Dice Shame - 2-48 | 'On Solid Ground'

Episode Date: July 27, 2023

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Starting point is 00:00:00 We get advantage on his ashes if we attack again. I singed those furs. Great teamwork. Drop a big a bowl to this time. Oh shit. It's actually the Red Bull Tribe. Loser terrain. Stick around for a while. I threw a hot water bottle at him. I guess we could shame it, but I don't feel bad.
Starting point is 00:00:16 Oh my god! Take that compadink. Why did you put me in here? But he's short, though. Ball bearings go up his butt. And the barbarian dies, and with his falling body, the cave shakes ever so slightly, and it's the lagtite falls on cure. Killing the dog
Starting point is 00:00:32 Kruel and unusual With my last breath I curse Kieran Welcome back to Dyshane This is season 2, episode 48 On Solid Ground MVP this week is Jam And they're on episodes
Starting point is 00:00:59 78. They were nominated by Anonymous who says the way that they feel about Torin makes them feral. Ooh, baby. If you want to nominate someone for MVP, swing by our Discord and fill out the Google form. Anyone can be MVP. Even you. Extra Life is coming back, 2023. However, we got the date wrong. We told you earlier it was October 7th when it's actually going to be September 23rd for us. Yes, it's a little different than usual, but we'll be streaming for 24 hours and aiming to raise 5. thousand dollars it all starts midnight on the 23rd right up until the 24th so stop by you can check out the link at extra dash life.org slash participant slash invictus it's going to be a lot of fun and a lot of work all right should we play some d and d let's do it would you rather be
Starting point is 00:01:59 lied to and told something that you are happier to hear, or would you rather be told the truth regardless of how difficult it might be to hear? Lied to. Really? It depends on how consequential it is. Right. Yeah, but I can't, if we if we can't say depends, I'd go lie to. Well, you could say consequential. I like where Rob's going. Oh, then absolutely depends on how consequential. I don't want you to lie to me about the broken tire in the car, but I definitely want you lie to me if you don't like my shirt and we're about to walk out the door. For a liar, I think there is an ethical burden of
Starting point is 00:02:33 is this truth going to do more good or more harm? Exactly. And there's a, you know, if you're already going to lie about something and you wanted to find another ethical line to, you know, walk down, that's the whole thing with, well, we've created white lies because that's a whole, you know, glue to keep society together or whatever.
Starting point is 00:02:55 And I guess my reasoning to say, lie to is, at least in my feelings and experience, most lies are stupid. Like, most lies, the vast majority, they're inconsequential stupid nothings. You know, it's rare that you have the wump of, if I don't find out the truth about
Starting point is 00:03:11 this, you know, my adopted child will never be, like, you know, so my incident, well, just lie to me because it's like, did you listen to my show? Do you like my shirt? Are these shoes good? For me, I don't care about that shit. It's the opposite because I feel like as someone who's been through a fucking
Starting point is 00:03:26 divorce, there are some things that you should probably not be lied to about, and they're very consequential. And I would much prefer hearing the terrible, honest truth and be able to make decisions based on that. I hate your fucking hair, okay? I hate it. I mean, yeah, that's the bottom rung of the latter, for sure, scaling up to stuff that I don't really want to talk about on a podcast. But, like, Like, 100% I would way rather always be told the truth. I'm with Joe on this. Even with some of like, there's, there's like, there's like the minors of minor stuff where it's like, you know, like, do you love it or do you love it?
Starting point is 00:04:10 And you're like, yeah, I love it. And you're like, it's fine, like in your head. And like, that's, that's one thing. But I'm like, even, even lots of the small stuff, I'd rather hear the truth. I'd rather just have the person be honest with me because if all that small stuff builds up and I find out that you've just been like humoring me for so long, that's going to hit with the same weight as if I found out that it was something big that you've told me because I've had people like, you know, like shitty friends do stuff like
Starting point is 00:04:40 that where you find it afterwards that it's just a bunch of bullshit and you're like, oh, okay, this whole time was, it was, the whole thing was a lie. So it's just like, I'd rather just know at the top. Rob. Oh, no, I was going to jump in with a story and then I realized I don't want to tell that story on the podcast. but yeah yeah fair they're listening to it there's a lot of stories and i'm like ooh let's not go there but then i was like oh i think that guy listens to the show oh oh oh i can't say that's oh no spill it rob name and shame i'm like say it i'll cut it out he edits the show too
Starting point is 00:05:08 we're calling you out jeff yeah you know bob he's like fuck it let's docks all these people yeah everyone who's ever hurt you we're going to lay them all out right now let's do it it was more about, I have a tolerance for people who are just bullshitting them if I can clock that they're just bullshitting me and telling stories and not doing anything. But I had a friend of mine who absolutely has no tolerance for that because it, whatever, his life led him to a place, just can't stand it at all.
