Become a Creator today!Start creating today - Share your story with the world!
Start for free
00:00:00
00:00:01
The Soul Of Frost Episode 15: Choking Hazard
28 Plays1 year ago
The party continues their investigation into the Cult of Wend.
Want to help make Dice Jail possible while getting cool rewards?: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/livefromdicejail
Use my special link https://zen.ai/sDda1kXgJFnoXPw6fnQrvXdu8Fsk6w8gyKBON9JUACE to save 30% off your first month of any Zencastr paid plan.
Custom Artwork By Gregory Desiato
Artstation: https://gdesiato.artstation.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wrinkleyroyseefus?igsh=MWZ3YjJybDBhemwxMA%3D%3D&utm_source=qr
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregorydesiato?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=ios_app
CONTENT WARNING
Imillon is a dark fantasy setting, and while we tend to keep things lighthearted for the most part stories in this world will often touch on the less than savory subjects of: genocide, human experimentation, colonialism, eugenics, torture, and slavery.
Recommended
Transcript
Introduction to Episode 15
00:00:00
Speaker
Hey everyone, this is Cam, the GM for Life and Dice Jail, and you're currently listening to episode 15 of our Soul of Frost campaign, Choking Hazard. Thank you so much for tuning in, we hope you enjoy. A heart without a soul cannot beat.
00:00:22
Speaker
A heart that cannot beat turns to ice.
00:00:30
Speaker
The ice hides what once was until the soul to awaken what lies beneath the frost.
Recap and Encounter with the Dwarf
00:00:58
Speaker
You know, I very nearly said, oh, we didn't kill that man. And then I remembered what happened at the end of the session. Yeah. Yeah. So why don't we get a recap from one of you of what happened? We didn't kill that man. Cranberries, a murderer. Yeah. Last time was full of frost. The party went from the teleportation portal into a winter wasteland where we don't know where we are, where we were ambushed by a dwarf and his, and a hermanphony and a couple other of these, I like to say, eye velociraptors, but there's an actual name for them that I can't remember. Kromfox. Kromfox, yeah. Kromfox. And the party went, followed the dwarf's tracks and ambushed them while they we was trying to get back into their camp, we assume. And after we ambushed them in their camp, we took them aside for a little bit of an interrogation for subsequently Cranberry.
00:01:55
Speaker
I guess killed him in a very, very brutal way.
Discovery of the Black and Blue Energy Building
00:02:01
Speaker
Correct. That's where he left off. Cranberry not only killed him in a brutal way, Cranberry also, of note, refused Thicket's commands and actually attacked Morgrim before finally being convinced to be recalled.
00:02:25
Speaker
So that is where you currently are, in the snow, wind whipping past your heads, frostbite nipping at your noses, except for thicket, because you're- Yes, nuts are roasting.
00:02:42
Speaker
But yeah, here you are with a ah corpse next to you with the big old burn marks through the skull, um still tied up, of course,
00:02:57
Speaker
and you've got this weird otherworldly building of black and blue energy in front of you as well as over to the north looks to be a tent of some kind.
Unlocking the Strange Door
00:03:23
Speaker
So what would you like to do?
00:03:27
Speaker
Cranberry is back in Thicket's chest, yes? Currently, yes. And he's staying there. I mean, I feel like we'll probably need him at some point. Can we count on him? ah Well, that that is a question. This is like not the moment that I would love for this to be like a an issue. The good news is, I've got some magic of my own. It's channeled through Cranberry. but i'm sure it's fine to let you channel that magic through well I am I'm gonna go ahead and cast
00:04:21
Speaker
Thick it. And not God not thick it. Quiet. Yeah. The fucks you want. May I do something non damaging to you to test this? What are you going to do? But yeah, go ahead. I'm going to wrap you in some vines and I'm going to cast a vine on him. OK. OK. So.
00:04:45
Speaker
Let's see, I guess that is an attack roll, yeah. So, 18 to hit Wyatt. That as my AC, it hits. Alright, so that does hit. um So, I guess as you, Thicket, as you go to cast this spell,
00:05:04
Speaker
ah the magic, you all watches the magic, like, Thicket does the gesture. And it's nothing happens for a moment before seemingly almost begrudgingly, a bunch of vines sort of whip out of the gem in his chest and wrap around thicket's arms before spreading to Wyatt.
00:05:31
Speaker
Got some performance anxiety, but works well enough, I suppose. Yeah, Keith, let me go now.
00:05:41
Speaker
ah
00:05:43
Speaker
Yeah, yeah. I'm going to assist in his attempt to escape. It's it's only asked for a round, I think. Oh, no. Do you heighten it? No, no, no, no, no. OK. All right. Last round. It is automatically heighten. It doesn't matter. It's like 10 seconds. It's it's two rounds. So it's 12 seconds. Oh, don't worry. It'll it'll. So ah yeah we're off. soon Don't don't you worry. Just just a few more seconds.
00:06:12
Speaker
ah Just a little bit longer. um Oh my god. There you go.
00:06:23
Speaker
All right. What are we doing now? I suppose we're going to go to the tent first. Sure, we can check the tent first. OK. To the tent. I'll put you all in the trench real quick so that we don't have to deal with you getting stuff off. Thank you. I appreciate being put in the trench. There you are. You're now in the trench.
00:06:45
Speaker
So, yeah, it appears as you approach the tent that it is a regular old winterized red canvas tent with a zip-up flap. With an awning on the front. Can I see or hear any sign of people being inside? Which G20 would you like to use today? Oh, Christ. I'm gonna consult my notes. Understandable.
00:07:15
Speaker
okay um we're gonna pick six six interesting choice you say that after every dice shut up this one is actually an interesting choice so that's what you say after every dice why is it so interesting because this is the one that i think has killed two player characters
00:07:40
Speaker
Excuse me. No, because I have 14 listed as the one that killed Karak. So it's kill. It's maybe killed one player character. Oh, no, bro. in Which one? In Pathfinder at least. Okay. So anyways, you do not, you believe you do not hear or see any signs of life on the other side. You don't see any light on the other side either. Ready?
00:08:08
Speaker
Ready as it will ever be. Margaret, you open it up and inside you can see it seems that this tent has been erected and staked into a sheet of ice and carved into the ice etched in with silver is a teleportation circle. Oh. Oh, that's not good. Yeah, so appears to be a teleportation circle on the other side. and
00:08:43
Speaker
Well? Which those in the crew without darkvision cannot see. Yes, I can't see it guys. So Morgrim
Battle with Fleshy Creature and Dracosyn
00:08:49
Speaker
you're the only one who can actually see the teleportation circle. Everyone else just sees blackness. It looks like a teleportation circle you guys. Wow, incredible. We shouldn't get in that then. At least until we clear whatever's here. Yeah that's why I stepped away from the door. Oh you agree.
00:09:05
Speaker
All right, back to the big fort. I will note that as you leave the flap of the tent open, you can see the silver dust starting to blow around a little bit. I'm going to close the flap of the door. Oops. It definitely seems as though the tent was erected for a reason. Good to know, guys. yeahp So move on through the trench.
00:09:35
Speaker
Towards the door as this don't make me go out front coming I'm not going up front. I can't I don't care Thank you gents for being cowards as always hey, oh, he's got a heli I fucking guys all right Look at me stare at rail and my muscle is killing people.
00:10:00
Speaker
fair i no longer blame you i give wyatt a death glare yeah blame me blame me for all your problems you act like you're the only one with any medical training i i am basically i'm gonna slow it's not true it's not true i actually don't have Whatever. It's some stupid piece of paper. He doesn't have trading. I have trading. I just don't have the stupid piece of paper. It doesn't matter. Are you flunk? I did not. I did not look. I think he's missing my point entirely, actually. I did not flunk. Chose not to get the piece of paper. Big difference. He failed at a school. What's a school, by the way?
00:10:49
Speaker
ah yeah the city just sony that big medical school you approach the door um it
00:10:59
Speaker
It appears to not have a handle that you can see. Can I try and push it? You push it and doesn't budge.
00:11:16
Speaker
Well Chaps, I don't know how to open this door. Can I look at the door to see you? I let her up to look at the door. Based on what the dwarf was doing earlier whenever he looked like he was about to try to get in. Can I piece together something? It does appear that there are three small evenly spaced holes in the door.
00:11:45
Speaker
or holes in the barest of senses. It's more blue, like points of energy, evenly spaced and evenly sized in the center of the door. How big are they? Not very. Maybe the size of a, for real life reference, maybe the size of a quarter, a little bigger. So they look like finger-sized or more to like some kind of special key mechanism thing maybe um you know if your finger is that wide then you might want to see a doctor am ah me hey even dwarf fingers aren't quite that big um but i it does not necessarily look
00:12:40
Speaker
like a finger you're you're not really sure they appear they don't look like keyhole shaped they look just sort of like round points we checked the body didn't we or did we end before doing i believe you checked the body uh maybe not so on his on his corpse uh he had a silver javelin and hide armor which is now ruined okay um And then he also had the the silver claw blade. that more groups I picked that up, yes. Good question. Can I use perhaps any of my knowledge of how the criminal underworld works and basic ideas of weird locks to see if this is a special kind of lock? You can make an underworld lore check, yes. I will make that underworld lore check. let Bless you.
00:13:37
Speaker
I feel so blessed. Natural 20, 27. This does not look like any kind of lock you've ever seen. um It is. Shit. This entire structure is unlike anything any of you have ever seen. And this lock is just otherworldly to match. Well. Does anyone object to me knocking on the door?
00:14:06
Speaker
Go.
00:14:09
Speaker
I would like to knock on the door. You knock on the door and you realize something that you just sort of completely glazed over before, but as you try to touch the door, it's almost as if you're not touching anything. It's almost as if your hand is just going through into air.
00:14:37
Speaker
frightening Well, this may as well happen. I try and step through the door. You're still standing in place. You're not... You feel as if you're walking through air, but you're not actually going anywhere. Everyone else just sees Bastian sort of walking face first into the door. Hmm. You all right there? actually Well, ah I'm trying to walk into the door, and that's not happening.
00:15:07
Speaker
it sure looks like it was happening i think you're succeeding nice well i'm walking in place right yeah i'm not like walking into the solid door no you're you're walking in place okay like it looks like you're trying to walk through the door but try and walk through that door i try to walk through the door same thing happens it feels as though you should be going through it but like basically I guess the best way to describe it it feels like there's nothing there even though there clearly is something physically there and like right and stick your hand out and it doesn't feel like you're touching anything but you can still see your hand it's not obscured or anything let me give it a go there's no door on this high say so
00:15:59
Speaker
i try to go through okay same thing happens ha i feel i can feel it i'm going through you are not going through oh i start messing with the little circles or indentions or whatever it is i'm gonna do something stupid is there i'm gonna stay alone are you gonna do warp i'm gonna say warp the perfect appreciate the flood power to the outcast
00:16:30
Speaker
As you say that, the holes glow for a moment. Oh, fuck. Yeah. Nothing else happens. Why is it going to go like the rocker boy thing and just like and like completely overreacted this really minor thing? They don't match either of the wind artifacts that I found, do they? Which wind artifacts are those? ah There was like the pipes and the the amulet or whatever.
