High Rollers DnD - High Rollers: Aerois #107 | Stand With Aerois (Part 2)

Episode Date: April 8, 2021

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Rated ESRB E10+. The sun rises on Horizon. With it, a new day begins. For most people, it continues as normal. They still have businesses to run, families to feed, but across Horizon, across many other cities, across Arois, one conversation dominates. People talk about the message. one conversation dominates people talk about the message message from a legendary a mythical figure of arois's past the threat of war the decisions the morality around those decisions and ultimately

what is best for them and the best for arois nowhere is this conversation more important than in within the great halls of the citadel of the reborn a tall white stoned building tipped with brass and gold like flames rising up five great archways extend over the rest of the sky city out from the citadel down into the city below. And from each of them, troops amass in their red and gold armor and surround the main central chamber, where our party is once again brought to speak with the various leaders of Aramis. Is there anything before you guys are brought down

into the actual council discussion that you wish to do? Hmm. I'd like to put on full spell-proof and physical-proof armour that covers my body. Do you own such a thing? Next question. Exactly. So we're just going to ignore everything Chris Rodgers said.

I'm going to assume no. In which case, you return to the large circular council chamber with a large circular table and find that several of its seats are now empty. It appears that the ambassadors from Vortensar are not in attendance. Neither is Viserine Galilea of the Commonwealth of Gisela, Neither is Viseryn Galilea of the Commonwealth of Gisela, nor is the... Starcaller Navarine.

What? Well, you are informed that Starcaller Navarine is not attending because she has become unwell. It seems that in her advanced age, with the revelations about the titans and callus's proclamation she has basically fallen uh kind of very unwell uh she does not seem to really be composed enough to be part of these discussions um i killed her yeah you know those gods that you all worship not really gods though are they I'm a murderer

you're not a murderer she's unwell she is unwell I'm a spiritual murderer that's worse maybe we just told her the truth so her whole life just crumbled but it was to be fair to be fair it was the very

start of a very important meeting and he just went, your god's not real. None of your gods are real, lol. I mean, they want to hear it. They need to hear it. That was the sound of her hitting the floor when that meeting concluded.

That was heartbreaking. That's the sound that every one of us did that's that's the sound of everyone in the the high roller and you guys did your coley colkins yeah yeah the chamber is kept at a moderate temperature magically you assume and there are still guards and mages that patrol the perimeter of the actual chamber but danica calls to attention she kind of slaps her hands together in a great kind of like burst of flame erupts around the the domed ceiling well it appears that several of our representatives have decided they no longer had anything they wish to say as i did promise them i would not keep them here as prisoners they've returned to their home countries

so that leaves those of us who remain as at least willing to discuss the matters that were revealed yesterday I believe that it best to address a couple of things. Draconis Militarum, I know that you are unhappy with my decision to allow these individuals to leave. Keep in mind

that my city has always espoused freedom. I am not going to keep people here a prisoner simply because they made a decision that we disagree with. Not until a formal alliance is agreed and rules and orders are put in place to make sure that any such traitorous behavior is punished do you accept that these this was my decision you see the two dragons in their humanoid forms

uh general netheral uh this kind of elderly uh copper haired sorry brassy haired um mustached older general looking type next to him is a tall woman with long blue hair and lightning blue eyes uh they just nod their head in a kind of angry uh less than agreement and more of a kind of like it's your city fair enough kind of response amadrasos the more diplomatic the copper dragon of the two we understand lady danica's position as a neutral party in this summit the draconis militarum does wish to state that tactically allowing these individuals to return to their worlds or to their cities

is dangerous, given the information that they have collected. You have put us at a disadvantage, Lady Danica. We hope that you understand the gravity of this. Danica holds up her hand. I believe that these individuals take no more knowledge than what they already possessed.

I do not believe we have given them any major advantages over us, but your concern is noted, Ambassador Amadrasos. I believe that there is one more important factor that should be raised. Yesterday, myself, the crew of the Stormchaser and Sky Prince Aradan met to discuss the events that had taken place I believe that the three of us the three groups of us have agreed to stand against

Calus Valkyrian chiefly on information provided to me by Kelek Adkola Kelek, have you made a decision on whether you wish to reveal this information to the rest of the representatives? I have, and I believe we might have a way for this information to be shared and you all to be convinced by it too,

not that we are just telling you honeyed lies to get you on side. A zone of truth? On me. She nods, but you begin to hear kind of murmurings amongst everybody else. The Duke of Hill Jaden, Duke Rogric.

How do we know that I am familiar with the spell Zone of Truth it convinces an individual to speak what they believe to be true but whatever information you have are we sure that this is not a trick

we have seen that this is not a trick? We have seen that this Valkyrian is capable of immense magic, but we know that you yourself, Stormchaser, that Danica is capable of powerful magics as well. Do we have any guarantee that what you say is... How do we know that it is exactly truth, that it represents whatever you're going to tell us? I will give you exact details. I will not avoid any questions you have. is exactly truth, that it represents whatever you're going to tell us. I will give you exact details. I will not avoid any questions you have. And if you wish, have someone from your own continent cast the spell on you. It is less that I believe that you would find a way to bypass dispels nature. Correct me if I'm wrong.

You are forced to tell the truth as you know it. What if the information you have is misguided? You would be telling us what you believe to be true. But how do we know that that is the truth? That that is what is whatever you're going to tell us? It is not a zone which makes

the truth happen. It is a zone that convinces a person to speak what they believe to be true i will give you you can cast it on all of us and i'm pretty sure that every single one of us would tell you the same thing but that still takes the same point whether you all believe it whether quill believes it, it is still flawed by a person. It is still a person's idea of what the truth is. And I trust that whatever information

you have, I do not know the nature of it, but if this is all come from the champion of Hesper, if he has told you, then yes, it would be the same that he would tell us. That does not make it true. I would still hear it, but be cautious that

one single spell, a relatively low-powered spell, I might add, will not... It does not guarantee that everything you say is fact. It convinces me that you believe it, Kilec Adkola. Well, we hope that our words

through this spell are at least as factual and enough to sway you as Starbanes was based on words I am willing to listen I am willing to listen

okay was based on word I'm willing to listen I'm willing to listen okay sure so yeah you have somebody come over it would probably be Danica's own people just because I think they all trust Danica at this point to be a fair representative given how she treated the viceroy of Giselle and the two ambassadors from Vortensar she seems to be sticking fair representative, given how she treated the Viceroy of Giselle

and the two ambassadors from Vortensar. She seems to be sticking to her rules, so they allow one of Danica's mages to come over. They cast Zone of Truth on you. Do you resist it? Hell yeah, no, I don't. Okay. The mage turns.

The ritual is complete. I do believe Master Keelik to be under the influence of this spell. It will compel him to speak the truth as he knows it. He just nods his head. Would any of you like to ask any questions, or shall I just speak?

