Critical Role - The Search For Bob

Episode Date: June 28, 2019

Thanks to your generous support in our Legend of Vox Machina Kickstarter campaign, Vox Machina returns in this special one-shot, canonically taking place immediately following Campaign 1 and the events of The Search For Grog one-shot.After the events of The Search For Grog, Vox Machina are stranded in the Plane of Pandemonium without the necessary components to make it home. Thus, they must search for Bob to recover their components from the thief.

Welcome to the Search for Bob One-Shot on the Critical Role Podcast Network. This episode was made possible by all of the wonderful critters who backed the legend of Vox Machina Kickstarter. As always, we are beyond humbled by your support. This Search for Bob One-Shot is a follow-up to the Search for Grog and features Vox Machina from Campaign 1. Beware, there are pretty hefty spoilers ahead if you haven't finished the Vox Machina campaign. Now, back to the plane of pandemonium. Hello everyone, and welcome to tonight's episode of Critical Role. Or I guess, whenever this night just came out, this night's episode of Critical Role.

A bunch of us nerdy ass voice actors sit around and play Dungeons & Dragons. We're in the middle! Specifically, tonight we're doing one of our Kickstarter one-shots that was unlocked that is a continuation of our search for Grog one-shot, as we got to the point in the adventure in which Grog was saved. Fragment!

Yeah, the spirit was returned to the body, but they still are amongst the chaos of Pandemonium. And so as part of this unlock within the stretch goals of the Kickstarter campaign, we now get to do the other half of this storyline that we didn't expect to do, which is awesome. So for tonight, if you haven't noticed, we're all dressed very comfy.

We've decided, as recent conversations, to go ahead and have a classic night where we all dress up like we used to have our Sunday morning brunch games and be in pajamas and have mimosas and snacks. Cheers to Sunday brunch! Cheers, indeed. Maybe this will come out on a Sunday, we don't know.

Could be, could be, there you go. Love you guys. Under this table. Eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes. If you could take a nice battle cam view of our fantastic spread of snacks here that Ashley and Laura and other folks all put together for this.

Healthy, too. Give me that cheese. Get on it. Get in it, it's good. Get yourself a crepe. Yes, so prepare yourself for some light snacking as we go through, because this is also our callback to the olden days at our newer table.

Chomp, chomp, chomp, chomp, chomp. That being the case, let's go ahead and jump into today, tonight's episode, whenever this is happening, this episode of Critical Role. Critical Role! Critical Role! I'm gonna sure if I should have used the shield, but I'm not sure if I can get the Come on! SAM and LAURA say a few words. So, last we left off, the party known as Vox Machina,

upon saving Exandria by and large from the incursion of Vetna, Tharamfala, and the Shadowfell-based minions of his that had brought him to Ascend as a god, you sealed him away and however, in the process, closed the chapter on your friend, Vax'ildan. Upon returning home to Whitestone, Grog pulled a card from the deck of many things,

pulled the worst card from the deck, and had his soul jettisoned off into a random plane. It's a matter of opinion. Yeah, his body left lifeless. The last game, you had discovered his soulless body, took it to Vasselheim, and asked some of the council there for help in trying to ascertain the location of his spirit, wherever it may be.

Discovering that it was in the plane of Pandemonium, the Whipswept Realm of Madness, you gathered yourselves a couple of allies in Sir Bertrand Bell, a seasoned adventurer who had volunteered his services as a guide, who had been to Pandemonium before, supposedly, but had never been to Panemonium, and Lee of Tell.

A real nice lady! A really nice lady of the Raven Queen, who, as part of paying penance for the loss of Vax'ildan, had offered herself to volunteer to aid them on this mission. So you guys rounded up the last bit of things you needed, said goodbye to a few friends about the city, and then made your journey to Pandemonium.

Immediately blasted by the incredible winds and the lightless expanse that was around you in the interior, you shouted commands as you made your way across the dangerous landscape, ran into a strange individual, seemed to be of Gith lineage, who could remember their name and ask some curious questions

before vanishing into the dust storm around you. You continued on forward after having visions of where this stone, this ruby-like gem that contained Grog's soul was embedded at the top of this spire that existed somewhere in this plane. You made your way to the Howler's Crag, the base of this mountain tower. You battled howlers that had stalked and hunted you on your way to the Howler's Crag, the base of this mountain tower.

You battled Howlers that had stalked and hunted you on your way there. You made your way through the tunnels and caves that wound up the interior of this giant structure. A bunch of bugbears came out of nowhere and tore off Percy's arm. It's crazy. It was crazy.

What was your other one, Dottie? Oh, yes, right, yes. Then it regenerated. There's now a third Percy arm that's just disembodied and flapping around. Awkward. Very D&D. You then also stealthily bypassed

a distracted demon entity known as a Baelor that seemed to be in the process of painting bloody pictures on a wall. As you carefully pushed by the tight space, many of you burned heavily, escaping the other side and climbing to the top of the tower where awaiting you. Guarding this gem as part of the enchantment or just the general proximity of Pentamonium

or a combination of the two, a corrupted Empyrean, an entity of celestial origin, a half-child of the gods, screaming mad into the winds above, bound somehow to this tower, its history lost and its mind every bit as scattered. You climbed the outside of this tower, did battle with it, it smashed and angrily dashed. Each of you, nearly from the tower,

multiple times sending Verdrand Bell clinging to life, did actually smash and kill Lieve Tell, who now lies lifeless. Oh no! In the midst of this intense throwdown, Trinket, gritting his bare teeth with the unconscious, soulless body of Grog affixed to his back by chains, climbed the edge of the mountain, rushed towards the stone, and upon meeting Grog affixed to his back by chains, climbed the edge of the mountain,

rushed towards the stone, and upon meeting Grog's body to the stone, Grog was brought back to consciousness, the spirit instilling him with that angry barbarian power from within, and through some absurd fucking luck, rolled two natural 20s in a row, and dealt the final blow to the creature, the axe sinking into its corrupted celestial body, tearing it asunder, and that was where we ended.

Because of parking restrictions. Because of parking restrictions, that is correct. We don't want to get locked in, we got to go. Yep. Real world big sense sometimes. Sometimes. Yep. Real world big sense sometimes. Sometimes. So, we begin. You, Vox Machina, and allies, dead and alive.

Well, you know, take a penny, leave a penny. Yeah, there. You are stranded within the plane of Pentamonium. Your premium spell components apparently stolen, leaving you adrift in a lightless realm of madness. The ruined body of the massive, corrupted celestial being lies crumbling atop the spire of Howler's Crag. The wind whipping around the remnants of the battlefield.

Dust and rocks sting your flesh as you stand, looking out into the darkness around you here atop the peak. Grog stands, enlarged and breathing heavily, his eyes filled with rage and joy, clutching his ax atop the body of the Imperian, its blackened flesh slowly burning away into ash. The rest of you stand around the broken rock, battered,

the lifeless body of Lev Teal also broken among the ruin. Vox Machina, what would you like to do? Well, what do you have to say for yourself? Did you see that shit? Yeah, that was amazing. By the way, quick point, safety tip. I think the Deck of Many Things may be dangerous. No. Really?

No. Do you know where you are right now? Do you know where we are right now? In a castle. No, we're literally not anywhere near it. We're on top, it's very windy. Mm-hmm, yeah. Terrible weather we're having.

Perhaps some shelter, and perhaps a moment to take care of this problem. Could you roll a death saving throw for me? Yeah. Death saving throw. For Gertrude and Beau, who's still unconscious. Wait, is he dead? He's still unconscious.

And she's dead dead. Success, dead dead. I drop my form, my pit fiend form. That's what it was, right? You're a gristro. A gristro. Woo-hoo! Oh, hi.

Oh, great! We have Grog back, but our two new friends are fallen, and one seems to be, her head is just crushed beyond repair. Roll again. Oh, second-to-favorite Grog. That's a one. That's two failures. Every six seconds.

Triage, triage. To someone. Pikey Pike! Heal him. Heal him. So those are your first two fails? Two fails, one success. All right. What do you mean, no, friends?

Who needs fucking? I like healing word. Okay, go ahead and roll for it. Scanlan, can you make the mention? Sure, but I hardly think that will. Six points. Six points? No, wait, six plus, I get to add something, right?

Add your wisdom modifier. Oh, okay, okay. 14. 14? May I take 12? 12, 12. May I take 12 points of the math? You take 12 points of the thing from Bertram. You are now unconscious, You're now conscious again.

What do you need? I want my player's handbook. Oh, sure. Give it to me. But you're dead. But I am a D&D player. Whatever Scrappy do, whatever you need. Oh! My question. Mr. Bell! Oh my god.

Mr. Bell is alive and awake. Oh, did we kill it? We killed it, right? We killed it. Yes, we did. Yes, it's dead. I hurt so much! I hurt so much! You were very brave.

You actually were very brave. Thank you. Oh my god, who is it? Who is that small fuck? You're so handsome and huge! My god, you're so old! Look at his hair! Who is this fucking twerp?

I think he can answer for himself. It is a pleasure, a pleasure to meet you. You are the one that we were clearly coming to rescue. He's enormous. Yeah, he's big. He's really large. Is the danger past?

Well! Mostly. Somewhat. We're still in a realm of constant evil and surrounded by demons. Still in pandemonium, yes. Wait, what do you mean demons? What did you say, endemonium? This is what you did to us. This is what you did to us.

What do you mean, did to us? Well, I pulled a card, I wake up, and you guys took me somewhere while I was asleep. Came here, you fell asleep, you wouldn't wake up, and then we had to come here and we had to get you. After you promised not to draw any cards. Hold on just a second. Now, clearly, I'm a sleepwalker,

but I don't think I could walk here in my sleep. Hi, technically your soul got ripped from your body and attached here. How? Trinket had to carry your lifeless form all the way. Mm-hmm. Trinket comes up and headbutts you.

Hi, buddy. Is it my birthday? Is this like a surprise party? No, I was actually hoping that pandemonium would be much cuter. I initially thought pandas, because, you know. Pandemonium, if it's... I'm irritated that I can see where you're going with that. You guys do all look a little worse for the wear.

I think, guys, I think that Grog is mentally incapable of understanding what just happened. I was wondering if that's normal for him. He seems like a real idiot. Maybe it's better if we just don't try. Let's just move on. We'll attempt it once we're somewhere where we have props.

That's right. Perception check, Percival? Yes. Oh, that's so sad to look at. Perhaps we could illustrate it for him with shadow puppets. 13. Oh, no, sorry.

Within the short radius of light that you do have, you just see sand and wind. You are standing still upon the peak of Howler's Crag, which... I feel like you've been exposed, to be honest. All right. Can we get? Should I put up the mansion, or should we try to get out of here? What's exactly this dead foe and then get her?

I'm going to go over and try to pick her up. Careful, her head might collapse if you move it. Yeah, it's barely together. Yeah. Maybe you should tape it, like, wrap it. Maybe I can try to get her to sleep. What's her head look like? Oh, put her in the bag of colding, for god's sakes.

At least her head. I? Oh, put her in the bag of colding, for god's sakes. At least her head. I like that without dice rolls, Bugbear's ripped off Percy's arm and we grew a little tiny C&M in the hand. That was a lot of spells. That was a lot of spells. Yeah, it's been a lot to happen. All right, I will cast the Magnificent Mansion

so that we can get some peace. All right, thank you. The glowing purple doorway opens up. You can see it flickering a bit just from the brief moment of distant interference from having to reach across the plains to open this doorway, but it opens up plainly, without issue.

All right, everyone in. I'll hold her head together as we open. I'll hold her body. Let's get all of her in here, see if we can do something about that. Did you guys do that to her? I did. You did. You did this to her. You did what? You were responsible for this.

I feel like I'm misaccepting. Let's go inside. All right. I want to keep holding her head, but I also really want to get some cheese off that plate. Well, here, you, I got her. Okay. I'm going to try casting Revivify.

I don't know if that's going to work. It's been more than a minute. It's been far more than a minute. Oh shit, that's a minute. And you do not have any components on you. Okay, okay, okay, okay. Because we were robbed. What did we do?

I was just trying to see if maybe you forgot. We were robbed? We were also robbed, Grog. Yeah, this fellow named Bob, at least that's what we think his name was, he met us, he talked to us for a while, and when we looked down at our pockets, all of our money and possessions were gone for most of us.

I'm asleep for one day, and you take me to some random ass place and get robbed. You know what, I- What has become of me? I don't even know. Grog, maybe you should check your body. He could have robbed things off of your body.

No, no! Can I check my person and my bag of holding and all my bits, all my balls there? We'll edit that for you. Thank you. Donuts, it's part of the genuine experience. This is brunch. Her back of holding is missing.

Ooh! You were robbed! There's so much in that bag! The whole bag? It's like our identities all these years in one bag. I'm a very perceptive person. I can't believe he robbed all of us and I didn't notice. There were some little bits of Dork the Ox in that bag. No, those are gone by now.

Oh. Yeah, but lots of fancy robes and expensive wines. It smells just like him. Flatware and really... Dried poo. You used dried poo? We used all the dried poo. This is actually a good thing, because you know what this means? You know what this gives

us an opportunity to do? Not really. Revenge. We're going to find this Bob, get back our belongings, and make him pay for desecrating your sort of dead body and stealing from us. We are Vox fucking Machina. We should, we can't steal from us. We're the fucking police, the army. Technically, yeah. I'm almost in a rage. I was like, this time. It's been a long day.

Deliver me next time where you don't just tease a man. I'll try. Okay. Well, let's perhaps do something. How do we track him down? We should sleep. Wait, wait, wait. And then track him down. Oh, yeah, we could track, but we've tracked harder people. What did this person look like?

I don't really remember. He was a yid. He's what? Oh, you know, I remember. You remember that skull that you and Percy fought over? I don't know if it was fought. We don't talk about that skull. We're hoping it's just going to vanish from his memory. I feel like he was one of those things. A skull?

We're all technically a skull, dear. No, no, no. He had skin and hair. That sounds like nobody you want to mess with. It was like this ancient, weird-looking skull, remember? Never mind. I'll also add, this person has all of our things. Find objects, some basic scrying we should be able to find.

We know everything. Okay, let's go. Okay, I can do that. First, should we deal with the live-tell woman? What about Sphere of the Dying? What's that do? I don't think I need any commons for that. What does that do?

That's revolting. Oh! Gross! I think that's part of her brains. First I'm going to eat it. Gross. Put my face back on. Oh, Brian, don't be nasty.

I am nasty. There's going to be a break up tomorrow just up here. Yep. Just a little. Yeah. Why didn't you see me? What happened to that part of your forehead? It's so tiny. Pike, what does that do?

Spare the dying, you just touch someone and it instantly brings him back, but I don't know if he's still alive. It's only unconscious. It's only unconscious. It keeps them from dying. Even though I'm level 20, I really can't remember somehow anything.

Just because recently I've been reading up on how clerics function. I've been reading a fascinating book about the art of clericking? Clerical work. You can all go over. I know that there's in fact a fifth-level spell, but unfortunately we would need some components for it to function. It's very difficult to bring somebody back from the dead without components. Yes, we need components.

Did he say all of our components or just the fancy ones? All the fancy ones. Oh, so we just have, we might have. You have basic components, but anything that has a monetary cost in the name. That's a monetary cost in the name. Yes.

Bugger. Can I go over and look at the body of Levotel? What do I see? I don't know what we have on us. Okay, if you'd like to describe what Grog sees when Grog walks over to look upon the body of Lievtel, what do I see? Okay. If you'd like to describe what Grog sees when Grog walks over to look upon the body of Lievtel. I don't know, she's dead. Yeah, but I've never seen you before.

I don't remember what happened to her. Oh, what she looks like. Well, she's a striking, beautiful, dark-haired woman. Strikes everyone. She's got a plume of black feathers and a robe, black robe and silver stars, and her head is cleft. Cleft? Cleft. Split.

Oh, oh. It's split open. One of the eyes is hanging from a little string. Are those her noodles coming out of there? Well, I'd hope so. What components do you need, Pikey Poo? Diamonds. How many and how much of value?

500. 500. I recall. Yes, I think that's absolutely correct. I might be able to get that for you. We would also have to put her head back together, if I recall, at least try and put it back together. Well, it's pretty close together. She might come back a little later.

Unless there's a spell I don't know about. Well, no, I mean, as long as you have all the pieces and hold them together, it should be okay. You know what we should do? We should all go outside and just look on the floor to make sure none of the pieces fall out. I swear, by the way, if you bust out of the jigsaw puzzle right now, I'm going to be the happiest man who ever was.

Which is Liam's face. Do you want to steal my wedding ring? No. That would have been too on point. Oh boy, this is when we find out Percy got you a cubic zirconium ring. I made it myself. Oh shit. Why isn't it working?

Well, I'm going to be outside in the Calamarium, excuse me. It might be worth far more than 500 gold, but it's something. Is it a diamond? It is a diamond. It is a diamond. What cut? Princess cut. I'm thinking now. It's a little tacky.

Good, we can also use it to help stick everything together then if it's a little tacky, can't we? I'll go double check to see if there's any head bits outside. Sure, sure. Okay. I'll join Pike to make sure nothing bad happens. Can we only talk to Matt when he's just taking bits outside. Sure, sure. Okay. I'll join Pike to make sure nothing bad happens. Can we only talk to Matt when he's just taking a bite? Yes, please.

This is why I don't eat during the game. I will also join Pike, because I missed her so much. Oh. Oh Grog. Yeah, buddy. I love those buddies. I know. Oh no.

So you have Pike and Keyleth. Either each individually make investigation checks, or one of you make it with advantage. Your call. How's your investigation? Oops. Use your freaky pike. Investigatey-gatey. Just do it. Just do it. What does not

sound right? Just both of you do it. Okay. It's only one. One for, okay, okay. We'll each roll. We'll each roll. We'll each roll? Yeah. Okay. Do we do the searching for a contact thing? No, that's okay.

That's okay. 14. 18? 18, okay. You find a couple of errant scraps of Liebtel to complete the puzzle. Great. Cool. Oh, look! It's like a C-section. You just got to get it back in there and sew it up. I also found a fossil!

That's awesome! Cool! Are you going to put stuff back in there. You're going to put stuff back in there. That's awesome! Cool! Are you going to put stuff back in there that doesn't belong? She didn't quite come back right. Thank you for saving my life. New powers, new powers. It's an arrowhead. You're really supposed to leave those when you found them, right?

You're not actually supposed to take them. That's fine, that's fine. It's no time, buddy. No, no. We all took one, they would all be gone very quickly. I would die right now. All right. Yeah, guys, take your time so I can eat all these cinnamon rolls.

I think we got all the bits. All right. All right, shove them in there, and then what would you like to use? Your wedding ring? Or just a bit of magic? Just an excuse to perhaps throw a party and get another one. You know, everyone wasn't at the first one.

Yeah, I think this is a wonderful idea. Would that be allowed? Using your wedding ring is a good idea. Yeah, it would. All right. Wow. That's love. Okay. Let me do my thing, then.

Okay, I'll put that down. I'm going to mushel her face back together. Maybe an extra bit in there. An extra bit? Or more. I don't know. But just on the outside, so she could pull it out if she wanted.

Give her the fossil piece. Maybe it will make a cool cyborg. You guys are all literally the worst, and I love you so much. She could, it'll be like a battle scar. It'll be like a battle scar, but also like a cool hair clip. Yes.

Like a unicorn horn. You're not there. I don't know. I think if you make it like a plate, like a scar plate. Yes, okay, so I'm going to try to make it like a plate, like a score plate. Yes, okay, so I'm going to try to make it like a plate. That's rad. But put everything together real nice.

I think she'll appreciate us making these body modifications for her. I think she'll really like it. Yeah, I think so, too. I think it'll be really cool. And it's like she has a souvenir from pandemonium. Exactly! You wouldn't want to remember this incredible time. I am going to sit over by the fire and ignore this. I'm envisioning a Subway sandwich artist

and there's too much stuff in the sandwich and they're trying to hold it closed. Thank you for saying artist, that makes me feel better. That was a callback. All right. It'll fit, it'll fit. Wait, I was casting a... It's a level five. Is it raised dead? Raised dead? Raised dead. Yeah're okay, they're okay. Wait, I was casting a... It's a level five. Was it raised dead? Raised dead.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. All right, so. As you're all here within Scanlan's magnificent mansion, you watch as Pike scrawls out the familiar arcane, or divine circle in this space, drawing the lines. You've gone through this process a number of times with your friends. A little less familiar this time, but nevertheless,

an individual who you have made quite a sacrifice and put some of your heart and energy into bringing back from the realm where her god holds supreme, that transition. So upon reaching out to tug against the spirit of one who worships the Raven Queen, let's go ahead and complete a resurrection ritual. Who would like to apply first to this?

