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Slaydium Games with Lizards & Locations! Pt 01
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The hilarious team from the Lizards & Locations podcast joins the deadly arenas of Slaydium Games! These devil-may-care adventurers venture into an unforgiving jungle teeming with killer plants, hungry dinosaurs, and plenty more deadly surprises. Will they survive the chaos, or will the wilderness claim them?
Narrative Feats continues its action-packed second season of anthologized actual plays with Slaydium Games—a thrilling, immersive home-brew setting full of fantasy battles. Enjoy cinematic soundscapes, unforgettable storytelling, and high-stakes combat you won’t find anywhere else!
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Transcript
Introductions and Characters
00:00:00
Speaker
Welcome to a special event actual play of Sladium Games, an exciting collaboration with the fine people of Lizards and Locations. Hi, gang! Hello! Hello! I'm Andrew, otherwise known as Oz. I am one of the DMs for Lizards and Locations. I'm happy to kill a bunch of stuff. I don't know actually don't know if we're killing each other or other things. Either way, all for it.
00:00:28
Speaker
Don't worry, this will not be PVP. There will be plenty of things for you to be v against. Oh, that's that's great. I definitely didn't want to kill him. So hey, i'm I'm John. I'm also one of the DMs here at Lizards and Locations. ah Super excited to be here. I get to play Draco in this game, which is my very first D&D character ever made. So really excited to bring them back here and kick some butt.
00:00:55
Speaker
So I'm Kat, our key kick Kat on a bunch of social media stuff. And I'm going to go ahead and play Fythic. That's the way we like him. Yeah, i'm I'm Nate. I've been with Lizards for since seven godam it the be playing Eddie today, though. we He's from a not filmed fear campaign that we did and he is a former he's well he's he's a hockey player he's a dwarf that has a mustache not a beard yeah he used to play he used to play hockey and so he's a bit he's a bit bro-y but he's also just kind of dumb and he's also he's a he's a paladin barbarian but he's a he's a little in your face but okay well i believe last but not least that brings us to mary
00:01:52
Speaker
That's me. I'm Mary. I'm a career smarty pants that likes to play dummies in my free time. And the dummy I picked to play, I have been joking with the group that she is made in a lab for something like the Sladium. Outstanding.
00:02:10
Speaker
She is our mage tower champion, our wrestling number one captain, our absolute jock, extraordinary gladiator showman, Fassie. And I am so excited to let her be here, even if her dad didn't want to let her. Do the whole thing.
00:02:30
Speaker
Her name is Vesna, Galora, Nefertiti, Talandra, Windcaller. Very nice. I really hope that like as you're like introducing the mid-swing, you're not like just, and you're gonna remember the name, blah, blah, flor... You know. lo You almost get killed mid-sentence, let alone mid-name.
Narrative Feats and Gladiator Setting
00:02:49
Speaker
These are Narrative Feats, a thrilling anthology series of tabletop tales brought to you by yours truly, creator and host of Anywhere But Now, and the joy of GMing. As we dive into bold adventures in fantastic worlds, what better way to continue our exciting era of tales with bloody, glorious combat? I am Casey Jones, your dungeon maestro, and together,
00:03:18
Speaker
We will make sweet music.
00:03:30
Speaker
We begin in a cell, fithic. You wake with your cheek on warm stone. The roar in the distance is not crashing waves, but a crowd having a gang buster of a time.
00:03:48
Speaker
You open your eyes and realize you are in a cell, and you are not alone. As you sit up, you notice beasting fresh pain circling your wrists. You look down and see chains of five-sided links circling both of your wrists.
00:04:09
Speaker
at the point that you recognize a similar pain at the base of your skull. So Fitthic is you know real
00:04:40
Speaker
It really isn't. Nearby, Eddie Swaggins whistling in the distance is just the the decibel loud enough for you to come to face down in straw as you sit up with similar pain circling your wrists and a sting at the base of your skull.
Characters Awake in Cells
00:05:01
Speaker
You look around and see your teammates, but have no earthly idea where you are or how you got here. Eddie, can you tell us what you're feeling in this moment? Yo, what kind of vendor was that? Oh my god. Where am I close? He sees him over in the distance and he kind of goes and shuffles and puts on his clothes and he's just like...
00:05:28
Speaker
It's good. This is gonna take a couple days Eddie as you dress yourself in everything but your armor, which is nowhere to be seen Can you describe? Eddie for our listeners he has this or like he's got the kind of red hair and it's kind of fashioned in an 80s mullet and And he's got like this big kind of orange mustache. He usually keeps on kind of like a cocky smile but like this time he's just a little bit dazed so he he has like some bags under his eyes right now and he's just a little like like maybe a little bit more ghostly white than he would normally be but he's a pretty powerful looking figure he's got like you know a broad chest and stuff and
00:06:12
Speaker
like you know a tattoo like a really silly tribal tattoo going up the left side of the left side of his body and you're just kind of like why did you get that you know it's like one of those kind of tattoos beautiful This brings us to Jimbo. You wake with an annoying pain circling both wrists and against the back of your head like a wasp stung you there. As you get up on your hands and knees realizing that you are in a cell someplace warm, the smell of dried blood
00:06:50
Speaker
and spent sweat and other smells not so pleasant hit your nose. Jimbo, can you describe yourself for us please? Absolutely. Jimbo Cocktoasting is a 6 foot 6, 260 pound Goliath sorcerer paladin.
00:07:08
Speaker
Usually he has a bit more armor than he does at the moment, but he has a very strong presence to him. And even with the grogginess, the pain, the shackled hands, once he comes to, he will stand, he will look around with authority. This place needs a burning.
