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Now let's dive right back into Tara through the campaign many
polos. Boy.
Craig. Lord on high, He sings to us
while we sleep. Stop that.
The hand of Fake tosses, the dice roll, spins, turns,
campaign starts and and ends, leaving memories that become
stories. Stories flow out into the
Infinite Sea, painting it with legends.
Legends wash up on the shores throughout the Infinite Sea,
fading to myths until myths are forgotten.
And again the Hand of fate tosses the dice rolls, spins,
turns. Hitherto we left our adventures
known as the Shadow Seekers on the second level of Hell.
After finally making their breaking yet another seal in the
depths of Tarth, they find themselves having met and
befriended the Demon Queen and broken the seal via teaching Mao
the Demon Queen to love herself. It is known that they are on the
level of lust, and that the next level that they will be able to
access with the seal open is the first level of hell, with their
gates wide open to the lands of tariffs above.
Finally, after many years in hell, let's find out what's
happens this time. Kind of keeping it brief because
we also have new new character to introduce here.
Like it's you find yourself on an A overly large table with
some new words on a map that fall.
They look kind of smaller and hastily the written the ink is
still wet. It looks like besides that of
Tarth, the path unfolds that others have heard now see now
you see scribbled on. Welcome to the Shadow Seekers,
current roster being Agonon Ash or Mevolian Ash, Desmodio, Kroy
Baltotar, Baltotar Faust, Ezra Longclaw, Franklin the Tortal,
and there's a name Kalimba Maefanos crossed out right now
and Mame Axolibre plus others. And now you Do not fret
adventure, everything is probably fine.
Please take your time selecting an item on the table, knowing
that the item you select will mold your intent mold to your
intent. Your crew is awaiting for your
arrival dot dot dot. What do you?
Do like. Like at the sight of his
sister's name crossed out specifically, he would just sign
very loudly before turning and walking towards the pocket watch
and running his hand along it, just feeling the material of it.
But that's not what had initially caught his eye.
After he had observed his surrounding, he would walk over
to the candle and someone use his one of his.
He would use a second level unseen servant spell and use the
help of the unseen servant to push one of the candles off the
table. Does the Unseen Servant have a
weight limit? Let me see I'm.
Trying to remember. I believe it has a strength
score. How about I say yeah, I don't
think. A strength score of a strength
of two, so of two. He ain't doing a whole lot of
heavy lifting. It probably start to I mean, you
wouldn't see anything obviously, but you would know that we're
we're abouts they stand and you'd see them start to try to
push on the candle and their little hand hands are indenting
in the side of the candle more than push moving the whole
thing. Seeing that the wax is hot and
malleable, he would cast first level create or destroy water on
the week to put the candle out. So you're creating water?
Yeah. And you?
How much? It says I'm gonna.
Up to 30 gallons if I recall correctly.
It's 10 gallons 10. I don't know how much would how
trying to think compare like. Let me do some quick Thermo
thermodynamic calculations. We'll see how much water we need
to put up this candle. How big is the flame?
Like 3 foot 3 foot flame a gallon doing.
That shooting period. A gallon.
And I can use this once for a long wrist without using a spell
slot. Wait, has the has the candle
been burning a long time? 2 gallons.
Were you joking about those calculations, Jake, or am I
joking I? Ain't do it that quick.
Give me an estimate because you're you're the smart, you're
the smart one. Silent spots here.
So give me an estimate. I'm allowed to estimate.
And wax, honestly, given the nature of how like candles work,
like it wouldn't take a full gallon.
You just have to turn the wax solid again and it'll stop
burning. OK.
He's he would just create like maybe a maybe a gallon and a
half of water on this, about a gallon and a half of water on
this. And it the.
Gas fire 01 of the little ones, not the big one.
He's not going for the big one. OK.
Then those ones are smaller than the three foot because you were
kind of facing towards like the bigger one.
But yeah, you create this kind of sphere that seems that pull
from just ambient moisture into a sphere over top of it and
drops across the flame of the candle, putting it out.
And you feel a bit of a tingling sensation over your body as
you're the heat starts to leave your body a little bit.
You start to feel. A little humbler.
And after seeing the unseen, like physically seeing the
unseen servants handprints in the wax, he would mutter
something under his breath like useless.
Can I not get any help around here or something?
He was just complaining and then he would walk up and attempt to
push the candle off the table. So I'm gonna review a strength
thing 18. OK, you walk up and you start to
push it and it is solidified after that gush of water now,
but it is got still a little bit of wax you can feel in the
center. As you push it, it kind of leans
off to one side, then flips almost because it was like
suction to the table where the wax, some of the wax had pulled
and started to adhere. And then rolls the rest of the
way off into the table into the starry expansive void that seems
to surround and starts to float off.
And you feel that tingling cooling sensation across your
whole body intensify as you're being pulled towards the void
with the candle and. I'm going to pop in.
OK. As you feel this void pulling
you, suddenly a figure materializes directly in front
of you. Hello, everything's fine.
I touch you on the forehead and cast GEOS at level 9.
I don't even know what that is or does so.
I will cast it for you. I'm going to roll 3-D20.
What does? This even.
Do give me a very slow synopsis. Yes, let's me make you into a
sleeper cell. Elaborate question mark.
He. Gives you a command, you're
charmed by him, and if you disobey the command it does a
fuck ton of psychic damage. Or the command is executed and
you don't even know. Wait, am I correct?
Who's doing GEOS? Matt is.
Doing. Geos.
Matt, the wizard who's established his home on the
table, actually in wait, Hold on, wait in the semantics, he
said anyways. Wait, isn't Matt with us on the
dune? Maybe am I yes, I am and no.
So here I'm I'm doing your cast. So I need a wisdom save DC-18.
You get a 2 as I'm a divination wizard, so you will fail.
I don't need AI don't I don't need a roll.
And then immediately after I give you a set of instructions,
which is assist me the next time that you see me, my simulacrum.
And then I will cast modify memory on you and you will get a
six and fail and I will make you forget this ever happened until
the next time that you see my character.
No, 'cause it's the way it was, the way prior to this.
I was so tempted to cast protection from good and evil
because I knew you were going to do something, but I didn't.
I was like, maybe he won't live here.
Protection from good and evil wouldn't have helped you.
It prevents me from being charmed.
I'm not, no. Yeah, it does.
Because you guys wouldn't. Have worked.
Yeah, All right. Well.
But I didn't. Off you go.
Shit. Anyways, oh, do you have a
trigger phrase or something like that?
Yeah, A. Trigger phrase Will once he sees
me, he'll come up to my simulacrum, make himself known
by reciting the the words of the Ballad of Serenity, which is
take my left, take my land, take me where I cannot stand.
And then I'll respond. I don't care.
I'm still free. You can't take the skies from
me. And then then the modifying
memory will collapse and then you will have a strong urge to
assist me. Not that you don't know what
that means right now, but it's Matt.
Basically just shunting the I'm shunting the order to my semi
lacrum. I don't even know that and
what's shunting me, and so I'm just going to move on with this
and pretend like it didn't happen.
And the next thing you know you are sitting at a bar with a
goblin across from you and a candle that's out in your hand
in place of a cup and the goblin startles and is new compatriot
want to drink? And you I'm here on like this
would look the goblin up and down with the most like an
extreme amount of disgust on his face.
You just kind of take, I would guess take a second to look
around to see your surroundings and not ten feet 10 feet 15 away
from you is your sister's corpse.
Yeah, I was getting there. So he would look at the goblin
with disgust and just be like, I'm here on business, not
pleasure. That does not.
Josh new smell I'm. Not even remotely intrigued.
And then he would walk straight over to Kalimba, where?
Where Faust is laying, he picks up the rock that holds Kalimba,
uses mage hand to just send it to him. 28 You showed up, I
assume you might be able to shut her up. 28 to put you on the
ground, Your new smell. I don't know you you.
Know too late. I rolled.
It happens. Come on, contest me.
Contest me athletics. Let's go.
Athletics. 28 Let's go. I can't.
I probably can't even hit that. No, I can't even hit that.
I'm not even comprised. Big.
Holding dog. Can I catch bills while I'm on
the ground? Is that something I can do?
Usually OK preclude you from doing that, I don't think prone.
Yeah, you can cast. Yeah, that's right.
Yeah. Grappled creatures do have to
like the the grappling creature does, like get attack of
opportunity or something like that I believe.
OK, well, I'm going to miss these.
I'm going to miss these. Step out of your grass.
Except for a next scenario, I'm pretty sure.
Want to walk up the fast like hey for this next part we should
get a ring of mine shieldings before we forget.
Are the creatures beyond known for?
You know what? No, actually, I'm not going to
do that. I changed my mind you.
Just see this, you just see this big furry paw.
What do you do? Who you.
And he's kind of like, kind of like slap you on the head with
not like hard slapping. Just who are you?
Who are you? Who you OK?
OK, you, you, you know that. You know the truth.
We were all on the table at the thingy.
Kalimba died and this guy showed up.
I mean, did you not notice the familiar similarity?
I'm her brother, obviously, and he would just kind of look you
up and down at like from underneath you, just kind of
size you up a little bit. She called on me to be here and
I thought it would be unfair as a brother for me to ditch her.
So I'm here now, here you. Go I.
Throw him a rock. As I would probably notice
similar smells between Kalimba and and Lycus.
Just for his info too. They're like you can after he
said he's her brother. You're like check it out smell
wise. You, you smell.
You smell OK unless flowery. When you fell to the ground like
is, you noticed something around your neck and necklace form of
of new new adornment and everyone notices that colimbus
is is is gone. Frankly, you you get.
That. For me.
You get that for me. He he he reached down on and
nipped it off you. Everything is OK.
We're on your side. You're wearing a dangerous
object that's allowing someone else that's an enemy to listen
in on our conversations. We're going to gently remove it,
put it into a LED box that we're all safe to speak openly and
plainly, and that's friends. Well, can you get can you get
your friends to my hand to me then?
Can you take off I? Mean.
We are. Will you agree to take off the
necklace and put it in this lead box?
We will tell you exactly what it is in a second, but right now it
poses too large of a threat for us to ignore.
I mean, I was planning on doing that anyways.
I don't do crystals. And you can Ezra.
Ezra is taking this pawn going take off, take off, take off,
take off. Ezra, my man.
I was planning on taking it off anyways.
I don't do crystals and you just see like like a very religious
looking silver jewelry all over his body, whether it be
piercings, bracelets, rings, a necklace, he just has all of it
on just. Chill, they're alt.
I like that anyway. You just see him just
immediately sling the crystal off and toss it to Franklin just
once he's back on his feet after Ezra's little escapades.
I'll put it in the lead box, turning away from the from the
group. At the same time, I'm also going
to store the Book of Darkness in the lead box as well and turn
back to the others. Ezra before he gets off gets
gets a a a feeling in in his hand hand in and he kind of
shakes his hand in at you stupid Queenie lady.
And he kind of like, you know, drags his butt across you as
he's dragging his butt across the floor over to Franklin.
Franklin, I know. Feel good.
The Queen. Yeah, I know.
Yeah, you've got a venereal disease, an STD.
Here, let me fix that for you. I'll lay on hands to cure
disease. I no longer have the.
Curse will have to cast a spell. Motherfucker, you didn't have
the clap, you had the applause. Excuse me?
This is true. Your your skin seems to stop
itching, but I I some of the effects I'm trying to remember
some of the effects that I'd I'd said last time from Faust's
Elixir, which I think was you would started to see some
shadows at the corner of your eyes and such that don't that
doesn't dissipate. Oh God, oh God.
Well welcome. You are here because your sister
died, your player wanted another character, so here you are.
We're the shadow seekers repose. Like this we just look you up
and look you up and down. Before going back to his initial
priority. He is going to cast gentle
repose on Columbus body to stop from decaying.
Scott, I have cast that, but thank you.
You did. Yeah, we have our soul here in a
rock. And when you're on?
The Rock Tool. You're seeing the rock floating
in front of Lycus Ezra. You realize you can see the
physical representation of Kalimba kind of like as a
spirit, a small tiny little spirit floating just like
hovering above the rock. I don't know what pose she would
be in. You can elaborate on that, but
no one else can see it. But you just probably assume
that can see it. But as as this happens like this
is just going to wrap Callie's body in a rope like he's going
to take his like I guess I don't know how to religious looking
robe off only way I can describe it and wrap her in this like
almost jet black robe. She died by the Snoo.
