Critical Role - C3E67 Bloody Flowers

Episode Date: August 10, 2023

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Everything's fine. Critical Role. What's wrong with that? Everything's working. Critical. Critical. Critical. It's Thursday night. One by one we climb until we reach the top. Two by two we fall.

Will we meet our end or meet our destiny? Hold your breath and roll How do you want to do this? It's Thursday night All ye critters come join us It's time to continue our flight There is magic and mystery Who knows what will happen? He might

But one thing's for sure We never give up on the fight From the healer To the renegade We all share the same goal Adding more allies Taking more chances hold your breath and

roll it's Thursday night all ye critters come join us it's time to continue our flight there is magic and mystery from darkness our friendship will rise

When one thing's for sure We never give up on the fight Oh, get ready It's Thursday night Bye! And welcome back. So last we left off, Bells Hells, after reuniting, being scattered across Exandria and a slight burst in time, managed to reconvene, catch up a little bit,

and decide a number of various paths that should be set upon in the near future. The initial one, upon realizing how wounded Keyleth is and not recovering, to check in with her and Zephrah. In doing so, there was another reuniting with some of your home and family with some of your home and family and your people you haven't seen

since you embarked on this journey with Bells Hells, really having the opportunity to catch up a bit with the people that are closest to you, aside from those that you travel alongside, and also discovered that Keyleth, the wounds not healing, does have one possible opportunity to salvage and recover from this.

However, it sends you to one of many possible cursed areas, the most viable and proven one being the Gray Valley of Tal'Dorei. You also heard that there was a troop that already volunteered to go, but a day before and has not returned, which was worrying. However, you were then sent to the Gray Valley, wandered about the dark and long, cursed

and dangerously ominous landscape, avoiding being found and seen for much of it before encountering a number of terrifying fiendish entities. You did battle and through some quick thinking and some powerful druidic magic managed to come out of there fairly well. Took a break, gather yourselves, and prepared for the rest of your journey

to gather enough of the Paranym flowers to be utilized in healing Keyleth's wounds and setting for your next leg of your journey. So we come back in here in the center of the Gray Valley where you've made a temporary camp to rest. Were we, we fought the creatures in that little side area and were on the path following where we had seen them? You're heading the direction where you believe

more of the flowers may be. Okay, okay. You passed a perpetually burning portion of the forest. These entities seem to be also at least gathered in the direction you were traveling, but that's the best knowledge you have at the moment. Okay. But coming in as we're finishing up our short rest,

is there anything anyone needs to do or prepare for on the way out, discuss, or shall we continue onward? I just want to quickly check in with Orym. Orym. That's you, right? How you doing? This is your lady's,

her life is on the line, and we still haven't found any of these taint flowers. Like, are you? We did find some Gooch Poppies already. We did. That's right,pies already. We did. That's right, but not enough. You bastards. But not enough

grundle bundles to do anything, right? I could do myself. No, no, no. Are you okay? Like, are you? And those were your people, right? And your sister. Here, yeah.

I don't think so. I hope not. I don't think so. I hope not. I don't think so. How am I doing? How's everybody doing? Really good. Yeah. Fjarn! Feeling alive.

Fjarn, thank you so much. I mean, oh. Right in the room. Sorry, I'm just, sometimes I... Yeah, I've been better, I've been better. I've been better. Being back here, does it, you know... Are you still with us? Like, you're not going to stay after we...

Do you belong here? Do you... Maybe someday, but right now we're needed elsewhere. I'm not done with our story, whatever that end is. Mm-hmm.

Yeah, it's hard to see her like that because I'm so used to the woman I grew up around. because I'm so used to the woman I grew up around. I felt like she was invincible. It was a little hard to see. She's so young. Yeah, she does, doesn't she? You were around her when you were a kid.

Well, it's part of her aramente. She, part of her story is that she's going to live a long time. That's great. Will you live a long time? I don't think so. Can you do what she did, Aramente? No.

You can't? No, I mean, you saw her in action at the Malleus Key. Can't do any of that. Yet. I'm good at what I do. I think you can do it. I like this. Yeah, this sounds like a good new goal.

You just got to believe in yourself. Yeah. A flower grows out of my thumb. Hey. See? Is it blue? Look, we can add it to the bag. Yeah. That is a taint patient. Every way you put that thumb.

Well, if you get too stressed out or whatever, you can squeeze my hand really hard, doesn't hurt, as a stress reliever, or you can cry. That's okay, it's okay to cry. Or I can give you a cigarette or whatever you need to like. Oh, he did get cigarettes from Prism. That is a real thing that happened. You're going to be a big smoker now?

I mean, I only have like 16 left. Doesn't that do something inside? You don't have lungs, though, right? I don't think so. You couldn't do that, was it? So it's more for the vibe? You can just always keep one in your mouth, just not lie to it.

He just does the poser thing where it just drifts up into his eyes and then he's like this the whole time, trying to look cool. I do this all the time. That was a very specific story check. Listen, I tried the vibe out once. I was a beat poet, but it didn't work out.

You were a beat poet? Let's hear it. Let's hear it. Oh no. I don't know if it's... The forest is dead! And so are we. How are you, J'Kell? That's deep. That's deep. That's deep. Wow, wow.

Dig it? Who knew? I also ran a coffee bar. It was a great side hustle. Wow. Yeah. You have so much love, Chet. There's just mud water, but they didn't know. They were fucking hippies. You're such a good woodworker. You're really such a great side hustle. Wow. You have so much left, Chet. They're fucking hippies. You're such a good woodworker.

You're really such a good woodworker. Thank you! I love working with wood. Thank god. Yeah. Ooh. So anyway, Orym. Let's go around the circle.

How's everybody doing? I mean, we haven't been alone together that long. It's true. Yeah. I mean, we haven't been alone together that long. It's true. Yeah. I mean, I ever, you seem weirdly happy. I do. Yeah. And you, you, I don't,

this is just a weird observation. It feels like you are glowing a little bit. I don't know why. You know, when Imogen and I took our little walk to go visit Shadonna, we talked it out. We talked about a lot of stuff. We got some snacks. What does that mean? Yeah, we got some snacks.

What did you talk out? Did you have problems that you had to go? Oh, y'all had beef? Just, you know, just the kind of... I apologized, which I... You're not wrong. I should probably extend this apology to the rest of you for my behavior, feeling a bit irrational towards being mad that you guys had a really good time on your trip. You were right. And we just had a really horrible, kind of traumatizing time.

And that's it. Also still processing as well. But I, you know, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, we're good now. We apologized, we talked. Why are you sweating? I'm, it's just clammy. Glad it doesn't switch. Exactly.

Do you sweat, Ink? What is that? It's a little dewy, it's just clammy. The clam doesn't switch. Exactly. Do you sweat, Ink? What is that? It's a little dewy. It's a little gray, I know. Wow. It's great. I'm sorry. Viscous Humors or something.

I don't know what that is. It's fine. It's fine. We're fine. Everything's great. Everyone's checked in then. Yeah. Except for Ashton.

Ashton, you okay? Strangely, I think I'm the best I've been in a very long time. Wow. I just want to get this taken care of. I feel like. Get Gila taken care of. Let's just move through this.

We've got a direction. I like having a direction. Yeah. Yeah, that's true. You do? Yes, exactly that. Like, everything has been so up in the air. I don't know what's going on with the moon and the gods. It feels so directionless.

What are we doing? Are we, what are we doing? I think we're going to take a couple of days to get good, and then we're going to go back to the source, aren't we? Yes. But to do what? That's the thing. But the point of it is, it's nice to have a focus.

It's nice to go after flowers, to help Keyleth, and then maybe we can figure out where we stand with the gods, because I think everybody's in a different place. I love an odd job. You don't have to think about things during an odd job. You have a thing to do, you do it, you've accomplished something.

It's really nice. It's all been so complicated. I mean, I remember even when we were trying to explain it to our compatriots that we ran into, and Assylra, and it was so hard to explain everything that we're trying to do. Getting flowers is nice. I guess that's all I'm trying to say.

Yeah, when we finish that, we're going to help the gods, right? Of course. FCG. I don't want to force you to do that or anything. No, I don't. Obviously, I think, yes, Prydathas is bad, and I want to... It's like you're trying to convince yourself of that.

Well, a little bit. A little bit. I finally feel like I feel... I'm feeling better about my abilities and what that means for me. And I feel like ending Predothas could potentially end me in a way, which is fine.

Wait, what? It's worth that. What do you mean? I don't know if that is gone, if I'll be who I am anymore. You won't be dead. I don't know. I don't know if that means people that got their life from a godly power, if that means they'll be ended as well.

You know, I don't know what it means. But I do think... I do think that so many people depend on the gods, and it's the way we've been for such a long time that it makes sense to honor that. It's not like we don't believe in the gods. You know, they exist. They're there. that it makes sense to honor that. It's not like we don't believe in the gods. You know, they exist, they're there.

It's just a matter of if we support them or not. And obviously we do. Do we? I'm a little undecided. I'll just be straight up with you. I mean, you know, history's always written by the victors. So we've only heard one side of things. I'm kind of with Chetney.

Can we just take a quick straw poll? Yeah. Everyone in favor of the gods, raise their hand. Oh boy. Well, let's keep going. All those opposed, raise your hand. All those not sure. Undecided? Undecided.

Undecided. And that's the problem. I feel like we need to figure this out. What was your vote? You didn't really vote for a reaction. He just drank. Did you abstain? Did you abstain from the vote?

I'm abstaining. You got to work in this governing body. You're abstaining from being undecided? Yeah. He was in the bathroom. You really are a punk. Ashton was probably a druid, a fake druid. What? What? What does that mean?

I just feel like you should talk about yourself some more, Ashton. What does that mean? What? I don't know how much there is to talk about. Was there something more about you that we know? I don't know. Did you talk about any of us? Wait, we didn't talk about this, what?

I don't remember what we talked about. You'd be a fake druid. You are a druid? No. You came from a cult. You came from a cult? Clearly. Really?

So wait, but did you like the cult, or do you want to fight the cult? I don't actually have any real memory of the cult. I was- You undecided about the cult? I was evacuated from it when I was very, very young. I have almost no memory of the cult. Evacuated or jettisoned? There was some sort of interesting

dimensional anomaly is the best I've been able to put together. I'm trying to get some more information out of it. Big thing exploded. That happens to you a lot. Yeah, it weirdly does. It threw me to the other side of the fucking continent, and not before I got to watch my family

torn to tiny shreds, which is basically my first memory. Actually, thank you for bringing it up. How? Question! How old were you? Question! How old were you? To the other side of the continent? I don't fucking know. What continent? How long ago was this?

No, not Tal'Dorei, the other continent. Where we met. The Marquette? Marquette. Marquette. And how long ago is this? Are you older than me? I knew. God, I hope not. You could have jumped time, though.

Why not, Dad? I don't think I have, because people are... I'm starting to learn that there's a certain timeline to these things. Honest to god, I genuinely don't know a lot about where I came from. I wasn't particularly interested. I don't know.

Wait, how old were you? I don't know. Young. Like old enough to talk? Old enough to wear clothes? Old enough to talk, old enough to wear clothes. Old enough to walk around. Toddler, Get into trouble.

Seven, eight, I don't know. Old enough that I didn't really, it was a long time ago. I woke up in a fucking desert. I got sent to a fucking orphanage, and that's where I spent the rest of my life. It's been a couple decades since-ish. What, that's you? You're skipping over the juicy bits.

See, we talked, because when we were in Hearthdale, I think that's where we were. Did you just throw up in your mouth? And... We were talking to the elder, Elder Medina, and we asked about, you showed them the helmet. Yeah, the Hashari.

And it's the Hashari, because they wanted, it was like this branch-off group who was trying to mimic the Hashari, but they called themselves the Hashari. We sort of mentioned it. We talked about this a little bit. We did. But they were in the cult.

I mean, you know, depends on your point of view, I suppose, but sure. But that's not the cult that you were in. That is the cult that I was in. Okay, so you were in the Hush. You were jettisoned slash evacuated from their bowels by yourself or with others? As far as I know, just me.

Oh, okay. You said you were dimensionally, what? Challenged? I mean, I was barely old enough to talk and walk. I really don't have a particularly clear memory of it. It's kind of bits and pieces. I don't even really have a clear, I don't even have a really clear notion

of what my parents really looked like, other than damage. And now you're trying to find out the mystery of who did it and where they went? I mean, I just, honestly, I'm here with this group because I heard the word Ashari and it piqued my interest. Oh. I don't know. I hadn't really thought about it before,

and then I hear the word Ashari come up and that's clicked a thing. Has anyone ever tried to find you, or locate you, or reached out to you? Nope. Do you remember enough about your... Are they dead? Yeah. Oh, okay.

Very dead. Do you remember anyone who survived this incident that Imogen can use her mind powers to find in the world? Nope. We can't really do that anymore, can we? Not with that attitude. I know that it's different for every person, but our parents are really the people who raised us.

Like, I've got a dad that I don't know. He's out there somewhere, I guess. But that's not my dad. We were actually very close to where the Hashari settled down in Issylra. Didn't really know that at the time. No, and we were in such a hurry to get back to all of you that we...

But it's okay, because I got some people that I'm going to talk to when we get back. All right. Going to get a little bit of a download of Tholo, if I recall was the name. Okay. And yeah, I I recall, is the name. Okay. Yeah, I'm trying to figure out

where the fuck I came from. At the moment, we have more pressing issues. You know who could help with that a lot? The gods. If you ask them for your favor, they might be able to guide you to where, to the answers that you require. Like, my god has given me a lot of answers so far.

Maybe you could, you could, too. Or, you know, nah. I'm just saying, they can do a lot of stuff. For people like us who are lost, well, people like us who were lost, well, people like you who are lost, they can give you a direction or answers or a focus. I have direction. I'm getting answers and I'm very focused.

I feel like we should redo the vote just in case anyone has changed their mind. Talk? Persuasive, yeah. Okay. All in favor of the gods. Hey, look at that. Changing minds, FCG.

That's right. A few more to go. Right, but, but, but. Prydathos is bad. I know, but if it kills you, I understand why you'd be hesitant. Lunas is bad. We know that.

They are bad people. You're sure Prydathos is bad? Do we want to support? Why do I need Chetney? Do we have actually any confirmation that he's bad? The You're sure Predathos is bad? Do we want to support? Why is there a Chetney? Do we have, actually, any confirmation that he's bad? The name Predathos is a little heavy-handed. What if it's just like Carl? And Carl was the best, most omnipotent, benevolent being, and the other gods were jelly, so they were like,

fucking throw Carl in the closet and send him to the moon. We all know that lewdness is a problem. We all agree that this is something that has to be taken care of. He is bad. It's not a gray area. No. You think he orchestrated the assassination of the woman you just met yesterday?

He's bad. He's bad. You were going to say something, Fearne? Why not? I don't know. I've had lots of things, but I was worried about the Predathos thing with you, and I was wondering if Predathos dies, what's going to happen to you?

But I guess. Because if you get your power from the Red Moon, and the Red Moon dies or goes away or whatever, what does that do to you? But then also, aren't you Ruud is born? You're also Ruud is born. Yeah, but it feels different. It's like a different flavor.

I'm not really sure why. Maybe because you were born in Feywild. Maybe. Double-edged sword, if the gods die, what happens to FCG? Oh yeah. Nothing. I'm pretty sure nothing. But what if I get my entire life?

What if Frida gets their life from a god? I don't really, I mean, it doesn't seem to make even the slightest lick of sense there since there was life before them, there is life after them. We don't know. I think what we need is information. I think the data is essential that we do not have,

so let's just keep our minds open. Let's just keep looking for flowers. Can I check the sky, since we're having this amazing? Sure, make a perception check for me. Oh, first roll of the game! Eat it! 11. Aside from the slightly trailing bits of fog and mist that roll through, the blanched treescape

that surrounds you in places, and the ever-curling dead valley that stretches on, nothing immediately catches your attention to worry you. Ah. You should head on over. Fuck, Ash. Wait, Ashton. So since your parents were, you saw them taken away, what's the thing,

what's the thing with you and not being into parents? I feel like you get mad at them. You're mad at all of them. I like your parents, or I like your man. Yeah. Yeah, man is great. Man is great. I come from a place and a particular, I'll say,

where I've lived, the people I've known do not have the best track record. So, you know, I feel like it's important to keep a little bit of an open mind when it comes to how people were raised, because in my experience, most of them are kind of shit. Yeah. It's easier to be there for folks

when they're there for you. Mm. Yeah. And I like found family. Found family is fucking great. That's the way to go. The people you are randomly just assigned to. Even the people who ran the house

that I was fucking raised in weren't that bad. I mean, they were exhausted, which is fair, but that's my could have been worse. Are we surrounded by monsters right now? No, we're actually. Roll initiative. That's a terrible thing to say about your friends. Well, with the tree being on fire

and demons just flying about, we should probably keep going so we don't give up. Whoa! Whoa! I'm going to keep a slide whistle back here, just in case. You okay? I'm sorry. That was actually, that's how I fart.

Shit. Please fart. All right. That is a compacted tooth. Let's find more of these forget-me-twiles. There it is. Yes, yes, yes. That works.

All right, so who is helming this next leg of the journey? Where are we headed? Is it a survival? We have a direction. Yes, you have a direction that you're traveling. North West or something. Grave Owl. We knew. Is this a survival role or a perception role?

It could be either with different difficulties. I'm just going to be on threat detection. I'll do that, not looking for flowers, but looking for. Okay. If she gave me the direction, so I can helmet if you want. All right. I'm down. I'll be trying to help us through the...

If there's... What's the ground like? Is it a path or is it just overgrown foliage? There's no carved path. The landscape here is shale and dried brush, long dead forest floor, faint layers of ash, and whatever fallen brittle parts of the blanched, long dead trees have fallen and become scattered bits of white strips

amongst the dirt. It is hilly and thicker in some places than others. And occasionally, there's broken bits of mud and thick bog that you've had to sludge through. Can we, can I assist you then? Since you know the direction to go, can I help you out and try to find the way of least resistance to go the direction

that you're pointing? Sure. All righty. Let's go. Make survival roll with advantage because of your health. Oh, survival. Can I also guide? I'll let you do guidance for this one. I'm going to help you out by squinting my eyes in the sun and looking.

Wow. You look like you're smoking a cigarette. That's what I was trying to go for. Pensive stare. Natural 20. Woo! Let's go. And a 19. Wow. And a 19.

Okay. And a perception check from you. Ah. I'll reroll my one. That's better. Yule, yule, yule, yule, yule, yule, yule. 24 for me. Okay.

Oh! Oh, sap, oh, sap. I got four on my Guidance, too. Great. Dang. Okay. So the topography here definitely has a few natural traps in the way that it's built. There are areas where the hills come to some sort of a valley, and you can see in this space,

this would be a good place to ambush or a good place to hide and prepare for things that aren't watching their path. You manage to expertly guide everyone away from these certain regions, heading almost on the northern side of the journey, where it's a bit higher, which does give you a little more of a,

at least a visual plane look at you at times, but it also is the safest route to take. And as you're all carefully ducking between larger rocks and bits of stone that are jutting out of the ground and using thicker parts of the dead tree forest to try and stay low and hidden, nothing yet seems to catch eye or ear of you. You do see, as you're on the higher ground,

looking down into the valley, occasionally these little faint glowing wisps that drift through the trees. You take a moment and focus, and you swear they look like people. The more you focus in the distance, they look more like soldiers,

like the ghosts of long-dead warriors who died on a battlefield and are ever lost, wandering the expanse of this space, occasionally drifting and vanishing within the mists. Occasionally, you see another one dart through, then three of them run before vanishing into the air. How many do you guesstimate? Does he guesstimate that he sees?

At times, you see one or two. At a moment, you see 15. There's one moment where the mist, you swear, looks like dozens of them rushing towards each other, and then it's just the mist. Cool. But far enough to the south of where you stand, where you don't feel like there's any particular danger,

just a somewhat creepy glance into a part of history forced to relive itself over and over. Thank you. Are they in our path or are they off? They are on the south end side, not in your path. You manage to avoid, expertly, an intersection point. Carrying on for another couple hours or so, hearing the occasional shrieks of flying beasts

in the distance, seeing the shadows keeping some sort of a low-flying hunting pattern. You manage to avoid their paths as well, until eventually, another scent of burning catches your collective noses, like a distant forest fire. A bit of charcoal, almost like the smell of burning meat. Can I give it a more specific wolf nose?

Yes, you may. Go ahead and make a perception check with advantage. 18. 18, okay. There definitively is one direction where the wind is continuously blowing in pulses, and when it comes from that direction, you can engage. It's further in the path,

in the direction you've been traveling, but it continues at a slight southern arc. You can get to, or one of you or more of you can go to a precipice that breaks beyond the forest tree line to try and get a view in that direction, but you will be exposed in doing so. I'll send Patay. Okay.

Patay curls out. Don't worry, let's do it! Go ahead and roll a perception check for him. Poor Patay, just getting shorter and shorter. Jesus. Getting fucking Nerf footballed up. Archman fair. What is it?

I've been wanting to talk about! Using my perception of him, yeah. Can we talk about our relationship? 15? Yeah. Okay. That's the best you've ever rolled for his perception. That's pretty good. How'd I go, 15?

Yeah. Wait, is it familiar or mine? Familiar. It's familiars. Okay, even though I'm looking through him? Correct, it's still his eyes. It's still his. It's still his eyes. Then... First-time Jitters. I think all the time is a cat-eight chip.

Literally. Oh, its magical darkness doesn't impede its vision. Then 11. Okay. That's more accurate. There we go. That's what I do. He has a hard time pinpointing much beyond

just a few different trails of wispy smoke that seem to be drifting and occasionally being blown away in the slight short bursts of wind and air that coast through the valley. You can see some of the trees creaking and moving with it, but nothing particularly catches his eye. Should really get her familiar with actual eyes. Mm-hmm.

Instead of just something else. Isn't he made out of dead parts? Couldn't she get some eyes and add them? Eyes go bad pretty quick. They do, that tends to be the thing. They're magical. They're the first thing to go. Yeah, they're a little magical You could just keep swapping them out.

You're really crafty. Mm-hmm. I mean, I can't tell if it would make him more or less unsettling. Probably more. Would they have to be tiny eyes to fit inside that? Would you need? Like rat-sized eyes?

Or raven-sized eyes? Yeah, we should get them as raven-sized. We'll think about it. We'll see. Just bird eyes, eagle eyes. Something real good. Might be too big. Baby eagle. Oh, did it pass for you?

Any of that useful? No. Okay. Curls up onto your shoulder. All right. What's up, Hattie? Okay. Do you want to ride with you for a little bit?

Sure! Latches onto your shoulder, curls up on the top of your head, starts digging the little bony fingers into the top of the hat. He's got tight grip. And his great scalp massages. I don't think he knows I'm talking.

Oh! Oh, it smelled. I, mm, it's a little musty. Okay. It tastes like labor. All right. Mm, it's a little musty. Okay. It tastes like liver. So some of us, should we check it out, or just? That's fine. Check. It's all right, let's just go.

Okay. I could go wrong. All right. You continue following the path that you've been pushing forward towards. Yeah, of course. But that scent keeps catching your nose. Eventually, you begin to gather what would be a more direct source of it.

You come upon what looks to be a unique part of the topography, a large piece of historically sundered ground, a site where a large hill was once cloven into two shallow cliffs. You can see it leaving a broken crevasse of earth and stone that worms its way through it, this large half-circle-like perspective.

You can see the barren telltale trees, the valley surrounding all through it. It looks like it holds importance. And you can see signs of more recent construction dotting one of the edges of the chasm. Like there is a structure built within it. Ooh. Into the cliff face? Inside of this crevasse,

against one of the cliff faces, in the middle of where the two halves of the hill still reside. That's not supposed to be. You said it looks like it's been sundered. It is visibly, obviously, something beyond just a canyon or a ravine or something. It looks like a large hill

that has the shape, except for one big cleft is just torn through the center of it. I mean, we got to see what that is. Yeah, especially, yeah. And that's where the smell's coming from? It seems to be coming from that direction. Scor-bloom! How far away?

