Become a Creator today!Start creating today - Share your story with the world!
Start for free
00:00:00
00:00:01
World of Ae'oene Ep. 14: Unexpected Surprise
39 Plays2 months ago
Can any party go uninterrupted? With the arrival of some unexpected guests, our friends get more action then they were prepared for.
This show is written with adult audiences in mind and contains content that may not be suitable for younger listeners.
This episode has the following content warnings: Strong Language, General Violence
We'd love to hear your feedback! What do you want to hear more of? Let us know your thoughts in the comments!
Want to support the show?
https://ko-fi.com/worldofaeoene
- Join our discord community: https://discord.gg/KDtk26XMsn
- Follow us on our socials: https://linktr.ee/aeoene
Our cast:
- Curtiss Woosley as The GM
- Rennie Armas as Kaldin
- Sapheara as Maeve Strongheart
- Jack Baldwin as Jellen Ykalle
- MJ Guenther as Thalira Grimstone Eku'Lanathi
Addtional Credits:
- Show graphics by Sentic GFX
- Show editing Rennie Armas and MJ Guenther
- Intro/Outro music composed by Ryan Muns, Owner/Operator of Eyes On The Moon Studios
- Music & Foley tracks purchased/licensed from Monument Studios, Adrian Von Ziegler, and Michael Ghelfi Studios.
Recommended
Transcript
Reunion and Fundraiser Discussion
00:00:00
Speaker
Destabilizing Foundations, Episode 14. The World of Aeon contains stories with mature themes. Content warnings are in the episode description.
00:00:23
Speaker
Welcome back, ladies and gentlemen, as we are now into episode 14 of the World of Aeon Stories of Legend as we continue our story of the destabilizing foundations.
00:00:37
Speaker
Players, are you with me? I'm with you. Indeed, I've got it popped and locked. Are you dropping it? Maybe. We'll have to wait to see. Yellen's going to twerk this episode.
00:00:54
Speaker
I thought we confirmed he was dugging. Right. He's also going to twerk. I've learned a lot of dance moves. I'm i'm a high-profile dance teacher. Yeah. He was possessed by this high-profile dance teacher, and now he knows it all.
00:01:09
Speaker
That's right. Ladies and gentlemen. ahp There's my dogs. Again. Dude, they've been active this last hour. Oh, my gosh. I hope you guys are ready, because if you thought last episode was wild, this one's just going to be even better.
00:01:25
Speaker
Oh boy. ah can't wait. It's going to be great. Hope you guys are ready. So let's get right into it.
Meeting with Piara Bhakti
00:01:48
Speaker
As we rejoin our party at the Peace Ballroom of the World Union for the Bart and Lidias Foundation fundraiser, lot of F-words, our group went through all kinds of encounters in our last session, meeting people they didn't know being people.
00:02:05
Speaker
that they didn't know and those people that they are that they don't know then meeting people they don't know it's a lot it's a lot but regardless we got the full reunion as Maeve finally got to speak with Talira and got told maybe not believe that Yellen is still alive and we come back to our crazy bunch of adventures as Maeve got waved over by Fenlin her sponsor and friend to help with this foundation waved over to the table of Piyara Bhakti, which is the ambassador for the Aether, the druid circles of the primordial plane.
00:02:42
Speaker
And she waved over, she asked Talira, if she'd like to join her so she can introduce Talira to her friend. And that is where we join up with our adventurers once again. As the orchestra is playing a light tune, the official dance that you all just did, kind of a break in between as they play just a normal tune for people to converse and get some food once again as the party continues on through its way.
00:03:07
Speaker
As you push through the crowd... Talira may already knows this man, and you saw him earlier, but she pushes towards a dashing young high elf. Air swooped to the side in a dashing black suit as well, just dashing all over, talking to this group of light genasi, as well as a variety of other genasis that you've...
00:03:28
Speaker
Probably, i wouldn't say never seen, but you don't see them very often. As you see the earth, the more common of the water genasi in this plane of existence, including some fire genasi you may have seen, the earth genasi and water genasi being the two most common.
00:03:39
Speaker
But you're also seeing an air genasi, and lacking seems to be any of the dark genasi. As you approach, Fenlon reaches a hand out to Maeve.
Finlan Rowe's Speech and Appeal
00:03:50
Speaker
Yara, don't know if you've talked with her yet or met her, but this is the lovely Maeve Strongheart. She is the proprietor alongside me im at the Bart and Lydia Foundation for this event here. We want to congratulate you for accepting your seat yesterday, and we're happy to have hosted an event so close to be able to help celebrate.
00:04:10
Speaker
Maeve will take Fenlon's hand. Maeve, darling, I'd like you to meet Piara and her envoy here. They have some business to discuss with us, potentially. They are interested in our the research that our foundation has been funding here. I think i do believe, unfortunately, Piara here has to has to go talk with another one of the members here.
00:04:32
Speaker
And I actually have something I need to take care of. So if you don't mind, do you mind speaking here with Yorzerul here? He's part of our envoy, one of one of our cabinet members. If you can talk some of the business with them, they were interested in potentially helping fund the research specific to the effects the rifts are having within the Primordial Plane itself. They're willing to offer maybe some stay and offer pay for the travel through the here were the established portals.
00:05:01
Speaker
Hmm. Oh, that sounds like a lovely opportunity to to study these portals more and to aid in our mission to better understand what is exactly happening here. Are you sure you're going to be okay running away? I'll be fine. I just, I have something, just, I'm so sorry.
00:05:18
Speaker
I do have something I need to take care of just really quickly. I'll be right back. Maeve will give him like a little curtsy as a polite. Can I incite that? yeah I don't see why not.
00:05:30
Speaker
okay
00:05:33
Speaker
Yeah, Talira's confused. That was a six. so Okay, yeah. This is this is normal. Yeah. he just He just fully ignored Talira too. yeah He's got eyes only for Maeve.
00:05:47
Speaker
m Only for Maeve. Yes, as this ah light Genasi, very similar to Piara and and the fact that their characteristics are the same of the hair.
00:06:00
Speaker
It has flowing light through it and the eyes glow, although his seemingly a little less. His features much more sharper than hers. It's a pleasure to meet you, Maeve. Miss Strongheart it is, correct?
00:06:15
Speaker
Yes, pleasure is all mine. Yes, Maeve. Oh, I assure you it is mine. We are very interested in some of the research that your Foundation has been funding, especially through the University. We actually would be interested in possibly trying to open a secondary portal from the Primordial Plane to Kudorum University itself to help with this research. You understand these portals are very expensive to keep as the the connection between our worlds, especially recently, is just so hard to hold.
Chaos Unleashed: Portal and Attack
00:06:44
Speaker
But we would love to be able to be a part of that, especially if you are willing to research specifically into the northern regions of of the material plane and of the primordial. As we believe a lot of the disruptions have come from the icy tundra of the that the Aethercrow are in charge of. We do find that they may be part of what is causing these disruptions.
00:07:07
Speaker
i I think that would be ah a wonderful opportunity. um We'd probably have to set up a few meetings with the director of the university, and um but I'm sure we can get that all arranged.
00:07:21
Speaker
Fantastic. are you police Please, stick a please take a seat here. with let's discuss We can discuss some of that the details of that right now. if you um And he gets cut off as using the power of magic, as if on a mic you hear Finlan's voice ring out across the crowd.
