High Rollers DnD - High Rollers: Aerois | #33 - The Portal Problem (Part 1)

Episode Date: May 6, 2019

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There are also going to be loads of other incredible creators there, so don't miss the descent, a D&D live event. Anyway, on to previous episode. Having been whisked away to the far continent of Voxar with the body of their deceased companion Sentry, the party made a deal with the dwarven priestess of Calara, the goddess of death, to assist them in seeking Sentry's resurrection. In exchange, the priestess, Skaldi, asked the party for their help in pacifying an ancient ruin of an undead presence and whatever was causing the spirits

unrest. Descending into the ruins, bypassing magical traps and undead guardians, the party found themselves face to face with a strange woman in a corrupted shrine filled with an endless black void. Clad in ruined black cloth and a strange silver mask over her eyes, she attacked them and drew upon some malign magic within the darkness. In the battle, Quilek Ad Kalar, chosen of Hesper, god of magic and knowledge, fell in battle and none could reach him in time to save him. Quile died and his spirit was lifted up and escorted beyond the cradle into the afterlife. Having defeated the woman, learning she served a being called Hadar, Aayla's memory recalled strange visions of things she never knew.

Treasure was taken from the ruin and the party returned to the village of Stenhill as Quill's body was placed beside Sentry's and the group were left to decide with what should happen next. I'm sorry, I laughed because Tom wrote, we dead

at the top of the session and then wrote nope, I dead underneath it. That was my entire notes from the last episode. Classic. Whoopsie. So, you find yourselves in the small stone shrine to Calara. These stacks of shelves and dozens of lanterns hang up along the circular wall around you

as sentry and quill's bodies lay together on the central altar. Ouch! wall around you as sentry and quills bodies lay together on the central altar and that was the last image that we had the last time we played so the question is where do we pick back up have you guys taken some time to have a rest are you are we do you want to just jump straight back into inside the shrine what do you guys want to do do you want to have made like some purchases and begun preparations for heading off do you want to have made some purchases and begun preparations for heading off? Do you want to have a discussion about where you're going? Should we discuss?

We should discuss. Let's discuss. We haven't really discussed. Team debrief. Team debrief. How did that go? Hands in. This is a D&D stand-up.

We're going to be going through our agile performance. Technical analysis. So where are you going to have this chat? In the Temple of Calara or are you going to go to the local inn? I think we've already started moving, haven't we? No, we haven't. The last thing we did was put in Quill's body next to Sentry. Yep. So we literally just got back.

We can pick up back there. Sure. It's always a good moment. Sure. So, yeah, I hand it over to you guys then. Okay. And sad. And Steve.

Here we go. Yeah, it's quiet. Yeah. It's very quiet in the temple. I'm so sorry about your friend. Again, to lose two of you, it must be hard. I wish I could have done more. If you weren't here, then it could have been much worse,

so thank you for fighting with us. Well, I'm happy to be here to help you in any way I can, so if there's any way you want to go, anything you need to do, I am happy to assist you. So what's the plan? That's a good question. What is the plan Quill? You still always come up with the plans. We still at least try and lead us somewhat so

Who wants to take the lead now? Definitely not me. Not me. Not me. Definitely not me, not me, not me, not me. Don't look at me! I'm so beta. Honestly, don't. It's not me. I think we just need a moment to process.

Let's not rush into any decisions. We need to decide what the best thing to do for both of them is. As Ava finishes speaking, there is an incredibly loud sound that erupts through the village of Stenhill. It sounds like something tearing, like fabric but metal at the same time, this horrid, shrieking, tearing sound, as though the air itself was being pulled apart,

and you feel a ripple of force. The building, the temple begins to shake ever so slightly. Dust begins to rain down from the kind of the roof, and you are left in this momentary kind of pause. And you can see that outside, through one of the thin slit windows of the temple, there is what appears to be a sort of blue tear of energy forming in the air.

Uh, that doesn't look natural. Uh, what now? Scaldi, any idea? Does this happen frequently here? Because, you know, the storms are not natural, so... I think that Scaldi is probably in the middle of the ritual to gentle repose, so she's concentrating as if,

you know, unaware of the outside world. Can I? We can't fight right now. We've just lost two. Can I do a check to see if I can? No, you need to go outside. Can I not just do it from the safety of this window? You want to try and peek through the window?

Sure, make a perception check for me. See how much of it you can see. You can just about see like the image of it, but the detail. Seven. So you're peering and all you really see is this kind of shimmering blue field and you think you can see like a figure uh almost like somebody looking down through the portal and they appear to be wearing like these long robes and you think a mask like a long elongated mask but then there is a flash and you see somebody tumble out of the rip the out of this rift um tom do you want to describe

what you look like uh so i guess i land flat on the ground like i'm laying there i guess what you can see is like like, red hair. I guess how far away are they? They're pretty far, so, yeah, keep the details vague. So, yeah, red hair that's on his head. That's vague, yes. And I think that's basically all you are going to be able to see from that distance. Yeah, clothing-wise, anything noticeable? Kind of like dark clothes.

Unusual style, perhaps? Possibly. Unusual. It's not Voxarian. It doesn't look like anything you've seen on Mere Scear. I don't think it's anything you've seen on Savona either. It's very tight. It's like a tight leather suit, almost. Much more similar to what you've probably seen the Court of Shadows wearing.

These kind of like tight leather suits. On where? We're off to a good start here. The Court of Shadows soldiers that you fought. These kind of like, not quite sci-fi, but that kind of tight leather suit. I'd already... Never. Good news.

Well, no, bad news. There's a person... Masks. There was a masked person. And that there's a person masks there was a masked person and now there's another person and they're wearing an outfit that looks quite what if it's the blue shimmer begins to collapse folding in on itself almost and then just winks out of existence but there is this crackle of magic that seems to kind of emanate across the whole town you begin to hear kind of like cries and shouts what's going on oh i don't know you kind of hear like murmurings kind of going around um yeah can i go and just stand outside the door

you open the door and just step out yeah so i, Tom, for your character, you have no idea where you are. Yeah. You know where you were supposed to be. This does not look like it. I think it's painful. Oh, yeah, it was a painful experience. So I'm just laying there with my eyes closed, just like, uh...

Yeah, and you probably hear the faint sound of a creaky wooden door opening. And then, yeah, Aayla, you look over. And I think at this point, Aayla has a much better, you know, close view of you, not peering through this tiny thin slit window. So I guess you'll be able to see I'm very obviously now a fire ganassi. So his hair is literal flames. Yeah, it's not red hair.

It's a red kind of, but like he's kind of like the yeah in the same way that like nova's hair is kind of cloud like mine is fiery and sort of flickers at the tips yeah and uh i'm wearing like a casual jacket over that sort of black tight suit um and i am just like flat on the ground two two arms. Huh? Huh? Holy shit. One leg. He hasn't set the legs yet. This arm can now come out for the sessions. It's amazing.

