High Rollers DnD - High Rollers: Aerois #159 | Sorrow Incarnate (Part 2)
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Our champions have entered the domain of Killara, Titan of Death.
There in the Morning Garden,
using a discarded lantern infused with starlight,
our champions managed to overcome her necrotic powers,
the banshees that she summoned as her handmaidens,
and struck a final blow with Starbreaker and Century's Lance,
crumbling the throne that she sat upon.
But Clara was not fully defeated.
Instead, she transported the party away from Valor's protection
and has taken them to the path of light that leads to the light beyond the afterlife.
of light that leads to the light beyond the afterlife. There, Killara has infused herself with power, embracing the role as a goddess of death,
and has become Killara, Sorrow Incarnate.
Now standing on a disk of golden light, high above Erois in astral space, our party must
face her once again.
He's so excited.
I love this.
I have Sephiroth's music in my head for this.
I know we've got really good music,
but I do have that.
For me, it's all choirs and orchestral very much.
That's what's going on. As we are heading Heaven's Ward.
Yep.
Heaven's Ward.
With the Shadowbringers.
There's other influences as well.
But yes, you guys are currently on a golden disk, a featureless golden disk floating through
astral space.
Killara, you've dealt heavy blows to Killara already Striking critical hits from Lucius' Chromatic Orb
7th level Chromatic Orb
Dealing heavy damage
Numerous blows from Aayla
Numerous blows from Century
Motes have been
And Nova, yeah, sorry
Have scattered motes from Harama
But now, reacting to the immense amount of danger
And damage that you have done to her
Killara has leapt into the void and created 11 duplicates.
Despite what the minis on the map may suggest,
you do not know which one is the real Kalara.
I've determined which one is the real one.
They are all at the positions of the clock as they are positioned,
and they all have prepared almost like a dashing strike.
You can read the body language clearly that they intend to dash forward and deliver a blow.
Yeah.
You are also currently infused with the power of Siaska herself,
giving you a divine blessing
and bestowing upon you motes of light
like you used to channel the lantern,
but now they are powering yourselves
and you have key abilities that you can use.
You can spend a moat as a reaction
to reduce damage to surround yourself in protection if you need to you can also use a moat to make a
special kind of attack uh arranged or melee attack on your turn you don't know any more details than
that but more interestingly which i know most of you are the ones excited about you can also have
the ability to channel moes that can then be used
once enough of them are channeled to unleash a special action,
we will call it, a special breaking of limits
that will be unique to whoever uses it.
And it is unique to not only your class,
but the character you have
built in this campaign and things that are
connected to your character. Your power
sources, your elements,
your various natures.
So everyone gives their charged mote
to the person activating it.
Four charged motes. Plus the person
who's activating it must have one.
But they don't need a charged one.
They don't need a charged one, no.
Okay.
And I believe that was at the end of Lucius' turn
after he cast the spell.
So unless there is anything else, Lucius...
Lucius, who is also charging.
Sentry is currently charging.
I believe you literally can't do anything else, yeah.
So Aayla, Lucius, and Sentry are currently charged.
And we go to Keelakad Kalah.
Okay.
Do I have any indication of what kind of special ranged attack this is,
if I was to use...
You could make, I would say, on this a perception or a...
This would be just...
Yes, perception to judge this one, I think.
Perception.
Or insight, I would say.
30.
You can tell that...
I'll give you the four mechanics on a 30.
After Lucius's next turn,
every single one of these duplicates will dash in a straight line.
Whomever they cross in a 10-foot line will take damage.
If you are struck by multiple duplicate lines,
you will take additional damage.
There is a saving throw.
It is a dexterity saving throw.
Which Aayla, Sentry, and Lucius auto-fail.
Not at the next round.
At Lucius's.
At Lucius's next turn. Each of you have one turn. At the start of... Oh, at the end round. At Lucius's. At Lucius's next turn. Each of you
have one turn. At the start of...
Oh, at the end of it.
So basically you all get one turn before this goes
off.
This is a powerful strike.
And like I said, it will be a straight line.
So straight line, straight line, all the
way across the disc.
So each of these will...
So all of them are crossing each path twice?
Yes.
Okay.
And yeah, it will be a very obvious
line that is drawn.
But I've got one turn before this happens.
But I will also say, on a
30 perception,
only one of these is the real Kalara.
The duplicates will be
weaker. They will have less hit points.
But they still have her AC.
They can be attacked. They can be
damaged.
Hmm.
Right. Okay.
I
should either heal Lucius
because he's very low. And I know know Ayla is also quite low as well.
I'm a bit better now, so...
Oh, that's true.
You are quite low, Quill.
I am also low, but I can...
Oh my god, heal yourself!
I've got 16 HP.
Heal yourself, man!
But I'm going to use...
Lucius is low, though.
Oh, yeah. I'm low.
And he's my boo. Heal me. If if you heal you can't heal if you're dead
i want to use all seven charges of my wand of magic missiles okay um to hit um primarily
the one uh at five o'clock and the one at 11 o'clock. The two that would
cross over
Lucius and Aayla.
I think Aayla will get hit by
6 and 12.
I think that will save Lucius from this attack.
Okay.
If it eliminates him.
I know he has another turn as well.
But, yeah.
So, I guess so I guess...
Can I just fire until one is dead and then redirect the rest?
You can.
Yeah.
All seven? I mean, I have to roll a d20 to see if my Wand of Magic Missiles explodes.
It doesn't.
Okay. So it is...
Like, a million damage, actually, it says here.
Mark's going to say something.
How many D4s?
It does 3D4 plus level 2, level 3, level 4, level 5, level 6, level 7.
It's a level 8 magic missile.
Okay, so how many missiles?
I don't know, Mark.
Well, it's 3 for level 1, and then you get how many missiles i don't know mark well it's three for level one and then
you get how many per extra spell level uh one more dart so it's uh you get seven more so it's
10 missiles so it's 10 d4 plus 10 but you if you want to do them individually you're gonna have to
be like i'm gonna do x amount until one's dead, so you've got to roll them. Okay, so this is two damage.
Two.
Three damage.
Five.
Another three.
Eight.
Another three.
Eleven.
Another two.
Thirteen.
Are you keeping track?
Yep.
Another three.
Sixteen.
Another three.
Nineteen.
Another two. Come on. Twenty-one. Hang on. Two, three, foureen. Another three. Nineteen. Another two.
Come on.
Twenty-one.
Hang on.
Two, three, four, five, six, seven.
Yep.
Another four.
Twenty-five.
That one destroys the one at five o'clock.
Okay.
That was a duplicate.
So that is one, two, three, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
you have 2 more
I mean it's not going to destroy any of them
but I will weaken
instead 6 o'clock then
6 o'clock
with another 2 darts
so 3 damage
3 damage, 6 damage total
6 points of damage on 6 o'clock
these missiles fly out of the wand
smashing into one of these duplicates
evaporating it.
And then I want to fly into the air.
You cannot.
You attempt to fly,
something binds you to the ground.
Kalara's ability, Soulbound,
means you cannot,
and I will confirm this now that you've attempted it,
soul lockdown.
Whilst Kalara is alive,
creatures in this space cannot fly,
teleport outside the path of light, or use planar travel.
Stuck on this disc.
You cannot leave without her permission.
Fuck.
Shit.
Did you think that that was going to get you out of it?
I did.
I did.
Oh.
Imagine if I...
Oh, it's a shame.
It's a shame I thought about that.
Well, if I went up, then none of them would hit me.
Yeah, I know, but the alternative is use your little chicken legs.
Yeah, I'm gonna use my little chicken legs to run to basically where that five o'clock was, pick up that moat as well, why not?
Yep.
You gain an extra moat.
And I... Do I have anything that can boost my dexterity saves?
I think even if I do, I'll fail.
Ah!
That's destroyed me.
I'm ruined.
All right, you're done?
I, uh...
Healing word, uh...
Myself.
At third level, so that's 3d4 plus 6, I think.
Oh, God. I thought I could fly out of this.
Oh, God, that's only 12 healing.
Okay, I'm done.
Okay, you're done.
Sorry that was a long turn.
No, that's fine. Maximilian Taldros, how much did you heal yourself for?
12.
So it puts you on 28.
You and Lucius are both really low.
Max is going to run over to you and give you ten hit points.
Okay.
And then he's going to run.
And Max doesn't have a moat, by the way.
Oh, he didn't get Siaskers.
No.
Okay.
He is going to run to...
Basically in front of Lucius, facing one of these things.
And he's like, Lucius, behind me!
And he's going to use his Royal Guard on you
to basically grant you cover and take half damage for you.
You'll still take half damage no matter what,
but he's going to take half the damage.
You have to stay within five?
Has to stay within five feet of him,
which Lucius can't move on his turn anyway.
Wait, can we not move on the next round?
Until the end of your next round, your speed is zero.
Oh, I didn't even know I didn't know that, so.
It locks you in place for a full turn.
I
didn't know that.
Yeah, that's, you wouldn't have known.
You wouldn't have known.
Whilst Clara's doing this, she cannot take
actions, so this is primed up.
So, Nova Vija, you are up.
Wonderful.
Benevolent.
Gorgeous. It never works. I don't know why you try it. Wonderful. Benevolent. Gorgeous.
It never works.
I don't know why you try it.
Intelligent DM.
Yeah.
I love the confidence boost, but...
Having Hexblade Cursed Kalara...
Yes.
Now, bearing in mind that I dropped all my Warlock levels
so I don't have extra special Hexblade benefits,
this would just be a straight-up, you know, RP bit of flavour.
Yeah, straight-up break.
Bit of flavour.
You want to know if Hexbladeade Curse is going to tell you
which ones are real Kalara, isn't it?
Would I have a little tingle?
I don't believe that's how the spell works.
No, it's not.
I don't believe that's how the ability works.
It's not.
If it was Hunter's Mark, which specifically says
you can track the target...
If it was a higher-level Warlock,
there's stuff that I could have done.
I believe it does.
Well, if you put, like, a bot...
Actually, no, you can't see that.
It is...
You are, as far as you're aware,
all 11 of these now are your target.
You could fire a blast at one,
and if you don't get the bonus damage,
you know it's not the real one.
Oh!
I would like to fire a blast at 11 o'clock.
So that, yep, so this one here.
That one there?
Yep.
So, that is a 17 to hit?
