--- > [!Danger] Disclaimer > *This transcript was auto-generated by a model and may not be perfectly accurate. In particular, the speaker labels may sometimes overlap with other speakers and cause the model to label one speaker as someone else.* --- 02:37.407 --> 02:43.194 [Riv (DM)]: Alright, cool. 02:43.255 --> 02:43.695 [Riv (DM)]: We're live. 02:43.715 --> 02:44.756 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: JC, say something crazy. 02:45.097 --> 02:47.400 [Riv (DM)]: Can I press my push-to-talk? 02:47.420 --> 02:47.740 [Riv (DM)]: Oh, whoops. 02:48.661 --> 02:53.468 [Riv (DM)]: I feel like the last few sessions we've opened the stream and someone said something absolutely unhinged. 02:55.130 --> 02:58.294 [Riv (DM)]: I'm just talking shit. 02:58.314 --> 02:58.474 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah. 02:59.335 --> 03:00.056 [Riv (DM)]: Okay, alrighty. 03:01.037 --> 03:05.423 [Riv (DM)]: Quick recap, to be honest, because the... yeah. 03:07.006 --> 03:13.897 [Riv (DM)]: The last session basically picked up right after killing Dread General Blackmarsh in the Stoneheart. 03:14.418 --> 03:20.547 [Riv (DM)]: And the first half of the session was basically, how do we get back? 03:20.647 --> 03:23.772 [Riv (DM)]: We need to get Marius back to the loyalist side of the river. 03:24.213 --> 03:29.942 [Riv (DM)]: And so there was a little bit of a showdown with about 25 soldiers outside the Stoneheart. 03:29.922 --> 03:32.266 [Riv (DM)]: An intimidation temp was tried. 03:32.326 --> 03:44.925 [Riv (DM)]: You thought that you might be able to break their morale by showing the severed head of Black Marsh but unfortunately a few unlucky rolls and it was not successful and so they open fire and you've retreated back into the Stoneheart itself. 03:46.587 --> 03:57.904 [Riv (DM)]: Some pretty clever spells to barricade the door and you managed to slip out the back side through the... back through the Hall of the Guardians and then out the side of the Stoneheart and into the streets. 03:58.087 --> 04:14.205 [Riv (DM)]: Where you trace the similar path that you took on the way in back down through the tunnel and Berberis's trusty giant badger pulled the tunnel down behind you so that that route is now being cut off and blocked hopefully for the time being. 04:15.738 --> 04:17.100 [Riv (DM)]: Marius returned home. 04:17.120 --> 04:23.552 [Riv (DM)]: He immediately went to his advisors while you guys went to sleep and took a well-deserved rest after a very, very long day. 04:23.592 --> 04:37.155 [Riv (DM)]: And then the next morning you were summoned to go to the War Council where Marius, Beric, and several other nobles and generals and advisors were meeting to discuss around what the next step should be. 04:38.384 --> 04:46.854 [Riv (DM)]: The problem is that the forces of both sides of this conflict are roughly equal at the moment, around 4,000 strong soldiers. 04:48.336 --> 05:03.133 [Riv (DM)]: Because there is only one entry point across the river, it becomes a choke, essentially, and any full frontal assault will just end up costing both sides unnecessary lives due to the lack of strategy. 05:04.254 --> 05:08.239 [Riv (DM)]: So Marius wants to avoid that if at all possible and was 05:08.219 --> 05:10.534 [Riv (DM)]: Looking for suggestions. 05:12.623 --> 05:28.644 [Riv (DM)]: First up though, they discussed that potentially we could actually just have a parlay and convince the soldiers to just throw down their arms because their leader has been killed, they are in a foreign controlled city, supplies are cut off. 05:30.927 --> 05:39.459 [Riv (DM)]: So Marius asked Kai to send out a signal to say that the Dread General has been slain and to parlay at sunset. 05:40.380 --> 05:42.563 [Riv (DM)]: And Kai wrote this in the clouds using Skyrite. 05:43.960 --> 05:49.015 [Riv (DM)]: But, however, if the parlay fails, the bloodshed could begin anyway. 05:49.436 --> 05:53.448 [Riv (DM)]: And so we needed to find some sort of backup contingency plan. 05:53.488 --> 05:55.975 [Riv (DM)]: There were a couple of ideas thrown around. 05:56.035 --> 05:58.763 [Riv (DM)]: The one that was landed on was 06:00.127 --> 06:08.065 [Riv (DM)]: Let's get a number of troops, of soldiers, a thousand or so, potentially a little bit more, to the other side of the river so that we can try and flank their army. 06:08.707 --> 06:15.402 [Riv (DM)]: And if a conflict does break out, then at least we're fighting on two sides and we could potentially break their morale even sooner. 06:15.382 --> 06:20.191 [Riv (DM)]: The problem is, how on earth do you get a few thousand soldiers across a river that's a hundred feet wide? 06:21.173 --> 06:27.986 [Riv (DM)]: So after a bit of a chat and a think, someone came up with the idea of making some sort of platoon bridge. 06:29.088 --> 06:35.500 [Riv (DM)]: It was suggested potentially to try and take Barak's ship, the Albatross itself, all the way up the river and just sort of jam it sideways. 06:35.480 --> 06:56.183 [Riv (DM)]: But unfortunately the river gate is not tall enough to allow such a large galleon as that to actually pass up through without sort of destroying it so the idea of the pontoon came about where you would have a few dozen or maybe a dozen or so smaller ships that you could then lash a bridge that was hastily constructed across. 06:58.045 --> 06:59.226 [Riv (DM)]: So this 06:59.341 --> 07:01.004 [Riv (DM)]: Was more or less where we landed on. 07:01.024 --> 07:14.953 [Riv (DM)]: The Barrack Ennismore Breakers have gone to marshal a bunch of Loyalists to start construction of a mobile pontoon bridge while you guys were 07:16.199 --> 07:40.671 [Riv (DM)]: Set to determine how to take control of the gate so that the river gate itself could be opened wide and allow the ships to pass on through and another party probably most likely to be the moorbreakers themselves plus some soldiers would need to go to the docks and try and take control of them and commandeer a number of small skiffs and boats. 07:42.406 --> 07:49.868 [Riv (DM)]: So that I believe is more or less more or less where we left off and so I think what we say is that it's 07:50.033 --> 07:53.597 [Riv (DM)]: Sort of mid-morning in Val Noren. 07:54.619 --> 08:01.347 [Riv (DM)]: The weather is still cloudy as usual and it seems to be potentially looking like it's going to get worse. 08:01.507 --> 08:02.708 [Riv (DM)]: I'll get someone to roll for that in a second. 08:03.509 --> 08:13.681 [Riv (DM)]: But before we sort of start heading towards any sort of plan, you've got a bit of time today to prepare, to discuss with people, to go shopping if you want. 08:14.923 --> 08:17.526 [Riv (DM)]: Before we sort of head anywhere, 08:17.506 --> 08:20.851 [Riv (DM)]: Guess I'll hand it over to you guys if there's anything you wanted to do to prep or do anything else. 08:20.871 --> 08:22.233 [Riv (DM)]: Any other chores or jobs this morning? 08:29.943 --> 08:31.205 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Just focusing on the notes. 08:32.046 --> 08:36.873 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Gotta read Belinda's note. 08:36.893 --> 08:37.414 [Riv (DM)]: Belinda's note? 08:39.537 --> 08:40.578 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Bubblegum? 08:40.598 --> 08:42.381 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah. 08:42.401 --> 08:42.621 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Yeah. 08:45.085 --> 08:46.787 [Riv (DM)]: You're talking about the note that you weren't able to read? 08:47.628 --> 08:48.290 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Yes. 08:48.310 --> 08:50.435 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, that was from the Assassin. 08:51.839 --> 08:54.204 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: You said, no, you said Belinda gave me a magical note. 08:56.931 --> 08:57.513 [Riv (DM)]: Oh my god. 08:58.575 --> 08:58.936 [Riv (DM)]: Oh boy. 08:59.217 --> 09:01.603 [Riv (DM)]: Okay, let's lay this all out, so. 09:03.203 --> 09:06.290 [Riv (DM)]: Belinda gave you a scroll of sending so you could keep in contact. 09:06.610 --> 09:08.133 [Riv (DM)]: You learned the spell and that was all good. 09:08.594 --> 09:20.981 [Riv (DM)]: While you were traveling north, she sent you a magical note that was in the form of like a paper plane and it just like slapped you on the side of the face as a bit of a surprise and you picked it up and you realized it was from here. 09:21.021 --> 09:22.123 [Riv (DM)]: You already read that note. 09:22.913 --> 09:32.563 [Riv (DM)]: It was just a cute friendly greeting that said something like the Archangel is amazing, she wishes that you were able to see it, that sort of thing. 09:33.504 --> 09:35.666 [Riv (DM)]: I can give you the exact text if you want of that. 09:40.752 --> 09:45.897 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Yeah, because maybe you forgot to give me that text before. 09:47.499 --> 09:47.959 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Yeah. 09:48.547 --> 09:56.807 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Last time I tried in-game to read it, you said that it eluded me somehow and I needed to spend time. 09:57.669 --> 10:00.256 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Yeah, so that would have been the assassin note. 10:00.276 --> 10:02.421 [Riv (DM)]: That was the note in the pocket of the assassin that you found. 10:03.937 --> 10:06.001 [Riv (DM)]: Alright, then we'll do that then. 10:06.041 --> 10:17.662 [Riv (DM)]: So in the cloak, this is the cloak that you're actually wearing at the moment, it's the sort of really nice black silky cloak that's a cloak of protection plus one, and it's got deep crimson red lining on the inside. 10:17.702 --> 10:25.135 [Riv (DM)]: You'd found a note stitched inside it in sort of like a secret pocket when you killed the assassin and searched their body. 10:25.115 --> 10:37.312 [Riv (DM)]: You cast an Identify spell on it and determined that it was a magical note that could send messages, but you had not quite clicked on how, like what the mechanism for either reading the message or sending the message was. 10:39.095 --> 10:41.058 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Okay. 10:41.078 --> 10:44.262 [Riv (DM)]: So yeah, you'll probably need to spend a bit of time researching it, I think. 10:44.963 --> 10:45.905 [Riv (DM)]: Just try and uncover it. 10:47.907 --> 10:50.311 [Riv (DM)]: So do you want to maybe spend this morning doing that? 10:51.332 --> 10:52.694 [Riv (DM)]: Yes, that'd be nice. 10:53.615 --> 10:54.717 [Riv (DM)]: Roll an Arcana check. 10:58.038 --> 10:59.341 [Riv (DM)]: Bro, I was so confused. 11:00.603 --> 11:02.667 [Riv (DM)]: I spent like a good few hours watching back in the streams. 11:02.707 --> 11:04.792 [Riv (DM)]: I was like, I'm sure Belinda didn't give you anything, eh? 11:06.134 --> 11:07.116 [Riv (DM)]: Holy shit. 11:07.136 --> 11:08.960 [Riv (DM)]: Alright, wow, that's a huge roll. 11:09.982 --> 11:10.623 [Riv (DM)]: Okay, cool. 11:10.764 --> 11:11.946 [Riv (DM)]: So... 11:14.407 --> 11:33.259 [Riv (DM)]: The note, it is obviously distinctly magical, and while initially you guys thought that potentially it was a note that had been obscured in some way, like some text had been hidden or magically disguised, what you, on a 28 arcana, you... 11:33.239 --> 11:38.393 [Riv (DM)]: Realise that it's not actually a pre-written note that has been hidden. 11:38.914 --> 11:44.650 [Riv (DM)]: It is actually a mechanism for sending and receiving messages all within the paper itself. 11:45.406 --> 11:48.329 [Riv (DM)]: It requires a reagent of some kind to activate. 11:48.989 --> 11:55.695 [Riv (DM)]: And I think that you probably don't have quite enough time to click on what that reagent would be. 11:56.055 --> 11:58.458 [Riv (DM)]: But on a 28, I'm going to give you those two things. 11:58.618 --> 11:59.799 [Riv (DM)]: It's not a hidden note. 11:59.879 --> 12:02.821 [Riv (DM)]: It is definitely a mechanism for sending and receiving messages. 12:04.983 --> 12:07.125 [Riv (DM)]: But yeah, and it requires a reagent. 12:07.986 --> 12:10.768 [Riv (DM)]: And you will need to spend a bit more time to figure out what the reagent is, I think. 12:13.711 --> 12:14.772 [Riv (DM)]: OK. All right. 12:28.522 --> 12:28.943 [Riv (DM)]: Cool. 12:29.124 --> 12:30.629 [Riv (DM)]: Anyone else want to do anything this morning? 12:33.981 --> 12:36.490 [Lacer (Kai)]: I would like to ask where are we currently? 12:38.883 --> 12:48.861 [Riv (DM)]: You had just caught up with Barrack down at the garrison fairly sort of midway across the city I guess towards the river. 12:49.141 --> 12:58.418 [Riv (DM)]: This was the garrison that you guys had first returned to and caught up with more breakers and Barrack and Lorien was there just down the road from the church as well. 12:59.840 --> 13:02.205 [Riv (DM)]: But if you wanted to be anywhere else you can head there as well. 13:02.225 --> 13:03.507 [Riv (DM)]: You've got a bit of time this morning. 13:05.107 --> 13:06.048 [Lacer (Kai)]: Oh, it's still in the morning. 13:06.749 --> 13:29.123 [Lacer (Kai)]: I'm gonna ask the guys, you reckon if we try and empower as many people today, like, if they were able to, um, how do I explain, get in touch with either the Dwarven god or my god, Seluna? 13:29.980 --> 13:35.128 [Lacer (Kai)]: That we can get like an edge in case we do get into battle today, in case this parlay does go south. 13:35.909 --> 13:36.851 [Lacer (Kai)]: What's your thoughts on that? 13:39.455 --> 13:41.538 [Vael (Berberis)]: I mean, soldiers have always prayed before battle. 13:42.279 --> 13:46.806 [Vael (Berberis)]: Whether or not it worked has always been up to, uh, who knows? 13:50.051 --> 13:54.418 [Unmatched Speaker]: Because I saw Marius, he- It gives him nothing but a bit more confidence, but it may be worth it. 13:56.457 --> 13:57.198 [Lacer (Kai)]: Might be worth it. 13:58.199 --> 13:58.419 [Lacer (Kai)]: Hmm. 13:58.499 --> 13:58.599 [Lacer (Kai)]: Okay. 13:58.760 --> 14:00.461 [Lacer (Kai)]: I saw, I saw Marius. 14:00.501 --> 14:05.046 [Lacer (Kai)]: He brought me back with, from the power of Torgar, I think. 14:05.887 --> 14:08.810 [Lacer (Kai)]: And he healed me a bit while we were fighting the Dread Generals. 14:08.871 --> 14:15.077 [Lacer (Kai)]: So maybe I should head back and have a chat with the King if anyone wants to come and try and convince him. 14:16.359 --> 14:17.059 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: He needs sleep. 14:21.304 --> 14:25.789 [Vael (Berberis)]: Yeah, he's passed out because he's been going for two days straight or something. 14:32.063 --> 14:37.770 [Lacer (Kai)]: What's Barak's view on this? 14:41.575 --> 14:43.318 [Riv (DM)]: Barak is not with you at the moment. 14:43.338 --> 14:51.728 [Riv (DM)]: He is currently marshalling people to create the pontoon and get his Mawbreakers ready for the assault on the docks. 14:52.549 --> 14:53.751 [Riv (DM)]: But did you want to go and find him? 14:56.718 --> 14:57.639 [Lacer (Kai)]: No, he's busy. 14:57.779 --> 14:59.841 [Lacer (Kai)]: He's busy with marshalling people. 15:00.562 --> 15:08.951 [Lacer (Kai)]: Maybe I should go back to St. Everdeen's and try and convince the clerics there to adopt a god of some sort. 15:11.834 --> 15:14.716 [JC (Ryo)]: I mean, wouldn't these guys have their own god that they all would believe in? 15:15.017 --> 15:15.758 [JC (Ryo)]: Everyone's different. 15:18.060 --> 15:18.460 [Lacer (Kai)]: That's true. 15:18.480 --> 15:19.161 [Lacer (Kai)]: I don't know. 15:19.201 --> 15:20.623 [Lacer (Kai)]: I never asked, actually. 15:21.263 --> 15:22.084 [Lacer (Kai)]: I don't know. 15:26.992 --> 15:31.578 [Lacer (Kai)]: Does anyone get any music coming through? 15:31.598 --> 15:33.060 [Lacer (Kai)]: I'll think about it, I'll think about it. 15:33.661 --> 15:34.021 [Lacer (Kai)]: Quietly. 15:34.101 --> 15:35.083 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah, very soft. 15:37.446 --> 15:39.368 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Last time I was in, I turned the volume all the way down. 15:41.832 --> 15:42.733 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, there's background music, mate. 15:42.753 --> 15:45.497 [Riv (DM)]: I think I just got assorted, yeah, I was freaking out. 15:47.419 --> 15:51.885 [Riv (DM)]: Um, yeah, I think that what you would sort of... 15:52.000 --> 16:00.351 [Riv (DM)]: What I notice in a city like this is that there are obviously some religious people, some non-religious people, as kind of per normal in most places. 16:01.792 --> 16:07.880 [Riv (DM)]: The gods are real entities, so it's not like they're atheists really, who people are just like, I don't believe that gods exist. 16:07.900 --> 16:11.545 [Riv (DM)]: I mean, I guess they're probably a couple, but in a world like this, it doesn't quite work like that. 16:12.346 --> 16:14.008 [Riv (DM)]: There are people that just 16:13.988 --> 16:15.270 [Riv (DM)]: More devout, I guess. 16:15.310 --> 16:17.152 [Riv (DM)]: They actually choose to worship a particular god. 16:18.694 --> 16:29.328 [Riv (DM)]: So in the city, the main deity that people would probably be focused on if they are worshippers would be Togar, just because of the relationship that the city has with the Rennite steel from the mountains. 16:29.348 --> 16:39.642 [Riv (DM)]: They sort of treat it as quite a holy mineral that they use to have granted themselves quite tremendous wealth and allowed the city to prosper. 16:39.622 --> 16:43.548 [Riv (DM)]: Throughout the generations, and so they sort of attribute that to Torgar. 16:43.568 --> 16:53.642 [Riv (DM)]: There are myths and legends that he blessed and sanctified the mountains and allowed the ore to grow from ancient times. 16:53.662 --> 16:54.003 [Riv (DM)]: Oh, cool. 16:54.123 --> 17:07.823 [Lacer (Kai)]: Whilst we were in the city, did we, even though it's been a very short time, did we notice any clerics of Torgar or anything around the city? 17:08.208 --> 17:34.148 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah well so there's obviously the Stoneheart which is the main temple of worship in the city and given in better times you would imagine that it would be well full of worshippers and a bit of an interesting worship as well as you'll recall the Hall of the Guardians was like a sort of sanctum dedicated to armor craft and sort of reverence of weapons themselves which is probably not that common to find in most worship. 17:34.128 --> 17:42.231 [Riv (DM)]: So you would imagine that there are plenty of worshippers in the city in this sort of a time. 17:42.532 --> 17:51.586 [Riv (DM)]: You know, when the city is under siege and occupied, it's not exactly something that you would see a ton of people always going down because there are higher priorities. 17:52.127 --> 18:08.151 [Riv (DM)]: But when you went to St. Avelines, where a lot of the sort of sick people were being taken care of, you certainly would have found a few priests there that were clearly of the cloth and were helping people and potentially performing a few minor miracles. 18:11.725 --> 18:13.229 [Lacer (Kai)]: Alright, cool, no worries. 18:14.333 --> 18:19.929 [Lacer (Kai)]: That's good to know, good to know. 18:19.989 --> 18:25.144 [Riv (DM)]: Are you looking for, like, spiritual people in particular for something? 18:26.288 --> 18:37.942 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah, to help me purify the Dread General's armor if I were to try and perform some sort of purification ceremony, but later. 18:37.962 --> 18:49.035 [Lacer (Kai)]: But tonight is too important with this parlay, so maybe if the parlay does work, maybe I'll try and adopt the help of some holy people to help. 18:49.055 --> 18:52.459 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, I think St. Evelyn's would probably be your best bet to find someone like that. 18:52.479 --> 18:54.321 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah, that's all I was gonna ask, yeah. 18:55.972 --> 19:01.498 [Vael (Berberis)]: Praise the gods, but pass the ammunition. 19:02.342 --> 19:03.568 [Vael (Berberis)]: Right now we need the ammunition. 19:04.493 --> 19:06.155 [JC (Ryo)]: Yeah, true. 19:06.175 --> 19:13.326 [JC (Ryo)]: Speaking of armor, I've got a feeling Ro's got way less arrows than what my inventory's actually saying, so I would like to try and stock up. 19:14.487 --> 19:15.408 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, absolutely. 19:16.029 --> 19:25.403 [Riv (DM)]: What you find is that there are, so in the sort of garrison area, there are plenty of workshops that have been sort of commandeered from sanded living houses. 19:25.483 --> 19:34.095 [Riv (DM)]: They've been sort of cleared out and have got anvils and sharpening benches and stones and all sorts of woodworking benches. 19:34.075 --> 19:39.228 [Riv (DM)]: It's sort of been taken over as like a command center of sorts for the soldiers themselves. 19:39.749 --> 19:42.175 [Riv (DM)]: There are just barrels of arrows that people are producing. 19:42.436 --> 19:45.283 [Riv (DM)]: You can at no cost easily go and stock up as many as you need. 19:48.470 --> 19:51.834 [Lacer (Kai)]: And the question is, are they Rennite Steel tipped arrows? 19:53.055 --> 19:54.296 [Riv (DM)]: Probably not for these ones. 19:55.437 --> 20:04.147 [Riv (DM)]: It would be... Maybe you could potentially try and commission a special one or something, but they probably wouldn't waste Rennite Steel on a disposable arrow. 20:06.930 --> 20:13.937 [JC (Ryo)]: You let me commission a couple of our special arrows already, so... Yeah, the smoke powder arrows, yeah. 20:18.355 --> 20:22.720 [Riv (DM)]: Alright, so you didn't want to do purification this morning or did you say you wanted to do it in the evening or something like that? 20:23.381 --> 20:25.123 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah, in the evening. 20:26.184 --> 20:26.865 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah, right now. 20:27.726 --> 20:29.628 [Lacer (Kai)]: We need to get on the boats. 20:29.688 --> 20:31.370 [Lacer (Kai)]: I think we need to do something about the boats. 20:31.991 --> 20:32.251 [Riv (DM)]: Okay, cool. 20:32.912 --> 20:35.695 [Riv (DM)]: It's about this time when Kate... Oh, sorry. 20:35.855 --> 20:37.997 [Riv (DM)]: Deathmouse, are you...? 20:38.178 --> 20:38.698 [Riv (DM)]: Not the boat. 20:39.139 --> 20:39.559 [Riv (DM)]: The Kate. 20:41.141 --> 20:41.241 Yeah. 20:41.693 --> 20:52.696 [Riv (DM)]: About this time you hear the sounds of many armoured footsteps heading in your direction and the back door to the garrison that you're currently spending a bit of time in bursts open. 20:53.257 --> 20:57.306 [Riv (DM)]: Armoured Barrack enters followed closely behind by Ahri and 20:57.286 --> 21:11.740 [Riv (DM)]: Number of other soldiers as well, 5, 10, 15, probably close to about 30 soldiers come pouring in and they're all wearing red cloaks and Imperial chainmail and half-plate and things like that. 21:12.300 --> 21:17.645 [Riv (DM)]: It looks like the Empire weren't the only ones who have a few trick up their sleeves when it comes to impersonating soldiers from the other side. 21:19.747 --> 21:25.673 [Riv (DM)]: It's almost a little bit startling at first because from all this time you've spent fighting the Empire. 21:25.653 --> 21:38.148 [Riv (DM)]: Seeing a group of soldiers like this just walk into a place of comfort is a little bit startling at first but you quickly you know sort of realize it's Beric and Ahri and you see what they're up to. 21:38.168 --> 21:46.378 [Riv (DM)]: They've garbed themselves as Imperial soldiers and Beric kind of seeing a surprise just 21:46.763 --> 21:51.658 [Riv (DM)]: Gives a coy smile and says, yep, we're taking a leaf out of their book. 21:51.999 --> 21:55.790 [Riv (DM)]: We thought that this would be the best way to give us the fighting chance to get down to the docks. 21:56.914 --> 21:59.642 [Riv (DM)]: Chances are there's going to be a few stops along the way. 22:01.934 --> 22:02.755 [Riv (DM)]: Should hopefully help out. 22:03.856 --> 22:05.138 [Riv (DM)]: Well, how are you guys going? 22:05.438 --> 22:08.181 [Riv (DM)]: Have you made all your preparations ready to go? 22:08.662 --> 22:12.687 [Riv (DM)]: We probably want to just align on the time that we want to have all this happen. 22:13.808 --> 22:21.157 [Riv (DM)]: If the king is meeting with the commanders at sundown, what sort of time do you think we get the bridge in place? 22:26.563 --> 22:30.608 [Vael (Berberis)]: I probably want to line it up after 22:32.647 --> 22:36.091 [Vael (Berberis)]: If we do it during the meeting it's seen as an act of aggression which is probably not great. 22:37.893 --> 22:39.695 [Vael (Berberis)]: But if we leave it too late then it's pointless. 22:42.598 --> 22:49.305 [Riv (DM)]: You don't think that there's any possibility to try and get it set up earlier and get our troops into position before the meeting even happens? 22:52.809 --> 22:56.393 [Vael (Berberis)]: It's not ideal but it's probably the best of a lot of bad choices. 22:57.470 --> 22:57.770 [Riv (DM)]: Indeed. 22:58.031 --> 23:00.814 [Riv (DM)]: It would require a bit of stealth and a bit of good luck. 23:02.055 --> 23:05.919 [Riv (DM)]: Is there anything any of you can do to try and shroud our crossing? 23:06.680 --> 23:17.571 [Riv (DM)]: I believe... Kai, I seem to recall you casting some sort of fog wall some months ago back on the Albatross when we were... when we were fighting those soldiers towards Skyreach. 23:17.591 --> 23:19.934 [Riv (DM)]: Yes, I can do that. 23:19.994 --> 23:20.594 [Riv (DM)]: That might be ideal. 23:20.875 --> 23:24.979 [Vael (Berberis)]: Let me just check... Dundar could also do that. 23:25.162 --> 23:28.190 [Vael (Berberis)]: Can I strongly suggest that people check their prepared spells? 23:28.250 --> 23:29.473 [Vael (Berberis)]: Anyone who is a prepared caster? 23:29.613 --> 23:31.338 [Vael (Berberis)]: That's what I'm checking right now. 23:34.466 --> 23:36.150 [JC (Ryo)]: I want to ask something. 