Snoo how you say, Bob? Same and.
That's how Bob says it. It is how Bob says it.
You're right. Bob isn't here at the this time,
I believe. I think he's outside of the
pocket rocket. We're facing a number of succubi
and your your sister succumbed to the succubi.
That's probably where that word comes from.
Like this? Sorry, you know they're men.
Or as those manners. Well, I no lie anyway for.
The for the lack of. He's an imbecile, please forgive
him. Anyway, let us catch you up
where we are. We're in a very crucial
situation. We need to start moving fast.
We are currently on the level, second level of hell.
We're trying to escape and quickly.
We have broken the seal to level 1.
We are about to proceed through. We know what's on the other
side. It's a heavily fortified
position, controlled by someone we've promised to fight.
But I'd like to fight from the outside.
The PNC, their professional necromancy call.
I don't know if you have any affiliations.
If so, we're going to have problem.
The PNC professional necromancy cult.
They like to. They're like a hive of
necromancers. I believe he was trying to be
snide and not asking a legitimate question.
How? Sorry, I didn't catch that.
So they, I mean I, I'm very, I'm well versed in death, but I
don't think I would be classified as a necromancer yet.
So chill. They're also professional
organization, so if you're not a member, you're still fine.
I have a necromancer, sort of. I have two skeletons wave from
my shoulder, so like that. That's chill.
We're about to enter into that area.
We don't know what they're going to do with their friends.
If they're enemies, we'd like to get through quietly to escape
from the outside or to the outside if anyone has any
thoughts about that. The other thing is they are
after an item that we have. We don't know why.
So they could want it for nefarious reasons or good
reasons. They could be our ticket to
success or our ticket to immediately being murdered and
having this item stolen from us. So information is also great.
We should try to not kill anyone immediately.
I look at Ezra, not kill anyone immediately.
So that includes snacks. Yeah, I figure.
I figure you have so. Many corpses inside the pocket
rocket. If you'd like a snack, we've got
them. That's true.
When we can, when it's the right time, then you can strike.
We're in a very dangerous position.
Also Franklin. When I figure about this point
would be when the time when Cali choms in just a little bit.
Franklin, sorry, when did you start romancing next?
Well, I guess we're just. Glaring, I turned to.
I turned to the other new character.
Ezra, be a good boy. Stay in the stay in the rock.
I'm going to then. Then I start romancing next.
Yes. Why did you start doing
Romancing Up Next? I don't.
I eat them. I'm going.
To go purchase a ring of mine shielding from the wall.
From the can you get everyone 1 you take I guess money from the
general funds. I think it was like.
I figure about this point Kalimba would go on a little
monologue, so. Yeah, please do just.
Hey, like this, I figured, you know, this might be not be the
most opportune circumstances to see each other again, but he
kind of gave you pretty much the rundown.
I'm just glad you decided to show up, you know, after tearing
down the AFG and E. But I, I mean, I'm kind of sick
of being into rock. I wish it was in something else.
And I remember from couple years ago, back when we still talked
regularly before you became a recluse in your little, I
wouldn't call this so much a church more than a cult, but you
know you did. You do have a little slot in
your Mace if you want to try to toss me in that and me in the
Mace into the chest to see maybe if I can inhabit it or if you
want to keep me in this rock, fine by me.
Really up to you. Ain't much I can do at this
point other than try to convince you to do it and you.
So yeah. And then everybody would just
see like his roll his eyes after that little monologue, just
immediately. Ezra.
Ezra goes up to up to the new the new person and Pats them on
on the on the leg with his paw. I feel you, I do.
Yeah, we all. We get that, yeah.
Oh, no, I can see. I can see, I can see Cali.
I can see because of the effects going, I can see Cali.
Oh God, I feel you. So yeah, you could see her
ranting at him, but you couldn't hear anything.
Oh no, can't hear a damn thing. But he already.
He just understands. He knows he.
Feels how well, How well can, How can, will can Ezra Reed
lose? No.
It's an intelligence of three. I haven't, no.
Probably as good as somebody that's shouting at you from
another car as you're driving at 60 miles an hour.
So like, only The Dirty words cut through the glass, right?
Ezra understand she very, very what's the word Bob use Conti I
understand. You would just say, you would
just say, or Ezra would just see Kalimba smile at him through
that for saying that. How much of that gold are you
putting in the chest there at Faust?
I have 1800 left I believe no 18,000 left.
Oh so. That's total.
All I'm hearing is that if I kiss ass enough you would get
you might get me the grills that I want.
Daddy. If Faust didn't go crazy
whenever we like had the. Bought a bunch of stuff, yeah.
Because the weapon of certain death that I want to turn into a
pair of girls for him is 2500, so. 2500.
Yep. So quick.
Little. What it does is when you damage
a cruiser with an attack using this magic weapon, the target
can't regain hit points until the start of my next turn.
So. Here's what I want to do.
How many rings of my shielding do we need?
Ideally we get one for everyone. OK, so minus.
One like this like. This is just hand.
What? No, I have the ring of psychic
resistance. Never mind.
Yeah, but then again. Before before we do all this
well y'all y'all can calculate this but I'm going to cast like
this is going to walk over to the chest bro Cali stone his
Mace and 15 gold in to see what happens.
What was it, though, that you? Ring of Mine shielding.
Yeah, you, you can't throw anything into it right now as
Faust is currently utilizing it. I was trying to figure out how
much gold you were going to be throwing in with that though.
Do you think that's? Usually it just gave us a price.
We have Ring of mind showing has been priced before but I'm
having trouble finding what chat it was in I.
Don't want to say it was in the general.
No. And the.
It was. In the shopping chat.
Yeah, shopping chat. Channel for just that.
List of things. I know how much it would require
but I was just trying to figure out if you did and cause the
chest can't. I don't, I don't think there was
a price because I just looked up like search to mine shielding
throughout the whole server on the only message that popped up
was one from Matt in January. Yeah.
We'll, we'll, I'll work something in like this too,
because I just to speed things up in general when it comes to
this, because I already, you know, like I said, I already
kind of have ideas on prices for things like that for quickly
especially. And you walk up to the chest,
you open it and you have in mind what you, what you want, and
especially because it's not no more than an uncommon item,
surprisingly, A and how much and how much of it you want.
And there's a little, there's a, there's a little spot back that
you thought was part of the hinges, but it actually starts
to spin almost like a dial of like the like a counter, like
those old timey registers. And two 2500 pops up on it for
five. So, you know, do you want to get
me that I'll. Spend.
I'll also get him his thing for his grills.
And that is gold, just to be clear.
So 5000. OK, I'm putting this.
I'm putting pictures of kind of what I want him to look like,
what I imagine them to look like.
There will be something similar to that with very sleek silver
matches like it's his vibe do. We have any more immediate
purchases on anybody's mind. I mean, we've got.
Proper claws for Ezra. I don't know how.
I can't buy you sharper claws. Yeah, no, that's what I'm trying
to think. Like I don't think there's a is
there a magic item that like enhances like natural weapons?
Well, that's what I was even trying to think about for the
choppers that you were talking about.
Your teeth. What are you throwing in there?
Are you taking your teeth out? That's.
Not me. You want the Elder's Claw
tattoo? What's the elder claw tattoo do?
Tattoo that makes your own arm strikes and natural.
Weapons come as magical adding plus.
One increases their damage by one step.
Oh, so I'd go from 1D8 damage from my hands to 1D10 damage
from my hands? Yes, please.
And for like is what I guess what I would throw in is like
this is going to sound really weird, but bear with me.
This is what I have to what I like to think of to do like is
pulls out or what he I want to say he would have this just
don't question why he would he would look at Franklin and be
like don't question it as he pulls out a small vial of what
you can assume to be someone's wisdom teeth and toss them into
the chest and y'all just have to hold the tears.
I'm not at all concerned. I point upward and you see a
giant skeleton monster in a cage.
I get it. We're here with you.
We're we got they? They would be his own wisdom
teeth. He would have gotten them pulled
at some point, very medieval pulled.
But he they, they're gone. They're out of his mouth and he
has them still. And for that price, you would
close the chest, open the chest, you'd find the glittering rings
with brains on them and a set of food choppers that look kind of
like shark's teeth, but also kind of like those Halloween
teeth that you can put over top of your teeth.
Leon Green. Like I had the side of this,
like this would just gesture the house because it was his
purchase and at the end of the day it's his decision on what he
wants to do with them. I don't want your fucking teeth.
He will pick up the teeth and. Immediately tonics.
And immediately slap them into his mouth and flash Astros
specifically a big smile. You have teeth, so do I Any
flashes is big, like canine jaws.
Then so it's it's just a shark versus a canine in here.
Now this is Animal Planet at this point.
With this being where we're at and as if there are no further
purchases, Fast is going to put the rest of his.
Gold, the tattoos not going. To the chest.
The elders tattoos, yeah. You said put it next to the.
Tattoos. Oh yeah, yeah, that was a.
My damage goes on my. On your mind I'm.
Still, I'm still trying to get Columbia in this Macy up.
Where's the Jack? Where's your money?
Oh, I borrow from Mama Ash. I give all my money.
Mama Ash. I'll.
Borrow from Mama Ash again. I know you live.
She doesn't. Exist currently.
Because I don't think you're good for calculating the
interest you would owe me. I, I, I, I kill whoever you
want, like I do for Franklin. Like this would just walk up to
Franklin and all and all. The peoples.
Like this would just walk up to Franklin and put his hand on his
soldier. Glad to know you would buy me
something before you would buy your other friends something.
How much are the? I didn't buy that.
Or not. Franklin fails Fails so.
You if you were. You're at the chest after you've
opened it and the are still holding the lid I guess and
looking in it and the the chest recalculate the dial spin and
it's shows up 200 gold. With this, do you want me to
take, do you want me to take the rings out of there first, or are
you just going to leave us in there?
Picking the rings, you know, getting.
The ring though of. Course, everyone had tuned to a
ring. Everyone were tuned to a ring.
Now we got 2 for the next two people to show up to.
So let me put got in my inventory and add me a ring of
mine shooting. Yep.
You have to say with such attitude, it's like the greatest
item in the game. Yeah.
And you? I just don't want to add it to
my inventory. I'm lazy and my weapon, my
weapon of whatever certain days. Are you doing the Mace and Cali
now? Yeah, that's what he would do.
You would have to add a custom item for my Weapon of Certain
death because it's not popping up.
Yeah, that, that didn't seem to be a raw item.
I'll I'll make a note. But then once y'all handle what
y'all need to handle like his would toss Kelly his Mace and he
would start off at 15 gold of his 34 in the 5th.
I'm going. To hand you a bone saw, you're
probably going to have to chop her up.
I've got to. Sit in the chest.
He would just look at you. Why is there an antimatter rifle
in the official items? I don't know.
Oh, because there's one there there.
There's one in the Dungeon Masters Guide in the very back
of Firearms in the Advanced Weaponry category.
But what happens once like his puts Columbus rock and his Mace
plus the gold in his? You said it was 34 year old.
I'll put 15 in there to start out with. 15 You feel the chest
sort of reluctant to close as you close it this time, but it
does finally latch with just a little bit extra effort.
And as you do you more sense than than here.
Kalimba screams as she is sounds like it feels like almost as if
she was being skinned alive. And then the chest like cracks
open a second and it, and this time it actually kind of like
belches with just this puff of seawater and mist of seawater.
And like a sense that that the, the, the worshippers of, of
Kalimba have been bound to you. And this Mace now as you open,
open it the rest of the way you see.
A girly pink Mace. Cursed.
They're a very, very flamboyant Mace with.
It would have like castles. And and like not not like
bejeweled, but not in like the the pretty sense.
It's almost looking like a bedazzle.
So does the Mace look like Olympus head?
No, no, we're not doing that today.
No. That'd be funny, but no, you do
so. I guess there's not approve of
this message. But you can immediately feel a
mental connection reaching out straight for you like is and a
reeling kalimba as emotions and thoughts swirling around in your
head as you as you touch the Mace And she binds with you.
Yeah, so and you can kind of see now to actually holding the
Mace, her fool, a fool, not like a like you can't touch her, but
it looks like her directly in front of you as you're holding
the Mace. What her What her appearance has
clothes on? Or would she still be?
Oh yeah, she's foolish. She's fool.
I mean, I wrapped, I wrapped the robe around her body, so would
that give give her something? Yeah, she's fully closed.