And I'm just like, yeah, again, I'm just like, it wasn't meant to hurt that much. You said it wasn't meant to hurt that much. So there's a man out here on the ground, whimpering, and his head's on fire. What? It doesn't sound like Caliph at all. I mean, that could be why he's whimpering.

He's whimpering a lot, so I don't think he's threatening. He could still be dangerous, be careful. I mean... I'll come with you. Sure. I throw my sword. Yeah. You can see that now a few local, local Muskerans, these kind of hardy folk that live in the area,

kind of wearing like rough tunics. Some look like they have patchy leather armor or little bits of chain mail poking in. A few of them have gathered like spears, and they're kind of making their way over towards this young man, very curiously like, as you begin making your way over. Yeah, I pick up the hammer and just stroll on over. Oh, mother siaska! God!

Oh, boy! Guys? Guys? Who are you, strange man? Whoa, hey! You can see these. Like, I'd say probably there's a male human, a male female,

a human female, sorry, and then a dwarf male, and they're all kind of, like, leveraging, like, weapons and stuff at you like Where did you come from? The sky I fell out of the sky that doesn't sound right that doesn't sound right at all Hey, do you have you seen them two other guys? Well one guy and a girl and They might have landed. Where am I?

Well, I like look around like too many strangers of late appearing out of nowhere and they kind of recognize Aayla like Arya, wild elf, is this one with you? He's a strange like you. No, but yeah, I don't know.

Is it safe to come out? No, but safe, it's fine. I'll just poke my head under Aayla's arm. Where do you think you are? Well, where am I? Where were you supposed to be? Well, that's a good question. That's a good question.

But where am I? In the arse end of nowhere, pretty much. What, really? Yeah. That's perfect. Well, I'm sorry, but it's true. I work hard in this village. I know, it's a lovely village.

Village? You're in Stenhill. None of us intended this. Stenhill? Stenhill? Yeah, I don't know either. In Murskir. Mursk...

What the... Murskir? Oh, come on! Have you seen the other guys? The other two? There's nobody else but you, strange fireman. Okay, hang on! Have you seen the other guys? The other two? There's nobody else but you, strange... fireman. Okay, hang on a second, hang on a minute, and I'll sort of turn away from everyone as much as I can, and like, look into my arm as far as you can see, and be like, guys?

I feel like you see him turn around, but it's very obvious he's like, doing this, and you can see that on his wrist there there is this very strange looking piece of equipment. It does look more like Starbane tech than anything else you've seen. It has like a strange green glow, but you can now see, and when you look down character, whose name hasn't been revealed yet, you can see the main disc is,

is cracked right down the middle. And there is, it's not just a crack. There's... Essence is leaking out of it. Oh! Oh! Hey, anyone got any pieces for this?

Might have landed around here somewhere. Can you see it? On the floor? It's broke. I need it. Who are you? Who are you with? Who are you working for?

Working for? Hey, we're all friends here, right? Guys with the spears, go with the hammer. That's a big hammer you got there. Anyone? I am working for no one. I'm just a guy who's just appeared here. Weird, huh? Where's that tech from?

This thing found it found it long long nova nova i'm just gonna like peek out from behind like i'm just i've been hiding behind ala this whole time tiny thin air ganassi just kind of oh hey hey hey hey hey hey hey you're a fire ganassi yeah you're an air ganassi. That's a bit friendly compared to the people with the spears and the stuff. Where are you from? Boy, that's a big sword. Is everyone here armed?

Yep. Because I'm not. Have me. You need to be. What? I need to be? Yeah. Why, are you going to hurt me?

It's a dangerous land around here in Mirraskir. It's also super far away from Arimanaby. Which is? Not here, okay? Define more. Are you from Vortensar? Kinda. Kinda.

Long time ago. Yeah, I guess. But, uh... Specifics, though? Hey, so what did you see when I came in? What? Your face planted real good. Yeah, but a little bit before that. That really hurt, actually. But a little bit before that. There was a blue flash and a mask.

Blue flash and mask. Okay, so hey, that's not meant to be there. That was meant to be, like, way further away, okay? With the rest of my guys My friends my biggest stronger my guys who actually might be around here So okay, don't just let the lightning like go down into the hammer a little bit. Why is Lucius doing this? It's gonna step out at this point. Okay, so you've been like like peeking through the window at this point We got our two friend bodies behind us. Yeah, Scaldi's in there. Okay, start. Walking forward like this. So you see this very glamorous, well-kept, princely-looking eye elf.

Long blonde hair covered in jewels and bright clothing. Hey, where'd that one come from? Did he just portal in as well? Who are you? Come on. Huh? Just answer their questions. My name is Piri.

Hey. Piri. Hey, yeah. Piri, hey. What kind of name is that? No, no. What are you, Dad? I mean, I didn't think we were going on a second name basis here.

My name is Piri Adara. Okay, who are you? Tormann. Son of Tormann. Tormann, son of Tormann. Tormann, son of Tormann. Cool. Some of the clan have pulled that out of my head. Look, sometimes I don't have my NPC names to hand, okay?

Tormann. All right, well, what about you guys? Who are you guys? Before we answer, and obviously it's very respectful to do so, and I apologize that we haven't done it already. Yeah, no, yeah, it's, yeah. We noticed that you came out of a blue thing,

very similar to another type of person slash thing that's here to destroy all of Eros. So if you'd like to, you know, just put out some of the fires of fear that are going around, that would be lovely. The fire, I mean, I get it. That's a good one. So Kiri, as you begin speaking,

you feel heat and pressure building up on your wrist. And the sphere of the device crackles and there is a burst of energy. No! It splinters, it completely shatters now at this point. And the air around Stenhill begins to crackle. And another one of these rifts begins to form. Oh!

Oh god, the map's coming out! Okay. That's a... I was going to be nice to you, man. What have you brought? God, the map's coming out! Okay. That's a... I was gonna be nice to you, man. What have you brought? I don't know. The best thing is, is Tom was not expecting this.

I mean, you have to remember, when it comes to character creation, we tend to give Mark very little and just let him run with it. So this is all... Speak for yourself, Tom. ...out of my control now. So, um, so this stone here, uh, once we switch the map, so this is like the stone bridges in Myrskir. The green is kind of like boggy, wet marshland.

And then the stone bridges connect all the houses up together. This is the Temple of Calara, this large building here. This is just like a random house. And you guys are all around this kind of central area here where Piri's landed. Excellent. We have a tiny Aesir for Piri because he has a flame head. The only mini with a flame head. Flame head boy.

So Lucius has only just really stepped out of the thing. I'm peeking. Arise there. Scaldi's inside at the moment. And yeah, you begin to hear this crackle as another one of these portals will be here. Oh, nice. Thank you, Sid.

Sid's going to come in and zoom the camera in a little bit. And you watch as another one of these rifts begins to form. And as it does, as this tear in air and space, this chill cold wind

begins to blow and little flurries of snow begin to drift in and you watch as three creatures each one made completely out of ice pull themselves free and they look around I've like and as they see life yeah and they begin chasing towards the nearest living thing. That's going to be roll initiative for everybody. Are they with you? If you die. I don't have a mini for Tormen.

