High Rollers DnD - High Rollers: Aerois #53 | The Tunnels Beneath (Part 1)

Episode Date: November 18, 2019

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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 Ad-Kalad, Cleric Wizard. Hi, I'm Rhiannon, I'm playing Sentry, I am a Guardian Paladin. I am Chris Trott, I'm playing Lucius Eul and Elowen Elanastro, and I am a High Elf Sorcerer. 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. Last time, the party arrived in Vivex City, a settlement built around a great Dragonborn warship.

After meeting with some of the military council, the party have discovered that a meeting of various Erosian leaders has been called to discuss the Calus Starbane problem. The meeting is to take place in one month. Whilst this conversation takes place, Sentry visits the Dragonborn artificers, who examine her matrix and reveal the shocking news that her resurrection

and numerous life-draining effects have shortened her lifespan and given her an estimated three months left of function. Nova speaks with the Illusory Leadership System, or ILS, an illusory copy of Calus and his memories, and discusses the fate

of Erois. The ILS tells her that the gods of Erois are really just titans and echoes of Siaska's power. Whilst Nova speaks with the ILS, the party make their way to explore the city and get cake for Century. En route, however... Very important. We got it Century. En route, however... Very important.

We got it here. En route, a shocking and sudden attack against Vivec City takes place and embroils the party. And we begin mid-initiative after a round of combat. We do have a combat map, I think, that we can share. So to set the scene, Vivec City is built into an arid, not quite desert, but a very dry climate. There are numerous stone buildings made from a mixture of sandstone and imported stone from Sivona. There are market stalls. There is greenery and shrubland and life

around the city itself. Mainly it seems to be cultivated. But the scene before you is a long stretch of trade road with various little merchant tables and buildings on either side. As befallen, two large sinkholes have appeared. A stone giant, as well as two naga, or kind of like Medusa serpentine-like women, and three cultists have emerged. You know that this is not the only battle taking place in the city.

This is part of a wider attack, and you aren't sure if you can expect reinforcements at any time. Nova is on her route, on her way back, and Nova will have to navigate the city streets of Vivex to try and get to you as quickly as she can. Lol. And we begin at the top of a brand new round,

because we did finish things off last time. So, the scene we currently have, Aayla is engaging three of these kind of very blood-crazed cultist women. They have this kind of long, dyed green hair, these kind of sacrificial knives, and are just tearing into ayla as they can century had moved forward to flame lance the giant who is caught in a large sphere of orange and blue light created by lucius his luscious light um but he is currently being

constricted by one of the nagas one of the serpentine women um quill had his beacon of hope broken in concentration. Immediately. I re-watched the whole fight because I needed to know what happened, which is why I'm recapping it for myself as well. And that's pretty much where we left things off. So Aayla, you are at the very top of the round. Oh, hi.

You currently have two directly in front of you and then one who had attacked a bunch of dragonborn that looks like they're probably going to circle back and attack you. Okay. There are also civilians kind of scattered. It looks like they're probably going to circle back and attack you. Okay. There are also civilians kind of scattered. It looks like they're probably going to start running for cover. Okay.

Can I hit the one that is going to attack the other people? I think I have advantage on these because they're attacking recklessly as well. You do? You can if you slide along, you will need to get up on top of like a merchant. Or I can just hit the one in front of me. You can just hit the one in front of you.

I'm happy with that. I'll hit them all. It's fine. Yeah, you've got two in front of you, one of which is quite injured. But it looks like when you injured one, it just seemed to make her more aggressive every time you hit her. 26 to hit. 26 will definitely hit.

You have advantage on all of these, don't you? So first one is 10 damage with the hammer plus dex save. That is a failure on the dex save. For lightning damage. Okay. And the second attack is 22 to hit. That will definitely hit. And that is...

Afterwards I'll get you to tell me what this kind of looks like because it's my tissue isn't it nine damage nine okay so you swing into this and you can see that this cultist woman whoever she is

they are not paying any attention to their defense they're leaving themselves wide open to strikes just so that they can get more advantage over you. They're just trying to get into a position where they can hit you and cut you as much as they can. And the fact that you seem so resistant to their blows is just making them more excited and more bloodthirsty.

The fact that you're giving out all this punishment, but they're just reveling in it. The woman you're fighting definitely looks badly beaten up. She's got blood pouring from her mouth. One of her arms looks like it might be broken, but she's still clutching her dagger in it. And yeah, she looks in a very bad way. Would you like to do anything else?

Move, or are you okay where you are? You only have the three of them almost surrounding you. No, they're all in my... If I move, I'll get attacked. Okay. Are you going to stay where you are? Unless I can skirt around and get in front of the dragonborn. I don't know. You can see them out.

You might be able to. Remember, you don't provoke an opportunity attack until you move their threatened space, which is five foot around them. So I think you can shuffle along, but eventually you're going to get some attacks of opportunity. No, I'll leave it there. Just going to stay where you are. Okay. The giant, who you guys can't see. You just see this

20 foot sphere of light and you can just hear that the giant creature is inside it. At the start of their turn, they have to do something. Do they take damage? I thought it was when they start their turn as well oh yeah it's cold I believe so they just take damage

at the start of their turn 2d6 cold I believe okay sure roll it borrow Kim's dice 9 points and then it's 2d6 acid if they end their turn. I will tell you now, the giant will not be ending its turn. But you guys don't know where it is.

Hey, what? Oh. Okay. What does that look like? So the sphere, like this sphere, this 20-foot sphere kind of encapsulates the whole area. The sinkhole that he came out of the sphere, because it's opaque, you can't see through it. It's just this kind of blinding ball of orange and blue. You just...

You don't know. He doesn't come out of it. But he doesn't end his turn in there. That's all I'm going to tell you. Um... You're working out where he can go. I know where he can go. I heard you say... If he can go I know where he can go I heard you say If he can go down He is stood in a fucking hole

He's doing a dig dug Oh Iron giant uses dig The three cultists will turn on Ayla Can you move that one on the end, Kim And just move it next to Ayla She clambers up on top of the merchant stand Here? Yeah, sure it next to Ayla. She clambers up on top of the merchant stand. Here? Yeah, sure.

Right next to Ayla. Yep. And all three... Right, okay, this is going to take me a while because there's three of them. They make three attacks each and they get advantage. Fuck. So, the first one is a 19 to hit. Yep.

The second one is a 15 to hit. Nope. The third one is a 21 to hit. The second one is a 15 to hit. The third one is a 21 to hit. This is the one who you've damaged the most and is currently extremely angry. Where's my other d4? They do. They are Dark Elf

miniatures, so that's not 100% what they look like. My position is looking directly at me like this little butt. So, 8 points of slashing damage from the first one, half to 4. And then the next one you take another... That is another 7, so it goes to 3. That was 1.

Next one. Yeah, who's 3? 16 to hit. Nope. Oh, is Ayla actually... 16 to hit. Nope. Oh, is Ayla actually... 16 to hit. Nope. Three.

23 to hit. Yep. This one doesn't seem as strong as the other one. That's only five points of damage, so half to two. Meh. And then the third one is a 24 to hit. Mm-hmm. Nope, that's like a nine.

17 plus... 22. Yep. Okay, so first attack, you're going to take another 6 Half to 3 And the last one is a 7 half to 3 So they're just whilst you're kind of shrugging their blows off

They've only got these kind of like these little kind of curved blades But it's like a death by a thousand cuts They're just dancing around you Stab cut slash And every time you turn to grab one It feels like the next one just slices along your back or against your arms. You've got these dozens of ribbon thin like

cuts all over your body as they dance around you. Lucius. So I'm currently You are restrained. Can I try and break free of that? You can, yes. Absolutely you can. So that is a Do you want to escape? Athletics or acrobatics? Very well.

Natural one. So you're just held tight by this woman. She's coiled her body around you and just and she's... Am I able to You can still cast spells. Yeah, you can still cast spells and stuff. I'm going to cast Armor of Agathys at level 3 on myself.