00:16:58
Speaker
They don't match either of those as far as you're aware, no. Wait, one more fake, because there's two alternatives to this. Warp the perfect. Appreciate the flawed. ah Power to the feared. I point to the door. Once again, the holes appear to glow for a moment, a little bit brighter, but that's all. ah They glow. I'm going to try pushing myself through. Nothing happens.
00:17:27
Speaker
Do you think we need one of those sausage things to get in? Three evenly spaced holes. Those sausage things. They fit in there? Let's find out. Hmm. Why it's going to go quickly grab a sausage. Oh, God. You go. You run over. Are you grabbing the whole partially dissected corpse? Oh, I forgot he dissected it. Just OK. You just drag it over. And it's things fit.
00:17:57
Speaker
um well Well, its claws appear a little bit, or its hand claws appear to be a little bit too narrow for the holes, and its foot claws are way too thick.
00:18:18
Speaker
Ah, okay. What about the silver claw thing I picked up from him? Oh, yes, yes. Oh. Oh. Do you try that? I do. You take the silver claw blade and it slides perfectly into the holes. Say the thing. You say the thing. You've been saying the thing. I mean, but you have the client. I wasn't paying attention to what you were saying. Oh, fine. I try my best to...
00:18:47
Speaker
to to to replicate Morgan's accent. Warp the perfect, appreciate the flaw, power to the outcast. The holes glow and yeah you watch as this energy sort of envelops the blade for a moment and then
00:19:08
Speaker
It just slides on. The energy just slides away like a fog. And on the other side, you can see a strange looking environment. The floor appears to be a blue marble, but the rest of it appears to be this weird energy. There's strange pillars floating around the room. There's a...
00:19:34
Speaker
looks to be a four set up in the corner. There's also a giant floating blue orb, which you believe is the source of the strange humming you've been hearing this whole time. You also see it floating a slab of energy with cheese and bread on it. ah why Oh, that's specific. Yeah.
00:20:03
Speaker
Well, I guess, I guess. In I go. Yeah. In you go. And as you step in, you hear a voice from up this way. Shout out. Hey, Werbog, close the door quick. You're letting all the cold air in.
00:20:21
Speaker
Everybody jumps in. We close the door. Is that what we're doing? Yes. Everybody jumps in. Okay. Werbog.
00:20:33
Speaker
Where Bob, do you not hear me? Can we get Ficket inside? Can we get Ficket inside? Ficket, get in. ah ah ah Stop playing Payday. No, I'm kidding. And as you all step in, the door closes behind you. And as Ficket rushes in and all of you rush in, Wyatt, you can see just around the corner person I hide I try looking at in your direction Oh what's your shelf modifier oh what is it sorry I don't roll stealth what plus eight no
Post-Battle Discoveries
00:21:17
Speaker
ten plus eight okay you quickly duck back but as you do thicket barges past more grim and directly into line of sight and this orc that you were just staring at just
00:21:33
Speaker
Slow blinks. Oh fuck, grabs a claw blade. It's time for initiative. Oh no, no. Well, Morgan was in the way.
00:21:51
Speaker
No, that's my B. So, ooh. Ah.
00:22:02
Speaker
I always grow low in the studio. Okay. So top of round one, we have Bastion. Okay. I would say you would have, you would have heard the sound of metal scraping against some sort of a hard surface. So you would imagine a weapon has been drawn in the other room. Cool, cool, cool. I'm just picturing Wolverine is like Jay Chillin.
00:22:32
Speaker
Hey, Bub.
00:22:35
Speaker
Have you watched Deadpool and Wolverine yet? No. Yes. Well, buy your tickets on Fandango dot.com. Oh, Jesus. We have things to do, sir. OK, I'm going to go here. All right, you go there, and you can now see the two individuals. There's the orc that I mentioned before, and there's also a silver Dracosyn.
00:23:02
Speaker
With two claw blades one in either hand Looking very angry. That's like a good look for him. But like I don't I don't love it for me. Um, okay I'm gonna cast yes ah May I please cast void warp on this gentleman on which person? ah The orc gentleman the orc woman. Oh, i'm sorry you may that is an attack roll on your part. I I believe. Uh, no, it's a DC basic fortitude. Okay. Fortitude save. Yes. Gotcha. Um, okay. That is going to be a 10. So that is a critical fail, I think. Cause the DC is 20. Yes. That is a critical failure then. Excellent news for me, I guess.
00:24:02
Speaker
Do I have to double the dice or just double the damage? Roll the dice, double the damage. Okay. Cause the thing doesn't let me roll critical damage. Okay. That's eight points of void damage. Eight points of void damage. All right.
00:24:18
Speaker
And that concludes my turn. Thank you. And that reminds me, I should probably give you all your hero points. That'd be a nice thing to have. They'll use them, but just so you can have them. There you go. All sent out. What do I have? What did I get? a This sounds was really dangerous. That was Bastion and Bastion. As you sort of take in the area and send this void energy out, you see something underneath the slab.
00:24:52
Speaker
or you also see some shit on the slab. Let me describe this room to you real fast. So, yeah of course, you're next to the slab, the floating slab of energy with bread and cheese. In the next room, you can see what appear to be three travel packs with bed rolls. You see the people, you also see another floating slab of energy upon which you see a couple of scrolls, what look to be three small black objects and what appears to be a um Box made of flesh You also see something underneath The slab that you can't quite make out from this angle, but you see something fleshy moving around under there.
00:25:47
Speaker
So, that rings us a thicket. All right. Knowing the general vague direction of where these people are, I'm going to go ahead and cast my first third level spell. ah Third level spell. Sorry, second level. I was going to say, ah you're one level early for that. After this, we get fifth level, guys. Come on. I am going to cast ah ash cloudud Ash Cloud.
00:26:17
Speaker
centered on the orc. Okay, so that is a 20 foot burst centered on the orc. ah And cloud is difficult terrain for flying creatures, creatures in cloud. Can't detect anything using the sense of smell. Creatures that start their turn within the cloud take 2D for fire damage as their lungs fill, oh damn. Okay, so that i will not do anything until the start of their turn, but that is now placed down. Why won't it let me center it on?
00:26:49
Speaker
Oh, the measurement things get a little funky. I mean, it still fills up the room more or less, doesn't it? It does. I just was, I don't know why it won't let me place it in the middle of a tile. um All right, so that was all three of your actions. So go ahead and make sure to mark it off that you cast that. And that brings us to Wyatt. All right, Wyatt's gonna first move 10 feet over.
00:27:14
Speaker
ah Gosh, if you get the damn token big, turn off pathfinding. Oh, this is so cool. I'm so shocked you can do this. He's gonna move... Would this work? 25 feet up to here?
00:27:30
Speaker
um sure as long as you account for minus five feet for your companions that you're moving through according to this it it does own yes okay five okay i can't move here in that case uh because minus five feet from moving through morgram and i'm going to cast bless um okay yes i cast bless so i need to Give me that 15-foot radius. I've given you the aura. Thank you. So that is blessed. That's two actions plus a strike action. That is all my actions turn. All right. That brings us now to the first, to the Orcs turn. So she needs to make a fortitude save against the Ash cloud. yeah um That is going to be a 23. That succeeds. Succeeds, okay. so
00:28:23
Speaker
Does that mean she takes half damage? ah Yep, half damage, which in this case is going to be two points of fire. Two points of fire, all right. All right, she is now bloodied. And you can hear her just choking and coughing on the ash. Oh, fuck you.
00:28:42
Speaker
um So she is going to... Okay.
00:28:55
Speaker
She appears to become a little frenzied by this and rushes forwards at Bastion and is going to take a swing with her claw blade. That is a natural one.
00:29:14
Speaker
oh So no hero points for the Fumble Deck. That is card number 39. It was a melee attack on the receiving end. You deal damage to yourself instead of the target. Oh, this poor woman.
Guided Journey and Dragon Encounter
00:29:28
Speaker
Don't cosplay Wolverine, guys. It's very dangerous. yeah So let me just roll damage to that real quick.
00:29:36
Speaker
Oh my God. As she rushes forwards, she chokes really hard on the ash and manages to um run into the table, which in turn causes her blade to go straight through her stomach, killing her. What the fuck? Are you serious? She's now dead.
00:29:58
Speaker
I imagine this happens and just that awkward like log shot as it pants off faces like yeah pretty much like it just it just bastard you just look at this happen and then you look at the Dracosyn and the Dracosyn just like I think the dragon, Sin and I are just both like confused and horrified about what's just happened. Yeah, somewhat. um That brings us to the thing under the table, which is going to roll a fortitude save. Oh, I forgot about the thing under the table. oh Yeah, the thing under the table. That is a 21 for the fortitude save.
00:30:36
Speaker
ah That succeeds. Okay, so how much damage does it take?
00:30:43
Speaker
Three, three points of damage. Okay. As we just still check this. Okay. As.
00:31:02
Speaker
Okay. As you watch Bastion as through this cloud of ash flies.
00:31:15
Speaker
You're strange fleshy finger thing. Why is this getting lashing onto your face? Don't do that. That is a that is a 27 to hit. I would like to hear that. OK, I do. I will reroll them. All right.
00:31:41
Speaker
um That is instead going to be a 26 to hit. What the fuck, man? That still hits. Okay, hits, but not crits, yes? To be fair, it didn't crit in the first place, but... Oh, shit. I'm just, b I just, I don't remember your AC off the top of my head. I probably should've checked. Whatever. It's not like we use it here once anyway. You are going to...
00:32:10
Speaker
take ah from this very heavy thing smacking directly into your face 12 points of bludgeoning damage al ah and it's going to knock you back a few feet as it stays latched onto your face um and is going to start it wraps its fingers around your neck and starts to strangle you and you realize oh maybe this is why the guards were strangled to death in town oh thank god so what is your fortitude dc
00:32:50
Speaker
I hate you. um My 42 DC is a 19. 19, okay. So it gets a 20 against your 42 DC. Oh my god. you are going to take another ah four points of bludgeoning damage.
00:33:09
Speaker
um Yeah. as this thing is just latched onto your face. And you are you are grabbed as well. That is also important to note is that you are currently grabbed.
00:33:23
Speaker
um
00:33:25
Speaker
Help. Somebody help. And that is the end of the Fingy's turn. ah That brings us to Morgrem. Okay, I move up. Yeah, if I go right here, I would be considered flanking this thing, right? Because it's a weird size, I just wanted to check. I think... I think you would be considered flanking it. But with Wyatt, I think, not Bastion. Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's who I was. Yeah, yeah, you'd you'd be flanking it. Then I move, another action. Okay. And then my last question. Does it look...
00:34:04
Speaker
Fairly safe for me to attack it, or would it look safer to try to grab it off of my face? Because I don't want to, like, chop my face. Bastion, would you be like flailing around a little bit trying to rip this thing off? A little bit, yeah. So I would say Bastion's definitely flailing around a bit. But it is a fairly large thing. Like, this this creature is...
