Session 02 - Transcript

00:00 [DM (Aarya)] And the recording is live. So all right, welcome to session two. Would anyone like to recap what happened in the last session?
00:15 [Sildir (Tris)] I can.
00:16 [DM (Aarya)] All right, go for it.
00:20 [Sildir (Tris)] Give me a sec. I'm gonna pull up my notes. If someone else wants to do it, that's fine too, by the way, just so you know.
00:20 [Sildir (Tris)] All right, so we start off with a recap on how we know each other, and then we did basic introductions together. And then we find the initial five of us walking together find that still is in our room. Ultimately, all of these relics that we've been carrying for various amounts of time kind of start getting really crazy on this rainy night.
00:20 [Sildir (Tris)] And they start to fly away. So we chase after them. Not all of them fly away, but they're all reacting, right?
00:20 [Sildir (Tris)] We chase after them, and before we know it, we find ourselves in an unfamiliar place. Not too sure where we are. As we look around a bit, as the fog starts to clear up in this new place, we find an abandoned house.
00:20 [Sildir (Tris)] We go in, and we find that we can't leave anymore, and that, as Tildur would say, a monster is challenging us. So throughout the time we're in this house, we learn that basically it belongs to a family called the Durst family, and there's a bit of a tragedy going on here where there's kind of a philandering father and a very jealous and vindictive mother. And can you mute?
02:08 [Irredel (Sav)] I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. I thought I was muted this whole time.
02:08 [Irredel (Sav)] I'm literally going to go commit seppuku over that. Apologies, folks.
02:15 [Saturno (Steph)] I'm sorry.
02:20 [Sildir (Tris)] So anyways, we start traveling through the house. We're solving this mystery. We have a couple of nice moments, including Mercurio and Syl playing the waltz for Clara.
02:20 [Sildir (Tris)] That was kind of fun. I believe one of you guys got inspiration off of that, at least. But we kind of traverse through the house, find more and more clues, context clues, and I think we kind of figure out, by the time we get to the third floor, that we are in Walter and Clara's old room, and we interact with their ghosts who kind of lead us to this mysterious dungeon that we had heard of towards the beginning from reading one of the I think it was a journal, perhaps.
02:20 [Sildir (Tris)] It was one of the pieces we found about this dungeon. Even descending down the staircase.
03:26 [DM (Aarya)] For the dungeon, I believe the dungeon entrance was revealed to you by the ghost of Clara.
03:34 [Sildir (Tris)] Oh, okay. Well, yeah, the entrance was. But we learned about the dungeon even earlier than that.
03:34 [Sildir (Tris)] We knew there was some dungeon, we just didn't know.
03:40 [DM (Aarya)] Oh, yeah. You learned about, yeah, I think it was in some excerpt that you found hidden away.
03:51 [Sildir (Tris)] Even as we're descending the staircase to this dungeon, it feels like it's taking a really long time. I kind of interpret it as like a supernaturally long time, but that was just what I was thinking. I don't know what the DM intended.
03:51 [Sildir (Tris)] When we get there, we hear some chanting and we start to follow that. Wait, say that a bit about that noise. Just when we were descending these stairs to the dungeon, it felt like it took a very long time, and I said, to me, I interpreted it as a supernaturally long time, like it's just weird, like we shouldn't be descending this long.
03:51 [Sildir (Tris)] I don't know what you meant by that.
04:24 [DM (Aarya)] Definitely a vibes thing. Definitely a what? A vibes thing, like you're descending down, basically descending down this like super claustrophobic staircase into the depths of the basement.
04:37 [Sildir (Tris)] Gotcha.
04:38 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, and like you're all on high alert after seeing the shit you've seen in the house thus far. So what probably wasn't actually that long of a trek felt really long to you all.
04:52 [Sildir (Tris)] Gotcha. Okay, okay. So there you have it.
04:52 [Sildir (Tris)] But yeah, we hear chanting once we get down to this dungeon. It's a really spooky feeling, and we run out, and I believe it was Ember leading the charge here, and we encountered some ghouls. Mm-hmm.
04:52 [Sildir (Tris)] Once we fought them off, we concluded the session, but not before Phil had a little 91 incident and stabbed Sildir. Pretty messed up.
05:30 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, by far.
05:32 [Sildir (Tris)] Refused to apologize. Unbelievable guy. But yeah, that's like a super abridged recap.
05:32 [Sildir (Tris)] I have a lot of notes I was kind of skimming through them because it'd be really bad if I read all these bullet points.
05:45 [DM (Aarya)] No, that's a pretty good recap. I think you touched on everything. Yeah, you're basically, I don't remember if you mentioned this specifically, but you're basically going against the clock here in a way, like periodically as you've been traveling through the house.
05:45 [DM (Aarya)] The chimes from the grandfather clock ring throughout, reminding you of your ticking countdown before the supposed beast beneath the house awakens. But yeah, I will switch scenes. Is everyone in Foundry, by the way?
06:26 [Sildir (Tris)] Anyone not in? I'm not. I forgot.
06:26 [Sildir (Tris)] For Gordon. Oh yeah, I guess also the beast did ask for, the little poem kind of implied that the beast wants a snack.
06:44 [DM (Aarya)] Just saying. But it's not yet clear what that snack might be. All right, so I'm going to give...
06:44 [DM (Aarya)] Okay, so this is here. Cool. All right, so you find yourselves once in the dungeon of the Durst Manor.
06:44 [DM (Aarya)] The corridors you're in are pretty narrow and cramped. You're feeling pretty claustrophobic and having just slain the ghouls, you are all probably still on edge. You see the dim crackling of the torches hanging on the walls and you can still hear the chanting coming from deeper within this basement.
06:44 [DM (Aarya)] But you can't quite make out what they're saying. So yeah, what do y'all do?
07:45 [Sildir (Tris)] Where's that sound coming from? Determine.
07:51 [Irredel (Sav)] I'm somewhere I probably don't want to be. I think we should go towards the sound.
07:57 [Sildir (Tris)] There's a little subtle call to the DM. Let me know where the sound may be coming from.
08:01 [DM (Aarya)] So from where you're standing, give me a perception check.
08:08 [Sildir (Tris)] Well, we're gonna map it. Hold on, let me move by one space. Stand here.
08:15 [Saturno (Steph)] Okay.
08:16 [Ember (Spurthi)] I'm still like loading in a bit.
08:18 [DM (Aarya)] Okay.
08:20 [Ember (Spurthi)] And we haven't like short-rested or anything, right?
08:23 [DM (Aarya)] Nope. Good. So with the twelve, you aren't entirely sure which direction exactly the chanting is coming from.
08:23 [DM (Aarya)] It's kind of just like all around you.
08:44 [Ember (Spurthi)] In terms of like religion, can someone make out maybe parts of the chant? Or what like word? Anything like familiar?
08:57 [DM (Aarya)] You aren't able to. Well, actually, try to give me. If you're trying to make out the words of what they're saying.
09:05 [Ember (Spurthi)] Yeah.
09:07 [DM (Aarya)] Try to give me. Let's see, how do I want to do this? Yeah, give me perception.
09:07 [DM (Aarya)] You'll have to roll high though. Yeah, so with a two, yeah, you can't really make out what they're saying at all.
09:28 [Ember (Spurthi)] Uno like means your ears a bit.
09:30 [DM (Aarya)] In fact, you're not really sure if there's even chanting happening at all. I think you maybe just think people are making that up.
09:37 [Ember (Spurthi)] Can I try doing perception check?
09:38 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, go for it.
09:39 [Ember (Spurthi)] Okay. And same thing.
09:44 [DM (Aarya)] Oh, fifteen. That's pretty good. So you can't make out individual words, but you can hear that they're saying a few words repeatedly over and over.
09:44 [DM (Aarya)] The same words.
10:01 [Sildir (Tris)] The monster is taunting me, but I can't tell where it's coming from. I want to look around. I'm going to find this beast.
10:10 [DM (Aarya)] Okay, so you're going to venture over in this direction?
10:14 [Mercurio (Gui)] He's not over here. Well, let's not get too split up from each other.
10:19 [DM (Aarya)] Or am I?
10:20 [Irredel (Sav)] Yeah, try not to step on anything either. Your estate's not really in the right shape for a distribution, so to speak.
10:27 [DM (Aarya)] Hold on, one sec. So Sildar, when you step over into this room, let me tell you what you see in here. Let's see.
10:27 [DM (Aarya)] There's so many rooms. Okay, so here you see this room is festooned with moldy skeletons that hang from rusty shackles against the walls, their mouths hanging open in silent screams. A wide alcove in the northern wall contains a painted wooden statue carved in the likeness of a gaunt, pale-faced man wearing a voluminous black cloak.
10:27 [DM (Aarya)] You see his pale left hand resting on the head of a wolf that stands beside him. The statue's right hand is holding a smoky gray crystal orb, and its painted gaze stares down towards you, a cruel and cold glint to its eye. You also see five ashen shadows burned into the walls on either side of the statue.
11:44 [Sildir (Tris)] Hey guys, come take a look at this. It seems to be some sort of disgusting ceremony room. If you're faint of heart, I wouldn't come in here.
11:44 [Sildir (Tris)] There's some skeletons hanging from the roof. Uh. Rod, you are having a little bit of a, uh, mic sensitivity moment.
11:44 [Sildir (Tris)] You're coming in only a little bit.
12:11 [Sylalys (Cat)] Yeah, I'm doing push to talk, so I'm just fucking it up.
12:15 [Sildir (Tris)] Oh, okay.
12:17 [Sylalys (Cat)] It's fine. Yeah, continue.
12:21 [Sildir (Tris)] Yeah, what's that? Do you guys see that stone? It looks kind of above my pay grade in magical quality, but, uh, something tells me that stone is special.
12:36 [Ember (Spurthi)] Maybe magic. Maybe someone should check.
12:40 [Sildir (Tris)] Do we have any magicians here?
12:43 [Mercurio (Gui)] Yes, yes, I'm pretty good with some magic tricks.
12:47 [DM (Aarya)] I can break it apart if you'd like. So Mercurio, as you step closer to the statue and the orb that it is holding, you can hear a chorus of whispers coming from the orb.
13:02 [Mercurio (Gui)] Uh, can I make out what the whispers are saying?
13:04 [DM (Aarya)] Um, yeah, so you can strain your ears a bit to hear it. Try to make out what they're saying. And you hear, his gaze burns upon us.
13:04 [DM (Aarya)] The dark lord's eyes are always watching.
13:19 [Mercurio (Gui)] That's creepy. This orb is saying something about a dark lord watching us. How bizarre.
13:19 [Mercurio (Gui)] Can I roll, like, an arcana or something to see if I can learn anything else about the nature of the orb?
13:37 [DM (Aarya)] Go for it. Let's go. Oh, that's pretty good.
13:37 [DM (Aarya)] All right, so with a 20, you can sense that there is some kind of, uh, not exactly a scrying spell, but something similar, um, surrounding this orb.
14:01 [Mercurio (Gui)] Uh, it seems as if this orb, uh, has some kind of scrying spell on it and it kind of creeps me out. Can I, like, cover it up or something?
14:14 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, if you have something to, like, throw over it or something, yeah, you can do that.
14:19 [Mercurio (Gui)] Yeah, I'll pull out, like, a random piece of cloth and just, like, throw it over it, something like a random shirt.
14:25 [DM (Aarya)] Okay, so yeah, you toss an old shirt over the orb, and as you do that, you hear the whispers get, like, muffled. You can't really make them out anymore.
14:37 [Sildir (Tris)] That's incredible, Mercurio. I didn't know that you knew more magic tricks than drinks disappear.
14:44 [Ember (Spurthi)] Yes, very impressive.
14:46 [Sildir (Tris)] Yeah, it can make quite a few things disappear.
14:49 [Ember (Spurthi)] I clap silently. Very cool. How do you clap silently?
14:57 [DM (Aarya)] Quietly, maybe? Golf clap?
15:00 [Mercurio (Gui)] Yeah.
15:00 [Ember (Spurthi)] Yeah, Google. I snap, I snap.
15:03 [Sildir (Tris)] It's like poetry. We take it with us, or... I don't know, I think it's pretty creepy.
15:16 [Mercurio (Gui)] Maybe, I mean, it looks like a, like a, you know, magical artifact of some kind. I'm sure it could fetch a pretty penny at the right shop. Any opposers?
15:16 [Mercurio (Gui)] I mean, I'd love to see how many drinks I can trade this in for.
15:38 [Sildir (Tris)] I say we take it.
15:42 [Irredel (Sav)] So, can it...
15:42 [Sildir (Tris)] I just don't want to hold it.
15:44 [Irredel (Sav)] So, can it just see, or is it also listening to us? I don't love the idea of just being eavesdropped on for as long as we have this.
15:55 [Mercurio (Gui)] With my 20, can I tell, like, the nature of this, if the spell is only visual or auditory too, or?
16:03 [DM (Aarya)] I'll say, let's see, with a 20. I'll say you can't make out the exact details of how the spell works with an arcana check. Maybe if you did, like, detect magic or something like that, you could reveal more details.
16:19 [Ember (Spurthi)] Anyone detect magic?
16:24 [Mercurio (Gui)] Well, I think we don't have, like, a wizard among us. So, it's going to be difficult to know for sure.
16:32 [Irredel (Sav)] Yeah, I do have the ability to detect magic. But it looks like it's shaping up to be a long night. I fear we're far from, you know, tears.
16:47 [Mercurio (Gui)] We're wasting time, you're right. So, maybe I'll just scoop this up and I'll bury it in all my clothes. That'll be good enough for now.
16:58 [DM (Aarya)] So, what are you doing?
16:59 [Irredel (Sav)] Everyone, just don't say anything too revealing around this.
17:05 [Sildir (Tris)] We couldn't learn a new code.
17:06 [DM (Aarya)] So, you're finding an orb that appears to be some kind of, like, scrying orb, and you're taking it with you?
17:15 [Mercurio (Gui)] I guess it doesn't appear to be valuable.
17:18 [DM (Aarya)] I mean, it is some kind of mystical orb, so maybe? But it also seems pretty ominous.
17:27 [Mercurio (Gui)] All right, never mind. That's creeping me out. It's more creepy than it looks valuable.
17:27 [Mercurio (Gui)] So, let's just skip out on this one.
17:34 [Sildir (Tris)] I'm sure we can.
17:37 [Saturno (Steph)] I'm sure there will be better things.
17:40 [Sildir (Tris)] I trust your judgment, Curio. I have plenty of money at home. Maybe I can give you some.
17:47 [Mercurio (Gui)] I forgot I have my sugar daddy with me here.
17:51 [Sildir (Tris)] Yeah, we'll get an estimate on the orb's cost. I'll recompensate you for this. Perfect.
17:51 [Sildir (Tris)] Pay you to leave it.
18:00 [Irredel (Sav)] Maybe we should explore other rooms. I agree, Amber.
18:03 [Mercurio (Gui)] There's another path over here. We'd like to take that.
18:11 [Saturno (Steph)] Door.
18:11 [Ember (Spurthi)] Oh, and a door.
18:14 [Sildir (Tris)] Whoa.
18:16 [Ember (Spurthi)] Oh. Shall we?
18:18 [DM (Aarya)] I say let's do it. Okay, sorry.
18:21 [Ember (Spurthi)] We broke the door.
18:22 [DM (Aarya)] Okay, so in here, let me tell you what you see.
18:25 [Ember (Spurthi)] We can ugly do that.
18:27 [Sildir (Tris)] Yeah, wait, hold on. Sorry, excuse me.
18:30 [DM (Aarya)] Excuse me.
18:30 [Sildir (Tris)] You thought it was a push door. I thought it was a pull door.
18:33 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, yeah.
18:35 [Sildir (Tris)] Cancel each other out.
18:37 [DM (Aarya)] All right, so all of you, except Amber, the room you are in, so you see this, this is a quiet looking room containing a wooden table flanked by two high back chairs holding a clay jug and two flagons. Above the table is a suspended and unlit cast iron chandelier. You see iron candlesticks standing in two corners of the chamber and their candles have long since melted away.
18:37 [DM (Aarya)] A short corridor at the south of this room leads into another chamber beyond, which Amber has ventured into and in here, so this room contains a large wood-framed bed and a feather mattress rotted by years of disuse. An old wooden robe, an old wooden wardrobe carved with demonic faces stands against the wall to the right and, let's see, and a faded wooden footlocker stands quietly at the foot of the bed. The room is suffused with the familiar stench of death, but far stronger, mixing with a noxious scent that fills your lungs with every breath.
19:55 [Sildir (Tris)] In the room that I'm currently in, does it feel like there's anything that I could kind of search around in or kind of all apparent to me right now?
20:04 [DM (Aarya)] So in that room, there doesn't really seem to be a whole lot that you could search through. I mean, it's just like a table with some like empty flagons, empty candlesticks above you.
20:16 [Sildir (Tris)] We should search this strange bedroom with this disgusting looking wardrobe. See what we find.
20:28 [Ember (Spurthi)] Can I break open the box? It's not locked.
20:31 [DM (Aarya)] You can just open it.
20:33 [Ember (Spurthi)] Oh, okay.
20:35 [Saturno (Steph)] Okay, so I open it.
20:37 [DM (Aarya)] So you open it and I'm gonna reveal you the contents of that chest here. So you can, you should be able to like, if you're next to it, you should be able to click on that chest and see what's inside.
20:49 [Saturno (Steph)] Okay.
20:55 [DM (Aarya)] And yeah, anyone can like look in there and like take and loot what you please.
21:01 [Saturno (Steph)] Ooh, a cloak of protection.
21:03 [DM (Aarya)] I don't know if it's working. Oh, now it is. It might take a sec.
21:03 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah. Ember, aren't you good with these thieves tools? Yeah.
21:21 [Saturno (Steph)] I should take them.
21:22 [DM (Aarya)] Ember is also already carrying thieves tools. So that's something to consider.
21:29 [Sildir (Tris)] Anyone else capable with these things?
21:31 [DM (Aarya)] I've made an honest living.
21:41 [Irredel (Sav)] Not exactly my line of work.
21:44 [Ember (Spurthi)] Potion of healing might be useful. I don't know how this goes to demons.
21:53 [Sildir (Tris)] Cloak looks quite nice.
22:02 [Mercurio (Gui)] Is it just a regular cloak?
22:05 [Ember (Spurthi)] Cloak of protection.
22:07 [Sildir (Tris)] To be honest with you, I can't quite tell. But as far as all the other rotting shit in this room, this cloak really stands out.
22:21 [Mercurio (Gui)] What?
22:24 [Sildir (Tris)] When I touch it, I feel that I would be more resilient. Maybe that's flying too close to the sun. DM, do I just know that it's a fucking plus one bonus to AC basically?
22:40 [DM (Aarya)] Um, yeah, I'll say you could. I mean, all of you at this point are probably familiar with some like common magic items, and this would be one of them. You can recognize what it is.
22:52 [Mercurio (Gui)] So this is the room with the less creepy valuable items.
22:58 [DM (Aarya)] Uh...
22:59 [Ember (Spurthi)] I think one of them should take potion of healing.
23:02 [Mercurio (Gui)] We should take a look around. I can't click into the chest, I think, because...
23:06 [Sildir (Tris)] I think either... Are people standing on it?
23:09 [Mercurio (Gui)] Yeah, Sildur is sitting on the chest.
23:11 [Sildir (Tris)] Oh my god, I'm sorry. Sildur, uh... I really like that chest.
23:11 [Sildir (Tris)] Maybe he should sit on the bed instead, you know?
23:19 [Ember (Spurthi)] Yeah, the messy bed, go for it.
23:20 [Sildir (Tris)] I think, I think myself versus Eterno should cloak.
23:25 [Ember (Spurthi)] Hmm.
23:26 [Sildir (Tris)] Seem to be the types to be getting into the action. Well, there's six potions here, so I'll take mine.
23:34 [Mercurio (Gui)] Everybody should take one. Get their fair share.
23:40 [Ember (Spurthi)] Grab. I will take it. So I just click on the...
23:48 [Sildir (Tris)] DM, what's a mess kit? You just click the chest, and then you take...
23:50 [DM (Aarya)] What did you say?
23:51 [Ember (Spurthi)] What's a mess kit? Could you tell me what that is?
23:54 [DM (Aarya)] I, what?
23:55 [Ember (Spurthi)] The mess kit.
23:56 [DM (Aarya)] Oh, so that's just like, um... Just like eating utensils, basically. Like bowls, spoons, forks, stuff like that.
24:06 [Ember (Spurthi)] Are you wearing a chain shirt? I don't even know what I'm wearing.
24:11 [Sildir (Tris)] If you go to your inventory...
24:13 [Ember (Spurthi)] I'm wearing chain mail, right?
24:15 [Sildir (Tris)] Yeah, same, same.
24:17 [Ember (Spurthi)] Okay, I mean, you can...
24:18 [DM (Aarya)] I don't know if chain shirt works for us.
24:20 [Ember (Spurthi)] Me neither, but if you want to take the...
24:22 [DM (Aarya)] Chain shirt should be medium armor, so yeah, you should be able to wear it. And like, you guys... I don't know if this does any better...
24:22 [DM (Aarya)] Oh, it probably isn't better than what you have, but yeah.
24:34 [Ember (Spurthi)] You could take the... The... What's it called?
24:34 [Ember (Spurthi)] The cape. Don't worry. Anyone want the alchemist's fire?
24:34 [Ember (Spurthi)] Oh, you should take that. That'd be crazy. Maybe it could be useful?
24:34 [Ember (Spurthi)] Yeah, you should take it. Maybe, because you're an archer... Maybe you could like, tie it to an arrow or something.
24:34 [Ember (Spurthi)] Can I go? No, it's very smart.
25:01 [Saturno (Steph)] Got it.
25:04 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, I had actually...
25:05 [Ember (Spurthi)] You should take the lantern for sure, someone. I have light, but I could like... I have a cantrip for light, but someone should take the lantern.
25:05 [Ember (Spurthi)] That doesn't have like, any light.
25:15 [Sildir (Tris)] Sure, I'll take it, just to... Or like, someone who doesn't have a dark patch in their way.
25:21 [Ember (Spurthi)] Yeah, what's a mess kit? Oh wait, that's what you just asked, right?
25:27 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, it's okay, it's okay.
25:28 [Ember (Spurthi)] Sorry, I know what it is, it's just that I under... Like, this is my fucking problem. I didn't hear mess kit.
25:28 [Ember (Spurthi)] I heard, what's mess kit? If you hover over the items, like, if you click on it, it tells you the description. This is like a Jenny moment.
25:48 [DM (Aarya)] It totally is a Jenny moment.
25:51 [Ember (Spurthi)] Like, okay, I'll tell you...
25:54 [DM (Aarya)] It's kind of like Room for Cream, Stephanie, you know what that is?
25:57 [Ember (Spurthi)] Yeah, I love Room for Cream. One time my cousin was like, she'd go to Starbucks and they'd always ask her like, oh, you want some Room for Cream? Like, you know, room so you can put like, cream in your coffee.
26:11 [Saturno (Steph)] Room for Cream.
26:12 [Ember (Spurthi)] She'd be like, no. And then one day she's like, what the fuck is Room for Cream? What kind of fucking cream is Room for Cream?
26:12 [Ember (Spurthi)] And that's what just happened to me. I'm like, what's a mess kit? Oh, it's a mess kit.
26:24 [DM (Aarya)] It's a kind of gun, Stephanie, you know, you don't know?
26:27 [Ember (Spurthi)] Not a mess kit.
26:28 [Sildir (Tris)] You want to just roll for the cloak instead?
26:31 [Ember (Spurthi)] Sure, yeah.
26:32 [Sildir (Tris)] All right, let's just do one d20, one just no bonus, whatever.
26:37 [Ember (Spurthi)] Got it.
26:41 [Sildir (Tris)] Oh, it might be yours. Yep. All right, I need to trade with you though.
26:41 [Sildir (Tris)] So I'll request it.
26:51 [Ember (Spurthi)] Am I visible?
26:53 [Sildir (Tris)] I sent you a trade request, let me know if that works.
26:56 [Ember (Spurthi)] I took one, yes. Okay.
26:59 [DM (Aarya)] Oh, wait, I don't know if I did it properly. Yeah, let me try this out.
27:05 [Mercurio (Gui)] Um, can I investigate around the room to see if there's any more things? Maybe there's something like between the cushions or something or the mattress.
27:17 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, go for it. Roll me an investigation.
27:19 [Ember (Spurthi)] So I put accept, right?
27:21 [Sildir (Tris)] I think so. I don't know.
27:23 [Ember (Spurthi)] The actor that will represent in the trade group, Matt.
27:26 [Sildir (Tris)] Oh.
27:28 [Ember (Spurthi)] No, I'm going to pick, what?
27:30 [Sildir (Tris)] What did you pick last time?
27:35 [Ember (Spurthi)] Pick selected. Okay. No.
27:35 [Ember (Spurthi)] Wait, hold on.
27:43 [Sildir (Tris)] Here, let me help you.
27:45 [Ember (Spurthi)] Yeah, help me.
27:47 [Sildir (Tris)] Hold on. Can I just put this back in chest? Pause.
27:55 [DM (Aarya)] Okay.
27:55 [Saturno (Steph)] Sorry.
27:58 [DM (Aarya)] Do you still have the one in your inventory, Tris? I think it copies it instead of moving it. Okay, yeah, I guess you just deleted them.
27:58 [DM (Aarya)] No, I don't duplication.
28:06 [Ember (Spurthi)] I would like to look under the bed, if you don't mind.
28:09 [DM (Aarya)] Um, I'm going to resolve. Yeah, so with an 11 investigation, you look around. You kind of like poke through some of the like crevices in the room, looking like under the sheets and stuff, like ruffle the pillows a bit, maybe like peek in the wardrobe.
28:09 [DM (Aarya)] Don't really notice anything. This room has clearly been abandoned for some time. And the only objects of interest that you've seen so far are the ones that were in that chest.
28:09 [DM (Aarya)] Okay, um, Saturno, you wanted to look under the bed? Yes, please. Um, okay.
28:09 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, you see a skeleton under there.
28:45 [Ember (Spurthi)] Yeah, does it have anything?
28:48 [DM (Aarya)] It is wearing some really like worn clothes, like commoners clothes. They look like.
28:55 [Saturno (Steph)] I see. Does anyone want it?
28:59 [Ember (Spurthi)] You want this fit? Nope. No.
