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Animal Kingdom Ep. 31 - From dragon to Z
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Avalon and Caesar fight some undead with some familiar faces, but are they friend or foe...? Hava still in shock after what she did to Goro is confronted by the face of death and grief. Silas goes on fire and then his past comes to haunt him.
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Introduction to a world of sentient animals and mythical creatures
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Our story begins in a far and distant land, a place ruled by houses of sentient animals and mythical creatures, an environment that is forever tipping the scales towards controversy and conflict. Grave danger lies hidden in every tavern, forest, and stranger's glance.
The adventurers' formation and destiny
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In this kingdom, we will follow a deviant group of adventurers, brought together by chance, or perhaps by fate.
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This ragtag group of a tortle, a tabaxi, an otter, and a hound will travel across this great kingdom, fighting their way through the unknown and weaving a powerful destiny. This is Rolling Across the Pond.
Jesse's introduction and character challenges
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Hey everyone, welcome back to Rolling Across the Pond. We are doing Animal Kingdom today. I am your GM Jesse, your boy Wonder, your
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Supreme ruler actually doesn't go together actually. You're conniving GM that's gonna maybe take another character out of this picture of this episode.
Avalon's introduction and past events
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It's amazing. I am Sam and my mouth is full of biscuit because I haven't had lunch or dinner yet today. But I play the amazing Avalon Blamethrower who is your wonderful warlock kingfisher who's actually a wizard, honest.
00:01:29
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Such a lie. Hi, I'm Luke, and getting ready for my third character now for this, but do this. Hi, I'm Jovita. I play Havas of our various different art. It doesn't learn from her lessons, and I have some regrets about the use of marbles in the past episode. It's fair. It's fair. Right. Does anybody remember what happened last time? I'm sure it's seared in Jovita's brain.
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I'd have sent Goro to another dimension. Maybe, I think. We'll see. Hopefully not, but also possibly, I don't know, I hope we can get him back.
Castle ventures and boss fight
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Yeah, we went into the castle, we ran into some traps, but we managed to get into the big boss fight where a ton of... Well, we mostly got there. This is a boss fight, I guess.
00:02:23
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where I had a very low initiative and everyone was afraid because we did not roll high wisdom checks so we all wanted to run away except for Voro and PJ. You also lost a dear friend of Uber in a very good episode. Wait, what? No! Yeah, Uber. Uber! Didn't make it.
00:02:51
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Then they went into the pyramid more, Goro did everything opposite of what I asked, and yet he found his way upstairs to a room where he found a big snake monster and it was a voice talking to him.
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it has no head by the way who has no head and then the others destroyed my maze as well by just climbing up the broken staircase even though it was broken and i it was a sign don't go that way but they still did it anyways
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and they all met in this same area. Then through the fighting, there was skeletons that were created, there was an epic battle taking place. And after an epic fight that she had on her own with throwing one marble, Hava decided to throw another marble that stopped with help, and it ended up sending Goro to an alternate plane of existence. And so now, where we are in the pyramid,
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is Hava and PJ are on the top and everyone else is below.
Pyramid entry strategy and magical barriers
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Now we're going to start today is outside the pyramid we're going to start it as.
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Goro, enter, enter through with the net one. And we hear the clunk and it is Avalon next to the pyramid with Caesar in front of the pyramid. Avalon, you see the door just in front of the pyramid. So it's closed. You can try and roll perception if you want to try and get into it. You can try and figure out what not. Caesar is still there on the ground.
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Caesar, what did you do? Mate, Goro, I think they set off a trap or something that's locked them in. I don't know. Can you see any way in? I'm going to roll perception as well. Yeah, you do it. Roll it with advantage. Okay. Because you can just fly up. So that's a 30-20.
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You don't see an open area, but you do see, let's say you flew up, so at the very top of the pyramid, you do see it looks like there's another door on the top.
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like a chimney or yes and no but it's closed it's closed okay but you do see another like entrance for example okay and then also you see like a tiny like the minute cracks here and there but nothing that you can actually enter now what the heck of a warlock elders blast where to the door at the top of the temple
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okay shoot oh that's not gonna hit that's my spell modifier which is seven okay eleven yeah i missed the top of the can i just try again but okay you hit it and it doesn't do anything actually actually when you hit it or when you and it doesn't do anything roll insight or arcana i'll give you arcana arcana yeah uh that is a 24
Magical shield discovery
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You can see that when you hit it, it was like, like a shimmer went over it. So it might be, there might be something more than just a pyramid wall on there. Okay. So there's something that, oh, do I have some of that? No, I don't think that would help. Do I have to spell? I don't know how to spell. No, I don't have to spell. I know I don't have to spell. Why am I looking? Jesus is like, mate, do you see anything?
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Yeah, there's like this sort of force field type shield thing that blocked my Eldritch Blast. I mean, my spell, currently my spell, I'm a wizard. He believes you.
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Wait, oh, he knows you're not a wizard. He knows everything. He thinks about it. He's like, I'll just blast. He's a wizard. No, wait, wait, no, I know he's not a wizard. Duh. Okay, right. Mate, you know, like literally, you can be anyone you want here. You can be yourself. Just in the habit. Literally, we're not in the camp anymore. We are in open area. I know, but they might be where this habit
00:07:40
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Okay. How about you come down here for a second? We have a chat. I'll fly down and I guess perch nearby. As you fly down, roll, if you want, you can roll an insight on Caesar. Sure. Okay.
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Okay, 14. Oh, that's so good. He seems okay. He seemed like at first you go down and you think like he's like stumbling. Like he's kind of in pain, but you look at him and actually it might have just been your imagination. Caesar, are you okay? Yeah, mate. I'm okay. Yeah, just, you know, trying to figure out what's going on here. It just looked like you might be in pain for a moment.
00:08:29
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Okay. Yeah. You know, just, it's hot. I'm window coat. Is that, uh, do I get to order insight again to see? Sure. Go for it. Yeah. That's not going to do anything. That's an eight. Yeah. Yeah. No, it is pretty hot out here. Yeah. Yeah. So do we wait and see if it opens again? Well, there seem to be some magic shield thing. Hmm.
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stopping my spouse from hitting the actual, you know, pyramid thing. He goes, what? So where did you try, you shot the pyramid? Oh, I tried to force something to happen. Yeah. Yeah, that one. You know, the one that every wizard knows because I'm a wizard. Why don't you try it at the big door in front of us? Sure. I guess it wouldn't hurt.
00:09:27
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Yeah. It's a space for you to take a step back without, you know, obviously dying. Okay, so maybe stand clear and... Eldritch Blast, because that's the only thing I know. Go for it. Ooh, that's better. That's another 20 that's not natural. You shoot and you hit the wall. And you don't see
Battle with sand creatures
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a shim right now. Okay. So do I do Force Damage?
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Sure. Okay. So it'd be seven points of force damage plus, oh, plus my charisma mod plus. Okay. So plus four. So that's 11 plus I push it back 10 foot in a straight line because it doesn't move. Okay. And so you hit it and let me put down and you see the tiniest of chips fall off of it. Okay. So logically.
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I aim for that spot and go Eldritch Blast. Yeah, that's fine. Okay, that's only a 14. It doesn't shimmer, but it doesn't take effect. So, Caesar, there's nothing like shimmery on that door. I don't know if it's dangerous to touch it or not, but
00:10:52
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You could always try giving it a normal push, I guess. Hmm. That's possible. What if... Oh, right. I didn't realize I had that. Right. He's like, hmm. Okay. So if I, if we both just keep attacking the door, maybe we get through it? Eventually. But I feel like by the time, if we're only chipping away each time, I think by the time we get through it might be, you know,
00:11:20
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little bit on the light side. Right. Unless we know a better way of getting through. What if we got more animals too? Yeah. Or did the dog like close downwards? Yeah, downwards. Okay. So if we got more animals and some crowbars slash big lever things, potentially, I guess we could force it open. That is possible. Yeah. But that might take a lot of animals.
