High Rollers DnD - High Rollers: Aerois | #47 - Under the Sea (Part 2)

Episode Date: October 3, 2019

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Pickaxe. RBC has helped millions of young Canadians turn their most likelies into most definities, making their ideas happen with scholarships, internships, and skill development, plus resources for artists and athletes. Learn more at rbc.com slash support youth. Hello, everyone. Welcome back to High Rollers, a Dungeons & Dragons podcast in the world of Erois, run by Dungeon Master Mark Sherlock-Humes, with me, Tom, playing Keelak Adkalad, Cleric Wizard.

I am Chris Trott. I'm playing Lucius Viren, Elowin Elanastro, and I am a High Elf Sorcerer. Hi, I'm Rhiannon. I'm playing Sentry. I am a Guardian Paladin. Hi, I'm Katie. I'm playing Aayla, a Wild Elf Barbarian. And I'm Kim. I'm playing Nova, who is an Air Ganassi, and she is a

Hexblade Warlock. Thanks to our regular sponsor, D&D Beyond, the official Dungeons & Dragons toolset. Create your free account and speed up your campaigns today. We're back into a brand new combat round. Welcome back. Let us continue. Ayla, you are up. You have the giant, distorted triton creature. There is a school of razorfish nearby. Erin is on the opposite side of the creature.

But it's just trying to attack you. Nova has been harpooned. One of the marrow. Quill narrowly amissed a similar fate. So the harpoon that came towards me, did it sort of go in past me and then fall back? If I got, like, here. So if you moved round it, yes. Could I get these, could I hit both of these two if I...

Oh, in a line with your special hammer, yes. You would need to move to, to be very pedantic, you would need to move here, which would provoke an attack. Okay, I won't bother then. I will hit this dude. All right. Twice. You're going to go for the big mutated creature. Yes, that is... 14.

14 to hit, we'll hit. Okay, and... 21 to hit. 21, we'll hit. Both attacks hit. You slam both hits on the hammer. Oh, both. Okay. So the 27 is both. 27 is both hits on the hammer. Oh, both. Okay. So the 27 is both attacks. 27 is both hits, and then lightning aura for...

Depending if you make a save. It does not take any damage from the lightning. The lightning courses through its body, but has no... I rolled a six damage. Also, as both hits connect, blood, like... Well, not blood, but like whatever dark viscous liquid is leaking out of it it does not appear to be blood it seems to be like another substance entirely ichor ichor this yeah and it begins leaking out of it um as you as you hit it the second time

the the ichor seems to almost like it begins clenching its giant clawed hands, and the ichor forms into these thick black chains that shoot out all around its body. I need you and Erin to make a dexterity saving throw. Hellish rebuke. Sounds like a little hellish rebuke to me. Do I get advantage on this if I'm raging? No, it's a dexterity saving throw. 18.

18? Okay. So you Uh, 18, okay. So you succeed, Erin does not. Um, you watch as these chains, you kind of swim back, kind of rush, um, as these chains go to grip your arms and legs. Um, they kind of wrap and hit Erin, like, locking around her, like, wrists and legs, and she is now restrained.

Um, whilst she is, restrained. Whilst she is restrained in this manner. Damn. But that is just as a reaction to you reducing it to a certain threshold of hit points. After your turn, Ayla, is there anything else you wish to do? I believe that's pretty much everything except movement. We go to

Lucius. I will just simply fire a Melf's Acid Arrow at this boy. Okay. Whilst kind of floating near sentry for that shieldy bonus. Okay.

So you're within 10 feet of sentry. And with a bonus action I'll invoke my barrier ring too. Okay, so plus 2 AC and then you're going to cast Melf's Acid Arrow. Thank you. Cool. Give me that sweet attack roll against the marrow. Okay, I'm two AC and then you're going to cast Mouthsack to Darrow. Cool. Give me that sweet attack roll against the Marrow. Okay, I'm going to do it at level two, so it is...

You can see these Marrow, they kind of hiss and growl but they're not making any, it's gone inside. Because you bounced it out of a dice tray into the case of the 15 plus seven. That is going to hit. Six, right. That is a hit. Cool. And then my damage is, I think it's 300.

Amazing. No. 3 what? 44. 1, 3, 5, 9. 9 points of acid damage. It will take 2 more decoys of its turn. 5 to what? Same creature.

So more acid you pull from the colour of your... Well actually, that's an interesting question. You normally have your clothes. A bit of green thread on them. Well it's orange. Orange thread on them. Could he just use anything around?

I haven't described orange. I said that there was Dark red There was purple And there was dark blue What depth are we at? Not that deep Why? Okay because the red spectrum

Is the first to go As deeper you go Oh really? The light penetrating What happens to it? It can't penetrate Through enough water So what does it look like?

It gets Greener than bluer As you go Oh I see Blue is the last on the spectrum. So I'm like super blue. So again, I ask you, what orange are you using? Because Quill is also not wearing his clothes.

I got like orange feathers. I popped a zit on my butt. And an orangey pus came out. Nope. The L on his speedos. Ayla's hair? The L on his speedos. Hela's hair? The L on his speedos. He didn't describe

what colour they were. How about Mark? I don't use dichromancy. I try to and I'm like... But he said you can use Ayla's hair. Well, it's really far away. He lost his gold though. He lost his gold. Remember with dichromancy you have to see the colour that you're pulling from.

I've got yellow. I fumble around looking for it but it's gone What about the blood floating about in the Luscious doesn't think of any of these useful ideas That's the thing as well, that's red, it's not orange That's very luscious though, to look around and be like Oh shit, Quill

Where's the orange? He looks and he's like, oh no Oh, shit. I'm so used to having my own. Where's the orange? Yeah, he looks and he's like, oh no, oh no. Right, I'm going to get back closer to five, ten, fifteen. Century, protect me! Yeah, back to century. And I will cast

with a bonus action because I can't actually get tuned over. What level can I do? Third level, sure. Healing word? A healing word. Aww, thank you, Tom. So, moved bonus action. 3d4.

Boom. 3, 5, 8, plus 4, 12 HP. That's very nice of you. Awesome. You still have an action. An action? I didn't think about that. Cantrip. Cantrip? What cantrip

can I do here? Sacred Flame won't work. Oh, it's Radiant damage, isn't it? Yeah. Ah. Could Marrow A, or whatever his name is, a natural 1? What's this, dude? So a total of 2. Boom.

He is taking 2d6 Radiant. 2d8. Oh, is it 8? Yeah. What's this, dude? So a total of two. Boom. He is taking... 2d6 radiant. 2d8. Oh, is it eight? Yeah, he's taking 12 Dimagios. Nice. I can't believe it. Should all make a wish.

