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Previously on Dumbgeons and Dragons.

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Holy shit, you guys.

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Yeah, that about sums it up.

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You see landing atop those towers one of each of the different five coloured chromatic dragons.

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Above the orders you hear screams forming.

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You see the dragons begin to stop circling and they begin to soar down to the volcano floor.

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Can we sneak by these dragons somehow that are busy eating these people?

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Sorry people.

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At that moment you hear the same crushing crack.

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This is a fucking ice giant's castle.

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A flying ice fortress.

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You see three red robed wizards standing at the gate to the temple of Tiamat.

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He runs through the doors as they slam shut and the dragons in the air

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and off in the distance they roar incredibly loud.

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Welcome to Dumbgeons and Dragons.

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We're a D&D 5th edition actual play podcast and I'm your dungeon master Russ More and

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with me today is Tom Laird.

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Hey, that's me.

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Unexpected first out of the gate and I play FlintFirebeard.

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And Carla Johnson.

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Hey, it's me the in-betweeny weenie like most of the time.

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And I play Nulara Moonbrook.

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And Amy More.

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Well, I don't have a funny like rhyme to go with mine.

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But like third is the one with the hairy chest.

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Doesn't really seem to fit in this instance.

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Or does it?

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And I play Thea Mastasia.

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Uncertain on that one.

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This is true.

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And certain that you get an episode dedicated to you.

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Like today's episode, which is dedicated to Nicholas Bark.

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Hey, thanks, Nicholas.

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Thank you, Nicholas.

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Thank you, Nicholas.

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Thank you, Nicholas.

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Thank you for being here.

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I wonder if he prefers a Nick.

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I don't know.

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He registered as Nicholas.

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So he probably prefers Nicholas then.

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Probably prefers Nicholas.

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That's what we're going to go with.

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If you want to be like Nicholas.

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And if you prefer to be called a different name than Nicholas.

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Maybe tell us which name you prefer to be called.

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And you can sign up at Patreon.com slash dumb dragon cat.

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Fuck it.

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Let's play some D&D.

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It's been a weird night.

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Oh, I changed it.

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You did.

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It's a weird night, folks.

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Get ready for it.

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Friends.

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You are standing at the gate to the temple of Tiamat.

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You've just seen three red wizards run in and shut the door behind them with a loud

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was probably what I did in post there.

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Yeah, yeah, that sounds like me.

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It sounds like something I would do.

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Echoed through as there are dragons roaring above your head.

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You hear them fighting off in the distance.

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What do you do?

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Guys, we have to get through this door.

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Agreed.

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I assume we're all at the door at this point.

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Like we've run forward.

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I assume nothing.

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Because if I put you there, then you could be in danger.

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Oh, I totally.

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I totally ran there.

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Yeah.

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Like once Thea did the old blasty blast and Flint booked it, I think.

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I assume we all would have been taken off.

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We're doing it.

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Yeah.

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So we all like ran because in theory, we wanted to, you know,

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maybe stop them from closing that door.

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No such luck.

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Is it maybe a situation where they're like panicked and trying to lock it

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and they just can't seem to get it locked?

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Like when the serial killers after them in a movie

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and then we just like kick on through the door.

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Or related question.

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Is there a small, I don't know, like doggie door, like a drake door,

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a little drake door.

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And, you know, because I'm imagining they were very,

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like it was huge, like castle-y doors, right?

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Not a human sized door.

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Definitely.

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Yeah, it is a large, large door.

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Judging by the sound that I found to use on the last episode.

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Yeah, it really was.

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Loved it.

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So good.

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Stone, right?

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Stone doors?

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Yeah, well, stone and bone and something else that rhymes with bone.

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Old iPhone.

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But no, you don't hear them fumbling with any locks on the other side

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and there appear to be no drake doors.

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Dang.

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Are there handles or anything?

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Is it a smooth fucking?

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Good question.

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Good question.

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It's a smooth fucking.

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What is like a good smooth fucking?

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I mean, it's not smooth.

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It's jagged, as is the rest of the temple.

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But in saying that, you don't appear to see any handles of sorts.

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So it's made, obviously, of the same amalgam of materials

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as the rest of the temple.

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You got it.

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Okay, cool.

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Does anyone have the ability to walk through walls?

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You guys just maybe hadn't mentioned it yet.

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Let me just look at my character sheet real quick here.

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I mean, are there any nooks and or crannies?

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First level dwarf skill.

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I mean, it was Nulara asking, not Carla.

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Oh, my apologies.

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Yeah, I've known that since day one.

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It's the weirdest never come up.

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Because if there are nooks or crannies,

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could become an ant or something

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that could squeeze through a nook and or cranny.

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Okay.

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And open it from the other side

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because it seems to be a push, not a pull situation.

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I mean, we might want to hop on that giant owl

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and just fly up to that window we saw earlier, too.

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Are there any windows on this side?

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More conveniently located?

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Yeah, there are slits running up

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that would fit a human sized individual.

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Oh, let's go.

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Gwak you into it.

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She's all like.

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It's her owl battle cry.

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Beautiful.

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It was really good.

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Inspiring.

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Okay, we all hop on her.

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You all fly up to one of these slits in the tower.

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From the angle that you can see in,

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you don't see into any sort of opening.

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You see a wall directly in front of you.

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And without looking any further,

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you see a spiraling chromatic color from above and below,

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moving up and down at the same time.

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Kind of like a tube of energy, if you will, in the middle of this.

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Yeah.

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Kind of got like an Aya Sauron situation going on here.

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Perhaps, perhaps.

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Does it look like there's a floor or anything at a higher level,

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like near this window?

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Like we're not just going to jump through this slit

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and then like drop straight to the floor and die?

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Somebody can peek their head through.

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I'm in.

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You look through.

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There appears to be a platform above you

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and then equidistant to what you climbed.

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Down to the floor below you.

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So probably about 100 feet down.

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One other thing you see down at the bottom,

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you see a red-robed wizard and he is casting something.

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Okay.

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Does the slit go like all the way up past that floor

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or is the slit only like open to this level?

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Appears to be only open 20 or 30 feet

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carving into the side of this tower.

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How far away?

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That we're about 100 feet.

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Okay, I'm going to Eldritch Blast the bitch.

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Okay, there we go.

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To 26.

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Sure, yeah.

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Nice.

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I'm three blasts on this dude.

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I have to do one for each.

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That one's not going to hit.

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That one's only a 12.

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But that was also a 26.

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Guys, I'm rolling 17s like they're candy.

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I love it.

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That's not a thing.

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It is now though.

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It is now.

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You feel the energy move up your arm and halt.

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As it reaches your fingertips.

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What, what, what?

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To what, what, what?

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I would like to perceive.

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I rolled a three plus nine.

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That's a 12.

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From above, you hear the rumble of flame coming down towards you

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and you must make a dexterity saving throw.

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Guys, my magic not working.

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That's a 14.

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You pull your head back and get out of the way just in time.

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As flames erupt out of the slit that you were in.

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As this fireball hits and explodes outward.

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Okay, well that was hot.

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That was hot.

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You guys, my magic didn't work.

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I don't know what's going on.

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Guys, this does not bode well for us.

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That was a very strong spell I just tried to cast

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and it was just kind of like smooshed aside.

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Um, I mean, really the whole idea of Tiamat hasn't

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bowed well for us since day one.

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So it's not going to stop us now.

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This is true.

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Do we want to fly down to the ground

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and like get out of this visible area

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or do we want to fly around

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and see if there's another way in?

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Because it seems like we have to get inside to try and like

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we have to get inside, right?

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Yeah, we got to disrupt whatever's going on in there.

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Yeah, let's see if there's another way in.

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So we fly with guacamole.

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You begin flying around

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and you see down amidst the rubble.

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Everybody make a perception check.

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I don't want to.

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My dice suck.

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15.

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15 is pretty good.

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No, it was a six and I have a nine bonus.

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Oh, that's not so great then.

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No.

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Uh, 26.

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Oh, I'm not even going to say mine.

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Mine's embarrassing.

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I don't see anything.

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You guys fly around.

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You're looking for another way in.

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You see the chaos of the frost giants

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fighting off the chromatic dragons

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with different armored weapons

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and throwing axes and spears

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as they are battling them in the caldera of the volcano.

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You fly out back towards the direction you came

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and you see, Nularaaaa,

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you see down amidst the rubble a person.

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Looks like they are trying to hide,

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moving from bone to stolder, bone to stolder.

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Stone to boulder?

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Stone to boulder.

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Stone to boulder to bone.

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Whatever.

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You see them hiding and moving.

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Bull stoners.

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Rook to bishop seven?

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Yeah.

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A human, like one of the sacrifices?

267
00:11:18,579 --> 00:11:19,779
Yeah, that's what you could assume.

268
00:11:20,819 --> 00:11:22,740
Guys, I see a person down there,

269
00:11:22,740 --> 00:11:25,620
like one of the sacrifices.

270
00:11:25,620 --> 00:11:26,740
They can't complete the ritual

271
00:11:26,740 --> 00:11:28,340
without the last person, right?

272
00:11:28,340 --> 00:11:29,060
What do we do?

273
00:11:29,060 --> 00:11:30,259
Do we go help them?

274
00:11:30,259 --> 00:11:33,220
Do we find out how they came out of the thing?

275
00:11:33,220 --> 00:11:35,539
Like, should we go to that person?

276
00:11:35,539 --> 00:11:37,700
I mean, they might have a way in for us.

277
00:11:37,700 --> 00:11:39,299
Guacamole can't take another person,

278
00:11:39,299 --> 00:11:41,060
but we can get down there to them.

279
00:11:41,060 --> 00:11:42,019
Yeah, I see you do it.

280
00:11:43,299 --> 00:11:46,259
You fly down and the person looks as you

281
00:11:46,259 --> 00:11:47,860
soar above them and sees you

282
00:11:47,860 --> 00:11:50,580
and kind of cowers behind one of the boulders.

283
00:11:50,580 --> 00:11:52,340
It's okay, we're good guys?

284
00:11:53,060 --> 00:11:57,540
We're not looking to, you know, ritually sacrifice you.

285
00:11:57,540 --> 00:11:59,460
We're trying to stop this whole campaign.

286
00:11:59,460 --> 00:12:00,660
We're trying to get in there

287
00:12:00,660 --> 00:12:02,580
and take it down from the inside.

288
00:12:02,580 --> 00:12:04,180
Any ideas on a way we can get in there?