Starting point is 00:05:33 So I introduced these two people one night in university and it was horrible. It was just the worst. Oh, no. You ever introduced two friends and it just goes the worst it possibly could? I don't do it anymore. Yeah. It was bad news.
Starting point is 00:05:46 It's like referring somebody for a job, you know, that you don't know extremely well. because if you like you're like oh they might work out here but if they don't work out then that's going to reflect badly on me and that bad idea overall but at my work I get $2,000 for referring people yeah that was very different you weren't referring friends you were referring students that you taught how to do the job that's called a recommendation I had a pretty good handle on whether they could fucking handle yeah exactly it's not like hey I don't know this this guy probably would be good at this guy hasn't spilled any blood at all
Starting point is 00:06:20 all. It's great. It'll be a bit, but he's looked it right up. No acid spilled. Dr. Acula. He's very intense. Loves night shifts. It's great. But yeah, I mean, in general, I definitely get the points about like, yeah, I don't, I don't want a lot of, you know, little things to build up.
Starting point is 00:06:40 But if the truth is only going to hurt me and if I'll never know it, it doesn't make a difference, I don't need to know. Yeah. See, that's where I'm at, too. Depends on the, on the magnitude of it, you know. And that's why, I mean, hey, when we're playing Duns and Dragons, lie to me. I'll tell you all what you need to hear. Yes, nothing more.
Starting point is 00:07:00 You can deceive us. Should we play some D&D? Yeah, let's do it. It's time. You see the form of this formidable barbarian, just wearing some like animal furs and his face and chest are daubed with this blue paint looking suspiciously
Starting point is 00:07:23 down the corridor towards you and then you watch as he approaches the edge too close. He puts a foot wrong and then all of a sudden he tumbles down the ledge who's acting first.
Starting point is 00:07:40 The minute he hits the bottom red lets his arrow fly. Okay, roll the hit. Natural 20. Whoa, way. Yes, way. Holy crap And also
Starting point is 00:07:53 because it's I have advantage on creatures that haven't acted yet I got no joke two natural 20s I demand I'm taking a picture right now I stand oh my god
Starting point is 00:08:06 Yeah that's going to be 35 damage Holy shit Damn and uh Whoa Good good first volley red Doren
Starting point is 00:08:16 All right That's gonna be a 21 one to hit. Hey, nice. And doing 13 points of slashing damage. Nice. Excellent. Yeah, Doren slices off a big chunk of flesh
Starting point is 00:08:29 from this guy's upper thigh as he hits the ground. With a flick of Dizan's wand, a firebolt launches across the room towards this barbarian with a 27 to hit for 15 fire damage. Amazing. Mari. She pulls the bolt from her coat and hurls it towards this guy who just looks already scorched. messed up and that is a 21 to hit absolutely and she does 13 points of damage i mean between the
Starting point is 00:08:58 four of you this man is pierced sliced sliced burned and radianted to death congratulations we get advantage on his ashes if we attack again if you choose to do so yes i love that it's all happening under the shroud of past without trace too like the sounds are muffled as we try to you know Mm, that's true. Let's do it again. Same thing, everyone ready up. Agreed. Great teamwork. Drop a bigger bow to this time.
Starting point is 00:09:26 Get the attention of the other one. Yeah. Jack scrambles up to the edge of the step again. It gets like a fist-sized rock this time and takes it as high in the air as he can, drops it to the ground, and moves to the back of the cavern, getting his firebolt ready to fly.
