Legends of Avantris - Beneath Dark Wings | Ep. 21 | Hoot and Holler: Part 1

Episode Date: October 30, 2024

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Hey men, welcome to Legends of Adventress. I'm Toa Kamenui, and you're listening to Beneath Park Wings. Here's sort of what happened last time. The tribe elders held a competition to figure out who would go out into the world and find these wind spirits. It seems as if your spirits, though, are with the windbenders? Are you alarmed by this? We'll wait until we have a meeting tonight, and then we can get some rest. He thinks we're so powerful that he made us his elite.

destroyers called the wings of the raven. That's true. We are his sworn warriors to bring peace to the land, through the power of friendship. I believe that our task was actually to protect one of the seals, and I do not believe that that has anything to do with what is happening here. And suddenly here is... And some sort of explosion directly above you. And you see a number of owl Erakokra, swords drawn as they fly around scanning.

Some are going after us cutting down civilians in the town. There are creatures, large, that seem to be in the shape of an owl, but formed from storm clouds, as they fly around and boom with each wing beat. You guys handle the square! I'm gonna go save as many people as they can! Reinforcements are coming and keep fighting. Come on, come on! Wait, we got to abandon the town!

I'll start to run. I have a tunnel! Pull it closed and the door slams shut as you are in a tunnel in complete darkness. You all, you all are standing in darkness. As a long tunnel goes deep into the earth, as you hear the sliding of stone and wood, as the trap door to the secret tunnel hidden behind a huge barrel in the cellar of this air,

slammed shut. And it is just the six of you. Many, many, many, many figures are holding torches walking ahead, and it is just you and warriors' heart that are left in this end in the back. And you, as the torches, light flickers, you see that her fur is matted with blood. She's been scraped up. There's a large

gash going down alongside her neck into her armor. It's hard to tell exactly how much damage that she's taken, how much injury she's sustained. She says, come on, we have to go. We have to see how many people survived. And she starts to live forward with her shield and her sword still drawn. And she guides you for time. What do you guys do? Are you okay? Do you need any kind of healing. Oh, she looks terrible. I can't heal you, but just let me know if you need healing. He would be like, ouchies. I'm fine. I'm fine. It's okay. Hold up. Can I check her out? She's, I'm trying to run behind her, but also inspect her and see, like, if she's limping or if she could use some healing or... Oh, she'd make a medicine check for that. I'll look at Lifty.

Do you, do you mind? And I just grab her. and try to carry her. She's... Very respectfully. Make a persuasion check. I got 13 for medicine. What I told me? Four.

Oh. Four. She starts to struggle against you as Persia likes to do, no, I don't need to be carried. And she eventually gives in to being picked up in carry. But you... But she's not happy, though. It is just to make it quicker. Don't worry.

And Hersia, I think with that medicine check, you look and you see that, from what you can tell, there doesn't seem to be anything horribly fatal, but you can tell that there's definitely some gouges and her armor in the weak points where she's taking a good number of hails, and she's looking, you can see the blood running down her leg and down her orange tail. I'm going to put a hand on her shoulder and say, Don't worry, I'll make sure he doesn't do that I can. And I'll pump 10 points of laying on hands into her. Okay.

You do that. And so, as you are led down the tunnel, you see that that heart keeps looking back, and she's like, I think I see that we're not good enough. I just, I hope they don't come after us. Do we have, do we have time? I might be able to help seal it up better. What can you do?

Anything? Anything? I just need 10 minutes. How big is the tunnel? It's, it is narrow. It's probably at most like six feet tall. Like you actually probably more like five. Oh, I got this. And like you have to be ducking to all make your way.

Yeah, no problem. I got this. I'm going to take 10 minutes to cast fabricate. I can just convert raw materials into product to the same material. So I'm just going to ask her if everyone has made it in and we're not expecting anyone else to come this way. I can seal this off for good. I think this is going to be it. All right.

Everyone stand back. It's going to take me some time. If you meander ahead, I'll catch up. And I'm going to take 10 minutes to cast fabricate and convert raw materials into a 10-foot cube, I guess, which is less than what I need or more than what I need. to just seal off the wall with dirt, unless it's made of dirt and stone, I can do whatever. You know, okay. Depends on what's around me, I suppose. Yeah, and so what's the radius on there?

It's, well, I can cast at a range of 120 feet. The cast in times 10 feet, the duration is instantaneous, and it says that I can fabricate a large or smaller object contained within a 10-foot cube or 8-foot-connected five-foot cubes. Okay. So, it's a big 10-foot cube. You channel your transmutation. I'm drawing.

my dagger to draw on the ground and like draw a circle. Yeah, so you draw a circle and your dagger is slicing through the earth. And then once you finally finish channeling and finishing drawing those magical arcane ruins, it glows with this silver light as does your dagger. And suddenly you hear this soft rumbling as the earth around you moves and it looks as if there's just a random dead end in the dirt. and it would look the same to any Eric poker on the other side. All right.

I should do it. I don't know you could do that. I'm still working on it. It's a newer thing. I'm working on it. Yeah, it's tiring, but hopefully it'll hold. We should be right for now. Oh, well, thank you.

I'm not used to applause, I guess. No, that was really cool. Thanks. Did anyone else survive? Do we know yet? We got as many survivors as you could. Fartnachs isn't looking good. Yeah, get him out here.

Rip fart knox. Do you fucking guys? You're the living. You try to plow. And then Richie just... It's just... You did this. You put anus and fart knocks in the same thing you made.

You know. And says, That lizard folk cleric, thanks to you all, we managed to save a lot more of the civilians and our forces, but it's bad. They got the jump on us

and I look at us, didn't even see them coming. I don't even know how they knew we were here. Do you think that there was someone that informed them? I don't know. I mean, I got the, from the message from Badger Ten

that they had heard some strange rumblings and that I didn't hear another word from them. that's not good that's not good at all I mean we know that the Eric Okra are just watching everything at all times

see I mean of course it's possible there's some sort of a leak or an informant but it's hard to know with how much they see

well let's try to hurry if we can I forgot I'm still hoping her right yeah you're rolling her I hope Vonnox is okay she tells yeah me too as

um as she nods, but there's a look of grim there's a little kind of you're going to welcome to be neat very

you know and she did we walk down the tunnel yeah let's get going you've been walking down here

you've been following there's some torchlight flickering down the tunnel and she just we've been happy because they keep to the trees we've used the underground to make sure that the invite us now that it doesn't seem to be

working. This is desperate but I really think that you guys are the heroes and the saviors that the bird man promised. The Ravenman. Zern. She's referring to the high gentleman. Oh, so not more of a figurative birdman. Yes, correct. Well, suppose he could turn into more of a literal bird man. As you're all led through, she mentions that about how they used the underground. It was no longer working. The tunnel continues deep into the earth, the roots growing through from the trees above,

these massive roots from the trees that are far more colossal than anything you are used to. And it winds through the earth and probably 30 minutes of walking later. you see the flickering towards light of the individual ahead of you start to rise upward and then disappear. And then it continues and continues. Eventually you arrive at a small hatch that is swung open and you can see the darkened canopy of the forest above here. As soon as you arrive, a huge thornymy furry hand reaches in and you see Uwanda's Fearbold face looking at you and he says, well, let us see you all survived.

I high-fived the hand. And he just grabs your hand as you high-five and he just grabs it and he yanks you up. And he yanks you up and then assists at pulling all of you out and you are- I'll climb out with my cap-tops. With your climbing speed. Yeah. climbing speed. Oh, no, no.

I just did my nose. Make it exterior saving throw. Oh, Jesus. Oh, no. And then I keep trying to climb until I successfully get out of the dam. Oh, no, no, I meant to grab his hand, to dodge his hand, because he's not registering at all. So you are easily grabbing out?

No, no, I easily would have said, don't, don't help me, I will climb out myself. Okay, so he like grabs at you and then say, oh, never mind. And you easily climb out. of the hole, and you all dust yourself off. And as you see, you're in a very, very dense thick of vines and brambles and bushes, as you hear flapping overhead, and you look back behind you and you see the glow of the burning of the rich behind you well off

into the distance about a mile away. And you look around you and there are, There are a few huddled figures known to backseat, Fearbol, the occasional lizard folk. This is a remnant of the villagers that you can see. As you, let me change the music, as the quiet kind of returns, and you are sitting there and, change the music of your point, some wincey goodness some wimsy goodiesies

some wuzzness some wimsy goodies I'll take one woosy goodsie please that should be what the money is called in the root campaign is what's he goes

so you like a car of my fruit sorry the you search to see the rays of dawn peeking through

the canopy of the forest as it seems the darkened silhouettes of these ally or co-cro begin to swarm around you rather than descending they're flying off returning up

the tops of the trees with the smoldering village behind you I need everyone to make a second check-law No good. Uh, Jesus. I got a four. Okay.

Is it perception? Perception? I got a nine. Right? Jeez. Louise. Well. I got a nine as well.

Okay. 16. Iris. You, as you approach, after narrowly dodging Mwanda's awkward hand, you manage to perch yourself up and dust yourself off. And as everyone else is kind of scrambling and kind of awkwardly being heat up, your cat senses focus and your eyes narrow and you start to see off into the distance. Points through the forest.

A faint red glow, orangey glow off to one side. And then several miles away and then several miles away as if there are a number of villages by all the message. I will relay the message. That message everyone. I don't know. I mean, this is, this was coordinated.

They, they know everything. They must. If they attack to the villages, do we know if this one's safe? Has it been any sign? Are we in a village? No, you're just in a thicket. Oh, oh, right.

You're like outside of the village. You're outside. Okay. In the forest. Are there any nearby villages, that look like they haven't been affected? She looks over and you see as there is, there's two notes that are holding a slumped figure, just completely gushing with blood, and as a heart immediately runs over, and you see a hood fall back,

you see green scales, and originally, I swear to God. You see green scales as you see a lizard folk with the throat almost fully torn out by a town strike stabbed in various places and as heart runs over to him and umanda puts a hand on her shoulder and uh shakes his head and you see that the clawed scaly hand raises up and clutches something. And as- It's still alive, whatever this thing is? He's barely alive. It's far-knocks, right?

It's far-nox. Cool, I'm going to cast Spare the Dying. Okay, you do that. And so as he begins- No, actually, I'm going to run over and I'm going to cast Death Ward. Okay. Does that? It prevents him from dying.

Oh. And so as you, as you see, You see him gurgling and blood is pouring out. You see him raise up and he looks at heart and places a... Places something in her paw and she clutches it and he says, Oh, Hurt them all. And Iris runs up and your paws touch his scales.

And all of a sudden, this almost unnatural still surround the immediate area as your paws glow with this swirling teal mixed with this gold light as it washes over Farnox. And as his eyes start to roll back, suddenly you see that there is almost a stasis that he's put stillness of the tomb, but yet you look, there's a p-a-blood stops. His eyes do not roll back, and he seems to be preserving a state of however that spell works. Can you happen? If he drops zero, he just goes to like one hit point you think is out.

Okay. So then... It's not the one that I did on the little girl part prevents them from... Or it gives them additional time to be raised. So anything that would have knocked him unconscious, it wouldn't be unconscious. Got it. You have one of his... It's a fourth level spell.

Got it. So you run over and you do that. And his eyes roll back and as it drops, he looked at you, Iris. And he says, Well, with a name like that, darling, I couldn't let you go anywhere. Please. Iris, can you help him? Of course.

Can you make him okay? I will do my very best. If he's got some kind of horrible infliction on him that's going to stay on him for days on end, but it could take time and he could slip away in the night. Do we take him to this garden place where's the garden far now? We should not take him any. that there could be additional danger, one hit and his. My magic has only stayed at the hand of death for a mere moment.

If I had to guess that the garden he's referring to is the capital city of the Erakowra. He wants us to burn them all. And I'm feeling quite weak, and I'm not sure about the rest of you, but my magics are... It's been a long night. Expelled. I'm gonna say, just make sure he doesn't die. And I'm gonna turn. And I just want to start looking for other people that are like sick or hurt and like hand them water and stuff and rations.

Did we make it through a full rest last night and then we were awoken in the early morning or did we not make it through? I don't think. No, you guys got there like during the day and so I think you did get in my notes. I've, but then like we were awoken by these nights. I've only got one of each spell slot used up from last time. So I, we must have rested at some point because you got a long match and then. I would have burned everything's night because you got there like during the day, like, the afternoon. And then you slept basically into late night.

I used most of my friends. And that's, okay, so the Nets 1-30 from a low. Okay. So we've definitely been doing some things. Yeah. I feel like pretty bloodied. Was that early morning? We said we saw the sun rays peeking through.

Are they going to bed? Is that why they're all flying to the top? This is around the time they go to sleep, right? Yeah. Oh, yes. Yes, this is the character voice I'm using for that. Sorry.

Hard, hard character. How do this? I'm going to use my last third level to read golden energy and cast mass healing word on everyone. Okay. So you see a number of individuals. Six, up to six creatures.

So I'll determine who seems to be the most wounded, not casting it on myself if people need to not be healed. Because I'm fine for help. Okay. So you find the most injured of everyone that's there. There's some people that are dripping of blood. Even after that lay on hands,

because the heart is actually one of these individuals that needs the healing word, and it radiates out. And as this golden glow kind of illuminates this, just briefly, you see that just how in one of the rough shape. Hold on, give me a second. Because we're not in combat right now, right? Nope.

It seems as if they're flying off. I'm going to use my life. My pearl of power to regain a spell flog. Bingo-bang. I'm going to cast I'm going to cast Beacon of Hope first. Oh, yeah.

