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Craig. Craig, go ahead, shoot.
I'm eating dinner so if anyone hears anything please let me
know. That's it.
We'll make sure not to so we can enjoy the time.
What are you eating? Yeah.
Many things actually. Some butter chicken, some
garlicky pita and some fruitate. I don't know what the last thing
is. Veggies.
Fruit and veggies. OK, we'll start off the Hand of
Fate tosses. The dice rolls, spins, turns,
leaving memories that, yeah, turns.
A campaign starts and ends, leaving memories that becomes
stories. Stories flow out into the
infinite sea, painting it with legends.
Legends wash up on the shores throughout the infinite sea,
fitting to myth until myths are forgotten.
And the Hand of Fate tosses the dice rolls, spins, turns the
two. We left our adventurers known as
the Shadow Seekers on the second level of hell.
But tonight they are taking one of their astral diamonds onto
the infinite Tower of Ishmael. Let's find out what happens just
to kind of streamline things to we'll get back to how you took
the Astro Diamond and when in the Tavern just to help on time
here. So you guys find yourself let me
make sure that it's over here standing in front of a you've
closed your eyes from wherever you were at.
You're now opening them as if you were just waking back up
after a long rest, it feels like.
And you're standing in front of a beautiful mahogany desk with a
figure behind it, dressed in very elaborate robes, scrolling
in a book and hogany books, mahogany.
And there are many other nicely wooded structures, including a
slew of other books throughout the wall.
And he looks down at his book and looks back up to the figures
that are standing before him. And he, he starts greeting you
from right to left. Ah, Mommy, I believe pointing at
Franklin. Yeah, that's totally be.
Boust, Franklin, Ezra, And we have a new competitor it seems
like at the tower. May I have your name, Fool?
First, last, middle, however you write it when you were born, I
guess so that I can enter it into the book.
So just as first I'm guessing? Or is that a last name just?
No, no, no, no. No, no agon AGAON.
Han. ONNON OK, I think I've got it
written here in the book. Now we can proceed with the
rules for those that are new and those that aren't.
Just as a refresher, you can go up or down in the tower, doesn't
matter which, as one will, one will lead just as well to the
next from one level to the next. And in so saying, it only
matters how many levels you clear in the tower.
The more you clear, the higher your price.
And this is and or not limited to a a large bounty of diamonds,
as some of you may already have known and told.
Spread the story it seems like, which I'm really starting to
enjoy the show now, to be honest and.
Ezra raises hands slowly. Wicked items?
Yes, Ezra. Do I have to count?
No, don't worry, I'll be doing all of the counting.
Good. Scribbling a note very furiously
to myself. Casually trying to explain what
Franklin is to my wife who is asking who this Franklin as
bitch is on the screen. Franklin.
He was Franklin material. Mama, it's also raising my hand
like, yes, I am Franklin. That is correct, Franklin.
I am like looking around, making eye contact with everybody
there. My name is Franklin.
You all know me very well. I am your friend, Franklin.
Do not forget I am Franklin. Ohio, God, they're very heavy
and deep. Sigh.
Hold on, I'm going to say that's probably a intelligence.
Let's roll that. Let's see how smart is catching
that 14. I feel like, I feel like you, my
he. He at least has gotten that.
You know you've got friends here that you trust, and your friend
is telling you one thing, so you should probably just go along
with it. He's just going to look.
He's going to look down at Franklin, at the actual Franklin
and look for like a a nod, like a the wink of yet to go with it.
Definitely winks at you with A1 Big Blue eccentric eye, finishes
scribbling something, seals a note, walks forward, gives it to
Ishmael and says read this later and then walks away.
OK, Mommy, I'll do that. Thank you I.
Really. Needed to talk to this guy.
Thanks for coming guys. I'm assuming yes.
Mommy it. Is later.
Yeah, I'll. Text.
It doesn't. Wink back.
No, it's for the NPC to know and you to never find out.
That's. Exactly.
That's exactly what Ezra does. He he says yes mommy, and
doesn't wink back at you. And he takes the note and slides
it into a desk drawer then and says, well, please proceed
through the archway. And he points behind his his
desk at a fountain that sits directly at the center of a very
large archway. Open no doors or anything and
head up or down the stairs as you choose.
So you'd think I'd be used to all this teleporting by now, but
where are we? So you find yourself in a very
large circular room. It appears you only know that
it's not semi circular because of the archway that's positioned
more or less in the center of the circle.
And on the other side of that there is a set of stairs leading
up and there's a set of stairs leading down.
Besides the plush furniture and pictures that are that are are
in the room that on the other side of the semicircle which
Ishmael seems to mostly inhabit, it appears to you with a load of
books, the mahogany table, what looks to be a sphere of some
sort globe perhaps of a. Planet this.
This was Agonon asking the room in character.
He was just in hell and now he's here and no one's explaining.
Anything. Oh, I see.
I apologize. Yeah.
You can always ask me for a description of the room.
That's what I thought you were doing.
But you're asking. Yes.
The party at large. How the hell are we?
Sorry about that. So this place and I just drew
around, it's called Ishmael's Infinite Tower.
This guy Ishmael somehow is separate from the gods.
I look at everyone very intently.
He waits. And this is his damn I plane
that's outside of time and reality.
And it's basically a tower of games where we go and we fight
things. If we die, it's so it's we come
back and then we get a prize at the end.
What's it for him? Fuck have I now?
Entertainment, my dear. Still trying to figure that out.
You are. Ezra goes into his direwolf form
and then kind of like leans over, leans down to Franklin had
like so he can jump on his back like excitedly ready to go like
kind of hoppy ish. Like look, between you and
mommy, I'm like, alright, I'll hop on your back.
So you said you we can't die for real.
So it's. All just yeah, you'll die,
you'll feel it, but. The pains are real.
Oh. It'll come back.
Kind of lost its luster. To the.
Consequence free fighting. Let's go.
Yeah. Ezra bolts between the arch with
you on his back, asking with his head up or down, up or down.
Oh, there's a group decision. Hold up, let's get that.
Let that part catch up. Oh boy.
Heel. Let's wait.
Go. I'll say it to me.
Wait, do we remember what direction we went last time?
No fucking idea. I think we went down last.
Time one day. Is there a difference is like
what happens if we go up right out?
Is there like a like a stylistic difference or is it all random?
I it can be fairly random. It depends upon what you've
experienced before a little bit and how the hand of fate feels.
So kind of random, doesn't matter.
Agonize looks the hand in the fountain.
Yeah, maybe there's a third exit.
He sticks his hand in the fountain.
OK, so you stick your hand in the fountain and you feel a
refreshing, plentiful kind of like relaxing quality wash over
you, as well as just in general a kind of buzzing, tingly,
almost itching feeling across your skin like that of healing
wounds though. Fascinating.
Do we have access to this room while we are in the tower?
Can we backtrack? I.
Don't think so. It the tower will not let you
backtrack until you've cleared a level, and then you may, but
it's only also just so that you know and aren't wasting too much
of your time of backtracking forward and backwards, we'll
supply some areas of respite similar to this one.
Oh, make it good to know. Does this say reset bells?
You mean the the the the fountain?
Yeah, what are you guys are talking about?
Oh yes, I assume this is out loud.
I walk up and I start and I fire off as many dreams as I can.
Then I stick my hand into the fountain.
Which is how many? Let me look.
Got to take advantage when you can guys.
Wait, am I the first one? Is that guy on the first one to
touch this fountain? Yes, probably.
Nobody else has used the long rest found before Cool Beans.
Right, we're playing in the. Fountain I can shoot off 2 of
them. Hats off, What did the dreams
do? It lets me contact people on
other planes. It's what I use to contact the
Admiral and this one I'm sending off a contact to the the driver
guy and Socrates and then the. Driver Guy and Socrates.
Because I know everything now, my eyes are open.
I have Ronald's memories when he has memories of that guy.
Faust thinks you're a nut. Ezra, you're.
Talking about the taxi driver, right?
The taxi driver and then the highest ranking necromancer
person that we like I have seen in any campaign.
Those are the two that I'll do and then I go back to the
others. Be like finger guns.
Oh. Right, it might be.
Becoming a problem I'm just. You, you didn't even, you
weren't even there for that session that the Horde was out
front, were you? He was not.
I don't think you've met any of
the necromancers, or any necromancers besides yourself.
Did we not meet the fleet commander or see him from a
distance or was I not there for that one?
You weren't there for that one. The guy that came in and talked
to us, Yeah. It wasn't even a fleet, that's
the thing. Yeah, it was.
It was a whole. Votes weird.
It's a horde. Horde of zombies.
OK, nevermind then I will consider who just on the second
too. Well, we continue.
Ezra takes the moment when he saw you.
Because you could. There's no I spell save.
No, not save, I said say, because it could be that if you
were trying to target something that you've never targeted
before, that it might just dissipate.
Let me look. That's true.
That's totally fair. Choose a creature known to you.
Wait, does Franklin know about the Necromancer?
Because I know about the Necromancer.
That's too bad. I don't like that.
You haven't known about you. You haven't met them either,
that's the thing. That's true.
All right, never mind. Then I'll send one off to
Aliopoulos. The table.
Yes, everyone serves the table. That's a good one.