Starting point is 00:09:42 And again, Red readies his bow. Mari moves closer this time, sort of next to Doran, and she takes her walking stick and spins it once, and blue light shifts through all the carvings. So now it's a magical Shalili. You really like blue. Doran watches you do this, and he's like, looks at his own, own axe, and he's like, kind of spins it in his hand, nothing, no lights or anything, and he's like, huh. And Red sees this, and he casts minor illusion on Ork Splitter just a little bit to give you a little yellow glow on it. And it's clear that you know it's not normal and you look up at red
Starting point is 00:10:17 and he kind of winks and he's like you deserve it too buddy I'm like just a big smiley face on the blade of the axe that winks Murray does like a little like weapon bump like a fist bump like hey man cheers splitter splits your shillali in half oh shit and then like screams so loudly about it we hear a larger commotion as this bigger rock falls from the ceiling and again nothing for a second and then you hear footsteps accompanied by a female voice just talking to herself a little bit and just like the previous one she approaches
Starting point is 00:10:59 this ledge she's looking out down the hallway trying to figure out where what's what's happening and and that's when her foot passes through this elusory. to rain and I rolled a natural 20 on her dexterity save oh no yeah sorry guys so she um holds on to the ledge she flies away yeah she takes to the air um I kind of imagine like Monty Python like cut paste and it moves you know like it's not like movement it's like clearly yeah no so she she trips and fall but catches herself at the last second and she's holding on
Starting point is 00:11:46 by a hand and looking down. No! Yeah, I don't think that's going to trigger your action or you're ready to action red because she didn't hit the ground. Damn it. So let's roll for initiative, everyone. Okay, Mari, what did you get?
Starting point is 00:12:07 I rolled a really good five. Hey, excellent. That's a number. Jack, what did you get? I got a 22. Hey! Dorn, what'd you get? I also got a 22.
Starting point is 00:12:19 Did you want to go before or after Alex? Doren can definitely go first. Red? I got a 21. Nice. And Kieran? 10. All right, Doren.
Starting point is 00:12:30 It's your turn. Top of the order. We've got this barbarian dangling from the ledge in front of you. What do you do? Doran's going to attack their feet, hoping to chop off their feet. Hoping to chop off their feet. Slice and dice. That's going to, oh my God.
Starting point is 00:12:49 Natural one. Oh, no. Oh, no. All right, so I miss and my axe clanks against the wall, but my second attack is a 26 to hit. Hey, that's a good number. Doing 15 points of damage. Excellent.
Starting point is 00:13:09 So the next, I chop. off maybe a foot or some toes my Achilles All right Jack I point to Zon's wand at this barbarian And fling a fire bolt And get a natural 20 What is going on
Starting point is 00:13:28 You do not get those off is happening It's not real swingy today 21 fire damage as I try to light this lady up Excellent all right Red It's your turn I got a 23 to hit doing 21 damage. All right. And I will attack again, trying to pin her head to the wall.
Starting point is 00:13:47 Stick around for a while. And he lets an arrow go with a 28. Uh-huh. Doing 32 damage. Yeah, Red. You absolutely skewer this woman, and her corpse is just pinned to the cave wall here. She's suddenly poisoned by the rusty arrowhead. and tetanus and all of a sudden she dies.
Starting point is 00:14:10 Mm-hmm. Well, it was like 32 damage to her hand. Like, I was just like, you're like, how? No, I said head. Oh, head. Oh, no, I did say him the first time. You're right. Yeah, that's right.
Starting point is 00:14:18 Yeah. They're like, ah! But she is not alone in this cave, and you hear the running steps of another warrior. He leaps down off of the ledge, brandishing a great axe, and runs to attack you, Jack Page, recklessly,
Starting point is 00:14:37 with a 17 to hit. I would hit me, but in the last moment, a shield of force appears and turns the axe of side. Twong! Nice. That's the sound of an axe on a shield.
Starting point is 00:14:52 Twong. Well done. I mean, you're the sound effects guy. Yeah. And because of this reckless attack, you will all have advantage on your attack rolls against this character for the next round.
Starting point is 00:15:08 Nice. Oh. Kieran. Kieran, what do you want to do? Kieran's just going to dodge in their place. Excellent. Okay. Mari, it's your turn.
Starting point is 00:15:18 Mari takes her staff and she runs over to this barbarian. Come on, staff. Let's do this. I want a latte. And she swings it hard at this person's head. But it's got, also not only is it magic. It also has the thorn fabric on it. Oh, yeah.
Starting point is 00:15:40 So it's magical and it's sharp. So she, that is a 19 to hit. Yes. And she does 16 points of damage. Nice. Franks, I think so. Five points of bleed damage as well. Wow.