About a mile and a half. Do you see any flowers around there? Make a perception check. Because it's going off the path. The cooking meat smell is very off-putting. We have a spyglass. Did you give it back? I gave it back. I gave it back, I think.

Why? Where did you get it? From the- I didn't say that out loud. That was lame. Oh, that was lame. I have one. Oh! You do? Reap that.

It's gone. Well, it's got to be in one of your pockets. Well, I'm looking in my purse and it's not here! I don't have one. Somebody took it. What? Do you suspect someone among us? I don't know.

I'm going through my pockets, looking for it. All right, whoever took it, just admit it. What's it made of? Chetney. What's it made of? It is a spyglass made out of whatever spyglasses are made out of. Probably metal, probably some glass. Don't look at me!

I don't mess with that stuff. Ashton, who's normally I was borrowing it from Zandis, and I was going to return it to him the next time we saw him, but I can't now. Sadly, I cannot take credit for this one. I was really hoping. Yes?

Wait a minute, is it in the hole? I might have borrowed it back. Oh. To Xandas. Unbelievable. He stole from her. How weird. I just really like Xandas. Yeah.

They were good. More than Fearne? More than a spyglass. The treachery. It's okay. It's all right. It's... Is it? I'm proud of you for getting away with it. That means you're getting better. It feels like good trade for sending Zandis

in a crashing sky vehicle into the ground. We still don't have one. I thought it was just an extra one. I think we found out that they were okay. We saw them scurrying away. Case closed. Cheap at half the price. We owe them a shit.

Yeah, we used to be. That's true. We can work on that. All right, somebody else look. We're being torn apart and betraying each other now? I've got sun in my eye. I can't see anything. The crevasse and the shearing with the structure around it, like the rigging, that's a mile and a half away on the horizon.

I don't see any flowers, though. But we should check out what it is. Oh, is this boring you, Imogen? I don't think so. Are there any trees, dead trees around us? Wait, why are you two particularly tired? Yeah, yeah, do that. I'm going to climb out of that tree and see if I can spot some blue.

Okay. Go ahead and climb to the very top to get a peak point. Are you trying to stay somewhat hidden at the peak of a very blanched white tree? Not anymore, no, not in this moment. Okay. So go ahead and step up there

and make a perception check. Okay. Oh fuck yes. It's that festering soul rind in there. Oh, I just have those everywhere. Oh, okay. I have it all the time. Hey, Fearne. Yes? I'm sorry. It was easy. I'm sorry I stole back the spyglass.

I need to be the spyglass. Could you help me? Yes, I can. I will guide you. Thank you, I'm sorry. I need to be the spyglass. Could you help me? Yes, I can. I will guide you. Thank you, I'm sorry. I do nothing. You're not going to cast Guidance? No.

Oh, amazing! Petty non-guidance. Pettiness is kind of our love language. Yeah, I totally feel it. I feel it. I got you, I got you. Go for it, you're going to get it. You're going to find it. You're going to get what you're looking for right now.

Let's get it, we're going to get it. You're going to find it. You're going to get what you're looking for right now. Let's get it for new ones. That is a 26. Wow, it worked! I know, I'm there for you when you need me. Just a bag of Regan now. Wow. Getting a direct sight down from quite a distance. You can't make any strong details out.

You do not see any immediate blue color. It's not a flower that grows naturally and forever through the space. What you do recall is it specifically adheres to places of extreme cursed magic, places of intensity through death and loss. And there are spaces within here, supposedly that carry it,

in the direction you've been traveling, you're just uncertain of the sources. Okay. So you don't see any in the vicinity. Okay. Nope, no pussy willows. But they come from, what, cursed places? Don't do it, Matthew.

He's what they said. Oh. Ignore the bloodlust. He's marking shit off. I'm sorry, I'm running out of The challenge for an exchange ticket. So is he. It's higher.

Higher. Pit Fiend. Oh no! We got to leave him. Wow. I mean, we should check it out, right? 100%. That's 100% cursed magic. That made that giant cleft in the hill. That's not the part that's bothering me.

It's the structure. It's the structure. Okay, refresh my GM. We learned that the Grey Lands was stomping grounds for war. Big war. Big war, but it wasn't the Calamity. No, the Great Valley was part of the war between Drasig and Xantaldore. Oh, that's right.

Centuries back. This was the last stand of the son of the first king, Drasig, who made a pact with demonic forces, a demon prince in particular, to gain power to try and win. Still failed, but the sheer power that was unleashed and the death that followed that battle cursed this valley. And that is where it currently sits today. And it's considered a space of more than normal,

rampant, fiendish, demonic power and influence. Yeah. It's a mile and a half away. We could definitely just hoof it, or anybody that can fly could make probably quick work of it and look awesome while they're doing it. Let me just go check it out real fast. You? That is so...

You shouldn't go alone. You shouldn't go alone. Bless you. Excuse me. No, we're going together. Are you allergic to buttercups? Not that I know of. No, that's not. Stop it, Matt. Technically, it's not.

We can't control them. We just keep walking. We just keep walking. You can just walk. No, I can fly, hopefully. I think we stick together. Oh, stick together. I just have this fear that there's more of those.

There are demons everywhere. Yeah, and what if they spot me and then I get shot down? What are you talking about? It's aerial combat. That'd be amazing. We'll go together. You know, awesome meal look. Oh, Jesus. All right, fine.

We walk. All right. So are you continuing to just push west? Are you heading towards the hill? Are you looking beyond that? We're heading towards the hilly. The clefted hill. The south, south towards the barbecue. The hill's shaped like a giant butt. Stealthily, I assume?

Yeah, that's what I was going to say. Domicile. We're creeping. Yeah, we're creeping. I would like a group stealth check as you head in that direction. Okay, wait, I think I've got this one. Sorry, I'm out of toys for this. Yep.

Pass without a trace. Okay. Oh, you do? Pass without a trace? Okay, so I'm going to add plus 10 to this. Stealth. Oh, thank god. 37. Jesus.

Why? Natural one. Me too. Oh! Me three. No way! Three ones! Tell me we got some north of 25s here. I mean, I had a natural 20 for a 30.

Okay, okay, okay. 37 and a 30. But each natural one counts as two failures. What you got? 14. Okay, that's still 18. 20 for a 30. Okay, okay, okay. 37 and a 30. But each natural one counts as two failures. What you got? 14. Okay, that's, oh. Wait, the 10? The 10?

Uh-huh. I rolled a two. And what you got, Orr? 27. Okay. Nope, we failed, actually. We're fine, we're fine, we're fine. It's fine. Don't you smile over there.

Yeah, he's happy. Oh, we're so happy. He finally gets to spend all these little check marks that he's been putting off every time we make a bad pun. This is karma, you guys. This perineum's about to tear. Every time. Every time.

Catmine. No, don't! No, no, no, stop doing it! All right. I'm going to throw a bean bag at you. I haven't installed that trapdoor yet. Shit. You get about halfway through the distance to the cleft of this hill. There is a moment where you emerge from one area

of very thick trees to a bit of a clearing, and you immediately curve over to the sides of it. Around that time, it would be Orym and Chet that pick up the first sound. The crack into the area above you. One of the tall trees just splinters at about 15 feet down from the top.

For a brief moment, you see this shape dart down after impacting it and begin to curl up. Wings. You hear behind where it came from another, and you see a secondary winged being that's now darting down. You can see at a brief glance, these long spindly-looking bodies

of a dark grayish-purple coloration. You see these long claws dangling at the end and these white feathered wings that seem to not match the rest of their body. Their heads with these elongated necks with almost vulture-like beaks that themselves are covered in teeth. These yellowish, sickly eyes

that are set deep within the head. Unlike any birds or creatures you've seen, there are elements of odd-stretch humanoid features, but also this odd mimicry of bird-like physicality. They are both very much now circling around for another round. What are you doing? This is very direct dive bombing on our location, yeah.

They for sure have seen us. Very much so. You can see them both spinning and circling on your current location. Feels like a heartbeat. Looks like a heartbeat. I'm going to use my bonus action to and I just tear off my head and there's a wolf there,

but little Chet still hanging out. Saving the rest of it as I run under a tree to get some cover. How far off are we from the structure inside? About half a mile. Half a mile. Scatter! Scatter? Scatter! Someone stay near me!

I'm going to cast Spirit Guardians around myself. Good call. Okay. What form do the guardians take? Well, these are demon birds that are swooping down. Seems to be. What do birds not like? Windshields. They're sheets of glass. Reflective things, they don't like reflective things.

Sliding doors. Sliding doors. They're sheets of glass. My god. All right. You put up this array of somewhat spectral shifting sheets of glass that continue to circle around you as the secondary one backs up

with this screeching dive towards you as the first to show any sign of immediate aggression. Oh no. Oh god, oh no. What happens when it enters that range? It has to make a save or throw? I think when it gets within 15 feet, it's a wisdom 15 save. All righty, that is going to be a 12.

Hey, it fails. That means that it gets 3d8 radiant damage. Go for it. Great. Okay. Maybe it doesn't like radiant because it's a bad thing. Seven. Do these look like the same demonic creatures that we saw earlier,

or is it a more natural-looking? They definitely do not appear to be natural by any means. And as this one dives in quickly, you can see it has almost human-like long arms with fingers at the end with bits of tattered feathers. They almost didn't emerge properly. Parts of the wax and bone are poking through and the feathers off to the side.

The face has elements of it coming out of the sides and where there's this elongated beak and those weird, sickly eyes staring at you as it swoops down towards FCG. This is definitely not natural. 16 radiant. 16 radiant damage. As it swoops, burst of lightning. It doesn't stop its descent towards you, though,

and it's going to attempt to strike at you with its beak and its talons. So the beak is going to be a nine to hit. Miss! And a natural one on the talons. Yeah! As the flashing of spectral glass gets in the way, it smashes through one of the windshields

and just spins out, hits the ground, tumbles a bit before picking up again, smashing through a few of the branches and getting a bit airborne from that point. Its weakness is glass. Everyone pull out the glass that you have on you. Oh, mm. I'm not going to throw up. I'm not going to throw up.

I'm going to make a straight run towards this thing. All right, it is now up in the air about 15, 20 feet. About 15 or 20 feet? Yeah. There's trees everywhere, but. Well, okay, I'm. Can I throw a darkness on its face? Does it move with the target?

It does. It does. Or it goes with? It goes with. If you cast it on an object? No, I haven't seen one. A point you choose within range, if you choose an object you're holding or one that isn't being worn or carried. So it has to.

A point you chose. Can I throw it that it can't? worn or carried. So it has to be. What you chose. Can I throw it that it can't? No. Okay, it got out of rhyme. It's, so in this case, it's. I already said no. Its head is an object that it's carrying.

Yeah. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, it cannot be an object that's being carried. In that case, I'm just going to try and hold until something is within 40 feet of me and I'm just standing around trying to cover everybody who's made of paper. Yeah, tracking them and waiting for them to drop, getting ready to react.

I'm going to use a catapult. I'm going to pick up a rock from the ground and chuck it at one of the bird that's flying. Okay. The one that? That CG just hit. You got it. That one is the closest. The other one's circling around for another round as that one's pulling away.

So go ahead and roll for an attack on that one. Twin spell. Okay. Kill two birds with one stone. I did that at second level because that's the spell slot I was on. That was actually pretty great. It's a dexterity save. Dexterity save.

That is going to be a 14. That is a fail. All righty. So that is 4d8 damage. Slick. It fires off quickly, as it's pulling away from the blast, swooping back up to begin shifting around to a secondary attack.

22 points. How much? 22 points of bludgeoning. 22 points, dang. Another burst of feathers. You see it spiral down again as it loses about 10 feet of height and is now starting to pick itself back up

while the other secondary one is spinning around. Now, it's meant to swoop in for a strike. As you're the one that just unleashed the recent strike, it's going to attempt to dive bomb you. Okay. I cast Mage Armor when we got to this place, so my AC is high. I'm going to pop off a mirror image, too.

Okay, mirror image's on you. Is anyone protecting you nearby? I said I was tracking, so I was about to pipe up and say I make a run and jump and want to bait and switch. Leap up, grab her by the shoulder, and get the shield up in front of the thing. Okay, and you said you were waiting for it to descend? The second that it's within reaching distance.

Okay. It's going to come down, and it looks like it's diving straight towards you, and then scoots up, and as soon as it gets right over you, it hovers and because of this horrible screeching yell. Every creature within 20 feet, which I think would be you three right now, have to make a constitution saving throw for me.

Is this up for a high? All right. Nine. 15? 12. All right. Both of you manage to cover your ears in time, but you, Imogen, unfortunately,

as it pierces the inside of your mind, it seems to almost push past your psychic boundaries and you crumble to your knees, stunned. Stunned. Oh shit. Is she blooming from her face or anything? I'm going to say that I finish the bait and switch then and land and then stand.

Push her out of the way? Is it still like a key? Nudge her back, standing in front of her crumpled form, and she will add something to her AC for a moment. Three to your AC. Okay. I'm going to rage and take a full run at this fucking thing. Where? What am I going to be doing when I rage?

You ask? Ah, that's fun. The rainbow flicker starts hitting everything. I am very shiny and very sparkly. Okay. I'm going to run full speed and hit this thing. I'm going to run, jump up, and literally just let the momentum do a full flip

right into the fucker's head. Go for it. Make the strike. I'm going to the fucker's head. Go for it, make the strike. And I'm going to do this reckless fucking thing. Go for it. Yes! Oh yeah, that's more than makes any sense. 29 to hit. That definitely hits. And then that's, because this is fun, that's...

Directly. That's a 2d6. 2d6, 3d6 because I next-d6ed doing this shit. And that's... Five, six, eight, nine, 10, 11. That's 11 points plus 23 points of damage. 23 points of damage in the first strike. And it also has to make a DC 17 strength saving throw. Which it fails with a 15.

Hey! It gets pushed 25 feet directly away from where I just charged it. All right, so as you do a full engulf swing, or over the head swing it, you slam it, and it gets pushed directly away, skidding on the ground a little beyond where Imogen was, tumbling its wings

out as it's trying to get it back onto its feet. You can now see the long, spindly body and its weird, human-like haunches that end in these talon-like claws. It's like. See, it's vulnerable to glass. I'm going to stay within about 10 feet of the two of them and take a defensive position

with the three of us. Okay, that one was knocked on the ground, so it is definitely within combat range if anyone were to rush there after your leaping arc on the first one. Who's up next? Yeah, I'm going to extend my wolf claws out through my Chetney hands, wearing my wolf mask,

and I'm going to scratch my forearms. You'll see flames come up. And before I take off running, I'm going to swipe at one of the trees that are all dead and stuff, just to see if I can get it to catch. Yeah. Flame begins to curl up the side of this tree

as you run away. Yeah, you big bitch! Come get me! I'll use 35 feet. I'll try and close the distance on the vrock with my Lady Deathstrike claws and my wolf mask. This is the most terrifying Halloween

trick-or-treater experience ever. It's like a wolf hat? Is that what you're saying? It's a wolf hat. Everything else is on delay. Oh, okay. But I'll say, yeah, you can just get up into range with the one that was knocked back. Amazing. I'll get the rest of it out, and I'm actually going to try and grapple this thing.

I'm going to try and shove my claws inside of its body. Okay, so go ahead and make an athletics check on your end. Okay. And this will make an athletics as well. An 18. A five. Ooh! You definitely full-on tackle and hold this thing in. You are currently grappling around its body

and holding the side over the nearby trees right now as it's trying to right itself again, but it can't get its feet and hands up in the air and it's. What are you? . That's my turn. It smells pungent.

Ooh. The other one that was hurt now turns around and is able to regain itself and is going to swoop down to you, since you're the one who's pinning the other one. It's only going after the ones who believe in gods! It's a 13 to hit. I believe it does not. It does not.

It's Talon I'm not afraid. 21 still hit? Oh yes. That is not a crit. That is not a crit. That is not a crit. All right. Crit? Not a crit. You take 11 points of slashing damage from the talons, reduced to five, because you're in your welcome form. It's just trying to harry you from above.

You guys have been going. So are there two of them nearby where Chetney is? Yeah. On the ground. On the ground? About 30 or so feet from where you're standing. Is he in the middle, or are they on one side of him?

He's holding one, and the other's above, slashing from the air. Oh, he's holding one. He's grappling one, yeah. He's grappling one. Then I'm just going to hit two Eldritch Blasts at the one that's flying. One's a natural 20.

Let's go! Smash! The other is 17. Thank you. 17? What? And a natural 20. Both good. Yes. So everybody doesn't think that that's what's going on. You never know. It's not.

Give me something. Give me something. I never say anything. You already changed by the time you called out. 18 plus 4, 22 for the crit. Ooh! Dang, this is very cocked. Ooh, yeah. Let's go. Yeah.

The crit was the one being grappled or the one that's airing? Hitting both to the one in the air, not the grappled one. Both to the one in the air. Second one in. So 22 for the first one, and 11 for the second.

Okay. So 33 total damage. The one on top. Both impact, and you watch as a spray of dark, now blackened feathers from the impact of the Ullrish Blast go spreading out and hitting the nearby trees with a splatter of black viscera. You watch as the creature's two halves hit the ground before they both burn into a black ash.

I got one! Ah! I got one! Thank goodness for you. You got this, Chet! I mean, you didn't see it. Mm. Why are you there? Yee-haw! Yee-haw!

Oh, he's right. You're riding on one? Can I be on stun? It has not come back to its next turn, so you are now on stun. Okay. Oh, that was it? Just one turn.

All right. I'm going to go over to, are we all around? You're on one? One of them's dead. I'm holding one down. For a rat's limit. The other one's dead. The other one's dead. Chet, this might hurt a little bit.

Promise. Okay. I'm going to cast Burning Hands. All right, what level? Let's see here. Let's do it at... No wax this time. You got it. Ooh, is that a cantrip?

No, that's a spell spell. It's a spell spell. Okay, dexterity save of 18. Okay. Both of you. Well, both of them are dead, so. Saving throw or it's just dexterity? Saving throw. Okay. It's a nine for the creature.

Nice. 24 for me. Woo! All right, so 3d6. Mm-hmm. God. Okay. Nice finish. At 11 points of damage. 11 points of fire damage, too.

Five for me. As you release this torrent of flames out towards both of them. Wait, I think I do one more. Because you crashed at a higher level? Did I do third level or second level? You said third level. I did, okay, so I need to do two more.

Two more? It's so good. Come on, baby, make it hurt so good. That's an extra eight points, so 19 total. An extra eight points. All righty. Sometimes flames don't feel like they should. You make it.

That's so good. Boo doo doo doo doo. As Chetney uses this creature, like a shield, pulling it in front as you grapple to it, the flames engulf you both, you resisting the majority of it. So it would've been 19 points of fire damage

instead you'd just take nine. Yes. Five and nine. Yes. Go Fjord! Woo! The creature, however, is extremely singed and you can see now the feathers are burned away, the wings are thin and singed.

It's like trying to pull free and it's growling, it's trying to grasp air to make its screeching noise and is currently failing. It's in to pull free and it's growling. It's trying to grasp air to make it screeching noise and is currently failing. It's in a rough space. Can I walk up? Oh, unless you were going to kill me. I was just, before you kill it,

I was just going to cast Speak With Animals and say, tell us where the nether lilies are! No! You are the nether one! Uh-huh. They're right up here. Your lilies are! No! You got another one! Ah ha ha ha! Stare at the other one. Ah! I need you to make a constitution saving throw, all of you.

All of us? Everybody's within 20 feet of it, which is, actually, it'd be everybody but you, because you fired from the back. Everybody else approached. Is this magic? Also, I'll say that at least It is. You two are within 30 feet of me. Everybody else approached. Is this magic? Also, I'll say that at least you two are within 10 feet of me. No, this is technically not magic.

You get a d4 to the save. Okay, okay, okay. We get a d4 to the save. I do? Okay, okay. Anybody who's within 10 feet of me gets a d4 to the save. Oh fuck. Fearne? Seven.

Seven, okay. 18. 18. 13. 13. 23. Seven, okay. 18. 18. 13. 13. 23. 23. 12. 12. She's powering. 11. 11, all right. Both of you are stunned.

What a horrid sound. As the screech cuts through your mind and your consciousness like a hot knife, and for a minute, your eyes are stinging pain, and you have to close and tense your eyelids just to try and not be driven mad from the sheer pain in your mind. Right as it screeches,

I want to reach forward and strangle it around the neck and cast Shocking Grasp. All right. Is that a save on its end? That is a attack roll. Okay. Add an attack roll.'s an attack roll. Okay. Added a d4. Okay, okay, okay.

16 plus 10. That hits, go to roll damage. Nine additional lightning points. Nine additional damage? All righty. How do you want to do this? Ooh! Ooh, I want to strangle it

until its neck starts to singe and I'm just going to keep squeezing. Until its head just goes from its spine. As its neck begins to give way, you feel its body actually begin to crumble away into ash under your grasp, both of your grasps. And as it begins to go limp within your hands,

it falls into this small, smoldering pile before it dissipates into the rest of the surrounding, dying floor. That's right! Have we pissed anything else off around here? So, yeah. She's very capable. Well, the things just screamed a ton, right?

That's true. That's news. That's 15. 15. You do hear another screech in the distance, like a screech that heard and is responding, and you get the sense that this spot will likely be swarmed or descended upon.

Plus, there's a tree on fire, so if we book it, we could get off the X. Yeah, we should head inside, right? Yeah. Yeah. Book it. Yep. Who am I? We should head inside, right? Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Yep. Oh! Who am I? Well, I can't believe this is real.

Are you going stealthily still? Quickly. I'm not hurrying. Yeah, I guess we're going word ditching. I don't know, we can't get both. To what? Either you hurry and just make a full run, or you're trying to be stealthy while trying not be seen. How many trees are on the way to the thing?

There's many trees. Still about a mile? Yeah, that's about a half mile from here. It's still a dense forest around. It's just your call. Maybe we sprint half a mile, so it's too bad. And we're going to the structure. That's where you guys are heading. Come on, let's go.

That's a, if we're running at an easy pace, that's what, a four minute run? Let's just run. Shifting into second gear. See what good stealth it does. We're booking it. All right. Bum-wee, bum-wee, bum-wee.

Let's go, R2. All right, full run. It's cocked. Okay. You all begin to bolt as a group through the forest, rushing as best you can, your feet crashing into the dry leaves in the underbrush. Darting through, you hear the screeches continue.

Two more follow up from where you heard that one that you had picked up on earlier, Ashton. As you glance back over your shoulder, you can see more of those winged shapes heading over in the direction of where you just had that recent scuffle in the center of this valley. Weirdly, they roll Really Bad Perception and didn't see you on the way.

After a few moments, you begin to slow your pace, feeling like there is an immediate hurry. Still glancing over in that direction, you can hear the squawking sounds and see them circling over that portion where a little bit of a plume of smoke is starting to build up off of the burning tree. You see now you're about maybe a quarter mile away

from this cloven hillscape. What the new structure that's being built in the dented hillscape, the cloven hillscape, what is the shape of the structure? You're a little bit closer now. Built? yeah. As you look over, it looks like a small fort

of a surprisingly beautiful build crafted from light stone and copper-colored edges. It looks less like it's being built and more like it's sustained some damage. And is there scaffolding around the, or is it just the structure itself? There's the structure itself, and you can see there are a few points

along the edges of the cliff where almost like little torch towers, almost like little distant beacon fires could be set, but they're currently just alone and cold. And you said it was in the side of the... It's in the base side of one of the, what would be the southern side of that hill. Roughly how far down?

It's at the base of it. And the actual cliff, the closer you get, you can see it's a perfectly smooth side, it looks like erosion over time has settled in and there's a little bit of a rocky base. It's a little more of a casual climb from the center of that crevasse valley. So this cleft happened probably a long time ago.

The structure looks like it's been built more recently. You're not uncertain how recently, and then has definitely sustained damage and parts of it look to be crumbled or at least impacted. It doesn't look Ashari in design, does it? Make a perception check to see if you can make out any details. That's low for me, 19. 19.

