Critical Role & Sagas of Sundry - Vox Machina Ep. 78 - The Seige of Emon

Episode Date: January 10, 2022

The battle for Emon begins! Vox Machina makes their way toward the ruins of the Cloudtop district!   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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First and foremost, Talus and Jaffe is on his way. He's playing the part of Sam Regal in being late today. Yeah. But he'll be here shortly. And we do not have Travis Willingham tonight, unfortunately. He is out of town shooting something pretty awesome. So yeah, boo, boo! Boo! Indeed! Not watching Avengers this time. That was like the only time he missed it, yeah. And he was not happy. I know.

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Thank you, Magic Puzzle Quest. Check them both out, guys. A couple quick announcements. Talks, Mockina will be up next Tuesday. And every following Tuesday, simulcasts both on Twitch and Alpha. So you guys can still get a chance to watch it. All the Alpha supporters will still have all the access to it.

It's going to be awesome. Glad you guys get a chance to follow us along with that and try out the platform and enjoy it on Twitch. Huzzah! Haza! So next talks, we'll have a couple guests, which you might meet later on this evening. I'll be joining the next episode next Tuesday at 7 here in Nal-Napha.

You're welcome, Brian. I have to get my notebook. Next up, next Monday, December 12th, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. There's an extra special holiday season episode of Dick and Johnson happening here. Dick and Johnson Save Everything Ultra Holiday Special, some specific titles. There's a bunch of guests, including Croyd Extra, myself. I'll be showing up for a little bit. with some ridiculousness of characters.

So you guys need to check it out if you haven't already. It's, I don't you describe the game. It's like a shark riding a reindeer, shooting a mini gun while waving an American flag and playing D&D. That's a great tattoo. That's a challenge to you guys. Show us your pictures of your great, amazing Dick and Johnson tattoo.

Wherever it may be on your Dick and Johnson. But tune in next Monday, December 12th, at 4 to 6 p.m. Check it out. I'll see you there. All right. So many announcements. I know, it's crazy. Thank you for all the preview. Six more.

Six more, we're getting there. New GM tips came out today. Yay! This week's topic is specifically on running an evil campaign and curbing motor herber, murder herber, murder-habil behavior campaigns. Murder-Hurber.

Murder-Hurbs. That's out now on YouTube and the Geekinstein website. Also, at the break today, we have a very special video from our good friend Patrick Rothfus, and plays care in the world as we're helping support his World Builders charity, which has been doing amazing gangbusters, and they're setting up a specific

critical role page on that with a few prizes that we're providing from our end as well of people that enter and donate that you can win. So he's going to put together a video and information about the page will be available very soon. Go check it out. It's an amazing charity. I've talked about it here before, and the money is being matched dollar for dollar by number of corporations

for everything you donate. So check out the break for a special message from Patrick Wefiz. He's a good human being. He's a good human being. He wanted to be here tonight, but he's unfortunately in a I saw unfortunately. He's in, fortunately in a tux at the, I think it's the

game, what's, the Gamer's Choice Awards? No, no, no, no, no. Child's play, I think, charity event tonight. That's kind of the gamers' sort of. Child's play? All chair, no, it's a charity. It's a charity. It's all about charity. Fairly. Speaking of charity,

speaking of charity, speaking of charity. We had the pleasure, once again, as a fantastic example of this community that sprung up around this channel and this show, so many of you guys have been so generous in supporting all the charities we've spoken of and other charities who got them to find. We had one amazing critter who is here tonight named Mark Koro, who has donated an amazing amount to 826 LA in the name of this show. Mark, I'm blown away by your generosity, and I think it's, a fantastic example, once again, of just the power of community that you've all put together in helping support other people who don't have the opportunity. Well, and I also just want to thank you guys for the inspiration.

I mean, you get to throw inspiration dice around all the time, but when you do it in the real world world, it makes a big difference. So I think 826LA is an amazing charity, and I think I would just do sort of a Christmas critter charity challenge for, you know, all the critters out there at this time of year especially, to go ahead and donate to your favorite charity, donate to 826LA in the name of critical role. And again, make a difference. World's gone a little wonky. Time for love and generosity is never better than now.

So thank you, guys. Thank you, Mark. Thank you, Mark. Thank you. You said, he said, Mark said, he's going to die. He's got to die, Matt. He's got to die. He's got to die. Oh, you know, I give you damage bounty, so I don't know.

Thank you, Mark. And as always, 826 LA is amazing, and there might be a local branch in your city. I know San Francisco, I know there's one in New York. and there's one in New York, and there's one in Chicago. You should totally check it out. You can also, they have web stores,

and you should go under their web stores because there's a lot of really good Christmas stuff that you can buy that's, like, fun and artie and poetry-ish, and, like, kids poetry that you can buy books that's actually really good, and it's a great Christmas gift, and you're giving to a good cause. It's amazing.

Bonus is all around. Oh, yeah. Oh, and forgot to mention this, too, for the Toxmock Announcement, too, whilst remaining on Twitch, also, we'll have an enhanced version on Alpha in the New Year as well. So you'll have that positive element of it too,

and you can see what the platform is capable of doing with that show. So there you go. Wee-woo, right. Zoom up. Wee. Spotify playlists are still rolling out. We had Loras go up last Friday. It was so good.

It was so good. Did you think so? I did. I like that. Is it maybe just because you had a song all there? Well, yeah, that's part of it, but the whole thing was pretty good. It's all Debbie Gibson.

You had a song on there too, Sam. I did, yes. I know you didn't listen to it. No, I haven't. I will tonight. I'll go down to it. Spotify or Geekin Sundry or where you get them. Spurterfer. Did you ever listen to any of the first

playlist that we put out? Of course I did. I listened to mine. You are on a show called Critical Role. Sure, sure. A group of nerdy-ass voice actors. My best friends who I support by showing up. No, I listened to them. I read your, your little. blurbs, I did, I did those things.

Wow, so I'm sorry. Oh, I just got Christmas spirit all of them out. Get some Seltzer, we'll get that right out. Thank you for your click on the Key Contemporary website, I guess. Just a click, not alike. No, of course. We don't want any weird ideas.

And who is the Spotify playlist this week? That was me? Oh, that's great. Have you done it? Yeah, I did it. I did it. That'll be you, Talison. It's good.

It's good. It's good. It's good. It'll be good. Sam will listen to it in five months. I hear you. Last but not least. Me and Marisha are guesting at Magfest in January,

6 through the 8th. Magfest is one of my favorite events and has been for many years. It's a video game music festival. We're gonna have a bunch of panels over there and there's a bunch of great concerts and shows going on. It's just a general, awesome, fun experience. If you haven't been before, I recommend it.

If you have been, go again. We'll be there. Come and say hi. There's also a couple more now. Yeah, that's right. Oh my gosh. More and more and more and more. I know, I know, but these are good.

These are really cool. Well, last weekend was PSX. Yeah. And there were a couple awesome projects that were announced there, which is the new uncharted game. Woo-Whast legacy, whoa, what, what. I play Nadine, whoa, whoa, whoa.

And then also announced the same time was Last of Us 2, starring one, Ashley Johnson. We're all very, very, very, very excited about it. Our D&D show kind of bookended PSX, It's kind of cool actually. It was pretty freaking cool. And those are gonna be a long time before they're out, but it's still really awesome.

Domination. And then finishing announcements tonight with some special, special traits, which is. What? Critical Role. A Critical Role hat. Yeah, you've been in here the whole time.

This is out in the store right now. As well as Critical Role dies. Dyes. So I've heard tell that if you get these ordered, If you live in the United States, I'm sorry, international critters, but if you live in the US, then you should be able to get these before Christmas.

Yes, stocking stuffers. Yeah, great stocking stuffers. Great, under the tree purposes, too. This is a fine ass baseball cap. On the inside, it says, how do you want to do this? Oh, no. Oh, my head is so small and mine is so large. And it's all, like, embroidered.

I know. It's beautiful. It's really pretty. I've seen the hat. And it's perfect for when we played all the other Dungeons dragons Twitch shows in our softball league. Right? Yeah.

So we have. I kind of really want that. We've said we were going to talk about. And I, by the way, rolled these dice before the show, and I got a critical on my D20s, so. No guarantee. And a ton of ones. So they're in this right now.

There's a limited amount, obviously, like it always is. But as soon as they're gone, we're going to order more. But if you want them for Christmas, then, you know, probably get it soon. All right? I think that's it, right? That's everything. Okay, good. I hope so.

Wow, front-loaded them this week. Thank you for your patience. It's all good. Good announcements, good things, good holiday spirit kicking forward. And in that same spirit of good positive fun, let's bring it down here into the current dramatic rocketing conclusion in the heart of the CromaCon play for tonight's episode of Critical Role. Welcome back, ladies and gentlemen. A lot happened in that break. Apparently, I missed most of it. Pure chaos. I'm so removed from most of that. The game starts. I'm like, what happened? What? Do you just phase out so you don't? You don't hear the terrible things we say? No, I'm just focused on the rest of the shit that's happening.

Anyway, so to get you up to speed, our fantastic band-adventures. Vox Machina have been battling against the Chroma Conclave, a collection of evil, dangerous, chromatic dragons, led by Thordak, the Cinder King, who has been reining over their home city of Iman for quite some time, terrorizing the community, and apparently slowly undergoing a change

based on the elemental stone that is embedded in his body that once locked him into the plane of fire. You've defeated most of the dragons and allied yourself with one of the only remaining members, Raishon, the Green Dragon. You guys have since acquired a number of allies. You made your way to the fire plane to the city of Brass. You returned to find Fort Daxiou under attack.

You managed to defend it. You saved a few friends. Return to White Stone, and it seems like everything is gearing itself towards the final conflict. In Imong with Hordeck the Sindh, the King. Last we left off, you were meeting underneath White Stone at the Ziggurat with the current standing council, the war council of both White Stone and this entire endeavor. You decided a couple people to come with you, and now is your time to spend the next day or so wisely as the army from Fort Daxio and Singorn will be arriving at Yaman and by about sundown the following day. your airship,

it was in transit adaxio and has been rerouted to Eamon as well. Everyone is converging to the city. What do you want to do to prepare? Oh God, it's all happening! Okay, they're all going to the city. So what time of day is it right now? Right now, it's, I'd say, about

mid-afternoon. Are we still done by the Ziggurat? You guys, you guys just finished your meeting at the Ziggurat. I have some guns to repair because everything broke and many of these things cost money now. Yeah.

That's small picture. What's big picture? How long is the trip did we say? To get to get to Eman from here? We're instant for us. Instant? Well, we just have to go through a tree. Or a teleportation.

And we're meeting with Dad. Yeah, he's marching to Eamon right now. Are we going to have a meeting spot outside of Amman? We should probably should. I was thinking... We should probably also have a plan. We should probably get close to Grey Scholar and see if we can enter through the... I think that's our way, yeah.

Yes, but we do have to rally with your pops, and also, didn't we cut loose 55 soldiers to wander free in the desert from Maxia? They're meeting... Where? They're meeting the other armies. Trust in them, their soldiers, they'll be able to find their way. So can we scry and figure out why this other army is? Maybe we'll go there, or maybe we should scry on our old keep and go there.

Those seem like two good locations. Srying on the old keep and then letting everyone know. We don't necessarily want everyone arriving at the same place as well. As long as there's a coordinated movement towards the city. They can also start attacking, and we can come in from the bottom. Sure, but we've told the approaching army nothing about any plan whatsoever. We can call them if we need to. It might be smart.

Once we know what's happening. So we probably want different regiments flanking the city in different areas? And then maybe the 50 men coming into the sewers to fight. I feel like we want to catch up with our father's army before they're anywhere near the walls of the city because, well, that would be stupid. We can go meet them if that's the next minute. And strategize when we get there once we see their forces and what they have to offer? Percy, do you still have that map of Amman? Yes, somewhere.

We should probably talk to Gilmore as well and let him know that he has to fucking join us. Let him. Let him know that we would like you to. We drew the Schwartzrow for him. We should also collect some other allies of us going ahead in this direction. Of course. All right. Do you want to go talk to Gilmore, Maxypoo?

Sure. We're going to need a painter. You know a painter. We should bring a painter with us. A painter? Why? To paint our exploits? Yes.

Once again, Percy, I feel like that's small pictures. Small potatoes? Is it small potatoes? Is it really, though? We could find a jeweler right now. We could. That's what you're into. I have a man.

I'd like to purchase some furniture as well. I have a man at a casino that I really need to get revenge on. You might as well get it all done now, because you're not going to be able to do it later. 24 hours left alive. Kynet! All right. But no, stock up on what with, again, White Stone doesn't necessarily

have a lot for us to gather. Well, we should bring any potions? How are we doing on potions? Did you ever divvy up our last set of potions? I did divvy up our last potions. I feel like it might be smart to get some more, but the only place to really buy any is Vasselheim. Is that true?

This is more or less true. I mean, it's the only city still standing that we have access to immediately. They don't really have anything there, do they? No. I mean, we don't have a lot of time. The thing is, I feel like people in Vasselheim said they would help us, but I don't know how they'd get to them on to help us in time.

You know, an airship. Oh shit, where's our airship? It's on its way. To where? To Amon. To Amon. To Amon. Did we say Imon or do we say Daxi?

He just said that it was being redirected. It was on its way to Daxio and then we- They're redirecting to a man. They're rerouting. Thank God we're sending it to a dragon instead of- It does Ford on fire. It does have weaponry. Okay.

Yeah. It's made to take on things attacking it. It's designed to help keep him on the ground. Yeah, it's a giant balloon. Any air. It's not a balloon, actually. Well, no, it's a giant crystal. I know, I keep saying, Teddy Rexbin.

I always think of it like a high-tech hindenberg. I know. Please don't say that. That's not funny. All right, that's a metaphor for Voxmark. There was one, yeah. All right. Besides gathering our forces here, gathering our potions here,

and telling Gilmore, where are we going? Let's put it to a vote, as we always do democratically. Grog? Yes? Grog, where would you like to go? To the army waiting just outside of him on or to our old Rattie keep with nothing in it? I'd like to go to the...

I don't know. First, he's getting a little strange off of the size. Maybe I'll... Wait, Travis is watching, so he gets a little bit of a stand, yeah. I think Ron is dumb. No, no, no. So, Grog is thinking about it. Brog is thinking really hard.

Grog doesn't seem, he considers it for a second, he goes, Um, whatever makes me kill things fast. Okay, yeah, that's good. About 75%. All right. Wait, have we rested? We have. You did rest before coming here.

You spent the evening in Port Daxia. And then we teleport it. No, Laura brought us here. Yeah. Yeah, you have him Bernan. So you're full. Okay, putting into a vote, three choices, ready? Yeah.

To your dad, to our keep or to Vasselheim. I don't know why, because it's been mentioned. Okay, well, hang on. I mean, I can scry on our keep. I feel like, wait, can't Allura send a message to them and let them know what our plan is, and then we don't have to actually banff there. We don't have a plan!

Wherever we go, we can let everyone know what the plan and where we're going is. We don't. We do have options. I feel like what we need to do. Okay, here's what I think our plan should be. Lead us, oh mighty Vax. I feel like we should tell the Army's gathering

to prepare to attack. Sure. We enter in where the clasp is. We come in from the bottom up. Sure. So they're going to create a diversion for us. Exactly. They take on the armies while we head straight to Thorda. Dad creates a shit storm at the wall,

and we take advantage of that. To communicate this to them. Yeah. Very easy to do. We just send a message. We could send a message, or we could bamf there, and then bamp another place. It just seems a lot of time wasted.

Yeah, easier just to send a message. Lura has been in communication, and just kind of been the information hub between most of these individuals. So. And how long did we say before Sildor reaches Iman? By about dusk the following day. Dusk the following day. And you said afternoon right now?

Yeah. Okay, so a little more than 24 hours. We can at least get under there and start communicating with the closet. Yeah, we're not really in good standing with them. I'm sure they'll be happy to see us regardless. You think? Oh, I guess, you know, sure. It's like seeing that person you hated in high school after something terrible just happened.

Yeah, but now they need you. Yeah, but now they're a little bit overweight and they work in an applebee's. Sure, and it's a little gratifying. Yeah. They can hate us and we can deal with that afterward if there is even an afterwood. They're businessmen, I doubt they hold grudges. I'm sure they hold grudges. Not till after the dragon's been taking them.

Then they'll make us pay. Yes. It's not profitable to kill us before the gun. the dragon's dead. Yeah. Also, somewhere in all this fracas, we need you to take care of us with food. Oh, like a feast. When it's time?

We have, right, when is the time? I think once we're there. It lasts for 24 hours. Yeah. Okay. Before we head in. In the keep, for old time's sake. I don't think that's very smart.

Or in the sewers for old times sake. I just mean underneath. Hopefully in the keep. So we have a clear plan, we have a plan for dinner. Well, there's no guarantees, Scanlon. Well, but where are we going? That's all I care about right now.

We're going to hell. Where do you think we're going? It's going to be fucking awful. You're probably going to be dead in 48 hours. Yeah, but we'll be together. And I don't think that I'll die. You're adorable. It's really...

We're going to be in front. if anything. We need to talk. This is like the worst of two extremes. You should scry on gray skull. All right. Is anyone still there? Last time I looked in, there was some movement.

Or that looked like people had recently been there. Wasn't it Drexel? Wasn't it? Or Drenzel? No, they're off somewhere else. No, that wasn't a guy. You said by sunset tomorrow is when they'll be at Amon? That's when they'll be at Amon.

That's when they're off. they'll be there and ready. Okay. Oh, night time? If you want more information, you might have to talk to somebody who has that information. Right. What we need to do is plan of time that they start the attack.

Sure, we just have to get there first and suss it out too. We haven't done any recon. We don't know this army of your fathers. We have no idea how big it is, if they have archers, if they have an elite SWAT team task force. So we should probably back to the- If we know we have an elite SWAT team task force, we can take them down with us into the sewers.

I can almost promise you they do not have an elite SWAT team task force. They might have some stealthy. Some stealthy individuals. Yes. Well, we have friends of our own. Also, if we do any recon, we might know like, oh, there's a big thing that we need to have taken out

before we can even get in. What if our keep is being surrounded? What if our keep is being, well, we're going to scry on the keep. Let me scry on the keep this little answer. Let me have questions and then we'll go from there. Scry away, Keynes. Is like, did we leave Lina there or? No.

Did we leave anyone there or is it completely vacated? You don't know. It was chaos when we left. Yeah, it was absolute chaos. You pushed your servants through. Your staff still currently exists somewhere in Whitestone. But I can't scry on just a building, can't we? We fought Voragal and then hightedled it out of there inside and gone.

I can't scry on just a building. Can you scry on a plant? Can you scry on a dead thing? Can I scry on a plant? There's a tree. Because you are a druid, being a nature-based entity and is a living creature. No. And one that... Steal my thunder!

One that I've had, you know, personal communications with. Intimate relations. Intimate communication. I would say, due to the fact that you are a druid and nature is your basis, if it is a specific plant-based entity that you are very familiar with, sure. very familiar with? Sure. Do we have anything like that of our keep? We do. We have a number of trees in the front, you have the garden or the, you're built in the, in Serenry temple. That's what I want to scribe. I want to start there. Okay. So, but you know, you know how like it's always like, you zoom in really fast and you zoom in really fast and you zoom in

really, can I like slow down when I get to the keep? Can I do like, can I do like, can't be all doctor's face? You know, like I can't pull focus or anything. It doesn't work that way. In theory, In theory, scrying is only supposed to show you what's there. I narratively let a little bit of a journey happen. You can't control the journey. Sorry. DBR. It's the worst, by the way. Okay.

All right, so, as you, where are you doing the spell? Where? Where are you doing your scrying ritual? Not by the Ziggurat if we're still there. Right. So are you guys heading back to the castle then? Yeah, yeah. Let's go to the castle. All right. That's where everyone is anyway.