Starting point is 00:15:55 Thanks to those thorns. Letter bleed. So that means they're going to bleed for the next couple of rounds? If they last that long. Yeah, I think it's 1D6 damage. every round. Yeah, it is. Doran, top of the round.
Starting point is 00:16:10 What do you do? Yeah, so Doran's, you know, this guy's standing basically right in front of him. Yeah, he's got an axe, you have an axe. Yeah, we're like, axe enemies. There's a better clip there. No. Doran's going to attack with advantage.
Starting point is 00:16:26 It's going to be a 23 to hit. Yes. Hey. Doing 14 points of damage, slashing. And then a natural 20. Hey! Whoa, which, oh my God, could I roll any worse?
Starting point is 00:16:42 That's going to be eight points of damage. Okay. It's a bad crit. Jack, Jack Page. Well, this barbarian's far too close for comfort, and so I'm going to... What's comfort? Comfort? Listen, I...
Starting point is 00:16:56 Angled her comforting. So Jack calls himself. I've decided this barbarian is comfort, and they're too close for comfort, and so I'm going to try and fling comfort across the room. with all the strength of my mind. The biggest telekinetic shove I can right to center of mass to try and get them away from me. If they could make me a strength saving throw, please.
Starting point is 00:17:15 Absolutely. Get out of here, Compert. That's a nine. A nine is going to push them back five feet and give me a little bit of breathing room. And then with a flick of the wrist, Desawn's wand throws a firebolt their way with a 20 to hit. Hey, absolutely.
Starting point is 00:17:30 Take that nice. Comfort for a big three fire damage as I skirt the wall. trying to get some space. You threw a hot water bottle at him. Yeah. I mean, I singed those furs. He's lightly toasted. Take that compadink.
Starting point is 00:17:46 He's got a sunburn. Red, your turn. I rolled two natural ones. Oh, my God. No, word of a lie. Shame. Shame, shame, shame, shame, shame, shame, shame, shame, shame, shame, shame, shame. Get out of him.
Starting point is 00:18:03 Throw him in the job. Wow. So I roll two natural 20s previous and two natural ones. Already we've gotten through all the good rules. I think the majority of the roles that you guys have made this session have either been ones or 20s. It's very polarized. All right.
Starting point is 00:18:18 Anyway, for my second attack. That's going to be 23 to hit. Yes, you hit. Nice. Doing, oh, 28 damage. Hey. Red, what does it look like when you kill this guy? I pin this guy to the body still pinned to the wall.
Starting point is 00:18:34 The arrow flies through this guy's hand As he's holding up his great axe Pins his wrist to the leg of the woman And he just dies there hanging It's almost like you're making artwork here Redd You hear the sound of running footsteps from above And some low voices
Starting point is 00:18:52 Talking to each other in a language That you do not speak What are they saying? Kieran, it's your turn Kieran's gonna run back to join Jack And try and hide somewhere in the shadows Stop hiding behind me Mari.
Starting point is 00:19:04 You can't really see them yet, so she's going to just stand over by Doran to be ready when these guys come down to give them a bonk with the Shalili. She'd make it sound so deadly. Bong! Bong! A deadly bong! Give them a little bong. Give them a little... Bunk.
Starting point is 00:19:23 A little smackeroo when they come down. Blood and thorns. I also love the idea that the creature that's dead but still wounded is still bleeding, just... Oh, yeah, yeah, that thing that when she hit it with the... thorn cloth. It just sprayed blood everywhere. So like, but she's just got like this like smear of it across her face. It looks good on you. You fool. It only makes me look cooler. Okay. So Mari, you are at the bottom of this ledge and you ready an action. Yeah. So that if someone else hops down or falls down, you're going to whack the shit out of them. Excellent. Doran,
Starting point is 00:19:57 your turn. Doran's, uh, I guess just waiting. So doesn't make any sense. to do much other than ready in action as well. Okay. So if someone jumps down... Does it sound like they're coming close to the edge? Are they just... Are they stopping there? Does it seem...
Starting point is 00:20:12 You can roll a perception check, I guess? I'll do that. I'll do that. I want to know if they're going to come down the ledge or if they've been warned enough to stay back and if we should go up and meet them. That's going to be a nine. Probably not very much.
Starting point is 00:20:27 I mean, you heard footsteps approaching. It's impossible. You can't echo locate, unfortunately. No. It's not one of your Dwarven abilities, so you don't know. Okay, I don't really know. Then I'm going to stay and ready in action at the bottom of this ledge. Cool.