Give me your heartfelt feelings after six hours. I will contribute to this ritual. Yes, you will, all right. I will excuse myself, and then come back holding a small lump of poo. It's nicer for you to excuse yourself. And I will... What?

Snackle. How long were you doing? Oh god, you fucking had some! How long? I was gone for almost 15 minutes. I like to do some reading. So you said, I'll go first, and then left for 15 minutes?

After some grunting, it's hard to go on command. What did you read? Oh. Maybe I read a love letter I had written to you from before. Nothing makes you poop faster than a love letter. Just to proofread it. Keep those in the bathroom, dude.

I will take my little poop and I will smear a little bit right across her forehead and sort of bless the ritual, inspire the ritual somehow, I don't know, by composing a limerick to her. All right. Oh, our handsome dummy Mr. Bell, and our creepy new friend Liev Tell. To welcome them to the group, I shall give them both my poop. To honor them with my mark and my smell. Oh! And I hope that does something.

Roll a persuasion check with disadvantage. Disadvantage! Because you just put poop on her head! Okay, persuasion. You're still really good with persuasion. I rolled a two, so that's 20. Oh! Okay.

So that reduces the DC. What? Persuasion is 18. According to crit roll stats, I've got a persuasion of plus 18. I have a stealth of 17, so that makes sense. Yep. Wow.

All right, and as you smear the trail across the forehead in a very Simba fashion. Mm-hmm. Simba. Simba. It is time! You sense the soul of Liev Tial, who still resides,

being dragged across the various realms, tugged a little closer to where the body was, as if out of mere anger at what you've done to her corpse. All right, anybody else would like to? Who's up for Le'Veon Bell? I'll step forward. All right, anybody else would like to? Who's up for Le'Veon Bell? Le'Var. Le'Var.

Oh, I don't have anything to honor. Lievtel. Lievtel. Yeah. Ravencween listened to all that and was like, that tracks. Anyone want to help our friend? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

I was trying to think of what to give for it. Yeah. Do you want to physically give something? I mean, I already gave her a fucking wedding ring, so it kind of seems like. Yeah, you already gave her your wedding ring. Got some magic or something? I mean, we did give her that cool fossil. We did.

Doesn't have to be an object, it can be words, it can be an object, it can be an offering, it could be anything of what you think would be a way to call a spirit back from the dead. Okay. All right, I'll step forward. All right. Well, you came here for us.

We just lost someone we loved very much, and you were saying you were going to be with us because of that, and now you're gone as well. I think that's pretty shitty, hence the poop. So I'd appreciate if you came back and proved to us that the Raven Queen doesn't suck complete balls. Maybe give us something to believe in. That's all. Huzzah. Okay. Amen. Okay. There's already been a persuasion roll, so I'll allow a second one, but it'll be a much higher DC.

Ah, fuck. Oh jeez. I should've sung a song or some shit. I don't know. Yep. Or done a acrobatics move or something. I'll tell you what, you can take a persuasion with a disadvantage, or an intimidation with a magic thing. Acrobatic move or something. I'll tell you what, you can take a persuasion with a disadvantage or an intimidation with a single roll. No, I'll take persuasion.

Okay. You guys, this is beautiful. Yeah, it is. Persuasion 13. 13? Ah, ooh. This way, you should 13. 13? Ah, shit. I don't know, something about the not heartened attempt at reaching out to someone you really have no care for,

who just reminds you of a sad part in your life, didn't seem to really give a heavier tether to the realm. Somebody do something really good, because I didn't feel anything. I'm afraid I would pretty much have the same mood. You have something, Grog? Yeah. Put that down.

Okay. Does anyone else want to go? No, but this person was vital in saving your life. Yes. No, I realize. She risked, she gave her life for yours, so make it count. Okay.

Hello, my name is Grog Strongjaw. We have not had the ability to meet. I appreciate the meat that is coming out of your dome. However, since we have not had the pleasure of acquainting, Yes? That's a good one. I hope that you will consider coming back to life so that I may thank you properly

for protecting my friends. That being said, get your fucking ass up because no one dies around Vox Machina. We've had too many deaths already and I swear I will beat you all over this room until you die a second time. Roll an intimidation check using your strength modifier.

Ooh! Whatever happens here will be interesting. Natural 20. Oh! What? What? What? Three in a row.

Three in a row. There's a few times. You? Wow. Sometimes your character and you are one. You fucking, are you serious? It takes a certain level of legendary hero to threaten a spirit to return to the body.

We shall see if it is enough. So the natural 20, that reduces it further, so we're looking at eight. Oh no, what is it? If you see it was four, roll a five. Oh! It's reduced to an eight, to a six, and then because you rolled a natural 20, you're about to do a four, rolled a five. Oh! So you reduced it to an eight, to a six, and then because you rolled a natural 20,

you brought it to a four. Whoa. Oh wait, but eight to a six, but I failed. Yeah, no, no, you failed, but he rolled a natural 20, so I doubled it down to the hell of it, so. Okay. So with a momentary,

not terribly tense pause, you hear the breath come back into Livtiel's body. Hey! Woo hoo! You did it, Grog. We did it. What does she look like? Is it healed, or is it just the fossil?

It is healed. The fossil is still partially lodged in the skull. The headache is atrocious, as is the smell, Liev Tiel. But life has brought itself to you once more. Your time is not done. Apparently there is more the Raven Queen has in store for you. I have not pierced the veil in 107 years. You are an interesting bunch. Is that fecal matter?

No, no, it's life. Welcome back. Yes, welcome back. Hi. My name is Grog. I wanted to thank you in person for coming to rescue me and for protecting my friends. Very much worth the trouble, young man.

Ooh. I think I need a moment or two. Is there a bathroom? Where are we? Well. You're in a mansion in the middle of pandemonium. A magnificent mansion. It's my place, and there are-

There's a cheese platter. Yeah. There are refreshments. Chicken. No chicken anymore. No, he doesn't eat vegetarian. I'm a vegan, yes. Oh, I forgot about that. It's all beans and lentils and shit.

It's all right, they make it seem like it's meat. It tastes like chicken. Anyway, there are some lovely facilities, and you can even use a room here. I'm just going to, you know, I'm going to go, yes. That was, um. Do I have a mark here?

From the battle. Yeah, it's actually, it's, yeah, it was a fossil that she found outside. I don't know you from beforehand, but I think you're rather striking. Well, that is true. I'll be back, we'll get to know each other better. Which way to this?

You know, the mansion changes shape a lot, I'll be back, we'll get to know each other better. Which way to this? Were you hitting on that elf? You know, the mansion changes shape a lot, but I think third door on your left. You're sure? I have been in places like this before. No, I'm quite certain. You know what, I'll have one of my servants accompany you. Ladies? Ladies.

You watch as about a half dozen spectral female servants come rushing over with nice dresses, coming over and guide your arms and shoulders gently in the direction of the water closet to freshen up. Excellent. I'll be back, everyone. Take your time. Get that shit off your head. Yo, nicely done.

You, too. You just really inspired her to come back. Is that what I did? Yes, you did. I was actually quite angry at the end there. I know, but sometimes you just need a good pep talk if you're dead. Yeah, I guess that's what I did, enough. I think you did.

Thanks, man. Yeah, you did a good job. There are some side effects, I should mention. What do you mean? Of what? Well, this is not a perfect spell. It does have some issues. Issues? Well, I didn't know it was going to work, so I didn't mention anything.

You both have gone through this process previously. It takes a few days for you to recover from the effects of being pulled back from beyond the veil. Which way? From a mechanical standpoint, Lieve Tiel is at minus four to all attack rolls, saving throws, and ability checks, and then that penalty is reduced by one

after every long rest. So if we sleep, she'll do better, and then? Yeah, be minus three. You can also, I believe, and correct me if I'm wrong, burn a Greater Restoration and knock that down one more, I believe, in a pinch. All right, we'll double check that. All right. That is amazing.

Now, may I ask you all, now that we are all safe and sound and enjoying these shitty salads, so you fought your way to the top of cattle. We did. But did you decimate everything on your way through? Well, time was of the essence, Grog, so we actually skipped a lot of the fighting. We did fight some wolves?

Yeah, big hellhounds. Hellhounds? Yeah, hellhounds. Shut up. And we passed by a monster or two. We successfully sneaked past a big demon guy doing wall art. What? Sneaked?

Yeah. You mean like he's still? Yeah. Yes. Do we have to go back through this labyrinth of horrors to get down? We actually discussed how we're getting home, but we do. Go over the side, maybe. Do we have to go back through this labyrinth of horrors to get down, or is there? We have actually discussed how we're getting home,

but we do. Go over the side, maybe. I think you're speaking of the entire. No, no, I was speaking specifically about we're on top of something that we need to get off of. Well, if I recall, quite a bit of it fell, so I think we're much closer to the ground at this point. Uh-uh. No, no, no.

Like 10 feet of some walls fell. Well, that's a bit. We do have endless rope. Perhaps on me. Did you want to go back down? Probably in the Bag of Holding. Probably in the Bag of Holding. I could turn us into clouds,

and we could just float down. That always works. It does always work. Is there a problem that it's real windy outside? It's always very windy. Can we control our clouds now? Make an intelligence check. Yay. Do you want help with that?

I can't use wisdom? I'm not wise about the weather. No, I know. No. Oh! Just turn intelligence, right? 19. 19. 19.

That'd be a bad idea. It would be a bad idea. You guys would be kites in a windstorm. We could always just climb down. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Are you sure you don't want to go back down by the big nasty now that you got your what? I don't think you're quite ex-gold.

I think we want to get our stuff back and get out. Oh, okay. Here's the thing, we don't have any powerful spells, because we don't have any components. No problem, I've never had those. Yes, but other people do. Oh, right, yep, they do. If an animal shapes us into things that fly,

would that be a bad idea? I mean, it will be difficult. So still, just flying is bad. Flying, I mean, I didn't want to bust out my room up there. It's possible. It's possible. It's just going to be difficult. Like, the wind is pretty intense around here.

It feels like it's near perpetual hurricane without the moisture. Do we know how long of a fall it is from the top to the ground? Because I could always just like and eat it a little bit and not just catch everybody. If we could resurrect you again, that would be such fun. I would take it.

If it's a thousand feet, it's a bad idea. If it's a thousand feet? Probably. Jeez. It's been quite a climb up here. It's, you don't have a good scope necessarily because you guys spent a lot of it climbing in the interior of the tower,

but you've been traveling upwards over an hour, like two plus hours to get up through to the top of the tower. Should we assume that any spell that takes any material components is busted right now? No, no, no, you can cast any spell that has material components that don't cost money, or have a money cost involved.

Well, while they're having this discussion, Lieve'tel is casting Regenerate on her forehead to return it to its pristine condition, and Thaumaturgy to clean the gnome shit off her face. Okay. Thaumaturgy doesn't clean shit. No, it doesn't. People have.

Press a digitation. Thaumaturgy makes your eyes change color. Water, yeah, water. Water actually does that job as well. Of napkins. We should hero's feast before we go to sleep. We forgot that. As the fossil

just ejects itself. Hero's feast cost components. Such a nice feeling. It's a bowl. Fuck, never mind. He took it all. Oh, we can't do it? Nope.

I've got an idea. So look, we've got to go down through the castle thing, right? Yeah. And it's somewhere down there. What if we were like, and we call it up, and then when it comes out, we run down? The third painting demon? The Balor thing.

Whatever's down there. We could, but first, is there any sort of magicing we can do to find the location of Bob? Yes, I can cast Locate Object. Without material components, and also, does that have a range, a distance range? Yes. Scrying, though.

A thousand feet. Yeah, that's not a lot. I could scry. Yes, I could scry. I could scry. Can we make a PHP? PHP. Layers of book. Layers of book.

PCP. Patchbook. P. Head for it. LetP. Pudge Puck. P. Head for it. I'm going to say I'm scrying. Because I'm assuming my scrying eye got stolen, right? No, you're scrying, you still have your objects. The only thing that got stolen, whatever you have on you that wasn't in the Bag of Holding,

you still have, unless it's a material component that costs money. He didn't rob you of everything you have. How did he do that? He's really good. Must be magic. It must be magic. It's strange, because you watched him the entire time. You saw where he stood, like 10 feet from you.

That's right! He never came close to you. Maybe he had invisible servants or something. Or maybe there was like a, I've heard about some magic where powerful practitioners can stop time. He could have stopped time for us briefly, robbed us all, and then come back. That seems far-fetched.

I've never heard of anything like that. Yes. That's bad. I could talk to crazy people. What'd you say? I could scry. Then do it. Okay, I scry.

Okay, so as Leia of Talon's finished washing her face and absolving her skull of the errant matter that you've jammed into it during the resurrection process, you lay out the scrying ritual, focusing on and looking for... Maybe the tuning? The tuning fork for the plane? Yeah. Or...

It's kind of a long one. Or the bag of holding, right? Is that pretty? It could be a person or an object or a place. So it could be the guy, it could be an object that he's carrying, it could be any of that stuff. It's up to you. I'll do the guy. Yeah, yeah, that's great. In case, you know.

Yeah, the guy. Okay. Bob. All right. I'm searching for Bob. Yeah, it's a search for Bob. It is the search for Bob. Your spell DC is... A... 20.

You fenced all of them. I know, I don't remember any of those words. 20. Okay. As your vision begins to emerge and push itself into the windstorm, you feel yourself being drawn through this intense, begins to emerge and push itself into the windstorm. You feel yourself being drawn through this intense battering buffet of wind from every direction.

You continue to be drawn through in this arc. You sense a direction from where you're standing. It's pulled through, pulled through. It's Key West. Sorry, keep going, sorry. Eventually, as it begins to arc downward through the storm, coming closer and closer, it flashes forward and you see dark shapes.

They look like structures, partial structures, parts of what was once a structure that sits low upon the ground beneath the intensity of the storm where there's still wind and sand and dust blowing through, but it's not as dangerous as it is up, up top this tower where you are, closer to where when you first arrived.

There, amongst the ruins, you can see there are partially collapsed walls and a marbled floor that is partially broken apart and gaps lie where it seems to have sustained either serious damage or eroded over time. The material itself, dark, like a jet black metal. Amongst these ruins, you see load-bearing pillars that no longer maintain an upper floor,

seemingly blown away, one pillar toppled. You see, tucked along the remnants of these walls, a desk and some shelves and a bed. There you see, going through a bag of equipment and cataloging all manner of things that you guys once had on your person, Bob. With a tiny lantern and a quill, just going through the pair of glasses

on his snubbed Githzerai nose and sets him on my one as he's taking notes. You pull back. Fucking Bob. It was him. He's squatting in some ruins, cataloging all of our stuff, which makes me think that maybe time is of the essence,

because maybe he's going to pawn them or something. Nobody pawned them out here. I mean, there's people like Bob, so why couldn't there be more people like Bob? What if he's just like Little Mermaid? He just keeps everything. Yeah, because he wants to be closer to humanity or something. Yeah, right, right. He did have a nice little desk and a reading area.

It actually looked very cozy. What if he doesn't know what any of it is actually for? Let's not worry too much about Bob's backstory right now. Your scrying eye, while powerful and amazing, can't really pinpoint a location, can it? Yeah, yeah. I'll say you've got a general direction from where you are. It was down the mountain, back where we came,

kind of like hang to the left a little bit. Okay, okay. The other left. You're right, I was looking at the other left, and then there's a collapsed building. Okay, so we can find it just from your? I think so. Stop that.

What are we discussing, how to get home? Well, sort of, yes. Oh. Yes, actually, technically, I think so. Stop there. What are we discussing? How to get home? Well, sort of, yes. Oh! Yes, actually, technically, I think so. You didn't... Hmm? Your fossil head is gone. To be fair, Pike, I probably wouldn't want a fossil

in my forehead, either. I didn't live to be 350 years old without learning a trick or two. You're 350 years old? She just said she didn't live to be 350 years old without learning a trick or two. You're 350 years old? She just said she didn't live to be 350. Don't you think I wear it well? Oh yeah. Mr. Bell does, don't you, Mr. Bell?

Yes, yes. It looks marvelous on you. God, I forgot I was even here. Apparently I have an accent all of a sudden. We were talking about going to get Bob, the fellow that we all met and who robbed from us. Did he rob from you as well? Yes, he took something of great value. He took a pinky bone of a man who died a long time ago. Well, then perhaps you would have a motivation for finding him as well.

Here's the man. His name was Purvon. We know Purvon's funny. Is it? Yeah. Are you trying to find a person, a place? We've sort of located him through Keyleth's impressive and powerful magic. Why, do you have a trick up your sleeve that could help? Perhaps if you describe it to me, I can find the place.

I can find the path. Yes. It's down the mountain towards the way we came, hang a little bit to the left, and then you find some building ruins. I think what she means is, what did it look like? What did it look like? Building ruins.

With a desk. With a desk. And a lantern, you said. Uh-huh, and he was catalog a desk. And a lantern, you said. And he was cataloging things. And the area around it. The Abyssal Plains. Ruins, there was ruins.

I think it was probably windy, I'm going to go with that. It was actually less windy because it was set down a little bit. You described the details. Yeah, it's what he said. There was some rocky protrusions from the ground around it. You can see part of a secondary floor that still manages to linger in place.

Just bundles of things kept to the side, boxes, chests, things that this individual Bob seems to be keeping all of his things in. No, this is a lie. It's a lie for Gregor. It doesn't work? I don't think I have the no. He buggered off with things I need.

Well, if there's something that we need, a particular component, I can help us with that. How? How? I can make things with my mind. You can. Oh, they're worth money. Are they things that actually work? It's called the secret.

If you think about something, if you just envision it. Oh. Oh boy. I can only do it once, and I don't want to waste it on an egg. We could sleep, right? I mean, we're going to sleep before we find Bob.

But I could use this and then sleep. Oh, that's a very good idea. Is it real, though, or is it like your counterfeit furniture that you hocked? It would be real, I think. Yes, yes, it would be real. But I could make a component if you need it. Or I could just.

So you could just make a tuning fork and we could go home. True. But we need our stuff! And we need revenge. I understand, and we need revenge, and honestly, I don't mind staying here. As soon as we go home, we have to deal with the real world.

Actually, this is a really lovely place. What establishment are we in? This is my home. This is my magnificent mansion. What rich, I must say. I got it when the market was bottomed out, and you know, it was a good sound investment. Low interest rate? Yeah, I locked in 2.7.

Adjustable or fixed? Fixed, bitch! I am quite impressed. Can we just stay here for? You would never find a deal like that in Vasselheim. Well, what components would you need for that? I used this to find your friend, but because he was in a location you were searching for, but I need something from where this lob is,

which we don't have, and I don't think you can make. Oh. I mean, if there's something to get us down the mountain faster. I mean, is that really what the big problem is, how we get down? That's the first problem, not necessarily the biggest. Yes, let's do that.

Just go down? Yeah. Through the building or off the side? Yep, sometimes the simplest answer is the shortest point between two ideas. That's actually pretty good. Almost sensible, but at the same time, we don't have a lot, if we have some spells that we need, and we could do this before you go to sleep,

we should know precisely what spells we're going to need to find our way. We have a general direction at this point, so we could just try and home in, locate our object on occasion when we see something on the distance, but it is difficult to see in that terrain. I can get down the side of the tower. I don't know about everybody else, though.

I will say, so you're aware, Lea of Teyla, the spell you're requiring requires an object from the location you wish to find. Yes. But you'd have it in your hand. Which is what I'm saying, it wouldn't work, because I don't have anything. I have an idea.

I can move her. Why don't you turn us all into something very small, Percival, you put us in your pockets, and you walk on down the tower. Oh shit. Oh shit. I'm attempting to discover whether or not that would work. Ooh!

Yo, Vex, up top. Smash out. I can't go now, we're out of the boot track. Uh, yeah. Oh, you're spider climbing boots? What if we were all like ladybugs? You could run. Mice will do.

Oh, I don't like mice. We'll be a little, you could be a weasel. Maybe. Then we wouldn't blow away just in case. Yeah, ladybugs, they could blow away and no one would notice. And then if you put us in his pocket, we could smash. There's no limitation to it.

You just have a climbing, just as long as you have the boots on, you can, as long as you want to, climb along services. There's no limitation to the time. Okay. Oh. The boots are endless, aren't they? I couldn't remember, I thought they had an activation. No, the boots are based.

Yours do not. All right, it's been a while. It's all good. All right. Let's sleep and do that. I don't have to have anything fancy for animal shapes. That's just druid shit, yo. That's awesome. Oh, all right. I could just do that. How long does animal shapes? That's just druid shit, yo. That's awesome. Oh, all right. I could just do that.

