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C3 Episode 36 Eight Bells and All is Well Chapter Six
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A grand entrance is made in the story
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Introduction to Eberron Renewed
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D20 Radio, your
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radio
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Hello and welcome to Eberron Renewed an actual play podcast set in the Eberron campaign setting. I am your game master, Eric. I'm Mia. I'm Phillip. I'm Madison. I'm Jeff.
Recap of Previous Events
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Jeff wanted to do a bit, but he didn't.
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Hi everyone. What happened last time? This train ride has gone very, very off the rails. at Man, we have to be here with you the whole time. ah and But he's not wrong.
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we The time loops continued, and this time we we killed a tree demon and a summoned fiend demon. but yeah Conductor's dead.
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What else team? We had weird visions of different or not we some of us saw weird visions of different versions of Kaz involved in the train heist.
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We need to find a lockbox. We're supposed to stop someone from getting to into lockbox and we think we might
Exploring the Time Loop
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have done so. We also don't know if we've broken the time loop yet. That's true. If we haven't broken the time loop it is about to reset and we're going to do all of that again. We also haven't broken the time loop. We are going to crash.
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That's true. If we have broken the timer. Oh, yeah. If we have, we are going to crash. We are doomed either The good news is, technically, the place we're trying to get to is before the station. So, you know, we could abandon ship. Tuck and roll on a speeding light rail. We only like 30 miles an hour.
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You know. Welcome to Eberron Route. just get to the caboose and detach it. Yeah. Yeah. Well, you all see the vision in Salinas Color Spray, the three different, uh,
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three different versions of older Kaz and some mysterious figure.
New Dangers on the Train
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And about this time you hear a thump on top of the train car as it rocks slightly. um Anybody doing anything at the sound of that? it's It's pretty fake now because you recall like it was the car that you were in that it was pretty loud. So you hear a slight thump that you all know to be listening for is mostly reason you hear it. Get to the roof, says Nix, who's...
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You know, she could fight.
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We're... was really sure I'm... The loop is restarting, but we are not back in our car. We are still up in the front of train. You are at tail end. The loop has not restarted. You are nearing the point... This is the point at which it says.
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This is the escape. The loop has broken. The escape will just continue. Yeah, the escape hippogriff has arrived. That's right. Yeah, so Nyx pushes off the table. She collapsed against, and... Kind of half hobbles towards the towards the end of the train to try and clamber up onto the roof because I don't know who actually rode the hippogriff in. If we're about to encounter old Cass.
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I will head up there as well. Selina will follow too. Well, i'm not staying here by myself. So you all begin to clamber up to the roof. You see towards the back of the train a hippogriff as it jostles and begins to take off.
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Is anyone on it? You see someone riding it. They are dressed fairly fairly fancily. They look like they are fairly wealthy, but also...
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Dressed differently. Like they aren't dressed like Eberonian or Corvarian nobility.
Encounter with a Hippogriff Rider
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And in fact, I would take what were you going to say?
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An intelligence check from anyone. And if you have something related to nobility, background wise, or investigations, like paranormal investigator work, diplomat work, terrible role.
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I hate what I'm about to do.
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27. 27. Intelligence, you say? Yes. Is that a water of seven? Okay, great. 20, a natural. Okay.
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Selena and Valk, you pretty quickly... clock that this person is dressed like a very fancy member of a fae court it is what you clock um so yeah so i hate this would we describe this person range wise as far away yes okay uh
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nix would not care i'm gonna cast the rending okay and i'm gonna target the hippogriff Oh. Because there's no... I don't know that I want to kill this person and there's no way I take them down in
Chaos of Train Heist and Bandit Battle
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one. you know, can i I don't want to kill this woman.
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I want to make a retroactive insight check. I want to know if Kaz recognized himself as old Kaz. Ooh. Okay. I feel like it might be more difficult for a person to... Because that's just not a thing you would ever think. Yeah, yeah. Like, oh, that's old me. Yeah. yeah see Did you see I the three, right? We all saw the three.
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thought it was check. I thought it was a check. Yeah, it was a check. Yeah, I definitely failed it. because no took they Never mind. I don't need to roll that check. I'll tell you in a minute. It's okay.
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Okay, so the rendi. Are hypocrites cute? okay so the re
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<unk> are hypotertes cute Yeah, i ever see Harry Potter? This one's not. Yeah, this one makes this one looks evil. Oh, no. This one looks evil. They're really This one, definitely, no. This one looks really evil. I hate it. Philip hates it. But it's just transport.
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um Okay. You gotta cut this out. They can't know. I haven't seen. It's Harry Potter. We're all together. We've all pulled up. Yeah.
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I know.
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i See, I at least picked it up. Okay, that's going to be 15 versus its physical defense. I've got to figure out what the stats for a hippogriff are.
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Sorry. Oh, wait. No, the escalation die. That's going to be 21 versus six. Because Kaz set the escalation die at six. is that still the case?
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I guess. I assume. I will take it for this one, yeah. It said 15 versus AC. Well, 21 versus physical defense because of the escalation die. Yeah, and this thing isn't like level seven, so yeah, that'll hit. Oh, whatever.
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um Okay, Nyx sees the this person who's obviously causing this starting to escape. And so she reaches out and the the planes tear open and just a storm of blades comes flying out of nowhere at the hippogriff.
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Oh, that's good roll. This sucks, man. I know it. I don't like it. Oh, ah so that's 33 damage.
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We didn't just have like a demon hand just come out just like grab it instead. I don't have that spell. I don't have that spell. All of the blades entering one hole and leave a different ones. It's just real mess in there.
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the
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She was going show how ill-equipped I was for the idea of someone trying to kill the hippogriff. I don't know that Nyx has clocked that this might be Kaz on the hippogriff exactly, but I figure she has a better chance of making this stop by not letting him escape.
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Does he have a lockbox?
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Um... In any of the three visions, was Kaz the one on the hippogriff? I didn't think so. One of, no? Okay. Yeah, in one he's... In one he's standing over a dead body. and in one he's left, both the other two he's left behind, one with and one without the lockbox, I think.
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Yes. Okay. So this may not be Kaz, but Kaz doesn't know that anyway. So to shut up. For like a sec. Well, if the but it's a clear picture is the one that we want in order to get out of the time loop, then you need to and and we need to end with the lockbox still on the train. maybe
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Yes. and we And since we didn't encounter this person, I assume they got through their process unhindered. But How? I don't know where the lockbox was. i we I don't either. weve We've been on both ends of the trade.
Time Loop Reset and Strategy Session
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Yeah. so I don't know where this person was. I don't know how the other... You started about half... No, we didn't go back. back on Yeah, we've not gone kaboosh words.
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Well, never mind. Well, at least we know what to do next. That's what I get for going to an event and missing the first half.
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but well
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I'm going to stop belaboring the point. Yeah, you destroy this hippogriff. It becomes a cloud of blood and gore. It kind of screams. And the figure falls and out from underneath the hippogriff being torn apart. Give me a wisdom check to see if you can spot because you're you're asking if they have a lockbox. That's such a bad roll.
