The Glass Cannon Podcast - Giantslayer Episode 188 - Vorpal Rain

Episode Date: January 1, 2019

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You're due. You're due, Grant. But the undead will not go quietly. Part of me when I ended last week thought, like, maybe this is mop-up duty, but then I'm like, maybe not. Maybe not. It's starting to feel like not. As desperation takes hold of the heroes. Baron, you're literally playing with fire here. Yeah.

Every move. The other one is going to take a five-foot step and attack Baron. Oh, God. And every swing. Here we go. Final attack for all the marbles. Times three crit if it hits. No!

Could mean their doom. Oh no! The adventure continues now. hello everybody and welcome to episode 188 of the Glass Cannon Podcast. I'm Skid Marr. I'm on the Glass Cannon Podcast. And I just want to say Happy New Year from all of us to all of you. Hope everybody had a great holiday. Hope everybody had a great holiday season. We did. We're very excited about all the big things that we have coming up this new year. And we hope you are,

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I can't wait to see there. It's so much fun to do those shows, and it's going to be a blast to see those of you who are able to make it but right now you know what let's just jump right into this newest episode episode 188 what a fine turn of events to have an episode air on new year's day happy new year's everybody i always nice i always love New Year's Day. And not for any New Year's reason, but just because it is like a designated hangover day for everyone.

Oh, and also, hello, Alamo Bowl. Hello. Mummer's Parade. To my Philly people out there. You know, there's stuff to watch on TV. There's football. And you can just lay around and do nothing all day. And that is what the holiday is for. That's what it is. watch on TV. There's football. And you can just lay around and do nothing all day. And that is what the holiday is for.

That's what it is. I usually work New Year's Day. Oh, come on, Matt. What a classic Debbie Downer. I'm not saying I'm mad about it. Gotta go sort catalogs at the library. He's working at the play factory. Put his lunch pail.

Go down to the play factory. He's got that big punch card blackened with soot from all the plays that are being forged within i got the word lung pop am i the only one that starts i start resolutions on January 2nd Oh yeah January 1st does not count You're way too busy on the 1st I have to have like a hangover drink Start with a Bloody Mary

Eat taro like Chinese food You don't jump up on January 1st at 6am And go work out Let's do this New year You usually do like a dry January don't you I do You know the last two years

I did the whole 30 That's right For January And I don't think I'm going to do it this year. It sucks. Yeah, it's just... It's just what? No sugar?

It's intense. Yeah, it's like no sugar, no alcohol, obviously. No grain, yeah. I mean, you get used to it, but it's just... What do you eat? I eat lots of vegetables and meats, and you cook everything in coconut oil. I would say, where do you get your protein? Yeah, you can eat your meat.

But there's sugars And vegetables naturally Very low Natural sugars are okay No refined sugars But anyways I did the last two years And it's great

But it's the law Of diminishing returns The more you do The whole 30 It's kind of like You don't get that same You know big reaction Like you did the first year

But you do I did sleep better And feel better I just want to do Something a little bit Different this year What are you going to do I'm going to do all great i'll figure it out by tomorrow yeah uh well just straight ever luckily we're recording this in early july 2017 so i have some time to plenty of time to

think about it to think about it uh it's not 2019 in this room we are yeah little known fact we are 63 weeks ahead which is it's a very comfortable position to be in. I would kill to be 63 weeks ahead. Wouldn't that be nice? Wouldn't that be nice? Oh, man. Could you imagine? I'd still wait till the week ended.

Oh, man. I didn't need an episode. I'd never get ahead. I've made it. You've had a year and a half to edit this episode. I know. I told myself I was going to do it early. I've made a new year's

resolution troy oh what do you got i'm gonna buy a boat a boat a whole boat a whole boat i'm not gonna buy a boat i just like what would you do with it where would you sail it a sailor the atlantic ocean the atlantic ocean that's the closest one to us i don't know last time you looked at a map But that's the one We forget often That we're actually A seaside city There's a marina

Yeah You know there are people That sleep on houseboats Out in the Hudson River Yeah Like right on the Upper West Side Their boats They're sleeping in houseboats

That's my plan If Angela ever divorces me You're just going to be A houseboat guy You'll go buy a houseboat Do you ever eat Houseboat burger Cold on the water It's got big beer I'm gonna email you my my intros to episodes

for giant slayer and uh they're just you're just gonna hear the ocean in the background this is gonna be great though he shows up for recordings like bleach blonde hair over like overly weirdly tan flip-flops a hawaiian shirt button Split flops. A Hawaiian shirt. Ford shorts. Pulling on buttons with his chest. I'm a houseboat guy now. They call me HB. I was crabbing earlier today. What? You guys ever really listen to Jimmy Buffett?

Really? Grant, I think you should do this whether or not your wife divorces you. This is a good plan. I think so. I think my dog would love living on a boat. That'd be great. He'd love the one. Yeah, he'd love it.

How many New Years have we celebrated together here as a company? This is our fourth. Fourth. Wow. That's fucking nuts. Crazy. Yeah. Really?

Yeah. Our fourth New Years. And the last one. We'll have ourselves. Yeah. And we've also said that every year. But we still. We keep doing it. We find ourselves back here with these bad habits yeah every year we resolve we're like we're not going to record another episode and then we do we do always fall back into a routine i just feel like we're stuck now there's no we can't we can't stop no

um well i feel like this is going to be a good year for us I think 2019 I said it last year You said it the year before too And look at 2018 our most successful year I think 2019 Is going to be juicy for us We got the tour We're going to like 10 or 11 cities all year long It's great

Yeah the live shows are a blast So much fun We're getting deep into Giant Slayer I mean you got to imagine you're going to be You know in book Five sometime this year maybe Finishing book five you might even be starting book Six by the end of the year that's

Lunacy there's no way amazing You never know you never know man As long as the live tours up I'd like to point Out that we don't necessarily decide What cities we perform in a lot Of it is about available venues booking agents things like that people accused me you personally Dallas accused Joe but smirch his very name for doing packs well you did tell me we have to go to Dallas I said I'd like to you

did in February you did ask for it on this exact date yeah I think we have a recording I passed it along to our agent and he was like Alright Alright Sounds like a shitty idea to me Whatever I'd rather go to D.C. But alright Grant More music later If you want to see your mom Dallas

You just wanted to see your mom On the company dime Admit it Admit it Admit it Is that a crime? Is that a crime? Yeah

I don't just admit it I proclaim it I shout it. She's wonderful. I hope she shows up to the show. We'll see. You could invite her, you know. Well, she's coming, but so is my dad, and that's going to be weird because, oh, you

know. Whoa. Child of divorce. Yeah. Meet Mr. Burger. Meet Mr. Oh, my God. I'm nervous. Are we going to meet him or are we not going to meet him?

