High Rollers DnD - High Rollers Lightfall: The Descent #8 | Hand of Vecna

Episode Date: August 20, 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 mid combat against the terrifyingly powerful Arkhan the Cruel! 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

Pickaxe. with uber reserve you can book your uber ride in advance 90 days in advance perfect for all you forward thinkers and planning gurus reserve your uber ride up to 90 days in advance uber reserve see uber app for details 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 mid-combat

with the incredibly powerful Arkhan the Cruel. Yeah! Here we go! Welcome back to High Rollers, Lightfall's Descent, here on the Dungeons & Dragons Twitch stream. We're the High Rollers. We're a bunch of British RPG nerds, if you can't tell by the accent. We've just finished our regular game,

and now we're here to play two more hours of D&D with you fine folks, all supporting the release of Baldur's Gate Descent into Avernus. Brand new module coming out from Wizards of the Coast. Our story before I introduce the players is we are playing with our old characters that we

played in our very first streamed campaign called Lightfall. They are level 16 now, so they're high level. They've had a whole history of friends and enemies. Two years worth. Two years worth of story. And the main focus is the players have come to

Avernus to track down the contract, the sole contract of an old friend, Trelimar Aleeth, one of our previous players that played with us before. His character made a deal with Asmodeus and now they are in averse and the

players have come to rescue him from such a fate. Joining me we have Chris Trott. Hello. Kim Richards. Hello.

Tom Hazel. Hello. And Rhiannon Gower. Bonjour. Sadly Katie who also plays with us is not here this week she's not very well so

please all of the love and chat. Send her love. Yeah. Will you join us mid combatcombat. Yeah. Last week, HR D&D hosts, thank you.

Thank you, Sid. You've done it. You've done it. Legend. Absolute legend. Don't need to tell me. It's fine. Nice.

Last time, our party have arrived in Inverness and seeking aid, they have made a deal with an Erinese called Kalisa, who has promised to help them track down the two big clues that will lead them to Trelemar's soul contract. A record of soul contract's trades in a ledger. And then a creature called a holiphant. In exchange for helping them with this task, Khaleesa asks them to do one simple thing. Just simple. Just a simple, easy thing.

Yeah, it's a little thing. Easy. To take down and kill a creature called Arkhan the Cruel. Easy. A dragonborn warrior of Tiamat who had come to Avernus to try and release his queen, Tiamat, from her infernal prison. The party made their way to Arkhan's tower where they fought off an army of undead, five dragons, and subdued Arkhan's companion and priest of Tiamat, Krull, a tortle, thanks to a very clever modified memory. Yeah.

Well played, Cam Buckland. Well played. Having convinced Krull that they were actually there to aid him and that Arkhan had turned his back on him, Kroll helped them set an ambush for his master, using Khaleesa the Iranese to deliver a message on their behalf. No, we killed him and sent his fingers. Yes, she delivered a message. The message was fingers.

He teleported his way back to the tower, where he was then promptly set upon by the party. He also had some friends. He did have some friends. His Minotaur bodyguard, Toregar Steelfist, and his manticore, Chango. Chango Unchained. Chango.

The ambush was a success, with Alzra and I believe Reynard dealing a considerable amount of damage in the very first round of combat putting Arkhan on the back foot and you join us in the middle of Arkhan's dark tower

steel iron hooks hang from the ceiling a bloodied grate has been thrown across the tower and is now laying broken as the sound of fighting surrounds and echoes off the the iron and stone walls desperately fighting in the middle uh arcan stands over alzera voidwalker who is laying in a pit of dead bodies striking up at him as he towers above her to Toragar, Steelfist and Chango desperately trying to reach Cam Buckland, cowering underneath the stairs with a holy aura emanating from him.

That was another clutch play. An earth elemental stands between them all, trying to desperately fight against Arkan and the others, whilst Reynard and Juto hang on the balconies above. No, I jumped down. Yeah, I jumped down. Yeah, I jumped down. But Allura's and Earth Elemental are just behind Arkan, I think. There you go. So you all stood around.

Khaleesa is, however, flying and flying above. Kroll's now just dead body, no longer animated after Alza was knocked unconscious. Also lies on the ground. We have the initiatives in order. Cam Buckland, it's actually your go. Clutch Buckland.

Clutch Buckland. Where's the Minotaur from me, and where's the Manticore from me? They are basically five feet in front of you. Both? Yeah, both peering down under the stairs, trying to get you to lose your concentration. Can you go with not? While shitting myself.

Okay. Foul odour. Can I cast, as it's a humanoid figure, right? The Minotaur. You believe so? Son of a bitch. Fair play.

Dominate person on it. Okay, so you cast dominate person as an action. Okay. I will tell you now that the spell fails. It's not a person. A monitor is considered a humanoid. It's not a humanoid, it's considered a monstrosity. The other thing I need to check...

Is it? Is a monstrosity. Cool. Let's just check ah is holy aura a concentration spell it is

is dominate person yes they are yeah I can tell you this the holy aura fades oh no the golden light

fades as you desperately try and seize control of Toragar's mind puny little man you can't do anything I'm gonna rip your fucking head off control of Toragar's mind. Puny little man. You can't do anything.

I'm going to rip your fucking head off. Like a wrestler. You stepped on me in the ring. Go one to one. Move, bonus action. That antagonizes them, I assume. I get a little headache doing that. Let's get some wheat, brother! Brother!

Brother! Let's see. No, I do not. Nope, so that's it. Alzra the Voidwalker. Hello. I feel like I'd level the playing field. No, it was, yeah, if he was a person.

No, no, by removing the aura. Oh, I see. Yeah. Hmm. Yes, they need all the help. Not so clutch anymore. I'll just avoid Walker. I would like to cast Vampiric Touch on Arkan.

Okay. At level five. Sure. Oof. So... Spell attack. Wah! 14 plus nine.

23. Just hits him. Yes! So annoying. 5 hits him. Yes! So annoying. 5d6. His DC is so high. 6, 12, 15, 18, 19. Damn, Argeo.

And I get half of that back as health. Yum. You watch as it sucks the energy away from Arkhan's body Fueling your wounds Tasty You just see him like shudder like Come on You can see him like grunting and sweating

You can see him actually sort of like Looking around his eyes a bloodshot The hand is twisted into this sharp claw The hand of Vecna He almost holds it like ah unable to control it for a moment uh is that all you'd like to do alfred um am i still inside the looking up can i like get out just like stand so i'm like standing so but you don't want to move away from no no you want to get out you can do that. Nice. Perfect. Toragar Steelfist.

I tell that you're going to be a problem, so I'm going to deal with you now. Okay. He rages. I think he was already raging, actually. Yeah. It sounds like something he would do. Natural personality trait, yeah. Two huge scimitars,

and then he attempts to gore you with his horns as well. Oh, man. So, first attack is a 17. No. Second attack is a 26. Yeah. Okay, you take 17, 30 damage, 20 damage, sorry, three of which is fire, but I don't think you're...

Oh, no, you have got resistance fire, haven't you? Don't just nod at me. You're wearing that red dragon. Yes, I am. So you do. So you take 17 plus one, so 18 points of damage. Okay, cool. And then the horns for a 28.

You messed with the ball. 19 more points of damage. He kind of slams his head under the stairs, lifts you up for a moment, and then throws you back. Is that all you got? Elora. Elora is an earth elemental right now. She's currently an earth elemental.

I have delegated the running of Elora to Tom Hazel. Yeah, and she's got a lot of spells. She's got three pages of spells. Well, she can't cast spells as an earth elemental I have delegated the running of Allura to Tom Hazel yeah and she's got a lot of spells she's got three pages of spells well she can't cast spells as an earth elemental so in that case

smash um I mean what can she do I guess she wails on Arkham she's just gonna go

for Arkham sure um attack rolls okay I know she's using going to go for Arkham. Sure. Attack rolls. Okay. She uses the elemental stats for the attack. Yes. Boom.

16 was the highest. Nope. Ping. He just raises his feigny to axe, kind of blocking the strikes from the large earth elemental. His own strength immense. Holding back this huge stone beast Bearmoth

Okay, well She's just going to stand there And just Earth elemental it up Just be a wall Is there a space she can stand that would block Arkhan from Elzera? No

You can't really like So she can try and provide cover But Arkhan can just move around and, like, kind of strike her there that way because we're using Theatre of the Mind. There's no, like, choke point that she can just block using her body. Could she just fall onto the grate

and just cover it? Well, ours was out of the grate. I'm out of the grate. Oh, you're out of the grate. Yeah, that's great. All right, well, she's just going to stand there being all earth elementally. Okay.

The manticore on her earth elemental body, are they wilted? Yeah, oh yeah, all of the flowers and stuff Anything living decays very quickly Like ash begins falling off of her stone form The manticore sensing that Cam's spell is no longer active Will change tactics And will start targeting other creatures No, in fact, actually no, it's got an int of 7

It's going to still try and kill Cam Buckle It tries to bite you for a 23. Yeah seven more points of damage It tries to claw you. Yep That's only an eight so that misses Two with its claws that is in there 21 to hit you. Yep. I take another six points of slashing. I'm down. You're down? Oh crap. He watches Cam Buckle and like falls to the ground That is... you have more. Master I have slain this one for you.

Reynard. Reynard. Just gonna bam bam bam bam get through it. I'm kind of down in the pit still but I'm gonna go back just the furthest wall I can from everything. Okay. Oh, remember you've got haste on you, Alza. I have haste. From the black half blade and I will obviously sharpshooter the guy that has Hunter's Mark on him, Arkhan. Let's see if you hit. Okay, 27 minus 5, 23.

27 minus 5 is 22, which is a miss. Damn it! It is! Damn! It is a miss! What about 29 minus 5? That is a hit. That's a hit. 24, yes, that just hit. So one of those hits.

1d8, 2d6, plus 10. Oh god. 3, 8, plus 7, 15, 25. Yep. You hear him like rasp and blood just spurts out of his draconic mouth. He like reaches up with the hand of Vecna, trying to, like, he pulls the bolt loose, but leaves it in for a moment and just staggers. Heavily wounded.

Oh. Oh, good. Can I bonus action anything? Not really. I can vanish. I can use a hide action as a bonus, but what's the point? I'll leave it there. That's my turn.

That's Raynard. That's Raynard. What's Haste doing again? Haste gives you everything, I think. Yeah, I should write him down. Whatever you need, it gives you. Haste is plus two AC. Your speed is doubled.