23:36.586 --> 23:38.228 [JC (Ryo)]: Just out of character for a second, Riv. 23:38.508 --> 23:39.049 [JC (Ryo)]: All good, yeah. 23:39.069 --> 23:40.050 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Yes, you smell like an elf. 23:40.530 --> 23:47.878 [JC (Ryo)]: I'm not trying to metagame, but something like Dimension Door, is that just one or two people, or is that like an unlimited amount of people can get through it? 23:48.879 --> 23:49.620 [Riv (DM)]: It's a couple. 23:50.021 --> 23:51.903 [Riv (DM)]: I think it depends on the level you cast it. 23:51.923 --> 23:58.530 [Riv (DM)]: I think when you cast it, like level three, it's one person, and then when you upcast it, it's multiple, but let me double check that for you. 23:58.690 --> 24:00.051 [JC (Ryo)]: Good enough for me, people, yeah. 24:00.072 --> 24:00.552 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah. 24:01.342 --> 24:09.354 [JC (Ryo)]: Because I don't think any of our guys could cast it, but I was going to ask if any of their guys could cast it, but if it's, we can't get like, you know, a thousand people through, it's a waste. 24:09.374 --> 24:10.876 [JC (Ryo)]: That's not what I want, not what I was thinking. 24:11.597 --> 24:12.578 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, let's see. 24:14.061 --> 24:17.045 [Riv (DM)]: Actually, it doesn't look like you can outcast it, there's only one other person. 24:18.066 --> 24:20.129 [Riv (DM)]: You have seen Marcel the Broken cast it. 24:20.350 --> 24:30.184 [Riv (DM)]: Marcel cast Dimension Door to rescue Valoran when, towards the end of your fight, on the first time that you arrived in the city. 24:31.092 --> 24:36.177 [JC (Ryo)]: Yeah, I just thought it was a spell that, like, you could cast it and then, like, you know, 30, 50 people could run through it. 24:36.678 --> 24:38.379 [Riv (DM)]: Ah, gotcha, like a little portal thing, yeah. 24:38.700 --> 24:40.621 [JC (Ryo)]: Yeah, like a portal, basically. 24:41.202 --> 24:45.406 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah. 24:45.426 --> 24:47.128 [JC (Ryo)]: Misremembered something from Critical Role. 24:47.148 --> 24:49.490 [JC (Ryo)]: I think that was a fixed teleportation thing. 24:49.851 --> 24:52.093 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, it's called Gate, I think, is the one you're thinking of. 24:52.113 --> 24:53.674 [Riv (DM)]: It's like a warlock thing. 24:53.875 --> 24:56.357 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah. 24:56.377 --> 24:57.298 [JC (Ryo)]: It's a warlock thing? 24:57.318 --> 25:00.261 [JC (Ryo)]: Okay. 25:00.341 --> 25:00.441 Rawr. 25:04.252 --> 25:25.213 [Lacer (Kai)]: So, yeah, I tell Barak, yes, I do have that spell prepared today, as well as the Walk on Water spell, where I can have ten people run across the water for one hour, and I can continuously cast it as a ritual every ten minutes if you want ten people to run across 25:26.240 --> 25:26.881 [Riv (DM)]: For the hour. 25:27.622 --> 25:34.152 [Riv (DM)]: I think that there probably won't be enough to get a thousand or so soldiers that we want on the other side. 25:34.192 --> 25:40.742 [Riv (DM)]: However, it will undoubtedly be invaluable for when we're actually trying to lash the boats together themselves. 25:42.064 --> 25:42.745 [Riv (DM)]: Keep that handy. 25:42.765 --> 25:43.827 [Lacer (Kai)]: I think we'll definitely want to do that. 25:43.847 --> 25:44.708 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah, that's what I was thinking. 25:49.896 --> 25:54.002 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Well, I just mammal we could produce from polymorph. 25:55.602 --> 25:57.504 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: We transport people? 25:58.505 --> 26:01.748 [Vael (Berberis)]: No, I don't think we've got... Do we have a proper poly yet? 26:02.428 --> 26:02.969 [Vael (Berberis)]: It's pretty hard. 26:05.391 --> 26:06.072 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: I've got one. 26:12.197 --> 26:12.818 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Probably not enough. 26:13.779 --> 26:23.668 [Vael (Berberis)]: I think it'll be a case of waterwalkers secure the bridgehead and run destruction while the bridge gets established behind them. 26:25.758 --> 26:34.510 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah, we might need to select a team of your best crew people who can do lashings and knots and nimble. 26:36.112 --> 26:41.679 [Lacer (Kai)]: Like, hopefully about 10 people, or maybe 20 if you want to wait 20 minutes. 26:41.799 --> 26:42.781 [Lacer (Kai)]: I can do it twice. 26:45.444 --> 26:49.469 [Riv (DM)]: Barak looks over his shoulder at the mass group behind him and he says, Alright, you lot. 26:50.110 --> 26:52.153 [Riv (DM)]: Who's the 10 best rope tires? 26:52.336 --> 26:54.018 [Riv (DM)]: And immediately everyone starts putting their hand up. 26:54.038 --> 26:55.461 [Riv (DM)]: It's me elbowing each other. 26:55.481 --> 26:56.422 [Riv (DM)]: No, I'm way better than you. 26:56.462 --> 26:59.426 [Riv (DM)]: I spent all my time in the youth dying. 26:59.847 --> 27:01.049 [Riv (DM)]: My father taught me how to teach this one. 27:01.449 --> 27:02.571 [Riv (DM)]: No, that's ridiculous. 27:02.611 --> 27:03.632 [Riv (DM)]: I saw you try and tie a knot. 27:04.253 --> 27:06.216 [Riv (DM)]: Fell apart in the first time you tried to tug on it. 27:06.496 --> 27:08.760 [Riv (DM)]: There's a bit of a bickering and argument going on. 27:09.280 --> 27:11.484 [Riv (DM)]: Beric just chuckles like, they were all pretty good, to be honest. 27:13.226 --> 27:18.334 [JC (Ryo)]: Who are the 10 best guys from your boat that you'd rely on to tie a rope down? 27:18.354 --> 27:19.135 [Riv (DM)]: Honestly, any of them. 27:19.195 --> 27:20.757 [Riv (DM)]: I trust these soldiers with my life. 27:22.508 --> 27:24.691 [Riv (DM)]: How many of them are good at dodging arrows under fire? 27:24.731 --> 27:27.154 [Riv (DM)]: That's a different question, isn't it? 27:27.755 --> 27:30.538 [Riv (DM)]: Hopefully it doesn't come to that if we get the fog up. 27:33.562 --> 27:35.385 [Lacer (Kai)]: How big a fog are we looking at? 27:36.306 --> 27:40.311 [Lacer (Kai)]: Because if I need a really big one, I'll need to upcast it. 27:41.873 --> 27:44.837 [Riv (DM)]: Well, as far as I'm aware, 27:46.218 --> 27:50.462 [Riv (DM)]: The goal here is to try and get our soldiers to the other side without alerting the Empire. 27:50.943 --> 28:02.414 [Riv (DM)]: It will probably involve requiring a bit of distraction and interference happening on the other side and some way to try and cover our approach across the hundred foot wide river. 28:05.337 --> 28:11.483 [Lacer (Kai)]: Let me work out my magic ability. 28:16.762 --> 28:19.065 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah, I can manage about 80 feet. 28:19.085 --> 28:20.807 [Lacer (Kai)]: 80 feet on cloud. 28:21.408 --> 28:22.530 [Lacer (Kai)]: Cloud of 80 feet. 28:24.472 --> 28:26.535 [Riv (DM)]: Hmm. 28:26.575 --> 28:30.581 [Riv (DM)]: It should be well getting us towards what we need to do, I think. 28:32.023 --> 28:37.170 [Riv (DM)]: If there's any sharp eyes out there we might get unlucky, but at this point anything will help. 28:37.190 --> 28:38.692 [Riv (DM)]: Maybe we'll get lucky with the weather as well, eh? 28:39.473 --> 28:44.760 [Riv (DM)]: And on that, can someone actually roll me a d20 and we can do a weather check today? 28:47.795 --> 28:48.296 [Riv (DM)]: Sure. 28:48.857 --> 28:52.064 [Riv (DM)]: If you get higher than a 13, it is bad weather. 28:54.208 --> 28:54.689 [Riv (DM)]: Ooh, okay. 28:55.010 --> 29:03.507 [Riv (DM)]: So it's gonna be cloudy, which means that the dark will come on earlier, but the sort of snowstorm itself will start to be settling down towards the later part of the day. 29:06.593 --> 29:06.833 Cool. 29:09.018 --> 29:09.178 [Riv (DM)]: Alright. 29:12.803 --> 29:16.308 [Riv (DM)]: Ahri at this point comes forward and just places her hand on Beric's shoulder. 29:17.570 --> 29:18.932 [Riv (DM)]: Beric, we better start getting on our way. 29:20.514 --> 29:26.403 [Riv (DM)]: We need to get into position before the gates open, so let's head off. 29:28.426 --> 29:30.689 [Riv (DM)]: Beric nods, looks at the rest of you. 29:31.310 --> 29:38.541 [Riv (DM)]: Well, feels like we find ourselves here over and over again, don't we? 29:39.010 --> 29:40.792 [Riv (DM)]: Good luck my friends, I'll see you on the other side. 29:40.833 --> 29:42.955 [Riv (DM)]: And he starts to head out. 29:43.957 --> 29:46.040 [Riv (DM)]: And the rest of the 30 or so soldiers follow. 29:51.127 --> 30:02.022 [Riv (DM)]: So they're going to make their way across the city and attempt to get through the docks, to the docks and commandeer some little ships. 30:02.923 --> 30:06.368 [Riv (DM)]: So your goal now is to try and get the gate open. 30:08.305 --> 30:11.808 [Riv (DM)]: Anything else you wanted to do before we head off or should we go to the gate? 30:18.575 --> 30:19.335 [Vael (Berberis)]: Let's gate it. 30:19.996 --> 30:21.697 [Vael (Berberis)]: Double check your prepared spells. 30:24.440 --> 30:25.441 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah, I've checked. 30:25.841 --> 30:30.305 [Lacer (Kai)]: Was there something that you needed me to prepare the night before, like in particular? 30:30.706 --> 30:31.266 [Lacer (Kai)]: A bit of a look. 30:31.967 --> 30:33.328 [Vael (Berberis)]: I was just having a look myself, so. 30:35.170 --> 30:37.452 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: I have, uh, flying is not available. 30:44.738 --> 30:47.640 [Vael (Berberis)]: Wizards aren't prepared casters anyway, are they? 30:48.321 --> 30:48.942 [Vael (Berberis)]: Yep. 30:48.962 --> 30:51.304 [Vael (Berberis)]: Or is that sorcerers? 30:51.324 --> 30:56.088 [Riv (DM)]: Wizards are, yeah. 30:56.388 --> 31:00.011 [Riv (DM)]: They are a learner from books, but then also have to prepare. 31:02.753 --> 31:04.154 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Until we reach a higher level. 31:07.297 --> 31:07.998 [Riv (DM)]: Alright, cool. 31:08.798 --> 31:12.682 [Riv (DM)]: So... Oh, I will activate Mage Armor. 31:13.622 --> 31:14.323 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, nice. 31:16.767 --> 31:17.869 [Riv (DM)]: Take a spell slot off for that one. 31:17.929 --> 31:21.354 [Riv (DM)]: Actually, I think what you want to do, what you can do is... Well, it's at will. 31:21.794 --> 31:23.176 [Riv (DM)]: Yep. 31:23.196 --> 31:24.258 [Riv (DM)]: Oh, true. 31:25.079 --> 31:29.305 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, that's from your feature. 31:29.746 --> 31:30.307 [Riv (DM)]: Yep, that's all good. 31:30.327 --> 31:30.527 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah. 31:32.350 --> 31:32.630 [Riv (DM)]: Cool. 31:38.358 --> 31:39.039 [Riv (DM)]: All right, excellent. 31:41.082 --> 31:44.327 [Riv (DM)]: So towards the... 31:46.653 --> 31:47.995 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, so how do we do this? 31:48.115 --> 32:03.154 [Riv (DM)]: The time for Beric and his crew to get across the city and start working on the docks will be a few hours of travel time plus whatever they need to do to get through their encounters. 32:04.275 --> 32:08.401 [Riv (DM)]: So you probably want to spend a bit of time waiting to ensure that they're going to be in position. 32:09.242 --> 32:16.491 [Riv (DM)]: So we can say that we'll be starting to push towards sort of the mid to late afternoon and 32:16.471 --> 32:23.878 [Riv (DM)]: Get yourself into a position where you can sort of scout out the gatehouse itself and kind of see what you might want to do to approach it. 32:24.038 --> 32:26.181 [Riv (DM)]: So let's say this. 32:26.261 --> 32:37.912 [Riv (DM)]: Let's say that you make your way down to the riverbank itself, potentially staying back a row of houses or so just to try and stay hidden. 32:37.932 --> 32:41.736 [Riv (DM)]: You didn't notice any soldiers on the other side of the river. 32:41.716 --> 32:49.348 [Riv (DM)]: As you're travelling down it, it appears that most of the soldiers here have been ushered up towards the gate itself. 32:49.769 --> 32:52.132 [Riv (DM)]: It's the show of force that had been taking place throughout the morning. 32:53.194 --> 32:57.280 [Riv (DM)]: As you get towards the gatehouse, you look up and you see it. 32:57.300 --> 33:06.154 [Riv (DM)]: This is a massive construction that spans across the full 100 feet of the river. 33:06.134 --> 33:15.405 [Riv (DM)]: It is a sort of arched bridgeway with a huge steel portcullis that sort of just slices down across the top of the water itself. 33:16.867 --> 33:33.728 [Riv (DM)]: You can see on either side of the river there is a large sort of gatehouse tower built up down on the pavement beside the, on the riverbank itself where the, what do you call it, the sort of railing that is built along the side of the river. 33:36.509 --> 33:41.575 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, what I'll do, I will bring us over to a more visual representation of it. 33:49.285 --> 33:50.106 [Riv (DM)]: Nope, that's the wrong one. 33:51.347 --> 33:51.768 [Riv (DM)]: What the hell? 33:53.570 --> 33:54.411 [Riv (DM)]: Foundry just screwed me. 33:54.691 --> 33:55.973 [Riv (DM)]: I 100% clicked on the right one. 33:56.894 --> 33:57.735 [Riv (DM)]: There you go, anyway. 34:00.839 --> 34:03.462 [Riv (DM)]: So you guys are about over here. 34:04.960 --> 34:08.863 [Riv (DM)]: Or potentially you could be further back or somewhere further back in the buildings. 34:09.464 --> 34:09.984 [Riv (DM)]: Up to you guys. 34:10.044 --> 34:12.446 [Riv (DM)]: But what you do see is a head of view on the path. 34:13.827 --> 34:15.909 [Riv (DM)]: There is a gatehouse with a door. 34:16.290 --> 34:16.870 [Riv (DM)]: It's closed. 34:17.350 --> 34:21.374 [Riv (DM)]: There's another building just slightly around the corner from it with a door that's also closed. 34:21.934 --> 34:27.099 [Riv (DM)]: And you can see these sort of massive towers that are built up on either side of the river with the bridge crossing the gap. 34:27.639 --> 34:34.765 [Riv (DM)]: And the portcullis itself is down currently and it covers this whole span across the river. 34:38.137 --> 34:49.032 [Riv (DM)]: As the afternoon has come around, the snow is just ever so gently starting to fall and the clouds are covering so it's starting to get dark a bit early. 34:49.954 --> 34:54.320 [Riv (DM)]: There are a few lanterns on the streets providing a bit of light. 35:00.008 --> 35:01.650 [Vael (Berberis)]: Are we seeing guards on the walls? 35:02.551 --> 35:03.272 [Vael (Berberis)]: Make a perception check. 35:05.055 --> 35:06.116 [JC (Ryo)]: Which side are we on, sorry? 35:06.156 --> 35:06.677 [JC (Ryo)]: Left or right? 35:07.098 --> 35:08.059 [Lacer (Kai)]: Left, you're right here. 35:08.866 --> 35:10.387 [JC (Ryo)]: Thank you. 35:10.407 --> 35:14.291 [Lacer (Kai)]: I will help you, Berberis. 35:20.817 --> 35:22.519 [Vael (Berberis)]: Do you want to roll or do you want me to roll with advantage? 35:22.899 --> 35:23.480 [Lacer (Kai)]: You can roll again. 35:35.311 --> 35:36.072 [Riv (DM)]: I think that you 35:37.857 --> 35:43.526 [Vael (Berberis)]: I don't know if it matters, but obviously owl is up in the air. 35:44.707 --> 35:44.948 [Riv (DM)]: Okay. 35:45.449 --> 35:45.809 [Riv (DM)]: Okay, cool. 35:45.829 --> 35:47.572 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, that does change things. 35:47.892 --> 36:03.616 [Riv (DM)]: If the owl was up in the air, I'd probably say we wouldn't need a perception check because as the owl sort of does its nice sort of glance, silent glide around the top of the towers and the bridge, you notice that there are in fact a couple of soldiers on each of the towers. 36:03.736 --> 36:06.801 [Riv (DM)]: So you can see a couple of guys are up here and a couple of guys are up here. 36:09.127 --> 36:14.534 [Lacer (Kai)]: Just gonna whisper to Berberis, what do you see through the hour? 36:14.554 --> 36:16.576 [Vael (Berberis)]: Just a few guards up top, nothing unexpected. 36:16.596 --> 36:21.242 [Vael (Berberis)]: I would imagine if there's guards on top there'll be a little garrison inside. 36:21.282 --> 36:30.814 [Lacer (Kai)]: Cool. 36:30.834 --> 36:32.416 [Lacer (Kai)]: So nothing that can't handle? 36:36.521 --> 36:37.783 [Vael (Berberis)]: I think we can handle just about anything. 36:43.045 --> 36:49.574 [Unmatched Speaker]: Lovely. 36:49.594 --> 36:51.357 [Vael (Berberis)]: Personally, I'm in favour of the frontal approach. 36:51.597 --> 36:53.400 [Vael (Berberis)]: I don't think there's any way we're doing this stealthy. 36:54.842 --> 36:56.464 [Vael (Berberis)]: At least not after the initial open. 36:58.267 --> 37:00.170 [JC (Ryo)]: I just don't want to be lured into a checkpoint. 37:02.473 --> 37:03.254 [Lacer (Kai)]: I tap my armour. 37:03.575 --> 37:04.656 [Lacer (Kai)]: Not with this armour. 37:08.582 --> 37:12.748 [JC (Ryo)]: Um... Hmm. 37:13.589 --> 37:17.735 [JC (Ryo)]: Look how much damage we did to them the other day when they attacked the gate across the bridge. 37:22.061 --> 37:27.148 [Riv (DM)]: Okay, so... 37:27.688 --> 37:28.570 [Riv (DM)]: So what are we thinking then? 37:28.690 --> 37:31.934 [Riv (DM)]: Are we just going to send it, go straight in? 37:32.014 --> 37:41.267 [Riv (DM)]: I would point out that part of the plan did hinge on the soldiers not being aware that this was happening. 37:45.280 --> 37:53.209 [Vael (Berberis)]: Um, I think we need to get inside and we need to do it, well, if we're doing it quietly. 37:55.411 --> 37:57.874 [Vael (Berberis)]: Room by room, I would guess. 38:02.819 --> 38:03.740 [Lacer (Kai)]: Alright, I'm still waiting. 38:07.264 --> 38:14.832 [Lacer (Kai)]: Um, from, from our position, can we see the, the door leading to the gatehouse from here? 38:15.723 --> 38:16.584 [Riv (DM)]: Yep. 38:16.624 --> 38:17.185 [Riv (DM)]: It's right here. 38:17.205 --> 38:24.036 [Riv (DM)]: It's right in the front. 38:24.056 --> 38:24.276 [Lacer (Kai)]: Okay. 38:24.436 --> 38:25.017 [Lacer (Kai)]: Let me see. 38:25.538 --> 38:26.299 [Lacer (Kai)]: What have I got? 38:31.948 --> 38:32.269 [Lacer (Kai)]: All right. 38:32.289 --> 38:37.697 [Lacer (Kai)]: I would like to stand around the corner from 38:38.487 --> 38:49.478 [Lacer (Kai)]: Um, from slightly out of view from the, the door, and I would like to cast ritual cast silence on that door. 38:53.742 --> 38:54.023 [Riv (DM)]: Okay. 38:54.043 --> 38:58.707 [Lacer (Kai)]: So you're just gonna, so we're, we're like roughly, we're like roughly there, right? 38:59.588 --> 39:01.250 [Riv (DM)]: I mean, you can, you can be wherever you want to be. 39:02.911 --> 39:08.477 [Vael (Berberis)]: I guess ideally we'd get as close as we can through the back alleys where it's not brightly lit and obvious. 39:10.651 --> 39:13.053 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah, I want to silence the door. 39:13.374 --> 39:17.658 [Lacer (Kai)]: So if we were to open it or pick it, it'd be like no sound. 39:21.962 --> 39:22.262 [Riv (DM)]: Okay. 39:22.403 --> 39:27.608 [Riv (DM)]: Do you want to, can you chuck a template roughly where you want to be placing it? 39:30.631 --> 39:36.056 [Lacer (Kai)]: It's got a hundred, I need line of sight, so in 120 feet because, okay. 39:37.678 --> 39:40.000 [Vael (Berberis)]: It's like a 20 foot radius or something, isn't it? 39:40.672 --> 39:41.073 [JC (Ryo)]: Yeah. 39:42.716 --> 39:42.996 [JC (Ryo)]: Remember? 39:43.838 --> 39:44.219 [JC (Ryo)]: Yeah, it is. 39:47.024 --> 39:48.607 [JC (Ryo)]: So which door are you aiming at, Kai? 39:50.351 --> 39:52.334 [Lacer (Kai)]: The one, this one? 39:52.354 --> 39:53.436 [Lacer (Kai)]: There's a door here, I think. 39:54.739 --> 39:55.460 [Lacer (Kai)]: We're on that side. 39:56.603 --> 39:57.364 [Lacer (Kai)]: Oh, we're on that side. 39:57.384 --> 39:58.687 [Lacer (Kai)]: I thought we were down here. 39:59.087 --> 39:59.909 [JC (Ryo)]: Yeah, we're on the left. 40:00.089 --> 40:03.135 [JC (Ryo)]: The enemy's on the right. 40:04.043 --> 40:05.244 [Lacer (Kai)]: Oh, wait. 40:05.264 --> 40:07.026 [Lacer (Kai)]: I thought there were enemies on both. 40:07.046 --> 40:09.488 [Lacer (Kai)]: There were enemies on both towers. 40:09.508 --> 40:10.869 [JC (Ryo)]: Oh, sorry, sorry, sorry. 40:11.049 --> 40:11.970 [JC (Ryo)]: I thought these were... 40:12.070 --> 40:15.974 [JC (Ryo)]: I thought the enemies were just on the right side, not the two on the left as well. 40:17.075 --> 40:19.757 [Lacer (Kai)]: No, they control the whole gate system. 40:19.777 --> 40:20.818 [JC (Ryo)]: Oh, my bad, my bad, my bad. 40:20.858 --> 40:24.542 [Lacer (Kai)]: That's what Berberis saw through his owl. 40:25.643 --> 40:26.804 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah, I misunderstood you, sorry. 40:29.987 --> 40:32.329 [Lacer (Kai)]: Alright, I think we're all on the same page now. 40:34.216 --> 40:47.138 [Vael (Berberis)]: I think the plan is we get as close as we can through the back alleys while Kai gets a silence on the base of the tower around the door, which would probably clip into the tower as well. 40:47.559 --> 40:48.681 [Lacer (Kai)]: That's okay. 40:50.765 --> 40:51.866 [Lacer (Kai)]: Are you ready, Erendor? 40:53.109 --> 40:54.431 [Lacer (Kai)]: I think it locks at your thing. 40:55.633 --> 40:56.815 [Lacer (Kai)]: We just lost a Kiwi as well. 41:20.318 --> 41:20.919 [Unmatched Speaker]: Alright. 41:25.185 --> 41:28.290 [Riv (DM)]: So is this your silence radius here? 41:29.852 --> 41:30.493 [JC (Ryo)]: No, that was me. 41:30.994 --> 41:34.699 [JC (Ryo)]: I'm measuring out what I could do to get silence on that side. 41:35.300 --> 41:35.380 [JC (Ryo)]: Yep. 41:36.061 --> 41:37.844 [JC (Ryo)]: So that way they couldn't yell across. 41:37.864 --> 41:40.167 [JC (Ryo)]: I'm just measuring to see because I could also ritual cast it. 41:50.609 --> 41:53.974 [JC (Ryo)]: Alright, so if I stand there, I see what Kai's doing. 41:55.176 --> 42:00.143 [JC (Ryo)]: The ritual cast from here and cover half the other side of the gatehouse. 42:04.130 --> 42:06.593 [Unmatched Speaker]: If you're aiming for there, Kai, that's 20. 42:06.734 --> 42:08.456 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah, that's 20. 42:08.496 --> 42:12.803 [Lacer (Kai)]: 20 foot, not diameter, my bad, my maths is wrong. 42:12.823 --> 42:14.305 [JC (Ryo)]: Yeah, yeah, this blue is what it is, man. 42:20.765 --> 42:23.588 [JC (Ryo)]: All my ones 21.36 foot circle, so. 42:27.452 --> 42:30.455 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah, I'll just cover the whole tower. 42:30.535 --> 42:35.400 [Lacer (Kai)]: Is it like a dome or is it a... Yeah, it's a dome, yep. 42:35.420 --> 42:35.840 [Lacer (Kai)]: Just here. 42:38.723 --> 42:46.551 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah, I will cover the tower or the bottom level of the tower as a 20 foot radius sphere of silence. 42:46.571 --> 42:46.671 Okay. 42:47.410 --> 42:52.076 [Riv (DM)]: Um, so you want to just launch that like, like, like this sort of thing? 42:53.198 --> 42:55.481 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, like, yeah, like that, like that. 42:55.501 --> 42:57.464 [Riv (DM)]: Okay. 42:57.484 --> 42:57.644 [Riv (DM)]: Cool. 42:57.845 --> 43:07.758 [JC (Ryo)]: And Ryo, you know... Watchinging Kai do that, can I, yeah, I want to, I want to try and stealth and then from that position right there, why am I not pinging? 43:09.481 --> 43:14.768 [JC (Ryo)]: Uh, you might need to... From that position there, uh, cast the blue, the blue silence. 43:15.355 --> 43:21.144 [Riv (DM)]: Okay, so do you want to be hitting the two guys on top of the tower or is that sort of like on the bridge lower down? 43:25.771 --> 43:29.937 [JC (Ryo)]: Well that's why I'm just trying to measure it out like so where I how far I can get while still being stealth. 43:29.958 --> 43:32.381 [Vael (Berberis)]: We can we can get closer before you have to cast. 43:34.084 --> 43:40.013 [JC (Ryo)]: Yeah that's from there I'm still behind cover of the building even though I'm in the light of that torch. 43:44.195 --> 44:12.126 [JC (Ryo)]: I mean to get onto that tower properly I'd need to like to get that circle like there I need to be 120 so I gotta be right on the shoreline for that yeah well we're gonna be up there kicking that door in soon anyway yeah I was planning on ritually casting it that's all hmm 44:12.460 --> 44:19.390 [Lacer (Kai)]: Just before I cast this ask, Berberis, should I cancel the silence once we're in, or do I keep it up while we're fighting? 44:21.914 --> 44:23.196 [Vael (Berberis)]: Probably wouldn't hurt to stop them shouting. 44:25.860 --> 44:27.763 [Vael (Berberis)]: Alright, okay. 44:27.783 --> 44:29.185 [Vael (Berberis)]: We don't want the opposite tower. 44:29.205 --> 44:31.869 [Vael (Berberis)]: The opposite tower is probably going to struggle to see us this far as well. 44:33.271 --> 44:34.133 [Vael (Berberis)]: At night, in the snow. 44:36.136 --> 44:38.940 [Vael (Berberis)]: It's more a worry with you guys on this tower sounding an alarm. 44:40.658 --> 44:45.946 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah, I'll keep it up until, yeah, alright. 44:45.966 --> 44:55.920 [Vael (Berberis)]: There's also the thing of, if we do drop a silence on the other tower and people go quiet, like, sure they can't yell, but they're going to very quickly notice that they're not making any sound and get suspicious. 44:59.485 --> 45:00.547 [Vael (Berberis)]: Alright. 45:00.727 --> 45:05.434 [Vael (Berberis)]: If I stopped making noise, I would wonder what's happening. 45:07.540 --> 45:13.207 [JC (Ryo)]: Kai, if you're gonna hit that tower, I'll hit like 20 foot on the bridge with the silent spell. 45:13.808 --> 45:20.676 [JC (Ryo)]: So that way if they start to try and run across that little gatehouse thing, they won't be making noise until they're over halfway across. 