Starting point is 00:20:43 Jack. I'm also going to sort of hug the wall and ready in action for if one falls through this illusion or sort of gets there, I'm going to launch another firebolt at him. Excellent. Firebolt, fireball. Red. Red walks up to the bottom of the ledge and sort of just perceives them a little bit back and above. and he reaches into the bag of holding and he pulls out ball bearings that he grabbed a long time ago and he spreads them all at the bottom of the ledge and he winks to Doren we're going to home alone
Starting point is 00:21:16 this great and then he heads back um does it tell you how what the area is of the ball bearings it's a 10 foot square and then red heads back to his position and while he can't ready in action he smiles and laughs jack did you see what I did I saw. They're going to fall on the pubs. Whatever. Mari, she gives them a thumbs up.
Starting point is 00:21:40 Thanks, Mary. She's like, I'm into this. She likes a good little moment of slapstick, because she's got her slap and stick with her. Okay. You better fucking make them jump on those ball bearings. There's no reason they wouldn't. Well, if they don't jump on the ball bearings,
Starting point is 00:21:57 they're landing on Doran. It turns out they have wingsuits, and they are going to sail over them. These are the smartest barbarians out of five for no reason. Yeah, it's actually the Red Bull tribe. It's not the Blue Bear Tribe. They're ready to fly. Oh, my God, they made a flying contraption.
Starting point is 00:22:14 Oh, no. I just got that. Yeah. I was like, what? And it gives them wings. It's an old commercial, admittedly. So this barbarian approaches the illusory ledge and perceives the gore on the ground underneath and sees me.
Starting point is 00:22:33 Mari waiting there with her staff upraised. And missing Doren entirely because he has got his back against the ledge hiding under this illusion, figures, I can take this blue lady. She says in primordial is like, hey, I'm lost directions. Great. Which sounds to a barbarian's ear like a desperate threat. Now to mention the smoldering corpses, right? There's a lot going on down here.
Starting point is 00:23:10 This was like this when I found them. Right, right. So they're all pinned to the wall. It's a very discreet pile of gore. I mean, yeah. He brandishes his weapon and hops down at me, Mari, ready to cleave you in Twain. when his feet come into contact with the ball bearings left behind by red. Like red like bends down and does the Kevin McAllister like fist bump.
Starting point is 00:23:39 He's like, yes. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. What happens to a creature that lands on ball bearings? Must succeed on a DC10 dexterity saving throw or fall prone. It's not even really hard. I rolled a natural one. This guy is a second barbarian. He like does like the like whoopo poop, poop, poop.
Starting point is 00:23:59 I was just about to say that. Alex is alike. I guess we could shame it, but I don't feel bad. Isn't the thing. Awesome. And then he like lands on his butt and farts as well. And bells ring. Ball bearings go up his butt.
Starting point is 00:24:15 So he falls prone. And Doran's like, uh, hello. Which triggers Doran's ready to action. Doran does the Kevin McAllister. Hello. Because he's prone. You get advantage to attack.
Starting point is 00:24:27 There's a spider crawling across his chest. An iron falls on his face. Doran brings his axe down onto the... I rolled the exact same thing on both dice at 10. So that's a 20 to hit. Yes. And a natural 20. They're doing eight points of slashing damage.
Starting point is 00:24:45 That's my ready-ed action, so I don't get to attack again. That's right. And Mari, I believe you ready to an action. Would you like to resolve that? Yes, that's a 25 to hit. Nice. So she rears back, and she's like, I was just asking for directions.
Starting point is 00:25:01 And 13 points of damage, total. Three of those are bleeding damage. Nice. So she just cracks that thing down there, right in the guy's nose. Like, so his nose starts bleeding. Lely. Jack, you also readied your action?
Starting point is 00:25:17 I did, yeah. 21 to hit with a firebolt for nine fire damage. As I like to bugger up. Okay. Unfortunately, this guy does not have the sufficient movement to stand up. So he's just going to slash out at your legs, Mari, from a prone position.
Starting point is 00:25:39 Slash out. Say she, chickie. Slash out. He cut Marie. Slash out. 16 to hit. He cut her feet. All right.
Starting point is 00:25:51 First blood on the heroes. God, finally. That's a massive five slashing damage. You get those ankles. I do. And Mari's down. Yeah, and she's bleeding out. Oh, my God.