29:05 [Mercurio (Gui)] Okay. I don't want anything on the skeleton.
29:09 [Ember (Spurthi)] That is disgusting. I'll pass.
29:15 [Mercurio (Gui)] Weren't we looking for the body of, um, that one girl?
29:21 [Ember (Spurthi)] Clara. But did we find her?
29:24 [DM (Aarya)] You did.
29:24 [Sildir (Tris)] One of you is carrying her, actually.
29:26 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, well, either me or Saturno is carrying Clara, and then.
29:28 [Sildir (Tris)] No, you're carrying her, I'm carrying the children. And I have Clara, yeah.
29:34 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, you found her in the attic. So then whose body is this?
29:38 [Ember (Spurthi)] Can I investigate the skeleton?
29:40 [Sildir (Tris)] Probably some torso.
29:41 [DM (Aarya)] Um, is there anything in particular you're trying to find out about, or you just want to investigate it?
29:45 [Saturno (Steph)] I feel like these are all just sacrifices I have had.
29:48 [Ember (Spurthi)] Oh, I'm sorry. Maybe see, like, who it might be.
29:51 [DM (Aarya)] Okay, go ahead and roll me an investigation.
29:54 [Saturno (Steph)] Okay.
29:54 [Sildir (Tris)] I think Saturno is right. Ren.
30:04 [Mercurio (Gui)] Seems like too purposeful of a place to put a random body.
30:07 [DM (Aarya)] Um, it's a pretty spooky looking skeleton.
30:09 [Saturno (Steph)] Okay.
30:11 [Ember (Spurthi)] I grab my sword and I say, everyone, we must go onward.
30:15 [Mercurio (Gui)] Can I investigate the skeleton? Go for it.
30:20 [Ember (Spurthi)] And then I throw my hands up.
30:25 [DM (Aarya)] All right, so, Weta22, you notice, um, investigating the skeleton, you notice that the bones in the wrists and around the ankles, they appear to be, like, kind of cracked and broken. Um, seems to suggest that whoever this person was in life, they were bound, by some means, by their wrists and legs.
30:50 [Ember (Spurthi)] I think one of the many tortured victims here.
30:59 [Sildir (Tris)] Yeah, perhaps this one escaped, hid, passed away under this bed.
31:05 [Ember (Spurthi)] Maybe. Maybe you're trying to hide from the ghost or something.
31:12 [Sildir (Tris)] Well, we must find this monster and vanquish it.
31:15 [Ember (Spurthi)] Shall we go to the left?
31:17 [Sildir (Tris)] I'm following you, Saturno. Or, no, I'm not following you, Saturno. Take the lead.
31:25 [Ember (Spurthi)] Okay, okay. Um, kind of back where we were, huh? Let's go down, maybe?
31:25 [Ember (Spurthi)] Okay.
31:33 [DM (Aarya)] Genius.
31:35 [Saturno (Steph)] Oh, there's some stairs here.
31:36 [DM (Aarya)] What are we hearing? Are we hearing chanting? Yeah, so you do hear the chanting getting louder from the direction downwards where the stairs leads.
31:36 [DM (Aarya)] They're this way.
31:48 [Sildir (Tris)] I'm muting.
31:49 [DM (Aarya)] All right. Is there an option for you to, like, teleport to the next scene there? I'm not sure.
31:53 [Sildir (Tris)] For me, there was, yeah.
31:54 [DM (Aarya)] Okay, cool.
31:55 [Ember (Spurthi)] For me, there was as well.
31:59 [Saturno (Steph)] Okay.
32:03 [Sildir (Tris)] Ember, don't wander off alone.
32:07 [Saturno (Steph)] I'm being impatient.
32:10 [DM (Aarya)] Hold on. So who is... Okay, is everyone in the scene?
32:15 [Saturno (Steph)] Yes.
32:15 [DM (Aarya)] Okay, cool. Yep. So from where you are now, as you descend down into this lower level of the dungeon, the chanting you hear is now filling this room, or echoing along the corridors and the walls.
32:15 [DM (Aarya)] You can hear out what they're... You can make out what they're saying now. They're repeating the phrase over and over.
32:15 [DM (Aarya)] He is the ancient. He is the land.
32:51 [Ember (Spurthi)] What?
32:55 [Saturno (Steph)] Hmm.
32:56 [Sildir (Tris)] I don't know. It looks like, uh... Zilderk, do you know anything about this?
32:58 [Saturno (Steph)] Creepy guy has a fan club.
32:59 [Mercurio (Gui)] Or Syllabus, do you know anything?
33:01 [DM (Aarya)] What did you say?
33:04 [Ember (Spurthi)] He is the land.
33:05 [Mercurio (Gui)] Dee, you go ahead. I just said, uh... Seems like the creepy statue guy has a fan club.
33:13 [Ember (Spurthi)] Accurate.
33:14 [Sildir (Tris)] Do you think it's the same dark lord watching us that they're chanting for?
33:17 [Ember (Spurthi)] He sounds omnipresent. He has eyes everywhere. He's the land.
33:17 [Ember (Spurthi)] Think about it.
33:23 [Saturno (Steph)] He probably has connections to, like...
33:26 [Sildir (Tris)] I'll put him in the land.
33:27 [DM (Aarya)] So you three over here, in this room up here, on the eastern part of this room, you can see what appears to be a portcullis. What's that? It is like an iron gate.
33:27 [DM (Aarya)] It's raised up and down to open the dungeon's way. Yeah, it's the kind of gate that you have to, like, pull with a chain and, like, a crank to, like, lift up and pass through. So you see the bottom part of that portcullis is submerged in dark, murky water.
33:27 [DM (Aarya)] And there is a ramp that leads down into the water in the direction of the portcullis. Beyond the iron bars of the portcullis, you can make out the dark outline of a half-submerged chamber and a raised stone dais in the center, with a thick cloud of rolling mist pouring off it.
34:32 [Irredel (Sav)] Yeah, that looks totally natural and normal. This is totally not weird.
34:37 [DM (Aarya)] Is there, like, a different path down here? There is a path that leads further into a different chamber to your right, Tildur.
34:49 [Sildir (Tris)] Let's investigate here first.
34:51 [DM (Aarya)] Yes, I agree.
34:53 [Sildir (Tris)] Something must be quick.
34:54 [DM (Aarya)] So in this chamber, this appears to be... You kind of feel like this is... this seems like a prison of sorts.
34:54 [DM (Aarya)] You can hear, like, chains clinking as they're, like, swaying. Rusted shackles hanging from the walls and bones littering the ground. You also make out from within, like, in and around piles of bones some pieces of gear.
34:54 [DM (Aarya)] Um, I'll reveal those for you, yeah.
35:27 [Saturno (Steph)] I found a short sword.
35:29 [Sildir (Tris)] Anyone handy with a short sword?
35:31 [Saturno (Steph)] Me.
35:33 [Sildir (Tris)] Looking to protect yourself?
35:34 [Sylalys (Cat)] Deal some damage. Prithee, be careful.
35:41 [Ember (Spurthi)] Prithee, be careful.
35:45 [Sildir (Tris)] There's a long sword over here. What's better?
35:51 [Saturno (Steph)] A great sword or a long sword?
35:54 [Sylalys (Cat)] Oh, then a great sword?
35:56 [Sildir (Tris)] Well, if you can use the great sword, I say continue doing that.
36:00 [DM (Aarya)] The great sword is a two-handed weapon. On the long sword, you can wield with one or two hands. That's mercantile.
36:07 [Sildir (Tris)] Tildur, you seem fierce with that great sword.
36:10 [DM (Aarya)] I will. I will keep the great sword.
36:15 [Ember (Spurthi)] It makes me feel... cool.
36:20 [DM (Aarya)] Who betters reason than any to carry a sword?
36:23 [Sildir (Tris)] Well, there's no monsters here.
36:26 [DM (Aarya)] I think I know where I must go now.
36:29 [Sildir (Tris)] I'm gonna start cranking on that, uh, chain thing that I gotta crank.
36:34 [DM (Aarya)] Crank the soldier, boy. Um, okay. So you- you are able to find the- the cranking mechanism to raise the Portcullis.
36:34 [DM (Aarya)] Um, however, as you're cranking it, you realize that the Portcullis isn't being raised. Um, this mechanism seems to be broken.
36:50 [Sildir (Tris)] I'm gonna follow the- the chain. Um, where- where does it lead me to? Seeing- where am I seeing breaking?
36:59 [DM (Aarya)] Um, you can tell, I guess, if you want to investigate.
37:04 [Sildir (Tris)] I do, in theory, have a- I put a note for myself at the end of session. I have a toolkit for fishing that I did not do yet.
37:17 [DM (Aarya)] Oh.
37:17 [Sildir (Tris)] I don't know if that helps out here at all.
37:20 [DM (Aarya)] Just- I just- The gate. Um, if you want to, like, try to, you know, figure out- Actually, yeah, roll me- roll me an investigation to try to see, like, the sources of the breakage in the mechanism. It won't be a hard check.
37:41 [Sildir (Tris)] Fuck. Oh, wait. That's good.
37:43 [DM (Aarya)] Okay, sorry.
37:44 [Sildir (Tris)] The colors- the colors.
37:45 [DM (Aarya)] It looked like a 1 for a second. So, with a 17, um, yeah, you can tell that there's some, like, gears within the mechanism of the- the crank that appear to be, like, knock out of place, basically. You suspect that someone with the appropriate tools could probably prepare this.
37:45 [DM (Aarya)] Alternatively, you're eyeing that gate, and you're wondering if you can just, like, lift it by hand, maybe with help from someone.
38:11 [Sildir (Tris)] I don't think we have time for this. Someone strong, wish me. Yeah, let's lift the gate.
38:18 [Saturno (Steph)] So, who's gonna lift the gate?
38:20 [DM (Aarya)] I think it's me and Saturno, unless someone else wants to- Okay, so, the way I'll do this is, one of you can roll with advantage. Uh, you can do a strength check, or I guess athletics. I'll say you can do athletics.
38:35 [Sildir (Tris)] Saturno, pull out your character sheet. It's out. Just kidding.
38:35 [Sildir (Tris)] What is your strength?
38:41 [Ember (Spurthi)] My strength is, uh, 18.
38:46 [Sildir (Tris)] Oh, go for it. Yeah, roll with advantage.
38:50 [Ember (Spurthi)] Uh, how do I roll with advantage?
38:53 [DM (Aarya)] Do athletics with advantage.
38:55 [Ember (Spurthi)] Okay, go ahead. Athletics.
38:59 [Mercurio (Gui)] Please, Saturno, help out this old man.
39:01 [Ember (Spurthi)] Oh, shit, I saw. Okay, so- Wait, I haven't installed anything.
39:10 [DM (Aarya)] Oh, you got a 14 still. You got 14. Pretty good.
39:10 [DM (Aarya)] So, yeah, with a 14, um, you and Sildir together begin to raise the gate up. Um, you get it about, like, a foot and a half or so. Um, upward.
39:10 [DM (Aarya)] Uh, however, it is- the bottom of the gate is still, like, underwater a little bit. Um, people could crawl through right now, but it's definitely not, like, fully open or anything. And you are, like, struggling to hold this.
39:10 [DM (Aarya)] So you don't- you don't feel like you can keep it up for very long. So you can crawl under the gap, but you would be submerging underwater to go in there.
39:55 [Ember (Spurthi)] Can I try to shove one of my javelins under it? Like, prop it open?
40:00 [DM (Aarya)] You can try, although considering how heavy this gate is and how you- the two of you are struggling to keep it open, you don't really feel like the javelin would be able to bear the weight.
40:11 [Ember (Spurthi)] And how rusty is this, like, gate?
40:16 [DM (Aarya)] It's a pretty worn gate. Um, it's- it's sturdy, but yeah, it is rusted.
40:22 [Sildir (Tris)] Quickly, everyone through. The four of you will have to hold it up from the other side.
40:28 [DM (Aarya)] I'm not going through that.
40:29 [Sildir (Tris)] The monster's over there, Mercurio. We have to. I'm not doing that.
40:34 [Ember (Spurthi)] Okay, I just dropped it over here now.
40:35 [Sildir (Tris)] Mercurio, I'll buy you wine. In this close, are you- Lots of wine.
40:38 [Mercurio (Gui)] Have you lost your mind? All right, let's just fix these gears over here, huh?
40:45 [Ember (Spurthi)] Okay, just put it down.
40:49 [Sildir (Tris)] Yeah, we'll drop it.
40:50 [Mercurio (Gui)] Surely we can't all be stupid drunks, right? Like, someone knows how to fix this.
40:55 [Sildir (Tris)] I- I'm not sure. Is toolkit proficiency a thing? Like, I would have proficiency with the toolkit?
41:02 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, it would be a specific toolkit.
41:05 [Ember (Spurthi)] Can we, like, the stronger ones, like, try to pull on, like- I'm thinking it works, like, you know how you crank it?
41:17 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, you want to, like, manually pull the chain?
41:19 [Ember (Spurthi)] Maybe if we try to manually pull the chain. But then what about the last person? Maybe if we get it stuck somewhere, it would work.
41:19 [Ember (Spurthi)] Maybe if we have a spell.
41:35 [Saturno (Steph)] Those gears look out of alignment.
41:37 [Mercurio (Gui)] You could try to tie the, like, part that you're holding of the chain. Like, as you pull it down, you could tie it to the gate.
41:46 [Ember (Spurthi)] Yeah, or I could shove, like- So it would pull itself. Or maybe we could, like, try to connect the old chain that popped with one of the- Like, not the short sword, but, like, maybe with something metallic. Like, maybe that other sword fits between the chains.
41:46 [Ember (Spurthi)] You know what I mean? Just to get it stuck so it connects again. If that makes any sense.
41:46 [Ember (Spurthi)] I'm cooking, and it's okay if it's a no. I can use my tinker tools or woodcarver tools.
42:22 [Mercurio (Gui)] Are you proficient with tinkering tools?
42:26 [DM (Aarya)] Hello, Breya. I think I am.
42:30 [Mercurio (Gui)] I mean, that would be good. Sounds like just what we need.
42:33 [Saturno (Steph)] Okay.
42:36 [DM (Aarya)] All right. So you can use your tinkerer's tools to try to repair this mechanism.
42:43 [Ember (Spurthi)] Do I equip it?
42:44 [DM (Aarya)] So in your inventory, you can go to the tinkerer's tools and then click on the icon for it. You should see, like, a die pop up, and then roll the tinkerer's tools check.
42:54 [Saturno (Steph)] Okay.
43:01 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, so in the chat box. Yeah, okay, got it.
43:04 [Saturno (Steph)] Yeah.
43:05 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, so with the 13, you spend some time, like, maybe, like, 10 minutes or so fiddling around with the tools and the mechanism of this little crank mechanism. And you are able to repair it. So the crank to pull up the portcullis is not functional.
43:25 [Ember (Spurthi)] Wow. You're welcome, guys. Thank you so much.
43:30 [Sildir (Tris)] Thank you, Amber. Mercurio, spin that crank.
43:35 [Mercurio (Gui)] All right, I start cranking it. Crank that.
43:38 [Sildir (Tris)] I'm ready to charge in, Saturno. The monster's beyond the gate.
43:44 [Mercurio (Gui)] And I'm, like, ready. We can kill the monster with our fit still intact.
43:49 [Sildir (Tris)] As soon as the gate is high enough, I'm slipping under.
43:58 [DM (Aarya)] So Sildur and Saturno, since you were in the water earlier, I'm raising the portcullis up. I will note that the water did come out to about knee deep. So that seems to be about how deep the water is for, yeah, this whole area.
43:58 [DM (Aarya)] So yeah, so Mercurio is cranking the portcullis. Yeah. Okay, so slowly but surely, the portcullis raises.
43:58 [DM (Aarya)] Fight the monster. So yeah, to go into this room, you would have to wade into the water. Unless somehow, through some supreme feat of athleticism, you can vault from that point on to- Can I swing from the portcullis?
43:58 [DM (Aarya)] Oh, I wanted to try that.
44:53 [Ember (Spurthi)] Can I try with the flooding?
44:55 [DM (Aarya)] Do you want to swing?
44:57 [Sylalys (Cat)] I want to grab, I want to jump, grab the bars of the portcullis. And just, you know, use the momentum to fucking swing across.
45:10 [DM (Aarya)] All right, so where do you want to make it to?
45:16 [Sylalys (Cat)] Uh, wherever there isn't fucking nasty water, stinky water.
45:20 [DM (Aarya)] Okay, um, I'll say you can do athletics or acrobatics.
45:28 [Sylalys (Cat)] That's my best stand.
45:34 [DM (Aarya)] Oh yeah. Oh shit. So with a dirty 20, um, yeah, so you just leap.
45:34 [DM (Aarya)] You grab on to the bars of the portcullis. You swing on it for a moment. And then you propel yourself forward, somersault through the air.
45:34 [DM (Aarya)] And you land square on the edge of this dais right here.
46:00 [Sylalys (Cat)] Do a little bow, like, this is how it's done.
46:04 [Sildir (Tris)] Okay, so you never got to be dirty a day in your life. Ah, it's not worth it. You want a piggyback ride?
46:15 [DM (Aarya)] Okay, yeah, I'll take a piggyback ride.
46:18 [Ember (Spurthi)] I give Mercurio a piggyback ride. Look away here.
46:21 [DM (Aarya)] So Mercurio doesn't step into the water at all. Did you just say chicken jockey? Oh my god.
46:21 [DM (Aarya)] Chicken jockey. All right, so as you are all standing on this dais, um, so you can see the smooth masonry walls of this 40-foot square room provide excellent acoustics. You can hear the echoes of the chanting bouncing off in this room.
46:21 [DM (Aarya)] And it gets louder while you're in this room. It almost feels like it's penetrating into your skull. You see featureless stone pillars supporting the ceiling, and murky water covering most of the floor.
46:21 [DM (Aarya)] Stairs leading up to the dry stone ledges that hug the walls of the chamber. Rusty chains with shackles dangle from the ceiling directly above a stone altar mounted on the dais. The altar is carved with hideous depictions of grasping ghouls and is stained with dry blood.
46:21 [DM (Aarya)] A small white bundle lies atop it, surrounding by pulsating fleshy tendrils. The tendrils run to a breach in the far wall to your east, and that leads into a dark cave with fleshy mass. The fleshy masses of the tendrils leading to a dark, hulking shadow that lies within, its bloated mass rising and falling with a slow and shuddering rhythm.
46:21 [DM (Aarya)] And where is that? It's going to be over here in this recess that you see in the wall. And as you all move around on the dais, the ghostly chanting that you have been hearing suddenly goes quiet.
46:21 [DM (Aarya)] So, Iridel, since you are closest to the altar, you can see, etched onto a flat surface just beneath the surface of the altar, the words, feed him, are carved into the stone. And you notice that the fleshy tendrils that are wrapping around the dais are inset with human teeth.
48:30 [Irredel (Sav)] I think we may have found the beast.
48:38 [Ember (Spurthi)] Oh, lovely. Can I, like, investigate the water and see what's like? I don't know.
48:38 [Ember (Spurthi)] It looks like...
48:48 [Sildir (Tris)] The beast is over here.
48:49 [Ember (Spurthi)] ...yucky and murky. Is there anything else I see, like bodies?
48:54 [DM (Aarya)] If you're trying to, like, spot something in the water, that'll say you can do perception. Investigation would be if you're trying to, like, piece together some kind of clues or something. Or, like, yeah, put together evidence.
49:05 [Ember (Spurthi)] Okay, so I'll do an investigation.
49:08 [DM (Aarya)] Okay. Wow. Um, yeah, so with a 19, I guess with a 20 with your plus one int, you can tell that those tendrils on the altar lead down into the water and through the fleshy mass you see in that cave.
49:08 [DM (Aarya)] Um, they are definitely connected. And you surmise that if you were to feed something or maybe someone to the tendrils on the altar, they would be pulled into whatever creature lies within the cave to be consumed.
49:53 [Ember (Spurthi)] Bees. Okay, share that information with everyone. Thoughts?
49:53 [Ember (Spurthi)] I mean...
50:03 [Sildir (Tris)] I was, uh, kind of walking up to go and size this thing up, basically.
50:11 [DM (Aarya)] Um, it's pretty big. This mass is, like, certainly quite larger than you are. It's, like, 10 feet across.
50:11 [DM (Aarya)] And it's partially submerged in water, so probably tall, too. I see, like, a head or anything.
50:27 [Ember (Spurthi)] If only we could throw a bomb down there.
50:29 [DM (Aarya)] Um, so you can tell it just seems to be, like, a mass of flesh and, like, basically, like, bits and pieces of, like, several bodies, like, almost, like, fused together.
50:46 [Ember (Spurthi)] I've seen this before.
50:48 [Sildir (Tris)] Friends. I want to slay the monster.
50:52 [Ember (Spurthi)] Okay, just before we do this, it's not midnight yet.
50:55 [Irredel (Sav)] It hasn't, like, awoken. Um, just to confirm, we've checked all of the rooms in this creepy little dungeon? Just to...
50:55 [Irredel (Sav)] There's nothing else? There's nothing else that we can look at before we're here doing this?
51:11 [Ember (Spurthi)] I mean, if we went upstairs, we might be able to catch maybe a room or something that we didn't go into. I wasn't really sure how many rooms were up there, but we checked, for sure, most of the right side. But top left?
51:11 [Ember (Spurthi)] I'm not sure.
51:24 [DM (Aarya)] I'll say, Iridel, Iridel, you would recall that as you were venturing through the upper floor, there were, like, a couple corridors that you did not venture down towards. And as you say, as you give your warning, Iridel, 11 chimes ring throughout the chamber.
51:49 [Irredel (Sav)] You know, we have, we have an hour. We have an hour with the gates open. We can come back to this, probably.
51:49 [Irredel (Sav)] Or we could never come back to this and figure out another way out, frankly.
52:00 [Sildir (Tris)] The monster's right here. What are you suggesting?
52:03 [Irredel (Sav)] Oh no, what if there's a sword or some, you know, divinely good thing upstairs? You know I'm a religious person. There's blessings of Tyr everywhere.
52:03 [Irredel (Sav)] And I think the biggest blessing would be me exiting this room right now and coming back at the last minute.
52:22 [Sildir (Tris)] We were the divinely good thing sent here to vanquish this monster.
52:26 [Ember (Spurthi)] Uh-huh. I think we should take a moment to see. Maybe there's more loot we could find.
52:26 [Ember (Spurthi)] Let's run upstairs real quick, 10 minutes, and then we can come down here and figure out, um...
52:39 [Sildir (Tris)] Loot is not appealing to me.
52:43 [Irredel (Sav)] I have what I want. I'm just saying, do you not see the gigantic, fleshy tentacles? I'm not feeling particularly well equipped to fight this thing right now.
52:53 [Ember (Spurthi)] I could use my alchemist fire. I picked it up from the other bedroom. That might be good to start the fight.
52:53 [Ember (Spurthi)] How would we finish it?
53:06 [Mercurio (Gui)] Well, but it's underwater, right?
53:09 [Sildir (Tris)] So... I'll leave it to democracy.
53:13 [Irredel (Sav)] We'll come down in a few minutes. It can't take long upstairs.
53:17 [Sildir (Tris)] I know, sorry.
53:17 [Mercurio (Gui)] All right, it can't be that, that, like... Can't take that long. Let's just go.
53:22 [Saturno (Steph)] All right, piggyback.
53:25 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, teleport us.
53:27 [Saturno (Steph)] Up, up.
53:28 [DM (Aarya)] Okay, hold on. I'll just port you guys over to the next scene. Back upstairs.
53:32 [Sildir (Tris)] Take us, um... Take us all the way to the roof. Thoughts, team?
53:38 [Irredel (Sav)] I think we want to do the, um... Like, just the corridor.
53:44 [Sildir (Tris)] Did we skip a room in the...
53:45 [Ember (Spurthi)] Like, the room we were previously.
53:48 [Sildir (Tris)] Like, the top floor? Did we skip any rooms? I think we did.
53:48 [Sildir (Tris)] I think that's... Yeah. We can start.
53:48 [Sildir (Tris)] We can do the logical order of things here. Let's go back to the next floor. That's fine.
53:48 [Sildir (Tris)] But we did skip a room upstairs.
54:02 [DM (Aarya)] All right.
54:07 [Sildir (Tris)] Back to this whole...
54:09 [DM (Aarya)] Oh, wait, hold on. Okay, so... Let's see, let's see, let's see.
54:09 [DM (Aarya)] That's Peter. Um, Saturno.
54:19 [Saturno (Steph)] Yeah?
54:20 [DM (Aarya)] As you are barreling down this corridor... Oh, fuck me. You...
54:20 [DM (Aarya)] As you stand on that space where you are right now, the floor gives way. Okay. And you fall into a pit that is covered in wooden spikes.
54:20 [DM (Aarya)] So... Oh.
54:45 [Sildir (Tris)] Could I react to this? Like, dive to try to grab her hand or something?
54:51 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, give me Dex to see how well... You're gonna have to roll pretty well.
54:55 [Sildir (Tris)] Five feet away. Do you want a cured Dex?
54:59 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, I'll say Dex, yeah. Dex, yeah, Dexterity check.
55:05 [Sildir (Tris)] Not Athletics? No Athletics?
55:08 [DM (Aarya)] I mean, if this is a reflex that you're trying to do reflexively, I'm gonna say Dexterity.
55:11 [Sildir (Tris)] All right, all right, fine.
55:13 [DM (Aarya)] I'm giving you a hard time. Sorry. Yeah.
55:13 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, so you're a bit too slow. By the time you see Saturno falling, it's already too late. You aren't able to return in time.
55:13 [DM (Aarya)] So you're gonna take some damage. Okay. Let me roll this for you.
55:33 [Sildir (Tris)] Can I start trying to help her right away?
55:36 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, give me one sec to resolve this first, and then you can do your thing. Oh.
55:46 [Saturno (Steph)] Oh.
55:46 [DM (Aarya)] Take 10 damage. I'm down.
55:52 [Saturno (Steph)] Oh, there's a potion of healing.
55:54 [DM (Aarya)] Um, yeah, do you like say anything, or like scream or anything as you go down, Saturno? Um... I say...
55:54 [DM (Aarya)] Haha.
56:11 [Ember (Spurthi)] Hey, guys, there's a...
56:14 [DM (Aarya)] And then I'm down.