While you guys are heading back to the castle from underneath the tunnels, you are briefly headed off by a familiar Dwarven fellow in robes in a Chrysline staff, and Elementalist Drake, Thunderbrand. By the way, before you leave, we've been working on a few things for you. It should be existence to you, so just come find me in the common room whenever you're ready. Of course. Thank you. Fortuitous. I like presents. So you had to your quarters to go ahead and do the sky spell. Okay.

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creaning down even faster, and below you can see, from an overhead view, gray skull keep. You begin to rush in that direction. As it gets closer, you can see the same damage that it took from the wall from the initial attack of the conclave. You see elements of rubble around the outside, though it's still pristine being repaired by the celestial entity that was summoned by Pike shortly after. Your vision jumps again, this time through the repaired stained glass exterior of the Temple of Sarenrae. And it comes to rest there in a moment amongst the strangely contrasting peaceful greenery of this temple. There is such a sense of hopelessness and horror on the outside of the city. This one little moment

in time here is almost like a time capsule of how things were before. And it's sad but hopeful at the same time. As your vision swivels over to the tree there in the temple, it, while contained here for as long as it's been, seems to be healthy, seems to be kept. Looking in the vicinity, most everything seems in place. Do the trees look overgrown? Do the plants look overgrown? I mean, as much as being away for the handful of months that you have been, it looked like they haven't been trimmed or tended to recently. And that temple is intact? It looks like the keep was still intact where we rebuilt it? Correct. Okay.

It is not fallen. Do I sense any movement? Anyone there? Make perception check. With disadvantage. Through this grasp. If I, if I... Okay. No. Can't help us. Yeah. No. I rolled two ones.

Both ones? Yeah, girl. I'm gonna say we're gonna just like, but that's just flushing it out of the system. Yeah. Strangely, somehow through a scry spell, something got in your eye in the temple. You're like, ah, God.

I hate it with the VR goggles short out. Yeah, and it's, reboot it. You don't know if it's divine energy interference or what, but that stings a lot, and you feel the essence of the spell begin to shiver and quake, and as you kind of try and clear your vision and through, it remains blurred.

Oh, shit. I mean, you're still there. Your presence is there, but you don't have the capability of seeing anything beyond the tree that you're focused on. The Scriy spell is focused on the tree, and everything around it has this kind of hazy sort of fog-up war feel, about five feet beyond it. Good scry, good scry.

Good cry, guys, good cry. Good cry. Scribe. That comes later. What you see? Anything good? Are we safe? Is it safe? You know, it's still standing, for the most part.

That's good. And I kind of saw Pikes. Wait, her celestial being wasn't still there. No, no. It was temporarily summoned just for the reconstruction of that ceiling portion. It looks okay. It looks like home. Still standing, there wasn't anybody around it.

I couldn't tell. How's my comic book collection? Is it still there? Burned. All burned. Mitten box. I mean, that's as close to a guarantee as we're going to do. I told you you get a firebox.

Do you think Drake would join us? Who? Drake? Oh, little guy? Yeah. I'd like to be the shortest on this trip, please. You are? Oh, good.

Oh. Where's Cash? We could. And Zara. Cash Cash is really mad at us last time. Last time we couldn't ask him. Let's not ask him. Don't ask him.

I talked to him last time. I like, I don't even want cash to come. Yeah, that's not very. It's just gonna make it weird. You know what, when we walk near his residence, let's just walk around it. That guy is a badass motherfucker and we do want him to come. Oh, all right, all right, all right.

We do want him to come. Well, he's got those brown eyes. You've got one brown eye all time. We are this loopy because we are genuinely terrified and we're doing everything we can not to go. It's called gallowsy. Yes, very gallowsy. I want to go ask Zara if she'll join us.

I think let's... Can I go talk to Zara? Sure. I'll go find Sean after her. All right. You're making, you guys are forcing me and they're going and talking to cash, aren't she? Scanlan can ask her. It doesn't have to be you here.

Scanlan. Would you prefer me to go? We do have a rapport. We do need Jerry. I want to ask Jarrett to come to, though. Oh, I need to go see Jarrett. Oh, I need to go see Jarrett. I was going to...

You're on cash duty, Kiki. Scanlon, do you need a little resolve for this fight? I just want to see Jared. He's our most solid ally and... That's true. Most dependable friend. There's no other reason. He's been there for us in our time of means.

Still no other reason. I just feel like it would be a big pick-me-up to see him. Solid, solid. I'm going to talk to Cassandra about one last dip into the vaults to see if there's any potions that we can. Oh good. We know we have to leave them with something in case everything goes wrong, but anything we can take with us will be helpful. And then I have to fix this giant mess of parts that are currently in my bag. I may need to spend a little money. I do apologize.

Darling. Okay, just letting you know. This might be a bit expensive to get you. get everything working again. Percy, spend it all. I will not spend it all, I promise. But it will work. I gave an entire bag of jewels to a random effraith. Yeah, we're past that now. That was brazen, yes. All right. That's a... We got armor out of it, though. We did. It's not like we didn't get something from it. Like looks amazing. If anyone asks about the plan, the plan is chaos. The plan, if everyone agrees with this, we want to cause as much... We want to break up their forces as much as possible. We want to break up their forces as possible. We want the

sending 10% of their forces to every edge of the city. Yes. They know where we're going. They know that we're eventually going to be heading to the center, and he's not going to leave anymore. But we are going to make it very, very difficult for them. They're either going to be fighting us on every corner, or they're going to be letting the entire city fall back to us.

I want to go for Nzara. Splitting the party five ways. Right now, just at the moment. Okay. Shopping. Shopping episode. So as effects you progress up to the secondary floor, the outside of Zara's room, the door is closed currently. Okay. Zara, dear.

Zara, you hear a knock at your door? Hello. What is it, darling? I'm trying to sleep. Yay! This is where the live studio audience is supposed to applaud. If you have the same, I have the same thing, Pick crew.

You had one job, Pit crew. You have five jobs, Pete, you have 12 jobs, pit crew. I don't have anything in my eyes. I was asleep. I'm not like oversight. Not much time for sleep, I'm afraid. No, unfortunately, I've been buried in books.

Yes, and plans are moving ahead much faster than we... What's happening? What's happening? First off, I have word. I heard word. What? about a white dragon, sister killer. Yes, we have to go get tattoos that are matching. Yes, me.

But tell me what's the news? Catch me up. We're marching on a mon like tomorrow. Oh, I was going to get my hair done. Yeah, no time. All right. Flat hair it is, all the way. Well, what's... I haven't heard much.

I've been reading, I've been decorating, and I've been... been enchanting and making things. So tell me what's the news with Thought Act? Well, he's terrible. He's even worse than we thought. Armies are marching on the city, and we plan on coming in from underneath.

Maybe striking at him where he doesn't realize. And we would love your help if you're willing. I don't think so. All right, all right, all right. Yes, I'd love to. I would love to. I've been craving dragon meat since Rimefang, so yes. I don't know if we'll succeed, and I'm sure we won't all make it out alive.

It's a big ask. Isn't death supposed to be a wonderful adventure as well? I think so. Fuck it. Fuck it. Fuck it. Dirk and dur. Dür and dur.

Firkin. Fear care. Fear gear. Fear gear. Lirt dur. All right. All right. Cool.

I've been sitting for too long. I need some action. Did you make any dragon arrows? Um. I'll get back to you on it. I plan on it. So many drinks. Ten hours.

So what next? What do we do? We prepare tonight and we leave tomorrow, I assume. Well, you know us. We don't have a plan, really. I have no idea what's going on. Just be prepared. Isn't that the secret to adulthood

is that we're all winging it? Yes. Yes. All right. All right, good. Good. I'm glad you're joining. Darling, I'm with you wherever you go. You're recently joined into your crusade. You go together the rest of your party.

Who's going to Kashaw? Hey Kiki, what you're doing? What's you doing, Kiki? You take a long, slow, careful walk down through town to the guard barracks. I try not to step on any cracks on the sidewalk all my way. Not a worry. It's very important.

It's a warmer, more humid day than you used to in Whitestone. You know, a couple of insects are out and about. There's a lot of aspects of white stone you're noticing now for the first time, because you really want to focus on anything else. And yet suddenly, without warning, you stop and realize you're standing right outside of the barracks. And you see there has just recently been a finished training session with the up-and-coming guard,

and there sitting off the side, partially armored, and currently sharpening the edge of a spear, is Kasha. He's on the outside? Yeah. Oh, shit. And he's kind of watching you. Like, you know how long he's in both? Like in the middle sharpening the spear, but he's been standing there for a bit.

Your job? Ladies and gentlemen. As Kramer. I dropped to one knee and started, like, tying my boot. I started re-tie in my shoe. Okay. You're like five feet from me. Am I not supposed to see that?

Oh, my gosh. I didn't see you there. Really? No. It was the looking at me that threw me. Sorry, I've had something in my eye ever since a scrying spell earlier. Shit's been blurry. You're, yeah, no, I can, you're clearly in focus now.

Kay? Hi, hey, what, how's it, how's it going, man? Everything's been great. Life's been awesome. What can I help you with? Wow, you know, okay, Kat. I'm, you know, I'm sensing just a little bit of, um, underlying aggression. Really? It's underlying?

Okay, look, I know we kind of, we kind of fucked you with the whole. Look, man. Really? Why don't you just send me out to get some milk? Go save the world while I'm out there doing that. Huh? What's up there, lady? What do you want? Speak. I'm, I don't, I'm trying to think of what to say. Please help us. help us. Dear God, please help us.

We're going to die, and we need you. I'm sorry. I got nothing to that. Help you what, first of all? Okay, you know how we've been like hunting down those dragons? I vaguely remember it, yes. Yeah, okay. Well, we've been doing an okay job

because we've killed a few. But now there's like the big one that's left, Thorac. And then we might be kind of sort of working with the one that killed all my people. if you remember there was one that like killed. So now we're kind of working with her and we're gathering an entire army and we need as many, you know,

talented and charming and gifted people that we can get. And so I just thought, I'm really sorry we made you be kind of an errand boy. I didn't vote for that, by the way. I just was trying to... No, keep babbling. This is fun. I'm sweating for her.

I know, you're like that. This is just how the Patrick Roth was coming. This is how it's gonna go with you and Jared. Pretty similar. Why should I help you? Give me one reason. Why did you bring back Vex? Because I thought Vax would kill me if I didn't. So maybe Vax will kill you if you don't help us.

Oh, now I'm not really that scared of him. Okay, I was just trying to go over one. just trying to go off of something, you know? Because that's not true. You did it because you're a good person. You ultimately want to see change in the world. I know you do. And I know you care, even though you pretend like you don't.

So that's why. In all fairness, dragons bring change. Cash, that's not the type of change. There are better ways to bring change than through death and destruction. Who else is helping you? Well, you know, everyone and then Zara. Z? Yeah, maybe. Where is she?

Wow. Let's go. Where is she? Should have fled with that. All right, let's go. Let's go. Come on, this way. I'm glad I like spilled my soul and everything. I just splash coffee at my face. Come on cash, come on. On my way, let's go. All right, as you got your implements of war and your supplies you may need for this journey, you two head back to the castle.

And I saw it like six feet between you as you walk. I'm hitting the wall constantly over. I know, I'm sorry. It's the. There's just scoge. There's no scoching. There's no more scoching. You guys, there's some hangover.

We have a lot of room over. We got it. You're comfortable over there? You got enough room? No. Sam. We're working on a bigger cup. I can't get a swivel.

No, there's no swiveling. There's no swiveling. I'm just going to give the scenes just in my cup because we have the face to do it. You're turning them to one person. I might as well be quatio over here. The twinses will finally be conjoined. So. Sorry.

Don't split the best. So, Scanlon. Yes. You are off looking for a jiprid. Go ahead and make an investigation check. Just follow my nose. It always knows 18, 28. 28, all right.

You know exactly the type of people that he talks to, and because he's been kind of put in this position of power within the guard hierarchy here at Whitestone within the Pail Guard. For the time being, there's really only like three people that he hangs with. One of them's a guy who's never remember the name of and it's kind of fun, and that's the guy you're gonna go bother.

You go and talk to him for a bit and he points to one of the few currently functioning non-destrored taverns in White Stone. And there you find him sitting there kind of drinking alone, not like heavy drinking in his cups, but just like staring off the wall and slowly sipping what looks to be a midday ale. Friend Jarrett. It's good to see you alive and, uh, right. Hi. Hi. Just coming to check on my main man, Jay Money. It's Jay, right? It is, it is, yes. I don't know if it would be, get it.

Yeah, you're right, you're right. But I am, I am good, I'm a little nervous, to be honest. I like to shoot things from a wall. I don't like to go through a wall to shoot things, and that's been happening a lot recently, and from what I've been hearing, tomorrow is looking to be a very big day. Well, it's going to be quite a fight. Can we count on you to come with us, perhaps?

with us, perhaps? I had assumed that would be the case. I would not want to have all of you disappear into darkness and fire without me, you know, yelling behind you, don't die! I figured that's the very least I could offer for this such a sense. We would be honored to have you with us, and as you are still technically our employee? Yes. There'll be a bonus for you at the end of it.

Another bonus. Oh, yes. I wasn't aware there was a, yes, two bonuses. Oh yeah, there was like four bonuses. You deserve all of them. Damn right. The other thing that we had talked about, did that ever come to fruition?

No, it was unfortunate. You see, my sister is engaged recently, and he stands up and walks out of the tavern, putting a coin down on the, on the, one of the barns. And, you know, it's, no worries. I'll find you another lady, and he kind of walks outside.

Oh, we're speaking in code. Okay. Yes, I need a lady so bad, and you were going to find me a date. You're so much better at this than when other people involved. Why are you so bad when it's me? He kind of goes outside and guides into a shaded portion there by Allie and just kind of leans against the wall waiting for you to follow in.

So is she a brunette or a... We're out of the cover. You know how long. It keeps the cover going. Look, it's very difficult to find anything right now the way things have been. But I diminish the scavenge a little bit to soot. And he kind of pulls out a small brown pouch, maybe about the size of about a D20 really.

Like a little nugget in there, and it's tied tightly, and he kind of like pockets to go fast. Just don't ask me again to do this. Wait, are you a cop? You have to tell me if you're a cop. Are you a cop? No. Okay, good.

It's a myth for the kids at home, by the way. Just want to get that effect. Sorry. They can't fill their heads with bad ideas. Carry on. The kids arrested all over town tonight. You're a cop? No.

All right. I'm a stripper. How much do I owe you? Don't worry about it. Sit her the bonus, whatever you feel you owe me for it. Jared. But not again. Never again.

It's harrowing. Heroin. Heroin? Heroin? Heroin. Heroin? Acquired this for you. Territ, thank you for this.

I thank you very much. And, you know, I'm cool and all. But do you put it up your butt, or do you snort it, or do you burn it somehow, or wrap it in something, or eat it? I mean, I'm pretty cool, but... She leans in really close when I, uh, half squinted, going, I will never understand your story.

You're a smart boy. How do you think you're using it? And a pipe of some sort. Sure. And he walks out of the alleyway. Really embarrassed that he even did this. Like the minute you said that, he was like, oh no, I just bought beer for a 12-year-old. Like, he was like, oh.

I'd like to think that haw was just a passing, a guy coming out of the pub and like getting a second. Oh my gosh. All right, when you get her number, call me or whatever, so we'll meet her later. He walks up his hand up with up with up. It just keeps walking. You can almost see the hanging head shake as he continues back towards where he was in attack. That went very well. You did that.

Mark down one small pocket satchel of suit, S-U-U-D-E. That's for after the dragon. He's not drugs. He's made his own drugs. You made drugs? Put a glove on. You made drugs. Society out there.

People are going to continue to find ways to smoke, well, that's for sure. Definitely not a copse. Definitely not a cop. Sometimes you ride the dragon before you put it. Exactly. You ought to ride the dragon. You gotta ride the dragon before you kill it.

It's gonna be great to watch scandin. How do you think herbalists through the generations found out what plants are poison is? Hmm. That's bad. It's a culture, man. All right. Percy, we need to go ahead and make some checks for you. Actually, do I have to check even if I'm spending money?

You're spending money to fix it, but... How much money? How much money are you spent me? How much do we have? Sorry, I'll stop. You tell me what you need. You're the Prince of Whitestone. Can't you just like tap some taxes or something?

You could actually. I could, but I'm really trying not to do that because that's a dick move. Yeah. People are already pretty iffy on these things I imagine. Spend everything right now. Wow, that made like five decisions and it landed on a really good one. So it's a proficiency bonus.

It's a 28. Okay, yeah. So at half the cost is for bad news. Yeah, bad news is the only one that's broken. The rest survived. Yeah, that's fine. And those we can get too. So for bad news, the original cost I have here. Sorry, I'm pulling up the PDF to remind me so I get it right. All right. Two electron. So no. So that was, I put it about maybe 500 gold worth of material. Oh. Oh, that's a good.

I feel better about that. It's not a magical implement, but it is expensive, and beginning of it. It's got a lot of moving parts. I'm not a potion. And then I'm gonna go talk to Cassandra quickly. All right, as you make your way to try and find Cassandra, she is actually currently in a room talking with Alora,

talking with Gilmore with Bram and Drake, and they're all in the process. There's guards brushing in and out. There is a general sense of ramping energy as everyone is gathering everything they have at their disposal and preparation for what's going to happen tomorrow. Where's Raichon? You can go look for Raichon if you'd like. No, I just want to know that. You don't know where Raichon is right now.

All right. So as you enter the room, all the pub's going around and people make conversation. Cassandra is currently like rolling up some papers and hanging into a guard, turns and finishes a quick bit of conversation, kind of whispered off the side with Drake, turns around and her eyes meet you and she goes, Brother. My lady? Yes. How, what can I do to help you? We're preparing to leave.

We're preparing to have a small strike force go underneath the city and do what we can while the other armies hopefully distract thin the forces and give us a shot at taking care of this once and for all. Right, right. Is there anything left in the vaults, potion-wise, especially healing potion? We don't want to drain you, obviously, but I thought I would make one last push. We've provided what we can. I know. Drake, a few of our helpful,

I must have what it escapes me. Supporters here in the city have been providing for this purpose. So it's not much, but we do have, and she kind of snaps her fingers and points to Drake. And you see he's currently putting together with a big leather package. She goes, oh, no, a worry. And he lifts up on the table, you hear the clinking of glass around on the inside of the satchel. It kind of pulls it down a little bit over the front and pushes the sides and you can see

there's two cushioned racks that contain various size vials. All right, so we've got three great healing potions, one basic healing potion. That's as much as we can find, to be honest right now. There hasn't been a lot of trade, and supplies have been limited, and most of what we had has been used by you or folks here in the defense of the city. You said one basic? One basic, yeah. Regularly even potion.

However, I've spent my time knowing what's coming and being a focus on the elemental arts. Brewing a few helpful bits here. I wish I had more time, but our timeline's been a bit accelerated. And he pulls out the second section, the second cushioned grouping here, and you can see four. The vials are different shapes. It kind of sees like the glass has been scavenged by what was available, but the coloration is similar. similar and you recognize these. You've had these before. These are four potions of fire resistance. Oh. You have no idea. We will be grateful for you till the end of our days. Oh, I count on it.

It may only be a day, but you will have it. Just remember for these in particular, they don't last a terribly long time. One hour. Oh shit. So make sure you don't drink it too soon. If one hour will be all that is necessary. I certainly hope so. So, that's what I am able to provide for this. I'll be there helping with some of the distraction for us and we'll figure out the details of the specific attack,

but we're pulling all that we can for this. And we'll figure out who's going where, who's attacking when, and in what way. I guess, if not tonight tomorrow, you look some of her Cassandra and who nods. I'm gonna go pray. I use the room. Can I ask a question?

Yes. With potions, do they stack? Can you take multiple ones and get multiple benefits, or is it like you take one potion and that's the one potion you get to take? I mean, if there are different types of potions, I'd say they could stack to a certain degree. If you just begin to chug like four potions in a row,

I might be asking for some constitution saving throws. Or like a mixed strength that can get weird, right? Yeah, yeah. Things might not. Long Island iced tea of death. Yeah, exactly. Some of some effects might not mingle well, or conversely your body might reject that much ingestion of enchanted fluid. Okay, cool.

