High Rollers DnD - Baldur's Gate 3 Cast play D&D #2 (Part 2) | High Rollers Presents: Shadows of Athkatla

Episode Date: September 28, 2023

In the final part of the Baldur's Gate 3 Cast play D&D Adventure the Origin Party discover the source of the dark magic curse! HUGE thanks to Larian Studios for making this possible! Support the High Rollers and get early access to podcast episodes and more on our Patreon: www.patreon.com/HighRollers Dungeon Master - Mark Hulmes Gale Dekarios - Tim Downie Astarion - Neil Newbon Lae'zel - Devora Wilde Shadowheart - Jennifer English Karlach - Samantha Béart Wyll - Theo Solomon Narrator - Amelia Tyler Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pickaxe a hidden set of this kind of dungeon beneath the tourist trap. This tourist attraction dedicated to a bloody part of Athcatla's history. You have found, well, Lae'zel and Shadowheart and their new companion, Bing Bong, the Imp, have found a secret compartment and a passageway that has led them deeper into this dungeon and to a chamber with a trapped drow elf inside of the barrier dome meanwhile en route we have asterion carlack will and gail who have pursued various different avenues have been given leads and are on their way making their way to

joaquin's prominent to discover the secret of the uh ball spawn experience at the adventure mart presented by adventure smart um and make their way and reunite with the team um and yeah so lazel and shadowheart for you guys uh you see this this man he has a kind of like gentle handsomeness to him very soft features long white hair lavender almost pink eyes um and you can see that he's badly hurt and it looks like from the carnage in this room he fought like pretty much every monster down in this dungeon and but he seems to be trapped in this dome of magic and you can see there's this arcane machine around you there are crystals and runes everywhere and some sort of device that maybe seems to be connected to this this this dome this panel but there's also some other things i

didn't mention last time you know a quick glance um so he looks over to you and kind of looks over and says well perhaps i won't starve down here i hope that you can rescue me and he kind of looks around uh at you both um you see that he has one scimitar in like a scabbard on his belt. And then on the floor outside of the dome, it looks like another scimitar is laying on the ground. Like it was like knocked away or something like that. And there is also a black statue of a panther on the ground. And you would see that,

Shadowheart, with your passive perception. I don't think Lae'zel would spot those two items, but you do see the carnage. And you would see that shadow heart with your passive perception i don't think lazel would spot those two items but you do see the carnage and i would say lazel wisdom is not intelligence my dear um lazel what you would notice you're a seasoned warrior yes you are an expert killer and you see before you this scene of carnage, like, you can tell that that elf in that dome is a, like, is a expert killer. Like, they are a seasoned warrior. They have butchered these, like, foes. You don't think that they're the one who dragged the bodies down here. This looks like they were, you know, almost making their way through here and have fought loads of enemies,

basically, like, just by the cut marks and the scene of the battle and stuff like that. But you can definitely tell that whoever that is, they are dangerous. Or they could be a formidable foe if they crossed you. But maybe they're injured. Maybe now would be the best time to strike whilst they're, you know, injured. Something like that. I don't think we should assist you quite yet until you tell us what's happened. That is very understandable. A very reasonable thing to ask.

Stand down, Shadowheart. I'll take it from you. Why do you have to go in with the aggression? Shadowheart, she said. One of you is called a peculiar name. Oh, damn it. Not that different from some of my own aliases. But no, I'm happy to tell you what happened. A friend of mine asked me to locate some kidnapped victims, some abductees. I pursued the trail.

It led to this strange, quite gruesome mockery of a tragedy that happened here a century ago. I found the secret passage that led deeper down. And I fought my way through a number of monsters, demons, golems, the creations of perhaps the dark architect of this place. And when I fought them, I was

injured. I stumbled back and activated this trap. Can I do a deception check with guidance please? I don't trust this guy. So are you trying to trust this so are you trying to deceive them or are you trying to tell if he's oh I'm trying to set it so inside it's inside yeah so inside is like to like read body language and stuff like that perception is like noticing things inside is like is somebody lying to me is there something going on here so yeah you can cast

guidance on yourself um I will say this it's very obvious that you cast a spell like you pray to shot you feel the magic fill you so he knows that you cast some sort of spell on yourself um I will say this it's very obvious that you cast a spell like you pray it's a shot you feel the magic fill you so he knows that you've cast some sort of spell on yourself but then yeah you can totally try and like get a read on this body language absolutely sure he's injured yeah absolutely so d20 and then you're gonna add your insight bonus on your character sheet so your insight skill bonus five and then you get d44 on top because you cast guidance on yourself 13 okay uh so is that total with your plus five no no no that's 18 18 and two two so 20 total you shadow heart you can see this man clearly whatever magic is going on it's like almost like two-way frosted glass he can sort of he doesn't seem to be able to see you but you can see him

clearly and you gaze into those lavender eyes you examine his body art his body language and you can tell that this is a man who has killed a lot but it's never been you get a sense of a gentleness you get earnestness as well almost too much sincerity this is somebody who deception is not a natural fit to them okay this is and that even the way that they stare at you there's just something gentle about it it was very difficult pose yeah Yeah. No time for romance, Shadowheart. I'm not romancing anyone. I agree, and unfortunately, my heart belongs to another, but... Okay. Well, that's out of the way.

Stop embarrassing me, Nadel. From the good-looking trowels. Do you know more of the enemies that you faced here? I believe I do, yes. I believe I know the one who was responsible for the kidnappings here in Afkatla. They are channeling, they are using the people they kidnapped to power some sort of dark machine.