He still calls it like, oh, so you're having that little party? You're having a little party in Dallas? I'm just like, it's a show. It's an adventure party you're having a little party in dallas i'm just like it's an adventure party just the weird way he belittles all of our accounts yeah how should we especially uh rick anybody i'm not doing that i hate it i'm doing mr burger about it you can call him lieutenant colonel i was gonna ask should he be colonel burger lieutenant colonel can i call him ricky b you could it's funny skin ricky b you're uh get away from me sir you're sorry i'm gonna need you to step back your dad your dad and my mom do the same thing because my mom like i told i took her out to uh we had i had a fan get together like one like last

year in denver when i was visiting and it was awesome like 50 60 people showed up uh like it was great and my mom said i want to see what all the fuss is about so she came with with me and uh you know and so she's everyone's like talking about oh you're skid's mom and at the end of the night like uh i'm i'm driving her home as i was like so mom what'd you think and she said like well i thought it would be a bit more formal a black tie affair yeah i'm sorry i didn't bring a cummerbund or whatever you were expecting it's like that's your reaction all right do you think you were getting like a lifetime achievement i guess it was just like where's this trophy todd would it kill you to play some competitive sports Would that make you love me

But I did I did want to bring something up I mentioned earlier Yeah So I'm a huge fan of the Hello from the Magic Tavern podcast And I was completely unaware That in one of the epilogues

Or one of the episodes They mentioned us Get out of here. Yeah, I had no idea. You've been talking about them before we even launched this show. Yeah, I tried. I played them in the car for you when we were on the way to Joe's bachelor party. Yeah, yeah.

And they're great. They're Chicago-based guys. But they meant like Sean Molson told, I mentioned on Twitter or on a Twitch stream, and he told me that, oh, no, they mentioned it. I was like, what? That's great. And I went back, episode 23 of season two, they mentioned us at the end, along with some

other actual play podcasts. Oh, that's great. Yeah, it's really cool. Man. I love that show. Those guys are really funny, and they're Chicago-based, so maybe we'll see them there. We should get some pizza together. Yeah.

Yeah. Some pizza and some beer. Pizzas and beers. Well, I'm excited for the year. I think it's going to be a big year for us. And Grant, just let your parents know they have to pay full price for the tickets. That's fair. Let's jump right into the show here.

Do you want to tell the lieutenant colonel that? Because I don't. Ricky B, got to pay full P. You already have problems with my father-in-law who's gonna beat you up but now my actual father is going to murder you with his army training i like it colonel he has most lethal relatives of anyone on the show as far as you know that's true i don't know um my grandmother you guys came into this room here expecting a fight, and a fight you got. Now, I'm sure it all went through your heads at a certain point, like,

should we be fighting five of these things? But as of right now, two of them remain inert, but three of them rose. One of them was her in Springbane. Was. Because he has been killed again. He did now. was the offloader because he has been killed again. He did now.

But his two minions here, two of his traveling partners, perhaps, in life, they're still very much alive and they are surrounding you for the most part. I think, point of order. Yes.

I think we're surrounding them. You know what, Matthew? It's all about perspective. Now, if the other two come to life, then you're surrounded. No, it's like Watchmen. It's like Rorschach. He says, you don't understand. I'm not locked on here with you.

You're locked in here with me. That's exactly what it's like. Yeah. And I love Rorschach. You know who has a Rorschach tattoo? Who? Jude Law. Get out of here! He has a Rorschach tattoo he got in like 1999. I thought you were going to say he has a Jude Law tattoo. No, he has a Rorschach tattoo? Who? Jude Law. Get out of here. He has a Rorschach tattoo he got in like 1999. I thought you were going to say he has a Jude Law tattoo. He has a tattoo of himself as Rorschach.

A tattoo of himself with a Rorschach tattoo on his arm. It's very intricate. Yeah. There's so many layers to this tattoo. And if you look very closely, it just keeps going in. There are five thrones lining the walls of this chamber, like I said, support columns, and you see runes inscribed upon the headboard of each throne. Shriveled giant corpses in each one.

Three of them came to life. One of them is gone. Pembroke just chain-lighteninged the room, took out her and Springbane, hit the other two. One of them saved. One of them failed, the one closest to Pembroke and his four remaining mirror images. It is now the top of a new round, and it is Forbear's turn. Oh.

Wish you would have told me that before we started recording. Well, you knew you were going to have a turn today. It's not like you rode here and be like, I'm going to have a turn in this combat. Well, I thought Baron might kill them both Before it got to my round Alright so this chain Lightning went off and just And Huron Springbream right in front of me

Goes down Okay You got a Vorpal Greataxe That skull wants the head Right exactly so like I was wrestling with the idea Of is the Compulsion to the extent that I would, like, pull out the greataxe and chop this thing's head off, you know, while we're still in the midst of combat with the other guys?

And I think that that's not the case. From what you had said, you were like, you wouldn't jump off a cliff to go after him or something. Yeah, yeah. So you still have a certain amount of agency, so. And you know what the penalty is now for waiting. Just a minus three to all your something. Yeah, yeah. So you still have a certain amount of agency. And you know what the penalty is now for waiting. Just a minus three to all your abilities. Right, right. So, oh, man, this is kind of a tough situation.

Talk to me about the setup here. You're basically 10 feet. You're still standing at the doorway. I don't think you've moved for the entire combat. No, I haven't. I've just been casting stuff. 10 feet away from the guy that saved against the chain lightning. And then Feyraza, are you some sort of animal?

I always forget when we start episodes. I forgot, too. What you are. I know I cast Repel Wood, though. You did do that. I remember that. And this guy's got no weapon. Yeah, I don't think you're an animal because I usually replace your pawn with an animal.

You do, you do replace my pawn. So since you don't remember, I'm going to say you're not flying, and you're out of all your spells, and you're Feyros. I definitely am not flying, but I definitely have most of my spells. I thought I could just slip that in there. Okay, makes sense. Baron is five feet behind Four Bears and 15 feet away from one of these other sort of zombie-esque creatures. And then Pembroke soloing near the edge of that room that looked like it was being expanded into the tomb.

