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Ep. 161 A Kingdom of Choices - Bellum Draconis
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A single moment fractures the quiet. The group stands stunned. And ahead lies a decision powerful enough to change the future of Erith.
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Who Should Handle the Problem?
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Speaker
Someone is dropping bombs. so It's grim, isn't it? I can still say it. I did back three minutes ago. It's got to be your side of the room.
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I've been suffering all day.
Introduction to Fellowship of the Tabletop
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Hello everyone and welcome to this week's episode of the Fellowship of the Tabletop, Benham Dracontis. We are a live play 5e 2024 D&D podcast set in the magical homebrew world of Aerith in the kingdom of Dralak. Joining you for this week's episode we have me, Mark, and I'm playing the human blade singer Seth Faroreaver. And we have Peebee who's playing the rules consultant human cleric Emron.
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Your kids say hello. Darren, who plays the half-orc barbarian Tharax Unjari. Seth fucking talks. Will, who plays the dragonborn druid Baal Valcon. He wants alimony, bitch. Ian, who plays the tiefling war-serer Nyx Carell. He
Tension and Battle Introduction
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said what? The apple pie-smashing, apple pie-banging, apple pie-gobbling edgelord Callum, who plays the war-forged apple pie-shartificer, apple pie-alpha.
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Pie-tastic. And last, but by no means least, is the drama dodger, the story coaster, the cliffhanger edger and the danger wank connoisseur, Danger Master Danny. You have a voice!
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um We hear old girl before we see him click-clacking down the cobbles of Sleepguard as he throws the orb up like a jester would throw up a number of balls in a circus in in our realm. And he catches it, glimpsing the light within it and
Confrontation with King Leopold
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begins.
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Ooh! witness me they lure guard into the dining room and begin whaling on him and he calls another guard into the room and they begin whaling on him and then the fight moves to the hallway and chaos ensues with more nixie darkness but a clever bonfire cooks a bitch the group moves upstairs and nicks hypnotizes the guards whilst they move to enter the room in which Seth speaks for the first time and says shit like your highness we come for Delmontrace leader of the Ipcrisgra I break my vow I come on the behest of your son Sebastian his blade is high his ring is high hey
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and as the laughter King Leopold Sleetgaard II fills the chamber.
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It subdues after a few moments and he wipes a tear of laughter from his eye.
Negotiation with King Leopold
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Walks to the three nobles in attendance and just says leave us and they push past you and head Down the stairs Pass the corpse Let them figure that out sneak and go And he returns to sit On his throne
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Between his fingers Just sort of rubs His thumb a rhythmically Come Into my halls Followers Of Sebastian As he beckons, you all enter.
Preparing for Battle
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Baal's on Seth's right hand. He's there. Seth would take up um a kind of a middle position in front directly in front of the throne as a sign of deference. but And will not bow per se, but have his head lowered in respect.
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I'll move you into the room. What do the other five of you do? Farrakh extinguishes the blade and will follow in
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Thank you. Nixon Alpha.
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Speaker
I need to be the last one. Okay. Emron then. Yeah. I was going to walk and was going use Healing Word. On Delmontres.
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Okay. And I'll just i'll just say... Can just be in touch distance for that? No, it's a healing word. It's arranged. He'll come in and say, Aledo's blessings upon us all. And as he says that, a burst of healing. Not in my house.
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Speaker
Not in my house. he cantering it? Or is he trying to tell me to stop doing it? Try and spell. Try and cast a spell. He said not to, so I won't. Oh, respect.
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Fair enough, that does kind of affect what I was going to try anyway. But yeah, i'll I'll walk in, but I'll hang near the back, and behind where Emron and Barl are.
Battle with King Leopold's Forces
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ah so Nick's being the last one it's only because he's keeping concentration on the two hypnotised guards and almost like Chris Pratt in that Jurassic Park he's walking with his butt towards the open door just holding out both hands in a V shape and then he'll close the doors i can't cook it and then yeah turn around and face the scene
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And then look over to his left and see another guard captain who goes, oh, for fuck's sake. Seth would would say if there was a, well, whilst everyone was kind of shuffling in, we mean no disrespect by entering your throne room uninvited.
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Speaker
do apologise for the chaos we have caused on the entrance here. We understand you might have your reasons for doing what you are doing to Delmont Trace. In any other situation, we would probably be doing exactly the same.
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But this is bigger than him. Him dead is no good to anyone. We need to take him away.
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And if you wish, we could finish the job elsewhere and bring back his head. But for the meantime, we do need him alive.
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and we need to leave with him.
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And who are we? We? And he's going to look to his left and look Tharok and look to his right and see Baal and feel the presence of Emron and Alpha and Nyx behind and look back to the King of Sleetgaard and say, we are the undying champions and we're here to take Del Montreis.
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Speaker
If it please you, my lord.
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Speaker
So good, until the... Your majesty. Please me.
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Speaker
I'm half tempted to take all of your lives here for trespassing in my halls. But I'm also tempted to let you have him, for I have all the information I need from that mongrel.
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Speaker
Like I said, we'll happily kill him for you and bring back his head if you wish so. But we just need some additional information from him before that killing takes place. Arn, when he says I've got all the information, going to peer into his mind.
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As I cast detect thoughts, going to just twin it, don't do it subtly, using my source of this ability. What was going through his mind twenty when he said, I've got all the information needed?
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Surface thoughts at the moment. cyin You very deftly, in your pocket, just do the semantic element that no one can see. And there is no visual element, no spoken.
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And you make that clean connection that you're used to making. And what you hear in your mind? Good evening, Nix Corell.
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I know who you are. I know your tricks.
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Awaken mind, connect. Telepathically. Hi!
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Speaker
Pleased to meet you. GG. Well played.
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Speaker
ah do you want me to end this now? like wi keep going Keep talking like this if you want. By all means. If you wish to keep this private from your friends. No, no, no, no, not like that. I was just being whimsical. Okay, I'm going to end this now.
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Speaker
Peace. You hang up. No, you hang up. You hang up on the king.
Manipulation and Magic
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Speaker
Tell me. That's a fucking waste.
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Speaker
Why should I trust those that have slaughtered my own?
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To be fair, your own have also tried to kill us on the roads as well, so we weren't sure how friendly you'd be.
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Speaker
You speak when I've asked you not to, follower of Aledo. Your Highness, to whom do you speak then? Anyone but you, Aledo follower.
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Speaker
Starting to take offence. Last time a dragon told me to shut off. really vol cops
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Our interests are Slidgard.
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Speaker
You have your means of saving the kingdom your way. Let us be your second hand and work in other areas to defend Slidgard.
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Speaker
I would give my life for this kingdom, now that I am honourable in that regard. You are strangers to me. And if you carry that blade, and you carry that ring, how am to believe that you haven't just slaughtered my son?
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Speaker
My son who I have not seen in months, near years.
King's Demand and Tactical Combat
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Speaker
Because he told us how to get here, how to pass through undetected, how to enter through the kitchen, how to climb the wall.
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Speaker
What I would need to show you.
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Speaker
And he... Well, we know where he is.
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Make a wisdom saving throw. Oh, fuck.
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and In Seth's defence, I can't remember where he he said he was going to be, because Seth was always in the crow's nest for a lot of those conversations, so I don't know whether or not... Wisdom saving throne?
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Speaker
Yes. Is it an obvious spell? No. You don't know anything that's happening? 19. nineteen
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and need you to reroll
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Speaker
to re-roll. 20. Unnatural. I just got the sass that you dropped there. For a second, your mind fills with everything you remember about the winged watch.
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Speaker
And then you're able to re-concentrate and you fill it with the image of a very annoying Quasit instead. I like the thing Nithraval plays a part in that and he's he's feeding his own mindset into into the... yeah Yeah, and had to concentrate on his teeth and his big eyes and his tiny little withered hands and his loaded with withered wings and then just constantly saying things like into the folds of time and through the void of space. And that rhetoric you're able to just layer as a mental guard from what you feel is happening.
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Allies, you say.
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Seth nods.
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I will decide what's best for my kingdom. Not strangers. Strangers who crawl through shit and worse to grant an audience with me.
