[0.0s] Hey friends, quick message off the top here. We're getting near to the end of the season. [4.1s] I know, I know, it's happening. This is season two, episode 153, and the finale will be [9.7s] season two, episode 156, which wraps up this entire last six years of story for [17.4s] us before we move on to something else, something new, something exciting. But we [20.6s] want to hear your questions. So in the description of this episode and the next [24.4s] few episodes, we'll have a Google form. So as you have questions, put them in [29.5s] there. Let us know as you have comments about the season, about the characters, [33.6s] about anything that you've experienced while listening to the show. We want to [37.7s] hear it. So again, description, there's a Google form, a couple little fields [42.1s] that you can fill out. Give us as many questions as you want, as many [45.8s] comments as you want. We'd love to hear them. And if you can get those [48.5s] to us on or before October 2nd, we'll be recording the Q&A episode for [54.2s] our patrons live at our monthly gook hang. If you want to be there, of [57.7s] course, you can join us at Patreon.com slash dumb dragon cast. But that's [60.3s] enough rambling from me. We've got a few quick ads for you and then we will [63.6s] get to this episode. Thank you so much. Talk to you soon. [67.3s] Previously on Dumbgeons and Dragons. [69.8s] And he steps into this flame that begins to widen in front of him as it [76.7s] opens this view into the material plane. And we see we just came back [83.5s] from there and we see an unassuming water deep from where you're standing. [90.6s] You can see through this portal from the sides around you. You hear the [95.9s] movement of all those demonic creatures as they rush towards it and [99.4s] push you back. [102.0s] You know, pouring out into the world. [107.6s] I get out. Let's go. [109.1s] Everybody turns and begins walking towards the two orcas tunnel. [115.5s] You don't see it, but there's a bit of a glow in the satchel of Sullivan [122.0s] slight. There's an image that appears on the mirror and the scene of the [128.9s] other team, the decimators of dragons and all of their various [132.5s] assorted players begins to play out the door opens and they approach [137.5s] orcas on his throne and battle begins and there's a flicker in the mirror. [144.6s] There's this bright light that appears. [149.9s] The picture goes dark. [153.4s] You hear like this patting [157.4s] at the tapestry beside you on a wall far some 50 or 60 feet off into [164.4s] the distance. You hear a small voice come from behind. [168.7s] I never fucking know how to get out of these things. It's just embarrassed [171.8s] it. [172.6s] I think you just have to jimmy the handle. [175.4s] The handle? What are you talking about? It's a tapestry hanging from a wall. [179.4s] So there's no handle. [181.2s] No, there's no here. Oh, the edge of it. So this is enormous. [194.4s] Welcome to Dumbgeons and Dragons. I'm your Dungeon Master Russ More. He [209.2s] him also with me today is Carla Max dead. [213.2s] She her I sure am. And I am also here as glim and lip sync he both also [222.5s] she her. It's happening guys. [226.6s] And Tom Laird. He him. Yeah, I'm here with moot and flint or board or [233.4s] whatever we got going on there. Also he him for everyone. And Amy More. [239.7s] Yeah, I'm here. She her and I'm playing Sullivan's light. He him [246.5s] don't mind my voice. And also night hunter who is they she and then [252.6s] also the who is she and I'm excited to be here. [257.8s] You're so good for being here. Oh my god. And to play more characters [262.8s] than anyone. Yeah, I took a half day off of work. Also joining us [267.4s] Kristen Flemmons. She her I'm playing a gas. Also she her and [273.4s] racks. He doesn't really care. But he him. He's here for the party. [277.6s] And call class it. Hey, everyone. He him and I'm playing Vorunax. [282.3s] Also he him. All right, Amy, how much do you want to be involved [285.8s] in the conversation here? Well, I go not long and stuff. I think [291.1s] those are words. Yeah, I think it definitely has like a pitch [297.0s] that zoom likes to cut out. Oh, no, that's okay. It'll be good. [300.8s] I'll try real hard. It'll be great. Welcome, everybody. It's [305.3s] been so long since we've seen all of you and we get to meet up [308.8s] with some characters that we haven't heard from in a little [311.0s] bit too. I'm excited. Everybody's excited. Yeah, it's [316.5s] gonna be a good time. Where we have been doing lots of crazy [321.5s] things. And by crazy things, I mean, following Tom's story. [326.8s] Through the adventures of Patreon, Patreon.com slash dumb [331.2s] dragon cast, where when you're a patron, you get access to a [335.4s] whole other podcast that releases monthly for you. Tom, [338.7s] if you could sum up this most recent season in like two [342.2s] sentences. Could you do? Okay, probably not. I will just [349.2s] say there's a heavy dose of chaos. Oh, see, I was going [352.8s] to use the two words standard season. standard. Yeah, just a [357.5s] standard. Just a standard season. Pretty, pretty usual [360.8s] for me. You can get that over at Patreon.com slash dumb [363.0s] dragon cast. But you also get an episode dedicated to you [366.2s] like today's patron twiglets are great to eat. [373.8s] Twiglets are great to eat. I don't know what a twiglet [376.6s] is, but I buy it. It's a Pokemon, right? It sounds [380.5s] like a Pokemon. And they're great to eat. So I love it. [385.8s] Gotta chomp them all. Yep. Thank you for being a patron [390.4s] and for also for the meal recommendation. Yes. Oh, you [395.4s] guys. Always looking for snacks. Twiglets are food. Oh, [399.4s] twiglets are food. They're like little pretzel things. [402.9s] Oh, sounds great. That tracks. Yeah, pretzels, twigs. [408.4s] Yeah, I'm into it. Right. Sweet. Okay, twiglets, maybe a [411.8s] Pokemon or a pretzel. Educational, nutritional. And [415.3s] the good news is, Amy's quite sick. So like Russ probably [420.3s] isn't gonna kill us this episode, because that'd be [422.2s] rude, right? That'd be so mean. Super rude. Yeah. It [427.2s] wouldn't be. It would be uncouth. We're gonna make it [429.0s] through this one. Is what it would be. So she couldn't [432.5s] even have her final monologue of whichever [435.6s] character. It's gonna be so long. You know what? [440.4s] Actually, now for reframing that, this might be the [442.8s] night that everybody dies. Real short sweet death. [448.1s] Hoisted on our own retard. Thank you. Twiglets are [451.4s] great to eat. We appreciate you and all the things that [455.5s] you do. Now, fuck it. Let's play. Play, play, play, [462.8s] play. [465.3s] We hear footsteps down a long echoing tunnel. There's the [471.2s] dripping, soft dripping of water coming down the sides. [476.6s] And Moot, Glim, Sully, and Agath have been walking for [480.4s] an indeterminate amount of time, so long that they've [483.6s] managed to take a long rest somewhere along the way. And [488.2s] Sully, in their hand, is holding the eye of Vecna. So [493.3s] like, who's gonna dare me to do it? I'm surprised you [497.2s] haven't done it already. Like, I mean, you've been [498.7s] holding it and rolled it around in the dirt. It's [500.6s] like, it's not gonna get any worse. I mean, and [503.1s] like, Flammokins has been daring you over and over [505.9s] and over to do it. Yeah, so like you want somebody [508.8s] somebody else to dare you. I wouldn't feel right about [511.5s] it, because I feel like me and you're like, there's [514.2s] some history. I have no opinion on this, obviously. [517.6s] Maybe like a double dog dare. Maybe I'm not sure. [520.9s] I'm just trying to like get my confidence up. This [523.0s] thing is kind of gross, and it's true. I did drop [525.4s] it a few times, so it's not totally sanitary. [528.6s] It was sanitary before? [531.2s] Whoa. [532.6s] I mean, more so than now. [534.4s] Wait a second, it could have been more sanitary. [536.5s] We don't know where it had been previously. Maybe [540.7s] it was sitting in a bucket of sanitizer back in [544.1s] the hoard of Diamat. [545.7s] Well, that would explain why it's so bloodshot. [548.5s] Right? Don't try it out. [550.8s] So you're gonna do it? [552.0s] Well, I'd be like, what's the worst thing that's [555.2s] gonna happen? [556.0s] You die. [556.8s] Yeah, we