45:23.560 --> 45:26.143 [Lacer (Kai)]: Sounds like good logic to me, because I don't know. 45:26.283 --> 45:27.625 [Lacer (Kai)]: I'm not very educated. 45:30.997 --> 45:31.858 [Riv (DM)]: Okay, cool. 45:31.878 --> 45:38.006 [Riv (DM)]: So you guys are gonna crouch down and get your ritual castings off there and there, are we? 45:38.026 --> 45:39.228 [Riv (DM)]: Okay, excellent. 45:39.689 --> 45:41.291 [Riv (DM)]: So this is a 10-minute cast for each, I assume? 45:43.754 --> 45:43.975 [JC (Ryo)]: Mm-hmm. 45:43.995 --> 45:44.696 [JC (Ryo)]: Correct. 45:44.776 --> 45:48.000 [JC (Ryo)]: And it's concentration that lasts for 10 minutes. 45:48.260 --> 45:48.421 [Riv (DM)]: Yep. 45:49.442 --> 45:50.784 [Riv (DM)]: Yep, great. 45:51.304 --> 45:54.709 [Riv (DM)]: The rest of you guys, anything, or are we just gonna be chilling and waiting? 45:58.334 --> 45:59.336 [Riv (DM)]: Oh, excellent. 45:59.397 --> 46:00.239 [Riv (DM)]: Alright. 46:00.279 --> 46:00.620 [Vael (Berberis)]: Yep. 46:00.820 --> 46:02.765 [Vael (Berberis)]: Okay, cool. 46:04.890 --> 46:08.238 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, so Ali can float around. 46:11.085 --> 46:14.112 [Riv (DM)]: So yeah, two guys on either side up in the top tower. 46:14.172 --> 46:16.478 [Riv (DM)]: They appear to be sort of like, you know, 46:17.234 --> 46:19.437 [Riv (DM)]: Shuffling and hopping back on each foot. 46:19.497 --> 46:23.842 [Riv (DM)]: They've been here for a while and they're starting to get a bit cold and potentially a little bit grumpy, but they are alert. 46:23.882 --> 46:27.267 [Riv (DM)]: They are pacing around, looking in all directions as they sort of wander. 46:27.407 --> 46:31.612 [Riv (DM)]: Every now and then they might lean against one of the walls and look over the edge or something like that. 46:32.273 --> 46:34.336 [Riv (DM)]: Do you want the owl to get much closer to the tower? 46:35.477 --> 46:37.500 [Riv (DM)]: To actually sort of have a look around for windows and things like that? 46:40.563 --> 46:45.790 [Vael (Berberis)]: I can do like a low fly and just quickly zip past and see if there's anything in. 46:46.208 --> 46:46.749 [Riv (DM)]: Okay. 46:46.889 --> 46:53.059 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, so maybe like straight up through the middle or something like that? 46:53.079 --> 46:54.181 [Riv (DM)]: Sure. 46:54.201 --> 46:54.762 [Riv (DM)]: Alright. 46:55.323 --> 46:57.667 [Riv (DM)]: I will be needing the owl to make a stealth check if you do that. 47:06.301 --> 47:06.581 [Riv (DM)]: You know what? 47:06.602 --> 47:09.586 [Riv (DM)]: You can do it with advantage because I assume... 47:09.606 --> 47:11.890 [Riv (DM)]: I was always just imagining your owl was a snowy white owl. 47:11.950 --> 47:12.992 [Riv (DM)]: Is that the case? 47:14.120 --> 47:14.861 [Vael (Berberis)]: Yep. 47:15.061 --> 47:15.542 [Vael (Berberis)]: White Cray. 47:15.903 --> 47:17.525 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, nice. 47:17.545 --> 47:17.705 [Vael (Berberis)]: Alright. 47:17.725 --> 47:19.428 [Vael (Berberis)]: And owls make no noise when they fly. 47:19.808 --> 47:20.589 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah. 47:20.609 --> 47:21.110 [Vael (Berberis)]: Yeah, great. 47:21.190 --> 47:21.671 [Riv (DM)]: 18's good. 47:21.691 --> 47:26.498 [Riv (DM)]: Let me just do a couple of perception checks for the guys just in case someone makes a miracle. 47:26.518 --> 47:28.401 [Riv (DM)]: 15... 9. 47:29.482 --> 47:30.624 [Riv (DM)]: Nah, you're good. 47:32.827 --> 47:39.216 [Riv (DM)]: So the owl can fly straight up through and actually zip between a couple of the beams of the portcullis itself. 47:40.664 --> 47:51.922 [Riv (DM)]: You do see as the owl is flying past that there are fairly large openings on either side of the tower, sort of like here and here, and here, that sort of face each other. 47:52.383 --> 47:56.029 [Riv (DM)]: You don't necessarily see anyone inside it, but massive large opening. 47:58.052 --> 47:59.414 [Riv (DM)]: Not paned with glass either. 48:01.778 --> 48:04.763 [Vael (Berberis)]: Okay, so it's like a big open archway but not a door. 48:05.725 --> 48:07.127 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, yeah more or less. 48:08.137 --> 48:10.440 [Lacer (Kai)]: It's a door for Erendor. 48:13.343 --> 48:14.905 [Vael (Berberis)]: Okay. 48:14.925 --> 48:19.571 [Vael (Berberis)]: If we wanted to not go in the door, we could slip in the interior, inner side. 48:22.495 --> 48:28.722 [Vael (Berberis)]: And I imagine once we're, is it the opening underneath the bridge, I guess? 48:29.583 --> 48:31.065 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, like kind of half and half. 48:31.105 --> 48:34.970 [Riv (DM)]: I would say the opening would be like, like here probably. 48:36.191 --> 48:37.553 [Riv (DM)]: Here and here. 48:38.005 --> 48:44.632 [Riv (DM)]: Yep. 48:44.652 --> 48:53.842 [Riv (DM)]: Alright, I think at this point the ritual casts finish and Silent's dome appears in both locations. 48:53.922 --> 48:58.507 [Riv (DM)]: It's almost like a slight ripple in the air as the spells take effect. 49:02.432 --> 49:05.515 [Riv (DM)]: Is there any, what do you guys immediately do after doing that? 49:09.578 --> 49:15.909 [Vael (Berberis)]: Back alleys and close distance to get under the wall, I guess. 49:15.929 --> 49:16.750 [Riv (DM)]: Okay, you start approaching. 49:16.770 --> 49:20.837 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: Just before we head in, I will innate spell casting Pass Without Trace. 49:22.079 --> 49:23.141 [Riv (DM)]: Very good, alright. 49:23.762 --> 49:30.153 [Riv (DM)]: So you start to approach the left gatehouse through the alley, probably coming up around the backside of this building here. 49:31.095 --> 49:34.801 [Riv (DM)]: Make a group stealth check. 49:34.821 --> 49:35.502 [Riv (DM)]: And plus 10. 49:50.568 --> 49:51.289 [Riv (DM)]: Oh, that's huge. 50:07.615 --> 50:08.797 [Riv (DM)]: We do have a natural one. 50:11.341 --> 50:12.123 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Fuck, was that me? 50:12.563 --> 50:13.906 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah. 50:13.926 --> 50:16.069 [Riv (DM)]: Bro, Pass Without a Chase is so fucking broken. 50:17.247 --> 50:18.188 [Riv (DM)]: I feel like this game should be deleted. 50:18.208 --> 50:19.049 [Riv (DM)]: I know, both really good. 50:19.309 --> 50:25.235 [Riv (DM)]: Okay. 50:26.236 --> 50:27.737 [Riv (DM)]: Two failures and four successes. 50:28.318 --> 50:43.913 [Riv (DM)]: It's good because as you're starting to approach around the side alley here, pressing up against the side of this house, maybe duck down beneath and beside the bush or maybe behind some barrels, this door to this gatehouse opens. 50:44.888 --> 50:57.407 [Riv (DM)]: Just opens outwards and you see a soldier pokes his head out and kind of steps out and looks around with a serious look of confusion on his face and he says, or rather mouths because no sound comes out. 50:58.068 --> 50:59.170 [Riv (DM)]: What the fuck? 50:59.570 --> 51:00.612 [Riv (DM)]: As he's looking left and right. 51:00.932 --> 51:04.498 [Riv (DM)]: However, he doesn't see you guys as you are grouped in the shadows. 51:08.344 --> 51:09.826 [Riv (DM)]: He turns to head back inside. 51:11.689 --> 51:13.832 [Vael (Berberis)]: Um... 51:14.639 --> 51:17.062 [Vael (Berberis)]: I quickly glanced at the party and raised an eyebrow. 51:19.965 --> 51:20.246 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Follow. 51:22.428 --> 51:22.869 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: I mouth. 51:23.790 --> 51:25.893 [Vael (Berberis)]: This is a fucking gamble and I might regret it. 51:29.417 --> 51:30.318 [Vael (Berberis)]: Can't trip the thorn whip. 51:32.060 --> 51:34.103 [Vael (Berberis)]: Ooh, okay. 51:34.964 --> 51:35.905 [Vael (Berberis)]: That's a 30-foot range. 51:36.545 --> 51:38.828 [Vael (Berberis)]: If I'm tucked in like here, up against the wall. 51:39.809 --> 51:39.970 [Vael (Berberis)]: Yep. 51:40.290 --> 51:42.773 [Vael (Berberis)]: I'm just going to try and grab him and yank him towards me. 51:43.158 --> 51:44.019 [Riv (DM)]: Okay, all right. 51:45.501 --> 51:49.567 [Riv (DM)]: So he starts to turn around to head back inside and you yoink him. 51:50.289 --> 51:50.589 [Riv (DM)]: Sweet. 51:51.651 --> 51:51.731 [Riv (DM)]: Yep. 51:51.751 --> 51:53.874 [Riv (DM)]: So he needs to make a save, I believe, is it? 51:55.296 --> 51:56.177 [Riv (DM)]: Oh, you make a spell attack. 51:56.277 --> 51:56.598 [Riv (DM)]: Excellent. 51:56.658 --> 51:56.938 [Riv (DM)]: All right. 51:57.559 --> 51:58.641 [Unmatched Speaker]: Yep. 51:58.661 --> 51:58.921 [Riv (DM)]: Cool. 52:00.203 --> 52:00.564 [Riv (DM)]: Roll it. 52:01.485 --> 52:06.933 [Riv (DM)]: AC, I believe, is like... pretty low. 52:07.634 --> 52:08.576 [Riv (DM)]: 16 AC, actually. 52:09.697 --> 52:12.962 [Riv (DM)]: So that misses, unfortunately. 52:14.292 --> 52:16.135 [Riv (DM)]: I think he probably sees it as well. 52:16.315 --> 52:22.524 [Riv (DM)]: So a massive big thorn vine comes slashing out from the shadows and just glances off his shield. 52:22.584 --> 52:26.249 [Riv (DM)]: He looks down and he immediately turns and sprints back inside. 52:31.377 --> 52:35.102 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: We're in the door after him. 52:35.504 --> 52:38.007 [Vael (Berberis)]: Bonus action Shillelagh and we're going in after him. 52:38.367 --> 52:38.687 [Vael (Berberis)]: Awesome. 52:38.707 --> 52:39.968 [Riv (DM)]: Hopefully he didn't slam it in our face. 52:40.309 --> 52:41.150 [Riv (DM)]: Yep. 52:41.190 --> 52:47.836 [Riv (DM)]: The door does start to close but you get to it just as it's closing and you can bang it open so that it doesn't shut in front of you. 52:48.397 --> 52:55.864 [Riv (DM)]: You step inside this room and now you see before you there are three soldiers in this which appears to be a guard room. 52:56.725 --> 53:01.410 [Riv (DM)]: There is like a main sort of desk area, sort of like a, yeah like 53:02.167 --> 53:05.494 [Riv (DM)]: You know, like a counter or something you might see in a store. 53:05.514 --> 53:07.678 [Riv (DM)]: A guard is standing behind that. 53:07.718 --> 53:11.145 [Riv (DM)]: There is a door off to the left which leads into another room. 53:11.767 --> 53:23.230 [Riv (DM)]: And then just a few tables around, a couple of soldiers are sitting around there and then the one soldier that has just ran in has gone to the bench and jumped over it and is currently 53:23.210 --> 53:27.076 [Riv (DM)]: Um, it's currently ringing a bell that is hanging from the ceiling. 53:27.397 --> 53:29.039 [Riv (DM)]: Quite a, like, quite a decently large bell. 53:29.360 --> 53:33.386 [Riv (DM)]: And you're slamming it with all, all his might, but unfortunately no sound is coming out of it. 53:34.027 --> 53:37.693 [Riv (DM)]: Um, all of the guards sort of get up and start to pull their weapons together. 53:37.713 --> 53:40.818 [Riv (DM)]: Um, what do you guys do as soon as you enter the room? 53:40.838 --> 53:44.745 [Vael (Berberis)]: I hold out my little walking stick. 53:45.446 --> 53:49.352 [Vael (Berberis)]: Little green vines will curl around it and a feather will appear on the top. 53:49.957 --> 53:52.885 [Vael (Berberis)]: Green Shimmer, and I'll just give an evil smile. 53:54.208 --> 53:55.311 [Vael (Berberis)]: And start moving towards them. 53:55.712 --> 53:56.093 [Vael (Berberis)]: Alrighty. 53:57.236 --> 54:02.650 [Riv (DM)]: What I'll do is I will just chuck on a couple of these guys. 54:04.064 --> 54:10.494 [Riv (DM)]: And you guys can... don't worry too much about positioning and stuff like that, I'll just chuck the tokens on for reference. 54:11.115 --> 54:12.537 [Riv (DM)]: Can it be in a closet? 54:13.318 --> 54:15.081 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, it's a pretty tight room. 54:16.222 --> 54:19.868 [Riv (DM)]: So let's do a quick little initiative, I'll add you guys all to a combat tracker. 54:20.909 --> 54:21.971 [Riv (DM)]: There you go, should be available. 54:22.051 --> 54:25.176 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Is it worth yelling Black Marsh's dead, surrender or die? 54:25.757 --> 54:26.257 [Riv (DM)]: You can try it. 54:26.498 --> 54:31.405 [Unmatched Speaker]: They can't hear anything. 54:32.161 --> 54:35.044 [Vael (Berberis)]: Now, bear in mind, casters, it is a silent field. 54:36.725 --> 54:37.386 [Vael (Berberis)]: And many spells. 54:37.406 --> 54:37.906 [Unmatched Speaker]: Yes, I know. 54:38.567 --> 54:46.634 [Vael (Berberis)]: So, Riv, thank you for bringing in the overestimating from Heroforge. 54:46.654 --> 54:47.876 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: Yeah, it's alright. 54:47.896 --> 54:51.139 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: Does anyone else have a previous combat? 54:51.159 --> 54:52.159 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, you know what? 54:52.179 --> 54:53.341 [Riv (DM)]: Let me delete this. 54:53.501 --> 54:55.162 [Riv (DM)]: I'm just going to make a new one because that's super weird. 54:56.043 --> 54:56.463 [Riv (DM)]: There we go. 54:59.306 --> 54:59.807 [Riv (DM)]: Sorry about that. 54:59.947 --> 55:01.408 [Riv (DM)]: You can roll your initiative again now. 55:11.345 --> 55:13.488 [Riv (DM)]: Very good, looks like Erendor's going to be going first. 55:15.451 --> 55:21.420 [Riv (DM)]: I think that you're all pretty up in close quarters so if you want to make a sneak attack you absolutely will be able to. 55:26.287 --> 55:27.549 [Unmatched Speaker]: Wonderful. 55:32.997 --> 55:37.403 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: Yep, first up absolutely just swing at the Ember Blade. 55:41.264 --> 55:41.865 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: No! 55:42.485 --> 55:43.266 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: Fucking hell. 55:43.546 --> 55:45.368 [Riv (DM)]: Bro. 55:45.388 --> 55:46.349 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: End. 55:47.550 --> 55:50.033 [Riv (DM)]: I want you to do some crazy shit with that sword. 55:50.073 --> 55:56.959 [Riv (DM)]: Unfortunately, the blade misses as the room is just a bit too tight. 55:57.320 --> 55:58.321 [Riv (DM)]: Any bonus action? 56:06.749 --> 56:09.972 [Vael (Berberis)]: We need to find ways to get you your advantage. 56:11.167 --> 56:12.568 [Riv (DM)]: Well, he's got Vex. 56:13.770 --> 56:19.576 [Riv (DM)]: He's got Vex on his Ember Blade, so in theory if he hits with his Ember Blade, that will give him advantage on his offhand. 56:21.298 --> 56:21.978 [Unmatched Speaker]: Yeah. 56:21.998 --> 56:25.582 [Unmatched Speaker]: F. Yep. 56:25.602 --> 56:27.604 [Riv (DM)]: Doesn't he have an offhand attack with a dagger? 56:27.624 --> 56:28.245 [Riv (DM)]: Yep, exactly. 56:28.265 --> 56:34.271 [Riv (DM)]: So it's a very neat combo, you slash with Ember Blade, get Vex, and then advantage on dagger, which automatically gives you sneak attack. 56:35.373 --> 56:39.537 [Unmatched Speaker]: Yeah, it's pretty cool. 56:44.005 --> 56:47.793 [Vael (Berberis)]: Unless he wants to burn a bonus on something other than stabbing with a dagger. 56:47.813 --> 56:49.516 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: Yeah, nah, I don't think so. 56:49.536 --> 56:51.139 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: I'll give it a shot. 56:51.159 --> 56:51.680 [Riv (DM)]: Cool. 56:51.700 --> 56:52.201 [Riv (DM)]: That's all. 56:56.690 --> 56:57.532 [Riv (DM)]: Nice, that one all hit. 56:57.953 --> 57:00.057 [Riv (DM)]: Easy peasy, so you can roll damage and sneak attack on that one. 57:03.732 --> 57:10.883 [Riv (DM)]: Actually, you don't even need to burn a bonus action for this because dagger has nick so you can do it as part of the roll itself. 57:11.343 --> 57:13.887 [Riv (DM)]: So 8 damage is beautiful and do your sneak as well. 57:15.510 --> 57:18.274 [Riv (DM)]: And then can you stab again with the dagger as his bonus? 57:18.294 --> 57:19.175 [Riv (DM)]: No, no. 57:19.195 --> 57:20.697 [Riv (DM)]: You can only do the offhand attack once per round. 57:20.718 --> 57:23.361 [Riv (DM)]: That was the thing we were chatting about I think a couple of sessions ago. 57:24.683 --> 57:27.027 [Riv (DM)]: But you can use your bonus action for another thing now. 57:27.988 --> 57:28.589 [Riv (DM)]: Incredible. 57:28.669 --> 57:31.714 [Riv (DM)]: So 13 plus 8. 57:31.694 --> 57:35.759 [Riv (DM)]: It's gonna absolutely slay this guard in one hit. 57:35.979 --> 57:43.408 [Riv (DM)]: You just come into the room, you roll, you do a swing with your ember blade but he's just able to back up and the ember blade unfortunately catches on a chair. 57:44.189 --> 57:52.739 [Riv (DM)]: You turn, get your dagger and then sort of in like a reverse backhand strike straight into his neck and he just crumbles in a pool of his own blood as he goes down. 57:53.119 --> 57:53.860 [Riv (DM)]: Excellent, alrighty. 57:54.401 --> 57:56.743 [Riv (DM)]: So now you can do bonus action if you want. 57:56.763 --> 58:00.688 [Riv (DM)]: Or we can move on to the guard. 58:02.693 --> 58:12.298 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: I will... All I want to do additionally for that is try and make sure there's enough room for someone else to get in here with me. 58:12.683 --> 58:13.024 [Riv (DM)]: Nice. 58:13.044 --> 58:14.747 [Riv (DM)]: So yeah maybe you can like... And not be blocking the door. 58:14.907 --> 58:15.167 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah. 58:15.187 --> 58:18.533 [Riv (DM)]: So you maybe like disengage or something and back up against the wall to give some room. 58:18.954 --> 58:19.034 [Riv (DM)]: Yep. 58:19.054 --> 58:19.414 [Riv (DM)]: Beautiful. 58:19.655 --> 58:19.955 [Riv (DM)]: Alrighty. 58:21.798 --> 58:23.201 [Riv (DM)]: That will take us to the guard's turn. 58:24.443 --> 58:27.829 [Riv (DM)]: This is the guard who is currently swinging on the alarm. 58:28.249 --> 58:32.717 [Riv (DM)]: He immediately realises it's futile because some spell unfortunately is 58:33.490 --> 58:34.371 [Riv (DM)]: Blocking the sound. 58:34.731 --> 58:40.577 [Riv (DM)]: So he's going to look at one of you guys and just step forward, I believe, and take a swing. 58:41.037 --> 58:47.923 [Riv (DM)]: Actually, he'll have a crossbow, so I think what he's going to do is just launch a crossbow, probably at you, Erendor, since you were the first one to come in and start swinging. 58:48.264 --> 58:49.465 [Riv (DM)]: Fair enough. 58:49.485 --> 58:49.645 [Riv (DM)]: Yep. 58:50.326 --> 58:51.287 [Riv (DM)]: Heavy crossbow attack. 58:58.153 --> 59:00.375 [Riv (DM)]: Ooh, let's go, dude. 59:04.270 --> 59:04.711 [Riv (DM)]: Alright. 59:06.653 --> 59:07.875 [Riv (DM)]: 15 damage to Erendor. 59:09.958 --> 59:11.580 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: Halved on Kenny Dodge. 59:11.600 --> 59:12.161 [Riv (DM)]: Ah, very good. 59:12.642 --> 59:13.883 [Riv (DM)]: Yep, can halve that. 59:14.544 --> 59:21.173 [Riv (DM)]: And he's going to start backing up. 59:21.774 --> 59:23.336 [Riv (DM)]: So there's a door at the back of this room. 59:23.397 --> 59:25.119 [Riv (DM)]: He's just going to start backing up towards it. 59:26.361 --> 59:30.947 [Riv (DM)]: He's trying to appear like he's trying to get away from the silence as he passes back in through the door behind. 59:31.007 --> 59:33.130 [Riv (DM)]: That will take us to Rio's turn. 59:37.362 --> 59:43.070 [JC (Ryo)]: Yep, I'll pop in so I line up. 59:43.090 --> 59:43.330 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: No. 59:44.372 --> 59:48.277 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: Bust, that trace is gone. 59:48.297 --> 59:50.600 [Riv (DM)]: Bro, that's two natural ones in like a row. 59:50.961 --> 59:54.326 [Riv (DM)]: Only good rolls for now. 59:54.426 --> 59:57.871 [Riv (DM)]: Maybe reload so your foundry resets its random seed or something. 01:00:00.594 --> 01:00:01.035 [Riv (DM)]: Oh jeez. 01:00:01.576 --> 01:00:03.218 [Riv (DM)]: Okay, Rio, what you got? 01:00:03.991 --> 01:00:08.176 [JC (Ryo)]: Yeah so I'm just going to pop in with my bow and take two shots at the... 01:00:08.196 --> 01:00:12.401 [JC (Ryo)]: I want to aim at the ones furthest to the back. 01:00:13.041 --> 01:00:13.382 [Riv (DM)]: Cool yeah. 01:00:13.402 --> 01:00:17.046 [JC (Ryo)]: The ones that are closest to a door that can run away, the ones you were saying that are near a door. 01:00:17.286 --> 01:00:26.256 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah so yeah the main guy who was ringing the alarm has tried to back out through the back door and I think you can probably just see him beyond the door itself so you can take a couple of shots. 01:00:27.177 --> 01:00:30.221 [Riv (DM)]: He would probably hit half cover but you've got sharpshooter so no problem there. 01:00:30.321 --> 01:00:31.382 [JC (Ryo)]: Sharpshooter yeah. 01:00:38.703 --> 01:00:40.925 [Riv (DM)]: Ooh, 16 is enough. 01:00:40.945 --> 01:00:49.393 [JC (Ryo)]: 14 misses? 01:00:49.953 --> 01:00:52.175 [Riv (DM)]: Actually on this guy 14 is enough, he doesn't have a shield. 01:00:57.460 --> 01:00:58.921 [Vael (Berberis)]: That mean I would have hit him with a group? 01:00:59.182 --> 01:01:00.643 [Riv (DM)]: Oh well. 01:01:00.663 --> 01:01:04.266 [Riv (DM)]: On the second shot? 01:01:05.888 --> 01:01:06.128 [Riv (DM)]: Sorry? 01:01:09.078 --> 01:01:11.703 [JC (Ryo)]: I rolled a 16 and a 14 to hit. 01:01:13.166 --> 01:01:13.247 Yep. 01:01:13.267 --> 01:01:13.948 [Riv (DM)]: That's a good 7. 01:01:15.070 --> 01:01:18.077 [JC (Ryo)]: And then a 10 and 11 for damage. 01:01:19.159 --> 01:01:26.013 [JC (Ryo)]: On the second shot, can I use my bonus action and tack on Hail of Thorns? 01:01:27.536 --> 01:01:28.538 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, absolutely. 01:01:39.841 --> 01:01:40.482 [Riv (DM)]: Which he fails. 01:01:44.446 --> 01:01:46.949 [JC (Ryo)]: Uh, and each creature within five foot of him. 01:01:47.369 --> 01:01:48.871 [JC (Ryo)]: So probably the guy in front as well. 01:01:49.611 --> 01:01:51.193 [Riv (DM)]: Oh, these two guys here are upstairs. 01:01:53.135 --> 01:01:54.316 [JC (Ryo)]: Oh, okay. 01:01:54.336 --> 01:01:55.618 [JC (Ryo)]: Oh, so I'm shooting at that one then. 01:01:55.838 --> 01:01:57.280 [JC (Ryo)]: Yep. 01:01:57.300 --> 01:02:00.022 [JC (Ryo)]: All right. 01:02:00.042 --> 01:02:01.424 [JC (Ryo)]: Uh, so yeah, the other guy's too far away. 01:02:01.444 --> 01:02:04.908 [JC (Ryo)]: Ooh, huge. 01:02:04.928 --> 01:02:09.072 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Just confirming you are able to use Hail of Thorns, a verbal spell? 01:02:10.452 --> 01:02:11.774 [JC (Ryo)]: I'm standing outside the silence. 01:02:11.794 --> 01:02:12.395 [JC (Ryo)]: He's outside. 01:02:12.415 --> 01:02:13.116 [JC (Ryo)]: He's outside. 01:02:13.136 --> 01:02:13.697 [Riv (DM)]: Oh, are you? 01:02:14.978 --> 01:02:16.561 [Riv (DM)]: Ooh, it's going to be a hard shot. 01:02:17.201 --> 01:02:17.702 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah. 01:02:17.722 --> 01:02:21.668 [JC (Ryo)]: Like I said, I just get myself, I get myself in line with the door so I can shoot in. 01:02:22.589 --> 01:02:22.789 [Riv (DM)]: Okay. 01:02:22.809 --> 01:02:24.011 [Riv (DM)]: You're shooting through two doors. 01:02:24.752 --> 01:02:26.134 [JC (Ryo)]: Hmm. 01:02:26.154 --> 01:02:26.655 [JC (Ryo)]: Sharp shooter. 01:02:27.676 --> 01:02:28.137 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah. 01:02:30.180 --> 01:02:30.380 [Riv (DM)]: Shit. 01:02:30.400 --> 01:02:31.802 [Riv (DM)]: I mean, I would say that like, 01:02:33.436 --> 01:02:35.242 [Riv (DM)]: Actually, let me have a look at my diagram. 01:02:35.463 --> 01:02:39.859 [JC (Ryo)]: Well, if you want me to be inside, obviously then I just wouldn't cast Hail of Thorns. 01:02:39.899 --> 01:02:43.311 [JC (Ryo)]: That would have been my turn then. 01:02:46.784 --> 01:02:48.066 [Riv (DM)]: With Sharpshooter I think you're fine. 01:02:48.286 --> 01:02:49.888 [Riv (DM)]: It's like a super hard shot. 01:02:50.008 --> 01:02:51.670 [Riv (DM)]: We're talking threading the needle here. 01:02:51.690 --> 01:03:06.710 [Riv (DM)]: I just checked my diagram and the doors are actually aligned so in theory you can just catch this dude as he's running through but you're aiming through like a potential square of like half a foot or something but Rio has got Sharpshooter and he can just blast straight through. 01:03:06.750 --> 01:03:09.313 [Riv (DM)]: Even if it was three quarters? 01:03:10.094 --> 01:03:11.796 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah exactly. 01:03:11.776 --> 01:03:13.138 [JC (Ryo)]: Yeah, it's three quarters. 01:03:13.418 --> 01:03:16.183 [Riv (DM)]: Exactly. 01:03:16.343 --> 01:03:17.505 [Riv (DM)]: That's some crazy shit, dude. 01:03:18.426 --> 01:03:19.668 [Riv (DM)]: So let's count it up. 01:03:19.688 --> 01:03:21.811 [Riv (DM)]: So you've got 10, 11, 21. 01:03:21.971 --> 01:03:25.176 [Riv (DM)]: Have you rolled your Dread Ambusher damage as well? 01:03:26.038 --> 01:03:27.560 [JC (Ryo)]: I have not used Dread Ambusher yet. 01:03:28.722 --> 01:03:31.085 [JC (Ryo)]: Dread Ambusher is not limited to the first turn. 01:03:31.105 --> 01:03:33.148 [JC (Ryo)]: It's whenever I want, up to how many a day. 01:03:33.749 --> 01:03:34.530 [Riv (DM)]: Okay, cool. 01:03:34.550 --> 01:03:37.615 [Riv (DM)]: So that's like 31 damage. 01:03:38.658 --> 01:03:40.601 [JC (Ryo)]: That is... Yeah, 31 exactly. 01:03:41.081 --> 01:03:43.124 [Riv (DM)]: That is actually enough to kill this guy. 01:03:45.147 --> 01:03:46.088 [Riv (DM)]: So he also collapses. 01:03:46.990 --> 01:03:52.016 [Riv (DM)]: His arrow just like pins him straight in the back of his neck between the armour, his breastplate and his helmet. 01:03:53.659 --> 01:04:00.028 [JC (Ryo)]: And then I don't know how much movement I use to get that angle but I'll use whatever movement I need left, I have left to get out of the way. 01:04:01.009 --> 01:04:02.751 [Riv (DM)]: Cool, easy peasy. 01:04:02.771 --> 01:04:03.973 [Riv (DM)]: Then that goes to Berberis. 