Probably a very smart move. I'm a pretty smart guy. Why is everyone laughing? Your Dikerance will go off as well. So at level three, did you say? Yes. So what's that? So that's six.

Six points to the one that's grappling you. Yeah. Six points of cold damage. So you summon this frosty armor. Does Lucius have a preferred look for his armor of Agathys? It's very elegant pauldrons. And maybe a tiny circlet.

It's like a little icy circlet and then big frosty pauldrons. It's been left in the freezer too long. Okay, nice. But you summon that on you and that gives you the temporary hit points. How many is it? 15? And then it deals 15 damage as long as you have the temporary hit points. It does 5 hit points

damage. No. Oh, 15 points until it runs out, yeah. Yeah, so every time you get hit as long as you have those temporary hit points.

Yes. Okay, nice. You can't move. Your speed is zero. Do you have any bonus actions? Cry? No. He's strong today.

Good. He did that earlier. It's fine. All right. Well, on her turn, on the glaive wielder's turn, she's kind of got you wrapped up. Last time she bit into your neck with these poisoned fangs. This time she's just going to bring this large glaive

and just start stabbing downwards because she kind of pushes herself away. She has advantage because you're restrained. She will take damage. She will take damage, but she doesn't really fully know that. So 18 to hit with the first attack. So let's do this sequentially.

So you're going to take 1d10 plus damage. Yeah, I'm going to react with this. No, the barrier shield. I didn't hit it. It was an 18 to hit.

I think it's still going to probably hit him. You're going to take eight points of damage and then she takes 15. Yeah. And then I think that she'll kind of like see some of the still going to probably hit him. You're going to take 8 points of damage and then she takes 15. Yep. And then I think that she'll kind of like, ah, see some of the frost of

the armor breaking off and she will strike you again. For a 21. Yeah. You're going to take 8 more points. There goes the armor. But she takes another 15 from that. That's pretty good though. Very damaged to her.

So you can see that as she's stamming, she's almost purposely, she's not really trying to injure you, she's breaking the armor and as it breaks, the shards of the frost are impaling her body and she does kind of like, ah, but once she's kind of got you, she's like,

no more ice to protect you, little mage. Now I'm crying. If I can do that. Sentry. I'm going to move up on the glaive lady. So you just turn around and run up on the one behind you? Sure.

And I'm going to Divine Smite her. Okay, before you make an attack roll... Oh, God, how do I unzoom? Oh, my mech. I need you to make a charisma saving throw, please. All righty. 3 plus 8, 11. 11. zoom on my mac um i need you to make a charisma saving throw please all righty three plus eight eleven eleven so she as you're kind of you she hears you moving up behind her and because she's kind of got lucius wrapped in the snake-like legs she twists her body and looks at you and as her

eyes meet yours you feel this kind of pulse of magic, whatever, some sort of, like, mystification comes over you. You have to choose. You can either take five points of psychic damage or you have to make your attack against another creature in range. If there isn't one, you must take the damage. So I think there's no other creatures in range for you to attack. No, I'll take damage. So you take five psychic damage

and then you just move up and make your attack as normal. Righty, no problemo. What a bitch. All righty. So her reaction. I'm going to petrify you. Let's go problemo. What a bitch. Alrighty. So her reaction. I'm going to petrify you. Let's go. They are related to the loose.

Yeah, but they are not. Yeah, it doesn't hit. That's nine. Nine will not hit. She actually blocks it with the glaive and kind of... You're bullying me stronger. You get two attacks?

Oh, yes, two again. Extra attack. That's an 11. Nope. So you kind of swing the axe down she parries it once parries it a second time as it just blocks off

we will deal with you soon guardian I need to do a concentration check don't I you will yes two of them in fact 17 17 plus

that's fine yeah DC would be 10 because you only took damage. 18. Yeah, you're fine. Is Armour of Anger fist concentration? It's not, is it? No, is it?

When you take damage, it wouldn't make sense. Yeah, it doesn't make sense. Yeah, you're right. Quill. Okay, so they climbed out of the pit, didn't they? The two Naga women did, Jack. All of them pretty much climbed out of these pits. I just got Parks and Rec.

I fell into the pit. Y'all fell in the pit. Sorry. I fell in the pit. I mean, enjoy these moments while you can, guys. It's all our thing.

Just enjoy it. I'm making the most of it. Yeah. Just enjoy this combat. I'm going to go up to the one that's coiled around me. Get in melee range,

Quill, yeah. Do I need to do anything? Stop trying to shit him up. No, you don't. She's used her reaction. I want to do a shocking grasp on her. Okay.

So, let's say, make a melee spell attack. So what does that mean? Does that matter? So if you go on your actions tab on D&D Beyond, it should have shocking grasp on there. Okay, so it doesn't matter that I'm not making a melee attack. It's not... You are making a melee attack.

You're reaching out with like a claw. Oh, no, but I mean in the same way as like entangle works. I don't have to put it on a weapon and then... No, no, no. You're just literally reaching out with your hand or your wing in this case and touching them. Are they wearing any metal? They are, in fact. She's wearing breastplate, so yes.

So you have advantage. Tiny metal. Advantage, then. Tiny metal. They do have... No, the Naga women have little breastplates. Got to protect. I've used my Daughters of Kain miniatures very well.

Tiny metal bra. Oh, wow. Don't judge me for my miniatures. I had to paint those little thong butts. So even with advantage, 11. Wow. No, you kind of reach up, but she kind of slides her body out of the way. Can you just not? So even with advantage, 11. Wow. No. No, you kind of reach up, but she kind of slides her body out of the way.

Can you just not? We've established this. I can't use that dice. I'm going to actually. I'm taking it. You're not allowed. And then as a bonus action, I will healing word Lucius. Yes.

Excellent use of cantrip and bonus action spell. Healing. Excellent. Praise him when he does well. 2d4. Like with children, you have to praise them. Excellent use of cantrip and bonus action spell. Excellent. Praise him when he does well. 2d4. Like with children, you have to praise them when they do well. Eight.

Positive reinforcement. Thank you. Everything helps. You wouldn't learn one day. Are you done? Find a way to get her off you. Yeah. Okay. The archer naga will slide over.

Oh, I was hiding behind Lucius and... It's almost like they can move. Damn it. She will kind of slither her way over and then aim on Quill again and fire two longbow shots. Actually, she's going to target Lucius because she has advantage against him with one, and then we'll see who she targets. Oh, cool. Changeable.

Have some fun. Have some fun. Lucius, does a 13 hit you? No. No? Okay, so even with the advantage, you kind of get pulled away at the last second as part of the grapple. So she's going to shoot at Lucius again.

That's the first time that's not happened. Yeah. You got hit. 16? Yeah. Yeah, You got hit. 16? Yeah. Yeah, that'll hit. You're going to take only four points of damage,

but can you make a constitution saving throw, please? Yes. Does Lucius get a bonus on that? Are we technically like with my aura? If he is within range,

you tell me. He should. I think he should be in range. Yeah, because he's in her square. He's in her square, yeah. So you get a plus two bonus. 18 then. Okay, yeah, that's enough.

You kind of shrug off whatever kind of liquid was coated on these arrows. You managed to shrug off the poison's effects. Excellent. Okay, and then Nova. So Nova. Yo! I'm here. You were on your way to meet the team at the designated district.

When you see this fighting erupt around the city, you will need to try and navigate a city that you've never been to before in order to try and reach them as quickly as possible. How you do this is really down to you. So you tell me, how is Nova, what kind of skills, or what is Nova going to do to try and navigate the city quickly? So the first thing I was going to, I was thinking about doing was, are they within a five mile radius? Five mile. Yes, I think that that sounds reasonable.

And I was going to use my messenger rings. Okay. And be like, guys, I'm guessing you're at the center of whatever's happening here. Where are you? I'm by. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, you can describe it. The ship.

I think that the rest of the crew don't really know the city that well either. But yeah, you guys, you can let them know. And they can tell you where they are for sure. And then, what's around me? Is anything happening around me? You are in, I think you would be in, let me pull up my little map here. So you would have left the airship

on the outskirts of the North Commune. So you are in a very, it looks older than some of the other districts, and it looks to be primarily Dragonborn residences. You can see the big main Vivex battleship, and you can see that that is being assaulted by a lot of giants. Can I... I just had a thought.