289
00:12:05,060 --> 00:12:06,100
Do you want to get in there?

290
00:12:06,100 --> 00:12:07,220
That seems dangerous.

291
00:12:07,940 --> 00:12:10,180
Yeah, I mean, there's the way

292
00:12:10,180 --> 00:12:11,780
they brought us in there.

293
00:12:12,580 --> 00:12:13,379
And how was that?

294
00:12:14,259 --> 00:12:15,940
It was through some of the tunnels.

295
00:12:16,580 --> 00:12:18,259
I was trying to make my way

296
00:12:18,899 --> 00:12:23,620
over to a tunnel that we've been led to before

297
00:12:23,620 --> 00:12:27,379
on the other side of the caldera here.

298
00:12:27,379 --> 00:12:28,100
What's your name?

299
00:12:29,059 --> 00:12:29,700
Merv.

300
00:12:29,700 --> 00:12:31,139
Is that short for a Mervin?

301
00:12:32,019 --> 00:12:32,500
Murphy?

302
00:12:33,059 --> 00:12:33,939
No, it's just Merv.

303
00:12:34,659 --> 00:12:35,700
Oh, Merv.

304
00:12:35,700 --> 00:12:36,500
Yeah.

305
00:12:36,500 --> 00:12:38,100
Merv the Perv.

306
00:12:38,100 --> 00:12:38,740
All right.

307
00:12:38,740 --> 00:12:39,700
I mean, poor Merv.

308
00:12:39,700 --> 00:12:40,819
That seems inappropriate.

309
00:12:41,460 --> 00:12:42,980
He's having a pretty rough day.

310
00:12:42,980 --> 00:12:44,259
Do you want me to help you?

311
00:12:44,259 --> 00:12:45,139
Yeah, no, sorry.

312
00:12:45,139 --> 00:12:46,819
I didn't have another rhyme, I'm sorry.

313
00:12:47,700 --> 00:12:50,260
Merv the Perv, short for perfect.

314
00:12:50,260 --> 00:12:50,580
Perfect.

315
00:12:50,580 --> 00:12:51,140
You're a gem.

316
00:12:55,620 --> 00:12:58,020
Why don't we go together?

317
00:12:59,060 --> 00:13:01,220
You can get into the tunnel and get out

318
00:13:01,220 --> 00:13:03,700
and we can get into the tunnel and get in.

319
00:13:04,260 --> 00:13:06,100
Okay, yeah, sure.

320
00:13:06,100 --> 00:13:07,780
Yeah, let's do that.

321
00:13:08,580 --> 00:13:10,260
Assuming you were following behind him,

322
00:13:10,260 --> 00:13:15,860
he begins leading the way to a tunnel on the far side

323
00:13:15,860 --> 00:13:16,660
of the caldera.

324
00:13:17,220 --> 00:13:21,140
And you enter and he says,

325
00:13:21,940 --> 00:13:24,020
sometimes they keep guards here.

326
00:13:24,020 --> 00:13:24,580
I don't know.

327
00:13:24,580 --> 00:13:26,100
It seems kind of busy.

328
00:13:26,100 --> 00:13:27,220
They might be somewhere else,

329
00:13:27,220 --> 00:13:30,740
but I can kind of lead the way here

330
00:13:30,740 --> 00:13:33,700
if you maybe take the lead.

331
00:13:34,260 --> 00:13:36,260
Yeah, you let me know what way to go, Merv.

332
00:13:36,260 --> 00:13:36,740
I've got you.

333
00:13:38,420 --> 00:13:41,700
You begin walking down the paths.

334
00:13:41,700 --> 00:13:43,700
You come to a T-intersection.

335
00:13:43,700 --> 00:13:45,620
He's like, take a right here.

336
00:13:45,620 --> 00:13:49,299
You don't hear anything as you walk up to it

337
00:13:49,299 --> 00:13:50,740
and you keep walking.

338
00:13:51,299 --> 00:13:52,820
Merv, are you the only survivor?

339
00:13:54,259 --> 00:13:54,740
I think so.

340
00:13:54,740 --> 00:13:56,019
Everybody else kind of got eaten.

341
00:13:56,019 --> 00:14:01,139
I managed to hide as the dragons were swooping down

342
00:14:01,139 --> 00:14:04,340
and then some others, I don't know if you saw,

343
00:14:04,340 --> 00:14:06,019
but they got blasted by the wizards

344
00:14:06,019 --> 00:14:07,460
as they were running away.

345
00:14:07,460 --> 00:14:08,820
And I just kind of waited.

346
00:14:09,460 --> 00:14:11,299
It seemed like those giants were taking care

347
00:14:11,299 --> 00:14:13,460
of a lot of the business over there.

348
00:14:13,460 --> 00:14:13,960
Okay.

349
00:14:15,060 --> 00:14:16,019
Terrible business.

350
00:14:16,019 --> 00:14:20,580
Do you know if all of you need to be sacrificed?

351
00:14:22,500 --> 00:14:23,060
I don't know.

352
00:14:24,900 --> 00:14:26,019
They just brought us out there.

353
00:14:26,580 --> 00:14:27,780
What do you do, Merv?

354
00:14:27,780 --> 00:14:28,500
What's your job?

355
00:14:29,060 --> 00:14:33,620
I did run a fishing boat, fishing ship.

356
00:14:33,620 --> 00:14:33,940
Awesome.

357
00:14:33,940 --> 00:14:34,500
Yeah, I know.

358
00:14:34,500 --> 00:14:35,540
Sounds super important.

359
00:14:35,540 --> 00:14:37,300
You're running of the fishing boat.

360
00:14:37,300 --> 00:14:38,259
You know what?

361
00:14:38,259 --> 00:14:39,860
Soon, before you know what you're going to be.

362
00:14:40,660 --> 00:14:42,820
Fishing that sea again.

363
00:14:43,460 --> 00:14:44,180
Well, I hope so.

364
00:14:44,180 --> 00:14:45,940
I mean, they did kind of destroy my village.

365
00:14:45,940 --> 00:14:50,420
Hopefully they'll rebuild if anybody survived.

366
00:14:51,139 --> 00:14:54,420
Okay, I'm trying to stay positive for you here, Merv.

367
00:14:54,420 --> 00:14:55,700
Trying to stay positive.

368
00:14:55,700 --> 00:14:57,780
You continue walking down a ways

369
00:14:57,780 --> 00:14:59,379
and he's giving you directions

370
00:15:00,100 --> 00:15:05,300
and he leads you through a long tunnel

371
00:15:06,180 --> 00:15:08,580
where there's no turns to get out of it.

372
00:15:09,540 --> 00:15:15,060
You eventually make it back to a familiar location

373
00:15:15,780 --> 00:15:19,700
where you initially came in and walked down

374
00:15:19,700 --> 00:15:22,020
and found the prisoners' chambers.

375
00:15:22,020 --> 00:15:25,379
So this is the way they took you to get into the tower?

376
00:15:26,740 --> 00:15:29,460
Well, they've taken us down like different people

377
00:15:29,460 --> 00:15:31,540
come in different ways when they bring you here.

378
00:15:33,220 --> 00:15:35,940
They keep us just up ahead here on the right

379
00:15:35,940 --> 00:15:39,300
and then just straight ahead is where they led us

380
00:15:39,300 --> 00:15:41,940
to get into the tower and then they took us out

381
00:15:41,940 --> 00:15:44,820
to feed us to the dragons.

382
00:15:45,380 --> 00:15:48,420
Okay, well, yeah, I guess we can take it from here.

383
00:15:48,420 --> 00:15:50,500
You don't want to come back into the tower, do you?

384
00:15:50,500 --> 00:15:52,580
Not particularly if I have the option.

385
00:15:53,300 --> 00:15:54,900
Once you get out there,

386
00:15:54,900 --> 00:15:59,380
find anyone that is obviously fighting against.

387
00:15:59,380 --> 00:16:01,860
Look for a goblin that thinks she's a pirate.

388
00:16:01,860 --> 00:16:03,140
Yeah, just say,

389
00:16:04,019 --> 00:16:05,860
I'm with the Decimator of Dragons.

390
00:16:06,740 --> 00:16:07,860
They're going to take care of you.

391
00:16:07,860 --> 00:16:10,340
A singular decimator, they know who that is?

392
00:16:10,340 --> 00:16:10,980
Yeah.

393
00:16:10,980 --> 00:16:11,539
One of you?

394
00:16:12,740 --> 00:16:13,379
Is that one of you?

395
00:16:13,379 --> 00:16:14,659
The Decimators of Dragons.

396
00:16:14,659 --> 00:16:17,220
Okay, just checking.

397
00:16:17,220 --> 00:16:19,539
I just wanted to know if I needed a specific name after that

398
00:16:19,539 --> 00:16:22,179
like once you know, maybe they ask you

399
00:16:22,179 --> 00:16:23,539
for the secret handshake after that.

400
00:16:23,539 --> 00:16:24,019
I didn't know.

401
00:16:24,819 --> 00:16:26,019
Okay, yeah.

402
00:16:26,019 --> 00:16:27,700
I mean, if there's a secret handshake,

403
00:16:27,700 --> 00:16:28,740
we don't know what it is.

404
00:16:28,740 --> 00:16:29,860
No, they didn't teach it to us.

405
00:16:29,860 --> 00:16:30,500
Okay, well.

406
00:16:31,539 --> 00:16:32,500
Sounds right.

407
00:16:32,500 --> 00:16:32,899
Thank you.

408
00:16:34,820 --> 00:16:35,220
Good luck.

409
00:16:35,940 --> 00:16:36,980
Yeah, yeah, you too.

410
00:16:37,779 --> 00:16:40,820
It's straight ahead there and he begins backing away

411
00:16:40,820 --> 00:16:46,580
and heading back out the way that you had originally entered.

412
00:16:46,580 --> 00:16:48,340
If he's fucking us over, you guys might be so mad.

413
00:16:49,220 --> 00:16:50,500
I'm not fucking you over.

414
00:16:51,940 --> 00:16:54,019
He says as he drifts off into the shadows.

415
00:16:55,139 --> 00:16:56,259
Is he really a ghost?

416
00:16:57,059 --> 00:16:58,580
I'm not fucking you over.

417
00:16:59,940 --> 00:17:01,779
Merv's been dead the whole time.

418
00:17:03,059 --> 00:17:04,579
Oh.

419
00:17:04,579 --> 00:17:05,460
Who led you here?