00:07:32
Speaker
You say this place needs a burning and a six foot two human in earth tones of like hide leather gives you a chuckle. Here's hoping you'll get your chance, eh? And this guy comes over and offers you a hand to help you to your feet and you see that not only does he have the same tattoos of five-sided links, but some of the links in on his wrist are not empty. They have been filled with various totems. Likewise, he has a ring tattoo around his right forearm. So it looks like this guy may have been here a minute. He offers to help you to your feet
00:08:21
Speaker
We can all use more friends in here. I am Abinane, Abinane Blantooth. Good to know you. You can both cock toot. He will not accept the help up. He will get up himself, but he will nod, of course, really. Okay. Beautiful. This brings us to Draco.
Interacting with Fellow Prisoners
00:08:39
Speaker
Can you describe the state of disarray that Draco comes to consciousness in as you sit up on a cell floor? Draco has his ears ringing and he slowly lurches up from his back to kind of just lean forward, one knee up, one leg extended, just grieves.
00:08:58
Speaker
looks around in desperation looking for his companions seeing people he's not familiar with you see this male drow with long white hair kind of like piercing blue eyes um kind of look around tries to get onto one knee just to kind of stand up he's just breathing so heavy notices his studded armor not on looks around Noticing his belt and disarray kind of just taking in the situation leads back against the the wall a little bit a Tattoo on his left forearm of a dragon intertwined with these flowers and he touches the tattoo Feels warm from the blood rushing and then on his right neck you see a hellhound tattoo on his neck goes to touch it and
00:09:49
Speaker
There's almost no response that he's used to almost touching it and communicating with something. Give us a perception check, please, Draco. Here we go. Oh, that's not bad. Holy crap, that's a 30, dear God. So there is pretty much nothing that Draco does not perceive. The wall like that you lean up against is warm. Wherever you are, it is quite sunny. Barred windows are letting in shafts of light from over your shoulder. You can hear
00:10:22
Speaker
large crowds cheering on the far side of that very thick wall behind you. While you recognize most of the faces in the immediate cell, you soon recognize that there is an open hall dividing your cell from another row of them opposite you. There is also off to your immediate right
00:11:02
Speaker
intense, and you suspect that might have something to do with these sigils that line the floor, immediately facing doors out to something too bright to see, and another row that another row of sigils that contains the armory therein. And as you're looking around, Vassie wakes to consciousness. Vassie is a sight to behold.
00:11:27
Speaker
She's got all kinds of workout gear and it looks like maybe she was kind of yoinked in the middle of a run and she's this four foot nine purple tiefling with bright red hair and her short stature kind of betrays her mixed heredity as a no. She opens up these dark tiefling eyes with hot pink irises and she kind of stretches out, looks around, they really do a lot with immersion here.
Madame Livia Sets the Stakes
00:11:58
Speaker
Nearby a strange man in high pleather offers a hand to help you up and he says, it doesn't get more real than this lady. Hi. Hi. He offers to help you to your feet. I take the hand.
00:12:11
Speaker
Beautiful. As you finally come to consciousness, there is a gong from the far side of the wall on the outside and the crowd goes nuts. They start cheering like it is the end of a sports event and their team won as a trio of humanoids enter through double doors that As they are pushed open, you see just blinding yellow light on the far side. They're coming in from some open arena with high walls on the far side as the doors swing shut again. And these three humanoids lumber in, tired.
00:12:54
Speaker
wounded, limping, bloodied as they like slowly, achingly hang up weapons on racks and start to strip off like tattered, now useless armor.
00:13:07
Speaker
just slowly taking their time as this woman in Toga strolls the floor like she owns the place swinging a key ring of keys around her fingers and says, welcome back to the land of the living darlings. I am Madame Livia and if you wish to survive, You're going to put on a good show, won't you, darlings? As she says this, the first two bipeds come across the second row of sigils, and without giving her a glance, they just go to this trough. They splash some cold water on their faces. and the guard here holds open the door for them and they retire to the cell opposite you where waiting for them is a wide silver platter that is groaning with the best smelling food
00:14:03
Speaker
you have encountered in ages. They tear into it like it's a last meal and start washing it down with pictures of rich-smelling wine. The continues to stroll the floor and says, now, now, darlings, there'll be plenty of time for you too.
00:14:20
Speaker
treat yourselves later but first you're going to want to understand the rules and as she says understand the rules a woman with purple hair who is still in the armory has been making a pantomime of putting away this morning star and when she sees Livia's back to her she raises the morning star leaps across the sigils yeah star and the second her toe crosses the line her head pops at the back and she falls face first on the floor dead and just blood starts to pool around her and Livia just
00:15:05
Speaker
takes a step to the side and says, you'll learn the rules quickly or you won't. That really is up to you. Any attempts on my life or any of the employees on this side of the lines will end in a rather grisly and short affair for you. Violence on the far side, however, can reap you all sorts of rewards from generous patrons. And the doors off to the left here sweep open as a quartet of eccentric figures just push their way through like celebrities who are walking through on their way to exclusive boxes. The first among them is a tabaxi, a cat kind with bright pink fur. And she looks over you on the far side of the bars with about a cat's amount of interest, you know, easily distracted, quickly bored and just as
00:16:02
Speaker
Oh, aren't you lively, little things? We'll be paying special attention to you. And she gives a finger wave to the tiefling who sort of matches her color scheme as she strolls along. Behind her are a pair of women in togas. They are clearly sisters, not quite identical. They were fraternal. But they stroll up after the cat lady and look over the lot of you with mixed interest, they're distracted, but they are paying the best attention that they can and says, yes, yes, yes, yes, some promising opportunities, I think, will be keeping an eye and they make their way. And as they leave an automaton, brass and copper-plated rolls in front of the cages
00:16:55
Speaker
and bright blue glass eyes just faintly glow as he assails you all and sums you up. Fascinating. This will make excellent data. And continues to stroll his way along.