56:15 [Ember (Spurthi)] Saturno!
56:16 [DM (Aarya)] You just hear like, ah!
56:18 [Ember (Spurthi)] I'm like, hey, guys, there's a...
56:21 [DM (Aarya)] Okay. And then, yeah, and then, uh, Sildir, you are close enough to hear like a sickening crunch and the sounds of somebody being impaled.
56:32 [Sildir (Tris)] Oh god, guys. I have a feeling this is not going well. Um, and does it even look like I could like...
56:32 [Sildir (Tris)] get her out of there myself?
56:41 [DM (Aarya)] Um, so you peer over into the pit. It is 10 feet deep, and the bottom is lined with spikes. Um, so you definitely can't just easily reach down and pull her out.
56:41 [DM (Aarya)] And she is unconscious and bleeding out. So the way I'm going to do this, uh, I'll let y'all figure out what you want to do, and then periodically I'm going to have Saturno roll a death save.
57:05 [Irredel (Sav)] Can I cast Bear the Dying?
57:08 [DM (Aarya)] Um, she is currently impaled, so I won't say that that'll actually help at this moment. You'd have to at least lift her out of the spikes first.
57:20 [Saturno (Steph)] Guys, does anyone have a rope?
57:23 [DM (Aarya)] Um, it seems Ember said he had a grappling hook.
57:27 [Ember (Spurthi)] Yeah, I can like jump down with the grappling hook and like assess the situation.
57:33 [DM (Aarya)] Okay.
57:34 [Saturno (Steph)] Okay.
57:35 [DM (Aarya)] Um, so do you want to like fix the hook? Do you want to like fix the hook to something on the, like on the walls or like on the ground? Or do you want someone to hold it while you go down?
57:47 [Ember (Spurthi)] I'll do it to the wall.
57:49 [DM (Aarya)] Okay.
57:49 [Ember (Spurthi)] Right on the ground next to the wall.
57:51 [DM (Aarya)] All right, so yeah. You can secure it onto a portion of the wall. You're able to find some crevice where the hook can be lodged in.
57:51 [DM (Aarya)] And yeah, you're able to like climb down into the pit.
58:10 [Ember (Spurthi)] I don't do it. I don't roll.
58:12 [DM (Aarya)] No, also you can just do it. Okay. Yeah, so you make, you clamber down into the pit.
58:12 [DM (Aarya)] You can tell that Satorno is very badly injured and impaled on several spikes. It would, and given that Satorno is wearing heavy armor, it would be quite the task to lift her off the spikes and then out of the pit. Probably stronger than you would be able to.
58:12 [DM (Aarya)] Like it'll be, you don't feel like you're strong enough to be able to do it by yourself. And yeah, you would need help basically. Or some other mechanism or means.
58:12 [DM (Aarya)] And Satorno, go ahead, roll me a death save.
58:49 [Ember (Spurthi)] Um, how do I do it?
58:52 [Sildir (Tris)] Ember, catch.
58:53 [DM (Aarya)] So on your character sheet, Satorno, on your portrait, click the skull. Got it.
58:59 [Ember (Spurthi)] Normal?
59:00 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, normal. Yeah, that's one save.
59:08 [Sildir (Tris)] Can I pass my potion to Ember? Like one potion.
59:12 [DM (Aarya)] You can do that, yeah.
59:14 [Sildir (Tris)] Ember, use this.
59:16 [DM (Aarya)] All right.
59:18 [Sildir (Tris)] I'll give you a potion of healing.
59:19 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, you would have to pour it into her mouth. I'll say given the precariousness of the situation, you'd have to probably do like a bit of sleight of hand to like get it in there. Okay.
59:19 [DM (Aarya)] But yeah, you can do that. If you want to feed her a potion. Oh, yikes.
59:19 [DM (Aarya)] Yikes. So with a nat 1 sleight of hand, your hands are trembling as you see your ally, and maybe now at this point your friend, lying wounded on these spikes, bleeding out. Your hands are trembling as you try to pour the potion into her mouth.
59:19 [DM (Aarya)] And yeah, you just drop the potion and it falls into the spikes and the vial is shattered and the potion goes to waste. So what about Healing Word? What are you people doing?
01:00:19 [Saturno (Steph)] I'm trying my best.
01:00:21 [DM (Aarya)] Come on, Gage. So whose potion was that? Whoever's potion that was, just go ahead and like delete the item.
01:00:27 [Sildir (Tris)] I deleted it. Well, I picked up like three because people were just leaving in there.
01:00:31 [DM (Aarya)] So I have two more. I deleted one. Okay.
01:00:33 [Sildir (Tris)] I'm the potion guy.
01:00:35 [Irredel (Sav)] Is it gonna help if I go ahead and cast Healing Word?
01:00:39 [DM (Aarya)] You can heal her, yeah.
01:00:40 [Irredel (Sav)] Okay, so I'm gonna cast Healing Word. Well, can someone else get down there so we can get her off these spikes? Do we not have any other rope or anything else?
01:00:53 [Sildir (Tris)] If Ember comes back up, I can go down, but there's only one that I know of.
01:00:57 [Irredel (Sav)] Ember, come back up. Just don't be down there. We need to get her off those spikes.
01:01:03 [DM (Aarya)] Okay, so you cast Healing Word. Go ahead and roll the 2d4 for the healing.
01:01:11 [Sildir (Tris)] It looks like Fullblood will go help. Okay, I heard Rod starting.
01:01:17 [DM (Aarya)] Okay, so Saturna gains six health back. You are back up, and you just gasp as you regain consciousness, and you find yourself still impaled.
01:01:32 [Ember (Spurthi)] I kind of gasp, and I'm like, oh, fuck. And I try to move, and I'm in a lot of pain. I kind of look up, and I'm like, oh, hey, everyone.
01:01:32 [Ember (Spurthi)] I'll be fine. It's gonna be okay. I'm sorry.
01:01:52 [Sildir (Tris)] Could she grab onto the grappling hook now, and we can all just pull together?
01:01:55 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, you can probably grab onto the rope now that you're conscious. Or if Ember is still down there, you can take her hand, maybe. It depends.
01:01:55 [DM (Aarya)] I don't know. Okay, Ember, are you already out of the pit, Ember?
01:02:08 [Saturno (Steph)] Yeah.
01:02:08 [DM (Aarya)] Okay, yeah. But Saturna, you do come awake. You see the rope still there.
01:02:08 [DM (Aarya)] You could grab on. If you're doing it yourself, though, will I be that mean?
01:02:19 [Mercurio (Gui)] I think I will be that mean. You're gonna— Just hold the rope, and we'll all pull, right?
01:02:23 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, you could do that. So I'll say, if you're going to try to pry yourself onto the spike— pry yourself off the spikes and grab onto the rope yourself, you'll take a little bit of damage. But if you just, like, grab the rope and let everyone else pull you off, you'll be not that— not too bad.
01:02:40 [Ember (Spurthi)] I don't think I have the strength to do— Saturna, can you hold onto this rope?
01:02:49 [Irredel (Sav)] Okay, if Saturna can't hold onto this rope, can someone just climb down there, tie the rope around her legs, and then we can try and pull her up?
01:02:56 [Ember (Spurthi)] I think I could just grab the rope and just hold on as much as I can.
01:03:00 [DM (Aarya)] I don't think I could pry myself. You can grab the rope, yeah.
01:03:04 [Ember (Spurthi)] Okay, so I kind of, like, wrap it around my wrist really well.
01:03:09 [DM (Aarya)] And I grip it. All right, cool. So yeah, so who's pulling?
01:03:09 [DM (Aarya)] Who's yanking? I'll take help, but I'm pulling.
01:03:18 [Irredel (Sav)] I'm testing guidance on whoever's fucking pulling.
01:03:21 [DM (Aarya)] It is, like, a sizeable length of rope, so you could all rope.
01:03:25 [Sildir (Tris)] You could all pull.
01:03:26 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, we can all do it.
01:03:28 [Ember (Spurthi)] But wait, before we start pulling, I say, please check your surroundings. We don't need another one. It's another bike incident.
01:03:28 [Ember (Spurthi)] So if you're all gonna pull in one direction, maybe inspect the tiles.
01:03:44 [Mercurio (Gui)] We came from this direction, so... That's true.
01:03:48 [DM (Aarya)] Saturna's really out of it, guys. All right, so is everyone pulling the rope? Yeah, we're all gonna pull.
01:03:48 [DM (Aarya)] Okay, so yeah, you're able to hoist Saturna out of the pit.
01:04:03 [Ember (Spurthi)] So what do I look like right now?
01:04:05 [DM (Aarya)] You're pretty banged up. You have, like, several, like, puncture wounds, like, in your torso and, like, in your, like, arms and legs a little bit. You're bleeding still, but you are up.
01:04:05 [DM (Aarya)] Like, you're not, like, knocked out or anything.
01:04:22 [Ember (Spurthi)] I have a potion of healing I'm gonna take.
01:04:25 [DM (Aarya)] Okay. Well, I'd also like to use healing hands.
01:04:31 [Ember (Spurthi)] Oh.
01:04:33 [Mercurio (Gui)] So I will come over to Saturna.
01:04:38 [Saturno (Steph)] Literally.
01:04:42 [Mercurio (Gui)] Let's get these spikes out of you. I'm gonna just start, like, pulling spikes out and trying to heal her with the magic.
01:04:52 [Saturno (Steph)] Oh my god.
01:04:55 [DM (Aarya)] She's not, she's not doted in, don't worry. She's not toji. Don't worry about that.
01:05:02 [Ember (Spurthi)] Oilers.
01:05:12 [DM (Aarya)] Okay, so you get that much health back? Yep, 6 HP.
01:05:19 [Ember (Spurthi)] Does that apply automatically?
01:05:21 [DM (Aarya)] No, it doesn't.
01:05:22 [Ember (Spurthi)] That's fine. I could update it.
01:05:25 [DM (Aarya)] Thank you.
01:05:26 [Irredel (Sav)] Make sure you add some of what you got from, uh, healing or whatever the fuck I cast.
01:05:31 [DM (Aarya)] I added that.
01:05:33 [Irredel (Sav)] Okay, yeah.
01:05:34 [Ember (Spurthi)] And then I'm gonna use one potion of healing. To, you know, you know. Okay, plus.
01:05:34 [Ember (Spurthi)] Okay.
01:05:53 [DM (Aarya)] Did you add the healing potion help?
01:05:56 [Ember (Spurthi)] Yeah, I'm gonna do it right now. Okay, I'm pretty good now. I'm back.
01:05:56 [Ember (Spurthi)] So back.
01:06:02 [DM (Aarya)] Let's go.
01:06:03 [Ember (Spurthi)] Wow, everybody. How back are you?
01:06:04 [Sildir (Tris)] Thank you. Like, uh, what out of what?
01:06:07 [Ember (Spurthi)] Like 19, 20. Well, at least in terms of, like, my bar.
01:06:12 [Sildir (Tris)] Like, damn, how good does she look now?
01:06:14 [Saturno (Steph)] After all that?
01:06:15 [DM (Aarya)] After receiving healing from Mercurio and the healing potion, her wounds have mostly, like, closed up. She is still covered in blood and her clothes and armor are banged up.
01:06:25 [Sildir (Tris)] Well, magic and magic.
01:06:30 [Ember (Spurthi)] I must be more careful next time. I'm sorry, Ruin.
01:06:35 [Sildir (Tris)] We are gonna run out of potions if we keep going like this, yeah. Well, anyway, uh, I guess.
01:06:42 [Ember (Spurthi)] Let's go this.
01:06:43 [Sildir (Tris)] Jump over this gap.
01:06:46 [Ember (Spurthi)] Wait, maybe we should just go around.
01:06:49 [Sildir (Tris)] It's only five people.
01:06:51 [Ember (Spurthi)] Yeah, like that. So where are we going?
01:07:04 [Sildir (Tris)] I'm perceiving. I'm perceiving, DM.
01:07:07 [DM (Aarya)] You have a wrong perception.
01:07:08 [Sildir (Tris)] I'm walking carefully. Do I not have, like, a passive one?
01:07:12 [DM (Aarya)] Or is that a- Oh, yeah, you do have passive perception. Yeah, that's good enough. You don't spot any obvious, uh, yeah.
01:07:12 [DM (Aarya)] You don't spot any obvious signs of danger.
01:07:21 [Ember (Spurthi)] Was there an obvious sign of danger where I went?
01:07:24 [Sildir (Tris)] No. The game knows that's a sign of danger.
01:07:27 [DM (Aarya)] Did it? I didn't mean to pause it.
01:07:28 [Ember (Spurthi)] Yeah, it did.
01:07:29 [Sildir (Tris)] It paused for like one second.
01:07:30 [Ember (Spurthi)] Uh, do we want to go down there first or do we want to go up top?
01:07:33 [DM (Aarya)] Everyone, there's a well or- And more beds. Sildur has spontaneously expl- No, I'm kidding.
01:07:44 [Sildir (Tris)] Sildur fucking dies.
01:07:47 [Saturno (Steph)] Uh, let's see.
01:07:49 [DM (Aarya)] Uh, in here, so in the room that you are in, Sildur, the ceiling of this dark earthen chamber rises a foot higher than the cramped tunnel you just crawled out of. It is supported by thick wooden posts and crossbeams that have rotted with age and bear deep holes indicative of hungry insects. Here, a lonely well stands in the center of the room, surrounded on three sides by smaller alcove-like chambers that have been carved into the walls.
01:07:49 [DM (Aarya)] Old footprints crisscross across the floor, leading into the alcoves around the wall and up a staircase on the other end of the room. You can tell that those go back upstairs from where you originally descended down from. And you can see- Really?
01:08:34 [Sildir (Tris)] Did we walk past this originally?
01:08:36 [DM (Aarya)] You did, yeah.
01:08:37 [Sildir (Tris)] We walked past the well?
01:08:39 [DM (Aarya)] Oh, no. The stairs lead back to the chamber that you came- Okay, no, the stairs are where you just came from. Never mind, I mixed that up.
01:08:39 [DM (Aarya)] You just went down the stairs to get into the chamber.
01:08:53 [Sildir (Tris)] Ah, okay, okay, okay. So, okay, I see, I see. How big are those bug holes?
01:08:53 [Sildir (Tris)] Like, am I scared of these bugs?
01:09:00 [DM (Aarya)] I mean, they just look like termite holes, I guess. Okay, so nothing like, no weird giant beetle or- And you can see, like, an old-looking rope that is hanging over the edge of the well and appears to be leading down further in.
01:09:18 [Sildir (Tris)] Yeah, I just kind of say what I said before, I guess, like, everybody, there's a well in here and several other rooms. You wanted to investigate? Here we are.
01:09:18 [Sildir (Tris)] Plenty of rooms to investigate. How much time passed while we were, like, saving for the turnout?
01:09:40 [DM (Aarya)] Um, I'll say, like, 20 minutes. Okay, we need to hurry.
01:09:47 [Ember (Spurthi)] Okay, let's, uh, move down.
01:09:50 [DM (Aarya)] Ember, as you, like, look around in these rooms, in these alcoves, you can see that there are, like, footlockers by these beds that are, like, inside the alcove rooms. So, yeah, you could, like, rifle around, maybe see if you find something of interest.
01:10:06 [Irredel (Sav)] Can I investigate?
01:10:09 [Saturno (Steph)] Um...
01:10:12 [Mercurio (Gui)] Careful, we already fell for one trap. Yeah, you can investigate.
01:10:15 [Ember (Spurthi)] I would like to open one of these doors here.
01:10:18 [DM (Aarya)] Where are you? Oh, you're up there. Okay, let's see.
01:10:18 [DM (Aarya)] I didn't realize you were getting split up. Um, so, turnout in that area. Let me see.
01:10:18 [DM (Aarya)] Um, so, which one are you trying to open? The one, like, right below you? Yes.
01:10:18 [DM (Aarya)] So, that, you are staring into what the, like, it is a little door that leads into a crypt where there's, like, a sarcophagus. Oh, we've been in here, then. Yeah, you've walked through here, and the one that you are staring at, the plaque on it reads Thornbolt Durst.
01:11:03 [Irredel (Sav)] Oh, okay, I thought we were following... I'm very lost as to where everyone is.
01:11:07 [DM (Aarya)] The others are down here.
01:11:09 [Ember (Spurthi)] We're down here. Okay, sorry, I have been on mute this whole time.
01:11:13 [Sildir (Tris)] Where'd you guys go? I was low-key getting pissed off. Everyone?
01:11:16 [Ember (Spurthi)] Oh, no. Go up. Go up one?
01:11:16 [Ember (Spurthi)] Yeah, and then go.
01:11:20 [Mercurio (Gui)] I think they just backtracked to the crypts that we were at before. Yeah.
01:11:24 [Sildir (Tris)] Well, hold on. If, actually, if those are the graves, you know, just teleport my mind up there. Maybe we can lay the kids to rest, see?
01:11:37 [DM (Aarya)] You do recall that the children requested that they not be buried within the house.
01:11:41 [Sildir (Tris)] Be outside. Okay, okay. Now, fuck them kids.
01:11:41 [Sildir (Tris)] Put them in the graves.
01:11:48 [Irredel (Sav)] All right, so there are lockers here, though?
01:11:50 [DM (Aarya)] There are lockers, yeah. Okay, I'm gonna raid the lockers. Whatever we can find.
01:11:55 [Irredel (Sav)] Open them all up.
01:11:55 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, so Ember also investigated, and the two of you find a chest in this room with some valuables inside.
01:12:06 [Saturno (Steph)] Nice.
01:12:07 [Sildir (Tris)] I guess while they're doing that, I'm gonna just pull up some water from the well, just see what the well is like.
01:12:13 [Ember (Spurthi)] Whoa, you guys, you should look at this.
01:12:14 [DM (Aarya)] Okay, so you are hoisting up the rope from within the well. Attached on one end, like the far end, is a bucket. And as you hoist up the bucket, you can see that it is filled with murky-looking water that is tinged red.
01:12:35 [Irredel (Sav)] Any sign of those weird, fleshy tendrils?
01:12:40 [DM (Aarya)] Um, you can peer into the well and try to see.
01:12:47 [Ember (Spurthi)] Guys, I found some gemstones. Crazy loot.
01:12:50 [DM (Aarya)] You can split this up later.
01:12:54 [Sildir (Tris)] Yeah, Ember, you should grab those, and we can sell them at a store.
01:12:57 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, I think you can just press take all or something, and then, yeah, we can loot it all.
01:13:01 [Ember (Spurthi)] Okay, can I check out this chest in this room? Chest.
01:13:15 [Irredel (Sav)] Great, let's see if any of those little freaky tendrils are down this well.
01:13:21 [DM (Aarya)] Um, if you're trying to, like, peer into the darkness of the well, I'd say, like, do, like, perception.
01:13:31 [Sildir (Tris)] Looks like water mixed with blood, it's disgusting.
01:13:34 [DM (Aarya)] Um, you can, like, hear, like, the gentle, like, rippling of water, like, down there. So, there is water there, um, but you don't see, you don't spot anything.
01:13:44 [Ember (Spurthi)] Don't we have a lantern? What if we tie the lantern to the robe, and we see if we could see anything out?
01:13:51 [Irredel (Sav)] I don't know, can someone with, like, dark vision or better eyes than me just look down here?
01:13:55 [Sildir (Tris)] Yeah, I'm gonna look. I have dark vision. I'm gonna, should I perceive, DM?
01:13:55 [Sildir (Tris)] What should I do?
01:14:00 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, you can perceive it. It'll just be an easier check for you. Yeah.
01:14:00 [DM (Aarya)] Okay, pretty good. 14.
01:14:11 [Sildir (Tris)] I rubbed my eyes.
01:14:12 [DM (Aarya)] Still there. You can see, you can peer, like, straight down into the bottom of the well. The water down there is murky and tinged red, and you do see some, like, fleshy tendrils, like, peeking out from the surface of the water.
01:14:27 [Sildir (Tris)] Yes, everyone, there are some tendrils down there, along with some disgusting water, but if you would like to find more tendrils, I know where we can find them.
01:14:37 [Irredel (Sav)] Well, I'm just wondering if we could maybe use, you know, does anyone have a bomb?
01:14:46 [Ember (Spurthi)] No? Let me check.
01:14:49 [Irredel (Sav)] Like, we shouldn't use the alchemist fire just yet, but if there's anything else, just, you know, maybe we can lure a few tendrils up here, chop away at them, and then go get the, you know, the core of it. Well, actually, no, we tried cutting them, and then they grew right back. Maybe we do need to go right to the source.
01:15:09 [Sildir (Tris)] That's what I think. When I sliced at that door, those tendrils did not seem to care in the slightest.
01:15:15 [Irredel (Sav)] You're right, you're right. All right, well, let's see. I guess there wasn't any magical object to save us.
01:15:15 [Irredel (Sav)] We should go back.
01:15:23 [DM (Aarya)] It's been, like, another 10 minutes or so.
01:15:26 [Sildir (Tris)] I think if we can do anything, we can check the last rooms upstairs.
01:15:28 [Saturno (Steph)] Otherwise, we go and face the beast. I have, in my tinker tools, I have a hunting trap. Might be useful.
01:15:39 [Ember (Spurthi)] That'd be cool to, like, lay out, like, at the front of the altar, if it's supposed to come out. Like, in my tinker tools, I can, like, make it.
01:15:50 [DM (Aarya)] Oh, I think that takes time, though. That's your crafter feed, right? Yeah.
01:15:50 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, so that would be over the course of a short rest, though. You do that, so it takes an hour.
01:16:00 [Saturno (Steph)] Okay, never mind, then.
01:16:05 [Ember (Spurthi)] We've checked out this whole room, huh? Anything else over here? There seems to be a table.
01:16:12 [Sildir (Tris)] What do you guys say? Was Old Sildur right? Do we go fight this beast?
01:16:16 [Ember (Spurthi)] Can I inspect to see if doors look fine?
01:16:21 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, we're only perception.
01:16:29 [Ember (Spurthi)] Hey, my best dad.
01:16:31 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, I mean, this area doesn't seem to be trapped. You just see, like, an old-looking table with some really worn wooden chairs, like, around. There's some torches that are lit hanging around the walls, like, throughout the dungeon, like you've seen.
01:16:31 [DM (Aarya)] There are some bedrolls laying about. These appear to be, like, quarters for, like, whomever has been living here.
01:16:53 [Saturno (Steph)] Okay, cool.
01:16:54 [Ember (Spurthi)] All right, I see we head back, yeah? Let's go. Did we take everything from in here?
01:16:54 [Ember (Spurthi)] I think we are- There's no time. There's gold. I took it.
01:16:54 [Ember (Spurthi)] We don't have time, you're right. I didn't take it. I put it back.
01:17:07 [Saturno (Steph)] I teleported across the trap.
01:17:09 [DM (Aarya)] Okay, so you find yourselves back down. Take you back.
01:17:15 [Sildir (Tris)] All right, I'm charging in.
01:17:17 [DM (Aarya)] So, once again, you go downstairs at the low level of the dungeon. You wade across the murky water of this creepy-looking room, and you are, once again- Most of you are standing on the dais. Erdel, are you still, like, actually hanging back there?
01:17:36 [Irredel (Sav)] Um, yeah, I was just gonna say, before everyone goes in, who is the, uh, least likely of us to be able to defend against an attack? I don't have too much going on, spell-wise, but I can give someone a shield for the next 10 minutes, basically.
01:18:00 [Ember (Spurthi)] Who would benefit the best from a shield?
01:18:03 [Sildir (Tris)] Maybe- Osir, come out and fight me. Erkurio?
01:18:08 [Mercurio (Gui)] Um, I mean, my body is soft and squishy, and I don't like to wear armor either, so...
01:18:16 [Ember (Spurthi)] Okay.
01:18:17 [Mercurio (Gui)] Maybe it would make sense.
01:18:19 [Irredel (Sav)] All right, if I cast this now, though, I won't be able to heal anyone. So, what do we think?
01:18:25 [Mercurio (Gui)] No, I think- No, no, no. I think wait to heal someone, then.
01:18:29 [Saturno (Steph)] All righty.
01:18:30 [Mercurio (Gui)] I'll be fine. I'll just shit-talk my way out of any trouble I get into.
01:18:34 [Sildir (Tris)] I think there's a- is this a balcony? Maybe the- who's- Friends, which of you used ranged attacks?
01:18:43 [DM (Aarya)] So, I'll say- I'll just describe the room really quick. So, you are in a 20-foot square chamber with finely carved mason walls, or marble walls. The water that some of you are standing in is about knee-deep.
01:18:43 [DM (Aarya)] In the center of the room, there is a 20-foot wide circular dais. That rises above the water, in the center of which is a stone altar, with the carving that says, Feed Me, and fleshy tendrils leading to a- what appears to be the monster. It's like sleeping in a recess in the wall to the east.
01:18:43 [DM (Aarya)] All around the wall, there are raised- There's a raised platform, like, running around the edges, and stairs leading up to it on the east and west sides. So, if you're standing on the edge, like, on the platforms, on the- along the edge of the room, you are not in the water.
01:19:37 [Sildir (Tris)] And can you, like, see down? Could you attack from that position?
01:19:40 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, yeah. It's not, like, super high or anything. You're, like, a couple feet above the water, maybe.
01:19:46 [Sildir (Tris)] Friends, perhaps- Perhaps our ranged attackers should attack from the balcony. We can bait the monster to the center of the room. Make it a killing floor.
01:20:01 [Irredel (Sav)] Yeah, I'm happy to go up to a balcony. That's no question in my mind. You may be wondering, Iridel, don't you also use a maze?
01:20:01 [Irredel (Sav)] In addition to casting spells? And to that, I say yes. And I will be up over here.
01:20:22 [Mercurio (Gui)] Zolalis, why are you up here? Don't you want to show us your excellent swordsmanship?
01:20:29 [Sildir (Tris)] It's a treat to watch you. Don't forget, push the talk rod, I think.
01:20:37 [Sylalys (Cat)] Yes, I suppose you have a point. I shall demonstrate my skillful swordsmanship.
01:20:47 [Irredel (Sav)] And I mean, what monster is more disgraceful than this freaky thing? I mean, don't you see the teeth? Put it in the fleshy tendrils.
01:20:47 [Irredel (Sav)] They're not even straight. Like, they're all gnarly and everything. Like, you think if you're gonna have a monster, which has, like, freaky teeth everywhere, at least they'd be in proper order.
