy, plus six. 23 plus one, 24, Brian.
00:32:28
Tommy
do you think you are?
00:32:28
Trev
He's fucking cooking.
00:32:29
Kyle B
Ha
00:32:29
Trev
He's fucking cooking right now.
00:32:30
The Blade's Edge
This is Dasan time.
00:32:31
Kyle
Yeah, he's cooking.
00:32:31
Tommy
who do you think you are i am
00:32:34
The Blade's Edge
He...
00:32:34
Kyle B
ha ha ha
00:32:34
Trev
ah
00:32:35
The Blade's Edge
He uses one of his ah ah actions to try and charm you into fighting with him, and he is unsuccessful. um He will then, let's see if I can do literally any damage. He's going two his Exsanguinated Blade attacks.
00:32:58
The Blade's Edge
ah He will do ah one on Anabi and one on Dasan.
00:33:03
Tommy
Yeah.
00:33:06
The Blade's Edge
Uh, boo-boo-boo, this is...
00:33:12
The Blade's Edge
Okay, I'd say, Tsunami 24, Tsunami 21. Okay, so hits you,
00:33:19
Tommy
Wait, sorry. I'm 21 total. My AC is 21. Yeah, I'm staying.
00:33:24
Trev
I'm going to shield.
00:33:24
Tommy
Yeah.
00:33:25
Trev
It'll miss.
00:33:27
Tommy
my is twenty one
00:33:28
The Blade's Edge
okay so he hits you um
00:33:30
Kyle
Even with the plus one? Yeah.
00:33:31
Tommy
yeah i'm stay ah yeah
00:33:34
The Blade's Edge
ah So he miss it he goes to hit a Nabi, shield goes over, and his blade she bounces off of it.
00:33:34
Tommy
21 total.
00:33:40
The Blade's Edge
And he does...
00:33:44
The Blade's Edge
ah Dasan, you take 15 points damage. And you're not at 15 hit or fewer, you? cool. Okay.
00:33:55
Tommy
Okay.
00:33:55
The Blade's Edge
and are you're not fifteen hit points or flu are fewer are you
00:33:58
Tommy
No, I'm not.
00:33:59
The Blade's Edge
okay um That is his turn.
00:34:04
Trev
Real quick question. Why do you ask?
00:34:08
The Blade's Edge
fun little ah Fun little thing. And then he's going bonus action. He's going to try and bite you, D'Saun, because you you smote him.
00:34:19
The Blade's Edge
ah Bonus action, bite.
00:34:20
Kyle
What a freak.
00:34:21
The Blade's Edge
He does not get advantage because you are not grappled. So this is just a...
00:34:25
Tommy
Go ahead. Bite me. Go ahead.
00:34:28
The Blade's Edge
Go ahead, dude.
00:34:29
Tommy
I show my neck, dude. I show my neck.
00:34:32
Kyle
It gives him advantage.
00:34:34
The Blade's Edge
That's going to hit.
00:34:35
Tommy
yeah i Yeah, that'll do it.
00:34:35
Kyle B
whoa Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Oh.
00:34:38
The Blade's Edge
And you take D6 plus 9 piercing. 10 points of piercing.
00:34:46
Tommy
Okay. Okay.
00:34:47
The Blade's Edge
And um
00:34:53
The Blade's Edge
you take 16 points of necrotic damage.
00:34:56
Tommy
hey
00:34:57
The Blade's Edge
As his teeth sink into your neck and your veins go black around the point of impact. um That is his turn. And Bash, you're up.
00:35:10
Kyle
Yeah, so you already know what's about to happen.
00:35:13
Trev
Give them the business.
00:35:14
Kyle B
ah gun
00:35:15
Kyle
Yeah, I just scream in rage and anger right in his face, and i swing with my greataxe that is empowered with the spear of Kavan.
00:35:27
Kyle
That's
00:35:29
The Blade's Edge
Nice. 26 does hit.
00:35:30
Kyle
going to be a 26 to hit.
00:35:38
Kyle
um So that's going to be for 18, 19, 21 points of damage. Plus three from rage.
00:35:43
The Blade's Edge
points of damage.
00:35:46
Kyle
Another swing at him. 28 to hit.
00:35:50
The Blade's Edge
twenty eight hits he's rolling hot
00:35:52
Tommy
He's pumping. He's pumping.
00:35:54
Kyle
20 more points of damage.
00:35:55
The Blade's Edge
twenty more points of damage
00:35:58
Kyle
And for my third and final attack of this round.
00:36:01
Kyle B
Even higher?
00:36:02
Kyle
Oh, it was so close.
00:36:03
Kyle B
Can we get much higher? Oh, let's see.
00:36:04
Kyle
So we could, do you guys want to use a natural 20?
00:36:05
Tommy
Oh my god.
00:36:05
Trev
Goddamn.
00:36:09
Kyle
For an attack roll?
00:36:10
Trev
It would be sick.
00:36:10
Kyle B
I think let let's save it for a little bit.
00:36:10
Kyle
Or do you want to save it?
00:36:11
Trev
I honestly feel like it might be worth saving that for some sort of, yeah, we should, for a save.
00:36:14
Kyle
Okay.
00:36:15
Kyle B
The tide can turn at any moment.
00:36:16
Kyle
Okay.
00:36:17
Trev
Yeah, yeah.
00:36:17
Kyle B
We know this.
00:36:18
Kyle
Heard, chef.
00:36:19
The Blade's Edge
A 26, 27, 28. That hits
00:36:23
Kyle
For 14 points of damage.
00:36:25
The Blade's Edge
14 points of damage.
00:36:28
Kyle
um
00:36:31
The Blade's Edge
34, 44, 45 points of damage total on this guy.
00:36:34
Kyle
Yep.
00:36:35
The Blade's Edge
um You slash away, and he sort of smirks and says, just like your father.
00:36:45
The Blade's Edge
Let's see if you die in the same way.
00:36:45
Kyle
I say, i'm i'm
00:36:48
Kyle
I'm nothing like him. Your days of darkness have come to an end.
00:36:53
The Blade's Edge
And is that your turn?
00:36:55
Kyle
That is my turn.
00:36:56
The Blade's Edge
Dasan, forgot your shadow to go at the end of your turn, so he's gonna your shadow's going to make an attack on you, Dasan.
00:37:01
Tommy
Okay.
00:37:03
The Blade's Edge
um That's a 23.
00:37:03
Tommy
He is disadvantage, right?
00:37:04
The Blade's Edge
Well, he does, yes, yes, yes.
00:37:06
Tommy
Sunlight, sunlight?
00:37:07
The Blade's Edge
16. Okay, miss.
00:37:08
Tommy
Miss.
00:37:10
The Blade's Edge
The shadow goes up and misses. um Strahd will use his last legendary action. This round to do can't do a spell, so it's going to be a strike.
00:37:24
The Blade's Edge
um And he will bring this strike at you, Bash.
00:37:28
Kyle
Mm-hmm.
00:37:30
The Blade's Edge
25.
00:37:31
Kyle
Add it.
00:37:32
The Blade's Edge
Okay. That's just 2d6 plus 9. And then you'll half that. So 14, half to 7.
00:37:40
Kyle
Beautiful.
00:37:42
The Blade's Edge
um On Mad Mage's turn, he does not want to drop concentration because he will be stunned. So he is going to Misty Step away from this shadow.
00:37:54
Trev
Fire.
00:37:54
The Blade's Edge
Um, he's going to ten feet thirty over the here, and then he's going to use his movement and he goes, ah, little throne. Why don't I take a little seat on it? 5, 10, 15, 20. Uh, he sits on the throne of the tree and goes, ooh, look at me. I'm trying to do we do
00:38:10
Kyle B
but
00:38:12
The Blade's Edge
Fucking, fucking dork.
00:38:12
Tommy
i
00:38:13
Kyle B
this.
00:38:14
The Blade's Edge
Right guys. Um,
00:38:17
Tommy
i think I think I get stunned if haste, because I'm hasted, right?
00:38:21
The Blade's Edge
ah Yeah, that's a good question.
00:38:22
Trev
Yes.
00:38:23
The Blade's Edge
Is it the person who is hasty or the person who...
00:38:23
Trev
Yes.
00:38:25
The Blade's Edge
Oh yeah, you do. Oh, okay. Well, he doesn't want you to get stunned.
00:38:27
Tommy
Yeah. Hey, Shai, I appreciate, that I'm just saying, i'm I want all cards on the table, face up.
00:38:33
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, he's going to shoot ah his Mad Mage cantrip, which could do a decent amount of damage as this lightning bolt ah goes from his hand and he misses.
00:38:45
Tommy
That's alright.
00:38:46
The Blade's Edge
he He misses. He already used his spell, so I can only do a cantrip. That's okay. That is his turn. um ah He can use Bed and Luck if somebody misses an attack to add a d4 as a reaction.
00:38:59
The Blade's Edge
and um I think what he is going to do here is stall the Dock at the start of your turn. He's going to burn his Tides of Chaos feature. And ah stall the Dock.
00:39:10
The Blade's Edge
You're going to have advantage on this turn.
00:39:12
Kyle B
Okay, cool.
00:39:13
The Blade's Edge
And i need to roll me d100.
00:39:15
Kyle B
Sure thing. D, Scundo.
00:39:20
The Blade's Edge
With a 33. um
00:39:24
The Blade's Edge
Nice. So the next, whatever, if you, can you cast you can cast spells, right?
00:39:29
Kyle B
ah absolutely.
00:39:30
The Blade's Edge
So before this, you have advantage, and the next spell that does damage for you will do max damage.
00:39:39
Kyle B
We'll do max damage.
00:39:40
Tommy
oh
00:39:40
The Blade's Edge
As you you feel the weave and the arcane energy off of the mad mage, it's unpredictable, but it is swirling around you.
00:39:45
Trev
o Holy shit.
00:39:49
Kyle B
Okay, I feel the heat coming off the holy flask in my pocket, but know that if I were to hit him with this now, it would engulf us all in an unholy fireball, or holy fireball rather.
00:39:49
The Blade's Edge
it is your turn.
00:40:01
Kyle B
um But I'm going to sprint over here and invite an opportunity attack from this shadow, who has disadvantage.
00:40:05
The Blade's Edge
disadvantage two natural ones okay so can you believe it folks like can you believe can you believe it
00:40:08
Kyle
Wow. That is insane.
00:40:10
Kyle B
Unbelievable.
00:40:12
Tommy
I infected you. Hey, a
00:40:13
Kyle B
Tommy, time has moved to a different city.
00:40:16
Tommy
what can I say?
00:40:17
The Blade's Edge
this this campaign has been absolutely like wrought with unfortunate roles from the players that so much so that there's been four player character deaths and when we get to the big climactic battle yeah ri give me You give me two D20 rolls, I'm rolling two ones.
00:40:38
Kyle B
Yep.
00:40:39
The Blade's Edge
You'll love to see it.
00:40:39
Kyle
That's crazy.
00:40:40
The Blade's Edge
Absolutely love it.
00:40:40
Kyle B
I love to see it.
00:40:41
The Blade's Edge
ah install the
00:40:41
Kyle
Snake eyes.
00:40:43
The Blade's Edge
you Snake eyes, dude, fuck.
00:40:45
Kyle
Snake eyes.
00:40:46
Trev
ah
00:40:46
Kyle
I'm ruined.
00:40:46
The Blade's Edge
ah Damn it, dude. Snake eyes.