420
00:17:05,460 --> 00:17:06,019
Merv.

421
00:17:06,019 --> 00:17:06,740
Oh, Merv?

422
00:17:07,299 --> 00:17:08,660
We killed him first weeks ago.

423
00:17:08,660 --> 00:17:10,660
I haven't heard that name in a long time.

424
00:17:11,539 --> 00:17:14,019
Merv's been dead for 20 years.

425
00:17:14,740 --> 00:17:15,539
Yeah.

426
00:17:15,539 --> 00:17:18,339
All right, shall we head on down the path?

427
00:17:18,339 --> 00:17:21,140
Let's go in the direction he pointed us.

428
00:17:22,180 --> 00:17:24,660
You follow down and you pass

429
00:17:25,460 --> 00:17:27,700
the same rooms that you had passed before.

430
00:17:27,700 --> 00:17:31,619
There's the massacre of cultists

431
00:17:31,620 --> 00:17:33,380
in their eating chambers.

432
00:17:33,380 --> 00:17:34,260
Whoops, who did that?

433
00:17:35,300 --> 00:17:38,580
As you get to the T-intersection,

434
00:17:38,580 --> 00:17:42,580
there is a burnt up horde of zombies that you see

435
00:17:43,620 --> 00:17:47,380
all lying and ashen on the ground.

436
00:17:48,420 --> 00:17:52,660
You continue straight ahead and you pass by two other chambers

437
00:17:53,860 --> 00:17:57,460
that look like another prisoner's area

438
00:17:57,539 --> 00:18:02,660
and to the left, more of a refined, perhaps cultist chamber.

439
00:18:02,660 --> 00:18:04,100
Ah, so some common areas.

440
00:18:04,980 --> 00:18:05,460
Yep.

441
00:18:05,460 --> 00:18:08,340
Just hangout rooms, beanbag chairs everywhere.

442
00:18:09,299 --> 00:18:10,100
Exactly.

443
00:18:10,100 --> 00:18:11,299
Foosball table.

444
00:18:11,299 --> 00:18:11,940
Yep.

445
00:18:11,940 --> 00:18:12,180
Yep.

446
00:18:12,819 --> 00:18:12,980
There is-

447
00:18:12,980 --> 00:18:13,779
Bar bridges.

448
00:18:19,140 --> 00:18:22,019
There is a long stretch, a long corridor

449
00:18:22,019 --> 00:18:24,180
that you follow with no other turns

450
00:18:24,259 --> 00:18:29,140
and it ends with a door in the ceiling,

451
00:18:29,779 --> 00:18:31,460
a stepladder up to it.

452
00:18:33,860 --> 00:18:35,779
You want more rock, paper, scissors to see

453
00:18:36,500 --> 00:18:38,580
who pokes their head up through this death trap?

454
00:18:39,700 --> 00:18:40,180
I'll do it.

455
00:18:41,860 --> 00:18:42,820
God love ya.

456
00:18:43,380 --> 00:18:44,420
After you find, sir.

457
00:18:45,140 --> 00:18:46,660
Gonna scamper on up that ladder.

458
00:18:47,620 --> 00:18:49,940
Tell me what you do once you get to the top of the ladder.

459
00:18:49,940 --> 00:18:53,299
I give the door a cursory little push

460
00:18:53,299 --> 00:18:56,660
to see if I can move it without being too forceful with it.

461
00:18:56,660 --> 00:18:59,220
There is a very heavy wooden door

462
00:18:59,220 --> 00:19:01,860
with steel framework around it.

463
00:19:02,580 --> 00:19:05,860
It takes a good amount of strength to push it up

464
00:19:05,860 --> 00:19:11,140
but you crack it open and a beam of light shines through.

465
00:19:12,340 --> 00:19:12,980
Am I blind?

466
00:19:14,100 --> 00:19:15,620
Blinded, blinded.

467
00:19:15,620 --> 00:19:17,140
Does it sound like a diamond?

468
00:19:17,140 --> 00:19:18,259
Is Rihanna up there?

469
00:19:18,259 --> 00:19:19,299
Oh, all right.

470
00:19:19,940 --> 00:19:24,340
All you can see from just a cursory glance through

471
00:19:25,299 --> 00:19:29,140
while trying to not shake or move too quickly

472
00:19:29,140 --> 00:19:36,259
is a lot of the chromatic light that you saw through the window.

473
00:19:37,220 --> 00:19:40,660
Okay, I'm gonna try to kind of lift it slowly up

474
00:19:40,660 --> 00:19:44,580
and prevent it from like slamming on the floor as it opens.

475
00:19:45,140 --> 00:19:49,220
You raise the door and the more it opens

476
00:19:49,940 --> 00:19:52,820
you are able to see standing in front of you

477
00:19:52,820 --> 00:19:56,340
with their back to you, a wizard in red robes.

478
00:19:57,380 --> 00:19:59,140
Yeah, so I would really like to keep this door

479
00:19:59,140 --> 00:20:00,660
from slamming open as I open it.

480
00:20:01,299 --> 00:20:03,620
Roll a stealth check.

481
00:20:04,259 --> 00:20:05,140
I would love to.

482
00:20:06,340 --> 00:20:08,019
Just one wizard, did you say, Russ?

483
00:20:08,660 --> 00:20:10,580
That's all he sees in front of him, yes.

484
00:20:11,539 --> 00:20:14,180
A 31, is that good?

485
00:20:15,140 --> 00:20:16,340
How do you, what?

486
00:20:16,659 --> 00:20:17,939
According to my roll 20 sheet,

487
00:20:17,939 --> 00:20:20,019
my stealth has 14 bonus to it.

488
00:20:20,579 --> 00:20:22,500
I'm just telling you what's on my sheet.

489
00:20:22,500 --> 00:20:23,859
I mean, I believe it.

490
00:20:24,419 --> 00:20:25,619
I mean, I am proficient.

491
00:20:26,419 --> 00:20:28,980
Yeah, that'd give you a boost.

492
00:20:28,980 --> 00:20:29,779
That's good.

493
00:20:29,779 --> 00:20:32,579
Yeah, I mean, that seems excessive,

494
00:20:32,579 --> 00:20:34,099
but I mean, you're a high character.

495
00:20:34,099 --> 00:20:36,899
I mean, yeah, I got a 17 plus this 14

496
00:20:36,899 --> 00:20:38,740
that's listed on the sheet.

497
00:20:38,740 --> 00:20:42,339
Yeah, you probably, yeah, you got it, that's it.

498
00:20:43,379 --> 00:20:45,539
I mean, I'm just telling you what's on there, Russ.

499
00:20:45,539 --> 00:20:52,420
Yeah, you quite handily managed to slowly open the door fully.

500
00:20:53,299 --> 00:20:54,420
Nary a peep.

501
00:20:54,420 --> 00:20:55,940
So there is no sound.

502
00:20:55,940 --> 00:20:58,740
You're moving in silent as shadows right now.

503
00:20:58,740 --> 00:21:01,139
Can I continue this stealthiness

504
00:21:01,139 --> 00:21:03,139
into destroying this wizard?

505
00:21:04,019 --> 00:21:05,859
You can certainly take an action.

506
00:21:05,859 --> 00:21:09,460
That would spur on initiative order, though,

507
00:21:09,460 --> 00:21:11,779
with your friends down at the bottom just saying.

508
00:21:12,420 --> 00:21:14,579
Yeah, are you going to tell us there's a wizard?

509
00:21:14,579 --> 00:21:18,500
Yeah, I give them the old like hand wave up,

510
00:21:18,500 --> 00:21:20,659
but also a shh.

511
00:21:22,819 --> 00:21:24,259
I mean, it gets the point across, right?

512
00:21:24,259 --> 00:21:24,759
Sure does.

513
00:21:25,379 --> 00:21:26,819
Who's going up and in what order?

514
00:21:28,259 --> 00:21:29,539
I can go last.

515
00:21:31,619 --> 00:21:34,819
Okay, so Nulara is going up first.

516
00:21:34,819 --> 00:21:37,939
So when do you make your attack there, Flynn?

517
00:21:37,939 --> 00:21:40,179
I'm going to wait right as Nulara is kind of getting

518
00:21:40,179 --> 00:21:41,299
to the top of the ladder.

519
00:21:42,259 --> 00:21:45,299
So that way she'll be able to like scamper up

520
00:21:45,299 --> 00:21:47,619
and have a turn when it's time.

521
00:21:47,619 --> 00:21:52,419
Okay, as you kind of look out beyond the wizard

522
00:21:52,419 --> 00:21:55,460
and beyond the spire that you are in,

523
00:21:56,180 --> 00:22:00,099
your eyes have a chance to adjust to this chaos

524
00:22:00,899 --> 00:22:03,299
that is Tiamat's temple.

525
00:22:04,099 --> 00:22:08,500
And you see that its interior is a single cathedral

526
00:22:08,500 --> 00:22:11,859
like space that towers far overhead.

527
00:22:11,859 --> 00:22:15,299
You look up and you see the platform above you.

528
00:22:15,299 --> 00:22:20,900
You look out and you see it just rises as high

529
00:22:20,900 --> 00:22:24,740
as you can imagine, though the overwhelming color

530
00:22:24,740 --> 00:22:27,619
of this place is a lifeless ashen gray.

531
00:22:27,619 --> 00:22:31,700
Each of the side vaults shimmers dimly blue,

532
00:22:32,339 --> 00:22:35,859
green, red, and white or black.

533
00:22:36,660 --> 00:22:38,900
The hues of the evil dragons

534
00:22:38,900 --> 00:22:40,500
and their world consuming queen.

535
00:22:41,060 --> 00:22:43,460
What color is the vault that we're in?

536
00:22:44,420 --> 00:22:44,920
Black.

537
00:22:46,020 --> 00:22:50,660
You see across the way red wizard standing

538
00:22:51,940 --> 00:22:54,500
looking up as the one in front of you is

539
00:22:54,500 --> 00:22:56,740
in each of the five vaults chanting

540
00:22:56,740 --> 00:22:59,860
and channeling magical force into the central apps.

541
00:23:00,580 --> 00:23:02,500
They're a kaleidoscope.

542
00:23:03,059 --> 00:23:07,059
Whirl of arcane energy rises above the blackened floor,

543
00:23:07,059 --> 00:23:09,539
stretching up into the twisting recesses

544
00:23:09,539 --> 00:23:12,019
of the temple's central spire.