I'm done. OK, so while you're splashing
around in the water, Ezra, you feel the same sensation I was
describing for Agonon, which is just this cleansing, refreshing
and restful kind of you, as well as relaxed with a sense a little
bit of a sensing of tingling and itching, that of healing
itching. What if you drink?
What happens if I drink it? Because he's going to drink the
water. Same sensation.
Nice. And then he jumps out right next
to Agonont and this rinses himself, dries himself off.
I guess I needed a bath anyway and.
Then goes back over to Franklin. Would our base gear include any
empty bottles or containers in which I could scoop some of this
fountain into? I don't know.
Did you pick any or want any? You should have a.
Flask or something, right? Yeah, I think I should have the
basic stuff. What's the?
It should have a. Water skin I have AI have a
water. Skin, yeah.
Yeah. OK, Agonon is going to replace
the water in his water skin. Oh yeah, that's the spirit.
Yes, thank. You and then try drinking
something seeing if he feels the same thing.
You you feel a bit of the same thing.
To the same extent, yeah. Yeah, I it's, you know, just
because you took a sip, you said it's probably not as to this
much as to the same extent you were.
You're probably guessing there has to be an amount associated
with it to get the fool, but you hadn't reached it to get that
fool. OK, he's going to go back and
make sure the water skill skin is completely full before he
walks away. OK.
Yeah, so without knowing any of this, Franklin, the artist
formerly known as Mommy is going to walk over to the fountain and
just, like, dunk their entire head under the water and also
drink some water while they're at it, but just do like, a full
head dunk. That's all.
And up. Shake their head off.
Stand there. Dripping.
Same sensation. Cool, cool.
That's. Just going up the stairs.
I guess mommy will follow. Sounds like UP is the consensus.
Enough. We like jumping from step to
step here. I think.
It's today, so I'm on Ezra's back.
Yep, I'm just going to move you guys a little bit closer
together, so. Yeah, you might have to move me.
I don't have a rule 20. You're good.
Got got it. Got it.
You guys walk up the stairs as you're walking.
Oh, yeah. Forget that.
Made this map this way. OK, OK.
Up is down, down is up. There is no sense of direction
here. Remember, the enemy's gate is
down. I need to open these so you
guys. Probably shouldn't do that one.
We could probably do this one. That.
Would be fine and you guys do find that for whatever reason as
you're walking into the next room you look back rather you
you you you keep looking forward and it after a certain point
kind of undetermined to yourselves it just kind of oddly
switches to walking downwards as opposed to up and as you look
back over your shoulders you see that this the the where you
walked from is now the being the ceiling is just a planked over
set of flooring as you make it to the what seems to be the top
of these stairs that you're standing on now and as you're
standing at the top of these stairs that you walked up to
down. At the bottom of those stairs
you see a flaming pit, just a circular flaming pit with four
braziers at the four cardinal points, north-south, east, West,
and some additional flaming torches along the walls.
And a giant flame pile that looks to be in the direction of
the the stairs that would be. Proceeding.
Yeah, flame pile. I had no other better word for
the the amount of sure, however your mind interprets it in and
the stairway that's leading towards the exit of this this
level. So there's a good bit of flames
pretty much all around there around of the flame circle
that's just centered in the center of the room, though.
And besides, the one that's leading on the stairs down to
the next level is just open wooden floorboards that seem to
be scorched in various locations with a bunch of cobalts that are
just kind of dancing around going.
Snack. Snack, snack, snack, snack,
snack. So the entire floor is lava.
No, the floor is not lava there. The the floor that right as you
come off the bottom of the stairs is probably hotter.
If you were to walk down there and feel it, it is hotter than
you would expect, especially for wood, and you're surprised it is
is also not on fire. And in general the room does
feel hotter than where you came from, but it is it itself.
The room is not on fire. It's just it.
There is a lot of fire. So how?
Close. How close is the closest cobalt
to Ezra? Well. 10 feet.
Well, 10 feet horizontally, right, But I think there's like
20 feet vertically right now unless you're walking down to
the bottom of the stairs. Take and make sure I'm wearing
the Ring of Fire resistance and I take out the Hellfire brick so
that I get double resistance. I look around, does anyone not
have fire resistance? You cannot hand shoots up.
I toss you the brick. If you're looking for it to add
into your inventory, it's called a Hellfire brick I believe.
OK, yes. Spanish inventory.
So. Ezra Ezra wants to leap and bite
him down a tasty cobalt. Going straight into attacks, I
flare out my auras. Oh no, desert's just hungry and
they look tasty. Right.
So we're attacking. Yeah.
What's Tango? Tango this one.
I'm looking for the encounter. No worries.
Thanks for the rock. You're welcome.
If you kill someone with it, it'll send them straight to
hell. May we meet again.
Yeah, they'll be transformed into monsters, but.
Oh. Don't lose that.
I've got plans. I mean, anything's better than
Cobalt, so I'm doing him a favor.
It's fair. We can keep the level 1 of hell
open, get out and then acquire a large number of individuals.
We could send a bunch of people's like millions of people
straight to hell to turn into demons to then flood out.
Just saying it's an option. Make sure to subtract the
appropriate amount of diamonds from your inventory, Franklin.
I believe you're the one that has those.
Yeah, I'll supply diamonds to those who did not.
Are you? Talking, you know.
What? No.
You're right, buds. I'm I'm having a stroke.
I paid medical attention very that's.
Very aware of you. Roll a medicine chick.
OK, so is there a reason we're immediately engaging in combat
with the Cobalts? Well, you're as as our dog
friend. This is what he does, Ezra.
We really need to get him some more food.
We. Talked about this.
In real life, I also looked up where the lemur lemur devil is
and I retract my statement about cobalt.
This is rough. Where do you say it is rough?
I don't. Remember.
They're no, they're not lemur. They're demur.
No, my strategy if we ever
decide to hit the big red button.
Yeah, that's right. I thought you were seeing
something on the map for a second and I was like, I don't
remember adding this into the encounter.
Sorry. It was no swiftly doing
something else over here because I thought I built this
encounter, but I'm swiftly doing so this is OK.
Here we go, 1/2. Violence is always an option.
It does not necessitate that it'd be the only option.
Yeah, that's that's sometimes we can.
Acquire more things of value if we simply speak to them rather
than massacre. Them.
I mean you're totally not wrong, but there's currently a dog
ripping into a bunch of cobalts. We need a better way of handling
that in the future. I cast hold personal.
It is wrong. You gotta wait till I I resolve
first I I'm on the stack first. Are you?
I'm on the stack. We Yeah, well you being on the
stack first mean you resolve second, so suck a Dick.
Magic Gathering rules don't fly here.
Well, you brought them in here. OK Mommy, Ezra, Agnon, Faust and
Franklin. OK, save and.
It's all here. And run now.
Now I'm going to need initiatives.
You will get to resolve, not resolve.
That's not the yeah, you've got a surprise round for yourself as
we're basically I would guess is how it works.
Roll the 27. As we got a 13.
I think. I got a 2.
Wow. Yeah, that would, I mean,
obviously put mommy at the top of the order with Ezra.
You're, you're telling me what you're doing first, I guess, for
that surprise attack. I'm going to eat it.
I'm going to eat them. So you're at the top of the
stairs though This is why I'm asking.
What are you doing with Franklin on your on your back, if I
remember correctly? They, they, they are 10 feet
away from me, right? You said 10 feet away, 20.
Is the closest they're they're both.
They're both 2 that are closest probably.
Up 20. Yeah, one is, 1 is.
How high can Ezra jump? Let's see.
How wide are you? It's not, it's not up, it's
actually down. You're they're 20 down from you.
And then there's you can fall easily.
Yeah. Oh yeah.
I'm I'm going to pounce on the gut on, on the cobalt, I'm going
to pounce him. OK, so you're going to add the
don't forget to add your fault damage, it sounds like as you
jump off of this edge of the stairs with Franklin on your
back. It's like a Bob, no heads.
I'll say that. I do not.
Why? What does it mean?
And how tasty is my treat? Let's find out.
What was that Faust I didn't hear?
No, not. I was thinking I was looking at
my spell list to see if I had feather fall.
I do not. He's fine, He's barbarian.
Hopefully he bonus action raged was.
That but totally bonus, totally bonus action rage.
I'm trying to reach my freaking tech but I keep things that are
not what I want. I've seen an 11 I think.
Yeah, I know. That was me hitting.
That was for my axe. I don't have my axe out right
now. Alright, that'll be a 26 to
touch him. That still looks like the great
axe. Yeah, I don't have anything that
says my bite. So my the axe I use is the rhino
hide and I don't have I don't have that out.
If you have your unarmed strike under your attack.
There. OK, there we go.
Let's use that. Oh fuck. 29 definitely hits.
That's a crit. Oh nice, nice Jesus.
I'm going to eat him. I'm going to eat him.
I guess we could go for the intimidation factor.
Be like oh you submit. Let's see that will be.
Kill. Them all 12 points. 12 points of
Yum Yum. That's seven points of overkill.
How do you want to kill it? Oh my.
As Ezra leaves down pause landing on I feel that they're
they're facing away from me. So pause, like pin down on the
back, Ma reaches down, rips the head, just basically rips head
and throat clean off. Just snack, snack, snack, snack,
snack. And I think we mentioned that,
but I think it's every 10 foot of fall damage is. 1D6 right?
Yep, Roman 2D sixes wink and ink and then cut her in half.
