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Twenty Sides: A DnD Podcast
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Twenty Sides: A DnD Podcast
C1 - Ep 23: Zalkum
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Zalkum, a gnome historian of sorts, shares information with the party.
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On the last episode of 20 Sides, while rowing downriver, the party fended off some strange, amphibious creatures that attacked from down below. They reached Yarlick Cove, home to Verez, and he shared his story with his father, King Yarlic. Verez then led Leo to Zalcom, the gnome librarian of Yarlit Cove. Unfortunately for the party, Verez's knowledge of the portal seemed cloudier than he initially led on. And that's where we begin.
SPEAKER_01Welcome to 20 Sides, a fast-paced, story-driven, actual play Dungeons and Dragons podcast. I'm your DM, Matt.
SPEAKER_07I'm Bobby, playing Yaros, the Dwarven Barbarian.
SPEAKER_04Hey, I'm Jess, and I play Leona, the Moon Elpha Wizard.
SPEAKER_01Hi, I'm Philip, and I play Seven, the Warforge Cleric.
SPEAKER_05Hi, I'm Tyler, and I play the half elven rogue or Della.
SPEAKER_01Join our campaign as we unravel the mysteries of an ancient necrotic evil right now on 20 Sides.
SPEAKER_02Oh, oh, so the the the the legend of the portal. Um, a man named Mr. Belshire, who lived in Dyer's Rest, created a tower in the deep hollows, but he he made a portal between Dyer's Rest and this tower.
SPEAKER_01Ordella, right now this is ringing a bell for you.
SPEAKER_05I was just gonna ask. Why do I know?
SPEAKER_01A legend of this Mr. Belshire. And some of you believed it as kids, some of you didn't, of he would take people through this portal with him, or you know, it was it was almost like a kid's fairy tale for y'all.
SPEAKER_05Like growing up Piper type situation. No, no, no.
SPEAKER_01Like Peter Pan, like he wasn't evil, he wasn't evil by any stretch in this fairy tale, but it was just this this super powerful wizard that created a a different means to kind of do his own thing apart from what this line of the Willow Falls wanted their their top lieutenant wizards, or so to speak, wanted them to do. And so he was able to do both in his time at Dyer's Rest.
SPEAKER_02Um, so so he he created this tower. Mr. Belshire is is he he he passed away, um, some 40 years ago, maybe. And um, so legend has it that he was there, and but maybe, maybe not. I don't know. I've never been in the tower, so I can't say for sure.
SPEAKER_04You said he passed away 40-ish years ago. That's convenient.
SPEAKER_03Why why is that convenient? Isn't that when the orc horse happened?
unknownYeah.
SPEAKER_05Wait, like which um which tower in Dyer's Rest?
SPEAKER_02Well, no, no, no, no, the tower is in the deep hollows. Uh, he had a portal in Dyer's Rest that he would go through into the tower in the deep hollows, and that's the tower you all are trying to go to.
SPEAKER_05Guys, like, not to like give him a ton of credit, but like I've definitely heard this story before.
SPEAKER_03Really?
SPEAKER_05But I've never like seen it.
SPEAKER_03Well, didn't you didn't you say you knew about other the other stuff that we were we were looking for? They they say I have the memory of uh an elephant. Do you know what an elephant is?
SPEAKER_02Nope. But I've heard them say.
SPEAKER_05Do you know what an elephant is?
SPEAKER_03Well well, what about all what about all the stuff that that Leo asked you about? What about what about all that? What what shut? You know the uh the stuff that we're supposed to be looking for for Seekers of Light? I forget that we're doing that sometimes. The crimson the the thorns. No, no, the uh yeah, what wait what was the other stuff? Or the wasn't there an artifact? And I look at I look at Yaros like I'm reading my picture books, guys.
SPEAKER_04Yeah, so basically, um, yeah, tell us about this artifact, the eternal rest artifact. Oh yes, come come come, Leo, come.
SPEAKER_05Can I?
SPEAKER_03And I'm still sitting, so I scoot on my butt closer to him. Okay, yeah.
SPEAKER_05And I'm just like super curious about this place that we're in. Like, I see that there's a lot of books happening, but like, is there anything else? Like, can I go rummage around some things while they're all preoccupied?
SPEAKER_01Yeah, make an investigation checks.
SPEAKER_0520 plus two, 22.