I was not able to reach the heart of his laboratory, but based on my knowledge of history, I have a good idea of who it may be who he kind of says i will spare you the long version of the story please do i believe that the creature that resides here is a replica a creation a magical clone of a mage called john irenicus well they were once the scourge of this city they had elaborate laboratory here they fought against the ball spawn they attacked the cowled wizards and nearly destroyed much of faerun when they tried to assimilate the life of

an elven life tree but that was stopped many years ago. John A. Renekos, the original, was killed. But it seems that this laboratory was fit to create these mutant and disgusting abominations of life, these clones of magically infused power. I believe that to be the true enemy here. What happened with our friend? He was floating in the air, and he had leaky stuff, and then loads of these prism-y guys that I can see the remnants of here

came and attacked us. Why do you think that is, and does this have something to do with this John fellow? Well, is your friend, are they special in some way? Do they have power or something that others might desire? Yes, you could say that. That would align with Irenicus' motives in the past. Irenicus long ago tried to steal the power,

the power of Baal, the god of murder, from a chosen. They tried to take this power for themselves and make themselves a god, essentially. If your friend is special they may be trying to do this. This clone is likely trying to repeat the actions of its creator. Where is the clone now? I can't say for sure. I believe that if I remember, it has been a few days since I was caught here. The passageway continues through a collapsed section. There is a continuation of the dungeon on the other side of that.

I suspect beyond there, I felt that we were getting closer to the heart of it when we traveled here. So you did not meet this clone? No, not yet. I was fighting the denizens, the guardians of this place, but then I fell into this trap, a foolish and rookie error, I must admit. I'm afraid that I am quite badly injured,

but if you were to release me, I would send word to my friend, and then I would gladly join you once my wounds have recovered a little against this foe. I like him. Shadowheart, you're way too trusting, especially when you look into his lavender eyes. But I think it seems like Gael is caught up in some spa procedure

and the others just don't seem to give a shit about what's happening here, apart from us two. So it looks like we need all the help we can get. Well, if it alleviates you in any way if you were to release me whilst i heal my wounds i would be glad to lend you the aid of a companion of mine to keep you safe in until i'm healed who is this companion they are a friend that i can summon a friend that you can trust oh yes. She has saved my life many times. Yes.

Shadow heart. The lavender eyes can't help it. The mechanism, and he points, the mechanism that controls the ward, this trap is just there. And he points to like a runic sigil with almost like a pulse of light around a rune. And you can see a complex web of ley lines with different runes sort of surrounding it and things like that um i

was gonna do a cool puzzle but we don't have much time i'll show you the cool puzzle uh it kind of looks a little bit like this um and you would recognize um now what languages does uh shadow heart and lazel speak it should say something uh draconic and elvish uh and get yankee yeah yeah you absolutely would i forgot i apologize i forgot to put it on there i shall add it right now you can you can have that for now um but uh i would say that uh yeah you guys are a little bit puzzled looking at this. You can't understand what any of the runes say, and you're not quite sure how to manipulate it.

After spending a little bit of time sort of pondering it over, you begin to hear the sounds of four companions loudly and kind of following behind you. Just because I need you all guys together. But seriously, where did you get those boots from? Finally. I want you all together for the final.

Do you think you've enjoyed your spa, Gael? Well, it was interrupted, but you know, I've got enough done. Half the beard. Half the beard's been shaved off, yeah. Maybe he can magically sort of like, yeah, claim the rest. Still a tattletrap. So you guys basically found the Adventurer's Mark thanks to Gael's detecting of the kind of like the claim the right uh so you guys basically found the adventurous mark thanks to uh gail's uh detecting of of the kind of like the subtle traces of it the clues that you were given

by imawin um when you speak to the little gnome guy at the front desk he'll tell you that yes this a fellow calling himself moon razor a drow elf came by and seemed and is interested in the ball you know spawn experience um can we see the elf right now so you guys walk in you guys are like loudly on this conversation you walk in you see lazelle and shadowheart like puzzling over this rune system and then you see the dome with the drow elf i'm going to shriek as loudly as i can and point to go oh my god you're treason he he kind of like uh very bashfully it's just like ah uh i was hoping that perhaps i would not be recognized but i was sort of sorry big fan um so i have a lot of questions well yes i'd be you know i am indisposed and he looks at the

magical trap he finds himself in uh i do not know if they are your companions. I can see... I can't see your details. I can only see sort of visages through this. They're not interesting. It's fine. Listen, when you do... I'm going to proceed to ask him as many fan person questions about adventures and all that stuff as possible

until somebody interrupts me. Not now, historian. He has the patience of a saint. He answers everyone. He asks all about you. It's very back and forth. You're like, we're best friends. I'm convinced now he's my best friend.