00:34:32
Speaker
It's large. It's a big thing. It's maybe the size of a... Maybe the size of a solidly large octopus. Like... Can I try to rip it off? Or is that one of those things where I have to do multiple things for it to actually have... I would say that would be a thing where you could assist... You could prepare to aid as your final action. You could prepare to aid Bastion.
00:35:01
Speaker
Sure, I will do that. Okay, so Morgrim prepares to aid Bastion by, I guess, trying to grab it and pull it off. Yes. Okay, so we will get to that on Bastion's turn, attempt assuming Bastion attempts an escape. That will bring us to the Dracosyn, who needs to make their fortitude save. That is a 21. That succeeds. ah Okay, go ahead and roll damage.
00:35:32
Speaker
Another three, another three, all right. um And this fellow also seems to start going into a bit of a frenzy um and rushes forwards up behind Morigrams and is going to go for a claw blade attack.
00:36:00
Speaker
that is an 18 to hit more ground. Misses. All right. And he's going to wait.
00:36:10
Speaker
Is that accurate? Hold on, sorry. I'm sorry trying to figure out if this is actually accurate or not. ah It was accurate. Okay, cool. um Didn't know if the condition actually functioned or not. um Okay, so.
00:36:25
Speaker
In that case, he's then going to go for a second claw blade strike on Morgrim. That one is going to be a 19 to hit. It hits, 19 to 90. Okay, um then Morgrim, you are going to take 10 points of slashing damage.
00:36:46
Speaker
and that is the end of their turn. That brings us to the top of round two with Bastion. Quick question. You ruled that my thermal Nimbus or whatever it is, is not, it ends. Yeah, that ends out of combat. That ends out of combat, yeah. Okay, may I attempt to remove the hand from my face? You may attempt to escape, yes.
00:37:15
Speaker
Okay, what am I doing for that? So that would be, and let me just pull up a escape again to make sure that I'm remembering this thing that we use constantly correctly. um So i attempt a check using your unarmed attack, athletics, or acrobatics. No matter what, this will have multiple attack penalty, whatever. Unarmed attack, athletics, acrobatics.
00:37:43
Speaker
Okay, can I do an athletic state? Yes, Morgan, you will do athletics aid. Okay, I'm gonna do an unarmed attack. I got a 17. 17? I got an 18. An 18. Okay, unfortunately, even with the two of you together, Morgan, this thing is really flippin' slippery, okay? It's got these weird sort of oozing lesions all over it.
00:38:13
Speaker
and you just cannot get a good grip. um And Bastion, you are just, you're kind of freaking out right now. So you're not having an easy time with ah with with getting this thing off your face. Wonderful. That leads me to my second and third action. And what I would like to do is I would like to cast Telekinetic Projectile on the cheese.
00:38:39
Speaker
and full attack the hand. Okay, go ahead roll the hit. Don't kill yourself with the cheese.
00:38:51
Speaker
That's an eight, so it doesn't work, but you know. ah Let me check telekinetic projectile real fast. Does that have a critical fail effect?
00:39:02
Speaker
Well, it's an attack thing, so it would only be a critical fail if it was- No, I didn't know if it had a specific one, because some things do, some attacks do have critical fails built in, especially with spells. um So that unfortunately was simply just a failure then. And that is the end of your turn. That brings us to Thicket.
00:39:24
Speaker
Okay. ah I forgot. Did we establish that attacking the hand thing all could also hurt Bastion? You'd assume it probably would if you were if you didn't aim correctly. That's supposed to be... It means don't miss. Yeah. All right. In that case, I am going to go ahead and cast a protector tree.
Goblin Confrontation in the Cave
00:39:56
Speaker
right smack here all right just a sec i believe i made a token for project for protector tree um i did where did you want to put it uh right there right there okay there he is and it's adorable rank one i'm assuming still yes all right So there you go. The protector tree is there and it doesn't do anything this turn or is it just on other turns? I believe it only reacts. Yeah, whenever an adjacent allies hit it it ah triggers. Cool. And then I'm going to cast guidance on Bastion. OK. Gotcha. Gotcha. So this is one turn, one action. What the hell? There we go. um And yeah, that is the end of your turn.
00:40:47
Speaker
that brings us to Wyatt uh i'm gonna focus i'm gonna i'm sorry i'm gonna i'm gonna i forgot the word uh i'm gonna i'm gonna sustain that's the word sorry sustain blast sustain blast so got an extra five feet all right i will adjust the aura ten feet ten feet so it is now up to 25 foot aura Alright, so everyone's covered. Solidly. Solidly. And I have, I believe, two actions left. um I'm gonna try and just, because I'm like, I looked down at Bastion and see, like, the equivalent of, like, the intro, like, midway through the Alien movie, and I'm like, I can't... Bastion, you want me to help?
00:41:31
Speaker
Bastion is going to yell back, what the fuck do you think? Which sounds, which sounds to you like. It's literally the fuck. I've read this in the novel once, like an alien or some shit. so Like Bastion, as you're, as you're yelling into this thing, it's like, it's like the flesh starts to go into your mouth and it's very, very gross and salty. no ah I damn it hold still at of bas at this point. Yeah, sorry why I keep delaying yeah But faster at this point ah you hear your tongue start screaming at you in your head
00:42:12
Speaker
I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Which is also the first explanation that your tongue is not yours. What does the tongue say? It's just screaming. Oh, okay. All right, Wyatt, you're right properly this time. I will attempt to, as I'm like, hold still, and this entire scene's happening, he's gonna concentrate to my land to try and shoot the damn little hand off this thing. Go ahead and roll the hit.
00:42:38
Speaker
God this is gonna be tough 21 to hit 21 that does indeed hit go and roll damage Damage is 3d for spirit damage 10 points of spirit damage 10 points of spirit damage. All right. Well, ma'am
00:42:58
Speaker
I didn't get a very angle I just say that ends my turn you definitely did a sizable chunk to it yeah all right and I should also note in regards to the protector tree um it's as if this tree just grew out of the floor it didn't break through the floor it's as if it just grew out of the floor he's a nice guy
00:43:23
Speaker
So that brings us now to the strange creature on Bastion's face, which is just very simply going to keep trying to strangle you. um So that is a 17 against your 42 DC. ah That fails. Fails, okay. It's going to try again.
00:43:52
Speaker
That is an 18. That also fails. Okay. And it's going to try one more time. That is a 21. Well, that succeeds. Okay. So Bastion, you take seven points of bludgeoning damage. Three.
00:44:16
Speaker
This is not an attack. Oh, I just strangled it. It's just a thing that is doing. Oh no. That is the end of its turn. That brings us to Morgrim. Okay. First action is to activate my thermal Nimbus. Okay.
00:44:39
Speaker
And then I'm going to try to attack the thing on Bastion Space. Okay, go for it.
00:44:53
Speaker
Oh, I'm going to reroll that zero point hero point. What did you get? Yeah, not great. Not great. Let's not have an execution today. Twenty four. Twenty four. That is going to be a hit. Go ahead and roll damage.
00:45:14
Speaker
Nine points of damage. Nine points of damage. And then I will use my last action to try to aid. Okay. And it does appear to be bloodied now.
00:45:28
Speaker
um All right, so you prepare to aid again. And that is the end of your turn. That brings us to the Dracosyn, who I should also note, i appears to be wearing Galina guard armor.
00:45:46
Speaker
Um, so going to, uh, at the start of his turn or of their turn, they take how much damage is from thermal Nimbus to two points of damage from thermal Nimbus. And then they're going to, uh,
00:46:01
Speaker
they're going to take a step to the side over their allies corpse to be flanking more grim. Mm-hmm. And then they are going to strike at Morgrim with their claw blades. That first one is a 16 to hit. No. Okay, and the second one is a 19 to hit. Yes. Okay, so Morgrim, you are going to take from that eight points of slashing damage.
00:46:34
Speaker
three and oh, right tree. Let's see. Are we dating him by the way? and it's we dave The tree does take the damage. Oh, so I don't get a Jason friendly creature hit, but you do not take that. The tree takes it instead. So the tree is now at two hit points. The tree sort of waves at you a little bit. um I smile back at the tree. The Dracus and just grimaces and scowls.
00:47:05
Speaker
That brings us around to the top of round three.
00:47:12
Speaker
Bastion, you are up. Okay. um I would like, shouldn't I still have guidance? Right, I keep forgetting that guidance expires at the wrong time always. It expires at the start of your turn instead of the end.
00:47:26
Speaker
I would like to try and remove this horrible creature. Okay, go ahead and make an escape check, and more Grimm, go ahead and also make him athletics, acrobatics, unarmed strike of your own to assist.
00:47:40
Speaker
Well, that's an 11. Oof. Okay, unfortunately, still no dice. Too slippery, too sweaty, too oozy. Well, that's awesome. um I'm gonna go ahead and try and stab the thing on my face with my bastard sword. Okay, go ahead and roll the hit with multiple attack penalty. That's a 22. A 22? Well, I'll be dying for that. I like that that's so surprising. ah Five points of damage. Five points of damage. All right. As you just stab through it and just squelches.
00:48:27
Speaker
All right, you have one action remaining. Can I attempt to escape again? Yeah. Maximum multiple attack penalty. I'm gonna do that. ah Nine so no nine that is unfortunately a critical failure Meaning that you don't get free and can't escape it can't attempt to escape again until your next turn. So it doesn't actually Doesn't actually matter. Oh, yeah, if you only had one more action, oh That somebody needs to prepare quickened ah that brings us to thicket Okay, that big quicken. Yeah Well almost sorry, there's a couple of there's a couple of things but yeah, okay. Yeah, I
00:49:08
Speaker
Uh, shit. Okay. Um, well, then I, what am I going to do? I don't know. I'm gonna, I'm going to be a little risky here.
00:49:25
Speaker
Um, so if, if I accidentally hit Bastion, could my protector tree take it? Yes.
00:49:38
Speaker
I'm going to cast Electric Arc on ah both this guy and Fingy Steve. Oh, that's a saving throw thing anyway. So it automatically won't hit Bastion. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. You're right. Look at that. So they make reflex saves. Yes.
00:49:56
Speaker
Yup. Okay. So each target makes space for reflexing. Okay. So we'll start with thingy. Uh, thingy gets a 14. That is a failure. The Dracosan gets a 15.
00:50:16
Speaker
Those both fail. Okay. Go ahead and roll damage. failed baby hand man They each take eight points of ah electric damage. All right. Fingy is now mortal, as is the Dracosun. And then ah with my final action, um I can't really
00:50:50
Speaker
I guess I'm just going to move over. If I want to assist, I need to be like right there, right? it Depends on how you're trying to assist. Um.
00:51:04
Speaker
Actually, actually, actually, I know what I'm going to do. I'm going to try to demoralize Fingy Steve. OK, go ahead and attempt to intimidate. All right.