Quill healed. I know, right? Quill healed and also destroyed the creature currently holding... Which means I get a double heal. Whoa, really? Yay. Actually, we had Hexblade's Curse on it. Damn, I didn't think it was so good. Which means I get a double heal Can maybe actually oh no

You do you want to do that cuz I think you have to use it as a reaction when a creature dies You know what? I'm gonna do it. You have the stats for it. Yes Can you do a medium-sized creature? This is large. I'm just double-checking. Yeah, read it. Because you've not used this ability yet. It's doing that thing where I'm panicking. It's in Features and Traits. I'm looking at Features and Traits. While you're doing that, I will say that as an addendum to my clarification,

I guess before the break, being a wizard means I can now take Healing word and things like that as a cleric which makes them more powerful. So I do have more powerful heals as a result of being a wizard. Boom! Min-Max in! Let's read it out. So when I slay a humanoid... Okay, so when you slay a humanoid.

Does it have to be medium? Also this isn't a humanoid. It just says a humanoid. Yeah, it's not a humanoid. Okay. It's a monstrosity, right? It is a monstrosity. Okay. One day. One day.

So, Mero A. But I do get a little healy. There is another sort of like howl of rage from the other Mero as it sees its broodmate or clutchmate killed. We're just making everything angry. You are. I just healed for another 10. 10 from the Hexblade Curve?

Yes. Holy crap. Sentry. Right, I've got to change what I'm going to do then. Yeah, I'm going to move up to Nova. Like that one next to the rock.

That one there. Cool. I'm going to cast heroism at level yeah, cast heroism on Nova okay, what does that do? so you get temporary hit points equal to your spellcasting ability modifier your spellcasting ability modifier, so two you get two temporary hit points

at the start of each round I think so it's like you get two and then if they go away you get another two the next round sweet but they don't add up, so you don't get two then four then six you have two, you get hit and then you get two, and then if they go away, you get another two the next round. Sweet. But they don't add up, so you don't get two, then four, then six. You have two, you get hit, and then you get two more. Is that a concentration spell? Yes. I lose shield of faith.

You do. Oh. Sadly. It's concentration, you lose it on the previous spell. Oh. It's okay. I learned that a little way. Terrorism also means that you can't be feared.

Yeah, you can't be frightened. Yeah, exactly. Cool. Okay, so that was your move. Anything else from Sentry? No, I think I'm good. Okay. Nova?

Well, I just need to change my plan very quickly. Always delay. It's a hold on action. No, it's all right. I was going to do Vampiric Touch on Mero, but he's dead now. Well, he's dead. So I will cast Eldritch Blasteroo. On who?

On who? On the... Okay. Grotesque Fishboy. Sure. Yeah. Horrible Fishboy. All right.

Go for it. But not the grotesque Angry Fishboy. This is the grotesque one. Natural Sure. Yeah. Horrible fish boy. All right. Go for it. But not the grotesque angry fish boy. This is the grotesque. Natural 20! All right. On one beam and a 11 on the other beam. Okay. So both beams hit.

So do the damage for the first beam. So it's 10 plus another D10. Normal damage is D10. So you do 10 max and then plus another one So 18 So that's the first one And then 9 on the second one

Wow so 27 in total However As a reaction to you casting a spell on it Can you make a wisdom saving throw for me please You do get plus 2 You do get plus 2 Wisdom, wisdom, wisdom. Sixteen.

Okay, so you feel for a moment as your spell connects with this creature, it creates some sort of connection between the two of you, and you have to very quickly throw the spell out before you can feel some sort of presence trying to affect your mind as you target it with a spell.

And it kind of, like, reaches around, kind of thrashing around in the air, in the water, sorry, as the spell connects with it. Ooh. Yeah. Sweet. That me. Erin is currently restrained and will attempt to break herself free. Which requires an escape DC of 13

she pulls herself the bonds she kind of smashes with the trident as these Icarus bonds kind of break apart and she basically just breaks those free as her action and then she will basically just can she cast any bonus action spells? No.

So she does nothing. She just spends her action breaking free of the bonds. And then break those chains. The remaining marrow will... That's a spice guard, isn't it? Marrowbeak.

It's just going to swim up to Quill Oh no, don't! Oh no! What? Just because I make one Spice Girl as a reference doesn't mean he needs a kill He will try and stab you I'm going to protect, please

Disadvantage You shan't protect I've got 10 feet I've got 10 feet? Yeah, it's 10 feet with Helios I'm more than 10 feet away, aren't I? No, you're 10 feet You're 10 feet I've got 10 feet yeah it's 10 feet with Helios I'm more than 10 feet away aren't I no you're 10 feet

you're 10 feet nice well I rolled a 12 and a 13 so 18 is my lowest okay that'll hit that hits

and then he will attempt to bite you as well also at disadvantage oh actually no it's only against the one attack I think um so

that was a 10 so 16 to hit on the bite ah damn it still both hits? Yeah. Okay, so from the harpoon, you're going to take... You'll be all right, friend. 14 points of piercing damage.

Fine. Sure. And then, and that's a d8 for the bite. Another 8 points of damage, so 18, no, sorry, 14 plus 8, 22. Does that take you below? That does. That does take me below. Katie, you just did a ton. Yeah, she you below? That does. That does take me below. Katie, you just did a tom.

Yes, she's been waiting for it. The swarms of the razorfish become very agitated once they can sense fresh, fresh blood. Chicken blood. Oh, no. Chicken blood is more delicious. There's a decapitated corpse over here, though. There is, but

if they can have still alive blood they prefer it. All the same. I already died like 12 seconds ago. I'm declaring one more thing. The creature

the kind of malformed triton is very heavily injured and seems to be very weak but just is in a rage and will probably just continue to attack Aayla

because that's who it was attacking last time. Why didn't I cast shield? So first attack is a 20 to hit Aayla and then the second one is only a 12. No. Okay so you're going to take 10 points of piercing damage, half to 5. Okay. So it just bites into you, this malformed

mouth, scritching, you knowping and scratching as best as it can But you can see it's clearly Falling apart whatever magic is holding it together Is not doing it's job And it's your turn Gonna hit it Gonna hit it recklessly Yeah girl

It'll hit 15 plus 8 It'll hit right I'm going to hit it recklessly. Yeah, girl. It'll hit 15 plus 8. It'll hit, right? It hits. Yep. And I'm just wondering what a Dispel Magic might do. 17 plus 8 will also hit. Doesn't matter because Aayla's going to smash it into the ground.

Right. Just roll these damages separately for me, please. Okay. That means something bad's going to happen. When will it explode? Ten on the hammer for the first one. Just the total damage. So that's total damage for the first attack?

Plus the lightning doesn't do anything, so yeah. So just ten total, right? Yeah. Okay. For the first attack. Okay. You hit into the creature, and you know it's a killing blow. Like, you smash its chest in. Whatever organs it should have should have stopped working.

It's still alive somehow. It's, like, thrashing around in death throes. It's still alive. Can I look at it and see if it's got anything on it that's... or anything on the body of the priestess? Well, you are making a secondary damage roll, I believe, for your second attack first. Well, it hit the second attack. Yeah, so roll damage. Um... 13.