And he knows me better than anyone. And then, yeah, so anybody else, I would say that for those of you, and especially for those at home, because there's a few blank faces of like, who is Neil talking about this fellow is a famous drow adventurer called Drist Duerden

he is a very famous adventurer that's known all across the sword coast many sort of tales and stories have been told about him I think Gael and Karlak would probably know Will, you've definitely heard of Drist he's like the kind of epitome of what the Blade of Frontiers is like you know almost like a you know an icon to like live up to um i think

that like you guys definitely would be like whoa this is pretty big this is like if will gets me just back of his mind forming an orderly cue yeah yeah um does klack spot the imp uh yes i think that carlack bing bong's just stood next to chad in fact probably like perched on your shoulder or something right like it's like kind of so yeah carlack would not totally see the imp okay i like bing bong bing bong carlack and carlack's gonna say get the away from her uh do you say in common uh no i'll say that in inferno please okay the little imp kind of whips its head around you and it's just like oh no trouble no trouble and he flies up into the air like away from shadow heart and he like clearly holds his hand up I don't know me no business I'm

not I'm not in servants of anyone I work at the I work at the adventurers mark yeah they're talking in they're talking in front so you all hear but he's just like I work at the adventurers mart yeah they're talking in fun so you all hear but he's just like I work at the adventurers mart I'm the door guy I'm bing bong what's an imp doing in Faerun I got summoned and then the guy who summoned me died before he sent me back

and I'm stuck here so I got a job at the adventurers mart it's the only place I'm gonna live they call me bing bong does Karlak believe him you can make an insight check let's do that before i kill him yeah don't kill me there's a 10 uh plus one plus one 11. i mean it's not it's i mean imps are on the bottom rung of their nine house like they are they are treated pretty badly and you've been eating but yeah including my colleague and it's like well it's not in the story he said it's pretty plausible like there are times when summonings go wrong and like the demon or the devil gets trapped on the

other side most people wouldn't probably trust an imp yeah i mean it could be that he's like oh i'm free of the nine hells like i yay i can live a peaceful life maybe right i've got eyes on you all right yeah no no problem i'm just this is my friend she was really nice to me she gave me a hug i might join the back of the queue to meet dressed I might join the back of the queue to meet Drist. Mum told me all about him. I really could kind of go,

like that, yeah, music that. You have to take magic up, don't you, Gale? Yes, I do. You walk in and first of all, this dome, very powerful magic. You can sense that the sense of this unnatural magic that you've been following is getting stronger as you're going through this thing. But you also pick up two little blips.

The scimitar on the ground in front of the dome and the little Black Panther statue. Powerful magical aurasuras they are magical items oh um yeah uh i'm to leave that hanging there. I'm going to have that banter. Don't you love having that? Straight down the hatch.

Right now, because we can't see it, chat is exploding. You pick them up, and when you pick them up, before you have a chance to start sucking them dry, you hear a voice that pulls out, this very calm voice. I have a way with words.

May I ask that your friend be careful with those? The panther statue is especially important to me. Can I meet, because I'm, because he knows me. i can i meet you because i'm because he knows he points out and you like turn around and you see gail i'm immediately walking up to him and going that is just what are you doing with that and taking it off his like that i mean yeah i mean do you want to stop like a staring like a staring trying to take this off you give it back all right let's do this all right

so let's have an opponent and this is going to be the best it's drips it's fine if we could have an opposed athletics check from you but it's good one both I believe is one minus one yeah really well okay but do I have the power of friendship I don't know he's not really my friend. No, no. Minus one for me. That is a 17. Four. 17. Asterin, you manage to wrestle both. I'm not yours.

It's trips. I'm not yours. And you now hold, Asterin, you now hold in your hand Icing Death, the scimitar, which you know is a magical scimitar. You begin to see, as Asterin holds it, ice begins to form up the blade and trail this cold of mist and then in your other hand an onyx black panther figurine i'm going to once i've got away from him and then realize what i'm doing i'm gonna go and then i'm going to really think about whether or not i give it back to dritz right now and just sort of just just stand there

sure holding these things um uh while you are standing there holding things uh ladies on the shot you've been looking at these ruins you don't understand ruins but I think like car like and will you guys would reckon recognize that whilst they are not written in Infernal or demonic script there is elements of Infernal magic used to create this warding trap it's probably normally used to trap like outsiders but it's been turned against the living basically um and you quickly realize that actually uh you can move this orb of power but it takes a force of will to do it like you have to basically use uh the force of will to control this orb around and that the different runes yes of course you would know that the runes are kind of going from the top is hold in fact if you want to hold that up for me thank you very much Dev so the top

ruin is hold the one to the right side is punish the one to the left side underneath is uh uh expand um the one beneath that is contract the one beneath punish is vent and then the very bottom one is release so it looks like there's like a sequence where you can sort of move the orb around to uh only unlock the thing and it just takes a force of will. Rather than doing the puzzle, you can just basically be like, I want to open it. Oh, just smash it, Karlak. Let's get this over and done with already. I learned from the Nautiloid to date to smash it.

Not doing that again, that was very upsetting. Perhaps I shall smash it then with my greatsword. Yeah, if you want to. You can totally let the machine do it. This is like a machine. Let's not do that. There's all these crystals and runes and stuff on the sides. You could totally let the machine. This is like a machine. Let's not do that. There's like all these like crystals and like runes and stuff on the sides. You could totally just be like. That's what I should do.

How do I do that? I'm going to put myself in front of you. Yeah, you can both jump on Lae'zel like no. Yeah, absolutely. So that would be athletics checks from all three of you, please. So this is D20 plus your athletic skill and then uh big ball big roll 19 plus five 19 plus five 16 16. you get the two of you lazel that kind of you know lazel isn't as big as carlac but there's like this kind of really tight strength to that

getting yankee frame and she just throws you both off and you can make a great sword attack against the machine lazelle how do i do that so you're just going to make attack as if you're attacking a monster so your middle column where you've got the great sword yeah um if you remember when you made the attack so that middle area with a great sword with a bonus d20 plus that bonus okay oh i got it oh it's a nine. Is that the nine? Yeah. Nine plus my five. So 14. I'd say that's enough to kind of set into the wall.