01:20:47 [Irredel (Sav)] But no.
01:21:06 [Sildir (Tris)] Very disproportionate.
01:21:07 [Irredel (Sav)] So... Raggle-teethed! Raggle-toothed tentacles!
01:21:11 [Sildir (Tris)] We all agree with, like, the plan. Like, the killing floor plan. That might be an original sentence.
01:21:18 [Irredel (Sav)] All right, I just... I'm gonna take a minute. I'm gonna take a minute and quiet over here.
01:21:18 [Irredel (Sav)] And I'm gonna say a little prayer to Tyr for all of us and all of our souls. Don't worry, it won't be out loud. I'm not gonna force that on any of you.
01:21:18 [Irredel (Sav)] But, um, just give me a second.
01:21:37 [Sildir (Tris)] If this piece has any wisdom at all, I could compel it to do...
01:21:42 [Mercurio (Gui)] I guess while... Well, while, um, Iridel does her prayer, I get bored and pull out my lute and start singing a song. And I give bardic inspiration to Sildur.
01:22:03 [Sildir (Tris)] That's quite the tune you have there, friend. It reminds me of my estate.
01:22:08 [DM (Aarya)] So, Ember, are you gonna be, like, right there? Or do you want to be at a distance with your bow? How do you want to post up?
01:22:15 [Irredel (Sav)] Distance with my bow.
01:22:16 [DM (Aarya)] Okay, cool.
01:22:18 [Irredel (Sav)] All right, I'm done.
01:22:20 [DM (Aarya)] All right, so we have Mercurio and Iridel on the far end... Far opposite end of the room on one of the platforms. Let's see.
01:22:20 [DM (Aarya)] Ember is in the corner closer to the monster, also on a platform. Sildur is in the water right in front, ready to charge the monster at any moment. Well, what's up?
01:22:20 [DM (Aarya)] I kind of want to try compelling the beast to a duel. Oh, so if you want to, yeah, if you want to, like, stand a bit back, you can do that too.
01:22:54 [Sildir (Tris)] If we agree with that plan. Do we all agree with that plan?
01:22:57 [Irredel (Sav)] Sounds like a plan for you to die.
01:23:01 [Sildir (Tris)] I will survive.
01:23:02 [Mercurio (Gui)] I edge in line with my song.
01:23:04 [Saturno (Steph)] He dies.
01:23:05 [DM (Aarya)] What did you give bardic inspiration to again?
01:23:07 [Mercurio (Gui)] The beast will fall at my feet. To Sildur. I think Satorno still has, also.
01:23:07 [Mercurio (Gui)] I gave it to them at the very end of last session.
01:23:14 [DM (Aarya)] Okay, cool.
01:23:15 [Ember (Spurthi)] Of what?
01:23:17 [Mercurio (Gui)] I gave you bardic inspiration.
01:23:19 [Ember (Spurthi)] Oh, yes.
01:23:22 [Mercurio (Gui)] Yeah, and I edge on Sildur with my song.
01:23:26 [Sildir (Tris)] I go to the center of the room, then.
01:23:29 [DM (Aarya)] All right, and Satorno and... Okay, so Satorno, Sildur, and Sililus are standing on the edge of the dais, closest to the monster, facing it. So, yeah.
01:23:42 [Sildir (Tris)] I want to try to compel it to a duel.
01:23:45 [DM (Aarya)] Try it. All right, that's how you want to open?
01:23:50 [Sildir (Tris)] Yeah, if everyone's okay with that.
01:23:53 [Ember (Spurthi)] Yeah, I'm folding my sword out. What was the name of...
01:23:59 [DM (Aarya)] What was the K name? Clara. Clara.
01:23:59 [DM (Aarya)] All right. By the way, who's carrying the bodies? You're still carrying the bodies, right?
01:23:59 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, we have the bodies. I have Clara's body and Satorno has the kids.
01:24:12 [Ember (Spurthi)] And I have the children. Okay.
01:24:16 [Sildir (Tris)] So, let me see if my character sheet will work.
01:24:18 [Ember (Spurthi)] Maybe we should leave them, like, by where we were, for safety?
01:24:25 [DM (Aarya)] What do you think? I believe Satorno, the children's remains were just bones, and you had them, like, wrapped up, like, in a sack. I assume you're carrying it on your back.
01:24:25 [DM (Aarya)] Sildur had Clara's corpse wrapped in the tarp that it was in upstairs. Probably, like, have it tied to you somehow. Okay, so you're doing Compelled Duel.
01:24:48 [Sildir (Tris)] Yeah, I say, Beast, we have heard your challenge, and we are here to take vengeance for Clara, Rose, and Thorn. We will slay you. We will not feed you.
01:24:48 [Sildir (Tris)] Come out and fight us.
01:25:01 [Saturno (Steph)] All right.
01:25:05 [DM (Aarya)] Very cool.
01:25:05 [Sildir (Tris)] Ha! Foolish beast.
01:25:07 [DM (Aarya)] All right. So, this beast begins writhing and awakens. You see it lumber before you, taking a step forward.
01:25:07 [DM (Aarya)] You just basically see, like, a huge mass of, like, limbs and gore, like, stitched together, arms and legs flailing about. It's really difficult to comprehend, really, what you're even looking at. This is clearly a most unnatural creature, and it bellows before you as it stomps towards Sildur.
01:25:07 [DM (Aarya)] Oh, my God. Everyone, roll initiative. It smells worse.
01:25:53 [Sildir (Tris)] When I see the beast, can I down a potion?
01:25:56 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, you can do that. Um, yeah, go ahead and roll initiative, everyone. What the fuck?
01:25:56 [DM (Aarya)] Um, Ember, if you go to the... Yeah, you got it. Cool.
01:25:56 [DM (Aarya)] All right. Did I roll my potion? Okay, cool.
01:25:56 [DM (Aarya)] It doesn't roll automatically, I think. I think you just have to, like... Yeah, I got it.
01:25:56 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, cool.
01:26:27 [Sildir (Tris)] Hey, let's go.
01:26:28 [DM (Aarya)] Hey, max healing? Nice. I'm stealing from the healing potion, uh, potion of healing.
01:26:28 [DM (Aarya)] All right, cool. And with that, we will begin our combat. Iridell's up first.
01:26:42 [Irredel (Sav)] Ew, disgusting, burn it!
01:26:45 [DM (Aarya)] Okay, casting Sacred Flame? Yeah. Cool.
01:26:45 [DM (Aarya)] Describe to me how you're casting this.
01:26:52 [Irredel (Sav)] I mean, you just heard what I said. I said, ew, disgusting, burn it!
01:26:55 [DM (Aarya)] Cool. It fails the save. Go ahead and roll damage.
01:26:59 [Irredel (Sav)] And I kind of, like, fling my hands out a little bit. Like, look away, like...
01:27:09 [DM (Aarya)] Okay, nice. Four damage on the flesh mount. Um, let's see.
01:27:09 [DM (Aarya)] So Sildur cast... What was it earlier? A second ago?
01:27:09 [DM (Aarya)] Compel.
01:27:19 [Sildir (Tris)] Uh, compel tool.
01:27:20 [DM (Aarya)] So, okay. So this target has disadvantage on attack rolls against creatures other than you, and it can't willingly move to a space that is more than 30 feet away from you. So it ends up making an attack roll against a creature other than the target.
01:27:20 [DM (Aarya)] Or if you cast... Okay, cool. So it has to target you or have disadvantage.
01:27:20 [DM (Aarya)] Cool. Um, yeah. So I guess, Iridell, is that your turn?
01:27:43 [Saturno (Steph)] Uh, yeah, yeah.
01:27:44 [DM (Aarya)] And I'll just say, like, go ahead and, like, click end turn when you're finished, just so we can get things rolling. Um, cool. So turn now.
01:27:53 [Ember (Spurthi)] Okay. Oh, wait.
01:27:55 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, okay.
01:27:57 [Ember (Spurthi)] I'm gonna walk here. And then I'm gonna go ahead and point my greatsword at it and say, you foul piece of shit. Fuck you for what you did to those children.
01:28:14 [DM (Aarya)] Okay.
01:28:16 [Ember (Spurthi)] And this house.
01:28:24 [Mercurio (Gui)] Elim's the turn now. Oh, so we think this is the mob?
01:28:29 [DM (Aarya)] I don't know.
01:28:30 [Ember (Spurthi)] I'm just talking to...
01:28:31 [DM (Aarya)] Okay, 15 attack roll hits. Roll damage.
01:28:34 [Ember (Spurthi)] I think this has to do with the mob. I think the mob brought this.
01:28:38 [DM (Aarya)] That's my...
01:28:39 [Ember (Spurthi)] Idea.
01:28:45 [Sildir (Tris)] Just like therapy. It all comes back to mom, you know? True.
01:28:45 [Sildir (Tris)] That's what Freud said.
01:28:50 [Ember (Spurthi)] True. And then with that, I end my turn.
01:29:01 [DM (Aarya)] Ember, you're up.
01:29:03 [Ember (Spurthi)] Okay, I will use my short bow.
01:29:07 [DM (Aarya)] Um, I think from where you're standing, you can't quite see the monster. Like, you don't see it on your screen, do you?
01:29:15 [Saturno (Steph)] No, I don't.
01:29:16 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, if you step over to your left, you can get an angle. Like, from where you are. Yeah.
01:29:20 [Ember (Spurthi)] Well, okay, I see, I see.
01:29:22 [DM (Aarya)] So maybe, like, if you... You can get close if you want, but if you were to, like, step over here, you'd probably get a shot too. Since you're...
01:29:22 [DM (Aarya)] If you're attacking with your bow, that is.
01:29:31 [Ember (Spurthi)] Okay. So I can use my short bow if I'm right here?
01:29:34 [DM (Aarya)] Mm-hmm.
01:29:35 [Saturno (Steph)] Okay.
01:29:40 [DM (Aarya)] Okay, go ahead and roll the attack. Cool.
01:29:43 [Saturno (Steph)] Oh my...
01:29:45 [DM (Aarya)] So, with an eight. Upon seeing this unnatural-looking monster, you lose your nerve a little bit. Overwhelmed with terror, and you miss your shot.
01:30:00 [Ember (Spurthi)] All right, fair enough. I scream, that was a practice shot. Next time.
01:30:00 [Ember (Spurthi)] Shit's ugly. Thanks for the photo conference. Need it.
01:30:15 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, so I'll just remind you that you, on your turn, you have six spaces of movement. But since you are a rogue, you can use your bonus action to dash, and then you can move twice that, if you want.
01:30:28 [Ember (Spurthi)] I could do a flip, slap him, and then do a flip. I'll use the dash thing.
01:30:39 [DM (Aarya)] Okay, cool. So you can probably, yeah, you can make it, like, pretty far then. Okay.
01:30:39 [DM (Aarya)] You can move, like, 12 spaces from where you were. Is that good? Yeah, that's good.
01:30:39 [DM (Aarya)] Okay. Cool, nice.
01:30:59 [Ember (Spurthi)] Can I use my light crossbow?
01:31:02 [DM (Aarya)] You already attacked, right? So you can click, unless you have something else, you can click that and turn.
01:31:09 [Ember (Spurthi)] Okay, I'll do this. I'll do it and turn.
01:31:11 [DM (Aarya)] Cool. Mercurial.
01:31:26 [Mercurio (Gui)] So I guess in keeping with the theme of this being related to the mom, you really let yourself go since the marriage. I mean, yeah, I see why your husband started sleeping around, and I guess, vicious mockery.
01:31:41 [Sildir (Tris)] Oh my gosh. Let's die, Malakogi.
01:31:47 [DM (Aarya)] All right, vicious mockery, let's see. That's to make a wisdom save.
01:31:51 [Sildir (Tris)] That is a very good vicious mockery.
01:31:55 [DM (Aarya)] And it saves. So you don't do damage if it saves, right?
01:32:03 [Sildir (Tris)] She's confident in herself.
01:32:05 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, that is unfortunate.
01:32:06 [Sildir (Tris)] The flush mount is confident in herself. All right.
01:32:11 [Mercurio (Gui)] Oh, and I play a little tune about, about, I don't know, something about Sililis and Sildir, like fighting alongside the beautiful couple. And I give Sililis bardic inspiration.
01:32:34 [Saturno (Steph)] Light's fogging up.
01:32:36 [Mercurio (Gui)] Nice.
01:32:38 [Saturno (Steph)] And my turn.
01:32:43 [Sildir (Tris)] Okay, getting out the ruler real quick. Yeah. Unfortunately, guys, I'm gonna forego some damage to continue baiting them out to the floor.
01:32:43 [Sildir (Tris)] The killing floor, kind of keep everyone in range. Or you guys are like kind of getting out of range, right?
01:33:04 [DM (Aarya)] I mean, you have a javelin, you can throw it, can't you?
01:33:07 [Sildir (Tris)] Very true, very true. Um, although I don't know, like, how, how rules crunchy are you going to be with like, me switching weapons? Like, does it count?
01:33:07 [Sildir (Tris)] Does it cost a bonus action?
01:33:18 [DM (Aarya)] If you're just switching from one weapon to another, I'll say you can just do it. Like, I'm not gonna be super crazy about that. If you're like, if you're cycling through like multiple weapons on your turn, like, yeah, that's gonna take an action.
01:33:28 [Sildir (Tris)] But you can just like, hit that, like, that double Y. Yeah. But really, what I want to do is like, could I do that?
01:33:28 [Sildir (Tris)] And then place a blessing on my sword?
01:33:42 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, you can do that. I mean, is the blessing, is that like a spell?
01:33:45 [Sildir (Tris)] It just might, yeah. I'm just being, I'm, you know, flavoring my speech.
01:33:51 [DM (Aarya)] Cool.
01:33:52 [Sildir (Tris)] Okay, so cool. So yeah, I'll take a couple steps back. And from my back, you see I pull out a javelin that I've had.
01:33:52 [Sildir (Tris)] It was nicely integrated into my custom armor.
01:34:11 [DM (Aarya)] That's pretty impressive.
01:34:14 [Sildir (Tris)] And I take it and I say, You foul beast, I challenge you! Come fight me! And I throw the javelin.
01:34:14 [Sildir (Tris)] Uh, blah blah blah. What's that? Normal.
01:34:14 [Sildir (Tris)] Excellent roll.
01:34:37 [DM (Aarya)] A 10 attack roll unfortunately does not hit.
01:34:41 [Ember (Spurthi)] You have bardic inspiration.
01:34:43 [DM (Aarya)] You do have bardic inspiration, that's true.
01:34:46 [Sildir (Tris)] I'm gonna save it, I think.
01:34:47 [DM (Aarya)] Well, how long does bardic inspiration last? Pretty long, I think, an hour.
01:34:53 [Sildir (Tris)] All right, maybe, I don't know, should I just let it rip with the convention here, guys?
01:34:57 [Mercurio (Gui)] It's only a d6, so it's probably not gonna make a difference. So I think just hold on to it, maybe?
01:35:04 [Sildir (Tris)] Do we get like a higher roll that we know this thing tanks armor? Sometimes big things don't have high AC.
01:35:09 [DM (Aarya)] I will say Saturnal hit with a 15.
01:35:15 [Sildir (Tris)] Oh, yeah. That doesn't mean it's not like 13 or something. I'll save it for a closer one, maybe.
01:35:25 [Ember (Spurthi)] Yeah, whatever you prefer.
01:35:26 [Sildir (Tris)] Okay, no, no, we're gonna gamble.
01:35:28 [Saturno (Steph)] It might not come up, so let's go gamble.
01:35:31 [Sylalys (Cat)] I have at least a 1 in 3. AC 11, right?
01:35:36 [DM (Aarya)] No, unfortunately, I'm sorry. You throw your javelin. You are inspired by Mercurio's toon, however...
01:35:47 [Sildir (Tris)] I take a page out of Mercurio's book. I just intimidate this monster.
01:35:52 [DM (Aarya)] Your javelin lodges itself into the wall directly behind the monster, but does not hit. And then I glare.
01:35:59 [Ember (Spurthi)] As long as I don't get killed again, we're good.
01:36:02 [Sildir (Tris)] And then I'm going to prepare to fight this beast as it approaches me. And in order to do that, I'm going to cast a divine smite on my sword. And if it's okay with the DM, as I do, um, the sword will show, you'll see the sword glowing a bit in gold, and you'll see the names Clara, Rose, and Thorn appear on the blade.
01:36:39 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, that totally isn't how that spell works, but I'll allow it because that's cool as fuck. Yeah, you get inspiration for that. Go ahead, yeah, go ahead.
01:36:49 [Mercurio (Gui)] Good job, Seal Deer. Show him you don't even need that spear. Taunt him!
01:36:54 [Ember (Spurthi)] Taunt him now.
01:36:56 [Sildir (Tris)] I thought it was her, and she let herself go.
01:36:59 [Mercurio (Gui)] Oh, well, I don't know. It's whatever it is.
01:37:05 [Sildir (Tris)] Um, yeah. So I just, yeah, my sword is ready to go with the divine smite. And I, so I have inspiration now?
01:37:05 [Sildir (Tris)] How do I mark inspiration on this old sheet? It's the old d20 icon.
01:37:24 [DM (Aarya)] Honestly, I recommend that you use tidy sheet.
01:37:27 [Sylalys (Cat)] Oh, wait, yeah.
01:37:29 [DM (Aarya)] Because you're using the legacy sheet.
01:37:31 [Sildir (Tris)] I am, yeah. All right. Okay, this is nice, actually.
01:37:35 [Sylalys (Cat)] Switch it over. I might have changed it sometime.
01:37:37 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, so for inspiration on your character portrait, the d20 in the top right of your portrait is Mark's inspiration. Perfect, cool. Okay.
01:37:47 [Sildir (Tris)] All right, um, and that is going to end my turn. So, bing bong. It's over to you, full blood.
01:37:56 [Sylalys (Cat)] All right, so he's gonna sort of center his rapier aligning with his face. I was hoping to not have to use this, but filth such as yourself must be purged. And cast Zephyr Strike.
01:37:56 [Sylalys (Cat)] Oh, boy. Wait, failed to place template.
01:38:22 [DM (Aarya)] Don't worry about the template.
01:38:23 [Sylalys (Cat)] Yeah, why do I even need a template?
01:38:25 [DM (Aarya)] I don't know, the spell's weird.
01:38:27 [Sylalys (Cat)] Okay, well, can I flavor it as I can fucking nume and run on the water really fast?
01:38:34 [DM (Aarya)] Um, that totally isn't how that works, but sure, go for it.
01:38:38 [Sylalys (Cat)] Hell yeah. Okay, so I'm just gonna like, you just see me standing with my sword pointed up, and I just like, like a flash. I do give it a stab with my rapier.
01:38:38 [Sylalys (Cat)] Uh, so you're just like gonna dash over and back, basically? Yeah. Cool, well.
01:38:38 [Sylalys (Cat)] Oh, wait, I have advantage, but maybe crit?
01:39:02 [Sildir (Tris)] How fast are you moving back and forth? Like, kind of like Sonic, like, I don't even see it.
01:39:09 [Sylalys (Cat)] Uh, yeah, I'm gonna fucking. You know that Spongebob thing where he's like, Watch me do it again.
01:39:17 [DM (Aarya)] Did you just roll an eight? Wait, what happened?
01:39:20 [Sylalys (Cat)] I rolled two because I had advantage, but I rolled a 20 on one of them.
01:39:24 [DM (Aarya)] Oh, so the 20 hits. Like a natural 20?
01:39:29 [Sylalys (Cat)] No, like a 16 plus 4.
01:39:31 [DM (Aarya)] Oh, okay.
01:39:33 [Sylalys (Cat)] 30. Plus 1d. That's a big 17 damage.
01:39:45 [DM (Aarya)] Nice.
01:39:46 [Sylalys (Cat)] No, wait, did I math? I mathed wrong, sorry, 15.
01:39:48 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, you got it. Cool. So yeah, you like, dash over instant quick, slash into the creature, and dash back.
01:39:48 [DM (Aarya)] Cool. And now it is the Flesh Mound's turn. Um, so you can see this monster, um, with Saturno, like, obscuring the path, like, blocking the path, basically, to like, exit out of the cave.
01:39:48 [DM (Aarya)] You feel certain that you could probably just keep a trap in there. However, you see the creature contort and like, basically, like, change its shape. And it like, slides past the gap where Saturno is standing and lumbers on, let's see, how many, how much can I move?
01:39:48 [DM (Aarya)] One, two, three, four. So it is now standing here. Can't quite reach Sildir, but it is standing directly next to, uh, Sililus at this point, and it's gonna go for an attack on him, uh, with disadvantage, since, um, because a compelled duel does a 20 hit.
01:39:48 [DM (Aarya)] What the fuck, yeah? Okay. Uh, let's see, damage.
01:39:48 [DM (Aarya)] So you're gonna take, I'll apply that. Um, you will take seven damage, and it's gonna go for its second attack. Oh wait, sorry, that has to be disadvantage, let me roll it again.
01:39:48 [DM (Aarya)] Ten, that doesn't hit, right? Nope. Okay, so it reaches out with a pair of its arms, like, sprouting from one side of it, and it goes in for a slam attack, um, does a pretty good chunk to Sililus, and then it goes for another slam, and Sililus is just at the last moment able to step away and avoid the second blow.
01:39:48 [DM (Aarya)] Uh-oh. So now...
01:42:17 [Sylalys (Cat)] Is that all you have, beast?
01:42:20 [DM (Aarya)] So now back to Iridel.
01:42:25 [Irredel (Sav)] All right, you all enough with the taunts and the speeches, can we just kill this thing? And I'm gonna cast Sacred Flame again.
01:42:37 [DM (Aarya)] Okay.
01:42:37 [Sildir (Tris)] Ever the pragmatic, Iridel.
01:42:40 [DM (Aarya)] So Sacred Flame, deck save. I love the way she- It fails? Let's go ahead and roll damage.
01:42:40 [DM (Aarya)] Oh, nice. Okay, do a little bit of damage there. Um, cool, Saturnal.
01:42:40 [DM (Aarya)] Okay.
01:43:11 [Ember (Spurthi)] Okay, I'm gonna move closer, and then I will once again use my greatsword. It reaches five feet, so can I, like, you know, is this- Wait, is it ten or five?
01:43:29 [DM (Aarya)] Five feet means, like, right in front of you, basically.
01:43:32 [Ember (Spurthi)] Okay, okay, okay, that's fine. Okay, so then I'm gonna actually- Yeah, I'm gonna hit it with my greatsword, okay.
01:43:43 [DM (Aarya)] Go for it.
01:43:52 [Ember (Spurthi)] Let's try.
01:43:56 [DM (Aarya)] Eighteen hits. Go. Ooh, nice.
01:44:09 [Ember (Spurthi)] I say you could change your shape, but you're still fucking disgusting, and I stab it, like, pull down my sword.
01:44:18 [DM (Aarya)] Fifteen damage, cool.
01:44:20 [Ember (Spurthi)] All right. And then that is my- Hey, Ember.
01:44:31 [DM (Aarya)] Alchemist's Fire. All right. Let me look how this works.
01:44:31 [DM (Aarya)] You can throw it up to 20 feet, making a ranged attack. On hit, it takes 24 fire damage at the start of each of its turns. That's pretty good.
01:44:55 [Saturno (Steph)] Okay, so attack. Please work.
01:45:02 [DM (Aarya)] Hold on. Ranged attack. Um, that- so you roll a ten to throw it.
01:45:02 [DM (Aarya)] That unfortunately does not hit. So yeah, you- you toss the flask of Alchemist's Fire at it. A creature, um, it unfortunately doesn't quite make it.
01:45:02 [DM (Aarya)] It shatters on the ground right in front of it, um, setting, I'll say, like, this little area. Let me mark it. Oh, shit.
01:45:02 [DM (Aarya)] Oh. I'll say it sets this little area on fire.
01:45:48 [Irredel (Sav)] See, at least when she misses, I don't have to hear a whole speech beforehand, too. You'll get them next time.
01:45:56 [Ember (Spurthi)] Thanks.
01:46:00 [DM (Aarya)] I just nod at you. I'm nervous, so. It is a pretty spooky looking monster.
01:46:00 [DM (Aarya)] All right, so you got anything else?
01:46:09 [Saturno (Steph)] Silvered shortsword?
01:46:11 [DM (Aarya)] Um, since you use your action to throw the flask, you won't be able to attack with a weapon. You do have a bonus action left.
01:46:17 [Saturno (Steph)] Okay.
01:46:18 [DM (Aarya)] So you can use one of your cunning actions. You can dash, dodge, or disengage.
01:46:26 [Ember (Spurthi)] Do a cunning action. Sorry, how do I access it again? A cunning action?
01:46:33 [DM (Aarya)] Let's see. Let me check your character sheet. So, yeah, so if you go on your character sheet, if you go under features, the features tab, under active abilities, you can see cunning action, and you should see, like, when you click on it, you should see, like, three options.
01:46:33 [DM (Aarya)] So it's dash, disengage, and hide. Okay.
01:47:07 [Ember (Spurthi)] Can I change to sneak attack instead?
01:47:09 [DM (Aarya)] Sneak attack, you can only use sneak attack when you land an attack.
01:47:13 [Ember (Spurthi)] Okay, got it. Wow.
01:47:20 [DM (Aarya)] So you could right now, if you want to move, you can move.
01:47:25 [Saturno (Steph)] Okay.
01:47:25 [DM (Aarya)] If you want to try to find a piece of cover, you could maybe hide from the creature.
01:47:32 [Ember (Spurthi)] Why? Is something going to happen?
01:47:36 [DM (Aarya)] For sneak attack. Yeah, or you can, yeah, you can, like, stay where you are. You don't have to use your action.
01:47:36 [DM (Aarya)] You can just pass.
01:47:42 [Sylalys (Cat)] Cover?
01:47:43 [DM (Aarya)] Do we play with, like, the cover AC thing? Um, yeah, we can. I mean, if you can get, like, half cover or full cover, yeah.
01:47:43 [DM (Aarya)] Okay. Okay, cool. Nice.
01:47:43 [DM (Aarya)] All right, Mercurio.
01:48:02 [Mercurio (Gui)] I just don't understand. Like, if you're going to do a crazy blood ritual, why wouldn't you do one to become beautiful? Why?
01:48:02 [Mercurio (Gui)] Or is this just what you look like on the inside?
