High Rollers DnD - High Rollers: Aerois | #34 - Stranger of the Storm (Part 1)

Episode Date: May 13, 2019

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for the prologue of our next miniseries, an adventure that will take us back to our previous campaign, Lightfall. Anyway, on to the episode. The party encounter a potentially dangerous individual on the road to the forge. Welcome back to Erois. A brief recap on what happened last week. I didn't actually write a recap, so this is purely out of memory. brief recap on what happened last week. I didn't actually write a recap so this is purely out of memory.

The party had returned from the night eye dungeon where they had faced off against a witch or a creature who used unusual magic of the void and which the creature called Hadar. Quilek Adkalar sadly fell

in battle and the party returned to the village of Stenhill with his body. They conversed with the dwarven priestess, Skuldi Ravenscar, and made plans to take both Sentry and Quill to a place called the Midwife's Forge to see if they could have them returned to life. As part of this, as they were about to leave the town, a strange series of portals began to appear, and falling through one of them was a fire ganassi, who called himself Piri, uh, Piri what? Piri Adara. Piri Adara, who appeared, uh, having been separated from some sort of team that he was part of,

sent to investigate some ruins. Shrouded in mystery, the party grilled Piri for a little bit, trying to get more information, but were quickly distracted by when another series of portals began summoning creatures that threatened the town of Stenhill. Fighting off most of the creatures, including denizens from an ice plane, a strange fungal plane, and a pixie princess and her royal guard from the Feywild, the party quickly saw an end to them, including the death of the pixie and her guards by lucius who is very frustrated at having been put to sleep way too much um and the pixie princess left behind a flower crown which was placed upon lucius's head much amusement as it appears to be

a sort of magical item that he cannot remove uh giving him pixie like traits the rest of the party uh prepared themselves you have acquired a wagon and a clack, a large lobster creature. Scorb. Scorb, who will pull the wagon as you begin to set off on your trails. Yeah. I believe you'd made all the preparations,

but just to check, was there anything you wanted to do or check before you left the town? I don't think so. I think we've all got potions, some more than most. None. Right, Ryan? Should we actually take a look at what Sentry and Quill had that, if anything, is useful for us?

Sure. Because really it's not doing that much good, really. The thing I'm thinking about is Quill's barrier ring. Yeah, it would be really useful for Lucius. Although, how many magic items has he got attuned to him right now? I think he's free. Okay. I think he's good.

Let's see what my girl has to take it. Anyone want his Thunderstone pistol? I think it would probably benefit Lucius more than... It's just more that Trot's not here. Okay, he has one free magic item. Lucius does. You can have Quill's ring. Yep, okay. He'll take the barrier ring for now. Because he's your best friend.

He's your best friend. Okay, but so you can do that on the road. So to give you guys some information, as you begin heading out on the wagon, the wagon has about enough space for two riders up front, the two bodies, and then maybe two creatures in the

back if they are happy to sit with the bodies of Sentry and Quill. How many are there? Well, there's one, two, three, four, five, and then Scaldi, six. So your travelling party is six size, and then two bodies. So there's one, two, three, four, five And then Scaldi, six So your travelling heart is six size And then two bodies So there's

How many spaces? Four people can get in the wagon And two have to walk One person will need to drive the wagon And they will need to be proficient with land vehicles Not me Not me, water vehicles Me either I don't think

It probably makes sense for Scaldi To run the wagon vehicles. Not me. Not me. Water vehicles, I'm afraid. Me either, I don't think. It probably makes sense for Scaldi to run the wagon. Sure. Aela will walk beside. I guess. Lucius sits in the wagon. He could fly. Only for a short time per day. Well, I couldn't possibly walk

the whole distance. Hang on, my voice needs possibly walk the whole distance. Hang on, my voice needs to be a little higher. This is about as high as I can make it. So I will be sitting, I'm afraid. Right. I mean, I'm happy to walk as well. I don't know where my accent's going, but I'm happy to walk. I basically walk and run everywhere anyway. Sure.

I wouldn't mind some time to sit down. I'm happy to swap out when anyone wants. We'll swap out. We'll take it as it comes. All right, do you want to ride up front with Scaldi? Yeah, no problem. I'll keep it at once. Okay.

So Nova and Lucius are actually in the back with bodies. Are you looking at me like that? I don't understand. If a zombie quill touches me... Fire. Don't double kill quill. The first thing is for travelling, there's a couple of decisions you have to make. First of all, are you going to be travelling at a fast pace, a normal pace or a slow pace? Travelling faster means you will obviously cut down on travel time.

It means you are at a disadvantage when it comes to spotting dangers and navigation. You will also need to elect somebody as a navigator for each half of the day. The same player can't be navigators for both half of the day because they need time to rest. OK, how long is it going to take on just a normal speed? So to get to the... So one of the things we'll talk about is that you don't know precisely where the Midwife's Forge is. Scaldi knows the mountain range it is supposed to be in. Right.

And it will take about a day and a half normal travel to reach there, because it's uphill. It would normally be a day, but going uphill and through winding roads, it's going to add extra time to the journey i guess regular speed yeah not against any time pressures with with scully with us yeah scaldi will not be able to be a navigator because she is going to be having to concentrate on keeping the wagon and the clack uh moving um so out of the four of you and Lucius, I suppose, two people will need to be a navigator each day. What skill check would that be? Well, what do you think a navigator

or somebody would need to do? Survival. Survival or perception? I can try. Yeah? Yeah. I mean, I can navigate. Ayla's good at surviving, but she doesn't know the area. Not as a perception thing, but if he literally just ran ahead.

Scouting ahead? Yeah. Potentially. It would be very tiring, because constantly doing that, like running ahead. I suppose unless you just want to travel on your own, like a mile ahead of the team. A mile ahead? I mean, on your own. Like a mile ahead of the team. A mile ahead? I mean, I could do. Like, yeah.

Well, you need to make a decision. R.I.P. Because you're dead. You need to pick somebody who's going to be the navigator for the first half of this day. I'm like minus one on survival. I'll try. Fuck it.

Okay, so Aayla's going to be the first navigator. Sorry, guys. Okay. Wouldn't be any worse Fuck it. Okay, so Ayla's going to be the first navigator. Sorry, guys. Okay. Wouldn't be any worse than me. Okay. Damn it, I forgot that I'd done this, printed it on double sides. It's going to be annoying. No.

Okay. I just made double-sided paper, you know. So. Really, really emotional about it. What is your perception bonus, Ayla? Oh, my perception. Yeah, I'm going to roll it for you. Plus four.

Okay. So, the path that you travel, heading out of the village of Stenhill, you begin to travel north. Mm-hmm. The road is, at first, stone, deep embedded into the ground. It seems covered in some sort of mixture which protects it and keeps it hardened.