It's not particularly hard. It's just tough to hit. But you do enough, yeah. And then if you roll damage for me, so 2d6 plus three for you, I think. So that's your greatsword damage. Am I doing this one again? No, so you want two normal dice. This is damage. So you hit and then you deal damage.

Eight. Eight points of damage. You do enough. Actually, it's 11, because it's plus three. Plus three, that's right, because you add your strength to it as well. So it says on your greatsword there. I'm glad someone knows what they're doing. I'll go you back.

I'll go you back, sister. Thank you. The greatsword smashes into the side. Like, Carlack and Will, you're both thrown off as laser, and it kind of brings this sword of bear, and it carves into the side of the machine cleaving through um some of the runes and you watch as that orb kind of there's a moment where the dome rapidly shrinks and like you see the elf almost like reflectively tries to make himself small in case he's going to be crushed then it

grows big then it seems to like you see the elf like hold like he's being choked, then there's a burst of lightning and then the dome vanishes. Like the whole machine just goes haywire and just goes You're welcome. You see him kind of like smoldering a little bit from the lightning. Whilst the methods perhaps were not to my choosing, I am grateful for the result. Thank you, thank you. I'm afraid that I'm still a little injured to go on yet. I need some time to rest my wounds and I must send word to Imowen about what I've discovered to send the shadow thieves, but thank you. Thank you.

He looks at you and I'm glad to meet you all finally. I'm Dris Duard and he'll come round, he'll offer a hand. Like nice to meet you and I see kind of like- For the rest of my life i don't even look at you like that as he offers yeah may i may i just hold them like that and then he just takes them should i heal his wounds oh please no you will need your magical strength for what is to come this is the sound be the end of the show. Bye! Now that I'm out of that dome, I will very quickly return to the surface, send word to Imowen,

purchase supplies, food. I have not eaten or drunk in several days. I must attend to that first. And then I can replenish my strength. But no, go ahead. If you can, whatever this clone is doing, you must stop it. They are harming innocence here in athcadla they are using them to power this sick machine that they are using i think at least uh and you must stop them uh and likely it seems that whatever has drawn you here this friend of

yours you spoke of if you do not stop the clone they will take their body for their own and with power this would be a great a great evil to be unleashed on the world i will take their body for their own and with power this would be a great great evil to be unleashed on the world i will return as quickly as i can but to keep you company at least and he holds the pantheronic statue up and he just says uh guinevere and you see that from the statue this swirling black mist and smoke takes the form of a giant black panther and it kind of nuzzles up against him and he just like rubs the head he's like ah my old friend i missed you um and he says like guinevere will keep you safe until i can return

of course she likes it behind the ears yeah kind of like eyes on uneasy around you at first but as soon as you get the good spotlight kind of like leans into it I've read the stories I'm sorry that I cannot say longer I must get back to the surface to get something to eat and drink but I will join you as soon as I can good luck thank you once again for saving me and he just smiles kind of gives you this really kind of like disarming charming smile and then and in quick as lightning like his boots seem to glow with magic and he is out the door and gone in the blink of an eye like gone see why you like boots. Yeah.

Makes sense now. Alrighty. So, what's the plan, folks? Are you going to head on, continue on? So, where are the exits from the... So, this was like a side chamber. There is a continuation of the path that leads to a broken chasm. But then there is another section of the dungeon beyond, like a wider, grander, older looking part of this, like, complex.

There is another locked door, but you know, you're not sure, like, Dritz told you that, like, the source of this house is straight up. Yeah, let's go. Let's do it. Is it wide enough for us to go like, do we have to go single column? No, no, this is

definitely wide enough that, like, you can probably go three by three, it's 15 foot wide. Alright, so we probably go three by three it's 15 foot wide all right so we can go spread out but also in better tactical than just being bunched together okay all right yeah all right all right uh you guys make your way and following this path you have to sort of jump across the chasm you make your way down it you find uh these kind of stone pillars engraved with the visage of an elven man but the face almost pulled up and tight their features gaunt dark clothing as they sort of stare ominously and you see these kind of stone visages and in each one is engraved words like greatness destiny power it's nice down here isn't it so we'll pass and admire these like great ideas

and then you arrive and you emerge there's a large sort of set of archways and as you do i would like you guys to pass your miniatures and place you yourselves at the very far end of this chamber here facing that way the corridor opens up into a large cavernous space eldritch machinery hums behind the stone walls as a large glowing sphere upon a strange dais crackles with red lightning statues of ancient figures loom down from the far wall large vats and tubes rise out of the stone platforms the blurred visages of humanoid shapes within twist and jerk as the magical energy in space crackles and spits a single figure clad in dark clothing with tight gaunt skin looks up at three people shackled to the wall of the ominous structure behind him.