I'm just checking the ruling on something. Hang on. Hang on. Checking the ruling on... I'm checking the DC of something Hang on Checking the ruling on I'm checking the DC of something So how much damage was that sorry? 13 Still alive You smash it into again hoping to like crush it But just yeah like you're crushing

Parts of it's limbs and body This thing will die guys It won't die! Yeah. That was actually quite impressive. What an impressive saving throw I rolled. Okay. We go to Lucius.

Lucius. I'm going to Chromatic Orb. Mirror Boy here. Sure. Do you want to finish off the big thing? I've committed. Six plus seven, that's 13. That does not hit the Marrow, actually.

Whatever fragments of the Court of Shadows armor it's wearing, it hits and impacts on those, and they disperse the magic of the spell. Well, piece of piss mark isn't it it's the end of my goat what damage type were you dealing acid oh it's a shame there's no orange and where can you pull orange from can I look at the prism gauntlet I got my hand is there any orange on that hand is there any orange on that yes there is so being my words you can do dr. Manson you do a documentary when it hits right no it's when you cast a spell that deals a damage type in which case I will die cromancy to the other boy can you make a wisdom saving throw for me, please. It's a spell, boy.

So five? Five? Okay. I think I added the plus two as well. You take seven points of psychic damage, and you are stunned until the end of your next turn. Oh, sugar honey iced tea. So as stunned... What the hell? Sugar honey iced tea. Wow. Shit. I get it, yeah.

I get it now. It took me a second. It's from Madagascar. Oh, Sugar Honey Iced Tea. You are stunned, Chris Trott, so you cannot take actions or reactions. You automatically fail strength and dex saving throws. An attack roll makes you have advantage. I love you, Rhiannon.

Damn. I lose my... Oh, dear. Armor of Agathys is in concentration I still have oh armor of agathys that deals damage when you get hit

it's a melee yeah it was psychic damage okay I had five temp hit points though which absorbed some of that that did absorb

some of it okay so after lucius the schools of ripperfish go five oh they can move so far

25 30 35 40 but not far enough oh The schools of Ripper fish go fine. Oh, they can move so far 3540 but not far enough Just before me like 10 feet away from me 5 10 a la you can make an attack opportunity. Okay your reaction Yes, please fish fish. Yeah, I got a my Sugar honey iced tea Hits the fish However, they are gonna to take half damage. This kills the fish. 15 points of damage.

15, halved, 7. Yep. And that's swarm A. They will just use their action to dash and get next to Quill. So they're all up in this. They actually just cover you, Quill. They're not even on you.

They cover your space. They're just swarming all around you. Looks like birds on the menu. Looks like birds back on the menu. What menu, Lord of the Rings? Quill, it's your go. You are surrounded so question

about shield which I should have cast last turn which is the entire reason I took wizard shield is reaction yes if I move away

from a attack of opportunity yes is that a reaction as well and they hit me if I mean it would be their

reaction to make an opportunity their reaction to an attack of opportunity but I mean if they hit me can I use a reaction to do shield?

Yes, reaction is when the trigger occurs. So, like, when you are hit by an attack. Right. It still uses your reaction for this turn. And would that be an action on my turn, is what I mean? No, it's a reaction. Cool. You imagine this, right?

You have one reaction for a whole turn of combat. How that reaction gets triggered is dependent on the trigger. Right. If it's from an opportunity attack, whether it's from a normal attack, whether it's from, you know, an ally attacking you, it doesn't matter.

Sure. Well, I'm going to do a Cure Wounds on myself. Okay. Because I'm the only person I really want to heal. Remember, if you...

Now, this is where it does get tricky. It's still your turn. You can't cast a spell of spell slots. You can't cast two of them in a turn. Right, but at the end of my turn,

I'm free to do reactions if he decides to attack me. Yes. Sure, okay, that makes sense. Yeah, I think that's how it works. Somebody I'm sure who knows

more. Or is it a spell per round? It's, no, it's like, I think it might be like, maybe it's actually, no, I think that's how it works. Somebody I'm sure who knows... Or is it a spell per round? No, it's like... I think it might be like... Maybe it's actually... No, I think you're okay with shield because I think the ruling for magic is when you cast a spell

with a casting time of a bonus action, the only other spell you can cast that turn is a cantrip. So I think you can do it in this round if you wanted to try and move away and cast a reaction. Ben, cast Cure Wounds. I'll cast Cure Wounds. So 3d8. Oh, cast Cure Wounds. I'll cast Cure Wounds. So 3d8. Oh, that's a garbage heal.

4, 5, plus 4. 9. 9. I'm 3d8 plus 4. 9. I think that pushes me back up. 28 out of 41. So yeah, I'm good.

Okay. Over half. So it's like the fish are swarming towards you and you're like healing your wound like any open wounds you have

all the blood begin yeah it's gone get out of here um and then ah man I ah

what do you want to do that's the noise I make it's very flustered uh oh actually I don't have a club or quarter staff do I

nope so I can't do a club or quarter staff do I? Nope. So I can't do shh lalala. What do you do? I'm gonna stay there, I'm just gonna stay in his face. Okay. I'm in his face. I'm in your face.

Yeah that's all I'll do because I can't do any actions. Or bonus actions I mean. Okay, that's your I'll do because I can't I can't do any actions or bonus actions I mean okay that's your go sentry um cool

I'm going to cure wounds quill I'm going to move up on all the quills you're just full support you've not made an attack I'm doing what Helios

said I should do you mean you can still attack stuff but he'll get mad at me he won't he won't get mad at you. Got 2d8 plus 2. You're next to him, but...

4, 5, 7 for you, buddy. 4, 5, 7? 7. Yeah, because I got plus 2. It's 7. 7 all together. Oh, I see. I thought you rolled a 4 and then a 5.

I see. Sure. Ty, PM. I see. Sure. T-Y. P-M. All right. LOL. You done? Why the face?

Yes. Nova. I'm just really... Kim was making the face of like, oh. I don't... Because my thought process is would Dispel Magic kill the unholy zombie but then i also don't want to waste an entire round trying to find out so it's one of those things it's one of those moments mark's doing his like faces mr neutral face actually he's really trying to poker it yeah yeah i mean

we just wasted two turns healing me so i don't't get gnomed. So, go ahead. How messed up is Marrowboy looking? None. Oh, the marrow? Yeah. Sorry. Not particularly. Not particularly bad. He's got an arm off.

Oh, he's got an arm off. He does not have an arm off. Oh. Um, okay. Quill's probably looking quite crunchy. I look great right now. From a food standpoint. You've got to decide.

Well, that's it. You're wasting your ten. I'll just blast the marrow. Okay, go for it. Dice. Make an attack roll. 18 plus seven. Hits.