17 will not hit.
These have Kalara's AC.
Oh no!
Natural one.
Don't know why you're making that noise.
There's nothing you can do.
COVID.
23. Don't worry you're making that noise, there's nothing you can do. Covid. Um... Uh...
23.
Does not hit.
Yeah.
Just watch as the duplicate dodges and weaves.
24.
24 just hits.
11 points of damage.
11 points of damage.
Plus 6? Uh, 215. 215. 24? 24 just hits. 11 points of damage.
11 points of damage.
Plus six?
To 11 o'clock?
No.
Can I move next to Keelukad Kalah, please?
That's me.
Like here?
Maybe just not in that line
where that kind of 11 o'clock would come across.
Yeah, the 11 o'clock. The 11 o'clock probably will because it will go to where the five o'clock was can i wait
shit no yeah did you not get that yeah i don't want to be i don't want to be where anyone can
hit me like here yeah i mean yeah no you should be okay there
maybe depends on if your friends can destroy more of them.
Yeah, for some reason, I didn't realize that there was a space I could have stood to avoid every attack.
I thought that basically every area was... Yeah, yeah, yeah, okay. That's fine.
I mean, that's how it is.
A quill goof, that's fine.
You've stood in the fire. It happens.
Yeah, that's fine. It happens. I heal myself as well. Action.
Action move.
Bonus action.
I would like to summon Tiangong.
Yes.
Let's put them...
In the middle.
Right in the middle.
Well, you actually are.
What?
Okay. Okay.
Cool.
Ayla, your speed is zero until the end of your turn.
You can still yacht.
I can't. They're too far away from me.
They're 60 feet out.
They're 60 feet off the edge.
I physically don't have space. All I could do is throw a hammer...
Not throw a hammer, shoot them.
Yeah, you can certainly try.
Oh, magic missile has 120.
Can I try and shoot the one at 11?
You can.
Yep, absolutely.
Actually, is that one going to...
Yeah, it's going to hit me.
A little too much anyway.
I believe you are currently going to be hit by...
11.
11, 6 12 I'd say 11 6 and 12 will hit you yeah yeah yeah this one's technically gonna go to like I can't do
that much so I guess I'll shoot 11 and it's a bit tricky but we can get the
rough idea we'll clear out 11 there once once they actually all move I'll shoot 11 and... It's a bit tricky, but we can get the rough idea. I'm going to clear out 11, though.
Once they actually all move, I'll do a thing of properly tracking where they're going to go.
But if I say that it's not going to hit you, you'll say it's not going to hit you.
Sure. Yeah, no, that's fine.
So yeah, you can shoot at 11 if you'd like.
11, 6 and 12, I would say.
Oh, shit, it's 24 to hit as well.
It's very high.
I don't think I'm going to hit.
You might.
No, probably not.
So that's 22. 22 will not hit? Nope, I don't think I'm going to hit. You might. No, probably not. So that's 22. 22 will not hit?
Nope, I don't hit.
Both arrows whip through the void, do not strike.
End of turn.
Now it's the end of her turn.
Yes.
Does she still fail deck saves?
Yep.
I can't move.
End of turn?
No.
It's the end of your turn, so it does not.
But you can't, you couldn't move.
Yeah, but...
But you can still make deck saves.
Okay.
And I get danger sense.
And you get danger sense.
Yeah.
So I'm going to go with the same deck.
I'm going to go with the same deck. I'm going to go with the same deck. I'm going to go with the same deck. I'm going to go with the same deck. I'm going to go with the same deck. End of turn? No. It's the end of your turn, so it does not.
But you can move.
But you can still make deck saves.
And I get danger sense.
And you get danger sense, yes. So you will have a saving throw at least.
So the people that charged last turn still have a charge against it.
But charging ends.
They're not charged motes now.
Oh.
It's only while you are charging.
Oh, I thought it would create a charged mote.
So wait.
Whilst you're charging. You've got to stand still and then have it ready are charging. Oh, I thought it would create a charged mode. So wait. Whilst you're charging.
You've got to stand still and then have it ready to go.
Oh.
Oh, so I don't have a charged mode now?
It's only charged whilst you are charging it.
We're learning.
Yeah, it's learning.
It makes sense.
Yeah, no, that's cool.
Okay.
Well, then if I don't have a charged...
No, never mind.
I've done it.
It's fine.
It's fine.
You guys are learning.
Century.
It's going to be the same for, yeah, these guys as well.
Yeah, it's the exact same for these guys.
It's going to require coordination to pull off
because it will be very powerful.
I would like to enlarge, please.
Don't worry about it.
Okay.
I don't have anything, but we'll remember that you are big.
Bigly.
Yeah.
So big.
Your speed is zero, apparently, until the end of your turn.
So could I ready an action to use my charged mote as a reaction to protect from damage?
So you don't need to ready an action to use it as a reaction.
Even if it's, you can still spend it, any motes you have, you can spend as a reaction to reduce damage.
Okay.
Could I have done that since my class started?
You don't need to do anything.
You don't need to do, like,
that is just when you take damage,
you then choose to spend a mote.
Oh.
Yeah.
When you take damage,
you can basically spend motes to reduce damage.
If you have the reaction available.
If you have a reaction available, yes.
Okay.
So, yeah, I'm using my private charge to do that.
Which I think a lot of people are about to do.
Well, yeah, if they're not charged anymore, then me as well.
I'm gonna bonus action, regain.
There's plenty more on the field.
Not enough for a charge attack though, if everyone uses it.
No.
But we need to coordinate.
Start thinking.
Yeah.
C-O-R...
It's also, you got unfortunate by you dealt so much damage that you triggered this move.
Yeah, immediately.
It reacts when she took a certain amount of damage.
It's like Knights of the Round Table.
I love it.
Oh, that fight in Final Fantasy 14.
Sentry.
So I've enlarged.
I'm going to bonus action regain a level three spell slot.
I'm just going to get ready to sponge this damage that comes in.
Yeah, all right.
I'm kind of ready my action to sponge.
I'm a sponge.
I'm going to use Distant Spell
Okay.
to cast Prismatic Spray.
We've gone over this.
Oh.
You can't Distant Spell a cone.
Oh, yeah.
When you cast a spell that has a range
of five feet or greater.
Yeah, so the range is like
Firebolt has a 120 foot range.
A cone doesn't get increased
by distance.
It's like projectiles
is what you were...
Yeah.
Yes.
You lengthen the distance.
Unfortunately, yeah.
It's a confusing thing,
I know,
but if it increased
like radius...
So like in that theory
a Firebolt would become
40 foot radius
and that would be insane.
I'm going to use Vitrolix Sphere. Okay. Which is a 20 foot radius and that would be insane i'm gonna use vitriolic
sphere okay which is a 20 foot radius yes which will pretty much hit that circle is pretty much
it yeah so i'm gonna easily strike like maybe three because they are large they have large bases
uh but they are 60 feet out as well i'd say you can catch two with a 24-raise. Yeah, they're further out.
Yeah.
I'd say you can catch two.
All right, then I will pick...
This one.
Bells are slightly larger beyond the veil.
Ten and eleven.
So that's a deck saved. Do they do that?
They...
They're just standing still.
Yeah, they're just standing still. They will ultimately fail.
Excellent. Okay. I'm not doing that at 7th level because that's gone.
Oh, they're doing the same sort of charge thing.
They're basically like...
It's 14d4.
Ooh, holy shit.
36 points of cold damage.
Oh, and he won.
Both 11 and 10pm are destroyed.
Nice.
Okay.
And yeah, none of them are in range.
And one of them was Calara. Yeah.
Bwa-ba-ba-bam-bam-bam-bam-bam-bam.
Oh, yeah. I fire off a Dichromance into the sky.
It's too far out of range.
And hunker down.
Hunker down. All right.
They dash.
Yep, here they come.
So, Tiangong.
I was going to Shadow Martyr, actually, whoever gets hit first.
We're going to have to figure out how that works then,
because it's all happened simultaneously.
So, we're fine.
So, this Kahara will hit Ayla and Max.
If I just draw a line.
This one will hit Sentry.
So, Sentry currently has one, and Max and Ayla currently have one.
This one will be...
This, Max and Sentry.
So two for Sentry, two for Max.
This one will just hit Tiangong.
This one will just hit Tiangong.
This one will hit Ayla and Max.
This one will hit Sentry and Max.
This one will hit... Ti and Max. This one will hit...
Tiangong and Tiangong.
So it's two for Sentry, two for Aayla, two for Max.
Three for you.
Three for Sentry and Max, two for Aayla currently.
And then Tiangong gets hit by a million of them.
Can I Shadow... I mean, will you alert me, Shadow Martyr?
So what does Shadow Martyr do?
It basically makes my Echo throw itself in front of its attack director.
This is not an attack roll role this is a saving throw so unfortunately I believe shadow
matter will not be well I was being cocky for bounce then if it's an attack
role this is not an attack role so I need a la max and century to all make
dexterity saving throws. Do you like Jeff?
All with advantage.
Does anyone get auras and advantage?
Yeah, advantage on everything.
Advantage.
Nice. 22.
That is a failure, unfortunately.
Max will also fail. You sure?
What did protection work? 100%.
Even with your advantage? What did you roll?
Ten plus five. Yeah. So is this against just every attack? You sure? What a protection work. 100%. Even with your advantage? What did you roll? 10.
Plus 5.
So is this against just every attack?
This is one saving throw, but the more lines you are hit by,
the more damage it does.
Yeah. Can I lessen my damage with my mote?
I will tell you how much damage, and then you can choose.
You only have one mote, don't you?
It's only Quill and Lucius that have got multiples.
I don't think... Quill's got one. Lucius only has one. You pick one up. No, Quill and Lucius that have got multiples. Quill's got one.
I have two.
No, Quill picked one.
So this is going to be, because you got hit by two lines,
so that is going to be two extra lines, right?
Or just two lines total?
Two lines total.
So 65 points of damage.
What kind of damage is that?
Slashing, so it is halved.
So that would be 32 points of slashing damage.
Is that halved again?
I will lessen that.
So for every mote that you spend,
you reduce the damage by 20.
So you take 12 points.
Wow, okay.
Jesus.
Century, 75 points of damage.
Max goes down.
I go down. I think regardless
if I use the remote as well. Yeah, we're all
really low. Oh, are you less than 55?