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That's such a bad roll. I've got a natural. Can I also if are aware? Would anybody else be looking at the destruction? Yes. I think I'd be looking for a lockbox because we... A man died in my arm while telling me not to let him get off the train. I would be shielding Grubb's eyes, but I would live.
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Grubb's pulling your fingers apart. I'm sorry. is it free
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Wait, what was it? ah wisdom-based check to to look. So if you have something that will assist you in, like Paranormal Investigator will probably help here because you're trying to spot. Well, that's a natural 20 anyways. Oh. Oh, hey, all right. twenty say 26. 30 with Paranormal. I've got a 14 unless Fae Touched can count because of who I'm looking at But yeah, I'll take Fae Touched. 18. 18.
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Yeah, you all see as the figure like flails everybody but Nix. You see something fall on their hands that is box-shaped. It's rectangular.
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but You see the sunglint off of it is metallic and it doesn't fly open, so one can assume why it is at least latched. Um, yeah and the figure falls and you all can see the ground and the figure kind of like tries to ride itself and lands and you see the body just kind of crumple as it makes impact.
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But the train or the ground? Uh, the, the ground, like it was fun. They
Combat Setbacks and Navigation Challenges
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were flying away. And the lockbox also on the ground. The lockbox also falls to the ground. Selina looking out the window, you see the tree repeat itself and you get a sense of deja You start awake. yeah.
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got
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yeah I to assume a chorus of fouling, which comes from our little quadrant. Yeah, people are like looking around. Here's the thing. Every time it's reset, Nyx has looked more horrifying.
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So the people in the train, for a minute, everything's normal, and then absolutely nothing happens, but all of a sudden, Nyx is covered in blood. Yeah, and why did we say that we all look like we're all standing and screaming about something? Which of us doesn't have someone else's blood on them at this point? So...
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so so
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Do we to the back? Nyx just side herself with Fury. As is Philip. really Roll to see if I can keep that spell. No.
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Wasted all of my resources on the third round, trying to bring it to a close, and we're stuck in it again.
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I'm sorry. That's... I take back the things I said about this on the Discord. I hate this time loop. I'm loving this time loop. Okay, so here's my question. Do we try to save the people? He starts talking loudly and then realizes he's about say save the people from the... Killarin. Killarin. And then he goes, or do we hope the time loop resets again?
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If they all die, do we have to let the time loop reset so that they're saved and try to do it faster next time? Do we go to the back of the train and try to find the lockbox now? So technically, this is Valk speaking, you...
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The killerin goes to the conductor first. killerin kills the conductor. And then the scream happens after, which is the lady finding the conductor. So we don't really know if the killerin goes back through the train.
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Without us selling Without us, But the killerin definitely kills the conductor. At the very least. And then these these people these people get robbed. I don't care so much about it anymore. We know. we i mean, we know that if we have to handle the killerin, can. about that the first time only.
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Do we know that? Is that what we know? We don't really Nick says slightly manically. Yeah. Look, I didn't see the first part. We need to find the lockbox. Exactly.
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you all hear a thump on the roof of your train Is anyone in the train car reacting to the fact that, like, in a nothing split second, we all transformed into the aftermath of violence?
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I mean, some people have, like, looked at you, like, suspiciously, but, you like, you know, some tieflings, like, look a lot more, like, demonic and crazy. So, like, the blood is is a big question. yeah We are covered in blood, right? Yeah. yeah okay Like, he has the conductor's blood all over him. Nick's...
Confronting the Fae Baron
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butchered a lot of yeah bad guys. heard it was, don't worry, it's not mine, it's the conductor's. Everything's fine.
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He's good now. Four now. Nyx stands up and just begins stalking back towards, again, back part of the train towards the aft. Valk is following. So is Selina.
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Yes. Also, so you all begin making your way towards the back of the train. You exit the passenger car that you're currently in. The next car that you walk into is kind of the more economy sleeping car area. So it's a lot of like sleeping pods along the walls and instead of like sleeping rooms and nobody's in there because obviously it's like middle of the day right now. It manifests her sword as we're walking through an unoccupied car. You do hear some shouting and screaming behind you all as the bandits enter the car that you were previously in.
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The next car is a pretty modest dining car, ah not serving food right now. So you just see some tables and ah chairs scattered about.
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And the next car that you reach, the door is actually locked.
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I mean, you pick locks? i say I pick locks. I've done it before. I'll try it again. going to put off decks, right? And my privilege to mischief yep counts.
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I've got to get a different dice out here. I'll win 1821. I
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what
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21. That is enough. You hear a click, the door slides, and you see quite a bit of cargo as you open it. This seems to be like the luggage cargo. Like you see lots of of bags and things like that.
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But importantly, you see that these cars are not connected by doorways. They have just... Kind of, you know, the, the accordion style, like subway cars, they're, they're attached by those to make one long, continuous cargo hold. That's about four cars. deep Um, so everyone give me a wisdom based check.
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17. 13. 12, 21.
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seventeen
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she be thirteen twelve twenty one okay
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That is my big stat. Coming in clutch today, too. And actually, sorry, one quick additional thing before we did all the wisdom checks. ah Kaz, give me a constitution check.
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You're not supposed to meet yourself in the time loop. I learned that from Marty Mayfly. Constitution? yeah
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So, sure, right before you all enter this room, you finish picking the lock and you go to stand up and you get like this small, like, twinge of a headache right in between ah your eyebrows and your forehead as you have this brief moment where...
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You're, you're down hunched over the lock. And then for a brief moment, you're not, you're standing in front of the exact same door, but you like wave your hand in front of it and the lock mechanism automatically un like unlatches and the door slides open.
Battle Intensifies with the Baron
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And then you like snap back into where you are and you see the door open in front of you, but you're not really sure what that was. But I am sure that I physically unlocked it. I'm not confused about how I did it. Okay. No, you know that like you used your lockpick to do it, but then for some reason you got this brief flash of you just with with a wave of your hand unlocking it.
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A literal delusion of branches.
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So you all enter this long cargo hold, 17 and 21 were the two highest ones. Right. You all see some shadows briefly moving behind some of the crates and stuff like getting into position. Nyx would be the obvious thing that you would clock it as.
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And Valk, you would be investigator, people trying to to hide at the last second. Yeah.
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I would like to just go into a dead run and then throw my weight against one of those stacks of crates that somebody just hid behind. Okay.
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Um,
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Yeah, i mean, you hear you like you all see Nyx just start sprinting towards a stack of crates. Slayna and Kaz confused as to why. yeah yeah But also not surprised.
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Wait, Nyx, no, stop. I think Valk's just going to throw his hands up. It's like, we can't just keep... Going. And yeah, you hear. a can for 23 more hit points.
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You can. Crates topple. And you hear as somebody comes tumbling out from behind. ah Those of you that spotted the fey nature of the outfit, I think was you two, also recognize this person is dressed very fey-ish. Not in the same outfit. They seem to be much...