00:11:51
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Definitely, definitely could take a lot more. Do you know anything useful for like, you know, lockpicking or like door mechanism opening?
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I don't know if there is a mechanism on the outside. It doesn't look like it. Looks like whatever they wanted to keep in there, they're keeping in there. Okay. And I guess it would be bad if we went back to camp and the princess wasn't with us. Oh, man, I didn't even think about that. I mean, she's not, she's not just a princess. She's my friend, you know? Oh, yeah, obviously, you know, we wouldn't want to leave her a friend. Yeah. You obviously know her.
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better than I do. Yeah, I don't know if the king will be very happy if we are there and she is not. That's true. I agree with that completely. Obviously, we would be upset anyway, but having another set king, I would imagine is a little bit worse because from what I heard, that's how this pyramid ended up here. Because of the king? I thought it was Gorill.
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Well, yeah, but the King was upset from what I heard. So, you know, upset Kings lead to bad situations is all I'm saying. That's fair. And then I want you to roll perception after this conversation's gone on. What's your role? Piece of afters. All you needed was a five. Okay. As you guys are talking. Yeah.
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you feel a rumble like from the pyramid from the door and then like a constant one no just like a burst just from that below you or not even below you but below caesar now he doesn't notice this but you see below caesar a hand raise uh caesar
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That hand? And then you see... Can I take off and start flying? Not too high, but... Yeah, sure, you can move. As you see the one hand, then you see 14 more hands pop up. 14? Yeah, 14. That one hand is now 15. Like, different places around. There's lots of hands.
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with this sand from there's like sand hands but they look you look like animal hands oh dear caesar you might want to start flying flying mate what are you talking about flying i'm just gonna bite
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point at the hands that are appearing. Oh, right. Oh, man. And he like, like kind of starts backing away. And do these hands look kind of threatening? Yeah, they are trying to grab him. Okay. Eldritch Blast. Okay, which which ones? You're just going to want this closest to Caesar. Sure. Shoot. Natural 20. I'll say you can do like a 10 foot square. I have two beams. So because I'm level five.
00:15:11
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So I would target like the one hand that's closest to him first. Okay, sure. And then see what happens and the second beam will probably hit the same thing depending on. Sure. It's quick damage, is that right? Yes, yeah. Rolling damage, yeah.
00:15:27
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Yeah well that's a one so crit is a two plus my charisma modifier which is a four so that's six damage. Six damage takes out the hands. Okay second hand that was a two so that's a four plus four is an eight so
00:15:43
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I always like when I do crit damage, I always want a one or two. I never go higher than that. So you get that. Yeah, you can get those hands out of the way. But you start seeing another set. So next to those hands, another set of hands comes out and you see them push against the sand and you see animals start rising from the ground, from the sand.
00:16:06
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And you see them, they're not skeletons. These are decomposed animals. They look like within the last, I don't know, four or five days. Okay. Do I recognize any of them? Roll perception. Well, that's a nat 20. Hi, Uber. No, no, not Uber.
00:16:27
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Uber is inside the pyramid. My leaf. Leaf is probably on the other side of the pyramid. So you know, I mean, you notice, I don't know, Greg, he's a he's one of the he was an accountant for for one of his groups and didn't really have any special skills. But you know, he's Greg. We didn't really like Greg. Yeah. But then there was Steven, which
00:16:55
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Well, can I have people you love, Steven? He was a really nice guy and he decided to go for the pyramid. You know, you know, the natural 20, he was like, you know what? I think it's my turn to go for the pyramid. I'm going to try. And you saw, and you knew he did die going to the pyramid. So that can give you an inclination that these are people who recently tried to go into the pyramid and have died, but then have been reanimated.
00:17:21
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Caesar, we know some of these. These are people who tried to get to the pyramid. We probably shouldn't hang around too much unless there's a safe place. Eldritch Blast.
00:17:37
Speaker
Well, let's roll initiative. So around you, you also start seeing other animals kind of taking a stand. So you see like five or six different NPCs, like just like, what's going on? Like then they're like starting to cut these hands that are coming around them or not around them, but in front of them because they're not on the sand.
00:17:59
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Yeah, I was going to say the other animals are going to be on the other side of the sand, right? Yeah, yeah, exactly. So Caesar is like mid to, yeah, he's like middle of the sand as of right now. You guys have like run that far back, but the rest are on the other half of that. So they're on the actual grass, not on the sand. Roll initiative?
00:18:23
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So Gavita and Luke, you guys are more than welcome to take NPCs. Yeah, sure. Like if I can be helpful, sure. Sure. They're in that group is an old enemy of the group, I guess you could say. But none of these two would know that. Silencer either would know. It's true. But I'm talking to the audience at this point. For you audience members,
00:18:53
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It would be handbag for you players or for you, whoever wants to take her. Her name is actually Lorelei. Do you like the videos you'd like? I'll do the handbag, yeah. And then there's... There's living room rug with a bear. What? Living room rug?
00:19:20
Speaker
There was a bear, I think. The bear died. It was only the crocodile that left. The crocodile was the only one who got out of that particular encounter. Oh, OK. There's nobody from that encounter. But then there's another encounter that was also taken place where two animals survived. And it was two assassins. One was an owl, and then one was a badger. But that badger is now a werebeaver badger. A werebeaver badger.
00:19:51
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Just in case Jesse's storytelling wasn't complicated enough. Yes, exactly. And there's a few other NPCs that we can make up. There are...
00:20:07
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flying animals there. I would say there's one. There's like a... Yeah, there's the owl as well. Let's say, where Beaver Badger was. He didn't have a name. His name is Roger.
00:20:23
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Did you get a grudge for a personality or in that fight? Cocky, but just short in stature and kind of wibby-less, but as a were-beaver-badger, he's probably just monstrous. Okay. Kind of just does, probably. Not necessarily what the whistler says, but kind of like, I don't have any guidance. My brain is just, eat.
00:20:47
Speaker
There's also a... what do you call it? A Flamingo? Flamingo? Yeah. From... Am I a clinical? No, just a Flamingo. Oh. Oh, okay. Just a Flamingo. That's just high in everything.
NPC animals join the battle
00:21:01
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Yeah, yeah. It's just a Flamingo. Yeah. Where does the Flamingo? I feel like the Flamingo should be called Blue. Okay, Blue.
00:21:16
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And I said there was like four or five other ones. I'll probably just take Roger. Okay. Just so that Sam can be in charge and whatever Whistler says, you can tell me what to do and I'll just do that. Okay. What is Whistler? Whistler is the owl. Yeah. Okay, sorry. Sorry, did you want us to roll for initiative? Yes, please roll for initiative. 20. 14. My initiative for Hava was always so bad.
00:21:44
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Oh, so I'm playing an NPC and I'm like, top of the list. Well, it just is, Jesse. Yeah. Does a zombie horde count as one entity? So if you, there, so each hit point, so a threshold of like four hit points is probably a zombie. Okay.
00:22:07
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Might be bigger ones coming, but as of right now, four. So, let's say a horde is, as of right now, it's 20 each. First to go is, animal number four. And I did not put an animal there, but I'm going to say they have a crossbow. This is a zebra. I don't have very many zebras in this game, so zebra.
00:22:31
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and it has, it's a Ranger Zebra. There we go. And it definitely hits the zombie board for three damage. So that almost takes out his, like the zombie kind of walks up to them, or not up to them, but it's like walking forward, it gets hit by one of the bolts and it just continues to walk. And then it is Lorelei's turn, or handbag.
00:22:59
Speaker
So she's going to see the zombies starting to come up and can't really do anything from where I'm at. So we're too far away. But I also have a crossbow. So yeah, she'll take, she'll do that. She'll do it. One of the zombie animals with her crossbow. Oh, how do you do it? I think we can kind of adjust either way though. What? I really helped you.