As you enter, you see the figure slowly turn. What is this? Ah, the companions of the Balspawn. I see now. You have tracked me here interesting he looks at each one of you and there is nothing behind those eyes there is just malice and death waiting behind them there's no anger or pity or even surprise there is just passive grim malice he looks at each of you and his eyes especially linger on Gale and Carla you both carry great

power within you you will serve to power my machines for many years to come. And he reaches up and twists his hand and you feel this force kind of encapsulate the archway that you entered sealing you in the chamber. You wish to stop me from taking the Balspawn's

body but I need it to complete my great work. You, he points you you and you you have come here to die but the two of you shall be of great use to me sister do not kill them but you may kill the others as you watch as one of these great glass vats hisses and steams and slides open to reveal a woman that bears a striking resemblance to the man not called taunt gins almost darkly beautiful elven woman with dark hair kind of she kind of stretches no no yeah so yeah come on by and take a seat with me, fellow DM I guess at this point, as the clone of John

Irenicus and his sister Bodhi look down and, yeah, what is Bodhi, he kind of like gestures to them. She stands and looks at each of you like you're lunch. You have never felt less human in your entire life and there's this glitter of playful cruelty almost like she's pulling secrets out of your fears. And she just giggles and glances to her brother.

So I can play with the others. Yes, you may indulge your desires. You can see that he is a stark contrast, where this, his sister, is all pleasure and sick, kind of almost hungry gaze. His remains impassive and uncaring. I shall deal with the mageling and the hellspawn. You deal with the rest.

With that, we are going to roll initiative. That's a natural 20. I've never had someone sat here with me it's really fun yay i've got a friend i got one nice one 60. uh so uh gail what did we get for gail three three starry starry not 20. 23. 10. 10. uh shout out 10 shop hop 18 18 very good call acts and baby and baby I am gonna have I'm gonna have well you guys can just yes it's it will 12 12 already and then my dear sister just an eight okay well unfortunately we're both gonna have to watch because a starion quick as anything yeah you are the first to act so now I'm gonna

give you a little bit of like brief DM explanations here you can see that these kind of figures up here on the map these are chained living victims. Like you can see one wears the dress of a priest. Similar to Gael you would recognise Gael and Will clearly a Sunni priestess that's been grabbed. The next one along appears to be this halfling thief but you can see a dark magic

is kind of flowing through his body. And then the last one that you can see is a almost radiant angelic-like being. They have golden swirls on their skin, long flowing hair. Oh no, sorry. This one would be a high elf. So they look like a cowled wizard, but with their mask taken off.

They look like they're wearing a cowled wizard's robe and everything else. And you can see that they're chained up here. This device is this spinning orb with red lightning crackling around it. cowl wizard's robe and everything else and you can see that they're chained up here this device is this spinning orb with red lightning crackling around it and you gail that is the source of the spell on taft that machine is what is channeling this spell at such a great distance all right um and that is that is some little information for you guys from the map. So, Asterion, you are up first. Cool, before I do anything, just a quick question. Of the three people being chained on the wall, does it look like something's been sucked out and drawn to the thing? It doesn't look like it yet.

Okay, okay. Alright, let's just... Very intentional point choice of words. Yes. Um, okay, I'm going to... Bodhi, I know who Bodhi is if it's common knowledge. I would say that you have heard of and you would also have that sense that you can sense the same undead spirit. So I'm going to bare my fangs and go full sort of vampiric, assuming that everybody knows I'm a vampire.

Yes! I'm gonna go full vampire and go, Ah, I see you. A fellow kindred spirit. And how pretty you are, my darling. As I, as, I'm gonna dash forward and fire an assassination shot with a flaming arrow straight at Bodhi. As I sort of scream, as I shot the shot. Yeah, I will point out Bodhi's not surprised, but you will have advantage. No, but instead of advantage.

Yes, you will absolutely get advantage, but no auto-crit. I'm going to sort of... Yeah. Is there a way to get disadvantage if you're on different heights? So I'm going to say that anybody who has the higher one has advantage, but you don't have disadvantage. So she'll actually kind of... She currently has advantage over you because she's at a higher elevation, yes.

Interesting. I can't dash as far as that to get on the same elevations why don't you might be able to count it so I see one two three four five six and if you dash one two three four five six eight you get all the way up here if you dash yeah I'm gonna go to here so actually this bit is gonna be like the hop skip again that jump thing but yeah sure sure cost and let's sort of take a fire with a flaming arrow at him. Okay. Nice.

Each one of those squares is how far? Five feet. Whoops! Might have fucked up. All right, so that's advantage on the roll. Yeah, yeah, you are first to act, you are acting before Bodhi, so you have advantage on the attack. Okay, so that is plus five, what am I rolling for?

To hit. 18 is the first one. Okay, see if you get any high. plus five to hit 18 is the first one okay second one is eight that's 20 it's an 18 plus five that's 23 I think that hits you yeah yeah yeah this is a flaming arrows plus is d4 extra d4 fire damage yes there's no other enemies around us that effect won't matter but it's extra d4 fire damage and you get sneak attack because you made a mistake with advantage so that means i get that's 2d6 extra 2d6 plus 1d6 plus 7 because it's oh sorry plus 3 plus a d4 oh my god yeah 3d6 d4 plus 3 all right

so rogues do a lot of damage 3d6 you have to do it you gonna need it. Three d6 plus a d4 plus one more time plus three. Yes. That's how this works. That's how you got it. You nailed it. Okay darling, I'm starting to need some new boots. They're perfectly made out of a vampire. Not bad.

That's six, seven, ten, fifteen plus thirteen, eighteen points of damage. Eighteen points of damage. And some of that is fire damage. Fire damage. Yeah, okay. Good to know. Thank you. So you see this arrow kind of streaks through the air. Asterion fires it.