Entering the Arena and Armory
00:17:12
Speaker
As they disappear out the far doors, the crowd starts baying for blood.
00:17:21
Speaker
Havanan steps up with you, Livia says, don't worry, you won't be going in completely blind. Havanan will be there to show you the ropes, as it were, and she snaps her fingers, and the guard opens the gate in front of you. There is no lock as Havanan steps out, splashes some clean water on his face, and goes past the first row of sittles. If you would all be so kind as to join Havanan in the Armory and see what y'all can find. As your first time in the Sladium, you will have access to basic melee and ranged weapons. If you want anything like, even from from here, rudimentary leather armor, you are going to have to do an investigation check for it, as Madame Livia taunts you.
00:18:18
Speaker
with the temptation that the armor and special apparel, the ancestral weapons of yours and all that, can be found in the arena. It's just up to you to track it down, or in some cases, earn it back. Yeah, I think I'm going to go over to that spot where I saw like that cut maybe a chest that was a little bit more suitable for armory. And it's going to look for some scimitars or something along those lines.
00:18:48
Speaker
Yeah, you are looking for a finesse weapon. Give us, please, a investigation check. With a 16, I'd say you're able to find short swords, but not anything as elegant as a scimitar. Okay, so I'll probably pick up two short swords if there's two available. yeah I'm looking for a goalie stick, which is just a flavor. That you do not find. that is that That is a specialty weapon that is waiting for you out there, but there are more rudimentary things in the meantime if you want to do a search for something that is not quite so ancestral. Yeah, just something kind of blunt. Nice. That's it, negative.
00:19:30
Speaker
Okay, yeah, I'd say with the 16, you're able to find a rudimentary one-handed blunt weapon. Are you looking for like a hammer or something? Something kind of, or maybe even just like ah like ah a club. Yeah, I'd say a 16 definitely finds you a club. Yeah, I think I'm gonna look for a daggers. Okay, you are able to find daggers in the chest. Are you looking for anything more refined than that? yeah No. God, no. Fythic uses absolutely no weapons at all. Okay, then you are in great shape. Fantastic. Havanan holds his wrist up to a closet that unlocks, and he pulls out his own hide armor that he tucks on, and he says, hey, don't worry, my friend. You'll find your stuff out there, or perhaps he pats his chest. Earn some of your own, yeah? And shuts the cabinet again after pulling out a quarterstaff that has
00:20:24
Speaker
been etched into a little bit. Jimbo would be looking for, if not a great axe, a battle axe. Any armor he could find really. Yeah, give us an investigation check and we'll see how you do. At the worst youll you can find a hand axe. Hopefully you can find something a little better than that. We'll see how you roll. That's pretty good. That is in fact not bad. So yes, I'd say with a 19 you are able to find basic leather armor.
00:20:50
Speaker
Nothing terribly fancy, as well as a battle axe. It is a little chipped, it is a little bloodstained, but damn it, it could be yours. It is a blessed weapon in my hands, and that's good enough. That's good enough. I'm definitely looking for finesse weapons. That is going to be a hard get, but go ahead, give us an investigation check.
00:21:13
Speaker
That is a 10. So sadly, no. um With a 10, you can find like a basic melee weapon, but nothing nothing of finesse yet. Rest assured, though, improvements are available out yonder. As you are the lovely team of lizards and locations, the location has been predetermined, but what I do need from one of you is to pick Please, a number between one and five. Okay, two. Amazing. That is an excellent choice.
00:21:46
Speaker
So as you approach the doors, there is a flash. And on the far side, you no longer see broad yellow and feel heat, but instead slightly broken light, as if with plenty of shade, as well as humidity. Having chosen two that puts you at the second of five possible doors,
00:22:16
Speaker
You emerge into a verdant wild. You are in jungle territory as overhead, a complex illusion of a holographic head of your announcer, materializes into existence and projects.
00:22:43
Speaker
Ladies and gentlemen, beneficence monsters. Lovers of carnage, welcome to the crucible of combat. The warriors stand ready. Their eyes have been with the promise of glory and the shame of violent defeat. It is for you, my sweet knight.
00:23:10
Speaker
The Beloved Crowd! And of course our sponsors, we wish to thank the beneficent Adrian Sisters for their continued interest in the games, along with Lady Placetree.
00:23:24
Speaker
And finally, for the sanguine abundance of calm, great God of God, provide his holiest observance, Latin as bloodland, with sweet, sweet, smarter. Let the weak tremble, let the strong rejoice, and let the blood flow, and commence the slaying.
00:23:54
Speaker
So the head vanishes with a pop. And at the mention of Luttonous Bloodlap, there is an image of the current sladium master, a lizard kind fellow in tribal priestly wear that is red so that the stains don't show.
Jungle Exploration and Threats
00:24:15
Speaker
He looks down at you from the highest box to ah the north. So friends, you are in the jungle.
00:24:24
Speaker
around you, Havanan grips his quarter staff and looks around and says, okay, friends, which way do we go? My intuition's telling me, and he just kind of points in a random direction.
00:24:38
Speaker
We'll say it to the left-ish from where he's standing. bully So yes, can I get please a perception or investigation check from people as you step into the wild. Very nice, very nice. Okay.
00:24:53
Speaker
sure okay I'll take 19s all day, thank you. Yeah, you will. Fythic, you are a bit lost in the weeds. This is a bit overwhelming. Whatever magic just swapped out stadiums was ah enough oomph to like, oh, okay, no, this is really happening. Crap. Vesna and Eddie, you look around and behind you, you see 15 foot tall walls. Above them are
00:25:24
Speaker
spectators watching with wrapped interest and as you trace the walls from corner to corner you see towers with silhouettes inside watching as you notice them have an an gives them a nod and says they make sure we we stay on the move yeah they don't like us staying in one place too much and then there is Jimbo With A20, your eyes go to the northernmost corner of the Pentagon, where you see boxes for the patrons. On the top row is the widest dais on which stands an appraising bloodless bloodlap, and below him are three lower boxes for the TikTok man, the the sisters, and the kitty lady.