01:48:13 [Ember (Spurthi)] And I'm suspicious. It's true because it rhymed.
01:48:19 [Sylalys (Cat)] Yes. Let's go.
01:48:22 [DM (Aarya)] This time it fails. Go ahead, roll the damage. Let's go.
01:48:28 [Ember (Spurthi)] I love this shit talking class.
01:48:30 [Sylalys (Cat)] Bro, like, what is this dice? What fucking number is that?
01:48:36 [DM (Aarya)] So that was six damage. Yep. And it has disadvantage on the next attack roll it makes.
01:48:44 [Ember (Spurthi)] Cool. Oh, yeah.
01:48:55 [DM (Aarya)] Anything else?
01:48:57 [Mercurio (Gui)] Oh, sorry. No, that's it for me.
01:49:00 [DM (Aarya)] Endured. Still there.
01:49:05 [Sildir (Tris)] All right. Silver. I look down at my sword in conviction, seeing the names glowing there.
01:49:05 [Sildir (Tris)] And can I hit it from here? Or do I need to step up?
01:49:22 [DM (Aarya)] If you have a reach weapon, you can hit it from there. But otherwise, you have to step up. Okay.
01:49:29 [Sylalys (Cat)] Isn't that fine?
01:49:30 [DM (Aarya)] Wait, yeah, the diagonal is a little... Yeah, you can hit it from there. That is...
01:49:30 [DM (Aarya)] The diagonal is a little disruptive.
01:49:37 [Sylalys (Cat)] Okay. Circles.
01:49:39 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah.
01:49:40 [Sildir (Tris)] All right. I will go to hit it with my sword. And...
01:49:40 [Sildir (Tris)] Yay, it actually worked. That's good. Tiny Sheet actually works if you pop it out.
01:49:40 [Sildir (Tris)] So if anyone else is going through that, now you know. Norm. 14?
01:50:08 [DM (Aarya)] 14, unfortunately, does not hit.
01:50:10 [Sildir (Tris)] All right, guys. We know the AC now, if you're paying attention.
01:50:15 [Ember (Spurthi)] I'm gonna write that down.
01:50:18 [Sildir (Tris)] You know, I missed, but I'm looking at this beast and another swing is coming. And it's gonna be painful for it. I end my turn.
01:50:29 [Saturno (Steph)] Okay.
01:50:29 [Sildir (Tris)] But I can't find my combat tracker right now. So, oh, there it is.
01:50:35 [Sylalys (Cat)] Sick. I'm gonna fucking jab this guy. And I have advantage.
01:50:45 [DM (Aarya)] Oh, nice. God damn. That hits.
01:50:45 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, 21 hits.
01:50:57 [Sylalys (Cat)] Seven plus... I don't know where the fuck... Hold on.
01:50:57 [Sylalys (Cat)] I'm rolling an IRL d8.
01:51:02 [DM (Aarya)] So Zephyr Strike only applies to the first attack, I think. And then it ends, right?
01:51:07 [Sylalys (Cat)] No, no, no, no, no.
01:51:08 [DM (Aarya)] What are you doing?
01:51:09 [Sylalys (Cat)] Am I illiterate? I thought that's... Maybe I'm illiterate.
01:51:13 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, once before the spell ends, you can get resolve advantage on one weapon attack. And that attack deals an extra d8 force damage.
01:51:20 [Sylalys (Cat)] Did you hit or miss? Ah, I see. Okay, I am illiterate.
01:51:20 [Sylalys (Cat)] All right, well, yeah.
01:51:30 [DM (Aarya)] Well, 13 damage. Still pretty good. That's great.
01:51:35 [Sylalys (Cat)] Yeah, and I'm a fucking run.
01:51:40 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, you will provoke opportunity.
01:51:44 [Sylalys (Cat)] Nuh-uh, nuh-uh.
01:51:45 [DM (Aarya)] Why?
01:51:46 [Sylalys (Cat)] Nuh-uh. Zephyr Strike. Actually.
01:51:50 [DM (Aarya)] Actually. Isn't that only until the end of that turn you cast it?
01:51:56 [Sylalys (Cat)] No, it's a concentration. I think the opportunity attack is the main effect, and then the little thing is like a one-time.
01:52:03 [DM (Aarya)] Oh, I see. Yeah, yeah, no, you're right, you're right.
01:52:07 [Sylalys (Cat)] I'll put it in chat, at least, I'm not sure, but...
01:52:09 [DM (Aarya)] That is... Yeah, it's weirdly worded, but I think you're right. Cool.
01:52:09 [DM (Aarya)] So yeah, you're able to dodge away. Cool. Yep.
01:52:19 [Sylalys (Cat)] I'm mad. Um, sorry. I forgot how to end my turn, unless you already...
01:52:27 [DM (Aarya)] I did not end it for you. It's on the combat tab. Cool.
01:52:27 [DM (Aarya)] All right, Flesh Mound. I'm gonna take a step up here. Um, and it's gonna go for a slam against...
01:52:27 [DM (Aarya)] Still there, with disadvantage, because of Vicious Mockery.
01:52:49 [Sildir (Tris)] Oh, thank you, Vicious Mockery. 12.
01:52:51 [DM (Aarya)] That doesn't hit, does it?
01:52:53 [Sildir (Tris)] No. Okay. That's damn unlucky.
01:52:56 [DM (Aarya)] Gonna go for another one. This one's normal. Oh, that was...
01:53:02 [Sildir (Tris)] Will work. I think it should slam into the fire.
01:53:05 [Ember (Spurthi)] I don't see any dice.
01:53:08 [DM (Aarya)] Um, that's weird. Well, it's not gonna slam into the fire, but it will, like, trip, as it, like, attempts to slam and misses. And it's gonna be prone.
01:53:08 [DM (Aarya)] Oh, this is great. Okay, so now it is... Everyone fuck him up, please.
01:53:25 [Ember (Spurthi)] Oh, so it's downed?
01:53:29 [DM (Aarya)] No, it's just prone. It's okay, it's prone.
01:53:31 [Irredel (Sav)] Or I guess, like, it's on... It's lying down, but that means it has, like, disadvantage on dex, right?
01:53:35 [DM (Aarya)] It has... Melee attacks against it have advantage, is what that means.
01:53:44 [Irredel (Sav)] Okay. Hmm. All right.
01:53:44 [Irredel (Sav)] I wouldn't say I'm the most dexterous person when laying on the ground, but it's fine. Here, protect us all. And I'm gonna cast Sacred Flame again.
01:54:00 [DM (Aarya)] Let's go.
01:54:01 [Irredel (Sav)] Actually, wait, no, hang on. I have... Hang on.
01:54:01 [Irredel (Sav)] I have other... I have other fucking cantrips. I'm gonna...
01:54:01 [Irredel (Sav)] I'm gonna get creative. Um... Yeah, I am gonna...
01:54:01 [Irredel (Sav)] Now that this thing is a little wounded, I'm gonna go ahead and do Toll the Dead.
01:54:18 [DM (Aarya)] Nice.
01:54:19 [Irredel (Sav)] Hell yeah.
01:54:21 [DM (Aarya)] All right, so...
01:54:22 [Ember (Spurthi)] Where is it? Where is it?
01:54:24 [DM (Aarya)] It's tolling. It fails. Go ahead and roll Versatile Damage.
01:54:30 [Saturno (Steph)] Woo!
01:54:33 [DM (Aarya)] There it is. Wait, did it go? I saw the roll...
01:54:33 [DM (Aarya)] I saw the dice roll, but I don't see it in chat. Um, I saw it land on five. Did anyone else see that?
01:54:49 [Saturno (Steph)] I can't see the dice.
01:54:51 [DM (Aarya)] I saw that too. Okay.
01:54:52 [Saturno (Steph)] No, I didn't too.
01:54:53 [DM (Aarya)] It took five damage.
01:54:56 [Ember (Spurthi)] Wait, shouldn't it be 1d12?
01:54:58 [DM (Aarya)] Oh, wait, hold on. It is a d12. Okay.
01:54:58 [DM (Aarya)] You rolled a five on the d12. Um... Oh my.
01:54:58 [DM (Aarya)] This is a little...
01:55:09 [Sylalys (Cat)] Roll a 1d...
01:55:14 [DM (Aarya)] Nah, this is a little... A little awkward. So you...
01:55:14 [DM (Aarya)] You Toll the Dead, um... And you are certain that it failed the save, and it should be taking damage. However, instead, you notice that it heals a little bit in response to your Toll.
01:55:34 [Ember (Spurthi)] Oh my god, maybe it does Necrotic Damage?
01:55:39 [Irredel (Sav)] What I'm hearing is the answer is always kill it with fire.
01:55:45 [DM (Aarya)] Okay, it's at two or nine. You're up.
01:55:48 [Ember (Spurthi)] I hear your message, and I salute you.
01:55:51 [Sildir (Tris)] This beast was a lawyer in its previous life. Iridel, you're healing it with your loyally powers.
01:56:00 [DM (Aarya)] This beast does estate planning.
01:56:03 [Ember (Spurthi)] I do it again. I grab my crate today.
01:56:06 [DM (Aarya)] Because it's prone.
01:56:07 [Ember (Spurthi)] Oh, hell yeah. Pack, and...
01:56:12 [DM (Aarya)] Oh, nat 20!
01:56:14 [Ember (Spurthi)] I don't even see my dice. I don't see any dice.
01:56:17 [DM (Aarya)] That's really weird, but that was a nat 20.
01:56:20 [Ember (Spurthi)] I don't know. Like, I'm on edge. I don't know what I'm rolling.
01:56:24 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, go ahead and roll crit damage when it lets you. Nice. You have pretty high damage rolls too.
01:56:35 [Ember (Spurthi)] What is that? What was that?
01:56:37 [DM (Aarya)] That was 16, plus your strength modifier, so that would be 20 damage.
01:56:44 [Ember (Spurthi)] Okay, and I'm gonna do... I'm gonna do an act and surge.
01:56:55 [DM (Aarya)] Oh, okay.
01:56:56 [Ember (Spurthi)] Because they're down, so I'm gonna try to take advantage of this.
01:56:59 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah.
01:57:00 [Ember (Spurthi)] Yeah, and I'm just gonna repeat the whole thing.
01:57:02 [DM (Aarya)] All right, go ahead. Roll another attack with advantage.
01:57:14 [Ember (Spurthi)] I hear it attack. Yeah. Okay, tell me what that looks like.
01:57:20 [DM (Aarya)] Oh, you did good, I think. Yeah, you hit. That was 15 plus your strength modifier.
01:57:20 [DM (Aarya)] 17 plus strength. 21.
01:57:27 [Ember (Spurthi)] Okay.
01:57:27 [DM (Aarya)] So you hit.
01:57:29 [Ember (Spurthi)] Damage, crit again? No, it's normal. It wasn't a crit.
01:57:29 [Ember (Spurthi)] No, okay.
01:57:36 [DM (Aarya)] 10 damage. Nice.
01:57:38 [Ember (Spurthi)] Okay. I say, disgusting piece of shit. You smell like ass.
01:57:48 [DM (Aarya)] Nice. All right, and it is now bloodied, meaning it's below half health. Cool, yeah.
01:57:56 [Ember (Spurthi)] All right, let me end my... Oh, no, that's cool.
01:58:00 [DM (Aarya)] All right, Ember.
01:58:03 [Ember (Spurthi)] Okay, can I use my shorts right now?
01:58:06 [DM (Aarya)] You can get up close and go for it if you want.
01:58:10 [Saturno (Steph)] Okay.
01:58:17 [Sildir (Tris)] You should move your character up to the monster.
01:58:25 [DM (Aarya)] And then, so a 12 on your shorts, unfortunately does not hit.
01:58:30 [Saturno (Steph)] Damn.
01:58:32 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, that's rough.
01:58:34 [Sildir (Tris)] Wait, no, she gets advantage because she's using her shorts.
01:58:36 [DM (Aarya)] Oh, that's right, you do get advantage. Yeah, roll it again, roll it again. Good call, good call.
01:58:40 [Saturno (Steph)] Okay, okay.
01:58:43 [Ember (Spurthi)] Come on, baby. Bye, then. I'm just gonna refresh.
01:58:49 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, that might help.
01:58:51 [Sildir (Tris)] If you're having trouble, just roll d20 and then add six to it.
01:58:54 [DM (Aarya)] It'll be the same. Should I attack? Yeah, just roll the attack roll again.
01:58:54 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, that hits, 17 hits. Go ahead and roll damage, and you also get to roll sneak attack damage, so it's an extra d6 in addition to whatever you roll.
01:59:11 [Saturno (Steph)] So, damage? Normal damage?
01:59:14 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, normal.
01:59:15 [Saturno (Steph)] Okay.
01:59:16 [DM (Aarya)] So, five, and then go ahead and roll the sneak attack.
01:59:22 [Saturno (Steph)] Oh, sneak attack.
01:59:25 [Irredel (Sav)] Hey, folks, that's what I'm talking about. A woman who moves in silence and then kicks ass. Yeah.
01:59:25 [Irredel (Sav)] Girl after my own heart.
01:59:40 [DM (Aarya)] Cool. Another five damage, very good. And since you attacked with a shortsword, which is a light weapon.
01:59:40 [DM (Aarya)] Shortsword is light, right?
01:59:51 [Ember (Spurthi)] Depends who's asking. Think. Toolmouse?
01:59:54 [DM (Aarya)] No.
01:59:58 [Sildir (Tris)] It does depend who's asking.
02:00:00 [DM (Aarya)] I can't believe you. Yeah, so the shortsword is a light weapon, which means you can use your bonus action to make a second attack with a different melee weapon that's also light. Actually, hold on.
02:00:00 [DM (Aarya)] Actually, you have a lot of weapons. So, you can attack. You can use your bonus action to attack with your silvered shortsword that you picked up, or you can attack with your dagger, and that won't consume your bonus action because it has nick.
02:00:30 [Ember (Spurthi)] I'll go with the silvered shortsword.
02:00:31 [DM (Aarya)] Okay, go for it. Roll it. Roll an attack.
02:00:31 [DM (Aarya)] With advantage, yes. And you also get advantage anyway because the shortsword has vex. So, yeah, that hits.
02:00:31 [DM (Aarya)] Go ahead and roll regular damage. You don't roll sneak attack. You only do that once per turn.
02:00:31 [DM (Aarya)] But yeah, roll the damage normally.
02:00:49 [Saturno (Steph)] Okay.
02:00:51 [DM (Aarya)] So, this one, I believe the bonus, the extra attacks on light weapons don't apply your ability score modifier. So, that was two damage. But yeah, pretty good.
02:00:51 [DM (Aarya)] Pretty good turn.
02:01:06 [Saturno (Steph)] I finally did something.
02:01:07 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, very cool. Wee-boo!
02:01:09 [Saturno (Steph)] Good shit.
02:01:11 [DM (Aarya)] All right, end turn.
02:01:19 [Ember (Spurthi)] Okay, I'm going to turn. It's not...
02:01:22 [DM (Aarya)] You got it. Yeah, it might take a second on your screen. But yeah, we see that it passed over to Mercurio.
02:01:22 [DM (Aarya)] Okay.
02:01:33 [Mercurio (Gui)] Oh, I'm getting tired of insulting this thing. It's just a bit too easy. And I flip my hair and a bunch of light gleams from Mercurio's face.
02:01:33 [Mercurio (Gui)] You see a bunch of sparkles and shit emanate from him. And I cast Bane on this guy. Okay.
02:01:33 [Mercurio (Gui)] On the ugly thing.
02:02:12 [DM (Aarya)] So, that's a charisma save. Charisma save. Nice.
02:02:12 [DM (Aarya)] 16. Um, yeah, that saves. It just saves.
02:02:23 [Ember (Spurthi)] Oh, by the way, I'm seeing it again.
02:02:27 [DM (Aarya)] Seeing what again? The dice. Oh, cool.
02:02:27 [DM (Aarya)] That's my turn.
02:02:36 [Mercurio (Gui)] All right, soldier. Stop taunting it. Finish it off now.
02:02:39 [Sildir (Tris)] For real, man. I wish. Let's see how this goes.
02:02:39 [Sildir (Tris)] You're right, Mercurio. It's B.
02:02:48 [Saturno (Steph)] 19.
02:02:49 [Sildir (Tris)] My turn is Beast. And I attack. And I hit.
02:02:49 [Sildir (Tris)] And I roll for a dent. And I say, as my sword lodges into the beast. Don't forget those poor souls you tormented.
02:02:49 [Sildir (Tris)] And my fucking thing goes off. My divine smite. If I can scroll up to where I rolled it originally, I'll roll the damage.
02:03:21 [DM (Aarya)] You could just cast it again without expending a spell slot and just do that. Okay.
02:03:32 [Sildir (Tris)] Oh, wait. Okay, cool. Perfect.
02:03:32 [Sildir (Tris)] Damn it. 2d8. An extra 8 damage.
02:03:45 [DM (Aarya)] And also, let's see. Yeah, so go ahead and roll another d8 of damage since this is an undead creature.
02:03:57 [Saturno (Steph)] Let's go.
02:04:01 [DM (Aarya)] Okay, another 5 damage. So yeah, this monster is pretty worn down at this point. Heck yeah.
02:04:17 [Sildir (Tris)] I like to think 1d8 for each of the names.
02:04:22 [Saturno (Steph)] Yeah?
02:04:23 [Sildir (Tris)] That's right.
02:04:23 [Saturno (Steph)] Yeah?
02:04:24 [Sildir (Tris)] Yeah. That's right.
02:04:25 [Ember (Spurthi)] That'd be cool.
02:04:33 [Sildir (Tris)] Cool. Claire did that 5 damage to your dumbass stinky monster.
02:04:37 [Saturno (Steph)] That's what happened to your voice earlier.
02:04:38 [Sildir (Tris)] That's not how they're talking.
02:04:39 [DM (Aarya)] That's how they're talking now. Oh, I'm sorry.
02:04:45 [Sildir (Tris)] I'm sorry. I forget to do this. And I walked away too.
02:04:45 [Sildir (Tris)] I'm a real bastard. Sorry. I'm ending it now.
02:04:57 [DM (Aarya)] Get him full blood.
02:05:05 [Sylalys (Cat)] He was bloodied a good bit ago, right? Okay. I will.
02:05:05 [Sylalys (Cat)] I'm going to throw my holy wand.
02:05:23 [DM (Aarya)] Okay.
02:05:24 [Sylalys (Cat)] Do your place when you're down, turn when you're 20 feet. Dexterity saving throw. DC 8 plus your dexterity modifier.
02:05:24 [Sylalys (Cat)] So that's and proficiency bonus. So 14.
02:05:37 [DM (Aarya)] Okay, so it has to make a DC 14 dex save?
02:05:40 [Sylalys (Cat)] Yeah.
02:05:40 [DM (Aarya)] So you don't roll an attack roll or anything? It's just a save?
02:05:43 [Sylalys (Cat)] No, no.
02:05:43 [DM (Aarya)] Okay, cool.
02:05:49 [Sylalys (Cat)] No. Oh, it's not dexterous.
02:05:51 [DM (Aarya)] Nevermind. So yeah, go ahead and roll the damage.
02:05:55 [Ember (Spurthi)] Roll was dexterous. We thought.
02:05:59 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, it's like barely hanging on now. Also, the holy water flask shatters against the beast and you see it skin like sizzle as the water makes contact with it.
02:06:15 [Sildir (Tris)] Also, I don't know if it's going to matter, but I did sap the beast.
02:06:20 [DM (Aarya)] Okay, cool. So it's nice. Next attack has disadvantage, right?
02:06:20 [DM (Aarya)] That's what that means.
02:06:24 [Sildir (Tris)] Exactly. Cool.
02:06:29 [DM (Aarya)] Anything else?
02:06:35 [Sylalys (Cat)] Oh, sorry. No.
02:06:38 [DM (Aarya)] Okay, flesh mound. Can I go for an attack on cylinder with what's with disadvantage?
02:06:53 [Sildir (Tris)] Oh, yeah, the way it rolled on my screen, it like hit the 14 and then it rolled back to the floor.
02:06:59 [DM (Aarya)] But yeah, so 11 doesn't hit, I assume.
02:07:02 [Sildir (Tris)] No.
02:07:03 [DM (Aarya)] Okay, it's going to go for another one. This one's normal. 13.
02:07:03 [DM (Aarya)] That probably doesn't hit either.
02:07:14 [Sildir (Tris)] Foolish beast, you have met your maker.
02:07:16 [DM (Aarya)] And then it expends half of its movement to get up. And that is it. Actually, let me double check.
02:07:16 [DM (Aarya)] But yeah, that is its turn. Iridel, let's see what she got.
02:07:34 [Irredel (Sav)] All right, so are there any like sort of like disadvantages and stuff against it right now in terms of attacks?
02:07:41 [DM (Aarya)] You didn't notice any attacks were particularly effective. You do, you don't recall that Sildir's smite did a bit of extra damage, but your toll the dead did the reverse of damage to it. So.
02:07:55 [Irredel (Sav)] Sorry, I meant to say like, is it affected by any other like conditions where like it's disadvantaged generally right now?
02:08:02 [DM (Aarya)] Oh, right now. Only compelled duel against Sildir.
02:08:06 [Sildir (Tris)] Yeah, if it attacks anyone but me, it has a disadvantage.
02:08:11 [Irredel (Sav)] All righty, so if that's the case, I think I'm going to go ahead and try and cast Guiding Bolt. Just to set up some advantages, and you know what? Everyone here has given a little bit of a dramatic speech or thrown some insults.
02:08:11 [Irredel (Sav)] So you know what? I could parry with the best of them. So weird freaky flesh mound, you look, you look like you argue with your mom and have never paid taxes.
02:08:49 [DM (Aarya)] Nice. Eleven?
02:08:50 [Ember (Spurthi)] Except the milk covers her mouth like, oh my god.
02:08:54 [DM (Aarya)] Um, that unfortunately does not hit the 11. She went there. She went there.
02:08:54 [DM (Aarya)] Your Guiding Bolt streaks from your palm, but unfortunately just barely misses against the creature.
02:09:08 [Irredel (Sav)] Ah, the draughts.
02:09:10 [Sildir (Tris)] I think if that hit, it would have killed it.
02:09:12 [DM (Aarya)] Sure. Yes, Satorno, it's you.
02:09:16 [Sildir (Tris)] The insult touches low.
02:09:23 [Ember (Spurthi)] Okay, take on my greatsword, and I hope this is the last time I have to fucking touch this disgusting thing.
02:09:39 [DM (Aarya)] Ugh. Twelve. Unfortunately does not hit.
02:09:39 [DM (Aarya)] Did I use my portal of inspiration? Um, you didn't actually, yeah.
02:09:49 [Ember (Spurthi)] What were you gonna say?
02:09:51 [DM (Aarya)] I was gonna say you have graze on the greatsword, so you can still do damage on miss. It's gonna be equal to your ability score modifier, so that'd be four.
02:10:00 [Ember (Spurthi)] That'd be enough to kill it?
02:10:01 [DM (Aarya)] That's pretty cool. I can't tell you that. It is pretty low.
02:10:05 [Mercurio (Gui)] You have bardic.
02:10:06 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah. I'm gonna use my bardic. Okay.
02:10:06 [DM (Aarya)] Go ahead, roll the d6.
02:10:14 [Ember (Spurthi)] Wait, what do you mean roll the d6?
02:10:16 [Mercurio (Gui)] Bardic inspiration is a d6. It adds a d6.
02:10:18 [Ember (Spurthi)] Oh, it adds a d6. I'm so sorry.
02:10:20 [DM (Aarya)] To your twelve, yeah. Twelve attack roll.
02:10:25 [Saturno (Steph)] Please. Please.
02:10:28 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, that's just barely enough. You hit, roll damage. That's not damage.
02:10:28 [DM (Aarya)] Oopsie. Oh, wait, that's not damage.
02:10:41 [Ember (Spurthi)] Maybe.
02:10:42 [DM (Aarya)] It's okay. All right, Saturna, your greatsword plunders true into the beast. Oh, wait, I accidentally applied that to you, my bad.
02:10:57 [Saturno (Steph)] Why didn't I apply that to you?
02:10:59 [Sylalys (Cat)] Are you kidding me now? Whoopsie, let me apply it.
02:11:03 [Sildir (Tris)] Saturna randomly decides to kill herself.
02:11:07 [Sylalys (Cat)] I'd rather kill myself.
02:11:08 [Sildir (Tris)] This beast was so ugly that everyone died.
02:11:12 [Ember (Spurthi)] I'm just gonna commit sudoku, fuck you.
02:11:14 [DM (Aarya)] So your blade plunges into the creature and you see it begins writhing around as it's in its death throes. You see, like, the, basically, like, fused on limbs, like, falling apart. The creature is basically just, like, collapsing.
02:11:14 [DM (Aarya)] And you see, as, like, the flesh and viscera, like, fall apart from its center, you are left with a pile of blood, bones, and flesh. And in the center of it, you see the bloodied form of an infant.
02:11:51 [Ember (Spurthi)] Oh, my God, is this Charlie?
02:11:54 [Sildir (Tris)] Walter.
02:11:55 [DM (Aarya)] Walter?
02:12:00 [Sildir (Tris)] I believe it is, Saturna.
02:12:02 [DM (Aarya)] And with that, combat ends. Oh, shit.
02:12:08 [Mercurio (Gui)] I take back everything I said.
02:12:12 [Ember (Spurthi)] I'm not ready for a baby, guys.
02:12:18 [Irredel (Sav)] I don't think the parents here are ready for a baby either. This baby doesn't look very well taken care of, to be quite frank.
02:12:25 [Sildir (Tris)] Is the baby alive?
02:12:29 [Ember (Spurthi)] No, I mean, I just- Oh.
02:12:31 [Saturno (Steph)] Right?
02:12:32 [Ember (Spurthi)] Wait, did I kill a baby?
02:12:34 [Irredel (Sav)] No, I think the baby was definitely already dead. Okay. It was transformed into this terrible, terrible thing.
02:12:34 [Irredel (Sav)] And Iridel is gonna, like, go and, like, kind of, like, around the baby, not actually touching the dead baby, but, like, kick away the other, like, flesh, and, like, kind of, like, use her boot to scrape the blood away and into the water, like, you know, kind of scooping it out around the baby.
02:13:03 [DM (Aarya)] Quite a bit. There's a lot of, like, fur around.