OK, because I don't know how much he would enjoy witnessing
that. You could tell that she when the
once you touched it, she was, she may have been like nude for
a second, but as she's kind of like I said, her mind was
reeling. She kind of was like wobbling on
her feet. But one of the first thing she
would probably do looking at her brother is like look down at
herself. And as soon as she does, she's
closed and whatever imagery of clothing she'd like.
What'd you tell my dad? Busted tomorrow so I had to.
Oh, you, you're She wasn't. I heard the nude for a second
part but then oh OK after. That and then she looked down at
herself and is fully clothed and and whatever imagery she's
imagining or clothing she's imagining.
Which would probably be something super girly and
feminine once again. She, she realizes, is at this
point too. She is no longer bound to the
material world besides through this Mace and mental connection
that she has to you. Whatever.
Is Ezra still able to see her also or no?
I don't know how long do my side?
How long do my side side effects weigh in me?
Your side effects are still on. You can see shadows out of the
corner of your eyes, but you do not see Kalimba anymore.
You you start to suspect you can.
You can see ghosts. And now she's rather a bound
spirit. And to y'all, y'all would just
pretty much here like his arguing with the air briefly.
Just it. It seems like just another like
catty sibling fight. Like they're arguing over
literally nothing. Glad that's not me.
Before he sheeps there, before he puts his Mace in a holster at
his hoop. I'm just glad I don't have to
see her no more. She's very angry, like to
gesture around, like when she lied.
She should have just been happy with the snow Snoop.
That's what Bob says. Can you like this would?
Just be happy with this new Snoop.
So happy she died. Like this would immediately turn
the answer and be like can you quit talking about her?
I don't feel like getting it your fault right now.
Alright, but she gone. She's in the maze you knit with.
She's bound to it. You, you can't see.
Your hear her. Only I Only I can.
All right, as we're having this, as they're having this
conversation, Faust is putting the gun and the wands into the
chest. Closing those. 1300 and while it
cooks or whatever, he's going to start fiddling with the dode
with the tridecahedron. Ah yes, don't forget you have
advantage with that. I was just rereading your.
Book I don't have it, I don't have advantage.
I get to roll AD 1000 to that the result.
Oh, that's what it was the. Result.
That's right. Ezra just looks at.
You a portal as. You're looking at him talk on
that. Sucks to be you.
But like this would then turn to Franklin while all this is going
down in the background and walk over to him with his candle and
be like, I took this before I left the table.
Would you know anything about it?
You're fucking with me, right? What'd you do?
Did you have Mattias Luck? Natural one.
Oh my God, that is out. Of 23.
I didn't roll my arcana but that would be a 33 but it's also a
natural one. Dang, dude.
But like it's. A Matias Luck.
Like this would hold his candle out to Franklin and be like, can
you tell me what this does? I saw something on the table
about everybody takes an item. You saw something on the table
about some everyone taking an item.
It was written on the script. That wasn't there last time, he
starts thinking to himself. And it also had a list of
everybody in the your little group, I'm assuming because I
saw Columba's name crossed out and that's how I knew.
Can you tell me anything about this?
I had to guess it's a God tier item.
It is. It is an item that will shape
itself to kind of whatever you want it to be.
I would suggest if you, if your sister is going to be your main
kind of theme, you could use it in conjunction with her as a
Mace and have like a super Mace. It's it could be anything.
It's not just a candle. It could be, I mean, right now
it's a candle, but it's candle wax.
So you could like take the wax and like shape it to a different
shape and then think real hard and then it would be something
else maybe. I don't know.
Or you could put it around your Mace and it make your sister
quiet. That too.
Yeah, it is. It is.
It's based on what your intent for the item is.
Without just. Before before you go off, did
you see anyone else? No, not that I know, other than
I mean I summoned an unseen servant which I could sense they
help me push it off but. Any structures?
I didn't notice anybody OK? All right, nevermind.
Sorry. All I did was walk over to a
pocket watch and then push the candle off the table.
Were we supposed to see somebody?
Franklin No, you're not. But I thought maybe.
Also, after Ezra's little comment about wanting Columba to
shut up, Columba would have been literally yelling at like his.
Hit him with me one good time and like it's just obeying his
sister's wishes. Just You just quickly takes the
Mace off his hip and swings it Ezra by underhand swings trying
to hit the bottom of his jaw. Swing swing, Please see what
happens. Can we not?
Yeah, we have TikTok after this week, OK?
So he probably need us, but. Warm up, swing, warm up.
You swing and then as as you kind of like, I imagine like the
the, the hammer cut, the Mace kind of swung you forward and
then Ezra just going to take his paw, just boop you on the nose.
Cause Pastor rolling that one while trying to solve the
fucking puzzle. You are continually trying to
solve a new side and there are other sides that have been
solved and. Do they just keep getting
unsolved as he solves it? Yeah, you unfortunately unsolve
the one of the sides. I think there were three solved,
maybe 4. Faust is going to walk away,
he's going to cast Liam and Tiny Hut over here and he's going to
try again. Brow, you're going to lock us in
at least let me cast guidance on you.
Bump, bump, bump. Hi.
Hey, face, let me cast guidance on you.
I'll let. Franklin in.
How strong is the door to this hood it?
Is an impenetrable barrier. What are you doing?
Well, actually I. Didn't go away from that.
That's I mean, that's a good this fair.
What floor are you trying to unlock?
1st. We already, we just, we just did
that. Shut up.
OK, guidance. I had already.
I forgot that I already solved that.
God damn. It no, we're like we.
We unlocked the gate by fighting the WE.
Couldn't go though because it was sealed.
I forgot we already solved the puzzle.
Yeah. It's it's a force field.
It's not an actual it's not an actual Hut.
You don't want a Hut, OK? I'll take a Hut.
Oh. Darn, Ezra's just going to tap
on it. Go Franklin.
I go find snack before we get to go.
Oh my God. How about a 28 with?
Guidance. 6064. What?
64. Snow.
It is much more than that. It is a 74.
Yeah. I can't, man.
What? How?
Yeah. Says the thing, Says the literal
thing, no. No, no.
So 19 + 9 is a 28 plus a 56 is a 7080.
Four. Wait, I'm so confused.
My table item let's be added the 100 to any role to solve the
dodeca the tridecahedron. That's sexy.
I mean, that's, that's a good idea because like we don't know
where we're going to end up on the table or end up on the on
the in level 1 if we go through the regular gate.
God man, I don't need like a brief little explanation of what
y'all mean by anything can happen.
I think I accidentally gave my table item to Ash because my
table item was a coin and I gave all my money which she didn't
put in the box. As y'all speak about table items
get killing but you coming but we just start bitching and like
this year like says you're just like where's my dice?
Just three. Five.
No idea. Maybe they're still here, maybe
they're gone. I mean.
She had them on her person like she picked them back up after
she wrote had rolled them the last time so.
So we're going to take. Did y'all grab her clothes
before y'all left the arena? Was that something?
Yeah, we would have collected all the stuff, but the the 4th,
it's a Josh question. The fourth level, sorry I wasn't
listening. The 4th level is the one that
disappeared when you when you were messing with it actually.
Sorry, no, the fifth level. The fifth level is the one that
disappeared when you were just trying to solve it.
This time you were able to reveal a a #7 as an orange side.
The the green side is what a dark green side is.
What disappeared? Like it it got mixed up again.
So now you have a yellow, brown and a purple.
The orange is violence, the 7th level, and the four is the
yellow, and the brown is the third level and the purple is
the second level. Let's go outside and get out of
here. I'll turn to What's your new
character's name again? Blue.
Lycus, Lycus. Do you have any?
We're about to leave. Do you have any real last minute
questions? The goal here is we're going to
be entering the first level of hell.
We don't know what's going to be look like, but the idea is to
stay quiet and attempt to find a way to clear skies so that we
can escape. I mean and.
Then we're going to save the fucking world.
Yeah, but like we need to be outside first.
Because like Mama Action House. My sister is asking about where
her dice so. Good question, looks through her
stuff. You go loot the body.
I don't know if they stay or not.
Yeah, I mean, the body got hooked into the.
Into the chest, right? Also you need to pop it, you
need to stop it to where I can see Lycus's vision cause
wherever Columba just got moved to, I can see her level of
vision. Yeah, I just, I just took her
off. I I saw you move like as though
so I thought you had control of him.
No, I have control of him, I just can't see what.
Like he's. Oh, it's probably his.
Don't worry. I'm I'm shifting the map anyhow
here in a second if you since you guys are going outside,
right? But we're looking through
Columbus belongings first to see if we can I'm.
Going to ensure everyone has got their ring of mine she'll being
attend. I already have mine, I did that
the first time he's mentioned it.
You can do that theater of the mind, right?
Because I'm just going to drop the.
The I'm just saying it to to note that I make sure.
That and I meant diluting through the body as well.
Yeah. Well her stuff wasn't on her
body because she died when she was naked, so they just have a
pile of her stuff somewhere in the Rocky.
Right next to right next to the body.
I I think it was stated so and everything that she had you
should have you should see there.
OK, let me go to her inventory holder.
I don't even know if we ever added an item to her inventory
honestly, but I think we did, but I could be very wrong.
I think so. And when you do find the.
No, we didn't. That we did.
So while they're doing all their prepping, all their this, yeah,
while they're doing all their prepping, as we're going to go
up to the bar to the goblin, I would like a snack for the road,
something big and juicy. Mac I think I understand.
And then he goes over and he pulls a roasting something meat
off of the fire that has a solid bone all the way through it that
is dripping juice. He kind of like shakes it over a
pan for a couple seconds just to get the last drops off and then
takes like this wax paper and wraps it and he goes for Rd.
Ezra bites down on it, nods at him.
How cool. And then goes over and puts his
paw on to Franklin's shell to get out.
But did you ever make an item that I could add to like his
inventory or no? For the.
Dice. That's what I was trying to
recall. Let me see.
I thought I did when we, but it was in Columbus, you know.
But I'm if not, I've already added it to my list of things
that I needed to create now. She has or her war fans, the
torque, her flower and an adamantine chunk and then all
the like. Basic stuff like a spear dagger
is a liar and this kit some rations.
Yeah, I never think I did, and I don't think I did.
I think I just because you never, you never.
We just rolled it twice. Yeah, You never pushed intent
into it, so we never really like came up with a specific item for
what it does. You kind of just whipped it out
in like the key, what you felt like we're defining moments and
then and, and something happened so.
Yeah. I mean, I guess that's just what
it I guess we could just say it has environmental effects
considering that she died from and she just she just walked up
and touched a boil in the thing. It would be something
environmental related at this point.
But like is we just follow Franklin out and once they get
out there he would just immediately go find Franklin and
stand near him. And you guys pop out of the
pocket rocket to the scene surrounding you into the garden
of the Queen sitting back in her chair with a pair of chopsticks
and then some noodles wrapped up on it and it almost in her mouth
and the second Ezra of Bob mirroring her actions.
And she goes, ah, just in time for breakfast.
Would you like my meat and Ezra like?
Things had enough of your meat. It's fresh and hot.
It's just glaring at the both of them.
It's a rather been quite a reflective period for me and my
spiritual My spiritual guide is suggested to help love myself
better that I procure my own meat.
Can I get some of your nudes for the Road Rick Shut?
The fuck up, Shut the fuck up. You may sit down at the.
Table arrange. The garden for you to have your
breakfast and enjoy my nudes. At the at the witness of this
conversation like is is going to.
Use the vial of holy water he has and cause and cast create or
protection from good and evil on himself.
I'm still going to like. As soon as everybody like if we
all sit. Down at the table I'm.
Going to reach out, touch everybody and then click the
first level of that one on the Tri decahedron.
We're getting the. Fuck out of here, God damn it.
Let's go. Wait, how many?
People. Always one.
All I can do is. One with protection of good and
evil, right? Like one person.
And Bob says oh wait. And he clicks it.
As you're, as you're being. Drawn out of this level.
You guys see Bob? Turn into the.
Purplish bluish smoke with the symbols around it that gets him
back into the pocket. Rocket before you, right?
Yeah. We don't want to leave anyone.
We do a head. Count Yeah, leave anybody and.
But he he is tired. Of the in the of this like.
This is his level of hell. Not because of like the sex,
it's the blunt ham fisted humor. And in New India that's
important. But.
As. Also.
With this. At the sight of the succubus is
all surrounding that table, Kalima just starts bitching.