might find out quickly. [558.8s] We might. Or, nope, I'm not saying anything [561.6s] because I, you, me. Never mind. Never mind. [565.0s] Do you just want to like write it in my [566.4s] notebook and I can say it? [568.5s] Um, well, just if you could. I mean, we're [570.7s] going to fight like a pretty big bad guy. So [572.7s] maybe like it would help. [576.0s] Yeah, I don't think you're wrong. [578.8s] I just... [579.3s] Do it, Sully. Do it. I want to see it. [583.4s] You know what? Yeah, me too. What's like, I [586.0s] mean, I can always pull it out, right? [588.0s] Right? [589.7s] Okay, Sully kind of like blows off the... [594.8s] and tries to like dust the eyeball off a [597.7s] little bit. And then like lifts his eye [601.7s] patch and just shoves that sucker in there. [606.9s] As you shove that sucker in there, like [611.6s] there's this squelch of a sound that you [618.5s] feel and hear within your own head. [624.3s] And there's this echoing low voice. [631.8s] It's been a long time. [635.7s] Hello, Sullivan's Light. [638.7s] Hello, voice inside my head. [643.2s] Did we hear that too, or it was just in [645.5s] Sully's head? [646.0s] Oh, just in Sullivan's Light's head. [647.7s] I assumed, but... [649.4s] So I'm just talking to myself. [651.8s] As you do. [652.6s] As one does when they shove a strange [654.8s] eyeball in their head. [656.4s] I bet you could hear the voice if you [657.6s] open Sullivan's mouth. [658.8s] But Sully's just talking out loud or... [663.3s] Oh, yeah. [663.7s] I said it out loud. [665.1s] Yeah, for sure. [666.2s] Well, I think I just assumed maybe [667.6s] everyone could hear it too. [669.2s] Which is why you said voice inside my [670.8s] head. [671.9s] Oh, yeah, I did. [676.0s] How do you know how to talk in your [677.6s] head? [678.3s] It's just been a really long hallway. [680.0s] So we've been having like these really [682.2s] sort of existential conversations about, [686.0s] are you the voice in your head? [687.6s] Are you the person hearing the voice [689.4s] in your head? [690.0s] Is society the voice in your head? [692.4s] A lot of muttering. [694.6s] OK, so the Eye of Echna. [696.2s] So when you put it in, you get a [698.2s] set of random properties. [699.9s] One minor beneficial property, one [701.7s] major beneficial property, and a [703.6s] minor detrimental property. [706.1s] You also get a whole slew of other [708.2s] things, which are all available in [710.4s] your item there, which includes [713.2s] True Sight. [714.2s] You can see as if you were wearing [718.2s] a ring of x-ray vision if you use [720.7s] it as an action. [721.6s] And it also has eight charges of [723.7s] the following spells. [724.7s] Clairvoyance, Crown of Madness, [726.9s] Disintegrate, Dominate Monster, [729.0s] and Eyebite. [730.6s] Roll 3D10, please. [732.8s] So you get Levitate at a seventh [737.8s] level. [739.4s] You gain flight and speed equal [742.3s] to your walking speed. [744.6s] OK, and now a minor property. [750.6s] Roll 2D20, please. [752.8s] 31. [755.1s] 31. [756.0s] You have Advantage on Ability. [758.6s] That fucking sucks. [761.0s] And now for the bad one. [764.2s] I do not think the good is [765.9s] outweighing the bad here. [768.0s] OK, roll 3D10, please. [771.2s] 19. [773.4s] Soul Trap. [776.0s] If you die, your soul is trapped [779.4s] within this item. [780.9s] Oh, God. [782.2s] And you cannot be resurrected [784.2s] unless this item is destroyed. [787.5s] I mean, in the list of bad [789.8s] things, it's kind of that bad. [792.6s] I mean, you're already dead. [793.9s] So we've never had any major [795.8s] characters die. [796.8s] Exactly. [797.3s] There's basically no chance it [799.1s] could happen. [799.8s] So, like, you're fine. [801.4s] That's right. [803.0s] OK, so, yeah, you you pop the eye [805.5s] in and you you gain you can [810.1s] where before it was quite dark [812.6s] in this hallway, like [813.8s] everything becomes clear. [816.7s] You have these powers imbued [819.6s] upon you. [821.8s] You describe how you feel. [824.5s] Well, a little tingly. [829.6s] You know, kind of like [831.0s] maybe a little more magical [832.9s] than I ever was. [835.0s] But also a sense of foreboding [839.4s] and worry and regret. [844.1s] The voice in your head. [847.5s] Echoes forth and says. [850.8s] I'll warn you once, [852.4s] but please do be careful [854.6s] as you use these new power. [857.6s] Why? [859.0s] Hmm, I've been alone [862.1s] for a long time [863.2s] and I've been very hungry. [865.4s] Oh, oh, should I eat something? [868.3s] Like, what are you? [870.2s] Like, that is an eye eat. [872.6s] I'm not sure about our relationship here. [876.0s] So for your knowledge, [877.4s] each time you cast a spell [879.8s] from the eye, there is a five percent [882.5s] chance that Vecna tears [884.0s] your soul from your body, [885.4s] devours it and then takes control [887.4s] of your body like a puppet. [889.4s] What the fuck? [891.5s] Now, would that be the real bad thing [893.6s] you were referring to? [895.0s] Quite a bad one. [896.3s] As opposed to the gun. [898.1s] No. [898.7s] OK, OK. [899.8s] So I can levitate [901.5s] and fucking have advantage [902.8s] on ability checks that we never do. [906.1s] And and and in return, [908.9s] I get to have possibly my soul [911.0s] trapped inside the eye [913.4s] or fucking ripped from my body [915.8s] and used as a puppet. [918.3s] Yeah, mistakes were made. [923.1s] As you've been walking with this eye [925.7s] now in kind of trying to [928.4s] moisturize it as you blink. [932.0s] You hear a ruckus, [935.4s] a cacophony of sound [937.2s] coming from up ahead. [939.7s] Sully, you see it before anyone else does, [942.0s] but there's like this rippled fabric [944.6s] that you're coming up to [945.8s] at the end of this hall. [947.8s] Oh, guys, I think we're about to [950.4s] be a part of my worst nightmare. [952.8s] We're going to be on stage. [955.1s] I don't know my lines. [958.6s] Oh, I mean, I'm ready. [960.1s] I can do like a quick [961.0s] demonstration of something [962.7s] or like just do one arm push ups. [964.1s] People always love that. [965.2s] I mean, everybody loves that. [967.8s] So like, don't worry. [968.8s] You could sit on my back [969.7s] while I do the one arm push ups. [970.8s] Like you'll be part of the show, [972.1s] but you won't have any lines. [973.0s] It'll be no problem. [974.2s] We defeating him [976.0s] in a talent contest is that [977.9s] can't rule it out. [979.1s] I hadn't considered this possibility. [982.8s] I have to do something better [983.9s] than one arm push ups. [985.5s] Yeah, like what if we just like [986.8s] do some great and embarrass him entirely? [990.1s] Oh, roast of orcas. [991.8s] Yes, roast of orcas. [994.0s] That's what we're going to do. [995.5s] Please, please. [998.2s] We're going to rap battle orcas to death. [1000.3s] We should have thought of this plan [1002.5s] at the beginning of the walk [1005.3s] and had time to think about it. [1007.7s] I have not trained for this. [1011.1s] How do I find that? [1012.4s] It's so hard to find the opening [1013.9s] to these frickin curtains. [1015.2s] Like, what the hell? [1016.8s] Fubble, fubble, fubble. [1018.2s] On the other side. [1022.1s] As the car, as the as the tapestry [1025.4s] that you see it is being pulled to the side, [1028.3s] Orcas is standing now 30 feet tall [1032.8s] and this glowing aura all about him. [1036.2s] Flames roiling up from the center of this pit [1039.3s] in the middle of his throne room. [1042.0s] Moot Glimsulley and Agath [1043.9s] and Glamikins come around the corner [1046.3s] and you see this scene as demons [1048.3s] are pouring out of the shadows [1050.3s] and down towards this portal [1052.1s] in the middle of this throne room. [1054.2s] Across, you see the other team [1057.5s] Bort, Thea, Lipsinki, Vorunax and Nighthunter [1060.7s] standing, as last we saw them, [1064.6s] defeated and dumbstruck [1067.8s] as everything is pouring into the material plane. [1073.9s] Orcas is letting out this huge cackling laughter [1079.6s] as he looks down at the team, [1081.6s] not noticing Moot Glimsulley and Agath yet. [1084.9s] Looks down at the team in the doorway [1087.3s] and waves his hand [1090.4s] and with a force through the air, [1093.2s] you feel this impact into your body. [1096.4s] Everybody in that doorway, [1098.4s] make a strength saving throw, please. [1101.8s] OK, so Lipsinki and