High Rollers DnD - High Rollers Lightfall: The Descent #6 | Arkhan's Army

Episode Date: July 23, 2019

A brand new adventure for our old friends in the Lightfall campaign sending us into the depths of hell in the brand new campaign module Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus! We're continuing the raid ...on Arkhan the Cruel's Dark Tower! Thanks to Wizards of the Coast and D&D Beyond for making this mini series possible! Music courtesy of Epidemic Sound. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Starting point is 00:00:00 Pickaxe. app for details. Shop Best Buy's ultimate smartphone sale today. Get a Best Buy gift card of up to $200 on select phone activations with major carriers. Visit your nearest Best Buy store today. Terms and conditions apply. Hello, welcome back to High Rollers for a mini-series set three years after our previous campaign, Lightfall. This series is partnered with Wizards of the Coast and takes place in the brand new campaign module Baldur's Gate Descent into Avernus to rescue an old friend under the command of Asmodeus. So, let's continue our adventure and continue our raid
Starting point is 00:00:53 on Arkham the Cruel's Dark Tower. Hello, and welcome to a chaotic start to High Roller's Lightfall's Descent. The team were discussing vine memes before we went live. That's how cool we are. Welcome. The team have come to Avernus, the first layer of the Nine Hells, in search for the soul contract belonging to one of their old adventuring companions,
Starting point is 00:01:24 Trelamar Aleth, a drow warlock who sold his soul to Asmodeus in exchange for basically helping them save their hometown city. Upon doing so, they've arrived in Avernus. They initially had some trouble at a place called the Ironclad, a wrecked war machine ship up on the River Styx that has become beached, and now the party have been making some deals to try and get around Avernus. After the first one didn't go so well they made a second one with an Eirinnys called Khaleesa. Khaleesa has tried to be as upfront as possible
Starting point is 00:01:57 with the party, explaining to them that she needs their help in dealing with another mortal who has come to Avernus to unleash Tiamat. And so, in exchange for her help in combat, as well as the location of two things they need to track down Trelma's soul contract, the party has agreed to kill or remove from Avernus Arkan the Cruel. Yes, Arkan the Cruel, wielder of the Hand of Vecna, plundered from the world of Exandria. The party have made their way into the blasted landscapes of Avernus and tracked down Arkhan's tower, where they engaged in a battle against a white dragon and about 80 undead warriors
Starting point is 00:02:41 that have stormed and are slowly storming out of the castle keep and that is literally where we pick up the white dragon having just been felled we are basically going to re-roll initiative because I lost my initiative from the last time we played as the battle
Starting point is 00:03:00 will continue I guess you missed that one Katie you really goofed up last time you fucking goofed up the time before that. We've been goofing this entire time. We were very successful last week. You were not very successful the week before. Rhiannon was amazing last week.
Starting point is 00:03:14 Yes, she was. Initiative. Elora. 17. Reynard. 20. Juto. 13.
Starting point is 00:03:23 Cambuckland. Nat 20. 23. Alzera. 18. 20. Jute. 13. Cambachland. Nat. 20. 23. Alzra. 18. 18. You see before you a kind of scaled, maybe 50, 60 foot high cliff face that leads up onto the base of a plateau where 20 foot high black iron walls covered in spikes and skulls surrounds a large dark tower. There is
Starting point is 00:03:49 about 20 undead currently on the walls themselves or with bows amongst them. Juto currently stands amidst about in the middle of these hordes of skeletal archers. Yeah you're there. You're like right in front of the tower. Yes, Juto is currently on the wall. I'm on the wall. I'm near the tower. Okay. And I believe that we're going to just kick things off
Starting point is 00:04:15 right at the top with a Cam Buckland. So there's currently no threats. Yes, there is about 20 undead on the walls and there are more moving up onto the walls or attempting to climb over the walls and make their way down the cliff. Wow, you really didn't read that one, did you? Seems like
Starting point is 00:04:34 there's not much going on. Sure, not at all. I'm going to hold my action and look up at Raynard and do this with grabby hands. Right, raise your arms and yeah, okay, sure. What do you hold your action for?
Starting point is 00:04:52 He picks me up and puts me in a position where I get close enough to some skeletons. I believe your dawn spell is still active as well. You hadn't lost concentration on that, so you currently have the dawn spell active. In which case I will move the dawn spell. How far can you move it? I can move it. Is it free
Starting point is 00:05:10 to do that? I believe it's like a bonus action. 60 feet. A bonus action. You can definitely cover half of the skeletons on the walls with that. I'm going to blast them with that. Okay. What's the effect on the spell? It is a constitution saving throw. Will take 4d10 radiant damage, or half on a fail. Okay. What's the effect on spell? It is a Constitution saving throw will take 4d 10 radiant damage or half on a fail. Okay. Well, they what's your spot ABC?
Starting point is 00:05:30 20 a non-natural 20 Should just say on the spot was 18 18. So they do succeed so they're gonna take half damage, but they are any skeletons 40 10 40 10 I think I've got like, what, 7 health? I don't know. 10. 14. 14.
Starting point is 00:05:49 14. 14. 14. 11 damage each. 11 damage each. Okay. Is that 10-10? I believe that.
Starting point is 00:05:57 It's actually exactly needed to kill them. No. Alza, what's the HP on your Skelly bros? 13. Oh, 13. Aww. Yeah, but do they not have armor bits, though? No, that doesn't affect their HP. That affects their AC.
Starting point is 00:06:10 So you watch as this brilliant golden column of light surrounds half of these skeletal arches on the walls. And you can watch as their bones begin to bubble and blister and boil as the marrow pops and they begin smoldering, this divine light being conjured down, even here in the depths of the hells but they are still standing
Starting point is 00:06:28 yeah I'll save my action until Raynard's griffon picks me up and at which point I will cast I guess I can't cast another spell with dawn active you'd lose the concentration on dawn don't want to do that, so
Starting point is 00:06:45 I'll just... Remove him. Remove him! He's our friend. I'll just get picked up by... Okay. So you're just basically, like, motioning for Raynard. Anything Raynard does, attack-wise, I'll aid him. Okay, sure.
Starting point is 00:07:02 From within, it'd be like Robin Hood, where Maid Marian is holding your crossbow arm and just whispering sweet nothings into your ear. Okay. Sweet and powerful. But it's alcohol. As those sweet whispers and stents of alcohol enter your lungs and nostrils, you hear from the dark tower.
Starting point is 00:07:22 You see these iron portcullises near the tops of the tower begin to drop. And you see draconic shapes begin to fly out. Whee! One, two, three, four. Four dragons. Oh, boy! Take to the air. Are they all the same size as the one we just killed? No, they look smaller. Oh, boy. Take to the air. Are they all the same size as the one we just killed?
Starting point is 00:07:45 No, they look smaller. Oh, fine. They are large, but there is a red, a green, a blue, and a black dragon. Cute. Flying out. The green dragon will spy the bronze griffon as some sort of flying threat and will basically make a dash. They're going to have to spend their first turn basically just
Starting point is 00:08:08 flying down to get within the battle, effectively. Bring it on, bring it on, bring it on. Reynard. I mean, knowing that, I kind of don't want to go and pick Amma. Because... Sorry.
Starting point is 00:08:24 So... I mean... Shit! Poor dragons! Wait, we took this one out in one round, so... Can you leave? So where Cam is, he's at the bottom of the big cliff, right? Oh yeah, you can! I'm actually climbing up a little bit, then I cast Dawn because I got frosted against
Starting point is 00:08:47 the wall. Right. And then I just put a finger up and did Dawn. I've got 80 feet of flying with this griffon anyway so I can probably... Yeah, I'm just going to go down. That's who I need. Pick Cam up. That's who I need.
Starting point is 00:08:59 I need the Erenees, who's with you. Oh yeah. Right, I'll go down, pick Cam up with the griffin, talons, just grab him. Then I'm going to... Gently. Sorry? Gently, right? No, no.
Starting point is 00:09:12 Like eagles from Lord of the Rings. No, like they pierce your armor and you are now gloomy. Can I fly Cam to the top of the cliffs? Would that put him basically in the middle of the skeleton? If you put him on the wall, yeah. If you put him next to Juto, he'll be amongst all of the skeletons on the wall. It's 60 feet to reach the base. If you are...
Starting point is 00:09:35 Yeah, if you went down to pick Cam up, you'd have to then fly up to the top of the plateau, and then the walls are about 20 feet above that. So you could drop Cam off, but then there'd still be a 20-foot wall in front of him. What's the speed on the griffon, actually? 80 feet. about 20 feet above that. So you could drop Cam off, but then there'd still be a 20 foot wall in front of him. What's the speed on the Griffin actually, sorry? Is it 80 feet? Oh, then yes, you can get him to the top of the wall. Yes. Top of the wall?
Starting point is 00:09:55 As you pick me up, you just look down and my clothes are just flapping in the wind and I'm just cheersing you and then just drinking wine. So I'm being carried. Sure. I'm like, sure, drop me off. I'm going to fly me and Cam to the top of the wall. Have you seen the dragons?
Starting point is 00:10:13 Yeah, I have actually. I'm going to drop both of us off and then send the Griffin away so it flies like away from me. Okay. Hoping to... I mean, yeah, you've used its movement to fly you and cam up the wall it's full movement fine i'll i'll stop here then like i've disembarked from it so i
Starting point is 00:10:34 guess it's next to me or whatever yeah um and then we're amongst the actually you could have its action to dash 80 feet away from you oh sure yeah sure. I'll have it dash then. So it's gonzo now. Well, it's flying. That's not a suitable mini, I don't think. But it works. How many Skelebobs are here? On the wall? There's 20.
Starting point is 00:11:00 Half of them do look very injured, however. Cool. I'll do... Are you on the... I'm on the wall. So you can basically choose the injured half or the non-injured half, and there's 10 on each side. Juto's in the middle, and now Cam and Reynard land next to you. So you've kind of got the three of you fighting back-to-back.
Starting point is 00:11:17 Awesome. I do feign... Where are you going? I feign death. That's just the griffon. That's the griffon. Okay. It's going away. And Reynard went onto the wall with me. Okay, okay. Yeah, Reynard's here now. No. That's the Griffin. Okay, it's going away and Raynaud went onto the wall with me. Okay. Yeah
Starting point is 00:11:28 Are we surrounded by Skeletons yes, did you did you drop us where I just shot torched a load of dawn ones and they're all weak What I think we're like right in the middle of the torch thrown in you're like on this rampart of a iron Spike studded wall And you've currently got 10 on one side 10 on the other One 10 looks very injured But there are more in the grounds
Starting point is 00:11:52 Of the tower like on the stairs Like piling up you see Dozens more And I think there's only 60 undead Because you did destroy 20 in the first session So there's 60 undead It's like another 40 undead just swarming the base of these
Starting point is 00:12:08 stairs. Where are the dragons at the moment? At the top of the tower, so they're flying down. Let's just get rid of the adds first. Has anything opened up at the base of the tower? No, not yet. They've come from the top of the tower. One dragon was where Reynard is. A green one, yeah.
Starting point is 00:12:24 Right, I'm going to use Conjure Barrage on the uninjured half. Aid! Can you aid that? He said he's going to aid. It's a save, though. It's a spell save. I'm going to un-aid all the skeletons you're attacking. Bane.
Starting point is 00:12:43 Roll the Conjure Barrage. Sure. In which case, can I retcon? No. Oh, I don't need... You prepared your action to aid Reynard.
Starting point is 00:12:50 I pledged to Reynard. The action that he is doing, you are helping. You're like, you know, covering his back. Get them! It doesn't have a mechanical benefit.
Starting point is 00:12:57 Yeah, I don't actually have to roll it. It's a dex save for them. So, dex save on a bunch of skeletons. Seven. Stop this! Stop getting cocky about things! It's never gonna work!