And like I said, you're like go hit one of them, go hit one of
them, go get the one, go get the one.
And just before you, you. Are to press your way out you
recall that you all have to be in contact as begrudgingly as
the thought comes to your mind Faust it does come into your
mind before that before I I I'd like try and find a way like
reach if we're at the. Table I'll like stick one of
them with my leg and the other with my arm and just like force
them to come with me. Damaged.
No, we got to hold hands like a big circle.
Sounds like it's a little too late for that.
I never did I. Never did learn what my glasses
do. That thought will enter my head.
What? What glasses he enchanted.
His glasses when he made a pact with her.
I missed that adding it to the. List you did it.
So Columbus. Touched his glasses and he.
Had like a little Google glasses like.
Emoted. Emoted like a Purple Heart in
the corner. Oh, OK, yeah.
And she was able to kind of. Like, yeah, like a like there.
Were there's a message that would.
Pop up too that like whenever she was communicating with you
and such. I kind of vaguely remember that
motherfucker. You did it.
It's highly. Likely I create magic.
Items like it's like. I'm like a.
Bodily function, but I forget what they are.
I feel you. I feel you on that.
I feel you so hard. After we get there with this, I
have an idea for the. Candle.
Like through this whole thing 'cause I gotta run it by you,
'cause it's kind of, I don't know where the where.
We get on the level of God, I don't know where.
We don't so. One says Web GL contacts lost.
When we disappeared, did do I have to roll to see?
If I got my food to go with me, were you touching it?
I was trying to. Start eating.
So I want to know if I was able to start.
The eating process. Before he touched us, I got one
better for you, you guys. All boop into this.
Oops. Poop into this plane and it
feels. Just as hot as the one you left.
But in a different. Manner less of just the dry
heat, it's kind of a wet humid heat and you're kind of look.
Around and it's. Dusty.
Pretty dim and other. Than some of the light that's.
Coming off of lava just down the way and as you're looking down
the way, you realize you're in some sort of tunnelly tube of a
of a lava tube you'd guess. And there's a well dressed
dapper figure that's standing there and looking between all of
you and going tilts his head. Where's the lady Ash I've been?
Told to wait here. For her arrival, she has exist
right now. Mama.
Ash is in a place of happiness. And we are to go home.
Are you taking us for a team? Well, I've I've travelled.
So far I've travelled. From her Kingdom to this God
forsaken lands and yeah to you know how get home and and.
Yeah, that's why he's here. Guide her out of this level.
At the mention of Ash like is this going to like is his eyes?
Are going to. Like like get a little smaller.
He's just going to while staring down this.
Person. Cast Detect Magic just in case
you detect. That it's almost as if your
detection is reflect back to you and you see all of your own your
or is reflected on him. He has some sort of you can tell
protection against this detection.
Like this would immediately get like accusatory.
Towards. Him after whispering to Franklin
that he has protection of he should I messaged these.
Guys a while back about getting. A transportation from level 1 to
the exterior so I'm going to walk forward if you don't mind.
I'm gonna cast Zone of Truth just so that we're all on the
same page and that, you know, that we're allies of Ash and
that you can take us. And when she pops into existence
again, she'll be with us. Do you want to see her, Her,
her? Her friend Bob.
I don't know if that's like something she had before.
I don't know who this Bob is. But I am amenable to your terms.
And he says, but you must be holding my hand to cast that on
me at this time, as well as that be cast upon yourself inside.
Check. Oh, I have such bad insight.
Weird considering your 3. No it.
Is wisdom, but I don't. I don't.
Have a huge. Wisdom save on -1 oh, that's
weird, I thought the oh, your paladin, that's right, I keep.
Thinking my saves are bonkers. And but yeah, that one anyways.
Christmas. You're fairly certain.
That he's. Got to be telling the truth and
you notice the sigil on his tunic matching that of some of
some of the attire that ashes got worn around her.
Matching her her house. I'll cast a zone of.
Truth on him while. Touching his hand though, I will
look to the others and be like shy or my eyes be like he tries
anything. Oh, as soon as you say it's
cast. Is it going to like like?
If you like, I will eat. You like this is a lie.
With his hand on. His mate.
I feel, I feel like his. Hand on Kalumba.
But that sounds weird so I'm not even worried like that.
Also too would Rick's or sorry, would Ezra's mouth.
Not be full because the table I forgot to add in the the verbal
description came with you as you guys were touching it with all
of the food on it. Well, I guess we've been.
Completely. Uninterested in the food?
And. Immediately go stand behind
Franklin to back him up or next to him.
He would be. Next to Franklin like, well, I.
Guess does not care about the food right now.
He starts the. The conversation The dapper
gentleman with I am. I am the Royal Porter of the
House. Kroy's family.
You may refer to me as Head Porter.
If you must. So you don't have a name.
I have a name. But I don't give it freely.
I call you. HP since we're in zone of truth
is what you said. Earlier about being sent to
assist Lady Ash escape hell. Accurate 100%.
Do you mean anyone? Here one second, do you?
Made anyone here harm? Not overtly.
There is harm in our path. Very.
Well. I am Franklin.
Turtle, that's a true statement Franklin Turtle, I am the one
who reached out to Ash's family with her permission and
assistance. In order to set up this escape
route, you must be the FT that was at the.
Signed. Note and referred to there was a
bit of a garish drawing alongside of it of a.
Some sort of total? Folk so that though you your
present form does not look very turtly, I don't think you would
fit in at the turtle club. It's totally fine.
I'm wearing. A I'm wearing a.
A Sidious. Ass outfit right now covering
everything hood up. That's totally fine.
Hell changes you. And Speaking of that, we should
leave before anyone finds us. Do you have any abilities or any
of anything to assist us with this?
I turn to the others. Anyone else has any sort of a
ability to hide pass without trace anything like that would
be? I mean, I have invisibility
Misty. Step and water walk, but if you
want to get burned on the lava trying to walk on it I never
have accounted for. I've accounted for the.
Lava in the time that was accrued to me.
It was hastily made, but we should be fairly safe walking
across it. We must though, make it outside
of this levels of Hell's influence before I can fully
assist you in getting above. Let us go then.
Perfect. And I have made deals.
That we should. Be getting safe passage.
What is the? PNC with your.
With her family in the PNC. Well, we have.
A working relationship as it stands, so tenable at best.
And that contract? To do AP as a sub function of.
Them or something like that, I don't know all.
Of the workings of it, but I know that we have made the deal
that you may pass freely on this level for a set amount of time
and that time is dwindling. I will perfect let's go at the
at the worst. The time is dwindling.
Like this is just going. To start walking.
He's not even saying that we're going that direction.
Or whatever. It looks like.
There's only One Direction to go.
Ezra looks down his food and then goes.
And then he transforms into his. Human form and then pick up the
food. And start eating on the way into
walking. My skeletons also assisted by
carrying. Between them a large beast or
something that's on the table. Thank you, Franklin.
I don't know what was on the what was on the the feast.
Table, but I have two skeleton undead that I control I'm going
to have. Them assist in carrying food.
For Ezra. Oh, OK, I thought.
I when you said beast out, that's where I was.
Confused. I was like, I don't know if
there's like a pig or something Ezra would.
Like. That they could carry.
I don't know what's on the table.
So I see him like a table with an apple in its mouth or
something. And he was a lot.
Finally, finally, you're my best.
Friend. Before.
Like it starts walking. At the sight of the lava, he's
going to cast false life on himself.
It's fine. Level two, False Life.
So. 14 extra HP Nice. Yeah, it does seem.
Like the the lava is well under this poorly made structure that
that he he's. He or some of his.
Associates, you assume because you can't imagine him having
done this by himself, have constructed over top of the
lava. It looks to be some sort of
heavily wooded structure with the.
Bottom parts being charred. Enough to resist some of the
flames and heat, and he starts walking across it in a very
precarious manner. You must follow me one.
At a time across the bridge. The next like this would even
though he started walking first, he would wait by.
The entrance to and go last and let everybody go fast.
One by one. I'll go and then maybe Faust.
Then. Ezra and the New.
Person they I continue to forget your.
Name like like it says? It says on the thing I think.
Like under my little no, those only appear to to.
You you can put them on other people too, but like so I can
put one on you I think. No, I can't.
And I was going to say it's only DMS that have that ability.
And can see those stupidly if you like.
It should be something that I should be able to expose to
everyone. But even if I click it, it says
just to that person in the DM their name.
I wish I know you were crossing the bridge.
And. A lava elemental bursts forth
and you just hear the the head Porter screech the.
House of the House of Croix test phrase 86 and the as it's poised
to kind of. Start to try and engulf you,
Franklin. It pulls back just the slightest
hint, and slowly goes back into the lava.
I said it was tenuous at best. I apologize.
Oh, you're fine. This is better welcome than I
thought we were. Going to get.
And as Frank I. Like it So the 60 undead 60 feet
if I use my thing is their walls right?
Let me read real quick. Hold up.
Never mind it, Franklin would be behind a like.
A wall, so it would be behind total cover.
Never mind, I can't see where he's at.
Totally. No, I'm undead if that's the
question. No, I was trying to see if I
could use my. Eyes of the grave to see if you
fully crossed the bridge yet, but you're behind total cover
and you've and you're protected from divination too.
Probably so. Yeah, we all are.
I was going to say. Franklin, you do.
Make it to the other side. Without any other troubles, I
warn everyone else that there is a.
Fire elemental that may or may not attack you, but it should
be. It should be sub subdued.
With the. With the test.
Phrase like after. Like it gets worried.
That Franklin is across he. Yells at Faust.
Faust, it's your turn. Come on.
Faust wouldn't have waited. I figured I was just.
Following along Faust, I have idea.
I get really angry while we go on this journey.
You need to slap me every once in a while so I stay angry.
I'm assuming Ezra would not be paying attention and trying to
follow Faust. So like it would put his arm up
in between Ezra and Faust with that one at a time.
Ezra. With.
That Brooke. West, Faust.
Is going to cast. Mage hand and have it float
right in front of Ezra's chest, plucking one chest hair out
every few seconds. But like this is blocking the
tan like this lets Faust. On the bridge.
But once Ezra starts walking, he puts his hand up until word that
Faust got across isn't Why are we doing this?
Single file. Because the messenger said to,
he said. One fair enough.
One at a time, fair enough. Plus it's Woody and Love and I
don't trust you. This guy, he thinks.
Look at him. I'm talking about like us.
Yeah, the. Bar has been set.
Remarkably low, despite our presence.
Where's the bar? We get drinks.
It's in the rocket. Go in the rocket.
Like this would very gently slap Ezra at that comment.
No, I said foul. Slap me, not you.
I was slapping you because you're a.
Complete and total. Imbecile.
Not because you said to. No, I am a complete and.
Utter Ezra don't even know. My name.
I should have asked that too from Franklin, but I forgot
you're already. Safely to the other side, but
athletics or acrobatics? Your choice, Faust.
Total victory in the. Light of.
There being an actual role that he's dog shit at.
How long is the journey? It's a no more than. 5 minute
walk. Around.
On this particular spot, can't go with.
Acrobatics. I guess you can't.
Do it. You can't do it.
Wait, hold up before you do. That let me see if there's
something I can. Do to help you?
No, all of my stuff is by touch. I can't.
Wait, yeah. I'll send my I'll I'll.
Send my swarm over. And I will land on Ezra's
shoulders and I'll cast guidance.
There's not Ezra's Faust, Faust, Jesus.
And you? Wobbled your way all the way
over. To the other side, without any,
without. Losing your balance OK like this
is going to move. His arms so Ezra can cross.
And watch him the entire time until he's out of his vision.
Acrobatics. Or athletics is.
Oh, OK, yeah, you should eat again.
Let's. See which one I'll use.
Athletics. I'll do.
Fun, I'll be how? How?
Does 32 feel? I feel like I'm going to do a.
Somersault, backflip, twisty and land.
You do. Yeah, you do.
Exactly that, all the way across the.
Bridge and land on the other side the whole time the whole 5
minutes OK before like his walks over there he's.
Cast a guidance on himself. When I'm dumb, but I'm not that
dumb. I mean, this character is, you
know, 10 out of 10 and. And and and smart so far.
And then he's also going to you. Cast resistance on himself to
fire damage just in case. And once again, he's going to
walk about halfway across. What time do you want me to roll
this? He's going to walk about halfway
across and attempt to misty step the rest of the way.
That's two steps by yourself. A lot of time.