00:51:15
Speaker
um I'm going, actually let me just roll first. Should I roll or say the thing first? um Up to you, I would say roll first so that you can decide how good you want your intimidation to be. That's a 27. Okay, so good intimidation. That's against their will DC. So that is unfortunately still a failure. So go ahead and do your intimidation. What the fuck?
00:51:45
Speaker
Wait, I'm sorry. I'm stupid and I can't do math. I i did 20 plus the modifier instead of 10 plus the modifier. That's not correct. That was a successful demoralize. I apologize. say i eat i won yeah I have three brain cells. I literally woke up half an hour before this damn session, all right? So how do you more demoralize it?
00:52:11
Speaker
I'm gonna yell, I'm gonna fry up every one of those fingers and I'm gonna serve them to the dragon on a silver platter. The thing just sort of wriggles to the side and looks at you and you can just see the horror in its eyes as it goes.
00:52:36
Speaker
Well, actually, you can't see the horror in its eyes. You can feel the horror in its eyes. You sense it. You make a one-sided eye contact with the creature. All right, that is the end of your turn, and it is now Frightened 1. That brings us to Wyatt. Ah, okay, okay, okay. Ah, shoot, this is gonna be very precise. Don't move, and he's gonna try it. He's gonna try to hit him with Divine Lance again. Okay, go ahead and roll the hit.
00:53:02
Speaker
This is gonna go, I know, I know, I know it's demoralized. I sure hope this works. 20. 20, that is a hit. Go ahead and roll damage. Okay, okay, okay, okay. Okay, seven points of damage. Seven points of damage. You send this divine lance out and it strikes the creature before you watch as it bubbles up and boom, bursts into guts and does it all at once. I forgot about that. Whoops, sorry.
00:53:34
Speaker
The drivers and just sort of wipes visceral off their face. Fucking shit. Yeah, that turned out so well for you, is it? So Morgan, you're no longer flanked. okay And I really need a longer craft. I'm going to give guy this guided stack with less.
00:53:58
Speaker
They're. they're both status bonuses I believe ah okay okay so let me see yeah they're both status bonuses so they do not stack okay okay okay
00:54:18
Speaker
but Okay dude, is there an 8 I can do for it to help Bastion get up? I don't know Bastion, I mean Bastion's standing Oh standing, right, right I'm gonna try to demoralize, demoralize the Dracosyn Okay, go ahead and roll Roll Inti- Which one is it? Intimidation Intimidation a tiny I don't have a lot of intimidation 5 hi I just go like I fuck you fuck you and fuck you
00:54:56
Speaker
This is supposed to be effective insulting. Fuck you! Fuck you! Don't fuck you! Fuck you! Fuck you! Fuck you! ah you All right, moving on. i That just keeps going onto the next turn. Oh yeah, this guy keeps going. like We're just gonna say this is what happening for the remainder of combat is they're screaming fuck you at each other across the room. Okay. Incredible. Okay, I'll do a two action.
00:55:27
Speaker
so swing okay 17 17 does hit go ahead and roll damage 13 points of damage 13 points of damage how do you want to finish this fellow off swing with the fiery axe is nick all right you just sure sure fuck walk The head comes clean from the shoulders, wound instantly cauterize and everything, just falls to the floor in two pieces. That is the end of combat. Fuck you, I finish.
00:56:13
Speaker
So yeah, encounter has been ended. I dropped Bless, I have dropped Bless I think, right? Yeah. it'll It'll time out on its own. island it'll time out all right okay okay yeah I've got the real-time clock going. so and i protect your tree excuse me The protector tree sinks back through the floor. Thank you. And I'm guessing the ash cloud probably also ends. Yeah, it dissipates.
00:56:37
Speaker
yeah so all right you Search the bodies. What's on them? So ah let me just split them up so that I can actually access both their inventories. The Dracosyn has the standard chain-shirt armor that all Galena guards seem to have, as well as two um Wend claw blades, two silver claw blades. um Meanwhile, the Ork.
00:57:09
Speaker
has one silver-wend claw blade, ah is wearing a thick leather apron that you think might be able to function as some sort of armor if you wore it. AKA, it functions as padded armor. um And a set of artisans' tools.
00:57:34
Speaker
Would anyone like any of those things? How much do you think the wind claws go for? I asked generally. the The question to everyone. I'm more worried about the doors they can get us into while we're here. True. I'm gonna pick up one of the wind claw blades. Okay, so let me drag that into your inventory. Lion two, he's gonna grab one. Okay. They're way too big for him. Here we go, so there's one for Bastion, and there's the one for...
00:58:07
Speaker
quiet okay And you think they're probably pretty valuable because they're made of very very good Silver or like fun. They're very finely crafted. It seems to be like pretty low-grade silver overall but um
00:58:27
Speaker
Yeah, take them. Considering the blacksmith's tools and the black, or not the blacksmith, the smith's tools and this the smithy over there, you'd imagine um this might be the town's missing silversmith who made these claw blades. Oh. Does anyone want the third claw blade? I already have one. Is that considered unarmed or is it like an actual weapon? No, it's an actual weapon.
00:58:54
Speaker
and I do not want it. I'll take it. I'll take it. I saw the price. I saw the idea price tag on this thing. I'm like, damn, bro. All right. Well, does anyone want the artisans tools?
00:59:09
Speaker
Well, I get precious, guys. Yeah. OK. Anyone wants another carving? Once, twice. No sold. Anyone want the change shirt?
00:59:21
Speaker
Once, twice. how much How much does it go for? Five gold. I'll carry it. I'm not going to wear it, but I'll pop it off. All right. So as you move into the next room, you do see that there definitely are these packs here. You also notice that the three black objects on the floating slab appear to be black hearts.
00:59:51
Speaker
Uh-oh. And there's also, again, the weird flesh chest on the table. What are in the traveler's packs? They're standard backpacks with bedrolls. Each has a couple of sets of rations in them.
01:00:07
Speaker
um
01:00:11
Speaker
That's pretty much it. Just standard traveling supplies. Mess kit, all that jazz. Okay, we'll try and open the flesh chest. ah Can we check for traps? I know it's like a flesh chest, but you know. It doesn't even appear to have a lock on it. Oh, hey, what if it's a mimic? Oh, if it was, I'd laugh. So who wants to touch the squishy flesh chest? I'd rather not. I'll do a medicine check and see if this is a living being or not. but Okay, so weird. Go ahead and make a medicine check.
01:00:45
Speaker
amalgamation of horrible creation 24 you know you somehow have no idea if it's alive or not no heartbeat no pulse it doesn't appear to have you know if it actually is a chest you don't think it has it would have room for a heart but um it you don't see breathing or anything but the there's definitely blood flowing through veins here
01:01:15
Speaker
I don't like this. Okay, I'm gonna try and pop it open with my sword. Okay, you wedge your sword underneath the flesh latch and sort of peel it up and open it. Inside, you can see,
01:01:38
Speaker
more of these strange black hearts, two of them. there's So there's three on the table, two in the chest, but the ones in the chest appear to have, hmm, they appear to be pulsing with red energy. Oh. Not the wind hearts that the herman face collect. Make a recall knowledge check of your choice. Yeah, that's what I was thinking.
01:02:08
Speaker
All knowledge. Fuck it, religion. Let's do it, 17. 17, one second, please.
01:02:23
Speaker
17, you said. With what skill? Religion. Okay. I would say you would put two and two together, that these are probably a heart. These are probably Hermanthony hearts.
01:02:36
Speaker
Ah, these are her manfony hearts. You don't know what they would necessarily do, but you'd put two and two together. I don't know what these necessarily do, but I just put them together. Thanks, mate. um Also, there appear to be, I should note, within the packs, there appear to be a total of 25 days worth of rations oh fire rations. Wow. Three backpacks, three bad rolls, 25 days worth of dry rations.
01:03:02
Speaker
and then there's, yeah, there's the three seemingly non-energized Hermanthony hearts and then there's the two energized ones. I should point out anyone's pack rations for this trip.
01:03:19
Speaker
I think you have food in the party stash still. Yeah, also we have- Yeah, you've got you got you've got food in the party stash. Also, I whip out my waffle iron. Are there other, um, doors? Nope. It appears that this is a small, extra dimensional structure. There's also the scrolls on the, uh, on the slab, I should note as well. Morgan wants to look at those at all. I mean, I can look at them. i can look at Sure. Cause you're the one standing there and I want you to be involved. Um, so you, uh, unfurl one of the scrolls and it appears to be a map.
01:04:02
Speaker
And they actually all appear to be maps. Of this area or somewhere else? Well, one of them is a full map of what you think is supposed to be salter, but it's stained horribly with something. So it's basically illegible, some sort of a weird reddish brown stain. um You sniff it. Oh, it's frost coffee. um but going nice so going to the next one, it appears to be a partial area map, but it looks like whoever was drawing it was not happy with their work and scribbled the whole thing out. And the last one appears to be a completed area map showing the building that you're currently in with the with thee ah tent outside marked as escape route.
01:05:00
Speaker
And a few, what looks to be a few miles away from here, a few miles to the north.
01:05:14
Speaker
But it doesn't show any other rooms or structures here, just- No, it does not. A few miles to the north, it appears to show a spot marks marked off with an X. No words, no descriptor.
01:05:30
Speaker
and you don't see anything other than this building, you see the ice field. So wherever this X is, it's gotta be only a couple miles away. Probably can get there within an hour or two. You know what those pirates on Omen say, right? Sand pirates. X marks the spot. Thank you for that. um Do they really? The chest coughs.
01:05:58
Speaker
I'm going to take a resolve break. Okay. Sure. I mean, did someone take the heart? I, but I mean, I feel uncomfortable taking up, but, uh, you know, someone who's a cleric. I will take them. Do you want them to be left behind? Do you want to try to identify them? Sure. Okay. Go ahead and make a recall knowledge check of your choice. Nature.
01:06:26
Speaker
Nature. Go for it. 25. 25. Okay. Yeah. Just generally from what you can sort of feel pulsing in this thing as you pick it up. It's actually quite dry. Something you you were expecting it to be like gross and slimy or something. No, it's quite dry. Almost sort of rough in texture. um As you sort of hold it, you feel that
01:06:59
Speaker
It has, it definitely has power within it that you can use. It's as if it's calling for you to use its power, for you to consume its power. Uh-oh.
01:07:17
Speaker
All right, wrap them up and put them in my bag. Okay, so you now have two Hermandony hearts, which are labeled a strange black heart.
01:07:30
Speaker
I take the old ones too, just because I don't want them coming here and getting them. I don't know what they're for, but I will have to charge them up. I will put them in your backpack. Don't worry. There's got to be some weird, obscene, serene ritual that has a some and some deity or something with those hearts. I'm willing to bet.
01:07:51
Speaker
I'm being sarcastic. I'm being sarcastic. Not that you're aware of. No one that I don't fix or see would take a human sacrifice or humanoid sacrifice in the very kind of way. No, no, no. Less. JKJK. Yeah, by the way, I'm taking as many rations as I can.