But quickly the stone road gives way to a dirt path as you begin to track into a series of valleys and hills. The path itself follows the Langström River, a very narrow, fast-moving river. Not quite rapids, but definitely strong current rocks kind of interspiced amongst the river itself. And the dirt path follows alongside it, curving back and forward. And you also begin to note that the path elevates as the cliffs and the also begin to note that the path elevates as the the cliffs and the valleys begin to descend deeper and the river becomes a narrow chamber and you begin making your way up

the side of the valleys along this cliff path a deep sharp incline decline leads down to the river on your left side and a gentler sloped incline on your right quickly becomes heavily forested with thick fir trees sturdy roots and thick branches that seem able to resist the storm winds of mere skier okay around three or four hours into your journey ala you're the first one to notice as you are the current navigator. You've been trying to keep the wagon on the best paths, making sure that as you take these winding roads you don't get too turned away from the river,

using the river as a natural guide towards the direction you need to go. And up ahead, you see what appears to be a small shrine carved into the side of the cliff face, of the gentle hills to your right. And the shrine appears to be, it has an effigy of two figures. One, a winged humanoid with their feathers folded backwards, holding a staff. And the other is an orc woman holding a trident up to the air.

These stone effigies kind of emerge from the shrine itself. The shrine has a small altar with a few offerings, but the most curious thing you notice about it is a robed human, you think? Man, maybe in his late or early 50s, and a number of charred goblin bodies around him. Some of them look charred, but some of them just look injured.

Not burnt to a crisp, but they have large black spots all over their body as if something very focused burnt through them. Kind of like Eldritch Blast. You score the clack, its little kind of crammed claws and muscular legs

pulling along on the road as it begins making its way is showing no sign. You are the one to notice this in the distance. Scaldi is kind of like peering that way, but you don't think she's had a clear idea of what's ahead. Okay, I will... Stop! Scaldy!

Whoa! And she kind of pulls back on the reins and the little eyes kind of flip around exactly around. And she's like Stop, Scorb! And he's like and then it sinks down into the ground and he watches its whole body kind of like lowers as it grips onto

the grass and the ground and hunches down into like a little ball there's a um a bunch of dead goblins over there but also a guy in robes and he looks a little bit funny just i mean all guys looks like he might be he looks like he's cooking something like on a small fire uh is he cooking god is he eating the goblins? Because that's kind of gross. How dangerous is this place just on the roads normally? Like, is that normal? I mean, there are normally monsters around these parts, and goblin tribes in the mountains isn't uncommon. We did hear about this from Skorb's previous owner.

Well, I mean, if this guy's done the job for us, perfect. Sounds like a friend to me. Right? Guys? This is a traveling road. It's not unusual to have travelers. I'm just saying, like, just be on your guard, because we have to pass this way anyway. Alright. And she kind of and Scorb rolls out.

And he begins crawling his way. Yeah, and you begin making your way. You see that yeah this robed human man has a small little campfire um what appears to be like maybe some fish kind of strung up on a stick that he's cooking uh the dead goblins just all around him um and he's sat in this shrine which you now clearly recognize is a shrine of hesper and zephir the two god the two gods the winged humanoid represents hesper and then the orc woman the trinity is a fear itself um and do you want to come in take a seat hello hello human man we have a guest we have a guest uh joining us we have rams yeah of uh twitch you've seen some of his streams The stream just before this one in fact, yeah

Busy boy. I have an iPad for you here, sir. Thank you, sir It's what all guests get. I'm so terrible with these things. That's alright It should be disabled so it shouldn't lock itself. So you've got that and And then there is a bunch of randonite there as well. Thank you. So this was a bit of a last-minute guest, so we don't have artwork for you, sadly. That's fine. But thank you for joining us while Mr. Trunk messes away. And yeah, so for your benefit, Johan,

having fought these goblins several hours ago, you kind of stopped for a moment to have some food and to recover your energy, and you notice a wagon approaching from the south, from Stenhill, being pulled by a large clack. I don't like them. But curiously, I think what strikes you, the dwarf driving the cart doesn't seem that unusual.

The wild elf beside her is perhaps not as common as you'd expect, but the most curious thing is probably the fire ganassi walking alongside the cart itself. Some strange folk. Yeah, and the cart is just making its way towards you. I'm gonna be walking really up front like with the hammer out, like massive hammer out. There's an orc woman sat next to the dwarf. Sorry, it's the wild elf who's walking alongside it. There's an orc woman with a very ostentatious hat,

like a green and gold feathered hat, sat next to the dwarf, and they're just making their way slowly up. And then, yeah, you see the wild elf making their way up, peering. Nova, you have probably heard that they've said it, that you can't, unless you're peering out you don't I'm just like

peeking from the back like so probably between the seats you're stood over sentry's head right now like just like just like peeking

yeah okay what's Piri doing uh he's gonna walk up with Aayla or yeah next to Aayla okay he likes Aayla okay cool so these two so the

five guys in the wild elf yeah begin making their way towards you um and yeah, you see this. So do you want to describe more in detail what they see? Okay, so I've kind of got these long kind of blue robes and a bit of a messy beard with some grey patches in it. The same goes for my hair. It's kind of mid-length to long, kind of slicked back, starting to grey a little.

And I'm just sitting there, you know, sitting sitting with my fish cooking it over a little campfire covered in blood because I just killed a bunch of goblins but you know I've got a fishing rod on my back that's like very charred and it's got a couple of metal rings around it half broken yeah some of the metal rings seem like sinned I've got a little backpack next to me

just sitting there eating some fish cooking some fish yeah I'm not going to react to you guys coming eating some fish, cooking some fish. Yeah? Yeah. I'm not going to react to you guys coming up to me. Just cook some fish. Just fish guy. Yeah.

Hey, was all this you? Yeah. I mean, a bunch of goblins attacked me on my way up here, and, you know, I had to cook some fish, had to take a rest. They attacked me. You had to cook some fish, had to take a rest, they attacked me. He had to cook some fish. Yeah. Well yeah, just had a nice fight. Any more goblins around you seen anymore? No, none that I'm aware of. You know that you've... They're quite, I don't know if you've noticed, they're quite loud, they're quite loud.

What goblins? Yeah they're mad. Really? Yeah they're like all hyped up. Hey are these the goblins that someone told you about that we were going to see? The word crazed came up. Were they crazed? Yes. Like I said, there isn't any other kind. They're goblins. I've yet to meet one that isn't.

Yeah. Ever met a civilized goblin? So for Johan, you hear the scurrying of many clawed hands, or like clawed little scrapes along the dirt as this large lobster clack and the two bulbous eyes on its stalks kind of peer around at you and you hear this like I hate them. I hate clacks. Can you keep your your clack out of the train please? Hey no don't worry about it, it used to terrify me too

but turns out it purrs a little bit when you stroke it just right Same as a scorb Scorb They're okay on land but in the sea they're monsters Are you from the sea? I mean I sail the sea and kind of pull out my fucked up fishing rod and you know I'd catch fish I'm a fisherman was that I mean you used to huh Scaldi looks at this figure and Johan for your benefit you know this you know this is a woman called Scaldi and she's

a priestess of Clara from Stenhill and she kind of looks at you as if, like, she's half-remembered you or something and is, like, trying to place where she knows you from. Oriah, you can make a history check for me. Nice. Okie dokie. 19. Ooh, yeah. So I think in your brief time in the area, you've heard of a figure, this fisherman that was supposedly out at sea one day. And the locals claim that he called down the storm to destroy the boat and kill the other crew.