Just roll. OK, then I'm not rolling if I
was. Just gonna walk across anyway.
Or I'm not using this? I wouldn't, yeah.
That's why I think. Walk it is oh, I have a higher
athletics so. Let me roll that.
Got it. Oh my God.
Ezra's built for. Physical work.
D4. D4.
I think it's. Guidance, right.
Yeah, Yeah, I wish. I wish.
Guidance was scale I. Got a 13, a 13 it's.
So strong, what are you talking about?
Scale you by the time you're a little.
Tiny, you just. Get rolled twice.
You may, you know, like you know, a defect.
Hold up. What?
What does proficiency? In scale do because I might be.
Proficient. In one of them I'm not Never
mind. Increases it by your proficiency
bonus. You make it to.
About halfway across and you're you.
You sort of lose your balance for a split second but are able
to catch it and finish the rest of the way to join your
companions. Sick bro and the.
Porter just goes well. That is good that you can walk
across the beam and I don't have to use my other.
Safeties And he keeps walking. Yeah, pretty cool.
Like this would be leading up the.
Back. Of everybody like he.
Wouldn't be even trying to walk up front and he gets up up to
the next intersection. Turns back around to face you,
holds up a hand, and then he turns back around and just says
test phrase 86. He says with like.
The all hope in his in his voice and kind of shakily though, and
he's he looks around at the end of the court, the passage and
where it splits off to the left and the right and he looks both
ways and nothing comes. And he is like, OK, it's safe to
pass Ezra Cross first. And he's a.
There's it's not a crossing. Now it's more of just The
Walking down through the through the lava tube, but you do come
to the whoever's coming first, I guess.
It made. Me.
Yeah, I'll go. Second well.
We need. A big boy at the back.
So oh wow, I'll. I'll also.
Lean towards the the rear and let the house go.
Wish she was in the center, are you?
I don't know if you're able to move.
Here, or as Faust have been. Moving you.
I know it. Ezra's generally not able,
sorry. Faust will go.
OK, I got it. I'm putting in my door there
hold. On I don't know what's
happening. Give me a second.
Yeah, I I can't move mine, so I was going to go first.
Josh, just I can't move, but I got you.
Thank you. Like this is going to be in the
very back. Oh well.
Just. Before Franklin, Because
Franklin it seems to. Be wanting to protect your ass.
I just, I mean, I just want there to be.
A tank on the front and back. Who's who is it we're following?
They're following Ezra's going first, so I.
Don't know if that's. Wise, no, because what if he
gets confused and starts following the wrong?
Person like this is going to push his way to the front.
After saying. After saying.
Ezra's leading or like he's just pushing his way to the front and
running to catch up to the porters.
Takes a right and he's. Like he pulls out a document.
And is holding it up and it's sort of glows like a Lantern
with the test code on it and. You guys see at the.
Intersection just past his light.
And you're you're. Following behind quickly trying
to stay and he does scream behind try to stay in the light
it's only. I just hear 30 feet.
I just hear. Kalimba.
Just be. Aggressive like this.
Would just hears. Kalimba.
Attempting to. Pronounce the bow Gora's name as
they walk past them attempting and you see a couple Bulgura.
On the next intersection up and you just, you're seeing at the
edges of the light following you these grotesque looking humanoid
maybe adjacent figures that Ezra and Franklin would know from
their oops, sorry. Grabbed.
As lemur. Wait, these are Lemura?
These. No, those are Bulgura.
It's this guy back here. That.
Was at the inner. Last intersection better
following just outside of the light.
Kind of dumb when they don't. Seem sky here, didn't I?
One of those I. Remember.
Surprised me and just behind. The Bulgura's.
Girth you do see into a chamber that the Porter walks briskly
pass some sort of. Lava holding.
Chamber almost, it looks like with a beam of energy and glyphs
all around inside of the walls of the chamber that is seemingly
pulling from the this lava pit and it's shooting another.
The beam that it's shooting down to the lava is kind of this cool
blue and the beam that it's coming up straight through the
ceiling and out, you assume up to above is the is to a boiling.
Oh shine. Light.
Almost. Like this would turn back to
Franklin. Honda.
And just be like, does that seem like something we should try to
stop really quick or and the Porter just keeps?
Pretty sure that's where we're. Going to eventually want to
plant a seed though I'm not saying that out loud.
Franklin's going to kind of look around a little.
Bit and then slowly pick up a rock off of the ground from in
here and put it in his pocket. I walk up to Faust.
I get really. Close when?
I whisper into his ear. Do you think we could teleport
here if we really had to? Faust is going to do his best to
commit this to his. Memory for casting teleport
later. Yeah, and now I'll sneak him a
rock. Too 'cause I know that.
Supposedly helps. Mike is just staying right
behind whoever. Ordered do recognize just past
the Bulgura as you're committing it to memory.
Faust, a teleportation circle that.
Was is keyed. Into this area.
But the Porter gets to. Another intersection and you
guys? Are just at the edge of his
light and Lemur is lurking right on Franklin over Franklin's
shoulder. I mean wait, wait.
Where's the teleport circle? Right here.
Right, basically on the beam of cool.
Blue light I. Call out seeing if I was kind of
looking at the the. Circle, I'm going to call out to
the portal or to the Porter. Hey, quick question for you.
Hey. Very quick, yeah, we got to go.
We got to. Go.
I know. Is this?
This is like the lowest level of hell, right?
This big portal thing, this thing is is this the portal that
takes us out? No.
This. Is the defunct portal, it would
take you into the heart of the PNC and got potentially to your
deficit as it stands, I would, I would hope that, yeah.
I don't really want to go in there.
OK. Thank you.
Glad you can see that. All right, we're.
Taking a left this way fellas, you've got a any steps one step
forward. I hope that gave.
Enough time. For, for, for Faust, this lemur
lurking right behind me. I'm going to wait until I'm
right at the edge of the light, pretending not to do anything
before I whip whip around and grab it by the throat.
And I'm gonna, I'm gonna murder it and then use Soul Cage
watching Franklin do this. I'm watching this Faust is
either aware? Or unaware, just moving on.
Yeah, watching for. What like this is gonna see out
of the corner of his eye? Franklin do this and cast
invisibility on himself. Well, I think Franklin should.
Roll a stealth first and foremost to see if he can and it
would be against your passive perception.
It sounds like I don't. I mean, I'm fine with my team
seeing this. I'm hoping this doesn't set off
any alarms because the guy said that we're we're.
Good within. The range of the light, but like
I. I'm trying to surprise it, not
surprised. Everyone on my team, yeah,
Because you're definitely surprising.
Surprising it, I would say, no doubt, but you need to.
Swing to hit. Sure.
I will swing to knock it out. 'Cause if.
I kill it with my spear. Jesus, it was a plus.
A. It didn't see.
It didn't roll A. D20 did it?
No, not on this side at least. All right, so it's a. +8 or.
Plus 812. Right.
You. Make solid contact and.
Are you dragging the thing into the light with you as you hurry
away? Because as you hit it, two more
seem to emerge. From the walls.
Yeah, I'll drag it with me. As you drag it into the light,
it's. Flesh putrefies, mults, and then
disintegrates as it dies. I cast my once per day.
Soul cage to capture its soul as it flees the body as you do so
and. It and it.
What form does it take? I don't.
Know what the the soul. Cage requires or anything like
that either too. Yeah, hang on.
I mean. That's it.
Essentially I'm creating healing potions for myself.
All right, soul cage. I just clicked, found it here
too. Yeah, I'm going to post.
It playing GTD tiny silver cage. Yeah.
Did you have? At least I don't.
I have 100 gold on me but OK. So you.
Have your your 100 gold melts and forms this cage with your
verbal and semantic. Oh go ahead.
Cool. I hook it onto my side of my
belt and I. Catch up with.
Everyone else and the cage then I I will actually take.
The form of a glass Fear surrounding.
A. Smoky appearing entity inside.
What's that? It's a with a golden hue.
It's. Translucent.
Though anyways, so you're. Catching up, Ezra, just Ezra's
just up there with HP going So what, Mama Ash's house.
Like is it big, small, I? It's.
Which one Mama has more than one house?
She is one of the wealthier nations.
In the area, yes. And her family, rather like
this, is not playing with any of these monsters.
And he's staying right? On the person's heels, like OK,
even occasionally stepping on. His.
The back of his. Heels and everything and he he
claires. At you every.
So often, but doesn't. Say anything and you you see him
look down at his expensive shoes like it's.
Just apologizes and says once. We get to a safe spot.
I'll use mending on them. Don't worry.
I got you. I'm just not trying to die
tonight. You best careful on these last.
These next couple. Spots you're going to.
Everyone roll me. A.
Deck saving throw to move around the edge of a lava pit without
touching +5. From from my Aura 17.
I'm not in Franklin's aura, so I'm.
Not, I don't think. Oh, you are.
Yeah, I'm trying to keep everyone with it's. 10 feet.
But. I'm trying to.
Keep everyone within it, then 22.
With the plus 5 because. That's stupid. 24 Does danger
sense love it? Also 24 from Faust.
Nice. So you guys all make it around
the. First one and he's like, yeah,
very. Nice.
You'd probably just jump right over the over the narrowest
part. He's like one more time here.
Squeeze on. Through as he comes to an.
Intersection and. Takes a left.
Do we write it? And do we do it again?
And you see. Some more lemurs?
Yes, you need to. Do it once more. 11 + 5 with.
The Plus 9/11. Oh.
No, I. Didn't even add. 2810.
Hold on, let me see. Let me see if something's a
reaction. You start to lose your balance
though leaning. As if you're about to fall into
the lava. The second, even the second like
is. Even would.
Feel himself or even remotely off balance he would have
missed. He stepped like to safety like
he's not playing that, and you went safely on the other side.
With your breast that you just took to, you can feel the
burning sensation that would have probably happened all over
your body and your lungs. Something's burning.
Perfect timing. I think Ezra is next for this
next save. Oh, mine was 28.
I was going to go. If I.
Could react to go no, Franklin don't fall as he as he gets
himself crossed. Is that the second rule then?
Or is that because I thought your first?
Rule was 28. Oh wait, we got to do it again.
Because I did. I did the 24.
I did the 24 and then the 28. Would you got to do it again,
OK. No, not a third time.
It's only twice I thought, the 24.
Was without the. Five that you forgot to add and
then. Oh no.
That that was that no, that was this still the.
It's 24 without the five from the last time, but I mean, 24
made it so I didn't feel like it.
No, no, you're good. You you make it to the other
side safely. And that'll be a 16 with
Franklin and. Faust, you.
Almost lose it as you make it just at the other side you're
the the tips of one of your laces burn.
Across the top of it. I'm going to lose it.
And you said an 11 flat. Or I can give him a buff.
What? Is a 10.
Let me. See here what is the?
It's all right. I have AI.
Have a resistance. To fire and I automatically heal
give you a + 414 I want to. Do so.
No, when I had. AI forgot what I had.
You had an 11. With the +5.
Oh, so you? Are up to 17 now you said
Franklin. Sorry it wasn't falling.
No, I had a 10 originally with my +5.
And Franklin, I also gave him a + 4 so.
You. You walk, walk.
Past and are maybe a little over zealous this time as you made it
safely so easily the last times and you're pinky toe dips across
it as you're pulling it across taking two damage.
It heals. As soon as I pull it out, I.
Was going to say that's. That was already.
Halved too, so. It was 4 total.
And while they while the rest of them.
Would have been crossing since like it's crossed first.
He would have used mending on the dudes shoes.
Thank you if you could avoid. Doing that in the future, we're.
Almost there lads, if we can just make it across this last
chasm. I figured we might have earned
ourselves a short rest though, and I'd set this camp up in
advance. What all benefits does short
rest have like? Spell slot recovery.
Or anything. Or no, just minor healing.
Usually. But it doesn't seem.
Like you guys really need it. It'd be more so for just
warlocks. Warlocks skit They're spell
slots. On a short dress that is nice.
So I'm a warlocks, I get my smell slots.
Back. For your warlocks smell slots,
not your pal. Or cleric, That's all I've been
using, so nice. Yeah, I'll.
I don't get my soul. Cage back because it's 1 today
so that's fine. I didn't cast any of.
Those spells you don't miss if there's.
Anything. I would even want.
To cast real quick. I liked that nickname you'd
given to me there, lad. As well.
HP is also fine to call me by, we've made it through the 1st.
And the easiest. Half.