Wink. Well, I don't think you raged
until after you fell, right? Can you rage while falling?
You you could, but not. I'll I'll take it.
What have I got? Josh?
What I got hit me 88I. I take 8 damage I thought.
That wouldn't bother you. No.
I take and then it would be mommy's term.
Yes, yes, these things are below me.
So how many are left? 3 visibly that you can see and
the other ones start to chant faster being there compadre
obliterated. Yes.
So I'm gonna throw the three vicious sand axes.
I can figure out how to. So I have to roll to hit three
times, right? Yes, for each X.
Yeah. So 27 to hit, 21 to hit and a 28
to hit. I'm guessing to each individual.
Yeah, at each individual one. Yeah, try to cut a wing off.
That'll do it. That hits the.
All right, So the first it's A6 slashing damage.
I don't know if you're seeing this or not, but and the second
one is 9 slashing damage. The third one is 8 slashing
damage. How do you want to kill them?
I'm so oh, I'm killing them. Oh yeah, they only have five
guys. Oh, oh, I'm going to then with
my expert aim, behead them and succession they.
Need that help. And each axe, after they sail
through the air, the axe kind of disappears into the background,
the head falls to the ground and you feel at your waist the tink,
tink, tink of them reappearing. He's.
A great weapons. Yeah, neat jerky, got there.
I'm almost going to stare towards at the 4th wall making
aggressive eye contact. And as you.
Oh, that was in character. Actually too, because it's a
surprise action technically, I think, and you got a crit on
your initiative. I think you and Ezra get to go
again. But as it stands currently, you
guys don't see anything in the room.
There is a bit of a rumbling that starts as the last head
hits the ground and portaling all throughout the room that
seems to emanate from the fit of pit of fire in the middle.
Oh yes. Sacrifice.
To the entity Spectacular. Ezra, maybe Ezra, while he
waits, he he's going to drag the bodies close together and just
kind of look at Mama going mine, mine and then continue eating.
So maybe they weren't summoning something as much as they were
holding something at Bay. I.
Doubt. I'm going to find out on my
turn. So do you guys while the
rumbling is happening. So that's all you guys see on
your turn. I don't know if you're going to
do anything else with your your additional turns there, mommy or
Ezra, but you can tell me if you if you're choosing to do
anything else. Well, nothing is happening.
What we're still, we're still in turn order.
I would say so. Still in a fight?
I would say so. Oh fuck.
All I can do is attack. It's not like I had spells or
shit. Yeah, whatever, I will stay.
I don't know if I'm at the edge of this, like drop off upstairs,
I'm gonna stay exactly where I am and yeah, just pass on my
second turn. Majority of my spells are.
Fire. OK, How about you, Ezra?
Ezra is this is gonna do exactly as you planned.
He's going. To I will be angry.
The one body and drag it to the other bodies and start chomping
down and having a fun time. OK, I think you're able to do
that no problem. The they, they weigh like 10,
maybe 30 lbs wet. So you just grab it and drag it
over to the closest next one and start chowing down on that one.
Both of them, it sounds like, which I believe then leads us at
the top of the order is how the surprise, surprise round work
usually. No, the surprise round work, you
guys got to do that. That's why I was following back
like that, because Mimi's at the top of the order anyways.
So then it would be Agonon's turn with Faust on deck.
I'm also primarily just a rooting point and shooting kind
of guy. So is there any sort of cover on
these stairs? On the stairs, absolutely.
Not there's not even instead of railing.
And the room is a big open room with a fire pit in the middle.
Correct. OK, Agonon is going to excuse
me, sorry. Advance back up the stairs, but
make sure that the entire room is still within range.
I'm not sure how big this room is and how far I can go back up.
Basically I'm trying to get as far away as possible while
keeping the entire room in normal range.
It's. About 75 feet across and you
could probably go back up another like 5 feet ish to the
very top of stair. But you're going to be kind of
hunched or crouched against the ceiling.
Because as I stated, when I when you guys came in, after you
walked a certain distance there, kind of unbeknownst to you until
you looked back over your shoulder, the ceiling appeared.
Yep. Would that disadvantage me at
all? I'm assuming so.
I wouldn't. I wouldn't think so.
At this point, you're just. OK, not difficult train or?
No, no, OK. Yeah, I'll do that.
I don't know how. Much are stairs difficult
terrain? I don't think so, no, I've never
heard that heard it say. That well, I wasn't sure if like
if if I was crouched, if I was in like an awkward position or
something. No I I understand what you're
asking but I just had the had the thought after you asked me
the question because I was like in real life they're difficult
terrain. Fuck stairs.
I second this. I30 because I fell down as a
flight of stairs one time. That pleasant?
Only once. Only nice.
Only once and I just got done having surgery at the time, so
that was great. I.
Mean link that twice it's saying like I don't haven't made a
ability score that's for being a character and I'm very confused
by this. Oh that is weird.
So that was your turn Agonon. You get to the top of the
stairs. Are you holding an action or
anything? Yeah, I'll hold an action.
I'll knock an arrow. I should have given you guys the
chance to do that, too, but it sounds like Ezra, you were using
your action to drag a body. Yeah, but Mommy.
Was using their action too aggressively.
Has it gone around? Almost.
What was the that that mommy? Say Mom may use their bonus
action to stare aggressively into the 4th wall.
No big deal. OK, can.
You hold a bonus action. No, you can only hold actions.
So then it is Faust's turn, with the room rumbling and the fire
pit kind of starting to spit some little bits of flame about
it seems like maybe. So it's my turn, going to move
to the edge of the stairs and try and I don't know, identify
anything that is clearly magical.
Yeah, the the flame is very evidently magical as you're
staring into it as well. You you can feel the sense of
something alive writhing inside of it.
It almost not. Not as if something is on fire,
but it's all as if the flames themselves are alive.
We're going to we're going to try and dispel magic.
OK, I don't think they have that.
I was just making sure of something.
Quick. Need to read that real quick
again too. One creature object.
Have actual rules on how dispel Magic works now that's nice.
Or magical effect within range and he spells third level or
lower on the targets ends so you it's.
A right of the fizzles. You have to I, I mean, that's
where I was going to go with it, but I'm reading too.
They added in this thing about the higher levels, or at least
that's news to No, I think that is normal.
That is normal. The 4th, 4th level or higher on
the target make an ability check using your spell casting
ability. It go down this route.
I like where you go and where your thoughts process is.
That and the DC equals 10 plus the spells level.
So I think you we'll have to roll using your spell casting
ability. I'm guessing that's, yeah,
whatever your whatever your is it Intelligence, I think.
It's just my ability not including my what?
Is it? No proficiency.
It'd be proficiency plus spell mod.
It says make an ability check using your spell casting
ability. Yeah, so it's just an
intelligence check. Yeah.
Well, skill. So skill would be arcana, and if
he's a wizard that would be mean he'd probably be proficient.
True, I guess I need to. We'd have to Google, but again.
Are you Jacob? Are are are you proficient in
Arcana? I guess I'm proficient in
Arcana. Yeah, it it it would be
proficiency plus proficiency plus spell mod.
When you cast this spell, if we're spell slaughter, how are
you adequately and in effect? What?
What level are you casting this at, by the way?
I'll be casting it a fourth. OK, it's still it still takes
into effect the other part of it and the spell.
I think you were still going to need to see a role.
I'm. Doing intelligence plus mod or
plus proficiency? Just confirming with the GM and
not Rick. Yes, yeah, I think that sounds
sounds appropriate. 18. So as you, you want to tell me
what your verbal and semantic are?
Well, it technically has those. I was because we discussed him
being flavored a little bit oddly.
Actually, I don't know. I rarely ever think about such
things. Is that what he what he says or,
or is that just what you're saying?
It's like a snake, he says, lifting his.
Hand and just. Waving it.
Waving it away? Don't fucking know.
I like it. Yeah.
Anything like that would work, would would work.
I just need some sort of components in that manner.
So yeah, you wave, wave your hand.
Not today, Satan. And you see a face that has
started to pull some of the stone that seems to be outside
out from under the flames that are is glowing red hot.
And the mouth just opens and says and starts to fold back
into the flame and you you see the flames themselves start to
dissipate and slow their writhing with the flame to the
next set of stairs opening up. Nice, nice.
Is that initiative? Yep, the initiative is done.
So I. Collect the other corpses.
The ones that Ezra's not eating, the last two.
Yeah, yeah, I'll collect the other two.
Ezra snaps at you. Mine.
Either for later. Do you need to be fed?
Ezra. Maybe you can split the
difference. There are heads and bodies.
They have been separated. Yeah, I need the heads.
Don't get. Don't eat the heads.
Well, you already eat once. I'm putting you on a diet.
You're going to gain too much weight like this.
They the heads are too Bony anyway.
You have heads. I'll take one of the heads and
I'll use my speak with Dad Bell, which I have and at at will.
I'll be like, hey, what was that thing?
Oh, OK, so you're gonna, you're gonna cast it on one of them?
So you're not putting both of them into the pocket rocket yet?
What is second tier? Britain was on another loop
there already. I was looking at the pocket
rocket, so you there's. An outside to the tower.
I don't need to know this grass out there.
OK, so they do speak Commons. I had I had to go back to make
sure that they spoke what you were speaking first and
foremost. And it it's eyes flutter.
You got a verbal and semantic too, don't you?