00:07:37
Speaker
excuse me um Excuse me, everyone. Thank you so much. And you look over and you can see he is standing with the orchestra and he's holding like some sort of large crystal. Excuse me, everyone. Yes, I Finlyn Rowe, one of the proprietors here of the Bart and Lydia Foundation who has held this fundraiser. We just want to say thank you all for joining us here today. This has means so much to us myself as well as Maeve Strongheart and the Rowe family as a whole.
00:08:03
Speaker
Everybody coming here has just been wonderful to see just the faces and the wide a range of cultures who truly care about the connection that our world holds naturally to the primordial plane.
00:08:18
Speaker
And obviously with, and he like nods towards Piaris table, with Piaris Bhakti taking the seat yesterday, the timing could not have been better. As you all know, the rifts across the world have become a growing problem in the past years with the majority of the activity into the northeastern part of Nitro Taurus, especially the Jayona Peninsula.
00:08:42
Speaker
It has grown to be a much bigger problem. Glory itself, the city, having incorporated or rather experienced a rift open and elementals ravished the city just a few months ago.
00:08:54
Speaker
It is affecting everyone. It is going to continue to grow. Our research is showing that the foundational connections between our worlds have done nothing but grow. The rifts between them spreading further apart. And this is going to continue continue to increasingly affect everyone's day-to-day
Defense Against Intruders
00:09:10
Speaker
lives. Not just the people you all govern, but you yourself as well, especially your money.
00:09:16
Speaker
As this happens, trade will become increasingly difficult. You may find... that your trade ships encounter one at sea and don't make it to their port and all of your goods lost. The re reconstruction efforts that will happen when these rifts occur in a city just like it happened here are massive and it grows expensive.
00:09:35
Speaker
So the further that we can research this and quicker put a stop to it, heal our worlds, the more it saves your pocketbooks. And I know that's what most of you really care about here. At least he is honest.
00:09:47
Speaker
You all hear in your heads.
00:09:52
Speaker
um Actually, you don't. Oh, true. Forgot about that. i That connection was cut. Then you don't hear that in your heads. Talira thinks it really loudly. Talira mumbles it, so maybe it is. Thinks it really loudly to herself.
00:10:10
Speaker
Our research so far has made leaps and bounds, but we are limited. both in funding and connections and access to the most powerful of components that allow us to reach further into the arcane connection between our worlds.
00:10:26
Speaker
But you here can make a difference for everyone in the world. That's why we're meeting here today at the World Union. What better place to connect us all in the saving of our worlds than here.
00:10:38
Speaker
I hope you all find it in your hearts. to give what you can to the Foundation and help us in whatever way, whether it's direct donations or it is providing arcane resources.
00:10:49
Speaker
want to thank everybody one last time. And before I go, I do want to give a round of applause for the woman who has truly made this all possible. While I have been a sponsor and I have been proud to be along her side, she has done all of the work in the background and has not given recognition she deserves. And he points to you, Maeve.
00:11:07
Speaker
Ladies and gentlemen, Maeve Strongheart is the woman who has made all of this possible and personally seen the destruction that these destabilizing foundations of our world have caused. She is the one who has found it in her heart to push so hard for this research.
00:11:22
Speaker
Can we get a round of applause? As the room erupts. Yeah, the room erupts into applause as everybody kind of looks your way and nods. and Maeve smiles, but she stiffens up a lot.
00:11:37
Speaker
And I personally have found the passion that she holds to truly be one of a kind. In the day where she deserves everything, I'd like to give her a step up into the world.
00:11:48
Speaker
As I'd like to... And he gets cut off. As suddenly... A portal, or rather should I say a rift, with the sound of a crack of thunder electrically rips open in the middle of this room.
00:12:01
Speaker
And before anyone can react, two spells snipe out of this portal as as it's opening before it even finishes and hits Piara Bhakti as she's returning to her table.
00:12:11
Speaker
ah And Maeve as they both instantly fall unconscious. What? Shit, there went our help in this fight. Fuck. And as it opens, directly following behind those spells, Dark Ganassi and Kyanite Tieflings pour out of this portal as almost like a special operations team dart towards the table to grab Piara.
00:12:39
Speaker
And Talira, you're close by as you immediately can start to engage, and one immediately actually engages you. And as it's engaging you you can hear some of them say, fuck, he got the wrong person.
00:12:51
Speaker
we We don't have any need for this elf. Well, yours are also weak. Grab her. As they grab Maeve and begin dragging her and Piara back towards the portal. Yeah. Now it's my turn.
00:13:04
Speaker
can't get
00:13:07
Speaker
We're all going to get kidnapped at some point, apparently. Yeah, really. He's just going through the layers. Can Talira grab both the ones who have both Maeve and Piara grapple them, like grab them in her arms?
00:13:25
Speaker
No. There was a massive team who came out towards this. You will have to, somebody immediately engaged you, so you will have to fight them off first. Okay. Well, then I will.
00:13:36
Speaker
Absolutely. So we're going to get into combat here in a minute, but some things have to happen first. This section is going to be some roles to narratively push this forward and then we'll get into combat.
00:13:48
Speaker
First, obviously, ta lara Talira is closer. Talira, give me a attack role of some sort to see how this goes for you as they are quickly. This is like precision effort here. Okay. Immediately gi starts getting pulled.
00:14:00
Speaker
How far away are they from Kalden and Yellen? That's what was just about ask. Well, I will ask, where will you guys have been? I imagine you haven't moved very far from where you were watching them dance.
00:14:11
Speaker
Obviously, Kalden's been getting interrupted lot with people trying to come up and talk to him. They've been trying to walk over, but they keep getting fucking stopped. That's hilarious. That was a 25.
00:14:23
Speaker
They've made it a little ways. Are we still on the balcony? That's my question. No, we would have been down. a Magic can't put Maeve to sleep. No, you are not asleep.
00:14:35
Speaker
Oh, okay, cool. That's what want know. Yep. Nope, you are not asleep. So, um um yeah, yeah. So don't you worry about that, though. You're, don't worry. um All part of the plan. Don't you worry about that. You're knocked unconscious because you're about to die.
00:14:54
Speaker
yes yeah Meanwhile, my brain is just like, don't you worry about a
Maeve and Piara Join the Battle
00:15:00
Speaker
thing. I'm so glad checked Alira with me.
00:15:07
Speaker
What a great Everyone's doing their job correctly. Nothing's going wrong. 25 is fantastic. I rolled a 23. So while you win, it was a good enough thing that it's going to take you too long. They're out of arm's reach.
00:15:20
Speaker
Now, back to their question, Rennie and Jack. You guys say you would have been where? are you were asking a question about where, right? So we would have been on the first floor. Right.
00:15:31
Speaker
Especially because we were looking for an opportunity for Yellen to maybe like, put in and that just never happened. So we were we were making our way to them and then kind of like meandering as much as we could and then obviously getting stopped every once in a while. I'm guessing Yellen would have stayed with Kelden instead of just continuing forward.
00:15:49
Speaker
Right. Okay. We'll say you guys are probably like 30 feet away. oh nice. Easy. 30 feet. Quick question for you, Woos. Mm-hmm.
00:16:00
Speaker
Um... So the roll that I did, and you you could go on to roll 20 if you would like to see, i rolled for an unarmed strike because as a bonus action, Talira is able to grapple, and my next plan was to fucking throw him so she can keep moving.