00:40:48
Kyle
it
00:40:49
The Blade's Edge
um Really quickly, Bash, this shadow the shadow of Mad Mage not being able to reach him is going to try and attack you with a 16.
00:40:51
Trev
Give me back my money.
00:40:58
The Blade's Edge
Does that hit you?
00:41:00
Kyle
ah
00:41:01
The Blade's Edge
Okay, so you take 2d6 plus 2. You take 5 points of necrotic damage. um And roll me a d4.
00:41:10
Kyle
Okay.
00:41:16
Kyle
One.
00:41:17
Kyle B
And then I'll finish mine.
00:41:18
The Blade's Edge
Yep, and right after this. ah Your your ah strength score goes down by 1, Bash.
00:41:19
Kyle B
Oof.
00:41:23
Kyle
Oh my fucking god.
00:41:25
The Blade's Edge
That is, these shadows are dangerous.
00:41:26
The Blade's Edge
Okay.
00:41:26
Kyle
What am I gonna do?
00:41:27
Kyle
Now I only have 24 strength.
00:41:29
The Blade's Edge
ah You only have 24 strength as that happens and stall the dock. Your shadow will go after you, but you are up first. You've moved. He's missed.
00:41:36
Kyle B
Yeah, as that happens, I sprint by, i see Dasan lay the absolute light of Lathander upon him. And as if to put a little bit of comedy in the situation, I'm casting Webb on him.
00:41:50
The Blade's Edge
Okay. 17. um
00:41:51
Kyle B
so I'm running by and casting Webb. ah That's a DC 17 dexterity saving throw.
00:41:57
The Blade's Edge
dc seventeen
00:41:58
Tommy
Wait, web on me or web on Strahd?
00:42:00
Kyle B
No, on Strahd.
00:42:01
Tommy
Okay.
00:42:01
The Blade's Edge
At the 28, he succeeds.
00:42:03
Kyle B
Okay, he succeeds. And then as a bonus action, I actually don't have any bonus actions. um And then that is my turn.
00:42:13
The Blade's Edge
Okay. um At the start... all right do you Sorry, your shadow's got to
00:42:17
Trev
Thank you.
00:42:21
The Blade's Edge
ah He's going to get right there, and he's going to make an attack on you. Disadvantage. Only a 9. Or I think it's an eight, actually. Yeah, an eight. He misses. Okay.
00:42:33
The Blade's Edge
Start of the next round. ah This is lair action. um Okay. A ah spirit is going to come through the floor and make an attack on you, Anabi.
00:42:50
Trev
Okay.
00:42:51
The Blade's Edge
And this is specter floating through the floor.
00:42:58
Trev
Ooh.
00:42:59
The Blade's Edge
twenty one 21.
00:43:00
Trev
Miss.
00:43:01
The Blade's Edge
Yes, your shield is still up.
00:43:04
Trev
Yes, sir.
00:43:05
The Blade's Edge
That's right. It misses, and then it goes back through the floor, and it is your turn as the shield ah goes away and the start of your turn begins.
00:43:13
Trev
Let's fucking go. I'm just gonna move to here. I'm gonna take a step to the side. ah Owl swooping in real quick. Gonna do a little flyby. just gonna go skirt and then skirt up to here.
00:43:32
Trev
Give me the help action on the first one.
00:43:32
The Blade's Edge
Okay.
00:43:35
Trev
um Another booming blade on this.
00:43:42
Trev
Oh, shoot. 14. That's going to schmiss. Then another regular swing for a 12. Does that hit? Just kidding.
00:43:51
The Blade's Edge
oh
00:43:52
Tommy
The tides are turning, the tides are turning.
00:43:53
The Blade's Edge
This is the, yep.
00:43:53
Trev
Tides are turning.
00:43:53
The Blade's Edge
This is the round. This
00:43:54
Tommy
no!
00:43:55
Trev
All right. Uh-oh. All right. And then I'm going to hope and and I'm going to try this for the first time.
00:43:57
The Blade's Edge
the round.
00:44:01
Trev
The little, the tiny little discs that I had, just fucking sending them.
00:44:06
The Blade's Edge
Yes.
00:44:08
Trev
Um,
00:44:09
The Blade's Edge
Nice. All ten.
00:44:11
Trev
All 10, these are all at plus eight. So I'll just give you 10.
00:44:15
Kyle B
You're... You're sending him Beyblade, Adam?
00:44:18
Trev
Dude, sending 10 Beyblades them.
00:44:19
The Blade's Edge
Ten Beyblades. Ten Beyblades shaped like pogs.
00:44:22
Trev
One,
00:44:24
Kyle B
Oh, shnikey.
00:44:26
Trev
two, three, four, five,
00:44:26
The Blade's Edge
Slammers, dude.
00:44:27
Trev
Is that right?
00:44:29
The Blade's Edge
All right, so they got to be a 13 or Yeah, 13 or higher. yeah thirteen or higher
00:44:34
Trev
one two three four five six
00:44:38
The Blade's Edge
All right, six of the hit.
00:44:38
Trev
that right Six of them hit and these are, me see, D4 plus four, so I'll give you six D4s, two, three, four, five, six.
00:44:49
Kyle B
Cool.
00:44:54
Trev
It's 18, damn nice, plus 24, yeah.
00:44:55
The Blade's Edge
Plus 24. So that points damage
00:45:02
Kyle B
What spell is that?
00:45:03
Kyle
Nice.
00:45:03
Trev
Animate objects.
00:45:05
Kyle B
Wicked.
00:45:06
The Blade's Edge
um And as you do that, as those all fly by and cut his body, ah he is in bloodied territory.
00:45:16
Trev
Let's go.
00:45:19
The Blade's Edge
ah It was 42.
00:45:19
Tommy
Stay on target.
00:45:20
The Blade's Edge
So that is what I should do. A little little math on my end. Got it. Okay. And is that your turn?
00:45:28
Trev
That is my turn.
00:45:30
The Blade's Edge
Okay, he's going to use his first legendary action this round to turn around and he is going to do the same thing he did before but he's going to upcast it. He is going to do a you son of a bitch gotten just out of the range here.
00:45:45
The Blade's Edge
Or I've got to either get these two.
00:45:49
Tommy
I think and think that clips the square.
00:45:53
The Blade's Edge
No, it doesn't. Okay, so I'm going to upcast it. said I was going to do it. um So, Stalvadok, the Mad Mage, and Nabi, you're familiar.
00:46:07
Trev
Yep.
00:46:07
The Blade's Edge
All need to make con saves.
00:46:10
Trev
he has He has one HP. Is it worth even doing this?
00:46:13
The Blade's Edge
No.
00:46:14
Trev
Okay.
00:46:15
Kyle B
so that's going to be an 18. And I'm going to use one of my Flash of Geniuses to get it up to where I need it.
00:46:19
Tommy
Thank you.
00:46:24
The Blade's Edge
Okay, yeah, go ahead and link Flash of Genius, because is that a is it a reaction?
00:46:26
Kyle B
Yeah, sure.
00:46:28
The Blade's Edge
Does it use your reaction? Okay, and then let me see if it's just on the...
00:46:29
Kyle B
Yep.
00:46:32
Kyle B
Here you go.
00:46:34
The Blade's Edge
Use your reaction. Okay, cool. Awesome. Mad Mage can't do anything about that, so hope he doesn't fail his... ah
00:46:47
The Blade's Edge
So, yeah ah the as Inabi's Familiar is destroyed... um
00:46:54
The Blade's Edge
The mad mage takes 36 points of cold damage.
00:46:59
Kyle B
Needs to roll an 18.
00:46:59
The Blade's Edge
Stal the doc, you take 18.
00:47:01
Kyle B
Okay.
00:47:05
The Blade's Edge
Alright, so here let's find out.
00:47:10
The Blade's Edge
Dasan, if you are stunned.
00:47:14
Tommy
Am I blessed.
00:47:16
The Blade's Edge
Are you blessed? ah Okay, this is... need an 18 save. cons save
00:47:24
Kyle B
Come on.
00:47:27
Kyle B
ah
00:47:29
The Blade's Edge
Okay.
00:47:29
Tommy
Uh-oh.
00:47:30
Tommy
Uh-oh.
00:47:31
Trev
Is this worth the nat 20 to not be stunned?
00:47:36
Kyle B
Um, only because it's now Desson's turn. I say yes.
00:47:42
Trev
Yeah. Getting stunned is a pretty big, uh, that gets super hairy, super quick.
00:47:47
Kyle
what does that What does that do?
00:47:48
Trev
You can't do shit.
00:47:50
Tommy
Yeah, yeah, I...
00:47:51
Trev
Like it yeah attacks on you have advantage. I think you fail all your deck saves.
00:47:56
Kyle
Hmm.
00:47:57
Trev
Um,
00:47:57
Tommy
In my... Yeah, in my head, were saving that nat 20 for like a death save or a big dam...
00:48:02
Trev
Yeah, right.
00:48:03
Kyle
Hmm.
00:48:04
Tommy
big damage, but also...
00:48:07
Kyle
I think the circumstances make it worth it to use.
00:48:10
Trev
Could warrant it, yeah.
00:48:11
Kyle B
Yep. Yep.
00:48:12
Kyle
It's your turn.
00:48:12
Kyle B
I'm, I'm, I'm pro using it.
00:48:14
Trev
I am as well.
00:48:14
Kyle
And then it's his turn right after...
00:48:16
Kyle B
a
00:48:16
Tommy
Yeah.
00:48:17
Trev
Yeah.
00:48:18
The Blade's Edge
All right, um he he is he saves his concentration on haste due to the portent roll.
00:48:19
Kyle
We burn it.
00:48:24
The Blade's Edge
ah And that is, he takes much damage. Stalvodok takes some damage. ah The familiar is destroyed. And Dasan, it is your turn.
00:48:34
Tommy
Oh boy.
00:48:35
Kyle B
To quote Sean Paul, we'd be burnin'.
00:48:40
Tommy
I am going to use my action to pump some Lay on Hands healing into myself. 30 to be exact, because I'm kind of low.
00:48:47
The Blade's Edge
OK.
00:48:50
Tommy
um So 30, that's my action, and then my hasted action, I'm swinging with the Sun Sword one-handed.
00:48:58
The Blade's Edge
Okay.
00:49:01
Tommy
Oh my God!
00:49:01
Kyle
No way, bro.
00:49:01
The Blade's Edge
Oh, my.
00:49:02
Tommy
my God!
00:49:02
Kyle B
You can't be serious.
00:49:03
Tommy
Oh my God!
00:49:04
Kyle
There's no way. There's no way.
00:49:05
Tommy
Oh my God!
00:49:06
The Blade's Edge
Wow. The natural 20 pays dividends, and Tommy has cursed me with his natural one luck as Desan rolls his second natural 20 in a row Sherrod Von Zarevich.
00:49:07
Kyle
There's no way.
00:49:09
Kyle B
home
00:49:10
Kyle
Oh my god.
00:49:15
Tommy
Oh my God!
00:49:19
Kyle B
I cannot believe it, man.
00:49:20
The Blade's Edge
Holy shit.
00:49:22
Kyle
Bro.
00:49:22
Kyle B
Holy shit.
00:49:24
The Blade's Edge
The whole campaign with the failed rolls piling up and piling up.
00:49:24
Kyle B
Oh my god.
00:49:29
The Blade's Edge
And then here we are.
00:49:30
Tommy
Oh my God.