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lower ranking and Nix as you do that you all hear a voice kind of echoing throughout the cargo hold ah new faces join our eternal performance tell me strangers you feel the weight of repetition the crushing inevitability of a story that refuses to reach its conclusion
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we don't see it we only hear it yeah Like someone casting thaumaturgy. Okay. all
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I think has like it's a like there's a game? No. Far from a game. It's a story. story where the primary player forgot us and left.
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So we have to repeat the tale the time forgot.
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We keep hearing the story and no one's really saying the story Just like the overall themes and characters.
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Yeah, catch us up to this point in the story. um Well, you all are going to fail in what you're doing. and i'm going to get my quarry and take off. And so it will continue again and again.
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Initiative, everyone. Hey, wait, do you remember the last one? ah chip That feels important. Okay, this is also going to serve as my draw. This dude is just he's just reloading to last save every time this doesn't work.
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This isn't going to go well, guys. I'm rolling too high. I got an at 20 on initiative. I did not roll well. You also did? Yeah. We did this last time, too. You're going first. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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And I got an icon to build. Let me roll for that. Nyx is at that point in ah in a long-take Daredevil fight where Daredevil has to last a lay on the ground for a minute before getting up to try and punch somebody again.
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Okay. Kaz, what'd you get? a twenty A 20. natural 20. So what would you... I think a 23. Right, Dex? Yeah. 25. 25? Val, what'd get?
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24. 24. twenty five how would you get twenty four
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Selina? 16. Nyx? 13. I
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i mean, that's the order. Kaz vouchslaing to Nyx. And then the Fae will go after you all because they rolled poorly. So.
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So you all see. Oh, we do see someone. Okay, that's good. Yeah, the person that you you ran in. Can we offer them the first initiative slot so we can see who we're dealing with? You hit the crates and that person like came tumbling out of the crates where they were hiding.
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You also see six other figures kind of come out. um All of them. None of them look like the person that was on the hippogriff, though. Like none of them look fancily dressed enough.
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So. Kaz, you were first. So they're various levels. So some of them are like up on some of the crates and cargo. Some of them are down on ground level, ah but they're all in front of you.
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Okay. I rolled my icon die. It got the sea princes. If that means anything special to you. Flavor your spell nautically.
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it will take me just one second to figure out which spell I want to do. I'm sorry. I guess. Okay. So we don't, we don't get the sense that any of these guys are the one that was talking to us in our heads. Correct. And we don't get the sense that any of them are particularly more powerful. Also, it was not in your head. Like you heard it. Sorry. Right. yeah right Right. Right. Sorry. that From an indeterminate location. Okay.
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Then I guess I'm just going to attack the... Close this guy to me. I mean, that would be the one that Nyx just, like, caused to tumble out from behind the plates.
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Rough day for him. yeah Tough luck, man. Okay,
Baron's Final Stand
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this ignores all resistances. I am casting a spell called Fiery Claw for the Sea Princess, so whatever. Nice. That is 16 to hit against Physical Defense.
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Sweet.
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ah Physical defense that hits. Okay.
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That is 11 points of fire damage as a... You know, if it's the Sea Princess, instead of it being... It's a cannon blast. Shoots from my... like Nice.
00:23:54
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My sleep. Like I yeah cast my hand forward it and blow my beneath my hand from my sleep, a cannon blast shoots out. That's really great. And does that damage. And I don't... like My arm flies back from the recoil and I spin around a little.
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Awesome. Whoa. And I think... Can I take cover? think have I might duck behind a box myself. Yeah. And I'll go and pull my next.
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and Next up is a defense, so we're good. Okay. On all
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It is now Vax's turn. I am gaining my focus. Okay. I'm not moving. Oh, if that person had any damage resistances, they are now gone.
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I don't think they did. That's the cool thing about fiery claw. That's what makes it better than just 1d8 damage.
00:24:51
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They do not.
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So you have gained your focus. Mm-hmm. Selena. Let's do Ray of Frost. All right. You get the same one? Yeah, let's just do the same one.
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and who
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That is 18 against physical defense. That hits. Awesome.
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Seven.
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it the same guy? you We fired him in the frosted? ah How do you kill Fae Bandit? Selina? and Um, he just freezes. Like, after that hot cannon blast, then the freeze just, he just crumbles.
00:25:51
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All right.
00:25:58
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You hear the voice say, ah, he he's always had a distaste for the winter quartz anyway. Mix.
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Mix.
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Okay. Who's near me at this point? So there are five other bandits that are in front of you. There there is like two on ground level, like 15 feet in front of you that have come out from behind their crates with their blades drawn.
00:26:24
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The rest are kind of up on the boxes and like perched up high, the other three. Okay. Um... Nyx sort of pulls herself back onto her feet from the, the crates that she knocked over and at ah at a sort of stumbling run down the main aisle towards the two on the ground rushes with her sword dragging behind her.
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and then as soon as she gets to the first one, it's up and swings.
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Hmm. Uh,
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Escalation dies at nothing right now, right? Okay. So, where's my attack? There it is. 19 versus AC? I hit. but That's going to be 12 damage to the first one.
00:27:12
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Okay. Also, then you blood eat was that when I first engaged, would take 6 fire damage.
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Oh.
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Describe this bandit's death. Okay. Yeah. So as she, as she stumbles forward, I think the sword drags through the, the the flames left by Kaz's spell.
Kaz's Role and Ending the Time Loop
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and so as she swings the blade up and down the the edge catches fire and just cuts through this guy. All right.
00:27:51
Speaker
Okay. Was that guy a mook? No. Excellent. Then I'm going to use blade polished in blood just been to spend it recovery.
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And as the guy falls, Nyx sort of takes a deep breath and more of the scales take over, but she stands up straighter because that recovery brought back up to full hit points. Nice.
00:28:16
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Um... You hear the voice say, finally, some deviation from the script. Dance with me, heroes, and let's see if we can craft a craft a proper ending. And... against your physical defense.
00:28:41
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ah Yes, i don't know why I'm looking. Nothing on my sheet is 25. You all see a figure hop up on a stack of the crates it to recognize the outfit as being the very high high wealth say.
00:28:58
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And they pull, they they're holding a cane and they flick and the wood part of the cane goes flying off, revealing a rapier underneath it ah with a dramatic flourish. And the name of this attack is dramatic flourish. Lovely. So six psychic damage and you are dazed until the end of your next turn.
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What does that mean in this game? That means you have a minus four penalty to all attacks. I do not appreciate that. You were just so excited by this cool, cool sword cane.
00:29:27
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Go catatonic. And then you all see he whips his rapier around in an additional flourish as a quick action. He's going to use his narrative authority and it follows the the trail of his rapier.
00:29:44
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ah so A rope appears tied to the top of the cart and he grabs it prepared to swing down, gives him advantage on his next attack roll. What a cool guy. yeah yeah How does he look now that he's jumped out? Hot.
00:29:58
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um um He is an Aladrin man. That's canon. You think he's hot. Sorry. He's an Aladrin man, so blonde elf.
00:30:10
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From this distance, yeah, you can see he has one vibrant purple eye and one silver eye. And yeah, he is dressed... Like a really well-dressed bandit, if that makes sense. Like he doesn't look like royalty or anything. He just looks like the finest leather armor, the gentleman bandit. Yes. Okay. That's pretty hot. So is the impression we're getting that Kaz spent however many ages in the Feywild just as the rescuer character on a train heist?