00:16:20
Speaker
Okay. Yeah. We'll say that he is out of the way and like, and you, you were able to throw him and he is out of the way, allowing you to then have okay free freedom. You still can't grab them. They move too quick. Like i said, this is like a precision strike.
00:16:34
Speaker
It just takes too long to grapple him because he's, he's obviously fighting back. It's not like an easy grapple. Okay. but you do win and throw them, so now you've got opportunity to run at them as they're closing back in into the portal. I will say, he would have an opportunity to make that check against the grapple, but...
00:16:53
Speaker
but Yeah, I don't think he would win that. ah Based on the roll I just did. I don't know. Talira rolled shit oh for that athletics check. He got a 12. Oh, no.
00:17:05
Speaker
Talira won. Yeah, okay. Okay, so with 30 feet away, what do I give you guys your reaction? All righty. Is this mechanically a reaction to where we can only do things that are labeled a reaction?
00:17:22
Speaker
You get one thing out of what would be a turn. You can either move, you can your bonus action, reaction, or action, but only one. Okay, so we've done this once before. Last time we saw a rift, kind of, we were able to close it using Dispel Magic.
00:17:37
Speaker
That is what I'd like to do. Oh boy. Okay. Yeah. Okay. All
Escalation and Elemental Summoning
00:17:42
Speaker
right. Yeah. I'm going to cast that. This time I'm not going to spill all my dice. I will say you, uh, not that this will change necessarily what you're doing. You do set, you do notice this is not like a normal rift that like, it didn't quite like slowly come up and start crackling like it had before. You can see through this. It's not like it's not there.
00:17:59
Speaker
Like it is, ah it is like a rift portal had been opened up and you can see there's somebody on the other side, like keeping it open. Oh, I see. Calvin's going to attack that person and then.
00:18:12
Speaker
I'm just going to keep doing what I'm doing then. How are you attacking him? Oh, with my spectral daggers. And I technically get two of those on my action. Okay. Just roll me an attack roll. We're not quite into like full mechanics yet. We're just narratively throwing stuff.
00:18:26
Speaker
Oh. Oh, so I can see a guy keeping it open? I'm gonna cast this on him then. Okay. So we've attack roll against him and dispel magic. Dirty 20. Okay. Woo. oof Okay. Okay.
00:18:46
Speaker
twenty five 25. 25. God. Yes. Okay, yeah. Man, y'all are rolling hot. Okay, so yeah, as they start pulling him back, Kalyria's about to start bounding forward. it's An invisible dagger hits the dude, and immediately he like struggles, and he ah is about to drop constitution based on the hit. And then a wave of, essentially anti-magic, but a wave from Yellen's spell hits him, and the portal just instantly disappears.
00:19:10
Speaker
As you see, a lot of guys who are engaged look around go, fuck, I will give you all one more action. put Sorry about it. Wouldn't Maeve's bodyguard and ah father also be doing stuff? Oh, they are engaged with others. Absolutely.
00:19:24
Speaker
Okay. Yeah, no, don't worry. this ist This is not more than like there is all the guards have engaged. Like there is a lot of fighting going on right now. Ooh, I'm missing out. Yeah, Talira is going for Maeve the Envoy.
00:19:37
Speaker
Piara. Piara, thank you. Okay, so you're gonna move towards them. I'll give you, so if you're doing movement and something, I'll, and because you won't be using all of your movement, I'll give you like a bonus action or something like that to do.
00:19:49
Speaker
Talira is going to engage Giant's Might as she grows in size. She shouts, to drop them!
00:20:02
Speaker
Can Kalden immediately throw daggers at those people? Absolutely. Throw me two attack rolls and then give me an intimidation check, Talira.
00:20:14
Speaker
Yellen, what are you doing? Can it can it have? Okay. Okay. I'm going to make an argument. Okay. Could she potentially get advantage on that? Oh, we don't need She said drop them and then their brains hurt. We don't need advantage.
00:20:30
Speaker
Okay. You got a natural 20, I'm assuming? No, but it was a 26 after. Okay. You could crit farm. I could crit. Yellen, are you doing?
00:20:41
Speaker
I'm going to cast a mass healing word. I'm to hit the druid lady, and I'm also going to hit Maeve with it. Ooh, you beat me to it. Okay. Nice. Okay.
00:20:53
Speaker
ah One of them misses. The other one was a 23. Okay. So the 23 hits, so one of them gets hit, as well as the Intimidation check as they both stop and, oh, holy, oh, shit, and drop them.
00:21:07
Speaker
That's 11 hit points back to Maeve and Piara. As Saphira, or sorry, Maeve and Piara both wake back up, and then suddenly the portal rips back open as you see a dark Ganassi positioning around you, Talira, to get behind you. Okay.
00:21:24
Speaker
as it opens, luckily you're big enough. I don't think this is gonna affect you. This is more of a narrative a narrative role here. I don't think it's gonna affect you quite as much, but you see him gather this massive arcane spell and lets out this massive thunder wave that essentially pushes, including some of his own men, but ends up pushing Maeve, Piara, the two guys that were carrying him, and a couple of others own men through the portal.
00:21:46
Speaker
And you can see on the other side of this portal that man is still sitting there now, kind of looking a little bit weakened, holding this thing open. And you can see on the other side, it is a dark, icy tundra.
00:21:57
Speaker
As you can see shards and spikes of ice in the distance. I can't reach down and grab them. Not quick, not quick enough. And you hear okay Maeve's, you hear Maeve's father yell out, save her, save my daughter.
00:22:15
Speaker
Can i teleport the into the portal? Absolutely you can. Okay. Can I run in? Is that possible? Absolutely you can. You're gonna to make me- If we're gonna get there fast enough just running, then I'm gonna run. i just figured it was closing.
00:22:31
Speaker
I just need some dexterity saving throws to figure out how much damage you might take on the way. Oh boy. Okay. That's my favorite. by passing, passing blows as all these guards, including Lionel and Eric Strongheart are battling these, these people. 17. 17. Okay. Got a natural 20 here.
00:22:51
Speaker
And Talira, does the save as well? Yes. Okay. 19. Man, everybody rolled really well. mindn You're all going to take the same.
00:23:04
Speaker
You're each going to take 10.
00:23:07
Speaker
What was it, six and four? Total of 10, it'll be six slashing and four necrotic damage. as you just abandon all and rate and race in. And as you go through, you see that somebody shoots an arrow and it hits the dude holding the portal open. He falls to one knee as you see the portal like starting to struggle a little bit as it as it kind of ripples. And the you see several of these dark Ganassi and these Kyanite Tieflings fall in battle on the other side of the portal as they're getting pushed back and several of them step back through the portal. As you see with Eric Strongheart leading the charge, they start to push through the portal as well.
00:23:43
Speaker
Um, would, would Findsteed work in the portal? It may. And this is where I'm going to have you guys roll initiative.
00:23:58
Speaker
And if you don't have roll training- everyone sees Talara Q. Doram race into this portal. Yes, absolutely. That's amazing. Oh, and,
Maeve's Fiery Counterattack
00:24:08
Speaker
ah like, wow, she really likes the Roe family. What the fuck?
00:24:12
Speaker
What happened? i don't understand. The Jondries are super confused. Oh, God, the Jondries are so confused. Nineteen. I also got a nineteen.
00:24:26
Speaker
wo i got a... Can I... Look, I'm going to blame Fenlan for not sticking to the program because someone was about to make a speech first.
