High Rollers DnD - High Rollers: Aerois #138 | Enemy of my Enemy (Part 2)

Episode Date: February 10, 2022

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pickaxe so we're gonna pick this back up and callous valkyrian uh is going to take his turn uh and he's going to see that yeah century you look to be in a bad way uh quill is currently paralyzed nova's paralyzed ayla's the only one up um and he realizes that yeah these these golems are like really basically they're like really causing problems for sentry um and he is going to century's gonna hate this he pushes through them and it's like stood next to century he's like back to back with century um and he's uh he's gonna use normally this would be a legendary action i'm gonna use it on his turn. He's going to...

Because I'm not using his legendary actions right now. He raises his sword in the air and you see four spectral force blades appear and they all strike the iron golems. Each of the golems takes 12 points of damage, so twice each, so 24 points of damage to the golems. So one of the golems takes it. One of the golems, however, is cleaved in half by these blades.

It'll be this one. As he kind of calls these blades down and they just strike into the golems. And then he is going to basically, yeah, he's going to kind of do what Sentry does. He's going to protect Sentry while he's trying to hold valor he will look at you century he will look at you century is like you're kind of like trying to get to grips and he was he'll say pull yourself together sentinel prime i need you to protect valor and he's like basically offering to like pass valor to you

like he's like trying to do that uh nova vija calm down he said pull yourself together no i'm fueling the fire nova vija um unfortunately still released if you can't protect her i will if the boys are just done frothing themselves over there stop over talking maybe I just won't do this Quill maybe I just won't do this it's fine no I'm gonna mentally command

my echo to move next to Quill and not there there thank you and I will use my one remaining unleash incarnate bonus action to command um tiangong to attack this uh retriever so normally raw raw rules you have to take the attack action i think uh to do it and you can't i will say for rule of cool you can because it's cool and i like it you're mentally the echo is separate to you i feel like you're basically you are taking the

attack action but you can't do anything because you're paralyzed and then the echo gets to make an attack thank you go for it um i mean it's probably gonna miss so let's see oh it's hit every other time it probably is gonna miss it's a 15. what are you gonna miss yeah unfortunately like the echo goes to strike when it kind of but it does probably draw this thing's attention like there is a threat to it and it does look in its direction for sure um anything else no but if not it's a paralyzed saving throw constitution save oh come on man this is where like you wish tom had like some good portents because he could be getting you guys out i've got yeah negative yeah uh we go to ayla you got one of these retrievers next

to you you got this big this predator this construct predator next to you what do you want to do yeah um i am also 60 feet from Zarki. You are. And I'm flying. Sure. I'm going to move. I'm going to run at her. All right. Two attack of opportunity.

Lucius is still concentrating. He's not taking damage. Okay. He's not taking damage, yeah. Yeah. So. He's turning to stone. He's not become stone yet. he's not petrified yet

um not yet so okay yeah regardless of what happens to zarkira i still have to make three yeah uh the first one's a miss katie from the retriever is a complete miss and then the uh still predator will try and bite you jesus christ this this thing sucks. Both miss. I mean, it's hit me every other time, so it's done pretty good. Yeah, you stomp me good. I would like to hit Zarki, please. Yeah, she does have one mirror image

still remaining, but... That's fine. So, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24 to hit. 24 to hit. I think I have to roll a 12 or higher. Okay, that destroys her last remaining mirror image. She's now open to attack. That's a natural 20.

I'm not shitting you. Oh my god. That's the best natural 20 I've ever had. I also think it's like she's smug as the attack hits the mirror image and she's like, ah, you missed, and then the hammer just connects with the face as it comes down. Yeah, this is going to be bad. So 40 base plus, actually, well, if I add my bonus to that, so that's 53 base plus 4.

And then you roll this yeah It's like shield It's happening it's happening when tea extra so what did I say 53 60 73 three points I haven't added my lightning to that. So it would be 6, 7, 8 added for lightning.

And then she has to make a deck save, right? Then a deck save. 81. Bails the deck save. So she takes 13. Nails the deck save. Okay, so she takes... 13. 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 lightning damage.

So you watch where Lucius, his cone of cold, has, like, frozen parts of her body and, like, covered her in frost. The first strike of Aayla hits the mirror image, and then you just twist the hammer, like, almost flip the hammer in your grip and then you bring it it connects with the side of her and where the neck and her simulacrum body

have been partially frozen the lightning courses through her body and you watch as the simulacrum explodes into ice and snow nice I'm so happy okay and snow. Nice. I'm so happy! Okay. Nice.

Okay. All done. That is all I can do. Okay. The Retriever. Now, no longer having a threat, it's gonna go towards Nova Vigga uh it has a

man it's with advantage okay 26 that's gonna hit it's an automatic crit because you are paralyzed so that's gonna be 16 uh 22 plus uh i know sorry yeah 16 plus 18 that's gonna be 34 points of damage Nova Vigia next attack with Levantage there's a natural 20 anyway

so it's gonna be a crit regardless so 16 plus 32 points so yeah two four legs slam onto you. And then you have to make a deck save, which I believe you automatically fail. I fail, yeah.

And then it fires its force beam for 23 points of force damage. As you're like pinned up against the bookcase, probably breaking behind you as you just take the beam in the chest um as it falls flat the steel predator is going to it's got a 40 feet movement oh it wants um watch out it wants num nums onceums. It wants num-nums. It's going to go for Calus.

You see as well that when the Simulacrum died, most of these creatures, their behavior has changed. They seem to glitch, and now they're just aggressively... They don't seem to be operating on tactics anymore. They're just going for targets, basically. This thing rushes towards Calus. It is going to hit hit callus 30 to hit for 19 points of damage to which callus will activate his refraction field to

take half damage which will be 9 you see that as this thing bites on callus it doesn't actually get close enough to actually hit him. There's like a thin sort of force field hovering just a few inches away from Calus itself, and it seems to absorb most of the blow. Then the steel predator gets to make two claw attacks against him, which the first one is going to hit. The second one is going to miss.

Dealing Calus 17 points of damage. That one does manage to kind of like impact the shield and it fully takes the brunt of the blow. Kulik, add Kalah. I am paralyzed. So... Constitution saving throw. Constitution.

