High Rollers DnD - High Rollers: Aerois #48 | Darkness of the Coldlight (Part 1)

Episode Date: October 8, 2019

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I am Chris Trott. I am 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. Welcome back to Aroes. Last time, our party of adventurers have decided to assist Baroness Erin Coralsong, a Triton noble, in investigating a surge of Sahagin aggression and activity in the area, fearing it may be connected to greater plans of the tyrant Calus Starbane. With Helios the Eterna choosing to give Sentry his blessing, the party have dived deep beneath the waves and followed Eren to the Twilight Corals, a Triton settlement.

Here they find evidence of abduction and violence before they stumble upon a group of Sahagin, an estranged, malformed and mutated triton who attacks them in a fit of rage. After slaying the creature and searching the settlement the party decide to use a school of razorfish to try and locate the Sahagin's lair.

It's a bubble razorfish, I forgot about that. So, you are all currently deep beneath the waves with the ocean churning around you, drowning out a lot of the sound. It is a strange peace, but there is an unease in the area, knowing that there is foul magic being conducted by the Sahagin and by the forces of Kallus. following Baroness Erin Corlsong, the Triton noble, who has a large piece of rope with a round net full

of these piranha-like razorfish that she is using like a dog to try and follow a trail of blood leading to where the Triton from the village or the settlement had been taken. We're professional detectives. Very professional. Best plan.

It doesn't take you long You travel following the rays of fish Which leads you to the edges of a great Underwater ravine A great chasm, a split along the landscape Nestled between huge mountains Of collapsed earth And coral and formations

All kind of like Embedded in the sea floor basically As you reach the edges you can see that there are these great kelp and seaweed forests that seem to cover huge stretches of the um the seabed itself and then it almost just begins to drop and give way into this deep filled ravine the razorfish are pulling erin away when you begin to see in the far distance that there are very clearly Sahagin patrols mounted on sharks.

They're swimming up and down the length of the ravine in patrols. And as you are doing this, as you are making your approach, Drexia, is that the name? That's correct. That's the name. So you, from your perspective, you are currently hidden in amongst the kind of seaweed and kelp, observing this ravine, having tracked the people that attacked the settlement. And you, kind of glancing around, you sense these kind of approaching strangers. What you can see is one of your kind, a fellow triton, who has got this strange balloon of fish.

Totally normal down here. Totally normal, absolutely. It's, you know, just like using a bloodhound. But behind them, the strangest thing is that there are very clearly five landers, five landwalkers, one of whom is a bird with one arm, one of whom is a woman made of stone and metal,

which you would recognise as being a guardian. They're kind of an ancient race who fought in the wars. And then the rest are, there is a woman with sort of cloud-like hair, dressed in all sorts of, like, thick coats and with scroll cases and all sorts of, like, books and stuff all over. All ruined, though. Yeah. No, I took them out.

You took the books out, yeah. I'll learn from last time. You have the cases and the holsters, but none of the actual materials. I laminated them, it's fine. We can do that. We can do that. There is, I mean, you can waterproof stuff. It's, you know, magic exists. Wax. You also

see a very strong looking elven woman with, like, bright red hair who is as deft in the water as any triton. She is swimming with ease, without any kind of concerns. Very clearly adept in the water. And then there is also a very slim elf who is completely naked, except for a tiny pair of pants, I believe.

So not naked. With an embroidered... Tiny pair of pants. Embroidered pants. Yes, embroidered pants. With an L on it. With long blonde hair and a metal arm, technically. It's not blonde hair.

Oh, no, it's short and dark, that's true. Shoulder length and brown. Yeah, shoulder length and brown with a metal arm, technically. It's not blonde hair. Oh, no, it's short and dark. That's true. Shoulder length and brown. Yeah, shoulder length and brown with a metal arm as well, basically. Like a silvery metal arm. And you see this group, and they are pretty much going to run straight into this ravine if they're not stopped. And you know that there are many patrols in the area.

So, well, you guys, you do see the patrol. Quill, especially, you can see up ahead that there are patrols. But the erin is struggling to keep these fish under control. They're just going for the source of food or blood or whatever they've sensed. And they are making their way there. So my question to all of you is what would you like to do? So the patrol of what, sorry? Sahagin.

So there are, you can see that there are, the patrol seems to be made up of two sah Hoggan on the back of an armoured looking shark. So this very large shark, which has dark crystalline plate armour attached to it, that looks strangely familiar to some of you. So I don't imagine we've still got speak of animals. That was 10 minutes. No, it's been about a couple of hours at least.

A couple of hours? Yeah. We've got 24 hours of water. You've got 24 hours, so you've got about 20 hours left. Don't worry about it. I tap on the shoulders or body parts of whoever's closest to me while swimming, looking at this big drop-off. Nope, this is a nope situation for me.

That's very deep. I'm not sure. I'm not ready for that. Is it too deep for us? You don't know. I mean, it definitely goes down. You just see it kind of begin to dip away. And it's kind of a, it is a straight ravine,

but you can see that there are multiple tiers. Like one section seems to drop away and then another section seems to drop away. And it's vast. There are caves. You can see maybe the remnants of a couple of shipwrecks down there and all sorts um and you yeah you can look around you guys are approaching from um the south and you can see that ahead of you there is this large kind of seaweed kelp forest

as well um which is just on the edge of where the ravine begins um uh but yeah and then direct see yeah you you can just see them they are moving quietly they've not been spotted yet um but very clearly they begin talking to each other and you know that you know they're going to attract attention okay about them okay though because they're with a triton i'm gonna yeah i'm gonna say that they're going to be okay with me because normally I'm not really foreigners a little bit xenophobic not going to lie but this triton seems to be

leading the group as opposed to being taken as prisoner and I think that you would probably recognise that the triton leading them, she has long pink hair, kind of pale blue body she's wearing plate armour made from you would probably recognize that the triton leading them she has a lot she has long pink hair um kind of pale blue body she's wearing plate armor made from like shells and and um you know kind of uh pieces of armor that have been kind of stitched together but you would probably recognize

that there is she's she's clearly noble born she's she's one of the the court's nobles which there are many of them there's like a hundred nobles but they all kind of have like a different skin tone and stuff. So you'd probably recommend. Whatever then. Huh? Whatever then. Yeah, I mean, she's not a big noble, but still something.

I'm going to swim out and try and block their path so that they don't get too far down because I know the area reasonably well. You've been scouting it for a few days. Yeah, yeah. Okay. So I'm going to rush out and block it. Whoa, whoa, whoa. This is not a good Yeah, yeah. Okay. So I'm going to rush out and block it. Whoa, whoa, whoa.

This is not a good idea, guys. Okay. So you see this... So do an audio description of what do they see? Who swims up to them from this seaweed forest? Out from the seaweed forest, there is a triton who is, you know, quite small. I've based it off this.

Like a little guppy. A little guppy. She's tiny. She's so small. Sort of aquamarine, sort of blue-green skin, golden long-flowing hair, and a sort of an entertainer's outfit. There's no real armour on show that you can see

and it's all very sort of quite flamboyant and stuff. It's like long flowing pink silks and sort of that. Lots of shells and decoration as opposed to being armoured. No weapons on show. I don't seem to be posing you guys a threat.

Although you I'm thinking about now. My dice tower fell And I swim out In a hushed tone I don't want to attract too much Attention I don't know if there's anyone else hiding around Guys You need to

Guys I'm in complete agreement I don't know who you are But honestly I don't want to go Any further anyway I mean Erin

So Erin is like She's holding back This kind of thing And she's swimming Kicking her legs And she's just like I can't really hold These things for much longer

I need to let them go I can sort of like Try and help Push the stick That they're on Can I sort of Try and help hold them back? Yeah, sure.

So for that, I'd like you to roll a d20, and then you're going to add your strength modifier for me, or your athletics skill. So whatever your bonus to athletics is. Athletics. So that would be plus zero. Oh, nice. It's a two.