00:30:38
Speaker
Just over and over and over and over and over again. Um... yeah And then he after he grabs the rope and he's preparing to swing down, he looks and he sees you, Cassie goes, something familiar about you young men that we met in another story, perhaps.
00:30:57
Speaker
because ca How did you do that? The rope thing was dope. Yeah. ah The other bandit that's on the ground near you is going to rush up on Nyx against their better judgment.
00:31:10
Speaker
um At the start of their turn, though, they are going to roll a d4 to see which court they're aligned with. i even So this one, four, four. Winter's Endurance.
00:31:24
Speaker
Any ongoing damage you might apply to them, they have resistance against it. So... What? What?
00:31:34
Speaker
It's one of the things I can do. Yeah, let's say doing damage is kind of... if chriss will Don't attack this one. Okay, Nyx, they're going to attack you. Oh, that's a natural 19 for a 25.
00:31:46
Speaker
Yes. Five damage. And since they rolled above a natural 18, they get to disengage as a free action after the attack. So they will strike
Reflection and Future Plans
00:31:57
Speaker
with their fey sword and then tuck roll back and kind of hop up ah onto one of the crates.
00:32:06
Speaker
The other three, one is going to attack Selena with a sling. Natural 20. Okay, well.
00:32:17
Speaker
So that is 12 damage as a... Not a stone doesn't come flying out of the sling. It's just like a ball of energy. And then at about halfway to you, it coalesces into a stone and then hits you.
00:32:33
Speaker
Kaz, same thing. That's a 10 versus your AC. That is not it. And Valk, that is a 23 versus your AC. Uh, Yeah.
00:32:45
Speaker
Six damage. Rolled a natural seven. what were they What were they throwing around? Slings, but like what would come out is like a ball of energy and then it would coalesce into a stone once it got closer it. Gotcha.
00:32:58
Speaker
Oh, can I interrupt with a moment of karma? Because I just got hit. Okay. Okay. Okay.
00:33:10
Speaker
okay and okay
00:33:16
Speaker
I'm so far away.
Episode Conclusion and Audience Engagement
00:33:17
Speaker
Give me a second. It's masked. Does mine miss or does something screwy happen? Like it never coalesces into the stone? or Yeah, it doesn't coalesce. it just dis The magic dissonates.
00:33:32
Speaker
Pretty cool. 23 against mental defense. 23 against mental defense. That hits. Okay. Get up. get
00:33:44
Speaker
Yeah, what do you need? first get to um Okay.
00:33:51
Speaker
I guess i'm just going to pull this over here.
00:33:54
Speaker
That is... goodness. I have to add so much.
00:34:02
Speaker
That's 13 damage. um So that energy ball, Valka's going to, it's going to hit, it's going to absorb, but I think Valka's going to like instinctively reach out and like try to block it and grab it, still taking the hit, but from the hand, and then realize he's holding it, and then just chuck it back at him. Nice.
00:34:25
Speaker
o He's like, I don't like how that feels. Take it back.
00:34:32
Speaker
the main bandit standing up there at the side of Valk doing that says, you fight with passion. That's what the story has been missing. Worthy opposition. I wouldn't call that passion, but... Nix, you're not worthy.
00:34:46
Speaker
Get him. And now we're back around the top of the order, so the escalation die is now at one. Kaz...
00:34:55
Speaker
so I got a defensive turn. So I'm just going to roll. See what that you're pretty hurt. I'm actually fine now. Oh, okay. Okay, great. I think I I got decently hurt. Yeah. Okay.
00:35:08
Speaker
Then the goal is for next killed someone. So she feels better. Oh yeah, that's right. Um,
00:35:19
Speaker
yeah, I will do it this way. So you may end up,
00:35:25
Speaker
One, two, three. You end up with a random new appendage. Okay. I end up with a random new appendage. You get to take a recovery. Cool. I get... Roll a d10.
00:35:35
Speaker
Yeah. Not you.
00:35:40
Speaker
Eight. Eight? Mm-hmm.
00:35:44
Speaker
I think you're supposed to have decided what the eight means before I roll it. even
00:35:51
Speaker
And this was a defense spell? It is a defense spell. I also get 10 temporary hit points. Oh, I can do two nearby allies. If one of you wants 10 temporary hit points, that's also a new appendage. Okay. I hit what they used to with it then. Okay.
00:36:04
Speaker
I first thought had to be me and someone else, but it can be just too random. Vauk, you feel something weird happen to the lower part of your back, and as you glance over your shoulder, you have a unicorn's tail coming out of your butt.
00:36:17
Speaker
How do you know difference between a unicorn's tail and a horse's tail?
00:36:22
Speaker
Confidence. ah The unicorn's tail is softer than a horse's tail. It's less bristly. It's more luxurious. Probably smells better.
00:36:34
Speaker
um Okay. Kaz does not apologize because he thinks maybe he can do it without him not knowing it was Kaz's fault. No, I know it's you. But stronger though too, right? You feel better? You feel good?
00:36:47
Speaker
I don't like that tale. And if I would, if I can, I would like to, the finely dressed guy is still in the car, right? He said, so he said the focus has left or the person this is for has left or right.
00:36:58
Speaker
I'd like to just ask who left you. Um, I just think, I think we're going to punch our way to the bottom of this.
00:37:10
Speaker
It's still a somewhat civil conversation. Just with some violence liminal. And if need to do something, well, I guess I've already done my action. Can I try to charm him as a quick action to answer my question?
00:37:31
Speaker
I look familiar to him.
00:37:39
Speaker
Kaz really wants to ask, what do you mean I look familiar to you? He says, i am but one player in this tale. The Herald holds the key to its conclusion.
00:37:48
Speaker
Yeah, but what does that mean? Valk, your turn. I am regaining my focus. And then just to clarify, the person that I hit cannot hit me.
00:38:01
Speaker
Okay. So I can't be attacked by that same individual anymore. We'll fur this round. That's all I got. Cool.
00:38:13
Speaker
I rolled attack, so I'm getting all my stuff ready. Oh, well, go ahead and say what it is just so we can have it be applicable. When does it happen? when i When you draw it. Okay, well, I'm flying again. Okay. I knew it.
00:38:25
Speaker
better Yeah, and i I've got a one in six chance, but it seems more like a five in six chance. I fly a lot. So I'm flying, and then my weirdness is 39, which in this case which in this case is
00:38:41
Speaker
Roll the escalation die and use the new result. Cool. Three. Okay, not so bad. That's it. Cool. I'm flying. Hurry. Guess what Cass is going to do when we get back home.
00:38:53
Speaker
He's going to go in that war room and cast a bunch of crap until he flies again. Figure out how to control it. Um... Okay. Um... um
00:39:03
Speaker
okay um As you, Kaz, as you float up level with the guy holding the rope, he... Your face.
00:39:16
Speaker
Hold in my memory, but unmistakably the same. Tell me, do you dream of courts that change with the season? I certainly do, yes.