00:24:38
Speaker
It's all his fault. They ended up moving Piara's further along. That's... They didn't even consult me. No, they did not. You were busy. Rude fuckers. You're all fired. with ah With an event like that, things are crazy and going wild. Yeah. things are Things are... Things like that happen all the time. Like, just... Like, just... Yeah, just figure it out. She'll be fine.
00:25:05
Speaker
We'll get fired later. It's fine. Four! Four! Oh, ouch. i don't want to talk about it. i just realized Maeve has none of her weapons.
00:25:16
Speaker
Yeah, Yelen doesn't have any of his armor on. Only Kaldan and Talira do. I have some spales, but that's it. Your AC's gonna suck though.
00:25:28
Speaker
Kaldan has a dagger strapped to his thigh if you'd like that. I have to go and get it myself? If you want.
00:25:41
Speaker
Well then, come here. Come? oh Oh, baby. Did someone say come? Jesus. Whoa. Whoa.
00:26:01
Speaker
There we are as far as that goes. If I can get your guys' initiative rolls real quick.
00:26:08
Speaker
Whoa, too many at once. Too many at once. Let's go... 52. fifty two Yellen. Four. Four? Four? Yes.
00:26:20
Speaker
Oh, man. um Calden. I put mine in. 18. Oh, that was you. Okay. Talira. tairra Also well. Tush.
00:26:30
Speaker
mave at nineteen as well
00:26:35
Speaker
Where is Maeve? Maeve is chillin' somewhere. Alright, Maeve, you actually go first and then it'll be Talira and Kalvin. Oh shit. And then one of the, as you see, one of the Crystal Teeth, and then with the Crystal Teethlings go next.
00:26:50
Speaker
The Kyanites. Okay. Well, I've got fucking nothing I can because don't have my weapons, but let's find out. Actually, no, fuck, I know what can I'd find Steed.
00:27:02
Speaker
And I am going to... Yellen will know this horse. I'm going to um summon a fiend horse.
00:27:13
Speaker
Ooh, the fiend horse is making a comeback. A fiend horse. A fiend horse. Fiend horse. So it's um it's like... I forgot how to describe it before, but it's like a red and black horse with like red piercing eyes and just very...
00:27:31
Speaker
dark but also like the opposite of a like don't know something there's something magical about it but it also if you stare at it too long it gives you the heebie jeebies angry horse what did we name it for red yes you know i think it was pretty basic just like wet or red or something like that yeah yeah yeah it was it's more of over yeah like oh no that's it they're okay so the horse is just red with red eyes glowing red eyes and just like a maroon red
00:27:59
Speaker
Correct. You can see as red appears out of thin air, essentially manifesting through what appears like gurgling blood rising out into this magnificent beast right in front and next to me, which I'll put him on the screen for you in a moment. You look around to take in your surroundings and it is very dark, mind you. The a map that is on here does not give that away. It is very, very dark lit only by the light of the three moons up in the sky.
00:28:27
Speaker
surrounded by pure ice with a semi-frozen ocean with ice shards lifting out of it out in front of you. And at the end of this like leading ice of platform that leads up to where this portal seems to be right now, there is a small wagon that you see them rushing towards, having trying to drag you there, and bull, a very large, massive bull that seems to be the color of like dark frost.
00:28:54
Speaker
As you look past it, because I mean, frost is water and you look past it, but there's nothing underneath it to give it more whiteness to it as if you'd be looking underneath and seeing more snow. No, it is just void. It is darkness.
00:29:06
Speaker
and off of its head are two twirling perfectly out in a straight line horns of pure ice with depths unknown and its eyes void of any light whatsoever as it is stamping its feet and appearing pretty unrest as the battle takes hold and the sounds of swords and magic clash all around you oh okay is there anything else you would like to do with your turn mave um Well, I did a fine steed, um so the steed will have his turn when it's his turn. up
00:29:38
Speaker
So that would be my action. Done. I did it. Goodbye. Okay. If that is all you're going to do, then that will work. I'm going to use this as placeholder. Is that placement on the map good for you, Maeve? As you can see that it is directly basically directly behind you, as you are currently surrounded by three of the dark Genasi you got pushed in there with them.
00:30:02
Speaker
Yeah. Okay. If that is your turn, we will move to Talira. So Talira is size large with giant smite.
00:30:15
Speaker
And um which one is the envoy? This one in the middle right here. Okay, cool. Which ones had them or does Talira, I assume everyone else not on the map it or that we've already called out is an enemy this point. Yeah. the These three over here and the three surrounding Maeve are enemies.
00:30:42
Speaker
Surrounding you are ongoing battles of the guards and Lionel and Eric Strong are battling others. These are the three that are surrounding Piara and Maeve as they got pushed in. They are currently recovering. They don't have a hold of Maeve or Piara. They're currently recovering from having gotten pushed in as you race in.
00:30:58
Speaker
Excellent. I'm going to take advantage of that and um move in towards them. And Talira is going to first swing at the one in between them.
00:31:15
Speaker
ah Okay. Sounds good. Roll. What kind of attack are you doing? And roll to hit. She's using her battle axe.
00:31:26
Speaker
Oh yeah. Was she able, does she have a battle axe? Oh wait, did we have do we bring our weapon za weapons you have weapons? You were allowed in because you were, ah because of notes made by Sally.
00:31:39
Speaker
So you were allowed in with yours. Okay. Carry Sally. Hell yeah, Sally. Then yeah, she would be using her battle axe.
00:31:53
Speaker
That was a crit. No way. Right off the bat. Yes! Right off the bat. That was a fucking crit. That's wild. it' it's It's there. You can look at it. Yes.
00:32:07
Speaker
Oh my gosh. That is wild. Wow. but Okay. How much damage total is that? 14. That's after the doubling? plus 5, 14. Yeah.
Final Rush as Portal Closes
00:32:20
Speaker
I rolled a one on the first one. Gotcha. Yeah, describe me. How are you swinging this axe? The axe comes down and she she just brings it straight down.
00:32:32
Speaker
It like cleaves the person in two. Oh, you do not kill them, don't you worry, but you definitely do damage them as the axe goes into like okay between where their collarbone is and takes a chunk out, rendering their right arm basically useless.
00:32:46
Speaker
Excellent. She's going to do that again. I swing my axe again.
00:32:57
Speaker
And I realized I clicked the wrong one and swung that one handed. This time she's coming down with it two handed. With a 26 to hit. Yeah, that hits. Absolutely that hits.
00:33:09
Speaker
And 11 damage. Hell yeah. Okay. it ah it It looks hurt, let me tell you that much, as you cleave down again and end up taking it its its entire right arm off.
00:33:21
Speaker
Cool. I would like to... Nope, that's it. I'm not going to take a bonus action this turn. i should have unarmed strike for the grapple. Next time.
00:33:32
Speaker
Okay. Sounds good. Next up in line is Calden. All right. So the thing about Calden is he's good at... Well, a lot of things, but one thing when it comes to combat.
00:33:44
Speaker
How bad off does the person that Talira has been attacking look? ah The person that Talira just attacked, they are missing part of their shoulder and their entire right arm. Yeah, but did they look like they're about to die about it?
00:33:57
Speaker
or they might walk it off? They could survive. They aren't going to die from that wound specifically, but they are very hurt. Okay.