Yeah, because they're both still up. 18? 18 on the retriever. Paralyzing beam. DC 18. Success! You are no longer paralyzed. Nice. You can't fool yourself and break out of it. 1-3! Was this start or end of my turn? End of turn, unfortunately. Damn, that's fine. That's okay.

I'm out. Sentry. Can I still do bonus actions? Yes, I believe you can. Yeah, that's what Nova did, right? Nice. I double-check. Can't take actions or reactions.

Yep, you can still take bonus actions. Cool. Okay. Sentry's going to... Not following Starbane's advice. He's not following Starbane's advice. He's not following Starbane's advice. He's doing this of her own free will. He's gonna...

He's gonna try and quell this mess of anger and anxiety. She's gonna bonus action cast Staggering Smite on her lance. And then I'm gonna try and break out of this save. And I really hope it works because I just build it up in my head. Can you cast a spell if you can't move or speak? So, well, stunned is different to paralyzed. So stunned is incapacitated. You can't take actions or reactions.

Stunned, you can't move and can speak only falteringly. So I would say, and it is a bonus action, so I think, yeah, I think you can. I'm going to argue it for now. I'll look that up, but it depends. Does Staggering Sight say that it's verbal and somatic? It is verbal. Does it have S next to it?

No, it just says V. I'd say, yeah, then, because it says you can speak falteringly. So I'd say you just managed to be like... You managed to get out whatever prayer it is to the prime spirit and you've managed to enchant Starbreaker. But end of turn, you save out of it and you break free. But bonus action, you've got Staggering Stamite on your lance. Ready to go.

Ready to go. Quill, this retriever next to you is very unhappy that you've got Staggering Smite on your lance. Ready to go. Ready to go. Quill, this retriever next to you is very unhappy that you've broken out of its paralysis, so it's just going to attack you and then try and shoot you with a beam. Oh, I can do that if it wants. It will. Big annoying ghost that hit it. Oh, that's true.

I really, really aggressively gasped when I got out of the stun. Well, all right, how about this? I'll attack both of you. It's brilliant! 28 to hit the echo. Yeah, that'll hit. The echo goes poof. And then Quill.

15. Roll to a 4. I'll shield it. Magic shield kind of glances the blow away from you. I'm going to protect you for the moment. And then dexterity saving throw, please, Quill. I'll shield it. Magic shield kind of glances the blow away from you, managing to protect you for the moment. And then dexterity saving throw, please, Quill. Oh, good, my favorite.

19. Nice. You take half damage as it shoots its force beam at you for 11 points of force damage. You manage to throw yourself to the side, maybe singeing a few feathers as the beam launches past you. No, it doesn't singe feathers, because I have got many singed feathers. Okay, nice. All right, sure.

I'm basically bald at this point. All right. Lucius, you are restrained. You can take your turn. Restrained means your speed is zero. Attack rolls against you have advantage, and your attacks have disadvantage, and you have disadvantage on dex saves

in which case I'm going to throw behind me as I'm like feeling the stone take over the arms I'm just going to lazily toss a vitriolic sphere at the closest

construct there what's the radius on the electronic? It's only 10 feet, 20 foot actually. You can catch it both. You can get both retrieved. Excellent. So I'll do that. And that doesn't require me to do an attack roll.

That's just pointing an area. Yep, deck save is 19 to beat. First one, natural 20 is going to take half damage. Second one, it's 25. They're both going to take half damage. Second one, it's 25. They're both going to take half damage, but they do get hit for half. Okay, this is only at fourth level, so here we go. Ones are twos. You can calculate it, I believe.

Is there one that's just jiggling around? There it is. Okay, 29. 29 points of acid damage on them. 29, so half that to 14. Yeah, for one of them. So the one next to Quill looks on its last legs. You can see that the acid kind of melts through.

Its leg has buckled. It's barely still standing. The other one does seem to be in pretty decent condition still um but yeah the acid vitriolic acid does wash over them at the end of your turn i need you to make another uh constitution saving throw please and can i die cromancy for nine points the fresher one closest to nova because i can't reach the other one you absolutely can can. Nine points. Con save, yeah? Yep, and then a con save. This is for the prismatic spray effect. Twelve. You watch as the stone begins growing up the arm.

As it goes. Nothing can stop this. It's either three successes or three fails, whichever comes first. Yeah. I mean, quill can create a restoration if you do become petrified. Yeah. It you're uh last time we put him on a bike just rolled him on out there resources not my first rodeo resources uh right century i did say that callus is protecting you

uh let's see if this thing's poison breath recharges it does it breathes poison over you and callus can you make a constitution saving throw please i think you're resistant to poison as well yeah here they come 21 for that one 21 you're gonna take half damage there we go so uh So, 39. So, half that would be 19. Half that is, ooh, nine points of poison damage. Ooh. Doki.

Kalos also will take nine as well. As this thing just gouts this poisonous gas over the two of you, trying to cough as you get through it. We then get up to the top of the round. Seeing you unstunned, Kalus will look at you sentry will you take her for her not for you that's enough

he'll push Valor into your arms and then he kind of like cracks his neck twice now that I'm bum burdened let me take care of Zarkira's toys. He teleports to the edge of this into a corner. He points the blade in a line towards the Predator, the Golem, and both Retrievers. If you wish to live, Kelek Adkalar Nova Vija, I would move. And then he's going to continue his turn.

Nova, your turn. I can't fucking move! Too bad. Maybe you have to get hit by an attack then. I will manifest my echo 15 foot away. Okay. But that is a bonus action, so that's all i can do for now um i'm sorry i'm just gonna move uh so 5 10 50 i'm moving it near to lucius okay um and that's all i can do um all right

like i can't even say anything twat ayla see what's up oh 17 come on it rolled onto a 20 and then knocked back onto a 14. i hate this i hate it so much carry on yeah hate how dice work yeah i mean to be honest being paralyzed and stunned is really shitty and i hate it it does suck you're paralyzed right nova you caught me with whatever the retriever the paralysis ray yeah it's the paralyzed i think there might be spells that can get rid of paralysis but i don't think all has them prepared um um so restoration does i think yeah lesser restoration gets rid of it hearing thatus is going to do a big thing to those enemies, which I was just about to charge at, I will not charge at said enemies.