Can I see Lucius's luscious light? No, you're going to be too far away. And also the houses, kind of the buildings and streets would block that kind of sight. Can I cast Levitate on myself and go up and just scramble as high as I can? Sure. I'd say, okay, so if you do that, so you cast Levitate on yourself, you levitate yourself up, I think, like 20 feet,

which is going to be enough to see over the roofs of most buildings. Give me a perception check. With advantage because you have the height from the Levitate spell. 16. 16. 16. Yeah, so with that, you can begin to coordinate, and you can see a tiny glimmer of orange and blue light coming from a city street. You can see the occasional crack of lightning,

probably from Aayla's ore and things like that, and you can identify that that's going to be your thing. You can start plotting a point, but the buildings are very close together here. It's all kind of randomly built. There's no structure to be your thing. You can start plotting a point, but the buildings are very close together here. It's all kind of randomly built. There's no structure to the city streets. So when you get down on the ground and begin making your way through...

Actually, with Levitate, I could stay on the rooftops. You can't move horizontally with Levitate. Levitate is just up and down. Can I not use the rooftops to scramble and jump across the rooftops like Assassin's Creed? You can definitely go over the rooftops, for sure. So in that case, on your next turn, you're going to be making probably athletics athletics checks with advantage because levitate is just

up and down you're still going to need to have some sort of momentum to put you across the spaces yeah okay i probably can't cast thunder step right now can i uh no because you cast levitate yeah so but you can do that on your next thing yeah trying to speed up how quickly you can get there yeah okay yep all right okay so i've spotted them yeah trying to speed up how quickly you can get there yeah okay yep all right okay so i've spotted them yeah if you want to use spells you don't have to use skills if you're going to say like i'm going to thunder step to get there as quickly as possible that's fine you're using resources i'll still let you do it um okay cool so ayla we go back to you up at the top oh hi um i'm gonna hit the one that I've already been hitting first.

With advantage because she's... She is reckless. Oh, damn it. I rolled really trash. 12. 12. 12. Oh, they're AC. I will tell you they're AC is 13.

Fuck. So you just missed. That was with advantage as well. So the next one I'll hit. That's a 16 plus 8. Yeah, that will definitely hit. So. I'll hit, that's a 16 plus 8. Yeah, that will definitely hit. So... I'll make the same throw.

Same throw is like a 22. So 10 damage with the hammer. And 3 half to 1. 1. Yeah, so you smack her in the chest again, a kind of resounding blow. You probably hear ribs crack and the kind of blast of lightning. She probably hear ribs crack um and the point of like

blast of lightning she's on her feet but just barely she's kind of standing with the last strength that she has could do with a little bit help guys if any of you are available right now on it three three of them do you say that over the messenger ring yeah sure this is we would have heard we would have heard Nova, right? Yeah, absolutely. Kind of like, you know, at the end of Endgame, and it's like... On your left!

On your left! Except I'm useless. I don't have an army. I got nothing. Oh, here we go. Emerging from another hole. Another hole? Has he burrowed up another hole, then? Yeah. Yeah, he's Dig D Emerging from another hole. Another hole? Has he buried up another hole, then?

Yeah. Yeah, he's a dig dug. Dig dug. He digs like a dog. Knocking a tiefling woman to the ground as he emerges from it. You see this giant stone giant. You just watch the earth above it just kind of crumple inwards and turn to sand. And then this giant grey skin form emerges.

A large staff made of stone. He picks up a loose piece of rubble, looks at Sentry, and throws it. So how much power is a womb? This is a yeet. Okay, this is yeet power. This is yeet power.

How far did we yeet the squirrel? Do you know what? 400 feet. 400 feet? 20? No. Do you know what? 400 feet. 400 feet. 20? No. Do you still have Helios?

Because we removed the Helios blessing. I don't have Helios. What's your AC? 21. Is that with Helios? Oh, wait. You should know where you had 23. It's 20.

It's 20. I removed that last week. Because that's the thing is I remember you were 21 with Helios and I rolled that and I was like, ugh, I think this is going to hit. So it hits. It's a yeet and a Kobe. It's a yeet and a Kobe. Right.

Okay. I hate you. Let me just roll all these dice. I hate myself. Got him. Basketball. Slam dunk.

I'm just deaf by a thousand times every year. It's like in Brooklyn Nine-Nine when Terry's like y'all going to have to watch some basketball if you're gonna start using these terms. 22 bludgeoning damage

to Sentry, and can you make a strength saving throw, please? Oh! You are not prone. You're just not prone. So Sentry is not prone as this giant rock just in the back sends you sprawling to the ground. You are now a plate.

You are slammed down. Does she make any distance in that or does she just flatten? No, she just knocks her prone. Doesn't send a flight. Doesn't launch. The cultists. Oh, boy. Oh, Ayla. They're coming for you.

Thank you for that. It's boop. Right. I've got a lot more attacks to be making. That is a 23 on the first one. Yep. That is a 24 on the second one. That is a 23 on the third one.

Advantage. So I'm going to get, like, nine attacks on me right now. Yeah, you are, yeah. So that's five. Advantage! So I'm gonna get like nine attacks on me right now? I can. Yeah, you are, yeah. That's five. Oh my god. Six points of slashing damage from the first one? I guess down to three.

Eight from the second one? Four. Seven so far. Eleven from the last one, so five. Stab, stab, stab, stab, stab. Paper cut. Twelve damage total from what was that? Three hits. How injured are you looking?

About half. Okay. In that case, they're going to continue wailing on you. Next one is 15. Nope. That one misses. Next one is a 22 Nope. That one misses. Next one is a 22. Mm-hmm.

Ooh, a 14. Nope. So just one of these ones. These ones, that first one that you keep hitting. She's the one that's angry. Every time you hit her, every time she seems to, like, stay injured, she just gets stronger and stronger and is just pummeling you with these blows. That's only going to be 4 points of damage

so half to 2 and then the third one will attack you again, that is a 23 to hit with her first attack, that is a natural 20 on the second one, so 25 and then a 20 on the last one, right, so I'll do so that's 4 plus 7 so I just took 7 hits

10 points of damage from the crit, so half to 5 and then damage from the crit, so half the five. And then seven from the next attack, so half the... Eight all together. Yep. And then four, so another two. That's already halved. Yep.

Do with some loving. You're just being swarmed as they're just, like, cutting you to pieces. You don't have any potions. Yeah, but you're not Quill's little lovey boy. I know. I get shit all. I thought you had some potions. But you're not Quill's little lovey boy. I know. He's going to kill you. I get shit all. I thought you had some potions.

That's my boy, Lucius. That's my boy. Speaking of your boy, it's Lucius's turn. I'm going to try and get out of this. Acrobatics or athletics? Hey, boy, no, don't roll. Don't count that. You've got portent, so 14 plus whatever.

I will let it happen, but just let Tom have a chance. If you know, just say, like, I'm going to roll this, so he has a chance to say portent, so 14 plus whatever. I will let it happen, but just let Tom have a chance. If you know, just say, like, I'm going to roll this, so he has a chance to say portent. I mean, it was... It's fine. But yeah, so portent, you rolled a 14. You rolled a 14. So what's your total? That would be a...

Athletics or acrobatics? 16. 16, that's enough. So you basically wiggle your arms free, and Quill is calling out to you like Now! And then as you wait She kind of reflexes her muscles to kind of strike And that's when you just slip yourself free

And throw yourself to the side So you are now no longer restrained And grappled You are still next to her however Yeah, that's the downside right You can disengage, but that's your action Or Yeah side right yep you can disengage but that's your action or yeah hmm difficult decisions to make yes this is a game of decisions and consequences what was that

your action to freak out of that no other. That was a movement. Movement. Oh, okay. I think. Hang on. It would be. Unrestrained. Just says escape DC. I'll say it's movement. Maybe that's wrong, but I'll say it's movement. Thank you.

