Tales from the Stinky Dragon - Betwixt The Bramblecracks - Ep. 70 - Slujj the Monopol-Ooze

Episode Date: October 26, 2022

Our heroes’ only naked ambition is to defeat the great Slujj and escape the trap he’s closed around them all. When good butts up against such monstrous evil, can there be any victory? Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/TalesFromTheStinkyDragon Check our our merch: https://store.roosterteeth.com/collections/tales-from-the-stinky-dragon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is a Rooster Teeth Production. Best wishes to all you Balhannids. Teleport your way into the Stinky Dragon. Knock back our latest nightcap. Vanish into Thin Lair. It's a mixture of aberrant absinthe, a glass of French champagne, stirred with your latest victim on ice. One taste of this tipsy-tipple is enough to tickle every tentacle on your torso.

Previously our adventurers skedaddled out of an amnesia-infested croakmire with the help of their terracel friend, Torethor. They bound their way up Bramble Castle to the highest spire in the tallest tower. There Kyborg was nearly kebabbed by an enormous ice knife. The party proffered persuasive performances of beasts. Say that five times fast. Finally they were captured by Shaman Soos along with Mud's family where she convinced Mud to touch the Briar Orb. Good news is that Mud has regained many misplaced memories. Bad news is he never had a brother.

Pluck yourself a potation, let's proceed with this pungent potboiler. Mud, the brambles around your arm loosened enough for you to reach out. Your fingertips touch the brown crystal orb and your surroundings wash over you like raindrops and then refocus on the chiming of bells. You feel a surge of energy lash out at your mind and one by one memories flood into your mind.

Swimming in Kochmeyer Lagoon, singing on stage in Morvane, holding hands with your mother and father along the docks of the Babayu. Your surrounding swirl once again refocuses back to the present, entangled in bramble staring at Zeus. Her eyes look up at the brown orb now swirling with light. She turns back to you and squints.

Ah, right. I took the rocks away from you. Looks like you finally got your memories back. I wanted you to forget this place. I didn't want you to get in the way. But then I found out later I needed three things to free my master from this briar orb. The Diagem, the scroll, and you, the heir of the crown. If it's any consolation, Clay was never going to die.

She waves her staff and Clay is suddenly hovering over the pit. In fact, you never had a brother. She waves her staff again and Clay fades from existence. Ka-ching! The chains from the brown orb fall to the ground and the orb floats in the air swirling with light that gets brighter and brighter. The orb shatters and a cloudy portal opens up at the far end of the room. Whack! Out from the portal drops an enormous mound of yellow ooze and you see rotting corpses and decomposing skeletons buried beneath the layers of foul smelling slime. The front of

the ooze ripples and churns forming a pair of eyes made from decaying skulls and gloopy mouth dribbling with mucus. One hundred years. A century with nothing but scraps to feed on. I see you've brought guests. Well done, Zeus. Well done. Zeus bows low to the ground. Thank you, master.

It's now the time for me. Patience, duper patience. Your reward will come. The mountain of ooze turns its gaze to you all. But first, it's time for some lunch to savor this

mouth-watering moment. Free then. Zeus waves her staff and your brambled binding shrivel up and release you. Hmm. Okay. So many minds

on the menu this evening. Which memories to munch on first? Oh, I know. I'll have one of every day. Slime spews from Sledge's mouth all across the room. The yellow slime coagulates into several amnesia,

closing in on your position. Snod rockets, move! Everyone roll initiative. Oh, my gosh. All right. I'm re-rolling that. It was a one. We're getting right into it.

17. Five. 12. 17. That would be you then. Yep. More dexterous friend of mine. That's not rocket looking.

That's all. I don't care his name is Sludger. He's called, he's naming him Snot. That's not his name. Nice. He's looking very beefy and very hungry. And very, is he going first in initiative? Believe it or not, I have to look at some dexterity to figure that out.

Oh. Sludge rolled the same thing as both of you. Really? Yeah. But he's Sludge, so he has bad dexterity, so I get to go first. I had to look it up to see. We're going to find out, aren't we? He might be even more dexterous if he's slime impossible he's made of vomit you he is all

center of gravity oh actually i take it back i looked at sludge's role incorrectly that was my bad he was not tied with you guys was he higher i'm not saying oh all right so just as a reminder, you're in like a rather big, long earthen room. And you all have lost all of your items except for the two dia gems and the scroll of Amphibolus' blessing. I forgot that we got everything. We nakey. Yeah. We got stolen. Dang.

And this is an expansive multi-tiered earthen chamber. It's furnished with tables and shelves of alchemical supplies like pottery, vials, scrolls, and a few rotting bodies on the floor. And there's that big pit in the middle of the room that Clay was dangling over for a little bit. Or he got snapped away. Quote unquote Clay. Right. And when you first arrived, you saw Soos at the far end of the room locking a chest and placing it below a desk. And Soos is holding a

staff with a glowing yellow stone embedded onto its head just a reminder of everything that you had already seen and figured out just so you have that memory fresh in your head right now amnesiac strike speaking of amnesias like i said sludge kind of caused some amnesias to appear and they're closing in on you quickly. In fact, one of them slimes its way. I don't know how to describe. One of them oozes its way closer to you. And it's going to try to munch on one of your memories. Are they all alone in the moonlight?

No. It's just quiet. Gus, you're supposed to get these references, okay? I didn't get it till Barbara started humming oh it uh oozes up to uh cyborg no it doesn't yeah oh hold on let me double check yeah it does okay and like no I wouldn't say a tentacle what would you call like a pseudopod kind of uh lashes out and tries to strike what would you call it? Like a pseudopod kind of lashes out and tries to strike at you. Okay.

Okay, it's not a real pod. It's a sort of pod. It's a pseudopod. Oh, it hits AC8, which I assume is a miss. Yeah, it's a miss. So do I just like swipe away snot? Maybe like little droplets fall on you. It's in my mouth.

Am I the only one who's like constricted or something? No, they let go. Yeah, everyone. Okay, they let go. Yeah. We're all naked. Correct. Knew that.

Bart somehow feels he could fight better like this. He's in his element. Yeah. You're more free. A second Amnesia closes the distance, entering kind of a position to block you all from advancing further, and targets Gum-Gum.

Lashes out with another pseudopod, hitting a C23. That hits. Like twice. Gum-Gum, please spare the Gum-Gum. He doesn't have good memory anyways. It does 10 points of bludgeoning damage. Now Gum-Gum has good memory. It's just his base knowledge is lacking.

Well, you can't lose much when you don't have much to begin with. You can't lose it if it wasn't there in the first place. GumGum, what did you forget? I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. What kind of damage is it doing? That was bludgeoning.

Bludgeoning. Yeah. And GumGum, in addition, you need to make a strength saving throw. You haven't forgotten how to be strong. You can do this. 20. Oh can do this. 20. Oh, strongest boy. That pseudopod like tries to wrap around you and pull you closer, but you like slap it off.

And you manage to. It's gross. Don't touch it. Kyborg. That means it is your turn. Then after Kyborg is going to be bart where's suce where's she doing uh she's at the far end of the room bowing down before sludge who has appeared oh that's cute i aim my hand cannon at her and i fire it's built into my arm i still have my weapon

there boom oh nice all right you have to make an attack roll for that right okay yeah uh okay yeah using the wearer's dex modifier to single target so what you do then is roll a d20 add your dex modifier plus your proficiency bonus i don't know what my proficiency bonus would be uh for you it's four so that'd be five plus five plus four fourteen oh yeah that hits okay okay i don't want to do lucky anyways uh great great great uh let's look again i have uh what is that 46. so it's going to do it like anyways. Uh, great, great, great. Uh, let's look again. I have, uh, what is that? 46.

So it's going to do 46 bludgeoning damage and 46 fire damage. That's fun. Bludgeoning. And that's fire. So that's 13 and 10, 23. Here's some old bones crack. I hope. I liked clay.

Okay, so then it fires out just like a single cannonball, right? Yeah. Which impacts Soos. She lets out a yelp and then she becomes engulfed in fire and must make a DC 16 strength saving throw. Yay, I shot an old lady. She's the last of her kind. Second to last.

No, that other guy died. He faded away. Yay! She rolled a two on her strength saving throw. I don't think she made it. No, no. She does not have a plus 14 on strength. She just got walloped into a wall.

Just crumbles. She knocked down. How's she looking? Not good. She's smoldering and you can see the beginnings of a large circular bruise forming where the cannonball impacted her. That's fun. Okay. Well, that was one attack.