I will move myself just so that I'm closer and I will protect Lucius. Is that good? I mean, you don't know how, you don't know how, like, you don't know what this attack's going to look like. You don't know what. I don't. how like you don't know what this attack's gonna look like you don't know what i don't you can see that as he's pointing this like great sword

it's charging with energy it's like building up like yeah well i want to protect lucius in general anyway and i'll just ready an action that if yeah basically and if anything uh comes near me, I'll hit it. I'll ready an action. Nice. All right. The Retrievers and all of these enemies all have targets. So the Retriever Nova is going to keep attacking you because, I mean, yeah, like you're just a sitting duck. So that is going to be with advantage. That's a 19. Yeah, that hits.

That's going to be 16 16 plus 16 32 points of damage next what is 15 it's 23 it's gonna be another uh 32 points of damage this thing is just like tearing Nova apart. Unconscious. Nova shuts her eyes and falls backwards. Oh, shit. Here are some good news. The paralysis ends, but you are now unconscious. I'll just take that

off my character sheet. There we go. Bye. Bye. There we go. Bye. Bye. Sentry, the still predator.

I couldn't do too much of this because that's a reaction. Yeah, unfortunately. Yeah, the paralysis is not a thing. Century, the Steel Predator is going to attack you. It's going to make three attacks. Okay.

First one's a 15. It's going to miss. Second one is going to be a 20. Then you go AC 21, right? Yep. Oh, the last claw is a 30 to hit. It does manage to sneak an attack through for 15 points of damage as you're trying to protect Valor

with your shield. This thing manages to get a claw and rakes across your chest plate or maybe your face scratching into it. Quill. I realized I would have needed to make a million concentration checks for my beacon of hope, but I'm

just going to assume that's gone. That's fair. I appreciate that i oh god uh how good i'm trying to math in my head i want to move nova away from this beam while she is down i want a bonus action healing word her, but then as an action, lightning lure, which does damage. Yeah, I mean, that would work, though. I'm trying to figure out the amount of healing I need to do to negate the amount of damage I'm about to do.

Worst case scenario, she would go back down to zero and start her death saving throws again. She wouldn't take an all-mac death saving throw. Worst thing to do is knock her out again but she would be back up with her reactions available you could turn to the business uh right in that case i am going to do exactly that so if you're going to risk an opportunity i'm going to risk an opportunity attack on this thing okay We're gonna risk an opportunity attack on this thing. Okay. Um...

Natural fucking 20. Are you kidding? No. Oh my god. 16. Uh, plus that's 29 points of damage to Quill. As this thing like, nyaaah! You have to see it.

Gets you as you fly away. I know this thing is about to be obliterated. Um, in that case... Well, maybe. Hang on, where's my healing word? 1d4 plus 6. 2d4, 3d4, 4d4, 5d4, 6. Seventh level.

7d4. So you get healed. 4. Oh, 15?! 15 plus like nothing. Plus 6. 21. 21 health, so you're at 21 HP Nova. And then Quill Lightning lowers you. Do you want to fail the saving throw?

Um... Yeah, I guess she'd be too confused she'd be like what yeah so you automatically fail so deal the damage for lightning lure uh 4d8 plus six oh that's a good role of course that was gonna Of course that was going to... But, I mean, you are back and you do have your reactions and stuff. That's true, yeah.

No, she's unconscious again, right? No, because she can activate Tomb of Lovistas before she goes unconscious. Yeah. 21 healing on a seventh level. I mean, I love it, though. And then 25 damage with the on a cantrip how does this work though like so would you what the hell pull me to at what point if i use tomb of the vistas at what point does that tomb up and does that prevent you from pulling me towards you it doesn't prevent yeah it doesn't prevent him from pulling unless the spell says it

prevents force movement which i don't think it does. So you would still get pulled to him. You take the damage when you get to me, when you're within five feet of me. Okay. And then, yeah, the damage triggers the tomb. So after you... So you still have 21 hit points,

but the tomb would take the 25 damage. I'm going to turn into a tomb of ice. This kind of like ice statue of Tiangong forms around you, protecting you, almost like cradling you. This kind of Tiangong form of ice envelops you as you are pulled. Still conscious, but

now incapacitated. Alright. How big is this beam? Oh, we'll find out. That's me. That's everything. Alright, Quill. How big is this beam? Oh, we'll find out. That's me. I'm glad to see. All right, Sentry. I'm going to make two attacks

against the tiger-y looking boy in front of me. Yeah, the Predator. Predator, yes, please. I'm going to use my reaction and use Driven to Purpose to make sure I really hit this boy because I want him gone. Nice.

D20 plus a D4. Let's give it a go. 15 plus 13. 28 to hit. That's going to hit this thing 100%. Nice. Incredible. Right, let's do some damage.

I've got Staggering Smite active too. I do. So, Ked, could you make a a Wisdom Saving Throw for me, please? What kind of effect is this going to cause? Is this like a charm effect? Is this like stunned or? It will have

disadvantage on attack rolls and ability tech checks and can't take reactions until the end of its turn. soon we're saving three you say yes please that's a big old one it's a three incredible this thing is stunned i'm gonna do a level uh divine smite oh here we go big time we go uh i think that's everything let's go 2d 12 68 46 here we go plus seven fifty points fifty points of damage this thing is like resounding blows starbreaker pierces through parts of its armor kind of pulling away metal plates it's still standing this is the first time it's really been struck but it is definitely like reeling from the blow completely staggered by what's just happened um as you do that and then that's your first attack yep uh and because it's stunned i mean you get um you have advantage i don't think it's stunned uh oh no that's right

yeah sorry i keep getting that mistake yep so just make sure that's right, yeah, sorry, I keep getting that mistake, yep, so just make it the same attack. That's alright. 27 for the second attack. Hits. Awesome. Gonna do another level 4. I want this thing gone. 33, so 40 for the second one. 40 more points of damage these two blows nearly ripping

this thing's armor off of it still looks combat functional but heavily injured from those two blows and then I'm gonna bonus action misty step out of danger for now while Starbane does his thing

you try to misty step and it does not work. Oh, does it? Ah, damn. Yeah. All right. Then I shall stay here and just, yeah, take Valor. Actually, no, it would work. Misty Step does work.