So you go over to swim her, and she kind of nods to you for a second and you begin pulling on this thing but these you can tell being a triton you can speak to things um you can kind of understand fish to a degree they're just so ravenous for blood and whatever whatever is deep in this ravine there must be a large source of it because they're rabid and she's barely managing to um uh hold on um as they're tearing away and you can see they're almost beginning to chew through the nets in such a frenzy um can you move your mic up a little bit closer to your oh yeah it's falling down

it's gonna uh just a little message so yeah you can see and erin's just not able to hold it so either somebody else is gonna have to help uh Drex here, sadly, you're pulling, straining your muscles, but it's making it harder. Only smiles, it's not happening. Sure. Oh. Maybe we should just let the fishes go. I mean, they've led us where we need to go, right?

Yeah, so just, maybe there could be a distraction. 13? 13. You're helping keep them in place, but you're not keeping them under control. Do we need these anymore? We know there's a lot of blood down there. Can we just, like, let them go? Just under control do we need these anymore we know there's a lot of blood down there can we just like let them go or just go do it i don't know

she just lets go at that point do you still hold on drexia or are you gonna let i'm gonna let him go because otherwise you were gonna go short save the everyone lets go of this rope and this kind of balloon net of razorfish just and then it just swims down deep into the ravine itself and runs away from you um Eren looks to Drexia specifically and is

like who the hell are you what are you doing here well I was I was at my home village when the Sahagans they came from the corals I'm from the corals. Oh, I'm so sorry. Oh.

Yeah, it was horrible. I mean, I don't have much family left. All I had was my two sisters. One of them was unfortunately, she was killed right in front of us. And the other one, she was taken. I don't know where she is now. I don't know whether she's okay. And I was trying to follow the Sahagin patrol out

to see if I could catch up to them and find out where she's gone I managed to hide I managed to charm one of them and just get away and just hid in a cave but this is as far as I could come, I didn't want to risk too much else You did great to get out

here while you can and I'm just glad that at least some people survived. We only found traces of violence really. I'm really glad that you're alright. What was your name?

It's Drexia. Drexia. Baroness. Fabulous dress by the way. Thank you very much. Absolutely loving this. It was done

in the big city. It was? Yes, you should go. One of the flaky ones. I'll give you a name. Please do. I love the tailor. And it's waterproof, which is just delightful.

I'd really like it if he had that tailor right now, because then we wouldn't have to look at his pants. I could get different coloured pants, you're right. Oh. Oh god. The pants, yep. Definitely that. Well, Drexia, we're trekking the Shihogun ourselves as well, so I mean, any assistance? Have you

had a chance to see where they've gone, or learn anything about the area i mean i know the area quite well i've been patrolling around for for quite some time um but i haven't been able to make it past this huge ravine they've been patrolling for days and obviously with with their sort of weaponry and the sharks that they have i i'd rather not risk it too much. But if it goes on much longer, I'm just going to make a break for it because I've got nothing else to lose. So for your information, Boof, that map, that's your knowledge. So that's the area. You know it very well.

And so you can kind of explain it or you could sketch it out for anybody. But any questions, like, I can answer as well. Where are we right now? So you guys are, let me pop down, we'll pop down a Lucius to show you where you are. So you guys are currently on the edges of the ravine near this kelp forest here. The ravine you can see stretched out before you. So, Drexia, you know that there are several caves all around the outer edge of the upper section. Those caves you have seen lots of

sahagin warriors going into and out of um the patrols uh seem to kind of like stop off and change guards there quite frequently um and those caves are all indicated by these caves on the outside um there is also two other areas that you've kind of noticed one is a larger kind of underwater shelf where they seem to be keeping all the sharks all the sharks go to and from that area and one particularly powerful looking sahagin with a sword uh no with a trident sorry um seems to be the one who commandeers all the sharks breeds them or like seems to be the one who commandeers all the sharks, breeds them, or seems to be the one commanding them, basically. And then the other area is deep down in the depths, the cold light depths, which is the darkest, coldest, deepest part of the ravine. You've seen the priestesses, these sahagin that wield magic and have these large creatures that seem to act almost like slaves or warriors.

These huge, bulking, ripped biceps with serpentine tails seem to serve them. They're pretty hot. And they are in this deep cave at the far end of the deep cold light depths, basically. And then, yeah yeah that's your knowledge do I know whether there are any of these caves that are unoccupied

are the Sahagans using all of the caves presently have I not why don't you make a make a nature check so your skills plus 2, you want 20? roll 20

18 so I think Nature check. So your skills with nature. I've got plus two. You want 20? Yep. Roll 20. 20. 18. 18. So I think. Plus two. 20. Yeah, so 20. So I think that you have, along with kind of like watching the patrols from the forests,

you also have found a couple of these smaller caves that you can hide in. Most of the large caves, which are the ones on the maps, definitely are occupied. And I would say that with that check, you probably know that there's maybe six or seven Sahagin in them at a time but there are smaller caves that you can get to and use like you've been resting in one when you need to sleep and stuff so there's definitely ones nearby that you can go to just as a place of safety but they're

very small they're not very defensible it's just more that they're kind of hidden away yeah and the patrols move around that if you guys want to move around in this area you probably will need to either try and move stealthily as best you can underwater or you'll need some sort of distraction or some sort of disguise or something um the other one is yeah just trying to maybe take out a couple of patrols um before you make your way around so it's really up to you what you guys want to do.

Erin just looks to the group and is like, well, I mean, I definitely am okay with one of my own people coming along, especially if you're from the corals, but I don't know how you all feel about it, Landers. Strength in numbers! Well, strength in numbers, as long as the numbers are strength. You said you were able to charm one of the Sahagin.

Yes, well, I'm actually a bard. I'm from, yeah. I used to charm one of the Sahagin. Yes, well, I'm actually a bard. I'm from... Oh. Yeah. I used to be one of those. Tell me what happened. Got rid of it. Broke his instruments.

He wasn't very good to start with anyway. This ring used to be a bandore. Wow. Changed that. That was pretty cool. Oh, so you've lost the bandore as well? Yeah, that was turned into a ring. Oh.

We'll change it, because it can only be used by one. Anyway. You're a terrible singer. Woo! Just for those tweets. Anyway. Anyway. You said you were able to charm them.

Yes. You're a bard. Yes. Where do we go from there? I'm trying to remember. Was that all out of RP? No, I mean, I think that you guys, like, if somebody were to say, I am a bard in the world of Eros

in the Dungeons and Dragons, you know that that means that they have some knowledge of magic, that they have abilities to kind of inspire and help people around them. You don't know what kind of bard Drex here is. You don't know what she's

specifically capable of. But normally the only people that call themselves bards, that's more than just being a musician. You know, that is somebody who brings magic and music together. I'm less of a fighter okay in that sense but she did make it out alive yeah when not many others did so well that's yeah and you know the area i i know the area vaguely well by now at least this particular area and the area that you seem to have

come from. Further than this, I'm not too, I'm not too sure. I've written down, I've made myself a small diagram of everything since I've been... How? Paper just doesn't work down here. Special paper. Oh, wow. Yes, it's underwater paper. You know, like astronauts, they have all this stuff. Well, down here, we've got... You know astronauts? People on the land, they have all this stuff. Well, down here we've got... You know astronauts? I don't know. People on the land, they've got magic stuff too. Having paper... The Tritons would have developed paper or like... Maybe it's not paper, but it's like... I'm sure you said this already because we already find the skin and stuff like that.

It's like healthy stuff and I've got squid ink that I can write on. Ah, nice. I think the last note we found was on like nice. You found a note from the captain. There's like waterproof paper and like eel skins or like shark skins. Stuff like that. You can have something I'm a vegetarian. I don't agree to kelp, but kelp paper. You have kelp paper.

Yes, I have kelp. We're not going to make people like, I can only communicate through I've invented a smartphone. That's why you're a bard. Yeah. So yeah.

I'm happy for you to join us. Frankly, we need all the help we can get. We have one triton. That's useful. But two,

that's double. One, two, perfect. I would be honoured to try and help you out as much as I can. And you have good motive. We'll try and help you out as much as I can. And you have good motive.