Just don't mix your darks with your clears. Pick one. Don't eat the giant toenial at the bottom of the bottom. Oh, fuck. Water breathing before fire, never been higher. That's exactly in a script. Exactly. Yes.

I think that was the end. Is that true? Nice. Thank you. All right. I'd like to just grab Cassandra really quickly and take her aside. Okay. Yes, brother.

I'll only take one moment of your time. I've not had a moment to repay you for my part in all of this yet. And if we survive, I owe you much. And if I don't, and if I don't, And if I don't, seal off the city. There is room underneath. Prepare for siege. Prepare to be a safe haven.

Do not be, do what you can to save the city. Do not get involved in the aftermath of this if we fail. That's actually what I'm discussing right now, the lura is the reason she's staying back is to help us continue, should such an occasion arise. but I am confident knowing what your capable of, that we worry for not. We're doing our best here,

and I know you're doing your best there. Just come back to me. I will do my best, but we've, for centuries, let us always know we've survived as realists. It is very hot down there, and I do not like it. Good luck. You'll see you soon. I need you. Return.

I shall. And I go pack. Okay. As you leave, Vax crosses you in the doorway as Gilmour's in the new conversation. Right now with, what was with Drake, and then when he had the conversation there, he kind of watched, and Drake left, and so he was kind of on his way out following Percival, and you caught him kind of passing. Can I steal you for a second? Certainly. Huh.

Over here. All right. Hi again. Hi. I remember how we just saw each other a couple days ago and I tried to say goodbye. And you told me to promise you that I would see you again. Yes, and much to my delight you've kept your promise, and you better keep keeping it. You know what will help with that? Boy, have I got an offer for you.

Do you want to help us save the world? My family and I were going to him. And I wasn't sure the path that would take us there. I thought we might be on our own, but we're back here. And you are easily the most impressive arcane user I've ever met in my life. And I want us all to still be breathing in a week. I can't think of anyone better than stand with us than you, Sean.

His eyes kind of look off. Yeah, just sit for me and kind of reaches up rubs the back of his neck, and you can see there's still like a scar there. He goes, if I'm to be honest, I've felt a bit useless here in Whitestone for quite some time. I was there when this old began. Destroyed not just the thing I've been working to build for so long in my life, but friends, home for all of us. So it is my... my... Just honor and vengeful glee to join you on the siege to a monk. If you'll happen.

Grasping by the back of the head, Ghizintai. I'm so glad to have you with us, friend. So glad. Just stay alive. Keep that promise. Be a little bit easier now. Good. It smacks you on the cheek.

Good time for a musical quote. Stay alive. Stay alive. Okay, okay. Not from you. You stop, man. Oh, God. Alright then, I guess I gotta gather my supplies,

and it's been a while. I've seen some... I've never actually seen combat on this scale before, and, you know, wasn't just trying to run away, so let's see if I can knock off the old dust. I'm sure it will be glorious. Oh, I can get it. I can guarantee it.

Plug. Alright. That's right. I'm wondering if we should eat like a Heroes Feast tonight and then just eat one again tomorrow, because you just don't know what's going to happen during the day anymore. Just a Heroes Feast every night. Be ready and just, you know. Yep. We have the money for that?

Yeah. Yes. We're fine. Yes. All right. I was looking forward to a Hero's brunch, personally. Either one. Males and monks.

You know, high tea. Begles and Lyle. I expected it with lots of extra holidays. All right. Capos of mine. What else do you guys wish to prepare, if anything? Holy shit, man. Should we split?

We have our potions. Should we split them up? Who needs fire giant, I mean, fire resistance? Okay, we have five potions of fire resistance. We do. Yes, because we already had one. Oh! Now we have two superior, five regular healing, and three greater.

What we also have is a potion of invulnerability, which is clutch, and a potion of speed. We need to decide who to give the potion of invulnerability to, because it lasts for 10 minutes? No, one minute. One minute. I'm pretty sure. I'm checking. That's powerful. I mean, you can't die, right?

When you take it, it's like you can't take. I mean, can you take damage when you've got it going? It's like a minute of no damage? Really? You take damage, you have resistance to all damage. So all damage you take is half. Should that be decided mid-battle in the clutch? That one seems like a specific task.

That's a specific task, so we'll decide that later. There is an item. And I'm currently holding it, and I don't know if I'm the best person to be holding this, but I'm just gonna pass this down the line to see if anyone has an opinion. It's the sword. This is too, I can't wield this fucking thing. I can't wield a sword either.

Not me. It's a deck space sword, correct? Dragon's me? Or it can switch, it's right. I'm allowing it to switch if need be. So it can be strength of deck space. Now maybe this is the thing to hand to grog. And one minute of invulnerability with that

is possibly the cruellest thing that that dragon will have ever experienced. Yeah. Well, he already... The thing is if he's raging, I don't know if he'll think to switch over. Well, it's an attuned weapon to fire while he's raging. No, but he has resistance to physical damage, and if he takes

a potion of fire resistance. Then he'll have resistance. Is he pretty much covered the same way? Possibly. If he's raging and has a fire potion? Possibly. So... I could use this because it's decks-based if I so

choose? But you can't do three attacks with it because it's bigger? Yeah, you would have one attack with that. One attack, but not, so I can't do long sword in a day. You can do long sword and a bonus. Yeah. That's pretty cool. Wushes. I don't know if you can do longs. I don't want it. I don't think you can. Can you, could he do whisper and then attack with the dragon sword? I didn't know if it would work for you and off as well, but it is also the other thing is, I don't know how many items you have attuned at the moment. Just two. Can you read what to do? for a triple.

Could. It's a long sword. It's a dragon. Let me do that. Do you use that? No, I have my shadow spear. With my dam with my neck. So you'd want the neck.

No, no, the neck damage from that is what you'd been looking for. I know if I could wield the two of them together. It's a one-handed soul, so I'm not sure. It has to be a light melee weapon in both hands. It looks to do this, unless you have a feat to fix that. Do you have the, do you have dual wielders if? Yes. Yeah. So yeah. So you can.

the long sword and whisper. But it's attunement, so I have to choose something. You have to choose that. You have to just do this. This would supersede Whisper. Yeah. What? Whisper is a vestige.

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because your next breakthrough is just one episode away. This is Mick Unplug, the voice and face of modern leadership entrepreneur and self-improvement. Let's get started. Do note. Wait, do note what? As part of the rogue ability. Yes. I'm just double checking here, because I'm pretty sure.

The techniques use a finesse or arranged weapon. Technically, I'm allowing, actually not. I'm allowing it, you're allowing it. You're allowing it. Well, because it's strength or dex. I've been using it as a battle rapier. I'm sticking to my choice. Okay, so it's light.

It's not light. It's finesse, meaning you can choose strength or dexterity. All right. I have a question. Last time I saw you, you were looking for the vestiges. Yes. Did you find them? All of them. All of them. Well, all of them that we know about. Do you know what to do with them?

They are all super powerful and are awesome. And you'll see them in battle tomorrow. You'll fight with them. That's all we know. That's all you know. Why, do you know more? Is there any information we can glean from Assisa at all in Vasselheim of how to use them?

Well, it would mean traveling to Vasselheim. That's true. Is there any way to get there just quick and Bampfin and just... Last time we went somewhere quick and Bamphing It was a long time. Things went poorly, but we could speak to her. Technically, we could talk to her. It seems like these weapons are.

One of us could go and then back. Or we could just. And be back tomorrow morning. We could also just talk mystically. No, we've been using them. You've been using them. So then you know what they do for the most part, right? Yeah.

We don't know if some are getting more powerful. What if there's a way to combine them? I don't know if there's a... We try it. We kind of put them all in a pyre. Yeah. That didn't work. trying to get to become a robot. Not as much as we hoped it would.

There are other vestiges too that are out there. All right. You have a potion of paste here. Yeah, a potion of speed. What does it get you? What if you gave me that and I gave me my boots? Real quick, who needs the fire protection? I don't, I'm resisting.

If we have plenty of potions, I'll take it so I don't have to use a concentration spell. Ditto. My plan is to stay away from the fire, but if I can't, that would certainly help. My plate is partially fire resistant, but. We can be your shields. You don't need it.

Fire resistance? Did I give you that? Oh, I gave you cold resistance. Yes, I need fire resistance. What did you give me? My curse. Climidia. Acid resistant.

Oh, yeah, that's right. Not chlamydia resistant. No, it's more expensive. That's a much more expensive coach. I was just in Australia. I got it from a koala. I'm kidding. Um.

I could take off my braces. It's up to you. I don't want to take it. There's also the discussion. Right. More discussion. This is my favorite part of you're kidding. It's the trading of cards. I love the trading of cards. Are we going to train Laura Thorac out of his layer as a challenge? No. We're going to sneak into his layer, right?

You're going to corner it. He's not going to leave his layer anymore. He knows we're coming. So, just very briefly, what is the plan? The plan, as I have, as I have, I understand it is. We send a vicious army to attack at the gates all over the place, drawing out Thorac's forces in an epic battle, blood, sinew, and gore everywhere

while we slip under the city, unbeknownst to Thorac, in the tunnels with the clasp leading us, leading us right to the center of town, where we pop up and surprise Thorac. He didn't know we were coming. He thought that there was an army at the gates, and we'd stab him real quick and leave. Done.

And we also find whatever it is he's protecting and kill that too. And at some point, Raishan comes in a little. No, no, no, no, we did the question. It was my other question. Hey, what's up? How you doing? I'm really sorry. No, it's no problem.

It's great. I have a question. Do I know about the machine? Have I been told about that? Did Rishon tell me about that? Which one? The machine that Thorac is building or whatever the heck is. Thoradak, as far as you know, has let nobody down there,

Rishon included. You have no idea what machinations. But I do know about it. I mean, you know as much as they do. It's come up in conversation for these things. Okay. And he said we're going into tunnels. Does anyone know the way through the tunnels?

The clasp does. They're an order of rogues and thieves who hate us, but they're going to help us. But we trust them. We totally trust them because they're scoundrels and liars. All right. And we have no other choice. It doesn't serve them to... This sounds like a wonderful plan.

It doesn't serve the scoundrels and liars to lie and be scoundrels. It doesn't serve the scoundrels and liars to lie and be scoundrels. It doesn't serve them in this moment. No, you know, if you're always a liar in a scoundrel, then no one will ever trust you to do anything. They're only conveniently liars and scoundrels. And are we taking Rocheon with us? This is great.

It's pretty airtime. Yeah, I don't see any room for problems. There's no such thing as an airtight plan. So you want to go in and corner the dragon. Where he lives in his most powerful. Yes, yes. His back to the wall, no escape. He can escape at any moment.

He can fly. Just us, though, not the entire army, which I'm using as a diversion. Well, here's the interesting thing. But the scoundrels are going to lead us to them. He has his own army. Of course. So we need to keep his army distracted so we're not fighting a dragon and an army.

So those armies will hopefully either distract the armies, or if he chooses not to send the armies to fight the rest of the armies that we brought, all of our armies also converge on the dragon's nest and then we have everybody there. But you're engaging all of your forces in one play. If he holds his forces back, why not send in skirmishes to see what happens first? We have people to do that. Oh, I like this plan. He's good.

No, we have people that we can do for that. It's not just one army we have. We have groups of them technically. I was just really enjoying this. And I imagine we can attack from different sides. Oh, no, all around the city. All right. Chaos is there a weak point?

I don't know. Our plan. Sadly, sadly, the... This is phenomenal well. Don't you laugh. No. No. No.

You don't get to laugh. What if we've got to laugh? That scares us. point. Sadly, the only weak point is our key. We go in and deal with the shitty hand we've been given, but we lie down and let him steamroll over us. Yes, but we can also try and formulate at least a vague plan so that we all don't die within first year.

I think this is a vague plan so we don't all die. All right, but okay, let's build off of what Cash has. If it's too specific, then it's gonna go wrong too quickly. Hang on, hang on, hang on. He's right. Plus, we don't know what to expect. We have to be ready for anything. You faint the city. Send skirmishes in to faint the city, so they're not know where the main attack is coming from. Maybe they'll defend every wall.

Okay. What you then do, once they're doing, because they have to defend any wall, they won't know where the serious attack is coming from. Then you send them towards one fortified position. That will draw everybody to the one fortified position, but that's also a faint. Then you come in the back door.

That's always the way you do it. Meanwhile, we'll take the scoundrels and liars, and hopefully they're gonna take us to corner the giant thing that wants to kill all of us in the place where he's the most dead. Yeah, that one. I love this idea. I'm actually very okay with this problem.

Yeah, yeah. We should have him with us always. I totally agree. Do it. Let's do that. Let's do that. Let's do that. Okay, great plan. Oh my God. Who's in charge?

Who's leading your ground forces? We have no leader, except we do have a secret weapon. We have a dragon who definitely wants something that we don't know about. Right. We might not be working with us. We also have another secret weapon. We have two dragons. We have a sword that is a dragon slaying sword.

We have a whole other... of the dragon. We should just kill each other now and just save the trouble. You gotta plan something. Salman, do you remember the flute, right? Yeah, I carry it with me always. I use it all the time.

I wonder how long it'll take to Banff over when we play the flute. We're not talking about your junk. Is it like instantaneous or is it like, it takes a day? We'll never know. We'll be dead long before I've roared. Six months later, where is everybody?

This was... I told you we were gonna die if we didn't have you. No, you're gonna die even with me, but I'm gonna be the guy going, hey, we could have planned this better. Right, yeah. I think you've given them a really good plan. Yeah, no, that's great, let's do that.

There is no situation that anyone is going to come up with where we're looking good and this is going to work well. There's just a dragon in the middle of the city with an evil army and we have to deal with it and there's just no positive way to deal with that. Are we taking Raichon with us? Yes. Right Sean, I feel like it's gonna meet us there.

Meet us there. It just seems so highly defeat us to already plan for, you know, defeat. It's not planning for defeat. It's recognizing that no matter what, 10 minutes into it, everything that we thought we knew is going to be wrong anyway. Be ready for anything. At least tell me you're not going to send all your forces in at the same time. Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no. Of course.

Okay, well, then we need to talk about the forces that are going in. More armies are talented than others. We were not talking. We were totally going to send them all in at the same time. We were not. around the castle. You need one Supreme General who's gonna be in charge of everything. He stays back as a Texas.

Probably their fault. Daxio is gonna do that. All right. And the men trust him? Yes, he's the leader of the army. Okay. All right. He's all right.

Well then we need to get this plan to him. Yeah, we need to talk to them. I can. We have communications. So we're gonna have waves of assault from one position, have other people flink in from another position. And you're attacking a force. Fortified city?

Well, Forty-ish. Well, the hope is actually, also we have the 50 men from Fort Daxios. We can bring them in underground as well and just have them pop up. And open the gates. All sorts of places.

Also open the gates. So you can bring forces with us to come up in the middle of the city. That's good. We should have talked about that. We've got about 50 men. I also think that there's a SWAT team that's available to us.

He thinks there's a SWAT team. You should talk less. Smile more. Smile more. I didn't you smile just the right now. I use my awakened mind to speak to cash telepathically. Oh shit. They're gonna abandon it.

You can't respond. I want that. So don't. You know how I feel about Raichon. You know what I've experienced with her. Keep an eye on her. Don't trust her. If you see anything while we're out there.

You let me know and we'll take him. All right, darling. Cash, why are you drooling and staring up into space? Was I drooling? Oh, just a little. That's my bad, I'm sorry. You were talking so much a second ago. I was thinking about how I can't wait to die tomorrow.

Yeah. Well, why don't we finalize this plan tomorrow when we meet with the general who will be commanding half the forces? No. I think we need to meet with the general like tonight. Okay, let's go. Like right now.

meet or telepathically communicate? Telepathically communicate. I think we should send a message through Laura. She can just scribble a note and send it to him. Also that way he'll have less time and less effort defying us. Okay. Everything we just talked about. Why would not go talk to him?

Yeah, I feel like you can't really scribble an elaborate battle plan. Anything written down can be taken by the enemy. It's not written down, it's all telepathic. Conversation. We just have to get everyone together now? The message spell that Allure is using only allows for very minimal conversation. It's not excessive. She can't have like a full-blown conversation with them.

It's a long distance Twitter. Yeah, 100%. Let's go to him. All right, let's go. Right now. I still think we should eat a hero's feast before we go just in case. When Vex wants to spend money, I'm in agreement. What's the difference, really, just to be prepared?

Well, it blows a spell. But the day's almost up. He's almost up. It'll protect us all day tomorrow. Yes. What time is it? After this much conversation, it's getting closer to sunset. I have an hour after you.

Oye, Pike, can you do a hero's piece for us? Sure. Thanks. Thanks, Pike. Yeah. No problem. I'm so tiny I didn't even see you there. Okay, yeah, now she can go ahead and send a heroes fees.

Same cost, it still costs, thousand gold. It's fine. It costs her. six-level spell slot. Which are marketing for that. Just to go in this. You don't have to. We have party funds for this, Dean.

I already did it. I don't need money. I never carry money. All right, so a hero's feast has been summoned for you guys. Did you just give me 800? I'm just pocketing your 800 and I'm putting it in party gold. So thank you. Is the airship gonna handle the aerial support?

It's the same thing. That's not. That's what I'm personal. Plus 800. Well, yeah, we can move with any direct. They know what they're heading towards. You haven't. They're delicious.

Are you guys? Allura then? No, no, no. We're doing a hero's feast. We're doing a man. We're doing it. He was told there was brunch. There was brunch.

There will be brunch. I was promised brunch. But he said bagels. Do we know exactly where the Singleran army is? How far away from? We have to describe. That we have to talk to Laura about. Okay, she's saying, yeah.

She's kind of acting as the information nexus right now of everyone. It takes you an hour. You'll have to sit and devour the meal for an hour. Okay. Okay. So that includes your full party, there are two allies there and Gilmore. Jared. What would that?

Jared, Jerry, can anybody else want to bring along there? So you guys, for the next 24 hours. And trinket. And trinket. And trinket. And trunka. And chinkat. And chenka.

Do everyone for chema? Tala, trunk up. Eating food. Do you need it? No. Yeah. Only if it's a question. Wait, that was you in the beginning?

Group. Proof. Kima. You'd have to choose between chemo. Kima or Jared. Or chemo or trinket? No, trinket can... Oh, okay.

We have to choose between Kima and Jarrett to come or to eat? To eat. You only have 12 people eat from the meal. Kema. She's in the fray. Yeah, he can stay back. He's not just on the crossbow. Alrighty, so with that being the case,

going to roll 2D10 to see how much everyone's maximum hit points and increases. We don't need to talk. This is a good rule. That's a really good rule. That's an eight to nine. Ooh. All of you gain 17 additional max hit points for the 24 hours. Wow, that's awesome.

It's actually really, really good. So keep note on that. And then we're immune to fear and poison, right? Yep. And you're immune, poison, and the poisoned, the poison condition. And fear. And we have advantage of wisdom saving through. Correct.

Yeah. Here. Feel until still. All right. I feel so much help me. much help me. And the big, it's so good. Victimers for the mid-Rexed. Fresh locks.

Yeah, that's good. Jaybars. Oh, I'm so hungry now. Like really. Hollandez wasn't that blender stuff. It was the real thing. So you finish your meal. You summon Alura.

She comes and enters the room. She looks a little frazzled and a little sleepless, but she's keeping it together. All right. What do you require? We were curious if you knew the location of the Singorn Army. Yes, we've been keeping in contact.

They look to be arriving about early afternoon tomorrow, at a far enough distance from Mimon. Their illusionists have been keeping a blanket in front of the army to dissuade any visibility and giving away the position in advance. Oh, that's so comforting. You have numbers? They are at, let's see here. They are at 2,000 troops.