It does now. Because I'm just, Zarkir is down. Oh. Yes. Yes, it does work. Cool. Oh, okay. Five, ten, fifteen, twenty, twenty-five, thirty. I'm going to go back behind here with Valor. Cool. Oh, okay. 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30.

I'm going to go back behind here with Valor. Yeah, so you try to do it, like, not really. And yeah, but now seemingly with the simulacrum destroyed and maybe, you know, whatever circumstances are, the Misty Step does actually work this time. Okay. Okay, cool. Nice.

Retriever B, the heavily injured Retriever, is going to basically move up to Quill and Nova. And it's going to try and strike you guys. Shoot your damn sword, Calus! It goes off at the start of his turn. Shoot it already! 26 to hit Nova. Oh, you're a nice block anyway Oh it would still attack you

So it does Another 32 points to the block of ice And then to Quill So hold on a minute So Quill did 25 points of damage To my block of ice Your block of ice has like 100 and something hit points right No it doesn't because I'm not

Level 17 warlock anymore He did 25 And this thing just did 32 of ice has like a hundred and something hit points right no it doesn't because i'm not doesn't know he did 25 and this thing just five it's got 50 temp hp so if you did 30 how much 32 32. so it's gone so take away 25 from that is 12 11 10 9, 7, so 7 points of damage to me, I think. 7 points of damage to you, yeah. But you're still up. Yeah. I'm still up. And then 26 to hit Quill for 31

points of damage. 31? Yeah. You're still getting crits? No. Also, Quill, I need you to make another con save. 31? Yeah. You're still getting crits? No. Also, Quell, I need you to make another con save. 17.

You're paralyzed again. Are you kidding me? I recharged it. 18 to beat it, yeah. It's 18. You freeze up, you lock up. Ella! Lucius. You freeze up, you lock up. Ella!

Lucius. Hmm. Lucius is going to slowly sidestep towards the east. Your speed is zero. You cannot sidestep. Your sidestep was zero, my guy.

From here Are you going to me straight line like this? He was he was up here He was next to me. Hey, we know he was behind you. He wasn't my man. I was there. Yeah, I literally stood right next to him Weird okay. Well my map was glitched then because he wasn't there on my map. He was like up here. Can I do a beam Tasha's Caustic Brew and hit both of those two

from my position? Yeah, you can do. Cool. I'm going to do that. Because they're larger creatures, right? So that's a save of 19 on both. Yeah, I'd say to do that. Because they're larger creatures, right? That's a dex save of 19 on both. Yeah, I'd say you can do. Dex save, 19.

Well, the first one fails. That's the uninjured one. Well, not uninjured, but like... And then the other one passes, so half damage to the other one. Oh, right. Also, there is a Vitriolic Sphere on as well but they saved against it okay they saved against it anyway so they don't take damage on that 21 22 points of acid on 22 points a half to the 11 so the heavily damaged one you actually melt like the torso completely collapses from the

acid um excellent just completely evaporates as the as the acid eats away at it, right? The other one does take the damage, and you can see its carapace badly pitted and scored, but still standing. All right. Anything else? Nine points of dichromancy on it. Ooh, nine points.

And then I need another constitution saving throw. 20. 20 is not enough. It's against Zakira's spell save. The arm fails. All the way up to the neck. Lucius is now like his leg, half of his body is now stone.

He's almost got them all. The iron golem advances on Kalos and is going to make two attacks against him. Oh my God, Calus, shoot the sword. Shoot the sword. It's at the start of his turn. There's a lot of people. It does hit him for 17 more points.

He's going to use his reaction to half that for eight. And then this thing goes again and misses right the start of callus's turn is charged or if it just like the little bang flag instead so i'll do this fairly con saves saves. That's a fail. Good. 22 is a fail. Lovely. Oh, the Retriever just does succeed.

One next to me. 26. Yeah, one of these... Sorry, this one's actually dead now. Lucius killed it. The one next to Nova. So the Steel Predator failed, the Retriever succeeded, and then the Iron Golem...

fails. so the still predator failed the retriever succeeded and then the iron golem bleh fails so this is charge med attack cannon 12d8 damage and they are blinded oh my god amazing I mean awful it's not me.

Oh, that's pretty bad. I rolled loads of ones. That's 44 points of damage. Oh, sorry, that one. So that takes 42. That takes 44. The Iron Golem also takes 44. That's at the start of his turn.

And then he's going to run around. They're okay now still. They look heavily injured. So like the Retriever is nearly broken in half. The Steel Predator is badly damaged. The Iron Golem. Yeah, I mean, like I rolled really badly on my dice. I got like loads of ones in there.

Unfortunately, that sucks. It was almost a bang flag. It was almost a bang flag. I don't know what i'm saying um words uh everyone else knows uh against this golem he is going to uh that's a 22 he still hits uh for god i'm rolling so badly on this damage 11 22 points of damage to the golem and do that again yeah yeah mark rolls dice plays the game by himself 22 more points and he's gonna do that last time and you can see every time he

hits he's charging up his blade with the same energy that he did before that scene oh my god there's so much dice rolling 23 points and then he turns around and he does that the the plasma cutter move where he he's sweeping he does like a sweeping arc and the line basically projects out into the steel predator um and that is going to be do do do do 5d12 damage oh the steel predator 5d12 of damage ooh there's still predator come on dd 27 points

so you watch as all three of these constructs are now sort of like lumbering several of their like limbs have been broken they're still up but like heavily damaged like he just did quite a lot of damage to all of them um nova vija so i'm just furiously reading and rereading

the terms for Tomb of the Vistas because we've never had, I don't think we've had a time when ice has actually been broken by attacks. So it says that I'm incapacitated until the ice melts away at the end of my next turn, but the ice has been broken. So would that still count as me being incapacitated until the end of this turn?

Let's say for now you're not incapacitated we'll check it later. The ice broke, you're like, what's going on? And then I got hit by the spidery. So just take your turn as normal. So yeah, I'm gonna fucking attack

this thing a lot. This thing looks really injured. You think you can probably take this thing out you if you hit it overkill yeah you did you did the beginning you did you quite a lot damage at the start as well 17 to hit on doesn't get I'm afraid let's go Nova let's go that is me. You've not put hexblade curse on anything No, I haven't like so Which is from? Yeah, I know thanks a lot of things going on

Things going on Back see anything else. No Yeah, I did the 15 Yeah, I did the 15. Yep, I did the 15. You got that. Right. If this hits, I'm Eldritch Smiting it as well.