Bort, [1106.8s] you are blown back 15 feet, [1109.7s] but still standing as this force hits you. [1112.2s] Everybody else, this wave of energy [1115.3s] comes across and hits you. [1116.6s] You feel your chest, like the air is sucked out of it [1119.7s] and you're blasted back [1121.6s] until you hit the wall behind you, [1123.7s] which is 25 feet. [1126.6s] And you're going to take [1132.4s] 12 bludgeoning damage [1137.2s] as you crumple and are now prone on this floor. [1140.9s] I'm glad we haven't noticed that our teammates have arrived, [1143.2s] because it would be so embarrassing if we knew [1145.8s] this is when they walked in. [1146.8s] Super. [1149.4s] Of course, Vorunax will stand up as soon as he's able to. [1152.7s] As you are all collecting yourselves, Moot Glimsulley, [1157.4s] I'm not going to keep saying 12 names. [1159.6s] Team Celestia, you see this team being blown back [1162.8s] and all these demons rush in. [1164.3s] What do you do? [1165.9s] I start the rap battle. [1170.1s] What else is there to do? [1172.2s] Yeah, someone lay down a beat. [1174.0s] A microphone is conveniently right there. [1177.8s] I do feel like horses would be pretty good at beatboxing. [1180.9s] I mean, yeah, I very much agree. [1183.0s] I think you're right. Yeah, 100 percent. [1185.1s] Flamikins Kins puts her fingers to her lips [1187.4s] and then closes the curtain. [1189.8s] So they didn't see us. [1194.2s] What if we went back to Tiamat? [1200.0s] And got better shit? Full stop, full stop. [1202.2s] What if we went back to Tiamat? [1204.1s] Lesser of two evils, they're trapped there. [1207.0s] Orcus isn't going to let Tiamat out. [1208.9s] It's a safe zone. [1210.0s] I mean, I really thought there was like a step two [1212.4s] to your plan. [1213.5s] Yeah. [1214.0s] You know, I thought there was when I started. [1216.1s] I put this fucking eye in. [1217.9s] You did. [1219.0s] Are you just trying to get back to Tiamat? [1220.4s] Because this isn't really the time, [1221.9s] I don't think, for like a little romantic interlude. [1225.8s] It's not time to bone. [1227.0s] I'm not afraid. [1228.9s] I was just trying to get laid. [1231.3s] It rhymes, so it must be true. [1232.7s] I mean, it must be true. [1233.8s] Why is that tattooed on my ass? [1236.6s] So now? [1237.4s] OK, plan B. [1240.7s] Moot, go. [1241.9s] OK. [1243.7s] We're spitballing. [1244.4s] We're brainstorming. [1245.4s] We didn't think of this at all from the whole. [1247.9s] This is the conversations we've [1249.2s] been having for the last who knows how many days. [1251.2s] This is just the flashback conversation to, yeah. [1253.9s] Guys, I need to tell you something important [1255.8s] because I read my character sheet. [1257.6s] Aura of protection. [1259.2s] All friendly creatures within 10 feet of me [1261.6s] have a plus three to all saving throws. [1264.5s] And aura of warding. [1265.7s] Love it. [1266.2s] All friendly creatures within 10 feet of me [1268.1s] have resistance to damage from spells. [1271.2s] Aura of courage. [1272.4s] You and friendly creatures within 10 feet of you [1274.5s] can't be frightened. [1276.5s] There's so many auras. [1279.1s] All relevant things. [1280.2s] I love this. [1280.8s] So that's all happening. [1282.4s] I'm not going to remember that. [1284.0s] I didn't remember it's my own character sheet. [1287.0s] Do we sneak? [1289.0s] I mean, we don't need to sneak. [1290.2s] He doesn't see us. [1291.0s] So do we just like blast him? [1293.5s] Or? [1294.3s] Yeah. [1294.8s] Yeah. [1295.3s] Yeah. [1296.4s] He's as tall as 12 houses. [1298.5s] He's so tall. [1299.3s] It's fine. [1300.8s] And he's like, there's that glow thing happening, [1303.7s] which is disconcerting. [1307.4s] I don't think he wants to hear. [1308.6s] I don't think he wants a pamphlet, which [1310.1s] is kind of like one of my standard go-tos [1312.4s] when I meet a new. [1314.4s] Love it. [1315.0s] OK. [1317.2s] OK, Agath? [1318.2s] Agath, you got anything? [1320.1s] So I think you look over and Agath is just sort of like [1323.0s] tightening all of the tack. [1326.1s] Yeah, all the like saddle and bridle, just making sure. [1329.2s] And just like swinging up onto Rax's back [1331.1s] and like getting the flail in her hand. [1333.5s] Like, what is there to talk about? [1336.2s] No, nothing, nothing, nothing. [1338.0s] Not looking down the barrel of a long, scary orcas. [1343.4s] And I just wanted to make sure we're all on the same page. [1346.6s] Charge forth and save the world. [1349.9s] Sure, start charging out unless somebody [1353.2s] is saying otherwise. [1355.6s] I was just looking to see if I have something [1357.5s] I can do for us before we go. [1359.4s] Yeah, I was looking for like a fun spell. [1362.1s] OK, well, I'm going to, before we go, cast Bless. [1366.8s] Sully, Agath, and Moot are my three creatures [1372.3s] that I have blessed. [1373.6s] Bahamut be with you. [1375.7s] And I like touch each of your foreheads and. [1378.5s] OK, yeah, appreciate the trust that I [1383.2s] can just handle myself. [1385.0s] It's fine. [1386.0s] You don't need it. [1387.3s] I knew you could handle it. [1389.8s] Well, what if you guys were to go out full force [1392.8s] and then Flamekins and I sneak around and like, [1398.5s] I don't know, try to fuck him up from behind. [1400.5s] Fuck him up. [1402.7s] Yeah, I like it. [1404.1s] He doesn't know what to expect. [1405.7s] So like, we go out, spells blazing or swords blazing [1412.6s] or whatever, and then you guys do [1414.5s] whatever seems like a cool, powerful thing [1417.2s] to do when you get. [1418.2s] Three of you charge in, blowing the tapestry off [1437.9s] into the side and charge down, [1441.1s] pushing through this wave of demons [1443.6s] that seems to be just never ending. [1448.4s] I assume you're screaming some sort of valiant battle cry. [1452.3s] You just write like some or get a sound effect [1454.9s] of a really angry like pen scratching on paper. [1458.4s] OK, you charge forward, you're screaming your battle cry [1461.2s] and Orcus turns and looks at you. [1465.0s] You get a moment for one action [1468.5s] before he gets to react to you entering. [1473.2s] Well, I would love to like time it [1475.9s] so that my Eldritch blasts will arrive at the same moment [1481.1s] as Agath and Rax do. [1484.7s] OK, so Rax charge, charge, charge, hits it [1488.9s] with a hoof attack. [1491.3s] So I guess Rax will roll a really crappy hoof attack. [1497.9s] Does an eight hit him? [1500.8s] It might. [1502.4s] You know what? [1503.4s] No. [1503.8s] OK. [1504.4s] Yeah, cool. [1505.0s] Didn't think so. [1505.5s] Close, very close. [1506.8s] Yeah, so close. [1508.2s] All right, we'll just go with the flail then. [1511.4s] 16. [1513.1s] No. [1514.6s] Wait, was I blessed? [1516.8s] So do I add a d4 to that crappy attack roll? [1520.4s] Not the one for Rax, but the 16. [1523.6s] You add a d4 to every attack. [1526.3s] So now it's a 17, Russ. [1528.7s] Boom. [1529.2s] You know what? [1530.2s] 17 does it. [1531.4s] Are you serious? [1532.3s] Bahamut, Bahamut. [1535.1s] Blessed you. [1537.4s] Hashtag blessed. [1538.7s] All right, so then. [1540.8s] The only applicable time it should ever be used. [1543.6s] That's amazing. [1544.8s] So that is six bludgeoning, and then five d4, [1549.3s] something of my choice. [1551.4s] I don't know, what does Orcus look like he hates the most? [1554.4s] Fire, lightning, cold. [1557.2s] Tiamat doesn't give happiness. [1558.5s] I mean, probably radiant. [1559.7s] Can you choose radiant? [1561.0s] No, Tiamat does not. [1562.6s] It's one of the dragon head damages. [1565.5s] Makes sense. [1566.4s] Roll, I guess, to no resistances. [1570.6s] You would have studied Orcus a bit. [1572.9s] So let's roll history. [1574.2s] Yeah, I hate him. [1575.3s] I've been hating that guy for a long time. [1577.6s] Number one enemy. [1578.5s] Old school hating Orcus. [1580.0s] I was hating Orcus before it was cool. [1581.9s] That's right. [1583.1s] I really was. [1585.1s] History 20, dirty 20. [1587.1s] So you know that, or have a strong sense, [1590.1s] that Orcus is resistant to cold, fire, and lightning, [1594.2s] but also immune to necrotic poison, [1599.8s] bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing. [1602.4s] That is non-magic. [1603.2s] Perfect. [1604.1s] What the fuck am I supposed to do? [1605.8s] So everything? [1606.6s] So I think what's left was