How long does animal shapes last? Up to 24 hours. Great. So if you do it now. It's a concentration. Well, we should sleep. You could do it now, sleep, and then I could just grab everybody else

and get us downstairs. That's lovely. Do we want to use Scanlan's fancy spell to make a chalice so we could have a hero's feast? Oh. That's also a very good idea. We could do that. Yeah, let's do that.

Let's commit and do it. All right. Chalice? Yep. Cool, we have a plan. You also could have done that for a diamond so she didn't have to use her wedding ring. I was ready, too. Motherfucker. I was ready, too.

No, but it's fine. We couldn't use my ring to make a chalice, so there you go. There you go. That's true. All right, we're going to make a challenge, so there you go. That's true. All right, we're going to do some Heroes Feasting. Yeah. Plus you get to renew your vows. That's true.

Can I make the cake? Maybe. Of course. But I was thinking of Sayer's cake. Sayer's cake, yeah. You're trying to attempt to create. Let me look. Why? What is this spell? Sometimes. No wrong spell? Wrong spell.

Go back. Come on, come on. I don't know why. With the old wish spell. How does this wish spell work? You can create an object of One object of up to 25,000 gold pieces in value that isn't magic.

Correct. A chalice qualifies, right? Correct, the gem encrusted, it's a bowl, technically, worth at least a thousand gold pieces. You can definitely do that. I will wish for a chalice worth 24,999 gold pieces. All right, how would you like to wish for this?

How would I like to wish for this? Yes. Oh no. Oh boy. I will sing a song. No. I will sing... Back in a sec. Fuck.

If you believe in life after no, after no, after no. I can see something so pure and clean. I really can't help but drink out of it all. Keep going. If you believe in life, afternoon, afternoon. Afternoon, afternoon. Okay, as you visualize in your mind

the 24,999 gold piece bowl, you guys watch, apparating within Scanlan's hand, this bowl of solid platinum that is encrusted with diamonds, like jam-packed, we're talking the gaudiest of rhinestone iPad cover, or iPhone covers, just bejeweled all over. It's grotesque. A little clockwork piece where it can extend

to have a little stem to it. There you go, yeah, yeah. Pop one of those jewels, Gunn. Like a collapsing retractable cup? Yeah, yeah, it's like a bowl, but then you can make it into a wine glass, and then inside are all of our faces etched. You got it on Skymall.

It's a bowl you got on Skymall. Yeah. Scanlon just wished for boxed wine. Seriously. Give me one of those jewels. Pop it out. Then it would only be worth 24,989. Sure. Here you go.

Stick it in Leotel's head. All right, let's drink. All right, so are you guys taking night's rest? Heroes' Feast. Heroes' Feast and night's rest. Okay, so who's casting Heroes' Feast? I'll cast it. All right, so as the feast is summoned, a beautiful spread of divinely crafted and conjured food,

much like the spread upon this table. Crackers and cinnamon rolls and cheeses and grapes and meats, it's delightful. Give me a grape. I want that meat. So as part of that, everyone becomes cured of all diseases and poisons. Yay!

You're immune to poison. Yay! And being frightened, you make all wisdom saving throws with advantage. Pike, go ahead and roll 2d10 for everyone to increase their maximum hit points. Oh shit! Immune to poison and fear. Go to rec.

Just wisdom saving throws. No, all saving throws. No, wisdom saving throws. Wisdom saving throws. No, all saving throws. No, wisdom saving throws. Wisdom saving throws. And death saves. No. Death save, too? And death saves. Well.

Does it? Cool. Oh well. And we get hit points? No, no death saves, just wisdom saves. Cool. Oh, really? Yep. Okay.

Beacon of Hope, we're confusing the chalice with Beacon of Hope. Correct. Damn it. Okay, sorry about of Hope, we're confusing the chalice with Beacon of Hope. Correct. Yeah, okay, sorry about that. It's all right. Give me that. Just throw that one in there.

Fear zero. And we add how much to our hit points? 10 total. So 10 hit points added to everyone's maximum hit points total for the next 24 hours. Woo! Let's all sleep. All right.

Wait, are we turning into animals before we go to sleep so that Keyleth saves the spell? What if we can't? It's a concentration spell. Oh, no. Okay, never mind. Yeah. Pike? Yes?

What room will you be sleeping in tonight? In yours? In yours. Oh yeah. Well, I was thinking so. Okay, cool. I'll just have them run up some cold water for you. Thank you. You're sleeping in your room, right? Yeah, my double-wide, yeah. Your double-wide. Mine's only a twin.

Everyone has a twin bed except for me, yes. Oh, you have the double wide? The double wide in the shape of the heart, yes. I didn't realize it was in the shape of a heart. It is, yes, it is. Do you sleep like this? Or do you sleep in the middle of it? I sleep whatever way suits me that night.

All over it? All over. Sometimes just near it. Sometimes I stand in the middle of the bed and just hop up and down a bunch. Can I come in and just hop on it for a minute? You want to jump on the bed with me? All right, yes. It's a little tricky because it is a water bed, so it doesn't have a lot of bounce to it. All right, yes. It's a little tricky because it is a waterbed. Oh. So it doesn't have a lot of bounce to it, but if you time the waves, it'll fling you up. Spraying your ankle.

I'll give it a try. We'll have a jumping on the bed party. Okay. Are you jumping on the bed? Uh-huh. Question. Yes. Did you take your armor off before getting on the waterbed to jumping on the bed party. Okay. Are you jumping on the bed? Uh-huh. Question. Yes. Did you take your armor off before getting on the water bed to jump on the bed? Oh no!

That's relevant. I did. Oh, damn. Everyone's gotten comfortable. Come along, Mr. Bell, you're with me. Let me teach you the wisdom of the ages. Oh, Jesus! Is that in reference to some sort of meditation before sleep? Fencing by the beard all night long.

Oh! Some people get frisky when they get brought back to life, you know? Perfect. Stiffness. Minus three to alter. This is house of sin. Oh my.

All right, so does all of you retire to your evening with a, you guys have a waterbed bouncing party? Mm-hmm. That's pretty cute. Yeah. You can say it, I rang his bell, it happened. There you go. Nice, I like it.

Wow. I'm just going to say the kids are gone. Just putting that out there. Kids. I slowly back out of the room. Vex makes eye contact with me. What are you? Sorry, I'm a slow eater.

How did you say that? I'm like, go on. In the garage? What? You just sleep in the floor like a dog? Fuck, where else would I be, man? In your sand training pit, don't you love it down there?

Oh, yeah, there's a sand pit! I go find my favorite spot, and I spin twice in a circle, and then get. Oh! That's a good thing. Buddies. Oh, it's so good to be back. All right.

Night's rest comes to you all. You awaken the next morning fully healed, your spells restored, still under the effects of the Heroes' Feast. The day is yours, you all gather in the main central foyer chamber of the Magnificent Mansion, some well-rested, some not as much.

You're now reduced to a minus three penalty to attack, saving throws, and ability checks. Anything else you guys like to do before you continue with your journey? Just real quick, we're going to do the mouse thing. Okay. I'm going to get us off this tower. Mm-hmm. All right.

And then we'll... I'm going to cast Pass Without a Trace on you there before we go, just right before. Right. Will that'm going to cast Pass Without a Trace on you there before we go, just right before. All right. Will that stick if I cast Pass Without a Trace and then turn into a mouse? Yeah, you're still concentrating on the spell. Okay.

I'm going to peek out the door to see what it looks like out there. Before we go to... Oh. to see what it looks like out there. Before we go to... Okay, so long journey down, you're going to be pretty much by yourself. Don't fuck this up, okay? The worst thing I can do is just drop everybody off the side and then you'll just turn back into humans

once you hit the ground, and you'll just be in slight pain. Well, all those hit points will carry over, and I imagine the hit points of a mouse are about the same as the hit points of a goldfish, so I don't want to potentially fuck that up. Perhaps a bag of sparrows, then, or some such. I'm going to, I'm going to, it takes a lot, but just let me here.

I meditate and I'm going to cast my 9th-level spell and give Percy Foresight. Whoa. Oh shit. Which just lasts for eight hours. Ah, oh, brain freeze, oh god, oh god. What did you just do to him? I don't know. You might feel a little of an adrenaline rush,

a little lightheaded. You can't be surprised. You have advantage on all attack rolls, ability checks, saving throws, and other creatures have disadvantage on attack rolls against you. What? For the next eight hours.

Whoa, cool. For the next eight hours. That is amazing. As Keyleth pulls her fingers away, you look towards her, and every moment, you're seeing two moments at once. You're seeing the moment you're in and a moment six seconds ahead of you. I know everything!

It's a dual reality, and at first, it's really frightening, and it takes a moment for you to focus. I don't even know how to process what you just did to me, but I'll figure it out. You can tap into plant magic, and there might be multiple timelines. I'm going to tap into the player's handbook

is what I'm going to tap into. This will be mine for kind of hard to say. I'm going to tap into the player's handbook is what I'm going to tap into. This will be mine for a minute. All right. I'm going to throw something at the back of his head real quick. All right, roll an attack of disadvantage. Oh, okay. Oh, fuck.

I just drank one of five. Yep, six. Six, what do you throw at him? A vase. Okay. I have intercept anyway, so yeah, I can, you know. Yeah, you throw the vase and he catches it in his hand. Dang it!

Whoa! I see everything! Whoa! I knew it was coming! Are we attacking Persian now? No, I was just seeing if his foresight was working. His fore, it's brilliant. Sight, darling. F seeing if his foresight was working. His forbs, brilliant. Sight, darling.

Foresight. You're very different. I just enhanced his mind's eye. We'll check that, but okay. Sorry, did that hurt? I'm literally letting you do this because I know it's happening two seconds early. Just making that point. Let's go! Right.

Wait, sorry, hold on. You've got a thing, and Leop'tal casts Death Ward on Vex. What was it? Just a bit of lint. Perfect now. You're Death Warded! Yeah! Death Ward is good. Surprise, wow, all right.

Death Ward! So what are we getting transformed into? We're going to do mice. All right, mice. All right. Mice? Or small sparrows so that you can't technically fall. Ooh, ooh, yeah, yeah, yeah, birdies, yep, birdies. Some tiny birdies. Just in case. You'll get flung around a bit,

but you at least can dive down at a speed. Okay. Are we all fine with being birds shoved in your pocket? Raise your hand if you're fine with being a bird. I mean, just on principle. Yeah. Okay. shoved in your pocket. Raise your hand if you're a farmer being a bird. I mean, just on principle. Okay. Head us for Bertrand and Velfi.

Aye! I turn us all into birdsmachina. Except for Percy. Except for Percy. Right. Damn it. Oh wait, I cast Pass Without a Trace. Okay, you pass without a trace, Concentrating, you finish the spell.

All of you revert into birds, still inside the mansion, correct? Yeah. I'm like a little scarecrow. You all flutter around and land across Percy's shoulders. There's a small gathering of sparrows. They've all got a little bit different flavors. Oh no, he's stepping out. Scanlan and Pyke are lovebirds.

I've got a little turquoise feather. Yeah, you're like the little indigo buntings. I'm a cardinal. Percy, what are you doing? I'm putting on my mask. So I can see and not have things blind. I'm opening the door to look out. Okay, you open the door.

Wind still blasting by. Make a perception check. With advantage. Okay. Oh, that's nice. 23. All right. Well, actually it would be a single roll. No, advantage.

Disadvantage, because there's no light. You're looking to pure darkness. Oh, it's pure darkness? Yes. One more roll. 14. 14. 14.

From what you can ascertain, with a little bit of light that's coming out of the mansion door in front of you, you can still see the front of the tower. It looks the same, but it is pitch black beyond. It is a lightless, void space, from what you can ascertain. You and your arm filled with birds. They're all in the pockets.

We're tucked in. Okay, so you've jammed a bunch of birds in your pockets, and you're standing there looking out into darkness. I am going to make a bloody break for the side of the wall. Okay. You can't see anything? Pretty much not, no. Do you have fire? Do you have anything to set on fire?

I do, actually. What did I used to do for this? I have a thing. You have a lantern. Don't you have a lantern with a... Like a directional lantern? Yeah, a directional lantern. It's literally. Yeah, no, I mean like, I mean literally birds are in your pockets. I do have a lantern, so I'm definitely trying to get it. You bring out the lantern and you go bolting.

As soon as you exit, your feet hit the stone floor at the top of the tower. You rush towards the edge where the wall itself that seemed to encompass the peak of the tower had crumbled forward. You step down, your feet touching the stones as you head. Full speed. Full sprint, okay. I'm going to try and give myself a little bit

of unanticipated movement in an attempt to just be difficult to hit. Right, and with the, Foresight's going to try and give myself a little bit of unanticipated movement in an attempt to just be difficult to hit. Right, and with the, Foresight's going to help you on this, because you are running through. So it's disadvantage on the stealth check, but you have advantage because of Foresight, so it's a straight roll.

So roll a stealth check. Plus 10. That's 35. Fuck. Okay. Very quietly, you go running down the side. Your mask is pushed up into your face as both the blasting of the wind

and the force in which you are piercing down the side vertically of Howler's Crag. You're having to bring one hand up to hold the straps in place so it doesn't end up being carried off. You can see the portions of your mask where the eyes are guarded by glass.

The glass begins to crack from the sheer force of sand and dust that's hitting it, but it's keeping and it's keeping. You're rushing down. Make a perception check with advantage. Oh my gosh. Natural 20, so that's 29. You come to a portion, the shelf,

where the rocks are very loose. You're running down, and right as you're about to leap forward to place your foot at a place where the rock itself would not be able to sustain your weight and send you tumbling over the edge, you dart to the left, manage to catch a part of natural, of, sorry, of carved stone that is jutting out from that side,

from some sort of structure that either has been absorbed by this tower or once existed there long before, and instead you use that to kick off and continue piercing downward. You're now about a third down the side of the mountain, hearing all these birds inside your pockets. You guys are all being crushed and knocked around, and it's not a pleasant experience.

Stop trying to help. Look, Dagon has made some weird fucking noises. Has anything, have I gotten a vibe of anything around? You do, because as you're looking down, on one of the little, there's a little outcropping, and you can see what looks to be two howlers that are currently curled up, one of them getting up, and looking out and sniffing on the wind.

Way from that, then. Yep, you rolled high enough stealth, because you're maintaining your stealth. They don't seem to notice you as you pass by. I'm going to keep trying, I'm going to try not necessarily, now that I've got a movement going, I'm going to try and not necessarily, now that I've got a movement going, I'm going to try and be more cautious rather than fast at this point.

I'm going to keep a good speed, but I'm starting to like trade. Okay, okay. You make your way down two thirds of the mountainside. Make another perception check, please. Not quite as well as last time, but that's okay. That's 28. 28. As you go rushing down, you leap off one ledge, and right as your feet leave, or about to leave the edge of this cliff face, you look and see what is an opening. There is a drop that goes

into a chamber inside. You don't see what's in the chamber, it's just pitch black from your vantage point. You only have a directional light, but you manage to pull back, not quite peeling the last bit of your, the ball of your foot off of the stone, and pull yourself back and riding it,

curving around the edge, manage to avoid plummeting into whatever chamber was below. Go in. Fucking force it. You dart around and continue piercing down towards the base until eventually the fairly vertical decline begins to level off into a gradual leveling.

Until eventually. I can't use this spell. It's nuts. Until eventually you reach solid, flat ground. You can see the various piercing bits of punched rock that are jutting out of the nearby elements of the crag and the cliffs that surround it. Is there cover anywhere around here? There is cover, yeah.

I'm going to run towards cover. Okay, you dart over towards cover. And I'm letting everyone know we're clear. Okay. Y'all get jostled inside the pockets. Ffff. Removing birds from my pocket and placing them behind whatever stone we're covering.

Okay, which bird do you put there first? Keyleth. Okay, you see Keyleth there. You let her sit down, the wind and just takes your tiny bird in a huge wind. I attempt to catch her. You attempt to catch her? Mm-hmm. Go ahead and make a dexterity check with advantage.

Oh god. That was terrible. Wow. Nine. Oh. You take Cula down and go back to your pocket. She just goes, try to reach out and does nothing.

And her bird form, flapping wings out of control, just vanishes into the shadow. What should I do? Drop it. What are you doing? Well. You're being carried away and buffeted. If I drop it, it drops all of us. Drop this shit, Lys for all the dice!

I drop it. Okay. You drop the form and then plummet about 10 feet, hitting the ground, and take five points of lightning damage as you fall, bouncing a bit on the rock. Percy. My coat is ruined, isn't it?

Your coat is torn asunder as the rest of Vox Machina just alien burst out of the front of the chest, thrusting you back against the stone that you're hiding from. I was in his pants pocket. Oh no! Your pants are ruined, too. You can still wear them, the waistband is maintained,

but you have a giant split along the front. You're wearing Hulk pants now? Yes, you have a Hulk pants Percy, with his three-armed Hulk pants Percy. First it was the butt flap, now it is the front. Can't keep those pants on. No pants off. No pants, Percy.

Goddamn it. Eventually, Keyleth walks back, a little battered from the storm. Sorry, I'm sorry. I'm good. Just take the enemy a little bit. No, it's all right. I think you should lead.

Are we closer, Keyleth? How are we close? Yeah, it's this way. Make a perception check based on the direction of Haller's Crag and where you were. Oh, fuck, my perception was great. 25.

25. Wow. No, wait, 23. 23. Based on where Haller's Crag is, based on the direction where you've now exited, and Percival keeping very much in line where you placed or told them since you exited down and you made your path pretty well, you have a very strong idea of the direction

you're supposed to be traveling to at least get in the ballpark of where your destination. Caleb? Yeah? Can you put up that windshield one more time? Oh yeah! Thank you. With that, the windshield back, so you guys have to filter in. You, for the first time, are really,

you got a little bit up there in the tower as well. You know, wind, sand, whatever, that's weird. That makes it a lot better. Man, you pick a weird vacation spot. We really need those sock puppets. Yeah. Really will help. I'm going to pull out the Rod of Alertness and walk towards the front next to Keyleth

and lead the way. Thank you. Okay. So. I feel like I have a good idea of where we're heading. Lead the way, Vajram. No, no, I'm a team player. It's time for you to lead, Leileth. Wow. Wow.

You know what? He believes in me as a leader, though. I'll take that. Yeah. I am in a good mood this morning. Good shit. I'm still going to look forward. Still going to look for danger.

Still going to look for danger as we move forward. Sure, you got it. All right. With guidance. All right, so go ahead and make your perception check. Which is at advantage because of the rod, with guidance, with my negative three. Yes.

So that was a 19 minus three, gets me down to 16. Yeah, 16. 16, okay. Do you guys have a light source? 26. Okay. Do you guys have another light source, or are you just still going off of the Lantern of Percy's?

Well, is it safe to, do you think? Probably not. I mean, that's what we did before, right? Pike had light. Pike's finger on light last time. Yes, we did. Your call, if you want to keep it. I'll keep using this for as long as we've got it, then. Pike had light. Pike's finger on light last time. Yes, we did. Your call, if you want to keep it.

I'll keep using this for as long as we've held it then. It's easy to douse and bring back up and it's a bit of containment. Looking ahead, there's nothing immediately that sets off your interior alarms. Make a survival check, if you don't mind, Keyleth. Don't fuck me, go. Ah!

28. Oh. Okay, great. So, a few things. In keeping with the dust and the sand that pushes through and blasting, you concentrate on your memory of the scrying spell and the essence of your consciousness being pulled through. Remembering that feeling and seeing the little bits

of shadows of masses that seem to appear and pass you throughout the storm, you begin to recognize some of these shapes and know that you're on the right path. The first hour of traveling does go through, relatively uneventful. You do, however, Alia of Teyla and Vex, you notice this as well because of your passive perception being so high. You swear that you both feel a rhythmic, distant rumble. Let go.

What is that? I don't like that. Do you feel that? Yes. What? Does it feel like the. Do you feel that? Yes. What? Does it feel like the earth is shaking or something? Does it feel like it's coming toward us? It's hard to tell.

It's very faint. I put my ear to the ground. Okay, make a perception check. 28. 28. 28. It's definitely moving, but you don't know if it's coming near or far from you. It just is present.

Near. There's something potentially underground. It's moving around. It's something potentially underground. It's moving around. It's something living. Well, let us know if it gets closer. Okay, so you continue to listen, or do you keep moving?

I'll, every, like, 30 feet, I'll just give a little listen. Okay. Do we all have Pass Without a Trace on us, or? Yeah. Pass Without a Trace lasts for? Yeah. Pass Without a Trace lasts for? An hour. An hour, so you have to recast it. If you want to.