I don't have my quipons. I need to go steal from her. That's going to probably open me up to an attack of opportunity from these booger monsters, right? Yeah, one of them did lash out and attack at you, so it is within melee range. So if you move out of melee range,

it will have an attack of opportunity. What if I use, like, my boots of jumping or my ring of jump? Boots of jumping. Can I, like, jump over it? But that's still going to be an attack. We don't have any of our stuff. Oh, gosh. No, my boots, my rings. Oh. Moons of jumping. Can I like jump over it? But that's still going to be an attack. We don't have any of our stuff. Oh gosh.

No, my boots, my rings. Oh, we have no equipment. Correct. Okay. Other than whatever you're packing. What was that again? I don't like my arm. I want to like juke this guy out

and then run straight for Soos to see if I can steal the key from her. So this would be my movement action. And then I also have one more attack. Okay. So describe your move to me. You said you gonna juke and uh what yeah yeah i just want to get around this big booger figure and then i want to go rob that uh old lady that i just shot all right yes so you're gonna move the amnesia is gonna try to lash out at you as you're going around let's see if you're able to successfully juke it or not come on 19 you did not juke it wait out of what is it rolling up against your ac my ac

which is okay yeah without armor on yeah you know what though i don't like that so i'm gonna do a lucky and i'm gonna make you re-roll that oh all right yeah i don't like that i don't like that lucky i like and it rolled a Oh, that's a crit fail. Yeah. Chris got really excited about that. Yeah. Well, his eyes got really wide. A crit fail.

It's exciting. Well, it went from a win to a super loss. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm there with you. You, you know, start running in one direction past the amnesia and it lashes out and then, you know, almost as if you anticipated it. You change directions very quickly and make the Amnesia look stupid. Can it fall prone?

I wouldn't say it falls prone. I don't make you guys fall prone when you roll one, so I'm not going to make it fall prone. Okay. Well, as I run past it, can I, like, smack its butt or is that going to give me damage or something? I don't think it has a butt. I don't think you want to touch it. Eh, true. I just imagine this big glob and then, like, two little cheeks on the back and then I just go.

Is it caked up, basically? Is it gosh we'll ignore that uh so yeah I'm gonna go uh up to Seuss you're gonna close the distance let me check how far it is remember there is a circular pit in the middle of the room and the room is multi-tiered you're gonna have to kind of walk around all of that I assume you're gonna want to take as direct of a path as possible yes as long as it doesn't bring me up like through sludge or whatever so i guess maybe i didn't fully explain the layout of the room you know like i said there is that pit in the center of the room and zeus herself is actually kind of right by that pit and then further back in the room like immediately behind zeus is Lord Lowemish and Lady Sandra, and then just a little further back from there on almost like a higher

level is where Sludge is. Okay. And then further back at the very back of the room is where Soos' desk and that chest were. Oh. Behind Sludge? Correct. Okay. From where you are, you can close the distance and get to Soos

on this turn. Oh, great. With no problem. And in fact, Mud is also pretty close to the pit, so you would pass by him. Remember, he's yet to touch the orb. Okay, Mud, high five. Do we have to roll for something? No, just high five me. Why did you do it that way? Blaine went for a high five and then

pulled his hand back. High five? Okay, look at my elbow. Oh! Ooh, Micah, you can use that audio, I give you permission. I saw what you meant! He like, pulled it back! Yeah, he did like a little hesitation thing. Well, I didn't want to hear your microphone. Anyways, I high five him along the way.

And then I reach Soos, and then I say, Oh my god, Soos, I didn't know I was gonna hit you that hard, are you okay? And then I unarm strike her into the pit. Oh my god. But I wanna steal her key first well we'll see it'll be like shoving and you want to try to steal the key i mean that would kind of be an action yeah sure why not little nigel thornberry there make a like a sleight of hand check i guess to see if you can, pull that key off of her. Twelve. That's not a good one.

No, I could probably roll a lucky if you wanted me to. That's up to you. You gotta tell me before I do anything. I sure do, don't I? Wait, you can make him re-roll, though. Yeah. Yeah, I could, couldn't I? If I have an opposed roll against that. What do you mean? If it wasn't just like a number you had to hit. Like if it wasn't a check,

if it's not an opposed roll, it's a check. Instead of lucky, I want to do an inspiration die. Oh, okay. That's smart. Yeah. I'm using my inspiration die. So I'll reroll my slide of hands. Now it's a 15.

That's not bad. That's good. Yeah, it's bad. It's fine. It's fine. You happy with that? Yeah, sure. I guess I already had it rolled.

No, whenever I have an opposed roll with you guys, I don't do that one. Typically, I don't do that one in secret. Like, normally, you can see the roll as well. Yeah, okay. Just because I want to be nice to you guys. Secret. 19. Secret.

19. Oh! She smacks your hand. You try to grab the key off of her, but I almost had to have anticipated what you were going to do. Her hand was wrapped tightly around it, and you're unable to get it.

Can I still punch her? Yeah. Okay, then I do an unarmed strike. I punch her. Punch this old lady. With the goal of shoving her down the pit, right? Well, we need that key, so I just kind of want to incapacitate her. Lucky? He wants a concussion.

That's what he's shopping for a concussion. Do you have any concussions today? Gus, re-roll that lucky. I'm going to lucky you. Re-roll that. Okay. Thanks, Chris. Wait, the sleight of hand? Yeah, re-roll that lucky. I'm gonna lucky you. Re-roll that. Uh, okay. Thanks, Chris. I think I'm good. That was Chris. Wait, the sleight of hand? Yeah, the opposing roll. I want to re-roll. Gotcha. Yeah, 13.

No! Chris is so invested in this battle. I'm here for it. I love it. No, it's good. I like the energy. I like the energy every time. It's like Chris is watching a movie. He's like watching his favorite anime. No, Lucky, use your Lucky Drink.

Sounds sweet. You can do it, Kyborg. He's hiding in the closet. Don't go in there. I should do this gum gum. It is very gum gum energy. Well, as far as you guys can tell, it looks like we were just tickling each other and then I go, I have a key now. You're like slapping

hands. Yeah, you managed to lift the key off of her despite her best attempts to hold on to it. So you knocked an old lady down, lit her on fire, and then robbed her. Yes. That is the summary of what has happened so far. You sound like a police officer

making your report. So let me get this straight. You assaulted her, committed arson. Assault defense. Give me your gun and your badge. Your arm and your badge. Yeah, and then now I want to shove her into that hole. Oh my goodness.

With an unarmed strike? Yeah, so the way shoving normally works is using unattack action, which you have one left, you can make a special melee attack to shove a creature either to knock it prone or push it away from you. So what you want to do is... She's already prone, I will mention. Yeah, so your goal in this point is to shove her away from you.

Yeah. AKA into the pit. Was there any sort of advantage because she was prone on any of that stuff? Maybe. That's a no. That's a no. He forgot. So you want to make an unarmed strike to shove.

100%. So I should roll for that. Yeah. Okay. All right, here we go. And 13. Yeah, that would hit. So yeah, you would want to make an athletics check with your strength in order to try to

shove her. Okay. Here we go. That's a 17. Okay. And then she contests it with either strength or dexterity. What is she going to use? I would imagine dexterity.

Probably. I don't want to make any assumptions about her but i'm going to use a tiny little shrimp lady she prone yes prone to what not prawn which she also is nice all right she will make a dexterity check i acknowledge it's my favorite person at a comedy show the person just yells out. Yes Yes, I heard what you said Hey those people in a groups are MVPs when you're telling a story and everyone else starts like not listening and one person make eye contact With you and they're nodding along listening. You're like, thank you

Thank you for contributing for not making me feel like I'm talking to nobody So she rolled a dexterity check with disadvantage. You see she rolled twice not making it. Yeah. Thank you for contributing, for not making me feel like I'm talking to nobody. So she rolled a dexterity check with disadvantage. You see she rolled twice. Her dexterity is plus three, and she rolled a 19 and a 16, which means her lowest roll is a 19, which overcomes your athletics check. Get in the hole,

lady. Alright, you know what? Action surge! I'm gonna punch this lady into that hole. I don't care. I don't care. I was really just aiming for this lady when there's a giant sludge monster. That's what I was about to say. I was about to say. It's like, you can see the

boss behind her. She is the one between us and the boss and our stuff. Where is our stuff? Yeah, where is your stuff? She said she put it in a cabinet in a chest behind the desk. Yeah, where is your stuff? She said she put it in a cabinet, in a chest behind the desk. Yeah, now I have a key. And now he has the key, which the desk is far away. Yeah.