Starting point is 00:26:05 This is what happens when you come in with a level one character on this party. Why did you put me in here? We should have leveled you up. Yeah, no. You had 40 episodes. What's taken so long? It's worth it. You're not a level one, are you?
Starting point is 00:26:19 No. I was like, what? Hold on. Three seasoned adventures and a baby. It's a new TV show I'd watch that I would too Yeah same
Starting point is 00:26:34 As long as young Tom Selleck is in it Sure Oh of course Kieran does Kieran want to hide Some more Kieran's gonna continue to hide Behind Redd Thanks for helping Kieran
Starting point is 00:26:44 As he should Can he at least help me If he's just right behind me anyway Yeah he couldn't help you attack this guy He'd have to be up there But he can like give you moral support I'll take it Yeah do it
Starting point is 00:26:52 Give me moral support Kieran Jack recognizes that the more stuff He does with Kieran More likely Kieran's going to get killed? Yes. I'm saving Kieran to get killed later versus getting killed now. Like it's inevitable.
Starting point is 00:27:06 At some point Joe will be just like, I need to kick a puppy and it's going to happen. Wait until I'm frustrated enough or else I won't get the catharsis I need. Yeah, exactly. I love the idea of that. It's like, and the barbarian dies. And with his falling body, the cave shakes ever so slightly and a stalactite falls on Kira.
Starting point is 00:27:25 Killing the dog. It's like, cruel and unusual. With my last breath, I curse Kieran. God, I'm so torn between walking away and just continuing to beat this guy with a stick. Beat him because if you walk away, he's going to get an attack. I know, stupid disengaging. Yeah, Murray's feeling. Oh, I got a Nat 20.
Starting point is 00:27:53 No. How? I don't know. Nice. This is statistically improbable. Love it. Mari, how much damage do you deal to this poor, innocent barbarian? 24 points of damage.
Starting point is 00:28:07 Whoa. Yeah, she'll just absolutely cranks this guy across the face. Doran, you have this bloody barbarian at your feet. Yeah. Mari just cracked his head in. Yeah. What do you do? Doran's like looking down after watching everybody kind of attack this character.
Starting point is 00:28:24 And he goes, are you still not dead yet? Doran's going to attack with a 23 to hit. Nice. Doing 10 points of damage. What does it look like when you kill him, Doran? Oh. I chop his head off. Clean.
Starting point is 00:28:39 Whoa, head? Yeah, yeah, head. Off? Off. Clean? Clean off. Doran chops the head clean off. And then he looks down on him and he says,
Starting point is 00:28:50 that's for carrying around the Dwarven head on your belt. Nice. That's not this. guy, Doran, but I think the message is clear. And then he kicks it like a soccer ball off the ledge. Whoa. Yikes. No, no, that's too far.
Starting point is 00:29:05 Go pick it up, Doran. Put it back on. Do you want to do anything else? Doran, is there another? Yeah, so Doran looks, listens up, puts his ear up to the ledge, and he's going to try and perceive if there's any others coming. It's going to be an unnatural 20. You don't hear anyone else in the room.
Starting point is 00:29:24 Sounds pretty quiet up there, he says. Oh, there's only four bodies and there were five when I saw, right, Mari? Yeah, there were five up there. Unless one of them, there's no way that other one's still sleeping. Doran's looking around and he kind of counts the four and he hears what Red says. And so he climbs up the ledge. So climbing takes you double movement, right? So that's 20 feet of movement for you to climb up that ledge.
Starting point is 00:29:48 Yep. And then he moves into the room by 10 feet and looks around. I don't see anybody up here. Was there any exits from in here? There's exits, but the only way to get through there is to go through the rooms of the stone giants. Oh, well, we better get moving in before he alerts somebody else. Agreed, Red says. Jack, it's your turn.
Starting point is 00:30:09 Yeah, Jack pops Kieran into a pocket dimension and moves up to take a look at these smoldering corpses to see if there's anything that might be handy to grab on our way up and past them because he doesn't have an improvement to get up this wall. Smart. They're all carrying great axes. of varying quality. One of them has two spears that look very sharp. Apart from that, there's some personal effects. Nothing very interesting for a layperson, but for Jack, it's a treasure trove.
Starting point is 00:30:44 Yeah, Jack might scoop up the personal effects into his bag, although the weapons are less interesting to him. Cool. Okay, Jack, so you move up and you search a dude. Yeah. Red, it's your turn. Red runs past Jack and skis. amp us up the wall.