I was 32. Okay, you're down.
You're all...
So all of these dash forward
until all of the duplicates
vanish.
Oh, but I'm not down because I'm
dying sentinel, so I'm on one.
Bam! Goddamn hero.
There I go.
Clara appears at 8pm.
Heh!
And then, actually no, I think at the end of this, she teleports back to the middle.
Tiangong, by the way, is destroyed.
Oh, Max is up on one.
Wait, actually no, concentration on my thing. I need to do concentration on that first.
You're going to fail that.
You need to beat 31.
If when she gets knocked unconscious, she automatically loses.
Oh, I did it.
Oh, wait, because you only go to one, don't you?
I go to one, yeah.
So you would have to beat a DC of 32.
Roll it.
Roll it.
It's your constitution saving throw.
And you've got advantage.
Four plus seven.
Basically, you're at 20.
Fuck!
Oh, it's a seven.
Four of purity is lost.
With my aura of life,
if a non-hostile creature starts their turn in that aura,
they get one hit point when they start
their turn on zero.
Well, unfortunately you are unconscious. So, Max and Aayla, sentries, sorry, both go down.
Well, sentries on one.
Sentries on one. So, Kelek and Galah. You keep your mote.
Interesting, okay. It does not get spent, it is within you. You keep your mote. Interesting.
Okay.
It does not get spent.
It is within you.
So Aayla doesn't have one.
I don't have one.
I spent it.
Worth it.
Absolutely worth it.
Keep you up.
Yeah, 100%.
Keep you up on a decent hit points too.
Oh, yes.
Just trying to maintain hit points really.
I am running out of spell slots.
I burned them in the first stage hard.
It's magic!
Yeah, I know.
I'm going to...
Sacred Flame.
Killara.
Which is a dex save, which I know she's good at, but...
33.
Jesus Christ.
She's really good at dex.
She is like a dancer, like just pirouettes.
Yeah.
Um, and healing.
Um.
Max's Crusader's mantle
is gone right
it's gone
yeah I'll do a
a
a
healing word
on
I mean
sentry's on one
but I don't know
how much lay on
hands you have
um
I've got about half well I've got about I don't mind how much Lay on Hands you have. I've got about half.
I've got about 30 points of Lay on Hands left.
I've also got Cure Wounds and I've got Aura of Vitality left.
I can do that.
I'm trying to remember the initiative order as well,
but I guess that's gaming it.
No, no, no, I'll tell you the initiative order.
It's Kalara, Nova, Aayla, Sentry, Lucius, you, Max.
Okay.
Healing words, Max. Okay. I'll healing words Max
because if Kalara's next,
you know what Kalara's going to do.
Go suck.
Do what you want.
And he has been very, very useful this fight.
So, I mean, second level.
Okay.
So, like, 2d4 plus 6.
3, 2, 9.
No, sorry.
Who chose Max?
11.
11 hit points.
It's not much, but he's at least there.
He's conscious.
And if we have to fight over Max,
I hope he remembers this.
Ha!
I mean, I've got a...
We need to fight over him if you...
I can get ceremony ready to go, so if you want to...
Ooh!
So can I!
Is now the time?
On the golden disc?
Yeah. Absolutely!
You is beautiful.
We've got to get all our affairs in order.
Imagine though!
All the stories we...
Huh?
End of turn?
End of turn.
Can I fly?
Max?
No.
Okay.
Max will stagger to his feet.
I'm going to move him up.
And he'll just kind of stagger, like, clutching,
sort of like where he's been struck.
Flames of Gideon!
And he'll cast Flame Strike on Kalara.
Woo!
Worth it.
It's a deck saving through,
but she'll take half of her success.
A two.
Ooh!
Which makes a 17 I think.
She has a plus what?
Oh she has a plus 15.
I need to check that. Let me check it.
Oh sorry.
Sixteen.
Oh plus fourteen.
What's Max's save?
Max's save DC is sixteen so she does just succeed.
But it's going to be half damage.
So she has to roll a one to not take damage.
From his spells yeah.
Or two to take damage from his spells.
So she's going to roll a one to not take damage from his spells.
So she's going to roll a one to not take damage from his spells.
So she's going to roll a one to not take damage from his spells.
So she's going to roll a one to not take damage from his spells.
So she's going to roll a one to not take damage from his spells.
So she's going to roll a one to not take damage from his spells.
So she's going to roll a one to not take damage from his spells. So she's going to roll a one to not take damage from his spells. So she's going to roll a one to not take damage from his spells. So she's going to roll a one to not take damage from his spells. But it's going to be half damage.
So she has to roll a 1 to take damage.
From his spells, yeah.
So this is going to be 17, 8 fire damage because she halves it, followed by 13 radiant which
she does not, so 21 points of damage.
Which does... Can somebody pass me the moat?
This one?
Knocks a moat out, and she calls down the flamestrike.
But, after Max's turn, it is Calara's.
And she sees two very weak-looking foes.
Nah, he doesn't.
Nah.
He doesn't.
One strike to Sentry to start.
With disadvantage.
With disadvantage.
I think that just saved it.
A 19.
No, it doesn't hit.
Oh, kaching!
Second strike.
She gets three.
Let's do it. Natural 20, and doesn't hit. Second strike. She gets three. Let's do it.
Natural 20 and then a 14.
So that's 29.
You don't want a nat 20.
I'm gonna go down.
It's 18. By the time you take all the damage, that's gonna knock you down.
And then she'll make the third one against Max.
Natural one.
With the flaming maul just like on his knees And then she'll make the third one against Max. Natural one. Oh!
With the flaming maul just on his knees,
like, you know, buckling down as she presses both down.
But Sentry, unfortunately... Oh, God, I couldn't see it.
That's for you, Quill. Sorry.
And then as a bonus action,
Nova Vija.
Come.
Wisdom saving through.
With advantage. Natural 20 plus through. With advantage.
Natural 20 plus 5.
Hell yeah!
25, barely.
Tiangong is like, Nova, no, kind of holds you back
as you feel yourself taking that step,
and it almost like you feel a pressure on your front,
like somebody pressing against you and just snaps you out of it.
Clara frowns for a second.
Nova, V vija your turn
i will come over to her of my own volition
yeah um i'm gonna
i'm trying to decide whether or not to do a Maddening Hex or Summon Tiangong and get them to do Indomitable.
Not Indomitable, Unleash.
I would like to Summon Tiangong.
Okay. Bonus action.
Bonus action on the other side.
Because why not? Let's get this synergy going.
Let's hope for some good rolls!
That is 18 plus 13.
Eight, nine, ten, eleven.
Find out.
What's 18 plus 13?
Lots. 31.
31 hits.
To hit.
Oh, garbage roll, though.
So, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 points of damage.
18 points of damage.
25 to hit.
Just hits.
Not just ever so slightly.
19 points of damage.
19 points of damage.
Oh, my dearest apologies.
The first time you struck her, her reaction danced with sorrow.
I need Max, Nova, Ayla, Lucius to all make dexterity saving throws.
You have Danger Sense.
Not Sentry?
Sentry is taking this automatically because she has it.
One failed death saving throw.
Natural one.
Failure?
Even with advantage.
Oh, with advantage, sorry.
29.
Oh, yeah.
You succeed.
You are unaffected.
Wait, sorry, no, I'm wrong. 18, 19, 20, 21, advantage, sorry. 29. Oh, yeah. You succeed. You are unaffected. Wait, sorry, no, I'm wrong.
18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24.
Just succeeded.
What?
Max.
I was rolling my constitution.
His bonus is only plus one.
Ugh.
That's 20, though.
Yeah, it's a pretty good note.
Doesn't matter.
We're not playing 1D&D.
So, six was a failure.
Nova.
Failure. Failure.
Failure.
Pass.
Just.
So everybody but Ayla takes 20.
No, it's higher now because there's no more necrotic resistance.
No, she's gone, yeah.
So it's 18, 14, 32 points of damage.
I don't get that.
Max goes down.
He's out.
Lucius is down.
Max is down.
Tiangong is destroyed.
Are you still up?
Yeah.
You may continue.
Bonus action summon Tiangong after she does that?
I did your damage.
No, you summoned Tiangong at the start.
Keep going then.
I've already done your second attack of damage.
Don't forget Lucius, if you still had a moat, you can spend them to reduce damage.
Oh, I do? Yes.
By 20.
20. So if you were on 30 something.
No, I was on 25.
So if you'd reduced it by 20, it would have gone down to 12 points of damage.
So yes, you would still be up just...
21 to hit.
Ah, it does not hit.
So who's... Max is down.
Max is down. Sentry's down.
Lucius is still up, but heavily.
I'm up at 12.
Action search. Action search.
Action search.
Hell yeah, hell yeah.
What's 11 plus 13?
A million.
Just 24.
Just 24.
24 is exactly what you need.
10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21.
21 points of damage, another moat.
21 points of damage, another mote.
16 plus 13.
29 hits.
That is 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21.
21 points of damage.
12 plus 13, 25 to hit.
25 hits.
7, 8, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23.
23 points of damage.
When that final strike hits,
Clara will vanish once more.
Oh, God.
But this time, she appears.
I'm knights. Come to me.
She appears, hovering 20 feet above the disc in the middle,
as...
Four...
knights are here.
Oh, cool.
So four knights on the ground, she's 20 feet up. four knights on the ground.
She's 20 feet up.
Four knights on the ground appear.
You also see she throws her blades out and they begin spinning around her like a barrier,
like a wall of blades around her.
The knights will then move.
Oh, sorry.
They just go. Oh, so they're moving 20 feet outwards?
No, just go to the table.
Okay.
Was that all three of my attacks? That was, wasn't it?
That was all three of your attacks.
Yes, they begin just moving forward and you actually see, amongst them, you see Cerise Fairwind.
You see various unnamed soldiers as well, but of the four you see a recognised one see Cerise Fairwind you see various unnamed soldiers as well but of the four you see
a recognised one as Cerise
as they just mindlessly march forward
shit
so cool
and she is just in the air sort of almost channeling
with this barrier spinning around her
uh
Nova
don't think I have anything left
movement no action no uh I used all my movement getting
there, didn't I?
You've moved pretty much, yeah. I think you've got like 10 feet or so left, I think.
Can I touch that moat?
You can touch the moat next to you easily.
That one, yeah.
You can go grab that one as well.