Four Bears, what are you thinking, man? I'm remembering now that Four Bears had a, he had released the hounds. He had summoned a swarm of winter wolves from his allies that have, yeah, that have come out in force. So they were on the square of Huron Springsbane. So the first thing that they will do is move into the square of the guy who is adjacent with Four Bears right now that he's fighting. So they'll move into his square. So he immediately does get an attack of opportunity.

That's right. And we know that these guys are flush with attacks of opportunity. That's right. But he's got no weapon in hand. Oh, this one doesn't have... Oh, it's just him, right? And the one that died. Oh, wait.

Did they definitely drop them? Was that what happened? We were going to decide that on their turn. Oh, they still haven't had a turn yet. Yeah, yeah. So he's still holding it. But I would imagine... The full force of the wind is trying to...

That would be weird. If that... I mean... Give him a juicy minus 12. You tell me what you think the minus should be. I think he shouldn't have the weapon. Okay. I think if he's going to act...

You tell me what the minus should be. How about we try this? You tell me what the minus should be. The way we establish is on their turn, he's going to decide if he's going to get pulled or if he's going to drop it. Well, let's see what would be the check if they... I mean, I feel like it should be a strength check to... Right?

It's not a big deal. Let's not get bogged down. Yeah, yeah. Even if you hit, you're going to do no damage, basically, to these guys. He swings natural three. Oh, there you go. So whiffs on the swarm. He can't get the axe head around.

Right, exactly. And then they swarm over him and start biting him like crazy. And he takes eight points of damage. No. Why? Why? Why, wolves? And then four bears.

Mm, jeez. This is tough. Just because he's concerned about bear bear. Sure, sure. Oh, man. This is brutal. Baron's in about Bear Bear. Sure, sure. Oh, man. This is brutal. Baron's in a tough position. Four Bears is going to...

He'll take a five-foot step away from the creature. And he will... That's a good move. He'll go ahead and cast a healing spell. He will cast Cure Critical Wounds on Baird. Oh, my God. Hopefully keep him alive. He could take another hit this way.

Maybe still go unconscious, but at least take another hit. By the way, what kind of damage was the wolf's damage? That piercing or slashing? I don't know. I would say, let's just say piercing, because it's just bites, you know, like a series of bites. Yeah. Let's just say piercing, because it's just bites, you know, like a series of bites. Yeah. So, yeah, I'm going to, that's what I'm going to do.

That's what you're going to do. Now, do I provoke there? I probably provoke, right? I mean, he's swarmed with these things. Yes, you do provoke. So I will, I'll roll to cast defensively and make it. Okay. And so good on that and then I will just touch Baron and

heal him. Give him minimum healing. And give him minimum healing. Nope, doing great so far. And then it evened out. So that is 27 points of, 28. I'm level 12 now. 28 points of healing. Nice. I'm level 12 now. Oh, yeah.

28 points of healing. Nice. Thank you so much. You got it, buddy. So, yeah, that'll be his round. All right. Very cool. Very cool.

So let's do this. He is going to, the one near you four bears, because it's their turn, is going to release his weapon. He feels it being pulled away. He's going to release it, and a man just flies off and sticks in the icy wall of the chamber. And then he's going to come after four bears. I'm trying to decide here. I'm trying to decide what I want to do.

I can take a five-foot step and do a double slam, or I can grab four bears. Oh, no. Just start squeezing the life out of them. No, he doesn't like that. I think I'm gonna do the life squeezing thing. Hold on one second here, because there's something fishy with these guys.

So, the winter wolves, uh-huh, they have this ability where if they damage a creature, it gets the distraction property. So they're nauseated for one round, but he does get a save. I don't know if you can nauseate undead, but they do get a save.

A fortitude save negates the effect, it says. So I just don't know. He could possibly be nauseated by being swarmed by these things, but I don't know if undead are immune to... They're immune to disease, mind affecting, paralysis, poison, sleep stun, any effect that requires a fortitude save. Oh, yeah. Okay, great. Yeah. All right, so attempted grab, possibly?

Poss? Yeah, I'm going to do the old grab-a-rooski here. I think I'm going to get you. We'll see. I'm sure your CMD is pretty solid. That's going to be a 34. Yeah, that'll do. So he just squeezes you.

Now, I don't have... You can take an attack of opportunity if you have a weapon on. I don't. Okay. Yeah, so you're grabbed. Grappled. Grappled. And you know what?

I'll go ahead and give myself the grapple. Let me go. Boom, That guy grabs you. Now the other one is going to take a five foot step and attack Baron. Oh, God. Oh, man. This really is just such a bad situation.

Leave it alone. To power attack or not to power attack? That is the question. The eternal question. This one has the giant subtype, so I will not power attack. Remember, times three crit, Baron, if it comes through, that is going to be a 40 to hit. That's a hit. Oh, my goodness.

We'll start with a 40 on the first attack. That one is going to be 17 points of damage. Second attack, coming in hot, just with a battle action. I mean, do not roll a natural 20. That one is going to be a 26 to hit. Miss. Miss with the 26. Huge. Wow. Keep rolling the die. I'm using my

opaque cat's eye blue here. Oh no. Here we go. Final attack for all the marbles. Times three crit if it hits. So? Natty 19. As close as it could be.

But instead, that is going to be a 32 to hit. Just a 32? Just a 32. It's his last attack. Oh, right. You're taking minuses. Okay, great. That doesn't hit.

That doesn't hit. Wow. 33 AC rightes. Okay, great. That doesn't hit. That doesn't hit. Wow. 33 AC right now. That's great. Just so you know, a hit without power attack is 66 plus 30. Yeah. Damn it. Man. With power attack, if you're interested, is 66 plus 50-something.

I couldn't believe you didn't hit when you said a natural 19. I know. That's a crit. That's a crit. Oh, my God. That's a crit. Wow. Oh my god. That's a crit, yeah. A power attack crit. It's ugly. Ugly. Brutal. That's the way these battles are going to go.

They're going to kill and then one hit. On the razor's edge. Next three rounds I have to go heal. Yeah, we can't afford to let them have full attack actions. We have to find a way to not let that happen. And now it's very tough because where Baron is standing, he cannot take an attack without provoking. But he's done it before.

Yeah. But now he doesn't have the same HP situation. Let's move along here. You can also withdraw. It is Baron's turn. Let's see what he does. May Baron take a five-foot step here? I don't know.

Yeah, that's a weird little half space. I know. That's fine. All right. That's fine. This is a map alignment issue. Barron's going to take a five-foot step. Back towards the door, away from the giant.