SPEAKER_01Hate to break it to you, but it looks like a completely normal. There are no traps. You don't pick up on anything. Now, you didn't roll like an arcana check or anything like that, but you don't pick up on anything that would be magical. From what you're picking up from him, he just seems super interested in reading these ancient texts and and really deciphering them, and he gets super excited about telling people all this information.
SPEAKER_05Continue. Sorry.
SPEAKER_02Oh, oh, so so Leo, look, look right here. This this text was written in in an ancient, long forgotten language. But one of my favorite things in the world to do is to get these type of books and try to figure out what it says. It takes me years, but I do it. So this one and he puts his finger down and starts moving it along. It um it breaks down Thormir. Thormir, he was he was the storm giant. See? And and and he rose to power through this uh authoritarian mindset. He ruled with an iron fist, and he believed himself to be stronger than Gregnar, the prince of storms, the the god Gregnar. It's very foolish, but this is what he believed. And and others began to follow him, and and even even the orcs followed him. Haha! His charisma was strong, this this this storm here. Even the orcs, they're not the brightest, but they believed him to be a demigod. And his followers, he sent them out all across the world, and they found the ancient texts of the demon lords. I even have a few of those in here, but that's for that's for another day. They found out about immortality, and one of the ways you do that, he became obsessed with it. Thormir, he wanted to be immortal. He wanted to prove to Gregnar that he was the strongest giant and Thormir allied with an ancient blue dragon by the name of Sangarin. See, see this this word right here?
SPEAKER_01And he points he points to a piece of the text.
SPEAKER_02That that that means Sangarin in in this ancient language. And and together, through ancient and dark rituals, he became a lich. And Sangarin became a Draco Lich.
unknownAh.
SPEAKER_04Wait a sec. So um Thorimir became a lich. Yes. Sangarin became a dragon lich? Yeah, a draco lich. Yes, it's basically a lich.
SPEAKER_02That's a dragon that's a lich. A blue dragon? What? Yeah. He was an ancient blue dragon through these ancient rituals became a a dragon that's a lich. They became they became immortal. And and he his strongest accomplices uh became these nightmare riders. These Okay, yeah, that sounds familiar. Why does that sound familiar to you?
SPEAKER_04Uh, just from none of your business.
SPEAKER_03I did isn't that what what kind of attacked us in when we were on on the road on the p western pie eastern pie?
SPEAKER_01Um whatever. He begins flipping through the books.
SPEAKER_02Um, if you have heard of the nightmare, have you seen them?
SPEAKER_03I don't know if that's what that was or not, but it sure is.
SPEAKER_04If they are back, that means Dormir's back. Well, I think that's I think that is a a laugh possibility.
SPEAKER_07I say this mouse drops rock on cat's head.
SPEAKER_00I forgot you're reading Dr.
SPEAKER_04Dr. Zeus over there.
SPEAKER_02Dr. Zeus. But so lot long ago, Dormir was eventually overthrown and and and he was he was killed, but litches have a phylactery, which their their souls go into and then they're able to come back. His phylactery was never found, and the only way to to rid the world of the of his phylactery is through um this his ancient maul. It it is it's absolutely enormous. It's it's eternal rest. You can crush the phylactery with it, uh, but it but if Thormir gains power through this maul, if he has it, it's in his possession, then he could be powerful enough to ascend to godhood. Well, what what is the ma what does the maul do?
SPEAKER_04Do you have a picture of the small body?
SPEAKER_02It may be in the picture books that he's looking at. I'm kidding, I'm kidding. Where, um, where is the small? I I I don't know, but in this book it talks about how three great adventurers overthrew Thormir and and the shiftiest of the three, the most devious of the three, his name was Kaldor Greypeak. Took the maul and hid it, and then he was never to be found again. And and the reason they think that is because if if they knew where Kaldor was, they could find him and extract this information. So Kaldor was smart enough to hide it and then disappear forever, so its its location was lost. Uh have you have you ever have you ever seen it?
SPEAKER_03Do you know what it does? Do you know how it works? I don't.
SPEAKER_02I just know it's it's a mall. Apparently there are there are three sockets in it. And and and the socket like real uncomfortable.
SPEAKER_04Like you think or did I say something wrong?
SPEAKER_03I stand up from my crisscross applesauce that I've been in.
SPEAKER_04Hey, uh continue, continue? Yeah, Yarrow. Come here, uh there's n there's he's telling us story. It's story time over here, so there's no reason.
SPEAKER_07Welcome listen to the story.
SPEAKER_04Yes.
SPEAKER_03And if the nightmare riders have returned, that means You you were talking about the mall though. What it look you said it had it had sockets? Yes. It has three sockets. What else do you know about it?
