Ep. 46: The Siege of Eldoria - Part 1

Our group of friends have awaited for dawn to arrive as forces amass around Eldoria. As they prepare to defend the city and the Moonmother Tree, will they be successful, or will neighboring clans breach?

Transcript

SPEAKER_01 0:18

The light, the blue light of the moon mother tree is casting this general glow across the entirety of Eldoria. Blue filaments and leaves across the entirety of this massive, massive tree. As you guys are at its base in the grove, you guys are in the center of town. The smell of smoke in the near distance, not quite in town, but as you guys start to look north, you can see some smoke is starting to rise, and you guys have seen similar plumages of smoke coming from the east. Dawn is probably only a half hour to an hour away. But as you guys are there, you are kind of with this small group that you guys have met up with. Some people are sleeping, some people haven't. Do you guys think that in this time, realistically, your characters would have gone any sleep?

SPEAKER_03 1:41

How much time?

SPEAKER_01 1:43

It would it would probably be within a span of like four to five hours. You guys, so I'll just kind of give you guys like also a general like idea. There was projections that they were gonna come in the morning, and it looks like it's happening, but at the time, like you guys were unsure. Like uh some of the scouting parties said that they were kind of a distance away still, but they were obviously making their way towards Eldoria. Yeah, I think I would take my cue from Pierce as to whether or not I would try to get any rest, or could get any rest.

SPEAKER_03 2:18

Yeah, I think I think my it would my decision to sleep would have come off of like how Lake or Alan were like feeling in their confidence of when these like fighting parties were gonna show up. So maybe could I roll like uh insight or perception or something to see if I if I would have it, would I have felt like they were confident in the timing of when these parties were gonna show up?

SPEAKER_01 2:46

Uh I mean I'll I'll say that but you know, obviously before we this is already the start of the episode, but uh I think you would have had like a feeling that they genuinely don't know. I mean, I think they were sharing too. It's like it's it you guys have kind of stayed collectively. It's been Lova, Tamson, Lake Talon, and you three. So you guys have kind of just been staying together this whole time, but it it already looks like they've kind of opted to not sleep. But I mean they they share with you. Lake looks at you guys and just says, if you all need to rest, it's it is okay. We can keep an eye out, we can wake you if they start to approach. Okay, thank goodness. Uh, and then Luka falls asleep right where he's standing.

SPEAKER_03 3:26

Yeah, I mean, I think I would have tried. Uh I mean, obviously it's only like a four or five minute or five hour time period, it's not like a full eight.

SPEAKER_01 3:33

Yeah, so so for any of my spell casters, this will not be a long rest. But since it is also because I'm gonna say just also realistically, knowing that war is approaching, I don't know how restful of a sleep it would be if everybody here can make constitution saving throws with advantage on saving throws, just to try to maximize the rest of the little bit of sleep that you guys are getting.

SPEAKER_05 3:58

Not 20.

SPEAKER_01 3:59

Not 20, hell yeah. Nice. I got uh I got a 21. 21. That was almost almost a five. It teetered and it's not, it's a 20. A 20? Hell yeah. You all again, not a long rest, unfortunately.

SPEAKER_03 4:15

Um, not exhaustion, not exhaustion.

SPEAKER_01 4:19

We'll count this kind of as a as a short rest, so no levels of exhaustion. If you guys need HP, go ahead and roll your hit die to maximize. I think everyone should be fine, I believe. But but there is a point where you all feel hands on your shoulders as they wake you up and Lova speaks up, still in her dear form, and just says, It is time. Oh, okay. Should we Pierce? Are we are we going north? East originally there were uh three three groups, but I think after some of the fighting when you all went and and faced the scouting parties, that uh it seems that they've combined and amassed some of their forces. So we will not it doesn't seem that we'll have to fight them in three different directions, fortunately, but they are coming from the north and the east. So we will probably have to divvy up our strengths.

SPEAKER_03 5:18

Okay. Have we been able to tell which fighting party uh larger?

SPEAKER_01 5:23

Um it appears that the one from the east is smaller, but it does seem that they have shapeshifters as well. Uh it appears that the uh group amassing from the north is more traditional warriors and fighters. Either way, I mean this will be a difficult battle, but what do you guys think?

SPEAKER_02 5:46

Or do you think it will be more useful?

SPEAKER_05 5:48

The bigger party for sure.

SPEAKER_03 5:52

Well larger force, but not necessarily stronger. It sounds like the eastern force that's moving in is more shapeshifters and I don't know how bell casters.

SPEAKER_01 6:04

I don't know how familiarized, yes. That that is my concern is um a lot of the warriors here are less familiarized with fighting people that are more arcanely guild. But they've I mean they've they've faced other magic users in the past, but I don't know how familiar you are all with dealing with with magic users. And Tamson speaks up at this point, just says, I I I I feel comfortable with with magic, and he kind of does like a small cantrip, and you guys see like some sparks and and a small flame appear in his hand. So so I can I can go to the the east.

SPEAKER_03 6:38

I think if you guys agree, I think we should go to the east as well. We do have I don't know if we have more experience, but we have experience with arcane-like battles, and that I think we can be more helpful.

SPEAKER_01 6:52

Wonderful. Then if that's the case, and then at this point, turns her head towards Lake and Talon, and she says, then I think the three of us will gather a group towards the north, and you will also go with another group towards the east. But I think we will probably send about 20 men with your with your group, and then we can send the rest of the men towards the north with us, and then we'll keep a small regiment here, just keeping an eye on everything here at the grove.

SPEAKER_03 7:24

Sounds good.

unknown 7:25

That sounds good. That sounds great.

SPEAKER_01 7:27

At this point, you guys are in this like semi-circle, kind of away from the other civilians, right? These are just villagers that live here, and that's kind of the majority of what the people in the grove. The grove is pretty full at this point. There are people that have opted to stay in their homes uh for fear of the war that is coming, uh, of strangers knocking at their doors, telling them to uh to come to safety, and so, but that was hours ago at this point, and so there is this silence again as people have you know more fallen asleep out of exhaustion and fear than anything, and so you guys are kind of left alone. Uh Lova looks at you all and says, I understand that this is not your fight, but I am deeply uh indebted to all of you for choosing to stay.

SPEAKER_03 8:25

I think technically no, but we did come here to make it our fight.

SPEAKER_01 8:31

Big brown doe eyes looks at everybody, and there is just this moment where she just nods, doesn't say anything. Wonderful. I'll say at this point as well, you guys have gathered for anyone that might need it or have wanted it, you guys could have grabbed some spears and some short bows as well. And so if it's not already, go ahead and add it to your character sheets. But looks at everyone, just says, We will make it through this, we will all be together after this combat. We will send people to their homes, and then we will sleep and get some rest after this. But please take care of each other, watch each other's backs. The the men that are going with with you and men traveling with us as well are skilled warriors, but war is not something that a lot of them have had to deal with her face, and so this will be something new to them as well. Well, be safe, and then she starts to start to head north. Talon follows, kind of gives you guys just like a very stoic nod. Lake looks at all of you and just says, Do not die, and then just walks away. Gives him a nod. You got it. I'll I'll I'll try my oh I mean I try I'll try my best. Go ahead and give me a quick perception check.

SPEAKER_05 9:50

Does he think we're gonna die? Perception. Oh, that's deception. Hold on, my bed.

SPEAKER_01 9:56

Everybody's dice are showing up on my screen. This is crazy. Yeah, I don't know. What did I get? Debion had an update.

SPEAKER_03 10:04

Wow.

SPEAKER_05 10:05

Yeah, we're not sponsored. We have a 17. Who had an update? I'm gonna 27.

SPEAKER_01 10:11

Uh uh, I don't think anyone's gonna be the 27. No, okay. With a 27, uh with a 27, uh, you're the first one to kind of notice or or hear it. But as as Lake just says, do not die, or you hear like a quick like like sniffling behind you, and you turn around and see Tamson, and he's just like kind of whispers it, but he's he just does away with words.

SPEAKER_05 10:39

Very few words.

SPEAKER_03 10:42

Pat Tamson on the back, like as I walk by him heading east.

SPEAKER_01 10:46

And at this point, there is some wars as you guys start to exit the grove, sound kind of returns. The the grove kind of had this sound muffling effect. Did nothing for the smell of smoke, you know, from these war parties that are headed in your guys' direction. But as soon as you guys exit out, loud, loud bird noise and song kind of from everywhere around the city, as you don't know if it's the commotion of the war bands coming or it's just them signaling the morning that is fast approaching. But there's just bird song everywhere. There are warriors that have kind of been posted out there waiting for Lova to make her way out, and you can see that she is talking to some of the groups, and then they start to divvy up as a group heads north, and then a group, uh honestly, not even waiting for you guys, starts to head east. Tamson looks at you guys and just says, Should we should we get good going? Yeah, I don't think we should get left behind. Yes, of course. And he he starts to walk, and you guys are are able to follow him. Uh you guys make your way through this city again of massive trees, these like sequoia height and size trees that are homes and buildings, massive branches intersecting, creating pathways above where you are, just below you know the canopy of these trees. And so you do notice that the majority of the warriors are on ground level, but some of them do start to climb up. There are these really precarious like rope spin ladders that go up to about probably 30 feet up in the air, and that's kind of where these like branch bridges uh are about. Obviously, there's some like divvying levels here and there, but in general, you do notice a small group is heading up there as well. These ones specifically do have bows and arrows with them as they are making their way kind of two tiered of you know, little party group headed towards the east, some at ground level, some up there. You all make your way to the east, you get near the edge of the city. The smell of smoke is heavy, and you can see faint little bit of light coming from the distance as a small amount of light is approaching the dark of the night, kind of becoming like a light purple. You know that it's still probably another half hour away before the sun fully comes out. As you guys position yourselves, where would you like to be? I think I'll probably try to climb into the trees to get a little bit of distance. Okay. You start to head up. A Tamson also will join towards again these bridge up there. They kind of do give you guys an aerial uh kind of well, ground level and then these levels of like these bridges that are interconnected.

SPEAKER_05 13:52

I also would like to climb the trees and get some get to a vantage point in the bridges.

SPEAKER_01 13:58

As you two or sorry, as you three head up, because Tamson is heading up there as well. Tamson is not a close range fighter. You guys this whole time also have just been seeing sweat, as he's clearly nervous as to what is to come, but but he's there, okay? What matters what matters is Tamson is there. He showed up, but he showed up, you know. As you guys make your way to these top tiers, I'll narrate that in a second. Pierce, where would you like to be?

SPEAKER_03 14:23

Is there any like not necessarily like hills, but little areas that I could be a little bit higher? Because or lower branches that I could potentially stand on. But yes, off of it, then I wouldn't take any like ball damage.

SPEAKER_01 14:37

Yes, you can. There are definitely lower branches. You definitely have to kind of like force yourself up a little bit, but there are places that are probably put you about not incredibly high up considering the size of the tree, but probably about eight feet up in the air. We'll say 10 just for the sake of simplicity, but yeah, yeah, I'll do that.

SPEAKER_00 15:02

Cool. We can do that as I start to get all this stuff. Beautiful.

SPEAKER_01 15:10

With that, shade's gotta come up for this because we got a lot going on. Um, you position yourself. Uh a lot of the warriors are at fully at ground level. Uh, a lot of them have spears and javelins, some more for like melee fighting, some more for throwing. There are about 15 people that are at ground level, and there are five archers that have headed up with you guys. So, total, there's eight of you guys up there, with obviously you two and the party, and then Tamson included, and then Pierce, you'll be uh you're literally within range. A lot of them are still uh all the warriors are there's an area, so as you guys are kind of visualizing it, uh you guys are at the edge of what the tree line is, uh, which would be like these massive, you know, trees that people literally live in, and there's about a space about 15 feet, and then the rest of the forest begins. And then these ones are still really massive trees, just not quite at the scale of the trees uh of Eldoria. But everyone stops at the tree line, and then everyone is kind of spaced out a little bit, but like you can see the plumage of smoke in front of you guys, like you know where the group is coming from. For the group that is on the bridges, as you guys are standing there, there is this sickening feeling as trees sway slightly in the wind. There is these like an interconnected branches. Uh, they're fairly wide. I would say they're probably about six feet like in width. So two people could walk, you know, in opposite directions and be comfortable. There is no guardrails, there is nothing preventing you from falling off the side. These are fully half naturally, you know, they're branches, but it seems that through some magic or some coaxing, uh, that they have formed these like flat platforms for you all to be able to, you know, walk from one tree to the other, but they are branches nonetheless. Uh but for the two of you guys that are up there, go ahead and give me perception checks.

SPEAKER_05 17:20

22.

SPEAKER_01 17:22

I got a 13 13. Uh you can start to hear the not quite the sound of people, but there's this general almost like a feeling, as some of the wildlife you could tell, is like birds are kind of going off in different directions, as you almost instinctively know that a group is headed in your direction with a 22.

SPEAKER_00 17:55

But let me roll real quick.

SPEAKER_01 17:58

Uh you find yourself noticing some movement on the tree line, but not quite like at ground level. Like being 30 feet up in the air has given you a perspective, but you also get a feeling that not all of the people headed your way are at ground level, similar to you guys. They seem to be using the trees uh to their advantage as well. Um so luckily at this point, those are like like just normal trees, so they don't have the the freedom of the branch bridges that you guys have, but you get a feeling that maybe people are literally almost like Naruto branch to branch. Uh is there anything you guys would like to do in these moments as you guys are waiting in this pre-dawn light?

SPEAKER_05 18:51

I would love to cast past without a trace.

SPEAKER_01 18:54

Okay. Hell yeah. This I'll say this will benefit yourself. Book, I'm assuming you're you're nearby. Yes. You notice that some of the archers, again, there's about five of them up there, but they're all about five feet away, so they're all kind of spaced out. So only about two of them will get the benefit, and then Tamson is also nearby, so he will get the benefit as well. Anything else you guys would like to do? You guys are kind of it's a like a minute or two of just this awkward silence, not knowing when bad things will happen.

SPEAKER_05 19:30

We should sing a song.

SPEAKER_02 19:33

Uh no, I don't think so. Just keeping my eyes open, trying to watch for bodies as much as possible.

SPEAKER_01 19:42

I'm just going to prepare my bow because I haven't used a bow a lot. Yeah. And I'm gonna keep it. It looks like I'm looking around and seeing everybody really look at looking forward through the trees. I wanna peek down. Can I survey the the land on the ground where it feels like some foot soldiers might come? Is it already pretty nature grown, like lots of tree roots and stuff, or is it does it feel a little bit more where they're coming from, where you guys originally made your way in, which was more north uh originally. Um, again, this isn't exactly like a city that's used to a lot of people coming in, but people do you know come in and out of the town, right? Like the villagers, the hunters, and they've also shared that they do know other tribes that they are friendly with. And so there was like a trail that led in. It was very still not, you know, it wasn't a road where you guys are. This is not a like a part of the town where people would naturally come in. Um, and so it is overgrown just with natural wildlife or natural flora. You know, there are like just bushes kind of at the edge of it, but then there is kind of open for about 15 feet, and then the city trees start awesome. Okay, good, good, good. I need I'll roll for you know what I'll uh Pierce. You can roll for Tamson. I need a pure luck chick from Tamson, Val, and Buka. Pure luck.

SPEAKER_05 21:26

Can you remind us how to roll for luck?

SPEAKER_01 21:28

Oh, the roll would be funny.

SPEAKER_05 21:30

Okay, great. Thanks.