We'll use Scaldi for Tormen. Tormen, best NPC. Tormen. Tormen. And the masters of the universe. Tormann. Tormann. The masters of the universe. Tormann. Right. So, Ayla.

Initiative. 19. Piri. 7. Nova. 18. Lucius. 16.

And Oriya. 3. Whopping star. So you watch as two smaller creatures. They appear to be almost imp-like, these little winged creatures made of ice, long icicle shard-like limbs. And then one larger creature,

which appears to be more of a humanoid shape, kind of curved icy horns, big icy wings, all completely made out of ice emerge from this portal okay I have a query for some reason I have full everything so yeah you're checking we're at full power and so I believe that it begins with Ayla. Do they plop into the swampy bog there? They are flying.

They are like, their wings are flapping. How far are they off the ground? Are they low to the ground? At the moment, they're low to the ground. They're like five feet, but they're just not touching the boggy terrain, which will count as difficult terrain. So double movement to move through.

Noted. Difficult terrain, so double movement to move through. Noted. So, I am going to turn to new guy here. Yeah, as far as Aayla is concerned, by the way, you watched the thing on the guy's wrist blow up, and then this portal with these ice monsters appeared. Sorry.

On this count, your face is perfectly reflected in that. Now it has been seen, it cannot be unseen. It's like the Watcher or something. Oh fuck's sakes. Tom, Tom, would you please move it so Trot does not die? There you go. He will die. Oh god.

Right. Ayla. That was amazing. Sad, sad sad fire guy is currently in front of you okay if you've brought this upon us now not purposely i'm gonna get you it's not perfect i'm gonna just push him out of the way yeah make a strength check for me me put him into the bog me yeah both of you make strength checks. See who gets high. Oh, okay. Dammit.

Uh, second point. My strength save or strength check? Strength check, so just modify. 17. 16. Ah, still me. You push him and he slips off the bridge into the bog. And you just land with a squelchy splat.

And I will rage and charge forward at... So you hop off this kind of stone platform With a squelchy splat. And I will rage and charge forward at... Boop. So you hop off this kind of stone platform and you watch as probably down to your knees you kind of sink into this bog. Mmm, delightful. So I will take two hits. Sure, go for it.

So you have the smaller creature in front of you. Is that what you're going for? I'll go for the bigger one, actually. But I can still get for it. So you have the smaller creature in front of you, is that what you're going for? Um... I'll go for the bigger one actually, but I can still get to it. Yeah, if you can just move yourself to where you need to go. Okay. Uh, oh my god, I rolled trash twice! Well, we're back. 13 to hit.

13 to hit is not enough. The hammer smashes against the creature's icy forearms, but it kind of anticipates the blow and pushes back with its own strength. So I don't hit with either of those. Really? So you didn't get high then? No, I got... No. Okay. And then dex save for me on the lightning blast. That is a four.

So six points of lightning damage. Six points. Big zap. So the lightning kind of blasts into it, but being a creature made of ice, you send chips and small sh shards of ice but it just kind of like and it comes towards you with its icicle-like hands um after ayla it is nova can i are these guys with you no can! Can you pick me up? Why? He's fucking a sludge.

Would it be an action to help him up? Yeah, screw that. It'd be an action to pull him free, yeah. Can I just go near him? So just in front of Tormann, yeah. Tormann. Ah. Um, I think.

Savior of the universe. He becomes a hero, I'd love that. He's going to become the new Barriss, isn't he? Tormann. Tormann. Can I firebolt one of them? Yeah, absolutely. Which one?

Is it the two smallers or the larger one the little one yeah you're gonna go for one of the little ones yeah okay i'll have a and b um um um nine no we're back you fling the firebolt but it kind of like it ducks at the last minute this little creature it seems like as the fire it's like looking up in panic and you see all three of them like oh fuck like like they they seem very hesitant could be like a matrix style slow-mo like yeah it looks terrifying just a single hair a single icy hair and reacting to that unless you've got anything else you'd like to do no he's

gonna blast me any no the way yeah they're gonna fly over do i get a swipe on that uh you've got anything else you'd like to do? No he's gonna blast me, innit? No, yeah, they're gonna fly over. Do I get a swipe on that? Uh, you would against that one, yes, not against this one. Fuck! Maybe that'll hit. Nine... Sixteen? Sixteen hits that one, yes. So we'll have that one be A.

Seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven... Wait. And you are using a hammer, are you not? So you would deal bludgeoning damage. I would. Yeah, good. That's good to know. So, wait, seven, eight. 13 points of bludgeoning damage.

Cool, double it. Whoa. So 26. Yep. You swing up, and as it's flying away, you kind of quickly throw the hammer to the other hand, spin round, and as the hammer hits it, it just shatters this thing.

This thing is just... Into ice shards. And just completely evaporates. Was it that one? Yep. Yeah, because the other one was on the other side. The other one flaps its way into the direction and then it kind of feels like

and it breathes out this cone of frigid air. So Nova, Tormann, and Piri. This is it. Rip, Tormann. And Ariya and Lucius. In fact, all of you guys, because I think it's going to... What type of i actually know not perry Yeah, the same dexterity please so everybody but

It was almost a three rolled over to a 19 20 21 22 22 23 23 21 you all take half damage you take 2 cold damage as does Tormann Tormann 2 HP cool so that is their little go

we go to Lucius next I'm going to on my little podium I assume isn't there I know it's like a little bridge yeah it's like a little kind of stone bridge I'm going to, on my little podium, which I assume isn't there. Oh, no, it's like a little bridge. Yeah, it's like a little kind of stone bridge. I'm going to throw a four-inch little ball of orange glow at the big boy at the back.

It's a chromatic orb of fire. Okay. Range spell attack. That's a 10 plus six, 16. 16 hits. This is fire, yes? Yes. Double all your damage.

It's 48. But no dichromancy, because fire is not one of your dichromatic powers. It's not. But you double the 48. I haven't turned yet. I know. It's like, oh, the fire man.

Just hug them. Yeah. Put my head against them. 23 is 46. Wow. Where was this battle? against them. 23 is 46 points. Wow! Wow! Where was this battle?

Where was this battle? Where was this battle? We needed it. What's wrong with this last one? We need to find more ice. So you watch as you spin the fire orb, it connects into the center of the larger creature. I rip it like a Beyblade.

You see, let it rip! And you watch this little spinning orb. It collapses into its chest and it just melts the creature right in front of Aelir. It's just like... Okay. Lucius. Anything else you'd like to do, Lucius? You just say your own name.

That's me. Tormann. Tormann's going to get hit before you are. I know. Get out of the way, Erganassi! I'll handle this! He hits. Sure. He's got a spear. Oh, he's using it two-handed. He can roll a d8, actually.

I'm over here. Oh, wow! Two points of damage! Nice! Go, Tormann! Just give him back what was given. Yeah! He just, like, the spear just chips off a part of this creature and it's like Oh, my hero. Yeah! He just, like, the spear just chips off a part I like- So it's ten feet basically to get out that spear.