And he survived. And people are partially feared of him. You never knew the name, but you've heard the stories of this kind of, like, fisherman blessed by the storm who travels around, sometimes comes into the places for supplies, but probably you've heard, like, warning stories about them. Like, you should be cautious. Like, the fisherman walks these roads and stuff like that.

Ooh. I'm just going to go into my backpack and pull out another fish. Do you guys want some fish? I could put some more on. Are they good? What? I've never eaten fish before. How close are we to the sea from here?

From the sea, you're very far. This is quite inland at this point. You're closer to the mountains and the heart of Voxar. So it's quite odd that he's just producing a bunch of fish. Yeah. A little. Yeah, a little odd. He's also got a charred fishing rod. I think you'll probably at this point hear a voice from the lagoon just going, how fresh is that fish? We're quite far inland.

I mean, a man's got to eat and he can only use the tools he has. They're a couple of days old at most. Oh, I simply love fishes. And you see this face kind of poke out as these gossamer fairy wings, as he flies up into the air, this brightly coloured high elf with two different coloured eyes,

glittery skin, long flowing blonde hair, as he simply floats over. Like, ooh, what kind of fishes do you have? I've got some storm fish here, a little bit of trout, I got some... Ooh, they do look very nice. Some koi. Uh, you guys aren't from around here, are you? I like the little blue, the white and orange one. Especially him. Especially him. He's not from around here, is he?

Oh no, he's not, I'm not. How could you tell? He's got wings. This is a new development actually it's kind of weird. It's most fabulous. How has he survived up here? I don't know how I'm surviving being around this. I had the same question I don't know. Anyway I'm just gonna look at you and just draw my sword just a little bit. You're a long way from the sea fisherman. Look at you, you just draw my sword just a little bit. You're a long way from the sea, fisherman.

I'm just going to lift up my little skewered fish and... Yes, I am. What are you doing on the land? It's very rare to see a fisherman this far inland. Well, I can't quite get work on the ships anymore, so I've been having these dreams and I'm following my destiny what are these dreams you've been having? it's very important to have dreams

well I've been having these dreams of a one eyed hawk being chased by the storm falling from the sky Scaldi kind of glances back towards Nova and the rest of you with a very sort of curious expression. I believe this is somehow linked to

the storms, and I intend to find out why. It's a very interesting story. Yeah, it's very interesting. Man, I have weird dreams too, sometimes. Did the bird have one wing? I keep having this. If I recall, it did. It was a bit of a hazy dream, but I definitely remember the one-eyed hawk.

He doesn't know shit. Just a little bit of lightning crackles on there. Why are you on the road, fisherman? Do you know where you're headed? I'm heading up to, well, it's pretty rough from the dream where I saw him land, but I believe he's landed at the Midwaves Forge or somewhere thereabouts. That's where I'm headed. Interesting. Possibly the Valley of Storms, but I'm not too certain. And what do you need to do when you find this hawk?

I don't know. That's the curious thing about dreams. I don't really know why I'm having this dream, but something's telling me I need to do this. You're not a priest of Hesper, are you? No, I'm just a fisherman. You don't follow any of the gods? I mean, I follow the gods of the sky, magic, the seas. But you're not a priest.

I'm no priest. So, uh, how'd you do all this? That's for me to know. And you to find out. Is that a threat? No. Okay. Sound like a threat.

I'm just a fisherman. What's your name? Yes. What's my name? Your name? I knew stories of a Johann growing up in Stenhill. I don't put much faith in the gossip of folk But I do know that there's a few people that are a little feared of lone fishermen called Johann. Did you, were you involved in an accident a few years ago? Yes, I...

I remember tending to the dead from your ship. Whoa, what? Hm? There's like hotels of this ship as well. It was a day like any other. We set sail, hoping to get a big catch, supply food for the village, and a strange storm very suddenly swept over us

and it destroyed our ship. It was on fire, it was burning, and then I don't remember, I woke up on a beach. I had my charred fishing rod, and I'm still alive. People say I'm the reason this happened, but since then I've not been able to do any work. No one will have me on their crew. They see me as a curse, a bad omen.

So I'm seeking answers to clear my name. Wait, so you bring the storms? Somewhat. Huh. A little bit. It doesn't bother me, the storm. I mean, it bothers us. Hey, when was the last time you brought a storm?

Because we don't want to be in one. I brought the storm like an hour ago. Oh, that's fine. That's like the recharge rate on that sort of thing We're good I can bring the storm if I have to I don't Please don't I'm genuinely intrigued I kind of want to see it

What? I mean if he does then we're not going to have to stay here What's everyone's passive perception? It's better if we don't do that 15 14 What's everyone's passive perception? It's better if we don't do that. 13. 14.

14. Oriah, as they're having this conversation, at the corner of your eye, you're sat on the wagon, right? So you kind of have this conversation happening in front of you, in front of this small alcove shrine. Piri, Aela, Johan are all out the front, and you're kind of sat on it next to Skaldi, and you're watching.

Imagine you kind of have this winding road. You have a steep incline down towards the river, and then a more gentle forested incline to your right. Through the trees on the right, you begin to see small figures. Still a ways off, but quite numerous of them, perhaps 10, 20, kind of shifting around. You can see flashes of white bone, scraps of cloth, green pointed ears,

and you can hear just on the faint wind, you can hear guttural yelps or mutterings. Okay. And you can see them all beginning to like costar around the hills as if they're searching for something. Okay, I'm going to just like pull my longbow out. Okay guys, I don't want to alarm you but I'm going to alarm you.

There appears to be some creatures in the forest just over to the right hand side there. I think we should get moving fairly soon we need to make move so those look like the crazed goblins that you just fought can I tell?

yeah well make a perception check for me because at this point it's oh god oh god perception perception that's a sixception That's a sex A sex

It's a nine Oh it's a nine It's a nine So you're You're bouncing around But I mean You're looking in the rough direction But you

You don't see anything And alright They're like stopping And like moving And you're catching Glimpses of them Through the trees You don't necessarily

See anything Well Where are you guys headed? You're asking me a lot of questions, but here you are, riding along with a clack. Strange folk from these lands I've never seen. You can either walk with us and let's discuss further. We don't want to get caught by these. We're going on the forge, actually, so... We could have... Okay.