01:04:07.177 --> 01:04:13.771 [Vael (Berberis)]: I would have been already in, so I'm just going to walk down the last guard and smack him twice with a big stick. 01:04:14.112 --> 01:04:21.828 [Vael (Berberis)]: Nice. 01:04:21.848 --> 01:04:22.149 [Riv (DM)]: Very good. 01:04:22.309 --> 01:04:23.572 [Riv (DM)]: Yep. 01:04:23.592 --> 01:04:25.676 [Riv (DM)]: Throw both attacks. 01:04:25.696 --> 01:04:25.796 [Riv (DM)]: Yep. 01:04:25.817 --> 01:04:26.217 [Riv (DM)]: Oh, nice. 01:04:26.398 --> 01:04:26.939 [Riv (DM)]: Yep, both. 01:04:26.959 --> 01:04:27.480 [Riv (DM)]: That's easy. 01:04:36.640 --> 01:04:38.103 [Vael (Berberis)]: Terms 10 damage. 01:04:44.153 --> 01:04:49.783 [Vael (Berberis)]: Second one's 5 and then with Colossus Slayer because he's wounded to be an extra D8. 01:04:49.803 --> 01:04:51.165 [Unmatched Speaker]: Alright, nice. 01:04:56.915 --> 01:04:57.216 [Riv (DM)]: Nice. 01:04:57.236 --> 01:04:59.239 [Riv (DM)]: 21. 01:05:01.312 --> 01:05:02.835 [Riv (DM)]: I'm just going to remind myself which Lele does. 01:05:03.075 --> 01:05:05.900 [Riv (DM)]: Ah, so it changes it to a D8. 01:05:06.000 --> 01:05:07.744 [Riv (DM)]: I thought that it did like a mod or something. 01:05:08.084 --> 01:05:09.988 [Riv (DM)]: D10. 01:05:10.028 --> 01:05:12.051 [Vael (Berberis)]: It changes it to a D10 because it's a cantrips. 01:05:12.071 --> 01:05:12.512 [Vael (Berberis)]: Levels up. 01:05:13.253 --> 01:05:13.594 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah, levels up. 01:05:13.694 --> 01:05:13.955 [Lacer (Kai)]: Awesome. 01:05:15.938 --> 01:05:21.749 [Riv (DM)]: Alright, so we get a total of 10, 15, 21 damage. 01:05:21.849 --> 01:05:22.290 [Riv (DM)]: Perfect. 01:05:22.330 --> 01:05:24.113 [Riv (DM)]: This guy also dies. 01:05:24.329 --> 01:05:41.927 [Riv (DM)]: You get the idea that these are not the most elite soldiers in the world but the challenge here was trying to try and get in without raising the alarm and while they desperately were raising the alarm unfortunately for them nothing actually happened so for now the current threat seems to be abated. 01:05:44.170 --> 01:05:53.239 [Riv (DM)]: So what we do is we have a look around the room now so like I sort of said this is a sort of like the initial guard room and 01:05:53.320 --> 01:06:01.131 [Riv (DM)]: Honestly, kind of disgracefully undermanned considering, but I think the idea was that the war is over. 01:06:01.731 --> 01:06:08.641 [Riv (DM)]: The King Marius had been taken, the soldiers were to amass on the bank and reap their victory. 01:06:09.261 --> 01:06:12.225 [Riv (DM)]: These guys don't even know that the King has been returned at this point. 01:06:12.726 --> 01:06:21.538 [Riv (DM)]: And funnily enough, they were in the tower when you walked directly underneath them through the Smuggler's Tunnel which would have passed right below where you are right now. 01:06:24.590 --> 01:06:29.239 [Riv (DM)]: Given that, you look around and you see there is a door that heads into this room over to the left. 01:06:29.599 --> 01:06:31.463 [Riv (DM)]: One of you can poke your head in there and have a look. 01:06:31.864 --> 01:06:37.354 [Riv (DM)]: There are bunks, just sort of like living quarters in here for any guards that might be stationed here on longer shifts. 01:06:38.416 --> 01:06:44.227 [Riv (DM)]: This main entrance area, like I said, has a bench where a guard can sit behind with the alarm bell and a few tables. 01:06:44.868 --> 01:06:46.952 [Riv (DM)]: And then you walk back into the 01:06:46.932 --> 01:06:52.461 [Riv (DM)]: The deeper room, further beyond, this now transitions into Stone Tower. 01:06:52.501 --> 01:07:01.816 [Riv (DM)]: So this Stone Tower is built all the way down to the ground and this outer wooden guard room was sort of built against it. 01:07:02.858 --> 01:07:10.511 [Riv (DM)]: Inside the tower, if it's alright I might actually get rid of this guy for now just so it's a bit easier to see. 01:07:11.052 --> 01:07:13.716 [Riv (DM)]: And I'll get rid of these guys as well. 01:07:14.523 --> 01:07:25.545 [Riv (DM)]: So inside the tower itself there's a big flat stone area with a couple of steps that go down into a sort of 01:07:26.926 --> 01:07:36.785 [Riv (DM)]: Uh, like a sort of, oh boy, words are escaping me at the moment, but just sort of, there's a dip down into the stone with a few steps lead down into the sort of big perfectly square sunken in area. 01:07:37.506 --> 01:07:45.542 [Riv (DM)]: Um, to the left, sorry, to the right of you, um, that big opening that the owl had seen, um, is a large archway. 01:07:45.522 --> 01:07:52.189 [Riv (DM)]: Built up a couple of feet from the ground which just provides ample access to view directly across into the same tower on the other side. 01:07:52.750 --> 01:08:03.342 [Riv (DM)]: As you look across luckily there does not currently appear to be any soldiers in view but seeing that you I assume would take a bit of precaution now to not stand directly in line of sight with the window. 01:08:03.382 --> 01:08:09.348 [Riv (DM)]: In the centre of this dipped area there is this massive winch contraption. 01:08:09.789 --> 01:08:13.453 [Riv (DM)]: It looks like this huge big steel 01:08:14.480 --> 01:08:23.170 [Riv (DM)]: It's got two huge levers on either side, and if you were to place a hand on it, one person is not going to be able to winch this. 01:08:24.091 --> 01:08:27.074 [Riv (DM)]: It will definitely require two people on either side to be winching at the same time. 01:08:27.835 --> 01:08:32.199 [Riv (DM)]: And as you look across, you see the exact same contraption in the far tower as well. 01:08:35.423 --> 01:08:40.909 [Riv (DM)]: To the left of you, deeper into the tower, there are a set of stairs that go up which you assume spirals up towards the top. 01:08:44.686 --> 01:08:49.191 [Riv (DM)]: I can quickly flash my sketch if you like, because I did have that prepared. 01:08:51.353 --> 01:08:52.614 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, that's roughly what we're looking at. 01:08:58.661 --> 01:08:59.341 [Riv (DM)]: Okay, cool. 01:08:59.361 --> 01:09:07.490 [Riv (DM)]: And so the way this works is, this huge winch here, two people, I've got white on white, that's not very helpful, is it? 01:09:09.392 --> 01:09:12.195 [Riv (DM)]: Two people will have to stand on either side 01:09:12.935 --> 01:09:14.698 [Riv (DM)]: And winch. 01:09:15.279 --> 01:09:17.543 [Riv (DM)]: And then the gate is going to slide in this way. 01:09:17.763 --> 01:09:20.888 [Riv (DM)]: And that's sort of like slide all the way deep into the wall itself. 01:09:22.391 --> 01:09:23.974 [Riv (DM)]: Sort of 50 feet or so deep. 01:09:24.154 --> 01:09:27.299 [Lacer (Kai)]: That's going to take a while, but that is cool. 01:09:29.202 --> 01:09:30.765 [Lacer (Kai)]: So we can open the gate technically? 01:09:31.707 --> 01:09:32.889 [Riv (DM)]: You can open one side of the gate. 01:09:32.929 --> 01:09:34.892 [Lacer (Kai)]: On one side, one side. 01:09:37.049 --> 01:09:38.991 [Lacer (Kai)]: Just a quick question looking through this window. 01:09:40.713 --> 01:09:44.396 [Lacer (Kai)]: How big is it exactly in terms of width and height? 01:09:47.179 --> 01:09:52.204 [Riv (DM)]: It's probably a good five feet high I would say and maybe half that in terms of width. 01:09:54.446 --> 01:10:06.718 [Riv (DM)]: The point of it is being able to really really easily see across because people would need to sync up when they're going to start prepping the gates to be opened and closed and so you want to have a really good line of communication with the other side so that's the intention of it. 01:10:10.158 --> 01:10:23.918 [Lacer (Kai)]: My thought is if I use shape water, I would like to make it, like, freeze it up, make like the window, if I made a windowed plane out of ice. 01:10:24.419 --> 01:10:32.390 [Lacer (Kai)]: So it's sort of like a, like a sort of hazy, because I can control the frosted glass. 01:10:32.430 --> 01:10:33.752 [Lacer (Kai)]: So it's not easy. 01:10:34.407 --> 01:10:56.888 [Lacer (Kai)]: Easy to see through but you can still see through so it kind of gives us a bit of um if you do stand behind the window you can see through it because if i use shape water there's no vocal component it's just so manic and there's water right outside the tower because we're right by a river yeah so if i make a frosted glass frosted ice panel 01:10:57.239 --> 01:11:02.265 [Lacer (Kai)]: To freeze up the window so that we can sort of barely see through it. 01:11:02.405 --> 01:11:07.471 [Lacer (Kai)]: But if people were looking from the front, it would just look like it's frozen over. 01:11:07.491 --> 01:11:07.732 [Riv (DM)]: Okay. 01:11:07.912 --> 01:11:08.533 [Riv (DM)]: Do you want to try that? 01:11:10.455 --> 01:11:11.376 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah, I'll give it a go. 01:11:11.416 --> 01:11:12.558 [Lacer (Kai)]: We'll see if it works. 01:11:12.638 --> 01:11:14.119 [Lacer (Kai)]: If it doesn't, we'll see what the dice say. 01:11:14.360 --> 01:11:14.860 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah. 01:11:14.900 --> 01:11:15.701 [Riv (DM)]: Roll the dice. 01:11:15.721 --> 01:11:18.445 [Riv (DM)]: Just add your primary spell, Castling Modifier. 01:11:19.206 --> 01:11:20.327 [Riv (DM)]: Which would be your wisdom, I believe. 01:11:22.568 --> 01:11:27.915 [Lacer (Kai)]: So you want me to cast this cantrip, shape water. 01:11:33.643 --> 01:11:35.166 [Lacer (Kai)]: And then what do I do? 01:11:35.186 --> 01:11:36.668 [Riv (DM)]: Just roll a d20 and add your wisdom. 01:11:37.529 --> 01:11:40.413 [Riv (DM)]: This is just to see how like well constructed you make it. 01:11:40.433 --> 01:11:42.195 [Lacer (Kai)]: Oh how well, yeah, yeah, yeah, cool. 01:11:42.636 --> 01:11:43.297 [Lacer (Kai)]: My wisdom. 01:11:45.079 --> 01:11:46.281 [Lacer (Kai)]: D20 plus. 01:11:59.221 --> 01:12:03.691 [Riv (DM)]: Okay, I think that you're able to get it in place. 01:12:05.054 --> 01:12:09.424 [Riv (DM)]: I think it's either going to be very transparent or very opaque. 01:12:10.346 --> 01:12:18.245 [Riv (DM)]: Not like an in-between, if you know what I mean. 01:12:18.285 --> 01:12:18.445 [Riv (DM)]: Alright. 01:12:19.943 --> 01:12:30.245 [Riv (DM)]: Are you trying to make it so that people who are looking and saw it from across the way that they that it would look sort of natural and maybe yeah how do you want it to look from the outside? 01:12:31.447 --> 01:12:41.007 [Lacer (Kai)]: Um the thing is with Shapewater I can change the color and opacity of the water so I can choose how how opaque it is 01:12:42.067 --> 01:12:42.568 [Riv (DM)]: Okay, sweet. 01:12:42.588 --> 01:12:44.330 [Riv (DM)]: So you want to just like... 01:12:45.251 --> 01:12:50.998 [Riv (DM)]: I guess what I'm trying to get at is like, if one of these guards from the other tower were to look across, like what are they going to see? 01:12:52.741 --> 01:12:54.823 [Lacer (Kai)]: Just a blurry, just like frosted glass. 01:12:55.384 --> 01:12:55.684 [Lacer (Kai)]: Okay. 01:12:55.704 --> 01:12:56.065 [Lacer (Kai)]: In a way. 01:12:57.166 --> 01:12:57.426 [Riv (DM)]: Okay, cool. 01:12:58.308 --> 01:13:03.935 [Lacer (Kai)]: So they can still see through, but they won't see, they can't distinguish if we're enemy or friend or foe. 01:13:04.035 --> 01:13:04.255 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah. 01:13:04.515 --> 01:13:06.478 [Riv (DM)]: They might see shapes or something, but they wouldn't see people. 01:13:06.498 --> 01:13:07.559 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah, they just see shapes, yeah. 01:13:07.720 --> 01:13:08.200 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah. 01:13:08.220 --> 01:13:08.901 [Lacer (Kai)]: Okay, cool. 01:13:09.877 --> 01:13:13.121 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: I swear you said sheeps. 01:13:13.601 --> 01:13:14.843 [Riv (DM)]: They might. 01:13:18.647 --> 01:13:19.708 [Riv (DM)]: Okay, excellent. 01:13:26.396 --> 01:13:27.718 [Riv (DM)]: So you have control of one of the towers. 01:13:27.738 --> 01:13:28.539 [Riv (DM)]: What's the plan? 01:13:28.559 --> 01:13:33.184 [Vael (Berberis)]: Oh, there's still hostiles on the roof. 01:13:37.501 --> 01:13:47.020 [Vael (Berberis)]: I mean, if two people need to stay here to winch, we could leave two here to start the winch and deal with the guys that come down from the roof, and the rest can go across and clean up the other tower? 01:13:48.924 --> 01:13:49.165 [Vael (Berberis)]: Maybe? 01:13:49.485 --> 01:13:52.371 [Lacer (Kai)]: I'm just... Yeah, I'm just gonna hand-sitsign. 01:13:52.772 --> 01:13:55.056 [Lacer (Kai)]: I'm gonna go on the winch if you want. 01:13:55.357 --> 01:13:56.860 [Lacer (Kai)]: I just need someone else to help. 01:14:02.560 --> 01:14:07.908 [Vael (Berberis)]: I mean, we could probably drop the silence here now because it wouldn't be, the silence wouldn't be reaching the top of the tower, would it? 01:14:08.288 --> 01:14:10.972 [Riv (DM)]: Nah, it wouldn't have towers a good 40 or so feet up. 01:14:12.734 --> 01:14:14.016 [Riv (DM)]: We can probably drop the silence now. 01:14:14.136 --> 01:14:17.561 [Lacer (Kai)]: I drop, I drop, I drop the silence, I drop the silence. 01:14:17.621 --> 01:14:18.302 [JC (Ryo)]: I keep mine up. 01:14:18.723 --> 01:14:18.883 [JC (Ryo)]: Yep. 01:14:19.103 --> 01:14:19.905 [JC (Ryo)]: I keep concentrating. 01:14:20.385 --> 01:14:22.608 [JC (Ryo)]: I mean, it only lasts for 10 minutes anyway, so. 01:14:22.628 --> 01:14:26.073 [JC (Ryo)]: I think it was 10. 01:14:26.093 --> 01:14:28.356 [JC (Ryo)]: Mhm, yep, that's all good. 01:14:28.377 --> 01:14:28.737 [JC (Ryo)]: 10, yeah. 01:14:29.425 --> 01:14:32.410 [JC (Ryo)]: I'll hang onto mine until it drops just in case they start yelling as they run across. 01:14:33.933 --> 01:14:34.013 [Riv (DM)]: Yep. 01:14:34.033 --> 01:14:36.718 [Riv (DM)]: So here's the conundrum I guess to solve. 01:14:37.700 --> 01:14:48.419 [Riv (DM)]: You could take out the guys on the roof and you could winch one side of the gates across but it's probably going to make a bit of noise and the people across the way will probably be wondering what's going on. 01:14:49.400 --> 01:14:53.087 [Riv (DM)]: So the choice would be do we risk that or do we want to take the other tower as well? 01:14:54.603 --> 01:14:59.828 [Vael (Berberis)]: That's why my thinking was to stay here and then the rest of the party go across and clear the upper tower. 01:15:01.150 --> 01:15:07.776 [Vael (Berberis)]: And then that way, when these guys come down to see what's going on, we can clean them up with the two that remain. 01:15:08.937 --> 01:15:15.164 [Vael (Berberis)]: Splitting the party and all that, but because those guys seem pretty soft, I reckon two people could probably take them. 01:15:15.964 --> 01:15:18.347 [Vael (Berberis)]: There's only two on the roof. 01:15:18.367 --> 01:15:21.690 [Vael (Berberis)]: And then the rest of the party, other than the two that remain behind, can 01:15:22.075 --> 01:15:27.484 [Vael (Berberis)]: Waterwalk across or something, blitz in the other tower and crush it and then start winching there and clean up the guys from the roof. 01:15:28.927 --> 01:15:30.569 [Vael (Berberis)]: Or try and clear that tower quietly. 01:15:33.674 --> 01:15:36.219 [Lacer (Kai)]: Let's clean up these guys first. 01:15:36.259 --> 01:15:41.608 [Vael (Berberis)]: The issue is if we kill these guys from the roof, then the guys on the other tower are going to look across and go, hey, where have they gone? 01:15:44.653 --> 01:15:47.678 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Could just silence the tower and then fireball it. 01:15:50.408 --> 01:15:56.013 [JC (Ryo)]: I'm sure that anyone on the other side will see a massive flame thing erupt on the top of the tower. 01:15:56.553 --> 01:15:57.734 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Well, it's not on top of the tower. 01:15:57.914 --> 01:15:59.015 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: We're going to shoot it through a window. 01:15:59.115 --> 01:16:02.879 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: It's all inside the tower, contained, silent. 01:16:02.899 --> 01:16:04.100 [JC (Ryo)]: Anyways, we could always... 01:16:04.400 --> 01:16:05.641 [JC (Ryo)]: I just look at nothing else. 01:16:06.422 --> 01:16:11.446 [JC (Ryo)]: I mean, we could go Disguise Self and pretend to be the two Imperial Guards on the roof once we kill them real quick. 01:16:13.368 --> 01:16:13.668 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: We could. 01:16:14.729 --> 01:16:16.170 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: What a dress up in this campaign. 01:16:16.791 --> 01:16:18.212 [JC (Ryo)]: I'm assuming you have Disguise Self. 01:16:18.993 --> 01:16:19.453 [JC (Ryo)]: I do. 01:16:20.176 --> 01:16:22.718 [Vael (Berberis)]: Yes, good. 01:16:22.738 --> 01:16:25.381 [Vael (Berberis)]: How are you going to hide them getting killed in the other tower? 01:16:31.786 --> 01:16:33.848 [Vael (Berberis)]: Huh? 01:16:33.868 --> 01:16:36.210 [Vael (Berberis)]: I mean, there's guys on the top of both towers. 01:16:36.491 --> 01:16:37.552 [Vael (Berberis)]: The one tower above us. 01:16:38.432 --> 01:16:44.217 [Vael (Berberis)]: How are you going to hide those two being killed from the guys on the other side of the river on top of their tower looking across? 01:16:44.898 --> 01:16:45.639 [Vael (Berberis)]: It's pretty far. 01:16:45.679 --> 01:16:46.580 [Vael (Berberis)]: They might not see us. 01:16:47.721 --> 01:16:49.322 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Then we have the watery shield up. 01:16:50.669 --> 01:16:53.333 [Vael (Berberis)]: That's only inside the tower, not on the roof of the tower. 01:16:54.956 --> 01:17:03.029 [Lacer (Kai)]: We can just kill them and prop them up against the wall so that they look, they're just dead, but just like, leaning against the wall so they look like they're still alive. 01:17:06.154 --> 01:17:09.880 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: Something, something, shaped water, bloodbending... 01:17:09.900 --> 01:17:11.783 [Riv (DM)]: Bit of Weekend at Bernie's? 01:17:14.497 --> 01:17:20.986 [Vael (Berberis)]: I mean, it's not an issue leaving their bodies there all after they're dead, but how do you hide the fact that they're being killed? 01:17:24.010 --> 01:17:25.391 [Vael (Berberis)]: The act of the killing. 01:17:27.074 --> 01:17:27.775 [Lacer (Kai)]: Oh, I know. 01:17:28.155 --> 01:17:30.518 [Lacer (Kai)]: I'll just have to hold them. 01:17:30.538 --> 01:17:33.823 [Lacer (Kai)]: I'll just have to hold a person while you cut their throat, right? 01:17:35.725 --> 01:17:40.251 [Riv (DM)]: I think what he's saying is that like, if you just zoom out so you look at the whole map, 01:17:42.239 --> 01:17:43.580 [Riv (DM)]: You've got people on both sides. 01:17:44.281 --> 01:17:48.946 [Riv (DM)]: Say you were to pop out of this trapdoor and you could surprise them and you could probably kill them in one round. 01:17:49.526 --> 01:17:51.048 [Riv (DM)]: These guys over here will just be watching you do it. 01:17:54.071 --> 01:17:55.352 [Lacer (Kai)]: Ah, yes. 01:17:55.372 --> 01:17:56.754 [Lacer (Kai)]: Have none of you played Commandos? 01:17:58.536 --> 01:17:59.417 [Riv (DM)]: Clearly not. 01:17:59.457 --> 01:18:03.921 [Riv (DM)]: These guys are not particularly difficult combatants, but that's not what the challenge is. 01:18:06.444 --> 01:18:11.689 [Vael (Berberis)]: That's why I'm saying we have a team stay here, the rest of the team go over, start clearing the other tower. 01:18:12.192 --> 01:18:18.781 [Vael (Berberis)]: That way, these guys at the top of the left tower are going to go, hey, the gate's open, you're going to run downstairs. 01:18:20.043 --> 01:18:21.866 [Vael (Berberis)]: And then the people doing the winch can murk them. 01:18:23.969 --> 01:18:30.398 [Vael (Berberis)]: But you guys need to be on, or a team needs to be on the other team doing the job there in order to clean up the guys that come down there as well. 01:18:31.619 --> 01:18:32.440 [Lacer (Kai)]: Sounds good. 01:18:32.460 --> 01:18:39.010 [Lacer (Kai)]: I start casting, ritual casting, Waterwalk as we're talking about this. 01:18:39.030 --> 01:18:41.473 [Vael (Berberis)]: 10 minutes for a ritual cast? 01:18:42.517 --> 01:18:43.158 [Vael (Berberis)]: Are we talking? 01:18:45.261 --> 01:18:47.845 [Vael (Berberis)]: Ten minutes is a long time in a combat situation. 01:18:47.865 --> 01:18:49.747 [Lacer (Kai)]: Oh, that's true. 01:18:50.268 --> 01:18:51.530 [Lacer (Kai)]: Well, I don't have it prepared. 01:18:51.630 --> 01:19:03.727 [Vael (Berberis)]: I'm happy to go across. 01:19:03.787 --> 01:19:08.794 [Vael (Berberis)]: I can spider form and run across underneath the bridge where they won't see me. 01:19:09.601 --> 01:19:38.713 [Riv (DM)]: Um so and I will point out as well that the so the bridge part is not in line with the top of the tower so you would surmise that if you were to go up the steps you would come to like a lower part on the part of the bridge you could run across the bridge um without alerting the guys on top of the tower here um in theory somehow but you don't have to oh okay like a cupboard oh sorry no it's not covered but what I mean is like you don't have to come up on top of the tower in order to get across the bridge like the the bridge itself is lower down yeah 01:19:38.693 --> 01:19:42.060 [Riv (DM)]: Once you run out here, if you're visible, then they would be able to see you. 01:19:42.101 --> 01:19:42.662 [Lacer (Kai)]: They'll see us. 01:19:43.824 --> 01:19:48.515 [Riv (DM)]: I'm just saying, like, you don't necessarily have to waterwalk or have you had some other way of getting across? 01:19:50.439 --> 01:19:55.370 [Vael (Berberis)]: But it would be much stealthier if you could just waterwalk and run across underneath where the bridge is so they can't look down and see you. 01:19:55.590 --> 01:19:55.731 Yep. 01:19:56.132 --> 01:19:56.753 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, definitely. 01:19:58.066 --> 01:20:00.069 [Vael (Berberis)]: Yep. 01:20:00.490 --> 01:20:04.357 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: I can fly across. 01:20:05.519 --> 01:20:07.142 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: I can walk on ceilings. 01:20:07.883 --> 01:20:10.447 [Vael (Berberis)]: That's three that can get across. 01:20:12.791 --> 01:20:13.893 [Lacer (Kai)]: If I can fly across. 01:20:17.139 --> 01:20:17.880 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: I can swim. 01:20:21.657 --> 01:20:27.304 [JC (Ryo)]: Haven't we already surmised that that current's too quick and too cold to swim across? 01:20:27.985 --> 01:20:29.467 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: But there is a portcullis. 01:20:30.549 --> 01:20:31.510 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: I'll just hit that. 01:20:31.810 --> 01:20:33.753 [Vael (Berberis)]: We don't need more people. 01:20:33.773 --> 01:20:36.637 [Vael (Berberis)]: We've got someone who can fly and two people that can spider across. 01:20:36.837 --> 01:20:40.762 [Vael (Berberis)]: So maybe the other two can stay here and do a winch and murder when these guys come down. 01:20:41.443 --> 01:20:41.683 [Unmatched Speaker]: Yeah. 01:20:42.985 --> 01:20:43.165 [Vael (Berberis)]: Sure. 01:20:43.926 --> 01:20:47.631 [Vael (Berberis)]: I can also probably- Kiwi and JC, if you guys are happy to do. 01:20:48.353 --> 01:20:55.444 [JC (Ryo)]: Can I see, can we see these two from the window in the other tower? 01:20:58.569 --> 01:20:59.750 [Riv (DM)]: I don't think so. 01:21:00.211 --> 01:21:03.676 [Riv (DM)]: They would have to be up and sort of like leaning over the wall, I think, in order to see them. 01:21:04.698 --> 01:21:07.522 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: They'd have to lean over right at that corner there. 01:21:07.723 --> 01:21:08.344 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: Yeah, exactly. 01:21:08.364 --> 01:21:09.626 [JC (Ryo)]: Okay. 01:21:09.646 --> 01:21:13.872 [JC (Ryo)]: I was just thinking whether, asking so if I could assist long range. 01:21:16.130 --> 01:21:17.872 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, probably not. 01:21:17.892 --> 01:21:19.775 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, unless someone were to push them right into that corner. 01:21:20.035 --> 01:21:21.177 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah. 01:21:21.197 --> 01:21:22.618 [Vael (Berberis)]: I don't think the roofguards are the issue. 01:21:22.719 --> 01:21:24.281 [Vael (Berberis)]: It's guys downstairs. 01:21:25.582 --> 01:21:31.971 [Vael (Berberis)]: Like, the roofguards will go, oh no, and they'll jump downstairs, but we'll be waiting for them and beat the crap out of them. 01:21:31.991 --> 01:21:36.457 [Vael (Berberis)]: Small people that are downstairs waiting, sitting next to bell ropes. 01:21:43.005 --> 01:21:43.466 [Riv (DM)]: Alrighty then. 01:21:44.307 --> 01:21:45.208 [Riv (DM)]: So how we plan this? 01:21:47.146 --> 01:21:49.430 [Riv (DM)]: Shift into form of a giant wolf spider. 01:21:50.211 --> 01:21:52.395 [Riv (DM)]: A wolf spider stands among you. 01:21:53.056 --> 01:21:57.163 [Riv (DM)]: And so are you going to skitter out the window and then start going across underneath the bridge? 01:21:58.325 --> 01:21:59.086 [Vael (Berberis)]: Yep. 01:22:00.369 --> 01:22:04.035 [Vael (Berberis)]: Start breathing across the river underneath the bridge where the guys on the top can't see me. 01:22:04.576 --> 01:22:05.377 [Riv (DM)]: Absolutely perfect. 01:22:05.477 --> 01:22:07.661 [Riv (DM)]: No stealth check required because there is no line of sight. 01:22:08.302 --> 01:22:10.065 [Riv (DM)]: Erendil, are you doing the same? 01:22:11.800 --> 01:22:13.182 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: With the amulet. 01:22:13.222 --> 01:22:13.563 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: Yeah. 01:22:14.264 --> 01:22:19.472 [Riv (DM)]: In a very similar way, almost arachnid-like, you skitter along behind the actual spider. 