SPEAKER_01 21:33

Bro, I don't know what it is about this update online, but it's it's rolling real slow at the end, so it looks like it's gonna be one year. And then it ends up being a different one. 13 17 for Puka. Cool, cool, cool, cool. You are all again in this moment of just quiet, sitting, and then immediately. A arrow shoots through the tree line with a he lucked out a little bit. Uh Tamson is going to take 28 points of damage. A quick breath because he's fine. 28 28 points of damage. He is up immediately just where it shoots, unsuspecting, it lands and just through the sheer force and un you know just accuracy of it breaks his clavicle. Uh and uh arrow is jutting out. The warriors that are at the top immediately look, and Tamson, there's this moment of shock. I think they're here. I need everybody to roll initiative.

SPEAKER_05 22:57

What makes you say that?

SPEAKER_01 22:59

What makes you say that? No way.

SPEAKER_05 23:01

No way, dude.

SPEAKER_01 23:04

18 for Buka. 18 for Puka.

SPEAKER_05 23:08

11 for Val.

SPEAKER_00 23:10

Okay, 18. Val 11. Oh, what appears, yeah. 21. 21. 21.

SPEAKER_05 23:18

21.

SPEAKER_01 23:19

And then Val, what did you get? I'm so sorry.

SPEAKER_05 23:22

An 11.

SPEAKER_00 23:23

11, cool. Tamson.

SPEAKER_01 23:25

Oh, Tamson, you did fine. Good for you, Tamson. 14 for Tamson. I'm gonna say for the sake of simplicity, I'll say the archers go on one turn, and then the warriors that are ground level will go out one turn, and then let me get this organized while you guys figure out what you guys want to do.

SPEAKER_00 23:46

Perfect.

SPEAKER_02 23:48

Surprise round. I take it, I take a shot.

SPEAKER_05 23:51

Of what?

SPEAKER_02 23:53

Whiskey.

SPEAKER_05 23:55

I have hold on, hold on. You could take a shot of Thornhill Gold.

SPEAKER_01 24:01

Ooh, that's a good one. That is a good one. Did you bring some?

SPEAKER_05 24:07

Yeah, it's in my bag of my bag.

SPEAKER_01 24:08

I think you have it in your bag, yeah.

SPEAKER_05 24:10

Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_02 24:11

Yes.

SPEAKER_05 24:12

Or we could sing a song from the songs of the elder trees while we're in a tree.

SPEAKER_01 24:20

You hear this just massive like war yell as all of the ones that are ground level grip their their spears and their javelins like tightly in their hands. You hear a same ferocity, just a slightly different like war cry from the tree line. And immediately you just start to see about uh 18 warriors just start to like head in your uh direction. But Pierce, you are first to act.

SPEAKER_03 24:48

Nice. Uh I'm gonna throw a javelin.

SPEAKER_01 24:50

Do it.

SPEAKER_03 24:51

That is the warriors that are we're doing like swarm rule things, right?

SPEAKER_01 24:56

Yes, for everybody listening, we are gonna be doing swarm tactics for most of them just to make my life easier.

SPEAKER_03 25:05

Uh dirty 20 to hit.

SPEAKER_01 25:07

Uh 100% hits.

SPEAKER_03 25:10

And as I like plant to throw this, I'm going to enter rage.

unknown 25:15

Yep.

SPEAKER_03 25:16

For my bonus action. Throw it as hard as I can for a total of 10 damage.

SPEAKER_01 25:23

Uh 10 damage, you immediately see that you take down one of the warriors as just from the elevated angle that you're at, you're able to throw it. And as the moment you know they broke through the tree line, instincts kicked in, and you hits one of them in the gut, lands, and is just fully not even fully prone, as the spear is literally keeping them off the ground, and the body just slides deeper into the spear, immediately dead. Uh, but the rest of the warriors are still coming your way.

SPEAKER_03 25:58

And then we kind of talked about this before going in. I forget what you call it, but when I do more damage than it would take to take down one, it like carries into another.

SPEAKER_01 26:08

Yes, cleave rules will be specifically when you're swinging some kind of melee weapon. Oh, because it wouldn't be like the spear just goes through one into the other person, but with like a blade, you go hard enough. Yeah, I've seen I've seen that happen so many times in the movies, Renee. But this is real life. This is real life, right? Obviously, they're heading in your direction, and so once they're there, we can start yeah, throwing some some cleave in there. Cool. Pierce, while you are there, any other that was action bonus action, any movement? Are you gonna stay where you are? How far, how far away is this group that's running at us? They're about 20 feet away as they just entered in, but their movement will get them to where the rest of the your warriors are.

SPEAKER_03 26:55

And our did did Maya warriors start running too or no?

SPEAKER_01 27:00

They started to just for the cinematics of it. Uh we're gonna we're gonna wrap this up.

SPEAKER_03 27:05

But even like where they meet would be one one turns of movement for me to get there. Yes. Okay, then I'm gonna stay where I'm at. Cool.

SPEAKER_01 27:14

Go ahead and give me a perception check. 10. Uh even with a 10, you throw it and your eyes immediately start going. 10 obviously is not gonna get anything super, super specific, as I think your brain almost goes autopilot and you're just surveying, you know, what is about to happen. You see entering the tree line, a similarly garbed warrior, but just looks a little bit more just physically menacing. He seems like almost like a full head, taller than everybody else that is headed in your direction. And then, unlike the other ones who have uh like spears and javelins similar to you know the broken spear warriors on your side, but he has a scimitar in his hand, but he has just entered the field, and then with another 10 as well, you notice just a little bit of movement still in the tree line.

SPEAKER_02 28:08

So, how far away is this new new dude for me? Uh about 20 feet away. Okay, cool.

SPEAKER_01 28:17

Cool. The warriors that break through the tree line and are headed towards the broken spear in the city of Holtoria. Similar, like again, they're doing their war cry, they make their way in and they are going to attack. They are going to do a total uh they're gonna do collectively uh 18 damage to again your guys' swarm, as at this point they are just locked in melee combat as shouts and yelps of pain and like grunts of frustration just immediately overtake the soundscape. The only thing you hear is just yelling and shouting as as fighting is happening. That is going to be Buka with your archers uh on deck. Great. Am I able to see anything in the trees? Uh go ahead and give me a perception check. 18. Uh 18. You notice, so just to kind of provide a little bit of visual, the warriors that made their way through that are currently fighting your guys, these people, uh, are wearing like gold and silver fur. It's uh similar garb to the other ones you had seen before. You notice in the tree line, some of them on the ground, some of them like you like standing on branches, uh, are wearing red leathers, and they don't seem to have any spears with them. Oh okay. They don't seem to have any spears. They're moving towards us, uh not yet. It seems that for mechanical sake, for mechanics' sake, it is not their turn quite yet. But oh, perfect. That's it. Do they I look at them through their eyes and into their soul? Are they menacing? 100%. Okay, I shoot them. Uh I'm gonna take a shot with the bow. Bo, yeah. Who would you like to aim for? Or I guess which group? They're still the one in the tree line and the ones that are now fighting uh at ground level. Yeah, I'm going to leave the ones at ground level alone for a little bit. I'm gonna go for the tree line. Hell yeah. Go ahead and go ahead and roll. Ten. Does not hit. There's like a clear like dunk as it lands in one of the trees nearby. One of these men that's like in like the tree looks at you and just smiles, and you see, even from this distance, just kind of these sharp canines that are kind of jutting out a little bit.

SPEAKER_05 31:03

I when we have to take them.

SPEAKER_01 31:06

I show my teeth because I also have sharp teeth, and I say, first one's a warning, and I shoot again. Go ahead, and I get a 15. 15 definitely hits. Okay, woo! And I do a whole five damage, five damage. Uh the one that was showing off its canines looks hurt that you shot him, but he is like quite down. Emotionally, emotionally. Emotionally, yeah. Okay, you heard him, it hurt him a bit, but he's not down. Yeah, and then I reach over as my bonus action, and I'll pull out the arrow from Tamson and catch the healing word on him. Oh, he will love that. Go ahead and roll. A bad six.

SPEAKER_05 31:52

I don't think you should have taken the arrow out.

SPEAKER_01 31:54

He will 100% take it.

SPEAKER_05 31:56

That's not what you should do in real life. We are not a medical podcast.

SPEAKER_01 32:01

I rip the arrow out and I spit in the wound, and I rub some dirt in it, and I say, You got it. The healing word is you, but I have to make that a complete sentence.

SPEAKER_05 32:12

So you not me, not Hermione.

SPEAKER_01 32:17

He looks at you, still hurt, but it's not uh the wound, you know, at his clavicle, it's not bleeding as profusely uh as it was a second ago. Right. Very cool. He looks and you says, Thanks. That I really hurt. Yeah, anytime. You okay? Any anywhere else? That is going to be the archers with Tamson on deck. The archers are going to do their thing.

SPEAKER_00 32:48

So many people. So many people.

SPEAKER_01 32:52

Uh they are gonna shoot at the ones that are at ground level right now. They're like the most immediate threat. And so you see kind of like this synchronized movement, uh, as it seems that one of them has kind of is like in charge of these archers, and you hear just draw, fire, and pierce. You see in front of you just as arrows, not an excessive amount, but arrows rain down as uh another one of these men that is in combat with your guys goes down as well. Uh uh, that is going to be Tamson. Uh Tamson seeing the group that Abuka shot at that is kind of at the tree line still, he looks over at Val and at Pierce and just says, Should I go for the the ones that are are below us, or should I go for the ones that uh are about to come out? I can reach on both.

SPEAKER_05 33:49

What is the attack? Wait, he's a spellcaster, yeah.

SPEAKER_03 33:53

I can I can hit it, I can hit a group below them being just like the regular fighters.

SPEAKER_00 33:58

Yes.

SPEAKER_03 33:59

No, I I'd go to the ones, go for the ones in the tree line. They're gonna be you're not even there. Oh well, you said my name. Oh, sorry. I was like I channel I channel my inner pierce. I was confused, but I went with friendly fire on?

SPEAKER_02 34:14

I go for the one in the trees, the tree line challenge later. Sorry.

SPEAKER_05 34:22

Wow, that was a really good impression.

SPEAKER_01 34:24

Thank you. The one in the chair.

SPEAKER_05 34:25

I also channel my inner pierce sometimes.

SPEAKER_01 34:28

We speak in unison, like those creepy twins in that one movie. Channel the inner terrifying, absolutely terrifying. He he nods, he says, Okay, and you see that he snaps his fingers, and the sparks form this small, just little moat of fire that is floating like above his palm and cogs back his arm like a baseball player, throws it, and as it is picking up speed, it's traveling, you know, not a terrible distance, but every foot it seems to just grow like almost like the oxygen that it's pulling and receiving is being absorbed into it, and he's going to cast fireball.

SPEAKER_04 35:12

Is that the first one of the campaign?

SPEAKER_01 35:15

I think so. Fireball. Fireball! I I'm I put my hands up like I'm also casting fireball with him.

SPEAKER_03 35:23

I'm 90% sure Thompson has already casted it, but it might have been in the combat that we aren't using.

SPEAKER_05 35:29

They don't know about that one. I don't know about that one.

SPEAKER_01 35:35

So the first one is the first time I had never seen fire before.

SPEAKER_05 35:42

I've what's fire? What's ball? I don't know it.

SPEAKER_01 35:47

You don't know ball life. No, it's hard to know ball these days, you know.

SPEAKER_05 35:52

There's so just so many it's so hard to come by.

SPEAKER_01 35:55

It's so keep that in.

unknown 36:01

Cool.

SPEAKER_01 36:02

Um, excuse me, they are gonna roll the dexterity saving throws to avoid the ball. Yeah, two on that first one, a second one passes, third one, that one. You see that immediately a Tampson has just cleared. I just need you guys to know, made this combat significantly easier. As the one that has the canine teeth does fail, but it's still up for the other uh for the bigger batch. This one would be like a swarm, they they succeed and still lose half of their people. Nice. Uh because he knows ball. Yeah, he has helped quite a bit. And then uh another failure with him doing for anyone that failed, 31 points of damage, and then even the group that succeeded a 15 damage. So he looks at you and just says, Let's go! Uh uh, this is the most with his broken clavicle? Yeah, in pain, but at this point, the endorphins, the cortisol levels, adrenaline is spiking, feels nothing at this point.

SPEAKER_00 37:21

Go! Let's go! You did that!

SPEAKER_01 37:24

You know ball! Yeah, yeah, just nods, like, yeah, yeah, yeah. But that is going to be his action. Uh, at this point, you see that there's a little bit more ferocity in the fighters that are below you, Pierce, uh, as they are gonna go, and they are going to do a collective 21 points of Dimage and take down another two of these. Uh, so there's still a good amount. There's still more than 10, I'll tell you that much right now. But but it seems that as combat is happening, there is it's starting to even out a little bit. That is going to be Val.

SPEAKER_05 38:11

Well, I wasn't even on deck. That's okay. I would like to aim for the K92 sky. Yep.

SPEAKER_01 38:18

Yeah, okay.

SPEAKER_05 38:19

My long bow. So I I see the K9 teeth, and I'm like, I want that on a necklace. And then does a 22 hit?

SPEAKER_01 38:29

22 does hit.

SPEAKER_05 38:31

And then that one does six points of damage, and then we go again. Does a 24 hit definitely still hits. And then how many uh mathing, mathing, hold on. Right. What did I roll? Five points of additional damage, and then let's also, for my bonus action, cast Hail of Thorns centered around where canine guy is. Canine Tooth Guy. That would look really nice on a necklace.

SPEAKER_01 39:01

Um love it. Yeah. Uh go ahead. Uh, what do I need to roll?

SPEAKER_05 39:09

You need to roll Dexterity Saving Throw.

SPEAKER_00 39:16

Dexterity Shaving Throw. Shockingly, not that crazy.

SPEAKER_01 39:22

Uh, what's the DC? I'm assuming it's passed. They have an 18.

SPEAKER_05 39:27

Yeah, it doesn't hit. We're good. Dex 14.

SPEAKER_01 39:31

They pass, so uh, but I think they take half damage?

SPEAKER_05 39:33

Half, yes. So let me roll a 1d10. Have the four of piercing damage. So what is that? Five plus what was the first one I said? I don't remember.

SPEAKER_01 39:44

It's just a one.

SPEAKER_05 39:45

It's it's like an additional no, but with the damage for the two shots before.

SPEAKER_01 39:52

Right, right. So those those that's those are arrow hits. So those hit.

SPEAKER_05 39:56

Right, right.

SPEAKER_01 39:57

Uh but altogether did that damage, I think.

SPEAKER_05 39:59

So I just need four. Four.

SPEAKER_01 40:02

Eight half to two or no, no, no.

SPEAKER_05 40:04

Eight half to four.

SPEAKER_01 40:05

Perfect.

SPEAKER_05 40:06

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 40:07

Hell yeah. Is up? Looks pissed off at this point.

SPEAKER_05 40:11

Good.

SPEAKER_01 40:13

I I whisper over the back. As he should be, they're losing. I told him it was a warning. Uh you two. Any movement from Val or Val, are you saying where you're at?

SPEAKER_05 40:24

We're hanging out.