Oh, okay. And I need to stand up as well? Yeah. So half and then ten feet. Ugh, ugh. And I clamber up onto the bridge again. Ahhhh! So you watch as this is kind of covered in a bit of muck and goo.

Oh! It's a bird thing! Uh, I guess my hair kind of lights up a bit and I'm gonna start Zipping it start zapping it with what describe what this looks like. I'm doing I'm using unarmed strikes So you're gonna punch you're not gonna you know Hitting it and at the tips of my fingers. There's some fire and I'm using a key point. That's right To do a flurry of blows on it as well. Great. Make four unarmed strikes, I believe. Yeah, and a bonus action as well to get the unarmed strike.

Well, bonus action is to flurry, yeah. So you make two attacks. Cleric. Oh, yeah. Welcome to no heal squad, by the way. So eight, 13, 13, and 23. What, are those your attack rolls? Yeah. The eight misses, the 13, 13, and twenty-three. What, are those your attack rolls? Yeah.

The eight misses, the thirteen, thirteen, and twenty-three all hit. Cool. So three, three unarmed strikes connect. Oh god, I missed you too. Ha ha ha ha! Hoo! Hoo! These are all bludgeoning attacks, correct?

Uh, I guess so, if uh... Unarmed strikes are bludgeoning, so double each one. Why are you rolling 4d6? Because each hit. No, the eight missed. You got three hits. Oh, three. I'll take the two away then. No, I'll do hit? No, the 8 missed. You got 3 hits. Oh, 3. I'll take the 2 away then.

No, I'll do it. Um, cool. 4, 6, 8, 10, 18 damage. Double it. 36 damage. That was 9. Yeah, but double that. You watch as Piri pulls himself up, runs up to this thing, and you watch as this flurry

of strikes, all very targeted, made each one with precision, kind of martial art moves after each one, and at the end of each point, like a small gout of flame erupts from his hands, and he just pummels this thing, and it just breaks and shatters. As you

watch, it just... They weren't with me! They weren't with me! They weren't with me. If that's a trick to try and impress us, doing a very good job. Thank you. Oriah, your turn. The portal is still open,

and you can feel this freezing, howling wind coming from it. And Aayla, you can see there are more shapes making their way towards the portal. There's some things coming this way. How the heck do I close this? Somebody help. Throw him in it.

What? No. Maybe if we throw him in it, it'll close. No, it came from my watch. Where's my watch? Oh, it's in the mud. What do we do? How do we close this? Why are you shouting my name?

Because you're smart. Do you know things? It's Araya's turn. I'm going to just... If you want to try making a check to try and figure it out. Yeah, I'll do one of those. Yeah, it's an Arcana check if you want to try and figure it out. 18.

18. So you know a little bit about magic, just from spending time with the fleets and learning from shamans and things like that. Something like this, you think that you will either have to have somebody who's very knowledgeable about magic perform some sort of ritual or something to close it um which out of character would be making

arcana checks next to it you have to go up to it make arcana checks to close it or um sometimes portals like this can be destabilized by elemental damage so doing lots of elemental damage to the portal itself will collapse it okay so. So I will give you that knowledge with that arcana check. Okie dokie. But only you know that so far. Okay, I'll relay that to the group.

We know things now! We need to go up and make arcana checks every round. What? We have to perform magical rituals to close it.

Blast it! Or hit it. Or blast it with elemental damage. So weapon damage won't close it, but things like fire, cold, acid, lightning, force, any of that will work. Can I try and just...

It's a Raya's turn. Sit down. You are still initiative for a very good reason. Would guiding bolt work? Guiding bolt would do radiant damage. That would work, yeah. Yeah. You're going to try and fire out the shield?

Yeah. Does it have a shield? I forgot about that. The shield that you picked up. Yeah, the fancy shield. What is its name? It is Starlight's Bulwark. Starlight's Bulwark.

Nice. So do I just straight up do this damage? No, it's a ranged spell attack. Yeah. So it has a bonus to hit with it, I think. Check the description on it. Okie dokie. It might say... Not on the item, sorry. Let me just load up this old sheet again. So it has a bonus to hit with it. I think check the description on it

Not it on the item. Sorry, let me just load up this old sheet again No, sorry on the There we go nice should say we We have nothing. We don't have a healer anymore. It didn't say there, what does that say? It just says the spell level. So it would be your proficiency bonus, which is three. Okie dokie.

Plus your wisdom bonus. Okay, so it's five. Which is two, so it's plus five to hit with it. Cool, alrighty, I'll do that. Six. Plus five. Plus five, eleven. Eleven, that's enough.

It's an AC 10 to hit the portal. Nice. So now you roll damage. 46. Yeah, there it is. 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18. 17, 18 points of damage. I think. The Guining Bolt slams into this kind of blue shimmering portal and you watch as the portal itself begins to fold and collapse,

but it's not quite sealed yet, but it looks on the very verge of sealing. But yeah, not quite enough to fully close it. At initiative count of one, you watch as more of these creatures begin to

pull their way through. Just two of the small guys, it's fine. No wait, there's three of them So you watch this yet basically like three more of the same creatures kind of pull their way through But Ayla at the start your turn you take two points of cold damage as the portal itself Ice is beginning to form around the world around the portal So the actual ground is beginning to freeze as long as the portal is open. And it shows no sign of slowing.

That is that. At the top of the round, another portal. Oh, what? Oh, my God. This one, as it begins to open, this is a green portal. The portal itself is verdant. You can see beautiful trees and flowers, what look like tiny little houses built amongst them,

and pulled, unlike the other creatures, the ice creatures which pulled their way in through the portal, five creatures are almost thrown out of it and they turn in desperation. You see out of it, and they turn in desperation. You see, Aww. It appears to be very small, tiny creatures. One appears to be a tiny female figure with a flower crown and a little dress made of acorns and rose petals. The other four appear to be little warriors with tiny little bows and swords and shields.

And you hear in that kind of high-pitched voice like what is happened the unseelie have tried to kidnap the princess we must protect her at once my lady and they kind of form up a defensive ring what has happened my warriors and they begin like scanning around what is happening and yeah they seem utterly confused by what has happened do not let them near we must retreat the happening? And yeah, they seem utterly confused by what has happened. Do not let them near! We must retreat! The portal appears! We cannot pass through! And they're pressing up against this

portal, but they don't seem to be able to pass through it again. Ayla? Somebody fucking kill those things! They're so annoying! The violent, angry one must serve the unseelie. Oh, good God. Ready your bows, men.

Yeah, you start putting away these little, and they pull out little bows. I will shout to Lucius. Do you think you can do something about the portal if I kill the things? Which one? The cold one. Yes, that seems the biggest threat.