SPEAKER_02There's not a lot uh more information. It's a mall. I mean, I'm sure it's the size of a giant. It's it's for a giant, a storm giant.
SPEAKER_04So I'm gonna message uh Yarost and say that sound that mall sounds awfully familiar.
SPEAKER_06My my mall is not for giant. I am I am dwarf and I hold mall. Hey, hey, Yaros, let me see that mall you got.
SPEAKER_07Oh, you have a mall! Yes, yes, we we stumbled across mall in uh near our uh small town.
SPEAKER_05Uh Yaros? Do you have that? This is not say mall.
SPEAKER_07This is it has sockets, it has Oh but it's you said it was made for storm giant.
SPEAKER_02Yes. Um some some magical weapons resize to their to their user. Did uh where where did you find this one?
SPEAKER_07It was in uh monastery uh in the Unveiled Lands.
SPEAKER_02Just in just in in a church?
SPEAKER_03Uh beneath it somewhere.
SPEAKER_02Huh. Did you see it?
SPEAKER_03Tell him tell him what happened, though. Tell him what happened with the the uh essence of of Thormir that we found.
SPEAKER_07Oh well, we we did stumble across uh dark energy um that was uh causing uh disturbances in the nearby town. Um we tried to cast magic on it, but that did not work. So I took the this mall and I hit it, and it seemed to to go into the mall. The the dark energy seemed to get absorbed by the mall.
SPEAKER_02My friend! Yes May I May I see it? I'm not gonna be able to hold it. Can you put it on the table?
SPEAKER_01So he starts looking at it.
SPEAKER_02Look!
SPEAKER_01Here and he points out the script that's written on it, and he starts flipping in the book. Um here shows you the book, and the text is the exact same. Oh and it says eternal rest. Did you not did you not notice this?
SPEAKER_04I mean, like, I don't know that language.
SPEAKER_03You know I can't read. I mean, I can read. I I mean totally, but I I didn't I you know You have let me carry around ancient magic mall.
SPEAKER_04I mean, better you than me.
SPEAKER_05I don't want to.
SPEAKER_03I mean, if you don't want to carry it, I will totally carry it. I don't know.
SPEAKER_05I mean, shouldn't we like hide it? What are we doing? Just like walking around.
SPEAKER_04I think we need to keep it on us, because it sounds like we're gonna have to find the other two was it. No, the sockets are three sockets.
SPEAKER_06Correct, they're all empty. Yeah.
SPEAKER_04All that's three sockets. So I'm pretty sure I found like an emerald.
SPEAKER_01You did, but it went. Yeah.
SPEAKER_04I just like shove it in there. Oh man. Uh yeah, I think we need to hang on to this. It sounds like there's gonna be people looking for it.
SPEAKER_05Yeah, so why are we going to hold on to it? Oh my gosh, and they're gonna come for us.
SPEAKER_07Just throw it at the bottom of lake.
SPEAKER_05Don't want it.
SPEAKER_02I I don't want it.
SPEAKER_05Is it um does it need the three gems to like be powerful or is it powerful now?
SPEAKER_02I think it needs three specific gems, but I this this must be what uh Panner was talking about.
SPEAKER_07We thought about three gems.
SPEAKER_04Yeah, so basically we need to find the gems, put in them all, kill the Thoromir's phlactory, and then all will be well. Um like is that that's like the cliffs notes of all this moral of the story.
SPEAKER_07I sure each of those gems was with some bad creature, right? There's an orcad one.
SPEAKER_02Yeah. Um not good. Not to be. I don't want this to come across as offensive at all. But um you all don't look very strong. Uh, if you're going to go try to kill Thormir. If he is back.
SPEAKER_03No, I'm I'm not gonna kill Thormir. Are we planning on killing Thormir? Is that well do you do you have any gems?
SPEAKER_07Well, um, Leo, did you all down where these gems were? Let's see if this guy has heard of any of these people.
SPEAKER_04Okay, so um, yeah, uh a druid necromancer, uh, name I I just kinda remember Deathbloom.
SPEAKER_02Oh, in the Deathbloom tree.
SPEAKER_04Okay.
SPEAKER_02Yes, he's in the deep hallows. He's here.
SPEAKER_04Of course. He's right next door.
SPEAKER_02I'm kidding. I'm kidding, you all.
SPEAKER_01He adjusts his spectacles.
SPEAKER_04Uh, so that's so that's near here?