SPEAKER_01 40:25

Very cool. There is a moment where he looks at you, smiles again at the group that's up there, howls immediately, and then jumps down. Uh, and then mid-fall will become a dire wolf. Uh, and then as the howl happens, the group that has was waiting, they all begin their journey towards you guys. You guys see another wolf uh racing behind the first one, the one that transformed seems to be kind of like no pun intended, but leading the pack. Immediately, you guys see this giant spider just uh start to head there, and then from the tree line bursting out are a giant eagle and a giant vulture. No, I don't like the wolves are gonna go after the group that's down there, and they're gonna roll. Uh, but again, as this happens, there's an immediate kind of shift in energy as these shapeshifters head towards you guys. The wolves are gonna both take their bites, they are gonna use pack tactics, and then that's gonna be a hit, and then second one's gonna go also a hit, and then they are gonna start, they're gonna start wailing on on your buddies down there for a total of 19 damage. As immediately you guys see these like almost like twin wolves jump, leap into like the fray, pierce. I think you're just physically the closest. You immediately see two of your warriors just straight bites to the jugular and immediately pounced down, down. Two of your guys uh are immediately downed as there is like this quick spray of blood that lands like at your boots. Uh, but before you can do much of anything else, spider is headed towards Pierce.

SPEAKER_03 42:39

Another one, gotta find a big spider again.

SPEAKER_01 42:42

You start having war flashbacks.

SPEAKER_03 42:44

Ah, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 42:46

Um go ahead and uh you know what it's what it would do. Me as a DM knows this probably won't work, but the giant spider doesn't know. Go ahead and make a DC12 strength check. Nice. Yeah, I got a 19. Uh 19. Pierce, what does it look like as web literally starts to shoot in your direction? But you're able to obviously not get webbed up.

SPEAKER_03 43:17

Uh I think I like almost like catch it in one hand to like get it away from like my main body and like ball it up and just like throw it on the ground.

SPEAKER_01 43:30

It's like as it's about to hit you, and it's on you can start to tell that it's starting to like spread as it's gonna hit you. You reach out, you grab it, and you just throw it to the side as it's not fully able to gather and ensnare you. But it is gonna it climbs up the tree and it is currently in melee with you as it's on honestly perpendicular to you, as is on the actual tree itself. That being said, one of the you know. We'll roll another luck check. Val and Buka. Go ahead and roll a d20 for me. Why you why do you want to test our luck like that? We can just you guys got technically got it last time. I think Buka's just 19. Oh no. Buka's just lucky.

SPEAKER_05 44:17

Buka's lucky.

SPEAKER_01 44:18

13. Buka, the giant wolfer. Heads in your direction.

SPEAKER_02 44:25

Here, Bernie, Bernie, Bernie.

SPEAKER_01 44:27

He is gonna go with first with a beak attack. That is a 16 to hit. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 44:36

I'm sure you'll be fine. You'll be fine. It'll be okay. It'll be okay. Hey, hey.

SPEAKER_01 44:44

Oh, I cannot read this. It's a one. Seven points of piercing damage as it it beaks at you, and you feel it again just go deep into your shoulder. And then it's gonna take a talent attack at you for a 16 to hit. Ugh. Yeah. Uh a little bit less. Five points of slashing damage as you feel it like rake across your neck. But it is, it's like it's on you right now. Yeah. And then on my chest. Yeah. Giant eagle is gonna make uh similar attacks. If only Buka were so lucky, an 11 to hit peak attack and a seven to hit. But it is going after the the other archers, it seems, as it's like doing swoop tactics.

SPEAKER_04 45:36

Nice.

SPEAKER_01 45:37

So immediately goes out of range. Okay. That is going to be back to Pierce.

SPEAKER_03 45:52

I'm going to swing at the spider. It's going nice. Uh 26 to hit. Uh pits. For 12 14 damage.

SPEAKER_01 46:08

It is looking pretty hard.

SPEAKER_02 46:11

I'm gonna use my action surge. Where is it? There it is. Let's take another attack. Do it for 19 to hit. Uh 19 hits. And 11 points of damage.

SPEAKER_01 46:30

You immediately see the shape of the spider uh start to like melt and sizzle and it boils for a second uh as it forms, and then you hear like a as landing on the branch is a uh a red leathered person um standing probably about five and a half feet tall, uh looks at you uh and just smiles and just says, It's not quite done yet, is it?

SPEAKER_03 46:59

Um that was it though?

SPEAKER_01 47:02

He just what?

SPEAKER_02 47:04

No, just wait. Yeah, okay. He pushes you. Uh stop. Dude, stop.

SPEAKER_01 47:16

Stop. Uh uh any bonus actions.

SPEAKER_03 47:21

Nah.

SPEAKER_00 47:21

Push him back.

SPEAKER_03 47:22

All I have left is second wind, and I haven't taken any damage.

SPEAKER_00 47:26

So we will remember this. The North remembers it.

SPEAKER_01 47:29

Uh very cool. That is going to be their fighters. Um uh they are going to um they do 25 damage um as another two of your guys' uh warriors go down. Um uh you're starting to see as the wolves have also joined that pack in that fray, um, that the momentum seems to be shifting slightly. Um that is gonna be Buka with the archers on deck. Okay. So I think I'm going to pull out my rapier and my dagger. And I'm just gonna swing on this this vulture that's on my chest. Do it. It's in the corner. It's not actually a two. I got an eight. An eight? Uh an eight almost hit. Oh, this bird almost this bird ate up that attack. Ha. That's what you get for not using real dice. Okay, that's all I'm saying. Yeah. Double down. I got a seven. Seven total? Yeah. Shockingly, does not hit. Yeah. Okay. Well, I'm I'm gonna use my uh two weapon fighting to swing at him with my dagger. Do it. Yes, eighteen. Uh eighteen hits. And then uh flat roll. Oh. I don't think I get the bonus to this one, so it's just two. Two damage. Yes. Uh, it did not like that, but it is up. Yep. I said the first the first two are wait, hold on. Wait, the first the first two are a warning. Ah, ah, you've never heard a vulture speak before, but the vulture just goes, ha ha. Just like I planned.

SPEAKER_02 49:37

Oh. That's disheartening.

SPEAKER_01 49:41

That is gonna be the archers. Uh, archers are for sure going after that eagle, bro. They're not big fans of it. Uh at this point, the eagle is swooping, uh, so they are going to take their shot.

SPEAKER_00 49:55

Uh to me that 13 to hit. And luckily, you have all of your guys.

SPEAKER_01 50:03

Oh, nothing better. Hitting him for exactly 26 damage, uh, which is how much HP the eagle has. You immediately see as this eagle is starting to come down to do another round of attacks, literally four arrows, just perfect accuracy, except for one random one that missed. All shoot at it, immediately comes out of its uh animal form, drops 40 feet. For we will do fall damage for 20 points of fall damage. Uh, I literally rolled a six, a five, a five, and a four. Um 46 fall damage. Uh you're welcome. But he is uh as you guys look down, Pierce. There's a moment where you're fighting former spider guy, and from your peripheral, just a body falls. Uh, and you're like uh you hear a sickening crunch as its arm looks pretty broken, uh, but it's still up.

SPEAKER_00 51:05

Uh that is that much damage.

SPEAKER_01 51:11

Okay, cool. But the archers kind of just give each other quick high fives as they go back to doing their archer thing. But that is going to be them. That is gonna be Tamson. Uh Tamson sees Buka that you are up there with your vulture guy, and then he is gonna run to you and is going to cast. He's gonna cast. Actually, he doesn't go to you, but he does attack. He is gonna do a scorching ray. I tell him, I tell him, stop, don't come any closer. Use your other sparks. Okay, okay. And you see uh kind of similar sparks just light up in his hand, uh, and then three bolts of fire shoot out. Let's see if these bad boys hit.

SPEAKER_00 52:05

Uh, because I make an attack for each one. What do you add to this? My king. Uh oh, a plus seven to hit. We love that.

SPEAKER_01 52:16

19 to hit, 19 to hit, uh, and then a 13 to hit, which uh does it hit a vulture?

SPEAKER_00 52:26

Uh shockingly, yes.

SPEAKER_02 52:28

Uh nice.

SPEAKER_01 52:30

Uh he is uh uh 2d6 per ray. So yeah, eight points of damage plus four, twelve, uh twenty two damage, and you see this vulture also comes out of its animal form as he is still holding on to you, but now it's like his actual hands that are choking you, kind of like a Bart Simpson Homer situation. But he has gone back to his human form, uh, and just says, I told you, you will not get away with this as he's looking at his now human hands. Uh wait, your hands, your hands were your feet before? Don't is that how that works? Does it it goes goes right? So you don't can't talk anymore.

SPEAKER_00 53:19

But that is going to be uh uh that for Tamsain, and then he is doing his thing.

SPEAKER_01 53:29

We are gonna go, and there's a lot less of your guys now, but they are going to go after unfortunately only for 11 damage, so they take out another guy of the swarms, but uh there's a lot less of them now, unfortunately. As that happens, Tamson looks at this kind of like out of turn, but uh Tamson looks at Val and Buka and just says, uh, I I I'm gonna start focusing on the group below. Okay, can you guys handle things up here? Yeah, I think so.

SPEAKER_05 54:07

Yes, understood.

SPEAKER_01 54:09

And he I'll say this is part of his movement as well. I know it's a little bit out of turn, but uh since he's gonna use his movement, and he is going to fall off the side, and right before he hits, uh, we'll cast feather fall. Nice, and then he is now in the mix, he's closer to you now, Pierce. That being said, that is going to be Val.

SPEAKER_05 54:31

I wish I could help you with this guy next to you, but I'm better at range. Sorry.

SPEAKER_01 54:37

Um yeah, the nice thing right now, too, is like you're not in combat, so you can't take a shot. There's also the group below, and now there's a lot of uh wild-shaped animals in the mix.

SPEAKER_05 54:49

So the eagle guy is still up, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 54:52

Viguay is the one that he's physically on the ground.

SPEAKER_05 54:56

But he's alive.

SPEAKER_01 54:58

He's alive, yes.

SPEAKER_05 54:59

Yes, let's kill him! Okay, so I'm gonna cast Hunter's mark on him. Oh yeah. And then let's take a shot with my bow just to finish him off. It was a 30 hit.

SPEAKER_01 55:14

A 30 does hit.

SPEAKER_05 55:18

So we have a 12 plus my dun dun dun dun dun. Let's cast. Uh so 16 points of piercing for the first one. He is up. Does a 13 hit?

SPEAKER_01 55:35

13 does not hit.

SPEAKER_05 55:37

That's it. Sorry, Buka. Ice cream. That's the end of my turn.

SPEAKER_01 55:43

It's looking hurt though. Like you could tell, like with the fall and that, but these these wild-shaped, you know, they're druids in the grand scheme of things. Um, they're a little bit hardier than some of the fighters that are headed towards you guys. But uh staying where you are though, Val.

SPEAKER_05 56:02

Yes, sorry, a metal dice appeared on my screen noise.

SPEAKER_01 56:07

Uh all good. Um, cool. They are gonna go. The two wolves are doing their thing, they are gonna keep on going after people. That's a hit. Uh oh, not a hit, but that is still going to be another bit of damage to the buddies. Uh, doesn't quite take another one down. There's a point where there's like this ferocity with the wolves, and they both seem to go after the same person, and they scratch the hell out of them. But it seems that like in doing it, they almost buffed into each other, and that's the only thing that saved one of the guys that's down there below with you, Pierce. The one that is currently choking out Buka Whoa, oh, is going to cast uh uh uh what's he gonna crash?

SPEAKER_02 57:07

He's gonna cast a thunder wave.

SPEAKER_01 57:11

I don't think he wants to do that for why for why, just just in general. I don't think he wants to do that.

SPEAKER_05 57:18

That doesn't seem opportune enough.

SPEAKER_01 57:21

Um go ahead and make a con saving throw uh Val and Buka. Okay, I'm excited for this. Look at my waffle cone. Nah, 20.

SPEAKER_02 57:38

I also got a 20.

SPEAKER_01 57:41

Uh, I just want you guys to know that you uh you lucked out.

SPEAKER_02 57:49

Why?

SPEAKER_01 57:50

I'm assuming they would have fallen. Failed save, push back 10 feet. Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_05 57:57

How did you get a waffle cone?

SPEAKER_03 58:00

Lots of damage and fallen dice marketplace. You can also make it so you can only see your own dice, but now that we all have different dice, I don't use it anyways, but now I want to see everybody's dice.

SPEAKER_01 58:17

Uh you guys both take eight thunder damage. Um you guys feel the force of like the thunder wave about to like push you guys back. Right. Instead, uh Buka's fur gets kind of just a blowout, so it looks really good. Love it. I need that guy to roll a charisma saving throw for falling in love. A 19, sorry. Oh my well, the save is a 29, so uh former giant spider guy uh is going to uh cast uh Pierce doesn't have armor baby Pierce. I need you, my friend, to uh yeah, I can he's gonna do that. Uh I need you to make a con saving throw for me.

SPEAKER_02 59:20

26.

SPEAKER_01 59:22

Uh you pass, uh, but you are going to take 15 points of necrotic damage as he uh is close to you and then almost like breathes out this noxious gas uh and kind of guides it with his hands uh as he casted uh blight towards you. Blight.

SPEAKER_03 59:49

This is the this is the the guy that was on the ground and it was like real tall.

SPEAKER_01 59:54

Uh yeah, well he's a little bit shorter, but he was like the former spider guy. Um, former spider guy.

SPEAKER_03 59:59

So he's right there with me.

SPEAKER_01 1:00:00

Yes, yeah, he's in the melee. Um, but it's it is not good uh to get blighted. Um the uh I'm gonna say the former eagle guy that got his freaking shot at uh is going to cast uh a what's he gonna cast? Even from a distance, I think he's gonna go after Val, who disappeared on me.

SPEAKER_02 1:00:33

Um, what's the distance on what do you mean we're just out of range, you guys are so oh wait, uh oh it is not out of range.

SPEAKER_01 1:00:46

Uh Val, I need you to roll a con saving throw for me.

SPEAKER_05 1:00:51

Okay. I was never gone. An 11.

SPEAKER_01 1:00:55

Cool. That is a failure. Uh you are going to take uh 29 points of necrotic damage. Uh as you feel all of like the moisture in your body start to be just sapped away from you.

SPEAKER_05 1:01:16

My moisturizer.

SPEAKER_01 1:01:18

Did you drink rye skin?

SPEAKER_05 1:01:20

No.

SPEAKER_01 1:01:21

Right skin is the worst. Uh you you immediately feel like all the moisture leave. Your lips just immediately crack uh just from the pure just uh I'm overstimulated in my own skin. I I I reach into my pocket and give her some lip balm.

SPEAKER_05 1:01:41

It doesn't help, it just dries up immediately. My lip cracks off a little bit.

SPEAKER_01 1:01:47

No, it's a non-alcoholic, it's a non-alcoholic.

SPEAKER_05 1:01:51

I'm rotting.

SPEAKER_01 1:01:53

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 1:01:54

It's not gonna help.

SPEAKER_01 1:01:55

Okay, I give you I give you myrrh. Uh he has it in his he has it in his bag, but Tamson's like, I have aquifer in my bag. We'll we'll we'll clear this out later. I give her embalming fluid. Um that is going to be Pierce.

SPEAKER_02 1:02:14

Hit this guy. Which guy? Really hard.

SPEAKER_01 1:02:17

Hit him. Hit him. Oh uh 26 hit. 26 definitely hits. Why did why do you guys have such big attack modifiers?

SPEAKER_02 1:02:30

Where did that come from? What is your attack modifier? Six!

SPEAKER_03 1:02:36

I mean mine's a seven.

SPEAKER_00 1:02:38

Mine is just roll bad. Oh, it's bad.

SPEAKER_01 1:02:42

You're just bad. You're bad.

SPEAKER_05 1:02:44

Mine's an 11.

SPEAKER_01 1:02:45

You're bad at this game.

SPEAKER_05 1:02:46

You're bad at yes and ten points of damage.