19 plus seven. Hits. Nice. Boom. Eight. Boom. 8 on one. On one on the other, so 9 points of damage. Two blasts slam into the marrow. It just kind of hisses in this kind of like rippling of its throat muscles and neck.

This kind of... As it turns and looks at you. Nothing too serious. I've lost one of my blue dice. Erin, sensing this thing, is... What will she do? I think she will just try to... She will try to cast Magic Missile.

She summons three watery tridents. Six. Very fancy. Twelve points of damage to the great undead monstrosity. Let's see if it can survive.

It does. Oh my god, this thing's saving throws. So it's impaled by these three watery tridents. And just begins swiping its arms around. Nice. Crikey. The marrow, on his turn. Sensing danger.

Danger. Gives up, surrenders. It's a french marrow is he below half hit points no not yet I am tracking um

he will attempt to hit quill again better not or else do you want to shield that uh we'll see what it does first uh

well that is going to be a 21 uh I am going to be a 21. I'm going to shield that one. What does that take your AC to? No, puts me to 21. Ignore it. So I still hit.

I let it happen. You can have this one for free. That's 15 points of damage. Hit here. And then it's bite. 15? 15. The bite is a 16 to hit.

Yeah, I shield that one. As you throw a shielded ward up as it blocks the creature's bite as it's trying to bite into your birdy flesh. 20 out of 41. That's half, isn't it? Oof. Oof. Luckily you get to go before the swarms. Yeah. Actually's half, isn't it? Oof. Oof. Luckily, you get to go before the swarm.

Yeah. Actually, no, you don't. The swarm actually goes next turn. No. Oh, no. The dark one will attempt to hit Ayla again with its meager attacks. So the first one is a 18 to hit.

Yep. And then the second one is a 25 to hit. You're going to take 12, so half to six. And then nine, half to four. So 10. 10. It's just trying to rip you apart as its body is basically just falling apart from all the damage you're dealing to it.

Ayla, your go. I hope it doesn't make it a saving throw this time. It's a set amount depending on damage it takes and stuff. Reckless? Yep. Oh, I forgot I had advantage. Shit. That was trash, though.

I think it will still hit. Yeah, it's very easy to hit this thing. 14. Hits. He's a big boy. Well, big girl. 17 plus 8. Hits. Just let me know if they're crits. Right. Okay.

I feel like a crit would be an insta-kill. Might be. Might be. Might just wake it back up again. Damage rolls separately, please, because I've got to do its 14. Nine on the first one. So nine damage. Yep. Fucking yep, succeeds.

Like, you go to destroy, you crush part of its skull, continues fighting. Oh, God. Like, half its face is flat. 16 on the second one. 16. 21. Come on!

That's going to kill it. Yay! So you, like, crush half of its face, and it's just like, reaching out. How does this go down? She's just like, why won't you die?

So you kind of throw it into the coral house. You kind of smack it into the coral house. Jet yourself forward and just keep slamming it. The coral breaks and shatters inwards as it just crumples on top of the giant creature. If you don't see it die, though, it's still alive.

That's how films work, right? Lucius is stunned. Lucius is stunned. Oh, queerly boy! Oh, no. Two swarms of ripper fish. Filling your space.

Your AC is still... 16. No, you cast shield. It lasts until the end of your next turn. 21, boy! Very fucking good job. It's a 15 and a 10 to hit. Just as a note, while these things are at full

health, 46 damage. Well, one of them isn't full health. Yeah. As long as it's above half. Oh, right. Not like full health, but yeah. So these things, the shield is just keeping these fish out of reach. As they're just like...

You're like holding them at bay. Yeah, he's whacking away at the shield on one side. They're biting the other one. Stuck in the middle of a quill. Now it's Quill's go. I'm going to try and get her to dodge me out of here. You can still move if you want to move. Can I?

So the shield disappears I suppose yeah at the end of your turn yes keep in mind at the end of your turn Tom so any opportunity attacks if you move now they'll be trying to hit your higher AC because you still have the shield active right but I can cast it as reaction

after this turn right you can yes when technically you get your reaction back at the start of your turn so I am going to action after this turn, right? You can, yes. When technically you get your reaction back at the start of your turn, so. I am going to yeah, I'm going to do the same heal I did last time, heal wounds. I just need to. He's just desperately like Delicious spell slots, use them.

I think it's a disengage option. Yeah, you can also just spend a full action to move away without provoking an opportunity. I think I'd go 15 feet. They go 45. Yes. And N-boy has a harpoon yeah so yeah so these fish you've noticed that they've not attacked any living creature as long as it's above half its health where as long as it's basically not bleeding they're just like oh nah you're probably more trouble than you're worth dead bodies yeah yeah as long as you as long as core can heal himself and you can deal with his

marrow you might be okay well i'm going to do this here at a lower level anyway level one okay d8 boom one d8 plus four awesome six okay six hp that's your action anything else uh that's not century uh think about probably what you want to do anyway. Yeah. Bonus action. Spiritual weapon? Oh, no, I've already cast a spell. Hide. I'm going to take a hide action. You can't.

You're not a robot. I'm going to dip under the dust. I'm going to kick up some dust and hide in there. Sentry. Okay, I'm going to move up on the marrow then, and I'm going to stab it with my little swordy sword. Okay. You kind of jet forward.

And I like to Divine Smite with it as well. Yeah, or you decide that when you hit. Yeah, yeah. Okay, so attack roll. Above half. Attack roll. So it should be the exact same attack bonus as your axe, basically. 17 plus 7. Hits easily.

So D6 plus 4. Mm-hmm. So that's 5 plus 9. So then you want to Divine Smite. And then Divine Smite plus. At first level? First level. So 2D8s. 2D8 plus 4. No, no plus 4, just 2 you want a Divine Smite. And then Divine Smite plus. At first level? First level. So 2d8s.

2d8 plus four. No, no plus four, just 2d8 for Divine Smite. So six for the first one and two for the second one. So nine plus eight. Yeah. Yeah.

17. 17. That was such a blank. That's in my brain. Like my extra attack and do it again. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Absolutely.

So the first blow, you strike a deadly blow against this thing. You tear out part of its flesh. Second attack. I don't think you can divine smile again though. No, I can't.

Yeah, you can if you have spell slots. Pamphlets are crazy. Because they can spend more. I have one more spell slot left. They're spending the spell slot.

Yeah, I'll spend the other spell slots. Okay, so did you hit? Seven plus seven. Fourteen. Fourteen. Is not enough to hit this creature, actually. So the second attack does not hit.

Okie dokie. It's the scraps of Court of Shadows armor it's wearing deflects the blow. Too powerful. Okay. Too strong. After Sentry Nova. Can I cast Chill Touch on the mirror? Sure.

I just thought I'd try something a bit different. Okay. Has it got range? 120 foot. Lovely. Go for it. Chill Touch at 120 foot. Cocked.