00:23:29
Speaker
You think you made her break all the... Oh, yes I did! I'm a woman! There you go, a smoker. There's gonna be a smoker, isn't there? What are those rhombus things? Okay. Oh, mate. A penis. I don't think I have a penis. She has a penis. I attack because it is... Okay. There's eight, please? Eight does... Oh, God. Drink it? Eight does hit.
00:23:58
Speaker
Yeah, they're not. I'm wearing armor. Oh, plus sevens are hit. Oh, right. I didn't see that. Fifteen, fifteen. Fifteen, fifteen hit. Okay. Just don't roll a one, Sam. Okay, four damage. Great. So that's one zombie fall.
00:24:27
Speaker
Then it is Caesar's turn. Let's see what Caesar's gonna do. So he's gonna do his two attacks. And, whoa. Yeah, he's a paladin. Man, he's gonna totally do a divine smile, these things. Goodness, that's crazy. Okay, so he's gonna do seven.
00:24:55
Speaker
35 damage to these guys so you guys see like something that it's like the undead have I don't know brought life to Caesar or whatever but like you see him like Center himself
00:25:14
Speaker
We will win this! We will win this! We will win this! And he just like roars as loud as he can and then he just starts ripping these animals to shreds. And he's like, like you see like him just ripping heads off and they like explode like light.
00:25:36
Speaker
And 34 damage. So that's 34, 25, 20, 34. So eight of these zombies just around him are just like on the floor broken. So that's nine zombies down from four to 80. I also realized something to see is that she does have two attacks. Oh, yeah, go ahead and take another hit. You want me to take another hit? Yeah. All right. Just I'm still reading. No, that's OK.
00:26:05
Speaker
Okay, that was a nat 20. Oh, awesome. 13 damage. 13 plus the decks. You're doing another crossbow one, right? Yes, yes. So 13. So that's another three. Oh, no, that's four, technically. Yeah.
00:26:23
Speaker
Okay, great. So 13, so that's another three. So that's, it was at nine, 12, and one that's like on its last legs. So that's eight to go. Now it's Avalon's turn. Okay. So how damaged are these, this chord? So there's 17 standing with one of them that's quite damaged.
00:26:53
Speaker
Okay, do I completely gone? Yeah, I'm just gonna go. I'm gonna cast switchbolt. Because why not? I want to have a change. So 11 that hits, right? Yeah. So 40 12 damage. That is 23 damage.
00:27:13
Speaker
So that takes out six more, let's say, because that one was damaged quite a bit. So that's another six. That's 11 left to go. OK. And which bolt stays on the board? In that board. OK. So yes. So it's currently an arc of lightning from me to that horde. And I am sort of flying, offering a bit out of reach.
00:27:41
Speaker
And is it at the end of your turn or at the end of their turn they take damage? I can cause it to automatically deal 4d12 damage on my turn for the cost of my action. Okay. Okay. But that's it for your next turn. Yeah. So it would be on my next turn.
00:27:59
Speaker
Great. I like that spell. Yeah, it's a really good spell. These zombies are like kind of connected now by this arcing lightning bolt. Lightning? Thunder. Lightning. Lightning. Oh, the thunder. And then it is the Whistler. And the Whistler kind of looks at Roger. He's like, hey, Roach, should we help out?
00:28:30
Speaker
Yeah. Sounds good. I think that means yes. Oh, I think so too. And she was also listening, right? I think we got to do it. We got to do it. Okay. Right. Yes. Yeah. Yeah. Just make sure, mate, I'm going to fly up there. Do not touch the sand. You know what happens. You know how many people we've pushed in there for fun, you know? I mean, I'm sure we're going to kill them again, right?
00:28:54
Speaker
oh yeah so don't step in there but and he flies up just does a simple and he misses uh oh wait no dexterity yeah dexterity modifier that's he definitely hits a dexterity modifier
00:29:16
Speaker
It would be so great if he was the one to miss. So he whistles, the old zombies look at him, and he shoots 24 damage. So that is another six. So we're down to five left standing. And then it is Roger's turn. And at the end, you need to move past that man.
00:29:43
Speaker
Yeah, yeah, they're like they're like they're in front of you And that just straight attack or I guess they'll be 16 And that would be 8 then so you take out two that were right next to each other that leaves three left to go
00:30:00
Speaker
and and just just to be sure a six does not hit a six does hit oh okay then yeah the second attack okay great because it's flat which i assume is the tail then
00:30:16
Speaker
Oh yeah, yeah. There's a tail slap, I think. Yeah, it just says flat for... Oh, that's funny. Yeah, for five. Okay, that's another one. So, down to two left. And... That's right, right? I don't know. Yeah, you've done it. You missed two. They're just there.
00:30:42
Speaker
And then the other guys are going to go. Roger starts skiing like the flapping birthday. He's like, well, let me look. I'm so special. I don't know.
00:31:04
Speaker
Oh, another dog folk is there and they are in a rage. They attacked just by the claws alone and they hit one and take it out.
00:31:18
Speaker
And then finally, last little guy, he has his little bow and arrow. It's like a meerkat. And he hits and it just hits and just cuts and he's like,
00:31:34
Speaker
Oh, everyone else took out somebody. Okay, thanks. Should I just go? It was fun lesson, I didn't take it out. And you hear Susie, no mate, you did a great job. Don't worry, don't worry, you go.
00:31:50
Speaker
You'll get him next time, and then you hear the owl. Hey mate, you sound a lot like me, but a little bit less angry. But yeah, you should leave. That was ridiculous. I mean, come on. I almost missed, but I still got my gas. I don't know what to do anymore.
00:32:09
Speaker
I'll wait my turn if I have another. As he says that, you see the zombies. I would say not all of them. I'd say half of them. So I'd say ten of one of the hordes stands back up. Yes.
00:32:32
Speaker
What's going on here? Maybe we need to, I don't know. I mean, some of them don't have heads. So maybe we take out the heads. Those aren't, those aren't standing. Yeah. Uh, do that. Shoot them in the head. All right. All right. I want Avalon, I want you to roll perception for a second while you're still in the sky. 19. 19?
00:33:00
Speaker
13 13 oh I mean actually yeah you know what 13th does it basically you see the door open from the pyramid okay
00:33:14
Speaker
And then the, let me see. I signal to Caesar just to let him know that the door's open. Oh, okay. Okay, cool. How do you do this? Do you do this stealthily? Well, it's not my turn in the combat. So it would have to be quite great. I'm also concentrating on the witch bolt. So I have to not require a lot of concentration or any concentration really. So I would basically just go
00:33:41
Speaker
probably go, Caesar, I have just flat my wing in the direction of the door. Roll performance, I'll say. Okay.
00:33:51
Speaker
Yeah, that's a four. So 21. I'll say with a, I believe it, yes, with a 15, Caesar understands. And he's like, okay, mate, I got you. Yeah, I don't know if I'm saying, you know, that's going through the door. No, I'm literally just telling him the door's open. Yeah, he's he understands that. Yeah.
00:34:13
Speaker
And then another five zombies kind of reanimated. So there's that one that's injured and then those five. Out of all of them. Or those 15, sorry. No, no. Okay, okay. And then back to the top which is, I believe, one animal. There's another crossbow shots.
00:34:36
Speaker
and hits five. So the one that's been damaged and two others go down and it is and stay down. Yeah, they shoot him in the head this time just to see if it works. And then it's handbag. My name is Lorelei. Oh, sorry. Sorry. I rolled 19. 19, nine, nine hits.
00:35:05
Speaker
Nine damage. Nine damage, yeah. Wow. So another nine fall down to the deaths. Oh, so they're weaker now. Yeah. It's the 19th. That hits. As long as it's not in that one, I'm sure everyone hits. With the seven damage. Seven, so seven. No, so yes, that's it. So you take out the rest of them. Okay. Yeah. I got them. So that ends initiative, technically.