Yeah, I'll. Wakey, wakey, wakey.
Wakey, wakey, heads up Snakey. The eyes flutter, flutter open
with just the slightest cork to the eyebrows as it answers the
first question, which was what were you guys doing here?
What was that fire thing? What was that fire thing?
What was that that that fire thing you were doing?
A Lord of the fire Giant dreadnoughts.
It just says like kind of robotted, kind of brokenly.
You have two questions left. I turned to fast, that was a
good move. Are there any?
Is there any hidden loot in this robe?
We do not like musical instruments, no.
Excuse. Us, I guess I should have, I
guess I should have spelled that out.
Are there are there any hidden doors or exits that are not
obvious and where that's technically one question.
Just like it it it it's eyes just like fold into the back of
the head, its head as its as its states besides death, there is
no exit that. Was entirely unhelpful.
I throw that one in a bag and I take the other one.
All right, let's try this again. Is there any treasure in the
room? The the I could.
Do this an unlimited number of times so long as I have had.
The like 4 times. Got it.
Eyes flutter open and it goes. It's.
It starts to like hyperventilate even though it doesn't have
lungs somehow, and then looks around and goes.
My love was the treasure. You're disgusting.
I crush his head. All right, let's go.
Sort of sucks. Good job dispelling that thing,
Faust. It sounds like we would have
summoned a dread out of fire. As you're saying that and
looking around, you do see, other than the flaming pit, now
that you're down the stairs, most of you, I would guess,
especially you, Franklin, having been ridden riding on the back
of Ezra, see a giant statue that kind of looks of a mix between
Draconic and goat. That guy.
Seems to be at the at the east side of the room.
Can we remove it from its pedestal and take it?
Who knows if we needed fire demon?
The statue is like 10 feet round and like 30 feet high.
Nevermind, can't take that cast. Reduce on the statue.
I don't AI don't have it ready B it has a duration that wouldn't
work. We only need it to get into the
pocket rocket and then it can stand proudly.
No, we don't need the we don't need a fire demon.
We've already got a skeleton monster.
At this point, do we has eaten his way through the second
cobalt. Does the statue have any gems?
You don't see any gems? No.
OK, it seems to be made of a bronze material.
Mama is going to walk down the stairs and through the open
door. Fuck yeah.
All bows will follow. I'll gesture for for Ezra to
follow as well, since I assume I'm still riding him.
Ezra skips happily as he's full of belly.
I still got the other cobalts for you if you need it.
Yum, you such good friend Franklin.
Yeah, thanks. I'm munching on the arm.
Tasty, right? It's weird.
I don't have a throat or a stomach but.
Just quietly Mumbles to himself while pondering if these truly
are a lesser evil than the gods themselves.
Don't worry Franklin, we'll get you a stomach.
Wait, I'll pull the stomach out of this one and see if it works
for me. Yeah, that's a great.
Idea. I love that for you.
Why not pick? Up the throat.
The esophagus. I want to cast the spell magic
on Frank. That would end badly.
Yeah. Anyway, I don't I don't know how
that would work. Out for you?
I don't think it would. Yeah.
I mean, can you cast Dispelled? I mean, it would end a magical
effect on me. Me being undead is not a magical
effect. I'm just a bone man.
That magical personality, though?
What about banishment? That's a good question because I
don't know what where to send me.
I don't know either. Might just send me straight back
to hell. So you're playing your origin of
existence, Yeah. Yeah, yeah.
Well, yeah, I guess that would. If I cast banishment on Matt,
does he go back to Earth? Yes, stay the fuck away from me.
Though you guys still seem to be going down the stairs and and as
you enter into what appears to be the next room, the previous
room again seems to close up to you as you get far enough below
the the ceiling line that's in the rest of the room.
And in this room you see a varying degree of things.
But as you're coming down, probably the first thing you're
noticing is the refreshing cooler air from what appears to
be slightly falled trees, except for one tree that seems to be
very vibrant and green standing directly in the path to the next
set of stairs. And the next things that would
definitely catch your eyes is the row of torches.
A cobblestone path, two kind of glowing reddish orbs that stand
to the east and the West of the room, just off of the central
point, which has a kind of bloodied altered it looks like.
And on the far West of the room, a skull, a large skull that has
horns kind of again Rams horns with glowing red eyes and even
out of the nose hole. So it seems like it out of its 3
orifices there that it there. There's glowing red light out of
it, but that is the room as it stands.
Spooky. Ezra utilizing tree utilizes
what the tree. Pissing on.
Oh, I assume the tree was hiding something, or it might be some
sort of. What do they call it when it's
an object but then it's a mimic? I kind of really just want to
attack the tree. Didn't we fight a tree here last
time, Franklin? I don't know.
I'm based. I'm like very suspicious, very
suspicious of this tree. Yes.
It seems like the only calm, peaceful thing in the room,
right? Everything else.
So you're you're more suspicious of the green tree than the
glowing skull and the two? Burning.
Yeah, it's trying. Yes, the tree is trying to catch
me unawares. Obviously the skull's a problem.
How far away is the tree from the altar compared to other
trees that are dying or not? Dying, they weren't really
dying. They they seem to still be
alive, but they they definitely seem to be going like this
dormant sea of fall. Like I was saying, their their
leaves are kind of turning. Is this yellows Browns?
Odd tree deciduous. No, it it, it does seem to be,
it does seem to be like it might have might be a deciduous type
of tree, but you're probably unclear because it doesn't seem
to be any type of tree that you know how bigger.
What the What is? What's the diameter of the the
trunk? I should have paid attention and
bought anymore. Look at this guy, go to school.
What is the? Far away.
In the Franklin, somewhere between 15 and 20 varyingly.
The feet, Yes. Shoulder.
Really. Yes, Right.
Yeah, I'm very suspicious of this tree.
Ritual Cast. Find Familiar.
OK, alright, how long does that take?
Like 5 minutes. OK, 10 minutes, damn it. 10
minutes. OK, I misremembered.
Oh, what's yours gonna be buy the swarm of flesh eating
insects. They could be friends.
I'm. Surprised.
Mama's just kind of muttering. One of these things is not like
the other. I'll do a nature check on the
tree, right? Oh, OK.
Funny. Fuck yeah.
So not natural with a 19 it looks like.
Correct. No, it's a first level spell and
time is precious. I'm just going to cast it.
OK, and let me describe the nature check real quick here.
So as you're as you're looking at the tree and besides the
evident nature that I described of it already, you're noticing
that the grain of the the tree seems to be a bit shaggy and bit
more knobby than you're. Your usual one it kind of only
odd because there doesn't seem to be any vines or other trees
in the way that seem to be controlling these aspects that
would, you know, usually lead to those sorts of conditions on the
tree. But that's about, that's about
all you're going to get with that.
What do you mean by that? So you you know what I mean when
I say if there was another tree pressing like growing in the
same direction as one tree, it it might start to lose leaves on
one side or a branch even leaving a knot in that place
where the branch used to be. There doesn't seem to be any
evidence of of any of the other trees being larger than this
one. So it's kind of odd that it has
some of the shapes that it does inside.
OK, so it looks like it used to have limbs where it currently
does not. Yes, as as well as that it.
It's just like, not symmetric. Yeah, exactly.
Yeah. Wait a minute, wait a minute.
Why do I feel like it's gonna spread out, loose and walk away?
Does Ezra recognize this tree? Did you actually pee on it?
First question, yes, OK, I. Said that there was no way for
him to immediately attack something, but he still did it
somehow. No, I was, Alan accepted.
So you where you peed, you see, kind of the tree itself seemed
to kind of shake and move and the and the P kind of flies back
like it kind of shakes and moves almost like a dog would shake
just in that one spot somehow enough to get the P to fly back
on you. Yeah, I'm.
Sorry, Ezra. Ezra remembers this tree.
Ezra. The tree that we killed last
time, that's. About to fuck this tree up
again. OK, I swear to God.
Again. Back to.
Them I have to drop off. Have a good night.
Night, night. So Franklin pops out of
existence on your back. Oh well, I was about to let him
off my back anyway to start mangling the street again.
Can we wait until we find out what the other things are or if
they're at least a red herring? I would like to know if fighting
the tree while the orbs are expanding like an aura of death
or something is like what's about to happen.
I would like to like understand the situation before we go heads
or what into everything. That would be nice, but I have
an axe. Wait, so so wait.
Ezra, do you do anything to communicate to the party that
you've seen this true before and what your intentions are?
Oh yeah, like it's missing branches cut off and stuff.
Oh yeah, no, Ezra. Yeah, but like, do you, do you
say things? Yeah, he can talk while he's in
doggy form. Yeah, yeah, I know.
But like what have you said aloud?
Is it this teed on it? You saw what shake?
I'm like what? Have you said over here?
This tree, I've I've, I've broke this tree before.
He's not very nice. We should.
We should break him again. Mom is just going to shrug and
be like, good enough for me and swing at it with the jeweled
Great acts of justice the 22 to him.
All exhaust. Me.
As the act sinks deep into the bark of the tree, you feel the
resounding jolt that should come from hitting solid wood.
But as you you know, lean forward to push the axe out of
the cut and pull back to get it out, you see the cut completely
close back without having caused any damage.
That's not how that's supposed to work.
And it ate my axe. No, you're you.
You pulled the, you pulled the axe back.
Sorry. OK.