SPEAKER_01 1:02:50

I'm bad at this game. Uh I need my math rocks to do better. Hey, Math Rocks.

SPEAKER_02 1:02:58

Your digital math rocks.

SPEAKER_01 1:02:59

It's because you're rolling digitally. But it's a waffle cone.

SPEAKER_05 1:03:05

How did you get the waffle cone?

SPEAKER_01 1:03:07

I don't know, you know what that means, but you should you should open up the character sheet and watch me roll the dice. I will, I have so many sheets opened up. No, put away all your sheets telling you how to how to beat us and just open the sheet so that you can see what we see. Um at this point, uh actually, you guys all can go ahead and give me perception checks.

SPEAKER_05 1:03:32

Perception. Are my eyes still moist?

SPEAKER_01 1:03:35

Uh just barely. They're like 17. Perception? 12.

SPEAKER_05 1:03:42

Because my eyes aren't as moist as they were before.

SPEAKER_02 1:03:45

Six.

SPEAKER_01 1:03:46

Six. Uh Pierce in the middle, you're in the middle of combat. Val, uh, your eyes are just dry. Uh, like when you've been wearing your contacts too long. Uh Buka. I notice Val's eyes are dry, and I also give her my bison. You're you adding a biscine, but obviously, you know, just like when you're flying, you put your own airbag before you do it. You add visine first. Uh you notice that it is now the other warrior's turns. There is now going to be a little bit less of them as you notice about five of them, sorry, six of them, leave the group and they start to head into Eldoria. Oh. Oh no. Pierce. Pierce, some of the guys are leaving. Pierce, as he calls it out, you start to see like the about half of them are staying, and the other half are dispersing out. They are still gonna roll. They're a tranx. Does the swarm of our guys get an attack of opportunity? I'll say yeah. I'll say why not. Ooh, nice. We're using the mechanics, why not use it against that? Uh-pa-pa-I will I will let uh oh no, sorry. Actually, no, because attack of opportunity, it's the group that's leaving. One of the group members that was heading towards the city slash to like the the leg, and as they're falling down, just a spear down, they do take out one of the guys that was headed towards uh uh headed towards the city. So now there's five of them headed over there, but they are gonna roll because they still have their track. Uh uh, they do take out uh the one that was uh injured by the wolf. Uh so you see one of your guys goes down. Uh you have very low numbers right now. Um, it seems that knowing that there is a lot less of them, uh, they're maximizing this opportunity to try and do whatever it is that they're gonna do in the city. That is going to be Buka with your archers on deck. Great. Um, how far away is the group that's leaving? Uh at this point they would have used about 30 feet of movement. Okay. And are they all together? No. These ones are fully dispersed. Fully dispersed? Like more than 10 feet apart from each other? I would say you might be able to get maybe like two of them. Okay. But that's like probably the max that you'd be able to do.

SPEAKER_02 1:06:24

Okay. I'll keep that in mind.

SPEAKER_01 1:06:27

Like if you want to like like take on like a like like there's like a duo that's headed out. Uh yeah. Yeah. Okay. And then how many of the fighters are still below six. That are there's not included, not including the druids. Not including the druids. Does that include the wolf?

SPEAKER_02 1:06:48

Oh sorry.

SPEAKER_01 1:06:48

I guess he's a druid.

SPEAKER_02 1:06:49

Yes, yes. Those are the druids.

SPEAKER_05 1:06:52

That's a wolf.

SPEAKER_02 1:06:53

Awesome. Okay.

SPEAKER_01 1:06:54

Um with this stupid vulture in front of me. Uh former vulture. No, I'm your name is Vulture now. No, we'll just do it. And I and I and I poke in with my right beer. My name is Voltaire. I've got some questions for you. No. Does a 14 hit? Uh 14 just hits. Eat my blade. 11 damage. Uh, this is his first time taking damage.

SPEAKER_02 1:07:28

What? No, I hit him with 11 earlier.

SPEAKER_01 1:07:31

Oh, yeah, you're right. Yeah, you're right, right. I did two damage earlier, too.

SPEAKER_02 1:07:35

Sorry, eat my blade smaller.

SPEAKER_01 1:07:39

Uh for how much damage? Um, that previous one? Uh not the dagger one, the one you just did. Oh, the one I just did was 11. 11 points of the mouse. Uh I will tear will never fall. Oh. Okay. Uh I swung again and I uh I missed. I got a nine. Like I said. Yeah. And then I say never say never, and I swing my dagger at him, and I get a one. I'm changing my waffle cone dice. Uh Val is all dried up uh nearby. I I say that I say this the second and third one was a warning. And um that's all of my actions. Uh my eyes.

SPEAKER_05 1:08:33

Why is this the Visine bird?

SPEAKER_01 1:08:36

And my free action, I toss with the Visine. You toss a Visine. Uh that's the best you can do. Yeah. Uh cool. Uh, as that happens, they are going to uh try to minimize whatever threat is up here. Uh archers go, they will do a collective uh 17 points of damage. Uh not the group anymore. Uh they're trying to whatever threat is up here is gonna prevent them from doing their job as archers effectively. Uh, and you see three arrows jut out from behind, almost like a porcupine, uh, as uh this vulture guy uh is still up, but you could tell is is hurt.

SPEAKER_00 1:09:19

Um uh ta-ta-ta.

SPEAKER_01 1:09:23

Uh that is gonna be Tamson. Uh Tamson is hey y'all, he's in the mix. Yeah, he can do whatever he wants right now. He knows uh and there's a lot less, but he knows that the wolves have been doing their thing, and he is going to uh oh, he has not done their shit.

SPEAKER_00 1:09:46

Uh he is oh, is he gonna do that?

SPEAKER_01 1:09:51

Do it no, no, because it'll use up his action. Oh, you know what he will do? He will take the attack of opportunity. Um, because he is going to try to position himself uh a little bit away from the group. Uh this is his last third level spell. Um that's not true, but he's gonna he's gonna hold on to one. Um but he's gonna cast a lightning bolt, uh, and he's gonna go after the two wolves. Um so they are gonna roll. Let's see, they do another 10 points of damage towards Tamson. Uh Tamson is very hurt. Actually, no, he's not. He's fine. He's bloodied. He's about a half, he's about a half health right now, but uh uh from the previous arrow bolt to the friggin' calabacord. Uh and at this point, you guys kind of see him like running past people and is just taking like like spears and blades uh to the body, but then he gets out, uh positions himself so that it's a straight line. Uh it was kind of either just the wolves or some of the warriors, but he knows the wolves are uh you know doing a lot of stuff right now. And uh you guys can almost smell like ozone as a lightning bolt shoots out. Um and then they have to do uh carnight checkers or dexterity.

SPEAKER_00 1:11:36

Oh, luckily they're not very dexterous. Uh wolves, you guys, surprisingly, not that dexterous.

SPEAKER_01 1:11:46

They don't have thumbs. Uh oh, two failures. Uh nice. They are gonna do uh they're gonna take the full 86 damage. Uh for it's basically a fireball, but it's just a straight line. Uh and they are gonna take 29 damage. They are still in their wolf forms. That's gross. Uh the dire wolves are uh the dire wolves are no joke. Why do you why'd they have that much health for?

SPEAKER_02 1:12:25

Uh I didn't decide this. I decided the wolf, but it's a random random game question.

SPEAKER_03 1:12:32

Yes. For a druid, when they take their animal form, does the health that they have go up as they level up, or is it just the form that they take is just a set amount?

SPEAKER_01 1:12:44

It's a set amount, but as you level up, the the different creatures that you have go up in CR uh or challenge rating. Oh, okay.

SPEAKER_03 1:12:51

And then those ones typically have creatures you're able to turn into expand. Right.

SPEAKER_00 1:12:58

Okay. Um uh uh go ahead also.

SPEAKER_01 1:13:02

While you since you guys have been in combat, uh go ahead and just give me nature or history checks across the board.

SPEAKER_03 1:13:10

Hmm. Pierce internally nods his head. What the F.

SPEAKER_05 1:13:16

I got a 12.

SPEAKER_01 1:13:17

I think it might be time to retire the waffle guys. You said you were gonna retire them. I got a one. Cool. Uh you have no clue how their shape shifting works or what I know. I just wanted to try again. I got a three. You got three, you definitely don't know. A one, you definitely don't know. 12? You think you don't know? Uh cool, cool, cool, cool, cool, cool. Uh, that is gonna be our remaining fighters on our side. Uh they are so few right now. How many are there now? Five. Um, but they take down another one of the remaining ones. Uh which makes it five on five? Plus, it makes it five on five plus the wolves. Um and well, also also in the mix right now is the former Eagle. Uh, but he's the one that casts blight on um on Val.

SPEAKER_05 1:14:15

So it seems like his focus is uh that's why I'm so dry.

SPEAKER_01 1:14:21

That's why you're so dry. Uh you you can tell who casts it.

SPEAKER_05 1:14:25

Uh I'm gonna kill him.

SPEAKER_01 1:14:27

You're gonna kill him, uh, which is perfect because that is Val's turn.

SPEAKER_05 1:14:32

I'm gonna kill him. Kill him because he still has my hunter's mark on. Uh that's a con. Right, yeah. What is the save?

SPEAKER_01 1:14:41

Well, hunter's mark just adds damage, right?

SPEAKER_05 1:14:44

Yeah. I have to roll thono. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 1:14:48

Uh I don't think so. I think it isn't it just cast. I think hunter's mark is automatic.

SPEAKER_05 1:14:53

Okay, never mind. My bad, my bad. I'm confused. Uh so we're we're aiming for the eagle. Why does it get stuck in the corner? Does it 28 hit?

SPEAKER_03 1:15:02

Oh yeah, 100%. Um that'd be concerning.

SPEAKER_05 1:15:07

So we have seven plus hunters mark, which is two, so nine for the first one altogether.

SPEAKER_03 1:15:18

The only one with only one attack still.

SPEAKER_05 1:15:21

Uh 24. Does that hit?

SPEAKER_01 1:15:25

Uh 24 does hit. How much damage was it for that first one? So sorry.

SPEAKER_05 1:15:28

Nine.

SPEAKER_01 1:15:29

Nine points of damage. Cool.

SPEAKER_05 1:15:30

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 1:15:32

And then the second one does hit. Uh how much? Five. Five total. Five total. Does hunter mark work?

SPEAKER_05 1:15:40

Does it work on the second one?

SPEAKER_01 1:15:42

Uh read me hunter's mark. I don't I honestly don't know.

SPEAKER_05 1:15:45

Let's check. Hunter's mark.

SPEAKER_03 1:15:49

Whenever you hit with a weapon attack.

SPEAKER_05 1:15:51

Oh, perfect. Okay, so again. Let's go again. Plus three, so eight. So nine and eight.

SPEAKER_01 1:15:58

Eight on death store. Like.

SPEAKER_05 1:16:01

He's not dead yet. Is he like okay? Pit me the picture. Is he like prone and he just uh and then he's or is he like no, he's up.

SPEAKER_01 1:16:09

Uh he cast blight with one hand, uh, and then token arm in the other, just for the the aesthetic.

SPEAKER_05 1:16:15

You ruined my seven-step skincare routine. You will die.

SPEAKER_01 1:16:20

If this also lets you guys know, uh there's a reason why there's less of them, but yeah, they're they're hardy, they're hardy, they're hardy individuals. Druids are not squishy classes or people. But also, this was kind of the the reason for the earlier check, but I think as you guys have been in combat now for a little bit, you don't think that the health that they have while they're in a wild shape impacts their health when they're not in wild shape. You think that they're two separate health pools, which is also another reason why all of them are still up.

SPEAKER_03 1:17:01

They have like their just like bonus HP.

SPEAKER_01 1:17:04

So yeah. That is gonna be those guys. What guys of our lovely druid friends.

SPEAKER_04 1:17:17

Lovely.

SPEAKER_01 1:17:18

Um the I think honestly, I think former eagle guy knows that he doesn't got a lot of uh uh a lot of life left. Self-destruct? Um, not quite self-destruct.

SPEAKER_00 1:17:38

That'd be crazy.

SPEAKER_01 1:17:42

But Val, go ahead and give me a quick perception check.

SPEAKER_05 1:17:47

Say less, let me perceive. Maybe roll on 16.

SPEAKER_01 1:17:53

You look down, uh, because again, this is kind of the guy that's been attacking you and each, you know, you've been attacking each other the most. So, you know, this is your enemy that you're fighting. You see, he's 30 feet away on the ground, you can't hear him, but you read his lips, and he says, This is where you will be buried, and he's gonna cast fairy fire on uh the archers, Buka, and Val, so that everybody can get advantageous on you guys. Uh, I need you guys to roll a dexterity saving throw for me. Okay, good. I got I got a 20 success. Nice, and then I will roll for the archers. They luckily have pretty decent derks. Uh 17. So they or 15, so they just pass. You guys are almost like skirted out of the way, Val, because I think he's focusing on you, no matter what direction you would even try to go. You are caught in like this this magical like cube almost, and you are slightly illuminated, like this violet color. Abuka, you can see Val so clearly, even as it's dark. Uh uh the sun again is coming up just slightly more, but now Val is like illuminated, right?

SPEAKER_05 1:19:14

Is it my already crusty skin because of the sun coming out in the middle?

SPEAKER_01 1:19:18

100% 100 Val are you're you're glowing. I don't think you need your your six-step anymore.

SPEAKER_05 1:19:28

This is not the glow. You're green.

SPEAKER_01 1:19:31

You're green. Uh I'm like, who's left? Uh wolves are gonna go. They're still in wolf form. Shockingly. That's that's just messed up. Uh that is a crit on nice, of course it is, and that's a hit on the second one. For biting rules, I'm not gonna do cleave because that makes no sense. Just the mechanics of that the things. So, as much as I think it'd be cool, it makes mechanically no sense.

SPEAKER_05 1:20:05

I've seen enough. Not enough. I put on my sunglasses for the eyes.

SPEAKER_01 1:20:11

Uh one is immediately down by like 20 damage, and then the second one does uh only six damage, so it's still up, but one of them you could tell literally viscera just get past uh everywhere. There are only four of your buddies left. It is it's looking precarious right now. Um, because you also know the wolves have not taken any damage as far as their pool of health. Jeez. That is gonna be the wolves. Vulture guy is gonna go after Buka still. Weird. Uh I don't I don't think he should. But I think he's gonna. I know. I said, look at her.

SPEAKER_05 1:21:07

Hey, look at her.

SPEAKER_01 1:21:08

If you honestly, if he wasn't in melee with you, you she looks like she's so she would be so easy to hit.

SPEAKER_05 1:21:14

I'm so vulnerable.

SPEAKER_01 1:21:17

So will you roll a where is it? I'm so uh go ahead and roll a con saving throw for me. DC 15. No, no, no. The visy 16. You just pass. Nice. He is gonna cast heat metal on you. Oh uh, so on your specifically your rapier. So you hold on to it. Nice. Any creature in physical contact with the object takes two d8 fire damage when you cast a spell. Uh so I think you just take the 2d8. I take 2d8 no matter what. Uh that's what it says. You cause the object uh because the con save doesn't come up, the con save doesn't come until the end. So any creature in physical contact with the object takes two eight fire damage. Until the spell ends, you can use a bonus action on each of your subsequent turns to causes damage again. If a creature is holding or wearing the object and takes the damage from it, the creature must succeed on a con saving throw, which you did, uh or drop the object. If it doesn't drop the object, it has disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks until the start of your next turn. If it doesn't drop the object. So you're holding on to it. Are you gonna hold on to it? You take five fire damage. Five. Well, if I drop it, does that mean I don't take the bonus every time? Because I no longer have the item on me. Um say that one more time. If I if I drop the rapier, does that mean he can't use his bonus action to cause the damage again because I dropped it? Correct. Hmm. Do I see a is there room on the ledge for for my rapier? Yeah. I stab it into a branch. I put it down. Cool. Oh yeah. Uh you like just dig it like literally right in front of you. As you feel the heat, uh, I'll I'll say that you have experienced some level of this happening to you at some point, and you just that's gonna be them, that's gonna be former eagle guy, a spider guy's gonna go after Pierce, and he is going to he's gonna cast cone of cold on you, my guy. Who they're they're they're not playing around anymore.