00:35:34
Speaker
And they're down, down now. Yeah, they haven't moved since. Okay, so I will stop concentrating on which bow and let them start out. How do I take out nine zombies with one arrow? I say they like, they were in a row. They were in a row. Like the Yondu thing, like a Whistler helped to guide my arrow. As I shot it, Whistler was like,
00:35:59
Speaker
It's the way the arrow ricochets from the scores. You've just been like Hawkeye. Exactly. So you're out of initiative. So what I will do is I will cast Prestigitation and let a shower of gold coins
00:36:21
Speaker
fall just onto the sand in front of everyone, just within reach. And then what I will do is I'll fly towards the open pyramid. Thanks for the help. He's like, oh, all right, mate. Good job for paying them. That's great. I really appreciate that. Yeah, I hope that I'm trying to pick it up. Why? No reason. All right.
00:36:49
Speaker
Whoa, what? Who's gonna roll inside of this? Mate, did you just trick them with gold? I did not trick them with gold. You use magic. Well, I'm the wizard. That's fair.
Entering the pyramid and hidden dangers
00:37:03
Speaker
As, let's say, as you enter the pyramid, you... How do I put this? Cease the splattered remains of Uber. No, no, no, no.
00:37:17
Speaker
You don't, it's very dark in that room. Okay. Yeah. So, produce flame. Oh, perfect. Yeah, great. You use produce flame. And I have a ball of fire in my hand. Just a small one. Roll perception. 3020. I'm rolling well today. Okay.
00:37:42
Speaker
This is unusual for me to enjoy this. You see skeletons that are not like live skeletons, but like non-animated skeletons, skeletal remains, whatnot. And you see a mound. And then you see there's a doorway, not a doorway, it is an archway in front of you. Okay. Then my, uh, I'm quite like the Tempe, the Tempe, the Tempe.
00:38:06
Speaker
I will slide towards the archway, but looking at the archway carefully to see if there are any tracks. Okay, roll investigation. Investigation is A14.
00:38:21
Speaker
You see a button on the floor to the, so there's this wall to your right and left, and you see a button. Okay. Oh no. Sorry, let me just double check this. I have it up, I think.
00:38:37
Speaker
Yeah, you see to the right of the wall, like there's another archway right in front of you. And then to the right of that, like, you see a like a pressure, like a different stuff, a different colored stone, basically, you can kind of deduce that it is a pressure button thing. Okay. It's on the floor or the wall. It's okay. Yeah. Okay. So if I'm flying, then should we just do I need to step on it or do I not?
00:39:07
Speaker
I will fly carefully, making sure I don't touch the walls or the floor through said archway. Okay, you disintegrate. No, you go through the archway. Caesar follows and he stumbles on stone because nothing was said. And the door behind you closes. Okay.
00:39:32
Speaker
No, not the door behind you, but the door to the entrance of the pyramid club. Yeah, that's why I thought when you said go behind me. Sorry mate, maybe that's what happened last time.
00:39:50
Speaker
Likely yeah right then it's after that, once you enter that archway you see what do you see you see a doorway front of you.
00:40:05
Speaker
and a doorway to the left. Can I see any tracks on the floor in the sand tracks? There's no sand. Sorry. It's like cobblestone. It's like sand stones. But if you want to roll, I don't know, perception, investigation, survival, whatever. Oh, well, if it's investigation, it's a 24. If it's survival, it's a 21. So which one do you want to use? Oh, the investigation. Yeah.
00:40:34
Speaker
Okay, so investigation, you see another stone that has different color on it, and that goes to the one that goes in front of you, and then nothing to the left of you. You see tracks going both ways. Okay, so first thing I'll do is I'll tell Caesar about that discolored bone. Okay, second thing, the tracks I see going both directions, do they look familiar?
00:41:01
Speaker
I guess with the 24, yeah, you can see it's a group of animals that look like, and it's fairly recent. Okay. Yeah. In both directions. Yeah. Which one's the most recent? They're like, exact same time. Okay. But do any of them look particularly fainine or total? Yeah. The total, okay, so you say total. So what's the 24? The total one looks like it went forward. Okay. And it did not go the other direction. The others look like
00:41:31
Speaker
They went forward and in the other direction. Sorry, to the left. I keep saying, maybe saying right, but it's the left. Okay. So the total went forward, but everyone else went left. Got you. Then I will follow the other footpaths. Okay.
00:41:47
Speaker
And yeah. And you hear, so you thought, you got rid of me then, I'll just have to show you. And then you hear another clank. And so you head down this archway and yeah, you end up seeing loads of different skeletons. I want you to roll another investigation or even perception. That's A-12.
00:42:16
Speaker
With a natural 20, Caesar is like, I smell them. I know where they are. This way. And he like, takes you past and he sees the other trigger and you see Skinny, you see Clara, and there's a rope. And now I want you to roll initiative.
00:42:37
Speaker
Well, cause he see, you forgot to tell him, he see, you see a broken stair. Oh yes, sorry. Of course. A rope hanging down from the upper level of that. So what did you get Evelyn? 18. So then the next one.
00:43:06
Speaker
was Silas. Yeah. So you're falling. What are you going to do? I'll probably still do it. Just still going to just fall. No, no, no, no. Sorry. Take off the pendant. Okay. It's a pendant that has like a drawing of a mouse on it on like a Mobius strip strip and then a gem in the middle. Rips that off and he turns into almost looks like a younger version of
00:43:35
Speaker
except by the time he lands, he's furious, and he just blows up, and he's like on fire. How cool music comes on there. The only thing you hear is you, and then a half movement. So if you land with Vans as an outfit, I'll say, so you take 10 damage, as an outfit.
00:44:03
Speaker
and then you can carry on so you don't just remember you saw the skeleton in the D.A. I think they're right. Uh, no. Skeleton's dead. But they're still dead, right? Yeah. Like some vampim clip, that's right. Yes. I was like, look it. I was like, NO! I'm not relaning this high! Let's go! So you go up, back, up. There. I don't know if you're in a race.
00:44:31
Speaker
But you get up there and you're actually there. You can say you're already there. Yeah. And yeah, there you go. I'll say that's your turn. And because I have like rear speed, I'm just going to be up there with Hava and be like, so what's happening? Are we getting out of here or what? Are we here? Wait, how did you get here?
00:45:02
Speaker
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00:45:27
Speaker
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00:45:56
Speaker
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Speaker
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Speaker
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00:47:34
Speaker
Oh, you know, my brother. Good. Your brother is reading. Oh, yeah. Why it's here. Nice to meet you. Most people call me writer. OK, then there's no other interaction other than that. But yeah, just for the record, he is an elk that is just on fire, actively on fire right now.
00:48:02
Speaker
After that, it is oh, wonderful.
00:48:08
Speaker
It sees his turn and he's just, he looks at Clara and skinny and he's like, mates, what's going on? You okay? You okay? And they're like, I don't know. There's, there's, there's a lot of skeletons up there. Something's happening. There's a lot of noises and the skeleton, the, the, the moose came, this elk thing came down and turned into blazing fire. And now it's back up there. I don't know what's going on. We need your help. And he's like, hey,
00:48:33
Speaker
just just calm down and he lays on hands both of them and uh gets rid of their fear and uh they like shake out of it and they're just
00:48:46
Speaker
Okay, thank you. He's like, no worries, mates. Just let's be a team. Let's get together. Let's help whoever's up there. I'm sure Goro and Hava have it all taken care of, but let's take it. Let's take care of it with them. Let's make sure they're okay. And the elk thing, we'll figure that out later. I don't understand. I saw a little bit of it. Then it is, I believe, Skeleton's Turns. They're just gonna ready actions to attack, but they're not gonna actually attack yet.
00:49:16
Speaker
but they're gonna, they have their actions ready. Do these skeletons have weapons? Some of them have weapons, some of them don't. Okay, and the weapons are an assortment of swords and stuff like that? Yeah, there's no, I don't think any of them have any archery. Yeah, it's more. I don't think so. I don't remember. You just said swords and shields and spears, I think. Yeah, that's what I thought, yeah.