That's an interesting question. Quill's mum speaks up. So why didn't you message me? No, she's being kept very busy. She's constantly kind of like sending people back and forward out of the chamber with messages and notes. She's kind of taking a backseat to the discussions. An Ember Elf, who you have met.

This is Sumar Zemix Elodovian. The Grand Strategist is his title. You've met him before. He's one of the dignitaries here. He represents the continent of Zephenna, or Zephen. He looks to you. Yes, before you tell us what you wish to tell us, Mr. Keelag. This information, this information,

this new information that you have, has it changed your mind on whether to agree with Talos or not? Has this been a deciding factor in your decision? Interesting. No, I never wanted to join starbane

his very well message was convincing but not enough to convince me not after what we've been through a second question if i may this information how did you come about it before you tell us what it is How did you come about it? Before you tell us what it is. In the lands of Mirskir, shortly after we were teleported by Starbane, shortly after he killed Sentry, I met a very similar fate at the hands of Hadar,

or a Hadar touch. Is that just Quill Mismaembering because he didn't kill Sentry? Sentry died in the church. Okay, so I'm just checking that Quill's actively telling it as he knows it. So you would say something like, when Sentry fell and Starbane teleported us, rather than he killed Sentry because he

didn't. Okay. My bad. It's just misremembering. I was sent beyond the cradle and thankfully resurrected in Gusthaven by my allies, Storm Chasers. Upon returning, Hesper gifted me with a storm eye. This thing, actually.

It allows me to ask very particular questions and get the truth in response. It has helped us many times and we've discovered many interesting facts from this. Very powerful tool. You say it tells you the truth of things. How do you know that what it shows you is true? Where does this power come from? Is this Hesper's power? you is true where does this power come from is this hesper's power i'm pretty sure it's hesper's but there's a part of me that remembers it being siasca's now there you go that's what you know

ah crap i can't remember exactly when he gave it to me like but you're right in that it's Hesper's power is Siaska's power, so technically it's from Siaska. Technically. Yeah. Hesper gifted me the eye. It's through Hesper, yeah. It was through Hesper that I got this power.

But regardless, I've used this eye, we've used this eye to get to the very bottom of many different situations, and the answers it gave us turned out to be true, turned out to be fact. We discovered them to be so, from our own investigations. Every time I've used it, it's given the truth, and yesterday I used it, and I have no reason to believe it's not the truth from what we know of the world engine

from what we know of Hadar from what we know of Starbane there's no reason to not believe it this time and what we know is that, and you may know this Herois is generated, powered by

a Genesis relic, the World Engine. Basically created Herois, much like it did Alfheim. The moment the World Engine is removed, the planet's removed, essentially destroyed. And that's what I saw. Starbane takes this World Engine in hopes of feeding it to Hadar. Too much power for him to consume consume and that would destroy Hadar. That is not the case. Not the case

at all. Eros is destroyed. Hadar grows exponentially. Out of his confines and take over everything. Reality as we know it will be consumed by Hadar. It doesn't destroy him.

It makes him stronger than ever. Murmurings all around. The dragonborn kind of clenching their fists, their claws. As definitely worried looks. Sumar looks at you with more of a kind of inquisitive mind. So this eye, you can ask it questions of the future. You can ask it things that have not yet occurred. I can. Not all the time.

And, annoyingly, not now. In a few days, yes. But not right now. I believe you, Master Keeluk. The spell is active. You believe what you are saying to be true now, there is I hate to be I hate to play the middle man

there are possibilities at work here one, the visions that you are shown are guesses by Hesper perhaps they are perhaps influenced by hesper or siasca well they would he would say hespo because as far as they're all aware siasca is dead um is influenced by hesper an

enemy of kallus it seems likely that he may wish to dissuade you from anything that may support his argument but another factor perhaps to consider a man who can see the future he sees his own death he spends the rest of his life doing everything he can to avoid that death now there are many possibilities one his fate is assured There is no way for him to avoid the death he has foreseen, no matter how hard he tries, and so he still dies at the end of it. We are bound by destiny, by fate, whatever you wish to call it. The other, by knowing of his death, he has changed the future, and now that death no longer exists.

The future that he has seen is no longer possible. We stand at a crossroads. Either what you have seen will come to pass no matter what this council decides, or by telling us of what you have seen, you have already changed it, so this future will not happen. hopefully i imagine life as we know it to be one single string up until the point where we're at now anything beyond now there's thousands and thousands of different threads playing out across the universe different endings i simply ask what would happen ifbane wins, if Starbane gets the world engine, what will happen? Ah, but that is my question. You have asked this scenario.

What happens if Kallus acquires the world engine and uses it against this being Hadar? But now we know that this will not work. Now the future is undetermined. What if, by allying with Kallus, we are now able to convince him not to use the world engine in this way what if that is the path forward that we must take what if that knowledge is the thing that unlocks a new future for us

to follow and I say this not because I have made my decision not because I seek to to counteract what gifts you have been given. I am a man of logic and a man of strategy. I am trying to understand all of the possibilities before us. Is it possible, Kilek Adkula, that by telling us this,

that future you have seen can be changed? I don't say this under the influence of the Zone of Truth, this. That future you have seen can be changed. I don't say this under the influence of the Zone of Truth, but you and everyone in this room are nothing to Starbane. He will not listen to you.

He doesn't need to. He has a goal. It's to destroy Hadar. Whether he is convinced by Hadar himself, maybe he's Hadar touched himself we don't know either way you can't convince him

because he won't listen to you but that is only your opinion not a gift that you have been seen not a future that you have been shown that is my opinion without the help without the help of Hesper

the journey was taken. Thank you. Thank you, Keelik. Please understand, I do not ask this to be rude or to try and diminish your great accomplishments. I have utmost respect for you and the Storm Crazers, but I must have all the

facts before I am able to decide what I wish to do next. I appreciate the approach and welcome the questions. General Nethereal of the Dragonborn slams a big claw on the table. Well, I've heard enough. It is clear that Calus is either mad or corrupted by the very thing he fights against. We know where the Draconis Militarum stands. Danica, Kov to under... I want to know where everybody at this table stands now.

The Draconis Militarum stands with Horizon, with Gusthaven, and with the crew of the Stormchaser against Calus Valkyrian. We will never bow to that tyrant. We will never yield another world to him. Danica kind of looks at you

guys to see like, okay, I will call for the rest. She's like, well, I believe that our general has made the request quite clear. Those of you who are still gathered here, we should understand where we all stand.

With this information presented by Champion Kelek, Kallus' plan will not work. Or so the champion believes, based on his gift of foresight. But we still have a decision to make, a war still to fight. Where do you stand? She looks.

Sky Prince Aradan stands up, sat next to Lucius, he stands up. I have known the crew of the Stormchaser. They have saved my city and me. And if they stand against Kallus, I believe it is the duty of all those, all of us, children of Siasca, to do the same.