SPEAKER_05 1:23:35

Lawful code.

SPEAKER_03 1:23:36

Does my ring of board help against cold damage?

SPEAKER_01 1:23:40

Uh unfortunately, no. What is what is it's being aimed for? What's it even for? Go ahead and roll a con saving throw. You pass, you are still gonna take half damage. Uh you take 20 points of cold damage. And you feel your legs start to just freeze your body, and then you have to like physically break it as parts of like ice just shatter off of you. Uh and he looks at you and just says, Why won't you just die? Uh that is all the abilities.

SPEAKER_02 1:24:21

Uh that is gonna be Pierce. Okay. Uh well uh I'm gonna swing it there.

SPEAKER_03 1:24:28

Uh I'm also gonna use distracting strike, so I'll get to add a superiority dice to the damage maybe.

SPEAKER_05 1:24:41

That's a weird sounding eagle.

SPEAKER_03 1:24:43

I just want to roll the crit just once.

SPEAKER_01 1:24:46

Uh 17 to hit. Uh 17 does hit 16 points of damage. Uh 16 points of damage. He is up. Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 1:24:56

And then I'm gonna use there goes one of my use my old two weapon fighting to swing at him again.

SPEAKER_02 1:25:05

Do it 15? 15 hits.

SPEAKER_01 1:25:09

They just have normal leathers, they just got it.

SPEAKER_02 1:25:12

And I don't have the I don't have the uh plus, correct? Correct.

SPEAKER_01 1:25:16

So seven dips. That's not that's not about it.

SPEAKER_05 1:25:21

This eagle won't shut up.

SPEAKER_01 1:25:22

That's you all hear the seagull in the background, you guys. Uh we we really believe in in just natural sounds immersion here uh at uh tabletop dub shop. If you'd like to rent an eagle for your home campaign, hit me up. Beautiful. That is anybody sorry. I'm gonna use my bonus action, second wind, just to heal up a little bit.

SPEAKER_03 1:25:42

Do it.

SPEAKER_01 1:25:43

Or or does two weapon fighting count as a bonus action?

SPEAKER_03 1:25:46

I don't believe so. It's not under it's just under actions. Oh no, I'm sorry. It is a bonus action.

SPEAKER_01 1:25:53

Cool. Yeah, I'll hold off. Good, good, good, good. Uh, but seven damage is nothing to scoff about. So uh that is going to be the worst. Uh, I think at this point some of them are gonna start directing their their ire towards stop it uh Tamson.

SPEAKER_05 1:26:14

Thank you.

SPEAKER_03 1:26:15

Who is just as as of note for the my friends, the spider guy, there's uh advantage if you attack him.

SPEAKER_02 1:26:25

Oh until May next. Oh, cool, cool, cool, cool. Don't say case.

SPEAKER_01 1:26:30

Uh cool, cool, cool, cool, cool. Tamson is up, he is looking hurt, but at this point they've started to focus. So none of the warriors on your side have lost. They didn't lose anybody this round, or at least not from other fellow warriors. Uh, obviously the druids are still down there, but now you guys just see he as Tamson is like, whoa, everybody is tickety as he's surrounded by five other guys with beers in their hands as you're just stabbing him. That is gonna be Buka. Perfect. I'm going to use my dagger to stickety-stab this Voltaire. Voltaire. Boom. 19 to hit. Uh 19 to hit. I'm gonna. Yes, I'm gonna use one of my Buccaneer dice to a to do a trip attack. Very cool. So I added I added I add a D10 to this. So, oh nice. Nine damage from the dagger. And then another six from the trip, so 15. And he needs to make a strength saving throw. And on a fail save, I knock him prone. He is prone, got a nine, doesn't add anything to it. Woo! Let's go! And uh immediately slips and just falls on a knee. Yes, I'm gonna use my second attack to use my dagger again with advantage. Hell yeah.

SPEAKER_05 1:28:00

Fuck them up.

SPEAKER_01 1:28:02

Yo, yo, yo. Uh 24 to hit. 24 hits. Nice. I stabby stab. Seven damage. And I'm going to use. Hmm. You could technically use even if it's like a trip or whatever, like even if they're on the ground, you can still use your buccaneer. Yeah. Yeah, I'll trip, I'll trip him again. Okay. So I that way he's double prone if he fails. So he's another three damage. Uh describe to me how you take this guy out.

SPEAKER_04 1:28:37

Yeah. Oh, yes.

SPEAKER_01 1:28:40

I go for his ankle to trip him again, even though he's on the ground. And I I cut just a little bit in right above his ankle where a scooter might hit you if you aren't good at a scooter and he screams in pain and dies. And I say, You're out of warnings. And I kick him off the bridge. And I'm aiming to have him land on the guy on the ground with his clavicle.

SPEAKER_00 1:29:06

I you know what?

SPEAKER_01 1:29:08

Look, Jack. If you get an 18, go and roll a d20. If you roll a 19 or a 20, that's a 10% chance. Come on, waffle cone. I've never wanted a waffle cone more in my it is so close to the 20, it's insane. I got an eight. Eight, a you kick him off, and then he lands on just just besides uh the guy. I look down at him and I say, the first one's a warning.

SPEAKER_02 1:29:42

Because I haven't shot at him yet, right?

SPEAKER_01 1:29:44

Yeah. Oh, I said the first one's a warning. Uh that's funny. I use my move. I use my wait, I want to use my movement.

SPEAKER_02 1:29:54

Can I fall on top of the guy? Sure. Will he take damage if I fall on him?

unknown 1:30:01

Yep.

SPEAKER_02 1:30:02

Wait, how you're like 30 feet up. Do it.

SPEAKER_01 1:30:09

No, that's okay. No, no, that's okay. No, that's okay. If you hypothetically wanted to, it would it you wouldn't be able to get all the way down. If you wanted to do like a like a low DC acrobatics check, you could you wouldn't be on a bridge anymore, but you could be on like lower branches. So it wouldn't get you all the way down. You could probably use movement the next round to do a couple more acrobatics to get down. But if you wanted to start making your way towards the ground floor, hmm. Maybe a decent right, there's nobody else up here with us, right?

SPEAKER_02 1:30:40

No. Yeah. Hmm. Hmm. Hmm.

SPEAKER_01 1:30:47

Or can I use my feline agility that lets me move double my my my speed? Uh I would just have you run two acrobatics checks. Because I'll say like branch, branch, ground. But they're both gonna be DC tens. And but you can use your full feline uh agility movement to get to the ground. So you actually get to the ground. You have DC. Quick spell check. Quick, I know, quick spell check. No, actually, I should stay. I should stay. This is this is Pete talking now, not Buka. I I'm gonna stay.

SPEAKER_05 1:31:17

Is it because I'm in a glowing cube and I'm slowly cracking and dying in my skin?

SPEAKER_01 1:31:23

Yes, I'm I'm buying a humidifier off of Amazon right now. Beautiful. Cool. Uh Buka, that's gonna be your turn. Yes. Cool. You're staying at the bridge, right? Yes. That is gonna be the archers.

SPEAKER_03 1:31:39

As like I see the archers kind of like prepping themselves with their bows, Pierce is gonna call out Archers, help me, help me with this Druid so I can follow the men and going into the city. I don't want them going in alone.

SPEAKER_01 1:31:52

Uh uh, go ahead and roll a persuasion check. DC, uh, we'll say a DC eight.

SPEAKER_05 1:31:57

Okay, Matt 20.

SPEAKER_01 1:31:58

Beautiful.

SPEAKER_05 1:31:59

They bow. Like, yes, mast.

SPEAKER_01 1:32:02

Uh, I will remind everyone as far as who is left. The former eagle guy with a broken arm is chilling. Almost dead. Spider guy is hurt, and then there are still two wolves. You guys have not damaged their pool of HP at all.

SPEAKER_03 1:32:21

So because they're just they're still wolves.

SPEAKER_01 1:32:24

So then, so one of the guys calls out as they're ready to shoot. Wolves are or the guy you're fighting.

SPEAKER_03 1:32:29

The guy I'm fighting. I don't want these warriors going into the city alone with these civilians in there.

SPEAKER_01 1:32:35

They not they shoot. Let's see how our buddies do. Uh, luckily you still have all your archers, but how many are there? Five on death's door. Uh takes four arrows. He is very, very hurt, but not quite down. Uh, but that is gonna be the archers. Uh Tamson.

SPEAKER_00 1:33:01

Tamson knows that he has to he has to take these guys out. He is gonna cast, you know, because there's two of them.

SPEAKER_01 1:33:12

He is going to make his way towards the wolves. Uh at this point he's kind of in melee, so no attack of opportunities, but he is AC wise, not necessarily HP wise, but AC wise a little squishy. So he knows that this is a risk, but he is going to go up to the wolves and cast shatter.

SPEAKER_00 1:33:34

Uh uh, let's see. Failure on the first one, uh success on the second one, uh, and then it'll be uh uh three d8.

SPEAKER_01 1:33:52

Or you know what? Uh he still has a fourth level. Uh he'll use up his last third level to add another d8 of damage. Uh because you know what? Why not?

SPEAKER_03 1:34:03

4d8.

SPEAKER_01 1:34:05

4d8. One of the wolves takes full damage. It's the one that was uh that had like smiled at you guys earlier and didn't get very hurt, but he did take some damage before all this started. So he's also the one that took is taking full damage right now. Heck yeah. So he is gonna take uh the extra damage, by the way, goes into whatever takes him out of his wild shape, will be added onto his H. I wasn't sure if that if that yeah, it doesn't it doesn't negate it, so he is in his human form, and then other guy is in his human form as well, and then immediately one of them is like hunched down and just snarls at him, even as a human. But the other guy who had has already had some injuries just smiles, but now they are locked in with with Tamson. That is gonna be our warriors. I like to think we're all part of a team, you know. At least sometimes. And luckily, you guys still have you guys have four actually right now. Four guys are left, but they take out one more, doing a total of 11 points of damage.

SPEAKER_03 1:35:24

Yeah, so now it's four on four.

SPEAKER_01 1:35:27

Uh so it's it's pretty even right now, and then Tamson tackling the wolves, you tackling the spider guy, Val tackling Vulture Guy, and then uh Buka doing the uh or Eagle Guy, sorry, and then tackling this other guy. It's been evening out a little bit. Uh uh that is going to be Val. Guy is still up.

SPEAKER_05 1:35:51

I'm so mad at him. Okay, so let's do this again. I hate him. He shall die. Okay, locking in. So we're gonna hit him with my bow, and you'll die this time. And 16 does a 16 hit.

SPEAKER_01 1:36:07

16 does hit.

SPEAKER_05 1:36:09

Perfect. So we have uh 12 points of piercing plus then we do this one again, and then so 15 of piercing damage. Does he die yet?

SPEAKER_00 1:36:23

How do you want to do this?

SPEAKER_05 1:36:25

This is for ruining my skin and making me glow, but not in the way that I would want to. And then I shoot the arrow and it goes right between his eyes. Just falls over.

SPEAKER_01 1:36:37

Doesn't even hit the ground, arrow goes through and is just holding him up. Uh uh, you have another attack. I do see that the warriors are kind of a compact, it's like 4v4 right now. Uh you can look down, see that Pierce is with someone, and you see that Tamson is with the two former wolf druids.

SPEAKER_05 1:36:58

Let's fight one of the wolf druids for Tamson. Does a 19 hit?

SPEAKER_01 1:37:06

A 19 does hit. Do you want to go after because I mean they they're different people, obviously. Um, do you want to go after the one that had been smiling at you guys earlier? He seems to be the more hurt one. Okay, cool.

SPEAKER_05 1:37:16

And would I be able to do that?

SPEAKER_01 1:37:17

Don't forget to move your hunter's mark.

SPEAKER_05 1:37:19

Yeah, yeah, yeah. The hunter's mark to him. Yeah. Okay, okay, okay. We're moving it to him. Yeah, yeah. Love it, love it, love it, love it. Then so three plus. I don't remember what damage I hit. I have to look at three plus nine is 12 damage of piercing damage because I want his teeth on a necklace.

SPEAKER_01 1:37:40

Hell yeah. Looks he's up, but is hurting, not quite on death's door, but getting his teeth. But Tamson looks at you and he just mouths, thank you. Uh, as he is literally dealing with two guys right now. Uh, that being said, though, uh, we have the two former wolf guys and the spider guy. Spider guy's gonna go after Pierce, and he is going to cast.

SPEAKER_00 1:38:11

What does he want to do?

SPEAKER_01 1:38:14

He's gonna cast Thunder Wave.

SPEAKER_03 1:38:18

It might be a little bit too late, but I just remembered the archer should have had advantage on the spider guy.

SPEAKER_02 1:38:25

But I just remembered that.

SPEAKER_01 1:38:27

Go ahead and just roll a d6. Uh, I'll let you know right now it won't be enough to take him down, but it will lower it to. I got a six. He is on death door. Like still, even more. Yes, no, 100%. Uh this one, you you're looking at him, he is literally on his last leg. Um touch in death door, death's doorknob. He he's already he's got the keys, he's got the keys out of his pocket.

SPEAKER_05 1:38:53

He's dangling them.

SPEAKER_01 1:38:55

He's been kissed up finding the right one. Yeah. Is it this one? Go ahead and roll a uh uh DC-15 con save.

SPEAKER_03 1:39:05

We love con saves, except two passes.

SPEAKER_00 1:39:10

Yeah, you take only four points uh of under damage.

SPEAKER_03 1:39:16

The first time it's been under 10, even though I've saved every time.

SPEAKER_00 1:39:21

You take your damage, the wolves are gonna go. And then they're gonna go, they're gonna go after they're gonna go after Canson.

SPEAKER_02 1:39:34

Save my boy. Do they want to use it? No. No. That's that's three votes for no majority rule.

SPEAKER_05 1:39:47

You actually have to make them jump off a cliff.

SPEAKER_01 1:39:51

To use Pierce, go ahead and give me a quick perception check.

SPEAKER_03 1:39:55

Oh yeah, why me? Because you're there.

SPEAKER_01 1:39:58

Can I give a perception check?

SPEAKER_03 1:40:01

14. Do I get advantage because I'm higher than them?

SPEAKER_01 1:40:04

That's actually the reason why it's not advantage. I'll stay with a 14 because they're not. I mean, it's the middle of combat still. This is all happening, you know, in the midst of of war. Uh, the last thing you hear is the the one that seems to be kind of like the head honcho, like Drew, because there's two wolves, but one of them seems to be kind of more in charge. Uh, the last thing you hear says, I'll go. And he is gonna use his wild shape, go back into wolf form, and he goes into the city, using up his full movement.

SPEAKER_03 1:40:38

Does the uh the the swarm guys are are fighters or tampson get opportunity?

SPEAKER_01 1:40:46

No, nope, nope, nope and tamsen does not have a melee weapon, unfortunately.