00:26:09
Speaker
We're all watching with amused looks of expectation. Beyond that, Jimbo, I'd say you and Eddie are able to notice that there is a cage nearby rumbling back and forth. This place will burn nice. That's a wonderful attitude. That is a wonderful attitude.
00:26:34
Speaker
You hear noises in the foliage. There are things moving through the trees, yet they are not presently visible. Where do you go? Do we see these treasure chests? As a matter of fact, you do. OK.
00:26:52
Speaker
I'm a bit of a follower, so I'm just going to go in whatever direction other people do. Jimbo will, without asking anybody or anything, walk towards your chest to the north. Eddie was confidently walking to the left when he he just sort of pointed and then started walking, and however that turns out is just how it's going to be. he so i mean I think he'll look over at the cage that he saw rumbling, and he'll just kind of keep walking and sort of sort of over this direction-ish, so like... So, Jimbo, can you please give me a Constitution saving throw?
00:27:31
Speaker
Sure, that's my favorite joke. Beautiful. Yes, on a 17 Jimbo, you smell something really pleasant. Like it burns in your nostrils for just a moment um and you shake it off, but there are sweet smelling plants.
00:27:54
Speaker
aerating pollen into the air about you and as you press north that is when the smell hits your nose. Can I see what is creating it or is it just like a a big area of these flowers?
00:28:09
Speaker
It is virtually impossible to tell what of the greenery is generating any particular scent. All of it is green, and a lot of it is is crushed up on top of each other. That said, you can clearly see the chest towards the north corner, or northeast corner. Smells weird.
00:28:35
Speaker
The master of insights. yeah ah A real, a real modern video.
Vine Battle Begins
00:28:42
Speaker
Amazing. He's got high charisma so when he talks you listen to him. Right? Absolutely. It's about the pause. It's about the pause.
00:28:53
Speaker
Okay, so Jimbo, as you are looking through the trees, getting like an idea of where the chest is, that is when a vine drapes down on your shoulder and is gonna try and attack you. Nice. Ooh, that's a 25. So Jimbo.
00:29:15
Speaker
ah You take 11 points of bludgeoning damage and are grappled. Can we please get you in an initiative round as you are grabbed by a vine from above? Cool. For the others, when you notice that Jimbo has been grabbed by a vine nearby, you will have an opportunity to join us in the next action round. Phenomenal sound effect. Okay, yes.
00:29:45
Speaker
grappled at the start of your turn. The vine has you, Jimbo, and does nothing further on its turn but hold on tight to you. At the start of your turn, you take 18 points of poison damage from being wrapped up in these unpleasant vines and are welcome to make a strength check to or acrobatics check to try and tear or slip your way free. Yeah, I think strength is probably the way to go. Okay. Unfortunately, you are still stuck in the vines as they cling to you. Eddie and Vassey, can you both please give me perception checks? You know, Eddie's so good at those. Same.
00:30:35
Speaker
Yeah, Vassey, you totally noticed Eddie is in his own world distracted by the cage over here. Vassey, you completely noticed that it's only 15 feet away. Your rather large friend is struggling with a vine that is trying to assassinate him. Would you be so kind as to give us an initiative role? I would, and I get advantage. Yeah, you do.
00:31:01
Speaker
So that's a 19. Next to you as you run by Havanan clocks what's going on and will join the rotation. Yeah, he's not doing so bad. Okay.
00:31:13
Speaker
Vassy, you are up and the tendril is on deck as it continues to constrict your friend. What do you do? I'm going to kind of call out like, dude, they said they wanted blood. That's not blood.
00:31:31
Speaker
You are able to slip your way free of the vine. You still took the poison damage at the start of your turn, but you're not going to take any more wriggling your way out of it. Vassey, are you taking any movement? Are you doing anything in this round? Well, he's not choking anymore, but that thing is still doing damage. So yeah, I'm going to run up and do something dumb. Amazing.
00:31:58
Speaker
I don't actually know what to do, though, other than just rage and smack it. Cool. So I think that's just what I'm going to do. I'm going to rage. And then it looks like the rage of the wilds doesn't get picked yet. My instinctive pounce means that I can move half my speed, which means I can take that 15 feet right now to go up to the thing, smack it with this dagger that I kind of sort of found.
00:32:27
Speaker
and hopefully do a little bit of dagger damage. Okay, and 18 absolutely gets. Yay. And since you are raging, that means you are unable to be charmed, correct? I believe I believe i have advantage on something. You have advantage on anything that has to do with magic. Yeah. It's a magical effect that is done by intelligence, wisdom, or charisma checks you get advantage on. Can you give us a constitution saving for upgrades? I'm sure it'll be fine.
00:32:58
Speaker
What could go wrong? Yeah. Fourteen, okay. Fourteen is enough. Yes, as you approach to slash at the vine, you also pick up that sweet, almost burning like a pre-smeeze for a second before you shake it off as you step closer and slice at the vine. Can you give us damage on that dagger, please? Nice! And then I have a second attack if it's still writhing.
00:33:26
Speaker
Oh, it's it's it's riving, yes. All right, let's hit it again. Smack. 26 hits. That's gorgeous. Yay. I don't think I can do sneak attack twice, though. No. Also, it has attacked already, but you do have an ally within five feet. OK. Yeah, you step closer and slice at it with the dagger, as it is going to try and a grab you. it Does an 18 hit, Vassy? I believe so. Yes, it just hits.