01:22:19.512 --> 01:22:25.020 [Riv (DM)]: And you wonder to yourself, I do have the ability to command spiders. 01:22:25.061 --> 01:22:26.923 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: I do wonder that. 01:22:26.943 --> 01:22:31.210 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: I was looking at that, I'm like, now is the time. 01:22:32.472 --> 01:22:34.174 [Riv (DM)]: Is Berberis a lesser arachnid? 01:22:34.855 --> 01:22:35.937 [Riv (DM)]: Um, excellent. 01:22:38.641 --> 01:22:46.191 [Riv (DM)]: So that leaves us with Kai, Ryo and Dondar on the left tower. 01:22:46.992 --> 01:22:47.793 [Riv (DM)]: What are you guys going to do? 01:22:50.637 --> 01:22:55.003 [Lacer (Kai)]: I'm going to click my finger to summon Peppa the magpie or whatever. 01:22:55.724 --> 01:23:00.291 [Lacer (Kai)]: And then I'm going to turn into a mouse and I'm going to fly, get Peppa to pick me up and fly across. 01:23:01.012 --> 01:23:01.112 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Okay. 01:23:02.138 --> 01:23:02.579 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Very good. 01:23:02.719 --> 01:23:04.161 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: What if Pepper is hungry? 01:23:04.921 --> 01:23:09.087 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: I was about to say, people want a snack? 01:23:09.107 --> 01:23:10.168 [Vael (Berberis)]: It looks completely normal. 01:23:10.188 --> 01:23:13.412 [Vael (Berberis)]: Are you... You're sending a bird to eat a spider? 01:23:13.472 --> 01:23:15.435 [Vael (Berberis)]: What if there's a spider to eat? 01:23:16.416 --> 01:23:19.400 [Riv (DM)]: I'm sure there's a lot going on with that. 01:23:20.561 --> 01:23:25.007 [Riv (DM)]: When you use Wild Shape, you maintain your intelligence, eh? 01:23:27.610 --> 01:23:30.053 [Vael (Berberis)]: Yeah, that's been changed. 01:23:30.877 --> 01:23:35.843 [Riv (DM)]: Just thinking if there's any way that that shouldn't work. 01:23:36.404 --> 01:23:41.350 [Riv (DM)]: It feels pretty strong to be able to just fly like that. 01:23:42.552 --> 01:23:50.522 [Riv (DM)]: Because like, you're essentially just circumventing the wild shape requirement for like being level 8 or whatever. 01:23:53.236 --> 01:23:54.698 [Riv (DM)]: All good. 01:23:55.198 --> 01:23:57.722 [Riv (DM)]: A magpie pops into existence. 01:23:58.443 --> 01:24:09.857 [Riv (DM)]: You can control the magpie with your mind as you shapeshift into a mouse and you go blind and you look through the magpie's eyes as you command it to pick you up gently, don't eat the mouse, and fly you across. 01:24:09.937 --> 01:24:21.792 [Riv (DM)]: So the magpie just sort of shadows the two spidery crawlers as they're going underneath the bridge and depositing you inside a very similar winch room on the far tower. 01:24:21.772 --> 01:24:27.381 [Riv (DM)]: No guards in here, but you do hear some murmuring voices in the adjoining guardroom. 01:24:30.426 --> 01:24:32.009 [Riv (DM)]: Is this the room with the bell rope in it? 01:24:33.070 --> 01:24:35.154 [Riv (DM)]: Bell rope was in the guardroom itself outside. 01:24:35.194 --> 01:24:37.337 [Riv (DM)]: Sorry, like in the next room over, yeah. 01:24:42.466 --> 01:24:48.876 [Vael (Berberis)]: I'll head towards the door and I'll look at the other two and raise my spidery legs and do the 01:24:50.510 --> 01:24:52.452 [Vael (Berberis)]: Have people seen the Jumping Spider dance? 01:24:53.853 --> 01:24:56.375 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, I have actually. 01:24:58.057 --> 01:25:01.900 [Vael (Berberis)]: Except it's done by a spider that's as big as a person, because it's medium-sized. 01:25:02.481 --> 01:25:03.762 [Vael (Berberis)]: Five foot tall spider. 01:25:05.103 --> 01:25:05.524 [Vael (Berberis)]: Very good. 01:25:07.685 --> 01:25:09.667 [Vael (Berberis)]: And push the door in. 01:25:09.687 --> 01:25:12.430 [Vael (Berberis)]: Oh, we're going for whoever's closest to the bell rope. 01:25:14.632 --> 01:25:15.012 [Riv (DM)]: Excellent. 01:25:15.553 --> 01:25:15.973 [Riv (DM)]: All right. 01:25:15.993 --> 01:25:18.255 [Riv (DM)]: Let me chuck some guys on for you. 01:25:18.438 --> 01:25:23.144 [Riv (DM)]: This fight will be more about how quickly you can kill them and how lucky they get on their initiative. 01:25:23.164 --> 01:25:26.267 [Riv (DM)]: Because you haven't, no silence or anything, right? 01:25:26.287 --> 01:25:26.568 [Riv (DM)]: So. 01:25:28.790 --> 01:25:30.472 [Riv (DM)]: Let me bring you over. 01:25:30.572 --> 01:25:32.755 [JC (Ryo)]: I would have dropped my silence as well, by the way. 01:25:33.175 --> 01:25:34.557 [JC (Ryo)]: Yeah. 01:25:34.577 --> 01:25:34.978 [JC (Ryo)]: All good. 01:25:36.860 --> 01:25:37.401 [Riv (DM)]: Who else came? 01:25:37.741 --> 01:25:38.482 [Riv (DM)]: Where is Erendor? 01:25:38.702 --> 01:25:39.823 [Riv (DM)]: You stealthy little boy. 01:25:39.843 --> 01:25:47.112 [Vael (Berberis)]: And also how shocked they are by a five foot, by a five foot, like a 1.8 metre spider. 01:25:48.627 --> 01:25:49.288 [Vael (Berberis)]: Anything in the room? 01:25:51.390 --> 01:26:03.245 [JC (Ryo)]: I mouth to Dondar, you know, get ready, and I prepare and hold an action to shoot the bow when they come down the trapdoor. 01:26:06.610 --> 01:26:07.391 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Wait, I have a bow? 01:26:09.073 --> 01:26:14.820 [JC (Ryo)]: I'm preparing my bow as I hold action, and I get your attention to do something similar. 01:26:17.112 --> 01:26:17.973 [Riv (DM)]: Okay. 01:26:18.413 --> 01:26:21.096 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: I suppose hold action to Firebolt then. 01:26:21.977 --> 01:26:24.360 [Riv (DM)]: Our stealth crew on the right tower please roll initiative. 01:26:24.780 --> 01:26:25.601 [Riv (DM)]: The guards have rolled in. 01:26:25.761 --> 01:26:26.722 [Riv (DM)]: One of them's got a 17. 01:26:27.343 --> 01:26:30.306 [Riv (DM)]: You get to roll with advantage because you have surprise on them. 01:26:34.831 --> 01:26:35.912 [Riv (DM)]: Which you are all doing. 01:26:37.093 --> 01:26:37.874 [Riv (DM)]: How were you able to do that? 01:26:37.894 --> 01:26:41.938 [Riv (DM)]: Was there an option in the tracker to say do it with advantage or something? 01:26:43.623 --> 01:26:47.910 [Lacer (Kai)]: I always have advantage with Vigilant Blessing. 01:26:48.430 --> 01:26:53.118 [Riv (DM)]: No, that's great, I thought it might be annoying and you'd have to do it in the character shape or something. 01:26:53.138 --> 01:26:58.967 [Riv (DM)]: When you click on that roll die, it brings you to your carry dice roller which advantages you. 01:26:58.987 --> 01:26:59.487 [Riv (DM)]: Awesome. 01:26:59.508 --> 01:27:00.108 [Riv (DM)]: Alright, cool. 01:27:00.149 --> 01:27:02.572 [Riv (DM)]: Well, good news is, two of you get to go first. 01:27:02.793 --> 01:27:06.478 [Riv (DM)]: So Earendor, Dor bursts in, Spider doing his thing. 01:27:07.059 --> 01:27:09.563 [Riv (DM)]: You jump over the top of the spider and what are you going to do? 01:27:13.475 --> 01:27:23.887 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: Well, actually, I was going to allow the spider to take my initiative position if they so desire. 01:27:24.769 --> 01:27:29.254 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, both of you are one after the other, so I'm happy for you to sort of do the old switcheroo if you like. 01:27:29.554 --> 01:27:31.176 [Riv (DM)]: Or you can kind of act together. 01:27:31.857 --> 01:27:33.559 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: I've got a thing for that as well. 01:27:35.301 --> 01:27:35.722 [Riv (DM)]: Oh, okay. 01:27:35.762 --> 01:27:37.884 [Riv (DM)]: Is this the alert feat? 01:27:38.405 --> 01:27:39.506 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: I've got a lot. 01:27:39.807 --> 01:27:41.068 [Riv (DM)]: Very good, okay. 01:27:42.044 --> 01:27:42.745 [Riv (DM)]: Let me do that then. 01:27:43.766 --> 01:27:45.528 [Riv (DM)]: Remember, 27. 01:27:46.849 --> 01:27:50.913 [Riv (DM)]: I will... 21 for you. 01:27:52.395 --> 01:27:53.776 [Riv (DM)]: And 27 for Berberis. 01:27:53.796 --> 01:27:55.358 [Riv (DM)]: So Berberis, the spider, you go first. 01:27:57.360 --> 01:28:01.344 [Vael (Berberis)]: Um... Quick camera situation. 01:28:02.165 --> 01:28:03.506 [Vael (Berberis)]: Belverp, can I see it? 01:28:04.327 --> 01:28:07.170 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, immediately as you come in, it's on your left, behind the bench. 01:28:08.791 --> 01:28:10.313 [Riv (DM)]: This guy is standing... Is there a guy near it? 01:28:12.233 --> 01:28:22.586 [Vael (Berberis)]: Can I like skitter around the wall and rip the bell from the wall without rattling it? 01:28:22.847 --> 01:28:27.973 [Vael (Berberis)]: Like shove one of my eight legs up into it to stop it clanking around and rip it off the wall? 01:28:28.634 --> 01:28:31.958 [Riv (DM)]: Okay, I think definitely you can give that a try. 01:28:31.978 --> 01:28:33.520 [Riv (DM)]: Let's get a dexterity check. 01:28:33.921 --> 01:28:36.604 [Riv (DM)]: Because you're a spider, I'll give you advantage. 01:28:36.624 --> 01:28:38.967 [Riv (DM)]: Because you're gonna stick one of your long legs in there. 01:28:47.114 --> 01:28:51.419 [Vael (Berberis)]: Don't roll straight checks from the creature sheet, but it's a plus three. 01:28:54.543 --> 01:28:56.266 [Riv (DM)]: You should be able to just click the stats, I think. 01:28:57.948 --> 01:29:00.331 [Riv (DM)]: No, it doesn't let me. 01:29:00.471 --> 01:29:01.753 [Riv (DM)]: The little yellow text up at the top? 01:29:04.035 --> 01:29:05.838 [Vael (Berberis)]: Oh yeah, we got yellow text, there we go. 01:29:06.338 --> 01:29:07.159 [Vael (Berberis)]: The advantages now? 01:29:07.340 --> 01:29:07.620 [Riv (DM)]: Yep. 01:29:09.170 --> 01:29:09.571 [Riv (DM)]: Nice. 01:29:09.611 --> 01:29:10.553 [Riv (DM)]: 15 was what you wanted. 01:29:11.074 --> 01:29:16.684 [Riv (DM)]: So are you sort of sticking your foot up to grab the bell itself, the ringer, and then maybe biting through it? 01:29:17.045 --> 01:29:20.772 [Vael (Berberis)]: One to four and then grabbing on just to rip it off the wall in whatever way I can. 01:29:21.313 --> 01:29:27.685 [Riv (DM)]: I think you can even bite straight through the rope and just sort of tear it and then keep the rope in your mouth and are you going to skitter it away? 01:29:29.133 --> 01:29:29.956 [Riv (DM)]: Yep. 01:29:29.976 --> 01:29:30.417 [Riv (DM)]: Very good. 01:29:30.437 --> 01:29:32.725 [Riv (DM)]: So I think that'll be your action. 01:29:32.805 --> 01:29:36.558 [Riv (DM)]: You can move it back and sort of deposit it quietly into the room. 01:29:37.019 --> 01:29:39.246 [Riv (DM)]: It'll probably be your action and most of your movement. 01:29:40.852 --> 01:29:40.932 Yep. 01:29:44.168 --> 01:29:44.489 [Riv (DM)]: Cool. 01:29:44.569 --> 01:29:46.211 [Riv (DM)]: Does the spider have any bonus actions or? 01:29:46.231 --> 01:29:48.274 [Riv (DM)]: I don't have any bonus actions. 01:29:48.295 --> 01:29:48.976 [Riv (DM)]: Excellent, alrighty. 01:29:48.996 --> 01:29:50.258 [Vael (Berberis)]: That'll bring us to... 01:29:50.278 --> 01:29:51.239 [Vael (Berberis)]: I'll stand over it menacingly. 01:29:51.480 --> 01:29:52.000 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, nice. 01:29:52.301 --> 01:29:55.886 [Vael (Berberis)]: Doing the dancing spider dance, but in an aggressive fashion. 01:29:55.907 --> 01:29:56.828 [Riv (DM)]: Yep. 01:29:56.868 --> 01:30:00.834 [Riv (DM)]: At this point, I think that they haven't even realised that this has happened. 01:30:01.255 --> 01:30:02.457 [Riv (DM)]: You were so quick and so silent. 01:30:03.418 --> 01:30:08.927 [Riv (DM)]: They have still not even been alerted, so Erendor, you can make your move. 01:30:13.750 --> 01:30:20.498 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: Well, it's just one of them that I go up to. 01:30:20.638 --> 01:30:21.319 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: I don't know who. 01:30:23.202 --> 01:30:24.944 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: If you would like to. 01:30:26.025 --> 01:30:32.573 [Riv (DM)]: I'll give you, if you want to make a stealth check to see if you can get in without them still being able to see you. 01:30:32.593 --> 01:30:33.834 [Riv (DM)]: Are you an assassin, Rogue? 01:30:34.395 --> 01:30:35.056 [Vael (Berberis)]: No, you're a trickster. 01:30:36.378 --> 01:30:40.062 [Vael (Berberis)]: I'll get a trickster. 01:30:44.328 --> 01:30:49.156 [Riv (DM)]: Oh yeah, you can attack as an unseen attacker which means you get advantage on this attack. 01:30:49.997 --> 01:30:58.550 [Riv (DM)]: So this is the guy here standing behind the bench close to the bell tower, sorry the bell that no longer exists. 01:30:58.711 --> 01:31:01.675 [Riv (DM)]: He's probably the one that looks like the more superior, slightly stronger one. 01:31:02.436 --> 01:31:04.800 [Riv (DM)]: These two guys look sort of more junior, standard soldiers. 01:31:14.348 --> 01:31:15.669 [Riv (DM)]: Bro. 01:31:17.131 --> 01:31:23.797 [Riv (DM)]: Luckily for you, this guy, the tough dudes do not have shields and so his AC is slightly lower and that hits. 01:31:29.463 --> 01:31:30.423 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: Yep. 01:31:35.488 --> 01:31:35.769 [Unmatched Speaker]: Cool. 01:31:40.533 --> 01:31:42.415 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: No, that's the wrong tab. 01:31:47.255 --> 01:31:54.884 [Riv (DM)]: And... You've got 18 dex, eh? 01:31:55.685 --> 01:31:57.227 [Unmatched Speaker]: Yeah. 01:31:57.327 --> 01:31:58.068 [Unmatched Speaker]: Yeah, 18 dex. 01:31:58.088 --> 01:32:02.312 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah bro, you've got plus 4, plus 3, plus 2 from the blade. 01:32:02.813 --> 01:32:04.455 [Riv (DM)]: You've got a crazy modifier. 01:32:04.535 --> 01:32:06.217 [Riv (DM)]: You're rolling like madness, dude. 01:32:07.138 --> 01:32:11.423 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: It's just on that sword. 01:32:12.061 --> 01:32:13.763 [Vael (Berberis)]: Well, there's a great sword we could give you. 01:32:13.823 --> 01:32:14.344 [Lacer (Kai)]: True! 01:32:14.404 --> 01:32:16.746 [Lacer (Kai)]: Oh, it's a longsword, isn't it? 01:32:16.766 --> 01:32:17.767 [Lacer (Kai)]: It's a longsword. 01:32:17.787 --> 01:32:19.029 [Lacer (Kai)]: It's a longsword. 01:32:20.130 --> 01:32:24.575 [Riv (DM)]: Having two ridiculously powerful magical weapons in both hands as a rogue sounds like a good time. 01:32:28.339 --> 01:32:31.383 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: I cannot work out how to use Cunning Strike. 01:32:33.665 --> 01:32:35.027 [Riv (DM)]: That's the new thing, eh? 01:32:35.287 --> 01:32:37.950 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: Yeah, let's see. 01:32:39.635 --> 01:32:43.762 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: I select that. 01:32:43.782 --> 01:32:44.022 [Riv (DM)]: There we go. 01:32:44.042 --> 01:32:44.143 [Riv (DM)]: Cool. 01:32:44.163 --> 01:32:45.365 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, that looks like this works. 01:32:45.385 --> 01:32:46.787 [Riv (DM)]: So now I do a deck save, right? 01:32:47.308 --> 01:32:50.433 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: Yeah, so that... 01:32:50.453 --> 01:32:52.817 [Riv (DM)]: So this is like an alternate to your sneak attack, is it? 01:32:52.837 --> 01:32:54.380 [Riv (DM)]: Or does it add on to it? 01:32:55.041 --> 01:33:05.659 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: Yeah, so I can take one hit die from my sneak attack and then still do the other three die from the sneak attack damage on top of tripping. 01:33:05.740 --> 01:33:06.121 [Riv (DM)]: Awesome. 01:33:06.482 --> 01:33:07.385 [Riv (DM)]: Alright, so I will do that. 01:33:07.485 --> 01:33:10.554 [Riv (DM)]: I will do deck save. 01:33:11.677 --> 01:33:18.978 [Vael (Berberis)]: Ooh, a big fail on the deck save there. 01:33:20.101 --> 01:33:21.184 [Riv (DM)]: So does that make him prone? 01:33:23.628 --> 01:33:26.472 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: Yeah. 01:33:26.593 --> 01:33:28.055 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: That makes him prone. 01:33:28.155 --> 01:33:31.820 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: And now how the hell do I do the three hit die? 01:33:32.421 --> 01:33:34.244 [Riv (DM)]: Just roll a 3d6 so you can do it in the chat. 01:33:34.945 --> 01:33:36.668 [Riv (DM)]: Click the little square three times, you'll be right. 01:33:39.132 --> 01:33:41.075 [Riv (DM)]: There we go. 01:33:41.095 --> 01:33:41.295 [Riv (DM)]: Very good. 01:33:41.315 --> 01:33:41.936 [Riv (DM)]: 13 damage. 01:33:41.956 --> 01:33:44.820 [Riv (DM)]: So that was 8 plus 13. 01:33:44.960 --> 01:33:45.241 [Riv (DM)]: Nice. 01:33:48.506 --> 01:33:49.928 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: And now because he's prone you get advantage. 01:33:49.948 --> 01:33:52.572 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: I'm just going to hit this one just to see. 01:33:55.235 --> 01:33:57.198 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: If, yeah, okay. 01:33:57.218 --> 01:34:03.627 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: So if I go back into Cunning Strike, then when I do the damage through that, it then does the correct number of die. 01:34:04.268 --> 01:34:04.929 [Riv (DM)]: Ah, that's very cool. 01:34:04.949 --> 01:34:06.010 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: Okay, now I know how that works. 01:34:06.231 --> 01:34:06.551 [Riv (DM)]: Awesome. 01:34:07.773 --> 01:34:08.574 [Riv (DM)]: Um, excellent. 01:34:08.594 --> 01:34:15.884 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, so you come in, you slash with the Ember Blade, um, maybe slash him like along the legs or something like that. 01:34:15.904 --> 01:34:18.588 [Riv (DM)]: You can give him a kick and he just falls immediately to the ground prone in front of you. 01:34:18.608 --> 01:34:21.192 [Riv (DM)]: Um, bonus action or offhand attack? 01:34:22.572 --> 01:34:23.534 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: Yep. 01:34:23.554 --> 01:34:24.276 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: Cool. 01:34:24.336 --> 01:34:24.517 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: Yep. 01:34:24.537 --> 01:34:26.882 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: This will be with advantage. 01:34:26.902 --> 01:34:29.669 [Riv (DM)]: Yep. 01:34:29.689 --> 01:34:30.230 [Riv (DM)]: Very good. 01:34:30.310 --> 01:34:30.671 [Riv (DM)]: Yep. 01:34:30.691 --> 01:34:31.152 [Riv (DM)]: That'll hit. 01:34:34.159 --> 01:34:36.024 [Vael (Berberis)]: You need to start wielding the Ember Blade in the offhand. 01:34:36.846 --> 01:34:39.933 [Riv (DM)]: And five will finish him off. 01:34:40.033 --> 01:34:40.554 [Riv (DM)]: Very good. 01:34:40.574 --> 01:34:41.256 [Riv (DM)]: All right. 01:34:48.256 --> 01:34:48.917 [Riv (DM)]: Excellent, alright. 01:34:48.957 --> 01:34:53.324 [Riv (DM)]: I think, does that, in your turn you've got a bonus action and you've got some movement. 01:34:53.825 --> 01:34:54.106 [Unmatched Speaker]: Yeah. 01:34:56.430 --> 01:34:58.092 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: Oh yeah, I still have a bonus action. 01:34:58.112 --> 01:35:01.698 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: Look, they're going to run. 01:35:01.779 --> 01:35:04.102 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: Yeah, I want to get between them and a doorway. 01:35:04.824 --> 01:35:05.405 [Riv (DM)]: Cool. 01:35:05.425 --> 01:35:09.712 [Riv (DM)]: So let's say we can move you down to here and you can sort of face and try and barricade it. 01:35:09.752 --> 01:35:12.897 [Riv (DM)]: Okay. 01:35:13.467 --> 01:35:18.734 [Riv (DM)]: This guard is going to see a single assailant come in and immediately slay his commander. 01:35:19.616 --> 01:35:21.038 [Riv (DM)]: He's going to make a morale check. 01:35:21.138 --> 01:35:22.259 [Riv (DM)]: I'll just give him a D20. 01:35:22.440 --> 01:35:23.761 [Riv (DM)]: He's got like a... what's his wisdom? 01:35:24.723 --> 01:35:28.528 [Riv (DM)]: His wisdom is plus zero, so he's got to beat a 13, shall we say. 01:35:31.913 --> 01:35:34.016 [Riv (DM)]: Oh, he is the bravest dude in the world. 01:35:34.056 --> 01:35:36.319 [Riv (DM)]: He's going to run straight up to you and try and stab you with a spear. 01:35:41.378 --> 01:35:42.921 [Riv (DM)]: With a 16? 01:35:42.942 --> 01:35:43.383 [Riv (DM)]: That meets. 01:35:43.924 --> 01:35:45.467 [Riv (DM)]: Ooh okay, alright. 01:35:45.788 --> 01:35:46.971 [Riv (DM)]: He is the bravest dude in the world. 01:35:49.837 --> 01:35:51.080 [Riv (DM)]: Oh and maximum damage as well. 01:35:52.523 --> 01:35:53.345 [Riv (DM)]: So 7 damage to you. 01:35:53.385 --> 01:35:56.793 [Riv (DM)]: And the next guard. 01:35:58.436 --> 01:36:00.501 [Vael (Berberis)]: At any point during their movement are they passing? 01:36:01.240 --> 01:36:03.748 [Vael (Berberis)]: Leaving five feet from a giant spider? 01:36:03.969 --> 01:36:04.952 [Vael (Berberis)]: Or am I off in a corner? 01:36:05.454 --> 01:36:09.206 [Riv (DM)]: So I think I had imagined you had taken the bell back into the winch room? 01:36:09.648 --> 01:36:11.153 [Riv (DM)]: Or would you not have done that? 01:36:11.253 --> 01:36:12.056 [Vael (Berberis)]: Yeah, yeah, that's fair. 01:36:13.119 --> 01:36:13.360 [Riv (DM)]: Okay, cool. 01:36:13.728 --> 01:36:17.134 [Vael (Berberis)]: No, no, I would have got the bell out of there. 01:36:17.735 --> 01:36:21.942 [Riv (DM)]: This guard is going to, well he is, he's up in the corner. 01:36:22.663 --> 01:36:33.843 [Riv (DM)]: If he tries to get away from you he's probably going to get a slash so I think he is just going to dig in and take a stab as well seeing that his friend also just was successful so he is going to take a stab. 01:36:33.883 --> 01:36:38.571 [Riv (DM)]: Actually this will be with advantage because he is now flanking you so I'll roll that one more time. 01:36:43.715 --> 01:36:44.416 [Riv (DM)]: And that one hits. 01:36:44.436 --> 01:36:45.557 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: And that second one does hit. 01:36:45.978 --> 01:36:46.338 [Riv (DM)]: Cool. 01:36:48.521 --> 01:36:49.743 [Riv (DM)]: Renature 3 damage. 01:36:49.763 --> 01:36:50.203 [Riv (DM)]: There we go. 01:36:51.204 --> 01:36:51.505 [Riv (DM)]: Excellent. 01:36:51.585 --> 01:36:53.728 [Riv (DM)]: And that will end their turn and bring us to Kai. 01:36:55.550 --> 01:37:00.076 [Lacer (Kai)]: Can you just switch the tokens with Erendorff because you've been moving Kai around? 01:37:00.096 --> 01:37:00.696 [Riv (DM)]: Oh true. 01:37:00.997 --> 01:37:01.437 [Riv (DM)]: Good times. 01:37:01.798 --> 01:37:04.541 [Lacer (Kai)]: There you go. 01:37:04.621 --> 01:37:04.962 [Lacer (Kai)]: Thanks. 01:37:05.743 --> 01:37:09.628 [Lacer (Kai)]: I'd like to use my bonus action to revert back to a human form. 01:37:09.648 --> 01:37:09.908 [Lacer (Kai)]: Cool. 01:37:10.883 --> 01:37:12.585 [Lacer (Kai)]: Cast. 01:37:14.046 --> 01:37:15.688 [Lacer (Kai)]: Toll of the dead on... 01:37:15.708 --> 01:37:16.389 [Lacer (Kai)]: Which one is hurt? 01:37:17.630 --> 01:37:19.112 [Riv (DM)]: Neither of these guys have been hurt. 01:37:20.854 --> 01:37:21.595 [Lacer (Kai)]: Neither have been hurt. 01:37:21.955 --> 01:37:23.076 [Lacer (Kai)]: Okay. 01:37:23.477 --> 01:37:24.638 [Lacer (Kai)]: This guy's still alive, right? 01:37:27.081 --> 01:37:30.024 [Lacer (Kai)]: The one that's directly opposite me? 01:37:31.866 --> 01:37:32.987 [Unmatched Speaker]: No, they're on the roof. 01:37:33.027 --> 01:37:34.369 [Unmatched Speaker]: Oh, they're on the roof. 01:37:34.749 --> 01:37:36.451 [Riv (DM)]: Sorry, I'm getting confused. 01:37:36.531 --> 01:37:37.532 [Riv (DM)]: No, that's my bed. 01:37:38.592 --> 01:37:43.919 [Riv (DM)]: I was going to build the interiors of this place as well and switch it, but... No, that's fine. 01:37:43.939 --> 01:37:47.164 [Lacer (Kai)]: I will just guiding bolt the closest guy to me. 01:37:49.027 --> 01:37:49.768 [Lacer (Kai)]: Here's this guy. 01:38:00.462 --> 01:38:01.344 [Lacer (Kai)]: Unfortunate, dude. 01:38:03.627 --> 01:38:05.950 [Lacer (Kai)]: And I am going to... 01:38:07.060 --> 01:38:09.022 [Lacer (Kai)]: The question is should I move or not move? 01:38:10.884 --> 01:38:11.524 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yes, I'll move. 01:38:12.125 --> 01:38:15.268 [Lacer (Kai)]: I'll move into a flanking position with Erendor. 01:38:15.288 --> 01:38:16.249 [Lacer (Kai)]: Nice. 01:38:16.269 --> 01:38:16.889 [Lacer (Kai)]: And that's it. 01:38:17.550 --> 01:38:17.850 [Riv (DM)]: Awesome. 01:38:18.091 --> 01:38:20.813 [Riv (DM)]: Alright, top of the round is Berberis and then Erendor will be after that. 01:38:26.058 --> 01:38:32.344 [Vael (Berberis)]: Giant spider skidded back into the room and I'm just going to lunge at the one in the corner with a bite. 01:38:32.845 --> 01:38:33.085 [Vael (Berberis)]: Nice. 01:38:40.591 --> 01:38:41.753 [Riv (DM)]: Ooh, 12 doesn't hurt. 01:38:49.769 --> 01:38:51.954 [Vael (Berberis)]: And probably in the bonus section, drop the wild shape. 01:38:53.376 --> 01:38:53.757 [Vael (Berberis)]: Okay, cool. 01:38:53.998 --> 01:38:57.605 [Vael (Berberis)]: It was just worth a shot. 01:38:57.625 --> 01:38:57.705 Yep. 01:38:59.052 --> 01:39:01.936 [Riv (DM)]: Yep, that brings us to Erendor. 01:39:02.917 --> 01:39:07.723 [Riv (DM)]: So now you are technically, man this is a meat grinder in here, you are technically flanking the guard behind you. 01:39:07.743 --> 01:39:10.186 [Riv (DM)]: The one in front of you is back up against the wall. 01:39:10.386 --> 01:39:11.808 [Riv (DM)]: Yep. 01:39:11.848 --> 01:39:16.995 [Riv (DM)]: I'm doing the left, yep. 01:39:17.015 --> 01:39:22.421 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: Yep, let me just squeegee squeegee. 01:39:22.461 --> 01:39:23.743 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: And I'll take a swing. 