SPEAKER_05 1:40:50

What the heck? We said to grab one.

SPEAKER_00 1:40:54

I don't know how to use it.

SPEAKER_05 1:40:55

So that's make that your next hyperfixation.

SPEAKER_01 1:40:58

That's that guy. He hasn't used this. Go ahead if one of you guys, whoever's feeling lucky, go ahead and roll a con. Damn, these are all con. Go ahead and roll a con saving throw for Tamson. Whoever's feeling lucky, I'll let one of you guys roll for him. You're feeling lucky, punk. I will let you know right now. He adds a plus four to this. Uh you're nice. You want an 11 or higher.

SPEAKER_05 1:41:32

I got a 14.

SPEAKER_01 1:41:34

Plus four? Yeah. You you probably just saved Tamson's life. I want you to know. They are gonna cast uh he's gonna cast Blight on him.

SPEAKER_03 1:41:45

Do you guys know any other?

SPEAKER_01 1:41:49

It's the classics. He is going to take uh 21 points of damage, uh, but Tamson is up. He is looking incredibly hurt.

SPEAKER_05 1:42:04

Tamson, don't use the visine, it burns more.

SPEAKER_01 1:42:08

It's really hurting, and kind of similarly, you you see just the color it just drained from him, and he just holds on to whatever uh source of energy and life and fear of death or whatever it might be, but he is stays up, but he is he he looks he looks hurt. That is going to be Pierce. Hmm.

SPEAKER_02 1:42:33

Hitting the spider guy. 21 to hit 21 does hit. Must be nice to always hit. That's the worst.

SPEAKER_03 1:42:41

Oh wow, that's nice.

SPEAKER_01 1:42:43

That's 14 damage. Well, with two HP left. Uh, how do you want to do this? Kick him, kick him in the balls.

SPEAKER_03 1:42:49

Um on the brass ball. Yeah, I think the from like the being hit with the arrows, he had to like find his footing again, which separated us just enough for me to take a full swing in its head, and I decapitate him as like his head falls one side of the branch, body other side.

SPEAKER_01 1:43:09

Ew. You guys just hear the as the as the body and the head fall, but land somehow at the same time. Uh you're not out of the woods quite just yet. Pierce, as you take him out, finally not being in melee with this guy. Uh, obviously, you've been glancing at the at the whole landscape, but focus has been on this guy. Go ahead and give me a perception check. You look towards the battlescape, and you see the warrior that has a scimitar hasn't moved yet. Uh, he's been at the tree line, but he has he's been literally using like the trees almost as like cover, but at this point steps forward uh out of the tree line and looks like he's ready to get in in there as well.

SPEAKER_03 1:43:57

I probably can't I can't see any of the fighters that have gone into the city at this point. Yeah, I was like, I mean, I'm like 10 feet up, but it's also like two rounds at this point. Like if you think you might be able to glance like one of them.

SPEAKER_01 1:44:10

Yeah, yeah. Can you see can you see the wolf that ran away? He the wolf is about 40 feet away. Okay.

SPEAKER_03 1:44:17

Yeah, it's still too far away for me, and I won't be able to keep up with him.

SPEAKER_01 1:44:20

Or sorry, 50 feet away. Jesus Christ. Uh yeah, dire wolves out of 50 feet of movement.

SPEAKER_03 1:44:25

So is this like this fighter guy like on the opposite side of the melee of the two swarm guard like that?

SPEAKER_01 1:44:32

Yeah, like you would have to you'd have to cross through the two swarms to even get to him. You should do it. You should walk across them and and and watch them not be able to hit you. Technically, only four of them would try to hit you.

SPEAKER_03 1:44:45

Right. Does it seem like he's he's like been just watching me, or at least his eyes are on me now. Yeah. Okay. I'm gonna jump down and use my 30 feet of movement to like go to the side of where all the fighting is.

unknown 1:45:02

Okay.

SPEAKER_03 1:45:02

Almost as if to just like invite him to a one-on-one fight.

SPEAKER_01 1:45:07

Like the the swarms are fighting like just to the left of you. Just to my yeah. Cool. Are you using that movement? You're still about 15 feet away from him.

SPEAKER_03 1:45:16

Okay, and I'm gonna use my bonus action now because I haven't yet to do second wind.

SPEAKER_01 1:45:22

Hell yeah. Um, go ahead and add that. Uh, movement action and bonus action. That is gonna be you're not friends, they take out another guy in this in your in your group of friends. You guys are down to three. The combat is eerily more quiet now than it was at the beginning, as there are just bodies on the ground floor, less swords colliding. Yeah, but that is gonna be Buka. Your archers are good though. Your archers are doing great.

SPEAKER_03 1:45:56

Yeah, we're like we're like not doing great, but also I think just on the ground floor, it looks like we're not doing great, but numbers are bad. We're in a good position, minus the people that have gone into the city at this point.

SPEAKER_05 1:46:11

Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_03 1:46:12

I think I get that.

SPEAKER_01 1:46:14

Your skin is suffering, yes. Maybe you should put on some sunscreen. Hey, Pierce, should I go after the wolf or or stay here? You're yelling this down.

SPEAKER_03 1:46:26

Can you can you keep up with the wolf? I don't think you're gonna be able to catch up to him.

SPEAKER_01 1:46:30

I got I got a 60-foot round and some magic.

SPEAKER_03 1:46:33

Yeah, I think that that wolf's gonna be moving, if not as much, if not maybe twice. I think let's let's clear it here so that we can all move into the city together.

SPEAKER_01 1:46:44

Okay. I make sure I have my rapier with me so I don't leave it stuck in the tree. At this point, it's still kind of like glowing just a little bit red, but it's starting to you can tell at this point it's it's warm to the touch, not hot like it was before. Yeah, yes. I touch, I go, mmm, sauna. And I but I use my bow to fire at because there's still that one wolf guy left, right? There's the one directly below you that's fighting Tamson, that's now in the wolf form, but and then other guy became wolf and is headed towards uh the city. We're forgetting about the one that ran away because he's a he's a coward. I'm gonna shoot my bow at Wolfbeck, the one that's left over.

SPEAKER_02 1:47:28

Cool. Come on. Nice. 24. Definitely hits.

SPEAKER_01 1:47:36

Yes, shortbow. Seven points of damage. But seven points of damage, hell yeah. Has he is he soliciting death store yet? Or oh, he's dead. He's dead. He's dead perfectly emotionally, like his eyes are just glazed over, but he's physically fine. Okay, I'm assuming totally okay. He's a case of the thing. I get a nine, I get a nine, and I yell down to him. I say the second one's a warning. What? Yeah. You heard me. Can that count as a distracting stuff? Like it's an inside joke from a previous can that count as a distracting strike? Because you just because you responded to me? Sure. Perfect. Can it so can I add my my Buccaneer dice to the attack? Yes. Yes. Eight! Oh that was max damage. He is looking hurt, but he still looks good. Perfect. The next attack roll against this target by an attacker other than me has advantage. Uh Tamson locks in with his guy uh and is is locked in. Uh you start to hear, I think, especially Val and Buka. Uh you guys start to hear doors being broken down, and you start to see fires start to form in different parts of the city. That is gonna be the archers. Archers are gonna go after the the rest of these warriors because it'll just make life way easier. Uh-huh. Uh, let's do the fact that we have all the archers is crazy. I thought the eagle and the vultures were gonna do way more damage. Uh uh, they take out two more of the baddies. Uh, there are only two of them uh left as uh more bodies are littered on the ground. Um that is gonna be Tamson. He has an advantage.

SPEAKER_03 1:49:50

Yeah, he does.

SPEAKER_01 1:49:52

What could he because some of these are saves, so I think he's gonna hold on to those. He is going to cast uh you know what he's gonna cast uh wizards, too many spells. Anything with a ray, right? Should be uh UC appears. You see this most clearly because you're closest to him. He's only about 10 feet away from you. You see this like weird like secretion or mucus start to like form, almost like sweat from Tamson's hand, and you see it's in his one of his hands, he puts it towards his other hand, pulls back like an arrow, uh, and is gonna cast an acid arrow and then just shoots it out with acid arrow. A shimmering green arrow streaks towards a target within range and bursts in a spray of acid. So he gets to do this with advantage because it is a range spell attack.

SPEAKER_03 1:50:58

Nice.

SPEAKER_01 1:51:03

Thanks, man. Oh yeah. Uh 3020 the hit. Yes. Um it a crit. Uh and he's gonna do 44 damage. 44? That's so 44. 44, hardy hard. Hardy har. Uh uh, oh, baby. Uh 12 points of damage. Nice. Uh not quite dead, but uh, but you could tell it's hurting it. But the other thing is the area immediately around him starts to like sizzle as the acid kind of forms like a small area around him. Um, and so to leave that area around the druid, right? Like, yes, around like the former wolf. Um, and you have a feeling that that acid might be doing a little bit more damage next turn as well.

SPEAKER_03 1:51:55

It might hurt.

SPEAKER_01 1:51:56

Yeah, so acid arrow is good for dang damage uh one round and then the next round as well. Uh uh, but he is that's all he could really do. Your warriors step in, seeing that there's only two of them left. They are going to do this next uh uh roll with advantage because they literally just start to surround the last two. Uh they just spear the last two of them. Uh, and that is the end of that group. I mean they look, Pierce. As at this point, you know, there's no warriors in between you guys. They look and then they say, there's kind of like this conflict, like moment of conflict. We have to go save our people.

SPEAKER_03 1:52:51

Go go into the city, stay together.

SPEAKER_01 1:52:53

They the four of them go, and then they go to like a nearby like home, you know, tree that seems to have been like it's starting to catch on fire, and then they head out towards the city. Archers are gonna take around. Uh, you know what? I I'll say because they were just right before them as well, because these are all just like NPCs doing their turn. I'm gonna say that three of the archers are gonna stay, two of them are gonna use these like bridges that connect to start heading into the city as well. So you're losing two archers.

SPEAKER_03 1:53:27

The bridges go into the city, yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 1:53:29

All like a lot of the homes, they're not all connected, but a lot of them are. Uh, but being 30 to 40 feet above everybody else is just an advantage for them. So they're gonna they're gonna maximize that. So you guys are losing some archers, but uh only because they are good to fight. So two of them are heading into the city. That is gonna be Val. Oh, I'm so sorry. It is not Val's turn.

SPEAKER_02 1:53:58

Oh, Scimitar guy.

SPEAKER_01 1:54:00

Uh Scimitar guy. He's gonna close in on you, my guy.

SPEAKER_03 1:54:07

Makes sense.

SPEAKER_01 1:54:08

This this guy's standing like seven feet tall. He's a human, but just just a tall figure. Um uh human is a natural.

SPEAKER_03 1:54:18

Do not look human.

SPEAKER_01 1:54:20

Uh he's he's human in the grand scene of things, but just a massive guy. Uh has a scimitar. And as he approaches, uh, doesn't even stop to like say this thing as he's walking towards you, points a scimitar, continues walking, just says, This shall be your burial ground, and is gonna take three melee attacks on you. Jesus. How tall is he? Uh seven does not hit.

SPEAKER_03 1:54:44

He's like a seven, he's like seven feet tall.

SPEAKER_01 1:54:46

Yeah. And you see also uh 16 to hit.

SPEAKER_02 1:54:52

Nope.

SPEAKER_01 1:54:53

Ooh, look out uh and then a 23 to hit. He goes and takes two swipes at you, and then you didn't notice it in this moment, but he has a third one takes a dagger at you and then slashes across your chest. You take a six damage, six piercing damage halves to three.

SPEAKER_03 1:55:16

Cool. I'm also going to use Yori Dice Repost for one of his missed attacks. And I get to attack him back. Uh go for it.

SPEAKER_02 1:55:27

25 to hit 25 hits. Nice. 17 19 damage.

SPEAKER_03 1:55:39

Yeah, I get my my d8 adds to the damage, and I rolled an eight.

SPEAKER_01 1:55:42

Hell yeah. He gets slashed, looks at it, and then just starts to laugh and just says, We shall flower plants here with our blood. That is gonna be Val.

SPEAKER_05 1:55:54

Why do you flower plants with your blood anyway?

SPEAKER_01 1:55:56

Not like fully concerned yet, but like you're like, it's nice that he's environmentally conscious, you know.

SPEAKER_05 1:56:06

Yeah, I don't know if blood. I'm just glad he's a melee device. Finally, right? Uh let's let's move our hunter's mark to our big seven-foot guy.

SPEAKER_01 1:56:17

Cool.

SPEAKER_05 1:56:18

And let's go. Does a 26 hit.

SPEAKER_02 1:56:24

A 26 does hit.

SPEAKER_05 1:56:28

10 plus so 15 points of piercing damage for the first one.

SPEAKER_03 1:56:35

Hell yeah. I love that the dice like lean on the edge of the green.

SPEAKER_05 1:56:40

And a 29 hits as well.

SPEAKER_01 1:56:42

Um let's say that one more time.

SPEAKER_05 1:56:44

29 hits as well, 29 definitely hits 12 plus three, so 15 points of piercing damage.

SPEAKER_01 1:56:54

He does not like that.

SPEAKER_05 1:56:56

I don't like you.

SPEAKER_01 1:56:58

Are you talking to Renee? That's so rude.

SPEAKER_05 1:57:01

I was talking to the seven-foot guy. We love Renee.

SPEAKER_03 1:57:06

Oh, I feel like the fight with the seven-foot guy is going much better than I already thought it was going to.

SPEAKER_01 1:57:12

And the rest of all of the other fights, yes.

SPEAKER_05 1:57:15

Yeah, he's over seven foot.

SPEAKER_01 1:57:18

Beautiful. That is going to be uh a wolf guy. One of them is out somewhere in the city. Ugh.

SPEAKER_00 1:57:28

Ugh. The second one is going. Oh, what's the distance on this one, you guys? Uh oh, maybe it is two feet. That feels right.

SPEAKER_05 1:57:42

Two inches. That's a big distance.

SPEAKER_00 1:57:45

Oh no, it does say it does say that.

SPEAKER_01 1:57:47

Oh, yeah, 120 feet.

unknown 1:57:49

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 1:57:50

Yeah. I need Val and Buka to roll me uh deck saving throws.

SPEAKER_05 1:57:58

I'm gonna die.

SPEAKER_02 1:58:01

No. I'm a unicorn now. Well, wow, that is that is a swirly dice.

SPEAKER_01 1:58:09

That is. I got a 13.

SPEAKER_05 1:58:12

I got a 13.

SPEAKER_01 1:58:13

Failure and a failure immediately. Can you tell us can you tell us about our saving throw instead of just attacking my character? Huh? No. Why are you calling me a failure right now? Okay, keep going. I oh no, I was talking about you. Yeah. But my but my saving throw passed, right?

unknown 1:58:37

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 1:58:38

Immediately in the ground, this you know, the bridge in front of you, you start to like smell burning wood, and immediately the wood crackles, breaks, and fire shoots up. He's gonna cast wall of fire. You guys take 24 damage, fire damage.

SPEAKER_05 1:58:55

I'm down great.

SPEAKER_01 1:58:57

You see, part of it is the actual like just explosion in the heat. Uh Val, you're able to like cover your body, but you feel your arms just bubble and boil as the heat just immediately just burns you. You are down. How's Buka doing? I'm down. Uh, you're down as well. Yeah, cool. And you guys are currently trapped on that side of the wall. Nice.

SPEAKER_05 1:59:26

Nice and twisty now. Nice.