And then I'm going to do it so it's max feeling. Nice. Okay. So you see this pillar of sand appear around Iris and the light glows out and bades over these huddled figures.

These civilians that look almost on the verge of death as they all as their wounds close up and there's a calm that you hear murmuring and whimpering from everyone around you there's tragic

tragic loss of life their wife, their homes, everything. These people have lost. So you would all get nine points of healing. Now, darlings, how to... You lot? Who's feeling the worst? I'm fine.

But thank you for asking. I'm like a 30%. I'm still like kind of kind of run around. I'm still bloody. You can see I'm still bloody. I'm like bleeding. But I can help you too, especially if your magic still up. I have some resources still left.

Did you need any help? I feel okay, but I look good. So it's okay. And I'm going to take my three second level spells last, and I'm going to cast. cure wounds on the three of them. So you guys will get... And it's max, though, right?

21. Healing each of you. Funny. No, no, wait. If anybody else, needs additional help. Oh, it's so tired. She just can't expect anyone. And I just kind of look at her. I don't actually look tired, but I look at her like,

is she going to listen to me? She can do something. No, no, I want to heal. I just don't know. Okay, Donna. Who needs, how are you guys feeling? Good, I'm good. I'm fine. I'm, thank you. Are you hope? Oh, no, I've just got allergies.

I'll cast a second level cure wounds on... You got blood in my allergies. That's really good. That's good. I don't know what you're going to kick it out. Yeah, that's not supposed to happen. I run over to her and I pat her on the back kind of aggressively, not knowing my own strength, and I pop to second level cure wounds into her.

So if that, the beacon of hope is still going, it is. It is. It will be 18 points of the healing. Wow. Thank you so much, darling. After healing a lot. How are you, how are the rest of you healing? I still have some resources that can be expanded for going to be marching on. Oh, I'm fine.

I have my own magic. And he places a hand on a heart shoulder to see him. the last of his energy was green glow. As throwing his clothes out, a bit of a little more, is like, oh, that's the last one. And thank you for saving four months. I think he was talking about where his people come from.

The garden. And where is that? And a heart nods slowly, and she says, Pardon a renewal. It's where the worshippers of Gareks reside. Magic protects them from the eyes of the court. But no non-believers are supposed to. We have this.

And she opens up her paw, and you see that there is a beautifully crafted pendant that seems to be made of rudy in gold. of some reptilian eye with a vertical pupil that seems to be connected to a chain. And there's a soft glow to it. Red and... It would probably be best if I carried about it. Hergis just started sweating. Lovely.

You see. I'm the most strong of elements. It's actually pretty light. You do look really strong, though. You're not taller than I am. Yes, I am. I would like that thing. If you look on the verge of death,

it would be shame if something happened to you. What do you have that on? Make a persuasion check. Awkwardly enjoyed this conversation. That's a persuasion? Yep. Uh, 12. She says,

Um, well, you have a lot of shiny gold stuff, and I think that I... That is exactly the point, my dad. It was. Hard, don't feel like you have to give that up. What? Not give it to you. Keep it. Sometimes I don't listen to her and it's okay.

I just get a peeting leader for it. She just aggressively ignores me. Exactly what her just say. That's the worst thing could happen. Just hang on to it. It's, it'll be safe for you. You'll keep it safe. Well, she's very magical and very wise and very rich.

She might be able to tell you something about it. What do you think I'm going to do with it? I'm not going to steal it. Oh, you. My entire point is Farnox over there, almost perished. Had I not saved his life, If something would happen to you when I was not there, you could doubt them. If anyone should have the incredibly beautiful, golden, inexpensive, magical thing that can get us into somewhere,

should be the cleric. You, I guess you are. No, I didn't even seek of that. Make it for Swayton check your advantage. 16. 16. She says, she looks down in it and says, well, I guess I don't know how to talk to creepy lizard god worshipers.

None of us do that. Here, you can use your magic. Thank you. And she hands it over. Where am I going to put this creepy eye over? The rubies gorgeous. And she looks at this. That's the worst.

Literally what I do. She looks at all of you and she says, well, we're going to have to figure out how to get to the garden if that's where we want to go. But, I mean, you guys are the ones that were set by the Ravenman. You're the heroes. What do you want to do? I don't think we know how to get there. I mean, very rudely wake up Farnax and give us directions. But I think we need to let him sleep.

You just leave like a twirl of blood and then they'll follow us. Oh like recrams? Yeah, but blood calms. I'm not sure. I'm not going to lie to you, but I say that I... I don't say that. I do not think that we should be attempting to give Farnock's the ability to follow. He might feel pressure to do so and he's not in any kind of health to be venturing on this journey with us.

He gave me this Ruby Trindlet. I'm sorry, he gave me... Oh, this is Ruby Trinion. Because he knows we needed to get into the barricles. He would not have done that if he planned on joining us. And... That's true. Based on how close he was to deck,

I don't think that it would be wise to do so. He was going to stay away there. One of the other random critters. He healed up a few of them. How many villagers are there around us? around us. There's probably like 15. Wow.

Um... Well, I think certainly we need to get some rest. We should try to sleep if we can. You, oh, you've, most of you have used most of your power. I think Felix might be okay, but... Never better. I think for you to gain your strength back. I would not have expended all of those spell slots if you were just going to rest.

Well, if you think you'd think you'd just... If you're feeling up to it, we could at least perhaps travel there. And it may be safer in the daylight now that they're going to bed. Now that it's morning, is it like approaching morning? Yeah. So as you're all sitting here discussing, I all have both of you roll medicine checks because you were going around and helping. Everyone will say it's advantage from Irisis Heelan.

Oh, nice. Dirty 20. Dirty 20. I love it. 16. 16. So you have all basically triage the whole situation, all of the things. villagers are somehow covered in wounds, even burns and some wounds, but none no longer,

none look on the verge of death anymore. And you, um, as you look up, you see this the, the sun is rising higher in the sky. As the sun is rising higher and higher, uh, it seems to be past dawn, but, uh, the sun is rising quickly. I'll leave it up to you. I think you, you just healed this all up, but if everyone's feeling okay, I'll feel all right, I think. Linda, should we, are you coming with us? Should we move when every, and they're all asleep?

Well, I think at the very least, I can, I won't come with you. Can you be a little louder, Mike? Oh, yes. I'm having hard to have hearing you, sorry. I will come with you, yes. And who will stay with all of these poor defenceless villages? I think it is best

that they get to have to, the forest. There's quite literally no reason for them to sail here any longer. If the rebellion has for the most part been squashed and if our job now is to be the muscle for the rebellion then we should not have these creatures here just as fodder for the birds they should get out. What do you think for next? Well, uh, heart, do you know this garden is? I have an idea, yeah. I was always a place that I was told to stay away from and it wasn't good for heretics and

non-believers to wander into, but... It sounds like you're the only one who has any idea where we might be going, and I gotta be honest. I voiced my opinion last time we talked about this. The garden probably has the power that we need to do what we have to do, but there is going to be a lot of bloodshed and death. If we do what Farnox wants and we go to the garden, there's going to be a lot of burning.

I want to help these people. I just don't want to commit genocide to do it. Wait, so he wants us to burn, burn the garden? I think he wants to go to the garden and burn all of the, the bird people. Yeah, he wants to, he wants to burn their capital city. He hasn't stopped talking about it since we met him. Let's do it. What?

Let's burn the capital city! Look what they did to these poor defenseless villagers! I can only imagine it's worse everywhere else, others are the fires! Can you imagine how many innocent people were killed tonight? If you remember, I spoke with Anubis, and his guidance led me towards, fighting in this battle, and I will do where I will go where my god leads. He's not led me astray so far. All right.

If that's what we've decided, then if that's what we've decided, then if we've Of course I'm going along. I just, this makes me uneasy. I just got a bad feeling about this. But would you prefer me to, I feel the same way I don't feel great about burning a whole lot of people, but after seeing what they did here, I'm very conflicted. I don't, I don't, there is no, there's, I mean, where else are we gonna come? We were sent here for a purpose and we're gonna fulfill that purpose. We've been given orders and I'm going to do it.

I don't like it, but we have to save these people. These people are innocent people. And it's just gonna be a very bloody road ahead of us. But especially if they're the ones responsible for capturing the wind spirits that once protected my home islands. They, these are evil, these are evil people. You're right. You're right. And I need to do what I need to do to keep my people safe. Leilanda, have you ever come across that your core credit was good? Or were they just infiltrators trying to figure out where you guys were hiding?

any of them that I've seen have been enforcers, soldiers, patrollers, jailers, executioners. I do not see the civilians in the treetop cities. Yeah, but there must be like little baby ones. We can't kill them? Yeah, of course. There must be, but do they care for our babies?

you can't know you've never seen them the civilians or the veins so who would you be to say that they don't care for yours you've only dealt with the enforcers and I'm with Felix on this part Anuvus has led me in the direction

of going towards this gardens and this city and putting an end to the horrifying regime of the Zerakopra but he said nothing about destroying the innocent lives that are there I do not believe in the burning of the entire civilization of them but I do think that if there's anyone that can make their way in to stop to the horrific

machinations of these people then we should do that. I will not touch innocent child, the mother, the family, the common, but I will fight their guards and I will fight those at the head of this snake. General Zern told us to infiltrate for how we decided to to do that and he lays on us. Maybe we just fight the, fight against their soldiers. I just think that if we meet with the garden, which sounds like we're going to do,

they're only going to see one way through this. Once the tree stops start burning, it's going to be indiscriminate. That's all I'm saying, as long as you all understand what we're about to do. I think you forget that our poker can fly. They see the tree tops burning, and those that want to leave cab.

Those that want to fight The tops will stay in fact I guess we'll find out Or we can hang around to leave I don't think we have any other option I think let's not make any Wrest decisions until we get to the garden And figure out what we can do there

If you're all feeling I say we leave Is there someone they can stay behind To protect these people They need to leave I agree but someone should stay with them as they leave A heart looks at you and nods, and she turns to Landa and puts Paul on his arm and says,

Landa, it should be you. You should guide everyone back to safety. Stay low to the ground. Find tunnels. If you hear rumbling, run. Run. If you can send out scouts to find the others. Find anyone that survived.

But rally them to someplace safe. We have the power of the Raven Man. You know what they promised us. then you should make your way back to Zern. You should head to Zentra, if you can. Will they give us a safe passage? Did he not come out and offer his protection? That's actually a great point.

If you could lead them back the way that we came, back down the cliffs and back up to the Corvacian fort, they would surely take you in, especially if you said that we send you. Well, they said they wanted to make sure that we finished the job that we... That's why they sent us here. Yeah, tell them we're handling.

That we overthrew the military first before they would give us protection. We're still here and we're still fighting for you. We're going to handle it. We're going to take care of it. But you guys have to get to safety. And all you will be to us is a distraction, a deterrent. If you stay and anything must have to happen to you, we all now are connected to you. That would be the one thing that can swing everything in their favor if we're distracted,

worrying about your safety. The military would obviously understand this if they have any idea how war works. The least destruction is on the battlefield for better. They honestly don't know what they thought you're going to do. I have a bad feeling just that they said that we would earn their protection by being successful rebels. in the rebellion. They're more interested in making sure that we help them and they helped us overthrow the court.

Well, is there some way that you can go outside of the forest and just wait while we take care of all this? And once all is said and done, we'll all meet up and we can take you all in Desentro, perhaps resettle this place without some horrible dictator government. In the morning, it takes a few days to get there. The morning, I will cast send it.

on one of the guards there. And I will let him know that it is by my order that you were sent. And if I find a single heir on any of your heads, they will feel the wrath of my God. Because I was not sent here

for all of this destruction and the possibility of killing children, for them to then turn away those that are in need because you weren't rebellious enough for them. They will feel my wrath if they've had you. They will feel it harder than anything they've ever.

felt she looks around at you and then all of his so you'll tell them that we're with you of course we'll not let anything happen to uh let's get a group persuasion check at advantage natural 20 nice got to get up but the natural 20 so that counts uh 26 21 oh no sorry 7 15 dirty 20 dirty 20 dirty 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 Okay, with all, with five successes. You see that there's a calm that comes over heart's face as she looks to all of you. And her nose kind of wrinkles a little bit, her ears, her orange ears fold back a little bit. And you start to see some tears kind of well up in her large cat eyes.

and she says, Thank you so much. I didn't think that we'd be able to ever leave and especially to go to Zentra of all places. But I am going to come with you guys. But everyone else, Umandah, you have to make sure that you find all the survivors, everyone else, and get them back to Centra.

Tell them that you're with the Raven Man's chosen. He looks down on her and nod slowly and says, well, I do know the way back. There's one thing I'm good at is getting through this underbrush. He gives her a little pat on the head and ruffles her ears a little bit. And with that, he looks at all of you as well. I guess I'm going all the way back again. Good thing I don't get tired. I've always been a hiker and a walker.

and a nature walker. Thank you. Be safe. Take your time and make sure that these people are all right. I will. Farnox would be very angry with me when he figures out that I've carried him and dragged him all the way, but he will understand. I do not think that his people would like very much that he let us all get ambushed.

Tell him he tried his best. And with that, I'll say that the civilians and the survivors of the Alliance, all, except for Hart, all begin to pack up and slowly kind of nurse their wounds. And you see that Hart and Monde are talking, and they're exchanging letters and documents and she's writing out a few things and handing him. And you see this scroll that she pulls out and places it in its massive hand. The size of between her, Paul, and his hand is absolutely colossal.