But I got friends that teleport and stuff, but now I'm cleaning up this mess so that they don't have to do all the, you know, checks that I'm doing right now. You're welcome! Alright, that was 11. No, that's not good. Okay, well, I get two attacks in an action so i'm gonna do it again we're gonna keep at this seuss 15 when do i get to play a character that

has multiple actions i'm like a spell and i move yeah you don't get two attacks yet i guess the spell yeah those are 15 i've never i don't think i've ever had two attacks but at least what blame is giving you is plenty of time to look through all your spells and decide which one you want to do. And second guess myself. The 15 does hit. So go ahead and make your athletics check. Sure, it's not an acrobatics. Is there another way I can leverage her into that hole?

Yeah, I could say if you wanted to, you could try acrobatics. I picture almost like instead of like shoving her, you're like suplexing her. Yes. Oh my God. All right. So we're going to roll out. 14. Okay. I picture almost like instead of like shoving her you're like suplexing her 14 okay, she's gonna roll a dexterity check at this advantage and she gets plus three. Okay. Here's the first one. That's a 22 Here's the second one That's an eight. Okay In the hole in the hole

How deep is this hole is this like a bottle of pit or is this like a she she said we were gonna find out Yeah! In the hole! In the hole! How deep is this hole? Is this like a bottle of pit? She said we were going to find out. She kind of like left it vague and in the air. Like if she threw you in there, you would find out how deep it is. Only you find out! It's just two feet deep with just really dark water.

Alright, you pick her up and like do a suplex. But instead of like hitting the ground behind you, you, like, let go at the last second, and she falls into the pit. And you hear a very faint screaming get quieter and quieter. How long does the scream last? Like, how many feet would you say the scream lasts? It would still be going.

Remember, a round is six seconds. So, like, all of the actions for one round is six seconds. So, like, all of this is happening super quick, despite, you know, how long it takes in our time. So it's still going on. This is just great to me on a couple levels of what Kyborg just did. One, I'm glad we're back to the Kyborg

that just kills helpless creatures like hamsters. She's not helpless, she took away your brother. You just went for like an old lady, like the visual of it all. Played by our friend, Elise Willems, right? Oh, I see. Yeah. And then also the fact that you learned

nothing from fighting Quadrant. And that turned out fine. Because you nuked everything on Mirandalorian. Yeah. And then... The obliterated. Alright, is that it for you, Kyborg? God, I hope it is. I have the key, and I say uh mom i killed your teacher

but i got i got a key so someone if you want it i thought you said mom i killed your teacher i thought he did too didn't really come through there mommy mama mom mommy that it's the when the kids at school and actually calls a teacher mom yeah and everyone laughs yeah yeah uh i'm pretty pleased with myself i'm good okay i stand stand there, naked, arms on my hips. Arms akimbo. It's a good thing I didn't have any more questions to ask this person to understand what the hell happened to me.

Don't worry about it. He got your mom and dad. She got a shell, right? I hope you guys didn't eat that staff she had. Bart, you're up. So now that... Did she drop it? No, she was holding on to it now that shaman seuss is uh in the nether regions um so we have sludge who's how far away from our group uh sludge all the way in

the back yeah it's on the opposite well not quite the opposite end of the room but pretty far like even behind where seuss was how many feet from where you're standing uh like direct line okay so this would not be movement, just FYI. You'd have to move a little differently, but direct line from where you are. As the crow looks. Yes, as the crow looks, about 60 feet. Okay, cool. And the amnesias?

Two of them have closed and are pretty close. One of them is right next to Gum-Gum. One of them is where Kyborg was, so right up on the party. And there's two other ones who are kind of flanking off to the sides, kind of where Zeus was previously. They're not like within melee range of where that was. They're about 15 feet off to the side, either side of that.

Okay. But you imagine they will be closing on you whenever they have a chance to go. Okay. Well, I think I'm still going to try to go for Sludge because I feel like he's controlling all of these. So take out the head. Mothership rules. I'm going to cast a new spell on him called synaptic static it is a spell that you choose a point within range and cause psychic energy to explode there

each creature in a 20 foot radius sphere centered on that point must make an intelligence saving throw a creature with an intelligence score of two or lower can't be affected by the spell. I assume he has a higher intelligence of that? 2 is pretty low. What's your intelligence, GumGum? 4. Okay, there you go. So it would have to be dumber than GumGum.

Yeah. Target takes 8d6 psychic damage on a failed save or half as much on a successful one. 8d6. And the range is 120 feet. Oh my god. Dude, that's a... level spot yeah i'm imagining the water cooler between two fans who are listening to this and like did you hear bards and your smell they just dropped this week's episode it just dropped just a psychic nuke yeah i guess like who's within a 20 foot radius of sludge lord lomis and lady sandra are about

15 feet closer to you than sludges but, but you could center it behind Sludge. Behind Sludge, yeah. That's what I was going to ask if I could put it like, so just basically when it explodes out, it hits him, but not the family or us. I'm trying to see if you get an Amnesia as well. Give me just a second. I'm like using my fingers to like.

Gus being a bro. Yeah, Gus is like one of those like really cool accountants. He's like, I'm going to see if I can get you a little bit more on deck. I don't think either of the remaining Amnesia would be within range, no matter how you place it. That's okay. I'm getting Sludge. So you pick a point kind of behind Sludge. We would say it was most likely like between Sludge and the desk that Zeus was at before.

Okay. And you pick that as the point and Sludge must make intelligence save, right? And he needs 15 or higher his intelligence is plus two that's a 13 so it is a failed save full damage excellent so bart you get to roll eight d six psychic damage six coming in ah 30. probably not very high no that's still good for just one action 30 psychic damage and also after a failed save a target has muddled thoughts for one minute during that time it rolls a d6 and subtracts the number rolled from all of its attack rolls and ability checks as well as its constitution saving throws to maintain concentration i'm gonna going to roll it. Okay. One. Okay. So I guess you subtract one from any rolls that that creature does.

The target can make an intelligent saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. Bart gave Sludge long COVID. Jesus. It is COVID. The synaptic static explodes with like psychic energy behind Sludge. And he lets out an awful roar. Seems like he's in incredible excruciating pain.

And he thrashes about wildly where he is, seemingly from all of the damage you've inflicted on him. Can I tell if anything affected the amnesias when that happened? Did they writhe? Did they get affected at all? Whenever there's a psychic damage, I just imagine like eating ice cream too fast and getting a brain freeze.

That's what I imagine. I'm imagining it's that moment from, you know that movie with Bradley Cooper where he's taking that, like those pills. Limitless. Limitless.

Where he like starts to like fade in and out kind of from like time skips. Make me a perception check. Okay. 24. It does not seem like there was any effect on the amnesia. Okay.

And then as a bonus action. Oh my gosh. I would like to do my mantle of inspiration. As a bonus action, spend one use of Bardic Inspiration to grant 11 temporary hit points to up to three creatures you can see, and that could see you within 60 feet. Blaine is waving.

Yeah, I'd like to give to Kyborg, Mud, and Gum-Gum if I could see them. Yeah, you can see all of them. You each get 11 temporary HP. All I did was push an old lady down a pit after robbing her, and you just launched a nuke, a WMD. And you got the key to the chest, which I imagine is a very important piece of the puzzle.

Well, unfortunately, I was trying to offline with Chris. I was like, you should teleport to the chest. Or to her staff. Or after the lady who has the staff, because apparently that's important. No, no, I just said I hope you don't need it. Anyways, one of us have our equipment. We're going to be like four arcs in later and it's gonna be like all right and the last thing you need to do is just get the staff and you win the entire game i gotta go to a hole and bye

so you use the mantle of inspiration right yeah just as a reminder anyone affected by the mantle of inspiration, right? Yeah. Just as a reminder, anyone affected by the mantle of inspiration can also immediately use a reaction to move your speed without provoking attacks of opportunity. Yeah. That's another thing.

Any of you need to move. Whoa. You can do it now. Is it on their turn or just right now? It's right now. What's my distance from sludge? Mud, your distance from sludge.

So as the crow flies or as you would have to walk? Walk. So you would have to go kind of like up two flights of stairs and kind of run because he's kind of on a, from your side,

it's kind of like a tall pillar. So you have to go up a staircase to your left, continue going up to the north, up some more stairs and then kind of like hook around to your right. Movement for you,

it's about 70 feet away. What's the distance to that pit? Like across it? How wide the pit is? It's only about 10 feet wide what's the distance that pit like across it though how wide the pit is it's only about 10 feet wide i actually i'm fine where i am if you ran past me picked me up took me the full distance then dropped me then i could take my movement can't pick you up no no no it's just you can just move i'm gonna go towards sludge are y'all you probably should i'll have to give you the key so maybe we should do a not over the pit but like at some point i need a third yeah i'll run to kyborg like a bat so maybe we should do a... Not over the pit, but at some point I need a third key.