It summons like... It's not cocked. It just hit the side. Was it actually on its side? It was between the two and the 20. It looked like it was flat. Do you want to give me the 20? I want to get the 20.

No. Roll again. I thought it was like it landed flat. That's a 14. To the 20? No, no, no. Oh, yeah, the 20. Nine. Roll again. I thought it was like it landed flat. That's a 14. To hit total? Yeah. Not enough. It's AC 15.

Did you add your bonus? That was a plus seven, yeah. Oh, shit. Okay. Seven plus seven. 14. There you go. So, no, you reach out with a ghostly hand, but it deathly whips itself to the side, focusing

on its target, Quill. Mm-hmm. Erin will jet forward. She's got like 30 feet. And then she will cast a spell.

She will cast Ice Knife. Nope, that will hit allies. She will cast a second level magic missile, something more tridents my face is glitching on the stream it's cool 8, 9, 13

there's like an extra copy of your face migraine oh it is a strange issue she summons four watery tridents and sends them rushing towards the marrow they impale his body and pin him to the ground dead. Nice.

NPC steals a kill, but never mind. That's a good show. So after Eren, it would be... We'd go back up to the top. So the swarm, are you still below half hit points? No. You're not? No.

They disperse and go and feed on the now dead bodies of the marrows. Yeah. Sweet, sweet, sweet. So you are out of initiative. God, that was close. Is everybody okay? As I swim down. Been better.

Almost was fish food then, but... Erin just silently goes back to where the other creature was. Those were the things I saw in the vision. So there might be more of them, but I don't know. How many did you see? What, of the marrow? Yeah. No, I thought you saw big eel.

Yeah, they have, like, eel tails. Yeah, you saw a marrow in your vision. There was, like, four of the marrow in your vision. Can I swim over to the priestess? God, it's going to take ages. But yeah, can I... You're out of initiative now. The reason I wanted you to be in initiative

is because I was tracking things like the ritual going on and stuff like that. Sure. Can I look for, like, any amulets or the Zarkira stuff? So, yeah, make an investigation check on the body of the priestess. Investigation. Ten. Ten.

Okay. The only thing you really find of value on the priestess is she is holding, like, what looks to be a salvaged piece of metal with a emblem of Zarkira attached to the top of it. Can I look at the creature thing whatever that was and just see if I can figure out when you swim into the kind of collapsed building that you had smashed it against to

you can see Erin is kind of like looking at this thing and she's just her kind of pink hair is kind of like trailing behind her body and she's just kind of got her eyes closed and seems to be whispering some sort of prayer as she looks at the body. And yeah, you start looking over it.

What are you looking for in particular? Like, what do you want to know? I don't know, like what kinds of different creatures it was made out of, because it's clearly made out of different things. It wasn't made of different things. Was it not? No, that was the miniature, like the miniature I used here. No, that was the miniature, like the miniature I used here. But the actual creature you fought was the body of a triton that had been really horribly warped by magic.

Its limbs had been extended and, you know, strengthened. Its size had been like blown out of proportion. So its limbs were like awkward shapes and sizes. Any kind of like mutations to the face. It was still clearly once a person, but it's been horribly warped by magic for sure. Can I cast detect magic or start casting detect magic? Do you want to do it as a ritual?

Or are you casting it as a spell slot? As a ritual. Okay, so you take 10 minutes. Yeah, you can do that. While Nova's doing that, does anybody else want to do anything differently? Sentry, Lucius, Quill? Yeah, I'll go up towards where Aayla and they are,

looking at the purple light thing. But the purple light, there is no more purple light now. Yeah, so that's what summoned the... So this is a house? Yeah, it's like a little house, yeah. It's like a small house. Looking inside, Quill, when you enter, you don't see any purple lights.

But while Aayla is looking at the body and Aaron is kind of like quietly praying, you do see that this room was clearly being used for some sort of ritual. There are arcane sigils carved into the coral floor. You can see that there are the remnants of like wax sealed containers, like almost like little watertight bottles maybe like traces of like powder still kind of glistening in the water floating around you can see that there is a shell piece like a piece of shell but actually no it'd be metal it's almost like a piece of metal ripped from something like a big flat sheet of metal and inscribed in a language you don't understand is some writing.

The sigil itself, do I recognize that as what we saw in the... The arcane runes on the ground or on the staff? Well, the staff I recognize as... Yeah, you recognize it as Arcea's emblem, yeah. But the arcane runes on the ground, yeah. I mean, you can it as Arciera's emblem, yeah. But the arcane runes on the ground, yeah.

I mean, you can make an arcana check for me, seeing as you are a servant of the god of magic. Cool. 16. 16. Looking at these sigils, looking at the setup of the ritual, you are very confident in the knowledge that you've learned from Hesper and your understanding of magic. Necromancy was being performed here, but not just normal necromancy.

This wasn't just a normal undead creature. This has been strengthened. It has been enhanced, made stronger, made faster, given unusual abilities. Quite powerful necromancy took place here um and it is beyond anything you've seen on eros or have heard of on eros before huh okay do i know that you'll detect magic uh you see very faint fading traces on the sigil so whatever magic rituals in the circle there was magic cast here and now it's kind of dissipating

you kind of sense that the magic is leaking away the emblem of Zarkira is magical it is a magical art item you also sense that there is no it's got like a range of 60 feet. You wouldn't sense that.

It's too far away. Yeah, that's probably about it. Start running in circles. Can I lift the fog of water? No. Can I follow Quill? The body of the creature obviously is magical as well. And does that tell me...

It tells you the school. Necromancy on the ritual. The emblem, I guess, is abjuration magic. And then the body is necromancy as well. Damn it, it was Eloise. Down here? I knew it.

Abjuration. Follows us everywhere. Can I follow Quill into the house? And I guess if I see the metal with the inscription on it, can I follow Quill into the house and I guess if I see the metal with the inscription on it

can I take that like I guess like because I can comprehend languages but that's another ritual so I don't also comprehend languages I believe is spoken

no actually does it say that you can read any written written you can also understand any written language that you see it was your previous

it was your rune site wasn't it, that's what I'm getting confused with You must be touching it You can start casting that as well Century and Lucius What are you guys doing? I think Century will probably wander over to this

house here and just sort of have a look around She'll want to just start investigating the other houses Yeah, I think she'll probably be like disturbed and upset by what she's seen all these weird creatures and stuff being... Okay, so you begin kind of gently swimming your way over there. Just have a look around you. I realise I'm on my own and start swimming.

You got a jellyfish? A storm clown? Oh, yeah, you got a storm clown. I'm assuming you are not next to it. I'll back up Century because she's on her own. Okay, so you go with Century. Okay, well, Century and Lucius, yeah, you begin looking into these other houses. Hello.

It's fun, right? I guess, a little bit. I start spinning upside down. That's very nice. It is. In his pants. Oh, yeah. Yeah.