So. In which case. It makes more sense for its production, doesn't it? What I'm going to do is cast a

I'm just going to do it. Melf's Acid Arrow at her, but then twin it to hit one of these down here. Sure. Yeah, go for it. So you're spending the sorcery points to twin it. Yeah, I'm doing it. Normal level?

Second level. Second level, so normal level. Yeah. Okay, so first roll to hit the naga in front of you. A disadvantage, right? You are next to her, so it is disadvantage, sadly. So that's nine plus five, 14. That's just not enough.

Her breastplate just absorbs most of the acid and it splashes over. So she'll still take 2d4, I think, or half of the 3d4. That's a two. Against the other one, that's going to miss her. So half damage to both. So 2d4. Do you want to go for the one that was already injured by Ayla?

Of the three ladies? Are you allowing that? Yeah. Benevolent DM. Six. Six points to both. Pretty good. What was that on both of them?

Just the one. Oh. No, that's the both. You did half damage to both. Oh, yeah, of course. You just changed the target, so you add an extra target to it. Yeah, so you kind of... Whilst it doesn't hit them directly, the acid is enough it kind of splashes over

that they kind of wince and hiss as the acid hits them. The one you're fighting, like, she looks like she's about ready to fall over with that acid now kind of like... Very, very close to injury. Is that your full turn, Lucius? That is my full turn. I'm going to bonus action now. Can a twin spell?

Is a feat like that a bonus action? No, no, you can just do it as part of casting the spell, so you still have your bonus action. Bonus action, shield, barrier ring. Plus two AC. Plus two AC. There it is.

There it is. It's fine. There actually, the glaive lady is after you. She's going to ignore you because she currently has advantage to hit Sentry, who's on the ground. Oh, yeah. So she just strikes down twice onto Forms of Sentry. No, in fact, she's going to try and constrict you. She's going to try and wrap you up in her body first.

Okay. With advantage. 18 to hit. I don't believe it. So you kind of roll to the side as she tries to, like... She's just going to strike down with her glaive. Cool. Or only a 17.

No. That high AC. Ba-tang! The shield gets raised as the glaive bounces off. This idea that since you're just rolling around on the floor... Just sausage rolling. No, no, no! You're like walking in circles. rolling. She was like, no, no, no. Like, no, no,

walking in circles. Yeah. Woo, woo, woo, woo, yeah, yeah. Sentry, you're go. Awesome. Okay, so I'm going to get up.

Sure. So you stand up, half movement. Yep, and then I'm going to move over to help Aayla out. Okay, so they will get an attack

opportunity against you. That's fine she no longer has advantage on you that however of course she hits on the one she doesn't have advantage

23 to hit yep so she just hits you with the glaive once for 6 points of slashing damage okie dokie as you're running past but yeah

you move over to the other two and you've got your two attacks nice let's do that let's attack them twice but I'll just roll both of us at the same time no roll them independently because you might kill one and you can put the other two and you've got your two attacks. Nice, let's do that. Let's attack them twice. But I'll just roll both of us at the same time. No, roll them independently because you might kill one and you can put the other one on like a... Nat 20 on one.

Like, yeah. And 19 on the second one. The 19 will hit the second one. The first one that you've been fighting this whole time, Sentry runs up behind her. You don't really see, you just see a flash of steel. You see a flash of movement And then this cultist woman Just goes

And then The back of her head Slides off of an axe Oh Century is just Oh Yes Woo

Yes Brutality And then you strike The second one next to her Yeah Okay So d8 plus 4 Sometimes I was

Century saying On your left Five damage On the first one Never in time And I'm going to Divine smite so d8 plus 4 sometimes I was saying on your left there's 5 damage on the first one and I'm going to divine smite so I add another 2d8 to that one

so you just first level divine smite yeah that's another 9 so that's another 9 yeah 14 in total

14 damage so yeah you kind of run up you cleave the one that's been fighting Aayla in the back of their head pull the axe free

and then you swipe to the side and you catch one of these women on the thing. When you attack these guys for the future, you have advantage because they're attacking recklessly. Oh, sweet. Remember that for next time. Cool.

I just remembered it as you finished all of your attacks. Cool. No worries. Quill. Could I gust this one right in front of me? Sure. What do I have to do? To the pit.

Into the pit. Into the pit. Into the throw. In the pit! Strength saving throw. Yeah. It is a magic spell, and you can see that trying to conjure magic against her, there is some innate resistance. Oh.

Of course there is. She has magic resistance. That is a total of, strength saving throw, 15. Yeah. Is that just what I needed? That's exactly what she needed. Damn it. Because if I hadn't got's exactly what she needed. Damn it. Because if I hadn't got the advantage, I would have got 14.

And... So you kind of try and summon this gust of wind to blow her back, and you imagine that without any legs to, like, give her grip on the ground, this would be quite easy, but she plants the glaive in the ground and just grits. Core strength. Yeah. Core strength, very strong. Very strong.

There's no plate armor. And a snake. Yeah. Core strength, very strong. Very strong. Because there's no plate armor. And snake. Yeah. It's just steel scaled out. How bad is Lucius looking? Not too bad. Okay. In that case, I will do a healing word on Aayla.

What is this? I'm on your way. This is a second healing spell. Is Aayla within range? Aayla, it's my healing word, yes, 60 feet. At level 4. Whoa! 4d4. I think this is the first time you've healed me. It's the first time you've needed it.

3, 5, 6, 10, plus 4, 14. Nice, thanks. He hates it. For a 4-feet spell. Healing word's pretty weak. It's pretty weak. No, I know it is. I know it is. Compared to that, but I can't, thanks. He hates it. Healing Word's pretty weak. No, I know it is. I know it is. Compared to that, but I can't really get to her without her. Sentry's looking great.

Is she? Oh, shit. She just got hit by a rock. More like denim. Like a like a I'm fine. Yeah, her whole face plate. I'll risk a movement got me. I'm fine. Yeah, her whole face plate just slid. You step movement.

This is fine. Yeah, I'll risk a movement. Oh, risky boy. Oh, he is a risky boy, but that's pretty lucky

because that's only a nine to hit. Perfect. Okay, yeah, and I back up and just try. I think that's the only time an

opportunity attack has missed Quill. Yeah. This is a battle of firsts. It's okay because this snake lady is going to... Stop moving! She likes you.

She just keeps following me. Well, she's kind of keeping a distance to pick different targets. So Sentry's pretty injured, but Sentry is very defensible. Lucius is quite injured. Quill is not injured. Aayla is also quite injured I'm looking better now though Looking better

But not great She's going to fire at Lucius With her first attack Which is only a nine to hit So she'll shoot Lucius again Not very good Eleven to hit Nice

I'm going to roll really badly there So the two arrows just go Flying past The moment I heal people Everyone starts getting inspired. Nova. So you are currently levitating. You have to use the environment around you

to give you any forward movement. So what does this look like? How is Nova accomplishing this? You can hover 20 feet in the air or you can go to the rooftops, but how do you go that way? Can I sort of be jumping over the rooftop but would it give me advantage to have yeah absolutely give you

advantage on athletics yeah absolutely um so i'm gonna be athletics because you're jumping so i'm probably just gonna be like okay come on nova you can do this never jumped in your life but we can do this come on and yeah Close your eyes and jump as best you can. Minus two in athletics. Yeah. Yikes. Nine. Okay.

So it's not like you fall and hurt yourself, because you can't. You're levitating. The difficulty is it's not as effective as you were hoping to be. And a lot of the times you end up about halfway between buildings. Like, no way. You kind of have to, like, lower yourself to the ground, move up to the building, levitate back up, pull yourself free. And it just becomes this, it slows you down.

You're not going to reach there this turn. We're going to see how you do next turn. Damn it! This is splitting the party. We jump up to Ayla. All of the townsfolk, by the way, at this point, she's down. These guys all just start running, and they start crowding into buildings. This merchant guy shits his pants.

Can I send a message to him? Just like, I'm coming, guys! I'm coming! It's not going very well! Do you need anything? Oh, I think I'm going to be sick. Aayla. We're going to train when you're back from this. We're going to train. I'm going to be sick. Caleb. We're going to train when you're back from this.