I'll run to Kyborg, like a baton. Yeah, all right. Yeah, is that how far away is that? I'd say it's about 30 feet. Okay, well, I can go 10 feet past him, so I'll join. We can go together. Gum-Gum goes 30, Kyborg goes 10. So you have your option, actually.

From the position where you meet Kyborg, you can either go west or east up some stairs to then reconverge at the northern part of the room. room so you want to go 10 feet towards the stairs to your west or 10 feet towards the stairs to your east i could meet you up at the top of the stairs so you don't have to run past me because that's it yeah yeah yeah okay so i would say go the maximum distance and then i'll try to meet you there which you will because you're already closer so i'll yeah i'll go is there a difference between the left and right the room's almost like split down the middle it's the same left and right that's an oblong room i'm just asking just so i know like where to place you guys i'll go to the left oh you're coming with me okay and

just to be clear i said oblong it's really kind of bell shaped where it's flat on the bottom and then kind of curved at the top okay so gum gum went left kyborg or mud i'm staying your mud you're staying in position i think i might hold on to that attack advantage can i pass the key on the to gum gum we'll say he can grab it as he runs by yeah i'll meet you up there but like you see i have a 35 foot walking speed so it'd be kind of a waste for me to just blow it on 10 feet you know what i mean okay so no one else is moving for reaction right okay there we go mantle of inspiration what else what else you got i think that's all i'm able to do i want to move slightly away from these amnesias as well okay backwards you're kind of like at the southern end of the room okay maybe

you could like get closer to the wall, like maybe like take a five foot step back just to increase a little bit of space, but it's not like you can create a ton of space. Or alternatively, if you wanted to, you could move towards like the southwest or the southeast corner. So you're not increasing north to south distance,

but you're increasing like lateral distance, west to east. Yeah, let's do southwest. Mark is cozying up to the southwest corner of the room. It's not like that corner of the room is empty. There's assorted tables and vials and equipment scattered about as well. And I guess I can't look at that. My turn is probably up by now.

I mean, if you want, you could make like an investigation check just to see what's like around there. Yeah, can I do that? Yeah, go for it. Everyone's distracted by all my friends moving about, right give me the key no you give me the key you said investigation yeah 15 uh yeah you take a look and you know you see like on the table right by there's like a glass beaker a mortar and pestle a couple of small pouches with like mundane ingredients like you know salt iron powder stuff like that uh, two things do stand out to you.

There's a little pouch that looks like it's like a higher quality pouch than the other ingredients. And a vial that looks like it has fog in it. It looks really cool. Like you can see the contents of the vial like swirling about. Is there any label on it? Anything for you? Keep that in the final cut. Yeah, yeah.

I guess let's make an arcana roll. Okay. Yes. 19. Nice. Oh, yeah. It literally went from six to 16. Bottled toot.

The container that looks like it has like swirling dancing fog in it, you recognized it. You've encountered these before once on your pirating adventures. Of course. It's a potion of gaseous form. You remember that you've seen people use this before, that whenever someone drinks this, they gain the effect of gaseous form. So they become like a misty cloud for an hour.

Oh, Bart, that's perfect for you. Is it? Yeah, because then you don't have to worry about them grabbing you. It's true. You just move around like a ghost. Are you still able to use spells and attacks and whatnot as a gaseous form? Specifically spells, I guess. If you adopt this form, you cannot attack or cast spells.

Be very good, though, for like, I don't know, entering an enclosed space. And your movement is really slow, like a very slow cloud of fog moving about. And then can I also see, grab that pouch that looks different than the others? Yeah. It looks like it's a dust of disappearance. Ooh. I was hoping it was that salt stuff. Dust of disappearance.

Does that, uh, are you able to use, wait, what does it do? It's like a very fine sand and you have to use an action. We throw it in the air. You and objects within 10 feet of you become invisible for a couple of minutes. But could still use spells? Yeah. It's essentially like an extreme invisibility. Right.

But if you attack or cast a spell, then the invisibility would like fade away. I guessed that there was salt around. It's like mundane salt. Not like... I don't have any pockets. You got that ninja sands where you just go... And then... Okay.

Is there any like rope or anything around? Sure. Why not? Yes. There's rope. You find rope. Could I tie this little vial and the baggie to the rope and then around my waist? That's right. you're naked.

Yes. Yeah, I ain't got no pot. I need my hands free. You find some rope wrapped around almost like a belt around a corpse in the corner of the room. Bart fashions a beautiful belt that loops around these items. And he does a little shimmy and they go clink, clink, clink, clink, clink, clink. And that is, I believe, the end of my turn. Okay. The other amnusias are going to act and after

them is Gum Gum then Mud. First of all is the one that you ran towards Gum Gum, the one that's on the west side. It closes the distance down with you and it's going to try to make an attack. It lashes out with its pseudopod hitting AC 15. Misses. With that, your armor?

Yeah, I'm always without without armor you don't have any ac bonus well i do but i don't have armor so i'm always unarmored this is my normal ac that's what my question was normally do you have any ac bonus from armor i think it's what john's asking that's what i'm asking no because i don't wear that's the answer when i say sorry do you have an ac bonus you kept saying yes which meant you have armor on. Well, I'm unarmored bonus. What does Gum Gum normally wear? His wizard hat and robe.

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see the puppet things those are awesome so the pseudopod uh lashes out you duck it like maybe hits the top of your wizard hat but your wizard hat stays on uh on your head how do you keep his wizard hat oh no never mind you're right he's naked you forgot you're naked no no scratch that keep him naked but with a wizard hat you could leave your hat on i think that's funny and normally i would say yes but i feel like gum gum would if he still had his hat would think he still had magic powers or some ability because of it so i'm gonna say no because of that just because it would affect potentially how gum gum would act understood magic and sorting hat it's time for the other amnesia to act uh the one coming from the eastern side

it like oozes down towards the uh middle of the room where kyborg and mud are and it's gonna lash out at mud oh you can put up with this huh you can put up with that i mean i'll see let me see what your roles and i'll let you know if i put up with it or not i think you will put not put up yeah the pseudopod lashes on hits ac24 yeah i don't have to look that up that up i was about to pull up that screen on my on my uh tablet nope okay it does 12 points of bludgeoning damage there goes the 10 hp i like that and you need to make a strength saving throw that's only a 14. Oh, it works.

The pseudopod hits you and tries to grab onto you, but you manage to like break it off. You spread your arms out and like push the pseudopod away. No, what it is, it's that meme on TikTok right now where everyone's dodging a person as they're stabbing. Oh, yeah. Do-do-do-do-do. Yeah. Do-do-do-do-do.

All right. Gum-Gum, you're up. And then. Do-do-do-do-do. All right. Gum-Gum, you're up. And then after Gum-Gum is Mud. How far am I away from the desk? Because you ran, right? You ran up to Kyborg and then went another 10 feet, right? Yeah. So I assume you mean running distance to the desk.

You're about 60 feet, roughly. Okay. Well, I'm going to rage. Grr. Rawr. I rolled a two on my rage. Okay. I can teleport up 30 feet to an unoccupied space.

That's helpful. That's very helpful. I can't get that because I wouldn't be able to get back if I went after the staff. Oh, yeah. You'd just be falling with her. Hi, I'm Gum Gum. Do you have your rod? No, I don't.

You don't have your rod. We don't have anything. Yeah, I forgot. So I will teleport 30 feet towards the desk. Is there a good place where I'm not near sludge? Yeah, you could go up the first couple of stairs. You went left, so up towards, you know, a little further on the northwest, and you'd still be out of range.

In fact, the whole way you could go, the distance I gave you, you'd be out of sludge's range. And if I teleport, am I closer than I was previously? Yeah, you could make progress if you want. If that's your goal, absolutely. Well, I mean, is it more direct to just teleport? Oh, I see what you're saying. You said it was 40 feet. Wait, you said make progress if you want. If that's your goal, absolutely. Well, I mean, is it more direct to just teleport? Oh, I see what you're saying. You said it was 40 feet.

Wait, you said it was like 60 feet going all the way around. If you went directly as the crow flies, it would reduce the distance. But sludge is in the way. Okay. In that. I will teleport 30 in to avoid sludge. Okay. So you teleport.

You're roughly halfway. You close half the distance between yourself and the desk. Okay, so now it's only... About 30 feet to the desk. Okay, well then I use 30 feet to get to it and look for the chest and open it.

Yeah, I mean, you find the chest. You had seen Soos, you know, stash it down there. And the key seems to fit. And you're able to unlock it. And what's inside? A treasure trove of goodies.

The spoils of the infinites of the level 10 adventurers. So our stuff? Yes, your stuff. Okay. I was like, get to the point. I was like, we're level 10 adventurers. And you're also the infinites.