00:33:57
Speaker
You take ten points of bludgeoning damage as you become restrained and grappled for the time being as it wraps around you tight enough to crush. What is going through Vassey's head having just stepped into the jungle and not thirty seconds later getting... She's kind of like, this isn't the slaughter I was promised.
00:34:22
Speaker
yeah From your lips to God's ear, that's amazing. Yeah, it's not what you were promised. And at the next round, we're going to have some friends coming in to say hi. I love friends. You hear in the foliage. Fast, he will kind of go, dead as blood. Have an end is going to is going to come over, try and tear you loose because he doesn't want you also taking poison damage if he can help it.
00:34:51
Speaker
He is going to give us a strength roll, try and tear you free. New! That is bad, actually. Uh, yeah, Havanan, uh, comes over, he's like, ow, what is that? And is unable to assist. That is unfortunate, because that is his action on that round, which brings us to... Jimbo, you are up. And after you, I would love to get awareness rolls from Fithik and Eddie and anyone else not already in combat. Meanwhile, Jimbo, you have been accosted and now your friend is being accosted. What are you doing, friend? As a bonus action, I'm going to cast Dragon's Breath. Beautiful. I'm going to choose Fire Damage. Is the Assassin's Vine occupying the same space as Vassey?
00:35:40
Speaker
It is wrapped around a tree that is about 10 feet away. It is here. like There is a good portion of it wrapped around her, but you do not need to set her on fire to hurt this thing. Chucks. That's good. I'm over with fire on it. Yay. Love to see it. ah Yeah, make a dexterity saving throw. No. No. And with my elemental adept feat, it does not gain resistance from fire. ooh Fire damage of 12. Gorgeous. OK.
00:36:10
Speaker
and know And now I am concentrating on that spell. All right, the vine burns, but it is still intact. At the end of this action round, can we get... Oh, we got perceptions from Draco and Fithik. Yeah, you guys ah totally noticed that your friends have been drawn into combat. Eddie, can you give us a perception as well, please? I i can. Would you like us to roll initiative? Oh, boy.
00:36:38
Speaker
Yes, please. Oh, buddy. Yeah. He doesn't notice the Goliath of the Dragonhead shooting fire. No, he's just right now. He's just muttering to himself while he walks confidently this way. He's just going to be like a bro who knows the way to go. A bro is now for that role. Was that my turn? Because I'm still kind of just going to be walking 30 feet towards the left here.
00:37:05
Speaker
You're welcome to walk further towards the left. Let me know where you wind up and we will go accordingly, friend. Eddie, that's great. You have the best instincts. Go ahead and get on the initiative rounds for the next roll because as you step where you step. That's going to be good.
00:37:29
Speaker
Yeah. Can you please give me a strength saving throw, friend? This is exactly what I expected. Eddie walks further south, possibly for a chest, ignoring the cage that was rumbling and roaring. And when you come to a stop, that's funny. My feet are getting hugged. Why are my feet? Oh, as vines constrict around your feet, you are restrained. You're not taking any bludgeoning damage or anything like that, but you are restrained as you hear the dulcet sounds of
00:38:05
Speaker
from nearby. Eddie's going to scream.
00:38:13
Speaker
You scream, attracting the attention of these these cute little guys. A swarm of little chompers emerges from the underbrush.
00:38:26
Speaker
is going to see how we do on the old initiative for the next round. Oh, bully. That's just super. Okay. So they're going to be at the next round. So Vassey, you are at the start of our current one. He's still screaming. Okay, so Vassey, you are... Actually, this is, this is the next action round. So yeah, they're gonna go first. The bad news is Eddie is restrained, which means they're gonna have advantage to come just a little closer, like. And if they like to do just a little chomp, just a little nibble at your toes, which we're gonna do twice. So the first group does a little, oh dear.
00:39:11
Speaker
That is going to be a a bite. Can you give me a consave, please, Eddie? Yes. Beautiful. Okay. The bad news is you take eight points of slashing damage. The good news is you don't start bleeding from that bite. Further bad news is there are two of these little swarms here and the second ones are also like
00:39:36
Speaker
gonna come and nibble and can you give me another con save please? try down the jack Gorgeous you take another eight of the slashing from the but you do not start bleeding you are restrained that brings us to the end of their turn Vassy you hear screaming from the south as things are going on in front of you what you doing Vassy? And I'm gonna try and get out cuz Owie Since you are in it at the beginning of your turn, you take 18 points of poison damage. Can you go ahead and give us that strength check or athletics check to wriggle or tear yourself free? Yes. So there is a moment of like and it's not enough and then you're like but i'm raging damn it and you're yourself free really well done really well done what are you doing from here friend i am going to
00:40:33
Speaker
bonus action disengage just just scooching out of out of the way awesome eddie you are up sir and drako should prepare himself what you doing eddie while screaming i'm just gonna start i'm gonna start smacking like i'm gonna first bonus action to rage so much rage going on here all right and then i'm gonna smack While you are restrained, your attacks have disadvantage just as a reminder. Oh. Are you trying to hit the vines that are tying you up? Are you trying to smack the chompers that are at your feet? What you doing? Smacking the chompers. Okay, so a 10 does not do it. They are tiny and like bobbing around. You're like, yeah but you're not having the best time of it because you are restrained. Are you doing anything else with your turn? Yeah, I'm gonna do one more smack.
00:41:25
Speaker
do it I was gonna keep smacking. Just to see if I could get anything. Just keep hacking, whacking, and slashing. A 15 hits. Nice. You bam! And knock two of them just stone cold right out as the swarm is that much smaller. Really nice hit. How does this work? So I have, just to say like with ah bludgeoning damage, they're they're kind of conglomerated as like a thing, like a like pack, right? But I have a feature that once per turn when you hit a creature, it's it's the crusher feat. Once per turn when you hit a creature with an attack that feels bludgeoning, you can move it five feet away.