We'll try and help you find your sister. What is your sister's name? I've forgotten. It was so long ago. Would you like me to come up with... Yes. Triton name generator. Prepared for everything.

Brookstone. No. wait a second first name baby shark how does amlin sound amlin perfect so your living sister is called amlin yes what about what living sister limam

limal there you go you said you escaped how are you feeling do you need any help Limam. Limam. Limal. Limal. There's Limal. There you go. You said you escaped. How are you feeling? Do you need any help? Are you hurt? I'm fine.

I wasn't hurt, and I've taken a couple of days to recuperate myself. I'm a little weak, but I'm bolstered, and I'm determined. The determination can do anything. We'll do what we can to help you. Thank you.

Well, I suppose you probably better know what we're actually trying to do. No, I don't care. Okay. No, I'd like to know. Just please tell me. Nah. Well, we're aiming to try to find and I suppose take out

the High Priest of the Sahagin. And that might, I guess, ruin their forces a little bit. They're doing something weird and we want to know what it is. Yes, going very powerful, more so than normal. Have you seen, by the way, since we've been here we saw a bit of a... I don't know if I should broach the subject. I'm doing it again guys. I'm doing that thing where I try and make friends and then say so we saw something they had used magic bad bad magic on a Triton that they had killed and have you seen any Tritons that look a bit strange around here this

Triton was in the corals wasn't it the big yes I only saw that that one but I haven't seen any other since then well that's good I know exactly what you're talking about but I don't know how it happened magic it was probably magic experimenting with awful things necromancy

so we want to stop it because we don't want any more of I certainly don't want any more tritons turned into that sort of creation time is of the essence if your sister was captured alive I don't want any more Tritons turned into that sort of creation. Well, absolutely. Time is of the essence. If your sister was captured alive, I don't want to suggest anything, but we should probably get a move on. Well, it sounds like we have a couple of options.

Either we can try and hunt down some of the Sahogun, maybe they'll have more information about where people are being held, or we can try and limit these patrols maybe. It sounds like if we can kind of track down some of these patrols because even if we do engage somebody we try and need to try and cut off their reinforcements i imagine or i mean maybe there's some way that the priestesses are keeping everyone and that's what we need to try and find the the captain's note said something about tunnels in the south end. Maybe.

Well, I think that we're going to end up coming across one of these patrols anyway, like you say, if there's reinforcements. Basically, we don't want to get ourselves into a position where we sneak past one group and then get caught by them anyway because we've messed up somewhere else down the line because that's something that we keep doing. Just saying.

We take out all the scouts? I mean, killing people really helps with them not killing you. Remember Brightflame Abbey? That kind of rule. I will tell for Drex here, you've probably seen that there is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 times about 7

What? There's at least like 50 to 80 Sahogun in this area. But they are spread out amongst the different caves. That's without the princesses. Yes. That's just like in these

different caves all throughout the ravines. But it's not like these are within shouting distance. These caves are like you're within shouting distance you know these caves are like you're gonna have to travel between where you're going and stuff like that so it's more likely that as long as they don't get the alarm out you imagine that they probably won't be able to to bring too many allies to um wherever you are i like the plan of asking one of them interrogating them that does mean you'll have to not kill them all on sight.

I can do that. Ish. Maybe. Maybe. So we find a scout group on their own without anybody around them and then we take one and we squeeze them for information. Yes? Literally.

Sounds good. That's what we do. Perfect. Well which is the best patrol to go after? Have you seen many patrols? I've been keeping eyes on the patrols. Right. Can I roll and see if there's any patrols that would have less? So I will tell you, you don't need to make a roll for it.

The patrols we've seen, they're almost regimentally the same. It's always two Sahagin who are carrying strange weapons and armor that you've never seen before riding these armored sharks, riding one armored shark with two Sahagins on it. And they're basically, they're doing like loop patrols. So they're staggered.

The timings shift and change ever so slightly. But generally, if you're just swimming around, that's what you're most likely to encounter is two sahagans on one of these armored sharks so there's none that have sort of like one sahagan there's they're all they're always always seen them in pairs yeah and then that's unusual like i think for you and and and uh erin has already told these guys about this but obviously you're joining us the sahagan up until now were like beasts they were like sharks they were very uncoordinated they would just attack grab food and then flee they didn't have any tactics they

didn't have any magic it's only since this attack on your village that you've seen them using magic having military tactics yeah this is on you this is really weird um and so yeah the fact that they're kind of so regimented in these patrols is unusual in and of itself. Yeah. How about... But you do know that all of the patrols originate from this kind of, like, open cave where the sharks are being kept. Yes. The patrols always come from that first, and then they kind of spread out.

Cool. How about from here, we swim out a little bit not down the bad bit just out in the little bit and we i could do like a dancing lights for example a little glowing orb psycho what's that we draw it towards us and we beat them up in the kelp here well as long as they don't immediately sound in the alarm at the moment they see anything on if it's just a little light that's just like a oh it's a curious thing. We don't know how on edge they are. Well, maybe we should have a plan B in case they are on edge.

I mean, no offense. Like, at immediate attention. They've just entirely wiped out a whole village. Sorry. I mean, they probably might be getting quite cocky. True. Yeah. Best not to assume though, right? No.

Think of the worst case scenario and plan for it. Makes an ass out of you and me. How? How does it do that? Assume. Ass you me. What? Never mind.

Is that a nasty thing? I think so. Bizarre. Anyway. So, dancing lights over the ravine, try and lure one out. Yes, unless someone's got more range on a thing. I've got a hammer. I can do it 120 feet, to be fair.

So if we all just hide in this kelp, I'll just create a few fancy orbs. How far away is the kelp from the edge of the ravine? The kelp goes all the way up to the edge, and then it begins to descend. Now, this top bit is pretty much straight down, but then it still begins to slope down. This it is, this top bit, it is pretty much straight down but then it still begins to slope down. Like this thing is deep. So it's like a straight drop, then it goes into kind of a shelf, like a, sorry a decline, then another drop down

into the dark, the darker ravine itself. Okay. Yeah, cool. Well, Erin will basically follow your lead because it's an NPC but she will probably look at Drax here and say, I mean, if worse comes to worse, it sounds like maybe you could try and charm one of them again.

They're not the smartest. I have a few tricks that I can potentially try and use to help out. Good, that sounds great. How far away can you charm them? You can also help them. Try and get you a nice one. 30 feet. So if I lure them close enough, You can also help. I'll try and get you a nice one. 30 feet.

If I lure them close enough, you can then take over and charm one. I mean, if we're all in this forest, we could lure them over while being stealthy behind all this kelp. You should maybe try and charm the shark. Limp it over there. It's the biggest threat for sure. How many in each patrol? Two plus one shark. Two plus one shark.

Easy. Easy. Nova has read the mind and is like, I've claimed this information. No, you said it. She said it several times. I said all of this stuff. She said it many times. All right, okay.

Excuse me for listening. I was trying to, I had forgotten my pen, so I was getting a pen and I must have missed it. I'm sorry. I was trying to, I had forgotten my pen, so I was getting a pen and I must have missed it. I'm sorry. So, we'll use dancing lights as like, because it's got good distance

and then we'll charm if they make their way over. Sure. And we'll all be there, ready. Okay, all right. So,

run me through the plan. So, the idea is you're going to swim out, away from the kelp forest, out into like, above the ravine, above the underwater.

We're going to be hidden in the kelp though. Okay, so you're going to be hidden in the kelp, though. Okay, so you're going to stay hidden in the kelp, and then you're going to wait for these patrols to go nearby. Okay, and then you're going to throw lights out and try and lure them in. Lure them within 30 foot of range for a charm to hit. Okay, okay.