01:08:12
Speaker
grab right now because I imagine need so there's 25 days worth each house so there's how much a days is a bulk right or so each so five days is one light bulk okay they come in packs of five so there's five packs of five five packs of five there's there's one two three four of us i'll take five of those so all five packs all five packs i'll take all of them take it all i take all the rations are now in your inventory does anyone want the bed rolls or backpacks i will change out my makeshift bed roll for bed roll a real one yes all right a real one there you go that has been added to your inventory thank you
01:09:01
Speaker
I like this. I like looting stuff off of like people. This is great. and We gotta kill people more often. We lived at the other stuff. I still have a set of decorated ceramic plates and tea set. And I got a nice rug the last time. we ah Were we of selling that by the way? What? I'm just saying like the sets of teas and stuff. No, I drink my booze out of it.
01:09:26
Speaker
right there we go altered classy but very classy um all right did anyone else want a bedroll or backpack i'll take a bedroll yeah okay hell yeah one one more grim one two thicket there you go all right what now
01:09:49
Speaker
go check together Well, do we want to hike to this place or do we want to get in the escape route? So I wonder ah should we blind hop from the escape route? That would be a little dangerous, right? I think we should check out place first because we don't know where we're going to end up. It's smart. Yeah, let's let's set off hiking. I suppose I think we got lucky with ah with this one with this with this teleport. I do not trust our luck to continue. Oh, no.
01:10:20
Speaker
By the way, how's ah how is everyone's overland navigation skills? Just curious. Nice revival? Yeah, just curious if anyone's done this before. Oh, I've spent my fair share of time in the woods. Okay, good enough. Fucking let's do this. Morgrem and Thicke also guided you all here. Yeah? Like without any real tracks to follow, so...
01:10:46
Speaker
You would have definitely seen their survival skills at work. Yeah, I'm just, I'm just, Wyatt's just making it. Wyatt is very suspicious because he, he, by the way, if you have a high enough insight, you realize he has no idea what the fuck he's doing because he grew up in a city and he's like, what the fuck is going on? i'm I'm just saying that out loud for, you know, just general purposes. All right. So as a reminder, everyone,
01:11:12
Speaker
I think it grew up here. I did. I know this place like the bakami and actually starts. Can you see describe the back of your head? no Like, like visual, visual wise. Oh, by the way, what kind of cheese is this? There's a lot of bones. Oh, right. There's also the cheese and bread. That's separate from the rations. Can we just fucking eat this right now? Like what's the worst that can happen? Well, the cheese, the cheese looks to be a real nice, solid, um, real nice, solid, presage and cheddar.
01:11:41
Speaker
Oh my God, like expensive shit. guyss There's one in a coat of wheels. Surscenes crack. and like This is also fresh bread. It looks like they made a makeshift bread oven in the forge. no Holy damn shit. Oh my God. Hey, while we're doing that resolve stab at a fig, let's eat this shit. Are you having yourselves a nice bread and cheese charcuterie? Charcuterie with your essence stone berries?
01:12:13
Speaker
Yeah, charcoochie boards. I was about to ask if we had any fruit. Oh, my. Yeah, we do, baby. No, wait, wait, wait. But we want to save those because um they they restore hit points and stamina. We don't want to, you know, unless someone's down to hit. Next, I mean, Jacob's cooking show. He makes a charcuterie board and it takes him five months. I was going to say, I give back that on time. No. Let me see. Let me see how many. How many? How many of these?
01:12:42
Speaker
ah stone So I have I think you might have fed them all to Morgan forcibly. Oh I did I did right so sorry That's where we're at with that. No fruit. But we eat the cheese. Damn. All right. bri gave home yeah je even though You go through this cheese and this bread and damn, it's good. It's it like this bread is fresh. Like you think it must've been baked only a couple of hours before you got here. It's like, oh so good. I ah give a kick to the the dead ork. Whoa. And I'm like, missed out. Sorry. Sorry, pal.
01:13:20
Speaker
ah body twitches ah fuck it's still alive we finish the entire wheel or can we scare him this shit i mean if you want to say that the four of you just destroyed an entire wheel and a quarter of cheese then i will not dispute that you underestimate our power Thicket ate 35 servings of shit on a shingle this morning. Somewhere? Somewhere. At least you think it was this morning. Guys, somewhere in the thick and thin of a blizzard, in the middle of a lost continent, in the frozen wastes of Imalon, a world record of cheese consumption has been broken. And a single soul. And nobody knows. Call Nobody knows. Gonus! Quick, call the Gonus book of World Records! Quick! Hello, yes, we are from the Council of Gonus. They just, they teleported like we got an alert. Our scrystone has got an alert. You've eaten the most cheese that anybody ever has! Congratulations!
01:14:26
Speaker
congratulations
01:14:29
Speaker
ah Unfortunately, we've got to put you in jail now because nobody can be allowed to have that much fun. Uh, does a, uh, does a 30 hit? No.
01:14:42
Speaker
ah They phase through. and we're We're moving on from this bit. this but yeah going for too long All right. So you have your much lower implication you have your cheese your bread and you begin moving on to X, which you hope marks the spot. So as you.
01:15:04
Speaker
start moving through the ice and the snow. Oh, thank God the humming's over. Morgrim and Thicket, you're leading, yeah? Yes. Yes. Okay. Morgrim, are you taking the proper lead as the one who can see the map? Sure. Okay. So go ahead, excuse me, go ahead and both of you roll survival.
01:15:28
Speaker
18. 22. 22 and 18, okay. So, you start going through. There's no tracks to follow. If there were any, the snow has cleared them all out. Snow and the wind combined, because at this point the wind is starting to howl. And yeah, these are pretty extreme conditions. You're very glad that you have... Morgan, I'm assuming your kinetic aura is still up.
01:15:57
Speaker
Yes, all right. Yeah, you all feel very glad that you have your nice winter clothing and Morgan's kinetic aura, because thicket, this is cold even for you.
01:16:11
Speaker
So you keep moving through. You do your best to follow the map, follow the landmarks, or do appear to be a couple of landmarks, mostly of just large snowdrifts and strange ice I wanna say structures, but I don't think that's the right word. Strange ice, I guess spires just jutting out of the ground. At one point off in the distance, you think you hear a crying.
01:16:48
Speaker
And as you look towards where, you look towards it, it seems to have been carried by the wind to you.
01:16:58
Speaker
Morgrim, you spot a massive shadowy form flapping through the snow, and you can see what appears to be the dragon with the hermanthenae in its claws flying away through the sky. Away from us. Away from you. Yes, towards the glacier, which you can see. You can see the glacier from here.
01:17:27
Speaker
Um, it's like way in the distance, but you are able to see it. It's like seeing Everest from like Nepal or something. Like it's just that big. Yes, pretty much. oh god This glacier is around the size of Mount Everest.
01:17:48
Speaker
wow If not, maybe a little bigger. ah Is this the is the end game of the campaign? Just an Everest climb. We're just climbing like c climbing arc. We'll get there when we get there. OK. So, um yeah, you continue on following that. Definitely seems that the dragon is not on the side of the wind spawn. Yeah. um You me could eat her man for me. I asked I believe as we're trudging through the snow.
01:18:17
Speaker
Why would you want? Yes. No, I'm just. yeah No, flip think it just yes.
01:18:25
Speaker
I let the pan over where it's like two of like, no, no, what the hell are you talking about? I think it's like, yeah, you think it meant good jerky or or i may not for us. Not for us. We just saw the dragon carry it off. Curious. That's like a thing you could eat. Well, I'm also wondering if you slow roast it. That's a little too big slow roast, I imagine. I'll find a way.
01:18:49
Speaker
So, as Bastion is ignoring you, as Bastion is ignoring this conversation, Morgan, you think you see the destination up ahead. You see a rocky small ice field between you and the cave. Oh, yes, more ice.
01:19:18
Speaker
I don't know if this is a good idea to try and brave a hermantiny nest.
01:19:25
Speaker
Turn around that and that. I mean, how long did it take for us to get here? It probably took you solid, like. Solid. Two hours. It was a long walk.
01:19:40
Speaker
I just want to point out, I'm kind of depleted in the big spells. And if we're going to assault the formantity nest. I've still got my big ones. For the moment. Yeah. everything I'm in pretty good shape, I think. All right. If we're going to assault it, then we assault the thing. And worst case scenario, I do have our sacred weapon. Yeah.
01:20:10
Speaker
The one that might turn around and murder us and stuff? I'm trying not to think about that. Well, why can't we just do the thing where there's bigger things to murder over murder that first? No offense to Cranberry. I'm sorry. but let Let's not say his name. ah Right.
01:20:30
Speaker
So. You're heading over to the cave. We do it sneakily, baby.
01:20:39
Speaker
it Sneaky easy people can do sneaky yall would like i fuck I'll take the lead on this. I'm sneaky. I i will go in the dark that That's an important part. Yeah. No, I can't I Cannot see in the dark. I can't either so So I don't think we're going to be able to be very sneaky.
01:21:14
Speaker
Do we just like walk in the front door and like, hey, Fox, let's fucking do this? Just like play music in the background as we just get slaughtered? I'm sure let me let me cut out the lights so we can stumble our way over there.
01:21:34
Speaker
i got my connectic Okay, aura. Okay. The lights, no warp. Um, Fick, are you also dropping your kinetic aura? Uh, yes. Yes, I am. Okay. So you both drop your kinetic auras. Who's going first? It looks like two of you can fit into the mouth of this cave at a time.
01:22:00
Speaker
Um, I can go in with someone else.
01:22:10
Speaker
That's what I thought the room says. Okay, so Bastion and Morgrim up front, followed by Fagan. Wyatt has you yeah carefully cross the ice. I'll need everyone to real quick make a balance check for me, except for Morgrim. Morgrim, you're fine. Everyone else needs to make a balance check. What's the balance check? Acrobatics. Oh, we love a balance check.
01:22:36
Speaker
Ooh, 19. 19. I'm very balanced. this This won't be an issue. Spiritually. That was a five. Okay. So, Wyatt, you just sort of skate along on your shoes. Thicket, you're taking it slow and steady. Bastion, you fall on your ass. Yeah, that's about right. And you crawl your way across the ice.
01:22:59
Speaker
All right. So, as you get in,
01:23:09
Speaker
as you get in. Morgram, as you step in and Bastion, and well, yeah, Wyatt, you can also kind of see it. You do see a light. Oh, and Morgram, you can like actually probably see through this cave for the most part. It appears
01:23:40
Speaker
Do you see that? Everything else seems really dark for me, even with my dark vision. Yeah, it's real dark in there. Okay.
01:23:51
Speaker
Did I hear Wyatt saying he was sorry and would like my light back? Hey, I'm not being an asshole, but I know what I'm wrong. I will light it back up, then. Okay. That's fine. I will give Wyatt an eternal torch as well.
01:24:10
Speaker
Oh, thank you. Okay, go ahead and turn your light on.
01:24:17
Speaker
So, Morgrim, you step forward and you can see not only that illuminated area to your to the to the east, you also see a passage going down to the southwest, which Both you and Wyatt, now that you've stepped forward, can see a light flickering down at the end of that passage as well.