00:49:30
Kyle
And with the Sun Sword too?
00:49:31
The Blade's Edge
All
00:49:31
Kyle B
And totally redeem yourself.
00:49:32
Kyle
Like, come on!
00:49:33
Tommy
oh We're about to find out.
00:49:34
The Blade's Edge
you here to um all right. Last time you did 74. Can you do more than that?
00:49:41
Tommy
Also, smiting second level.
00:49:44
The Blade's Edge
Second natural 20 from the sun.
00:49:48
Tommy
Trev. Okay.
00:49:50
Trev
Are you shitting me?
00:49:50
Tommy
ah okay All right.
00:49:51
Trev
What the fuck?
00:49:52
Tommy
All right.
00:49:52
The Blade's Edge
Alright, let's see if you can do more than 74 points damage.
00:49:52
Kyle
I can't believe it.
00:49:55
Trev
That's actually so funny.
00:49:55
Tommy
Lock in.
00:49:56
Trev
wow Like, is as soon as I stood up to go pee, I was like, I hope he doesn't nat 20 and I miss it.
00:50:01
The Blade's Edge
Well, what's funny is it's it because you stood up.
00:50:02
Kyle B
Oh, true.
00:50:02
Kyle
often
00:50:02
Trev
ah That's insane.
00:50:05
The Blade's Edge
This whole time, you were the one that needed to be standing.
00:50:06
Trev
Yeah, true.
00:50:06
Kyle
Yeah, I'm sorry. You said you what? You stood up?
00:50:08
The Blade's Edge
Yeah.
00:50:09
Tommy
Oh, I got the formula wrong.
00:50:09
Trev
I stood up.
00:50:09
The Blade's Edge
I'm standing?
00:50:11
Tommy
I didn't carry the one.
00:50:11
Kyle B
oh
00:50:12
Tommy
In fact, Trevor needs to be standing up, and I need to be standing up.
00:50:14
Kyle B
true
00:50:14
Kyle
Oh.
00:50:15
Trev
Hey, now we know. You just let me know. I'll stand up whenever you need, man.
00:50:17
The Blade's Edge
ah Form you only, dude, or whatever they say.
00:50:18
Tommy
All right. right. Damn. Damn. Coming in damage.
00:50:21
The Blade's Edge
Okay. us So seven and then seven. So seven and seven. so ah So far we're off to a bad start because last time you had 25 before you even had the...
00:50:31
The Blade's Edge
That's my...
00:50:32
Tommy
Okay. Hey, look. Look. Look. look like it's all Look.
00:50:33
The Blade's Edge
That's my 14.
00:50:34
Tommy
It's all good damage. Okay? It's all good damage. Oh my gosh, and then it's a 3d8? 4d8. 4d8 because he's undead.
00:50:46
Tommy
3d8, sorry, it's 3d8.
00:50:47
The Blade's Edge
It depends. what What level are you doing?
00:50:48
Tommy
Second level, second level. 48, okay.
00:50:50
The Blade's Edge
Second level would be 48 and then doubled. So 88.
00:50:55
Tommy
Oh my
00:51:00
Tommy
god.
00:51:00
Trev
Oh.
00:51:00
Tommy
43 points of radiant damage on top, Brian.
00:51:00
Kyle
Mmm.
00:51:02
Trev
o
00:51:03
The Blade's Edge
Making it fifty seven points total um that is ah
00:51:15
Tommy
You were right, Strod. You and I can do a lot of damage, but I can do a lot more damage than you.
00:51:25
The Blade's Edge
He, uh, the, the corner of his mouth smile gives a little bit as at the start of his turn.
00:51:25
Kyle B
Holy shit.
00:51:31
The Blade's Edge
He also takes another 20 points of radiant damage.
00:51:34
Trev
Oh.
00:51:35
Kyle
I know that's right.
00:51:40
The Blade's Edge
would be do do do. Okay. Uh, standing in the sunlight, he takes that, um, he is going to ah bonus action. He turns into a swarm of bats and he's going to move.
00:51:57
Tommy
Oh Brian, I forgot.
00:51:57
Kyle
Invoking an opportunity attack?
00:51:58
Tommy
Can I move 10... I meant to move, use my movement to go one... what five feet forward. Can i say that or no?
00:52:07
The Blade's Edge
um Okay.
00:52:08
Tommy
or no Provoke opportunity attack on the um my shadow.
00:52:12
The Blade's Edge
Yeah. Okay. That's going to hit.
00:52:16
Tommy
Okay. Okay.
00:52:18
The Blade's Edge
23. You take 2d6 plus 2 necrotic damage. 10 necrotic damage and roll me a d4.
00:52:22
Tommy
Okay.
00:52:25
Tommy
D4.
00:52:28
Tommy
A two.
00:52:28
The Blade's Edge
Your strength score is reduced by 2. Okay.
00:52:31
Tommy
Okay. Don't worry, everybody. Method to the madness, okay? Method to the madness.
00:52:36
The Blade's Edge
um
00:52:36
Tommy
Okay.
00:52:36
Kyle
um Did he provoke an opportunity attack for me?
00:52:38
The Blade's Edge
Not in bat form. The bats have flyby.
00:52:42
Kyle
Oh, I can't hit a bat now.
00:52:42
The Blade's Edge
There are no opportunity attacks. um and When he gets over to this area, hit the bats fully reform into the person Strahd.
00:52:54
The Blade's Edge
And as he stands there, he says, right. Okay. Enough fooling around.
00:53:04
The Blade's Edge
And he begins to cast a spell.
00:53:05
Kyle
God, phase two? oh no.
00:53:08
The Blade's Edge
Um,
00:53:10
Trev
but Phase two? Oh, shit.
00:53:11
Kyle B
Peace to ya. oh
00:53:12
The Blade's Edge
he He begins to cast a spell. ah He takes out a pinch of dust and this lodestone, and he puts the pinch of dust on the lodestone, and then a gust of air from behind him blows the dust off of it, and a thin green ray springs from his lodestone and from his finger, pointing all the way to you, Bash, and as you make a dexterity saving throw.
00:53:41
Kyle
Okay. Hey,
00:53:43
Tommy
You got plus two.
00:53:43
Kyle B
Dude, my hands are so sweaty.
00:53:43
Tommy
You got plus two.
00:53:45
Kyle B
ah
00:53:45
Kyle
Brian.
00:53:46
Kyle B
Oh!
00:53:46
Kyle
That is a natural 20.
00:53:47
Tommy
Oh!
00:53:47
Kyle B
sweating.
00:53:47
Tommy
Dang! Dang!
00:53:49
The Blade's Edge
it feels It feels great because had you failed, you would have taken 73 points of force damage.
00:53:53
Trev
oh
00:53:57
The Blade's Edge
And if that would have turned brought you to zero hit points, you would have been turned to dust.
00:53:57
Kyle B
oh
00:54:02
Trev
Oh my god.
00:54:03
Kyle
Oh my god.
00:54:04
The Blade's Edge
As the disintegrate...
00:54:04
Kyle
Even with my...
00:54:04
Kyle B
i
00:54:06
The Blade's Edge
No, you would have gotten your...
00:54:08
Kyle B
i am sweating
00:54:09
The Blade's Edge
The Disintegrates is a save or suck fell spell, which means the fact that natural 20'd on it, it passes right by you, Bash, and you see it smash into ah ah maybe one of the braziers, and you see one of the braziers in this room just be disintegrated to ash and dust right in front of your your eyes.
00:54:29
The Blade's Edge
um
00:54:30
Kyle
I look at him and I say, look at you. You're you're half the man you once were. And you didn't start with a lot.
00:54:39
The Blade's Edge
He actually would have more damage that because he would have had to upcast it. So it would have been and extra 3d6 on that um because he had already used his six level spell.
00:54:45
Kyle B
Oh, fuck. but
00:54:50
The Blade's Edge
ah he you You say that and he ah wipes some sweat from his brow and goes, right, right. Well, we'll see who laughs in the end, Bash Bloodsinger.
00:55:05
The Blade's Edge
And it is your turn, Bash.
00:55:08
Kyle
can't move so far away man um where's my
00:55:16
Kyle B
This is the perfect opportunity for our for our plan, too, since he's so far away from everybody.
00:55:20
Trev
Right.
00:55:23
Kyle
what plan yeah I mean i won't be able to do anything because I would have to
00:55:24
Kyle B
The holy water plan.
00:55:30
Trev
Yeah, we.
00:55:33
Trev
We could. Yeah.
00:55:34
Kyle B
hey got Take out these shadows. Well, I mean, I won't tell you what to
00:55:37
Trev
Or what we could do. Another option potentially is holding actions if anybody wants to do that. um
00:55:46
Trev
Like if I. look at you doc and you look like you're ready i wouldn't move up there until you did that if you were planning on doing that like i would hold my action ah wait i got you go before me anyway so i don't have anything to hold but you could do something like that
00:55:56
Tommy
Yeah.
00:56:02
Kyle
um sort of Here's what I'll do. I thought my shadow got destroyed, did it not?
00:56:09
The Blade's Edge
but Yeah, that one's not yours.
00:56:11
Kyle
Oh. Okay, so I'm going to come to the other side of the shadow, and I'm going to attack the shadow. 25
00:56:17
The Blade's Edge
Okay.
00:56:21
Kyle
hit. 16 damage.
00:56:23
The Blade's Edge
25 hits.
00:56:27
Kyle
ah sixteen damage
00:56:28
The Blade's Edge
16 damage is the exact health the shadow has as your magical greataxe pierces through the shadow of the mad mage.
00:56:32
Trev
Let's go.
00:56:37
The Blade's Edge
It disappears.
00:56:39
Kyle
Good night, Shadow. um If I start moving my way up to Strahd, is that going to affect the plan?
00:56:48
Trev
Yes.
00:56:48
Kyle B
um It just means that you're likely to get hit by the blast.
00:56:49
Trev
If you get close enough.
00:56:51
Kyle
How close can I be?
00:56:54
Kyle B
um Let's see. Fireball is 20 foot radius.
00:57:01
Kyle
Actually, I'm i'm good. right I can stay here.
00:57:06
Kyle
And wait, how many? So that was one attack. I'm going to come over to this other shadow.
00:57:11
The Blade's Edge
Okay.
00:57:11
Kyle
Attack this shadow. 27
00:57:12
The Blade's Edge
Okay.
00:57:15
Kyle B
Oh, man.
00:57:16
Kyle
to hit. 17 damage.
00:57:16
The Blade's Edge
A hit.
00:57:18
Kyle B
10 plus 13. Wicked.
00:57:19
Kyle
or seventeen damage
00:57:21
The Blade's Edge
Nice. You slice through the shadow of D'Saun and it disappears much like the shadow of the Mad Mage. There's only one left in the room, the shadow of Stalvadok.
00:57:34
Kyle B
wicked
00:57:34
Kyle
um
00:57:38
Kyle
I move back then I because right here where I am right now I can make it to Strahd and still attack without having to dash. But if I go for that other shadow I won't be able to attack next round.
00:57:49
Kyle B
That's okay.
00:57:50
Trev
so just Yeah, you can hang.
00:57:51
Kyle
So I'm just gonna I'm gonna I'm gonna stand here and that'll be my turn.
00:57:53
Trev
Yeah.
00:57:55
The Blade's Edge
Okay. As you stand there, he is going to use two legendary actions this round.
00:58:02
The Blade's Edge
Not the man I used to be, huh?