All right, so, yeah, you guys maybe wait about an hour, just kind of in the kelp forest, just waiting for them to come close enough, because, you know, they're swimming around. It's not like constant patrolling. You know, they take some time to explore the area. You wait, and eventually you see one just in the distance. Likely Quill sees it first,

because he's got such good vision, and then alerts the rest of you. You throw out your dancing lights. I also do a crap ton of really bad small talk for that entire hour so so um what's underwater like

it's pretty damp it's pretty damp yes I thought so so uh you are currently nestled in this kind of in this large area of kelp

and then you throw the dancing lights out into like a line or is this just like a cluster and then you're gonna move them back I can do a cluster and make them look like a little man. Okay. Like the shape

of a person. A person. A constellation. Well, the patrol definitely becomes interested and begins making its way over towards the lights. What's that? Yeah, there's kind of a, like, you see the shark kind of swims

towards it, kind of careening to the sides. And then you see, as the figures get closer to it, the two Sahagin, one on the back of the shark lifts up a long, like, black crystal device, like a crossbow without arms. It levels it up, and then you just see this thin beam of purple light. And it just pierces through the lights, and then nothing happens. You kind of see the water bubble and hiss around it, and then they're kind of like... They're speaking with each other. Okay, they tried to shoot it, I think.

Make the lights dance. How far away are they? 120 feet away. So I would like everybody to make a stealth check. Let's see how well you're hidden in the kelp. Ooh. Ooh. While you do that.

Natural 20. Confidence. Oh, no. That's sentry. Sentry, no stealth. Oh, my God. Oh. Ah, Rhiannon.

Why do you think I'm getting, like, minis and stuff ready? Because I knew Rhiannon wasn't going to do it. What is your stealth modifier? Zero. Sentry and stealth do not go hand in hand, my friend. She's a big plate metal stony bastard. Yeah. Plate metal stony bastard.

Even in water, it's a clonker. Clonker boy. Clank, clank, clank, clank, clank. I feel like when you move, you just sort of like just bubbles. Yeah.

It's like a steam vent. Emitting heat. Yeah. Look at me. You move those guys to the very far edge, boys. Oh, they're adorable.

Look at that belly. Got some fat, fat knees. Yeah, move them all down there. And then you guys, do you want to arrange yourselves who's next to who and stuff like that? And then we'll pass over Drex here. Thank you. I'm guessing I'm kind of like...

And I'll put Erin near the middle at the front. Okay, Erin will probably stick close to Drex here. We'll put the two weakest people. You guys move yourself where you are. And then just so I know, who lowest initiative was the three from Century? Was it initiative or stealth? Stealth, yeah, sorry, stealth.

Yeah, the two. The two? Yeah. I got a natural 20, though. Okay, so 20. Well, 23. 12. 15.

15 stealth. 21. 21 stealth. 16. 16 stealth, okay. Oh, my God. And? 21. 21 stealth? 16. 16 stealth? Okay. Oh my god. And you got 12, Lucius.

I'm going to do so bad. Okay. So as they are swimming, and you can see, Lucius, you're beginning to pull the light closer and closer. Sorry. Oh, you need to roll something, don't you? I've got portent now.

So, yes. So for those of you who are listening, Quill now has a new ability as a level 2 wizard, where at the start, technically you would do it at the beginning of a long after a long rest but you've just gained the level

yes so you roll 2d20s and then you keep them for the rest of the session they were trash well no that can be good what were they

I got a 6 and a 9 right so what you can do exactly so he can basically at any point either for an attack roll Tom a savings I don't any roll like pretty much any roll

Just replace it with this So it's not great being two very average roles because that's the worst thing you can possibly get well I was gonna give one of those to Rhiannon for the stealth role, but well Would you like to? Okay, give it to Lucius as well. Well, as the lights begin drawing them closer and closer, they all get within... Oh, no.

Oh, they're dark vision. I'm sorry, I can't replace rolls with it. Okay. So when they are, just as they kind of reach where the man is and you pull it back and you're all kind of like waiting in the kelp to see what happens, you just watch them as their eyes look up and clock and i think that there's two things they notice it's the metal armor of sentry and the arm of your uh your chromatic arm is reflecting the light like almost like a fishing like you know look where it's catching the light

underwater which they're not used to seeing and so they immediately begin pointing and levelling these two rifle like weapons I think the jig is up everybody

get out there it's gonna be initiative everybody so it should be initiative let me write all this down so we've got eleven

that was trash I'm burning this dice it's too trash oh my god he's trash yeah oh that even worse I've got a I'm burning this dice. Oh my god, he's trash. Even worse. I got a nat 20 on this dice when I was doing my dice checks earlier. Burn it. Burn those dice.

Wait, what did you roll? A seven. Better than a one. Sahagin one, sahagin two, and shark. Shark boy! Purg 2, and Shark. This one. Shark boy! Purgatory you go. Let me just do mine and then I will grab yours.

Oh that's very good initiative. Oh cool they're going first. Cool cool cool. Do you like to replace any of my rolls? Nah. Okay. Replace. It's important to replace initiative.

I just know that. You're straight out of time. Well if it was... That could be useful in some cases. Could be very useful in some cases. I don't know, maybe you do. Straight out of town. Well, if it was... I don't know. That could be useful in some cases. Could be very useful in some cases. I'll replace their attack rolls with these Garbo rolls.

Oh, you know what I should do? I should pick, like, one really good dice and one really bad dice. Right. Ayla, initiative. Oh, nine. Nine? Even with advantage. Quill.

Three. Three. Drexia? Seven. Seven. Ho with advantage. Quill. Three. Three. Drexia. Seven. Seven. Ho, ho. Everyone, this side of the table is doing very, very well. Nova. Nine.

Nine. Lucius. Eight. 21. 21. Century. Eight. Eight.

Nobody got above 10. Lucius did. Proper special boy over here. Let's do it, everybody. Erin did as well. Shit. So you're okay. Well, we begin with

Lucius, Varian, Elowen, Elinasto. Oh, shit. And you can see that they've seen you and Sentry. They don't appear to have seen anybody else

just yet. Okay. So in actual fact, I guess they would begin to run this way and because those of you who haven't been seen

you would technically have surprise on them so you would get you would potentially get a chance to act before they do also but you'd still roll

no we'd still roll because you're waiting that you okay no so you're not going to get surprised because they saw you that's what's basically

they've gone okay you've now all rushed into combat at the same time they're just unaware of you so those of you who were hidden you have advantage on your attack rolls um and they basically don't know you're there so does directs you technically have a ready like uh charm action as well i guess so so but you can choose to do something else on your turn if you want so if they get within range your charm can still go off. How far are they away from you? It does not look like they intend on swimming any closer.

Now that they've seen something that they weren't suspecting. And they've got something ranged. They're leveling these strange underwater laser rifles. Okay. Starb. You don't call them lasers here. No. Heat beams.

Heat boys. Yeah. Lucius. I'm going to utilize my. Heat boys. Yeah. Lucius. I'm going to utilize my hypnotic pattern. Okay. Which is a 120 foot range, 30 foot sphere so I assume I get them all. Yes.

It creates a twisty pattern of colors that weaves through the air inside a 30 foot cube. The pattern appears for a moment and vanishes. It's a wisdom saving throw please. From everything there I guess. Including Le Shark. Let's do Le Shark first. a wisdom saving throw, please. From everything there, I guess, including Leshark. Let's do Leshark first. Wisdom saving throw, DC.

14. Shark fails. Shark just becomes mesmerized by this swimming pattern of colors and light in the air. Capacitated speed of zero. Wow. The Sahagin 1, 16. That's a pass. Sahagin one, 16. Uh, that's a pass. Sahagin two is a three.

So one of the Sahagins just begins to follow, like him and the shark are kind of mesmerized by this pattern. The other one doesn't almost seem to notice as he's just focusing whatever weapon he's wielding in your direction, yours and Sentry's direction. But two of them fail. Try and dart back into the kelp to kind of be a bit more

obscure. You have cover. Yeah. Neato? I'm assuming that... Basically, at this point, I'm assuming you guys are still amongst the kelp. I mean, moving back is just extra distance. I might actually

kick up some of the ground to create like a dust. You swim down and then you kind of like begin kicking up the walls. Like a clam. I'll make it so you're slightly obscured. Thank you. Nice. That's it. Okay. Well, on the shark's go, you said it's incapacitated.