acid? [1609.1s] Yeah. [1609.9s] Okay, so this puppy's doing acid now. [1614.6s] I'm so glad that Agatha's so learned. [1616.4s] Okay, so. [1617.2s] Who thinks to go for acid? [1618.4s] No. Right? [1619.4s] Nobody. [1620.5s] 16 acid damage, [1622.4s] and then the three, six magical bludgeoning damage [1626.2s] on the first attack. [1629.2s] 17 plus 12. [1631.9s] And a D4 if you need it. [1635.5s] 14 acid damage on that one. [1639.6s] And then the last strike of the flail. [1641.8s] Ooh, that's, oh, wait. [1645.4s] Four plus 12 is 16. [1647.5s] Roland Mablest again, plus another three. [1650.9s] So 19. [1653.0s] Thanks, Bahamut. [1654.5s] Bahamut coming in clutch. [1656.4s] Maybe helped plan the end of the world, [1658.8s] but you know, doing well right now. [1661.2s] Make it up for it. [1662.1s] I mean, this was more Tiamat. [1663.3s] Yeah. [1664.2s] Thanks, Tiamat. [1665.0s] You know, you guys get the blessing. [1665.8s] Both of them. [1667.1s] Both of them together. [1668.6s] Two sides of a good coin. [1670.1s] So that one is eight bludgeoning damage [1672.9s] plus 15 acid damage on that one. [1676.9s] Okay, Agatha comes rushing in, [1679.7s] Rax rears up and three huge flail hits go into Orcus. [1685.0s] You see these cut into, [1687.2s] and the acid begins to like sizzle away [1689.8s] the necrotic flesh that is on his leg [1693.1s] as you approach him. [1694.4s] Eldritch Blast come flying over your shoulder. [1697.6s] Give me some attack hits, Moot. [1700.7s] Yeah, let's do it. [1703.7s] 12. [1704.8s] So that's a 22 on the first one [1706.9s] and a 28 on the second. [1710.2s] And then we've got a 26 and a 19. [1714.2s] All will hit. [1715.1s] Okay. [1717.4s] Welcome to Math Orcus. [1720.0s] Yeah, and welcome to like level, [1722.4s] real high level characters. [1724.8s] With auras all over the place. [1726.2s] Oh yeah, the auras, I forgot. [1727.6s] I didn't even add the D4s, oh my God. [1730.3s] You hit, you're good. [1732.2s] All right, for damage, [1734.0s] it is a D10 plus four for each one. [1736.8s] So I've got a 12, a six, a 10, and a 10. [1741.4s] Okay, 38, and that's force damage? [1744.2s] Yes, force damage. [1746.2s] Okay. [1747.7s] I'm just writing down numbers. [1748.5s] Yeah, yeah. [1749.4s] I'll add them all up later, just to keep me true. [1752.0s] And Glim. [1753.6s] Yes, yes. [1755.6s] Following in behind the Eldritch Blast, [1758.6s] flying through the air with a sweet weapon. [1763.7s] Yeah, here's the thing. [1766.8s] The weapon isn't the best thing I have, [1768.8s] but it looks the best, so it is what I'm gonna use. [1772.6s] It looks the most cinematic. [1776.1s] So yeah, I'm gonna come in with the Sun Blade, [1779.1s] which no longer has a blade, [1781.2s] but in fact has just a radiant, [1783.7s] like zoom, zoom, zoom blade. [1786.8s] It's a lightsaber. [1787.7s] Basically it's a luminous kind of lightsaber. [1793.3s] So, it was a bad roll, [1797.2s] but it's okay because I have a plus 13, [1800.6s] so that's a 17, which I believe. [1803.2s] 17 hits. [1804.0s] Hits, okay, great. [1807.1s] Nice. [1810.6s] So that's 15 radiant damage. [1813.8s] Oh wait, whenever I hit, I get an extra D8. [1817.2s] Hell yeah. [1818.0s] Radiant damage, allows a one. [1821.2s] So what did I say the other one was? [1823.8s] Add a one to that. [1824.6s] Got it. [1825.7s] And then a second attack is a 21. [1831.6s] It is. [1832.8s] 17 radiant damage on the second one. [1839.3s] Okay, so from. [1841.9s] Is he undead? [1842.7s] He's not, is he? [1844.3s] No, he's not. [1845.6s] I thought for a half second you asked if he was dead, [1848.1s] and I was like, oh my God, no. [1850.3s] I killed him, right? [1851.2s] He got like 30 points of damage, [1853.4s] so like. [1854.3s] Everybody else comes back in, [1855.1s] really just like, oh, just loosen that, that. [1857.8s] Pickle jar. [1858.7s] Pickle jar there for you. [1861.2s] From the blasted back point at the door, [1864.9s] you are picking yourselves up off the wall [1867.9s] and moving back towards the room, [1870.2s] and you see the other team burst through this tapestry [1873.4s] on the back wall and come through this horde of demons [1876.8s] and begin just wailing in melee range with Orcus. [1883.6s] Holy shit. [1886.2s] You see in, what you have visibility on [1889.2s] is you see in Orcus's hand, [1890.9s] he's conjuring a necrotic bolt, [1894.5s] and he raises it up to the ceiling [1897.2s] and is throwing it down on top of the three of them. [1901.8s] Oh, that's, oh, oh, that's so bad. [1905.4s] Okay, yeah, you guys should move. [1909.2s] He's gonna. [1911.0s] So I rolled for each of you, [1913.1s] because I wanted it to be fair. [1914.8s] The lowest one was a 30. [1921.6s] We're fine. [1923.3s] I love it. [1926.5s] Now, keep in mind, [1927.6s] I'm a little bit removed from the rest of them, [1930.4s] as I am a spell caster [1931.9s] and don't have to be right there. [1934.2s] And he is 30 feet tall, [1935.6s] so I feel like he's like. [1937.8s] Yeah, no, he's probably got some range, [1939.2s] but like, if he's focused in one area, [1941.2s] maybe I'm a little bit outside of that. [1944.1s] Yeah, I mean, I think you're gonna get hit on this one, [1946.0s] any other ranged or anything, [1948.1s] I will take into account that you are back. [1950.2s] Okay. [1951.5s] Wait, you said 38? [1952.5s] No, that doesn't, that doesn't hit, yeah. [1954.8s] Yeah, right. [1956.2s] Do remember if you're in 10 feet of me, Tom, [1958.5s] before you decide where you are. [1960.0s] Well, apparently I'm within. [1960.8s] You do have resistance to damage from spells, so. [1963.4s] I'm within for this one, so. [1965.7s] So that's 42 force damage. [1969.3s] Plus nine poison damage. [1972.5s] Sweet. [1973.9s] But from a spell? [1975.1s] It's from a spell, right? [1976.0s] But is it from a spell? [1976.8s] Did he hit us? [1977.6s] Well, it's from Necrotic Bolt, [1979.1s] which is a ranged attack, [1981.1s] not specifically a spell, but. [1983.8s] Ah, okay. [1984.9s] Yeah. [1985.8s] It should probably be a spell. [1986.7s] Yeah. [1987.6s] Counter spell wouldn't have helped. [1988.5s] Yeah, no, not in that moment, yeah. [1990.6s] While all this is going on, [1992.2s] Sully's gonna do a little tattoo on himself. [1996.1s] Okay. [1997.0s] He can through, like, at the best point, [1999.4s] it might come out, [2000.9s] and he's gonna use his absorbing tattoo. [2004.1s] It says that the DM can choose the color [2008.3s] or determines it randomly. [2011.2s] I choose Necrotic. [2014.3s] You're so nice. [2015.4s] So nice. [2016.3s] That is nice. [2017.1s] He wasn't nice earlier, [2018.0s] so, you know, he's bAlydincing out the scales here for me. [2020.4s] Okay, so he's got a black tattoo [2022.2s] of a scaly sketch in real quick. [2024.3s] Are you serious? [2025.1s] Are you tattooing right now, [2026.2s] like, under pressure? [2027.1s] You just wanted to do a little bit of arts and crafts here? [2029.3s] What the fuck? [2030.2s] We're supposed to, like, sneak in here. [2031.1s] Come on, now. [2031.9s] I don't wanna die. [2033.0s] Yeah, okay, can you hook me up? [2034.8s] I don't think it works that way. [2036.1s] Oh. [2037.1s] Well, shit. [2038.0s] Okay, let's. Sorry. [2038.9s] The two of you head overhead like the three stooges, [2042.4s] but there's only two of you, [2044.3s] which really, you're side by side [2045.6s] because you're both very small. [2047.6s] Can't actually do that. [2049.4s] You peek through and you see a way, [2051.8s] you see the other team across the way. [2053.8s] You see the massive necrotic bolt hit your friends [2057.7s] and they're blown back from the range that they were. [2062.0s] You see the other team across the way [2063.5s] and you see, with all these demons kind of rushing down, [2066.8s] that there is a path around the perimeter that you, [2070.0s] well, Sully, you see, because you've got true sight. [2073.2s] You see a path around the perimeter [2074.5s] that you could make your way to the other team, [2076.4s] if you so desire. [2078.0s] Hey, fight me against. [2078.9s] Follow me. [2079.8s] Yeah, yeah, okay, I'll. [2080.6s] Be quiet. [2081.4s] Be sneaky. [2082.3s] I'll undo your tails. [2083.3s] I'll just speak as loudly as you're speaking. [2085.6s] And we sneak around the perimeter. [2090.1s] The plinking violin music. [2093.8s] As the two of them are sneaking around the perimeter [2095.9s] towards the other team, [2097.2s] who meanwhile have dusted