And he grabs it and he takes it, nods at her, and puts it in his pack. And with that, it probably takes about an hour for everyone to get ready. And so if anyone short rest, if that's anything, that anyone can. Oh, yeah. I can. Thank you.

you friend enjoy enjoy a long rest short rest not a long rest you sleep for for an hour it's a power nap it's a new mechanic the vanters only cat nap but that's only for a short rest is that a minute for a short rest no it's 10 minutes for a short rest so you all um um no you see uh with that uh you see this uh sling a large sling that Umlanda has fashioned over his, uh, his back. And you see a lizard head poking out from the side. It seems as if there's a kind of this awkward backpack that he's fashioned. But even though, uh, the horrible scarring will probably remain, uh, Farinox is very

clearly breathing and he is, uh, almost, he's, he seems to be very awake, but he doesn't really seem to be processing what's going on. As, uh, he, um, um, he, um, um, he, um, um, he, um, um, um, sticks his large thumbs between the straps of this slang. He says, well, I didn't think we'd be treating so soon, but it's been a long war. I guess we can wait a little bit longer to win it. Even if we all fail here, it will eventually be a revolution that will succeed. Hopefully it's you. I think it will be. We'll do our best. Like always. I think this is different. This is going to be different than just please.

Whatever you do, keep everyone safe, and don't worry about us. We'll handle them. Well, keep her safe, points to heart. She's going to need it. Goodbye, friends. Goodbye. Goodbye. He turns and leaves, and you see a long procession of wounded civilians and

revolutionaries making their way out into the underbrush. And you see that Uwanda is lifting up. huge low branch and guiding people into very dense thicket. And then once he backs into it, he takes one last look

at all of you. He gives a wave and then drops it and disappears from sight. Until it's just the six of you and heart. He's just like a really nice guy. I hope we see you in here. He's so nice. I think that he's very

capable and his skills are you unique enough, I think that he'll be able to lead them stealthily and hopefully can collect all the remaining survivors. Anyone else concerned that the Central Military was only willing to provide them safety? Should they succeed on this mission? Yes, I'm very, very, very, very concerned. I thought things were changing. I thought that when we talked to Zern, they wouldn't keep doing things like this. This is bad. This idea that they were forced to give up their lives.

This is not good. not good. This is not good. Something is going on and I'm not convinced that General Zern, high General Zern, knows everything that's happening. I don't think he doesn't. I don't think once I have a message tomorrow or whomever. Oh, no, I imagine that that will probably have an effect. We cannot be certain. But the fact that I even have to do it, that they were ambushed in such a way and it's, it's, I don't a certain death in one way, in either way. It's almost how they seemed to feel.

Should they go back to the military, the military would not provide them any help whatsoever. Even though they'd been in this forest doing the work of the military, but God knows how long. It sounds like we may need to circumvent General Furman and just talk to Zern directly. In case, Fern was the one that is authorizing this,

preventing protection. Zern might not know about it. I would send two messages tomorrow, one to Furman to let him know that they are on the way, and one to serve to let him know that if he truly wants us to complete this mission and has his favor in us, that he will directly instruct Furman to protect those that we've sent. I definitely don't trust Furman either. No, I don't. Either he was wilfully ignorant of all the things that I saw while I was there,

or he knows of them which makes him complicit and very evil. And I told the High General Zerno everything that I knew, and he said that he would speak to Furman about it, the things that were going on in his branch of what he was in control of. It's very concerning. He may just be another corrupt eye, and Zern needs to know about it. Well, I think if we're ready to go, we've been taking very good care of in Zentra. I think that Zern thinks of us very highly. of us very highly... If it weren't for us, Zentra would not stand.

It's totally right. So we should be taken very good care of that. I agree. That should not be a reason for us to put innocent people in danger. Or, as Felix was saying, kill innocents. At the quest of someone who is only treating us as such, because we literally saved their civilization. I agree.

Keep them at the border, at the very least. You know, give them some shelter. They don't have to let them. to Korabakia if they're worried about their fracupacobai's, like, at least give them somewhere to hide during all of this. They always promised us help, but they said that nothing was free. That we had to earn it. Well, we saved their city and now, as the forest burns around them, they, they owe me more

than I owe them. They will do this for us. They were ice of the raven. We're not just some schmucks that came in, helped and pieced out, right? Like, we have some power too, damn it. With the wings of the Raven?

Oh, yeah, we're the eyes of the wings. Yeah. I mean, wings are really cool, though. I mean... I'm not good with anatomy. They're close enough. Anyway, are we feeling ready to go? Yeah, it's a bit. Lord, under the mountain, I apologize.

from my outburst, but the lives of these innocents are at stake here. Please send us some kind of guidance. I get a little worked up when I see them. Those that cannot help themselves being pawns to those that should be able to. I just thought that that's how it worked. It should not. And if it is, then we might not be fighting for the right side. I trust the High General.

I do. I do. I think that his intentions are good. but there's still corruption there's still corruption afoot I do not believe that he has trust by the associates something's not right here cities can be a lot of fun but they breed but they don't like the very good analogy they don't like the court they're trying to end it yes it's very good and that's why I'm here and that's why I want to make sure that we succeed in it in a mission does it spark you why do they want to the court? Why is the court bad? Do we know why the Ero-Kocra are attacking those on the ground? Is it possible that they have infiltrated with lies and deceit in the Eir the Eukkah-Bel believe that

they are defending their own? Do we know that the Eirokokra are fighting, that they are initiating, or that they believe they are defending? We do not have a rule of the information. We are blindly trusting someone we know has been deceived. That's not for me to understand. But it should be. When you choose to take a life, you cannot use ignorance as a reason for taking the wrong way. I agree. I agree. But what I will say is I've seen enough to understand that there's no good in the regime that exists here. There's this, there's nothing worth saving. Not just this, they've slaughtered innocence. These people have been rebelling for decades or centuries. I don't even know how long. How long has it been up?

Since I can remember decades, maybe centuries, all of these poor people down here on the ground. How can you not be sure that they are being puppeted by a higher power? One that at this very moment could be the people leading us into the spring. Perhaps that's right, but I'm just... And when the sand settles, do you want to look down over the destruction and and say, I made a mistake because I was ignorant or I waited and I did the right thing with the knowledge to do so. I'm going to find the Windducks and I'll make a decision then, but that's my goal right now.

Felix, what say you? I think our only course of action is to find the garden, first and foremost. I'm telling you I'm not going to like what we're going to find there. I just have a really bad feeling about it, but at least, like you said, we can at least gather some more information. gather some more information, see what they can offer, and then we can move from there. And until then, I owe all of you my life in some way or another. So I'm going to help Toa, and I'm going to help you, Iris, and I'm going to help everyone. So if finding the wind dukes is our next step after that, I'm okay with that.

But I'm with you, Iris. We need to get more information, and even though I don't like it, I think the garden is our next stop. I agree. I just don't think we should so quickly rush into burning the trees. around us. Trust me, I'm very much with you. I don't want to do this again. Do I know that the answer, sorry the answer, the angels, the seven entities that banished

the chain god, were those the wind dukes of a cause, the spirits of error? Yeah. Okay. And so all, there are seven of them. Yes. And one of them is here in the Okaxia court and is being held captive. being held captive by the Ocadu Katsu court? The information that Zern gave you was that the signs pointed to involvement of the Windduke somehow, how many, or like if they're captured or whatever it is, is TBD.

Well, Mukutu told us something as well, right? He told you that the court had already had the four wind spirits that were from Toa's Island. Okay, got it. Yeah. Got it. Okay. Got it. Yep.

Cool. So I think our objective was to find out more about the wind spirits, the dukes, potentially being held captive by the Okaxon court, we don't know. But I agree. Hopefully we don't have to burn this whole place down. I think that will only cause more bloodshed. I think we're trying to help a bigger issue here and, you know, free these people of this totalitarian role, but, you know, there may be other ways of doing it.

Not just, yeah. Well, at this point, I thought I was leading a good rebellion. Apparently I wasn't. I'm going to try to... I sent Rwanda with ways to find the other informants and the other villages that may still be alive, but they may have all been found. I may have failed everyone.

And if I can help in any way and define these dukes that you're looking for, you're all we have at this point. You can help by not getting so down on yourself so early. We don't know anything yet. Let's just keep doing what we're doing. We're going to get some answers, and then we'll all feel better.

All right. You're with us. We'll make sure nothing happens to you, and you're not to blame for anything that's happened to work. Well, thanks. We'll make it right. We'll make it right. And I thank you for sending

sending my people to Corvacia. Is it free there? I hope so. Well, I think the point is that they'll be safe there, and then once we take care of these nasty Eryokra, then they can come back and you can build a new government here. That would be nice. I think, I guess we should go to the garden.

Let's go. What do I? Lead the way. Okay. I guess, I guess this is it. And she kind of sniffs around. Her tail can flicks through the air, her ears. As she looks around, she kind of scampers on top of logs and kind of claw,

uses her claws to get up to sides of trees to get her bearings. And then she lands back down. Her armor is a little too big for her clattering around as she, As she looks, says, I think it's this way. And she points and begins to lead you. You don't like that. No, she's stupid. She's very small for a tabxy.

She's so small. Unusually small. Yeah, like freakishly small. And it's annoying, don't you believe? Disgusting. I know, thank God. I'm so afraid I was the only person that felt that way. Oh no.

And you keep looking at her with large eyes. It's disgusting. and so only watering because you're nauseous. I think you're not. I'm so worried. I knew we're going to make great friends when I decided that a few days ago. All right, we may go.

If you have anything you'd like to say about her that's mean or anything, I will listen to it. I just can't speak. Laws and Oslo's show. That's probably for the best. And so you continue on your way

and as you make your way through and the forest you travel for and it probably takes you a full eight hours and then you have to push forward and it's not it's not much longer now as the sun once again begins to sink back into behind the horizon but it's very difficult to see through the trees in the canopy. It's very difficult to honestly get a sense of what time of day it is. You can tell vaguely when there's light and when there's darkness. But as you make your way through this forest, you see that as you progress, you see plumes of smoke rising up through the trees occasionally. And you see one or two villages that still stand,

but Hart tells you that it's not worth the risk of endangering them if they haven't fallen and guides you forward. As you push through, the night gets dark, and are you going to proceed stealthily quickly? How would you care to proceed? Stealthly for sure. Yeah, as soon as night falls, right? They're hot. Yeah.

You begin to hear the fluttering of wings. You're not sure. I use a twist. Oh, boy. I have a really. Me too. Yeah. For you're sure, yeah.

I'm going to use them as well. You're using one? It doesn't matter. Because you're not disadvantaged me anymore, right? No, not since I got the cape. I'm going to use a twist as well. That's four, so I removed four twists. But who's using a twist?

Oh, that was worse. All four of us. I got a ten. Oh, no. I rolled a three. I rolled a two and a three. I'm going to keep my ten. Okay.

Wow, we're just going to get slaughtered. Hold on. We're all up. That's better. I rolled in 19 that time. I have a 16. Okay. I got 10.

So we used how many? Sorry. We used four, so yeah, we should have 16. So my total is 21. 21? Okay. And what would it live to get, sorry? I got a seven.

Seven? I'm going to roll for heart and capriced. We're going to walking around. Heart is definitely disadvantaged because of her. Because of her cliny armor. Okay. So, as you all make your way through the underbrush, are we not using light sources?

That is up to you guys. Well, I know most of you guys have dark vision, but I didn't know if Hart had a torch. Does she have dark vision? She's a dark vision. All right, I'm going to cast dark vision on myself. Okay. I'll put my really cool glasses on.

So you're all able to see in the dark. I'm going to jump on your back. Lifty can. Oh, except for Lifty. Yeah. So Lifty, it's a lot. It gets very dark. And as the night falls, do I get his stealth roll then?

You would expect. You're kind of moving around, like knocking into shit. Actually, you had a pretty decent self-roll, right? I got a seven. Oh, okay, no, no. So you're like knocking into ship on Toa's back and do his pack a little bit. And as you're making your way through the forest, you hear the, you expect to see the moonlight. remember it had filtered through nicely, but seems to be almost eerily dark as you hear the low rumbling of thunder.

And it booms louder as that same familiar storming cloud seems to envelop the entire forest. As the, as you start to hear the dripping and pattering of ring. far above you as luckily you don't get drenched because the canopy catches most of it you occasionally get the drip of water down on you as the storm continues to rage all around you wind whips through the forest you forge ahead and you attempt to make your way as quietly as possible as you creep forward hard as looking around like, did I? Was it here?

Okay, now I think it's here. And she leads you deeper, deeper to the forest until you want the trees get closer and closer together. The underbrush gets thicker and thicker. Massive swarming vines and huge frogs of these beautiful plants that seem to be basically matching the size

of the trees all around you relatively. relatively, as you get closer and closer to where your destination is. And as you arrive to this low movie, you stand at the precipice and you look down into this valley, this lowland that seems to have this huge row. row of tightly interwoven trees all around it in almost a near perfect circle. And these trees do not seem to be massive ones that make the huge canopy of forest. These are a lot smaller, tightly knit. And as you approach, you seem to get this strange sense in your stomach as soon as you step

down into these loins. as the, there seems to be something present. You get the sense of eyes watching them. As these large verdant trees all around rise and up ahead is almost far more lush than the rest of the forest. But as you get closer and closer, you see on the bark and out of the branches and the trunks of these trees

strange shapes that almost look like faces merging from the trunks into the bark and the trees themselves you see faces the shapes of faces as

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miniatures, plushies, a tarot deck, and more. Thank you. Drive at this ring of treats that spreads out all around you. And you try to look through, but then every single gap that you peer through, there seems to be another tree blocking it. And it seems to be a row of rings that are interspersed to, as if it's just one person could walk their way through. And as you arrive here,

Hart kind of is trembling a little bit, and she looks up and she says, this, I think, is the garden. I get a sensation that something's watching us. Do you know what is watching us? Who's there? Stage whisper. Stage whisper.