Advantage on deck saves, and you can make an addition. Oh, Mark's just giving an evil laugh. Advantage on deck saves And you can make an addition Oh Mark's just giving an evil laugh Khaleesa the Erinise Floats above And she sends you a telepathic message If I finish him off

Our deal won't be complete I can't You have to be the ones to deal The final blow And so she's going to aim at Toragar Oh okay No she's actually This is like her being quite nice

Yeah Because she could fuck you over And be like Nah I kill Arkhan Now I don't know who to fuck, she's actually, this is like her being quite nice. Yeah. Because she could fuck you over and be like, no, I kill Arkhan, now I don't know who to fuck all. But she's actually like, hmm, I quite like spending time with you, make sure you kill him. I'll deal with the Minotaur. That one's a crit, a crit, a crit. One's a crit.

A crit, a crit. The other two are misses, but one is a crit, which is a total of... 11. Pass. D8. Oh, that's a 1. 12. Pass poison.

I don't mind if I turn the music down. 23. You can ask Sid to turn the music down if you want. It's on the speaker in here. There you go. Cool. So she strikes Toragar in the neck and this thick poison begins dribbling down his neck. Oh, nice.

And you can see him like, Ah, damn devil! I'll kill you! And he looks up, just angry and fury. You won't escape from me! I'll come for you! Jeez. Arkhan's just like, now's not the time, Toragar.

He stumbles. You see Arkhan reaches down, grabs Kroll's body, brings up the hand of Vecna. It's like, we need to leave now. And he teleports away. Oh! So just Arkcan and... No, Arcan, Toragar, the body of Krull,

and the manticore all... Oh, come on. I mean, do you guys have any reactions to, like, counterspell or anything? Let me see. Stab? I don't know. I guess Allura, being an elemental, can't out and then...

Nope. If you have a reaction to it's a counter spell or... Can we tell where they've gone? Mm-mm. I don't suppose there's any attacks of opportunity from a teleport, is there? Not from a teleport. It's instantaneous. They are no longer in the space to make an attack against them. Oh, God.

Okay. Okay, well yeah You just hear like Khaleesa like Ah Bias modius I should have just Fucked you over

I guess he's still down Isn't he So are we still in Yep We're just going to Stay in initiative So that was Arkans go Juto

Can I Can I This Like look out I don't know can I get to the top and like you just want to make a run

for the top of the tower where the dragon yeah man it'll take some time to get up there it'll take you like a couple of rounds really yeah yeah

to get to the top of the tower you're fighting like the bottom level of the tower to get to the top you would need to like even with your monk speed dashing you'd probably still take you

like two turns to get up there can I look out of a window and see like... There's no windows on this base level. Oh fuck. It's a big iron devil tower. They don't really need windows.

The biggest iron devil tower. Yeah. You can run outside, the main door is here. Can I run out? Heel cam run outside. Heel cam run outside. I mean... Heel cam run outside.

What? Well... What'd you do? I'm, run outside. Heel cam, run outside. I mean... Heel cam, run outside. What? Well, what'd you do? Other peeps. What'd you do? I'm going to go outside. Okay, so you run up to the doors, you kind of push these large, heavy stone doors open, look outside, and you just see this blasted wasteland of Avernus

gathering dust clouds in the distance, red lightning, meteors streaking down against this endless orange dust sky. You see no sign of them. Cam Buckland, your turn. Death saving throw, please. They're not here! Sorry. Seven. Do you want to roll that again? Because Kim threw another dice in at the same time.

I was passing on to him. Just roll again because that was interference. Seventeen. Is it a pass? No failure? Sorry, no. I was passing on to him. Yeah, just roll again, because that was interference. 17. 17 is a pass. No, it's a no failure. Are you trying to get him killed? Sorry, no. I was passing you a dice. You just watch.

It's like you're like, you taste the victory. Like, the death is imminent. He looks that you see Arcan. His last thing was like looking at you. And there is almost this silent like, you will pay. And then he vanishes. It's like screaming. It's like, fuck!

will pay and then he vanishes. I'm just like him a little bit too tight. He smells like feces. I can fucking Good thing I'm not wearing anything below the waist. Well I guess Allura can come out of wild shape. I'm trying to think

what she could do to mega sense a teleport. Like I don't really know myself what someone could do to mega sense a teleport like i don't really know myself what someone could do to uh follow a teleport i mean there's spells like locate person and stuff but what has she got what has she got what has she got she's got i think she's every spell is in this list right now yeah probably because it's not actually done the like

prepared ones anything to track or no this is all prepared this is crazy yeah this is a lot there's tons

scry well I think she will come out of wild shape and cast heal at 6th level

so 70 HP I don't know how much you have total Or if that's just Not a lot Sorry So that was Allura's game Yeah, Allura heals

Reynard So Reynard, he does have some sort of tracking But I'm trying to think what I would let you make it like a survival check. Because you could use your primeval awareness. Hunter's Mark. Oh. Very good.

Good boy. Very good. Tommy boy. Rengar! Is that just like you know the direction of where it went? I have advantage on any wisdom or perception or survival check to find it. Okay. So I guess what's

I'd say it will also give you like a supernatural awareness of like you have a vague sense of where he's gone like you could you could manually track him

even though he's teleported. Primeval awareness as well. Sure. Make a survival check for me. 17 plus survival

24. It's not you can't track him you're not like following tracks but you're just thinking and he must he would have gone somewhere familiar somewhere where he has defences he's likely gone to his camp by the monument to Tiamat where he was originally where you summoned him from I know how far away that is

um several miles to the vague direction of north that is Avernus. Khaleesa's teleported there. Could she? Yeah, she could teleport you. She's teleported you all before. He's gone back to his camp. Khaleesa, you might need to take us there now.

He is very weak. He is very weak. We need to catch him, but he does have more forces there. We should be fast. Are you fit to travel, human? All right, thumbs up. I'm on the floor. She's like,

do you think he's directly in the camp or at the monument? It's a large camp. That's where he's gone. I will take you where I found him before. It's wherever is familiar to him. All right. She pulls off a ring off her finger,

blows through it, and the wind kind of expands into a large gateway. Yes. And she puts the ring back on her finger. Come on, hurry! I have to wait until you've all gone through. Yeah, go. Yep.

Okay, I need to do some quick check, because you're, like, literally pursuing him. Yep. He casts that, which does that. Teleports. Or are you saying he's cast something else that does something else? This is also assuming that we land like on him. Unless we teleport inside him.

Oh my god. Surprise! Well, at the moment, the gateway is open and it leads into his camp. You can see, like, huts made from bones and skin that have been, like, big draped, like, flayed skin has been made into, like, tents. What else would they be making? I mean, you're in hell.

What do you want from me? Just one flower. No. And you can see that there is, you know, you can see that there are creatures beginning to move around in the camp. I can't see them. No, you can see like vague shapes. It's kind of blurry on this side of the gateway.

It's a start. Juto. Yeah. Your turn. Okay, I guess I'll go through the portal. Yeah. Your turn. Okay, I guess I'll go through the portal. Okay. You run through the gateway chasing after, and you see before you a wide

kind of like, a large open flat area with tents on the outside, one of which looks much more elaborate. It's made from larger, kind of maybe like a fallen demon or a dragon or something with this kind of skin material placed over it um four white dragon humanoid shapes like the abishai that you've seen before kind of like are moving out

like preparing weapons and things um they're just basically getting ready for some sort of like attack but they look panicked they look like they've only just been told to get ready. You don't know if there's more of them, you just see four of them beginning to emerge from these tents. You do not see Arkhan, but you do see the Minotaur off in the distance, like maybe about 60 feet in front of the portal, and you would probably see in the very far distance a flying beast creature flying

towards the Tiamat's mountain. Ah, shit. Oh, shit. I mean, it's, you know, the mountain is very fucking far away, but it looks like it's making its way up to, like, a plateau on the mountain. So they're really, like, they're... They would be...

I'll tell you exactly how far they are. They are approximately 180 feet away from your current position. I just feel Abishai? A-B-I-S-H-A-I. I just wrote down their speed, not their dex. That was stupid of me. So that's what you see. So the Abishai are about 40 feet in front of you. Toragar, the Minotaur, is just beyond that.

He sees you and he's just like, Them! Kill them! stop them reaching Arkhan. What would you like to do? This is just Juto still at this point. Yep. He's flown away on a thing. Chang'e is flying him away towards this mountain. Stupid man to call buttface is flying away.

Yeah. Okay, can I... Look, Arkhanza knows when he needs to, like, he's been ambushed and he needs to run. I'm going to start running, so 55 feet. Yeah, you can, so you can, you're acrobatic enough, if you want to go past the Abishai, you can. Yeah. Yeah.

Yep. So 55 and then what's the, is it, I can dash the step of the wind? Like I can double dash or what? Dash is just you take your movement again. Okay. So I take my movement again. Yep. So that's 110 feet in total.

Yep. I mean 110. And then can I do anything? You can take your action to dash again if you wanted to. I'm going to dash again. Okay, so that would put you at 110. What's your normal movement? 55.

So it'd put you at 165. So you're 15 feet behind Arkham, but they are up in the air. But you're just like running. Does step of the wind mean that you don't... That's dashing, isn't it? You're not disengaging. Because you'll get some attack opportunities.

I can disengage or dash. Okay, so if you're choosing to dash, you're going to get... You'll take two opportunity attacks from the Abishai and then from two Abishai, one each. And then Toragar will also

get to swipe it as usual. You basically just barrel past. Okay. Okay, so the Abishai, 21. Oh, yeah. The the Abishai, 21. Oh, yeah. The second one is only an 11, so the 21 is seven slashing damage.

Okay. And then Toragar will make an attack against you as well, which I don't think is going to hit you. It's only a 19. Nope. Nope. So Toragar swings, but you skid underneath him on the dust of Avernus and then just carry on just running after

Arkhan on his mantical back. And you can see, by the way, now that you're closer, you can see Krull is awake, alive again. And is casting a spell on Arkhan. Oh no, he's healing. Arkhan has raised dead, man. He's like, yep,

my friend is dead, heal him. Didn't he take an arm, though? Yes, yeah. Krull is like, healing him, my friend is dead heal him didn't take an arm though yes yeah I like crawl is like like healing him but he is severely injured so that was due toes go can Buckland how do you resume so fast for action to cast raise dead all right I'd grab Raynard and Dimension Door. Okay. Okay, so you Dimension Door through the portal. You can't Dimension Door through another portal. I thought we'd run through the... No, you know.