SPEAKER_01 1:59:28

So does that tree. So does Wolfpeck die from the poison or what? Uh we'll just wait till we get to his friend again. Uh but that is gonna be his full action. Pierce, that is you. Uh, you hear the fire behind you roaring 30 feet above you. You do not see, or actually go ahead and give me a perception check. It'll be kind of hard, but I got a 10. 10. But you can't see, you just know that your friends are up there, and suddenly there's a wall of fire. The this this giant man that you you know were in combat with looks at you just says, Stay here and fight, we shall water the plants, or will you cower and go after your friends?

SPEAKER_02 2:00:09

I whisper to myself.

SPEAKER_03 2:00:12

What are you whispering?

SPEAKER_01 2:00:13

It's cutting out a little bit on your end, so sorry.

SPEAKER_03 2:00:16

No, I know. I'm whispering really, really. I'm still talking to myself.

SPEAKER_05 2:00:20

He's talking to him.

SPEAKER_03 2:00:21

So truly, no one can hear me.

SPEAKER_01 2:00:23

I'll I'll say, I'll say with that 10 perception, you know that with a dash, you could because there is that like a rope ladder that I had mentioned that that is uh like right there, it would probably use up an entire dash action just to get to your friends. But you you feel like you could get to them. Uh, I will say though, again, even looking at it, because I mean it's a giant wall of fire, you might have to jump through the fire uh to get to them, just because the way that the wall formed, they're on the other side of it, right? But you don't know that we're dead.

SPEAKER_05 2:01:01

So just we're not we're just taking a nap.

SPEAKER_01 2:01:04

Go with go with your heart.

SPEAKER_05 2:01:06

Your heart of hearts, you save more people.

SPEAKER_03 2:01:09

I'm gonna just for the purpose of the fact that I just I don't know that they're down. I feel like Pierce would take another attack before calling after them.

SPEAKER_02 2:01:20

Okay. Swing better better better. 24? 24 hits. We love it when we don't miss. 12 points of damage. Is hurt but he's fine. Yeah, weirder. Uh you do have movement still.

SPEAKER_03 2:01:43

Uh yeah, but if I use movement, I'm gonna get attacked for opportunity. I'm still gonna be close enough to him for him to attack again. So I think I'm I'm not gonna move yet, but calling out to just Puka! Val! Are you okay?

SPEAKER_01 2:02:01

No response, and just wait, wait for a response, but obviously, yeah. Puka, go ahead and roll a death saving throw for me. I've changed back to my waffle cone. I don't know why I ever doubted it. Crazy. This is crazy. My waffle cone. I got a seven. Uh, that is the death safe failure. You have one failure. For anybody listening, a Nat one, if Buka were to get one, uh, would mean two death failures, death safe failures, uh and would mean that Buka will no longer be a part of this podcast. So just to kind of set up I've already rolled, I've already rolled two of them, which means I'm out of ones for the rest of the rest of the session. Yeah, I'm knocking. I rolled, I rolled both of the ones you're supposed to roll every session, so uh cool. So there you go. That it was your turn, two of the archers fully dead.

SPEAKER_02 2:03:06

Oh shoot, I forgot they were out there.

SPEAKER_01 2:03:09

Third one for the sake of the story, rolls a Nat 20 for his save. For his save, but I'll say yeah. Um health left. Honestly, yeah. I feel like that's the only thing honestly shouldn't have one health left, but I'm gonna say he has one health, and uh you know what? I'm gonna because I can do whatever the hell I want, because I am God in this world.

SPEAKER_05 2:03:36

Uh amen.

SPEAKER_01 2:03:38

Goes to I'm gonna say he's gonna go to who would be closest to him? I feel probably Val. I think Val is closest to him because you were the one that was in melee with the other guy. So um yeah, yeah. I'm gonna say that Val's closest. Val, you are down currently. Um you don't feel much of anything, but you just feel like you're in a large body of water, just kind of like floating. Again, uh less serene.

SPEAKER_05 2:04:19

Uh, it's very last time I was in a body of water.

SPEAKER_01 2:04:22

I uh no, it'll be fine, it'll be great.

SPEAKER_05 2:04:26

Um the body remembers when you the body, the water, or my body body.

SPEAKER_03 2:04:33

Yeah, listen, they remember it's fine. Your skin is being rejuvenated. Just think about that.

SPEAKER_01 2:04:38

Oh, let's wow, this is terrible. You just find comfort in in being almost dead.

SPEAKER_05 2:04:48

Uh, you hear what it's supposed to be, though.

SPEAKER_01 2:04:51

Kind of, and you also hear uh the creature, the spirit, the being that you met in the ocean, Mirleth. You hear her voice just say, It is not yet time, my child. Um, and this archer is gets uh a good berry that he has in his pocket. Um, because this step block can cast good berry, uh, and plops it. Uh, you come back with one HP, uh, and immediately are back in the heat uh of the fire. Um the fire is about four feet away from you. It is hot, uh, but not quite causing damage just yet. But you don't feel like it's good to be next to this fire.

SPEAKER_05 2:05:43

So I'm not in the water anymore. I'm trying again.

SPEAKER_01 2:05:48

Uh that's gonna be Tamson. Uh uh Tamson did not like that. Uh as he sees the fire uh that was cast by this this wolf that's in front of him, uh you hear him yell, just says, No! Not my friends! It can't end this way. Uh, and he starts to form, uh he's gonna use a fourth-level spell. Uh uh, his only fourth level spell, gathers heat in his hands and looks at the wolf and just says, If you love fire so much, then die in it. Uh, and throws a fireball. Yeah. Fireball. He needs to roll a this guy needs to roll a deck save.

SPEAKER_05 2:06:36

Fireball.

SPEAKER_01 2:06:37

Beautiful. Uh, not one. The cinematics could not be more perfect. Uh cinema. Uh he is he up cast it to fourth level. Um, which means it will be 96. Uh. That is a failure. Uh, and this guy does take up if I can count 38 fire damage. And with a clean 30 HP, the smell of just burning skin and hair starts to waft as just the pressure of the fire and the explosion. The only thing that's left up against the tree is just the guy's shadow.

SPEAKER_03 2:07:34

Oh, and that's nice.

SPEAKER_01 2:07:37

Uh, but that guy is down. He uh, what's he gonna do? Looks at you, Pierce, and just says, Do you need me to stay?

SPEAKER_03 2:07:48

And he's like looking up, but Puka and Val didn't respond.

SPEAKER_01 2:07:51

Fine then using his movement is gonna start getting up. Um makes it most of the way.

SPEAKER_02 2:07:59

I appear.

SPEAKER_01 2:08:00

Uh yes, in this moment, uh Val, you see the fire just dissipate down. Uh, still embers uh left over. You also don't feel that the bridge is very safe or secure right now, but but the firewall will not be causing more damage as rounds go on, uh, which is good because his turn was coming up. That's gonna be you, Val. Val, you come to see this archer next to you, and you look around and see Buka about five feet away from you uh on the ground, unconscious.

SPEAKER_05 2:08:33

I use my movement to to run to Buka. Buka, Buka, and then I use Kier wounds and I touch him. Wake up, and then I uh heal you for seven.

SPEAKER_02 2:08:46

Nice, hell yeah. Today we can't say seven, I'm alive.

SPEAKER_05 2:08:54

He ruined my skin more.

SPEAKER_01 2:08:58

You you and everything just feels sore and hot. Tight now because it's yeah, this is something that I had brought up, and I don't know if it will stay, so this might be cut from the final edit. But quick question for Val and for Buka. I kind of mentioned anytime that you go down, um, like a small scar, something like even when you're healed, just think about kind of like what your scar might be uh in this one. Uh, I was saying that if you go down, it's not gonna be like this huge you know wound, but just like something as a as a reminder. Right, because my first scar is exactly the same as Val scar, or exactly the same as my Val has Val has uh eyebrow scar. Eyebrow split. Yeah, what does Pierce have? He has the the it's like a lightning like bolt like to the chest, basically.

SPEAKER_03 2:09:54

Yeah, right. The closest thing would be like almost like a gunshot wound healed.

SPEAKER_01 2:10:00

Right. Uh I have the same scar as one of you. I don't remember which one. You have you you have a uh we both went down on the top. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, baby. Oh, that's right. Yeah, my scar is the exact same as Pierce's. So, Val, what what type of scar would you like?

SPEAKER_05 2:10:20

Are we matching? Maybe I want one of my shoulders to just be like all just like healed, like it looks like a a skin graft kind of, so like a little darker misplaced and like repeating and like rough, but just like like my bicep, like my shoulder to my bicep.

SPEAKER_01 2:10:41

Ooh, yeah, like it like if you are not paying attention to it, you know, you really wouldn't notice it a whole lot, but it's one of those where when you actually look at it, you could tell that like as it's you know got healed a little bit, that it's just like slight discoloration, just slightly you know, lighter in tone almost. Right or left.

SPEAKER_05 2:11:00

The one that I would hold the like pull back on my bow with. So I think right, right? Right? Yeah, right.

SPEAKER_01 2:11:07

Yeah, if you feel like Balserite.

SPEAKER_05 2:11:11

So left eyebrow scar, right.

SPEAKER_01 2:11:14

Ooh, the balance. Again, just a little touch for your character, you know. I would like my scar to look like it's the tail of a comet coming out of my my wound that is exactly like Pierces.

SPEAKER_05 2:11:28

It's gonna look it.

SPEAKER_01 2:11:29

So it looks like a shooting star on my chest. But I but when the hair goes back, I would like it's gonna be discolored, so it's gonna look a different color. Yeah, yeah. So I'll I'll say I'll I'll make the decision for you in this one. It comes out like a like white tuft, but you could tell. Yeah, I love that.

unknown 2:11:45

Cool.

SPEAKER_01 2:11:46

It just it kind of just gets like goes over my shoulder. Love that. Oh, yeah. Not quite this, not quite the same as Val's, but but it's pretty close. Yeah. Again, as as your DM, I want to make sure, like make it clear, does not affect gameplay in any way, shape, or form. It's just cool. I think like every time we get yeah, every time we get a scar, right? We get an extra point in charisma. Sure. Only they're cool. Uh right. They're all more minus one depending on on what kind of star it is. But yeah, yeah, some something like just to give your characters a little bit more uh a little bit more color, a little bit more depth. Because it also is weird thinking that like technically there could be a whole world with nobody has a scar. Like that feels not real.

SPEAKER_03 2:12:29

Especially since we like our instance from combat constantly.

SPEAKER_01 2:12:33

Yeah, you know, so like magic magic works. Magic makes sure that you don't die. It doesn't always necessarily make sure that you come out as perfect or as pristine as you were pre-combat. But where's the fun and pristine? Exactly. So again, just a little mechanic that I wanted to introduce, but value cast that is that an action or a bonus action?

SPEAKER_05 2:12:55

What was I casting?

SPEAKER_01 2:12:57

Uh I don't know. Did you cast cure wounds or cure or oh that was just an action?

SPEAKER_05 2:13:02

Sorry, I forgot what we were doing.

SPEAKER_01 2:13:04

Uh I healed Buka.

SPEAKER_05 2:13:06

Yeah, uh, I healed Buka for that. Was my full that's an action.

SPEAKER_01 2:13:10

Okay.

SPEAKER_05 2:13:11

Yeah. That's it. That's all I got.

SPEAKER_01 2:13:14

Uh that uses up some of your movement, but you are up there right now. You have no clue what is going on downstairs. You just know that uh wall of fire tried to take you out.

SPEAKER_05 2:13:22

Buka, we need to get out of here. The stability of the we need to go, and then I head as far as I can out of the tree with all of the rest of my movement.

SPEAKER_01 2:13:32

Yeah, you end up meeting up with because it's half movement to get back up from prone, but with that movement, because he was only five feet away from you, uh, you start to basically meet Tam Tamson as he is making his way up the ladder. Uh, you guys are okay. Everybody, are you guys okay?

SPEAKER_05 2:13:50

I could be better.

unknown 2:13:52

Okay.

SPEAKER_01 2:13:53

And then looks behind and just sees Buka sitting up, but like still on the ground, and then the other archer, two other archers are not visible or present. That is going to be Pierce with Buka on deck because there's a lot less people now.

SPEAKER_03 2:14:14

Yeah. Random story question because we haven't really like battled with friends much before. When like those archers go down, are they just like dead? Yeah, they're not able to be like brought back, they're not doing test savings. It'd be like if Tamson went down, it'd be different, but yeah.

SPEAKER_01 2:14:31

I'll say just for for sake of story, significant NPCs uh have an opportunity.

SPEAKER_03 2:14:37

These guys are they're just archers, archers also probably only have like nine health, so like 18 does them in, anyways.

SPEAKER_02 2:14:44

Okay, yeah.

SPEAKER_03 2:14:45

Do I I mean I probably can't like hear them talking about it? No, uh but I think I think that the fact that Tanson, I think that the fact that I've already communicated with Tanson to go check on them and make sure that Buka and Val are okay.

SPEAKER_01 2:15:00

I'm like focused in on the I'll say also you can't see them because you know they were prone and stuff like that. And I mean it's still 30 feet up in the air. You do see when that other like druid goes down that the wall of fire also disappears. So you don't know how they're looking health-wise, but you know that that has disappeared.

SPEAKER_03 2:15:17

I'm just feeling better. Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_02 2:15:20

Okay. Uh oh, I'm gonna swing at this guy. Oh yeah. 19 to hit. Uh 19 does hit. Okay, that's good. I don't know where this guy's at. Uh I'm gonna go distracting strike again for 14 points of damage.

SPEAKER_03 2:15:43

And the next attack on this this dude I'm biting has advantage.

SPEAKER_01 2:15:49

He's looking hurt, but not quite on death's door, but is is hurt. Hell yeah. That is going to be a Buka followed by the one archer. Okay, so we have to run away. This is what this is what Buka says as he sits up. We have to run away. So I'm gonna get up and make movement towards Val and Tamson. Pierce is still locked in combat, right? Yes, as you look down, there were a lot fewer people when you before you went down. It is right now just the one guy.

SPEAKER_02 2:16:25

Okay, I'm going to cast dissonant whispers at the third level on this guy.

SPEAKER_01 2:16:35

Uh he needs to uh make a wisdom saving throw. Shockingly, not that twice. He adds a plus two to this. Oh, what's he trying to get? Uh 15. Not one. Yeah. So he's gonna take five d6 uh worth of psychic damage.

SPEAKER_02 2:16:58

Wow. Look at all those waffles.

unknown 2:17:01

Jesus.

SPEAKER_01 2:17:02

Waffles. 23 points of damage. Jesus, it is uh hurt hurt, yeah, and he needs to use his reaction, if available, to move as far as its speed allows away from me. Uh you said a wisdom saving throw. Uh since he fails. Yeah. So he has to move uh as far as he can away from me. Yeah, he starts to back up. He's uh like he's uh pierce. You see him start to like look around. Uh like he like you almost instinctively also have to look like what is there. You see nothing, uh, but you see that he starts to back up. Yeah, and uh since he's moving out of range, yeah.

SPEAKER_02 2:17:46

Opportunity. Let's go. 17? Uh 17 to hit? Yeah. Uh does hit. Nice. Big. I wasn't sure what his AC.

SPEAKER_03 2:18:01

Uh 4, 13, 15 points of damage. How do you want to do this? I think uh I'm like still in rage and um just out of like sheer emotion from the like situation and all the death and my friends being hurt. Um now his attention just like isn't on me at all. Um, I go for decapitation again. Um and just go as the hardest swing that I can like create, and like he's not even like looking at me when it happens.