00:58:06
The Blade's Edge
Let's hear that talk from a pile of dust. And he casts the spell again. Upcast, level 8.
00:58:11
Tommy
oh my god
00:58:13
The Blade's Edge
Bash, dexterity saving throw. 22.
00:58:18
Kyle
What's the save on it?
00:58:19
The Blade's Edge
twenty two
00:58:23
Kyle
What'd you cast it at last time?
00:58:25
The Blade's Edge
seventh
00:58:26
Kyle B
Oh, man.
00:58:27
Tommy
oh fuck
00:58:28
Kyle B
Come on, baby. Come on, baby. Come on, baby.
00:58:36
Kyle B
Come on. Dispense is killing me. Oh, you're kidding
00:58:38
Kyle
Oh my god man!
00:58:39
The Blade's Edge
what is going on
00:58:40
Kyle B
There's no way.
00:58:41
Trev
No fucking way.
00:58:41
The Blade's Edge
ah
00:58:42
Kyle B
There's no way.
00:58:43
Tommy
away!
00:58:43
Kyle B
There's no way. There's no way. Simply no way.
00:58:47
The Blade's Edge
i just go
00:58:47
Kyle B
What the hell?
00:58:48
Kyle
Another natural 20, man.
00:58:49
Kyle B
What is happening?
00:58:49
The Blade's Edge
yeah
00:58:50
Trev
it's insane. He has nat 20.
00:58:51
Kyle B
What the fuck, dude?
00:58:52
The Blade's Edge
which is which Which, by the way, slight context, too, for the listeners.
00:58:53
Trev
yeah
00:58:56
Kyle
oh
00:58:58
The Blade's Edge
He has a minus one.
00:59:00
Kyle B
ah He's him!
00:59:00
The Blade's Edge
and The only way he can he can get this is nat 20, and even his nat 20 shows up as a 19, even though it's a green 19, as Bash Bloodsinger dodges 95 points of force damage.
00:59:01
Trev
yeah he has in that twenty
00:59:08
Kyle B
oh my god. Holy
00:59:12
Trev
oh
00:59:13
Tommy
Oh my god.
00:59:13
Kyle B
shit.
00:59:14
Trev
Oh my god
00:59:15
The Blade's Edge
As you move out of the way, it completely disintegrates the tomb behind you, and you see one of Strahd's family members rolls out.
00:59:17
Kyle B
holy ah
00:59:24
The Blade's Edge
It's actually, it looks like it's Strahd's brother, Sergei, and for anybody who remembers the story, Sergei and Irina were the couple that actually got married. ah bla Blah, blah, blah. Lore, lore, lore, lore.
00:59:37
The Blade's Edge
Strahd goes,
00:59:40
Kyle
And i look at him and I say, enough! Your reign is over!
00:59:46
The Blade's Edge
That's right, your reign fucking over, bitch.
00:59:49
Tommy
Ha ha ha ha
00:59:50
The Blade's Edge
Time for the mad mage to get involved, buddy. um
00:59:55
Kyle B
As he sits atop his throne.
00:59:57
The Blade's Edge
He'll do a... a fifth level magic missile, so we'll just get some ah guaranteed damage in here. So that's 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, plus 7.
01:00:09
The Blade's Edge
four five six seven d four plus seven
01:00:14
Trev
74 plus 7?
01:00:17
Tommy
yeah
01:00:18
The Blade's Edge
As ah ah the Mad Mage does 28 points of ah force damage, all to Strahd.
01:00:31
The Blade's Edge
All right. All right, that is his turn. He's going to keep his distance, maintaining his concentration. um All right, stall the dock. You are up, and then your shadow is up.
01:00:43
Kyle B
Yeah, so i pull the Flask of Holy Water imbued with the Glyph of Warding out of my pocket.
01:00:50
The Blade's Edge
Okay.
01:00:51
Kyle B
I stand right next to Dasan. Dasan, guide my hand as I cast the Catapult spell.
01:00:58
The Blade's Edge
Okay.
01:01:00
Kyle B
With that loaded into it. So it's 17 Dexterity saving throw.
01:01:06
The Blade's Edge
Nice. Dexterity saving throw.
01:01:07
Kyle B
Um... In addition to whatever the holy water does, in addition to the fireball that goes off.
01:01:13
The Blade's Edge
ah He gets exactly 17.
01:01:16
Kyle B
oh Oh, that's okay.
01:01:17
The Blade's Edge
succeeds.
01:01:19
Kyle B
So half from the right? It's half. Yeah, here go. Ba-ba-ba. right it's a
01:01:26
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, is that, or but I don't know, why don't you link it? In
01:01:30
Kyle B
yeah here we go ah buth but but
01:01:32
The Blade's Edge
a failed save, the object strikes target stops moving. When the object strikes something, the object in which strikes takes three bludgeoning damage. ah
01:01:43
The Blade's Edge
Okay, so it looks like it's a save or suck on the bludgeoning.
01:01:45
Kyle B
Okay, then here comes the fireball damage.
01:01:48
The Blade's Edge
Okay, but as it it hits the ground next to him and the spell inside goes off, And he has to make a Dexterity saving throw for the Fireball.
01:02:02
The Blade's Edge
Which he does, so he'll take ah half that Fireball damage. He takes 14.
01:02:06
Kyle B
And then, i don't know how much damage the Flask of Holy Water would do, but...
01:02:12
The Blade's Edge
ah Well, we're going to have to make that up on the spot because technically I don't think... Oh, if the target is Fiender Undead, it takes 2d6 radiant damage. As an action, you can splash the contents of this flask onto a creature.
01:02:23
The Blade's Edge
ah In either case, make a ranged attack against the creature. If the Fiender Undead takes 2d6 radiant damage. A cleric or paladin may create holy water performing a special ritual.
01:02:34
The Blade's Edge
a ritual takes one hour to perform. Uses 25 gold pieces worth of powdered silver and requires the caster to expend a first level spell slot.
01:02:39
Trev
Thank you.
01:02:40
The Blade's Edge
So we kind of, uh, we kind made our own thing on that, Tommy, which is a religion check, but that's okay.
01:02:45
Tommy
ah i'm sorry
01:02:46
Kyle B
True.
01:02:46
The Blade's Edge
Good to know.
01:02:47
Kyle B
I like it, I like it. So it's 2d6.
01:02:48
The Blade's Edge
I mean, yeah, roll me
01:02:48
Trev
yeah
01:02:48
Tommy
Hey, I...
01:02:51
Kyle B
Okay, the nuke wasn't as gnarly as expected, but it is it is something.
01:02:55
The Blade's Edge
Okay, he takes that that three, so he takes 17 points of damage um as the fireball goes off the holy water, singeing his skin.
01:03:08
Kyle B
um So that's my that's that's my turn
01:03:12
The Blade's Edge
Okay, um he is going to use his last legendary action to do a leaping strike.
01:03:20
The Blade's Edge
I can get to Bash. I can. 35 will get me there.
01:03:24
Kyle
I'm happy for you.
01:03:24
The Blade's Edge
he He flies over to you, Bash, and makes a sanguinated blade strike. It's a 25 to hit.
01:03:32
Kyle
It's.
01:03:33
Tommy
He's back in the sunlight, baby.
01:03:33
The Blade's Edge
Okay. Take 2d6 plus 9. ah You take 16 points of slashing damage halved to 8. And does that bring you to within 15 hit points?
01:03:45
Kyle
Oh, sweetie. No.
01:03:47
The Blade's Edge
Okay. That's no. Okay. At the top of the next round, a Bash, a specter works its way through the floor and attempts to ah strike at you. 12 is a miss, and Inabi, you are up.
01:04:07
Trev
Okay, so he moved within range of the stones again, I believe. Actually, you know what? I'm not going to do that. Well, yeah, yeah, I'll start with that.
01:04:18
Trev
um I'll send those at him with my bonus action. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, D...
01:04:21
The Blade's Edge
okay and above with a plus eight yes yeah i got four too 44 plus
01:04:26
Trev
ten t
01:04:35
Trev
Okay, you said 13 and above? one two 1, 2, 3, 4. four It looks like four of them hit. 1, 2, 3, 4. four Okay, nice.
01:04:46
Trev
So, 2, 3, 4. I think it's 4 times 4.
01:04:52
The Blade's Edge
Plus 16. Cool.
01:04:54
Trev
or Yeah.
01:04:57
The Blade's Edge
plus 16. So 24 points of damage.
01:04:58
Trev
We can math.
01:04:59
The Blade's Edge
Okay. so twenty four points of damage
01:05:04
Trev
um And then from here, I'm gonna pull, I'm gonna unwrap my my hand and just ah move five, 10, 15, 20, and
01:05:12
The Blade's Edge
okay
01:05:22
Trev
and point a finger at him.
01:05:27
Trev
And in the name of Osibis, I'm gonna cast some finger of death at him.
01:05:27
Kyle B
Oh.
01:05:29
The Blade's Edge
That's right.
01:05:34
The Blade's Edge
Nice. he He looks at, ah maybe for the first time tonight, Sun Sword, obviously he was shocked by, but he he's you get the sense that he knows of the Sun Sword.
01:05:40
Kyle
Thanks.
01:05:45
The Blade's Edge
He knows of the um ah holy symbol of Ravenkind. He knows even about you guys, even about Bash's dad. But having the blessing of Osibis, you see a pure look of, I did not know that.
01:06:00
The Blade's Edge
that was possible in on his face. um And he's gonna make a con save, right?
01:06:03
Trev
Oh shit.
01:06:07
Trev
Yeah, and I think it's just 50. Wait, let me double check.
01:06:13
Trev
Yeah, con save. and It's only 15.
01:06:16
The Blade's Edge
he'll take half damage.
01:06:16
Trev
Okay. Yes, sir. And the damage on this, plus 30. 7. hot. Oh shit. thirty
01:06:23
The Blade's Edge
Yes, sir.
01:06:26
Trev
seven
01:06:26
The Blade's Edge
This Osybis blessing bypassing
01:06:28
Trev
hot oh shit
01:06:31
Kyle B
73 damage.
01:06:32
The Blade's Edge
ah bypassing his ah resistance.
01:06:35
Trev
the necrotic resistance.
01:06:38
The Blade's Edge
73 will be had because he succeeded to 36.
01:06:48
The Blade's Edge
Okay.
01:06:54
The Blade's Edge
All right. um And is that your turn?
01:06:58
Trev
ah That's my turn. Now I'm just sitting in a cloud of stones.
01:07:03
The Blade's Edge
Um, D'Sun, will you, before your turn, will you wrote were you show me where the sunlight is? Will you draw it on the map?
01:07:10
Tommy
ah Yeah. He is currently in it, so I casted it where he was standing originally, so it's right here.
01:07:16
The Blade's Edge
Yeah. Got it. So as a legendary action on his turn, ah he is going to spend ah one of his legendary actions to turn into a swarm of bats and move out of it.
01:07:27
Trev
Oh, damn. I thought I got three of those bitches.
01:07:32
Tommy
Okay. can i use um Can I use my hasted action first?
01:07:38
The Blade's Edge
No, but he does have three.
01:07:41
Trev
I thought, didn't he do a spell and then also do the leaping attack? So the spell was two and then leaping attack on bash was three.
01:07:46
The Blade's Edge
nut Yeah, it resets at the top of the round.
01:07:48
Trev
Oh, not on his turn.
01:07:49
Kyle
Oh yeah, and it just reset.