off their lapels [2103.1s] and are making their way back into the fray. [2106.1s] What do you all want to do [2110.2s] seeing the other team there? [2111.7s] Vorunax is gonna move back up to the group. [2114.4s] I'm gonna go ahead and I'm gonna follow. [2117.5s] I got inspired earlier, [2118.6s] so I'm gonna pop a bless on our group [2122.0s] and give that to Nighthunter, to Flint, [2126.6s] and to Lipsinki, and then to my three peoples. [2131.5s] Okay, everybody keeping track of all the blessings. [2134.5s] All of them. [2136.1s] With bless on, new aura effect happening. [2142.6s] Whoever speaks first gets to do something magical. [2145.7s] I mean, yeah, I'll see him throwing this necrotic [2150.2s] bolt thing down on everyone [2151.8s] and I'll throw my dwarven thrower towards him. [2154.7s] Give me an attack roll. [2156.4s] Smooth little plus 14, that's a 29. [2159.8s] Ooh, a 19, which is actually a crit. [2162.6s] The third one was a 30. [2166.5s] So I believe I owe you some damage rolls. [2168.8s] Yeah, you do. [2170.0s] Smooth 46. [2172.4s] Just a smooth 46. [2174.3s] Dwarven thrower rings out, which on the third hit [2177.4s] kind of stumbles him forward. [2179.2s] Make a dexterity saving throw [2180.8s] for the group that's down by his feet. [2182.6s] Oh, okay, gladly. [2185.2s] I was an 18 before any bonuses. [2187.6s] Okay, and then it would be a goth and glim as well. [2191.7s] 16. [2192.8s] Didn't go so good for me, 14. [2194.7s] Moot, you with all those pluses, [2197.2s] you are fine because you're back a little ways too, [2200.4s] so you're at a lower DC. [2201.2s] A goth, you don't take any damage, [2202.5s] but you're knocked off racks [2204.0s] and you're down on the ground now. [2206.0s] Glim, you're going to take, [2207.7s] you get not stepped on entirely, [2209.9s] but like brushed up by this foot [2211.6s] that just comes quickly to catch himself. [2213.4s] You're gonna take 15, bludgeoning down. [2219.2s] Does Night Hunter still have the chains [2222.7s] that she picked up in Celestia? [2226.0s] I would say yes. [2227.2s] I don't know what they do. [2229.5s] Oh, the chains that you took from Bahamut's stuff. [2232.7s] Yeah. [2233.9s] Sure, what do you think they do? [2237.0s] Well, I think if I hit someone [2240.2s] or wrap them around someone, [2241.8s] it probably deals some, I don't know, [2246.6s] maybe some radiant damage. [2249.3s] Overthinking some Wonder Woman lasso style chains here. [2253.0s] I love it. [2253.8s] I've got the braziers, so. [2256.4s] Well, I've never used it before, [2258.1s] so I think I'm gonna whip it. [2261.6s] Coming in behind, you lash into the backside of Orcus. [2265.7s] Right on his butt. [2266.8s] Right on his butt. [2267.8s] That cuts deep into him with this radiant light. [2272.6s] 19. [2273.6s] That'll hit. [2274.8s] 22 damage. [2276.7s] In your second hit, these chains whip forth [2279.8s] and are dealing this radiant damage, [2282.2s] and then his tail swings around, [2284.4s] and he lets out this bellowing holler. [2287.3s] I wanna dodge it, Matrix style. [2290.0s] You can dodge it, Matrix style, [2291.6s] or you can try to. [2293.2s] He's going to try and hit you with it. [2295.8s] That's gonna be a 25. [2297.7s] Oh, yeah, but just barely hits me. [2300.9s] Okay, so that's gonna be 21 force damage, [2304.6s] nine poison damage. [2307.9s] Absinke. [2308.8s] Okay, oh man, I hate fighting this guy [2311.1s] when all my magic is from him. [2313.8s] It really makes things hard. [2315.8s] So I'm going to just Eldritch Blast. [2321.0s] Just Eldritch Blast at him. [2323.3s] Why not? [2324.7s] Why not? [2325.5s] Why not? [2328.0s] 17. [2329.2s] Oh, now 20. [2330.5s] Yeah. [2332.2s] 18. [2333.9s] 11. [2335.2s] Almost rolled max damage. [2337.5s] 34. [2338.7s] Whoa. [2339.5s] 34, so that's pretty good. [2343.9s] Yeah. [2345.5s] Yeah, you're back in the hallway, [2347.3s] making your way back to the room, [2350.8s] and you feel like this drop down the hall proper [2357.2s] before you enter. [2359.4s] You look down, you hear [2365.1s] sound of demons fighting out and beyond [2369.0s] and in the courtyard from the way you were before, [2373.3s] and you begin walking down this hall [2378.0s] back to the statues that were there [2381.2s] that were housing weapons. [2383.7s] Nobody sees you turn and walk down there [2386.8s] and you make your way back down. [2388.3s] And before it was that you were running out [2390.6s] and there was so much happening, [2391.9s] you didn't have the presence to look [2395.8s] and to register what it is. [2397.3s] But in one of these sconces, [2399.6s] there is this dark set alcove [2403.5s] and there's this figure standing and holding a blade. [2409.7s] That blade has these glowing red eyes on it. [2415.0s] Oh, this fucking thing, God damn it. [2419.0s] I'm gonna try to talk to the blade. [2421.7s] Okay, you've got a moment to speak to the blade. [2425.6s] Yo, you alive? [2427.8s] You see the background shift in this space. [2433.5s] Clouds begin to move, lightning strikes [2436.2s] and there's this glow that comes from the entire blade [2439.7s] and then shrivels back. [2442.0s] I'm gonna take that as a yes. [2443.8s] Okay, blink two times, glow twice if you're evil, [2448.2s] once if you're good. [2450.1s] It glows once. [2451.3s] Oh, you can be fucking lying to me. [2455.4s] Thea shrugs and takes the blade. [2458.0s] You grab the blade and everything goes dark around you [2461.8s] and then comes back. [2463.0s] Did you blink? [2464.2s] Was it a long blink? [2466.2s] Am I just blinking? [2467.4s] It's a long blink. [2468.3s] That's what blinking is, everything goes dark. [2471.2s] Everything around you goes dark, you didn't blink [2473.8s] and then comes back and you're in the space [2476.1s] and you hear the eldritch blasts [2478.0s] and you hear Orcus whipping his tail [2481.9s] and blasts landing down on your friends. [2486.0s] You sheath the dagger and you make your way back [2490.5s] to the fray. [2492.4s] Okay. [2493.6s] As you make your way back to the door, [2496.2s] Sully and Flamikins come around the corner. [2500.4s] Hey, hey, Thea, hey, Thea, good to see ya. [2504.9s] It's been a long time, I fucked a dragon. [2506.8s] Oh, okay, that was information. [2508.3s] TMSPG dubs. [2509.8s] Okay, I mean. [2511.0s] Real, just like real stand up individual now, [2513.9s] I don't know if you know this. [2515.2s] You've had some a lot of changes. [2516.7s] I'm not sure if this is the time [2518.3s] to spill this kind of tea for, [2520.8s] in the middle of something. [2523.6s] I didn't get blessed, so. [2526.0s] I mean. [2526.8s] I'm really just kind of holding back. [2528.7s] Okay, that's something we can talk about [2530.5s] at a team meeting later, I guess. [2532.2s] Okay, great, great, great, great, great. [2534.3s] So what's the plan? [2535.6s] I see everybody's just kind of piling on. [2538.1s] Sully and I came over here to figure out [2541.2s] what's been happening with you [2543.8s] and maybe there's something brewing somewhere else [2546.2s] that we could be working on to make sure [2547.9s] that this doesn't, I mean, have you looked? [2552.3s] What happened? [2553.3s] Well, he is like, kind of like a god, [2557.5s] so it's really hard to kill him. [2560.3s] So I think everyone's just out there [2562.1s] doing their best, you know? [2564.4s] I found this dagger that called to me though, [2566.4s] so I think I'm gonna stab him with it. [2568.4s] Oh, right in the butt. [2570.0s] Yeah. [2571.8s] That's how all Orcuses die. [2574.6s] I don't know if that's true, [2576.5s] but are you guys gonna just be like all sneaky [2579.0s] and just come out behind him and do something great? [2582.6s] I don't know, Sully, was that the plan? [2584.1s] Were we gonna sneak up behind him and do something great? [2587.4s] Well, yeah, I think it's like [2588.6s] he means he's pretty distracted right now, so. [2591.6s] All right, let's go fucking give it a try. [2593.9s] Okay, you first. [2595.2s] A wave goes out from Orcus [2597.4s] as everybody starts to crowd around him [2600.4s] and everybody needs to make a constitution saving throw [2605.8s] who is within 60 foot radius. [2609.9s] So that's gonna be pretty much everybody. [2612.6s] Yeah. Yeah. [2614.6s] Did everybody beat a 23? [2616.2s] Yes. No. [2617.1s] No. Yes. [2619.0s] Okay, so those who did not save [2621.1s] take 25 necrotic damage. [2624.9s] Everybody else takes