Do you want to tell us how you react? Yeah. It hits her in the shoulder and she just kind of... And you can see these needle sharp fangs and she just pulls it out of her shoulder. Adorable. Shit. needle sharp fangs and she just pulls it out of her shoulder adorable shit Astariya anything else on your turn? yeah I'm gonna get the fuck out of range

you've got about two squares of movement left I wanna go this way as far as sort of carrying on past so hit the deck do a roll and carry on that's about as far as you can get is about here that's fine. Yeah. No wink. No wink. Definitely a shit.

At the end of your turn, Asterion, Irenicus, the clone of Irenicus, is going to turn to Bodhi. Do not allow our name to be disparaged. Finish him, sister. And he is going to use a legendary action. This is a special thing that monsters, like big, powerful monsters can use, where they can do things at the end of your turns.

And this one allows his sister Bodhi to move and make one weapon attack. So, move yourself as you wish, sister. And make a weapon attack if you wish. Alright. I am going to... Does grappling grappling counters an action it

would be part of the attack action you know that your brother will perhaps help help you with that in the future in that case this is very unfair we're absolutely teaming up on you. Yes you're absolutely right. So I am going to flip. She's just cartwheeling and backflipping towards you like she finds this absolutely hilarious. Okay. And as she lands in front of you in this crouch she pulls out this blade, this jagged, angry looking metal blade from her side and makes a swipe towards you. Why is it so hard? So, I'm rolling on that. So that's just a regular plus five.

Plus five, yep. Okay. Oh. So, 12. 12. Okay, alright. Oh! So, twelve. Twelve's a hit, isn't it? It does not hit, I'm afraid. I'm class 14. So you kind of dodge to the side as the blade sweeps past. I like the idea as you sweep past, it's sort of like, I just go, oh! You just sweep past.

Hi! Yeah, I can't take a bonus. Sure, okay. Sorry. bonus. Sure. Okay. Sorry. I'll just stay here. Making awkward eye contact from a little bit too close. So that was at the end of your turn, Asterion. We then go to Shadowheart.

What is your dexterity score, please? My dexterity score is plus two. Plus two? What's the actual number underneath it? Fourteen. and underneath it 14 unfortunately the clone is 15 and I'm gonna have him go first and then you're gonna go straight afterwards so you watch as I read kiss this mage of famous right now but this clone of him looks up turns to the let's say the I I'm going to say the High Elf. And he just reaches up and he's like, your power, give it to me.

And you watch as this spectral chain extends from the High Elf to his hand. And as it does, his power seems to flare into him. And you see the High Elf kind of shudder and kind of gasp with pain. And then he's going to look around. You can see that he's channeling some sort of power. he's going to look in your direction carlac and he's going to say you shall serve me and he's going to cast dominate person uh so this is a spell that will take complete control of carlac i'm not raging kind of point her to like try and attack stuff um so if there's anything anybody has that they would like to do to try and destroy maybe something you've got

maybe something you've got there I would never suggest a player would you like to use your scroll of counter spell hang on hang on close force very darky you're trying to find me just go up to our great big fiery ball I'm not going to write what course 4 says. It's very dark in here.

Yeah, you're trying to find me. I'll just go up to our great big fiery ball, and that's fine, I'll just read it from that. So the way it's going to work out, because this is a spell higher than you can normally cast, and also, like, you know, it's a contest thing, you're going to need to roll. I need you to roll a d20.

You're going to add 3. Add 3. And you need to beat a 14. So you need to get an 11 or higher to do this. As you pull the scroll out, you begin reciting the magical words, but are you going to be capable enough to deflect the spell that he's about to cast? I'll be relaxed after this pass. Hopefully I'll get a bit of a...

It's a seven. Seven is not enough. It's a ten. No, it's not. Ten. Not enough. So you watch as the scroll crumbles, but whoever this is,

they're stealing arcane knowledge from this elf, and it's far greater than your current ability allows you to kind of like counter. And Karlak, I'm going to need you to make a wisdom saving throw as he tries to dominate your mind. Have I been hurt? Huh? Have I been hurt?

Not yet. I'm going to ask about Hellish rebuke but let's no this hasn't caused you any damage yet no no no so um sorry wisdom it's a four all together you feel this invasive presence and you are next to will uh and you basically receive this mental order to attack Will, basically, on your turn. And that is going to be his turn. And then we go to Shadowheart. I know what I'm saying.

Right. Well, okay. Wait. I've been zombified, mate. Sorry. Now, I would say it's a concentration, so if you can damage him he might lose his concentration on this I'm going to I think I'm gonna go for a guiding bolt oh very good guiding world who do I choose to do it on guys yeah I'm gonna do it as a spell slot so you do as a second level yeah a high level slot

okay so going about you have to roll to hit first uh so it's using your it might be on your middle sheet there it might have like an attack bonus for guiding bolt on the middle uh kind of like where your weapons and stuff are uh be in the description below i might have written it down and stuff are uh be in the description below i might have written it down in that case on your second sheet um your spell attack bonus at the very top spell plus five plus five so you're gonna roll you add plus five and you've got to beat bodie's ac okay on my d20 yeah oh other thing you currently have a bing bong with you. I have bing bong! So, if you would like, either he can act on his turn, I'll roll

initiative for him, or he can give you the help action and give you advantage on the attack. I'm going to go for giving me advantage. So he's on your thing and he's just like, and he's pointing, trying to help guide your aim, basically. So yeah, you roll twice to the highest

D20 yep D20 plus five Eight oh you get to roll twice and pick the highest so let's hope bing bong comes through 12 plus 5 17 sister And now you roll the damage, so what's the card say of the damage normally? At higher levels, when you cast the spell using a spell slot of second level or higher, the damage increases by 1d6. And what's it say about the normal damage in the normal text? 4d6.