00:39:28
Speaker
And Kaz goes, what?
00:39:33
Speaker
Um... Slaynup. I'm going to a magic missile. Okay. And I get to do it twice. Nice. So, yeah.
00:39:43
Speaker
Five damage, I think. To to the that guy. Fancy dressed guy.
00:39:52
Speaker
ah I'll give you all his. The Baron. So you can call him the Baron. Yes. Five damage. Okay.
00:40:02
Speaker
Um...
00:40:09
Speaker
Okay.
00:40:12
Speaker
Nyx. There's a guy next to me that attacked me? Yep. Nyx is going to attack that guy. Okay.
00:40:21
Speaker
No, that's very bad. Don't forget it's a three now in the Escalation die. Let's see what it is. I don't think this is going to be enough, but I have an option if it isn't. Okay, so...
00:40:32
Speaker
Is 13 going to hit his AC? No. Is 17 going to hit his AC? Yes. Then that's a 17. I'll use my trick die. Yes.
00:40:44
Speaker
Since you moved it up to a three. yeah Thank you. Good job, Kaz. Thanks, guys. Happy to help.
00:40:55
Speaker
ah That is going to be...
00:41:00
Speaker
10 damage 10 damage okay
00:41:09
Speaker
i busy he is still up okay the baron is going to go so he is going to i'm just floating up here like a ding dong
00:41:28
Speaker
You ain't heard an old friend.
00:41:31
Speaker
a younger old friend. ah but
00:41:36
Speaker
um Yeah, he's going to use his rope and swing Kaz and like do a pirate-like swing by slash at the flying Kaz. And he has advantage.
00:41:47
Speaker
but So that's a five. That's a 19. That one does do it, yes. So 10 damage as he slashes you as he goes swinging by
00:42:00
Speaker
Oh, look how cool he is. um
00:42:07
Speaker
And as he swings by, he said as he's swinging, like the sovereign's champion stares at last, but will you reclaim your role and let this force continue forever?
00:42:18
Speaker
And he lands back on the crate that he initially swung off of and lets go of the rope and it dissipates. He said the sovereign's champion what at last? the starters Stirs. Stirs at last.
00:42:30
Speaker
And then the bandit on Nyx is going to attack Nyx. let's That is only 13 hit your AC. That is not going to hit my AC.
00:42:42
Speaker
Slaying attack at Selina. That is a 14 to hit your AC. Yeah, that just hits. Six damage. As
00:42:56
Speaker
a 19 to hit your AC. Just like last time. six damage and since the last one can't attack about they're going to attack nix that is only a 10 to hit your ac it does not hit my c okay kez is a corrupt team escalation is up to a four hit kez is bleeding from just raining blood um Okay, it is now Kaz's turn. Yeah, so I can't do it completely. We can just use recoveries.
00:43:30
Speaker
Yeah, you can rally. It's an action. It's an action. A quick action, right? Thank you Yeah, that would be your action on your turn.
00:43:39
Speaker
I should probably do that, honestly. I think I am going to... ah can we say that maybe i You're able to use some of the momentum from getting hit to kind of slink away a bit and a mean, like do a recovery of this stuff. I am not looking and good. So that's taking new rally action. Yes.
00:43:58
Speaker
First by the gate.
00:44:04
Speaker
All right. Got some hit boys back. Still looking pretty rough, but a lot better than was. And...
00:44:12
Speaker
I think I would like to try to move. I've never tried to move while in flight. And if I can't, I can't. But I think I want to try to get behind something. If the boxes are stacked high enough, then I might be able to, or alternatively, get above one of the higher stacks so when I fall, I don't fall on the way floor. Actually, I think is what I'm going to do.
00:44:30
Speaker
Okay. If that's not an issue, then I just do. Yeah, you can. Okay.
00:44:36
Speaker
And I think that's my turn because that my character and get quick action is still level three. Okay.
00:44:42
Speaker
Okie dokie. I'll try. That next one. That's a defense, so we're good. Okay.
00:44:54
Speaker
I'm going to do it. So I still have my focus, so I need to burn that. So I'm going to use my... Moment of Karma.
00:45:07
Speaker
Okay. And going to use it on the guy who still can't attack me. and And... we
00:45:16
Speaker
I'm pretty sure that hits.
00:45:20
Speaker
What is it? Oh. kate ah Okay. 23. Nice. To hit that? To hit. I was i'd still have to say it. so
00:45:40
Speaker
um Seven psychic damage.
00:45:44
Speaker
Describe how this guy dies. All right. So i think after seeing all the different attacks hit all of his companions, I think Valk is starting to get a little annoyed by how successful everyone has been in attacking.
00:46:02
Speaker
and he's just going to take, again, every single one of those attacks, kind of like the mirror image of it or like the shadow of it and pull it back out from them. And then, cause what is he, what weapon is he using?
00:46:17
Speaker
That's a sling. A sling, yeah. So he's going to take it out and make a shadow version of that same sling. Okay. and instead of... He's actually going to like pull it back with his hand, but it's going to be at very close range, and then just release it.
00:46:30
Speaker
Nice. Right in his face. Cool. That's awesome. Okay.
00:46:40
Speaker
Selena. Okay. I'm going to do color spray again. Nice. Let's see how many i can target. Mid-roll, i still need a I can still get my other focus back.
00:46:53
Speaker
Getting your focus is a standard action. No, but I have a talent. If I still have my focus, I can use rebuke as a quick action instead of a standard action.
00:47:05
Speaker
You rallied as your standard action. I did not. that was That was... Oh, okay. Yeah, thank you. Then that's it. That would have been my turn. How many people do we have left? Three.
00:47:16
Speaker
Okay, well, I can target all of them. Okay. and so Well, if I hit any of them.
00:47:33
Speaker
Okay, that's a 17 against mental defense. That hits. Awesome. Okay.
00:47:44
Speaker
that's seven psychic damage. Yikes.
00:47:50
Speaker
They're all still standing, but one of them, the one in front of Nyx looks very rough. It says if the target has 10 hit points or fewer after the damage, it's weakened until the end of my next turn.
00:48:04
Speaker
Okie dokie. Cool. So...
00:48:11
Speaker
Minus four penalty to attacks and two defenses. Okay.
00:48:21
Speaker
Nyx. Oh, this guy's still next to me, so I've got to deal with it. I've less than that. So one of them is weakened, the one in front of Nyx. Awesome. This is probably going to be overkill, but I've got this guy in front of me, so I've got to deal with him. So seeing the guy weakened, Nyx is just going to try to finish that off.
00:48:38
Speaker
That is going to be...
00:48:43
Speaker
23 with the escalation dying yes um caught uh that is going to be 13 damage him how do you decimate this person nyx just drives her sword through him pins him to a crate tears the sword out and is anyone else on the ground No, but I mean, they're on like stacked crates and so they're not inaccessible to you. like Okay.
00:49:15
Speaker
Where's Fancy McFly? He's up at the very top. So he's the most inaccessible melee combat. Fine. Nyx works her way up to the next highest layer of layer of targets. Okay.