01:39:31.233 --> 01:39:34.537 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: Oh my god, an actual decent pull on us. 01:39:34.557 --> 01:39:45.850 [Riv (DM)]: A true strike, alright. 01:39:45.870 --> 01:39:50.375 [Riv (DM)]: Nice. 01:39:50.395 --> 01:39:53.178 [Riv (DM)]: Minimum damage from Sneak Attack here is gonna slay this guy. 01:39:53.198 --> 01:39:54.760 [Riv (DM)]: Oh, that's huge! 01:39:56.495 --> 01:39:59.319 [Lacer (Kai)]: That's nearly max damage dude. 01:39:59.739 --> 01:40:00.681 [Riv (DM)]: Close to max damage. 01:40:01.241 --> 01:40:02.583 [Riv (DM)]: How do you slay this guy? 01:40:05.367 --> 01:40:06.589 [Riv (DM)]: He's got like 12 health. 01:40:10.033 --> 01:40:15.060 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: I've been trying to attack with a sword normally up until now and I've just decided that's not working for me. 01:40:16.357 --> 01:40:20.928 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: So I'm just gonna basically attack with it like it was a dagger. 01:40:21.188 --> 01:40:26.180 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: I'm gonna swing at him with it, held reverse grip, straight at the other side of his head. 01:40:27.383 --> 01:40:28.726 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: And for some reason it works. 01:40:28.746 --> 01:40:29.488 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: I got lucky. 01:40:29.637 --> 01:40:54.936 [Riv (DM)]: Yep now that's awesome it's sort of like Ahsoka Tano style where she holds her lightsabers in the backwards direction amazing so you um flip it around so it's facing backwards and again follow up with this backward slashing stab straight through the neck easily pierces both jugglers at once and he's dead before he even knows what's happening awesome all right um oh that's still your turn actually bonus action and offhand yes 01:41:06.273 --> 01:41:06.533 Cool. 01:41:07.675 --> 01:41:19.229 [Riv (DM)]: Um... Ah sorry, yes, that hits. 01:41:19.890 --> 01:41:26.718 [Riv (DM)]: I was just pondering if you guys want to just move to this guy's dead. 01:41:26.738 --> 01:41:30.502 [Riv (DM)]: I was going to ask you if you plan to kill him or take him, kidnap or something. 01:41:32.345 --> 01:41:32.685 [Riv (DM)]: Um... 01:41:34.100 --> 01:41:39.126 [Riv (DM)]: So that doesn't kill him and the turn will then go to Kai. 01:41:39.367 --> 01:41:41.449 [Riv (DM)]: Oh actually no, it is going to be his turn. 01:41:42.451 --> 01:41:43.412 [Riv (DM)]: Let's give him a round then I guess. 01:41:43.672 --> 01:41:48.218 [Riv (DM)]: He is definitely going to try and flee I think. 01:41:51.222 --> 01:41:52.503 [Riv (DM)]: God he's a bit boxed in isn't he? 01:41:52.523 --> 01:41:55.467 [Riv (DM)]: I was going to say disengage and try and push past you but... 01:41:57.860 --> 01:42:07.021 [Riv (DM)]: Tell you what, he's going to disengage and he's going to use a strength athletics check to try and push past all the people, all the creatures in this room. 01:42:08.103 --> 01:42:08.765 [Riv (DM)]: It's a high DC. 01:42:08.885 --> 01:42:12.593 [Riv (DM)]: He needs a 15 in order to try and push past you and get out into the street. 01:42:13.095 --> 01:42:15.480 [Riv (DM)]: And he will be going through difficult terrain if he succeeds. 01:42:19.122 --> 01:42:20.885 [Riv (DM)]: He does not succeed as close though. 01:42:21.447 --> 01:42:29.022 [Riv (DM)]: So he starts trying to shove through, fails, and Kai, that goes to your turn with the killing blow. 01:42:30.725 --> 01:42:31.226 [Lacer (Kai)]: Is he hurt? 01:42:31.767 --> 01:42:33.470 [Riv (DM)]: Yep. 01:42:33.631 --> 01:42:34.152 [Riv (DM)]: He's panting. 01:42:34.412 --> 01:42:38.721 [Lacer (Kai)]: I just cast Totem of the Dead casually. 01:42:39.242 --> 01:42:39.342 Cool. 01:42:48.434 --> 01:42:48.774 [Riv (DM)]: Oh! 01:42:49.475 --> 01:42:50.336 [Riv (DM)]: He actually succeeds. 01:42:51.277 --> 01:42:51.637 [Riv (DM)]: Um, is it? 01:42:51.757 --> 01:42:52.758 [Riv (DM)]: I think it's meat or beet, right? 01:42:54.460 --> 01:42:54.780 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah. 01:42:55.201 --> 01:42:56.462 [Lacer (Kai)]: Uh, wait. 01:42:57.123 --> 01:43:01.647 [Lacer (Kai)]: Let's see. 01:43:01.667 --> 01:43:02.248 [Riv (DM)]: We go to... Yeah. 01:43:02.628 --> 01:43:02.889 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah. 01:43:03.389 --> 01:43:04.631 [Lacer (Kai)]: Have you got a bonus action you want to do? 01:43:04.791 --> 01:43:06.152 [Lacer (Kai)]: It does nothing. 01:43:06.913 --> 01:43:07.714 [Lacer (Kai)]: But that's okay. 01:43:07.834 --> 01:43:08.074 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah. 01:43:09.956 --> 01:43:10.196 [Riv (DM)]: Okay. 01:43:10.997 --> 01:43:15.522 [Riv (DM)]: I was literally just about to say, cool, and we can hand wave this guy dying, but he's living, so let's go to Berberis. 01:43:16.603 --> 01:43:17.884 [Riv (DM)]: What do you want to do, Berberis? 01:43:20.243 --> 01:43:21.787 [Vael (Berberis)]: I'm just gonna club him to death. 01:43:22.649 --> 01:43:23.591 [Riv (DM)]: Excellent. 01:43:23.611 --> 01:43:24.092 [Riv (DM)]: Tried and true. 01:43:25.696 --> 01:43:25.937 [Vael (Berberis)]: Bonk. 01:43:28.082 --> 01:43:28.362 [Riv (DM)]: Oh no. 01:43:33.394 --> 01:43:34.196 [Riv (DM)]: There we go. 01:43:35.339 --> 01:43:36.061 [Riv (DM)]: You wanted me. 01:43:36.121 --> 01:43:36.582 [Riv (DM)]: Sucks. 01:43:40.358 --> 01:43:41.319 [Riv (DM)]: Oh, easy-peasy. 01:43:41.399 --> 01:43:41.720 [Riv (DM)]: Look at that. 01:43:42.300 --> 01:43:44.063 [Riv (DM)]: Smacked him straight in the face. 01:43:44.964 --> 01:43:46.185 [Vael (Berberis)]: Because he went into an extra DA. 01:43:46.345 --> 01:43:46.906 [Riv (DM)]: Yep. 01:43:46.926 --> 01:43:51.472 [Riv (DM)]: Kid goes straight back into the wall and he collapses down unconscious and then eventually dies. 01:43:53.234 --> 01:43:53.594 [Riv (DM)]: Alrighty. 01:43:57.199 --> 01:43:57.299 [Riv (DM)]: Cool. 01:43:57.319 --> 01:43:57.539 [Riv (DM)]: So. 01:44:01.083 --> 01:44:04.948 [Vael (Berberis)]: We didn't organize a signal with Burak as to when he was coming up, did we? 01:44:05.907 --> 01:44:10.832 [Riv (DM)]: Nothing intentional, but I think we could probably retcon something if you want to. 01:44:11.452 --> 01:44:12.954 [Riv (DM)]: There's been plenty of time to chat about it. 01:44:13.374 --> 01:44:21.842 [Vael (Berberis)]: The option is that we just signal across to the guys on the other side to go up and we just do a sink kill on the guys on the roof. 01:44:23.544 --> 01:44:25.946 [Vael (Berberis)]: We don't want to crack the gate early. 01:44:31.011 --> 01:44:31.572 [Vael (Berberis)]: Okay. 01:44:32.593 --> 01:44:33.113 [Vael (Berberis)]: What do you think? 01:44:36.282 --> 01:44:50.504 [Lacer (Kai)]: I can just send a message across straight to Dondar or Rio if I can see them through the glass. 01:44:52.527 --> 01:44:53.188 [Lacer (Kai)]: I mean the ice. 01:44:55.391 --> 01:45:01.581 [Vael (Berberis)]: We'll go up clear and we'll wait for the boats. 01:45:01.763 --> 01:45:11.713 [Vael (Berberis)]: Because if we crack the gate now, then somebody else is going to wander along and go, hey, why is the gate open while we're waiting for the boats to turn up? 01:45:11.733 --> 01:45:13.435 [Vael (Berberis)]: Shall we just take the tower and hold? 01:45:15.497 --> 01:45:18.921 [Lacer (Kai)]: Alright, I will send a message when they're ready. 01:45:19.882 --> 01:45:24.247 [Riv (DM)]: Cool, so Dondar or Ryo, one of you guys, gets a message from Kai. 01:45:25.368 --> 01:45:30.353 [Riv (DM)]: I think this is probably the first time you've done this, so a bit of a surprise, but you do recognize the voice. 01:45:31.531 --> 01:45:32.432 [Riv (DM)]: And Kai, you say? 01:45:32.472 --> 01:45:41.581 [Lacer (Kai)]: On Berberis month, we will take out the guys on the top. 01:45:42.182 --> 01:45:43.443 [Lacer (Kai)]: We're good down here. 01:45:46.346 --> 01:45:47.207 [Lacer (Kai)]: So who'd you send it to? 01:45:50.991 --> 01:45:52.692 [Lacer (Kai)]: Who's closest to the window right now? 01:45:54.474 --> 01:45:57.437 [Lacer (Kai)]: You can't see because there's rusted glass in the way. 01:45:58.362 --> 01:46:02.048 [JC (Ryo)]: And we're both looking at the trapdoor ready to shoot up. 01:46:03.490 --> 01:46:11.142 [Riv (DM)]: I would have imagined you would have had to drop the ice to get out the window, right? 01:46:11.483 --> 01:46:11.703 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yes. 01:46:11.944 --> 01:46:12.485 [Lacer (Kai)]: I suppose. 01:46:12.865 --> 01:46:13.406 [Lacer (Kai)]: I suppose. 01:46:14.448 --> 01:46:18.254 [Lacer (Kai)]: Wait, does message allow me to shoot it through solid stuff? 01:46:18.975 --> 01:46:21.920 [Lacer (Kai)]: You cast a spell through solid objects if you're familiar with the target. 01:46:22.140 --> 01:46:22.380 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah. 01:46:22.721 --> 01:46:24.083 [Lacer (Kai)]: So that's cool. 01:46:25.430 --> 01:46:26.912 [Vael (Berberis)]: There is also no ranged Luminor. 01:46:26.932 --> 01:46:28.974 [Vael (Berberis)]: You can talk to people in other planes, I believe. 01:46:29.595 --> 01:46:30.556 [Lacer (Kai)]: Are you using ranged? 01:46:30.976 --> 01:46:32.338 [Lacer (Kai)]: I'm using messages 120. 01:46:32.498 --> 01:46:35.381 [Lacer (Kai)]: This is not... Oh, it's sending, sending. 01:46:36.142 --> 01:46:36.883 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah, gotcha. 01:46:37.263 --> 01:46:44.971 [Riv (DM)]: Although one foot of stone will block it, so they will need to be in the main room down the bottom of the window. 01:46:44.991 --> 01:46:46.613 [Vael (Berberis)]: They were, I think. 01:46:46.893 --> 01:46:47.714 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah. 01:46:47.734 --> 01:46:48.015 [Riv (DM)]: Okay, cool. 01:46:49.376 --> 01:46:54.762 [Riv (DM)]: So Kai, what do you say to... Who did you send it to? 01:46:56.615 --> 01:46:59.739 [Lacer (Kai)]: Whoever I could see closest to a window. 01:46:59.759 --> 01:47:00.760 [Riv (DM)]: I think you could have seen either. 01:47:03.683 --> 01:47:05.405 [Lacer (Kai)]: I'm familiar with Dondar. 01:47:05.425 --> 01:47:06.386 [Lacer (Kai)]: I'll send it to Dondar. 01:47:10.711 --> 01:47:13.014 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Would it be inappropriate to say Dondar was asleep at the time? 01:47:16.258 --> 01:47:17.259 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Um, okay. 01:47:17.840 --> 01:47:18.100 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Right. 01:47:19.261 --> 01:47:19.922 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: What's the signal? 01:47:22.147 --> 01:47:23.610 [Lacer (Kai)]: I don't know. 01:47:23.630 --> 01:47:24.271 [Lacer (Kai)]: What's the signal? 01:47:24.752 --> 01:47:25.113 [Lacer (Kai)]: Oh, now. 01:47:25.253 --> 01:47:27.597 [Lacer (Kai)]: Okay, I sent the message now. 01:47:27.617 --> 01:47:30.202 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Go, go, go, go. 01:47:30.222 --> 01:47:36.314 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Alright, let's... A voice in my head wants to kill all the guards on the top of the tower. 01:47:36.354 --> 01:47:36.915 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Let's go. 01:47:36.980 --> 01:47:39.545 [Riv (DM)]: Alright, cool, let's do it. 01:47:40.206 --> 01:47:53.491 [Riv (DM)]: So let's say that you can all position underneath the trapdoor, you can stealth your way up to the top easily enough, because it's all nice and stone, and position yourselves underneath the trapdoor, Kai can once again send a message. 01:47:53.892 --> 01:47:59.022 [Riv (DM)]: Actually you probably can't through the stone, so you're gonna just have to try and time it. 01:47:59.980 --> 01:48:04.607 [Riv (DM)]: Let's get each party, one person from each side, roll a d20. 01:48:05.528 --> 01:48:09.273 [Riv (DM)]: If you want to get within, what should we say? 01:48:09.334 --> 01:48:13.700 [Riv (DM)]: Within seven of each other, should we say? 01:48:13.720 --> 01:48:22.452 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, let's say if each person roll, let's get within seven of each other and then you can be attacking on the same round. 01:48:26.578 --> 01:48:28.401 [Riv (DM)]: So Dondar or Rio, you can roll a d20. 01:48:29.410 --> 01:48:31.193 [JC (Ryo)]: Right, Ryu has no idea what's going on. 01:48:31.553 --> 01:48:32.475 [JC (Ryo)]: Dondar hasn't told him yet. 01:48:33.637 --> 01:48:33.937 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: I did. 01:48:34.197 --> 01:48:36.000 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Well, he just did. 01:48:36.341 --> 01:48:38.905 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: I didn't say Dondar said it, but I implied. 01:48:39.366 --> 01:48:41.289 [Riv (DM)]: Bro, that's crazy. 01:48:42.631 --> 01:48:43.652 [Riv (DM)]: Alright, let's do it. 01:48:43.772 --> 01:48:44.153 [Riv (DM)]: It's on. 01:48:45.054 --> 01:48:46.797 [Riv (DM)]: Last two guys. 01:48:48.840 --> 01:48:51.104 [Riv (DM)]: I will chuck them all into initials. 01:48:51.224 --> 01:48:55.030 [Vael (Berberis)]: Can I have my owl just land on the wall like the parapet? 01:48:55.752 --> 01:49:01.861 [Vael (Berberis)]: On the opposite side of the trapdoor, so they're looking not at the trapdoor, they're looking at the owl and going, what the fuck? 01:49:01.921 --> 01:49:02.843 [Riv (DM)]: On the tower on the other side? 01:49:04.205 --> 01:49:05.627 [Vael (Berberis)]: On our tower. 01:49:05.827 --> 01:49:06.989 [Riv (DM)]: Yep. 01:49:07.029 --> 01:49:07.690 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, I think so. 01:49:08.391 --> 01:49:10.775 [Vael (Berberis)]: They're looking at it instead of at the trapdoor. 01:49:11.055 --> 01:49:11.736 [Vael (Berberis)]: Yeah, totally. 01:49:11.856 --> 01:49:12.337 [Riv (DM)]: We can do that. 01:49:13.879 --> 01:49:15.702 [Riv (DM)]: I think that... 01:49:17.420 --> 01:49:22.546 [Vael (Berberis)]: Call it a help action on escaping the trapdoor or something. 01:49:22.586 --> 01:49:30.516 [Riv (DM)]: What I'll do is I'm going to roll for how fucked up one of these guards is to see whether or not they will attack the owl. 01:49:31.057 --> 01:49:33.800 [Riv (DM)]: Oh, I can roll it. 01:49:33.920 --> 01:49:34.921 [Riv (DM)]: I can roll it so you guys can see. 01:49:36.003 --> 01:49:44.693 [Riv (DM)]: Let's say if he rolls more than a, say, 13, then he's a bit of a dick. 01:49:46.799 --> 01:49:47.845 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: You probably had Elves. 01:49:49.534 --> 01:49:52.531 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Owls as a child will recognize the fake Elf. 01:49:53.376 --> 01:49:53.738 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Elf. 01:49:54.747 --> 01:50:05.640 [Riv (DM)]: Rather than doing anything masochistic, he instead starts to wander over towards the owl and holds out a hand like a finger ready for the owl potentially to try and jump onto it. 01:50:06.440 --> 01:50:08.863 [Riv (DM)]: But they are both now completely distracted by the owl here. 01:50:08.903 --> 01:50:14.510 [Riv (DM)]: And so you can burst up out of the trapdoor and you can all roll initiative. 01:50:14.690 --> 01:50:19.135 [Riv (DM)]: You can roll with advantage because you have got surprise. 01:50:21.410 --> 01:50:23.233 [JC (Ryo)]: On their side, not our side, yeah? 01:50:24.134 --> 01:50:29.621 [Riv (DM)]: No, both sides, I would say you've probably... Yeah, maybe not on your side because you didn't have a distraction. 01:50:29.661 --> 01:50:31.003 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, let's do it that way. 01:50:32.565 --> 01:50:35.369 [JC (Ryo)]: I had an idea for a distraction, but... Oh, I'm sorry. 01:50:35.409 --> 01:50:38.353 [Riv (DM)]: Let's see if you can do something as well. 01:50:38.373 --> 01:50:38.714 [Riv (DM)]: That's great. 01:50:39.395 --> 01:50:42.078 [JC (Ryo)]: Well, this doesn't say I need to have line of sight. 01:50:42.099 --> 01:50:44.161 [JC (Ryo)]: It just says within 30 foot. 01:50:45.844 --> 01:50:46.124 [Riv (DM)]: Okay. 01:50:49.028 --> 01:50:49.729 [Riv (DM)]: The scenes are fixed. 01:50:51.717 --> 01:50:57.883 [JC (Ryo)]: So I was thinking sensory effect, a really foul smell, so one of them look at it, they look at each other like, who fucking farted? 01:51:00.206 --> 01:51:01.087 [JC (Ryo)]: To give the language. 01:51:04.010 --> 01:51:07.353 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Yeah, we don't say the farted word in this stream. 01:51:08.795 --> 01:51:13.900 [Riv (DM)]: Okay, so... Yeah, I don't... 01:51:13.920 --> 01:51:15.922 [JC (Ryo)]: It doesn't say anywhere I need line of sight. 01:51:15.982 --> 01:51:16.903 [JC (Ryo)]: It doesn't seem like it, does it? 01:51:16.923 --> 01:51:18.845 [JC (Ryo)]: Just says 34. 01:51:18.865 --> 01:51:19.165 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah. 01:51:19.185 --> 01:51:19.986 [Riv (DM)]: Okay, cool. 01:51:21.738 --> 01:51:27.428 [JC (Ryo)]: I'd like to cast that and try and aim it for one of the corners at the top. 01:51:28.090 --> 01:51:29.432 [JC (Ryo)]: OK, sweet. 01:51:29.632 --> 01:51:30.374 [JC (Ryo)]: I'll look the other way. 01:51:30.915 --> 01:51:32.397 [Riv (DM)]: I'll give them wisdom checks. 01:51:33.219 --> 01:51:34.701 [Riv (DM)]: Once again, they won a beta 15. 01:51:37.086 --> 01:51:37.947 [Riv (DM)]: Which neither of them do. 01:51:38.248 --> 01:51:40.071 [Riv (DM)]: Terrible as well, a natural one on one of them. 01:51:40.572 --> 01:51:41.133 [Riv (DM)]: Cool, sweet. 01:51:41.153 --> 01:51:45.501 [Riv (DM)]: So you guys can have your advantage on initiative too. 01:51:52.096 --> 01:51:52.516 [Riv (DM)]: Very good. 01:51:52.897 --> 01:51:53.197 [Riv (DM)]: All righty. 01:51:53.818 --> 01:51:55.259 [Riv (DM)]: Rio, you are starting us off. 01:51:57.582 --> 01:51:59.524 [Riv (DM)]: Oh man, they are all at the very end of Initiative. 01:52:03.168 --> 01:52:03.709 [JC (Ryo)]: What should I do? 01:52:03.729 --> 01:52:04.389 [JC (Ryo)]: What should I do? 01:52:04.970 --> 01:52:06.271 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Oh my god, we're both blank. 01:52:07.953 --> 01:52:08.133 [JC (Ryo)]: Yeah. 01:52:09.655 --> 01:52:12.879 [JC (Ryo)]: I look at you and I'm like, don't fireball me, please. 01:52:13.980 --> 01:52:16.062 [JC (Ryo)]: But I'll pop through. 01:52:18.117 --> 01:52:19.198 [JC (Ryo)]: I'll pop through the trapdoor. 01:52:20.240 --> 01:52:21.542 [JC (Ryo)]: I'm hoping they're looking the other way. 01:52:22.002 --> 01:52:23.324 [Riv (DM)]: I think so, yeah, from your distraction. 01:52:25.306 --> 01:52:28.911 [JC (Ryo)]: Alright, so I'll like pop up and... where's my token? 01:52:28.931 --> 01:52:29.973 [JC (Ryo)]: I'd say stand like there. 01:52:30.493 --> 01:52:32.236 [JC (Ryo)]: So this is these two on the right, isn't it? 01:52:34.038 --> 01:52:35.079 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, over on the left side, you mean? 01:52:35.099 --> 01:52:35.240 [Riv (DM)]: Yep. 01:52:36.181 --> 01:52:38.564 [JC (Ryo)]: Yeah, on the right of me, yeah. 01:52:39.024 --> 01:52:43.230 [JC (Ryo)]: And is there any difference between the two or are they the exact same? 01:52:43.497 --> 01:52:46.021 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, one of them actually looks slightly different. 01:52:46.962 --> 01:52:50.066 [Riv (DM)]: It's got more sort of robe-like garb rather than armor. 01:52:50.747 --> 01:52:51.328 [Riv (DM)]: There's this one here. 01:52:52.750 --> 01:52:53.151 [JC (Ryo)]: Uh-oh. 01:52:53.491 --> 01:52:54.573 [JC (Ryo)]: Yeah, bonus action. 01:52:56.455 --> 01:52:58.959 [JC (Ryo)]: I get free Hunter's Marks, don't I? 01:52:58.979 --> 01:53:01.843 [JC (Ryo)]: Yeah, favored enemy bonus action after the free Hunter's Mark. 01:53:02.204 --> 01:53:02.864 [Riv (DM)]: Oh God, here we go. 01:53:05.088 --> 01:53:07.271 [JC (Ryo)]: Oh yeah, this guy dying. 01:53:07.291 --> 01:53:09.794 [JC (Ryo)]: Where is it? 01:53:10.155 --> 01:53:11.076 [Riv (DM)]: He's got 55 health. 01:53:12.478 --> 01:53:13.099 [Riv (DM)]: Let's see if he can do it. 01:53:18.665 --> 01:53:24.992 [JC (Ryo)]: How do I cast it so it uses... doesn't use a spell slot, uses one of my ability slots? 01:53:26.594 --> 01:53:29.857 [JC (Ryo)]: Sorry, I've forgotten how to do this. 01:53:29.877 --> 01:53:30.939 [JC (Ryo)]: Or do I just manually change it? 01:53:34.302 --> 01:53:35.163 [JC (Ryo)]: Just manually change it. 01:53:35.524 --> 01:53:44.594 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: Yeah, that's all good. 01:53:44.614 --> 01:53:47.777 [JC (Ryo)]: So bonus action Hunter's Mark, Longbow into him. 01:53:50.407 --> 01:53:51.108 [JC (Ryo)]: Where is it? 01:53:51.148 --> 01:53:51.449 [JC (Ryo)]: Sorry. 01:53:57.518 --> 01:54:00.282 [Riv (DM)]: Oh, there was so close to 20 on my screen, dude. 01:54:01.204 --> 01:54:02.205 [Riv (DM)]: Does 12 hit? 01:54:02.225 --> 01:54:03.047 [Riv (DM)]: 12 does not hit. 01:54:04.509 --> 01:54:05.110 [Riv (DM)]: Second shot. 01:54:10.178 --> 01:54:11.039 [Riv (DM)]: There it is. 01:54:11.440 --> 01:54:13.022 [Riv (DM)]: There it is. 01:54:13.340 --> 01:54:14.001 [JC (Ryo)]: There it is. 01:54:15.383 --> 01:54:18.047 [JC (Ryo)]: So this just crits the bow, it doesn't crit Hunter's Mark, eh? 01:54:18.287 --> 01:54:19.209 [Riv (DM)]: No, Hunter's Mark crits as well. 01:54:19.229 --> 01:54:20.090 [JC (Ryo)]: No, he crits every dice. 01:54:20.731 --> 01:54:21.833 [JC (Ryo)]: Crits every dice? 01:54:21.853 --> 01:54:25.899 [JC (Ryo)]: Okay, well, this is going to be Hunter's Mark Dread Ambusher. 01:54:27.141 --> 01:54:32.929 [JC (Ryo)]: And I've already burnt my bonus action, otherwise there'd also be a hail of thorns on top. 01:54:34.712 --> 01:54:35.213 [Riv (DM)]: Let's see it, dude. 01:54:38.498 --> 01:54:41.302 [Unmatched Speaker]: Alright. 01:54:41.322 --> 01:54:42.604 [Riv (DM)]: So that was the main attack. 01:54:58.042 --> 01:54:59.363 [JC (Ryo)]: Alright, so two for that. 01:55:02.447 --> 01:55:04.369 [JC (Ryo)]: And that's everything I can do, unfortunately. 01:55:04.730 --> 01:55:05.470 [Riv (DM)]: You've got your Dread Ambusher. 01:55:05.490 --> 01:55:06.472 [JC (Ryo)]: Oh, sorry, Dread Ambusher. 01:55:06.492 --> 01:55:07.092 [JC (Ryo)]: Yeah, another 2DO. 01:55:07.112 --> 01:55:07.613 [JC (Ryo)]: Dread Ambusher. 01:55:07.913 --> 01:55:08.834 [JC (Ryo)]: Where do I cast? 01:55:08.854 --> 01:55:09.975 [JC (Ryo)]: Oh, it's just 2DO, isn't it? 01:55:10.216 --> 01:55:10.756 [Riv (DM)]: Yep. 01:55:10.776 --> 01:55:12.018 [Riv (DM)]: Or you can roll a DA and double it. 01:55:12.218 --> 01:55:12.899 [Riv (DM)]: I don't mind either way. 01:55:14.881 --> 01:55:15.702 [Riv (DM)]: More dice. 01:55:15.722 --> 01:55:16.983 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, do a double. 01:55:17.003 --> 01:55:19.947 [Riv (DM)]: Make more dice. 01:55:19.967 --> 01:55:20.487 [JC (Ryo)]: And double that. 01:55:22.089 --> 01:55:22.410 [JC (Ryo)]: Very good. 01:55:26.274 --> 01:55:27.255 [JC (Ryo)]: Alright. 01:55:27.725 --> 01:55:28.906 [JC (Ryo)]: Fucking ones on the damage. 01:55:30.347 --> 01:55:31.949 [Riv (DM)]: Couple of unlucky rolls, but all good. 01:55:31.969 --> 01:55:34.571 [Riv (DM)]: He looks like he's been fairly heavily damaged. 01:55:35.792 --> 01:55:37.414 [Riv (DM)]: That would be your bonus action, your action. 01:55:37.934 --> 01:55:38.175 [Riv (DM)]: Cool. 01:55:38.215 --> 01:55:40.477 [Riv (DM)]: And I assume you probably just want to scooch over to the side. 01:55:41.398 --> 01:55:44.060 [JC (Ryo)]: Yeah, I'll move out of the way to give Dondar some room. 01:55:44.721 --> 01:55:48.224 [JC (Ryo)]: And I'm just going to be pointing at that one. 01:55:48.864 --> 01:55:49.405 [Riv (DM)]: Okay, sweet. 01:55:49.525 --> 01:55:56.051 [Riv (DM)]: Dondar, you burst up and you see Rio pointing at the mage-like guy here with an arrow on his back. 01:55:56.692 --> 01:55:57.192 [Riv (DM)]: What do you do? 01:55:58.657 --> 01:55:59.818 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Touching Ray! 01:55:59.838 --> 01:56:00.999 [Riv (DM)]: Nice. 01:56:02.040 --> 01:56:04.382 [Riv (DM)]: So you probably want to back up so that you're out of melee. 01:56:07.385 --> 01:56:10.668 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Would I get a... 01:56:10.688 --> 01:56:11.568 [Vael (Berberis)]: They don't know we're here yet. 01:56:11.889 --> 01:56:13.230 [Riv (DM)]: Nah, I think surprise round, yeah. 01:56:15.152 --> 01:56:19.656 [Riv (DM)]: I mean, in 2024, that actually isn't the case, but that's kind of dumb. 01:56:19.756 --> 01:56:21.777 [Riv (DM)]: I'm not sure how I feel about that, so I'm good for it. 01:56:25.701 --> 01:56:26.001 [Riv (DM)]: Good. 01:56:26.141 --> 01:56:26.942 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, that one hits. 01:56:29.453 --> 01:56:31.135 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: So I'm rolling three attack rolls, right? 01:56:31.335 --> 01:56:31.515 [Riv (DM)]: Yep. 01:56:36.940 --> 01:56:37.181 [Riv (DM)]: Nice. 01:56:37.221 --> 01:56:38.021 [Riv (DM)]: Yep, that one hits as well. 01:56:39.082 --> 01:56:39.843 [Riv (DM)]: And the last one doesn't. 01:56:42.165 --> 01:56:43.146 [Riv (DM)]: Cool, so that is 46. 01:56:43.307 --> 01:56:58.021 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Is it rolling all of it at once? 01:56:58.101 --> 01:56:59.022 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Sorry, no more. 01:57:00.723 --> 01:57:01.845 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Listen to the first guy. 01:57:02.687 --> 01:57:02.867 [Riv (DM)]: Nice. 01:57:04.530 --> 01:57:06.012 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: The one that JC's targeting. 01:57:06.153 --> 01:57:07.014 [Riv (DM)]: Yep. 01:57:07.034 --> 01:57:08.016 [Riv (DM)]: Very good, this first one. 01:57:09.679 --> 01:57:12.164 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: If it did not kill him, then the next as well. 01:57:12.204 --> 01:57:15.950 [Riv (DM)]: You'll need to do another... Oh, sorry, yeah. 01:57:15.970 --> 01:57:16.892 [Riv (DM)]: Another damage roll, yeah. 01:57:19.758 --> 01:57:21.100 [Riv (DM)]: Nice. 01:57:22.302 --> 01:57:23.604 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, he's actually still alive. 