Give a take. And do you know the status of the other armies? Well, that is the Singorian force and the three. The Daxia, the Desk Regiment, the Tide Regiment. The Dusk, the Gale, and the Tide Regiments with the Singorian forces. And all together is Matt Rosagh. Yes, a little over 2000. Are they all foot?

They're all foot, yes. Unfortunately, the time given and the transition to and from the Fay Wild, there was the inability to bring with them most of their beasts of burden and horses. Many of them were left to scatter shortly after the conclave's attack. Is there an elite SWAT team task force? I believe that there is one, and they are called Vox Markina. Yay! I've heard of them.

Are there shields? They do have shields. How big? I... Depends on a regiment. I mean... Can we form a phalanx is my question. Yes, that is part of the Army's intent ability.

He has been training military and whites. Specifically, the Tide Regiment is a frontline shield fellings. And how big is it? We're really done. I don't have specific numbers on that. He makes a smarter. He has sought to McKay on that. And they're going to be attacking a fortified location?

Yes, the outer walls of Amon are guarded by a wall. The wall has sustained damage through the Conclave's initial attack, and there has not been, as far as I know, intent to rebuild, or at least a force to be able to, since then. So if we could get in, talk to the clasp, and have them find a way to open the gates, it would help the armies. Well, that's the thing is you'd have to hold the gate once it's open.

That's going to be the hardest part, but 50 men could easily do that. We have the 50 men of Fort Daxia. Plus the clasp, which hopefully will be willing to go. Where's our stone gollum? Far away. He's gone. Different side.

Yeah. And it's own. How many? Do we know the numbers that are? inside the city? Not specifically. As far as the lizard folk army, from what we've heard from Assume, from Romm, from Dyshaun, the estimates are somewhere in the neighborhood of 8,000 to 9,000. And at least at least 5 to 600 Wyverns that are... 5 to 600.

Yes. So we don't control the air? Not on a white scale. We have an airshed. We do. We do. We have a single battle ship. That's certain death. We're attacking a fortified location with no siege engines. We have to go around. Out number three to one. Their fortified location also does not have siege engines,

just Air Force. Darling, I know this is difficult. I need you to be positive. But their Air Force is also giant, wyvern beasts. Understand. Lizard folk are not the most hearty, the most well-trained. They're a chaotic force at best,

and even the bit of unification they've had under Thoraxe banner is thin. You've already had luck cutting down a few of their main sources of tactics. I believe the general that you slew outside of Daxia was one of their main organizers. That's a big blow to their tactic brigade. Who knows who else is in cahoots with Thoraxe since he took power, but we've been in previous encounters chipping away at the capabilities Your Thordeck also does have under his command a number of fire giants that he brought with him from the fire plane.

However, you also slew their general. Are they superstitious? Not to my knowledge, no. Any type of religion, a devil figure in their religion? There are. They exist amongst many various devils. I'm wondering if we have the illusionists drop the shield when the archerylionists drop the shield when the arch Army gets there and create an illusion of one of their giant beasts that they're afraid of on one side of the wall. Scatter, fear among all of them.

We've tried that before. The big fear there, of course, is that they work for a creature that they already fear quite a bit. I think Thorac might be scarier than any of their gods at this point. The Thorac will be busy, hopefully. We want to move them away from the gate so that the 50 men can come up through the city and hold the gate. I think a carrot would be easier than a stick. I think it would be better to find a force for them to rush towards and find something from the way to rush away from.

Do we know how many spellcasters are in the Singorn army? An illusion of another army. I don't know how those numbers, unfortunately. That could be interesting. More carrot, less stick. You might not even need to see the soldiers just the dust rising from their boots. Yes. And the horse is charging if you can make that kind of illusion.

We need to figure out how many spellcasters. They can. That would lead a conversation with the Warmaster. They can throw down long range, large, covering spells. Let's go talk to the war. We don't know will there be exactly until tomorrow. Thank you. Have that conversation at the ready.

Well, all right, hang on. How about this? We know that they are to arrive in Amman by the late afternoon. We can just try and connect with them in the early morning and march in with them and then split when we get closer to the gates. And then meet the 50 men at Grey Skull Keep. Do we have access to anything that goes boom? A little bit.

Do I have anything possibly still left over at Greyscol any of my supplies? You do have a small cache of black powder at your disposal. It's... It's about a cask. I make it myself. A cask with the right place against an already damaged wall could punch a hole. It could. It could. And if we're underneath and the foundation is already weakened,

we'd be trapped, but the army could get inside. Do you still have that seizure? Is that gone now? I have a sea jarrow. I did build. And Grog does extra damage against buildings and walls. Yes, I do. Slams his fist together.

And as they hit, you hear what sounds like a very localized sound of a rock slide almost. It's a gr-h. So we do have a sea jarrow. It is basically, it'll do the damage of, it'll do the damage of a, of, it's a wall It's designed to bring down stone. So it damages stone specifically, the siege arrow? Yes. It damages things that are...

It burrows and explodes. Yeah. It damages anything that is liable to siege. And it can be fired by anybody. Yes, but it is weirdly weighted and she's probably the one you want firing out. I'm a really good archer. Cheers. I remember when I brought you back from the dead, we'll talk about this here.

Yeah, oh my God, thank you so much. You're welcome. Not a problem. I got liver, I get nothing. I think it was both of us, I believe, to be honest. That could be interesting, though. Yes, it could. I'd forgotten about that.

Well, because what they'd be expecting is the 50 men to come in and hold the gate. What if holding the gate is actually the distraction? And then we punch a hole through the wall and go in the back door. I like it. We also have a tunnel. We've got both sides coming in,

and we come in from underneath. We're going to be in the tunnel. We're working about the top right now. We can move. But if we can scatter their forces front and back, will have the center to come in underneath, and that way, if they figure it out, they'll have to come from either side.

The 50 men holding the wall, the chances of any of them getting out are slim, but they're going to know that going in. These guys are legit. I'm still concerned we don't have enough... We are the worst people. Apparently, it's terrible. We really, really know.

It's the end of the world. They know what's happening. You've all been dealing with dragons. We've been thinking about this. I'm still concerned we don't have enough air support for the 500 Wildlands. I think we might have to let that go. A little lower champion. and he goes, as far as I understand, that's part of the reason of bringing the majors with you.

Yes. Well, I'm thinking. Ground to air. How big is the air ship? I wasn't wanting to necessarily tap into this resource unless necessary, but I think it's necessary. I can contact the Air Ashari and have them specifically on air support. And they can get themselves here quick. They're very fast. They can go through trees, instant. It's like, it can hold like two dozen people on that ship, right? We need all of the Ashari. The ship could probably hold it out. It's got three cannonade? I'll have my father.

Is there anyone that could put an illusion on the airship to make it seem like another dragon? I can put a slight illusion on it, but it would be pretty easy. I'm just wondering if there's a way to draw their air force to the airship and then blow it up. We also supposedly have a green dragon as an ally. Oh yeah. So there will be an actual dragon. I fucking forgot the Ravenite said they would help us too. Don't trust.

Well, we sent word to them, didn't we? Didn't we send word to everybody? You sent word to a few specific entities, right on the right. How long it would take? It would take them way too long. Voxmockina, swearing that they're going to call you back. Thank you everybody.

Fuck. Is it, are they too far? This is crazy. They're like, they're a cond in a way. That's all right. Wait, you can bring in Air Force. Here's my name, describe me maybe. I can contact my father at the Aero Shire.

Do that. Do the... I think we're going to need as many possible. If you control the air, you control the battle. Yes. Gilmore is accompanying you, and I believe Kima's going to come along as well to

get you back. We also have your friend. The airship, we don't know quite exactly where it is and when it will arrive. I don't know if we can count on it to be there by the time you make this assault. But they're going there as soon as they can. It has cannonade as well, and it is designed to hold sieges in the air. So it will keep

many of them busy, and they're not that bright. If they don't know, if it's not coming, though, you have to We can't count on them on anything. Yeah. If Keyleth, if you can get your people. That would be huge. Can you message Corrin? I've not met Corrin.

Oh shit. If you could take me to him. Uh-huh, yeah. Right. Yeah. Yes. Yes. Because we're not leaving until the morning now.

Yes. Sure. Yeah. Oh, man. Who wants to go see my hometown, you guys? Okay. You know what? I wasn't looking at you, Scanlon.

I do. Yeah? Yeah. Okay. Yeah. I can show you where I went to school. Keith, we need to get back here as soon as well. You went to school?

This. Sorry. That was Katty. Wow. Are we going to do this now? We were like back in school suddenly. That was great. I fault.

I am am amably apologizing. That went so. John Hughes, so quickly. Are we expecting you back tonight? The brunch club. All right. And the rest of us can rest. Rest and prepare with everything you can. For tomorrow, this happens. All right. You need a bathroom break. I swear if you're aerating wine, I'm the oddest thing to see. Sam was urinated into a big hand.

The face that sold it. All you was asking was working towards getting the break, buddy. Drink, buddy. It's so funny. Drink up. Before we go, are we going to bed? Yeah, you guys are going to bed. I would like to talk to bed very quickly.

Oh, that's funny. So as you guys are going to prepare to make your way to the Earshari, Zara pulls you aside. Me? Darling. Yes. I have major concerns about Rajan. I don't know that we can trust her. I just want you to keep your eyes on her while you were gone.

I tried as hard as I could to glean anything from her. And the closer I thought I got, I found out that I knew nothing about her, and she knows everything about me. She knows everything about all of us, dear. Don't trust her. Not even for a minute. All right. If it comes to it, I'll go down taking her out.

I'd rather you didn't. didn't. That's not with all I. I just have to do it. I have to insight check Zara just to make sure she's really Zara. Oh, shit. No, that's good. That's good.

I love you. I love you. Okay. Pretty good. Oh. Yeah. I can also say that's an easy way to do this. Turn that way real fast?

Oh my God. Just go downstairs. All right. All right. Dude, forget. We can just go down. December's theme is revolution. Featuring items from Assassin's Creed,

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Alrighty. What? When did you even speak to her? Well, you were gone. You know I've been spending time, she's been down in the cigarette. Yes. So I've seen her, I've seen her form,

as I guess you have as well. Yes. After I'm finally sort of became obsessed with dragons. I know the feeling. Yes. It's a wonderful feeling, isn't it? But I also knew that she was part of it. And the minute a dragon says, trust me, it's the minute you don't.

Especially her. Especially her. So while you were gone, I tried. I tried to find out as much as Thorac as I could. Just know that we don't trust her. All right. I don't even know if she's really sick. I actually believe her in that respect.

But Thordak is the only one that can cure her. And if that's the case, if she believes that, then we are nothing. We are expendable to her. The minute she sees Thorac, well, actually, that's the carrot that he has put in front of her. Is that I will heal you, and he hasn't done it yet. I don't think he ever will. No, I don't think he really can. If he does, we're fucked.

You're not alone in those feelings. Good. That's God. Yeah. She's not our friend. No. All right. She can be persuasive. Thank you, Dad. Separate for the evening to gather your mind,

gather your supplies, and prepare for the coming battle. The rest of you, find yourselves resting for the evening. Kieleth and Vax. Find yourselves walking towards the Sun Tree to make your journey. Is it Laura coming with us too? If you want to ask her, come with you. I thought she was. Yeah, she was right, yeah.

She was like, maybe. I mean, she doesn't have to. You're right, no, she comes to. Okay, come on. Let's go. Of course, certainly. It's great. We have these really great crepes that we make.

It's kind of like our hometowns. It's just time, I would love to have some. Yeah, yeah. Don't know if enough time. Okay, let's go. Okay, let's go. So you all walk your way down to the Sun Tree, you open the portal.

Immediately on the opposite side, you see, as it is now, it is nighttime, and it's part of Exandria's hemisphere. You see what looks to be a really beautiful, simple village made of curved wood, like almost dome-type structures, but not huts. There's no thatched. They're really well-crafted, long, intricate strips of wood, almost like something's been grown to a specific shape. And it creates these interesting domiciles that are all built. You see beyond that, on the edge of a sheer cliff. And the minute you step through, the wind hits you. There is a general strong wind immediately on the air.

outside of this tree and you feel like a cloak being blown to the side and you look over behind the tree that you just stepped out of and it's another cliff that vanishes into darkness below. The Eritzari village of Zepra lies at the very top of this mountain range. And for a brief second you get vertigo almost, kind of glancing over your shoulder. Keila steps through the big smile on her face and you see Alora step through and kind of as soon as she sees this happening, she steps through and kind of with one hand, clasps and keeps their hair down, not wanting to be like you right now with your hair. Frang the wind. You take a few steps towards this village. Probably what looks to be maybe close to a hundred homes at most built into this mountainside and it kind of goes up into a hill with trees that surround the outskirts of it. You see small lights that are lit throughout so it has this almost like fire fly feel kind of glimmering through. As soon as you step up,

maybe 10 or 15 feet from the tree, the wind just stops. I mean, we're Earshari. We don't have to live in like a hellscape our whole lives. Come on, we just kind of control it. It's great. It doesn't smell good. It smells so like fresh up here, you know? You don't have to deal with the pollution down there.

Oh, look, okay, okay, over there, that's where I learned to shape shift into its growth. Keith? Yeah. We're here on business. Yeah, no, yeah. Let's start walking, yeah. Please lead on.

Okay, yeah. And over there was the first time. that my dad, he taught me how to fly. He just pushed me off of the clip. My hand on the back and just start. Okay. You eventually make great back. And there are a number of trees that are grown through some of the buildings

or the buildings were built around them or from them. It's a very beautiful, simple, natural-looking series of structures that they're all also so smooth in their design that this obviously was bent in some sort of juridic magic to craft this space. There are, currently nobody you see visible walking through the city. Most everything's been closed off for the night and a little bit of what lantern type lights you saw before are coming from the inside of these buildings. It's a quiet mountain town. Everything closes at like five.

It was actually kind of annoying growing up. You live in Southport. What? What? Explains. You live in Southport. It explains. So much.

So much. Yeah. I told you it was remote. I want both of you to roll perception check. Okay. 14 total. Okay. 22.

Okay. As she's talking and you guys will walk up, you notice a little dark spot just covering past the stars kind of arcing quickly in your direction. See, one of the things that they make you do for... I spin her around and tilt her up. headback, what's that? Do you know what that is? Is that normal? Do I know what that is? Is that normal?

Once you see it, yeah, you recognize the trajectory of it, and um, uh, this is a person. This is a person rocketing towards you. Oh, that's a person. No, okay, no, really. What is not? It's just normal? It's normal for you because this is a person riding a sky sail. But it is normal for me. Yes. Oh, like, yeah.

Awesome. As the person scoops down it and swoops up and then lands, what it is is... Oh, hell. It's a sort of glider. It resembles a pogo stick, and the fact that feet are placed on top of it, and then elements are grasped on the side. It's a large, almost leather-winged structure that immediately folds up

and is held like a staff to this. Oh, that's nifty. Hi. And Stindy before you is Cordon. You're fine. He looks surprised. When he lands, he lands in a very aggressive, kind of coming to see what's going on type way, and as soon as he kind of looks in,

Keelis, I wasn't expecting. Hi. I've... Villages looks great. I see you guys have been keeping up the landscaping. This is awesome. Hi, how are you? He kind of takes in and kind of, he hugs you,

but it's like a tense hug, and he kind of pats. initially was, well, we're good. What's wrong? Oh, well, things as they are are, I know you're probably here for not a passing visit. Am I correct in this assumption? I mean, I guess you could say it was going to be passing and that we don't have a lot of time.

We were here to ask for help for the Air Shari's aid. We were awaiting the specific word based our last conversation and we have ways of finding information about what's going on in the world. So with the armies that have been mounting and making their way towards Amman, we've been giving a watch on the gathering energy towards the west coast of Tal'Dorei.

We were preparing ourselves. So if you've come to ask for our aid, really. Why do I sense trepidation in your voice? Because we know what we face. Because my daughter is going to war against something that, well, we watched tear through the countryside, which not long after you were born. And I am just concerned as a parent. That is all. You sent me on this path to prove myself worthy and a hero. I'm following what I thought you were wanted of me. You are, and I'm proud of you. I just want to do what I can to help safeguard that. I will continue my duties. Of course. As I promised from the beginning. Of course.

As those supersede being your daughter. Of course. And I am here for unfortunate reasons, and I wish I wasn't. We need the best. We need as many and the top soldiers that we have. of looking at you at my people for air support. There's about five, maybe 600, maybe even more. Wyverns hovering the city, and so far we don't have a lot of options. Well, we know Wyverns well. That's the good news.

We can probably facilitate this request. I was hoping maybe some of the best nature manipulators can maybe even, create a hazardous storm ahead of time, see what we can do to take out as much in bulk. We can do that. You went to school. Yeah?

I know. I got educated. We can do that. When is this set to happen? No afternoon. We'll get our conjurers together and begin building the stormfront and send it midday tomorrow. Then, what sign should we look for?

to enter the fray. Shit. Oh, shit. Just anything. I mean, I could get like a... We do have any of fliers. We do have fliers. We have flares.

We have flares. We have flares. Very well. I'm in, I'm in a... We'll use. We're gonna spitballing this as we go, Dad. Oh. So we can work on.

We'll work on a sign together, right? Sure. I mean, if we're creating a sky of rain and darkness, just... Yeah. You make the sky itself a sign. I can do that. All right. Something I know, something I'd recognize. Okay. And we'll go in there, and we'll tear as many of those wyverns as we can to the ground.

You're not alone. There is an army of elves marching as we speak. It's the single army. We've seen them traversing. Their illusions are strong, but their illusions are faced towards the city. We have the luxury knowing their magic, so yes. With all due respect, if you have seen through their illusion,

does that mean I'm sure many of Thorac's spies could do the same? Depends on who he has on this side. I hope that's not the case. Yeah, me too. Are you going to come as well? I do not wish to live in a world where the dangers that continue to press upon the free peoples of this Ernie land draws my daughter to the front lines to fight, kill, and possibly die, and I stay back into nothing. So yes, I will be there. What about Zepra? What about the village who's going to watch it? How are we going to?

We have enough to spare for this and protect our people. Besides, as you well know, The protections in this village prevent wayward flyers. This is Vax, by the way. We've met. Yeah, you have. Good to see you. He came with me. As to man yore. Um, yeah, I'll, yeah. See you tomorrow, I guess.

See you tomorrow. Great, many people are grateful for your aid. As am I. I'm grateful for yours. You're a good man. Prove to me your one as well. as well. Ooh.

All right. Clean in the shotgun. But we have a lot to plan. I'm sure you do as well. And he kind of pulls you and kisses you on the forehead and kind of gives you a long look. Just give him a big hug in response. I'm just going to hold to there for a second. Looks back over at you as he's holding you.

I miss you, Dad. I miss you too. When all this is done, you still intend to finish your... your arremente. Do it quickly. Come back to us, please. You're missed. You have my word. I won't let you down. Lena. Anyway, you slams in the ground and it kind of like the leather flares out and it's like kind of arcing looking fingers. And he steps on. Are these new models? I've really haven't been gone. No, you've just been gone for a lot.

How have I been gotten that long? You've been gone a lot. Well, they look great. Thank you. Yeah. Okay, all right. Okay, bye. Goodbye.

Alright. As the wind kind of picks up under him and the sky sail, he needs to lift and glide off, he hits his way back towards the village. That is fucking cool. We should get out of here. Yeah, yeah, we should. Laura? Yes, I believe we should.

Well, it was nice to meet him. Yeah, that's right. That's right. Sorry, I should have introduced you, I guess. I was waiting. As of the expected pleasantries of diplomacy. But it seemed that you had it all taken care of, so it's fine. Sorry, distracted by talking to you as my father and not as in the world. It was so weird that you were standing directly behind me.

It's all right, don't worry. It is a bit cold, if we could get back, please. She's kind of like rubbing her shoulders and arms. That was my dad. Let's go. All right. You guys head back, exiting at the sun tree, making my way back. I catch her by the arm.

I can't wait to come back. Let's go. When we come back, I'll have to show you the first time. Let's go. Make your way back to Castle Whitestone, preparing your materials, your weapons, your minds, your dispositions, and your disposition for the coming war tomorrow.