545
00:23:14,180 --> 00:23:18,099
Yelora comes to the top of the chamber.

546
00:23:18,900 --> 00:23:21,940
Um, yeah, I guess, um,

547
00:23:24,259 --> 00:23:25,539
guess I'm going to take my shot.

548
00:23:27,220 --> 00:23:28,500
Only live once.

549
00:23:28,500 --> 00:23:29,000
Right?

550
00:23:29,700 --> 00:23:30,200
Yolo.

551
00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:30,700
Yolo.

552
00:23:31,559 --> 00:23:32,059
Yolo.

553
00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:36,680
All right, that is a 23.

554
00:23:39,559 --> 00:23:40,059
Yes.

555
00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:43,400
27 damage.

556
00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:48,840
And I'm like, just going to aim straight for his neck.

557
00:23:49,880 --> 00:23:56,279
You connect with the neck because he did not see this coming

558
00:23:56,279 --> 00:23:59,240
and because of your precise hit.

559
00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:02,840
His head falls to the ground.

560
00:24:05,880 --> 00:24:06,840
Roll for initiative.

561
00:24:09,880 --> 00:24:11,240
Yelora, you are up first.

562
00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:13,000
So you are just coming through.

563
00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:17,720
You see Flint behead a wizard in front of you.

564
00:24:17,720 --> 00:24:23,960
The black energy that was coming from this spire

565
00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:27,480
weakens but does not stop.

566
00:24:28,039 --> 00:24:32,440
You see across the way, there is another wizard directly in front of you

567
00:24:32,440 --> 00:24:39,640
and he sees this happen and he looks like he has stopped chanting

568
00:24:39,640 --> 00:24:44,440
and is now preparing a spell towards you and your crew.

569
00:24:45,079 --> 00:24:46,120
It is your turn.

570
00:24:46,599 --> 00:24:47,640
How far away is he?

571
00:24:48,440 --> 00:24:49,880
Easily 500 feet.

572
00:24:49,880 --> 00:24:54,839
So too far for me to do anything with that guy, honestly.

573
00:24:55,399 --> 00:24:55,899
Honestly.

574
00:24:56,599 --> 00:24:59,319
And he, I guess, is the only one I can see though

575
00:24:59,319 --> 00:25:04,919
because we are like back in our like vault area.

576
00:25:05,480 --> 00:25:05,980
Yeah.

577
00:25:06,439 --> 00:25:06,939
Cool.

578
00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:10,919
Sorry if I was like better at circle math.

579
00:25:11,639 --> 00:25:14,919
I could probably figure this out if he's 500 feet away across

580
00:25:14,919 --> 00:25:18,119
but how close would like how bigger is each vault?

581
00:25:18,839 --> 00:25:20,679
Approximately 100 feet.

582
00:25:20,679 --> 00:25:24,759
Okay, so even the next closest guy to me would be 100 feet away.

583
00:25:24,759 --> 00:25:26,599
If he's in the middle and I'm in the middle.

584
00:25:26,599 --> 00:25:27,099
Yeah.

585
00:25:27,480 --> 00:25:27,980
Exactly.

586
00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:29,240
Okay.

587
00:25:29,960 --> 00:25:31,240
Do you want to ready your action?

588
00:25:33,480 --> 00:25:34,920
I mean, I can't even ready an action.

589
00:25:34,920 --> 00:25:39,480
I got to make an action to get anywhere close to being able to like do a thing, right?

590
00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:41,000
We have a bow and arrow.

591
00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:43,240
Yeah, it doesn't go 500 feet, my dude.

592
00:25:43,799 --> 00:25:47,240
Like even ranged weapons only go 120 feet.

593
00:25:47,240 --> 00:25:47,960
I'm sorry.

594
00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:50,839
The best ones only go that far.

595
00:25:50,839 --> 00:25:53,720
No, no, no, it's really, really far.

596
00:25:54,279 --> 00:25:56,200
How far does a longbow go?

597
00:25:56,200 --> 00:25:58,200
My longbow goes 600 feet, man.

598
00:25:58,200 --> 00:25:59,559
I passed you up my longbow.

599
00:26:01,720 --> 00:26:03,720
I'm still on the bottom of the ladder.

600
00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:10,360
Yeah, like I yeah, I mean I have ranged weapons but not that range.

601
00:26:10,360 --> 00:26:11,880
That's that's crazy far.

602
00:26:13,480 --> 00:26:15,720
But sorry, another question.

603
00:26:17,400 --> 00:26:21,160
The energy in the center of the room is it like

604
00:26:21,160 --> 00:26:25,480
a column of energy or a central glow?

605
00:26:25,480 --> 00:26:30,279
Is it an eye of Sauron or is it a Marvel-style portal to another world?

606
00:26:30,279 --> 00:26:32,840
It's like a tower of light.

607
00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:37,000
So the chromatic colors are coming out from the spires.

608
00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:37,500
Yeah.

609
00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:42,600
Joining in the center and swirling up into the central apps.

610
00:26:43,080 --> 00:26:47,160
Okay, I can dash as a bonus action because it's one of my feets.

611
00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:48,300
Okay.

612
00:26:48,519 --> 00:26:50,279
So I'm going to dash with my feets.

613
00:26:50,359 --> 00:26:52,359
Using my feet, get it?

614
00:26:52,359 --> 00:26:54,359
It's a it's upon you guys.

615
00:26:54,359 --> 00:26:59,399
Yeah, I'm going to like run out.

616
00:26:59,399 --> 00:27:01,399
I'll try to get to the entrance, I guess.

617
00:27:01,399 --> 00:27:05,399
Yeah, you get to the entrance and it opens wide.

618
00:27:05,399 --> 00:27:11,399
The spire to your right juts back and in so you can't see who's there.

619
00:27:11,399 --> 00:27:17,399
You can see the guy preparing the spell looking at you across the way.

620
00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:27,720
You can see another wizard to the right of him who is still doing his incantations

621
00:27:27,720 --> 00:27:36,840
and also a big wide open spire to the left with the red chromatic energy.

622
00:27:36,840 --> 00:27:42,120
You can see the wizard in there but still very well probably 200 feet away.

623
00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:47,640
Okay, then I guess all I'm going to do is yell back to my friends.

624
00:27:47,640 --> 00:27:52,280
The guy across the way is going to attack so get up here and then take cover.

625
00:27:53,080 --> 00:27:54,120
It is Thea's turn.

626
00:27:58,120 --> 00:27:58,520
Got it.

627
00:27:59,080 --> 00:27:59,580
Got it.

628
00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:04,440
Okay, I skittle up the ladder.

629
00:28:05,080 --> 00:28:06,120
Yeah, you're up.

630
00:28:06,120 --> 00:28:09,000
And I immediately take out from my pack.

631
00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:12,359
Actually, I probably took it from my pack while I was down there because

632
00:28:12,359 --> 00:28:13,640
that's a smart thing to do.

633
00:28:13,640 --> 00:28:16,839
And then I skittled up the ladder with my Tome of Thunderstep.

634
00:28:16,839 --> 00:28:18,119
I open it and I say,

635
00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:26,759
and I immediately transport myself behind the dude.

636
00:28:26,759 --> 00:28:31,160
I can transport myself instantly to an empty space I can see.

637
00:28:31,160 --> 00:28:33,240
I can see behind the dude in front of me.

638
00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:37,960
I transport behind there and that motherfucker takes 3d10 thunder damage.

639
00:28:38,920 --> 00:28:40,680
But he gets to make a save.

640
00:28:43,720 --> 00:28:45,400
A constitution saving throw.

641
00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:51,319
But I mean, he'll still have to take half.

642
00:28:51,319 --> 00:28:53,400
You know, wizards and their constitution.

643
00:28:53,400 --> 00:28:55,319
Very, very high traditionally.

644
00:28:55,319 --> 00:28:56,680
That's a good old six.

645
00:28:57,960 --> 00:28:58,759
It's so close.

646
00:29:00,120 --> 00:29:03,000
Okay, so he takes 20 thunder damage.

647
00:29:03,960 --> 00:29:05,640
In the blink of an eye,

648
00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:11,079
Thea runs up and she disappears and is immediately on the other side

649
00:29:11,079 --> 00:29:13,319
of the wizard casting the spell.

650
00:29:13,319 --> 00:29:15,319
Nularaaaia, you see this most directly.

651
00:29:15,319 --> 00:29:17,319
Flint, you see her run up and kind of disappear.

652
00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:24,200
And the wizard is propelled out, but he is not prone.

653
00:29:24,839 --> 00:29:25,400
Yeah, he is.

654
00:29:26,440 --> 00:29:28,200
Can casting spells make you horny?

655
00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:29,640
I don't see why not.

656
00:29:29,640 --> 00:29:31,400
I feel like it probably would, honestly.

657
00:29:31,560 --> 00:29:34,680
Could that be like your battle bloodlust, right?

658
00:29:35,320 --> 00:29:38,280
Thea's like fanning herself with her thunder tome.

659
00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:40,360
Just like, pitch please.

660
00:29:41,160 --> 00:29:41,960
This is great.

661
00:29:45,880 --> 00:29:50,040
It is the wizard in the red spire's turn.

662
00:29:51,080 --> 00:29:55,960
And he actually, now that you have a chance to look him over,

663
00:29:56,840 --> 00:29:58,120
looks familiar to you.

664
00:29:58,120 --> 00:30:03,160
With bald head and pasty white skin.

665
00:30:04,280 --> 00:30:08,520
A staff with a glowing red gem on the end.

666
00:30:09,560 --> 00:30:13,640
This wizard is adorned in red and gold armor.

667
00:30:14,520 --> 00:30:16,920
This is a wizard you haven't seen

668
00:30:17,800 --> 00:30:22,120
since you were aboard the frost giant's floating fortress.

669
00:30:23,880 --> 00:30:27,480
This wizard is Wrath Modar.

670
00:30:29,080 --> 00:30:33,400
He looks to you, Nulara, and you see his lips begin to move.

671
00:30:33,400 --> 00:30:35,320
You can't hear him from a ways.

672
00:30:35,320 --> 00:30:41,160
And he traces his free hand, a large sigil in the air.

673
00:30:42,680 --> 00:30:49,320
Energy begins to glow around him and a globe extends out and surrounds him.

674
00:30:49,320 --> 00:30:52,440
And he begins to step forward towards you.

675
00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:54,700
Pussy.