No, no, this is still an initiative. You can run through the portal, but Reynard's still on the other side. You could... We're still in initiative. So, like, Reynard is like, they're at his camp, and then Khaleesa creates the portal,

and Juto runs through it immediately. I'm going to hold my dimension door until Reynard's on the other side and I can touch him to go through. So you then run through and then you and Reynard are going to bam forward. Okay. Yep. Follow me. Dimension door. Okay.

Yeah, that's absolutely fine. You can do that. How many people can go through a dimension door? I guess I know this. He can carry one other creature with him. Right. Okay. That's cool

alzra um okay i'm just working out what i can do because i've got haste um mike's high level combat so if i go if i go through the portal is that an action no imagine it just connects the two spaces so you're like five feet from the portal. Okay. And then once you just move through it, you're on the other side. So I'll go through the portal. If I go through the portal... Yep.

And then I cast as a bonus action Fighting Spirit, which gives me advantage on attack things. Attack rolls, yeah. Yeah. Yep. And then if I run... And then i've got two times speed so can i run so what's your speed normally it's 30 30 so you go up to 60 feet you go 60 feet that gets you to the minor tour if you want to run past the abishai they get a tax opportunity against you

i'm gonna uh stay with the minor tour but then can i use then i've got another action if you go up to the minor tour the two abishai will get an attack opportunity against you. Are you willing to take that? Sure. No. 14 to hit? No. 18 to hit. Just. Plus two from haste. So it misses. So you get to the Minotaur.

Get to the Minotaur. You nip past them. You're facing the Minotaur. And then I've got plus one action. So then can I shoot my bow? That's just your movement. You've got an action and then you've got your hasted action. And then I've got plus one action, so then can I shoot my bow? That's just your movement, you've got an action and then you've got your hasted action still. So what, two actions? So then can I shoot my bow at Arkhan? So you pull out, what is it, a longbow? Longbow, 120 feet.

150, he's beyond that, but he can go long range, which I think is 600 feet. Uh... Which is disadvantage to attack. It's 600 feet. Yeah, so you can make an attack at Arkham with 600 foot range. But I've got advantage because of my... So that negates the distance. Yes, true.

It does. It negates the... So it's a normal straight roll. Yes, it's a normal roll. He will have a cover bonus from Chang'e the Manticore because he's on this larger creature. Yeah. So, yeah, you can make it.

This is a very difficult shot, but with your ultimate concentration of your samurai training whoo seven plus eight fighting spirit yeah so the first arrow you have another action as haste do it again but you have disadvantage on this one cuz I think fighting spirit is just the next action. Okay! That's an eight. Yeah, another one. And then eight again! Ugh!

Eight plus eight, sixteen. You pull out another arrow desperately, you try and arc it, both of them. Arc it. Just sail apart. That was a hell of an attempt. Hell of a turn. Yeah. The Minotaur looking down at you with your longbow in hands.

Do you think you can kill Master Arcad like that? I'll show you what it means to fight. But he can't kill me, so bring it on! Oh, well, I don't think he can actually kill you, because that was a 15 and a 16. No way, Jose! Then he tries to gore you with his horns. Only a 17.

No! So you're bringing up, like, even though you've got the longbow in your hand, you're, like, diving to the side as he's slamming the scimitars in the ground, kicking up dust. You roll to the side as he charges forward. Oh, so tasty.

Elora. Elora. Christ. Elora, I think, is going to turn into... That's all gone. I don't think she can wild shape anymore because she's already used her elemental form. She only has like two uses.

Yeah, but an elemental form takes both uses. She's got the griffon, doesn't she? I've got that. You've got that. She's also still on the other side of the portal. Yeah, with me still, with Reynard. I mean, yeah, she's going to call for the griffin, which I was going to do anyway.

I was going to give her the griffin. Okay. But I guess the griffin can't really get into range of it, even if it dashed through the portal. Or can it? 80 feet, so it can do 160 if the griffin... So it'd be 20 feet behind Arkham oh so she could

she's basically going to hold action to when she's within range of Arkham right just remember though she can hold her action you're going to give her hers is the last initiative so at the beginning of the new initiative her hold action goes you can't hold an action

into her next turn because she of the new initiative, her hold action goes. You can't hold an action into her next turn. Because she's the last in the initiative. Shall I just delay her turn? I mean, she takes her turn now, but if she can't do anything without the griffin, then she might as well just move through the pool, yeah. Because you can't hold your action if you're the last one in the initiative. I'm next, aren't I?

Yeah, you're the top of a new initiative. Oh, I see. Technically, Chango is actually... He's going to get to move before anything else happens, because like you can't i'm next don't i yeah you're the top of a new initiative oh i see oh i thought technically chango is actually he's going to get to move before anything else happens so they're going to be further away um i mean i think she just waits like i don't think there's anything she can do okay all right so laura just waits on chango's go chango will fly his master another hundred feet so he was 200... I've got to write this down. So he's 280 feet from the portal.

But Juto, you went 160, didn't you? So you were... No, you were 15 feet behind them. So now he's 115 feet from you. 115. I've got like a vague track of where it all is because this is the open mind I went 165 feet

yes which would have put you 15 feet behind his initial position then he moves another 100 as he dashes so you're now 115 feet away from him and he's 280 feet from the portal entrance then it's Reynard's go.

Okay, then I am going to... Oh, sorry. After Allura, I forgot about the new initiative, which was the Abishai. They finish getting ready, they draw their weapons, and all they can do is basically two of them charge Alzrah,

and then two of them move towards the portal where Cam is, basically. But they don't take their actions. They just spend their whole turn moving up. I am had a hold action as well. Is that eliminated because of the new turn? Kind of would be, yes. Yeah, like, you can't really hold an action

into another person's, like, go. But... Why not? Well, I mean, you could, I guess. Like, it's just... It's an annoying way that the rules work in that you would get two goes. Like, if you, at guess. Like, it's just, it's an annoying way that the rules work in that you would get two goes. Like, if you, at the end of your turn, said,

I hold my action until Reynard does a thing, because I know he's first in the initiative. When he does that too, you're like, oh, I'm going to take my hold action. Oh, it's my go now as well. I get two turns, basically. But I did also not do it. But then, yeah, you lose a turn.

Doesn't matter. Like, well, that, yeah, but that's the choice of, you know, that's not the same thing. You're still getting two goes in one initiative order which breaks the action economy it does kind of make sense in pure game mechanics even if it doesn't make sense narratively um just because otherwise you could just always be like i'm gonna move take a bonus action then hold my action until reynards go oh i get two extra actions now like because i get two turns if that makes sense.

Yeah. You are master. Yeah, that's just the way it is. Okay, that makes sense. But the thing is, on this, Reynard, you could be like, I'm going to go up and hold on to Cam, and then on Cam's turn, he'll just Dimension Door. Yeah, so, all right, I'm going to bonus action,

give the griffon to, or summon a griffon for Allura, and then run through the portal to Cam. Okay, yep. And then, yeah, wherever the Dimension Door is, I'm assuming it will put us in range, so once I'm in range of that... That will be your next initiative. At Arcane. Yeah, that will be your next initiative.

Because don't forget, you go before Arcane and stuff as well. Yeah. But not before Chang'e. Yeah. Okay. So after Reynard, Khaleesa, she can't step through the portal until everyone's gone through, and Allura's still on this side, isn't she?

So she has to wait on this side. Arcane on his turn. He doesn't really have anything he can do. He just hunkers down. Juto. Okay. That's what i was looking at so if i if i use my movement to dash that's how many feet so you so dash just lets you move again so it just you just go your movement as a dash. And that's an action, isn't it?

Normally, yes. How high in the air are they? Sorry, hang on. I'm just trying to work out some healing stuff. Oh yeah, continual healing. Yeah, if I get there. I think you get dashed as a bonus action as a monk, don't you? If I use Step of the Wind.

Oh wait, no. No? If I use Step of the Wind. Oh, nice. Oh, wait, no. No, if I use Step of the Wind. Sorry, I'm so sorry. You can spend one key point to take the disengage or dash action as a bonus action. And your jump distance is double. Nice. For strength.

How high in the air are they? How high in the air? I? How high in the air? I mean, I guess it would be Chang'e's movement speed, because he can fly diagonally, because then he's going laterally and horizontally. So we'd say, like, I mean, he'd be 100 feet in the air, I guess, because he'd just go like this. So if I use Step of the Wind...

Yes? ...it lets me to take the dash action as bonus action and my jump distance is doubled. Yes. So does that mean I could get up to them and jump up? What's your strength score? Strength score is 8. So you would double 8, so 16. You can jump 15 feet up in the air. So I can't get up there.

However, I do have air stance. Okay. Which, so, but the thing is, I'd need to bonus action to activate air stance. Mm-hmm. And then cast step of the wind to dash, which gives me a fly speed. Right, but step of the wind is a bonus action. Yeah, so my head's a mess. I can't figure out what to do.

I mean, don't forget, you have multiple turns. So it's like, bonus action, I go into where it starts. Movement, normal movement. Action, dash. So you move twice, you basically go move twice. And then next turn, you can then step in the wind, move, dash, blah, blah, blah. Is there anything I can run up at the moment

or are they above, just above? I mean, they're heading towards, like there is like a mountain because the camp is at the base of like the the like beginnings of the mountain of tmx mountain so there is like mountains but not enough like they're not 100 feet tall mountains you know there's like you know it's beginning to rise up there is a bit of a cliff face but probably not enough that you could run along yeah the distance. 30 feet, and they're not 30 feet within me, are they? So your movement is 55, so you can go 110. So you are 5 feet behind them then.

And would I be able to activate air stance as well? No, no. Remember, it's bonus action to activate the stance. Move, action. You'd bet that should be your whole time. It's just moving within five feet of them and you'd still be on the ground level they'd still be up and then next i can go but then they're gonna start healing aren't they but that's all i can do so i'll do that right so you are now five feet behind them and i've activated this and you've got it activated

yeah five a hundred feet below but five feet like behind them would they be a hundred feet up if they're going to run back i guess not like maybe like, behind them. Would they be 100 feet up if they were going to run the dragon? I guess not. Like, maybe, like, 80 feet. But certainly they'd be quite high up because they'd fly like this. And he's had two movement turns to do it as well. So. Okay.

Cam Buckland. Is Renard next to me? Yep. And you have two of these white dragon men, like, bringing their swords to bear. We've got to go. Got to go. Sorry gotta go. Gotta go. Sorry, guys. Bye.