She stood against him once. We must stand against him again. Gusthaven stands with Horizon, Draconis Militarum, and the Stormchaser. King Telvin. King Tel telvin rooksilver who is the uh monarch of savona i i don't wish to be i am undecided my advisors and he can see he glances to his left and to his right where two dwarves sit uh one dalinor brassworn who represents gold throne and the surrounding area of rooksfield and then uh bloodlord uriana vashten who represents um uh the blood veil the lands

of blood veil he looks to either side my advisors who represent the majority of my people, are conflicted. For now, Sivona must remain undecided until this matter can be settled domestically. He just nods his head. You can see that already, as soon as he sits down, the two dwarves are trying to speak to him, and he's just quieting them. Duke Rogrik of the Duchy of Hill Jaden I'm afraid that

as of now faced with a war faced with these impossible odds and given the questions that the Grand Strategist has asked I am not sure I can align myself with what I believe

to be a doomed a lost war I have to think of my people perhaps this callous perhaps the future that has been seen is uncertain perhaps it is a trick but even if it is not

we will all be killed by Calus anyway. I must stand with him. You see the dragonborn kind of glare at this guy. Century would like stiffen up in a chair and like, just... It's like bristles, like it's angry. Yeah. To kind of ease sentry a little bit

this kind of ragtag looking druid you met him before only briefly shepherd parrick he represents the council of shepherds of miaskir the druids that lead the lands of join us he stands up i

i do not know much the land itself is confused many problems plague arose but I know one thing the crew of the storm chaser came to Mirskir's aid when no one else did

they ended the storm that no one else did. They. Ended the storm. That no one could end. They freed a powerful being. Within our lands. Whether it is our doom. Whether it is.

In futility. We must stand. for the earth, the land of Erois itself. If Kallus takes this world engine and destroys our home, the beliefs of the druids, the beliefs of the shepherds, the people of Mierskir will not be the same.

We stand with the storm chaser. Nods his head. Sits back down hell yeah my boy Morgaine Frostblessed champion of the teleth do the Aelsaraf wild elves stands up in elvish

because she doesn't speak common well the wild elves don't back down from a fight whoever this callous thinks he is we'll fight him she just sits back down the three orcish admirals

the tide kings of the archipelagos they're called Admiral Suntosk, Admiral Stormeye and Admiral Goodwind they stand, look amongst each other. For now, the Tide Kings of the Archipelagos are unaligned. We have to go back, speak with our people. This offer by Valkyrian is quite good. You can see the other one, one of the other ones,

Admiral Suntos kind of glances and kind of looks at him warily. But we can't make this decision before we speak. Not to our fleets. For now, we are unaligned. They sit back down.

The Wolfpack, sorry, not the Wolfpack, the Council of Beastfolk, Warran Keeper Nana Greytail, Packmaster Hargan Greycloud, and back down the wolf pack sorry not the wolf pack the council of beast folk warren keeper nana graytail pack master hagen gray cloud and uh grove maiden maya dewstorm all stand together uh maya dewstorm you've never you've never spoken to her yet she's this kind of uh woman with these elk-like features kind of like deer pattern skin um big horns uh kind of stretch towards she stands up um but she doesn't speak she uses kind of a series of hand gestures and uh different colored flowers grow on her hands when she does them uh and the uh rabbit folk speaker nana graytail translates for the beast folk of Arois have too many concerns of their own. We would like to speak with the crew of the Stormchaser in private

to discuss a matter of importance to the beast folk. When this is done, perhaps then we can make our decision. Dew Storm just bows her head and sits back down. And then last, but by no means least, Sumar Zemmix of the continent of Ziphen. Another one of the, kind of similar to the continent of Giselle. It's one of the larger continents on Arois. Represents quite a substantial amount of cities and forces.

And so it falls to me to be the last I am very grateful to you storm chaser to you champion the information you have provided both in data and here in this council is invaluable I did not sleep instead I spent my evening calculating plotting and here in this council, is invaluable. I did not sleep.

Instead, I spent my evening calculating, plotting. I can come to only one conclusion. As things stand, the odds against Erois are too great. I am a strategist. I am a game player. I look at this board, and we are without knights, without bishops, without queens. It is a losing battle. We have no strategy.

Even now, Eroas itself is splintered faction. And even if, even if champion Kelec's vision is true, we face either annihilation in war or annihilation by Hadar. But at least I feel with Hadar, we may be bought time. We may be able to convince Kallus to change his plans, to use this world engine in a new way we may have options

that I do not see us having now for now I must ally myself with Starbeam he sits back now you get a message all of you in your heads you hear a message from the Grand Strategist.

It's very faint, but you do just hear a very subtle kind of thing in your mind. A player who does not wish to lose everything knows when to fold, when to double down, and when to change table when their odds are improved. And then he just nods at all of you. Danica stands. Stormchasers, do you have anything to add? The representatives have spoken much but if there is anything you wish to say

I believe it now is the best time oh man anyone else as everyone is silent the sky prince kind of jots back he like holds his head he kind of jots back. He like

holds his head. He kind of stumbles for a moment in his chair. He seems to be getting some sort of message. Shortly thereafter, Lucius, all of you in fact, all receive the same message from Moonstar. Gusthaven is

being attacked. They've come out of nowhere and are attacking our ethereum refineries we require immediate aid now bro oh fuck if that's everything Danica

it would be prudent for us to call the meeting here Sky Prince looks up we need to just tell them Lucius Danica, it would be prudent for us to call the meeting here. Sky Prince looks up. We need to just tell them, Lucius, there is an attack. We must leave now, Danica. Danica sort of sees the seriousness in all of your faces, nods. You see all of the other members kind of like looking around. She gestures, those of you who did not ally with Horizon and the Storm Chasers, I suggest you return now to your people, to your cities.

Go where you wish. And then she gestures and guards basically start escorting anybody who didn't agree with you guys is being kind of like heavy armed, you know, pulled out of the chambers, leaving yourself with those who did ally with you, primarily the Dragonborn, the Shepherds, the Wild Elves from Elsa Raff pretty much all kind of stick around everybody else is dragged away

Danica as they're being dragged away can I say this is your chance you should leave this is your chance to see what Starbane is doing this is your chance. Kind of being like, you should leave. Yeah. But this is your chance to see what Starbane is doing. This is your chance. If you are not aligned now,

come with us and see for yourselves what is going to happen in a year's time if we do not fight for our home. This is your chance. Join us now. Make a persuasion check for me please sentry what's your persuasion skill

like out of interest plus 8 24 yeah she's a paladin high charisma don't forget and skill training sentry's a leader of course she's gonna have good persuasion I don't think any of them are gonna come with you but you see doubt you see king telvin of

rooksilver you see uh the grand strategist as well you see um duke rogrick you see them all waver um the beast folk hold up their hands as they're kind of being told to leave uh hargan the wolf the the wolf uh folk uh gentlemen we will remain we wish to speak with the crew of the storm chaser whence this attack is resolved it may be that chances are we may decide to align but we ask that we be given permission to remain in Horizon until this attack is resolved the others

kind of look around King Talvin looks I'm sorry Sentry I I'm sure that there will be something to see but I must I have to think of my people and he's being kind of escorted I'm sure that there will be something to see, but I must... I have to think of my people. And he's being kind of escorted away by his two advisors.