00:34:09
Speaker
They are what you would say in old D&D, bloodied. and Now, new D&D, we don't believe in blood, so. No, no, no, it doesn't exist anymore. No.
00:34:19
Speaker
He's missing an arm, but it like cauterized on the way down. it was just that cool of a swing. yeah Yeah. If she swung it so quickly, the heat of the friction of her blade cauterized the wound.
00:34:32
Speaker
Damn, that's so fucking cool, Talira. If we ever need to lose a limb to save our lives, please do that again. Okay.
00:34:44
Speaker
Okay. Where were you three years ago? all Oh, good lord. Saphira's coming out here with the one-liners. Sorry, continue. i'm going to just amuse myself now. i need to I'm going into timeout. Goodbye. Okay.
00:35:00
Speaker
He is going to, i think, attack that same person all three times. Oh, damn. Okay.
00:35:10
Speaker
Give me some rolls. Okay. Hold on to these numbers. 12. Tell me they hit. 28. 28 hits. Ooh, bad. 12, 12, and 28. 28 hits. twenty eight twenty eight hits oo bad twelve twelve and twenty eight twenty eight hits Okay, I'm gonna roll my psionic die to see if I can make either of those two hit.
00:35:41
Speaker
Okay, so I'm gonna minus one die. Okay, so two out of the three hit. Okay. So it's gonna be...
00:35:53
Speaker
Uh, seven and... ah So many fucking ones. Six. 13 total damage. Those were shit rolls, guys. 13, is that piercing? Or is it psychic?
00:36:08
Speaker
It's psychic. okay that's Okay, that's what I thought, which it is not resistant to, so minus 13 more damage. Okay. Okay. Yeah, it sits there and gets its arm cleaved off. And this person is then like you see their like shoulder kind of twitch and almost move, but then realizes they went to grab their head with their arm and it's not there.
00:36:27
Speaker
ah Oh, God, it's not having a good day. No, no bad day for sure. OK, anything else? guys Yeah, I think he wants to get in between a bit, so he's going to go over here.
00:36:43
Speaker
Okay, and if that's it, it's going to move to the Crystal Tiefling's turn, the Kyanite Kryflings. They see the a fancy lady run in front of them, and she's just standing there. She's unarmed.
00:36:58
Speaker
What the fuck? Who is... Who are you? Um... as the three of them it is now going to be their turn as a whole as they are mostly spell casters
00:37:14
Speaker
this is just gonna be this is just gonna be rude this is gonna be rude of me do it oh i'm going to don't you worry I'm scared.
00:37:26
Speaker
As you see, all three of them work together and simultaneously will go to cast a spell and they shoot their hands up in the air as this arcane energy shoots up.
00:37:37
Speaker
And as they cast Call Hailstorm, which is a flavored version of Call Lightning. Yeah, okay. Okay. Oh, boy. Mm-hmm.
00:37:49
Speaker
Yeah, so one is going to cast right behind Talira. Actually, two of them are probably going to do that. And then one of them... Did you run or teleport, Kalden? He ran. Okay, then yeah, the one's going to notice you. So they're to one... two of them are going to do points around Talira, because it's everything within five feet of that point.
00:38:08
Speaker
Then one's going to cast near you. So Talira will make two dexterity saving throws, and Kalden make one. Okay.
00:38:17
Speaker
11. Hold on, can I do anything about that? 11 for my first and a 9 for my second. Ooh, So half damage. DC's 13. Can I...? Hang on, hang on, hang on a second.
00:38:34
Speaker
Hangin' on, hangin' on. Oh, no, don't worry. You wouldn't happen to be a level 6 paladin, would you? i do have silvery barbs, though, so I was just like... actually Oh, actually, no, hang on.
00:38:46
Speaker
I am level six Paladin. I do have Aura. So for Talira at least, what is your Charisma modifier?
00:38:58
Speaker
ah Plus three to saving throws. So one of those would pass then. Okay, so one you take half damage, the other you do not. It is going to be... For the first one, it is 14 magical bludgeoning damage. Okay.
00:39:14
Speaker
So you can have that for your save, for so seven. And then the second one is going to be 17 magical bludgeoning damage.
00:39:25
Speaker
And then for Kalden's, the one that targets him, 15 magic bludgeoning damage. You can have that to seven. as they do that for their actions, you will see them then separate.
00:39:41
Speaker
I'd like to use my reaction to take an opportunity attack. Yes! Go for it. the moon near town Okay, go for it. That's a 15 to hit. 15 just hits.
00:39:52
Speaker
Nice. We're eight slashing. Eight slashing, okay. You see each of them, then they use their bonus action to use their crystal bloom feature as ice crystals erupt around all three of them in a 10-foot radius against themselves. That area is now considered difficult terrain and may may cause damage if you enter into it.
00:40:11
Speaker
Okay. With Piara and Talara already being within one, actually. At the start of your next turn, you'll take a little bit of cold damage. Okay, as we go into Genasi Sorcerers, these three that are here will… You'll have one take the opportunity to try to grapple Maeve.
00:40:33
Speaker
Oh, goody. Contested athletics.
00:40:40
Speaker
That is going to be a 10. Dirty 20. Dirty 20, yeah. He just absolutely fails his ability to grapple you So the as the second one just knows his friend and is knows it's not going to be able to succeed, well then try to cast Hold Person at second level.
00:40:56
Speaker
i don't even have a fucking weapon.
00:41:03
Speaker
oh you Give me a wisdom saving throw if you would. DC's 13. Uh, cool. I rolled a 25. Hell yeah. Very nice. Okay, yeah. the You shove the curse off as if it's nothing. Can't fucking hold me down, bitch.
00:41:18
Speaker
As the other one tries to hold person Piara, Piara is also going to roll really well and shoves the spell off as, you Aethercrow bastards! How dare you try to touch me!
00:41:29
Speaker
And they're in a position right now that they're having somewhat surround. Actually, this one's going move over to here to try to be in a better position to try to get Piara. Would I be able to opportunity attack?
00:41:40
Speaker
They're still within your range, so no. Dammit. yeah Punch in the face. But that brings us to Yellen's turn. Oh, yeah. It's gonna be me.
00:41:51
Speaker
I'm ready for this. I'm going cast Conjure Elemental. Ooh. Ooh. All right. So I can place him anywhere within 90 feet. So I'd like to put him here if I can't right.
00:42:03
Speaker
Right in front of... me Yeah, right in front of Maeve. Okay. On the other side of Maeve. Got it
Post-Battle Reflection and Teaser
00:42:06
Speaker
Alrighty. And if you were to be looking at Yelan while he does this, you would see, like, he puts out his hand, says a couple words, and almost like an an explosion of force his sleeve, like, blows off.
00:42:20
Speaker
And it kind of reveals, like, almost an earthy pattern on his skin. Oh, shit. And he yells, please, don't kill them this time. This time?
00:42:31
Speaker
This time? What? And then I will move a little bit over here. Okay, what a turn. And he moves over here.
00:42:44
Speaker
What a description too, I love that. Okay, next up, Piara is going to go really quick as she looks with absolute fury in her eyes. Aethacrow, you're the one causing all these problems.
00:42:57
Speaker
as she is going to reach out with a radiant touch.
00:43:04
Speaker
Woo! And gets a 20 hit. Yeah, girl.