Oh, okay. Nice. It's not going to hit, though, is it? 17. Well, you know you can do Eldritch Smite when you hit. So, like, on that middle hit, you could have...

Yeah, yeah, yeah. You can do the Eldritch Smite. you hit. So like, on that middle hit. Can I do that then, please? Yeah, yeah, yeah. You can do the Eldritch Smite. You're learning new abilities. But remember next time, it's like a Paladin Smite. When you hit, then you decide if you want to Eldritch Smite. Right, okay. 1d8 extra force damage to this. No, it's 1d8 per level of the spell slot.

So what's your spell slot? Third? It's a level. There is a definite level. Up to... What is your spell slot? What spell slot? Right, so it's 3d8, not 1d8.

Because it's 1d8 per spell slot level. Just do two more d8. Jesus. Poor Nova. slot level just do two more d8 oh jesus six poor nova he really struggled oh man it's cold in that tomb yeah yeah that was three attacks yeah oh hi um hi i'ma move Oh, hi. Hi. I'm going to move up to stupid little thingy boy. Trying to fight this thing and the alien is just going to come behind it and be like, crash!

13 plus 15 to hit. Hit, yeah, hit. Okay, that's going to be 15 damage plus one lightning. 16. Then that's going to be 11 plus 15 to hit. Hits.

20 on the hammer, one lightning, and a dex save. the hammer, one lightning and a dex save. It doesn't need to make a dex save because the second attack destroys it as you bring the hammer down. Parts of it already scarred and scored by the acid, by Tiangong, by Calus'

attacks. All of it kind of breaking this thing's armor apart that you can just come up and smash it down with the Howling Tempest. Anything else? Any remaining movement you want to use i'll just move i'll just move into make my way towards the other boy yeah i mean the other boy immediately turns on you and on his turn he's gonna come and attack you as you're the closest target. This thing seems to be acting very much on instinct.

That's a natural one. Oh, no, it's a seven. 19. 19. Still misses, right? Still misses. Yep. So, it's a three.

It's claw, however. That is going to be a hit. 31 on the first claw. Four. Do-do-do-do-do. 17. So, half that to eight. Slashing damage.

Yep. Last one is a natural one. That's a miss. Quill. Okay, I'm going to move on over to Lucius. And I want to rate

a restoration if that works on this. Yeah, I would say that because restoration would get rid of petrification, you can stop the process. You're right, I'm paralysed. You're paralysed. Get back. Make a con save.

Get back. Make a con save. Get back. Eleven. You're paralysed. Century. I'm going to remember this one. Sorry, Tom.

No, but... Hey, it makes up for all the times you've done this in the past, Tom. Sentry! I'm gonna remember this one, Nova! Hey, it makes up for all the times you've done this in the past, Tom! I know, I know. I appreciate it. You know what? You can have inspiration. Thanks, Tom! You're a pal! Sentry! Sentry turn! Oh, Mark, can you stop back-seating, please? Oh my god man 25 feet so i'm just opposite the door um and then i'm gonna uh use sunbeam against the iron golem in front of me okay nice all right what what do I need to do? I would like a

con saving throw, please. Con saving throw, seven. Oh, that's a fail. So you are blinded. Okay. And damage. One, two, three, four, five, sixty-eight.

Twenty-two radiant damage. 22 points. Burns like a piece of its armor, like melting a hole through its armor plating. Looks heavily, heavily injured now, but still standing, just barely. End of turn century. Just to move back that way.

Try and move back. Lucius. It's a big one for you. I mean, it's all down to the save, really, so... I mean, you've still got your turn. If you've got spells, like Aayla's fighting the Predator and the Iron Golem is still there.

I will use a 4th level Chromatic Orb at disadvantage on the Retriever. The Predator. The Predator. Oh predator. The predator. Oh, that's what's... That is okay. Yeah.

That's the one in the middle. Yes. Oh, it's already a four. So 17. Will that potentially hit? No. It's going to miss. Yeah.

He's just struggling to do it with, like, the stone. Like, your body's, like, slowly... So the final move before he does this check is to have his hands touch his knees so that his arms become good handles when he needs to be carried around um

because you will from experience yeah i like that he makes he tries to straighten his back as well so it's like a smooth flat surface. It's like a little stone rock backpack. Oh my god. 26! It's a success.

It's still there, but like... But you gotta get three, so you're still transforming. Okay. The iron golem's gonna attack callus but it doesn't really fucking matter at this stage uh i'm just gonna just have callus take his turn he's gonna finish this thing off i mean he can't fucking miss i can roll a one he goes up fucking natural 20 so you just watch him like completely unlike now that he doesn't have to protect valor maximilian he just kind of brings this great sword like carves this golem in half basically So you just watch him completely unlike... Now that he doesn't have to protect Valor or Maximilian,

he just kind of brings this greatsword, like, carves this golem in half, basically, with his final kind of strikes, and destroys this golem. And then he will turn, and he will move towards the predator, but that's going to be the end of his turn. Nova Vigia.

Come on, Nova. Come on, Nova. Get the final kill. Come on, Nova. Come on, Nova. Get the final kill. Final kill, Nova. I was going to move Quill over to Lucius. Nah, fucking. Maybe. I don't know.

Do you know what? Actually, no. I'm angry. Let's go. Let's go. No, I'm going in. We're going to lean in. We're going to go in.

Let's go, Nova. Do I want to Hexbladeblade curse this freak as well why not Do I make sure what's in nine damage a hit or something Calluses yeah, you could say that's true. You could save hexblade curse for for callus I do you guys want to fight callus after this like hundred percent. Yeah Right, I'm gonna to start hitting. Let's go. Oh, it's a natural 20! Nice. Yes, Nova, let's go!

Pretty good. Let's go! Let's go! Oh, shit. All right. So that is seven on top of whatever the crit damage is. You maximize the dice. So if it's a D8 and a D4, normally it's 12 plus another seven plus your modifier.