00:42:03
Speaker
You know what? I'll say yes! Like, you could, uh, like, frighten the others into joining it five feet away. So yeah, you swing hard enough to knock two of them just out cold into the grass, and the others, like, and, uh, retreat five feet, uh, to get their bearings tilting their heads co-isically at you. Are you doing anything else with your turn? That's all I can do.
00:42:27
Speaker
Draco, my friend, you are up, and the creatures are next. What are you doing, friend? So Draco's going to kneel down, pick up some dirt, and kind of just like spread it in his hands. Gracia, it is time for you to join us. He's going to summon his Drake companion as a ranger. Amazing. He can summon him with him 30 feet of him. OK. So he's going to have that companion right there, if possible. OK. It would be a lightning-type style.
00:42:55
Speaker
He is intimidating as hell, though. I'll tell you what. Draco has the dragon. And that's an action for him to summon his Drake companion. With Eddie screaming what he heard, Eddie screaming. So he'll probably actually head towards Eddie as he sends his friend that way. okay And so he'll, as his bonus action, he would see, Draca, take care of the rest.
00:43:16
Speaker
Yeah, they're going to attack that raptor that's right there. Nice. So I'll have him doing in that second. And then Draco has crazy speed, 50 feet. Holy cow. So he'll run over there just to kind of be next to Eddie. He won't be able to attack with that time, but he's kind of just sprinting across the land, hopefully not triggering anything.
00:43:32
Speaker
Hopefully. Like you come to a stop and see Eddie, like his feet are ensnared in roots that are just like climbing up his legs and realize that like the roots around your own feet are completely still. They're not moving at all. But like as you take in your surroundings greenery is everywhere. What does that feel like?
00:43:57
Speaker
Yeah, he's gonna step, as he kind of watches this, he goes, my friend, this seems the the jungle is alive.
Turning the Tide Against Vines
00:44:05
Speaker
It sucks for you, but I'm about to wreck myself. Well put, Draco, that's amazing. Too much swag. So, Fassy, you come closer, you leap into the fray, the vine tries to ah grab you, we'll see how it does. That is a 14. Insufficient.
00:44:27
Speaker
yeah Insufficient. Yeah, it lashes out and you snap your head out of the way as nearby a chirp from about shoulder height of. Not my shoulder. ah Well, OK, so, yeah, fair. It's it's at eye height then to you. Thanks for keeping us honest. It's going to come for you and is going to give the old bitey bite. Let's see how.
00:44:55
Speaker
Was that a provoking attack from Brazil? Yes, it would, because it is stepping away. Can you go ahead and give us the attack for your drink, please? Yeah, absolutely. Oh, that's a great hit. Twenty four. Love to see it. All right. OK, respectable. Nice. Maximum damage. And it also has infused strikes. So it also puts lightning with it. So infused will be this one. Oh, my God. Amazing. Nice. You are frying the hell out of that velociraptor. Really well done. It is confused as hell. So it is going to try and claw at you.
00:45:33
Speaker
That is a seven. It misses. Then it's going to try and bite at you and miss. That is an eight. And it's going to try one more time with the claw. That is a 19 as it gets its claw on you for eight points of piercing damage from the claw as you are grappled with this thing. She goes, ow. Abinan is right here.
00:46:02
Speaker
and is going to assist. So on his bonus action, he is casting Shalalie. Shalalie. Oh, 18 is a nice hit. So yeah, he comes up the rod beginning to glow. He a against the Velociraptor here for a solid nine points of damage. And that is have an answer. And Jimbo, you are up and Fythic is next. Of course, Kat goes after me.
00:46:35
Speaker
Can I do a perception or investigation or some kind of check to see if I can gauge how far the assassin vine can, like, like what its range is? Give me a nature check. You don't load it yet.
00:46:50
Speaker
The second after it tried to snake out at Vassey in the last 12 seconds, like it just recoiled back and there's so much greenery around you, you lose it in the foliage. I love where your head's at though. I would have somewhat expected you to give me incorrect information so that i my hair could give you something stupid. I appreciate you not doing that, but I will breathe fire on it.
00:47:13
Speaker
Given the lack of depth perception while I'm here, i'm I'm feeling charitable though. We're not going to make you roll at disadvantage or give it advantage on a dex save. It's the dexterity saving throw once again. That is one dextrous fine. Oh, just enough. Okay. It does take half damage.
00:47:31
Speaker
All right, that happens. Fythic, you are up. what do you And the jungle chompers are next. What you doing, Fythic? So I'm going to move closer to the the little two-person party, because they seem kind of sad by themselves. And I'm going to let the you know black sorcery magic come up and wrap me in some armor, so I'm not quite so squishy. Beautiful. And then I'm just going to shout out and tell them that they've totally got it, and they're going to win, and that's great. And I'm going to vertically inspire Draco.
00:47:59
Speaker
Excellent. What is your new AC with the armor? Oh, oh, fourteen. I'm still really squishy. But yeah, I'm just going to shout because I feel like I don't have my bagpipes right now. We love to see the teamwork and the bardic inspiration.
00:48:14
Speaker
Please take DM's inspiration. That means you can roll at advantage sometime today. You can use it on saving throws, attack rolls, skill checks, initiatives. The only thing you cannot use it for is after a crappy roll. Wonderful teamwork. Okay, so you've given Bardic inspiration.
00:48:34
Speaker
Fythic, as you activate your magic and find that it works exactly as you hoped it would, as the armor wraps around your form, what is going through Fythic's head? You know, not great things, cause because Fythic usually fights with, you know, his boyfriend, who's big and beefy, and yeah, so Fythic's not happy.
00:48:58
Speaker
There is a giant gray person that is here that you could. That's true. That's true. With the top of the new action round, the jungle chompers are just having a fantastic old time. So Draco, one of the little swarms comes bouncing around your feet.