So 5d6 damage. So you're actually going to need a bunch of people's dice, basically. Going down! That's the real power. You might get it. I need one more. Oh, my own. Right, all five of these.

All five of these, absolutely. Oh, Shar. Right. I've got two sixes, so that's 12. Plus 10 is 22. Right. I've got two sixes, so that's 12. Plus 10 is 22. 22. Nice.

Nice. You watch as this golden light, or this kind of like almost tinged with like an eclipse, there's like a darkness within it, and then golden light on the outside. Maybe just a silvery hint as well, as it shoots out as you channel this divine energy, and as it strikes Bodhi, it burns her, as it kind of scorches her body as the radiant light Thank you!

Yeah, like Bodhi, so like you kind of feel this intense rippling pain as the radiant energy strikes you as well. Are we out of combat? Does that move her out, or is she still very much she is just about still in I think but still alive anything else in your turn shadow heart would you like to move yeah no I'm happy where I am I don't want me can I do a bonus here you absolutely can yeah can I invoke no blessing of the trickster as an action you can touch one creature and give it advantage on stealth checks I'm

worried about game okay so I'm gonna give him well it has to be a creature you can touch you'd have to move up to him ah okay fine I'll move up to him unfortunately you're not going to able to reach Gael, so you start making your way towards him. You can always do it on your next turn. Okay. Question. Is the imp familiar now?

Not quite familiar, it's just a good friend. It's just a good friend. You need to do it to do the touch thing. No, just a good friend for this. All right, move things along. If you're all good, Will, you're up next. I wanna cast Eldritch Blast. Yeah are you targeting as well alrighty yeah so you look up Eldritch Blast it should be in your middle column as well that you'll

have their bonuses and stuff so next your weapons Eldritch Blast on there oh my sheet yeah yeah yeah you've got it there yeah so it should be plus five I think yeah cool so you're gonna need to roll to here I'm sorry I'm be agile bonus so now you're saying 13 so you yeah if it is a I'll allow it for this normally don don't but the dnd is complicated if it's a bonus action i'll say yes but if it's not a bonus action then no phrase okay all right you'll leave that one yeah would you like to move no okay all righty in that case uh lazel and carlack what are your dexterity schools 14 14 it's the number below the big number on the very far side 13 13 so car you're gonna go first and it's gonna be yeah I haven't taken out my weapons so I'm on all sure yeah yeah I'd say really

fine you're just like in a blind sort of like you have no control so just like what's the story am I under someone's control yeah you are under John Rax's control and he's like yep what fight and I oh he's told me to fight him yeah yeah yeah beat him to death basically please um i have to unarm strike yeah but i won't rage um that's fine so it's it's yeah okay let's roll it's a 10 plus a four 14. yeah does that hit your ac oh you're on top of your ic oh yeah it does it does unfortunately karl clocked you with a like a you know uh haymaker uh how much damage Does that hit your AC? Oh, your top of your AC. Yes, it does. Oh yeah, it does. It does. Unfortunately, Karnak clocks you with a haymaker. How much damage did you do, Karnak?

Two. Two points of damage. There you go. That's not too bad. But yeah, you kind of punch. And at the end of the turn, you get to make another wisdom saving throw. No. It's a five.

So you're just completely mindless just pummeling will completely unable to control your body you're aware of what's going on just no power Lays out right I don't know if I can do this but I'd really like to I'd really like to um set bing bong on fire and throw him at you yes and maybe you have to use this jump card okay yeah so you would have to so that's the next you have to cast lying here all day um you know what like you normally have to cast jump we'll just say you can jump because it's just you're jumping it's like we'll make it a bonus action this time around when you say how are you gonna set big bonfire I mean honestly actually holding him up to call it would set him yeah so you pick up big bomb who'sak until he is on fire.

It's an imps. And then you want to throw him at the mage, I ran into this. I love it. If you can make, as if you were making an attack with a javelin, do you have a javelin or anything on your sheet? I can't remember. I have a greatsword. Okay, yeah, make it as if you're using a greatsword.

An arm strike, that's it. You've not got a ranged. No, I think I probably didn't give her one. That's she's got one now she's got one now so yeah we'll say this is a throne weapon uh it is improvised so do it with disadvantage so you roll twice and take the lowest but attack as if you're using your great sword so plus five okay so two and seven plus five okay so two and seven and a five five you pick uh you pick up big bomb you set him on fire you hurl him uh the problem is is uh whilst he is uh sort of resistant to fire the impact of being thrown full force like against the floor um kills bing bong and the last thing you hear the car like completely possessed by this mage but still aware of it he is in infernal i don't want to go back

um as he splats against the ground and vanishes in a puff of ashes and smoke and he's not dead he's just gone back to hell that's what they tell you against the ground and vanishes in a puff of ashes and smoke would you like to move laser sure let's move towards you sure you can get here and the next so you couldn't like oh actually no yeah you said you got a jump spot do you want to jump up there man games yeah cool he turns around nice very well I shall deal with you blade to blade and then that's gonna be this area Bodhi sister short term oh goody so hi Goodie sister. It's your turn. Oh, goodie. So. Hi.