SPEAKER_02Um, it's not near here, but it's it's it's uh uh in the deep hallows.
SPEAKER_04Okay, and then um Several days trap. A red dragon named Rock Rockendeck?
SPEAKER_02I'd never heard of him. I'm sorry. Where is he stationed?
SPEAKER_04I don't remember.
SPEAKER_02Oh.
SPEAKER_04I just know he's a red dragon.
SPEAKER_02Maybe you could just And he's got a ruby. Maybe you walk in and ask and say, Can I have it? Like you did with me with the book. That's true.
SPEAKER_04And then, um we gotta find Basic, the orc lord. Hmm, yes. His axe, uh, I think it has, I don't know, it has a special stone in it.
SPEAKER_02Is he is he in the Deep Hallows? No, he's in the I believe he's in the Greywall Mountains on uh up on the surface, where I'm assuming you all come from. And good luck with him. He he was one that led the orc raids 40 or so years ago, and uh he himself has um a necklace that keeps him young. Maybe take off the necklace of him and see what happens. I don't know. Maybe ask if you can have his necklace.
SPEAKER_04Did he did he kill um did he kill uh Elbert? A guy named Elbert, he killed his daughter. I'm not sh I'm not sure.
SPEAKER_03He didn't know. I'm not sure. Would this book tell me about that?
SPEAKER_02Um, it may I'm sure it talks about Basic sum, but I don't I don't know how in in depth it gets. I don't remember that one as well.
SPEAKER_07Okay, so now we have other things we must do is get these gems. Now that we know we have this. What other things do you all have to do? We still need to go to uh dire's herness.
SPEAKER_05Do you know anything about dire's rest? Where is the where is the D section, you know, in your Oh, um, the D s the D section is over there.
SPEAKER_02I I'm not sure if there's any Dyer's Rest text in it. Um I mainly focus on ancient texts. It's it's kind of my specialty. Yeah, do you have any spell books? I don't. Okay.
SPEAKER_04Yeah, well, I think I think we need to go to Dyer's Rest because I feel like that's where some bad bad stuff is about to throw down. That's a good idea. Could could I ask a favor of you all? You want us to get you some saltwater taffy while we're there?
SPEAKER_05We have the best saltwater taffy?
SPEAKER_02Yes, and a trinket with a little bear on it.
SPEAKER_05I'll take you to the gift shop.
SPEAKER_02There is a um, there are I I've heard there are two ancient texts. Now, they don't really have anything to do with what you all are talking about, but they are really, really close by in a in a layer of a um, I think it's a a troll, but there are apparently some magical weapons that you may be interested in. Or other magical items. But there are two texts that I've been dying to get, and I've I've asked a few goblins to do it, and well they just died. And and but but I would love if you all maybe could get them for me. And you can keep everything else you get. I just would just love the text. I please.
SPEAKER_04Okay, so what uh what is it that what is it called? The text? Yeah. I don't know. Oh, uh how am I supposed to find it then? Well, they're in the layer of this troll. So you want me to go into a troll's lair and look for unbooks you don't even know what they're called? I'm on it.
SPEAKER_07I I yes if it's along the way, but this dire's rest thing I think is our number one priority, right?
SPEAKER_02Yes, absolutely. But you can do this like now. It's not far, it's only like a 30, 30, 45 minute walk from here.
SPEAKER_05We have dinner, man.
SPEAKER_07Yes, great, great feast is being thrown in my honor. Yes. I can imagine.
SPEAKER_04Well, we might need to eat, so I mean we might have some time uh if there's like more books. Will you do me a favor?
SPEAKER_02Maybe.
SPEAKER_04Oh you gather up every book that you have. I mean, I probably could hold every single book that you have. But anyways, um, every single copy that you have on Thoromir, like anything that we talked about. Yes. Is that okay?
SPEAKER_02Absolutely. I would love this is this is Alcom's purpose.
SPEAKER_04Will you will your library to me after you pass?
SPEAKER_02I would love to do that.
unknownOkay.
SPEAKER_02I've been looking for someone to take it from me. Hopefully, when I die in a hundred years, I will give it to you.
SPEAKER_04Well, uh, I mean I would take it all now, but I'm not allowed to take stuff anymore.
SPEAKER_05Leo, you could just be like the little princess here. I don't want to do that. You can marry the little goblin, and then you could stay here and just be in charge of this.
SPEAKER_02Uh, that's gross.
SPEAKER_05Very sweet.