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Take him.
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Speaker
But leave him and points to Alpha. That cannot be part of the deal. This creature will not leave my halls. You have bought the one thing I seek and I will tame him.
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Speaker
Of all due respect, King Leopold. Fuck you.
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Speaker
Insolence. I am not a possession to be taken.
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over our dead bodies. No. And that shall be arranged. No. Bring it. Have you nothing to say for the company you lead?
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False sleep guardian and looks at you, Seth. Such insolence in my arms.
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He'll look to the king.
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And unlike Seth has been for a while, he'll try and find reason. He is part of our group. He is important to the plan to save Slitgard.
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Speaker
He must live with us. Is there anything we can say? How about we take Delmond, we get what we need, and then I will bring Alpha back to you.
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Speaker
I have been pursuing this creature through deserts. Through cities smelling of shit. Through seas. He's here now.
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And he will not leave.
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May I ask, your highness, your majesty, what it is you require of him? All of him. As in his bits or like one thing in particular?
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As in like what he's made of or? Let me make one thing without any stares at you now. Let me make with one thing really clear. In a few moments I will disintegrate every element of your being.
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And I will use what remains to summon my princess into being.
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You can feel Emran's lot to push against your back almost, Seth. like If you wish for what's best for Sleetgard, you will strike that creature down.
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Now.
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Yes, your majesty. And Satho walk back slowly. And before you attempt to deceive me... was going to kill him. it wasn't I mean, you've got to get past me at the moment. You will strike him or I will kill Delmontreus where he stands and your efforts here will be for nothing.
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He nods at that and he's going to turn his back to the king to walk towards Alpha. He's going to, with his one eye, wink at... Emron...
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And then in an instant, he's going to pull a tab from his spell book and cast fourth level banishment at Delmond Trace. oh Making him hopefully disappear.
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Speaker
Can you read the entire spell please? yeah mean One creature that you can see within range must succeed a charisma saving throw or be transported to a harmless demi plane for the duration. The duration being ah up to one minute concentration. Uh,
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Speaker
While there, the target is in capacitated condition, the spell ends, the target reappears in the space it left or the nearest unoccupied space that the space has occupied. If the target is an aberration, celestial, elemental, fey or fiend, the target doesn't return if the spell lasts for one minute. The target is instead transported to a random location of on a plane, the DM's choice, associated with that creature type.
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Speaker
If using a higher level spell slot, you can do more. But it's a fourth level spell. It's my only fourth level spell. I just got it. I'm going to use it. It's charisma saving throw, 15+.
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that way Can he choose to fail it?
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Speaker
Is he even conscious? He has a few hit points and is bleeding out. But I wanted to hit all of the spell. just in case Wisdom save.
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Wisdom save. Sorry, charisma. Charisma 15. If he's one of those creatures, he's not coming back. 10-1 trace disappears.
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Speaker
Fucking clutch move. oh' so boy havenn' got counted he's not got cat of smellll but that no That's amazing. That's genius. so Because if he's gonna if he says, if I don't do this, he's going to kill the guards. are right If I'm right, and think sorry. The guards are right there. That would be game over. there's no way we can get there in time. Make him disappear. We can, okay.
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Speaker
yeah Good, well done. Time to kill a king. Time to hit a king at least a few times.
Betrayal and Chaos
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Speaker
Fucking hell. Loot that treasure vault. Loot that treasure vault. No, can we can't. Loot that treasure vault. Loot that monarch.
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Speaker
At this point. And draws the blade at his side. A blade that is. Engraved. With every. House, sigil. Land owner, town and city. Of the kingdom of Sleetgard.
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Speaker
That is the height. Of everything you've served in a previous life.
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Speaker
Are you all prepared. For what you're about. to do To challenge a king means death.
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Speaker
We accepted death the minute we came in here. He draws the scimitar. Now hurry up. I've only got one minute.
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Speaker
Roll initiative. Nick, what's ah deal with the with the two... If it's been a minute, it's the way it was actually going to go. It wasn't ending any for the way. If you said, you're not even without him, it's like, well, this is ending one way. Yes! Yes! Also, it dropped as soon as I cast Detect Thoughts. And did you lock the door? I shut the door. You shut the door?
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Speaker
Let's see where your initiative rolls then. come up with me Now because that's concentration, i cannot summon my Shadow Blade without dropping the concentration. And we're not blessed anymore because I assume it's gone well. Yeah, I'm going to have to use Never Rage.
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Speaker
Has he done it again? give My stomach's going to sum up. I'm sorry. nose. My nose.
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Speaker
Can you up the offer? For sake! Can you the offer? That doesn't all damage. I think it's a nice... Filthy creature! Take him! Take it off her! Take it off her! Can I have the whiskey? No! No you can't!
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Okay. Any other? A roll? 20. i have no idea. I had a roll and now disappeared. It was 18, remember, Arlie? Was it? Was it? Mine was. Oh, was that you? thought someone had roll. think I rolled it.
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Speaker
something You did, you got 16. You rolled 16. It's in the list. I can't see that. Keep going. Keep going. At the very bottom? That's that's a dick move. I just keep going. Anyway, yeah, okay. If you said 16... Yeah, never mind. Alpha got 10. Nick's got 11. Okay, anyone about 15? Yes, everyone
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has. Seth got 16. I've got 18. Thank you. Number 10? Yeah, I got 11. Nick's got 11.
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guy above ten ah got yeah got eleven nicks gotle 10. Oh, I got 11. Sorry. here but same's nicks Wake up. Same as Nyx again.
00:21:00
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Grab Russian putt a little makeup. You wanted to. You wanted to. Number 5. 9.
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Speaker
Oh, my God. Anyone I haven't said yet? You have a 4 to King. 1, 2. What we have now. Is everyone in? Yep. Everyone said Therok, Nyx, Alpha, Bar. Perfect. Okay. Top of the round.
00:21:25
Speaker
King Leopold. Of course it is. Of course fucking is. Does he have a big red skull? of his name Yeah, he's way over leveled for us. His levels not even show. yeah It's just a skull. And he's going to point his blade at you, Baal.
00:21:44
Speaker
the fuck have I done? Biggest fuck in the room. And I need you to make a wisdom saving throw. Gladly. I'm wise as fuck. Is it an obvious spell? You can eat shit. ah No, it's not an it's not a spell. There's no components to this.
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Suck my dick. 19. Wisdom 19. Fail. Your mind is full of visions of your mother. your so Not your sovereign mother, you're your brood mother being slaughtered over and over and over again.
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repeated like like cinema film really quickly frame after frame after to frame after to frame of that same moment where she is fallen you try and shake it off and then you see the same but it's Valkyraeth slaughtered over and over and over again and the voice in your mind
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it's her voice Valkyraeth's
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The king dies, so do I.
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Speaker
And when you return, you're full of anger and hate and fury at Emron, at Seth, at Tharok, at Nyx, but not Alpha.
00:23:15
Speaker
Alpha, can you make the same save, please?
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Speaker
Again, this is subtly done. There's no visual component. There's no c semantic component. I can't tell what's happening to them. He pointed a sword at him. He pointed a sword at him, that's all.
00:23:31
Speaker
But but it's it's more like he was just doing to you during that conversation. Wisdom, please.
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Speaker
One. Oh, fuck. We're going to die.
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Speaker
I can smell...
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Speaker
The wretch and wreath of shadow mend upon you. And it is glorious.
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Speaker
Whispering in your ear. It's Uriand. Cardenal.
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compelling you to protect Shadow Mened from those who would seek it harm most from those who would control you, Alpha.
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And as you're filled with this rage at this man, when you awaken, you are frenzied against Nyx, against Emron, particularly Emron.
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against Tharok and Seth. You are overcome with the need to destroy them.
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Speaker
And then he is just going to walk after he's pointed his sword and he is just going to attempt to lock blades with Seth and makes a strike.
00:25:02
Speaker
ah Does a 18 hit 18. Yes. Hits. Okay.
00:25:09
Speaker
yes hit's You're going to take... 10.
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Speaker
You're going to take 21 points of slashing damage.