The architecture does not give you the natural aesthetics of the Ashari people. What is up? The Ashari. I don't know. That's fair. Now that we're within a quarter mile, is that burning meat smell even more concentrated?

It's a bit stronger. Is there any trail of smoke coming up from this structure, like something that's actively burning? You see a couple of small plumes that emerge from within the base portions of it. Barbecue's getting real strong. You said it was pungent.

Is it like, ooh, what a nice sirloin, or like, that smells like people. Burning hair, yeah. Yeah, burning hair. Yes. Yep. Great, great. We're still missing some Ashari people, right?

Who again? Do we remember who? There's a few people. One of my sisters. Is that Bernie? Bernie. Bernie. That's a few people. One of my sisters. Is that Bernie? Bernie. Bernie. That's right. Bernie. And then some other scout Ashari?

Yeah, they said a handful of people came out. Yeah. A group of volunteers. Some of them might've been who we fought. Yeah. And some of them made it further. They could potentially be in there if they were taken prisoner or something. We should hurry. Yeah.

If I can take five of us, if we want to jump and feather fall. Two of you can get down on your own. Am I remembering that right? Was it Barony who was sent out? Barony, indeed. Wait, it's down? I thought it was.

You all are far enough away where you're on the outskirts of where the hill begins to rise up from the direction you're traveling. You can barely see the edge of where the structure is towards the center of the crevasse. It's visible from your current perspective. You can't get quite a good look.

You can just make out the outskirts. So we're the bottom? Or we can go up and drop down. Yeah, whatever direction or path you wish to take. I thought we were on the cliff looking down, but not necessarily. That is a path you can take, but currently where you're walking now

is more in line with the ground floor of where the crevasse opens. I got you, okay. Otherwise, you wouldn't even be able to see it from where you were standing. It would be within. I see. Okay, great. Anyone here have, or are proficient in history? No. Actually.

No. Go ahead and roll history for me. I have an ability. This is new. Grim. Grim. Grim psychometry. Psychometry. When making an intelligence history check to recall information about the sinister or tragic history

of an object you're touching or the current location, I have advantage on the roll? Okay, so. Can I do it as well? Yeah, go for it. I don't know what else I'll ever fucking do. Roll a history check with advantage. That's cool. Natural 20.

Yay! 23. Yay! 25. 25, great. You recognize this site in your general knowledge of Tal'Dorei and learning through history

and being mindful of different places of worrying dark power. You never thought it would cross your path before, but you recall not long ago on this site, a structure was built called the Iridan Bastion. It was an extension of a platinum dragon temple that was built in the center of this space to play sentinel over the abyssal powers

that suffuse the Grey Valley. More or less, it was designated as an early warning system for any sort of abyssal incursions. More or less, it was designated as an early warning system for any sort of abyssal incursions. It was intended to be a... For the mindset of those who were beneath the Platinum Dragon, not the best place your piety could assign you, but nevertheless, an important site for being mindful of a region such as this.

So seeing it actively in disrepair is a little concerning. You, glancing past this and tapping into the Hemocraft magic that you've been expanding through experience, your vision goes from the ashen whites and grays, the colorless hues of this landscape to a filter of deep blood crimson. Like you're witnessing this through

a red stained glass window. And there upon this side, you can see the structure where it once fully stood not long ago. You see signs of people walking along the walls. You see perimeters being walked. You hear screams echoing, shouts, bursts of flame and dark energy. You watch as one of the towers crumbles and falls in,

caught in a half-toppled state against one of the towers crumbles and falls in, caught in a half-toppled state against one of the other larger platforms. One by one, the screams are snuffed. Not more than a few days ago. Oh. Yeah. Your vision comes back to its familiar coloration. Oh shit, I just had a trippy thing.

You're drooling. Yeah, sorry. This is new, like days old. There were people here, some kind of battle, contest. And you said it was Platinum Dragon? Platinum Dragon. That's a god, right? Yeah. Yes, it is. Pretty well-known one.

So, without them, God, right? Yeah. Yes, it is. Pretty well-known one. So. So. Without them, the platinum dragon may be. Or without the magic that was. Helping to defend this place. Yeah, maybe. They were keeping a threat at bay. Right, now. Let's take a look at it.

This doesn't seem like something we can beat if an entire army of platinum dragon soldiers got taken out by these things. We don't need to beat it. We just need to get in and get the panty petunias and get out of there. No, no. Goddamn it. We don't know that they're in there.

It should be worth two. I agree. This isn't about Chrysanthabums, okay? We are fucking dead. Nice knowing you. Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh. That was a good one. You're right.

We're just here for flowers. But if this is god stuff, shouldn't we at least take a look? We should, and if your sister's in there, then we definitely should. It's entirely possible. Everybody involved is long gone by now. How many places like this exist across Exandria

where the gods block access for fiendish entities to enter this realm? I don't know. More than one. I'm searching my memory banks for an answer. Roll a religion check. Okay. That's 12. I don't know. Probably a few.

Probably a few. Does my 25 tell me if this was a one-of-a-kind sight or one of multiple? You get advantage. From what you would understand, there are many sites throughout Exandria that are designated towards where the boundaries are thin. And the Ashari looks over the elemental boundaries. There are other fortresses built at places

where outer planes of different types of challenges and dangers occasionally push through. So this isn't a unique spot, necessarily. The multiverse is porous. Get in there, Let's do this. We should be sneaky once we get in there, though. No more bashing in. I always forget, because I never had a,

how long does Pass Without a Trace last? It lasts for an hour, but because I got stunned, it might disappear since that was a constitution. It was a constitution saving throw, though. Constitution saving throw. Right, it didn't take any damage. The stun just prevented you from acting, but it didn't break the spell.

So technically. Nothing prevents her from acting. So technically, it was done. Yes. So yeah, you would still have it up because it wasn't that long of a journey. So if you guys make one more group stealth check. I still got it up.

Still got it up. Let our mother go. See if you guys make one more group stealth check. I still got it up. Still got it up. Another go. See if we can have... Wow. Wow. No, I think. That's a lot. We roll on a one.

Cocked. Hey, baby. Wow. Terrible. I assume I don't have this 18. 39. 39. All righty. 25.

Okay. 16. All righty. 26. Okay. 22. Okay. 16. All righty. 26. Okay. 22. Okay. 33. Whoa. Okay. Natural 20.

Oh! Yeah! For a total of? For a total of 27. Okay. 37. Yes. Okay. Damn. As you begin to embrace the soft parts of the dried, crumbly underbrush,

you have now gotten a better sense of how to move through here without making as much noise. You also find the bits of your clothing or outfits that also blend in with the monochrome landscape and lean into those being the ones that face the sky. Are you approaching from the ground floor or from the above part of the crevasse? I think we said ground.

Yeah, just because it seems weird to go up the hill to drop down. Correct. Is it just one entrance, or does it look like there's some way to sneak in that's not just the front door? Well, I mean, there's the entrance of the valley where it comes into the center of where this split hill is.

You assume there's another side to it somewhere that you don't see. But probably, it's also fucked up enough. I'm sure there's lots of points of entry at this point. Yeah, with it being so fucked up, yeah. If somebody can drop in, it might be smart for one or two people to go up high. Swap team style. Yeah.

Repel down, smash in through the window. Nice. It's a big fort. I don't want to be separated from everyone, but yeah. We should use our numbers to our advantage, though. All right. But if you want to go with Laudna, I would understand. You want to stick together, or what?

I mean, she's got Feather Fall. She can help a couple people out. Yeah. Do you want to half and half it? Let's just make sure that there's some muscle with both ends of this. This is why I split up. Yeah.

I'll go with you if you want. I'm still. I'll go up. I'll go up, then. No, I'll stay down. I'll go up. All right. I'll stay down.

I'll stay down. I'll go up, I guess. I'm staying down. Great. Cool. All right, so'll stay down. I'll stay down. I'll go up, I guess. I'm staying down. Great. Cool. All right. So you're splitting off into two different groups. Which means the up team is scrabbling up the side. We're going up the hill. Just real quick. So a copy is the two of you and

Laudna? Laudna and Ash. Ash. Two sorcerers and the two melee fighters. And then you are team down below. Team fucking awesome. Down low. Down low daisies. On the DL. But he's still a wolf. Team on the up and up.

Right, so you're still on your wolf. All right, is Mistrath? You're right, yeah. I'm going to keep Pâté with Team Downlow. Okay. So I can check in on them if need be. Okay. So Pâté was with Chetney,

so I'll keep Pâté with Chet. Sounds good. All righty. Just together, they're just the worst noises. There goes Tim, the tool man. So, pressing on towards, we'll say, we'll go with the climbing crew first, heading up to the top of the crevasse. Stealthing through, the brush gets thinner

as you get towards the edge of the cliff and the trees stop about 15 or so feet from the edge of the cliff line. So you're going to have to take a little bit of a brief leap of faith to expose whoever's going to glance over and take a moment to peer it. I'm super short. Okay.

Okay. You creep up to the edge and glance down from above. It's about maybe no higher than about 100 feet at the top of this hill, from where the base of the crevasse is. It's not a massive ravine or anything. It's just where this hill itself has been split. The fall is sheer at the top,

but it tends to level off and become a crag decline until it reaches the bottom. There's only about maybe 30 or 40 feet across before the other side of this cleft hill climbs back up on the other end. You get a better view of the structure. It is a small fortress. It isn't a massive thing built. It is definitely an outpost, if you will.

Make a perception check for me. thing built, it is definitely an outpost, if you will. Make a perception check for me. That's a 20. 20. Glancing down at the site, it definitely looks like the aftermath of some terrible battle. There are blood smears spread across parts of exposed stone. You can see torn limbs strewn about at places

left across the region. Remnants of the guardians of this bastion used them as decoration, placed on pikes and jabbed on the jagged rocks as trophies or signs. You can see small impish demons gnawing on or playing with leftover bits of rotting viscera. Many of the stone walls have been pushed inward or fallen.

There is still one large portion of this that still stands, but elements of the exterior ancillary structures have been partially or completely destroyed. Looks like much furniture, interior parts of the structure of the Bastion have been pulled out. There are a few rough roof sections of the still-standing stronghold.

There's been piles of material set upon there. There are a number of dark figures that wander around this makeshift, what I can only describe as a demon encampment that is now, for the time being, set itself in the corpse of this once bastion of good. I'm going to get into Pate's head and just say,

Oh, Pate, let them know it doesn't look good. We see lots of dead bodies and dancing imps. There's a lot of dancing bodies and dead imps. No, reverse it. Sorry. It looks real bad, these dead bodies and dancing imps.

Yeah, good boy. Yeah, no worries. You get a glance with a 20, which isn't bad, and they're not trying to hide themselves. You do also see tall demon warriors, about three of them with massive two-handed swords and blades sheathed on their back, wings. Some are just keeping watch and looking around.

You can see one is currently pulling and dragging materials over to a section. You see there are some metal cages set here. You see there are some metal cages set here. Three that you can make out, set on two different of the structure's roofs and one in the center of the rubble. You can gather they hold humanoid captives currently.

Oh, okay, okay. He watches one of these larger fiends saunters up to one of the cages and just grabs it and shakes it with it. You hear a couple of yelps from the inside and releases it and goes walking. You can see there is what looks to be a piece of broken stone,

like a platform in the center of the space, where a large glowing circle about 15 feet across has infernal-looking runes in it that pulse and glow. You can see other lines being drawn by some of these smaller impish creatures that are carving across the ground, drawing points. And you can see there's one other one of these circles

partially drawn by two of these weird, impish creatures on the top of the center rooftop. They're building something, preparing something. Great. How far down did you say it was? From where you are up top, I mean, to the full bottom, it's about 100 feet, but it is at a slight decline.

And how, the fortress itself, how big is it? The standing part of it, it's probably about 60 feet tall at the highest part of the roof, maybe about 30 or 40 feet across from the width of it, or the base of the still standing structure. There are other parts. It's 30 to 40 feet in that courtyard area that they all are?

Yeah, but the area where they are, which is even further from where that is, probably another 80 or so feet out from there. And how big a drop from our location to the roof? The roof is technically on the other side. So it would be an arc or a glide to try and get there. Okay, and the courtyard is how big across? Can we get a general idea?

I can just show you the layout. Yes! Since you have successfully stealthed your way into the outskirts of this, so you have the opportunity to look at and plan. Yes, let's go! This preview of what could happen is brought to you by WizKids, maybe?

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Yes, oh god. Some of these impish entities are in Get out of here, bro. Whoa. Yes, oh god. Some of these impish entities are in the process of preparing this one. There's a chain hanging! There's a chain hanging! There's a what hanging? Ah, a chain! There's a chain. A chain?

Are those your necklaces that he chopped up or something? You know, I can't confirm, Nott and I. Yeah, yeah, you got to check. What the fuck is that? Oh, what is that? Those look like pit beans. What are those? No, no, no, I don't think so.

I don't fucking know. Epithelial. Jerks. Big, scary. All right, all right. Are they demons or demons? Shit, Matt. From what you've heard referring to this space, demon has been used quite a bit.

Okay, okay. There's a big one up top. And where are we in relation to this space, demon has been used quite a bit. Demon, demon. Okay, okay. There's a big one on top. And where are we in relation to this? You are up on the other side of a cliff up here. And where is the ground crew? The ground crew would be over coming in from this side of the valley if you were to enter. Three cages, one on the tower, one on the rock,

and right down by the stairs. By that other green meanie. Wouldn't it be amazing if we get to the side of the stairs? Orym. You see another shadow approach, aerial. Oh no. Ah! Oh no. Small wings, comparatively,

but this corpulent humanoid figure seems to almost lurch and glide with an awkward movement until it hits the center of the space. You see about 13 or so feet tall this dark, furred humanoid demon creature with massive, long clawed arms. These little furry wings that set upon its back. furred, humanoid demon creature with massive, long clawed arms.

These little furry wings that set upon its back. Its jaw is wide, like a mimic of a horrible ape-like grimace with massive tusks and teeth that pull out of the center of its long, distended, wide jaw that wobbles as it walks forward. These little tiny legs that curl up from underneath that look like they shouldn't be able to sustain its weight as it shifts oddly as it steps.

As it looks around, it starts barking orders, and you watch as it draws this blade, this beautiful, silver-looking weapon with a cross guard that looks too small for its grasp. It stole it. It points and barks orders around.

The other demons seem to look towards it and nod, and it goes about its business. Anybody speak? Is anybody? Ah! Oh! I figured that I thought he would be! He's fucking terrible!

Ah! Chaz. No! This is great! I'm assuming they'd be speaking Abyssal. I can speak Shadow Cant. They're speaking Staten Island. Which? Hasn't been relevant ever.

That's why they call it Shadow Cant. Uh-huh. Shadow Cant. Does anybody here speak Abyssal? Not yet, but maybe when we get closer, I can cast tongues. I mean, are we close enough to hear their talk? Are you guys? You aren't close enough to hear

any specifics of language at the moment. You can hear occasional barks and shouting, but nobody can really make out any of the specific language. I mean, I'll cast Tongues on myself just so I can hear what they're saying. If you want to, okay. Sure, if I'm close enough to hear things.

You've all managed to stealth pretty well, as you're all carefully dodging from rock to rock. Yeah, yeah, yeah. With you. Okay. Yeah. Three cages. Maybe more of them inside the castle.

We can't actually see. Yeah, no. Cages are possible allies. Maybe they're fighters. How can you speak Infernal? We've been soaking in the view from our perch for a minute or so. Are they Ashari in the cages?

Do I recognize Barney or others from home? Unfortunately, you're not close enough to make out the details. You have to get closer. Gotcha, gotcha. Am I picking up any words or commands that might help us in our planning? You hear the large one bark a couple of things and abyssal out to the others.

Phrases you make out are, Hurry. I must feast soon. Ew, no! Oh god. Prepare, then celebrate. So they're trying to summon something. They're going to cook somebody right now. Cook somebody.

Can we ask, you said they were drawing runes and lines and circles. There's one there that looks complete. There's one that's being drawn up here at the moment. We've got a little down here, two little up here. It's just a barbecue. They're just setting up the barbecue. Yes, it just, yeah.

You might have said this. Which side of the crevasse are y'all on? This side? They're on this side over there. Okay. So they have to come down. Over here. Correct. Okay. And on foot, we are coming from?

This direction. Okay. From Marisha, from right here. Yeah. That's how she's going to be at the end of the day. Yeah. Shit. So we got to move quick. How do we go up? Yeah, we got to move!

He goes up and starts rattling the cage. MATT and LAURA, in a rattle. We better agree on something pretty quick, because something's about to happen here. Wait, can we still send messages? I know we can do it from far away. We can send messages, I think, up close. Yes, I did it. How far away are we from them?

I did it to our group. All right. So you should let them know. 100 feet is believable. If you progress a little further in, you can maybe get within 150 feet of them. Okay. Oh, yeah. Message is 120, so we'll try to get within. I can still communicate through Pâté.

Yeah. I mean, I can do a thing that affects. I communicate telepathically with Pâté, and then Pâté is with you guys, so he can't. But if I tell Pâté something, can he tell you? I can hear it because I'm looking through his eyes. Oh, well then I'll say, Pâté, Pâté, they're going to eat somebody real soon.

They just said that, so we got to move now, in the next 30 seconds. You hear that through his senses. Apparently, FCG could understand that they're going to eat some people. They're going to have a little feast. So we have to attack them. How are we getting down there?

There's a lot of guys. I feel like we need a distraction or try and take them out one by one. Yeah, you're right. If we attack all at once, that's going to be bad, right? Fearne? What's our plan? Big distraction? I don't have a big distraction.

These little guys are drawing. Is this the little guy drawing that was there? Oh no, he moved. He moved over. If we got them all to run towards us, maybe the group from above could swoop in and undo some of the cages. So what if we make a big racket? A big racket.

And then just get at least some of them to come towards us? Sure. What do we see? What do we see? Who's taking point from your perspective? To keep an eye out? You mean on perception? Yes. Which one of y'all is good at seeing?

I'm listening. I got it. You got pretty good perception. Yeah, you should check it out. All right, I'm going to check it out. All right, Fearne, go ahead and roll perception for me. Okay. Can I just go first?

Oh. See with the light of the Chainspringer. Okay. I'll cast Guidance on it. Okay. I just have to go. First. See with the light of the Chainspringer. Okay. I'll cast Guidance on it. Okay. Ooh! All righty. All righty, so I'm going to do a 28. 28, okay.

From the inside, you do notice amongst the strewn about bits of the previous holders of this stronghold, there are also signs of that blackened ash that was left behind from the demons you encountered previously. This wasn't a one-sided battle, meaning that there was a lot lost on their side, too, though the victory eventually came to them.

You can see them figuring out there are a couple of straggler demons that are wandering the areas, keeping eyes out, and some of the winged creatures, they're in the distance that are cruising by. Fearne, what you do notice is one of them that's walking along, it has its blade out, and it's just walking along one of the upper

cliff rocky sections of this hill away from the rest. It acts like it hears something and turns away to its left-hand side. It storms over to the edge of this little alcove. To the edge where they are? Of an alcove on this part of the cliff. Is that the side that they're on, up top? No, they're over here.

Oh, they're over here, okay. So it's nowhere near us. Wait, what's he doing? Or that he hears. Just walking over this direction. That's what I thought. He's going in. No, no, no, it's not at us. He's looking at us. But maybe we can go take him out.

Then we see on the map, is what he said. Let's go take him out. And the crevasse wall up here, there's no way, except because I can't see it, there's no way to go along the edge like this to get closer, or? You'd have to go to cross the other side to do that. I mean, if you want to go all the way around,

you could try and enter the other side of this, but you'd have to go around. It's got to be a long walk. Yeah. Okay. We can see this tower from where we are? I mean, because she's at the image and stuff. From where you are, you can see down under this, yeah. Fearne. I can just try.

This other demon entity that's walking along, one of the sentries, peeks into the side. You watch a hand grab and pull it into the shadow. Somebody help me. And silently, you see a flash of flame inside, and you see for a second as it tries to leap out, it gets pulled back in. What? And then isn't there anymore.

Wait, what? Maybe it's more platinum dragon people. Or the Asshari. Or actually. Or it's the rift from the abyss that other creatures are coming out? That was up on this part or in that? Up in this area of the cliff side. That took one of the imps out?

Who's here? Or that big thing? It took one of the mid-range, not quite as large as these, but one of the other sentries that was walking along. Then it looked like it was trying to get out of the alcove, but got pulled back in. So something pulled it in. If you used Flame.

Detect Thoughts. Detect Thoughts. It's not super far. Isn't planting dragon fire stuff? Uh. It's 30 feet. I could double the distance, but that's still not very good.

Now, Fearne, you rolled a 28. A moment passes, and you see a figure begin to emerge from that dark bit of shadow hiding along the rock. You see a humanoid, not larger than any of the largest of your crew, but you see this deep red skin. You see a mane of gray, almost like a lion-like mane of hair that meets with a beard, and these handlebar-like horns that curve to the front, a cloak of dark black and tattered velvet, and what looks like folded

leathery wings on its back as it leans against the rock and peers over in the direction of the fortress. A demon puts up our side. Do it. Is that right? Do you recognize it? It is, it sounds. Did you see that? No, no, I'm listening to them talk.

We should help out while they're doing that. One of the demons just got yanked into an alcove, and then this red, huge figure. Awesome, awesome. I'll tell Pate. Yeah, grab Pate. I'll tell Pate, yeah, tell Pate what. Pate!

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey! We just saw it, we just saw it. Look at me, look at me. What's going on? I just, I, I. You can't look at me. You don't have any eyeballs yet. Okay. I'm in your direction now. Okay.

Tell Laudna and everybody else that there is something that's helping us that looks like a demon also. A good demon? A good demon. A good demon. It looks like a little bit of a lion, has gray hair. It was interesting looking. I think we have help.

Can we see it from our vantage point? You do not. Oh, interesting. Okay, I relay the message. Apparently, Fearne was. Actually, make a perception check, if you'd like to. Fearne was shaking pate. 16? Nope. Blow something up?

Good. That was really good for me. That was, yeah. Well done. I relay the message. That was, yeah. Well done. I relay the message. Okay, go ahead. Good guy. I'm going to have spit. Just a little dribble. That's gross.

You know, we were really into this. It was really interesting. I feel like we need to act. We need to jump in and give him an opportunity. Talk to your actress. She's really good. Okay, what do we do? Are we distracting? We're going to create a distraction.

Okay. And draw them out. Should we try and go drop down to the cages? You're good at distracting. Do something distracting. Can you get the four of us down? Because we're SOL. I can get the four of you down. If we can try and aim for the cages, that'd be awesome.

The minute we actually make the jump that we go to do this, I'm going to try to hit that top tower. With a boom boom? With a... A boom boom boom. I don't know if it'll make any noise. Well, well.

It'll be like a psychic sphere. It's not like a fireball, so it might not make any noise to anyone that's not around that. I'm not sure. All right. I've never done this before. I can also drop some fireballs, but that is definitely very loud.

I'm going to, while we're talking, I'm going to sympathetically bond myself to these two. Yeah. Okay. Go for it. I will. You also have to aim really carefully amongst the friendlies down there. Yeah, that's what I want to do. That's what I'm trying to focus on that area.

All right, all right, we got to go. Let's go! They're going to kill and eat somebody. All right. Where are we we got to go. Let's go! They're going to kill and eat somebody. All right. Where are we going? We're just going to make a distraction. Blow something up or break something or set something off. Act like a damsel.

Act like a damsel. We're going to jump and then we got to shake a tail feathers. All I've got to do is talk to you. All together. You shout, help. All right. Help! You hear Fearne start shouting help. Fearne's shouting help, and he's attacking her.

At this point, all the entities, all at once, turn in that direction. Before they move on the top. Okay, what are you hitting them with? I'm doubling my distance with a sorcery point, and I'm going to hit the top tower, avoiding the cage, with a synaptic static. What is that?