Starting point is 00:13:07 He's about to kill ten skeletons. Oh my god. No I'm not. Ten skeletons! Wait, three d8. Yep. Seven nine damage. Then you don't kill them, but you do.
Starting point is 00:13:15 With a crossbow you're kind of striking them, pieces of bone and armour and stuff. Oh, I'm not gonna do that. I'm not gonna do that. I'm not gonna do that. I'm not gonna do that. I'm not gonna do that. I'm not gonna do that. I'm not gonna do that.
Starting point is 00:13:23 I'm not gonna do that. I'm not gonna do that. I'm not gonna do that. I'm not gonna do that. I'm not gonna do that. I. 7, 9 damage. Then you don't kill them, but you do. With the crossbow, you're kind of striking them. Pieces of bone and armour are splintering off, but the skeletons remain uninjured. The fresh ones. Yeah. They're in dawn, though, aren't they?
Starting point is 00:13:37 It does say that the damage type is the same as that of the weapon, so do I get thunder damage on the Conjurer Barrage? That's fair. It means that the base types are the piercing damage damn it that is a very good so but you're you're pampering them and as they kind of reach for you blast it's like a zombie movie where they're swarming around you and you're like but yeah you're kind of knocking them back but not finishing them off i'm starting to run away and i shoot the weak ones so i can get away. Cam. All right. I shoot Cam in the leg. We have a couple of... Oh, no, Alza is actually first.
Starting point is 00:14:07 Alza. Hello. So you are near Allura, the corpse of the giant dragon. You currently have a tower made of four skeletons standing on each other's shoulders next to you, and you're on top of it. You're currently on top of that. Like I said, she was only last week.
Starting point is 00:14:22 No, you're on the ground because the dragon pulled you down as it died. So you're currently holding onto a rope wrapped around the corpse's leg, looking at this mess. So cool. Okay. So let me see. I don't know what kind of spell I want to cast. Do I still have anything up?
Starting point is 00:14:40 Because I've got two level fours marked up. Is it call it his concentration? I did Ice Storm, and I cast Cure Wounds got two level fours marked up. Is it Koleini's Concentration? I did Ice Storm and I cast Cure Wounds at fourth level as well. How far up is the dragon? The dragon? I mean, Reynard wasn't very high. I'd say like 20 feet off the ground. Cool! That's fun. Off the ground up here or down there?
Starting point is 00:15:00 No, the one dragon is flown down to where Reynard were. The other three are descending, but they've not had their turn yet. Because they have unique initiatives. Alza is very excited right now. So I think she's going to make a charge up to the wall. Go for a critic thing, see if there's any dragons in there. There might be some dragons. Or any large ones.
Starting point is 00:15:22 I think she's going to try and make her way up towards where the other guys are. Okay so it's going to be an athletics check to try and climb up the cliff face. Bring it on, bring it on, bring it on. That's an eight, so maybe not. So is that total modifier? That is on my total mod, yeah. So you start trying to climb yourself up and it's, you're just not making enough progress, like you're getting tired and you are climbing but
Starting point is 00:15:43 like rocks break away in your hands you're scrabbling up like it's cutting up your arms and legs and you're just not making any progress against the against the wall itself and that's your movement and then your action and my action can I then while I'm up there can I raise a hand at
Starting point is 00:15:59 the green dragon? You only have a bonus action left because it was your move to get up to the wall and then your action to try and climb up. What bonus action could I do? Katie, you're going up next, so... I don't know what to do! That's okay. I feel something can go into your place if you want.
Starting point is 00:16:16 Be badass! Smash the butt. The other dragon you like. No, I'm good. I haven't got to do anything else. That's fine. I'm just going to keep on climbing. There needs to be another dragon.
Starting point is 00:16:24 There's one more. Yeah, thank you. Keep on running. All right, Elora. Keep on climbing. Hello. Perfect. Thank you. Awesome.
Starting point is 00:16:34 Can I? Yes. My cast? Yeah. Wait. How close are the skeletons together? If I was to target an area Tell me what the area size is
Starting point is 00:16:49 And I'll tell you basically how many you can hit Oh no, it's each creature Within five feet of the point So you could hit eight Can I Do that please? Sure. I'll cast Call Lightning. Call Lightning. So you begin channeling
Starting point is 00:17:10 as this magical storm begins to swirl overhead above Arkhan's tower. Dark thunder clouds rolling in, probably made of smoke and ash. And this red lightning calls down. So a dex saving three?
Starting point is 00:17:26 Yes. That is a 11. Red lightning. You don't need to roll damage. Because no matter which side they were so injured by both Reynard and the Dawn. What's that? 11. 11, yeah. You incinerate eight of them.
Starting point is 00:17:41 So out of the 20 currently up on the walls only 12 are still standing. Very cool. And I will run up to the wall. You look up at a big cliff wall stretching up in front of you, about 50, 60 feet high, and then there's a 20-foot wall on top of that. Interesting. And there is also now a green dragon next to you.
Starting point is 00:18:01 He's next to me. Well, about 20 feet in the air, like... Yeah, can we use... It's just these are our Rosminis. next to you. He's next to you. Well, about 20 feet in the air, like... Yeah. Can we use... Let's just use our reverse vinnies. Just for your benefit. It's less for the stream, to be honest. It's more for you guys.
Starting point is 00:18:15 Okay. Katie, you done? And Laura, you done? Yes. The blue dragon soars down from the sky and will basically Place itself on the edge of the walls Looking down the walls
Starting point is 00:18:30 And it will let out A 60 foot line Of 5 foot wide lightning So everybody in the walls Make a dexterity saving throw All of the skeletons Are incinerated Yay
Starting point is 00:18:41 There are still 40 more below That have made their way Up onto the wall So he destroyed the rest Yeah he he just is like... He doesn't care. What sort of save? Dexterity. I mean there's 40 more so who cares? You get evasion on this. Okay, that's not so bad. 16. 16. 12. 12. 22. 22. Reynard and Juto, you pass. Juto, you have evasion. You take no damage. Do you also have evasion?
Starting point is 00:19:10 You have uncanny dodge, I think, don't you? Oh, like, do I? I don't know. Don't think I do. Yes, I do have evasion. You also take no damage. Cam Buckland, however, as Reynard and Juto acrobatically leap out of the way of danger, throwing themselves to the side, your new chubbier self turns and you are struck in the chest by a bolt of lightning from this dragon's mouth.
Starting point is 00:19:34 Might be struck in the belly. Sure, you take 55 points of lightning damage. Right to the gut. As you're thrown to the ground. Is it like when you're wearing those electric pads that are meant to make you slim? Are you immediately... No. Burns all the fans.
Starting point is 00:19:50 And that is its go. After the blue dragon. That sobered me up, though. Perfect. It's the black dragon's go. Cool. The black dragon will, seeing that it's blue brethren... Oh, no, the green is already on Allura and Alzra.
Starting point is 00:20:06 So the black dragon will target the three of you on the walls, so Cam, Juto, and Allura. Sorry, Juto, Reynard, and Cam. I will say that the griffon, when it flew away, was trying to look as delicious as possible. Like it was swinging its...
Starting point is 00:20:22 I mean, dragons are pretty clever. They are pretty clever. They are pretty clever. It is just fleeing. And it is bronze. Well, the black dragon isn't. I'll tell you what, I'll have it make a saving throw. See if it goes see if it can
Starting point is 00:20:36 defeat its base instinct to kind of chase after food. What's that going to be? 15. Yeah, that's probably going to be enough. But it will see that the two of you kind of leap out of the way of chase after food. What's that gonna be? 15, yeah, that's probably gonna be enough. But it will see that the two of you kind of leap out of the way of the lightning bolt, so it's actually just gonna swoop in and try and make attacks against Reynard and Juto.
Starting point is 00:20:56 Not me? No, because you've just been blasted in the chest by lightning. So it thinks that you're probably okay for now. It will attack you next turn. So we're gonna do one core against each of you and then depending on who it misses, it will try and bite you.
Starting point is 00:21:09 So this is with a... Oh my God, trying to read these cards. 19 to hit you, Reynard. Yeah. Juto, that is a 10 to hit you. Nope. Reynard, you take 15 piercing damage and four acid damage, so 19 total.
Starting point is 00:21:23 And Juto, it will try and bite you. Oh, just 11 damage on you Reynard 20 to hit you exactly so you take 11 sorry no you take 15 plus 4 acid so 19 19 yes um can I these cards are very small and I'm like can I cast hellish rebuke? You can Dexterity saving through? Yep That is a 16 So that's DC 13 Yeah because it will be based on your charisma
Starting point is 00:21:52 It's not your monk one So it saves but it will take half damage 6, 7, 8, 9 So Black What's half a 9? 4 I'll write it down
Starting point is 00:22:04 So it takes 4 fire damage as you launch out with flames against the black dragon that has descended. After the black dragon we go to Juto. Okay, I will... So it's... Which one's the black dragon? This one here? Uh, yes. Yeah, I guess I'll attack black dragon. Yeah, it's kind of just hovering.
Starting point is 00:22:34 It's about 10 feet, but I'd say that you can still make melee attacks. Got the giant killer reaction thing. Anytime anything large hits me, I can shoot back. You must remember. I keep forgetting. Second favourite enemy all over again Remember who you are 20 to hit
Starting point is 00:22:49 20 to hit against the black dragon That is a hit Do we have music still? There we go 15 regular damage 15 against the black 4 fire damage, 3 ice damage So 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22.
Starting point is 00:23:07 22 damage total. Oh can I stunning strike that? You can. Stunning. Constitution saving through. That is a 25. So you begin pummeling with the Gwandow, so that's your first attack with a Gwandow. Second attack with a G that's your first attack with a Gwendal second attack with a Gwendal come swinging around seven plus 12 19 still hits you guys have got this you're fine shush you never shush a DM 12 plus 10 is 22
Starting point is 00:23:46 so another 22 on top of that pretty crap nice I would like to flurry yes so bonus action so it's two 50s isn't it two unarmed strikes
Starting point is 00:24:03 20 to hit Uh huh. Uh... Yeah, two unarmed strikes. Two unarmed strikes, okay. Uh, 20 to hit. Hits. Uh, nine points of damage. Another nine. 20 to hit. 20 hits. Ugh.
Starting point is 00:24:19 Uh, six points of damage. Six more points. So you watch as with a flurry of blows, Juto strikes it once with Chainbreaker, twice with Chainbreaker, and then kind of pivots herself up, kicks this black dragon squarely in the chest. And it doesn't speak to you as other dragons have. It just kind of roars in your face,
Starting point is 00:24:35 this animalistic, bestial... Can I move so that we're not in a line? Like, can I... It's difficult on the wall. Yeah. Because at the moment, you're on, like, these Like, can I... It's difficult on the wall. Yeah. Because at the moment, you're on, like, these very narrow walls. I can't disengage with it.
Starting point is 00:24:50 No. Sadly not. Okay, I'll just have to risk it. You can try and climb on it, but... I did that before, and everyone wants me to get off, because they've all got AoE spells, so... Um, so... Hurry, you'll get off. Another shape descends.
Starting point is 00:25:04 The red dragon,ends the red dragon the young red dragon well to you it looks oh my god just destroyed them uh this one as two of them are on the walls the red dragon will fly down towards alzheimer and uh
Starting point is 00:25:20 elora but it takes its whole movement to basically uh fly down there. So that's the red dragon gone. I've got a lot of stuff to track here. I'm so very sorry. You should be more. You should be very sorry.
Starting point is 00:25:36 The dragon to party ratio is looking kind of spooky right now. Where's Twinny? What's her face? She has a turn, which is now. The Eonis. Yay! Kalisa. Kalisa. That is now. The Eonese. Yay! Khaleesa. Khaleesa.
Starting point is 00:25:47 That is now. Does that mean the red dragon doesn't move yet? It still does, but it's not going to do anything. I don't really have a miniature for her. Have we got another one? We could put Lucius down. Yeah. There you go.