SPEAKER_01 2:18:40

Uh there's like a moment of shock and fear as he seems to be hearing something or seeing something, and there's a moment where he turns his neck and just fully exposed, fully like just clean hit, and you use that opportunity, two hands. Uh and there's a moment where he it's still this moment of fear, such a clean cut that because he's been looking around, you know, hearing or seeing something that's not there, he turns to look at the next thing, and as that happens, the sever happens. Uh and he drops, uh, just with this scared look um on his face. Uh, we are out of combat. Uh uh, you make your way down. Uh, you are starting to hear yells from inside the city.

SPEAKER_02 2:19:36

What would you like to do? Uh I start.

SPEAKER_03 2:19:41

I mean, I'm like probably 40 or so feet from them.

SPEAKER_01 2:19:47

Yeah, I'll I'll say at this point, it's kind of like this weird thing. Like, so so don't worry about movement so much right now.

SPEAKER_03 2:19:52

Right. Like, I'm so like, but I think in that very moment, I it head into the city. We have to we have to stop them. Uh they like they start heading into the city even before I catch up to them.

SPEAKER_01 2:20:04

Uh the archer helps you up, Buka, and then you guys are so close to them. Uh, you guys start to make your way down. Uh as that happens, because Pierce, you used up some of your movement. I'll say you guys are or you're all basically together at this point. Um Tamson looks at you and says, We should go to the grove. Uh, there's there's people there. I we don't know what civilians are in their homes, but we know there's people at the grove.

SPEAKER_03 2:20:27

Let's let's on our way there, let's split up, take two different roads. Uh let's see if if on the way we can find any of these these warriors uh in in homes and or just civilians that need help on the way.

SPEAKER_01 2:20:41

As that happened, okay. I don't know if we can I don't know if we can split up as I'm uh helping the art the archer and Val and Buca are all using each other to stand up.

SPEAKER_05 2:20:53

I think you have the most health out of all of us.

SPEAKER_03 2:20:56

Yeah, I'm gonna hand my I have two, I believe. Uh I do have more than two, but I'm gonna give a potion feeling to Buka and to Val.

SPEAKER_05 2:21:07

Why? I have one.

SPEAKER_01 2:21:10

Uh I was gonna say if if you guys need some, because you guys can take actions. Uh you see that uh he goes into his bag uh and Tamson uh ends up uh giving uh well he looks at you guys like who's how how are you guys doing? As uh and this is as you guys are making your way towards the the town, but unwell. I think that's at one. Uh who is at seven? Uh he will use up his last two uh and give you guys two greater potions of healing. Oh, nice. Uh and uh we follow the homebrew rule that if you take a full action, you can use the full uh amount. Uh so it's 44 plus four. Uh so you can both add 20 points of healing for uh Val and for Buka. Um he does have two regular potions of healing. Uh gives one to Pierce. Uh and he's gonna take the other one. I'll say the archer stage at the top. He's he's going back with his other archer friends. Yeah. We're gonna we're gonna escort him out of the story. Uh that's fair. Buca, he told you he's like, I'm gonna I'm gonna meet up with everybody else.

SPEAKER_03 2:22:34

Okay, okay. What's uh your regular potion of healing? 10 for the max. I believe so. Um yeah, 2d4 and plus two.

unknown 2:22:44

Cool.

SPEAKER_03 2:22:46

Um I'll save I'll save my potion of healing, but I think if if everybody's comfortable now, I think we should go in groups of two.

unknown 2:22:56

Okay.

SPEAKER_01 2:22:58

I'm heading to the grove. I'm I I can't I can't look through these houses.

SPEAKER_03 2:23:02

If uh you you three go together. Take one path, I'll take another.

SPEAKER_01 2:23:08

Okay.

SPEAKER_03 2:23:08

I'll meet you.

SPEAKER_01 2:23:09

Uh uh, as you go, Tamson grabs you. Uh uh, let's do opposed Death Alix. You're not he's not gonna win, but uh 21. Wow, he does win. I got it. There is there is this like innate strength. Come with us. Okay, fine. There's I don't know what danger is out there, but we can do it together. But if you get hurt out there, no one's gonna be around.

SPEAKER_03 2:23:34

I'm just I'm just worried about the civilians that didn't go to the grove. I know, I know.

SPEAKER_01 2:23:40

Uh, and as you say, that literally like you're hearing like kind of spread out throughout the city, like you're hearing screams. Um but you like know that all of this danger and chaos of the random, you know, you know, tribesmen and of different groups that came they made it into the city, you know where they're headed.

SPEAKER_03 2:24:01

Yeah. Um he looks like a quick question. Yeah. Uh and I meant to ask before I ran away from the big dude. Yeah. Um, did was the the big dude part of one of these tribes?

SPEAKER_01 2:24:16

Or did he have yes, he uh six in, yeah. No, no, he did not. Okay. Uh he uh specifically because he had the red armor, uh or I'm so sorry, he had the black and gold armor. Uh because he was part of like the warrior tribe. Um and so he specifically uh was a member of the the Brightwater uh tribe.

SPEAKER_02 2:24:46

Cool. So um can we pause really quick so I can pee?

SPEAKER_01 2:24:52

Yes, go ahead and pee. We are we're close to the end, so but go ahead and pee. Go go piss, girl. It's not healthy to hold it.

SPEAKER_05 2:24:59

No, that's how you get a UTI. That's why I got up earlier to pee.

SPEAKER_01 2:25:04

Oh man, like you guys are doing so good! Thanks. I need a better chair and to not have a sinus infection.

SPEAKER_05 2:25:12

Herman Miller chair.

SPEAKER_02 2:25:14

I know. Well, this chair is just a range of.

SPEAKER_05 2:25:20

I used to have one of those back in the day, it's a little tights, yeah.

SPEAKER_02 2:25:27

Ugh to put a pillow on it.

SPEAKER_05 2:25:30

Hello, Princess.

SPEAKER_01 2:25:33

Okay. We are gonna have to do another session before the but the next episode will be the end of the arc. Ooh, nice. And then are we doing it next week? Uh if you guys have time next week, I'm free. Let me see, let me see, let me see. Uh uh. I'm free next Thursday, so you said next Thursday, you're free. I'm free, and then uh I also have time next Wednesday afternoon.

SPEAKER_05 2:26:09

I can do next Wednesday.

SPEAKER_01 2:26:14

I'm free Thursday, and then I'm free Saturday after one.

SPEAKER_05 2:26:19

Next this Saturday?

SPEAKER_01 2:26:21

Uh well, I guess every Saturday. But if we're looking at next week, we can't do Saturday. You can't do Saturday, Val?

SPEAKER_05 2:26:30

I can do Saturday.

SPEAKER_01 2:26:31

Oh, you can do Saturday? Can you do Saturday? I think I can do Saturday. Well, what what time are we thinking? Because I I think I'm gonna because this these first few Saturdays at least I'm gonna have to work like I said, I'm free after one. Uh I was telling them, Jordan, that we have one more episode and then we can close out the arc. But we do need another session.

SPEAKER_02 2:26:55

Um yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 2:26:57

Well, I mean, if we do Saturday after or about three o'clock my time, I know that's like pushing it a little bit later, but that would work. It would be because what uh I guess it'd be later for Jordan. Yeah. Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 2:27:14

Am I five hours ahead of you or four right now?

SPEAKER_01 2:27:16

Um, what time is it right now? Is it 9 41 or 10 41?

SPEAKER_03 2:27:21

1041.

SPEAKER_01 2:27:22

10 41. You guys are five.

SPEAKER_03 2:27:24

Yeah. That'd be eight too.

SPEAKER_02 2:27:26

I mean, it's not it's not that bad. I'm not working, so yeah.

SPEAKER_05 2:27:31

Wait, so two hours later, that would be make I cannot do two hours later on Saturday.

SPEAKER_03 2:27:39

That would be three hours later than you on Saturday. Or for you. So six o'clock on Saturday for you.

SPEAKER_05 2:27:45

Yeah, but like six to how long?

SPEAKER_01 2:27:47

I mean, if we're only doing what four hours. Doing one session. Yes. Uh, this one will be to like wrap up the arc. Three hours? Uh yeah, 100%.

SPEAKER_04 2:27:57

Okay.

SPEAKER_01 2:27:58

I will let you know right now, as you will see in the next five minutes. There will be another combat. It won't be as long though. Nice. This one was just physically so many people. Yeah. Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 2:28:11

So are we thinking the 21st?

SPEAKER_01 2:28:14

So this I I could make I can make the 21st work. I can make this after Saturday. Yeah, I can make this Saturday or next Saturday work. As long as it's after 1 p.m.

SPEAKER_05 2:28:25

Yeah. Okay. And then I think we should plan the 26th since we Wednesday still work.

SPEAKER_01 2:28:35

26th on Thursday.

SPEAKER_05 2:28:37

Sorry, yes, Thursday.

SPEAKER_01 2:28:39

Thursdays work for me. Thursdays are low-key tabletop days, but how does that work with you guys? Yeah, I mean, if we if I can push it, if I can push it a little bit later, then that one, that one we could literally just do a group recap slash little talk back. Oh um, so that one we wouldn't have to worry about like taking too long. That one we could literally do an hour, hour and a half. Yeah. Oh, yeah, it's because it's gonna be the end of the arc already. Yeah.

unknown 2:29:05

Right.

SPEAKER_01 2:29:05

So it's not like we have a couple sessions to play. Yes, exactly. So 21st, we could do last episode of arc two. Uh and then 26th, we could do like a little recap, slash any questions that you guys might have. Great. Also, we can use, you know what we could do? We could do the 26th as a small session zero. Uh, because I can call you guys because I had mentioned that it'd be cool to do like a little three shot, yeah, or four shot, and we could do character creation, but we can just record it. We can actually it'd be cool to like kind of post like so we could talk about like what the vibe is gonna be. Uh so I can call you guys separately just for that. Um, and then we could do like recorded session zero or like where we actually do like character creation and stuff. So I think that'd be kind of fun. Yeah, that could be fun. And again, that that one could be like an hour, hour and a half at most, yeah. For the 26th. Perfect. Cool, so we can do that instead of the recap. We can we can do that instead of the recap. Um, because the recap we can do after all the episodes are posted. Great. Cool. You guys feel good? Yeah. Cool. All right, back to the episode. Like I said, we're we're we'll be done the next like five to seven minutes, but cool. As he grabs you and Tamson, I guess, wins this struggle of of like you can just tell it's like an unnatural strength of of like desperation. Pierce, do you do you go with the rest of the group? Yeah, I I go with them at this point. You guys start to make your way towards the moon mother tree. The one good thing, as you guys are going, go ahead and give me quick perception or nature checks. Perception 28 25, 28, and then nature 12 nature. Oh, oh, never mind, of course. Um with a 12 nature, I think you're distracted by the people in danger, like knowing that you can't help them, and even if you tried, you can't help all of them, but that there is like a part of it. So I think your your your gaze is just kind of going a lot of places with a 25 and a 28. Uh, two things. One, uh trees are being lit on fire. Uh at this point, it's now it's it's been minutes, right? So we were going round by round. Now it's just minutes or of timer going by as you guys are headed towards the moon mother tree. The trees are surprisingly not catching on fire as quickly as you would imagine. Like a normal or you would yeah. Um, and I'll uh I think part of it is just the actual like size of the trees, but I'll say with a 25 and a 28, you think there might be something like magical about the trees themselves that is helping prevent the fire from catching like it would normally, uh, which also shows I think as you guys are looking at the moon mother tree, uh it looks it's the one symbol of peace, as it is fully unscathed, and you notice that even as you approach, you guys do pass, uh maybe fortunately, maybe not, uh you do pass as there are bodies on the ground, knowing that they are beyond help as they have been dead for some time now. Uh, as you get there with a 25 and 28 perception, you guys are about I'll say a thousand feet from the moon mother tree and the grove. You guys are coming in from the east. There is a moment where a wolf lands uh on a person that seems to be running from one of the homes, trying to make it to the grove, and a wolf just comes in and bites them on the neck and just rips as viscera and blood spray against one of the branches and trunk of the tree nearby. And looking around, looking for its next hunt, you see that the wolf looks at you guys with a familiar glance, as as you guys have seen this wolf before.

SPEAKER_02 2:33:30

Uh, what would you guys like to do? I think I start running towards the wolf. How far?

SPEAKER_01 2:33:37

How far is he? About, I'll say probably about 50 feet away. Oh, never mind. I'm closer than I thought. I want to cast a spell. Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 2:33:46

Uh I'm gonna use 20 feet of movement so that I can throw a javelin.

SPEAKER_01 2:33:51

Um you go ahead and and do that. This will be the last thing before we go into this next part, but but you guys are able to do one. thing right uh so go ahead and throw the javelin and then what is buko doing i'm going to uh i'm going to cast um shatter at the third level or sorry second level you go and cast it uh and immediately you feel the spell fizzle up uh go ahead and do your attack roll uh piercing oh 20 23 to hit 23 uh uh go ahead and roll uh 1d6 plus whatever it is that you add to your modifier for the or or or how much is it uh oh you add it to your character sheet go ahead and whatever that is yeah i added the javelin to my character sheet oh perfect uh i don't i don't have any more because now this is the second time i've thrown one cool um so i did 11 damage cool hell yeah uh oh wait are you as i like run the 20 feet and like okay throw the javelin like in a full sprint and you said 11 damage yeah uh anything you'd like to do i would like to cast tail of thorns at the second level oh i didn't mean to do that one yet but that's okay uh da da so I'll shoot with my long bow does a 23 hit 23 does hit five and because I'm doing hail of thorns I won't be able to use hunter's mark yes yes great um so we have um so five from the regular longbow plus twelve from hail of thorns plus I'll hit the longbow again plus eight twenty-five points of piercing damage oh wait no he has to roll uh hold on hold on I forgot I forgot well so also roll to see if you hit the second time right right right sorry I'm confused you're good so so let's do it let's let's do this one at a time so let's do the first one go ahead damage for that first hit uh because the first one does hit uh plus the hail of thorns but then you would have to do I think that was five plus five plus twelve was that one yeah was the first attack cool and then do I have to roll a dexterity saving too I think it's yeah I think it's like a dexterity it's a dex yeah and then dex uh hold on let me know uh it's a failure he's not gonna add enough cool so the full was it hold on this is five plus twelve thank you the full seventeen oh yeah uh go ahead and roll to and then you're gonna go for a second hit yeah which I think I already rolled technically everything's just out of order uh 24 to hit 24 just hit and then six points of piercing damage uh look the wolf looks hurt but still uh a nickname in its wolf form um with that uh you see uh Buka you felt your spell fizzle out so it literally is like arrow arrow javelin and you go to cast yours um and the spell disappears can I tell where where that feeling comes from you know not where it's coming from necessarily but you know what it is uh your spell got countered uh coming in from so the wolf had kind of attacked the direction you guys are heading towards the moon mother tree the wolf had jumped from the right side and attacked this person that was trying to you know go to the grove um uh from the left maybe another 20 feet or so past the wolf but coming in uh out of one of the homes uh you see uh an individual come he has a um dressed really really well uh he pulls a uh like a kerchief of some kind and wipes away any like ash and blood that he has on his hands um you guys see light blue skin white hair that is quaft uh and formed really really well uh wearing beautiful clothing kind of mesh you guys see uh a lot of piercings you guys see uh that he has money um and it's the same uh air genasi that you guys had faced uh uh at Lenneth Academy the hot guy yeah he was the one guarding the like the room the trapped room uh almost like magically amplified uh his voice kind of extends out and just says no no no no you won't be making it pass and that's where we're gonna end tonight's session uh why do the hot ones have to be so evil to the equation