OK, no, that's good. OK.
I was afraid my axe got stuck. And the tree like grew over it.
You tree monster that eats axes, Rick, add it to the list.
Yeah, adding to the list. That would be terrifying, yeah.
A rust tree. A Rust tree.
A rust tree? No no no no no.
I'm thinking like kudzu, like it instantly grows around.
It kudzu kudzu tree. OK, Yeah, that that's what
happens, that it closes up the damage.
You could roll the damage, but that's what's going to happen.
Doesn't matter, yeah. OK, if the tree doesn't
immediately attack, I'm going to cast fine familiar and send it
closer to the orbs to see if my familiar instantly gets snuffed
out. OK, so.
I don't trust orbs like that. Just briefly here we'll say,
what is your familiar? We'll make it an owl.
OK. Ravens are tired, sore owls.
But hey. Chicken Ravens.
A lot. I'm not doing a chicken.
Oh. No, Oh no, Oh no.
That was. That was a.
House is a Canary. Faust is a little yellow Canary.
Is there still goes chicken? No.
Look, mom, look at all those chickens.
Chickens. So you send the owl forward and
as it, it looks like Agonon, you're stepping forward just
about at the same time, but as the owl's beak just comes out
farther than where you were moving to, you got a you.
You've got a like a psych, not a psychic link, but like a.
It is a it is a mental link. Yeah, I'm pretty sure.
So I think it, oh, it's the same thing that Franklin would have.
So you could essentially see through its eyes as it's doing
this. Are you doing that?
I'm going to try to, yeah. All right, Do you have an owl's?
No, it's a Canary, and no, there isn't really a stat block for
it. Canary, you chose to Canary, OK.
Yeah, I figured it's more thematically appropriate for a
poisonous gas crazy mage. There are stats for an owl I
know. Trying to think if there's
something else that would be closer to a Canary other than an
owl I. Mean the familiar just straight
up has its own step lock. I thought, Oh.
If it does, then yeah, we can use that.
I was going to ask for. I was just making sure you had
something ready before I asked for a what is it here?
Wisdom Save. It doesn't.
Yeah, I I thought it was going to be relative to the particular
familiar. We'll just it's a big Canary.
It's an owl. OK, that sounds good to me
at that. Wisdom, save or pulling?
I sneezed real loud and I'm muted myself before I blew your
eardrums out. Appreciate it.
Let's see here Owl Wisdom, save from the owl.
Yes, please. All right, that's a + 1.
Yeah. They'd be wise, those owls.
That's an 11. You feel through the Canary a
deep sense of yeah, friendship between it and the one, we'll
say the closest orb on the right.
It would probably fly over to set upon it and friendship and
you could probably get a sense that it's trying to communicate
with the owl as well. But the the owl, you know, isn't
able to do so. I don't think you can
communicate through the owl as an as a medium as far as I know
like that, like, you know, speaking in the owl's mind of.
Me, I can communicate with the telepathically.
So. But would that extend to
something else that is apparently trying to do the same
thing inside? So you're kind of, I guess so I
mean guys are. I'm in its head and it's in its
head. Then yeah, talk to me.
Yeah, yeah. So you get a the owl kind of
more or less, you know, pretends to be a family on the wall as
you guys. You get a a voice in your mind
and it goes well in the owl's mind that you're talking
through, and it's kind of comes off as this low kind of Husky
grumble that basically just goes adventures, wonder if you can
solve the puzzle. House visibly rolls his eyes
while in his human form. Is that all you have to say?
Wonder if you could solve the puzzle?
Oh, really? You quite witty, I see.
I like that. It's sorry for my mannerisms.
They've been quite LAX since being trapped here for such a
long time. So the puzzle stands as is.
There's two of us. I am not the only one here, as
you can possibly guess. Yes, that is my brother.
I guess he could only tell lies or some shit.
No, that would be, that would be convenient, wouldn't it?
We are both trapped here by that skull at the end of the room.
We don't know how, we don't know why, but we were Dragons.
If you could free us by some means or manner, it would
behoove us to help you in whatever ways that we can
deemably do after our freedom. Inside check.
Yeah, I don't know what your insight checking necessarily
because you're trying to perceive of voice inside of an
owl's head. That's fair.
How trustworthy does the telepathic voice seem?
All right, let's see here. Wouldn't that be insight?
I'm going to cast the tech magic.
You see quite a lot in particular that the altar in
front of you seems to have the faintest magical qualities to
it, as well as the orbs that are blaring with magical kind of
flare all around them in varying hues.
I'm trying to go back to my pin real quick to remember what the
heck the other the altar would be in and the the porches all
seem to be lined with magic leading back to the skull at the
end of the room, which also is glowing.
I'll get you those colours and the appropriate magical schools
post haste. OK, so the altar is glowing a
kind of silver teal or that of an enchanting enchantment
school. And the the torches have kind of
the same faintish glow with a a kind of a faintish silver glow
for the enchantment leading back to the skull, with kind of
goldish yellow for abjuration protection magic back to the
skull itself, and maybe with ever so faint wisps of black
smoke in the in the mix of the skull for necromancy.
About how big are the orbs in comparison to the eye sockets?
Look to be about of the size, as in the orbs could feasibly fit
inside the eye sockets. OK, and there's a protection
magic coming and necromantic magic coming from the torches to
the skull. Yes, yeah.
So necromancy and I'm durations. OK, so Oust is going to attempt
to press the digitation to extinguish one of the torches.
And the torch goes out. Seems to be no problem.
The skulls glow at the edge of the end of the room.
Seems to to lessen by that little bit much more, but you
still have detect magic on right?
There seems to be another sort of magic emanating now, slowly,
ever so like little bits of specks that you're probably
catching because you're you're concentrating much more on
green, kind of this sputal color that's coming from the nose
socket region of conjuration. I feel like if I lower all these
torches then the you know what I'm going to do an arcana check
to test my hypothesis is, are the torches keeping something
inside the skull in? I think that would be an an
appropriate hypothesis. I don't just stating that would
be like just. Like Arcana?
Like could I roll that to get a confirmation or is that an?
AI don't know if you would get any more than the information
that you already have. OK.
I have to jump off but you guys have fun.
OK, good night all. Right that.
Leaves me and Rick. And hanging on.
Yeah, all. Right, you too.
I think I'm going to need you over here in just a second.
I say as I begin extinguishing the torches.
And do don't know anything about this magic but I can hold stuff.
I point at the skull I need. I'm going to need you to handle
whatever comes out of that. I'll try my best.
As we're all excited, as we're all excited, actually.
He's going to back up so he can take cover behind this tree if
he needs to. Wait, skulls on that side?
Yeah. On that side, yes.
Am I on the wrong side you? Are and.
I may need you to try and jam these orbs in the eye sockets.
OK, we doing that before we extinguish the torches or after?
I don't. Let's see if we can.
OK. I think that there is like a
barrier, but I didn't investigate that far.
Did we have to do wisdom saving throws when we got close to
these orbs? Yes, sorry.
As you got close to them, you would have you, you guys would
all need to make Wisdom saves. I apologize, I was off on
another screen. This is great.
One for each orb or just one? Yeah, probably actually.
One for each orb. Good, good question too.
OK, 16 for Ezra for the first one. 13 for both.
And a 18 for the other one. Ezra's not.
Complete. What about you, Faust?
I got a 12 and a 19. Yeah, you guys needed a 20.
So you guys all feel this overwhelming kinship with the
orbs as they begin speaking in your minds and attesting that
they, you know, are Dragons that are trapped here and would like
to be for you. And they would.
They promise. They cast friendship on us.
But hey, promise, they cast friendship on us.
So I do like that they cast friendship on us.
That's, that's wonderful. They're our friends.
Do I get Do I get a snack? You'll get a snack.
Put the orb in the eyes. Oh, no, no, no, Ezra, Ezra's
asking. The things they're saying.
They're Dragons. I know.
I'm. I'm reassuring you that they
these are our friends. They'll give you a snack.
We will share our snacks once we are free, right brother?
Yes, yes we will. Fight 2 Dragons, it's all.
Right. Oh, yes, Oh, yeah, he, he takes,
he takes the thing goes shove, shove one in the eye.
So Agonon's holding the other one.
Yeah, it's like they they they seem pretty friendly, but that
there does not any references the skull.
I agree. It kind of feels like we're like
powering up the skull. Might be I don't.
I don't know if our friends want to be.
Boy, if this is how we free our friends.
Friends, what do you say? Well, we haven't tried this
route before, or no other adventures have since the kind
of goofier sounding 1 and then the other one says yes they
have, but they didn't make it past the next step.
To be completely fair and blunt with your friends, we we believe
from past experience that this will summon a creature that you
will have to defeat this this process of events to set to set
us first. The torches are kind of they're
kind of they're kind of they're kind of red herring.
They they don't really do too much they they if anything they
kind of help keep the demon that Bay while we're in here and we
don't have to speak to it. It kind of, you know, protects
us mentally, but. Is it edible?
You could try I I you might. You might like it.
Look at that tree over there. Oh, that's just the door.
That's just level. That's just Tim, Yeah.
Just Tim, Tim, Tim. Cool, cool, Tim the tree.
I like it. Well, in you go.
Yep. Bloop, Bloop.
You guys are then both going to have been standing easily
within, you know, right up on the skull to get those spheres
in. I'm guessing Faust, you're
putting out as many torches as possible.