And how far do you go? 500 feet. 500 feet. Oh, my God. So do you just basically go in the direction they're traveling 500 feet? I want to go onto the Minotaur. Okay.

Right. Yes, you could do that. Okay. Or the Manticore. The Manticore. I know what you meant. I know what you meant. I can best grab on quickly then.

Holy shit. Both of you make acrobatics checks. That's super close. Same result. Acrobatics. Okay. 14. 19. 14, 19. Reynard, you arrive. same result acrobatics okay 14 19 14 19 Reynard

you arrive and you didn't quite expect to be like mid air like on top of this manticore you do land but there's like it's big enough that Arcan and Kral are on it and that's pretty much taking up most of its back Cam you managed to basically

like hook a foot onto the saddle and you're like standing on it and that's pretty much taking up Most of its back. Cam, you managed to Basically like hook a foot onto the Saddle and you're like standing on it like Loosely right next to it. I'm looking to disrupt Yeah, well you disrupt Because Reynard You slip like you immediately grab The manticore's tail and it's Poison barbs like go into your

Hand and you can feel like this slow poison Kind of like coming down. You're holding onto it But you're being whipped around as its tail. The manticore cannot hold all this weight and it's like, it's like dipping badly like, like dropping. But now I'm within range, I guess on the

upswing of its tail, can I just fire crossbow? On your initiative, you absolutely can, yes. I mean, I held an action to shoot when I was within range of it. That's true, you did. So I guess I'm trying to shoot. Sure, disadvantage. Yeah, I figured. I'm not sharpshooting this.

I don't think I even could if I wanted to. 16 plus 14. 30, even with disadvantage. Swinging from a manticore's tail. The second shot. 23. Seriously second shot. 23. Seriously, 23. I rolled a 9 plus 14.

Yeah, I guess you would be able to make two attacks because even... That was with the disadvantage. And I've got a Hantler's Mark on him too. You do, yeah. No sharpshooter though. No sharpshooter. That was no sharpshooter. Nice.

2, 4, six, plus seven. Just give me a total, man. Thirteen and a second attack. Twenty-three, thirty, thirty-seven total damage. Okay, hang on. Thirty-seven total damage. Yes. Is that on Arcan? On Arcan, yeah.

While swinging from this Manticore Tail. Love it. Did the poison do anything to me? Ooh, I mean it wouldn't have done anything more, you're already at disadvantage, but I was going to make you do a constitution saving throw. But I don't think it's going to matter. Nope. I mean, 37, yeah?

That was absolute total damage? Yeah. Is any of that fire, poison, and it's a magical weapon, isn't it? It's a magical weapon. It's thunder damage. Thunder damage. Yeah? Then you can't resist any of it. Nope. So you swing, and like flipping back on the thing of this thing, you wait until the flick brings you up to the highest point. You bring the crossbow up. Cam, like, you're like,

Cam, like, throws his head down. Arkham turns behind you. Your eyes meet, and you just... He just pitches, and his body just... Oh, my God. Krull, who looks incredibly weak is like no uh it's his body just oh my god yes that is a way to go nice very good fucking held action fucking hell oh well done with disadvantage as well r Ranger! Holy shit! You basically hear like a popping sound. Khaleesa jumps through the portal.

We're still technically initiative just because there's a couple of little things that can be wrapped up here. There's a ton of other things going on. Khaleesa pops through just as she sees and you just hear her like, Yes! As Arkhan's body just thump! And you just hear this like distant poof! From dust, Arvernus dust that flies up into the air no he does not land probably lands pretty close in front of you though awkward

uh she is however going to shoot at the Abishais um who are currently looking where did Cam and Reinhardt go they're like, both arrows. In fact, she gets three arrows. All three attacks hit. I'm just going to have her basically like annihilate one of them. Jesus.

Pumps it full of full of arrows and poison. Yeah. As it just rides on the ground, unable to do anything. It would have been Arkham's go next and he was absolutely going to try and

fucking knock Cam off or you off or something but he's dead now I guess is Kroll in the initiative I need to roll Kroll's initiative so I'll put Kroll now because he got a 17 which actually would have put him above just after Reynard.

So he sees this. He sees Arca and 4, and he just is like, no, no. No. No. No. Keep saying no until I find what to do. No. No.

No. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Oh, my God. I played that And Milo my cat Ripped the hell out He was just like what is that Get me out of here Oh well He looks at you Reynard

And he just raises His one good hand and whispers A dark speech Make a constitution saving throw. Oh, God. He's going to make me just let go. 19 plus constitution. Oh.

21. You're going to take half damage. Oh. Whatever. I've got tons of HP. Sure. He doesn't like that. I've still got 120.

I'll never look better. Do you know the only thing that's hit me in this whole combat is an average eye? I've only taken seven points of damage. It's so annoying. I know. I think the 120 I've got, I don't think I've been hit by anything in this Arcane, because I've just been on the upper level. Yeah, it's just because also you ambushed him so hard.

Poor Cam. It's all right, bud. Worth it. Yeah. That was a hell of a Dimension Door, though. Yeah. Yeah. Right onto the whatever it is. On to Manticore. It's Cam was a hell of a Dimension Door though. Yeah.

Right onto the, uh, whatever it is. On to Manticore. It's Cam plays, man. Manticore, yeah. Right, so it'd be half of 42, you take 21 necrotic damage. Okay. Uh, as a Blight spell ravages your body. God.

And Kroll is just like, die! Die! That's what that feels like! Not fucking around! Do you like that? Do you like that? Do you like that? Do you like that?

Uh, how high is the Manticore now? Yeah, it's like dipping down. I'd say it's like 60 feet. Can I go up and attack Krull? How are you going to go 60 feet up? Because Aerostance, Step of the Wind, I can fly. Okay, sure. I can fly 55 up.

So can I attack Krull? yeah you you get up to it and you can see him like channeling like palpatine die blacklight i think i had a turn since we came out the we came out the portal you came out the port you rushed up yeah you shot the longbow yeah and i think we've done a round yeah I flew, because my second turn I flew. I ran and activated air stance. And then these boys held their action and that happened. I think Juto's had two turns since. I'm top of the round, I think.

You're not top of the round. No. Don't forget, we started this combat midway through, so it was Cam. Chang'e is the top, is the Manticore. He moved. Reynard did the shot. So for me, it was like, because you... I went through the floor.ore he moved reynard did the shot so for me it was like because you when is so cam moved out cam's on it yet when how did i miss you then because i've

also technically missed torre got an allura then yeah how did i do that i know it was the whole action that maybe yeah elora's elora's like dying i think that there's definitely been some weird stuff of like oh i think my hold action? Yeah, Elora's done it. I think that there's definitely been some weird stuff of like... Oh, I think my hold action has confused it. I think it is still Juto's go. I think so. If Alzarone everyone is after Juto, then I think that's correct. Yeah, I think so.

I think it's, yeah. Okay, yeah. Yeah, so Juto's go. Because it's Juto, Cam, and then... Okay, sorry. So I've bonus action gone up. Because I've stepped the wind up. So I've bonus action gone up. I've stepped the wind up. So I will attack.

First attack is 16 to hit crawl. 16 does not hit crawl. It's natural armor. His shell protects him. He's not in his shell. It's just his natural, like him having the shell. 20 to hit. That definitely does hit him.

He has one hit point. You kill him. Ray's dead puts you on one hit point, man. Like, he's just like, you stab him through the chest. In the already open wound that we made for him. Yep. He was a zombie for a bit.

Yeah, he was. A little bit. A little bit. He's not had a great day. No, he's not. What happens is we've now got a turtle shell, like, asteroid falling down the other side now.

I guess it would be falling off the thing. And the Manticore is turning, now aware that its master's dead and fallen off. Very angry. So, Cambachland. Then it's Alzra. Then it's the Minotaur. Because you and the Minotaur are going to have a fight. Yes, boy! You're not out of this yet, bud!

This Manticore is not happy. You're like surfing the saddle. So in proximity I'm in touching distance of Reynard, right? And the Manticore. I mean, I had a foot in the saddle. You've got a foot in the saddle, so you're on top of like the Manticore. You're like riding the fucking manticore like a cool guy yeah reynard is its tail snakes back and reynard is like holding onto the back of the tail with these barbs in his hands one hand on a crossbow like whoa i really get to it you could but you'd have to go out onto the tail you'd have to like climb down the manticore's tail to reach him or you could just let go and try and grab Raynard

as you fly backwards. Just open your arms. Raynard! Can you get yourself out of this? Possibly. Possibly. I'm going to get onto the saddle

of the Manticore grip him by his eyes Okay. And just ram him to point him down. So you just want to try and basically force the Manticore to fly down. That's brutal. I love it.

Cast Death Ward on myself. So he's crashing him. You cannot control the Manticore and cast Death Ward. He's legit crashing him. You can do one or the other. You can either try and force the Manticore to cast Death Wall You can do one or the other You can either try and force the Manticore to go down Are you trying movement to get into the saddle? Yeah you can do that

But then like He doesn't give a shit about you You're going to have to try and either Force him down through force of will Making some sort of check To be like down And literally drive him down He's not like a rocket

he has it's a living being it can go no Doctor Strange you were trying to blind it by just yeah or like

if you want to try and blind like cause it pain that'd be like an attack roll fuck it yeah I'm just going to use my action then

to just like attack it or do you want to just try and like force him down I'm going to just force him down okay with by stabbing him in the neck so you're making an attack then yeah to attack it or do you want to just try and force him down? I'm going to just force him down. Okay.

By stabbing him in the neck. So you're making an attack then? Yeah. Okay, make an attack. If you hit, you can have your 1d6 of sneak attack. You're essentially Squish the cat. Squish the cat. Stop.

Like the song. 5 plus 8. 13. 13 is actually a miss. It's AC is 14. You can have advantage. Yeah, I'd say you can have advantage. You're mounting the thing.

18. Yeah, 18 hits. 26. So that's a d4 plus 3. That's 6 points of force damage. Now make an intimidation check. Okay. You've also got a sneak attack.