02:13:06 [Irredel (Sav)] I'm gonna, I'm gonna try and just get it all away.
02:13:08 [DM (Aarya)] Okay. If you're doing this by yourself, it's gonna take a while. Like, like a while.
02:13:13 [Ember (Spurthi)] I'm gonna help. Can you, like, an Arcana check just to make sure, like, I could touch the baby?
02:13:20 [DM (Aarya)] With an Arcana check? Like, what exactly are you trying to do? Like, describe to me how you're doing this.
02:13:23 [Ember (Spurthi)] I just want to give the baby a proper burial with the rest of its siblings.
02:13:28 [DM (Aarya)] Mm-hmm.
02:13:30 [Ember (Spurthi)] But if touching the baby is gonna, like, I don't know, do something funky.
02:13:36 [DM (Aarya)] So with Arcana, you'd be, like, basically, like, trying to suss out if there's any, like, magical ability here. Like, magical effects. Yeah, you can roll it.
02:13:47 [Ember (Spurthi)] It's not my best stat, honestly, but I just want to bury it. I just don't know if we should even touch it.
02:13:55 [DM (Aarya)] With a nine, you can, you can suss out that this baby is very much dead. Doesn't seem dangerous.
02:14:03 [Ember (Spurthi)] I kind of step through the guts, and I just kind of pick up this baby.
02:14:10 [Irredel (Sav)] Can I just keep pushing the guts away?
02:14:13 [Sildir (Tris)] I don't care how long it takes.
02:14:14 [Irredel (Sav)] All right, we're just getting this. I don't want this in my sight. This is nasty.
02:14:14 [Irredel (Sav)] And mostly using the boot to, like, kind of just, like, kick stuff.
02:14:23 [Ember (Spurthi)] I kind of use, like, the water to rinse the baby, and, like, I kind of just put it in the same blanket. As its siblings. And I just secure it.
02:14:23 [Ember (Spurthi)] Well, that was fucked.
02:14:44 [Sildir (Tris)] I think Walter was a victim in this, too. You're doing good things to Terno.
02:14:49 [Ember (Spurthi)] Sure, but I wonder why they decided to turn Walter into this.
02:14:57 [Sildir (Tris)] I think it's the, uh, the wrath of Rosenthorn's biological mother. Cursed the space.
02:15:03 [Ember (Spurthi)] Revenge, I guess. I mean, I don't know. Like, break something.
02:15:03 [Ember (Spurthi)] I don't know. Cheat on your husband. Who cares?
02:15:03 [Ember (Spurthi)] Yeah, revenge cheat. Exactly. Like, it's not that deep, man.
02:15:16 [Mercurio (Gui)] That baby didn't cheat on anybody.
02:15:18 [Ember (Spurthi)] Exactly.
02:15:19 [DM (Aarya)] It's a child, guys.
02:15:20 [Irredel (Sav)] If anything, that baby got cheated. Cheated out of life.
02:15:28 [DM (Aarya)] Quick question.
02:15:29 [Irredel (Sav)] What happened to all the, like, tendrils everywhere else? Are they still, like, moving around? Good question.
02:15:35 [DM (Aarya)] So, you can tell... Actually, hold on. Let me just double check really fast.
02:15:35 [DM (Aarya)] But... Maybe this isn't over. Yeah, so, as you say that, as you're, like, chopping the viscera into the water to clear it out of sight, you notice that the tendrils that have been gripping the dais and the altar in the center, they kind of just, like, slink away and, like, slide underneath the water.
02:15:35 [DM (Aarya)] And as you're, like, finishing cleaning up the mess that's been left here, you hear a guttural moan rippling through the air and a terrifying apparition manifests before you. You recognize this to be the spirit of Elizabeth Durst. Her once beautiful feature is now grotesquely distorted.
02:15:35 [DM (Aarya)] Her lustrous hair is a wild disheveled mess. Her skin has a deathly pallor and her lips peeling back to reveal sharp yellow teeth. You see an amber shard glowing ominously on a cord around her spectral neck.
02:15:35 [DM (Aarya)] The spirit levitates high above the floor with its sunken eyes blazing with malice and mouth twisted into a snarl. You may have ended my pet, but I will tear this house apart before I let you escape. It throws its head back and lets loose a blood-curdling scream that reverberates across the stone walls and sets the very foundations of the house trembling.
02:15:35 [DM (Aarya)] Far above, you hear the grandfather clock begin to chime. The sound mounting to a thunderous cacophony. Dust and debris rain down as the floor shakes beneath you.
02:15:35 [DM (Aarya)] The wooden crossbeams of the ceiling start to splinter and crack. Elizabeth's spirit fixes you with a feral grin and then dissipates into thin air, leaving only echoes of its spiteful laughter as the house rumbles, shifts, and groans. Oh yeah, you totally are doubled here.
02:15:35 [DM (Aarya)] Um, I'm gonna say everyone roll me dex saves to see if you can avoid like the debris from the house falling apart. Athletics, uwu. Dex, sorry.
02:18:08 [Mercurio (Gui)] Okay, dex save.
02:18:09 [DM (Aarya)] I gotta try. Saving throw? Yes, saving throw.
02:18:13 [Irredel (Sav)] Okay, is anyone around the same running speed as me? Because if you are running around the same as me and I can pat you on the back. Yeah, getting guidance.
02:18:13 [Irredel (Sav)] Oh, it's ability check saving throw.
02:18:29 [DM (Aarya)] Damn it, never mind. Okay, so Sildur, Mercurio, and Saturno, you all- Wait. What?
02:18:29 [DM (Aarya)] I rolled a 14.
02:18:37 [Sildir (Tris)] Where? On my screen. Okay, whatever.
02:18:37 [Sildir (Tris)] It's fine. I'm sure the four is correct.
02:18:42 [Ember (Spurthi)] I thought I rolled a four. I literally rolled a 14 too.
02:18:46 [Sildir (Tris)] What the fuck? Who actually rolled a 14?
02:18:48 [DM (Aarya)] Wait, what was that?
02:18:48 [Sildir (Tris)] No, you rolled it. You rolled a 14.
02:18:50 [DM (Aarya)] Oh, that's the intelligence. Okay, never mind. That's my bad.
02:18:50 [DM (Aarya)] And I did a- So, Sildur and Mercurio.
02:18:57 [Sildir (Tris)] Ability check on accident. I don't know if it makes a difference.
02:19:00 [DM (Aarya)] You don't have proficiency in Dex anyway, so it doesn't make a difference for you. Yeah, I don't. So, Mercurio and Sildur, you fail your Dex saves and take a d4 of damage.
02:19:00 [DM (Aarya)] I'll go ahead and roll that. So, you'll take three damage from falling debris. Ember, hold on.
02:19:00 [DM (Aarya)] Let me request the roll from you.
02:19:23 [Saturno (Steph)] I can't move, Blake.
02:19:25 [DM (Aarya)] Spiteful bitch. That's weird.
02:19:30 [Irredel (Sav)] Why, you always get a prenuptial agreement.
02:19:34 [Ember (Spurthi)] I don't know. We're supposed to go up top right, are we? I mean, top left?
02:19:34 [Ember (Spurthi)] Is that where we came from?
02:19:43 [DM (Aarya)] Let me add you into the scene again.
02:19:45 [Sildir (Tris)] You're correct. You did run over the trap again, though, technically.
02:19:50 [DM (Aarya)] I didn't activate the scene. That's my bad.
02:19:53 [Ember (Spurthi)] Hold on. And there's two of me, by the way.
02:19:56 [Sildir (Tris)] Oh, you're right.
02:19:57 [Ember (Spurthi)] And I can move both of them. Oh, wait, can I still?
02:20:01 [Sildir (Tris)] Yeah, if you move into a corner, they'll combine into one.
02:20:03 [Ember (Spurthi)] Oh, really?
02:20:04 [Sildir (Tris)] Like, if you keep moving that one down, yeah. Like, think of it like 2048, that game.
02:20:10 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, sorry about the token madness, but yeah.
02:20:13 [Sildir (Tris)] Oh, wait.
02:20:14 [DM (Aarya)] Concentration saving throw? I don't really care about it. Ember, go ahead and make the roll that I requested.
02:20:14 [DM (Aarya)] You can see it in the chat box, I think.
02:20:22 [Saturno (Steph)] There's nothing. Oh, wait. I can't see it.
02:20:29 [DM (Aarya)] Hold on, I'll roll it for you. Why is it being so weird? Let me just do it like this.
02:20:29 [DM (Aarya)] So can you open your character sheet?
02:20:44 [Ember (Spurthi)] Yes, I can. Yeah, I got it.
02:20:46 [DM (Aarya)] Okay, so go over. Hover, like, dex on your stats, and click that, and then click saving throw. Cool.
02:20:57 [Ember (Spurthi)] I can't see my dice now, either.
02:20:59 [DM (Aarya)] That's weird.
02:21:00 [Ember (Spurthi)] You might need to refresh.
02:21:02 [DM (Aarya)] But that was a 16 plus whatever you have on your bonus. But yeah, you definitely saved that.
02:21:12 [Ember (Spurthi)] Shall we keep running?
02:21:16 [Sildir (Tris)] Uh, yeah. I think we keep running, and we go up and to the left, like you thought. I'm pretty sure.
02:21:20 [Irredel (Sav)] We're running, yeah. The map and I are not friends right now. Just, I'm, you know.
02:21:24 [Sildir (Tris)] There's a lot of, like, narrow walls that you have to look out for. That's the thing.
02:21:28 [Ember (Spurthi)] Yeah, you might get stuck.
02:21:29 [Sildir (Tris)] Oh, wait, the stairs over here are friends.
02:21:32 [DM (Aarya)] Okay, I'll say that Sildur is able to lead the gang.
02:21:39 [Ember (Spurthi)] Hi, papi. Papi.
02:21:42 [Sildir (Tris)] Friends in full blood, I should say. I don't think backstabbers are friends.
02:21:53 [Saturno (Steph)] And he's literally a backstabber.
02:21:56 [Irredel (Sav)] Hey, kids, we're gonna go bury your bones outside. Again, sorry you died.
02:21:59 [Sylalys (Cat)] We killed the monster.
02:22:01 [Ember (Spurthi)] All is good. I found your brother. You'll be reunited with your brother.
02:22:06 [Sylalys (Cat)] Thank you.
02:22:07 [Ember (Spurthi)] We love you.
02:22:09 [Irredel (Sav)] We're really sorry again. Sorry about your parents.
02:22:15 [DM (Aarya)] Oh my gosh, guys.
02:22:16 [Saturno (Steph)] He's 1-30.
02:22:18 [DM (Aarya)] Chris is gone, by the way. Um, let's see. Yeah, so at this point, as you're, like, running down through the floors of the house, I'll say, everyone give me another dex save.
02:22:32 [Irredel (Sav)] You know, I'm just gonna say it. My character would try and update that. Like, hey, we saved the day.
02:22:32 [Irredel (Sav)] Sorry again about it all.
02:22:41 [Sildir (Tris)] Feels very irredeemable, I agree.
02:22:43 [Irredel (Sav)] You know, I said she was blunt. Save me through?
02:22:47 [DM (Aarya)] 20, nice.
02:22:50 [Ember (Spurthi)] I got a 26.
02:22:52 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, nat 20.
02:22:54 [Ember (Spurthi)] You can dodge debris by doing backflip.
02:22:57 [DM (Aarya)] Everyone saves. Yeah, continue your mad dash to the house. Encountering your past selves as you turn around.
02:23:05 [Sildir (Tris)] Okay, my guy just completely fucking disappeared.
02:23:07 [DM (Aarya)] I didn't know.
02:23:08 [Sildir (Tris)] Holy shit.
02:23:09 [DM (Aarya)] Why are there so many of you? Okay.
02:23:12 [Sildir (Tris)] I don't know. I just keep getting more.
02:23:15 [Irredel (Sav)] I accidentally ran too fast and now I'm stuck on the floor below everyone else.
02:23:23 [DM (Aarya)] I think I understand what's happening. But I'll say we're gonna take you back to the bottom floor. I'll say you guys made it there.
02:23:35 [Sildir (Tris)] I don't think I have a token on this floor yet.
02:23:38 [DM (Aarya)] No, no one does, it seems.
02:23:42 [Mercurio (Gui)] Yeah, because I think we moved ourselves to these floors. Like we all died.
02:23:49 [Irredel (Sav)] All right, do it this way. Finally getting the fuck out of here. Does anyone want food before we go?
02:23:55 [Sildir (Tris)] Don't worry, I already took the wine.
02:23:57 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, everyone's rolling another deck save as you're exiting the house.
02:24:02 [Ember (Spurthi)] I'm still loading, but okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, I just loaded it.
02:24:10 [DM (Aarya)] So, Iridel, as you make it to the front door, you do see that the Frosty Tendrils that were once covering the door now have fallen away. Did everyone fail? It looks like Ember might have saved.
02:24:10 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah.
02:24:23 [Saturno (Steph)] Oh, wait, I thought...
02:24:24 [DM (Aarya)] Oh, Ember saved. So, 10 is the DC for this. So, Mercurial saved.
02:24:30 [Ember (Spurthi)] I swear to god, it said 15 before.
02:24:32 [DM (Aarya)] Oh, no, it was my previous one.
02:24:35 [Ember (Spurthi)] Can you help me? I think I'm stuck on the second floor or something.
02:24:39 [DM (Aarya)] What happened?
02:24:40 [Ember (Spurthi)] I don't know.
02:24:41 [DM (Aarya)] Oh my god, Satorna, we left her. So, do you not see the scene on the first floor?
02:24:47 [Ember (Spurthi)] No.
02:24:49 [DM (Aarya)] That's weird.
02:24:50 [Ember (Spurthi)] I see her token. You cannot switch chains until resources finish loading.
02:24:58 [DM (Aarya)] Try refreshing? That's really weird. Okay.
02:25:03 [Ember (Spurthi)] So, how was everyone's day?
02:25:10 [DM (Aarya)] I don't know that I'm getting the fuck out of here.
02:25:13 [Ember (Spurthi)] Could have been worse. I'm at 99%. I'm almost loaded.
02:25:21 [DM (Aarya)] Cool. Um, in the meantime, everyone except Ember and Mercurial take another E4 damage from falling debris. So, that's three.
02:25:35 [Sildir (Tris)] Oh.
02:25:36 [Ember (Spurthi)] Take a what?
02:25:37 [DM (Aarya)] Three damage.
02:25:39 [Ember (Spurthi)] Three damage.
02:25:41 [Sildir (Tris)] That's a good thing I invested in this armor.
02:25:44 [Ember (Spurthi)] This is nothing compared to the spike. Little spike.
02:25:47 [DM (Aarya)] Sure, those spikes fucked you up. Yeah, that's true. Everyone had a crazy day.
02:25:47 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah.
02:25:53 [Ember (Spurthi)] I'm still at 99%.
02:25:56 [Sildir (Tris)] From being pretty much dead to some spikes to landing the killing blow from the beast.
02:26:02 [Ember (Spurthi)] Yeah, I'm into being confused as to whether or not I killed the baby.
02:26:06 [DM (Aarya)] I'm gonna do the damage for you. And then, so yeah. With that, you are all able to exit the house.
02:26:06 [DM (Aarya)] And as you cross the threshold of the front door, you just turn around and you watch as the entire manor just simply basically comes crashing down. And the entire structure just like falls into a pit, basically. The ground swallows it up.
02:26:06 [DM (Aarya)] You find yourselves now left in a dark forest clearing. The storm that was coming down earlier has now reduced to a gentle drizzle. However, you notice that the area you're in is now completely foreign to you.
02:26:06 [DM (Aarya)] You certainly aren't in the same town that you were when you originally entered the house. Let's see. You see on one edge of the clearing that you're standing in is a worn-looking footpath that leads into the woods.
02:27:17 [Saturno (Steph)] Okay.
02:27:23 [Sildir (Tris)] Uh, I don't know about you guys, but I think I could honestly use a rest before we continue on.
02:27:28 [Ember (Spurthi)] Yeah.
02:27:30 [Saturno (Steph)] I mean, yeah, we should rest.
02:27:32 [Sildir (Tris)] Think about what happened.
02:27:33 [Ember (Spurthi)] Either that or we start digging. Yes. Maybe give a proper burial.
02:27:39 [Sildir (Tris)] Yeah, let's let's lay these bones to rest and then rest ourselves. How do we all feel about that?
02:27:44 [Ember (Spurthi)] I think that's a good idea. I think we should too.
02:27:47 [Mercurio (Gui)] Let's take a few good paces away from this wretched house.
02:27:54 [Ember (Spurthi)] Yeah, I hate to bury them next to their house.
02:27:56 [DM (Aarya)] You do see like a little bit into the distance, like maybe a few hundred feet away. Peeking out over the cover of the trees is what appears to be a worn-looking and like crumbling like a watchtower.
02:28:11 [Ember (Spurthi)] I think we should go inside the watchtower.
02:28:17 [Sildir (Tris)] Perhaps we can shelter there. Can we bury these bodies? So, does anyone have a shovel?
02:28:17 [Sildir (Tris)] Tristan asks. Good point.
02:28:29 [DM (Aarya)] Uh, no. Who's Tristan?
02:28:31 [Sildir (Tris)] Yeah, my bad. I didn't say instill their voice, so. Okay, yeah, I'm pulling your leg.
02:28:31 [Sildir (Tris)] Does anyone have a shovel?
02:28:39 [Ember (Spurthi)] I have a spear, a javelin, a flail, and a greatsword.
02:28:43 [Sildir (Tris)] What about you, Ember? You seem to collect various long metal objects. Any shovels?
02:28:49 [Ember (Spurthi)] I do not. Actually, I do, I do, I do.
02:28:53 [DM (Aarya)] I had a few. Oh, yeah, you can craft. So, the crafting.
02:28:53 [DM (Aarya)] So, that's part of your crafting feat. You do that over the course of a short rest. So, you could make a shovel like while you're resting, basically.
02:29:09 [Ember (Spurthi)] Okay. All right, let's do it. Is everyone still in the house?
02:29:15 [DM (Aarya)] So, is everyone short resting, long resting? What's happening?
02:29:19 [Ember (Spurthi)] Probably short resting in that little tower.
02:29:22 [Sildir (Tris)] What's resting in the watchtower?
02:29:23 [Mercurio (Gui)] Yeah, I think we're short resting in the tower.
02:29:27 [Ember (Spurthi)] Do I put short resting on the characters?
02:29:30 [DM (Aarya)] So, hold on. Before we do anything, are you going to make your way over to the tower? Or are you going to?
02:29:30 [DM (Aarya)] Okay, cool.
02:29:37 [Sildir (Tris)] We're all going to the wolf tower.
02:29:38 [DM (Aarya)] So, you walk down along the footpath leading through the woods. It is like past midnight at this point. So, it is pitch dark.
02:29:38 [DM (Aarya)] You hear some... It's through the woods. Yeah, so it is a little bit through the woods.
02:29:54 [Ember (Spurthi)] We do have a lantern, just a heads up. And I do have my lantern.
02:29:58 [DM (Aarya)] I have dark vision too. Yeah, so you have lanterns. You have the light cantrip guiding your way.
02:29:58 [DM (Aarya)] You do hear some hooting of owls and some calls of crows and such from deep within the woods. But nothing that seems immediately dangerous. And after a short walk, you find yourself at the base of a crumbling stone.
02:29:58 [DM (Aarya)] What appears to be a watchtower or guard post of some kind. It's clearly been long since abandoned.
02:30:38 [Irredel (Sav)] Well, it's better than the terrible hayloft that we started in. And definitely better than that house.
02:30:46 [Sildir (Tris)] Yeah, hopefully we just don't pick up another snooty elf on the inside. I think one is plenty.
02:30:54 [Ember (Spurthi)] Agreed.
02:30:57 [Sildir (Tris)] But I guess I'll peer in. Is there like a door or is it crumbling enough that we can just see inside?
02:31:03 [DM (Aarya)] There is like a pretty worn looking wooden door and it is slightly ajar.
02:31:08 [Sildir (Tris)] Yeah, I'll kind of cautiously look in.
02:31:11 [DM (Aarya)] Okay, so you peer in. You find a pretty empty circular stone room. There's not really anything in here.
02:31:11 [DM (Aarya)] There's some really worn down bedrolls strewn about. Some piles of hay here and there. Random scraps of cloth.
02:31:11 [DM (Aarya)] Clearly nobody's been here in a while. And the stuff that you do find seem to be the remnants of adventurous kits and such. Um, but it is a roof over your heads and there's no one here.
02:31:11 [DM (Aarya)] You do get the sense that this is as safe a shelter as any that you'll find at this point in the night.
02:31:52 [Sildir (Tris)] I call out to the group. It looks safe. We can rest here and I'll set in to ensure everybody.
02:32:02 [Mercurio (Gui)] If it's midnight then I guess we should just probably sleep through the night here.
02:32:08 [Saturno (Steph)] I don't know.
02:32:08 [Irredel (Sav)] It just feels wrong to rest. Before we bury.
02:32:17 [DM (Aarya)] I'll say you can long rest. And as part of that, like at the beginning of the hour, Ember can craft the shovel and then you can bury the children.
02:32:29 [Sildir (Tris)] Okay. Sounds great. Let's say we did that.
02:32:34 [Irredel (Sav)] And I'm gonna say that I probably had like a little like rite or ceremony over the bones.
02:32:43 [Ember (Spurthi)] Wait, did we do short rest on the characters?
02:32:44 [DM (Aarya)] Long rest. So on your character sheets next to your health bar to the left, you can see like the bed icon.
02:32:50 [Saturno (Steph)] Yeah.
02:32:50 [DM (Aarya)] If you hover that, you should see like the hourglass. And if you go to like the one on the right, it's long rest. So you can click that.
02:32:50 [DM (Aarya)] Okay. You got it. Cool.
02:32:50 [DM (Aarya)] All right. So everyone long rests and you also all level up to level three.
02:33:06 [Saturno (Steph)] Let's go.
02:33:09 [DM (Aarya)] And also, as you are laying down for the night, let's see, what is it? Sildir, you hear a divine voice speaking to you in your head. Your efforts have proven you worthy.
02:33:09 [DM (Aarya)] Speak the words and swear yourself into my service. And moments after that, you hear a darker, more ominous voice in your head. You have sought vengeance on your quest.
02:33:09 [DM (Aarya)] Swear to me and claim your place as my champion.
02:34:10 [Sildir (Tris)] And is there any is there any chance to talk to these gods or no? Nevermind. Screw this.
02:34:10 [Sildir (Tris)] Can you hear me?
02:34:20 [DM (Aarya)] Who are you speaking to?
02:34:24 [Sildir (Tris)] The first voice. Are you still there?
02:34:27 [DM (Aarya)] Yes, Sildir. Who are you? Who else is here?
02:34:27 [DM (Aarya)] I think you know who I am. I am the champion god of all paladins. All who seek to protect those who are weaker than them.
02:34:53 [Sildir (Tris)] And you want me to pledge myself to you?
02:34:56 [DM (Aarya)] Yes, you need only speak the words.
02:35:07 [Sildir (Tris)] My blade will become the voice for those who have gone unheard. My shield will protect those who would be trampled by the negligence of the ambitious. These are the words I know to say.
02:35:07 [Sildir (Tris)] Hopefully they're the ones you're looking for.
02:35:21 [DM (Aarya)] And you hear a booming voice resounding from around you. These words are accepted. And you feel the emblem of the gods torm.
02:35:21 [DM (Aarya)] It's torm, right? Yep. You feel the emblem of the god torm burning onto your armor in front.
02:35:21 [DM (Aarya)] Glowing and shining brilliantly, illuminating the room for all to see.
02:35:56 [Sildir (Tris)] Am I still sleeping?
02:35:59 [DM (Aarya)] This is like as you're like laying down to go to bed basically. Okay, okay. So it's not a full-on dream.
02:35:59 [DM (Aarya)] It's like partially a vision. Yeah.
02:36:08 [Irredel (Sav)] And is anyone else seeing this or is this just fully in?
02:36:11 [DM (Aarya)] You kind of just hear like most of you all hear like Sildur just kind of like talking to someone, maybe to himself. You're not really certain. And you hear him muttering something to himself.
02:36:11 [DM (Aarya)] Unless you were like speaking the words like properly out loud. I guess people would hear that. And then you hear as he speaks the words, you hear a boom.
02:36:11 [DM (Aarya)] That reverberates the room and blinding brilliant light shining from Sildur's armor.
02:36:42 [Irredel (Sav)] God, Sildur. Out of all the times to find the god, which I'm happy you've done. Great job.
02:36:42 [Irredel (Sav)] Does it have to be the middle of the night?
02:36:54 [Sildir (Tris)] I apologize. I can't guide the will of gods. But it seems two gods have taken interest in me.
02:36:54 [Sildir (Tris)] I pledge myself to the one that sounded more kind. I'm proud to bear these oaths and Irdil, you'll have to continue helping me.
02:37:21 [Irredel (Sav)] You know, trusted counselor.
02:37:25 [Sildir (Tris)] The pay will remain generous.
02:37:31 [Irredel (Sav)] Even better to hear.
02:37:34 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, so everyone can also level up at this time. If you guys need help with that, let me know.
02:37:39 [Irredel (Sav)] For hit points, are we taking average?
02:37:42 [DM (Aarya)] You can take average or you can roll. It's up to you.
02:37:46 [Irredel (Sav)] Taking average.
02:37:50 [DM (Aarya)] Risk aversion. I think this is the point where everyone also chooses their subclass. It is so exciting.
02:38:01 [Sildir (Tris)] This is like the fullest Paladin experience I've had. I'm so hyped right now.
02:38:05 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, glad you're enjoying it.
02:38:10 [Sildir (Tris)] And you had to hit me with the Thornlight reference too, I see.
02:38:14 [DM (Aarya)] Couldn't help yourself there. No, I couldn't.
02:38:17 [Saturno (Steph)] Do I take average or minimum value?
02:38:20 [DM (Aarya)] You can take average or you can roll. If you roll, you might get higher than average, you might get lower. So it's a gamble.
02:38:20 [DM (Aarya)] But if you take average, you will definitely get whatever your average value is.
02:38:34 [Sildir (Tris)] And foundry will guide me through my level up, right? It should, yeah.
02:38:37 [Ember (Spurthi)] Yeah, it did for me. It wasn't that bad.