Oh, I'll take the one next to me because then I don't get Attack of Opportunity by
this knight.
So I have two motes currently.
You do.
And then, yeah, you used your bonus action, didn't you?
Yep.
You done?
Yep.
Ayla.
Sorry, at the end of your turnover, another knight appears.
Oh, what is going on?
What's the sitch?
These knights are very much translucent spirits that emanate a cold energy.
As in, like, targetable? On your turn, you can make a check.
What would you like to do, Ayla? Can I sort of scoot around Max or between them and grab them?
Like that.
At the start of your turn, Ayla, you actually would have taken five points of cold damage.
Because I'm next.
You are next to the thing, yeah.
You start your turn next to it.
So you take five cold.
Then you hop over, you grab a moat.
Sucks up into you.
Can I just hit the guard, this one?
When you swing towards this thing,
you can make an attack against it, yeah.
Definitely, it will be resistant to the attack,
as it is partially transparent.
23. 23 will hit.
18 plus 2 lightning.
Just enough to destroy it. This one?
Mmhmm.
Hey, one down. Can I go to the next nearest one, I guess?
This one?
And hit that, I guess?
That's a natural 20.
Nice.
Two down.
And then my aura will still hit within 10 feet,
that one that's next to Nova.
Okay.
They are minions.
They take...
Automatically, they fail.
They do have resistance against the lightning.
22.
Triple kill.
Nice.
Hell yeah, just two left.
Well, until the end of your turn, I think.
That's all I can do.
Yeah, that was three spectres.
And another one appears, yeah.
Can I...
They are constantly channeling underneath Killara,
like being summoned constantly.
Can I do a check to see what...
I don't know.
You can make a...
Where are they going?
What are they doing?
Roll an intelligence check. I'm not going to manage this. You can make a... Where are they going? What are they doing? Roll an intelligence check.
I'm not going to manage this.
You roll a 20.
No.
No.
You are just like, why?
Why?
Why isn't she attacking us?
I don't understand.
I mean, they're just slowly moving to the edge.
Centrum.
Death save.
Death save.
And you've already got one fatal.
Yep.
Okay.
I don't have any healing.
Nat 1.
Let's go.
Oh, my God.
That is a failure.
It's a 7.
It was a 1.
I'm literally looking at the 1 right here.
It's looking at me.
I thought that was a 1.
2 fails.
7 doesn't like a 1.
I thought that was a 1.
End of turn.
This guy...
In fact, sorry, this guy would have moved five.
That guy moves five.
Oh, so they're moving five a turn?
Yes.
Now, okay.
They are, yeah.
Lucius.
Lucius is going to run over to Sentry.
Okay.
And, Sentry, please, and do some form of medicine check.
Trying to infuse my arcane energy in the matrix.
Touch in and it marks the best.
Medicine check.
It's not going to heal, but you can stabilize.
What's your action to do?
Plus one.
20.
I mean, unfortunately, it doesn't work that way,
but it does stabilize Sentry.
No, no, it's a 19 with a plus.
Oh, okay. It's not a nat 20. But is no longer... No, no, it's a 19 with a plus a 10.
Oh, okay.
It's not a nat 20.
But it's a 20 anyway.
DC 10, she stabilizes.
She stabilizes until she takes more damage.
She remains at one success and one fail...
Sorry, two failures.
Which she's stabilized.
She will actually do at the start of her turn.
No.
She's stabilized now.
But the knight next to her...
The guy that's next to her.
I'm going to grab that moat.
Yes.
Which one?
Just that one, yeah.
So I've got the moat, right?
Yep.
I'm going to quicken a spell.
Yes.
And I'm going to blast that guy.
Which spell?
Let's choose the old classic Chromatic Orb. Okay. And I'll do it at third level.
Okay. Roll an attack roll. I will. I bloody will. 19. Really? Seeking spell? Yeah, I'll seek it.
And it will tell you that they have an AC of 20.
20, okay.
Turf Lurk.
Shit, no.
Was it low?
19 again.
The Crytic Orb goes wide.
I'm just erratically throwing it whilst trying to stabilize Sentry.
Are you done?
Yeah.
They all move, and another one goes.
Oh, that's going to go on to Sentry.
Sentry take five points of damage, which is an automatic set.
So it failed.
It's automatically back to one, though, right?
That's three. I don't believe stabilization.
Wait, what?
I'm going to check.
I don't believe stabilizing resets thingy, but I will check because it's not a rule I
look up very common.
I thought it did.
I'm happy to check.
It's fine.
I'm on it.
I'm looking.
Don't worry.
But if we're on the pathway to heaven, then...
Great question. Damage and healing, chapter nine. But if we're on the pathway to heaven, then...
Great question.
Damage and healing, chapter nine.
Ah.
Ah!
Dropping to zero hit points, death saving throws.
It's alright, it's the dice, it's D&D, buds.
No, I know, but, like...
Uh...
I don't know, I'm trying to figure it out.
Ha! Rolls!
I mean that's just like, it was right there.
And the unfortunate two rolled sevens on that thing.
The number of both is reset to zero when you gain any hit
points or become
stable.
So you're on one.
Squeaky bum!
Just pouring at
this thing. You know what, Jeremy?
We're not going to put a bonfire outside your house.
We're going to put a pyre outside your house!
Well...
I paid my own best! I've made my peace.
That's it!
You're ready.
I was like, okay, so that's cool.
Peace out, brah.
Here's my new character.
Just like acceptance.
I was going through the seven stages of grief.
You got any heal spells left?
Oh, you burnt all those seventh levels, brah.
What a pretty tap.
I'm going to...
So I'm trying to figure out this spectre.
Yep.
By Sentry's turn...
Free action to make religion checks
to figure out what the fuck is going on, by the way.
Free action.
Well, I want to figure out if this spectre that is on sentry
is of any more threat to her.
Okay.
Yes.
I will tell you that for free because Ayla already took it.
If a creature starts its turn within five feet of these,
it takes five cold damage.
If it moves through a creature's space,
they take five cold damage.
There may be more to these spectres than that.
You don't know.
But that's what I mean. By the end of my turn, it's moving away. There may be more to these spectres than that. You don't know. But that's what I mean.
By the end of my turn, it's moving away.
It will move next to her,
and then on her turn, she'll take another five.
Is she off to me?
Century, yeah.
So it will go max,
and then it will reset the round.
So if one of us kill
So if
If it dies
If it dies before Century's turn
It's fine
So Tom can heal
And one of us can kill the spectre
Yes
Yeah
Yeah
It was just a question of whether I
But you've also noticed
The spectres keep coming
They keep coming
But as long as we can get her up
And we can try and figure out for free what's happening.
I'm too dumb to figure out.
I'm not plus. My character is too dumb.
You are not too dumb. No, I am also too dumb.
I would like to try and figure out...
I can see they're heading towards the Vale.
Or Arcana.
Or Arcana. Hell yeah.
No!
Is it a natural one?
No, it was a 13.
A 13.
I will tell you,
and you want to know,
like, I'll tell you,
this will keep happening.
Calara is clearly concentrating.
If Calara's concentration can be broken,
this will end.
That barrier is probably protecting her in some way,
like maybe increasing AC or doing something else.
These things will keep coming as long as she's concentrating.
Something will happen if they reach the edge of the disc.
I won't tell you what, but something will happen.
Okay.
Do you relay that information to us?
Yeah, I mean, stop them from going out! Stop them from leaving!
Um, I will, uh, cast...
Uh...
Also, for your little message earlier, I am not confirming nor denying.
You can try it, but I am not confirming or denying. can try it yeah i'm not confirming or denying
that's going to be my back pocket okay um i'm going to use my bonus action healing word
because i want to stop that one out there um so re you are getting healed for 3d4 plus six
not much but that gets me up that's's not bad, actually. Well, 15.
15, thank you.
And I will Sacred Flame...
Automatically fails.
That one at the north,
which takes...
Ooh.
24 damage.
24 radiant as well.
It's destroyed.
I'm staying here.
End of 10? End of ten.
Another one appears, but yeah, the one closest
to the edge is
dead, so that's
something. They move after everyone's
turn. Five feet. Yeah.
Please can you pick Sentry back up?
She's not technically up yet.
She's on the floor.
Max will take 10 points of damage.
He's down anyway.
You didn't heal him.
No, I did.
Because I used to... He got knocked down.
Then he did Flames of whatever.
He did, yeah.
How much did you heal him for?
I can check.
I think he got knocked down.
I thought he got knocked down. I thought he got
knocked down again.
He did Flames of Gideon
and then something
knocked him down.
Yeah, something
knocked him down again
because Sentry and Mike
Oh, no, wait, no.
No, no, you didn't.
I'll put him on 16
for now.
He takes immediately
10 points of damage
because he's next
to two of these things.
Is he?
Yeah.
He's next to two.
Actually, no, sorry.
He's only next to one.
Sorry, I mistook you
for one of them.
I am not undead.
I am not an undead beast. He will attack the one next to one. Sorry, I mistook you for one of them. I am not undead. I am not an undead beast.
He will attack the one next to him.
Trying to destroy it.
He hits with the first one.
And he does hit with the second one
because of the plus three bonus from the magic weapon.
Oh, cool.
His first attack doesn't do much damage, though.
That'll be five, nine.
And then the eight. Five. So, 15. Seven. damage though that'll be five nine and then
the eight
for half
so fifty
seven
the next one
I think with the
next one
yeah he'll destroy
it with his next
attack
I think he had
twelve
okay
cool
I'll just
do four
damage then
so looking pretty
badly but he
swings
manages to
knock that one
down
and then
he will just sentry still centuries healed now right yeah I'm just chillin
she's not back off because he's looking pretty hurt himself I do not know what
else we can do I'm not I'm not doing well. The only thing...
Oh, no, he's already attacked.
So we go up to a brand new round at Clara's turn.
She's having a think.
She is.
She's summoning one, two, three, four more.
Okay, so there's now one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight on the map.
All slowly moving outwards.
As long as she's concentrating, they will not stop.
Nova VJ.
Can I make a carna check or religion check to see what can stop this?
Like, obviously building on what Quill said.
Uh-huh.
18 plus nine.
18 plus nine.
First of all, any of these spirits reach the edge, they will cause a surge of radiant damage across the entire field,
which will do damage to everyone.