Huh? What? Well, I'm going to go practice knife flying for a little. Goodbye! What do you mean, goodbye? Lucius just turns invisible and flies away. Mark doesn't want to be... Mark doesn't want to be responsible. I think while this is happening,

I'm probably trying to tuck... There doesn't seem to be any danger here! I'm trying to tuck a blanket over Quill like i imagine they're covering you're trying to cover him and hide it yeah do i see this how are you trying to do it stealthily or are you just like you know just laying a blanket out i'll probably like would that draw less attention though just like casually just like doing my own thing in the back like while this conversation well okay so let's have you okay yeah make just do a sleight of hand for me um

18 18 yeah yeah make a perception check against the 18 because I think that like whilst you are doing it casually you're trying to do it casually so it does 17 but plus zero oh yeah so I think you glance up and you you see the the air ganassi You're trying to do it casually, so it does work. 17 plus zero. Oh! So, yeah, so I think you glance up, and you see the air ganassi,

who I don't know if you'd necessarily seen before, because the wagon isn't fully opened. The wagon kind of has, like, these high wooden walls. It's like a high wooden walled wagon, and then it has, like, just, like, a canvas top, like a kind of, like a a there is a little gap that you can see through and you just see the head of this egg and I see with a pair of goggles you see like a blanket flick up and lay down but you know make much

of it's just you know putting a blanket over something okay yeah okay I'll just motion to Scaldi to keep moving and we'll move off. Okay. Well I'll walk alongside you guys but I'm not getting near that clack. No way. Oh don't worry. I'll keep him away from you. I'll just give him some of the worms. You watch as like this almond plate opens up and this kind of

multiple like tendrils. Yeah like tendrils kind of Oh good scorp. Good scorp. I. Look at my little pet. It sucks them in. Aw. You should see them in the sea. It kind of makes this weird...

noise. What a good boy. Let's keep moving, Scorb. Oh, I'm regretting this already. Hey, Ayla. We do trust this guy, right? I mean, he killed a load of goblins. He's going to the same place as us. I trust nobody. I don't think I trust you yet. Oh, come on! I helped you with the thing, right? I mean, he killed a lot of goblins. He's going to the same place as us. I trust nobody. I don't think I trust you yet.

Oh, come on! I helped you with the thing, remember? Yeah, yeah, yeah. You're still on trial. We literally just met you a few hours ago. I know, but we had a really nice journey and whatever. He's a long guy! The fact that Nova knows who you are, kind of, is probably the reason why you're still with us right now But it's fine, you're on trial

You proved that you can fight a little bit A probationary period I'm going to stand up and start packing away my things and I'm going to say If I'm travelling with you, I need to know your names We'll get there, keep going It looks like they just start walking

basically I'm grabbing my pan half of my bag keeping an eye on the surroundings okay on any movement okay yeah it looks like orion spotted them they were they were some distance away but not far not far at all and the wagon has nowhere to go except forward and backwards because you have this winding path along the valleys, basically. Can I stay back? Like, they're starting to walk.

I guess I'll head over to Johan and start handing him some things. Just be like... Helping him pack his stuff up. Yeah, I only just met these guys, too. But I think they're good people. They're probably good. I'm Perry, by the way. Perry. Johan.

You at least know me. I'll let them introduce themselves. But they will. Okay. I will okay i guess i hope maybe you seem the most welcoming of the bunch again i they've been through a lot i think at least from what i don't what they told me so give them the benefit of the doubt okay well so don't try any funny business i won't okay so by the time you guys gathered johan's things i'd say the two of you are about 20 feet or so behind the wagon just like it didn't take you long to pack up your stuff but there's a bit of distance yeah um another moment is you're still going at like a walking pace you're kind of going at a natural traveling place you're not running or anything like that and ala and

ariah keeping the eyes out on these these creatures um you begin to see them in more detail as one of them who wears this kind of headdress of charred bones kind of like johan's fishing rod you can see it's charred and broken um and it looks to be like a series of bones laid down in a mohawk and this creature these big yellow goblin eyes looks over, sees the wagon and its head kind of cocks to the side. And he begins just shouting and maybe 20 pairs of eyes pop around the trees. pop around the trees. Yah, yah, yah, yah, yah. Wah!

And they begin screaming. And then they begin to pour down the hill towards the wagon. Which I like to roll initiative. Boy! Rock and roll! Here we go. Nice. Natural 20.

Oh, natural one! Coming in strong, Ravs. Yep. If we ignore the perception. No, it's been so long, where is my... It was a decent perception. It should be just at the very top. Yeah, plus two, 22.

Nice. 22? Okay. God damn. Shit. Nine. Ooh. I rolled a natural one.

How do I get to my spells? So you just go to that one. Okay. And then you got your spells. Ah, brilliant. Cool. If you hold it... Oh, that way cool oh that way oh sweet oh that's even better okay it's even better because it's dnd beyond i was gonna say did you use dnd beyond

you use web dnd beyond i use web dnd beyond yeah so you're not used to the tablet yeah i'm not okay um so i need to roll for scaldi as well don't i i'm But not Lucius. No, he's gone. He's off flying. He might help. It's Lucius. He's a fairy now. No, he's not helping. Okay, 15 for Scaldi.

Okay, so, Oriah. 23. Ayla. 9. Piri. 18. Nova.

4. Johan. 22. 22. Okay, so, Oriah, you are actually the first to know. These you see screaming down the mountain. They appear to be split into two main groups. Dozens of goblins.

About seven or eight of them bunched together in these two blobs. A swarm of goblins, effectively. They all are wearing ragged clothes, but they've inserted things like, you can see that they've scarred their bodies with things like symbols of

lightning bolts. Some of them appear to have been struck by lightning and have that scarring pattern down their arms and legs. Their eyes are bloodshot yellow, and they're clutching, like, broken blades, but also some of them appear to have these exquisitely made axes and hammers.

Beautiful pieces of craftsmanship. But they're just holding them, and they're covered in grime, and they're just screaming. They're just like... Jesus Christ. And they're screaming down the thing, and they're screaming down the thing and they blobbed into these two big swarms but in the middle of them is this one with the headdress

and he's kind of like and he's pointing down at the wagon um do any of you speak goblin no no no no i can write it no more deal so it's just gibberish. It's like, FASA! MALAKALANIALA! And they're just screaming and pointing at you. And they are going to swarm the wagon. They look like they are descending upon you in these two clumped groups. Cool. What would you like to do? I'd like to designate the leader as Slayer's Prey.

Okay. I'd say about 60 feet up the slope. Cool. Awesome. And then I'm going to try and hit him with my longbow. Okay. Just standard damage. So you pull the longbow out. Yeah. And open up.

Ah! On an eight. Eight. You take aim. He leaps to the side and the arrow thuds into a tree that he just ducked behind. Like... As it sounds and resonates. Strong start.

But it sounded cool. Okay, and you're currently set on the wagon next to scaldi okay um johan so the goblins are any of them near a cliff face uh they are on the other side so imagine you kind of have like a steep incline on your left the road with the wagon in the middle and then then they're on this gentle forested slope, and they're on that, so they're coming down towards you, and then there's the steep decline. Okay, and are quite a few of them clumped together? Yes, it appears to be two major groups. Effectively, they're counted as a swarm.

They're two large creatures, but there's like seven or eight goblins in each one. Okay. Okay, I am going to get kind of close to a big... So you want to start running up the hill towards them? Yeah I want to get like within... let's see just a second till I read something sorry. That's okay. Can I get within 15 feet of them? 15 feet? You're about 20 feet behind the cart,

and they're about 60 feet away from the cart at this point. So I'd say, so yeah, they'd be 85 feet away. Oh, that's, you could, well. So you could go 30 feet, you'd be 55 away. You could dash and be 25 away. That's a bit risky. But then you would use your actions, you wouldn't have an action left.