01:57:24.706 --> 01:57:27.010 [Riv (DM)]: He has an arrow in his back that he stumbled forward. 01:57:27.050 --> 01:57:33.280 [Riv (DM)]: Now two massive scorch marks are starting to burn his robes away, but he's stumbling just alive. 01:57:36.905 --> 01:57:37.126 [Riv (DM)]: Cool. 01:57:37.186 --> 01:57:38.588 [Riv (DM)]: Any bonus action for Dondarr? 01:57:42.034 --> 01:57:42.695 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: I don't think so. 01:57:43.135 --> 01:57:43.836 [Riv (DM)]: Alright, cool. 01:57:44.397 --> 01:57:46.120 [Riv (DM)]: That will then bring us to Erendor's go. 01:57:50.234 --> 01:57:50.515 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: Okay. 01:57:56.352 --> 01:57:59.240 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: Yeah, it's gonna be the fancy guy that I'm swinging at. 01:57:59.642 --> 01:57:59.822 [Riv (DM)]: Cool. 01:58:19.495 --> 01:58:20.817 [Unmatched Speaker]: What's with this chapter? 01:58:20.837 --> 01:58:22.339 [Riv (DM)]: It's a mage, maybe, maybe. 01:58:22.579 --> 01:58:23.080 [Riv (DM)]: It is a mage. 01:58:23.340 --> 01:58:28.407 [Riv (DM)]: His AC is... 12, but he has mage armour on, unfortunately. 01:58:29.509 --> 01:58:30.330 [Riv (DM)]: So his AC is 15. 01:58:34.315 --> 01:58:38.121 [Vael (Berberis)]: Telling ya, we got a nice long sword. 01:58:38.141 --> 01:58:46.532 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Unfortunately, you'd have to use... Give yourself to the dark side. 01:58:49.887 --> 01:58:50.308 [Riv (DM)]: Cool. 01:58:50.328 --> 01:58:51.469 [Riv (DM)]: That one hits. 01:58:51.489 --> 01:58:52.731 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: The offhand just works. 01:58:54.914 --> 01:58:54.994 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: Yep. 01:58:55.014 --> 01:58:56.877 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: You just gotta rock two daggers, man. 01:58:56.897 --> 01:58:57.538 [Riv (DM)]: Trusty daggers. 01:59:00.401 --> 01:59:00.742 [Riv (DM)]: Alrighty. 01:59:02.044 --> 01:59:02.745 [Riv (DM)]: Some damage to him. 01:59:03.406 --> 01:59:06.670 [Riv (DM)]: As you burst up through the chat door, this guy's seemingly unaware. 01:59:06.690 --> 01:59:09.895 [Riv (DM)]: You get a good stab with your dagger into his side. 01:59:12.158 --> 01:59:12.999 [Riv (DM)]: Bonus action for you? 01:59:13.039 --> 01:59:19.708 [Unmatched Speaker]: Yeah. 01:59:20.465 --> 01:59:25.711 [Unmatched Speaker]: I will move around him. 01:59:25.731 --> 01:59:34.060 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: Good. 01:59:34.300 --> 01:59:35.081 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: That's all. 01:59:35.782 --> 01:59:36.443 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: No perception. 01:59:36.683 --> 01:59:37.104 [Riv (DM)]: Sweet. 01:59:37.124 --> 01:59:37.384 [Riv (DM)]: All right. 01:59:37.404 --> 01:59:38.085 [Riv (DM)]: That takes us to Kai. 01:59:41.008 --> 01:59:45.493 [Lacer (Kai)]: On the mage, I will cast Toll of the Dead again. 01:59:54.113 --> 01:59:54.754 [Riv (DM)]: That one fails. 02:00:03.224 --> 02:00:03.525 [Lacer (Kai)]: Woah. 02:00:05.507 --> 02:00:06.448 [Riv (DM)]: Woah, that's huge. 02:00:06.989 --> 02:00:09.372 [Riv (DM)]: It's at 2d12 now at this level. 02:00:10.854 --> 02:00:11.214 [Riv (DM)]: Crazy. 02:00:12.115 --> 02:00:12.316 [Riv (DM)]: Very good. 02:00:12.336 --> 02:00:13.457 [Riv (DM)]: Alright. 02:00:13.477 --> 02:00:14.198 [Riv (DM)]: Good gantrip. 02:00:17.333 --> 02:00:18.494 [Riv (DM)]: He takes a dagger to the side. 02:00:18.534 --> 02:00:27.125 [Riv (DM)]: As Kai bursts up behind him, some spiritual sound echoes far in the depths of his mind and he starts to clutch his head and call out. 02:00:36.757 --> 02:00:37.358 [Riv (DM)]: Cool. 02:00:37.378 --> 02:00:38.599 [Riv (DM)]: We've got a bonus action for Kai. 02:00:39.608 --> 02:00:40.990 [Lacer (Kai)]: Bonus action. 02:00:41.871 --> 02:00:43.332 [Lacer (Kai)]: I'm not really going to do anything. 02:00:44.233 --> 02:00:45.415 [Lacer (Kai)]: I don't want to waste anything. 02:00:45.455 --> 02:00:46.636 [Lacer (Kai)]: And I'm just going to move. 02:00:47.016 --> 02:00:47.457 [Lacer (Kai)]: I'm going to move. 02:00:51.021 --> 02:00:52.262 [Lacer (Kai)]: Not letting me move. 02:00:53.564 --> 02:00:54.705 [Lacer (Kai)]: So I select a token. 02:00:56.287 --> 02:00:56.547 [Lacer (Kai)]: Sorry? 02:00:57.488 --> 02:00:58.209 [Lacer (Kai)]: Because you're on measure. 02:00:59.631 --> 02:01:04.116 [Lacer (Kai)]: No, I've got token selected and token controls and the theme. 02:01:04.476 --> 02:01:05.237 [Lacer (Kai)]: Select tokens. 02:01:07.400 --> 02:01:09.362 [Riv (DM)]: So because you're trying to move through the guard? 02:01:10.844 --> 02:01:12.526 [Riv (DM)]: Can I move around him? 02:01:12.866 --> 02:01:13.747 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, you have to go around him. 02:01:15.749 --> 02:01:18.752 [Lacer (Kai)]: Oh, I have to do it like that, okay. 02:01:18.912 --> 02:01:20.574 [Lacer (Kai)]: Okay, yeah, that's me. 02:01:21.835 --> 02:01:23.938 [Unmatched Speaker]: Cool, alright. 02:01:23.958 --> 02:01:24.338 [Unmatched Speaker]: Reverse. 02:01:27.241 --> 02:01:28.642 [Vael (Berberis)]: I'll move up. 02:01:29.844 --> 02:01:36.150 [Vael (Berberis)]: Gonna do a bit of this flanking stuff, I guess. 02:01:36.190 --> 02:01:39.754 [Vael (Berberis)]: Yep, this will be with advantage over making attacks. 02:01:40.240 --> 02:01:41.662 [Riv (DM)]: He looks pretty bad. 02:01:41.763 --> 02:01:42.344 [Riv (DM)]: He looks bloodied. 02:01:42.384 --> 02:01:47.833 [Vael (Berberis)]: I'll just do first strike normal with Shillelagh. 02:01:48.614 --> 02:01:50.037 [Vael (Berberis)]: Advantage of flanking, yes. 02:01:50.057 --> 02:01:50.257 [Vael (Berberis)]: Yep. 02:01:56.588 --> 02:01:56.848 [Riv (DM)]: Very good. 02:01:57.069 --> 02:01:57.409 [Riv (DM)]: It hits. 02:02:03.440 --> 02:02:04.221 [Riv (DM)]: Oh, nice. 02:02:04.822 --> 02:02:05.944 [Riv (DM)]: Huge. 02:02:07.274 --> 02:02:09.397 [Riv (DM)]: An excellent whack to the side of his head. 02:02:10.018 --> 02:02:14.044 [Riv (DM)]: He just, he stumbles to his knee but he looks like he's still alive but barely holding on. 02:02:16.187 --> 02:02:19.712 [Vael (Berberis)]: Cause he's wearing an extra D8 from Colossus though. 02:02:19.732 --> 02:02:19.973 [Vael (Berberis)]: Oh nice. 02:02:25.020 --> 02:02:26.342 [Riv (DM)]: And that is exactly enough for this guy. 02:02:29.046 --> 02:02:29.907 [Riv (DM)]: Grumbles on your feet. 02:02:36.772 --> 02:02:48.869 [Vael (Berberis)]: Fortunately, I don't have anything with enough range to assist the other side of the river to finish off, so I'll just have to all-whale on this guard. 02:02:50.371 --> 02:02:54.878 [Vael (Berberis)]: I'll burn a Zephyr Strike through this one to give myself advantage. 02:02:55.779 --> 02:02:56.080 [Riv (DM)]: Oh, nice. 02:02:56.300 --> 02:02:56.400 [Riv (DM)]: Yep. 02:03:10.133 --> 02:03:11.555 [Riv (DM)]: That's good. 02:03:18.745 --> 02:03:19.846 [Riv (DM)]: And this on the other guard. 02:03:21.288 --> 02:03:26.055 [Vael (Berberis)]: Yeah, this is on the soldier, so 13. 02:03:29.139 --> 02:03:33.525 [Riv (DM)]: Cool, so remind me again, Zephyr Strike bonus action and it gives you like an extra attack or something, right? 02:03:34.147 --> 02:03:38.891 [Vael (Berberis)]: Uh, no, it just, um, Zephyr Strike is... 02:03:38.911 --> 02:03:41.373 [Vael (Berberis)]: It's an advantage on the next attack, isn't it? 02:03:41.974 --> 02:03:45.557 [Vael (Berberis)]: Bonus action to give you an advantage on one weapon attack roll on your turn. 02:03:45.977 --> 02:03:46.178 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah. 02:03:46.438 --> 02:03:49.000 [Vael (Berberis)]: And that attack deals extra 1d8 force. 02:03:49.020 --> 02:03:51.082 [Riv (DM)]: Oh, you already had a second attack. 02:03:51.262 --> 02:03:53.064 [Riv (DM)]: Sorry, I thought that you'd use both attacks on the first guy. 02:03:53.084 --> 02:03:55.166 [Riv (DM)]: That was just the... No, I just hit him once. 02:03:55.426 --> 02:03:56.507 [Riv (DM)]: Yep, yep, yep, yep. 02:03:56.527 --> 02:03:56.907 [Riv (DM)]: Gotcha. 02:03:57.127 --> 02:03:57.768 [Riv (DM)]: Um, yeah, sweet. 02:03:57.808 --> 02:03:58.448 [Riv (DM)]: So 10, 13. 02:03:58.469 --> 02:03:59.409 [Riv (DM)]: That is enough to kill him. 02:04:00.030 --> 02:04:00.390 [Riv (DM)]: Look at that. 02:04:01.831 --> 02:04:02.432 [Riv (DM)]: He blows up. 02:04:05.686 --> 02:04:11.595 [Riv (DM)]: Before either of these guys can even really call out and even realize what's going on, they collapse to the ground dead. 02:04:13.718 --> 02:04:13.999 [Riv (DM)]: Cool. 02:04:14.039 --> 02:04:14.299 [Riv (DM)]: All right. 02:04:14.319 --> 02:04:16.803 [Riv (DM)]: Berberis, does he have any movement that he wants to do? 02:04:16.823 --> 02:04:32.487 [Vael (Berberis)]: I will probably just move to here to scan north up towards the docks and south into the town just to see if there is any sign of movement in either direction. 02:04:32.872 --> 02:04:33.192 [Riv (DM)]: Sweet. 02:04:33.353 --> 02:04:33.633 [Riv (DM)]: Alrighty. 02:04:34.173 --> 02:04:36.936 [Riv (DM)]: If we get back around to your turn, we can do a perception roll for you. 02:04:37.817 --> 02:04:39.199 [Riv (DM)]: That will bring us to the guard's turn. 02:04:39.239 --> 02:04:40.100 [Riv (DM)]: The mage. 02:04:48.849 --> 02:04:50.931 [Riv (DM)]: Okay. 02:04:50.951 --> 02:04:53.074 [Riv (DM)]: He's going to cast Thunderwave. 02:04:53.634 --> 02:04:55.456 [Riv (DM)]: I need both of you guys to make a constitution saving throw. 02:04:58.499 --> 02:04:59.921 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Am I too far away for Counterspell? 02:05:00.782 --> 02:05:01.883 [Riv (DM)]: No, you can Counterspell if you like. 02:05:03.533 --> 02:05:06.817 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Would you recommend it? 02:05:06.837 --> 02:05:07.598 [Riv (DM)]: You're ruining all the fun. 02:05:07.618 --> 02:05:08.720 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: I was gonna say, wouldn't recommend it. 02:05:12.185 --> 02:05:13.626 [JC (Ryo)]: Are you casting Counterspell or not? 02:05:14.347 --> 02:05:14.588 [JC (Ryo)]: I am. 02:05:17.492 --> 02:05:17.592 [Riv (DM)]: Okay. 02:05:17.612 --> 02:05:21.257 [Riv (DM)]: So this is a constitution save, I believe now, in 2024 rolls. 02:05:21.537 --> 02:05:21.717 [Riv (DM)]: Yep. 02:05:22.338 --> 02:05:26.163 [Riv (DM)]: So the caster makes it? 02:05:28.727 --> 02:05:29.187 [Vael (Berberis)]: Yep. 02:05:29.207 --> 02:05:30.689 [Vael (Berberis)]: Yep. 02:05:30.729 --> 02:05:33.473 [Riv (DM)]: Does this guy have any mods for his con? 02:05:34.702 --> 02:05:39.070 [Vael (Berberis)]: If anything is a mate, you'd have a negative, don't you? 02:05:39.090 --> 02:05:45.380 [Riv (DM)]: I was just wondering if you had like some feature for advantage on kind of spell stuff. 02:05:45.761 --> 02:05:46.402 [Riv (DM)]: Anyway, all good. 02:05:46.482 --> 02:05:46.823 [Riv (DM)]: Here we go. 02:05:46.863 --> 02:05:47.785 [Riv (DM)]: Come on, dude. 02:05:47.805 --> 02:05:49.167 [Riv (DM)]: I really want this to work. 02:05:51.172 --> 02:06:01.804 [Riv (DM)]: The thunder wave whiffs and you guys get to stay on top of the tower. 02:06:02.224 --> 02:06:06.329 [Riv (DM)]: He just curses a little bit and let's see if he's got anything to do with bonus action. 02:06:06.349 --> 02:06:07.410 [Riv (DM)]: I don't think so. 02:06:07.430 --> 02:06:19.744 [Riv (DM)]: No, he has no bonus action spells and his arcane burst is an action so I think he is just going to 02:06:19.724 --> 02:06:20.606 [Riv (DM)]: Shit, I don't know. 02:06:20.866 --> 02:06:21.528 [Riv (DM)]: Back up, I guess. 02:06:22.369 --> 02:06:26.898 [Riv (DM)]: And, cross his fingers, the other mage is dead, but this guard is still alive. 02:06:28.502 --> 02:06:29.844 [Riv (DM)]: Ryo, you, it looks like you shifted. 02:06:29.884 --> 02:06:30.866 [Riv (DM)]: I'll just put you back to there, yeah? 02:06:36.778 --> 02:06:39.724 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Going to sh- To shit? 02:06:42.337 --> 02:06:42.818 [Unmatched Speaker]: Let's see. 02:06:43.058 --> 02:06:49.389 [Vael (Berberis)]: I mean, that's a double whammy, Dave, because one, the knockoff, and two, the 300-foot explosion of thunder. 02:06:49.789 --> 02:06:51.051 [Vael (Berberis)]: Oh yeah, wouldn't have been good. 02:06:51.913 --> 02:06:53.035 [Riv (DM)]: And it's a big fall as well. 02:06:53.535 --> 02:06:57.642 [Riv (DM)]: It would have been a 5d6 falling damage if you landed on the ground. 02:06:58.724 --> 02:07:02.370 [Riv (DM)]: Okay, guard, what are you gonna do? 02:07:06.232 --> 02:07:06.733 [Riv (DM)]: Far out. 02:07:06.753 --> 02:07:09.579 [Riv (DM)]: I mean, this guy, he knows he's absolutely fucked. 02:07:09.840 --> 02:07:20.202 [Riv (DM)]: Like, if he was on the other side of the tower, he would be calling for help, but he knows that he's on the side of the river that is hotly contested by the loyalists, and so he doesn't think there's actually anyone to call out to. 02:07:20.243 --> 02:07:25.995 [Riv (DM)]: He'll, like, run over here and, like, look down at the bridge to see... 02:07:25.975 --> 02:07:27.217 [Riv (DM)]: I could probably jump down there. 02:07:27.237 --> 02:07:28.398 [Riv (DM)]: I might, like, sprain an ankle. 02:07:28.458 --> 02:07:29.059 [Riv (DM)]: Is it worth it? 02:07:29.580 --> 02:07:44.059 [Riv (DM)]: And then he looks over and he sees there are three brutal combatants on the other tower who have just slayed his allies on the other tower and any remaining hope in his eyes drains as he just turns around, steals himself, um, and runs straight at the dwarf with a spear for a stab. 02:07:47.203 --> 02:07:48.145 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Cheeky little fucker. 02:07:51.269 --> 02:07:51.990 [Riv (DM)]: Which with... 02:07:52.010 --> 02:07:54.413 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: I had a spell ready for this. 02:07:55.253 --> 02:07:58.597 [Riv (DM)]: Unlucky for him, and luckily for you, you don't need to, so. 02:07:59.659 --> 02:08:01.601 [Riv (DM)]: He whiffs the spear, he's shaking in his boots. 02:08:02.382 --> 02:08:04.686 [Riv (DM)]: Rio, that goes to you to finish it. 02:08:05.026 --> 02:08:07.049 [Riv (DM)]: Damn, I wanted that Thunderwave to work so badly, guys. 02:08:09.212 --> 02:08:14.399 [Vael (Berberis)]: You wouldn't have been able to cast anyway, Kiwi, because you used your reaction to do the Counterspell. 02:08:14.419 --> 02:08:14.519 [Vael (Berberis)]: Yeah. 02:08:14.539 --> 02:08:15.520 [Vael (Berberis)]: You only get one round out of you. 02:08:16.101 --> 02:08:18.264 [Vael (Berberis)]: That was a very clutch Counterspell, that could have gotten very messy. 02:08:18.484 --> 02:08:18.844 [Vael (Berberis)]: That was good. 02:08:20.627 --> 02:08:23.050 [Vael (Berberis)]: Especially because it's a... is it a Con or a Strength save? 02:08:24.093 --> 02:08:25.796 [Riv (DM)]: Thunderwave as Constitution. 02:08:26.216 --> 02:08:27.198 [Riv (DM)]: Is this on the Mage? 02:08:27.939 --> 02:08:28.319 [Riv (DM)]: Mage. 02:08:28.560 --> 02:08:29.181 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, no good. 02:08:34.489 --> 02:08:34.909 [Riv (DM)]: That one's good. 02:08:34.929 --> 02:08:35.150 [Riv (DM)]: 17? 02:08:41.319 --> 02:08:41.399 [Riv (DM)]: Yep. 02:08:41.419 --> 02:08:41.620 [Riv (DM)]: Nice. 02:08:48.390 --> 02:08:49.712 [Riv (DM)]: You got your Hunter's Mark damage as well? 02:08:49.732 --> 02:08:53.037 [JC (Ryo)]: 1d6, yeah, I was trying to figure out which dice it was. 02:09:01.471 --> 02:09:03.513 [Riv (DM)]: Alrighty. 02:09:03.533 --> 02:09:06.536 [Riv (DM)]: The mage falls to the ground with an arrow between his eyes. 02:09:09.540 --> 02:09:10.080 [Riv (DM)]: Cool. 02:09:10.100 --> 02:09:10.341 [JC (Ryo)]: Alright. 02:09:12.603 --> 02:09:19.891 [JC (Ryo)]: Bonus action to move Hunter's Mark across to the other guy and I just look at him and just go surrender. 02:09:22.514 --> 02:09:22.614 [Riv (DM)]: Okay. 02:09:27.399 --> 02:09:29.301 [Riv (DM)]: That then brings us to Dondar's turn. 02:09:32.420 --> 02:09:33.725 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Magic Missile, baby! 02:09:34.990 --> 02:09:35.190 Cool. 02:09:39.426 --> 02:09:40.510 [Riv (DM)]: Alright, what level are we casting this at? 02:09:41.735 --> 02:09:42.598 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: It's just level one. 02:10:06.642 --> 02:10:08.684 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: And I'll move over there. 02:10:08.724 --> 02:10:09.925 [Riv (DM)]: You got the other two rolls, remember? 02:10:13.028 --> 02:10:18.634 [Vael (Berberis)]: Yep, Mithril is in multiple damage instances. 02:10:18.654 --> 02:10:18.994 [Riv (DM)]: Oh, nice. 02:10:20.115 --> 02:10:20.415 [Riv (DM)]: Huge. 02:10:20.776 --> 02:10:21.436 [Riv (DM)]: That actually kills him. 02:10:21.877 --> 02:10:26.141 [Riv (DM)]: I was like, you got a roll pretty good to kill him, but two fives in a row. 02:10:26.181 --> 02:10:26.882 [Riv (DM)]: Yep, that'll do it. 02:10:26.902 --> 02:10:29.925 [Riv (DM)]: That's exactly as much health as he has. 02:10:30.085 --> 02:10:31.907 [Riv (DM)]: And so he also dies. 02:10:34.129 --> 02:10:34.890 [Riv (DM)]: Very, very good. 02:10:35.130 --> 02:10:35.350 [Riv (DM)]: All right. 02:10:35.549 --> 02:10:38.177 [JC (Ryo)]: I just look at Ki- I just look at Dondar and go, oh, dead. 02:10:39.863 --> 02:10:40.645 [JC (Ryo)]: Mmm. 02:10:40.665 --> 02:10:42.752 [JC (Ryo)]: What would we do with a chrysalid right now anyway? 02:10:45.199 --> 02:10:46.082 [JC (Ryo)]: Throw them in the river. 02:10:47.108 --> 02:10:48.970 [JC (Ryo)]: I was going to kill him anyway, I just wanted him to surrender. 02:10:50.831 --> 02:10:51.632 [Riv (DM)]: Awesome, okay. 02:10:52.213 --> 02:10:52.793 [Riv (DM)]: Well, very good. 02:10:53.774 --> 02:10:56.757 [Riv (DM)]: The towers have been taken, no alarms have been raised. 02:10:57.377 --> 02:10:59.719 [Riv (DM)]: Relatively clean operation. 02:11:00.260 --> 02:11:10.609 [Riv (DM)]: You can now sort of hunker down, keep an eye out for barrack signal and get down to the winch room, ready to crack the gates as they start to arrive. 02:11:11.530 --> 02:11:15.073 [Riv (DM)]: Let's take a break and come back in 15 minutes. 02:11:17.163 --> 02:11:18.545 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: One time. 02:11:20.648 --> 02:11:21.910 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, sounds good. 02:11:21.930 --> 02:11:22.231 [Riv (DM)]: Awesome. 02:11:23.232 --> 02:11:24.334 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: All right. 02:11:24.354 --> 02:11:29.542 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: I just have one... ...made because I think it's just unlucky. 02:11:29.903 --> 02:11:31.285 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: I think this one's cursed. 02:11:31.305 --> 02:11:33.428 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: Maybe the other sort we have isn't cursed. 02:11:34.130 --> 02:11:40.359 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Well, the issue is that I no longer have Smith's... 02:11:42.222 --> 02:11:45.347 [JC (Ryo)]: I think the issue is this was done at that nighttime event thing. 02:11:48.348 --> 02:12:03.763 [Vael (Berberis)]: You'll have to take that one up with Belinda if you want any tweaks made. 02:12:05.705 --> 02:12:12.332 [Vael (Berberis)]: Have you seen 13th Warrior, Riv? 02:12:12.872 --> 02:12:13.613 [Vael (Berberis)]: I don't think so. 02:12:15.247 --> 02:12:23.356 [Vael (Berberis)]: We need to do the thing there where he gets a longsword and it's too heavy so he grinds it down into a scimitar so we can take the longsword we have and grind it down and give it to Deathmouse. 02:12:23.376 --> 02:12:23.636 [Vael (Berberis)]: Nice. 02:12:24.177 --> 02:12:25.658 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Just with a massive hilt. 02:12:26.019 --> 02:12:30.744 [Riv (DM)]: I mean he will have proficiency with it I think because it's just a martial. 02:12:30.824 --> 02:12:31.965 [Riv (DM)]: But you can't sneak attack. 02:12:32.325 --> 02:12:35.829 [Riv (DM)]: No sneak attack and he would be using his strength instead of his dex. 02:12:37.331 --> 02:12:37.431 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah. 02:12:37.451 --> 02:12:41.355 [Riv (DM)]: There's probably some feats he could take that would like switch it or something I bet. 02:12:43.040 --> 02:12:44.222 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, I don't know, man. 02:12:46.705 --> 02:12:47.085 [Riv (DM)]: Good times. 02:12:50.149 --> 02:12:52.192 [Riv (DM)]: Perception check from Berberis just before we go. 02:12:52.232 --> 02:13:02.926 [Vael (Berberis)]: With assistance, could I have an L? 02:13:04.127 --> 02:13:04.908 [Vael (Berberis)]: Yeah, absolutely. 02:13:05.189 --> 02:13:05.409 [Riv (DM)]: Baby? 02:13:05.749 --> 02:13:06.330 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, why not? 02:13:07.593 --> 02:13:08.394 [Vael (Berberis)]: Help action. 02:13:08.694 --> 02:13:11.938 [Vael (Berberis)]: I don't abuse familiar help action, but it is something that is so abusable. 02:13:12.218 --> 02:13:13.420 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah. 02:13:13.640 --> 02:13:13.840 [Riv (DM)]: Cool. 02:13:14.221 --> 02:13:25.513 [Riv (DM)]: So you would recall the first night you came to the city and you scaled the wall, actually probably down towards the area that you're actually looking right now, there had been guards patrolling. 02:13:26.194 --> 02:13:27.115 [Riv (DM)]: Very few guards now. 02:13:27.616 --> 02:13:35.625 [Riv (DM)]: In fact, you don't see any within the kind of immediate few thousand feet or so of the wall that you're looking at across. 02:13:37.259 --> 02:13:39.743 [Riv (DM)]: Skeleton crew, they thought they had won. 02:13:40.685 --> 02:13:44.232 [Riv (DM)]: And so most of the defenders had been taken. 02:13:45.053 --> 02:13:56.634 [Riv (DM)]: As you're sort of scouting around, I'd say probably like a few blocks back, there is a little bit of guard presence, but nothing I think to be concerned about. 02:13:56.654 --> 02:13:58.457 [Riv (DM)]: Like if the alarm had rang, 02:13:58.437 --> 02:14:08.134 [Riv (DM)]: There would be more soldiers turning up and runners heading in all sorts of directions, but they're far enough away I think that you don't need to worry about them for where you are right now, so that is all good. 02:14:11.160 --> 02:14:12.422 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, cool. 02:14:13.504 --> 02:14:18.032 [Riv (DM)]: I think the arrogance has defeated these guys as well. 02:14:23.362 --> 02:14:25.807 [Riv (DM)]: We'll talk about the sword Erendor at some point. 02:14:27.410 --> 02:14:30.155 [Riv (DM)]: Oh, it's mostly just joking. 02:14:30.235 --> 02:14:34.143 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: I think the actual item in Forge needs to be replaced. 02:14:34.203 --> 02:14:38.832 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: I think this one's just... Yeah, okay. 02:14:39.453 --> 02:14:41.056 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: The UUID is wrong. 02:14:42.679 --> 02:14:45.825 [Riv (DM)]: You did cast Pass Without a Trace earlier, eh? 02:14:47.122 --> 02:14:47.763 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: I did, yes. 02:14:47.903 --> 02:14:49.885 [Riv (DM)]: Do you want to just roll an Arcana check for me? 02:14:50.165 --> 02:14:53.648 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: I lost that at the start, but yes. 02:14:53.668 --> 02:14:56.991 [Riv (DM)]: Yep, it's more about when you cast it itself, I think. 02:14:58.272 --> 02:15:02.256 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Okay, yep. 02:15:02.276 --> 02:15:02.817 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Look at that! 02:15:03.337 --> 02:15:03.918 [Riv (DM)]: There we go, dude. 02:15:04.418 --> 02:15:05.479 [Riv (DM)]: It's not your evening, I'm afraid. 02:15:07.581 --> 02:15:08.242 [JC (Ryo)]: Okay. 02:15:08.262 --> 02:15:09.843 [JC (Ryo)]: Okay, I think I know what we need to do. 02:15:11.084 --> 02:15:15.188 [JC (Ryo)]: Ethmios has to run with a camera and use actual dice instead of the virtual dice. 02:15:15.742 --> 02:15:16.383 [Riv (DM)]: Not a bad idea. 02:15:16.884 --> 02:15:21.555 [JC (Ryo)]: And then have the video camera aimed on the dice as he rolls it. 02:15:21.575 --> 02:15:22.657 [JC (Ryo)]: We just see the dice results. 02:15:26.164 --> 02:15:27.026 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: I can do that. 02:15:28.971 --> 02:15:29.893 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: I'm just cursed. 02:15:29.913 --> 02:15:30.514 [JC (Ryo)]: I'm sorry, dude. 02:15:31.336 --> 02:15:33.260 [JC (Ryo)]: Your digital dice are cursed, man. 02:15:33.280 --> 02:15:33.781 [JC (Ryo)]: I'm sorry. 02:15:34.523 --> 02:15:34.763 [Riv (DM)]: Okay. 02:16:00.342 --> 02:41:27.060 ================ Session Break ================ 02:42:13.177 --> 02:42:13.638 [Riv (DM)]: Okay. 02:42:14.320 --> 02:42:14.561 [Riv (DM)]: Okay. 02:42:15.344 --> 02:42:16.628 [Riv (DM)]: No more unhinged. 02:42:17.129 --> 02:42:17.972 [Riv (DM)]: We're live again. 02:42:20.539 --> 02:42:20.740 [Riv (DM)]: So. 02:42:20.780 --> 02:42:24.351 [Riv (DM)]: The towers are under your control. 02:42:26.407 --> 02:42:30.873 [Riv (DM)]: And you... all you have to do at this point, I guess, is to just wait a little while. 02:42:32.214 --> 02:42:33.836 [Riv (DM)]: Keep an eye out for Barrack and the crew. 02:42:34.617 --> 02:42:37.561 [Riv (DM)]: Maybe keep an eye out for soldiers if they're anyone patrolling. 02:42:38.142 --> 02:42:42.527 [Riv (DM)]: But, easily enough, there are no problems. 02:42:42.767 --> 02:42:46.031 [Riv (DM)]: No problems, no concerns. 