19 plus nine, 28. 28? Yeah. And then what about Hexblade curse damage? I didn't Hexblade it. I'm saving it. Oh, that's right. You didn't.

That's true. You didn't. All right. So yeah, you strike in, kind of ripping through this things mechanical guts and magic tech is still barely standing It's it's it's it's 18 points of damage 18 points of damage. I've got one hit point left. Come on.

Come on. It's a 15. I am action surging. I'm action surging. It's happening. Three more attacks. Oh, come on. You're going to need them.

It's just scraping across thising's metal carapace. It's armor. 23 to hit. And then finally, Tiangong digs into it, and you feel it go lifeless as it powers down and collapses. You still have one more attack. You know what? You had a really good week last week.

It came back. You had a very good week last week. I'm all on my last attack, because why not? Overkill. Where are you making that attack? I'll just keep going. I'll keep going. I'm angry.

Yeah, just go in. I can keep us in initiative, if you would like. So just make my final roll. I think you make your save, because that was C. That was on Nova's turn. Actually, Quill, make your paralysis save, then Lucius, make your save. Sure.

Constitution plus two. Still paralyzed. Yep. And now Lucius. Second. Success. Does anybody else have a way to help either of these two? Nope. First they don't have a hammer.

What am I going to do? I'm a fighter. I'm asking you. The only thing is I don't know if Century had a greater restoration or a lesser restoration. Is Quill's a spell? No, it's not. Is Lucius' a spell?

Yes. I can help Lucius a spell? Yes. I can help Lucius if I can get there. We'll just say that you spend... I'm actually saying that your movement, you wouldn't be able to reach him in time, I don't think. Give me two more saving throws. You first, Quill.

Okay. Sure. I'll show you mine. one off one off again 21 21 isn't enough it's a dc 22 if the creature's dead does quill not come out uh no i can get there with 60 feet of movement Not with this last minute or three saves against it. I can get there with 60 feet of movement. I've still got a fly. Unfortunately, by the time you get to him, the spell has ended and he has just become petrified.

I'm a little big. It's like reaching a hand to him. Lucius! Callus. He keeps his sword in his hands, but he doesn't take any further steps. Callus will sort of he keeps his sword in his hands but he doesn't take any further steps he will look around

I do not know what sort of thing they used against Maximilian and Valar but it is some sort of venom I was unable to wake them even with some healing if you have a way of neutralizing it, they may be able to reawaken. I hope that it is merely a matter of time.

I suspect you already... At this point, Quill, let's just say you come out of the paralysis, right? There's no threat. It lasts a minute. It doesn't last forever. 17 again! Even if I did roll. Just one off every single time. That's fine. I mean, in theory, somebody could come and cast Guidance on you or something like that, or

Sentry could give you a plus three by moving over to you, and that would have succeeded, right? So, it's fine. Does Sentry have Valor? Sentry currently has Valor, yes. Yeah. I don't want him to teleport away or do something. He doesn't seem to be.

He stood there. Yeah, I'm trying to figure out how to just completely bind him in place. What's everyone else doing? I just got out of my stun. Yeah. Silently seething, unsure what to do. Seething. Wanting to ask him a million questions about Tiangong

but is kind of socially aware that this is perhaps not the time to do that when there's like a million other things that need to happen first. And Lucius is stoned. Alright, well, Calus is just like if you wish to attend to your friend i'm not going to stop you i just wish to make sure that valor is well do you need do you need the the the materials i i have i have materials nope i've got him just get get callus away from max

I have materials. No, I've got him. Just get Calus away from Max. Calus looks and is just like, Keeluk, if I wished to cause Maximilian any harm, I could have done so quite easily up until now. I was trying to protect him. But if you wish... So now Dark Hero is your enemy?

Calus takes a step back. He looks up at you when you say that, Aelion. He's just like, it does seem that way. The real Zarkira has vanished. Even my own intelligence is unable to locate where. I suspect she had a hand in that. I became, Tassadar has been speaking to me of your suspicions. And when she became unusually protective of Vala,

claiming that she would make it her top priority to rescue her from Erois, I began to suspect that something was very clearly amiss. Vala never has been rescuing from us. She has been safe with us. Aayla, do you think I do not know that?

Do you think that I have not known where Valar has been this entire time? If she wished to go with you, that was her choice. She was never a prisoner. Perhaps she was under the mistaken idea that I would have prevented her from leaving the Tassadar, but if you've seen her powers, you know that that isn't even within my realms of capability anymore. She is capable of taking herself wherever she wishes to be at any time. I had no intention of coming here and taking Valor by force or from you.

In fact, I was relieved to know that she was with you. I know that you would protect her with your lives. Why would you think otherwise? I don't know. There's been a lot of fights, buddy. A lot of damage has been done. A lot of damage has been done. A lot of planets have been killed.

Yes. Yes, they have. My own included, and yours, I understand. And many more besides by Hadar's actions. I understand this. I know that we are not friends. But know this, that I do not consider you enemies. You are not my enemies here. The last time you saw me, you told me you were going to kill me if I ever saw you again.

That sounds pretty... Dramatic. I agree, yes. My forgiveness. Also, you are threatening the entire planet, which kind of, you know, we live here. I gave Arois a clear choice. If they wish to leave it, I would provide them homes and provide them with a new world to live in and to be free within

and to do as they wish. If Arois did not have the world engine, I would have no reason to be here. I would not threaten it so. But I need the world engine. And if I must take it by force, then so be it. It won't work. It will not defeat him. You have not seen it.

Lucius is fine now. I've greater restoration him. Sure. So you're like here. Why are you still here, Talos? You could teleport away right now. Why are you sitting around telling us all of this? What's your plan?

I can now, yes. Now that the Simulacrum has been dealt with and I suspect my forces have destroyed one of the holodragons that had the generator. I want to make sure Valor is all right. Do you have the ability to neutralise poison? I do not, currently, on me. Would cleansing touch work?