To stop it, you can either break Clara's concentration,
as if she was concentrating on a spell,
so do a lot of damage to her, she has to make a con save,
or if you can knock her out of the centre of this area.
That's you.
Five feet or movement more will knock her out.
She is 20 feet up,
and that barrier around her will deal slashing damage
to anybody who gets within five feet of her.
What about a Okay. Okay.
A gravitational thrust from an amethyst lodestone.
It certainly could
if she fails the saving throw.
Strength saving throw.
We don't know.
I'm not going to tell you
what her bonus is,
but she's very strong.
She's very dexy.
She's very dexy.
She is.
She's so dexy.
She did also have
her strength replenished as well.
True. Hey. That's worth a go. She did also have her strength replenished as well. True.
Hey, that's worth a go.
It's DC 18.
Does it do damage to her regardless?
No.
It's just like a shove.
It's just like a push.
It's a 20-foot shove.
But if you push her out of the centre, it will stop it.
18 strength throw, though.
I mean, I can always roll a 1.
Or I could just keep trying to hit her.
Um...
So you have to make concentration checks.
But if you get within...
And the other thing I'll tell you is that Blade Barrier is currently giving the benefits of 3 quarters cover,
which is plus 5 AC and plus 5 for dex saving throws.
So she's got 29 AC right now.
Well, she's behind that barrier, yes. Okay, I'm going to bonus action second wind.
But spells that don't do a dexterity saving throw,
like something that required a con save or a strength save
or something like that, doesn't give her any benefit.
I'm going to bonus action second wind.
I'll work that out a second and DC myself.
I'm going to do it.
I'm going to try the Amethyst Loadstone.
All right, strength saving throw.
DC 18.
Nova thrusts this gauntleted hand forward with an Amethyst, and you watch this wave of energy.
It knocks.
Oh!
That smile you had.
I thought you wereing every single one
Yes, what did you roll I rolled a six
Nine
Rolled a nine or higher. She would have succeeded that
Nine or higher, she would have succeeded that.
Oh, shit.
Fucking A.
Hell yeah.
Very good job, holy shit.
That's awesome.
She does land on her feet.
She's not knocked prone.
She cannot be knocked prone.
She just lands on her feet.
I thought for sure she passed that.
That smile.
That damn smile.
Damn smile.
I heal for 18.
End of your turnover? Yep, I've healed for 18. And,. I heal for 18. End of your turnover?
Yep, I've healed for 18, and yeah.
Ayla, she is going to use her legendary action, Gallows Core.
Can you make a wisdom saving throw for me, please? Oh, fuck, I can't make a wisdom save.
I literally can't make it.
There's no way that I can.
I don't think I can make a 24.
I've got a plus one.
Even if I rolled a 20, I've got 21 max.
Roll it. She pulls you towards her, and we'll make an attack again. No, I rolled a 20, I've got 21 max. Roll it.
She pulls you towards her and will make an attack again.
No, I can't.
I can't.
Literally safe.
There's no way.
Even with Sentry's aura and Sentry's not there, I don't think.
Oh, no, not.
Do I make the save?
She just pulled you right next to her.
I had enough to get there.
I didn't want to take the damage, too.
That was her first mistake.
14, 9, 14, 23 total.
I've already encountered all the halves.
Cool, so we're doing great.
Got any motes?
I do have a mote.
She's still got hit points.
A was your turn. Not that many, though.
It's your turn.
If something bad happens, I'm out.
I mean, if something bad happens, everyone's out.
Yeah.
I know, I'm just rolling absolute fucking shit tonight.
You got some good hits.
This is when you're going to get the crit.
Here it comes.
26 to hit.
Now we're hit.
21 on the hammer, six lightning. Fucking Nova fisting the shit out of Clara.
What the fuck?
Huh?
He said something very rude.
No.
That's what happened.
That is...
That's how I saw it.
That's what, 14?
15.
Hammer fist.
I've missed.
Oh, that's 18. You 15. And I'm pissed. I've missed.
Oh, that's 18.
You missed.
First one does hit.
You feel the hammer slam into it, but the second one does not strike.
Dex save, even though she can save.
She probably will.
Yeah, that's going to be 20-something.
16, half to eight.
And then half the game, she's resistant. The lightning having little effect. I'm doing nothing to eight. And then half the damage.
She's resistant.
The lightning having little effect.
I'm doing nothing to her.
No, you are.
Absolutely you are.
You hit her.
Don't get caught up in your head.
Don't get caught up in your head.
Hey, do you remember when I used Guiding Bolt twice and missed?
I'm going to get up.
With a plus 14.
Remember when three of my Eldritch Blasts missed on a minion?
Century gets up. Remember when three of my Eldritch Blasts missed on a minion?
Century gets out.
Remember when I had like 25 max HP?
I'm gonna try...
If I move up next to Quill...
That way.
So she's on a diagonal line.
So I think it's a 10 foot wide line?
It's a 5 feet.
5 foot wide.
You have to go like there I think.
Because you're here.
You can't get here.
Can you go the other way? Yeah you can't get here.
Can you go the other way?
Yeah, you can go the other way.
You can go, find 15.
Yeah, and have a moat as well.
Yeah, grab a moat.
Grab the moat. Grab the moat.
All right. Double moat?
No. Oh yeah, have you still got a moat?
Take a drink any time we say moat.
Yeah, I'll get a sunbeam on us.
That's it.
Honsake in the foclara. Save. Die. Yeah, I'll get a Sunbeam on her, so that's a con safe for Clara.
To save.
And you die watching it.
That is going to be a 21.
That passes, so she takes half damage for this. 68 radiant.
Don't give that bit of me going.
Too late.
Please.
Too late. Please. Too late.
23 halved.
11.
11 points of raining damage.
She's sweating.
Yeah, she does look pretty beaten up at this point.
The armour is broken and cracked.
No, not yet.
In fact, actually, she would have probably dropped one okay and then can i bonus action misty step yes back towards the center
yeah go in front of max okay remember some beam. Yeah, so I've still got that up. Yep, okay.
End of turn?
End of turn.
All right.
She is going to Sentry.
Can you make a wisdom saving throw for me, please?
That was her second mistake.
Six plus 12, 18. Hold Sentry close to her.
18 is my highest.
Oh, we're doing it now.
Oh, we're doing it now. Oh, we're doing it now.
I actually know she's got ten feet reach.
Oh.
She got a reach.
However, I rolled a two, so only a 17 to hit.
Hit.
Misses.
Okay.
Thank God.
Lucius.
Lucius punches the ground in anger.
Yep.
Spins around and just stares at Kalara
with a fierce anger
that barely anyone's seen before
and he throws a
9th level chromatic orb at her
Save it up
He says
Fuck you
So classy
Please hit
Please
30 So classy. What a cool line. Please, please hit. Please.
30.
Oh!
Oh!
Hell yeah.
How many D8s?
11 D8s.
Oh my god.
But it's 47 points of cold.
Which ignores resistance.
There was a 1 there.
There was a 1 down there.
It's hard to see.
So at least 48.
48.
Another mote is pushed out of the armour as Clara drops to a knee temporarily.
Pulls herself up, badly injured.
I won't let you ruin this. and temporarily pulls herself up, badly injured.
I won't let you ruin this.
My decision, my fate.
Could I have quickened that with a point?
You did not say before you cast.
Yeah, fair enough.
You did good, Sam, you did good.
Anything else, Lucius?
I'm just walking towards her.
Okay.
So I'll just do 15 feet.
Sure.
Quill.
Oh, God, I don't know.
Sorry, I like to watch.
Quote that.
Don't. She's looking real beat up, right? Quote that.
She's looking real beat up, right?
I don't have any decent heals in me.
I'm going to Guiding Bolt her.
At third level. So plus 14 to hit, so...
That's a one!
Flies out.
Missing.
There's nothing to it.
It is just beaten up, injured, exhausted.
The attack goes wide.
I'm walking towards her.
Okay, fuck you.
What a fucking moment.
I prepared that speech.
You just blast it with a chromatic orb
and I'm like, yeah.
You've basically just provided
a fireworks show behind Lucius while you did the dance.
Yes, Max!
I hit a rose.
You have advantage.
I hit a rose.
Yeah, can anyone smash it?
Lucius does a awkward thumbs up.
Dragging the mace.
Heavily injured.
Just like making his way.
Unable to quite fully reach.
Instead, he will.
He's got one more use left.
Go for it, Max.
Friends, let us end this.
Let Gideon be with you.
Crusader's Mantle to everybody.
Yay!
4x rate damage.
If you get hit.
Clara.
On her turn.
Shut up.
She's going to do something real bad.
She flies up
into the air,
slams both twin blades
into the middle of the disc.
I won't let
this end here.
I'll take you with me if I must.
And you watch the disc
begins to break.
You have one round to defeat her.
Oh, my God.
Challenge accepted.
Hell, yeah.
She must take 150 points of damage.
Okay.
You got a hit, Quill!
I fucked up!
Sorry, my God, my guiding bolts.
Holy shit.
They're not so fucking guided, are they?
I will tell you, Aayla, Nova, and Lucius's, if they use the power of Siaska, will do enough damage.
Charge the motes.
Charged, or...
Nova Vija.
This is like using the four or the five motes,
like the charge motes power.
Does everybody have motes?
I have two.
I have a mote.
I have one too.
Yeah, yeah, we all have enough.
It's basically,
who of you guys is the very bottom of the initiative?
Who's the definite damage?
You're the last one.
Am I?
Yeah.
I don't think I am.
Max is last.
But we can hold an action. We don't need to do it on our turn. You're the last one. Am I? Yeah. Max is last.
But we can hold an action.
We don't need to do it on our turn.
Just which one of us wants to see their limit break?
I vote Ayla.
I'm the definite damage.
You're not going to be a damage one.
Well, he said all three.
He said three of us.
I said no, but Ayla and Lucius will all do damage.
I'll confirm that for you.
We could roll for it. Because we can do this, basically. We can bonus action, charge our emotes, and do damage. I'll confirm that for you. We could roll for it.
Because we can do this, basically.
We can bonus action,
charge our emotes,
and do this. I'm happy for someone else to do it
because I've already done some cool crits.
I've had a shitty battle,
but okay.
If you want it,
Nova, take it.
We can roll for it.
Let's roll for it.
It's a game of dice.
Yeah, that's not going well.
D4.
D4.