Funko pops. Funko pops. Am I able to put my stuff on? Yes. You've rummaged through and you, you know, you don't have very much stuff. It's not like you have to put on a ton of armor or anything like we covered. So yeah, you're able to get your stuff and equip. Bring me my stuff.

Yeah, I'm trying. Bring me my stuff. I'll get the end of the little run. Bart likes being naked. Yeah. Can I, can I, as far as my actions go, what can I do? Can I, like, what is the equipping stuff and grab opening the chest? Does that use my action or?

Yeah. So combined so far, I would say you've used an action, you know, unlocking the chest, rummaging through it, finding your stuff and putting it on. Yeah. So I will now turn and sprint back. I guess I was asking because I didn't know if I could double speed. Do you have any movement left? No, you would not be able to double move. I have 10 movement back.

But if he's double, if he's double attack, could you do it? Remember, it's not like you're getting another action. You just become quicker and more sufficient with your attack. But I don't have action surge. Oh, you should look into it. So you have 10 feet of movement. I assume you're going to go back the direction you came. You reach roughly like midway down the final flight of stairs leading up to the desk.

And this is actually the point where you are closest to sludge he's probably about 10 15 feet away that was gunga mud you're up you have so many spells I found a l'art of he's got your stuff go get your stuff well I have spells but I need my components because some of my nasty... What were you going to do before we opened the chest? I realized that about halfway through your round that I was like, oh, I'm being a good little student and not pushing all the buttons and just going, ah, I can do whatever I want.

John, alternatively, if you want, you can use this action to take a moment of silence for your fallen teacher, Suze, because she fell down a pit. And your fake brother, Clay. I'll cope with that in a moment is the motto I've lived my entire life by.

Is Sludge technically a shape changer? Because that's going to decide whether I do one of two things. No, a shape changer is a specific, like, class or enemy. And Sludge right now has a negative one on saves.

Attack rolls, ability checks, and concentration checks. So not all saves. Not saves. What do you love to? There's just, like, it's not just like, I shoot an arrow. It's like, okay, this move could do this, but then it'll cause this check to happen, but it can only be cast on these people. So that's part of it.

So I'm doing a little bit of research here. I assume you're asking about shape changer because of polymorph. Yeah. And so in D&D, a creature is considered a shape changer if you have the monster subtype shape changer. Okay. For the purposes of polymorph, sludge does not have the monster subtype of shape changer. Okay. Because monster subtype is. Okaymorph. Sludge does not have the monster subtype of shape changer. Okay. His monster subtype is. Okay. Uh,

no. I'm gonna do this. I cast Anti-Life Shell. Anti-Life Shell. That sounds bad. It does. Anti-Life. Anti-Life Shell. Just say it. You're pro-death. A shimmering barrier extends out from you in a tenfoot radius and moves with you,

remaining centered on you and hedging out creatures other than undead and constructs, and the barrier lasts for one hour. It's a magic lawnmower. No, it's a... Oh, hedging out. You're stupid. So no one gets to touch mud with melee attacks or any melee touching for the next hour. No touchy.

You're like the emperor in an apparition group. That's cool. You guys have some wicked spells. We should get naked more often. Yes, because that's the only time we could use these spells. Yeah. So is it only you, or can you allow anyone to be in the shell with you

if you wanted to? It's just me. Okay. It's just I now like am Susan Storm and I'm moving around this room. I picture it's like the bubble shield in Halo. Like it just like it's the shimmering half sphere that appears around you. No, it's the comic book reference I made, not the video game reference you made. For me, it's video game.

Dirt off. So if you move so that an affected creature is forced to pass through the barrier the spell i i read that as like if i were to put something in a position where it couldn't move uh the spell bursts yeah you like back someone into a corner yeah yeah i can't like just crush them with this barrier gotcha that'd be cool it would be cool and i think they think they put that in there so you just wouldn't do that. That's a sixth level spell. Yeah. So then with that in mind,

I guess I just want to move towards my stuff. The gum gum. Yeah. So from where you are, like I gave gum gum the option earlier, you can either take a westerly path or an easterly path going up the room. Well, I'm further up the left path.

I have a quick question though. On my way there, I'm sure I'm not this lucky, but are any of the amnesias close enough to the pit that I could push them into the pit? Two of them were down to the south. Oh yeah, one attacked you, or one tried to attack you, and you were right by the pit.

I did. Yeah, so yes. This is just with movement. There is no check. They are forced out of my way as I move. Now I'm imagining Soos at the bottom of the pit, and she's already like, and then an amnesia comes. So you're trying to like

use the barrier to push the amnesia into the pit? Yeah. Right now Mud is playing monkey ball. Gotcha. So, not really because there is ways for the amnesia to escape either to the left or to the right. Like, the pit would not be the only avenue to escape.

But what if he circled around it and went straight towards it? Like, would that push either to the left or to the right. Like the pit would not be the only avenue to escape. Okay. But what if he circled around it and went straight towards like, would that push him directly? It's like a circle and an object. Like they can always just move to one side to get away. It's my turn, it's not allowed to move. Yeah. But I mean like you wouldn't be able to force it.

Like that's kind of like forcing the barrier. That's fine, that's fine. I was just curious, I was just curious. Okay. Then I want to go to the west towards my stuff. Yeah. And that's where I guess the gum gum was running. Yeah. And I go 30 feet. Yeah. Then I want to, I want to go to the west towards my stuff. Yeah. And that's where I guess the gum gum was running. Yeah.

And I go 30 feet. Yeah. At that point, you know, you're obviously you closed in on gum gum and you kind of close in on that amnusia that had previously attacked gum gum on that side as well. Yeah. Is that it for you? Yeah. Okay.

Finally it's Sludge's turn. Uh, what are we like an hour in? He's got a headache. He needs to rest. Has anyone else done damage to Slud in? He's got a headache. He needs to rest. That's a bad headache. Has anyone else done damage to Sludge? No, we haven't. I mean, yeah, other than you.

I killed his assistant. Or, you know, through a minion or like it. Okay, like I said, Gum Gum's only about 10, 15 feet away from Sludge. Sludge oozes over and closes the distance between the two of you. Lashing out, similar to the Amnesius uh lashing out similar to the amnusius lashing out with a sort of pseudopod trying to strike you hitting ac 25 that will hit sure you need to check doing 36 points of damage what kind of damage uh bludgeoning okay so 18 my goodness he's a raging boy i need stuff like like that. Yeah, you take half. However, when it touches you, you feel your mind overloading with memories.

Your memories will be a feast to me. And it hurts. It gives you like a splitting headache, causing 30 points of psychic damage. In addition? Yeah. Gangnam does not have defenses against psychic damage. Does not. Plus, go ahead and make me a strength saving throw.

Psychic, I'm guessing different than necrotic. Yeah. Necrotic is like rotting death. Psychic is like mental. Wait, so I got to make sure I add all this, right? So you would take 48 points? 18 plus 30. Yeah, 48.

And what is he rolling? Strength saving throw. My goodness. You really don't want to be touched by Sledge. Yeah, 48. And what is he rolling? Strength saving throw. My goodness. You really don't want to be touched by Sludge. Strength saving throw. Oh, so I rolled the wrong one. Accidentally did check. But I rolled a 19 plus 9.

28. 28. And I have advantage on it. So I'm going to roll again just in case. I'm going to take the target. Yeah. As Sludge hits you, the pseudopod tries to wrap around you, constricting you. But you manage to break free from it.

All right, and I'm going to use my reaction to roll my rage again. And that is a seven. Let's see what that does. Not full on, that's a three. That's the one you know? Yes, I always count on it. Oh, this is appropriate. This is appropriate. Is it a necrotic tendril?

No, it's a dramatic dragon. Flowers and vines temporarily grow around you until your rage ends. The ground within 15 feet of you is difficult terrain for your enemies, so he gets wrapped up in flowers. A lot of flowers. Okay. He calls this one Woodstock. Does Sludge have seasonal allergies?

It's like one of those commercials for allergy medicine where you see the big green slimy monsters and all the flowers. Do you suffer from seasonal allergies? Sludge may be right for you. Gross. Okay. Well, Sludge doesn't like that. Okay.

He made him flowers. What's better than that? What's constricting him? It's not letting him move. He likes to move around freely. He goes ahead and opens up a dimension door. That's my move. And moves away from you.