00:49:37
Speaker
Some of them have armor, some of them don't. And you hear Hava not through the wall this time, but next to you say, you hear, ah, fresh mates, you've gotten rid of my pets. It's all right. At least you brought me dinner as well. Well, you know me, entertainment on the show. You hear this too, but you're all the way at the bottom of this staircase. No one hears you.
00:50:06
Speaker
How are you? Anything? You're just a disembodied voice. Are you invisible? Wait, are you like Caesar? Like you touch if I touch you, then I'll be able to see if I'm gonna like put my arms around. I'll say I'll say you can look to your right. And with the little flickering light, you see the snow the snout of a dragon. Like it's not invisible. I just see it. No, you see you see this. But you see it's bandaged up. It's what
00:50:36
Speaker
It's in that cage thing still. No, no, no, it's on your side of the wall now. And it's just it, but it's like decayed nostrils. And that's why it smells so gross. Okay. Wrapped up. You got an issue there buddy. Hey, I've been in here a long time. Okay. Get out.
Encounter with the decayed dragon
00:50:57
Speaker
I can't get out. You want to leave? I would love to leave. Whoever said that.
00:51:07
Speaker
So what you're saying is you should make like a Debaxi and leave. Leave? Oh no! Yeah we shall leave. Oh man that was a good pun but also a very horrible one. I know it hurt to say it. And then it is Avalon's turn.
00:51:27
Speaker
Okay, so just so I've got this right, I can see lots of skeletons around, like, I'm assuming several piles of bones in different places. You do see Clara and Skinny as well, since you've been following. And you see up there, they're all talking about going up and you did see the elk that caught on fire and ran back up. Okay, so I guess I would fly up.
00:51:53
Speaker
Sure. I'm trying to see what I can see up there. So as you fly up, you see about 40 odd skeletons and you see a silhouette of a large animal. Okay. You see the nostrils of it as well. Okay. Nostrils next to harbor. Okay. It helps while I'm like in rage, like this fiery rage.
00:52:21
Speaker
and see 10 feet around me. He's like his own self-illumination. It doesn't necessarily help, but yeah, sure. And I also see this flaming elk that I have no idea what it's about or who it is or what's happening. Does this elk look threatening? Roll inside. Well, that's a natural 20. Luke, do you look threatening? Yeah, what are you trying to portray, Luke? I would say, like,
00:52:51
Speaker
Yes. Like cause he's on fire, but very clearly being like, whatever how I was going to say next is a hundred percent what I'm going to do. Like, okay. So he doesn't look like you're threatening. However, it looks, I'm guessing with a natural 20. Okay. So because you're not threatening, however,
00:53:11
Speaker
I would... Eldritch Blast its face off as if it was the dragon. The dragon? Wait, what? Okay. Because the dragon looks kind of menacing and sounds menacing, so... That's 19 to hit. 19 does not hit. What?
00:53:33
Speaker
Okay, so you so you do this Eldritch Blast and it kind of flies by this dragon and or even it even like goes against him but as it goes you see the like a glimpse of this massive dragon that just spreads for like
00:53:56
Speaker
a quarter of this room, probably not a quarter, a large side of this room and it just covered in like wraps like and decayed body but it's skeletal, not skeletal, but it's structural of the scales and stuff like that still are around it so it's pretty hard to hit. And you see that for a second. So then your second attack?
00:54:23
Speaker
It's my second beam and I will go for the same target. So yeah, that's not going to hit. It's an 18.
00:54:34
Speaker
Yep. Okay. He likes her genius. Well, an appetizer. How pleasing. Your face is pleasing. Thank you. That's really nice of you to say. Oh, also, you also did with that blast for a moment. Actually, I'll say role perception in that moment. You can even have it. You can do that. I was just thinking I need a role perception in general or investigation because I want to. Yeah, sure.
00:55:04
Speaker
A weak spot. 17. 17. 12. You don't see a weak spot, but both of you, I'll say with 12, you also see this. So when you shoot, you see all these bandages, you see his skeletal body, you see the scales that are left behind. You also see on the face though, for a moment, you see him wearing a cone hat with some glitter on it. Happy birthday. Are you saying this?
00:55:34
Speaker
Yeah. Is today my birthday? I was trapped here on my birthday. Well, may this be a more pleasant occasion for us? Yes, it will be, because I'm going to have you for dinner and lunch and breakfast probably. Oh, nice. You're taking us for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Yeah. Take your pride in my mouth. Well, that's not the way you put food. But what are we eating? I'm eating you first. Me?
00:56:04
Speaker
Well, we gotta start with appetizers, right? Samus wants to eat us! There's not a lot of me. You'd probably be better at snacking on, you know, these skeletons. No, these skeletons are nothing. I need meat. I need the crunch. I need the squeal of a living creature. Why did you eat your snake thing, man? I did. It was already dead. Why were we attacking it, bud?
00:56:34
Speaker
That face, the beaver. It was priced, but... That's also the big problem. So, and more skeletons ready in attack, obviously. Then, uh, the dragon. He goes... Oh, dear. Alright. You gonna c- You gonna come willingly, or do I have to make you? You'll come willingly. Yeah. Right. I want you to roll deception. Who?
00:57:03
Speaker
Hava. I went Hava to rule perception. That's the 20. 3020. 3020. Oh, that's good. That's a very good sign. Oh, no. 21. Oh, man. I know. I thought I wrote good. He's like, well, you're gonna lie to me on my birthday. I'm gonna play with my food a little bit, actually. No, thank you. No, thank you.
00:57:30
Speaker
He's gonna go for a claw attack. Oh my goodness. There's no way he's gonna miss. So he's right next to you, Hava. I think I have some rations. Does the 25 hit? I dodged as a reaction. Do you have dodged? Are you a rogue?
00:57:59
Speaker
I'll give you a second. So he hits you at 25. Oh boy, don't kill me. Please don't kill me. I don't want to die. What if I got you bigger meat? Taste your meat. 15 damage. I can feed you for eons.
00:58:27
Speaker
So he basically, he like, yeah, 15 damage. He like just throws you. Like he like pushes, he gets his claw and he throws you against the wall. So just answer me this. How did you, what did you do with my pet? I sent him, I sent him, can you get him back? If we can get him back, will you not hurt us?
00:58:55
Speaker
I have no idea what you've done, so I don't know what... Is it another, uh, the dimension? Well, I don't know how to do that. I have a friend who can do it. Do you do? Silas, you know how to get to different dimensions, don't you? He, yeah, he blips out and lifts back in. I guess he can. I will say he can. Oh, he can? Okay. Can he? I can. No, he can't. It's limited the amount of... Yeah? Well, limited to the dimension.
00:59:26
Speaker
You can go to one other dimension, but other than that. Exactly. Is it the one that's needed? No? Okay. What are the odds, right? Avalon, can you get to other dimensions? Uh, maybe.
00:59:47
Speaker
Okay, I'll take that as a yes. We can get this set back. Don't kill us, please. Wait, what did you do? What did you do with them? I sent a black hole. I want to get it back too. So we can work together. Yay. And then we can have our fight together. I mean, then you can eat us. He throws another attack. No. And he says, there's a 20 hit? Yeah. Is it 20?
01:00:17
Speaker
I'm going to get better armor class in just milliseconds. It's more of a 25, but yeah. I died behind the brick. I don't know. Once again. He's not attacking me again, I think. Yes, he is. He's playing with his food. This is only 11 damage. Aren't you raging? Oh, I didn't take that last half, did I? Am I still raging?
01:00:42
Speaker
I don't know. I think you are. Because it hasn't been 10 rounds since you activated your range. Oh, okay. I was looking a little bit better here. I was like, I'm in the 20s or 50s, 10s, 50s. Oh my goodness. Okay. We're still pretty low though. And then it's like, well, where did you, how did you send them? Magic marble. What magic marble? What is this? It's a magic marble. That's what it is. Can I see them?