We're going to train. You're going to work out, okay? I will attack one of the... You have advantage. Yes. That's a nat 20. Yay! Nice!

Finally. Max damage on the dice you normally roll. So what, d10? D10. So 10. So 10. Plus d10 again. So roll a d10 normally roll so what d10 d10 so 10 so 10 plus d10 again so roll a d10

where's my d10 oh nine plus your normal modifier so 19 plus normal modifier so 19 20 to 1

to 2 to 3 to 4 25 26 damage on the hammer oh my god nice uh yep

uh so you just I mean mean, you hit her. She's still alive, but like you like probably nearly shatter her arm bones. Like one arm just kind of goes limp at her side. I rolled a six on my lightning damage.

Can you make a save? I will make a save and throw. That was a natural one. So that's six more points. She's blasted by lightning and the first of two hammer blows uh 17 plus eight that will hit uh 10 damage with the hammer oh my god is she just not dead you nearly nearly kill her in one round like in six seconds these two heavy blows your arms just covered and

bloody from these tiny ribbon like cuts. You slam that hammer down on her again and again and you just hear this kind of groat like yes! Yes! And she's just like her eyes go wide, they're blood shot, blood is pouring from her ears

from her nose. She's absolutely crazy these are our curious agents right yeah okay yes they are i'd understand it more if it was hadar but because they love dying all right has that mini got a wheel in his arm well the giant yeah a wheel he's got a ship's wheel to his arm where are you seeing that? Oh, there's a bracelet. Put that behind... Oh, that's cool. Next, behind Sentry and Nova, please, put the giant.

Oh, yeah, the giant's not... Bring it a bit more this way. So move the dead lady out of the way. He just steps on it. Oh. Yeah. That's rude. And he positions himself looming behind Aayla and Sentry.

Could I exist? Clearly the strongest of the dream. Now you die. He brings his giant club up, one to Sentry, potentially one to Ayla, we'll see. Protection on Ayla. Okay, well, I'll see. He might change his mind if he hits you,

and then he might hit you again. Yeah, if he attacks it. So 21 to hit you. Yeah. Exactly. Well, no, actually, no, no you're 20 now i'm 20 now i'm just gonna have to roll this again oh that was really bad 28 points of bludgeoning damage that's's this giant stone quarterstaff. That's me down. You unconscious? Then he goes to hit Ayla with the second one.

20 to hit Ayla. Yep. Yep. This was the big threat. Big threat, big boy. Point literally. That's only 16 points of bludgeoning to you, so half to eight.

Oh. Yeah, it's non-magical. It's just bludgeoning. Injury eight. Oh. Raging. Oh. Yeah, it's not magical. It's just bludgeoning. Injury check. Yeah. Can you make a constitution saving throw for me, please? I can do. DC would be...

Do you want me to smoosh a cupcake in his face? Two. Oh, so you failed the DC. Yeah. It's a dex. Yeah, there's four total. No, con. Con save.

Six total, yeah. That's a failure. So now another roll. Maybe use a different dice. I got nat Six total, yeah. That's a failure. So now another roll. Maybe use a different dice. I got nat 20 on these earlier. Yep, so d20 roll, please. Okie dokie. That's 11.

11. Okay, so as he slams down, it's actually less of a slam down, and he side swipes you, and the thing hits you in the side, and your kind of chest cavity, effectively what would be the ribs on a human, you don't think it breaks, and the thing hits you in the side and your kind of chest cavity, effectively it will be the ribs on a human.

You don't think it breaks, but it heavily bruises. You go flying to the side. On your turns, you can take an action or a bonus action, but not both, and your speed is reduced by 10 feet. This lasts until you take a short rest. Oh, yeah. It's not too bad. It's a better version. But it's for the rest of this combat, you can take an action or a bonus action and your speed's reduced. Oh, yeah. So it's not too bad. It's a better version. But it's for the rest of this combat,

you can take an action or a bonus action and your speed's reduced. Speed is reduced. And you're currently unconscious, which is probably the more pressing matter. Yeah.

Yeah. That is the giant's go. Golf swing. The remaining cultists, the one who's desperately clinging on to her life, will try and do as much damage as she can.

And she's just calling out, she's just like, my queen, take me into your arms! And just starts stabbing. Crikey. She's going to attack recklessly still? Right, here we go. 22. First one.

Should I just say if you took my AC is 17. I'm just saying it for the podcast listeners and for those who like tracking stats. Yeah. Right, the first two hit, the podcast listeners and for those who like tracking stats. Yeah. Right, the first two hit, the last one misses. You're going to take six, nine, so half to four on the first one. Eight, four more.

That's already halved, so eight, half to four on the second one, so eight points in total. My legs are cold. As they stab down into you. And then the remaining one... No, you're still alive. We'll also attack Ava.

That's a 1 and a 7, that's a miss. That's a blood. A 24, that's going to hit. And then a 23 is going to hit you on that one, but she is not injured, so she only does a small amount of damage. Seven, half to three. Five, half to two. Five more points.

They're just slowly taking away. Yeah? I'm on this. Yep. This is where like, it's one of those things where like, you imagine that because of the way they attack, like catching these guys in like an AoE would be really good, trying to burst them all down together. Having them go against a single fighter is exactly what they're very specialized at doing yeah so that was their go

Lucius shit so it's alright maybe we might turn up soon could really do with that yeah and I'll just take everyone down. I've still got this.

Yes. I probably shouldn't have at this point. Oh, the luscious light. Actually, no, I didn't take any more hits. No, you haven't. No, they missed. Okay, I'm going to dismiss that. Okay.

So that I can cast Hypnotic Pattern, which is a 30-foot cube. Oh, God. So I'm going to try and catch this person and this person. So the giant and the naga. Yeah. Wisdom saving throw, please. Oh, yeah, absolutely.

Of 14. I will do it on the naga, who is resistant to magic and so has advantage. Wisdom, you said, yes? Yeah. That is a 16 is my highest. And then a giant doesn't have advantage. That is a 16 on the giant. Well, well, hmm.

So you conjure this pattern. Does it remain in place or is it like a one-time thing? It's a concentration. Okay, so you can repeat. It appears for a moment and vanishes. Oh, okay, so if it had taken effecttime thing? It's a concentration. Okay, so you can repeat. It appears for a moment and vanishes. Oh, okay, so if it had taken effect, then it would become a concentration. But yeah, you summon this hypnotic pattern

and it just... You see the giant is just like, a dream within a dream and just bats it away from his hands with his big remaining palm. The naga is just like, your petty illusions mean nothing, mage. That's a shame.

I can't do anything else. You can move. I'm in attack form, shooting range from her, so... No. Okay. Her turn. She's going to try and grab you up in her little live body. I'm going to try and... I was going to messenger it.

You can messenger it, like, you guys can talk amongst each other freely. We're in the market and we're very much under attack, Nova. 22 to hit you, Lucius. Yeah. You're going to take 9, 12 bludgeoning damage. And you are grappled again.

Oh! If we could, like, not risk TPK every week, that'd be fucking great. Yeah, that makes it exciting. And then she's going to try and bite you, but this time only getting a 13 to hit. No. So with the barrier ring, you manage to, like...

Not again! Teeth down. Ah! First wolf, now snakes. You need some, like, grease. Just, like, grease up the luchas. I just really lube up. Yeah, if you have, like grease Just like grease up the loo So you can like I just really loo

Freaking out I mean yeah If you have like oil or grease on you I definitely give you advantage On escaping Well you what? Century When you keep that box

Century can you make a death save for me please? Will do That's a nat one Oh That's two failures Are you serious? Like giggling laugh That is two failures I'm afraid Holy shit Well Are you serious? Like, tickling laugh. That is two failures, I'm afraid.