We will not take this insult, men! Tell them what we mean in the fairy courts! Target that one! And they point over towards Lucius. I'll hit the bigger picture that's come through. And they point over towards Lucius. Oh, the bigger picture that's come through. Oh my God,

I can't roll. What's new? Highest attack? Thirteen. Thirteen's not enough. Fuck me. This thing's like, kind of pushing away

against you. Dex, saving throw. Oh yeah, saving throw. Boop, boop. You could target the portal as well with your lightning if you wanted to.

Could I do that? Because it's my aura anyway. Yeah, it's your aura. You target a creature, right? The portal is a creature. It will automatically fail its deck saving three because it's a portal. It can't move. So close to closing it. One. So you watch as you kind of blast the one hand open at the portal,

and you watch as it begins to fracture, and it's become very small, but still this cold aura is emanating out of it um the four little warriors with their bows uh are going to target uh lucius um he has insulted the court the princess's honor and they all fire tiny little needles they weren weren't a threat. Well, they're the lesser threat of the two. Oh, Jesus Christ. All right. All right, there we go.

What is going on? Yeah, that hits. 20 to hit. Why? 22 to hit. Oh, my God! Yeah. Don't get killed by these things.

Right, so you take three hit you. You take one point of damage from each one, so you take three damage. Oh, stop it! But you need to make three constitution saving cards. Oh no! Natural one. Don't worry, don't make any more. Lucius, you're like, what you...

You fall unconscious. Little credit. We have shown him then. On to the others. Wait, does that work? He's an elf. You can't be magically put to sleep, can you? Then you don't fall asleep.

Boom! I remembered a thing. Is it magically though, or is it... No, this is a poison. You're right. It is a poison. It is a poison. Oh, well. Ha-ha!

All right. And then at the end of their turn, all five of them are going to vanish and they turn invisible. What? Whoop! Whoop-whoop-whoop-whoop! Protect the princess!

Jesus Christ. We must find a way through this barrier. Oh my god. That was Ayla's go. Nova! Does Eldritch Blast count as elemental damage? It's force. Yes, force is a type of magical damage. We'll count it.

I would like to blast the portal. Sure. And one of the tiny creatures. Which ones? Not the invisible. The ice ones. Not the sprites or the pixie. Yeah, no.

Let's try not to kill them. We could maybe get them back to where they belong. 18 and a 14 plus 7. So which one's against which? So the 14 against the portal and the 18 against the... Smart. Yeah, both hit. So roll the portal damage.

And then plus 7 to each of those. So roll portal damage first. And then do the other one. Seven. Seven. You watch as the Eldritch, this purple beam of Eldritch Blast hits this last portal Finally it collapses and seals. The creatures remain but the portal is now closed And you hit one of the dinky ones With a ten? Ten points of damage It's a double zero. That's force damage, though. Yeah, so you watch as the blast hits the creature in the wing,

shatters part of its wing, it kind of bobs up and down, but still seems functional and in flight. Does the other portal look changed with this one disappearing? These little creatures. They're going to swarm around Ayla Can you make two dexterity saving throws please They breathe cold air all over you

Do I have advantage on dexterity? No Unless you tell me that you do So one is 23 And the other is not as much. 12. 12. Both pass, which means you take half damage,

so you take four cold damage total. As they breathe this icy cold air all over you. Oh, piss off. Piss off. That was the Mephits. That'll convince them to make the decision. Lucius. Nope, nope Make a position. Lucius. Nope, nope, sorry, before Lucius.

Princess Persephone must go. Oh my god. Oh, she's called Persephone. Hmm. She's invisible, right? She is invisible. She will... Oh yeah, that's a good one.

Here we go. You gotta look up a spiel. Uh-huh. We're all gonna be taken down by tiny, tiny people. I'm really worried about the next universe we're gonna look into. Come on D&D, you can do it. Five people sat at a table.

Come on.&D, you can do it. Five people sat at a table. Come on, Whitehall. What the hell? Too real, man, too real. Ten foot radius sphere. Oh, great! Can everybody who is conscious except Ayla, so all the guys in the middle, can you all make wisdom saving throws? I will make

one for Tormann. Oh, Tormann fails okay so eight eight sixteen sixteen ten ten everybody but Nova you are now confused at the start of your turn roll a d10 now we'll decide what you do and the you watch as the little the little princess reappears temporarily. And she kind of points over it. And you just watch as your friends' minds get clouded. Interesting.

I have disabled them, my warriors. Lucius, you're asleep. I do asleep? No, I don't believe you do. What? You're asleep until somebody wakes you up. You can be woken up by being damaged or by being shaken violently. Somebody literally has to come and slap you awake. You're like sleeping beauty asleep, like dreaming of daddy and all the good times.

Let's be honest, you're dreaming of daddy. I don't have issues. You're dreaming of daddy. Don't have issues. Piri, I believe it's the start of your turn. Roll a d10 for me, please. D10, one. The creature uses all of its movement to move in a random direction. To determine the direction, roll a d8

and assign a direction to each face. So we'll basically have one be that way and then it goes around. So five. So one, two, three, four, five. So you just roll. All of my movement, Mark. Yep.

I'm moving 80 feet that way. Five times 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, yeah. So you went from here, five, 10, 15, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80. Right, so you're just slogging through the swamp. I must go. We're at enough port swamp. I must go. I must go.

I think my watch is over this way. I just imagine Nova's just going to watch him walk past just like, okay. No, he doesn't walk past you. You watch as this flaming blur just runs past like Quicksilver. Doing the terminator run like. Just running fast Uriah Roll a d10 for me please Six

The creature doesn't move or take actions this turn Oh you can make a wisdom saving throw And now you can make a wisdom saving throw I was going to say is there a way to get out of this 16, 19 You pass 22 So you're like What I was gonna say, is there a way to get out of this? 16, 19. You pass. 22. You pass.

So you're kind of like, you're like, ugh, what? Sweet. God, confusion's horrible. It's hilarious, I want this. It really is. So yeah, you're kind of like stunned for a moment and then you just hear the, oh no.

Coming from the thing. The gargoyle creature will step up to Ayla. Make an attack, two attacks. First one is a five. Second one is a five. Two natural ones in a row. Nice. More of that. Yeah, there probably will be.

From you, us. They've gone, they've gone. So at the end of the round nobody is near that portal that portal is now closed at the top of the round oh no here we go another portal

here we go here we go here we go yes from this one from this portal you see a

a world of fungal infection a landscape of mushrooms and strange growths as a hulking creature covered in spores and growths emerges from the portal. Oh, it's huge. Is that accurate size? It is a large creature. And you watch as it drags, and you can see this gross infection beginning to creep out of the portal itself. When you looked over towards the pixie portal, by the way,

it looked like the ground around that portal was rejuvenated. It looked like it was healing, you know, growing, you know, gaining energy, vitality kind of thing. That's nice. Nice, mate. Sure. you know, growing, you know, gaining energy, vitality kind of thing. That's nice. That's a nice mark. Good. Sure. So, do, do, do, we go to, at the top of the round.