It is a 20-foot sphere. 20-foot sphere. You could definitely get all of them in it without catching the cage. Great. So that is a intelligence save for all of them. Intelligence save for all of them, okay. Oh, come on. Focus on distraction.

Yeah. They just know where we are. I know. I was trying to say that. We didn't. Okay, so. We made a boom boom. You won a boom. Oh well.

I wanted those ones to stay there so I could hit them in a bubble. Okay, that is an eight on the big guy. On the two smaller ones. Yeah, they all fail. Great. They all just, they just totally fail. Then they all take eight d6 psychic damage.

Damn! And they all have muddled thoughts for a minute. Whoa! During that time, it rolls a d6 and subtracts that number rolled from its attack and its ability checks. That's great. As well as its constitution saving throws

to maintain concentration. Wow. Okay, I'll put this one in this guy's little box there. All right, go ahead and roll damage for that. Does that have an auditory effect or was that a silent attack? This does not make any noise. It is just internal and mental.

They don't even know that that happened. That's great. We're working as a team. Okay. Okay. 10, 19, 26, 33 points of psychic damage to all of them.

All righty. Both of their heads just splatter. Just. And the body and then sift into black ash like sludge. The one here like begins to scratch at its eyes for a second before falling on one knee, and blinks out about looking confused and looking for whatever struck it,

while the rest of them, below the larger central leader, , you hear it saying, Go, whoever that is, bring it back. And these figures begin to walk. Oh my. And fly over. And we're taking our leap? Yeah.

Take our leap. This one leaps over into the center space and begins to glance over in the direction, angrily close. As it lands, you watch its central form, this massive belly that it holds on its fur shakes a bit and you see its legs have to set its hooves to hold itself in place.

It seems more comfortable in the air than the ground. And it is a wide, frustratingly grotesque entity. All right. We should just bend. We should get down and try to get this person out of the cage up here. As we run and we're about to bolt up the cliff, I'm going to do my Transformation of Dread.

And for a second, I'm going to do my Transformation of Dread. And for a second, I'm going to get on all fours, almost like my hound, as I jettison myself off the cliff. Okay. And right here. As you prepare, Orym backs up like 15 feet and gets into a little sprinter's position,

aimed at the edge. And I wait for your go. Go. Okay. Then he just starts sprinting. I'm going to do a long jump. Okay. Just out into nothing. And I'm hoping to wing it for air. You're like.

Leap, and as you coast off the edge in a large arc, using your leaping capabilities to try and make the distance, make an acrobatics check for me. Is the Feather Fall coming? Uh-huh. That's a confidence. She said distractedly. Hmm?

That's a 25. I want to see your arc. I don't know, it's invisible. 25, I rolled a 25. 25. You dart off at a wide arc, and you think you probably won't make it at the distance you're running.

You're going to hit hard. Yeah, okay. No, Feather Fall, but I wanted to make sure he gets his full arc before casting it. So that it falls at that arc? Yeah, 100%. Okay. And you're doing this stealthily?

I mean, I didn't yell cannonball. Yeah. I figure I was just like, Humps away! So you just keep walking. You throw out the feather fall. We're all jumping, by the way. Yeah, you're all jumping.

We're all jumping. We ran along the edge a little bit before we leapt off, because we can't get as much arc as you. All of you run up and off the edge. We're trying to get to the cages. Right. Yeah. Just for the heck of it.

The four of you roll a stealth check for me. This is to attempt to not make a large commotion in leaping off the edge and knocking rocks down that begin to tumble below and make noise. It is past without a trace, still a thing. We're not within range of a fern. Fuck. Really?

Of course. No, again? Again. All right, so what'd you get? I got a one. One, okay. 22. 22. 19. 19, okay. 20. 20. This is not without a trace, One, okay. 22. 22. 19. 19, okay. 20. 20. This is not without paths, without a trace, right?

No. Correct. Okay. Okay. You hit a section of the edge, Ashton. Your foot kicks a stone that tumbles down. As it cracks down, you all leap in the air, and as many of your peaks end prematurely, but then the spell catches and you begin to glide, still at a rapid pace,

to the point where it's nerve-wracking how fast it's coming at you, but not enough to the point where you're going to break an ankle if you land. Others of you make acrobatics checks for me as well. The stone does tumble down, and you see the large creature look over in the direction where the stone comes to rest.

And steps forward for a second and looks up at the edge of the cliff, but you've all arced over just high enough that it misses looking past you as you all begin to head down towards the top of that. Yeah, you already rolled your acrobatics. As he's flying, though, he throws Gust down. And once I feel her magic kicking in, to try to prolong it further, down, and once I feel her magic kicking in, to try to prolong it further,

and I'm going to use Seedling to shoot a vine out towards the upper lip of that tower. Cool. Okay. Which pulls you and you land at the top of the tower without issue. Nice. The rest of you, acrobatics? Acrobatics. It's not a high DC, thankfully.

It worked. Eight. That's not great. Nope. Pull them real bad. 10 total. 10. 10 is the base DC you needed. So both with that, Laudna and Imogen dart down,

catching the top of the Cajun landing. Ashton, you gliding down just out of range. And I'm going to click that little thing on my hammer right there. Okay. Well, actually, a little higher. A little higher? Like, just so I can still get a little bit of a leap. All right, so the rest of you watch

as Ashton glides down, misses the lip, and then just stops in the middle of the air. The hammer itself just held in place. Put the immovable rod in your hammer? Fuck yes. That's sick. That's sick. That's awesome. That's fun.

I'm going to attempt, clearly I'm a little higher up, obviously. I'm going to attempt, clearly I'm a little higher up, obviously. Yeah. I'm going to attempt, if possible, I assume that Feather Fall is still on me because I haven't landed. I look at the bases. I'm curious.

It lasts for one minute. Okay, so I'm going to attempt to. And you haven't landed, so. I'm going to attempt to throw myself and click, basically, in one smooth motion, So I'm going to attempt to. You haven't landed, so. I'm going to attempt to throw myself and click, basically, in one smooth motion, just try and get another leap going.

Almost like trying to lift up and unclick? Yep. Make an athletics check for me. All right. Come on, roll better. I believe in you. Hey! There we go. 24. 24. There we go. 24. 24. There you go.

You pull back once, twice, pick up some momentum and then kick up, arc up, miss it for a second, and then land down on the top of the tower without a shot. Who are you? Their team's great. Who are you? I must know. I hope we're going to be okay.

You said this at once. Meanwhile. Oh boy. That's how it's done, fuckers. As you're shouting help and you are menacing. Ah! Ah! Ah!

No, no! The two flying entities go into a full flying arc. One of them blade out. Another one leaps out with its claw towards you. They don't even say anything. As soon as they show themselves or get within range, may I cast Command at one of them?

You may. All right. Because I speak their language, or at least they can understand me because tongue still is going, I will shout at them, which, as we all know, in Abyssal, or whatever language we're speaking, is the command Mime. Mime?

Mime to the demons? The worst part is it's going to be Infernal Mime, which is somehow worse. Abyssal, technically. Abyssal Mime to the demons? The worst part is it's going to be Infernal Mime, which is somehow worse. A Bissell, technically. Bissell Mime. Yeah, wisdom save for both of them. Oh, wait, I can cast it at two different people? Oh, just say, uh.

I thought I capped it. You can affect an additional creature at second level. Sorry, I misunderstood that. Oh. If it's just one, then. Oh, I can do, I didn't know I could do that. Then I'll just cast it at second level and target both of them. Okay. It's a wisdom 15.

Wisdom 15, it's a cocked natural one. And natural two. Hey! Wow. They're not open and strong on this one. Both of them flying forward. They both land. Look at each other.

And one of them goes. They're stuck in a box! The other one goes, It's windy! Yes! It's real windy! Oh, that's solid. Oh no. Let's go!

Do we attack them or do we run? What do we do? Should we try to go into that alcove? You got one round this last. We got six seconds. Should we go into that alcove and then go find that person? Should we just leave these guys and go?

Let's go. All right, we're going to go. I love it. We're just going to run. Run towards everything? I guess. No, I think we're going to run up towards the alcove and try and make our way up towards

a demon guy that got pulled into the thing. Cool, we're going to do everything. That's cool. Yeah. We thing. Cool, we're in the middle of everything, that's cool. Yeah. We'll try to kill him real quick. Okay. No, let's go. So you go rushing up to the side, which turns into a climb. So I'm going to need athletics checks from three of you

as you're now attempting to climb up the side of the spill to get to the alcove. One of us should go to the alcove, and the other two should kill these guys. Yes. You want to do that? Yes. I'll stay. No, you will die. That's two of kill these guys. Yes. Yes. You want to do that? Yes. I'll stay.

No, you will die. That's two of them against you. Please, I'll stay. I'll go to the alcove. You have a well-welded machine and an erector. You go with Fearne. I'll go with Fearne. I'll go with Fearne. I can turn invisible.

It's fine. Okay, I'll go with Fearne. If the shit goes bad, I'll go. Go, go, go, go. We're going to go. And I'll stay. We're going to go. Okay. This is so dumb. The two of you are rushing up to the alcove. Athletics checks from both of you. Well, Chetney, you stay there.

Are you still only partially transformed? No, I got everything out. All right, you're full wolf now. I'll take the scythe out, and utter the magic word for turmoil. 14 to see if I can get up the hill. Wait, did you say athletics or acrobatics? Athletics. Shit, okay.

That would be a 13. A 13, okay. It's not a challenging incline, but it's definitely going to slow you down a little bit. You both start climbing up, slipping, and some stones fall from underneath your weight. You get about halfway up the alcove. There's little hard coves.

So you have one more round before you can get to where it is when the spell wears off. Yes. So as you're both partway up the side of the cliff, keeping an eye out, you can see the shapes of your friends darting and gliding across the cavern. You continue to climb up the wall,

look past just as both these creatures, one of them that's now in the process of doing some good scene work of washing dishes, stops. The other one looks at it again. They both glare back at you. Oh, is that six seconds over? I was going to make an attack. Yeah, okay.

Can you attack before they stop miming? They both pull their blades that they had laid out. They both reach down, because they dropped their blades to mime. They pick up their blades and they're about to dart straight towards you as we go to break. It's about that time. So, back here in a few minutes with what will be initiative because

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Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep. You always go with the classics, Marisha. You know, I'm tired. It's all a choice. And Matt, on that previous six seconds, in addition to getting the scythe out, can I say that I took the dodge action? Is it 20? Yeah, we can say you took the dodge

because you didn't do anything else for that. I didn't want this. All right, so 25 to 20. 22. 24. Woo! All right. Right, right, right. 21.

Whoa! Whoa! So it's Orym Laudna Fearne. Orym Laudna Fearne. All right. Oh, there's two people. 20 to 15. 17. 18.

Whoa. Okay. Oh, two people in that gate? Wait, who's wet going? You don't know that. You. 18. Whoa. Okay. Oh, two people in that gate? Wait, who's where? You don't know that. You don't know that. FCG. Imogen. FCG is right in front of it. You don't know.

Okay. Where she's standing. All right. 15 to 10. 14. 13. Whoa, we all did really good with the rollies. Yeah.

What? No, just what are we doing? What happened? Mouthful? Just start. Here comes the poo rumble. Oh yeah! All righty. They just ran over there. Yeah. Yeah.

As they both have their blades at the ready and Chetney sits there, ready to go ahead and try and avoid their assault, we're at the top of the round. Orym, you're up first. Oh man. Is this numbered? Mm. All right, I'm going to start running,

pitter-patting along the wall, and I'm going to be making a leap for green guy down below, but as I go, what do I see in the cage? In the cage, you see two figures. One looks to be a female soldier of some kind. Most of her armor gone, like the underneath gambion of the armor, cuts to the face, arms bound,

and looking at you desperately. To the right of them, you see a small gnome figure, themself bruised and beaten, also chained, who is wearing what looks to be tattered Tempest blade garb and armor. Okay. Then I'm going to make eye contact with them, but not say anything, get a running jump,

and then land here, and I am going to flip in the air and land and stab this thing in the back. Go for it. Make a necropathic check for me. Okay. That is a 17. 17, no worries. You land and then come right down with the blade as quickly as you can upon the still befuddled demon creature that stands before you,

very tall before you. Yep. Slashing down its back as I go. That is a 27 to hit. 27 definitely hits. Yeah, okay. So these are just little probing hits. I'm not pulling out the big guns yet.

That's a nine. And these come as I spiral slash down. So I just immediately come for a second slash. Hold on, Levi spiral slash. I love it. Probably don't hit with a second, which is a 15. 15 does hit. Woo!

He's a big figure. Okay, so it'll go down his backside abyssal ass as I land on the ground. And that is also nine. All right, so nine and nine damage? Yep. So total of 18. All right. Both blades, strikes, carve into the back.

Then takes a step forward. I'm actually going to roll through his legs so that I'm in his eyesight and just suck, and that's the end. Roll through up to this point. How much did you just do? 18? Just 18. To the big guy?

And he had taken 30-something before that? Correct. Oh. Takes the hit. Looks back and makes eye contact with you, and you see as he makes eye contact with you, you see the piercing red coloration of the eyes, but they both cross for a moment,

and he has to shake his head. Oh, it's still a little confusing. He's still a little brain numbed from what Imogen struck with earlier. Yes, yes, yes, yes. Okay, that's it, I'm done. All right, finishing your go, Laudna, you're up with Fearne on deck.

What does this gate look like? Does it have a lock on the door? How can I get this gate open? As you're looking at the front of it, you can see there is a door opening to it. These cages are not fiendish in nature. They were probably built for the Bastion and then have just been co-opted once it's been occupied. So there is a locking mechanism on it.

It looked like a big iron lock that is clasped. I'm going to try and pick the lock. I've got lock picking. Got lock picking? Go for it. All right. Go ahead and make, are you proficient with lock picks? No. So just make a dexterity check for me.

Just straight dex. Yep. Okay. Okay. Now, Jorjelani! Oh! No shit! It's a little cocked, but it's barely.

No, not really. Okay, okay, okay. Thank you, Sam. How's it feel? I'm just leaning a little bit. It's tired, like me. Natural 20! Natural 20 for a total of?

Oh, 22! 22. We're there, we're there. I'm going to get you some coffee. You pull out your lock picks. It's a large lock, and you can see the two figures are looking at you, spooked. They look terrified.

As you approach in your full form of dread. Full form of dread. As you clamber down the side of the cage and up to the edge of the booth. I'm a good guy. I'm good. I'm good. I'm going to eat your guts.

You get down quickly, picking the lock, and you catch some of the tumblers, but the last one you can't quite get, and you realize you just don't have space for your long, bony finger. Oh! You're going to pull it, and then, ping! Yes!

It unlocks and pulls the latch off. Great! The door isn't open, but it's unlocked, but that's your full turn to do that. Sweet. So it's unlocked, it's not open. Okay, that's my turn. All right, after Laudna, Fearne, you're up with SCG on deck. Okay. Going to continue climbing up.

Okay. Am I getting close to the alcove? You do, you get up to the alcove right there. As you glance inside, the figure that you saw earlier is not at the edge of the cave, is not visible, and you just see these eyes appear in the darkness that glow, and a voice goes,

Who are you? I am a friend. I am a friendly, I am not with these people that are down here, and I do have another friend with me, but we're friendlies. Make a persuasion check. Okay. Friends of a devil?

Persuasion. Okay, that would be... Shit, sorry. No way. Yeah! 19 plus 11, that's 30. 30? 30. The. 19 plus 11. Suspense. 30? 30. The doubt, the doubt. That's it.

The doubt. I'm like, it's going to be not an easy DC. Never mind, we're good. All right. I'm going to judge with you. The entity steps forward a little bit into the light and says, We are no friends, but for now we are not enemies. You hear the scraping sound as he drags his blade

across the stone behind and puts his hand out to push past your shoulder. Oh shit. That's our friend down there. That's with the two, so if you could help us. No! Oh, he has a demon demon! Hot demon.

Using the Obann model, because it's the closest I could find to what I wanted. But imagine a massive lion's mane of grayish hair that mixes with a long, heavy beard and these horns that stick out like handlebars, almost. You have a canvas here, too. Upward down. Oh!

All right. He doesn't like these guys. I was the only demon, and demon-felling I never understood the difference! This'll do. Then as a bonus action, I'm going to have Vampire's the Great Warlord. Mister throw some flaming shit at the two

that are in front of Chetney. All right, which Mister would probably be over here on the precipice here. Yes. Oh my god. Okay. So he's going to attack the one that's closest? Sure.

That would be 25. 25 definitely hits. Go roll damage for Mister. Oh, right. Meh. It's attacked. Oh. Okay. Six points of damage. Six points of what damage? Damage.

Fire damage? Yeah, fire damage. A fire of what damage? Damage. Fire damage? Yeah, fire damage. Yes. Got it. So the flaming poop, it burns and does a bit of damage, but you see it shrugs it off with a knocks it off the front of its slightly blackened left pec

before it turns around at Mister. Both of them are focused on Chetney. Then one looks back at Mister and looks back at you and notices where the two of you have run up off the side of the cliff. So one's still focused on Chetney. One's taken stock of where the two of you are. Okay.

Does that finish your turn? Yeah. Okay. So use your action to persuade this entity to consider you, at the time, being an ally. Dulse. A nod to anime. All righty. Finishing your go for it, brings us to FCG with Imogen on deck.

I'll give a quick nod to the devil demon guy, the handsome fella, just to show him that I mean him no harm. And I will, bonus action, I'm going to use my, I bonded to Chetney, so I'm going to give him a bonded blessing, is that what it's called? Yeah, bonded blessing. So you get a d6 on any roll this round.

Cool. Thank you. I get a little stress for that, but it's okay. I'll take it. Then I will start rolling around counterclockwise, if I can get over there-ish. As I roll, I will cast... I can do this, right? Yeah. I will cast not Toll the Dead, but Scramble the Dead

at the one that the poo monkey already hit. Okay, you got it. So it's like. And so I'll project at it mentally, the AOL loading sound, you know? And try to fuck with its brain with computer noises and see if I hit. All right.

One. Is he rolled a hit or is it a saving throw? It's hit. All right. One. Aw! Is he rolled a hit or is it a saving throw? It's a wisdom saving throw. 15. I don't have to roll. That's a nine. Eight! I have faith! So 2d12, because he's already injured.

Six. 12! 18! 18 points of necrotic damage. Necrotic. Is he okay? Does he take it? Is it okay? They hear the sound of the axe, mate. You see, with the bone,

actually, he's holding the blade in this hand, so his other hand puts it in its head and it's like, . It looks like it definitely hit it for a hurt. Now it looks directly towards you. It wasn't me! It was the devil guy! Pick up. All righty, does that finish your turn?

Yep. All right. Finishing your go, FCG, Imogen, you're up. I don't know. I'm going to do it. Okay, where I'm standing, I'm going to hold my hands out and as I do, rocks around me from the rubble and the ruins start to rise up, and it's going to rise up and start circling around my head. Whoa!

I'm going to cast Minute Meteors. Oh, nice! Okay. What? Minute Meteors? Yeah. Shut up. Baby meteors. Are you sure it's not Minute Meteors? Minute Meteors, yeah.

Minute Meteors. They take a minute to make. They do. No, they're Minute Meteors. I like Minute Meteors better. I like Minute Meteors! Because they are also tiny meteors. They're tiny meteors! Of They do. No, they're minute meteors. I like minute meteors. I like minute meteors! Because they are also tiny meteors. They're tiny meteors! Of course. I thought it was like minute.

Look, she's the caster, she can name what she wants. Minute meteors are this. And I'm going to shoot one at the one that Orym's fighting. Right there? Yeah. Okay. Yeah. You see it's currently trying to,

it has its blade now at the ready and it's getting ready to try and swing at Orym, but it's also a little bit off kilter. Its brain's still a little jostled from your strike earlier. As you gather the stones, they spin at a rapid sound, almost causing that faint sound of wind

around your head as you focus and lob one towards the entity. And is that an attack roll or saving throw? It has a dexterity saving throw. Dexterity saving throw. Natural one. Yeah! They're rolling dog shit at the beginning of this encounter.

It's definitely on area, right? Then it takes, it's within five feet of the point, so I would do it on his back if he's big. Yeah. So as it strikes and explodes the blast of flame. Is it flame or is it just a blushing? It's a flame fire damage. Got it, so go ahead and roll damage on that.

So that's nine points of fire damage. Okay. It's in just the back of it. It shrugs it off a little bit, but still takes the hit. Fire. Mm-hmm. Fuck. Fire. I'm going to send a second one at his back.

Okay. I can fire two of them. Yeah. All right, so another save on his point. That's going to be a 16. Fails. Fails. Nice.

Eight points. Nice. All right, so total of nine points of fire damage to it from both strikes. You're almost like making him, forcing him to dance, like you're shooting at the ground. It's like. And it's glancing up at you, to it from both strikes. You're almost making him, forcing him to dance, like you're shooting at the ground. It's like.

It's glancing up at you, now making note that there's more beyond just the tiny man that struck its back. He's also muddled still. Yeah. Okay. Don't worry. I feel like Orym is watching this Ruedas-born sorceress throw small red moons.

Ha ha, that's fun. Are you going to stay putter, Misha? Can I hop down? I don't want to die. Is it possible to get down to the tower without dying? Yeah, you can. It's not too big of a leap. Would I be passing within his range of motion

if I tried to like go? That height? No, but he can fly. Okay. If I tried to keep going past him, would it put me? Pass him this way? Yeah, would he get a swipe at me? You would likely be within his weaponry. Okay, then I'll stay where I am. Uh, okay. If I tried to keep going past him, would it put me? Past him this way? Yeah, would he get a swipe at me? You would likely be within his weaponry. Okay, then I'll stay where I am.

Okay. Finishing your go, Imogen, the winged entity over here that walks past Fearne glances over and sees the one that's looking over towards FCG, drags out its blade, and you can see it's this massive, curved-looking saber that has these barbed hooks in the front and this blackened metal glance about it.

As he pulls it out, you watch as it glows with a strangely bright light that hovers along the blade edge as the wings expand and it goes into a dart, full-on flight. Whoa! Down to that creature and arcs up with the blade.

What? With him to strike it. So good. That's going to be, that's good. That's going to be a 24 to hit. Whoa. Let's see. Yeah.

Oh no, sorry, I looked at the wrong number. That is a 26 to hit. And another attack for, same one. looked at the wrong number. That is a 26 to hit. And another attack for same one. All righty, so. To the rest of us. That is going to be a 13. Fearne might want to tell the rest of us that. 13 points.

Well, you guys at least. We know. You all know. We know there's three points of magic and radiant damage. I didn 10. You all know. We know there's three points of slashing and radiant damage. I didn't know! Plus four. 27 points of damage total from that strike. 27 on one strike.

I take it as with Chetney, so. And the other strike. Yeah, but we communicated. Just slashing damage or any other kind? Slashing and then radiant and fire. Radiant and fire! Yeah, the fire is reduced, but. Hey, that's you.

Slashing, radiant, and fire damage from that dude's sword. Hot. Just, yeah, quiet. In the same room. Strike? Yeah. 33 points of damage. On the second one? Yeah. Wait, how much?

That's 60 points of damage and two slashes. Yeah, from that sword. Should we just leave? Yeah. Does he need us? You know what? Actually, he's going to go ahead and expand his second-level slot to Divine Smite that.

Oh! He's a pal, huh? The Devil Pally! Devil Pally! For three, because it is a fiend, it's an additional d8, so on top of that, it's another... Yeah, because he's an additional d8. For a d8, one, two, three.

For another 24 points of radiant damage. Whoa! From the top of that. So the... 84 points of damage? Yeah, the entity that it struck on the side, the large winged beast that takes the hits as it strikes across the second blow of its blade around to the center, it actually carves through half of its wing and where it cuts through, the light seems to leave

and linger for a second in the wound before it fades and flames burst leave and linger for a second in the wound before it fades and flames burst out of it for a second. The creature turns around and looks at it. It's wiping some of the dark blood from its mouth. It looks hurt. After 84 points, yeah. It's furious and it looks at the other one

and gives a whistle and turns back towards to focus on this. The one that's focused on you now is distracted in who it's going to go after. That's going to finish the winged creature's turn. Chetney, you're up with Ashton on deck. So he dealt 84 points of damage to the one that we had already damaged. Correct. And he's still okay.