Now the last portion here is going to be the trickiest the
long, longer bridge across the wider span of lava.
And then? We have to make sure that we pay
the fee to the God and then we'll be out of this level.
Into a sort of. Purgatory before we can make it
into our last escape like is as the mention of money like this
would. Have looked back at.
Foust and smile. Looks like someone's being a
trigger daddy today, Daddy. HP waves.
Don't you worry. The Kroy family.
Has taken the. Burden on this one, with the
hopes that the good favour that it will pull with the Shadow
Seekers will give us some. Political favour in your.
Dealings coming further. They're so cool.
I. Don't know what that means.
You. Want something from us later?
Just of course. You don't rolls his eyes and
just says I'm a sugar. Mama wants her sugar later.
Wait, don't. Say that to him.
He just got down there. Giant.
How tall? Is Lycus.
Like. I want to say about. 6465 like
he is significantly taller than Columba.
Ezra stands before. Transformation A whopping 7/2.
Good luck patting. On the head he's got, he's got
long arms. He would have just reached up.
Stood on his sticky toes. Reached up and pat the top of
your head before continuing. How tall is?
How tall is Franklin compared to everybody?
Because I'm picturing him like. Franklin's like 4 feet tops.
That's. What I was picturing because I
was like, he's got to be at least.
A little hunched. Shoulder like he, well, he, he's
in the body of like a like a 10 year.
Old a tween. Like a 12 year old.
Turtle. But currently he's got spikes.
Covering his whole. Back and then he's wearing a
city's cloak, so he's a lot. He's very bulky, but short.
Franklin, you won't be. And then how tall is Xbox?
How tall is Fox? Like 630 so.
Like it's a fast start. About the same height.
I wouldn't say no to that if you could.
Pick me up. OK, work man, he ain't small.
Ezra literally just picks. You up and piggyback ride you
it's. All foreign work guidance.
While you guys are can we stack? Can we stack goddesses?
Or no no. No, that would be pretty.
Sweet. Though the while you guys are
bantering, the Porter is pouring out some mugs for you.
It seems like you only made the right call.
Calling Ash's family and he hands them out and he says.
Now, this isn't the favour that I'm asking.
As I'm not. Officially able to do that in my
capacities. But no.
This is a brew that I've been working on.
A dark Porter, he says, raising an eyebrow through the Mace.
Like. This would just be like, oh, is
that hot chocolate? And then you just hear like it's
muttering to himself, like it has.
You're very disappointedly and. It's fairly warm down here, so
kind of his name, Porter it Porter.
I'm going to make eye contact with the house.
Palumba. Almost like.
Have like this strutting next. To like it's this entire.
Time just like she's she's just sitting there talking this
entire. Time so like this is.
Going to end up getting progressively more irritated as
this continues. That.
Poison is on a different thing. No.
Yeah, I don't. I don't have purified.
Water either. You will all.
Of those who are. Taking of the brew need a
constitution. Save.
I'm not drinking it. I'll drink like this.
Would not he don't trust it? I'm.
Waiting for. Something was up, like I was
waiting till at least the other guy drank and he he.
Drinks from it heartily if he wanted to poison.
Us he would have done did it by now.
True. Like this is true.
He wanted to harm. Us rather.
Not poisonous. He could have just.
Tripped you into the lava. I drink constantly. 20 you.
You feel the warm. Warmth of the brew, kind of
like. Goes against.
What your palate is used? To in a beer, but.
Then, after the first dark, bitterly notes this chocolatey
kind of not. Milk but very creamy flavor.
Coats your mouth and you are not inebriated at all.
And it's otherwise a very party brew.
Ezra got a six. You are now.
Buzzed, giving you a. Constitution or a Charisma
advantage on charisma saves now I believe it is.
Are you? It's like I said, just look at
Franklin. Are you sure you want to?
Piggyback ride from this one. I'm a little concerned I.
Mean we're. Doing a short rest, right?
Yep, before this this. Thing.
Actually. Can I Ferrell transformation my
way out of this? Do not worry, Franklin I.
Can do it looking at the. Thing is it like?
A tunnel is there wall. Ceiling.
The thing are you talking about the?
Next part. From here, he he gestures
around. We're in a slightly larger cabin
right now where I've stored these goods.
I've been using this as kind of a base of operation to make
trades. I have some of them been quite
middling. In profits, Honestly, they don't
seem to really. Care about gold, but they have
been giving me a lot of these soul coins I don't know exactly
what to do with. Ah, we might be in business.
With those soul coins my friend, I've got a makeshift one right
here to give me some gold for it.
We can set up an exchange. That would be great.
Don't currently have any gold but we will talk.
About it later certainly and he like pulls out from his sleeve
and. Flips you his business card
Sick. OK.
Let me short rest Yep, then any. Anyone else?
Doing the. Faust.
And Ezra had gotten their roles in for the.
Constitution saving if they were drinking.
I did. I got a 20.
Yep, Yep. And I don't think I can drink.
You mean like you're because? You're immune to poison.
Because I'm undead. I'm just a skeleton man.
You still could put it in. Your mouth it just.
Like falls out of my skeleton body.
Yep, this is very. Unrelated.
But tell me why I just got a text saying.
Another person quit. This is the fifth person to quit
this week. Sounds roughly all coordinated.
And one of them was. My fault.
Granted, I do just figure. It out, but Jesus is like as.
Frank, you you're not supposed to.
Drink stuff it get me wet like this is not drinking this like
this would not. Touch this.
OK, he's like, well. To each their own, but.
It is a unique brew. I guess we.
Must be on our way though. We have we have that limited
time that we must go all right, we're headed to the South and he
points down because of this chamber.
There is I forgot to I was going to elaborate say to there is
kind of three directions. The one you guys came in one to
the South and one to the east from here and he heads to the
the next lava tube chamber tunnel and starts hitting some
I'm drawing I'm drawing a map on some scratch paper of the.
Turns we took as I kind of glanced towards fast.
Come on, hurry up. Must stay within the 30 feet.
He. Says he's got like a little bit
extra spring in a step it seems like after having the drink
himself. What's that light though?
The light thing he has as. The.
Contract that lets us go down here, right?
OK totally kill this dude after we get.
Out. I don't.
I don't say that out loud. You keep walking and you guys
make it. Another. 25 minutes.
Just walking through. These the singular lava.
Tube until he says, all right, we're at the crossing.
Nice steps to the side and he says before we cross this
rickety gamble of a bridge that we've made, know that you will
be at a rather I, I will. Be going first.
Again, don't. Don't worry about that.
But to test it for its safety, it is though rather long, so you
will have to hold. Your balance for longer.
Than the others. It's the most treacherous spot.
On along our journey. Before I while I start having
the conversation with the gentleman on the other end.
All right. How much, How much does
everybody weigh? We must actually.
One at a time. Now that I look at this area,
I'm. Going to send my familiar
forward to just scope it out. Seeing as there are walls.
I'm going to cast feral transformation and become a
giant. Fighter version.
Of myself that looks like the rock and and.
The. Mummy movie.
The score. The scorpion king.
Oh God yeah, the Porter doesn't. Seem to notice as you're doing
that as he's already started to take.
The first like tenuous steps across the bridge and makes it
Christ. I got to move these onto the
map. Layer.
It's going to drive me nuts. Franklin, where were you hiding
all those extra legs? It's my shell do.
You have any more in there I'm. Going to reach.
Up and I pull a. Corpse off of my back and I pull
one of their legs off. Here you go.
Oh no, the Porter. Makes it right around to the
bend and. You, him.
Oh fuck, I come forward. To try to grab him.
Get a ring on the walls. Oh no, he might die.
You're. Going to He's our guy.
Can I give him a plus? 4 is that.
What does it come from? I know the other ones were
guidance. I don't know what that's from.
Arcane Deflection. I'm sorry, it's a + 2 war
wizard. Yep, you're going.
Saving throw I can give them a +2 bonus.
Wait, no. Where is it?
+4 bonus to saving throws. Yeah, I don't want to be a Dick.
But it does say. When it's a, it's a self
ability. Right.
Where is this 20? 24 has to spell.
This one you actually. Use it on other people, on other
people. OK, I think you're right.
Though, God damn it. He's.
Teetering over the edge. Franklin, if you're going to to
crawl across the edges of the wall as a spider and save, I'm
going to need a strength saving throw.
Athletics +20. God, what about booty?
Butts 12. And if I have the option I.
Will put myself between him and the edge so that if there's
damage I would rather take it. I don't know if that's a thing.
I don't think that would be because.
You would have to be in. The lava for that to work to
what you're describing. Good.
I are you good Ezra? Are you trying to use your?
Trying to use your web to. Capture him or like a.
Claw or like, Oh yeah, hold on, giant spider.
Fivey because I would be using that ability.
You're right, I'm a fool. Let's see, I mean I.
I if I can I would cast web on them.
Just take them in place. Range weapon +5 to hit.
You can try here. Would probably we'd have to.
Burn it all away for. Everyone else.
To go through, but all right. +5 to hit. 11.
RIP you're you see your web. Start to take hold on him but
the flames take it immediately burning away and you go to reach
for him with that athletics and his hand grabs on one of your
claws and starts to slide off and he just starts screaming as
you see his legs fall into the lava and he's holding on by just
the tip of your claws. I say.
God fuck, damn it, I'm going to sorry about this.
He had no last consume as he like he he's a like a like a
little peon, right? He's about to die.
He's unconscious and. He's like.
Well, I I. Pull him out if I can, make sure
that he's you. Get another claw on him and
trust on him. On OK he.
Can go fast. Yeah, you're able to to get an.
An an another. Claw on him with the haste
that's been off on you and and start the pool.
I'm going to need a strength save.
Again though. If I can, I'll carry him to.
The other side, well, there's a guy over there, isn't there?
He said that he has to talk to someone.
I'm going to return him back to the front to everyone else and
then set him down. They're like, all right, guys,
we're in a little bit of a bit of a pickle, but I think I have
a solution. Unless anyone can revive this
dude. Would he be?
Would he be at 0HP at this point?
I would still still need that second strength save.
Franklin to pull him up and. Get a hold on him because right
now he's. Dangling and he's let go.
And four total. Yeah.
What are you going to do? What are you doing?
Can you what? I mean, if I I do what you're.
Going to do but. If if worse comes to shove I'm
going to cast a spell or try to cut his head off before it's
lost last night. Like if he dies 'cause I just
rolled super shittily, I just at least want his head.
Can Ezra attempt to acrobatics? Across the thing and grab him
from you and then onto the other side.
No, don't go to the other side. Come back, come back, come back,
you. Can certainly try, but as of the
other. Side He.
Has. Fully slipped out.
Of Franklin's spider grasp and is a all right.
A wish and a dream away. From the lava.
All right, let's let's, let's go athletics.
Let's let's go. Let's.
Do some things, save him. At least save the head. 24
minimum. You make it out across.
The bridge What's your speed? My speed 40.
You make it out across the bridge to the.
Spot where he's at. And you grab his hat as the rest
of him falls into the lava, and you see next to you he's able to
use falling Drop the glowing page with the test phrase on it
and he's gone as he. Dropped.
He's like, fully. Submerged.
Can I cut his head off? He's Yeah, he's.
One with the lava right now, like the human body is.
So much less dense than. Lava it would.
Float on top of it like a beach ball, even after.
Force has been applied to it as he's falling onto it.
Yeah, it's like smacking into water.
Like this is like snapping in. Faust's face being like.
Mate, hand that paper now of this like.
This is snapping and like. His physically snapping his.
Fingers in front of Franklin's face.
Mate. Hand that paper now.
You already used it on Ezra once.
Get that? I have an H Hand.
Or Faust. Who's doing that in Faust?
'S face. Get.
That paper Athletics to grab the paper.
It's just sitting there on the. On the oh, it's oh, it's just.
Sitting there, I I pick it up. Does it stop glowing because
Ezra? Can't read.
Yeah. It's well, I.
Told Faust to make it. Faust is 1. 100% going to like
grab the snapping. Fingers and just glare at him.
Don't. Oh, oh, oh, oh Franklin.
I I missed, I missed HP, but I got the paper.
Yeah, I really wish we got his head too, but.
It's not blowing. He said we're almost there, so.
I have a. Question.
Though. Since water walk considers lava
as water, could I also use create or destroy water on part
of a lava to retrieve? Try to retrieve his body.
If it has not all parts away, I'm going.