01:24:54
Speaker
Do we hear anything? Let's see. At this current juncture? You mostly hear wind whipping through the caves, except for thicket. Your blindness has made your hearing more acute and you hear very far away some sort of a sloshing sound.
01:25:21
Speaker
Uh, folks, I hear sloshing. Which way? What do you mean sloshing? I mean, I hear sloshing. which direction you can't pinpoint the directions again i can't quite tell it's around here somewhere right then what's the light it appears to be a lantern next to a bedroll
01:26:02
Speaker
Yeah, as you step down, it definitely looks to be a bad roll. You also see your light illuminates another spread out bad roll on the cave floor.
01:26:18
Speaker
Ficket, are you going to stay with the party or stay by the entrance? Oh, you know, I thought I could keep watch. Yeah. So as more grim you progress forwards,
01:26:32
Speaker
you turn the corner and are face to face with a goblin who you would recognize as the owner of the occultism shop, the haunting. yeah
01:26:48
Speaker
She spots you. She's got a cigar in her mouth, just like the ones that Samuel typically is smoking. And she stands up with a wand in one hand and a claw blade in the other.
01:27:01
Speaker
Oh, it's a wet claw blade. So let's go ahead and get initiative started, shall we? Oh, yes. So I feel like as we're rolling initiative, why does it feel like these people, like some of these people, all these people are outcast, we can say, right? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I wouldn't say we're bullying them if that's what you're thinking.
01:27:31
Speaker
um mostly mostly I'm just saying there's anybody who's a non outcast who got turned into a wen cultist like hey oh oh what like outcast is it a vofamel outcast no as in like generally like societal outcasts oh well yeah that that is that's kind of the shtick yeah that kind of is the shtick yeah it's that kind of is when this whole thing is taking in those who don't have anyone else. um Holy shit. Top of round one, we have Wyatt with a 30. Right there with you, bud. Yeah, there we go. I will notice it. I will note that at the start of your turn, you notice popping out from under a bedroll, there is a thingy.
01:28:15
Speaker
Hey, Bash, we've got another one of your friends here.
01:28:20
Speaker
fucker right so why would you like to do I'll first really quickly cast guidance on more grim okay guidance on more grim and then I'm gonna cast divine Lance on the thingy okay go ahead and roll it get rid of that fucking thing you know
01:28:49
Speaker
27. 27. That is indeed a hit. Go ahead and roll damage. I shall roll damage, which shall be ah six points of damage. Six points of damage. All righty then. And thus ends the cleric's turn. All right then, that brings us to thicket. All right.
01:29:16
Speaker
Going to start with, let's just see the range on this bad boy.
01:29:25
Speaker
And let's see our distance here. Son of a bitch. All right, I'm gonna move over here. And then I'm going to cast Tanglevine on Fingy Steve. Okay, is that ah an attack roll or a saving throw? ah That's a attack. Okay, go ahead and roll a hit. 19.
01:29:46
Speaker
19 that is a hit go ahead and uh what happens now uh he gets a minus 10 foot uh speed penalty for one round okay i guess that's it okay here we go and that was the end of your turn So that brings us now to the thingy, which is not currently immobilized or anything.
01:30:24
Speaker
Wait, success. And it it is heightened, so it does last for two rounds. Two rounds, okay. Yeah. um I keep forgetting my spells are heightened now.
01:30:41
Speaker
she Yeah, they, they heightened all the time. Um, okay. So it is not immobilized. It just has the speed penalty. Um, so it is just going to leap straight through the vine and at more grim. Okay. Um, so.
01:31:07
Speaker
Morgrim, that is going to be a 16 to hit you? No. Okay, then it is going to smack against you briefly and just fall to the floor. And then as its final action, it is going to try to bite your leg.
01:31:32
Speaker
So. um That is going to be against Morigrim, a 26 to hit. Yes. Okay. So, that is going to be 14 points of piercing damage. He's always... As these horrible little needle teeth just chomp into your leg. All right, that is going to bring us to a Bastion.
01:32:01
Speaker
Quick question. um Did that take that out of your stamina? Yes. Wonderful. I am going to use encouraging words. Okay. Which does?
01:32:24
Speaker
I'm reading it, sorry. You give an ally within 30 feet of quick pep talk helping them recover attempt a diplomacy check. The DC is usually 15, though the GM may adjust it based on the circumstances. Okay. So I guess go ahead and make your check.
01:32:50
Speaker
Come on, may I please see my answer? 24.
01:32:55
Speaker
24. I will say that is a success. How much stamina? She recovers 1d8 stamina. All right. And I can't remember. Does Morgan use the resolve point or you? I used to resolve point. Um, I don't think that you have to use a result. Hold on. Hold on. What's this ability again? Encouraging words. Um, let me see. Uh,
01:33:32
Speaker
um huh i could have sworn yeah okay yeah i'm trying to remember oh it must be like pep talk or something like that yeah okay cool all right and uh so you have two actions remaining yes i do um sorry let me just figure out where the distance of the finger critter wait how much did i get back You get 1d8, so either I can roll that or you can roll that. You can
Combat and Strategic Moves
01:34:04
Speaker
roll that. Bastion rolls it. Bastion, you're the one doing the healing, so roll it. You get three points to but back. Thank you very much.
01:34:14
Speaker
um
01:34:24
Speaker
Okay, well I'm not gonna do that because too many people are nearby. So I'm gonna do telekinetic projectile using one of my crossbow bolts. Okay. Obviously towards the hand, fellow. Yeah, I assumed as much. Let's go ahead and roll ahead. I just wanted to make that clear. And that was a 10, so that's not gonna do anything. 10, that unfortunately does not hit, no. And that ends my turn. I'll write that.
01:34:55
Speaker
All right, you notice a familiar smell coming around the corner as Morgrim, you spot a crumbfuck stride out of the darkness.
01:35:07
Speaker
oh our hot And as it strides over to you, it is going to make a claw strike against Morgrim, which is going to be a 23 to hit. Yeah. Okay. So Morgan, you are going to take from that seven points of slashing damage and it is going to attempt to grab you as well.
01:35:45
Speaker
And so that is going to be a
01:35:54
Speaker
against your fortitude DC that is going to be a 14 no all right then it fails to grab you however it does it does attempt it and it does deal that damage all right and that is its turn so yeah it is now It is now there in front of you. um That brings us to the goblin um who is going to start out by pointing her wand at Morgrim and firing this green beam at it.
01:36:49
Speaker
act her so I believe that is okay Morgan I need you to make a fortitude save please
01:37:23
Speaker
Okay. Uh, 18 is why am I not?
01:37:32
Speaker
That's a success. I don't know why I'm not finding the information that I should have in this stat block. Um, so you are enfeebled one until the start of your next turn and that is it for the wand. Um, uh,
01:37:53
Speaker
Okay... I... need you to make a saving throw against theromefox putd breath that fortuum guess yes 31 31 that is a critical success you are immune to its breath for the next minute thank goodness all right now you can take your turn okay thermal nimbus first action all right
01:38:53
Speaker
So many buttons to push. Kineticus is clearly the button pushing class. Yes, apparently. And then I'm going to do my flying flame and hit these two guys. Oh, I might be able to hit all three of them. It's 30 feet. Five, ten. I think I should be able to hit all three of them since the goblin moved. That's ah DC 20.
01:39:20
Speaker
Yeah, that will hit all of them. So let me roll, starting with the Fingy. That is a reflex save, you said? Yes. Fingy gets nineteen fail crumb fuckck get a 26. Passes. And the Goblin gets a 19.
01:39:46
Speaker
Fails. Two fails and a pass. Seven damage for the fails. Three for the half. OK.
01:39:59
Speaker
All righty then. And was that everything? That's everything. All right. That brings us to the top of round two with Wyatt. All right. I've got a support plan, but I don't know if this will work. um
01:40:16
Speaker
The amount of effects Morgan's under right now is really scary. Well, it shouldn't because most of them are friendly. ah There's only one hostile effect on there. The majority were really positive, right? The majority of them are from her. Yeah. Four of them are from her. One of them is from you. I think that's the Kness is the button pushing one and like the one where you're just buffing yourself off. Yeah.
01:40:43
Speaker
um
01:40:46
Speaker
What am I doing? Ever since stamina change, everyone's been in tip-top shape, and I just can't really do anything, you know? How does that make you feel? It makes me feel useless, man. You know, I don't know why. It makes me feel useless. Like, I'm no longer an effective healer. Maybe we'll have to invent a feat for you to take at some point or something. Maybe. Maybe. Maybe. So, what are you doing for this turn? I want to do it for this turn. I will cast...
01:41:18
Speaker
That is a big threat, I imagine. So I'm just gonna... bri I'm gonna... I know Figgy is a grapple thing, that's really dangerous.
01:41:31
Speaker
um
01:41:35
Speaker
It's not an attack though, that grapple, right? That grapple is not an attack, it's just a... So it it is an attack to grab onto you, but then strangling you is not an attack. and Okay, okay.
01:41:50
Speaker
This is going to be really silly, but I'm going to cast a forbidding ward between ah between.
01:42:03
Speaker
What? I forgot what the creatures called. Shit. Crump box. Crump. Crump. Crump. Crump. Crump. Crump. Crump. Crump. Crump. Crump. Crump. Crump. Crump. Crump. Crump. Crump. Crump. Crump. Crump. Crump. Crump. Crump. Crump. Crump. Crump. Crump. Crump. Crump. Crump. Crump. Crump. Crump. Crump. Crump. Crump. Crump. Crump. Crump. Crump. Crump. Crump. Crump. Crump. Crump. Crump. Crump. Crump. Crump. Crump. Crump. Crump. Crump. Crump. Crump. Crump. Crump. Crump. Crump. Crump. Crump. Crump. Crump. Crump. Crump. Crump. Crump. Crump. Crump. Crump.
01:42:24
Speaker
just for please remember um and we're that
01:42:32
Speaker
why it will move we'll take the stride action and oh no he can't no because it's blocked off uh now there's space on this side okay then he's gonna take a stride action flank this bastard so okay the thingy is now flanked yes to get some get some leverage all right and that is the end of your turn so that brings us to thicket what would you like to do mate okay uh i could put up another protector tree but i don't want to use my spell slot so instead i i'm going to start with a demoralize on mr hot dog okay anything to say it's them uh so that is a
01:43:31
Speaker
25 25 against his will DC what do you say that's a success ah I I'm gonna punch your big eye that's it I love that thick it can smell that they have big eyes I smell your eye and I can imagine the taste the creature Morgan you can see it cocks its head it doesn't necessarily know what he's saying but it winds a little bit it can clearly tell that it's not a pleasant thing for him to be saying right now so it is going to be frightened one and then I cast electric arc
01:44:16
Speaker
Okay, I'm guessing at okay, and that's reflex from both so start with thingy thingy gets a 27 that succeeds and Crum fuck gets a 25 that also succeeds. Okay, so half damage I believe I Don't think it's any damage basic reflex. Yes half damage. Oh, okay.