01:07:50
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
01:07:50
Trev
Got it. Got it.
01:07:51
Kyle B
Yeah.
01:07:51
Trev
Got it. Okay.
01:07:52
The Blade's Edge
It just resets, but that is his first use.
01:07:54
Trev
Got you. Okay. Six, six, six.
01:07:57
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, Dessan, I think you can use in whatever order you want. Okay.
01:07:59
Tommy
Okay, hasted action first. Sprinter stance.
01:08:05
Tommy
I guess i don't even need haste. Yeah, I'm going to run at him.
01:08:10
The Blade's Edge
You got a dash, right?
01:08:11
Tommy
Just dash at him. Dash at him. 50 feet. Get up right and do his business. And regular action. Two attacks. Sunsword. One-handed.
01:08:21
The Blade's Edge
ah Okay.
01:08:21
Trev
but
01:08:21
The Blade's Edge
Sunsword one handed.
01:08:23
Kyle
See those natural 20s, big boy.
01:08:25
Trev
Wait, did you use your action to dash?
01:08:25
Tommy
ah
01:08:28
Tommy
no i
01:08:28
The Blade's Edge
Is hasted action.
01:08:28
Trev
or Or your hasted action? Because isn't your movement already doubled when you're hasted?
01:08:33
Tommy
Oh yeah, it's 60. I guess I didn't need to dash.
01:08:36
Trev
So you didn't, yeah.
01:08:38
Tommy
I provoke opportunity attack from the shadow, but I just... yeah, my movement is 60, sorry. So I didn't i ah didn't need to dash.
01:08:44
The Blade's Edge
Yes, yes, yes.
01:08:45
Tommy
It's 50 feet total to get to him.
01:08:47
The Blade's Edge
Because, yes, yourre ah your tart your speed was doubled, plus your AC.
01:08:51
Tommy
Yeah, speed double speed double. So three attacks. ah
01:08:55
The Blade's Edge
Okay, three attacks.
01:08:56
Tommy
Okay,
01:08:57
The Blade's Edge
Here's the opportunity attack. Miss.
01:09:00
Tommy
Sun Sword. Trevor, stand up, please.
01:09:03
The Blade's Edge
ha
01:09:04
Kyle B
Trevor, get up.
01:09:05
Trev
Yeah, I'm up. I'm up.
01:09:06
Tommy
ah right, you're standing up? All right. First attack. Watch this.
01:09:10
Kyle B
If I see green, I'm going to... Oh, there it is.
01:09:11
Kyle
Surely not. Okay.
01:09:12
Tommy
Oh, no. no
01:09:12
The Blade's Edge
its it's It's literally...
01:09:12
Tommy
Oh, no.
01:09:12
Kyle
So that's that's an entirely different color that I'd prefer not to see.
01:09:13
Tommy
No.
01:09:14
Trev
I'm sitting back down.
01:09:14
Tommy
Trevor, sit down.
01:09:15
The Blade's Edge
it's It's literally because you said, Trevor, stand up and watch this.
01:09:15
Tommy
Trevor, sit down. Trevor, sit down.
01:09:19
The Blade's Edge
its The dice, no.
01:09:20
Trev
I'm down.
01:09:21
The Blade's Edge
The minute you start talking about it, your dice go, we're not doing it, miss.
01:09:25
Tommy
sit back down. Trevor, sit back down.
01:09:27
Trev
umm down I'm down.
01:09:27
Tommy
um so Okay, okay, okay. I got two more.
01:09:29
Kyle B
The computer has become sentient.
01:09:29
Tommy
I got two more. Oh, no, no, no.
01:09:31
Kyle B
you have You have your inspiration, right, still?
01:09:33
Tommy
No, I already burned it. already burned it.
01:09:34
Kyle B
Oh, jeez.
01:09:34
Tommy
i burn I burned it sneaking in.
01:09:36
Kyle B
Oh, piss.
01:09:39
Tommy
18? Not gonna do it. Okay, hey!
01:09:42
The Blade's Edge
I'll give you Mad Mage's reaction, bend luck, a but you're have to roll a 4 on that d4. Or a 3 or a 4. Alright.
01:09:54
Kyle B
Ah.
01:09:54
Tommy
Oh no, oh no!
01:09:55
Kyle
stuff.
01:09:56
Tommy
Under Hey, no! Everyone relax, everyone relax.
01:10:00
The Blade's Edge
Not only does that miss...
01:10:01
Trev
hey no
01:10:01
The Blade's Edge
Hey, hey, hey, hey!
01:10:02
Tommy
Everybody relax, everybody relax!
01:10:04
Kyle B
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
01:10:05
The Blade's Edge
Tommy, not only does that miss, need you roll me d100.
01:10:08
Tommy
Okay.
01:10:12
Tommy
71. Okay. Oh.
01:10:13
The Blade's Edge
71, okay. ah As that happens, you feel ah you you miss the attack, but you feel your yourself grow stronger.
01:10:27
The Blade's Edge
and for the And for the next minute, which is the remainder of this battle, D'Saun, you resistance to all damage.
01:10:27
Tommy
okay
01:10:33
Tommy
Hey.
01:10:34
Kyle
Wow.
01:10:36
The Blade's Edge
Okay.
01:10:38
Tommy
Check this out. Oh no. Oh no!
Strahd's Last Stand and Final Defeat
01:10:42
Tommy
13, missed all my attacks!
01:10:42
Kyle
Oh no.
01:10:46
The Blade's Edge
You miss all your attacks. You do have resistance to ah damage, though, for the next minute. um And it is now Strahd's turn.
01:10:59
The Blade's Edge
um He's going to go unarmed strike first. He's going to try and grab you, Desson.
01:11:09
Tommy
Okay, my strength is 15 right now.
01:11:11
Kyle B
Oh.
01:11:11
The Blade's Edge
It's just ah if he hits his attack, you you take damage and are grappled.
01:11:13
Tommy
Oh, to hit, okay. Oh yeah, to AC 21.
01:11:16
The Blade's Edge
It's a 23.
01:11:18
Tommy
Okay. Okay. Okay.
01:11:20
The Blade's Edge
Okay, so you'll take this damage will halved as it is a 2d8 plus 9. Plus 9 is 23 halved 11. You take 11 points damage. He will then bring in for the bite.
01:11:32
The Blade's Edge
take eleven points of damage
01:11:35
Tommy
okay
01:11:35
The Blade's Edge
um he will then bring you in for the bite
01:11:38
Tommy
okay
01:11:40
The Blade's Edge
And you're also you're also considered restrained.
01:11:40
Tommy
And he gets advantage on the bite, right?
01:11:43
The Blade's Edge
oh sorry, you also take Necryde damage with that. You take 5d6 Necryde damage. Halved for 10. So you've taken 21.
01:11:49
Tommy
Okay. Okay. Not good.
01:11:52
The Blade's Edge
Here comes the bite at advantage.
01:11:57
The Blade's Edge
um Oh, I'm sorry. that you know that That's the bite damage. So you you you might still take that. Let's just see. No. Wait. 17?
01:12:05
The Blade's Edge
seventeen
01:12:05
Kyle
wow
01:12:07
Tommy
No, misses, misses.
01:12:08
The Blade's Edge
mean this Okay, so so disregard that last 10. You only take the 11.
01:12:11
Tommy
Okay. healing back ten guy Okay.
01:12:13
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, heal back 10. that's That's two attacks. um Do I just go for another bite? I think I i think i do. Because I have you grappled. Okay, so you're going to try that one more time.
01:12:26
The Blade's Edge
Advantage. That's going to hit 27.
01:12:29
Tommy
Yeah, that that'll do it.
01:12:30
The Blade's Edge
Nice, nice, nice. So for the bite, you take D6 plus 9, halved. 12, halved to 6. And then you'll take that 10 damage. So then then just put that 10 back on.
01:12:42
Tommy
Okay, so 16 total.
01:12:44
The Blade's Edge
Plus the 11 is 27.
01:12:44
Tommy
And this, 27.
01:12:45
The Blade's Edge
Yeah. Cool.
01:12:46
Tommy
corn so Okay. I'm still up.
01:12:48
The Blade's Edge
All right, he's got you grappled. He takes a big bite, but uses his whole turn ah to do that. um Bash, you're up.
01:13:00
Kyle
I would love ah natural 20 on an attack. It would feel so good. I'm going to full sprint at him. Axe above my head.
01:13:14
Kyle
War charge. Swing down on thy wretched king for a natural fucking 20!
01:13:23
The Blade's Edge
Let's go.
01:13:23
Kyle B
There's no way, dude.
01:13:25
The Blade's Edge
You guys are going crazy. Also, I was going to say, Bash, you can you can be right you can be rolling an advantage every turn. you' just You would just have to give him advantage. Don't forget your reckless attacks.
01:13:33
Kyle
Yeah, no, I know. I know about Reckless.
01:13:34
The Blade's Edge
Wow. First attack, natural 20.
01:13:36
Kyle
Oh my god, man
01:13:37
Tommy
Who is standing up? Who is standing up?
01:13:39
The Blade's Edge
Who was standing up? Yeah, we need to know.
01:13:40
Kyle
man. My ass was sat.
01:13:40
Trev
I may be standing up right now.
01:13:41
The Blade's Edge
What's the what's the formula? All right,
01:13:44
Kyle B
I'm sad, I'm planted.
01:13:46
The Blade's Edge
roll that damage, baby.
01:13:47
Kyle
Okay, so i can click on this. i don't know what I'm looking at.
01:13:53
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, so that's 14 plus is is 34. So you do 34 points of damage.
01:14:01
Kyle
Plus three for my rage.
01:14:04
The Blade's Edge
Nice, so 37.
01:14:08
The Blade's Edge
37 points of damage on one swing.
01:14:11
Tommy
He's him.
01:14:11
Kyle
I say, do you do you do you feel it yet? You feel the light of a new dawn?
01:14:18
The Blade's Edge
I do feel it.
01:14:20
The Blade's Edge
Everything changes after today.
01:14:25
Kyle
Seven. Sorry, 20 to hit.
01:14:29
The Blade's Edge
20 will miss. And I already used Mad Mage's reaction, so I can't i can't give you
01:14:34
Kyle
gonna use a luck point to give myself advantage. 24
01:14:38
The Blade's Edge
Nice. little re-roll
01:14:43
Kyle
to hit.
01:14:43
Trev
Let's go.
01:14:44
The Blade's Edge
here. 24 does hit.
01:14:46
Tommy
Give it to him.
01:14:51
Kyle
damage.
01:14:52
The Blade's Edge
20 points of damage. Okay. Okay.
01:14:58
Kyle
And I say, do you you see the light? Can you see it?
01:15:02
The Blade's Edge
I do see the light. I see it, it's glorious.
01:15:08
Kyle
23 to hit.
01:15:09
The Blade's Edge
um Three attacks, yes, frenzied, that's right. 23 does hit. 22 points of damage.
01:15:18
Kyle
Another 22 points of damage.
01:15:22
The Blade's Edge
twenty two points of
01:15:24
Kyle
going say go to it.
01:15:24
The Blade's Edge
damage
01:15:26
Kyle
Follow it.
01:15:29
The Blade's Edge
well
01:15:32
The Blade's Edge
follow it
01:15:32
Kyle
Become a servant of the kingdom that you once reigned upon.
01:15:37
The Blade's Edge
He, as he says, he'll follow it. He's holding Dasan as you lay into him and he sort of releases his grip as his hands fall down to his side and he drops to a knee.