But you definitely see that your words reached him. Just in this moment, it's too much for him to agree right now. But something's changed. We'll be in touch when we have more intel and a solid plan. The Grand Strategist, when you say that, Ayla, when you say a solid plan, he just kind of looks around. A solid plan

would be a very good start. And then he just holds his hands up and lets himself be escorted out of the room. Danica, once they're kind of mostly gone, Danica turns around. Aradan, Storm Chasers, what is happening? Is this on Gustaven? Is Gustaven being attacked?

Yes. An urgent message came through to us. Alright. Someone has taken the Ethereum mines. Very well. I can teleport the six of you and two others. I can send you now without having to rely on the teleportation circles, but

the rest of my forces, we can begin moving the ship. We can begin moving the city and sending out airships, but I believe that I can send the six of you, and you will be the best chance the city has. The best reinforcements we can send. I can send two others. I look around. You have... Yeah, well, around you have

Morgan's Frostblast of the Wild Elf, who seems to be a warrior. You have the dragons. Both generals and Amadrasos to be a warrior you have the dragons uh both generals and amadrasos are here uh you have the dragons you have the shepherds if you if you like they're looking at you like what are you gonna do like who are you gonna ask for help here um who do you want to ask i mean they are dragons yeah they're dragons yeah well so do you ask him you tell me what how'd you ask him

they're waiting to be asked. Someone? Yeah. We need strong allies. Come with us. Let's fight for Eros. It starts here. Today.

for a rose. It starts here. Today. You see the taller female dragon in humanoid form, the one with the long blue hair, she puts a hand on the shoulder of the elder general, General Nethereal. You should return to the

Vivex. Explain to them what is happening. Make sure that we have our strategy. I will go with the storm chasers you see him kind of like we couldn't both go no offense my old friend you are not much of a brawler you're a strategist i on the other hand and she stands up to her full like seven eight like seven eight height and she just cracks her muscles in her neck and you see like these big bulging muscles her long blue hair begins crackling with lightning. I, on the other hand,

it's been many a century since I've had a chance to fight. I would relish the opportunity to come with you. Thank you. You'll do. There is room for one more, if you wish. Shepard parak is like I can come I have great healing abilities I can command the elements but

if you wish another warrior miss frost blessed of the wild elves I think perhaps would be more suitable she's just like she's like nodding like yeah I'll come fight laughing fighting I like fighting.

I like fighting. Or if you have your own allies in the city, I can have them brought to you if necessary. I sadly cannot come with you. I have to ensure Horizon is safe. If they attack here whilst you are gone, I wish to make sure that the city is protected. It was pretty good. Because I ain't doing it.

It's on blast. Yes. Absolutely. That was also pretty good because i ain't doing it yes absolutely good all right uh the shepherd is just like perhaps my healing abilities will be more useful he kind of steps forward so uh and the dragon who's coming with you her name is general uh failissa tharis or failissa uh is uh how she goes by failissa uh she steps up beside you along with shepherd parrick danica basically stands up and you watch as the whole table and all the chairs just sink into the floor like they meld into the stone leaving the space big and open she steps into the middle and you can already begin to see flames and golden energy kind of coalescing around her. Go on, Nova.

Give your hand up. This whole time while everyone's deciding, Nova's been writing a very hurried message. She yeets it at Rain, who's probably in the corner somewhere. Yeah, Rain says, Please give that to my family. Tell them I'll be back. Ask them to stay. Ask the professor to stay.

I'll be back. Of course. Of course. We'll keep them protected until you return hopefully once this attack is resolved return here to horizon or horizon will come to you uh and he just nods his head and he you there's a genuineness when he takes that letter like he understands how important this is um and yeah as as you're doing that uh danica kind of steps into the middle and you can now see she's just covered in like this orange flame. Quickly get around me. Stand around in a circle around me and whatever you do, don't flinch.

You can see that she's containing like this power that's like burning through her body, like golden kind of crimson veins through her arms. As she gestures for you guys to come stand around her basically. Yeah, do that as quick as you can. Absolutely. As you get in position, she just looks up one more time. Don't die. We need you here. Finish this and

come back. And then she slams the floor with her foot. She kind of stomps down and this g kind of just gout of flame erupts, and it kind of drifts up around you, forming like a globe, and then flames being snuffed out. You are pulled away. You feel that familiar sensation of your body being lurched through time and space,

and you appear in a great explosion, the fire gone from this bright red and orange to a kind of golden crimson as it just trails off around you as you stand before the great citadel on the teleportation circle of Gusthaven. It's already, you can already begin to hear the sounds. You can hear screams.

You can hear cries. You can hear the clashing of metal and steel. Aridan and the others all kind of like come to you with you you see a shape fly over the city overhead what appears to be almost a giant dragon but this is made of metal and steel and crystal all fused together to create this great dragon-like shape. It fires a beam of intense light and heat out of its mouth, cutting through several buildings before flying off. You can hear there are more of them elsewhere in the city. When you arrive, several mages who seem to be protecting the teleportation circle,

they're ushering in. When you arrive, there's like a startled group of citizens who it looks like they were using this as a way to escape the city, kind of startled as these mages are like, hold, hold, hold, Sky Prince, you've returned. We sent word for you. He's just like, yes, yes, what is happening? He turns, he's just like, ah, they attack out of

nowhere, your majesty. They just seem to fold out of space itself. These great draconic beings, but there are others with them, soldiers. They possess unusual qualities. Their bodies are like mixes of things that we've never seen before.

Like some sort of organic experiment. Where are they attacking? They've attacked in primarily three locations in the city the city center the docks and the ethereum refinery sir we don't have the forces to hold them all off what do you wish us to do at this point aradan turns to the rest of you storm chasers uh i can lead my guards and my mages to one of these sites but i i don't think we have the manpower to take on all three if there are more of those things flying around can i leave this what should i do what should we do we could um we could get to thalia we could get her spaceship out. That could be the twin star. It could be useful as air support.

Along with Fael... Fael... Faelissa. Faelissa, sorry. What have you decided? I think my... And she kind of begins stretching her muscles and almost like getting ready for a fight.

I will take to the skies. These imitations are nothing i will try and deal with as many of them as possible good luck and she just kind of steps back she finds like an open space in the plaza and then just her clothing rips as one arm becomes a giant blue claw the next and then like her whole body shifts as she becomes a colossal blue dragon. Good luck, storm chasers. I hope that this is the beginning of a great alliance.