Stage whisper. Iris, do you still have the... Stage whisper. They're shiny! Shiny! I'm the right of the mic, sorry. Yeah, but we can't hear you. I can't hear you very well.

Okay, sorry. Of course. Well, should we take it out? Is this where we use this thing? I'll just kind of take it out and I'll just hold it in my hand. This place feels really creepy. I kind of like it, to be honest. It reminds me, not exactly, but it reminds me a little bit of tunes.

It's a little darker, it's murkier, but you can smell the... the ground beneath your feet. I really like... I enjoy it. My trees don't grow indoors. Who cares about the trees? I'm talking about the wet earth. Oh.

Did Farnax ever mention why the trees have faces in them? I don't think he even mentioned the trees that faces? No. I can't see anything. Oh, that's right. No, if you... Here. And I pass you my goggles.

Oh, that's got us. but they were these horrible faces i mean this is quite what i was imagining when he mentioned this beautiful garden type place you think anyone used the words beautiful garden well i pictured a usually gardens are beautiful aren't they wait let me say that again do i recognize any of the faces in the trees uh make an intelligence check just for fun i don't know maybe you don't 17. 17. You don't recognize any of the faces, but you do get the sense that there is a distinctness to all the faces. Not much more than eyes and mouths and maybe some noses, but you can start to pick out of like, oh, that looks like an ericoker face, or is that a gnome face or a tobacxy face or a bugbear face or a human face? as you start to realize that there are very clear, clear distinct features to these faces.

Oh, here you go. I sometimes use that sweet. Well, we're very creepy. I mean, perhaps these trees are here to scare off danger. So that if any bad person comes up, they'd be like, oh, this is too much for me. I'll best turn around. Maybe that's why. It doesn't seem like a very solid security protocol. Well, I mean, we don't really have any choice but to go through these trees. Is it right?

I believe so far. This is where the garden is. I was take this everything out. It's in my hand, don't. I don't think anyone's going to come to greet us. I'm just hoping that as we traverse through the trees, that they'll see it in my hand. and say, okay, let's not... Kill them on site.

Kill them on site. That's true. Are you going to go first, though? Of course. I feel like, you know, being paid to travel with you, it should be me, but they can't see. You know, you really wanted to go to the shiny thing, so if it has to be you, it has to be you.

When you first asked, I said, of course. Oh. Great, go ahead. You see... I'm seeing her. Pull out her shield. You can tell that I'm, like, afraid to say anything

that would make Lifty upset because I don't want her to become friends with the other cat. That would have been very obvious. Anything for you, darling? I hope you're comfortable. It's not going forward. And seeing you in like a whole life.

She would be never want you to be comfortable. And Hart doesn't even register this. She pulled out her shield and she keeps a paw on the hilt of her sword as she begins to walk through. Is it a tiny sword? It is about her size. It's a short sword.

And you can be... Be too. Thanks, boo. Thanks. And you begin to walk through and as you step across this threshold, it's almost as if

the sound of thunder and the dripping of rain almost is completely muffled all around you as an incredible stillness overcomes you as you begin to make your way through these trees and as you duck and weave and make and continue it seems like this rows of trees are never going to end and as you look down you feel this soft fertile earth and it feels like there's a little bit of give to it almost a

bounciness like it with like it's the the most lush verdant farmland, the lush verdant soil that you've ever walked upon. And as you look down, you start to see that it does seem to be the case, but it seems to be covered in a layer of ash.

As your feet begin to kick up ash, as it seems to particles flick in the air, and in the darkness it's very difficult to see. Occasionally, you'll inhale it. As there is, the ash, is mixed with the smell of fertile soil.

As the trees wind upwards, you see the dark gray bark, almost black of the trees all around you rising up. And even though there's an unsettling quality to these trees, you look up and they have these just full, full boughs filled with these huge leaves that give you a cover from all of the dangers that fly above you. And there does seem to be a sense of safety here as you make your way through, but you feel that sense of eyes watching you from every corner. And you feel this strange warmth around you as you begin to make your way through.

and as soon as you begin to turn the bend around the which you hope is the last line of trees, you see a flash of blazing red and gold fire, swirl and almost blinds you for a moment. as you, as you, as it dissipates and you see the garden. From it being perfectly pitch black in the ring of trees, suddenly you step through the threshold and it is lit. You see the, a massive brazier, pillar of flame, stones all around it with this raging,

swirling gold and red fire that rises up on a massive canopy of green leaves. As you look out ahead, no longer is there a dark gray wood. It's nothing but shades of green, vines, bushes, trees, flowers, dotted the ground. As you see this grass, lush, perfect. perfectly tall grass, short grass, just perfect sheets. And it's almost like you've stepped into a fantastically pristine version of nature. And you see a single silhouette standing before you, about 20 feet.

It's nothing more than a hood. As you see there's something blazing near his hand, as he holds up a lantern. You see that this lantern is made out of a skull of some kind, as it blazes with a golden red flame. Its eyes flash once again for a moment. You realize that that's what it was, almost blinding you all once again.

And you hear a voice call out from the hood. What business do you have in the Garden of Renewal? I hold out the symbol. We were sent here about Fonox. He was near death. We stiddled his rules. Let it back into the living. But he handed us this and told us to head to the garden.

He steps forward, this figure, and then as the flame dies down in the lantern, you have to see that it illuminates a scaled green hand. As you see the other hand reach up. pull back, you see a long snout covered in scales, a fin, furling back, shades of orange and yellow amidst the green scale of the lizard folk. Seems to be far older than any lizard folk that you've seen. It's cracks in his scale. And as he approaches, you see as the firelight casts, uh, glows, Even with this pillar of flame that lights up this garden, you start to see that the flame is illuminating patches of red scales and gold scales,

covering parts of his skin as he approaches you. You present me with Farnox's holy symbol. Did he give it to you willingly? Will he give it to the other cat, and I've been carrying it, design, the healer. And you see, at this point, you had barely noticed but here was starting the clanging of metal as Hart is fully hidden behind Toa, and she peeked her head out. Oh, sorry.

And looks at him, like, no, that's exactly what happened. Yes, no, we're here. Farnox sent us and we saved his life. And she darts back behind Toa as this. Well, the Lovty I actually saved his life, darling. I don't know if you heard him. she said that I was the one that saved his life. Yeah.

I saved his life. I did hear that. I feel so generous. And to many others in that moment, too. Oh, many. In case you were. And he steps forward, the eyes narrow. You see there's a blazing flame almost in his old eyes.

As they narrow and look at all of you. Yet he doesn't join you. No, he was near death. He was in pretty bad shape. I believe he was actually. unconscious after he presented us with the seal he allowed himself to rest his mind at ease and he was carried away by a large bugbear man was that what he was um i believe it was a fear bog or a fur bow bow to palmy of those yes jammer was a bugbear yes jimmy was a bug bear with a really big arms he was just big all around he's a drunk rebels a very kind of mouth and fluffy ears he had like kind of like fuzzy cow he did he was he

I didn't notice. We didn't want him to come on our journey because we were afraid that you would get further injured. He was gravely wounded. We saved his life. Yeah. He lives because of us. Look, I saved his life. I know what you just said to him.

I mean, she saved his life. I have said, Arras, save his life. That's how I helped. I said, you better save him. And she did. And you have all come for the power of Garrick's. Oh. I'm not quite sure to that.

The only reason any of our members should hand over their symbol and send them to the Garden of Renewal is if they believe that those outsiders and non-believers deserve the power of Garrick's and will use it to destroy our oppressors. Is that you? No? Do you have maybe like a pamphlet that we can flip through and see, you know, if it fits what we're looking for? Do you believe in the power to destroy? Well, I destroy things all the time. Do you believe in the regrowth and renewal that comes from devastation and destruction? Actually, yes, I do. That last part is very accurate. I'm a cleric of the grave. And I believe that the decay, deterioration of the body leads to fish of soy, from which life grows anew. The cycle of life begins with death.

And that's all you need to begin your initiation. But I can't speak for my friends and it's not more dark and dreary than they are. Yeah. I had a house plant once and I killed it and you didn't go back. So... ...cleanized, still. I question. Sure. Sure. Would we know, or would Felix know, how gods feel about other gods, like, worshipping multiple gods, right?

Like, we just went through the whole Raven Queen trial, and I've been someone of the Raven Queen the whole life. Like, would I know that that should be like, no way. Or hang, do what you got to do? I would say make a religion check. Gladly. Okay. Well, thank you, die. Religion, you say. It should be plus in. It's plus five.

So I got a 12. 12. 13. So I would say that you probably have the I, you would have the sense that the Raven Queen, everything that you know, you're not a very godly person. Right. But you know that at the very least, that the Korovacian government was fine with other people worshipping on their gods, but they strongly suggested that the Raven Queen was the best one to worship. You know that gods are very real.

And you know that some people have paid homage to, you know, other homage to other gods. But as far as whether they would be angry, you have to get the sense that the Raven Queen might not be too happy if you believe that. But as far as other gods, you have no idea. All right, cool. Thank you.

Continue. Do you mind me asking, what's your name, friend? My name is Orfax. UL-T-T-A-S. T-H-A-A-A-A-A-A-R. My name's Tawa and this is Felix and this is Iris and this is Luffy and this is Hesha and this is Hurt and our good friend Farnax, he sent us here in good faith as you can see. And so our next step of our journey is to perhaps rest if you would have us here and

then we'll go on and bring down the oppressive Erakokokron dynasty. How do you plan to do that? Strength and violence perhaps, we're very good at violence, I've noticed. He means war and destruction and burning and things that Farnax was very fond of. To fire. Dragon's fire. To whizers? Fire, but sure. Sure, I mean, anything that could help.

You need rest? Yes. Yeah. You will receive rest, sleep beneath the fig trees in the grove yonder. We will see tomorrow if you are worthy of Garex's might, and if you intend to do what must be done to bring about the end of the oppressors that fly above us. Tomorrow too we could have counsel with your militia and talk a little bit more about our enemy. their weaknesses in what you have witnessed.

We are not from these lands and could use all of your wisdom and insight. We have wisdom to spare. Insight is well. But we do not have a militia. We are mere worshippers to the flame. We simply are the torchbearers, the flame bearers

that bear Garex's fire, until the time is right. right to burn down the Erie's, something we have been working for for hundreds of years. I've seen all of you in the flames. What does that mean? Like, you were able to define

that we were coming here? She knows of which I speak. I do. No, I have no idea what it is wrong. I think. Seeing. I do know. No. I have no idea which else. Seeing into the flame. Oh yes, that's how I speak with my daughter.

Oh, see a woman. Well, yes, when you're meeting with a deity, sometimes they prefer to do it in very powerful. Nah, I mean, some fires, incredibly powerful. That's how you speak to your god as well, as you look into a flame. We've seen Arras do that very big. Yes, not, Maria. I have given it a foam in the top of my beer, and sometimes they see things. I get it now.

Yes, darling, it's actually very similar to that, only one of them is real. That's not very good. No, she has a god. No. I wasn't talking about the god. about the god. I'm talking about the visions in the phobey bear. But I will think, basically, I'm usually pretty well in the bag at that point, so it could just be a normal one. You're at least half in the bag at that point. Yeah. And then perhaps La Pouard then shows up. There's a big jolly face in the be foam. I could see that. That seems reasonable.

It's a funny girl. Can that be canon now? Oh God cares not for us. He cares only for destruction. But he cares only for destruction. But But we didn't promise to destruction. He will send signs to those worthy, those who bear the scales. He pulls down the collar of his robe, and he can see gold and red scales rising up. Is this guy? Is the golden red indicative of some sort of transformation? Is he originally more red or more gold?

Is he going towards a particular color? He's green. So he's a green lizard. matches the fire pillar with spread gold. So the gold and the red is, is it spreading? Like, does it seem like some kind of trend conversion? It seems as if there is some kind of growth of red and gold scales on him that would not have been. You saw Farnox and he did not have any of this.

Farnax was completely green. He was completely green. There was a little bit of coloration maybe of yellow and orange and like the frill that he had on his head, but he's mostly a green lizard. I wouldn't know anything about dragon business, right? I would have no clue. Probably not. Felix, do you know why he may have red and gold scales? Well, I'd be happy to do an archana check to tell you everything that I know that I've read about Garrick's.

Or a religion check. I'm sorry, did I say Arcana? I didn't mean an Okina. You know, I don't want to brag. or anything, but... You've read a lot of books as well I'm asking you. I, uh, you know, I know a little draconic, uh, and I've read many, many books. And I've heard of Garets.

I just don't, you know, I just don't know what I know. The God of this world knows what I know. And you may roll a religion check to see what you know. In Neckbbb, with the presence of all the dragon born, would there be any... Oh, make religion check at advantage. 21? That's what I got. 21.

So I would say that Felix, you would know that from your studies that that Garrick's particularly was taught as a taught in these schools as basically the horrible tribal sacrificial evil dark religion of the savages some of the savages that lived in Irios and you know that it is something that where it was nothing but negative. You learned this in your religion class of some of the other gods that are worshipped in the continent. And it is very bad, and it's all about sacrifice and death.

Iris, you would know that there are probably, there are two primary gods that are worshipped by the dragon born, which are Tiamat and Bahamah. Bahamah, Bahamat. And however, you had encountered in Neckbet that there were swaths of Dragonborn and maybe others that worshipped other gods from a draconic pantheon. And that Garex was worshipped by those that cared not for the squabbles of this war of good and evil. And it was just about those that cared about destruction and cared about kind of a,

a respect and appreciation for the power of fire over anything else. And I would say that both of you would probably understand that this is because Garek's is removed from this war, that he is depicted as a gold and a red dragon, which would be the good and the evil. The fire... Interesting. The fire transcends both.