Holy shit. Well, after century is quill. Yeah, so I'm going to do a healing word. Healing's not so bad now. Yeah, so... I mean, do you have the movement to get close to her? It's 60 feet, so I've got the range on it I just meant for more

if you wanted to heal a morph with cure wounds or something but I suppose this is a bonus action as well fuck yeah well could I also

well I'll say stop using that I've got a nat 20 I don't care you've gotten two ones on it so far put it away that's true

the feeble weak little one Aayla almost smashed to pieces. I'll kill steal that with a sacred flame. I thought I was stealing my kills. They are pretty dexterous. I figured they were, but it's a cantrip.

That's a natural one, so yeah. Nice. You have just enough to make sure that whatever you roll, you would kill it. She had two hit points left. Oh good, I rolled a four. I'm taking that. That counts as mine.

That's mine. I just don't want it counts as one. So, yeah, you watch as Quill, what, the feathers, the kind of like light feathers from your arm, thud into her back and she collapsed to the ground. And then I will... Healing word. Bonus action healing word sentry

for 3d4. So third level. Danka Shun. I know, you spend a lot of time on that. It's like shading and everything. 10. I'm a really good painter, guys.

I know, I know. I've seen it. I want to see this. Well, the mini with the... That is very detailed. 10 HP healing sentry. 10 HP to sentry. Danka Shun.

Oh, God. That's just a wash. Lay on hands. Come on. I do have lay on hands. Anybody can do that. Are you up now? mini with the that is very detailed 10 HP 10 HP to sentry oh god that's just a wash lay on hands come on anybody can do that are you up now

she's up well she's not standing up she's awake she is risen I rise oh boy you keep healing

people I know the archer lady doesn't like that yeah but again slide around the other side of the pit

slide her around slide of the pit. Slide her around. Slide to the pit. Keep going. One more. Slide to the bush. She slides around the pit. Two shots at Quill. Stop it.

God damn it. This archer cannot hit. Fuck all. 11. No. 16. Cheers. Oh, yeah.

Can you make a con save, please? Yes. You're also going to take 8 points of piercing damage 4 with that con save no you take 8 and then the con save

if you fail no he failed it he failed it he got a 4 so you take 8 points of piercing damage and then you regain only half healing

until the end of your next turn okay so it's only affecting you at the moment if anyone decides to. I think that was affecting me before anyway. It was.

I've got that poison. I'm immune to it. How far am I in terms of feet? I mean, like, Thunderstep won't get you there, but I will say that if you use your Thunderstep, you will gain enough momentum that you will reach there in time. You'll also probably reach, like, Gust Haven. I feel like Thunderstep's a lot of momentum

for a Levitate as well. Yeah, can I... I imagine it almost like you sort of move. Can I twin it so I run, jump as far as I can with a Levitate and add the arc, a Thunderstep? Yeah, that's what I'm thinking you're doing. Basically, you're currently maintaining concentration on the Levitate.

You run, you jump, you Thunderstep to basically add, like, portal physics, right? You add the momentum, and then on the levitate. You run, you jump, you thunderstep to basically, like, portal physics, right? You add the momentum and then with the levitate, you're just like a little rocket kind of flying across the thing. Yeah, it's not the way that the spell works. Can I rocket into someone? I will tell you what, make a

roll Arcana for me, and this is going to determine where you turn up. Okay. Oh, no. If you end up, like, down here, it's obviously a little cannonball. Look at her go. 19 plus 7 is 26. Where would you like to arrive? Can I arrive on someone?

Sure. Can I, like, smash into, hmm? Remember, it does damage to whoever's around. And probably you. Oh, wait, so you want to... No, because the thunder does the source. That's what is propelling you forward. This would simply be,

if you want to try and smack into somebody, you'll make... I'll basically just have you deal unarmed strike damage to something and potentially... Or actually, no, it would be... What it would be is it would be the damage you would take if you were falling from 60 feet okay so like 66 damage you'll take some of it as well because you're literally yeah yeah yeah flying into somebody at a high speed okay there's

four so one two three four two is giant two is giant. Two! Yay! Right, roll 66 for me. I'm going to make a saving throw. Fails a saving throw. And then I'm going to have you make a dex saving throw after this. Four. I just know the better you roll, though, you're going to take some of this. Six.

23. 23. 23 total. So that's going to be... Nice. Okay. So you watch as this blue little ball comes flying, smacks into the chest of the giant,

which does stagger him, like the giant staggers back for a moment. Nova, make a dex save for me. How much was it? 23? Nova shaped hole in that giant. Nine. Nine?

How much damage do I want you to take? In theory, you'd take the same amount. Okay. In theory. And you would save for half, same as him. So yeah, you'd take 23 bloods and damage. Okay. As you come slamming into this thing at a high speed velocity

as a weird combination of magic you're not sure if this tactic will work again maybe it will no it might do I'm not doing it again 23 points of

bludgeoning damage maybe not but you yeah you kind of slam in and you arrive I'm here you are here

and we go to Aayla at the top oh my god that was amazing that was a hell of an entrance okay you have one more cultist in front of you on your left We go to Ayla at the top. Oh my god. That was amazing. That was a hell of an entrance. Okay. You have one more cultist in front of you. On your left!

On your chest. So Sentry's awake, though. You can see Sentry's eyes kind of like flicker and flutter. Okay. This is a good opportunity. Roll some percentile dice. Roll a d100 for me. Oh, don't be.

It's a great opportunity though for like some potential. We're being so fucked right now! 60. Okay, 60. Ayla, what are you doing? I'm attacking the cultist again. I'm gonna write a little note for you. I mean, it makes sense.

Yeah, she took a pretty hard knock, like that would fuck something up. 22 to hit. And 26 to hit. That's not what it is. It's got the oldest. Yep, and 26 to hit, so both hit. Perfect. Perfect! Ooh, rolled well, so hang on. Oh, hello. Don't look at it.

Notes being handed around, secret notes. 17 on the hammer on the first one 16 on the hammer on the second one oh my god and then then Dex Dex saving throw well that's a 21 damn it so one still she goes from being completely uninjured to you smack her in the chest and she's dodging and like she's kind of weaving to the side, but she's expending great

amounts of energy. You clip her on the side, you probably kind of like bruise her body and her ribs. Her arm kind of goes numb as she kind of half parries a strike, but the force of it kind of sends her through. She skids along the kind of arid stone and just kind of drops her hands low,

eager to fight. Yeah, this next round's probably going to take me out. Well, this is the point where I think at this point the giant kind of stuns and is like, a flying child of the air.

That is a 17. Oh, exactly! 17. With his great club, 3d8. 3d8? Yes. Where's my other d8? Where's my d8?

21, 22, 23, 24. I rolled pretty bad. Not like I did when I hit Sentry. 16 points of bludgeoning. And then the second one is going to go for Ayla. Great. This is my 5. That is another 17. That hits.

See ya. 17. Halfed is 8. Are you still standing? Just about. You're fine! We've been up and down all campaign. We're still here.

You're also taking half damage. Like all of these hits. It's a crumpled mask. The last remaining cultist. Yeah, but this is it. This is the thing. Now it's the cultist who is there going for Ava. Who's going to hit you three times

I mean if there was a person to have in the middle of the cultists It was you This is the thing Unless you crowd controlled them with hypnotic pattern Yeah 21 He's going to hit that first one That's a natural 20 on the second

This is the point of reckless 16 though That's not going to be a hit. So we have one crit. And also, she isn't... Oh, this is at the start of her turn, so it does go. So 8 plus 15. 18 halved is 9 from the crit.

Okay. And then 6, 9 halved is 4. Ha ha! She's up! She's up two! So you watch as this woman kind of like weaves out. You kind of take a blow from the giant and she steps in taking the opportunity. Please help me. One stabs in like the upper part of your chest and the second one comes in your gut. Well, you've got some healing to do.

But you just kind of grin and grit your teeth as she like looks at you. And there is, for the first time since this fight With her two sisters dead There is this kind of Battle lust But you see that fear kind of catch her eyes I'll just smile at her I'll just smile at her

There's blood coming through your teeth Because you've taken so many internal injuries I'll smile because I know I'm going to take her down yeah Lucius I'm going to cast Armor of Agatha on my side

good shout good shout you get Dicromancy when you cast it yeah so that's second level so it's five points who would you like to do it

ice on the one that's grappling me yep can I also try and break free of that yes you can, absolutely. Cheers then. Cheers then.