Yeah, don't forget your d6 is a sneak attack. Oh, yeah! So that is 5. So 9 total. So that's a d6 plus 3. That's a d6 plus 3. That's a d6 plus 3. That's a d6 plus 3 also got a sneak attack. Yeah, don't forget your d6 a sneak Oh, yeah, so that is five to nine total and then intimidate out Wow

not one Damn stab It's just like like shaking trying to shake you loose like a pair of fleas. Oh my god. Not going well, Raynard! Alzrah. Right. You and like, this Minotaur, and like a cool like, the dust is like billowing,

and there's all these bone tents around. This is all happening elsewhere, but you've currently got your longbow, your like, sword sheath, and this Minotaur is just like, stomping his feet like, I'm gonna rip off your face. Give it a try, I'm gonna raise my hand and cast level four blight. Oh, there you go.

Constitution saving throw, Moneyshom. 17. He has a plus nine. 27. Ah, half damage, eight d8. Oh, that's a lot of d8. Seven, 12, 15, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 d8. Seven, 12, five, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22,

and that is... I'm fucking great, I'm fucking great. So you need two more, so 22, 20, 30, 15. 15 points? Yarr. And this you've got bonus action. So he kind of like ravages his body And then he kind of stands just smouldering

Like this necrotic energy just lingering off him And he's just like Was that supposed to tickle? I'm going to cast Fighting Spirit And give myself an extra 5 temporary HP Okay Because I feel like I'm going to need it You still have advantage in your next attack roll against him as well

So like next time you get that as well. His go He will attempt to clobber you I feel like this isn't gonna end well boys 27 to hit. Oh no. Yeah. Well, let's see if this takes you down. So it's 17 plus three fire damage, so 20. That's 20. Yep. Yep.

I'm conscious. No, no, no, I'm good. Second attack is a 25 to hit. Yep. That's another 20 points. That's exactly lethal. It's exactly lethal. It's exactly lethal.

So the first blow, like the scimitar blow, cuts you across the face. Yeah. The second one, he jabs into your abdomen. And then as you go down, he picks you up and... Two death saving throws. He is not walking around now. He's got a big skull as well.

He just like... Rips you. He wants blood. Good play. Elora's good. Elora sees all of this. She's still behind the portal I think. No she did go through I think. Is it kind of like a ball being let loose in a bull phone ring?

She is going to get on the... Wait what? Just go. So Elora gets on the griffon. On the griffon and I'm assuming that the griffon is like now just listening to her command rather than... Sure. The griffin can dash up for like 160 feet.

Yeah, sure. But while it's going past, she's going to use like big level spell, level 8 eel. Wow. On Alistair? That's Alistair, right? It's like a million. Wow. 90.

90 hit points back for Alistair. Wait. Back from the death. She's back. Now she's back. So she just barrel rolls through. So close. Big heel. Leave us alone.

Damn it. I rise up like a mummy. Chando the Manticore. Like the Undertaker. Yeah. Both of you make strength saving throws. He spins and thrashes, throws his body around. Disadvantage with poison?

No, I didn't make you do a saving throw. You're tough. Just roll a 17. 17? 11. Okay. You hold on. You've got the dagger in his side.

He barrel rolls. You're like, yeah. You come up and you're like, I'm still on! And then you just hear, no! As Reynard just plummets. You were 60 feet up, Reynard. Oh, and I just land straight away. Yeah, like, 60 feet fall.

I mean, do you have Feather Fall of Reaction to do anything? Nope. Just look at him. You just watch. 10, nine... Twenty-two bludgeoning damage. Okay. But I mean, at the speed we're going... I mean, you're not going

that fast. Like, the manticore's kind of slowed down. Okay. And then he will attempt to focus on Cambuckland. He can't really bite or claw you. All he can try and do is thrash you with his tail for a sixteen to hit. Nope. So this tail All he can try and do is thrash you with his tail for a 16 to hit. No.

Say this tail is thrashing, trying to spike you, and you're like... Quit hitting yourself, bro. You killed my master, I'll kill you. Okay. Reynardo. Right. I guess with my massive landing, can I see if I can sort of control my landing? Like I roll a couple of times and then start running

yeah absolutely you kind of like hit the ground superhero style somehow survive shatter your shins go straight up it makes no sense that he could survive this fall but sure I imagine it like the Deadpool fall

where he does superhero learning and it just goes all a bit cracky and wibbly but he's still he's still okay Yeah, I guess I said that the hunters mark moves when our can dies, right I Think I lose it. Does it take a bonus action to move it? No, it doesn't it doesn't it's just a reaction when it died Sure, then it just then yeah, you know, actually I think when it dies I can use a bonus action Yeah on a subsequent turn to move it. So I'm going to move the Hunter's Mark onto the Thoi. Manticore. Manticore.

And I'm going to Sharpshooter. How far away is it from me now? It's like right above me. It's 60 feet. I'm going to Sharpshooter. Okay. Okay. Okay.

8, 14, 22, minus 5, 17. 17 hits. The other one was like 4 million. Sure, I trust you. Boom! 5, 6, plus 7, 13, plus 10, 23 on the first one. You're my number one 16 plus 10 Raynard's damage is 23

another 33 on the second shot the man's got dice it just erupts in bullets and shreds and it begins plummeting towards the ground that was like 60 damage can I

is it who's goes next I mean it's at the end of Reynards, really, as the Manticore begins plummeting. Make a...

Can you make it out of this one? 10. Juto, make a dexterity saving throw. Oh my god. Dex save. Like a speeding bullet,

she just rushes in. 29. You fucking grab Cam as he's falling. He's like he reaches out and you like grab his hand

as the mantical body just crashes into the ground. Amazing. And you're holding Cam who's just like flailing in the air. I knew you'd come.

Thanks. Just like old times my friend. Indeed. But now it's just Al's run Yeah And Alora Khaleesa will basically

Telepathically say like We should leave Now So the Tiamat's dragons Will probably soon Be coming Can I quickly

Can I loot Can I loot On your turn sure But that's Khaleesa is just like I'll prepare a portal We should leave now And then she Empties three arrows Into the other Abishai Just like Can I loot? Can I loot? On your turn, sure. But Khaleesa is just like, I'll prepare a portal. We should leave now.

And then she empties three arrows into the other Abishai. Just like, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam. Nice. But we should leave quickly. Do not tarry. Do bring me the hand if you wish an extra reward. Oh, yeah.

Yeah? Yeah, I'll do. Who's trying to save me? It is. It would be Arkans. It would be Kral. They're all dead. Two toes. All dead. So you fly down to Arkans It is. It would be Arkans. It would be Krolls. They're all dead. Two toes.

I'm dead. So you fly down to Arkans' body. Yeah. Okay. So you see this, like, broken Dragonborn man. He has a huge skull battle axe in one hand. He wears ornate black obsidian plate armor. And then his hand is just there, this withered claw.

and then his hand is just there, this withered claw. The join just around the wrist is mutated and flesh like as it bonds scale to necrotic flesh. Yeah, I guess can I start cutting it with Chainbreaker? You just one... It almost parts. Like as the blade connects, it just... Oh, that's a good dodge. Uncanny dodge. And runs away.

Oh no, oh no. Oh no, oh no. The number one. Perhaps you will prove stronger than the dragonborn. Can I skewer it on the end of my guandao? So I'm not touching it. So I'm carrying it on the end of my guandao? So I'm not touching it.

So I'm carrying it, but not touching it. You can just hear this faint voice, but you don't feel any influence yet. Okay, Zat, so you just get the hands. Hand rend, crown rend. I know, why is it me? Why is it always me? You watch as Juto is like... You gotta be careful with that, Juto!

Yes, it's already begun speaking to me. Excellent. Need a lift? Yes, I think we should go to Kalesa. All right. See you right now. How the fuck am I going to get back? Do you want to do a Juto Dimension door back? It's going to take me like four turns to get back.

Yeah, I could just dash, bro. No, he's taking Juto now.. Yeah, I could just dash, bro. No. He's taking a detour now. You know, in the middle of a desert. I'm just like, this is a hell desert. Yeah. There's a sort of asteroid lands next to me. God.

Alzra. Mallow. The fucking battle continues. All your wounds heal. You're on the ground. As you see this Minotaur bringing both blades up, ready to deliver the final blow. He looks confused as your eyes open.

And he looks down. Hey, buddy. I'm going to get up. Do I chance it? I'm going to chance it with nine lives, I think. I'm going to try and take his soul. Incredibly long katana blade with the glowing runes. Go for it.

I'm going to attack twice. So you have advantage. And you have advantage on the first strike because of fighting spirit. That's a two. You have advantage. Come on, come on. Can I try? I mean, you have the second attack.

Second attack. I'm going to try again. Fuck, it's so shit no add it up you never know so that's plus 8 6 plus 8

14 14 you have a hasted action do I still have haste yeah uh not ever oh wow

it's concentration from me and I make your constitution save a 3 16 plus constitution, yep. Okay. You still have it, so you can make two more attacks. I can make two more attacks! Fucking idiots!

13 plus 6... That's a hit. 19. 19. Yep, it's a hit. It's not a crit. Not a crit, so that'll be a d8 plus 3 on that one. I'll just box that in now. That's gone under your thing, but I've done that. That's 8. 8 damage. 8 more points.

And I'm gonna try again! Come on boys, come on, come on, come on. Augh! Fuck, it's 18. 18 hits? No crit. No crit. You just wanna suck that soul!

I want that soul! I want the juicy soul! So that is 11. So that's 19. Two cut! This kind of flurry of, like, strikes. Ping! Ping!

Ping! Ping! Ping! That's 19. Two cut. This kind of flurry of strikes. Ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping. As you're kind of like, he's deflecting with his two scimitars as the blades just clash against each other. But you get these two gashes along him that just cause him to howl even louder. On his turn, he's going to try and hit you back in the throes of his rage.

First scimitar is a 14 to hit. No way, Jose. Second scimitar is a 17 to hit. No way, Jose. Goring with his horns is a 21 to hit. That way, Jose. Second scimitar is a 17 to hit. No way, Jose. Goring with his horns is a 21 to hit. Where's the horns, man? 19 points of damage. Nice.

Let's go. She's got so much energy now. Elora. Pain fills me. Elora. Elora, I believe, gashed 100 feet or something. 160 from the portal, so where am I in relation to that? You were 200 and something.

You were 280. So she's 120 in front. I guess. So the griffon dashes. The griffon is just going to barrel towards me and try and pick me up. Elora reaches a hand out. She pulls you up onto the griffon. And then, sure, Elora's going to shoot.

