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MATT: Hello, everyone, and welcome to tonight's[br]special Valentine's Day episode of Critical Role,

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where a bunch of us nerdy-ass voice actors sit[br]around and play Dungeons &amp; Dragons and invite you

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to spend it with us. Thank you for joining us on[br]this Thursday. For those of you that are watching

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it with your loved one, thank you for spending it[br]with our loved ones. Those of you who are spending

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it with us as your date, well, we'll see how the[br]night continues.

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[br](laughter)

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LAURA: We're about to romance the shit[br]out of you.

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[br]MATT: Damn right.

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[br]TRAVIS: Hopefully we're on TVs at Chili's and[br]Applebee's all across the country.

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[br]MATT: I mean, that's the goal in general, I think.[br]Anyway, before we get started for tonight's

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episode, we have some quick announcements to get[br]through. First and foremost, our fantastic

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returning sponsor and friend of the show since the[br]beginning of this campaign, D&amp;D Beyond. Sam.

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[br]SAM: Guys, it's Valentine's Day, and romance is in[br]the air. For me, there's no one I love more than

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myself. But a close second is our good friends at[br]D&amp;D Beyond. They're the real target of Cupid's

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arrow. I've written them a Valentine's Day poem[br]that I hope will set the mood for all of you young

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lovebirds out there. Guys, hit the music.

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[br](seductive guitar music)

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[br]SAM: <i>Mi amor</i>, your fiery interface makes a[br]player weep. It's why I advertise my love for you

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every week. You know me deep down, your perception[br]isn't passive. When you're near, my heart is

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throbbing and massive. Your stats are maxed out.[br]<i>Chica</i>, you have it all. Everything on you is a

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20, and it's always <i>naturel</i>. Tonight let's roll a[br]six and nine near the stars above. I know one

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skill you're proficient at: making love.

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[br]TRAVIS: <i>Fuego! En fuego!</i>

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SAM: Your Burning Hands, your Shocking Grasp,[br]foreplay. I must hold my action or I might Color Spray.

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[br](laughter)

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[br]SAM: But do not worry! I'll Expeditiously Retreat[br]to the bathroom, pop a little blue Goodberry,

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Regenerate for round two. No need to be stealthy;[br]you always get me screaming. Your Finger of Death

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makes me cry out-- nope, can't say that while[br]we're streaming.

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[br](laughter)

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[br]SAM: I will click open your app, pour a glass of[br]Zinfandel, because there's no save that can block

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your spell. Tonight, you're Renée Zellweger and[br]I'm Colin Firth. You control my Tiny Servant. Did

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we just Move Earth? Ours is a passion that can[br]never be unzipped. It's as eternal as your sweet,

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sweet sponsorship! (music stops) You make my soul[br]feel lawful good, it's true, and tonight, I want

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to roll my dice all over you. We ran out[br]of music.

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(laughter)

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(music restarts, cheering)

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[br]SAM: One more stanza! On your iPad, please keep my[br]heart's stats and treasure. D&amp;D Beyond, I promise

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I'll subscribe to you forever.

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[br]TRAVIS: So pregnant right now.

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[br]LAURA: Wow.

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[br]SAM: Also, they wanted me to say that they have a[br]new Discord server, where the community can gather

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to talk about all things Dungeons &amp; Dragons. Check[br]it out at dndbeyond.com/discord.

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[br]MATT: Discord. Thank you very much, Samuel. Wow,[br]there are a number of spells I will never be able

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to think of the right way again.

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[br]LIAM: I cast Col... (stammering)

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[br]MARISHA: (stammering) ...or Spray.

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MATT: Thank you, Sam, and thank you, D&amp;D Beyond.[br]As a heads up, our next episode of Between the Sheets,

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featuring our friend, artist, producer, and[br]guest on the last campaign of Critical Role,

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Noelle Stevenson. She's incredible as a person and[br]as a talent, and we're super excited to have her.

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Her episode is next Monday at 7:00pm Pacific here[br]at twitch.tv/criticalrole, so look for that on Monday.

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[br]MARISHA: Her interview is so good! So good.

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[br]LAURA: She's so wonderful.

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[br]MATT: Harp music. Other harp music. Competing harp[br]music. Also, as a reminder, we will be heading out

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to Seattle next month for Emerald City Comic Con.[br]Super stoked for that. Tickets for autographs and

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photo ops are still available. You can go to our[br]website at critrole.com/events for all the details

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on how to get that rolling.

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MARISHA: Also Sam's going to be on Pub Draw[br]next week.

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[br]SAM: Apparently there's a show on our channel[br]called Pub Draw.

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[br]TRAVIS: <i>You</i> are going to draw?

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SAM: I'm going to be taught how to draw, and[br]simultaneously, I'll watch the show for the first time.

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LAURA: I feel sorry for Babs, having to work[br]with that.

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[br]TRAVIS: Yeah, did we test her with someone like[br]Sam already? We don't want to warm her up with

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someone a little better?

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[br]MARISHA: Well, she managed Laura and avoiding[br]drawing penises, so--

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[br]LAURA: I only drew two penises.

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[br]MARISHA: It was pretty good!

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[br]TRAVIS: Okay. I remember Sam's campaign one[br]contributions, and boy, they were something.

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MATT: Perfect. We're looking forward to that.[br]Laura, do you have some merch updates you

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want to talk about?

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[br]LAURA: Oh, well, our amazing art prints and stuff[br]that are in the store right now for pre-order?

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They're still there for pre-order. They're going[br]to be there until next week at 11:59pm on February

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21st, Pacific time.

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[br]SAM: So ominous!

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[br]LAURA: You've got a whole other week to put that[br]order in. You can get to them on our shop.

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[br]SAM: These are unsigned posters! These are signed[br]posters!

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[br]LAURA: Yes, yes. We have both versions available.[br]They're beautiful.

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[br]SAM: They really are amazing.

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[br]LAURA: shop.critrole.com or shop.critrole.co.uk,[br]if you are across the pond. There's also T-shirts

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and stuff. They were restocked, so some other[br]stuff might be in the store right now. Yay!

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[br]MATT: Brilliant. Thank you, Laura.

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[br]LAURA: God, I am so bad at announcements.

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[br]MATT: I disagree! It is adorable.

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[br]LAURA: Thanks, guys.

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[br]MATT: No worries. Before we jump in, I've gotten a[br]little crafty in my free time recently. I've shown

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a few of you, but-- because keeping track of[br]potions is always a pain in the ass. I told you

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about this. I've seen some people have tweeted out[br]different variations they've done for physical

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healing potions. I went and got some red resin,[br]and I made some healing potions with red d4s in

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there. When we're doing the intro, I'll pass these[br]out to you guys. Here, I've got some greater

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healing potions and the regular healing potions.

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[br]TRAVIS: Nobody has any greater, right?

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[br]LAURA: Not yet?

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[br]TALIESIN: I have a potion of healing.

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[br]MATT: We'll figure it out, and I'll distribute[br]these. That's all we have to say for the moment.

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That being the case, let's jump in to tonight's[br]episode of Critical Role!

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[br]LIAM: (shouting) How do you play D&amp;D?

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[br][water bubbling]

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[br][thunder]

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[br][explosion]

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[br](chanting) Role! Critical! Role!

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[br][dramatic Critical Role theme]

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[br]LAURA: Roll the dice! (singing) The adventure[br]begins, they were always beside you, your nerdy

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best friends, and the DM to guide you. And they[br]rise from the flames for the battles ahead.

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Villains beware 'cause you're about to be dead.

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[br]ASHLEY: (singing) They got magic and flair, they[br]got falchions and cunning. They don't see over

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there there's a monster incoming. Inspiration is[br]waiting, rise up, don't think twice. Put your fate

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in your hands, take a chance, roll the dice!

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[br](chanting) Role! Critical! Role!

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[br]ASHLEY and LAURA: (singing) Can you answer the[br]call? Diggin' deep in your soul as the legend

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unfolds. Now it's your turn to roll!

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[br][fire burning]

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[br]MATT: Welcome back. Last we left off, the Mighty[br]Nein had discovered that an important individual

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in the past history of Nott the Brave, the husband[br]from a previous life, it seems, had gotten wrapped

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up in some of the chaos and the conflict between[br]the Empire and the Kryn Dynasty. There was an

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attack on Felderwin in the Tillage, and it seems[br]that this individual was taken eastward, towards

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Xhorhas. You managed to find the collapsed tunnel[br]that they had used to surprise Felderwin, tunneled

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your way through that barrier, and then continued[br]to follow this pathway back eastward to pursue

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where they may have taken him. While you've gone[br]through, skirting the top of the Underdark of

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Wildemount, you managed to come in contact and[br]save yourself from a battle with a couple of

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ropers amongst the caverns below. You found[br]yourself suddenly in the center of a network of

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kobold tunnels, and in doing so, talked your way[br]out of a possible conflict. Made a new friend and

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ally named Spurt, who was a nice and excitable[br]inventor who wanted to show you the way through

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the tunnels, here towards the end of his life,[br]it seemed.

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[br]LIAM: 11 days!

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[br]MATT: Found that the tunnels seem to intersect[br]with an underground fire giant citadel beneath the

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Ashkeeper Peaks. Of which, Spurt ran out, attacked[br]one with bees, telling it, "You die!" and then got

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smashed immediately by a hammer. No longer having[br]to worry about Spurt's well-being, you then

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focused on yours. Seeing that this open courtyard[br]on the outskirts of the citadel, an open chamber

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with a river of magma running through it and a[br]bridge where two giant fire giants were watching,

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you all hatched a plan to get past without being[br]noticed, which almost worked out perfectly, except

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for one fateful, terrible stealth roll. In the[br]chaos, the bridge was destroyed. Nott was knocked

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out of invisibility, had fallen into the lava,[br]caught fire, and was dying, Beauregard reaching

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into the flames and pulling Nott's body from the[br]fire. You managed to rush out of the chamber, you

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closing the door behind and sealing it with stone.[br]In this one moment, as you begin to rush down this

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small hallway, hearing the slamming of the hammer[br]behind you trying to break its way into the tunnel

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where you've all escaped, you continue charging[br]into the darkness ahead.

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[br]LIAM: Happy Valentine's Day, I guess?

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[br]MATT: Happy Valentine's Day, guys! So Mighty Nein.[br]As you, Beauregard, are clutching the

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now-conscious, though very burned, Nott in your[br]arms, you guys are starting to hear the aggressive

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slams of the fire giants dissipate behind you.[br]Eventually you hear the stone break, but based on

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the size of the chamber, there's little chance[br]they'd be able to come after you at the speed that

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you're traveling. About an hour of travel, you[br]take a moment to catch your breath.

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What would you like to do?

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[br]LIAM: Let's tend to you.

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[br]SAM: (groaning)

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[br]LIAM: I start to pat your burns.

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[br]SAM: Pat my burns?

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LIAM: What do we do? You two![br]This doesn't do anything!

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[br]SAM: No, no, he's right. Whenever there's a severe[br]burn, you pat the wound. You smack it. You take

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your bare hand and place it on the wound.

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[br]LIAM: I pour this--

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[br]TALIESIN: I would save that potion.

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SAM: Your filthy hand, place it on my[br]exposed skin.

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LAURA: Why are you going to use that right away?[br]I know it's really cool looking, but

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seriously, I have spells.

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[br]SAM: What, you mean this thing?

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LAURA: Yeah, don't use that yet. Here,[br]I'm going to cast--

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[br]LIAM: Well, nobody's doing anything, so--

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[br]LAURA: I'm casting Cure Wounds!

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[br]SAM: (sigh of relief)

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[br]LAURA: I'll see if I have it at second level. I[br]do. I'm going to cast it at second level.

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[br]TALIESIN: You're doing okay, though, right?

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[br]SAM: I'm alive.

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[br]TALIESIN: What are you at?

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[br]LIAM: Point of order, DM. In the last game,[br]because I forget things, I thought I had three

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level four spells, but I only had two. I cast[br]three times. What I'd like to do is burn my

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3rd-level slots entirely for whatever happens.

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[br]MATT: Sure, there you go.

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TALIESIN: What time is it right now?[br]When is it time to sleep?

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[br]SAM: (whispering) Self-flagellation.

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[br]TRAVIS: Whenever we want to. We're underground.

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[br]LAURA: 13 points of healing.

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TALIESIN: What I'm saying is, are we starting[br]to get tired or not?

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[br]TRAVIS: I think we would all appreciate a rest of[br]any variety after those--

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LAURA: Oh, I shouldn't have used my healing, then,[br]if we're going to rest. That's stupid. I'm so dumb.

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[br]SAM: Well, it helped me, so thank you.

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[br]TRAVIS: We haven't put up a dome or nothing.

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[br]LIAM: I would have kept going.

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[br]LAURA: We should keep going.

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[br]TALIESIN: For a little while. Let's pull one more[br]healing, why don't we. Anybody else hurting?

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[br]LAURA: How are you, Fjord? You got hit, too,[br]didn't you?

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[br]TRAVIS: Yeah, I think I got bit by a cow,[br]actually.

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[br]LAURA: Oh, that's right.

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[br]TRAVIS: Yep. I could use a little loving.

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[br]SAM: Was it a bad bite?

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[br]TRAVIS: The fucking teeth, man, yeah! They're[br]cows; they're shitty! All they do is chew all day.

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SAM: Don't they have flat teeth for grinding?

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[br]TRAVIS: Yeah, but the pressure, right? That is a[br]big skull. If you think about it, per square inch,

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it's a motherfucker.

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[br]TALIESIN: If we've got a second, I can cast Prayer[br]of Healing and do a little bit of--

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[br]LAURA: Oh, I don't know if I have that one[br]prepared.

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[br]TRAVIS: No, it's cool, yeah. Just heal Nott. It's[br]fine.

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TALIESIN: If we have ten minutes, if we're going[br]to take a quick breather, I'll cast Prayer of Healing.

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[br]MATT: Okay, so roll for Prayer of Healing.

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[br]TRAVIS: Just cow bit. No big deal.

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[br]LAURA: It's just a little cow bite. I mean, we've[br]all been bitten by cows before, haven't we?

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TALIESIN: That's 16 hit points to whoever[br]wants it.

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[br]MARISHA: 60?

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[br]TALIESIN: 16 to anybody. 16.

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[br]TRAVIS: I'll take it!

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LAURA: Almost there, almost.

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[br]TRAVIS: Thank you, Ducey.

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[br]LAURA: Good job, Caduceus.

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[br]TALIESIN: Eh, no problem.

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TRAVIS: So we're pushing on? We're not going back[br]to explore the black citadel of mystery and darkness?

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[br]LAURA: I don't know how we would get over there[br]with all the giants and stuff.

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[br]TALIESIN: It seemed pretty far, but it was[br]interesting.

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[br]MARISHA: Hey, Caleb, do you have any extra arm[br]wraps? Seems mine evaporated in the lava.

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[br]LIAM: Not the bracers though, are good, yeah?

0:15:51.748,0:15:58.515
MARISHA: No, bracers are good. They're a little[br]janky on my wrists now, though. Wraps were

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padding them out.

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[br]LIAM: I have enough for three sets of arms.

0:16:02.041,0:16:03.513
[br]MARISHA: Are they clean?

0:16:03.513,0:16:04.807
[br]LIAM: <i>Ja</i>!

0:16:04.807,0:16:06.195
[br]MARISHA: Yeah, okay.

0:16:06.195,0:16:08.131
[br]LAURA: (whispering) You should smell them first.

0:16:08.131,0:16:10.515
[br]LIAM: How long have we known each other for?

0:16:10.515,0:16:12.495
[br]MARISHA: They smell all right?

0:16:12.495,0:16:13.779
[br]LAURA: A while.

0:16:13.779,0:16:15.121
[br]LIAM: Do I still smell?

0:16:15.121,0:16:18.370
[br]LAURA: No, no, no, but you know, things that are[br]on your hands for a while, if they're real tight

0:16:18.370,0:16:20.165
and stuff, they can smell.

0:16:20.165,0:16:21.685
TRAVIS: Yeah, they smell like vinegar[br]after a bit.

0:16:21.685,0:16:22.600
[br]LAURA: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

0:16:22.600,0:16:23.699
[br]LIAM: Those were in my bag.

0:16:23.699,0:16:24.561
[br]TRAVIS: Balsamic.

0:16:24.561,0:16:25.807
[br]LAURA: Oh, well that's good, then.

0:16:25.807,0:16:27.117
[br]MATT: Balls-samic?

0:16:27.117,0:16:29.335
[br]LAURA: I go and smell Caleb's hands.

0:16:29.517,0:16:32.831
[br]MATT: Make a constitution saving throw. No.

0:16:32.831,0:16:40.023
[br]LAURA: I got 19 with the last one I rolled, so[br]that's great.

0:16:40.023,0:16:41.704
[br]MATT: You're fine, you're fine.

0:16:41.704,0:16:43.349
[br]LIAM: These are on fire on a regular basis.

0:16:43.349,0:16:46.639
[br]TRAVIS: Yeah, right, they should be fucking[br]bacteria-free.

0:16:46.639,0:16:48.282
[br]MATT: A hint of mesquite.

0:16:48.282,0:16:50.187
[br]LAURA: Kind of like a campfire. I like it.

0:16:50.187,0:16:52.243
[br]LIAM: Oh, you.

0:16:52.243,0:16:55.409
[br]TRAVIS: Does the tunnel we're in now, now that[br]we're on the other side of this shitshow, appear

0:16:55.409,0:16:58.709
the same as it did the previous portion?

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[br]MATT: It does. At this moment, it's still really[br]warm. From the running, the activity, and the

0:17:04.755,0:17:11.924
general heat of the surrounding rock, now knowing[br]the volcanic activity that runs parallel, or at

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least in the vicinity of these chambers, you're[br]all sweating pretty profusely and it's

0:17:17.249,0:17:25.985
uncomfortable. The tunnel itself still continues[br]onward, the same ten-foot diameter, cylindrical

0:17:25.985,0:17:32.218
tube. There are still occasional bits of broken[br]obsidian and other types of porous volcanic rock

0:17:32.218,0:17:38.519
that are broken and more torn through as part of[br]the burrowing of this worm entity. You can see,

0:17:38.519,0:17:43.345
still, some of the tracks of the various Kryn[br]soldiers following behind it, so you're on the

0:17:43.345,0:17:44.730
right track still.

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[br]TRAVIS: Good to push on until our wizard tells us[br]what time it is to sleep?

0:17:48.875,0:17:50.214
[br]SAM: Sure.

0:17:50.214,0:17:53.497
[br]LAURA: What time is it? Did you already check--[br]think? What time is it?

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[br]LIAM: I don't remember. Reality was two weeks[br]ago.

0:17:56.365,0:18:03.206
[br]MATT: I would say at this moment, mid-afternoon.

0:18:03.206,0:18:05.781
[br]LIAM: Hey, she asked, man.

0:18:05.781,0:18:08.282
[br]MATT: I know. Oh, I know. It's been two weeks for[br]me, too.

0:18:08.282,0:18:10.624
[br]SAM: Would you say it's 4:20-ish?

0:18:10.624,0:18:11.790
[br]MATT: Sure.

0:18:11.790,0:18:12.943
[br]SAM: Great.

0:18:12.943,0:18:14.459
[br]LAURA and SAM: Nice.

0:18:14.459,0:18:20.721
[br]MARISHA: Do the tracks on the ground, do they look[br]fresh, do they look like they've been there for a

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while, is it hard to say?

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[br]MATT: Make an investigation check.

0:18:24.433,0:18:30.182
[br]MARISHA: Natural 19, for a 24.

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[br]MATT: Nice.

0:18:31.698,0:18:34.763
[br]LAURA: That was the nerdiest I've ever heard you[br]sound while saying a number.

0:18:34.763,0:18:36.707
[br]MARISHA: (nasally) Um, a natural 19.

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[br]MATT: They seem to be a little over a week or so.[br]There isn't a lot of weather that transpires,

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there isn't a lot of wind or things that can brush[br]aside or eventually cast away these tracks, so

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it's hard to really tell the specifics, but based[br]on the travel, the speed they seem to be going,

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and how long ago this transpired, you gather[br]they're probably a little over a week old.

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TRAVIS: Nice. No flash floods down here.[br]We push on!

0:19:10.769,0:19:12.430
[br]SAM: Ah!

0:19:12.430,0:19:14.308
[br]TRAVIS: Did I startle you?

0:19:14.308,0:19:15.911
[br]SAM: Yes.

0:19:15.911,0:19:22.206
[br]MATT: All right. Continuing on for the next few[br]hours, who's holding front watch? Are we keeping

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with the same order as last time?

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[br]LAURA: I'll watch!

0:19:25.522,0:19:27.372
[br]SAM: I will, too!

0:19:27.372,0:19:31.721
[br]LAURA: Yeah, me and you, Nott. Our keen eyes will[br]see everything.

0:19:31.721,0:19:34.738
[br]TALIESIN: I'll keep towards the back, keep an eye[br]on what's behind us.

0:19:34.738,0:19:36.798
[br]MATT: Okay. I'd like you both to make perception[br]checks, please.

0:19:36.798,0:19:40.457
[br]SAM: 16.

0:19:40.457,0:19:43.429
[br]LAURA: 21!

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[br]MATT: Very nice. Traversing for the next few[br]hours, the tunnel begins to slowly come to an

0:19:53.020,0:20:01.026
incline. For as much as it's been steadily[br]delving, it's slowly beginning to curve in an

0:20:01.026,0:20:07.979
upward fashion.The temperature begins to subside a[br]bit. The warmth begins to become a little more

0:20:07.979,0:20:17.802
comfortable by comparison. A few more hours of[br]travel and eventually you find yourselves getting

0:20:17.802,0:20:22.371
a bit tired, the exhaustion of the day's[br]activities and the perpetual travel through this

0:20:22.371,0:20:25.535
tunnel slowly beginning to catch up to you. You[br]can continue to press on if you like, or you could

0:20:25.535,0:20:27.454
attempt to bed down for the night.

0:20:27.454,0:20:29.590
[br]MARISHA: I think we should bed down.

0:20:29.642,0:20:30.980
[br]LIAM: Okay.

0:20:30.980,0:20:36.590
TALIESIN: And another healing spell before we go[br]to sleep, just to top everybody as close off as possible.

0:20:36.590,0:20:40.000
[br]LAURA: I can send another message to Yeza if you[br]want me to.

0:20:40.000,0:20:41.835
[br]SAM: Didn't you do that once today already?

0:20:41.835,0:20:43.671
[br]LAURA: I can do it again.

0:20:43.671,0:20:48.634
SAM: Okay. But last time, didn't he say that he[br]was in a place where he couldn't talk?

0:20:48.634,0:20:52.854
[br]LAURA: Yeah, well, maybe he's moved. You know,[br]we've been traveling for eight or ten hours or

0:20:52.917,0:20:56.283
something, Caleb would know, but something long.

0:20:56.283,0:21:01.127
[br]LIAM: Also, you could ask yes or no questions and[br]have him cough or sneeze.

0:21:01.127,0:21:02.599
[br]SAM: Cough once for yes.

0:21:02.599,0:21:10.121
[br]LAURA: Yeah, but that's a real-- okay. What should[br]I ask? I'll say cough once for yes, cough twice

0:21:10.121,0:21:12.859
for no, that's already so many words, though!

0:21:12.859,0:21:16.869
TRAVIS: Are you moving, I guess, would be--[br]are you still in the same place?

0:21:16.869,0:21:19.126
[br]SAM: Any landmarks, maybe?

0:21:19.126,0:21:21.384
[br]TRAVIS: No, that's not a coughing question.

0:21:21.384,0:21:30.529
[br]SAM: Yes, there are landmarks. Shit! Describe them[br]in coughs!

0:21:30.529,0:21:35.487
[br]TRAVIS: Are they moving you? Cough once for yes,[br]twice for no.

0:21:35.487,0:21:44.721
[br]LAURA: Okay, okay, okay. I'm going to try that.[br]This is weird.

0:21:44.721,0:21:46.443
[br]MATT: Okay.

0:21:46.443,0:21:48.277
[br]LAURA: I'm going to cast Sending.

0:21:48.277,0:21:50.437
[br]SAM: Or just speak, if you can speak.

0:21:50.437,0:21:53.701
LAURA: Yeah, well, I figure he'll do that[br]if he can.

0:21:53.701,0:21:56.575
[br]TALIESIN: 25 hit points to anybody who wants it.

0:21:56.575,0:21:58.630
[br]TRAVIS: All the way up, that's beautiful, okay.

0:21:58.630,0:22:00.873
[br]LAURA: Okay, I'm going to cast Sending.

0:22:00.873,0:22:02.939
[br]MATT: All right, you're sending it to--

0:22:02.939,0:22:04.263
[br]LAURA: Yeza.

0:22:04.263,0:22:05.699
[br]MATT: Yeza. Okay.

0:22:05.699,0:22:14.728
LAURA: (clears throat) Hi! Cough once for yes,[br]twice for no. Are they moving you?

0:22:17.968,0:22:20.410
...Are you safe?

0:22:20.462,0:22:27.322
[br]SAM: Two questions? Oh, no! No! No!

0:22:27.322,0:22:34.597
[br]MARISHA: If he coughs twice is that two yeses?[br]What if he coughs three times? Is the first one a

0:22:34.597,0:22:36.386
yes or the last one a yes?

0:22:36.386,0:22:43.126
TRAVIS: (laughing) I love the panic so you fixed it[br]with a second question! You should've just sent it!

0:22:43.171,0:22:45.321
TALIESIN: You have to use the whole message.

0:22:45.356,0:22:47.419
[br]LAURA: Yeah, you have to use all the words!

0:22:47.515,0:22:49.611
[br]TALIESIN: Otherwise it's a waste.

0:22:49.611,0:23:00.843
[br]MATT: There's a long pause. You can almost hear[br]Yeza going, "Uh?"

0:23:00.849,0:23:02.813
[br]TRAVIS: Oh god.

0:23:02.813,0:23:05.696
[br]MATT: (coughs twice)

0:23:05.696,0:23:09.886
[br]SAM: Was it one yes or two yes?

0:23:09.886,0:23:11.910
[br]TRAVIS: Jesus, it's only your husband!

0:23:11.910,0:23:12.588
[br]LAURA: Wait!

0:23:12.588,0:23:15.429
[br]MATT: (coughs once)

0:23:15.429,0:23:17.337
[br]SAM: One, two, three. Is two, is two yes?

0:23:17.337,0:23:21.364
[br]LAURA: They're not moving him, and what was the[br]second question?

0:23:21.364,0:23:23.208
[br]SAM: Are you safe?

0:23:23.208,0:23:27.334
[br]LAURA: And he said yes! They're not moving him and[br]he's safe!

0:23:27.334,0:23:30.273
[br]SAM: That's good. This is the best it could've[br]possibly gone.

0:23:30.273,0:23:32.006
[br]LAURA: Totally!

0:23:32.006,0:23:34.746
[br]TALIESIN: Was that once for yes? Twice for no?

0:23:34.746,0:23:38.921
LAURA: Yeah, once for yes, twice for no. Two times,[br]he said he's not moving. One time, he said he's safe.

0:23:38.921,0:23:41.149
TALIESIN: Was it are they moving you[br]or did you move?

0:23:41.149,0:23:42.822
[br]LAURA: I said, "Are they moving you?"

0:23:42.822,0:23:44.555
[br]TALIESIN: Okay, I don't remember.

0:23:44.555,0:23:49.289
[br]LAURA: Okay, I can do it one more time. I can send[br]him another message. What should I ask him?

0:23:49.289,0:23:54.651
SAM: I don't know, because he doesn't know[br]where he is.

0:23:54.651,0:23:56.525
[br]LAURA: Right.

0:23:56.525,0:24:04.895
[br]MARISHA: Maybe if he's surrounded by a bunch of[br]people. Like, are we walking into an ambush?

0:24:04.895,0:24:06.624
[br]LIAM: Are they always watching you?

0:24:06.624,0:24:08.636
[br]LAURA: Always watching you, that's really good![br]Okay, okay, okay.

0:24:08.636,0:24:13.742
[br]TALIESIN: Or cough for how many people are[br]watching you, maybe?

0:24:13.742,0:24:16.960
[br]LAURA: That's really smart. Okay, I'm going to[br]send it again.

0:24:17.107,0:24:19.091
[br]TRAVIS: Amazing, okay.

0:24:19.091,0:24:21.195
[br]TALIESIN: Aww, wow.

0:24:21.195,0:24:23.101
[br]LAURA: So good.

0:24:23.101,0:24:26.539
[br]TRAVIS: Jester, remember, you can cut it short,[br]you don't have to fill all 25 words.

0:24:26.539,0:24:31.444
[br]LAURA: I think you have to say it all or else the[br]spell doesn't work.

0:24:31.444,0:24:32.907
[br]SAM: She is a magic user.

0:24:32.907,0:24:34.357
[br]LAURA: I know these things.

0:24:34.357,0:24:35.986
[br]TRAVIS: She's not the only one, but it's okay.

0:24:35.999,0:24:39.211
[br]LAURA: Do you cast Sending? Did you want to send a[br]message to Yeza?

0:24:39.211,0:24:40.890
[br]TRAVIS: Yeah, I'll do it.

0:24:40.890,0:24:42.889
LAURA: (gasps) Can you do it?

0:24:42.889,0:24:44.332
[br]TRAVIS: Yeah, you want me to do it?

0:24:44.332,0:24:47.685
[br]LAURA: Yeah.

0:24:47.685,0:24:55.121
TRAVIS: All right. Yeza, cough for the number[br]of people that are around you.

0:24:55.121,0:25:01.229
You can reply to this message. Nobody's there.

0:25:01.229,0:25:03.031
[br]LAURA: You're a dick.

0:25:03.031,0:25:03.943
[br]TRAVIS: What?

0:25:03.943,0:25:05.102
[br]LAURA: I don't believe him.

0:25:05.102,0:25:06.416
[br]TRAVIS: Really?

0:25:06.520,0:25:08.140
[br]LAURA: I'm going to cast Sending.

0:25:08.140,0:25:10.358
[br]SAM: Ask if Fjord was bullshitting or not.

0:25:10.358,0:25:12.888
[br]LAURA: Okay. Okay, I'm going to say--

0:25:12.888,0:25:14.959
[br]LIAM: Don't burn your words for that!

0:25:14.959,0:25:23.556
[br]LAURA: Don't say that? Okay. Hi again! Hey, can[br]you cough for how many people are watching you?

0:25:27.696,0:25:28.742
That's all.

0:25:28.915,0:25:32.166
[br]SAM: This is Jester, signing off!

0:25:32.166,0:25:38.310
[br]MARISHA: You know, Fjord's got a good point,[br]anyone who has Sending--

0:25:38.310,0:25:41.852
[br]MATT: (coughs three times)

0:25:41.852,0:25:47.384
LAURA: Three people, three people are watching[br]him! We can kill three people, that's fine.

0:25:47.520,0:25:49.411
[br]SAM: Sure, sure. Yes.

0:25:49.411,0:25:50.831
[br]LAURA: What?

0:25:50.831,0:25:53.709
LIAM: Depends on who the three people are,[br]but yeah.

0:25:53.709,0:25:55.225
[br]LAURA: Oh, that's true.

0:25:55.225,0:25:58.550
[br]TRAVIS: Yeah, if it's three more fire giants,[br]fuck, we in trouble.

0:25:58.550,0:26:00.452
[br]MARISHA: Or three wizards.

0:26:00.452,0:26:06.811
[br]SAM: Let's think optimistically, since it's the[br]love of my life, and think that it's someone that

0:26:06.811,0:26:08.241
we can defeat.

0:26:08.241,0:26:13.297
LAURA: It's probably three lazy guards watching[br]prisoners that they think are not going

0:26:13.297,0:26:15.023
to be able to escape.

0:26:15.023,0:26:22.013
TRAVIS: Underfed, underpaid, lazy, irresponsible,[br]right? I mean, they get the shit duty.

0:26:22.013,0:26:25.910
Don't trust them with protecting anyone.

0:26:25.910,0:26:28.396
[br]SAM: Well, my husband's actually pretty important,[br]so I wouldn't--

0:26:28.396,0:26:32.318
[br]TRAVIS: Didn't you say he's not a fighter, though?[br]So probably not a very violent--

0:26:32.318,0:26:37.902
[br]SAM: I think they'd put someone on him who's[br]pretty capable. I mean, he's a very smart man and,

0:26:37.902,0:26:46.181
even though he's not a fighter-- let's say they're[br]mid-level, all right? Mid to high. Takeable!

0:26:46.181,0:26:49.944
But not so low that it's an insult.

0:26:50.108,0:26:52.153
[br]LIAM: If you're going to talk for a while, I'm[br]going to put up the dome.

0:26:52.153,0:26:53.427
[br]SAM: Okay.

0:26:53.427,0:26:58.665
[br]TALIESIN: Are we bribing these people? They're on[br]the take? Takeable?

0:26:58.889,0:27:02.111
LAURA: Yeah. Or killing them. We're probably[br]going to kill them.

0:27:02.111,0:27:04.064
[br]TRAVIS: All options are on the table.

0:27:04.064,0:27:05.976
[br]LAURA: Kill them!

0:27:05.976,0:27:09.863
[br]MATT: So you guys are setting up a campsite here,[br]utilizing your dome as well?

0:27:09.863,0:27:14.159
[br]LIAM: What does the surrounding passage look like[br]where we are? Is it rough-hewn?

0:27:14.159,0:27:20.628
[br]MATT: It's the same burrowed pathway you've been[br]following most of this journey. At this point,

0:27:20.628,0:27:25.118
you've been following almost exclusively the[br]burrowed trail of this worm creature as it's tore

0:27:25.118,0:27:31.263
through this obsidian, subterranean portion of the[br]Ashkeeper Peaks. Where you are right now, the

0:27:31.263,0:27:38.881
amounts of volcanic rock seem to have dwindled as[br]the tunnel begins to curve itself in an upward incline.

0:27:38.881,0:27:43.558
LIAM: Do we want to do the same little trick,[br]you and I?

0:27:43.558,0:27:52.070
[br]TALIESIN: Yeah, we can. Let me take a look at[br]that, I have that somewhere. Yeah, I can do that.

0:27:52.070,0:27:57.311
[br]LIAM: You dig a little bit to the side and I will[br]throw up the dome.

0:27:57.311,0:28:00.983
TALIESIN: I make a little bit of room,[br]use it to cover us.

0:28:00.983,0:28:08.246
[br]MATT: Okay. You guys all curl up for the evening's[br]rest exhausted, sweaty, and looking forward to a

0:28:08.246,0:28:12.841
number of hours where you don't have your mind[br]bent on whatever dark space you've thrust yourself

0:28:12.841,0:28:15.946
into this past week. Yes?

0:28:15.946,0:28:19.439
[br]LIAM: I also spend an hour bringing my cat back.

0:28:19.679,0:28:27.570
MATT: Okay. You bring Frumpkin back. Does anyone[br]want to keep watch, or are you all feeling

0:28:27.570,0:28:30.725
pretty comfy to sleep within the dome?

0:28:30.725,0:28:33.016
[br]TRAVIS: I will take first watch.

0:28:33.016,0:28:38.138
MATT: All righty. While the rest of you are resting,[br]Fjord, make a perception check for me, please.

0:28:42.318,0:28:43.236
[br]TRAVIS: 12.

0:28:43.236,0:28:53.526
[br]MATT: Okay. As the evening progresses, whether it[br]be the proximity to the subterranean region of

0:28:53.526,0:29:01.802
this mountain or the fact that you are rising up[br]from the portions of the tunnel that seem to skirt

0:29:01.802,0:29:07.346
the Underdark, nothing seems to find its way to[br]you that's a bother. Uneventful evening for the

0:29:07.346,0:29:11.920
watch that you take. Anybody take a second watch?

0:29:12.670,0:29:14.133
[br]LAURA: I'll take second watch.

0:29:14.133,0:29:15.798
[br]LIAM: I will stay up as well.

0:29:15.798,0:29:19.874
MATT: The two of you, make perception checks[br]while Fjord finishes out the evening's rest.

0:29:23.994,0:29:24.959
[br]LAURA: 22.

0:29:25.949,0:29:26.825
[br]LIAM: Ten.

0:29:27.825,0:29:40.701
[br]MATT: Very nice. As the evening progresses, you're[br]confident in the lull of activity this tunnel

0:29:40.701,0:29:50.531
seems to bring. You do catch some sort of a shift[br]of movement, or a shift in texture along the roof

0:29:50.531,0:29:57.012
of this tunnel, and as you look up, you see[br]there's some sort of a creature, larger than most

0:29:57.012,0:30:06.914
of you, that takes up the upper half of this[br]tunnel. A heavy, dark shell, almost turtle-like.

0:30:08.164,0:30:14.678
You see these extended arms that end in these[br]hooks. As it crawls its way across the ceiling,

0:30:14.678,0:30:18.354
its shell almost scrapes the top of the dome.

0:30:18.354,0:30:22.591
[br]LAURA: Oh my gosh! I'm drawing in the sketchbook.

0:30:22.591,0:30:30.420
MATT: It doesn't seem to pay any mind to the dome.[br]Continues scrambling past and further down the tunnel.

0:30:30.420,0:30:32.272
[br]LIAM: You saw something that looked like that?

0:30:32.272,0:30:34.523
[br]LAURA: Yeah, it crossed right overhead of us.

0:30:34.523,0:30:35.675
[br]LIAM: I don't like that.

0:30:35.675,0:30:38.107
LAURA: Have you ever seen anything[br]like that before?

0:30:38.107,0:30:39.018
[br]LIAM: No.

0:30:39.728,0:30:41.677
[br]LAURA: I draw googly eyes on it.

0:30:41.787,0:30:43.885
[br]LIAM: That makes it a little more palatable.

0:30:43.885,0:30:46.128
[br]LAURA: Yeah, it's not as scary anymore, huh?

0:30:46.128,0:30:47.626
[br]MARISHA: It's kind of cute now.

0:30:47.626,0:30:48.723
[br]LAURA: Are you awake?

0:30:48.723,0:30:51.107
[br]MARISHA: Oh, wait, no. I thought this was morning.

0:30:51.107,0:30:52.684
TRAVIS: Level of exhaustion!

0:30:53.354,0:30:55.227
[br]MATT: Beau's talking in her sleep.

0:30:55.417,0:31:00.442
[br]LAURA: I use Thaumaturgy to make it sound like the[br]nice sound of rainfall, so that Beau will be able

0:31:00.442,0:31:01.683
to go back to sleep.

0:31:01.683,0:31:03.470
[br]TRAVIS: Oh, lovely!

0:31:03.960,0:31:09.873
[br]MATT: Now that's a good use of a cantrip. Other[br]than that, the evening's uneventful, but you did

0:31:09.873,0:31:15.367
watch this hook-armed-like, beaked creature crawl[br]its way past you and make its way deeper in

0:31:15.367,0:31:17.245
towards the mountain base.

0:31:18.445,0:31:26.230
[br]LAURA: (whispering) Caleb! I don't really think[br]that you're stinky. Just so you know. I mean, I

0:31:26.230,0:31:30.716
did, but I don't anymore. You don't smell bad. You[br]should know.

0:31:32.676,0:31:35.539
LIAM: You can keep the running gag going,[br]if you like.

0:31:37.839,0:31:41.210
[br]LAURA: Only if it doesn't make you uncomfortable.

0:31:41.210,0:31:45.440
[br]LIAM: No. It made me uncomfortable at first, but[br]now I know you pretty well, so it's fine.

0:31:45.440,0:31:46.886
[br]LAURA: Okay, good.

0:31:47.356,0:31:52.042
LIAM: Plus it was hot back there, so now[br]these do-- I was sweating.

0:31:52.042,0:31:53.935
[br]LAURA: Yeah, I can smell your armpits.

0:31:53.935,0:31:57.692
[br]LIAM: There's nothing to hide now, so I will put[br]those away.

0:32:03.982,0:32:11.472
[br]MATT: The rest of your watch goes without issue.[br]The rest of you come to consciousness, long rest

0:32:11.472,0:32:17.851
completed. You can mark that for your characters,[br]healed and recovered. Continuing your journey--

0:32:17.851,0:32:22.001
[br]LIAM: I'm sorry. Because I didn't think we'd go[br]right to sleep, so instead of taking out

0:32:22.001,0:32:26.865
3rd-levels, I'm going to cross off one 4th-level[br]for the next chunk of time.

0:32:26.865,0:32:27.670
[br]MATT: Okay.

0:32:29.100,0:32:30.610
[br]TRAVIS: Why are you doing this?

0:32:30.610,0:32:33.836
[br]LIAM: I used too many powerful spells last game.

0:32:33.836,0:32:35.673
[br]LAURA: Liam likes to punish himself.

0:32:35.673,0:32:37.516
[br]MATT: We all know this about him.

0:32:37.516,0:32:39.330
[br]TRAVIS: How did you know you did that?

0:32:39.330,0:32:41.216
[br]LIAM: There's this thing called the internet.

0:32:41.366,0:32:43.268
[br]TRAVIS: Oh, got it.

0:32:43.268,0:32:46.095
[br]SAM: They point out things that you do wrong,[br]sometimes.

0:32:47.315,0:32:48.716
[br]MATT: Every now and then.

0:32:48.716,0:32:51.247
[br]TRAVIS: Ignore that thing. It's way more fun.

0:32:51.897,0:32:55.089
[br]LAURA: Does anybody want one of these chocolates?[br]They're very good.

0:32:55.089,0:32:57.086
[br]MARISHA: Yes, I do. Happy Valentine's Day!

0:33:01.116,0:33:02.128
[br]MATT: Good catch.

0:33:02.128,0:33:05.130
[br]TALIESIN: I bet that looked really good on the[br]split screen.

0:33:05.370,0:33:06.959
[br]SAM: You caught that manly.

0:33:06.959,0:33:08.769
[br]TRAVIS: She threw it right to my hand.

0:33:08.769,0:33:11.931
[br]SAM: I know, but it looked so studly the way you[br]caught it.

0:33:12.711,0:33:14.379
[br]MATT: You okay, Sam? Need a moment?

0:33:14.379,0:33:16.611
[br]SAM: I have a little bit of a boner.

0:33:18.061,0:33:20.910
[br]MATT and LAURA: Happy Valentine's Day.

0:33:22.820,0:33:27.837
[br]MATT: Coming to consciousness, gathering[br]yourselves, the journey continues.

0:33:27.837,0:33:29.614
[br]LIAM: (whispering) Where's the candy?

0:33:30.324,0:33:32.133
[br]MATT: I don't know where the candy is.