Did you start anyone? When Agonon put the the thing
in, you'd like to misty step away, OK?
Did you? That I want.
Start in any One Direction there and.
I would have started as close to the skull as possible and worked
my way across. OK, do you want to you were
moving your character before. If you want to move your
character now to let me know where that's at.
I mean it's prestidigitation so I can do it from here.
That's right. I thought you were.
I apologize. So that's where you're going to
be standing. OK.
And. Does Agonon have time to misty
step away is the instant he sockets the eye?
Which order is? Are the eyes being socketed?
I'll be the one that does it first.
Yeah, because Azure spoke up first like 5 minutes ago.
I'd be second. OK.
I would I would say that as you're slotting the eye, the 2nd
that it goes in there would be probably.
Let me let me just check here. My misty step is instantaneous.
I remember I'm just checking to see if there is anything that
this thing would do. OK, No, I don't think so.
Having to switch creatures back and forth and all over.
I was, I was used to the one that was I was looking at before
it get dispelled. Now I was looking at some other
one. OK.
So OK, OK. Yeah.
So you're able to. Are you taking the full 30?
Yep, So 510 Whoops. No, I misclicked 5 10/15/2020
5:30 and he'll hide behind the trunk of this tree.
OK. So let's see, Misty Step was
bonus action. Am I allowed to then take an
action? Died.
We'll stay there. Or are we not because we're in
not in combat? We'll say that you have I'm I'm
still looking up something here. OK, let me grab the heck does he
look? Don't got a quite good token for
it, but we'll say this guy looks scary enough and plop him down
and making him like this big out from the center of the skull as
it kind of collapses in on itself into a pile of dust and
bones. Outcomes this giant skeleton
that there's still seems some dust of dust and other bones
somehow the skull itself as it fell apart, you can kind of see
that it was made-up of other smaller bones, femurs and fibias
and all the other sort. But you hadn't quite it was it
was so pieced together perfectly that it looked like one giant
skull even when you guys were close up enough to put the other
orbs in. But it falls into this pile and
the out of the pile comes a large skeleton with three heads.
And as you're misty stepping back, it's just rolling.
I was going to say that you might like that.
They did say that you might like it.
I'm going to need everyone to roll initiative.
Would you like me to roll a stealth Chuck to hide first?
You may, yes. RIP. 18 for Ezra.
Oh I have proficiency in stealth, does that give me
advantage on rules I forget? No, it just it'd be your next
dirty modifier. Plus you're proficiency bias.
OK. Thanks.
You had an 11 there, Ezra, you said 18.
Sorry, I got some other numbers confused I guess.
And it's showing a 21 and a nine for Faust and then Agnon,
respectively for those initiatives, right?
Correct. Oh, I'm sorry on.
I've seen in a nine initiative come through for yourself.
Yeah, on DND Beyond, next to stealth, I have a black dot and
a circle around it. That's expertise, right?
Oh expertise is double your proficiency bonus plus your mod,
so at level yeah it should automatically do it.
OK. Never mind.
Thanks. I wasn't sure if there's
anything on my part that I had. So yes, 9 for initiative.
It seems that to your stealth is not as stealthy as you thought,
because as you turn into smoke through the air, the head one of
the three heads turns to you of the other two, though, they're
they're still facing Ezra, who seems to be directly next to
you. But it I believe it is Foust who
goes first with a 21 all. Right, let's see here.
I believe we're just going to start generously off with a good
old fashioned level 2 Magic Missile.
So. Was that a total of?
I seen a 3/5. 8/14/17 then I'm going to add an additional 5 to
it with my class feature of power surge so it's initial 4 so
1418 damage. 18 OK 5 and that's a.
Force Five 10/16/20 damage. Sorry, all its force.
OK, you see a all of the bolts and rattle the pages of its ribs
and otherwise unaffected just kind of stands there readying of
Zach. So it did nothing.
Oh, no, It, it, it definitely. It definitely kind of, it
definitely kind of, we'll say dented.
Yeah, dented one or two of the rib ribs.
You would guess if it had flesh, it would be quite bruised by
your attacks. OK.
I'm done. All right, then it would be
Ezra's turn. It's time to take him to the
Smackdown Hotel. All right.
Activating Primal Savagery and going for laying the hands at
Reckless. Come on, baby.
How does the 15 feel? Does not hit.
You probably would misjudge exactly where some of the bones
are as you're you know you're you might go for like a femur
and bite just in between the two.
Extra tech 20 and let's see what's the other one?
Give me give me that sweeten at 20.
Give me that sweeten at 20. Nah, 27.
That's still not bad, 27. Those will two twos will
definitely hit. All right, it will take this.
Let's see, that's 14, and then rage bonus is.
Oh, well, yeah, my rage damage bonus is 3, I believe.
So 18 and 3 is 21 + 5. Four because they're my fists.
26 and that is acid. Not the first part or the rage
part, but the 18 is all acid. OK, so 8.
What was the total again? Alright, so.
It's so it's the the total is 26, but 18 of that is acid, OK.
So 18 and the other part is. My rage, my rage bonus, and my
strength. Bludgeoning or piercing for the.
It would be slashing because they're my claws.
OK, OK. There we go.
And you said 2718, so that's nine.
OK, that seems to have done a good chunk.
I don't know where you're aiming for.
Right now, right now, currently it's it's the center of the
body, but I'm going to use. So since it's a disadvantage and
I'm doing it reckless, this last one's going to be a straight
roll to for a final bite. OK, so you probably are able to
slash at its ribs then, since you're going for the center of
the body, and possibly pull one of the rib bones out on that
last bite that you're salivating all over.
And Oh yeah, Oh yes, it's of your saliva that you're you're
gnawing on while they're trying to pull it out.
Fall down its left side of its rib cage just.
The the the the last one is 17. The 17, 17 yes, 17.
Do I hit you? Oh to 17 to hit?
Sorry, no, I thought you were saying 17 does 17 damage.
Oh, sad, sad Ezra noises. OK, that's his turn.
OK, you bite. You bite through the area that
you just, you're, you're still holding onto its bone as almost
kind of trying to replace it. It looks like from everyone
else's perspective, but you're you're trying to like drop it
and grab another, but it's kind of caught in your mouth.
They're just kind of gnawing on the same bone.
Oh yeah, he's, he's enjoying himself.
They said I'd get a snack. And the creature after you
finish your turn. This one here.
OK, OK, so before its turn starts and right after your turn
the the the IT just kind of takes a a large femur that it's
holding and whops you on the nose like me, kind of is what it
looks like. Oh, it needs to roll.
I need to roll this. That's a 20 that will not hit
me, a 2021 that'll get, I still have my, you know, my bond, OK,
because my daughter's somewhere out in the universe.
And then it becomes the creatures turn which.
It's got a dog. Trying to eat, yeah, it just
points at you and says, Oh my, in like this very.
I don't know if that came through or not, but a very
guttural command to die and I'm going to need a constitution
saving throw. Listen, yeah.
I might not get there, Rick, but I'm going to try.
God I love having a wizard. Let's see here I'm going to
need. I'm guessing this is Power Word
Kill. No, we're at only at Finger of
Death currently. OK, so that's a sixth level 77.
OK, so I need a. It's a it could kill me.
Maybe it's doing a flat 30 + 78, yeah.
OK, so. Hello.
Let's talk. Which counterspell is this Is
the new counterspell. OK, so the new counterspell is
The creature makes the constitution saving thorough,
and on a failure the spell dissipates.
Concentration or constitution? Constitution.
Well, that's weird. So it's probably going to
succeed on this because I thought this was the old like I
thought it was a spell me wrong against spell level, but.
So are you're casting Counterspell at levels 7?
I don't know exactly how that woman was working.
It'll be level, so the spell just says you attempt to
interrupt a creature in the process of casting a spell.
The creature makes the Constitution saving through.
On a failed save, the spell dissipates with no effect and
the action, bonus action, or reaction used to cast is wasted.
If that spell was cast with a spell slot, that spell wasn't
expended. This is the 2024 version.
If you want me to use the other version, I can do that.
Because I think I like it better.
Because I like the odds of rolling a 19 better than of him
not rolling a whatever I need him to not roll.
Your DC, right? Yeah, it'd be against this spell
DC. My spell DC is 16.
OK, OK, I get it now. Also, I think this is more
balanced on the old version. Yeah, I think that makes some
sort of sense because it's based largely rather than like what
spell slot do you want to burn more so off of like your own
prowess as a wizard or it. Also doesn't ruin the spell slot
of the cat of the of the spell when you get to try it again.
Yeah, yeah. So yeah, that's that's a 21, I
think that was. Well, sorry Rick, I tried hot
speed. So that it does what?
Type of damage does this do? What type of damage is this
necrotic? Hold on, hold on.
I'm resistant of. Course you are fucking totem
Barbarians. That's OK, Totem.
Prepared this this still might hurt.
It's so fucking. Oh, it will still probably hurt.
Oh yeah, it's still gonna hurt. The maybe not Math 18 + 7 + 30.
Plus 30 so. 55. Cut in half. 2028, we're at
27.5. I have to round up on that one.
It's at .5. Yeah.
That's a, that's a, that's a tickle to Ezra, right?
Oh. Yeah, that's a tickle.