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Speaker
And
King Leopold's Final Stand
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Speaker
it's Emerald's 10. Don't you also have to make a concentration check? Oh, and make a concentration check on the banishment. Oh, shit. And that 21 makes that DC. It's just still 10. Oh, is it still 10? Yeah. Is that a con save? Con save. and is that a cons save cons savee
00:25:45
Speaker
Sorry, I'm using my phone for this. Consave plus three.
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Speaker
Seven. Delmon Trace returns.
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Speaker
Back. Fucking waste of fourth level spell. Fuck. That was good idea, then. Great Yes, that was good. We're to go for TPK. Emron.
00:26:12
Speaker
emron uh raises his hammer and yells in a leader's name and um i'm gonna cast searing smite on my hammer as a bonus action and move to uh king leopold well to seth's side past barl not realizing he's is that a concentration spell Errrrr... no. Oh, you're Bless dropped anyway. Bless dropped anyway, naturally. Ignore me, ignore me. um Yeah, Bless dropped naturally. That's at second level, and I'm going to make an attack against Leopold.
00:26:49
Speaker
Okay, roll to hit.
00:26:53
Speaker
Errr, that's a 16.
00:26:57
Speaker
And just as you strike at his plate, his his imperial um beautifully designed, this is probably the finest piece of armor you have ever seen in your your life. And coming from someone who spent a lot of time in Smithies, that's that's high praise.
00:27:13
Speaker
As you go to strike, you you know you lose momentum at the end of the swing and it just kind of feels like you're hitting against metal. And you just hear a whisper in your ear at that moment strike that just says, hit harder.
00:27:28
Speaker
Hit harder. Roll a d6 and add that to your roll, please. Ooh. Okay.
00:27:36
Speaker
That's an unnatural 20 now. That hits. Cool. Okay.
00:27:44
Speaker
Oh, no, didn't mean to roll that one. Wrong one. ah He will take, then, 11 points of bludgeoning damage.
00:27:55
Speaker
followed by three points of force damage. Thank you. Followed by, because the hammer is also on fire, he will take ten points of fire damage. Oh, shit. 17 so far. He will also need two, just for point of a reference.
00:28:19
Speaker
hang on
00:28:21
Speaker
um
King Leopold's Defeat
00:28:23
Speaker
so he's now on fire at the start of each of its turns until the spell ends he will take 1d6 fire damage and then make a constitution saving throw great can you just remind me on the start his turns and then also he is pushed back 5 feet and needs to make a so I'm toppling him needs to make a constitution saving throw please
00:28:48
Speaker
20, non-natural? Yeah, he doesn't fall on the floor, but I push him back. Okay. Who do you attack? So I King Leopold. King Leopold. Smacked with the hammer. Set him on fire. Good, good, good. Baal. Hero.
00:28:59
Speaker
You are no longer compelled to attack your friends. Fucking heroes! You are unchanged. Oh! okay Do I so happy that you were about to butcher us?
00:29:11
Speaker
Just because that's broken, do I now see Maul as an enemy of Shadow Men as well? No. No. Nice. Because it was true to the original condition. Hicking! Thank you, Seth.
00:29:23
Speaker
It is before it's your turn, you would be next. and But a whisper is going to go out in certain directions, a message. And you're going to hear ah voice, a very unfamiliar voice in your mind, Nick's, and in your mind, Seth. Okay.
00:29:40
Speaker
That just says, free me. Quick.
00:29:47
Speaker
Then Seth, it's your turn.
00:29:51
Speaker
Misty step between the two guard captains near Dan one trace. but
00:29:57
Speaker
Sorry, Danny, was he chained up? Yeah. Wouldn't he have been banished and therefore that would have then broken the chains so therefore he's not banished anymore? Sorry. Would he? so because he's chained up when he was before banished, banished, therefore the chains would have dropped from him. Yes, the ones binding him to the columns would have dropped, but he was also there. Oh, sorry. too Awesome. How is he bound now? ah So he has a single lock wrapped around at a series of chains.
00:30:21
Speaker
I thought it might help him bit. It's definitely helped. It has. good Then he's going to... um
00:30:32
Speaker
Using his right using his ah his scimitar, not his blade yet, he is going to start bladesong. So the humming will return to his lips for the first time in a very long time. He won't do any movement, but will gain the obviously the benefits of that. And then with his scimitar, will expertly smash at the lock twice to try and break the chains that are holding Delmontreis and begrudgingly. allow the leader of the Akriskra, my technically ex-boss, free ah one hit, hopefully, to free him. And then the other if there's time, the other hit would go for one of the with guards that stood directly i'm directly between. Okay, go for the first one. Enemy of my enemy is my friend. That's the shit. Let's go with that and see if that works. Go for your other ex-boss by rank. Moving along. First hit is a 12 against the lock. That will hit.
00:31:23
Speaker
i have but I have a damage for it. Nice. Okay, okay, okay. It's going to be 10 points of slashing damage, and then i want to kill the lock, so I'm go to use necrotic damage. Six points of necrotic damage, so 16 points. I'm not sure necrotic damage is metal, but um I'll look at that myself. It just makes it rust. but The 10 is enough. So you smash that final lock and he's able to just yeah slowly, slowly shake, begin shaking off these chains. He's going to give Seth's going to give a knowing nod towards him for flavor and then will turn to the guard captain closest to King Leopold. So to his left. Yep.
00:31:57
Speaker
And take the second hit against him instead. That's going to be a 19 to hit. That'll hit. It's going to do five points of slashing damage and then chuck on some necrotizing four points of damage.
00:32:14
Speaker
Thank you. Nine points in total for that hit. That's bonus action to move. Sorry, i but I've used two bonus actions so
Aftermath and Planning
00:32:21
Speaker
the Bladesong isn't active. because i the okay Am I reducing your damage?
00:32:24
Speaker
No, the damage stays the same. It's just AC. and Just remember your AC. yeah i so as i just moved yeah I've changed my... bo I've written Bladesong, Shadow Blade. nice Neither of them being used. It's just the Misty Step to get in between. I could have walked, but fuck it. That's more dramatic. Nice. and Right.
00:32:42
Speaker
Darok, you're up next.
00:32:46
Speaker
Farrakh, in the split second that this has happened, has just seen Leopold go flying backwards and he's just seen Seth miss his steps and then he's aware. As that happens, he's aware that Dan Montreux is back. So Farrakh is going to... He doesn't know Alpha's hostile.
00:33:02
Speaker
He's going to go between Baal and... Alpha looking to get into the fight with Seth to keep Del Montreux safe. There's pillars there that might cause. Oh, im sorry. Apologies. Go for keys. There's guards in the south.
00:33:17
Speaker
Are we not telling him what to do? No. There are guards to the south. The aim is to get Del Montreis, right? And he's not raging at the minute, so he's not in a stupor of just fight, fight, fight. He's going to... Can he move through Bale and then Ron? Yeah, we're friendly. Oh, wait, no, it's not.
00:33:36
Speaker
Oh, wait, no, it is. yeah It is different terrain. I've got 40 feet of movement, so that should still get me into that fight. yeah At which point, he'll see Del Montreis, he'll see Seth... and It's the first time he's ever heard Seth speak. He's never heard Seth speak before. and In fact, the the last time that that he and Seth were in this position was that when he first met the party in the Jewel the Desert Champions, where he died. And he's not about to let the people who saved his life die right now.
00:34:03
Speaker
So at that point, as all of that floods back to him, he rages, and he's going to swing for... the guard captain on Seth's right so the one that didn't hit yeah I'll go for the one you did hit actually divide and conquer I hit the one on the left I'll go for him
00:34:20
Speaker
They're both 15, so that's going to be, with the modifier, a 22 to hit. I'm confused. and the one ah to the I'm hitting the one that Seth has damaged. thank you On the get Leopold side. Go ahead and roll damage, thank you. 22 to hit.
00:34:35
Speaker
It is 9 points for slashing damage. yep Oh, it's not on fire's not on fire it's not on fire. Apologies. And then I'll roll to hit him again. yep I'll sap him anyway with that one.
00:34:47
Speaker
I don't know why I'm doing that. I've only got one dice. That's a crit. Beautiful Now's the time to use them.