He teleports himself using dimension door so that he is now to the southwest of you between Gum-Gum's position and Mud. Okay. Aren't I in the southwest? You're further down at the very south of the room. Opportunity attack. So thanks, Sludge. Yeah, Sludge. I like how like how gum gum all of a sudden gets really sassy about it coughing of blood yeah that's all for sludge well does he not get the opportunity

attack oh yeah i mean dimension door does that no i don't think dimension door provokes but let me double check that's a good question for you do you think if we saved your dad and mom they would help us yeah i don't know what if they're not real too you don't provoke an opportunity attack in this case according to jeremy crawford who is the lead rules designer of dungeons and dragons at wizards of the coast all right but let's get a second so if you ever want to use that for reference fart uh dimension door does not provoke an attack of opportunity according to some dude on the internet some dude who made the game whatever apparently this was a very debated question so he had to make a ruling on this i could understand why i mean yeah you know because you're escaping you have to walk through the door right that's what people say yeah but i guess it

depends on where you open the door. You could open it right below you. Exactly. Oh, that's cool. Wee. Just for reference, how big is Sludge? He's gotta be huge, right? Yeah, huge.

The size class for him is listed as huge. So he's massive. Cool. I mean, not cool, but cool. I hate it. Stay all buggy. At the desk where the chest was, you see a portal open up at the floor.

Like a 10-foot wide portal. And Sooth comes shooting up through it. And the portal closes and she lands on her feet at the desk. Get in your hole! Do you think she opened that up or do you think there's just a portal at the bottom? When she did that, was she doing anything? What did we see? It looked like she was falling.-huh but like it doesn't make sense like she was falling upwards uh then

like came to a stop and then the portal under her closed and then she just landed on her feet how much damage did she take none she didn't go more than 10 feet in the air she's pretty old though just saying that's cool though that she though. She opened a dimension door or something and then fell through. I like Blaine's suggestion that for our next testing D&D real life, we will drop a senior citizen from 10 feet in the air and see what it does to them. Check us out on TikTok. We're going to do it. So, Gus, we're going to need to drop you from 10 feet in the air.

Oh, no. Now we're testing burns. Sludge didn't like that. He kills mud. Zeus looks over at Gum-Gum and concentrates and begins, you know, waving her staff around and a 20-foot cube appears over

in the area where Gum-Gum is and it seems like it's making a loud screaming noise emanating from inside of it. Gum-Gum, make a wisdom saving throw. Gum Gum, I'm warning you. Just got attacked by Sludge. That's an A.

Should I... I'm going to use my inspiration die. Okay. Fair. Because I feel like... Yeah, you don't want giant death cube hanging over you. Well, and I feel like one big boss fight, I failed the wisdom saving throw,

and I was frozen the whole time. We remember. We remember. Yes! 18. Nice! Oh, okay. Excellent. That's 10 more than whole time. We remember. We remember. Yes! 18. Nice! Excellent. That's 10 more than last time. Goes.

Why is it a burn that you did math? You feel like all the screams are getting inside your head, you know, creating discordant thoughts and a bunch of pain from inside you. You take four points of psychic damage from these otherworldly screams i don't like it be quiet i know you have like a gazillion things in your inventory any chance you have ibuprofen in your inventory no but i can i'm gonna use my unstable backlash what does that mean

well anytime i take damage i can re-roll my wild magic okay Flump, flump, flump. Let's see what we got on the menu. We got number six. Not a flump. Numero seis. I think we've had a six before. Oh, yeah.

I think we've gone through all of them. Until your regions, you're surrounded by multicolored protective lights. You gain plus one bonus AC, and while within 10 feet of you, your allies gain the same bonus. So you get like a little bonus AC. Is anyone else within 10 feet of you? Not yet. Mud is the closest. Yeah, but I can't get near mud. Is he else within 10 feet of you? Not yet. Mud is the closest Yeah but I can't get near mud Is he 10 feet? Not yet. He's getting close

I can't do that You can't because I got a cool bubble And that concludes round one of combat. Jesus We did a lot A lot happened. Yeah but it's an hour and a half into our recording my dude But a lot happened. Yeah Shot an old's an hour and a half into our recording, my dude. That was a lot, but a lot happened.

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Elise Willems, and Clay Bramblecrack, voiced by Alfredo Diaz. It's time for the initial amnusias that started the round, the ones that are down at the south of the room. Everyone has left that area where they were. Bart, you're in the southwest. Mud, you're over there. Gungum, you're over there southwest. Mud, you're over there. Gungum, you're over there. Kyborg, you're over there.

At this point, for them, Bart and Kyborg are about the same distance. Mud has a shell around him. Yeah, attack him. He is so little. I was going to say, you're just highlighting reasons you should be cornered. I am so little.

This first one's going to head towards Bart. I don't have a lot of memories. After they go, it's going to be Kyborg and then Bart. bart but i shoot old ladies you don't want to mess with me well they might you don't know maybe it's their old lady uh all right the first one closes in on bart lashing out at bart hitting ac8 which i assume is a miss miss the second one moves up to the north to close in with Kyborg, also lashing out with a pseudopod. Ooh, hitting AC 24.

Roll that again. No. Lucky. That's got to be your last lucky. It is. Maybe I should say. You know what? Okay, I'll take it.

Fine, fine, fine. Don't reroll. Don't reroll it. I'll take it. In that case, yeah, it connects doing 14 points of bludgeoning damage. Not that bad. And go ahead and make me a strength saving throw. Strength saving throw 25.

I hate you. Yeah. The, the amnusia is frustrated and in rage and begins spitting out, uh, green ooze all over you. Make a constitution saving throw. Okay. I have advantage on these. That's a 22.

Let's see if I can do better. Come on, I can do better than that. And 24. I hate you guys. You don't let me have any fun. Yeah. All right. That's it for them.

Kyborg. And then after Kyborg is part. Okay. How far away is Gum-Gum? From where you are, we'll say Gum-Gum is rough. Ooh. As a crow flies, not too bad, but walking there, you kind of have to go around this pedestal that Sludge is on.

Man, that's going to be about 60 feet of movement. Okay. You could wait. You could hold your turn until after me. Yeah, I could do that. Are you a lefty? Yeah, right? I can just wait, and then can I just insert myself wherever after that?

How does that work, guys? You can take the ready action, which lets you act using your reaction before the start of your next turn. You going to be moving soon? I'm right after Bart. Okay. Right? It's Bart, and then a couple of enemies, and then Gumgo. I wonder if I should just attack. Okay, yeah.

I'm going to wait. I'll wait. You sure you don't want to damage any enemies? I'm unarmed he's unarmed useless at this point that's why he's been doing a lot of unarmed strikes i'll just be slapping him so what's the plan here he's waiting i'm gonna i'm gonna hold and what so normally you declare what you're waiting for you you would say like you're waiting for gum gum to act and then you're gonna go uh i mean yeah i'm gonna wait until Gum-Gum moves. Theoretically, after Gum-Gum's turn. He's essentially turning to Gum-Gum and saying,

when you move, I move. Right. Just like that? There you go. Yes. Okay, Bart, that means you are up. So I got this one little guy trying to hit on me. What's new? No one can resist Bart.

But do I want to keep trying to hit Sludge? Because I could just do my synaptic static again. Did pretty good. It's pretty cool when you did it. Oh, you're wondering if you need to get this guy off of you. Right. Because I'm also scared that if I take this little guy

out, another one's just going to appear again. That's a good theory. You know? I say go for Biggie. Yeah, I'm going to try my synaptic static again on Sludge. You cannot defeat Sludge. Try anything you like. But because people have moved closer to him, could I place it in a way where

again, it only shoots out and hits him? Yeah, you can get him in a corner of it and angle it so that it does not affect Gum-Gum or Mud, since Fludge is currently between the two of them. Yeah. And I can't see any way to hit another enemy. Let me double check.

What if at the same time I'm casting it, I punch? You actually could probably get one of the amnesias as well. The one that was out there by Gum Gum. Okay. So you could get Sludge and an amnesia in it at the same time. Hell yeah, let's do that. That sounds pretty cool.

So they both need to make an intelligence saving throw. All right. So first I'm going to do Sludge plus two. Does he not have any residual effects from the last one? And that's a fail. He had minus one to his attack rolls and ability checks. Got it. But just for one minute.

Yeah. Oh, he should have rolled to try to end that on his turn. I forgot, but it doesn't matter. You're redoing it now anyway. And then for the Amnesia. Oh, the Amnesia actually makes it. Weird. All right.

I rolled a 16 on that one. But then he still takes half damage. Yes, correct. So go ahead and roll your damage. Okay, that is a 30 again with my 86. So the Amnesia would take 15 and then Sludge would take the full 30. Bart's taking out Sludge. Yeah, dude.

Bart bringing all that damage in. Bart doesn't like sticky things. First of all, the Amnesia that was closest to Gum-Gum that is affected by the half damage just explodes. Oh, nice. Yeah, whoever, I guess, Gum-Gum, you were by, you're covered in bits of ooze. And memories.