I have a quick thing. Oh, shit. Taliesin. I knock on Vex's door. I have a bag. I go to Vex's door and knock on her door. Hello, who is it? It's a bag of Dix.

You're terrible. It's me. I have something to show you. Percy? Oh. No, I'm an evil green dragon. Are you here for our later talk? No, this is a very, very, very.

Open the door, I have something to show you. Fine. I open the door. Completely naked. What was it, dear? It's a powerplay. I love it. I don't remember, but it was mostly to head in this direction. Can I come in? Would you like to talk before or after?

I open the bag. I pull out the first bottle. This is called DiHaw. I pull out the second one. This we simply call courage. I pull out the third one. This is a snow mead. I put a thing, and this is green tear whiskey.

Drink the courage one now. We're going to start with the courage. And not talk about dragons. And I won't run in and shut the door. All right. You just stepped on the whole thing, did you? Stepped on the whole thing. That was beautiful.

I can't wait for the artwork. I will be expecting a lot of work. I will be expecting a lot. labels for all of them. You can't always be in control of those. That's beautiful. That one, Vex is around. Well, as you guys rest, most of you rest for the evening,

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All right. So, coming back into our game. I'm getting my music situated here. There it's a great. It's a high. Volume. So, as you all slowly come to consciousness the following morning, well rested,

for the most part, you gather your supplies, you prepare whatever else you prepare before, making your way to the coming battle. So, what do you guys want to do? Go to the coming battle? Yes. All right, if you have everything situated,

you wait throughout the day anxiously, eating your meal, looking to find, the music is intense here. It is. It is. It's a whole. I feel like we're hearing something out.

I feel like we're about 15 feet out of attack. Zara. I use witch bolt. It's like that random Final Fantasy encounter just happened. And you're like, I only got 10 feet. I just got out of the shop. Just got out. And in that moment, we fall in love.

We get us. That's right. I pull out your hair. We're fixing the audio. I don't think this is mine either. Weird. Is this just a radio station that we're picking up? You're listening to the sounds of Whitestone.

On W.M. Bacie Radio. This is Dragon Radio. Give me a shout out to the Conflames. Fox pop that late. I think right my tracks. Okay. Yay. I need my music.

This is the thing. I need to have it there. Focus on Dungeon Master for the music. You need gunpowder? What's going on? What? So, thank you guys. Pushing through the day, working through the antsiness of the coming conflict.

Allura, communicating, and forth gets word that the forces have gathered, temporarily set up camp to arm themselves and prepare for the battle once sundown hits. Where Master Mikhail Daxio is awaiting your arrival. I have a question. I have a question. I'm gonna attune the boots of haste that I took from my brother just now. Okay. That your brother gave to you. That my brother gave it.

And if I unattune my cold snap armor, do I just lose the cold resistance? And the any sort of armor bonus that would give you. Oh, so I would... I mean, you would still have the armor, like this leather armor. They would give you a bonus of two to your agency, but it's like a plus two arm armor, you would lose the plus two on top of the actual armor. That's a big drop. I'm gonna take my bracers off then.

Okay, so you're doing two less damage per attack? Yes. Okay. That's wise. I'm going to attune my charred dark stuff. All right. It needs to tune. Good.

And I'm going to go ahead and attune to my cape instead of my ring. Okay. I'm tuning the dragon sword, and I want to use it a little bit just so I don't get panced in the moment. Does it work all right? Am I all right with this? It's bigger than what you're used to. Yeah. Do you want a spar?

But even still. It won't do a bonus to him. He's not a dragon. I mean, I'd like to, but do we have time? There's plenty of time. You give it a shot? Yeah, sure. All right, so the two of you swear off briefly out,

out in the streets just outside of the guard barracks. I whisper in my brother's here. Just be careful because, what? What? Nothing. What were you gonna say? Be careful, I think he has a grudge against you. For what? Just go.

All right. Am I fighting you or your sister? It's really the same thing. I used a wake in mine and I say, Cash, go easy. Actually, it's not. Oh, shit. Oh shit.

Oh, shit. It's not. Just want to make, we're going easy. I just want to make sure that you and your blade are won before you go into battle. It's a bad time to find out you don't know how to use it. I poke him in the knee with my sword. Ow! Ow!

Oh! That is, uh, is this a sneak attack? No. It's 208. He cuts your throat. So yeah, so as you say that, he smiles. And before you've noticed, he hear a ping, and you feel a slight vibration into your low apology. You look down in the sword.

has not hurt you, but it has definitely pierced to the plates behind the armor, and he's showing, he's posturing that he already has availability with the blade between your armor. Interesting. I jump back by feet. I flame strike. No, I'm just jump right to it. Where's box walking? Well, they killed each other. So as you both stand there, kind of in a moment squaring off, the tension still in the city from the coming event, but people are starting to look out and gather, and they're having like a, you know, Morpheus is fighting Neo-moment as people are talking about others from nearby buildings

and gathering. Yeah, I go up to Vex and go, why is this happening? Is this happening for like, did they tell you, did they tell you the reason? They're fighting over you, darling. They're fighting over you. I can tell. Yeah, that's what's happening. For a long time. They both profess their love and Now you're patronizing me. We're really not that far away. Are we gonna do this? You ready?

I'm ready when you are. Who's making the first move? Me. Why are we doing this? The user keeps key initiative or attack? I don't even know what this is. The initiative was whoever said me first. Awesome.

Okay, so. I didn't know how badly I wanted this until now. Boy, I did. Oh man, what are we fighting too? Here we go. That is the first, and that is, I'm gonna use luck. It's the same thing. Do I don't know, I'm about to fight a fucking dragon!

You're fighting cash! We're sparring. Friendly sparring. You don't have, they're spending your luck. I've spent it already. Just so we're clear, everybody, I'm gonna switch back to Liam. This is a game.

Which camera's on me? This is a game! Your fun is wrong. Your fun is very wrong. It was an 18. 18. Which armor class? Your fun is wrong. My armor class is 20.

Oh! As you go to strike with the sword. That's the first one. Yes. Oh, shit. With your attack, yeah. Yeah, and so now you're attacking with your...

Natural 20 with a whisper. Oh, shit. All right. Shit. So as he swings with the sword, with your shield, you deflect it off to the side and you're about to bring your spear through for your own strike. However, he's suddenly much closer than you expected, and you feel the blade kind of shirt the side of the armor.

So for the purposes of this, this, we're not rolling damage into the spar. Thank you. But the blade hits and pokes just enough where you know that's maybe, that's where the kidney is. Right, okay. And in that brief moment, you see the little creak of smile at the side of his mouth, you go ahead and roll your attack now,

Kishat. 18. Plus. Plus, well, if I'm using my, I don't want to use the Shadow Spear. Should be used. Let's not do neck damage on him, let's think. It's just, it's the, it's a regular. Plus two, right?

Yeah. Yeah. 20. Nope. It's plus two spear. What's your attack bonus all that? Oh, yeah, my attack bonus is plus 10. It's 20.

Oh, so yeah, so that's 28. 28 to you, yeah. Oh, that definitely hits. Yeah, so after you get the blade there, and there's that moment of posturing, how do you deflect him off? I think, yeah, the blade comes in, he's got his spear, so as the blade comes in, he slaps his arm away and just takes it right lightly, right across the chest, so it just cuts in. so it just cuts into the little bit of fabric. Just back away and you see two of the mantle-like dark feathers of your armor, the very tips just go.

And then I look at you and go, one, one. I cast Eldridge Blast, two beams right in front of either one of them. As you guys are having this moment, all of a sudden, the ground detonates before you, in a haze of greenish-white arcane energy. You see now these small kind of basest, basketball size concave blast craters in the ground before each of you. And right off to the side, you see Zara standing staff in one hand to hand before her with the other. Oh, you do have two different color eyes. I use thromatherty to go fire with my eyes.

We're just playing. All right, boys. Enough. No fun for you. All right, we'll play slap and tickle later. Your fun is wrong. Yeah. Play slap tickle later. Let's do this. Pick it up afterwards. Anyway, sword works. Good, sure.

All right. All right, you sheath the sword. So, you guys gather the rest of your materials together. We still have that spare sold that was just that standard rapier that was just in the bag before from the general, correct? Grog has the bag of holding. I don't know. I think we have.

We still have. I think we have just a very standard nothing where like it's barely a plus one, like a plus one. Yeah, it's a very, it's barely enchanted. Would you need a fool? I just in case someone gets close enough to me that it's complicated. I have a short sword, but that sounds better. It's probably better. It's whatever Stoneville had, yeah.

Short sword is deck space, so you probably want to run around with that. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. I need to roll really fast to recharge my spire. Yes, you do. So I'm going to do that. Right.

She's re-roll to recharge your one. It goes all the way up. It is full again. All right. Four plus four. Twice, actually, two nights of rest, so. Nice by as well. Okay.

So it's mine. It's going back up. For you. Okay. Back to no-mo. Back to nomo. Back to no-mo. All righty.

As you guys are preparing, the Gilmore comes out kind of, you can see now. He's usually dressed in his usual casual flowing robes or his wizard track suit type, you know, outfit. The outfit you see on him, it's more ornamental, and it's specifically more so anything you've seen him wear, it has a very similar design and presentation of some of the more noble individuals you saw wandering, Marquette,

on Corral in particular. He seems to going more ceremonial than you used to sing. What color are the robes? Wow. Oh, they are very much purple and gold. He keeps to his aesthetic. But the design is definitely ceremonial different than anything you've seen him wear. Wow.

Full Bollywood. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Is it his old Boy Scout uniform? Well, it's a long mantle that travels down to the lower part of his torso, where his arms come out from these long sleeves that come to a fine point at the ends. ends. He still has all this jewelry on, but where the belt is, you can see it's a very thick, heavy belt that ties to a bow in the center, almost like a reverse kimono that comes to a square point, and the robe itself drops low and just flows behind him as he walks. It's

really, really pretty. And as he walks in, he's holding himself with the Gilmore air, but you can still see, like, beat of sweat down his head and that little bit of a nervous energy. Very well. I guess today's the day. Be pleased. How are we going to get there? Be pleased. Are we speaking of the general first? Yes. Yeah, we're going there first.

But not via a tree. We have to go via something else. Why not via a tree? Is there a tree on the battlefield where they are? It's not a battlefield. I'm not going to find out when we scry. If not, we'll have to talk to Allura. I'm going to scrying.

Scrying eye. Who are you scrying eye? Can't hide from my scrying eye. Your dad. Yeah. What's his name? Seildo. Seldor. What's it?

Zeldor. Okay. Silador will be inevitably disappointed. It's full title. You scry Seildore. You have a bit of a flash of green, lots of green, endless green. Your vision jumps into a familiar warm home. You see Seildor nervously sitting with his daughter on his

knee and they're talking. Seildor is back in Singhorn. Seildor isn't a fighter, Seildor is a diplomat. Oh, that's fair. Right. Did you see him? Where are they? All happy and healthy and comfortable by a fire. The whole army is happy and healthy and comfortable by a fire? No, he's not with the army, is what I mean. He's, oh, I thought he was going to be with the army. It's okay, we have Plan B. Let's go deal with Plan B.

So did I. Okay, I'll scry again. Or we can just... Why don't we have Allura said this? We'll just go, do it. We'll do it. Allora, do you know where they are? Is there...

She can take us to Daxia? I mean, I don't know specifically where they are. I... and she kind of sits for a second and sets up a rush job of a scry ritual because now she feels she used to put it on the spot but she puts it together. Can I like help her a little bit? Yeah, you kind of, you pay it back to the last time that you helped her with the scry spell back when you first met in Eamon. Word. And her eyes blank over white again cloudy and she returns.

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Well, are there any trees near them? Yeah. There are, yeah. So, uh... The problem is it generally has to be a tree that I'm familiar with. Well, if you go with her, you'll be familiar with the tree. If you... Question. It doesn't work that way.

If you go and you open up a path to the Sun Tree, can people on this side run through the the Sun Tree? Can I? That's an excellent question. Can I? Wait, so if you transport via plans. Like if I go with Allura, and they open a gate through the Sun Tree and they're just ready to rock. Do you have a sling ring? Yeah. Oh, damn it. It does, it connects the plants on both sides. I can't.

I'll do that. Does anyone else want to go? Yeah, eight of us need to go. How many can, how many is that left? That would leave, um, if they're in Grog, um, Pike. Pike and Gilmore. And Jared. And Jared. And Gerrit. Yeah, you can bring everybody. And Drake. And Drake coming and she looks off to the side and you see this little figure kind of running down from the castle. Top like carrying all those shit in his arms like, hey, hold on! And you watch him just eat shit.

And he just pungle like all that scatters. Get someone's like, no one saw that! Pigs him back up. He goes back down and catches up. Are we supposed to get something from the, oh God, from, we were supposed to, weren't we supposed to grab something earlier? My brain is just turned on.

We got it already. Oh, we got it already, never mind, that's right. Yeah, yeah, yeah, he came to us. And then he came, oh, I see you. That's right. Where's Rishon, though? Coffee. Are we going to talk to what's about?

Yeah, what's about. She'll find us. It's not our problem. She's aware of everything. We don't need to tell her anything. We're not babysitting a dragon. In fact, if anything, the less we speak to her at this point, probably. And you're sure she's coming?

Well, she desperately wants to be at one. She's coming. Yeah. And you hear another dwarfen voice on the side as you go out and side. You see there is standing not too far from your arms crossed Larkin. What? Buddy! Where have you been?

I've been fucking worried sick. You were there, you were gone? How did you even get back here? Back, please. Don't. I'm just... Listen, I'm fucking with you. Right?

Which, which? I know. I know. What's up, Green Bean? So are we ready for this? No. No. Didn't think so.

Let's do it. So you all go, I'll stay with these rag tag group and sit by the tree and get ready. All right. Allura, you kind of grabs you and takes chema and the rest of the British canon. the British canon, and over time you guys managed to get, we'll say for the sake of brevity here, everyone back over to the war camp itself. And it is a fair-sized war camp. And what's interesting is as you're in within this camp, you look up, in a similar way, the illusion barrier that surrounds white stone, that very, very faint

shimmering effect is present, but it's much stronger and it's much more visceral in the way that it alters the visuals. It looks like the sky is this perpetual shifting kaleidoscope of colors. The blue sky becomes green, becomes purple, becomes red. It just constantly shifts like the surface of a pond that's been perpetually rippling. And you see on the outskirts of the war camp this kind of rotating guard of illusionists that are taking time to just restore and maintain this illusion. As everyone else is like eating, polishing their weapons and armor, you see a mix of

elven warriors, elven archers, and very similar to the Daxio soldiers you met earlier, but may armor the different crests, signifying the different regiments. It doesn't take you too long to eventually come upon and be led to the tent where Mikhail is, the Warmaster himself. The Warmaster, I do not believe you've met before personally. As you enter and look within, And you can see, Dormaster, it sets you off at first, because he does resemble his son, his son who you did not have quite a positive experience with. He's an older elvish man. His hair just past shoulder length, but pulled it into a very,

very tight ponytail in the back with a few strands that kind of fall in front of his face. He has very, very strong jaw for an elf. he's a thick and well-built warrior, and holds that with both a strength and commanding respect, and everyone around him definitely looks up to him. You can immediately see why he's the war master and how he's held that position for so long. And you also wonder, one, how his son fell so hard,

and two, how that must have affected him. But in that instant, as you enter, he's in the process of having a conversation and they have a layout of what looks to be a brief sketch of Amman in its current state, with a few things here and there, kind of marking where most of the gathered elements of the army, whatever you'd call, the defense of Amman exists. And as you all began into the tent, yes. Oh, hello. I know of you, and I have been expecting you. Allura has been kind enough to

fill me in bits and pieces, but as far as I'm to understand, You're our strike force. The elite swap team heading in the... Good to know this. We've been walking for quite some time, and the soldiers have had a bit of rest. If we could, we would take an additional day, just a bit of our most capable,

but it seems time is not at our beck and call in this situation. And as such, when the sun is down, I think that is the agreed upon time. to strike. At sundown. All right, sure. Most of these soldiers have at least night vision, some form of dark vision, I assume.

Most of the Singorian army does, and we have quite a few Daxio that do as well. Wonderful. How are you going to attack? This is casual. Hi, how are you going to attack? Pleasure to meet you as well. So, we have broken up the regiments into five different segments. We're going to separate leading into the initial strike.

We're going to simultaneously hit the four main gates, the north, south, east, and west side. The easternmost gate has already received quite a bit of damage. With all these simultaneous strikes, we're hoping to draw most of the army to the outer circles of the city. We're going to utilize this time to then shift our forces southward and instead push towards a singular gate in the southward position while they're scouted in that direction. If I'm to understand what Galora has told me, you are going to be entering from underneath the city. That is the plan. And attempting to facilitate the opening of one or more of these gates in doing so.

That would be swell if we can, huh? No, not really. We haven't really discussed it. We have talked about doing it. We were breaching a wall. Or even breaching the south gate alone would be if all four gates are being... Anytime we go and we attack a gate, they're gonna bring all of their forces to that gate.

What they're not gonna be suspecting is a wall being ripped down. And once you open a wall, you can't close it. What's the weakest wall? That would be the eastern wall. Awesome, yeah, Gray's Skull Key. Do, well, the arrow that you're gonna use, yes. While we are not in a position to use siege weaponry,

we do have most of our magists at our disposal, and they have prepared a modicum of fernment of siege-based arcane spells at their disposal. So I do not think piercing the outer wall will be an issue. It's what lies beyond it that our focus is going to be. So confusion, separate and destroy. They are not a very well-organized army, and most of the creatures we've seen wandering the skies do so with nothing but bloodlust and the intent to rend and tear as their main driving force and go. So utilizing that technique, We've discussed. We will be entering the walls. We will be pushing forward. Pelinx method with those that are shielded. We will be piercing through and scattering from the inside, breaking their inks as much as possible, and doing our best to stay out of the skies, using alleyways, using small streets. We don't want our men being plucked out from the middle, from their air support. We will have air support. Yes. I called in assistance from the Air Shari from the north. They're maintaining the skies.

The Ashari are eating us as well. Do you know how many? Did Dad tell me how many? I said roughly a hundred. Oh, shit. Thanks, Dad. Roughly 100. If I could make a suggestion?

I was like 20-30. If you get into the city, how long are you going to be gone this area? Don't move through the alley. You're going to scatter your forces. Move into the city and fortify a position. So then you've opened a gate inside the city. Move the command center inside the city and defend from there.

That is indeed. part of our push. However, we are rather vulnerable from the air. So with the Air Ashari giving us air support, that will allow us the ability to continue to push forward as a singular unit from unit to unit in its own right. You are entering from where? The sewers. Yes, we have a secret entrance in our keep if we can still access it. If not, there is an entrance to the sewers towards the water, we were told of it by the clasp, right? I've also used a tunnel to get out at some point.

That's right when you were looking for Kaylee. That was western. Yeah, I know. It's the same sewer system. It's the same basically out of the city, right? Wait, wait, the Traverse Junction. What's the Traverse Junction? The Traverse Junction is a

It is, was, is, as far as I know, still attached to the Lyceum. The Lyceum's unguarded. The Lyceum is partially destroyed and is filled with the millions of the enemy. It's fair. Right. That's not what I meant. That wasn't the thing that I meant to say. And we know Thodak has made an underground basin. Here only emerges when someone challenges them. Right, right.

Were we supposed to meet the class by a specific claim? We're on the floor. We just gotta get to a sewer. So we just need to find a sewer, and then we're going to reconnoitre with, is that the right word? Anyway, with the clasp, and at that point we shall make our way through. All right. The thieves and liars will take us to the thing that's going to kill us. Have we?

We're very excited about the plans. So excited. Yeah. Do we have the 50 soldiers we need or do they have a show up? Did they have a few soldiers from Fort Dexia? I think they're having. I had heard that. Axi had fallen. There are survivors.