Do you want me to? I can do that. I'll recast it. Sure, why not. All right. Everyone make a stealth check for me, please. Two for you. Got it. You've got it.

Piece of shit! I have the result. Shit! Wait, no, I've got to have my match on. How do you deal? 11. Plus 10 for pass that trace. 21, and Grog rolled a 31. All right. Wow, so I rolled a two,

but with all of everything, it brought me to 18. Wow! Nice. Yeah. 40. Four zero? 22. 24. 32.

Natural 20, 33. Okay. So continuing to move, continuing to move along, it doesn't seem to be getting any further from you, which means it's either keeping in pace with you or it's just omnipresent. You're unable to really make it out.

But it feels like it's moving. I would say because of how high you rolled, I would say it does feel like it's moving, yes. Hmm. Weird. This is weird. I don't like it. It doesn't seem like it's getting any closer, but it doesn't seem like it's getting any further, but it sounds like it's moving. It means that we're probably being tracked.

It's probably an oasis. Or maybe it's just hanging out next to us. I've heard about these. What is an oasis, Grog? You look in the distance, and there's a beer garden, and the closer you get, the beer turns to water, and everybody cries. A beer or a beer?

A beer garden, what did you think I said? A beer garden? Yeah, you never heard of beer garden before. You get close and everybody cries? Yeah, it's very sad. Because you're, oh, it's sad? Yeah, because you're like, beer, ale, fun, I'm so hot, it was very sad. Because you're, oh, it's a cellar? Yeah, because you're like, beer, ale, fallout, I'm so hot, it's the desert!

And then you get there and it's just fucking water. It's not an oasis, it's a mirage. That's what you're thinking of. Don't confuse yourself, love, these things are very complicated. Yeah. As you're having this conversation, you didn't want to make a wisdom saving throw,

so. Oh! With our frantic. Oh, pandemonium. Ew. See you, Tal. Even with advantage. Without advantage, it would have been awful. 16 for me. Saving throw?

Saving throw, yes. Hang on. 16. That was very low. Percival? 11. 11. 32. 32, Jesus.

Liv TL. 16. All right. 11. Caleb? 32. 32, ooh! Livtiel? 16. All right. 18. 18. 22. 22. Bertrand rolled a nine, and Grog rolled a 15. All right. Did Bertrand just die?

The maddening winds. When it's fun. No. Yeah. The maddening winds of Penmonium continue to buffet you from all sides as you progress towards your destination. All of you manage to keep it at bay, except for once again, Bertrand Bell

takes a point of exhaustion. Oh! Oh no. Not a problem. I think it's the points you already had, I believe. Though you did lose one from a night of long rest, so you just gain it back. Okay.

Almost a full night. Thank you. Ah! Uh-huh. Oh yeah. Oh yeah. Oh yeah. Almost a full night. Thank you. Ah! Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Yeah. Uh-huh. One point.

Uh-huh. So one point. Because you be fucking. Keyleth, could you make another survival check for me, please? Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy, oh boy, oh boy. Oh! 27.

27, great. 15 plus 12. That's 27, great. 15 plus 12. That's wonderful, all right. Partway into your second hour of heading towards your destination, Keyleth leading you forward, you guys begin to see on the outskirts of the bit of light that Percival is pushing forward

with his directed lantern, you see what looks to be branches. Eventually, as you stop and move a little forward, there is a massive tree here in the middle of Pentemonium's ground. Did I see that when I ascribed? No. Oh, okay. At least the shape moved by too fast.

There is. So we can travel via plants or something. Oh, not between planes. Shit, never mind. But if we find another tree, we can get back to this one. Are we sure that's a tree? Awesome. I don't know. What do you mean?

I mean, why would there be a tree in Pandemonium? Wait. No, that's stupid. What? I was just wondering if this is where we fought the wolfy things, because trees grow from shit. I'm quite familiar with the foliage here in Pandemonium. That's stupid. What? I was just wondering if this is where we part the wolfy things, because trees grow from shit. I'm quite familiar with the foliage here in Pandemonium.

I can tell you it is just a tree, nothing more. What does the tree look like? It appears to be slightly patinaed, as if it was made from iron, and then over time had gained a teal type of slow growth over it. It looks solid and unearthly. It is very large, probably 50 feet high, from what you can guess from the way it rises up.

That's enormous. You also see, amongst its leafless, its leafless branches, what looks to be a dozen or so ovoid-like black fruit that are attached and hanging from the iron-like branches that look smooth and somewhat shimmering between the patinaed elements that have gathered. How many oval thingies?

About a dozen. Holding the rod up, are those little thingies moving, or is the tree moving at all? The tree is occasionally swaying with the wind that is battering it, but it seems to be holding tightly. The fruit as well, swinging appropriately. Swinging a little bit, yeah. There's nothing weird about its movement?

Not for what you can tell. Make a perception check if you want to. Does the fruit look like it's iron as well? Is the fruit patina, does it look organic? Always say that. The fruit, if you get a little closer and look towards it, the texture appears to be like hammered metal. They are pitch black, matte.

There is no shine to them like the rest of the tree, but they have divots on them like they're hammered metal, kind of a texture. 21. 21. The movement of the tree seems to be purely based on resisting the wind and then bouncing back to its original position. There's no autonomic movement

beyond what the wind is causing. I'm going to use the rod to first cast Detect Evil and then Detect Magic, which I can do limitlessly. Okay. You have a rod that can do limitlessly. Okay. You have a rod that can do all those things? I do. It was hard to come by. Yeah. You guys have vestiges, that's what she has.

The detect magic, there is definitely a magical essence throughout the entire tree and each of the fruit pieces. Is it evil? Evil, you get no sense of evil from it. Evil. Evil tree. Ooh, get one of those eggs. Get one of those eggs?

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Use your hand and get one of the eggs. No need for that, please. I am well studied in the removal of such fruit from a tree of this nature. Please, it would be my great honor. All right, shimmy on up there. Get it.

Beep beep. Now? Yes, yes. Sure, go. Not on the way back after the deed is done? Nope, right now. It could be useful. Especially since you know the trees and the foliage of this area so well. Yes. So well.

You might even have an advantage. Probably. Off I go to the tree. All right, so, Sir Bertrand Bell, as you approach the tree, the light source not shifting, so as you approach, it still is mostly dark and shaded. You can see the wind and the dust

just arcing past, kind of wince your eyes a bit to keep it from blasting into your eyes. Looking up, it's just ominous, and the leafless branches scrape against themselves occasionally, giving this awful Don't look at it. It's so hard to treat an ominous entirely by itself.

I take out the Gambler's Blade, and I move forward to the nearest piece of low-hanging dented fruit. It's about seven feet above you. Fuck! With a leap and a strike, you could try and cut it free. Oh, yeah, I'm going to try a leap and a strike.

All right, go ahead and make an attack roll. This is the one place we don't find any. Oh, now we're great. 17. Bertram Cagney. 17. All right. You manage to strike once, right where the fruit has about an inch or so of stem

that it dangles from the branch. You deftly cut through. It does resist more than you expected. You've cut thin bits of wood and branch with blades since you were a child. That's half of your pastime. There was a little more resistance to it and a bit of a metallic impact

that you weren't expecting. However, the fruit does come loose and begin to fall. Oh, I'll try to catch it. All right, roll a strength saving throw. Strength saving throw? Sorry, dexterity saving throw. Dexterity. Shh.

What the fuck are you going to do? I don't know what's going on over there. 18. 18, you catch it, no issue. It's heavier than you expected. Or like I expected. Yeah, there you go. It's about that large.

It's about... Is it warm, cold? It's cold, it's cold to the touch. It feels metallic. Should you try it? Hold on, I am ripening the fruit. Does it make any sound? Knock on it. You make a perception check.

Three. Does not seem to make any sound. It appears to be fairly stiff. Yep. Well, the deed is done, Does not seem to make any sound. It appears to be fairly stiff. Yep. Well, the deed is done, and I'll walk it back over to the group. Okay, Bertrand Bell returns with one of the fruits

of whatever tree this may be. Oh, much better inside this wind wall you're making. Very impressive fruit, as promised. Remember to leave it in my Yelp review. Okay. Does it make a metal sound? It doesn't make a metal sound, it just makes a very hard shell sound.

It sounds like you're hitting hardwood. Sounds like that. Kind of, but solid and thick. Are there any, is it a solid piece, or are there any seams, like organic or otherwise? No seams. Hello? Lick it.

Should we smash it on the ground? Lick it, somebody lick it. We're not going to lick it. What do you mean lick it? Don't. What? I'll grab it. Very dusty, your tongue is just caked

in the sands and dust that rock it and buff it inside of Pentamonium. It is not a flavorful experience. Just smash it, Grog, smash it with your axe or your hammer or your hands. Fuck you, fruit! Resistance, resistance, resistance! As Grog slams the fruit onto the ground,

the hard stone floor, it cracks open into four separate pieces. For the hard exterior floor, it cracks open into four separate pieces. For the hard exterior of it, the inside is a deep, deep crimson fleshy fruit, like a bright watermelon-esque, but thicker and slightly striated. It doesn't look pleasant. It resembles meat, which is off-putting for a fruit. It's wet, but not a large amount of juice

is expelled upon it cracking. Does it smell like meat? You want to go ahead and smell it? Is it bloody? It has an iron-like smell to it. Oh my god, what if this was soul? What if this was somebody's soul? What are you talking about?

Body, it's probably body, not soul, it's blood. Or it's something that's going to attract whatever it was that was making the vibration noise. Are we still hearing that thing? Make perception check. Oh no. With advantage? I can't remember what I had advantage to begin with.

No? Okay, cool. Perception, 27. Ooh. Does that mean it's getting closer? It's getting ever so faintly louder. It's getting louder, it's getting louder, it's getting louder, it's coming. Maybe we leave this here and move. We should move quick. Now.

Yeah. I grab a little chunk of it, though. Oh, why? I just want to know what it is. Yeah, you're going to bring a piece of it with you. Maybe I shouldn't touch it. Touch it, touch it. I'm so proud of you.

Touch the meat. Resistance. Touch it. It's kind of fleshy. It feels like a very fleshy fruit. I take it and put it in the Bag of Calding. Okay, let's go. Okay.

Yeah, let's pick up his, yeah? Okay, so new stealth checks from everybody. You have to cast Pass Without Trace again if you'd like. I can do it if you want. It's my, oh yes, I'm out of second levels. Yeah. Guidance. Pass Without Trace for me.

So we get Pass Without? Yeah. 15. 15? Whoa, really? 26. 30. 23. 39.

30. 30. Wow. Bertrandrell rolled a 36, Grog rolled a one. A natural one. All righty. I'm going to go, you guys! That's okay.

So as you guys crest on forward into the storm, in the direction of which Keyleth is running with the new Pass Without Trace, I need everyone to also make another wisdom saving throw. With advantage. With advantage? Oh, that was the advantage thing I was thinking of.

Yeah. Because of the Heroes Feast. 16 again. Oh, thank god. Oh goodness, thank god. I rolled a one. 22. 22. 28. Oof.

Well, hold on, it's a 15 for me. All right, Vec. Roll advantage. Yep. 19. All right. 25. 17 for Burstyn Bell,

and seven, no, seven for Grog. All right, as the maddening winds now start taking. Seven for Grog. All right, as the maddening winds now start taking their toll on Grog, new to this experience of pandemonium, beginning to be worn down by the incessant howl that grinds its way into his ears and his eyes and his senses, Grog takes a point of exhaustion.

That's a nine, still a bad pick up. All right. So many things, I don't know what they were. It was actually a nine, Still a bad pick up. All right. So many things, I don't know what they were. It was actually a nine. That still fails, right? Nine still fails. DC is ten. I'm a spellcaster, life. Jumping that 17.

I can't see the dots sometimes, but it's there. All right, could you make another nature check? Keyleth, as you're leading the group. Nature or survival? Sorry, survival for this. Thank you. 25. 25, great. this. Thank you. 25. 25, great.

Continuing into the third hour of this journey towards your destination, keeping tabs that heavy sound you're listening for as you every now and then take a moment to stop, it seems to be keeping in pace with your movement. So it's not getting closer. But it's following us. Seems to be maintaining its person.

What the shit is this thing? You had to put it in following us. Seems to be maintaining. What the shit is this thing? You had to put it in the bag. It was already following us. You see something that you briefly saw in your vision, which tells you that you're still on the right track and keeps you oriented. As you pointed out, you guys see what appears to be a partially buried statue.

12 feet tall, with as much of it as exposed. It's probably much taller, close to 25 to 30 feet total. From what you can see, it's about 12 to 15 feet of it exposed at an angle. It's sandblasted, but still maintains most of its form without issue. It appears to be made of hard metal. The body is that of a robed female.

Her head is wreathed like a lion in blades. Wow. Just swords. Coming out like a jagged sunflower. With some of them forming a subtle crown upon her brow before emitting outward. What the fuck is that? Does that look familiar at all? I can make an arcana check.

May I as well? You may. A 350 roll check. One. Arcana or history? This would be arcana. Okay, that's fine. Any idea who that is? 18. 18? Anybody else our arcana. Okay, that's fine. Any idea who that is? 18.

18? Anybody else with arcana? Yes, yes, I will. Yeah, you! Guidance. Which just cancels out my exhaustion. We have advantage on that as well, Percy. You did. You did, okay. Terrible. So that goes down to two.

No, it's balls, total balls. I just rolled balls. But I would like to use the rod to detect magic, detect evil. That's not total balls. It's pretty balls. It's minus three, so that's down to two. Plus four is six. Plus eight. Plus 14. That's balls. That's balls, okay.

None of you were able to recognize the iconography of this statue, where it hails from, what it means, what this female figure is. Bertrand? Magical New Orleans. Yes, my love, how may I assist? Does she look familiar to you? Ah, yes.

The Blade Queen. A storied female figure. What were the stories? They are too long for the time we have, my friend. I'm sorry, we are on a schedule. The Blade Queen, eh? Yes, yes. A positive figure of good, or?

She has blades around her head. Do you think that's positive? It depends, depends. My little friend, that's negatory. All right, all right. What if someone was throwing a bunch of envelopes at her and she needed to open them all? She had to do her taxes or something.

That is a preposterous situation. All right, you're right. I'm just shitting on you. Teal, while they're having this conversation, the statue is not magical, nor is there an evil presence from it. You're just unable to ascertain the nature and significance of it.

Cool. and significance of it. Cool, let's keep going. As we walk, are there any other landmarks as we walk past? Right now, around you, it's just a singular statue sitting out at the sand at an odd angle. I'm going to give it a check, too. Go, go. Look up on my work CYD and despair.

Can we feel around it for traps or anything? Well, let's go see what it's made out of, at least. I mean, it's pretty unique. Or Keyleth. Are we going the right way still? Is it past the statue? Uh-huh, it's just beyond this. I kind of saw this.

Okay. Can you identify the type of metal based off of the coloration of the rust and debris? Make an intelligence check. Thank you. It'll help. You know, it is kind of nice that we're getting in a little bit of sightseeing on this journey.

Guidance, true. Normally when we go to a place, we just do our job. Guidance. What does that mean? We should walk more. Plus 1d4. Oh, plus 1d4.

Count it. No, that shouldnd4. I'll count it. No, that's an accounted roll. There we go. 21. Okay. It appears to be a steel alloy. It's a steel alloy of some sort. Ah, yes.

Common amongst these lands in the ancient times. Does it look like it's been here for a very long time? Does it look like it's been here for a very long time? Does it look like it's been hit with wind? It looks like it's been here for some time. It's not a recent discovery. The weathering and elements of erosion that are visible on something made of solid steel

tells you that it's been here for quite some time. An appropriate material of a civilization that had perfected the art of sword making in the first place. Just so. Well, is there any way to mark it or something in case it moves? You want to mark it?

No, no, but set a trap around it or something. Make a perception check. I mean, we can mark it. Is she alive? Some of this heartbeat. It's very hard to move through this place. Yeah. The reed.

I hear that, yeah. Perhaps closer? It's getting closer. All right, let's keep moving. Okay. It sounds like footsteps, almost like, very large, for oh my god. Right, what?

Whose son was that thing that we fought? We don't know. Everything is something's son. No, he said something about it, right? He was a god's son, wasn't he? He was something very large, a son. What if that dad is coming after us now? If he was a god, he could probably fly.

He wouldn't walk. Probably, you're right. You're right. I forgot his name. I took notes and I don't have my notebook. Let's just keep walking. Okay. Nobody cast legend, lore, or anything, so you didn't learn a lot of information beyond just what I said as part of the narrative

end of the last one. So you're not actually certain, other than the fact that whatever you fought would have had some lineage of some very powerful Celeste Dillon. He was yelling about his dad. Yeah, there was some sort of a paternal figure that it was shouting into the wind against. Yeah, of godly origination.

Correct. Who doesn't have daddy? Oh, but he's fine. So. Daddy wasn't there. Sorry, keep going. It's all right. You continue moving forward. I need you all to make another wisdom check, please. Oh jeez. Oh man.

Still a saving throw? Yes. Still a saving throw. With advantage. Advantage, oh. Yes, yes. Yes. Sweet, babe. 15. Natural 20.

Nice. 34. All right. We have two. Hold on, 16. I've got a lot of things to add, and plus 16 plus 20, this is wisdom? Yes. 31. 31.

14. 14. 25. 25. Grog rolled a natural 19, Bertrand Bell rolled a seven. Bertrand Bell gets another point of exhaustion. How many points does Bertrand Bell have? That is two.

Two, speed is halved for Bertrand Bell. Put him on the bear. Speaking of the best, I've been making wisdom saving throws for Trinket. I thought Tr. Put him on the bear. Speaking of the bear, should I have been making wisdom saving throws for Trinket? I think Trinket was in the necklace. Well, I could say he was. I think you could say, sure, Trinket was in your necklace.

I'll pop him out now so Bertrand can ride on him. Why? His speed's only 15. Who? Fine, my speed's 15. I know, that's what I mean. Oh god, thank god this bear is here. So tired. Is it sand we're walking in? You guys, go ahead.

Oh god, from up here. Oh. Just maybe take a nap or something. Okay. I'm going to, in this moment, attempt to use divine intervention and ask the Raven Queen what to, in this moment, attempt to use divine intervention and ask the Raven Queen what we are in danger of, what is going on.

Oh shit. Okay. I never do that. While you're talking to her, let her know she's a fucking bitch. Whoa, hey, maybe not before the request. She hears you, she hears you. Zero. You have to roll six.

So it works. Oh my god! That succeeds. Oh my god! Wow. Wow! As you reach up and clasp your clerical symbol, the small porcelain face of the Raven Queen wreathed in black feathers that you keep hidden within your armor.

You close your eyes and look outward, out towards the storm in the direction where you came from, and the sand that blows by stops becoming sand. It's black feathers. All of a sudden, you are engulfed, all of you, in a storm of loose black feathers that are battering into you across your face. It tickles, it feels strange, it's alien and unfamiliar.

The temperature drops about 20 degrees at the same time. You, the Abtiel, you watch as the feathers begin to part in front of you as part of this vision that is granted to you. None of the others see this, just the feathers. The feathers part further and further past the tree, and then just beyond the boundary of the tree, you see something massive

storming in your direction. It looks like it's made of solid sandstone, dull and gray, its eyes burning bright green, elemental in form almost, made up of seemingly the elements of pandemonium itself brought into a physical form as each footfall extends,

probably a 20-foot, 25-foot gate. As it approaches the tree, you watch its body tear apart. As the body breaks, it turns into a whirling tornado of the dust and sand that was once forming its physical body. As it tears through the tree, two of the fruit are just ripped off of its branches. As it bursts through its boughs,

you watch some of the tree's metallic branches bend inward from the force. As the sand scatters past, it all reforms once more into its full elemental form. Could we say that this is here upon us now? It's a ways away, but it's making its way in your direction. So run.

It's going at a speed that is quite a bit faster than any of you have been moving. It's a ways out, but it's gaining. Okay. Is it at the tree already, or was that a vision? Only love can see it. I know, I know, I'm just asking. I start blurting out to the group what I've seen.

I pull out the rod, and I'm ready to jam it into the ground if we are staying here. Are we running, or are we making a stand? No, no, fucking fucking, why would we want to fucking fight a titan? Running, running, running, running, running. If we get the fork back, we don't have to fight anything. So we move, we find our way to our things.

What does the rod do our way to our things. What does the rod do? It improves our chances. Oh yeah, let's keep running. We'll use it as a last resort. Hey, while we're running, can anyone look at this fruit and see if it does anything? Look at the fruit.

Who can do this? I'll look at it. Make a nature check. Nature check? Yeah, nothing. Can I try? You can. check? Yeah, nothing. Can I try? You can. 13.