Want me to roll it?
Odds and evens.
You get odds, I get evens. Sure. Want me to roll it? Odds and evens. You get odds, I get evens. Sure.
Want me to roll it?
Sure.
Go on, DM.
Three.
Who got...
Odds.
I said you get odds.
Yeah.
That'd be Ayla.
Do it.
So you need to...
Ayla would need to basically move into the middle and hold her action.
You would all need to move to Ayla and then bonus action.
Also, this is a bonus action,
so we can still use an action to attack as well.
Do we need to say a line?
Do we need to all agree on a line to say together as it goes off?
Yes.
Tyrannosaurus!
No.
What's that?
It's more than time.
Power of Greyskull.
What's our cool line? This is our move! Yes, it is!
This is our group!
Clear skies!
Clear skies!
Clear skies!
Clear skies!
Fuck's sake.
I think because it's a bonus action to charge, right?
Yes.
And then if it's going to go to Aayla, I can still do action attack in yes so do you know what I'm just gonna attack just might as well
just whittle that down a little bit absolutely not that one that is 16 to hit
not enough because it breaks against the armor 21 to hit that's not hit breaks against the armour
for fuck's sake
wait hold on
what's 8 plus 3
11
22 to hit
that's such a
I'm useless
it's really not
you guys are rolling badly
you've got plus 15
to hit a 24
you have to roll
a 9 or higher
on a d20 that's over 50% that's actually a good odds No, it's just 24.15. You've got plus 15 to hit a 24-year-old roll at 9 or higher. Yeah.
On a D20, that's over 50%.
That's actually good odds.
We are actually rolling terribly.
It's just bad rolls.
It happens.
You got plus 1d4 to attack roll.
No.
You don't have that.
No, I don't.
Oh, it's Radiant Damage.
Yeah, it's Crusader.
Crusader Mantle plus d4 to damage rolls.
I'm just going to charge up. You want to charge up where you are? Yeah. Next to her. So you're equal to damage rolls. I'm just gonna charge up.
You wanna charge up where you are?
Next to her.
So you're gonna move next?
Because I would've had to attack her.
Oh yeah, that's right.
So you move up next to her and you start charging.
Okay.
As Nova finishes her turn, the outer edge breaks away.
Oh.
Completely collapses.
Five feet of the outer edge.
10 feet of the outer edge.
Oh God. Oh, God.
Oh, my God.
Ayla.
Luckily, we're all...
I will stand next to her.
Stand next to who?
Clara.
Okay.
So move up next to Clara.
And what would you like to do?
Yes, I would like to hold my action
for when everybody has charged their motes
and spend mine to do the thing.
Cool thing.
The mid-break.
That thing.
Sentry at the next 10 feet break. Up to about here now.
Oh my god. Right behind Quill and Sentry.
I'm going to move up next to Clara.
Nice.
I'm going to try and make an attack against her.
Sure.
18 for the first one. No way Jose.
It's not here.
8 plus 13. 20 is not enough. 21. No.
Not here.
On that case, I'm just gonna...
Oh my god. I was going under 10 on most of these attacks. This is 50-50.
I'm just gonna bury Starbreaker's point in the in the sphere again and just charge it up look to everybody to say
for hope
for a rowis
fasiaska
Will start charging you have to take a step forward
I'll let you know like it breaks just behind you and you have to take a step almost
Just like edge yourself like using you know unable to fly um lucius lucius will walk towards ayla and activate the charge and nod for siesta okay
can we like fold out hands to each other yeah Yes! We're like surrounding her. I need Quill to make a dexterity saving throw.
I'm about to be over the edge of this breaking thing.
Let's find out.
Dexterity save and I've got advantage.
That was a one on one.
12.
12.
Quill, the ground breaks, and he begins to fall.
Something catches you underneath.
I just push.
Oh, you bastard, Mark!
I turn.
Mark, you're a bastard!
That was adorable!
I want to... Weep.
Free action.
Weep for a sec.
Always a free action. Weep for a sec. Always a free action. Um, yeah, I need to go towards Aayla
and surrounding Calara, basically, with this...
charging of motes.
I'll...
As I'm going towards her, I'll use a...
Sure, why not?
A Chromatic Orb.
What? You can do that?
Yeah, I've been able to do it this entire time.
It's locked to lightning.
It's locked to lightning, thematically.
Natural 20!
Oh, shit!
It's so funny.
He rolls him when he doesn't need him.
He gets him when he doesn't need him.
Why didn't I use Guiding Bolt?
That's her story.
So this was at level 2, I think I said. Oh! Get some when he doesn't need it. Why didn't I use Guiding Bolt? That's her story.
So this was at level 2, I think I said. So that's 4d8 maxed.
So 16, 32.
32, and another 1, 2, 3, 4d8.
It really is like Hesper is guiding you. Holy crap.
Another plus 21.
Oh my god.
32 plus 21. Oh my god. 18 plus 21.
53.
53 damage.
Nice.
Yeah, why is that?
You feel that pressure against your back.
It's like your wings crack with lightning
as you step forward.
You just watch this blast kind of echo out in front of you.
And it's like it ruptures over Kalara's arm.
And you can just see just like tears streaming down her face in pain and just
desperation all that lightning that's charging through me and out of the eye
are slap closed around the moat to charge it that final moat Ayla is
exactly it as your reaction triggers the lightning from Quill's power flows into you.
I have one written down, which was planned.
I was just going to look before
and just turn around and look at Arois
and then look back at Clara and say,
thank you for giving us such a great view
of what we were fighting to save.
Nice.
And then, for Arois.
For Ayla, for your Siasca-infused power is called Stormfall.
Hell yeah, it is.
Infused with the divine power of Siasca.
infused with the divine power of Siaska.
Charged up, you become a conduit of astral storm energy and titanic strength.
Aayla rushes forward, and with Howling Templest,
you swing it into an uppercut,
launching Killara 100 feet into the air.
You then immediately jump up like lightning,
teleporting above her, where you then bring the hammer down
as a blast of astral lightning slams down into the top of her
slamming her down onto the disc itself
the disc like crystal cracks and snaps beneath her
as then you fly down with the last blow to finish it off
the hammer landing on top of her
150 planar damage is dealt blow to finish it off. The hammer landing on top of her. 150
planar damage is
dealt. Unavoidable,
unresistable, and
enough to kill
a divinely
empowered Titan.
Yes!
Yes!
We did it!
I'm on 38.
39. 31. 39.
31, 39.
What are you on?
13 for Century, 12 for Lucius, 7 for Maximus.
Oh, my Christ.
You watch as the armour breaks away.
The visor snaps and falls apart.
Ikara just looks up at all of you and at Urois.
And you see a transformation.
You see the darkness of the armor leak away,
bleeding away like blood caught in the rain.
It seeps through the cracks of the crystalline disc
until a simple cotton cream dress
embroidered with hand-stitched flowers. Around her the mantle of life is no longer a cloak but
becomes a bed of grass and moss and flowers as if sleeping as if a bed is now beneath
her you see true regret as she looks up through astral tears her white hair becomes a sunny blonde.
I had forgotten.
I had forgotten how beautiful it is.
Thank you.
Thank you for chasing away the darkness.
I'm so sorry, Mother.
I'm so sorry.
As she becomes ethereal light you all feel yourselves
fading
as that golden disc and that image
before you fades away
and with the last of Calara's strength
she returns you
to Nightbloom Hold
where Valor waits
you see for the brief moment
that conjured
ephemeral golden wind
before it
drifts back
up into the air
to return to Siaska
you have completed
the trial of Kalara
oh my god
that was insane
that was incredible.
Oh, my God.
Holy shit.
You all level up.
We are live!
I also have one more choice.
As you find yourselves back in Nightbloom Hold,
a fragment of the golden energy of Calara remains.
Okay. It seems to hover in place. Behold, a fragment of the golden energy of Kalara remains.
Okay.
It seems to hover in place.
What do you do?
So is this like a moat?
Almost, but like a formless, like a cloudless shape.
Is there a lantern here?
No.
Where in Nightbloom Hold are they? This is in the temple, so this is in the main temple where you enter the breach point.
And we saw, like, the silver lantern and all that.
This is just hovering in the air.
Just like a tiny, faint, glowing, shifting, almost, formless.
So this was left behind after, like, the golden wind.
Valor will say,
I think Calara has left behind a portion of herself.
But it needs a form.
It must, a form needs to be chosen.
Titan of life and death.
I don't know what sort of power this could give any of us.
I think when you touch it, you will know.
But it's not for me or for Max.
It needs to be one of you champions.
Any idea what it would be?
No idea.
Could we do a check?
You can tell me, absolutely.
Arcana, religion?
I mean, yeah.
26.
18, Arcana.
Nova, based on everything you've encountered,
you remember that when you defeated Zephir,
she left behind her armour.
Oh, yeah.
You have a feeling that this time you have a choice.
Talara has left a gift, but its form is yet undecided.
If you touch it, you will have the option to choose.
This is your raid boss loot.
Does it have to go to whoever touches it, then? No, no.
Oh, no.
It can go to...
But whoever touches it gets to pick the form it takes.
I see.
You won't know what options you have until you do.
I mean, yeah, I'm still going to be just undecided
who wants to accept the gift.
I don't know who needs this most.
I don't know who needs this most.
I don't need it.
No?
I have all of you, I'm fine.
I have the Prime Matrix, I have Starbreaker. I have Hesper's blessing already,
and multiple blessings.
I am the blessed child. I mean I don't want to brag but
The only thing I would ask is if it could help Tiangong
Maybe
I was gonna ask if we could make my hammer a little bit shinier, but I don't know if
that would do it.
Wanna roll for it?
Ultimately, it's just whoever touches it gets to pick the form.
You can still change who has it.
I will say it is set forms.
It's not like a I touch it, for an item there are there are set things
you can get
they might not fit
what you want
but you might be able
to adjust
or you might be able to
but we can see that
before we choose
we can see it
before we choose
yeah
in which some way
touch it
could I go up
and touch it
is that alright
as you reach out
and over
you know that this
energy can form
three things
you can make it
into Kalara's eclipseclipse Twinblades,
a pair of
magical scimitars,
which come as a pair.
They have to be wielded as both weapons.
Okay.
You can also have Kalara's armor,
which is full plate armor.
I won't tell you what the abilities will do.