Little silken speedos. Boiled ale, glistening. Is it bejeweled? I wish. Doesn't do well in the wash. Century, as you're actively looking, can you make an investigation check for me? Yeah. Wah, wah, wah. Oh, that's a

minus one, that's a seven on that one. Seven. I mean, you look around the house, you can, unfortunately, as you look in, there are a couple of, like, floating limbs, again, you can see. Maybe a couple of, like, triton fingers, there are a couple of, like, floating limbs. Again, you can see. Maybe a couple of, like, triton fingers or, like, maybe, like, a foot. You can see that the house has been clearly ransacked. Anything of value has been stripped and taken away.

Things like furniture. Like, there's no beds. Triton don't need beds underwater. But there are, like, nets like nets with like you know probably like you can see like smashed pottery um kind of like thick eel skin bags that would have once contained you know perhaps jewelry or ornaments um all been ransacked um yeah just this place looks like it's been trashed and raided yeah um almost but you do notice that there are definitely signs of a trail like bodies being dragged um signs of like things being dropped like the sand has been disturbed

but also like in the water you can see trails of like like beads that have been dropped from a necklace or something like that there's clearly a trail that seems to be leading away from the village. Oh. Okay. This is so tragic. Yeah, it's really sad. It's really sad. Court of Shadows. Oh, you made a smile towards me, and I thought you were about to say, and then the runes explode.

No. So Nova, you finish casting Combrahan Languages. Grr. The She of Metal is, only some of it is actually decipherable as written language. The rest of it appears to be sort of more arcane sigils, to be copied perhaps, you don't know. But it seems to dictate parts of a ritual. Not enough that you could replicate it, or probably not enough that you could give it to it wouldn't be of value to

anybody else but it is clearly partial instructions um from somebody called um uh shantani siren of zarkira that's smoking gun if i was hitting it. And it is, yeah, instructions on an experiment. A ritual to be tested outside of the fortress. The fortress, eh? Mm-hmm. And basically, the last bit seems to be, return to the depths, find me in the entrance and tell me the results.

Okay. Deeper. We're going deeper under. I was literally about to do that. There's too much panic in this town. Erin finishes her little prayer and

opens her eyes. Sorry, are you all right? That ended up being a bit hairier than we expected, I think. Yeah, no, definitely. Well, we have seen these necromancy sigils. I guess that's also not something the Sahagin have ever done before. No. There's been a few we have a few we

we have tritons who learn magic you'd call wizards i guess and sorcerers and the things like that we have people who study magic but i mean the sahagin maybe they've had like primal magic i've heard of like some sahagin can conjure sharks and cause the ground to you know attack you or try and entangle you and that sort of thing um they've had like a natural magic but not anything like this nothing like that can create these kind of rituals or create like this kind of undead or whatever that was whatever they did to my people did that body look like it'd been killed and then resurrected, yeah. Very much so. Yeah, there were wounds on it, but the magic had warped it so much that,

I mean, it was hard to tell, but yeah, there's no way that... Does Quill recognize it as the person that got dragged in in his vision? I think it probably, there's enough there that you would recognize it as that person, yeah. Yeah, the same kind of hair, the kind of this pale blue coral blue hair just like like tattered remnants of it on like the back of this creature's skull um the same kind of colored eyes oh no the eyes turn black but um yeah just enough to be like familiar maybe like a piece of jewelry just like a single like silvery kind of seashell yeah a name tag damn it shouldn't know hello my name is can i use the um the messenger rings and just let the guys know that there's more drag marks behind the back of this house here yeah absolutely um the other thing as well quill sorry with your

passive perception because i figure you've got a crazy passive perception. How can you forget? You would find that inside the house, well, first of all, Erin will basically tell you that this belonged to the captain or the captain of the guard that would have looked after this settlement. But, Kua, you notice that buried in the sand there is

a strongbox, and it seems to be the only thing in this place that hasn't been taken. Like, everything else has been ransacked and torn apart, but it looks like whoever came here missed this strongbox. it seems to be the only thing in this place that hasn't been taken. Like everything else has been ransacked and torn apart but it looks like whoever came here missed this strongbox. Can I? Open that. You can swim over to it and begin pulling it up and you can see

it's probably, it looks like a man-made, like land-made metal lockbox. Maybe traded from like an orc or something before. But you pull it up it's locked like you can see that there is a kind of like thick uh not necessarily a padlock but there's like a combination system on it um well he's looking at that can i speak to erin but with the messenger ring activated so everyone can hear it like is that doable no the messenger rings allow

you telepathic communication with each other um they don't allow you to telepathically communicate with other creatures you can talk to erin out loud well could she do both at the same time yeah she can you could just say to erin and then be like i've just said this to erin telepathically and then you can repeat what she says so can i show her the metal tile and the the staff with the emblem on it. Yep. And just be like, this is definitely the work of Zarkira. This is her emblem. And I've just translated this tile. And it talks of a ritual, an experiment, which I think we just saw the results of.

It mentions Shantani, a siren of Zarkira. She's quiet for a long time. Could that be the priestess you were talking about, the Sahorgan? Yeah, it sounds about right. Sounds like a Sahorgan name, that's for sure. Apparently there's a fortress in the depths. The instructions on this tablet are to take the results to the fortress. Problem is the depths are like a labyrinth of caves down there. It's a deep ravine and there's a whole network and passage of caves.

We've had scouts try to map it before, but we know that the Sahogun try and ambush people in there and we know that the Sahogun lay ambushes and they have all sorts of creatures and sharks down there as well. I mean, it's dangerous. If we don't have a better idea of where exactly this fortress is, then it's going to be tricky. We're probably going to have to fight more of those Sahogun,

or those Merrow as well. They've got loads of those as slaves, it seems. There's probably more of these, and I gesture towards the horrible dead floaty thing. Bloody hope not. But yeah, you're probably right i mean it sounds like i mean we need to get to the bottom of this whatever they're doing to my people i want to stop it but we need to know exactly we need to figure out where this fortress

is if we just go bumbling into those caves i think it's going to go it's going to be rough we're going to have to fight our way through a lot of support to get there so you said the marrow are slaves to the sahagin right now that's what it appears to be yeah like we've heard of them doing it before the the marrow aren't particularly smart and ever since the sahogun have gotten smarter they've basically put them to work as warriors it could be magically tamed so we might be able to break that connection somehow maybe um we could follow the drag marks could be i'm guessing follow the drag marks. Could be. I'm guessing that the drag marks are just going to take us to the edge of the depths and then we're going to be kind of screwed.

Unfortunately, tracking stuff underwater, it's not the easiest thing to do in the world. You need to be a pretty expert tracker and I'm unfortunately not one. So we need more information. I wish if we'd caught the priestess alive or if the captain had still been alive maybe he would have had more information but i just don't know i don't know what to do but what's happening hi you can catch each other yeah um well if they're doing necromancy spells, that would include a lot of blood.