He's hurt. Whoa. So at least 100 plus points. So my turn is before both of these guys, right? Yes. And this is the one that took all the heat?. And this is the one that took all the heat? Correct. This is the one that took all the beat?

I will use my bonus action to cast Blood Curse of Bloated Agony at the one that didn't take all the smack. You got it. So he has disadvantage on strength and dex checks, 1d8 necrotic if he takes more than one attack on his turn. Correct. And I will run up and take two swipes with...

All right, you rush up. Turmoil. Go for it. First strike with Turmoil. Now that's a natural 19, that's a 29. 29 hits. And the second one, that's a natural 18 for 28. Yep, about that. Amazing. Two, six.

Three, four. Thank you. 13 plus turmoil does 1d8 thunder damage. Yep. 16 points of damage, three of that is thunder. Three of that is thunder, all righty. Oh, I forgot to end. Three points of Crimson Rite, shit.

So three of, so 19 total. What type of damage from the Crimson Rite? Fire. Fire, okay. Unfortunately. That's okay, so I'll take one of that. Second one. Cool. As you rush up with turmoil and carve upward

with your first strike of the blade, the scythe carves through its upper torso. As it splits open, black demonic blood sprays out and seems to just dissipate into black smoke in the air before it impacts much around. As it crumbles into ash and falls to the ground, spilling up. Nice. One down. Nice. Oh! One down. Nice.

Oh! Nice. Okay. He only had 140 points. Can I take that second after that first swipe and just redirect it towards? You still have enough movement to move in and do the second strike, which does still hit him. So you were attacking the one that he had already attacked? Yes. Okay.

Yes, yes, yes. Five. Okay. Okay. 13. 19 points of damage, six of which is thunder. Gotcha. And again, just the three for the fire.

Understood. Which is probably meh. One point of damage. Yeah. All right. I'll use any other movement just to stay in his melee, but just slide around. You got it. You have.

Give the old wolf nod towards the guy with the wings. Like. Okay. Finishing your go? It does. Ashton, you're up. Just taking a quick peek in the cage. Are they bound by the hands? Yes, they're both bound by the hands.

They're both bound by the hands. All right, I'm just going to make an offhand. They're still locked up. Let's deal with that at some point. I'm going to rage and I'm going to head down and get right behind that winged motherfucker. They're going to rage! All right. Make an acrobatics check to try and land without taking any damage.

I was supposed to go, they're manacled in the cage? Is that what you got? Yep. Manacles or tied? It looks like, they're not manacles. It's probably a thick rope or chain. Okay. You haven't looked too directly, but you would probably see it.

It's probably a heavy chain that's been bound and sealed with heat. Acrobatics check. Some bitch. Do I get to use probability on that? Sure. No. That's acrobatics or athletics? Acrobatics.

Motherfucker, that's five. Five, all right, so that's fine. You still land. Yep. We'll have you hit and take six points of bludgeoning damage, reduced to three because you're raging. And I'm going to get in a nice little position behind this fucker so that we are both on either side, and I'm just going to take my first swipe

with my sparkly rainbow fucking hammer. Yay! Right at that cut that happened on the back. I'm just going to try and open that up, and I have advantage because you're wonderful. Waving my sword at his dick. All right. That's 11, 12, 13, plus a whole bunch of,

yeah, that's 23 to hit. 23 definitely hits. Let's do some damage. Remember how to do this. He's right over here. Oh, that's nice. He's right over here. I can't see my halfling! It's right over here. Oh, that's nice. It's right over here. He's so tiny.

11, two, 11, two. That's 23 points with the first hit. Nice. Let's go! Right across the back. And I'm going to just take another hit and I'm just going to try and get that pommel right in that space. All right, go for it. It's opened up on the back. That's 14, 16, 26 to hit. All right, go ahead and roll damage.

That's 18 points of damage. All righty. So it's now between both. It looks over its shoulder towards you and now sees that it's being assaulted from above and also seeing you with the stones. It's also looking to the two other figures that aren't there around you as it's still this little dazed.

At the end of its turn, it gets to make a saving throw to see if it's Hasn't even gotten to its turn. That's the end of my turn. All righty, finishing the end of your turn. Finally, we get to the rest of them. They all rolled, like I said, dog shit. Yeah, yeah.

Really low initiative. First up, we have the main figure in the center who's now seeing the scenario around. And those of you, actually, yeah, it's range here. Yeah, 120 feet. All of you feel in your mind a voice go, Welcome. Glad you could join the feast.

What? And then you hear it begin to grunt outward. Grunt, grunt, grunt! And you understand it as saying, Guts them if you wish, but they taste better while wiggling. Oh, Jesus. And is going to go ahead and.

What is that thing called, by the way? Huh? Donkey Kong. What is that creature called? I've seen it. Well, as a player? No, that's right. Because you wouldn't know, you've not encountered this entity. But it's going to turn and it's tiny.

It's a sword, right? Yeah, it has a sword in one of its hands. As it spins around and looks up at the top of the mountain. At first, it's looking past this way and was seeing this battle in the distance, and then it hears all this commotion up top, turns and sees that there's an attack closer at home. Grins, chuckles.

Its outline of its body shimmers and it vanishes. Oh! I'm fucking disappointed. Oh no! Oh! I fucking disobeyed. Oh no. Oh! Run! Slander! No, Slander! Just the two figures that are in the cage

give a short screech and crouch down as the cage itself bows and creaks, the metal bending under the weight of this entity as it on top. Uh-oh, uh-oh. She's a big boy. Right on top of our pastors. It pulls its blade out with the beautiful cross-hilt,

this beautiful platinum-looking blade in its grasp. I mean, that's its action to teleport, but it is there. Finishing its go, the front door to the standing structure kicks open and the stonework presses a bit as another one of these figures No! looks around inside the structure.

Another one! And looks around. He was just in there taking a shit. Doesn't see anything, but hears the commotion over there, and just, not extremely intelligent, is going to fly over that. Let's see if I can see your feet there.

And then seeing the commotion over here, it's going to fly over and head over to the front of FCG. Did it break? It's fine. What'd you break? It's fine. Anyway. That one, that's a full double action to get there. This one's going to go ahead

and stay focused on you, Chetney. Yep. That's going to be two attacks against you. A one-bite attack, sorry, one greatsword attack. Oh no, Chetney! That's going to be against you. Chet and Nel! 19 to hit.

Hits. And with a bite, it's going to be 22 to hit. Yes. All right, so. The gods will protect you. The bite is going to be nine points of piercing damage. Okay. And then the greatsword. Clap your hands if you believe in the five deities.

12 points of slashing damage. That's all reduced by half. Got it, so that's 10 total. Yeah. Actually, that seems like 22, so it should be 11. He's super smart. half. Yeah, so that's 10 total. Yeah. Actually, that seems like 22, so it should be 11. He's super smart. 11. Yeah, okay. All right. The rest of them, not so much.

Camera on the thing, but. That one darted over there. That's currently standing over there. Nine and 12. That's good. That finishes their go, and. 21. Whatever. Goo!

Too many? Too many goo-s. Goo-s. Goo-do. Too many, too many goo-s. Goo-s. Goo-s. This one here. Goo-s. Flies up to the top, while this one also jarts over to the side over here.

Oh, imps? There's tiny ones? Are those like old cockatrices, but tinies? That's the tiniest I could find. They don't have all the names. Cockatrices? They're all representing these creatures, they're proxies. They're all so creepy!

Oh. That one. Oh my god. Do the Mario. That one's going to be, it's not quite close enough to do that. It's going to just go invisible. Come.

Cool. Oh my gosh. There. This one up here lands, looks over towards you, and you hear the chattering of teeth and slobber, and you glance over your shoulder. As it looks at you, its eyes go wide, and it almost seems to press all of its muscles and tends to this horrible bulging

in your direction. What's your problem, shorty? Make a wisdom saving throw for me. Oh, are you within 10 feet of me? Yeah, because I'm on the other side of the back. Technically, the creature itself is a 10-foot distance, and so he's between you, so no. No, never mind.

Shit. It's a six. It's a six. I will use my one reroll as a fighter. Okay. Indomitable. Try it again. Come on, don't do the same thing. It's a nine. Oh. Indomitable. Try it again. Don't do the same thing. It's a nine. Oh, I thought that was a six again.

I was like,. It's a nine. A nine. The fiendish essence of this tiny demon for a moment represents the entirety of the doom that washes over you from the presence of this kill box you've waltzed into and you are frightened. I have advantage against being frightened. Would I roll again?

Yes, you would roll again. Come on! Would I roll again for both those? You sure? Yeah, yeah. Because if I had used Indomitable, I would have rolled twice. That's true. So that is, that's eight, so that's dog shit.

So I have one more chance to beat this. Okay, that's true, yeah, you have one more, because you do have advantage of this. No poo! No poo! That is a 16. 16. Woo! Wow, there's four rolls.

But that doom from this creature doesn't match the tragedy you've suffered and the strength and bravery you've found in the dark points of your life, and you just push past it and growl back at it, and it withdraws a little bit on the side of the wall. That's going to finish its go, and that's rush up there.

Long day, Shorty. Orym, you're up. Oh jeez. No. I'm so sorry. Yeah. I don't know what to do. Yeah. Okay, I'm what to do. Yeah. Okay, I'm going to continue to just slash.

This is such a good one. I'm going to keep working with Ashton, rolling an advantage. First attack is a 27 to hit. Okay, that hits. That is just seven points of damage. Second slash is a natural 20. Let's go!

Ooh! So it's a 30, and that's doubled as four. Six is, all right, that's 10. Okay. Still going, he's still there. So, sorry, so the first one was? Seven. Right, seven. Seven and 10.

Seven and then 10. It was two damage hits. Yeah, he's still taking the hits. He's starting to look a little rough. A little rough? Jesus. He's been over cheaper. Yeah, dude, the last one took like 100 points at least. This one's at 76. I thought you guys

had whaled away on it. They did whale away on it. They did. They took 59 down on it. All right, all right, all right. Getting close-ish. Sorry. I don on him. All right, all right, all right. Getting close-ish. Sorry. Oh, no. Sorry.

Nah. I'm saving my resources. I'm going to stand my ground. That's it, done. Okay. Finishing your go, Orym, that brings us next to Laudna with Fearne on deck. Uh-huh, uh-huh. So I pop the lock.

Would it take my action to take the? That dislocates a lot of things. Little hip hop beat. Stupid. Actually, can I jump in and do one last thing A little hip hop beat. Actually, can I jump in and do one last thing? Yeah, yeah. That I think is more in line with seeing this thing on top of both of you. I'm going to run under the green guy's legs,

use my movement, and spring up, chancing an attack on my backside. Okay. And I'm going to land next to Imogen with my back pressed to hers, and I'm going to use my Shari, the Zephyr Atom moves to spin us around and put her to the side

and hold my shield up in front of her, and she is going to get an additional bait and switch. Your AC is going to go up to, add an eight. Whoa, whoa. To your AC, but as long as we're back to back. So if you get out of here. Okay.

The bait and switch is part of your movement? It's not. It's just a... There's no wording to it. Let me get it for you. It's not an action. It's just a thing that happens. Yeah, there's no, it's not a bonus.

It's not an action. When you're within five feet of a creature on your turn, you can expend one die and switch places with the creature. Okay, yeah, Javon did a little check on that. So yeah, that's good. All right. That's it. Now I'm done, sorry. So you both swap out.

Sorry, Lottie. Look, he's doing it. He's doing his aramente. All right, that's good to note. It does get a strike on you as you move out of the bottom range. It does get a minus six against those. By the way, I was trying to make a saving throw.

Is it minus six or rolling? At the end of his turn. At the end of his turn. If he's taking it, has he taken his turn already? Taken his turn. Oh right, because he didn't. I was confused the other one, so he didn't. So actually, I'm going to go back and do his turn.

Okay. First, while you're on the ground, which would have been striking both at you since you were the first on that one. That would have been a... Is it a minus six or minus a d6 roll? Minus a d6. Yes. Would have been a 20 minus five, so 15. No.

And then the second one is a 18 minus two. So yeah, both of those strikes went wide. End of his turn, he's going to try and make the save, which is intelligence, you said? Uh-huh. No, that's a six. Great. So now he's going to take his attack of opportunity

against you as you move out of his combat range. Minus that d6. Yeah, misses again. He's just just swinging in the air at phantoms. Okay, sorry, I'll shut up. Marisha, you're in it. All righty, love it.

Okay, I want to open this gate. Is that going to take my whole action to just remove the lock and open it? No, you've already done that, so you just pull it open. I will say, it doesn't take much, but you have to give it a heavy tug because of all the weight that's now put on the cage.

It's almost pressing down on the door, and you open it up with a bit of a shove. Rust gets knocked off of it. Okay, other important question. Does this cage have a bottom? Does this cage have a bottom? Yeah, or is it just like a floor? Does it have a floor?

Oh no, it has a floor. It's a built-in metal floor, yeah. Built-in metal floor. Okay, that's good to know. That changes what I want to do because I don't want to electrocute these people. Okay. Oh. Yeah.

Um. Okay. They're expendable. I... Their electricity is right. Charred. Their electricity is right. Charred.

What if they just jump right at the right time? Uh, you said one was... One, two, three. Yeah. Work on your timing. Okay. I've one was. One, two, three. Yeah. Work on your timing. Okay. I've opened the gate, and you said they've got their binds?

Yeah, chains that look like they've been fused together through heat. Chains that have been fused through heat. Cut their hands. Melt their hands off. I can't do anything about that, but the gate is open. It's their problem now. I'm going to quicken a spell

and cast Mirror Image on myself. That's not even a spell. Okay. So then I have that. And then can I move? I've opened the gate. Mm-hmm. Quicken a spell. Yep. You can move. Slap at the base. Most of Marisha's turn is recapping what she's already done. I'm trying to think. I'm just going to, I don't want to be near this big guy.

Can I jump down to the little shit guy? Over there? Yeah. You can. You might end up incurring a attack of opportunity. As to go over the wall, we'll get you within his five-foot range. You know what? Better idea. I. As to go over the wall, we'll get you within his five-foot range.

You know what? Better idea. I'm going to go in the cage. Ah, yes! Okay! Okay. I open the gate. You're free! As you step in, they all go. They're confused on who to be scared of.

Oh, really? Oh my god. Free! They all go. They're confused on who to be scared of. Really? Oh my god. Free! It's safer in here. It's my space. All right. And that's, you still have an action. Huh? You still have an action if you want to.

That's all you're going to do. Oh, I still have an action? Yeah, you see you quicken the spell to... But then you didn't cast any. To cast Mirror Image on yourself. Well, I cast Mirror Image. Oh. But then I open the gate. Okay, well, then if I still haven't, I thought, okay. Then, oh god.

Can I attempt to freeze the metal that is binding them? Or do a ray of frost on the fused thing? To see if it's brittle enough to break? You can certainly try. I want to try, that's all I got. With your hands. Do a ray of frost on the fused thing to see if it's brittle enough to break? You can certainly try. I want to try, that's all I got. With your hands.

Yeah, I'm going to do a ray of frost on their metal things. To which one? There's the taller female soldier and there's the small gnomish Ashari soldier. Which one looks like it has more hit points? Roll the dice. The bigger one's bigger.

I'll do the soldier. Okay. Trust me. They just scream as you continuously burst. Liquid nitrogen. Terrifying and a necrotic energy into this, which ends up turning into a cold frozen scenario. All right, go ahead and roll cold damage.

Okay. My wrists! Yep. Oh my god. scenario. All right, go ahead and roll cold damage. Okay. My wrists! Yep. Oh my god. 10 total. 10 damage to it, okay. They take five damage, just from the contact of the freezing energy.

Looking at you, they're going to attempt to slam it into one of the cage bars to see if they can break it. Yeah. Oh! That's actually pretty good. All right, so a natural 18

with additional strength on top of that, that is going to bring it to a 20. And also 20 would be the DC to try and break these chains. So with the additional, the ice brought the DC lower, it would have been 25. Okay. So they break the chains off their wrists. So they have their wrists free.

Hey! Nice. Yeah. Hey! Together we'll break these chains of love. You think we're going to start playing the piano? Yep. All right, so finish your turn? I guess so. All right, Fearne, you're up to Jiondak. All right, all right. Oh shit. All right, Fearne, you're up to Jiondak. All right, all right.

All right, I really don't have anything else but fire, so what I'm going to do is, I'm going to shoot out Scorching Ray. I know, I just didn't pre- well. She's a fire gal. You know, she does fire! She does fire! Get in the spell closet,

and there's nothing I want to wear. There's just nothing I want to wear. All right, so Scorching Ray, I'll do one to the closest to me and then two at the one that's by Chetney. All right, so go ahead and roll for the first one that's closest to you. Okay.

26. Oh, Jesus, that hits, yeah. 23. Hits. Okay. And 26 again. Dang, all righty. All right.

They're more vicious than you know them. So first hit is six. Second is another six points of damage. And third is five points of damage. Damage. All right. All right, cool. So all three rays bursting.

The first one, the one that's closest to you by FCG, and the other two slamming into the one that's by Chetney. Each of them impact, and they shrug it off a little bit. You can see there's black char marks where it hits, and a bit of the skin is crackled. So they take damage, but not as much as you would like. I know, I know. Okay. And then for bonus action,

I'm going to have Mister come over to me, get a little closer, but also as he's going, to hit some more flaming shit at the guy next to Chet. Next to Chet? All right, go ahead and roll an attack. As he's floating through the air, this flaming monkey. Shh! John, move. Yeah, I'm just Just, doves burst into flame behind him and fall to the ground.

24. Motorcycle jumps in the air. 24 hits. 24. Yep. And that's nine points of damage. Nine points of damage to that, all right. How long does Feather Fall last? One minute, or until you land. Okay, great.

Is it concentration or anything? No. It's done, it's crap. But once you land, it finishes. All right, that's my turn. Do you want to move or stay put? I would like to try to start to make my way this way. Making your way? Yeah.

But steering clear of the dude. Right, so it's 10 feet to get down there, and then 20 feet to get over here. That's about as far as you can move on the 30 feet. I can go 35. 35, you can move one more this way, if you'd like. Perfect. All righty. All right, I'll stay, that's it.

It's my turn. All right. Finishing your go, that brings us to FCG with Imogen on deck. I don't want this guy to hurt us. What'd you say? No, I'm just excited for Letters to do his thing. I don't know what to do. I don't hurt people, and no one's in need of healing yet.

So. We'll be. I know, that's why I'm trying to get over there to where the people are going to start dying. That's where the people are. I will cast again, just so he won't take swipes at me or Fearne, I will cast Command on the guy in front of me, just first level this time.

All righty. That's a wisdom save? It is, wisdom 15. Okay. And I will say. No! These guys have advantage on all their saves and they keep fucking rolling balls. Yeah.

This is absurd. It's like four, six, three, ten, one, nine. Like, it's all bad. You're like, stop! So what are you commanding him to do? I'm commanding him to, I'm looking at my menu here.

I feel like you should have banished, but he might not have taken it today. I think we talked about this. I don't know what I'll do if I do that. I could, I speak his language. Yeah, let's try it. Maybe it won't work. Maybe it will. Betray.

Oh! Oh! Nice. Okay. Oshkosh Bebop. I don't know if it's powerful enough to do that, but we'll try. Okay. Betray. Okay. Not me. He blades out towards you.

He's going to betray me, isn't he? Goes and glances back at the big man who is making the orders. Ooh. And just looks towards you. Oh no, he's going to betray me, isn't he? Goes and glances back at the big man who is making the orders. Ooh. And just looks at you. That's all, you don't know what's going to happen yet because he comes back on his turn. Now with him maybe not going to attack me, I'm going to motor past him, past Fearne,

and go as far as I can towards the others. Okay. Now he's just checking his emails. Here? Yeah. Okay. I will say the betray action in this context, as you move past, the blade is ready to strike you

as you left the combat range. He betrays his commander by letting you walk. Oh, nice. But the command ends. Oh, nice. But the command ends. Oh. Yeah. Then as a bonus action, I will also give one of those nice d6s to Fearne to use in the future.

Great. All right, you get a bonded blessing to you. Unnecessary abbreviations. Yeah, that's it. Yeah, there you go. We're a blessing short enough for you. Yeah. That's it, that's my turn. All right, finish as you go. 1.2, so I'm going to you. Unnecessary abbreviations. Yeah, that's it. Yeah, there you go. How many things? We're a blessing short enough for you. That's it, that's my turn.

All right, finish as you go. 1.2, so close. All right, Imogen, you're up. Yes, I forgot to roll an extra d8 for fire damage because of Mister. Oh yeah, then go ahead and roll that. Just for Mister's attack or for all of us? It's because it's extra fire damage because of my Enhanced Bond. Yeah, of course. An eight. Oh. All righty. So we'll do that the one closest to Chet. It's a What are you doing? I'm going to lightning bolt him straight through the face.

Okay. All righty, so saving throw on this. Dexterity. All right, bad. Bad? Yeah, three and a six. Yes! So that's a failure.

Go ahead and roll damage on that. Okay. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Yes, yes. 11, 12. Do do do do do. That's not great. Ugh, that's not great.

Five. There's a lot of shit. Five, seven, 11, 18, 20. 20 points. Was it three? 20 points of lightning damage. 20 points of lightning damage. That's not good, 20. 20 points. Was it 20? 20 points of lightning damage. 20 points of lightning damage. That's not good, that's not good. He's vulnerable.

Susceptible, vulnerable to. The lightning bolt blasts through and he seemed like, take the hit. Brushes away. There's a burn mark where the energy struck through him, but as he wipes his hand, it casts off. It takes some damage, but that's what you're used to. Oh fuck!

So that was lightning? Leans forward towards you. Nice, and smoke out of its mouth as it gets right up close to you and just claws out, the blade at the side. Green guys are resistant to fire. The gorilla is resistant to lightning. He's probably resistant to flame, too.

Probably. Lining all of it. I would assume. Uh, okay. I'm going to. And while I'm staring at him, one of my meteors is going to fly off and try to hit the imp that's standing on the corner. Over there? Yeah.

That's sweet. That is a dex save. Uh-huh. That is going to be 17. Fail! Fail, all righty. That is, I don't remember what it is. 2d6. Oh, oh! So one point of fire damage to him.

One point of fire damage to him, okay. He jumps back for a second and lands back on a perch. Again. Second one to him? Yeah. Okay, fail. And that is going to be a 21. My PC went up. So he takes half of half of six.

Okay, so three, so one. Two points of fire damage. Seems pissed off. Okay, so three, so one. Two points of fire damage. SAM and LAURA, SAM and LAURA, and LAURA, and LAURA, and LAURA, and LAURA, and LAURA, and LAURA, Seems pissed off. I should've just gone away. All right, so you're going to stay put? I don't know. I'm going to stay next to Orym, because... You got it. All right. He's got, he's...

Finishing your go. What's your total? 15 plus eight, so 23. Oh yeah, the man of the hour. Come on, save us. Come on. I should move. What's your name? Dart forward and go in for strikes across the one that's up against you, Chet.

I think it's advantage, right? Yeah, for the direction he is here. He's going to position himself at a pincer point like that. Sets advantage and you strike. Look at that. Yeah. Well, you are technically, for the time being,

considered allies, so he does get the advantage. Okay. Ooh! With that persuasion, 20. Which is great, because one of them was a natural one. So that one hits, and the second strike. Can we ask his name? Both hit.

Here we go. Okay, the first hit is... 30 points of damage on the first hit. Oh! Jesus. Why are we here? To witness. Yeah. To witness his war. To witness his reign.

Hail Satan! We need him. We need him up there. Please, we need help. 26 points damage. 56 points! He's going to not smite this one. He's going to hold on. this one. He's just going to hold on, still. So powerful.