02:38:41 [DM (Aarya)] It doesn't probably pick spells. Yeah, for some reason it's worried about spells, yeah.
02:38:48 [Sildir (Tris)] But does it put them in my spellbook?
02:38:51 [Mercurio (Gui)] It puts your subclass ones and stuff in there. Well, your class is a preparing class. So I think you just have all of them in your book.
02:39:00 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, that's right. Paladins, you should just have your entire spell list and you just prepare the ones on long rest that you want.
02:39:05 [Sildir (Tris)] That seems right. I remember Paladin level ups being super simple and I already selected my Oath of Vengeance. Let me make sure, like, I should be getting...
02:39:05 [Sildir (Tris)] Yeah, I have about Nmini now. Let me see.
02:39:21 [DM (Aarya)] I should have channeled Nmini now. Yes, I do. And Sporthy, you were choosing Soulknife, right?
02:39:27 [Saturno (Steph)] Yeah.
02:39:28 [DM (Aarya)] Okay, cool.
02:39:31 [Sildir (Tris)] Yeah, and whenever you had the chance, I would like to add in my toolkit. For some reason, I never got really prompted to do that.
02:39:37 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, I don't know. That's probably some weird background thing. But do you know which toolkit you were trying to do?
02:39:43 [Sildir (Tris)] I did at one point, but I can't find it in Plutonium. If I see it, I'll recognize it.
02:39:50 [DM (Aarya)] Do you know where to go in Plutonium? I'll tell you in one sec. Sorry, you can come back to me too.
02:39:55 [Saturno (Steph)] I was just saying.
02:39:56 [DM (Aarya)] I mean, unless anyone else has something that they need help with, I can just do yours really fast. Okay, cool. So on your attributes, like on the attributes tab on your character sheets, if you scroll down all the way at the bottom, you should see tool proficiencies.
02:39:56 [DM (Aarya)] I think you can click the pencil icon and you can pick the proficiency.
02:40:16 [Sildir (Tris)] Okay, perfect. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Do you think like smith's tools would be...
02:40:26 [DM (Aarya)] I think it would make sense for your character. Particularly if you have like custom-made armor. Yeah, that makes sense.
02:40:35 [Sildir (Tris)] I have like a definitely some sort of niche armor hobby is the vibes I'm giving right now.
02:40:41 [Saturno (Steph)] Yeah.
02:40:41 [Sildir (Tris)] So I'll roll with that. Pretty cool. I'm like on the armor subreddit.
02:40:41 [Sildir (Tris)] On the armor subreddit.
02:40:48 [DM (Aarya)] Everyone on the top poster and the armor subreddit. That's funny. Okay, I'll go ahead and import you some smith's tools as well.
02:40:48 [DM (Aarya)] We'll just say that you have them.
02:41:05 [Irredel (Sav)] Oh dude, I had a class feature that I didn't even realize that I fucking had.
02:41:08 [Sildir (Tris)] Hmm, you might have just got it too.
02:41:12 [Irredel (Sav)] No, it's level one. If you cast a spell and target an ally, the ally can use the reaction immediately after the spell to make one weapon attack.
02:41:22 [DM (Aarya)] Is that order cleric?
02:41:23 [Irredel (Sav)] Yeah.
02:41:24 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, so the reason why that says level one is because order cleric didn't get reprinted in 2024 and clerics used to get their subclasses at level one. So the printing of the like the rules on that one will still say level one even though you get it at level three because it just didn't get updated.
02:41:42 [Irredel (Sav)] Okay.
02:41:45 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, so technically you just got that but even though it says you had it at level one.
02:41:50 [Irredel (Sav)] Okay, that makes sense because like dude why didn't I fucking use this? I could have cast like a healing word and then someone could have gotten a reaction to do shit.
02:41:56 [DM (Aarya)] It's a really good feature. Particularly good with rogues because you can enable them to do sneak attacks twice around instead of just once.
02:42:07 [Irredel (Sav)] Oh yeah, because they can use your action immediately after the spell to make one.
02:42:13 [Sildir (Tris)] Also, quick thing now that I'm looking at my sheet just so everyone knows. I have the alert feat which allows me to do an initiative swap. So if anyone feels like they have some sort of play they can make off of that with me, feel free to ask and I'll say yes.
02:42:13 [Sildir (Tris)] Do it.
02:42:29 [Irredel (Sav)] I too have alert.
02:42:32 [DM (Aarya)] We're alert. We're alert. Yeah, y'all are.
02:42:32 [DM (Aarya)] Alert gamers. Keen-eyed individuals.
02:42:41 [Sildir (Tris)] Does anyone have any rituals though? Stop. Classic.
02:42:56 [Ember (Spurthi)] I'd like to say while everyone like settles down, Saturno quietly goes outside. I guess we already buried the kids, right?
02:43:08 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, you totally did bury the kids. I guess I assume before you went to bed.
02:43:14 [Ember (Spurthi)] Went to bed and stuff and I just wanted to say that like I have like this gaming set filled with like a bunch of games. I just want to just leave it on like one of their... I just want to leave it on their graves.
02:43:29 [DM (Aarya)] Okay.
02:43:30 [Ember (Spurthi)] I just want to leave it there.
02:43:31 [DM (Aarya)] Is it the one that... oh you had it already.
02:43:33 [Ember (Spurthi)] I gave them the playing cards.
02:43:35 [DM (Aarya)] You also had Clara's body. I assume you buried her as well. Yeah.
02:43:39 [Ember (Spurthi)] You buried all three I think, yeah. So I just wanted to leave like a gaming set with them. I'm going to remove it from my items.
02:43:48 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, if anyone wants to like RP that or like speak any words or anything like that, feel free. I'll say you can do like you're doing that like before you sleep.
02:43:57 [Saturno (Steph)] Yeah, ideally. Yeah.
02:44:00 [DM (Aarya)] So for that Saturno, you get inspiration.
02:44:05 [Ember (Spurthi)] Oh.
02:44:07 [DM (Aarya)] Awesome.
02:44:12 [Sildir (Tris)] So okay, I'm going to put that in new.
02:44:23 [Ember (Spurthi)] Is there a way to mark inspiration?
02:44:26 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, on your character sheet, you should see it on the portraits. In the top right, you see the D20 icon. If you click that, that should be inspiration.
02:44:36 [Ember (Spurthi)] Oh, got it. Yeah, I just kind of stand there and it's... I think Saturno just, you know, reminisces on her childhood.
02:44:36 [Ember (Spurthi)] Mm-hmm. And how like I got to spend time with Mercurio and another friend of ours. And, you know, now we don't have that one friend, but...
02:45:00 [DM (Aarya)] That one friend.
02:45:01 [Ember (Spurthi)] It's just nice that we had something. Yeah, we lost someone in a battle.
02:45:07 [DM (Aarya)] I see.
02:45:08 [Ember (Spurthi)] So I'm just kind of thinking about, you know, these three and I'm just like, it just sucks that, you know, at least we got to spend time together. But these kids didn't get anything. So yeah, I leave the kid there because I know like they would have had as much fun as we would have.
02:45:36 [DM (Aarya)] All right. So you rest for the night. You guys make camp.
02:45:36 [DM (Aarya)] I assume you like make you like consume whatever rations you have on you as part of your like calorie rations or whatever. And in the morning you all rise. It's pretty early in the morning.
02:45:36 [DM (Aarya)] Dawn has broke. But you do notice that the sunlight seems to be like dimmer or like gloomier somehow. It doesn't have its like usual quality of brightness.
02:45:36 [DM (Aarya)] But you can see around you like it is lit. The woods around you are still shrouded a little bit in mist. Let's see.
02:45:36 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah. And then you see like outside of the watchtower, the footpath that you traveled along continues further along, like deeper into the woods.
02:46:43 [Ember (Spurthi)] Is there any sight of like a town nearby?
02:46:47 [DM (Aarya)] Um, the woods are pretty dense around you. So you can't really tell.
02:46:53 [Ember (Spurthi)] I guess we just go down the path and hope for the best question. I mean, it's clear we can't go back. I don't want to go back.
02:47:05 [Sildir (Tris)] Sometimes the only way is forward.
02:47:08 [Ember (Spurthi)] Yeah. Profound go back.
02:47:11 [DM (Aarya)] I could grab that bitch by the hair and drag her for centuries. Just really quick. Was everyone able to level up without any issue?
02:47:11 [DM (Aarya)] Everyone good there? Yes. Cool.
02:47:25 [Sildir (Tris)] So we start walking, I assume?
02:47:28 [Ember (Spurthi)] Yeah, I'm used to chest.
02:47:32 [Sildir (Tris)] I don't know if all of you noticed, but I now oath with God.
02:47:40 [Ember (Spurthi)] Oh my god, when? Oh my god, tell me the details.
02:47:43 [Sildir (Tris)] Look at my armor. It has a new crest on it. I think it compliments it nicely.
02:47:46 [Ember (Spurthi)] I got a new crest too and I pointed at the holes from when I fell. Oh my god.
02:47:53 [Sildir (Tris)] The best armor decorations are often earned in battles. It's well done.
02:47:58 [Ember (Spurthi)] No, but that's awesome. Last night, I mean, after all we've been through, I'm sure you're proving yourself worthy.
02:48:07 [Sildir (Tris)] Yeah, I'm not sure if I'm liking what I proved myself to be to the other god, but the first voice that reached out to me seemed noble. And so I pledge myself to the god Torm. And it is his emblem.
02:48:07 [Sildir (Tris)] On my armor now.
02:48:25 [Irredel (Sav)] You know, I do have to say, I feel like it's really significant that we ended up all together, especially now with this new god that you've oathed yourself to. I mean, Torm basically views Tyr, my god, as a father.
02:48:45 [Saturno (Steph)] Is that so?
02:48:46 [Irredel (Sav)] You know, maybe I'm mostly guiding, you know, your books and just giving advice on how to follow the rules, which some people may view as a little petty and annoying, but that's fine. But I don't know. We're clearly in a weird place, but at least divinely, maybe we're on the right path.
02:49:10 [Ember (Spurthi)] For what it's worth, everything that happened yesterday was pretty messed up, but we did bring some good. We put some souls to rest.
02:49:21 [Saturno (Steph)] Yeah.
02:49:22 [Ember (Spurthi)] I don't know what's happening without us.
02:49:25 [Saturno (Steph)] There was order back into the world.
02:49:27 [Ember (Spurthi)] Yeah. Righted some wrongs. And we freed a baby.
02:49:27 [Ember (Spurthi)] Yeah. Insane.
02:49:34 [DM (Aarya)] What did y'all do with the infant's body, by the way? We buried it as well?
02:49:39 [Ember (Spurthi)] Wrapped it up in a blanket and buried it. Yeah.
02:49:41 [DM (Aarya)] I think we buried it too.
02:49:42 [Ember (Spurthi)] I put it with the kid's bones when we were still down there. And then we decided. I don't know if we gave everyone their own hole or we just did one hole for the kids.
02:49:42 [Ember (Spurthi)] I don't know. What did we do? One hole per kid?
02:49:59 [Sildir (Tris)] You're gonna decide that right now.
02:50:01 [Ember (Spurthi)] I think we did one hole per kid. Okay, yeah.
02:50:05 [Sildir (Tris)] No mass grave, just nice one for them.
02:50:08 [Ember (Spurthi)] Maybe like put a little rock or something on each of them. I think we could split up the card games. My gaming kit and just put a few nice things.
02:50:08 [Ember (Spurthi)] Yeah, I like that. Decorate it up.
02:50:21 [Sildir (Tris)] That was a really good touch, by the way.
02:50:23 [Ember (Spurthi)] Thank you.
02:50:26 [Sildir (Tris)] But yeah, I think Iridyll's right. I can. I have always felt divinely lucky to have your services, Iridyll.
02:50:26 [Sildir (Tris)] But this feels like more than that. And I'm glad we're here together. At least we're not alone in this.
02:50:41 [Irredel (Sav)] Yeah. And we have all of you here as well, too.
02:50:45 [Sildir (Tris)] Oh, I meant everybody.
02:50:46 [Irredel (Sav)] I mean, what would we do without...
02:50:48 [Sildir (Tris)] Except Sylilis. But I'll come around.
02:50:51 [Irredel (Sav)] I mean, what would we do without Mercurio's hair glinting in this weak, terrible sunlight that's filtering through here? Or Satorno's thoughtfulness. Or Ember's resilience.
02:51:05 [Ember (Spurthi)] I would have died if y'all didn't all heal me at the same time and pull my limp, soft, shitty body out of those spikes.
02:51:17 [Mercurio (Gui)] Yes, you all did wonderfully. It was a pleasure to watch.
02:51:25 [Saturno (Steph)] I know you were the most worried.
02:51:25 [Sildir (Tris)] Mercurio, you didn't let it watch. I felt so motivated by your presence. And I know that monster...
02:51:25 [Sildir (Tris)] Maybe it didn't show it. Maybe it just wasn't intelligent. But those insults, though.
02:51:40 [Saturno (Steph)] You totally thought it was the mom, too.
02:51:44 [Ember (Spurthi)] Oh, we were insulting the creation, the mother.
02:51:50 [Mercurio (Gui)] Well, she did show up at the end. I think she heard everything we said, so...
02:51:55 [Ember (Spurthi)] Yeah, and let me tell you, you did her a nice. You did her a nice, because, oh my god. Que fea, que cosa horrible, pues caterosa.
02:51:55 [Ember (Spurthi)] Fucking peinate de bruja.
02:52:12 [Saturno (Steph)] Oh my gosh.
02:52:20 [DM (Aarya)] All right, so as you walk along the road, you see black pools of water standing like dark mirrors in and around the muddy road. Giant trees looming on both sides of the road, their branches clawing at the mist. And after a few hours of trekking through this pretty murky path, you see fog spilling out of the forest to swallow up the road behind you.
02:52:20 [DM (Aarya)] And ahead, jutting from the impenetrable woods on both sides of the road, are high stone buttresses looming gray in the fog. Huge iron gates hang on the stonework, and dew clings with cold tenacity to the rusted bars. Two headless statues of armed guardians flank the gate, their heads now lying among the weeds at their feet.
02:52:20 [DM (Aarya)] They greet you only with silence.
02:53:26 [Ember (Spurthi)] So these are like gargoyles? Or statues, gargoyles?
02:53:32 [DM (Aarya)] They're like really tall stone statues on either side of a large iron gate.
02:53:41 [Saturno (Steph)] They greet us?
02:53:43 [DM (Aarya)] Like they can move? They don't literally greet you, like no.
02:53:48 [Ember (Spurthi)] Okay, I just, like this massive blob exploded and there was a baby. Okay, and you're telling me these things are greeting me. I am gonna think they're greeting me.
02:53:48 [Ember (Spurthi)] Okay. Nightmiles, don't start talking to the stone. I was gonna be like, please look, we're just, we don't, fuck.
02:54:07 [DM (Aarya)] Do you want like a whiskey or something? What'd you say, um, Ember?
02:54:12 [Ember (Spurthi)] We all have PTSD or something, we're just delusional.
02:54:15 [DM (Aarya)] I mean, you did go through a crazy experience together, so.
02:54:18 [Ember (Spurthi)] I have a question for everyone, are we still on this house?
02:54:21 [DM (Aarya)] I am, yeah, like I can see the house. Yeah, so I didn't, I didn't switch scenes or anything, like you're still on that scene, but yeah.
02:54:28 [Ember (Spurthi)] Just making sure, it's fine.
02:54:30 [Sildir (Tris)] So is this gate like, big and spanning? Is it like, like closing out a city basically? Or like, what is it closing out?
02:54:37 [DM (Aarya)] It does seem to be like a grand looking gate that leads into like, maybe some sort of settlement, some sort of sign of civilization beyond. You don't see any like, people or anything, but you do see the gate.
02:54:54 [Sildir (Tris)] I looked to the sky.
02:54:54 [DM (Aarya)] Is there any crest, is there any? Go ahead.
02:54:58 [Sildir (Tris)] Sorry, I looked at the sky and see if there's like any smoke coming from behind the gate. Like maybe someone has a fire going or like, you know, just a sign of civilization.
02:55:07 [DM (Aarya)] No, you don't notice anything like that.
02:55:11 [Sildir (Tris)] All right, back over to you, Satorno.
02:55:14 [Ember (Spurthi)] I was just gonna say, is there like any crest, anything that we recognize to be like, hey, we're in said town?
02:55:21 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, so you see carved onto the shields that the statues are depicted to be holding a crest. The crest depicts a raven and it is unfamiliar to any of you. So I'm going to paste it into Disco Channel.
02:55:43 [Ember (Spurthi)] This better be a picture of Corviknight recording. No.
02:55:47 [DM (Aarya)] Wrong campaign, wrong campaign.
02:55:51 [Ember (Spurthi)] I see. Well, folks, I'm going to be honest.
02:55:54 [Irredel (Sav)] Last time we barged into a place, did a little bit of trespassing, which is in most places against the law. We ended up almost eaten by weird fleshy tentacles with teeth. So I would just like to caution everyone to maybe proceed a bit more cautiously, because if I see another flesh tentacle while I'm on this mortal plane, I actually will just evaporate on the spot.
02:55:54 [Irredel (Sav)] Understandably. Oh, in my mind now, trespassing and death are linked. We get permission.
02:56:33 [Ember (Spurthi)] So what do you want to do now? Can I like stealth in and just kind of like see if I see any?
02:56:43 [DM (Aarya)] Sorry, like approaching the gate, trying to like suss out like anything?
02:56:47 [Ember (Spurthi)] Just to see if I see anything, yeah. Like stealthily, just kind of put my head around and see if I see someone.
02:56:54 [DM (Aarya)] You can roll stealth. You are wearing chainmail, right? With holes, yes.
02:56:54 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, so you can, if you want to like sneak up on it, you can roll stealth, but with disadvantage because of your chainmail.
02:57:12 [Irredel (Sav)] Oh my God, she's about to trespass again, isn't she?
02:57:16 [Mercurio (Gui)] She has a habit of doing that.
02:57:18 [Ember (Spurthi)] Okay, well, I'm going to follow Satorno's example and also roll stealth.
02:57:22 [Irredel (Sav)] Okay. Oh my God, her too.
02:57:26 [Saturno (Steph)] Oh, wow.
02:57:30 [DM (Aarya)] That's funny. What do I even give you for this? So yes, Ember, I'll say, okay, Satorno, you're leading the way.
02:57:30 [DM (Aarya)] You're like crouching down, sneakily approaching the gate, trying to like go unnoticed to anyone who might be watching. To everyone else, they just hear the jingling of your chainmail as you're like creeping up. You don't really seem to be like hiding from anyone.
02:57:30 [DM (Aarya)] And also, Ember, you move in between like the obscuring mists like all around and then like hiding in between like the foliage and like ducking behind trees and such, sneaking up on the gate as well. To everyone else, Ember seems to have just disappeared into thin air. Where did Ember go?
02:58:19 [Irredel (Sav)] Okay, she's trespassing and she's invisible. All right, loving today so far.
02:58:24 [DM (Aarya)] And Satorno, as you get closer to the gate, the gate screeches open before you, moving of its own accord. As if inviting you inward.
02:58:41 [Ember (Spurthi)] This is what I look like, in my opinion.
02:58:46 [Sildir (Tris)] Is the gate, is it really trespassing if they open the gates for us? I say we must proceed.
02:58:54 [Ember (Spurthi)] I say, hi.
02:58:57 [Irredel (Sav)] I feel like we're getting lured somewhere again.
02:59:01 [Ember (Spurthi)] Can I check my artifact, like my tooth?
02:59:06 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah.
02:59:06 [Ember (Spurthi)] See if it's reacting at all.
02:59:09 [DM (Aarya)] It hasn't reacted or behaved strangely ever since you entered the house earlier.
02:59:16 [Ember (Spurthi)] Okay, cool.
02:59:18 [Irredel (Sav)] All right, I'm gonna walk up closer to the gate, but I'm gonna get nowhere close to like walking in. And can I just see if anything magical is going on and check Arcana? Sure.
02:59:29 [Ember (Spurthi)] All right, grab a quick water.
02:59:32 [Sildir (Tris)] No.
02:59:32 [Irredel (Sav)] I'm extraordinarily suspicious right now.
02:59:36 [Sildir (Tris)] Good roll.
02:59:37 [Irredel (Sav)] Why did those gates open?
02:59:41 [DM (Aarya)] You don't really notice any like magical effect or anything. But you do feel somewhere deep within on the other side of that gate, there is something. You don't know what, but there's something there.
03:00:04 [Irredel (Sav)] Oh, I'm getting a funny feeling. I feel like there's something there. And there's a big part of me saying that that something could be really, really bad.
03:00:04 [Irredel (Sav)] Anyone else have thoughts about the creepy gates that opened by themselves?
03:00:25 [Mercurio (Gui)] Well, the hinges are just worn down, you know? Just a little breeze opened them up.
03:00:33 [Sildir (Tris)] I tend to agree with Mercurio. But we did just take out a pretty nasty monster. What are the odds there's more large, terrible beings in this land?
03:00:33 [Sildir (Tris)] That must have been the worst one.
03:00:50 [Ember (Spurthi)] We just like go around this thing?
03:00:54 [Mercurio (Gui)] Go around the gate? Just to get to town?
03:00:56 [Irredel (Sav)] No, no, no. Like go around the entire wall. Like how big is this?
03:00:56 [Irredel (Sav)] Like keep going down the forest path.
03:01:07 [DM (Aarya)] You could do that. You would have to stray off the path that you were on deeper into the woods. And you can't really see like very far into the woods.
03:01:07 [DM (Aarya)] It's obscured by the shadows of the trees and foliage and the mist swirling about. This is like my only choice to walk in the creepy gates. You could try your luck deep in the woods.
03:01:07 [DM (Aarya)] You don't really get a good feeling about that. But you know, the option is there.
03:01:41 [Irredel (Sav)] Okay, so I grabbed my little holy relic necklace. And I say something like, it's here. I really don't think this counts as trespassing.
03:01:41 [Irredel (Sav)] I think this is a fair interpretation of the events. Let me know if I'm wrong. Thanks.
03:01:57 [Mercurio (Gui)] Oh, you're so superstitious. It's fine. It's just a creaky door.
03:02:02 [Irredel (Sav)] And then I walk in with the other people who have appeased past the gate, I guess.
03:02:07 [Ember (Spurthi)] Okay, so everyone passes through the gate? Yeah, I get up. I stop crawling and I give up.
03:02:07 [Ember (Spurthi)] Damn, am I still missing?
03:02:15 [DM (Aarya)] You're not like literally missing. But nobody can see you right now. Because like it's like kind of hiding.
03:02:19 [Mercurio (Gui)] Where did Ember go?
03:02:21 [Saturno (Steph)] So like, are you trying to pass through the gates?
03:02:27 [DM (Aarya)] Are you trying to stay on one side? What are you trying to do?
03:02:30 [Saturno (Steph)] Um, pass through the gate.
03:02:32 [DM (Aarya)] Okay, so you're able to like slip through the gates without anyone really seeing you somehow. Like you're just like perfectly in everyone's blind spot somehow. Okay.
03:02:44 [Ember (Spurthi)] Can I just not be in a blind spot?
03:02:47 [DM (Aarya)] Okay, yeah, if you want people to like notice you again, you can just like stop.
03:02:54 [Ember (Spurthi)] Careful, we're all a little chumpy after this.
03:03:02 [Sildir (Tris)] All these ghosts and beasts we slayed. I nearly drew my sword on you.
03:03:08 [Ember (Spurthi)] I almost kissed you.
03:03:10 [Saturno (Steph)] You almost what?
03:03:12 [Ember (Spurthi)] I almost kissed myself. I'm glad I came into sight before that happened.
03:03:20 [DM (Aarya)] Okay, so everyone passes through the gate then? All right, so as a lot of you cross the threshold of the gate, the gates once again move of their own accord and screech shut behind you.
03:03:38 [Irredel (Sav)] You gotta be fucking kidding me. It's just the wind again, don't worry about it.
03:03:42 [Sildir (Tris)] Well, clearly we're welcome at least. We're not trespassing, eh?
03:03:49 [Irredel (Sav)] It feels like a trap. Um, hello? Pardon the interruption.
03:03:49 [Irredel (Sav)] We're extraordinarily lost.
03:04:02 [DM (Aarya)] All you hear in response is the rustling of tree branches and the breeze carrying through the woods.
03:04:12 [Ember (Spurthi)] Can I persuade whatever's doing this to talk to us or like reveal something?
03:04:16 [DM (Aarya)] Um, you don't really see anyone so you wouldn't be speaking to anyone directly. You could just like say something aloud. Okay, um.
03:04:16 [DM (Aarya)] You don't really, yeah, just say what you're trying to say I guess.
03:04:31 [Ember (Spurthi)] Who are you and why are you doing this? We want answers. We've already been through enough.
03:04:37 [DM (Aarya)] So you speak into the woods around you and again nothing responds. Nothing even makes any sign of acknowledging you.
03:04:51 [Sildir (Tris)] Well, the coast seems to be clear. You don't respond to us right now.
03:04:55 [Ember (Spurthi)] I'm gonna go pee in that bush.
03:04:58 [Irredel (Sav)] Look, we'll keep watch and after that I feel like we should power walk through here and just move right along.
03:05:06 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, you do see that the trail that you are walking on does continue to lead further into the woods.
03:05:17 [Sildir (Tris)] Oh yeah, we like passed this gate and then there was like nothing really behind it. There's just more woods.
03:05:25 [DM (Aarya)] More, like more path and more woods, yeah.
03:05:28 [Saturno (Steph)] Okay.
03:05:30 [Sildir (Tris)] Yeah, I agree with Mercurio. Once Saturno's done we should walk with purpose.
03:05:35 [DM (Aarya)] Saturno's done with what?
03:05:38 [Sildir (Tris)] Peeing on that bush. I said to no one in particular. The DM voice in my head.
03:05:45 [Ember (Spurthi)] Yeah. Okay, do I have to roll anything?
03:05:49 [Mercurio (Gui)] The DM voice in your head.
03:05:51 [DM (Aarya)] Roll for piss. I mean if you are so uncoordinated at relieving yourself that you need to roll for it.
03:05:57 [Ember (Spurthi)] I'm asking you, it's your character.
03:06:00 [DM (Aarya)] It's your character.
03:06:01 [Ember (Spurthi)] Like I think I'm pretty coordinated.