How much do you think the fish around here would be able to sense that? Maybe. The Ripper schools, yeah, they're pretty much drawn to it. They're greedy little bastards, so we could try and use those to try and lure us to wherever there are fresh bodies. I mean, there's nets all over this place. We might be able to... It's worth a try. I can ask them. You can ask them? Yeah.

Okay. Yeah, I mean, I can ask them as well. Nice. I can't understand them back, but I can definitely give them basic instructions. We could try. When they get into a freedom frenzy, I can't stop them. Yeah.

True. Otherwise, you could utilize your ability when we're close to the labyrinth and see who or what's been down where yeah and that will at least lead us to the right place I guess hopefully what about you Ayla was it you all right yeah I'm not sure how else to track these things I mean I can track things in the forest but it's kind of literally out of my depth here

good joke I like it bit of triton humour there yeah nice you can see she's still putting on a bit of a brave face but there is like a bit of a slight crack of a grin alright well I can try. I'll round up some of the razorfish, maybe.

And then perhaps me and Guardian here can try and speak to them and convince them to help us. Alright, well, let's get to that. I can actually cast it as well, speak with animals. Oh, brilliant. Alright. Depends how intelligent they are. Yeah, well, that's the thing, is you guys can actually understand

them back. Erin can't, so you can just basically tell them what to do. Feast! Blood! Blood! Blood, blood. Blood, yum. Okay, so Erin will basically go and gather some nets, and she basically, like, nets a bunch of these razor fish together into, like, and she has, like, it on a, not like a lead, but

like, she can hold the net so the fish can't get her. Yeah, it's like a little balloon of these razor fish, and kind of swims back with it and they're all kind of like like wriggling and trying to get free okay want to give it a go yeah what should i ask them what do you reckon uh i have to look up how smart these fish are man ask them pretty dumb ask them if they can sense any blood nearby and if they lead us all right like can they sense any blood nearby and if they'd lead us. Great. Can they sense any blood nearby? I'm cured.

And also, hello. Speak with animals. You gain the ability to comprehend and verbally communicate with beasts for the duration. The knowledge and awareness of many beasts is limited by their intelligence, but at minimum, beasts can give you information about nearby locations and monsters,

including whether they can perceive or perceived in the past day. You may be able to persuade a beast to perform a small favor for you at the GM's discretion. Okay. If we feed you the bird. Right, okay.

So you cast a spell. Yep. Spell slot. And then you're, you, yeah, you say what? I say, hello, I don't know if you'd be able to help us. Ah! Okay. Hello!

Hello. Let us free, free us. We'll let you free in a second, we just need help us. Ah! Okay. Hello! Hello! Let us free! Free us! We'll let you free in a second. I just need your help. Free us now! We just need your help really quick. We must escape! No, no, no, no, no, no.

Have you seen any blood that's been passed here recently? Blood! Blood! So much blood! There was much blood here. We could not taste it all. Something went away. Nom, nom, nom, nom, nom, nom. Where did it go? We want food!

Give us food! We are hungry! Where did it go? Let us feast upon the dead. Where did the blood trail go? Ah, ah, ah. Many places. Many places. Ah. Much of it has gone into the deeps. But there was more. That one.

And they were kind of like swimming towards Quill. He has bled recently. Let us feed upon him. If he's coming towards me, I'll use my dusk willow ring to speak with animals so it doesn't cost a spell slot. Let us eat upon the bird! Not mine not mine you don't mind. The bird speaks!

It does. Hungry! Give us your flesh! In the depths! We want your blood! In the depths! Nom nom nom nom nom! Lots of blood in the depths if you take us there then we'll give you all the blood you need down there.

There are many bodies they took many of the tritons there took many of the tritons they fend us they the tritons. No, no, no. They fend us. They harm us. They capture us in nets and take us away. Could the Sahagin are there? Can you show us the way? No, the Sahagin are dangerous. We cannot go there. It is deep and cold and there are many

sharks, great sharks that will feast upon us. We will make the Sahagin bleed. Oh, oh. They begin talking with each other because there are a swarm of them. And they're like, what's the outward perception of this? What's that?

What's the outward perception of this? Me and Sentry. You couldn't understand them. Well, no, yeah. No, like you're speaking normally and then these things are just wriggling in your direction. You're kind of like,

it's not telepathic. Sentry's the only one who can understand them at the moment. No, Quill's also cast it. Oh, did you cast it as well? I've cast it as well, yeah. With my Dusk Willow. So, yeah, like, they begin talking amongst

themselves, and some of the fish are like, no, no, no, it is too risky. We must be free. They should let us go, and then we will feast on them. No, no, no, they are scary. Look, they have killed the Sahogun. But we are hungry. Yes, I know we are hungry.

And they're kind of speaking all in unison, but they arguing with each other so if you want to convince them it's probably a persuasion check or intimidate uh you can either force them to do what you want with intimidate or you can ask them well i guess i guess i was going for the approach of bargaining there's going to be tons of blood there and we can give you the one is it the swarm that I hit? Some of them are from that swarm. I think, like, Erin just gathered up a bunch. Kiko Lenny! Can I just walk up near them? Not Lenny!

With my hammer. Yeah, they're like, I mean, they are dumb fish. Like, I don't know if they 100% are like, oh, they understand subtle intimidation. They won't remember it anyway. No. They haven't remember it anyway. No. They haven't got that memory.

Five second memory. Exactly. They don't remember why I asked them. Yeah, persuasion. That's free! And they're like pulling at the net and stuff. Oh, Tom Hazel. Twelve.

You're so tasty. They really like my blood. You've been ruling terribly recently. I got a 12. Okay, they were like, we will take you to where they took the tritons, but then you must free us. You must then release us.

Perfect. You must then release us. All right, and they begin swimming, and Erin's like, like a dog on a leash, like a chain chomp. She's like, as these swarm of razor fish are spinning out of out of control dragging and pulling when we get there the moment someone sees us release them yeah you know i mean you guys

basically have a swarm of razorfish now um they're not charmed by you but if you can convince them they're not bleeding and they will be yeah will be. Does that count as a short rest the time that we've been doing all of this? Sure. You can have a short rest. Spend some hit dice if you want. Sweet. No point. No.

You need a sweet, sweet long rest, boy. I need some spell slots. You need some to use your cantrips more. I'm guessing my temp HP of bonnet. I know you don't get dichromancy, but now you're 5th level. Your cantrips do do I'm guessing my temp HP I know you don't get dichromancy but now you're fifth level your cantrips do do extra damage. My temp HP are gone

now aren't they? Yeah. Arcane recovery. So once per short rest expended spell slots up to a combined level of one. So what does that mean?

So you get a first level spell slot back. Oh nice. Okay. Cool. That's useful. Yeah. Got my halfway curse back. Oh, nice. Okay. Cool. That's useful. Yeah. Got my halfway curse back.