To have to rely on on on Faust's.
Knowledge there a little bit and say that so have you ever?
Are you familiar with the Leiden Frog?
Yes, yeah, I know that you can actually touch like.
Molten metal. As it's coming across because
you have a like a well as a human body would come into
contact with. Molten lava.
There's not a whole lot of like research on this.
I know I was just trying to. It would immediately begin to
vaporize. Causing anything or?
If it was, if the body becomes submerged at all due to the
amount of like velocity that was to it because I don't know how
fast this guy was falling or how far he fell a good five feet,
so. Yeah, 5 feet.
He would probably like splash a little bit and then he would.
Immediately begin to like skitter around on the top like a
pan, like a drop of water and I'm searing hot cast iron pan as
he's being propelled by his own. Gases that he's forming when his
body. Is vaporized, but.
He would still be burning alive. For sure, because his clothes
would. Catch.
Oh no, this man is dead as fuck. Then again, us being within 5
feet of. Lava is also technically lethal,
so yes, yes, yeah. Oh, I had a button.
Ignore. That role I accident.
But could I use? You don't see anything left of
this gentleman. Other than the hat that.
Ezra's holding. He's skittering around on top of
the lava like. Like he's skittering.
Could I if we keep referring? To him as a he at this point.
That is no longer true. Yeah, he is.
He is literally and were Yeah, I couldn't.
I couldn't spare. The dying.
Oil and. Use my.
Own burst it's no longer spared the.
Dying. It's spared.
The dead. But I couldn't.
I couldn't if I can get his head.
Then I can I. Can consume mind and I'll know
everything he knows. Does that mean?
Does that mean Ezra can? See him as a ghost now?
Yes, actually. His ghost is hovering over the.
Lava just going fuck well. I.
Was saying before like. I was.
Like what I was going to say, could I spare the dying in the
circle of mortality to restore maximum HP points with my
ability? No there is not.
He's like in the. Despair he.
Is dead like. This is This is.
One of those insta death moments.
That's why lava people avoid lava usually.
Ezra in all of his series. HB, I saved your hat.
And he just looks up. At you and goes.
Emailed something that you don't understand.
You understood fuck because? It was curses, but this one
seems to seems to be him saying saying something he he's
realizing and he's trying to get it say say it louder and again
and he sees the confused looked on your face and just like
gestures to like hurry across the bridge.
I got a question. Are ghost considers are ghosts?
Considered undead, no. Yeah, Well.
Or I don't know. It depends on what.
They it depends on what they are.
If they're like a Wraith or a banshee and or is that nature,
yes? If not, no.
So I 'cause I'm trying to use the.
Eyes of the grave, so that way I can.
See him unless he's behind total cover.
Ghost 5E is they are undead. So I can't even stand a ghost.
Yeah, I'm. Looking at that too.
I. Don't think that's true though
'cause. They're.
He made a deal with the devil he's probably destined to
become. A Lumiere, Yeah.
Yeah, his spirit is spoken for. That is to say the least,
Franklin. I'm not going to do that like
this is just going to. Wait.
Till everybody else crosses. Say it's Franklin's on the wall.
And Ezra's on the. Bridge.
He's not risking getting on that little rickety bridge until Ezra
gets all the way across. Now that I know for sure this
dude's gone, I'm going. To I'm going to continue on
outside of the wall. We need someone.
I guess. I have a high charisma.
Let me see what mine is. Hold on.
I can I have some person. I have a high.
And interpret the. Contract so I can like find out
what like. Things are on it that we need to
yeah, you can certainly try shortly, Ezra just.
Made it. You need to give me another
decks. Not decks, sorry.
A Athletics or an Acrobatics to get across the last part of this
bridge. Ezra's do when hot girl shit.
She doesn't remember that he said that.
There's a guy on the other side that.
He has to talk to fuck. That would be 30 with.
I don't know. Is is?
Well, it was 25. It'd be 30 if I'm within range
of Franklin's or I don't. I don't think you were at the
AT. The last points of it, because I
was just going to point out, Franklin, you again weren't on
the bridge, you were crawling along the wall.
So I don't need those athletics and acrobatics from you.
But you do find yourself slightly further away from where
Ezra is stepping off of the bridge and a humongous
individual standing in front of a gate that is easily 30 feet
across. Yeah, it's like 50 feet across
and like 50 feet high, if not more.
It's hard to tell exactly. It's kind of like mind warping
perspective at this point for the height of it.
But in front of the gate stands, or rather sits an individual
atop and like a 20. 5. Foot long standing at easily. 15
feet. Some sort of hell hound?
That he's sitting upon and. The figure himself is well and
truly a guard of his position as he's sitting atop it and sees
Ezra land on the other side with the paper in hand and says you
must pay the fee. IR Ezra, what's the fee?
I can't read. What's it say?
I just pat Ezra's head. What is the fee?
Oh yeah, isn't over there? Yeah, are you are?
You. Will how far is it I can give
faster lift? If it needed, you want to be on
my back. I'm a spider man I.
Can hide on the wall 6. A little bit over 50.
I just took the diagonal. Can I dimension the OR yet I?
Don't think I can dimension the OR yet.
I could. I could pick you up if you need.
Oh, wait. 50 feet. Esther could have jumped that.
There's a wall in between. Yeah, I was going to say it
curves. Oh, it curves.
Good for you. I'm a.
Wizard. Yeah, and good for y'all.
I'm a clerk and a. Warlock so I can't, hey.
Faust, do you need a ride? Faust.
I'm loath to request it. Yeah.
But you find I don't mind. I come around the corner,
terrifying looking. Just jump on you got her is
don't mind all the little hairs from those higher body as you
pick up Faust like. This is just looking at.
You. Like you're just another
everyday. Like something he would
encounter. Ezra's going to attempt to read
the. Paper got to get over cast.
Three don't. Nope.
Yeah. No, that's not.
I don't. Care about that?
You have the paper, that's all that matters to me.
I don't know. I I just care about the the soul
coins I'm owed. Soul coins for a passage.
Where is, say. That on paper.
I got to tell cows. Can you shut up?
I tell from as I'm. Being carried over by Franklin.
Place him down. I don't.
Even that guy had a bunch of soul.
Wait, he's dead? That guy has a bunch of soul
coins in the other room. I.
Which other room? The room that we came.
From when we short rested, he was using.
It as a I'm going to go back. There and steal everything I.
Got you. I'm on my way.
Hold up. And like this is going to go
back to the campfire room and look for the soul coins.
Payments coming? Just a second.
OK, like we didn't even do anything like this guy died on
his of his own accord. We didn't.
We didn't do. Anything to deserve this win.
Yeah, I've found this whole coins, but you want me to roll
something to see? If I find this whole coins
investigation 'cause you're trying to.
Go fast, too foul, Ezra looks. Over to fouls.
Fouls. He says on paper, sold coins.
On paper, I don't see sold coins.
And that one, yeah. You don't and I have no.
Bonuses on that. So it's just.
Straight up a one, you don't even know what you're looking
for, so you you're just. Looking everywhere, you RIP
everything open, you're spilling stuff out and you don't, you
don't think you find it. He's going to talk to Columba
and see if she'll help him. Do you know what soul coins are?
By chance, would this be something?
You know what is Can you tell me what they look like?
Would it be something She knows what it is?
You said no, No, although she. Did live in.
Hell, for a time so. She would at least know of their
existence, and she would say they.
That they're to deal with. Trapped Souls Can I roll?
A Can I roll? Can I roll?
A history check just or. To see if I've ever even heard.
Of them, sure. OK, 16.
What she's saying seems to ring true, and that doesn't.
However, seem to help your search because knowing that they
could be in some sort of different form in.
Each case. You're looking at like some of
the the beer that you've you've opened and some of the like hard
cheese and tack bread and you're like, I don't know, it could be
any of these things. Let me see what I can.
Do let me see what I can do. I'm not giving up yet.
Hold up. In the meantime, Faust is going
to take the paper and read. It, or at least on the paper,
it, just proclaims that. The one who holds this is
allowed safe passage until the. Fall.
Equinox and that their test phrase for passage is 86.
This contract states OK coins. What is?
Invest What type of skill is
investigation? What?
Stat is it under? It's it's under intelligence.
Never mind. You.
He goes, yes, yes, I've been away made aware that 86 may
pass, but you're not going to be able to pass without the proper
payment first. Is that right?
Ezra. Gets a click in his eyes.
Is that how many coins? How?
How many coins? Are we talking?
Mr. Guy, he looks. Between you all and he goes, I
don't know. 1/2. 2 Contracts 2 1/2.
So. Was there another of your?
Parties or are you waiting for? More off the bridge.
We're waiting for one more. Yeah, we'll just make it an even
3 then. 3000. 3000 sole coins. The contract clearly states we
may pass. You.
May, but it does not. Preclude.
Me from extracting the toll house fee out of It's absolutely
does. I don't.
It does not state anything. Else.
I have. AI have a another potential
question since I can't. Find the soul coin something
you're going to have to take up with who broke.
Who wrote the contract? They did not Alert me that 86 is
allowed to pass without a fee. Woodman and Franklin.
When both of our like frightening.
Abilities. Like if I form of dread and
Frank, this is like a guardian gate of hell.
We do not want to take a fight, which is frightening.
Theoretically. You can fight whatever you want,
I said. Frighten, not fight.
Oh, frighten if I. If I form of dread and me and
Franklin like stack and it's just a shark angler fish on top
of a spider. Would we be able to intimidate
this thing? You haven't seen this thing but.
Rick, you suspect? No, no, I'm gonna.
I'm gonna. I'm gonna.
Knowing that you, I'm just going to.
Keep looking, I'm a cast out. I'll come.
Luck too. I'm going.
To cast guidance. And then re roll hold up.
OK, no wrong one. That's not the right one.
Ignore that one. A pen. 3000 souls.
A pen buddy. With guidance, yes, you you find
a. Box that is full to the brim of
some varying faces and pressed into metal, and you only guess
that these must be trapped souls.
You're not sure exactly or how. Many are in here or.
How you might get them across the bridge considering the
weight limit. He's going to walk back.
With the box to the edge of the. Tank and then just he out
Franklin. Or Faust, whichever.
One can one of y'all come walk like Franklin?
Can you come grab these or Faust?
Can you mate hand these across something that big?
I can come mate chant them, or I can come carry them.
Plus we could we could also pop. Or pop them into the pocket
rocket cross and then pop them out that way.
You didn't see how many we have, so I will skitter back across
and assist him in. Getting them into the pocket.
Rocket and then count out 3000, OK.
So since I'm going in the pocket rocket with them.
Franklin can just carry the pocket rocket back across so I
don't have to roll any chicks and follow the lava.
He brought the one crate. Which has.
You you're counting through has. Like 5.
Like 600 in it. Sure I'll I'll have him show.
Me where he got. These and then see if there's
more investigation. Guidance.
And let me see if I can do anything for you.
Hold. Up.
You can assist. Why don't you help me?
Give me advantage. OK.
I'll just. Yeah, where?
Did you find? Your fluffy friend.
I'm fluffy. He's not fluffy, he's very
spiky. I'm actually pretty stuck to
him. Natty 20, OK.
Who could call him if he's? Not fluffy it.
Was kind of an. Accident.
We're kind of merged now. 30 Franklin got a 30.
On that 20. 30 total, yeah. You.
Start searching through. And you find one, maybe two
other crates of this around 600, so still only getting up to
1800. And you though in your search,
find a hidden route that like a hanging like that, that that of
a plant root that seems to be a little bit out of place or that
is a little less dusty than the rest.
And as you pull on it, you see a portion of the wall into place.
And open into what looks. Like be a chamber full to the
brim of silk coins like this is going to load.
All of these, plus all of the dudes.
Stuff into the pocket rocket Yeah sorry this is going to take
a little while I'll. I'll.
Yell out for. For Ezra to assist.
Unless we should. Keep half the party over there.
I would think you have the party earlier.
Yeah, we'll we'll load these and I have my.
Skeleton to help. And I and I'll summon, I'll
summon my. Unseen Servant also.
I'll cast Unseen Servant again. Yeah, well, we'll ferry them in
and then. Count.
Out 3000 and bring them over for your tracking.
Purposes you guys found. Traditional fuck yeah.
Natural boy let's. Go baby boy 8. 100 So for a
total of what are we running? 9000. 900.
Soul coins. Minus the 3000 you just counted
out. So 6000.