Starting point is 00:30:58 Using all of his movement, he gets as far into the room past Doran as he can. And I'm going to do a perception. Do I see any sign of where the fifth person might have gone? Yeah, Red, actually, you do spot him. You see the back of this barbarian as he's running into the room with the mud. Red pulls out an arrow and fires at him. Ooh, rolled a hit. You got this.
Starting point is 00:31:24 No, no, he don't. Yeah, you do. Got it. Don't say natural 20. Big numbers, big numbers. Get it. I want the barbarian to give me a charisma saving throw. Oh.
Starting point is 00:31:36 I'm not very charismatic. 17. 17? Yeah. I rolled. What? It rolled pretty good. They're not very charismatic folks.
Starting point is 00:31:47 This guy's the stand-of-comedian. But this guy's got it. I was going to say, that seems like, I'm the cut up at the office. Literally because I cut up people But also because I'm funny I get a lot of laughs around the blood cooler I get a lot of laughs around the mud bath Damn it
Starting point is 00:32:07 Well that was a waste of a special arrow But that's okay That's how it works Red misses the first arrow And then he pulls one out and fires again And that's going to be a 25 to hit Nice Yes
Starting point is 00:32:17 Nice hit 23 damage Excellent Yeah he takes the arrow to his thigh He's getting away. Come on. Red, you watch as the barbarian limps but keeps running. Mari, what do you do?
Starting point is 00:32:32 She scampers up the ledge, but I think that's basically all I can do. Yay, not just me. I figured you would. Just get up the hill. Great. Mari, you scamper up the ledge. Doran, what do you do?
Starting point is 00:32:44 Doran's going to use twice's movement and dash and get up. Close to the entrance of the next cavern. You do the thing that all toddlers do, and directly in the way. Well. But he's short, though. You can shoot over him at least.
Starting point is 00:33:00 Whenever we watch TV with Henry, he immediately stands right in front of me. Come on, man. Trying to watch my stories here. Jack, your turn. You are left alone at the bottom of this ledge. Struggling with these noodle arms, I pull my way up this cliff
Starting point is 00:33:16 just to get, like, standing beside Mari and just kind of panting, looking around. What are you all doing, guys? Mari kind of helps them up, but they're both, they're both just like, oh my God, I'm not designed to climb. Not seeing anything else to do, he's going to sort of make the rest of his movement towards Red and Doran. All right, Red's turn. Red pulls out his bow and fires at the back of this guy as he's running away.
Starting point is 00:33:41 Get him. Oh, that's a 25 to hit. Nice. No problem. Vent a sink. Thanks, Doran. Do you know Doran speaks French? Pard de problem.
Starting point is 00:33:52 27 damage. And I'm going to attack again With a much 12 to hit No, you miss Oh, damn it It's this dude's turn He's going to run for his life
Starting point is 00:34:05 And you run You run so far away Yeah, skirting the pool of mud This dude runs his full 60 feet He's about 20 feet away from the first ledge that's going to lead him out of the room
Starting point is 00:34:24 into the sunlight. Mari. So Mari's going to, she's going to run in and then I'm going to use guiding bolts to try to hit this guy to see if I can stop him. Nice. Excellent decision. Cool. That's a 28 to hit. Oh,
Starting point is 00:34:41 excellent. Blanking it. Yeah. Doing 150 damage. Whoa. Just evaporating this guy. I wish. 12 points of radiant damage. Nice. Beautiful.
Starting point is 00:34:53 It's a sunburn for you. Yeah, and now he's very shiny. Doren, what do you do? Doren takes out his crossbow and fires at the barbarian. Get him, Doren. Oh, a 10? A 10 to hit? No, you miss.
Starting point is 00:35:10 Damn. Doren is going to use his commander's strike. He yells to Red. Red. I am terrible. You take your shot. You're not terrible. What a fucking adventure.
Starting point is 00:35:24 Don't worry about it. How do you use these things? All right, I'll do it, though. How much damage am I adding if I hit? Uh, six. Whoa, that's nice. Ooh, 26 to hit. Mm-hmm.
Starting point is 00:35:35 Hey. 34 damage. Whoa. Yeah, this retreating figure is backlit by daylight, and he takes a few more steps. He's almost there, and Red pegs him right in the back. and he goes down Go to sleep
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