676
00:30:54,700 --> 00:30:55,200
Yay.

677
00:30:57,580 --> 00:31:00,860
I obviously don't yell that as Thea, because I can't see him.

678
00:31:00,860 --> 00:31:01,360
Yeah.

679
00:31:02,059 --> 00:31:03,340
If you could see him though.

680
00:31:04,299 --> 00:31:04,860
Oh boy.

681
00:31:05,740 --> 00:31:06,299
Oh boy.

682
00:31:07,100 --> 00:31:11,819
You hear from around you the chant of the ritual continuing

683
00:31:11,819 --> 00:31:16,059
and you are reminded of the several red wizards in the room

684
00:31:16,779 --> 00:31:18,779
preparing for Tiamat's arrival.

685
00:31:20,860 --> 00:31:22,299
Flint, it is your turn.

686
00:31:22,299 --> 00:31:27,099
I know you didn't tell us what the potions did that you gave us for us.

687
00:31:27,819 --> 00:31:30,940
But I would like to drink Andrei's Gojuice right now.

688
00:31:31,579 --> 00:31:32,079
Yes.

689
00:31:34,220 --> 00:31:34,720
Yep.

690
00:31:35,339 --> 00:31:37,500
Drinking a potion, is that an action?

691
00:31:38,619 --> 00:31:40,940
It's usually bonus-y?

692
00:31:40,940 --> 00:31:42,379
Yeah, I'd give you a bonus action.

693
00:31:42,379 --> 00:31:43,019
Okay, good.

694
00:31:43,019 --> 00:31:45,740
So I'm like, if I want to drink one, do I not get to do something?

695
00:31:45,740 --> 00:31:49,180
With a name like Andrei's Gojuice, I gotta be moving quicker, right?

696
00:31:49,180 --> 00:31:50,619
You'd hope so.

697
00:31:50,620 --> 00:31:53,180
Less is an ironic name, and it cuts my movement in half?

698
00:31:53,180 --> 00:31:53,820
Oh no.

699
00:31:53,820 --> 00:31:54,540
Yeah, well.

700
00:31:54,540 --> 00:31:56,380
Why would Arvid give this to you?

701
00:31:56,380 --> 00:31:58,220
I mean, it seems like a bad idea.

702
00:31:58,220 --> 00:32:02,620
This will help you when the world is just moving too fast and you need to slow down.

703
00:32:02,620 --> 00:32:04,140
Just breathe it all in.

704
00:32:04,140 --> 00:32:04,780
Take a minute.

705
00:32:05,580 --> 00:32:12,860
So you drink this potion, and you feel a rush of strength course through your body.

706
00:32:13,660 --> 00:32:17,500
You have just drank a spell of cloud giant strength.

707
00:32:17,740 --> 00:32:21,180
I mean, I didn't think Gojuice would be strength-related, but alright.

708
00:32:21,180 --> 00:32:24,940
Your strength score changes to 27 for one hour.

709
00:32:26,059 --> 00:32:26,779
Whoa.

710
00:32:26,779 --> 00:32:27,500
Oh my god.

711
00:32:28,700 --> 00:32:31,339
Is there even a bonus level for that high?

712
00:32:31,339 --> 00:32:32,140
There is.

713
00:32:32,140 --> 00:32:33,500
Oh my god, there is, guys.

714
00:32:40,220 --> 00:32:43,099
Welcome to the world of Gojuice.

715
00:32:43,660 --> 00:32:49,100
Welcome to the middle part.

716
00:32:49,100 --> 00:32:50,860
I'm your dungeon master, Russ More.

717
00:32:50,860 --> 00:32:53,180
This means my lovely wife, Amy More.

718
00:32:54,380 --> 00:32:56,700
We don't usually get to do this part together alone.

719
00:32:56,700 --> 00:32:57,660
No we don't.

720
00:32:57,660 --> 00:33:02,540
This feels like, I don't know, feels like weird.

721
00:33:02,540 --> 00:33:06,140
Although the only thing I can think of is you said welcome to the middle part,

722
00:33:06,140 --> 00:33:09,820
and all I can think about is the middle part is usually the best part of stuff.

723
00:33:09,820 --> 00:33:12,780
Like donuts, like the filled donuts.

724
00:33:12,859 --> 00:33:14,220
I'm just thinking about donuts.

725
00:33:14,779 --> 00:33:17,339
By that tone, the middle part is the best part,

726
00:33:17,339 --> 00:33:19,980
because we get to say thank you to all of our lovely people.

727
00:33:19,980 --> 00:33:21,500
That's what I was thinking, exactly.

728
00:33:21,500 --> 00:33:23,259
Thank you to you for listening to us.

729
00:33:23,259 --> 00:33:24,379
Thank you to our patrons.

730
00:33:24,379 --> 00:33:26,059
Thank you to the people who leave us reviews.

731
00:33:26,059 --> 00:33:30,220
This is the part where we just love on everybody, and it's great.

732
00:33:31,500 --> 00:33:34,619
Some place where there's going to be a whole lot of love,

733
00:33:34,619 --> 00:33:37,500
and where we got invited to, and where we love that we got invited to,

734
00:33:37,500 --> 00:33:41,019
was D&D Live 2019, The Descent.

735
00:33:41,500 --> 00:33:42,700
It's a super creepy name.

736
00:33:43,420 --> 00:33:45,099
We don't know anything about it.

737
00:33:45,740 --> 00:33:48,700
Some details have started to leak to the people who are going to be there,

738
00:33:48,700 --> 00:33:49,819
but we can't tell you.

739
00:33:50,940 --> 00:33:56,059
I am not privy to those details yet, but it sounds creepy.

740
00:33:56,059 --> 00:33:58,299
You got to get up on the Discord then, is what you got to do.

741
00:33:59,019 --> 00:34:03,180
But that's going to be in LA, May 17th, 18th, and 19th,

742
00:34:03,180 --> 00:34:04,139
and we're going to be there.

743
00:34:04,859 --> 00:34:06,139
Schedule hasn't been released yet,

744
00:34:06,139 --> 00:34:09,739
but if you go check out the website which has been linked in the description,

745
00:34:09,820 --> 00:34:12,700
it gives you the full list of all the podcasts who are going to be there.

746
00:34:12,700 --> 00:34:17,100
Tons of great folks who, just like us, are very excited to be there.

747
00:34:17,100 --> 00:34:17,980
Rating and reviewing.

748
00:34:18,700 --> 00:34:20,540
It may or may not help with charts.

749
00:34:20,540 --> 00:34:21,340
We don't know.

750
00:34:21,340 --> 00:34:22,780
We don't understand charts.

751
00:34:22,780 --> 00:34:24,460
That's borderline math.

752
00:34:24,460 --> 00:34:29,260
But when you say, when you look at a podcast in a podcast app,

753
00:34:29,260 --> 00:34:33,580
and it's got like 50 five-star reviews or 100 five-star reviews,

754
00:34:33,580 --> 00:34:35,500
and a whole bunch of people saying how much they love it.

755
00:34:35,500 --> 00:34:36,780
Guys, it just looks good.

756
00:34:36,780 --> 00:34:37,660
It looks good.

757
00:34:37,659 --> 00:34:40,139
Makes people want to, I was going to say read it.

758
00:34:40,139 --> 00:34:42,219
I know how podcasts work.

759
00:34:42,219 --> 00:34:43,259
Makes people want to listen.

760
00:34:43,259 --> 00:34:45,899
When I see something that's highly reviewed,

761
00:34:45,899 --> 00:34:47,019
I think, well, you know what?

762
00:34:48,059 --> 00:34:49,659
A hundred people can't be wrong.

763
00:34:49,659 --> 00:34:51,259
Once you leave us a review, you know what?

764
00:34:51,259 --> 00:34:52,940
We're going to read it right here.

765
00:34:52,940 --> 00:34:56,059
Lee Henderson says, only found this podcast a week ago,

766
00:34:56,059 --> 00:34:57,099
and I'm loving it.

767
00:34:57,099 --> 00:34:59,099
The chemistry of the group is on point,

768
00:34:59,099 --> 00:35:01,339
and the feeling that this is just a group of good mates

769
00:35:01,339 --> 00:35:05,739
playing a home game shines through in a great and relatable way.

770
00:35:05,739 --> 00:35:06,539
Thanks, Lee.

771
00:35:06,539 --> 00:35:08,619
Oh, he also says, keep up the great work.

772
00:35:08,619 --> 00:35:09,820
We will try.

773
00:35:09,820 --> 00:35:10,779
We do our very best.

774
00:35:10,779 --> 00:35:11,739
Thank you, Lee.

775
00:35:11,739 --> 00:35:15,179
One from Apple Podcasts says, great podcast.

776
00:35:15,179 --> 00:35:19,019
I've thoroughly enjoyed binge listening to every episode so far.

777
00:35:19,019 --> 00:35:21,659
This pod will make you want to play D&D.

778
00:35:21,659 --> 00:35:25,019
That's from Alejandro Khan from the United States.

779
00:35:25,019 --> 00:35:27,259
So thank you, Alejandro and Lee.

780
00:35:27,259 --> 00:35:29,019
Leave us a review, and we will find it,

781
00:35:29,019 --> 00:35:31,099
and we will read it, and it will be fantastic.

782
00:35:31,099 --> 00:35:33,579
We're going to be like the Liam Neeson of reviews.

783
00:35:33,579 --> 00:35:33,980
I don't know where you are.

784
00:35:33,980 --> 00:35:35,500
We have a special set of skills.

785
00:35:36,619 --> 00:35:37,820
We can find reviews.

786
00:35:37,820 --> 00:35:38,539
Search engines.

787
00:35:38,539 --> 00:35:39,659
We can read them.

788
00:35:39,659 --> 00:35:41,500
Links for everything that we've mentioned today,

789
00:35:41,500 --> 00:35:43,099
you can find those in the description,

790
00:35:43,099 --> 00:35:45,820
including our Dumbgeons and Dragons Discord,

791
00:35:45,820 --> 00:35:48,300
where we have a whole bunch of lovely people

792
00:35:48,300 --> 00:35:49,980
just talk about Dumbgeons and Dragons

793
00:35:49,980 --> 00:35:51,739
and all the things that we've got going on in there.