I thought this would be a sad RP episode. Well, maybe. It will be. It gets me all out of feelings. I'm going to recklessly attack. Fucking do it. Advantage on each attack So nine

Ten Sixteen Sixteen hits Yay Second attack That'll hit because that's higher Sure Alright roll damage and then double it

Because it's bludgeoning Well two hits So you've now got to run all the way back Yeah Through the muck So Ten With two hits. So you've now got to run all the way back through the muck. So ten... Thirteen doubled, so twenty-six, two seven, two eight, two nine, thirty, thirty one, thirty

two, thirty three, thirty four, thirty five, thirty six, thirty seven, thirty eight damage, make a dexterity saving throw if you still... That's for both attacks, right? Yep. Eleven. Fail. Three lightning damage. Good dexterity saving throw if you still alive. That's for both attacks, right? Eleven. Fail. Three lightning damage. Three lightning damage.

With the last blast of lightning, the ice creature is destroyed. But the two smaller ones remain. Would you like to do anything else? Just keep smacking? Hey, tiny princess. We don't want to hurt you. We don't else? Just keep smacking. Hey, tiny princess. We don't want to hurt you. We don't care.

Please just go home. I cannot go home. You have trapped us here. We have done nothing. Tormann is still confused. Tormann does nothing. Oh, good. However, does not save out of the effect.

The tiny voices, where are they from? I must serve the queen. It's Rhi's laugh that got me. She's gone. She's gone. Like a tall man. Nova. You don't slap the crap out of Lucius. Yeah, you just move on to Lucius, you're like, wake up!

Yeah, go over to him. Are you not confused? No. No, she's safe. Lucius, you wake up. I want to go like, yeah, this side. What happened? You have three tiny needles sticking out your neck like Ace Ventura.

It's just going to be like, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up! What's happening? Oh my god, you see this giant mushroom creature looming down towards you. Right, put me back, put me back to sleep. Nope, wake up! So that was your action, you still have a move and a bonus. Can't do anything on bonus.

Do you know what, screw it, I'm gonna bonus action Hexblade Curse curse big mushroom boy. Okay Just for the rolls from from the ship from the invisible shadows you hear now. He is welcome quick They have advantage because they're invisible 21 to here. Yeah. 18 to hit. Yeah. 23 to hit.

Oh my god. 22 to hit. Yeah. Four damage and make four constitution saving throws please. Oh my god. Why, Mark? Oh. Two.

You're slipping it. It's better this way. I'm just gonna drop him back down. The four of them do appear again, however. Fuck me. Yeah! I've never had more fun with a CR four, CR quarter creature.

Oh man. Got so many little needles in me. Go back through your portal! The two little mephits are going to try and claw at Ayla. If I die to these things, I'll die. A 20 and a 21. They'll both hit. Okay.

So you're going to take... Do, do, do, do, do. Three. Five points of damage. Three. Oh, half the three, so you take one. So take three damage, each one. So six total.

Oh. each one so six total Lucius you're asleep princess Persephone will they come they tried they're trapped We're gonna have to smush them against it at this point. Go! No! Rub their faces against it. Yeah, you could do that. Do you want to try that? No. You should. I don't want to go to sleep. I'll try. Nova, can you make a... No!

...intelligence saving throw? Not my intelligence! You're good at that. Ten? Ten. Ten. What? Oh, here we go. What does he make you afraid of?

I've been saying nice things so far, like be nice to them. Yeah, but you woke up the sleeping one. Because he's sleeping. So you watch as Lucius's form warps into this hideous, disfigured, terrifying zombie that lurches up trying to grab you. Rest with me. And it's like reaching for you and you are terrified of this thing. Lucius, you prick!

Yeah, yeah. Lucius becomes a zombie trying to kill you. Stop it! I only slapped you to wake you up! And you take four psychic damage. Do I run away anywhere? As far as you... You perceive Lucius as a threat and a hazard.

So you are not frightened, but you probably want to avoid him. Because he reaches up and when you take the four psychic damage, he actually reaches up and slaps, like, rakes claws against your face. You're terrified, pulling away. Wouldn't that, like,

make me slap him more? Maybe. Yeah, maybe. The big mushroom thing, very slowly. Tormund, no! No, he reaches Tormund. No! No! Makes two, he punches Tormund twice. Oh no.

One of them, even though Tormund is dazed and confused, he still manages to kind of leap out the way. But the second one just punches Tormund right in the face and his neck snaps Tormund! He watches like all these mushrooms begin to grow over his face as he falls down Oh god! The third person we need to cross right now Tormund!

He's top of the list easily Give him the star fragment like do it Tormund, Tormund, mans period okay i'm gonna slog through let me just kill yeah so 40 feet of which i can make 20 in this slog two three four uh and i guess like you could but you could keep going you could keep point to dash 10 1520. Oh actually I'm gonna Use my son bolts. So exactly what I was doing last time So bolts of fire and now shooting out that yeah So you watch Dragon Ball Z style as Piri starts launching my energy blasts out and again I'm gonna keep point and flurry and flurry and while I'm doing that I'm more for attacks against the big mushroom man

but it's against a big mushroom man because I mean these things I can just kick them do you know the mushroom natural one ten so fifteen twenty four nineteen all of them except the natural one here nice And you are dealing fire damage, not bludgeoning, which is important. Six, nine, oh wait, plus three on all of these. I should have done more damage before. Well, you didn't. Whoopsie. Nine,

six, seven, 22. 22 damage. 22 points of damage. Wham! All these like fiery blasts erupt from Piri's hands as he throws these kind of punches and blasts towards it. You watch as the flame begins burning away, but this thing is covered in so much fungal growth,

it kind of staggers back, but it's still standing. Princess, we're on your side, clearly! You have brought us here! You have captured us! We don't work with the Unseelie! You sound the Unseelie Fae! Protect me! You have captured us! We don't work with the Unseelie! You stole the Unseelie Fae! Protect me!

You can... I mean... You made an attack. Yeah, you made an attack, so... If you want to really focus on diplomacy, that's an action to do. Oh, okay. I was just like... while I was zipping. Uh, Oriah. I'm gonna use the shield again and cast Sanctuary on Lucius. Okay, yeah, nice. That'll be DC 13, I think. Yeah. And then I'm going to use it again to do... Uh, Guiding Bolt, again!

You can cast each spell once per day. I can cast it at will. That's just an error in D&D Beyond. It's once per day on the item description. Sorry. No worries. I'm actually like 10 minutes's once per day on the item description. Sorry. No worries. Sanctuary, like, ten minutes. Am I thinking the wrong one? Not to cast. It's like... No, it's not that one. Sanctuary is like it protects somebody. They have to make wisdom saving throws to attack them.

Okay. And then I'll just... I'll smack them in the long sword. Do you want to step up? Yeah, please. Okay. So Oriah steps in. Smack him in. 19sword. Do you want to step up? Yeah, please. Okay. So Oriah steps in. Smack him in. 19 to hit.

19 hits. Nice. Yeah, the rapier pierces into the creature's flesh. Roll your damage for me. D8 plus 4. That is 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Then sneak attack for another D6. Do you get sneak attacks?