01:15:48
The Blade's Edge
And as he drops to a knee, his head hanging, he says, but not yet. And his head and arms come up as he uses a legendary, his two legendary actions ah to cast Cone of Cold at both Dasan and Bash.
01:16:01
The Blade's Edge
I need con saves from both of you.
01:16:01
Tommy
Oh my god.
01:16:04
Tommy
We have plus two.
01:16:08
Tommy
Everyone relax. 15. Plus two, 17. Kyle, 21. Kyle, ah twenty one kyle g you because you get plus two to my aura.
01:16:14
Kyle
uh night uh so what does that what does that put me yeah
01:16:14
Kyle B
Yeah, I got you for a plus five.
01:16:19
Kyle B
You are within range.
01:16:28
Kyle B
And then, Tommy, I'm using Flash of Genius on you.
01:16:31
Kyle
at okay i need i need 22.
01:16:34
The Blade's Edge
Yep.
01:16:36
Kyle
so it's but i get a plus one from yeah so i'm at 22.
01:16:39
Kyle B
Yeah, plus one to saves. So yeah, you're at 22, Tommy. tommy
01:16:44
Tommy
Oh, I'm at 18. Yeah.
01:16:45
Kyle B
Yeah.
01:16:46
The Blade's Edge
Okay.
01:16:46
Tommy
18 plus five.
01:16:47
Kyle B
Ooh.
01:16:47
Tommy
Hey,
01:16:48
The Blade's Edge
Okay.
01:16:49
Kyle
Wow, that's crazy.
01:16:49
The Blade's Edge
um so So Bash, you both take half this, because D'Saun, you are taking resistance of damage ah for the next minute. um But this cold damage blasts out, and you each take 15 points of cold damage.
01:16:59
Kyle B
o
01:17:01
Tommy
hey Brian, I have 15 health.
01:17:02
The Blade's Edge
Yeah.
01:17:05
Tommy
I'm down.
01:17:06
The Blade's Edge
The song goes down, hits the ground as he does. Hmm.
01:17:11
Trev
Hold on. Did real quick question for D'Saun. Did you, you got an 18 and then that was plus five from doc.
01:17:23
The Blade's Edge
No, he yeah I think he gave the, the five. Who'd you give the five to?
01:17:28
Kyle B
I gave the plus five to Tommy, so he should be at a 23.
01:17:28
The Blade's Edge
Yeah.
01:17:31
Kyle B
But he still takes half, right?
01:17:34
Trev
But if that was half and then if youre are you are, yes.
01:17:35
The Blade's Edge
yeah you It'd be half of half, Tommy.
01:17:37
Trev
Yes.
01:17:38
Kyle B
Oh, beauty.
01:17:38
Tommy
Oh, okay. Just kidding. Hey, hey, just kidding. Everybody relax. Everybody relax.
01:17:42
Kyle B
Ha ha ha ha.
01:17:43
The Blade's Edge
So, Tommy, you take 7. Bash, you take 15.
01:17:45
Tommy
I got seven health.
01:17:48
The Blade's Edge
um All right. um Mad Mage is going to take care of this shadow here. We're going to say another 5th level. ah He's not going to let this guy sap any more strength.
01:18:00
The Blade's Edge
We're going...
01:18:00
Kyle
I just forgot that I was supposed to get 2d6 temporary hit points from killing the shadows.
01:18:05
The Blade's Edge
I don't know.
01:18:06
Kyle
Is it too late to add that?
01:18:06
The Blade's Edge
That's okay.
01:18:07
Kyle
don't know.
01:18:07
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, well, it doesn't stack, so you'd only get it once. So you can add because it doesn't really matter where it comes from.
01:18:12
Kyle
yeah
01:18:15
The Blade's Edge
Which is 3, 4, 5, 6, plus 7 to the shadow. Definitely going to do seven d four plus seven to the shadow definitely goingnna do it
01:18:29
The Blade's Edge
74, yeah, okay, 20 plus 7 is 27. The shadow by Stalvadak is destroyed by the Mad Mage. um That is his turn, maintaining concentration, and Stalvadak, you are up.
01:18:42
Kyle B
Okay, I am going to run forward here, and I am going to cast Hypnotic Pattern.
01:18:52
The Blade's Edge
Okay, and what is the save on that?
01:18:53
Kyle B
Wisdom, 17. And
01:18:55
The Blade's Edge
Wisdom 17. Wizzy, wizzy, wizzy.
01:18:59
The Blade's Edge
Can't you see?
01:18:59
Kyle B
and i am attempting to give the pattern of his dear love
01:19:04
Kyle B
um as as
01:19:07
The Blade's Edge
So unfortunately, it is each creature in the area who sees the pattern.
01:19:11
Kyle B
Range slash area, isn't it?
01:19:13
The Blade's Edge
you read it, it says each creature.
01:19:13
Kyle B
Oh, 30 foot. Oh, 30 foot. Sorry, I thought 120, and I thought that it was a targeted thing. Okay, I don't want to do that to the rest of the gang. um So instead, I'm just going to cast um another shot from my my light crossbow. So I'll do two attacks.
01:19:31
The Blade's Edge
Okay.
01:19:32
Kyle B
Okay, first one is a 24. okay, cool.
01:19:34
The Blade's Edge
ah You have advantage on that because I gave you advantage last turn. You didn't use it So that's from ah Mad Mage.
01:19:37
Kyle B
okay cool
01:19:41
Kyle B
Okay, and then...
01:19:43
The Blade's Edge
24 hits for 11. Okay. 11 piercing. He takes
01:19:46
Kyle B
And that. Okay, so just one hit for 11 piercing.
01:19:52
The Blade's Edge
all that. eleven piercing he takes all that through
01:19:56
Kyle B
um And that is my turn.
01:19:59
The Blade's Edge
Okay, start of the next round, specter is going to reach up from the ground, Stalvodok, and attempt to attack you. 17. 17 misses. Inabi, you're
01:20:09
Kyle B
Misses.
01:20:10
The Blade's Edge
seventeen misses um and navi you're up
01:20:17
Trev
Question is Strahd is over here technically dim light or is it like super well lit in this whole place?
01:20:25
The Blade's Edge
Um, it's, it's super, not only is it super well lit, there's literally sunlight where you are. Uh,
01:20:30
Trev
Right well I'm saying on Strahd specifically like if I got over to him would that be considered dim light or no just regularly lit?
01:20:38
The Blade's Edge
no, just regularly lit.
01:20:40
Trev
Okay, okay perfect. um
01:20:40
The Blade's Edge
Yeah.
01:20:42
Trev
I'm going to ah up Fuck it. You know what? I'm going
01:20:53
Trev
to go... 25 feet... ah This way? i'm going to have the stones get closer.
01:21:04
Trev
They're like almost within range. Their distance is 30, but if they're moving from there, then they can get like...
01:21:10
The Blade's Edge
Yeah.
01:21:12
Trev
here-ish, they can get close. So with my bonus action, I'll just move them closer, ah like 10 feet away from him.
01:21:16
The Blade's Edge
Okay.
01:21:20
Trev
And with my action, another, ah second one of my fingers. I'm fingering him.
01:21:27
The Blade's Edge
Okay. You're fingering him.
01:21:28
Kyle B
Hell yeah. yeah
01:21:28
The Blade's Edge
um That's a con save, right?
01:21:30
Trev
That's a con save, yeah.
01:21:32
The Blade's Edge
Con save. Will I have to use my last legendary action? Let's see. Plus 11. 19. 19. nineteen
01:21:38
Trev
Got it, he saves, he saves. This is and make double sure again. Yep. 78, two, three, four, five, six, seven.
01:21:46
The Blade's Edge
Plus 30. 65 is 32. Okay. Okay.
01:21:49
Tommy
Plus 30 is insane. I feel like we glossed over it. The plus 30 is crazy.
01:21:52
Trev
Yeah.
01:21:54
The Blade's Edge
it. He takes that damage and still one knee
01:22:02
The Blade's Edge
on the ground.
01:22:06
The Blade's Edge
ah
Celebration and Future Plans
01:22:07
The Blade's Edge
he takes half that damage and is still sort of on one knee on the ground breathing heavy, sweat dripping.
01:22:22
Trev
Hell yeah. um That is turn. turn
01:22:27
The Blade's Edge
Okay. Um, at the end of your turn, he is going to use, uh, legendary action, two legendary actions to cast, uh,
01:22:43
The Blade's Edge
Let's see if I can get you. Let's see if I can get you. get you Get all you guys here. He is going to cast...
01:22:50
Trev
Me when I fucking get you?
01:22:55
Kyle B
the classic.
01:22:57
The Blade's Edge
ah Yeah, he's going to get you all on Fireball.
01:23:00
Trev
Oh shit.
01:23:00
Kyle B
Oh, shit.
01:23:01
The Blade's Edge
Level 3 Fireball.
01:23:02
Kyle B
one
01:23:03
The Blade's Edge
Dex saves from Bash, Dasan, Inabi, and Stalvadok.
01:23:07
Tommy
have a I get advantage on haste, because I'm hasted.
01:23:07
The Blade's Edge
DC 22. dc twenty two
01:23:11
Trev
Failure.
01:23:13
Tommy
I don't think it...
01:23:20
The Blade's Edge
is a success. So you'll take half of half.
01:23:22
Tommy
don't think it'll matter.
01:23:24
Kyle
me Yeah, failed.
01:23:26
The Blade's Edge
That is a a failure from a Nabi, a failure from bash, a success from D'Saan and stall the dock.
01:23:26
Kyle
Krixton.
01:23:33
Kyle B
Yeah, sorry, could you do that again? The ah maintenance guy just appeared at my door.
01:23:35
The Blade's Edge
Next save.
01:23:36
Kyle B
Dex save, coming at you.
01:23:40
Kyle B
That's a 17. I'll use my reaction, flash of genius.
01:23:43
The Blade's Edge
Okay.
01:23:44
Kyle B
um Actually, it hasn't been my turn yet, so I can't do that.
01:23:45
The Blade's Edge
Yeah, how many more? Okay. ah So everybody takes ah full, except Dasan will take half of half. 27 points of damage to everybody. 13, half to 6 for Dasan.
01:23:56
Kyle
Wait, don't I take half? Because I'm raging? Fuuuuck.
01:23:58
The Blade's Edge
Not fire damage. That's only piercing and slashing.
01:24:04
Kyle B
Thank you.
01:24:05
The Blade's Edge
27 points of fire damage to Stalvadak and Nabi. Make a con save. Dasan, you take 6.
01:24:10
The Blade's Edge
Ha
01:24:10
Trev
Oh, yeah.
01:24:11
Trev
actually
01:24:11
Tommy
Oh my god, I'm at fucking 1 HP.
01:24:14
The Blade's Edge
ha ha.
01:24:15
Trev
Actually, I think the the stones actually were in that, too, technically.
01:24:20
The Blade's Edge
Ah.
01:24:21
Trev
So they all get blown up.
01:24:23
The Blade's Edge
OK, the stones are blown.
01:24:26
Trev
Blown stones.
01:24:26
The Blade's Edge
Blown stones. I love that Grateful Dead song, dude.
01:24:30
Trev
and
01:24:31
The Blade's Edge
Blown stones.
01:24:34
The Blade's Edge
OK.
01:24:34
Trev
It went off with the sphere, dude.
01:24:38
The Blade's Edge
Dasan, one health, you said? OK.