Starting point is 00:25:59 That's her. Okay, sure. So Khaleesa will fly down She will look at these Numbers of dragons And just kind of She's like, yes we can deal with these She will however call out like I will have difficulty with the green one
Starting point is 00:26:16 Some of you should kill that one instead And she pulls out her longbow And begins taking potshots Which one's green here? That one, yeah So she will target, seeing as the blue one caused considerable damage
Starting point is 00:26:27 on the rooftops, she will target the blue dragon. Blue eyes, white dragon. Blue eyes, white dragon. Her first attack is a 24 to hit. Her second attack is a 15, which is a miss. Her third attack is also a miss, sadly.
Starting point is 00:26:43 However, it will take 7 plus 13, 20 poison damage. attack is a 15 which is a miss. Her third attack is also a miss sadly. However it will take 7 plus 13, 20 poison damage. It must make also a constitution 7 throw which it passes. See my logic there. So that's like G for green. So she takes a pot shot, two of the arrows bounce off the blue dragon scales but one thuds in the familiar ichor of her longbow. That's blue. Parrying down. Then the red one flies down.
Starting point is 00:27:08 Those guys aren't here yet. 20 more undead will fill up onto the battlement walls. The other color? Red. Only several of them. They can only make so many attacks against you because it's so limited. So what I'm going to do is I'm just going to have the undead basically make one attack, but they'll have a higher attack bonus and they'll do higher damage
Starting point is 00:27:26 to represent them kind of swarming you guys and stabbing at you with weapons. Awesome. So Juto's currently in the middle, so we have Cam on one end, Reynard on the other. Reynard, that's a natural 20 against you. It doesn't... Because you have the armor of Ashford, which is adamantine, so it's just a normal hit. Two crits to me. Cam, that is a 19 plus 8, so 27.
Starting point is 00:27:49 Yeah, totally use the crits. So hits. You both basically take 20 slashing damage. I'm down. However, I had death water myself, so I'm on 1 HP. There you go. Nice. That's expired.
Starting point is 00:28:02 Damn. So basically you're surrounded by all of these skeletons who are just piling into you. And even if you're kind of shoving them back and pushing them away, another one will step in and they're just kind of swarming over themselves, climbing up on the walls.
Starting point is 00:28:16 They're just mindlessly swarming around you. That is the undead's go. Cam Buckland. I'm going to cast heal on myself 70 HP 70 HP So I'm doing that at 6 Dawn is still active Dawn I am moving it
Starting point is 00:28:37 Do you want to move it? There is 20 more undead underneath it As well as a blue dragon currently I'll keep it there Okay So I just make the effect for that now rather than doing it on their terms because i'll know i'll forget so the skeletons dexterity saving for yes or constitution uh i believe it's constitution skeletons get a 12 blue dragon gets fail oh blue dragon might actually fail. That is only a 14. Nice. Full damage on both. 40, 10. Sweet.
Starting point is 00:29:09 Being a bit loose on the balls with the skeletons because that's a lot of skeletons to worry about. Yeah. Wow. Nice. 28. 28. Sweet.
Starting point is 00:29:19 Crap. Everything. The skeletons are obliterated. So half of the skeletons on Cam's side, sorry, on Raynard's side, actually, are just incinerated. Same thing. And the blue dragon as well is pummeled
Starting point is 00:29:34 by this radiant energy falling down on top of it. I guess I'm not taking that damage as well. No, Cam can angle it, so it's kind of hitting around, I would say. Again, we're being very loose with the positioning because we don't have a full battle map because I'm not going to worry about 60 miniatures. Dear god, can you imagine? One day, Reaction, can I, if I get hit by anything, can I just take a swig of wine?
Starting point is 00:29:59 Thank you. Yes. Sure. It's the little details. The little, little, whoppy details. The green dragon. Even though I've taken an details. The little, little woppy details. The green dragon. Even though I've taken a night. The green dragon,
Starting point is 00:30:09 seeing its prey before it, shall breathe out upon Elora and Ausra, who are attempting to climb up the thing. A cone of poison. So it moves up to you. Can you make constitution saving throws, please? Oh no.
Starting point is 00:30:29 My roll. up to you can you make constitution saving throws please do check to make sure you don't have any resistance system what'd you get I got a nine nine twenty Alza you're gonna take 42 poison damage the Laura you will take 21 breath weapons of dragons your niece hit? Uranus as well Uranus is actually Flying up in the air So no it doesn't Okay Nice
Starting point is 00:30:49 That's the green The green Oh I have to make A constitution check For my freaking spell Right Yes in fact I should have made you
Starting point is 00:30:58 Do that for Can you roll a constitution Save me three Please Cam Buckland Yeah Mine Mine You lose the spell
Starting point is 00:31:05 balls okay well you got one extra use out of it that you shouldn't have normally got so never mind it was a good use
Starting point is 00:31:12 as well Raynard so is a reaction if I use an attack as a reaction do I still get two more shots
Starting point is 00:31:24 as my action yeah your action is separate to reaction reaction ignore reaction happens in triggering If I use an attack as a reaction, do I still get two more shots as my action? Yeah, your action's separate to reaction. Reaction happens in trigger of something else. Cool. On your turn, you can take your normal actions. And how high up is this wall? This wall's about 20 feet off the plateau.
Starting point is 00:31:40 So if I jump that, I'm done. You're going to take some damage, yeah. I'll call back the griffon, pointless over there, and get it to attack the green. Okay. Sure. Claude Barre. So he is... he's got multi-attack, beak and claws. Sure, just make the attacks. I'm attacking Gren, yes?
Starting point is 00:32:02 Green dragon, yeah. Unnatural 20 and 12. Okay, the 20 hits. 1d8 plus 4, 7 damage. 7 points of damage as the griffon begins clawing into the green dragon. Perfect. That's one thing at least. Can I run past Juto and Ken?
Starting point is 00:32:22 You can. You'll be running towards 20 skeletons. Yeah. 10 skeletons, sorry. I'm leaving it. Reynard just said, so I've got them, it's fine. Right.
Starting point is 00:32:34 Okay. Good. So you have a dragon currently directly in front of you on one side of the wall. Juto and Cam behind you, and behind them is 10 skeletons filling up one section of it. And the other way is another dragon. You can run under the dragon. The blue dragon is flying in the wall. Juto and Cam behind you and behind them is ten skeletons filling up one section of it. And the other way is another dragon.
Starting point is 00:32:47 The blue dragon is flying in the air. You could try and run underneath it. It'll just get an attack opportunity against you. Yeah. I think both of them will, won't they? Yes, they both will. But they do have disadvantage when making an opportunity attack against you because you're a ranger. Yeah, I'll try it. Sure. I want to run to the furthest corner.
Starting point is 00:33:05 Okay, so that is blue and black dragons. So they will both attempt to bite you. That's their thingy. So black dragon is a 19. With disadvantage? Oh, sorry, yeah, with disadvantage. That would be a 14.
Starting point is 00:33:21 Hey! Well reminded, thank you. 18 on the blue dragon. Is that with disadvantage? That is with disadvantage. Ah, all right. So 16 piercing plus 5 lightning damage. Oh, 21.
Starting point is 00:33:35 So to that one, I'll do the reaction. Sure. Shot. That's bad. My bone breakers have died. Oh, 17. Yes! No, they're undead. They're immune to poison. Oh, okay, cool. Yeah, that's bad. Oh, 17. Yes! No, they're undead. They're immune to poison.
Starting point is 00:33:47 Oh, okay, cool. 17 to hit on the blue. Whichever one hit me. Not enough. It just bounces off its draconic scale. Darn! Drat! That was your reaction. My actual turn now. It provoked its reaction by moving. I'll do Hunter's Mark on
Starting point is 00:34:03 this black dragon. And then I'm do Hunter's Mark on this Black Dragon. Yep. And then I'm going to Sharpshooter it twice. Okay. Because I love Sharpshooter. I hope he still loves Sharpshooter. Well, 14 plus 11, 25 minus 5, 20. Hits.
Starting point is 00:34:20 Perfect. And then the other one is 18, 13, so it doesn't hit. No. This means Hunter's marked, Tom. He won't remember. 1d6. It's not even looking. 1d6. It's fine. I got it.
Starting point is 00:34:31 Don't forget the plus 10 damage from Shatshia. Yes. Bomb. Oh, that's almost perfect damage. 6, 5, 11, 8, 19, plus 6, 25, plus 10, 35. Wow. Damn. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:34:49 That's a lot of damage. That's a lot of damage. That is a lot of damage, yeah. That's why this bolt didn't hurt. It basically, whilst the first bolt maybe just glances off its armour, that kind of gives you enough time to find a softer spot in between its plates. The first shot weakened it, although the second shot went in. Yeah, took it out, yeah. So the black
Starting point is 00:35:05 arrow of Bo flies in and it kind of knocks the black dragon back. You done? Yeah. You're done? I thought he was waiting for a response. Alzra. So you currently have
Starting point is 00:35:23 this green dragon And a red dragon Flying pretty much above you in Allura How far am I from the top of the first wall? Well it's just one big cliff face I just drew it to represent that it's a tall cliff face It's 50 feet high But you made no progress getting up it last time No progress
Starting point is 00:35:39 Okay You just couldn't get enough of a grip I guess I'm just going to stop You just couldn't get enough of the grip. Get a grip. I guess I'm just going to stop climbing and get off the wall. Okay. And is that an action too? No, you just haven't tried to climb again. Okay, cool.
Starting point is 00:36:03 And then I'm going to... So you're like five, six feet up, and so you just drop. Yeah. You do take 3d10, 40 damage. No. You land awkwardly. Okay. What would you like to do? I'm going to cast Ray of Sickness at level four on the red dragon.
Starting point is 00:36:23 Is it 60 feet away? It's within 60 feet. Awesome. On the red dragon, Is it 60 feet away? It's within 60 feet. Awesome. On the red dragon, you say. What must I do? So you have to make a con save throw, 17. 16, fails. And that's 2d8 poison damage.
Starting point is 00:36:35 Is that, but for fourth level, I think it goes up. Damage increases by 1d8 for each slot level above first. So second, third, so it's 5d8. 5d8. Wow. So I've got three tasty six ten that's 11 plus two more oh that's an eight and nine so nine another nine so 20 20 damage 20 poison damage And then as a bonus action, I would like to... Yes, yes. Ah...
Starting point is 00:37:07 Kind. Hang on, where am I? Yes, go on. I would like to then cast Second Wind and give myself 10, a d10 plus 5 HP. Love it. Second Wind is a fighter? Yeah. So that's 11, 16 HP back.
Starting point is 00:37:21 Nice. Great job. Good turn. Great d10 plus 5. Yeah. You got 11. Yeah. Elora, she got 11. I got 11 on my D12. Oh, it's D12. I rolled the wrong dice. That was a D12 I rolled. You got it. Spreading out a little bit.
Starting point is 00:37:34 Can I... So you're just going to move away from Alza so he can't target you both. Basically spread out. The actual positioning is like the distances are not to scale, so. Light, please. On which one? The green dragon. Sure.
Starting point is 00:37:51 Yep. I don't know if it's going to work, but. Green dragon. Okay. What level? Five. And what save do I need to make? Con.
Starting point is 00:37:59 Con. Oh, that's pretty bad. That's a 10. That's a fail. That's a fail. So, oh God, a 98. What? 98. Did you notice you're fighting a red, a green, a black and a blue dragon
Starting point is 00:38:16 and you killed a white dragon? It's the colour of Tiamat's... That's what I thought. Oh, I thought you were fighting Voltron. It reminded me of when we fought the hand of Tiamat. I thought Tiamat had all the colours. Yeah. All the evil heads.
Starting point is 00:38:30 It doesn't have to be italics. So we're fighting all the types of Chromat dragons there is. Basically, yeah. Cool, right? That is cool. Is this from the mod series? If you can master this, you can master all dragons. Maybe.