00:43:10
Speaker
Unfortunately, is only going to be able to do seven damage. So this one actually works out well. The seven's all she needed as she touches the one next to him, the one you've already taken the arm off, Talira.
00:43:22
Speaker
As she reaches out, her her hands glow and her eyes shine even brighter, bathing this person in light. And as she touches, just this like radiant burning happens as she clasps her hand on the back and and chest. And when she pulls away, you see that there's a hole through its chest and it falls face first into the ice.
00:43:40
Speaker
i love that. Holy shit. I love that for her. she but She also is going to take the cold damage, which ends up being three.
00:43:54
Speaker
So, and that will be her turn. Actually, yeah, she's actually going to, she's going move over and tend stand over the body she just killed so she can try to get a little further away from the ice spikes.
00:44:06
Speaker
Plus she's selfish. She doesn't care if she's going block Talira. Because she's selfish and dumb. Um...
00:44:15
Speaker
ah All right. It is now, I think, Maeve's turn again. Back to the top of the turn. It is horsey turn. Oh, it is horse's turn. oh Yeah, you two will just go on the same thing anyway. so Yeah, yeah. um So horsey's going to attack first.
00:44:30
Speaker
I'm sure Kalden's like frothing over this new horse. You wouldn't be able to tell. He's wearing a mask. That's true. see um So horse is going to do um otherworldly slam onto this fella. I don't think I can click it. The one to my left.
00:44:47
Speaker
This one. I'm just going to... Equal to spell attack modifier reaches five. So my spell attack modifier is plus seven. So that's exciting.
00:44:59
Speaker
Does an 11 hit? 11 does not hit, no. right Well then for bonus action for horsey, they're going to do the fear thing.
00:45:10
Speaker
They are going to go to bite at the the bad guy and miss. And so they're going to death stare it, which is a fell glare.
00:45:21
Speaker
And that has to do a wisdom saving throw. um The DC is equal to your spell. Save DC. One a creature within 60 feet of the steed can see failure. The target has a frightened condition until the end of your next turn.
00:45:38
Speaker
All right. You can consider them frightened. They rolled an eight. So misses the bite, but looks at this dreaded red fiend horse having never seen one. Oh, oh.
00:45:50
Speaker
Is there has anyone dropped a weapon nearby? The guy who died is our weapon. Did he have a weapon? he did not have a weapon.
00:46:02
Speaker
No, you guys are surrounded by the sorcerers. All of the more fighter-esque warriors from them are fighting the other people. If you wanted to leave this group that you're surrounded by to go find one, you could probably find one felled by one of the other fights going around, but you would have to leave where you're currently at on the map.
00:46:19
Speaker
Maeve! Um, ah yeah?
00:46:25
Speaker
Talira has an extra weapon. She'll give it to you on her next turn. Okay. So Maeve is going to cast Vicious Mockery and she's going to look at the one that's scared and she's going to say, you disgusting piece of fucking filth.
00:46:43
Speaker
Don't deserve the ground at which you stand. I'm going cast Vicious Mockery.
00:46:50
Speaker
Sheesh! Okay, hell yeah. That's a wisdom save 15. Wisdom save 15, you said?
00:46:59
Speaker
That is and natural chew! ah Yeah, they fail, so give me that damage. Nice. Nice, that takes three damage. I i am not, disgusting filth.
00:47:13
Speaker
um And then on top of that, for a bonus action, she is going to cast Shield of Faith on herself. Ooh, okay.
00:47:25
Speaker
Is Vicious Mockery level? No, it is a cantrip.
00:47:30
Speaker
That's right. I couldn't remember. Indeed, indeed. Okay. And how much how much damage was that? Just remind me. I got to put it on the right person. Three. Okay. Ow! Oh, God, why did that hurt I love it.
00:47:43
Speaker
Okay. And then next up is going to be Talira as... Let's see what she's going to Talira is going to um toss Maeve her battle axe of warning. It's just a regular battle axe in terms of how you would need to use it.
00:48:01
Speaker
And Talira is going to go in with unarmed strikes. Oh, shit. she's Okay. So she doesn't have an extra weapon. She lied. She is the extra i am the extra weapon.
00:48:13
Speaker
oh I love it. Yeah, I'm going to grab this guy. Oh, how much damage do I take, Mr. DM?
00:48:23
Speaker
I'm in the ice. four Four cold damage. That's two cold damage. I am resistant. Nice. Perfect. Yeah, she's going to stay where she is.
00:48:34
Speaker
Cold doesn't bother her anyway. Boo!
00:48:41
Speaker
I would like to punch the guy in the that is causing this cold for my first attack.
00:48:54
Speaker
That's probably gonna miss. That was an 11. 11 does miss, yeah. Okay, she's gonna try again. 12. 12 misses, yep. twelve misses yep Damn.
00:49:07
Speaker
Well, I used all of my good rolls earlier. But you danced real well. I did dance really You did dance real well. Man, I have plus nine to those. That's crazy.
00:49:19
Speaker
Right? We're rolling shit at this fight. I don't know what's up. I'm getting so many ones. Okay. Anything else, Talira? That's all I've got. That's all I'm going to Okay. Next up is Kalden.
00:49:33
Speaker
Oh, baby. What's he going to do? He is going to what's he going to do when he comes for you, Kalden, Kalden? He's going to stab you in the brain.
00:49:45
Speaker
Hell yeah. And he is going to attack the one adjacent Talira that is concentrating on the ice Talira is in.
00:49:57
Speaker
Yeah. Gotcha. All three, baby. All three. Give me some rolls. Okay. 15, 16, 25. said 16, 16 25. 15, 16, 25. All three hit. three cool. Hell 26 total. Minus 26, good lord. As he...
00:50:11
Speaker
all three hit all three hit cool hell yeah twenty six total minus twenty six good lord as he falls to the ground and head on it hands on his head and just screams out in pain from the sheer headache that you've just given him as blood starts to kind of trickle out of his ears.
00:50:32
Speaker
That's scary. Professor Vicks. It's a whole new meaning to Daggerize. It's scary, dude. Yeah, with the amount of and damage he's taken now, you see is not only his blood trickling out of his ear, but it starts to trickle out at the edge of his eyes as well as he's like screaming at the ice.
00:50:48
Speaker
Would ah that cause any kind of constitution save for concentration? No, actually, because the ice actually ends at the beginning of his next turn, which is now The ice fades away and falls back into the e icy, like, plates that you all seem to be standing on.
00:51:06
Speaker
As the ice crystals that exploded out from each of them all seem to fade simultaneously, the one right next to you, Talira, staring up at your massive form and your giant's form that you are right now.
00:51:17
Speaker
And it looks at you, the bigger they are, the harder they fall. It lifts his arms up as a thicket of jagged ice crystals. from the ground shoot out at you all from underneath you. They don't shoot out and stay there, but rather they are projectiles and I will need you to make a dexterity saving throw.
00:51:34
Speaker
15. Okay. 15 saves, so you'll take half damage and it was a total of 11. So it'll be five piercing damage. And Talira looks at him and laughs.
00:51:49
Speaker
Dude, I'm so annoyed. i just found a new button on this character sheet because I haven't been paying attention to the combat ones. um When I have giant's might, I deal an extra d6 damage. Fuck.
00:52:04
Speaker
Oh no. Yeah, it's too late to do anything with that now. As the Rhymebur's Thicket happened, you only took five damage. You see the other two that will then take their actions to throw ice, icy crystalline shards at Kalden as all they see is Kalden standing there staring intently at one of them and blood is pouring out of his face now.