SPEAKER_02I tell you what, when you all kill Thormir, you will be powerful enough to have your own tower. Maybe you could take over Mr. Belshire's tower. And you could take all of these books and live down here in the deep hollows. Oh gosh, this is starting to look very bleak for me.
SPEAKER_04Or not. You don't have to do that. Um, okay, well, so where's this troll's house? I think we have time.
SPEAKER_02Um, I can have a couple of goblins show you the way. Yaros, do we have time for that?
SPEAKER_04I don't You you're the one that likes to mow heads.
SPEAKER_03Let's do it.
SPEAKER_04I just like to take stuff. But I ask you for permission. I just want that to be very clear. I asked you for the books, okay? And I look at Yaros.
SPEAKER_02I will Good job. I will gather any any any other books um I have about the the Thormir and the Crimson Silence and and this this cre that you're seven.
SPEAKER_03I'm seven. I'm warforged. Yes. Oh.
SPEAKER_02I I may have a text on the warforge.
SPEAKER_03I'll I'll take that. I can totally read it. Do you know what section it would be in? No. The double use. Oh I don't know what that means. I I work with him on his letters, y'all.
SPEAKER_02It's very important. Okay, yeah. Okay. I'll gather all that. Put it in a nice.
SPEAKER_07I will take a small book on cat and mouse. It's it's for nephew. If it's for nephew.
SPEAKER_02That's really what is your nephew's name?
SPEAKER_07It's his nephew.
SPEAKER_03Very interesting name. Okay. That's the first time you've talked about family at all. I didn't know you had a nephew. Yes, yes.
SPEAKER_07Long lost nephew on mother's side. We don't talk about that much.
SPEAKER_02All right. Vrez, will you go grab a couple of goblins and and take them to the trolls lair? I I don't want you all to die. Because if you die, then who will be able to stop Thormir? I mean, I'm sure there will be more people more powerful than you that can, but still.
SPEAKER_07Uh, I mean like Well, you'll at least not tell them where to find the eternal rest. This will be in trolls later.
SPEAKER_04Yes, I will do that.
SPEAKER_03Yeah, that's that's uh Alright, well let's get a move on because I I don't even need to eat, and we have some dinner we have to be at, so okay.
SPEAKER_05Alright, let's go. Perfect. So you know how he said, like, there's that portal, but it's legend. So I'm just sitting here thinking.
SPEAKER_04Yeah.
SPEAKER_05Um, I spent a lot of time alone. Not because of myself, but because of everyone else around. But like the courtyard was like the place that I would hang out, right? But I hung out with a lot of goblins. And guys, isn't that like a little bit weird? Maybe the goblins came through this little portal, hoofed over to us. Yeah, I mean, maybe.
SPEAKER_07I don't know. That's what makes sense. Yeah, I mean, that does. With our other goblins anywhere else in town, or they only just showed up in inside courtyards?
SPEAKER_05Yeah, I mean, I didn't really go a lot of places, so they just hang out with me though. They wouldn't really like, you know, sometimes people would say I had imaginary friends, but I mean, I don't know, that's weird. So I just did what I had to do. But just thought it was a little weird. Yeah, that is weird.
SPEAKER_07Well, let's go kill trolls. We're going to go kill trolls. Let's go get a troll. Anybody know anything about trolls?
SPEAKER_04Let's go get some books. Oh yeah. Um They can die. Do I know anything about trolls? Do I know anything about trolls?
SPEAKER_01Make a nature or history check.
SPEAKER_0510.
SPEAKER_0113. A one, and I get a minus one. You've snuck the cat and mouse book. You're just enthralled with it.
SPEAKER_04Okay, so I have 13 plus six, so 19.
SPEAKER_0119.
SPEAKER_04Cool.
SPEAKER_01So, Leo, you know, you've read a little bit, you know, trolls regenerate. So if they're hit within seconds, that wound can be mended through magical means that they have. You know that fire stops that. So any form of fire damage that they take kind of prevents them from regenerating.
SPEAKER_07What I know about trolls is trolls are scared of ice. So if you know, if you have any of your ice magic, this is the best time to use it.
SPEAKER_04Okay, no, uh, from what I remember about learning about trolls, they uh regenerate quickly. So we basically gotta use fire. Fire and knives.
SPEAKER_01At that moment, the door busts open to Zalcom's little hut, and two goblins run in, and one of them goes, Um, Verez.
SPEAKER_02Verez told me to come here, and my name is Tons. Tons tons of what? No, no, just just tons. What are you? Anyway, come on, come on. You're going to the troll layer. Yep. All of you? Yep, all of us. Follow me! Let's go! Let's go!