So they would both know that those are the two fire-breathing dragons. Yes. Yes, that sort of... I'm going to relay what you told me to answer Toa's question, but, like, heavily imply that I don't take everything that I learned in my classes as, like, the 100% truth, you know, knowing what I know about the military now. And as I'm growing up, like, I don't necessarily believe all of what I was taught, and that's what I was taught.

As a worshipper of Marden and being adornfin speaking Jokhan, Do I know it murdered has any sort of dislike for deities like Gerex? I was thinking it makes religion check. Although I meant me, you're a proficient religion. Oh, I am. 12? 12. You're not familiar with Garex.

You know that Moradin and dwarves in general. It's like if it's not a Dwarven God, why bother? It's a colossal waste of time. So you'd probably get a sense that, like, you wouldn't care for it. Okay. Okay. Well, where are these pictories? I've cooked.

Taw has been walking around all day. She's very tired. I can tell she's very tired. Her calves have terrible knots in them. That's true. In the grove, you think orchard, you may find a restful sleep, an illuminating sleep. It's safe. This grove is protected by our magic, my magic.

The owls cannot see whom. They dare not come even here. The power of storm, the power of air and water are no match for the power of fire. Not when wielded by a dragon god. Sleep, and we will see tomorrow. What is in store for you? Whether you are worthy of the power to destroy? Without due respect, you're not going to try and burn us in our sweep, are you?

Not tonight. And he turns and begins to walk away. He turns and begins to walk away. Wow. Not great, eight. Eight. He seems to be honest. Well, thank you for letting us rest in your fig growth. Let us know there's anything else we can do throughout the night. But I think we all need plenty of rest, so thank you. Tomorrow we shall see if you've earned it, and he walks off. And you see that there's a small pathway down as these are almost guided by vines and other bits of foliage. As you make your way through this beautiful garden,

And you see up ahead as you make your way into the fig grove that there seems to be a center point where there's a small grove of trees, a ring that seems to shield a central point. As you look around, you see a number of figures tending to this garden, carrying lanterns of their own, tending to the flame. They all seem to be lizard folk. None seem to have the gold or red scales that Ulfax have. Is it clear that he's way older than all the others? Yes, I'd say that's very obvious that he seems to be considerably older than others. But from what you know about lizard folk anatomy, there seem to be male and female lizard folk of all varieties as they begin to tend to their garden.

And you are able to settle down in the fig tree. There doesn't seem to be anyone really around you. You get the sense though that as they all tend, they don't seem to be paying you any mind, but every time they turn there's kind of one eye pointed in your direction. Um, well, this feels despite how kind of weird and creepy and strange this is, I feel like we're in the right place. Well, I don't think you need must feel great about it though. I think that they could help us. The fact that this place is totally protected.

is incredible. I think we can finally get a good night's rest. Do you think we need to keep watch? They're watching us for sure. At the very least, I'm just going to have Beatrice keep an eye out. That's a good idea. The rest of us can just take the night. Perhaps you cast your thing.

May we're predicted? I don't think casting spells is really a good plan. I trust Beatrice watching. I don't want to do anything shifty while they're watching us, Especially as being outsiders. I don't want to give them an excuse to burn us alive. It's also, there's a very good point. And so Beatrice, just keep a good watch.

Can you help Beatrice keep an eye out or anything? I'm not decoiculate. Would you not hold me to sleep? No, I'll take some seed out. Here you go. Here you go. Oh, that was very nice. I'll feed her some seeds from my pack.

Did you just like capsules? So scary. I got some dried fish, I've got some seeds, we've got some dried fruit. Did you say you have dried fish? Can we eat us eat? Oh no, did you eat all my dried fish? I think we talked about this last episode. No, I didn't have a dried fish.

I was going to ask if I could have someone. I'm quite hungry. Oh, um, let me see. Yeah, I mean, this is probably a few months old, but if you'd like, and it's like some big fillets of flounder that I've dried up and they just like fritz. As Iris is devouring some fish, you hear like a little

jingling of metal and you see these large green eyes and the flanked by orange fur as you see Hart trying to say, could I have some please? Oh, yeah, yeah, of course, of course. I've got quite a lot of fish on my

journey here, so take some please. Would anyone else like some dry fish? I've got a whole lot of things. Do you have to be seeing else? Well, if you're all right now, I'll try some. I have some jerky. I have some turtle jerky in here. I have some dried fish.

I have some dried sinkal jerky. I have... Do you have the same? It's like not a dried semen? Like a yellow salad? Like a london based? I have some... There's some wild board jerky.

It's pretty old, but it should be fine. It's right. I'll eat. You could have my fresh stuff. Is that so nice? Oh, has anyone had shark before? It's very delicious. You know, can't say that I have.

Well, he has a guy. Trust him. And I'll hand out just some, like, strips of shark. And, I mean, it's not, it's been fresh, but... I'm going to, like, stage it and drop it on my shoulder. I'm going to see if... I'm going to see this, reach around and grab it in you. You do that.

Well, good night, everyone. And Beatrice just keep an eye on us. Be a good good. Not the real little scratch behind the ear. Birds have ears? Behind her earhole. Her earhole gets a get all stretches scratch. You know, general, like, you know, earhole.

She gets an earhole, scratch. If you guys don't mind just kind of huddling around a water, that way we can, for sure. be safe and not surprised in our sleep. Yeah, I would think we could all like kind of be real pretty close together. Yeah, Dakota just like smack down. Yeah, I have a hitched kind of against my shield and kind of work. And just before I go to bed, I want to place out my figurines of the four-winning spirits. And just try to get a sense of, do I sense anything different than what I've sensed in the past few days?

Are you going to, is it going to be part of your evening ritual? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, make a religion check, please. It's an actual one, so I think two. As you set out your figurines, it, you get nothing. It is hard for you to... No, one, excuse me. A one.

A one. A one. It is very hard for you to, um, to get a handle on, on, on anything. And you feel you've been, you've been getting a, you've been getting a, you've been getting the occasional feeling and guidance previously, but here you feel nothing and you feel a little bit alone. I'll just breathe deeply and go to that. Okay.

I too go to sleep. Can I get a perception check for Beatrice, please? Sure. Oh, boy. Oh, let's go find those stats I wrote down all those days ago. I can also go. I think they're like right in the beginning. Yeah, there they go.

Okay, so she gets advantage on perception checks. And she's proficient. But it's a wisdom check? Well, so she has plus three. So it is wisdom, but she's proficient. That doesn't answer my question. Plus three. Yes, it's a wisdom check.

19. 19. Okay. So, as you all, as you all, as you all sleep, you dream. There,

is darkness. And you feel at peace. You realize now that you're in a beautiful meadow, the soft soil and tall grass is cradling you. As you stare up to the inky blackness above you, which you assume is the night sky. And as you sit there at peace, there's a flash of light that almost blind.

you as you see a thin line of blazing light appear and materialize above you and it gets larger and larger and larger and now you realize that this is no light it is a massive reptilian eye opening up directly above you a blazing incredibly narrow slit of a pupil staring down at you it's like an eye I'm sorry an eye it is raging gold flame, red flame, swirling in unison. No, thank you. And as you look around, you start to see silhouettes of figures surrounding you. You're in danger.

Swords raised up. Axis. It's hard to tell the races. They just seem to be vaguely humanoid shaped. Looming beasts lurk behind them. Great tall trees. trees as well. And suddenly you blink and fire erupts all around you and in a single instant in your mind, everything is burning. You hear shrieks, screams, cries, the raging

fire all around you. And you feel like you should be burning as well. You feel the heat all around you. It's almost oppressive. But you feel no pain. And you see, you everything around you start to wither and crumble and burn and there's nothing left as the eye gets larger and larger above you showing the devastation of this flame and you see nothing but fields of ash and suddenly you blink and suddenly you see a massive tree and another massive tree and another massive tree and a beautiful city built into these tree tops. Gorgeous wooden structures and also built around and in to these massive trunks and you see it

and you see life all within. And then one blink later, everything is on fire. Everything is burning. Bridges are collapsing. Ash, rubble, all plummeting to the forest floor. And in a moment later, field of ash again. and everything is still everything is dead

everything is destroyed you feel a sense of unease but then it's a flash of color the eye is no longer there anywhere around you you're alone in this field of ash and burnt soil flash of green

tiny little flick as you look directly ahead of you there's a single green sprout rising out of the destruction and then you all wake up in the dream were we alone or we're all six months in there was was individual okay was on individual business have we got is just like a middle of the night we all wake up or is it just in the morning it's in the morning you finish your long rest we survive the night see i knew we check my skin and like Are you fine?

Am I okay? Do I sweat through my glutes? You're fine? Oh, geez. Oof da. Okay? I haven't sweat like that and well, anyway. It's been a moment.

Wait, why are you guys all freaked out? Oh, did you have the same dream idea? I don't know. What did you do? Everything was on fucking fire. Yes, and I did. than I did. Wait, so did I.

There was a big eye in the sky. Exactly. We are the same dream, Felix. Did you have the same dream? It was very real. It was horrible. But at the same time, it was like, it was a cleansing, and then there was just a sprout of something.

I don't know what that was, but... I'm not sure I want any part of it. Well, maybe the green sprout at the end of the dream was just. that the dream was to show that new life would rise from the collapse of the era. Yeah, but like, I don't know, in the dream, nothing was bad. They got burned down. It just kind of was on fire. No, there were all those silhouettes attacking with the weapons and the looming beasts. My baby.

You should listen more when the DM tells us about our dreams. I miss that completely. It was awful. But then that eye just. I mean, instantly incinerated everything. I saw a beautiful treetop city. And then it was ashes the next moment. I, I, well, perhaps that's, that's our next goal. It just seems very, I mean, clearly we, clearly we, we, we are meant to destroy something that,

at least on the outside, seems very beautiful and impressive. I don't like this, to us. I don't, I don't like this at all. Do you, do you think that I would just have devoted to it? I've devoted my entire life to learning these things just to use them to burn everything to the ground. Your whole thing is burning things. You have a flaming sphere, you have a flaming ball, you have a flaming bolt. I'm supposed to be helping people, Toa.

Just because I got mixed up in whatever I, whatever happened, doesn't mean I wanted to do those things. Well, we have to remember that doing, that, those tree top cities, that they're oppressing people. They've been oppressing people for centuries. All I've ever been is just a tool and a pawn for people who are directing me to wantonly slaughter people. I don't want to do this anymore. I want to learn. I want to help people with the things that I learned. So do I.

And I think we will help these people. I think we can be targeted. We don't have to burn the whole thing to the ground. We need to cut the snake off at the head. But whatever that's saying is... I agree. I'm just this dream concerns me deeply. What do they say a fish rots from the head down?

It's what they always said back home in the McCona Islands. So we cut off the head. We preserve the rot. We don't have to kill innocent people. We'll kill the fish head. We'll burn it. And then the rest of the body can be dried and eaten like jerky, but fish jerky. It's more of a metaphor, I think.

Or is it an analogy or a metaphor? What's the difference? Have we discussed this? I don't know how to feel, but I think we need to just keep going and learning what we can. Do we have a long rest? Yes. Yeah.

Oh, shit. Yeah, you want to do it a long rest. Oh, with T.D.B.R. It's two button presses. There we go. Longrested, done. All right, so I believe you. I'm staying the course.

I just think that we, you know There's two sides to every story And we should hear both sides Before we're doing to seem crazy Agreed Agree Are there any like figs on the ground That seem like fresh, right?

Well, I would say you'd be able to see That there are a few figs on the ground Just resting gently on the earth Does anyone some breakfast? I started throwing figs out You do that And all Does it look okay to eat the figs?

Make a nature check Are figs a laxative, like a prune? Probably. It's like fibrin fruit, right? Prune is a plum. It's a plum. It's a different fruit. Totally different fruit.

Do I trust tell if he looks at something that's okay to eat? That's up to you. I trust you. Okay. We would trust. You have like survival skills, right? I guess, do it at a glance. My passive survival would be.

I may look like things. Okay. Did you eat the figs? I've already eaten like, do you very big things. Then I'm going to eat the figs. If he ate the figs, I'll eat the figs. I'll eat the figs. The things that you're eating are bursting with flavor.

Just they're incredibly juicy and plump and delicious. There's a sweetness to them. And you don't die, at least immediately. Okay. I want to just take a few. Okay. You do that. Because how often do you see figs, right?

Sorry. So I think we need to find Ulfax. I agree. I agree. There's some things I want to ask him. I'm just at the morning stuff, I'm going to send out the two sendings that he's going to. One, two, what's his fuck? Furman letting him know that we sent.

We essentially sent the wounded rebels their way. They're not fit to fight. They'd be more of a detriment to the cause. We need them to be looked after. And then I'm also sending word to Zern that he knows that I sent them his way. And then I'm going to send word to Zern saying that we sent them that way and please send word to Furman saying that he received my message and that he, Furman needs to care for those that arrived there. So you send out the spell to Furman and you wait and you hear back and you hear in your head.

It's only like 25-4s, right? That's a lot. It's a lot of words. But it's basically essentially the gist of, like, were they unsuccessful? I will keep an eye out, but I am very displeased. And you will then get something from Zern that says in your mind's eye, or your mind's ear, I suppose, I will make sure that Furman embraces them. They will be safe and protected.