01:01:11
Speaker
No, I just threw it at him. Do you have more? Why would I have more? Okay, I'll eat you then. No, no, no. I'll pull out a magic marble. Do you have a magic marble? There you go. Isn't that your turn? Okay, I will pull out another marble. Just one at random? Just one at random.
01:01:39
Speaker
Oh, I'm okay. I pulled out 13 now. Mouth with a wizard hat. Yes. And now I want you to roll with that trigger. Silas, I want you to roll Arcana or Insight or History even. You're having a lot of fun, aren't you Jesse?
01:01:57
Speaker
I am. I'm enjoying this one.
The mystery of the marbles
01:02:00
Speaker
I am literally waiting for this fight for like 15 episodes, probably. TPK. Natural 20. So, oh my goodness. Okay. With a natural, what are you doing? History, insight, or arcana? I would say arcana. Right. Actually, it kind of all leads to the same place, but you know this magic.
01:02:28
Speaker
You let's say. For the record, whatever you're going to say to me, I'm just going to say to them. What. Whatever you're saying to me is probably immediately. I'm just going to tell Hava or whoever. Okay. So before I say, and this is what I say to the.
01:02:44
Speaker
Okay, right. Sure. So you can see in this, you know, these magic markings, you know, these, this, this, not necessarily material, but you know, this object kind of usage, you know, no, no, the marble itself. And you know, a housing unit that
01:03:05
Speaker
has previously been used on something and so the signature is the same and basically your brother has made these marbles do i see oh i can i see the marble yeah not okay yeah and you can see that it's trapping something like i recognize the markings whatever mark i don't
01:03:30
Speaker
Remember who did it? You don't know who or what's inside it. You don't know exactly. You know it's it's a creature, but you know that your brother made these. So that's what you get from that moment. And the dragon says, give it to me. Let him have it.
01:03:56
Speaker
Throw it. I don't want to use this. I'm not saying use it, give it to me. Put it in my claw. Should I give it to them guys? I will eat you if you do not give it to me. Throw it. Okay. What have we got to do? I don't want to.
01:04:28
Speaker
so you do that it rolls in front of him i was not expecting this to happen
01:04:38
Speaker
With that, as it touches the ground and gently rolls in front of him, a shimmer of light kind of opens up like a pokeball, like just opens and a shimmer of light happens and a mouse pops out.
01:04:56
Speaker
You'd be nervous now. A mouse with a hat and a wand. And it looks similar. Looks very familiar. Almost looks like Silas. And he's... Oh, well. Where am I? Hmm. Hi. I need to best stop his robes. I see. Dude, you've been asleep for a long time. Dragon? Does dragon? Oh, I killed Mummy by the mummified dragon. Hi, my name is Tada.
01:05:24
Speaker
Hello, I'm Verzi, but my youngest brother called me V, and I'd prefer that for this moment. Dragon... Right, dragon. And he turns around and it's like... Oh, right, I see. So we're in the pyramid. Right, okay.
01:05:52
Speaker
Right. How do we end up here? I captured this place. Oh, my brain hurts. Interesting. And you are still alive. And you see this dragon, after all this is happening, cower. He's cowering into the corridor. Oh, sweetheart. You guys, I'm so nervous.
01:06:22
Speaker
And, uh, I'm sure it will work out. Oh, okay. Well, this is so please go back into your room. I will deal with you soon. Please. Unanimate all these, this rubbish. He's like, Oh yes. Oh, sorry. Right. And he's like backs away and like all the skeletons go and, uh, Hmm. Right. And, uh, aside if you do see your brother,
01:06:54
Speaker
Do this! This is so random! Right. So, who let out the pyramid? That would be me. I'm sorry about it. I... No, that wasn't me. But I... It was my marble and then I gave it to Goro and then he used it and... Ah, you call them marbles? What do you call them? Oh, that's such a wonderful name. Well, they are toys, right? I call them bubbles. Well, who is to?
01:07:22
Speaker
It's all right. It's just, you know, reminded me of my brother. He, I had an accident and I, oh, I didn't have an accident. I accidentally trapped him for a long time. Your brother? Yeah, both my younger brothers.
01:07:39
Speaker
My, don't even get me started on my middle brother. He's quite annoying. But yeah, my youngest got caught in the crossfire. Yeah, so I started building. Anyways, that's besides the point. For your brother? Yes, obviously. This is from your, whatever your brother is. I don't know if you like him or not. Oh, I loved my little brother. Yeah, I was trying to teach him. I was trying to go- Was Silas your little brother? Silas, yes. You know Silas.
01:08:08
Speaker
Yeah, he was just here. Like, I think he went down that hole, and then this big elk came up here. And I don't know where he is, but I think he's down that hole still. Right. Okay. Well, let's figure this out first. Who are you? Hi, I'm Hala. I'm the daughter of the barbarian King Elrath. Oh, King Elrath. Okay. Yes.
Verzi's revelation and family dynamics
01:08:31
Speaker
Right. That's the one we put in charge. Yes. You put him in charge?
01:08:36
Speaker
This is a young little pup, but yeah. Put him in charge. Are you a god? Ah, I want to say god. I spent a lot of time doing spells, creating spells. Eating cheese. Yeah, eating cheese. You're right. You've got a good head on your shoulders there. Oh, I am a pretty good wizard. I can see you're not a wizard, but okay. He doesn't even have to do a check for that.
01:09:05
Speaker
No, he doesn't have to do a check for that at all. But I have a wand that I kind of fumble with a random stick. Sure, sure. I also see the pendant underneath your cloth. Oh, that? Yeah. That's okay. Ah, right. So we have to get rid of him because he's going to create havoc first. The moose? No, no, no. I don't know what that is.
01:09:32
Speaker
We'll deal with that later. But the dragon, he was only supposed to be here to create that part of land. Now, when he is about, he commands the dead. He only commands the dead that's around him, which is easy. You know, take care of those guys. They're not so hard. These guys seemed a little bit more scary, but it's probably because he's had a lot of time that marble. I don't even know what deer it is or what day it is, but it's Tuesday.
01:10:02
Speaker
It's Tuesday. Wow, Tuesday. That's so fascinating. Do you have an idea on how to get rid of this guy's empty? Well, I don't kill. So... Do you mind? No, I don't like to harm. That's okay. Do you have another way to get rid of him? Well, the marble was obviously the only way to get rid of him. Yeah, can you make another one and put it back in it, please?
01:10:29
Speaker
I don't know if that is possible. It took me so long to make, and very rare material. Is there a different marble that would do that trick? Did you make all the marbles? Did you make all the marbles? All the bubbles? Yes, yes, of course I did. Yeah. If you just happened to stumble upon the rest of them, would there be something in there that would help? Yeah, probably, actually, yeah. Throw them at him. What might it look like, perhaps?
01:11:02
Speaker
probably a black dot. Oh, that one. Um, yeah, I just use that. Unfortunately, I do. So you have more than what? No, I just had that one other one. Um, and I threw it at deception. 15. Oh, you pass. Okay, fair enough.
01:11:27
Speaker
But out of curiosity, was there a different, different one? Possibly. I do have a marble that makes more marbles, but I don't know what those marbles would turn into. Sometimes it's random. We could do...
01:11:46
Speaker
Also, wait, where's the snake?
Rare materials and marbles creation
01:11:49
Speaker
Yeah, so I threw the black hole at the snake, but it sent him away to another, I don't know. And but my friend was there too, because the snake was capturing my friend. And so if you know exactly where the black hole takes them, then maybe we can get them back. And yeah, she talks a lot. You don't know how to get back. I don't know what dimension is it? Do you know that? I don't know. Why do you have these things? I captured it.
01:12:14
Speaker
So it was already in existence. Yes. And it was like a portal. You could go through it, and then you could come through it the other way. I don't know. I was in a fight, and I thought, oh, that looked useful.