What's your name? He's going to trash. Yeah. Damn it. You're dying? The voice gurgles past as it looks over towards your woven form and just goes,

Do your part. His name is Do Your Part. Oh, okay. Is it Do Your, first name, Part? D-A-P-T-R-O-P-T-R-O-Y-s. Oh, okay. Is it Do-Ya, first name, Parts? Do-Ya-Parts-a-3-Y-U. What's his name? He is unamused. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I didn't say that, I didn't say that, I didn't say that.

And is going to go ahead and fly up with the second strike and stay within melee range, which is gliding in the air right above. Nice. Cool. That's going to finish his go. That brings us to Chetney.

We've matched him on deck. I forgot, last time with Curse of the Bloated Agony, on his second strike, he should take a d8. Correct. Block damage, yeah. Which is just three points. Three, all right. I will take two more strikes with the scythe.

Go for it. Oh, not very good. First one is a 17. 17 hits. Oh, not very good. First one is 17. 17 hits. Oh, it does hit, amazing. Second one is 20. Yep, both hit. Amazing. 10, 13, plus five, 18, plus...

Three points of thunder damage, so 21, three of which is thunder. 21. And the second one. Seven. 10, plus five is 15. And six points of damage, so 21 total on the second one. 21 total? Yes.

How much does that plus five? Three. Three. That's already reduced? No. So it'd be 24? Oh no, three of that was fire. Oh, three of it was. So 21, 20, 19. 19, got it, cool.

All right. He's immune to fire. He's looking hurt, looking real hurt between the two of you, striking back and forth. Oh, he's looking real hurt. Yeah, and I'll do, uh, uh, uh, for the bonus action, I will just renew Blood Curse of Agony on it, yeah.

Okay, you got it. All right. Finishing your go, Shed, that brings us to Ashton. I'm noticing I'm alone, so I'm just going to take another swipe at this fuck. You can do it. Put your back into it. That's 19 to hit.

Yeah, 19 hits. All right. That's not bad. 17 points of damage. 17 points of damage to that guy. Ah. And then. He's looking real rough. Yeah.

Yeah, yeah. And then, let's go for one more good slice across the back. Just trying to cut him open with the glass hammer. That's a 22 to hit. And then, come on. 19 points of damage. The second hit of the hammer just knocks him off the side and then ends up being impaled

on the head and the back of the knife. Before he just crumbles into black ooze that burns into ash. Ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay. Ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay. I'll be right back, and I'm going to go straight for that fucking imp. Whack-a-mole.

Yeah. Okay! Yeah, right. Also, is that circle glowing? It's incomplete. Okay. It's not glowing. Cool.

Shut that down. So. This is the one thing I did before I died. Thank you for your sacrifice. No, no, no. Is there a door in the dust up from your side, Matt? There is a door that enters from that space, yes. Does that finish your turn?

That's every... Reminding myself if there's anything else I can do. Yeah, that's everything I can do. All righty. Now... The central leader of this on top, who's squatting on the cage, is grinning at this point,

is going to go ahead and begin with a horror nimbus. What? It sees it's grinning towards you, these sparks of light. Horror nimbus? Begin to spark around it, like this swirling stream of strange prismatic lights begin to swirl around it,

bursting like small fireworks in your face. I need both Orym and Imogen. Technically, Laudna, you are hidden from the top of the cage. Or actually, the cage's top is open, so you can see it. So yeah, I need the three of you to go ahead and make wisdom saving throws for me, please. Is this against being frightened? It is.

Okay, so we get advantage. I'm immune to being frightened. Yep, so you ignore it. I have advantage against being frightened. Prisoners get advantage, because, wait. No, they don't get advantage. They're acceptable. Oh my god.

That is a success on one of them. A wisdom save? And a natural 20. I'm rolling so well for everybody else. So yeah, wisdom save? 18. 18, okay. 19.

19. None of you are frightened from the Nimbus holding back? We've seen some. We've seen some shit. I see Laudna all the time. That's true. You've seen me. And is going to just unleash on you.

Yeah. But your AC is plus eight, right? With the dorm? Yeah, you're going to be fine. One bite and two claw attacks against you. No! It's fine. Have you taken any damage? That is going to be a 24 to hit.

Goddamn it! No! Yeah, that hits! Okay. Ah! A 26 to hit. Fuck! Fuck your monster. And a 27 to hit.

It all comes around now. All the bad rolls come around for his wrath. No, no, no, no, no, no. You're going to be fine. I am just paper. I am... You're going to be fine. I am just paper. I am... You're going to be fine. I have less health than Laudna, and she looks like a stick.

Let me look. Let me see how far away you are. Bite strike. Son of a bitch. At least if you go down, maybe it'll explode and take him with you. Damn it. And everybody else is off the top of the cliff. Goddamn it, I'm not close enough.

So what you watch, first it bites down, because you're right there, for 32 points of piercing damage. Oh! Into you and lifts you up in its jaws. Kind of like Audrey 2, you see Imogen's legs kicking from inside as it takes both of its claws and digs them into her back

and attempts to tear her open from the back outside. Oh, my six feet. So this, the claw, the first claw strike is going to be... No, no, no. 14 points of slashing damage. And the second one is going to be... It's going to be close here. It's close. 13 points of slashing damage.

See, you're fine! Barely. Barely. Like that? Barely. Oh my god. Healer! I'm not, I'm trying to get over there! Heal my girlfriend! Fucking, what?

What was it? This is Marisha! There's a sound. What? Did you hear that, guys? So Laudna, all you see is this creature loomed down a shadow and then Imogen is gone. You hear muffled screams and just a spatter of blood

across the top of the tower before she slumps down into the ground, pulling herself free from its grasp. You definitely hear Laudna go, No! You are also splattered. I see dead people. The creature is now licking its lips. You see the inside of its teeth are all crimson.

It's like. Blade's still in hand through all that, right? Yeah. Okay. Wow! Okay. Yeah. Didn't strike with the blade this time. No, I gotcha. Just went for a dual claws in there. I gotcha.

And it's going to stay put. It's enjoying its current position of lording over everything on the top of this tower. That finishes its go. Now the other individual's going to go. The one that's over there is going to make ahead and make a strike at both of you. One against you, Chetney. Hey!

All right, natural one. There's the other balance. And against the fiend friend over there, that will actually hit with a 19. Oh no. And it's going to deal 14 points of slashing damage to him. Not zemmle.

That is a double attack, though, so it does take 1d8. Thank you. Four points. Four points. The curse with an inside swells, and he detonates outward, sending innards out into the ground before it crumples to the ground like a burst water balloon, slow motion. Did my part.

Do ya? The fiend allied, the moment flying overhead, looks down at you. Well done, now, the big one. Do not give me orders. Okay, here's a request. What's that mean? No! That's a request.

All right, this one, however. Oh no. Going to step up onto here over the two of you. Look how big he's going to be. And is going to go ahead and make a... Yeah. It doesn't like being commanded. Sure.

It's not too worried about Miss Fire over there and is going to focus entirely on you with its strike with a sword and then a bite. That was my ploy. That's going to be a 20 to hit. Yep. And then the bite is going to be 17. Miss! 17 misses, okay.

Take from the Great Sword of Strike. 10 points of slashing damage as it brings its blade down onto you. Then as it pulls the blade back, it tries to reach to grab and bite you into its jaws, and you duck out of the way, and its claws scrape across your metal exterior, no impact. Amazing. Yeah, it's going to hold itself down right there.

And this imp over here that's in front of you is going to turn invisible. And vanish. Well, fuck you, too. Speaking of, Matthew, there was one. I know, I have it right here. Okay, okay. Which is going to appear right here. Oh!

Look at you. Yeah! Wow, that's cute. Make a wisdom save, please. So cute. What was that roll? It didn't even roll. It just. You went.

Oh, that's a nine. Okay, wisdom saving. 16. 16. Doesn't even phase you. Yeah, that's a nine. Okay, wisdom saving? 16. 16. Doesn't even phase you. Yeah, he's cute. He's a little cutie pie. And he's going to fly back this way. It looks dejected, like,

and flutters off another 10 feet away. Hey, you can do better. Just believe in yourself. Have you thought about trusting a higher power? Oh, come on! All right, the two individuals in the cage that are freed are too scared with the proximity of that entity to try and leave,

especially after seeing what happened to Imogen, and are just looking to you for any guidance. Did they both break their? No, only one of them did. Just the one? Uh-huh. Yeah, there's no lock on it, but it looks like the chains are fused, like something heated them to the point

where they're just holding it there. Yeah, I'm nervous. They're together. Yeah. All right. Yeah, I wouldn't want to leave either. I don't. There's a lot of glass up there. The other cages, you can hear clattering and movement

in the middle of this chaos, and a voice say, Hey, help, help! On the ground. On the ground over there, the other cages are now shouting for help in this circumstance. Orym, you're up. Can you point to the cages, sorry! Top of the ground. On the ground. On the ground over there, the other cages are now shouting for help in this circumstance. Orym, you're up. Can you point to the cages, sorry?

Yes, right there. Oh, I didn't even see that. Yeah, we got two more. Okay, so splattered in blood, his good friend in a heap, Orym just under his breath says, fuck this, and he's going to leap up and cling onto the side of this thing's leg.

I'm going to start hacking at its sword arm, and I'm going to cut that blade out of its fucking hand. Cool. Okay. It's like a disarm thing? It's a disarm thing. Okay, so that is a 26 to hit. That does hit. It's a strength save 17.

17. Oh, I could do hit and hit one. That's it. It's a strength save 17. 17. That is an 18. Oh! Sorry. That's fine, that's fine. Where's the strike, though? It takes the hit and goes like. Yes, so that is, all right, let me do the damage.

This is nine plus the superiority die. So that is a total of 13. 13 damage from the first strike. Second slash. That is a 17, I'm sure it misses. 17 just misses. Just misses. Action surge. Yeah, let's go.

That should hit, that's an 18. 18 hits. Disarming strike. Okay, another roll. Yep. The same exact roll, an 18. 18 hits. Disarming Strike. Okay, another roll. Yeah. The same exact roll, another 18. Okay, that is 12 damage total. Okay.

Last slash, natural 20. Oh! Yes! Five, double 10, 16, plus double this. Double this. That is 20 total. 20 points of damage. It's got to be to 17 strength.

Another disarming strike? 14. Oh, no! As you slash repeatedly into the wrist, it pulls its arm away with the blade and looks like it's getting ready to strike. As it breaks its arm down towards you, you put the blade up and end up

cutting through two of its fingers. As you do, it pulls its hand back in pain. The fingers arc off and burst into flame and dust while the blade slips out of its grasp. And just. Fuck it. It sticks into the rock down there. Okay, then I'm going to push off of its leg,

drop down to here. Oh god. I'm going to push off of its leg, drop down to here. Oh god. Pull up Imogen and swing her around and trade places again. It's my last superiority die. Got it. Bait and switch. Am I on the ground

and you're just yanking around my or am I standing? I'm considering you, it's more for the narrative of you falling out of it. You still have hit points and it didn't knock you down, so you just get back up. Okay. You get a nine, add it to your AC,

and then I just look to Laudna, get her out of here! Ah, ah, okay. Okay, that finishes Orym's go. I'm not a bamfer! Laudna, you're up with Fearne on deck. Fuck! Shit.

Ah, Okay. Okay. Fuck. All right, I am going to... Okay, I got a plan. I'm going to hit this motherfucker with a Shocking Grasp. I'm going to not use, fuck.

He's standing on a metal thing. He is. No, I want this to work. We're all going to take a little bit of damage. I'm going to grab the metal cage and I'm going to channel the Shocking Grasp through it to try and use that to get advantage. Yeah, you can definitely do that. Okay. I'll allow that.

The people didn't move though, right? Nope, they're not back. Wow. Doubles? Double shit dice? Man! Quicken spell, I'm going to do it again. It was a 14, unless a 14 hits.

Nope. Quicken spell, doing it again. Wow! 17? 17 just again. Wow! 17? 17 just messes. Oh! Score rolls. That sucks.

You reach over and grab the cage, and as you try and pulse through the metal, as it rockets up into the top, the entity reaches over and grabs the nearby stone, seeing what you're trying to do, and just grounds it back into the stone. Wow. Okay, that was my action, my bonus action.

Fuck, I was going to use that to try and get away, because I can't take reactions if I hit him. Am I able to run and grab Imogen and throw ourselves over the edge? You're still standing. If she lets you, you can. Well, you're going to throw me over the edge? I can do another Feather Fall on us

and we can at least get off this tower. Get harder. Check that. And you can cast Feather Fall on this turn? It's a reaction. All right. I mean, if you, yeah, if, if. I trust you. You're going to get the fuck out of here?

I trust you. All right. We're going to have an Aladdin moment. Do you trust me? Yes! All right. And run, and we're going to jump off the edge. Fall off the side. Except I can't run on your turn, so I'm just waiting for you to push me.

Essentially, yeah, you're allowing her to push you off the side. You're a forced movement, which means technically he can't get an opportunity attack against you, but he can get it against you. All right. So as you dart past and push her. I was trying to avoid, but it's fine.

I know, that's how it goes. As you run from beneath the cage, something into shock and shuckles. Oh no, you don't. You hear in your mind, and as you push Imogen off to the side, you feel the shadow loom over it, its mouth slowly behind you.

Opens to try and catch you from the side. So we're trying to jump? Yep. That's going to be a 22 to hit. Shield. You have Mirror Image. Oh, you shield? Oh, and I have Mirror Image. You have Mirror Image. Oh, you shield? Oh, and I have Mirror Image. I have Mirror Image. Well. It's still up, right?

Yeah, I haven't used it yet. Yeah, it's a 19, so it hits the Mirror Image. It bites down on a version of Laudna that isn't there, and as it shimmies and vanishes out of existence, you are just a foot in front of it as the jaws snap around, nothing. Oh, shit. You both.

Wait, you missed? He missed? He missed when you hit him. Whoa! Amazing. You both leap off the side. Oh, dude. Yeah. Can we, can we, can we? Wait, wait, wait, wait, no, no, no.

Let's go this way, let's go this way. She's on the edge here. If you're going to push her, you have to go this way. Can we at least go back? You can go back this way. That way? Sure. Yeah, let's do that. They're gone! And do casting Feather Fall as a reaction.

You both gently land off the battlefield this way. That's it? No damage taken. Nice. All right. Okay. Do you have a potion, yeah? I have this potion. Okay. It's okay. I have death. Eight good hit points. You have a potion, yeah? I have this potion. Okay, okay. It's okay. I have the eight good hit points. I have this potion,

which is, yeah, not going to do much, but something. All right, so finish your turn, Laudna. God, I love the multi-tiered paths! Paths is fucking great! Yeah. Fearne, you're up. FCG, you're on deck. Oh god, I'm on deck? Okay, all right, so I see the guy up top,

above me, and I'm the guy up top above me and I'm going to cast Blight. Okay. And that's... It's a con save. That's going to be a 16. That's a miss, so. All right, here we go.

Taliesin, remember, on this side of the tower, there are two chains going all the way down. Just in case. 18 plus five. Yeah, because I'm going to try and deal with this bug. Okay. That's my next plan. I think there's even a chain.

Plus 15. I'll give it up to him. Okay, 38 points of damage. 38 points of necrotic damage? Oh, he does get... Yes. That guy there? Yes. Does have advantage and saves.

Say again? It's magic. He has advantage and saves. Roll again. Oh, even worse, yeah. Okay. Dude. Great, great, great. All right.

All right. All right, so as you look up and cast Blight, you watch as the area around its face, this muscular and plump-looking demon suddenly shrivels inward. You watch as his features get gaunt and the flesh seems to go black and veiny around Ares. It coughs for a second, taking a pretty heavy hit. features get gaunt and the flesh seems to go black and veiny around Ares.

It coughs for a second, taking a pretty heavy hit. All right. And then as a bonus action. A bonus? A bonus, I will bring Mister closer to me and he's going to shoot a flame seed. Nice. Okay. 23.

23, all righty. 10. 10 points of damage. All right. For five points of fire damage against him. Got it. So finish your turn, You want to move? Uh... Yes.

Yes. Will he get an attack of opportunity? If you move out of his combat range, yeah. I'll stay, I'll stay. Okay. Finishing your turn. He does get one attack of opportunity instead of multiple.

What was that? Oh, really? A familiar screech echoes through the sky as winged entities that you had previously seen floating above. Fuck. Rocks? Or whatever they are. Oh, those harpy thingies. Those things that attacked us before?

What the hell? This one stops and bursts out. This one swoops down to you and is attempting to grab you with its talons. This is going to be a contested strength. Or this would be your athletics, which you have advantage because you're raging, versus his.

Also, this is contested, so do I get the probability d4 or no? On this? Is it ability checks? Does it say? No, it saves, but. There's no fight. Like the battles. Okay. You realize they're in a war.

Oh no. All right, this is athletics? Yeah, the switcheroo of the, we're having fun. Natural 20. Natural 20, great. It attempts to grapple you with its claws and talons. You kick it off.

It does make two attacks, so it's going to make another one with its beak to just try and damage you then, because it can't seem to grab you. That's going to be 17 to hit? Nope. Nope. Just freaks out now and swoops over on this side and is now just above, parrying you with its wings.

This one that moved here is going to go ahead and swoop down with the other action and block that path there. Hang on! Still up about, maybe a little bit higher in the air. What the fuck is going on? Oh my god. All right.

Finishing that go. FCG, you're up with Imogen Armbeck. Holy bajoly. Oh boy. Handsome devil man, we need you over here. I'm going to look up at the demon above me and I will shoot a... Fuck.

Shit, what can I do? I can't cause very much damage, but I guess I got to try. Believe in yourself. I do. There's no one to heal yet. No one around me is injured. God.

Not radiant. So I'll shoot a sacred flame up at the demon above me. Okay, the one right there? Yeah. Okay. That's our wisdom save. Dex 15. Dex 15. Fail. Great. Nice.

Oh, it's not a weapon attack, that guy. Ugh, terrible. Oh, terrible. Four points of radiant damage. Four points of radiant damage. Four points of damage. Like snorts it out of one nose. It's not rocket? No.

Radiant's not rocket. Yeah. Fuck. And I got to keep moving. I'm going to just keep moving. I'm going to take the opportunity to attack. I'm going to keep moving. So you move past here. Just trying to get over towards this tower as far as I can go. just keep moving. I'm going to take the opportunity to attack. I'm going to keep moving. So you move past here.

Just trying to get over towards this tower as far as I can go. To about there. It does get a strike against you as you move past with its blade. Natural 20. Oh no! That hits. It's coming back around.

This is so bad. Dungeon. 18 points of slashing damage to you. You get the distance because a little bit of movement is added from you being swiped in the back of the blade and it gives you a slight boost at the cost of a heavy bit of pain

that's now struck through your system. But that's your movement, that's your action. So I have your bonus. Bonus action, I can't dash because I'm not a rogue. Correct. There's very little I can do with bonus actions, so I will not do anything. Okay. That finishes your little I can do with bonus actions, so I will not do anything. Okay.

That finishes your turn, FCG. Imogen, you're up. I'm going to take this. I'll move this for the sake of this. Yay, bonus action. Because it's fun, and now because we're moving over to this side of things. Gate.

One, two. Seven. Eight. Oh, Zaddy. Oh, there goes Mister, sorry. No, I brought him with me. over to the side of things. Gate two. Seven. Eight. A ten. Zeddy. Oh, there goes Mister, sorry. No, I brought him with me. Is it this many plus four?

Oh, I missed one. Plus the number of dice it is. Oh, okay. Oh wait, I think I missed out. Oh my god, for the ladies. Ah! There's the fun bit. 18 plus. I don't like any of them there. 20, 22, 23.

This is all bad. 26. Okay, 26 points of healing. That's pretty good. From this potion. Okay. Shit. Okay. Destroy this potion. Okay. Shit. Okay. Destroy half the world. How far away would you say I am for that big guy?

Can I still see his butt from my vantage point? I'd say from your current vantage point, no. Unfortunately, you'd have to move out a bit, and then you'd have partial cover, but. Can I back up so I can still see him, so I can see him just a little bit? Yep, about there you'll see him. Okay.

Okay. Oh man. I'm 120 feet away, would you say? Or am I more than that? You are. That's got to be less than 120 feet away, would you say? Or am I more than that? You are. That's got to be less than 120 feet. Yeah, this is 85 feet. So yeah, you are fine. Okay.

I don't know if this is going to work. I'm going to put both hands on the side of my head and stare at him, and I'm going to shoot out a psychic lance and try to Okay. Intelligent save? Yes. That's advantage. Okay, great.

Oh wow. So it's going to be an 18? 18 is a save. So he takes half damage, and he's not incapacitated, so. Okay. Three, four, five, six, seven. I don't know what to do. Got a lot going on on this map still.

Yeah. Seven, yes, we do. I feel like we're missing something. We got to get these people out. Maybe their weakness is song. I think we need to get that knight. 21. So 11 or need to get that knight. 21. So 11 or 10 points of psychic damage. Okay, you got it.

Ah, there you are. What? There you are. Oh. Oh god, I'm going to fuck off. I'm going to fuck off. I'm going to... Hide, hide! Yeah, he's going to see me wherever I go. I'll move back, as far as I can,

towards the building so that he... Get you back to where Laudna is, right there. Ah! I feel like I'm just putting you in danger by stepping right next to you. I just didn't want anything to happen to you. Well, we're both fucked, let's be real. Fiendfella friend. What's your name?

Doesn't even respond. She's going to unleash on this bastard here. A darrow? Like, knocking shit over. Fuck, fuck, fuck. There we go. That's the biggest Ken Fogg creation ever. Julio?

Oh god, whatever, that's fine. That's fine, he's up. It's good, it's fine, you get the idea. Carves past with the blade twice. That's shitty. 13 misses. That's shitty. And a natural one. Oh no. He biffed that round. Obviously.

As he's on the side, goes to strike twice and the entity sees him flying forward, now watching him take down his compatriots, and the demon takes its blade, parries the first strike, and then kicks him off the side as he's flying, and the second strike just goes wide as he hits the rock and has to ready himself back on his feet. So that finishes his go.

Chetney, you're up. Ashton on deck. That's me. I am going to double, I'm going to run and use my bonus action to continue 70 feet, but I'm going to race. Yeah, I'm going to rope and rush up onto the platform. 70 will get you right up on top of the platform.

Can I see the sword? Yeah, you can see it stuck in the ground. Amazing. Yeah, that's my... That's my movement. I'm going to use... You can see it's this beautiful cruciform blade, you know, center blade there.

I can't quite reach it yet. It's like sparkling rubies encrusted in its hilt. Cool. Beautiful, polished metal. That was my movement and my action. Yes. And yeah, that's going to be my turn. I think so, yeah. Stole it off of somebody's turn.

Okay, finishes your go. Ashton, you're up. Fuck, I'm turning around and I'm going to book up the parapet. I'll use the chain if I have to, if that speeds me up. He's going to attack of opportunity on you. Whatever. He's going to attempt to grapple you.

Actually, I'll use my action to hold strikes in case something comes of it. Did you move and then bonus action to get there? Yeah. Right, because you have cutting action. Then yeah, then you can use your action to hold it. You got it. All right. Can I attempt to?

Is that a reaction that they can take? Yeah. All right. You can take an attack to grapple. It doesn't do any damage, but it can attempt to hold you in place. So it's contested athletics, once again. I have advantage on that. You do.

I do. Though we got a natural 20. Oh! You can still roll a natural 20 as well. Right there. Or I won't. Okay. So as you try and dart past, it reaches out and holds you in place.

Your speed is brought to zero. But I can still attack. Yes, you can. Oh, wait, actually. It's trying to lift you up, its wings fling. Ooh, yeah, fly it. Just get a new mount. That's actually kind of insane, isn't it?

So is it holding me, or is it? Yeah, its talons wrapped around your arm and underneath your other elbow, and it's holding you from moving away. Fuck. You can use your action to try and break free if you want to. Real pinch.