00:34:57
Speaker
Not actually great rolls. That's 12 points of slashing damage. Thank you very much. He's definitely sapped. And he is sapped like a tree. Okay. Anything else you want to do No, I'm raging. i've've I've done the damage. um um That's me done.
00:35:12
Speaker
Nyx. What's the window situation like in this room? So, you have ah a solid wall to the south. And you have four westerly windows that go straight onto, and I shall reveal it for you, that go straight onto the the the the castle wall itself.
00:35:34
Speaker
And there is one guard patrolling there but facing outward. And then you have one window to the northeast the room that looks over the courtyard below. And a solid wall to the north.
00:35:47
Speaker
Okay, cool. ah Nix is going to head straight up north after hearing the voice of Dalmatrey say, save me. i wasn't in your head. I think that's just in... No, it was in Nix's and it was in... Oh, sorry. I'm sorry.
00:36:04
Speaker
And he's just he's trying to do quick calculations of windows... He's going to run north, so we'll go past Altha. But he's going to take full movement, 30 feet straight up north.
00:36:20
Speaker
And if I get there, and then I know what i'm going to do. But I assume because this motherfucker is hostile, he's going to try and... Fuck's sake, Callum. and Yeah, that's up to Callum. But you see Nyx as... Yeah, I see Nyx as hostile. I'm going to go and punch him. Basically, you're seeing him as Uron cardinal.
00:36:38
Speaker
It's really what you're seeing. Oh, that is so bad. Yeah, um I'm definitely going to be taking an attack of opportunity. With what? Bloody good job Alpha doesn't use weapons. Is your cannon turret still there as well? Cannon turret's still there, but as an attack of opportunity, it's a bonus action to use. It's just for our relevance and whether it follows your commands.
00:36:59
Speaker
So I'm just going to do an unarmed strike against Nick's curl as he tries to run and past me. Clothesline, is it? Yeah. Doink! for a 10. okay cool that misses we're good um i'm like what the fuck alpha oh i look in your eyes what do i see carter personality alpha is entirely untreated he just looks bit angry and but he is magically not he knows you're angry he knows you're doing there's nothing you would perceive on a quick glance
00:37:32
Speaker
oh Oh, okay. Nyx is just going hop forward still. it's just straight up north. He's not going to go near the guard, Captain. So it's up north, 30 feet. Cool. As he gets to the corner of the room, he's going to turn to the window that is to the far north, but facing not the courtyard way. So towards the castle walls, he's going to cast Eldritch Blast against it and hit it.
00:37:53
Speaker
Hopefully. Ta-da.
00:37:58
Speaker
For a 10. that To smash the glass? Yes. Six seeds. With force damage, it's 10 on the force damage. So does that shatter the... Shadows of Glass. Shadows
Regrouping and Conflict Resolution
00:38:10
Speaker
of Glass. All right, well, good. Okay, means for escape over here as Nick points to the open window now.
00:38:18
Speaker
think he's taken five, 10, 15, 15, 15, 15. He has taken full movement. He's got one more Eldritch Blast, so he's going to turn to the nearest captain guard to Seth's east and jet out a hand, purple energy from his horns, bam, into...
00:38:39
Speaker
That motherfucker. Four. That's better. 18 hit. Hits. Yeah, it does. Give me something good.
00:38:50
Speaker
And eight points of force damage. Nice. On the one, sorry, closest to you. Yes. That one there. Yes. Thank you very much. That's the end of my go.
00:39:01
Speaker
Awesome. Alpha, your turn. um no one other than Nyx would have seen Alpha make a swipe at Nyx. Too busy fighting. Nyx is unsure about what really happened because he had focus in his mind. He doesn't have a clue what's going through yours.
00:39:19
Speaker
Yeah, I think Alpha would have stuck and followed Nyx's path. um He was going to go for more...
00:39:32
Speaker
One more powerful levels. Two spells. going to cast Shatter um in the area where Nyx Carell Motherfucker.
00:39:45
Speaker
Was that con save? It's a con save. What's the radius on Shatter? I thought was going to counter in action. Ten feet. Yeah, ten feet radius. Why would you? like Why would I think? think yeah I know he's casting a spell. Why would I? Why would you think it'd be? So con saving and throw, yeah? Yeah. That's unfortunate for me. How's 14?
00:40:04
Speaker
ah Meets it meets. Ten foot radius. Yeah, yeah. All the windows are gone. Yeah. Nix isn't about to go out the window. Still take half damage. yeah Which brown is yeah is going to be eight points of thunder damage. not Oh, it's thunder.
00:40:23
Speaker
Thunder. And as that erupts. Is that eight halved? That's already been halved. Fuck. As that erupts, the north eastern corner of this stone walled room crumbles. As Nix, you feel the evening air against your back.
00:40:41
Speaker
as As that corner of the castle just collapses in that shatter. Is Nick still concentrating on hypnotic pattern as well? No, no. no now I dropped that when I did detect thoughts.
00:40:55
Speaker
Bonus action. Force ballista. Yep. Oh, fuck. 24 to hit. Yeah, all that hits. I'm glad I'm not the one you hate the most. Oh, wait.
00:41:10
Speaker
12 points of force damage. Half that, I'm resistant. To force? To force damage? Yep. Nice. Brooch of shielding. Oh, wait, hold on. Yeah, no, am. Yeah, yeah, yeah. yeah yeah yeah Amateur protection, whatever it is And you are pushed back by four. Oh, I'm out the window.
00:41:30
Speaker
ah Make go a dex save to see if you can use any of the rubble to keep you in the thornment. Dex saving time. Alpha just went full So you what you are you are thrust back, but there is enough crop there that stops you from falling into the courtyard, but you will sustain...
00:41:52
Speaker
oh Six points bludgeoning damage. No! Why are you more effective for the bad guys than us? Yeah, you know the most fucking damage. Because he holds on to his spells. You will see this as Alpha is trying to kill Nix. course we do.
00:42:06
Speaker
People are going, well, it's about time. yeahs rough Fair enough. Anything else you want to do? No, nothing else I can do at the moment. You gain inspiration, but you may only use it on aggressive actions against players. Ha ha ha!
00:42:20
Speaker
That means you have to... Oh my god. You dirty bastard. While under this effect. Baal, cook him. and Thank you. It is the guard's turn. Oh shit. forgot about them.
00:42:31
Speaker
They're going to wail. So one is going to run past you, Alpha. ah And go for Baal. One for Emron. Oh, this might be really clean. and One for Seth and one for Tharok Sonjari. And we are going to do two strikes with a longsword each. So the two on Baal.
00:42:50
Speaker
uh will be a you have to remind me when i get to the one striking you seth but the first move is sapped please correct um that is a 24 on the first hit and a 10 on the second first will yes oh it's low it's seven points of slashing damage h the' take on emran a seven
00:43:12
Speaker
a nineteen and a seven Miss or bounce off the armour. Nice. and The two on Tharok is 16 and a 6. Both miss. Nice. That's quite a disadvantage. Thank you.
00:43:26
Speaker
is an 18 and then 20. and then a twenty I'm going to instigate shield. Both miss. All strikes from all of these guard captains result in a miss. Apart from yours.
00:43:40
Speaker
But thank you. Baal, bottom of the round. Yeah, no worries. Baal is shaking his head and then he's looking at King Leopold and goes, you dare use her against me? And he's going to go, gracecraft toang and cast heat metal on King Leopold's armour. Yeah! What level? Fuck that guy. I... Am I... No, I'm angry. Fuck this shit. Third level.
00:44:08
Speaker
It is counterspelled. Counterspell. Counterspell. Counterspell. Yes. Wait, what are the new rules on the counterspell? Do I need to make a save see if Yes, yes. So firstly, firstly, firstly, slow down. If Nix is immediately counterspelling counterspell, then you haven't got to worry.
00:44:22
Speaker
He's counterspelling the counterspell. So and what happens now is that the king will need to make us have a roll the king will need to make a constitution saving throw. I don't know what your con save will be, though. Basically, if he gets past Nix, it then comes to R. So the king has to make the con save.