Away from the giant, outside of its attack of opportunity. He's still close enough, maybe. Well, I think he's outside of the range of the other giant. The other guy's grappling. Yeah, it has no weapon. It has no weapon. Baron's going to go down. Guns blazing. Do it.

Kill it. Here we go. First attack. Natural to misfire. Oh, baby. Had you fixed your gun before? I used a grip point, yeah. You did use a grip point.

So misfire on the first one. And if not, you know what? I'll go ahead and just take one out now. I think I did, but it's New Year's. You can't remember what's going on, so I'm out of grip points. Yeah, for some reason I feel like you just were like, fuck it. I'm going to keep firing, but maybe you did. He does that sometimes.

Yeah, he does that. He gets excited. Second attack. It's exciting. Still going. In the misfire state. Here it comes. Is it going to blow?

Ooh. 18 on the die. That's going to be absolutely a hit. Give it to me. Give it to me. Give it to me. Troy, why don't we roll some damage? Please.

Please. Roll the damage. How do you like your damage? Medium rare? You know what else? It's been a long time since we've had a gun crit. A really long time. That's really true.

You're due. I'm due, Grant. 30 points of damage on that attack. Nice job. Final attack. Final attack with a misfired gun. Oh, that thing was... I think that landed on every single number on the die.

I saw it. You saw it in slow motion, Troy. All right, so that is a 19 against Touch AC. Yeah, that'll hit. All right, so that is a 19 against Touch AC. Yeah, that'll hit. All right, so... They're giants. Overall, just real, real disappointing rolls. 28 points of damage.

Okay, okay, Baron. You will perhaps live to see another day, depending on what Feyraza does. Save us? Okay. Save us. Depending on what Faraza does. Save us?

Okay. Save us. Faraza is going to move down to the giant that has four bears grappled. Okay. And she will provoke if it wants to take... Cannot. Cannot. No, his plan is to squeeze four bears to death and then eat them. Okay.

So in that case, she will move into flanking position. I don't want to tip my hand. I've said too much. And she's going to reach out to touch the giant. Oh! Reach out and touch! Make sure he has the grappled condition there. He does, he does.

18 against touch. 18 against touch. Oh, yeah. Yeah, you're fine. You're fine. All right. You're fine. You're fine.

So now... Welcome to touchdown. I need you to roll a fortitude save. He is immune to anything. He's immune to anything. You're not You're fine So now Welcome to Touchdown I need you to roll A fortitude save He is immune He's immune to anything You're not to this one Really? Alright

I'll roll it It's specifically for undead I'll roll it Uh 22 Okay you pass So never mind It would have been really cool

If it worked though Don't tell me because I'm sure you'll face Other undead in this adventure If not with Feyraza Then with your next character Uh Very cool Now I'm sure you'll face other in dead in this adventure if not with then with your next character very cool now I'm curious I'll have to read the boards

it is now going to be Pembroke's turn alright so Pembroke is with a swift action and the metamagic rod gonna fire off a magic missile and that they have spell resistance right they do okay

oh yeah i would uh actually did only he have it or no they they don't have spell resistance they don't okay so that is that was another creature it's 23 points of damage 23 points of damage okay and i'm gonna start casting summon monster five gross i don't like it you're the worst uh it is four bears turn four bears you are in the paws of this thing and you see that like it's flesh what what flesh remains it's frozen and just hanging from its uh very very much alive arm but you see just exposed bone underneath oh brutal um all right four Bears is going to, again, he's just trying to attempt to keep Baron safe. He is going to attempt to cast a spell while grappled.

Okay. So I will roll. I will allow the check. I will roll a concentration check. So scared. That is 10 plus my CMB's 10 plus my CMB. 10 plus your CMB. Oh, that's going to be rough.

That's unhittable. The spell level? This one has the red dot on my jam screen, so it's at least plus the spell level. Yeah, we've looked it up. Yeah, it is plus the spell level. Oh, it's your CMB. Okay.

It's not terrible. No, it's impossible. It's going to be like a 38 or something like that. It's impossible. His CMB is what, like 12 or 13? His CMB? His CMB. Yeah.

That's my CMB. I bet you it's like 20. I bet you it's 20. Your CMB, your bonus to comment, Minerva. It's plus 11. He just did a thing to grapple me. He rolled like a 37 or something. I figured he rolled like a 12 or 13.

That would mean that he had a plus 20. What are you thinking? I'll tell you later what it was. Yeah, I'm thinking that, yeah, it's impractical. This creature is obviously enveloping him in such a way that it's just not going to happen. Dude, you're feeling like it's not flesh, it's bones crunching you.

Right. He is fleshy though, right? Yeah, he has a fleshy fleshiness to him. Certain amount of fleshyness. Certain amount of fleshyness. Yeah, so this is the thing that I'm getting really, I'm just getting really tired of it. I don't really understand how to. Pathfinder?

Well, how to do grapple. Like, there's nothing you can do except escape. That's why I should do it more often. Or, you know, or hit him. So I guess I'll just. A grapple defender can attempt to break free. Yeah. Become the controlling grappler.

Right, but that'll never happen, and the other thing will never happen. So I guess I will draw out my mace and just attempt to swing it at this guy. Okay, so you just have to reach down. Struggling. Just try to... Oh, you know what? And as a swift action, I will bane it against undead. Beautiful.

And maybe, maybe, just maybe, I can get off a hit on this guy's AC that's going to be slightly lowered. Yeah, you can't move, but you can make move equivalent actions. All right, one quick smash right now. Natty 18. That's a 30. That's what I was talking about. There we go. Four bears.

There you go, buddy. Come on, four bears. Yeah. It's very surprising. And he's going to do, oh. That's amazing. Box cars? 20 points of damage. Ooh. Wow. Come on, Four Bears. Yeah. It's very surprising. And he's going to do, oh. That's amazing. Box cars? 20 points of damage.

Ooh. Wow. Nice. Look at that. That's pretty cool. Imagine the scene. And it's bludgeoning. It's like, ah.

He just pulls it out. It just like smashes its skull. Yeah, like swinging it back like into its face like over your head. It's behind you. Yeah, yeah. It's like. 20 points of damage. Not bad.

That was great. We'll attempt to maintain the grapple. and if it does, it will automatically do damage. I need an 81 here. Yeah, you do. That's what I need. You didn't get it. Damn it. Instead, it's somewhere, let's see, because I got a plus.