00:49:27
Speaker
You can do that. you and When I become engaged with it takes three fire damage. Okay. Still standing. That hurt.
00:49:39
Speaker
Now it is the Baron's turn. He uses his narrative authority. He waves his... Sup funny. He reaches the new MacGuffin bag. down And a chandelier appears attached to the top of the train car behind him, like on the other side of the crates from you all.
00:49:56
Speaker
And with a rope tying it to the front of the crates and he hops and grabs onto it and says, strike us down if you can, but know that without the proper solution, we'll all be here tomorrow. And he cuts the rope and you see him drop out of sight as the chandelier falls on the other side of the crates near the back of the the cargo hold.
00:50:13
Speaker
And... but what does that mean? Cash screams, I learned nothing from this! um And then the bandits are going to go So the one that Nyx just ran up on is going to try to attack her.
00:50:30
Speaker
That is 21 to hit. That does actually hit. Five damage. Ouch. And then um the other one's going to shoot a sling at Selena. Yeah. 14 to hit.
00:50:42
Speaker
Yep, that just hits. Six damage. Okay.
00:50:47
Speaker
and those are only two still left to lie. So now we are up to a five on the escalation die. Cats. Defensive spell. ah In this case,
00:50:57
Speaker
ah who's looking the worst? You get seven temporary hit points. Probably Selene. I'm not looking great. I'm going to say. Okay, then those are yours. And then they can I? Wait, did you already burn through your temporary?
00:51:10
Speaker
The first round of temporary that you got? I didn't get temporary. I got to use recovery. And yeah. Oh. You got the temporary hit points. Yeah. Okay. So those, those are your hit points. And then
00:51:25
Speaker
if I take off to run towards where that chandelier dropped, am I going to catch opportunity attacks or am i clear of that? If you use your action. Yes. Well, that you use your, this was my accident. Yeah.
00:51:37
Speaker
If you use your movement and quick action to kind of bounce around and navigate, I'll let you get up there without invoking opportunity. I would like to do that. I want to see what's going on up there. And then I'll go ahead my next thing is all the dumb stuff.
00:51:52
Speaker
As you, as you reach the top, um, you see the Baron walking back towards the back of the car and he stops at one of the larger crates and,
00:52:06
Speaker
pulls out some tools and begins like trying to open it. And he looks up and sees you just standing there. And yet he still refuses his calling. How disappointingly predictable.
00:52:17
Speaker
And he goes back to work. Can I yell? and What calling? Brother, I am new here. What'd you roll on all your weird stuff? um ah So I rolled the metal attacking warp, which is if someone engages with me when they disengage, and say there's an opportunity attack and a damage. Gotcha.
00:52:37
Speaker
And I did not roll 37, which may be escalation die. Hang on. I don't think it is. i think that was 38.
00:52:50
Speaker
ah Until the end of my next turn, saves that fail count as if they succeed, and saves that succeed count as if they fail. Globally, remember, Eric? Yes. Globally. The world is upside down.
00:53:03
Speaker
Jeff, will you put your mic at your face? Yeah, sorry, I started to... Yes. I can also just speak up if you need me to. Okay, Valk. Again... um okay no again I still have it. I don't know how.
00:53:20
Speaker
I'm not interrupting because everyone keeps getting hit and I don't have that one. um So there's still one more? Two more? There's one that Nyx is fighting toe-to-toe with and one that's shooting Selena over and over again. Okay. Yeah. um Caught that one. Got that hint. We're going to go with that one.
00:53:40
Speaker
That is hitting Selena. Thank you. So I'm going to use Karmic Rebuke. This is the quick action. Okay. Oh, dear. 14 against mental defense?
00:54:00
Speaker
Mental defense that hits. Okay. This isn't going to do much, but
00:54:09
Speaker
it's definitely not going to do much. That's an additional seven damage. Okay.
00:54:17
Speaker
He is stackered, but not dead. Okay. And then I'm going to gain my focus. And I do want to start to move forward. Okay.
00:54:30
Speaker
Slay it up. Let's do Ray of Frost against the one that keeps hitting me. Oh, no. That's a really bad roll. Okay. Okay.
00:54:41
Speaker
but a
00:54:46
Speaker
14 against physical defense. That's a hit. Oh, thank goodness. okay
00:54:56
Speaker
Okay. 14 damage. Nice. How do you wreck this person to death?
00:55:04
Speaker
I think that slingshot just like freezes and the shards just impale him. Love it. Okay.
00:55:15
Speaker
Gross. Because I'm mad at him. um It's also gruesome Selenie kills people she's not mad at.
00:55:26
Speaker
um Okay. Nyx, the one in front of you. Yes. Okay. It's a five now.
00:55:38
Speaker
So that's 20 against AC. Hit. Hit.
00:55:45
Speaker
that is but that's 15 um yeah damage you kill them yes just swings the sword goes through him and gouges into a crate okay yeah the uh we went to move towards where kaz has gone okay So you can now see the vantage point.
00:56:09
Speaker
The Baron is turned back towards the crate, pops the lid off, reaches in, and you see ah metallic box in his hand. Cassius starts hitting me. Lockbox, lockbox, lockbox, lockbox. I see it. And he looks up at you all and his purple eye winks and he uses radio here to do a circle around his feet. And you see the blue sky underneath him as he falls through.
00:56:33
Speaker
And then you hear a softer like the do on top of the cargo hold and then footsteps as he, he has to make his way to the hip. all So, but now you can tell he is on top of the train car.
00:56:46
Speaker
And now the escalation die is at a six Kaz.
00:56:51
Speaker
The little hole is open.
00:56:55
Speaker
Okay, I guess I'm going to run and jump in the little hole. Okay, if you're going to attempt to jump into the little hole. or Or step into, whatever I have to do. Like, you could, if you're trying to like beat feet and get there as quick as possible, you can try to jump from on top of the crates that you are are down into the hole if you want.
00:57:15
Speaker
That's just going to require a check to do it. I'm guessing that would be an athletics check. which ah look or I would take a strength or dexterity check. Okay, my dex is okay. Let's let's just try it. de Kaz is just going to jump.
00:57:30
Speaker
That's it. Cool. And he's not going to do great. So that is a Ted. Does the Escalation die count? No. Unless for some reason being Fae-Tetched helps.
00:57:42
Speaker
Wait. Oh, no. I mean, I i think Fae-Tetched should help. I thought it was checks. It's just saves. What? The flippy thingy? The the this Escalation die? No. The success. Oh, the success. Oh, yes. Saves are just, yeah. Yeah.
00:57:58
Speaker
I have to double check now. Yeah, just saves. So now in a second, I have to do a save to not fall off the train. I will let your fey touch count in this particular instance just to do a sinewing circumstance. Gets up to 14. Oh, well, that's why I asked it.
00:58:15
Speaker
Uh, you take six damage. Nyx, you watch as Kaz leaps off of these crates and is like three feet short of a hole and just like lands on the ground. Yeah, it doesn't feel good. Is that all my movement? Can I still run to the hole? and you that I guess I do. You're okay. Yeah. you You do what you want. Okay, I'm standing on the train now.