I'm glad you are alive. Find the wind dukes. I changed my mind. The only person I want to burn alive is Furman. Thank you so much. And that is what you hear back. That is what you hear back. So Furman sounded like convincing like Furman.

Not Vermon sound like an asshole per usual. All he cares about is if he succeeds, if the rebellion succeeded. That's all he seems to care about. Yeah. And Zern is saying, I will make sure that they are projected. So very much for various spells. Then, as a ritual,

I'm going to cast divination. What is that? And your magic and an offering you put in contact with a god or a god's servant. I can ask a simple question concerning a specific goal of inner activity to occur within seven days. The GM offers a truthful reply.

Your reply must be a short phrase, a cryptic rhyme, or an omen. Oh, I want to hear a cryptic rhyme. fine. The spell doesn't take into account any possible circumstances that might change the outcome, such as the casting of additional spells or loss or gain of a companion. You cast the spell two or more times before finishing your next long rest. There's a cumulative 25% chance for each casting after the first you get that you get a random reading. So the first one's the most potent, everyone after within a long rest period is less successful. You're gonna roll. So I'm gonna set up my altar to anubis and light my flame.

And then I'm lord unto the mountain, I hate to query you in such a way, but I am conflicted. I want to follow your orders. I want to be the hand that guides your judgment, but I am unsure of where to go. Do we follow the guidance of all? these minions or these followers of Gerricks, do we take down the erie? Do we enact your judgment against them? And that's what I'm going to ask. I'm standing outside of her circle, just have a very certain look on my face, just waiting.

I'm speaking in hieroglyphics. I'm kidding. Oh, wait. I was going to say that very much. Wingdings. Wing ding. Wing ding. I'm basically just anxiously waiting for her response. Iris, you pull out your lamp, you set up all of your businesses,

and you light the flame, and it does something that it's never done before. Seemingly being in this grove, the flame is twice the size than what you're used to. Almost as a natural effect. I'm really awesome, so I don't even... fliers. And it's still just a flame, just a larger one. I was so prepared for that. And you stare into it, being very prepared for that business. And you hear a message from Anubis.

And it says... Can we flavor it that everyone hears that, like, booms? Yeah, sure. You know what? That's great. Yeah, 100%. I'm, like, intently watching her waiting for the news. You hear... Like the shadows form... It appears... The flames appear and in papyrus font in the air, you see...

What was it? The smoke kind of forms the black jackal's head. Oh, yes, yeah, exactly, exactly. And it's smoke as billows up as the oil burns as the jackal head emerges and the power of the fire in this grove seemingly amplified. As you hear kind of boom out, potent. is the might of fire. Claim it, but

temper its ire. It's cryptic rhyme. You are all employing, brother. Did that rhyme? He came that up with that during this like two-minute break that we just had. That was amazing. That was like, for the first 40 seconds of that.

Mike, you've earned yourself some inspiration. Oh, thank you. Ah, do you have inspiration? I can't wait until I natural 20 is one of you guys. I miss Fila. until I hate that. Fuck. Can you say for time?

I want to write it down. Potent is the might of fire. Claim it. There's a bit of a dramatic pause that Anubis did. Claim it, but another dramatic pause, temper, it's ire.

Very cool. That's so cool, boys. Oh, my gosh, you run. It's so cool. Pan, how is cool. Wait, can you teach me more about a new miss someday? I would love to chill.

He's very cool and seemingly helpful. He's giving us free reign to do what we want, but also saying, don't screw things up. Very wise words. In not so many words. Well, what was it, Luffy? I think you wrote it down. I saw you scribbling.

Is you want me to read it to you? Yeah, just one more time. It says, important is the might of fire. Claim it. But dramatic pulse. Temper, it's eye. I did like that dramatic pulse.

I'm glad you jotted that down as well. Yeah. Stage coups are very important. Very, very important. I like exit stage left or heavens to Murgatroy or any of the other ones. What is that? What is it? It's a snaggle post for friends.

Exit stage left. He also says, Heaven's to Murgat Troy. That was too madden. I'm sorry. What is the moment? What is the hell? I don't know quite what it is. That's what they say.

It might have. Well, that gives me a lot of comfort. I spend a lot of time tempering fire. I brought my Smith's tools just in case, but maybe we could use this to our advantage. Oh, yeah. All of your stuff is all this molten fire. Yeah, it brings me a lot of comfort. That was great.

Matt. Do you do? Does your guard have anything to say? about all this drag-in-me business? I can't really do all the cool stuff that she does with her God. I just kind of get, you know, bad he-b-g-vis or good feelings about certain things. And so far, you know, I haven't really heard much from her again, but most of my worship of him is through my dad's work and through the ankle.

The further I get from him, more disconnected, I feel, from her, especially in the raiding Queensland. So hearing that from Anubis, definitely, makes me feel a lot better. That being said, though, if I'm taking this poetry correctly, you know, fire doesn't, in this case, it is very destructive. but I think we could use it to our advantage and maybe temper it and not make it so. I've worked enough in it, pretty familiar with it. And, you know, if we can craft a couple of javelins or two out of it, I don't see any harm. But I do think that we have a lot more investigating to do. And if we have Garik's on our side and we can use his might when it's appropriate,

when we've agreed as a group of what. when to use it in a safe and non-hazardous manner. You have to wear your safety goggles. That's what my dad always were. Oh, I have a pair of those. I'm casting major armor on myself. Does I like burn your eyes on? You do that.

I was saying the same thing. Are they like negligent goggles? Because when we came around the corner and the, like the fire went out, your eyes would have been seared right out of your skull. Yeah. Yeah. They're like, um,

those, what are those glasses that all like the eighth grade kids have that change from like sunglasses to, oh, to like normal glasses, transition lenses? They're like transition lenses. Cool. That's good. That's awesome. Thinking about to a transition lens, it just adds to the aesthetic. Very cool. Very cool. So, that was that a card? Oh, that's right. Yes. The gold of the shifting sounds. That was so cool! You're so cool to get out to Bexy do that? Did you hear that? No, no they can't, but I can. So is that, is that what you guys do in Neckbet? Well, it's what some of us do in Neckbecki's awful.

That's so awesome! I know. I'm also really afraid from that dream. I didn't like it at all. Oh, yes. Well, I knew this makes me feel better about it, so I'm sure it's fine. Oh, you have this same dream? Yes, of course. Oh, well, well...

Then are you on the same page that we're going to use the fire but quench its ire? What was it? Tame, it's ire? Temper. Temper. So, I will be the first to say this. I believe, as I wasn't here at the beginning of the conversation. Has it dawned on any of you that the dream was actually given to us by the nature of this growth? Do you realize that there is a power of magic around the grove that is the god they worship?

The eye of Gerex is the eye, I would imagine that we saw. It's not necessarily a symbol of doom, but they have already spoken to us, that fire causes destruction and then renewal, which is the ideology of that dream. They also might want us to feel a surreal way. Maybe he senses our hesitation. We sense that we're going to have enlightening dreams. I hope we don't have to go through another trial, and we didn't worry. I don't want to have to worship three, four, five deities that I'm upset for a record.

Why wouldn't, I feel like getting going through trials exactly what we wanted to? I don't worship the reaithing. That's right. I showed her respect and I did a trial for her. She's not my cause. I think gaining the grace and the power of any deity would be greatly beneficial. They just seem kind of like all a nascent, though. These lizard guys?

Yeah. Oh, no, sure. I'm not feeling the most comfortable about Garrix, but Anubis has said that it is his will that we proceed. Though I believe that his message is more along the line abuse the power of fire, but do not let it chaotically ripple through the forest and destroy all. We need to use the power, but to control it. I wouldn't know anything about the use of the word temper,

her and then blacksmithing would I would I would I wouldn't mean that connection probably not totally yeah is there blacksmithing where you come no no no got it no no my mall was a big stonehead tied to a no it's like tied down yeah it's like like a oyster island kind of yeah it's it's like a wooden like teetian or it could be like it could be wooden too yeah I guess maybe it's whatever you want to be a new midi yeah yeah I painted like wood is what most teaky heads on. Is there a teaky face on it?

Yeah? Oh, yeah. Is there cool? Oh, that's neat. There's some custom business. Yeah, yeah. I saw this is very, very early in rough. Your broth looks like my, like, worked on it six months.

As you can see, by completely completely, they can't make in Mini. That certainly isn't going to happen today. Definitely no combat. No, definitely. So what do we tell him? What are, are we, when we talk to us? When we talk to them, are we're going to just...

And then, yeah, we'll do it. You know, what if they're like, we need you to swear? Destruction, and we're all like... It sounds like Anubis is saying that we need access to this power, and we've got to do what it got to do. But the not if we should lie to him? Lying, we're telling them exactly what we're going to do. We're going to use the power that we potentially may have access to

to free the rebellion. That's it. But are you willing to fully allow Garrix into your heart to get his power? I'm not exactly what you call religious, but I'll see where the date takes me. Well, that's what I'm saying. What if that's the first question he asks? I'll make a decision on the time comes. I don't have to commit anything.

You're not a lizard person. You're not a Garik's... I'll commit when I need to. Thank you, Roofty. You sound like every boyfriend I've ever found. I don't know how to respond to that. I thought you did worship the Raven Queen in some regard. Well, I mean, again, it was more of a... Again, it was more of a you should do this thing, and I was like, well, I want to be in the military, and I just kind of follow along with it.

But I'm more of a make your own path and learn and science and all that good stuff, you know? Good hard work and learning as opposed to the other stuff. I agree. I think it served you very well. Thanks. Praying has helped me quite a bit, but it's not for everyone. Yeah, I don't certainly judge anyone, of course not. Teach their own, I always say.

I should pray more. I don't pray nearly enough, but yeah, it's not for everyone. I also think that this will be another situation where we end up respecting your exit. Iris said we're not necessarily committing our whole lives to me. Hopefully not. I guess we'll find out, won't we? So shall we go?

Yes. So we go and seek out all facts. All facts. All facts. So as you all decide, you know, a heart looks at you and says, I'll do whatever you all decide. You're the hero sent by the Ravenman.

You're destined to save us. And so she stands up. She seems very nervous, but she follows where you head. And as soon as you basically pack up and make your way into the grove, You see that there's a few more of the lizard folk cultives in their robes. You see that there are some skulls and skulls adorning some of their vestments. Some have these gnarled black daggers made of this strange stone or metal, even wood, maybe. And they're tending to the plants.

And you see from the large center grove, the ring of trees, all that steps. out, almost as if waiting for you. He holds his lantern a light, and he looks at all of you and says, so you have decided to claim the power of fire? Yes, yes, we have. Come into the ring.

And he steps into the ring of trees. Is that immediately? The outer ring that we came through? That's the inner ring. After you talk, I'll be right behind you. All right, let's do this. Everyone try to stay close to me. You look in, and as you see,

none of these trees have faces on them. They seem to be just this relatively small ring of trees. And once again, just completely lush and full with thick right canopies. And you step through, and once again, you kind of get flashed, of gold and red flame of light as you step ahead, as you look up and you see a small,

relatively small compared to the rest of this garden, growth of perfectly lined trees in a circle with a roaring, eminating, undulating mass of gold and red fire above this ring that seems to be completely covered in ash. And at the center, there is a small mount with a tiny little sapling growing out of it. We then look closely and they're a little in the midst this this whole patch of

just ash and burnt soil. You see tiny little sprouts wiggling up from the earth as the older lizard folk steps forward. His lantern glowing brighter and brighter and brighter. he guides you into this circle. And he looks at all of you and says, You are the ones I saw on the flame. You have been blessed by the will of one of our own.

You have not earned yet the power of flame, the power of fire. You must prove that your hearts are made of fire. And you must swear to use it to destroy the evil. that had destroyed so many lives and crushed the lives of all of the innocents on the forest floor. What say you? I say aye.

Don't be anything wrong with crushing evil. It was truly evil. I agree. I plan to crush the evil that has killed so many, so many innocent people and have presumably captured the spirits that Protect my home very, very far from here.

And destruction does not only affect this land. Very well. If you wish the power of Garex and the oil of the Edelwood, you must prove yourselves. Are you ready? Ready as will ever be. Lending for what? What are we going to do?

You are going to reveal the nature of your heart. Prove it is on fire. Oh, boy. Reveal its contents. to the grove and to Garrick's and prove you have what it takes to deliver his promise prove your power over flame itself

and you will have that power are you ready? Yes yes yes we're ready very well he beckons you all to the center of this ring and let's move the mat as you all step in to the center, Olfax steps back to the side and immediately the orb of flame around you burst out until there is nothing but a ring of trees around you and flame all above, blocking the sky, blocking the canopy of trees. You feel the heat as it bears down on you.

And you look to find Olfax, and he seems to have disappeared into the ring of trees. However, his voice booms out, and he calls to you. And he says, which one of you shall stand trial first? Oh, boy. This is, we definitely take turns. Yes. I will do it. And I step forward.

On the show? I was going to suggest Iris anyway. A godly woman, a fitting candidate. What is your name? Iris of the Sands. What is it that causes your heart to ignite into flame? Protection of the innocent, those that cannot protect themselves, those that would be subjugated against by others with power.

And so what is it you seek to destroy? Oppressers. And what will you regrow from the ashes? A civilization that governs itself in a way that all those that are part of it are protected. That those that are innocent may live full and happy lives, that their judgment comes only in death. Make her losing check an advantage, please. This can be a rough. 19.