Somewhere in the lower 40s. When you're the grappler, you get a plus four or a plus five. Yeah, so 36. Yeah, got me. All right, so... Just missed. Let's take... My CMD's 37 while grappled.

Let's go ahead and take some damage then. But actually, you don't take the CMD penalty, right, when you're grappled? Yeah. We just discovered this, right? Yeah. So you're just automatically dealing damage? Automatically dealing damage, and that is going to be 17 points of damage. Just, gosh!

You will have to do better than that. Squeezing. And that's all that one's going to do. The other one closes in on now Baron and four bears. Now every shot that Baron takes will provoke. Oh, man. Oh provoke Oh man This is bad I was going to try to cast a spell to keep this guy away from us But I just

It's impossible I just lose the spell Should I roll my giant Aluminum Norse foundry D20 It's too big Isn't this thing beautiful It's almost too big It's kind of I'm't this thing beautiful? It's almost too big. Too big? It's kind of...

Wait, wait. You're swinging at Baron? I'm swinging at Baron. Oh, man. Because you're in the arms of the thing. You're literally a confirmed quitter away from permanent. I don't know what Baron's sitting on for HP here. He's not sitting on 80.

I'll tell you that much. All right. Power attack is off. 66 plus 30. I'm not going to take the chance because the second and third attack are very hard to hit. That felt heavy. That one really packed a punch. This one has actually rolled a lot of 20s just while I'm screwing around.

Yeah. But this one was not a 20. It was a total of a 34. That hits. You know what? It's better for you to just go unconscious, honestly, and not get a crit. 17 points of damage. Second roll.

God, I'm having panic attacks. Can you go into your pocket dimension as a standard action or immediate action? That is a 28. That's a miss. Okay. All right. Come on. Do you want to blow on it for good luck? No.

Keep it away from me. Oh. That's going to be a 30. Miss. I mean, it's just having the three chances at a 20. Oh, it's so scary, man. This is like Gimli

when the cave troll attacks him in Moria. He's like falling over backwards and it's swinging and smashing the sarcophagus. Yeah. It's just barely missing. He's dunking right under it. Yeah. Gimli has defensive training against giants. Absolutely.

Absolutely. Exactly. That was pretty juicy. What are you guys going to do here? I was really nervous. It is Baron's turn. Baron, you're, you're, you're literally playing with fire here. Yeah.

Uh, Baron is going to take a five foot step back. Oh, I see what you're going to do there. He's going to fire at him. Wow. God, should I do the full attack? Are you asking for my opinion? Sure, Joe. Give it to me.

I say no. We can't get that gun destroyed, can we? Well, we can repair it. You can quick clear it, though. I know, but I mean, in this very combat. I'm going to say that if I was misfire before, and I don't remember if I spent that grid point or not, so right now I'm on zero grid and I can't... Oh, well then, yeah. I can't clear without it. Sure, sure.

I thought if quick clear was an easy option, then do it. But no, it's not. Here we go. My goodness. Here we go. First attack. There you go.

Yes, that's a hit. That's a 21 against touch. Yeah. Reach out and touch someone. And are you shooting at the one that's grappling forebears right now? No, I'm shooting at the one that has a weapon. He asks slyly.

I was just giving it a shot. That is going to be a total of 30 against the giant. 30 against. 30 damage against the giant. The guy that's grappling for bears. No, not that guy. Really takes his attention. Okay.

Still up. Second attack. Please don't misfire. Please don't misfire. Oh, cracked eye. That was very cracked. Yeah. Oh. Okay. Still up. Second attack. Please don't misfire. Please don't misfire. Oh, cracked eyes. That was very cracked. Yeah. Oh, yeah.

Another hit. Another hit. This is like being in a casino. It is. It is. Because if you crap out, it's going to be bad. Oh, you just snake eyes those? Come on, man.

24 points of damage. Okay. Final attack. Come on. Come on. You don't want a one or a three. One, two, three. Not one, two, three. Come on. Come on. You don't want a one or a three. One, two, three. Not one, two, three.

Come on. Crack this crack. That's correct. Crack, crack, crack. Crack back. Oh, no! Oh, my God! Oh, my God!

Oh, my God! Come on! It's so bad. Oh, I was so nervous. It's so bad. Oh. I was so nervous. It's so bad. The gun explodes in your hand. It was a natural two, everybody, by the way. Yeah.

Natural two. Let's show Brian special. Yeah, I just got to look at Misfire one more time. Yeah, in terms of what damage you take. I think it's not much damage. I think it's like 10 D6. I think it's your level, yeah, d6. Your level in d6.

Plus your wisdom modifier. You take damage as if you had been hit by the weapon. DC12 reflex save halves the damage. Jeepers, this is bad. Have we been doing it like this? Oh, that actually would have misfired on 1 through 6. Yeah, yeah. Or 1 through 7.

Alright, roll a reflex save for DC 12. I don't see that. Wait, that's early firearms. Yeah, this isn't early firearms. Yeah, oh wow. We've been playing that fast and loose. I feel like we've done this before. It's been a long time.

You pick one corner of your square. Okay, here we go. Natural 20 on the reflex save. Alright, so you take half of the full damage you would have done against the giant. Well, I'm not going to take the Bane damage. I'm just going to take the regular damage. You do a swift judgment Bane dwarf. Yeah, Bane dwarf.

That seemed really unnecessary. What a horrible misfire. Jorak, take me out. 18 points of damage. Oh, that's not good. I'm sitting only on eight hit points left. Imagine if you failed that reflex save. That's 36. You shoot yourself and knock yourself unconscious.

Oh, my God. I kind of would have preferred that at this point. And, uh, wow. Wow. Good thing you get to pick the corner of your square. Because any other corner, if it's like a random corner, it hits four bears as well. Oh, man. So, your gunslinger doesn't have a gun it is feyraza's turn there's two of these guys left part of me when i ended last week thought like maybe this is mop-up duty but then i'm like

maybe not maybe it's starting to feel like not yeah grant did you like do you have another gun do you have the dragonbane pistol waiting until my turn for dramatic effect, Joe. I'm just asking. I wanted to make sure. I thought you did. Roy said you lost your Gunslinger without a gun, and I was like, do we lose that before? Yeah, no, no, no. I have the other one.

I just rarely use it because it is inferior in every way. Unless we're fighting dragons. It has more sentimental value, though. Yes. Right. Faye Raza, what do you think? Another touch attack? I was thinking about it. Yeah? Yeah? I did prepare the spell twice. Oh, Right. Fey Raza. What do you think? Another touch attack? I was thinking about it.