00:49:19
Speaker
um and is going to come bite and etch twice. That's a hit. And yeah that is not. So they get so excited about getting you the first time. They just picked just miss second. Can you please give us a con saving throw? All right.
00:49:37
Speaker
o beautiful yeah once again they get you uh for eight points of slashing the good news is you are not leading from the bites that is their turn while the other ones are uh going to continue to chomp on eddie who is still restrained And which means they had advantage, unfortunately. So they're going to bite. Nasty little buckas. And he's kind of like blocking them. And he's like, you still got commentary?
00:50:09
Speaker
Does a 15 hits, Eddie? Yes, it does. All right, can you please give us a con save for these bites? OK. OK, beautiful. Beautiful. OK, so yes, you take a total of 16 from the piercing.
00:50:25
Speaker
of the bit the good news is you are not bleeding what is going through eddie's head as you have these roots binding your feet and these little little i possibly sharp teeth I will say now, because I did start raging last turn.
00:50:45
Speaker
Not a whole lot other than just pure rage. And just spite isn't going through his head. He's like, what? But he's like still screaming. amazing just like It's more just like reacting and smacking. And really, it's a good thing Draco announced himself because otherwise he probably would have gotten smacked. there That brings us to Vassy with Eddie to prepare himself. What you doing, Vassy? There's a thing biting at me.
00:51:15
Speaker
I'm gonna hit it. Okay. Solid. It's biting you and it bleeds? Well, I guess that's really just the end of it. Hey, I need to get a weapon that isn't the stagger so that I can get something that makes things bleed more. Holy crap. That is a hell of a hit. Is that not a crit? Oh, it is. Okay. Vassy, can you paint us a picture as you move into this particular dinosaur? She looks at it after it bites or it claws her. I think I can remember.
00:51:45
Speaker
and she just goes, ow, and just swings an arm. She's used to these giant swords and katanas, so it's way too large of a swing for this tiny dagger she found in the armory, but she just goes straight for the jugular. Wonderful. You swing harder than you needed to and just slice like a knife through cheese across this thing's throat and blood paints across you, can you please give us a performance check as you end this lizard? Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. No, I did bad.
00:52:25
Speaker
ah You slice the dinosaur's throat and the the audience actually like, oh, Bill! Bill!
00:52:39
Speaker
Think of a bad one-liner. He was just trying to eat you! They are not on your side, presently. And overhead, the complex illusion of Kyle Vox arrives again and he says, hoo! Tough crowd! And then pops into nothingness. What's going through Vassey's head getting booed for killing a dinosaur?
00:53:03
Speaker
I have never been booed in my life. And she just like freezes in that moment. And the blood is she's like covering the blood from the neck that she just sliced and it's starting to steam off of her as she just like she was already in her age but now she's ready to Oh, love to hear it. She's gonna turn and look at that chest over there and she's gonna dash on over for bonus action. If they want to show, she's gonna find out what's in there and she's gonna give them a show.
00:53:34
Speaker
Beautiful. You head for that chest and you can open it on your next round. Eddie, you are up and Draco is on deck. I'm gonna break free. I'm gonna break free. I want to break free. This is a strength check, right? Athletic strength saving throw? Yeah. Oh, athletics check?
00:53:54
Speaker
Gorgeous. Yeah, you tear free of the roots restraining you. Just gonna kind of like, you know, like lift one leg and like just pull and lift the other leg and he's just gonna be like... Amazing.
00:54:08
Speaker
Amazing. Give me a nature check, friend. That is an eight. You don't notice shit. I am sorry. So I can't cast spells while raging, but I do have leon hands, which isn't technically a spell. But can I do it? The paladin feature. It's a class feature. I'll allow it for shenanigans. Why not? You could probably use the healing. Yeah, because it's a bonus action, it doesn't it doesn't say it's a magic. It's the magic action.
00:54:35
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. I'll allow it. Right. So I'll use a pool of, I'll just make it an even hundred with, actually I'll do 10. I'll do 10 points. I guess I'll just stay here and fight the little guys. Okay. I'm already mad. Lovely. Draco, you are up and all the plans are next. So I'm going to take the short swords and start stabbing at the little nibbler over here. Nice. First attack.
00:55:04
Speaker
Ooh, that's a lovely hit. ain nothing new Nice. Okay, yeah, you slice through a parcel of the chompers who just fall silent, just leaking red, and the other's like, They are not pleased at this turn of events. Are you attacking again? Do you have a bonus action you want to use? ah Yeah, I'll go ahead and use my second attack. Beautiful. That is a hit. You slice through another pair of throats at your feet as these little things just fall and like just almost vanish under the tall grass. What is going through Draco's head while this is happening? Yeah, so he looks and he's like, the jungle salons will have to flush them out. Ominous.
00:55:53
Speaker
You say the jungle surrounds us. We shall have to flush them out as there is movement behind you. And a tendril is coming right for you. Oh, that's a 24. Yeah. Yeah. You are facing these little guys as over your shoulder a vine looping between trees like some kind of vegetable anaconda snares out and has you in the interim.
00:56:23
Speaker
11 points of bludgeoning damage until you can try and rip yourself free at the start of your next turn. Can I use my bonus action to call up to Draseal? Sure. Draseal, to me, as they now are going to make their way. See how good that... Meanwhile, Jimbo, as you are still near this other vine, it is going to try and constrict about you.
Magic and Applause
00:56:47
Speaker
And again,
00:56:50
Speaker
Lash right around you for 11 points of hulludgeoning damage. What is going through Jimbo's head as the vine tightens around his neck? You're going to burn it.
00:57:02
Speaker
Smart. Valid attack. I like it. That is the plant. If it first you don't succeed. Right? Okay. A unfriendly dinosaur is going to make his way to Havanan and try and give him the bitey bite. The first misses. Does the second.