Yeah, 6900. What are we rolling?
Nothing. Oh, I thought he you just rolled
something. Did You Know?
I did, yeah. That was no, not you, man.
Ezra. Ezra if he wants off the dog.
Like also he went off the dog as just.
Quickly here, I wanted to ask before he answers.
Are you care you're carrying each one of these crates across?
Are you trying to make it across the bridge yourself?
No, we're going to the Pocket Rocket and Franklin's carrying.
The pocket rocket. Across with me in it and the
crate along with the rest of the dudes stuff so I.
Have to be honest to OP. Anyways.
As you guys. Land on the other side.
And Ezra is asking him, does he went off the dog?
He goes. And no, I've become quite
detached and not just physically his name.
That's a nice dog. You probably.
Can't pronounce but. He goes he he sometimes.
Goes by, or at least I think. He likes the name.
Carl, Carl, can I pick? Carl.
No, not unless you like your head is Carl.
Listening. Right now.
You mean Craig, right? Never mind.
That's what his name. Was I'm fucking.
Craig is listening. Praise.
Praise Craig. Why do I feel like somebody else
has been named Carl? We my character and.
And the heist is being right, right, right, right.
I will pull out. The 3000 soul coins and present
them to this person. The 3000 soul coins and the
paper that lets us through. Great well.
That that business is done. I would take that paper for that
is a one time use. I'll look at it very closely.
OK, here you go. And he and the dog.
Turn as one to face the face the door and push on one leaf of it.
Opening it to the next chamber. And as you guys are walking
through he. Just says don't let the door.
Hit you on your ass, don't swing it on my.
Ass Mike is. Gently.
Like gently. Like bells as like a courtesy
and a thank you to this dude before walking through the door
you get to. The other side, the door closes
and. You realize you don't know where
to go because you're in another sort of semi maze on the other
side. Let me see if I can do
something. Hold up.
A lot, OK. Like this is going to turn to.
Everybody, I'm going to cast invisibility and scope up the
area, tell you if I can find something.
OK, die. OK, so you've cast.
Invisibility on yourself. You're I am going to pull out
my. Mimir.
I'm. Exploring.
Like this would walk all. The way through any direction.
Carefully noting what he sees, whether it be a Brazier,
whatever this room is, he would walk all the way through here.
So I'm pulling out my mirror. It is a magical.
Item I've purchased, it's a skull that floats behind me and
I can ask it questions and it has general plan or knowledge.
It also has esoteric knowledge about random bullshit and they
can cast legend lore once a day. Oh nice.
So after do you, I'm going to let.
You do what you don't. Want to do and then likes.
To report back. Yeah, he's.
Since we don't have a guide, I'm going to ask Mamir.
What he knows of just this little place here and how to get
out. For my reference, what is the
mirror? Like Mamir, it is a magic item.
It is a floating skull. Mamir mirror Yes, like the.
Norse. God.
Well, technically what? Technically.
What done have you OK, Have you played the news for?
God of Wars. Mimir.
Yeah, he was. A He was an ace seer.
God of the. Norse pantheon that really
smart. They traded.
He got they got other side got mad.
They cut his head off, but his his brain was his mind was so
valuable that they literally stuck him at the bottom of you.
You could still yeah, he drank from the well and he knows
everything basically. But when y'all do that, I'm a.
Do here's Mamir I appease a rare wondrous magic item.
What does wondrous mean? It just means.
It's magic, wondrous items, or any magic.
Items that aren't weapons or armor.
I'm. Going to.
Investigate this chest real quick that I see.
It's not there. I'm sorry.
This is an. Old map?
No, that. Yeah, this is like a really old
map, like when we used to be. On another.
Virtual. Tabletop.
I was hurriedly trying to come up with something here to cover
it 'cause it's not there. 'Cause I can't I'm.
Going to, I'm going to investigate this white room
then, OK. Or is that not there either?
It's there. Josh, how?
Long ago does it? How long ago?
Has it been since? HP has travelled through this
area. Can I still smell like his
scent? Like his through this area?
It's amazing. His scent seemed to stop at the
bridge. You're wondering if he had
another route. That he would have.
That he was able to get. In and out of because you do not
smell his scent in this chamber at all.
Or maybe it's just been that long since he's passed.
I'm casting guidance on myself again before I roll this
investigation check because I have a + 0.
So you're casting Legend more correct fast?
Yeah, I'm going to learn about this.
Little place since. You said we're kind of entering
like a. Purgatory plane.
I need to also look up. So I'm not using it improperly.
Myself here. Click the clicks.
What's your What's your? Wow, that's an expensive incense
that it requires. I'm assuming you have.
Your bill casting focus. So we're not worried about that
as much the. The item gets to do this once a
day. I know I'm looking.
OK, that's right. And you asked what was it?
I. Apologize.
That's why I'm trying to. I want to.
Learn about this. Plane and how to get out of it
or how to at least how to navigate it OK?
Other simple question with a simple answer.
Walk straight. Forward and you will.
Find a room that should. Be colder than the rest.
OK, you want me to roll? My investigation real quick.
Sure, 11. Plus, they're 14.
You. Are in a room that.
Is colder. Than all the other ones that
you've been in. There are crystals.
Ice crystals, large ones forming all around and a statue that has
water frozen coming out of what looks like a never ending urn of
water. Although as I said it is frozen,
it is not flowing and the statue that is holding it is of a
beautiful but well but. Demurely dressed.
Woman like this is going to take a mental note.
Of everything and immediately rush back to tell everyone your
mirror. Continues to rattle on though
Faust and state you did ask about the place.
You will find yourself in which is a purgatory of sorts.
It can go on forever if you let it.
OK, so. I'm going to in my concentration
so I'm back visible and let. Everyone know what I saw.
So there was this ice room with what like a jar iron of water in
the middle being held by a statue of this lady and high
statue. It seemed decently well taken
care of in there. So I don't know if there's going
to be anything in here keeping like maintenance up or anything.
So I would just keep a little on edge and be a little careful.
But there is, it's straight back from here.
I can't help myself after. You phrased it like.
That too. Just imagine like a little
goblin coming by like with broom sweeping.
I mean, like, don't, don't do. Are you being for real?
Is everyone coming by and they're big?
Yeah. Sure, why not?
OK, like is can. Speak Goblin, actually so.
Like this is going to. Be talking to this little dude
like. Hey.
What can you tell me about this place?
Or actually, I'm going to pass charm.
Person on the goblin first that's what I'm going to do so
cold room wisdom saving through you said you found a cold room.
I did fortunate that. We need to.
Enter a cold that. It.
Appears our way out is a room colder than the.
Rest but I want. To ask him to charm this goblin.
First, what does he need to make because he got a 16 wisdom?
So he passes he. Sadly, he.
Looks at you and the broom he's holding, and then he drops it.
And bolts. I'm going to.
In response. Use hold up.
Where is it at? It's right here guys.
My Eldritch blast which has two beams.
So why are we attacking the joke goblin?
Because I got a 24. To hit and I guess that'll hit.
Hit the goblin. OK.
Star roll the damage. Twice right, since it's 2 beams.
I think you have to roll for each beam.
Yeah, you roll. For each beam, 10 and.
No, I mean like. You have to roll the hit.
Oh well, the first. The first one's A10.
That's damage. Right.
Yeah, then. I got a 23 to hit.
Again, yes, with. With 11 damage.
The Goblin. Creams out in pain.
And falls to the ground dead. Ezra, I got you a snake.
Brain, I need it hang out.
What's silly? Oh, I think about me.
Yeah, thank you. Heck, I couldn't communicate
either like my me either. I was sitting here talking.
But I wasn't getting a response. So I was like.
But I was just saying like. Ezra, don't eat it yet.
Franklin, go absorb its thoughts or whatever you do.
Just need the head, you can have the rest.
Don't be put local way out of here since it does maintenance.
I mean, we know the way. Out right, I've gestured a fast.
Was there only the cold? Was the ice room the coldest of
the rooms? You.
Encountered Yeah, the other one just had like this big rock in
so. There it was, just the empty
hallway with a big rock at the end.
I see the. Ice room it is.
We'll investigate there. I'll grab the guy.
The goblin cut off the. Head store that and then tuck
the body to. Ezra.
No one had just falls into the pocket rocket.
The goblins start freaking out. I'll.
Label it. Why as you're just I'm upset
he's a janitor here if. I eat.
His brain. I'll, I'll.
Be able to consume. His knowledge and know.
Everything he knows. If we ever have.
To come back here for any reason, This is a purgatory to
the Hells. It's very likely that he's just
been trapped here very long. Well, he might know a way out if
they. Fired him as a janitor?
Yeah, he was hired. Right, let's go.
It's right in here. That's why you want to so
spouse. Says again as he walks towards
the guy's room. You get into the room it is.
Distinctly colder than the rest, and you probably would notice
just. Especially with your passive
Franklin A what looks like it has to be a door, although it's
taking up the whole other side opposite wall of the room that
you walked. Into but it doesn't have any.
Visible hand holds, latches, keys or another.
Can I do an arcana check on the statue to see if there's
anything like magical with it? Certainly.
Knock a Nat one but it's A7. This is the third Nat.
One I've rolled. Today you guess.
There's some magic. In there, oh God, did I hear the
magical. Word again?
I'll just look at Franklin and Faust.
There's some magic going on. Here I don't know what it is.
But there's something we. Would like to make my own arcana
check. I will assessed and guidance.
I think that. Yours is just.
Better than mine though. Franklin it might be.
Mine's 13. Yeah, mine's mine.
I'm not as high. Level as you.
Right. Well, I might have gotten a low.
There's no way I don't understand.
How mine is 13. You do yours because I don't
have that high. Of an intelligence.
There's my proficiency. Surprisingly, intelligence is
like it's the. Second lowest.
So let's see, you'll have advantage
and guidance. 24 plus. Whatever comes from the
guidance, which is it's D4. Or what?
Yeah, 1D4D4. 2520. 5 you're. Pretty certain there's some sort
of puzzle here. And it has to do with the.
Statue as. The magic flows.
From the statue. To the crystals on the outsides.
Of the room OK, is there any clear connect like patterns or
like I had looking at the map I don't see like.
Or like, give me a description of the room.
We got the crystals on the wall, the door on the other side of
the statue holding a pot of water in the middle.
OK, Yeah, your your vision. 'S on you.
Should be able. To see see the room but like but
like can we rotate the? Crystals to point towards.
Those bowl. I mean or.
Like this just looks at Franklin after he says it and it's just
like or I can just form of. Dread and try to eat the statue.
And I understand drawing out of the floor.
Let. US attempt.
Oh. Can I hit 1?
Of the crystals. With Kalimba, you know.
What? Bro don't break the.
Elevator, please God, I bet the rest.
Of these rooms have some, well, they're growing out of the
floor. It's not.
It don't seem like they're going to use for anything.
Ezra, Ezra. Ezra looks at the.
New person and just kind of puts fingers to mouth.
You're totally good. Yeah.
Which is can't destroy. Everything.
Eating things only works in combat, and only sometimes.
They work all the time. Nothing has nothing.
To do with the big Rock. That's holding a bowl.
Yeah, but there's the big rock outside, right?
This room is full of. Ice.
Could it be that we need to? Place rice inside the bowl and
then. Melt it seems a bit too.
Obvious. Should we ask the guy at the
door? Guard.
Should we just ask the door behind us as?
I ponder that big fella. Take a moment.
And try getting some ice. Into the bowl while I explore
the rest of this place. So we got attached to what?
What? What is this over here?
I see a spider embrasure. I think Embrasure, it's a
statue. Actually it is, yeah.
It's a It's a statue. Of a spider like this is.
Going to go down the other. Hallway and further explore that
one especially the rock where. Do you want me to put?
Where do you want me to put? Snow do we want to do we?
Do we want to pause here and try to figure it out next time?
Fresh. I feel like I'm.
Missing information unless I. Yeah, we'll probably want to
pick it. For you next time, OK, I mean
it's a, it's a solid stopping point.
No, no escape. I know.
I really. Don't want to?
Give them another. Chance to.
Plant that fucking seed. Exactly, you're in.
Purgatory now, hey. That's something.
One and two, you still have two more sessions of this.
Evil campaign. Before your rhythmic veracity,
I'm going to text you a list of the magic items specifically I
haven't made because I don't know what everyone everybody
else. Needs but good night.
But I'm going to text you a list that'll be helpful.
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