Okay. Like a million feet away with her moonbow at the thing that the Abishai yeah there's two more Abishais

who are basically looking very confused and running towards the greater impact and she just gets one shot doesn't she or does she get two she gets two actually

sure I'll just she gets two and that's disadvantage so 13 on that one nope oh 25 hits second one hits holy crap 1d6 plus 6 11 damage 11 damage to one of the this radiant arrow just kind of flies through the air you'd think he'd dodge it but apparently he doesn't just from nowhere how is that possible manticore is dead reynard your go uh i guess you can see by the way so reynard actually on your

turn even though i'm though you didn't use your primeval awareness but you've used it before and you know how many dragons are in that mountain and you hear the roar

and it's not it's not the roar of a normal dragon it is the roar of the queen of dragons as this five five voices combine into one

and this roar just bellows out, almost followed by, you can almost hear it like a whisper in amongst the roar in your head. My champion. Fly, my children. Flay them. Bring them to me to feast.

Gotta go. I guess Allura is in control of the griffin now, so I can't move with it. Nope. I'm on in control of the griffin now, so I can't move with it. Nope. I'm on the back of the griffin, so again, just... Two long shots. Two sharpshooter long shots. Sure.

Disadvantage. No. The second one. No. No. The arrows range from the sky. I was shooting like 300 feet, though. The second one. No. But the arrows range from the sky. I was shooting like

300 feet though. Khaleesa will basically just start, will finish the one off that Ellora shot. But you can see more Abishai coming out of the tents as well.

Like, it's basically like an army is beginning to swarm and prepare itself. Oh my god. Khaleesa, actually no, Khaleesa, actually no, Khaleesa sends in the

every, she's not going to shoot the Abishai. She pulls her ring off, creates the portal and then goes through it. And it's like, I suggest you hurry.

Oh, I thought, oh god, I thought if she, I thought if she went through it, that she would. No,

no, she's gone through it but she's now holding it open from the other side. They're both dead. Juto. So where did Cam dimension doors to? Right by the portal.

By the portal. Yep. Door-to-door service. Yeah, I'm going through. Okay, Cam. I'm going through. I also go through. Alzra.

So you just leave Alzra behind the line. Oh, wait, no, no, no, no, no, no. Yeah, yeah, absolutely. Alzra, they just turn the portal and you're like... But you're kind of like, this is your moment. This is your kill. It's way cooler. No, I want this

one-on-one fight to finish. You go, I was like, you have this, Alza. Yes! You took your turns. I was like, what are you doing?

You're like, throw the portal. Can I just give her a fist bump while I wait for Alza? As I see all of that going on, I'm like, go for the ball. Can I just give her a fist bump while I wait for her? No, no, no. Fist bump. Fist bump. Fist bump. As I see all of that going on, I'm like, it's through.

Say, how's it going? I'm like, I finished this real fucking quick. How's brah? It's fucking mine at all. Oh, man. Finish him. Finish, finish, finish. Right.

I'm just going to cast level 5 Blight on this dude. 9d8. Oh my god So, con 17, see if we play You're like, fuck the sword, blight motherfucker Blight time, I gotta go, gotta dash You drop your sword, you raise your fist God, he has plus 9, 17

Woah! Yep So that's, that's just 9 It's a half. Yeah. Eight, ten, fifteen, sixteen, twenty-seven, thirty, fifteen. Count all the dice. Just in case. What?

I think you just counted some D8s from this. No, no, no, I counted one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. I've counted one less actually. Nine. Thirty-eight. So yeah, I killed him. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Yeah. I've got one less, actually. Nine. Yeah, you said it's nine, so yeah, that's it. 38, OK. So 38 halves, 15, 19. He is still up.

Oh my god. Very injured, but he's just like, if it's the last thing I do, I'm gonna kill you. No! Stupid goth. Oi! Oh!

Wow. That's all this place is. Oh, natural 20 on the first one, natural one on the second. So the 20 you are gonna take, dee, dee, dee, dee, 12, 22, plus... Oh! That's double sixes.

That is... 12, 12, 24, 34... 37 points of damage from the crit! That's fine. And then with his horns he hits you again... for another 19. Maths. 46, 56.

56. That's bad, 56. 56. That's bad but it's a bang. Like the first hit like nearly cleaves into you, you roll with a blow but then he knocks you back on the horns again. Those horns are not fair dude! Laura Griffin. 160 feet. Yeah 160. I'm assuming the Griffin can just dash. Yeah. So 160 so I get the now. You're 120 from the portal. 120 from the portal. That's another initiative, right?

I mean, she raises the moonbow at the Abishai, but then Reynard, like, lowers it. 120 feet? The moonbow's in range. I know it is.

Oh, okay. I mean, she's also, Reynard can see. Dun-dun-dun-dun-dun! I want this duel to happen. Okay, so Re Serena's like No You mean the Minotaur

Yeah yeah yeah The Minotaur yeah Well Is there any extras Yeah there's Abishai and stuff Yeah Oh then But the Minotaur

Minotaur and Alzera Are having this I guess you'll shoot At the Ads Anyone that approaches The jewel Fine she's like

Basically between you And Elora You're stopping the Abishai From rushing Alzera You're like pinning them Down and stuff We're all here for you rushing Alzrah. You're, like, pinning them down and stuff. We're all here for you, bub. Basically, Alzrah, fucking take your go.

Yeah. We just want to see this epic clash. Can I just, on my list, just stick my head back out? No. And then just come back in again? I suppose you could do, yeah. Just to see what's going on. I'm going to go for the sword again.

You and Cam can just step outside just to watch. They're still fighting. I want his soul. 18. You have haste, don't you? Yeah, this is our first two attacks. First two attacks, 18 plus 8. That's going to hit. Okay, and then 7 plus 8. No, 15.

Okay. This is a mega fast one. Try again. 14 plus 8. That's going to hit, but no soul suffering. I love that it's all of this. Two hits. It's the Minotaur that's causing us the most problems.

I don't think it's causing... So that's 2d8. If all of us teamed up on it, we'd be able to get it. Yeah. I think that's a good idea. I love that soul socket. Two hits. It's the Minotaur that's causing us the most problems. I don't think it's causing... So that's 2d8. Well, I mean, if all of us teamed up on him then...

The thing is, is the Minotaur didn't take 120 points of damage in the first round of combat. Like, Arken didn't get to do a ton of cool stuff, unfortunately. How much health does he have? Eleven! That's a lot. A lot. Uh... So what are you doing now?

It's 11 damageos with my 9 life... Steel and Longsword! Is that all of your attacks? Because you've got a bonus action as well. No, I used my bonus action to... Thingy. But you had double action. You had double action.

Yeah, I've used it. So wait, how many attacks have you made? I made... You made four attacks. I made four attacks, but only two of them hit. Yeah. So I rolled twice. So I got 11 damage.

I thought you were rolling. She did it right. I did it right, Tom. Okay. If you score a critical hit, which you did not. However, you basically, you wait. Like, the first blow knocks him off guard, and then you just step forward and one through his chest,

twist, pull it out twist and he's just like I thought well I can you did duel over run with that

you escape through Khaleesa's portal as she shuts it just as well what do you mean you all you guys as well bye but Reynard

you turn around to see like the sky is darkened by the number of dragons coming out of the mountain. If Arkan had made it to the mountain, you're not sure you would have probably been able to finish him off. Yeah. Oh. Sid?

Hello? Oh, the music's away from battle now. Oh, I see. We're in safety now. I just thought Sid was like, Mac, the music's away from battle now Oh, I see We're in safety now I just thought Sid was like, Mac And I was like, mm But yeah, you see the sky darken As hundreds of dragons begin filling it

Oh boy And as the Reynard, you and Allura Are the last ones who are in the griffin Khaleesa snatches the ring Puts it back on her finger And the portal shuts Arkhan's dead, we need to get out of here A lot of dragons.

Tons of them. Oh, don't worry, my dear. We're quite far. There's no fear. They're dragons. They move very fast. Yes, they won't be coming here. Don't worry.

Tiamat knows her place. If we had remained in the area, I'm sure that she would have tried to see us killed. But don't worry. We're fine here. Well, in that case... Where is here? Oh, I've brought you to somewhere where i did promise your

aid and now that your side of things is complete i've brought you to roughly where you need to go a little pit stop if you will right this is uh welcome to this is fort knucklebone it's run by by something of a strange woman. Is something amusing to you? No, no. Pitstop Fort Knucklebone. Yes, Fort Knucklebone. I mean, I didn't know it. It was named by the mad hag who runs it. Yeah.

I'd like to think that all the adrenaline of the battle has just ruined Raynard. He's been some shit. It's like Breaking Bad. I'm just wailing with laughter. Now, my dear, I believe that you have something that me and Asmodeus are interested in. Why is this thing talking to me? It possesses a small fragment of the Lich Vecna's personality, I believe. It desires people to wield it.

What exactly can it do? I don't believe I saw Arkhan use it. Well, you did. His teleportation ability comes from the hand. It has necromantic powers, spells. It invigorates the wearer, makes the wielder, makes them stronger, gives them control over various things.

Hmm. I can see why it's valuable. Oh, yes. Very. So what's the reward for the bonus, you know? Well, that's for us to discuss, isn't it? What would you like? What can you give?

Consider the gratitude of Asmodeus. Very expansive. Well, can you just pick up our friend Trelemar And bring him to us now Well, I could, I could bring you his Hell Knight form But I don't think you'd like that Can you remove his Hell Knight form? Sadly, no

His soul contract is being held by someone I don't know who I kind of want to keep the hand, you know I mean, you could And earn the ire of Asmodeus. But, expansive reward. Think of it this way. Asmodeus has vaults of artifacts.

He has hordes of wealth. We can provide you with a devil to help your services. We could provide something, well, a bit more interesting for you if you prefer. I've already agreed to help you track down the ledgers and the holophant. But what if there was a prize beyond

your actions here in Avernus? You must have things that you wish to see accomplished after you've recovered your friend's contract. Life is pretty good until hell happened. I believe you have a family, do you not? What if I could give you riches

beyond your dreams? We'd live like a king. I'd end up like him. Who wants to end up like that? No offence. I think a lot of people would. Yes. You mean handsome, successful, talented? That's your own opinion. Cam, you hear in your mind yes you mean handsome successful talented that's your own opinion very Cam

you hear in your mind you know we could give you we could make you so much better than him we could give you your faded athleticism back we could make you more attractive

we could make you more handsome more charming we could make you strong handsome, more charming, we could make you strong. I don't really want those things from a devil because you're all... no offence, probably don't have the best opinion on attractiveness. I think I'm already up there and I'm secured so I don't need to appeal to anyone else, thank you.