Mm. Fuck. I could beat the shit out of it. I could just beat the shit out of it. Also possible. I'm just going to beat the fucking shit out of it. Go for it. Actually, that'll be an interesting one.

When in doubt. Beat the shit out of it. I'm going to take a hit at it. Okay. Let's not fuck this up. Yeah, that's a 28 to hit. That definitely hits. I'm going to do something really interesting here.

Let's see. Let's take 20 points of damage. 20 points of damage, all right. And I'm also going to push it five feet. With the hit. Oh, that's true. That's fun. Crack. That breaks your grapple on it.

Fuck right off, and I'm going to head back up to where I'm going. Okay, so you're getting back up top? Yep. All right, make an athletics check to try and clamber up the side with your hammer on one hand. You're almost having to toss the hammer in the air, climb up, and then re-catch it. Sick.

And this is athletics advantage as well? Yes. All right, thank god. Fuck. 12? 12? It's going to get you. There's a chain, man. How do you even know where I was when my psychic lands to me?

As I do have also, I have 40 feet. Are you going up a level? Which do you mean? Are you going up to where this guy is? Or are you going off the side? I'm trying to get as close to that fuck as possible. Okay, because there isn't a chain on this side of the hook. There is a hook. I thought I saw one.

It's off this side and this side. Okay, I thought there was a chain to get up there. A 12 is going to be tough. I do also have a stone earth walk. I don't know if that makes that a little easier. No, I understand. I'm just saying, all your movement, right there. You can't move any further.

That's going to take the rest of your turn to get there. So I can't reach it with the attack? You are within melee range. Oh, I'm going to take one more shot with the hammer. Big whammy. Big whammy. I believe in Rod. That's cocked. 20 to eight to hit.

That definitely hits. All right. That's not bad. 22 points of damage. 22 points of damage. All right. Jeez. Just as the, flip the hammer up, get up there, hit it hard, 28 points of damage. About fucking time.

Kind of growls off the side. I'm not ripe yet. Not ripe yet? Not ripe, ripe. That finish your turn? Uh... That wouldn't have been 25 feet in a straight line, would it?

No, that was a crooked upward line. Okay, I was crooked upward, yeah. I was like, yeah, there's no way I could have pulled that off. But good looking out. I was just trying to do something. All right. Fuck. Nice. Okay, I was crooked upward, yeah. I was like, yeah, there's no way I could have pulled that off. But good looking out. I was just trying to do something. All right. Fuck. Nice. Fuck. That was great!

I was just, this is not what I want. You smashed and pushed and then climbed and smashed some more. Okay. After striking it in the back, the creature glances back at the two of you and goes, Can I kick? Your hunt is next. And leaps off the side. You both get opportunity attacks. I was taking that opportunity attack. Your ant is next? Your hunt is next. And leaps off the side. You both get opportunity attacks.

I was taking that opportunity attack. Your aunt is next? Your hunth is next. No. Ashens aunt. You guys got to work on your visual. Your visual sucks. Oh, you actually get a d4 also to attach to that.

For the hit? For the hit, because you're within 10 feet of me. Yeah, that hits. Fuck, is there anything I can goddamn do with this? 23 to hit because you're within 10 feet of me. Yeah, that hits. Fuck, is there anything I can goddamn do with this? 23 to hit. You both hit. We're going to roll damage. Little nine for me. Nine, okay.

Three for nine. Can I do any of this? No, no, fuck. It's not what I wanted. 17 points of damage. 17 points of damage, all right. Shit. Both strike at it as it leaps off the tower.

Fuck! You got to be shitting me. Oh my god. He took landing damage, though, for sure. Yeah, he does. Oh, he did? Yeah. He only flew about 30 feet. To the wings.

And then fell the rest. So hits the ground. Rock and shale go firing out, splintering all directions, and the ground quakes on the impact, cracking beneath it. What the fuck are we going to do? Does take... That would be 16 points bludgeoning damage,

but it is resistant, so not magical, so that brings it to eight. Ugh. Lands. Let's finish what we started. Oh no. Wow. It's going to use its Horror Nimbus once again. No! But you all are immune to it for the next 24 hours.

Great. Because you all succeeded against it. It's now going to attempt to Clawstrike you. That's going to be 16 to hit. It hits. No, it doesn't, because you have the plus eight. No, I do not. I'm not next to Ory No. It hits. No, it doesn't, because you have the plus eight. No, I do not.

I have that next to him. I've got an AC of 15. Shit. Shit, shit, shit, shit. That'll be 10 points of slashing damage. Second claw strike. That's going to be a 27 to hit. Mm-hmm.

Yep. For 18 points of slashing damage. Uh-huh. And then the bites strike against you. Oh, this is... That's going to be another 17 hit. That hits. It's going to be effective.

Yeah, I am nothing, y'all. This is powerful. Fucked. This right here. It's independent, fierce. Okay, okay. This right here. Is independent, fierce. Okay, okay. Glass cannons unite. It doesn't matter, Matthew.

It might if it pushes you past. 37 points of piercing damage. I am unconscious. It is currently chewing the no longer moving body of Imogen within its jaw. Oh, poor. You got to get her out of the jaw. Oh, poor.

I'm fucking raging. As it's doing so, its eyes connect to you. To me, I just like, my form of dread expands even further as I just look at it with intense anger. Let's go, bitch. Okay.

Dread. It's go. Hey, Matt. Yes? Just out of curiosity, before you move on, from where Travis is looking, is where I'm looking, there's a little gap in the towers there. Can I see what just happened?

There's a nice little through line. Yeah, you do. Nice. You very much see what happened. Okay. That's clutch. Good to know. I can't do anything, but at least I can see. No, but it's good to know that you knew.

Fuck. Okay. Okay. With that, this gentleman here is now focused on the two of them. I know. I can go ahead and, with a grin, unleash on your fiendish ally at the moment. Going to make two strikes against him. That hits.

Over there. And yeah, that's even higher. That hits. So both strikes on him. Oh my god, that has long range. So let's do this. 11 points. Do you really worry? Yeah, but 60 feet. I'm 100 feet this. 11 points. The only word I should have gotten. Yeah, but 60 feet.

Yeah, I'm 100 feet away. 15 points. So 26 points of damage to the fiendfella as he strikes with his claw, or yeah, with a big old claw swipe, and then with a great upward, the winged fiend takes both hits and looks like he's taking a couple hits.

The winged fiend? Yeah. Okay. But is still standing stalwart and furious. With that, both of these, oh no, they're not to later. Does it say anything about the spell about that? It's just a psychic. Like, it doesn't come from an area. That one over there comes over to you.

Yep. Tiny guy. He's going to attack you with this beak and its talons. Get off of me! For a natural 20. Well, all right, fine. And a 12. Miss.

All right, so the natural 20, you do take 13 points of piercing damage as it strikes out with its beak and. Get off of me! Well, that's a beak. I'm looking at the wrong one there. Why do you have a beak? damage as it strikes out with its beak and. Well, that's a beak. I'm looking at the wrong one there. That was the... I have a beak! All I heard was,

Does she have a plan? Sorry, I was looking at the wrong sheet. Okay. Instead, it is... So do you. It's nine points of piercing damage. Okay. Is that literally what they said?

Do you have a plan? Yeah. That's A-plus level D&D. A-plus. Hey, I don't know what the fuck I'm doing. Do you? No, no plan. Appearing back on the cage, where the other one was,

a much tinier, little gnarled-looking impish creature appears and goes, looks at you both and sees that you've both resisted fury earlier. Just spattered and gore. Yep, just flies away. Oh, he just left the fight? Yep, just like, nope, doesn't even engage.

Impster's so cute. Orym, you're up with a lot of impster. Okay, Orym hops to this side of the tower, looks down, sees what he sees. Fuck, and he leaps. Come on! I'm going to stab. Oh no! You just tell me what that means for damage to me.

You can make an acrobatics check to try and reduce it a little bit. Natural one, which I'll reroll. Come on, halfling. What is that? That's such a tiny. That's a natural 20. What is that? That's not a 20. That's a 17 plus, that's a 26.

26, okay, so you reduced the damage a little bit. Okay. So the full fall would have been... So that would be 6d6 bludgeoning damage. I'll reduce that by one of the tiers, so it's only 5d6. A goosh. So you take 22 points of bludgeoning damage. Okay. Yikes. from the impact against the creature

as you're coming down with your bullet. I'm hoping that's a stab. And can I ask, since Laudna's on the other side of this thing's head for me, is it an advantage? I'll allow it. Thank you. Since you took that much damage as part of the impact,

I'd say the advantage is less from her helping you and more just the sheer weight of you coming into it as part of the strike. I am the minute meteor. That's a 24 to hit. 24 definitely hits. All right. That's not going to be much. That is 10.

Then I yank it back out and then I shove it into whatever this thing's ear hole is. Okay. So this is not at an advantage now, because there's no, okay. That's a natural 20. Yes! Uh-oh.

It's 12 total. 12 total? Yeah. Double strike. Carving through, you're starting to see it's seeping, it's dark abyssal blood in places, it's showing some heavy wear and it's like trying to reach over the back towards you.

And just for flavor, my shield hand where the fingers wiggle out, I try to dig that into the fur of this thing and that's the end of my turn. Okay. Did it spit me out because he got stabbed in the ear? Yep. There you are.

A little bit. All right, Laudna, you're up. Fearne, you're on deck. He's in her ear. It's all fine. Laudna's up. Fearne on deck. I'm going to dump a Blight into him. I'm going to burn my 4th-level spell. Okay.

It's a con save. Con save. Just fucking fail. That is an advantage. With advantage. That's going to That is an advantage. With advantage. That's going to put it at 20. Okay. Great.

Is that half damage? Half damage, yeah. Advantage on con saves. 8d8. Okay. Seven, 10. He's got an advantage on all the saves. He's got an advantage on an intelligence save, a con save.

Magic resistance is a bitch. Woo! 18, 26, 30. 34 damage. 34 damage reduced to half. The 17. Uh-huh. 17 points of new product damage. 34 damage reduced to half. The 17. Uh-huh. 17 points of new product damage. I see all the blood that's pouring out of its jaws.

It tends to dry up and burn away as one of its eyes dims, and you see these parts of its fur begin to fall out, almost like it has this patchy, heavy, infected mange that appears on the side of its face. I'm going to do my last Quicken spell that I can do unless I get more sorcery points, which I might end up doing. I'm going to try this fucking again, the Shocking Grasp.

Okay. So as I suck the, I'm sucking his life force and then I'm going to use my Gasp. Okay. So as I suck the, I'm sucking his life force and then I'm going to chamber it and pump it back through his A, Electric Shock. Go for it, roll for attack. Back through his A. Natural one. No!

I just want to get away from him. Dice, you're talking. That him! Dice, you're talking. Dice, you're talking. Woo! All right. Okay. Does that finish your turn? We're getting some rough rolls.

Play the game, play the game. We're good, we're good. Can I just, I was going to try and drag Imogen's body away, but Orym is there. Can I just, with my Form of Dread, tower over top of her and shield her with my body as much as I can? If you want to. With my body.

So you move over and lean over and shield her? Okay. Yeah. Stand between it and her. Yep, that's it. Yeah. All righty. Fucking why not? It's easy to and her. Yep, that's it. Yeah. All righty. Fucking why not? It was easy to beat her. I mean, I just, ow, ow.

Enraged a terrifying. All right. I believe that I probably saw through what happened. I believe it. You don't yet, actually. You're still up over on this side. So you'd have to come around to do it. Also, side note,

Paté was with Chetney. I want to have Paté just keep following group two, by the way. Okay. Group two is a scatter fuck. Yeah. I'm trying to get over there. Find the minion and let him be at the moment.

You know which way I'm trying to go? I do. I feel like it. I feel like. All right. I'm going to try to make my way to FCG. 35 feet. All right, so move over here.

That guy does have his opportunity to attack on you. That's fine. That's fine. It's a person. Squeeze past that rock in that direction. Yes. Gets one swipe at you with the greatsword as you move past for a 16.

No. You just duck underneath. It hits off the back of your breastplate, scrapes off, hits the stone, you keep pushing through, squeeze between the stones, and there you are. All right. Okay. Now I'm going to Wild Shape

into my big bird, my shoebill. Okay, yeah. Into big bird. Boing. Is that an action? Woo! Woo! Oh, because you're not that kind of. I know. So you can't do it? But if he did that, I don't.

Okay. I didn't mean to do that. Shit. Because I can't also fly him. Wait. If you turned before you moved. Oh, that's right. If you turned before you moved, then you could use your movement.

Speed. That would have been really smart to do that. If you want to do that, we can. Is that okay? Yeah, that's fine. Okay, okay. That was the plan. I just didn't think of it. This isn't the hay. Okay.

Okay, okay. Order of operations. Order of operations. The 16 attack on this form as you leave it, does that hit your bird form? Stand by. Mm-hmm. Probably. Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm. Okay. This is going to make it drop. Yeah. Depends on how many hit points your Mm-hmm. Okay. Which is going to make it drop. Yeah. Depends on how many hit points your bird form has. Fuck! Does it have more than 20? It has more than 20. Okay. Okay, yeah.

Takes 12 points of slashing damage. Okay, that's okay, that's good. As you get struck on the way through. What's the fly speed? 80. Yes. 80. Oh my gosh, yes. 30, and you're trying to fly where?

I'm trying to pick up FCG. 30, action to grab and pick up. Yes. 35, 40, 45, 56, 56, 57, 75. 80 is about here. Okay. Does that feel good?

That's great! All right. Held right there by Fearne. And Mister can also do some things. Can he do, no wait. Is Mister still out? Mister's still out, yeah. Okay, great. So what I'm going to have Mister do is, if he's kind of coming along with me,

can I have him shoot some flame seeds at the lock, one of the locks on the cages? Okay, sure. To try to start to melt it. So it'll glide over. What's his fly speed? Nice. Mister's fly speed is? Mister's fly speed is, sorry, hold on.

30 feet. 30 feet, okay. So he gets about there and he can fire. Flame speed is 60 feet. So yeah, that should be within range. Yeah, within range. It's going to be a hard hit, but we can see if we can do it.

Ooh, 13. 13, unfortunately. Wait, can I add your six to a... Yes. Let me look. Let me look how long it lasts. Well, technically, you're bonded to her. This would be the mister. Oh, yes. I'll still on you, unfortunately.

That's okay, that's okay. Okay, that's the turn. All right, so you fly over that way, finishing your go. This rock is going to fly up once more. The top, it's going to try and grab you again. It's trying to hair you at this point. What a petty beast. Another Athletic check on your end.

All right, can I? So out of curiosity, can I? Okay. I can't counter this. Okay. This is not an attack that I can counter. No, shit. All right.

All of my stuff, this doesn't help. Roger. 19. Wait, hold on. Sorry. No. 19. 19.

Hold the rage hold on. Sorry. What? 19. 19. Hold the rage. Okay. That you succeed to break free from its grasp. It's going to go and attempt to use its second attack to try and grab you once more. Last attempt. All right, make another attempt to be free.

You beat an 18. 24. 24, yeah. It's just, you're too strong, but it's what his tactic is. This one here is going to dart down. Make sure you keep your head and attempt to strike that gentleman over there.

Natural 20. Oh, that's good. That's the red guy? That's against him. Oh. And the second one misses. So it's the first strike of it. It's going to be... 18 points of damage to him.

All right, so he takes 18 points of damage from the flying creature there. As it swoops back up, he's going to take an opportunity. Actually, it'll stay within combat range because he doesn't want to take the opportunity to attack. They're just now ganging up on him. On what was his name?

On him. On him. On him. On him. Oh god, there's two of them? Leon, step up. Leon, step up. All right, FCG, you're up.

Imogen, you're on deck. I think I'm within 60 feet of Imogen. I believe you might be. Yes, you are. It's tight, but yes. May your unending belief in the change bringer heal you! And I'll cast Healing Word. Okay. She rolls her eyes

in unconsciousness. Begrudgingly heals. I'm going to waste a first-level healing word on you. Thanks. Sure. You get four points. Wow. Keeps running his death saves. Keeps running his death saves. Absolutely.

All right. If he hits her, she dies. I will die again, but that's okay. But you won't auto-crit. But you won't? Yeah, exactly. On death saves. Okay. This round. Mm-hmm.

That's my bonus action. My action, boy, I can't do much. I'm being held aloft by a bird fern. I will use my. I'll fire a bolt, a bolt thrower. I'll fire at the big guy. Go for it. Whoa, that's terrible. Nine. Nine, unfortunately.

Zui! Goes wide. All right. That's all I got. Did you think they ever hit? Finishing Imogen's turn. Sorry, Imogen, you are up, literally conscious. You're on the ground still, coming to. Your whole body aches in terrifying pain, but you're back in yourself.

You look off to the side, your face pulled up from the stonework, and the creature is looming right above you, cackling and currently like, leaping. Laudna's right above me, and I see the creature pass Laudna. Okay. I'm going to, this is dumb.

I'm going to reach over as I'm on the ground and grab ahold of the creature's foot and try to cast Shocking Grasp on him as well. Okay, go ahead and roll an attack. Just want to get away. Just want to get away. Get away. Wow. Wow, to get away. Get away. I want to get away. Wow, wow, that went far.

18. 18 just hits. Yes! Okay, so that's 2d8 damage. 2d8. Do I also take it? No, it only takes a touch of your shield. It was the metal conductivity earlier

we were talking about. She was using the metal, which would have done things. That's 12. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 12. Points of? Lightning damage. Okay. Can't take reactions until the start of his next turn.

Finally fucking got all of the drugs. So he gets the hit, shrugs it off a bit. Okay, that's fine, because. But he still cannot take reactions. Yes, and I am going to use another, I'm going to Quicken a spell. Okay. And I am going to cast Invisibility on me and Laudna.

Mm. Okay. Oh no way! That works. Good move. I'll say this is Laudna, because it's the banshee. That makes sense. Ooh!

Wowzers. We're everywhere, woo! And you are still on the ground. Holy crap. Unconscious. Don't come! But conscious. They'll never know we're here.

Yeah, in her head. I'm just going to say, run away. You do the same. And I'm going to use my movement to get away from him as far as I can. Okay, so have your movement to get up. Uh-huh. And then 15 feet this way?

I'm going to run back this way. Run towards the healer. This way? Yeah, I'm going to run back towards, I don't know if I could see FCG, but I'm going to head back towards them. You only have 15 feet of movement. Okay, well, then I'm behind him. Then that's where I am.

If you go around him, you're still in combat range with him, so. Otherwise, you have then I'm behind him. Then that's where I am. If you go around him, you're still in combat range with him. So otherwise you have to move a little wider. Well, he can't take a reaction. That's true, yeah. So I want to get away. Okay, so you go there.

Away, away, sure. All righty. That finishes your turn, Imogen. Okay. This entity over here, Angrily, is going to unleash on this gentleman against him on this side. He's going to strike twice,

frustratedly. Come on, come on, you're absorbed. That hits. Come on. Yes. And that's a, that hits as well, barely. That low roll still hits. First hit is going to be... Slice and fire and radiant.

All at once. Yep. That'll be... 22 is going to pump a third little slot into that. Divine Smite. Yep, Divine Smite. Could I have pulled Laudna with me? You could probably.

Probably. Not really. Yeah, not in my state. You would have barely moved. All right. That will be super safe. Additional. We're going to get back up. Just back up five feet.

45 points of damage on that first strike again. Strike you with the fury of power gaming! And the second strike. Come on, wow. Sure. That's pretty good. 26, 32. He's going to use a second little slot to go ahead and smite again and add...

That'll do it. Carves him down and then turns to this entity here. Nice. He doesn't give a shit. He just takes off 60 feet this direction and is going to be darting over this way. Yeah. Does get an attack opportunity from that rock over there,

which does hit for the duck bell. Or an issue. The duckbill. Oh, issue. It's a duck. 11 points of damage to him. That's nice. Okay. All righty, finishing his go. Chetney, you're up with Ashlyn on deck.

Well, everybody's coming this way, which is awesome. I'm going to try and run through. Will it cost an action or a bonus action to just pick up the sword as I run through the portal? You grab the sword, Chet. He's doing it right now. I'll say you can pick it up pretty quick, so you can do this part of your.

Yeah, I'll snatch it up as I'm running by, and then I'll hit the brakes right, I'll try and jump this little chasm, if I can, on my way to that cage. I'll pause here, if I can. Can I go bust out some? Pause right there? Mm-hmm. Okay. And I'll take the scythe

and I should be able to, yep, see the horribleness that is hopefully 60 feet away from that point. Can we get a ruler? Can I get a ruler? Putting it through. 60 feet is just at the edge of him. So I need to get closer? Well, it depends. I don't know what you're trying to do. I was going to cast a spell that's 60 feet is just at the edge of him. So I need to get closer? Well, it depends. I don't know what you're trying to do. I was going to cast a spell that's 60 feet.

60 feet? Is it a radius? It is. It is! So I'm going to wind up the scythe, and I'm going to cast Shatter through that little line. Just like a lacrosse stick. What's the radius on it? It's 10 feet. 10 feet?

10-foot sphere. Is just short enough to not get you in the blast radius. And I can put it wherever I want to, so I could short it if I needed to, but yes. Shatter and foot. Perfect. So shatter, and I'll send it that way. All right. What's constitution save?

14. 14, yeah, he succeeds. He has an advantage. 17 points of thunder damage. Is there damage? Just two. It's loud and hopefully gets his attention turning this way. I'll use the rest. That's my whole speed, and my bonus action would be... Can I use my bonus action to keep moving towards the cage?

I can, is it cutting action? Yeah, if you want to. Yeah, I'll keep coming towards the cage. Okay. Can I see who's inside of this one? Or which side the door is on, I guess, would be a good place to start. The door's on this side. Okay, yeah, can I run up to the door?

You go up to the door, yeah, and it is latched like the others, and you see there are two figures in there. One is a half-elven girl with blonde hair, in a pixie cut that's dirty. You can see her arm bound in chains, and she is glancing over with a tense jaw. As you approach, she pulls away,

still dubiously looking towards you, and there's a soldier who is on the ground, leaning on one leg, looks like they're heavily injured, who is squinting and looking up in the direction of you as you approach. Let's be honest, I'm not the worst thing you've seen today. I'm going to get you out. And that'll be the end of my turn,

because I can't do anything else. At the end of my turn, because I can't do anything else. At the end of your turn, a voice seems to push into the back of your mind. Rise in glory. Take what you've taken, and together, you will do great things. Oh! No!

Oh my god! Yes! Not another one! No! Oh my god! Yes! Not another one! Yes! Why you? Why am I fucking here? But it seems like a good guy sword. I forgot! I am whole! Bad, whole, bad, and soul. Nothing bad can come from it.

Wow. Maybe this one's a good guy sword. It sounds like it. They always start there. Truth. All right, that finishes your turn, Chetney. Ashton, you're up. I'm glad they're fucking true.

All right, I'm going to, ah, fuck, how are we going to do this? How do you? How do I want to do this? Do I want to just be, you know what? Let's be blunt, fleck it. Let's have the time for trying to be cool looking is over.

I'm going to head over to the edge of that fucking wall, take a look down. Fuck, and I'm taking the jump, and I'm going to try and land and clip that motherfucker right in the head. Yeah, come on. All right, are you attempting to slow your fall? How?

An acrobatics check to try and land carefully? Sure. Or double-take. Like a hit and then the three points of contact? It's the, yeah, just trying to come straight down and get that three point left. I do not have. You're a little terrible in school, Fjall.

Do I have? Not an acrobatics. 20 miles an hour, no problem. All right, let's see what happens. No, that's eight. Okay, no worries. So I'll take it. So as part of the fall, you do take...

You got top rope. 26 points of bludgeoning damage, but you are raging, so it's halved to 13. 13 points? Why was I even worried? But you leap off the top, hammer in the air. Terrifying. Go ahead and make an attack.

Do I have advantage because of Orym, or nah? No, because he's just there. But you can take it reckless if you want to. Oh yeah, I'm taking it reckless. Go for it. Give yourself advantage. I'd say jumping off the top is pretty reckless. It still sucks.