That's right. Is it just incapacitated forever or do I make another saving throw? It's a concentration for a minute and the spell ends for an affected creature if it takes damage or if someone else uses an action to shake the creature out of its stupor. Okay. Well, on the shark's turn then it does nothing because it can't do anything.

And then, oh sorry, the sahagin actually go before the shark. So there's no way to make a save, it's just locked in there until it's a large image. Well, the other sahagin is probably gonna like I don't know whether it would shake its mate out of it, or whether it would just shoot

its friend to get it out of there. It's gonna shoot its friend. You just need to shake it out of its stupor. But it's an action to it, right? Yeah. I think that these Sahagin, these are uplifted Sahagin, so yeah, he's gonna kind of recognize, he senses that something's wrong, turns to his

friend, and begins, like, kind of, like, snapping him out of it, like, kind of nudging him, bumping him, and the friend to kind of recognize, he senses that something's wrong, turns to his friend and begins like kind of like snapping him out of it, like kind of nudging him, bumping him. And the friend just kind of like blinks its eyes and like, and then I guess the friend can take its turn because it's now out of its do-go. Spell ends. Yeah. Yeah. So yeah.

So the other one, and then so the other one begins pointing in the direction he was going to fire. And then the other one's going to take a shot, probably seeing that you cast a spell, it's going to shoot at Lucius. A disadvantage? Uh, why disadvantage? Because of the billowing... Uh, you'll have a cover bonus. Clam cloud. You'll have a cover bonus. So you'll have plus two AC.

You ever seen clams in sand? I know, they're beautiful. Oh, yeah. The way they swim is hilarious. Well, that's a natural one. Also, if you can move the sahagin about The way they swim is hilarious. You're right. Well, that's a natural one. Oh! Also, if you can move the sahagin about 60 feet forward. Sorry, 40 feet forward.

Five, 10, 15, 30, 30, 30, 30, 40, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, So they basically swim forward They leave the shark behind, swim forward And then one takes a shot with its rifle They're holding hands They're little bellies They're little pals, they're little friends And then a shark I love you We go together

Ride together, die together The shark will do nothing Aaron Aaron on her turn will cast aid on all three of you. She will pick Drexia, Quill, and Lucius. You will gain five extra. Basically, your hit points increase by five for the next eight hours. Your hit points actually increase by five for aid.

Increases your maximum hit points by five. So you can just give yourself five temporary hit points if you prefer. I think that makes it easier. Yeah Cool, you know do it poof. No I'm can say yes He's prodding a laugh. Oh, thank you Basically, yeah, she she lifts her trident up and you feel this kind of wave of light infuse your bodies and fill you with this kind of vigorous energy.

You're so damn vigorous. You feel very, very vigorous. And then that's all she can do with her action. So we go to... Why are they modeled like that? Holding hands, yeah.

We go to Ayla I believe Yeah you've got a higher dex I am not dexy My Actually I kind of am Damn it Underwater speed

No you move at normal speed No I don't I move at 30 and my normal speed is 35 So I thought I could get there, but I can't. So I think in this case I'm going to hold my action until they get within range of me, and then I get to hit with advantage, right? What did you say? Because they don't know where I am if they yeah

that's they're not aware of you yeah so you're just holding it I'm gonna you'll wait until they get closer okay and then I will hit twice okay Nova oh I'm gonna blast them one of them are you gonna move first or you gonna blast from way can I move so You can move 15. No, actually, I can move 30 now. Oh, that's true. I have gift of the depths. Yeah.

So can I go behind this kelpy boy here so I can get some cover? Yeah. I mean, you guys all pretty much have cover. Like Lucius has picked up this cloud. You're in amongst the kelp. So, yeah. Okay. Yeah, I'm just going to stick where I am.

Okay. And then Eldritch Blast I will blast, can I blast Can I blast Bonnie here? Okay, sure We'll make that Sahagun too Bonnie and Clyde So you kind of leverage Tiangong This long sword forwards and this

Thin beam of What is it, like a bluish light isn't it With Tiangong I think Changes, what is it, like a bluish light, isn't it, with Tiangong, I think. Changes. Might be blue, might be green. Okay, sure. It's underwater. It's a changeable creature. One's a natural 20.

Okay, that's great. One is an 11. The 11 will not hit. Don't you have advantage for the prize round? Yes, yep. Currently they're not aware of you, so the first attack was with advantage so the first attack

is a natural 20 then yep and then second attack is 19 that will also hit so do the natural 20 first so it's 10

plus another d10 10 so it's max damage for a crit and then roll the dice again 7 17 points of damage bam

and then the second attack is just d10 we open up a lot of combats with crit hits. Yeah, you do. Eight. Ow. The Sahagin is clearly struck painfully in the chest. It does manage to spin with some of the

blasts, kind of absorbing some of it, but you can see that it's clearly wounded and injured by that, but now sensing you, the two of them begin hissing to each other in Primordial. I can understand Primordial. Dakara! Dakara! We can all understand Primordial.

You two can. Yeah, they're basically saying there are more of them. Get the shark! You can translate it if you want. Basporak! Hey, look at this sentry Hello You're not the last I'm not the last one

I would like to Flame lance the one That Nova just fired at Okay What's the range On flame lance It is I don't know

30 feet Okay You're gonna need to get closer No Remember your movement Is halved while you're underwater. You're a slow boy. If you moved, you would get in range.

Yeah. Oh, they've already seen me. Fuck it. They have already seen you. Remember, you're 15. 15 feet. Yeah. Cool.

Cool. You were here, right? You're not in range. The furthest you can go, because your little legs are swinging you around. Cool. Then I will. You can dash and then get closer. You'd get the duty here. You couldn't attack, but then she could

do her job and just fight. Yeah. Tank hurts! So you'll go next, Boof, to just have you do what you want to do? Yeah. Then I will, you know, I'm going to move Thank you. So you'll go next, Boof. Do a job. Yeah. Do a job. Live to win. Then I will, you know, I'm going to move back in because I'm scared.

I'm scared now. I'm scared now. Instead of moving out, you just move over towards Quill. Back towards Quill. And I'm going to ready an action to... If they come closer. Or, yeah. Can I cast an ensnaring strike on my axe?

You can do that. Or on my sword and then ready an action to hit them with that when they get closer. Sweet. Perfect. I'll do that. Draxia. Yes. So I am going to give a little bit of vicious mockery

from back in there. Yeah, okay. Because I'm not... You're not a fighter? I'm not a fighter. I'm going to stay hanging out in my little kelp forest. Okay.

So, you stupid scaly buggers. A truly vicious mockery. It's so vicious that I- I thought you were going to say it on stream. Exactly. There's a lot of F-bombs in there, really. Just all in primordial, so none of us understand it. And the fact that one of them clearly likes the other one a lot more than the other one. Oh, I see. They're holding hands.

They're holding hands, but one of them's not that into it. He's not gripping. He's not gripping. He's not gripping. He's not gripping. He's not gripping. He's not gripping. He's not gripping.

He's not gripping. He's not gripping. He's not gripping. He's not gripping. He's not gripping. He's not gripping. He's not gripping. He's not. They're holding hands, but one of them's not that into it. He's not gripping. He's not gripping.

And I'm going, Clyde's not that into you, Bonnie. Seriously, come on now. I'm going for Bonnie. It's already had a couple of hits taken away. I'm picking her while she's down. So what's the range on the spell And what do I need to do 60 foot

Okay So you should be rich 2 And then do I need to make a saving throw Or It's wisdom 50 Okay So it means I have to make a wisdom saving throw

And I have to get higher than a 15 Yeah They are not particularly wise But I often roll high 14 So it fails So So 2d4 did you say

Yeah 2d4 Yep So I where's my little then there's one that doesn't count that doesn't count in the box all right it would have counted if it were four that's three yep three and three six six so you begin kind of speaking and your voice carries on the waves and you just watch. There's not much... The rest of you don't really see anything. It's almost just like this pulse of air and then you just watch as this organ's like...

and just looks sad. Just looks and snatches its hand back away. I'm so sorry, Bonnie, but... The bond has been broken. It just kind of slaps the hand away and then snarls and gets mad. We're all stood around Drex here, just like, whoa! What did you just say? Damn!