She takes off into the air, chasing after one of these metallic dragons. It's just this blast of lightning out of her mouth. She turns, chasing one of them off away. So lucky she's on our side. Sorry about the pseudo-dragon. The shepherd who is with you.

I need to apologize for that. It seems that there are many wounded. I can go to where the citizens are most and try and protect as many of them as I can. I may be able to buy you some time. I am not incredibly powerful, but perhaps I can shield them using the earth or the stones themselves.

I could perhaps buy you some time. Wherever you wish to go, perhaps it would be best served if I go elsewhere. Good idea. Lucius, where's Moonstar? Let's find Moonstar. I thought she was with us in Horizon. No, she actually

seems that she had left to come back to Gustaven. Can you message her, Quill? I can try. Sure. Message. I guess I can try a message if she's within 120 feet.

Message doesn't work. In that case, I'll try a message if she's within 120 feet. Message doesn't work. Message doesn't work. In that case, I'll do a sending. And yeah, ask Moonstar where she is and where she needs us to be. Okay, yeah. I'm not going to make you do the 25 words thing. City center. Many citizens injured.

Attacks in great forces. Doing my best. Hold them off. attacks and great forces doing my best hold them off your ship is being attacked at docks can hold off okay best as is the response you're going to get back so moonstars in the city center and it sounds like that's where the reports from the other majors tell you that the the most of the citizens Gusthaven are trapped in the city center. The shopping area, the Aethagora, the plazas, that kind of places. The docks where the Twin Star is being held, as well as the Stormchaser,

that's the other place that's being attacked. You have to pick between... And then there's the Aetherium refineries. It sounds like these forces are actually attacking the refineries, destroying them, but also stealing Ethereum from them as well. What do you want to do? They're all important.

They are! It's almost like I've made you choose! Unless you want to split the buy. You could go to all three. I'm going to cast Enlarge while we're here, just making a decision just so i can

stand as a shield over everybody just get ready to go yeah while you're in this area you can see that mages have like constructed these like barrier domes over the teleportation circle and there's a lot of like innocent people who are like huddled here looks like they were you know waiting to be teleported out um but yeah they're doing their best to kind of keep this as a protected area of the city but and it's not like the city's completely destroyed you can see that to be teleported out um but yeah they're doing their best to kind of keep this as a protected area of the city but and it's not like the city's completely destroyed you can see that there are definitely like buildings that have been damaged and attacked and you can hear the sounds of battle but gust haven has its own military it has the you know it's knights which are out there fighting

it's just they're probably gonna lose unless they get some support in some of these locations. If we can get to the docks, get Thalia and the Stormchaser into the sky to help, that would be something. My worry is with the refineries, not only for the future... Leave the refineries to me, Lucius. I'll take my personal guard. We'll head to the refinery,

see if we can't buy you some time, at least. If they explode, that would be extremely damaging. That's my worry. I think that whatever is happening here... The dock has air support. There's a dragon in the sky. Do we want to go inside where that is not... The refineries are still exposed to the elements.

The whole city is, Ayla. No matter where we go, those things are still going to be a problem. If you think that you have allies at the docks, ones who could help us, it may be that Azaria Perel is there. She's a very powerful mage as well, along with your companion Thalia and your ship. Whatever help we can get, we need. Then we go now to the docks.

That's what I say. All right. I'll take my guard to the Ethereum refineries and we can Shepard, if you can go to the city center, just try and hold them off. Save as many people as you can. Don't worry about the buildings. Use them in any way you need to. We can always

rebuild. Good luck, side prince. You keep yourself safe. If it's not safe there, get out and we will come later. We'll switch to there as soon as we're done i'll buy you the time you need just with that he kind of like goes off you can see that these white griffins uh are being pulled in and you can see like all of these elite looking armored knights mages are all kind of like gathering up waiting for the sky

prince they hand him his greatsword, his owl comes flying down, he gets on the back of a griffon, they all begin mounting up and they're gonna take off, leaving you guys to rush to the docks. And I'm gonna assume that you guys just make a run for it, right? You guys are just gonna

rush to get their ASAP. How far are the dogs? I mean, far enough that you won't be able to use a spell to get everyone there quickly. I don't want you to waste a spell slot. You know the streets well enough that you can pretty much fight your way through there.

And for the sake of cinematic coolness, we'll say that you probably take care of minor enemies and things like that along the way. You come across some squads of these enemies. The enemies that that you come across apart from these giant metal dragons um they're humanoid but many of them possess unusual kind of abilities some of them seem to have these great manta manta ray like wings that they glide through the city and they can spit acid and they've got weapons some of them have these like long whips made of

lightning that they seem to be able to charge and then they have blades all of them wear Valkyrian colours but rather than Valkyrian symbol it is the symbol of Zarkira that they all wear god damn

what a bit dangerous you guys arrive at the docks. And I do have a little mappy-wappy. Oh. A long time since we had a little mappy-wappy.

I don't like the look of one of those dudes. Mark, don't like the look of one of those dudes. You don't like the look of one of those dudes. I don't like the look of one of those dudes. Mark, don't like the look of it. You don't like the look of one of those dudes. I don't like the look of anything here. No. Next century big. Oh, yeah.

Huge century. Oh, no. I've just loaded it. What is that? Why is it so big? You guys, fight your way to the docks. Various streets of Gusthaven partially collapsing. It seems that these giant draconics...

As a point, as you're rushing through the city, there must be about four or five of these giant dragon things, two of them in the docks. The other three are kind of like flying around. The dragon Felisa is chasing one of them that has basically had to completely avoid the city and is being pursued by this much bigger dragon that's just like

bearing down on it. You see fighting, the knights of Gusthaven are all pulling. As soon as you come in and help them they manage to pull the citizens to safety or secure an area and they direct you down the clear paths that have been secured by their forces. When you arrive, the docks, there is fighting everywhere,

but you beeline towards the Storm Chaser, your crew. And when you come to the area where the ship was being repaired, Lillian Sprocket's shipwriting company and the warehouse where the Twin Star is being held, you see that a great siege is taking place here. Two of these enormous draconic construct-like dragons perched on either end of the dock are firing these like mouth beams, carving chunks out of the newly reinforced hull.