0:33:32.133,0:33:34.037
[br]MARISHA: There's one hidden behind--

0:33:34.037,0:33:35.588
[br]MATT: We've lost a Laura.

0:33:35.908,0:33:37.599
[br]SAM: Keep going, Matt! Keep going!

0:33:37.599,0:33:39.627
[br]MARISHA: Ooh, there's a whole pack!

0:33:39.627,0:33:40.772
[br]MATT: That's dangerous.

0:33:40.772,0:33:41.772
[br]LAURA: You want some?

0:33:41.772,0:33:42.679
[br]MATT: No, I'm good.

0:33:42.679,0:33:45.370
[br]LIAM: Dungeons &amp; Dragons, folks. Snacks!

0:33:46.020,0:33:47.332
[br]MATT: Pushing onward--

0:33:47.332,0:33:49.049
[br]LIAM: Just as slick as your husband.

0:33:49.049,0:33:54.534
[br]MATT: A few more hours pass as the tunnel begins[br]to curve to more and more of a steep incline,

0:33:54.534,0:34:03.104
until you begin to notice the stonework becomes[br]looser. The solid earth that most of this tunnel

0:34:03.104,0:34:08.759
previously was begins to be broken up with looser[br]rock and elements of the tunnel that were not as

0:34:08.759,0:34:14.108
stable as they previously were. Eventually you get[br]to a point where you're no longer hiking and

0:34:14.108,0:34:19.990
walking. You're having to hand-over-foot climb up.[br]It's almost becoming a vertical tunnel.

0:34:20.050,0:34:21.335
[br]LIAM: Ooh, that's not good.

0:34:21.335,0:34:22.424
[br]MARISHA: It sucks.

0:34:23.584,0:34:27.708
MATT: To continue, I would like the entire party,[br]Yasha included, to make an athletics check, please.

0:34:28.368,0:34:38.120
[br]LAURA: Can Nugget blink and go blink, blink,[br]blink, as he climbs? He's probably pretty agile.

0:34:38.580,0:34:42.640
[br]MATT: He's agile, but at a certain point, he's[br]going to have to hold onto somebody because it's

0:34:42.640,0:34:47.183
going to become vertical. Dogs don't really have a[br]good climbing grip.

0:34:47.813,0:34:50.428
[br]LAURA: I wonder, if Yasha can climb super well,[br]if--

0:34:51.258,0:34:55.834
[br]TALIESIN: Let's also maybe tie rope, if we're[br]going to be doing--

0:34:56.694,0:34:58.094
[br]LAURA: From one to the other?

0:34:58.094,0:34:59.176
[br]TALIESIN: Yeah.

0:34:59.176,0:35:02.560
[br]LAURA: So if one person falls, everybody falls! I[br]like it!

0:35:02.560,0:35:04.030
TALIESIN: Thank you. Wait--

0:35:04.030,0:35:05.015
[br]LAURA: We're a team!

0:35:05.015,0:35:06.491
TALIESIN: Is that what happens?

0:35:06.491,0:35:07.831
[br]SAM: I don't like that idea.

0:35:07.831,0:35:10.543
TRAVIS: You need to have an anchor point[br]for that to work.

0:35:10.543,0:35:11.640
[br]SAM: Yasha!

0:35:11.640,0:35:13.969
[br]TRAVIS: You don't want her to be the anchor[br]point.

0:35:15.029,0:35:22.275
[br]LAURA: I'm going to hook Nugget-- I'm going to[br]take my cloak off. I'm going to tuck Sprinkle into

0:35:22.275,0:35:28.116
my shirt, and then I'm going to bring my cloak[br]around Nugget and hook it around my shoulders

0:35:28.116,0:35:30.052
so that he's like a messenger bag on me.

0:35:30.052,0:35:31.882
[br]MATT: Okay. A blink dog messenger bag.

0:35:31.882,0:35:33.791
[br]LAURA: Yeah. Then I'm going to climb up.

0:35:33.791,0:35:35.303
[br]LIAM: That dog is confused.

0:35:35.813,0:35:36.842
[br]LAURA: He likes it!

0:35:38.792,0:35:43.748
[br]MATT: He seems confused, and he likes it. Going[br]across, we have--

0:35:44.378,0:35:48.719
[br]TRAVIS: Yasha got a 14. Fjord got an eight.

0:35:49.379,0:35:50.220
[br]MARISHA: Ten.

0:35:51.100,0:35:52.940
[br]LIAM: <i>Sechs</i>. For Valentine's.

0:35:53.220,0:35:54.123
[br]SAM: 16.

0:35:54.123,0:35:56.770
[br]LAURA: Oh no. An eight.

0:35:57.370,0:35:58.441
[br]TALIESIN: An 18.

0:35:59.361,0:36:07.410
[br]MATT: Okay. It doesn't go completely vertical, but[br]it goes at a very steep incline. This is end of

0:36:07.410,0:36:13.412
The Descent-type incline. Rocks are pulling out[br]with your grasp. You have to catch yourself, and

0:36:13.412,0:36:20.465
they tumble down. You hear them clatter down[br]behind you, into the dark. You begin to look up.

0:36:20.465,0:36:26.691
You can see light, a little point of light in the[br]direction you're beginning to climb, suddenly

0:36:26.691,0:36:29.987
begin to come into view from underneath the[br]curving roof.

0:36:29.987,0:36:33.844
[br]TRAVIS: Please don't be a privy. It's a pooper.

0:36:33.844,0:36:35.065
[br]MARISHA: Little peephole.

0:36:35.065,0:36:40.006
MATT: You're not quite sure the distance of it. You're[br]not sure the size of it. You see a point of light.

0:36:40.006,0:36:43.859
[br]LAURA: Are we going to come out and we're going to[br]be amongst all of the bad guys?

0:36:43.859,0:36:46.750
[br]SAM: Maybe, or maybe it's a forest. You don't[br]know.

0:36:46.750,0:36:49.328
[br]LAURA: Oh my gosh! (grunting)

0:36:49.528,0:36:51.104
[br]MATT: Are you leading the charge?

0:36:51.104,0:36:53.540
[br]LAURA: No, I'm making efforts because it's hard.

0:36:54.530,0:36:58.096
[br]TALIESIN: I'll take the front with somebody.

0:36:58.096,0:37:00.340
[br]TRAVIS: Yeah, Yasha and Caduceus will do it.

0:37:00.500,0:37:02.190
[br]MATT: Cool. Who's after them?

0:37:02.410,0:37:04.106
[br]LIAM: I will go right behind them.

0:37:04.106,0:37:12.465
MATT: Okay, so everyone behind Caleb... (laughs)[br]Caleb, making your way up, the wraps--

0:37:12.465,0:37:14.076
have you rewrapped yourself?

0:37:14.076,0:37:15.695
[br]LIAM: No. Nothing to hide anymore.

0:37:15.695,0:37:20.262
[br]MATT: Which is unfortunate, because the texture[br]does add to a bit of the grip that you're used to

0:37:20.262,0:37:25.254
having in some circumstances. Combined with the[br]general sweat and the exertion, being not the most

0:37:25.254,0:37:31.374
athletic member of the group, you reach forward[br]and grab a stone that dislodges. You drop it and

0:37:31.374,0:37:36.082
reach out for another one. That one dislodges too.[br]You reach out and grab the side, and your fingers

0:37:36.082,0:37:42.009
hit loose gravel, and you scrape back. The rest of[br]you behind look up and watch Caleb go, "Whoa!"

0:37:42.009,0:37:43.561
and begin to fall in your direction.

0:37:43.561,0:37:45.097
[br]LAURA: Can I try to catch him?

0:37:45.097,0:37:49.263
[br]MATT: Unfortunately, you're a little bit too far[br]away. You and Caduceus are up ahead of him--

0:37:49.263,0:37:53.183
[br]LAURA: Oh, no, I was not ahead. I was behind[br]Caleb. It was Yasha and Caduceus.

0:37:53.183,0:37:59.783
MATT: Oh, that's right, Yasha. Sorry. Then you[br]know what? Yes, I'll let you try that.

0:37:59.783,0:38:02.261
Make a strength check to try to grab and hold on.

0:38:02.261,0:38:06.119
[br]LIAM: Can I ask-- Oh, to catch me from not even[br]falling at all?

0:38:06.119,0:38:08.482
[br]LAURA: To catch you from <i>falling</i> falling.

0:38:10.802,0:38:13.834
[br]SAM and LAURA: It's a cocked 20.

0:38:14.564,0:38:15.567
[br]LIAM: It's cocked!

0:38:15.567,0:38:16.532
[br]MATT: Roll again.

0:38:20.742,0:38:21.486
[br]LAURA: 12.

0:38:23.456,0:38:30.484
[br]MATT: You manage to catch Caleb by the scruff of[br]the coat and pull back. Your hand begins to come

0:38:30.484,0:38:37.450
loose, and you reach out and grab onto another[br]piece of stone. You feel your fingernails grind

0:38:37.450,0:38:43.131
and snap, but you barely manage to hold on.[br]Somebody's going to have to support, or they're

0:38:43.131,0:38:45.947
both going to go down here. Below them,[br]who's going to help?

0:38:45.947,0:38:48.001
[br]TRAVIS: I'll reach out and try to help.

0:38:48.001,0:38:50.772
MARISHA: I'll make an arm brace with Fjord[br]on the other side.

0:38:50.772,0:38:52.017
[br]TRAVIS: Yeah, clothesline.

0:38:52.017,0:38:53.923
[br]LIAM: This is stupid!

0:38:54.283,0:39:01.598
[br]MATT: You take a moment to right yourselves and[br]get back into a steady position, eventually

0:39:01.598,0:39:03.273
getting Caleb back on the trail.

0:39:03.273,0:39:05.005
[br]LAURA: I put him right next to me.

0:39:05.005,0:39:09.805
[br]MATT: You continue, but the DC is jumping with[br]each pass now, especially as the exhaustion kicks

0:39:09.805,0:39:13.715
in. Continuing the path, I'd like everyone to make[br]another athletics check, please.

0:39:13.715,0:39:18.590
[br]LIAM: (singing) Kryptonite! Nope.

0:39:20.500,0:39:26.167
[br]TRAVIS: Yasha rolled a 20. Fjord rolled a 17.

0:39:26.747,0:39:27.658
[br]MARISHA: 19.

0:39:27.958,0:39:28.716
[br]LIAM: Ten.

0:39:29.466,0:39:30.247
[br]SAM: 13.

0:39:30.797,0:39:31.529
[br]LAURA: Eight.

0:39:32.109,0:39:32.925
[br]TALIESIN: 13.

0:39:37.165,0:39:38.353
[br]SAM: Everyone?

0:39:38.353,0:39:41.785
[br]MATT: No, no. The DC went up to a 12.

0:39:42.865,0:39:44.296
[br]LAURA: Oh, so just me and you.

0:39:44.976,0:39:50.329
[br]MATT: Two failures. That's still most successes.[br]You continue up, and the light gets brighter and

0:39:50.329,0:39:58.874
closer. It's hard to make out a color because it[br]looks like white, but it's not super bright. It

0:39:58.874,0:40:08.266
would be a dull daylight. You get the sense that[br]this may indeed be an approaching exit. I would

0:40:08.266,0:40:11.667
like one third and final group athletics check.

0:40:11.667,0:40:17.685
[br]TRAVIS: I have a question. On the wall, if we were[br]to look down, about how far down would we fall, if

0:40:17.685,0:40:20.496
we were to fall at this point?[br]If we had to guess?

0:40:20.496,0:40:22.305
[br]MATT: How far does your darkvision go?

0:40:22.305,0:40:23.455
[br]TRAVIS: 60 feet.

0:40:24.005,0:40:30.666
MATT: It goes past your 60 feet. Tumbling down,[br]it's not a complete fall. It would be a

0:40:30.666,0:40:32.819
Homer Simpson down the side of the cliff.

0:40:32.819,0:40:33.989
[br]LAURA: "As you wish."

0:40:33.989,0:40:36.092
[br]MATT: Yeah, basically.

0:40:36.642,0:40:38.809
[br]TRAVIS: With stone and obsidian.

0:40:39.169,0:40:42.170
[br]MATT: It would be a few hundred feet.

0:40:42.170,0:40:43.777
[br]LAURA and MARISHA: Ooh!

0:40:43.777,0:40:47.779
[br]TRAVIS: Good good. Good! Let's roll this shit.

0:40:47.779,0:40:50.429
[br]MATT: Let's roll your final group athletics[br]check.

0:40:51.259,0:40:55.457
[br]LIAM: (laughing) Dancing on 19, and it went to[br]three.

0:40:55.457,0:40:56.633
[br]LAURA: Oh no!

0:40:57.303,0:40:58.565
[br]MATT: All right, so?

0:40:59.555,0:41:04.057
[br]TRAVIS: Yasha rolled a 25. Fjord rolled a five.

0:41:05.467,0:41:06.472
[br]MARISHA: 22.

0:41:06.862,0:41:07.708
[br]LIAM: <i>Vier</i>.

0:41:09.308,0:41:11.691
[br]SAM and LAURA: 20.

0:41:12.151,0:41:13.110
[br]TALIESIN: Ten.

0:41:13.270,0:41:22.335
[br]MATT: You guys <i>just</i> pulled off more successes[br]than failures on that. Okay! There are some shaky

0:41:22.335,0:41:27.602
moments where a few of the party begin to bow back[br]from the wall, and you hear the beginnings of the

0:41:27.602,0:41:32.957
(fearful noises) from different people. The rest[br]of you who are sure in this climb reach out to

0:41:32.957,0:41:39.892
support and push them. It's a slow climb. It takes[br]a while. Once again, the temperature is colder

0:41:39.892,0:41:47.592
now, more so than the general underground feel.[br]There is a bit of air starting to catch to you as

0:41:47.592,0:41:58.021
the opening begins to approach you: 100 feet, 50[br]feet, 30 feet. It's causing the sweat on your brow

0:41:58.021,0:42:04.853
to feel really cold and freezing against your[br]skin, until eventually, as-- you're near the

0:42:04.853,0:42:08.706
front, as is Yasha. What would you guys like to do[br]as you approach the exit?

0:42:08.706,0:42:11.037
[br]LAURA: I cast Pass Without a Trace as we get[br]close.

0:42:12.397,0:42:21.136
[br]TALIESIN: (gravelly voice) I'm very carefully[br]going to scan the surroundings, listen for any

0:42:21.136,0:42:23.662
noise. I'm going to slowly make my way up.

0:42:23.662,0:42:25.760
[br]LAURA: (clears throat loudly)

0:42:25.760,0:42:31.310
(laughter)

0:42:31.325,0:42:38.527
[br]TRAVIS: I will also look for any marks of climbing[br]devices, ropes, anything man-made or not man-made,

0:42:38.539,0:42:44.000
but not natural near the top of this opening.[br]Yasha will.

0:42:44.000,0:42:52.607
[br]MATT: You do see two semi-rusted-- not terribly[br]rusted, but the very beginning stages of rust--

0:42:52.607,0:43:02.091
iron pitons that are driven into the top of this.[br]You can see a portion of rope that was tied to it,

0:43:02.091,0:43:05.998
that has since been severed, and there's some[br]dangling threads at the edge of that.

0:43:05.998,0:43:10.214
TRAVIS: (high voice) We can use that-- (normal[br]voice) I'm not going to do Yasha's voice.

0:43:11.704,0:43:14.880
I don't know. I started with me, then her--

0:43:15.190,0:43:21.935
[br]LIAM: If Caduceus is listening intently, he is[br]barely hearing Caleb mouth the words to the

0:43:21.935,0:43:26.357
Feather Fall spell like an actor running lines,[br]which he's been doing for the last 30 minutes.

0:43:27.337,0:43:29.739
[br]MATT: Are you just listening?

0:43:29.739,0:43:33.853
[br]TALIESIN: I'm slowly creeping up and listening,[br]and taking in everything, seeing what--

0:43:33.853,0:43:40.669
[br]MATT: As your eyes adjust, and you listen out, you[br]can hear wind hitting bits of sand and dust

0:43:40.669,0:43:50.676
occasionally. The temperature is chilled. It is a[br]cloudy sky, a familiar sky. It is the same sky

0:43:50.676,0:43:59.424
that is in proximity to the Empire: gray, might[br]rain in the next day or two. As you glance over

0:43:59.424,0:44:08.463
the edge, you can see you're on this subtle grade.[br]To your left as you look up, you can see the

0:44:08.463,0:44:18.665
ominous, rising peaks of the the Ashkeeper Peaks[br]themselves. You can see that you are at the base

0:44:18.665,0:44:26.377
of where the mountains begin to slowly grade into[br]the wastes, which you see to your right. There are

0:44:26.377,0:44:33.631
dead trees. Whether it be they themselves are[br]bereft of life, or they've lost their leaves to

0:44:33.631,0:44:40.394
the season, you're not familiar with this[br]territory to know-- yet. You can see clusters of

0:44:40.394,0:44:46.246
rock and stone and areas where whatever force[br]created these mountains has caused bits of it to

0:44:46.246,0:44:54.845
jut outward, causing small cliff faces and stone[br]protrusions that mar the base of the mountainscape

0:44:54.845,0:45:02.403
here before you. You can see where strange types[br]of roots and small bushes have tried to affix

0:45:02.403,0:45:07.778
themselves to the edges of these stones, and then[br]have dried up as the wastes themselves go through

0:45:07.778,0:45:19.629
the dark and ashen seasons. Looking beyond that,[br]you can see the open valley below and before you:

0:45:19.629,0:45:30.241
a dry, cracked, badlands with hints of scrub brush[br]and other types of hardy vegetation that has

0:45:30.241,0:45:36.661
managed to find a life here. What did you roll for[br]perception, again?

0:45:36.661,0:45:38.339
[br]TALIESIN: I didn't roll perception.

0:45:38.339,0:45:40.670
[br]MATT: That's right, that's just you taking in the[br]scenery. Now roll a perception check.

0:45:40.670,0:45:42.619
[br]LIAM: Is Cad up there solo at this point?

0:45:42.619,0:45:44.352
[br]MATT: You send Frumpkin up to look?

0:45:44.352,0:45:45.276
[br]TALIESIN: 18.

0:45:45.276,0:45:58.721
[br]MATT: You do see, in the distance in the valley, a[br]few shapes far away, far past the mountain range,

0:45:58.721,0:46:07.909
very large creatures of some kind stalking slowly[br]across. Far away, miles away.

0:46:07.909,0:46:10.167
[br]LAURA: Does Yasha recognize them?

0:46:10.167,0:46:16.053
[br]MATT: Yasha doesn't see this yet. Yasha is just[br]peeking up. Roll a perception check for Yasha.

0:46:16.053,0:46:22.406
[br]TALIESIN: Yeah, I was going to say, any signs of[br]beast nor man? Life or technology?

0:46:22.406,0:46:24.890
[br]TRAVIS: A natural 20.

0:46:24.890,0:46:26.060
[br]MATT: Really?

0:46:27.030,0:46:28.696
[br]MARISHA: Sexy CR dice.

0:46:32.416,0:46:43.402
[br]MATT: Yasha does look up and see that as well.[br]"It's probably best to avoid those. They can bear

0:46:43.402,0:46:48.841
"quite a bit of meat, but they're[br]a bit of a tussle."

0:46:50.301,0:46:56.059
[br]TALIESIN: Well, if you think so. Are we safe? Can[br]we bring everybody up?

0:46:56.549,0:46:58.835
[br]MATT: "I mean, it's either that or stay inside."

0:47:00.205,0:47:06.313
[br]TALIESIN: I've missed the sky. I think we can come[br]up, everybody. Just be careful.

0:47:07.152,0:47:11.318
TRAVIS: Is there any cover nearby once we poke our[br]head up out there that you can see?

0:47:11.415,0:47:16.341
[br]TALIESIN: This doesn't seem to be much of a[br]coverage territory.

0:47:17.041,0:47:19.347
[br]TRAVIS: Okay. Anything in the skies?

0:47:20.257,0:47:27.184
[br]MATT: You look up. You can see a few hawks, maybe[br]birds of prey, but nothing at the moment that

0:47:27.184,0:47:28.345
catches your attention.

0:47:28.345,0:47:31.105
[br]LIAM: And this never stopped being the worm's[br]path, <i>ja</i>?

0:47:31.705,0:47:32.439
[br]MATT: No.

0:47:33.039,0:47:38.241
[br]LIAM: Are there any signs of where the worm went[br]across this open land?

0:47:38.241,0:47:39.899
[br]MATT: Did you climb out?

0:47:39.899,0:47:41.515
[br]LIAM: I thought we all-- yes.

0:47:41.515,0:47:43.194
[br]MATT: All right. You all climb out.

0:47:43.194,0:47:44.710
[br]LAURA: Stealthily, sure.

0:47:45.330,0:47:49.750
[br]MATT: Make a survival check to see if you can[br]locate the tracks here.

0:47:49.750,0:47:55.874
[br]LIAM: Been rolling real well tonight. Eight.

0:47:56.904,0:48:03.898
[br]MATT: Unfortunately, as opposed to soft dirt, most[br]of the mountainscape here is hard rock and dust.

0:48:03.898,0:48:10.111
There doesn't look like there's any sign of tracks[br]or pressure or shifting that would give you an

0:48:10.111,0:48:15.376
idea of where it went. However, it does look like[br]it gradually rounds out as it exits, and this

0:48:15.376,0:48:21.487
seems to be pretty easy to gather that this is the[br]exit point. Whatever troop it is that had made

0:48:21.487,0:48:29.374
this incursion of Felderwin, this was their exit[br]point. You look around you. This is Xhorhas.

0:48:29.374,0:48:33.281
Welcome to the eastern side in Eastern Wynandir.

0:48:33.281,0:48:36.651
[br]SAM: Welcome to Xhorhasic Park.

0:48:36.881,0:48:38.088
[br]MATT: Fuck!

0:48:38.088,0:48:40.951
[br]TRAVIS, MARISHA, and TALIESIN: (humming off-key[br]Jurassic Park theme)

0:48:40.951,0:48:46.325
[br]TRAVIS: What was that discordant mess? Jeez. We[br]all jumped into different parts of the score!

0:48:46.325,0:48:52.153
[br]TRAVIS and MARISHA: (purposefully humming off-key[br]Jurassic Park theme)

0:48:53.393,0:48:56.383
[br]MARISHA: (sighs) Glad we had that moment.

0:48:57.373,0:49:03.432
[br]LIAM: Talking to Yasha: Is this what you are[br]accustomed to from home?

0:49:04.692,0:49:19.283
[br]MATT: "I mean, yes. I'm not from this area,[br]specifically, but these are the wastes."

0:49:20.623,0:49:23.382
[br]LIAM: I think you are our guide, all the same.

0:49:24.632,0:49:37.236
[br]MATT: "Well, I will do my best." She keeps her[br]weapon at the ready. There are some five-,

0:49:37.236,0:49:41.927
ten-foot pieces of stone in stacks where pieces of[br]the mountain have either come free and come to

0:49:41.927,0:49:47.649
rest here at the base that offer a little bit of[br]cover from immediate views of anything in the

0:49:47.649,0:49:52.444
distance. Since you are keeping such a close eye[br]out there, you do notice that to the north of

0:49:52.444,0:50:01.451
you-- as you emerge, looking over the valley, to[br]your left would be north. So where you guys have

0:50:01.451,0:50:07.888
emerged here, somewhere in this area, you've come[br]out this side of the mountains, and looking

0:50:07.888,0:50:20.956
north-way you can make out shapes of other broken,[br]mountainous-like structures. You gather, through

0:50:20.956,0:50:26.652
conversation and the map you have at your[br]disposal, for them to be the Brokenveil Bluffs

0:50:26.652,0:50:34.968
that surround and encompass the Brokenveil Marsh.[br]There's a valley or gorge between the teeth-like

0:50:34.968,0:50:43.641
Bluffs and the Ashkeeper range. There's a strange[br]thing visible to you. Amongst the open,

0:50:43.641,0:50:50.329
daylight-gray sky, right there in that valley, is[br]pitch night.

0:50:51.529,0:50:53.548
[br]LAURA: That's where Ghor Dranas is.

0:50:54.258,0:50:56.496
[br]SAM: Do we know that it's engulfed in darkness?

0:50:56.496,0:50:57.601
[br]LIAM and LAURA: Yes.

0:50:57.601,0:50:59.127
[br]TRAVIS: It's unnatural darkness?

0:50:59.127,0:50:59.993
[br]LIAM: Yes.

0:50:59.993,0:51:03.111
[br]MATT: Make a nature check.

0:51:03.701,0:51:08.981
[br]TALIESIN: Why this is an intelligence-based thing[br]is beyond me, but here we go. No. That's a one. I

0:51:08.981,0:51:11.071
rolled a two, which means it's a one.

0:51:11.071,0:51:18.336
[br]MATT: Okay. You have no idea where you are.

0:51:18.336,0:51:19.478
[br]TALIESIN: That's fair.

0:51:19.478,0:51:22.243
[br]MATT: Or what that might be and what direction it[br]could be.

0:51:22.243,0:51:23.345
[br]TALIESIN: That's crazy.

0:51:23.345,0:51:24.367
[br]TRAVIS: What is?

0:51:24.367,0:51:25.512
[br]TALIESIN: That thing.

0:51:25.512,0:51:28.290
[br]MARISHA: Didn't we hear that the darkness was[br]expanding?

0:51:28.290,0:51:31.129
[br]LAURA: We heard Ghor Dranas was always dark.

0:51:31.729,0:51:35.321
[br]MARISHA: I feel like we heard that the darkness[br]was expanding somewhere.

0:51:36.931,0:51:43.965
[br]MATT: Yasha pipes in and goes, "Ghor Dranas is[br]further east."

0:51:44.435,0:51:45.450
[br]LAURA: Oh, really?

0:51:45.910,0:51:47.017
[br]SAM: That's not it?

0:51:47.307,0:51:50.040
[br]MATT: "No, this is right on the border of the[br]Empire."

0:51:50.040,0:51:51.586
[br]TRAVIS: Well, that's promising.

0:51:51.686,0:51:56.814
[br]SAM: So whatever darkness is creeping farther than[br]the capital?

0:51:57.614,0:51:58.691
[br]MATT: "I suppose."

0:51:59.461,0:52:00.481
[br]LAURA: Oh shit.

0:52:00.481,0:52:05.205
[br]MARISHA: Does it look localized, or does it look[br]like it starts and then it's ever-expanding?

0:52:05.205,0:52:10.258
[br]MATT: It looks localized. It's like there's a[br]strange sphere of shadow that is encompassing that

0:52:10.258,0:52:12.822
entire valley in the center of the mountains.

0:52:13.482,0:52:16.514
[br]LIAM: So a dome, from our perspective?

0:52:16.514,0:52:18.201
[br]LAURA: How far away is it?

0:52:18.201,0:52:23.098
[br]MATT: You don't see necessarily a dome. What you[br]see is the mountain, and the cliffs, and the

0:52:23.098,0:52:27.282
ground around just goes into shadow. It's a very[br]strange--

0:52:27.282,0:52:29.925
[br]LAURA: Like someone erased the world?

0:52:29.945,0:52:31.784
[br]MATT: Yeah, went over it with a marker.

0:52:31.784,0:52:33.757
[br]TALIESIN: Whoa. That's crazy.

0:52:33.757,0:52:36.820
[br]SAM: How many days' walk is it from here, do you[br]think?

0:52:36.820,0:52:42.597
[br]MATT: From there, you'd probably guess it's[br]somewhere-- let me see here. From where you

0:52:42.597,0:52:45.661
emerged, probably about two days.

0:52:46.431,0:52:47.499
[br]MARISHA: Two days?

0:52:47.759,0:52:48.975
[br]LAURA: To the darkness?

0:52:48.975,0:52:55.673
[br]MATT: Looking at the map, you can gather the path[br]of the Ashkeeper Peaks, and where the Brokenveil

0:52:55.673,0:53:04.751
Bluffs are, that gorge, that valley where you see[br]that dark spot, is the Ashguard Garrison. As you

0:53:04.751,0:53:09.190
begin to focus and look out there, you can see[br]that texture within there that looked like a

0:53:09.190,0:53:14.841
forest is not, because there are points of light[br]in it. There are, you can just barely see at the

0:53:14.841,0:53:24.900
very edge of the horizon before you get to that[br]mountain range, what you can gather to be tents,

0:53:26.390,0:53:28.120
structures of some kind.

0:53:28.820,0:53:30.763
[br]MARISHA: Does it look like a military front?

0:53:30.763,0:53:37.648
[br]MATT: It's too far to see, but the last you word[br]you had was the Ashguard Garrison had fallen to

0:53:37.648,0:53:40.602
the Kryn Dynasty and was currently held by them.

0:53:40.602,0:53:47.017
[br]LIAM: And the Xhorhasian agent that we tussled[br]with in the sewers was able to make darkness on

0:53:47.017,0:53:50.202
the spot, so it is a tactic they are able to use.

0:53:50.202,0:53:53.384
[br]LAURA: A whole bunch of them together could make a[br]lot of darkness.

0:53:53.384,0:53:54.862
[br]TRAVIS: We should get closer.

0:53:55.452,0:53:56.627
[br]LAURA: Should we?

0:53:56.627,0:53:58.974
[br]MATT: As you guys are having this conversation--

0:54:00.724,0:54:01.809
[br]TALIESIN: I love this!

0:54:01.809,0:54:02.825
[br]LAURA: Whoa, secrets!

0:54:02.825,0:54:07.505
[br]SAM: What? How are there secrets already? He[br]didn't do anything! He doesn't deserve this one.

0:54:07.505,0:54:10.317
[br]TRAVIS: D&amp;D Beyond has a Discord.

0:54:10.317,0:54:16.196
[br]SAM: It does. D&amp;D Beyond is great, I love them,[br]but Laura, what are the artists' names who did

0:54:16.196,0:54:17.903
those beautiful art prints?

0:54:17.903,0:54:24.388
[br]LIAM: They are-- open your mouth, I'll say it.[br]Matteo Scalera and Moreno Dinisio.

0:54:24.388,0:54:30.827
[br]TALIESIN: Okay. Really quickly, just for fun, I'm[br]going to cast Blindness.

0:54:32.037,0:54:32.991
[br]TRAVIS: What?

0:54:32.991,0:54:34.002
[br]SAM: On whom?

0:54:34.282,0:54:35.342
[br]TALIESIN: A guy.

0:54:35.842,0:54:38.193
[br]SAM: A guy? What guy?

0:54:38.403,0:54:40.667
[br]TALIESIN: It's a constitution save, 16.

0:54:41.467,0:54:42.559
[br]MATT: Natural 20.

0:54:42.639,0:54:43.715
[br]TALIESIN: He didn't.

0:54:43.715,0:54:45.888
[br]MATT: Natural 20 on the save, yeah.

0:54:45.888,0:54:47.239
[br]SAM and LAURA: Who?

0:54:47.239,0:54:48.304
[br]TRAVIS: Yeah, exactly.

0:54:48.314,0:54:50.310
[br]LAURA: Did we see what Caduceus was doing?

0:54:50.310,0:54:52.033
[br]TALIESIN: I was just casting a spell at somebody.

0:54:52.033,0:54:57.625
[br]MATT: You guys turn and look over, and a little[br]ways up, maybe 30, 40 feet from where you are,

0:54:57.625,0:55:08.167
from a cliff-like outcropping, maybe a small ten-,[br]15-foot cliff, a gray-cloaked and hooded figure

0:55:08.167,0:55:10.324
that's standing there with one hand up.

0:55:11.207,0:55:13.157
[br]TRAVIS: One hand up, like this, palm out?

0:55:13.157,0:55:14.142
[br]MATT: Palm out.

0:55:14.752,0:55:19.558
[br]SAM: Yasha, in your culture, does that mean, "I'm[br]going to kill you," or "please don't kill me"?

0:55:19.738,0:55:24.828
[br]MATT: Yasha goes, "In my culture we just kill if[br]need be. There's no pleasantries."

0:55:24.828,0:55:28.278
[br]TRAVIS: I'm going to use Misty Step to bamf right[br]to him.

0:55:28.948,0:55:30.186
[br]MARISHA: That's cool.

0:55:30.186,0:55:34.959
[br]MATT: All right. You appear right in front and the[br]figure flinches as you do, and the hand

0:55:34.959,0:55:39.671
instinctually looks to be probably going for a[br]blade inside the cloak and holds it there.

0:55:39.671,0:55:44.312
[br]TRAVIS: I summon the falchion. Who are you and[br]what do you want?

0:55:44.942,0:55:52.812
[br]MATT: The figure reaches up and pulls the hood[br]back a bit. You see a bald human. Big, bushy,

0:55:52.812,0:56:04.196
black and gray beard, face covered with streaks of[br]mud. Looks to be a well-armored-- leather, studded

0:56:04.196,0:56:15.993
leathers-- figure. Looks to you with these very[br]piercing, blue-gray eyes, taking your check and

0:56:15.993,0:56:23.162
doesn't crumble under it. Holds the line and looks[br]back at you and says, "Hey, what are you doing out

0:56:23.162,0:56:25.846
here? You don't look like soldiers."

0:56:27.016,0:56:30.009
[br]TRAVIS: We're not. We're a rescue party.

0:56:30.869,0:56:32.612
[br]MATT: "What you coming to rescue?"

0:56:33.012,0:56:39.251
[br]TRAVIS: A friend. What about you? Lonely place to[br]be up on the side of a mountain all by yourself.

0:56:40.491,0:56:44.350
[br]MATT: "Come, let's get out of the open, at least,[br]if we're going to talk."

0:56:44.350,0:56:45.959
[br]TRAVIS: You have others with you?

0:56:45.959,0:56:47.166
[br]MATT: "I do."

0:56:47.166,0:56:48.552
[br]TRAVIS: How many?

0:56:50.232,0:56:59.903
[br]MATT: He whistles a little bit, and in the[br]surrounding rocks above, about ten other figures

0:56:59.903,0:57:07.341
with similar gray cloaks all emerge, many of them[br]with shortbows and longbows, arrows nocked

0:57:07.341,0:57:08.920
but not drawn yet.

0:57:09.430,0:57:10.828
[br]TALIESIN: That's pretty cool.

0:57:10.828,0:57:15.316
[br]TRAVIS: I motion to the rest. Let's go. This way.

0:57:15.956,0:57:16.696
[br]SAM: Okay.

0:57:17.316,0:57:19.510
[br]LAURA: Are they nice? Is it nice people?

0:57:19.510,0:57:20.976
[br]SAM: It it the sand people?

0:57:21.616,0:57:23.178
[br]TRAVIS: The sand people?

0:57:23.178,0:57:24.752
[br]SAM: Is it the sand people?

0:57:26.202,0:57:34.783
[br]MATT: He leads you off to an alcove, maybe 15, 20[br]feet off from where you guys emerged. There's a

0:57:34.783,0:57:42.317
stone structure that curls around and gives this[br]slight little pocket where 60 to 70 percent of you

0:57:42.317,0:57:46.965
are covered by rock and not immediately visible,[br]except for what's immediately in front of you and

0:57:46.965,0:57:52.905
further down the mountainside. It's a little wide[br]space. Pulls you in as the rest of the other

0:57:52.905,0:58:02.954
figures slowly duck back into their hiding spaces.[br]"All right, so I'm Kaulden."

0:58:04.604,0:58:06.703
[br]LAURA: Is that with a C or with a K?

0:58:06.703,0:58:07.756
[br]MATT: "It's with a K."

0:58:07.756,0:58:08.559
[br]LAURA: Got it.

0:58:11.959,0:58:16.638
[br]MATT: "I'm the captain of the Muck Men, the small[br]band of scouts and rangers you see here. We're up

0:58:16.638,0:58:17.923
"from Bladegarden."

0:58:19.133,0:58:20.145
[br]LAURA: Oh!

0:58:21.745,0:58:23.262
[br]TALIESIN: That means something to you?

0:58:23.262,0:58:25.009
[br]TRAVIS: Bladegarden is right here.

0:58:25.009,0:58:27.866
LAURA: That means they're not from Xhorhas,[br]is what it means.

0:58:27.866,0:58:28.751
[br]TALIESIN: Oh, wow.

0:58:28.751,0:58:30.605
[br]TRAVIS: On the other side of the Peaks.

0:58:30.605,0:58:35.554
MATT: "We scout along the Ashkeepers, one of many[br]troops keeping an eye on enemy movements.

0:58:35.554,0:58:38.539
"You shouldn't be wandering around here in a war[br]zone. You know that, right?"

0:58:38.839,0:58:39.887
[br]TRAVIS: Indeed.

0:58:39.887,0:58:41.368
[br]LAURA: We didn't have a choice.

0:58:42.488,0:58:48.634
[br]TRAVIS: We are far, far from home. As I said,[br]we're a rescue party. It's a matter of necessity,

0:58:48.634,0:58:49.530
I'm afraid.

0:58:49.970,0:58:52.541
MATT: "This one you're rescuing, whereabouts[br]are they?"

0:58:53.171,0:58:54.457
[br]TRAVIS: That we don't know.

0:58:54.457,0:58:57.303
[br]LAURA: We think they're in Ghor Dranas?

0:58:58.493,0:59:01.924
[br]SAM: Or maybe in that dark city over there,[br]maybe?

0:59:01.924,0:59:07.401
[br]MATT: "Ooh, you'd probably have a better time in[br]Ghor Dranas right now."

0:59:09.511,0:59:18.918
[br]MARISHA: We're not looking for a Xhorhasian party.[br]Did you happen to see any higher-echelon-looking

0:59:18.918,0:59:22.212
mage folk come through, maybe a week or two ago?

0:59:22.212,0:59:24.261
[br]SAM: Maybe with a big worm?

0:59:24.261,0:59:25.916
[br]MARISHA: Purple worm, real big.

0:59:25.916,0:59:30.469
[br]MATT: "We've seen a worm move through, about a[br]week and a half ago. Went far east, straight

0:59:30.469,0:59:31.764
"across the plain."

0:59:31.764,0:59:33.746
[br]SAM: Towards that dark place?

0:59:33.976,0:59:36.480
[br]MATT: "No, that's northward. This went eastward."

0:59:37.220,0:59:39.011
[br]LAURA: To probably Ghor Dranas, yeah.

0:59:39.011,0:59:40.778
[br]SAM: Is that toward Ghor Dranas?

0:59:41.638,0:59:45.810
MATT: "As far as I know, that's probably where[br]it was headed."

0:59:46.880,0:59:49.558
TRAVIS: That would be the direction we're[br]supposed to go.

0:59:50.158,0:59:52.242
[br]LIAM: What can you tell us of the war?

0:59:53.502,1:00:03.471
[br]MATT: "Well, since the Ashguard was taken over a[br]month ago, they've been holding it. We've had a

1:00:03.471,1:00:10.054
"few scuffles holding the line. There's been one[br]attempted incursion at the Rockguard Garrison.

1:00:12.254,1:00:24.287
"It's been quiet to an uncomfortable degree. After[br]all these months of violence and death, to just be

1:00:24.287,1:00:32.208
"holding the line makes me uncomfortable. Makes me[br]wonder what they're waiting for. That's what we've

1:00:32.208,1:00:38.945
"been doing, and a few other troops: keeping an[br]eye, taking a tally on what's being planned."

1:00:39.305,1:00:44.405
[br]TALIESIN: You know what happened at the other end[br]of this tunnel, or has word not traveled yet?

1:00:45.069,1:00:48.234
[br]MATT: "I have an idea. What's this? Was this made[br]by that worm?"

1:00:48.614,1:00:49.941
[br]TALIESIN: Well, yeah.

1:00:51.401,1:00:58.815
[br]SAM: They dug into a town called Felderwin, and[br]they raided it and took prisoners.

1:01:00.785,1:01:06.661
[br]MATT: "Hmm, I'll see if I can request a few more[br]parties out here looking for this. If this is

1:01:06.661,1:01:14.390
"going to be their way of going past the boundaries[br]of the Empire, that's a bad thing. All right,

1:01:14.390,1:01:19.508
"well, let me gather the rest of the Muck Men.[br]We'll see what we can do to maybe escort you back

1:01:19.516,1:01:20.834
"into the Empire."

1:01:20.934,1:01:28.251
SAM: Oh, we're not going back. We're going to pursue[br]the one that we're trying to rescue across the--

1:01:29.191,1:01:30.800
[br]MATT: "Just the seven of you?"

1:01:31.000,1:01:32.918
[br]LAURA: You're welcome to join us.

1:01:32.928,1:01:35.505
[br]MATT: (laughs) "I'm not stupid, but thanks."

1:01:36.635,1:01:42.055
TRAVIS: What do you know about the area of darkness over there? Have you gone nearn it? Nearn it.

1:01:42.095,1:01:47.435
(laughter)

1:01:47.605,1:01:54.360
[br]MATT: "As far as I know, the Kryn have some sort[br]of a spell that brings them consistent twilight.

1:01:55.720,1:02:05.412
"They tend to move best under the shadow. Sun[br]doesn't really behoove them well. It's a bit

1:02:05.412,1:02:09.411
"difficult if they're bringing the night with them[br]wherever they go."

1:02:10.231,1:02:15.074
[br]TRAVIS: Does it move with them, or does that area[br]of darkness stay in one place?

1:02:15.074,1:02:19.316
[br]MATT: "As far as I know, since that darkness[br]opened when they took the garrison, it's been

1:02:19.316,1:02:20.449
"there ever since."

1:02:20.879,1:02:22.008
[br]MARISHA: Interesting.

1:02:22.238,1:02:28.090
TRAVIS: Right, so we go under the darkness, rid[br]them of that spell, and we'll be lickety-split out

1:02:28.090,1:02:29.371
of there no problem.

1:02:29.371,1:02:33.271
LAURA: We're not going to the garrison. We're[br]going to rescue Yeza.

1:02:33.567,1:02:35.668
[br]TRAVIS: I'm being sarcastic, Jester.

1:02:37.758,1:02:45.152
[br]LIAM: We will have to deal with this problem[br]further into Xhorhas. Do you have any tips for a

1:02:45.152,1:02:48.122
bunch of crazy assholes going into the enemy's[br]country?

1:02:48.482,1:02:56.493
[br]MATT: (sighs) "Stay out of sight. I mean, there's[br]the beast men. There's all sorts of strange

1:02:56.493,1:03:04.524
"creatures that scour these wastes, looking for[br]things that move, things that feed. Don't wander

1:03:04.524,1:03:09.052
"too close into the marshes." He points down, and[br]you can see now-- and you caught this a little

1:03:09.052,1:03:14.889
bit. Where on the north side along this range, to[br]the left of where you are, there is the bluffs and

1:03:14.889,1:03:18.862
the Ashguard Garrison. To the right, the mountain[br]range curves around, miles and miles down, and

1:03:18.862,1:03:25.326
meets with what you can now see to be a large[br]lake. There is this darkened bit of land around.