There were, there were about 55 soldiers. They haven't found the way to us yet, then. They might be headed towards Gracegall, if I recall. I believe they were heading some of the which where we might be heading as well. Very shortly. 50 men can move quietly. So after you cut through all of the lizard men like butter,

you'll make your way to Thorac. That's the intent to push in towards the cloud top. And based on how well you and or any of the air forces have been able to puncture the defenses, push in towards the creature itself, and unleash everything we have at the beast. As far as I know and have been told from some of the remaining members of the council, they have a few members still within the city, I believe. Tuftor Bratouris, Seeger Assum and Brom Goldhand are still within the city.

Well, not assume. We know where he is. And Brom. I thought Brom was at Widenstern. Don't hear that word that loud. Oh. I said it too quiet. Yeah, very quiet.

We'll gather what we can. We don't really know what's actually in there yet. We can't trust anyone of the other than the other of the second limit. Understood. Do you have a time frame for your attack? We are intending, once the men have been fed, once the men have been able to rest,

Prepare the armaments, we were going to attack upon the sun. Yes. And you plan to breach the city one? The final vestige is all. Hopefully within the first hour of the attack. Really? That's the intent. How far do you think we can make it in the tunnels in an hour?

Pretty far, to be honest, especially if we're, well, no, that's... 20 blocks. We can get far. Taking that number up? Yep, just pull that out of nowhere. Absolutely. Okay. This is the highest number he knows.

Okay. Grog's not here. I have to do something. An hour, we can probably make it, I don't know, We can make it deep into the city, but not all the way to the center, can we? No, not without. It's a maze in there. But the tunnel from our keep in, if it's intact, was not that far.

If you were to traverse the tunnel system in advance of our attack, that would perhaps aid us in sinking a manoeuvres. So we should go now. We should go. Is to act as point for the entire army. That would indeed be the goal. So what? The minute we pop out, we send up a flare? Some sort of a sign. Hopefully something not quite as easy to read as a sign of aggression. Or we could take

in much care to not be seen this far. Or we could just wait for sundown and then go, knowing that they're going to strike at the same time. We go now. We need to go now. No, I mean, once we get in there, we wait until we pop out until it's getting dark outside. I mean, what kind of symbol do we send up in a sky full of We don't need to send up a sun down. We do need to sundown. The Ashari are already looking for a symbol.

I plan to be aiding them. They should be helping us with. What about a storm? Well, there will be a storm. Wait, there's a storm coming? Can you make one? There's a storm. As you guys actually glance over, you can see

in the eastern sky past the Iron Seat Ridge, there is an extremely dark building storm front that is just looming. miles off in distance. See? What about... Kiki, what if you just made some lightning strikes to signal the start of the fire?

I think nature itself is going to make some lightning strikes. No, but... Well, I've got my whole sky-right thing. I got my whole sky-right thing. I can make a symbol in the air out of clouds, which isn't as terrifying as everyone has thought it is in the past. We just need to pick a symbol. It just has to be subtle.

Something your dad will recognize that. A phoenix. or something. How is the storm going to affect your attack? Is my question? What's that? We are trained to undergo warfare in many different forms of terrain and or weather. My concern is if we wait till this storm comes in, the sewers will be flooded.

We need to go in now before the storm gets. Definitely, we're going. But if we get lost in there and the storm comes, it'll be flooded while we're in there. The storm isn't a real storm? Isn't it Erashari? It's a real storm. No, no, it's Ereschari. Yeah.

It's a real storm. It's both. It's a real storm. storm that is fortuitous, for much of the city still burns. Yeah, great. What fire we can quell with a storm would be helpful. It's a common, man. It's coming. All right. Good to know this. Yeah. Well, let's go. Let's go. To Grey Skull. To Grey Skull.

To Grey Skull. Look forward, look, keep your eye on this guy. I will have two of my hawk eyes, keeping your knife clouds. There will be a symbol. It'll be super obvious. super obvious when it's determined. That's it. It's a state puff marshmallow. You'd be like, oh. It's a twinkie.

Of course. It couldn't have been anything else. I look forward to solving your riddle. Uh-huh. A fucking battle line for it. You should probably tell him what's gonna be. Stay safe. I don't know what the fuck it's gonna be.

I mean, it could be like a big VM for Vaxs Mok and I mean like, you know. Something. And like they were there was like, no, fucking attack. And Thorac won't see that and the Lizzymen went to that. Are there clouds overhead now? Above the city. If you look up, the weather over here is fairly clear.

There are a few wispy white clouds, but nothing that is indicative of a storm. If the storm has taken the city, there will be a break in the storm of a perfect circle where we are attacking. The eye of a hurricane. If it is not to us, we can certainly look for. And if the skies are clear,

my dad will know what that means too. It will be a nice column that will. All right? Then? Yeah, that's good. Look for the stillness, ice storm. We shall. Travel safe, travel swift.

Safe journey. You as well, good enough. Be pleased. Be pleased. The day. The day. Remember, the plan is chaos. Total chaos.

Chaos can work. Chaos works very well. We make our way to Grey Skoll. Yes. Back to Grace Gold. All right, so have you guys. Guys, make your way towards Grayskull-keep. Great is all the gosh.

Walking through as you see rows and rows of soldiers of different walks of life, all part of the alliance of Taldore between Sigourn and Imon. Many of them kind of watch as you pass. Some just curious as to what regiment you belong to and you in a couple of occasional looks of recognition. A wink. Dale?

Where you been, man? Wait, cash? What the hell's going on? Going to die today? What are you doing? Pretty much the same thing, man. How's Ann? It's not doing too well.

Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. Yeah, she was in the city when the dragons attacked. No. She wasn't. Yeah. Oh, that's horrible. It's okay. We're going to kill them today, right?

We're getting there, buddy. Good to see. You're looking good. You too. All right. I'll see you later, man. All right. I haven't seen that guy forever.

What's that? So bizarre. Sorry, let's go. What is that? What is? What's just happened? And we're walking on. And we're walking.

So weird. I feel like I've had that awful four minutes of like every con ever. Yeah. Oh, God. Sorry, you. As you guys. Exit the side ranks of the currenting keep as they're all preparing the sun itself growing maybe about two hours out from touching the horizon.

You can see in the distance on some of the outer embankments and small structures that litter the walls of Amman's surrounding fields, you see Grey Skull Keep, a very welcoming, long time-coming return. As you stay low to the grass, I need you all to make stealth checks. Oh shit. Oh shit, oh shit, you roll it 20. Mm-hmm. Oh, natural 20. Nice. Natural 20 right here as well.

Really? A, natural 20 pros. Natural 19 I haven't added yet. Fuck you. Yeah. Should I cast pass without a trace on all of us? Too late. Is it too late? Can I just add it to everybody's if I cast it now?

And we died right here. Ding, ding. I'll say sure because we would have known. Yeah. And I just wanted to do so. If you want to spend your spells lock to do that, sure. I do. and that's plus 10, right?

Yeah, and adds 10 to all of your rolls. Yes. What? All right. 25. 35. 30. 35 with the plus 10.

All right. As you guys all stay low and kind of guarding each other, keeping an eye out to make sure nobody is giving too much away. You managed to go unnoticed. Sorry. I didn't know my spit. Don't do that. Don't do that. That's bad.

Make a breathing saving throw. That's right. No, for initiative. I'm just so dying. First, I go and guys. I roll double ones. It's all in my mouth again. I'm scoffing it from crawling.

You're laughing at least. Shh. What's you doing? You guys make your way to Grace skull, keep. Front doors open. Oh, like partially a jar, not locked. Facts. Oh, yeah, I'm moving.

Okay. You head inside first. Yeah, I'm going to poke my head in first. My perception check. Yeah. 27. Are you taking a moment and look around, listen carefully? No sound.

So far, so good. I'm gonna move further in. Mm-hmm. And continue to, I'm gonna check the tracks. Go for it. Investigation, Jerry. That's fine, sure. Investigation is 18.

Okay. Nothing appears to be trapped here. Okay. Nothing's out of place. You know this area pretty well, so. Okay. We're like making our way to the door. We peek in.

It's very dark. in there? It's, I mean, there are no current, like set torches or candlelight whatsoever. There are a few openings that bring sunlight in, specifically from Serranra's temple. But other than that, it is pretty dark in the hallways. Can I see anything with Dark Vision? With Dark Vision, you're fine. As you guys can glance around and begin to scatter throughout the keep, you can see signs

that it has been lived in. People have been rummaging through. There is no sign of any food. in the keep anymore. There are a number of bowls and anything of any remote value has either been taken or is left used and unwashed. But after doing a quick scan, there is no one inside. It's called keep.

Apparently. The whole place. Wow. So all the way up the stairs to our bedrooms, to his laboratory, all that's clear. All of it's empty, but a lot of things have been taken. Can I go in the kitchen and just sort of Like sense magic or do an Arcana check or something? See if there's any.

I mean, there is detect magic a spell. If you have that, then we are pressed to detect its present necessarily. Is your poop still? My poop is still there. It's just inert. It's just poop. Oh. Did somebody steal the poop?

Oh, is it still there in the jar that I left it in? Actually, there is a broken jar on the ground. It looks like somebody discovered it and wasn't quite sure what it was and then discovered what it was. This isn't putting. They tried to spark it. Single scoop taken time.

A single sco. Jolato? That's not Jolato. No. It's like blue sparkly gelatin is right. The behavioral patterns of what things have left it looks like people come in through a rum. It's grabbed what they needed to survive

or what seemed of value and left, and things they didn't understand or didn't see value when they left behind. Most of your workshop has been ransacked. I figured. Your cask is still there, and a few esoteric tools that they didn't really understand

or too big to maneuver are still there, but most of your tool set is gone. Grabbing what's useful, and maybe as a lark, I might try and run a... run a wire to the glove from my inert glove to the, to the, to the, um, uh, Cabal's ruin to see if I can actually get the charge to travel through it if I punch something. Uh, if you want to use one of the charges, you can try that? Uh, yeah, I'll use a charge.

And, you know, I'll hold. I'll find out, I'll find out in the moment, won't I? There you go. That you will. Try it on the day. Yeah. Is this your castle? Yeah, this is our house. It's our keep. It's a keep, not a castle. Sorry. Oh yeah, welcome to our hub. It's a little cold. It seemed better days, but... Let's go...

Yeah, but the bones are good. A lot of space. Yeah, it's a fixer-upper, you know. Good location. Never enough closet space, no, you acquire the entrance. It's got its own transportation. Check it out.

Permanent for a pool, we never built one. Just divine sense at the entrance. The investigation trip. Alright. Here's a hot type. Oh, that's good. Tika, Trica, Trica. Dyrka.

Dirka. That is... Star-cut. This is 24. Okay. Divine sense doesn't trigger anything. Very evil. Nothing gets you riled up in that sense.

Feathers are in place. Indeed, yes. Aside from the two that were cut earlier from Gishon. But you do find the hidden entrance or the exit, I guess you say, from the keep, left as it was untouched, the seams still smooth, coated dust. Nothing hinky with it. Nothing hinky, no traps, nothing. Let's go down to the secret path. We're in a hurry now.

We've got to get into the city. Oh, because I show Kashaw the cask, by the way. I have some powdered death, if you like. This will explode very loudly. How much damage? You know, I've honestly been too nervous to ever find out, because everybody who plays with this loses a limb eventually. Is it heavy?

You hear this faint echoing voice in the back of your head, and says, learn from my meat. I say we bring it. That's my plan. Can I just give you a quick note? Planning Kashaw is very staccato. He's very clipped. I feel like when you're just talking normally, you're so warm and pleasant,

but when you're planning, you get this voice that you use. It's very grating. I'm just saying, just try to even out your tone. Do some breathing exercise. I'm always the direct. Let's go. To the tunnels. All right.

Grog happily takes the cask under his arm. Don't drink that, Grog. Oh, come on. No, none of it. No. You could fart explosives if he's in here. Matt's Grog and Matt's Trinket are very similar. To be fair.

You guys all single file, because the tunnel is not very wide, it's maybe four feet wide. Make your way through, and it's a long, musty tunnel. It smells of damp earth and dust. We need to pass out these healing potions before we get anywhere. We'll wait everybody bunch up for a second then. Yeah. Is there light in there? Do you need light?

There is no light. I take out the flame time. Hey! Nice! No, no mind, I put my flame time time. All right, we have three Greeter healings, five regular healings, and two superiors. Who needs what? I'll take a greater, please.

I'm weak as fuck. All right, take one. I'd like to take a greater as well because I'm always far away. Greater from me. Grasters is the same. He wants one? Please. One greater.

You want a greater or? Yes, please. Okay, we have one greater left. Five regulars, so I'll pass out regulars. Do you need any? You, you should be okay with healing, but if you'd like, I'll take one. No. I'm all right.

Yeah? I still have a couple. I have one normal, I've got two greater and one superior left. Oh, you already have a superior? I have a superior, two greater and one normal. What amazing team is in the tunnel. Thanks for sharing.

I'll take a superior and one of them fire resistance, please. Hang away. Quick round of magic cards. Recount. Take the superior, Scalindon. I need the stuff. Zero superior and full, fire potions. I'm taking one of the fire potions as well, so that's three fire

potions left. If I could have a fire potion? Yes. Two fire potions left. Should Pike have a fire resistant? She's fire resistant. Yeah, her are or her. Yeah, she's sorry. No, I would love a fire resistant potion if that's one. Oh, I would love a fire resistant plate, but I'd love a healing potion if you have an extra. You want to take two regulars? Sure. I'll take the fire resistance. All right. One fire resistant. As you guys are like awkwardly passing this down in singular tunnel,

like having to like almost chain it back and forth. I load up Brock's camel back with a healing portion. Now, the potion of invulnerability. Is there someone specific we need to give that to? Why don't we wait on that? Should we wait until the minute? It sounds really neat. I know.

Why don't we give it to Grog for now? Well, Grog already has all of his damage. So it's all. If we give it to you now, you can't drink it now. Not now. You have to wait. Quick, quick rule. Real point, if he already takes a lot of half damage, if he takes a potion, it doesn't really affect.

Does it quarter the damage? Does it stack? It should- He just likes being vulnerable. It should go to- You have the sword though. I didn't want to. Who has the sword?

You have the sword, yeah. You're gonna get close. You should get the pot. You should get up into his shit. So you should have that potion. You can always give it to somebody else. It doubles your HP. I just wanted you to be able to play.

Excuse me. Technically speaking. Take the potion. Oh no, I'm sorry. I have that, Grob? I still have it. I didn't give it to him. Can I have that, please? What do you want to give me?

You don't have it, Grog. You don't have the potion. He's holding a wood chip. I would also find a purple wood ship down here. That's, oh. Travis just text me saying he does not have resistance to fire, which I knew. Oh, okay, well then he gets the last. The last one is gone. The last one is gone. He takes it, is about to open the court.

No, no, no, no. No, no, Rob, wait before we start fighting thought of just before. What can I drink? Some ale. Use your magic canister. Maynays. I would also like to invoke fiendish vigor. What's that?

Which means I can cast false life on myself for one hour. Yeah? We're going to do it now. Well, we're about to go in. It's going to take us an hour to get to the center of the city. Is it? Right before we go in, I'll hold it. All right.

Mm-hmm, let's see you drink. You have the potion. Don't forget. Just one small one. Okay. Just a shot. He takes a small kind of like a... Don't look at me like that.

I just want a shot. It's like an urn type cast. Can he hold it over to you and it's just filled with mayonnaise? Ah. That's so delicious. Thank you. Thank you so much. Sorry, did you? No, I, I, all right.

Mmm. Let me fix it. Sweet, bitter, or angry. Yes. Oh. Oh. It's good. It's only four or five days.

But cash is already naked. I hand the bottle to cats. Let's go. The green tea has a good question. I'm going to give, I don't know if Pike has any healing potion, so I'm going to give her a regular healing potion just for something. Negative is a day. The day we were born.

We're going out like we came in. We're passing things up and down, a little single file. Eat mayonnaise. Eat mayonnaise out of a jar. Eat mayonnaise. Time to save the world. Cash, pass the trail mix. Pass it all the way back.

I'm a sponsor. You guys eventually find your way towards the end of the tunnel leads to the ladder that leads you into the alleyway on the outskirts of the southern edge of Mon. You make a way up? Well, it leads you through an outer house. Where wait a second? You've been here before. Yes, I'm gonna peek through the pooper first. Let's see what I see.

Subsection check. Yeah. Okay, that's fine. We know where the entrance to the tunnels are, though. I'm just looking for anything unexpected 27. It is empty and still chained. Are there poos? No, it has been, it has chained shut for that reason.

It's clear. Should I, before we go out there, should I see me? Should I seeming us as lizard people? Yes. Yes? Can you do it to all of us? Hang on, hang on, hang on, hang on. Wait, is that right?

Do we, I'm, I'm, I'm, hmm, what time is it? What time is it? I can use mask of many faces and also go into, oh, you can? It's maybe like at this time, I'm traveling this far into Mon, you're maybe 40 minutes from sunset. The battle's about to be at the dinner as well. Want to be lizard people or no? Has the storm hit?

Yeah. Well, the storm is getting closer. What do you think, Percy? I think that we will not act like lizard people, and they'll know, and also anybody who can see through, they're like. Lizard people can't see through it down. They are idiots.

They are stupid, and they all travel single file. All we need is a second to get some confusion. They're used to seeing humans, though, and as long as we scatter and are fearful, they'll... I don't mind being invisible. Like, that's not an issue. So, meaning I can make a non- number of us invisible if you want to go.

How many of you? Not all of you, obviously, but like, so if you want to go as lizard folk or somebody else can do this? I'm invisible, please. You've got a rate that makes you invisible. I'm busy with other things. Also, it's maybe time for another feast, isn't it?

It wasn't about, it was about sundown, but we did it last. We do need a feast, we do. We did it before bed, Betty by. But that takes an hour. We're not going to sit here in the sewer. We gotta fucking do it. We cannot fucking do it.

We cannot fucking fight. Thoradak without a fierce feast. How long has it been? Is it almost up? 40 minutes till battle. Well, I mean, you guys, it's about 40 minutes till sundown. We don't have time.

Can we eat a really fast feast? Hang on, I. Mcfeast. When did we eat the feast last night? About this time? Are we about to expire? Or can we like push it? Was it a midnight snack?

You guys would choose the most optimal time since there was no rush to eat the feast. Yes, we would have. You would have been like, well, shit, let's do it at six. When we were in the holes, right before we went to sleep. That's probably when you guys would have, you might type done it before. If you wanted it, yeah.

So you probably have like into the evening before. Okay, okay, okay, where's that? There would have been no benefit to doing it earlier. Oh my God, I can't believe we're really going to develop up. This is going to be over before that. It's all right. These things move quickly. Okay.

Am I turning us into lizard people? Some of us, but I'm invisible. Some of us. So are we making an above ground jump to the underground tunnels again? Someone knows where they're going, right? Where is the clasp? Are we going to meet up with them at some point? Once we're down there, they'll know that we're here.

All right. But how far is the tunnel jump? How long do we have to be above ground? And I'm asking because I might be able to make just some holes in the wall to cut us into other tunnels and not have to go above ground at all. When you recall Garthock leading you through Amman to get to the clasp entrance,

You had to be above ground for probably about 20 minutes. 20 minutes? That's a lot of lifetime above ground. Yeah. And then we had to go down. A lot of it was spent slow because you guys were stealthy, like jumping from alley to alley and being very stealthy.

If it was like a brisk pace, it could be as fast as time. But that was just to the entrance to a class model of the entrance to a sewer system. Yeah, we could just pop down into a sewer. Do we see a sewer hole? If you want to go inspect, you could look for one. Then we have to find our way through the sewer

that we don't really know how to get through. You should find the class benches. So wait, once we get to the class, then we have to fucking talk to the class. Yeah, for a second. All right. All right, Scamon. They're going to help us.

You right. It's all on Scanlan. He's very charming. Cash. I swear, he's not really very charming. I won't speak. Remember that time I saved your life? It was wonderful.