Hi. I'm not interested in you anymore. Thank God. And I just cartwheel across to here. Oh, that's not good. And pop up behind her. Guess who? And I just shove the blade into your back Do you need to attack as well then? I do. I think you forgot that last time. Oh. Oh shit.

That's not- That feels very much like a natural 20. That feels very much like a natural 20. Sorry, sorry. So this unfortunately hasn't come up on your side of the table yet. Right. But when you roll a natural 20, a 20 on the 20 side of dice, that's what we call a critical hit.

It's really hard. And you have critical hit. Critical hit. And you double the damage that you do and unfortunately bony when an ally is adjacent to the target very much like a rogue gets sneak attack so this is going to be how much is this going to hurt a lot yeah this is going to be 3d6 plus three plus another 3d6 thank Thank you very much What's your 14 doubled 28 plus 3 31 Only pops up behind Lays L

Plunges the knife back and you take 31 points of damage Lays L are you unconscious or rather at zero hit points very fucked yes so you and you feel this blade as she catches like your internal autonomy and you we're not gonna say you're a coach so I like you guys to be a draw play but you are bleeding out you are dying at this point yeah so you kind of crumble to the ground I'm just gonna flip back to a Oh shit! Again, why is it so hot? Actually, can I undo the move? Yeah. I'm gonna stay where I am. You go. And, uh... I hope I feel a little slighted.

Oh yeah. I'm gonna... reach into a pocket and pull out a throwing star and hurl it straight at you star for star fair enough oh that's not great no no

I can't catch it with my teeth yeah grab it oh god you're annoying yes end of turn? yes all right Gael just before your turn, you hear footsteps. As you guys have been making your way down,

you see that drow figure, Drist, kind of running up to try and join the fight. But he will call out to you. He will say, the engine, the machine. Destroy the machine. It will destroy him and the other. Destroy the machine. He's like calling this as it echoes down the corridor and Gail we come to your turn

right okay I'm taking the subtle hint what can I use there's so many things what's gonna have the best thing well magic missile I was gonna say what would you like to cast at oh all right so what this looks like we're not gonna roll damage because as you fire this girl you kind of what does it look like this conjures like for but like like projectiles of magic how does this kind of look as you cast it? Great long fiery... Missiles. Like darts, like throwing them out like javelins. That's a vicious thing.

You watch as they impact into this machine and that red lightning crackles and disperses. And you watch as the mage is like, No! As he calls out, I will not be caged! I will not be contained! No! And he like looks back up and as the thing cracks and breaks this lightning begins to spin faster and faster until it eventually erupts Asterion you are immediately dropped to zero as this lightning blast hits you but so are the mage and the

vampire as they are incinerated by this blast of lightning. As I start dropping to zero, can I just like make eye contact with the hair, just go, oh! As this machine detonates, and with this blast of lightning, as these two are incinerated, you watch as the prisoners are de-shackled

from the back wall. You guys can run up, the effect of the dominate immediately ends. Help them. Yeah, Will, you run up. You can, like, Lae'zel is, like, bleeding out, but the two of you and Shadowheart can kind of get them up. And yeah, the machine is destroyed.

And you guys have not only succeeded in saving Tev, but saving another city from a future fate. Unfortunately, we have to wrap it up this quick because it is time to end this little one-shot episode. So I'm sorry for the rather abrupt ending. Sometimes this happens. You know, we wish we had like, you know,

all the hours in the day to play, but we've got to wrap things up here. If we can just a quick sort of final goodbye for you and just say who you are, maybe some places where maybe people can find you on the internet and then yeah, we will see this this out and a huge thank you to mark it was amazing thank you we'll get him next time sister we'll get him next time um but yeah so uh theo if you just want to start just last like you know who you are how who you play in ballers gate and where people

can might be able to find you on the internet. Yeah, this has been Theo Solomon playing Will Ravengard and you can find me on Instagram at Theo underscore Solomon. I'm Samantha Bale

I play Karlak and you can find me on Twitter. I'm Jennifer English and I play Shadowheart God's Favourite Princess and you can find me on Twitch, Instagram and other things.

I think I'm all at Jennifer J English. I've been Debra Wilde playing Lae'zel. You can find me on Twitter, Instagram and TikTok. Just search my name. I'm still Neil Newbon and you can find me, I'm playing a star here, I'm still Neil Newbon and you can find me I'm playing a star here I'm battling you can find me on Twitch

Twitter Instagram at Neil Newbon I'm Tim Downey I've been playing Gail and I'm on Instagram and Twitter

or X as it is now still nothing still nothing yeah at Tim Downey 1 thank you wonderful

and then Amelia as well I'm Amelia Tyler and I've been playing Bodhi Still nothing. Still nothing. At Tim Downey 1. Thank you. Wonderful. And then Amelia as well. I'm Amelia Tyler. And I've been playing Bodhi today. And our narrator. Yeah. Sometimes. And narrator. Joint narrator.

Joint narrator. You can find me on all the things. But I'm on Twitter and TikTok and YouTube and stuff. Wonderful. And I've been your Dungeon Master, Mark Sherlock-Humes. I'm the DM here over on High Rollers D&D we actually have a brand new D&D campaign starting up hopefully later on this year

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but also helping bringing us together and sort of making this happen, really, and, like, coordinating it all. So thank you, Larian. And, yeah, till next time, gather your party, adventure forth and play some D&D. Take care everybody, bye bye. Bye!