19. As, as you say that, you feel this warmth, as the swirling gold and red fire shoots down from the inferno above you and almost baths you. But as it coats you, your fur does not burn, your flesh does not burn. You feel this incredible sense of power. However, as this also happens, it splits off into two arcs. as the swirling red and gold flame split off into two arcs on either side of this grove now is a separate ore of red and gold fire. And once again, the fire leaves you and you feel a warmth not just from outside of you but also from inside of us. And you hear the voice boom out. Very well. You have been granted the power of Garrick's If you can prove to master the power of fire. Who is next? That's easy, Toad, you guys that's out.

That's right. I think you should probably go first. What? He pushes me in this. He pushes you. Oh, damn it, no. What is your name? Felix Ackerman.

What sets, ignites your heart on fire. Well, I, I'm going to find my brother and set right the wrongs that I committed. And so, what do you seek to destroy? The people who did this, the people who lied to the people of Khorovacia. And what is the renewal you will grow from the ashes? We'll make the military right again. We'll make it so General Zern can lead a just nation and have people be free again. No more corruption.

Make a little check of advantage, please. 25. Okay. Once again, the pillar of flame engulfs you. And then once it fills you with that same warmth, it splits off in arcs and back into the orb. And you see that the flame is starting to take shape on either side of this grove into something more

than just an undulating ball of fire. Very well, you have the power of fire, should you be able to tame it. Who is next? That wasn't so bad, was it? No. And then I try to push Tullian doesn't go anywhere.

Oh, I see what you're trying to. Okay. The heart forward. Amen. What is your name? My name is Toa Winchasey Kamenui. What ignites your heart into flame? The memory and protection of my ancestors and the traditions of my homeland.

And what is it, therefore, that you seek to destroy? I seek to destroy those that captured and imprisoned. captured and imprisoned the wind spirits that protect that homeland, that seek to release the volcano god Tiki Roa and seek to destroy all the traditions and everything that I've ever known. And what renewal will you grow from the ashes? I want to bring those wind spirits back home. The spirits of all of the winds, the northeast, south and west, that protect our homes so that the Makani Islands can live a half. happy and fruitful and safe and peaceful life forever. Make her religion take advantage.

Can you twist? Can I twist? May. The other thing. Much better. 13. 13. Much better.

You feel the flame shoots down on you in this swirling red and green flame. And as it fills you, you feel sort of fill your core. However, it's hot. And you take 11 points of fire damage. damage however you tell me Felix I can't believe but you do feel you do feel the same warmth you don't know what they felt but the warmth of feel you and it swarms out in terms of see a bit of a head start to form and it looks at draconic in either side of the flame a gold fire and a red fire as these draconic heads start to form

on either side you have been granted the power of fire should you be able to it but you should be certain that you mean it who is next I'll go what is your name I respond in draconic my name is herzia anvil heart of clan anvil art of the grizzlepah mountains what ignites your heart on fire the warmth of an anvil papa's lap and you embrace of my mom. And so what is it you seek to destroy? Tyrants, and the evil in their hearts, and the sick enjoyment in their eyes separating families and children

from their mothers. And so what is the renewal you wish to grow from the ashes? I want to regrow love and family and a goddamn sense of community. Make your religion check and advantage. It's community organizers across a ventress. Nice. All right, as religion? Yeah.

24. 24. The Uralade hits you, and as it swirls around you, it kind of takes this golden red sort of to form in your eyes, and you see the molten fire of the forge, the distant claim of a hammer on an endel, and then it dissipates. You feel a warmth of fire in you and shoots out,

and it's in either side. There's very clearly two forming draconic shapes on either side of you. You have been granted the power of fire, forge, master. Should you be able to tame it? Who is next? We all just look at lucky. Capriceps forward.

He succeeds. Who is next? That was really good, that whole thing about music, and it was a power, to the soul, and whatever, man, that was very beautiful, pleased. Well, I guess it's me. I'm Lufty. What is your name? I thought it's cool enough. I'm Lufty.

What ignites your heart on fire? Well, I guess to know myself, to know my two things, to know my two things. and my true power. And so what is it you seek to destroy? Well, I seek to destroy the one that doubted me and to destroy all others who doubt the small ones they do not know. And therefore, what is the renewal you wish to grow from the ashes? I wish to grow acceptance and empower them.

and let them stand on our own two minutes. Be her religion take advantage. Good, Lord, you're gracious. And that, 15. 15. Okay, the flame engulfs you. As you feel the warmth envelop you, and you feel almost a burning sensation on your skin,

but you manage to resist it, and it shoots back up. There is one more. Who is next? Next, heart who's trembling now, so forth. Oh no, me. What is your name? What ignites your heart on fire? My name is people. And what, therefore, is it that you seek to destroy?

Them, the Eukaxian court, every single one of them that has impressed us for so long. And what is it, what is the renewal you? you seek to grow from the ashes. Freedom, life, more fear. I shall roll with advantage as well. With do natural ones. No! Skip her and wait a twist.

Can we give them a key? If the players would like to give NACTS- Yes! That was an unsciring thing I ever heard. One in 400 chance, ladies and gentlemen. Two natural ones. Oh, poor heart. And with that, the pillar of flame,

And this was a natural 18. Yay! Wow, okay, the first time I think that a twist has ever been used on an NPC. It's worth. Hashtag worth. Too small. As the fire shoots onto her, it looks like her fur is actually catch on fire.

As her eyes go wide, her narrow pupils narrow, and her green eyes go wide. And you see that her fear is suddenly melting away as a smile comes to her face and she feels the power envelop her. And it once again bursts out and shoots into the two forms, which are now clearly these large effigies of dragons. One red, one gold. They both let out a roar.

And it says, you have all been granted the power of flame. Now see if you can temper it. See if you can control it. Anyone on for initiative? Bad ass, man. God. I'm gonna throw up. I have advantage on issues.

Beat. Beat. Well, same hammering. Are we gonna battle cam it up? Battle cam. Battle cam. Okay, pardon me.

20 to 25? I got it. 20. 21. 21 so toa's first good bed herzah 15 20 17 17 for Felix 10 to 15 14 14 14 who's left lifting you go five or five we're gonna uh we're gonna heart will be caprice heart will be caprice and can we have a second penis on all the penises uh let's use, actually, do we just want to use Frost for her because she's a cat?

I do you see that? Yeah. I don't. Where do you see the second penis? It's a little more abstract, but. Is it the curly cues of the top? No. Oh.

Not one I see. Maybe there could be multi-peak. Is it the other, like, weird green thing that puts the penis? Oh, always play find the penis, so. With that, these, on either side, they seem to be made of flame and flesh. You just see that there's ash, there's burning material. within and almost giving it a physical form within as a golden and a red dragon take shape and a roar to attack you as you hear the command of Of olfax. Okay, Toa you're up? I will

Shit, what do I do again? I am going to turn here. Do I get a sense that I meant to attack one of these guys? Yes, he Olfax gave you the command to control fire. Yeah, okay, yes. Do you do sick fire moves? You have power. I have some. Well. So I'll take my toe up and I'll spread my legs and I'll kind of drop down into a battle trance.

And I will charge and... You're like legit dragons, though, right? They're not on fire. So they're made out of fire and, like, burning material ash and swirling into this. They're not like scaly dragons. And I will recklessly attack Twits. Okay. Sorry, it's 17 plus.

Eight, so 25. 25. And, ooh, 14 to hit. 25, 14 misses. Okay, so 25. Six. That's the first one hits. Seven, 12, 12 damage.

What number is that? Number one. Number one, okay. Your mall swings and slams. You hear the crackle- The second one, however, the fire almost blinds you as this is the gold dragon. As it almost blinds you and you miss your second mall attack. This one's gold. This one's red?

Yes. The stab box are the same, but for flavor. Hersha, you're up. Hershey's going to move up to number two. Got up. I'm just going to use your bonus action to cast compelled duel. Okay. It needs to make a wisdom saving throw.

If it fails, it's compelled to fight me. Wisdom is three. Okay. So since it failed, for one minute, I'm concentrating on it. It has disadvantage on attack against creatures other than me. Must make wisdom safe throw at each time they attempts to move to a space that's more than 30 feet away for me. Got it. Okay.

And then the spell ends if you attack any other creature, if you cast a spell, the target is a hostile creature, augurs the target. Got it. If a creature friendly to you damages the target or a cat. or cast a harmless spell on it, or if you end your turn more than ZEP, you'll re-review the target. So anyone else attacks it, it will also, it will act.

So I'll move up right behind it, one more, towards Andy. Yep, I'll still feel like, okay, you guys, I've got this one. You take care of the other guy, and I'll smack it with my... You hear the sound of a hammer on an handle and it clangs out and this magic,

uh, washes over it, and this red dragon looks at you and, uh, lets out a roar and is ready to attack him. 17. 17 hits, barely. Okay. Nice, max damage. So 10 points of magical budgeting.

10 points of magical budgeting to number two. Okay. Smashes it and you see the action form fly across this grove. And I'll expend a second level spell slot to divine sway for the ADA. Okay. 14 points of radiant damage. 14 points of radiant damage. You channel in and once again you hear that clanging and it burst in and smashes this thing apart.

Second attack? Okay. This will miss with an eight. An eight. This one dodges out of the way as the wings flap. And with that it is a Fioc's turn. So I've been so careful not to use fire on fire things, but this is too flavorful, so I'm going to do it. 5.10, 15, 20, 25, right there. there and I'm just going to take aim at number one with my dagger out invisible

and I'm just gonna say you want fire I'll give you fire and I'm gonna cast fireball to fourth level okay and Toa and Iris will be safe tech savings throw you get that 16 so yeah that is awful one two three four five plus nine is fourteen I'll redeem myself there a little bit, 25 points of damage. 25 points of damage. And you point out, and there's a little bead fires out and you hear a loud explosion.

And flame bades you, Irish and toe, but you are completely unharmed. However, the action form within this thing that's blown taking a good amount of damage to be fully affected by it. Okay. With that, it is their turn, as they are both going to,

arc around and Toa's going to go closer to Richie's going to go closer to Nikki. Got it. Yep, and it's going to arc right there. And both of them are going to rear back. Let me see a crackling flame building and I'm going to need a deck saving throws from everyone. Two people, so... Everyone? Hart. Oh, except for feelings. Thank you. Yeah. Hart and Lufty get to add two to their saving throat because you're going to have been a tip.

Okay. This is Jacks? Yep. I'm just going to roll. I'm a very good. Does this have any effect with disadvantage on me for the ring? For what ring? The ring of the pink elephant?

No, no, it's a scathing throw. Is it all just one roll or is it two separate rolls? So each one is not going to double bait everyone. They're basically meeting at the center here. Natural 20. Can I use a twist I just got some of my. Yeah, yeah. We've got like a billion on them.

I just want to use them up. I got a 19 by the way. I also have a 19. Oof, a little five. 14's the DC. Okay, so I will fail with a nine. You guys, you and Hart added two to their same room. Yes, so Hart succeeds.

So I guess HERS out fail. So you're gonna take half of 20 points of fire damage. of fire damage roll, very low. As the flame bursts out from each of these dragon forms, and you see this little sprout kind of whipped back and forth from the sheer heat, but it does not catch on fire at all. However, you manage to die the way I heard you, you take the full brunt as you're right in front

of this red draconic form. The rest of you were able to dodge, but it still singes you a little bit. Well, the female. It was so 10 to be 16. So 10 to 16. And Hart as well takes Heska. And she holds up her shield as well.

So 20 for the full? 20 for full. as you are getting the full iron because you are compelled to duel. I am, I succeed on my cell, my concentration. Okay. And with that, it is our turn. I'm going to use my movement to get behind the dragon. So number two, just like a flame breath target at me, but it hit out to people?

Yeah. Okay. It's a 15-foot goal. I am going to cast flats that it's a thing. at a third level and give everyone blessed to it myself. Hashtake. Hey-yo. So, you're blessed to be stressed, baby.

You raise up your weapon and it glows with this a turquoise light, and you all feel this warm sand. I would have done that before I moved. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. And then Iris then walked over behind it is you all feel the blessing of Anubis. What's the worst being? It is a, yeah. Um, okay. Can you roll it to attack rolls and saving throw?

It hurts you. turn as she is going to listen to your command. She's going to use her Tabaxi Sprint. She's going to shuffle up. She's actually shockingly spry with that. She's actually going to shoulder to shoulder with Iris. And she gives Iris a smile. And she's like looking, she's trying to impress you.

Because like, wow, okay, okay. And so she's going to, how does Blast work, by the way? She gets the 1d4 to attack girls in the same girls. One d4, one's going to be a natural 20. What? And the other, the other is going to hang out. So she is going to slice in with her sword, and she is going to,

with both head, she cleave, you see this action form of breaking. Do you have not range. Oh my God, all I enrolled is zero. That was not possible. Because they changed their randomization. I start happening on my stream too, and I haven't figured out why.

They definitely changed the way that their number, at their number, the random number generator works. 100%. Well, congratulations on your zero one. Yeah, you have a negative one. Okay, and so she slices in both. And she looks at like, ah, that was cool, right? And she slices in.

Okay, with that, it is a lofty's turn. Can I try? You said you okay? Yeah, yeah, I'll be all right. Okay. I'll take care of this guy. Uh, is mine the red one? What are? Damn, it's fast.

Mom's baby. there be a good, I put it in. You can either get mixed in there. Yeah, it's either way, it's in right, yeah. I am going to attack. I'm going to take my brewer's spoon and just, I hope you don't get burned and then whack it into him. Got it, okay.

And then I'm going to spend a key point and just follow it up with two boppops. You got it. That's my thoughts. and 13 15 15 15 the 18 the AC 17 oh shit I guess I just get all of your D-4s oh oh no so this is a 13 13 13 15 15 this is 15 15 15 hits it's yes yes okay okay so doing more So the two, two blessed to be stressed.