13, yep. No idea. Make a nature check. Oh. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. 27. 27.

I'll say... You've heard of this. Okay. You've heard of this. Okay. You've heard of it, it does not exist on Exandria. But you've heard the term Potherfruit. Potherfruit. Potherfruit. And the only thing you can recall about it

is it's used in, it has been used in the past in extensive vision quests, but rarely, and usually in very intense ancient rituals, it's been out of practice for a very long time. Okay. No. I really want to eat this brow. Okay. No! I really want to eat it.

That's a problem. We can feed it to the thing and it'll go away and go on a vision quest. That's true. I just ate two of them. Oh. I didn't eat two of them. They flung out.

Can we run now? Yes, let's run. We're doing it as we're running. We're looking at the frills, we're running. You're all shouting through the storm at each other. All right. Pushing on for this last bit, eventually you begin to see the familiar sight

of the large exterior of this sand-sundered citadel that lies out here, the one in your scrying vision. You can see elements of the walls. This fucking heart pounding is creeping me the fuck out. I know. Me, too. It curves inward slightly, but most of the roof has been worn away. It is a series of low and high walls.

It seems almost like the thing has been slowly dissolving over time. You see, through the bit of storm and light that you have, just the dark shapes, you come upon one of them, and the metallic surface on the outside is pitch black metal, but when your light goes across, it has a very faint greenish sheen across it. This is it.

We're almost there. Any way inside? I don't know. He's around here, tucked in under one of these collapsed caverns. Are there any doors or entrances? The walls are down and open. You can literally just walk in from multiple sides.

You have to be careful. It's the skeletal remains of what was once a citadel made of this black metal, but most of it has just eroded away in time, and now it's just sections of its base walls and some element of a secondary floor that still remain. I'm going to cast Locate Object. All right, what are you casting it on?

On the Tuning Fork. The Tuning Fork? Yeah. Okay. Go ahead. Within a thousand steps of me. Yeah. Okay. You cast the spell, and you feel the spell draw and tug your attention at an angle away from where you're standing

behind this one corner wall. So then. The wind is so strong here that you cannot see past a certain distance, so make a perception check with disadvantage to even make out. Even with the wind? Your wind guides just around you. It's like a shield right in front of you.

The storm is dense. Okay. 23. 23, with disadvantage. Yeah. Okay. You step around the outside wall. I have a 15 perception. That's amazing. It's pretty good.

Level 20. You glance around the side where part of the wall crumbles, and you can see, within what is visible detail-wise, this central plane with cracked elements of the marble floors that were once this beautiful citadel. You can see pillars that stand tall, one that is toppled over across and to the left of you.

The direction it's pulling you towards is in the far corner opposite side where that secondary floor is looming above. You can see rubble across it and jars and a box and things up on the second floor faintly. You can see below it in that direction, there is a bookcase.

You can see a desk to the left of it. There sitting in the chair is a bookcase. You can see a desk to the left of it. There, sitting in the chair, is a figure currently writing. That stops and goes, A duck. Just rummaging through the desk. He pulls something out, holds it, and puts it in his face. Fuck it.

It's there, that bitch, or something. I want everyone to make a stealth check. Does our past that trace still up? No, it is facing up. Old Gith Zanke, or whatever? Is it a G Traces still up? No, it is failed. Oh, Githzanki or whatever? Is it a Githzanki? Githzerai. Githzerai.

Natural 20. Ooh. Do we have Pass Without Traces? No, you do not. 18. Hey. 28, yeah, total. Personal? 20.

19. 26. 21. Wow. 14, totally. 20. 19. 26. 21. Wow. 14, 26. Not bad rolls, guys. 26. Bertrand. Yes.

Wow. Not bad rolls, guys. At disadvantage. Do we all get a bonus from you, or no? I'm sorry. I didn't roll at disadvantage. I'll make this Grog and this one Bertrand. Dang, those are fucking better! No worries, those are the low ones.

All right. That's amazing. I rolled 14, so I think, yeah, I don't know what I add, I don't think I add anything. No worries. Uh-oh. He's rummaging through his desk, just like Bob. Nothing but ores left on his desk.

I know, they should have some. I feel like we've stolen all of this. As he walks out a few steps away from the desk, his voice carries past the wind. No. You've returned? Oh no. I can hear you.

Nothing. Should we say something? Should we say something? Should we like? Yes, we've returned. We've returned to get our stuff, Bob! Why, you gave me presents! Takes the gem away.

Presents? I asked for presents and you gave them to me. I don't recall that happening at all. Are you sure? I am positive of anything. Do you guys remember this part of the conversation? Sort of remember something about presents, but then Keyleth gave you a fucking flowers or something.

That was enough, right? It didn't mean that you could take things that we didn't give you. Yeah, tell them. You know. You took stuff that you shouldn't have taken. Ooh. Nothing was taken, it was gifted!

I think I see what's going on. This is just a misunderstanding. If we could have our items back, perhaps we could give you some money for them. Why do you have it back? No! I need them. Maybe we approach.

Maybe. We're going to take that as a yes, since you took our offer of presence as a yes, and so I'll start walking towards Bob. Go get him. Okay. Yeah, I'll follow. All right, so you guys take steps. You guys take a couple steps.

As you do, you watch the back wall. There is a similar sculpture of the same black metal with the green sheen across the back chamber that sits behind the desk. It's in the shape of what looks to be a creature holding up the second floor, like a humanoid body. As you take steps, it takes two steps and stops when you stop. Mm-hmm.

Sorry. Stands about 15 feet tall and is made of the same black metal. You can see bits of rock and stone that cracked out of its arms as it dislodged itself from the back chamber wall. Bob, Bob. Easy, Bob. Summons that guy.

It seemed to step forward without Bob doing anything, but as you began to walk forward, it began to walk forward. Easy, Bob, it's all right. We're not going to cause you any harm. You can call off your friend. What do you mean to take back, then? Honestly, if we're going to be fair,

we're strangers in this place. We're having a very difficult day. There are matters of timing that we should probably all discuss. Why don't we all just sit down and have a nice cup of tea? Yeah. You bring tea presents?

Yeah, when's the last time you had a nice snack and a nibble? Don't we? Yes. Thinks to himself, is he? I have my tea set. Yeah, when's the last time you had a nice snack and a nibble? Yes. Thinks to himself, is it? I have my tea set. A very long time. Well, that's what we should have, a proper tea party.

Let's have a moment and have a discussion about a way for all of this to end agreeably for everybody. But quickly, please, because you never know when guests may drop in. Oh, that's awful. Eight, no, 11. 11? Yes.

There is a thing chasing us. No, the rolling danger, the thunder that comes, yes. It has a name. What do you think destroyed the Citadel? Oh, bloody hell. Oh, what's that statue out front? With the woman with the blades? Oh!

The Blade Queen? The Blade Queen? No, the Lady of Pain. The Lady of Pain? I remember that. I don't remember much, but I remember that. She has many names. Bob, do you remember how you told us you were going to give all of our stuff back? No. You said that.

You gave me presents, and the presents are mine, and I keep them. I need them. Why do you need them? Could they be replaced with money or other presents in trade? No, I ain't taking money. I need to go somewhere. Where do you need to go? We can help you with that.

Home. What's home? What's home? I don't remember. Oh boy. Do you remember what it looked like, or people that you miss, or things you did? I...

I came with more, but now it's just me. But I don't remember what they looked like. Did they look like you? I don't know! Do we know anything just from his appearance about what his history might be or his? Make an arcana check. Come on, Lorbard.

Lorbard, dirty bard. Lorbard! Bard and dirty. Arcana? Mm-hmm. 19. The most thing you know about the Githzerai is that they are an offshoot of the Gith. There's the Githyanki and the Githzerai.

They were once enslaved by the Mind Flayers across the plain, then eventually escaped enslavement. The Githzerai went to Limbo and pursue more spiritual pursuits. They, through the use of psychic capabilities and such, can manipulate matter on that plane. That's as much as you can recall with that roll. I have some idea of where your people might have gone. To a place called Limbo. Does that sound familiar to you?

A little. This got really weird. The wind just. Thank you for your routine. It has been a while since anyone has done any sort of performance. Been a while. Sound of home. Yep. We could trick you. Skambo, don't you have the ability to make one incredible thing happen every day?

I do, I do. You wouldn't even need to know where he was from. That's true. That's a bit of a risk, but one I'm willing to take, if Bob is willing to take a risk and give us back our belongings. Bob, you with us, buddy? What? Hi.

What do you want more, to go home or to keep our belongings? To go home, but I need your things to go home, I believe. I've been categorizing and I think I figured it out. You've been categorizing? How come? What'd you figure out? I know that some of the pieces, I need to go home. I forget how to go home, but I found the piece. Oh shit.

Can we see the piece, perhaps? Or at least, have you written it down? Can you show us what you wrote? I have. Well, we're a bit pressed for time, so could you show us very quickly? Make a persuasion check. Oh lord. That's better.

That's a 24. 24, he goes, Stay there! He backs away carefully a couple steps, and you watch him, and he just vanishes and reappears elsewhere. Did he make a noise, or did he say anything, or was it just a tell part?

No, just blinked about 30 feet away. 30 feet, further away? Further away from you. Robert, we have not forgotten anything, and if you give us our belongings back, we know how to help you get where you want to go. He grabs a book. I found it!

May I? Percival's incredibly smart. Yes, yes, let me look at it really quick. Not you, you! That'll do. In fact, that makes it better. Step forward! Everyone else stay where you are!

I'll just sit down right where I am. Stay where you are! Darling, could you just keep an ear to the ground as things go? His eyes are just darting all over the place. He doesn't really make eye contact very well. I'm on all fours with my ear to the ground as things go? His eyes are just darting all over the place. He doesn't really make eye contact very well. I'm on all fours with my ear to the ground. Persuasion check. What's wrong? We're sorry, perception check.

Persuade that dirt to tell you what's up. No, perception check, please. 500. 31. 31. Oh god, that's loud. Oh shit. Time is really running out.

Fine, I'm going to hop on over. Hi. Hello! Time is running out, and we can all leave here if we just can convince you to trust us, please. Looks up to the large, what looks like a golem made of this black metal that leans forward, this large blade dragging behind it.

Should we? Say yes. I don't think he can talk. I believe you asked should we. Right, perhaps. He likes you. And shows you the book. Right. A language you the book. Right.

A language you do not understand. Scrawled everywhere, and there are drawings and haphazard sketches and smiley faces and weird little designs. You do see one really, really nice sketch of what looks like a piece of metal that has been bound and bent to form into two additional pieces of metal.

It's a, do I know what this is? Is it Minotaur? I speak Minotaur. It's a tuning fork, is it not? I think I can get you home. How? Tell me. We, in our possessions, have the necessary tools to, at the very least, bring you to where I believe you might be from.

At the very least, we can bring you somewhere that isn't here, and I guarantee that where we bring you is far better than this. I don't know, I kind of like it here. Oh boy. Do you kind of like it here? No. Then why don Do you kind of like it here? No. Then why don't you come with us?

Take a step back. Maybe. There are a lot more gifts where we're from. More gifts? We can give you more gifts. We can give you more gifts if you just come with us and give us stuff now. Not anything we have right now,

but things we're at our home. Because if the rolling thunder gets here, the gifts are limited. Yeah. I don't like limited gifts. No one likes limited gifts. Unlimited gifts, if you just give us our shit, we'll take you to unlimited presents.

An unlimited tuning fork. Promise on the gifts. Uh-oh. Hereoting Forks. Promise on the gift. Uh-oh. Here is my promise. I promise that we will do everything in our power to get you home. Oh, come on. It leans really close to you, but the eye,

like, there should be eye contact. The pupils are doing everything but make contact with yours. I wish that I could show you just how generous this offer is. Okay. Okay? Okay. Can you show us our things, please?

Maybe. Oh my god. Can I take that maybe as a yes? Yes! Excellent. Now would be the time! A heavy impact blast as you watch, coming out of the shadow, this large, looming foot of condensed stone and dust slam into the ground,

causing this immediate crater to crack into the earth and the outskirts of the structure. Glancing over your shoulder, you can see now its lower body is condensed in stone. The upper body is still a swirling maelstrom of sand and rock and pebble as it forms back into its dense upper form. You watch its eyes burn with vibrant green energy. Flames almost seem to be shooting from the front as it angrily growls towards you. Soundlessly, this low guttural rumble just emits from it that quakes the ground around you. You Watch stones rattle across the ground.

What does it want? I shoot an arrow at it. I'm just kidding. No, no. Plant the rod. Right. We're going to go ahead and take a break and pick up from there to roll initiative. Oh my god. I almost threw up. Not okay.

We should teleport away. I almost threw up. Oh, I'm not okay. We just teleport away. We just teleport away. You guys? We don't have a relationship. It's one round, one action. So we just have to hold hands. We got to get to the shit and just do it.

Grab us off, hold hands, kumbaya. We'll talk about it at the break. We will, all right. We'll be back here in just a few minutes. We're going to take a quick restroom break, snack break, and we'll be back here with whatever this encounter is going to be. All right. See you guys in a second.

Oh, shit. You're listening to The Search for Bob on the Critical Role Podcast Network. Critical Role airs live on twitch.tv slash criticalrole on Thursdays at 7 p.m. Pacific time. To make sure you don't miss any of our shenanigans, visit us at critrole.com. Now, let's get back to the madness. And welcome back. So, back from our break, guys,

we've placed yourselves amongst the battle map as to where you are. We have Bob right here with his large protector, which emerged from the back wall. Somewhere in the map, in this vicinity, of which had emerged from the back wall. Somewhere in the map, in this vicinity, of which you ascertained the direction, Vex'ahlia, seemed to have been the fork in question.

Not entirely certain where the rest of your belongings are, if near it or not. But nevertheless, this. What the fuck is that? Are you crazy? Just slammed through the space. Oh yeah! Can I ask a question really fast?

Yes. Is my locate object still up? It should be. It lasts for 10 minutes, so I would have. As long as you have a concentration, yes. Yeah, so I would have a pretty good idea of where it is within the room then, wouldn't I? You would say, yeah.

Let me put this bottle fast. All right, and question. Oh my god, that thing is fucking huge. It's not that much bigger than the 15-foot thing. It's like a giant or a titan or a rock behemoth. But it's made of particles of dust and dirt. I can't see his face. Through the wind and dust that's blasting,

you know it's this direction. Okay. Okay, okay, okay. Up to somewhere in this area. Is there anything? Okay. Can you see on the map. Is there anything, okay. Can you see on the map, is there shit on the other side of that wall, or is, I can't see.

I guess we wouldn't see, it doesn't matter that I can't see, because I can't see. All right, so, initiative, everybody. Oh, oh, oh. There we go, roll advantage. Look at us. It is an ability check, so you do. Oh my god.

All things, pretty much. This is disturbing. Does this get affected by exhaustion? It would, yes. It is an ability check. All right. So, 25 to 20 or higher? 25. 25. Ooh, look at that, a couple up front.

Yeah, 25, 25. All right, and 20 for Keyleth. All right. 20 to 15. Rogue got an 18. Wow. Disadvantaged, that's amazing. Mike got a 16. Oh shit. Hey!

Who are you? I know! I'm disadvantaged. It was just a flat roll. Oh wait, I got flat roll. Oh, wait, do I got to roll? All right. 15 to 10. 13. 13. All right. One point of exhaustion,

you rolled disadvantage on initiative? Yep. Fuck. Rolled back to dead state. All right. 10 to five. Bertrand rolled a 11. Wouldn't he roll double disadvantage?

You don't know such thing, it's just disadvantage. What about triple disadvantage, though? Yep, that's real. All right, I think that's the full set there. Top of the combat round, we have Percy and Vex. What are you guys doing? Yay, D&D. Oh shit, this is going to suck. I'm going to see it crash to the wall.

I'm going to cast Hex on it, first of all. All right, the creature is now hexed. What hex do you mean? Oh, it's got a cute little bracelet. And I'm going to use my action to... Do that again. Do that, keep doing that. And it's a hit.

I'm going to talk to Bob, and I'm going to grab Bob by the shoulders. Don't. We really could use some help, please help us, we have to deal with this, I'll be back! And I'm going to run into that corner, I'm going to get as far as I can into that corner to get away from this thing.

Five, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30. Is that as far as I can? As far as you can get there. There's no way to get cover from this thing. Eh. You can get like, whatever. I'll get whatever cover I can get. Not so much. She doesn't have anything that he can throw at us.

He'll be fine. Yes, darling. Is that be fine. Yes, darling. Oh, me. Is that your turn? Yeah, that's my bonus, my action, and my, yeah. All right. Okay. How's the wind in this area? Strong. Just as bad?

Okay, cool. It's not quite as bad as the top of the tower, but it's still bad. Like, about where you're standing, it's a little rough. As soon as you get above five feet, it starts getting pretty rough. Okay, I'm going to take off running towards the corner where the Locate Object is.

All right. I'm going to follow my instincts. 30. All righty. Can I sense where it's coming from still? You can sense the direction is probably this way and up a bit. And up.

Okay, can I, um... It's got to be up on the floor. Can I kick up on my broom? Sure, yeah. So you go ahead and hop up onto your broom. And you've used your movement, so you can use your action to dash if you want with your broom. Could I get up to the top and hop off the broom

as soon as I'm up on the higher level? We'll find out. Okay, I'm going to try. Okay. So. You are up on the broom and you begin to coast your way upward. I need you to go ahead and,

where would this be? Because this is trying to res... Carry the point. Don't lose your hat. There is the hat aspect of it there. I would say this is trying to keep and maintain the direction of the broom against the wind that's pushing, so we'll do the athletics check. Athletics.

Great, not strength, but athletics. Okay, just a regular old roll. Yep. Athletics. Oh, oh, oh, 19. 19? Yeah. You do manage to as you dash, get up and on top there. Nice flying.

Nicely done. So that's your other action. Bonus action. I'm going to Hunter's Mark. Hunter's Mark, what's the range on Hunter's Mark? What? It's been a while. It's been a while. It's been a while.

Been a while. What, Blaze Handbook? Blaze Handbook, anyone? Blaze Handbook? I got your hunter's mark, 90 feet. 90 feet, 90 feet. He's got disadvantage on strength checks. Sure. It's a big fight.

There we go. I'm going to have Trinket run and stand next to, run towards my husband. I'll see you. Oh, Bertrand's on his back. Yep. Yep. Bertrand's like, . This fucking horse is huge. Yep. Yep. Richard's like. SAM and LAURA and SAM and LAURA and SAM.

This fucking horse is huge! Oh god. I can't like, I can't like, can I crouch or something? Is there anything to hold on to? You can drop prone if you want. Can I what? You can drop prone.

Yeah, I'm going to drop prone. Okay. Because ranged gets a disadvantage on prone. Yeah, I'm going to drop prone. Okay. Because ranged gets a disadvantage on prone. You are correct. That ends your go. Keyleth, you're up. I am going to, it's probably a little useless, but it might slow him down. I'm going to turn around and I'm going to start

backing up towards the direction of Vex, and as I'm backing up, I'm going to throw up a wall of stone in front of this guy and around this way and try and block him out for a minute. Okay, we'll say, using this as stone. Fortress of Solitude stone. I back up and then I punch the ground with my fist.

You just see. Like there? Earth, yeah. Okay, cool. just see. Like there? Earth, yeah. Okay, cool. How much, how much? Player's handbook! No. Just give it up, take it.

Why do we only have one? We're a company built on deity! What level's, I'm in cleric spells. I think it's the fourth level, right? Huh? All of a sudden? Fifth. Fifth level. Well, well, machine, we are.

I know. I just want to see how long it can be. So it might be longer, but we can keep going. Okay. And how far back are you going to move? My movement towards the direction of Vex. There you go. Oh, stone? Oh man, okay, well.

Use the spell? Got it. Fifth level. Yes, sir. Try not to clump. How about we don't clump? How about, everyone, well. Use the spell? Got it right here. Fifth level. Yes, sir. Try not to clump, how about we don't clump? How about everyone, we don't clump? 10. Ooh. Fifth level panels. 10 foot panels, so it can be a 100 foot wall.

Mm-hmm. That I want to loop around and block him out as much as I can. Loop around here, you mean like? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Keyleth, don't clump. Oh. She's already moved. Damn it. Oh. She's already moved. Damn it.

All right, so that finishes Keyleth's go. All right, then Keyleth's turn. It is Bob's turn. Bob. Turns and goes, Oh, right for presents, let me go look. He's going to go in this way and start rummaging through his stuff on his desk and his shelves there

for what you're asking about. That finishes his turn. Grog, you're up. Yeah. Y'all go find stuff, right? I'll sit here and guard the wall. I will about face. Oh god.