More of these kind of electrified warriors are kind of trying to board it. They're trying to board on top of it with these electrified warriors are kind of trying to board it. They're trying to board on top of it with these electrified whips. There are these manta ray-like flyers doing drive-bys, while these two large figures that seem to be covered in an almost crab-like

carapace are also attacking. The warehouse where the twin star is being located, one of these giant crab-like monsters is pounding on a magical barrier that's been created, whilst two of these giant crab-like monsters is pounding on a magical barrier that's being created whilst two of these electrified soldiers are currently being pinned down by azaria perel this this high elf woman dressed all in black looking like a widower with this black veil who's he was flying above the warehouse just firing like magical bolts and fire bolts down at the enemies before her,

kind of, you know, blasting down whilst being preoccupied. The crew of the Storm Chaser is also fully engaged in the battle. You can see the Wolf Pack all armed with their new callous weaponry that you stole for them, desperately just trying to fend off these giant dragons trying to blast them with as much fire as possible penny is on the ballista constantly rotating it around trying to take shots that wherever she can whilst ariah and kamara are desperately trying to lead the crew from the ship's deck and that my friends is what you see when you arrive here. Damn. As a point, because I know people in chat are going to mention it, and I know

some of you are probably thinking of it, the original Avengers movie, when they're in New York with the Chitauri attacking, is very much the vibe we're going for here. So, like, as you're running through the streets, there's, like, overturned wagons and, like, broken store fronts, and, you know, there are desperately, you know, ordinary people fighting and stuff. We're only at the

first Avengers movie? We've got a long way to go, guys. Avengers Assemble. We've still got a long way to go. We're right there. And I believe that I'm going to say those words, which, God, I've missed saying them. I haven't said them

in so long. Let's roll initiative! missed saying them I haven't said them so long 21 for Nova century nice 14 14 for century ayla 22 me too keelik and kalam uh 16 16 lucius virion elwyn elenasto 18 18 you guys are quick on the ball compared to the enemies i'll tell you that uh ayla combat instincts kick in. You see all of these enemies before you. Now, unfortunately, the storm chaser is kind of on the other side of one of these docks where it was being repaired. You've come in from the wrong angle. There is a bit of a gap.

To one side, you can see that there's these two flying humanoids with these manta ray-like wings that are spitting acid down onto the wolf pack but then perched at the top of all these crates and boxes at the far end of the dock is one of these giant dragon figures. On the other side you can see the ship with the dragon and one of these large armoured

hulk-like figures and the warehouse with the twin star in it. What would you like to do? Hmm. Okay. Let me just count my squares as a point the flyers are both about 40 feet up in the air the dragon is currently perched on like these cranes and boxes it's probably about 20 feet up in the air um but yeah they all have wings the the construct dragons as well they do look like they can fly

um so if i first i'll rage as a bonus action. The lightning crackles up and down your arms and legs, exploding around you. Can I... I'm just reading my hammer. That's all right. It's been a while. So after Ayla, by the way, Nova, you'll be next, then Lucius. So have a think about what you guys want to do.

I could get on to... How far can I get? 45. Can I run forward and then use my hammer to jump 60 feet. Is it just like a free action?

Is it like a bonus action to activate? It doesn't say what it is. It's just part of the movement. Spend a charge. Sure. In that case, yeah, you move as you need to. So, um... 20, 35, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60. So I could probably get to here on my turn, up on the deck.

So you just watch Ayla runs along the dock and then leaping, charged with lightning with a hammer out, sails like 60 feet through the air, comes slamming down onto the deck of the storm chaser a few of the wolf pack kind of look around like fearing it's an enemy see that it's ayla uh you look over and just see kamara in her new kind of valkyrian black leather combat suit looks over what took you so long sorry i mean I mean, teleportation. Supposed to be good, right? And then I will probably throw my hammer this turn at the dragon that I see.

Sure. Like in front. Sure. Yeah, the dragon, which is currently near quite close to the storm chaser. Yep. So I'm going to throw the hammer near, quite close to the storm chaser. Yep. So I'm going to throw the hammer. I'm going to hurl it. Okay. So this is, because it's only one

target, just make the attack roll for the last hit. 13 plus 13, 26 to hit. That will hit. Yep. That hits. So the hammer kind of flies through the air, charged with lightning, impacts into one of these metal scales on the dragon.

You hear this resounding kind of echoing thud. 14 damage on the hammer itself. Hang on, wait a minute. It's been a long time. Yeah, 14 damage on the hammer itself. Hang on, wait a minute. It's been a long time. Yeah, 14 damage on the hammer, and then lightning damage. So, ooh, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 lightning damage as well you see it kind of stutter

shudder backwards oh sorry it has to make a dex saving throw dice those would have been really good it's alright I can just do it on this that's a fail so it takes the full damage it kind of stumbles back as it gets impacted, and it just

turns to look at you now, Ayla. As it reeks its giant mouth open. What was that sound? Wow! It was a mecha dragon sound. Come on, that was a mecha dragon, guys. Y'all never heard a mecha dragon before?

Do you know you were in a metal band, Mark? Yeah. I don't know. It sounds especially close to that Egyptian thing. The metal chamber reverberates it. It reverberates it, right? So it's kind of like this echoing, screechy metal scream.

Okay. So that's what Aayla does. Me in the morning. Yep. That's the end of your turn. And then the hammer. She'll jump 60 feet, throw the hammer,

which turns into a bolt of lightning and then comes back to her hand again. That's my turn. Snaps back in. NovaVeja, you are up next. I'm going to go for Thalia. If we can get the twin star in the sky, then maybe we can use air support against these dragons.

Yes. Are you okay, Quill? You appear to be very distressed right now. I'm very distressed. Oh, my God. Snap out of it. Pitched up Reaper noise. Imagine that.

Oh, yeah. God. Right. Nova. pitched up reaper noise imagine that oh yeah dimension door um i'm gonna dimension door into well i can so i can dimension door somewhere i can see so i can dimension door up to 500 feet into the twin you'll need to move a little bit because the ship is gonna block your line of sight currently um imagine because the ship is going to block your line of sight currently um imagine because the ship is like a thing as well kind of hovering i don't i don't need that with um dimension door do i i can you just said you need line of sight um no no no no no no no no no uh you can just place you can imagine current location to any uh you arrive exactly the spot desired it can be a place you can see you can visualize a one you can describe by staying in direction. So I want to be on the twin star longboat up to 500 feet, though,

if it's more than 500 feet. I'm not going to put you on the twin star, but you're basically, yeah, you're beside it inside the hangar where it's being stored. When you appear in, this isn't, when you appear inside,

you narrowly are yanked down you feel like a green hand kind of pull you down as various blasts of lightning and acid sail overhead um as thalia like yanks you down uh where there's uh they've formed like a barricade of wooden boxes um you can see like a upturned desk with like schematics all over on the floor uh beside her is kairi who is currently holding what appears to be like a magic wand and big cat who's kind of hunched next to kairi and then thalia's got two uh her two spell spell pistols kind of like pressed up against it very action movie style um and she's just like hi she kind of like looks over to you it's just like wasn't quite expecting you to be back so soon.

Bit of a problem. And you can see that they are being attacked by several more of these creatures inside. Oh my god, Tarl, leave the room. These electric and flying creatures. Get out of the room. Get out of the room. No, it's okay, I muted myself. That's fine, he can just mute himself.