Yeah, yeah. It's a bit far away But then you would use your action so you wouldn't have an action left. Yeah. You're a bit far away at the moment. Hold action. Yes, I'm going to... So you could move up and try and catch up to the wagon. Yeah, I'm going to run up and try and catch up to the wagon. And I'm going to just hold my action again. What are you holding? What's the trigger? If anything comes close to me, I will shoot it with my cross again. Okay. What are you holding? What's the trigger?

If anything comes close to me, I will shoot it with my crossbow. Okay. Nice. I mean, with a crossbow, you've definitely got enough range to shoot them from now. Oh, then I will definitely do that then. Okay.

So you pull out your crossbow. Okay. Load a bolt in. Take aim. Are you aiming at the big group of goblins? Can I get a shot on the guy with the mohawk? You can try to, yeah. Okay.

I got a... on the guy with the mohawk? You can try to, yeah. Okay, I got a 19. 19, 19 will hit even with the cover of the trees. As he leaps out of the way of Oriah's arrow, he just sticks his arm out on the other side, which you catch sight of and fire a bolt. Okay, d8, d8. Oh, thank you. Great, great, great.

Bless. Pretty good somebody who. Great, great, great. Bless. Pretty good. Somebody who's so used to roll 20, he's like... Seven, seven, yeah. Physical dice? First time actually rolling dice here. What was that, sorry? Seven.

Seven points of damage. Yeah, so you kind of clip this shaman or whatever it happens to be in the shot. And it just begins, like, licking its blood. It's like bouncing up and down. I'm going to try to take, what's my movement? Could I have like heading behind the car? Yeah, you can get on the other side.

So you're now on the side with the steep incline. Yeah. Okay. The two swarms of goblins. They basically spend their whole turn just rushing down, but they fill the area around the cart. They basically storm down, one is in front of the cart, one is behind, and they're just swarming it.

They don't get a chance to attack because it takes their full movement, 30, and then an action to dash, but they just completely surround the wagon, and they're just screaming. And they've all got, like, these weapons, but they're just, like, they're, like, climbing on top of each other to try and strike you and things like that. Oh, they are attacking. Yeah, but not this turn.

They won't have a chance to this turn. Oh, no, Scorb. Piri. Yeah, Scorb. Who has Scorb stats? Rhiannon has them, yeah. Keep a note of those. Do you want to roll initiative for Scorb?

What are his hit points? Oh, 19. 19. He doesn't have many. Do you want to roll initiative for Scorb? What are his hit points? Oh, 19. 19. He doesn't have many. Do you want to roll initiative for him? Yeah. Let's see. Let's see his dex modifier.

Dex modifier, okay. Minus one. 15. 15. He's the same as Scaldi. Aw. Cool. So, period.

So, they're still, like, distinguishable blobs of goblins at the moment. Yeah, you can treat them as two creatures, basically. Two swarms of goblins. Okay, and they are, I guess now they're at the cart, they're 20 feet away from me? Yes, from you, yeah. I'm just going to start shooting with my sunbolts. Okay. And... So with my sunbolts, I can do that as an unarmed strike as well, right?

Oh no, I can do an extra attack with it, so I'll just do two attacks with the Sunbolt. So you do two attacks with the Sunbolt, and then you can spend the keypoint to do two more. No, I'll save it for now. I don't want to gush away my keypoints like I did spell slots before. Spell slots. 16 was one of them. 16 hits, yeah. 16 hits.

The other one's 11. That will not hit. The goblins kind of like, you do catch some of them, but they're kind of throwing each other to the side or leaping out the side that it's not enough. Okay, six points of damage. And can I use my movement to sort of go instead of behind the cart and the same distance but to the side of the car

So I guess I'm now there's not enough space There's only about five feet of space on either side of the road the carts about like ten feet wide So the road is about 20 feet wide and then it's pretty much and they're just swarmed all around I'll stay where I am then. Okay, so you're just standing at the back and in the back just zipping them Okay with my fireball. Yeah zippin zaps so after Piri is Scaldi in fact Scaldi will turn around be like are we staying to fight or should I just try and outrun them go yeah okay so she will use her action to basically she's gonna make make Scorb dash.

So Scorb's turn, he's basically just going to move his 30 feet and then he's going to dash another 30 feet. Nice. At this point, I'm going to make a strength check to try and run over some of the goblins in front of them. So in fact, actually, you've got Scorb's stance. Make a strength check for Scorb for me, please. 23.

Yeah. Roll 3d6 of damage for me. Scorb! Shoving these goblins out of the way and the wagon itself begins rolling over some of them. Cool. Four points of damage. Okay.

So B is in front, which is the one Scorb just damaged. A is the one behind, which is the one you damaged. Guys, wait! The wagon just pulls 60 feet down the road. Can you roll percentile dice for me? So it's a d10 and then a d100 one. So that one, and then this one. And let me know

if you get under 25. 44. Okay, you're fine. So although the goblins are being trapped under the wheels, they're slicing at the wagon. The wagon doesn't take any damage from the scorp running over it. But that is a the wagon is you know vulnerable did so did any of them stick to the wagon what's that were any of them still attached to the wagon no they've like most of them like had like legs run over and they're now like limping away and things like

that or like score knock them with his claws and sent them sprawling but the swarm is still there, basically. Cool. So that was their go. After them, we go to Aayla, I believe. I would like to rage, please. Okay, so you're kind of stood in amongst all these swarms as the wagon takes off with Nova, Scaldi, and Oriah on it. You, Piri, and Johan are all remaining behind. And you rage. The lightning begins to crackle.

So this is for Johan's benefit. The wild elf, she kind of clutches her hammer. You see her kind of like tense her muscles. And as she does, lightning begins to crackle up and down all of her arms. And the skies begin to grow a little darker overhead. Johan tilts his head a little, curious. I will...

take just two big swings at... At the swarm around you. At the swarm. Because at the moment you are engulfed in the swarm. Oh my god, I rolled two fours. Fuck. That's not going to hit. Eleven. That's not going to hit. Eleven.

That's not going to hit. Like, the goblins, you are hitting, but they're, like, jumping on your arms and, like, taking away some of your strength so you don't quite hit them fully. And then another one jumps on your face and you kind of pull it off and throw it to the ground. You can't quite get the swing on the second time.

Can I... Lightning blast lightning blast yeah it's x dex saving through is a 12 that's a fail okay so three lightning damage boom blast of lightning strikes from the goblins um can i in actually, that probably kills one of the many goblin swarms. Like, one of the goblins is just dead. You just... Can I start running towards the cart as well? So you will need... So they'll get an attack of opportunity against you.

That's fine. Yeah, so they'll just get an attack of opportunity against you as you run through them. So this flurry of, like, axes and maces and clubs and bone knives comes slashing towards you. That is a 25. I rolled a 19. So that is going to be 17 slashing damage. You're raging, so you half that,

so that goes down to nine. Yeah. It's like these, like, nicks, like you're covered in, like, you know, Just these like nicks Like you're covered in like You know Dozens of these nicks So I'll just 30 feet

Towards Towards the wagon So you're now 30 feet Ahead of the goblin swarms And about 30 feet Behind the wagon So was that an attack Of opportunity then?