00:44:41
Speaker
i for ma What's the DC? 14. You're like Gladiator Gauntlet. He has to get past you and then it's Baal. So whatever his save is, it's 14. Holds 14. You said it was different, didn't you? No, it's whatever your con is. If he meets a 14, then I have to make a con save to see if I get to keep my spell up. Yeah, so let's do one time. I've got it here.
00:44:59
Speaker
Yeah, I've got it. I've got it. I've got it. I've had it for a long time. He's got Mark for on D&D right on front of him. and One reaction, when you see a creature within 60 feet of you casting a verbal, semantical material component, you attempt to interrupt the creature's process casting a spell. The creature made it a constitution saving throw. On a failed save, the spell dissipates with no effect. the but ah of And the action, bonus action, or reaction was used to cast it was what is wasted. If that spell was cast with a spell slot, the spell slot is not expended.
00:45:22
Speaker
he keeps the spell slot. Do you need Will to say the same thing? Will's put his hand up to challenge. LAUGHTER He's on a Reddit forum, don't listen to him. counter argument. Mark has got the spell in front of him, to be Because you've already cast a spell, counter spell is a spell. if you Have you already cast a spell this turn? This is me. and This is him. It's a reaction.
00:45:42
Speaker
It's a reaction. So on his turn, the turn is my turn. Instantaneous, semantic component. no, no. It's my turn, not his turn. So you're okay. Yeah, it's fine. Just check. Yeah. All right. Should be okay. That was the whole reactions and both reactions and spells. It's getting heated. What did he roll? King Leopold rolled at 18.
00:45:58
Speaker
Okay. Fuck! So he's beaten your counterspell. Yeah. Does that mean that your counterspell is burnt up? Spell's still there. I've got my spell slot, but... Your reaction. Okay. So it's my... No, counterspell.
00:46:10
Speaker
Counterspell succeeds. I'm going to counterspell it. You're going to counterspell it. Oh, shit! This player's in this game! It's con 15 for Con 15. Why are you better than Better at magic. 14. 14. why you better than me cook but ah ah fourteen So he just turns around and literally finger up. Silence! Like that to him Not in my house. Because he's got perfect line of sight through the gap. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And just literally just holds him in a moment. And Nithravar goes up and just, i imagine, just screams in his face and just the king staggers back at him.
00:46:45
Speaker
Fucking flavour. Anyway, stops him from casting. Stops him from counterspelling. The heat metal. Okay. Awesome. Wait. I'm just wondering, because I see Seth as an enemy. You've done a reaction. You've had your reaction. You've had your reaction. I did my attack of opportunity before I actually took turn. And then if it's his turn, it's his turn. So it's perfect. That's fine. Carry on then. I can't do anything. Fucking deck. Hold on. By getting you to attack me, that was good. Yeah, it was good. We're good. Good one, Nick. Good one. King Leopold takes 14 points of fire damage as his armor heats up. Are you targeting the armor? Yes. Fuck that bitch. Cook him! So I'm right, Leopold's going to take turn damage from your smite.
Handling the Aftermath
00:47:26
Speaker
Yeah. And then turn damage at the end? He takes it right now, and then every single turn that he is wearing said armour... At the end or the start? I mean, it says, I can use a bonus action every single turn. He makes no save, it's just he fucking cooks when I make bonus action on it. You have to burn action. Yeah, from this point on. Great.
00:47:46
Speaker
um So he's taken that damage... ah And with that and knowing that he's semi-surrounded, going to get his wildfire spirit You've got to get concentration saving blow as well for alpha. No, unless it's not coming from King Leopold.
00:48:03
Speaker
Oh, wait, yeah, burn him, bitch. Yeah. Did I do it? Did I roll? Did I roll? Did I roll? What the fuck?
00:48:12
Speaker
you You're still under the effects. I'm in control. Okay. ah The wildfire spirit is going to come in and envelop Baal and take him 15 feet away from... He doesn't see currently Alpha as this enemy because he's just broken out this spell and his focus is on Leopold being a cunt. So he is going to envelop himself...
00:48:32
Speaker
ah And let me just quickly check to see the range or the distance on what and how far away things need to be. You definitely check that explicit box on Zencast, don't you? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Cool, Cool.
00:48:47
Speaker
Yeah, so what I would do is i Yeah, no. There's two people near me. would he do this? Would he... Yes, because there's no other way around it. The the path of least resistance, technically, is the wildfire spirit flying over the guard captain's head that is to his south. To his north.
00:49:08
Speaker
you To Baal's south. Oh, yeah. yeah And casting fiery teleportation on him there. Mm-hmm. which would technically affect Alpha and Emron. There's no other place I can see... Oh no, unless it was above the one where it would just affect Emron. I'm still going to leave you in a fiery explosion. i can take it.
00:49:29
Speaker
Cool. Yeah. Okay, fuck it. That's what he would do then. He'd probably... Well, he's in his ease's in a rage. So the Wildfire Spirit would fly over the head of the captain that is nearest to Emron, and it would teleport him, and if Emron was willing... away to the northeast 15 feet if Emron isn't willing so kind of eastward so kind of further away from Leopold near east towards Nyxon Northeastern Correct, correct yeah I trust Emron If that thing's happening I'm moving Yeah, yeah, yeah Because if you're left behind you get damaged if you don't you're fine I need the remaining um shield guard to make a DC 15 deck save Errrrr
00:50:11
Speaker
Five. Cool, that fails. He takes six points of fire damage as this mini explosion engulfs both Emron and Baal and takes them 15 feet away from the enemies, away from King Leopold. as And Baal as well. Burning. Yes, Baal is there. And Baal is effectively going to move himself...
00:50:29
Speaker
um now basically as far away from the combat he's got that concentration burning he knows that he is dealing damage to King Leopold and he's getting himself next to Nyx next to the exit. You're going to put it the other way around then put if you want be further think that would be better yeah yeah so so Emron Emron is closer to the fight Baal is further away from the fight Walfar Spirit is right next to his shoulder and he is yeah Cast his spell, get out of there, let that fucker burn, and support where he can. that's That's my turn.
00:51:01
Speaker
I've moved this appropriately. Thank you. Bottom of the round has concluded. The door swings open.
00:51:13
Speaker
As two stone defenders rush in, followed by two previously charmed
00:51:25
Speaker
members of Sleekguard's personal guard. And as we enter the top of the round, the kingly appalled Sleekguard marches casually... He needs to take some from first. Thank hold that a second.
00:51:40
Speaker
Casually marches northward to the now smashed glass that nicks. Broke. Sorry, what am I taking? You're taking 11 points of fire damage as you burn. Thank you. And then you need to make a con saving throw, please.
New Threats Emerge
00:51:54
Speaker
I'm making that anyway. Can you remind me when I take... Not yet.
00:52:01
Speaker
That is 19. For me, or yeah. i john say yeah the The fire goes out on you from me. Okay. ah Oh! Alpha, you are no longer wanting to harm your friends.
00:52:14
Speaker
I mean, we might want to punch you bit just to check. We might want to harm you, but... Yeah, yeah. He was more effective when he was hurting us. He was. keep him Does he lose that inspiration ah you have You have inspiration. Yeah, I have inspiration. um Which you could only spend previously on harming your friends. You now just have inspiration without any restriction. Nice. Until he charms you again. Oh, shit. Thanks, King Leopold.
00:52:38
Speaker
Such a guy well guy. Leopold is going to return his sword to its hilt. With one hand, conjure up a blue spell. And with one, a red.
00:52:53
Speaker
And then he's going to raise the red spell towards his own guard captain. A blue spell towards Nyx. I'm doing this slowly, so if anyone wants to counter spell anything, they have the opportunity. yeah ah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. If I see a spell coming towards me, I'm going counter that motherfucker. Has it been your turn? No.
00:53:11
Speaker
It's of the round. Has it been your turn again, yeah. I thought it was on their turn again. Oh, really? Yeah, your reaction's reset on your turn. So I'm going to just raise big puppy dog eyes? No. None of us can do nothing. Puss in boots. And you watch.
00:53:25
Speaker
As Leopold says, by all means, leave.