Go on, Kim. I can't take the visual. Can you turn your camera off? We're outside of the ship? Yes. So the twin star doesn't appear like it has power. It's not doing anything.

It's inert. Yes. A bit of a problem. And then Fahlia kind of whips up and then ducks back down. What do you want to do uh so action what if i tell what if i teleport us straight onto the ship can we power it up and blast these guys no problem darling first first thing i tried something's wrong with the twin stars engines uh it needs like a jump start or something i can't get any power to go through to the engines you just call me darling worried that woman's done something to it

oh okay um i think for now that's all i can do i um run you got bonus action left bonus actions and all that yeah and move action but i guess you don't want to move okay i don't want to move they might shoot me yep lucius is going to cast fly on himself at third level oh yeah he's just going to do it on himself. Sure. So you watch as Lucius just kind of hovers up. His robe's fluttering in the wind. He's going to get out his captain's command and point it forward as he flies forward. What's my fly speed? Is it 60? 60, I believe, is the spell.

So that was 5, 10, 15, 25, 30, 35, 45, 55. So I'm about here. Okay. I'm going to use the bonus action of this to speak very loudly to everybody. Storm Tracer crew! We are here! That's the captain! Band together! I've just paid for this upgrade! Don't

waste it! There's kind of a confusion, like all the Storm Tracers, it's like, it's Captain Lucius! Captain Lucius is here! He's come to help us! And then you kind of say that out, and everyone kind of looks up at that last thing and you see a Ryze just like,

You heard the captain! And she kind of lets out a cheer and they're all like, yeah! And there's a big cheer that goes around. Kamara just gives you a single salute looking up towards you. And that's my go because it's an action bonus action.

Move action and bonus action done uh keelak and kala followed by sentry you guys are literally all going first before anybody else i really wish they didn't run off uh because i was gonna beacon of hope um too bad

well too bad so sad in that case uh i am going to fly as well. Not looking quite as cool as Lucius. I mean, you're a bird.

That's pretty cool. Yeah, I know, but you did with the cloak and everything and you shouted at the crew and I'm just like, okay, I'll do it too. And yeah, I will beacon of hope from where I am. So everything within 30 feet of me

currently. So Lucius and some of the storm chaser crew, I guess. So you basically get Kamara and four of the storm chaser crew. And Lucius. And Lucius. And Lucius, yeah.

Okay. And that's pretty much me. All right, Sentry on the other side of the docks. All your friends have either flown or jumped away or teleported away. What does Sentry do? Big, big Sentry. Big old Sentry.

Sentry's going to 5, turn 15, 20, jump off the edge of the docks, and then cast Misty Step to get to the rest of the boat. Okay, yeah, okay. That's easy. Oh, thank god. I thought she was gonna...

I'm not gonna risk it. I'm gonna swim. Yeah, so yeah, with the teleport, you just watch as the Misty Step I'm not going to risk it. I'm going to swim. Yeah. So, yeah, with the teleport, you just watch as the Misty Step essentially jumps off and there is a moment where she starts to fall long before she's going to hit the boat. And you think like, oh, no, she's going to go straight down

because that's not ocean. That's sky because you're in the Sky City and you just whoosh and teleport and appear kind of cool pose on the storm chaser next to Kamara who has to kind of like jump out of your way a little bit as you reform.

So that's move and bonus action. I know I'd much rather you were here Sentry. And then can I cast Ice Storm towards the dragon over there on the opposite side? What is it? This one? Okay, so read out Ice Storm for me.

Ice Storm. How long have you had that? A little while. So it's a 300 foot by 20 foot range. A hail of rock and ice pounds the ground in a 20 foot radius, 40 foot high, tall cinder, set on a point within range. Each creature of rock and ice pounds the ground in a 20 foot radius, 40 foot high tall cinder set on a point within range. Each creature must make a dex save throw. A creature

takes 2d8 bludgeoning damage and 4d6 cold damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. And then hailstone turns the area into difficult terrain until the end of your next turn. Good to know. So what kind of saving throw was it, sorry? Dexrey save.

Nope, that's fine. Well, it's a failure. Roll the bludgeoning damage for me. The ice that forms around it, the cold damage, seems to have no effect. As the cold rains down, the frost just kind of patterns across its metal hide

and doesn't seem to hinder it in any way. It just seems to almost absorb the cold energy um but the bludgeoning damage of these giant chunks of ice and rock kind of slamming down does have some effect um nice so just roll the bludgeoning damage for me cool 10 damage for that one 10 points of damage um half the little bit because unfortunately the bludgeoning damage is not magical but you do see this thing kind of like gets pummeled on its back these giant you know rocks of ice and then it just kind of flicks its wings open as its mouth kind of like roars as its neck whips around uh in rage at being harmed uh by these

giant chunks of rice technically that was two spell slots in a turn. I'm not going to worry about it because it was cool. I'm not going to worry about it. Yes. Have I run out of a reaction now that I've taken bonus action action? No, you still have reactions. You still have reactions. You have reactions. You can take one reaction

and then you get your reaction back at the start of your next turn. Can I, as Sentry is casting that spell, Ice Storm, convert it with Chromatic Control to Acid? It's one of your two types. You absolutely can. Oh, shit! Okay.

That's so cool. So roll the acid, roll the cold damage, which is now acid damage because that does have an effect. So you watch as the ice begins forming over the dragon's back Roll the acid, roll the cold damage, which is now acid damage because that does have an effect. So you watch as the ice begins forming over the dragon's back and it begins kind of like, you can see it's not really having much effect. Lucius, you raise out your hands and you see the colors. You see that beautiful blue of the ice magic that Sentry's, you know, conjuring.

And you kind of pull out some of the orange from your own clothing. You pull out some of the blue from your own clothing you pull out some of the blue from your own clothing forming these kind of like glob jewels of magic and then you slam them together and you watch as that blue magic of the ice transforms into orange as that snow and the ice becomes globs of acid how much damage was it century 16 damage so that does take an effect nice the acid hits and melts um chipping away at the metal form of the dragon and this time it really does seem to get uh in pain and reaction from that as it does so awesome nice one very cool

amazing i think you should use that kind of spell from here on. That was really cool. Right, two flyers. Two of these manta ray winged-like humanoids fly up, chasing after Quill and Lucius, kind of flying between the currents. They open their mouths. They're both going to try and spit acid at both of you.

I really should have got my dice uh this is going to be spit acid uh it can replace one of its attacks uh 19 to hit you quill ah yep uh and then it's going to throw a javelin at you for 24 to hit. Wowzers. Yeah. Okay. You're going to take 11 acid damage from the acid spit and seven points of piercing damage from the javelin. This acid kind of sprays over

like your back. The javelin nearly pierces through your wing. You manage to tuck and roll, but you still get harmed by these two attacks as this thing flies after you. Lucius, same attack against you. That's a seven to hit you with the acid. You manage to kind of pull yourself out of the way as the acid flies past your face

as this creature just spits this gross glob of acid at you. And then a six as the javelin. As you dodge out of the way of the first one, you kind of pull yourself back. The swirling magic around you, this color of blue and orange propelling you through the air. You dodge to either side.