SPEAKER_04Okay, come on, okay, let's go. Yeah, he's like a he's like a mall walking.
SPEAKER_01He's got a bandana around him. So, tons walks with you all about 30-ish minutes until you get to a cavern entrance. And it's weird that there are these cavern entrances underground in these deep hallows that is just seems to be just tons of rock and dirt and whatnot.
SPEAKER_02He points straight ahead and goes, Okay, that is that is it. I'll give you about 20 minutes. And if you're not back in 20 minutes, that means you're dad.
SPEAKER_04I'm gonna go back. Well, question. Yes.
SPEAKER_02Does the troll ever bother you guys or every once in a while, as we're walking past, he will come out and kill us. Well, not not me particularly.
SPEAKER_04That was dark. I thought you just were gonna say like a bothered you or prank you guys.
SPEAKER_02No, he definitely doesn't like tickle us. He grabs us with his claws and scrapes down our faces until we're dead.
SPEAKER_05Oh, okay. Uh is it a tiny troll? To a dragon, yes.
SPEAKER_02To a me, no. He's big he's bigger than him. And he points to seven.
SPEAKER_04Oh, okay. And his his can you give us 30 minutes?
SPEAKER_02Sure.
SPEAKER_03Okay. I'll try to count that high.
SPEAKER_05Leo, do we really need to go in here?
SPEAKER_03Hey, hey, Li Leo, did you did you say fire? Okay, too much talking. Go ahead. Go ahead. Is it fire?
SPEAKER_04Fire, fire, fire, lots of fire.
SPEAKER_07If you want to listen to her, sure. But I I have heard ice.
SPEAKER_04Do you have ice?
SPEAKER_07That's why I told you all. Oh, okay. I only have magical hammer. I've been walking around with that Thormere would like.
SPEAKER_04You have a magical hammer? No, shh, shh. Go sit down. Go sit down and start counting.
SPEAKER_03Okay, timer starts now. I cast Searing Smite on my eight. Mace.
SPEAKER_0412. Sheesh.
SPEAKER_0247.
SPEAKER_04So I would. Yeah. So I would like to um roll for percep like do a perception check. See if I can perceive anything.
SPEAKER_01Are you are you wait wait wait wait? Are you walking in?
SPEAKER_04Well, I mean, I'm like toward at the entrance or toward outside the entrance. Oh, okay, okay. And I just want to see if I can see anything with my dark vision or anything.
SPEAKER_01What'd you roll? 13. 13. You look down this cave entrance, and it's roughly seven, eight feet across, about 10 feet high, and it goes down 25, 30 feet and then veers off to the right. You start listening, you don't hear anything other than your normal sounds that are down here that you've become accustomed to in the deep hallows.
SPEAKER_07It is it is just one little troll. We we should be fine. Let's let's go on in.
SPEAKER_03I'll go first. So I cast hearing smite on my mace. So that I can, one that I can see, but two, Leo told me, fire. Yep.
SPEAKER_05Seven, wait, shouldn't I? Nope.
SPEAKER_01And I just walk forward. Any stealthing happening, or are we just walking straight in? Seven is just ready to do this.
SPEAKER_05As best as I can. Can I try to sneak behind him just to like? I just feel like very nervous for seven right now, and I'm like, he can't really see what's happening, and I just want to be there, and I'm very stealthy, and I just kind of want to. 21 for stealth.
SPEAKER_01So you're hugging the wall.
SPEAKER_0515 plus 8.
SPEAKER_0123.
SPEAKER_05Yes.
SPEAKER_01Okay. So you are in his shadow. Leo, you are hugging the wall.
SPEAKER_04I'm on the opposite wall.
SPEAKER_01Okay. So you all walk 15, 20, 25 feet. You round that corner and you enter this pretty big, probably 45, 50 feet across cavern, all these stalagtites and stalagmites in the room. Everybody give me a perception check when you walk in. It's really tough to see past all these. 10, 17, 12, 11. Yaros, you see in the back left corner of the room, this troll sitting down on his lap is a small creature with its head completely torn off. He hears seven coming. Of course, as he's clanking forward, and this huge light is now emitting into this portion of the cavern.
SPEAKER_05My dude.
SPEAKER_01He stands up, he tosses the head of this creature and is as it hits the wall. And he goes, and he rushes forward. Everybody roll for initiative.
SPEAKER_03Roll for initiative.
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