794
00:35:52,619 --> 00:35:54,539
And the Reckless Plague Guild Facebook group,

795
00:35:54,539 --> 00:35:56,300
which is super active right now,

796
00:35:56,300 --> 00:36:00,139
and it's got us and three other amazing podcasts,

797
00:36:00,139 --> 00:36:01,659
The End of Time and Other Bothers,

798
00:36:01,659 --> 00:36:04,539
The Dark Dice Podcast, and The Lucky Die Podcast.

799
00:36:04,539 --> 00:36:08,059
I highly suggest you go check out all three of those as well.

800
00:36:08,059 --> 00:36:09,659
If you're all caught up with us,

801
00:36:09,659 --> 00:36:10,779
a final thanks to Sirenscape

802
00:36:10,779 --> 00:36:12,619
for some of the amazing atmosphere.

803
00:36:12,619 --> 00:36:15,019
Check them out at Sirenscape.com

804
00:36:15,019 --> 00:36:16,539
to bring your games to life.

805
00:36:16,539 --> 00:36:20,460
The next episode, it'll be out Wednesday, April 24th.

806
00:36:21,099 --> 00:36:26,059
And as we have played the final episode in this arc,

807
00:36:26,059 --> 00:36:26,860
we've done it.

808
00:36:26,860 --> 00:36:27,659
We know when it is.

809
00:36:27,659 --> 00:36:28,699
It's going to be May 1st.

810
00:36:28,699 --> 00:36:33,259
So there are two episodes after today's episode

811
00:36:33,260 --> 00:36:38,700
before we wrap up this arc in one way or another.

812
00:36:39,260 --> 00:36:40,460
The end is nigh.

813
00:36:40,460 --> 00:36:41,340
No spoilies.

814
00:36:41,340 --> 00:36:42,060
No spoilies.

815
00:36:42,060 --> 00:36:42,540
No spoilies.

816
00:36:42,540 --> 00:36:44,140
You don't have to tell me no spoilies.

817
00:36:44,140 --> 00:36:45,900
I can't remember what happened.

818
00:36:45,900 --> 00:36:46,460
I'm just kidding.

819
00:36:47,820 --> 00:36:48,940
We'll see how it goes.

820
00:36:48,940 --> 00:36:49,660
Have a great week.

821
00:36:49,660 --> 00:36:50,220
We'll talk soon.

822
00:36:56,140 --> 00:36:57,740
You down this potion,

823
00:36:57,740 --> 00:37:00,300
silver sliver of fingernail included,

824
00:37:00,300 --> 00:37:00,860
and you...

825
00:37:01,420 --> 00:37:01,920
Yeah.

826
00:37:02,940 --> 00:37:04,620
Oh, it was good on the way down, though.

827
00:37:04,620 --> 00:37:06,220
Everybody turns and looks at you,

828
00:37:06,220 --> 00:37:09,500
and muscles are just rippling on top of muscles at this point.

829
00:37:10,539 --> 00:37:12,940
His muscles have muscles.

830
00:37:12,940 --> 00:37:13,440
Yeah.

831
00:37:14,539 --> 00:37:17,660
So you now have the strength of a cloud giant, my friend.

832
00:37:17,660 --> 00:37:18,539
Oh, my goodness.

833
00:37:18,539 --> 00:37:19,340
Okay.

834
00:37:19,340 --> 00:37:20,380
Now the one question.

835
00:37:20,380 --> 00:37:21,660
What are you going to do with it?

836
00:37:22,300 --> 00:37:23,500
That is the one question.

837
00:37:25,099 --> 00:37:25,420
Okay.

838
00:37:25,420 --> 00:37:30,539
How far is it to the front entrance of the vault?

839
00:37:30,539 --> 00:37:31,340
60 feet.

840
00:37:31,340 --> 00:37:35,099
So even though it took me like five feet to go kill this wizard?

841
00:37:35,099 --> 00:37:37,579
Well, you came up like right behind him, so...

842
00:37:37,579 --> 00:37:38,539
Okay, fair enough.

843
00:37:38,539 --> 00:37:39,039
Yeah.

844
00:37:39,900 --> 00:37:43,340
Okay, I'm gonna dash as far as I can,

845
00:37:43,340 --> 00:37:45,019
which I mean my speed's only 25,

846
00:37:45,019 --> 00:37:46,539
so I get almost there.

847
00:37:46,539 --> 00:37:47,039
Yep.

848
00:37:47,739 --> 00:37:51,500
I guess I'm gonna dash again.

849
00:37:51,500 --> 00:37:53,019
Can you back to back dash?

850
00:37:53,019 --> 00:37:54,460
Is that a thing that you can do?

851
00:37:54,460 --> 00:37:57,099
I'd say you could probably do one more dash

852
00:37:57,099 --> 00:37:59,659
because the theory is you're gaining extra movement,

853
00:37:59,659 --> 00:38:02,699
so you're taking your movement plus your extra movement.

854
00:38:02,699 --> 00:38:04,460
So if you want to dash again,

855
00:38:05,019 --> 00:38:07,899
I'd give you another 25 feet or whatever you have.

856
00:38:07,899 --> 00:38:09,500
Okay, so like a little bit further,

857
00:38:09,500 --> 00:38:11,099
but not a full double again.

858
00:38:11,099 --> 00:38:11,599
Yeah.

859
00:38:12,139 --> 00:38:12,639
Okay.

860
00:38:13,099 --> 00:38:14,059
Yeah, I mean, I might as well.

861
00:38:14,619 --> 00:38:16,059
Standing back in that cave

862
00:38:16,059 --> 00:38:17,980
probably isn't going to accomplish too much at the moment.

863
00:38:18,940 --> 00:38:22,139
So I'm going to get like 15 feet past New Laura this time?

864
00:38:23,019 --> 00:38:24,619
Yeah, because you would move 75.

865
00:38:24,619 --> 00:38:27,899
So yeah, are you going left or right?

866
00:38:28,619 --> 00:38:35,500
Uh, I'll go to the right to see if I can see down that curvy backy path there.

867
00:38:35,500 --> 00:38:38,539
So if you go out further into the center,

868
00:38:38,539 --> 00:38:41,900
you would be able to clear the edge and see.

869
00:38:41,900 --> 00:38:43,420
Otherwise, the wall is.

870
00:38:43,420 --> 00:38:44,940
Yeah, that sounds good.

871
00:38:44,940 --> 00:38:49,820
You're getting close to the edge of the swirling vortex of colors,

872
00:38:49,820 --> 00:38:51,500
and you can see inside,

873
00:38:52,059 --> 00:38:56,619
and this one is the green chromatic color.

874
00:38:57,420 --> 00:38:59,659
And is this guy like super far away as well?

875
00:39:00,699 --> 00:39:01,980
From your current location?

876
00:39:01,980 --> 00:39:05,420
Yeah, he's going to be, you know, 150 to 200 feet.

877
00:39:06,619 --> 00:39:07,119
Okay.

878
00:39:08,940 --> 00:39:13,659
I guess I'll just like ready an attack if anyone comes near me.

879
00:39:14,219 --> 00:39:14,719
Sounds good.

880
00:39:15,420 --> 00:39:16,859
Because I mean, worst case scenario,

881
00:39:16,859 --> 00:39:20,299
my turn comes back around and the readied action was wasted.

882
00:39:20,299 --> 00:39:25,980
So as you reach the edge of this chaotic mess of magic,

883
00:39:26,619 --> 00:39:30,139
a rush and an explosion of energy collides in the center,

884
00:39:30,139 --> 00:39:32,380
drawing your attention to it for just a moment.

885
00:39:33,659 --> 00:39:37,579
Uh, Russ, what color was the one that the, uh, snuck up on?

886
00:39:37,579 --> 00:39:38,460
Blue.

887
00:39:38,460 --> 00:39:42,539
Question, Russ, when he stopped doing his chanting,

888
00:39:42,539 --> 00:39:46,779
did the blue energy die down at all or did it continue strong?

889
00:39:46,779 --> 00:39:47,900
Uh, weakened.

890
00:39:47,900 --> 00:39:48,460
Okay.

891
00:39:48,460 --> 00:39:49,739
It's still continuing.

892
00:39:49,739 --> 00:39:53,659
Same with the red as wrath kind of changed his his direction.

893
00:39:54,299 --> 00:39:57,259
The only wizard that continues to do something

894
00:39:57,259 --> 00:39:59,420
is the one that you knocked forward.

895
00:39:59,420 --> 00:40:04,460
He stands up and begins to cast a spell at you.

896
00:40:05,259 --> 00:40:06,699
Fancy trick you got there.

897
00:40:07,739 --> 00:40:08,699
Thank you.

898
00:40:08,699 --> 00:40:09,420
It's new.

899
00:40:10,299 --> 00:40:14,539
He fires a cone of cold at you.

900
00:40:15,099 --> 00:40:19,099
Blast of cold air begins to erupt from his hands

901
00:40:19,739 --> 00:40:22,779
and you must make a constitution saving throw.

902
00:40:24,619 --> 00:40:25,099
Okay.

903
00:40:30,139 --> 00:40:31,659
Doesn't seem like it is okay.

904
00:40:31,659 --> 00:40:31,980
Okay.

905
00:40:31,980 --> 00:40:32,619
No, it is.

906
00:40:32,619 --> 00:40:33,179
It's fine.

907
00:40:33,179 --> 00:40:33,500
Fine.

908
00:40:34,539 --> 00:40:34,940
Okay.

909
00:40:34,940 --> 00:40:38,460
So I got a seven plus four is 11,

910
00:40:39,259 --> 00:40:42,059
but I don't think it's going to be good enough.

911
00:40:43,259 --> 00:40:48,139
So I am going to spend a luck point.

912
00:40:48,779 --> 00:40:49,579
Okay.

913
00:40:49,579 --> 00:40:53,659
And I am going to reroll my saving throw,

914
00:40:55,579 --> 00:41:00,619
which is a 14 plus four is 18.

915
00:41:03,019 --> 00:41:08,299
You see this cold beginning to form and come towards you.

916
00:41:08,299 --> 00:41:09,340
Do you tell me what you do?

917
00:41:10,539 --> 00:41:15,900
I do like some really like awesome backflip,

918
00:41:15,900 --> 00:41:18,139
but where it's not like a tuck.

919
00:41:18,139 --> 00:41:20,460
It's like the chest goes first.

920
00:41:20,460 --> 00:41:23,420
And I'm like, and I'm like, I didn't even know I could do that.

921
00:41:23,420 --> 00:41:24,219
It was amazing.

922
00:41:24,779 --> 00:41:26,699
I yell like, guys, did you see my flip?