What does it say? You can use an action to end one spell on yourself or on one willing creature. Is it a spell? This is like an actual poison. This is like something that's like, you know, some sort of weapon or device or something has poisoned them both your wounds do you have any lay on hands no i've used it all um

ocean i have a vial of poison I have a vial of poison. I can grate a restoration again. A restoration would work. I do have two more of those. A restoration will work. Yeah, alright. I will grate a restoration

vial. You sense, Kool, that yeah, there was some sort of toxin that was preventing her from like, it was kind of like a sleeping poison, but it was also kind of preventing any sort of restoration of hit points to her as well sort of like preventing her from becoming conscious

and yeah, you feel this kind of cleanse, a very advanced neurotoxin that you cleanse out and, you know, Valor has been breathing the whole time, but her eyes begin to flicker awake and Calus sort of nods. Thank you, Gilek. Now that Valar is awake and safe,

I have other things to attend to. And he turns to leave. Okay, he stops. Where's the rest of Tiangong? Tiangong is currently serving aboard the Tassadar. As Tassadar has become enamored with Erois and distracted from Tassadar's duties, Tiangong has taken up the slack

and is helping coordinate things across the empire. Now that Zarkira's forces have turned against us, that will be something that I will need to devote more resources to. Will you not even consider the idea that we are correct? What idea? That somehow... World engine won't work. How would you even know this?

Everything that I have studied and done. There are no easy answers. There are no certain ways to defeat Hadar, but this is the only one that I can think of. This is one that my researchers and I believe will work. It will destroy everything. As you believe, I believe otherwise. We know.

We know that you are very good at destroying things it is true I am a you are correct Century you are also a warrior you destroy things to protect those that you love that is also

what I do I destroy to protect I don't destroy the world. I don't destroy entire civilizations to get what I want. And it is a matter of scope. I defend this place from you. And I would do the same in your position. I would do the same.

Siaska knew that it wouldn't work. That's why she tried to stop you destroying Alfheim. And then you destroyed Alfheim anyway that it wouldn't work. That's why she tried to stop you destroying Alfheim. And then you destroyed Alfheim anyway and it didn't work. So why do you think this is going to work? When Siaska awakens, you should ask her. But she did

not know that the world engine would not work. She simply wasn't willing to make the sacrifice. But it didn't work with Alfheim. Alfheim, the world engine you carry is the same one from Alfheim. Siaska stole it. She took it, hid it. I never had the opportunity

to use it. Quill, my words are failing me here. I mean, I'm struggling to understand why he still stands here trying to tell us all of his plans after tearing Arois in half, turning nations against us, fighting us at every single turn. I think that perhaps it's a miscommunication, Keel. Like, I have not at one point told you any plans.

I wish to see my daughter safe. You have made accusations against me and my intentions, and I have responded. And I have not ripped Eros apart. I have given it an offer. I said that I would protect those that came to me. And again, I do not consider you my enemies. If you wish to stop me, so be it. You are obstacles, and if I must fight you, I i will but i still hope that you will understand what i am doing and you will join me you will give me the world engine what sort of choice is that quill a choice that i must make tell him how his plan will fail because you have seen it you know full well of my power, Starbane.

The power of Hesper. The Ivastorm... A shadow of Siaska's power. Yes. Are you claiming that... Siaska's power, nonetheless. Are you claiming that these visions of yours are infallible? That they are certain? A hundred percent?

That they will a hundred percent come to pass, that there is no margin for error in what you've seen. Why else would Sarkira find out this and join Hadar? Because she knows that you're not going to win, and he is.

Sarkira is a power mad, is power hungry. She serves what she thinks is strongest. Maybe she's bought this idea of Quill, this vision that you've seen, but I do not. I do not believe that Quill has the power to see, without doubt, 100% the destined future of all of us. I refuse to believe that any of us,

that any of our destinies are defined by such a matter. Yes, you're defining our destiny. I believe that this is the only way. You may fight me as you see fit. If I'm stronger, I will win. That is how life is, Lucius. I'm not here to argue. This is irrelevant.

You will defend your planet. I understand this. I have made sure my daughter is safe. That is all I care for. I am not going to be convinced by a vision from a god that I know serves a woman who disagreed with my opinions. A god that is not even a true god, is but a mere shadow, a fragment of her power. I do not believe that such a being could see, without doubt, an absolute future. But I do know that i have fought hadar on every front i have dedicated

centuries to defeating this evil and nothing has worked the world engine is our only chance it will either destroy hadar or hadar will destroy everything anyway there is no other way if i must gamble the fate of the universe don't work that's all it means you because nobody else has tried it just means that your plans haven't worked if you can think of a way if you can find a way to stop hadar i welcome it it needs divinity a spark of divinity it consumed divinity nova vijay you know this you know that it consumed divinities that's how hadar became as powerful as it is is it also will consume the world engine and become more and more powerful come on world engine is from beyond the

siask and the divine the world engine is greater than you think. It contains infinite energy. You are naive if you think feeding something that grows with energy, infinite energy, is going to destroy it. It is going to power Hadar. And you are failing to see that no matter what, if we do not stop Hadar, that is the destiny of the world anyway.

If there is a chance that the world engine will work, I will see it done. I have tried everything else. There is nothing you can do that I have not tried. If you can think of something, I will not risk Valor's life. I will not risk Valor's life on your ideas.

I would much rather put the fate of the world engine. I would rather gamble with that than gamble with Valor's life. Then that's why your plan will fail. And that is why I will stop you. If you wish to threaten, if you wish to harm my daughter, I'll put her at risk. I will not allow it. We don't wish any of that, but she speaks for herself.

Valor's still coming to at this point. She's probably not going to be in a state to speak. Fair enough. She'll tell you herself. We're not going to be in a state to speak. Fair enough. She'll tell you herself. We're not going to make her do anything. We're not those kind of people, but she knows the stakes. It just kind of looks very well. If you find

a way to defeat Hadar, I will be willing to listen. Can I? But for now, there is only one. Can I... Yes? Take out the coin that I have from Dawnweaver.