1:03:25.326,1:03:34.701
It could be a forest, but he points it out to be a[br]marshland. "If you're looking to cross the river,

1:03:34.701,1:03:42.139
"heading up that way, just be careful. Gets wide at[br]some points. Gets a little thinner at others, but

1:03:42.139,1:03:44.460
"it's still crossing a river."

1:03:45.390,1:03:48.569
[br]TALIESIN: Know if there's any way to buy some[br]horses or some such?

1:03:49.119,1:03:53.660
[br]MATT: "I mean, unless you want to go and wander[br]into one of the various Xhorhasian towns and buy

1:03:53.660,1:03:56.184
"off a horse or three, good luck."

1:03:57.324,1:03:59.091
[br]TALIESIN: Everybody got to eat.

1:04:02.691,1:04:03.778
[br]MATT: "Anyway."

1:04:05.428,1:04:10.680
[br]SAM: Would that darkened area that we're not going[br]to-- what is it called? Is that Ashguard?

1:04:10.680,1:04:17.661
MATT: "That's the Ashguard, aye. Well, if you're[br]going to go off and be fools that side of this

1:04:17.661,1:04:19.376
"land, do you need any supplies?"

1:04:19.376,1:04:22.079
LAURA: What do you have? Yes, give us anything you[br]have.

1:04:22.079,1:04:24.334
SAM: Yes, give us, for free, anything that you have.

1:04:24.334,1:04:26.424
LAURA: I would love that. So nice of you.

1:04:26.574,1:04:31.882
[br]MATT: "Aye. Hold here a second." He walks out of[br]the alcove and heads out into the space where the

1:04:31.891,1:04:37.038
rest of his Muck Men are. Steps up onto this one[br]piece of stone and gives a little whistle to the

1:04:37.038,1:04:42.896
rest of the troop. They all stand up, and he looks[br]back to you and beckons for you to start to head

1:04:42.896,1:04:48.217
over to where they are. At which point you see[br]something go (soft whistle) through the air,

1:04:48.217,1:04:53.412
something shift real fast. You watch him double[br]over onto one knee. You can see the edge of an

1:04:53.412,1:04:54.999
arrow protruding from his chest.

1:04:54.999,1:04:55.941
[br]SAM: Who, our guy?

1:04:55.941,1:04:57.408
[br]MARISHA: Fuck. Get down!

1:04:58.558,1:05:04.234
[br]MATT: You see other numerous arrows begin to[br]suddenly pelt the area where they have been

1:05:04.234,1:05:08.473
congregating. He immediately looks up in that[br]direction. You don't quite see where they're

1:05:08.473,1:05:11.876
coming from yet. He looks back to you and goes,[br]"Gods curse them! Stay out of sight!"

1:05:11.876,1:05:14.305
[br]LAURA: I cast Cure Wounds on Kaulden.

1:05:14.305,1:05:19.223
[br]MATT: Oh no, he is a ways away from you guys. He[br]left the alcove and went up on a rock.

1:05:19.223,1:05:21.605
[br]LAURA: Okay, shit. Can we hide?

1:05:21.895,1:05:23.529
[br]MARISHA: Are we still by the hole?

1:05:23.529,1:05:28.093
[br]MATT: You guys are still in the alcove right now,[br]yes. You hear (arrow impacts) hitting rocks and

1:05:28.093,1:05:30.659
smashing against them. You hear bolts[br]and other things.

1:05:30.659,1:05:32.753
[br]LAURA: Can we see where they're coming from?

1:05:32.753,1:05:35.230
[br]MATT: Make a perception check if you want to go[br]look.

1:05:35.230,1:05:36.126
[br]MARISHA: Fuck.

1:05:36.126,1:05:39.529
[br]LAURA: Oh, come on! That was so good, but it's[br]nine.

1:05:44.429,1:05:48.766
[br]MATT: You don't see anything at the moment,[br]partially because you're trying to also keep out

1:05:48.766,1:05:56.608
of sight. You hear it, Caduceus, at first, this[br]familiar, growling gibbering.

1:05:59.508,1:06:01.308
[br]MARISHA: Gnolls.

1:06:01.308,1:06:02.223
[br]SAM: More gnolls?

1:06:02.223,1:06:04.054
[br]LAURA: Ah, I hate them.

1:06:05.584,1:06:09.910
[br]MATT: At which point, those of you who are[br]glancing around can see, beyond them, there are a

1:06:09.910,1:06:15.520
number of other groups of large stones where[br]occasionally you see, jumping up from behind,

1:06:15.520,1:06:21.268
these large, humanoid, furred gnolls with longbows[br]that are releasing volley after volley towards

1:06:21.268,1:06:25.933
them. You cannot really see the rest of the Muck[br]Men or the state that things are in right now, but

1:06:25.933,1:06:31.453
they're returning fire left and right. Are you[br]guys staying put and staying out of sight?

1:06:32.283,1:06:34.472
You don't seem to have caught their attention.

1:06:34.472,1:06:37.087
[br]TRAVIS: No, we're fucking engaging these fucking[br]things.

1:06:37.087,1:06:39.899
[br]SAM: We don't even know which direction they're[br]coming from.

1:06:39.899,1:06:41.379
[br]MARISHA: Or how many there are.

1:06:41.379,1:06:45.942
[br]TALIESIN: Can we see where they're coming from, or[br]do we have any sense of how far away they are?

1:06:45.942,1:06:53.326
MATT: You've seen a few of them around, maybe 50[br]or 60 feet away, from around one section of stone.

1:06:53.326,1:06:57.520
[br]TRAVIS: What are Kaulden's men doing? Are they[br]breaking to move and take off, or are they

1:06:57.520,1:06:59.233
hunkering down and trying to defend?

1:06:59.233,1:07:03.528
[br]MATT: Right now, you cannot see from this alcove.[br]If you want to try to look out and make a

1:07:03.528,1:07:05.480
perception check to keep an eye, you can.

1:07:05.480,1:07:10.985
LIAM: Because we were alone with Kaulden in here,[br]didn't his troops sink back in their hiding spots at all?

1:07:10.985,1:07:15.610
[br]MATT: They did, and then he whistled to call them[br]up from their places when you guys were about to

1:07:15.610,1:07:16.512
engage for trade.

1:07:16.512,1:07:17.560
[br]TRAVIS: A natural one.

1:07:17.560,1:07:18.850
[br]MARISHA: Fuck.

1:07:18.850,1:07:20.918
[br]TALIESIN: I say we try and help.

1:07:22.598,1:07:24.410
[br]SAM: Sure. We need to get out of here.

1:07:24.410,1:07:29.321
[br]MARISHA: How far away is the rock towards where[br]Kaulden's people are?

1:07:29.321,1:07:30.560
[br]MATT: Let me show you.

1:07:30.560,1:07:31.464
[br]SAM: Hey!

1:07:31.464,1:07:34.985
[br]MATT: You haven't engaged yet, but I'm going to[br]give you a lay of the land.

1:07:34.985,1:07:37.076
[br]TALIESIN: I'm just happy that there's a map.

1:07:37.076,1:07:41.550
SAM: We're getting a map. D&amp;D Beyond does have a[br]Discord channel you can check out at

1:07:41.550,1:07:52.595
dndbeyond.com/discord. I hope everyone watching[br]the show right now is making out with each other.

1:07:52.595,1:08:00.353
No matter if you're just friends, casual[br]acquaintances at a bar, family members. It's

1:08:00.353,1:08:04.305
Valentine's Day; let the love flow.

1:08:04.305,1:08:06.380
[br]ALL: Whoa!

1:08:06.380,1:08:08.569
[br]LAURA: Is it green or is the light green?

1:08:08.569,1:08:10.378
[br]MATT and TALIESIN: The light is green.

1:08:10.378,1:08:11.583
[br]LAURA: It looks so green!

1:08:13.183,1:08:17.207
[br]MATT: This is actually on a mountain. There is a[br]slight incline.

1:08:18.447,1:08:20.142
[br]SAM: Raked stage.

1:08:20.142,1:08:24.368
[br]MARISHA: Woo! Oh, it is, yeah.

1:08:24.368,1:08:29.176
[br]MATT: You guys are all pressed into this alcove[br]over here.

1:08:29.176,1:08:32.086
[br]MARISHA: Do I need to look up the difference[br]between downstage and upstage?

1:08:32.086,1:08:33.353
[br]LIAM: If we have to.

1:08:37.123,1:08:38.602
[br]LAURA: Anybody want some candy?

1:08:38.602,1:08:39.746
[br]MARISHA: Yeah, yeah.

1:08:39.746,1:08:46.199
[br]LAURA: Sorry, he threw me off. Stop it, Sam.[br]Here.

1:08:49.269,1:08:50.989
[br]TRAVIS: That was a really bad throw.

1:08:53.249,1:08:58.781
[br]MATT: From this perspective, you can see Kaulden[br]over here. You begin to hear some other voices

1:08:58.781,1:09:12.267
shout out, (foreign words). You hear some sort of[br]energy streak, (impacts and grunting). Not gnoll-like.

1:09:12.897,1:09:14.140
Something else.

1:09:14.140,1:09:19.567
[br]SAM: I'm going to cast Invisibility on myself, and[br]I'm going to run out there and look.

1:09:22.617,1:09:26.352
[br]MATT: Nott, you cast Invisibility, and you go out[br]and look.

1:09:26.942,1:09:28.519
[br]SAM: What do I see?

1:09:28.519,1:09:33.293
[br]MATT: As you come around the corner and glance,[br]you can see across the way the group of gnolls

1:09:33.293,1:09:40.335
[br]that are currently behind that way. You can see[br]two of them with their blade out and a shield.

1:09:40.335,1:09:46.275
[br]They're both rushing from around the corner[br]towards where the rest of Kaulden's men are.

1:09:46.285,1:09:51.972
[br]Suddenly, they all reach around a side of the rock[br]and release a volley. You see both gnolls take a

1:09:51.972,1:09:56.910
[br]bunch to the chest and keep running, but begin to[br]slow. A second volley. One of them shouts out,

1:09:56.910,1:10:02.072
[br]"Fire!" They release a secondary volley. Both of[br]them fall and crumple to their knees. They're both

1:10:02.072,1:10:09.320
[br]killed as they rush by. However, what you do see[br]is around the way, this one member of this team

1:10:09.320,1:10:17.705
[br]suddenly crumple to the ground, weapon clatter out[br]of out their hand. Curling around the way, the

1:10:17.705,1:10:28.818
[br]familiar, insect-like Kryn armor of some sort of a[br]Kryn warrior comes around the rock. It darts

1:10:28.818,1:10:36.471
forward and leaps upwards and strikes downward,[br]hitting another one of them. As it does, suddenly

1:10:36.471,1:10:45.889
[br]two copies of itself made of somewhat immaterial,[br]shadow-like energy also apparate and strike down

1:10:45.889,1:10:50.897
in rapid succession, all three strikes cleaving down[br]into one of the other members of the group, who

1:10:50.897,1:10:53.763
[br]immediately is cut and falls to the ground.

1:10:54.973,1:11:01.286
[br]LIAM: Caleb casts Tongues as soon as he hears the[br]foreign language out. He's got that small clay

1:11:01.286,1:11:02.362
[br]model of the ziggurat.

1:11:02.362,1:11:04.886
MATT: Okay, so you begin casting Tongues on yourself?

1:11:04.886,1:11:06.007
[br]LIAM: Yeah, one action.

1:11:06.007,1:11:11.674
[br]MATT: You also watch around this corner[br]another Kryn figure with less, more decorative

1:11:11.674,1:11:20.147
[br]armor. Not the heavy carapace-type blackened[br]armor, but just shoulder pieces and a helmet, and

1:11:20.147,1:11:25.739
[br]dark gray robes that billow as the wind blows by,[br]stepping up with a large staff. As the figure

1:11:25.739,1:11:33.333
[br]seems to draw this gray-like energy from the air[br]around you, a familiar gray energy that, as it

1:11:33.333,1:11:41.242
[br]pulls through, it strikes the ground and this thin[br]black line of energy streaks across the ground.

1:11:41.572,1:11:47.496
[br]Suddenly all the rocks within ten feet of it shoot[br]to the center, being pulled out of heavy

1:11:47.496,1:11:53.772
[br]gravitational energy to the center as these[br]figures right here are also pulled in, the rocks

1:11:53.772,1:12:00.622
crushing and pelting them, this line of gravitational[br]tug jamming them for 100 feet out this way.

1:12:00.622,1:12:02.447
[br]LIAM: Gravity and time.

1:12:02.447,1:12:10.419
MARISHA: Yeah. I think it was the sewers under[br]Zadash, right, the last time we saw—

1:12:10.419,1:12:12.452
[br]SAM: Is that where we saw the gray energy?

1:12:12.452,1:12:15.070
[br]MARISHA: The dark orb? Remember, we[br]kept thinking it was an orb of death?

1:12:15.070,1:12:20.618
LAURA: Oh god, yeah, that's right. Oh my god. Are[br]they all going to die if we don't--

1:12:20.618,1:12:28.074
MATT: Both of these figures get crushed into themselves[br]their bodies suddenly folded into a sphere of bone

1:12:28.074,1:12:32.836
and skin before they're flung to the ground, where[br]bits of the stone and rock that were jammed into

1:12:32.836,1:12:38.581
their bodies slightly come loose and tumble to the[br]ground as the gravitational pull vanishes. One is

1:12:38.581,1:12:43.774
still surviving from behind and ducks behind. You[br]can see blood running from this brass dragonborn

1:12:43.774,1:12:49.060
as this dark blood's running from the nose and the[br]ear and under the eye. It's trying to pull another

1:12:49.060,1:12:51.463
arrow. Are you guys doing anything?

1:12:51.463,1:12:59.016
SAM: I'm going to call back: Mighty Nein, follow my[br]voice! I'll lead them. I'll go over near that

1:12:59.016,1:13:00.322
[br]cactus-looking thing over there.

1:13:00.322,1:13:03.173
MARISHA: There's no way they don't eventually find[br]us, right?

1:13:03.173,1:13:04.985
[br]LAURA: Yeah, they're going to find us.

1:13:04.985,1:13:08.753
SAM: Yeah. That seems like cover over there,[br]right? Do I see any bad guys right there?

1:13:08.753,1:13:13.565
MATT: No, actually, what you see is-- so this is[br]where Kaulden is, and this is where another one

1:13:13.565,1:13:14.824
of the cloaked figures is.

1:13:15.104,1:13:17.133
[br]LAURA: Should we pop out and do something?

1:13:17.133,1:13:18.591
[br]SAM: Bad news, everyone out!

1:13:18.591,1:13:23.171
[br]TALIESIN: I'm going to cast Bless, by the way, because[br]we have a moment, on you, Yasha, and Beau.

1:13:23.171,1:13:25.413
[br]MARISHA: (whispering) Oh, fuck yeah! Thank you.

1:13:25.413,1:13:28.429
[br]LIAM: I'm going to grab the leather thong[br]and cast Mage Armor.

1:13:28.429,1:13:33.201
LAURA: I'm going to cast Bless on-- who didn't[br]get it? Anybody that didn't get it. Fjord?

1:13:33.201,1:13:36.068
TALIESIN: No, Fjord got it. It was Fjord, Yasha,[br]and Beau.

1:13:36.068,1:13:43.085
LAURA: Oh, okay. Nott and Caleb and-- do I have to[br]be able to see you? No, of my choice within range.

1:13:43.085,1:13:44.581
[br]SAM: You don't know where I am.

1:13:45.831,1:13:47.356
[br]LAURA: It's within range!

1:13:48.186,1:13:50.626
MATT: Does it say a target you can see?

1:13:50.626,1:13:52.572
[br]LAURA: No, a target within range.

1:13:53.322,1:13:57.749
[br]MATT: Wherever you are, Nott, you're blessed.[br]You're getting blessed instead of who? Oh, from—

1:13:57.749,1:13:59.367
[br]LAURA: I'm blessing Caduceus.

1:13:59.367,1:14:02.462
TALIESIN: Okay, I'll take that. You're the only one[br]without Bless.

1:14:02.462,1:14:03.814
[br]MARISHA: 1d4, right?

1:14:03.814,1:14:05.762
[br]TALIESIN: Yeah, 1d4 to saves and attacks.

1:14:05.762,1:14:07.007
[br]SAM: Awesome.

1:14:07.587,1:14:08.952
[br]MATT: There you go.

1:14:08.952,1:14:11.062
LAURA: Basically everyone but me is blessed.

1:14:11.062,1:14:12.886
[br]MATT: Everybody but you? I misunderstood.

1:14:12.886,1:14:14.700
[br]SAM: #EverybodyButMeIsBlessed.

1:14:16.840,1:14:23.404
[br]MATT: That's amazing. There we go.

1:14:24.904,1:14:29.349
TRAVIS: From our position, can we see-- I can't[br]see on the other side of that rock-- the person

1:14:29.349,1:14:31.358
up at the top. Is that friend or foe?

1:14:31.358,1:14:36.035
[br]MATT: That's Kaulden. He's currently against[br]the rock with the arrow in his chest, going (panting).

1:14:36.035,1:14:39.029
[br]TRAVIS: Yeah, I'll run out of the cave[br]and run in his direction.

1:14:39.029,1:14:41.359
[br]MATT: Okay. Are you doing this not to be seen or—

1:14:41.359,1:14:46.167
LAURA: Are we doing anything? Should we jump out[br]and attack? Because we would get a surprise attack if

1:14:46.167,1:14:47.926
someone jumps out and does something.

1:14:47.926,1:14:51.068
[br]SAM: Yeah, but we don't know where any of them are.[br]You guys don't.

1:14:51.068,1:14:53.398
LAURA: If you came out, you would see it, though.

1:14:53.398,1:14:54.539
[br]LIAM: We just hear shit.

1:14:54.649,1:14:56.321
[br]MARISHA: I'm down for a big attack.

1:14:56.321,1:14:57.566
[br]MATT: It's up to you guys.

1:14:57.566,1:15:00.662
[br]LAURA: I'm just saying, if we jump out and[br]attack, we'd get a surprise.

1:15:00.662,1:15:02.059
[br]MARISHA: I would think so.

1:15:02.059,1:15:04.902
[br]LAURA: Right? Oh, they're in combat, so they[br]wouldn't be surprised.

1:15:04.902,1:15:06.093
[br]MATT: It's not an ambush.

1:15:06.093,1:15:10.607
[br]LIAM: It's a condition; it's not something that we[br]do. I learn, after 115 episodes.

1:15:10.607,1:15:13.276
[br]LAURA: Okay, well then, never mind. Do whatever[br]you want.

1:15:13.276,1:15:14.707
[br]MATT: What are you guys doing?

1:15:14.707,1:15:15.618
[br]MARISHA: Attacking!

1:15:15.618,1:15:20.423
MATT: You're attacking, all right. Then roll initiative[br]if you guys are going to jump into this fight.

1:15:20.423,1:15:22.705
[br]LAURA: These guys are really powerful, you guys.

1:15:22.705,1:15:24.044
[br]MARISHA: They look powerful.

1:15:27.964,1:15:29.319
[br]SAM: Here we go!

1:15:29.319,1:15:31.545
[br]TALIESIN: This is not going to go terribly.

1:15:33.405,1:15:36.351
[br]SAM and LAURA: They're super powerful.

1:15:37.511,1:15:39.369
[br]TRAVIS: Stretch your legs. Here we go.

1:15:39.369,1:15:40.445
[br]MARISHA: Oh my god.

1:15:42.665,1:15:43.531
[br]MATT: Perfect.

1:15:51.671,1:15:54.204
[br]LAURA: If things go poorly, head for the hole.

1:15:55.204,1:15:57.180
[br]SAM: (singing) Head for the hole.

1:15:57.180,1:15:58.559
[br]LIAM: This Valentine's Day.

1:15:59.739,1:16:00.760
[br]MATT: 25 to 20?

1:16:01.560,1:16:02.513
[br]SAM: Ouch.

1:16:02.533,1:16:03.958
[br]MATT: 20 to 15?

1:16:03.958,1:16:05.201
[br]MARISHA and LIAM: 19.

1:16:05.201,1:16:06.227
[br]TALIESIN: 15.

1:16:12.097,1:16:13.411
[br]MATT: So it's 19, 19?

1:16:13.411,1:16:14.449
[br]MARISHA: Yeah.

1:16:18.979,1:16:20.200
[br]LIAM: Sorry, sound guy.

1:16:21.140,1:16:22.125
[br]MARISHA: Sorry, Chris.

1:16:25.935,1:16:27.837
[br]SAM: Guys, Critical Role, am I right?

1:16:27.884,1:16:28.727
[br]MATT: 15 to ten?

1:16:28.847,1:16:30.136
[br]TRAVIS: Fjord had a 14.

1:16:31.676,1:16:33.058
[br]LAURA: Jester had a 12.

1:16:34.748,1:16:37.167
[br]SAM: 11 for me, if we're down that far.

1:16:37.167,1:16:38.169
[br]MATT: Yasha got what?

1:16:38.169,1:16:39.108
[br]TRAVIS: Five.

1:16:39.418,1:16:41.840
LAURA: Aww, on brand.

1:16:42.720,1:16:44.059
[br]LIAM: Where's blink dog at?

1:16:44.059,1:16:45.763
[br]MARISHA: Wait, where you at, Nott?

1:16:45.763,1:16:46.781
[br]SAM: 11.

1:16:46.781,1:16:48.549
[br]LAURA: He's still attached to my hip.

1:16:49.079,1:16:50.369
[br]SAM: With the other animal?

1:16:52.949,1:17:02.027
[br]MATT: First, this one Kryn warrior figure moves up[br]at the top. Suddenly their form seems to shimmer

1:17:02.027,1:17:09.404
and split off, and another shadow-energy version[br]of them appears not too far from where they stand.

1:17:11.754,1:17:19.652
The figure then rushes towards this one, leaps off[br]towards it, and as it strikes down towards the air

1:17:19.652,1:17:24.756
with its blade, the shadow figure tends to reach[br]out and grab its arm to hold it in place. As the

1:17:24.756,1:17:31.240
figure's trying to run away with its bow in hand,[br]it gets held there in the moment by the shadow, it

1:17:31.240,1:17:36.955
looks like, as it looks up just in time for the[br]large armored figure to come down with a

1:17:36.955,1:17:42.295
greatsword. Two other shadow versions appear with[br]similar greatswords and all come down towards it.

1:17:43.425,1:17:45.234
[br]LAURA: Should we back off? We should--

1:17:45.234,1:17:48.310
[br]MATT: That's a hit, and that's a hit.

1:17:48.310,1:17:50.497
[br]SAM: Oh shit.

1:17:50.497,1:17:52.963
[br]LAURA: Y'all, this might be a really bad idea.

1:17:53.273,1:17:54.823
[br]SAM: Where are we going to go?

1:17:55.103,1:17:58.096
[br]LAURA: I don't know; they would find us! Oh god--

1:17:58.096,1:18:04.242
[br]MATT: Both arms are cut off, and where the torso[br]is, the greatsword jams itself down about 12

1:18:04.242,1:18:11.539
inches past the clavicle in the chest. The warrior[br]kicks the body off of the blade and splats onto

1:18:11.539,1:18:12.884
the rocky ground behind.

1:18:12.884,1:18:14.003
[br]TALIESIN: Oh man.

1:18:14.003,1:18:15.595
[br]MARISHA: The two fucking--

1:18:16.225,1:18:18.023
[br]SAM: Should we talk to them?

1:18:19.943,1:18:22.554
[br]TRAVIS: (laughing) Should we talk to them! I love[br]it.

1:18:22.554,1:18:24.046
[br]MATT: Beau, you're up next.

1:18:24.046,1:18:25.870
[br]MARISHA: Oh no!

1:18:26.910,1:18:28.247
[br]TRAVIS: Have no fear.

1:18:29.477,1:18:31.196
[br]TALIESIN: I feel a lot of fear.

1:18:31.506,1:18:36.663
[br]MARISHA: Can I jump over the wall that I'm-- the[br]whole wall?

1:18:36.663,1:18:39.865
[br]MATT: Yeah. You'll lose about ten feet of movement[br]to get over the top, but you can do that.

1:18:40.795,1:18:44.886
[br]MARISHA: I mean, it'd be pretty much the same to[br]run around. I'm going to do that!

1:18:44.886,1:18:48.146
[br]TALIESIN: We have all those archers that we need[br]to deal with.

1:18:48.146,1:18:49.132
[br]MARISHA: Wait, what?

1:18:49.132,1:18:51.345
[br]TALIESIN: All those gnoll archers.

1:18:51.345,1:18:52.291
[br]MARISHA: Mm-hmm.

1:18:52.291,1:18:54.622
MATT: It's ten feet of movement to get up[br]onto it.

1:18:54.622,1:18:56.387
[br]TALIESIN: That's five archers. Jesus.

1:18:56.387,1:19:00.899
[br]MATT: As you step up onto the edge, you watch the[br]warrior after it kicks its blade off. The two

1:19:00.899,1:19:06.492
shadow clones of it blink out of existence, and[br]the helmet looks right up at you. You've

1:19:06.492,1:19:08.872
definitely made yourself known. What are you[br]doing?

1:19:08.872,1:19:12.268
[br]MARISHA: (exhales) I'm going for the main[br]motherfucker.

1:19:13.188,1:19:14.222
[br]MATT: Over here?

1:19:14.222,1:19:15.259
[br]MARISHA: Yeah.

1:19:15.259,1:19:16.683
[br]MATT: Okay. That's ten.

1:19:16.683,1:19:18.519
[br]MARISHA: How much movement do I have?

1:19:18.519,1:19:20.603
[br]MATT: You have 35 feet still.

1:19:20.953,1:19:25.495
[br]MARISHA: I can make it, right? That's 35 feet, it[br]looks like. Jump!

1:19:25.495,1:19:31.622
[br]MATT: That's another five, so you have 30 left.[br]Make an acrobatics check to try and land properly.

1:19:32.712,1:19:34.061
It's a low DC.

1:19:34.061,1:19:35.882
[br]MARISHA: (counting) 30. I could do it.

1:19:35.882,1:19:37.402
[br]SAM: What a cute dress.

1:19:37.402,1:19:42.124
[br]MARISHA: Thank you. (whispers) Uk'otoa. (normal[br]voice) What was it? Acrobatics?

1:19:42.124,1:19:44.644
[br]TRAVIS: Calling out his name for good luck? I got[br]you.

1:19:44.644,1:19:45.423
[br]MARISHA: 22.

1:19:45.423,1:19:50.826
[br]MATT: Yeah, you're fine. You barely even touch the[br]ground and keep rushing from that point. 25, 30.

1:19:50.826,1:19:56.272
You've just enough movement to get right adjacent[br]to him. As you rush up, you can see within the

1:19:56.272,1:20:01.619
helmet, what little bit of the metal is not[br]covering the eyes, you can see the drow skin tone

1:20:01.619,1:20:07.581
from beneath, the very angry and intense eyes[br]staring back at you. You can see the cheeks and

1:20:07.581,1:20:10.032
the eyes curl up into a smile. What do you do?

1:20:10.032,1:20:12.476
[br]LAURA: Oh, he's smiling! This is bad!

1:20:12.552,1:20:17.711
[br]MARISHA: I smile back, give him a little wink. I'm[br]going to do an upper elbow to his jawline and then

1:20:17.711,1:20:18.835
go for the ribs.

1:20:18.835,1:20:19.656
[br]MATT: Go for it.

1:20:19.656,1:20:21.339
[br]TRAVIS: Yeah, I like the combo!

1:20:21.819,1:20:23.166
[br]TALIESIN: Oh boy.

1:20:23.556,1:20:24.653
[br]LAURA: Natural 20.

1:20:24.773,1:20:27.620
[br]MARISHA: Not good. It's okay.

1:20:27.700,1:20:28.975
[br]SAM: Bless?

1:20:28.975,1:20:36.479
[br]MARISHA: 16? Plus Bless! No. Eight-- it is an 18[br]now, though!

1:20:36.479,1:20:40.040
[br]MATT: 18? It hits the helmet.

1:20:41.240,1:20:42.305
[br]LAURA: Oh no!

1:20:42.305,1:20:44.566
[br]MATT: No damage. It just misses.

1:20:44.566,1:20:46.565
[br]MARISHA: It just misses.

1:20:47.115,1:20:48.662
[br]LIAM: We got another one coming.

1:20:48.662,1:20:52.672
[br]MARISHA: Okay. It just misses.

1:20:52.672,1:20:54.399
[br]MATT: That was your first attack.

1:20:54.579,1:21:01.611
[br]MARISHA: That was my first attack. That hits.[br]That's a natural 15 plus eight, so 23.

1:21:01.611,1:21:07.027
[br]MATT: This does hit. As you pull back the elbow,[br]you go for the chest hit after that. It does hit

1:21:07.027,1:21:12.003
armor, but you find a piece where the plates[br]themselves meet. You push past, and you feel the

1:21:12.003,1:21:14.189
impact catch him in the lower clavicle.

1:21:14.189,1:21:16.695
[br]MARISHA: I'm going to spend a ki point to do[br]Stunning Strike.

1:21:16.975,1:21:20.437
[br]MATT: Okay. The DC on that is?

1:21:21.317,1:21:23.482
[br]MARISHA: It is 14.

1:21:23.482,1:21:25.338
[br]MATT: 18, unfortunately.

1:21:26.108,1:21:27.944
[br]TALIESIN: Oh yeah.

1:21:27.944,1:21:30.649
[br]MARISHA: Oh wait, no. Not abilities, right?

1:21:30.649,1:21:33.267
[br]MATT: No. It doesn't affect the DC,[br]unfortunately.

1:21:33.517,1:21:35.064
[br]MARISHA: That's nine points of damage.

1:21:35.064,1:21:36.612
[br]MATT: Nine points of damage.

1:21:36.612,1:21:42.204
[br]MARISHA: I'm going to do Flurry of Blows. Another[br]ki point.

1:21:42.324,1:21:44.436
[br]MATT: Two more unarmed attacks. Go for it.

1:21:44.436,1:21:52.221
[br]MARISHA: Go down one. There we go. No. 18.

1:21:52.571,1:21:54.038
[br]MATT: 18 just misses. You go--

1:21:54.038,1:21:56.056
[br]TRAVIS, LAURA, and MARISHA: Bless!

1:21:56.056,1:21:58.821
[br]SAM: On every attack? Is that how it is? That's[br]amazing.

1:21:58.821,1:22:00.107
[br]MARISHA: Yes!

1:22:00.107,1:22:09.449
[br]MATT: 19, that's just enough. You pull back, and[br]Caduceus' guidance, the Wildmother's energy,

1:22:09.449,1:22:11.229
propels you forward for that strike--

1:22:11.229,1:22:12.104
[br]TALIESIN: Hey.

1:22:12.104,1:22:14.769
[br]MATT: He's going to use his reaction to do Shadow[br]Martyr.

1:22:14.769,1:22:17.052
[br]MARISHA: I can also-- I've hit twice now, right?

1:22:17.052,1:22:22.734
[br]MATT: Well, this will be your second hit. It does[br]not. The clone that was in the space that you

1:22:22.734,1:22:29.331
rushed into darts in between, and you end up[br]actually striking it in the chest instead. Roll

1:22:29.331,1:22:32.855
damage on that strike. He doesn't take it, but the[br]clone does.

1:22:33.105,1:22:34.375
[br]MARISHA: Nine again.

1:22:36.345,1:22:39.564
MATT: It dissipates, but it blocks the blow for[br]him.

1:22:39.564,1:22:45.607
[br]MARISHA: How many attacks do I need for my[br]Extract--?

1:22:46.137,1:22:50.519
[br]MATT: Extract Aspects? You need to hit him with[br]one of your Flurry of Blows strikes, which you

1:22:50.519,1:22:52.724
haven't yet because it hit the clone instead.

1:22:53.164,1:22:54.455
[br]MARISHA: Okay, so one more.

1:22:54.455,1:22:55.777
[br]MATT: You get one more attack.

1:22:56.117,1:22:57.494
[br]TALIESIN: Plus a d4.

1:22:57.724,1:22:59.501
[br]MATT: One, 13.

1:22:59.551,1:23:01.766
[br]MARISHA: Yeah, that hits. 21?

1:23:02.076,1:23:05.402
[br]MATT: Okay. Yeah, he does not have his reaction,[br]so it definitely hits.

1:23:05.402,1:23:09.373
[br]MARISHA: Six points of damage, but Extract[br](stumbling)--

1:23:09.373,1:23:12.568
[br]MATT: Aspects, yes. What would you like to know?

1:23:13.328,1:23:20.707
[br]MARISHA: I want to know what his constitution[br]saving throw is.

1:23:20.707,1:23:22.367
[br]MATT: Plus four.

1:23:23.787,1:23:24.937
[br]LAURA: Whew.

1:23:24.937,1:23:30.335
MARISHA: Okay, and then I get to know one more[br]thing, right? Do I get to know one thing or two things?

1:23:30.335,1:23:33.113
[br]MATT: No, we adjusted it so that every time you[br]hit, you get to learn one thing.

1:23:33.113,1:23:35.741
[br]MARISHA: Okay. Stunning Strike on that last one[br]again.

1:23:35.741,1:23:36.753
[br]MATT: Go for it.

1:23:36.883,1:23:41.859
[br]MARISHA: He rolls. Spending another ki point,[br]though. Stunning Strike.

1:23:41.859,1:23:46.754
[br]MATT: Right, Stunning Strike. No, he's stunned.

1:23:47.114,1:23:50.888
[br]TRAVIS: Come on! Who's up next? Hit that[br]motherfucker!

1:23:50.888,1:23:52.719
[br]MATT: I hate that ability so much.

1:23:53.479,1:23:55.985
[br]MARISHA: I burned three ki points, but I stunned[br]him!

1:23:56.335,1:23:58.044
[br]SAM: Oh my god, you're so clutch.

1:23:58.044,1:24:01.317
MATT: That finishes your turn, Beau?[br]Caleb, you're up.

1:24:01.507,1:24:06.965
[br]LIAM: I cannot see anything. I'm going to move[br]around the edge to get a look at the battlefield.

1:24:07.605,1:24:08.984
[br]MATT: You scoot by.

1:24:09.144,1:24:12.113
[br]TRAVIS: Tree's with you. Let go, Groot!

1:24:12.113,1:24:17.335
[br]LIAM: I can probably see some gnoll archers from[br]there, and the man with the staff?

1:24:17.335,1:24:18.055
[br]MATT: Yes.

1:24:18.055,1:24:25.007
[br]LIAM: I will take a pinch of phosphorous, and slap[br]it into my hand, and squelch the other hand

1:24:25.007,1:24:30.631
through it, and cast Wall of Fire, a straight line[br]splitting the field in half.

1:24:32.811,1:24:34.277
[br]TRAVIS: Woo! Dope.

1:24:34.277,1:24:35.711
[br]SAM: Where is this wall going?

1:24:35.711,1:24:38.281
[br]LIAM: Damage going this way, downstage.

1:24:38.281,1:24:39.550
[br]MATT: Across which way?

1:24:39.550,1:24:45.678
[br]LIAM: From Caleb, a straight line, blocking[br]Beauregard and her opponent. But it won't go that

1:24:45.678,1:24:49.876
far. I'll probably start it where you put the[br]second one, Matthew.

1:24:50.066,1:24:50.863
[br]MATT: Oh, right.

1:24:50.863,1:24:55.313
[br]LIAM: Yeah. 60 feet, I believe.

1:24:56.123,1:24:58.583
[br]MATT: He's going to attempt to Counterspell.

1:24:58.813,1:25:03.613
[br]SAM: Oh wow! This is so sexy.

1:25:04.733,1:25:08.402
[br]MATT: Natural 16 plus five, 21. That fire wall--

1:25:08.402,1:25:10.124
[br]LIAM: Can I counter-Counterspell?

1:25:10.694,1:25:11.597
[br]MATT: Yes, you can.

1:25:11.597,1:25:13.582
[br]LIAM: At 4th-level? No, 3rd-level.

1:25:13.582,1:25:17.872
MATT: Go ahead and roll. Well, no, it's a 3rd-level,[br]so it does cancel 3rd-level. Okay, I'll allow it.

1:25:17.872,1:25:19.990
[br]SAM and LAURA: Whoa.

1:25:19.990,1:25:22.720
[br]TALIESIN: It started a little further from you,[br]right?

1:25:22.720,1:25:26.480
[br]LAURA: Yeah, he's starting it from that.

1:25:26.480,1:25:27.733
[br]MATT: Oh, from here?

1:25:27.733,1:25:29.402
[br]MARISHA: Fuck you! No, fuck you!

1:25:29.402,1:25:30.563
[br]MATT: Like this here?

1:25:30.563,1:25:34.329
[br]LIAM: Yeah. If I have any movement left, I will--

1:25:34.329,1:25:36.712
MATT: You have, I'll say, 15 feet of[br]movement left.

1:25:36.712,1:25:38.385
[br]LIAM: Go back where I came from.

1:25:40.781,1:25:42.149
[br]SAM: Classic Caleb.

1:25:42.149,1:25:43.248
[br]MATT: There you go.

1:25:43.248,1:25:44.284
[br]LIAM: You're welcome.

1:25:45.034,1:25:45.899
[br]SAM: Nice.

1:25:45.899,1:25:47.641
[br]MATT: That finishes your turn.

1:25:49.031,1:25:50.805
[br]TRAVIS: Caduceus, Fjord, Jester.

1:25:51.545,1:25:58.544
MATT: Well, next it's the other figure that attempted[br]to Counterspell and failed. Angrily seeing you

1:25:58.544,1:26:04.286
mid-spell Counterspell it while releasing this wall[br]of flame that shoots up in the space--

1:26:05.016,1:26:07.776
[br]TRAVIS: Who was Counterspelling? This individual[br]over here?

1:26:07.776,1:26:08.705
[br]LAURA: Yeah.

1:26:09.495,1:26:12.640
[br]MATT: He's going to go ahead and--

1:26:17.040,1:26:20.426
[br]LAURA: (whispering) He's going to be able to do[br]something to all of us.

1:26:21.496,1:26:26.067
[br]MARISHA: I'm afraid of a Fireball or some shit.

1:26:26.067,1:26:27.909
[br]TALIESIN: We have cover right now, though.

1:26:27.909,1:26:30.288
TRAVIS: What did we say about saying that[br]out loud?

1:26:30.288,1:26:32.098
[br]MARISHA: I'm sorry, it's like Macbeth.

1:26:32.098,1:26:33.776
[br]LIAM: Don't give the DM ideas.

1:26:33.776,1:26:35.126
[br]SAM: This is tense.

1:26:39.586,1:26:42.831
[br]LAURA: Matt, you look very dashing tonight. You[br]look really handsome.

1:26:42.831,1:26:44.296
[br]MATT: Thank you. You're sweet.

1:26:44.296,1:26:46.034
[br]MARISHA: Right? Isn't his beard so nice?

1:26:46.034,1:26:48.593
[br]LAURA: It really is.

1:26:48.693,1:26:53.003
LIAM: Yeah, what happened, Taliesin? Everyone had[br]a beard but me, so I jumped in, and now yours is gone.

1:26:53.003,1:26:58.800
[br]TALIESIN: I had to break the chain. Otherwise, if[br]there's too many beards, then it's free and

1:26:58.800,1:27:07.641
allowed to-- the creature that's beneath the table--[br](whispering) Uk'otoa. Uk'otoa needs beards to survive.

1:27:11.081,1:27:13.268
[br]TRAVIS: He's got a lot of movement speed, man.

1:27:13.268,1:27:15.767
[br]MATT: Actually, it can hang back here, I think.

1:27:15.767,1:27:16.947
[br]SAM: Oh damn.

1:27:18.727,1:27:25.588
[br]MATT: It angrily watched the fire burn up. The[br]light scatters across the stone and base of the

1:27:25.588,1:27:33.366
mountain here, the side of its armor now shining[br]from the flickering light source. Angrily it goes

1:27:33.366,1:27:40.916
and hops up to the top after watching you dart[br]behind that area, raises its staff, focuses. In

1:27:40.916,1:27:45.814
the center of the area out in front of Fjord, as[br]you're getting ready, Fjord, all of a sudden this

1:27:45.814,1:27:54.073
green, thick fume fills the area as he casts[br]Cloudkill.

1:27:54.533,1:27:56.405
[br]LAURA and TRAVIS: Cloudkill?!

1:27:56.655,1:27:59.180
[br]LAURA: What even is that? How high of a level is[br]that?

1:27:59.180,1:28:00.804
[br]MARISHA: I think that's real high.

1:28:00.804,1:28:04.729
[br]MATT: That hits all of you guys right there.[br]Everybody but Beau--

1:28:04.729,1:28:06.726
[br]LAURA: Oh my god, are we all going to die?

1:28:06.726,1:28:07.546
[br]SAM: Me, too?

1:28:07.796,1:28:13.909
[br]MATT: Yeah, because it had to hit at the edge of[br]the fire wall to try and get inside the alcove

1:28:13.909,1:28:23.075
where it saw you vanish. It actually does overlap[br]where you are. Yeah, it does. I need everyone to

1:28:23.075,1:28:25.079
make a constitution saving throw.

1:28:25.079,1:28:26.137
[br]TALIESIN: With a d4.

1:28:26.137,1:28:27.756
[br]LAURA: With Bless, except for me!

1:28:27.756,1:28:29.279
[br]TALIESIN: Except for you. Sorry.

1:28:29.279,1:28:30.241
[br]TRAVIS: Yasha first.

1:28:30.241,1:28:32.351
[br]SAM: Oh boy, not good.

1:28:32.351,1:28:33.725
[br]TALIESIN: With a d4?

1:28:34.555,1:28:37.880
[br]LAURA: Oh, balls.

1:28:37.880,1:28:39.133
[br]TALIESIN: Oh, not good.

1:28:39.133,1:28:40.767
[br]SAM: Oh boy.

1:28:42.257,1:28:43.449
[br]TRAVIS: Excellent.

1:28:43.449,1:28:44.867
[br]TALIESIN: No, that's not good.

1:28:44.867,1:28:48.338
[br]MARISHA: These are bad things! These are bad[br]things to be saying out loud.

1:28:48.338,1:28:51.624
[br]SAM: You're fine. You've got a book on your head.[br]You're fine.

1:28:51.624,1:28:53.205
[br]TALIESIN: That's really bad.

1:28:55.615,1:28:57.635
[br]SAM: Is that numbers, or is that a wave?