01:12:32
Speaker
and to just capture the stupid dragon thing. Mommy, dragon. Because I had spare marbles. Oh! Or bubbles, whichever one you like to call it. Are there empty bubbles? Like, if you had all your- Not anymore. No, I used them all. Is there really an empty marble and then reuse it? Like the one that you were just in? No, they disappear after. That's why the bubbles, they pop.
01:13:00
Speaker
They're clear and they pop. Yeah, but there's, yeah, that's not helpful. But can you make more since you made the original ones? And please take me a while, but yeah. How long is a while? Also, you're very fascinating. Why are you on fire? Oh, sorry. And then he gets out of rage. Why were you on fire? Sorry, Barbarian.
01:13:29
Speaker
You turn into fire when you're raised? That's awesome. Why can't I do that? Why did I do that? Different paths, sorry. Okay. I think my brother was protection. That's where you are, right? Sorry, off topic. Protection, yeah. Yes, he was protection, good. Okay.
01:13:53
Speaker
Can we help you try to make more? I need certain supplies, so possibly, yes. What supplies do you need? Maybe I just happen to have them. I need, well, I need an essence of a star, first off. And then I need probably 2,000 gold, or maybe two diamonds, whatever. Then I need a place to heat up, heat them up, and...
01:14:23
Speaker
What else would I need? I need a sealant. Did you happen to capture any of those items in your bubbles? No, that's silly. Why would I do that? How did you get in the bubble? Oh, how did I get in the bubble? Okay, so this is funny, right? You tripped. That's actually better. I was gonna say.
01:14:48
Speaker
So he goes off and he's like, uh, so, um, it was actually my last bubble. That's how I know I was, um, admiring it. And, uh, I was like, you know what, you're going to be for something special. You're going to be, you're going to be the thing that saves my brother. And, uh, I was walking with it and, uh, something happened and I ended up in it. Yes. I tripped. I tripped. I know I tripped into it. Oh goodness. Yes.
01:15:17
Speaker
any amount of respect I was starting to build up with this magical being. I'm just like, yeah, no, no. Why would you embarrass yourself like that? It's so embarrassing. Yeah. It's fine. Did you have another brother who was in a capsule but not like a tiny one? Not in a tiny capsule. I don't think so.
01:15:42
Speaker
because I saw it, I think it was a mouse and he kind of, he was stuck in a capsule. And- I mean, I trapped both my brothers in a coin. In a coin? Yeah. Why a coin? It's just strange. Well, it was the thing that I had around. I'm sorry. It was, I was a test run. I was trying to stop- Oh, no need to apologize to me. So as a test run, just so I'm clear,
01:16:12
Speaker
You captured your brothers. I captured so so my my the you call me a god I'm not a god my middle brother my my the one that's below me but not the youngest he was a troublemaker he's a trickster he tried to do lots of different things he was deadly people's nerves at one point he tried to enslave a enslave most of the island
01:16:41
Speaker
So I had to put a stop to him. He was also kind of influencing the youngest brother, Silas. You know, he was really influencing him in the wrong direction. So I saw it and I thought I needed to trap him. I needed to confide him. It was too haywire, but and so in that it kind of captured both of them by accident. Okay. Can I roll insight to see if he's being honest?
01:17:13
Speaker
How do you want to interpret that? I can obviously tell whether he's talking the truth or not. That's how I would like to interpret it. I think you're just as skeptical as you once were. Can I do it inside to figure out if this little brother was the one that we saw in the river? Sure.
01:17:37
Speaker
Yeah, I didn't really roll very well, so probably not. Can I? Yeah, sure. Yeah, I'm kind of curious if they were the same person, just to help build the story. What's that? Wait. So the five, you're probably still as skeptical. Okay. But the fact, so he goes, interesting. Interesting. Actually, what did you roll? I rolled the five.
01:18:04
Speaker
No, what did you roll, Luke? I rolled. That's my main thing. Yeah, 24. From what he's described, he has described your metal brother. And he goes, Interesting. So Silas, you say is below us. So that must mean my other brother has escaped. So John has escaped as well. I wonder how they did it. They might, they had to have killed somebody into doing it. What?
01:18:31
Speaker
If Silas is not to be trusted, I thought he was going to die. Wait, you have to kill somebody to get out? Yes, they need to take your place. What? So you actively built something that somebody had to die as well as trapping your own brothers? I didn't think he would do it or figure that out anyways. But they apparently did. If Silas is downstairs or down, is it down the stairs? The stairs have gone out. So we've been using a rope.
01:18:59
Speaker
Okay. I'll take the rope later. Right. So that means John, it could have been John. Was he, was he annoying? Yes.
Avalon's encounter with a mysterious mouse
01:19:09
Speaker
Wait, which one? Did he trick you a lot? No, nothing tricks me. Wait, Avalon, you know this mouse? Wasn't this the mouse in the capsule? I don't know which one we're talking about anymore. I'm talking about the mouse in the capsule. I'm sorry. The mouse in the capsule. Avalon, did you meet that mouse? No.
01:19:30
Speaker
I think Sam was referring to me. Yeah. Oh, wait, why did you say me? Wait, what? Sam was, Sam's character was referring to Silas. Sorry, I thought you were saying I'm character. Yeah. I was like, he said I'm character. Avalon was referring to Silas.
01:19:56
Speaker
I think he's still in a capsule, in a cave, held by a Toad Lady. Ah, so John might be captured. By a crazy Toad Lady, yeah. And she's the one I got the marbles, these, those couple marbles that I used from. So John will be with her. Ah, Celeste. Yes, crazy Toad Lady. I know her. Right. You know
The Toad Lady and marbles dilemma
01:20:20
Speaker
her? Of course. Yes. She visited me for some reason, at some time. It was a long time ago.
01:20:26
Speaker
she's really cool yeah she's really nice is this crazy turd baby she has a cauldron so if you need something to heat it up we could use the cauldron to make her of course you know maybe i can touch her and get in touch with her she said she she had the marks did you take them from her oh she gave them to me
01:20:48
Speaker
Sorry. Sorry. Your name is John. Was it? No. Sorry. Yeah. Yeah. Sorry. I believe John. I guess so. I believe John is a bit confusing. I agree. I agree. Yeah. So John is with not Cecilia Celeste. What was her name? Celeste. I don't, I assume so. I don't know. That's the last time we think we saw him.
01:21:15
Speaker
And once we're thinking of another dimension where he may have trapped us in this crazy mansion that tried to kill us, but that was another story. That's another story. I think he killed my friends, but I don't think that was real. I think that was a dream. Okay. Sure. Strange. Back to the dragon. We need to get him out or else it's just going to keep going.
01:21:40
Speaker
So, can we get out of here and then you can make your thing and you can trap him? Possibly. Let me go have a conversation with him. Maybe clean it up a bit as well. I left him here in quite a sad state. It was his birthday
The ethics of trapping and repercussions
01:21:52
Speaker
after all. I knew it. You just keep trapping people? Yes, I guess. Have you tried not trapping people?
01:22:06
Speaker
Yeah. Well, it's either trap them or we have to deal with them. Have you tried dealing with them? He doesn't kill or hurt people. He just said that. I don't kill or hurt people. I said cranny traps where other people have to hurt people. Yeah. Doesn't that count as hurting people? It's a failsafe. And I didn't expect them to figure it out. But people always figure it out.
01:22:32
Speaker
Even the dumb ones. Well, you would think that the dumb ones have serendipity in, probably, but that would be a happy accident, not a bad accident. Anyways, shall we get out of here as soon as possible so we can get this concoction done? I would just come and leave the dragon happily roaming around. Well, he can't leave. He literally cannot leave this area. You know how big he is? Wait, sorry, I missed that. Did you say he can't leave?