00:53:30
Speaker
That means you make a deck save.
00:53:36
Speaker
No. Oh no. Oh no. Oh no, no, no, no. Cool. That is a grand total of five. Nix. Yeah. The window you smashed. Yeah. You are propelled out of as this catapult-like pull yeets you.
00:53:51
Speaker
I'm falling. Out. Does it go out the way he's going? Out the window that he just smashed west. But i thought, he isn't he hanging out in the building right now? No, so he's not he's fallen back onto some debris. Right. But he's still in the building. Sorry, I thought he was hanging by. But he smashed a window on the opposite course he did, yeah. And you watch as you're just flung.
00:54:08
Speaker
i burnt my reaction, didn't I? You did. You did. But you are hurtling. Shit! Is Demand Tresor just turned yet? No, he goes after Emron. um You're now hurtling to the ground. you're eighty or You are now 80 feet.
00:54:23
Speaker
No, you went up. So you are 100 feet above ground level. Shit. That's pretty high. It's okay. But you are cast bolted out. And then, with this red spell, Seth,
00:54:39
Speaker
This um guard captain, this this member of his own personal guard that you are squared up with just falls lifeless and you watch all of his energy pull out of this person and they go completely skeletal. They lose all flesh, they lose all blood, it all dissipates, they just fall to the floor as a pile of bones and armour and the king regains vigour as a result.
00:55:05
Speaker
Of course he does.
00:55:09
Speaker
Emron, your turn. Okay, I'd like to hit the guard captain in front of me, please, with my hammer. Yeah, i see it. Go on. So the one that's to the east of Seth Farah River. Yep.
00:55:24
Speaker
It's good. It's 25. That hits. He will take 11 points of bludgeoning damage. Thank you. He will take...
00:55:37
Speaker
Three points of force damage. Thank you. He will move five feet towards the south. you can You can push him south? Is it not push away from Once per turn, when you hit a creature, you you can move it's um you can move it five feet to unoccupied space. He doesn't say what direction. right but Strike from the right. And then it needs to make a con saving throw, please. I try and topple him. Shot through the heart. He's used to blame. but blame i but six ah He is toppled.
00:56:07
Speaker
He is prone. Lovely. I'm then going to move 5, 10, 15, 20 feet, shimmying past Seth Farrow Weaver to go towards King Leopold.
00:56:20
Speaker
Oh, shit. I'm then going action surge.
00:56:26
Speaker
Step it up. And I'm going to hit King Leopold of Sleeklad. Go for it. For Shadow Men. That's 15. Misses. Yeah, fair it would. ah For Reigns.
00:56:40
Speaker
Your son says hello. Oh, it doesn't do anything. Wait, it's not your son. there wrong wrong Wrong leader. Never mind. Ignore me. You're not fighting you know and Cardinal. I didn't. No, he meant Sam. I meant Sam. Oh, shit, no way. Yeah, that son. Yeah, fuck that guy. Best day of my life. Best day of my life. Killer King. Spit in his face.
00:56:58
Speaker
ah I hoctured into his face. Not hoctures, hoctua. Sorry. Spit on that thing, come on. what Trace's turn? On that? Oh, shit. Trace backs away from... Foire. Before he does, just places one hand on your shoulder, Seth, and casts Haste. ah Oh, shit! The speed is higher, you have an extra action in your turn, and the rest stuff that's available in Haste. Oh, look And... think can attack four times, though. Shut yes. Oh, sorry, I mean, yes, yes.
00:57:30
Speaker
Because if you take... Who is he closest to...
00:57:36
Speaker
We'll hold... yeah It's worth an action search. We'll hold that. But Seth, you are hasted. Nice. Thank you. ah And it is your turn. Okay.
00:57:49
Speaker
Sorry, I'm doing the rest of the thing. Plus one action. Nice! He's going smile. Twinkle in his eye. And he is going to... ah There's a guard prone on the floor. yeah I know. don't know if he gets to go with that attack of opportunity if I leave a space if he's prone. You'll still get an opportunity attack. Is disadvantage if he's prone?
00:58:07
Speaker
No. No. It's only you hit him with advantage, he doesn't hit you with disadvantage. Fine. He's going to look directly Demontreus and hand down to the side. Red wisps will form up as we'll cast third level Shadow Blade. Yeah, buddy. And then he will walk unbeknownst, uncaring of the attack behind him and join Emron at facing King Leopold II. Yep. Not to be a king as long as he gets it. Do I have an attack? No, you won't. You will.
00:58:41
Speaker
A disadvantage because he's prone? No, it's not a disadvantage because he's prone. No, Will. 14 to hit. Misses.
00:58:52
Speaker
And then with his blade, his big old blade of love, love blade, some might say. I'm going speed roll.
00:59:05
Speaker
four attacks okay yes per action can do an extra attack i have no offhand weapon so i can't do my bonus i've always done okay so it's gonna be a natural one excellent start 18 hit hits shit
00:59:23
Speaker
okay okay so it's 12 plus twenty one hit three hits shit okay okay um says twelve plus
00:59:34
Speaker
Maths, maths, maths, maths, maths. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. yeah three five six seven eight nine
00:59:40
Speaker
98. What? Eat, shouldn't got a big health problem. His face is lit up. His face is lit up. Yeah. Did that say what i thought it said? What'd you get? What'd you get? What'd you get?
00:59:58
Speaker
So it's 98 because it's three of the four attacks hit. 98 plus 12 because it's four attacks. Each attack gets a plus four. yep 55 points of <unk>yki of psychic damage against the king.
01:00:14
Speaker
And this is with the blade of wounding? No, this is with the shadow blade. the shadow blade Which I use my bonus action to cast at third level, which gives me tasty the highest level of attack I could possibly have for it. Repeat the
Seth's Victory
01:00:25
Speaker
damage. 55 points of psychic damage.
01:00:29
Speaker
How do you want to kill a king? That's what Danny's going to say. Chop off his motherfucking head. It's time to end this campaign. Danny did not think we would kill the king. Did we win?
01:00:46
Speaker
We didn't win. do we get level up? win. Let him speak. Let him speak. As you wail on the king, three significant strikes.
01:00:57
Speaker
Despite the fact that the king literally sacrificed his own personal guard to recover health moments ago.
01:01:06
Speaker
You exactly meet his maximum hit point. Oh, yes. In three single strikes. Wow.
01:01:17
Speaker
And as you strike the third time, images flash through your mind of how much care and how much
01:01:28
Speaker
importance you put behind Sleetgaard name in the past. And you are flooded with servitude, with patriotism for a kingdom you are now destroying the leader of in service maybe of the person you thought was the enemy up until right now and as that third strike of your shadow blade pierces through the heart of kingly uphold the second
01:02:02
Speaker
He falls lifeless on the floor. Can I have the have him by the the scruff of the neck as that third that third strike comes in and he will, with a tear in his eye, say, I'm sorry.
01:02:18
Speaker
But not you.
01:02:21
Speaker
Not you. then he'd let go and let him fall to the ground. Then you drop this lifeless corpse to the floor and watch his blood spill on his own throne.
01:02:37
Speaker
Watch and do the rest of your turn.
01:02:42
Speaker
Fuck.
01:02:44
Speaker
him I I didn't think you'd do that much in a single... No, no, no. was the haste. It was the haste. um
01:02:55
Speaker
ah oh he wants to tell everyone to leave he's conflicted because he wants to shout your king is dead and I hold the sigil of the king the new king Sebastian Sleetgaard but at the same time Nyx has just been yeeted out a fucking window and he wants to tell Delmond Trace to do something about it
01:03:18
Speaker
what does he go for his kingdom or his friend he's going to go for his friend and he's going to look to Delmond and say do something, go to Nyx, and points out the window he was yeeted out of.
01:03:30
Speaker
I don't, I have a, he'd say something to us but i don't want to take the piss in terms of a free action, yep because he's done, I guess he's hasted, so he's probably speaking really fucking quickly anyway. yeah um
01:03:42
Speaker
If he had any more left, he would announce to the room, your king is dead, flee. ah No, your king is dead, I am, I am the, You'll probably get Your King is Dead out in the time. Yeah, okay, Your King is Dead. Announce that. Your King is Dead!