Starting point is 00:38:41 Maybe we can tame them and put them in some sort of boar that we can then release. How did this turn into Pokemon? Everything is Pokemon. Pate's desperately trying to count. It's our fourth hour into D&D. 49. 49.
Starting point is 00:38:56 Woo! 49. I rolled really fucking well. Holy shit. So you reach up and this sickly green light just emanates from your perfect pale elven hands and it begins to wrap around the green dragon's legs as they begin to wither and decay in front of your very eyes as it just roars in agony. Good job it's not poison damage. So after Ellora it is the blue dragon's turn let's see if its breath weapon recharges
Starting point is 00:39:29 it does uh and sensing but cam avoided it but it's a lot of damage i'm deader there now it's gonna save it for now. It is going to basically move towards... That's the black dragon. So the blue dragon will actually turn on Reynard as it's the closest target. And Reynard, it's going to make three attacks against you. Two claws and one bite. That is a...
Starting point is 00:40:01 That's an 18 to hit. That's the first claw. Second that's a 18 to hit. That's the first claw. Second claw is a 15 to hit. No. The bite is a... Oh, yeah. That's a 23. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:40:14 So you're going to take 12 slashing damage from the first claw from the claw attack. And you take another 21 from the bite. 16 normal, five lightning. So what's that? That's 21, 33. It's just tearing in. I don't have a reaction anymore, do I? No, you've used your reaction.
Starting point is 00:40:34 Okay. That is the blue dragon's go. I've got to try and find everybody, god damn. Has there been a dawn since we've been here? He lost the spell. No, I mean... Oh, no, there's no... you don't know when time replenishes. Yeah. Just don't know if my black dwarf blade has replenished. You don't know yet sadly. The black dragon will do the same thing it tried to do before which is to attack Cam and Jutu. So Cam one claw against you is a... 13? No. Juto one claw against you is a 13.
Starting point is 00:41:05 No. Juto, one claw against you is an 18. No. One bite against Juto, probably, is a 17. No. No. All three miss as it's rained down claws and teeth and you're fending it off with your glaive and Cam kind of dodging out of the way,
Starting point is 00:41:20 swinging from side to side. Tiny bug though. Yeah, like... There's bites around it. After the black dragon's go, it is the red, oh, Juto, sorry, and then it's the red dragon. I guess I'll keep Waylon on black dragon. Okay. 14 plus 12 is 26. Hits. 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21. 21 hits. Points of damage.
Starting point is 00:41:55 Oh, 21 points of damage. Yep. That's a different story. Do you know what? I'm going to try and stunning strike it again. Why not? Okay. I don't think it's the best idea, but...
Starting point is 00:42:05 What's the DC? 16. Uh, 11. It is stunned! It is stunned, it will fall to the ground, which is 20 feet, so it takes 2d6 of bludgeoning damage. That doesn't sound right, Stunning Strike never works. I know right?
Starting point is 00:42:20 It works on Felania! 3. 3? Um, which is actually actually The fall kills it You spin around and you kind of Tear one of its wings Bloodied and bleeding It spins down and then as its neck
Starting point is 00:42:34 It kind of twists Its neck hits the ground and snaps The body just collapses All of the other remaining dragons Roar in unison at one of their Fallen brothers Sorry about that That was your first attack, you can still move and attack again All of the other remaining dragons Roar in unison At one of their fallen brothers Sorry about that That was your first attack
Starting point is 00:42:48 You can still move and attack again Yeah I'm going to saunter over to this other dragon Saunter Yeah well you kind of run along the walls I'll keep running Most importantly what kind of run do you do Not a Naruto run Then you're hit by bullets
Starting point is 00:43:01 Not in Area 51. Leave me alone. Break into Area 51. No. Stop it. Don't do this to us. Our integrity. We don't have any of that.
Starting point is 00:43:17 Yeah, I guess I'll second attack Blue Dragon. Do it. 19. Hits. Your attack bonus is ridiculous. What is the attack bonus? It's not that far off Reynolds. Yeah, mine's 11. Cam's not very good at fighting. 7, 8, 9, 10,
Starting point is 00:43:40 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19. 19 points of damage? Nineteen points of damage. And do you know what? Let's Stone Stroke this one. Hey, worked out last time. This is blue.
Starting point is 00:43:53 Oh my god, in six seconds these two dragons are just going to look around and both are just going to... Fourteen! Stunned. Holy shit. Does it fall anyway? It would fall. It takes 2d6 damage. As it falls to the plateau, it takes 6 more points of damage.
Starting point is 00:44:07 Oh my gosh. We have to face the worst dragon of the war. Let's see... Um, yeah. These aren't smaller than a lot of the dragons you've ever fought. But there's 4 at once. So if I was to jump down... You could jump down. You've got Slow Fall, so you won't take damage. Okay. And it is now prone.
Starting point is 00:44:26 You don't need slow fall if you're going to stab it in the head. Do you have advantage? Yeah, you have advantage if you want to make two unarmed strikes. So I'm going to do flurry and do... Yeah, yeah. I'm the autocorrect. I'll do... No.
Starting point is 00:44:35 No. Oh, it's stunned. You might be wrong. So... It's incapacitated. Can't take actions or reactions. Incapacitated means... Can't take actions or reactions. No, it's not paralyzed. It's stunned. It's not... But, can't take actions or reactions. Incapacitated means? Can't take actions or reactions.
Starting point is 00:44:47 No, it's not paralyzed. It's stunned. But you do have advantage. It can't move or speaks falteringly. Auto strength fail. Auto dex saving throws. Attacks against the creature have advantage. Crikey.
Starting point is 00:45:01 Paralyzed. Paralyzed. So two unarmed strikes, the first one. So it's still moving, but it's kind of groggily and it's like... 25 to hit. Hits. And then it's... Can you just calm it down a little bit? You're making us look bad.
Starting point is 00:45:17 Juto has always been the glass cannon of this group. Like, if I properly hit Juto, if she didn't dodge that lightning bolt and took 55 damage that's a lot of health um eight points of damage eight points 21 to hit it's what is this turn how many attacks you know she gets four attacks when she's so much so you're just pummeling this dragon's musculature. You're pummeling it with these magically ki-enhanced fists. But it's still standing.
Starting point is 00:45:50 It's still up. It's still standing. Better than I ever did. And I've kind of gone down with it as well. Yeah, sure, yeah. Khaleesa, the Irinese, you hear like a clapping, and she kind of gives you a little salute from the thing. A fine warrior, she calls out. And then she will target. She likes Alzera, so she's going to target the red dragon with her longbow.
Starting point is 00:46:18 I get it. It's the most fitting in this situation. First attack hits, second attack misses, second attack hits. I'm home. Doing, yeah, 20 points each time. First attack hits, second attack misses Second attack hits Doing Yeah, 20 points each time She does 40 points of damage to that dragon Which heavily injures it You see these thick, long, wide arrows Just thud into this red dragon
Starting point is 00:46:39 That just kind of screeches And it's probably The red dragon's probably It's not that big It's actually quite small It's probably, the red dragon's probably, it's not that big. It's actually quite small. It's probably about the size of like a very large dog, like a, you know, St. Bernard. Oh, is it?
Starting point is 00:46:52 It's only a little babby. And these arrows just kind of thud into it. That's a little babby. It just starts like whimpering and flying around. How are these things though? Yeah. Imagine an adult. So they're like drakes.
Starting point is 00:47:04 That was the iranese no it's a wormling it's a wormling wormlings shut up it's gonna take some time oh it should have gone before the iranese but i'll just do it now um it will turn on alzra the red dragon and it will just breathe fire it breathes like will turn on Alzra, the red dragon. Oh. And it will just breathe fire. It breathes like a cone of fire on you and the bone bros.
Starting point is 00:47:27 Oh my god. So dexterity saving throw. Dex save. Dex save. Oh. Dex saving throw from you and then a dex saving throw for the bone bros.
Starting point is 00:47:36 Oh, why are my rolls garbage? Dex is plus three. That is 14. That's enough to pass. You're going to take half damage. Let's see what the bone bros do. Oh, they did a lot worse.
Starting point is 00:47:45 They're great. Bone Bros are destroyed. I had plans for them! They're incinerated. Can you just bring them back next time? Just collapsed. Can we animate the skeletons that we've beat here? Yes, you can.
Starting point is 00:47:53 I could just be like, give me some bones. There's enough bones around. You're gonna take 12 points of fire damage, Altra. 12 points, cool beans. I'd like your finest bones. Damn, I had plans. Bones. Bones.
Starting point is 00:48:01 Those of you who are within sight of the tower, you can just go and get some bones. I'm gonna go and get some bones. I'm gonna go and get some bones. I'm gonna go and get some bones. I'm gonna go and get some bones. I'm gonna go and get some bones. I'm gonna go and get some bones. I'm I'd like your finest bones. Damn, I had plans. Those of you who are within sight of the tower, which is Reynard and Cam Buckland, you see the giant metal doors of the tower open. There's so many doors to this.
Starting point is 00:48:20 Emerging, and there's a bated breath as this dust begins to settle. You see a reptilian foot as a turtle with a black shell engraved with runes and a skull painted across its face with a big war hammer
Starting point is 00:48:39 tipped with two giant skulls begins making his way down the steps slowly, flanked by four ghouls. What the mother? And we have to fight Arcan after this? Who's disturbing Master Arcan's work? You wretched creatures would dare
Starting point is 00:48:59 sail his lord's sanctum. Is that T Tal talking? Or am I really drunk? No. Both, I think. Both. How close is it to us? Is it just there?
Starting point is 00:49:14 Yeah, it's at the front and he's making his way round. I mean, it's tall. But he reaches, he kind of reaches the edge of it, looks up. He sees Reynard. That wretched thing. Points his finger up and a cloud of gas fills the air around Reynard. Should we just, like, run in the tower and shut the doors behind us? You can try.
Starting point is 00:49:39 He's in front of them, though, isn't he? Right, he's just moved out of them. I'm going to put giant goat as the total. Close enough. Close enough. So, I've been tooted on. Cloud kill. 20-foot radius sphere of poisonous yellow things. There's little of them.
Starting point is 00:49:56 I mean, this would be on the start of your turn, so just do it now. Make a constitution saving throw for me. Nine. Nine? Sure. Nine? Sure. I'm dead. It's kill me. It's called cloud kill.
Starting point is 00:50:11 Like, if this doesn't kill me, what will? Clouds. It's not going to kill you. It might. It might. I've not got a lot. 20 points of poison damage.
Starting point is 00:50:22 But the cloud remains around you. Oh. So if he starts his turn there. When a creature enters the spell's area for the first time or starts its turn there. So when it casts a spell, it triggers, and then at the start of your turn, it's going to go again. You're going to have to make the same throw again.
Starting point is 00:50:37 Oh, you're fucked. The ghouls just surround the tortle protectively, and he kind of whispers something to it like, Ah, protect me from these wretches. The remaining skeletons on the wall are going
Starting point is 00:50:52 to swarm the only target they have left, Cambuckland, for a 26 to hit. It scrapes it, yeah. That's going to be another 20 points of slashing damage as you're surrounded by skeletons on all sides. They're just surrounding you atashing damage. You're surrounded by skeletons on all sides. They're just surrounding you at this point.
Starting point is 00:51:07 Okay. You're like a little lone beacon of flesh and blood amongst a crown of bones. Wicked. We go back up to the top with Cam Buckland, in fact. Okay. Guys, one at a time. I'm going to pull down my trousers.
Starting point is 00:51:26 What? Everyone dies. Pull down the new trousers that you were given. Everyone dies. And cast Turn Undead, which is also Destroy Undead. So it's a Wisdom saving throw, please. Wisdom saving throw. I'm just going to make it for...
Starting point is 00:51:41 Does it hit the ghouls? Do you know what? I technically have to roll this individually. It's not going to hit the ghouls? Do you know what? I technically have to roll this individually. It's not going to hit the ghouls. They're a bit too far away. I'm just... You are a powerful enough cleric. You incinerate the undead around you with the holy light.