Quillik and Kalah. I use an action to yell, damn. I am going to... We just broke a couple up, guys. We? Drex did. That's the most damage we've ever done. I am going to we just broke a couple up guys we we she dressed it that's the most damage we've ever done

wait where's we may have opened a portal horrible horrible I forgot where the spell's gone alright I'm just gonna do yeah I'm just gonna I'm gonna do a Lucius

and do a chromatic orb worst thing we've ever done I'll go for I'll go for Bonnie. Okay, same one I've been putting on. Bonnie's having a not very good day. So, oh! 17.

That is a hit. That's 3d8. You can see that they're wearing the same kind of armour scraps that you saw before, where you can see these kind of pieces of military armour that was probably once very advanced. They've kind of strapped together and made into makeshift armor. So this is lightning damage.

Lightning damage. I've chosen to make Chromatic Orb only locked to lightning. Sure. Because I'm a loser. Yeah. 15 damage. 15 damage. You watch as the orb strikes into the Sahog,

and you have named Bonnie. It's not their name, but you can call them what you want. And you watch as they begin convulsing and their body twists and snaps, but they kind of stop and they just kind of... And you can see that the blood is beginning to kind of pour out their ears a little bit and things like that, but they look furious. Blood, you say? And then I'll go behind Sentry.

Yep. Okay. To shred. Human shield. Complete wusses. Wow, she's got a big shield. Lucius. Me again. Sweet. I'm just gonna double down and you know what I'm just gonna acid splash Bonnie. Okay sure. Sure sure sure sure 60 foot range so that's easy 2d6 I'm gonna adopt Bonnie after this Bonnie's not gonna be a line she's coming home with me 14's not enough um the sahagin manages to kind of twist its body as the orb of acid just kind of flies floats through the air um and she just manages to avoid it to the side. Even I'm calling it Sheena. Yep, it's Bonnie. Bonnie dodges.

Bonnie and Clyde. Sure. You done? Okay. On their turn, Clyde will swim back to the shark and use their action to wake it up. Wake up!

Yep. Meanwhile! Yep. Meanwhile... Are they directing this out? Yep. Can we get on it? They... Yeah, they probably mount it in their turn. Look at this bunny. Wake up!

Yeah. And then, Quill, you've dug behind Sentry. Yeah. Drexia did the vicious mockery, which they really didn't like. Do they know where it comes from? Yes, once you attack them, they know where you are. You still have the cover.

Nova did... They don't know where you are. Nova did hit... I think they'd go for Nova, because Nova did quite a lot of damage to them. And I'm going to remember that they have two attacks this time. Oh. Nova! Yo.

16 to hit. Nope. Okay, you throw yourself to the side as this blast of heat rockets past you. And then the second shot is only a 14 this time. So you kind of manage to deflect it with Tiangong, kind of

hitting the beam to the side as it impacts into the sand, kicking up more of the dust around you. That is both of them gone. Now that the shark is awake, the shark will basically swim with Sahagin on top

and it will basically use all of its movement to dash all the way pretty much on top of you guys here. You can take your reaction to basically charge or technically... Yes. You both do. You can't move as part of an attack to basically charge or technically... Rhiannon's goes off as well, right? Yes. Nice.

You both do. Nice. You can't move as part of an attack, so are you going to ranged attack them somehow? No. It's a new round, isn't it? So it's gone. No, no, you still have it up until the start of your next turn, but the problem is you can't move and attack in a single action. So either they have to move next

to you so you can attack them, or you have to have a ranged attack. Okay. So Sentry's attack goes off. Snaring Strike! Yep. So attack roll. Snaring, Snaring, Snaring, Snaring! Snaring Strike! I've got it this time. And are you attacking the Shark or are you attacking the Sahagin? Sahagin. Okay. So it's 20 to hit.

20 will hit. This is Clyde. So we've got toin. Okay. So it's 20 to hit. 20 will hit. Woo boy! This is Clyde. So we're going to make an attack. I need to go to my other thing. And I'm going to do the short sword. So 1d6 plus 4. So that's 6 for the first one.

And then another 2d6. And then so strike. 10 for the second one. So 16 total. And then I've got to 10 for the second one. So 16 total. And then I've got to do the old... Are you going to do Divine Smite? I'm going to... Oh, this is the strength saving throw? Yeah.

So you just strength check. That is an 18 strength saving throw. He passed. Oh, yeah, it's 13. So the short sword kind of strikes forward and these tendrils of purple energy try to wrap it up and grab it. But the sahogun is clearly stronger than you thought. It just kind of strikes forward and these tendrils of purple energy try to wrap it up and grab it. But the sahogun is clearly stronger than you thought.

It just kind of breaks them. Also, because you hit it with a melee attack, it's going to use its reaction to bite you. Okay. For a 19 to hit, which isn't going to hit. That's not going to hit. So you kind of raise up your shield and its huge jaws kind of clamp around and then it backs off. huge jaws kind of clamp around and then it backs off. It actually kind of puts the rifle away and draws

this kind of like very elegant looking black, crystalline, hilted longsword. Have I seen one of those before? You have, yeah. These were used by soldiers of the Court of Shadows. So, Erin Coralsong, sorry, I'm like literally

managing a ton of stuff here. She will swim up and try and strike the Sahagin as well for a hit. Yeah, Clyde, yeah. So if somebody can move her for me, please. For eight points of damage. She strikes it once with her trident, and then we go to... Ayla. Okay, can I? her trident um and then we go to do do do do do ayla okay can i so i have enough movement to get up to this doody what's it yeah um can i go a little bit back in the like like so i'm not right

i mean just move move yourself where you need to i know i just can't reach myself um and then can I, so my, if I throw the Howling Tempest, it says it's got a long range of 60 feet, so can I get them all in a... I mean is this, yeah, if this one's within 60, so like what, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, yeah, so you can hit the shark and the sahagun and the other sahagun at the back. That's what I want to do, I want to go up, I want to rage as my bonus action, and then I want to two-handed just launch the hammer in a line. And you're going to use its magical ability, right?

So it transforms into a lightning bolt. Okay, so you throw the hammer. And I have advantage because they don't know that I exist. Yeah, sure, yeah. Damn. Well, they make a dexterity saving throw, I believe. You make the attack roll against the one at the back yeah but the shark and those guys yeah so let me make the dexterity saving

throw because you're gonna have to roll damage first i think doesn't being underwater affect the throne it does this is a magic it's like a lightning bolt it's literally she throws the hammer it turns into a lightning bolt as it's being thrown zaps through and then it turns into a hammer right at the end to hit the final creature. So I'm going to allow this one. Yeah. So dexterity saving throw for the shark is that's cocked. That's a seven. It's going to be a fail. And then

a sixteen for the sahagin. That'll pass. So he's going to take half damage. And the other sahagin? You make an attack roll against the last sahagin. Forty-fifty. Twenty-two to hit. 22, that will hit. But he still takes the damage as well.

The lightning damage. So, right, the way that the hammer works is in the description. These two will take just the lightning damage. He will take the hammer damage and the lightning damage. Yes. So just give me the lightning damage for the first two. That's powerful. Keep the lightning damage. Yes. So just give me the lightning damage for the first two. That's powerful. Keep the lightning damage the same.

11 lightning damage. Okay. So five to him. And then hammer. And then just roll the hammer and I'll add 11 to it. So hang on. Eight. Nine. I'll add 11 too. So, hang on. Eight. 15 damage with the hammer.