Yeah? Yeah? I did prepare the spell twice. Oh. But you know what? Show me your shit! It's a level one spell, so it's not the most powerful thing.

It's kind of fun. But it was fun if it worked. Bleed. Instead, it's not. Scantrip. I'm going to cast Air Geyser. Oh.

So please roll me a DC 17 reflex save. You For the grappled guy. The grappled guy. For the grappled guy. Well I don't need to do the math because I rolled a natural one. Oh. Oh beautiful. Okay so how high are the ceilings? 20 feet right? Okay.

Yeah 20 feet. First things first you take 2d6 points of damage, bludgeoning damage from the spell. So forebears and I go up towards the ceiling. Does forebears take it, too, I imagine? Oh, I guess they're not technically on the same square. Exactly, yeah. So, you take five points of bludgeoning damage.

Okay. And then you're hurled up. So, you take the amount of damage it would be as if you were falling 20 feet up in the air. All right, so 2d6. So, you take another eight points of damage. Okay. And then you fall and take another 2d6 points of damage. Another 2d6, yeah.

Another five points of damage. Okay. I love it. Oh, nice. And you you fall and take another 2d6 points of damage. 2d6, yeah. Another five points of damage. Okay. I love it. Oh, nice. And you fail your reflex save. So you take full damage and... And Four Bears is nauseated. It's like the scene from The Sandlot when tequila's playing and everyone just starts vomiting up their chaff.

You're prone. I'm prone, yeah. Can you still be grappling Four Bears and would he have held on? I think I'm just laying on the ground bear grappling Four bears And would he have held on I think I think I'm just I'm laying on the ground Bear hugging you That's the way I picture it

So I'll add the prone You refuse to let go Yeah this thing's got a grip On four bears Very very cool Very very cool You always got cool stuff Going on over there Matthew

But let's see I would put on the prone condition As well then I did I put it on Yeah I'm saying I'm gonna put it on four bears We're kind of spooning Like pull me to the ground

Just like turn off your light spell on the way out Spooning with us Alright What were you summoning over there Mr. Pembroke Here we go So for the flash of Arcane light

Emerging from a portal from another dimension, a Jurassic dimension, Alan the Ankylosaurus. Oh, I love that guy. With a bellow and appears right next to the giant closest to me. Okay. How do you spell Alan, by the way? Is it two L's and an E? No, it's A-L-A-N. Okay.

And he's huge, right? Yes, it's A-L-A-N. Okay. And he is huge, right? Yes, he's 30 feet long. Okay. I made him a... I love that. That's for free? That token? That's an amazing token.

It's like a 3D model of a Bennegan's dinosaur on a wall. It's a trophy dinosaur head. Yeah, it's a trophy dinosaur head. It should be wearing wacky sunglasses. And point of order, the Ankylosaurus is from the Cretaceous period. No, you're right. You're right. Oh, snap.

Did you just, like, know that? No, I looked it up. I was going to say. I was going to punch you right in the mouth. Some I know, but not that one. That's my New Year's resolution, to punch Matt right in the mouth. And call him Matt from now on. Because he loves that.

It appears right behind him, and what does he do? And as a swift action, he smites evil, being a celestial ankylosaurus. Good thing this zombie's nude for good. Yeah, and with a mighty roar, he swings his mace-like tail at this thing. And that is 29 to hit. That is a hit. Okay. All right.

Shatter him to pieces. Shatter him! That is 31 points of damage and make a fortitude save. I don't make fortitude saves because I'm undead. I'm also dead.

Yes! Dead again. Nice. Alan. And now Pembroke is going to cast Lightning Bolt as the remaining creature. Love it. Okay. That is a, make a four to two, make a reflex.

Reflex. He's prone. Make sure it's prone, grappled. I have it all in my thing here. Grappled. Reflex. He's prone. Make sure it's prone. Gratful. I have it all in my thing here. Gratful. Natural two. That is a fail. That is 51 points of electricity damage.

And he's dead. Yeah! Wow. What a turn. Don't acquaint us before... It was really looking dark there. You just felt it squeeze in you. And then it was Pembroke's turn.

Sizzled into a cloud of dust. And Alan of the final great, like, thunderous roar. Like, vanishes into motes of light. And he's gone. So great. That's great. Troy blew up the icon. I'm so glad as we're entering the phase of the book where Troy's clearly going to kill the overpowered Baron.

The wizard is finally stepping up in the level 12, 13 overpowered action. The remarkable thing about that is how much he kept going after you, Grant, when Pembroke was standing right behind him, unprotected, save for the mirror images. The mirror images are a big deal. It just confused the zombie. Yeah. Pembroke was standing right behind him, unprotected, save for the mirror images. The mirror images are a big deal. It just confused the zombie. Yeah. Yeah.

So Four Bears is immediately going to, like, scramble up from the ground and just, with this, you know, compulsion being a part of him, looking at the body lying there of Horan Springsbane, he just walks over and draws that plus one Vorpal greataxe. Oh, right. And just like lines it up by the neck. And it's just like, this sick gift she's given you of immortality has failed you. And he just ricochets it off the stone. Sparks fly up. And the head just separates from the body.

Awesome. And automatic crit just, boom, head separates. And as the axe hits the ground and those sparks fly up, you don't know why you know this, but you immediately feel as if the magic from the great axe is gone. Oh, cool. Fades out. Wow. Oh, cool.

Fades out. Wow. And the spirit of Akargrim, whatever he did to imbue it with that magical power to face her in Springbane, it is now back within the skull, perhaps. Ah, the deed is done. And now the quest is fulfilled. We turn to Skirkotla. Do we feel better?

She is next. Ah, you do not. We still feel like we're at a minus three to... Yes, you do. You feel a little minus three. We must return the head to the dwarf. Yes. And I believe that one of the side effects of the geese is it takes some time for the effects of a failed quest to wear off.

So. Let's first examine this room. See if they've left any trinkets behind. Anything of value. You find a half-eaten package of Skittles. Skittle Coddler. They've been rationing them.

Skittle Coddler. For hundreds of years. They've won the day Marshawn Lynch was clearly here I found a spore So you see the nameplate above the middle throne Was Horan Springsbane You start looking around at the other names You see Mophius Firesteed

Niersag, Dragon's Tooth, Eos, Jotun's daughter, and Tolor, son of Tolor. Hmm. And you wonder, like, were they all part of the same clan? Why did three animate? Why did three animate and not the others?