Starting point is 00:51:53 Be gone, power beasts of the night! Drop trousers and a light brighter than the brightest star. Oh my god. I just annihilate the undead on the walls. Put them up. Pull string. They're like jogging bombs. And as my bonus action.
Starting point is 00:52:12 Yeah, they were velour jogging bombs. Sure. Bonus action. Yes. Healing word. Yes. At seventh level. On?
Starting point is 00:52:20 Raynard. Seventh level? At seven defaults. While you're rolling that, I will... The green dragon will continue its assail against Allura. Did I have my own turn last round? You cast Thingy.
Starting point is 00:52:38 I can't remember what I did. You did. I did, yes. Okay. So Allura, the dragon is going to try and attack you. This is the green dragon. 22. Yeah, you just kill yourself.
Starting point is 00:52:52 That's a level spell. 12. That's a bonus action. 10 to hit. No. Fucking natural one. 8 to hit. No.
Starting point is 00:53:00 Ha ha! Dragon desperately... We'll see if its breath weapon recharges. It doesn I'll see if it's breath-taking recharges. It doesn't. Yeah, it's desperately trying to hit you, but you're defending it with the moonbow and staff in hand, fending it off as it's desperately trying to get purchased to claw and bite
Starting point is 00:53:15 towards you. After the green dragon, it goes to Reynard Feralhorn! Okay, so, the one that I had the bonus Hunter's Mark on It's dead Use a bonus to... No, it's on...
Starting point is 00:53:28 No, you put it on black and the black's dead so you can move it to the blue Don't forget that he's stunned Don't forget that he's stunned by the way Yeah, but you're about to bite it, aren't you? Oh no, I bit my face off I'm gonna get out of this rare sickness Not rare sickness, it's death fog Yep
Starting point is 00:53:44 How far do I need to move? If you use your movement, it is a 20 foot radius, and you are in the middle of it, so one movement will get you out of it. Sure. I'll move enough to get out of that. Sorry, who of these dragons at the bottom are looking most spooky?
Starting point is 00:54:00 The green one, fighting Allura. The red one seems quite small and baddy. Yeah, I feel bad about killing that one. Cool, I'll put Hunter's Mark on that one then. And I'm gonna give it the old 1-2. With Sharpshooter. Sorry, I didn't say Sharpshooter before and it's a natural 20! Mark! No!
Starting point is 00:54:24 Yeah, but it's a nat 20, it's a crit. So you still get a crit. 20! Mark! No. No! Yeah, but it's a nat 20, it's a crit. So... It's still a crit. You still get a crit. Okay, I also have a 20 on the other hit as well, unnatural 20 on the other hit. So both of those will hit. So crit-wise, I'm going to use the new crit rules.
Starting point is 00:54:36 So it's maximum, whatever the maximum on the base dice is. Including Hunter's Mark? That will maximise, but you won't get to roll it again right okay so 866 then roll another d8 12 18 and another d8 and another d6 yeah five and four would I say last time 18 yeah yeah and then 22 27 with that shot. 27. And then the second shot. 3, 9, 5, 14, plus 6. Plus 6 again because I didn't do it on the first one. 26.
Starting point is 00:55:17 26. 26 and 27. Yeah. Well, the first one is 33. What? Because I forgot to add the plus 6 on the first crit. What? We'll call it 26 and 27.
Starting point is 00:55:29 Okay. It's a lot of damage is what it is. That's 50. Yep. I'm just going to trust you. Like, I'm trying to look up spells. Free damage. You annihilate this green dragon.
Starting point is 00:55:42 Balls from the top of the walls just rain down into the back of this green dragon. Balls from the top of the walls just rain down into the back of this green dragon. Is he gone? Is the dragon dead? No. Dragon's not dead. What, he's not dead?
Starting point is 00:55:53 Nope. Oh, I thought annihilate kind of gave it the sun. But it's still alive. You destroyed it. You did say you annihilated it.
Starting point is 00:56:02 He's still alive. Don't give us false hope. You did give us a bit of false hope there. I don't care. But you heavily damage the green dragon. Is that what you want? I'm trying to look up a lot of things. You done?
Starting point is 00:56:16 Yeah, I'm done. Don't forget that this dragon is stunned. Elora. Oh, hi. Is the dragon right on top of me or is he in the air? He's hovering above you, but enough that he's within range to attack. My griffon didn't do anything. I'm more meaning if I shoot it, is it disadvantage for me?
Starting point is 00:56:32 Too bad. Because he's got bigger range than I do. No, because he's within 10 feet. I would like to shoot him in the face, please. Okay. 29 to hit. Yeah, 29 more hits. And a natural one, so that won't.
Starting point is 00:56:54 So... You shouldn't win the Moonbow. Moonbow. Moonbow. Yeah, with that. Don't pop me the Moonbow. So 11 piercing damage and 13 radiant damage. So 11 piercing.
Starting point is 00:57:18 And 13 radiant. Will they fall? Still alive, but barely, barely hanging on as the radiant energy of the moonbow pierces through him. If the griffon attacked, would it be dead? Maybe. Can I, so that's my action. Yes. Can I shout shout give me the griffin
Starting point is 00:57:45 Raynard can I can you bring him down please I mean you have to wait like an entire
Starting point is 00:57:52 initiative turn to get that back you gave it to me it's mine I'm trying to get to you
Starting point is 00:58:00 oh yeah that was rough the blue dragon is stunned but at the end of its turn it is no longer stunned Is stunned But at the end of its turn It is no longer stunned I believe
Starting point is 00:58:07 Is it the end of its turn? No my turn It's the end of your next turn Yep Yeah it's really powerful I have it written down here It does nothing Stunned until the end
Starting point is 00:58:15 Of my next turn Damn Alzra sorry It's also your turn Yes I'm all around I like to just be like This red dragon It's bad
Starting point is 00:58:22 It says the red dragon With the red sickness Is poisoned until the end of the neck my next turn Okay, so I have to do another no it means it has a disadvantage. Okay, so I should have had this about Oh, no, you breathe. Yeah. Yeah, that's fine. So, yep. Cool. Okay, so I have three words bone bro trampoline Can I make a boat bone bro trampoline? What what does that mean? Can I make a bone bro trampoline? What does that mean?
Starting point is 00:58:48 A trampoline has a rubberised sheet. I animate them and I bring them to life again, but they throw me into the air like a trampoline. I mean, they can attempt to throw you. Can they attempt to throw me? They can try, yes. More of a bone bro trebuchet. It's a bone bro trampoline. Yes.
Starting point is 00:59:02 What's the strength on your bone bros? I don't know. They've got... they've got... Acey and... This thing should be in the Ender Beyond, under creatures I think. If you go to extras. Extras... On this one. Oh he's got it, he's got it, he's got it. Just put all three. Okay.
Starting point is 00:59:23 And if you tap on one of them you should get their stats oh hello strength is 10 right i think with all four of them they're not going to be able to throw you very high there'll be three of them three of them they're not gonna be able to throw you very high how high do i need to be how high do you need to go you've said so far you've just said you want to be thrown in the air, but you haven't said where your destination is. I'll be thrown into the air, and I'll smack the red dragon with my sword. Okay.
Starting point is 00:59:53 Can I smack it from the ground? Yes, that you can have them throw you high enough that you can make an attack against the red dragon, yes. Oh yeah. 100%. Ariel, assault! are you within range of the dragon anyway sort of
Starting point is 01:00:07 I'm reaching she could just go technically it would have breathed in no it would have been about 10 feet above so yeah she needs a boost
Starting point is 01:00:16 yes bone bro trampoline okay so you're go for it okay so I'm gonna roll for their strength no you don't'm gonna roll for their strength.
Starting point is 01:00:25 You don't need to roll for their strength. Oh. What do I need to roll for? Just you need to make the attack roll. Your attack. Okay, well I got an attack that you wanna do. Mark said that you reach it. So what's the total modifier with your bonus?
Starting point is 01:00:39 So that is 16 total. Just enough to miss it, unfortunately. That's so cool. So you kind of fly up in the air, you swing the nine lives stealer through the air but it just swishes through the air itself and doesn't strike. Hang on, hang on, hang on, hang on, hang on, hang on, hang on, hang on, hang on, hang on, I have things. I have things.
Starting point is 01:00:58 Contingencies! Fighting spirit, bonus action, give myself advantage on weapon attack rather than... Technically you need to do that beforehand. That's a cool fact! Also, it wasn't your bonus act to animate it. Yeah, did you animate it? Did you animate it? Yeah.
Starting point is 01:01:12 Technically, you wouldn't have been able to make an attack either. Yeah, that's fine. We're going to... But next time, next time you can try that again. Are you done? I'm done. Police? She goes on initiative 11, all right?
Starting point is 01:01:26 I've got a lot of stuff. He's got a lot of stuff. So they're dead. I just wondered what she was up to. I think she spent a long time. The hideously wounded baby red dragon will... Does its breath weapon recharge? No.
Starting point is 01:01:39 But it has disadvantage? It does have disadvantage, but it's just going to fly down, and it just tries to bite Alzra. For A, that is a 23 to hit. Yeah. So you're going to take 9 damage plus 3 fire damage, so 12 damage total. Oh no.
Starting point is 01:01:55 As it just reaches down with its flaming mouth and like chomps onto you. You down? You're on 1? 11. You're on 11 hit points. Nice. Nice. So that's...
Starting point is 01:02:05 Smart. Oh, God, right. Toy. What dragon was at fifth? It's okay. There's... Oh, yeah, there's the kobold. There's still a...
Starting point is 01:02:11 I mean, just behind him is Arkhan. There's Arkhan. The man himself. Is Arkhan even in this tower? Has he just gone on holiday or something? Khaleesa will try and finish off the red dragon. That is going to be a miss with her first attack, annoyingly. Can you imagine he's just going on holiday?
Starting point is 01:02:22 Second miss with a second. Miss with a third. Oh, great. Hey, I'm missing a lot on these dragons as well, so... Yeah, I've got to go. Juto, you go, yes. Now you go. Okay.
Starting point is 01:02:34 You go at the same time as the red dragon, so I just missed you. I've got a lot of initiative orders, all right? Question. Yes. So where we are now, is there still a drop to go? Yes, yeah.
Starting point is 01:02:42 So there's like a plateau. So imagine you've got like a plateau with the walls on that. The walls are 20. Yeah. So there's like a plateau. So imagine you've got like a plateau with the walls on that. The walls are 20 feet high. Then there's the plateau and then there's 50 feet down to the ground where the others are.
Starting point is 01:02:53 And could that do a sizable amount of damage to a dragon that's been kick-dropped off that? Maybe. I mean, this dragon's large. This is a pretty... You know, this is...
Starting point is 01:03:02 What, you're going to like grab its tail and Mario bang it to spin it? Well... Oh! So long, Gibbons! You laugh You know, this is... What, you're going to grab its tail and Mario bangs a spin? Oh! You laugh, but with Water Stance, I can Water Whip and that moon pushes it.
Starting point is 01:03:14 And it's a strength saving throw, and he auto-fails. Yeah, you can do that. Or I was just wondering if me hitting it does what happens. You know that falling will do damage to it. How much damage? You don't know?
Starting point is 01:03:29 I mean, you need to one-up Bonebrow Trampoline. I think that's it. Don't be effective. Be cool. Rule of cool is always better. Okay, rule of cool. I'm going to go into Water Stance. Yep.
Starting point is 01:03:41 So bonus action. Enter Water Stance. And then I will water whip it. As one of your main attacks. So that's a strength fail save. Well, you do a normal attack, like with water whip, remember? Yeah.