And I will smash through the, no, I'm just kidding. Can I bang with my bonus action, use the titan stone knuckles? Yes, you can, and I'm going to remember to go get that thing again. Okay, here's a play example. Quick, just throw the big one off the table. We don't have a sponsor tonight, guys, but here he goes, he's losing courage. Thank you for all of the table. We don't have a sponsor tonight, guys, but here he goes. He's losing courage, but

thank you for all of the supporters. Thank you for supporting our Kickstarter and getting us to this point. Oh yeah. Thanks for helping us raise dollars for the Amazing Animated Series and for unlocking this and many other stretch goals. Can't wait to see you in the DM chair, Ashley J. Hey, boys. Have you ever done it before? Never in my life. That's going to be the best then.

I'm terrified. Never have my life. That's going to be the best then. I am terrified. Never have I ever. Yeah, just the best for your first time to DM, just be in front of a bunch of people. So we've got these wolves. I have found you. We're going to be a very forgiving place. Oh, sure. Thought you were the wolves.

No. The wolves at you. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's okay. Matt is just gone. We're just making you a... Sure, you'd be a nice champion. I really, for a moment, I thought that was a hockey player. Fuckers!

Coming up in the world! There you go. Yeah. Bonus action? Yes, I will hold my... I would like to rage. You cannot, it's bonus action to rage. So I will hold my attack for if the giant Kris Kringle gets in my attack range.

You got it, that ends your turn. Pike. Okay, okay, I can't do any spells unless I have my shit. So I'm going to move over to a little bit underneath where Vex is. Let's see how far I can get over there. like a little bit underneath where Vex is. Let's see how far I can get over there. Oh, I'm all lopsided.

Yeah. Can I go more? Can I go more to the, just a little to the rat? Yeah, just so I'm not lopsided, even though we're still clumped. And, oh boy. Oh boy. Oh boy.

Okay, that's going to be my move. Yep, that's your move. I just can't do anything yet. Yeah. Action, anything? to be my move. Yep, that's your move. I can't do anything yet. Action, anything? That's my move. You're not going to do action? Yeah, that's really dumb. I'm saying you can cast a spell

or you can use your action to move further. We could do a buffing spell. But we don't have all of our stuff. Some things don't need it. That's only if it's a monetary. Certain spells require monetary components. Most of them are things you'll have on you. Like you could do, like Beacon of Hope

doesn't need a monetary, does it? No. Ain't no need of a monetary. Beacon of Hope, sorry, I'm panicking. I'll cast Beacon of Hope. All right, so you're choosing. I felt panic. We've all been there.

Okay, so Beacon of Hope? Or, yeah. All right, just any creatures within range, 30 feet of you. Okay. So that would be Vex, Percy, Trinket, Bertrand, Keyleth, Scanlan, and yourself. So Lieve'tel is out, Grog is out.

Sorry, Grog. Beacon of Coke. Actually, no, you can get Grog in the radius, 30 foot. What does that give you? Advantage on wisdom saving throws, which you already have, and death saving throws, and you regain the maximum number of hit points possible from any healing you gain. That's good.

That lasts even if we leave that 30 foot radius? Correct. It's on now. It is concentration, so keep that in mind. That ends your turn, Pike? Beacon of Coke. Yep. End of your turn is going to Big enough coke. Yep. All right, end of your turn, it's going to use two legendary actions to shift form.

Shift form? What? It's already something that I'm posing. Oh, my hair. Oh, damn it. Oh, shit. What's it becoming? Oh no, nope. That is not cool.

He has a cyclone. You watch as the hardened dust form cracks and turns to a cyclone of dust. It. How tall is the stone? I think it's tall. You had it up. You can be 10 foot or 10 foot by 20 foot, so.

20 feet tall. 20 feet? 10 foot by 10 foot and how long, 100 feet? It can be 10 foot by 10 foot, six inches thick, 10 foot panels, each panel is contiguous with at least one other panel, so you create 10 foot by 20 foot panels that are only three inches thick.

Oh. Right, so it's only 10 feet tall. It's 10 feet tall? 10 feet tall is what you said. Yeah, it only 10 feet tall. It's 10 feet tall? 10 feet tall is what you said. Yeah. Yeah. It's 10 feet tall. So. There's a five feet movement traveling over, barely.

Uh-oh. I guess you move 60 feet in this form, and travel to your people. So Grog, you get an attack. Sure. On wind. Yep. Break the wind, Grog!

Break it! Not a problem. 26. Oh jeez. He is now in Pike's space, in Keyleth's space. Oh boy. Spiking like the tumble dryer. Great choices, great choices.

Grog, take your attack. 26 to hit. That hits, you can go roll damage. Nine, 23. Sorry, sorry, sorry. Where's the little fucking kelp drop? 23, 26. 29, 29 points of slashing damage

with some necrotic thrown in there. How much is the necrotic? Three points. Okay, so 26 points of slashing. 26 points of slashing, three of necrotic. You hack through and it seems to not be doing as much damage as you're used to with those strikes. Its form seems to be resistant

or hard to really carve through, so it seems to be taking less damage than you expected. Big problem. Plus three necrotic. All right, that's your strike. It moves past you as it does its storm, tears past you, burning with this endless pelting of pebbles and stones like tiny little glass daggers

through your skin to you and Scanlan and Pike and Keyleth. It needs you all to make dexterity saving throws, please. Oh shit. Make advantage on them. But I have a point of exhaustion, which means that's a disadvantage, right? No, it's physical. One point of exhaustion, disadvantage on saving throws.

No, three points is disadvantage on saving throws. Ability checks you have it on. Great, cool. 20. 20, that's a success. Nine. Failure. Dexterity? 16. 16, failure. De success. Nine. Failure. Dexterity? 16. 16, failure.

Dexterity? Yes. 23. Success. Grog and Scanlan both take 16 points of piercing damage. Keyleth and Pike take 32 points of piercing damage. Say again? You take 32 points of piercing damage. Okay.

As it blasts through you, striking into you, the storm just seems to envelop and slam across you, being stung by a thousand bees at once. I'm resistant to piercing, if they're not magical. Bees! Yeah, is that magical? I'm resistant to piercing, but is this? It is not magical.

This is non-magical, so I would half it. What gives you resistance from piercing? Avatar of Battle. Then yeah, you would take half that, so you take 16. The Avatar of Battle. The Avatar of Battle. Nice, that works out. Okay, okay.

You do have any constitution saving throw because you were concentrating on the spell. Can I use my Stone's Endurance to reduce the damage? You can. Okay, I only have, I only get two of those. One d12 plus my constitution modifier, four plus, what the fuck? Oh, two, so six. Eight points reduced, so eight points. 16.

You rolled a 16? Yeah. Yes, you maintain concentration, no worries. Now it's going to make its actions. It makes two slam attacks. Pike and anybody else? It's going to go after Keyleth, and it's going to go after Pike, since they're both the closest to her at the moment. It didn't hurt.

It's okay, it's okay. So against Keyleth, that is going to be 36 to hit. Oh shit. And against Pike. Did you say 36? Yes, that's going to be 28 to hit. Oh! It's a storm, it's going to be hard to miss.

I think that fits. 28 to hit. Oh! It's a storm, it's going to be hard to miss. Oh, oh, oh. You should take that, I think that hits. So a lot of dice it's rolling. It's in all sixes, it's fine. Let's talk to it. Remember heals, you don't roll for heals, it's max healing for anything you do, by the way. Got it, okay.

Except for Grodd. But don't we need all of our stuff? No, no. Well, we just need the Teen teeny poke in order to try and. Yeah, no, most of your spells are fine. Most of your spells are just fine. Pike, you take 66 points of piercing damage. That's halved?

Halved to 33. Ooh! Okay, how much? 66! Make a strength saving throw for me, please. We got to get the fuck out of here. Caleb takes a full damage? No, no, I'm rolling for yours. Natural 20?

Natural 20, you are not grappled. Wow. Okay. Yeah, you can use any of your spells that don't cost gold, basically. Any object that, anything, if it needs something that has a money cost, but that's not a ton. Spells up and I'll say it doesn't come up.

Ugh! Caleb takes 68 points of piercing damage. 68? Yes, and I need you to make a strength saving throw. Okay, okay. 68. You need to piercing damage. 68? Yes, and I need you to make a strength saving throw. Okay, okay. 68. You need to burn that. Okay, legendary action, spurn it.

A strength saving throw? Yes. Get the bare feet on the floor. Okay, 19. 19, fail. Fuck, what? You are grappled and restrained. You're actually caught up, its hand has engulfed you,

and you are currently held aloft in this whirlwind of constant stinging sand and dust and shards of glass and whatever errant bits of material it's pulled up into its whirlwind-like fists. Gross. You can try and break free as an action on your turn. It's another strength check to try and break free. However, that is the end of its turn.

That brings us to Liev, Tell, and Scanlan. Wow. Not a good opening round. He just got wasted, right? I mean, she's on the- You can barely see her right now. You see the shape of her in this constantly spiraling cluster of wind

and just matter and shrapnel. All right, I'm going to walk towards, I'm going to use my movement to go that way. spiraling cluster of wind and just matter and shrapnel. All right, I'm going to walk towards, I'm going to use my movement to go that way. How many? I'll go almost all of it, to the edge of the rock. There. And I'm going to plant the heft of the rod into the ground,

which illuminates and lights up the entire area brightly. The entire area is now brightly. Also, sorry Grog, you also take an additional 16 points piercing damage from attacking it with a melee attack. Oh shit! You get hurt from attacking it? Yeah. Everyone within a 60-foot radius gets plus one bonus to AC

and to saving throws, and if there's anything invisible, you can see it. Wait, say that again? Everyone within 60 feet of Liotel gets plus one to their AC. Plus one to AC, plus one to saving throws. And as a bonus, I'm going to do... Is this concentration? Hmm?

Is this concentration? No, it's a magical item. And then Mass Healing Wood at level five. You don't have to roll for it. No, I know. Oh yeah, I get maxed. Yes, sorry, sorry, sorry. Who gets maxed, you do?

Anybody. Anyone with a beacon of coke. A beacon which you do not have. No, it hit me. Oh, the beacon did hit you, never mind. So I'm going to do it at level five, so it'll be 12 plus four, 16 total to up to six people. So Keyleth, Bertrand, Pike.

The ones who have taken damage so far, I believe, are Scanlan, Keyleth, Pike, and Grog. Okay, so anyone that I see that is high. 16 total. So you heal 16 points. 16 total. Does that go back up to the temporary hit points also, or no? You don't have temporary hit points, your maximum hit points

are increased. Oh, cool. That's how the spell works with Heroes' Geese. Does that finish your turn, EFTL? Yeah, that was action, I'm bonus action. All right, end of your turn, it's going to use legendary action to make a slam attack. This one is going to be against Keyleth again. You can use legendary action to make a slam attack. This one is going to be against Keyleth again.

Oh man. It's going to attempt to crush you from the inside. I should have gone to an elemental farm or something. That's going to be 35 to hit. Damn. What? It's rolling really high. It's hitting you?

Yeah, sure it is. Plus. It's rolling really high. It's hitting you? Yeah, sure. Again? Plus. It's trying to crush me. Try to squeeze, he squeezed. Oh no. That's a lot of dice. That's a lot of eights? One.

Oh, Jesus Christ. What the fuck? You said we got home safe and sound. 72 points of piercing damage. No! Oh no, really? You said we got home safe and sound. 72 points of piercing damage. EW! Oh no. Oh no, really? 72.

One hit point left. No shit! I thought you just healed a second ago. I did. A little bit. No, I thought it was full of healing. No. Full of what the spell does. It was 16.

No. Holy shit! All right, that ends its legendary action. I'm enjoying it. That was just its legendary action. Yep, so that was the MTL. Scanlan, what are you doing? I mean, Jesus.

Oh god. Holy shit. I will start by inspiring Vex. Yeah, you're the only one who can do anything up there. I will inspire Vex by singing to her. We're off the deep end, cause of our dumb friend. He's got stupider than a cow. You can't just wink it and don't rely on Trinket. You gotta use arrows now. Use your arrows, your arrows.

Use your arrow, arrow, arrow, arrows. All right, you're inspired. Oh lord. La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la to take attack of opportunity on you. Oh shit! Natural one. Hey! You're a lucky son of a bitch. Fuck. You're a lucky son of a bitch, all right. How far do you want to move? Just 25 feet away. That would be fine. You can move that far.

Yeah, still within 30 feet of it, I think, if possible. Yes, you would be. Okay. And then my menu of options is very limited. I could try to hurt it? Should I try to hurt it? Or should I try to protect Keyleth? Somewhere in this field resides your material components,

just so you guys know. Yeah, we got to get the fuck out of here. No one stray too far. Shit. Shit. I'll just cast Big Bass Hound! All right. That's it. Nothing like looking for a tuning fork when there's a Kodiak bear in your cabin.

Just near it. I think casting it is the action. I'm pretty sure you can do something on the turn it arrives, right? It says, when you cast the spell and as a bonus action on subsequent turn, oh, so I can do it on this turn? Yes. Oh, well then I'll punch it. All right, roll for an attack. All right, I'm going to cast a level six also. Gotcha.

Six level Bigby's hand. 15 plus, oh, I wish I went and wrote things down. It's your spell attack modifier, it's plus 12. Plus 12, yes. That hits. Okay, great, and that's your spell attack modifier, it's plus 12. Plus 12, yes. That hits. Okay, great. And that's, that level six, it says, 2d, so five, 2d6. 4d8, so it's 6d8.

6d8 bludgeoning damage? Magical. Mm-hmm. Yeah, it'll say that somewhere in here. Force damage. Force damage. Go for it, roll for damage. Yeah, take what you need. I just, I need more of these, but I'll just do these. I know, I didn't pack heavy, I should've packed heavy.

14. Ooh, wow, these are really good rolls. 26. Right, yep, nope, yep. 36. 36. Shit! Whoa! Is that 88 or 68, you said? 36.

Damn, that's a shame, those were two. So 36 plus, do you add anything to it? Is it plus your spell modifier? I don't think so, it says just 48 force damage. Okay. And then it becomes 68. So yeah, so how much of that was it? 36. 36 points of force damage.

As the fist slams into its form, you watch as sections of its swirling body scatter out. Full damage. Hey! Doesn't seem to resist the force. It reforms and its green eyes shift within its body and then burn in your direction.

Okay. But yeah. Force damage, everyone, force! Use the damage! So I did not resist your force damage. Does that finish your turn? Yes, that's it. All right.

That brings us to Bertrand Bell. What? Hero of the Beast. He's got force? Do some force. You are in melee with it. You are right up against it. Keyleth is engulfed, giant fist slams in, and you're just like, what is going on?

I'm in melee with it? Yes. I will break out of melee and run over and help the dude look for stuff in his cabinets. Okay. All of 15 feet. It's not going to take opportunity, because it already used its reaction. Great.

So you rush up and you use your action to turn. Quickly find whatever it is they need? Make an investigation check. Nine. Disadvantage, because you're exhausted. Worse. Oh. Oh yeah, that's even worse. Six.

Okay, yeah, you don't even know where to look. I'm just yelling at him. That's okay. That finishes your turn, Bertrand. All right, it is now this adamantine golem's turn. Yes! Thank god. Oh, good. Hope it doesn't attack us.

Everything's on the odd bit. 10-foot reach with the sword. It can get that far, but with Trinket there, it can't get any further, but it can swing with its sword twice. First attack is going to be... Yeah, that hits. Second attack, both hit.

Set up there. Yeah, this could have been worse. What are you talking about? Why are you even saying that shit? Have you not been paying attention to this last round? Nope. 23 reduced to 13 points damage from the first strike. So it's striking, but its blade is carving through

and not as effective as you would hope it would be for its size. It doesn't have force. It just seems to be resistant to slashing damage. But it does take some damage from it. That ends its turn. That brings us to the top of the round. Percival, you're up.

Well, first thing I'm going to do is I'm going to crawl to, using my boots, get to the top of the wall. 15, to the top of the wall or top of the spire? Actually, just to the spire, because I want to see over the corner to see if there's anything back there. Back here? I mean, like... Oh, behind this space? Yeah, because I want to see over the corner to see if there's anything back there. Back here? I mean like... Oh, behind this vase?

Yeah, is there things behind there? You don't see anything at first glance that appears to be containment. You do see up top here, there appears to be a vase and a chest, and looking across the way, there appears to be a wardrobe and another chest here. Across the way here, from this perspective, you can also see there's chests and stuff on that side.

Cool, cool, cool, cool, cool, cool. All right. That's 20 feet to get up there. So while I'm up there, you can put me down just to see if I'm up there. I'm going to take a shot at this thing just to experiment. Sure. I'm going to take

a animus shot. Let's see if this works. I'm also burning a... Invex, you're up at the same time, too. I'm burning a point of grit. This is not for, this thing has eyes, I assume. It appears to have eyes, but the eyes themselves seem to be, at least in this particular form,

shifting throughout its body. It doesn't seem to be particularly a source of its sight that is consistent. But if I take a headshot, it may? It may. It may. I'll take a headshot, I'll burn a point of grit and take a headshot. Sure, go for it. All right, and I get advantage,

because you're evil. Kind man. You're so evil. That's 28 to hit. That hits. Wow. And then I'm also just... You're so evil. That's 28 to hit. That hits. Wow. And then I'm also just... Oh yeah, yeah, yeah.

You get a tax so you do additional damage. Mm-hmm. He sucks. That's right, so I'm going to do, so here's the damage that I do. Is six points of piercing damage, no, I'm sorry, 12 points of piercing damage. 12 points of piercing damage. No, I'm sorry, 12 points of piercing damage. 12 points of piercing damage, all right. It doesn't do quite as much as you would hope to. But that's also four points of psychic

and four points of whatever hex does. Necrotic, so go ahead and roll that damage. I did. Four points each. That's four points each. Ooh, that's an additional eight points of damage. It does not seem to resist the damage from those effects. They do strike through. And then I did make a headshot,

so did it seem like that disrupted the eyes at all? This gives it disadvantage on. It makes it, it's a, yeah, it's kind of a blinding effect. I didn't print this properly. So it's a, if I recall, goddammit. You know your abilities for this. It's been a while. I know, I know. It's been a while. I know, I know.

It's been a while! This is going to be always worked out. I believe it gives it one round of disadvantage to attacks. Yes. Three people. It's bad, guys, this is really bad. I know, I'm also, yeah. It is, I believe it's one round.

Marcia, does Matt wear that robe all the time around the house? Do you wear that robe all the time? This one's kind of new. It's like, this is my summer robe. It's a little bit more lightweight. This is Dazing Shark? Yeah, headshot.

Here's Gunslinger, one with three. It is. May the constitution throw, suffer disadvantage on attacks until the end of its next turn. Yes. Correct, so constitution saving throw against your DC. It's a 28 in rolled. Oh, so it's fine. It's fine.

All right, I'm just going to use my bonus action to, no, I'm just going to, I have two more shots anyway, so I'm going to take those two other shots. Go for it, take the shots. Taking the shots. Got to clean this up, guys. That's a, yeah, that hits. That's 15 points of normal damage,

and do you want me to just add the mystical damage? Give me the additional. Four necrotic, three psychic. Gotcha, gotcha. Total there, got it. And then last shot. Dang. Is shitty, but that's okay.

23 to hit. And I'm going to pump all of my Cabal's of Ruin through this one, too, because fuck it. Ooh, nice. So that's, I'll give you the basic, the, that's nine points of normal damage, one point necrotic, two points psychic, and then I believe it's electrical damage.

It is. And I have 9d6, so I can go into this, so fuck it. Throw it in. Yes. Yes! 16 points. Okay, plus. 14.

So 30. Nine more. So 39 points of lightning damage. Holy shit! Dance not resist. Arcs through its body. You watch, it's like watching wildfire storms in the middle of dark clouds

where you see flashes throughout its body as the energy arcs through its entire body. Then I'm going to drop down and hide behind that bookcase. You have 10 more feet of movement. Oh, I'm dropping down into the left. Okay, so you're about here. No, I mean as far down. I'm getting behind the wall.

All right, we'll put you there. Yeah. That's 10 feet down from the peak of that. Were you flying a second ago? Were you flying? No, I was on top of that thing. He was on top of the peak. Got it.

You move 10 feet down behind that. You got it. Nice. Nice turn. Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's everything. I'm going to use my action to, can I search the area that the Locate Object is sending me to? Correct.

Go ahead and make an investigation check for me, if you don't mind. Come on, come on, come on. Come on, come on. Is it with advantage because I have Locate Object on? I'll allow it. Good. All right. Because that was a terrible roll.