half. [2627.6s] Where Vorunax and Lipsinki are standing, [2632.2s] skeletal arms rise up from the area beneath you [2634.9s] in a 20 foot square [2637.3s] and last until basically for a full round. [2642.6s] Each creature in that area must make a DC [2645.5s] 23 strength saving throw. [2648.0s] 20, 25. [2648.8s] My dice have been fucking me all night. [2652.0s] That's an 11. [2654.4s] I'm so little and you're so big. [2657.3s] Well, you're slipping between them. [2658.4s] You're evading. [2659.3s] That's what you're doing. [2660.1s] That makes sense. [2660.9s] It's perfect. [2662.3s] Vorunax, you are restrained until the arms disappear [2665.4s] or until Orcus releases them. [2667.6s] No action required on my part to release them [2670.0s] but he won't. [2671.4s] But what if I cast freedom of movement [2674.5s] which allows me to not be restrained or paralyzed? [2679.9s] Well, you can do that when you have a good. [2683.9s] I will do that when my turn is up. [2687.4s] I do like that our strategy was just [2689.7s] going guns blazing. [2691.3s] Run in? [2693.4s] Yeah. [2694.2s] I'm so into it. [2696.7s] Otherwise you're gonna have four episodes of planning. [2701.0s] And also a goth. [2702.6s] That's what she would do. [2703.8s] 100%. [2704.6s] It's what Glenn would do. [2705.5s] Glenn would start throwing bolts with his hands. [2707.8s] Just wanna punch this asshole in the face. [2710.0s] That has been the goal since day number one. [2713.0s] Yeah. [2714.8s] All the bridges have led us here. [2716.6s] Ha ha ha. [2717.4s] Ha ha ha. [2718.3s] Because Grancis isn't here, right? [2719.8s] Yeah, Grancis is. [2720.8s] Grancis is not currently. [2721.6s] Doing his own thing. [2722.5s] Not yet. [2723.3s] See, there was a plan. [2724.3s] Yeah, we had that part of the plan. [2725.1s] But we left a lot of the part of the plan to Grancis [2727.8s] and that was the major flaw in the plan. [2729.6s] This is probably a mistake in our approach, yeah. [2732.9s] Big gamble. [2739.2s] Oh, it's the middle and we've got some things to say [2742.8s] which is mostly just a reminder [2744.8s] that we've got a Google form in the description [2747.8s] where you can submit your questions about this season [2752.1s] and season one and all the things. [2755.0s] Dumbgeons and Dragons, Decimators of Dragons, [2758.9s] Destiny's Children, all of those things. [2762.2s] We wanna hear about them [2763.4s] because we're wrapping up season two. [2764.7s] We've only got a few episodes left after this. [2767.2s] Finale is expected by the end of September. [2769.4s] September 27th, which is very close. [2773.1s] And then we're gonna be recording a grab bag Q&A, [2777.5s] retrospect look back at the last six years, [2783.3s] nine if you include the four of us [2786.1s] playing around the table. [2787.4s] It's been a wild ride [2789.0s] where we've had very similar characters. [2791.7s] I mean, the same characters really for some of us [2795.6s] since we started first playing around the table [2798.8s] back in 2013, that feels like longer. [2803.1s] That's almost 10 years. [2804.2s] I can't math very well. [2805.8s] So what am I trying to say? [2807.5s] There's a Google form in the description of this episode [2809.6s] and we'll put it in the next few episodes as well [2812.4s] that we want you to send us your questions, [2814.5s] comments, wonderments, thoughts [2817.7s] on the story as we have built it. [2820.8s] Again, season three is gonna be something new [2822.8s] and different and fun and exciting [2825.4s] and we can't wait to share that with you. [2827.1s] We've started planning for that [2829.6s] and are gonna be releasing some world building episodes [2832.8s] and some thoughts and testing out new characters [2836.6s] and all of that. [2837.4s] But before we get to that, let's put a cap on this. [2841.3s] So we hope to have your questions. [2843.1s] Again, if you can send those into us by October 2nd, [2846.9s] we'll record on October 3rd [2848.8s] and we'll get that out to you very soon after that. [2853.2s] Okay, I think that's all I have for you now. [2856.6s] I'll go back to this episode and I hope you enjoy it. [2863.2s] The ground begins to shake [2864.4s] and fissures begin to open all over the throne room. [2868.6s] Intense tremors can be felt through yourselves. [2873.0s] Everybody make a constitution saving throw. [2875.7s] Now instead of doing that, [2878.4s] could Sully and Thea levitate? [2883.1s] What about if I just time a jump well? [2886.2s] Yes, that also, yeah. [2889.7s] Moot was all state high jump champ, I'll have you know. [2894.3s] Okay, those who did not beat a 23, [2899.4s] you are knocked prone and down into this rubble [2904.0s] that is forming from this earthquake [2905.8s] that is ringing out through the throne room. [2910.6s] You're gonna take 37 bludgeoning damage. [2914.4s] Everybody else, you maintain your footing [2917.5s] and you only take 30, not 30. [2921.2s] You only take 37 damage. [2923.9s] No, you only take 18 of that bludgeoning damage. [2927.6s] What if they levitated? [2928.8s] Do they take any damage? [2929.6s] If you levitated, you don't take damage [2932.7s] because you're floating in the air. [2934.8s] However, a giant TNT Acme Anvil falls on them. [2942.5s] It's a dynamite anvil? [2943.9s] Dynamite anvil, sounds like a band name. [2946.0s] Followed by Wile E. Coyote, [2949.4s] who was trying to catch the Road Runner. [2951.6s] It's Bort's turn. [2953.8s] All right, so I will head on forward [2958.6s] with probably my Dwarven Thrower. [2962.5s] Yeah, it's probably my best course of action here. [2964.7s] I'm not gonna get too close to him, [2966.3s] but I'm gonna, if there's a gap [2968.5s] where it's a little more spread out from other people, [2971.8s] I'm gonna go kinda occupy that space [2974.5s] and I will throw my hammer at him three times. [2979.3s] Okay. [2981.2s] First one's a crit with a 19, [2983.6s] second is a crit with an 18, [2986.5s] and then a two plus 14 is 16, [2990.3s] so I don't think that one's gonna hit. [2991.7s] Yes, sir, both those will hit. [2993.7s] But two crits. Recruit. [2995.2s] So like, we'll take that. [2996.4s] Dwarven Throwers zipping through the air, [3001.4s] ringing through the air as they crush into Orcus. [3004.2s] Orcus is going to take a couple steps back, [3008.0s] which is away from the portal at this moment. [3011.7s] Excellent. [3013.1s] Thea. [3013.9s] Okay, how close am I to him? [3019.7s] We kinda had you at the door, [3022.7s] so 30 feet. [3025.4s] Okay, so I'm gonna use my 30 feet [3032.1s] to run. [3033.4s] You're levitating? [3034.9s] No, because they're boots of levitation, [3038.1s] so unless someone pushes me in a general direction, [3040.8s] they're fucking useless. [3041.7s] Then the earthquake has created difficult terrain. [3044.3s] Okay, I say, Sully, give me a shove. [3047.8s] I want him to shove me, I wanna go a little bit. [3049.7s] I need to get a little closer to him. [3052.1s] Yeah, like, there's enough stuff on the ground [3054.6s] that you could propel yourself forward. [3056.3s] Oh, okay, yeah. [3057.7s] Yeah, be cool. [3059.7s] Hey, you said he's like 30 feet tall, right? [3063.5s] I'm gonna get close enough to him, [3066.1s] and then when I do, [3067.5s] I'm gonna take out one of my here-to-there diamonds. [3071.3s] I'm gonna throw it up in the air and catch it [3073.7s] focusing on landing on his neck. [3079.2s] And then I'm gonna take that weirdo dagger [3082.1s] and I'm gonna try to stab him in the eye with it. [3084.7s] Love it. [3085.7s] You propel yourself forward with the levitate. [3089.0s] You toss up the here-to-there diamond. [3093.1s] You are now directly in front of Orcus's face. [3100.0s] You can smell the hot, sticky, disgusting breath [3104.5s] washing over you. [3108.0s] Do you make an attack roll? [3109.3s] I do. [3110.1s] Oh, no. [3115.0s] That was a one. [3116.1s] Oh, no. [3119.0s] But I have two. [3120.0s] No, that's a crit fail. [3121.4s] I know, but I have two attacks. [3123.5s] Okay, so you reach to stab into Orcus's face. [3129.8s] You come up right in front of him [3132.2s] and swiftly a hand comes up in front of you, [3135.2s] and you stab him in the face. [3137.2s] You come up right in front of him [3138.4s] and swiftly a hand comes up and grabs you [3142.9s] and is holding you out. [3145.8s] You can take your second attack. [3148.7s] You feel his hand crushing down on your