That's a tickle. Half my HP he's.
Going to say that's that's still like what, 1?
3rd I'm I'm still over, I'm still over 100 HP.
Isn't there a that's? Tickle, isn't there a save he
can take to make it half to begin with?
Doesn't he need to make a save? Constitution.
Oh yeah, shoot. Yeah, 'cause I I did interrupt
it before the save happened 'cause that's how it should
work. But.
Good remembering on you. I got disrupted.
What's great is I'm proficient in those things 20.
Oh, what am I waiting? What am I?
What does he need to make there? I'd like to spend a hero point.
How in the world do I determine that?
Monsters spell DC. Yeah, it's whatever.
It's whatever. I found it.
It's a it's Christmas spell.
Save DC is 1810 + + 10 to hit with spell attacks.
I don't know what the plus 10 to hit with spell.
Attacks so that's that's proficiency so does it make it
28? No, it would be so determining
it's proficiency plus modifier plus 8 and that's your DC so.
He doesn't have a proficiency as far.
I mean like he doesn't have a written proficiency.
What's the CR? What's what's CR of the monster?
I know the hats off, hats off, hats off.
I know. Yeah, we're talking 15. 15 OK
that is a + 5 I believe, plus 5 proficiency.
OK. So it'd be 8 + 5, plus it's a
cruise modifier. Which is 5 so I found its
proficiency bonus there. It just says it's after its
challenge rating is +5 like you said.
Yeah, so it'd be. 18 Yep Yep, that's what it's saying.
I'm saying the plus 10 to hit it I guess is for whenever it's
like a a range spell attack type deal.
Yes, yes, that's what that is. OK anyways.
So half of 28 would be 14. Yep.
So add that isn't back. Actual tickle.
Good old thinker of death. This is why I like psychic and
force damage. The two types that no, the one,
there's only one of those types that can hurt me.
That's why Ezra wanted to kill the big brain guy.
He hurt my feelings. Big susceptible to Phantasmal
killer. That's why I like it lifted.
So much. I think that would be it for its
turn. Yeah, has the.
Spell. Yep, pretty big.
Pretty big. Lofty spell at that, but.
I believe under the new 2024 rules, even though you used
counterspell in it, in it pass through it, you don't lose that
spell slot. I lost my spell.
Slot he did, he wouldn't. If I lose what spell slot?
If I try OK, he loses his spell slot.
He doesn't lose his spell slot if he fails and loses the spell.
But you still lose it, huh? I yes because I use like it's
like a Saber suck spell like. I used the.
Spell to try and get an effect. It failed.
I used to lose the spell. Well, it would be your turn,
Agonon. Alrighty, I would like to use a
bonus action to cast Planer Warrior Omni skull.
Do you do? See if there's a button for
that. I do love the plane Walker.
Just scrolling to see if I have to click anything.
If there's a display on BTT I would appreciate that because I
am not familiar with that one. All right, just a SEC.
It might let me send it on over. OK, I don't think it'll go over
until I cast it, but it only does damage if I hit.
But I'll click it so you can read it.
OK. Wimpy.
Oh, there's no description, sorry.
What's it called? A planer warrior.
There we go. Yeah.
OK. Well, the planeswalker.
It's the Planeswalker Ranger. Oh OK, so you're using your
bonus action to choose one creature within 30 feet of you
that you hit with a weapon attack that all damaged dealt by
that attacked to become force damage.
OK. And I'll get the the little tiny
+2. From my wimpy roll plus.
Oh plus 2D8 you mean or no one D8?
1D8 but I rolled it too. Oh, fortunately I got you.
Yeah, OK, I'm going to roll to hit with my bow.
Let's see. Actions.
Oh. No, no, you don't roll the the
D8 until after you hit. OK, I wasn't sure if I needed to
roll it first to get the description of Planer warrior
up. All.
Right, so let me see if I hit. Still accept the two.
It does change if you were to attack again though, which you
should be above level 5, so you should have a secondary.
Attack right now so I have a +2 to hit with my Longbow.
Does DD beyond automatically factor that in and how do I
tell? Seems like should.
Wait, you have +2? Yeah, I see a plus. 9.
Yeah, that don't become the same.
So the the +2 is added on to all my other pluses, but I I I have
a little note saying that at some point I got a + 2 to
attack. I don't remember where.
How do I find out in D&D beyond what goes into a number?
Usually you look at all your external sources that add it up.
So normally so it would be for a range attack, the decks plus
proficiency which would give you your base attack and then if you
had like a plus weapon or something like that that would
add to your attack role. OK, I think I have expertise in
the Longbow and a + 4 indexterity.
So you would have this level a + 5 to hit?
That'll be a + 5. Yeah, you probably have a magic
weapon that's causing the +2. Doesn't look magical.
And it's not I mean. I could send you a screenshot.
There's my Dean D Beyond has that plus 9.
I didn't type it in, that was automatic.
You have and I don't know what goes into that 9.
You do have mastery it looks like with a lot it's and it says
mastery slow. I don't know if that's part of.
That. Oh wait, yeah, Mastery.
Yeah, mastery does something nowadays.
I forgot about that. It also slows things by 10 feet
if I hit yeah. Yeah.
So I think that might be playing into all of it, but I'll I'll
trust in the +9 for the. Oh, wait, fighting style.
Fighting style. You took the archery fighting
style embedding. Yeah, that's where the that's
where the other the +2 comes from.
OK, so with the normal pluses, you all set.
You're you're at 7:00 with the archery would give you the +2
that would make you 9. OK.
Thank you. Does a 17 hit.
A-17 which does not hit just barely.
OK well here's my other attack. So I have an extra attack so
that 24 hit. Oh yeah.
Cool. OK so rolling damage and then
going to add the +2 for Plano warrior after.
Yikes. Oh, you could reroll that plus
or that V8 for the secondary attack because that one was for
the other one if you wanted. No planer warriors on the next
time you hit I think. Right.
So every time, oh, I see what you're trying to think of, but I
was, I was more thinking that like I see what you're saying
though. That's fine if you want to do
that anyway. I mean, I'll roll the D8 again
if you'll let me. Yeah, go for it.
I like rolling dice. Yeah, Piggy clacks.
Do scrolling scrolling. 5 + 611 Eleven damage, with five of it
being. It's all force.
It's. All force nice that definitely
save your butt there because the arrow sinks into I think we'll
say like right at the shoulder kind of knocking the the
connection between one its arm and it's it's chest back as you
see the arrow sink deep into the into the bone there.
Good, good. With a nice little trunk, metal
on bone. Very nice.
Then it would be foust turn if you're done with yours.
With Ezra on deck. I think that was a go ahead,
Faust, if you're there. This all right?
Well, that's right. You know what?
I don't even need to apologize. I know you can tank some fire
damage. That he can.
Wall of fire gonna like make it like go like so she can still or
they can still shoot through that gap.
Oh, OK, hold on. There, big guy.
Facing the wall inward I'm guessing.
Yes. OK, what does he need to roll
for that Dexterity? I believe it's Deck.
Let's see here. As well as Ezra.
Yep, yeah. Dexterity say PC16 for only 12.
Let's make that 16. I'm going to spend my other.
Oh no, I failed our Sir I, I will only take a quarter of
this. I'm so sad.
I would take none. OK, so I think he made a 23, so
I think he makes it. Yeah, that was he'll take 6
then. And as you see the flames
licking at the skull, legs and arms, as it's spreading up the
wall of fire that is, you see it kind of just laughing in the
flames lustfully. Sure.
I'm maintaining concentration. I don't.
I don't trust that it is enjoying the fire.
I don't know. You don't see any visible damage
but it does seem to be enjoying it like.
I mean. Laughing maniacally.
Carry on. Sorry, I had to go do house
stuff. What happened?
I saw the fire and it is and it is treating it like a sauna
apparently. OK.
Oh, we got that game going on. OK, that's fine.
I think it's Ezra's turn. Then and.
Six damage, No 4 damage, some shit like that.
All right, first attack does not hit because I it was way below
the last time and does my. All right, so does a 22 hit.
Yep. All right, he's going to take
some of this. Yeah, take.
The eyes out now. All right, he's going to take 6.
He's going to take 16 acid and 11 Pierce, not 11 Slashing and
my straight roll and my straight roll to do something.
Give me something. Give me something 28 and he's
going to take an additional. I've seen you roll three times.
What's this one for now? So remember we said if I roll
for, you know, basically burnout, you know, my bonus
action, I can use that to roll, but I have to roll a
disadvantage, but I'm doing it at reckless.
So that gives me a just a straight die.
They both cancel each other out and that's where the that's
where the last one comes in. 28 to hit him.
That would hit him. I'm I'm still trying to math
that out though. So you have your your attack.
Extra attack, extra attack and then bonus action to hit him.
But that's a disadvantage. You said that to that
disadvantage. OK, but I'm wrecked, I'm
reckless. So just kind of just a straight
roll. I thought I'd seen it.
OK. So that's why there were
multiple roles there at the end. I see what you're saying.
Yeah. I think this and then.
The wouldn't this you got the yeah, you said 28.
And 28 to hit yeah, the last one and then the damage is going to
be 17 acid and 11 slashing. OK, 'cause I see like A16A14 a
22 and 19 is yeah, 28. So I thought, I thought between
the 19 and the 28, those would be the last two and then at
disadvantage would be the 19, right?