Starting point is 01:03:53 Okay, so I'll attack. It's like a normal unarmed strike. A normal unarmed strike, so that's advantage on that. Yep. 26. Hits. If you kill it now,
Starting point is 01:04:04 and then just throw it off for the fun of it. Six points. Six points. You don't kill it and then it automatically fails the strength saving throw so it's push ten feet which is enough to make it fall down so it will take 5d6 damage. Whoa! For the fall. For 50 feet fall.
Starting point is 01:04:19 That's going to be ten, sixteen, seventeen more points. That's a lot of damage it says can make an extra attack or flurry I should have flurried you can technically well no it's out of your range now because it's 50 feet below you I could... put it back, wall whip back I can go down oh yeah you can just slow fall down yeah you can just slow fall down and then give it one more strike you got extra attacks you got two attacks
Starting point is 01:04:44 no because you make you got attacks, you make two base attacks, Water Whip is in place of one of your normal attacks. So you get another normal attack. So I get Flurry. But you can't Flurry because you bonus action to go into a stance. So I get one more punch. Or Gwandau, you can make a Gwandau attack. Oh, I want to do one more.
Starting point is 01:04:59 Just one more Gwandau attack. One punch! With advantage! What's 18 plus 12? Hits. There it is. 30. Hits.
Starting point is 01:05:10 That's what it is. High enough. Oh. That was perfect damage. 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 points of damage. Jeez. Dead now? Arcane dead?
Starting point is 01:05:24 It's not dead. You slam the Gwanda through it. As you pierce through its chest, but it is still awake. You guys were assaulting a big tower. Some pretty tough shit here. We were trying to be stealthy. I know, I appreciate it. I just mean this thing has taken 100 damage in the last couple of turns.
Starting point is 01:05:45 How much health does it have? I mean, more than 100. I was trying to, like, ask you guys to, like, help because it was... I thought it was almost dead, like, just from what you were doing. It's also the biggest one of all of them. Right. The tortle. The tortles go.
Starting point is 01:06:01 He looks up. And there's still undead swarming, like, these, like, 20... There's about 20 or 30 undead still around the tower. He's got his four ghouls. There is. He looks up. And there's still undead swarming. There's about 20 or 30 undead still around the tower. He's got his four ghouls. There is. He looks up. Because you and I are the ones on the walls. Like the 20 on the walls. But he looks up and he's like,
Starting point is 01:06:15 Pathetic servant of the failed god. Points his finger up. And he's going to utter a divine word. What's that? A divine word. Which one? A divine word. It is spoken in a tongue so black that you cannot
Starting point is 01:06:30 bear to hear it. That's black! Chris, drop! First of all, how many HP do you have? 51. 51. It's not disintegration is it? God damn.
Starting point is 01:06:47 I was hoping you'd have lower than that. It's a shame. I healed myself. Well, still make a charisma saving throw. You are very lucky you healed up. 27. Yeah. So, whatever this word is
Starting point is 01:07:05 just plug it sorry sorry and it just oh god that's a shame just hisses and then he will cast
Starting point is 01:07:17 two touch because that spell's wasted what was he doing casting divine word sounds bad it goes to his skeletal hand goes to grab your face. When all else fails. 24.
Starting point is 01:07:34 Yeah, that hits. He's laughing, you know, but with a skeletal hand. You take 16 necrotic damage, and you cannot regain hit points until the start of your next turn. 16. Yep, and you can't heal until the start of your next turn. Such a dick move. AHH! He's just like, FOOL! SILENCE!
Starting point is 01:07:57 Silence, he puts one bony finger to your lips. You're in... your ridiculousness. You are in your ridiculousness. Oh, my creatures. You're stupid and you also suck. You big poopy butt. The undead will surge up the stairway to you. Your mother was a hamster. You're a big poopy head.
Starting point is 01:08:18 Against you, you're just ping, ping, ping with a tiny buckler. Natural one fail. And Raynard, you're ducking and weaving behind all of these undead as they surround you. Awesome. Cam Buckland. He's in shock. Can I sense how these undead are being controlled? Who is controlling them?
Starting point is 01:08:37 The turtle. I'm going to try a thing which is going to fail because it always fails when I do these sorts of things. I'm going to modify his memory. Fasten time. It's an action. Oh, really? It's like a 10 minutes thing. Is it a range? Do you have to touch them?
Starting point is 01:08:53 30 foot. Yeah, okay, yeah. Thank you. Okay. It's a wisdom saving throw. Okay. He's probably alive. He is. My's probably alive. He is.
Starting point is 01:09:06 My dice aren't. We'll see. We'll see. What do you modify his memory? Okay. So what I can do is in the last 24 hours, I can do a memory of 10 minutes. Okay. So what happened was he fills in the blanks, right?
Starting point is 01:09:24 Right. Okay. To make it make sense. Okay. Arkhan the Cruel cast him out. Okay. And we were there to pick him back up, but he sent out all his army to finish him off. And we said, we're going to defend you, let's fight back.
Starting point is 01:09:43 That's pretty smart. That's pretty smart, man. Oh my god. Is he controlling the light? Oh my god. How powerful is this spell? You attempt to reshape another creature's memories. One creature you can see must make a wisdom saving throw. If you are fighting the creature, his advantage on the saving throw. What's your DC? 18. Oh my god, it still fails. With a failed save, the target becomes charmed by you for the duration, which is concentration up to a minute. The charmed target is incapacitated and unaware of its surroundings, though it can still hear you.
Starting point is 01:10:16 If it takes any damage or is targeted by another spell, this spell ends, and none of the target's memories are modified. Whilst this charm lasts, you can affect the target's memory of an event that is experienced within the last 24 hours that lasted no more than 10 minutes you can permanently eliminate all memory of the event allow the target to recall this event with perfect clarity and extracting detail change its memory of the details of the event or create a memory of some other event you must speak to the target to describe how its memories are effective and it must be able to understand your language which it does it mines fills in any gaps in the details on your description the spell ends before you finish describing the modified memories it isn't effective Right. A modified memory doesn't necessarily affect how a creature behaves,
Starting point is 01:10:53 particularly if the memory contradicts the creature's natural inclinations, alignment, or beliefs. An illogical modified memory, such as implanting a memory of how much the creature enjoyed dousing itself in acid, is dismissed perhaps as a bad dream. The DM might deem a modified memory too nonsensical to affect a creature in a significant manner. I... Okay. I don't think it's it's not like, you love
Starting point is 01:11:13 acid! Go drink some acid! It is believable because you can target a memory that actually took place where he was meeting with Arkhan and Arkhan was basically saying, I'm leaving you in charge of the tower, I'm going to go do something. And you modify it to be, You have failed me, Krull! Be gone, I cast you out!
Starting point is 01:11:33 Except it's Cam's voice. Well, no, the memory is Arkhan casting him out. And then as he... I'm roleplaying with little figurines. Arkhan says, oh, you're gone. But his memory's filling in the language and then you basically
Starting point is 01:11:47 modify that within 10 minutes he leaves and within 10 minutes you magically appear and are like hey buddy you're great
Starting point is 01:11:54 we'll look after you and at first he distrusts you but then you like convince him somehow he's sending dragons to kill us all what?
Starting point is 01:12:01 I must know and he's yeah I think that this will apply but maybe some things will jog his memory if he takes damage and stuff like that it might you know break the charm or whatever but yeah he's just like his eyes glaze over and he's like no no he's like looking around confused but yeah it works like he failed both saving throws great great job sweet sweet
Starting point is 01:12:25 that was amazing well done and the thing is is the the charm effect maybe only lasts for a minute but that memory is permanent i should point out that is a permanent memory what level spell is that i think we've done this to someone but it's it's hard because if you're flanking them they have advantage on the saving throw and everything else so now both our clerics have an army of bone bros. Except, I guess, yours is... Ghouls. And ghoul bros. Raynards.
Starting point is 01:12:49 No, sorry, the green dragons go. Green dragon will... Nope, it doesn't return its poison breath. So Elora, it will just try and attack you. It's not in range of Elora. It is. It is. 18 to hit.
Starting point is 01:13:06 The second attack is a miss. Bite is a hit. So you're going to take 11 slashing damage from the claw, and then you're going to take 15 plus 7 poison damage, 22 damage from the bite as it bites down onto you. Okay. Desperate to try and finish you off. Raynard.
Starting point is 01:13:23 So you've seen Cam like, oh, you better get out, you son of a bitch, I hate you now. Raynard. So you've seen Cam like, Oh, you better get out, you son of a bitch. I hate you now. Oh, my master, please. No, go away. We'll save you, buddy. And then the Tortle is just looking at him in complete...
Starting point is 01:13:39 I'm like looking between Tortle and Cam, like really confused. And then I'm like... Do all the undead shift differently. We'll see on his turn, right? Thumbs up, and then I'll shoot the green Dargan again twice, because I've still got 100's mark on him. Not being very creative with this, but whatever, both hit. Just hit the bra.
Starting point is 01:13:58 26, 27. Yes, yeah, hits, yeah. Boom! Green dragon, yeah? 11 plus 6, yes. Don't worry about rolling damage. It! Green dragon, yeah? 11 plus 6? Yes. Don't worry about rolling damage. 17?
Starting point is 01:14:08 It was so low, it was so low. It had three hit points left. Ah, 30 damage. Wait, it had three? Yeah. Oh, could I move my second shot then? Yeah. Sweet.
Starting point is 01:14:19 In that case I bonus action move the hunter's mark as well. Yep. On to the red dragon. Red, red. Red dragon. Red dragon also dice yeah yeah oh my god I just kill a wolf I was super low they were super low I just did all the damage yeah sure how do you crap That's like the crocodile over again, but it's upgraded to two dragons. Alzra.
Starting point is 01:14:47 You mean all the damage? Yeah! The dragon, the red bear dragon just collapses in front of you, a bolt sticking out of its head. Nice! Gotcha! Thank you! I'm going to cast False Life on myself.
Starting point is 01:14:58 Okay. D4 plus 14 temp hit points. Sure, go for it. Could you drop the... That's a 16 16 Nice Perfect That's pretty much
Starting point is 01:15:07 Your turn as an Exorcist That is it Where is the If it was Attacking the Green dragon It might
Starting point is 01:15:11 He hasn't Added it Has he No but Elora Elora Does it Is the bronze
Starting point is 01:15:21 Griffin under Only Reynard's Control Yes For fuck's sake And he forgot To control it Such a shithead Um Yes Is the bronze griffin under only Reynard's control? Yes. For fuck's sake. And he forgot to control it. Such a shithead.
Starting point is 01:15:30 I killed two dragons. What more do you want? What do you want from me? Well, finish them off, but we'll stay killed. Plan's ruined. Plan's ruined. There's a dragon over here, and I'm sure I love him. I know, it's very, very, very high up a wall it's quite far away it's probably nice though yeah you can shoot it yeah with the moon though yeah absolutely yeah I didn't know yeah no yeah no it up That's one big cliff I made it confusing by making it look like it's two cliffs
Starting point is 01:16:06 It's not 18 to hit Hits The other one will hit as well We've got the heroic music going now Turn to tide! The tide have turned. I wish I was a sorcerer, you know.
Starting point is 01:16:29 The turn of the tide. Why? Just get spell slots back. Yeah, that's good. 19 piercing. And then... 15 on the first one radiant. And... 12 on the first one radiant and
Starting point is 01:16:45 12 on the second radiant okay yeah that was a lot the arrow just streaks through piercing through its chest and just whatever organs are obliterated by the radiant damage sorry G2 sorry
Starting point is 01:17:02 I just had this clean at this point we're going to drop out of initiative. Because Kroll, on his turn... Stop! Stop, my minions! And the undead just stop. Our camel's gone. This is why he cast you out. Yes!
Starting point is 01:17:23 Why? I still do not understand why. Your power. As the Arcan would. You're very powerful, and Arcan fears you overthrowing him. He knows. Taking the hand. He knows. Or something.