Better. 25, no wait, am I doing that right? Eight plus three is 21. 21? You immediately take the pot and hold it over. Oh, and I have inspiration. If you want it. You do. Fuck it, I'm using it.

Yeah, you want to use it now. Ooh, plus 12. Whoa! You reach over and grab the vase, and in one quick motion, look into it and let it fall and it shatters, nothing inside. You reach over and there's the chest. You throw it open and there is just a pile

of random knickknacks and pieces of tattered cloth. Just focusing in, you reach down inside and pull up the Bag of Holding. Yes! But it's not what you were looking for. You hold it and you reach past and reach down, and your fingers touch a bunch of other pieces of objects, and you find one that seems to resonate,

and you pull it out, and there's the Turning Four. Yes! Yes! Yes! I've got it! You're still prone, and you moved 10 feet, so. Okay. I'm going to, oh god, okay, for my bonus action,

since I did that for my action, right? For my bonus action, I'm going to cast Grasping Vine. I'm going to cast it. Is Keyleth in his fist? Yeah, the fist is 10 feet wide. Keyleth is just the shadow inside of it, rolling around like a gyroscope, being tossed and buffeted about on the inside.

Next turn. I'm next. I'm after you. Okay, so I shouldn't do this? What do you mean? I don't know what you're talking about. Do what you're going to do! I was going to do it anyway. Do what you're going to do! Grasping Vine at its feet, and it's going to reach up

and grab Keyleth's feet and try to pull her out of the fist so that she doesn't fall off. All right, so right here? Yeah. Okay, you got it. So, the Grasping Vine. I want her to stay within melee range. I don't want him to get an attack of opportunity on her,

but I want to just. He's burdened with one anyway. Well, the force movement doesn't make attack of opportunity. Oh, okay. All right, so Grasping Vine. Well, then fuck it. I'll pull her farther away if I can. I can pull her up to 20 feet away from him. 20 feet away. It says, must succeed in dexterity saving therapy. Pulled, but this is pulling away from it. I will say it is you, it's it rolling a strength check

versus your spell check. So roll a d20 and add your wisdom modifier and it's going to roll a strength check. You're going to be definitely stronger. Disadvantage on strength check. Yes it is disadvantage, you're right. Spell modifier. Spell modifier. That's what's in your spell page.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's it. No, that's attack bonus. No, that's, yeah, that's my spell. Your spell modifier. Spell modifier is your wisdom modifier. Well, then yeah, it's only eight. Eight, yeah, it doesn't pull her free, unfortunately.

Oh no. Even with the disadvantage, it'd add a 23. Okay, okay, okay. So the vine is up inside trying to pull free, and it's taunt, but it's not actually managing to pull it from its grasp. Okay. A new turn? No, I still got my movement.

You have 20 feet of movement. Okay, I'm going to stand up. Okay, you have five feet of movement. Okay, well, I'm just going to stay up here, because whatever's to make right now, I'm going to back up against the wall so it can't see me, like crouched amongst all the little trinkets.

Into the little elements there? Yeah, and then Trinket is going to run towards the bookcases. Do we have the earpieces? We do, we can talk to each other, by the way. It's been a while. Trinket's going to run towards the bookcases. It's been a while! Okay. Goddamn it. All right. You say it, we'll sing it.

Anything else? All right, that finished turn. Any other turn is going to use? I'm going to use my earpiece and go, found the tuning fork. We got to bugger out, let's bugger out. It's going to use another legendary action to attempt to squeeze out an Keyleth.

That's going to be... I will Cutting Words that. Come on, Scanlan. So 25 to hit. Come on, Scanlan. So what do you do? I will yell at it. Your virginity breeds might, much like a cheese!

That's Shakespeare, folks. Well done, well done. As it is the classic bard from the bard, go ahead and roll your d12 and we'll reduce that for this time. This is 12? This is 12, yeah. 12! Yes! Whoa!

All right, so. Oh my god. 13, yeah. It tries to squeeze and crush you from the inside. Unfortunately, the Grasping Vine actually pulls you towards the cusp of it, and most of the force just manages to avoid colliding into your body. You watch as a bunch of stones smack and spark

on the inside where your body would have been. Keep continuity, hold. All right, that brings us to Bob's turn. Bob goes ahead and rummages through and pulls out a few books that he's collecting and manages to pull out another satchel of items that looks familiar to you, Pike. It's your material components. Okay, okay. You're getting all the stuff back. He pulls it out and goes, I think I found something! Okay, great. That ends his turn. Keyleth, you, okay. Getting all the stuff back. He pulls it out and goes, I think I found something!

Okay, great. That ends his turn. Keyleth, you're up. Okay, I'm really mad now. So I'm going to use my bonus action to turn into an air elemental. Version of Keyleth. It's been a while since I've.

It's been a while since I've... It's been a while! Goddamn it. I'm right back. How did that happen three times in 20 minutes? Oh my god! Oh. How high can we go? Let's see where this rocket ship takes us!

I think we got it. We're bundering, right? Are we bundering? We're going to bunder. We're going to bugger. Into an air elemental. Yes. Oh, look at it. Yeah. What happens when air and air fight?

Well, it means I cannot be grappled or restrained. You are immune to being grappled and restrained. So I slip out of it. I cast, because I can do that now at level 20, Sunbeam. Sunbeam, does that require? Oh, you're right. A magnifying glass. Oh, jeez.

Can I? I thought it was anything with a monetary value. No, for her ability to cast in her shape change form, it has to be verbal and somatic. It cannot have a material component. Oh, oh, oh. Fuck. There's still stuff, right?

I instead cast a, what did I fucking have instead? Oh shit. See the page. This is complicated. Well, you know, because it's been. No. It's been a spell.

It's been a spell. It's been a spell. It's been a spell. It's been a spell. A bit of a spell. Sorry, I'm sorry. No, this is what it's here for. I instead go, just fine, just pull it for me. Just to go to the... Don't yell at the...

I'm going to do Blight. I'm trying to do Blight. I Blight in its face. So while I'm still inside of it, I go air elemental and I just release all these undead spore-like things from my form. It immediately picked up in its wind and throughout its body.

Chronic damage. 14, I rolled a four. So I believe it does not save, so you do full damage. So I do ADS. 8d8? Yeah, I'm going to do two at a time here. Ooh! Yes, 13.

Damn, yes. 12, are you adding 13 plus 12? Yep, 25. Is 25. 14. Okay, so 39. 39. And nine. So a 40, it's 48.

48. 48. 48, it's got a good image to it, nice. You watch the eyes flicker for a second, the green glows from inside of its spiraling, tornado-like dust form. Its storm-like face glares towards you as you draw. Are you moving out of its grasp?

Yeah, I'm now going to fly up, and I've got 90 feet of movement, and I'm going to fly and land down next to Vex. Oh, so you're landing, okay. There you go. Oh, hey. Okay. There you go. Okay. That ends your turn? Yes. Okay, great. At the end of your turn, it's going to go ahead and... Yeah, it's going to use its last legendary action to attempt to slam you, Pike.

Okay. It's okay. I'll kill you! That's a natural 20. No, it's not. Grave Cleric. Yes! Yes! Robbie of my joy.

Sentinel at Death's Door. Isn't it so cool? It's the really swag, Grave Cleric. Yeah. From my short time with her. Dude. Ope. Mm-hmm. So good.

So good. Join it. It undoes crit. So he doesn't get double-dex damage. Okay, okay, okay. It's very particular, you have to be, you have to, it has to be used very carefully. Yeah.

And you got to be right there. Thank you, Liam. You take, it would be 58 points of piercing damage. But halved because you halved that, so that would be 20, 26. Dude, if that was double. 24. 24. No, no, no, no, no, no. Wait, what did was double. 24. 24. No. No, no, no, no, no.

Wait, what did you say? Oh, you said 68? He said 58. 58, half. So that's 29. Oh. 29, thank you. 29, math. 29 points piercing damage to you.

Okay, okay. That finishes Keyleth's turn. Grog, you're up. Yeah, I would like to run and jump and try to dive tackle the big windy guy. Yes, you do. It's gone. How do you know?

It's a knight. Oof. All right, so Beacon of Hope fades. Plus your wisdom, right? Constitution. It's your constitution modifier. Constitution. Yeah. Yeah, fuck. But my mod is actually up to rage. All right, right? Constitution. It's your constitution modifier. Constitution, yeah. Yeah. Fuck.

I'm a monopsychian, I love to rage. All right, there you go. Vrooom! You're in the air, the rage bursts through your blood and you reach in to try and grab something that is made of wind. Okay, go for it. I jump and dive, try to dive, tackle him.

Do I just pass right through? You pass into it. Oh. Oh god. You are currently engulfed and inside its body. Oh god. Oh, I didn't dive straight through it?

I mean, are you trying? What are you trying to do? Yeah, I'm trying to dive, tackle, and if I can't grab him, just go straight through him to the other side. Okay, are you using your action to attempt to grapple it then? Yes.

So one of your attacks, you're attempting to grapple. Yeah. Okay. Yeah, it is immune to being grappled. In this form. So you don't move, you don't pass through it, you pass, you're attempting to grapple. Yeah. Okay. Yeah, it is immune to being grappled. In this form. So you don't move, you don't pass through it, you pass, you try and grab it, and now you're in its space. So your first attack, no effect.

So I'll stay in its space and I'll move around to the other side where the pedestal is. Yeah, you do take 16 points of piercing damage, reduced to eight. Okay. And then you're going to move around. Which way? I'm going to counterclockwise, yep, to your left.

50 feet, as far as I can. Up there, yeah. Okay. Okay. Are any of the party, I can't see over there, are there any party members that I'm near? You're right next to Pike, and then above you. Above you is Vex and Caleb. All right, great, I'll be like,

did you find the thing? Here are my hands! And that's it. That's my action. All right, that finishes Grog's go. That brings us to Pike. Okay, okay. I am going to. Oh, and Pike, I do need you to make a, sorry, I do need you to make you a strength saving throw.

Okay. Ooh, no. That's a six. You are grappled and restrained from when it did hit you last time. So you are currently held in its face. Well, then I will. Just like Caleb was balled up in its fists

in this one hand, the other one grabs and now you're being buffeted around and just pelted from all angles. You can barely see. Well, as long as we're touching them. I am going to grasp my holy symbol. And I'm going to pray to Sarenrae for divine intervention. Give it, give it, give it.

Because it is an automatic success. At level 20, that's right. Oh! Oh shit! Holy shit! Pike is a ho! Pray. Oh no. He's going to see exactly.

It's been a while since we've done this, and I want to make sure I do it right. I hate you all so much. That's four. Describe the assistance you seek. Okay. I am hoping that she will, say again? Pray to her.

I pray to her, I'm not hoping. She's just going to come down. Horse herring. She will help grapple him and keep him away so we can get together and bamf out. Okay. Just hold him down with her holy strength. So as you finish your prayer.

He's like, shut up, let me do it. Your eyes close, and in the darkness of your eyes, shutting out all the light around you, and the pain and the sting of the wind and sand pelting from the winds and the creature around you and the pain and the sting of the wind and sand pelting from the winds and the creature around you. In the darkness, you see a flickering light and you look forward and you realize at that moment this creature physically cannot be restrained or held back. Your heart's broken in that moment of realization. Just past the boundary of the wind, you watch as over here

on this side, this flame burns upward. You watch as the flame burns into two phoenix wings. As the flames engulf the space, Scanlan, you're like, Oh god! The heat is immense. Over your shoulder, you watch as these phoenix wings unfurl. On the inside, you see this beautiful feminine form of dark brown skin, light fiery red hair looming the space there. She puts her hands out. You watch as these bright, radiant chains of burning light begin to wrap around her forearms. She releases them forward and they spin around around the creature, and they don't pass through its form. The divine energies of this resist the fact

that it's not a physical attack, and you watch as the chains tighten, and she grabs and pulls, and you watch as this avatar of Sarenrae, or possibly Sarenrae herself, as you are past the divine gate. Whoa! Drags backward.

Oh my god. And the creature. Oh my god! Is pulled back and is currently grappled and restrained by Sarenrae. Oh, Sarenrae! Is Pike dragged with him? Yeah, Pike is still inside of it. Wow, restrained by a god. We'll say.

I know the grappling wouldn't work for him, but I was like, maybe it was a god? We'll say from a perspective, that's where the Sarenrae would be. I do not, I'm not going to run back there again. Okay. Okay. If something is physically moved,

the grapple moves with it? I thought it breaks. The restraint. I'm not going to run back there again. Okay. Nope, nope, okay. If something's physically moved, the grapple moves with it. I thought it breaks. They're restrained. No, I think you're correct, actually. You still beat this. It doesn't solve all the problems, but it solves one of them.

It's sticky because it's engulfing you. It's not so much that it's just holding you in place, it's engulfing you. That makes sense. That makes sense. I'll say no, it holds onto you. Normally, if it was just a simple grapple, yes, but this is like, it's engulfed you in its fist,

and because it's being dragged back, you're still being pulled with it. Okay. And then, I don't know. Did the Grasping Vine also? No, never mind, it was keyless, never mind. So I don't know if this is going to work, but as a bonus action,

I am also going to summon the Blessing of the Everlight. Okay. And poof out my wings and try to maybe try to get out. Yes. Okay, so this is from which one? Blessing of the Everlight.

As a bonus action, you can summon the wings of the Everlight, granting you, well. Right, this is from the blessing that you received from her, yes. So you get the fly speed. 40 feet, works up to 10 minutes. Any spells you cast that cause creatures to regain hit points heal an additional 10 HP.

Mm-mm. Okay. It doesn't at the moment, but you have wings and you have a fly speed. When it comes around to your next turn, you can use an action to try and break free from its grapple. If somebody else doesn't help you out of there, either way. Okay, the finish turn? Yes. Okay. Any Pike's turn? It is now the Dust Titan's turn. The Dust Titan. Regains his legendary actions back. It is grappled and restrained,

so it has disadvantage on its attacks, and it's going to use its action to try and break free the grapple. What is that, by the way? What do you use to break free of a grapple? It's a strength. It's a strength, which it has disadvantage on. Okay, good. Yes, because of the hex. Just double checking.

This is against Sarenrae, which I need you to roll for. So roll a d20. Plus 30. And add 10 to it. Okay, okay. That's a Sarenrae die. Let's do this one. Come on. Come on. Okay.

I'm at 10. 21. 17. Yes! So it uses action to try and break free from the chains, failed. However, I should remember, at the beginning of its turn, because you are still held by it,

you do, every creature that's grappled by it takes 24 piercing damage, which is reduced to 12. So you take 12 more piercing damage. Okay. While you're involved there. Holding on. Okay. But yeah, it fails to break the grapple, and that's its action. Shit. Oh!

Divine intervention, man. All right. 20. Yeah, that's what it is. All right, that's going to end the Titans' turn. Lieve'tel and Scanlan, what are you doing? Lieve'tel's going to hold her hand out and claw the air and say, Fail, and use Path to the Grave to curse the creature. Next time an ally hits it with an attack, the creature has vulnerability to all of that attack's damage, and then the curse ends.

As a bonus, I'm going to cast Healing Word on Pike at level eight. Wow. Level eight? Yes. All righty. That's so big. That's a big old fat healing word. Yeah. So give me a moment.

What? That's 1d4. I'm mailing my air elemental to Faris. Okay, okay, okay. Which is now full. So it's 8d4. Sweet, yeah. 84?

No, no, no, I'm going to roll it for you. 8d4. So. Stop. Yeah, it's like. Two, two. I'm going to try and heal you. No, please.

Five. Seven. Six. You're going to hold a heal, but yeah. Seven. Fuck this die. 11. 12.

Oh, wow. 13. Oh! 16. 19. 19. Fuck this die, 11, 12, 13, 16, 19 plus four is 23. Great. So 23 points. That's great. Then I will use my movement to back around the mechanical creature there with me.

All right. Yes. Yep. You can move to 30, you can get right there next to Bob. Are we all joining Bob? All right. Grouping up around Bob. Can we have all our stuff? All right, is that a new turn?

I think so. That's the end of my turn. We've got the Bag of Holding. Kite Staff, Bag of Holding, and the Tuning Fork. Next attack, I'm going to miss. It gets doubled, because it's vulnerable. If you get a critical, it will be quadrupled. Whoa.

Okay. Any of your turns, you can use Legendary Action and it's going to try and break again. So roll another Sarenrae die, if you don't mind. Disadvantage. With a disadvantage? No, I have disadvantage. Okay.

23. 24. Can I, as Pike, use War God's Blessing to- That gives plus 10 to an attack roll of somebody nearby, if I recall, unless I'm wrong. Yes, plus 10 to attack. Oh, this was a trick.

This was an attempt to break free. Sorry, sorry, sorry. Yes, yes, yes. Okay. That's okay. Okay. Okay. So close. So just the chains break free, but he's pulled back and has wasted an entire round. Okay. This is cool.

All right. That ends, that's the Abtels' turn. Scanlan? Are you still grappled in there? Yeah. Okay. I can probably get out if you want. Thanks. I will use Bigby's hand to push Pike out of him.

Okay. Moving the hand up in towards the grass where it has her, roll a d20 and add your charisma modifier. 19 plus charisma? Roll a d20 and add your charisma modifier. 19 plus charisma? Yes. That's a lot. I'm a charismatic son of a bitch, plus six, so that's 25. 25, 23 was what it rolled. So 13 plus 10, so you manage to push Pike,

the hand just palms Pike and shoves you out of his grasp. Oh my god. You skip the ground right there. On the ground, the hand takes you and holding a basketball and rests you on the ground. It says that I can push a creature five feet plus five feet times my spellcasting ability modifier,

which is another 30 feet? 30 feet. You can drag her all the way to the bottom. You can't drag her, push. Push, can I push her all the way to Grom? If you push her any further through where the hand was, you're going to push her into the stone wall. Oh, can I push the other way? The push is basically, it's not like a

you know, you're not, it's a push in a single direction. I'm going to be in the other side. Cool, that's fine. Because you are here, you can move like five, ten, how much more can you move the hand before you do a thing? Literally. Okay. At the moment's action. That's a good question. This thing is the worst.

Don't worry, it's not D&D Beyond. Really? Hold on. How can you use D&D Beyond? You can move the hand up to 60 feet and then cause one of the following effects. So that's go all the way around. You can do that.

You can go there and then shove her this way. Yes! There you go. And you push her to there. We'll allow that. That's good to know. You do push her and rest her down on that side. There you go.

That's my bonus action. Mm-hmm. Oh boy. Try and find her. She's still sitting way up. Yeah, you got to get over to rest her. I will Dimension Door to where Vex is. Up to me?

Well, I don't know. Make a chain, make a chain, make a chain. Aren't we, I don't know where we're supposed to go. No, I can jump down, I can jump down. He doesn't know, what are you doing? I went there, that's what I said. Wow. That's fine.

That's fine, I'll use. That's it. All right, that finishes Scanlan's go. All right, at the end of Scanlan and Laevateel's turn, the titan's going to use two legendary actions to shift form. Oh. Whoa.

Oh no. Still hexed. He's up at full strength again, isn't he? Still 100s marked. All righty. I have no idea. That brings us to Bertrand Bell's turn. Oh god!

I quit the group! I want to go home! I'll just try and make more of a chain between anybody and the people that are up on the pedestal. So I'll just put myself in a line. Yeah. Like next to Leia Vettel there? Sure, that sounds great. Okay. And I cry for my action.

Okay, that ends your turn. It's now the Ebtel there? Sure, that sounds great. Okay. And I cry for my action. Okay, that ends your turn. It's now the golem's turn. The golem is going to go ahead and move up over here. On the side, there's the Grasping Vine. Make two strikes. Misses, because his armor class goes up in this form. And misses with a natural two. It's hitting it, but you're watching sparks fly,

but now that the dust storm has returned and become this super, super hardened sandstone-type body, the blade of this golem is just streaking across it, carving these slight lines, but doing no actual damage. That ends the golem's turn. Top of the round, Percy, you're up. I'm going to hop back over and find a place in the line with everybody else.

If we can daisy chain it to Grog, we might be able to get out this turn. Oh, holy cut. That's what I mean, if I can hop down, if I can grab Scanlan and jump down. Did you get all your stuff? Yeah. I mean, I got the Bag of Holding.

What else are you missing? Nothing. Nothing we can't replace. Vikey? Somebody has my bag. Yeah, Bertrand Bell has. Yeah, Bob grabbed it. So I'm going to hop over. I missed the rings, and I'm going to run to Grog.

Yeah. You're going to hop over this? Yeah. All right, five, 10, five, 10. Clear, cleanest way. 15, 20, 25, 30, that's where you can get with your movement. All right, I'm going to burn more for a little bit more movement.