Sludge himself once again begins howling in extreme pain, thrashing about from the effects of the synaptic static. begins howling in extreme pain thrashing about from the effects of the synaptic static and you have to roll your d6 to see do i roll it or do you roll it you rolled it last time you do it bart that's my bad you should have done it too better that's so better we're getting better one more next time i'll be three oh wait just kidding i can't do it anymore because it's my second physical slot and that was it. It's okay. All right.

Oh, yeah, Sludge is looking not good. Based on what he looked like when he first arrived versus now, you know he's in a bad place. Okay. And then I imagine if I move away from the amnesia that's right next to me, it'll provoke.

Yes. Unless the door thing. But she already cast. I can't, yeah. Never mind. I The door thing. But she already cast. I can't, yeah. Never mind. I actually like that. Could I? Ooh.

You could do. Type an animal in World of Warcraft. What? Kudu. Right, Gus? Bonta Kudu. Kudu. Bonta Kudu.

Kudu is the Star Wars thing. That's weird. As a bonus action, I'm going to use Guardian of Nature and I'm gonna become a great just gonna turn a tree again i'm gonna become a great tree but it does give you like what it's like 10 temporary yeah that's a good constitution uh advantage on constitution saving throws and dexterity and wisdom based attacks with advantage and while you're on the

ground the ground within 15 feet of you is difficult terrain for your enemies. Okay, so Bart goes tree mode, develops a barky skin. Yeah. Yeah, and you put your roots down. Yeah. Yeah, exactly. Plant some roots.

I like this place. I like to imagine I'm too tall now for the amnesia to touch me. Is that it for you, Bart? Yeah. Okay, it's the amnesia who exploded its turn, but that one is gone it's the other one's turn who's over a little more by the east side it's gonna close the

distance oh i was gonna say mud but it can't get close to mud because you've got that anti-life shell so it's gonna go to the next closest party member which is cyborg i have a force field as well! Wah wah wah Another amnesia Quick, get in my force field! Rolls up to you and lashes out, hitting AC 8 It's not my day I'm gonna go back to bed It's also gonna spew mucus all over you Make a constitution saving throw

Constitution saving throw Here we go 26, I have advantage on that, but I'll stick with that one Sigh This is all in characters the the monster fine i'll allow it all right it is gum gum's turn okay and then after gum gum is going to be kyborg and then mud also i wanted to add every time they've attacked me i've been doing break dancing like just dancing around all the sludge don't say things like that he'll make you do a check. Again, like that TikTok trend where you're just dodging left and right.

So it's me and then a space and then mud and then kyborg. Between you and mud is sludge. Remember he dimension doored? Okay. So he positioned himself between you and mud and then on the other side of mud is kyborg. Okay.

Could I run and jump? Use my ring of jump to jump over sludge and mud? What? No, you're out. What do you want us to do? You want to run as you have the ring of jump? Okay. Sludge is huge.

Sure. Why not? We'll allow it. Yeah. Let's go for it. Okay. I want to do that. Run and jump.

This is the Air Bud scores the game point moment. I know. It's like free Willy. While I'm in do that. Run and jump. This is the Air Bud scores the game point moment. It's like Free Willy. While I'm in the air over mud, I want to drop mud stuff. Isn't that cool, Mud? He's turning into Santa Claus. I brought presents

for all the good girls and boys. Absolutely. Mud, watch out. It's raining. So much of my stuff is heavy. I was boys. Absolutely. Mud, watch out. It's raining. Just like so much of my stuff is like heavy. Yeah, I was going to say mud actually make a dexterity saving throw. It's like the Sailor Moon suit up scene. Just dropping gumbo on me. Oh, God.

They locked up gumbo. I don't know. I don't know where gumbo is. Remember you kept him at the Infinite HQ. Did I? Did you? Oh, yeah. Sorry.

Fred is. You brought gumbo? Gumbo's with I? Did you? Oh, yeah. That's why I brought Gumball. Gumball's with me. Nat 20. Okay. Yeah. Heavy objects start falling on you out of the sky. But like Spider-Man in the first movie, I catch them all. Yeah.

You managed to successfully catch it all as it's all raining down on you, taking no damage. Just like stuff falling and it's like landing like on my ring finger. Yeah. With a 920 I mean that's the Sailor Moon pseudo scene Can you tell Blaine is watching Sailor Moon currently? I was gonna say like Iron Man and like all the stuff comes like Gumbo lands on your shoulder

Gum Gum, what else? You made your jump, you dropped all the stuff on mud. And then I guess I closed the distance to kyborg. Okay, so you keep going down to kyborg. I have grabby hands, and I stop, and as I stop, I slide, and all the stuff slides. So cool. He's trying to use the momentum of his of his movement yeah and then just lets go of everything it'll make an acrobatics check okay 24 it doesn't seem like it should work but it

absolutely does yeah but then he has to do a dex check okay i guess if you want to try to like get it all in the appropriate places sure why not make a actually make an acrobatics check as well kyborg okay oh it's a one um you're lucky it's your last lucky yeah i'm gonna use lucky for that all right reroll that 13 uh yeah it's not quite as graceful a few of your objects hit you uh and clad into the ground you don't take any damage and you know it's not falling from above on you but uh it's a blow to kyborg zygo though because it doesn't look as cool as Mud. Not nearly as cool. Your items are at your feet around you in a pile.

Sweet. What else, GumGum? Okay, so who's near me now? You're pretty close to Kyborg. Okay. And then just to the north of you is Mud, and then just north beyond that is Sludge. There's also a bunch of these Amuse-X around us.

The Shrimp Lady and... Soos. Soos. What's their proximity to each other? Well, the Shrimp Lady is Soos. Sorry, Shrimp Lady and Sludge. Sludge. Oh, gotcha. All the S names. shrimp lady and Zeus how far like what's their proximity to each other well the shrimp lady is Zeus sorry shrimp lady and sludge oh gotcha all the S names they're at a diagonal from each other they're about like walking or as the crow flies uh we've talked about crows crow what is this what is this saying it's like straight it's a way because like he's saying there's pedestals and stairs

you gotta go but if you could just fly that's what the reference is okay i've heard it before i've never really like for example driving from austin to corpus is one distance straight as the crow flies but when you drive you have to go to san antonio and then turn like it's longer going that way the way you actually okay i was that chris pratt meme this whole time of like i'm too afraid to ask. I'm going to phrase it like this. Could I get in a position where I'm within 60 feet of both Sludge and Seuss without my friends being in that kind of like 60 foot?

You could, but you would have to go back to that starting position you were at before you made the jump. Okay. Well, what about just Sludge? I mean, you're within 60 feet of Sludge right now. Can I position where I get any Amnusiax as well? Amnusiax? I love that No, because the one that would have been there is already dead. Okay, what you gonna do? I'm going to

Oh wait, I forgot to check how much stuff I have. How much stuff does he have? Let's play Let's play Okay, well first I'm gonna throw my, last time I used my thunder javelin of lightning, has it been a day? It's empty, I can do it. I'm gonna throw my javelin at sludge.

It's been a while since you used that. I'm throwing my javelin of lightning at sludge and the lady. So. So you hurl it and speak its command word. It transforms into a bolt of lightning forming a line five feet wide that extends from you to the target within 120 feet.

Okay, so you basically want to line it up so that there's a straight line between you, Sludge, and Soos within 120 feet. Yeah, you could do that. You have to angle around, you know, Mud and Kyborg a little bit to fine tune it, but you should be able to do that. They both need to make DC 13 saving throws, it looks like.

DC 13 dexterity saving throws. Well, and I have to see if I hit her. Oh, gotcha. I'll just roll for that. Yeah, go ahead and roll that. So that's a 22. Yeah, that hits. And so she'll take eight plus my rage bonus, which is three.

I think it went up to three. I think it went up to three. So that's 11. Okay. She takes 11 plus whatever the lightning might be. So they make DC 13 saving throws. We'll do Zeus first. That's two. That's a failure.

And then Sludge. Also a two. Also a failure. I hate you guys. Nice. Not us. We're not rolling it. I'm just in a bubble. So they all take the lightning?

What happens at that? Yeah, they take 4d6 lightning damage. I'll roll that. Roll damn lightning. What happens at that? Yeah, they take 4d6 lightning damage. I'll roll that. Roll damn lightning. Cacao. Cacao. 16. So they each take 16 lightning damage, and she takes 11.