00:52:27
Speaker
ah Sometimes that just happens to dudes, you know? You'll get a, wow, that's terrible, a seven to hit and then 14 hit. No. no Yeah, neither of them hit. So yeah, you avoid both them as crystalline shards just sail past you with terrible aim.
00:52:45
Speaker
And now this guy's scared. So he's, uh, he's going run. So if you want to take a reaction, Talira, you can. Wait, which, hang on, hang on a second. Which guy's scared?
00:52:58
Speaker
Uh, the guy right next to Talira. But isn't the guy next to me or so scared? Why it nothing wrong? I'm actually not going to take that reaction. Yes, but not a different kind of scared. Oh. What's the play?
00:53:11
Speaker
Two of them within reach of Piara and Maeve, and I would like to use my reaction to protect them if needed. Aw, shucks.
00:53:23
Speaker
Okay, he will run, and then this guy actually also will see just see you dodge and be like, fuck, this is lost cause, as he's seeing other people in the other other battles like fall quickly, as he's going to run and hop onto the wagon.
00:53:37
Speaker
And this guy feels kind of trapped. Good. So he's going to back up to the wall. As these, ah the Ganassi feel a little, the two Ganassi that there are left feel a little more, more constitution in themselves.
00:53:53
Speaker
They will once again try to hold curse on Piara, or hold person on Piara, sorry. And Piara fails that one as she goes rigid by this one. And then this one will grapple her.
00:54:05
Speaker
which I believe withhold person and auto succeeds. um Yep. So the one next to her now has a hold of her. Actually, she- And will start dragging. What was her saving throw? Because she still gets the plus three as well.
00:54:19
Speaker
Okay, good call. It is only an eight. So that brings it up to an 11, I think. Yeah. Still doesn't. So- Yeah, no. She's not very athletic. and She rolled a six, so.
00:54:32
Speaker
And they will start to drag her back at half speed. Would I be able to do a reaction then if they're moving out of my range? You can. Can the earth elemental wall? can. Can all three of do it?
00:54:45
Speaker
Yes, all three of you can. Piara would be leaving range. Talara or T... Dude, having Talara and Talira in the same... It's really messing with me. You did that to yourself. No, actually.
00:54:59
Speaker
you didn't. I can't say where
00:55:04
Speaker
I... But yeah, Talira, you'd be able to take a reaction on Piara, but not the Ganassi. However, the Earth Elemental and Maeve... I'm attacking the Ganassi. Talira has reach. 18 to hit for the elemental. 18 hits, and what was nice? Dirty 20 with the battle axe.
00:55:23
Speaker
Dirty 20 also hits, and perfect. And Talira, yeah, you if you have range, then yeah. you'd Yeah, I get, that's still only a 13. Damn. Yep, 13 is not. And what is the damage from your other from the other two? 12 points of damage. damage.
00:55:40
Speaker
Dang. Okay. It does not stop them, but it does hurt them a lot as they are bleeding profusely from several wounds at this point.
00:55:53
Speaker
All right Anything else? This one next to you, Maeve, by the way, will also then run. Can I attack that one? I've already done my reaction. Damn it.
00:56:03
Speaker
You have, and it will go to Joanne to begin moving towards the cart. Can my horse? Your horse has not. huh Yep. But it's also scared, so... 1d8 damage, roll. Fuck.
00:56:18
Speaker
One. So it's one... three damage and two of them is necrotic. Okay. You find that it doesn't seem to do as much damage as you would think it would, but still, they took some damage from that.
00:56:32
Speaker
As they continue to move on, unfortunately, because your horse does not have the sentinel feat. Uh... All right, that is their turn and it is now to Yellen. All right, Yellen and the Iron Giant over here.
00:56:46
Speaker
I'm going have my Earth Elemental friend go towards the one that ran away. The one grappling or the one, the other one? Yeah, so yeah, he's going to right here.
00:56:57
Speaker
Okay. And he's going to do a multi attack.
00:57:05
Speaker
And he gets in that multi attack. Two slams. Ooh. So here's the first one. 18. Yeah, that hits.
00:57:17
Speaker
And the second 14 just misses damage. All right. That's all right. I'm just I'm still laughing at the don't kill him this time.
00:57:30
Speaker
That was good. That was good. So 10 points of damage. 10 points on that one. Okay. Yeah, he that one's not looking quite as hurt as the other ones, but it is definitely starting to to look.
00:57:45
Speaker
he's He's looking like he's got a broken bone or two. All right, then Yellen is going to move up right there and then he's going to say, when I said don't kill him, I didn't mean miss. Wait, does Maeve actually see Yellen now?
00:58:01
Speaker
It means miss. That's so funny. circle Oh, that is great. And um then I'm going to do an ice knife.
00:58:18
Speaker
I'm to do an ice knife. He's going treat himself to a little ice knife. You know, I think I'm liking the ice knife. As you're attacking them, ah one of them turns to you. Why are you attacking us? You're one of us.
00:58:34
Speaker
Why are you attacking us? And the ice knife is... ah Yeah, so I'm go throw it right here in the middle of the two them. Okay. Yeah, and it's only within five feet, so unless the you're counting this diagonal as five, then... It does, yes, diagonal count as five. Okay.
00:58:53
Speaker
Already, already. So she's gonna take it as well. Okay. And then they need to do a deck save. Got it. Okay. Uh, Piara got a 16 on the die plus a couple for the modifier. So I'm sure she probably succeeds. My save is 16.
00:59:08
Speaker
Yep. So one closest to you rolls 18, one furthest from you rolls a two. All right. So I don't think the 18 takes damage. I'll double check. Yeah. So they don't take damage if they succeed.
00:59:21
Speaker
Okay. The one furthest away is the one grappling them. So they got a two and so they do take damage. How much are we talking? We're talking... Five. Five, okay. It's them big hits that really win.
00:59:33
Speaker
Yeah, you know, that's what I'm all about, actually. yeah yeah another hole to be bleeding from. Fuck. Hey, hold on much longer. Anything else, Yellen? Uh, that'll be all.
00:59:46
Speaker
Okay. P.R. is going to go for the same thing as her eyes brighten again. Told you to leave me alone! Fuck yeah, she fucking hits. Nice.
00:59:58
Speaker
And I got max damage. Yes! Oh wait, never mind, that's a 10. I got almost max damage because I got two 8s on two d10s. So 16 radiant damage on the one Karin. Good lord, Piara is more of a badass than I thought she was. I did not make her feel much badass.
01:00:14
Speaker
She was supposed to be pretty weak, actually. Well, she's making up for what Talira can't do. Wow. Okay. Yeah. You see, if she just takes both hands and puts it to its chest and just a whole erupt of radiant burning as it you now see into the internal lungs of this person as they let go and fall dead into the ice.
01:00:33
Speaker
Damn. Damn. Metal as fuck. Yes.
01:00:40
Speaker
Fucking Aethergrows. Okay, and it's funny, this is really cool contrast too, because she is a light Genasi and she just killed a dark Genasi. The dark Genasi are very different, where their hair is like wisps of shadow and whatnot. So with really like just very dark gray to black eyes.
01:00:55
Speaker
All right, but that is her turn and we are back to Maeve. Erkly, Erkly. Maeve has a a beautiful axe she's borrowing, and I'm going to use a Bardic Inspiration to Okay, okay, good. i' I'm going to Slashing Flourish, so I'm going to attack this fella.