Cheers then. Natural 20. Oh! You just, and it's almost as you summon the ice, you kind of have it form little spikes and she's like, and she has to let go of you as you kind of drop yourself free.

So that's that. Okay. A rare Lucius. And that's that. That's really cool. Alright. Okay. After Lucius, it is the Naga with the Glaives go.

She's actually seen you conjure this second spell. She's just like I'm not going to bother with you now. And she's going to slide around you. Lucius, you'll get an attack of opportunity. Lord. Do you have a weapon equipped? I've got my gauntlet.

Can I just punch? Yeah, it's an unarmed strike then. 11 plus 4 is 15. It's just not in there. You do hit her, but her hardened scales are as hard as you can, and it just deflects off of her scales. Well, she's going to strike. Her arm shakes.

She goes for Quill. She goes for Quill. She goes for Quill. Oh. You Quill. She goes for Quill. Oh! You're healing too many people. She doesn't like it. That's why I don't heal! That's a fucking two

to try and constrict you. Ah. So she will try and hit you with a glaive for a... 12. No! Woo!

Little bird dodges to the side as the glaive comes slamming down. Little dexterous boy today. Little dexterous boy. It was a promise of cake. He did his stretches this morning. He's like, I'm ready to go. All right. There is a huge giant looming over you.

Nova is also now here looking quite injured. Ayla is on a... Last legs. To everybody else, you see Ayla like swaying and like lazily kind of picking up the hammer. But in Ayla's mind, it's like... I think we're all pretty. I'm going to use Lay on Hands on Ayla. So I'm going to move up.

Do you stand up and move over to Ayla? I'm crawling like... She was running over to Ayla anyway. And just Lay on Hands. I'll give her 15. 15 hit points back to Ayla. Pretty juicy. And that's your action? Yeah, I can only do one action at a time.

Any bonus actions? Can't do them. Oh yeah, the ribs. So you are literally crawling over because you're half speed as well. So you literally have enough to crawl over, stand up and just and you feel the matrix energy swell through you into Ayla as you do so. Quill. And that's all she wrote, fam?

That is all she wrote, fam. That is indeed. Yes. Sentry's still looking pretty terrible. I'm looking origami guardian right now. Just like weird angles. Me and Sentry are just like...

That's your job. You guys are the frontline fighters. I know, but usually this doesn't happen. Usually we are the frontline going, hit me, hit me, hit me. And it gets the other guys. Usually what happens is you guys cream the encounterers. Yeah, that's true.

I'm going to do a chromatic orb on the one in front of me. Okay, great. If she's right in front of you, you will have disadvantage. Oh, will I? It's a ranged spell attack. That's my boy! In that case, I forgot about that.

Yeah. Any ranged attacks, if they're next to you, you have disadvantage. If I move, she attacks me with her reaction. Can I shield with my reaction? Yes.

You have one reaction, how you use it. And then I'd still have the bonus actions as well. Yes. So you're going to move away. She's going to make an attack of opportunity. reaction yes you have one reaction how you use it and then i'd still have the bonus actions yes so you're going to move away she's going to make an attack opportunity that is a 21 to hit shield does that boost your ac high enough uh 21 no how much does she would give five five oh exactly 21. so you won't use it. I'm not using shield then. Oh, wrong dice.

You take eight points of slashing damage. She strikes at you as you step away. Ow! God damn it! That was her reaction, actually. Yeah, okay. And then, yeah, I'll third level Chromatic Orb. And she can't use her Mystifying Stare because she's already used her reaction. What element? Lightning. It's locked to'll third level Chromatic Orb. And she can't use her Mystifying Stair because she's already used it.

What element? Lightning. It's locked to Lightning, my Chromatic Orb. Oh. That's his choice, by the way. That was my choice. Of course. Also, Quill doesn't have a head anymore.

18. That's a hit. 5d8. For who? A level 3 Chromatic Orb. For who? For who you hit. Two Glaive.

I'm not stealing your kill this time. 6, 7, glaive one. I'm not seeing your kill this time. Six, seven, thirteen, fourteen, eighteen, then another one. Sixteen Joe DiMaggio's. Wait. You said eighteen and you rolled a two. Twenty Joe DiMaggio's. There we go.

One point over. You summon this swirling ball of storm energy. You throw it forward, and you almost wait for a moment. You know she's going to dodge to the side, and you just... And it just slams into the side of her. Bam! Knocking her down as lightning courses through her whole body.

The other naga is just like, and begins pulling its bow. Fuck you! That's not very quill. No, it's not. It was like, yes! Yes! End of turn? End of turn.

19 to shoot you with a bow. Ah, son of a... All right. Do you want to use your reaction? You already used it. No, you didn't because it was pointless. What level is shield, actually? One.

Neato. So that takes your AC to 21? So this arrow's about to hit you, you're like, No! I've got some cleric rage going on right now. And then 18 on the next one nice

shield is active until the end of your next one nice the arrow is absorbed by two of the shield blasts Quill's having a good fight for once Nova yes she has a lot of dice in her hand

I have a feeling how this is going to go but I'm going to do it anyway so I'd like to imagine that my necro hand starts tingling, and I'm just going to reach up and go, oh, jeez! And then I'd like to cast Blight on the giant. Yes! Did you take that recently, Blight? I did take it recently.

Yeah, that's cool. So what save throw do I have to make? Con 15, so I think you're probably going to make it. He looks very sturdy, but it will still do half damage. What was it 15 15? All right, just let you know stone giant plus eight to its constitution saving throw Robber six That is like that is 95% chance to hit

5% chance to hit. Miss. I love that. That's a lot of damage I'm seeing there. Is that what I'm hiding? Is it 35? Is that right? So 16 plus 10 is 26. Plus, that was a 2, wasn't it?

I don't know. 35, yeah. 35 points of damage. Nice. I mean, you watch as one of its arms, like you reach up and there's the blight kind of things. The bandages just begin. They begin almost unraveling as arcane power channels through the arm.

The bandages just explode off as this withered sort of skeletal hand. Where's my gauntlet? Oh, yeah, the gauntlet. Oh, okay, yeah. So the gauntlet, sorry. Maybe it glows through. Yeah, you see this kind of dark green energy pulse wearing my gauntlet. Oh, okay, yeah. So the gauntlet, sorry. Maybe it glows through. Yeah, you see like this kind of like dark green energy pulse

through the gauntlet as this beam strikes the giant. Its arm that it hits, it kind of throws itself to the side, but the beam catches the arm and the arm just withers. Like, it becomes shrunken, malnourished. These dark black veins crawling up the side of its neck.

No! A nightmare! You have brought me to a nightmare! As it cries in pain, still alive. Was that his bashing arm? No. Hammer bashing arm. Hammer bashing arm. Can I chug a potion as a bonus action?

Yeah, I mean, yeah. I've said that you can take potions as bonus actions. I would like to chug a... Regret that. I mean, yeah, I've said that you can take potions as bonus actions. I would like to chug a... Regret that. I mean, I think it's fair, because a lot of the time we're... Potion of healing. Potion of healing. Just regular?

Yeah. You get... Six hit points. Woo-hoo! End of your turn? Yeah. Ayla. Yeah, bitch gotta die.

That's one. You've just been fighting these three. AHHHHH! Just like, AHHHHH! Um... 21 to hit. Yep. Um...

And that is a... 25 to hit. Your math noises. 25 hits are amazing. I'm counting on my haters. Um... So... Why is my hair so puffy today? 25 hits are amazing. I'm catching on my hands. So... Why is my hair so puffy today? 15 on the hammer on the first one,

and 12 on the hammer on the second one, plus a save. The save doesn't matter, but I'm going to roll it anyway. Again, you have this moment where you see this. Is she dead before I do that? Yeah. I'm not going to do that then. Okay.

Could you zap the giant? Yeah, you can zap the giant. Can I zap the giant? It's within five feet of you. I fail. Six damage. Six points of damage. Oh, my God.