03:06:04 [Mercurio (Gui)] Are the statues hot? Damn it.
03:06:09 [Ember (Spurthi)] Are they? You tell me.
03:06:12 [Saturno (Steph)] Do you like the statues?
03:06:14 [Ember (Spurthi)] Just take, show me a picture. Okay, I'm done.
03:06:21 [DM (Aarya)] Nice.
03:06:26 [Mercurio (Gui)] I've seen better.
03:06:31 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, let me just send you actually a picture of the gates in Discord. This is what you're greeted with basically.
03:06:42 [Ember (Spurthi)] Oh wow.
03:06:49 [Sildir (Tris)] Oh, let me see. Oh yeah, so cool.
03:06:55 [Irredel (Sav)] See, now I feel way less crazy for making such a fuss about it. This is freaky.
03:07:03 [Sildir (Tris)] I'm, yeah, I like size up their armor. Not bad craftsmanship. Could be better.
03:07:12 [Ember (Spurthi)] Can I do a history check on that, like on the crest? Yeah, go for it. Or maybe someone else has better history.
03:07:12 [Ember (Spurthi)] Winky face. Sure, I do things about history. Oh yes, I do too, I think.
03:07:12 [Ember (Spurthi)] What do you know, Mercurio?
03:07:39 [Mercurio (Gui)] So yes, the headless knight people of the House Raven. They were once a, you know, powerful house, but they were betrayed. Yes, there was a wedding between the Raven house and the Flamingo house.
03:07:39 [Mercurio (Gui)] Flamingo swiftly decapitated the guards of the Raven, as you can see here.
03:08:07 [Sildir (Tris)] I think Mercurio's been sipping the wine from that house.
03:08:10 [Ember (Spurthi)] You really paid attention in class.
03:08:13 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, so Satorno with your history check with a 19 on your history check compared to Mercurio's 8. You don't recognize the crest. It is completely foreign to you.
03:08:13 [DM (Aarya)] However, from the style of the artwork and the way it is positioned and framed, you can tell that this is the crest of some sort of ruling family or kingdom. And everything that Mercurio said is complete and utter bullshit.
03:08:46 [Mercurio (Gui)] I'm going to roll to see how good the bullshit is though. If y'all want to believe that.
03:08:59 [DM (Aarya)] I'll say, yeah. Satorno sees through your bullshit, but to everyone else, you're pretty convincing.
03:09:08 [Sildir (Tris)] What did he roll?
03:09:10 [DM (Aarya)] A 22.
03:09:11 [Saturno (Steph)] Wait, I see a 13.
03:09:19 [DM (Aarya)] Why? Where do you see a 13?
03:09:22 [Sildir (Tris)] That was an old roll.
03:09:24 [Mercurio (Gui)] That was how hot the statues are.
03:09:28 [DM (Aarya)] So what is Ember trying to do? You're trying to do something?
03:09:31 [Ember (Spurthi)] Persuasion to know that Mercurio's lying.
03:09:35 [DM (Aarya)] That wouldn't be persuasion. That would be insight. If you're trying to tell if he's lying or not.
03:09:41 [Saturno (Steph)] Okay, I'll use insight then.
03:09:44 [Sildir (Tris)] Can I roll competing charisma?
03:09:49 [DM (Aarya)] So you're with an 18. You are really able to lean in and try to suss out what Mercurio is saying. However, you did deliver it pretty convincingly.
03:09:49 [DM (Aarya)] So you believe him. What is Sildur trying to do?
03:10:07 [Sildir (Tris)] I want to roll competing charisma.
03:10:08 [DM (Aarya)] Competing charisma to do what exactly?
03:10:12 [Sildir (Tris)] To tell that this guy is bullshitting me.
03:10:15 [DM (Aarya)] What do you believe? That's not how that works.
03:10:18 [Sildir (Tris)] I'm so deep in the Riz world. If I beat this roll, I'm so deep in the Riz world that I understand.
03:10:23 [DM (Aarya)] So what you can do, you can present a different telling or explanation. That would be deception. If you want to tell if he's lying or not, that's going to be insight.
03:10:42 [Sildir (Tris)] Okay, I'll just roll insight. I'll just see what happens. Did I roll?
03:10:42 [Sildir (Tris)] I think I'm desynced. I'm just not going to worry about it.
03:10:51 [DM (Aarya)] Did you guys see me roll or not? It was a 16 on the die. I don't know what your bonus to insight is.
03:10:56 [Sildir (Tris)] It's probably no bonus.
03:10:59 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, no bonus. Yeah, so with a 16. Good roll, but not better than what Mercurio rolled.
03:10:59 [DM (Aarya)] So you believe him.
03:11:09 [Sildir (Tris)] My battery in my brain is dead. Car's not starting. Right there.
03:11:09 [Sildir (Tris)] But I'm refreshing Foundry. I don't know what the fuck's wrong with it.
03:11:22 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, I'm not sure. There we go.
03:11:30 [Sildir (Tris)] God damn it, Mercurio. Okay, well. They teach you this stuff in Bard school, you know.
03:11:37 [Saturno (Steph)] What wonderful knowledge you have.
03:11:41 [Sildir (Tris)] This higher education, it's... I used to be skeptical as a self-made businessman, but it seems very useful, Mercurio. Thank you.
03:11:41 [Sildir (Tris)] Anyways, I think we should continue on, yeah?
03:11:58 [Saturno (Steph)] Yeah, let's go.
03:12:00 [Sildir (Tris)] Continue down the path.
03:12:02 [DM (Aarya)] So as you continue walking through the woods, you see towering trees on either side of the path. The tops are lost in a heavy gray mist, which block out all but the unnatural feeling death gray light of the sun. The tree trunks are unnaturally close to one another, and the woods have the silence of a forgotten grave, yet exude the feeling of an unvoiced scream.
03:12:02 [DM (Aarya)] And, let's see. Iridel and Sillilis. You catch the sense of death on the air.
03:12:50 [Irredel (Sav)] Well, this place looks like shit and smells like death. QBGB's, like, any last one? This is, like, extra.
03:12:59 [DM (Aarya)] Deathy. Yeah, you do get the sense that there is a source to the smell. You could follow it or ignore it.
03:13:10 [Irredel (Sav)] Can I figure out where it's coming from to Cirrus in the other direction?
03:13:16 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, you can tell that it's coming, like, from further along the path, but a bit, a little, a short ways off the trail. So, like, ahead of you, but a little bit into the woods.
03:13:30 [Irredel (Sav)] All right, folks. I'm pretty sure the extra terrible death smell is from off the path. And I don't know about you all, but I'm tempted to stay on the path away from the death smell.
03:13:48 [Mercurio (Gui)] Ah, but what fun is that?
03:13:50 [DM (Aarya)] What if there's more stuff?
03:13:50 [Mercurio (Gui)] I mean, plus, what if it's another kid we have to bury?
03:13:53 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah.
03:13:55 [Ember (Spurthi)] Oh, my god. Are you freaking already?
03:14:03 [Mercurio (Gui)] Yeah. You can see that one of the champagne bottles is already open.
03:14:09 [DM (Aarya)] Oh, did you open the wine bottles?
03:14:15 [Mercurio (Gui)] Yeah, I guess I'll say I opened one of them.
03:14:18 [DM (Aarya)] Okay, so as soon as you open it, you do catch a whiff of the fine-smelling wine, but almost in an instant, it seems to, like, basically age, like, 100 years and turns to vinegar. Which...
03:14:35 [Irredel (Sav)] And you drink that? You still want to drink that?
03:14:38 [Sildir (Tris)] These alcoholics, they just...
03:14:40 [Mercurio (Gui)] I guess I get a whiff of it. You fucking spiteful bitch. You fucking curse the wine.
03:14:40 [Mercurio (Gui)] Fuck you. And I just smashed the bottle on the ground.
03:14:50 [Sildir (Tris)] Mercurial, I just think that's how wine works, because it's been sitting for too long.
03:14:57 [Mercurio (Gui)] No, I think it was that bitch. Wow. How do these paladin oaths work?
03:14:57 [Mercurio (Gui)] I swear I'm gonna get her back for this shit.
03:15:08 [Sildir (Tris)] Honestly, I think if you truly resonated with that long enough, you may catch the interest of at least one of the two gods that spoke with me.
03:15:20 [Mercurio (Gui)] Or maybe I'll just write a song about it.
03:15:22 [Sildir (Tris)] You stick with that, actually. You could be... We could be paladins together.
03:15:22 [Sildir (Tris)] What do you think? We can uphold our oaths side by side.
03:15:31 [Mercurio (Gui)] I don't know if I'm so much of an obeying type. I'm more of an obeyed type, you know?
03:15:42 [Sildir (Tris)] I see. I see. Yeah, you probably wouldn't be a good candidate, actually.
03:15:42 [Sildir (Tris)] I have a feeling if I went back on my word with this torm, there would be some trouble.
03:16:02 [Mercurio (Gui)] Oh yeah? But I do think we should discover that... Maybe you should have assorted it to a guy you just met.
03:16:02 [Mercurio (Gui)] Kind of weird, no?
03:16:11 [Sildir (Tris)] Divine Ying. I have felt some presence in my life from divinity as I've been righting my wrongs. I wasn't sure until now.
03:16:22 [Mercurio (Gui)] You met me, right?
03:16:24 [Sildir (Tris)] Definitely, definitely. That was divinely inspired, I would say. And again, sorry for my hand in your misadventures.
03:16:35 [Mercurio (Gui)] Oh no, you don't have to apologize at all.
03:16:40 [Sildir (Tris)] But I do think we should investigate this corpse smell against, which I normally never go against the advice of Iridel.
03:16:54 [Irredel (Sav)] Is this what everyone wants? I'm curious.
03:17:00 [Mercurio (Gui)] Yeah, it's been like a whole 12 hours since something interesting happened. Let's go check it out.
03:17:04 [Ember (Spurthi)] Yeah, I would want to see if there are more children. If there are more children.
03:17:08 [DM (Aarya)] Okay. So, you follow the foul scent. Iridel leading the way.
03:17:08 [DM (Aarya)] And a short ways further along the path, about 15 feet off the trail, you find a corpse. Let's see. You can tell that there are some weeds starting to grow over the corpse.
03:17:08 [DM (Aarya)] It appears to be a man with disheveled hair. And his clothes clearly have been torn by the brambles and thorns of the foliage. Let's see.
03:17:08 [DM (Aarya)] You can tell that this man has clearly been dead for several days. And by this point, he's also been picked over by crows and such. And in his hand, you notice that he is clutching an old tarnished copper compass.
03:18:14 [Saturno (Steph)] Hmm.
03:18:15 [Sildir (Tris)] Are any of you proficient in navigation? I would not like touching this rotting corpse. But I do see a compass over there might come in handy.
03:18:31 [Mercurio (Gui)] I think I pull out one of those little pocket doohickeys that people sneeze into, whatever.
03:18:40 [Sildir (Tris)] A hanky? A handkerchief? Yeah.
03:18:42 [Mercurio (Gui)] Yeah, I pull out a hanky and I grab the compass.
03:18:44 [DM (Aarya)] Did you seriously not know the word for a handkerchief?
03:18:47 [Mercurio (Gui)] It escaped me. It escaped me.
03:18:50 [Sildir (Tris)] It's a little, like, yeah.
03:18:52 [Mercurio (Gui)] What was the last time I said handkerchief?
03:18:54 [Sildir (Tris)] You should just say fabric napkin. The same thing. I pull out a fabric napkin.
03:18:54 [Sildir (Tris)] Yeah, and I use that to pluck the compass.
03:19:06 [DM (Aarya)] Okay. So yeah, you can tell looking at the face of the compass, you can see the needle spinning about a little bit and then it settles. And it points you in the direction, a few feet in front of you, toward a tree.
03:19:06 [DM (Aarya)] And you notice on the tree, there are 13 tally marks and an arrow that points deeper into the woods. These markings have been clearly carved by a knife or a dagger of something or something like that.
03:19:43 [Sildir (Tris)] So it has 13 tally marks and it has, like, an arrow or something?
03:19:46 [DM (Aarya)] Pointing deeper into the woods. Is there a path? There is a path.
03:19:46 [DM (Aarya)] The arrow is pointing along a path that leads deeper into the woods.
03:19:59 [Irredel (Sav)] There's still the main path.
03:20:02 [DM (Aarya)] It is separate from the main path. But yeah, it is like a less worn footpath, basically. And the trail you were on earlier is more of a dirt road.
03:20:14 [Mercurio (Gui)] Okay, well. Is there anything else on this person? If I pat down their pockets or anything, do they have anything?
03:20:27 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, you pat down their pockets. They don't really have much on them. They have a few old rations that are clearly spoiled and also a sheathed dagger.
03:20:41 [Mercurio (Gui)] A what dagger?
03:20:42 [DM (Aarya)] Sheathed.
03:20:46 [Sildir (Tris)] Sheathed?
03:20:46 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, like a dagger in its sheath.
03:20:50 [Mercurio (Gui)] Is there any sign of, like, who this person is? Like, a name or something? Maybe on their hilt or any of their lobes?
03:20:58 [DM (Aarya)] You don't find anything like that, no. Okay.
03:21:01 [Sildir (Tris)] Mercurio, you're really looking for more wine on this poor dead corpse.
03:21:06 [Mercurio (Gui)] I just wanted to say the poor guy's rights before we buried him. But, uh. I'll let you slide with that excuse for now.
03:21:15 [Irredel (Sav)] Actually, I'm fine leaving this one. And I think we can just go right back to that main path and keep trying to find a town.
03:21:21 [Sildir (Tris)] But Iridyl, there's an arrow over there. Did you see that?
03:21:24 [Irredel (Sav)] Yep, I see it.
03:21:26 [Sildir (Tris)] Well, what do you think about it, though?
03:21:28 [Irredel (Sav)] I don't want to think about it.
03:21:30 [Sildir (Tris)] It has a number. You're good at that. 13.
03:21:30 [Sildir (Tris)] What does that mean?
03:21:34 [Irredel (Sav)] Bad things. Don't you know, like, unlucky number 13? Is that not a superstition that you've heard?
03:21:40 [Sildir (Tris)] Torm hasn't told me about this one. Is it a tier type of number?
03:21:45 [Irredel (Sav)] It's, like, more universal. Or I guess more regional. You know, not everyone where I'm from worships tier.
03:21:45 [Irredel (Sav)] But, you know, most people know that number 13 is unlucky. Don't you think the slightest bit curious? What?
03:21:45 [Irredel (Sav)] Aren't you curious about what's down there? Like, even a little bit? No, and I'm wondering how all of you have lived to the ages you've reached.
03:21:45 [Irredel (Sav)] I mean, curiosity can get people into immense amounts of trouble.
03:22:17 [DM (Aarya)] I mean, some of you seem pretty young, right? I think Amber, Saturno, Mercurio... None of them are particularly old, are they?
03:22:26 [Saturno (Steph)] No.
03:22:27 [DM (Aarya)] No.
03:22:28 [Sildir (Tris)] Iridyl, I just think that we're clearly not in the Sword Coast anymore. And we don't have a lot of options. And I think we can only go off the leads that we get.
03:22:28 [Sildir (Tris)] I'm pretty sure that beast we fought, that cursed house, I've never heard of that in my life. We were transported somewhere, somehow. And this 13 and an arrow, not much, but it's all we really got.
03:23:00 [DM (Aarya)] I mean, we have the main path. Yeah, I'm gonna pull you all to the title screen again, just for a bit, while we're doing this bit. But yeah, continue.
03:23:07 [Irredel (Sav)] Again, we have the main path. This guy maybe died doing whatever trap this is.
03:23:15 [Sildir (Tris)] You know, if Iridyl says main path, I'm okay with that. What do you all think? I'm fine with doing what the group wants.
03:23:26 [Irredel (Sav)] If everyone really wants to do it, I just want to talk about the risks beforehand.
03:23:34 [Sildir (Tris)] This is true, you do say that to me a lot, about the risks.
03:23:40 [Ember (Spurthi)] I mean, the main path is also dangerous.
03:23:43 [Irredel (Sav)] So it's going to be dangerous wherever we go. Okay, so that's a vote for...
03:24:00 [Ember (Spurthi)] I say we follow the follow the 13 and the arrow.
03:24:05 [Irredel (Sav)] Okay, so one vote for follow. Mercurio?
03:24:11 [Mercurio (Gui)] I guess I'm indifferent.
03:24:13 [Irredel (Sav)] Okay. Two T-Tollers. Actually, no, you're definitely not a T-Toller.
03:24:13 [Irredel (Sav)] Spillolus, what would you do? What would you like to do?
03:24:29 [DM (Aarya)] Oh, I see, we're too good to talk. They're muted on voice, but they wrote in chat, we ride on the main path.
03:24:39 [Ember (Spurthi)] Yee-haw.
03:24:40 [DM (Aarya)] That doesn't really sound like something that Spillolus would say, but yeah, sure.
03:24:45 [Sildir (Tris)] Ignore the yee-haw and put a hon-hon.
03:24:47 [DM (Aarya)] But in a French accent. Would someone like to attempt that? We ride the main path.
03:24:47 [DM (Aarya)] Yee-haw.
03:24:54 [Ember (Spurthi)] Saturnal, what do you think? I say let's stick on the main path and see what follows.
03:25:02 [Saturno (Steph)] All right.
03:25:03 [Sildir (Tris)] We could always come back.
03:25:05 [Ember (Spurthi)] All right.
03:25:06 [Sildir (Tris)] Viridella's wise. It'll be good to follow her advice.
03:25:10 [Irredel (Sav)] Yeah. God, we're probably going to end up dead at the end of the main path. Don't blame me.
03:25:10 [Irredel (Sav)] None of us have blame here.
03:25:17 [Sildir (Tris)] You know I pick your liabilities.
03:25:22 [Saturno (Steph)] Okay.
03:25:24 [Mercurio (Gui)] The faster we get into town, the faster we can hit a real tavern.
03:25:30 [Sildir (Tris)] And what will be waiting for you there in the tavern, Rakirio?
03:25:33 [Irredel (Sav)] More wine, perhaps?
03:25:35 [Mercurio (Gui)] Ideally.
03:25:38 [Sildir (Tris)] Well, the first round will be on me at least. I owe you for that orb, remember?
03:25:43 [Mercurio (Gui)] Yes, I think that orb's worth quite a few pitchers.
03:25:48 [Sildir (Tris)] I would say so.
03:25:50 [Mercurio (Gui)] We've got a lot of catching up to do.
03:25:51 [Sildir (Tris)] Or you can get in some of the good stuff. Maybe there'll be exquisite wine in this exotic but depressing land.
03:26:00 [Mercurio (Gui)] Well, that has been the one good thing about this cursed place so far.
03:26:08 [Sylalys (Cat)] Okay.
03:26:09 [Sildir (Tris)] Let's just hope you don't get any more vinegar. Ugh.
03:26:14 [Mercurio (Gui)] Well, hopefully we get far enough where that old hag can't curse my wine anymore.
03:26:20 [Saturno (Steph)] Indeed, Rakirio.
03:26:22 [Sildir (Tris)] Indeed, we will.
03:26:26 [DM (Aarya)] All right. So you're continuing down the main path? Yep.
03:26:26 [DM (Aarya)] All right. So you continue meandering down the main path. And about 20 minutes or so after leaving behind this corpse, um, you see the dark woods fall away, revealing a misted gloomy valley, dotted with thick clouds of fog.
03:26:26 [DM (Aarya)] Rolling thunderclouds cast a gray pall over the land below, no sun visible in the cold gray light. Evergreen trees climb the sides of the mountains that enclose the valley. And to the north rises a stony mount with tufts of trees.
03:26:26 [DM (Aarya)] To the south, you see a snow-capped peak with rugged slopes. Um, towering imperiously above the land below. The muddy road continues on ahead, passing through yellowed grasses and farmland until it reaches a small humble settlement hunkered down in the earth.
03:26:26 [DM (Aarya)] Alongside the road, you see a river that's flowing as clear as a blue winter sky through the valley. And far above the village looms a dark twisted castle, standing alone atop a pillar of sheer stone. For an instant, a distant spear of lightning crackles, illuminating the towering keep in harsh lights and shadows.
03:26:26 [DM (Aarya)] And then a thick bank of fog rolls in, concealing the village and castle from view.
03:27:51 [Sildir (Tris)] The castle kind of off to the side of the village? Is it close to the village?
03:27:55 [DM (Aarya)] Um, it's like not far, like, behind. Basically, there's like a towering, like, cliff.
03:28:02 [Sildir (Tris)] It's kind of like behind the settlement.
03:28:03 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah.
03:28:04 [Sildir (Tris)] You can see the top of it.
03:28:06 [DM (Aarya)] Well, now the fog rolls in and obscures both the settlement and the castle from view, but you did see them for a moment.
03:28:16 [Sildir (Tris)] Well, I don't know if you guys saw that, but I think I saw some civilization over there. We follow this road. Perhaps we can find some refuge.
03:28:33 [Ember (Spurthi)] Anything else we could do? Let's do it, yeah.
03:28:38 [Sildir (Tris)] Okay. So we press on into the fog.
03:28:42 [Irredel (Sav)] Sounds nice to me.
03:28:45 [Sildir (Tris)] Can we see the road in front of us, at least? The fog isn't that thick.
03:28:47 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, you do. You do see the fog. I mean, the fog is thick enough that you can't see, like, too far ahead of you.
03:28:47 [DM (Aarya)] And the village that you saw did seem to be, like, a ways out. Like, it was further on out into the distance. Basically, like, you walked out of the woods into a clearing, into, like, looking down into a valley, basically.
03:28:47 [DM (Aarya)] And the village is, like, further down, like, in the valley. And it's about...
03:29:14 [Sildir (Tris)] It's pretty winding.
03:29:15 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, it is. It did appear to be a winding path, and it's, like, seems to be, like, a couple miles out.
03:29:24 [Sildir (Tris)] I feel like a couple miles is doable.
03:29:27 [Saturno (Steph)] Let's go.
03:29:34 [Irredel (Sav)] I want to get to this village. At least then we can figure out where we are and then how to get out of here and get home.
03:29:42 [Ember (Spurthi)] That would be nice, considering all we've been through.
03:29:51 [Sildir (Tris)] Didn't fog kind of preclude our appearance here? I feel that yesterday when I was seeking my artifact, my feather, I kind of got lost in the fog and ended up here. There's more to it than that, but is that how you guys remember it?
03:30:13 [Irredel (Sav)] The lightning, too. The terrible, terrible lightning.
03:30:20 [Sildir (Tris)] Well, hopefully this doesn't happen again.
03:30:22 [Mercurio (Gui)] I don't remember a whole lot about that.
03:30:25 [Sildir (Tris)] Were you enjoying the festivities?
03:30:29 [Mercurio (Gui)] Yeah, I think a little too much, maybe.
03:30:34 [Ember (Spurthi)] It happens to the best of us.
03:30:39 [Sildir (Tris)] You seem like a functioning alcoholic, at least.
03:30:45 [Ember (Spurthi)] Did this call him high-functioning? High-functioning alcoholic.
03:30:51 [Mercurio (Gui)] Yes, I think I was diagnosed with that at some point. Diagnosed?
03:30:55 [Sildir (Tris)] Oh, interesting.
03:31:00 [Mercurio (Gui)] Anyways.
03:31:02 [Sildir (Tris)] I've heard of high-functioning something, but not alcoholic. Either way, it's you. No, I'm pretty sure that's it.
03:31:08 [Ember (Spurthi)] No, it's definitely that one. Oh, my gosh.
03:31:13 [DM (Aarya)] All right. So, as you press on the winding path ahead of you, you walk for another, like, 40 minutes-ish or so, and you eventually find a you see that the outskirts of a village come into clearer view. You see a wide dirt trench surrounding the settlement, five feet across and just as deep.
03:31:13 [DM (Aarya)] With hundreds of sharpened wooden stakes, thrusting up like jagged teeth from the earth within. Up ahead, beside a tall heap of charred wood, the road continues over a makeshift wooden bridge, the muddy ground beyond giving way to slick, wet cobblestones. Wooden barricades stand haphazardly along the streets, and the structures around them bear scorch marks and gashes, and several buildings show partially collapsed roofs or walls, allowing the cold, creeping fog to drift silently inside.
03:31:13 [DM (Aarya)] Tall shapes of the village dwellings stand above, looming out of the dense fog that clings to the earth. Figures bearing crossbows patrol the old rooftops above, while half a dozen haunted-looking villagers make repairs to a 30-foot-long barricade blocking the main street. A tall, broad-shouldered man with shoulder-length blonde hair and a chiseled jaw leads the work, wearing an old longsword buckled to his hip and a set of splint armor over a collared coat.
03:31:13 [DM (Aarya)] You also notice a raven with blue-tipped wings perching atop one of the rooftops nearby, watching the proceedings below with obvious interest.
03:32:58 [Ember (Spurthi)] I think we should call out to the man, what do you think? Maybe we could approach?
03:33:05 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, let's approach. All right, so as you approach, you see a woman from one of the rooftops calls down to you. Halt!
03:33:05 [DM (Aarya)] Declare yourselves! Be you dead or alive! And next to her, you see her compatriot, a grim-looking man clad in leather armor, twitches towards the crossbow at his hip.
03:33:05 [DM (Aarya)] And I'll say this is probably a good point to call it for the night. What did she ask us though? Be you dead or alive.
03:33:39 [Ember (Spurthi)] I think I'm alive.
03:33:41 [Saturno (Steph)] Very much alive.
03:33:42 [Ember (Spurthi)] I almost died. Very alive.
03:33:49 [Mercurio (Gui)] Clearly alive.
03:33:50 [Saturno (Steph)] I have been reborn anew.
03:33:53 [DM (Aarya)] All right, well, we'll- I think we can stop here, yeah. We'll pick up next time and see how the rest of the scene plays out.
03:34:01 [Sildir (Tris)] Good job guys, that was a very good session. Everyone did awesome.
03:34:04 [Saturno (Steph)] Good job, we didn't die. Apparently it was hanging like that.
03:34:08 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, I mean, dramatic tension.
03:34:13 [Mercurio (Gui)] That way everybody comes to the next session.
03:34:15 [DM (Aarya)] Yeah, exactly. Gotta build up hype, expectation. All right, well, good job everyone.
03:34:15 [DM (Aarya)] That was a pretty good session.