No, so the 16 and the 14, that's my first attack.
First the 20, yeah, the first attack.
And then the 22 and 19, that's my second attack.
And then the 28 is the bonus action.
You have advantage on your other attacks.
Is that what you're trying? To I'm reckless, I'm going
reckless, so it gives me advantage on attacking.
Oh, OK, That's the part that I was missing when I was like
trying to understand what what you were doing.
So yeah, the 28 hits and 17 damage with. 17 acid and 11
slashing. OK, it's just holding on to
life. I would say you probably ripped
off that side of its ribbed cage, but it's kind of and it's
probably stumbled, but it's it's standing.
One could say I've got that feeling in the bones.
And you're probably you might have to roll a Wisdom check to
not be distracted by the pile of ribs on the bone on the on the.
Floor that you, I will. I will give you that right now,
five, I am totally distracted right now.
You probably would. It's raining next to attack
phase unless it attacks you. You know, to Yeah, in that
meantime to talk to look at the bones shit.
I'm doing my job. Hold the hold it down.
OK, guess it doesn't need that. It's it's turn if you were since
you're finished with yours. I'm done.
Firewall No Save this time, bitch.
You're just taking it. At the beginning of its turn, it
takes fire damage and. Fire damage.
It's with no save, you said so I.
Believe that it Yeah. It just it doesn't say anything
about saves whenever it comes to like it's standing near the
firewall at the start of its turn.
Yeah. No, I think we've talked about
that and. And it's currently slowed due to
mastery and it's being held, held up by a really angry dog.
We'll say just like in rage as it's dying, it's fiery deaths.
You you see the bones clattering to the ground and.
I apologize. It takes that damage at the end
of its turn if it's still within 10 feet.
OK, that sounds about right. Now that makes.
OK, I was about to say. I was like oh shit, OK, I need
to do something here. Get.
Another turn. He gets another turn.
Come get some. That's weird that it says that I
think. I think that would have to work
like that. Almost one side of the wall
selected by you when you cast it deals 5D8 fire damage to each
creature that ends its turn within 10 feet or that enters
that 10 feet zone on its turn. Yeah, and I wasn't, I wasn't
talking about that. If I if that's what you thought
I was talking about, that makes sense.
I was reading another thing that's I was, I was like, that
has to be read in a different way that it's because it says
move is one of its legendary actions.
And if it that's that's the name of the the move.
And it just says if the Skull Lord moves up to its speed, it
doesn't like it, it can do that without provoking opportunity
attacks. And that's a legendary action.
So I was like, well, well, that doesn't make sense with the way
that legendary action is written because of the fact that
legendary action happens technically on another at the
end of another creature's turn. So this the way that that's
written it, it would have to mean that like.
This dude's moving on. It's on other people's turns.
Yeah, that's that's. Cool.
Yeah, I don't, I don't see how. Oh, that's just how the
legendary act works, dude. Skittering around the
battlefield at like Mach 20. Yeah, he can still only move 30
feet. I don't know.
Anyways, yeah, he's still going to move, probably.
And not provoke the opportunity to attack.
I would guess does like that's part of that's how I'm
understanding the legendary action like I know it says.
Dudes getting onto the all fours and just skittering.
Yeah. Ezra's not letting go.
He's coming for me, huh? Meals on Wheels, baby.
And let me see here if he was there, 510152025 Yeah, we'll say
he's coming for you and was tired of the dog ripping out his
rib cage and you go now, keep popping on so many pages.
There we go. Oh, I should have been using
that. That's all right.
Anyways. I'm so weird.
Let's just use it because it's weird.
I wonder if it comes through. Oh, no, I have to have to bring
it up on this page first. OK, so he's he's going to point
at you, Faust and start singing. It kind of comes out like this
soft look, go to sleep. Go to sleep, little baby, go to
sleep. And yeah, you need to make a
Wisdom save. Don't go to sleep.
He does counter spell. So he needs to make a
constitution save. Yeah, he'll make it, but I'll.
Before he goes to sleep. Oh, oh, eleven.
Oh, oh, yeah. So it just disappears, right?
Is how Counterspell was working. Yeah, OK.
So yeah, it it dissipates and then it's it just yells and
says. Go to fucking.
Sleep and swings just just because I've fucked up it's
other things already says it would make three of these
actually and I'm just going to do the one because he cast a
spell and shit anyways. 22 to hit.
Hello, Kit. It's not that bad.
It's it's a bit bad. 9 blooding and 13 necrotic. 13 necrotic, so
22 I'm at 36. And you presumably didn't fall
asleep and then it's Agnon's turn but probably went ow after
he whacked you with the femur or whatever it is that he's
holding. So again, I was going to cast
Planet Warrior again and shoot another arrow.
So first shot, where am I? Here we go.
Wait a minute, it is OK. Wait.
No love. No, no, no second shot. 11 does
not hit, 19 just does. OK, first damage and 2nd damage
eight. I'm so sorry.
You want to describe how you tried it?
How? How you've killed this thing?
Actually. Wait, wait, wait.
I rescind that only slightly. No, wait.
No, that's all force damage. That's right.
No. Yeah.
How do you want to kill it? I also start singing Go to
Sleep. If you if if.
You and it kind of like saunter side to side to the beat of me
singing as I walk forward after my shot.
And your error flies true from that angle and from the side it
hits the the first skull closes to you and it does a little bit
of a Newton's cradle thing for a second where the, the, the, the
arrow strikes the head, it conks into the next head and conks
into the last head, rolling it off.
And then the the second head conks into the first head and it
rolls off. And then the final head kind of
just rocks back and falls off backwards before it collapses to
the ground. It's raining bones Ezra 3.
The bones. Yeah, I'd say count sheep, but
we got heads. We got terrible.
Ezra is officially rolling around in bones.
And we're getting pretty close. So I think that will put you
guys out of combat for for for it that that and the Dragons
that are had stopped talking to you during that solidify in the
eyes again. They kind of turned into this
misty colored the orbs that were in the eyes kind of float
outside of the eye sockets. And you see this ephemeral beast
of these creatures 111 orb seems to take on the colour of of of
green. And then the other one seems to
take on the colour of purple and they they kind of watching.
Fully expecting these two Dragons to attack him in this
bullshit place. It kind of it kind of it's, it's
not their full bodies. It's like I was saying, a kind
of just this presence around the orb.
And it's definitely not their full size because they would not
fit in the room you would expect, especially noting some
of their their features. They seem to be bit of on the
elder side of the Dragons. They they take both of their
right claws, though, bow their heads in thanks, and then they
float off through the wall before the rest of the the room
kind of there's a ethereal wind and they a gratifying thanks
that looks through it. So you guys have gained the
favor of 22 Dragons, 11 emerald, and one amethyst gem Dragons if
you haven't caught on. Take the orbs.
I'm going to take these skulls because I think Franklin will
enjoy them. All of those are mine.
The bones are yours by all means.
Did the orbs dissipate when the Dragons are materialized or are
they still in the sockets? Sorry.
If I missed that. You're, you're good.
I it's a good, it's a great question.
Because I think what would happen is the orbs themselves
would have stopped glowing and fell out of the sockets.
Yeah, we'll say that. Did the orbs themselves look
valuable? It it seems so as as Faust is
hurriedly collecting them, it sounds like I.
Told them to grab them but I'm. Assuming that.
Anything that can hold a dragon soul is of some value.
You want to split one. I think we should leave them
intact. No, I meant like you take one, I
take 1. I'm guessing Ezra has no
interest. Ezra doesn't care.
He's in bone heaven. This whole episode is this whole
episode's called Ezra Goes to Dinner.
Ezra gets boned. I mean not wrong.
OK, I'll make a note to myself to add a custom item.
Ezra's definitely the Charlie. No, I need to do that too.
He's what now? He's definitely the Charlie of
the gang. Come kick football.
Would you prefer to make the custom item because you know
more about these things or? You just make like.
Generic item. I'm always amenable to anything
that you want to make yourselves, including like I've
got, I've given you the full editableness to making your own
cities and places and such in the world.
I have not made an item to this Full disclosure.
So if you want to try and making an item and then I can, I can
look it over and and approve it, that'd be fine with me.
Sure. Great.
Horrible dragon best friend. They were intended originally as
something called a dragon Shard. If you look that up, it's
actually a creature. Oh.
I don't know how to add items in my back.
Let's see here. You have to make the custom item
1st and then add it. Or in the case of like items
that already exist, you just go to manage inventory and search.
Oh, I see. But this is this one again, was
not an item. Like I said, I did not think of
it as an as an item is it was a creature originally OK, called a
dragon Shard. So that might give you something
to go off of too. They're they're pretty
interesting pieces. If you've ever read Aragon kind
of reminds me of the dragon heart Gen. heart type deals.
OK, I was thinking of those and couldn't remember if that was
whatever you were interacting with these.
That's what I was actually thinking of in a hot mint.
I couldn't remember where they were from though.
Yep, yeah. That's is this a good stopping
point cuz I got to go do software stuff.
I do believe so. Absolutely.
That was kind of the intention. So I think you guys made it 2
levels, so we'll see what your other rewards are besides what
you've already gathered. So good job.
Cool session yo Gigi's. Guys.
Oh yeah, that was awesome. Hey, easy.
Bye. Now you.
Catch y'all later. How about I say Jacob?
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