1:28:57.635,1:28:59.368
[br]LAURA: It's numbers.

1:29:02.308,1:29:07.092
[br]TRAVIS: Fjord rolled a 24. Yasha rolled a 19.

1:29:07.542,1:29:10.411
[br]MATT: You both take 16 points of poison damage.

1:29:10.411,1:29:11.958
[br]TRAVIS: Copy that.

1:29:11.958,1:29:18.239
[br]LIAM: War Caster feat at advantage. Proficiency[br]bonus, plus the Bless, I got to 16.

1:29:22.179,1:29:23.917
[br]MATT: Wait, War Caster to--

1:29:23.917,1:29:30.303
[br]LIAM: That's my feat. Oh, that's concentration.[br]Oh, so not at advantage at all. But the first roll

1:29:30.303,1:29:32.303
was the highest, so the same.

1:29:32.303,1:29:35.616
[br]MATT: Okay. You also take 16 points of poison[br]damage.

1:29:35.616,1:29:36.911
[br]SAM: Fail. Nine.

1:29:36.911,1:29:39.091
[br]MATT: Take 32 points of poison damage.

1:29:39.851,1:29:40.694
[br]LAURA: 21.

1:29:40.694,1:29:42.902
[br]MATT: You take 16 points of poison damage.

1:29:43.002,1:29:44.082
[br]TALIESIN: Seven.

1:29:44.082,1:29:49.325
[br]MATT: You take 32 points of poison damage. The[br]cloud remains there.

1:29:49.845,1:29:52.129
[br]LAURA: Did you say-- how many points did I take?

1:29:52.939,1:29:53.992
[br]MATT: You took 16.

1:29:53.992,1:29:54.974
[br]LAURA: 16.

1:29:56.874,1:30:00.922
[br]SAM: Uncanny Dodge doesn't work against[br]area-of-effect sort of things?

1:30:00.922,1:30:02.829
MATT: It's not an attack, unfortunately.

1:30:02.829,1:30:03.668
SAM: Okay, cool.

1:30:07.878,1:30:12.889
MATT: Yeah, and it's not a dexterity saving throw.[br]The cloud remains there. All of you all of a sudden

1:30:12.889,1:30:17.655
feel the poisonous fume burning against your skin[br]and the inside of your lungs, and you find yourself

1:30:17.655,1:30:23.643
instinctually coughing in horrible pain. It's burning[br]the inside of your body like an acidic rock

1:30:23.643,1:30:25.298
that's expanding in your chest.

1:30:25.298,1:30:27.440
LAURA: What level spell is that? Do we know?

1:30:28.310,1:30:29.396
SAM: Ass-level.

1:30:29.396,1:30:33.886
MATT: It's also going to use its Gravity Well[br]ability, which whenever it affects a creature

1:30:33.886,1:30:38.705
with a spell, it can push it ten feet in a direction[br]of its choice. You guys feel, as you're coughing,

1:30:38.705,1:30:41.736
the sudden force of gravity begin to drag you out[br]into the open.

1:30:41.986,1:30:42.734
SAM: Cool.

1:30:42.734,1:30:44.214
MATT: Ten feet for each of you.

1:30:44.214,1:30:46.834
LIAM: Matt, also, do I need to make a constitution[br]save?

1:30:46.834,1:30:49.740
MATT: You do, and everyone with Bless up has to[br]make one, too.

1:30:49.740,1:30:51.160
TALIESIN: Oh, all right.

1:30:51.910,1:30:52.756
LAURA: Oh.

1:30:53.616,1:30:54.900
MARISHA: Did you roll a 20?

1:30:54.900,1:30:55.616
LIAM: Yeah.

1:30:55.616,1:30:56.398
MARISHA: Good.

1:30:56.398,1:30:58.871
TALIESIN: Do I get to use-- that's on a save, is it?

1:30:58.871,1:31:00.726
MATT: It's a constitution saving throw.

1:31:00.726,1:31:02.674
TALIESIN: So the Bless does add to the--?

1:31:02.674,1:31:03.387
LAURA: 16.

1:31:03.387,1:31:04.486
MATT: I think it would.

1:31:04.486,1:31:05.238
TALIESIN: Okay.

1:31:05.238,1:31:12.660
MATT: 16? Yeah. You need to roll, for most of you[br]guys who took 32 damage, you need to get 16 or higher.

1:31:12.660,1:31:14.058
LAURA: I only took 16 damage.

1:31:14.058,1:31:15.157
MATT: Yes, you're fine.

1:31:15.157,1:31:16.820
TALIESIN: It's a constitution save?

1:31:16.820,1:31:17.516
MATT: Yes.

1:31:17.516,1:31:18.231
TALIESIN: 21.

1:31:18.231,1:31:19.422
SAM: To maintain a spell?

1:31:19.422,1:31:21.706
MATT: You rolled a 21? Yeah, so you maintain it.

1:31:21.706,1:31:22.842
SAM: 17 plus others.

1:31:22.842,1:31:25.174
MATT: Yeah, so you maintain your Invisibility.

1:31:25.254,1:31:27.300
LIAM: Natural 20, that got me up to 26.

1:31:27.310,1:31:35.717
MATT: Yeah, you're fine. All right, cool. That finishes[br]its go, and it's going to step back around there.

1:31:37.377,1:31:42.792
Actually, it's going to use its last movement to[br]step down in that space. That ends its turn.

1:31:43.052,1:31:45.169
That now brings us to Caduceus.

1:31:47.219,1:31:56.004
TALIESIN: Do I take damage at the top of the round?[br]With the gas, or no? That would really suck, but I

1:31:56.004,1:31:59.386
thought I'd ask, because I'm an idiot.

1:31:59.386,1:32:04.897
MATT: If you start your turn there-- Actually, this[br]damage happens at the start of your turn, I misread

1:32:04.897,1:32:09.950
that. So it didn't hit you yet. As your turns come[br]around, you will take this damage and be pulled out.

1:32:09.950,1:32:11.997
TALIESIN: Okay, so I just took that damage.

1:32:11.997,1:32:12.900
MATT: Correct.

1:32:12.990,1:32:24.427
TALIESIN: I'm going to cast-- First thing I'm going[br]to do is-- motherfucker. Sorry, I'm a little thrown.

1:32:26.097,1:32:34.783
I'm going to step out of this cloud up around that[br]way. Is that my full movement?

1:32:34.783,1:32:36.398
MATT: You have five feet left.

1:32:40.518,1:32:57.843
TALIESIN: I'm going to-- shit, son. I'm going to see if[br]I can get a little-- Oh fuck, then I'm going to be in

1:32:57.843,1:33:07.399
the range of the archers. I'm going to pull around[br]the corner there and I'm going to burn my action

1:33:07.399,1:33:11.777
to get-- Can I get within 30 feet of Beau's[br]opponent, or no?

1:33:11.777,1:33:15.051
MATT: If you're using your action to run, maybe.[br]You don't know. You can try it.

1:33:16.511,1:33:18.019
TALIESIN: I'll try it.

1:33:18.019,1:33:30.420
MATT: Five, ten, 15, 25, 30. Gets you about there.[br]You are-- it is 35 feet from you.

1:33:30.420,1:33:32.223
TALIESIN: I'm going to cast the--

1:33:32.223,1:33:33.880
LAURA: He's 35 feet.

1:33:33.880,1:33:39.130
TALIESIN: 35's fine. I'm going to use the Blight Staff[br]and summon the swarm five feet away from him.

1:33:39.130,1:33:40.111
MATT: All right.

1:33:42.331,1:33:44.572
TALIESIN: Next turn, they can attack.

1:33:44.572,1:33:45.361
MATT: Correct.

1:33:45.361,1:33:47.126
TALIESIN: That's everything I can do.

1:33:47.126,1:33:48.993
MATT: All right, ending Caduceus' turn.

1:33:48.993,1:33:51.279
TALIESIN: I'm just going to keep my cover there.

1:33:51.279,1:33:57.393
MATT: It is now the rest of the rangers out here's[br]turn. This one's going to dart around and take

1:33:57.393,1:34:00.244
a longbow shot at the one with the staff.

1:34:02.194,1:34:08.341
Nope, natural four. This one here is[br]going to go (counting) six and

1:34:08.341,1:34:12.698
is going to take two attacks, with advantage,[br]on the stunned--

1:34:12.702,1:34:17.792
TALIESIN: Technically, I can attack adjacent creatures,[br]so technically, I could have taken that bite attack.

1:34:17.792,1:34:19.131
MATT: Okay, then go for it.

1:34:19.131,1:34:20.652
TALIESIN: I'll add that to the--

1:34:20.652,1:34:23.203
MATT: With advantage, that is 16 plus six.[br]That hits.

1:34:24.363,1:34:26.887
TALIESIN: Where is that attack?

1:34:27.509,1:34:29.276
MATT: So that's four damage it takes.

1:34:29.276,1:34:30.630
TALIESIN: It's a melee attack.

1:34:30.640,1:34:33.019
MATT: Second attack is a natural 20. That's a[br]crit.

1:34:33.019,1:34:35.575
TALIESIN: Natural 20, by the way, to hit.

1:34:35.575,1:34:39.499
MATT: Two natural 20s back-to-back, nice.[br]That's 11 points of damage from that one.

1:34:39.499,1:34:43.913
TRAVIS: We need all the help we can get. We need[br]<i>all</i> of that.

1:34:44.249,1:34:48.172
MATT: You see the dragonborn, bleeding, cloak[br]pulled over one shoulder, come by and, with

1:34:48.172,1:34:53.130
its longsword, hack twice into the entity and give[br]you a look of, "Let's do this."

1:34:53.480,1:34:54.457
MARISHA: Yeah!

1:34:54.947,1:34:59.558
TALIESIN: Hit is ten 4d4 piercing damage, so is that[br]ten plus 4d4, if I recall, or is it just 4d4?

1:34:59.558,1:35:00.701
[br]MATT: No, it's just 4d4.

1:35:00.701,1:35:03.321
[br]TALIESIN: Why does it have that ten there? That's[br]weird.

1:35:03.321,1:35:07.700
[br]MATT: The plus ten is to hit, I think. Wait,[br]sorry, what you're seeing is the ten? Ten is the

1:35:07.700,1:35:09.220
average damage. I misheard you.

1:35:09.220,1:35:15.081
[br]TALIESIN: That's (counting) 22 points of damage.

1:35:15.081,1:35:17.521
[br]MATT: 22 points of damage, ooh! Nice.

1:35:17.521,1:35:21.156
[br]LAURA: Sam is reminding me that I need to roll[br]constitution saves--

1:35:21.156,1:35:22.574
[br]MATT: For keeping Bless?

1:35:22.574,1:35:29.325
[br]LAURA: No, I did that already. For Nugget and[br]Sprinkle. I feel like Sprinkle is--

1:35:29.325,1:35:32.006
SAM: I just hate animals so much.

1:35:32.006,1:35:33.125
[br]MATT: Apparently.

1:35:33.125,1:35:36.400
[br]LAURA: I feel like Sprinkle is in my clothes, so[br]he's got a filter.

1:35:38.250,1:35:49.928
MATT: I'll say for the purposes of fun--[br](laughter) I'm not going to immediately murder

1:35:49.928,1:35:51.949
her weasel because of one errant spell.

1:35:51.949,1:35:53.985
[br]TRAVIS: Yeah, you piece of shit.

1:35:53.985,1:35:55.847
[br]SAM: That's not how I would have ruled.

1:35:55.857,1:35:59.019
[br](laughter)

1:35:59.021,1:36:02.333
[br]MATT: Roll a constitution saving throw for[br]Nugget.

1:36:04.935,1:36:05.766
[br]LAURA: 18?

1:36:07.246,1:36:11.480
[br]MATT: Nice. For the hell of it--

1:36:11.480,1:36:14.736
[br]TRAVIS: Terrible.

1:36:16.386,1:36:21.504
[br]MATT: Mark down that Nugget has eight hit points[br]left.

1:36:21.511,1:36:30.285
[br]LAURA: Yes. I have the thing, yeah. He took 16[br]points. He technically has six hit points left,

1:36:30.285,1:36:32.713
according to the thing that Sam gave me.

1:36:32.713,1:36:37.688
[br]MATT: Both of those guys are going to fire at the[br]stunned guy with advantage. Unfortunately, it

1:36:37.688,1:36:42.585
still misses. It's the armor. They're hitting, but[br]the arrows are splintering across the armor.

1:36:42.585,1:36:48.896
Second attack, four, and a natural 20! Nice![br]They're actually doing decent, thanks to the stun.

1:36:48.896,1:37:01.164
That's another 12 points of damage against him.[br]That finishes them. Kaulden's going to turn and

1:37:01.164,1:37:09.798
pull out his shortbow and take a shot at that[br]gnoll over there. Fucking five, misses. Hits on

1:37:09.798,1:37:11.233
the second one.

1:37:11.233,1:37:12.689
[br]TRAVIS: Come on, Calder!

1:37:13.289,1:37:17.458
[br]MATT: It damages that gnoll over there.[br](whimpering and growling)

1:37:17.458,1:37:19.035
[br]LAURA: Yeah, Colder, Calder?

1:37:19.035,1:37:27.637
[br]MATT: Kaulden. He's going to step back and go this[br]way, staying out of the cloud area. This guy's

1:37:27.637,1:37:33.727
going to move out from underneath the cloud,[br]coughing. Actually, at the start of his turn, he

1:37:33.727,1:37:36.179
takes-- he does not make his save. He dies.

1:37:37.369,1:37:38.616
[br]TRAVIS: He dies?!

1:37:38.616,1:37:45.985
[br]MATT: He's coughing, vomits onto the ground, and[br]then collapses. You see the skin on the face begin

1:37:45.985,1:37:50.750
to bubble and boil from this strangely poisonous[br]cloud.

1:37:51.230,1:37:53.782
[br]MARISHA: Kaulden's losing all his people.

1:37:54.032,1:37:57.023
[br]MATT: Yeah, he only has four left, aside from[br]him.

1:37:57.093,1:37:58.615
[br]TALIESIN: They seemed so badass.

1:37:58.615,1:38:01.235
[br]MARISHA: They did! I thought they were going to[br]kill us.

1:38:01.235,1:38:08.127
TALIESIN: I felt like they had their shit together.[br]They just had nice cloaks. We made some

1:38:08.127,1:38:10.934
assumptions because you're like, oh, those cloaks[br]are great.

1:38:10.934,1:38:13.936
[br]TRAVIS: They whistled. They had a group whistle.[br](cooing noises)

1:38:13.936,1:38:16.129
[br]MARISHA: Is that the secret?

1:38:16.129,1:38:17.349
[br]TALIESIN: Obviously not!

1:38:18.189,1:38:19.847
[br]LIAM: Fashion doth make the man.

1:38:21.477,1:38:22.197
MATT: So.

1:38:23.947,1:38:28.931
These NPCs are pretty strong for a general[br]ranger. Unfortunately, a lot of them got lined up

1:38:28.931,1:38:36.806
with a certain spell that did a lot of damage.[br]After their turn, it is now Fjord's turn.

1:38:36.941,1:38:40.766
TRAVIS: Yes. I will dart out of the green cloud--

1:38:40.766,1:38:44.200
[br]MATT: You take your damage at the top of the turn,[br]which you already did.

1:38:44.200,1:38:51.018
TRAVIS: Uh-huh. I will move 30 feet towards Kaulden's[br]direction. Not up on the platform with him though.

1:38:51.018,1:38:55.302
[br]MATT: He's not up on the platform; he ducked down[br]below. You're actually right up next to--

1:38:55.302,1:38:57.634
[br]TRAVIS: Is that only as far as 30 feet carries[br]me?

1:38:57.634,1:39:03.983
[br]MATT: That's (counting) 20. You have ten more feet[br]if you want to go.

1:39:03.983,1:39:09.454
[br]TRAVIS: I will go-- can I get behind that spire or[br]that little upcropping?

1:39:09.584,1:39:11.634
[br]MATT: Yeah. You can get over there.

1:39:11.634,1:39:19.820
[br]TRAVIS: Perfect. I will use my action to point up[br]towards the sky; my eyes will roll back, and I

1:39:19.820,1:39:23.021
will summon the barlgura. And I will drop--

1:39:23.021,1:39:23.986
[br]MATT: Oh, shit!

1:39:23.986,1:39:26.431
MARISHA and TALIESIN: Yes!

1:39:26.431,1:39:27.487
TALIESIN: Thank god!

1:39:28.834,1:39:33.313
[br]TRAVIS: 60 feet. As far as I can get it in the[br]direction of all these jackasses over here.

1:39:33.313,1:39:39.021
[br]MATT: 60 feet? Right there.

1:39:39.992,1:39:41.613
TALIESIN: Just down the line, man.

1:39:41.613,1:39:46.313
[br]TRAVIS: I'll tell him to kill everything, but get[br]me the caster.

1:39:46.884,1:39:47.777
[br]MATT: Okay.

1:39:49.295,1:39:51.293
[br]MARISHA: He's not going to kill us, is he?

1:39:51.293,1:39:53.957
[br]MATT: Does the barlgura take its turn when you[br]summon it?

1:39:53.957,1:39:55.288
[br]TRAVIS: He rolls initiative.

1:39:55.288,1:39:56.674
[br]MATT: Right, so roll for him.

1:40:00.420,1:40:02.580
[br]LAURA: Roll low so that he gets to go.

1:40:02.580,1:40:06.038
[br]TRAVIS: Well, it's 15. He should've rolled[br]shittier.

1:40:07.548,1:40:10.565
[br]MATT: He's right before you guys next round.

1:40:10.565,1:40:14.020
[br]TRAVIS: Yeah, right before me. Damn it.

1:40:15.118,1:40:16.770
[br]MATT: That finish your turn?

1:40:17.960,1:40:19.488
[br]TALIESIN: Unless you have a B.A.

1:40:21.838,1:40:23.226
[br]MARISHA: B.A.

1:40:24.004,1:40:25.381
[br]TRAVIS: Yeah, that's it.

1:40:25.381,1:40:26.527
[br]MATT: Jester, you're up.

1:40:26.527,1:40:40.113
[br]LAURA: Okay, okay, okay. I'm going to look at how[br]this works, and probably-- I mean, I can try this.

1:40:40.113,1:40:42.173
SAM: Yeah. Try whatever.

1:40:43.413,1:40:54.961
LAURA: I don't know how long that lasts. Okay, I'm going[br]to (squeal). Okay, I'm going to run out from

1:40:54.961,1:41:04.957
under the cloud. Can I climb up and over and hop[br]down right here?

1:41:04.957,1:41:09.635
[br]MATT: Sure, make an athletics-- or it'll cost you[br]ten feet of movement. It's not too terribly high.

1:41:09.635,1:41:10.875
Five, 10 15.

1:41:11.595,1:41:16.028
[br]LAURA: I want to hop down behind that rock, on the[br]other side.

1:41:16.028,1:41:20.801
[br]MATT: (counting) That's your movement, getting you[br]there. You can jump down this way, or you can jump

1:41:20.801,1:41:23.848
down-- you can't quite get far enough to jump over[br]that way.

1:41:23.848,1:41:26.747
[br]LAURA: I guess I'll jump down on that side.

1:41:26.747,1:41:29.252
[br]LIAM: Can we see in the cloud, by the way?

1:41:31.162,1:41:39.267
[br]MATT: I would say you can barely make out shapes[br]and stuff. I'll say half cover while inside. You

1:41:39.267,1:41:43.922
can still see shapes and things at a[br]certain distance.

1:41:44.432,1:41:45.974
[br]LAURA: I'm out of the cloud?

1:41:45.974,1:41:47.665
[br]MATT: You're out of the cloud, yes.

1:41:47.665,1:41:55.813
[br]LAURA: Then I'm going to use my action to Invoke[br]Duplicity. She's going to appear on the backside

1:41:55.813,1:42:09.838
of the mean guy that's stunned. Yes, that guy.[br]Then for my bonus action, I'm going to-- I guess I

1:42:09.838,1:42:15.095
can't cast another thing. I'm going to--

1:42:16.528,1:42:19.287
TALIESIN: Do you have a bonus action heal that[br]you can hit?

1:42:19.287,1:42:22.877
[br]LAURA: I don't think so. Mm-mm, because I[br]already-- hmm.

1:42:28.020,1:42:31.114
[br]TALIESIN: Healing Word's a B.A. Why am I saying[br]B.A. all the time?

1:42:31.114,1:42:32.073
[br]LAURA: I don't know.

1:42:32.073,1:42:33.250
[br]SAM: Oh, fuck!

1:42:34.104,1:42:39.807
[br]LAURA: I don't have Healing Word. I'm going to[br]crouch down.

1:42:40.347,1:42:45.051
[br]MATT: You get low and put your back against the[br]wall. That finishes Jester's turn. Now the gnolls'

1:42:45.051,1:42:52.777
go. These gnolls here immediately rush forward,[br]drawing their weapons to strike at whatever this

1:42:52.777,1:43:01.057
terrible thing that rose up is. Both of them are[br]going to make a spear attack against it.

1:43:01.057,1:43:03.676
Natural 20, the first one against it.

1:43:04.866,1:43:06.066
[br]TRAVIS: I think it hits.

1:43:08.116,1:43:14.074
[br]MATT: And an eight. That's 17 points of damage[br]from one gnoll's spear. The other one against it,

1:43:14.074,1:43:14.930
natural two.

1:43:14.930,1:43:16.115
[br]TRAVIS: That misses.

1:43:16.195,1:43:20.381
[br]MATT: The other one, the barlgura grabs the spear[br]and is now wrestling for it. (growling) Spittle

1:43:20.381,1:43:25.652
coming out of it. The gnolls are taken aback by[br]it. They still feel their power in numbers, so

1:43:25.652,1:43:28.276
they're not quite certain of the danger they're[br]in.

1:43:28.896,1:43:30.281
[br]TALIESIN: We'll work on that.

1:43:32.063,1:43:42.699
MATT: This guy moves up a bit and comes to this[br]point. He's going to fire a longbow at you, Travis.

1:43:42.699,1:43:44.871
[br]TRAVIS: Fjord or the barlgura? Or Yasha?

1:43:44.871,1:43:50.844
[br]MATT: Fjord. No, at Travis, at you. That is a 25[br]to hit, actually.

1:43:51.304,1:43:52.454
[br]TRAVIS: That hits.

1:43:56.825,1:44:05.679
[br]MATT: That is nine points of piercing damage as[br]the longbow arrow sinks into your chest. Make a

1:44:05.679,1:44:08.500
constitution saving throw for me, to try and[br]maintain--

1:44:10.747,1:44:12.604
[br]TALIESIN: You get to add a d4 to that.

1:44:12.604,1:44:13.650
[br]TRAVIS: Okay, great.

1:44:13.650,1:44:14.868
[br]MARISHA: Hashtag blessed.

1:44:15.828,1:44:16.981
[br]TRAVIS: 21.

1:44:16.990,1:44:21.009
[br]MATT: Yeah, you're fine. You maintain that. This[br]one's going to move forward.

1:44:21.009,1:44:23.094
[br]SAM: That's a gnoll? A regular gnoll?

1:44:23.114,1:44:27.212
MATT: Regular gnoll, yeah. It's going to take a[br]shot at this guy over here.

1:44:29.113,1:44:30.673
Natural 20 again!

1:44:30.673,1:44:31.467
[br]TALIESIN: Jesus.

1:44:32.519,1:44:33.978
[br]TRAVIS: Happy Valentine's Day!

1:44:34.889,1:44:36.703
[br]TALIESIN: Archers. Oh, I get it now.

1:44:36.713,1:44:41.242
[br]MATT: The arrow sinks in. It doesn't kill that[br]ranger, but that ranger is now looking around and

1:44:41.242,1:44:46.428
seeing a lot of his friends dead and is starting[br]to gauge if it's worth staying. That finishes that

1:44:46.428,1:44:55.469
gnoll there. This one here, let's see if it's[br]going to mess with the barlgura. Yeah, it's going

1:44:55.469,1:45:03.958
to rush up and join its friends, to try and group[br]up on the barlgura. That is a 15 to hit. What's

1:45:03.958,1:45:05.068
its armor class?

1:45:05.068,1:45:06.034
[br]TRAVIS: It's 15.

1:45:06.034,1:45:14.460
MATT: Okay. It takes ten points of piercing damage.[br]Using both hands, it jams the spear into its abdomen.

1:45:14.460,1:45:16.736
[br]TALIESIN: Wow, they're really going on him.

1:45:16.736,1:45:19.991
[br]MATT: That ends the gnolls' go. That brings us to[br]Nott.

1:45:20.571,1:45:24.686
[br]SAM: If I run out of the cloud, do I take more[br]damage, or is that--?

1:45:24.686,1:45:30.168
[br]MATT: No, at the top of the turn is when you take[br]the damage. I'm retroactively considering that. If

1:45:30.168,1:45:31.378
you stay in the cloud--

1:45:31.568,1:45:42.100
[br]SAM: I'm going to run out of the cloud. I think[br]I'll go downstage, so I'll run towards this mess

1:45:42.100,1:45:46.652
over here. Can I get as far as this, or no?

1:45:46.652,1:45:48.743
[br]MATT: 15, 20, 25, 30 is where you can get.

1:45:48.743,1:45:50.242
[br]SAM: 35 feet of movement.

1:45:50.242,1:45:51.780
[br]MATT: Okay, right there.

1:45:51.780,1:45:52.751
[br]LIAM: Fjord's dead.

1:45:52.901,1:45:57.602
[br]MATT: Bye, Fjord. Sorry, bud. That's as far as you[br]can get there.

1:46:00.972,1:46:09.292
[br]SAM: Well, then, I will... balls. (singing) Balls,[br]balls, balls.

1:46:09.292,1:46:10.956
[br]TALIESIN: You've got a gnoll there.

1:46:10.956,1:46:19.891
[br]SAM: We do have lots of gnolls that I don't want[br]to waste my effort on. I will bonus action get

1:46:19.891,1:46:21.735
behind that tree stump thing there.

1:46:21.735,1:46:23.922
[br]MATT: Okay, so you're going to dash behind it?

1:46:23.922,1:46:33.472
SAM: Yeah. Then I'm poking out, and I will hold[br]my action until I see the caster.

1:46:34.282,1:46:35.812
I will hold a crossbow bolt.

1:46:35.812,1:46:40.038
[br]MATT: Okay, you got it. That ends Nott's go.[br]Yasha's up.

1:46:40.748,1:46:42.603
[br]TRAVIS: Yasha would like to ragé.

1:46:43.774,1:46:45.426
[br]MATT: She has effectively ragéd.

1:46:45.426,1:46:54.865
[br]TRAVIS: Okay, and she will make her way towards[br]Beau, 40 feet.

1:46:55.008,1:46:58.553
[br]MATT: (counting) 40.

1:46:58.615,1:47:08.587
[br]TRAVIS: Yep. Does the Kryn have any illusions or[br]duplicates or copies up or anything?

1:47:08.587,1:47:09.361
[br]MATT: Currently, no.

1:47:09.361,1:47:18.586
[br]TRAVIS: Nothing? Then she's going to throw the[br]Magician's Judge at the Kryn.

1:47:19.246,1:47:21.377
[br]SAM: Okay. Is that a thing?

1:47:21.377,1:47:26.846
[br]MATT: It's an improvised weapon, technically,[br]because you're throwing it. Roll an attack roll.

1:47:27.596,1:47:28.779
[br]TALIESIN: Plus a d4.

1:47:28.779,1:47:35.420
[br]TRAVIS: Okay. She will make it reckless. Sorry,[br]again, I'm rolling a what plus a what?

1:47:35.420,1:47:38.133
[br]MATT: You're rolling 2d20 plus 1d4.

1:47:38.293,1:47:45.393
[br]TRAVIS: Okay, so 19 plus 1d4. Natural 19 plus two,[br]21.

1:47:45.603,1:47:47.334
[br]MATT: 21 plus her strength modifier.

1:47:47.334,1:47:50.130
TRAVIS: Which is (stammering) three.

1:47:50.130,1:47:55.884
[br]MATT: You hit. You're fine. Roll a d4 plus her[br]strength, plus rage bonus. It's not full sword

1:47:55.884,1:47:58.073
damage; she's just (whooshing).

1:47:58.073,1:47:59.597
[br]TRAVIS: Sorry, again, d4 plus--?

1:47:59.597,1:48:01.405
[br]MATT: Plus strength, plus rage damage.

1:48:01.405,1:48:04.159
[br]TRAVIS: (counting) Nine points.

1:48:04.159,1:48:10.186
[br]MATT: Nine points of damage. While the Kryn's[br]shaking its head trying to right itself, the

1:48:10.186,1:48:15.213
Magician's Judge (whooshing, then impact), scrapes[br]off the armor and carves in for a minute. It

1:48:15.213,1:48:20.734
sticks for a second before it falls out, leaving[br]this open wound where some of the armor's opening

1:48:20.734,1:48:23.950
against the plates. That ends Yasha's go?

1:48:23.950,1:48:29.661
[br]TRAVIS: I believe so. The Divine Fury, would that[br]apply to that weapon attack? When you're raging,

1:48:29.661,1:48:33.656
the first creature you hit on one of your turns[br]with a weapon attack. 1d6 plus three.

1:48:33.656,1:48:35.174
[br]MATT: Yeah, I'll allow it.

1:48:35.174,1:48:39.202
[br]TRAVIS: Okay, 1d6 plus three. Six plus three, so[br]nine radiant damage.

1:48:39.202,1:48:49.901
MATT: Nice! Not too bad. I'll take that. Okay,[br]that ends your go. It's now the Kryn's turn.

1:48:49.901,1:48:51.897
It's stunned; can't do anything.

1:48:51.897,1:48:54.562
MARISHA: (chuckling maniacally)

1:48:54.562,1:48:56.491
[br]MATT: Beau, your go.

1:48:56.491,1:48:59.898
[br]MARISHA: (grunts) Same thing, up under that[br]helmet!

1:48:59.898,1:49:02.279
[br]TRAVIS: Do you have advantage because he's[br]stunned?

1:49:02.279,1:49:04.420
[br]MARISHA: Fuck you and your helmet. Yes, I do.

1:49:04.420,1:49:05.991
[br]TRAVIS: Fuck you and your helmet.

1:49:05.991,1:49:07.190
[br]TALIESIN: Your d4.

1:49:07.190,1:49:14.678
MARISHA: (laughter) The power! Fuck. Wait! No.

1:49:14.678,1:49:16.942
[br]TRAVIS: You're kidding. Which ones? These two?

1:49:16.942,1:49:21.220
[br]MARISHA: No, I rolled an eight and a three, and[br]then I rolled a one with my-- no. It's 17.

1:49:21.220,1:49:26.314
[br]MATT: You get excited and punch right square into[br]the chest part of the armor. You feel your

1:49:26.314,1:49:29.882
knuckles (cracking), and it stings, and it didn't[br]quite get through.

1:49:29.882,1:49:35.150
[br]MARISHA: Thanks for the wraps. I'm going to knee[br]him in the balls.

1:49:35.150,1:49:37.150
[br]MATT: Go for it. Roll for a second attack.

1:49:37.150,1:49:38.390
[br]MARISHA: That feels right.

1:49:38.860,1:49:40.149
[br]SAM: Happy Valentine's Day.

1:49:41.159,1:49:42.680
[br]MARISHA: Son of a fuck bitch!

1:49:42.680,1:49:45.060
[br]MATT: You have advantage still. He's still[br]stunned.

1:49:45.060,1:49:46.059
[br]MARISHA: I did! A three and a four!

1:49:46.059,1:49:47.240
[br]MATT: Oh, shit.

1:49:47.240,1:49:50.320
[br]TALIESIN: Plus the d4, even? Yeah, that doesn't[br]matter.

1:49:50.320,1:49:56.929
[br]MATT: You go for the balls. You've learned a[br]little bit about the Kryn Dynasty's main armored

1:49:56.929,1:49:58.693
warriors: they wear a metal cup.

1:49:58.693,1:49:59.909
[br]LIAM: Carapace codpiece.

1:49:59.909,1:50:01.771
[br]MATT: (metallic clang) "Ugh!"

1:50:01.771,1:50:03.241
[br]LAURA: It's smart.

1:50:03.241,1:50:06.017
[br]SAM and TRAVIS: Yeah, you've got to protect that.

1:50:06.017,1:50:07.200
[br]MARISHA: Flurry of Blows.

1:50:07.200,1:50:08.817
[br]MATT: All right, two more strikes.

1:50:08.817,1:50:10.118
[br]MARISHA: Two more strikes.

1:50:10.118,1:50:11.708
[br]LIAM: Woman wants a hit.

1:50:13.038,1:50:22.804
[br]MARISHA: I can't believe-- he's fucking stunned![br]Yes! Yes. This one does. Plus four--

1:50:22.804,1:50:24.895
[br]LIAM: 14, with your modifier.

1:50:24.895,1:50:26.776
[br]MARISHA: 18 plus four: 22.

1:50:26.776,1:50:28.326
[br]MATT: 22 hits!

1:50:28.326,1:50:34.231
[br]MARISHA: That was the first one. Okay. Ten damage,[br]Stunning Strike.

1:50:34.231,1:50:35.976
[br]MATT: Stunning Strike again.

1:50:35.976,1:50:38.228
[br]MARISHA: Again. I am burning all my ki points.

1:50:38.228,1:50:42.063
MATT: That is a 17, with a plus four bonus.[br]13 plus four.

1:50:43.053,1:50:44.850
[br]SAM: Is that good? Is that bad?

1:50:44.850,1:50:45.870
[br]MATT: He resists it.

1:50:45.870,1:50:46.861
[br]SAM: He resisted?!

1:50:46.861,1:50:50.296
[br]MARISHA: He resisted. One more time!

1:50:50.686,1:50:51.695
[br]LIAM: Two threes.

1:50:51.695,1:50:54.458
[br]TALIESIN: What are you rolling? Do you need to[br]borrow dice?

1:50:54.458,1:50:57.170
LAURA: Yeah, get rid of those dice, maybe?[br]Don't use them?

1:50:57.170,1:51:00.068
[br]SAM: Maybe it doesn't matter because that's just[br]superstition?

1:51:00.068,1:51:01.215
LAURA: <i>It matters!</i>

1:51:01.215,1:51:02.452
[br]MATT: I'm so sorry.

1:51:02.452,1:51:04.932
[br]TALIESIN: Got to clean your palate.

1:51:05.372,1:51:07.248
[br]MARISHA: Running low on ki points.

1:51:07.248,1:51:11.432
[br]MATT: However, you did hit, so you get to learn[br]something else about him, if you want to.

1:51:11.432,1:51:21.673
[br]MARISHA: I did hit. I hit the one time. Does[br]anyone have any spells that you do?

1:51:21.673,1:51:24.213
[br]LAURA: Yeah, find out what his wisdom is.

1:51:24.213,1:51:26.688
MARISHA: His wisdom. What is his wisdom[br]saving throw?

1:51:26.688,1:51:27.839
[br]MATT: Plus one.

1:51:27.839,1:51:31.018
[br]MARISHA: Plus one? His constitution was plus[br]four.

1:51:31.018,1:51:32.590
[br]TRAVIS: Aha! That's what it was.

1:51:32.590,1:51:36.307
[br]MARISHA: His wisdom is plus one. So he's not very[br]wise!

1:51:36.307,1:51:41.220
MATT: Beau, are you staying where you are? Are you[br]going to move anywhere, or are you going to stay put?

1:51:41.220,1:51:45.355
[br]MARISHA: I'll stay. Well, he's about to be[br]unstunned.

1:51:45.355,1:51:46.265
[br]MATT: He is.

1:51:46.765,1:51:59.054
[br]MARISHA: I'm going to back up in between Yasha and[br]Caduceus, upstage.

1:51:59.714,1:52:00.712
[br]MATT: There?

1:52:00.712,1:52:03.274
[br]MARISHA: Upstage. Yeah.

1:52:03.274,1:52:05.706
MATT: Okay, that finishes your go.[br]Caleb, you're up.

1:52:05.706,1:52:10.661
[br]LIAM: I'm going to run out of this cloud directly[br]downstage, which I think will put us next to our

1:52:10.661,1:52:11.524
new friend?

1:52:13.294,1:52:14.257
[br]MATT: Right there?

1:52:14.257,1:52:21.682
[br]LIAM: <i>Ja</i>. From there I can see Fjord's pet, and[br]I can see this gnoll peeking out, so I will slap

1:52:21.682,1:52:28.911
the guano and the sulfur together and throw a[br]Fireball to ignite right here to get these guys

1:52:29.951,1:52:32.991
and as a bonus, this asshole that I can't see.

1:52:33.931,1:52:35.573
[br]LAURA: But you saw him pop down.

1:52:35.573,1:52:37.986
[br]MATT: Okay. Roll damage for that.

1:52:41.688,1:52:46.471
[br]TRAVIS: (singing) Barlgura has fire resistance.

1:52:46.471,1:52:48.092
[br]MATT: Still make its saving throw.

1:52:48.092,1:52:49.195
[br]LIAM: 25.

1:52:49.195,1:52:50.578
[br]TALIESIN: Balrog's not in it.

1:52:50.768,1:52:52.263
[br]LAURA: He's just outside of it.

1:52:52.773,1:52:56.012
[br]MATT: Sure, I'll allow it.

1:52:56.762,1:52:59.501
TRAVIS: If he's in it, he's in it. I thought[br]he was in it.

1:52:59.731,1:53:04.491
[br]MATT: There is a way that you can-- Roll a[br]standard intelligence check for me.

1:53:04.491,1:53:06.767
[br]LIAM: Okay. I mean--

1:53:08.557,1:53:10.322
[br]MATT: It's not a huge deal.

1:53:11.332,1:53:16.062
[br]LIAM: That is-- straight intelligence you said,[br]right? 15.

1:53:16.062,1:53:20.100
[br]MATT: Yeah, you're fine. Keep the barlgura, no[br]worries. Damage on that was--?

1:53:20.100,1:53:21.038
[br]LIAM: 25.

1:53:23.538,1:53:29.729
[br]MATT: For the gnolls here, dex save. 15, what's[br]the spell DC?

1:53:31.489,1:53:34.499
[br]LIAM: For Fireball?

1:53:34.499,1:53:36.106
[br]MATT: For any of your spells.

1:53:36.106,1:53:36.912
[br]LIAM: Oh, 16.

1:53:37.132,1:53:38.694
[br]MATT: All right, that's a fail.

1:53:39.034,1:53:42.058
[br]TALIESIN and SAM: Yes!

1:53:43.200,1:53:46.201
[br]MATT: Fail. Fail.

1:53:46.411,1:53:47.376
[br]TRAVIS: What?

1:53:48.166,1:53:49.231
[br]MATT: Success.

1:53:53.750,1:53:58.556
[br]MATT: All those gnolls just (yelp) and are[br]immediately burned to a crisp and fall back,

1:53:58.556,1:54:04.999
smoking. For the Kryn mage there, natural 19--

1:54:04.999,1:54:05.739
[br]LIAM: Dick.

1:54:05.739,1:54:08.030
[br]MATT: So he only takes half the damage of that.

1:54:08.030,1:54:10.742
[br]TRAVIS: Bless you, Caleb, you sweet son of a[br]bitch.

1:54:10.742,1:54:16.070
LAURA: (southern accent) I hope he's a glass[br]cannon as well. Maybe he's also really low on health.

1:54:16.450,1:54:18.615
[br]MATT: All right. That ends your go?

1:54:18.615,1:54:19.483
[br]LIAM: I'm out.

1:54:19.483,1:54:25.612
[br]MATT: You got it. He's going to make a[br]concentration check-- that's cocked. And fails;

1:54:25.612,1:54:27.517
the Cloudkill vanishes.

1:54:27.517,1:54:28.670
[br]TRAVIS: Fucking amazing.

1:54:28.670,1:54:30.382
[br]LAURA: Now that we're all out of it.

1:54:30.392,1:54:31.395
[br]TRAVIS: Yep (laughs).

1:54:31.395,1:54:32.301
[br]MATT: I mean, yeah.

1:54:32.301,1:54:33.786
[br]LIAM: He flushed us out.

1:54:37.066,1:54:43.620
MATT: It is now that figure's turn. Couple of[br]fun things:

1:54:43.620,1:54:45.528
[br]TRAVIS: Couple of fun things!

1:54:45.528,1:54:46.911
[br]TALIESIN: I hate that phrase.

1:54:46.911,1:54:48.622
[br]TRAVIS: This is not a lair, Matthew.

1:54:48.622,1:54:52.611
[br]LAURA: Unless we're saying it, it's not a good[br]phrase! Anybody want some chocolate?!

1:54:53.711,1:54:54.455
[br]LIAM: Yes.

1:54:58.781,1:55:06.045
[br]MATT: From behind this area here a shadow version[br]of that same mage comes out of hiding, and they

1:55:06.045,1:55:08.732
both, in the same turn, moves forward to[br]here.

1:55:08.732,1:55:10.863
TRAVIS: Comes <i>out</i> of hiding, he's been there?

1:55:10.863,1:55:12.292
MARISHA: Yeah, the whole time?

1:55:12.292,1:55:13.003
MATT: Mm-hmm.

1:55:13.003,1:55:13.732
SAM: Fire.

1:55:13.732,1:55:15.308
MATT: Didn't go on the last turn.

1:55:15.308,1:55:19.019
LAURA: It's like they have a best friend[br]with them all the time, they're like--

1:55:19.019,1:55:22.498
TRAVIS: The mage took damage on the Firebolt[br]that Caleb did though, right?

1:55:22.498,1:55:23.170
MATT: Correct.

1:55:23.170,1:55:24.320
SAM: I am firing at him.

1:55:24.320,1:55:25.036
MATT: You are.

1:55:25.036,1:55:26.429
SAM: (whispering) Fuck.

1:55:26.429,1:55:27.385
TALIESIN: Plus four!

1:55:27.385,1:55:33.299
SAM: Yeah I got it. Not great. Oh, well, 18.

1:55:33.299,1:55:34.100
MATT: 18 hits.

1:55:34.100,1:55:35.572
SAM: Okay, good.

1:55:35.572,1:55:39.041
MATT: But you are no longer invisible either.

1:55:39.041,1:55:40.812
SAM: That's right. Ah!

1:55:40.812,1:55:41.556
LAURA: Ah!

1:55:41.556,1:55:48.657
SAM: Ah! Fury of the Small.

1:55:50.557,1:55:53.357
LIAM: That's my secret: I'm always small.

1:55:54.878,1:55:55.696
SAM: 22!

1:55:56.786,1:55:57.885
MATT: Okay, 22.

1:55:57.885,1:55:58.946
SAM: Points of damage.