That was an attack Of opportunity yeah On the goblins go One of the swarms Of goblins Is going to rush towards the wagon and Ayla. Ayla, you get attack of opportunity as they basically rush past you towards the wagon. 22? 22 hits. What are you looking for? Uh, 8. 14 damage.? Uh, eight.

14 damage. 14 damage, wow. Oof. Okay, so you kill another one of the goblins as it's running past, but the rest just scurry past you, and they're, like, trying to jump on, and they're, like, trying to grab onto the back of the wagon. Like, ah!

Some of them are, like, clambering up towards it, like, clawing on the back, and over you're staring as these goblins pull themselves up into the wagon. The other goblin swarm will turn around, and you can see the one with the headdress is pointing towards Johan and Piri, pointing at them, and the other goblin swarm is like... And it's going to attack the two of you one attack each

so Johan that is a 17 and Piri that is a 15 so you're kind of dodging to the side parrying like these blows with your fist hands, Johan they surround you you take 17 slashing damage

as they just cut into you, tearing at your clothes, little kind of bashes to your knees and your arms. That'll do it. Pummel into you. That kills a human. Nova. Is the lead gobble any metal? No.

Bone and leather. I'm going to try something, but I don't know if it's going to work. But I'm going to try it anyway. Okay. So there's goblins, like, on the wagon. On the wagon. Yeah. They're pulling up on the thing.

But it's a swarm of them. There's, like, a dozen or so. Can I? If I... Hold on a minute. I just need to check something i'm just thinking about thunder because i can take things with me but it's no it's a creature of my size i was wondering if i could just bamf the entire wagon sadly not pick up one of the bodies and bamf that but not the wagon yeah you are not nightcrawler i'm gonna try something else can i use major image

to create a 20 foot griffin on the top of the wagon oh cool yeah i like that trying to scare them away like so basically like i'm just gonna nice kind of point up yeah think like think my hardest griffin image uh-huh the scariest griff image, and then summon a griffin onto the top of the wagon. I'll give them an intelligent saving throw. They're not very smart. That's an eight. So you kind of point up and from the clouds, from these dark clouds, this kind of swooping griffin kind of lands on the thing, roars overhead. The goblins who are cramming it up are just like, and they leap backwards, scrambling back, terrified of the thing,

and they just get off the wagon, and they're scrambling away from it. And as some of them seem to be arguing, one of them slaps one of them and points at the wagon, and then he just shoves that one back and points back towards the others, and they have a bit of a squabble. But yeah, you've scared them off the wagon 100% nice nice gerb back at the top we have ariah nice nice nice so how far away are we from the other orc the goblin the goblin yeah the leader one yes so you went 60 feet and he was about 60 feet away so you're about 120 feet away.

Cool. I'll have a go. With the longbow I think you'll be at disadvantage. It's long range. 150 to 600. Oh, so you're still in normal range. I'm going to have a pop at him. Nat 20! Wow! So you double the dice, including your hunter's

prey dice. Right through the eyes! That's 2d8s and 2d6s. Really? Oh, you rolled really well here! 13, 14... 17. Doubled. Doubled.

34. 34. What's your ability modifier? That's another plus six. That's 40. Oh. Ow. What?

So you watch as Uriah stands up, turns on the back of the wagon. You pull the arrow out. You take the deep breath. You stretch it back. And the wagon's bumping along the road. But you kind of hold your breath. and the world slows for a moment and you wait for this goblin as it sticks its head out, points towards the wagon and begins yelling something. The arrow spins through the air, you watch the wood kind of warts and bends as it begins

to hit the thing. It just... Half of its brain just explodes out the other side. It was just like, yes! 40 points of damage. He didn't get a single spell off. Oh, my God. Yes! He forgot to do his initiative last turn,

so that's my fault. Oh, yeah, he didn't have a turn. I forgot to do his turn, so that's my fault. That's unexploded his brain. didn't actually have a turn. I forgot to do his turn, so that's my fault. Let's unexplode his brain, and then you have a turn real quick. But yeah, he just, you watch as it just turns into a gooey mess on the other side as this arrow just obliterates him.

Oh, man. Bloody hell. Bloody hell. Damage dealers, man. You are on the wagon, so you don't need to worry about movement or anything like that. Johan, you are surrounded by these goblins on the road. Okay.

How many are around here? Certainly. Any of my friends are around here? Oh, like, I mean, it's a swarm. So imagine, like, seven, eight, nine of them are just... Okay. But they're, like, clambering on each other. They're, like, crawling on the floor.

They're just rabid. Okay. I'm gonna... And you are now on, like, a a 20 foot sort of wide piece of road. You've got, there's no wagon around you. So you just have this deep incline and then the gentle incline on your other side. Okay. I'm going to raise my fishing rod up to the sky.

And a bolt of lightning is going to hit it. And from me bursts out a thunder wave. I'm going to cast it at second level. Okay. Which way do you want to point it? Like, because you've got the cone. Oh, it's like a square, I think. As it thunder wave around you.

Each creature in a 15 foot cube originating from you makes a con save. Yeah, that will hit everything around you. Yeah, for sure. I thought it was a cone. Yeah, I thought it was a cone. No, it's... On a failed save, it's 2d8 thunder damage

and they're pushed 10 feet away from you on success. It's half damage and isn't. Oh, I see. So you could aim, so when it's a 10 foot cube, it's not around you, but it's like a cube in front of you. So what you could do is you could kind of spin around, point it towards the decline and just launch them off that.

Yeah, yeah. Okay. I'm trying to cover myself so I can run to the car after this. Sure, what saving throw is it? It's a con save. Con save throw saving throw DC 14 15

oh it still does the damage but it does the half damage they don't oh it's 3d8 it's wait hold on oh that's

yeah 3d8 3d8 well I believe you'll also get your tempestuous magic oh I will yes so you'll have a little bit

of movement after this well thank you we'll talk about that in a minute. So half this damage. So, uh, sex name 10. 10,

so half of five. Um, and you were fighting the one at the front, which is the one Ayla was also fighting. Oh, Ayla, can you make a con save for me actually as well, please?

Oh, did I? Oh no, you, you move forward. You move 30 foot forward. You chased after the wagon, so you're fine.

Um, so you blast these goblins in the center and they kind of stumble back, but it doesn't quite have the force that you did. But then you feel the storm magic lift you up off the ground. You watch as Johan levitates about several feet up in the air. And you've got 10 feet of movement. Yeah, I'm going to kind of fly backwards and use the rest of my movement to run towards the cart. Okay, so you basically get 10 feet ahead of the goblins

and then you're going to get 30 feet. Yeah, so you're out of opportunity range and then you just start running to the cart. What was that? So you're about 40 feet.

You burst past Ayla and you're like, you get about 40 feet. If I did hit you, you would have been supercharged. That's all we want. We want you to get zapped by lightning and supercharged. Thank you for that.