00:58:34
Speaker
Your turn. and Okay, as you step through the hole, the world kind of like flips right your perspective, and you see the Baron running down the length of the train.
00:58:46
Speaker
He's not quite off of the lawn, like cargo car at the back of the train yet. um You do see the hippogriff overhead beginning to descend down towards the train. The Baron turns back and looks at you, seeing you on top of the train. like, remember your role, Harold. The lady's story with her deserves its proper conclusion.
00:59:04
Speaker
And then he turns to go continue running away. Val. um
00:59:11
Speaker
Pull placements. So is the hole, is that just like a direct access to like just where exactly where it is on the top of the train from where I mean? its yes Yeah, basically. Yeah. Okay.
00:59:25
Speaker
Am I closer to the hole or to the exit? You're closer to the exit. Okay, so I'm going to go through the exit and then go up. Okay. I'm not going to, it's not going to be that much further ahead, but I'm going to do that with my movement.
00:59:43
Speaker
Yes. Yeah. Okay. So as you poke your head up over the edge of the train, you actually see the Baron standing like right in front of you Because like I said, he hadn't gotten off of the cargo hold yet. So like you're, he turns and kind of sees you and goes, hello there. What would you like to do?
00:59:59
Speaker
You're actually really gorgeous in person. this ah Can I... oh my god. and Can i do Good disguise, by the way.
01:00:13
Speaker
I forgot. I wasn't me. Oh yeah. um Can I do... want to do karmic rebuke. Okay.
01:00:24
Speaker
But and if I'm allowed, can i like grab onto him as I'm doing it So you can either try to like grab him. There are two actions. Oh, so you can do your karmic rebuke. That's a quick action, but grabbing him would prevent you from regaining your focus.
01:00:38
Speaker
Okay, so I'm just going to do karmic rebuke. Okay. He seems like a pretty mentally cool guy, so I'm not sure this is.
01:00:54
Speaker
Oh, plus the die. What's the die at? Six. Six. Six. um um cannot get higher unless cast can make it lower 19 19 yes against his mental defense that hits okay um
01:01:13
Speaker
And that's four damage against him. Okay. I think I'm going to be quite honest. I think we just lock eyes and it's just straight psychic damage. just what That's just all of Valk's anxiety and nerves.
01:01:28
Speaker
It's sweats from seeing a beautiful person. Just straight psychic damage. That's awesome. He looks at you for a moment after taking the psychic damage. You don't belong in any story. But...
01:01:40
Speaker
Yeah. yeah Then I'm going to regain my focus. Okay. Selina, so much like Val, you are closer to the exit than the hole. Okay, great. I'm also going to go out the exit and climb up.
01:01:53
Speaker
Okay. Does that put me right there close? Kind of. You're kind of like like grabbing the ladder around Val also because you're both like not on top of the car. But yeah. Well, perfect.
01:02:04
Speaker
um I'm going to try Rayfrost. Okay.
01:02:11
Speaker
Oh, wait, that's ranged, isn't it? Yeah. Okay, I can use color spray, though. Okay, yeah. Well, I probably can't do anything. you know
01:02:24
Speaker
That is 16 against mental defense. 16 against mental defense. That hits. Oh, okay. Great.
01:02:35
Speaker
That is 12 psychic damage.
01:02:39
Speaker
Great.
01:02:48
Speaker
Okay. Um,
01:02:53
Speaker
he, yeah, I mean the, the color spray hits him in the face and he kind of staggers back. Um, and now it is Nix's turn. So your closest point of exit is the hole.
01:03:07
Speaker
I guess that's where I'm headed. I will run down and jump through the hole. Okay. Are you going to try to make the leap? Are you going to use your movement? Okay.
01:03:19
Speaker
So thank you for teaching us. a like Half of the reason that I jumped is because when you said that Philip looked at me and did this.
01:03:27
Speaker
You're the one who's supposed to be in a Fae story. You're supposed to swashbuckle. So you use your movement. If I made it, I just landed there and stand it. um And you are, yeah, you use your movement and you flip over and you're standing next Kaz on the train.
01:03:45
Speaker
And he's running away. Yes, he is on the far end of the train car right near, you can see Valk and Selina's like ah heads kind of poking up over the edge. But yeah, you use your movement. So if you have a state of action range, you could try to use that or.
01:04:01
Speaker
Nyx will say to Katz.
01:04:04
Speaker
I don't know what stupid game is being played, but I believe the win condition is you holding that box while he flies away.
01:04:18
Speaker
I'm afraid you're right.
01:04:22
Speaker
ah Now, I mean, I could shoot at him with a longbow, but I don't really know that that had a spell. No, I have no spells left. I have used all my spells your stupid, repetitive time You liked it a week ago. Now we're on round four.
01:04:43
Speaker
Thought we had figured it out. I thought that was just being polite, to be honest. Now we've definitely figured out how to stop it. I feel comfortable that we figured out how definitely... shouldn't have said definitely. Now we're Eric in here.
01:04:56
Speaker
so i I... really don't. i I mean, I could shoot him with a longbow, but that's I think that's the only thing I can do at range. You could also use your standard action to take another movement if you want it, just to be... Closer That's what I will do then. you close to tackle too far away from that? ah you just You wouldn't have the action to actually tackle. Yeah, I'll chase him.
01:05:15
Speaker
Okay. That's what I got. all Alrighty. Um... So you catch up with him and are engaged. um So now it is yeah Baron's turn.
01:05:30
Speaker
So he is going to try to take the disengage action from Nyx.
01:05:40
Speaker
He succeeds. So he moves away and then you hear him whistle louder as the hippogriff kind of diverts from its path and begins to turn towards him.
01:05:54
Speaker
Question. Yes. If I hit him, was i not engaged with him? So...
01:06:01
Speaker
Your karmic rebuke is a ranged thing, correct? So you wouldn't have wanted to get engaged with him? it's i Yeah, it's close quarters. Oh, close quarters. So yeah, you both could have been engaged with him. So you can take opportunity attacks as he runs by.
01:06:12
Speaker
It's a basic melee attack is what you can do. Like knife. yeah I have a deck. So you have to disengage from individual enemies. Interesting. yeah And you can only do it once. So if you're surrounded, That's neat.
01:06:26
Speaker
yeah Yeah, I also have not done a melee attack, so I'm just going kind of roll and go with it. Yeah, I did a close first. um
01:06:35
Speaker
That one says 16.
01:06:39
Speaker
Against his AC. I think. I have a lot of questions about this one because I haven't done it. Okay.
01:06:54
Speaker
right, so Nyx is going to start a sword class on weekends. I'm already it. Yeah. It's going to be open to the rest of the team.
01:07:09
Speaker
What did you get, Selena? An eight. yeah Plus six. An eight. Oh. Oh. Wait. No, I can't do it. What escalation die? Wait, hold on. That's 22. 22? Yes. An 11.
01:07:21
Speaker
twenty two twenty two yes but eleven Okay. That's a miss. Yeah, I think you... That is a hit, though, Malk. Yeah. Hold on Okay. I have to rip. Okay.