Starting point is 01:17:35 As soon as you say taking the hand, he's just like, he fears that I would. I am a more powerful necromancer. The hand would be better. That's it. And he sent the dragons to kill you. Yes, it must be so. But why would such pure-hearted servants of the god assist me? Maybe they see the power in you. Nonsense. The gods long turned their back on me. Only my queen Tiamat.
Starting point is 01:18:05 But perhaps... Maybe they sense something wrong with Arkhan. Perhaps my queen senses. Perhaps he is too alert to Vecna's side. Perhaps the necromant, the lich, has taken hold of Arkhan. I must stop him. Yes. And I'm sure being a servant of Vecna,
Starting point is 01:18:28 he'd be very deceptive to you and try and convince you otherwise if he senses us as a threat. Make a persuasion. You have advantage because he's still technically charmed by you at this point. I don't understand half the words you just said. This is high IQ cam play.
Starting point is 01:18:46 This is actually really fucking clever. I've got the perfect amount of wine. Yeah, he's right there. I'm like, this is going to last about two minutes, and then I'm going to be ready. You have advantage. Okay. I'll see if I get a max.
Starting point is 01:18:58 19. 19. Plus 13. Yeah, like, you tap in to whatever paranoia. Because, I mean, I guess Cam would maybe know a little bit about Tiamat, having spent time with, like, Adric and stuff like that. Like, Tiamat is, she's a goddess who's all about greed and power, but it's also, she's very paranoid and jealous,
Starting point is 01:19:21 and you kind of feed into that. And he's, this tortle is just like, yes, yes, it must be that Harkann is... He's become a servant of Vecna. He must be stuck. He's going to betray the queen. Why would you help me? Because we don't want to die.
Starting point is 01:19:40 Survivor of the fittest. Tiamat understands these things. Yes. He's gone. He's travelled to the monument of Tiamat. Whatever his purpose, he seeks to... He's not here. He's not here.
Starting point is 01:19:56 In which case... He's not here. He's not here. He popped out to the shop. He's not here. I missed him. He's in another castle. He's at the monument. Five's not here. I missed him. Not here. He's in another castle. Five dragons.
Starting point is 01:20:08 Five dragons. But now they're gone. It's fine. Spell slots. Spell slots. Felicia just kind of flies down next to you all and is like, well, yes, he's in another place. Then we should go and hunt him down.
Starting point is 01:20:20 Can we seek some rest at this place so that we can be at our best to face Arkhan? Yes. Yes. So be it. So be it. Whatever. I do not fully trust you yet, but...
Starting point is 01:20:40 Why would you? We're in hell. Yes. But it cannot be denied. Lordarkhan's madness To cast me out To turn to Vecna Our time Stopped Our time grows short
Starting point is 01:20:53 We must Yes We must rest Well Rest Rest quickly You do not have much time If you dally too long
Starting point is 01:21:01 If you dally You will gain more power From Tiamat herself Right Tricky my goddess more power from Tiamat herself. Right. Tricky, my goddess. Rest quickly. Praise Tiamat. I'll prepare what I can.
Starting point is 01:21:10 Praise Tiamat. These servants will be of no use against Arkhan, but I will journey with you to fight against him. Such a shame we have to fight the dragons. Yes. Still, they were they were Arkans to command not mine
Starting point is 01:21:26 and he will have he will have Toragar with him as well powerful champion and fighter in his own right of course he does as well as the Abishai
Starting point is 01:21:34 we've done our research rest rest while you can I'm gonna look over the ghouls escort these mortal kind I'm gonna look over the wall
Starting point is 01:21:43 at the people at the bottom and just yell he's not here Escort these mortal kind. I'm going to look over the wall at the people at the bottom and yell, He's not here! I never said he was here, neither did Khaleesa. I'm just wiping dragon goo off myself. I'm really sorry, Juto. I didn't mean it. You were very close to him. I didn't really expect the... Did I just hear Reynard
Starting point is 01:22:06 say he is not here he's not home Reynard you hear this come and say like he's not here he's not home bring your companions inside
Starting point is 01:22:17 she's gone truly she's gone truly this is hell it's Rhiannon's kind of laugh that means she just truly gone. Yeah, she's done.
Starting point is 01:22:31 Yeah, all right. That was the other fucking thing you said was within the Avershy and... Some powerful champion. I'm assuming you gather the guys outside. You lead them up into the fort. Inside Arkhan's tower is... Why are we sleeping over? Does he have a really comfy bed? We're supposed to stay there Inside Arkhan's tower is... Why are we sleeping over? Does he have a really comfy bed? Has Arkhan negotiated for you to rest here?
Starting point is 01:22:50 He just killed four dragons. He's got a long rest. Sleep over at the dragon castle. Master Arkhan will not return for some time. How do you know? He told me. Before he passed me out. He's being treacherous!
Starting point is 01:23:05 Are you sure he's not lying to you? He might be lying. It's possible. But he has great business at the monument. It takes him, he is there for hours at a time, days. Days? Yes. Okay.
Starting point is 01:23:17 We'll take shifts to make sure we're not... I will have the undead patrol the area. They will give us warning. Very well. Although now that we do not have the dragons, we do not have such keen eyes to watch for the tower. And wine. The police will say, like, I will keep an eye out for Arkhan.
Starting point is 01:23:34 Oh, I think I see wine. I do not care for something. Although company would be useful. I do not wish to, if he does engage, I would not like to engage him alone. Can't fly. Sorry. I do not wish to, if he does engage, I would not like to engage him alone. Can't fly. Sorry. I can carry you.
Starting point is 01:23:48 If you require rest, I need only one of you to wait with me. Perhaps you? I really need to rest. Oh, what a shame. I'm not in the best shape. I could say a short rest.
Starting point is 01:24:01 Can you get your key back? Yeah, I can get my key back in a short rest. Boom. You'll be able to rest for some time. Hmm? How long are we resting?
Starting point is 01:24:10 It sounds like a long rest. A long rest. I would recommend to rest as little as possible if you wish to face Arkan. Yep. You will only grow stronger. Real quick.
Starting point is 01:24:21 Can I do a long rest? Yeah, real quick. A long rest. Eight hours. He's like, I do not advise it not only is Borg greater there are other threats
Starting point is 01:24:31 here in the wastelands if the demons the fiends learn that Arkhan is not here that he has betrayed us to Vecna they will surely attack
Starting point is 01:24:39 but we have your protection I am I am but a humble servant of Tiamat I am I am no match for him. But you clearly are destined for greatness. And you have us now.
Starting point is 01:24:50 I only warn you, the longer you tarry here, the more dangerous it will be. Where is the wine, though? You require healing. I can provide healing. Yes. Provide healing if you require it. I would like healing, I can provide healing. Yes. Provide healing if you require it. Can you refresh?
Starting point is 01:25:10 So are we long resting? Are we long resting or are we short resting? I'm going to long rest. You're going to have to wake me up. I'm like following Cam, but I'm crying. He's not here! He's not here! Okay.
Starting point is 01:25:26 The tower itself itself I mean going through it whoever this tortle is they were conducting horrible experiments on undead creating undead
Starting point is 01:25:33 it's full of bodies and bones organs in jars he leads you through it commenting kind of grumbling like pay no heed
Starting point is 01:25:42 to my work this is not for your eyes this is my liver here's my bones commenting, kind of grumbling like, pay no heed to my work. This is not for your eyes. This is my liver. Here's my bones. And left toes. Enjoy the viscera. The other thing you should concern yourself is with,
Starting point is 01:25:58 do not wander too near the dragon hatchery. The dragons may awaken. They are under Lord Arcann's command. Hmm. Is there anything we can do to, uh, tip the balance? I will have it sealed, but Lord Arcann's command. Hmm. Is there anything we can do to tip the balance? I will have it sealed, but against Arcann? No. He is a great warrior.
Starting point is 01:26:14 Champion of Tiamat. Until he cast me out, I knew of no finer warrior. Why, my lord? Why? I fall asleep while he's talking. He said like eight words Okay You guys have an emotional crisis You just shut him down
Starting point is 01:26:31 He's snoring as well You were standing as well If you guys want to take a long rest You can take a long rest I am Well we don't have much of a choice We do, you can just wake him up and be like
Starting point is 01:26:46 we're moving stop sleeping I also need to recover one level of exhaustion I forgot about that yeah long rest it is do we reset HP again
Starting point is 01:26:54 I forget yeah there we do 98 points restored does Khaleesa still want me to short rest and hold her hand yeah
Starting point is 01:27:01 Khaleesa was like why do you not join me I can switch with you like halfway probably. Does that mean I still have short rest? I mean like in terms of
Starting point is 01:27:09 I'd like one of us to be awake. No, you can take a long rest and still swap around. Oh, I can take a long rest and swap? Yeah. Would that be better for you
Starting point is 01:27:16 or are you okay with short rest? Actually, no, you're a tiefling. You need the full eight hours for a long rest, yeah. So do you want a short rest? I forget that Elora's an elf
Starting point is 01:27:24 and she only needs four hours. It's not bad. The only thing I don't get back is Hellish Rebuke, so it's not terrible for a long rest. So it's up to you. I don't know. I think it'd be better if more of us stay awake. Okay, I'll stay awake then and do a shorty.
Starting point is 01:27:41 Very well. When you... She will either fly you up to the top of the tower or to the top of the wall. Bronze griffon, maybe. Juto can run up the fucking walls. Also, Khaleesa can fly one of you. She can carry
Starting point is 01:27:56 one of you. She's strong enough. She looks over to you, Juto. I must admit, you are quite the warrior. I saw you fighting against the dragons. I was very impressed for a mortal. I have trained long and fought many battles. Clearly.
Starting point is 01:28:16 I just wish to compliment you on your skills. It's one thing the Irini's pride over anything, it is martial ability. Thank you. You are most welcome. You were also quite fearsome in that fight. I have trained as you said for many many eons slaying demons here in the Blood War. I take it that once this Arkhan is dealt I will take you to locate these matters that you need. I still don't know the exact you aim to gain from them. The ledgers and this creature,
Starting point is 01:28:48 the holophant. If you have a greater purpose, perhaps I can help with it. In time. Very well. I will tell you now, we are trying to locate someone. Ah.
Starting point is 01:29:03 Ah. And when you say that, she kind of gets a hint. She's like, hmm. Locating someone in Avernus means one of two things. Either someone who fell to evil that you still have a grudge or some sort of vengeance against, or somebody who was pure-hearted or at least self-sacrificing who sold their contract,
Starting point is 01:29:23 who sold a soul. It's one of the two. And which do you think? Given your companions, especially the little pretty elf and the foolish humans, I'm going to assume the latter. You do not...
Starting point is 01:29:39 You! You and the dark-haired one strike me as the type to seek out vengeance and slay those who have wronged you. But the others, no. The others seem far too... sickeningly pure. My time for vengeance is over. Is vengeance ever really over? Yes.
Starting point is 01:30:02 And I can truly say that with my whole heart. I hope so. But just know that, well, killing somebody in your world doesn't really end things. Not if they're truly wicked. They come here. Where they can become even more powerful. Juto raises a note. Oh, God. What? Tell me. Yes? can become even more powerful. Juto raises a note.
Starting point is 01:30:25 Oh god. What? Tell me. Yes? Have you heard of a dragonborn called Korak? Well, if they came here after their death, it's unlikely that they would still be a dragonborn. You see, evil souls slain in your worlds, when they come here they arrive as devils. Now most pathetic souls become lemurs,
Starting point is 01:30:52 gelatinous, pathetic creatures, worth nothing more than the dirt on your boots. But some, if they are truly powerful and truly wicked, they come back as more powerful devils and from there they can become promoted, they can gain power they can work in servitude of others what are you laughing at?
Starting point is 01:31:14 they're called lemurs why do they come back as lemurs? lemurs are cute they're called lemurs I think they're called lemurs lemurs fucking lemurs. Oh, I'm so happy to know! Lemurs! Fucking lemurs.