Okay. Dream. The goblins will desperately kind of recover, see you run past, and they'll run towards you to try and meet up with the others, which basically puts them around Aayla, because you're about 10 feet extra ahead of them. So they start swarming around Aayla, and they're gonna make an attack against you sorry two attacks against you

uh 21 to hit yeah and a nine to hit so you take another 17 slash that makes half to nine okay um so let's just start like pummeling you with these uh. Piri, same thing. They're going to attack you twice. Okay. So that is a 25 to hit. Yeah. And then a 24 to hit. Yeah. So 17 times two. 34. Ooh.

Boy. Ooh. Oh my God, I'm still up. Barely. As you just, these goblins dogpile you. Damn. Now with just a you just, these goblins dogpile you. Damn. Now with just a single target, they just like,

they're like, and then they just start like pummeling in. Come back, guys. That's their whole turn. So Piri, it's now your go as you are dogpiled by goblins. And I can't really run away because I'll get an attack

of opportunity so I'm going to key point disengage yeah I could also key point go fucking mental I could yeah absolutely you could

yeah 100% how many of them are there I mean it's a swarm so it's one creature but there's about like 7, 8, 9 goblins in amongst that pile

so I probably wouldn't be able to hit all of them I know that gameplay wise one creature no but you can you're because treat it that like you're kind of like doing a proper mark this is a proper martial arts moment right where you're just surrounded and you're like elbow punch kick throw yeah smashing one in the face like you're not even looking behind you as you like bam cool because what i did last time is i didn't actually use extra attack I only did three attacks when I am there so you should attack attack a tiny point key point to more area plays under four attacks or attacks

boom that's not incredible it's got be said so six so 14. Hits. Uh, 11. It doesn't hit. 13? Hits. And the other one will hit, so three hits. Three hits. So one of them, you go to kick a goblin in the head but he just kind of like drops to the floor.

You do hit one behind him but it doesn't have the same impact of force and then the other three you like elbow one in the face, you punch him in the neck. So I do six, 12, plus 8, 20 damage. 20 points of damage. And I can't really move. Do I have any bonus actions I could do? Your bonus action was to flurry. Oh, flurry of blades.

So you punch three goblins to death. Your fist just breaks one's nose. You kick one in the sternum and collapse his ribs. One of them you pick up and just throw off the side. But then you're still surrounded by like six of these goblins who are just like... Oh my God. I'll do it again.

Scaldi, having sensed that they're no longer approaching the cart, will turn around and just kind of go like, Great job, Nova! Like, you know, you got them off the cart kind of thing. But she can't really get to anybody to do too much healing. So she will... Nope, she can't really do too much healing. So she will... Nope, she can't really do that much. She will hold her action until someone's close enough for her to heal.

Scorb! What does Scorb want to do? Scorb can just keep moving. Scorb's happy to keep moving, I think. So he just goes 30 feet, he just moves forward and drags the cart with him. After Scalding Scorb, Ayla. I'll take another two swings. The ones around you.

But I will shout towards the cart, mine needs some assistance here! 13? 13 hits just. And the other one will hit as well because it's more than that. This is the group B. Double weapon. 14 on the first one.

14 damage. Damage. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 on the second one. Oh my god. And then a dex save. Oh yeah, hang on. Oh, that is... No, that's pretty high, so it's half damage.

So half is two. Half is two. So in that hit, let me just work out how many goblins you killed here. So that's going to be... How much damage does that do? You did like 14 and then another 12. So 26. 26 divided by about seven is...

So there are 14. About three and a half goblins to kill. You'll just like squish one with the hammer you like break his legs squish one with the hammer

you then like butt the haft of the howling gale into another which just goes through his eye socket and then

just and then you like pump one off the side with another swing and then one you just turn around and the lightning

blast just through his chest. He's like, oh god. But it looks like when the lightning hits them, the goblin's like, he's like clearly in pain, but he's like, That's the half dead one.

He just starts cackling away. He's dead because I didn't give him a turn last go. Nova. Can you paint the scene for me in terms of distance? So I'm in the wagon. So the wagon is now about 90 feet away from where it was. So you're about 50 feet away from Ayla and Johan. And then the other group are about 20 feet beyond that.

So about 70 feet to Quill. Sorry, Piri then the other group are about 20 feet beyond that, so about 70 feet to Quill... Sorry, Piri and the other swarm. Yeah. And it's, like... And there's one swarm with Aelir and Johan... Mm-hmm, and one with Piri. But Piri's... So you've got one swarm 50 feet away

and one swarm 70 feet away. Yeah. Piri's in... Oh, God. Okay. I'm bleeding fire. Bleeding fire? Yeah do you bleed fire?

Like what would it be? Is it like orange soda? I think you have blood I think you have normal blood But it would probably like sizzle I kind of think it is like A hot temperature right? Like it sizzles a little bit

Or bubbles Very very hot blooded boy Yeah Would uh Would Noma be cold blooded then? No I think she still has Just bleeds her Blood but it's very thin

I think it's like a very Steamed Steamed And you can't It's just You're air ganassi aren't you? Yeah Not water ganassi No, I think she still has blood, but it's very thin. I think it's like a very thin kind of blood. And you can't, it's just... You're air ganassi, aren't you? Yeah. Not water ganassi. Slate?

Yeah. I kind of almost like, it's almost like a fine mist almost. I kind of imagine that it has like an airless quality to it. But anyway, what's an overdue? There's probably glitter in it somewhere. No, that's me get down here he's invisible you don't worry i can hear him though you're flapping of his legs

i can't cast two spells like because i was thinking misty step and another spell you can cast a boat you can cast a spell and arip, so you can misty spell and then cantrip, but you can't cast two slots worth of spells. And how many buttfaces are over Perry? One creature, but a lot of them. A lot of them. He's in the middle of a swarm, basically. I think there's like four or five left if I kill Blake. In which case...

I'm going to move the griffin, so I have 120 foot range on it, so I'm going to use my action to move the griffin. So I have 120 foot range on it. So I'm going to use my action to move the griffin, obviously projecting it so it looks like it's launching itself and shouting a lot, and have it land over Perry. Would that work? Or behind him?

To kind of intimidate them? Yeah. The thing is, Perry is in the middle of these goblins and they're like on him. But you could have it land next to the goblins and like roar and try and spook them and scare them off. Or at least draw their attention to the griffin.

Yeah. Cool. Yeah, I'll make an intelligence save for him. Do I need to make an intelligence save? Sure, yeah. I think you would. What's your DC? Because I got a 13 on the goblins.

15. Oh, yeah. They think it's real. 16. 16. You're like, oh my God. 15. Oh yeah, they think it's real. 16. 16. You're like, oh my god, oh hang on, I can see through it. That's not a real griffin. But the Goblins are like, ahhh! And they turn around and then they like look between Piri and the griffin and then it looks like they turn their attention to the griffin temporarily at least.