01:24:42
Tommy
1 HP.
01:24:44
Kyle B
On HP and a dream. Send it. Deliver it.
01:24:47
Tommy
Yeah, I was i was at 7.
01:24:50
Trev
Crazy.
01:24:53
Kyle
laughs
01:24:55
Tommy
Okay.
01:24:58
Tommy
Action. Holy Symbol of Ravenkind on Tapas Trot.
01:25:00
The Blade's Edge
Yes.
01:25:04
The Blade's Edge
Okay. So you're bringing the, the moving the sunlight.
01:25:08
Tommy
um but I'm technically re yeah i'm recasting it on top of him.
01:25:12
The Blade's Edge
Okay. And you can do that.
01:25:12
Tommy
And that's best that's the...
01:25:13
The Blade's Edge
Is that a, cause how is it cost certain amount of charges?
01:25:14
Tommy
me check. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Yeah, this is the last time I can do it. It costs 5 charges. And i have ten and there's 10 charges total.
01:25:23
The Blade's Edge
Okay. Nice. So he'll take 20 points at the start of his term, which is next.
01:25:30
Tommy
And that's my action. My hasted action. Sunsword. 1 HP and a dream.
01:25:34
The Blade's Edge
Sun sword.
01:25:37
The Blade's Edge
One HP in a dream. 28 hits.
01:25:40
Kyle B
Oh.
01:25:43
Tommy
plus 2, 15.
01:25:46
The Blade's Edge
like One handed or two handed?
01:25:47
Tommy
One-handed, one-handed.
01:25:48
The Blade's Edge
So 11.
01:25:50
Tommy
Sorry.
01:25:51
The Blade's Edge
He takes 11.
01:25:51
Tommy
Oh, yeah, one-handed.
01:25:52
The Blade's Edge
Okay.
01:25:52
Tommy
11, 11.
01:25:55
The Blade's Edge
Any smite or no?
01:25:56
Tommy
Yeah, we're smiting second level.
01:25:58
The Blade's Edge
Okay. That's just
01:26:05
Tommy
Okay. 15 points of Radiant.
01:26:07
Kyle
He's got to be done. there
01:26:09
The Blade's Edge
i gotta I gotta tell you something fun here, Tommy.
01:26:13
The Blade's Edge
I gotta tell you something fun here.
01:26:14
Tommy
Don't do it. Don't do it.
01:26:15
Kyle B
Tell him.
01:26:16
The Blade's Edge
I gotta tell everybody something very fun here.
01:26:16
Tommy
um'm stay I'm standing up.
01:26:19
Kyle
What's fun? It's fun for us or fun for you? Why is it fun?
01:26:25
Trev
Oh shit.
01:26:25
The Blade's Edge
554 damage is how much damage you guys have done.
01:26:32
The Blade's Edge
Plus 11 brings you to 565.
01:26:38
The Blade's Edge
15 points on a smite. What that bring you to? 580.
01:26:43
Kyle
I have anything.
01:26:44
The Blade's Edge
Start
01:26:45
Kyle
i very
01:26:47
The Blade's Edge
of Strahd's turn. He takes 20 points of radiant damage.
01:26:50
Kyle B
Oh.
01:26:51
Tommy
Oh!
01:26:51
Kyle
ah
01:26:51
Trev
Wow.
01:26:52
The Blade's Edge
And at...
01:26:52
Kyle B
Poetry!
01:26:52
Tommy
Oh!
01:26:53
Kyle B
Poetry!
01:26:54
Tommy
so
01:26:54
Kyle B
Cinema!
01:26:55
The Blade's Edge
And at 600 hit points, as Strahd saved his 9th level spell, which I was about to use on Bash... He goes to take his ninth level spell to imprison Bash here forever.
01:27:13
The Blade's Edge
Deep below.
01:27:13
Kyle
Can we roll that for fun?
01:27:15
The Blade's Edge
yeah you want to?
01:27:16
Kyle
I just want to see if it would have happened.
01:27:18
The Blade's Edge
If it would have happened or you want it to be as he's as he is being disintegrated, this happens.
01:27:26
Trev
Amen.
01:27:26
Kyle B
Ooh, fuck. It is his turn after all.
01:27:30
Kyle
It is his turn. does that spell casted? how does how does that spell how is that spell casted
01:27:39
The Blade's Edge
you have a plus so You have a plus one to this because of the the the ah silver dragon. ah You have a plus d four from the mad mage if you want to roll this thing.
01:27:51
The Blade's Edge
And you have a luck point, right, that you can spend on it? Okay. So as he as he was going to cast this spell, he sort of takes out this little miniature wax figure. And as you can see, because he's dying, the bag spills out little figures of all of you guys.
01:28:09
Kyle
i Real quick, I think we roll this for real as the sunlight takes him.
01:28:13
The Blade's Edge
I love it. He pulls out this little piece, this little wax figurine of you, and he he he takes it takes you out, and um he takes a small mithril orb out of his other part pocket, and he smashes wax figurine into the center of this mithril orb where it is inside and as it disappears you can feel your body being entombed far beneath the earth in a sphere of magical force just long enough just large enough to contain you nothing can pass through this fear nobody can teleport or use planar travel to get into or out of it
01:29:01
The Blade's Edge
And this lasts indefinitely.
01:29:07
The Blade's Edge
Will you be stuck in Barovia to witness the passing of time forever in an orb deep though deep below the earth? will you Will you bash reconnect with the land, the trees, the druids?
01:29:24
The Blade's Edge
being buried deep underground here for eternity to live out, communicating only with the roots of plants and trees.
01:29:35
The Blade's Edge
It's wisdom saving throw.
01:29:38
The Blade's Edge
It's a DC 22.
01:29:38
Kyle
What's the DC?
01:29:41
The Blade's Edge
DC 22. You have a
01:29:45
The Blade's Edge
And you have luck points.
01:29:47
Tommy
And don't forget plus two for aura protection.
01:29:49
The Blade's Edge
Aura Protection from Dessant, plus two, plus one from the Aura of the Golden Dragon.
01:29:52
Kyle
oh, oh.
01:29:54
The Blade's Edge
So you have a plus three, plus a d4. That's from the Mad Mage.
01:30:02
Kyle
oh oh
01:30:03
The Blade's Edge
He can use his reaction to give people a bend luck.
01:30:08
Kyle
or I get this is all happening very fast. um But I like to imagine that this ah final blow that was dealt from the sun sword and then the the sunlight that comes down, as opposed to just ending his life instantly, it's kind of more like a ah ah slow death as the sunlight takes over him, giving him enough time to take all this out.
01:30:35
Kyle
And I say to him, I say, you spent... your entire life building up a kingdom of people that feared you. And yet the legacy that you're going to leave is one of complete failure as you lay there powerless, dying, smitten by the sun.
01:31:01
The Blade's Edge
oh You can join me in staying here forever.
01:31:14
Kyle
Over my dead body. I roll.
01:31:18
The Blade's Edge
roll.
01:31:18
Kyle
This wisdom save.
01:31:19
The Blade's Edge
Got a luck point. Okay, so four. That's not going to do it because that would be a seven plus a d4.
01:31:23
Kyle
or
01:31:25
The Blade's Edge
So we'll save the d4 roll.
01:31:29
Kyle
Use a luck point.
01:31:30
The Blade's Edge
Okay.
01:31:31
Kyle
Because I feel this.
01:31:32
The Blade's Edge
Yeah. How many luck points do you have left? Two?
01:31:34
Kyle
i have. Oh well i had. After this I'll have two. I'll use one. And then I have two left.
01:31:40
The Blade's Edge
yeah You used one earlier.
01:31:42
Kyle
Correct.
01:31:43
The Blade's Edge
Yeah. And you only have four.
01:31:43
Kyle
I have four total.
01:31:47
The Blade's Edge
Luck? I don't think so.
01:31:51
Kyle B
like it's usually just three
01:31:52
The Blade's Edge
No, it's it's it's three. It's three. I don't know if that's, that might be the 2025 version, but you only have three. Yeah. Luck points are you have you have three luck points.
01:32:01
Kyle
Okay. I thought I got a an extra luck point from like a level up. I can.
01:32:06
The Blade's Edge
No, it's always three.
01:32:08
Kyle
Always three. Okay.
01:32:09
The Blade's Edge
Always.
01:32:09
Kyle
So then I have two left.
01:32:09
The Blade's Edge
Yeah. Two left.
01:32:11
Kyle
Interesting. I don't know why that's like that. Everything else is fine.
01:32:13
The Blade's Edge
So if you use, so when you use one here, you'll have one left.
01:32:16
Kyle
Correct. Use it as I feel this dark energy pulling my soul into the ground. As I try my hardest to resist.
01:32:30
The Blade's Edge
Right? And 8 would bring you to 11, which would be positive Could only maximum get you to 15.
01:32:32
Kyle
Eight.
01:32:38
The Blade's Edge
You have one last luck point.
01:32:41
Kyle
i I see visions of
01:32:47
Kyle
my father and how he was unable to resist such intense power and I've spent my whole life trying to avoid becoming what my father was
01:33:06
Kyle
but unfortunately the power is too strong
01:33:09
The Blade's Edge
As Shrod dies, his body being burned up in the sun. As Dasan, you stand over him with your weapon smoldering, the sunlight blasting in this underground tavern. Bash, you feel an internal clock begin to start, like a timer.
01:33:33
The Blade's Edge
You know that... In a mere... Only Romeo, D4.
01:33:44
Kyle
three
01:33:45
The Blade's Edge
In a mere three hours, your body will become one with this land imprisoned deep underneath it to witness the passaging of time here in Barovia.
01:34:00
The Blade's Edge
But you have three hours.
01:34:05
The Blade's Edge
As Strahd's
01:34:05
Kyle
do i Do I know that I have three hours?
01:34:07
The Blade's Edge
yeah
01:34:11
The Blade's Edge
Strahd's body turns to ash in the sun sun beating through and you begin to hear a distant sound from far outside the cheering of battle as you know that whatever vampires were out there are no more whatever skeletons and zombies that were out there are no more So all that would be left would be the werewolves, the mongrel folk and the witches.
01:34:42
The Blade's Edge
You hear cheering from outside. Doesn't sound like a lot of people, but it sounds like the forces outside that you brought here were victorious.
01:34:58
Kyle B
Unreal.
01:35:01
The Blade's Edge
Now, before we end this campaign,
01:35:06
The Blade's Edge
Let me know. we can go one by one. Maybe everybody, one last time, me an initiative.
01:35:15
The Blade's Edge
We'll go one by one and talk about, as you guys,
01:35:25
The Blade's Edge
first and foremost, as you exit Castle Ravenloft, the Mad Mage turns to all of you with a look of clarity in his eyes.
01:35:37
The Blade's Edge
Finally, a look clear, devoid of madness.
01:35:44
The Blade's Edge
As he grabs you guys each one by one on the shoulder and says, Dintenden, I can't thank you enough for saving me. I'm going to take my family now, and I believe it's time for me to finally leave this place.
01:36:00
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I came here centuries ago to free this place from the machinations of Strahd. Many died because of me. But now that we've done it, now that you've done it, it's time for me to leave.
01:36:19
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I'm going to be heading back to the material plane, to the world of Iola. I'm going to head back to Daggerford.
01:36:31
Kyle B
Daggerford. Sounds like a cool place.
01:36:35
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He gives each guys a big hug. His goat sort of lovingly headbutts you guys each and in the leg. The cat.