It's popping off. So you watch as you swing twice, and each time you swing the hammer, you kind of feel the reverberations of thunder coming from the hammer and from your own body. The second strike as it hits her you just catch her dead in the chest and you just watch

her hand like comes up to the centre of her chest you think that you probably cause her heart to blow up from the just and she like collapses into the ground. She lives. You just throw her hand behind you and this blast of lightning hits the giant.

I have a five finger death punch. Or one punch man. One punch! She just collapses back. Any movement? I'm next to the giant. So I'm not going to move because I don't want to get hit by it. That's fine, it's going to hit Nova probably twice.

Hiya! So I'm not going to move because I don't want to get hit by it. That's fine. It's going to hit Nova probably twice. Hi-ya. Hi-ya. That is going to be a 15 to hit. Does not hit. Yes! How, I don't know. 21 to hit. That will hit.

At least it's not two. Yeah. That's pretty good. Can I? Oh, he's making the face. Oh! 24 points of bludgeon face. 24 points of blood. Can I?

Yes. So I'm guessing this activates before I want to cast Tomb of Levisticus. Levistus. Levistus. Which basically means that as a reaction, I can entomb myself in ice, which melts away at the end of your turn. I gain 70 temporary hit points, which take as much of the triggering damage as possible.

What's the means to cast that? Is it a reaction? It's a reaction, right? You've not used your reaction, I don't think. I've used mine. You used yours, but you've not used yours. So you see this giant club about to come down on you. It's basically, what's it from World of Warcraft? It's Mei. Yeah, like Mei from Overwatch.

You watch as this giant black hammer is about to slam down on you with all this force, and you just feel from Tiangong this protective layer of ice just craps over you. So you gain 70 temporary hit points, and it takes as much of that as possible. So it takes 24. But you can't do anything as long as the ice exists. Yeah, as long as the ice exists. And how long does it last?

And I think the temporary hit points go away when the ice melts as well. Until it melts which is... That's mental. In about 100 years. End of my next turn. So end of your next turn. So you can't do anything for your next turn. So I can't. I've sacrificed a minute for it. And then at the end of your next turn, the ice melts,

all those temporary hit points go away. How many hit points are you on currently? 24. Oh. Yeah, very good. So I think I'm going to use this.

Yeah. I have been sitting on this ability for a long time. It's once for long rest, isn't it? I have been sitting on that. No, short rest.

Is it short rest? Short rest. Oh, dude. So when Sentry died and Nova went super emo, she threw out the ability to learn other spells and swapped in tomb. I've been waiting for that for ages.

That's a warlock thing. That's a warlock thing. So a hack to the tome. Yeah, it's an Eldritch invocation. Tomb of Lovistus. That's very cool. Lovistus is one of the archdevils of the Nine Hells. Lucius.

I'm a nerd. I'm going to run at this one. No! I've got armour like this. You do? I'll just turn and look at her and bite me. And I'm just going to throw a chromatic orb at level 4 on this boy. Okay, sure.

Yeah, so make the ranger take on the giant. Oh, nice. I like it. And then you do dichromancy damage as well. Yes. Who do you want to do the dichromancy damage to? The archer? The archer.

Okay, so how much is the dichromancy? Seven. Seven of acid, did you say? Yes. Okay, and then the giant, you make an attack roll. 16 plus seven. Oh, 16 plus seven, that's going to be a hit. Yay, that is 68.

We'll do this and then we'll... Wait, was that a chromatic orb? Yeah, this is a level four. We can carry on for a bit. Five minutes? Yeah. We've got five minutes. I've got some D8s here.

You can see Sid is prepping the donation. Chop, by me. Five. By me, chop. Six. Chop. Seven, eight. Got it.

Seven, eight. Wow. Damage. Okay. That 8. Okay. That's okay. 30. 30? That's pretty great.

I just mean for 68. Pretty good. Pretty good, though. The acid, like, the giant's arm is withered to pieces, and it's smashing down on this tomb of ice encapsulating Nova, who's just looking up helpless as this tomb of ice encapsulating nova who's just looking up helpless as this thing is like smash in its back you watch lucius like bite me throws the hand up the orb sails out of the gauntlet hits into the square of the giant's back as this acid

just coats it like a cloak or a cape and you just watch as the flesh begins peeling and melting away. Raw bone is exposed as the acid eats away at it, and the giant is staggering, barely able to keep its feet. Nice. Very nice. That's the end of your turn, I assume, Lucius. Yeah.

Sentry. Okie dokie. So I'm going to... I'm going to do a heal. I'm going to chug a healing potion. Regular healing potion? Greater healing potion. 44 plus 4.

Bad dream. 15 hit points. 15. Dankeschön. Very nice. So that's your bonus action? Yeah, but that's all I can do. That's true, you've got Bruce Riggs.

Can I ready an action? No. Okay. Readying an action uses your action. That's also an action. Okay. Quill. Awesome.

Okay, well, seeing how everyone is getting wailed by this giant. So how bad does she look, the archer lady? She's not been hit until Lucius just did some active damage to her. I mean... But she is now the only one left. The giant is nearly ready to collapse.

Please don't fall on me. I mean... Yeah, I think I'm going to have to get rid of that one. Don't do that, Mark! Mark's making a face, podcast listeners. I mean, it is a big giant.

It's a big giant. Well, I'm still in my tomb. I will do... Okay, instead I will do a guiding bolt on Archer Lady. Nice. Cool's like, you're not getting away! Nice.

He's so angry. I just don't like her. She has shot you a lot. She has shot you a lot, yeah. 12. Nope. Not enough. Blows herself to the side.

Agile-y. I mean, I've got no bonus actions with cantrips. Well, I could shill-a-lay. Shill-a-lay. Shill-a-lay. Shill-a-lay. So yeah, that's my turn. She's going to shoot at you twice.

Is she at disadvantage because I'm right up against her uh ooh maybe actually she's not shooting at you though so I don't think so

I think if she was shooting at you yes yeah but Lucia's gone all up in her face he's just dancing by me look at me

look at me 14 no miss they're obnoxiously large pauldrons too 23 that one hits 14. No. Miss. They're obnoxiously large pauldrons too. 23.

That one hits. 11 points of piercing. Oh, that's actually bad. And then on her turn, she's going to take an opportunity attack from Lucius as she slides towards her hole. Her hole? As she slides towards her hole. She slides to her hole.

Excuse me, what now? She's escaping. Yes. All right. She's going down. Two minute. Seven. No, you swing.

I'll get one of them one day. Yeah, and she just slides away, like literally like fires on the move towards Equal and just begins making her way down inside a stone tunnel. Damn. So she's gone. Well, she is leaving.

She's not quite left yet. Nova, you do nothing. And then at the end of your turn, the ice melts away. Cold. So cold. Hala. Cold. I recklessly attack the giant.

Yeah. Must finish giant. 24 to hit. I don't think you ever miss. Yeah. And, oh, no, that might miss. Dude, don't worry. Roll your damage.

15 to hit. How do you want to kill the giant? I am just at this point so furious from being cut a thousand million times that she just starts, like, smacking him, but then as she knows that she's going to kill him, she's probably laughing as well. Like, she's gone fucking mental at this point.

Terrible. Yeah. And she finishes it off by just the final blow of the hammer, but she'll hold the hammer up to let lightning sort of channel into it and then just... Yeah. Slams down. You just watch as the arcne arcs through his body.

His eyes probably explode out of the socket as it stumbles back and collapses onto the ground. Mark. Yes. That'll fight. It's been gruesome. I like that. I like describing gruesome combat. I don't know why I just do. Combat is

brutal. And with that, are you going to pursue the Naga? I'm jumping down the hole. He jumped into the pit. Is anybody

looking to pursue or are you going to just basically let them get away? I'd like to have a bash. We can take a rest and then, yeah,

absolutely. So we're going to take a quick break and then we'll just have this last tiny bit of chasing down the lone archer. Who's gone down a hole which is probably impossible for us to go after. Thank you.