01:44:44
Speaker
Then that is five electric damage each. All right, five electric damage each. And that's my turn. Okay.
01:44:57
Speaker
Yeah, all right then. That brings us now to Fingy, who is going to- Take two points of bard. take two points of fire damage thank you for the reminder um and is then going to leap at thicket so thicket oh god that is a um 29 to hit. that hits Is that a crit? I'm pretty sure a 29 crits. If it crits, a 29 crits, that's not critted. Cause I bird a hero poi for that. Yeah. Roll again. And instead it is a natural one.
01:45:44
Speaker
um ah Yes. So let me see what I rolled here. That is an unarmed attack. That tastes awful. If this was a jaws attack or similar, you are sick and three. It did not try to bite you. So unfortunately it just slaps against you. I'll say it slaps into the soul of frost and just sort of falls to the ground. And it's actually still flanked because it's between you and Margaret. um And so it is then going to just attempt to bite you in the leg.
01:46:16
Speaker
um That is a 16 to hit. That does not hit. All right then. That is the end of its turn. That brings us to Bastion. Also, Morgan, you are now flanked. Yes. Fun times. All right, I'm gonna start by moving over here.
01:46:41
Speaker
As my character sheet just pops around,
01:46:48
Speaker
Alright, so here's a question. If I cast a spell that requires a fortitude save based on a burst of an area, that also injures my enemies, yes? Yes, I'm frightened. yeah What are you trying to use? cause Unless it's specified, did you mean to say allies instead of enemies? Yes, allies. Okay. yeah I was going to say, if you're casting something that causes the saving throw, I hope you're aiming it at your enemies. Um, so yes, that, unless that specifies otherwise it will hate your allies too. Okay. So in that case, instead of casting Concordant Choir, I'm going to cast fighting words on. Okay. Hold on. Uh,
01:47:45
Speaker
The finger man. Okay. All right then. Biting words at Fingy. So that is an attack roll. Yes.
01:48:00
Speaker
That's a 21. 21, that does indeed hit. Go ahead and roll damage. That is six Sonic damage. Six points of Sonic damage. Fingy is now bloodied.
01:48:16
Speaker
Wondrous, that is the end of my turn. Alright then, excellent. That brings us to Kromfak, which is going to, starting out, go for a bite against Morgrim. That is going to be a 24 to hit. Yeah.
01:48:37
Speaker
You're gonna plus an AC if that doesn't help, but you know, I would imagine it doesn't help. No, unfortunately. Unfortunately. um So, Morgan, you are going to take nine points of piercing damage, and I need you to make a fortitude save. Or wait, never mind, you're immune to its breath, so never mind. You do not, yeah you do not have to make a fortitude save against its breath. um It is then going to go for a claw against you.
01:49:07
Speaker
That is a 19 to hit. Wait, plus one AC? Does that help? Still hits. Ah, crap. If that wasn't blinked, it would've. I'm sorry. Unfortunately. um So that is going to be five points of slashing damage. um And it is not going to try to grab you. Instead, it is going to put its claws up in a defensive position.
01:49:36
Speaker
um And that is the end of its turn. So that brings us to the goblin and Morgan, are you out of stamina now? I am at zero stamina now. Okay. So the goblin now is going to, um,
01:50:03
Speaker
One.
01:50:06
Speaker
That's 25. That's one action. Second action is going to take a step. And its third action is going to try to stab Wyatt with her claw blade. That is going to be a 17 to hit. 17 doesn't hit. All right. That is the end of her turn. That brings us to- Why are you just trying to fucking shake me? Cause fuck you.
01:50:33
Speaker
Oh, we're at starry this again. Fuck you! That's my next turn. That's my next turn. What do I do next? Okay, I'm gonna try to do one action. Alay strike the one that I'm flanking. Okay. Go for it.
01:50:58
Speaker
What'd you get? What'd you get? I have no idea. Uh, looks like a 19. That sad hit. So that does indeed hit. Go ahead and roll damage. I'm trying.
01:51:15
Speaker
hope
01:51:21
Speaker
That appears to be eight points of damage.
01:51:31
Speaker
so fingi is now mortal and then i'm going to use the last two actions to flying flame all three of them again okay at least i think she might be at just out of reach i can't tell i can't see the squares so it's hard and i'm working oh jesus that's not what twenty twenty five yeah You can get them all. Okay. um All right. So this reflex saves from each of them, starting with Fingy. Fingy gets a natural 20 for a total of 32. That is a critical success. All right. Kromfak gets a 23. Save. And the goblin gets a 27.
01:52:29
Speaker
So a four to the last two. Okay, four damage to both of them.
01:52:40
Speaker
And so now I believe, okay. So the goblin is now bloodied. And that is the end of your turn that brings us around to the top of round three with Wyatt. Oh gosh. um Yeah, um because because Mr. Fingy right here is... I'll have a look at the initiative order. Mr. Fingy is the most dangerous one here. He's gonna cast a Divine Lance on it, try and get rid of it as fast as possible. Okay, go for it. Alright, uh... Life's charges of divine energy at this little bastard. Uh... I'm just dodging, give me... Oh, don't roll damage. Nope, only attack, sorry.
01:53:30
Speaker
Whoops Assuming that hits it's 22 to hit 22 does hit. Yeah, I'll reroll that damage because i did mean That's gonna be you got the same role I got the exact same wrong. All right ah Six points of spirit which does take and it's quite injured But it's all live. Oh, come on. Uh, I We diagonal each other? Um, not quite. I mean the goblin, the goblin and I. Oh, the goblin, yes.
01:54:06
Speaker
Can I strike her with my mallet? Sure. I'm gonna just like, after I cast the violence, I turn to her and say, pull out the mallet. Fuck you! Try to beat her up. Alright, go ahead and roll the hit. Oh, it's the improvised weapon, I don't have...
01:54:25
Speaker
Please roll extremely well. What do you want? That's a hand roll damage. All right. While you guys are like busy fighting the real monsters, two spell kinds are just like whacking each other in the head with this stuff.
01:54:39
Speaker
um It's not good. It's a minus of two damage. Two points of damage. Hey, it's enough to make your mortal. Oh Ow! Yeah, fuck you.
01:54:51
Speaker
Fuck you! you! fuck you! Alright, that's the end of my turn. That's the end of your turn. That brings us to thicket. Alright. I'm gonna say... Fuck. The lot of you. And, um...
01:55:22
Speaker
That it's a 26 to demoralize this man right here? To demoralize that lady? That is... That is a success!
01:55:38
Speaker
So... she I fake proud Fox to give, guys. She's now frightened of one. Sorry, what is... Wait, what did she say your role was again? 26. 26. That was a critical success. Guys, there's so many. There's so many blocks here, guys. Oh, and then electric arc. Okay. Fingy and crop again. Yeah. Fingy crop. Fuck. Okay. Let me check. Wait, what's the range on 30 feet?
01:56:18
Speaker
um'm just checking like yeah it doesn't specify that the targets have to be adjacent or anything oh somebody just dropped no it's just it's just two within range oh okay it's just everything's crashing uh that's a good cantrip it's it's certainly strong gets a 27 that succeeds and kromfok gets a 21 that also succeeds So half damage to each. They each take four. Each take four points of damage. That is enough to fry Fingy. Promised and enough to make Kromfok bloodied. All right. And of course, Emma, are you back?
01:57:08
Speaker
Yes, I'm back. Yes, I don't know why my The campus internet is rejecting me. Well, it is campus internet, so it is your turn. It's true. Okay. Um,
01:57:24
Speaker
the finger lad is by my feet. Yes. Dead. It is dead. Oh, it's dead. Thick. It just fried it. Oh, good to know. And the crumb talk is bloodied and the goblin is mortal and frightened too.
01:57:40
Speaker
That's all very lovely information. I'm going to go ahead and cast Divine Lance towards the goblin fellow or woman. Go ahead and roll the hit.
01:58:03
Speaker
If that rolled, I can't see it, but it does not appear to have rolled.
01:58:09
Speaker
course not why would it have Do you have real dice? no i don't have real ice i forgot to pack them
01:58:18
Speaker
Gasp. Do you have the ability to open Google on your phone and tell it to roll 1D20?
01:58:32
Speaker
Okay. That's a 29 to 29 to hit. That is a critical hit. So go ahead and roll critical damage.
01:58:44
Speaker
Give me a moment while I also have Google roll me my 3d four.
01:58:54
Speaker
Okay, that's nine double, so 18 points of damage against this. 18 points of damage. She is just last just straight through her head and you watch her soul just sort of fly out the back of her head for a moment before it disappears. Oh, wow. Yeah, she is dead, dead. Super duper dead. Oh my gosh. So that leaves the Kromfak and the Kromfak alone. Bastion, you have one action remaining, I believe. Okay. um
01:59:29
Speaker
I'm gonna here so we're flanking it. And that will complete my my turn. ah Okay. And as you as you move to there, you look down and you can see what you think is a cage down below. That's not good.
01:59:59
Speaker
All right, and that is the end of your turns. That brings us to the Kromfok, which is going to... Excuse me. Take two points of fire damage. Thank you for the reminder. um And it is then going to... All right. It is then going to do a sprinting strike sprinting past, it is going to go for Morgrim with a claw. That is a 19 to hit. Right. Do I still have that? Whatever it is. for No, it es I think it ended already. How long does it last? I think it's one round. Let me see. I know it doesn't last a long time because it's a cantrip. Forbidding Lord?
02:00:55
Speaker
Oh, I need to sustain it. I didn't sustain it. Yeah. No, it is gone. I did not sustain i did say I'm sorry I was told I was useless so I did I didn't see a reason to sustain it. I'm sorry um That is seven points of slashing damage and it is not going to attempt to grab as Excuse me. It just keeps on running
02:01:27
Speaker
And it runs out of sight.
02:01:40
Speaker
These things are extremely fast. Yeah, my god. Yeah, so that is the end of its turn.
02:01:54
Speaker
Alright, as we come to Morgrub's turn, are you going to follow it or are you going to let it go and explore this area? Well, I imagine with how fast it is I'm not going to be able to catch it to it, so I'll just wait for whoever it brings. I'll be on alert for backup. Okay.
02:02:19
Speaker
So do we want to say we're out of initiative then for now? Sure. Because if does I guess does anyone else want to take chase right now? Nah. Or are we all going to stay here? Yeah. Let's just stay here. I want to chase it, but I can't physically chase it, so.
Rescuing Dawncaller and Cult Revelations
02:02:51
Speaker
You are now left in this space, and as the quiet sets in, you hear coughing from down south towards the cages that Bastion saw.
02:03:10
Speaker
Oh gods, okay. but Quick, anything fun on the goblin's body? um Before Morgan fully turns the corner, you look at the goblin's body. ah She definitely does have a few things on her. She's got wind claw blade. She's got... Take that quickly, slide it. Okay. um She's got a... She's got a wand. She's got... Looks like two unlit cigars sort of in a little pouch on her belt. Fuck, yeah. um And she's got...