1:55:58.946,1:56:04.342
MATT: Nice. Okay, actually, this guy-- no, he's[br]going to stay there.

1:56:05.282,1:56:07.666
TRAVIS: You were firing at the shadow, or the guy?

1:56:07.666,1:56:08.553
SAM: The real one.

1:56:08.553,1:56:09.560
LAURA: Real guy.

1:56:09.560,1:56:10.797
TALIESIN: Guy on the hill.

1:56:10.797,1:56:11.500
MATT: Correct.

1:56:11.500,1:56:12.643
TRAVIS: Real Slim Shady.

1:56:12.643,1:56:23.294
MATT: All right. Great. So you finish that[br]strike, this one moves out of the way here, and

1:56:23.294,1:56:26.635
he's going to cast Compress Gravity at 3rd-level.[br]

1:56:27.555,1:56:30.154
LAURA: The little shadow guy can cast spells?

1:56:30.154,1:56:31.682
MATT: He can cast one spell.

1:56:31.862,1:56:33.436
SAM: What is it, Reverse Gravity?

1:56:33.436,1:56:35.007
MATT and LAURA: Compress Gravity.

1:56:35.007,1:56:35.898
SAM: What is that?

1:56:35.898,1:56:37.375
LAURA: That's what we just saw.

1:56:37.375,1:56:42.956
MATT: I need Caleb and Fjord to both make a[br]constitution saving throw, please.

1:56:42.956,1:56:44.449
LAURA: You can do it.

1:56:44.449,1:56:45.506
TALIESIN: Plus the d4.

1:56:45.506,1:56:47.129
TRAVIS: Plus the Bless, thank you.

1:56:47.129,1:56:49.060
LIAM: Ooh, do well.

1:56:50.880,1:56:51.996
TRAVIS: 21.

1:56:52.046,1:56:57.424
MATT: Okay. You guys are rolling good on those[br]saving throws, jesus.

1:56:58.734,1:57:00.689
TRAVIS: Constitution saving throw, right?

1:57:00.689,1:57:01.313
LAURA: Yes.

1:57:01.313,1:57:02.024
TRAVIS: Yes.

1:57:02.024,1:57:03.118
LAURA: What'd you roll?

1:57:03.118,1:57:03.822
LIAM: 25.

1:57:03.822,1:57:10.339
MATT: So you each take 14 points of force damage[br]and you make your respective saving throws,

1:57:10.339,1:57:15.674
your constitution saving throws. Your speed is[br]halved until its next turn. You find gravity--

1:57:15.674,1:57:21.125
you're all of a sudden yanked to the ground and your[br]head goes numb for a second from the shifting of

1:57:21.125,1:57:27.555
the space and the weight of your body, and then you[br]find yourself pulled down for the next round.

1:57:27.555,1:57:28.780
TRAVIS: 16? So that's--

1:57:28.780,1:57:29.929
MATT: Yeah, you're fine.

1:57:29.929,1:57:30.675
TRAVIS: Okay.

1:57:30.675,1:57:31.874
LIAM: Plus the Bless, 26.

1:57:31.874,1:57:33.252
MATT: All right, you're fine.

1:57:33.252,1:57:34.363
LIAM: War Caster.

1:57:34.363,1:57:35.368
TRAVIS: Yeah, me too.

1:57:35.368,1:57:36.662
MATT: And it vanishes.

1:57:36.662,1:57:40.432
SAM: Oh, 28 points of damage, not 22.

1:57:40.432,1:57:42.331
MATT: Oh, got you. Good to know.

1:57:42.331,1:57:46.314
TALIESIN: How are you-- Everyone--

1:57:46.694,1:57:48.557
MARISHA: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

1:57:49.737,1:57:52.823
TALIESIN: If you are going down, you aren't going[br]to be down for long.

1:57:53.201,1:57:55.108
LAURA: You're pretty far away from them.

1:57:55.108,1:58:01.754
TALIESIN: I can move 60 feet and then cast[br]Healing Word as a bonus action, from 60 feet.

1:58:01.754,1:58:05.064
So I've got 120 feet worth of healing.

1:58:05.224,1:58:09.366
MATT: He's going to cast Vacuum Blast in[br]the same area.

1:58:09.366,1:58:11.031
LIAM: Jeepers creepers, y'all.

1:58:11.031,1:58:12.568
MATT: Which is a 20-foot radius.

1:58:12.568,1:58:14.814
TRAVIS: Who did that? Same guy?

1:58:14.814,1:58:15.947
MATT: The guy up top.

1:58:15.947,1:58:18.468
MARISHA: Is Vacuum Blast the same as Compress[br]Gravity?

1:58:18.468,1:58:19.150
MATT: Nope.

1:58:19.150,1:58:22.148
LAURA: His shadow cast a spell, and now he gets[br]to cast a spell.

1:58:22.148,1:58:25.627
MATT: So I need you guys also to make a[br]constitution saving throw, please.

1:58:25.627,1:58:26.763
TALIESIN: Plus a d4.

1:58:26.763,1:58:29.936
TRAVIS: Thank you. Natural 20!

1:58:29.936,1:58:30.942
LAURA: Yes!

1:58:31.572,1:58:34.712
TRAVIS: 22. Oh, 27, sorry.

1:58:34.902,1:58:39.146
LAURA: Are you making-- Is it a concentration--[br]no, the Wall of Fire's just there.

1:58:39.146,1:58:40.863
MATT: The Wall of Fire he's making--

1:58:40.863,1:58:41.449
LIAM: 24.

1:58:41.729,1:58:44.698
MATT: So both of you guys take half damage.

1:58:46.608,1:58:48.744
TRAVIS: Fuck. He's rocking us.

1:58:48.994,1:58:51.113
LAURA: Yeah, these are really powerful guys.

1:58:51.113,1:58:52.254
LIAM: Caleb's fucked up.

1:58:52.254,1:58:54.302
TRAVIS: I don't know what these spells are.

1:58:54.302,1:58:58.190
MATT: 17 points of force damage, each of you.[br]And make another constitution saving throw.

1:58:58.190,1:58:59.015
LAURA: Oh my god.

1:58:59.015,1:58:59.927
SAM: Are you alive?

1:58:59.927,1:59:00.641
LIAM: Sure.

1:59:01.341,1:59:02.397
TALIESIN: Plus a d4.

1:59:03.217,1:59:06.892
SAM: That Vacuum Blast sucked.

1:59:06.892,1:59:08.136
MARISHA: Fuck you, Dyson.

1:59:08.136,1:59:08.888
TRAVIS: 13.

1:59:09.328,1:59:10.290
MATT: 13?

1:59:10.290,1:59:11.361
TRAVIS: 14.

1:59:11.361,1:59:14.699
MATT: 14. That's okay, because it's half the damage[br]you took. So you're fine.

1:59:14.699,1:59:16.377
LIAM: (counting) 28.

1:59:16.377,1:59:19.854
MATT: Yeah, you're fine. You guys are rolling[br]really fucking high tonight.

1:59:19.854,1:59:24.631
LIAM: Transmuter's stone, War Caster feat, Bless.[br]Stacks up.

1:59:24.631,1:59:28.545
MARISHA: I definitely missed almost every punch,[br]with advantage.

1:59:28.545,1:59:31.266
MATT: I know. So send some of your luck her way.

1:59:33.336,1:59:36.858
LIAM: I was like "protect the melee fighter" and[br]now I'm getting fucked up.

1:59:36.858,1:59:40.249
MATT: And Kaulden is gone.

1:59:40.249,1:59:42.056
MARISHA: What do you mean? He's dead?!

1:59:42.056,1:59:45.896
MATT: You watch as Kaulden gets pulled back--[br]the Vacuum Blast pulls you all--

1:59:45.896,1:59:48.385
[br]LAURA: What? He had piercing, blue-gray eyes!

1:59:48.385,1:59:53.125
[br]MATT: -- and because you guys made your saves, so[br]you are not pulled. But Kaulden gets pulled 20

1:59:53.125,1:59:59.865
feet this way. The gravity shift is like this[br]giant vacuum hole, opens up on this side and yanks

1:59:59.865,2:00:04.942
him that direction. His body get pulled into this[br]dark space for a second and then shredded in the

2:00:04.942,2:00:09.429
middle of the air, and arms, legs, pieces start[br]falling and scattering on the ground.

2:00:09.789,2:00:12.147
[br]TRAVIS: Does it stay open or does it close after?

2:00:12.147,2:00:21.328
MATT: It closes. It's going to step back here for[br]partial cover. All right, that's going to end its turn.

2:00:21.498,2:00:24.349
[br]SAM: Is its ghost-image guy gone?

2:00:24.349,2:00:30.800
MATT: Gone. It seemed to disappear when it[br]finished casting the spell. That brings us to Caduceus.

2:00:31.090,2:00:37.158
[br]TALIESIN: Ooh. I'm going to-- Oh boy.

2:00:37.158,2:00:39.209
[br]MARISHA: You still have the beetles, right?

2:00:39.209,2:00:43.642
[br]TALIESIN: I still have beetles, and beetles are[br]going to attack. That's a bonus action for the

2:00:43.642,2:00:47.891
beetles to attack if I recall, right? Let me see.[br]I have a button for that.

2:00:51.381,2:00:53.393
[br]SAM: What a mess we're in.

2:00:55.378,2:01:00.689
[br]TALIESIN: The beetles are going to take another[br]attack, for my bonus action. Actually, how are you

2:01:00.689,2:01:03.899
guys right now? No?

2:01:03.899,2:01:04.993
[br]LIAM: Real bad.

2:01:04.993,2:01:07.816
MATT: You can't see them, actually. You have[br]no idea.

2:01:07.816,2:01:10.840
[br]TALIESIN: That's fine. The beetles are going to be[br]my bonus action.

2:01:11.130,2:01:15.012
[br]LIAM: Yes, totally bleeding from his eyes, sure.[br]Ears, eyes, nose.

2:01:17.332,2:01:23.174
[br]TALIESIN: Oh, and I add a d4 to that, not that it[br]matters. (counting) 23 to hit.

2:01:23.604,2:01:24.639
[br]MATT: A 23 hits.

2:01:24.639,2:01:26.853
[br]TALIESIN: They don't have advantage, do they?

2:01:26.853,2:01:28.683
[br]MATT: No. He's no longer stunned.

2:01:29.113,2:01:40.387
[br]TALIESIN: That's (counting) Eh, fuck that one. I[br]didn't need it anyway. Sorry I'm shaking so much;

2:01:40.387,2:01:44.463
I'm really nervous. (counting) Nine points of[br]damage.

2:01:44.893,2:01:45.884
[br]MATT: What's it?

2:01:45.884,2:01:47.646
[br]TALIESIN: Nine points of bite damage.

2:01:47.646,2:01:51.927
[br]MATT: Nine points of damage, you got it. The[br]beetles are crawling into the armor plates and

2:01:51.927,2:01:54.633
biting the inside. It's trying to knock it away.

2:01:54.633,2:02:06.296
[br]TALIESIN: I'm going to get a little closer. I'm[br]going to go just a little further up against the

2:02:06.296,2:02:12.910
wall. Just to the edge, so I have some cover.[br]A little closer. There.

2:02:12.910,2:02:14.319
[br]MATT: There's a person there.

2:02:14.319,2:02:16.461
[br]TALIESIN: Oh, who is that? I didn't see that.

2:02:16.461,2:02:19.378
[br]MATT: That's one of the remaining rangers that[br]still survives.

2:02:19.378,2:02:25.915
[br]TALIESIN: Oh, well I'm going to wave. I should be[br]about 30 feet from that creature that we're

2:02:25.915,2:02:26.906
fighting, right?

2:02:26.906,2:02:28.524
[br]MATT: About there you're 30 feet--

2:02:28.524,2:02:37.453
[br]TALIESIN: I'm going to hold my action until[br]Yasha's attack, and I'm going to hold my domain,

2:02:37.453,2:02:41.908
my-- where's my brain? Channel Divinity.

2:02:41.908,2:02:47.453
[br]MATT: Okay, no worries. Oh. Actually, because you[br]guys did both get affected by the creature

2:02:47.453,2:02:52.136
earlier, it does still get its Gravity Well ability,[br]so both you guys get pushed ten feet this

2:02:52.136,2:03:03.643
way. Suddenly you get tugged by this shift in[br]gravitational forces in your area.

2:03:03.643,2:03:05.199
Caduceus, that finishes your go?

2:03:05.199,2:03:06.725
[br]TALIESIN: Yeah, I'm holding my--

2:03:06.725,2:03:08.770
[br]TRAVIS: What was your initiative, Caduceus?

2:03:08.770,2:03:10.436
[br]MATT: It's the barlgura's turn now.

2:03:10.436,2:03:11.296
[br]TRAVIS: Oh, it is?

2:03:11.296,2:03:11.998
[br]MATT: Yes.

2:03:11.998,2:03:13.001
[br]TRAVIS: Okay, great--

2:03:13.001,2:03:14.334
[br]TALIESIN: Path of the Grave.

2:03:14.334,2:03:15.903
[br]MATT: That's what you're holding?

2:03:15.903,2:03:16.617
[br]TALIESIN: Yeah.

2:03:16.617,2:03:27.338
[br]TRAVIS: Okay, the ball-- barl-- the big demon[br]monkey, is going to use Running Leap, which is

2:03:27.338,2:03:33.966
part of his movement. He can run 40 feet and jump[br]20 in the same movement. And he's going to break

2:03:33.966,2:03:39.274
melee with the gnoll and head towards the caster.

2:03:39.274,2:03:41.023
LIAM: Yeah. Get it, Donkey Kong!

2:03:41.023,2:03:43.354
TRAVIS: He's going to jump up using[br]that 20 feet--

2:03:43.354,2:03:44.119
[br]MATT: Here?

2:03:44.119,2:03:46.289
[br]TRAVIS: Yeah, so he gets within melee of that[br]shit-ass.

2:03:46.289,2:03:50.808
[br]MATT: Okay, the gnoll does strike against it.[br]Natural 17, so that's 20--

2:03:50.808,2:03:52.059
[br]TRAVIS: That'll hit.

2:03:52.581,2:03:54.818
[br]MATT: It takes eight points of piercing damage.

2:03:54.818,2:04:01.352
[br]TRAVIS: Eight points, copy that. He is going to[br]make all three of these multiattacks with reckless

2:04:01.352,2:04:09.682
against the mage at the start of its turn.[br]That is one bite attack and two fists,

2:04:09.682,2:04:11.038
so we'll do the bite first.

2:04:11.038,2:04:11.838
[br]MATT: Okay.

2:04:12.348,2:04:14.327
[br]TRAVIS: Plus seven, that's a 20 to hit.

2:04:14.327,2:04:19.545
[br]MATT: 20 to hit? Casts Shield as a reaction, so[br]that misses.

2:04:19.545,2:04:25.820
[br]TRAVIS: Okay it misses, so the second one is a[br]fist. That is a 22 to hit.

2:04:25.820,2:04:27.073
[br]MATT: That does hit.

2:04:27.073,2:04:37.668
TRAVIS: That's a 1d10 plus four, so that's ten points[br]of bludgeoning damage. The next fist is a 21 to hit.

2:04:38.078,2:04:41.832
[br]MATT: 21 just hits with the Shield.

2:04:42.822,2:04:46.772
[br]TRAVIS: Eight plus four, another 12 points of[br]bludgeoning damage.

2:04:46.772,2:04:53.769
[br]MATT: You got it. As it jumps up, you see the mage[br]Kryn figure, (panting) looking over at the wall,

2:04:53.769,2:04:59.181
trying to start making calculations in its head,[br]suddenly reflects one of the attacks from it, but

2:04:59.181,2:05:04.586
the other two batter it from side to side and it[br]catches itself from falling to its knees and it

2:05:04.586,2:05:09.285
stumbles back up with the staff, trying to figure[br]out what its next move is going to be. That's the

2:05:09.285,2:05:19.453
barlgura. It's now these guys' turn. This is going[br]to come this way and fire at the other gnoll. Misses.

2:05:19.453,2:05:20.232
[br]SAM: Aww.

2:05:20.232,2:05:21.833
[br]TALIESIN: God, you guys. Really.

2:05:21.833,2:05:23.313
[br]SAM: Yeah, these Muck Men suck.

2:05:23.313,2:05:26.645
[br]MATT: That actually did a fair amount of damage to[br]that guy over there.

2:05:26.645,2:05:28.030
[br]SAM: I can't see any of that.

2:05:28.030,2:05:34.560
[br]MATT: There you go. That guy over there is going[br]to fire at the Kryn guy. Does hit, actually. That

2:05:34.560,2:05:40.083
only does five points of piercing damage, but[br]still, it all helps. This one over here is going

2:05:40.083,2:05:48.081
to fire a longbow as well. Natural 20. They're[br]rolling. They're getting a lot of crits this--

2:05:48.081,2:05:52.602
[br]TRAVIS: Yeah, I think that's the fifth or sixth[br]natural 20 you've had in this.

2:05:52.602,2:05:55.104
MATT: So ten points of piercing damage.[br]All righty.

2:05:55.104,2:05:57.483
[br]MARISHA: They're mad because their leader's dead.

2:05:58.403,2:06:03.682
MATT: Well, they don't know that. That finishes[br]their go. Fjord, you're up.

2:06:03.862,2:06:08.902
TRAVIS: I will use my 30 feet of speed to come[br]towards this gnoll down here at the far end of

2:06:08.902,2:06:10.504
the map, in this direction.

2:06:10.504,2:06:14.877
[br]MATT: Well, you only have 15 feet of speed because[br]you're slowed from the gravity.

2:06:15.807,2:06:17.022
[br]MARISHA: What?

2:06:17.022,2:06:19.093
[br]MATT: The Compress Gravity from last round.

2:06:19.093,2:06:26.135
TRAVIS: Yep. So I'll just come that way 15 feet;[br]do do doo, do do doo.

2:06:26.415,2:06:32.209
I will send two Eldritch Blasts at that gnoll.

2:06:32.209,2:06:33.132
[br]MATT: Go for it.

2:06:33.132,2:06:34.004
[br]TRAVIS: Yep.

2:06:34.004,2:06:36.642
[br]SAM: (impersonating Travis' southern accent)

2:06:40.143,2:06:43.328
[br]TRAVIS: Let's see. 20 to hit.

2:06:43.328,2:06:44.478
[br]MATT: 20 to hit?

2:06:46.483,2:06:49.092
[br]TRAVIS: That's 11 points of Eldritch Blast.

2:06:49.092,2:06:50.112
[br]MATT: That's nice.

2:06:50.112,2:06:51.552
[br]TRAVIS: Next one is 19 to hit.

2:06:51.552,2:06:52.464
[br]MATT: Hits as well.

2:06:52.464,2:06:56.139
[br]TRAVIS: That is three-- eight points of Eldritch[br]Blast damage.

2:06:56.139,2:07:02.069
[br]MATT: Eight points. Both impacts blast into the[br]gnoll. The gnoll is breathing hard and heavy. Its

2:07:02.069,2:07:09.138
jaw is covered in its own gore, but you can see[br]it's (panting) starting to get that kind of feral,

2:07:09.138,2:07:10.554
cornered look in its eyes.

2:07:10.554,2:07:11.418
[br]TRAVIS: Nice.

2:07:11.418,2:07:12.285
MATT: That finishes your turn?

2:07:12.285,2:07:13.071
[br]TRAVIS: It does.

2:07:13.071,2:07:14.678
[br]MATT: All righty. It brings us to Jester.

2:07:14.944,2:07:16.672
SAM: Come on, Jessie.

2:07:16.782,2:07:22.992
[br]LAURA: Okay. I am going to-- oh god, this is so[br]dumb.

2:07:25.102,2:07:26.527
[br]SAM: Do it for love.

2:07:26.527,2:07:27.765
[br]LAURA: Okay, I'm doing it.

2:07:27.765,2:07:29.286
[br]TALIESIN: You would do anything.

2:07:29.286,2:07:34.957
[br]LAURA: I'm going to run up to the bad guy in front[br]of me.

2:07:35.327,2:07:39.767
[br]MATT: All righty. (counting) 30.

2:07:40.327,2:07:43.895
[br]LAURA: And I'm going to attack him with my[br]handaxe.

2:07:43.895,2:07:47.705
[br]MATT: Go for it. You swing with your handaxe[br](whoosh).

2:07:47.705,2:07:48.883
[br]SAM: Oh, cool.

2:07:48.883,2:07:51.136
[br]LAURA: Yeah. Do I get advantage because of my--

2:07:51.136,2:07:54.016
[br]MATT: You do, because you are technically flanking[br]him.

2:07:55.242,2:07:58.118
[br]LAURA: That's an 18.

2:07:58.118,2:08:00.484
[br]MATT: 18 just misses. Your handaxe--

2:08:00.484,2:08:03.655
[br]LAURA: Wait, no! That was a 12, that was[br]advantage! That's a 19.

2:08:03.655,2:08:04.899
[br]MATT: 19 just barely hits.

2:08:04.899,2:08:10.048
[br]LAURA: Whew, okay. Oh my god, okay. But don't I[br]get poison damage now?

2:08:11.068,2:08:13.215
[br]MATT: From your last level, an additional d8.

2:08:13.215,2:08:13.929
[br]LAURA: Yeah!

2:08:13.929,2:08:14.984
[br]MATT: Yeah, you would.

2:08:14.984,2:08:19.965
LAURA: Okay, good. Well, that's balls.

2:08:24.282,2:08:27.464
Okay, so 13.

2:08:27.464,2:08:28.341
[br]MATT: Yeah.

2:08:28.591,2:08:35.555
[br]LAURA: Okay, so that's 13 points of damage, and[br]then I'm going to use my bonus action to cast

2:08:35.555,2:08:36.497
Spiritual Weapon.

2:08:36.497,2:08:37.603
[br]SAM: Yeah!

2:08:40.902,2:08:47.461
LAURA: I'm going to cast it at-- ugh, should I do[br]that? Fuck it. I'm going to cast it at 4th level.

2:08:47.461,2:08:48.512
[br]SAM: Whoa.

2:08:48.512,2:08:50.192
TRAVIS: (air horn blaring)

2:08:53.158,2:08:56.420
[br]MATT: So we'll bring-- whereabouts are you placing[br]it?

2:08:56.420,2:09:00.972
[br]LAURA: Oh, wait, when you cast a spell using a[br]spell slot of 3rd-level or higher-- yeah, so at

2:09:00.972,2:09:05.844
fourth, I would get an extra d8. So yes, I'm going[br]to do it next to him and hit him again.

2:09:07.415,2:09:09.747
[br]MATT: Where are you placing the Spiritual Weapon?

2:09:09.747,2:09:11.919
[br]LAURA: Next to the guy, so I can hit.

2:09:11.919,2:09:13.490
[br]MATT: So roll the attack for it.

2:09:14.610,2:09:22.039
[br]LAURA: That is not cocked. Seven plus my thing, so[br]it probably doesn't hit; that's like 15.

2:09:22.039,2:09:25.810
[br]MATT: Unfortunately, no. It shakes the greatsword[br]and parries the blow from the giant

2:09:25.810,2:09:32.499
energy-crackling lollipop that's currently resting[br]over its head. Deflects it off to the side.

2:09:33.239,2:09:35.965
[br]TRAVIS: Max, can you text me Ashley's iPad code?

2:09:38.271,2:09:39.709
[br]MATT: That finishes your turn?

2:09:39.709,2:09:40.409
[br]LAURA: Mm-hmm.

2:09:40.409,2:09:46.695
[br]MATT: All right, it's the gnolls' turn. This[br]gnoll's going to leap up-- actually, no. It just

2:09:46.695,2:09:52.541
got blasted by that-- (counting) 30. It's going to[br]charge up towards you, Fjord.

2:09:52.541,2:09:53.433
[br]TRAVIS: Thank you.

2:09:55.472,2:09:56.731
[br]MATT: That is 18 to hit.

2:09:56.731,2:09:57.592
[br]TRAVIS: That hits.

2:09:57.592,2:10:02.784
MATT: All right. You take six points of[br]piercing damage.

2:10:02.784,2:10:03.523
[br]TRAVIS: Okay.

2:10:03.523,2:10:06.722
[br]MATT: It's a two-handed spear. Make another[br]constitution saving throw.

2:10:07.212,2:10:08.324
[br]TALIESIN: With a d4.

2:10:08.643,2:10:10.992
[br]TRAVIS: Thank you. It's a 21.

2:10:10.992,2:10:22.101
[br]MATT: You're fine. This gnoll here is going to[br]drop the arrows and rush up to this guy here, at a

2:10:22.101,2:10:31.265
speed of 30 feet. She'll sit up here and shoot an[br]arrow. Can't quite get full movement there.

2:10:33.226,2:10:36.823
Cocked. Misses! Goes wide.

2:10:36.954,2:10:37.970
TALIESIN: Finally.

2:10:39.170,2:10:40.516
MATT: Nott, you're up.

2:10:40.516,2:10:51.280
[br]SAM: I'm running that way, full sprint. (quick[br]footsteps, scream) Do I see the mage?

2:10:51.470,2:10:56.769
[br]MATT: You do. They have three-quarters cover.

2:10:57.739,2:10:59.791
[br]TALIESIN: But you have Sharpshooter, right?

2:10:59.791,2:11:03.760
[br]SAM: No, I have Crossbow Master.

2:11:03.760,2:11:06.021
[br]TALIESIN: Crossbow-- which ignores three-quarters[br]cover?

2:11:06.021,2:11:07.081
[br]SAM: I don't think so.

2:11:07.081,2:11:08.261
[br]MATT: Let me double-check.

2:11:08.261,2:11:09.509
[br]SAM: I don't think so.

2:11:09.509,2:11:10.380
[br]TALIESIN: Maybe.

2:11:10.760,2:11:12.318
[br]LAURA: Maybe, though?

2:11:12.318,2:11:13.411
[br]MATT: Nope, it doesn't.

2:11:13.411,2:11:14.701
[br]TALIESIN: Nope, never mind.

2:11:14.701,2:11:17.270
[br]SAM: Three-quarters cover means I roll at[br]disadvantage?

2:11:17.270,2:11:19.981
[br]MATT: No, it means it gets a plus five to its[br]armor class.

2:11:19.981,2:11:20.711
[br]SAM: Oh, damn.

2:11:20.711,2:11:23.281
[br]TALIESIN: So you'd have to roll really high to hit[br]him.

2:11:23.281,2:11:24.951
[br]LAURA: Like basically a natural 20.

2:11:24.951,2:11:26.070
[br]SAM: Well, then, if I--

2:11:26.070,2:11:27.246
[br]MATT: You can do it still.

2:11:27.246,2:11:30.771
[br]SAM: Can I bonus action dash, and keep running so[br]I can see his full body?

2:11:30.771,2:11:36.120
[br]MATT: You can. (counting) That works.

2:11:36.120,2:11:37.816
[br]SAM: Okay, let's try that.

2:11:38.226,2:11:39.260
[br]TALIESIN: Add a d4.

2:11:39.260,2:11:44.151
[br]SAM: Yeah, thank you. 14 plus nine.

2:11:44.151,2:11:45.349
[br]LAURA: Yeah!

2:11:45.349,2:11:47.060
[br]MATT: That hits. Roll damage.

2:11:47.060,2:11:51.707
[br]SAM: And he's engaged, so I'm going to take that[br]sneak attack!

2:11:53.125,2:11:54.698
[br]LAURA: That's good.

2:11:54.698,2:11:58.609
[br]SAM: Yeah, it is. 27 points of damage.

2:11:58.609,2:11:59.883
[br]MATT: Ooh, nice!

2:12:01.343,2:12:06.427
[br]SAM: And that's all I got. I used action, bonus,[br]run-- that's it. That's all I got.

2:12:06.427,2:12:08.048
[br]LAURA: No Fury of the Small again?

2:12:08.048,2:12:10.100
[br]SAM: Nope. Just once per rest.

2:12:10.100,2:12:12.884
[br]MATT: That finishes your go, Nott. Yasha's turn.

2:12:12.884,2:12:19.582
[br]TRAVIS: Yasha will rush up on the Kryn, and will[br]grab the Magician's Judge.

2:12:20.612,2:12:22.475
[br]MATT: To where? Here?

2:12:22.675,2:12:30.068
[br]TRAVIS: Anywhere that's within melee is great. And[br]take two swipes.

2:12:30.068,2:12:31.138
[br]MATT: Go for it.

2:12:31.138,2:12:36.458
[br]TRAVIS: Reckless. That is a 23 to hit.

2:12:37.118,2:12:38.165
[br]MATT: 23 hits.

2:12:38.235,2:12:43.591
[br]TRAVIS: The first one has the Divine Fury, which[br]is 3d-- Are you <i>fucking</i> kidding me?

2:12:44.451,2:12:45.500
[br]MARISHA: That's bad.

2:12:45.960,2:12:56.612
[br]TRAVIS: Only one of those. I'm going to just roll[br]one. Damn it. (counting) All right, so ten points

2:12:56.612,2:12:57.627
of slashing damage.

2:12:57.627,2:12:58.444
[br]MATT: Okay.

2:12:58.914,2:13:00.120
[br]TALIESIN: Doubled.

2:13:00.730,2:13:01.614
[br]TRAVIS: Why?

2:13:01.614,2:13:04.442
[br]TALIESIN: Because I'm doubling this first attack.

2:13:04.442,2:13:06.400
[br]MATT: With his ability Eyes of the Grave.

2:13:06.400,2:13:07.379
[br]TRAVIS: So 14?

2:13:07.909,2:13:11.665
[br]MATT: No, double the dice, is what it is. Plus the[br]bonus.

2:13:11.665,2:13:14.340
[br]TALIESIN: Is it double the dice? I thought they[br]have--

2:13:14.340,2:13:17.294
[br]MATT: Oh, no, they're vulnerable to it. So it is[br]double damage.

2:13:17.294,2:13:19.052
[br]TRAVIS: Okay, so 20 on the first one.

2:13:19.052,2:13:21.063
[br]MATT: It's not a crit, but that's amazing.

2:13:21.063,2:13:22.117
[br]MARISHA: That's cool.

2:13:22.117,2:13:25.016
[br]TRAVIS: Reckless for the second attack, which is[br]22 to hit.

2:13:25.016,2:13:26.164
[br]MATT: 22 hits.

2:13:26.164,2:13:31.388
[br]TRAVIS: Awesome. That is 16.

2:13:31.388,2:13:34.690
[br]MATT: Stunning Strike is my fucking bane. 16[br]points of damage.

2:13:34.690,2:13:36.073
[br]MARISHA: Is he still stunned?

2:13:36.073,2:13:40.500
[br]MATT: No, but there's an entire round of combat[br]where he just-- everyone got to fuck with him.

2:13:40.500,2:13:42.166
[br]TRAVIS: 19, sorry. I forgot raging.

2:13:42.166,2:13:46.130
[br]MATT: All right. Cool. I mean, good for you.

2:13:46.130,2:13:47.246
[br]TRAVIS: And that's it.

2:13:47.246,2:13:55.821
[br]MATT: Awesome. That finishes your go for Yasha,[br]top of the round. Now it's the Kryn's turn. He's

2:13:55.821,2:14:17.909
going to bonus action, he's going to manifest its[br]echo, right there. It's then going to make-- yeah,

2:14:17.909,2:14:20.574
he's going to take all three attacks against[br]you, Jester.

2:14:20.574,2:14:21.689
[br]SAM: Oh no.

2:14:21.689,2:14:23.021
[br]LAURA: No, that makes sense.

2:14:23.021,2:14:24.310
[br]MARiSHA: Slicey blade dude?

2:14:24.310,2:14:25.021
[br]MATT: Yep.

2:14:25.021,2:14:25.837
[br]MARISHA: Slicey--

2:14:25.837,2:14:27.042
[br]TRAVIS: Sentinel?

2:14:27.042,2:14:28.909
[br]MATT: Yasha gets Sentinel attack.

2:14:29.399,2:14:31.724
[br]MARISHA: Because I'm not there. She can do it.

2:14:33.604,2:14:46.434
MATT: First attack against you. That is 21 to hit.[br]Yasha can make her attack. You take 18 points

2:14:46.434,2:14:47.571
of slashing damage.

2:14:47.571,2:14:48.380
[br]LAURA: Okay.

2:14:48.380,2:14:50.826
[br]SAM: Okay, that's fine. Shrug that off.

2:14:51.196,2:14:52.293
[br]TRAVIS: 20 to hit?

2:14:52.563,2:14:53.564
[br]MATT: That hits.

2:14:58.724,2:15:00.559
[br]TRAVIS: (counting)

2:15:00.559,2:15:06.703
[br]MATT: Actually, it's going to use its reaction to[br]use Shadow Martyr. No, it didn't roll high enough.

2:15:06.703,2:15:08.446
So yeah, it still takes the damage.

2:15:08.446,2:15:10.345
[br]TRAVIS: 15 points of slashing damage.

2:15:10.345,2:15:16.969
MATT: He's starting to breathe heavy. He's looking[br]really rough. Second strike against you.

2:15:17.619,2:15:19.711
It's going to be 20 to hit.

2:15:19.711,2:15:20.530
[br]LAURA: Yes.

2:15:22.660,2:15:25.272
[br]MATT: That is 16 points of slashing damage.

2:15:25.272,2:15:26.705
[br]LAURA: Cool. Yeah, I'm fine.

2:15:26.705,2:15:31.323
[br]MATT: The first strike hits you with the blade,[br]and all of a sudden out of the corner of your eye,

2:15:31.323,2:15:36.545
a shadow version of it appears, cuts through you,[br]and then vanishes. Right as you're reacting from

2:15:36.545,2:15:41.761
that, above you a spark of dark energy in the[br]shape of a warrior comes streaking down from above

2:15:41.761,2:15:45.639
for a third strike. That is going to be[br]18 to hit?

2:15:46.069,2:15:47.046
[br]LAURA: 18.

2:15:47.136,2:15:50.039
[br]MATT: Still hits you. That is--

2:15:50.039,2:15:51.850
[br]LAURA: I wish I had the Bless.

2:15:54.700,2:15:58.122
[br]MATT: It won't help for this, unfortunately. 15[br]points of slashing damage.

2:15:59.012,2:16:00.218
[br]SAM: Easy. No problem.

2:16:00.218,2:16:02.169
[br]MATT: It's going to get an action surge--

2:16:02.169,2:16:06.797
[br]LAURA: (groan) Oh no! Why you do this to me?! I[br]said you looked nice tonight!

2:16:06.797,2:16:10.916
[br]MATT: (chuckling) I know you did. This isn't me.[br]This is him.

2:16:10.916,2:16:12.338
[br]LIAM: That was Matt.

2:16:12.338,2:16:14.250
[br]TRAVIS: He's smiling under that helm.

2:16:14.250,2:16:16.550
[br]MATT: It's going to--

2:16:16.550,2:16:21.059
[br]LAURA: Oh yeah! I'm going to use my reaction of[br]Hellish Rebuke.

2:16:21.059,2:16:23.618
[br]MATT: Go for it! All right. So roll damage on[br]that.

2:16:23.988,2:16:25.517
[br]LIAM: Maybe you'll kill him.

2:16:25.527,2:16:28.000
LAURA: Do I have to roll to attack on[br]Hellish Rebuke?

2:16:28.000,2:16:33.179
[br]MATT: No, it's a saving throw against your Hellish[br]Rebuke. What's the save on that? Is it dexterity,

2:16:33.179,2:16:34.054
or wisdom?

2:16:34.054,2:16:36.966
[br]LAURA: Hellish Rebuke, I think, is based on[br]charisma?

2:16:36.966,2:16:40.418
MATT: Well, the DC of the ability is based on[br]your charisma.

2:16:40.418,2:16:42.572
[br]LAURA: Okay, yeah. Sorry.

2:16:42.572,2:16:43.521
[br]MATT: It's okay.

2:16:43.531,2:16:44.793
[br]LIAM: It's been two weeks.

2:16:45.003,2:16:47.624
[br]LAURA: Hellish Rebuke. It's 12.

2:16:47.624,2:16:54.091
[br]MATT: 12. Okay. That is-- What's the ability for[br]Hellish Rebuke?

2:16:54.091,2:16:54.971
[br]LAURA: Dex.

2:16:54.971,2:16:59.921
[br]MATT: Dex, yeah. That puts him at 12 actually,[br]exactly. He rolled a nine, plus three.

2:17:00.211,2:17:02.783
LAURA: Sweet. So he doesn't take anything,[br]or does he--

2:17:02.783,2:17:04.073
[br]MATT: He takes half damage.

2:17:04.073,2:17:05.039
[br]SAM: Oh! Okay, okay.

2:17:06.709,2:17:12.054
[br]LAURA: I have a 16, so eight points of cold[br]damage. As I just go, (shouting) Ow!

2:17:12.054,2:17:19.672
[br]MATT: (groan) You see the ice shards through the[br]armor, bits of it filling the gaps in its plate

2:17:19.672,2:17:21.404
where it's been taking wounds--

2:17:21.404,2:17:31.250
[br]LAURA: Ooh! Oh, it's probably too late to say. I[br]have my duplicate within five feet, so if my

2:17:31.250,2:17:33.995
duplicate's up, it's like a thing!

2:17:33.995,2:17:37.117
[br]SAM: Oh, it's a 50/50 chance which one they[br]attack, right?

2:17:37.117,2:17:38.499
[br]LAURA: Or something; hold on.

2:17:38.499,2:17:39.657
[br]MATT: I'll double check.

2:17:40.537,2:17:43.493
[br]SAM: They have to roll to see which one's the[br]right one, right?

2:17:43.993,2:17:46.247
[br]TALIESIN: New stuff! We have new stuff!

2:17:46.517,2:17:53.028
LAURA: No, this is old. I just am never attacking.[br]<i>I</i> have advantage on attack rolls, that's what it--

2:17:53.028,2:17:56.972
[br]MATT: Correct. That's what it does. So it doesn't[br]have an effect that. Now you know.

2:17:57.542,2:17:58.802
[br]LAURA: Motherfuck!

2:17:58.852,2:18:11.761
[br]MATT: So action surge, next attack on you, 21! Ten[br]plus 11. You take 17 points of slashing damage.

2:18:11.761,2:18:12.833
[br]LAURA: I'm done.

2:18:13.013,2:18:14.153
[br]TRAVIS: Unconscious?

2:18:14.373,2:18:16.081
[br]MATT: Jester's unconscious.

2:18:17.051,2:18:22.608
[br]LAURA: It's my fault. I went up there, you know? I[br]was being brave.

2:18:22.608,2:18:23.891
[br]MARISHA: He hit real hard.

2:18:25.121,2:18:34.304
[br]MATT: The figure goes away. After cutting through[br]Jester, you watch as another one of its shadow

2:18:34.304,2:18:42.953
forms appear, and it's going to cut through the[br]guy behind him. Misses! Natural five. Wait. Plus

2:18:42.953,2:18:54.302
11. No, that still hits. The shadow version steps[br]up behind the wounded dragonborn (panting) and

2:18:54.302,2:19:02.673
then carves across his throat. (groan) Falls off.[br]The shadow clone echo dissipates. The third and

2:19:02.673,2:19:11.506
final one is going to strike down towards... Yasha[br]looks pretty beefy, it's going to attack you. It's

2:19:11.506,2:19:15.595
technically with advantage because you're on the[br]ground.

2:19:15.595,2:19:16.828
[br]LAURA: I mean, I'm unconscious.

2:19:16.828,2:19:20.628
[br]MATT: Yeah. Well, I mean, it has to still roll.[br]Wait no, it's an automatic crit.

2:19:20.628,2:19:24.489
[br]TALIESIN: Can I discount the auto crit?

2:19:24.489,2:19:26.918
[br]MATT: You've already used your reaction to[br]improve--

2:19:26.918,2:19:28.452
[br]TALIESIN: Fuck, I have; motherfucker.

2:19:28.452,2:19:30.934
[br]MATT: So it's two death saving throws on you,[br]Jester.

2:19:30.934,2:19:34.772
[br]SAM: Ooh boy. Who is near her?

2:19:34.772,2:19:36.356
[br]TALIESIN: I'm fine. I got it.

2:19:36.356,2:19:38.697
[br]MATT: It's going to go (counting)--

2:19:38.697,2:19:40.314
[br]TALIESIN: Oh, is Yasha going to--?

2:19:40.314,2:19:42.169
[br]LAURA: Yasha already took her reaction.

2:19:42.169,2:19:42.972
[br]MATT: 25, 30.

2:19:42.972,2:19:44.464
[br]MARISHA: Piece of fucking shit!

2:19:44.464,2:19:47.130
SAM: Wait, when he moved away, does anyone get[br]an attack?

2:19:47.130,2:19:49.775
[br]MATT: Nope, because Yasha already used her[br]reaction.

2:19:49.775,2:19:52.628
[br]LAURA: When I came over there, I thought Beau was[br]next to me.

2:19:52.628,2:19:56.294
[br]MARISHA: But she hit him, but it wasn't in an[br]escape, so does she get to move?

2:19:56.294,2:19:58.626
[br]TRAVIS: Wait, Sentinel drops them to zero, right?

2:19:58.626,2:20:02.109
[br]MARISHA: But I think it's when they're fleeing. I[br]don't know if it counts.

2:20:02.109,2:20:05.627
[br]MATT: Wait, so can she hit him with the thing, and[br]it might have done that.

2:20:05.627,2:20:07.292
[br]MARISHA: She hit him with Sentinel.

2:20:07.292,2:20:10.057
[br]MATT: That's right. Hold on. It might prevent the[br]movement.

2:20:10.057,2:20:12.157
[br]MARISHA: She drops him to zero, but let me--

2:20:12.157,2:20:14.298
[br]MATT: You're right. It might do it based on--

2:20:14.298,2:20:16.017
[br]TRAVIS: (singing) Handbooker Helper!

2:20:16.017,2:20:19.539
[br]TALIESIN: Is an action surge a bonus, or can you[br]just take an action surge?

2:20:19.539,2:20:21.776
[br]MATT: You were a fighter, you should know this!

2:20:21.776,2:20:24.112
[br]TALIESIN: I should know this, but I'm so[br]panicked!

2:20:24.112,2:20:26.540
[br]MATT: No, you just take it, it's not a bonus[br]action.

2:20:26.540,2:20:28.300
[br]TALIESIN: That's right. Motherfucker!

2:20:28.300,2:20:32.544
[br]MARISHA: "When you hit a creature with an[br]opportunity attack, the creature's speed becomes

2:20:32.544,2:20:34.067
"zero for the rest of the turn."