You're so very brave putting on this fake act. Do you think that your wife really wants this? Do you think your child wants to go out and look up with this? She's settled with a plus. You're a shell of who you used to be.

Far from a shell, I've got quite a lot on me now, so. A fatty one perhaps. She said it. She's going to make you better than you used to be. You're a fatty shell. For all of your jokes, all of your deflections, you know that we can give you exactly what you want. Why not just give in? You've already helped us murder.

Do you really think that whatever god you served is really going to help you? She's just going to let you die like everyone else. We can make you and your family live forever. Deal with you. No thanks. You're so inclined you wouldn't have to deal with me. But am I really so atrocious? I've helped your allies. I'm offering you power. And you're in my mind, being annoying. No thanks.

She looks at you, Juto. You know what we've discussed. We could help you provide that. I could track down the person you were looking for. Could make sure that he never amounts to anything here in the Hells. You cannot help us retrieve Trelemar's soul. I can help you retrieve it. I will accompany you. The difficulty is that whatever your friend's contract is, it's involved in Zariel's plans.

Whatever she is planning, it's involved in that. And as Modius, he can't get involved in those plans. He can certainly turn a blind eye to you mortals getting involved, and your assistance in dealing with Arkhan will favor that, but he cannot directly get involved. Even I can't really be seen to be aiding you against Zariel herself. But we have relics. I can provide you with the knights, great magical weapons wielded by knights used against fiends. I could provide you with spellbooks of wizards

more powerful than you can dream. We can grant wishes. Is that in return for the... For the hand. Yes. A fucking wish. What? I mean, you could wish for anything. A fucking wish. What? I mean,

you could wish for anything. We could wish... I wish to not be a fatty shell, Reina. That's what you wish. That is easy. That can be several months of high work out.

Is she saying this in the open, by the way? I can help you with that. Some things. Like, so when she was talking to Juto, that was out in the open. The conversation with Cam

where she was insulting Cam is very much private. Alistair, I mean, she looks at you and is like, I'm sure that you must be tempted by the hand, but I can promise you that Asmodeus would give far greater rewards. I'm sure he does. Yes, he would. It's like wiping blood from my nose.

Oh, you are an incredibly fearsome warrior. Asmodeus would very much like to have you as a champion. Well, I have missed the glory of combat, I will admit. It could make you stronger. It could make you faster. We could make it so that nobody takes anything from you ever again. Could I find out more about my sword and how to extract these souls from it? Oh, yes. Oh, most certainly. We could give you similar armaments, if that's what you wish.

We could give you the power to command devils. We could give you incredible power. More power than any of these others assembled here. We could bequeath you years of experience in an instant. We can give you the powers of the hells themselves. I do like it here. Well, you don't necessarily need to converse with your companions about a hand for these things. We could make a pact, you and I. Not something as

foolish as what this Trelemar has done. A real pact. What would that entail? Well, it would entail your soul would be held by myself, and in exchange, we would give you the power of the nine hells, the power of Asmodeus. You would be able to live out your life with an extended life, perhaps, shall we say, double what you would expect as a human, perhaps triple, and then once you die, you become a servant for Rismodius. Not a pathetic little creature wandering around the wastes. A real devil, like me.

Not a coin? No, no coin. Not for you. What a waste that would be. You would be truly powerful. You and I could be sisters. We'll wage the demon, we'll wage the blood war together. Forever. Sounds fun.

Sounds really fun. It is. Oh, it is, my dear. And I can tell that you're not the type to give in to the moral scruples of this lot. Morals left me a long time ago. I've made some bad choices. You are truly at home here, Azra. I do like it here.

Think on it. All you must simply do is tell me that you wish to agree to the pact. I'll see how far this goes. Very well. She looks around the rest of you. You're welcome to keep the hand. Honestly, you take that back to the mortal realms and you'll have heroes of your own hunting you down, trying to destroy it.

Or you can give it to me and Asmodeus, we'll lock it away so that nobody can get it, and you get something in return. I hardly call that a temptation, it seems just like a smart business deal to me. I am for giving it to you, I am just working out what it is we can get in exchange. What do you want? Apart from being able to directly give you Trelemar's soul contract, I can provide nearly anything. A war machine.

Even with a wish? A wish would be separate. We can provide you a casting of the spell, if that's what you require. Could we wish for Trelemar's soul, Mark? Unlikely that you would be able to wish directly for it.

The difficulty with that is it would likely conjure whatever creature holds Trelemar's soul contract to you. It will give us the means to get it back. Yes. And if that soul contract is held by Zariel, as potent as you are, I would not wager your chances against her. She was one of the greatest angels that fell from the heavens, and now she serves as an incredible commander for Asmodeus' army. She is violent, hateful, powerful.

I wonder perhaps if we should ask for armaments, weapons, armor to make her stronger. Lend a hand for a hand. A hand for an arm. Are you able to touch that thing? Is it toxic?

What's wrong with it? I don't know. It just started talking to me, and so... So you're just holding it with a skewered... I don't really want to touch it. I don't... You know my history with hands talking to me. You're doing all the right things.

You've created boundaries. Perfect. Keep create boundaries. Perfect. Keep your distance. Exactly. A relic for a relic most certainly is possible. One relic for one relic? Hmm.

Of equal power. Of equal power. I may perhaps ask for one other thing as well. You may ask. I do not promise I will give it. Is the thing kind of like in a rigor mortis state it's you it kind of occasionally just but very softly and slowly hmm I'm gonna touch it? Oh, God. I knew you would. Oh, Chris Trott. If Juta allows me, if it's on her Gwanda.

No, I think I would probably, if I see it, I would probably move my Gwanda out of the way. Okay. Yeah, you try and move it. You don't touch it, but as soon as your hand draws close, you do hear this kind of like, yes. No. touch it but as soon as your hand draws close you do hear this kind of like yes no join me to you and i will give you power over death thing is where would i join it would i just put it in the middle of my chest remove your weekend give it to me i need both for good reasons

you need nothing. I don't want you going anywhere near it. Okay. Alright, no one touched the thing. I'm not planning on touching it. I've already resisted crown room once. She's done. But what can we hope for miss void walker i do not recognize these hand gestures you're showing me what hand gestures i missed it completely she's being quite rude it's okay i can already imagine them i missed it as well yeah i totally missed what i was good what cam was

gonna do is pose it into a middle finger to hand back. But I don't think that's worth it. I'm not really sure what relic we could hope for from the hand. Is Mark looking up? I'm looking at stuff. Is there a shopping list you can provide us? Not entirely. There are many things.

There are many relics. There is powerful things that I can provide you. But it depends on what you want. If you wish a weapon, there is the Holy Avenger, once carried by a most mighty warrior, a paladin. It is most effective in a similar creature's hands, a paladin of justice, but in any hands it is an

anathema to fiends. We cannot stand its light and holiness, as Modius had it locked away in case it was used against him. However, well, let's just say that we would prefer creatures that we know we can handle having such a thing rather than the hand of Vecna. Vecna is... Vecna was a powerful little cretin, one that threatened to become a god himself.

Let us just say that Asmodeus does not quite have the same fears for any of you what happened to the rest of him Vecna the hand and I he lost a hand and an eye to a creature called Cass a vampire that was his most righteous lieutenant But as always, Vecna's reach grew far too far. In a world called Tal'Dorei, a group of adventurers slew him as he nearly ascended to godhood. Now he is

gone, but whether that is forever, I do not know. And all of his power is in the hand, and that's all that's left of him? The power holds only but a fragment of it. It is powerful, but not as powerful as when joined with the eye, which is missing. There is a few things I could provide that, if you do not prefer the holy adventure,

there is a curious little trinket, a deck of cards. Nope. Nope. Nope. Please keep talking. I've heard about this thing, and nope, a deck of cards. Nope. Nope. Please keep talking. I've heard about this thing, and nope, that's a nope. The deck of many things. It can provide many sorts of... In the gambling circuit, we avoid that at all costs. It's been a myth.

Anyway. There is a dragon orb, an orb of dragon kind we could provide. We have the red dragon orb in Asmodeus' possession. What does that do? Each orb contains the essence of an evil dragon. When you hold it, you can peer into the

orb's depths and speak its command word. Once you control it, you can access many spells and things that it can do, but also you can call dragons to its aid. You can actually command some of them. Let me just try and run away from a load of dragons.

Yeah, but only red ones would this aid you against. I think Holy Avenger has a nice ring to it, and also we are avenging our dear friend, are we not? He's dead. We've all got our weapons I feel like then if you do not wish a relic perhaps we can provide something else could we have all of our weapons empowered

tricky to do I would need to take you to Bell's forge and Bell is a curious one instead we could perhaps provide one of you with a sort of it is a spell of sorts

it's it improves one's experience with the world it makes you more knowledgeable it refines your skills we could make with the world. It makes you more knowledgeable. It refines your skills. We could make... We could increase your...

We could increase your stamina or we could increase your strength, your agility. Of course, that increase. I'm already fast enough. So... Of course you are. I'm already confident enough. I'm already confident enough.

Oh, this would be beyond your normal limits. This would accelerate you beyond what you mortals are capable of. This would be demonic power. If we were talking numbers, what would they be?

Let's see. It is a pretty big relic why don't we say a plus four beyond your stat so it would take us I'd give you an extra plus two I'd be on twenty four

charisma or dex twenty four dex you'd be on twenty four dex even more dexy this power could only provide it to one of you of course

is this something we can all have The more Dex-y. This power could only provide it to one of you, of course. Is it something we can all have? I don't know, is there? Could we not split it so we all get a little stat boost? Well, there is five of you. So, no. There are perhaps two of you to a lesser extent. But there are many weapons we could provide.

Like I said, if there are things that you require. What would Allura say? I don't know. What would Allura say? No idea. I think we should just hand the hand back and just get on with our day. Flowers. Not that dumb.

I don't know. I don't know what she'd say. She's not dumb, but. I wonder if we should perhaps discuss this off stream. Yeah, sure. Just to like... Yeah, you don't have to do it now. Yeah, I don't know what bonus we could all get out of it. Yeah, like...

Well, for the most part, there isn't any. Like, it's going to be either some sort of magic weapon, or one of you will get like a core stat boost, one of you can get an experience boost. Is there anything we could get that would help Cam stay alive more? I could increase his vigor to make him more resilient. There is armor, weapons, if he wishes to protect himself. Mary's armor, weapons, if he wishes to protect

himself I could increase his knowledge and experience, that might help protect him for a bit I think I'm wise enough You don't want to wise up? I don't want

trickery and power to come from hell into me What trickery has there been? I have not tricked you once. Have I not been as true to my word as I could? Have I not been to the law? She could have killed Arkhan herself and not rewarded us. She could have closed the portal and left us there to Tiamat.