No. You don't have another ally near it, unfortunately. You didn't. As you strike it, which you pierce through into its creature and you kind of hear it like react in pain. As you pull the rapier free, a cloud of spores erupts in your face.

Can you make a constitution saving throw, please? Oh, okay. Oh, no. That's a seven. You are now poisoned. You have disadvantage on attacks and ability checks, I believe. Okie dokie. Yeah. Disadvantage on attack rolls and everything else.

So that is your go. Portal... How close is it? No. So, Ayla, you watch as around the mushroom portal, this kind of spreading growth of mushrooms begins to crawl out, sticking to the stone bridge and the rotted kind of marshland underneath

and these thick alien-like mushrooms begin to grow and they're emitting some sort of poisonous cloud. You're just out of reach of it for now, but anybody close enough to it, it would begin to choke them. Do, do, do. No more port close enough to it, it would begin to choke them. Do, do, do. No more portals begin to spawn, however. Oh.

Ayla. That's all of us know, at least. Fireman, if this has something to do with that thing that you had on your wrist, I advise that you find it immediately. I'm looking! And I will... Smack, smack.

Smack, smack. Smack, smack. So you can do one attack each or... You can make one attack and then decide where the other attack is going. Can I do that? Yeah. I'm going reckless. 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21. Yeah, absolutely.

So roll damage for this one first. Because you might destroy one of these things. Because you double it. Oh, so 10. 16. Yeah. So, so 10. 16. Yeah, so that destroys one of them as you shatter it into a million pieces. A million?

You literally count more. That's only a 12 to hit. 12 to hit. I forgot I had advantage. Oh, no, 12 hits these things. Oh, does it? Oh, okay. It's these ones.

So... I forgot I had advantage against you last time as well. Oh, does it? Oh, okay. It's these ones. So... I forgot I had advantage against you last time as well. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, doubled to 16. So that one... Plus dexterity. Oh, yep. Sending through. Two.

Five lightning damage. Oh, just enough to kill it. Wow. Just enough. There it is. And I just enough to kill it. Just enough. And I will... Smash. That was 30. Oh yeah, because of the sludge.

Yeah, I'll move like here. Okay. So you move up to that. Nova. So I don't need to run away from zombie Lucius? You don't have to, but you think Nova believes it to be a threat. So I'm not going to slap him again. Lucius is a zombie! He's a zombie!

But I'm also going to fire... Excellent role-playing. Acting. Okay. But can I also Eldritch Blast the mushroom portal? The portal? Yes, absolutely, yeah. With two beams.

One is a five and one is four, plus seven, so... Yeah, you hit on both. If they're both above ten, you hit. Eleven, and then, yeah, they're both above ten. Yep, you hit both. Bam. Thank God for static targets. Lucky.

One's a six and one's a four, so 10 damage. 10 points. So you watch as about half the portal shrinks in size, but it still has some power to it, it seems. He's a zombie! That was Nova. The tiny sprites now we'll look towards go home we've told them that they can't go home more I'm gonna try and shoot

Perry they don't have advantage this time so does a 23 hit yes there's a 24 hit? These guys are like crazy rolls, man. I'm rolling 17s and 18s. 16? Just. 22? Yeah. Four damage, four constitution saving grace. Well, the first one, I'm going to reflect back at them. Oh, yes!

You can use your reaction. It's a key point to do it, isn't it? It's a key point to do it. You roll a d10, I think, plus your monk level and dex mod. Damage reduced by 1d 10 plus 3 It's automatically redirected because they do one damage and you roll one on the thing Yes, you just but you catch it. Do you spend a key point to throw it back? Oh Yes, you can do it normally it doesn't cost a key point to deflect it

But it's a key point if you want to throw it back. Oh, I'll just deflect then. Okay, you just deflect it Yeah, the first, you're like, ha! And then the... Oh! So I need to make, what, three? Two. Two now. Oh no, it was four. It was three. So three constitution saving throws.

Constitution. So lowest is 11. Lowest is 11. So you're poisoned and you're feeling like drugged and sleepy, but you're not unconscious. I'm not a bad guy. You're like, you guys. I'm a great guy. Aren't monks resistant to stuff?

Uh, I don't think so. Poison? It might have just been juice. I think that's a high level thing. It doesn't say my resistance. It's a high level thing. It's a high level thing. And you also were resistant to fire because of T4.

Lucius, you're asleep. Thanks, thank you. Great combat! I'm having a great time. It's not my fault. So, Oriah and Ayla, as you stand around the large mushroom man, he kind of roars and shakes his body

and a burst of spores erupts in about a 10 foot radius around him. Can you both make constitution saving throws please? Oh that's a natural one. Jesus you're a barbarian! 12. 12? That doesn't help me roll the dice right! You're supposed to be good at these! Uh, Araya you pass, you mentioned like throw a hand over your mouth. You, Ayla, you suck in a breath of these spores.

Oh my god. And you suddenly- you immediately feel sickened by them. Um... Bleurgh. You are- yeah, as far as you're infected, can you roll D100- Do you want me to roll it or do you want to roll a D100? Percentile dice. Okay, I'll do it.

Uh, what's this gonna do to her? She's gonna turn into an actual zombie. Does mushroom man have any metal on him? Metal? No, probably not. Like a fork in him or something. Okay, I'll tell you at the break. What?

Uh oh. You now have leprosy. So you just feel like. If this is a permanent thing, I'm going to be so angry. Do-do-do-do-do. That is its go. So it goes to Piri. Okay, I'll continue making my way up.

This time, though, I'm going to use an action to do... What's it called? Produce flame? Yeah. So I've got a ball of flame in my hand. I'm going to ride up to him, and I'm going gonna bonus action hit him uh with just not on strike as normal uh hang on you're casting produce flame produce flame is an action that's an action yeah you can't flurry you can't use martial arts if

you don't make an attack action oh fine in that case when i produce the flame i can also use it to attack right but that's not taking the attack action. You're casting a spell. Yeah, but it says on the spell that I can, at the same time as casting. I know you can make the attack, you just can't flurry afterwards. I'm not flurrying, it's just an unarmed strike. Okay, that's fine, yeah. Yeah, yeah. Or no, not even, like, you can't do a bonus action attack.

Like, to do the martial arts thing, you have to take the attack action. If a spell lets you make an attack, it doesn't work the same way. Oh, I thought the unarmed strike was just a bonus action. No, it's part of the attack action. It's confusing. I remember me and Kim having long conversations about this is how it works, because it's confusing. Oh, so can I

use stunning strike? Not on a produced flame. You've got to hit the thing. Fuck it. So you're just attacking it. 18 plus 5. What are you doing are you produce flaming or are you attacking right all the flame right put it in his mouth 18 hits um 2d8 one seven eight damage eight points of damage i regret that you watch as it's beginning to burn away and some of the clouds and spores are ignited, but it's still

Standing on its feet rocking to and for Just barely alive ariah I'm just going for what spells I've got left The greatest spell of all The greatest spell of all. The greatest spell of all. Merely weapon attack. Yeah.