2:20:34.067,2:20:38.309
[br]MATT: An <i>opportunity</i> attack. It wasn't an[br]opportunity attack, though. It says here, with--

2:20:38.309,2:20:42.746
[br]MARISHA: "Creatures within five feet of you[br]provoke opportunity attacks from you, even if they

2:20:42.746,2:20:47.465
"take the disengage action. When a creature within[br]five feet of you makes an attack against a target

2:20:47.465,2:20:52.362
"other than you, and the target doesn't have-- you[br]can use your reaction to make a melee weapon attack."

2:20:52.362,2:20:57.032
[br]MATT: A melee weapon attack is not an opportunity[br]attack, so it did not reduce his speed. Sorry. It

2:20:57.032,2:21:01.559
only reduces their speed if they're moving away[br]that triggers it. It does not reduce their speed

2:21:01.559,2:21:03.604
if they get hit from hitting somebody else.

2:21:03.604,2:21:05.658
[br]LIAM: It's that they're planted and attack.

2:21:05.658,2:21:06.361
[br]MATT: Correct.

2:21:06.361,2:21:07.070
[br]LIAM: Got it.

2:21:07.070,2:21:09.736
[br]MATT: All right. That finishes its turn. Beau,[br]you're up.

2:21:09.736,2:21:10.444
[br]SAM: Boof.

2:21:10.444,2:21:14.154
[br]MARISHA: Wait, Nott or Yasha didn't go? Jester[br]just went, and it was that guy--

2:21:14.154,2:21:17.678
[br]MATT: Well no. We're at the top of the round. He's[br]at the top of the round.

2:21:17.678,2:21:20.948
[br]MARISHA: Oh. Oh, fuck me! Is someone else getting[br]Jes?

2:21:20.948,2:21:25.911
[br]TALIESIN: I got Jes. Something awful is going to[br]happen.

2:21:26.681,2:21:30.164
[br]MARISHA: 45. He's 45 feet away from me, right?[br]That guy?

2:21:30.164,2:21:31.506
[br]MATT: You don't know. Maybe.

2:21:32.086,2:21:34.676
[br]MARISHA: I think he is. I'm going to make the[br]run.

2:21:36.326,2:21:40.872
[br]MATT and MARISHA: (counting) 45.

2:21:41.672,2:21:43.032
[br]MARISHA: Motherf--!

2:21:44.492,2:21:49.067
[br]MATT: You're running past the giant flames. It's[br]not hurting you, but it's super hot, and you can

2:21:49.067,2:21:52.059
hear them right next to you, and he's <i>just</i> out[br]of reach.

2:21:55.909,2:21:57.499
MARISHA: That sucks.

2:22:03.286,2:22:07.422
I'm going to do it. I'm going to[br]spend a ki point to close the five feet.

2:22:07.422,2:22:09.757
It seems really wasteful of a ki point, but...

2:22:09.757,2:22:10.811
[br]MATT: You move in.

2:22:10.811,2:22:15.231
[br]MARISHA: I'm doing it. Pop pop!

2:22:15.231,2:22:16.983
[br]MATT: Go for it! Make your attacks.

2:22:16.983,2:22:28.557
[br]MARISHA: Oh my god. Try and find right under his[br]helmet. That nerve. I've been using my fists

2:22:28.557,2:22:33.186
because they're magical. Has anyone hit this guy[br]with a non-magical attack? You have, right?

2:22:34.016,2:22:35.371
[br]TRAVIS: Who, the Kryn?

2:22:35.371,2:22:38.455
[br]TALIESIN: I assume the fighters have been--

2:22:38.455,2:22:40.456
[br]MARISHA: Hitting with non-magical attacks?

2:22:40.456,2:22:41.133
[br]TALIESIN: Yeah.

2:22:41.133,2:22:43.035
[br]MARISHA: I'm going to hit with my staff.

2:22:43.035,2:22:43.925
[br]MATT: Go for it.

2:22:43.925,2:22:45.018
[br]TALIESIN: Plus a d4.

2:22:45.018,2:22:47.866
[br]LIAM: One of them's cocked. 12 is cocked.

2:22:47.866,2:22:49.017
[br]MATT: Yeah. Reroll that.

2:22:49.017,2:22:50.064
[br]MARISHA: No, it's not!

2:22:50.064,2:22:54.585
[br]LIAM: We discounted a-- It was, before you moved[br]it. We've thrown out a 20 that was that cocked!

2:22:54.585,2:22:56.915
[br]MATT: It is now. It's 12. It's fine. She chose[br]it.

2:22:56.915,2:22:59.951
[br]MARISHA: It should still be good. Yes. Hits.

2:22:59.951,2:23:01.732
[br]MATT: That hits. Go ahead and roll damage.

2:23:04.932,2:23:06.021
[br]MARISHA: Six damage.

2:23:06.021,2:23:07.373
[br]MATT: Six damage, all right.

2:23:07.373,2:23:13.459
[br]MARISHA: Stunning Strike. Right? Just going for[br]that jawline, going for that nerve!

2:23:15.059,2:23:19.224
[br]MATT: He's stunned. Natural seven.

2:23:20.354,2:23:22.188
[br]TALIESIN: (groans)

2:23:24.498,2:23:25.832
[br]MARISHA: Punching him again.

2:23:25.832,2:23:29.214
[br]MATT: Go for it. You have advantage on the strike,[br]because he's stunned.

2:23:30.503,2:23:37.509
[br]MARISHA: Yep. It hits, I'm sorry. 23.

2:23:37.509,2:23:39.732
[br]MATT: 23. That hits. Go and roll damage.

2:23:39.827,2:23:44.710
[br]MARISHA: Still using my staff. Oh, that's good![br]13.

2:23:44.880,2:23:53.946
[br]MATT: Nice! (crack, panting) Yeah? That's your[br]turn, right?

2:23:53.946,2:23:56.048
[br]MARISHA: He's looking bad? Well, I have a bo--

2:23:56.048,2:23:57.807
[br]MATT: No, you used your bonus action.

2:23:57.807,2:24:01.494
[br]MARISHA: Nope, I used it to Step of the Wind. Yep![br]That's my turn. That's my turn!

2:24:01.494,2:24:02.930
[br]MATT: Caleb, you're up.

2:24:03.430,2:24:09.385
[br]LIAM: I checked a line of sight over Travis'[br]shoulder so I can see the magic user's head, so

2:24:09.385,2:24:13.812
I'm going to just going to toss a Fire Bolt his[br]way. Three-quarter covers--

2:24:13.812,2:24:14.736
MATT: Go for it.

2:24:14.736,2:24:15.592
LIAM: --The enemy.

2:24:15.672,2:24:17.542
[br]LAURA: Nugget is very concerned right now.

2:24:17.542,2:24:19.164
LIAM: It's at disadvantage, right?

2:24:19.164,2:24:20.979
[br]MATT: No, it gets plus five to its AC.

2:24:20.979,2:24:22.332
[br]LIAM: Oh, he gets plus five.

2:24:22.442,2:24:25.252
[br]TALIESIN: Plus d4 to your attack, if you're doing[br]an attack.

2:24:25.252,2:24:43.166
[br]LIAM: Yes, I am. That's pretty good, hold on.[br]Plus, shit. Shit balls. (muttering) Goddamn it.

2:24:43.166,2:24:48.494
Can't remember my shit; coming up, I think it's[br]plus six, so 26.

2:24:48.494,2:24:50.534
[br]MATT: 26 hits! Go ahead and roll damage.

2:24:50.534,2:24:56.565
[br]LIAM: Okay. That's 2d10. Ten.

2:24:56.925,2:25:02.521
[br]MATT: Ten points of fire damage. Off the side of[br]his shoulder, pats it out.

2:25:02.521,2:25:07.254
[br]LIAM: And I'm going to use my movement, which is[br]halved because the gravitational effect, I think,

2:25:07.254,2:25:15.425
to go over behind that tall outcropping of rock[br]upstage. I'm going to-- no, right up against the

2:25:15.425,2:25:23.995
one that's-- no, behind this; hiding from the[br]magic user. And for my bonus action, I'm just

2:25:23.995,2:25:27.499
going to pull out a healing potion, and not drink[br]it and just hold it.

2:25:27.499,2:25:30.069
[br]MATT: Okay. You got it. That finishes your turn,[br]Caleb?

2:25:30.069,2:25:30.786
[br]LIAM: <i>Ja</i>.

2:25:30.786,2:25:35.365
[br]MATT: All right. It's now the mage's turn. The[br]mage is going to take an attack of opportunity

2:25:35.365,2:25:38.605
from the barlgura. So go ahead and roll for a[br]strike.

2:25:39.791,2:25:48.182
[br]TRAVIS: (singsong) Pull that back up! Bite attack:[br]that's a 13.

2:25:48.382,2:25:57.518
[br]MATT: 13 misses. Wide swing, just as the mage[br]ducks down beneath. (counting)

2:25:57.544,2:25:59.097
[br]SAM and LAURA: Oh no!

2:25:59.367,2:26:05.721
[br]MATT: Reaches over and grabs him and you watch as[br]they both vanish. Dimension Dooring out of sight.

2:26:06.306,2:26:11.645
[br]MARISHA: I can't do anything with them? Does that[br]provoke an attack of opportunity?

2:26:11.645,2:26:20.046
[br]MATT: Nope. It's a Teleport. The flames flicker,[br]and you angrily stomp around the space where it

2:26:20.046,2:26:23.892
was. You glance about. Make a perception check.

2:26:27.133,2:26:27.916
[br]MARISHA: 15.

2:26:29.136,2:26:34.122
[br]MATT: It's hard to tell on the horizon where they[br]went, amongst the rocks and other bits of terrain.

2:26:34.122,2:26:39.639
They're out of sight. The flames still burning[br]from the fire wall, and you look about and can see

2:26:39.639,2:26:46.182
the various scattered dead bodies of the various[br]rangers who you had just met. And that's where

2:26:46.182,2:26:47.657
we're going to take our break.

2:26:48.467,2:26:50.660
[br]SAM: That was a satisfying fight?

2:26:50.660,2:26:52.183
[br]LIAM: Lot of cool shit happened.

2:26:52.183,2:26:53.821
[br]MATT: A lot of cool shit happened.

2:26:53.821,2:26:56.247
[br]TRAVIS: We're not technically out of initiative[br]yet.

2:26:56.247,2:26:56.991
[br]MATT: No!

2:26:56.991,2:26:58.043
[br]LIAM: There's a gnoll!

2:26:58.043,2:27:01.044
[br]MATT: I know. We're going to come back at that[br]here in a second.

2:27:01.044,2:27:02.329
[br]SAM: Jester is almost dead.

2:27:02.329,2:27:04.054
[br]TALIESIN: Jester's fine. I got that.

2:27:04.054,2:27:06.629
[br]MATT: Well, how many hit points does the barlgura[br]have?

2:27:06.629,2:27:07.384
[br]TRAVIS: 33.

2:27:07.384,2:27:11.960
[br]MATT: I'll say for the purposes, because otherwise[br]we'll be running through the motions here. The

2:27:11.960,2:27:16.896
gnoll's not going to last very long, and barlgura[br]either, with all of you guys focused on it. You

2:27:16.896,2:27:21.805
quickly dispatch the barlgura and the gnoll, take[br]a moment to breathe--

2:27:21.805,2:27:23.458
[br]TALIESIN: You're at 30 hit points.

2:27:23.458,2:27:25.536
[br]LAURA: I'm at 30 hit points. I'm not dead.

2:27:25.536,2:27:28.203
[br]MATT: There you go. And then we're going to take a[br]break.

2:27:28.203,2:27:29.069
[br]TRAVIS: Okay!

2:27:29.849,2:27:40.676
[br]MATT: Tonight, as our Wyrmwood giveaway, we have[br]this delightful cherrywood dice box from our

2:27:40.676,2:27:47.696
friends here, leather interior, to give away. To[br]possibly win this, head on over to the Twitch chat

2:27:47.696,2:27:52.641
on the Critical Role Twitch stream, that's[br]twitch.tv/criticalrole. Enter the keyword "date"!

2:27:52.641,2:27:58.143
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2:27:58.143,2:28:02.437
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2:28:02.437,2:28:06.268
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2:28:06.268,2:28:08.283
[br]TRAVIS: Nice. Hey hey, we didn't die!

2:28:08.283,2:28:09.384
[br]MARISHA: We didn't die!

2:28:09.384,2:28:10.247
[br]MATT: That's true!

2:28:10.247,2:28:16.936
[br][break]

2:46:13.011,2:46:17.338
[br]MATT: And welcome back, everyone. Before we get[br]into it, we'll have Laura and Travis joining us in

2:46:17.338,2:46:20.201
just a second. They're dealing with mommy/daddy[br]stuff.

2:46:20.201,2:46:21.989
[br]SAM: (loudly) They are fucking!

2:46:21.989,2:46:23.751
[br]MARISHA: Just a quickie.

2:46:23.861,2:46:31.995
[br]MATT: We do have a winner for our giveaway, which[br]is procrastinate_or. Procrastinate underscore O-R,

2:46:31.998,2:46:40.168
congratulations. You won tonight, we'll have that[br]sent to you ASAP. Well done. So, bringing us back

2:46:40.168,2:46:45.983
in: there, standing amongst the base of the[br]Ashkeeper Peaks, overlooking the wastes of Xhorhas

2:46:45.983,2:46:51.094
before you and the path you've chosen to take, you[br]can see the various slaughtered gnolls scattered

2:46:51.094,2:46:56.819
amongst the nearby rock and stone, as well as the[br]bodies of the individuals you had even just

2:46:56.819,2:47:04.326
previously met-- this scouting regiment out of[br]Bladegarden. Only three survivors remain, and

2:47:04.326,2:47:11.206
they, not even acknowledging your presence, start[br]gathering the corpses of their friends and laying

2:47:11.206,2:47:15.658
them side by side, checking them for any goods[br]that they won't be needing.

2:47:15.658,2:47:19.566
[br]MARISHA: I don't say anything, but I just slowly[br]start helping them.

2:47:20.636,2:47:21.464
[br]MATT: Okay.

2:47:22.433,2:47:25.574
[br]SAM: (trickling liquid)

2:47:25.574,2:47:26.778
[br]LIAM: Full bladder?

2:47:27.747,2:47:30.177
[br]SAM: Sorry. Did you ever heal Jester?

2:47:30.477,2:47:38.641
TALIESIN: Aw, shit. Jester's dead now, I assume.[br]Yeah, I healed Jester. I'm taking care of Jester for this.

2:47:42.415,2:47:44.209
[br]LIAM: How many of them are left?

2:47:44.869,2:47:46.035
[br]MATT: There are three.

2:47:46.035,2:47:46.738
[br]LIAM: Three.

2:47:46.738,2:47:49.340
[br]MATT: Three survivors of what was originally 11.

2:47:49.640,2:47:52.028
[br]MARISHA: Three of 11, wow.

2:47:52.658,2:47:55.721
[br]SAM: Anything on any of the gnolls' bodies?

2:47:55.921,2:47:57.938
[br]MATT: You can make an investigation check.

2:47:58.672,2:47:59.709
[br]SAM: 22.

2:48:00.299,2:48:09.731
[br]MATT: 22, all right. Amongst the gnolls, you[br]manage to pull together what comes to about 26

2:48:09.731,2:48:13.262
gold pieces, 16 silver pieces, and 31 copper.

2:48:13.262,2:48:17.842
[br]LAURA: Aw, man. Imagine what kind of loot we would[br]have gotten off the other guys.

2:48:17.842,2:48:21.678
[br]MARISHA: I know. There are only three of the Muck[br]Men left.

2:48:21.678,2:48:23.144
[br]LAURA: Did we loot them?

2:48:23.144,2:48:24.621
[br]SAM: (laughing) They're alive.

2:48:24.621,2:48:27.361
[br]MATT: There are three living Muck Men that are[br]currently--

2:48:27.361,2:48:29.651
[br]MARISHA: They are gathering their dead brethren.

2:48:29.661,2:48:32.231
[br]MATT: Caduceus has brought you from the brink of[br]death.

2:48:32.231,2:48:34.662
[br]TALIESIN: Mm-hmm. You're feeling okay, though.

2:48:34.662,2:48:38.315
[br]LAURA: I feel pretty good, minus the fact that I[br]almost died.

2:48:38.905,2:48:41.808
[br]LIAM: I'm going to start limping over to the[br]closest Muck Man.

2:48:42.168,2:48:51.268
[br]MATT: You walk over and you see a stern-faced[br]woman with ratty, brown, mousy hair that is pulled

2:48:51.268,2:48:56.704
into a tight braid that disappears into the back[br]of the hood. The hood is currently slipped back,

2:48:56.704,2:49:02.528
she looks-- blood pooling down one side of the[br]forehead that has now begun to dry and mingle with

2:49:02.528,2:49:07.750
the sweat. She doesn't pay any attention as you[br]approach and is in the process of folding arms

2:49:07.750,2:49:09.893
over and checking pockets.

2:49:10.193,2:49:16.720
[br]LIAM: Smear away the blood coming out of my eyes[br]and nose from that gravitational bullshit and will

2:49:16.720,2:49:29.556
crouch down next to her and attempt to help in any[br]way I can, and ask: How-- hoo, my head-- frequent

2:49:29.556,2:49:30.692
a thing is this?

2:49:32.402,2:49:40.382
[br]MATT: "This is not very frequent. We usually do[br]not have to reveal ourselves for others. It was

2:49:40.382,2:49:46.858
"careless of Kaulden. But a lesson he paid for."

2:49:47.708,2:49:52.551
[br]LIAM: How far off are you from the nearest group[br]of your brethren?

2:49:53.531,2:49:58.388
[br]MATT: "As far as I know, there are maybe three[br]other scouting regiments out amongst the

2:49:58.388,2:50:06.062
"Ashkeepers, but we all keep to ourselves. We are[br]to return to Bladegarden within the week. Looks

2:50:06.062,2:50:13.819
"like we'll do our best to bring back what we can,[br]effects for the families. Unfortunately, we're not

2:50:13.819,2:50:15.494
"enough to carry the bodies back."

2:50:19.234,2:50:21.932
[br]SAM: Do we need to bury them or burn them or--

2:50:21.932,2:50:23.820
[br]LIAM: What do you want to do with them?

2:50:25.676,2:50:33.560
[br]MATT: You can see her eyes flitter amongst the[br]corpses and go, "I'm not superstitious, but I do

2:50:33.560,2:50:44.205
"know of the whispers of various necromantic[br]terrors to the far east. I say probably best we

2:50:44.205,2:50:55.349
"burn them." She continues to rummage through and[br]pulls out some coin, pulls out some arrows. Takes

2:50:55.349,2:51:00.480
off a section of the armor and inspects it; it's[br]too damaged. Sets it back down.

2:51:00.930,2:51:05.561
[br]LIAM: To the east. If we head east, we are going[br]to have problems with the undead?

2:51:05.691,2:51:08.122
[br]MATT: "I don't know. I have not been that far[br]east."

2:51:08.122,2:51:09.514
[br]LIAM: But you hear this.

2:51:09.754,2:51:21.341
[br]MATT: "I've heard that there are-- and this is old[br]history of Xhorhas. There were betrayers that were

2:51:21.341,2:51:29.720
"dabbling with various means of creating more[br]powerful armies. I've seen many different

2:51:29.720,2:51:36.590
"shadow-based creatures that wander the waste, but[br]I have not crossed undead myself. As I've said, I

2:51:36.590,2:51:39.870
"am not superstitious, but better safe[br]than sorry."

2:51:41.700,2:51:49.953
[br]LIAM: Okay, thank you. Excuse me. Caleb lies flat[br]on his back and stares at the sky and starts into

2:51:49.953,2:51:51.409
Arcane Recovery.

2:51:54.079,2:51:57.347
[br]MARISHA: You said you're heading straight back to[br]Bladegarden?

2:51:57.817,2:52:01.298
[br]MATT: "We're not going to do much good with a[br]small party like this."

2:52:01.298,2:52:06.029
[br]MARISHA: Are there more of you back at base camp?[br]Are you going to switch out the party?

2:52:06.029,2:52:13.391
MATT: "I think so, or at least replace those we've[br]lost and head back out. This is a time of war.

2:52:14.061,2:52:20.729
"We cannot stop until there is some end[br]to this insanity."

2:52:21.829,2:52:23.035
[br]MARISHA: I'm sorry.

2:52:24.825,2:52:31.198
[br]SAM: Did your fallen friends have any horses or[br]carts or any way of traveling?

2:52:31.996,2:52:37.634
MATT: "We travel by foot across the mountain[br]range. It's the safest to stay out of sight.

2:52:39.084,2:52:46.565
"If you're heading east, it's the safest for you as[br]well. It's very hard to stay out of sight when

2:52:46.565,2:52:48.937
"you're on horseback or carrying a cart."

2:52:49.817,2:52:55.474
[br]LAURA: Do those cloaks keep you hidden very well?[br]They blend in with the environment.

2:52:55.474,2:52:57.146
[br]MATT: "This is the intended color."

2:52:58.186,2:53:01.275
[br]LAURA: Do you have any extras you would be willing[br]to part with?

2:53:01.825,2:53:05.248
[br]MATT: She opens her hands amongst the various[br]bodies on the ground.

2:53:05.838,2:53:07.503
LAURA: I think we should take them.

2:53:07.503,2:53:08.626
[br]MARISHA: Yeah, I agree.

2:53:08.626,2:53:09.592
TALIESIN: Of course.

2:53:10.152,2:53:14.190
[br]MATT: There's enough for all of you, though a few[br]of them are bloodstained.

2:53:14.190,2:53:18.652
[br]LAURA: I can cast Mending on them. Try to clean[br]them up a little bit, heal them.

2:53:18.652,2:53:20.460
[br]MATT: Mending fixes; it doesn't clean.

2:53:20.460,2:53:21.274
[br]LAURA: Cool.

2:53:21.364,2:53:23.933
TALIESIN: They're going to get bloodstained[br]eventually.

2:53:23.943,2:53:27.471
[br]MATT: That's a Prestidigitation thing. (slurring)[br]Prestidigitation.

2:53:28.750,2:53:35.114
[br]TALIESIN: If you'd like, we can build a pyre and[br]wait till you've had some time to move on before

2:53:35.114,2:53:38.868
we set it. We'll set it when it's time for us to[br]leave, if that helps.

2:53:40.178,2:53:41.337
[br]MATT: I appreciate that.

2:53:41.337,2:53:42.287
TALIESIN: 'Course.

2:53:43.657,2:53:45.501
[br]MATT: Give us a few more minutes.

2:53:46.651,2:53:50.518
MARISHA: Take your time. Talk to me[br]before you leave.

2:53:52.191,2:53:59.176
[br]MATT: "All right." The three of them gather[br]whatever things seem to be important. They throw

2:53:59.176,2:54:05.911
the bodies on a pile, quietly bow their heads for[br]a moment of silence, and then turn back around,

2:54:05.911,2:54:12.790
throwing their cloaks over their shoulders, their hoods[br]up, bows at the side. The woman approaches you.

2:54:13.230,2:54:22.631
[br]MARISHA: In that time, I've scribbled a note to[br]Dairon. If you're heading anywhere, if you happen

2:54:22.631,2:54:30.057
to run into a soldier by the name of Dairon with[br]the Cobalt Soul, could you give this to her?

2:54:33.384,2:54:34.666
[br]MATT: "I'll do my best."

2:54:34.666,2:54:39.436
MARISHA: She was injured. Pretty sure here in[br]Ashgarden or Ashgrove--

2:54:40.176,2:54:41.176
[br]MATT: Bladegarden.

2:54:41.176,2:54:42.406
[br]MARISHA: That place.

2:54:43.086,2:54:44.205
[br]LIAM: Ashley Johnson.

2:54:44.415,2:54:45.513
[br]SAM: Garden garden.

2:54:46.323,2:54:48.015
[br]TALIESIN: The garden of earthly gardens.

2:54:48.335,2:54:50.491
[br]MARISHA: Last I heard, she was recovering in[br]Bladegarden.

2:54:51.131,2:54:53.468
[br]MATT: "Well, I'll ask around."

2:54:54.598,2:54:55.686
[br]MARISHA: Thank you.

2:54:56.476,2:55:06.164
[br]LAURA: I hate to ask this, but since you guys are[br]heading back, would you have any supplies that

2:55:06.164,2:55:14.527
would help us on our way out? Kaulden was going to[br]give us something, I think. It's a terrible ask, I know.

2:55:14.777,2:55:19.326
[br]MATT: "Well, we only need enough food for the[br]three of us to get back. Any sort of rations you

2:55:19.326,2:55:28.275
"would need for your journey, they're in that pile[br]there." There's a small cluster of satchels that

2:55:28.275,2:55:35.930
were taken from the bodies that look to contain[br]trail rations and other bits of edible materials

2:55:35.930,2:55:36.817
for the journey.

2:55:37.447,2:55:40.358
[br]LAURA: Cool, cool. I'll take one just to have.

2:55:40.358,2:55:43.662
[br]MATT: Okay, make an investigation check.

2:55:47.799,2:55:49.897
[br]LAURA: Ten! (grumbling)

2:55:51.037,2:55:52.518
[br]MATT: You find some food.

2:55:53.338,2:55:54.142
[br]LAURA: Balls.

2:55:54.352,2:55:55.272
[br]SAM: Good job.

2:55:55.272,2:55:56.188
[br]LAURA: Thanks.

2:55:57.401,2:56:05.259
MATT: The three of them gather, give you a nod,[br]stoic, emotionless. They've probably seen some

2:56:05.259,2:56:12.726
shit, and this is not an occurrence that is new to[br]them. They turn around and begin hiking their way

2:56:12.726,2:56:14.544
back up the side of the mountain.

2:56:17.461,2:56:26.219
[br]SAM: Well, this place is not great, but we knew[br]that coming in. We survived our first encounter

2:56:26.219,2:56:32.543
with baddies here, so we should look on[br]the bright side.

2:56:33.653,2:56:40.375
[br]LAURA: What if the whole city is filled with[br]people that are as strong as they were?

2:56:40.375,2:56:44.254
[br]TALIESIN: I think if that were true, the war would[br]be over by now.

2:56:45.744,2:56:48.205
[br]LAURA: That's true. That's true!

2:56:49.260,2:56:58.903
[br]TALIESIN: I think that probably they're mostly[br]people. We came across a couple very serious

2:56:58.903,2:57:02.995
people, and we're all standing.

2:57:02.995,2:57:05.185
[br]LAURA: (whispers) I don't like serious people.

2:57:05.185,2:57:05.983
SAM: Mm-mm.

2:57:06.483,2:57:13.798
[br]TALIESIN: If you'll give me a minute to help put[br]this pyre together, I can also give everybody a

2:57:13.798,2:57:17.827
little bit-- help heal a little bit.

2:57:18.237,2:57:21.572
[br]LAURA: How about you focus on that, and we'll get[br]the bodies together?

2:57:21.612,2:57:27.506
[br]TALIESIN: I'm going to cast Prayer of Healing[br](counting) on everybody but me.

2:57:27.506,2:57:29.269
[br]MARISHA: Are we taking a short rest?

2:57:29.269,2:57:30.522
[br]SAM: We can do that, too.

2:57:30.522,2:57:32.097
[br]TRAVIS: I'd be most appreciative.

2:57:32.097,2:57:36.295
[br]TALIESIN: I'll do both. I'm going to cast Prayer[br]of Healing, and we'll take a short rest.

2:57:36.295,2:57:37.292
[br]MATT: There you go.

2:57:37.292,2:57:40.518
[br]MARISHA: I'm going to lay down for a minute, get[br]my ki points back.

2:57:40.518,2:57:47.457
TALIESIN: That's 2d8 plus five. Everybody gains 13[br]hit points.

2:57:48.197,2:57:49.888
[br]LAURA: Thank you, Caduceus.

2:57:50.648,2:57:54.212
[br]TALIESIN: Take a little bit of the edge off before[br]you go into a short rest.

2:57:56.392,2:57:57.351
[br]MATT: Yeah.

2:57:59.061,2:58:00.122
[br]LIAM: Short resting.

2:58:01.524,2:58:08.000
[br]MATT: As you take the time to gather your wits[br]about you, to tend to your wounds, to have

2:58:08.000,2:58:14.857
Caduceus help you recover a bit from the strain[br]and pain of the battle that transpired, you

2:58:14.857,2:58:22.665
complete your short rest. The sky is still[br]relatively dark and cloudy. The smell in the air

2:58:22.665,2:58:28.099
lets you know that rain is probable before[br]nightfall. In the moment, you're thankful that

2:58:28.099,2:58:36.552
these heavier, thicker gray cloaks might help you not[br]soak to the entire bone. What would you like to do?

2:58:39.202,2:58:46.890
[br]SAM: Well, since we're in Xhorhas, maybe one of us[br]should take a cue from these guys and look at the

2:58:46.890,2:58:53.693
dodeca-fucking-hedron. Right? Moving forward? Or[br]should we wait until we need it?

2:58:53.693,2:58:58.299
[br]LAURA: Well, we can use it once a day, so one of[br]us should look at it regardless.

2:58:58.299,2:59:00.919
[br]MARISHA: 24 hours, right?

2:59:02.259,2:59:04.907
[br]TRAVIS: I might've missed something. Why are we[br]looking at it once a day?

2:59:05.427,2:59:07.288
[br]TALIESIN: So that someone has the edge.

2:59:07.868,2:59:10.681
TRAVIS: Are we not afraid that that is a beacon[br]to us?

2:59:10.681,2:59:16.869
LAURA: Well, we can keep it in the bag and look at[br]it in there. We don't have to take it out or anything.

2:59:16.869,2:59:17.792
[br]TRAVIS: Okay.

2:59:21.062,2:59:22.813
[br]MARISHA: You want to take a look?

2:59:23.382,2:59:25.637
[br]SAM: I don't know if I'll need it, but sure.

2:59:25.637,2:59:27.038
[br]MARISHA: It's your husband.

2:59:27.178,2:59:31.988
SAM: That's true. I will trip balls[br]and look at it.

2:59:32.338,2:59:35.488
[br]TRAVIS: Yeah! (warping sounds)

2:59:35.658,2:59:40.488
[br]MATT: You take your fragment of possibility.

2:59:40.738,2:59:42.989
[br]TRAVIS: (singing) It's a star man!

2:59:42.989,2:59:45.430
[br]MATT: Placing it back into your satchel.

2:59:45.430,2:59:48.287
[br]LAURA: Stays in the bag the whole time. We don't[br]take it out.

2:59:48.287,2:59:50.432
[br]LIAM: Stick your face in the other dimension.

2:59:50.432,2:59:51.568
[br]LAURA: Yeah, basically.

2:59:54.218,2:59:56.655
SAM: Do we just walk on, then?

2:59:57.002,2:59:59.995
[br]TALIESIN: I say we head east. That's the way that[br]they said.

3:00:00.645,3:00:04.986
[br]SAM: Is there any cover out there in the fields[br]and plains below us?

3:00:04.986,3:00:14.968
[br]MATT: There are low batches of scrub brush here[br]and there. There are areas where sometimes

3:00:14.968,3:00:24.895
clusters of rocks and natural boulders that had[br]either rolled down the mountains or were

3:00:24.895,3:00:30.640
jettisoned by long-dormant vulcan activity--[br]volcanic activity can be seen. Yeah. Not doing

3:00:30.640,3:00:41.971
that crossover. No. There are occasional things[br]that you could camp against, but it is an open,

3:00:41.971,3:00:50.760
badland plains. They say "the wastes of Xhorhas"[br]because it is an open valley of gray and brown and

3:00:50.760,3:00:58.681
dust and muck, occasional dotted trees that are[br]the hardier types that survive, but aren't vibrant

3:00:58.681,3:01:01.249
and pretty. They exist.

3:01:01.759,3:01:08.637
[br]LIAM: Sorry, if any of you take a minute, can you[br]figure out which way this worm traveled?

3:01:09.197,3:01:12.114
[br]LAURA: Oh, I guess we can look around and see.

3:01:12.284,3:01:14.926
[br]MARISHA: I'll look for tracks. Investigation?

3:01:14.926,3:01:16.449
[br]TALIESIN: I'll go in on that.

3:01:16.449,3:01:18.943
[br]MATT: It'll be a survival check to look for[br]tracks.

3:01:18.943,3:01:20.842
LIAM: Best way through?

3:01:22.508,3:01:23.948
[br]TALIESIN: 25. Natural 20.

3:01:24.088,3:01:26.164
[br]LAURA: Ooh, 21.

3:01:26.244,3:01:27.327
[br]MARISHA: 13.

3:01:27.677,3:01:36.666
[br]MATT: Okay. We'll say you guys manage to find[br]where the slithered aspects of the worm push. It

3:01:36.666,3:01:42.912
is definitively going east. It makes its way[br]beyond the rocks and heads into the fields. We'll

3:01:42.912,3:01:47.441
say for the remainder of the day you could follow[br]the tracks. You'll have to make an additional

3:01:47.441,3:01:55.207
attempt, each day of travel, to try and keep an[br]eye on it, but you have an idea of where it went.

3:01:56.127,3:02:00.844
[br]LIAM: We're out in the open; we're sitting ducks.[br]I feel like we should put these cloaks to good use

3:02:00.844,3:02:04.865
and try to be careful. It will slow us, but...

3:02:06.575,3:02:08.715
[br]MARISHA: Move cautiously? I agree.

3:02:08.715,3:02:13.095
[br]LIAM: Move cautiously. Follow the path of this[br]worm as long as possible because they are from

3:02:13.095,3:02:17.777
here; they know this place. Presumably they know[br]the path of least resistance. There will still be

3:02:17.777,3:02:22.317
resistance, but at least-- let's go.

3:02:22.933,3:02:28.181
[br]MARISHA: I think as long as it still follows that[br]track that the Muck Men--

3:02:28.181,3:02:30.437
[br]LAURA: You're sure you want to save him, yeah?

3:02:30.437,3:02:35.916
[br]SAM: I'm pretty sure. I don't want to feel guilty[br]about this, but I'm a hundred percent sure that I

3:02:35.916,3:02:38.272
would like to save my husband's life, yes.

3:02:38.372,3:02:41.363
[br](laughter)

3:02:42.580,3:02:44.433
SAM: But I'll tell you if that changes.

3:02:44.433,3:02:45.629
[br]LAURA: Yeah, let me know.

3:02:46.225,3:02:50.843
[br]TALIESIN: When we're ready to go, I'm going to use[br]the tinder box to start the pyre, but not until

3:02:50.843,3:02:56.682
we're ready to go. I'm not going to wait for it to[br]fully catch because it's going to call attention.

3:02:56.882,3:03:02.415
[br]MATT: As you guys gather the rest of your[br]supplies, pick yourselves up, apply the cloaks of

3:03:02.415,3:03:04.072
those that fell in combat--

3:03:04.072,3:03:06.135
[br]LAURA: I'll cast Pass Without a Trace on us as we[br]move.

3:03:06.135,3:03:07.785
LIAM: I was just going to ask.

3:03:08.915,3:03:14.459
[br]MATT: Are you guys moving at a stealthed pace or[br]trying to be stealthy at a standard pace?

3:03:14.538,3:03:19.879
[br]LIAM: I feel, on the mountainside at least, we[br]should go stealthily.

3:03:22.009,3:03:26.105
[br]TALIESIN: At least today. Tomorrow we may move[br]quickly.

3:03:26.105,3:03:27.018
[br]LAURA: Half speed?

3:03:27.488,3:03:34.281
[br]MATT: It's 18 miles per day of travel at a slow[br]pace. You don't cover as much ground.

3:03:34.891,3:03:36.115
[br]SAM: Let's do it.

3:03:36.115,3:03:37.624
[br]LIAM: For now, yeah.

3:03:40.234,3:03:42.147
[br]LAURA: That's really slow, you guys.

3:03:43.771,3:03:45.801
[br]MATT: You can all make stealth checks.

3:03:48.610,3:03:50.336
[br]LAURA: (high, silly voice) Add ten!

3:03:51.008,3:04:00.110
[br]TRAVIS: Nice job, Yasha. 31 for Yasha. 21 for[br]Fjord.

3:04:00.110,3:04:01.371
[br]LAURA: Caleb, you're blessed.

3:04:02.121,3:04:03.232
[br]LIAM: Doesn't matter.

3:04:03.502,3:04:04.407
[br]MARISHA: 19.

3:04:06.177,3:04:07.069
[br]SAM: 24.

3:04:07.069,3:04:11.761
LAURA: Oh. No, you're blessed. You get advantage,[br]that's what I said. I gave you the Blessing of the Trickster.

3:04:11.761,3:04:17.808
[br]LIAM: Oh, I thought it was plus stuff. That's[br]better. That is 11.

3:04:17.808,3:04:20.143
[br]TALIESIN: That's plus ten, really?

3:04:20.143,3:04:21.368
LIAM: No, I rolled--

3:04:21.368,3:04:22.808
TRAVIS: Pass without a trace.

3:04:22.808,3:04:24.683
LIAM: Oh, 21. Thank you.

3:04:25.325,3:04:26.151
[br]LAURA: 30.

3:04:26.621,3:04:27.571
[br]TALIESIN: 14.

3:04:27.591,3:04:35.617
[br]MATT: Okay. Moving on, you eventually, within the[br]next couple hours, find yourselves at the base of

3:04:35.617,3:04:42.896
the mountain. The standard slate gray rock and[br]stone that has accompanied you across the

3:04:42.896,3:04:54.480
Ashkeeper begins to give way to the somewhat ruddy[br]and brown of the valley floor. The bushes and

3:04:54.480,3:05:02.004
brush you come across here is gray to light brown.[br]Some of it is bristled with thorns. It is a very

3:05:02.004,3:05:12.352
unwelcoming landscape. There are areas where you[br]can see bits of the ground seem to be blasted with

3:05:12.352,3:05:23.334
glass. You would recognize this as the remnants of[br]lightning strikes that have hit the ground or

3:05:23.334,3:05:27.439
other objects in the vicinity. Powerful lightning[br]strikes.

3:05:29.499,3:05:31.379
[br]MARISHA: That's scary.

3:05:32.364,3:05:34.789
[br]TALIESIN: If storms hit, we may need to take[br]cover.

3:05:34.789,3:05:36.973
MATT: Just as it begins to rain gently.

3:05:37.407,3:05:39.736
[br]SAM: Hey, it sounds like rain.

3:05:41.066,3:05:45.387
[br]MATT: It's cold rain. Make a nature check for me.

3:05:48.480,3:05:50.432
[br]TALIESIN: Five.

3:05:50.432,3:05:52.684
[br]MATT: Five. It's raining.

3:05:52.684,3:05:54.753
[br]TALIESIN: My nature's really low.

3:05:54.753,3:05:55.605
[br]MATT: I know.

3:05:56.145,3:05:57.776
[br]SAM: Aren't you a nature guy?

3:05:57.776,3:06:01.184
[br]TALIESIN: I spent most of my time in one place. I[br]don't really--

3:06:01.184,3:06:07.545
[br]MATT: There's a difference between loving nature[br]and being able to empathize with nature, and

3:06:07.545,3:06:11.951
having the specific knowledge to ascertain[br]patterns.

3:06:13.681,3:06:15.195
[br]TALIESIN: It's raining.

3:06:17.230,3:06:21.662
[br]LIAM: How cold is it here, or not, out of[br]curiosity?

3:06:21.662,3:06:31.779
[br]MATT: In comparison, the weather is as chilly as[br]the empire is, but you're out in the middle of the

3:06:31.779,3:06:41.703
open. There's no looming hearth or home.[br]Thankfully these cloaks that you did take from the

3:06:41.703,3:06:47.461
troop, they are treated with some sort of material[br]which makes them a little water resistant. You

3:06:47.461,3:06:54.275
don't soak entirely through. Your boots get soaked[br]and muddy. Elements do get damp, but as long as

3:06:54.275,3:07:02.654
you stay bundled within the cloak, you manage to[br]stay somewhat warm and not thoroughly waterlogged.

3:07:04.278,3:07:12.972
Continuing on across the badlands, the rain[br]bearing down, no signs of lightning or thunder.

3:07:14.953,3:07:23.200
Eventually the sun begins to set. It begins to[br]grow dark. Yasha points out across the way, you

3:07:23.200,3:07:29.548
can see another one of those large beasts that you[br]had seen. At this distance, it's about maybe three

3:07:29.548,3:07:30.827
quarters of a mile off.

3:07:33.437,3:07:34.390
[br]SAM: How big?

3:07:35.385,3:07:37.065
[br]MATT: Make an intelligence check.

3:07:38.725,3:07:42.891
[br]SAM: A straight intelligence? 14.

3:07:44.101,3:07:48.726
[br]MATT: Gauging the distance from here and the way[br]that it's interacting with the scenery around it,

3:07:48.726,3:07:55.104
you watch as it reaches over and puts it hand up[br]against a tree. You have a better view of it now,

3:07:55.104,3:08:05.672
even through the rain, and you can see it has four[br]arms. It walks like a gorilla, looks to be furred,

3:08:05.672,3:08:13.224
with these squat little legs, and it makes its way[br]across the landscape slowly. It reaches out and

3:08:13.224,3:08:19.354
grabs a tree, one of those dried trees, and bends[br]and snaps it as it moves past. Grabs it and begins

3:08:19.354,3:08:26.584
scratching its shoulder with it. You guess it's[br]probably somewhere in the neighborhood of 20 feet

3:08:26.584,3:08:27.740
to the shoulder.

3:08:28.350,3:08:30.825
[br]LIAM: Bipedal, four arms?

3:08:30.825,3:08:38.658
[br]MATT: It could probably be bipedal, but it tends[br]to use all four arms to walk along. You're not

3:08:38.658,3:08:43.539
entirely certain where it sits between that space.[br]You don't see a face. You can't see the detail.

3:08:43.539,3:08:46.482
You can see its outline and the basic shape of its[br]body.

3:08:46.592,3:08:48.591
[br]LAURA: I think he's probably nice.

3:08:49.703,3:08:53.670
[br]TALIESIN: Do we want to bed down now and start up[br]early?

3:08:53.970,3:08:54.884
[br]LAURA: Yeah.

3:08:55.024,3:08:55.867
[br]SAM: Sure.

3:08:55.867,3:08:56.697
[br]TRAVIS: No objection.

3:08:57.537,3:09:05.189
[br]MARISHA: I think any time traveling during the sun[br]is probably best. I don't know if we want to risk

3:09:05.189,3:09:07.021
traveling at night right now.

3:09:07.671,3:09:11.964
[br]LAURA: We'll have a little bubble then. It[br]protects us from everything, right, Caleb?

3:09:11.964,3:09:13.092
[br]LIAM: Mm-hmm.

3:09:13.682,3:09:14.557
[br]LAURA: Okay.