And I'm. No, it's fine. The score you keep. No, we're good. No, we're good. I'm very glad you'll hear. It's very sweet. All right, are we lizardsing and envisying?

We're going, yes, and then we're going to go quickly to the class ventures. All right, I'll make us all lizard people, even the ones turning in the No, I don't want to be a lizard people. We need someone who can turn invisible and invisible in humans. I'd like to be a cow. Except for myself. Myself, I'll put the head of disguise on. Okay, and you're attuning to that?

It's an attuned? It's only if it says it, does it say it? Do I have it? I give it to you. Hey, I give it back. That was a long time ago. Yeah, yeah, yeah. All right, fine, I'll make myself a lizard person too.

A little lizard person. A little lizard person. Sam, I can do me, Sam. I can do me, Sam. Don't waste to spell. I'm not. It does require a tumor. Seeming effects, how many people?

As many as are near me when I cast it. Sweet. Any number of creatures, it says. That is awesome. Some visible lizard people. Seaming is broken. Lizard people are known a sub-ah. How appropriate that we're going to be underground lizard people in the city of Los Angeles.

Yeah, it's very, yeah, yeah. It's a valid point, actually. No, it is our best, it's our best urban myth. It's the lizard people of Los Angeles. It's not a myth. Very good friend who knows somebody who's . That's true. I make them all very skinny.

They hate the subway. Not well-nourished lizard people. Okay. So many jewelers. I'm pretty big. So you now have a closer, as you're doing this, as Gilmore begins doing his incantation, the invisibility spell for him, Vax and Vex.

You guys all watch as each of your forms become these emaciated lizard folk. Except for Skihanel, who is this much shorter, but like Wolverine stocky-looking lizard men. It's like dwarf size. It's a glandular problem. It's the Neyennees. Gilmore chuckling, Midgian incantation. Gros, sort of...

Ridiculous. And he finishes the incantation, and Gilmore, Vex, and Max vanish. Yeah. Oh. Can't see us, motherfucker. Okay. So I suppose the invisible people will lead the way.

People, invisible people. Everybody hold hat. Yes. Let's go, let's go. So who knows where they're going? We all know the way that. We all followed Gothawk to. Okay.

Yeah. Can we see the invisible people? No. No. Then how the fuck are we gonna follow? Other people. We also know. We can talk to each other.

Okay. All right. You guys begin to make your way through, out of the alley. I tug on Cassie's little braid behind it. Oh, come on. You guys make your way into the street, out of the alleyway.

And it doesn't take you long to find an intentions to the sword. You do occasionally hear the distant ominous of a Wyvern Ryder or two just kind of doing a pass over this portion of the city. A lot of the buildings you see here on the outskirts too have been damaged even further from last time you were here. Remember the buildings have been like doors torn off the hinges and looks like the signs of struggle on the outside. takes you only a couple minutes before you find what appears to be a great, some sort of a drainage runoff for rain in the city that leads into a subternees service system. It is a little bit out in the open. It's kind of between two buildings but right on the cusp of the street itself.

So you have to be quick about it. That's good. Who's opening it? I am. Invisible person opens it and then somebody invisible is keep watch. I'm keeping watch. And I'm checking between. Trapped just in case. Natural 20. Oh.

That grade is so not trapped, like, oh shit. No one's ever trapped it. Yeah, man. It's like, you could sell that. Like it was day one. I like it, there's nothing. It tastes clean. No, it tastes sweet, actually. All right. Is it locked?

It is not locked. It is, it is a waged. wedged a little bit in there. Look, lift. Quietly. Stelfily. Circulately. Shh. And he walks over and reaches, as you're kind of down there,

you've kind of seen him, walks over and he kind of reaches, not seeing you, reaches on each side of you to get to the great. Are you going to try and get out of there? Yeah, I'll roll out of there. It seemed like you had a little story you wanted to tell. Yeah, I roll out of it. Okay, you don't have just as you, and lifts it off, and you hear the creaking of metal. The bars bend slightly as the strength imparted by the Titanstone gauntlets caused them to easily

ply this thing off the ground. And you can see down there is a somewhat eroded ladder set of rungs, but it is functional. How far down? Dark vision? About 20 feet. And then it seems to open into an actual chamber or a sewer system. I spank him on the ass and see I'm going in, follow me, and I just drop in. Grog, wait, Grog! Put the grate down very quietly. A whisper in his ear. On tip toes. He sets it down. Standing on his knee. All right, so you guys all head down there with pike in the toe, Gilmore following invisible.

Once we're down in there, I BAMP trink it out of the necklace. Okay. What's he look like? You speak, speed. How are you, Trinket? It's been a long time. Yes, I'm scared. Don't be all right. You know of X loves you very much.

That's why I'm here. I know, we'll look out for you. I love you guys. We'll look out for you, darling. We will. Thank you for coming and helping us. Thank you. And for being such a badass?

Smells weird. Come in. Oh, come it. I kiss him on his nose. It's cold, stamp. I love it. You guys continue up the service system, and it's probably been a bit of a dry spell on them on

for a little bit at least. It hasn't rained in the past couple weeks. And it rains fairly often here, so the system itself doesn't have a lot of drain and chowing through. That'll change soon, sure. 40 feet ahead the whole time. Yeah.

Make perception check. 22. Okay. About 10 more minutes into travel, you're starting to get fairly close to game time when things begin. But you do hear some whispers about him. Hold on. It sounds like four different voices all conversing. I creep up next to him.

In one location. A little ways ahead, out of sight. You're not quite sure of the source. of the source, it's just kind of echoing from my head. Just listen with me. What are they saying? Roll perception, check. I'm gonna roll the 20-back, go roll. That's good.

Where's my piece of paper? Perception, perception. That is a 28. So while you hear the whispers is too distant for you, Vax to make up the details. Vax is you hone in your ranger attentiveness, and you've studied lip movement, people read lips so much, to the point where even just like disinantiation, you can fill in the gaps.

The conversation sounds like bits are talking about the relocation of people. Timing. It's too dangerous. We have to move further west. The tunnels are down. Now, now, now, and you hear a bunch of footfalls. Running away from us? Running in a direction.

You can't quite make out of it. It's towards you're away right now. in this moment. Yes, sir. What we do we pop out now? We look at least to be seven figures kind of step into the center of the walk where you are and begin walking away from you in the direction you were traveling. Are is anybody still invisible and or lizards?

You are all still lizards and three of you are invisible. Okay. And they're heading towards us? They're heading away from you in the direction you were going. Okay. Way to find them. Oh, they hate you. Wait.

Three of them stop and kind of her like, white, shh. It's really quiet, and they all just stopped. Are you true to imam? Stillness, that movement. One of them goes and pulls a blade out very, very quietly. I used to be one of you. I used to be clasp. And then I took an arrow to the knee. That may be the funniest that's ever.

Fucking meta. The joke has been waiting for years. waiting for years. What's up 2014? It's remastered. You made it funny again. She's in the game. Are you invisible?

Yeah, we're still invisible. And so the... We're friends of Garthak. Garthock. Garthor. You know what that was name. You're invisible and you're further back. You're 50 feet back.

Oh, I thought I was in the... All of the figures, you're like slowly crawling in your direction, and one of those, it's not lizard men. It's not lizard men. Fuck, magic. It's a ruse. Make a persuasion check with disadvantage.

Oh no. Because your two voices coming out of the ether right now. You see a cluster of wizards in the shadow, and voices going, no, we're okay. We're not lizards. We're cool, don't worry, guys. Can I'm not lured? I rolled.

A 20 and a 1. No. So that adds up to 21. You also rolled a 1? Yeah. You guys both rolled fucking once. Cucco! Look over here!

The one at the front goes, shit, we have to close it. Run, right, right. And all seven just start running in the direction they were going. Oh, fuck, what do we do? Somebody. I go running up. They're going to relax the tunnel. Drop seeming, drop seaming.

I'm running after them. Drop seeming, Scanlan. Okay. Do it now! Okay. I'm dropping, see me. Okay. Please, wait, we're not visible.

You're still in... You're still invisible. Please, wait! Please, do not be afraid. We are with you. We are here for you. Sorry, you're freaky looking. I understand that.

I'm not a lizard person and I have a very high persuasion. You do. Double ones is a rough situation. I know. They have bolted very quickly and... and they have not shown any sign of slowing, and you just hear the footprints just going, shit, move fast.

Run after them, run after them. We can't catch them. Well, you're keeping in pace. Okay. So if you guys, full bore, double dashing, how far away are they? They're beyond your visual sight right now in the darkness. Are they more than 30 feet?

Yes, they are. Yeah, that's more than 30. I shout out after them. I know gothawk, he'll recognize me. He also kind of hates us, I think. No, he doesn't. No, he doesn't. No, he does that.

No. Double one, man. Okay. No, they're still running. They're still running. We're still running after them. Okay. Yeah.

You guys follow them for the next 10 minutes or so. You're roughly 10 minutes from sundown game time before you hear a door slam ahead of you. Balls. I want to move to that door. Okay. I immediately stop and start looking behind me. Does this look like we just ran into a trap?

Make perception check. Let's be more of an invest in. Are they catching up behind? Okay. Yeah. 21 total? I'm checking the door too. Okay.

Go ahead. Looking around, it's hard pressed to see. The sewer has slowly given way to non-suage tunnel system. That looks like it's existed for a long time. This is reminiscent of some elements of the clasp tunnel system that you've seen before, though you haven't really been to it this far south in the city. Okay, I stand back before I run in with the rest of them. Okay.

I don't want to get us all in a corridor. Can we investigate the door? I rolled a 20-year-old right now. I'm sorry. Rolled 20? I like that you're talking to Matt through the earring. I'm not talking to Matt. I'm not talking to Matt.

You're rolling. That's right. Busting my ball since 2000 and something. Every chance. That's the 2006. But she loves me with all her heart. You're going to touch me. Runny-Aid.

I support you left and right and this is the downside. The door is locked and the door is trapped. Yes. Scanlan, would you come up here please? I've got my hand on my earlobe for fucking reason. I'm here. What do you need? I need you to talk us in this fucking doorway. For what?

We're still trying to get this clasp. Ten minutes has gone by. All right. You talk to the fuckers on the other side of this door. You can talk to anybody. I knock, knock, knock on the door. And I say, uh, oi, I know you can hear me in there.

Sorry for the scare. We're friends and we're here to help you get a lot of gold. Make a persuasion check with disadvantage. Because I'm through a door. And because the... Because we're out. Yes, because we're us. You should try and sell them drugs.

I think that would go. Oh, sell them drugs. Sell them drugs. $28. Right now. In the middle. I can guarantee you they don't have any. No, he's got, he can sell them.

There's the class. There's straight edge, huh? Oh, yeah, oh, totally. You still don't know if you put it up your ass or smoking. How are you gonna sell it? I'll find out from them. Do they like mayonnaise? There's a pause and then a voice comes through and says,

So, who are you? What do you want? What leaves you the possibility of wandering these sewers unstapped? First of all, you or members of your organization know us. We are from imamon. We are eminites. Emines? We're locals. Amenis. We've traveled these sewers before, among you.

And we will again tonight if you help us find our way to thunders way to Thor-Dak. We are super-powerful superheroes who are gonna kill a dragon and give you half the gold. Half the gold. Half the gold. Holy. There's another pause. 10, 20 seconds, 30 seconds. Then you hear a wench go. Then you hear and the door just ever faintly opens and just a single thing. face pokes through, hood up. So, your allies against the dragon. Absolutely.

How many are you? Well, about a half dozen, let's say. Twice a half a dozen. I think 12-ish. 10? 10. Some are animals. Some are invisible.

Some are invisible. Some are invisible. Six to 12. Say 13 in case Steve joins. We stand 30 strong in this room, crossbows drawn, make no mistakes, we'll be watching you. One false move, you'll have a bolt to the back of the skull. Walk with us. We'll see if what you say is true. I use thieves Kant to knock out the phrase, no bullshit on the door.

You see his chin kind of move and grind for a moment. I did that with my penis. Stop breaking out, though. Make a deception check. He thinks you're cute. 20. I like that he goes, and it's a 20. You soon go.

And slowly back away. The door opens wider, and as you enter the room, you can see, there is roughly 30 people in various dark bits of dress. But once was like the class kind of had a uniform, or at least a uniform style to them, when they were within their safe space. While that still exists, all of them look tattered.

They look underfed. They look sleeveless, and they all look driven. And it's that kind of cornered animal look that both is welcoming and also a little scary. And as you all walk in, they all very intently just keep their eyes on you, their crossbows at the side,

and they're all kind of surveying you and taking in, and you can definitely see them accepting that you are powerful in comparison to maybe many others they've encountered, and that also kind of scares them. It's a weird kind of like, good, fuck, at the same time. And as you all walk into this kind of silent atmosphere,

the one who was talking to you pulls his hood back and you see it's a younger man point in his late 20s, but his face is just currently wrecked by some sort of a disease that's just scarred over. Where is Shen?

You're honest ticket to Shen? No. There's no time, to be honest. Where is he? He's probably by the volcanic pocket. Looks to me, at least from word on the street, that there's something going on, something's gonna be happening tonight,

and the class is being ready. We're invisible. Yeah, we've got about 10 minutes to all hell breaks loose. So we gotta do this, and we gotta do this now. We gotta get to where Thor, Is he by this volcanic surge? That he is. Travel fast, travel like, follow me.

Purses her back up and then goes into a run and... Come to run. Shorter! You guys all give chase at this point as fast as you can. Poor Pike is like... Oh, Grog picks her up, come on. Grog picks her up, as he does. And she's still like running in the air from it.

Running in the air from him. Oh. Thanks, it puts up on his shoulders. They're running together. Billy has to duck low a couple times and she almost gets her head knocked out from the low bridge area. Following him as fast as you can.

It's around the corner, down long quarters, he's quick. And you can see what certain people in the class rise quickly in that messenger format is they can get around the city like that. You begin to get to a point where you see a few grates up above you passing 20 feet up. You start to see more and more sewer openings, and you hear in the distance, the sound of cracking thunder.

As soon as we get out, Kiela, you have to make a storm or something, or a VM or something, right? She could probably do it through the grates. What do you thought is saying? Okay, hurricane. Yeah, radically possibly. As you continue to run, you can hear up above, too. It sounds like the energy itself is gathering into a loud cacophony of screeches and roars. It sounds like the populace that is keeping guard over the currently ruled, tyrannically

held city, the wyverns are restless. They see something happening. There's something brewing, and now not just those below understand, those above are starting to get the sense that things are not right. It's beginning. It's beginning. You begin to feel and hear bits of rainfall, beginning to come through the grate. Just up ahead, a little bit of light that peaks through.

You can see the droplets. Now hitting as you run past, woof, whoof, overhead. You hear another bolt of thunder, bolt of lightning and thunder in the distance. In another. the storm is getting faster and more successive, and it's definitely landed in Iman.

You continue to push forward. How far are we? You're shouting ahead. How much longer? Do you feel that? Yes. No, do you feel that? And you kind of stop for a second and realize,

as cold as it is up there and has been in the past, these tunnels are growing warmer and warmer. Yes. Yes. Not far now, and he's still running. I start, as I'm running, dipping arrows in poison. Okay.

I've got six. Okay. So go ahead and mark those. Six vials of poison. Does that make six arrows, or does that make? Each vial can make three poisoned arrows. However many I can make during this amount of time, because I know it only lasts for like an hour.

So on the tips. So per vial is three arrows. Awesome. It's hard to do while running at this fast pace. Yeah. So I say you can maybe get two vials done. Okay. To be honest, because in order to keep up, it's a full sprint,

because you are racing against time for this. And like, running as hard as you can, and like, it's a little hard. It's one of those things I meant to do earlier. Hi, guys. Damn it. Four God, four-on. That second feast. Just got to finish knitting this sweater.

I've been running. Oh, cool. Eventually, you begin to watch us, these tunnels, you see collapsed portions of it. You see the falling rocks that are going to gather. You feel the air itself become humid, become temperate, and uncomfortably warm. The sweat begins to drip down your brow, and what you recall being the dry heat of the Marquette deserts is now being matched or exceeded by the wet, damp, humid, underground air of the subterranean tunnels of Haman. You dart around the corner and follow him around the corner and follow him around

this curve and that's the first time you see a break in the rock where you, where a vibrant bright orange string of molten rock is now pouring down past into some basin below the walkway and you see them more carefully walk around it. And now this pathway has gone from an original clasp tunnel to essentially a haphazardly carved or left over and barely functional tunnel that has been wrecked by this slow incursion of volcanic activity. You have about two more minutes of running before he comes to a stop, and you hear now what initially was just the rousing of local lizard creatures and venisons of Imman, now ruled in class. The lightning is every first.

few seconds. And you hear one loud, ominous, rumbling roar. Echoed through the sky, and it's a familiar roar. You heard it once before the fall of Amman. The storm has awoken or at least gotten the attention of the beast, the tyrant that now resides over the city of Amman. is not that far from where you stand. The young man pulls his hood back again

and points up, and you can see there is one tunnel that leads up out of the sewer. Part of it is jutting outward, and it's a slippery, pouring of rain now just gliding off of it and slopping into mud on the ground. Most of the rungs have been run off or have fallen through the erosion or the impression of this kind of tectonic shift in this localized area.

And he points up, This is as close as I can get you, but I don't know how you want to climb. Good luck. And he turns around and darts back where you guys came from. So he's guiding us up and out? No, he's gone. He's got to get up. So wait, there's a pipe to climb up?

It's a like three, four foot wide tunnel. It used to go straight up, but now parts of it are kind of like, it's a little crooked and some of the initial climbing rungs have eroded away. Can we parkor it up? Certainly, go ahead and make acrobatics checks, both of you guys. Can grug throw this? Is there a grate ahead of us? Can we see the sky?

There is, but it does, it looks partially off. 33. 34. Both of you guys in a networked twin-type near ballet in its execution, darting up in tandem, both kind of used. using each other to push off as you hit each edge, you make your way to the very top in this crisscross fashion,

then one of you gets up just in time to hit the grate as the other one hits the other side, sending it p-p-phing on the ground outside. Perception check. Hell yeah. By the way, I was totally gonna say I was putting Trinket back in the necklace

before you started saying, oh that is just, it kind of went into it right away. Okay, no, no, worry. Trinket is a nightclays. 29. Oh, I want a perception check too. All right. Just because, you know, that 29 isn't going to see

everything. No, go get 30, right? Yeah, no, this is a 23, so. Twins. You guys both look up, Vax, looking around, you can see you are in the street. And you can see there are a number of buildings around, single story, second story.

Some of them long, collapsed and burned. Some still have flames on them that the rain is attempting to put out, but the fire is fighting back. You, you, Vax. See the same spread and then off the left of view, a familiar sight. The cloud top district wall and gates, maybe a couple hundred feet off from your current position. You can see beyond that just a singular black column of smoke with the occasional flicker of red embers just drifting up through fighting against the storm itself. The rain may fall, but it doesn't seem to last long enough to hit the ground of the cloud top. You see mist and steam begin to rise up. The rain itself evaporating before it can even get close. You also see above the gate what looks to be a few dozen small dark shapes.

You take a moment to focus before you can see it looks to be what were one's people are now blackened husks that have been left up on chains. Decoration, if you will, for the outside of the cloud top is a warning or celebration of Thorndack's rule. you see on the outside of that gate, two large, armored, alert fire giants wielding long, thick, square black metal blades that themselves have flames engulfing. And they're both standing in there, just kind of shoulder to shoulder looking about on high alert based on the current chaos of the circumstance. What's between us and them? It's road. It's just bare road. You have buildings to each side. You are just now emerging from the alleyway, and you are Center to the street right now.

How far are they from us right now? They're a little over 100 feet. 100 feet. Two fire giants? Yeah. I pulled Vex out of you. I mean, we're invisible. I know, I don't want to be heard.

We've got two fucking giants up here guarding our path. About 100 feet off. Clear view. There's no more tunnel down here, right? No, it goes for another five or six feet and then is, Just wrecked. It is collapsed, ruined.