It's just like the effects. The last one
is her mantle of life,
her cloak, which is of like living leaves
and vines and things like that.
Those are the three options.
I'll relay
this to the group. She gives us
three gifts.
Her weapon, her cloak
or her armor.
I mean, the weapon,
I don't think any of us can really effectively and properly use.
Last time I jewel-wielded was when I was very young,
and that didn't go very well.
My sister has a scar.
Last time I jewel-wielded was before I lost a wing,
and then I didn't really try it again.
You know Tiangong can take the form of magic items and things, I will say that.
But the armor as well is full-plate armor.
It would fit sentry, it would match whoever wants to wear it.
It will shape them to them.
And the cloak could technically be worn by anyone.
The cloak is probably the most useful thing.
I have Helios.
That's true.
Where is he?
He's just been on my back since like...
He's gone very dormant.
Oh okay.
He's gone dormant.
He's been too long...
He's hibernating.
He's still in hibernation.
Helios is only a plus one cloak he's also
been giving you ac this entire time so like he has been useful very useful um i mean maybe this
new cloak will give ac you don't know who knows don't be too beholden to old magic items people
like like if you want to keep them by all means. Helios is not a magic item.
Yes, he is.
When was the last time you spoke to Helios?
Xiangong talks to Helios all the time.
In their secret Eterna language.
He is the hot Leonidon
dude that has been with us this entire time.
Since Volcanos.
Yeah, since Volcanos.
Okay. Okay, Jan.
For me, Aayla doesn't want to get rid of her hammer.
It's too important to her as an item.
There'll be ways to upgrade the hammer.
There'll be sentimental ways.
And I've got the Belt of the Storm King,
which I'm not going to give up because that's
awesome
and yeah
I don't
I don't
know that
I would benefit
hugely from
I'd have to
drop my shield
to dual wield
wouldn't I
you would
but yeah
they might
also help
with AC
you don't know
dual wielding
there's a feat
which allows you
to get like a
boost to AC
and stuff as well
you still have a
pretty high AC
without it though
right
I have 19 with the shield.
So it'd go down to 17
if you didn't get any other bonus.
What about you, Quilly?
Do you want a little cloak?
No.
A little Quilly cloak?
No, no, no, thank you.
As I said, I book wing.
I do have a spare achievement slot right now.
Yeah.
It's just that two of the items that I've got are too important to Ayla for sentimentality
more than function.
I literally cannot function without two of them.
Well, I mean...
Same.
I'm not getting rid of the eye, that's for sure.
Just...
Just take it out.
Would people be okay if Nova had the
dual wielding?
The Eclipse Twinblades
Pretty cool
It's your gift
It's all of our gifts
You ain't been guard touched, not like the rest of us
It's because I'm a heathen
A sinner
I think it would be cool to have a cool gift
but I think this one in particular is more suited to Nova
with the blades
there's at least one more Titan
he's the one that I think would be more beneficial for Aayla
like a big mallet out of his hooves
what would you like Max?
I'll give it to Max
well if everyone's okay I'd ask for the twin blade Max. I'll give it to Max. No, no, no.
Well, if everyone's okay, I'd ask for the twin blade.
Yeah.
When you touch it,
they form in your hands these elegant two long scimitars with their hilts are decorated to almost be like,
they have sort of like this curved, like a scythe blade,
like the actual blades are like a scythe blade, like the actual blades are like a
scythe blade almost, like very long and curved. And then the handles almost form like the half
of Godric's scythe. But this sort of deathly creepy motif is gone and now they just look more
slender, sleek, black iron almost. And Tiangong would probably say to you like, these are powerful
relics, Nova Vija.
These will greatly enhance our strength if we were to bond with them.
Would she be okay with that?
Yes. This would be an honor of sorts.
This Titan, she was powerful and perhaps misguided in the end.
But we see a symbiosis. She was a guardian of life once, and became a shepherd of the dead. In some ways, we have performed a similar function for the Eterna. There is
a understanding between us.
What happens now that there is no one to guide souls beyond the...
Who are you asking?
I'm just saying it out loud.
Yeah, I mean...
I mean, Calara stopped guiding souls.
Isn't that what Scaldi said?
There hasn't been for a while now.
Well, I don't think she had.
I think that... This is Valor.
Based on her whole thing was that she wanted to give people peace, right?
Before the end, that's what she said
I think she was sending souls beyond
but harvesting them
yeah I mean killing
to not hate you yes
I mean she was guiding
them but sending her own mortal
agents to kill them yes
but still sending them on
to the afterlife at least not
doing them using them for other ill purposes.
As for now, I mean, it's hard to say,
but I think that, I mean, I don't know what happened to you up there,
but if you defeated Kalara, my mother will be going stronger.
It may be that in some form she can at least guide souls now,
or at least help those who fall.
I don't know, but...
Should we visit the halls?
We probably should, yeah.
We tend to after, you know, part of the wrap-up to...
Yeah.
...seeing someone.
I'd like to think that with Kalara returning to Siaska now,
maybe Siaska will take the mantle, I suppose, to guide anyone that may perish between now and...
I don't think...
I don't think Syana and Mother would have sent you to do this
if they didn't think that something could be done,
at least temporarily, at least.
Maybe that Syana will help her in some way, but I don't know.
We always ask Syanna.
I think perhaps before we visit, see Asgore, because I think she'll be alright for a minute.
I'd like to check on our crew, the Stormchaser, the Guardians.
Is there anything we need to do on the ground for checking the Guardians?
I'd like to see who's left. Shade?
Yeah, Shade is probably been very quietly,
just sort of approaches.
It is done then.
It is done.
I'm afraid that there was not much more I could do
once Hotshot was gone.
I have not known what else to do.
I've not had a commander to give me orders. I've just been waiting here.
When your friend returned, when Miss Vala returned, I asked her, but she did not know either.
The others are gone far from here. I have no way of communicating with them, so...
We'll reunite you. It's okay. If they survived the jungle, the undead, I hope that your actions
at least made it easier for them to retreat perhaps.
Perhaps. Did we get a sense? Is there any change to the environment now that we've come
back? Yeah. It's sunny. It's quiet. You might begin
to hear the very faint sounds of birds flying back in,
beginning to once again take nest.
Is the candle still burning and the lantern, the silver lantern?
It is, and it is brighter.
Oh, nice.
Much brighter.
Yeah.
Well, Shade, thank you.
Thanks to your assistance and the assistance of...
I did very little.
You were there to help.
It's kind of you to say, but the others gave their lives in many ways.
You saved my life when it was us against Cerise.
If you hadn't have given me that potion...
I suppose.
But thank you. I do not feel I've earned your praise just yet. I feel out of all of my companions.
Well, I hope that one day I will be able to make it up to you.
You already have to me.
Thank you, Miss Fortune.
Thank you, Nú.
Do not let my melancholy ruin your triumph.
You've done an incredible thing.
Come with us.
We'll help you find the rest of the Guardians.
If not, you can come to Horizon with us. We have a Guardian force there.
If that is what you wish, then we'll come, of course.
I'd love to have you.
Then I will go where you are, Smitty.
Gladly have you.
Do we want to... Is there anything you want to do, Sentry, while we're still on the ground?
I need to find out if the sickness is still spreading through the guardians until I know it's safe.
I can't go to see Root.
I can't traverse into the matrix myself
for risk of spreading it inside.
I need to find out if they're okay.
If we can find the others,
the ones who we left, who went to retreat,
the ones that we parted ways with,
they may be able to answer that question.
Maybe now that the sky's clearer,
the storm chaser will be able to see down a little better.
Yep, I'll make a message, a connection.
Captain? Hello!
Oh, well, I'm taking it by your cheery disposition
that everything is well.
We're just being up and down.
Congratulations, you will continue to amaze us, Captain, you and all of the champions. disposition that everything is well. Another titan down. Congratulations.
You will continue to amaze us, Captain. You and all of the champions.
We did a good job, didn't we?
Pretty good. Anyway, the
battle
never ends, truly.
And we have more to do.
What do you need of us? We are ready to act when you need us.
You have eyes above. We do.
The skies have cleared, not just
around the area that you are in,
but a few moments ago, most of the jungle is beginning to clear.
The trees that were emanating darkness, the far-off ones, these Rotharts,
they stopped giving off darkness.
They are beginning to clear up as well.
In which case, can you scout the perimeter looking for retreating guardians
or a collection of guardians somewhere?
Absolutely.
Any other living souls
here, we will gather
them all and then
let me know a rendezvous point.
Very well. We'll keep an eye out and I'll keep you posted.
Thank you. Alright.
We got it! We did it!
Anyway.
While Lucius
is blankly staring at the ceiling
or something, I will talk to Valor.
Yes, Squill.
You should know that while we were out there, far, far away,
we felt Siaska's presence, her strength greatly returning,
empowering us to fight stronger against Calara.
I assume that Calara took you to the pathway, to the afterlife.
Yeah, yes.
From what she said, that's the only thing I could feel, the only place I can't go.
Yes, and attempted to destroy it under our feet as a final act.
But thankfully...
Great view, though. Top notch.
With Siaska's help, we were able to fight back.
It makes sense.
Being out there, I mean, you're in her domain.
Stars are her power.
And that is probably the closest point to astral space
without being in astral space that you could have been.
It makes sense that her power would be stronger there
than it is necessarily here or anywhere else.
Well, the good news is Hadar is also out there,
meaning we'll have that assistance once again when the time comes.
I think so.
I hope.
I mean, we don't know what those battles await us,
but I think as Mother's power returns,
one of the things that she was always capable of doing,
I mean, she previously, my understanding is that
when my father fought the Titans here, she empowered them,
that they take a portion of her power.
Now that the Titans are no longer here
and it's just Siaska or, you know, as you've discovered,
I think that she'll be able to give that power
to others instead.
And it sounds like she's suggesting that maybe you.
Uh, not fully, not in the same way that she made the titans to be these creations but i think that
being able to bestow you with that raw power may be something she can do again in the future
it was certainly needed i think so and i think that fighting against the types of
i mean fighting against her doll you'll need more than just strong
arms and magic spells.
You'll need something
divine.
But tempered. Tempered by
immortal hands, by mortal magic.
Otherwise, Hadar will just
feed off of it.
I think that's
why she's been waiting for you.
I think she, I think
that might be, I think that might
be part of her plan.