Good. Good. Good. Oh boy. turn their attention to the griffin temporarily at least good good good uh raya um 70 feet 50 feet same thing 50 feet no worries i'm gonna um i think i'm gonna jump off the wagon and dash towards ayla and harry so they're 50 feet away so if you move 30 feet and then you can dash to get the other 20 feet yeah so you kind of land you want to pull out your melee weapons? Yes, because you can do that as if you do another action you can draw weapons as a free action. Yeah, so like you're literally as you're running you're like slinging the longbow pulling the rapier and the short sword out. So you're reaching Aayla, not Piri. Yeah. Okay. Just just so we clear Tom. Just so we're clear, Aayla and Johan. Just so we're clear, Oriah is

saving someone else. Yeah. Johan. She so we're clear, Oriah is saving someone else. Yeah. Johan. She likes me back. Okay, how far are we from the goblins? So from you, there's like 10 feet or like 5 feet. The goblins are swarming Aayla. They're injured.

They're very weak. There's like two goblins left staring at Aayla like... But then behind... So that was about 10 feet from you, and then 20 feet from that, so 30 feet, there's a big swarm around the fire ganassi. Okay.

Who is quite kind to you. Okay. I can take it. You can take two goblins. Okay, I'm going to get into about 20 feet away from the fire ganassi then. Yeah, easy. And I'm going to pull my little shark tooth necklace off and

i'm just gonna blow it and use my seeker dart yeah so what he watched as johan like blows this dart and this this tooth kind of flies up into the air stops moves pops, moves. Aww. Yes! It's very popular! So I believe I have to make the same impression as you. Let's see, let's see, let's see. Is it cool?

Yeah. Yeah, DC 16 deck save. Fails. So that is... I think it's 1d4 pacing and then 3d4... D4s anywhere somewhere? There should be some in there. Thank you. Okay.

Oh, fuck. Ooh, four. A four. And what was it? 3d4... Lightning. 3d4 lightning. I got three.

Oh, cheers. Bam. Yeah. Ooh! That's a hell of a seven. Wow. That's a lot of damage. That's a lot.

What's that? Ten. So you watch... Is's a lot of damage. That's a lot. What's that? So you watch, it's a 10. So you watch as the dart, it pierces through one goblin's throat and it falls down and then it hits the goblin behind him and explodes into lightning and then just drops to the ground and the other goblin is just like,

and then falls dead. Oh, amazing. Completely dead. That's cool. Cool. That was your, do you want to do anything else? Completely dead That's cool

Cool That was your Do you want to do anything else? I guess I'll back up A little bit as well Okay Yeah and then move Move away again

Okay nice Yeah Okay The remaining swarm One will attack the griffin It does nothing Because it's an illusion It just jumps on it

But they start falling through it And they're like And then they point back To the fire ganassi And then they start running through it and they're like and then they point back to the fire ganassi and then they start running towards him again but they've already attacked the griffon

so okay I'm getting out of here this time and then the two remaining will attack Ayla 16 to hit

nope and 9 to hit so they're like trying to get you but now there's only a few of them you're like you boot one out the way and then you block one with the hammer

and it just doesn't get anywhere. And they're just kind of like yapping. They're just like. And they don't even seem to be making coherent sense. Period. Right. So I'm going to spend a key point. Is it Step of the Wind?

Yeah. Step of the wind. Read it to us, Tom, for podcast listeners. Step of the wind is, it is, so what it does is it,

I spend one key point to take the disengage or dash action as a bonus action on my turn. Yep. So you can disengage and then fuck off

down the road. Yeah. And they won't get to attack you. Yeah, in that case... Technically you could disengage, move, and then use your two attacks to do some bolts. Yeah. Oh! Um, okay.

Which means they won't get to hit you when you run past. Yeah, alright, so I'll disengage for a bonus action. Move away. Move 40 feet. Yeah, easy. Um, and then... You're like past Johann now. Oh, hang on a minute. I think my radiant... Move 40 feet. Yeah, easy. And then... You're like past Johann now. Oh, hang on. I think my radiant...

Move 30 feet. Zap to the right of my sunbolt. Yep, two attacks. And then at the end of that I'll do two extras. No, you can't, because you're bonus action to Step of the Wind. No, I mean I'll move... No, what I mean is I'll move... You'll move the rest of the wind. The rest of the wind. Oh right, I see, yeah. So my lowest is...

12. Misses. And says 15. Hits. Cool, so one hit. Bam. This one looks good. It's not.

Four damage. You scorch one of the goblins with a blast of fire and then dash away. And then an extra 10 feet. Extra 10 feet, nice. 40 feet away from them, then. You are nice and far away. And then an extra 10 feet. Extra 10 feet, nice. 40 feet away from them then. You are nice and far away. Hayley.

I'm going to recklessly smash some goblins in the face. Yes. Yas. Yas. They'll both hit because they're both above 13. Well, it's an advantage if you're reckless. Oh, yeah. You're right.

Get that 20. No, you didn't, but you still hit them both. I mean, do I ever make you roll this damage? I want to! 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 and a dex save. Even if it's half, that's another one. Yep. How do you want to kill these two goblins?

I want to just look at them, like, because they were trying to hit me and just let me just run if you want to kill them you can kill no I'm gonna kill them they turn to run and they're like no I don't think so just both in one massive sweep you can probably knock them off the cliff as well with one thing. You just like golf swing both of them off. And then they go tumble. See ya! And they go flying. Perfect.

Nova. So they've clued on that something's not quite right. Yeah, it looks like they're goblins, so they don't understand that it's an illusion. They just understand they can't hurt it or eat it. So they've turned their attention to anything that they can hurt and eat. But they're not really scared of it anyway. Nah they're kind of like, it doesn't seem to be doing anything.

In which case... It was good because it distracted them from killing Piri. Yeah. Alumni! I will Eldritch Blast two of this far away swarm. Yeah, sure. Sweet. Just a classic. Pew pew! far away swarm. Yeah, sure. Sweet. Just a classic.

Pew pew! So one definitely hits because I rolled a 15 plus 7 and the other one is a 7 plus 7 which is a 14. Hits. Both hits. Nice! 8 on one and 3 on the other. So that's 11 total. So close. You kill another

one of the goblins, there's two left. Looking around a little bit more scared than what they were previously. But the two bleems just launch the two goblins flying through the air. Uh, Aria. Uh, am I close to the last two? Yeah, you can make one melee, one movement will get you next into melee with the last two. Okay, can I do that? Can I make a movement and then get close to them and then do two weapon attack? Yeah, so you do your rapier attack, and then as a bonus action, you can do short swords.

Cool. Just cleaning up now. 17 on one, and 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 on the other. Make sure you tell me which one's which, because the damage changes. Okay, rapier is 17. They both hit. Awesome.

Okay, so then 1d8 plus 4 and 1d6 plus 3. Ooh, that's not very good. Makes up for that 40 damage you dealt earlier. Rapier is 5 plus 1 is 6. And then the short sword is d6 plus 3, 5. So as they're distracted by the last of their numbers kind of being dwindled you kind of run up the rapier just pierces through one's chest pulls it free and then you just

jab the short sword into the neck of another goblin tear it and the head comes clean off scatters to the ground as a field of goblin bodies is trailed like blood smears from where Scorb trampled them and you are left completely in the clear having wiped out this small trailed like blood smears from where Scorb trandled them you know trampled them

and you are left completely in the clear having wiped out this small patrol of goblins small patrol what? yeah

small? yeah there was loads of them goblins breed like crazy they breed like goblins we're going to take a break we'll be back at five

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