Starting point is 01:31:30 Oh, Jesus Christ, Tom. You've ruined a very nice moment. No, they've ruined it for me. I was just ignoring him. I was ignoring him. I really hope Koryx are lemur. If he is, I'm fine with that. Your lemur sucks! God, okay. Carry on. If he is, I'm fine with that. Your lemur sucks.
Starting point is 01:31:45 God, okay. Carry on. But Khaleesa just looks and is like, depends. I'm afraid that the name of the other difficulty is they may not come directly to Avernus. If they take the interest of another archdevil, then they may take them to one of their levels, their planes. So there is no way I could find this out? I did not say that. I said that I do not know currently.
Starting point is 01:32:11 If we were to find these ledgers... Just leave! Just go under the table! No, don't carry on, I'm under control! No, because I'm crying now! Why? Why are you leaving? Alright, okay, hang on. You tell me... Why? Why? Why Lima? Why? Why? Why?
Starting point is 01:32:26 Why? Why Lima? Why Lima? Why Lima? Why Lima? Why Lima? Why Lima? Why Lima?
Starting point is 01:32:34 Why Lima? Why Lima? Why Lima? Why Lima? Why Lima? Why Lima? Why Lima? Why Lima?
Starting point is 01:32:42 Why Lima? Why Lima? Why Lima? Why Lima? Why Lima? Why Lima? Why Lima? What is it? Right, this is a lemur. Right, okay. Lemur. That's what I would say, it's a lemur. And this is a lemur. Lemur. Thank you, Matt. Lemur. Lemur. Lemur. Lemur.
Starting point is 01:32:56 What the fuck is that? Lemur. God. Lemur. Lemur. Lemur. Thank you, Matt. Oh, God. I did not say that there was not a way for me to find out. Hmm.
Starting point is 01:33:12 Perhaps that vengeance isn't quite safe, then. Could we find out if we found these ledgers? If you not. Yes? Yeah. Wear that soul The ledger will simply tell you Whose contract the soul may be under Finding out where
Starting point is 01:33:33 Is something I could perhaps And just know that A soul destroyed here Is destroyed forever Thank you for your wisdom I shall take it under advisement For now Thank you for your wisdom. I shall take it under advisement. Good.
Starting point is 01:33:50 For now, we watch and we wait. Very good. Just know, you are very strong. If you ever wish to be stronger, I told you, the blood of Asmodeus runs through your body. He would be very, very grateful to have you back under his services. She just smiles.
Starting point is 01:34:06 And then she backs off. I'm just going to turn and watch. Slowly. I hate you, Mark. To get to you. I hate you. I hate you. To get to you.
Starting point is 01:34:15 I was so convinced there was nothing you could offer me in this whole freaking campaign. Guess who could be here? You just let it turn the freaking night in you. Hey, you know that enemy that we spent two years of you tracking down and killing guess what they're probably still here they're now a devil oh I got the killer
Starting point is 01:34:33 he not gonna be very he could be here son devil correct son after I've rested for four hours I'm just gonna are they up on the top when they're having this talk? Yeah, no, sorry. I'm just giving Kim a look based on the last thing she just said.
Starting point is 01:34:50 What did you say? I'm just saying, why don't I just have Crown Rand turn up as well? Let's just get the whole party back. He's stuck in a pocket dimension. Is he? No. Yes. An angel has him in his pocket.
Starting point is 01:35:01 Does he? Oh, yeah, wait. Yeah, he defined an intervention that... Yeah, he did, yeah. Evandra logged it away, right? Um, don't do this, Mark. Don't do this. Things can happen, guys.
Starting point is 01:35:13 Angels fall sometimes. They become legal. Who's to say that planetar that came and took crown render, Ray? Was nice. Maybe that was Ariel. Ah. You're a butt, Mark.
Starting point is 01:35:28 You're a butt. What are you doing with your hair? Make a gif of that someone immediately. So there's apparently... Lemurs! There's a reason lemurs are called lemurs because they used to think that they were reborn like demons or something.
Starting point is 01:35:43 What? Lemurs derived from the Latin lemurs, or whatever it's called, refers to specters or ghosts that exiled during the Lemuria Festival of Ancient Rome. So wait. Jack's not funny. The virus is literally filled with lemurs.
Starting point is 01:35:55 Not those lemurs. They used to think that lemurs were a reincarnation of demons. Lemurs. They've got quite demonic eyes, haven't they? Where the hell led to that? Yeah. Cool, I'm just going to write down lemurs. You swap with Jute. Because they've not fight demonic eyes haven't they? The hell led to that. Yeah. Cool. I'm just going to write down lawyers.
Starting point is 01:36:07 You swap with Jute. Khaleesa. Well she's only taking a short rest so we're not swapping. I'm just going to join them. You just join them. No.
Starting point is 01:36:16 Lift me up on top of the wall. Khaleesa will fly down and lift you up but she kind of just looks at you and just you seem to she like smiles and then just turns away as if,
Starting point is 01:36:27 I'm not going to try having a conversation with you. She hasn't figured you out yet. She doesn't know what she can offer you. I'm going to sit on top of the wall and just druidcraft little flowers. Okay. As soon as you make them, they wilt and burn and die here in Avernus. Cool. It's like, that is a thing,
Starting point is 01:36:45 that, like, flowers just die here. I want to go home. Yeah, you guys take a long rest. Yeah. I'm not using the wine bottle as a pillow. The empty wine bottle that you drained ages ago. Yeah. Yeah.
Starting point is 01:37:01 There is no sign of Arkhan. He's not here. There's no sign of Arkhan. He's not here! There's no sign of him. He doesn't return. You hear Krull, this tortle, shuffling around. Slowly. But he constantly tries to pester you, like, you must go and face Arkhan.
Starting point is 01:37:19 We must not delay. God, there's a turtle talking to me. If he senses that something is wrong, then it's what will happen. It must be quick. Does eight hours pass? Yeah, you guys complete the... Still in hell.
Starting point is 01:37:40 Yeah. Nice. Is there anything that Archeon is particularly... Is there a weakness that we could know about or anything that you know? Weakness? Yeah. Yeah, like milk or something.
Starting point is 01:37:53 No, he is the strongest of Tiamat's champions. He's not lactose intolerant. He's the strongest of... What? Wait. I've totally forgotten the word. He also commands the Hand of Vecna itself. Damn it.
Starting point is 01:38:04 Gives him great necromantic powers. Surely. Is necromancy probably not a good way? I would not recommend it, no. In terms of he is a red dragonborn, fire has little effect on him. Some, but not all. Poison no longer affects him.
Starting point is 01:38:23 His armor protects him from certain weapons that are not enchanted. You must have thought about this. Oh, I have been loyal to Lord Arkhan since he found me. That is why that his betrayal... I am lost. But Tiamat, my queen, I must defend her honor. If he is turned to Vecna, I cannot allow it. For everything I owe him, I must not allow him to continue.
Starting point is 01:38:53 Nope. No matter what he says. Yep. Nope. Neither will we. He's bad. And we fight for Tiamat. Yes.
Starting point is 01:39:03 You will also have his warrior, his minotaur warrior, Toragar, with him. Yep. Big T. Remember that guy? Yeah. Love that guy. Bull. Big guy.
Starting point is 01:39:17 Minotaur warrior. If the monument to Tiamat, there are nests full of Abishai. Scores of them ready to leap to Arkhan's defense. Right. It would be perhaps perhaps it would be wise of council to lure him away from the monument. Hmm. Good idea. I could lure him
Starting point is 01:39:38 back to the tower perhaps. Is there a way to destroy this from the inside? The tower? No, you cannot destroy the tower. My work is here. Arkhan could not betray you, yet he did. No, no, no. This tower contains my work.
Starting point is 01:39:52 I would not see it destroyed. I will continue Arkhan's mission to free Tiamat, if nothing else. And you see behind, like, Khaleesa kind of moves behind the tortle and basically does, like, this and then points at him. And telepathically she'll send a message to you like we can use the tortle for now but he must die.
Starting point is 01:40:14 I wish he must be killed. He cannot be allowed to live. We'll use him until the end. Yes, fine, but he must be killed eventually. Have him bring Arkhan here away from the monument. He can be the bait. Have him bring Arkhan here, away from the monument. He can be the bait. Yes.
Starting point is 01:40:28 Have him return here, we can set an ambush. Are they not dragon hatchlings here? We could burn it. Set fire to the hatchery. Yes! Slaughter them. Yes! They're only eggs.
Starting point is 01:40:38 I'm so excited about this. Yes, perhaps me and you should do that, House. Butch the eggs, smash them. Yes! The tortle will not allow us to do it lightly. We should do it without his knowledge. Yeah, let's sleep on it. Very well.
Starting point is 01:40:50 You arrange some sort of plan for him to lure Arkhan here, Buckland, along with the rest of you. Alzra and I will destroy the hatchling's nests. Krull. Yes, human. I believe we must get to the top of the tower and assess the skies and plan for Arkhan's arrival. But we need to lure him here.
Starting point is 01:41:11 He can use the hand to teleport. I could have him return here, but where, specifically? The tower has many floors, but the main bottom floor, the main chamber, would probably be the best to fight him in. You think so? Yes. Away from his wormlings? Yes, away from the hatchlings.
Starting point is 01:41:31 We can seal the door. Can we seal him? Wouldn't it be better to do it completely outside? Over the flower? I worry that he will likely bring his manticore pet with him, allowing him to ride free. But if we fight him inside, he may leave the manticore outside. Can we trap him inside the tower?
Starting point is 01:41:50 We could build a cage and hope that he teleports into it. We could lock the main doors to prevent him from fleeing. Dragon bones. His manticore, Chango. Chango. He could use the bones of his own dragon children to make a cage.
Starting point is 01:42:07 Can I telepathy with... Or... You can look at her and she'll message you so you can return the message back. Help me out here. I'm a bit hungover. So, I want to try and convince the Tortle that Arcann... that I could potentially adjust Arcann to believe that Tortle's still on his side,
Starting point is 01:42:27 thereby doing a deceptive thing. But I don't want to put on the fact that the Tortal has been misled this whole time. You understand? Because Arkhan's going to come in here thinking that the Tortal's on his side. So don't tell him that you've been... Just convince him that the Tortal...
Starting point is 01:42:42 Arkhan doesn't need his memory modified to believe that the Tortle is still alive. No, no, I need to tell Tortle that Arcann... To utilise the Tortle... You understand? You said Tortle so many times, it sounds so dumb! It seems like you already have a plan. I'm not sure what you're asking me.
Starting point is 01:42:57 He definitely doesn't have a plan. Also, we now need to wrap it up. We'll figure it out at the end. We'll figure it out. Hey, you guys got through that combat we did can we get some mega xp for that because we just killed five dragons yeah yeah sure you guys level up 16 yeah sure five dragons nice you're about to fight arcanum a lot of stuff yeah sure you can level up i'm gonna say i level up I gotta say Chris Trott
Starting point is 01:43:25 that was great that was great I mean the dice were on your side but that was a fucking smart move wasn't me it was Cam
Starting point is 01:43:32 yeah sure right hey thank you very much everybody watching at home we've been the High Rollers you can check us out every Sunday twitch.tv forward slash
Starting point is 01:43:39 High Rollers D&D we won't be here next week or the week after we need to check that actually we won't be I think it's it so we're not here next here next week. Or the week after. We need to check that, actually. We won't be here the week after. I think it's there. So we're not here next week.
Starting point is 01:43:48 We're not here the week after. We'll be back in a couple of weeks to continue this madness. Hope you enjoy it, and we'll see how the party fares against Arkhan himself. He's not here! No, I'm not here! Bye. Bye! See ya!
Starting point is 01:44:01 Hey everyone, thanks for listening to this episode of Lightfall The Descent. And, once again, a massive thank you to Wiz episode of Lightfall The Descent and once again a massive thank you to Wizards of the Coast for making this possible this series will return in three weeks sorry for the long delay
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