Yeah, but she wants the hand. My master wishes to keep the hand away from more petty mortals, quite frankly. The fact is, is to me, you're all so... You're full of so much potential. You all have things that you want. Devils, people treat us as if we're some manipulators, as if we're here to cajole and convince mortals, you know, trick them into giving things away.

Mortals don't give away anything that they're not willing to exchange for something. We are temptation. Yeah, the deal's usually in your favour. Of course, that is the nature of temptation. We make the deal as favourable as possible, but if the mortal was not tempted in the first place

there would be no deal. Yeah, but you tip it over the edge, it's not equal. Does not the merchant make his prices so that he gains a profit? The merchant does not buy low and sell high. Yeah, but they're not dealing with their soul. No, but just money. It's just another commodity.

I wish for a rest. If that is your price for the hand? No, my dear. I did not think so. Yes, well, Fort Knucklebone is the place where you may rest here. You are safe. Maggie is insane, but she is loyal to Erzmodia,

since she will not attack you while you are here. Not under my word, anyway. There are some strange folk around. They will also leave you alone, but they are strange. Kenku and all sorts of bizarre creatures that i don't quite understand but we will provide i will be able to provide you with transportation i can also take you directly to at least one of the locations if you wish it's your choice whether you wish to go for the ledgers or the holophant first one i cannot teleport you to we will have to take mundane

transportation there the other other I can. Whichever will get us to the sole contract quicker. I don't know the answer to that unfortunately. I can merely take you to the places

you wish to be. I do not know who holds your friend's contract. The ledgers. The ledgers. Yeah. Perhaps.

The ledgers I can teleport you to. Okay. Would that be well I guess we rest now. I would recommend it.

You seem to be a little worn down. Yes. Yeah, a little. Okay. We'll figure out what we need to get in return for the Hand of Vecna. Yeah. Yeah, you guys take a long rest.

As always, resting here on Avernus, there there is no nice rest you are plagued by nightmares the little sleep you manage to get is is fitful and disturbed you can never be comfortable here the the hot weather the sounds of the meteors streaking across the sky, screams, the sounds of war just echo all around you all the time. Any food you consume tastes like dust and ash. Any water you drink, it's salted. Are you just waiting for someone to talk? No, I'm just describing how horrible it is.

It is hell. You were just going and going. Alzra, the Khaleesa basically will join you where you sleep and is very obvious with her interest in you. She's just looking at you. Yeah, but she like playfully kind of like grins her fangs, her tail kind of like twists in the air and she comes and sticks with you and basically what do you have you considered my offer yet I'm

still considering it's very it's very tempting and would you like a taste does it cost anything no no okay okay she places a hand on yours very gently almost not softly but intimately like she kind of like strokes the back of your hand let me just

flush a little bit tee hee hee tee hee hee I want spiels I want D&D Beyond Uh, Wi-Fi Uh What happens on goal?

Oh, we're gonna find out I'm waiting for D&D Beyond to catch her up She touches your hand And you feel this Rush of power Just kind of flood through you. You hold out your hand and you can feel this energy. And she points at a kind of miserable looking creature, a kind of little gnome like. It's like a gnome, but it's got this vicious twisted grin

and these heavy iron boots and a little red hat and it looks wicked and it kind of spits at you when it looks at you and as she touches your hand she just says reach out with this power and you feel this power and you know that it comes from the hell itself like it kind of rushes into your blood fills your body with power my god and she basically says like and then you hear this word in infernal and you know that if you whisper this word and focus it will kill the thing you are looking at i do it you utter a word of power the creature looks up at you and then it just it up at you, and then it just, it kind of blinks, and then it, and then it just collapses dead. Like, immediately, instantly dead.

You just cast Power Word Kill, a 9th level spell. Wow. Jesus. It's like a tutorial area. Instanced. Oh my god. Holy shit. Oh my god. This shit. Oh my god!

This is amazing! Which one? Which god? There is only one, sure is. Dor. I could even replay although you have gained your many skills fighting, I could replace it with knowledge. You could become

the greatest warlock of Ismodeus. You have the potential. I can feel it! This is amazing! Or you could retain your martial training. The power that you would gain would be lesser. But all of those years toiling away for the Raven Queen, I can warp them, twist them, to become years in service of Asmodeus. And I can give you more. And it just costs my soul. to become years in service of Asmodeus, and I can give you more. And it just costs my soul?

I mean, but what even is that? Like I said, you will live for 200 years in the mortal world, free to do whatever you wish. I will not impose anything on you. I might send you a few things now and then that if you wish to do them, you'll gain rewards for. And then once you die, you come here. When she glances around, you've already said that you feel at home here. Yeah.

We would fight together. We would slay demons together and serve our Lord Asmodeus. Yeah. So what is the cost of a soul, really? It's just a soul, really. It doesn't really do anything. Those are the terms. You just have to say you agree.

I'm snoring. I just whisper, I agree. Rhiannon, would you like to become a 20th level warlock? Yes! Oh my god. What the hell? We'll make that for next time. Holy shit.

20th level warlock. Yep. 20th level. I mean, she did just sell her soul, though. Yeah, but I mean, the benefits. Holy shit. Vast Raynaud suddenly sits up. Here!

Oh, she's good. She's fucking good. So long, Orca. Clara. Fuck the Raven Queen. See you later. See you later. She's out.

Boom! Just take Caleb Idol. Who's Orca? Orca is a type of whale. Orca is a type of whale, Tom. I worship Orca Lord of Whales Shamu

What's his name? Shamu Free Willy What's he called? Orcus Orcus Orcus Demon Lord of the Undead

Orca Lord of Whales I thought it was plural It was just a bunch of Orcas So wasn't it Orcus? No Lord of Wales! I thought it was plural! It was just a bunch of orcas! Fuck, no! Wasn't it orcas? No, it was Raven Queen. Raven Queen. She was like a really

fucked up Cleric of the Raven Queen. But now, she's a 20th level Fiend-packed Warlock of Asmodeus! Oh my god! Yeah! Would you gain 4 levels out of that as well? Yeah. Do we get any experience for killing Arkhan and all those boobs?

Yeah. Do we get a level up? No. We are far from leveling up. Do you want to give the hand in exchange for one of you getting a level up? You can fight amongst each other about who gets it. I mean, I currently have the hand, so... Oh!

No. Get that cheeky extra level, Juto. Would you? That'd be level 17. What was 17? Oh, what could you get at level 17? What do we get at level 17? Oh, just give the hand of it and it's always worth it.

What do we get at 17? While everybody's sleeping. While everybody's sleeping. While the humans sleep. Foolish humans. I don't think I get. Filthy, disgusting humans. If I got to 18, I could get empty body.

Well, guess what? If you go to level 17 and then you level up again, you'd be level 18. I get, like, nothing. I'd want to double level up. No. Then, no. I think you like being a devil too much.

I fucking love being a devil. I love just being that little whispering, like, oh, do you want to do this? Go on. It's, at the end of the day, we're just here to be temptations. Like, it's up to the mortal if they take it. They don't have to just say yes.

Definitely doesn't have any repercussions. Definitely isn't going to come back and bite in some other way. Nah, 20th level. Worth it. Worth it, mate. Hashtag worth it. 20th level for 200 years

and then after that whatever live up as a demon yeah forever forever yep in the service of his

he got everything he wanted out of that yep yeah yeah gg new game well I think

we'll wrap things up there then because I think we're going to need some time to devalue and also Katie's not here so it's a bit of a bit of a shorter one today

but hey cool battle with Arkan you guys had him so low like from that

first thing of combat like I should have teleported him away like ages ago but I just thought like oh if I can get

Asura down I can get Alistair down, I can focus on everybody else. See, he had you down. Oh yeah, like twice. He was going to Finger of Death, which basically would have turned you into a zombie, which means you can't be resurrected. No! Until he's killed, basically.

And then basically turn on everybody else. And then just be like, right, now fight everyone else. But yeah, I'm else just gonna get it whether these aren't final stats that I've been using these stats might change for the actual full book so if you're like at home

and you're like I've worked it out that Arcane has 245 hit points or whatever just keep in mind that that might change is that what you had for us? I'm not gonna say and also that battle did take like, what, six days? Well, it's also because it was like,

it was like we ambushed, it was like you fought the army, did that, had a rest, did the ambush in Arkhan, and then you basically turned into a chase battle going after him through the thing. That was cool. Three phases.

That was really cool. I was shitting myself during that chase bit. I was just like, oh God. Honestly, so it describes in the book, it basically says like, it would be foolish of the adventurers to attack the monument

of Tiamat and it's like, the sky is darkened by dragons. Oh god. It's like, really fucking bad. Yeah.

I wish I could find it, like, there's a section, there's just a bit that it reads that is like, don't fucking do this. But yeah yeah the other thing i was quite interested in is obviously you guys were all about we're going to ambush our cam because that's what kalisa's told us to do

if you had spoken to our can he absolutely would have said like betray the devil and i'll help you find the thing like i'll work with you and we'll find it well that is something that other people can other people can do absolutely And he would have been like I need you to do this instead, like you know, if you're going to work with her she wants you to kill me, I want you to do this instead. But, yeah. That would have been another path that it could have

taken. D&D. That's awesome. D&D, man. That's why I love this game. Arkhand Down. Arkhand Down. Hey, thanks very much everybody for watching at home. We've been High Rollers, Lightful's Descent. Thanks very much. We stream every Sunday before this one over on our channel. You can check it out three hours before.

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myself and Tom and Katie will be at PAX West in a couple of weeks. Yes. So if you're going to PAX West, please do come see us. Say hi. We've got a signing on the Friday

and then a panel on the Saturday. I should have been talking about that this whole time we've been doing the show. Never mind. We'll see you next week. Bye. See you.

Bye. Have a good week. Bye. Hey, everyone. Thanks for listening to this episode of Lightfall The Descent. Once again, a massive thank you never mind we'll see you next week bye bye have a good week bye hey everyone thanks for listening to this episode of Lightfall The Descent once again

a massive thank you to Wizards of the Coast for making this possible this series will return next week as we receive our reward and continue our journey to find Trelimar's

soul contract we'll see you then