02:03:43
Speaker
a strange purple gem would you like to try to identify any of these things uh yes okay which one do you want to start with cigars where are they from cigar okay uh go ahead and make go ahead and make a make a recall now let's check everything i was so i apologize so much yeah fine he's got his priorities uh why come on he hes he's you see that icon on top right corner guess what that's for um on his character token uh he's doing nature check so you can find where this these are from 26 they seem to be from here these actually look like life dried frost coffee leaves actually it actually looks like these are all chemical in nature oh you give it a good sniff and you think that
02:04:34
Speaker
You know, tobacco always has a bit of a calming effect, you know? But you think these have been alchemically treated so that they will have a heightened calming effect? Ah. I will pocket, but... I pocket it all, but yes. Okay. Anything else on the... Yeah. Did you want to check the wand or the gem? Yeah. I assumed I wanted the gem first, because it seems... Does it seem magical? Yes. It's a gem. Yeah, I'll take the gem.
02:05:03
Speaker
OK, I would be also matters to me. You know, it also appears to be attached to her claw blade. Actually, the gem is and like and then in the claw blade. Sorry. Oh, all right. Go ahead and make a recall. Now I'll give you choice. I will take a ah cultism attached to a wind device. I want to see if this is like wind blessing or some weird arcane thing. So 21.
02:05:31
Speaker
This appears to be a talisman called a fear gem. So you can activate the gem. It's consumable. So you, you like crack the gem to activate it. And, uh, if you hit and deal damage with your strike with the weapon that, uh, the gem is attached to, then it will frighten the target. Guys, I got a fear gem. Anyone want it?
02:06:02
Speaker
Oh, I guess you can't really use that, can you? There's actually two of them. Only one is affixed. One is affixed to the claw gauntlet. The other one is just loose. I'll take one of them. All right. Okay. Toss one to good old Bastion Parker. And then the other one is currently affixed here to that claw blade you just picked up. So you have it, Wyatt. And then did you want to identify the wand as well? Oh yeah. what We're here. Might as well. Okay.
02:06:32
Speaker
Um, actually, wait, nevermind. It's on your spell list. You can just know that it is a, it is a wand of infable infable at rank one. Okay. Which is a, uh, arcane divine and occult spell. So you would be, ah you and Bastion would both be able to use it. Whereas by inventories getting way too filled up. Uh, would either of you like the wand of infable? I can take it if he doesn't want it.
02:07:01
Speaker
I already got a blessed wand, so... Okay. Here, toss it. Bastion has the Wand of Unfeeble. All right. Now, Morgan, you turn the corner and your torch illuminates in one of the cages a beaten up Dawncaller.
02:07:18
Speaker
oh oh Dawncall? Looks up at your light like the gods. Oh, I thought I heard a commotion. Shit.
02:07:32
Speaker
I'm gonna run down and start trying to get the cage open. Yeah, you run down and ah there there was also a key on the goblin's body. I forgot to mention it. Ooh, definitely didn't forget to put it in her inventory. um ah Oops. um So yeah, you're able to quickly unlock the cage and let Dawncaller out. What happened? And she just sort of almost falls out into your arms, Bastion.
02:08:04
Speaker
Oh, hi. Sorry, need a moment. Good to see friendly faces. Um... Where's the mayor? I don't know, they took him deeper into the cave, I think. There were... there... I don't know why there's three cages, they only brought two of us. But uh...
02:08:26
Speaker
I think i take at least it was just me and the mayor and yeah they just took him into deeper into the cave maybe an hour ago. um I've been a little spacey. and They hit me pretty hard and she points to a very, very painful looking bruise on the side of her head. Shit. I'm gonna try and treat her wounds. Okay, go for it.
02:08:54
Speaker
Yeah, she is currently bloodied.
02:09:03
Speaker
Oh. Oh, I'm going to use my hero point. That's a good idea. Oh, my gosh. Reunites with friend immediately cut her throat by accident. ah okay That's a 17. Yeah, that's a success. Go ahead and roll two to eight. If you're all natural, I've been like, man, are you medically licensed? That's eight.
02:09:24
Speaker
Eight points of healing. Thanks, that feels a lot better already. You sort of bandage up. She's also got a whole bunch of cuts on her arms and across her, across her chest and stomach, um, torn through her jacket and yeah. Um, well, very, very injured. Um, but.
02:09:47
Speaker
You're, you would be surprised. I would say everyone else was kind of surprised that she was able to take such a, such an obviously brutal beating, but, um, Bastion, you're, you're not particularly surprised at all. You fought a dragon with this woman. So, um, okay. Do you all have any water by chance?
02:10:10
Speaker
Yeah. I cast Spout. Whiskey, oh. Spout? I can just blast her in the face with water. what the really you That wasn't what I meant, brother, but I'll i'll take it. and I mean, when I got a better way of doing that. I cast Draw Moisture and I draw moisture out of the air in a ball. yeah She just greedily slurps up the water. That was much more like it.
02:10:37
Speaker
Yeah, yeah, I could fucking imagine. All right. Okay. And she she sits down. They came in in the middle of the night, in the middle of the commotion. I ran to my office because I knew my secretary was working late. Is she okay?
02:11:04
Speaker
She's fine, shaken up, right but fine. Okay. Good. Good. Okay. Um... There's a whole group at of the fuckers. Some sort of... Well, not some sort of it. It is a cult to end. Um... They wanted me to join up with them and I said no.
02:11:28
Speaker
So I guess they decided to make sure that they brought me with him, because I was the only one who knew anything about him before this whole mess.
02:11:41
Speaker
We dealt with the Dwarf, the Dracosyn, the Goblin, and the ah Orc. who's Who's left? That's most of them, I think.
02:11:52
Speaker
After that, it'll just be their creatures, Samuel and Everly.
02:12:02
Speaker
Everly? How many hermanities have you seen crawling about? It's tough for me to distinguish them, but um I think yeah home and going coming and going, I've maybe seen 10 of the things.
02:12:20
Speaker
Yeah, OK. Different stages of injury. But i I've not. There normally aren't more than like two or three in at a time. And right now, as far as I'm aware, i I heard a large group of them leave. A large group of them came in last night and then left. So I don't actually know how many there are right now. But I think they went on a another feeding raid somewhere.
02:12:49
Speaker
Probably got a Nuntan camp somewhere.
02:12:54
Speaker
So I don't know how many are here right now, but there's got to be at least one. There's always at least one. But i've I can't say what else is going on in the cave. I've never gone past this point. They pretty much immediately threw me in the cage and they've kept me here since. Ken, oh god.
02:13:19
Speaker
ah look I look at her, does she seem like in a fighting kind of position? Is she able to fight? Well, theoretically,
02:13:33
Speaker
she's definitely, she's barely above bloodied right now. But theoretically, she could fight with you if you asked her to.
02:13:46
Speaker
Can I spend a resolve point during this time to get back next time? Yes, yes. You can all take a little resolve rest. If you must, if you wish. I've no need!
02:13:58
Speaker
haven't been scratched this entire time i'm sorry guys oh same here i'm i'm happy as a clam but everyone in that first fight everyone went for bastion and this fight everyone went for morgan it was just how it went i declared just he's like attack me everyone i'm the healer i didn't say that by the way cam erase that from your you just did but uh um
02:14:27
Speaker
Yeah, so you why you think she might be able to fight, but she's she definitely does not look too hot right now.
Artifact Discussion and Session Reflection
02:14:35
Speaker
I would say I didn't write I didn't assign the condition to her, but she she is fatigued currently as well as the low hit points.
02:14:48
Speaker
Wait, I have a thing you don't know what her you don't know what her magic status is looking like right now.
02:15:05
Speaker
You can't treat the fatigue position. No Red Bull in this universe.
02:15:11
Speaker
so So... So, um, what are you... what are you planning to do? Well, the way I see it, we go through the rest of this cave, we kill the bastards, we go back to town, and we figure out what's next. Oh, uh, by the way,
02:15:32
Speaker
Mm. Not that now's the time to, you know, give you more on your plate, but, um... The guy in his chest, I point it thicket. You know, the one with the, the soul of Frost. Right. Kind of, um, brutally murdered a man of his own volition. I take it that's not normal. No. Um, so we're all a little scared.
02:15:59
Speaker
Bastion, did I not fucking tell you to keep it to yourself? I thought that he should have it as it was his ancestral artifact. Okay, but he's also missing 20 years of his bleeding life, Bastion. Okay, I didn't think that he would be, no offense, stupid enough to put it on a living creature. I wasn't just my choice. He very much insisted. Oh! Oh, well, did he then?
02:16:29
Speaker
And that should make us feel better about your decisions. Collectively, as a group.
02:16:37
Speaker
Oh, Mortred save us. Alright, well, I'm afraid there's not a whole lot that I can do right now. I might be able to help a little bit, but I used up most of my magic, frightened fighting them, and haven't really been able to get a good enough rest in to recover properly. Rest, it's fine. We'll figure it out. Okay.
02:17:14
Speaker
All right. What now?
02:17:21
Speaker
Well, I guess we gotta go down the other branch of the cave, yeah? Okay. As you prepare to do that, that is where we're gonna end tonight's session.
02:17:34
Speaker
wow we were So, Morgan, how are you feeling? Um, okay. She's ready to exterminate all of the Hormanthenes. Nice, nice. And be done with the little sausages. Fair, fair enough. They're with ya. Thicket, how are you feeling? Uh, still internally screaming, um, but you know, we're taking it one day at a time. Okay, fair enough.
02:18:09
Speaker
uh Wyatt how are you feeling he's just he's just nominally pissed he's not he's not like exploding anger he's just nominally pissed off at just there's there's a very large list and currently when her manphonies and an outcast are the top three right now and at weak willed outcast specifically because he himself is kind of an outcast but he even he would never turn to something like this he smugly states to himself inside his head
02:18:47
Speaker
He doesn't realize the irony, but yes. And Bastion, what are you doing? How are you feeling? Good Lord, what are you doing? What the heck is wrong with me? How are you feeling? Was that a really loud sneeze that I just heard? Sorry, my bad. I just couldn't tell because it cut out. I thought I heard somebody screaming. I was like, I hope there was a sneeze and not somebody getting murdered. Oh, God. Yeah, Bastion, how are you feeling?
02:19:16
Speaker
Relieved, but also homicidal. there As you tend to be. Who are you directly homicidal towards, if anyone? oh Samuel, generally. Makes sense, makes sense. And how are we all feeling as players?
02:19:45
Speaker
Allergic to the state of California, but I know that's not what you mean Game wise We're endgame we're I feel like we're endgame to the mid game of an arc but Like I don't know what what level ah Do you intend for us to go to camp? Oh, we'll find out shit but oh man yeah we'll we'll find out we're we're going off vibes at this point because like I I know where I know where the story ends right but uh I don't know when exactly the story I see so we'll get there when we get there
02:20:28
Speaker
We want to give a special shout out to our first member on Buy Me a Coffee, Jane Meyer. Thank you so much for your support, Jane. It really means the world.