16, for some strange fucking reason. 16 misses. As you leap off the top, the creature glances up. I know your tricks. And steps back with its arm as you hit the ground, leaving a secondary crater right where the one area left, cracking the ground even further.

Stones fly and then tumble through the ground around you. Sumo lands its other foot. Hi. I'm going to take my second shot. Go for it. Come on. Who is this? Much better. 16, 26.

26 to hit. 26 definitely hits. All right, I'm 26 to hit. 26 definitely hits. All right, I am going to take my fucking shot. Am I going to do anything else? That's... Yeah, let's hold off on that, because it doesn't really... Yeah, fuck it.

I'm also going to burn some of the ring to add, I know it doesn't do shit, but I'm adding that 1d8 of fire damage. Sure. And I'm going to add a chaos burst, because why the fuck not? And add a... Sure.

Let's add a 2d6 lightning damage to this, too. Awesome, Tess. Add 2d6 lightning damage to this, too. Awesome, Tys. 10 lightning damage. Eight lightning damage, excuse me. Okay. And then... Yes, that's what I'm talking about. 27 points of bludgeoning damage.

Nice. No, Iing damage. Nice. No, I'm sorry. Seven. 19 points of damage, and then eight points of fire damage. So 27 total. Right, the fire's reduced by half. Fire's reduced by half, though. Okay, gotcha.

I'm going to take your tusk and turn it into a fucking tankard. All right, does that finish your turn? Yep. All righty. It's amazing. It's now its turn. All right. It is furious.

Cool. But it's also looking pretty hurt. It's going to look at you. No, no, no, no, no, don't let it go. Grynn is going to go ahead and watches its outer four minutes to shiver off. Do I have anything I can do about that? It's going to teleport.

No! What happens with me on it? You fall to the ground 10 feet. Stick your finger in its ear! This feet. And this doesn't count as, it's definitely not a, no, it doesn't. We don't get a reaction hit to that, do we? Not a 10-4 out of a pinch. Unfortunately, no. So that's 85 to there.

Right into the jaws of our red buddy. It's going to teleport over to here. Damn! You do take one point of bludgeoning damage falling onto the ground from on top. Okay. You see its wings starting to flap and it's definitely making an escape.

Making an escape. Nice. Oh, I love it. The Vraaks also begin swooping with it. They're following their leader. You little bitches. That brings us, now the people over here begin to leave the cage.

Feeling safe in this point now. Where'd that scary bitch go? They're going to start climbing down to the inside to get away from the battle. Electrocuted us to the left. Opened, got us out, took our spot, electrocuted us, threw us back in here. Orym got us out, took our spot, electrocuted us, threw us back in here. Orym, you're up.

I don't know where the ladies are. Got ash here. There's no enemies, and I'm not going to make it, but I would just go in pursuit. So I think that Orym would, with his Boots of Striding and Springing, I would use movement and action to just run and bolt up

as much of this rock face and up to the top of that wall. If I can make it over it and land on the other side, great. If not, I'll just get as far as I can get. That's your movement right there to get further, 30 feet leaping up over there. I'll use that as my running start to do a full leap 20 feet to the top of that rock and skip again and go 10 feet up to the top

for the final of my 30. And that's as far as I get? Yeah, that's as far as you get, up to the top and you can see where it has appeared on the opposite side and its wings are flapping. That's all I can do. All right, finishing your g.

There's nobody, I can't see the map. There's nobody down below me, is there? Nope. Okay, good. You do see red wings. Laudna. Well, we already said there was a big winged guy who was helping us. Correct. Big winged guy.

Laudna, you're up. All right. I'm going to dart towards FCG and this cage. 30 gets you about there. Do you want to double move? Yeah, why not? Okay, that'll get you invisibly over to this cage about there. Do you want to double move? Yeah, why not? Okay, that'll get you invisibly

over to this cage side there. Is that where the door is? The door would be on this side here. So about five more feet to get over to where that door is. As I run by, can I be like, FCG? Ah! Ah, who's talking to that? I'm by, can I be like, FCG? Ah! Ah, who's talking to that?

I'm invisible, but Imogen is really hurt, but also invisible. She's near where Ashton is. Okay, I'll let her come to me and I'll give her a hug of healing. Yeah, just let her feel around for you. She can see me, right? Yes, exactly.

But just go in that general area. Sure, sure. I may have cast Blindness on her, I'm not sure. Do I have an action? Is it the bonus action to dart? Do I still have an action? You still have an action. Well, it was a movement,

and then it was an action to get over there the rest of your movement. So you have a bonus action still. And I take a... Casting anything drops my invisibility, right? It does. 25% chance. I'll hold.

You'll hold? Okay. Finishing your turn, Laudna. Fearne, you're up. All right. Boom. May I? Okay, I want to be able to drop Leave me!

my form, but still cast a spell. So, because I can drop it with a bonus action? I think so, yeah. Okay. So I'd like to fly towards the big boy over here. Leave me here! So I can like to fly towards the big boy over here. Leave me here! So I can be within... Ah!

Within 30 feet of him. Yeah, she just takes it. Flies me to 60, right? 80. 80? Oh yeah, it can definitely get there and then drop. Yes. Get in burn. And then I'd like to cast...

I'm going to cast Blight again at 5th-level. Okay. And that's a con save. Yeah, all right, yeah. His advantage. He's got advantage on all his damn saves. He rolled really bad. He rolled a six and a four.

So even with this bonus, that puts him at a highest of 12. Okay, it was 18 that he had to hit. Killed this motherfucker. All right, help me keep count. I got to do this. I got nine of them. So we've got seven.

Seven plus 15. Seven plus 15? Yeah. 22. That's all. Okay. Plus seven? 29. Plus five? You get one more.

No, oh, yes. It was 22. Plus four? 38. 38. 38. How do you want to do that? Oh! Fuck it! Fearne!

Fearne, I love you! All right. Okay. I didn't think this was going to happen. All night. Okay. Okay. All right, I'm just going to, I'm going to, what is it? Okay, it's necromantic energy.

It's just going to whoosh all over him. Just a beautiful glitter and fluff, and then it's just going to cause a lot of pain. It's going to hurt real bad. It starts flying up a little bit, looks at the weird glittery energy, and it looks back at you. It's about to take off into flight

as its wings suddenly get pulled back and it falls to the ground. And you watch as these black vines reach it from the ground. And you're wrapping around it like it's tethering it to the floor as it gets pulled down. You fear in your mind, I'll find you. I'll kill you. I'll eat you and wear you.

Right at that time, the vines are digging into its body, and you see it digging under its skin and its flesh, and it's tearing through in places before its eyes go to a pale, sickly white. Then suddenly the vines just tear it apart from the inside out. Slivers of it splash onto the ground and then burn away into smoke and ash, leaving chunks of Tusken bone on the ground behind as it vanishes. Tusk is on the ground still.

Oh yeah, that's mine. I'm going to grab both the Tusks. Okay. If I can. The rest of the Vroks definitely take off and the intensity of the current threat seems to, in the moment, be quelled.

The winged fiend figure was about to dash in the direction and sees the entity fall apart, relaxes and lands back on its feet, the wings coming to rest upon its back. You. Who are you? Looks around to make a take in the current scene. It seems there is no immediate danger.

And is walking towards you Dean, it seems there is no immediate danger. It's walking towards you while it's doing so while the rest of you do. Arms shouting from the top of the wall, Imogen! Lana! I'm going to get down off my little stoop and also look around for Imogen. We're here. I'm over here. We're safe!

I'll start walking towards FCG. Get over here. I'll help you out to get over. Can I take a long fingernail and start to lockpick the lock on this cave? And I will do the same on the other one. I'm going to take a moment to start cracking all of the rocks that have the sigils on them.

I'm just walking around powdering that shit. Go for it. With every heavy impact, they crack and sunder and whatever lingering fiendish energy was currently bound to some of these ritualistic circles, it fades and dissipates and leads to destruction. 29. 29? You release that one and open it.

Seven. Seven. You're having a rough time with that one. Fuck it, I'm going to, it already worked once. Ice, freeze it, freeze the lock. Liquid nitrogen. Yes, it takes you a moment, but then sitting back, you manage to go ahead and, with the help of your friends, to break open the lock and open the door.

Cool. Indeed, within these cages, there are a number of figures. You see two members of the Tempest Blades. Jennis, who you have seen before, though it's been a bit. Arana, who is a person you've seen around, but not had a lot of interaction with. And indeed, Barney,

who is in the process of tending to what looks to be a dislocated shoulder, but is still remaining stoic in the face of recent events. Okay, and invisibility dropped on you two? It would have with me casting the spell. It hasn't dropped on me, but I'll drop it myself. Okay, if I see that, then I just bolt into a run towards Maeve and slide down on my knees.

Barony, you mean? Barony, I mean, yeah. As soon as Barony looks over and sees you, runs up and gives a massive grasping hug and picks you up and then still holds onto you with the other arm and sets you back down, but just holds you. Take it slow, take it slow. You, you can feel there's a heaping sob

into your shoulder, and then the control takes over and she pulls away and looks at you. You can see the dirt smears on her face and those vibrant brown eyes that look back at you. There's a combination of fear and trauma that is now fading into a warmth and a thank you of reunion. Take a minute.

I knew they'd come for us. I didn't think it'd be you. Well, it was just chance. We got home, I got home, and then my friends and Tempest sent us out. Just in time, it looks like. I think so. Do I see the other two who are up top?

You do. These are two, or one of them was Agenis, the gnomish blade that you saw earlier. That was up in my cage? Yeah, that was up at the top there when they first arrived. And then the other two figures that are amongst the crowd here

are two Iridan Bastion soldiers that were taken prisoner as survivors from the assault of the original place, named Uwan in Diederik. Catch your breath. Let us just take stock of this. Indeed. Is everyone okay?

Need some healing there? Oh, I don't know about FCG. Yeah, unless we're going to take a little resty rest right here, then in that case, save your spells, you know? Are we taking a little resty rest? I don't know, that's a good question. We will. That tracks.

We got two more people in my cage as well, the pixie haircut and the soldier looking. I can take a crack up. The pixie haircut was burying us, the one that he's been talking about. So yeah, you freed all the survivors. Five in total? Total of five, yeah.

Hell, take a rest. I don't know, this place is nice. Maybe we can set up a headquarters or something. As long as nothing comes back. I don't want to look at the druids. The horned figure. It's going to be him. Who has walked towards you,

approaches. Approaches. Tomás. I'm Tivon Closk. Tivon Closk. Tivon Closk? What are you called? Me, or like us as a group. I'm Fearne, and all of us were the Bells Hells.

Pleased to meet you. Bells Hells. Hells the Bells Hells. Pleased to meet you. Bells Hells. Hells, yeah, Hells. We got something in common. Do we? Well, what are you doing here? And why were you fighting against them? This entity is not acknowledging any of you for the most part.

It's just focusing on Fearne. I am one of the many champions of my patron. Some who watch his domain and others, like me, that act as his agent through many realms. To some, I am known as the Retribution of the Hells, the Disruptor, the Assassin, the Scout. Me? I just do what is necessary.

To whom do you owe fealty? That all was so hot. What did you just ask me? I just really... To whom do you owe filthy? Who's your god? To whom do you get filthy? Myself.

I don't know. Who were you a patron for? Of. Of. Of. Yes, who's your patron? Gives you a keen look through your words and gives a knowing nod. You are outside of the... Notted weave. The Notted Weave? We're outside of the knotted weave.

The knotted weave? I need to Esmodeus. Oh. Esmodeus, the warden. That makes sense. Oh fuck. Devil's Roach is demons. Okay. While I know not the details,

something bruised in Exandria that has left my lord shaken. And me with the unique orders, too, unless hostility greets me, treat with those who walk under the light of the Primes or outside of it. So you are lucky today we meet on Common Ground. A future I do not know if it holds quite such grace.

Oh, so you're working to help the gods? He just looks over in your direction. So you're looking to help the gods? I am looking to help my god. And in some ways, all of the gods in this moment remember their brethren. Oh. I've sworn fealty to a god. We had a vote about it and everything.

Me and Chetney, actually, over here, We had a vote about it and everything. Me and Chetney actually over here, the Wolfman, are the most godly among us. Yeah, I've met... Oh god, what was her name? The Raven Woman, the Matron of Ravens. Oh, you don't like her. Okay. The raven woman, the Matron of Ravens. Oh, you don't like her.

Yeah, I mean, I was neither here nor there, but. This armistice has historical precedent. Do not feel nervous. Enjoy it while it lasts, lest you seek new interests in your future. There are many gifts that can be granted on certain paths. Do you want to follow Asmodeus? What does that entail?

Oh boy. If I were to follow Asmodeus, what? He leans in a bit closer, and he's tall, like a good six and a half, seven feet tall. Nice. And leans in close enough where you're looking up at him a bit. Oh, sir.

An eternity of purpose, strength, and pleasures for those who fall under his shadow. for those who fall under his shadow. What? Wait, I heard pleasures and then I didn't hear the rest because I just got really distracted. I'm so sorry. What was right after pleasures?

I really actually didn't hear. For those who fall under his shadow. For those who fall under his shadow. For those who fall under his shadow, okay. You walk in the mud of the lowly Demon Princes. They are outside the divine order and likely stir in the wake of these times, paving no mind. They are chaos without meaning.

Ugh, yeah. I felt that, I felt it. Takes your hand without breaking eye contact and gives it a kiss. Your knuckle burns. Fired fire. But you... Burning doesn't frighten you. It's like putting your tongue on a battery.

Pulls away and on your center knuckle, there is what looks like a burn symbol of almost like a tattoo of a black horned crown. That's not good. That's not great. Just... I don't know if I wanted that to stay there. What is this? We are allies today.

Perhaps in the future, we will be allies again. The path is open. All you need to do is ask for his aid. Do you accept these terms? Wow. I just feel like this is a lot of information right now. Is it because you're fiery and flamey? And awesome.

Yeah, in your head you just hear, maybe you should just make out with him. He's giving you his phone number to stay good. It doesn't seem like too much of a commitment. It's just a help. It's just a help maybe you should just make out with him. Just... He's giving you his phone number to stay good. It doesn't seem like too much of a commitment. It's just a help. It's just a help if you need it. Listen. I feel like

I'm wanting a little excitement. Do it. And I really like what your god's about, like the pleasure thing. And I've really been trying to put self-care before, you know, caring about myself, pleasure, make it all about me.

Let's do it. I'm in. I'll take his hand. He's back to Seeloth, and he closes his hand around yours with the other elongated, clawed fingers. He looks at you with a smile. We will meet again. Promise? Unbindingly.

Releases your hand. Looks back and grasps the side of his blade, which is sheathed in the side now and turns back to the rest of you. Your leader is wise. You stand where you stand, not cut down because of her wisdom. Thank you very much.

Thank you. Wow. Thank you. Just so you know, she's had excitement before. It's true, but you can never get enough. Where will you go next in your protection of your god? Maybe you'll find out if we continue to walk similar paths. He lifts up into the air, the wings spread out,

the blade at the side, just looking down upon all of you, his shadow cast down in the space where you stand, glancing up. The sky goes red to the south. Looks over to you. I think our destinies are entwined. Looks up and whispers something under his breath, and you watch as fire

ignites him and he is gone, like a paper burned in a fireplace. I think I saw his perineum as he left. Did you just flirt with a champion of Asmodeus? Holy! I don't know who Asmodeus is, but that, whatever that was, that was so stupid. He was so confident.

He was really cross-legged. He was very angry with Asmodeus. Yeah, it was like, I don't know what you're selling. The base notion of the devil in our modern times. Sure, okay. Not everyone really knows a lot, but everyone knows like. That'd be shit I'd be into.

All you promised was that you're keeping this as an option for later. You didn't swear eternal to Asmodeus. It's like a promise ring, right? Not even that. Not even that, where you're just like, maybe. Yeah, yeah. The great flaming duke of hell is one day going to wake you with a giant voice

that's just going to say, you up. It's going to be. The ability to call for help just from your knuckle is really valuable. Can you just kiss it and he'll show up? Is that what happens? Probably got to tongue it. That's just like your sag eligible.

Don't, too soon, too soon, too soon. Got to wait a day at least. Do you feel like more powerful? You got to make him want it a little bit. How's your fire magic? Is it like more oomph? Let's see. I'll produce a little flame.

Produce flame. Kaboosh. Fireball. Cool flame. I think it's more powerful. It looks more powerful. Yeah, I think it does. Does the group want to take a new vote about who's pro-god now?

Now that she's getting a bone, a champion of another? Yeah, she's pro-god. She got three now. We started with one, we got three. By the end of two days from now, you're all going to be pro-god. We got three now. We started with one, we got three. By the end of two days from now, you're all going to be pro-god. God is a very stretched term here, I think, but you know. Does it bother you, FCG, that it's a betrayer god?

I don't know nothing about the gods. I just learned about mine three days ago. Oh, it's a betrayer god. I retract my vote since one of them tried to hit on my girl. Is she really, though? Listen. Kind of a free spirit.

Listen. Yeah. I just got to. A Rolling Stone. I'm a Rolling Stone. I blow with the wind. You old ass man. So wise. Well, this just got very interesting. Wow.

I have so many questions, I'm honestly confused as to what just happened, but I'm here for it. Well, hold up. Orym turns to Barney. What did happen? Barney sits up a bit, still cradling her shoulder a bit.

This should help her. She's got a dislocated shoulder. Oh, sure, I'll pop it back into place. Yeah. As you go to reach for it, it's fine. I can use my hands now, and she touches her shoulder, and you see a faint green glow begins to appear, and faint leaves begin to weave and tether

from the sides of the shoulder before it pops back in a smooth, painless way. Wow. Hey. I volunteered and helmed the expedition to come here to collect the means of helping the voice recover. We knew the dangers that were inherent, but we knew at least this bastion would be

a point of safety. We did not know that it had fallen. She looks back and makes eye contact with two of the surviving Bastion members who are both in the process of gathering what remains of their friends they can, identifying what they can. We fell.

Some of us fled. Some of us were captured. I know not where the others wound up. Some others were slain, but we were saved for something else. A celebratory feast when they brought through the rest of their...

the rest of their group. The rest of their group. He referred to himself as Exdovas the Gluttonous. That's what the big guy was? Exlovas? Exdovas. Exdovas. Exdovas. Exdovas. Seemed himself to kneel to a prince of some kind.

He used the name Vrudaluin. Vrudaluin? Vrudaluin. Vroodaluin. Vroodaluin. Regardless, we were working on some way of trying to escape with a few unfortunate failures and we're running low on options. So we're very thankful that you came when you did. We're uncertain if the feast

and what we were to be kind of looks back towards the broken stone sigils that you had broken and says, if we were the key or just part of the merriment. But regardless, we're safe now. And I believe, and she looks over and you can see, Jynneas has found in one of the piles of collected materials that were just left in these large piles, two backpacks that look torn and tethered.

Yes. And it opens up inside, and you can see the large bundles of the blue perenum that they had already previously collected. Awesome. Fantastic. The flowers? Yeah.

The pepeonies? Certainly. The gooch gladiolas. Yes, bearded lilies. Yes. Should have given him more temporary hit points. That's what it was. Yeah, just keep adding temporary hit points.

Oh no! No wonder he's so hard to kill. I would say resting here would not be the safest or most comfortable. Are you all still good to travel? I can heal you all now. Sure. With these two bags of theirs and the 30 of ours,

is that enough flowers for you? I think so. Should we search the interior of this, just to make sure? Sure, sure. Can you teleport us back? See what else this place has? No.

And that sword you picked up. Oh yeah, does this belong to you, Janice, Aranya, Bernie, you, Jennis, or Anya, Bernie? Do you want a Diedrich? They look confused, like, not any of us know. I've not seen that blade before. Oh shit.

Cool. Why don't we have it identified? Yeah, maybe FCG can identify it. Sure can. I'll just put it in a bag of holding. Oh, why every time? Every time. I'm on healing duty. I'll do that later.

Yeah. Yeah, that's a priority. I can't teleport us back until tomorrow, potentially. Maybe we just hike it. It would be too far to hike. Well, maybe we teleport in the morning. Yes. Unless you guys can do a tree thingy.

Has this circle been destroyed? Yeah, no, we should definitely fuck that up. Wrecker everything. Awesome. Baranis. While I am of a fair level of druidic capability, I have divided my training across multiple practices and fear that I lack the focus

and level of capability as some of my sisters. I cannot get us back, but I hope you have that capability. And if not, maybe we can request them to meet us if we have a way of contacting them. That's interesting. If we can make it till morning, then I can teleport most of us back

and then communicate to open up a tree to help you all out. Well. I would say, given what has transpired here today, this is likely not a safe place to make camp. What I can help with, follow me. She gets up. They gather whatever materials they can help with. Follow me. She gets up. They gather whatever materials they can scavenge.

They wait a few moments longer for the remaining soldiers of the bastion here to bury that they could find and give the death rites of the platinum dragon to those who fell here in defense of the valley in Tal'Dorei. Through a solemn funeral. The words speak of the sadness of loss, but the acknowledgment of what it means to give your life to protect the realm.

That true heroism is remembered for those of what it means to give your life to protect the realm. That true heroism is remembered for those that didn't balk when the threat of destruction came. And when they fell, they did so, so others could live and laugh and be free, far from here. As they lay their symbols down, cover with dirt and give their final rites,

your group falls behind Barney, further down the crevasse, to where she stops at one kind of outcropping, lifts her hand, concentrates, and you watch as the stone itself carves magically in moments, building a small cavern where there was none previously. Nice.

You all step in, and she closes it behind. Lanterns light up around, and you have a tight, but comparably safe and closed space for the evening's rest. Tired, beaten, but successful in many degrees. You take the things that you've learned,

the people you've helped, and the hope that you carry into what you bring back to Keyleth and the Ashari of Zephrah in the morning. That's where we'll go ahead and finish up the next episode. We'll pick up on that return next session. We got all the papunias, guys.

That's the one swung horn. It really did. I was like, this battle's going to be a full-on pushover, and then it started going, good, good. Good balance. Good balance, that's tough. We were going to push over and we kept punning. Yeah, we gave him all those hit points.

Yeah, I think at the end, he had 25 temporary hit points. Yeah. I was just giving him two every notch. Good game, y'all. We'll pick up there next time. Just fine, man. That was so fun. Beautiful night.

That was a great bath. Great bath. It's my fave. That's fun fun. Beautiful mate. That was a great battle. Great battle. What's my fail? What the hell? That's fun. Oh my god, and you made a pact with Asmodeus? I love it. Yeah. The lord of hells is glorious. I'm the leader of the group now, I think.

It was time. She's a cloven-hoved fire lady. Yes. Makes sense. Oh yeah, there are many facets beyond just the persuasion. The persuasion check was so high, and then just the rest of that package, she was like, this is the one I talked to.

Yes. Yes, I was in charge. Yep. Not of this world for Macaloway. Well, Tevin Closk, Retribution of the Hells is on your speed dial, girl. Oh. Aw, yeah.

I have to summon him? That's cool. Ring ring., girl. Oh. Ah, yeah. I have to summon him? That's cool. Ring ring. Ring ring. Hot. Yes. You up? Stop A. The Retribution. Oh, yeah. Is he friends with Zerxus?

Mm-hmm. Do we just need to collect champions? Is that what we need to do? Maybe. Or become. You might report to Zerxus. As soon as you gasp, that's an easy thing to do. You should.

Don't forget to find the champions. Yeah! For those fucking ones. Poke them on this shit. Just get more tattoos on each knuckle and be like Link in Tears of the Kingdom with all the sages. Excuse me.

Get your purgons burned. Get in, we're fighting god. Yeah. You should get that Raven're fighting god. Yeah. You should get that Raven Queen. Oh. Oh. Wait, there's a Raven Queen chaser in one of these card packs?

Yeah. Oh shit. In the hologram card. Oh man. Well, decided to pick up from here next week. Good game. Thank you all for joining us. We love you very much, and is it Thursday yet? Good night.

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