01:03:55
Speaker
Thank you, Seth. You're welcome. Sorry for ruining your game. Our game. It's not ruined. oh You ruined our game. exactly You ruined it for everyone. Not just damage.
Strategizing Future Threats
01:04:07
Speaker
Varok, your turn. There's a proned ah member of a personal guard for a being that no longer exists next to you. Your flame is alight. Your rage is burning. The flames are alight. had to distinguish. Fine. Your rage is burning. Your flame is no longer alight.
01:04:24
Speaker
Varok is going to...
01:04:29
Speaker
Have I just heard that your king is dead? Yeah, shattered it, yeah. Okay. Farrakh is going to... not He's going to use his bonus action to extinguish to to extend his rage, and he's going to point his sword at the guard captain who's on the ground, and he's holding an action. If the guard captain comes back with something hostile, I'm slitting his throat. Yeah, you are.
01:04:56
Speaker
Okay. The whole action is an attack. Is that right? Yes. Bonus action to extend rage. So the blade still isn't alight. Vix, as you are now moving horizontally, not vertically just yet, your new cape flapping away behind you, um but surely hurtling to a very painful fall, what do choose to Possibly, but is there fire around me?
01:05:21
Speaker
Yes. Ha, cool. Ha, damn. Here we go. This guy! You've got the cave! Oh, yeah! It's a good job. You didn't get rid of that cave. was also worried, but I also had other spells. I'm okay, guys. I'm okay. Because Nyx has always found himself in a free fall. He has got things. He's got three different things to get himself out of this.
01:05:45
Speaker
So he's okay. He's like, fuck, I thought you were screwed. I thought you were screwed but you were falling five feet to your wall to death. The first time, second time, third time he's learned. So he's kind of almost got his hands behind his head as he so he gets yeeted out as he's just like, it's like the third time. It's getting rather embarrassing. Let's just see what this thing does as he yeah ah grips hold of the chains that surround his neck so that he can imbue the fiery cape with his own purple magic that's emanating from his horns as he channels the fire within and all fire within a certain radius.
01:06:27
Speaker
dispels as his big explosion in the sky you guys would hear this and uh nix takes a 1d8 fire damage yeah as all as all of the sconces along that western turret of castle goldport goldview are extinguished must be getting dark now Thankfully, it's three points of fire damage. That's halved because i am ah resistant to fires. Oh, good. Does that make it two or one?
01:06:56
Speaker
Two, you round up. ah Nyx has fly bestowed upon him. Yep, that's one minute. As he gets yeeted out, he is coming straight back into the window. The cape flapping behind him as his fiery outline kind of circles through like Doctor Strange and he lands...
01:07:14
Speaker
Yeah, fuck it. He'll circle round the other side of the window so he makes that kind of look On the throne, on the throne. No kidding.
01:07:25
Speaker
um And he lands back in and takes a hard look to the right where he sees Seth and his blade drenched in the blood of King Leopold, who's laid lifeless on the floor and just goes, oh, oh, fuck.
01:07:45
Speaker
We need to go
01:07:49
Speaker
That's the end of my go. Alpha, your turn.
01:07:54
Speaker
Choose your sides. I attack Paul. He's farted again. That's what he's saying there. bonuse It's a bonus action. time action yeah ah
01:08:08
Speaker
As an action. Once per day as an action. so you've got a bonus action left if you want to use it. No, what I wanted to do is not in my remit of bonus action. Nothing.
01:08:20
Speaker
He's going to connect his mind to Delmontre's as a bonus action. So he's used waker mind. you want to say anything? You have six seconds of speech.
01:08:31
Speaker
No, he'll know that Nyx is linked, though. um It's more of a precautionary future. Okay. So it's there. It's held. Okay.
01:08:43
Speaker
Alpha. Thing...
01:08:47
Speaker
ah King Leopold does get completely slashed to bits. Tharok take the peaceful option with the guard captain. Alpha is probably going to do the same, but he's going to kind of... No, he sees Nix is safe anyway. Swing round with his gun to the accumulation of enemies down at the bottom.
01:09:08
Speaker
And just hold his gun out and you're going to hear a bit of an energy build up just for flavour. But you're see the turret kind of do the same on a lock and load stuff. It's like, I wouldn't try it.
01:09:20
Speaker
And just like a slight threatening stance towards the bottom. Okay. Do you have action? Ready the action? Yeah. I'll ready the turret action in all fairness. On which target? It'll be on the stone defender if they take an aggressive move towards myself.
01:09:39
Speaker
Well, no, aggressive move towards anybody. um Be really clear about what your trigger is.
01:09:50
Speaker
Say words. You're not Twitter. You haven't reached your limit. He has reached his limit. know to word this correctly. Fuck you, Will. Both of you, both of you Will.
01:10:04
Speaker
Got a free pass, though, I did. right Yeah, i'll I'll say if they go to attack any one of my party. That's the wording go with. If any of the stone um defenders go to... If any of the stone defenders, and I'll leave it to the south, because it's only them there, attack myself or any of the party, then I will have my turret fire upon them.
01:10:25
Speaker
Thank Very, very specific thing, but I think it's the only safe way I can proceed. Thank you. Did your turret do more damage than the gun? Yeah. Oh, that's good. It's the guard's turn.
01:10:37
Speaker
And those that aren't prone and pinned down by the threat of your sword, Tharok, run in fear.
01:10:48
Speaker
And one of them just shouts, He was the only one controlling them! And they leave the room. Oh dear. And with great speed. The one that you're pinning down, Barok, goes to stand. Now remember your trigger was what exactly? ah An aggressive action. If he goes to run, he will be allowed to run.
01:11:10
Speaker
He goes to run. But too fearful to run past the stone defenders. Leaps out of the newly discarded wall to the northeast falling into the courtyard. Sustaining damage as he falls. And you just you just sort of see Baal at the corner of your eye.
01:11:27
Speaker
This captain fall 20 feet and limp. and Fleeing towards the gatehouse to the north.
01:11:36
Speaker
You're left in the room with the stone defenders. yeah But it's Baal's turn. So, Barl's been behind a pillar, with Seth having killed the king. He's seen this person fleeing, but he has a rage over his eyes. They are like molten metal gold pouring down, and he's going to use his bonus action to still heat that armour.
01:12:01
Speaker
And he is going to storm his way past each pillar, pushing beside Seth where the body of the slain king is. And he is just going to yell at the body, You die!
01:12:15
Speaker
And he is going to use his breath weapon on the body of King Leopold Sleetgaard II and just immolate that corpse.
01:12:28
Speaker
Okay. I hope he's a big body of a honest corpse. That is my action. Is it a cone? I can choose a cone or a line. If it's going to be a cone and hit anyone, I certainly wouldn't. There is a way you can control it. Yeah, then he's going to do that. And he is That is in his mind, this person has used his most prized, loved things in all the world to try and turn him against his friends. And he is seeing rage. And he is converting that rage into fire. And he is converting that fire into destruction. And that's me.
01:13:03
Speaker
Very nice. Roll damage for me because there's a certain damage threshold where you will melt flesh. Okay. he will be beyond certain resurrection abilities. Okay. Excellent. Many revify. I'm going to bring you back so I can do it myself. So I kill you again.
01:13:19
Speaker
So ah he obviously doesn't get to make a save because he's dead. So it is simply 2d10, it looks like. That is a d4. Let's go for this one. It's 9. That's 18 points fire damage on the corpse. As most of his body now begins to turn to ash slowly while it's cindering.
01:13:41
Speaker
And you see Baal just seething there, still flame erupting from his mouth onto the corpse.
01:13:50
Speaker
Anything else you want to do your turn? I've got a bonus action. ah The Wildfire Spirit would stay probably where he is. Semisentinel at the window. ah He's not thinking properly. He's in rage. So, no.
01:14:06
Speaker
That's Val. That's me.
01:14:11
Speaker
It's the Stone Golem's turn. It's the Stone Defender's push-up.
01:14:18
Speaker
And both surround Alpha. You can take him. And wail heavily on you. and bal With their voices.