Specifically
waiting for this particular
group of individuals. I can't say
you as individuals,
but I think,
I think that one of the things she lacked before,
my father isn't quite a mortal champion anymore
because of the powers he's gained, because of his unending age.
He's not exactly immortal, but he's not mortal either.
We know that Hadar, if Hadar is killed by a divine,
that divine just simply becomes the next Hadar. But what if mortals can destroy Hadar, if Hadar is killed by a divine, that divine just simply becomes the next Hadar.
What if mortals can destroy Hadar?
What if mortals, given divine protection, given divine strength, but still with mortal souls, with mortal minds, with mortal weapons, can deliver that final blow?
Would that work?
I'm starting to think that may be her plan.
Well, I'm willing to try.
As am I.
I figured you would be.
That's the star of the story.
The star chase is calling.
Captain, we think we've found the guardians.
Excellent, thank you.
Put that on vibrate.
Yeah.
Okay.
Okay.
I mean, should we visit the halls?
I can bring us straight back to the Stormchaser.
All right.
If needed.
Oh, before we do, I just want to say thank you to all of you.
I mean, that fight was tough,
and I nearly saw the end multiple times.
If it wasn't for you,
me or the Guardians wouldn't be here without any of you.
I need to do some work on the Stormchaser,
on how to not keep doing that.
It's not your fault, Sentry.
This has been a really tough time.
Without you, we wouldn't be here either.
It's a group.
You delivered some of the blows
that I think finished that fight, Sentinel Prime,
but also, you are not the only one.
I feel like a burden in many of these battles.
I am here to protect Lady Valor,
but even then, Calara whisks her away
without me being able to stop her.
I feel the same.
You are not a burden at all.
Like yourself, it does not change the way that I feel.
I feel that there is more I should do, more I can give.
Maybe we could train together.
Maybe we could...
Of course.
Work on our skills.
I'm not sure I will ever attain the level of power equal to any of you,
but I will certainly redouble my efforts to grow stronger.
Sorry, I do believe that one of these told me that you punched Elwynn to death?
Yes, yes.
I delivered some blows, but after she was
the Evelyn Seacrest. You punched?
You delivered the killing blow with your bare fists?
In the heart, right in the heart.
It was wide open.
And you scorched a whole line of artillery.
Yeah, in the rain.
That was very impressive.
I acknowledge that I have some strength,
but it is an undeniable fact that many times I've fallen in these battles
and you have restored me to strength,
and it is the same way that Sentry feels.
You fixed Hammer!
And Sentry's armour.
And Sentry's armour!
What's more, you were there and assisted in our fight.
You, just like all of us, are a titan killer.
Oh, that's funny.
By association, perhaps.
I would not claim an honor that is not mine.
And I do not feel I've earned that honor.
I feel that I perhaps assisted.
You think dumb?
You're actually making me mad now, Max.
I'm going to walk away.
I feel like we could learn a lot from each other.
I agree. Perhaps our fighting
styles are probably more suited to
quilts living. Large scale
battle.
I feel like you should back
off.
Look, mate.
It's happening.
We take on the burden.
We put ourselves in harm's way to defend others.
That means that we need to get tougher.
If we are going to take these blows,
if we're going to bear the burdens for others,
we need to be able to do it
and not be constantly lifted up and held up by others.
If that is something we can improve,
I will gladly do so with you.
I think we all have our worries and our doubts.
Of course.
But we should use them,
utilize them like Sentry suggests,
to motivate us to do better.
We have to be the pinnacle.
If Sieska has chosen us
to fight Hadar
and bring the Titans together?
I hate to say
this as well. I feel that these
fights, as difficult as they have been,
they will only get tougher.
Atelicus,
I know that my Emperor
not fears,
but he was the one who had,
he was the one that
Kallus was most concerned of.
I mean, if he helped us, maybe.
He has offered to help with Artelicus.
Oh.
Oh.
He told me that, should I need,
we could call upon him for his help.
When did...
Yeah, I remember that.
She's already told us that. I told you When did you... Yeah, I remember that. She's already told us that.
I told you.
I told you.
See, I think...
I remember that.
Calus, as much as you know,
difficult relationship there.
However, Calus plus us,
that's the titan killer.
Plus the dragonborn army.
Plus the dragonborn army.
Atelicus, we must not forget that Zarkira is out there somewhere.
While she may not be a physical threat,
perhaps the greatest magical threat we have yet to face.
And then, none of you have seen the horrors beyond the warline.
I have.
Featureless creatures, countless numbers,
more than you can imagine.
Some of them are no bigger than hounds and beasts,
but they are difficult to kill.
They are just mad things of living tissue and mouths
and hate and hunger. Some of them are larger, as big
as giants, as big as beasts. And then there are the dreadnoughts. These things that just
consume life. I've heard horror stories that what they consume is taken to a void, a place where nothing exists.
They've consumed entire battleships at one point.
And Hadar has an endless supply of them.
Just to reach him, we all need to fight our way through such numbers.
Let me turn as much as we can.
Has Tiangong encountered any of these?
Yeah, Tiangong would have, yeah, probably.
Pieces of Tiangong have.
Tiangong would say,
My memory of such matters is...
is...
broken apart word.
Fragmented.
Fragmented. My memory of such matters is fragmented.
Many of the parts of me that have encountered such things are still held by Kallus Valkyrian.
I have a connection to some of those memories.
Before then, as an Eterna,
yes, what Maximilian speaks of is true. Hadar's
forces are creatures both of un-life but also of nothingness, of magic, of warped
creation. They are difficult to put into words. They are just formless, hungry things that
consume, stripping planets of all that is, they are made of. Or, not even planets or
planes but things, energies, nebula. They are horrific and I do believe, as a tactical assessment,
if one day we fly out to face Hadar at the edge of the known multiverse,
if we do not defeat Hadar in such an encounter,
it will be a one-way trip for any that go.
It will be diving into a nest of hornets,
an endless, numerous swarm that will not end.
And unless we destroy the queen,
it will consume whatever is there. Even it, no matter how long it may last,
eventually it will be overcome.
With no hope of retreat.
It will be a one-way battle.
Well.
Maybe a net?
However, in analysis,
I still believe
that we can accomplish this.
A good end to that one there.
I am attempting to raise morale.
Thank you.
Morale.
We are attempting to raise morale.
Raised?
It's working.
Question mark?
Well,
we are only getting stronger.
And on that note,
Tiangong, I gift these to you.
And I hand up the twin swords to Tiangong.
Yeah, I mean, Tiangong...
Twin swords.
Yeah, well, it's like you go to hand them to Tiangong
you still hold them
and then
Tiangong almost
separates from you
and now they have
the same sort of
shadowy duplicates
that their whole form
is made from
they carry the same ones
but you're still holding
the weapons at the same time
and you see
this kind of
sinking of movement
basically
and yeah
they will become
they will become,
they will merge with the Tiangong,
and I'll do the stats and stuff for you in the future.
But just thematically.
Thematically.
You see the long sword form into these two. Two scimitar blades, and the shield vanishes,
and it becomes these now two twin blades.
You're going to have to tell me.
That one too.
Oh, hell yeah Nina remember
I picked one weapon
to level up throughout
you're welcome
so
with that
I think we will save
going to Sisychaska
for the future
yeah
the guardians it will I will just say that like yeah you will save going to Sisychaska for the future. Yeah.
The Guardians.
I will just say that, like, yeah, you will be able to, again,
next time we will catch up with those,
but the Stormchaser can locate them and arrange a rendezvous on the edges of the jungle of Chikesh,
where they've been travelling for a few days.
And, yeah, we can sync back up on that.
But with that, I think that's going to be...
I think just the last thing before we board the ship and leave,
I just want to make sure a fresh candle is burning in Kalara's lantern as we go.
Ah, yeah.
Yeah, absolutely.
As we do that, and that is where,
with that scene of Nova just sort of placing the candle, lighting it,
and if this was a movie, it would stay focused on the lantern.
As we all
play away no no no we just see that we hear the sound of you vanishing right yeah does the stars
that way that's it that's going to be that's it yeah this episode we can uh i just want to say
like we started this arc on the 29th of may. Oh my god! It's taken three months to complete.
Oh, I mean, yeah, a little bit longer than I was expecting.
We had to fly down to the jungle.
We had to trip through the jungle.
Stealth through the jungle.
Oh, remember the stealth?
The stealth was the worst thing ever.
The first time.
Yeah.
Fight for night.
Hindsight.
Don't give us stealth things.
No, like, honestly.
I know it's been fun. This has been one of the best. It's been really fun. us stealth things. No, like, honestly. I know it's been fun.
This has been one of the best.
It's been really fun.
Oh, my God.
Yeah, this has been a great day.
It's so good.
That is not a criticism at all.
It has been amazing.
I'm glad you enjoyed it.
I'm glad you enjoyed it.
I'm glad we had this climactic battle.
This whole, like, the two phases against Kalara,
I have had maybe two months, a month and a half, like, the two phases against Kalara, I have had maybe
two months? A month and a half?
Like, sitting in there. I knew what it was. I always
knew what the Demi plane fight was gonna be.
I mean, that speech.
It's like, if you will allow
me, just let me do my cutscene.
Let me do my video game cutscene,
and then we'll do a cool fight. Very cool.
Very cool. Next time,
next time we'll be able to go through our level up details,
because I think now we're all level 18.
I dropped my dice.
Level 18, which means some big upgrades for everyone, right?
I think there's a few more.
So, Sentry's going to get a big thing at level 18.
You'll finally get some item spells.
Do I? I probably do.
I also get ability score improvement or a feat because of my clerical nature.
Yeah, your multi-classing and stuff.
I might take a feat.
We'll see.
So, yeah, we can go through all the level up information.
I rolled a seven on my hit dice.
Does anyone care about that?
It was a D8.
Got a seven.
Pretty cool.
I got a three.
Hell yeah.
Oh, my God.
Yeah.
Nice.
And that is a telekis must die. One out of six. Yeah. Nice. And that is Italicus must die.
One out of six.
Three.
Well, before Italicus,
there is a little problem
with a little revolution
going on in a place
called Bortensar.
Oh!
That's what we've got to do first.
Oh, you're going to go
see your dumb brother.
My moron of a brother.
But yeah,
that is going to be
it for this episode
yeah
one last shout
out to
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good point
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much Kim
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