Okay. Is that with the 11 included? No. Okay. I've already added that. Yeah, I've already added that. It's a lot of numbers. It is a lot of numbers, which is why I'm doing a lot of numbers. It is a lot of numbers, which is why I'm doing a lot of maths. That will actually... Bonnie, sadly, as the hammer impacts into her and the lightning crackles out around her,

the body just goes limp and begins floating in the air as blood just begins pouring out of this zombie creature. And then the hammer turns into a hammer and comes back to my hand yes it flies back Thor style

Thor style Clyde's reaction he doesn't care turns around and just is like like curse you Asperac

he cares he cares a little he's hating it I will kill you stand vicious mockery strikes again

Nova which one are we interrogating again? Well, not the dead one. Unless, well, Cor can technically, I don't suppose you have speak with dead prepared. Probably not. So I'm going to be like,

oh, then we need to keep one of them alive. And then. That would be good, yeah. Can I swim to, can someone be here? Fight doesn't mean damage though. Yeah, it's been a little bit. Maybe next to, not much. Next to.

Per Bonnie. Erin? Yeah, that's Erin. Yep. can someone fight doesn't mean damage though yeah it's been a little bit next to not much per Bonnie Erin yeah that's Erin yep and then can I attack with Tiangong mmhmm

so plus seven nice 15 plus seven that's gonna be a hit that's gonna hit I'd also so when I hit

I'd like to use my bonus action to cast Staggering Smite. This is on the shark, by the way. Did I say the shark? Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Okay. So Staggering Smite...

Technically, you cast it before you make the attack roll for future reference. Oh. You have to cast it on the... No, you cast it on the bonus action to cast it on the weapon, and then you hit with it. This time I'll allow it, but next time, because Rhiannon does it right, Rhiannon's good. Foz, do you have Staggering Smite? She has similar spells. I have Ensnaring Strike.

They're all the same. They're all the same way. So I'm going to roll the damage for the sword is 10 points of damage, and then Staggering Smite. The next time you hit a creature with a melee weapon attack during the spell's duration, your weapon pierces both body and mind. Whoa. And the attack deals an extra 4d6 psychic damage to the target.

Okay. And then you make a wisdom saving throw. Okay. So I'll just roll damage. Yeah. Five, nine, 13. Okay. Psychic damage. uh five nine 13 okay psychic damage and then uh the save is 15 wisdom yep fails um you have disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks and can't take reactions until the end of its next turn very good and then it's concentration up to a minute, so my next turn...

Yeah, the concentration is that effect. The effect, not me, not my sword. Yeah. Awesome. Because it says until the next attack you make that... So that'll be its disadvantages against blue. Yeah. I'll check it in a minute, but yeah, I think that's how it is.

Cool. Cool. Sentry. Can I try and just grapple Clyde and try and hold him so we can... Yes. So you make a strength check. Or athletics, I guess. Strength. Strength.

Where are you? Where are you? It's just the middle of the top. Oh, okay. Cool. Oh, seven. That's the same. Eighteen. Eighteen? Yeah. So yeah, you mention to reach Oh, seven. That's the same throne. Eighteen. Eighteen? Yeah. So yeah, you mentioned to reach up, you grab his arm, you pull him in, and yeah, you've got him grappled.

He still has his weapons and things, but you've kind of got his arms bound up in your own, like you've got your own, you're grabbing him with your own hands. Nice. He is grappled. Awesome. Yep. He's mine now. Okay.

So you just pull him off. Now, technically, unless you want to try and move him, you're kind of grappling him on top of the shark. Okay. He's still riding the shark. I'm just like, whoa! You're kind of swimming up and grappling onto him at the same time. He's got his feet stuck in the stirrups. Yeah. Drex?

Yep. I'm going to help Sentry out, out and I'm gonna try and charm him just so that he's just like yeah he'll just become passive yeah yeah okay chill out little buddy

we got you so what are you cast on he's dead it's fine you want some charm person charm person

what kind of is that what you're supposed to yeah charm person I'll do the and then what's the saving throw

it's 15 wisdom wow that landed up on a thing 3 plus 1 is 4 so you watch And then what's the saving throw? It's 15 wisdom. Wow, that landed up on a thing. Three plus one is four. So you watch as his body kind of... Now, the interesting thing with Charmed is I think that he treats you as his friend and he won't take any active things, but he's still being grappled by this other person.

So he kind of looks to you and he's like... Help. Yeah, he's like, please, friend, tell them to get away from me. Like, we cannot let these intruders get closer into the ravine. Right, so I'm going to be like, Sentry, you can let go now if you want to. He's pretty chilled out right about now, but we really need to take down the shark just in case this is going to... No, you must not trust them. you must not trust the landers we have to honestly

trust me on this one friend trust me buddy give me a persuasion check yeah you have advantage because they're charmed so advantage means you roll twice and you take the highest all right and I've also got plus ten persuasion Yeah, that one. Yeah, ten. See if you get any higher. And, uh... So, twenty. Yeah, this guy is... He looks at you, the Sahagrim kind of looks around, his big beady black eyes

kind of glance around, and it's like, the High Priestess will not be pleased, but if you think it is best friend. And begins to kind of, like, go slack, basically. Does he have decent control of the shark that he's on or yes he definitely seems to even though there's no there's no like saddle or stirrups the shark is just obeying whatever he tells okay cool um so yeah uh i think that okay so on his turn he'll probably tell the shark to stand down But right now the shark is on instinct

Yeah, and in fact it's go after yours So the shark will attempt to basically bite Sentry Disadvantage Why would the shark? Oh, because Nova hit the shark, didn't she? Well, that's not going to hit because that was a four plus nothing So yeah, nine is the total. So it tries to swim up and grab Sentry in its jaws, but maybe it's the way that it's being held as a mount,

but also the way you're grappling onto the rider. It just is trying to reach up and spin its fin up, and it just can't quite get rid of it. It's kind of like when you put a sticker on the back of a cat's head. Spinning around, trying to get to it. That's on the front isn't it yeah

okay this is pretty much over but Quill anything you want to do just before so I can say that whatever Drex has done it's yeah

this Sahagun has given up the will to fight I won't do anything but I'll tell Drex here to tell him get the shark to go away

get the shark to leave tell him to get the shark to leave okay okay so we'll drop out of initiative because yeah Tell him, get the shark to go away. Get the shark to leave. Tell him to get the shark to leave. Okay. Okay. So we'll drop out of initiative because, yeah, basically with the Sahagin basically charmed,

it doesn't speak, but the shark suddenly just stops fighting back. And then after a moment, he kind of dismounts and then the shark just swims to the north. Right. And it just leaves. And he looks briefly back at the body of the other Sahagin and then turns. And he's like, you should not have brought them here. They've already killed one of us.

The patrols, if they find you, they will be, I will not be able to defend you from them. They will not understand. I'm going to swim over to this body and start dragging it into the kelp. Okay, can I help? Yeah, sure. I mean, Lucius is actually pretty strong, so the two of you easily can swim over and begin.

Pull it over. I'm going to try and explain to Clyde. I'm going to be... I'm sorry. I'm really, really sorry, but we felt threatened. This is my home that you guys, you came in and you wrecked everything without any explanation. I would like an explanation.

It is simple. It is simple. So, out of interest, the only people who can understand at the moment is Nova, Drexia, and then Baroness Eren. So I think Eren will basically translate while everybody else speaks. It doesn't seem to it doesn't seem I think that they do understand common. I think these ones can understand

they just can't speak common back. But yeah, if you speak to it in a common language it understands. He looks at you and he basically is just like, it is simple. The great priestess revealed to us the star lord, the starbane, who told us that we are the rightful heirs of the sea.

You should be slaves. You understand that you are weak and must serve us. That is why we are friends. Hold up a second. Weak? Yes, yes. Your kind are weak and we are friends. Hold up a second. Weak? Yes, yes. Your kind are weak and we are

strong and we will be stronger thanks to the Starbane. His priestess has already blessed us with intelligence and strength that we have not had before. I see that. You're looking good. You're looking buff. Yes, yes. Very strong. You're looking lovely, I've got to say. I like what you've done.