11 plus the 16. Poor old lady. We're really putting her through the wringer. What did she do to you guys? Stole our stuff. Invented a brother and then took him away. Yeah, they both seem to be in a lot of pain and moving uncontrollably from the electrical impulses

coursing through their bodies. They're dancing. Sludge in particular looks even worse than he did before. How this disgusting slime monster starts looking worse and worse. It seems like little bits of him fall off and then have to reform back into the main portion of his body it's almost like he's falling apart and reforming before your eyes i don't think i have anything else that can hit him because it's all physical okay then uh for my second attack i'm just gonna uh throw my regular javelin at the

old lady that's zeus okay yeah go ahead and make that attack roll watch out i'm glad i did because i rolled the two so that's a 21 that hits and i'm rolling damage so that's nine damage every time i see the word javelin i think of javier because they're like so close and stopping i thought i was crazy i did the same thing yeah so what's up you're doing here I thought I was crazy. I did the same thing. Yeah. What's Javalin doing here?

Javalin's very similar to Javelina. Yeah. Like a pig or a wild pig. Yeah. Your Javelin hits Zeus and is like sticking out of her. That's two. Yeah. The other one also transforms back into a regular Javelin as well once it connects.

Yeah. So yeah, she's got two Javelins in her. And a gunshot wound. All right. Oh yeah. She got a nasty big bruise from that. That's my turn. All right.

So then Kyborg delayed his action. So now it's Kyborg's turn. All right. A, yeah. She got a nasty big bruise from that. That's my turn. All right. So then Kyborg delayed his action. So now it's Kyborg's turn. All right. A couple of quick things. One, I have that cloak that I think we talked about it. I got it upgraded by Embezzler, but it can, like, send a projection of me. Correct? That's something we talked about. The cloak of many fashions?

The cloak of many fashions. You can project an illusion that makes you appear to be standing in a place near your actual location, causing any creature to have disadvantage from attack rolls against you. If you take damage, the property ceases to function until the turn is started the next turn. If I use that, could I get out of an attack of opportunity? Because I'm trying to get away from these booger monsters. So I don't know that it would necessarily get you out of them, but it would give them disadvantage on their...

That's the whole point. It gives them disadvantage on any attacks against you. So it wouldn't nullify it, but it would help. Is this a bonus action? Yeah. Okay. I'm going to use that then. I'm going to use the Cloak of Manifolds, Facsimile Fashion.

And then I want to move towards Gum gum because I have something in mind. But I... Well, let's go and take care of the attacks of opportunities in that case. The first one will attack at disadvantage. And you have plus one to your AC. Plus I got my armor back. So that is a 12 plus five. That's a 17.

So I have an armor class of 16, but I'm also having what? Plus one. Plus one. So it's 17. So it hits. armor class of 16, but I'm also having what? Plus one. Plus one. So it's 17. So it hits. Yeah. So it would hit. Okay.

So you try to dodge out of there, but one of the amnusious lashes out and actually does manage to hit you. Okay. Blame on. We're doing 13 points of bludgeoning damage. Okay. And go ahead and make a strength saving throw. Things are finally going my way.

It's 26. Oh, okay. How was that moment, Gus? strength saving throw things are finally going my way it's 26. oh okay how was that moment gus well the other one attacks too ac advantage 12 no because you got hit and that ends the effect you guys realize we're gonna have to figure out how to make slime puppets now yeah jello like those little jello pudding cups now. Jello. Like those little jello pudding cups? Like a lime one?

Did you put googly eyes on them? That's actually really funny. So the second one misses. So you no longer have your cloak of manifolds effect, but you have moved out of range. Cool. Alright. So I meet up with a gum gum and then I want to line up sludge and soos and then I want to use the

Oh, the thing that keeps going? Yeah. Piercing arrow. Creates a line one foot wide and 30 foot long, and each creature in that line must make a deck-saving throw. DC 11. On failure, a creature takes damage from the arrow. Plus 26.

I guess I should ask the Seuss within 30 feet of Sludge. Let me look. I don't think so, but let me double check. BFF, Seuss, and Sludge. Yeah. Sweet. Sure. Like right atludge. Yeah. Sweet. Sure, like right at the edge.

Okay. Well, then I'm going to make that initial attack for Lion Blanco Triumph. That is a 26. And who is that attack on? Is it on Sludge? Because the closer target or the further target? It'll be on Sludge because he's in the way. So he's like a barrier.

And then it has to go through. And then it's going gonna go through uh i'm gonna roll that damage also that's a nine i recognize that he is like a sludge monster and like physical damage and stuff but someone on twitter pointed out that i have magical arrows you are correct uh all of your arrows that you fire are imbued with a magical the magical effect imagine finally twitter has done something useful it is still piercing damage it's just a magical arrow correct yeah gotcha i don't know i'm just talking about on that yeah i don't think these Twitter has done something useful. It is still piercing damage. It's just a magical arrow, correct? Yeah.

Gotcha. I don't know. I'm just talking about that. I don't think these things take piercing damage, as we've learned previously. But they're magic. But maybe magic. But maybe magic.

Okay, so you hit sludge and do nine points of damage to sludge? Yes. Okay. And? Yes and? Yes and. And then I activate the seeking arrow. Sorry, piercing arrow,

which again creates a one foot wide and 30 foot long, creates a line one foot long and 30 foot wide. I blew that in the pond because I want to do electric fishing. So they have to roll a deck saving throw. Both of them? Yes. Okay.

This first one is sludge. A nine. That's a three. This next one is soos. Also a three. What the hell? Yeah, I need some is Seuss. Also a three. What the hell? Yeah, I need some real dice here. Someone's hacking.

No, it's the D&D gods looking down upon us. It says on failure, a creature takes damage from the arrow plus 1d6 extra piercing damage. So do you think that Seuss takes that nine? Yeah. Okay. And then I'm going to roll an additional 1d6. That is a six.

Boom. 15. Sludge begins howling in a mixture of anger and pain. Sludge slumps to the ground. His oozy form starting to shrivel and turn pale. The future is already written. You ought to be still, okay? I have seen it, and this isn't the end.

You see. A portal opens up beneath Sludge, and he sinks into it as it closes around him. Soos runs and dives through the portal portal but fails to reach it in time. As she dives, her staff hits the ground and the yellow gemstone on top breaks off, clattering to the ground. She also gets hit with that arrow. Go grab the gemstone! You hear a gasp from the southern end of the room and you see Lady Sandra waving mud over.

Is she mad? Thank you. the room and you see lady sandra waving mud over thank you uh isn't that where the uh amnesia was but more towards like the little alcove where y'all kind of entered from i want to i don't want to break up this like really sincere nice moment i have an extra attack that i'm wearing i'm so sorry can i use my bursting arrow or... Yes. Yes. While Lady Sandra's waving towards her son to come over to... Bursting arrow! Like the music, it's all...

I just like that in an episode where I don't think I'm being hyperbolic. I made a bubble in two hours. And finally, something might happen where I get to interact with something. And Kybrick's like, no! Like, I feel like rock guitars come over the moment. Bursting arrow hits AC23. Eight points of damage? Yeah.

Plus 2d6, so that's a six and a six. Can we also make sure right before this happens, we get whoever is voicing Soos, Elise Willems, to say, I've seen the error of my ways. No, and then Kyro goes, the arrow of your ways. The arrow. So 20 points of damage. Soos is rolling around on the ground screaming,

Way! Way! Go back into the hole! Get in the hole! Okay, cat works. Lady Sandra stops waving mud over and is staring at the carnage, mouth agape, and then kind of like shakes her head,

snaps back to it, and begins waving at mud to come over once again. Go ahead, Lady Sandra, I'm sorry, I'm done. What do you think of my friends? Bart's still naked. He is. You're also tree-ish. You've also got your barky skin. Yep. There's just one very strategically

placed branch. And some twigs. I assume you approach mud? No, I go over and beat up on Dr. Seuss. You just kick it around. She's there. Hold on, Mom. Now I go over to Mom.

Lady Sandra's on the ground holding Lord Lomish in her arms, and he's beginning to stir. Where am I? Oh, my Daya, you're finally awake. Don't worry, sweetheart. You're safe. Sweetheart? Safe? Lady Sandra turns to Mud.

His memories? Are we too late? She holds up Lord Lomush's head and leans him towards Mud. Look over here, sweetheart. See that fear bulb? You remember him, right? It's been a while, but you've been waiting to see him for so long. His name is Mud. He knows the song. His name is Mud.

Find out what happens in the next episode of Tales from the Stinky Dragon. Maybe Kyborg will do some more murdering. Action! Action! But yeah, thanks for listening, everybody. This was a lot of fun. Sure, sure.

It was. I had a great time this episode. Sometimes you have cows everywhere. And bugs. And 40 birds. Not this episode. It's just my arc's boss fight. I didn't do anything. I dropped some weapons on you.

You did. You caught him real cool. I tried. I put on clothes really well. Well, thanks for listening, everybody. Well, you'll be back. Well, we'll be back next week. And you.