We cannot spend our energy fighting these guys. We have to distract them away and move in past their position. I can conjure an elemental. Will it? And one of them will chase it. Is it possible to get up and over the wall away from them? Three of us are invisible, but not the rest. How do we get by?

Is there a gate behind them already? Can we hear this conversation? They're on a wall. You can hear one half of it. Yeah, you can hear one half of it. Two fire giants. Two fire giants. What do we have? We have to get rid of them.

Can we get into a building on either side? It's just a wall. It's defensive. We can get over the wall, perhaps. What kind of a wall is it? The cloud cloud clouds? It is about roughly 30, 35 feet close. Can I peek my head out? Oh, it is a solid, thick stone wall.

It is designed as a second tier defense from siege, warfare against the palace and the... Stone shape to stone shape a stone shape will sell hole through it? You need a distraction. You know that it's pretty thick. You're familiar with the wall. You guys have traveled to and from cloud tot before. That's what I'm saying.

Let me see your importance of shape. Or under. Extend the tunnel. Or I can fly up to the top of the wall and drop the rope down. The problem is I don't know how far the tunnel is collapsed. No more than five feet in any dimensions. Yeah, it's thicker than five feet.

Wait, wait. Where do you need to go beyond this? In there, through the wall. I took move, here's the thing. I took Move Earth. I can try and tunnel us through, but that's a pretty big spell. Well, what if. Move Earth also takes a while.

What if I come out? I fly, I move down away from the fire giants. I fly up to the top of the wall and drop the rope down and so everybody can climb up. But nobody's in physical little, so. There's too much of a chance they're gonna see you. They're gonna see you. How far away?

Are you about 100 people? Three. Chances of failure. I can make another three of us invisible, but that's still not everybody. Do the fire giants have any reason to attack lizard people? You don't know? Maybe make lizard people and then pop on.

I've just earned a five level spell making us lizard people once for no fucking reason. I, yeah. Look. And that's dropped at this point? Yes. You need a distraction. We definitely do. Let us do this.

I can make the conjure element. You two? Two of us have to stay. Let us do this. What? What? You hear horns go off in the distance. We don't have any time.

Keeleth, it's time. We need you guys. We need you with us. You can do this without us. Are you going to go out and draw them away? We'll try and meet you if we can. In the meantime, call your people. Do it now.

Absolutely. I cast a invoke. I use a cantrip mask of many faces as a lizard person, I go 10 feet so I'm within 90 feet and I cast Evard's black tentacles on the two firetow. We're gonna go up the tunnel first. Yeah. All right, I gotta get out of the tunnel. I grab, I go running out of the arm really fast and I just say, thank you. And I give him a kiss on the cheek. Yet, we're way past that. Just shut up and appreciate it. Go. Before I go running out, I grab Vex. I love you. If I can find you,

I will. If not, stay alive. I grab Vax real quick. Hey. Yeah? Two things. What's that? First, right. It's 1-1. And second, don't get us all dead. All right, cutie. Luck in battle.

So I go running out. Lizard face. Actually, once I get out of the tunnel, I'm asking many faces, lizard, I just go walking up. Within 90 feet, I cast a vards, black tentacles. Okay. Okay. As she's doing this, anyone else appearing anything else? Are you working?

I- Putting on gloves of climbing to climb up the thing. Okay. Spider, Spider-Walk. No. Cash just stands with his back to them, guarding them as they're going up the wall. Spirit, they're ready. Okay.

Are you brimming it? I'm brooming it. I'm holding onto the brim. Okay. You guys, I'm up there. I dropped the rope down for Grog and Pike and everybody else. Get more, everybody else. Yeah.

Easy enough you all eventually to get your way up to the top and kind of duck in an alley. I need you to roll stuff checks. We still have that... Passed without a trace that I can say, yeah. All of us? All of you would have to think it's not expired. It's an hour concentration.

27. Can I cast it again? Do we? No, I don't want to be stealth. No, I mean, it's still on. Oh, it is? Still. It's still.

It's an hour concentration. It's last of the long. Cool, cool. Well, actually, well, you cast it before you guys got to the keep, right? Right at the keep. No, no, so you know, it did even not have occurred. 18 then. Sorry.

18. 11. Do we get advantage because we're invisible? The invisible folks do, yeah. Oh, okay, good. Invisible folks. 31. 21.

Okay. 27. All right. And, okay. You guys manage to dart up. You just notice, first off, the Weim Raiders are now like coasting by and scooting over the sky in groups of ten at a times. And you can see now as the bolts of energy are starting to hit, you know, as the bolts of energy are starting to hit, Often in the distance you see a flash and as one gets taken down by a bolt of lightning,

the wind is now picking up and getting to swirl. You watch as they're having a hard time flying and being harried by the elements just kind of darting around and slamming into them. One of the fire giants sees movement over in your direction. And starts walking that way. As you begin to emerge in your lizard person form, Can I quietly inspire Cash? You can if you like. Ah, King of the universe. Dumb, dum, dum,

Yes. Cash. He is the pastice. And its hair was potted in the middle. Sure. Take your D-12 inspiration deck. Where's my D12? All right.

You just keep the hold on. I got it. Trust me, I'm just holding it. So as you walk forward and lift your hands up, clutching the staff, you watch as these black ethereal tentacles burst out of the ground, slam into the ground, and then attempt to wrap around the legs and lower body of these giants. What is your spell DC?

It's been a while since she's played, guys. 18. 18. All right, for fire giant. Somewhere you can fill the chat. Two or two and a three on their deck. Yes. All right. Um, yeah, so they're both restrained and they take 3D6 bludgeoning damage if you want to go ahead and roll that.

You want all Groot? Yeah. I am Groot! I am Groot! I am Groot! I am root. And I am a big group. I am Groot.

Pretty good. I am good. 3D6? I am terrible, but it's, they're restrained and it's 3D6 bludgeoning damage. Correct, so both of them? 10, all right, so they both take. You just restrained two fire giants?

Yeah. Holy shit. 10 from the good zone. So you watch it like, it pulled back, they're like, they're swords that help the bay, the wrists are bound by these tentacles and they're both like being slowly crushed by, like, bastards.

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And then we rock! Okay, you guys all bolt towards this. There is a 15-foot gap between these two giants right now, and you're rushing across this, like a double dash, you get just to them as it comes to their go. I thought we were up and over the wall. No, no. You guys are up out of the sewer. I understand.

Yes. At this point, as Kielth runs and creates this moon bow and this clearing in the sky, the wind suddenly doubles in speed in the air and the bolts come down twice the pace. You watch as distant rooftops are exploding. You see wybrons being struck and thrown to the ground. You see as small funnel clouds begin to form in portions of the city as the cloud itself is beginning to draw. And you start seeing a similar dark speck to what you saw. the sky before come and land before you, you see distant sky sails flickering in and out of the storm control over this. As this is happening, and once we see the valley, as you guys are running too, with that symbol, you hear far to the left a large explosion sound in the distance.

Sounded like impact against a wall. You get the sense that it's begun. It is begun. Oh my God. You guys rush up to the edge of the door, just as the two giants are going to attempt to break free from the tentacles. That is strength or dexterity check against your save versus DC. So that's going to be helpful, so strength is much better than their decks. Not with a three.

Good. Four seven. I'm rolling as bad as I did on, yeah. Stay right where you are, boys. Both of them are still not in place. They both tried desperately to look, staring down at you and growling. You can see the strain as the tentacles are pulling on them, there's the sort of burning.

Find the norify. And you're gonna keep in guard there at the ready. What are you guys doing? You're at the door now. Can grog punch through it? Yes, I can. And he goes for a full swing. That's the door.

Yeah. Oh man, okay. Surprise, gents. May it. Basically. This is double damage against Siege. The box. Yeah.

It's Foxxman. It's Foxx Man. It's Fox Man. Yeah. That is just with his fist, not even using his ax, just his fist against the door, the first hit. He dealt 26 points of bludgeoning damage. For the second strike, he brings up the axe now as she's like dented it inward and swings with it.

Oh, two nine. Big Man. Big Man. That's a 30. 32 points of damage to the door. You watch as the fist slams into it in the doors, and they're large, large, heavy wooden doors. You're very familiar with that have metal reinforcement

on them in this part of the gate. The fist slam causes them to shudder at the impact and shake, but the chains that still hold them in the inside bound are taught. The axe comes by, and as it hits the edge of the wood and the iron, the wood splinters, the iron bends, and the hinges actually off of one in the gate. It slams off the side, off of the top hinge, and you all have to try and don't out of the way as it swings past. I need, oh man, it's not quite big enough to hit all of you, and I would say the ones that are the front line would probably be the twins.

And probably Kieleth. We're going to stay up with them. Well, no, you'll be back because the storm thought. I was Casson. Yeah. Grog. Definitely. So the twins in Grog.

I need you guys to make dexterity saving thrift. Natural 20. for grog. Yay! Evasion mark for this? 28. No, this is... It's a deck, just 20 to me. Okay, that's fine. You guys all duck out of the way,

just as the door slams into the mud to the side, the Giants still restrain. You all begin to charge in to the space without thinking as soon as the openings there, you dart, and is the giants so restraining you guys? What are you doing at this point? The giants aren't going to... aren't gonna be held for long.

That's why, well, can I, uh, can I cast Gaias on one and have one attack the other? Swing away, Cash. Am I allowed to take control of one of them? I will see what the, uh, casting time is one minute, so that's 10 rounds that you have to cast that spell. I don't know if that's gonna,

it's not much of a combat spell really. Do, uh, are they, because they're, they're flame giants, right? Does a flame strike work on them, or are they susceptible to flames or no? That is up to what you might expect. Then let's give it a try. We're gonna try to do a fifth level flame strike

and see what happened. Alrighty. Go ahead and roll 4D6, radiant damage. 4D6. Both restrained, they have disbanded from the save. Okay. One, two, three, four. I also still have my inspiration too.

That won't help here. I know. Okay, it's okay, yeah. Well, no. It's awful, actually. Yeah. It's, what, 13? Yeah, 13.

Couts. They both take 13 points of radiation, they take no fire damage. They were both immune to fire. The flames do nothing, but the radiant burst in itself does, like, singe the exterior of the body. You see them rock with pain as the blast of light. The column that shoots, a burst beneath two of them,

has taken effect, maybe not as much as you've wanted, but effect nonetheless. You, who are still maintaining concentration on this spell, what do you want to do? What is the radius of Witchbolt? If I drop a barred and hit, are they, they're 15 feet apart from each other? They are 15 feet apart from each other, yes. I just don't know what the radius of Witchbolt is. Can I hit both of them with it? With Witch Bolt? I mean, which bolt has a... I need a 10-foot radius to hit both of them.

That's going to be a tough call. Let's see. Witch bolt, you need a 10-foot radius, I think. Two people, two 15 apart a few dollars. Everything I have is flame. Well, no, witch pole only hits one creature. Only gets one creature? Yeah. All right.

You still maintain a concentration spell and do instant spells on something if you wanted to. Yes. So then I will hold Evad's black tentacles and use a cantrip of Eldridge Blast and Agonizing Blast. Can I do that? Yeah, it's part of the ability. See how you can do that? Do that. I'm going to do that. So make three spell attack force. Three. What? She's so powerful. Is it all against one guy or is how are you splitting it up?

I'm going to hit two on the left, one on the right. Go for it. Stage left. One hundred and twenty feet. It's right. It's been so long. That's not good. That's not good.

You are on stage, which you don't know. Yeah. Also, whatever you're on stage. Also, whatever you're on stage. The spell attack bonus is 15 plus 15 plus agonizing blast. That only adds damage to it. So six, it's 15. Okay, so the first one you fire at,

it arcs past and hits the door behind, hitting where already damage and come off the hinges. Just trying to hit. That's good, that'll hit. That's 20, yeah. That hits, go and roll. So you've hit one, now roll from hitting the other. Oh, natural 20.

Yay! Okay, so go ahead and roll. Go pub. Go puck. What's in that? Roll your damage on that. Thank you. It's the same guy that walk by the house.

A random, go pooh. So D10 plus seven or not? He's at every pub. He's at the first one. He's out of PubRroll. One D10 for the first one and the next one is a quick. That's a 12. That's a 12.

That's a 10. That's a 10. That's a one. I didn't think that was a good one to pick anyway. And then roll one more time. Plus the left plus my charisma. Correct. I have that in there.

So go ahead and roll further critical now. Six. That's a canon now. Plus, my charisma, which is 11, right? Great. So you blast both of them and they're still holding place. You guys run past. They're both taking hits from Zara,

but they're both more focused on the people that are being let through the gate that they were ordered to watch. How far are the twins from the giant? You guys just ran through into the next three. We want to take sneak attacks on both of them. Go for it. Yeah. And five and seven.

They cannot make their checks. checks. Shit. Oh, yeah. Well, that's good. First one hits. And then 21 does that hit? Hits. Okay.

Do I get three attacks? Oh, no, no, no. I'm not thinking the boots, yes. So 21 hits? 21 hits, yeah. Oh, right, so, okay. Ah, what's happening? Okay.

Okay, so the first one was whisper. No, all the dice, all the days. So 15 for the first hit. 22 for the second. Okay. 36 for my first and 8 for my second. And just keep running. Yeah, and just keep running. Okay.

All right, so you guys do, as you, while those attacks as you're rushing past, you guys watch, you guys see, or actually both you guys roll perception checks. Oh, that's one. 14. 14. 12. 12. You just make it, you because out of the corner of your eye. You know, the buildings that were on fire, the flames that were still burning amidst the storm, you watch as from the flames, leaps out of the house. Oh no. And a number of other flames begin to rise up as living, flaming entities that are making their way towards you.

And you can quickly see that this is about to become awesome. Awesome. Awesome. Yes. As you see, Voxymocan, they're running into the Cloud Top District and disappearing into the surrounding clouds and fume. Maybe God's be with you. Maybe God's be with you.

Run. Get out. Totally minor. I didn't add just my regular bonus from decks and all that, so it ate, add another eight to my Okay. Cool. Got it. So they're leaving.

We got them out. You got them out. You got them. Go. Go! We'll find you if we can. In the meantime, my love, shall we have some fun? Let's do this thing, baby.

Yeah. You guys hear the distant sounds of battle conflicts just outside the wall and far beyond. You hear in the distance, the weird, vibrating, fuzzy echo of hundreds and hundreds of voices shouting in unison. The battles of Honimon. However, that moment quickly shifts out of manyman. it quickly shifts as you're walking through this volcanic fume. The air itself is sulfurous

and there are gouts of poison that just spill forth from cracked earth. You can see points, little bursts of glowing molten rock that kind of break through the surface and kind of pour and then cool and create these small, like, miniaturized volcanic spires. You can see the burn and destroyed crumbled remnants of the buildings, the noble houses, the beautiful mansions that used to make up the entirety of the Cloud Top District. The homes you would look at and think, God, one day would be great to live in something as beautiful as that, reduced to ash and cinder. Your run slows as you begin to see this large crater wall that lifts up through the smoke, a lip that then vanishes over the edge where the smoke is just pouring out like a thick column. a slow-moving stationary tornado of black that just pours into the sky. As you watch it.

Two large bulbous scaled red arms shoot forth from the center as one long unfurling dragon neck rises up. You see the red crystalline brow itself, like jagged daggers of flame just burst across the faces it rises up beyond the smoke. The teeth, and possibly long and pointed for something of this size. The eyes, not red, not yellow,

but burning beams of pure white light. Like a small sun exists in each eye. As it lifts its whole form upwards out of the hole, the wings unfurl, the wind itself pushing all all the smoke out clearing by cloud top for about an instant to see its massive swollen form. You also notice that within its chest, this large, thick scar, but no crystal. Just a large, bulbous, grown over thick piece of scaled scar. As it stands towering above all of you, just peering over the distance, not even noticing

you in the moment, just kind of surveying the chaos around an Iman, its face drops, and you just hear this voice gurgle up from within, sourseless almost in its immensity and it's encompassing. Nature just says, it appears that we... That's real Antoni says. When things look grim. Can we all like take a nervous swig of our fire? Yeah, like, oh, like, oh, yeah, like... It's to the instance for like right now there's so much going on

that Thorac is like he's having the Superman moment where he just closes his eyes and hears all the screens and sees he at once. So you don't know if he knows where you are yet or has seen you. He just knows that something's here and that's what we're going to pick up next second. Double fisting him, m'glooooo. Wow. Smoke him if you got it. I'm gonna vape your. You're gonna vape yours.

I'm gonna vape my fire resistance. The real here is in my I'm very sure you can get that at critical vapes. Oh yeah, you can get that at critical vapes. Critical Vapes. Shout out. Shout out. Mary death.

Mary death missile. Guys, so. What happens to Cash and Zara? They're currently preventing you guys having to deal with Thorac into fire giants in a bunch of elements. What are we? What do we?

No. How do we know what happens? We don't die. We don't die. Only the shadow. We're going to the Cash and Zara show, starting next week on Wednesday. Only here.

It's just a buddy cop movie? It's just a buddy cop movie. It's just a buddy cop movie. We're just in a really old Mustang the whole time. He's a little bit country. She's a little bit dragon. I would watch the fuck me. Yeah, I would.

Oh my God. That's the best version of Dallas. I've ever heard. Yeah. Do do do do do do. Which has an RPG book. No. Oh yeah.

We can role play Dallas? Yeah. No, it has a game. I'm trying to find a copy of it. But anyway, that's not here or there. We'll be here next week for the showdown with Thor D'Ogg the Cinder King. In December of Monde. You guys, you avoided a lot.

Did we? You beeline into Thorac. Oh yeah. You never got to see this. No. That's something we missed. That's something we would have gone into this next time. That's what these two says.

I was preparing for Thoracus. Always rely on tentacles. Oh. The anime has taught you about it. Don't tell the internet that. Yeah. If anime has taught us anything. I know.

No, the, yeah, I was expecting this the Thorac encounter either happened next week or in the first two weeks of January when we came back from the break. I wasn't sure when. There comes. You kind of bypassed a bunch there. It's a great way to end the year, though. Yeah.

It is a great way to end the year. It's awesome. Cinder Clause here. Come Cinder Clause, Wayne. Yeah. It's just a two of us. And the fire giants. Well, I sit back and watch your kicks him ass.

Are you a dead friend? Oh my God. You told me that we're dead. We need Brian blessed. We need Brian blessed. We need Brian blessed friend. What's happening? I hear you have a dragon.

I don't disagree with this. He's a no one. He's a joyist. He might be that. Can we know what's all right? We'll see you guys next week for this crazy showdown. Right, bless well, thank you. Luke Crade and Magic PuzzleQuest for being awesome

sponsored for tonight's episode. Thank you all for patience. Thank you, Will and Mary for joining us. Who will? Thank you for having us, you kidding. Yes. Thank you so much. Thanks for sacrificing yourself and hopefully you're not dead. Always remember you.

Hopefully you're not. It's the only way you can do that where you walk by. Hey, thanks, hope you're not dead. Hope you're not dead. Thank you for coming by. Hope you're not dead. Do you say, Brian, that they're going to be on Toxmachina? Duh.

Duh. So we're going to be on Toxmachina on Tuesday. It's going to be... That Brian Foster, man. Yes. Matt, are you going to be on Toxmachna? I don't know. No, we can't know his secrets just yet.

But if you were on Toxmokina, then you could do this whole fight on Toxmachshund. I've been on a lot of Toxmogne recently and I can probably use a Tuesday night off. Yeah. So she didn't prepare for this. Plus, I don't want to know any secrets before we go in and fight back on. I wouldn't tell you any secrets. which is why I'd be a very boring guest next week. I'd be like, I don't know.

That's a great question. Who knows? You don't know the show. Exactly. All right, guys. Thank you so much, guys. Thank you, guys. Have a wonderful weekend.

We'll see you next Tuesday for Codzum Market and Thursday for the finale, possibly. Much love, and is it Thursday yet. See you soon.