00:57:23
Speaker
Yes, how about that bite? Ooh, that's a hard bite. Okay, so he manages to avoid the claws, but instead gets a bite on the arm for five points of piercing damage. Abinan cries out in.
00:57:37
Speaker
Unfortunately, he is right here and is just going to smack it with that wonderful chilele. Yes, he can as he wallops the velociraptor that is gnawing on him. Okay, Jimbo, you are up. At the start of your turn, you take 18 points of poison damage as the vines burn against your skin. What are you doing, Jimbo? I am not going to bother to anddo it because the honestly
00:58:10
Speaker
i think you have a eighty percent chance to hit and i'd rather just do damage so i'm going to cast berathful smite o and if i have to move forward to it hit it then i will i'm hitting with the battle axe love an actxe that i guess two- handed just where Jimbo, can you please paint us a picture as you rend this vine into cutlets?
00:58:35
Speaker
Like as his turns out, you just need to go, like his face just kind of like scrunches up and he just grabs the vine, walks forward and just plants the axe right into the tree and then pulls it off of him. Amazing. Give us performance check, sir. One. Fuck yeah. Let's go. Okay. Yeah. Like you hack the vine into smithereens and the crowd is against you.
00:59:00
Speaker
You see a bunch of them wearing green shirts. They may be an ecology preservation society here to watch greenery kill things. And you're kind of- You're throwing the vine at them. You hurled the vine. And it sparks against the protective wall so they're not hurt by attack by poisonous foliage. But for the idea, number one, please take Diem's inspiration.
00:59:27
Speaker
Number two, Heilvox, the announcer, says, hey, they didn't order a salad. And just sort of finger wags at you. A muzzing. Fithic, you are up. What are you doing, friend? Great. Well, because it's my absolute favorite spell, I'm going to cast Cloud of Daggers as a 5th level spell.
00:59:50
Speaker
Holy shit. Love it. At what? At one of the little things attacking Eddie, I guess. Okay. Unless it has changed, I believe it just hits. Cloud of daggers. You conjure daggers into five foot cube. Each creature takes 44 slashing. Oh, beautiful. Yeah, it just takes it. Yeah, at fifth level, it's 10d4. What was that 10d4? Holy shit. For 20 seconds damage.
01:00:18
Speaker
oh my god can you can can you bring us a picture please as you puree an entire swarm of little chomper guys yeah so i mean it's a swarm of these black smoky almost feather-shaped daggers that just kind of float through the air from bithic and then start to swirl around those little chompers and just put them to shreds Amazing. Give us a performance check, please, as you eviscerate the little guys. I honestly hope we fail every one of these. For consistency's sake, right? I don't want these people to like us. 23! Wow, they do. Gorgeous.
01:00:59
Speaker
Fythic, you puree a small swarm of little chompers, and blood just goes flying in every direction, which the crowd cannot get enough of. Just, yeah! Where do you use magic to kill things? Question for Fythic. As you are standing there basking in both the blood and the adoration,
01:01:26
Speaker
um Are you trying to catch the eye of any particular patron? I'm gonna go with no. They feel like they're trying to be gods and I'm just really not into that. Honestly, if I could, I'd kill them.
01:01:41
Speaker
You like deliberately face and do not give them the eye and like a portion of the crowd, not a big portion, but a portion is like, oh yeah, perfect fair thick, fair thick.
01:01:57
Speaker
Kyle materializes overhead and says, well, well, well, someone's quite confident in themselves. you are He just gives you a little chef's kiss and there's a little firework as a little parachute drops down and a bottle lands in your hand. ah You look at it and recognize as a potion of heroism. You're lucky so and so.
01:02:21
Speaker
Way to go. Are you doing anything else with your turn having eviscerated one of the swarms? You know what I'll give some bardic inspiration to Eddie over there since he's nearby and I'll just be like see we've got it we're gonna be great and they'll all be gone. Good work team.
01:02:39
Speaker
amazing okay you say that go team as this other group here hoot in concern at the complete and total loss of an entire crew they totally scarper this other group disengages on their turn just bounces completely like there is a and then there's scatter into the underbrush and like there's some shaking of foliage and then they are gone. Eddie and Greco can you please both give me a perception checks. So when you're aging you can make an ability check using one of the following skills you can make it as a strength check even if it normally uses a different ability.
01:03:23
Speaker
Eddie, you are in a rage, breathing hard and just like not even cooling down yet just because everything's been happening with the gore. And you do not notice anything in particular. However, Draco, you spot where the cloud of daggers eviscerated and pulped the swarm of little chompers. The blood that sprayed across the leaves and everything starts to run off of them like rain.
01:03:52
Speaker
and just sink and seep into the ground. You notice as like your own blood from the bites that you've gotten just scratches you're not bleeding openly or anything but like where you have lost blood here it also seeps into the ground.
A Ziggurat Rises and Cliffhanger Ending
01:04:11
Speaker
Can I please from everybody get a constitution saving throw? Oh okay so it would be 24?
01:04:19
Speaker
Yeah, you super stay on your feet. Anyone that rolled lower than a 15 is like just jostled to a knee. um It is not going to cost you half movement to get up again. It's just going to cost you 10 feet as the ground trembles and quakes wherever you notice blood has been spilled. it seeps and is absorbed into the ground as towards the heart of the jungle there is a commotion as entire trees are knocked out of the way as a ziggurat rises out of the center of the jungle and from
01:05:03
Speaker
Ground level, it rises and rises and rises, and as you see it climb into the sky, you notice the blood stains that paint hit. As the crowd shouts, Karn, Karn, Karn, Karn! As Pyle Vox, the announcer, says,
01:05:36
Speaker
so
01:05:41
Speaker
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