01:01:18
Speaker
With the Slashing Flourish, ah first roll is a 25. Hell yeah. Two hands. With that, I am also going to use a Searing Smite.
01:01:39
Speaker
Level
01:01:42
Speaker
There's a bonus action. She angry. Cool. So that is an extra 3d6. I'll do max first.
01:01:58
Speaker
You know what, though? They interrupted his proposal, so... Kind got her out of a bind. They might be chill guys. ok They really did make a solid here. so It's true, yeah. Ruined her party, but... 12 slashing damage plus 3d6 fire.
01:02:22
Speaker
Oh my gosh. Okay. Plus 13 fire damage for her first attack. Whew. Maeve, how would you like to do this?
01:02:34
Speaker
Yes! Okay, so she has the weapon. She's not composed at all. Both hands on it. She's like... thank Straight through, fires erupting from both... from the cart, just engulfing the creature from the midsection to the ends, to their tippy toes and the tippy top of their head. Just flames.
01:03:01
Speaker
I love it. And as you do this, the battle axe erupts into radiant light, causing all this flames, giving you the feeling of using a smite and being in the heat of battle for the first time in years.
01:03:14
Speaker
As he splits apart, you hear your father ring out behind you at the portal as it is rippling, and you see that the man that was holding it open is to the ground bleeding out, the portal rippling as your father yells out, Hurry up! It's gonna close! We're on the guard, now!
01:03:28
Speaker
npr As Piara takes off running, and it looks like your father is standing there ushering everybody who had come through in defense through. And that's where going to end today. No!
01:03:42
Speaker
Oh, man. The mape still hasn't picked up. Yellen's right next to her. I'm still wearing mask. You don't know. All right. Well, guys, first time we've had combat in a hot minute. Yeah. Seriously. Yeah. Yeah. we had like the the mini combat that was like not initiative based. It wasn't full mechanics with Verutha, which i yeah i talked to MJ about this. I didn't feel like it was really needed there. But yeah, this is the full like full on battle map mechanical everything since the prequel.
01:04:11
Speaker
Yeah, there was a lot I didn't remember about my character sheet. Whoops. um Might have changed a couple things, but ah that's okay.
01:04:23
Speaker
And i ah used all of my good rolls last episode. Plus nine to freaking unarmed strike. And I rolled.
01:04:36
Speaker
No kidding. What would have that have been? ah two, a three, and a four on the die. Dude. Crazy. Absolutely crazy. didn't press mine to my attacks, too. Yeah. That was nuts That was crazy. I love that I got to see some new things from from some of you guys in the combat that kind of feature some of the things that happened in the three years. Because our for audience here, you guys don't know what's happened during the three years. But for us, I know with each of them individually a lot of what has happened.
01:05:04
Speaker
And there's been some character development. Not so much that you guys are are missing out as far as story goes. Because we're going to go back and touch on a lot of that fun stuff. Which is going to bring a cool story mechanic. and the fact And the idea of flashbacks as bonus episodes.
01:05:17
Speaker
But now our audience and you guys for each other have got to see like teasers of maybe some things that have happened, like with Yellen having the earth elemental. that's sort Yeah, yeah. Cool shit. Sorry, Yellen's not there still. is that So awesome. Who's Yellen?
01:05:32
Speaker
yeah This random blue tiefling that was on our side for some reason. It's obviously not Yellen. He can do us shit.
01:05:41
Speaker
Can't believe after two episodes still has Yeah, he's got like more spikes in his – he's got a beard. He's got more spikes on his chin. He's got scars, and now he can do earth stuff. That's not – Well, he doesn't have a beard anymore. Calden shaved it.
01:05:53
Speaker
He's got a beard. It's just nice now. Oh, okay. Okay. Either way, we've been playing for a long time today. I i think we are about to ready to take a break and go get dinner and whatnot. So, audience, thank you for joining us again. It's been an absolute blast. i Hope you guys have been enjoying it, especially coming back after our quote-unquote three-year break. um i don't know when we're going to play next, but I hope it's soon. Yes, has to be soon.
01:06:16
Speaker
Please, for the love of God. But from all of us, no kidding, from all of us at World of Aeon, Stories of Legend, we'll see next time. Bye. Bye. Goodbye.
01:06:34
Speaker
We would like to thank our cast, myself, Curtis Woosley as the GM, MJ Gunther as Talira Grimstone Echelanathi, Saphira as Maeve Strongheart, Renny Armas as Kalden, and Jack Baldwin as Yellen Yakal.
01:06:45
Speaker
Additional thanks to Scentic GFX for our graphics, to MJ and Renny here for our show editing, and our intro and outro music composed by Ryan Moons, owner-operator of Eyes on the Moon Studios.
01:07:03
Speaker
I'm going to go ahead and put it in the middle of the room.
Lou's Reflection at the Inn
01:07:37
Speaker
While the intense events at the Ball across the city at the World Union were happening, elsewhere in the city, Specifically at the Sleeping Dragon Inn, we find little Lou, the little halfling, stuck in the form of a bear, having a bit more of a different, some might say, boring night. As we enter into the room the Sleeping Dragon, we see the window cracked and opened to allow the sound of the nightlife to enter into the room, as well as the breeze.
01:08:09
Speaker
The bed having been thrown apart. And one thing to notice is a pile of papers on the floor with an inkwell and a pen and some quite surprisingly good attempts at artwork as you see painting of a large, muscular woman short hair, brandishing, polished armor and then shield with runic markings on them.
01:08:33
Speaker
looking somewhat like Galera. Another one of a home of tents, a campfire in the middle of a forest, all done just with black ink, but considering who did them, they're pretty good.
01:08:48
Speaker
Speaking of who did them, Luana sits on her hind end in the middle of the floor in front of the oak wooden bed with a couple of parchment paper laid out in front of her.
01:08:59
Speaker
And on them is rough spelling of Words that don't quite make sense in common, but they're written in the common language. Words that she knows to be ancient.
01:09:13
Speaker
And as Lou sits there in her bare form, looking down at this piece of parchment, she sits thinking intently. Oh, well, I bet Taliris just having a great time at the ball.
01:09:24
Speaker
Oh, dancing, heavy-footed, Kalden joining in. Well, no, stop. They're there with the purpose. I need to remember that.
01:09:37
Speaker
I can't wait till we fix this curse. Focus. and I need to focus. Yeah. Okay. I have it written in the best way I know how.
01:09:48
Speaker
It's in common tongue, but it's... God, I wish I knew the ancient symbols. If they weren't lost. Still, that can maybe help. I have my intent.
01:10:01
Speaker
try to speak with authority and with connection like I normally would have. Okay, okay, let's give this another shot.
01:10:12
Speaker
Arp-tra-cha. That's what you hear in her head. But audibly, what could be heard if someone might be, say, passing by the door of their tavern room would be more something along the lines of...
01:10:30
Speaker
Not exactly what she was hoping for. And as nothing happens in the room, no changes were to be had, visibly frustrated.
01:10:42
Speaker
mean, didn't really expect it to work anyway, if we're gonna be honest. There's gotta be way I can do something. There's gotta. I just feel so useless.
01:10:57
Speaker
Talira, hurry back.
01:11:01
Speaker
I hate being so lonely.