01:36:43
Trev
Later. Later, Philip.
01:36:46
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The cat licking your guys' palms as he walks off and talks for a little bit with the survivors of the battle. You see Van Richten and Desdrelde survived.
01:37:00
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Erwin survived, although he's lost an eye. Many members of the Keepers of the Ravens have died. Many Ulmist Inquisitors have died. You see no ghosts remain.
01:37:13
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You see ah not many druids and barbarians remain. You see in the center of the battlefield, sprawled out on the ground, legs together but arms outstretched with a big smile on his face, Yevgeny.
01:37:31
Kyle B
You have getting the goat. I'm telling you what.
01:37:35
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died in the shape of the cross as he lays there as
01:37:37
Kyle B
ah
01:37:38
Tommy
Oh my god. Oh my
01:37:42
Kyle B
have getting Christ. He has risen.
01:37:43
Tommy
fucking god, dude.
01:37:45
Kyle
Evgeny Christ, man.
01:37:46
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massive smile on his face as the crowd as the clouds begin to go away and the sun shines down people begin to squint um You see the the Baron of Vallaki died in battle, redemption for his sort of poor behavior earlier campaign.
01:38:05
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You see the mongrel folk changing back into regular humans, all feeling a bit ashamed. Werewolves losing their bloodlust.
01:38:18
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You see the heads of all three witches sitting in a fire being burned. And as the Mad Mage speaks for a moment with Van Richten, you then watch him head off into the mists and disappear into a land beyond.
01:38:39
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Now, first and foremost, D'Saun.
01:38:46
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One HP.
01:38:47
Tommy
Is...
01:38:50
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but would like to do? How does your story end?
01:38:53
Tommy
is
01:38:56
Tommy
I died in Barovia. Is my curse lifted?
01:39:01
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So you, you go at some point to test to see if you are able to leave.
01:39:02
Tommy
is
01:39:07
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And you find that you're not.
01:39:11
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That much like as time passes on here, eventually as time passes on, you see the townsfolk who have died here in Barovia come back.
01:39:26
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While Strahd might be dead, this land is deeply cursed.
01:39:32
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And do you realize that your days shall be lived out in Barovia, though a new dawn has come of it.
01:39:46
Tommy
I would like, after the battle,
01:39:53
Tommy
to take Strahd's ashes.
01:39:58
Tommy
And climb to the top of Mount Baratok. And bury his ashes. or I guess not bury it, but just place them on the mountain facing east.
01:40:14
Tommy
But that's for after Bash is gone. Because I would like to spend the last three hours of Bash's time with him. Sharing a drink.
01:40:26
Tommy
At the bar. or wherever he wants to do.
01:40:31
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Share the drink at the bar. The townspeople come together, whether it's Barovia, Kresk, Wallachie, and celebrate you all for tonight and for the days to come.
01:40:45
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um As they do, you spend your last moments with Bash before in the coming days and weeks heading off to punish Strahd's ashes in the face of the sun every day.
01:41:02
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and then coming back into town and being a symbol of hope and a symbol of Lathander in a town and a realm that you have forever changed.
01:41:13
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Maybe from time to time you go and visit the graveyard with Gilmond and Alma and Roy, um But, Valerius, you never see them again.
01:41:27
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You stay there, and and and when night comes, no ghosts come up to fight. You just sit alone at their graves, knowing that they have finally found peace.
01:41:44
Kyle B
Wow.
01:41:49
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Stalvodok.
01:41:51
Kyle B
Yeah,
Epilogue and Campaign Reflection
01:41:52
Kyle B
I too would want to spend the last couple hours with Bash, but after that, knowing that it seems the creatures that have been cursed in this land are are changed back in into their more human ways, I would seek out any remaining werewolves, and instead of killing them, punishing them like Strahd would do.
01:42:16
Kyle B
feel a kinship, a compassion for them. um And I would spend the rest of my days um helping them find solace, reacclimating into society, figuring out how they can work to better this world instead of to harm it.
01:42:34
Kyle B
And i would do that until I ran out of juice, powered down.
01:42:41
The Blade's Edge
Nice. The Allmist Inquisitors always have a spot for you and definitely put you in the sort of division of Allmist Inquisition that deals with rehabilitation as it's not all about vanquishing evil, but sometimes ah maybe sending you on the sorts of missions where a spirit has possessed a young girl.
01:43:02
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and you must rid the girl of the spirit rather than just kill. You're part of a more delicate task force
01:43:06
Kyle B
I
01:43:10
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with um with Rudolph and Desdrelde, and every now and then you even see side by side with you rehabilitating the monsters of the world and saving ah people who are less fortunate.
01:43:24
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You see Erasmus, the ghost of Erasmus with you throughout your days.
01:43:28
Kyle B
ah love that. My ghost, bro.
01:43:34
The Blade's Edge
Inabhi.
01:43:37
Trev
with good.
01:43:41
Trev
Um, honestly, probably just do it on noodles for me, you know, go back to go back to that restaurant and like rejoin that guy and kind of like wait and see if I get any more instruction from Oh
01:43:55
The Blade's Edge
Oh yeah, you so you did. You did get instruction, which is what I was going to ask you about.
01:44:01
Trev
oh shit.
01:44:01
The Blade's Edge
And so you can fight against that instruction or you can act.
01:44:05
Trev
Fuck, what was it again? I can't, i'm unfortunately not on my machine where i have all my notes currently.
01:44:10
The Blade's Edge
That's it it was it was for It was for you to take over.
01:44:11
Trev
um do
01:44:14
Trev
Oh, right, right, right. um Yeah, I mean, if that was my instruction, i would see what that would entail and pursue that. ah Try and, yeah, try and take over or fill that spot.
01:44:27
Trev
um But I would do it slightly more I would try to do it a little more diplomatically, like, ah you know, talk to the almost inquisitors, for example, or, you know, other people, ah these people at Mr. Udon noodles himself, you know, like try and gather people to see if they would like help back me in doing that and making sure I would run like to the best of my abilities and knowledge. ah
01:44:59
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Yeah, I think, ah yeah, feel free to stop me if any of this sounds out of term, but I think after you spend some time with Bash,
01:44:59
Trev
Solid Barovia.
01:45:04
Trev
go
01:45:06
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as the years pass, Inabi eventually rises to lead the realm through the help of this shadow network of priests of Osaibis.
01:45:17
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And I think as you begin to to lead the realm, sort of you on one hand have a physical leader ah in Inabi and a spiritual leader in Dasan.
01:45:29
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um And I think the two of you maybe have many meetings, uh, ah many meetings over the years. And I think over the years, D'Saun, you see the darkness behind Inabi's eyes slowly gather and slowly get stronger.
01:45:54
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And this Osaibus connection with with the land and grow. and grow And maybe down the line in the years to come, a decade or two later, there might even be ah confrontational meeting between Dasan and Anabi with the realm at stake.
01:46:19
Trev
Sick.
01:46:23
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Bash, with the three hours left to you,
01:46:28
Kyle
um
01:46:31
Kyle
Yeah, i think first thing that I would want to do is is go back to the blue correct? correct
01:46:39
The Blade's Edge
Yeah.
01:46:40
Kyle
the blue water in and have a beer, have ah have some wine with my friends, play some card games. um And I would want to pay a visit to the graveyard where the previous four mates ah peacefully rest.
01:47:00
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Have a beer with your mates and then you head back to the graveyard, sun beating down on Barovia in a new age.
01:47:10
Kyle
And then I'd like to bring everyone to the meadow where I was training and and practicing and exercising for this great fight.
01:47:26
Kyle
And I'd look at everyone and I would say, um I understand that the time that we have here is finite.
01:47:38
Kyle
And I just couldn't imagine spending it with anyone else other than you three and trying our hardest to make right the injustice of this kingdom that Strahd has brought.
01:47:54
Kyle
I just wanted to say thank you.
01:47:57
Kyle B
I give you a big hug, big robot hug.
01:48:01
Kyle
I give you guys all a big hug. And I look at Inabi. And am I aware of Inabi's plans to to rule the kingdom?
01:48:13
The Blade's Edge
Question for Trev.
01:48:13
Trev
Yeah, yeah, I would have been open about it.
01:48:18
Kyle
And I look at you and I just say, you have the ability to lead these people to a better life.
01:48:26
Kyle
And i I kneel down on one knee and I say, Nabi, the leader of a new dawn.
01:48:36
Kyle B
Hell yeah.
01:48:36
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You kneel down and as you kneel, you feel your knee going deeper and deeper as your body is dragged into the core of the ground underneath Barovia.
01:48:56
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And as we pan out, Bash, we realize that from the beginning of this campaign until now, the point of view of the listener, this panning out, this seeing things has always been from Bash's point of view.
01:49:13
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As over time, much like the kid in Game of Thrones, you are able to, as you are stuck deep within the grounds of Barovia, your consciousness travels through time.
01:49:28
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You view the land from this sort of aerial up view. You are a part of Barovia forever with your body trapped deep within the ground.
01:49:40
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You watch as the realm is saved and the mists disappear and Inabi rises to power. And then you watch Inabi and his ah council of dark Osaibus members grow dark and darker and darker.
01:49:59
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And you see Dasan and Inabi clash and you see one day the mists return.
01:50:11
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The mists come back.
01:50:16
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The clouds come back until one day you hear a name you'd never thought you'd hear again.
01:50:21
Kyle B
Thank you.
01:50:26
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Strahd.
01:50:30
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You watch as his return is infinite over and over.
01:50:39
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People come and they fight and they win and they die and they leave and he returns. And do you realize that you and him are one because you and him are the land.
01:50:55
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The land is you trapped forever to repeat history over and over again.
01:51:03
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Until one day.
01:51:06
The Blade's Edge
You watch from the clouds, zooming in and out, having this omnipotence to be able to see everything, as a group arrives in Barovia.
01:51:20
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A group named Vincere Luna.
01:51:23
Trev
Fucking go.
01:51:25
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And as this group... comes you, your influence, though they can't feel it, Bash. Your influence leads them to a ritual that they need to do to stop the return of Strahd.
01:51:44
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Not only must he die, but to end this forever, this ritual must be done. You influence them along the way.
01:51:56
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You feel when they finally get to the Amber Temple, the remains of Anabi in this far-off distant future, the remains of Anabi pointing them in the right direction.
01:52:11
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The light of Lathander at that time coming from Dasan and his grandchildren's grandchildren's grandchildren.
01:52:23
The Blade's Edge
pointing this group in the right way.
01:52:27
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The influence of Stalvodok and the Olmist Inquisitors and Erasmus leading this group to finally do the thing that must be done. And as you watch Bash as they complete this ritual thousands of years in the future and the ritual ends, you finally feel Bash your eyes close forever.
01:52:55
The Blade's Edge
Finally.
01:53:00
The Blade's Edge
Thank you so much for joining us on this, this journey. This has been curse of Strahd. ah We have been the blade's edge.
01:53:11
The Blade's Edge
ah Give it up for Kyle beams, Kyle Gerard, Tommy McMillan, Trevor Christensen. I'm Brian Samus. And thanks so much. for joining us on this journey.
01:53:22
Kyle B
Love y'all.
01:53:23
Trev
Thanks, everybody.
01:53:23
Kyle
Thank you.
01:53:23
Tommy
Thank you.
01:53:23
Kyle B
Thank you.
01:53:24
Kyle
thank you
01:53:25
The Blade's Edge
Bye-bye.