The others not. Yeah. Can I do... Oh, sorry. Can I do another history check to see if I have any... Recognize any of those names? Yeah.

Anything. Okay. 27. None of them seem that important. They were probably very important to the Skirkaling tribe, but the Skirkaling tribe never really rose to prominence. Now they are. But...

Ah, so this was a lesser line that now is trying to achieve prominence. Right. Ah. And I think they're trying to achieve it through devotion to the dark princess or whatever. The Purgatoa. The, what's the, what do they call it? The Pallid Princess. The Pallid Princess.

I think that, I think Skirkotla just kind of was like, I'm going to go all in on undead being the way that I'm going to like raise this army or something. Yeah, yeah yeah or at least the the those closest to her yeah i guess it was like a reward it's like you've in good service i will allow you to become undead and thus immortal if only there were some real life analogy analog to selling out one's moral one's moral well-being to achieve great power. I can't think of one right now, but come back to me. It is a fantasy.

Yes. It's a fantasy world. Can we destroy the bodies of the ones that did not animate? Yes, can we light them aflame? Burn them all. Burn them. Burn the pile of bodies and burn them. Sure.

Yeah, you just want to put them in a pile and all. Burn them. Burn the pile of bodies and burn them. Sure. Yeah, you just want to put them in a pile and set fire to them. Even the two that didn't animate. But we're going to keep the head clear. Keep the head clean. And search the bodies. They all had battle axes, non-magical, but they were all wearing plus one giant-sized

chain mail. That's good. We can sell that. Five sets of them or one set? Three sets. Three sets. Let's take that. good we can sell that five sets remember one set uh three sets three sets let's take that let's take that we're low on skrilla skrilla i'm gonna take a look you might have to buy another gun suit uh no we can cast uh we can cast mending on it baron how you doing you need some healing i healed myself up with five cure light wounds from my own innate abilities, but I'm halfway down still. All right.

Just in case, I'll do a heal hex on you. So that's 15. I have a cure serious. You need it? What's our plan? Are we going to keep going? Well, no. We're going to return the head.

Let's return the head. There's no point in walking around with him hurt if we don't have to. It's a plus one giant size. Just plus one chain mail, but it's large. Baron's going to look around the room with his stone cunning for any secret doors, maybe. Anything unusual. Yeah, yeah. And another 28 for cure critical.

Do you need more? I have a cure serious. No, we'll leave it there. I'm going to be okay. I'm going to not be Grant. That's my New Year's resolution. That's pretty much it. Not for you.

Staying down 24 hit points. Stop being me. Okay, that's a good roll. That is a 34 generally and stone counting 36. You feel confident. There are no hidden walls or anything here. There's nothing else to see here. Let's return the head. Four's nothing else to see here.

Let's return the head. Four bears will walk out. Yep. All right, so four bears, you have the head. Yeah. All right, so the four of you walk back into that room that looked like they were building an expansion. And still you look to the north and you see that chasm. And then like a wooden bridge. A little edge of a wooden bridge there.

We'll be back soon. So I'm assuming you continue on until the next room. So the four of you move. I sprint across the bridge. With your hands covering your eyes. You move into the next room. Throw the skull into the chasm where it belongs oh wait fuck chasm of the fire uh so now you um you move into that next room where you fought that

strange devourer that almost took the soul right of out of four bears chest and you there was something that i didn't pick up on or mention before that in the re-listening to the episode i i i heard which is his his thing said go north to ignominy ignominy ignominy what is that ignominy yeah ignominy what is it like the opposite of of of uh fame from notoriety yeah from from doing good deeds it's what you get for being a bad person for being reviled historically ah that's like being infamous like oh i remember that guy he was just great i just don't understand it in context he's like head north to that's well they're in none of many they're the they're the bad guys yeah well they're dwarves they don't like them they're considered like I just gave up on the words. Ignorant and...

Ignorant and... They're an ignominious. Yeah, I mean, to them, it's like they're revering these giants, but he's saying they're a disgrace. They're revering them. They're revering. They're not by revere. This is really going off the rails here. Going off the rails.

They're revering it ignominiously. To be honest, it is. It is very late. Ignominiously revering. They're in a state of reverie. It is revering in heaven. It's a judicial system. Judicial.

Yeah, well, that's what our car groom is saying. It's like they are false heroes to their tribe. Got it. But now you have at least... Real pieces of shit. ...righted things for the fallen dwarf. So we did a good deed for Skirkotla as well, because she had this total liar that she'd given immortality to.

Yeah. We just, you know, we took care of her personnel properly. If you run into her, you should let her know, by the way, that Springsbane guy, he didn't do what he said he did. Yeah. And now we took his head off. You know, it makes me think of a Game of Thrones reference. I'm actually not going to mention because it's spoilery.

Tell me later. Yeah, well, I'll tell you when we're done. Wait, can you tell us what was edited out? Oh, you're an idiot. You're a complete moron. That doesn't make any sense. That has absolutely no bearing on the situation. It's not a parallel whatsoever.

I stand by it. Ignominy. So we were definitely going down in ignominy. I did tell them my theory, and we cut it out. Ignominy. Really, we did you all a favor. You come back to this room where you fought the Devourer, and you see the sunken black floor and those dark, dark cobalt black doors. and those dark, dark cobalt black doors.

I imagine Four Bears almost like getting lost in the blackness of the doors for a moment and thinking about the blackness of this, the way that that thing reached into him and brought together a fighting of the spirits beyond. It makes him shudder just to think of how close he came right there. Just think of the size of these doors, too. These are big-ass doors, and they're black. Like basalt?

Yeah, like basalt. Is there any way, would it be fruitful at all to do a spellcraft or a canna check on the floor and the doors? They seem ominous. Yeah, absolutely. Which one do you want? I will take the doors. They seem ominous. Yeah, absolutely. Which one do you want? I will take the floor. I'll do the doors. Can I do a spellcraft?

Yeah. That is 25 spellcraft. 17 spellcraft. No, you don't get any magical sense. Okay. Which is very ominous. But I definitely want to keep pushing here to the dwarf. Let's get back to that dwarf.

Let's get back. Yeah, definitely. I don't think we even stopped. I think we were just like thinking about it for a minute. He's kind of looking like, oh. As we're walking back. Think about where we would put the TV if it were our wolf. Where would you put it?