Holy crap. Lucius just didn't get hit at all on a turn from an enemy. He didn't? Yeah. The dragons go. What's their fly speed 90 feet the first dragon flies from one end of the dock it flies up into the air

and positions itself you know hovering up in the air uh looking down keeping quill lucius one of the wolf pack members kamara sentry, one of the Wolfpack members, Kamara, Sentry, and another of the Wolfpack members in a line. It opens its mouth, and this red hot beam of light comes out of it. I need all of you guys to make Radiant Breath, Dexterity Saving Throw. This is not a spell, it's Dragon's Breath.

This is not the same thing as a skill dexterity dexterity saving throw 14 for me I gotta make a bunch of let's see 1, 2 of the wolf pack here no they'd be proficient

in this I think alright 1 succeeds 1 fails, Kamara is much higher actually What does the Beacon of Hope do to Hormoth? I don't believe it helps here I think it's Wisdom saves It helps with... Let me see

Sentry, what do you get on your Dexterity saving throw? I get... Yeah, it doesn't help here 8, 9, 10, 11 But with my Shieldmaster I can add a plus 2 to a deck save. Yeah, is that like a reaction to use? That's a Shieldmaster reaction, yeah. Okay, so you're going to spend your reaction to give yourself that plus 2?

Yeah, so that's 8, 9, 11, 12, 13. 13, okay. So Lucius, you managed to kind of, again, using this magic of this fly spell, this new spell, you push yourself out of the way. You're going to take half damage. One of the wolf pack also manages to roll out of the way. They take no damage

because I'm going to give all of the wolf pack the evasion ability. So if they manage to succeed on the save, they've basically ducked and rolled out of cover protects them against like big enemy spells um cool after the meteor swarm i like to think they've all been training at dodging magic attacks against them uh fair enough which i think makes sense uh but uh kamara quill and one of the other wolf packs are all taking, and Sentry are all taking full damage. Is it an effect that does half damage on success? I'm going to say this isn't a spell.

It is an effect that does half damage on it. If you succeed on a dexterity saving throw, it does do half damage. Okay. Is there anything about that that i should know it says um on my um shield master um if an effect allows half damage on a success i can use my reaction to take no damage from that do you want to do that instead of giving yourself the bonus to ac then because you didn't know that at that time um i think it's included i think it's okay so it's all part of the same thing it's not only if you pass it though um yes that's if you succeed you

take no damage you can use i don't know i don't think it says that if you want if you aren't incapacitated you can add your shields ac bonus to any deck saving throw you make against effects that target only you if an effect allows half damage on a success, you can use your reaction to take no damage. Yeah, so that's... It doesn't say about whether I save or not. The other tricky thing with that is it doesn't just target you. This is targeting a lot

of creatures in a line, so it's not just targeting you as a thing. We'll look into this for next week. I will check it, and then I'll get back to you, because there may be an errata on this as well, so I'll check that. For now, now 26 radiant damage or 13 radiant damage uh for lucius and the other wolf pack member um the kamara and the wolf pack member definitely don't look like good after that they kind of have to throw themselves to the side like this beam of light scorches their arms and their limbs um i also need lucius to make a concentration saving throw for his fly spell that's calm right

that is just a constitution saving throw 16 that's enough yeah you you managed to kind of keep control of your flight spell as you just managed to tuck and roll away from this damage um that is that's dragon's go the next dragon is gonna come and it it's gonna fight ayla uh and it's gonna not use its breath weapon it's just gonna do a some one a one two smackaroo of its own uh oh so it uses its malevolent it's gonna use its malevolent presence as a free action. Ayla and two of the Wolfpack crew members, I need you to make wisdom saving throws.

Damn. Oh, I rolled a dead 20 the one time that I needed it as well. That's very good. 21. That's the first time I think I've succeeded anything, Wisdom.

When this thing gets closer to you, Ayla, you feel like this whispering in your mind, this kind of... You feel angry and you're looking around like you want to fight something but you kind of

hold it down you you can you know that this is some zarkira bullshit exactly but you know that this is some zarkira bullshit trying to get in your head um the other wolf pack crew member beside you kind of does the same thing he like slams his head a few times he's like ah shut up um but then you look to the left and the other one, the one who failed, you see their eyes kind of glaze over and they pull a blade out and they start looking towards you, Ayla. It's immune to it. Creature charm this way, fix it on the creature. Okay, on each of its turns.

Then the dragon is going to attack you properly, Ayla. So that's just its malevolent presence. So it makes three attacks, two with its claws, one with its tail. First attack from its claws, a 17 to hit. I'm going to assume that misses. No. On a 19 to hit. Just, yeah.

That does hit. How much damage you're gonna take 11 points of damage half to five because you are raging and then it's tail so one claw swipes overhead the second one manages to kind of connect with you you're fending it off with the hammer pushing against its strength and it's great metal tail comes slamming down as well only a 14 you managed to kind of deflect that away as this thing tries to with the hammer pushing against its strength and its great metal tail comes slamming down as well. Only at 14, you manage to kind of deflect that away as this thing tries to send a flurry of attacks against you, but none of them quite manage to get through just yet. The dragon is not flying,

so it does actually get to attack with its wings as well. So it will attack you with its great metal wings, but that also misses. you're i'm i just rolled terribly three threes in a row uh like a bunch of threes in a row terrible um but yeah you're kind of fending off this dragon as it's clawing up the side of the storm chaser trying to get at this this foe that's attacked it um as it does and now it's right next to me oh yeah it wants to be there uh one of these large brutes jumps up this giant armored crab-like figure pulls itself up onto the deck of the storm chaser and it's going to move to engage sentry

and with his giant claws it's going to make two attacks against you, Sentry. First one is a seven. That's a miss. It just doesn't even penetrate through your armor. Second one is a 12. Grips you with both sides. Why no break? Why no break?

As it just can't get through. Nova, you see one of these things like banging on this like like this barrier that's been erected over the entrance and then it seems to like stumble back look looks at the wooden wall next to the barrier and it comes crashing through the wooden wall instead um that's gonna be its whole turn that's gonna be its whole turn. That's going to be its whole turn to do. And then a bunch of these other little figures. They mainly engage the crew of the storm chaser, except for these two who are going to move up and get in position,

readying attacks against Nova and Thalia. And that, my friends, is where we're going to end today's episode at the start of a brand new round, ready for the crew and Thalia and And that, my friends, is where we're going to end today's episode at the start of a brand new round. Ready for the crew and Thalia and that to go. Ooh! Oh my god. That's where we're going to pick up next week. Oh, kicking off.

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