923
00:41:27,420 --> 00:41:33,259
You do your backflip cold catching you as you flip backwards

924
00:41:33,259 --> 00:41:35,980
and you land and you take half.

925
00:41:35,980 --> 00:41:36,779
So three.

926
00:41:37,739 --> 00:41:39,980
No, the full damage is 36.

927
00:41:39,980 --> 00:41:42,619
So you're going to take 18 cold damage.

928
00:41:43,259 --> 00:41:45,900
Well, that was really easy math because I was at 118.

929
00:41:45,900 --> 00:41:47,420
So I can appreciate that.

930
00:41:47,980 --> 00:41:55,820
He stands his ground towards you and we are back to the top of the round.

931
00:41:55,820 --> 00:41:59,019
Remember when we got those diamonds from Xanthal's tower?

932
00:41:59,019 --> 00:41:59,820
What the fuck did those do again?

933
00:41:59,820 --> 00:42:01,180
They only let us go 30 feet.

934
00:42:02,780 --> 00:42:05,260
I've been looking at them going like, can we?

935
00:42:06,300 --> 00:42:07,420
Glad we're all on the same page.

936
00:42:09,820 --> 00:42:10,619
I just got nothing.

937
00:42:12,300 --> 00:42:15,180
I have a jumpy diamond on my character sheet.

938
00:42:16,139 --> 00:42:19,339
I mean, I headed right, which now doesn't seem kind of stupid

939
00:42:19,339 --> 00:42:21,099
because Flint has also gone right.

940
00:42:22,219 --> 00:42:23,899
We'll say you kind of went more straight

941
00:42:23,899 --> 00:42:25,659
because then you had kind of retconned

942
00:42:25,659 --> 00:42:27,259
and said you just get to the entrance.

943
00:42:28,619 --> 00:42:31,819
Rathmodar did walk out towards the middle.

944
00:42:32,779 --> 00:42:34,940
So he's technically closer to you now.

945
00:42:34,940 --> 00:42:36,219
He's moved 30 feet.

946
00:42:36,219 --> 00:42:36,619
Yeah.

947
00:42:36,619 --> 00:42:41,899
So he's still about 100-ish feet away, but he's getting closer.

948
00:42:41,900 --> 00:42:42,380
Okay.

949
00:42:42,380 --> 00:42:45,579
No, if he's a hundred feet away, I can actually do something.

950
00:42:46,539 --> 00:42:50,940
I am going to cast a spell.

951
00:42:51,500 --> 00:42:52,059
What?

952
00:42:52,059 --> 00:42:53,820
I know it's crazy.

953
00:42:54,860 --> 00:42:55,820
Do it.

954
00:42:55,820 --> 00:42:58,059
I'm going to cast a hail of thorns.

955
00:42:58,059 --> 00:42:58,940
It's a bonus action.

956
00:43:00,619 --> 00:43:07,340
And then I am going to try to attack Rathmodar with my crossbow.

957
00:43:08,220 --> 00:43:10,539
So that is a 17.

958
00:43:11,500 --> 00:43:12,619
Yes, that hits.

959
00:43:12,619 --> 00:43:13,179
Sweet.

960
00:43:14,940 --> 00:43:20,940
Then when I hit him, a hail of thorns sprouts from my arrow.

961
00:43:21,579 --> 00:43:27,019
So in addition to the normal attack, he has to make a deck save

962
00:43:28,539 --> 00:43:31,659
and then he'll take more damage based on that.

963
00:43:31,659 --> 00:43:33,900
You want me to do the normal damage first?

964
00:43:33,900 --> 00:43:34,779
Does that make sense?

965
00:43:34,779 --> 00:43:35,179
Sure.

966
00:43:35,179 --> 00:43:38,380
That's an amazing four points of arrow damage.

967
00:43:39,019 --> 00:43:40,700
Well, he drinks it up.

968
00:43:41,820 --> 00:43:47,980
So the arrow comes through and strikes him in the shoulder.

969
00:43:50,619 --> 00:43:51,420
Then what do you think happens?

970
00:43:51,420 --> 00:43:53,820
Then he has to make a deck save.

971
00:43:53,820 --> 00:43:57,500
I think his protective bubble probably just nullifies it.

972
00:43:57,500 --> 00:43:58,619
No fucking bubble.

973
00:43:58,619 --> 00:44:00,300
I forgot about the fucking bubble.

974
00:44:00,940 --> 00:44:05,260
So as the arrow passes this shimmering globe

975
00:44:05,900 --> 00:44:10,380
and springs to action 10 feet in front of him,

976
00:44:10,380 --> 00:44:16,300
but is shattered and disperses as the arrow continues to go through and hit him in the shoulder.

977
00:44:16,300 --> 00:44:18,940
So it's maybe like a little anti-magic shield.

978
00:44:19,660 --> 00:44:21,340
Certainly seems to be that way.

979
00:44:22,300 --> 00:44:25,020
Also, maybe the thorns are like on the shield now

980
00:44:25,020 --> 00:44:28,300
and they're obstructing his vision and he has disadvantage on all his attacks.

981
00:44:29,020 --> 00:44:29,660
Dispersed.

982
00:44:29,660 --> 00:44:30,620
I said dispersed.

983
00:44:30,620 --> 00:44:32,700
No, but I mean like maybe they're just on there.

984
00:44:33,420 --> 00:44:33,900
Poofed.

985
00:44:34,860 --> 00:44:37,500
Well, there's a fine dust so it's blurry.

986
00:44:37,500 --> 00:44:38,220
Dare to dream.

987
00:44:39,500 --> 00:44:41,579
He gets his magical windshield wipers out.

988
00:44:44,220 --> 00:44:49,420
Okay, so I mean, I guess I may as well shoot him with another arrow.

989
00:44:50,860 --> 00:44:51,660
Why not?

990
00:44:51,660 --> 00:44:55,260
I mean, it's not doing much, but it's doing something.

991
00:44:55,260 --> 00:44:58,300
But it's probably not doing nothing because that's a 13.

992
00:44:58,300 --> 00:44:59,500
Yeah, 13 hits.

993
00:44:59,500 --> 00:45:04,219
Okay, these wizards are usually kind of soft, right?

994
00:45:05,579 --> 00:45:08,139
They wear a lot of robes, a lot of assless robes.

995
00:45:10,139 --> 00:45:11,820
Similar to your assless chaps.

996
00:45:11,820 --> 00:45:12,619
Interesting.

997
00:45:14,139 --> 00:45:15,980
It's really just a hospital gown.

998
00:45:15,980 --> 00:45:19,019
That is only another four damage.

999
00:45:19,980 --> 00:45:27,099
And then I will try to, well not try to, I'll move closer.

1000
00:45:27,179 --> 00:45:30,699
Sure, so yeah, your first arrow goes, the spell disperses.

1001
00:45:30,699 --> 00:45:32,460
Second one grazes his arm.

1002
00:45:35,579 --> 00:45:37,900
Yeah, and Donnie, by the way, is just not doing anything

1003
00:45:37,900 --> 00:45:40,059
because he's too far away to do anything.

1004
00:45:40,059 --> 00:45:40,699
Makes sense.

1005
00:45:40,699 --> 00:45:43,339
Can he roll to like recharge his fire breath if he needs it?

1006
00:45:43,980 --> 00:45:45,659
Or does he automatically have it charged up?

1007
00:45:46,539 --> 00:45:49,500
He has to recharge it at the start of his turn, but then he has to use it.

1008
00:45:50,059 --> 00:45:51,179
And he only goes 50.

1009
00:45:51,179 --> 00:45:52,219
He can't like hang on to it?

1010
00:45:52,219 --> 00:45:53,259
I don't think so.

1011
00:45:53,259 --> 00:45:54,460
Yeah, you can hang on to it.

1012
00:45:55,019 --> 00:45:56,539
He could ready his action.

1013
00:45:56,539 --> 00:45:59,500
Well, yeah, you can recharge it and then it's just,

1014
00:45:59,500 --> 00:46:01,980
it is recharged for the next time you want to use it.

1015
00:46:01,980 --> 00:46:03,099
Oh, okay.

1016
00:46:03,099 --> 00:46:03,820
Well, great.

1017
00:46:03,820 --> 00:46:04,699
Let's try it.

1018
00:46:05,259 --> 00:46:06,059
Yeah.

1019
00:46:06,059 --> 00:46:06,380
Great.

1020
00:46:06,380 --> 00:46:07,099
He did that.

1021
00:46:07,099 --> 00:46:08,380
He's recharged.

1022
00:46:08,380 --> 00:46:10,539
His fire is better than no fire.

1023
00:46:10,539 --> 00:46:12,059
All right, he has recharged.

1024
00:46:12,059 --> 00:46:15,259
Okay, he's got that pilot light going all the time.

1025
00:46:15,259 --> 00:46:18,380
Now it is the hand guacamole's turn.

1026
00:46:18,380 --> 00:46:21,019
So I still have this douchebag in front of me, right?

1027
00:46:21,019 --> 00:46:23,099
Yeah, he's saying come get some.

1028
00:46:23,099 --> 00:46:24,699
He made me chilly.

1029
00:46:24,699 --> 00:46:25,579
I didn't like it.

1030
00:46:26,219 --> 00:46:30,940
So I'm going to cast Eldritch Blast on him.

1031
00:46:31,900 --> 00:46:35,819
Gonna be 27.

1032
00:46:35,819 --> 00:46:36,940
Gotta roll that three times.

1033
00:46:37,980 --> 00:46:38,619
Oh, right.

1034
00:46:38,619 --> 00:46:41,179
Okay, well, the first one gets four damage.

1035
00:46:42,059 --> 00:46:42,860
And then, oh.

1036
00:46:45,659 --> 00:46:46,219
What was that?

1037
00:46:48,059 --> 00:46:48,940
So close.

1038
00:46:50,299 --> 00:46:50,619
Okay.

1039
00:46:52,380 --> 00:46:53,420
Yeah, keep going.

1040
00:46:54,380 --> 00:46:56,059
I'll tell you what happens because of that.

1041
00:46:56,619 --> 00:46:57,420
And a 19.

1042
00:46:59,500 --> 00:47:01,340
Okay, so two of those hit.

1043
00:47:01,340 --> 00:47:02,780
It made me damage on two of those.

1044
00:47:02,780 --> 00:47:05,260
And then I will tell you what happens for the last time.