3:09:16.427,3:09:20.236
[br]TALIESIN: Probably as dark as you can make it.

3:09:22.386,3:09:31.719
[br]LIAM: I can make it dark as pitch. Okay. I'm going[br]to do the nighttime routine. I'm going to cast the

3:09:31.719,3:09:37.370
dome. I'm going to use my silver thread to put an[br]Alarm around it, and I'm going to ask Frumpkin to

3:09:37.370,3:09:45.314
sit about 80 feet, 70 feet away from the dome in[br]the direction of that hulking creature and keep

3:09:45.314,3:09:47.576
extra watch, in addition to any watch we do.

3:09:47.576,3:09:53.328
LAURA: While he's doing that, I'm going to cast[br]Glyph of Warding--

3:09:55.268,3:09:56.193
TRAVIS: Really?

3:09:56.193,3:10:06.219
LAURA: Mm-hm. And I'm going to cast it with[br]Hold Person prepared in it.

3:10:06.219,3:10:08.998
[br]MATT: Okay, fair enough. Where are you placing[br]it?

3:10:09.574,3:10:12.467
[br]LAURA: Next to our bubble.

3:10:12.467,3:10:16.210
[br]MATT: Okay, you got it. That lasts for how long?

3:10:17.830,3:10:25.037
[br]LAURA: It takes an hour, but I think it-- let's[br]see.

3:10:25.037,3:10:27.528
[br]SAM: Duration: until dispelled or triggered.

3:10:28.008,3:10:32.013
[br]MATT: I would recommend letting the rest of the[br]party know where the glyph is placed.

3:10:32.013,3:10:35.533
[br]LAURA: Yes, yes. The glyph's right there. I think[br]it only activates under--

3:10:35.533,3:10:37.210
[br]MATT: Worst breakfast wake-up ever.

3:10:37.780,3:10:46.653
[br]LAURA: According to physical characteristics,[br]creature kind. I can say specifically if it's--

3:10:47.653,3:10:48.849
[br]MATT: A type of creature.

3:10:48.849,3:10:52.752
[br]LAURA: Yeah, like a Kryn or something like that.

3:10:52.752,3:10:53.674
[br]MATT: You got it.

3:10:53.674,3:10:55.053
[br]TRAVIS: "Krin?" "Kreen?"

3:10:55.053,3:10:55.823
MATT: "Kreen."

3:10:55.823,3:10:56.727
[br]SAM: Crick.

3:10:56.867,3:10:57.731
[br]LAURA: No!

3:10:58.281,3:10:59.391
TRAVIS: Terrible.

3:11:01.801,3:11:03.535
[br]SAM: I'm a fictional racist.

3:11:03.535,3:11:05.545
(laughter)

3:11:05.556,3:11:11.576
LAURA: Terrible. I can cast--[br]I can cast Sending.

3:11:12.727,3:11:17.478
[br]TALIESIN: Any light-based magic that you have,[br]too. We should probably set up for tomorrow.

3:11:29.018,3:11:34.049
TRAVIS: I'll take first watch, too, because I don't[br]think everybody passing out is a good idea no more.

3:11:34.049,3:11:35.151
[br]MARISHA: I agree.

3:11:35.521,3:11:42.036
MATT: As you guys bed down amongst this darkened[br]dome for the evening, make a perception check for me.

3:11:44.393,3:11:46.553
[br]TRAVIS: Natural 20. 21.

3:11:46.553,3:11:48.020
[br]MARISHA: Whoa doggy.

3:11:49.570,3:11:56.153
[br]LIAM: Before passing out I take one of those rags[br]that I keep, and I put it over the driftglobe, and

3:11:56.153,3:12:01.833
say: Tawaj. Leave it floating in the middle of the[br]globe so you have some dim light.

3:12:01.833,3:12:05.610
[br]MATT: Okay. That does not protrude beyond the[br]dome, correct?

3:12:05.610,3:12:08.014
[br]LIAM: Because it's opaque from the outside, yeah.

3:12:08.014,3:12:10.174
[br]MATT: Cool, so you have a little night light.

3:12:10.214,3:12:16.747
[br]LAURA: I use Thaumaturgy to make it sound like[br]nice pleasant sounds of a running stream, so it

3:12:16.747,3:12:21.572
sounds like we're in a peaceful place. Birds,[br]crickets chirping.

3:12:21.572,3:12:23.047
[br]MATT: It's a little spa day.

3:12:23.047,3:12:25.163
[br]LIAM: The dome does not hold in sound, FYI.

3:12:25.163,3:12:26.315
[br]LAURA: Oh, it doesn't?

3:12:27.545,3:12:28.800
[br]TALIESIN: Beau, can I borrow your goggles?

3:12:28.800,3:12:31.114
[br]LAURA: Oh, never mind. I don't do that.

3:12:31.114,3:12:32.693
[br]MARISHA: Can you borrow my what?

3:12:32.693,3:12:33.837
[br]TALIESIN: Your goggles.

3:12:33.837,3:12:34.913
[br]MARISHA: Oh, yes.

3:12:34.913,3:12:36.088
[br]TALISIN: Thank you.

3:12:38.937,3:12:41.356
[br]MATT: What did you roll, Fjord?

3:12:41.356,3:12:48.349
[br]TRAVIS: Natural 20. 21 total. That big-ass[br]perception bonus.

3:12:48.349,3:12:54.921
[br]MATT: Yeah. As you guys rest for the evening,[br]Fjord, you do keep an eye out. It's hard to see

3:12:54.921,3:13:01.105
much beyond a certain radius because when it's[br]night here, it's night. The clouds are thick

3:13:01.105,3:13:07.196
enough, and it rains throughout the night. You do[br]not see the moon, either of them. No light. You do

3:13:07.196,3:13:16.250
not see any movement. It feels strangely[br]reminiscent of some of the dreams you've had where

3:13:16.250,3:13:25.712
you found yourself in the middle of darkness. That[br]cold, looming, creeping thought in the back of

3:13:25.712,3:13:32.285
your head of how far away you are from your[br]promised goal to a specific entity.

3:13:34.075,3:13:35.140
[br]TRAVIS: Yeah.

3:13:36.527,3:13:41.855
[br]MATT: Nothing seems to catch your attention.[br]Nothing draws too close to the exterior of this

3:13:41.855,3:13:49.837
dome to warrant waking the rest of your group.[br]Eventually you can find yourself to rest. Who

3:13:49.837,3:13:52.787
would like to take second watch? Caduceus, roll[br]perception.

3:13:57.423,3:14:04.853
[br]TALIESIN: 27. Natural 19. With the goggles, just[br]for fun.

3:14:04.853,3:14:08.660
[br]MATT: With the goggles? Same scenario. You can see[br]pretty well within a short radius, but the rest of

3:14:08.660,3:14:12.586
it is this beautiful, pitch-black nothing.

3:14:12.586,3:14:14.696
[br]TALIESIN: Oh, that's nice.

3:14:14.696,3:14:23.946
[br]MATT: A different interpretation of the same[br]space. Morning comes to you, the low gray light.

3:14:23.946,3:14:33.540
The rain does seem to be getting a bit heavier.[br]You're preparing yourselves for exiting as the

3:14:33.540,3:14:36.620
dome itself eventually gives way.

3:14:36.620,3:14:37.658
[br][music cuts off]

3:14:38.268,3:14:39.733
[br]TALIESIN: That was creepy.

3:14:39.733,3:14:41.351
[br]LAURA: Whoa, that was weird.

3:14:41.351,3:14:45.462
[br]MATT: That was my iPad getting a notification.

3:14:45.462,3:14:48.273
[br]TALIESIN: The spookiness of Valentine's Day.

3:14:48.397,3:14:51.438
(laughter)

3:14:51.617,3:14:55.404
[br]TRAVIS: Any new creatures or intrusions in our[br]immediate space with the coming light?

3:14:55.404,3:14:57.203
[br]SAM: Did the glyph fire or anything?

3:14:57.203,3:14:58.874
[br]MATT: The glyph did not fire off.

3:14:59.284,3:15:00.974
[br]MARISHA: Is your cat still alive?

3:15:01.804,3:15:02.478
[br]LIAM: <i>Ja</i>.

3:15:02.478,3:15:07.105
[br]MATT: The bad news is you're out in the middle of[br]an open field. The good news is... you're out in

3:15:07.105,3:15:08.249
the middle of an open field.

3:15:08.249,3:15:09.695
[br]TRAVIS: You can see it coming.

3:15:09.695,3:15:14.176
[br]MATT: Yeah. For the most part, it's going to be[br]hard for things to surprise you if you're being

3:15:14.176,3:15:22.849
slow and stealthy. For the most part. With the day[br]ahead of you, who's keeping watch?

3:15:22.849,3:15:24.451
[br]TALIESIN: I'm keeping an eye out.

3:15:24.451,3:15:27.215
[br]MATT: All right, so you're keeping an eye out?[br]Both of you?

3:15:27.215,3:15:29.782
[br]LAURA: I'll help him! Oh, never mind. You can help[br]him.

3:15:29.782,3:15:31.784
[br]MATT: Okay, you guys rolling individually?

3:15:31.784,3:15:33.596
[br]TALIESIN: I'll take advantage on this.

3:15:33.596,3:15:38.680
TRAVIS: Now that we are on the open plains, should[br]we move at the slightly quicker pace, but still stealthy?

3:15:38.680,3:15:39.993
[br]SAM: At a medium pace?

3:15:39.993,3:15:42.702
[br]MATT, MARISHA, and TALIESIN: (singing) At a medium[br]pace.

3:15:43.892,3:15:46.419
[br]TALIESIN: That's awful. That's an 11.

3:15:46.517,3:15:48.124
[br]MATT: Okay. Good to know.

3:15:48.613,3:15:50.747
[br]TALIESIN: Those were two terrible rolls.

3:15:50.747,3:15:55.175
[br]LAURA: Ooh! Somebody should look at our mote.[br]Somebody should have looked at our mote while we

3:15:55.175,3:15:56.363
were still in the thingy.

3:15:56.363,3:15:58.743
[br]SAM: Someone take a look. I looked at it[br]yesterday.

3:15:58.743,3:16:01.887
[br]TRAVIS: We're out in the middle of a field; let's[br]give it to Ducey.

3:16:02.747,3:16:05.661
[br]MATT: You take your mote of possibility.

3:16:06.223,3:16:15.028
[br]LIAM: I'm fighting a very miffed and wet cat who's[br]been out all night and is crawling up inside of my

3:16:15.028,3:16:19.629
cloak and hood and doing the scarf thing. It's wet[br]on my neck, but okay.

3:16:21.438,3:16:25.723
[br]MATT: You all bundle up your cloaks a little[br]heavier and trudge forward. You are going at a

3:16:25.723,3:16:28.205
normal pace, so everyone make [br]a stealth check again.

3:16:28.920,3:16:31.445
[br]TALIESIN: Are we doing a plus ten?

3:16:32.166,3:16:34.832
[br]MATT: Are you still casting Pass Without a Trace[br]on this?

3:16:36.182,3:16:39.938
[br]LAURA: Yeah, sure. Let's do it. Sorry, I'm healing[br]my blink dog.

3:16:43.554,3:16:51.323
[br]TRAVIS: Natural 20 for Fjord, 31, and 27 for[br]Yasha.

3:16:51.563,3:16:52.372
[br]MARISHA: 25.

3:16:52.692,3:16:53.546
[br]LIAM: 28.

3:16:53.936,3:16:54.855
[br]SAM: 40.

3:16:55.475,3:16:58.660
[br]MATT: (sighs) There it is.

3:16:59.952,3:17:01.076
[br]LAURA: 28.

3:17:01.416,3:17:04.778
[br]TALIESIN: 23. 22, sorry.

3:17:05.398,3:17:14.172
[br]MATT: Moving at normal pace, you feel pretty[br]stealthy. It's easier for things to see you at a

3:17:14.172,3:17:21.101
normal pace, but you all rolled pretty high.[br]Pushing on for this secondary day, you begin to

3:17:21.101,3:17:29.764
see, eventually, a river on the horizon, heading[br]from south to north. Yasha--

3:17:29.764,3:17:32.057
[br]LAURA: This is the river that we have to cross!

3:17:33.179,3:17:39.674
[br]MATT: Yasha points out and says, "This is known as[br]the Ifolon River."

3:17:39.674,3:17:41.658
[br]SAM: The Hifolon?

3:17:41.658,3:17:48.664
MATT: Ifolon. "Stems from the Sorrow Weep waters,[br]the lake to the south."

3:17:50.912,3:17:52.932
Sorrow<i>seep.</i>

3:17:54.264,3:17:55.689
[br]LAURA: That's the lake.

3:17:57.309,3:17:58.660
[br]MARISHA: Oh shit.

3:17:58.660,3:18:00.520
[br]TALIESIN: We're at the edge of the map.

3:18:00.520,3:18:02.195
[br]MARISHA: Edge of the map!

3:18:02.195,3:18:05.208
[br]SAM: Oh boy, this is scary, guys. If only we had a[br]fucking horse.

3:18:05.208,3:18:07.233
[br]MARISHA: Is that Ifolon with an I?

3:18:07.323,3:18:09.242
[br]MATT: With an I. I-F-O-L-O-N.

3:18:09.432,3:18:12.381
LIAM: I fell on the river and all I got was this[br]lousy t-shirt.

3:18:13.781,3:18:15.053
[br]MATT: No matter what name.

3:18:15.053,3:18:17.789
[br]TALIESIN: How's the water smell? Does it smell[br]putrid?

3:18:17.789,3:18:22.403
[br]MATT: You are too far away from it. It's just on[br]the horizon. You could get to it probably at your

3:18:22.403,3:18:27.027
current pace by the end of the day. If you were[br]moving slower, you wouldn't get there yet, because

3:18:27.027,3:18:33.405
you are going a normal pace. And you rolled--?

3:18:33.405,3:18:34.303
[br]TALIESIN: 11.

3:18:34.593,3:18:41.189
[br]MATT: Right, okay. You move on for the first half[br]of the day, keeping quiet, muttering to each other

3:18:41.194,3:18:48.390
for your own sanity, discussing what may be[br]awaiting you further and further east in this

3:18:48.390,3:19:00.084
landscape still heavily marred by the wars of the[br]gods before the Divergence. There's a moment where

3:19:00.084,3:19:15.924
you're all moving forward and you hear gravelly[br]voices, muffled and soft, a little ways out that

3:19:15.924,3:19:21.479
way. The rest of you pick up on it. Actually, it[br]would be Jester and Beauregard pick up on it.

3:19:21.479,3:19:23.475
[br]LAURA: (whispering) Oh, did you hear that?

3:19:23.475,3:19:25.144
[br]MARISHA: (whispering) Was that you?

3:19:25.144,3:19:26.998
[br]LAURA: No, there's people or something.

3:19:26.998,3:19:28.940
[br]MARISHA: It's not your Thaumaturgy thing?

3:19:28.940,3:19:29.722
[br]LAURA: No.

3:19:29.722,3:19:30.600
[br]MARISHA: Fuck.

3:19:30.600,3:19:31.929
[br]LAURA: Everybody drop down.

3:19:31.929,3:19:34.119
[br]TRAVIS: What do you mean drop down, like flat?

3:19:34.119,3:19:35.855
[br]LAURA: We hear voices!

3:19:37.255,3:19:41.360
MATT: You hear one go (speaking guttural language).

3:19:41.360,3:19:42.838
[br]LIAM: I cast Tongues.

3:19:42.838,3:19:47.885
[br]MATT: Another voice begins to yell. You cast[br]Tongues on yourself? All right. You hear it

3:19:47.885,3:19:56.247
transition from guttural barks in a goblinoid[br]language into a-- and actually, let me double

3:19:56.247,3:19:57.474
check one thing here.

3:19:57.474,3:20:02.487
[br]SAM: I speak Goblin. And Halfling, for some[br]reason.

3:20:02.487,3:20:05.285
[br]MATT: Yeah, you would understand it, actually.

3:20:05.945,3:20:07.331
[br]LAURA: What do they say?

3:20:09.195,3:20:15.672
[br]MATT: The voice you hear says, "Quick, grab your[br]things and run. It's coming!"

3:20:17.172,3:20:24.537
SAM: Everyone, the bad guys are saying it's scary and[br]they need to run, so we should probably do the same.

3:20:25.147,3:20:32.204
[br]MATT: As this is happening, you now begin to see,[br]lower near one of the plain areas where there's a

3:20:32.204,3:20:44.413
cluster of rocks, a gray, heavy-shouldered deer--[br]that you've seen keep at a distance from you-- has

3:20:44.413,3:20:54.994
been killed. You see four or five humanoid[br]figures, though tall and covered in fur. You

3:20:54.994,3:21:01.784
recognize them as bugbears. They're grabbing their[br]things off the ground, and looking back in the

3:21:01.784,3:21:03.062
direction you came from.

3:21:04.002,3:21:06.286
[br]LIAM: Which is back where we saw the big things.

3:21:06.286,3:21:07.773
SAM: Oh, something's behind us!

3:21:07.773,3:21:09.438
[br]TRAVIS: Like the worm or something?

3:21:09.438,3:21:11.493
SAM: I don't know, but let's go. Let's run.

3:21:11.493,3:21:16.022
[br]LIAM: Turning around and looking back. No, the big[br]loping creatures we saw at a distance, maybe.

3:21:16.022,3:21:20.632
[br]MATT: Though all of you look around and you don't[br]see anything on the horizon directly behind you,

3:21:20.632,3:21:28.714
Caduceus. You look out for a second, and look up[br]and see a hawk or a bird of prey, it seems, with

3:21:28.715,3:21:37.496
the wingspan. And it just gets bigger, and bigger.[br]You guys all glance up, and from what you can see,

3:21:37.496,3:21:46.929
it appears to be some sort of a bird, not in good[br]health. A lot of the feathers have been pulled or

3:21:46.929,3:21:54.007
plucked from its body and other elements of it are[br]discolored and dark. As it begins to swoop into a

3:21:54.007,3:22:03.590
dive, you get a sense of the immensity of it.[br]You're like, "That's a 20-foot-- 30-foot-- that's

3:22:03.590,3:22:14.222
"a 40-foot wingspan, or bigger." At which point,[br]the bugbears pick up and bolt. They begin running,

3:22:14.222,3:22:20.585
heading eastward in the same direction you were;[br]they're about 120 feet north of where you are.

3:22:20.585,3:22:25.059
They begin charging in that direction. The rain's[br]still battering down; you can still make out,

3:22:25.059,3:22:30.744
barely, the shape of it. It swoops down, parallel[br]to where you guys are, giant talons reach out and

3:22:30.744,3:22:39.954
grasp into one of the bodies and pulls it up. You[br]hear the bugbear screaming as the talons tear it

3:22:39.954,3:22:46.427
in half in its grasp. As it picks up into the air,[br]it brings one half of its body up into its beak

3:22:46.427,3:22:54.641
and begin to slurp it down into its large,[br]sharpened maw. It picks up the other piece of its

3:22:54.641,3:22:59.784
body. It begins to draw and pull out. You see some[br]of its innards still tangled in the claw, yanked

3:22:59.784,3:23:05.278
out the rest as the legs fall and plummet to the[br]ground. They keep shouting, "Run! Run!" and

3:23:05.278,3:23:07.307
they're charging. What are you guys doing?

3:23:07.307,3:23:09.313
[br]SAM: Where are they running? To the river?

3:23:09.313,3:23:11.263
[br]MATT: They are running towards the river.

3:23:11.263,3:23:12.693
[br]MARISHA: Let them be the bait.

3:23:12.693,3:23:14.802
[br]SAM: Does the creature see us at all?

3:23:14.802,3:23:16.082
[br]MATT: You don't know.

3:23:16.572,3:23:19.353
[br]LAURA: There's no grass, it's just an open plain?

3:23:19.353,3:23:21.350
[br]MARISHA: Yeah, is there any rock coverage?

3:23:21.810,3:23:30.529
[br]MATT: There's a ways from you right now, maybe 200[br]feet ahead of you, a little bit of rock. Yes.

3:23:30.529,3:23:38.558
Right now, there are bits of dried-- I want to say[br]grass, that go about a foot off the ground.

3:23:38.708,3:23:40.395
[br]MARISHA: How far away is the river?

3:23:40.455,3:23:43.145
[br]MATT: The river's probably another three hours of[br]travel.

3:23:43.145,3:23:46.086
MARISHA: Oh. Oh, okay.

3:23:46.086,3:23:48.833
[br]LAURA: We could lay down and try to hide in the[br]grass.

3:23:49.073,3:23:51.935
[br]SAM: Sure. Let's do it.

3:23:51.935,3:23:53.593
[br]LAURA: With our cloaks over us?

3:23:53.593,3:23:54.958
[br]MATT: You can certainly try.

3:23:56.782,3:24:07.209
[br]TRAVIS: I'm going to cast Major Image and create a[br]large hairy mastodon and send it in the direction

3:24:07.219,3:24:09.307
of the bugbears, away from us.

3:24:10.347,3:24:14.086
[br]MATT: Okay. What's the DC on that one?

3:24:14.556,3:24:16.212
[br]TRAVIS: Major Image?

3:24:17.979,3:24:22.080
[br]MATT: Oh no, it's not even a saving throw. It has[br]to try to see if it can discern it. Right, okay.

3:24:22.080,3:24:24.694
[br]TRAVIS: Against your spell save DC, so it's 16.

3:24:25.074,3:24:31.990
[br]MATT: 16? You got it, all right. As it picks up[br]and they're screaming, it gets up maybe another 80

3:24:31.990,3:24:39.660
or 90 feet off the ground. After picking it up and[br]coasting above, it climbs another 150 feet or so

3:24:39.660,3:24:50.170
up in the air. Glances down, its head turns[br]towards the direction of the mastodon that you've

3:24:50.170,3:24:57.839
created, goes into another dive towards it, claws[br]open. You hear the birdlike shriek as it swoops in

3:24:57.839,3:25:05.429
and passes through this mastodon. Angry, it pulls[br]back up, its feet skidding into the mud, carving

3:25:05.429,3:25:12.610
these giant grooves into the ground ahead of it.[br]It rights itself and picks back up and begins to

3:25:12.610,3:25:16.773
turn around to make a second turn towards it. Are[br]you guys staying put? Are you moving?

3:25:16.773,3:25:19.334
[br]TRAVIS: We are hauling ass, right? No, we're[br]laying flat.

3:25:19.334,3:25:20.543
[br]LAURA: We're laying flat!

3:25:20.543,3:25:22.428
[br]TRAVIS: Okay, we are laying flat. Sure.

3:25:22.428,3:25:24.530
[br]MATT: Okay. you guys all lay flat.

3:25:24.530,3:25:27.200
[br]LAURA: Yeah, I'm picturing the hobbits in Mordor.

3:25:27.200,3:25:30.632
[br]MATT: You have to roll a new stealth check,[br]because you did cast a spell.

3:25:30.632,3:25:32.826
[br]TRAVIS: Mm-hmm. 18?

3:25:32.826,3:25:34.439
[br]LIAM: Plus ten?

3:25:34.439,3:25:36.892
[br]MATT: Well, how long does Pass Without a Trace[br]last?

3:25:36.892,3:25:40.415
[br]LAURA: Oh yeah, I didn't say I recast it. It lasts[br]for an hour.

3:25:40.415,3:25:41.660
[br]MATT: Lasts for an hour?

3:25:41.660,3:25:45.682
[br]LAURA: Oh wait, let me check, it might only be ten[br]minutes. No, I think it's an hour.

3:25:45.682,3:25:47.824
[br]MATT: I think it's an hour too. Double check.

3:25:47.824,3:25:49.020
[br]LAURA: Yeah, its an hour.

3:25:49.020,3:25:52.205
MATT: It's been a few hours. Have you been casting[br]it along the way?

3:25:52.205,3:25:52.948
[br]LAURA: Yes?

3:25:52.948,3:25:55.405
MATT: How many spell slots do you have[br]to cast it?

3:25:56.874,3:25:58.562
[br]LAURA: Three.

3:25:58.562,3:26:02.983
[br]MATT: Three? You wouldn't have enough to keep it[br]at this point, unfortunately. So it is just a

3:26:02.983,3:26:04.558
straight stealth roll for you.

3:26:04.558,3:26:05.451
[br]TRAVIS: 18.

3:26:05.451,3:26:06.436
[br]MATT: Okay.

3:26:06.438,3:26:14.445
[br]SAM: I'll also cast a spell. I'll cast Silent[br]Image and make another mastodon, running the

3:26:14.445,3:26:15.600
opposite direction.

3:26:15.600,3:26:20.559
[br]MATT: (laughing) Okay. For the rest of you who are[br]stealthing, because the spell did wear off, I do

3:26:20.559,3:26:24.077
need new stealth checks from everybody to try and[br]keep away from its sight, and see if its

3:26:24.077,3:26:25.449
distraction maintains itself.

3:26:27.131,3:26:29.126
TALIESIN: Ooh. 18.

3:26:29.867,3:26:30.976
[br]LAURA: 15.

3:26:31.146,3:26:32.112
[br]SAM: 30.

3:26:32.112,3:26:32.952
[br]LIAM: 14.

3:26:32.952,3:26:33.886
[br]MARISHA: 20.

3:26:33.996,3:26:40.861
[br]MATT: Okay. It swoops up. The rest of you jump[br]down and get low, as far as you can to the ground,

3:26:40.861,3:26:47.603
and getting the rest of the cloak bundled over.[br]The bugbears keep running. It curves around, sees

3:26:47.603,3:26:57.257
the other mastodon. Does not seem tempted by that[br]one. That was a natural 20. As it spins back,

3:26:57.257,3:27:02.719
however, still focused on the one, swoops down,[br]and this time it's going to go into a full

3:27:02.719,3:27:06.846
assault, not trying to pick it up and leave with[br]it. It's going to come down, claws ready. It

3:27:06.846,3:27:11.199
passes through, its talons slipping into the mud[br]now. The rain that has been barreling down has

3:27:11.199,3:27:17.375
caused this to become a minor quagmire. It skids[br]for a second, its massive bird form scooting in

3:27:17.375,3:27:22.667
through, driving this huge wedge into the ground[br]as it stumbles for a minute and stops. It spins

3:27:22.667,3:27:31.389
around angrily, looking at it. It steps forward[br]and brings its talon up and bites towards it, and

3:27:31.389,3:27:35.019
it's passing through the mastodon. It's not even[br]interested in yours.

3:27:35.019,3:27:35.907
[br]SAM: Sure.

3:27:36.157,3:27:40.472
MATT: But it does give time for the bugbears to[br]continue to escape. You guys are held in place there.

3:27:45.902,3:27:51.061
It does turn and look in your direction a[br]little bit.

3:27:51.669,3:27:54.502
[br]TRAVIS: I'm going to hold that spell.

3:27:55.142,3:28:00.368
[br]MATT: It just (sniffs). It definitely knows the[br]mastodon's not real now.

3:28:00.368,3:28:02.700
[br]TRAVIS: Uh-huh. Sure, sure. That's what it says.

3:28:04.910,3:28:08.730
(wings flapping)

3:28:08.730,3:28:16.319
[br]MATT: It takes back off up in the air. Seeing it[br]now amongst the ground, its wingspan probably fits

3:28:16.319,3:28:22.645
more in the 60-foot tip-to-tip range.

3:28:22.645,3:28:23.542
[br]SAM: Ooh.

3:28:23.542,3:28:26.013
[br]TRAVIS: (laughs) Amazing.

3:28:26.013,3:28:27.416
[br]MARISHA: 747.

3:28:28.466,3:28:36.746
[br]TRAVIS: If it comes close to us, if it looks like[br]it has spotted us, I'm going to hold a spell.

3:28:42.296,3:28:43.814
LIAM: I'm going to do the same.

3:28:44.413,3:28:47.414
[br]MATT: It swoops around, looks.

3:28:47.414,3:28:49.838
LAURA: I'm going to hold Guiding Bolt, just in[br]case.

3:28:49.838,3:28:51.463
MARISHA: I'm going to pray.

3:28:52.694,3:28:53.394
[br]MATT: To?

3:28:54.684,3:28:55.956
[br]MARISHA: Ioun, of course.

3:28:55.956,3:29:06.283
[br]MATT: Okay. It takes a moment to pass through the[br]field, and looks back towards the bugbears, and

3:29:06.283,3:29:08.344
takes off in their direction.

3:29:09.414,3:29:12.073
[br]LAURA: Hey, it's good. Now it's farther from us.

3:29:13.193,3:29:18.404
[br]SAM: Can one of you control it and tell it to fly[br]us to the town?

3:29:18.404,3:29:20.109
[br]TALIESIN: I can politely ask it.

3:29:20.109,3:29:22.064
[br]TRAVIS: I have Charm Monster.

3:29:22.064,3:29:23.116
[br]LAURA: Oh, you do?

3:29:23.116,3:29:24.115
[br]SAM: You could!

3:29:24.115,3:29:28.575
[br]TRAVIS: Yeah, but if I fail. I get ripped into[br]pieces! A hundred and something feet in the air!

3:29:28.575,3:29:30.834
[br]LAURA: We would definitely protect you, Fjord.

3:29:30.834,3:29:31.808
[br]TRAVIS: Huh?

3:29:31.808,3:29:33.135
[br]LAURA: We would protect you.

3:29:33.135,3:29:39.364
[br]TRAVIS: Against Rodan? I'm not so sure. What is[br]that, anyway?

3:29:39.364,3:29:40.195
[br]MATT: It's a roc.

3:29:40.195,3:29:42.054
[br]LIAM: It's a roc, man. From season one?

3:29:42.054,3:29:47.744
[br]MATT: It's not a healthy roc; it's a Xhorhasian[br]roc. It's a different breed.

3:29:47.744,3:29:49.376
[br]TRAVIS: It's a different kind of roc.

3:29:49.836,3:29:53.513
[br]MARISHA: Alt-roc. Sorry.

3:29:53.513,3:29:55.075
[br]TALIESIN: That was so good!

3:29:55.075,3:29:56.244
[br]MARISHA: That was dumb.

3:29:57.034,3:30:04.125
[br]MATT: The good kind of dumb. You get points for[br]that. You watch as it takes off in the distance,

3:30:04.125,3:30:14.194
and you can vaguely hear the muffled screams as[br]this hunting party of bugbears are probably torn

3:30:14.194,3:30:23.292
asunder. It's hard to miss. Its shape dives down a[br]few times before eventually it takes off back in

3:30:23.292,3:30:29.943
the direction it came and glides overhead: this[br]massive, airplane-like shadow across the clouded

3:30:29.943,3:30:35.834
sky above you. You all stay still, and it[br]continues heading back towards the Ashkeeper

3:30:35.834,3:30:40.261
Peaks. You can just barely make out, in its claws[br]below, one bugbear per claw.

3:30:41.831,3:30:43.435
[br]LAURA: Double-fisting!

3:30:43.435,3:30:44.964
[br]SAM: Those are my people.

3:30:44.964,3:30:45.761
[br]LAURA: What?

3:30:45.761,3:30:47.934
[br]SAM: Nah, I'm just kidding. Fuck those guys.

3:30:48.784,3:30:51.194
[br]LAURA: Who were those? What are those guys?

3:30:51.194,3:30:51.924
[br]TALIESIN: Yeah.

3:30:51.924,3:30:54.584
[br]SAM: Do we know what those are?

3:30:54.584,3:30:58.055
[br]TRAVIS: A bugbear? Didn't we fight them in the[br]first encounter?

3:30:58.055,3:30:58.764
[br]MATT: No.

3:30:58.764,3:31:00.225
[br]TRAVIS: No, those were gnolls.

3:31:00.225,3:31:05.281
[br]MATT: You've never really encountered bugbears per[br]se, not since you've all been together, but you've

3:31:05.281,3:31:16.366
heard of them. They're cousins to goblinkin.[br]They're generally more of a bully-- in between the

3:31:16.366,3:31:18.834
ogre and goblin spectrum.

3:31:18.834,3:31:19.661
[br]LAURA: Okay.

3:31:20.984,3:31:30.769
[br]MATT: Yeah, they're physical. They like brutality[br]and combat, but they're also kind of lazy and like

3:31:30.769,3:31:35.382
to put in as little effort as possible, if they[br]can make other goblins do it for them, and other

3:31:35.382,3:31:37.285
entities. They're interesting.

3:31:38.218,3:31:41.950
TRAVIS: Probably not terribly well-stocked, not[br]worth going to where they were picked up from, and--

3:31:42.706,3:31:43.707
[br]MATT: You don't know.

3:31:43.707,3:31:45.330
[br]LAURA: We should maybe just check.

3:31:45.330,3:31:47.287
[br]SAM: How many of the bugbears were there?

3:31:47.287,3:31:47.990
[br]TRAVIS: Four?

3:31:47.990,3:31:49.516
[br]MATT: You saw four in the party.

3:31:49.516,3:31:50.994
[br]SAM: Two, we know, were killed.

3:31:50.994,3:31:51.851
[br]LAURA: Taken away.

3:31:51.851,3:31:53.431
[br]TALIESIN: I think all four were--

3:31:53.431,3:31:54.197
[br]LAURA: Are dead.

3:31:54.197,3:31:58.037
TRAVIS: I think he said they were all[br]eviscerated, yeah? How far away was

3:31:58.037,3:32:00.643
the first slaughter spot of them from us?

3:32:00.643,3:32:04.455
[br]MATT: From where you guys are right now, it's[br]about a little over a hundred feet.

3:32:04.455,3:32:07.551
[br]TRAVIS: Maybe we don't need to do that. Maybe we[br]don't. Cover is--

3:32:07.551,3:32:10.883
[br]TALIESIN: It's going to do nothing but attract[br]other scavengers anyway.

3:32:10.883,3:32:13.933
[br]LIAM: We were waiting and watching the roc until[br]it moves on, <i>ja</i>?

3:32:13.933,3:32:15.413
[br]LAURA: And it has, so let's go.

3:32:15.413,3:32:16.891
[br]TRAVIS: Yeah, let's keep going.

3:32:16.891,3:32:19.223
[br]TALIESIN: How often do you see anything like[br]that?

3:32:19.223,3:32:20.703
[br]LAURA: That was pretty amazing.

3:32:20.703,3:32:21.744
[br]TRAVIS: Yeah, never.

3:32:23.784,3:32:36.002
[br]MATT: You continue on forward, about 30 minutes of[br]travel, carefully, slowly. You come upon the

3:32:36.002,3:32:43.296
remnants of the bugbears that were picked up in[br]the claws. You can see the areas where they were

3:32:43.296,3:32:48.837
scattered a bit, and what was gathered for the[br]creature to rush off with.

3:32:48.837,3:32:50.137
[br]TRAVIS: Oh, ugh.

3:32:50.137,3:32:51.641
[br]LIAM: That is gruesome.

3:32:51.951,3:32:52.937
[br]LAURA: Zoinks.

3:32:52.937,3:32:59.895
[br]MATT: There is one bugbear that is untouched, it[br]seems, but still on the ground.

3:33:00.788,3:33:03.090
[br]LAURA: Dead? Or just laying there?

3:33:03.540,3:33:04.700
[br]MATT: It's laying there.

3:33:05.557,3:33:06.999
[br]MARISHA: But playing dead?

3:33:08.521,3:33:10.448
[br]SAM: Let's throw something at it.

3:33:10.448,3:33:17.068
MATT: You get the sense that it is still alive.[br]You can just, looking over in that direction,

3:33:17.068,3:33:22.458
see the breathing a bit. It looks like it's[br]been playing dead for a half an hour.

3:33:23.188,3:33:27.619
[br]TALIESIN: Yeah, no, I think he's fine. We can keep[br]moving.

3:33:28.419,3:33:33.788
[br]LAURA: We'll just keep an eye on him as we keep[br]walking by. I'll use Thaumaturgy and make it sound

3:33:33.788,3:33:35.278
like that bird is coming back.

3:33:35.868,3:33:37.040
[br]MATT: Okay.

3:33:37.238,3:33:38.675
[br]TALIESIN: Wow, that's great.

3:33:38.675,3:33:43.629
SAM: If you want, I can talk to him[br]if we want any information?

3:33:45.389,3:33:47.260
[br]LAURA: I mean, maybe?

3:33:47.260,3:33:49.442
[br]SAM and TRAVIS: Do we?

3:33:50.752,3:33:53.320
SAM: I don't know, what could we[br]learn from this thing?

3:33:53.331,3:33:56.817
[br]LIAM: I don't think he is a threat to us, so it[br]couldn't hurt.

3:33:57.266,3:33:59.183
LAURA: I mean, he might...

3:34:00.147,3:34:04.912
[br]TRAVIS: Are there more of them nearby, where did[br]you come from, have you seen a giant purple worm?

3:34:04.912,3:34:06.533
[br]LIAM: How do you cross this river?

3:34:06.533,3:34:07.500
[br]SAM: Sure.

3:34:07.500,3:34:08.789
[br]TRAVIS: Where do you cross?

3:34:08.789,3:34:11.186
[br]SAM: Okay. Yeah, let's go chat up the bugbear.

3:34:11.186,3:34:12.420
[br]MATT: Okay.

3:34:12.898,3:34:21.362
SAM: Hello? Sleepy bear? We won't hurt you[br]if you wake up.

3:34:21.807,3:34:22.936
[br]MATT: No response.

3:34:23.649,3:34:25.220
[br]SAM: We've got a pot of honey.

3:34:25.272,3:34:31.233
[br]LIAM: <i>Ja</i>, Huggy Bear, we can see you. Let's[br]talk. Still have Tongues up, it's an hour.

3:34:31.533,3:34:33.387
[br]LAURA: You guys are speaking in Goblin?

3:34:33.387,3:34:34.097
[br]LIAM: Yeah.

3:34:34.097,3:34:38.656
MATT: Yep. You see one of the eyes kind of creep open.

3:34:39.016,3:34:40.182
[br]TRAVIS: Nap time.

3:34:40.538,3:34:43.086
[br]LIAM: <i>Ja</i>. Peekaboo, we see you.

3:34:43.367,3:34:45.310
[br]SAM: No more hibernate-y.

3:34:48.739,3:34:51.547
MATT: You see the hand go for[br]the side of its belt.

3:34:51.582,3:34:55.519
[br]SAM: No, no! We mean you no harm. No fight.

3:34:55.519,3:34:58.331
[br]LIAM: We could, but we don't mean to.

3:34:59.621,3:35:01.176
[br]MATT: Make a persuasion check.

3:35:03.213,3:35:04.321
[br]LIAM: That's cocked.

3:35:04.321,3:35:05.463
[br]MATT: Yeah, it's cocked.

3:35:05.463,3:35:09.663
[br]LAURA: Because you've got so many fucking dice on[br]your tray! You've got to sort them out.

3:35:09.663,3:35:11.713
[br]LIAM: What the fuck are you talking about?!

3:35:11.713,3:35:14.517
[br]LAURA: You've got to sort them out so you have[br]room to roll!

3:35:14.517,3:35:17.168
[br]LIAM: I did at the top of the game. Persuasion?[br]That is a 20.

3:35:17.168,3:35:20.455
[br]SAM: That's true; you have two by three inches of[br]rolling space there.

3:35:23.056,3:35:24.336
[br]LIAM: That's all you need.

3:35:25.606,3:35:31.522
[br]MATT: The hand that was brushing towards the belt[br]instead reaches out and plants itself in the mud,

3:35:33.352,3:35:39.687
and then does a push-up into a sitting position,[br]with the mud all caked into the fur on one side of

3:35:39.687,3:35:49.331
the face. The rest of the fur is matted from the[br]rain. Sits up. "You mean no harm?"

3:35:50.391,3:35:54.220
[br]SAM: No fighting. Sorry about your friends, or[br]family.

3:35:57.060,3:35:59.174
[br]MATT: "Well, that is life in the wastes."

3:36:00.660,3:36:06.459
[br]SAM: We're just passing through. We're not trying[br]to start anything, we just need some directions.

3:36:06.459,3:36:09.385
If you could help us, maybe we can[br]give you some food.

3:36:09.568,3:36:12.037
[br]LAURA: Ask him if he wants a tattoo.

3:36:13.455,3:36:15.015
[br]SAM: I won't lead with that.

3:36:15.233,3:36:17.698
[br]LIAM: You would want to shave him first?

3:36:17.698,3:36:18.537
[br]LAURA: Sure.

3:36:18.581,3:36:20.116
[br]SAM: Yasha's good at that.

3:36:20.159,3:36:23.691
MATT: He scoots back in the mud and starts[br]trying to stand up a little bit.

3:36:23.691,3:36:24.651
[br]SAM: No, no.

3:36:24.651,3:36:29.665
[br]LIAM: No, we are <i>not</i> going to hurt you. We[br]could, really, just destroy you, but we have no

3:36:29.665,3:36:34.607
desire to do that. We just want some information,[br]because you live here and we want to pass. You see

3:36:34.607,3:36:37.670
that river over there? We are hoping to get to the[br]other side of it.

3:36:37.670,3:36:39.591
[br]MATT: "I don't live here."

3:36:39.591,3:36:40.911
[br]LIAM: Where do you live?

3:36:40.911,3:36:45.649
[br]MATT: "There," and points in the direction, past[br]the river but a little bit northeast.

3:36:45.649,3:36:49.885
[br]SAM: Oh! How do you get to the-- do you live on[br]the <i>other</i> side of the river?

3:36:49.885,3:36:50.923
[br]MATT: "Yeah."

3:36:50.993,3:36:52.856
[br]SAM: How do you get to the other side of the[br]river?

3:36:53.286,3:36:54.019
[br]MATT: "Swim."

3:36:55.549,3:36:57.316
[br]SAM: Is it a hard swim?

3:36:57.516,3:36:58.299
[br]MATT: "Yeah."

3:36:59.279,3:37:00.720
[br]TRAVIS: This guy is valuable!

3:37:00.720,3:37:02.525
[br]SAM: Do you think we could do it, or no?

3:37:04.025,3:37:05.111
[br]MATT: "Maybe."

3:37:05.551,3:37:06.877
[br]TRAVIS: Maybe!

3:37:07.237,3:37:11.470
[br]LIAM: I see that look in your eye. Is there a best[br]place to cross the river, that you use?

3:37:11.470,3:37:16.244
SAM: Yeah, a place where it, I guess,[br]widens out, so it'd be less--

3:37:16.244,3:37:17.464
[br]LAURA: No, no.

3:37:17.464,3:37:19.043
[br]TRAVIS: Shallow, more shallow.

3:37:19.043,3:37:20.215
[br]LAURA: More shallow.

3:37:20.215,3:37:22.265
SAM: Shallow? I don't know how water works.