Two blessed to be stressed. Thank you. I like even wrote it down in addition to putting this in front of me and I still forgot. Okay, so those two hits, I'm armed, 18 total damage. 18 total damage. So as you are smacked your spoon

and you're trying to punch, you feel like you're going to miss as the heat is in your eyes, but you suddenly feel the guiding force of Anubis landing your fist to strike true and you smash into this. Even though you're punching into fire does not harm you as you're plastic apart this thing. That's good to know.

I'm gonna like fade, faint and stumble backwards and disengage to them. How is it was... I like that. 10 feet is another one square if you want to keep going. That's what I meant. And so you jump back from that. With that, it is Toa's turn. Talk with the round.

Uh, I will hit him again. Advantage with furious strikes. Let's miss. You might have lost in the round. Yeah. Thank you. 6.79 plus 8 is 17. 17 hits for the first one.

14. That hits. You're blessed. You're blessed. Ah! Your blest. Oh, sweet. That actually helps a time.

This is what very cool. It's hand it out. Very cool. Look that. That's what we got. It matches my little D4. I'm going to paint him. 10s fine.

This is beautiful. Rolls for a shit, 4, 5, 11 plus... 12 plus 10 is 21 damage. 21 damage. On that bad, okay. You're smashed into 21 damage here. Okay. And I'm just gonna kind of whip around there.

Yep. Okay. They're actually smashed in one after the other. These dragons are roaring as they're trying to maintain their shape. their shade. Don't you ignore the other one. Herscher, you're up. I'm just doing my goodness.

Did I notice if the, if Felix's firebolt had any sort of like negative fire? I feel like if it was resistant to it or the monster took the full front of it. I would say that you probably make a perception check a disadvantage. Oh. Three, yeah.

Yeah, so you would not have noticed. You were focused. Add four more damage to that. I'll keep forgetting that I'm reached. I'm going to always say, sidestip, off tank this thing over yonder. And, uh, many welts, handle it. Handle them.

Um, he's on the prize be gay and I'm gonna, uh, bonus action, try to knock the throne. Okay. With my, with my shields. So athletics contest. Natural 20 plus 24. I rolled eight. I rolled eight, so that's not gonna. You smack your shield into it and just like, it moves like one.

It moves like one inch and just flying like roaring at you. And then I'll just use my action to make two more flannel attacks at it. Uh, 21. It goes. Yeah. And then that'll be six points of bludgeoning. You smack into it with that. And then I'll put a first level divine smite into it.

Nice and so, nice. For an additional nine points of radiant. Okay. And then I'll do my second attack. which will be 21 as well. I'll do, oh, is that max damage? Fuck yeah. So that's 10 points of bludgeoning.

How is it looking? 10 points of bludgeoning, it's still holding strong. Okay, I'll put another divine smite into it. 10. Oh, first level. That'll be nine points of rain. Okay. Okay.

As you're taking this thing and you're seeing smashing into it, smashing into it. With each strike, you're channeling the power of Morden and the molten flame is crushing this apart. It's still hanging strong, but you are doing some damage to it. And with that, point in the round, you hear Olfax's voice boom out. Well, can you resist the power of fire?

I mean, everyone, the consulate and saving throw as the flame intensifies. Is the eye of the storm shrinking? Natural 20! Oh, ha ha ha. I didn't forget, maybe. No, natural 20. I'm so glad.

Look, I have a little altar going. I'm so blessed right now. I've got a 13. 25. One to two. 23. 15. 15.

So everyone that hit a 14 or higher succeeds. And so you're going to take half of this damage, which was 16 points of fire damage if you failed, half, eight points if you succeed. And the fire rages out all around you. This is Constitution?

Constitution, yep. You're resisting the heat. Felix are out. So eight if you pass, eight if you pass. I launch another fireball at it. Okay. And I protect the four people

that are in range. Okay, once again. Make my contract. It's 16 decks. 16 decks, got it. You can get 13. Like bad, or you can see. Oh, yeah.

28 points of damage. 28 points of damage. Okay. You can get stuck left. You're good. Yeah. Oh. Oh, yeah.

I mean put that in here. With your all. I'm just standing back and unloading fire on this. And once again, it blasts everyone else. It is struggling to maintain its form. It is looking weak now at this point. As it took, as it's getting blasted apart, you see bits of ash and charcoal just flinging across this battlefield.

With that, it is their turn. And is it marked by Utah? It is indeed. OK, so they're just going to go all out on both of you two. They are advantage against me. Advantage against you. So it's going to be a bite, two bite attacks on Utah.

Watch and we'll see if they regained the fire breath. Nope. Nope. Okay. That is going to hit as the bite chomps in on you an advantage. So you're going to take, this is relevant, right? You're going to take seven points of piercing damage. So three.

And three points of fire damage. So six total. As you tear into it, it's going to go for another bite attack on you. That is going to be a 20-something. Yep, that is going to be, geez, seven points of piercing. And 10 points of fire damage. as it tears into you. You feel like the heat.

Persia, it's just normal for you, right? No. Natural 20 on Hersia. Oh, no. Oh, no. Within range. She's not within range. Oh, no.

Piercing and fired has nothing to do. Doesn't really affect it, right? No. Okay. That is going to be. Wompwomp. 25 points of damage. It's a lot.

It's a lot. And it's going to make another attack. against you. So 25, half of that is 12. Why would you take half? Because of concentration check. Oh, yeah, yeah. Yeah. Do I add loss to that?

It's a check. Yeah. It's a check. Yeah. Same a drone. Yeah. I make it 12. Yeah. Yep. Nice. Okay. So you maintain content treated, but it tears into you. However, the next bite, you managed to, you're ready this time as you raise up your shield

and block the mall, this flaming red dragon. With that, it's ours is turn. I'm going to turn to this. How is the dragon in front of him looking? He's looking rough. Or she. I am going to cast inflicts leaves at a second level.

I'll reach in and inflict. How does that work? Is it a bell attack or saving through? It's a 19 to hit. That hits? And so as my hand comes into contact with it, you see is it's skin becomes to black and mummify where my hand is touching it. Okay. And I'm going to do 4010 necrotic damage to it.

Yep. That's all. Wow. Yeah, I could use one more D10. That's a lot of D10s. Wow, 4010. That's a 10. Wow. 19, 26, 29. Nice.

That's good enough. 29 points of necrotic damage. Iris, you reach your paw and your fur does not catch fire, neither does your flesh as you grab a bit of charcoal. And as this dark, you see this dark necrotic energy and all of these wrappings and these beetle kind of pour out of your paw and start to swarm all over

and the fire begins to get dimmer and dimmer until all of the charred action remains look like just a mummified skull before, for one second it beats its wings and then crumbles to the ground and the nothingness. Anything else you're doing?

I am going to use my bonus action to take a health potion. Okay, you down a health potion. not Caprice, a heart is going to, she cannot use her feline agility because she's the last turn. So she's just going to, she's just going to dash. Could she dash through this? Good job, good job, Iris. And she, yes. Oh, I killed it? Okay. Oh, so I'm going to use my feline agility because it doesn't require an action and I'm going to get as close to hers as possible. It's not difficult to her. No, no, it's gone. It's a pile of that. I should be able to get there.

You can get as far as here. I'll get her. Heart is just going to sprint and you see her huffing and puffing as she's running off with her with her armor dashing 60 feet towards the red dragon. She should be able to get a little bit more than a problem oh And she'll still staying right there cool in here yep with that it's Luffy's turn I'm going to run well at first I'm gonna yell at him not so hot now huh and then I'm gonna I forgot. I forgot. Is that really here? You're here. Here.

Here. You can, if you go one, two, three, four, five, you can get four. Right? Can I get one? I can get one. I think I'm one shy. Five, ten, fifteen, twenty, twenty, thirty, thirty, thirty, thirty. Okay. Forty and a half. Yeah, yeah, these one. Okay. Cool. Sorry. I got some. Cool. Big fan of the base coming through.

Um, yeah, so I'm gonna just swing over my head and just bop him. Okay. and then follow it off with like a punch of a kick. Yep. Which will drop compelled to. Got it, which is like. Okay, so. Yeah, we don't want to attack in that.

I think that's- You run up and you see that this thing has taken a bit amount of damage, but hers is covered in like burns and like, and her flasches don't. Oh, no. But it's time to let the third tank that go. Yeah, so that's not.

D4. We need, where's our off tank heels? Well, that definitely fits either way, but I'll throw them there for fun. Yeah, yeah. So that's a whole bunch. Two in the two arms. You had two force to that.

Yeah. So 22, no, 21 and 13. 13 misses. So one quarter stuff gets. You don't add anything to your arm. You add something to this. Oh, I'm sorry. I wasn't.

So 17. 17 hits. So they all. Yeah, bless. To be cashed. You really got watched me. Okay. Nice.

So 12, 24, 33 damage. 33 damage, okay. And then I'm just gonna him back up 10 feet. Okay. Once again, guided by a new miss. You feel like you're going to miss for some of these because of how bright this golden fire, no, it's red fire, you, once again, that guiding hand of Nubis, smack, smack, smack, and you were tearing

apart the physical structure of this creature. Hershey, you're up. Toaza? Toa is up. Apologize, apologies. 15, 20, 20, 30, put it up for you. Wow. Farrarians and monks, man.

You got it. I'm just gonna make two reckless wings right out of you. Hit. And Nubis for the win. You're so blessed. Yep. You're blessed to be strengths. It's a 16, so no matter what I roll it hits.

17. Once again, I knew this is guiding your hands, Toa. Nice, there we go. Wow, 12. Two-two. Two-two damage total. 32 damage total. As you're smashing into it, let me just make sure I forget about those.

Yeah, that was raw two. Yeah. It's struggling to maintain its form now as it's looking rough and it's letting up. this crackling roar. It's real cold. Oh, I don't have any potion left, too. No, I don't either. I got one.

Oh, wait. Revitalizing brew is a greater human potion, right? Yeah. I'm going to risk it. I'm just going to not do anything. Okay. Curzee, you're up. I'm going to move five feet closer to parts to the right.

Yep. This way? Yep. And I'll use my bonus action to try and knock it prone. Okay. With my shield, uh, of eight and 13. Oh, 17.

Okay, that doesn't work. Once again, you try to shut it, but it is maintained this one. It's not trying to run anywhere. It's here to test you. Okay. And then I will use my action to make two more tasks again. Okay. Plus. Um, oh my gosh.

This one hit. 17? Barely hits. Barely. And then the other one is three. So good. Oh no, this one's a 21. It's a 16.

It's barely misses. Only one. One does hit, however. So this will be four points of bludgeoning. Okay. And I won't divide it this time. You won't? I will not.

Okay. So it means to dodge out of the way and you smack into it one more time and it does manage to burst off some of its skeletal form, but, um, and you have my blessing to say whoop-ass. Yes. With that, you hear the voice boom out with Ulfax. He says, you've seen the destructive power, now see the restorative power,

and all of a sudden vines and plants are to grow out of the vine and slither all up in you. I need everyone to make a dexterity saving throne. No. Bless. We're all blessed, don't forget. Plus two to heart, iris, and Lofti. I think you're more than Tim Peter McLeod from Vitoa.

Can I use a twist? I got a natural one. Yes. Do the thing. Do the thing. I just don't want to get moving. I don't want to get my arms constraints, so I can cast spells. If you just subtract a twist for me here.

Charity saving through. Oh, no, you did. I rolled another natural one. One and 400 chance. One and 400 chance now. I rolled two natural natural. 22. That is.

Oh, nice. There is. So what is the effect? You will be restrained in grapple. Does that, what is grappled actually mean? You can't move. You can't move and you have disadvantage on dexterity saving throws. And attack.

And attack rolls. I don't really care about physical movement. I just care about... So if you're making an attack roll, that would be advantage of a spell attack? No, I don't fireball. It's fire support. As long as I can cast my spells. Yes.

So everyone who got a 14 or lower, the vines wrap up and constrain you. You still have use of your arms, but you are unable to move as your looted in place. Felix's up. I cast Fireball and Dragon. Okay. Decks 16.

A nine. Did your heart pass? That's pretty good. Yes. She passed. It's going to be 12, 13 plus 9. Yeah. Plus 9 is going to be 13 plus 9. What is it?

How do this? Oh, plus another 12 is going to be 34. 34 points of it. With a men, much overkill. How do you want to do this? I want to summon as, like, I've been just launching Fireball after Fireball at these things. I want to do it in a way that is going to impress Garrick's himself.

Okay. So you've loved Fireball after Fireball bursting apart the gold dragon palm. They bring out. And you turn, as everyone is around you, once again, you chain all your own mass. you a fire. I cast it here so that way Lifty doesn't have to worry about it and everybody else passes you cast that bead and

it erupts and the power of fire is that you see this raging creature made of fire and ash. However the flame from your fireball greatly out shines and is completely engulfed and everyone has to kind of shield their eyes for a moment

and the fire rages around them and you use your mastery to make sure that all of your allies are unharmed and when the fire returns back into nothingness there's nothing but a pile of ash beneath you. And the voice booms out once again. You have shown your mastery of fire, destruction, and renewal. You may gain the power of Garex.

You will bring the destruction to those that oppress us, and you will grow the renewal out of those ashes. And you feel a warmth come over you as the gold and red fire shines down and fills you with once again more warmth and more power. And with that as the flame shrinks and shrinks and shrinks until just that original orb,

and that original orb swarming, it then dissipates for a moment and you're all of late. Yes. There is that, that's because I was flashing this. Oh, my God, I was already here. IDM. I know how this works. I had a fear.

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