Fucking coin! A coin? What? Yes, sure. Can I just hold that I don't know how it works but I imagine I have to think something and I want to basically

think show him what we have seen that there are multiple paths that it won't work show us everything it won't work show us show us everything that we know to be true about the universe

okay hang on wait show us what we think we want to know about the universe or is this you want Calus to see I want Calus to see the parts of the so we saw the web of existence about how things were strings and attached to each other I want to show him

that there's more than one possibility and that using the world engine is not the way to defeat Hadar. Okay. Okay. The coin

vanishes in a flash of light and you see that that light becomes threads like a spider's web explodes filling the chamber the walls of the chamber turn dark and black and they begin to fill with stars as you see the web of eternity as as dawn weaver showed it to you and it begins to form into images and you see callus is stunned for a moment as his eyes like quills are filled uh and they become almost like galaxies and stars as like information just rushes into his mind you will see fuck i think yeah this is this is where you would see it. You see.

Almost like a side effect of the coin, right? Like as Kallus is seeing something, you two, all of you five, not Valor, but the five of you also bear witness to something because behind Kallus, the web creates a tapestry, a moving tapestry that begins to show like an image.

You see on Erois,allus, and Siaska. They are in a field of beautiful white golden flowers facing off against each other, talking. You see, you hear Kallus say, Siaska, give me the engine I will not risk what you propose I will not risk you you do not even know if it will work

you do not you will condemn yourself to not just death but to an eternity of endless nothing you could become as dangerous as Hadar I will not risk that Siaska says Kallus I will not risk that. Siaska says, Kallus, I would rather risk my life than condemn another world

as we did Alfheim. I will not let you take this. For everything we have been through, please. Kallus looks at her like desperate. I will not fight you. I will not hurt you. But I will not fight you. I will not hurt you. But I will not let you throw your life away. Without you, there is nothing.

There is no life. There is no... I would rather see eternity turn to blackness than lose you. And Siaska says, I know. That's why I can't let you have this. And she flicks her hand, and K Calus's sword flies out of his hand and impales Ziasca herself. And then as she turns into prismatic light, she explodes outwards. Calus is thrown, teleported away from Aroas's planet and the cradle is formed.

As that vision ends, Calus comes to, holding his head. He looks at you, tears streaking from his eyes. No, I won't lose either of them, and he teleports away. And that's where we're going to end the episode. Oh my god! Oh my god.

Coin! Coin! Oh yeah. Coin! I didn't see coin coin big pog oh my god I was getting really annoyed because we weren't getting anywhere I was like fuck sake

because again it's like trying to convince somebody who is like spent centuries believing something like you're not gonna be able to just like persuade check them like right Like like he believed this but you did the right thing you have literally now shown him Whether or not he believes or whether or not he believes that it is certain like you have at least shown him what you're you know It's more than just words now But yeah fucking great great shit what a fucking episode everybody like we don't have past like there's nothing after so we can talk a little

your little shits stop it stop passing me well they can't anymore it's done uh yeah because like when lucius used the wish because i thought i in and this is in my head i was like man lucius could use the wish and i figured like maybe lucius would try like like share the vision with with cameras or something as the wish bell that's the thing like the vision i there's i can it gives me what i believe to be a definitive future or a definitive path based on the question asked i cannot share this with anyone i didn't like want to take away from katie doing it but i i had the wish ring yeah I know you had the wish ring but like again I forgot about the coin

that's awesome I've been saving it for something to do with Calus this whole time I was like there's going to be something we need Calus to do something the perfect news now you've not only not only have you shown Calus this is the risk right either Calus is going to double down And also now, like, now you've, yeah, you've not only, like, not only have you shown Catlin, again, this, I mean,

this is the risk, right? Like, either Calus is going to double down on what he believes and is like, nope, I will, he's going to either go, like, double down or he might be more willing, open to, like, listen, right? And I'll need to figure out what he's going to do about that. But the other thing as well is now you guys obviously now have a bit more information about, like, yeah, like, something which Oliver Rowis has believed to be a case like the tapestry in our intro is wrong. Because that was as told by the people because everyone else, nobody would believe that Siaska

would say, you know, did that herself. They thought it used to be called Eoris. Oh, man, I used my coin to turn into a wizard hey just trying to save the world then you know your your portents have probably saved uh this entire crew many many times so i think it was worth it oh my portents in this combat oh hell no good uh it's not useful at all doesn't matter it still doesn't matter still damn god fucking episodes hell yeah one episode oh you're quite a bit pivotal i was like yeah no yeah we don't have to worry also again apologies that the combat was a little bit of mark rolls dice

against himself but i did want you guys to see this that block isn't quite fully right because i wasn't using his legendary actions yeah there was already too much going on but that that's callous he's a scary man i i didn't expect to see starbane in combat and he's not against us like yeah there's a good little tease there there's what we could have done this guy knows what he's doing you want to foresh shadow a little bit like, ooh, he did a cool move where he lined everyone up and then shot them with a blazer beam.

It did take a while to shoot that dang thing. Yeah. Well, I'm interested to see where this goes now. Yeah. I don't really know. Man, I'll tell you one thing. So, like, me and Rhiannon were talking a little bit about this yesterday, like, when Rhiannon was, like, we were talking about the episode and i was like if

century's the first one in the room like that description of him like standing over max holding valor i was like century's gonna fucking attack him straight away like there's like she's just gonna be like fucking like i just i could see it in my head of like being like fucking put them down like attack um but luckily like i think things played out a little bit differently where like initiatives and like people and Lucius arriving first and stuff like delayed it. But yeah, poor century, like having to like face all of that. Like it's like you're you're you're enemy.

You're like, I hate this guy so tough because it's like because he had valor and then it's like like it's so it tears me in half in the first turn of that combat i was like uh whatever century goes for i'm fine i love guiding bolter you were like yeah quillen century right till we die yeah yeah i'm i'm her squire i need to decompress because running that combat was a lot on me as well my brain is like that means he needs to take a shit

I am going to order myself some tasty food you've earned it Mark what an episode holy shit thanks everybody we'll be back next week, I think. I think we should be back. How do we keep just getting better?

How do we keep topping the best episodes? Well, listen, next week's gonna be next week's probably gonna be a nice sort of wind down, but I'll build back up to the next big one. Right, well, thank you so much, everybody. Thank you for the donies and messages and all that stuff. I'm glad you enjoyed the episode.

Good stuff. See you next time. We love you. much, everybody. Thank you for the donies and messages and all that stuff. I'm glad you enjoyed the episode. Good stuff. See you next time. We love you. Bye-bye. Goodbye. Bye, Ariel.