1045
00:47:05,260 --> 00:47:08,539
Amy totally just rolled the dice into her own crotch.

1046
00:47:09,420 --> 00:47:11,659
I thought there was no table there at all.

1047
00:47:13,740 --> 00:47:15,980
And an eight, so 12.

1048
00:47:18,059 --> 00:47:20,460
Two of your Eldritch Blasts hit him.

1049
00:47:20,460 --> 00:47:27,500
He is able to harness one and throw it back at you.

1050
00:47:29,099 --> 00:47:31,340
You take two forced damage.

1051
00:47:32,940 --> 00:47:33,980
This is cutthroat.

1052
00:47:35,179 --> 00:47:36,059
It is, it is.

1053
00:47:37,099 --> 00:47:38,380
I whisper, I'm gonna kill you.

1054
00:47:39,659 --> 00:47:40,940
Not if I kill you first.

1055
00:47:42,059 --> 00:47:42,940
It's kind of flirty.

1056
00:47:42,940 --> 00:47:43,820
We might make out here.

1057
00:47:43,820 --> 00:47:44,699
Yeah, it really is.

1058
00:47:44,699 --> 00:47:46,699
There's like a serious energy going on here.

1059
00:47:46,700 --> 00:47:47,200
It is.

1060
00:47:49,900 --> 00:47:51,180
It is Wrath's turn.

1061
00:47:52,540 --> 00:47:55,500
The energy in the center looks like it's gaining power

1062
00:47:56,540 --> 00:48:01,260
as Wrath begins to move closer to Nulara.

1063
00:48:02,300 --> 00:48:04,940
He continues to walk towards you, Nulara.

1064
00:48:04,940 --> 00:48:09,580
And he begins speaking in a low tone again.

1065
00:48:09,580 --> 00:48:13,900
And suddenly you see four of him walking towards you.

1066
00:48:13,900 --> 00:48:16,700
Classic mirror image.

1067
00:48:17,900 --> 00:48:19,420
How, out of curiosity Russ,

1068
00:48:19,420 --> 00:48:22,380
how far away from me is Wrath Modar now?

1069
00:48:22,380 --> 00:48:24,780
He's walking at just a casual pace.

1070
00:48:24,780 --> 00:48:25,980
He's not looking to...

1071
00:48:25,980 --> 00:48:27,900
He's walking serial killer style.

1072
00:48:27,900 --> 00:48:28,460
Oh yeah.

1073
00:48:28,460 --> 00:48:29,740
He's not in any rush.

1074
00:48:29,740 --> 00:48:33,099
So from Nulara, 40 feet from him.

1075
00:48:33,820 --> 00:48:39,260
And you would be now another 60 feet.

1076
00:48:39,260 --> 00:48:41,500
So you're probably about 100 feet from that action.

1077
00:48:42,059 --> 00:48:42,559
Okay.

1078
00:48:43,279 --> 00:48:48,880
The swirling vortex grows and explodes and shoots off energy

1079
00:48:48,880 --> 00:48:53,199
that gets sucked back in as the chanting of the ritual

1080
00:48:53,199 --> 00:48:55,920
resonates throughout the Temple of Tiamat.

1081
00:48:57,599 --> 00:48:58,799
And it is Flint's turn.

1082
00:49:00,239 --> 00:49:03,920
I'm going to dash towards Nulara there.

1083
00:49:03,920 --> 00:49:04,420
Okay.

1084
00:49:04,880 --> 00:49:07,279
So I'm going to move 50 feet that way.

1085
00:49:07,279 --> 00:49:08,639
Okay, you would make it...

1086
00:49:09,920 --> 00:49:10,799
About halfway.

1087
00:49:10,800 --> 00:49:14,640
Yeah, a little bit ahead of Nulara if you went the full distance.

1088
00:49:14,640 --> 00:49:15,140
Yep.

1089
00:49:16,080 --> 00:49:21,360
Okay, and I'm going to throw my Dwarven Thrower a couple times at Wrath.

1090
00:49:22,560 --> 00:49:23,519
Which one?

1091
00:49:23,519 --> 00:49:25,280
Well, all four of them and we'll find out.

1092
00:49:26,560 --> 00:49:28,400
But you have to aim at Wrath, right?

1093
00:49:28,400 --> 00:49:29,200
Yeah.

1094
00:49:29,200 --> 00:49:34,320
Well, I aim at him and then Russ determines what one it hits, if it hits any of them.

1095
00:49:34,320 --> 00:49:34,820
Oh.

1096
00:49:35,519 --> 00:49:36,019
Yeah.

1097
00:49:38,160 --> 00:49:38,880
All right.

1098
00:49:38,880 --> 00:49:39,519
First roll.

1099
00:49:39,519 --> 00:49:41,119
Yeah, it's like a 28, should be fine.

1100
00:49:41,920 --> 00:49:46,239
Your hammer flies forward striking the chest of one of the Wrath modars

1101
00:49:46,239 --> 00:49:51,440
and vanquishes it, turns to dust as your hammer zips back to your hand.

1102
00:49:51,440 --> 00:49:52,079
Second throw.

1103
00:49:54,559 --> 00:49:55,199
27.

1104
00:49:56,960 --> 00:50:02,960
Just as quickly you overhand throw your hammer again, striking another duplicate

1105
00:50:02,960 --> 00:50:08,400
that disperses into the air, the energy being sucked into the center of the room.

1106
00:50:09,039 --> 00:50:15,519
And as your hammer returns to your hand again, Flint, with a ringing thud, a voice

1107
00:50:16,240 --> 00:50:23,119
echoes among the resonating energy, sounding like it begins high up in

1108
00:50:23,119 --> 00:50:27,519
and echoing down and smashing itself upon you.

1109
00:50:28,480 --> 00:50:29,920
The voice says,

1110
00:50:30,880 --> 00:50:33,200
You are too late.

1111
00:50:34,320 --> 00:50:37,440
Our queen will rise.

1112
00:50:38,639 --> 00:50:43,440
Tiamat will destroy you soon.

1113
00:51:00,079 --> 00:51:05,039
Some of the music in today's episode is by Kavin McLeod of incompetech.filmmusic.io

1114
00:51:05,039 --> 00:51:08,320
and Scott Buckley at scottbuckley.com.au.

1115
00:51:08,880 --> 00:51:13,840
Sound effects can be found at boomlibrary.com and at sirenscape.com.

1116
00:51:14,639 --> 00:51:16,320
So Flint chopped his head off.

1117
00:51:17,760 --> 00:51:19,039
And then what happens?

1118
00:51:19,039 --> 00:51:21,840
Like what happens to the ritual?

1119
00:51:21,840 --> 00:51:25,280
Does like one of the colors come out of all the chromatic magic

1120
00:51:25,280 --> 00:51:26,880
that's happening in the middle or what?

1121
00:51:28,159 --> 00:51:28,880
Good question.

1122
00:51:28,880 --> 00:51:30,079
That's a great question.

1123
00:51:30,079 --> 00:51:31,200
It's a really good question.

1124
00:51:32,079 --> 00:51:32,640
I think.

1125
00:51:33,360 --> 00:51:35,119
I'm so glad Carla's on our team, guys.

1126
00:51:36,400 --> 00:51:37,440
Here's just what I'm thinking.

1127
00:51:38,079 --> 00:51:42,559
Would they be stupid enough to just have one wizard color?

1128
00:51:43,360 --> 00:51:44,880
No, they probably wouldn't.

1129
00:51:44,880 --> 00:51:47,519
They probably have backups just in case their wizards die.

1130
00:51:49,200 --> 00:51:49,680
Maybe.

1131
00:51:49,680 --> 00:51:51,920
I mean, I don't know why you're giving us ideas, but.

1132
00:51:51,920 --> 00:51:52,559
Yeah, really.

1133
00:51:52,559 --> 00:51:53,920
There's no ideas needed.

1134
00:51:53,920 --> 00:51:54,800
Don't you worry folks.

1135
00:51:54,800 --> 00:51:56,000
Yeah, I'm not worried.

1136
00:51:56,000 --> 00:51:58,400
I'm like, I'm pretty sure this part's all written down.

1137
00:51:58,400 --> 00:51:59,760
You go by the book, mister.

1138
00:51:59,760 --> 00:52:00,639
You owe us that.

1139
00:52:01,760 --> 00:52:04,800
I think we're going to be dead if Russ goes entirely by the book.

1140
00:52:04,800 --> 00:52:05,360
Yeah, probably.

1141
00:52:05,360 --> 00:52:09,039
Go a little bit easier than by the book, mister.

1142
00:52:09,039 --> 00:52:11,519
Just make it seem like we have a chance.

1143
00:52:12,559 --> 00:52:17,200
Sorry, I got to roll them each individually because it's quite important.

1144
00:52:17,200 --> 00:52:20,880
Well, it's not like you've rolled that same die like 13 times already.

1145
00:52:20,880 --> 00:52:21,599
Yeah, no problem.

1146
00:52:21,599 --> 00:52:24,000
Nobody's worried about it at all.

1147
00:52:24,000 --> 00:52:25,200
Who's counting?

1148
00:52:25,200 --> 00:52:25,599
I wish that.

1149
00:52:25,599 --> 00:52:27,599
Tommy's got tally marks going.

1150
00:52:27,599 --> 00:52:28,319
Cali marks.

1151
00:52:28,319 --> 00:52:30,159
I've just got them cali marks.

1152
00:52:30,159 --> 00:52:31,039
They're cali marks.

1153
00:52:31,039 --> 00:52:32,079
Cali marks, eh?

1154
00:52:32,960 --> 00:52:33,599
Okay.

1155
00:52:33,599 --> 00:52:34,079
All right.

1156
00:52:34,079 --> 00:52:37,360
Founded in California, 1762.

1157
00:52:37,360 --> 00:52:38,159
The cali mark.

1158
00:52:38,880 --> 00:52:50,880
The crow, the energy in the center gains power, gains clarity, is more powerful,

1159
00:52:51,440 --> 00:52:55,360
is looks like it's more clear, more powerful.

1160
00:52:55,519 --> 00:52:58,160
It looked like it used some conditioner in the shower this morning.

1161
00:52:58,800 --> 00:52:59,840
Maybe she's born with it.

1162
00:52:59,840 --> 00:53:00,960
Maybe it's Maybelline.

1163
00:53:00,960 --> 00:53:01,599
Maybe it is.

1164
00:53:01,599 --> 00:53:06,240
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