I'm going to burn an action. Okay, so burn an action. Burn an action. Get up to Grog there, you mean? I'm actually going to get on top of Grog and try and so that, so that, no, I'm just going to sit there. Never mind. I'm going to, okay, I'm there. Did I have to burn an action for that?

You did. Maybe just hop down to Bertrand, never mind. No, no, no. It's fine, we're good. I'm going to hold a gun attack in case it starts to move towards us. Use your action, you can't hold a gun. Oh, not even with an action surge?

Sure, if you want to action the surge and then hold that action, I'll allow it. All right, now as an action surge, I'm holding my real action to make a push attack. Yeah, a shot against him. Okay, cool, that him. Okay, cool. That finishes your go, Percy. Vex.

Okay, I'm going to grab Scanlan. Hi. Can I do that? Hop on my broom. Okay. Oh boy. Just make an easy little jaunt down to the ground. Oh god. Okay. Simple, simple. Oh god. So what's the speed of your broom?

I like that I started the game with a voice. I know. You poor thing. It's not like half the hotel. What the fuck? You sound really cool. Almost done. All right, so you grab Scanlan, you get on the broom.

How much is the movement of the broom? 60 feet, I think. 60 feet. So with him on it, both of you. Right, so grabbing him, normally when you're carrying somebody with you, it's half movement to move. So I'll say 30 feet. But anyway, go ahead and make a strength

or an athletics check to deal with the wind as you attempt to make the broom. If the broom starts to go, I'm just going to bail and jump to the ground. Just letting you know. Thanks. Athletics, 13. That good old twin athletics.

So as you begin to head down, the broom begins to and curl up. You said you're going to ditch? Yeah, fucking just jump. Yeah, I wasn't coming up before I was going down. No, I realize that. As you begin to move forward, the wind picked it up. Fuck me. Because that's what it does. Yeah, I wasn't coming up before I was going down. No, I realize that. As you began to move forward, the wind picked it up. Fuck me.

Because that's what it does. Yeah, fuck it. I'm bailing, I'm going to try to hold onto Scanlan and take the land. Okay. Acrobatics my way onto the ground. All right, so acrobatics check. Acrobatics check disadvantage.

Okay. 30. Jesus. But I'm holding onto Scanlan to try to protect him. That's a two. Plus six. That's eight, okay. So you allowed him an acrobatics check.

What was the first roll you did? I rolled twice, and one was a nine and one was a two. I rolled them at the same time. Okay, so the nine was what you're, rolled at the same time. I'll say I'll give you the higher the two because she was helping you mitigate the disadvantage. Okay, 15.

So 15, okay. So you reduce the seven, mitigate it to three. Take three points of bludgeoning damage. You're fine. That's fine. But you are prone as you fall,

because you did not succeed entirely. Well, I'm still going to hold his hand. I'm still going to grab. That's fine. Ow! All right, that finishes your go? Yeah. All right.

So Bob's going to go over and grab some more stuff. Fuck Bob! Oh no! Fuck Bob, who gives a shit? We promised him, Grog. Fuck that guy. We made a promise. No. Have to roll to maintain concentration. He goes over, his speed is...

Actually, his speed is 40 while hovering. You actually watch him just glide over and he uses his action to grab a few books and get some more things and getting his belongings together. Seems to be caught up in his own mind. Oh no. Gathering things. That finishes his turn.

Actually, he's going to make a legendary action to teleport. Good boy. Good boy. It appears right there. Okay! So it's going to finish his go. Keyleth, you're up. I'm going to use my bonus action to have BAMFed Trinket into my necklace.

Trinket. If he's in 100 feet of me. Yeah, I'll do that. You got it. So that finishes Vavastar and Keyleth here. I'm going to fly down to Vex, towards the Scanlan side. Yeah, drop my form. Oh boy. Back to one hit point.

I grab the tuning fork. Should we take Sarenrae with us? I grab the tuning fork, and then I'm going to use. Are you going next to her, or next to Scanlan? Is that what you mean? Yeah, whatever I can do to grab my tuning fork. Okay, so then we have to get next to her there. Who are we missing?

It's okay, I'm close. Wait, where are you? She's over by the hand. But he's going to get to go. And Bob isn't touching anybody yet. Okay, I'm going to use the rest of my movement. I'm going to hold onto Scanlan's foot that's on the ground. I'm going to reach out and try and connect to everybody

and I'm going to hold my action, my Plane Shift spell, for as soon as we're all touching to go. Okay. So you're standing there, in contact with Vex and Scanlan. No, I grab the fork from Vex, move over, I'm trying to connect this daisy chain with Scanlan. So you move here,

because you have 60 feet of movement with your air form, right? 90. Vex is touching someone. 90, all right. So I'll say, by the time you transform, you've used a third of your movement to get down there. Yeah. So you have 20 feet of movement left.

Okay. I was just grabbing the fork. That's 15 feet. And then I want to connect this, I'm trying to connect this Daisy Chain with this group and Pike. So I want to be here, that way Pike can try and get here, and then I think we should all be connected.

So you're just moving here and that's your turn? Yes, and grabbing onto Scanlan's foot. Got it, okay. And waiting and holding my spell. Okay, so you've now begun to cast, you've cast, which one, Plane Shift? Plane Shift. And you are holding it until everyone's together.

Until Pike latches on and we connect the daisy chain. You got it, okay, that ends your turn. Grog, you're up. All right, good. Ooh, ooh, Grog, you can run over and grab her. Grab who? Pike. Don't I need to just touch Percy? Yeah, but if you get Pike before the bad guy gets Pike,

you can complete the chain because you're on the end. She's a monster, there's a god in the water. I don't think I can squeeze through there. I have 50 feet of movement, could I squeeze through? You can move the chain because you're on the end. There's a god in the fire. I don't think I can squeeze through there. I have 50 feet of movement. Could I squeeze through? You can move through allies. Okay. You step over them.

Do I have 50 feet to get over to where, to split Keyleth and Percy, I mean Keyleth and Pike? Five, 30. You're there, 30 is right there. Am I within reaching range of Pike? No. All right, fuck it, that's closer at least. All right, that's it.

Am I no longer touching, were you the end of the chain? He was the end of the chain. Yeah. So now you're the end of the chain. She's just got to get to me. There is five feet between Percy and Vess. I don't think it was meant to, I mean, I would have preferred to be in a cluster, but I couldn't.

There's five feet between? You had to specify, if you're getting this fiddly. You were at the end of the chain. Okay, well, I'm not. He was connecting you guys. I mean, he's no longer connecting you. I want to stay at the end of the chain. Yeah. Okay.

Sorry, that changes things. Then I'll go back to where I was. It's visually there. Hold my action. Hold the whole thing, I'll just stay where I was. You're not doing that. What? You're backing up? Yeah, yeah, yeah. I want to be connected.

It looked very different from our vantage. Okay. Triangle connect, man. I understand. There's only so much I can keep backing things up before it starts getting a little frustrating. You're running the police circus. Yeah.

I know. All right, so you're holding there. That's your turn. You're holding your action for what? Nothing. I literally give up my entire turn. Okay. Oh god. Yep. Get out of here. You entire turn. Okay. Oh god.

Yep. Get out of here. You got it. All hinges on Pike. Pike, your turn. It's your turn. It's my turn? Okay, okay, okay. So I'm just going to get to Bob. Okay.

Oh god. Bob. Wait, wait. No, no, no, no, no, no. I'm going to connect our turn. Pike, you run up and grab Bob's hand. No, no, no. Wait, you, no, no, no. I'm going to connect to her. You run up and grab Bob's hand. No, no, no. Wait, you're not connected to, you're not connected to me.

You look over and between Bertrand and Keyleth, there is a five-foot gap, there is no chain. Go in between us. Okay, sorry, I can't see. To be fair, it has been a while. Yeah. They're connected. I'll go in between, wherever the opening is.

If I'm next, I can fill the hole. Oh man. Yeah, Lieve can fill the hole. 25. Well, you're already there, Lieve, right? That's it, we're there. Where's Lieve? Oh, I'm there, yeah? Yeah, you're there.

Are we? I was trying to look. I was trying to make sense of this madness. We're all touching. We're all touching, right? Where is Lieve? Seems to be here. I'm next to Bertrand. Who's next to Fy'ra? Bam! It looks like we're all touching, right? Where is Lieve? Seems to be here. I'm next to Bertrand. I, who's next to fight? Bam! It looks like we're all connected. I give a quick nod to Sarah and Ray of thank you.

Okay. Oh god! Do I see all of Vox Machina's hands connected? Oh god, we're not? Make a perception check. Yes, look first. Oh my god. Make sure I see all of Vox Machina's hands connected.

Plus Bob. I don't give a fuck about Bob, to be totally honest. I'm kind of with Travis. If Bob, fuck, that's real bad. Don't do it, then. 14. Don't do it, then. 14?

Looks like everyone's hands might be touching. What are you doing? Might be, oh god. What are you doing? I think everyone's touching. We knew what we were trying to do. All of us knew we were trying to grab ahold of each other. Do it! We're going to grab ahold of each other.

Do it! What are you doing? Is there anybody here having a panic attack? I take the tuning fork and I slam it against my staff to get a giant ringing noise that just blasts out from all of us and I take and I harness that energy and I blast it out. You're there. And I think of Whitestone.

Okay. And I think of the sentry. You're all touching. Okay, everyone's reaching out, hands grasping, grasping. Bob hears the ringing and goes, oh, it's happening, and reaches out towards you, Lael, you take Bob's hand? Yes.

Okay. That rod was in my family for 150 years. The last thing you say before each of you grasp, feel the druidic energy surge through your arms, connecting each of you like little beads of light before all of your forms dissipate. There's nothing but wind and dust left as the chains of Sarenrae wrap once more

around the creature and pull it back. The last thing you see is it being yanked back towards the flame in the distant side of the structure. You are pulled through into darkness. From behind you, you see the lattice of the Divine Gate pass again, the golden net vanish into the distance behind as you're yanked backwards, backwards, backwards.

The temperature gets colder and colder and colder and suddenly you are smacked into snow. Nothing happened. Oh no, that happened. There was an extra arm that happened. You all find yourselves dropped right in the center of the courtyard of Whitestone. I immediately vomit a little bit of blood in there

because I still have one hit point. Oh man. I just roll over and lay on the cold snow. I roll over. Everyone? All the way over to her, wherever she is. Scanlan? I put a hand on her and cast Cure Wounds. Vex?

I roll over to Pike and cuddle her. Grog? I cast Cure Wounds at 5th-level. Oh, thank you. Leia pushes herself to standing and looks at Legends and casts Mass Heal. 700 hit points to beat up among the crowd. Wow.

If it's all the same. Oh, you lived? I hope I never see any of you ever, ever again. I quit, and I'm going into retirement. Goodbye. And I just start walking. Bertrand starts walking out of what? What was his name again?

Bertrand. Oh, that seemed nice. That's right, I'll forget it again. I'll write a song about him. He deserved it. Where's Bob? Bob? You guys look over and there's a thorn bush. He's currently like, ow.

Ow. Bob? Ow. Bob? Yes? It's not going to get any better. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Bob. Oh. Bob? Yes? It's not going to get any better. Oh. Oh. I suppose if you want to.

Descanlan. What? Have you ever thought about using modified memory to make someone happy? But that's not mischievous at all. I suppose I could try. Sure. Well, wait, what are we doing with him?

Wait. You could make him, you know, whatever. You going to try to send him to Limbo? Maybe. What if I had that? Would Greater Restoration work on his mind? I don't know. Try it. I'll try it.

You walk up to him. He's now stopped and he's pushed enough towards the thorn bush, and you watch his hand move forward, and the thorns bend back and snap without him even touching him. You see he's somehow manipulating it with some force of his mind. Bob. Yes? Hello. Hmm. Bob. Yes, hello.

Hi. I'm just going to try to help you for just a moment. Okay. I don't recognize this place. Maybe you will in a little bit. I'm holding a weird little action. I place my hand on his shoulder and I'll cast Greater Restoration. Okay.

Lingering aspect of that divine energy that you saw break into the Plane of Pandemonium to hold back that creature that was assaulting you. A flicker of that emerges from your palm and sifts through the body of Bob. You watch his eyes darting around faster as he feels the sensation, yours. My mind has been clouded for so long. I have forgotten who I am. Thank you.

What is your name? My name is Pike. Pike. Pike of? Of course, Pike. Pike of course, yeah. Pike Trickfoot of Vox Machina, and I live here, and. I am,

I am Shannak. I am an Anarch from Limbo. My home is Shrak'tlor. And I lost my way on a mission. For how long, I do not know, but... You've helped me find my way again. We all did. I'm very, very glad that we were able to take you out of that place.

Myself as well. I have aged. What did you go there for? We take pockets of limbo and build locations for ambassadors, places of transport, and we were assaulted before we could finish construction.

But I must return. I can now recall the things that prevented me from leaving. I do not need that device. I didn't need it after all, at any point. I just forgot that I didn't. Do you need any help getting home? No, I believe it's within me. It's the shame of losing one's mind.

You forget just the things that come naturally to you. But no longer. Here. What do you love in your heart, little Pike Trickfoot? Well, I love this family, this whole group of people that you see, and my best buddy Grog.

As he takes a few steps away from you here in the courtyard, looks around the space, closes his eyes and puts his hands out like this, and you watch as if plucked from the very invisible air itself, matter seems to emerge, gray and formless, like it's been just sucked out of the ether. As it floats, organic, liquid-like, his arms begin to spin and swirl, his eyes close,

and you watch as it all slowly drifts down and gathers. As he moves his hands like an artist would in a feverish painting, sections of it streak out and harden and harden and harden until after what seems like a rapid instant, you blink. There's a set of statues, perfect replicas of each of you. I hope this is a gift enough for the family that you care for.

Thank you. This is beautiful. Is there a way mine could just be a few inches taller? Or was that? Give her a persuasion check. 24. Raises just a little bit. Did you make that tree?

Tree? Show him. I did. It was a means to keep alive in a place with that much to eat. I think it may have possibly contributed to my madness. Hmm. I'll analyze it later before anyone. Anyway, I worry what awaits me

back in Shrachtlor. Darling, before you go, something else my friend Pike loves is her spell components, which you still have. Right. So sorry. It's okay. I forgot about that. Thank you, Vex. You wouldn't happen to have the pinky bone of a dead man, would you? Mm-mm. Did you scoop that up by any chance?

Unfortunately, I think that was residing somewhere across the chamber. That's just there. Oh, shame. But should you ever go back to Limbo, it should still be where it was left. You know, there's so far away to get back there, you just got to find the...

Dirk? By the way, what did you guys do with my cards? Oh, we just... Oh, that's pretty good. Don't know. Don't know who has them. Pandemonium, Grog. Oh, they got left there. We left them there, yeah, Grog.

What a shame. We can just smother Karn. How about we make our own set? We can make drawings on some cards and make your own. Okay. We can make a game of it. What do you mean, magic? Well, it'll be a deck of many things. What kind of things do you want to be on the deck? Like food and beer and women and weapons

and blood and women and weapons and blood and peanut butter and lettuce. All right, I have to leave now. This is good. Lettuce would be one of the bad cards. Yeah, nobody wants lettuce. I say we get you some paints. We'll get you a deck of cards. Four seconds, four seconds in the future, all the time.

So many tracks. Four seconds, four seconds of the future, all the time. So many tracks. Four seconds. No. Percy's nose is just bleeding in the corner. Yeah, no, yes it is. That would be great. We'll make our own set. Much safer this way, I think. Much safer.

I hope you find your way back home and that whatever you find brings you some comfort after being gone for so long. Home is, it's so important. That it is. Thank you, big one. Well, perhaps we cross paths again. Yes. Hope so.

You're always welcome. In a blink of your eye, he's gone. I wish everyone left that quickly. That was pretty nice. That was crazy. I mean, crazy. Percy lost an arm. Got it back.

That coat is fucking destroyed. Do you remember the entire speech now? No, I don't. Okay, I was so hoping that would happen. I was really hoping. I turn to Le'Veon Bell and say, Is that both characters? Yeah.

Football player. What lies next for you in your path? Well, I will eventually have to return to Vasselheim, but I have heard lovely things of this place. And if it is all right? There is a shrine to the Raven Queen in the west. You can find it. It's quite lovely. And a room for you, of course. If it's all right, I'll stay a while with Mr. Bell before we return home.

Mr. Bell of which who's now walking out of White, into Whitestone. Oh. He just retired. I can convince him otherwise. Liev. When you were were you know dead

for like an hour or two did you see any body did you do you remember

anything did you you know I'm just curious. I've lived a long time, and I know many things, but I don't see all, nor does she share all. No, I know that much. I don't say it out loud, but I cast Commune, and I ask three questions. Are the threads relatively safe for the time being? Out of the cold dark of your subconscious, you feel the warm, breathy voice of the Raven Queen

just touch the back of your ear and says, For now, I watch, and they are safe, yes. Will this one be happy? She already is. Will this one eventually be happy? In time. I'm going to go attempt to retrieve Mr. Bell. I will see you all for dinner, I hope. Of course. Yes.

I'll be expecting. He has better qualities, that one. Better than speaking, anyway. Mr. Bell? Yes. Take your word for it. It's fast. See you soon. What a day. What a day. What a day.

We should risk our lives and nearly die at least once a year, I think seems very reasonable. It's a nice time. Yeah. I think I lost my voice in the pandemonium play. It was really windy there. Most of my clothing was dry. It's like a concert in the Kermit room. I am down a coat, I am down pants.

This is not appropriate. Oh yes, you need to get some clothes on. Yes, it's cold. Need to change for dinner. I'm going to go get dressed. As you turn to head back in, you see their arms crossed in the corner. Long coat, nice flowing, comfortable,

you know, dress for this temperature. You see Cassandra looking down and say, oh, brother, I'm going to remember this for quite some time. No, please, just stand there for a moment. Let me take it in. I know where you sleep, milady. I'll be there sleeping tidily with this memory forever.

Fucking as dignified as I can, right past. I have plenty of dresses if you'd like. I will see the end of you. Well, come your look-worse for wear. I heard someone say dinner. Mm. Mm-hmm. You know, I'm feeling a little nauseous, actually. Oh.

I don't know if I want dinner tonight. Foresight! Foresight! I called you foresight! Yeah! As you all step in towards Whitestone Castle, we pull back on the beautiful, light snowscape of the courtyard of the city. As we walk in, I'm going to subtly take Pike's hand

and hold it as we walk in. Okay. I squeeze it. Aw. I squeeze it three times. One for yes, two for no, three for ooh. As we pull away from Whitestone, an evening's rest for our hard-fought heroes

having retrieved their long friend and source of perpetual chaos, Grog Strongjaw, from the eternal jaws of Pentamonium's chaos. We'll end the story there. SAM and LAURA, SAM and LAURA, and SAM. Search for Bob, search for Grog. Heck yeah. Both done, well done.

Duh-duh-duh. Holy shit. Dust Titan. Oh my god. Next sequel, search for Purvan's Finger. It's just bouncing around. That was a fun one. This form was fun, it had an AC of 26. Next game we can have our wedding.

Oh my god. Your frigging voice. Bro, what the fuck? How did you? Just in game. I know. I got to stop talking. Yeah, keep that down, keep it down. I got sessions.

We're going to do a summer vacation one-shot, too, right? Destination wedding. Oh my god, they are those assholes, I'm so in. Yes, yes, yes. Unbelievable. Oh my god. They are absolutely. Oh, we are totally going to do a destination wedding adventure.

Where what could possibly go wrong? I'm lucky we're not making a plane shift We're totally going to do a destination wedding adventure. Where what could possibly go wrong? I'm lucky we're not making a plane shift to get there, motherfuckers. Holy shit. Oh, I've already got some ideas percolating now. Oh no. Oh, Laura, that's so good.

That's so good. That's awesome. All right, well, you need to get some rest. I think we all do. We have about five hours. Guys, thank you for watching. Thank you for making this happen. Your fantastic support and having this. And now more Kickstarter-based one-shots coming down the way.

Just know that we love you very much. And is it Thursday yet? Good night. Good night. Thank you for listening to The Search for Bob on the Critical Role Podcast Network. And a special thank you to all of the Critters who participated in The Legend of Vox Machina Kickstarter for making this crazy adventure possible. If you liked what you heard and want to help support us, leave us a review on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify,

or whatever podcasting app you're using. Your review helps other Critters to find our podcast. You can also show your support by checking out the merch we have in the store, like our heat-activated Search for Bob mug at shop.critroll.com. Thank you for listening to the Critical Role Podcast Network. And remember, it's almost Thursday.