body. [3152.2s] Oh, God, no. [3154.4s] Okay. [3157.0s] Instead of attacking, I'm going to wild shape. [3163.9s] Bones begin to crush. [3165.6s] Jesus, hold on. [3167.3s] I panic. [3168.2s] I wild shape into a bat. [3172.2s] One of those little fruit bats. [3175.5s] So then his big hand is like, where'd she go? [3178.3s] Every breath you take is leaving you [3181.1s] and you're having trouble catching your breath [3183.2s] and then you snap into a small fruit bat. [3186.3s] You take 42 hand crushing damage. [3192.2s] Was that before the bat? [3193.7s] That was before the bat. [3196.0s] 42 squished. Squished, yeah. [3198.4s] It's a bludgeoning probably, but. [3201.0s] Fuck. [3203.0s] And you are now a bat. [3204.5s] Orcus looks confused and is looking around [3207.6s] trying to swat at you. [3209.0s] You fly out of the way and you are up in the rafters [3213.3s] of this throne room. [3215.4s] The demons have slowed rushing forward, [3218.3s] but the final few begin to turn on you and your group. [3223.3s] Vorunax, you're still being held in place. [3226.0s] Three of them are going to rush towards you [3228.6s] and jump on top and try to attack you with advantage. [3233.2s] So a total of 26 slashing damage. [3240.5s] Cool. [3241.9s] What else you got? [3242.9s] You now have, that's what I've got right now. [3245.8s] Sully. [3247.1s] Sully watches Thea pull that bat shit crazy stuff [3252.0s] going on. [3253.1s] What you want to do now? [3254.4s] Go on. [3255.2s] Use the eye. [3258.6s] Well for fucking what? [3262.6s] To levitate or to make an ability check? [3265.0s] What the fuck do you want me to use the eye for? [3267.6s] Be more specific. [3268.4s] All the spells that you have. [3269.8s] Clairvoyance, crown of madness, disintegrate, [3272.5s] dominate monster, or eye bite. [3274.4s] Oh right, that one. [3276.3s] Listen, I'm sick. [3278.6s] Okay, I'm gonna bite him with my eye. [3282.2s] My eyes go black, become an inky void, [3287.2s] imbued with dread power. [3290.6s] Orcus must succeed on a wisdom saving throw. [3296.1s] Just gonna full stop right there [3297.8s] and let you use your legendary resistance. [3300.4s] I'll roll it first. [3302.6s] 26. [3304.3s] So I, no, I guess that's it. [3305.6s] Sully just stares hard at him. [3307.9s] Orcus is swatting around for this bat [3309.8s] and you see him, he clocks you across the room. [3315.0s] He takes a quick step forward, swings his tail. [3319.7s] He's gonna swipe at a goth. [3322.8s] That's going to be a team 23. [3326.6s] No, bam, shield. [3329.3s] Denied. Deflect the tail [3330.6s] as it comes by. [3332.8s] Okay, Vorunax, you have three demons on top of you [3337.8s] and you're being restricted. [3338.9s] Yes, you are correct about that. [3341.6s] Strength saving throw to try and break free. [3344.2s] I don't wanna do that. [3346.6s] Okay. [3347.4s] Oh, right, you got freedom of movement. [3348.3s] Well, I do have that. [3349.8s] But I'm also going to do, instead of that, [3352.6s] I'm gonna do thunder step. [3355.6s] And I'm gonna teleport myself to an unoccupied space [3358.6s] you can see within range, which is 90 feet. [3361.1s] And Russ, would you let me thunder step my way up [3365.2s] onto Orcus's shoulder? [3368.0s] Yeah, sure. [3369.1s] I do that. [3370.0s] You were his right hand. [3371.0s] You were kind of an Iago to his Jafar. [3372.9s] Everybody just wants to get right in his face, eh? [3375.5s] So I need those three JoBees that were on top of me [3378.9s] to make a constitution saving throw. [3381.8s] They gotta beat a 212. [3385.0s] They didn't roll higher than a four. [3386.7s] Rolled for all of them. [3387.8s] So give it to them, baby. [3390.7s] So 15 thunder damage to them. [3394.1s] And resounding thunder can be heard [3396.8s] throughout the room. [3398.6s] So those demons, basically, they like explode. [3402.1s] They're eviscerated and the bones around, [3404.8s] the floor that were coming up and restraining you, [3407.8s] explode out, shrapnel going everywhere. [3411.4s] And you find yourself where you wanna be, [3413.6s] up on his shoulder. [3414.4s] Yes, yes, yes. [3415.6s] Anything you would like to do up on his shoulder. [3417.4s] Yeah, I just pop up there and I'm gonna say, [3419.8s] we're all gonna kill you. [3421.6s] You are going to end here today, [3422.9s] regardless of all the gods you eat. [3424.6s] Eat as many as you want. [3427.0s] I would forfeit them to see you die. [3429.8s] He turns his head to you. [3432.5s] In like an unnatural way, [3434.2s] you hear the bones in his neck clicking and cracking [3437.7s] as it turns to face you on your shoulder. [3441.9s] And his smile opens wide and flames [3444.9s] are billowing inside of it. [3447.4s] Smoke coming up and out of his nose. [3450.5s] Nothing happens yet. [3451.9s] That's all you see. [3453.7s] Night Hunter. [3455.6s] Night Hunter is gonna rage. [3459.2s] She lets out a maddened cry and rages as well as frenzies. [3468.0s] And then she is going to take the chains [3471.8s] and whip them and try to ensnare Orcus's leg. [3479.8s] How about 18? [3481.2s] Get him to make a strength saving throw. [3484.2s] It's a 16. [3485.4s] And is it like now encircled his leg? [3488.2s] Yeah, save that, yep. [3489.4s] Okay, does it continue to deal damage [3494.1s] as like being wrapped around him? [3498.6s] Yeah, yeah. [3499.8s] Yeah, that's what I want. [3500.7s] It will deal on, as long as you hold it on his leg, [3504.6s] it will deal an additional 10 at the start of his turn. [3509.1s] So while they're down there holding that, [3512.6s] she's gonna take Corpse Grinder and hack at his Achilles. [3517.8s] Okay, you've got the whip wrapped around his leg [3520.5s] and you're laying into him with the Corpse Grinder. [3524.5s] You feel the chains like buckle [3532.6s] and you feel movement within the chains. [3538.0s] And instead of a tail, he's going to try and fling you. [3542.3s] I'll give you a chance to either let go [3544.2s] or if you're gonna hang on, [3545.7s] you're gonna make a strength saving throw. [3547.9s] I think Night Hunter would hang on. [3550.4s] You hang on to this as this leg kicks out [3553.2s] and drags you through the air [3556.6s] and you are coming back down in like this arc, [3561.6s] but you're coming back down towards the portal [3566.0s] to the material plane. [3568.3s] Which as you see, you're arcing down and through [3573.0s] is like up, elevated in the sky. [3577.2s] It's like looking down. [3578.8s] You see now the view of the material plane [3582.6s] and you actually see Waterdeep, [3584.6s] not in the far distance [3586.2s] with all these demons swarming [3588.0s] and cascading towards this wall. [3591.4s] The army of Waterdeep is pushing them back [3595.6s] and fighting them back [3596.9s] and you are falling down through this portal [3602.4s] and everybody sees you holding on to this chain, [3607.0s] go down through and disappear from the throne room. [3611.6s] Glim. [3613.2s] What I'm gonna do is, [3615.0s] you said Night Hunter's still hanging on [3616.6s] or I guess we don't know. [3617.7s] They just disappeared. [3618.9s] Yeah, you can't see Night Hunter [3620.2s] from your current position. [3622.0s] Okay, well, I liked what they were doing [3625.3s] so I'm going to do the same similar thing [3630.1s] with the Sun Blade. [3632.2s] I'm gonna stab and then use Nature's Wrath [3638.4s] to like try and pin that foot down with spectral vines. [3645.6s] So then as a bonus action, [3648.0s] I'm gonna do ensnaring strike [3650.7s] so I have hit them with a melee attack [3656.0s] and then they need to make a strength throw [3658.1s] against a writhing mass of thorny vines [3661.7s] at the point of impact where I have stabbed [3664.2s] and I was aiming for that same, [3666.7s] what did I make that clear? [3669.5s] That's attached to my friend. [3671.2s] I wanna try and hold it there [3673.9s] so they can hopefully still be holding on [3675.8s] and climb back up that chain. [3677.8s] His foot's in place, [3679.9s] he's not gonna use something [3681.7s] to try and break out of that right now. [3683.6s] Okay, great. [3684.5s] His foot is restrained. [3687.5s] Okay. [3689.3s] Agath. [3691.0s] Do I have any position here [3694.2s] where I could, you know, I don't know, [3696.5s] maybe set off a giant cone of pain [3699.2s] and not catch any of my allies in it? [3702.5s] Just right at his groin. [3704.3s] Could I like blast it into his dick? [3708.3s] Yeah, yeah. [3709.1s] Because