I'm going to cast Zephyr Strike. Oh, here we go. That sounds tasty. I love this one. That gives me an extra 1d8 of force attack on a weapon hit. And it's a bonus action to cast, so you can attack as well. So I'm going to attack with my rapier again. And you have allies, so if you hit, you'll get sneak attack this time.

Yeah. Add it up. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. Not time yeah oh add it up 9 10 11. not enough just do you get advantage with zeffir strike good question i think this point gives you like 20 different things yeah my movements and provoke opportunity attacks i give myself advantage on one weapon attack during a roll on my turn my movements are provoked with opportunity attacks. I give myself advantage on one weapon attack during a roll on my turn.

That's a 17. Hits. Yeah! Okay. Make sure. D8. Plus four, five, six, seven, eight, nine. And then another D8.

That's nine, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15. D6 for sneak attack. Another D6. D19. 19. You reach up and you sense like a weak point in its structure where this kind of mush- where Piri's burnt it away, you can see the actual creature underneath. You strike him with a rapier hitting it in what you think is to be its heart and you just watch as the whole creature

Nice! Forward? Okay good. Fell backwards. Yeah. She pushes on it, you watch as the white- Whoa! Backwards! Yeah and you topple the mushroom creature to the ground.

You watch as the area of mushrooms and the regrowth around the portal begins to grow wider and wider, nearly reaching to where you are. Where the ice was, is that still there? No. The ice, it's still frozen, but it's not becoming more frozen. Okay. Aayla? There's nothing to hit now. There's loads of things to hit.

There's five little imp boys. Where are they? They've defeated the other foes! Quickly, subdue them! Are they still trying to kill us? I mean, yeah, they think that they've been kidnapped or something. They're fighting. Get them, though. You can go through us.

Just go look threatening. Go flex at them. Watch out for the zombie! I think this is as far as I can get. So pretty much right up in their face. Look. We're not trying to kill you We don't know where you came from We want you to go home please

We didn't kidnap you We cannot leave The portal has been sealed I haven't sealed anything I don't know what's happening Please stop putting my friends to sleep Okay that's your turn Nova Lucius is a zombie Please stop putting my friends to sleep. Okay, that's your turn.

Nova. Lucius is a zombie! Why is no one listening to me? Eldritch plus the portal. Mushroom portal? Yeah. They're both over 10. Yep.

Big damage. Big damage. Do it. Double 10s. Eight. So close. You can watch. It's on the field of about to collapse, but it's still there, and just enough energy is seeping through for this fungal growth to expand.

As it begins reaching the creature, the creature's wounds start healing. Oh, no. Do I technically heal from it dying if it's sort of regening right now? Because I put Hexblade Curse on it. Oh, yeah, you would have healed, yeah. If you put Hexblade Curse when a Raya killed it, you would have gained that back. That's nice.

The Fae will the sprites will as you are trying to talk to them they will gather around their princess. Princess?

I'm kind of reminded of a tiny... They kind of form up. A tiny princess Bowsette. A little tiny little Bowsette. Sure. But with a flower crown. Yeah. Sure.

I love it. And you watch as they seal up and they're like, Be warned! We will not suffer any attacks against the princess if you come closer. We shall kill you.

Send us free! After that, Lucius is asleep. Nobody's woken him up. I've shown back the draw. It doesn't count. The princess, Princess Persephone, will... If you truly mean what you say, then you should help us send this home. Please tell me.

Otherwise I shall have my royal guards subdue you. Where is your home also? She points back through the portal. How do I open that? We do not know, it is your strange magic that has brought us here. Harry. Talk to the fireman.

I don't know what did it. Okay. Piri. I'm going to jump down. There's still a portal here. Into where I fell last time. I'm going to go scrambling around. Yeah, make an investigate check.

No. Six. Big piles of mud. What's that? It's a rock. You throw it away. You're scrambling around. You've still got the remnants of some of the tech, but the sphere, I mean, it broke into dozens of pieces.

But you're scrambling around and you can't find any trace of them. There is still some magic there. You're not quite sure how much, however. Okay, fine. I'm still just scrambling around looking for it. At the moment it will do what we agreed that the item does. Yes. Which is?

Nothing yet. Alright, so you spend your turn doing that. Araya. He's a resurrected man. I'm gonna go and wake Lucius up. Watch out! He's a zombie! So Nova, as far as you're concerned, Uriah's patting down and this zombie Lucius is just savaging.

What are you doing? He's trying to eat you! It's okay, it's okay. Lucius, you wake up. Do I still see him as a zombie? Yeah, you do. That's made it worse! Ayla, it would be your go. You spend the turn just...

Suddenly you just stare off into the distance. And your consciousness just... Your focus and your thing just evaporates. Nova. What have you said i'm free what is going on he's a zombie i'm gonna blast the portal again okay over 10 on both both uh you're gonna do enough damage it has like two hp left so this portal closed As the mushroom and as it does you watch as a fungal growth stops spreading and the creatures wounds stop healing and it just Oh, okay. It actually begins to decompose very rapidly just like turning into mulch just God now picking up like worms and stuff. Mm-hmm

mushroom and wrong Hey Lucius I'm gonna blast the fuck out all of them. Hey, Lucius. I'm going to blast the fuck out of all of them. They're all dead. Sure. Please, go ahead. Snowbork, Celiac, Swarm. Yep.

Snowball, Swarm. That hits like a radius, right? So that would literally hit all of them. Oh my god. Yep. And a portal. What do I do? So it is a dexterity save.

I knew he was going to do it. Dexterity save from all of them, yeah? Freeze! Princess Persephone. Princess Persephone, what's your DC? It is a... 14. 13. I knew it was, I was like, I'm gonna check this.

The sprite bodyguards, one is a 16. What killed the face? One is a 20-something. One is a 16. One is a 20 something. One is a 8. And then so three of them, so three of the guards pass, one fails, the princess fails, the portal automatically fails, so roll the damage. Oh boy. Here we go. You also, you'll get dichromancy from this as well. Use my tray. Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh wow. That's a mega load of damage. Oh my god. That's mega low damage. Oh my god. It doesn't matter.

Four. Four damage. He kills all of them. They have two hit points. All of them die. Even the ones that are saved, because they take half damage. So they take two.

What are the point of saves? You're like... And you watch as this frozen sphere just... They're like... My princess! They become frozen and just smash into a thousand pieces as they hit the ground. The portal also begins to slightly shrink from the damage. The one thing you notice is the flower crown on the princess's head comes off and is perfectly

fine. And it actually begins to grow in size. Oh! At this point, there is now no other combat so you guys can just blast the portal until it closes. And with that, we're going to take a break. See you in five. Thanks everybody.

See you later! great see you in five thanks hey everyone thanks for listening to this episode remember to check out both D&D Beyond and Displate with links in the episode description and we'll see you on Thursday for part two of this episode where the

party get to know their new portal travelling ally we'll see you then Thank you.