You've got a new haircut. You look nice. No, we do not have this weakness. This colour. It is too easy to grab. You should remove it, friend. When I get home, yeah. Stop it.

I'm going to take your advice on that. Sorry, sorry to interrupt. What was this temple? Lander, you must be silent. This is mine. This is my friend. Nova's cool. She's my friend. I'm going to...

The humanoids, the dudes that you see around us... You should not trust them. They are enemies of the master. I'm dragging a corpse. Ditching it into the kelp. You can trust me! Just falls into the Try and wet it down

So it doesn't Yeah kind of like You can tie it up in the kelp You can actually wrap the seaweed around it So it stays There's only so much I want to do Though As Lucius

Yeah You just put it in there And you don't want to touch it that much Yeah so how come when you touch them Their skin is Rubbery and cold There's this Thick Fibrous texture to their musculature

that is very unpleasant. Absolutely gross. I wipe my hands on the couch. I'll deal with it. I'll deal with it. And then go back to the group. But yeah, what's this temple? Can you ask him what this temple is?

You can probably ask him. He just told me I'm a loser. He told you to screw off. They would not understand. But you, friend. Tell me all about this temple. I'm interested in learning more about your lord and savior. Ah, yes.

Perhaps if you bend the knee to Calus, he would welcome you as warriors. You are a strong warrior you should vow to serve him, he is mighty the temple the priestess came we did not know it was there, it was buried

in the caves but she opened the way, the light the light, the corridor of light that takes us to the temple has been opened and through it she gave us these and he holds out the weapon The light, the light, the corridor of light that takes us to the temple has been opened. And through it, she gave us these. And he holds out the weapon, the rifle and the sword. Weapons, armor, devices that make our minds stronger, our bodies.

We create warriors faster. Out of interest, from a distance, how long does this ability to... Yeah, I'm just thinking about that. Do we try and, like, take his stuff off him? Yeah. Oh, yeah, it's one hour. Oh, it's cool.

Oh, that's fine. We can take him out to dinner and stuff. We can get to know him. We can, like, try and help him. Ow, that's a short dinner, dude. I don't know. I eat and I just sleep.

That's a muckadee. Montage of ice cream roller coasters bumper cars everything in the background of all of them it's just a corpse of Bonnie

it's like a little balloon we're just dragging it around a kelp leash just this like net flailing around we kind of

Bonnie's fucking truck with a frog I'm gonna try and get a look at his stuff like so I'm quite interested in that.

Can I have a quick sneak-a-roo peeky? I think he's like, yes, but you must not let the others. It is a special gift from the Lord. Very pretty. He hands it over to you. And it's basically a long, it looks like a rifle, like a kind of modern-day rifle made from crystal. So it's all made from this thick black crystal.

And there doesn't appear to be any sign of a power source. There is just a kind of shaped handle with a trigger. And there is a barrel. And it just looks very alien and bizarre. And yeah, he hands that and the sword to you. The sword is much more traditional. It does have like a black crystalline hilt, almost like a saber hilt. But the rest of it looks like a traditionally made sword.

But the steel is very, very well made. Very well made. Did you actually meet your lord and saviour Starbane? Yes. The priestess conjured him, brought him to spread his word. He told us of his noble war against the Red Star. But we will rule the seas of this place, and we will be its champions in exchange for our service.

Oh. Yes. We will dominate the seas and then come for you, land walkers. That's great. With our slaves, yes. What specifically did he tell you to do? We must defeat my friend's kind, the Tritons, our ancient enemy.

They must be vanquished, slaughtered, turned to our uses. The High Priestess can transform them into soldiers. And where is your big light door? I cannot tell them, but I will tell you, my friend. Where is your big light door? I mean, that's the effect of charm, right? He doesn't care about the rest of you guys.

He leans in and his kind of tentacle-like face, his like catfish whiskers kind of twiddle in the air and he basically is like at the far end of the deep ravine in the depths through the cave but the priestesses they will not let you through there is a device, a wall of light

that protects the hatching grounds but it is deep within those caves and you think that that's the larger caves in the deep end yeah on the map could you tell me if there's any way to get past this device do you know how to get past it you can

it harms those that pass through it several of the younger warriors have tried and it harms you with energy but perhaps if there was a way that you could not swim through it but rather just beyond it. Hmm. I catch you, Drift.

Yes, you understand, friend. I'm going to whisper that to the guys. I'm just going to turn around and go, it's at the bottom of the ravine. You must not tell them. I'm not telling them. I'm just turning around and going to mine it. You trust them too much. You should ask where, if there's any, like,

captive creatures. Weak. Weak. Stuff like that. Yes, we're very weak. Yes, yes. I'm so frail. If there's any, sort of, any captives, where they're being kept.

Yeah. Oh, yes. I forgot all about this. Is there any captives down the... Yes, yes, they are held. They are held in a chamber beyond the door of light. Okay, cool.

Yes, they will be food or transformed into soldiers soon. Then they will join us like you have. Speaking of being transformed, so there was a big old triton back at the corals. Is that how that took place?

He was taken? Priestesses know the ritual passed down from the high priestess. Yes. It makes the flesh, your weak flesh, strong and servient. Do you guys want to know anything else? What's the name of the high priestess? Does she have a fancy name or can we just call her the high priestess does she have a fancy name or can we just call her the high priestess shantani shantani oh yeah don't worry the siren of zarkira

the speaker of the starbane um have you have you met zarkira as well out out of interest? The priestess speaks for her. Okay. You should see just how powerful this Sahagin is with its own rifle. Oh yeah. Can I try it out a little bit? Can I try out the rifle? Yeah, shoot the landers. They are weak and they must be culled. Yeah, shoot me. I'm getting there.

I'm getting that way, don't worry. Shoot me really quickly. I'm still holding his rifle yeah yeah you absolutely are yeah and a little tear rolls down

my face because I've grown to quite love Clyde it's okay we're underwater you can't see tears it's true is it reasonably easy

to figure out how to use is it just like a trigger i mean you saw him he pointed it and then pressed this thing and it fired i'm gonna do exactly the same at him okay back away well i'm gonna okay well the first thing we're gonna do is so you're gonna make an attack roll yep you are just gonna add your dexterity modifier whatever that is yeah but you're gonna have advantage because he does not see this coming yeah fine I feel so bad so roll twice take the highest one and then add your dexterity You get a crit. No. Two. Okay, 19. Plus nothing. I think you just melt the glass.

Well, roll 3d6 for me. Okay. Four. Yeah. Three. Seven. Four. Eleven.

Eleven points of damage. So, you snatch the weapon. You're like, yes, I will do that. You fire, and the beam hits him square in the face and you're like yes I will do that you fire and the beam hits him square in the face and tears he manages to

move his head slightly enough that it doesn't hit his brain but it tears like his face his cheek one of his eyes

is torn away by this superheated beam of light and he just roars in rage the spell it's done

it goes I believe and he just roars in rage. The spell goes, I believe and he just turns and just swipes at you with a reaction. Do any of us get a reaction? This is his reaction to being attacked. So does a 16 hit you?

What's your armor class? Your AC? Yes. 14. You're going to take eight points of damage as Clyde swipes you with these claws that rave across your flesh. Yeah. You all get a turn and I am assuming you pummel this thing to death.

I'm not going to make you roll attack rolls. Sentry, Aayla, spells, Tiangong, you know, you can vicious mockery him. I like to think that the last thing you say to him is what kills him. I've never loved you! And then his brain just collapses inwards. But no, he will not survive an entire round of you pummeling him and you rip him apart. Bit of a nasty end there.

Yeah, just a little bit. We all just see red. We're the heroes! The blood just fills the area. 37 of starvation. I've got a suppogon arm hanging out my mouth. There you go. And I think that is a good point.

We're going to take a break. We're going to have a little break there. I'm going to go have a small cry. You're going to have a little cry. I'm just going to get it applied. the client.