if Arnox is up on the shoulder, [3714.6s] I'm over by the foot. [3715.8s] I'm nowhere near that dick, so you're good. [3718.1s] I specifically spread out away from other people. [3721.6s] It is a 90-foot cone, [3723.6s] just to be fair to, [3726.4s] I mean, if you're right underneath, [3728.0s] You're right underneath. [3729.1s] Okay. [3729.9s] I mean, it's gonna spread out, [3730.8s] it's gonna hit, yeah, absolutely. [3732.4s] It's gonna hit him in the dick. [3735.5s] So I'm going to just like whip that flail around, [3740.8s] get nice like a vortex going [3743.2s] and it's gonna blast acid right up there. [3748.2s] He's gonna need to make a dexterity saving throw. [3751.0s] It's just nair. [3753.6s] And his one foot is holding him still. [3756.3s] Oh yeah, is that gonna affect the dexterity? [3758.9s] Maybe, it's not very dextrous with his. [3762.3s] Can't really dodge it. [3764.1s] Nope. [3765.9s] Okay, that's a 12. [3768.3s] It's dexterity saving throw. [3769.9s] He's looking at Vorunax. [3772.5s] He's shaking his foot. [3773.9s] He put his right foot in, [3775.2s] he put his right foot out. [3776.6s] He did the hook. [3777.4s] He got his right foot stuck in some things. [3780.2s] I don't think it makes sense for him [3781.9s] to see this coming, [3784.2s] a blast of acid at his dick. [3787.1s] All right. [3789.0s] So no, no, he's good. [3791.0s] Well, then I'm gonna roll my 14d6 unimpeded. [3794.4s] Oh my God. [3797.8s] Oh shit. [3799.6s] That's gonna be 52 points of acid dick damage. [3803.5s] I think that's pretty damn good. [3806.0s] I don't think he's got a dick anymore. [3807.9s] That's it, it's gone. [3810.2s] The dick is outta here. [3811.2s] No baby orcas is. [3814.2s] And then, you know what? [3816.0s] Fuck it, I'm gonna action surge. [3818.6s] Yeah, fuck you. [3820.0s] So that I can hit him some more. [3821.6s] I can't do that again, that's done for the day. [3824.5s] But I can hit him three times with the flail. [3829.5s] She keeps hitting me in the dick. [3833.0s] Repeatedly. [3834.5s] 49 points of acid slash magic bludgeoning plus nine. [3840.6s] So that's another 58 points of flail damage [3844.9s] on that action surge. [3846.4s] He really should not have pissed off Goth. [3849.3s] Yeah, and then Goth just also remembered [3852.2s] that she's a cleric. [3853.6s] So screw it, let's have a little bonus action. [3857.4s] The spiritual weapon. [3859.1s] Hell yeah. [3860.0s] Yes. [3860.8s] Fucking do it. [3862.4s] Amazing. [3864.4s] So a Goth was previously a cleric of Eldath. [3869.3s] And her symbol is a waterfall plunging into a still pool. [3874.2s] So let's just make this like radiant water [3880.4s] pouring down on him. [3882.7s] Is he dead yet? [3885.3s] Not yet. [3886.3s] Orcus takes a massive acid blast to the dick. [3893.1s] Followed by repeated blows and he falls to a knee. [3897.3s] He varnocks, make a dexterity saving throw [3900.1s] as he is falling. [3904.3s] You gotta try and hold on. [3906.0s] That is a 15. [3908.5s] Okay, you can hold on however you do [3910.9s] whether to grow skin or mask [3914.1s] or however you find yourself on there. [3917.4s] He takes these hits and everybody sees [3922.8s] the same like ghostly auras [3928.7s] in the first battle. [3929.8s] This was the first time that Muclum [3931.0s] and Sully or Goth and flaming kins all see this. [3933.4s] But these ghostly auras begin to leave different [3936.8s] like cut marks on Orcus. [3940.5s] And they're clouding around him. [3943.5s] It's not clear if they're moving in a direction [3946.0s] but they're beginning to like sieve out of him. [3949.6s] There is a sound that is back down the hall. [3954.1s] It's a like low buzzing sound that you hear. [3961.7s] It's off in the distance. [3962.9s] Sounds very far away but there's this low buzzing sound. [3967.0s] And Moot, it is now your turn. [3969.5s] Okay, Moot reaches into his pouch [3974.8s] and he pulls out what looks like a red colored vial [3981.7s] and he casts Summon Fiend at a seventh level. [3990.4s] Okay. [3992.9s] So it requires concentration up to one hour. [3996.0s] I call forth a fiendish spirit. [3998.7s] It manifests in an unoccupied space that I can see [4002.2s] which we'll just do right next to Orcus. [4005.4s] When I cast the spell, I choose either a demon, [4008.6s] a devil or a Yugaloth. [4010.3s] And I'm gonna go with the demon. [4012.3s] And it is an ally to me and my companions. [4014.8s] It shares my initiative count [4016.7s] and takes his turn immediately after mine. [4019.7s] This demon appears in front of Orcus [4023.5s] and it will throw some multi-attack bite action his way. [4028.9s] The first two, first one is a 16, second one is a 27 [4036.1s] and third one is a 19. [4042.2s] Okay, first one doesn't hit, second two do. [4044.4s] It's 14 on the first one and a 13 on the second one. [4048.2s] So 27 in total. [4049.7s] This fiend shows up and starts laying into Orcus [4053.6s] and these auras [4059.1s] every hit begins shooting off [4063.2s] and there's different colors coming up and out [4065.7s] of different wounds that are inflicted within Orcus. [4071.2s] Okay, Lipsinki. [4072.6s] This is gonna Ultra Blast him. [4075.0s] In the dick. [4076.2s] Of course, yeah, hit him where it hurts. [4078.6s] In the missing dick. [4082.1s] Orcus is, has sustained an intense amount of damage [4087.2s] in these last 12 seconds. [4094.4s] Fuck D&D battle. [4098.5s] He is actively trying to crawl as much as he can [4106.7s] towards the portal right now. [4109.8s] Yeah, he's trying. [4110.7s] He moves as much as he can [4113.0s] and then like the tension in his leg [4115.8s] where he's restrained is holding him back. [4119.4s] See him reach. [4121.1s] He's trying to pull himself forward. [4124.8s] And then everyone hears this booming voice [4131.5s] throughout the room. [4135.3s] It's Orcus' voice, but it's not coming from Orcus [4139.5s] and it's like pinging itself around. [4143.0s] It lands on board. [4146.8s] Everyone is focused on Orcus, [4150.3s] but the lair action is deadly utterance. [4156.2s] Orcus' voice booms throughout the lair [4160.1s] and lands on one creature of Orcus' choice [4164.0s] and they're subject to power word kill. [4167.5s] Are you below 100 hit points? [4172.1s] Yes, indeed I am. [4174.8s] It hits you, Bort, like a ton of bricks. [4183.0s] In Thea from up above, you see Bort's body go rigid [4194.4s] and fall to his knees and then fall face first. [4198.1s] I will voice a terrible cry later, [4203.2s] right in this spot right here. [4205.9s] Everybody hears the body hit and it silences the room. [4211.1s] There's like this one last exasperated breath [4217.1s] that comes from Orcus as all of these auras vacate [4223.0s] his now deceased corpse. [4234.5s] The buzzing sound from down the hall intensifies [4239.6s] and flying in on backs of these winged creatures [4247.9s] are thousands of Grancis. [4252.6s] That begin pouring out and down through the portal. [4262.8s] The one true Grancis comes forward. [4267.7s] Says, you got him, did you get him? [4270.8s] I mean, he doesn't have a dick anymore, so. [4275.4s] And as all of these grandsai are pouring down [4279.4s] into the material plane, [4281.6s] you all look down through this portal. [4286.6s] Flames roiling and you see these demon creatures [4292.9s] tearing havoc over the plane. [4297.1s] They also see Night Hunter hanging on by one hand [4300.4s] with her huge bicep and just corpse grinder in the other, [4304.0s] just slashing out whatever things are coming by her. [4307.8s] And that's where we'll leave today's episode. [4319.2s] Dumbgeons and Dragons, season two, episode 153, [4323.2s] starring Amy More as Thea, Night Hunter, and Sully. [4327.1s] Carla Maxted as Lipsinki and Glim, [4329.5s] Tom Laird as Bort and Moot, [4331.6s] with Kyle Claset as Vorunax, [4333.4s] Kristen Flemmons as a Goth, [4335.1s] Godloss Cthulhu Alavi, Peter Joseph Lewis as Orcus, [4338.6s] and Russ More as your dungeon master. [4341.0s] Dialogue editing by Carla Maxted, [4343.1s] and sound design by Russ More. [4345.1s] This episode featured music from Epidemic Sound [4347.5s] and sound effects from Epidemic Sound, [4349.3s] Boom Library, and Sound Ideas. [4351.0s] Flight of the Bumblebee is by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, [4354.6s] released under public domain and Creative Commons. 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