Nice. I need spell slots. I'm going to do a bit of magic font. That's the Hogan's humanoid. Let's find out. Yes! Yay! I just want a spectre.

Yeah, I know you do. Well, it's not really a spectre for you. It's like a holocaust. Where's Smeek? I fucking keep forgetting about Smeek. But he's Well, it's not really a spectre for you. It's like a hologram. Where's Smeek? I fucking keep forgetting about Smeek. But he's there. He's just like, he's a ghost. He can't really do fuck all.

So he's just like. No, I just like. He's just got a running bear. It's just like knowing where we are. I really expected. Is he just swimming alongside us? I think he's just like wandering around. Like, he's kind of ignored by everything.

And so he's like been playing in the plants and the coral houses. He probably has like a triton hand that he's like carrying around. Speak, put it down. He's like holding it like he's holding hands with it. No. It just floats through him because he's a ghost. He tried to eat it.

It looked like he was holding it for a brief period. He can basically hold very small objects. He's like a little poltergeist. He's a mage hand. Yeah, he's basically like a little mage hand. A little teen servant. Yeah, he's like...

He can hold little tiny things. Can I take the metal tile? How big is it, this metal sheet of crap? Okay. And the Zarkiria emblem on the staff? Zarkirira emblem is like Sorry, we're boring you No, I'm just tired

It's like maybe an oversized gold coin like a tea plate or a tea saucer size Can I take them with me? Warm it up for the last century's sake Lovely So you take the symbol of Zarkira

and the evil necromantic ritual tablet. Sentry. Helios. Helios just says, your friend should be careful. I do not know why she would wish to take such things, but I recognize the symbol of my enemy when I see it. You should be careful of her, Sentry.

I'll just messenger ring to Nova and just say, Helios doesn't like that being around. Just FYI. So loudly, I'm going to say, I just think we should take these with us as proof that Sarkira is here. That's a good idea. Or at least servants of Sarkira are around. Yeah, I agree. It's a good idea. Yeah. Doesn't say anything.

Sure. That's why you say you're taking them. Nova is, like, has no... She is a book that can be read. Like, come on. She's not evil. Helios doesn't know that. Or are you Brookstone? I am the Brookstone.

I am the Brookstone. I am starving! I believe that the famous quote is the road to hell is paved with good intentions, I believe. People can stop me. Yeah, absolutely. Helios is a fucking glowing shield. with good intentions, I believe. People can stop me. Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely.

I don't care enough. Helios is a fucking glowing shield. No, I'm on this path. Hey, this lockbox. Aayla cannot care less what Helios thinks. What's that? I found it in this house. That's probably the captain's.

You tried to open it? It looks like the Sahorgan missed it. Are you okay with us I mean it might be that there's something in there

that can help us yeah absolutely Baroness is opening this lockbox going to damage the goods inside because we're underwater

potentially depends on what's inside I mean we are Triton we live underwater so whatever he's got in there is that a Triton

box yeah this case it's not but I imagine it's the captain's so I imagine whatever he's put in there he did it down here okay probably something he bought's not, but I imagine it's the captain's, so I imagine whatever he's put in there, he did it

down here. Okay. Probably something he bought. It's just a worry. No, I mean, it might be. I can't tell you. It might be a lander's box, but it might also be full of the captain's stuff. I don't know. Well, it's worth trying to open it if anyone wants to. I mean, I don't particularly fancy an hour-long swim up to the surface

just to open up a box if it's, you know, okay. Do you know what the box if it's you know okay do you know what the combo is do you know when his birthday was maybe uh any significant um sorry numbers i can try and force it open i can try and hit it i mean i wouldn't hit it maybe just try and you know oh yeah it's like a combo lot okay i'll try and just like yeah give me a strength check oh god not raging oh no that was trash um ten ten

yeah ten you're like you just can't get purchased enough especially under water like you can't get like a good grip on it to like force it open if you had something like a crowbar maybe it would be easier

does anyone have oh wait a crowbar I do can I have a crowbar why do you have a crowbar? It's in the Adventurers kit or whatever kit it is that I started with. I have an iron pot.

Can I have the crowbar? And I'll try again. Put it on your head. You have advantage, right? You've got the crowbar. And they're easy as well. 18. Yeah, that's enough.

You kind of wedge it in and just... And the kind of whatever mechanism was holding it closed snaps and the thing opens. There's no bubbles that come out. So whenever it was sealed, it was clearly full of water as well. And out from the lockbox, a few things spill out. I'm luring around. There is a carved ivory statuette of King Tidesilver himself worth 250 gold. Worth knowing what he looks like as well, I guess.

There is a small eel skin pouch. Oh, sorry? Small eel skin pouch. Just like a little coin pouch, maybe. Are you taking all this, Quill? And then the last thing appears to be it is a collection of

reports that have been written, not with like obviously with parchment, but it's almost like a waxy substance. So maybe like a very treated, like thick parchment, but it's been treated with some sort of water resistant material. And it has been painted on with some sort of like water resistant material. And the reports detail, they appear to have be be from like several weeks ago um they detail um some raids from the sahagun um fending them off then the sahagun return in more numbers they fend them off um and as it gets to the point where the captain is thinking of sending out reinforcements, there is a more detailed breakdown, which basically reads, whoever reads this, chances are something bad's happened.

The Sahorgan have gotten to the point where they're stronger, they're faster, they're smarter. They've got creatures with them that we've never seen before. Sharks with strange armor on that seems resistant to magic and weapons something's happening in the depths i don't know what it is i'm going to try and get word out as best i can i think that they might be using the tunnels on the southern end that seems to be where the the greatest number of them are coming from our scouts have tried to follow but i've lost too many in the process i I hope you get this, Your Majesty. Something's going on.

We need to figure this out. And that's it. The message ends. We've not seen the captain at all. No. He dead. It was in a sealed lockbox. And with that, we're going to end today's episode.

Nice. Man. And we're going to take our balloon of fish towards the ravine. Yep, absolutely. So you head off to Coldlight Depths. If this were an MMO, Coldlight Depths would come up on screen. Well, I mean, it would say Coldlight Depths discovered. We'd get some XP and then we'd level up, right?

Well, so it's really interesting. Cobalt Fight Club and D&D Beyond's Encounter Builder both give me different amounts of XP for the encounter. I will give you the higher amount because I'm less. But I've reduced the discovery of the location because you the higher amount because I'm less. But I've reduced the discovery of the location because you've only discovered one half of this area so far. Oh yeah, I forget. I was joking about discovery.

I always give XP for magic item discovery, area discovery. Number! 1,230 XP each. 1,230. 1,230. We're level 7! Are we? We dinged. 230 1,230 wait we're level 7 are we yeah

we're level 7 yep we dinged oh my god oh hey you know what that means second level wizard for Quill

I'm level up wizard yeah so thanks very much everybody next week we'll see you then bye bye

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