01:23:01
Speaker
He can't leave. Yeah. For some reason, that's apparently funny. I don't understand it, but okay. It sounds a bit sad, actually. I feel like that's an addition, somebody dying. I don't understand it. But literally, like, he goes to one of these holes, and he's like, this hole doesn't fit him. This is why he can't leave. That's
Dragon's size dilemma
01:23:25
Speaker
the only reason. He's too fat to go down these holes. What you're saying is,
01:23:30
Speaker
If he made the hole bigger, he could leave. But he doesn't know that. And I can see my brother. My brother should be down there. And he jumps down and he casts fly on himself and he just floats to the bottom. I just fly down and go, yeah, this is how you do it.
01:23:59
Speaker
Oh, fascinating. Your wings are moving so quickly. Yeah, I'm going to climb down the rope. Carefully, because I'm already very injured. And he goes down there, and he doesn't see Silas. Hey, Ryder, are you coming? Yeah, I'm coming. And PJ came with us, too. Trying to fly, but is walking down the vines. Oh.
01:24:27
Speaker
I was going to think, could PJ do it, uh, an insight on whether or not he knows this, John? Oh, sure. So he, it's, he thinks it sounds pretty similar. He says it's very high possibility. It could be
Silas' whereabouts and form
01:24:47
Speaker
John. And Silas does as well. Sure. 24, right? You know, probably. So highly likely.
01:24:57
Speaker
Finally, where are you? Hello, Caesar? Caesar's like, hey, mates. Yeah, we, um, well, there was zombies apparently. So I don't know what you guys are doing here. Giant dragon, giant snake, Goro. Goro? Where? Yeah, where's Goro? Got taken by the snake to another dimension. Do you know how to travel the different dimensions either? No, I don't. I'm sorry.
01:25:24
Speaker
Do you know somebody who knows somebody who knows how to travel to different dimensions? Like maybe your mom. I mean, your mother was a God. Well, we'll come back. We'll circle back to that too. Sounds possible. Hey, because we saved him. I accidentally threw a black hole at him. And V is just like, who are you talking to?
01:25:47
Speaker
This is and be the burrito. What's your natural name? Just just be as fine. Just be as fine. This is me. He's a mouse wizard and he's brother in silence. Oh, right. So this which have you seen silence? You know where he is.
Silas and Verzi's misunderstanding
01:26:15
Speaker
He fell down this hole with a skeleton on it. We just saw the, did you see a skeleton on him? Skinny, Clara, did you see this? Oh, that's a good one. Did you see Silas? Clara's like, it's the elk. It's the elk. The elk? Yeah. The elk is Silas. Well, I don't know what happened. I just saw Silas falling and I was going to try and catch him and then all of a sudden it's elk. Me? Ryder, how did you, yes.
01:26:44
Speaker
How did you, do you have Silas? He's kind of small. Maybe he's inside your bag. What does he look like? He's looking in his bag. He's a mouse. He's a mouse. He looks like this guy. Are you sure that's not him? I thought that was him. Can I look in your bag? V casts the spell magic. V? Yeah. Yeah. Okay. And what does he see? What would have been Silas? Yeah. It would be just the older version of this.
01:27:12
Speaker
Youngest brother. Yeah. He just looks at you. Silence. Oh. What? How did you? I thought you were a reader's brother, but now you're this guy's brother? How many brothers? Wait, how did you do that? How did you do that? How did you do that? How did you do that? How did you do that? How did you do that? How did you do that? How did you do that? How did you do that? How did you do that? How did you do that? How did you do that? How did you do that? How did you do that? How did you do that? How did you do that? How did you do that? How did you do that? How did you do that? How did you do that? How did you do that? How did you do that? How did you do that? How did you do that? How did you do that? How did you do that? How did you do that? How did you do that? How did you do that? How did you do
01:27:42
Speaker
Yes, this is Silas. Yes. Like, it's of course you're disappointed in me. You locked me up
Caesar's background and connection to Silas
01:27:48
Speaker
for no crime. No, no, that's not why I'm disappointed. You admitted it before. You said it when you were upstairs. You said that you didn't mean to lock me up, but you did it anyways and sent me up into a trap where somebody had to die, which didn't happen. Not that I know of it. It has to have happened. It has to have happened. I'm sorry. You may not have known, but John killed probably somebody to get you out.
01:28:10
Speaker
Well, you have to kill me because I'm the only one that was in that coin. I don't know. But we will deal with this later. We need to get rid of this dragon. You don't hurt me more in the thing. I didn't say I was going to do that. And if you get rid of it, somebody kind of permanent. I think the I think I would like a hug. A hug. I'm talking to my brother. OK. He hugs him and cast precipitation to make him make it sound like he tooted.
01:28:39
Speaker
And he hugs you and he like rubs his eyebrow like... I'll say like I did miss you. I missed you too. I love you. I love you too. I don't know you. And I'm sorry. I am sorry. I forgive you. Avalon. Can I call you Avalon? I apologize. Sure. I think we're going to be good friends. Yeah.
01:29:05
Speaker
once people can actually tell me the truth. I've been nothing but honest with you. What do you mean? Well, I don't know about this guy, but he keeps changing. Are you going to change into, like, my mother next? Or, like, Bleep? Or, or Goro? Like, I mean, what are you going to change into next? Huh? Huh? Are you a reader? A writer? Are you? I'm so confused. Can you tell me what happened? Avalon uses this guy himself to turn his feathers red.
01:29:34
Speaker
Just to confuse half of her a bit more. I didn't meet somebody new though. You met somebody new? Yeah. Who? Usually goes by Avery, but it's a very powerful sorcerer that I met who is willing to teach me how to help people. I really do want to help people. That's good. Why don't we walk and talk? And also, wait a second. Who, what, what is this Caesar?
01:30:01
Speaker
Caesar, he's Darren's illegitimate son. And also the son of Silas, I guess. Maybe that was kind of a tyrannical ruler. But Caesar is the son. Oh, he was probably one of those skeletons, actually, that came from you. You might find him entangled with a leaf. Oh, from what I've had. And you're OK with this Caesar, then?
01:30:31
Speaker
Oh, I hope, I hope a Caesar's cool. Right. And I'm so good. He's an AOK. Hmm. But you know my dad? Oh, can you help us? Yeah,
Preparation for Celeste's place
01:30:41
Speaker
of course. So like how? Oh, man, this is a tale for another time, I think we'll have to. Oh, OK, fine. But while we're walking to Celeste's place to make this potion stuff. Yes, of course. Tell me the story, right? Of course, yes. I don't want to hide anything. I'm so glad I
01:31:00
Speaker
released you like fans these are just so unfortunate wow the timing was impeccable i agree i agree i guess i mean i wish i wasn't in marble or bubble or pyramid let's get out and caesar pats him on the shoulder and he goes oh you're caesar but you're a good looking fellow thanks mate oh yeah it doesn't show because i just now find a few
01:31:28
Speaker
and uh you guys head off of the pyramid and as you as you get to the door it is open and as you exit nothing there's no harm i like the sand from the sand there's nothing there's no harm just a whole load of dead zombies like dead zombies but then as well we like caesar you look very hurt have you been
01:31:58
Speaker
What have you been doing? It's like, well, yeah, I'm fine. And he's like, no, no, Cesar, I can see it. I knew it. And that is where
Session wrap-up and listener engagement
01:32:08
Speaker
we're going to end today. Right. Thank you for listening. And, uh, yeah, that was a very informative, I did not expect it to go that way. I was literally expecting your blood bash. I didn't want to die. I really didn't want to die. Take it away, Hala, or Davida.
01:32:27
Speaker
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Speaker
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01:33:15
Speaker
Yay. Bye, guys. Bye. Ciao. No one knows if Luke is waving, so. His camera's been off the whole time. Bye. But let's do it. Yeah, Luke wave.
01:34:09
Speaker
Wait, what did you know? What happened? How did he, did he hurt himself when he like ripped? He's never killed, had he killed people before? No, all of a sudden he's killing zombies and now he's hurting himself? Oh, he's gonna stop the recording. Okay. He's gonna cut me off. Oh my goodness. Oh my goodness.