3:37:22.265,3:37:23.431
[br]TALIESIN: That's true.

3:37:23.431,3:37:27.795
MATT: "There are a few places where the[br]river's not quite as bad, yes."

3:37:27.795,3:37:28.577
[br]LIAM: Well?

3:37:28.577,3:37:31.459
[br]SAM: Where are those places? We have food!

3:37:31.459,3:37:35.794
TALIESIN: I was going to say, if you can show us[br]where that is and we can get across, once--

3:37:35.794,3:37:37.276
[br]LAURA: He can't understand you.

3:37:37.276,3:37:39.275
[br]TALIESIN: Well, yeah, but I can say this--

3:37:39.275,3:37:41.041
[br]SAM: Is what I translate to him, yes.

3:37:41.041,3:37:41.998
[br]TALIESIN: We could--

3:37:41.998,3:37:44.899
MATT: Actually, he turns to you and[br]responds in broken Common.

3:37:44.899,3:37:45.697
[br]LAURA: Oh, shit.

3:37:45.697,3:37:50.287
[br]TALIESIN: Well, that's convenient. If you can help[br]us get across, I can give you some food, and if

3:37:50.287,3:37:52.754
you need any healing after what just happened.

3:37:52.754,3:37:53.894
[br]LAURA: And a tattoo!

3:37:54.124,3:37:55.790
[br]TALIESIN: The tattoo's optional.

3:37:55.790,3:37:57.000
[br]LAURA: It's pretty cool.

3:37:57.000,3:37:59.335
[br]TALIESIN: They are pretty cool, but it's[br]optional.

3:38:02.155,3:38:06.296
[br]MATT: "I can show you across the river. But--"

3:38:07.400,3:38:10.258
[br]MARISHA: Can I ride you across the river?

3:38:10.628,3:38:12.305
[br]TALIESIN: Are we making this weird?

3:38:12.305,3:38:15.512
[br]MARISHA: Do you float, can I ride like a raft?

3:38:15.512,3:38:19.000
[br]MATT: "I can float, yes."

3:38:20.030,3:38:23.296
MARISHA: Have you ever ridden a person[br]across the river?

3:38:23.296,3:38:24.153
[br]TRAVIS: Have you?

3:38:24.153,3:38:27.104
[br]MATT: "Not since I was a tiny bear, but--"

3:38:27.104,3:38:28.771
[br]MARISHA: What? You have a bad back?

3:38:28.771,3:38:35.700
[br]SAM: No, he said not since he was a tiny bugbear.[br]This feels like a "Scorpion and the Tortoise" sort

3:38:35.700,3:38:38.147
of thing, but are you the scorpion?

3:38:38.147,3:38:39.763
[br]MARISHA: I'm always the scorpion.

3:38:39.763,3:38:41.941
[br]MATT: "You're not from around here, are you?"

3:38:42.191,3:38:43.020
[br]TRAVIS: Nope.

3:38:43.450,3:38:45.296
[br]MARISHA: Do we look like tourists?

3:38:45.406,3:38:46.456
[br]MATT: "Very much."

3:38:46.466,3:38:47.846
[br]LAURA: Is it our fanny packs?

3:38:48.396,3:38:50.081
[br]MARISHA: Is it our matching cloaks?

3:38:50.081,3:38:51.863
[br]MATT: "The bright pink one you wear around your[br]waist?"

3:38:53.923,3:38:58.707
[br]MARISHA: We do have "Xhorhas or bust" on the back[br]of our cloaks, that might give it away.

3:38:58.707,3:39:00.677
[br]SAM: What is your name?

3:39:01.067,3:39:02.501
MATT: "My name is Gluzzo."

3:39:02.771,3:39:03.796
[br]SAM: Bluza?

3:39:03.846,3:39:05.011
MATT: "Gluzzo."

3:39:05.171,3:39:06.381
ALL: Gluzzo.

3:39:07.041,3:39:13.911
[br]LIAM: So this big bird that has killed your[br]friends, your family: are there a lot of those?

3:39:14.951,3:39:22.178
[br]MATT: "Not usually this far out from the[br]mountains. There's some that are to the eastern

3:39:22.178,3:39:27.670
"range, by the Penumbra Range, and there's[br]some at the Ashkeepers."

3:39:27.700,3:39:30.971
[br]LIAM: So they become less of an issue in your neck[br]of the woods, <i>ja</i>?

3:39:30.971,3:39:37.672
[br]MATT: "Yeah. They don't go too far into the[br]valley, but we were trying to go further in."

3:39:38.012,3:39:38.900
[br]LAURA: Why?

3:39:39.480,3:39:46.409
[br]MATT: "They're paying us to. Well, they <i>were</i>[br]paying us to bring food back for the armies."

3:39:47.869,3:39:48.571
[br]LAURA: Oh.

3:39:48.571,3:39:50.267
[br]LIAM: You've been hired by--

3:39:50.267,3:39:51.222
[br]TRAVIS: The Empire?

3:39:51.222,3:39:52.121
[br]LIAM: No.

3:39:52.121,3:39:53.391
[br]LAURA: The bad guys.

3:39:53.391,3:39:54.216
[br]TRAVIS: The Kryn.

3:39:54.216,3:39:55.917
[br]LIAM: No. The Kryn?

3:39:55.917,3:39:57.682
[br]MATT: "Dynasty, yes."

3:39:57.682,3:39:58.441
[br]LIAM: <i>Ja.</i>

3:39:58.441,3:39:59.656
[br]MARISHA: The Dynasty.

3:39:59.656,3:40:00.713
[br]MATT: "They--"

3:40:01.633,3:40:03.233
[br]LIAM: <i>Ja</i>, the Kryn Dynasty.

3:40:03.233,3:40:09.053
[br]MATT: He catches himself. There's a look of[br]mistrust across his face. This may not be the most

3:40:09.053,3:40:11.351
intelligent creature, but suddenly, he's like...

3:40:11.351,3:40:15.173
[br]SAM: Give him food, give him something. Do we have[br]something? Give him something.

3:40:15.173,3:40:17.826
[br]LAURA: Yeah, here's some of the food I took from[br]the guys. Here.

3:40:17.826,3:40:19.327
[br]SAM: You can trust us.

3:40:22.392,3:40:24.308
[br]LAURA: Do you like this? Rations?

3:40:24.661,3:40:31.711
[br]MATT: The bugbear's probably close to Caduceus'[br]size, though it's sitting. It doesn't look as big

3:40:31.711,3:40:36.979
at this point, but as it reaches out and grabs it,[br]its big, furred, clawed hand completely envelops

3:40:36.979,3:40:40.999
yours and pulls the food out. It almost scratches[br]the palm a little bit.

3:40:40.999,3:40:44.853
[br]LAURA: Ow. Like one of those kangaroos when you[br]feed them and they go (errk).

3:40:44.853,3:40:46.174
[br]TRAVIS: They got big-ass claws on them.

3:40:46.174,3:40:56.833
[br]MATT: (loud chewing and smacking) "So are you[br]going to kill me, or are you going to let me go,

3:40:56.833,3:41:00.116
"or am I going to my city? What do you[br]want from me?"

3:41:00.116,3:41:02.735
LAURA: We just want you to help us[br]get across the river.

3:41:02.735,3:41:05.682
[br]SAM: And to your city, if your city is eastward?

3:41:05.924,3:41:08.323
MARISHA: I'm really curious of how buoyant[br]you are.

3:41:09.131,3:41:10.201
[br]MATT: "I live in the--"

3:41:10.411,3:41:14.995
[br]LAURA: No, he's not from-- Are you from Ghor[br]Dranas?

3:41:15.345,3:41:17.501
MATT: "No, no. I'm from Asarius."

3:41:18.538,3:41:22.862
[br]LIAM: How far off from Ghor Dranas is that, do you[br]know?

3:41:23.357,3:41:32.153
MATT: "It's on the way. Sort of. I've not been to[br]Ghor Dranas. Asarius is the City of Beasts."

3:41:32.853,3:41:33.644
[br]LAURA: Whoa.

3:41:33.644,3:41:35.013
[br]LIAM: City of Beasts.

3:41:39.943,3:41:43.684
[br]MATT: "The guy that hired us isn't the nicest, but[br]he pays well."

3:41:44.149,3:41:45.690
[br]SAM: What did he hire you to do?

3:41:46.240,3:41:47.966
[br]MARISHA and TRAVIS: Gather food.

3:41:49.166,3:41:59.006
MATT: "It's a meat and feed company. It's run by a[br]super smart ogre man, Baron Visco. Kind of a douche."

3:41:59.849,3:42:01.027
[br]TRAVIS: Baron Visco?

3:42:07.014,3:42:13.187
LIAM: Well, Gluzzo, can you lead us, you think? We[br]have more food we can share with you. Can you lead

3:42:13.187,3:42:16.491
us to the safest place to cross your river?

3:42:17.562,3:42:26.981
[br]MATT: "I'll show you. Come on." He gets up and[br]stands. Now, seeing him close up, it's

3:42:26.981,3:42:36.341
interesting: wide shoulders, but rail-thin,[br]furred, gaunt body. You can't tell because of the

3:42:36.341,3:42:42.827
fur if it's malnourished or it's just designed to[br]be a runner, and is just a very thin, muscular

3:42:42.827,3:42:47.720
frame. Gathered by the fact it was a hunting party[br]that wasn't expecting a roc, they're probably used

3:42:47.720,3:42:52.028
to running and hunting out in these open fields[br]fairly often. So hard to tell one way or the

3:42:52.028,3:43:00.727
other. Gluzzo continues to walk forward and keeps[br]checking over his shoulder towards you, with a

3:43:00.727,3:43:07.737
look of waiting for the moment when someone shoots[br]him in the base of the skull. He keeps walking,

3:43:07.737,3:43:10.321
and keeps walking. Do you guys follow?

3:43:10.321,3:43:11.362
[br]ALL: Yeah.

3:43:11.392,3:43:12.042
[br]MATT: Okay.

3:43:12.284,3:43:14.565
[br]LAURA: But keeping an eye out in case we get[br]ambushed.

3:43:16.435,3:43:18.034
[br]TALIESIN: He seems all right, though?

3:43:19.364,3:43:24.399
[br]MATT: He seems to be in a position where he[br]doesn't have a choice; and just watched his

3:43:24.399,3:43:27.160
hunting party get demolished.

3:43:27.160,3:43:29.433
[br]TALIESIN: All right. He's not thinking about[br]anything funny, though.

3:43:30.043,3:43:31.423
[br]MATT: Make an insight check.

3:43:37.113,3:43:37.936
[br]TALIESIN: 24.

3:43:39.896,3:43:47.014
MATT: At the moment, seems less interested in trying[br]to cross you and just survive and get back home.

3:43:48.244,3:43:49.062
[br]TRAVIS: Smart.

3:43:52.742,3:43:57.039
[br]TALIESIN: Well, when we find the place, we can all[br]help each other cross the river, go our separate

3:43:57.039,3:44:00.544
ways. Fill your belly, at least, before you go.

3:44:03.872,3:44:11.756
[br]MATT: Continues on, quietly. A few hours of travel[br]in the heavy rain, you begin to come upon the

3:44:11.756,3:44:22.012
river itself. The banks are extremely muddy, with[br]a black, deep brown, bits of red mud to it, and

3:44:22.012,3:44:28.401
even a hundred feet out from the bank the typical[br]muddy walk you've had here through the wastes

3:44:28.401,3:44:33.500
becomes very (sucking squelching). You find your[br]boots being tugged at and almost pulled off at

3:44:33.500,3:44:39.729
times, and as you get right up towards the river,[br]it's not a <i>rushing</i> river, but it is moving with

3:44:39.729,3:44:51.589
expediency, especially with the recent rains. The[br]mud sinks up to mid-calf with each step. Gluzzo

3:44:51.589,3:44:58.258
begins to walk along the sides, trying to remember[br]which point is the best for entry. At times, the

3:44:58.258,3:45:06.784
river's between anywhere from 30 to 50 feet wide,[br]so it's a fairly wide river. At some points, it

3:45:06.784,3:45:13.110
pushes into the 20-25 and that's where Gluzzo leads[br]you to that section and goes, "This is probably

3:45:13.110,3:45:18.512
"the best place in the region. We can go further[br]south if you want, but this could work."

3:45:20.110,3:45:23.400
[br]SAM: Will you go first, or should we go first?

3:45:23.800,3:45:27.390
[br]MATT: "I can go first if you-- I'm going there[br]anyway."

3:45:29.335,3:45:30.742
[br]TALIESIN: You can also--

3:45:30.742,3:45:33.784
[br]SAM: I'll be fine, but do you guys want to tie a[br]rope around this fellow?

3:45:33.784,3:45:38.353
[br]TALIESIN: I was going to say, we can tie a rope[br]around you and then you could secure at the other

3:45:38.353,3:45:39.152
side of the--

3:45:39.152,3:45:41.010
LIAM: It would be easier to get across.

3:45:41.010,3:45:42.350
[br]SAM: Oh, yeah. I'll do that.

3:45:43.560,3:45:46.971
TRAVIS: There's also several of us that can, you[br]know, mess with water.

3:45:47.131,3:45:52.942
[br]SAM: Ah. Fjord, that's your very special power[br]that only you have.

3:45:53.110,3:45:58.150
[br]LAURA: Honestly, I don't have it prepared, Fjord,[br]so you are very special right now.

3:45:58.150,3:45:59.181
[br]TRAVIS: I hate her.

3:46:00.451,3:46:03.430
TALIESIN: We can make a rope tether, though, if we[br]have to.

3:46:04.820,3:46:09.273
[br]SAM: Would you like to use your very special[br]power, or should I just carry a rope across?

3:46:11.274,3:46:12.323
[br]TRAVIS: I kill Nott.

3:46:12.323,3:46:15.677
[br](laughter)

3:46:17.175,3:46:23.393
MATT: As you guys are having this conversation,[br]Gluzzo seems to have dropped onto his knees and

3:46:23.393,3:46:26.938
bowed his head quietly for a moment and is holding[br]something in his hand.

3:46:27.038,3:46:29.172
[br]LAURA: What's going on? Are you praying?

3:46:30.270,3:46:37.795
[br]MATT: He stays quiet for a minute. Opens his eyes[br]again and you see glimmers of a chain lost in fur

3:46:37.795,3:46:39.641
as he tucks something under his fur.

3:46:39.641,3:46:40.811
[br]LAURA: Is he naked?

3:46:41.091,3:46:53.578
MATT: You can see a breastplate and some bracers[br]and some boots-- actually, no boots on him.

3:46:53.578,3:46:59.070
Just his large, furred feet. Mostly lower-half[br]naked; but it's mostly fur in the area.

3:46:59.070,3:47:00.690
[br]LAURA and MARISHA: He's shirt cocking?

3:47:03.260,3:47:06.040
[br]MATT: Armor cocking, technically.

3:47:07.020,3:47:11.431
LIAM: And he just hid the medallion in his own[br]Robert Guccione mass of chest hair?

3:47:11.431,3:47:12.259
[br]MATT: Yes.

3:47:12.259,3:47:13.116
[br]LIAM: Okay.

3:47:14.016,3:47:15.962
[br]LAURA: Who were you praying to?

3:47:16.182,3:47:17.312
[br]MATT: "To the Light."

3:47:17.692,3:47:18.504
[br]SAM: Who?

3:47:18.834,3:47:19.951
[br]MARISHA: Goliath?

3:47:19.951,3:47:20.949
[br]MATT: "The Light."

3:47:20.949,3:47:22.601
[br]LAURA, SAM, and MARISHA: The Light.

3:47:23.821,3:47:30.141
[br]MATT: Stands up and begins to wade out into the[br]water. He's swimming and fighting the stream.

3:47:32.905,3:47:35.235
[br]LAURA: Go, Nott. Unless Fjord--?

3:47:35.239,3:47:38.908
[br]SAM: I'm going to tag along. Fjord, do you want to[br]do anything?

3:47:39.838,3:47:40.761
[br]TRAVIS: Not me.

3:47:40.761,3:47:45.237
TALIESIN: I've got the rope. I'm holding one end of[br]the rope if you're going to hold the other.

3:47:45.237,3:47:46.006
[br]LAURA: Yeah, go.

3:47:46.006,3:47:47.771
[br]SAM: Okay. I'll take the rope across.

3:47:47.771,3:47:55.889
MATT: Okay. Gluzzo, surprisingly strong. Fights the[br]current; even though it moves along, he manages to

3:47:55.889,3:48:03.232
still make his way across. Big armfuls of water,[br]breaststroke style. He makes it across at an angle

3:48:03.232,3:48:06.896
and eventually stands up amongst the muck on the[br]opposite end.

3:48:06.896,3:48:09.434
[br]TALIESIN: Let's tack them down if we can.

3:48:09.434,3:48:11.700
[br]LAURA: Yes, is there anything to tie off the--

3:48:11.700,3:48:14.804
TALIESIN: Don't we have some spikes?

3:48:14.804,3:48:17.100
[br]LAURA: In the mud? I think it would come undone.

3:48:17.100,3:48:21.756
[br]MATT: In the immediate vicinity, there's nothing[br]to really tie it to. What few rocks are there are,

3:48:21.756,3:48:25.178
are small enough to the point that it would just[br]be pulled out with any--

3:48:25.178,3:48:29.411
[br]TALIESIN: Well, at the very least we can have[br]strong people hold the ropes on either side.

3:48:29.411,3:48:32.024
LAURA: Maybe Gluzzo can hold the rope[br]on the other side.

3:48:32.024,3:48:36.300
SAM: I don't know how this works, but I'm going[br]to try to walk across the super-fast-moving

3:48:36.300,3:48:37.485
current of water.

3:48:37.855,3:48:45.569
[br]MATT: And you do. You run across; and as you do,[br]it's like running sideways on the moving pathways

3:48:45.569,3:48:52.686
in an airport. Moving forward, but you're watching[br]your entire perspective shift down that way. It

3:48:52.686,3:48:58.467
gets a bit bumpy at times as your feet hit where[br]parts of the water are cresting and hitting stones

3:48:58.467,3:49:02.989
or whitewater is starting to splash, so it's a little[br]uneven. It's an interesting sensation, but

3:49:02.989,3:49:04.233
eventually you run across.

3:49:04.233,3:49:05.393
[br]SAM: Hey, made it.

3:49:05.513,3:49:07.866
MATT: Gluzzo is on the other side like, (whew).

3:49:09.046,3:49:13.794
SAM: Gluzzo, do you mind holding this end of the[br]rope so that my friends can join us?

3:49:16.444,3:49:21.326
[br]MATT: Grabs the end of the rope and wraps it[br]around the forearm and holds it there.

3:49:22.554,3:49:25.211
[br]SAM: All right everyone. Come across!

3:49:25.211,3:49:29.942
[br]TRAVIS: Good job, Nott! I'll use Control Water to[br]part the river for a hundred feet in either

3:49:29.942,3:49:35.994
direction and create a nice line of dry land to the other[br]side.

3:49:38.654,3:49:44.980
MATT: All right. You watch as the river parts and[br]halts itself there. The flow of the river suspended

3:49:44.980,3:49:52.551
for the time being and you can now see the muddy[br]walkway that is the base of the river. Dozens and

3:49:52.551,3:49:57.852
dozens of smooth river stones cluster in the bottom[br]and you can see protruding roots of other leaves

3:49:57.852,3:50:02.133
and bushes that were washed in and sunk down[br]and stuck in the muck, but it is traversable.

3:50:02.133,3:50:05.519
[br]TALIESIN: Are there any particularly attractive[br]river stones down there?

3:50:05.519,3:50:06.471
MATT: There's a few.

3:50:06.471,3:50:09.233
[br]TALIESIN: I'm going to pick a couple up when I[br]walk across.

3:50:09.233,3:50:11.663
MATT: You gather a couple of[br]pretty river stones.

3:50:11.663,3:50:13.804
[br]LIAM: How much time do we have to cross this?

3:50:13.804,3:50:14.764
[br]TRAVIS: Ten minutes.

3:50:14.764,3:50:16.957
[br]LIAM: That's good. I'm going to start walking.

3:50:17.247,3:50:18.477
[br]TRAVIS: Ten long minutes.

3:50:18.757,3:50:22.651
[br]SAM: Keep going, everyone! I'm here in case his[br]magic fails.

3:50:23.642,3:50:28.494
MATT: You guys all make your way across and Gluzzo[br]sits there staring at you, Nott, looks at the rope

3:50:28.494,3:50:31.313
and goes, "Do I have to keep holding onto this?"

3:50:31.313,3:50:40.541
SAM: No, it was just a back up. Our leader, Caleb, made[br]sure that Fjord controlled the water so we're okay.

3:50:40.541,3:50:44.404
[br]LIAM: Caleb, to humor Nott, has used the rope the[br]whole way, walking along.

3:50:44.404,3:50:46.313
[br]SAM: Thank you so much.

3:50:47.233,3:50:51.611
[br]TALIESIN: I also think I'm going to poke my head[br]in the river in one of the walls just to see

3:50:51.611,3:50:53.574
what's happening on the other side of it.

3:50:53.574,3:50:55.345
[br]MATT: Okay. Roll-- no, I'm kidding.

3:50:55.345,3:50:57.416
[br]TRAVIS: (splashing) Really?!

3:50:59.826,3:51:12.835
[br]MATT: It's very cold water. It is murky, but not[br]unpleasant. You glance in and you think you catch

3:51:13.047,3:51:18.965
a glimmer of what might have been a fish swimming[br]along in it, but there's so little light here

3:51:18.965,3:51:23.696
amongst the darkened clouds and the storm above[br]that you see it and it's gone and you're not even

3:51:23.696,3:51:25.705
sure if your brain made it up.

3:51:26.033,3:51:28.004
[br]TALIESIN: That's great. All right, fair enough.

3:51:28.214,3:51:33.864
MATT: You make your way across the river. Gluzzo[br]tosses the rope back to you and turns around and

3:51:33.864,3:51:43.961
starts making the walk continuously. There's[br]unique balance between wanting to help to survive

3:51:43.961,3:51:48.962
and not be killed by you, and also seemingly really put[br]out by anything you ask him to do.

3:51:48.962,3:51:52.442
[br]SAM: This is a common refrain from anyone we've[br]ever met.

3:51:54.712,3:51:58.205
[br]MATT: Yeah, but usually you've earned it. This is[br]right off the bat.

3:51:58.546,3:52:01.168
TALIESIN: I feel like we owe him a bag of food[br]at least.

3:52:01.168,3:52:03.936
LIAM: Yeah, can we give him some more?[br]Or give him a taste?

3:52:03.936,3:52:06.223
[br]TALIESIN: We'll give him one of the ration kits.

3:52:06.223,3:52:10.621
[br]LIAM: This is how you know we are not going to[br]kill you, because we would not be dumping our food

3:52:10.621,3:52:13.936
into you before we-- we're not fattening you up[br]for-- you know.

3:52:13.936,3:52:16.253
[br]TALIESIN: I feel like you really let that trail[br]on.

3:52:17.053,3:52:19.790
[br]LAURA: Are we just going to let him go, then?

3:52:19.790,3:52:21.157
[br]TALIESIN: Yeah.

3:52:21.746,3:52:27.715
SAM: How much further is Ghor Dranas?[br]How many days' walk?

3:52:29.245,3:52:45.656
MATT: "Ghor Dranas from here? From Asarius is[br]maybe, at a pretty fast speed, about two weeks?"

3:52:46.509,3:52:47.463
[br]TALIESIN: Yeah, no.

3:52:47.787,3:52:51.220
[br]SAM: Are there any beasts of burden that we could[br]rent?

3:52:52.395,3:52:54.277
MATT: "Maybe in Asarius."

3:52:54.507,3:52:56.237
[br]SAM: Maybe we should make a stop.

3:52:56.237,3:52:59.796
[br]LAURA: Do you think if we go there, people are[br]going to kill us right away?

3:52:59.796,3:53:01.046
[br]LIAM: That's a fair bet.

3:53:01.206,3:53:03.427
[br]TRAVIS: You said a city of beasts, didn't you?

3:53:04.047,3:53:07.831
[br]MATT: "Yes. Well, are you with the Empire?"

3:53:07.831,3:53:09.173
[br]SAM and LAURA: No.

3:53:09.173,3:53:10.672
[br]TALIESIN: Mostly unaffiliated.

3:53:11.082,3:53:15.595
[br]LAURA: No. We're just hanging out. We like it[br]here.

3:53:15.595,3:53:26.226
MATT: "(sighs) I mean, you would probably be okay.[br]You'll probably be okay. You'll probably be okay."

3:53:26.226,3:53:28.000
[br]SAM: What about the tall woman?

3:53:28.000,3:53:39.568
[br]MATT: "You might be okay." Looks to Yasha, Beau,[br]and Caduceus. "We do have humans that do come

3:53:39.568,3:53:47.320
"through, but they're usually-- well, they're[br]pretty well-connected with the Dynasty."

3:53:49.134,3:53:51.461
[br]TRAVIS: We are totally going into this city now.

3:53:52.255,3:53:57.594
[br]SAM: We can do some crafty disguises.

3:53:57.594,3:54:06.196
[br]MARISHA: I don't know. You can do the crafty[br]disguise on yourself, right, Nott?

3:54:06.196,3:54:08.615
[br]SAM: I can, yes, but I won't need to.

3:54:10.075,3:54:13.881
[br]MARISHA: Can I borrow your armor? Your glamour?

3:54:13.881,3:54:16.464
[br]SAM: It'll change what you're wearing.

3:54:18.674,3:54:24.273
LIAM: That's a start, you could make some of that[br]insect-like armor, hmm?

3:54:25.369,3:54:27.326
[br]MARISHA: The glamour armor?

3:54:27.326,3:54:29.576
[br]SAM: You could change what it looks like.

3:54:29.576,3:54:32.002
[br]LAURA and MARISHA: Just the clothes.

3:54:32.002,3:54:36.577
[br]LIAM: Have you used it to put a hat on yourself?[br]Could you make one of those insect-like helmets?

3:54:36.582,3:54:38.002
[br]SAM: I have not tried that.

3:54:38.002,3:54:39.735
[br]LAURA: Or any helmet, really.

3:54:40.335,3:54:47.900
SAM: We could-- hmm, nope. Caleb can[br]disguise himself.

3:54:50.060,3:54:52.608
MARISHA: So can literally everybody else[br]in our party.

3:54:52.608,3:54:56.267
[br]LAURA: No, I pull out that ugly mask that I[br]bought. You could put this on!

3:54:56.424,3:54:57.931
[br]SAM: What's that? What is it?

3:54:57.931,3:54:59.914
[br]LAURA: The mask that I bought, remember?

3:55:00.764,3:55:09.394
[br]MATT: It's a metallic, angry, monster scowl mask.

3:55:09.394,3:55:11.095
MARISHA: No, this feels weird.

3:55:11.095,3:55:13.476
LAURA: Hey! Would that look like it[br]fits in better?

3:55:15.216,3:55:26.956
[br]MATT: "Maybe a little bit. I mean, I'm going to be[br]honest. We're in a wartime, so if they're not

3:55:26.956,3:55:32.767
"familiar with you, and you don't convince them[br]well, probably going to kill you."

3:55:32.767,3:55:35.629
SAM: But we're with you! And you'll vouch for us.

3:55:35.629,3:55:40.049
[br]TRAVIS: Also, we don't all need to go into the[br]city if we're just acquiring transport, right?

3:55:40.429,3:55:42.724
[br]SAM: That's true. We could just send in a party.

3:55:42.924,3:55:45.628
[br]LIAM: How far off is your city? This City of[br]Beasts.

3:55:49.037,3:55:58.518
MATT: "It could go partway into the night and maybe[br]get there a little after halfway through the night.

3:55:58.518,3:56:01.216
"Otherwise, tomorrow morning."

3:56:01.596,3:56:07.817
[br]LIAM: That's not too long. I don't know if I like[br]the idea of diverting just to get some creatures

3:56:07.817,3:56:09.579
to ride, but that is not long at all.

3:56:09.777,3:56:13.017
TRAVIS: I don't think it's too bad.[br]We should do it.

3:56:13.630,3:56:16.612
[br]SAM: So some of us go into town and try to get a[br]wagon.

3:56:16.612,3:56:18.884
[br]TRAVIS: The rest will stay just outside.

3:56:18.884,3:56:24.432
[br]LAURA: Okay, but I'm going to point out the fact[br]that those other people that we talked to that

3:56:24.432,3:56:33.054
were definitely also not with the Empire totally[br]said that the best way to travel was on foot

3:56:33.054,3:56:36.741
because if you were on any kind of animal, you[br]would attract more attention.

3:56:36.741,3:56:37.933
[br]TALIESIN: That's fair.

3:56:37.933,3:56:42.589
[br]SAM: Is that true? Is riding something bad news[br]around here?

3:56:43.179,3:56:46.108
[br]LAURA: I mean, it'll be easier to see us.

3:56:47.288,3:56:53.983
[br]MATT: "If you can go faster than what you're[br]trying to avoid, you might be okay, but otherwise,

3:56:53.983,3:57:00.205
"you know." He points back towards where the roc[br]was.

3:57:01.894,3:57:03.244
[br]TALIESIN: Roc's pretty fast.

3:57:04.845,3:57:09.386
[br]MATT: "But the rocs don't usually come this close[br]to center of the valley."

3:57:09.656,3:57:10.626
[br]LAURA: That's true.

3:57:10.626,3:57:15.155
[br]TRAVIS: We're talking about two weeks on foot,[br]though, and we're going to be walking forever.

3:57:15.155,3:57:16.590
[br]SAM: Let's get some horses.

3:57:16.590,3:57:21.215
[br]TRAVIS: At least we'll get into the city. If there[br]aren't any horses or anything that makes sense,

3:57:21.215,3:57:27.576
then we'll skip it. No carts. None of that shit.[br]Lead on. We'll stop short. You don't need to walk

3:57:27.576,3:57:31.587
us into your own city. Just get us close to[br]the outskirts. That would be good enough.

3:57:32.177,3:57:33.676
[br]MATT: "Do you have any money?"

3:57:33.676,3:57:36.335
[br]MARISHA: I was about to ask that. What currency?

3:57:38.435,3:57:45.854
MATT: "It's somewhat bartering, but gold is always[br]useful. There is trade that is done outside of Xhorhas."

3:57:47.193,3:57:48.895
[br]TALIESIN: We have lots of things.

3:57:48.895,3:57:50.071
[br]TRAVIS: We have gold.

3:57:50.071,3:57:57.753
MATT: "Gold, I think, is useful to the Kryn, so[br]could you help me with some gold?"

3:57:57.753,3:57:59.409
[br]SAM: Oh yeah. Sure.

3:57:59.409,3:58:01.128
[br]TRAVIS: Here, I'll flick him a gold.

3:58:01.630,3:58:02.550
[br]SAM: A gold.

3:58:02.550,3:58:03.439
[br]TRAVIS: Yep.

3:58:04.479,3:58:05.307
[br]SAM: <i>A</i> gold.

3:58:05.309,3:58:06.995
[br]TRAVIS: If you get us there, might be more of[br]that.

3:58:08.469,3:58:09.444
[br]MATT: "Okay."

3:58:09.573,3:58:17.795
[br]LAURA: I'll give him <i>a</i> gold as well. If you want[br]a tattoo, I'll give you another.

3:58:23.465,3:58:24.301
[br]MATT: "Okay."

3:58:24.301,3:58:27.883
[br](laughter)

3:58:27.883,3:58:31.372
[br]LAURA: Sweet. I'm going to shave--

3:58:31.372,3:58:34.132
[br]LIAM, TRAVIS, and SAM: Yasha.

3:58:34.132,3:58:37.942
[br]TALIESIN: Let's do this when we camp. You can,[br]once we set up camp.

3:58:39.622,3:58:44.421
[br]LIAM: Serious Skyrim Jarl vibes from this[br]bugbear.

3:58:47.111,3:58:50.870
MATT: Don't get this dialect too often[br]outside of Skyrim these days.

3:58:53.010,3:58:56.550
Are you pressing through the night or[br]are you bedding down for the evening?

3:58:56.550,3:59:00.971
TRAVIS: We're bedding down for the evening, but[br]it depends on the terrain outside of the city.

3:59:00.981,3:59:02.579
If it's more flat plains, then--

3:59:02.579,3:59:04.731
[br]MATT: It's all flat plains here, man.

3:59:05.111,3:59:10.258
TRAVIS: We'll stop well shy of the city then. As[br]soon as it's just barely visible, we'll stop out there.

3:59:10.436,3:59:18.986
[br]MATT: Okay. As nightfall hits and a few more hours[br]pushing on, the weather, the exhaustion, it all

3:59:18.986,3:59:24.147
starts to get to you and you feel the need to bed[br]down pretty soon without pushing yourself beyond

3:59:24.147,3:59:37.528
a comfortable boundary. You begin to set up your[br]space, and Gluzzo rakes a bit of the ground open

3:59:37.528,3:59:44.627
and creates a small sleeping convex hole[br]to curl into.

3:59:44.637,3:59:45.988
[br]MARISHA: That's so cute.

3:59:51.378,3:59:53.866
MATT: But nevertheless, you bed down[br]for the evening.

3:59:53.866,3:59:58.194
[br]LIAM: I feel like I should pop the dome around him[br]so that when we stay up to watch, he's not going

3:59:58.194,4:00:00.001
to run off in the middle of the night.

4:00:00.001,4:00:07.214
SAM: We are so trusting. Look at us! We meet[br]friends wherever we go. We met a monster and

4:00:07.214,4:00:09.465
made him our friend. We're good people.

4:00:11.385,4:00:14.663
[br]MARISHA: Are you trying to convince us or you?

4:00:14.663,4:00:18.913
[br]SAM: No! I'm just saying we should take a moment[br]to realize people like us.

4:00:19.893,4:00:22.983
TALIESIN: I'm proud of you, if that helps.[br]I'm proud of everybody.

4:00:22.983,4:00:27.320
[br]MARISHA: We might have been partially responsible[br]for getting all the Muck Men killed, but--

4:00:28.240,4:00:29.924
[br]LAURA: (shushing)

4:00:29.924,4:00:33.792
TRAVIS: Well, we kept more of them from[br]getting killed, I think is also important.

4:00:34.522,4:00:36.854
Jester, what do you need to complete this tattoo?

4:00:37.774,4:00:42.553
LAURA: Just him shaved. That is it. Where[br]would you like a tattoo, sir?

4:00:43.423,4:00:44.915
[br]MATT: Looks around his body.

4:00:45.095,4:00:46.315
[br]MARISHA: Go for the neck.

4:00:46.315,4:00:54.207
[br]LAURA: Remember, you will be bald there for some[br]time. Somewhere that the hair doesn't grow very

4:00:54.207,4:00:55.755
thick would be good.

4:00:55.755,4:00:57.424
[br]MARISHA: Just around under the ear.

4:00:58.434,4:01:01.294
[br]MATT: Points to the side of the chest.

4:01:01.294,4:01:03.893
[br]LAURA: That's good. That's a trendy spot.

4:01:07.473,4:01:12.933
[br]LIAM: Do you first use your window opener to make[br]a bit of (accented) lather?

4:01:12.933,4:01:14.408
[br]LAURA: My window opener?

4:01:14.408,4:01:16.451
[br]LIAM: Your spell. You open all the windows.

4:01:16.451,4:01:17.364
[br]LAURA: Thaumaturgy?

4:01:17.364,4:01:18.071
[br]LIAM: <i>Ja</i>.

4:01:18.071,4:01:20.593
[br]LAURA: I don't think I can shave him with[br]Thaumaturgy.

4:01:20.593,4:01:24.051
[br]LIAM: No, lather. Shaving cream.

4:01:24.141,4:01:26.121
[br]TRAVIS and LAURA: Oh, <i>lather</i>.

4:01:28.634,4:01:31.775
[br]LAURA: I don't think Thaumaturgy will create[br]lather, either.

4:01:32.065,4:01:32.814
[br]LIAM: No?

4:01:32.814,4:01:37.668
[br]LAURA: No. It would just make the sound of lather[br]coming out of a canister, but nothing actually

4:01:37.668,4:01:38.636
will come out.

4:01:38.636,4:01:40.556
LIAM: You cannot make a little bit of water[br]with it?

4:01:40.886,4:01:41.521
[br]LAURA: No.

4:01:41.521,4:01:43.199
[br]SAM: You are the transmuter.

4:01:43.739,4:01:45.795
[br]LIAM: I don't know everything in the world.

4:01:45.795,4:01:47.083
[br]TALIESIN: I can make water.

4:01:47.083,4:01:50.454
[br]MARISHA: Just work up a foam. Just a little bit[br]of--

4:01:51.874,4:01:55.882
[br]TRAVIS: Yasha just walks over and points the giant[br]sword at the bugbear and is like, "Arm up."

4:01:58.202,4:01:59.339
[br]MATT: "Okay."

4:01:59.360,4:02:01.681
[br]TRAVIS: (rough scraping)

4:02:01.681,4:02:10.140
[br]LIAM: Performance check. Is his scalp removed?

4:02:10.720,4:02:17.013
MATT: A patchy job, but enough to maybe get a[br]semi-decent simple version of it.

4:02:17.013,4:02:18.291
It's a simple tattoo.

4:02:18.291,4:02:20.003
[br]LAURA: It is a pretty simple tattoo.

4:02:20.003,4:02:21.631
[br]SAM: What are you going to tattoo?

4:02:21.631,4:02:23.131
[br]LAURA: Captain Tusktooth.

4:02:23.131,4:02:24.510
[br]TALIESIN: She got a thing.

4:02:24.510,4:02:26.631
[br]LAURA: I got to make a trail wherever we go.

4:02:28.401,4:02:30.492
[br]SAM: The googly-eyed Captain Tusktooth?

4:02:30.508,4:02:31.418
[br]LAURA: Obviously.

4:02:33.948,4:02:39.548
[br]MATT: As you all prepare for the evening's rest,[br]by the light of, I assume, probably a Light spell

4:02:39.548,4:02:47.595
or that same globe within the dome, you begin to[br]slowly affix the next marker of Captain Tusktooth

4:02:47.595,4:02:55.011
against the torso of this lone bugbear as he sits[br]there and rubs on his whatever it is he has around

4:02:55.011,4:02:55.879
his neck.

4:02:55.879,4:02:59.144
LAURA: I'm pretty close. Can I see what the[br]symbol is as I'm tattooing?

4:02:59.144,4:03:00.579
[br]MATT: Make a perception check.

4:03:04.659,4:03:05.518
LAURA: 19.

4:03:05.853,4:03:07.961
[br]MATT: You get glimmers of it.

4:03:09.239,4:03:10.974
[br]SAM: (gasps) Whispers?

4:03:10.974,4:03:11.903
[br]TRAVIS: Shit!

4:03:11.903,4:03:19.022
[br]SAM: Late in the night whispers? Happy Valentine's[br]Day everybody! May all your whispers be romantic

4:03:19.912,4:03:32.743
and not about bugbears. She gasped! We're all[br]dying. This is a devil bear.

4:03:32.743,4:03:34.444
[br]TALIESIN: We're all going to die.

4:03:35.594,4:03:41.816
[br]LAURA: Whoa. What? I'm not going to say it out[br]loud. I'm tattooing him.

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[br]MATT: Make a-- I'll say, given the circumstances,[br]a general dexterity check.

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[br]SAM: Oh, it's for the tattoo.

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[br]LAURA: 13.

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[br]MATT: It's not a very detailed tattoo. It is not[br]the greatest canvas under the greatest

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circumstances, but you figure for tattooing a[br]bugbear in the middle of the Xhorhasian fields

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in a rainstorm, it's not too bad.

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[br]LAURA: I think it looks good.

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MATT: Yeah. The rest of you look at it. It's... eh.[br]It's passable.

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[br]SAM: Getting better!

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[br]LAURA: Thank you.

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[br]LIAM: It's all that matted hair and stuff still[br]left behind.

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[br]LAURA: It's hard to work around it.

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[br]MATT: It looks like Gritty, basically, with all[br]the brown hair around it.

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[br]LAURA: Before I finish the tusks, can I go over[br]and: Fjord, can I look at your tusks?

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[br]TRAVIS: What?

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[br]LAURA: Can I look at your mouth?

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[br]TRAVIS: No.

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[br]LAURA: I pull his lip down. Are they pointy or are[br]they still filed?

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[br]TRAVIS: They're doing their thing.

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[br]LAURA: Are they like this?

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[br]MATT: They're starting to grow, yeah.

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[br]LAURA: I'm going to do one of them a normal tusk[br]and then the other tusk is a little blunted tusk

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on this guy.

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[br]MATT: Okay.

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[br]TRAVIS: Thanks.

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[br]LAURA: Yeah.

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[br]MATT: All right. You guys bed down for the night[br]in the middle of the cold fields here across the

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river, just at the cusp of visual sight of this[br]City of Beasts here in the fields of the wastes.

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Even from this distance, you can see it's not a[br]small city. What glimmers of torchlight are

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combating the rainfall through the evening, it[br]looks to be lively and looks to be well-lit.

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That's where we'll leave tonight's episode.

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[br]TRAVIS: Maybe we can spend a little time here?[br]Just a little? I don't know, faster than maybe,

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say, Darktow?

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SAM: You don't want to piss off the whole city[br]and leave the same day?

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[br]TRAVIS: In and out. 12 hours. In and ex-out.

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[br]TALIESIN: Two hours later: "And stay out!"

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[br]TRAVIS: Amazing island of pirates? Never come[br]back. Never see anything. You motherfucker!

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[br]MATT: Indeed.

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[br]TRAVIS: Awesome stuff.

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[br]TALIESIN: That was a thing.

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[br]SAM: Wow. Who knew that we would be friends with a[br]bugbear in the middle of Xhorhas today?

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[br]MARISHA: So cute! I love him.

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[br]TALIESIN: Remember the last time that we[br]befriended an evil creature and everything went

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really well?

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LAURA: I do, I do remember that.[br]Are bugbears evil?

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[br]TRAVIS: What's around his neck?

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[br]LAURA: I'm not going to tell you right now.

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TALIESIN: She's not going to tell us right now,[br]she's going to be Laura.

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[br]MATT: Anyway.

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[br]SAM: Good game, Matt.

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[br]MATT: Good game, guys. We'll pick this up next[br]week with whatever this chaos is going to be,

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depending on what you do. But until then, thank[br]you guys for those of you who are here with us

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tonight, spending your Valentine's day with us.[br]There's no other place we would rather spend it

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than with you guys. Sorry, microphone. I keep[br]doing that. Yeah, we love you very much. We're

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excited to see you next week, and is it Thursday[br]yet? Good night.

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