You move into that other little ante room here where Baron did no less than 10 stone cutting checks i'd like to do an 11th troy i didn't like that one roll uh and then from there you continue on uh to the great hall the great hall where we fought the the spirit charging uh man that guy was crazy. One hold in his own head. Yeah, Ichabod Crane. Not the Duala, what was it called? Dullahan. Dullahan. You enter that room and

you see the door leading to the sepulcher of skulls where you spoke to Akar Krim, or he rather spoke to you and since you've been in here in this tomb exploring

there have been a couple times where just something didn't seem right you're just like I feel like was that there before was that something yeah something a little weird the door closed on you at one point, you know,

locking you in with those frost worms. Um, and right when you walk into the great hall, you get that sense again, that something is just not right, but it's a much more, uh, much more immediate and pervasive sense.

And I think, you know, imagine you're getting caught up in this battle with the zombie giants and still kind of shaking things off. So it takes a second for you to realize that the body of the Dullahan isn't there anymore. Oh, no.

And towards the back of the room in the darkness, you hear a voice pipe up. Ash Peake, your name. What? And then clip, clop, clip, clop, clip, clop. Oh, no, no. Roll for initiative. Oh, no. Roll for initiative. Oh, no.

Oh, my God. I didn't think you would. Dad, the balls didn't do it. And thank God we healed you up a little bit. Oh, my God. And we burned it. This is so fudged up. This is bad.

This is bad. This is so bad. Oh, God. Oh, no. Oh, my God. Not true. All right. Let's start with four bears.

Joe, you look pretty psyched by your roll. I got a freaking nine. Like, talk about needing to act fast. Baron Ashpeak. Oh, God. He, of that name, rolled a 23. Oh, Clutch Cargo. Feyraza, Alcet.

19. 19? Nope, I'm sorry, 20. 20? What is your initiative bonus? Plus eight. Ah, okay. Roll another d20.

Oh, you know what? No, it's a plus five. 17, because we've got the minuses. Oh, boopity-boop. Pembroke. 13. Pembroke. Pembroke.

It's round one all over again. Clip, clop, clip, clop. Baron, you have dark vision, but you do not see this creature yet. It is in the room with you, and it is your turn to act. It's in the room with you and it is your turn to act. It's in the room with me. I'd like to charge as I remember and kind of get up in people's business.

Can't see it. So, uh, I think I'm gonna double move behind this pillar. Double move behind the pillar to the left or the right? Actually, I can single move from where I am. Yep, one move behind that

pillar and ready in action. If I see it, I will fire. If you see it, you will fire. From the back of the room, it now goes. Let me just bring him back onto the map there. Remember him? Frickin' frick.

I wonder if it would be harder to kill without that gun you like so much, Baron. Oh, my God. It would be interesting to see. Oh, we should have cast Mending on it on our way out. We didn't say it, so that's fine. It will be impossible to kill. Would it be Makehole? Makehole would work to fix it, yeah.

But no, would it have to be Makehole? I can tell you in one second. Jeez, man. Well geez well i mean it's not gonna matter right it won't matter now we didn't do it yeah it takes time like even though you have to cast it it takes like it's still it's it yeah it takes it takes a while i thought it was 10 minutes for the spell but whatever uh all right ash peak it charges up and 15 feet away levels its lance on four bears who by the way is flat-footed oh god uh all right this is this is this is nasty power Power Attack is on. You know what? First of all, let's have you just, as it gets in you, because I didn't do this last time right when we started,

just everybody roll a will save against its frightful presence. A will save against its frightful presence. 20. 20. 24. 24. 31. 31. 31. 31.

Matthew, you coming in hot, you coming in low. Natty, whoa! Oh, buddy. That's bad. That's a 10. That's 10. Yeah, that would be... But it's still automatic film. Yeah, still automatic film.

Saves. Okay. The appearance of this thing is still so shocking to both Feyraza and Pembroke. Oh, no. That you are... You are frightened. Oh, no. Come on.

Guys, it's not bad. It's only 28 rounds. you're frightened for 28 rounds so we have to flee let me make sure it's not uh you have to flee from the source of your fear but i believe you get a new save each round uh opponents may become may become frightened or shaken, but I think it's based on your hit dice. Oh. Oh, yeah. So is it if you save, are you safe? If you save, the opponent is shaken or panicked if it has four hit dice or

fewer. So it's just shaken. Yeah, I don't know why it says frightened. Maybe come frightened or shaken. I think it's a mistype. So, yeah, you're shaken. That's what would happen last time. Huge difference. Yeah. Yeah, you're shaken. Oh, okay, cool. That's what happened last time. Yeah. Huge difference.

Yeah, very, very different. At least we're still here. Yeah. Yeah. And the range on the lance is actually 20 feet with reach. So it's going to level a big power attack, crits on 19 to 20, times three crit. Oh, no.

And it's going to hit. Like, it's guaranteed to hit without a natural one. Barring a natural one. 19 on the die. Oh, gosh. Well, it's guaranteed to hit without a natural one. Barring a natural one. 19 on the die. Oh, gosh. Well, there you go. There you go. All right, B.

Are you kidding me? That's crazy. That's four less bears in the world. Power attack, critical threat, and it does double damage on a charge with a lance. Do that math. A times three crit, double damage with a lance charge. Lance, do that math. A times three crit, double damage with a Lance charge.

So if it crits on a Lance charge, so he's dead. Yeah. Unless you roll a natural one. Yeah. He could not confirm. Yeah, because it's five. How many hit points? You've healed yourself, right? I didn't, no.

Oh, dude. Wow. Well, I mean, I'm only down 20 out of 138, but like, you know. I mean, it'll definitely kill him. If it's five times damage. Yeah, I don't know how that stacks. Pretty sure they stack. Like, if you, he does double damage on a charge, right?

And then triple that. So on a critical hit on a full charge with a lance like that, it's like you lance through the throat. Like, it is a fucking kill. Oh, my God. i can't imagine it being any other way right i it deals double damage with a lance while charging i mean that's insanity yeah that's insane i think the bonus damage alone might kill me yeah without even a die roll um to confirm yeah i'm so nervous i I'm not, because it's done.

Like, I mean, I'm, you know, I can hold out hope for a natural one. That would be fun. Oh, God. He's got the skull in his hands. To confirm. God. 26.

Confirmed. Flat-footed. Fucking confirmed. We'll see you next week. Oh, no! confirmed flat-footed fucking confirmed we'll see you next week oh no what this is not how you start out a new year you gotta remember all that math

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