01:07:37
Speaker
So, that is...
01:07:41
Speaker
Oh... Sweet baby Jesus. Where are you? There you are. Ugh...
01:07:53
Speaker
Three. But because I have that hero of truth, I don't use my strengths. I use your intelligence or wisdom, which is, that just a straight number or is that the modifiers?
01:08:10
Speaker
That's the modifier. Okay. So
01:08:16
Speaker
a wisdom for your damage. Okay. Yeah. So that's nine, nine damage. Yes. Great. So you slash at his. oh go ahead.
01:08:31
Speaker
Oh, no, that would have been. I didn't use a spell. Okay. You slash at his calf as he runs by. um it cuts into him and you see some blood begin to run down the back of his leg.
01:08:45
Speaker
One more. I'm sorry. I don't. I'm so sorry. I don't do melee often. So going to do one of the twice per arc because my adventurer's feat. um He will take ongoing damage equal to my wisdom modifier plus level.
01:09:01
Speaker
Okay. What's your wisdom modifier? Oh, that is a four. So four plus two? Yes. It's nice. So yeah, he's bleeding pretty profusely.
01:09:13
Speaker
What was the ongoing damage thing from earlier? That was one of the bandits. Yeah, he's... That's right. That's right. the Yeah. Um...
01:09:29
Speaker
Um...
01:09:33
Speaker
he like He looks back at Valk seeing the blood trickling down the back. He's like, like you want to stop me? Then play your part properly. And he looks at I'm not your story. He's not talking to you.
01:09:46
Speaker
let me say Remember who you were. And he... Oh, that just pisses Kaz off. don't know. And now it is... so um and now it is
01:10:06
Speaker
Escalation stays at six. Kaz, your turn.
01:10:10
Speaker
Where's the Baron? So he's he's far away from you now. If you use your movement, you can get to where he is nearby. Okay. we're pretty sure. Yeah, that's ranged. Okay.
01:10:30
Speaker
I'm going to try to close where I'm close enough to, and I think I'm going to like, jut out my arm, trying to do the fiery claw that I try to shoot another cannonball, but just of those disgusting tentacles that I hate comes out instead. like, dang And yes, that is not great.
01:10:48
Speaker
Uh, that is a
01:10:52
Speaker
well, I think it's still going okay. Five, 10, 11, 13 to hit 13 hit. thirteen to hit thirteen to
01:11:02
Speaker
AC? Wait, that can't be right. 5, 10, 16, 19 to hit. Sorry. That hits. Yeah, against AC. Alright, cool. In that case, I have to find the spell again.
01:11:23
Speaker
Okay. It is... 8 damage... Force damage...
01:11:33
Speaker
And I think that's all I get out of it. Okay. Yeah, that's it. All right. And I think I'm just going to yell, what's my part? I'm trying to stop you. it's If that's not my part, I don't know how I get the box. I'm just really processing it out loud.
01:11:49
Speaker
Yeah.
01:11:52
Speaker
Give me the box, I say. About. About.
01:11:58
Speaker
that
01:12:01
Speaker
Yeah, it's fine. Again, i have... so i don't like being this early. I have to use... Well, number one, I need to get on top of the train. can do that with your... Okay. And then I'm going to have to use... Everybody has no problem getting on top of the train. Just like this. You had no problem getting on top of the train. You just kind of whiffed it the first time.
01:12:22
Speaker
So I'm going to use ah Karmic Rebuke because I still have my focus from last time. So... you
01:12:33
Speaker
That's lovely. It's like 23. Yep. And i
01:12:44
Speaker
is
01:12:47
Speaker
up that rolled. I have to re-roll it? It shifted. Whenever I picked it up. You just heard well, I'm sorry. Okay, that's...
01:12:59
Speaker
Plus...
01:13:03
Speaker
eleven Damage, psychic damage. And I want the same wound that I caused from the stab. I want to have yeah like a shadow magic connect from me to the Baron. Okay.
01:13:23
Speaker
And just along with the, cause he still takes ongoing damage. Yep. So now just kind of like the angry and frustrated emotions is now just fueling into that one stab wound.
01:13:35
Speaker
Nice. Love it. Okay. And I get my focus back. Selina. I want to cast confusion. Okay.
01:13:45
Speaker
I am rolling so bad. Oh my goodness. 17 against mental defense.
01:13:57
Speaker
That hits. Heck yeah. He's confused. Cool. Who's not?
01:14:05
Speaker
He wasn't. We've leveled the playing field. Yeah. We're all confused. <unk>s Now, I will. I'm going to double check.
01:14:16
Speaker
I think they changed confusion in the final document. I'm going to look it up. Because I just realized that. Okay. Okay, confused. You take no actions when it isn't your turn.
01:14:29
Speaker
On your turn, you make a half damage, no trigger attack against a random nearby ally. If you don't have a nearby ally, you don't do anything on your turn. Okay.
01:14:47
Speaker
So yeah. So, so he doesn't roll anymore, but yeah, he can't do any opportunity attacks or anything like that. And on his turn and how long does it last? Save and save ends. Okay.
01:15:00
Speaker
Cool. But it's flip flopped right now. So that's the save thing. Is that still going? Is that for the entire battle? The save? Or is that done? Let me double check. I think it's until I roll another weirdness.
01:15:12
Speaker
Okay. But you did roll another weirdness, didn't you? Or no, is that no this still the latest Okay.
01:15:18
Speaker
Okay, it doesn't say it here, so let's see where it says
01:15:24
Speaker
it.
01:15:27
Speaker
We roll high weirdness. Unless otherwise specified, high weirdness effects last until the end of a battle. Okay.
01:15:38
Speaker
Now, one of the specifications is if I roll another one, it cancels out the previous. So like ah so as of right now, the saves thing is still in effect. Okie dokie. Next.
01:15:51
Speaker
I guess I'm going to run and try and grab the box away from him. Okay. What do I need to do to accomplish that? Or since he's confuzzled, can I just walk up and take it?
01:16:08
Speaker
Let's do and opposed roll, but you can have advantage on yours because he is confused.
01:16:19
Speaker
like that.
01:16:24
Speaker
What am I adding to this? Or is it your strength? That's going to be 21.
01:16:30
Speaker
He got a 19. So you snatch the box from him. He is confused. So he doesn't say anything. He's just like, and um and that's it for your turn.
01:16:42
Speaker
I think so. Yeah. Don't have anything I do on a quick action. Gonna play it down the middle, gang. He takes his ongoing damage. No. And his leg collapses out from under him, and he falls off the side of the train with lightning below. Selina, you have this wash of deja vu as the tree line seems to repeat in front of you.
01:17:04
Speaker
And we're gonna call it end of episode. yeah get Listeners, we are so sorry. I'm pretty sure the next one's going to handle it. Thank you all so much for listening. If you want to part of the conversation surrounding this episode and Phillip's distaste of this particular narrative style, then head over to our Discord. The link to which is in the description of this podcast episode.
01:17:24
Speaker
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01:17:44
Speaker
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01:17:56
Speaker
Madison. madison I'm having a great time. We'll see you next time.