01:14:28
Speaker
trigger your action yeah I mean, the fact that everything else has run away from them. Do you want to use a triggered action first? No, my triggered action only works when they actually hit me. Okay, so the first one's coming to hit you right now.
01:14:41
Speaker
I'm really sorry, I just remembered that I forgot to do any damage with the heat metal armor. Do you want me to roll that damage as well? Sorry, I just realized as was going through them... It's being heated! Because, yeah, that was his bonus action as well, wasn't it? Yeah, I'll do it, yeah. So the armor took 10 points of fire damage as well.
01:15:02
Speaker
He is beyond the effects of remove of fire now. Cool, thank you. Cool, cheers.
01:15:09
Speaker
Alpha, you're being hit for a natural 20. Oh, shit. You deserve it. and As you take 26 points of damage and you are automatically knocked prone, which means the second one, as it comes in to hit you, is moving so at advantage and rolls 19 to hit.
01:15:35
Speaker
One off a crit. Shield. Shield. yeah Okay, but you sustain the original damage. But it will have triggered your yeah opportunity. Sorry, your prepared action.
01:15:46
Speaker
yeah So my turret is going to fire at the clockwork. The one that hit you. yeah me At disadvantage on it. It is at disadvantage. It's still an 18 to hit. ah Hits.
01:15:57
Speaker
And it's 12 points of force damage. Thank you very much. And he gets pushed away from me 5-4. Nice. Thank you very much. Okay, top the round. He is now dead.
01:16:10
Speaker
Emron.
01:16:14
Speaker
um Is Leopold's crown in one piece? Yeah. Is his sword still there? Yeah. Emron looks to Baal and Seth and be like, we should grab them for Sebastian.
01:16:28
Speaker
And then I'm going to move to help. think it's an action to pick those things up nowadays. So I'm going to leave that for others right now. We've got some steel things to
City's Defense Compromised
01:16:36
Speaker
kill. Going to move down to the south and hit me a Clockwork Stone Defender.
01:16:41
Speaker
Go for it. yeah Give up. That's a 14. Miss. Yeah, I figured it did. That's me done. Next. It's Delmon Trace's turn.
01:16:53
Speaker
That's it.
01:16:56
Speaker
We must run. Now.
01:17:00
Speaker
just announces to the room. And casts Fireball to the south. On us. In a way that is not going to anyone, just the clockwork stone. I knew he was a good guy. An evocation with it. Fuck Chris Grubber.
01:17:17
Speaker
Good guys become bad guys. Bad guys become good guys. The better was right. The better was right. They both take 44 points of fire damage.
01:17:30
Speaker
hi i it It's not 55, though, so... It is not 55. Get your fucking lane down once. Up your game, man. dragons And he's just going to sort of walk over to the shattered window where the wildfire spirit is and look out amongst the courtyard.
01:17:51
Speaker
What's wrong Darren Darren looks like had a heart attack I've just realised what the consequences of he was the only one controlling I thought that's only two of them but then was like no there's a whole fucking kingdom of kingdom full of them the city's fucked Seth your turn Nix can you carry him and he points to Dalmond you can't respond i'm get him out fly we'll catch up with you Where we said, and then he's going to... Nick's doesn't know where. shit.
01:18:28
Speaker
Nick's doesn't know where. That place that we decided that you are not privy to. You know that place that you were not allowed to hear? There, go there. Sorry, Mark, just to be like guy doesn't that guy. Doesn't matter. He's going to say that. He's going to say that. Grab him, fly, go.
01:18:43
Speaker
We'll meet up later. You know where to go. unknowing that he doesn't know obviously because he assumes everyone knows now um and then he's going to ah if you're putting me that action to speak and that time to speak not action please then he's going to 5 10 15 push between Tharok and Seth no Tharok and Emron I can't position myself where I can hit both. So still with the Shadow Blade, will position himself with back to back with Alpha and then will strike at the Clockwork Stone Defender with his Shadow Blade. The one that was pushed back. The one that was pushed back, correct, yeah.
01:19:19
Speaker
So the first one is an unnatural 20 to hit. The second one is a hit. to hit oh nice.
01:19:32
Speaker
11 points of damage for the first one. Fuck, I've only got one DA. Why am I doing this? It's not 50 plus, it? I've got a literal app here. Just for the reader, Mark was just using his fingers like one of those kids that kind of does the finger maths things to try and create the numbers. He failed. Just be glad I wasn't using the fingers on your mum. Because that action has not worked on anyone I've known. Right, um...
01:19:57
Speaker
And the other attack was 16 points of um of psychic damage. Thank you. You're still hastened. And then he's going to attack twice more because I get an extra attack, obviously. The first one is going to be a nerdy one, baby. But that also means the next one will be 18 to hit hit. Which means he's going to take an additional 22 points of psychic damage. Which is exactly the remaining hit points of that stone defender. You're doing so well. Send in the Seth. Someone haste Seth. Fuck me, I know. It's insane. haven't even got my off weapon. I've got bonus action.
01:20:34
Speaker
I'm going to draw as a bonus action the scimitar of wounding. yeahp I can't do anything apart from draw it, but it's a quickened because I've got dual weaponry. I should have done that first and then attack because then I wouldn't be able to use the bone attack. Anyway, that's me done. Incredible. Nyx. No, Farok.
01:20:51
Speaker
um As the fireball has gone off and c Seth has gone by, at the same time, almost as if the fireball comes out, it's like it's going to reach out and just like reach the cusp or the heat is going to reach the side of the blade.
01:21:02
Speaker
And the blade is just going to ignite almost serendipitously at the same time. And what Farok is going to do is he's going to sprint around the side of that pillar and get to where Alpha is and just...
01:21:13
Speaker
wail on this clockwork stone defender go for it okay that's uh 19 to hit on the first one hits fabulous the last role in that i did second attack and that's a 19 to hit as well hits i do but i i like i don't get to roll dice anymore will yeah i'm with you gar thank you uh that's 11 points of slashing damage on the first one And then 9 points of slashing damage on the second one.
01:21:43
Speaker
I'll do the fire damage total. 12... 17... 19 points of fire damage total.
01:21:53
Speaker
So I also got wrong that it's not a bonus action. Thank you, Will. It's not a bonus action to draw a weapon, but um I'll stick to that. That's what I've done anyway, because... You've made it part of the action attack action as well to draw the weapon. Yeah, yeah. I have done it for literally every other combat, so I don't know why i changed it for that, but um'm I'm killing time as the others continue to talk, so um that's... Yeah.
01:22:10
Speaker
There was an incorrect use of the draw. It didn't need to be a bonus action, but we're past it now. bother i We all learn. Sorry. Thank you. sorry that are End of your turn. Yeah. Great.
Dragon's Threat and Reflection
01:22:19
Speaker
um Good damage, and this thing is looking weak.
01:22:23
Speaker
Nix, as you start your turn and you have that slight elevation and you can see out to the courtyard, yes, but then the city proper. Screams begin to erupt around the city. Oh my God. As you're hearing distant thuds.
01:22:43
Speaker
The clattering of metal on stone. But closer to home, here in the courtyard... The crushing of stone.
01:22:55
Speaker
As this giant porcupine-esque creature. The size of a dragon. That you encountered in the arena of the Jewel Desert Champions. That Prego begged you all to flee from.
01:23:09
Speaker
Another one of these creatures. Crushes the gatehouse. To the castle of Goldview. And just lets out this horrifying scream.
01:23:23
Speaker
That's where we're going to end this episode. Bellaship of the tabletop, Bellum Draconis. You goblin. I mean, but we killed a king, but... You committed regicide. We committed regicide and may have also brought about the massacre of a
Social Media and Conclusion
01:23:35
Speaker
city.
01:23:35
Speaker
Yeah. But, you know, I think what that does, what this whole thing has really done is put into perspective that those two peasants were going to die anyway. And if anything, we did them a favour by not letting them die to mechanical beasts and actually to the hand of one of the writers. Patricia might still be alive. Is this we shit? we We, as a group, are all responsible for our How's your conscience, Seth?
01:23:54
Speaker
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01:24:13
Speaker
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