02:42:46.132 --> 02:42:48.955 [Riv (DM)]: And so, I think what we do is we just... 02:42:49.137 --> 02:42:57.476 [Riv (DM)]: Move forward a couple of hours unless there's anything specifically you guys wanted to do while waiting if there was any sort of prep stuff or anything else or shall we we can just move on? 02:42:57.516 --> 02:43:01.324 [Vael (Berberis)]: How long are we likely to be waiting? 02:43:01.878 --> 02:43:06.342 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, it's probably an hour or two, I would think. 02:43:06.562 --> 02:43:12.467 [Riv (DM)]: Barak and the troop had to cross the river, cross the city, get to the docks and then row around. 02:43:12.487 --> 02:43:14.890 [Riv (DM)]: So it's probably good several hours for them. 02:43:14.970 --> 02:43:19.594 [Riv (DM)]: So they're probably going to be getting their boats towards the late afternoon, I would say. 02:43:21.015 --> 02:43:24.138 [Riv (DM)]: You're sort of just a bit after midday, I think, at this point. 02:43:24.198 --> 02:43:26.220 [Riv (DM)]: So probably two or three hours waiting, I think. 02:43:28.301 --> 02:43:30.163 [Vael (Berberis)]: Got enough time for a short rest with Watch? 02:43:30.397 --> 02:43:32.599 [Riv (DM)]: Oh, easily time for a short rest, yep. 02:43:32.619 --> 02:43:35.843 [Lacer (Kai)]: We could take, we can take, what's it called? 02:43:38.025 --> 02:43:40.187 [Lacer (Kai)]: Watches while people rest. 02:43:40.207 --> 02:43:46.674 [Lacer (Kai)]: I can also send an ascending spell to Barak saying the gates are secured if required. 02:43:47.395 --> 02:43:49.917 [Lacer (Kai)]: Give him a morale boost. 02:43:49.937 --> 02:43:51.499 [Riv (DM)]: Cool, yeah. 02:43:52.660 --> 02:43:58.446 [Riv (DM)]: So on that then, let's, so are you going to do ascending or just hold that? 02:43:58.932 --> 02:43:59.273 [Riv (DM)]: Should I? 02:43:59.493 --> 02:43:59.733 [Riv (DM)]: Should I? 02:43:59.773 --> 02:44:00.475 [Lacer (Kai)]: You know what? 02:44:00.615 --> 02:44:00.936 [Lacer (Kai)]: I will. 02:44:01.176 --> 02:44:03.981 [Lacer (Kai)]: I'll tell him so he knows that the gates are ready to be opened. 02:44:04.562 --> 02:44:05.103 [Lacer (Kai)]: Cool. 02:44:05.123 --> 02:44:07.126 [Lacer (Kai)]: I'm gonna, yeah, I'm gonna use it. 02:44:07.146 --> 02:44:07.447 [Riv (DM)]: Sweet. 02:44:07.467 --> 02:44:09.070 [Riv (DM)]: Can you send me two... 02:44:09.090 --> 02:44:09.330 [Riv (DM)]: Sorry. 02:44:10.212 --> 02:44:11.514 [Riv (DM)]: Oh no, it's getting to that time. 02:44:11.735 --> 02:44:13.077 [Riv (DM)]: Can you roll two d20s for me? 02:44:14.640 --> 02:44:15.201 [Lacer (Kai)]: Two d20s? 02:44:15.401 --> 02:44:15.782 [Lacer (Kai)]: Okay. 02:44:15.802 --> 02:44:15.962 [Riv (DM)]: Yep. 02:44:29.476 --> 02:44:30.677 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Okay, very good. 02:44:33.020 --> 02:44:35.783 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: And it was on that basis that the war was fought. 02:44:37.845 --> 02:44:40.088 [Riv (DM)]: Okay, so what do you send in your message? 02:44:42.931 --> 02:44:43.652 [Lacer (Kai)]: I'll just say... 02:44:48.637 --> 02:44:51.120 [Lacer (Kai)]: The Bloody Nails have secured the gates. 02:44:52.822 --> 02:44:53.623 [Lacer (Kai)]: What's this thing called? 02:44:54.864 --> 02:44:55.625 [Lacer (Kai)]: The little gates? 02:44:56.206 --> 02:44:57.127 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, the river gate. 02:44:57.207 --> 02:44:58.909 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: The Portcullis. 02:44:59.412 --> 02:45:00.233 [Lacer (Kai)]: Is that a portcullis? 02:45:00.594 --> 02:45:01.616 [Lacer (Kai)]: Okay, I'll say that. 02:45:01.736 --> 02:45:04.300 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: There's a word for it when it's over a river, but I can't remember it. 02:45:05.061 --> 02:45:15.177 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah, that's what escapes my mind at the moment, but I'll call it, I'll just say the gates are secured. 02:45:20.265 --> 02:45:25.774 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah, I'll just say the gates are secured when you are. 02:45:26.750 --> 02:45:26.970 [Riv (DM)]: Cool. 02:45:28.692 --> 02:45:32.455 [Riv (DM)]: Not too long back, actually, you get a response saying, good to know. 02:45:32.515 --> 02:45:33.476 [Riv (DM)]: Hope you didn't get any trouble. 02:45:33.996 --> 02:45:36.138 [Riv (DM)]: All clean, smooth sailing on our sides. 02:45:36.519 --> 02:45:39.041 [Riv (DM)]: A little bit of a tussle down here at the docks, but we got it under control. 02:45:40.202 --> 02:45:41.443 [Riv (DM)]: Should be there soon, within the hour. 02:45:44.746 --> 02:45:44.846 [Lacer (Kai)]: Cool. 02:45:44.866 --> 02:45:55.035 [Lacer (Kai)]: I'm gonna walkie-talkie relay this message to Dondar and Rio, if I can see them from this side of the tower. 02:45:55.758 --> 02:46:04.831 [Lacer (Kai)]: And I tell Erendor and Berberis the same thing, that they're good, they're coming, we can keep watch, take a break, whatever. 02:46:06.373 --> 02:46:06.793 [Riv (DM)]: Awesome, yeah. 02:46:07.034 --> 02:46:13.182 [Riv (DM)]: That natural 20 you rolled was for how successful they were at passing through the gates to get out to the docks, and they crushed it. 02:46:13.963 --> 02:46:15.986 [Riv (DM)]: So they are doing pretty well. 02:46:17.708 --> 02:46:24.077 [Riv (DM)]: Everyone make sure you roll your, or click your short rest if you need to, and then we move on. 02:46:26.285 --> 02:46:33.452 [JC (Ryo)]: While we're waiting, I'll get the robes off this mage and pass them to Dondarrin, so just say throw these over the top of what you've got on. 02:46:34.894 --> 02:46:35.594 [JC (Ryo)]: Oh my god. 02:46:37.897 --> 02:46:39.858 [JC (Ryo)]: You guys are on the safe side. 02:46:40.779 --> 02:46:41.700 [JC (Ryo)]: Still gonna dress up. 02:46:43.162 --> 02:46:50.009 [JC (Ryo)]: I'll take the other guy's helmet-looking thing and his cloak and throw them over the top of mine. 02:46:52.091 --> 02:46:54.553 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: If there was time, I'd get this adjusted. 02:46:56.339 --> 02:47:00.205 [Riv (DM)]: You could fabricate it. 02:47:00.225 --> 02:47:00.986 [Lacer (Kai)]: But can he? 02:47:01.808 --> 02:47:04.872 [Lacer (Kai)]: Burn a 4th level spell slot on Fashion. 02:47:05.133 --> 02:47:09.900 [Lacer (Kai)]: He's not proficient with artists and clothes stores. 02:47:09.960 --> 02:47:11.803 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: 4th level unprepared spell slot. 02:47:11.823 --> 02:47:12.544 [Riv (DM)]: Oh, it's unprepared. 02:47:12.584 --> 02:47:13.065 [Riv (DM)]: Unfortunate. 02:47:15.769 --> 02:47:24.523 [JC (Ryo)]: And I just look at him and I go, if I wanted to blow the energy, I could make it even easier, but I'm not going to blow the energy to disguise myself like him. 02:47:28.520 --> 02:47:30.463 [JC (Ryo)]: Something is better than nothing. 02:47:31.384 --> 02:47:37.011 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: I mean, they won't be able to see me over the walls of the turrets, so... You have no idea what's coming. 02:47:39.014 --> 02:47:39.474 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Oh. 02:47:39.494 --> 02:47:40.395 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Is there something flying? 02:47:41.657 --> 02:47:42.057 [JC (Ryo)]: Could be. 02:47:42.859 --> 02:47:44.541 [JC (Ryo)]: Could be another one of these stupid priest things. 02:47:44.981 --> 02:47:46.403 [JC (Ryo)]: Could be another teleporting assassin. 02:47:50.208 --> 02:47:53.312 [Vael (Berberis)]: Um... Riv, can you change prepared spells on a short rest or is it only a long rest? 02:47:53.832 --> 02:47:55.995 [Riv (DM)]: Nah, unless there's a feature that lets you do it. 02:47:56.015 --> 02:47:57.077 [Riv (DM)]: It's long only, I believe. 02:47:58.098 --> 02:48:04.647 [Riv (DM)]: I think there are some, like, subclasses and stuff like that that can change certain abilities on short rest, but yeah. 02:48:04.667 --> 02:48:05.308 [Riv (DM)]: I don't think you can. 02:48:10.215 --> 02:48:10.676 [Lacer (Kai)]: Alright. 02:48:11.937 --> 02:48:19.308 [Lacer (Kai)]: If we're gonna be here for a couple of hours, could I turn the meteor hammer into a stunner? 02:48:19.568 --> 02:48:21.591 [Lacer (Kai)]: Like that wooden ball bit? 02:48:22.112 --> 02:48:22.472 [Unmatched Speaker]: Hmm. 02:48:23.144 --> 02:48:26.231 [Lacer (Kai)]: And the weapon that was newly crafted. 02:48:26.873 --> 02:48:27.094 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah. 02:48:27.454 --> 02:48:28.878 [Riv (DM)]: What do you want to change it into? 02:48:30.562 --> 02:48:32.968 [Lacer (Kai)]: Oh, it's just a spell casting focus. 02:48:33.790 --> 02:48:34.070 [Riv (DM)]: Oh, okay. 02:48:34.090 --> 02:48:36.095 [Riv (DM)]: So you want to turn it into your focus. 02:48:37.178 --> 02:48:37.439 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah. 02:48:37.839 --> 02:48:40.967 [Lacer (Kai)]: Instead of my necklace or the druid spells. 02:48:46.837 --> 02:48:53.567 [Lacer (Kai)]: It'll take an hour so I can sit on top of the tower and focus on that. 02:48:53.587 --> 02:48:53.888 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah. 02:48:54.649 --> 02:49:02.741 [Riv (DM)]: So do you want to... Are you going to make the form at the end of it itself of the map? 02:49:04.043 --> 02:49:05.385 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah, so I was kind of like... 02:49:05.787 --> 02:49:34.697 [Riv (DM)]: I know paint is my blood or something like star constellation glyphs or something on it so it can become a focus okay whatever whatever if if we can if we can't then i won't i think you have enough time to um like the the star map has a list of forms that it should take but i i kind of think that's dumb to be honest that it sort of restricts you to that you should be able to have freedom to kind of make it into your own sort of thing so i'm fine with that yeah 02:49:36.652 --> 02:49:40.298 [Riv (DM)]: I don't, like it doesn't say anywhere where you couldn't make your weapon. 02:49:40.318 --> 02:49:42.842 [Riv (DM)]: Actually making your weapon in the summer, maybe that's weird. 02:49:42.942 --> 02:49:44.385 [Riv (DM)]: Like, do you actually intend to attack with it? 02:49:47.770 --> 02:49:48.672 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah, I do actually. 02:49:48.812 --> 02:49:49.654 [Lacer (Kai)]: Eventually, yeah. 02:49:49.894 --> 02:49:51.156 [Lacer (Kai)]: Like, as in like melee spell. 02:49:51.396 --> 02:49:58.809 [Lacer (Kai)]: Melee spells at range, like 10-point range, until I can get proficient at casting in close quarters. 02:50:00.411 --> 02:50:02.575 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, okay. 02:50:04.580 --> 02:50:11.755 [Riv (DM)]: I guess the thing I would say is that your weapon being a spellcasting focus 02:50:12.663 --> 02:50:15.447 [Riv (DM)]: I think there's a bit of a conflict, right? 02:50:17.169 --> 02:50:23.217 [Riv (DM)]: Because the idea is magic users get limited by what they can hold because they have to have a focus. 02:50:24.780 --> 02:50:27.343 [Riv (DM)]: Well, I guess you can just have like a necklace anyway, right? 02:50:28.405 --> 02:50:31.769 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah, I already have my necklace and my shield as a focus as well. 02:50:31.789 --> 02:50:36.055 [Lacer (Kai)]: I think it's the free cast thing. 02:50:36.457 --> 02:50:36.677 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah. 02:50:37.458 --> 02:50:38.800 [Riv (DM)]: Isn't it? 02:50:38.820 --> 02:50:39.822 [Riv (DM)]: Actually, you know what, I'm fine with it. 02:50:40.362 --> 02:50:49.115 [Riv (DM)]: The fact that you could literally make your focus just like anything and then just have it like hanging on your side, it wouldn't have any conflict with the weapon that you've got either, so. 02:50:49.996 --> 02:50:52.439 [Vael (Berberis)]: You should make it a person. 02:50:52.459 --> 02:50:56.665 [Vael (Berberis)]: That's what I'm wearing at the moment, which is a cloak that counts as my Druid and Ranger focus. 02:50:56.685 --> 02:50:56.885 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah. 02:50:57.566 --> 02:50:58.127 [Vael (Berberis)]: Yeah, awesome. 02:50:59.575 --> 02:51:03.219 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah, I'll only say that because I have more casters, so I can make spells. 02:51:03.580 --> 02:51:04.341 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah, okay, cool. 02:51:04.361 --> 02:51:05.783 [Lacer (Kai)]: While carrying a weapon, yeah. 02:51:05.803 --> 02:51:07.705 [Vael (Berberis)]: Yeah, no, that's fine. 02:51:07.745 --> 02:51:09.467 [Vael (Berberis)]: You can cast with your hands like you played anyway. 02:51:09.487 --> 02:51:11.249 [Vael (Berberis)]: Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's fine. 02:51:12.290 --> 02:51:21.341 [Vael (Berberis)]: I think the question there is using your weapon to do melee range spells at range is a questionable one we'd have to look into, I think. 02:51:22.423 --> 02:51:24.886 [Lacer (Kai)]: I have a thing for that, a feat for that. 02:51:24.966 --> 02:51:27.529 [Lacer (Kai)]: Oh, okay. 02:51:27.549 --> 02:51:27.709 [Riv (DM)]: Okay. 02:51:28.685 --> 02:51:28.965 [Riv (DM)]: Cool. 02:51:33.533 --> 02:51:34.695 [Riv (DM)]: Kai's always cooking up some stuff. 02:51:35.596 --> 02:51:36.217 [Riv (DM)]: Alrighty, cool. 02:51:36.477 --> 02:51:37.199 [Riv (DM)]: The hours go by. 02:51:37.219 --> 02:51:39.703 [Riv (DM)]: The evening gets slightly darker. 02:51:39.763 --> 02:51:50.480 [Riv (DM)]: The clouds start to pull in a bit to cover up even more of the light, the dim light that's starting to filter through, or now starting to fade away. 02:51:51.381 --> 02:51:55.688 [Riv (DM)]: And after some time you notice 02:51:55.668 --> 02:52:01.460 [Riv (DM)]: Just something to come around the curve of the coastline here. 02:52:02.562 --> 02:52:03.163 [Riv (DM)]: Number of boats. 02:52:03.785 --> 02:52:06.731 [Riv (DM)]: First one, two, three, seven. 02:52:06.751 --> 02:52:08.214 [Riv (DM)]: A dozen. 02:52:08.274 --> 02:52:10.578 [Riv (DM)]: Maybe just a bit more than a dozen or two. 02:52:10.638 --> 02:52:12.883 [Riv (DM)]: Maybe fifteen. 02:52:12.863 --> 02:52:23.855 [Riv (DM)]: Mixture of medium-sized skiffs, maybe five to ten feet wide, a couple of small little single-person fishing boats, barely enough for just one person. 02:52:25.176 --> 02:52:28.360 [Riv (DM)]: Big variety of small boats, they've clearly just taken what they could find. 02:52:29.081 --> 02:52:32.825 [Riv (DM)]: Each one has a man or woman rowing at the moment. 02:52:33.966 --> 02:52:36.829 [Riv (DM)]: A couple of them have a few people in them. 02:52:36.809 --> 02:52:39.542 [Riv (DM)]: As some would require steering and rowing at the same time. 02:52:40.868 --> 02:52:45.047 [Riv (DM)]: But this whole fleet you see heading in your direction, luckily 02:52:46.698 --> 02:52:58.274 [Riv (DM)]: Disguised, well not disguised but unseen as the walls have been cleared of soldiers and you take that as your cue to get down to the winches and to start opening their portcullis. 02:52:59.596 --> 02:53:02.840 [Riv (DM)]: Now there are big heavy winches here. 02:53:03.461 --> 02:53:15.878 [Riv (DM)]: You need to kind of coordinate by looking across to the others and see, make sure everyone's all lined up and as soon as all four people are holding their lever that's when you can then engage strength 02:53:15.858 --> 02:53:21.144 [Riv (DM)]: No check required, it's not like a massive big feat of strength to be able to do it. 02:53:21.546 --> 02:53:23.455 [Riv (DM)]: It's intended for opening and closing. 02:53:23.806 --> 02:53:34.762 [Riv (DM)]: But it does require a bit of exertion and as you start to see the mechanism take hold it's pretty damn impressive what they've got set up here. 02:53:34.842 --> 02:53:46.219 [Riv (DM)]: The portcullis itself is hooked up on these big like rolling wheels set into the steel channel on the ceiling and the floor of the tunnel. 02:53:46.199 --> 02:53:49.545 [Riv (DM)]: And as you start to slowly winch it, the torque and the momentum starts to build up. 02:53:49.986 --> 02:53:52.250 [Riv (DM)]: They just start sliding, and it's not even that loud. 02:53:52.310 --> 02:53:54.053 [Riv (DM)]: It's all very nicely oiled. 02:53:54.735 --> 02:54:03.130 [Riv (DM)]: And the steel, which the steel must be dozens of tons heavy, hundreds potentially of tons, but it just slides quite nicely. 02:54:04.112 --> 02:54:08.460 [Riv (DM)]: And 50 feet deep into the wall of the tower as it slides away. 02:54:10.128 --> 02:54:15.797 [Riv (DM)]: You winch it open and the boats start to pass the window as you're looking down. 02:54:15.857 --> 02:54:24.330 [Riv (DM)]: You see Beric up in front, Ahri in the boat with him as he is rowing and Ahri's on the tiller. 02:54:25.852 --> 02:54:30.620 [Riv (DM)]: He kind of sees you through the window, nods his head, and the rest of the boats start passing through as well. 02:54:31.381 --> 02:54:35.207 [Riv (DM)]: Are you going to close the portcullis behind them or leave it open? 02:54:38.377 --> 02:54:44.765 [Vael (Berberis)]: I think there's no harm in leaving it open. 02:54:45.646 --> 02:54:46.086 [Riv (DM)]: Cool. 02:54:46.106 --> 02:54:46.307 [Riv (DM)]: Alright. 02:54:46.387 --> 02:54:50.331 [Vael (Berberis)]: And then we're not expecting an enemy naval fleet to turn up. 02:54:50.912 --> 02:54:51.192 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah. 02:54:51.593 --> 02:54:56.158 [Riv (DM)]: And the next question would be, what are you guys going to do now? 02:54:56.239 --> 02:55:02.246 [Riv (DM)]: Are you going to follow the boats along each side of the shore or are you all going to go on one side of the shore? 02:55:05.349 --> 02:55:07.472 [Vael (Berberis)]: To jump on the lead boat as it's coming through and 02:55:08.988 --> 02:55:09.589 [Vael (Berberis)]: Ride along. 02:55:10.049 --> 02:55:10.650 [Riv (DM)]: Okay. 02:55:10.670 --> 02:55:11.451 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, you could do that. 02:55:11.631 --> 02:55:23.247 [Riv (DM)]: Is this, is it like a, are you going to signal for them to sort of pull over so you can jump in or are you just going to do some druid shenanigans to get out there? 02:55:24.729 --> 02:55:25.990 [Vael (Berberis)]: It's the first boat. 02:55:26.211 --> 02:55:32.239 [Vael (Berberis)]: Imagine it coming through close enough that you can just jump off the, the key under the boat. 02:55:32.779 --> 02:55:33.921 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, okay. 02:55:34.021 --> 02:55:37.105 [Riv (DM)]: Oh right, so you'll like come down outside. 02:55:37.237 --> 02:55:38.743 [Riv (DM)]: They stand on the wall here. 02:55:40.589 --> 02:55:40.971 [Riv (DM)]: Okay, cool. 02:55:41.955 --> 02:55:44.504 [Riv (DM)]: Do you want to make an athletics check for me? 02:55:44.926 --> 02:55:46.150 [Riv (DM)]: Or an acrobatics check? 02:55:55.917 --> 02:55:59.663 [Riv (DM)]: Ooh, yep, you hit the side of the boat, it rocks a bit, and you just topple over into water. 02:56:00.304 --> 02:56:02.428 [Riv (DM)]: Splashing, you get a bit wet. 02:56:03.490 --> 02:56:09.761 [Riv (DM)]: Beric, you just hear him chuckling a bit, and he reaches out an arm, double forearm grasps, and pulls you up onto the boat with him. 02:56:11.664 --> 02:56:19.016 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, temporarily freezing cold in the icy water, but you can brush it off and... Just shake myself like a wet dog. 02:56:19.397 --> 02:56:20.018 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah. 02:56:20.572 --> 02:56:21.273 [Riv (DM)]: Cool, alright. 02:56:21.674 --> 02:56:22.855 [Riv (DM)]: Berberis jumps down to the boat. 02:56:22.895 --> 02:56:25.419 [Riv (DM)]: The rest of you guys, what's your plan? 02:56:25.699 --> 02:56:26.440 [Riv (DM)]: Follow the boats as well? 02:56:29.404 --> 02:56:30.285 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Yeah, I think so. 02:56:31.207 --> 02:56:34.611 [Vael (Berberis)]: You want to see how deep we're going in before we build the pontoon? 02:56:35.933 --> 02:56:37.656 [Vael (Berberis)]: There you go. 02:56:37.676 --> 02:56:39.999 [Vael (Berberis)]: We're just jumping on the boat because it's an easier way to keep up with the boat. 02:56:41.421 --> 02:56:41.601 Cool. 02:56:42.442 --> 02:56:48.429 [Lacer (Kai)]: I take Berber's lead, I do a somersault onto the boat. 02:56:48.770 --> 02:56:51.593 [Riv (DM)]: Sweet, yep, acrobatics or athletics. 02:56:56.379 --> 02:56:57.180 [Riv (DM)]: And you nail it. 02:56:58.281 --> 02:57:02.586 [Riv (DM)]: You run and jump, do a flip, and somehow... Showoff! 02:57:02.606 --> 02:57:08.854 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, somehow manage to land three-point perfectly in the boat, one behind the lead. 02:57:12.800 --> 02:57:19.687 [Riv (DM)]: Alright, let's say the rest of you either jump in the boats or follow along the shoreline and we head up, upriver, rowing along. 02:57:22.811 --> 02:57:38.667 [Riv (DM)]: After we get maybe a kilometre or two up the river, Barak will signal and the boats will all come over to one side, close to one wall, to try and make their passage not so obvious. 02:57:39.388 --> 02:57:42.351 [Riv (DM)]: It's at this point where Barak leans over his shoulder and says, 02:57:42.567 --> 02:57:45.073 [Riv (DM)]: I think now would be a good time for that fog wall, Kai. 02:57:45.635 --> 02:57:46.156 [Riv (DM)]: You got that ready? 02:57:48.101 --> 02:57:48.482 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yep. 02:57:48.502 --> 02:57:49.965 [Lacer (Kai)]: How long can you hold it for? 02:57:51.068 --> 02:57:51.970 [Lacer (Kai)]: About an hour. 02:57:52.612 --> 02:57:54.577 [Vael (Berberis)]: Excellent. 02:57:55.158 --> 02:57:57.825 [Vael (Berberis)]: I just looked into it, it does not move. 02:58:00.235 --> 02:58:01.636 [Vael (Berberis)]: That is what it is, I think. 02:58:01.656 --> 02:58:01.817 [Riv (DM)]: Yep. 02:58:02.477 --> 02:58:06.641 [Riv (DM)]: You hear Barrack put his fingers to his mouth and he does a whistle. 02:58:07.482 --> 02:58:12.367 [Riv (DM)]: And out through the alleys you see the person, Loyalist, look out. 02:58:12.987 --> 02:58:15.349 [Riv (DM)]: He nods and he turns and runs back deeper into the streets. 02:58:16.530 --> 02:58:17.932 [Riv (DM)]: Barrack says, I think this is where we do it. 02:58:19.273 --> 02:58:26.580 [Riv (DM)]: Kai casts a Fog Wall, so you can increase your radius up to 80 feet. 02:58:26.560 --> 02:58:28.445 [Lacer (Kai)]: Oh, it's 20 feet. 02:58:28.546 --> 02:58:33.078 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah, so it's radius, so it's like 160... DM Yeah, it's massive. 02:58:33.098 --> 02:58:34.422 [Lacer (Kai)]: It easily covers. 02:58:34.442 --> 02:58:35.144 [Lacer (Kai)]: DM Diameter. 02:58:35.164 --> 02:58:36.127 [Lacer (Kai)]: DM Yeah. 02:58:36.247 --> 02:58:36.588 [Lacer (Kai)]: DM Massive. 02:58:36.608 --> 02:58:38.393 [Riv (DM)]: DM It'll be like... 02:58:40.178 --> 02:58:41.520 [Riv (DM)]: Oh yeah, it covers the entire map. 02:58:41.601 --> 02:58:44.346 [Riv (DM)]: You could make it the entire map if you want. 02:58:44.366 --> 02:58:45.748 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah. 02:58:45.768 --> 02:58:48.373 [Lacer (Kai)]: Whatever he needs it to be, I can... Yeah. 02:58:48.393 --> 02:58:50.136 [Lacer (Kai)]: Whatever he thinks I'll do. 02:58:50.156 --> 02:58:51.579 [Riv (DM)]: You would probably want... 02:58:51.599 --> 02:58:53.462 [Riv (DM)]: I mean, it's up to you if you want to burn your fourth level. 02:58:53.743 --> 02:58:54.324 [Riv (DM)]: You probably... 02:58:54.745 --> 02:58:57.229 [Lacer (Kai)]: I'm gonna burn a fourth level, yeah. 02:58:57.249 --> 02:58:57.630 [Riv (DM)]: Oh, really? 02:58:58.640 --> 02:58:59.621 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah, yeah, yeah. 02:58:59.641 --> 02:59:01.143 [Lacer (Kai)]: I want it as big as he wants. 02:59:01.203 --> 02:59:03.065 [Lacer (Kai)]: I will create this massive fog cloud. 02:59:03.505 --> 02:59:06.208 [Riv (DM)]: You cover just a ginormous area. 02:59:06.608 --> 02:59:12.415 [Riv (DM)]: It even starts to eat into the alleyways of the houses on either side of the river as well. 02:59:13.215 --> 02:59:16.799 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, this pontoon is going to be perfectly obscured. 02:59:17.520 --> 02:59:22.005 [Riv (DM)]: The only concern, I guess, would be if people are suspicious of this giant fog wall that has appeared. 02:59:22.625 --> 02:59:26.149 [Riv (DM)]: But, you know, fog like this isn't necessarily... 02:59:26.129 --> 02:59:28.833 [Riv (DM)]: Unusual in a winter northern city like this. 02:59:30.716 --> 02:59:32.720 [Riv (DM)]: So, excellent. 02:59:33.040 --> 02:59:33.561 [Riv (DM)]: All right, cool. 02:59:33.601 --> 02:59:34.082 [Riv (DM)]: That's awesome. 02:59:34.703 --> 02:59:40.292 [Riv (DM)]: After a while, the boats start to kind of all come together and lash up. 02:59:40.913 --> 02:59:42.716 [Riv (DM)]: Let's get a couple of skill checks here. 02:59:42.876 --> 02:59:46.762 [Riv (DM)]: So, you were going to do a walk on water to get the people to help? 02:59:46.782 --> 02:59:50.348 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah, I was going to, yeah, on our way up since it lasts an hour. 02:59:50.328 --> 02:59:53.072 [Lacer (Kai)]: Continuously ritual cast Warp on Water. 02:59:53.292 --> 02:59:53.352 [Lacer (Kai)]: DM. 02:59:53.372 --> 02:59:54.133 [Riv (DM)]: Great. 02:59:54.153 --> 02:59:54.253 [Lacer (Kai)]: DM. 02:59:54.313 --> 02:59:54.934 [Lacer (Kai)]: Every 10 minutes. 02:59:55.655 --> 02:59:55.715 [Lacer (Kai)]: DM. 02:59:56.416 --> 02:59:59.360 [Riv (DM)]: And it lasts for... DM. 02:59:59.380 --> 02:59:59.701 [Lacer (Kai)]: An hour. 03:00:00.322 --> 03:00:00.382 [Riv (DM)]: DM. 03:00:00.402 --> 03:00:00.963 [Riv (DM)]: For each person. 03:00:00.983 --> 03:00:01.684 [Riv (DM)]: Awesome. 03:00:01.704 --> 03:00:01.984 [Riv (DM)]: DM. 03:00:02.004 --> 03:00:03.186 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, for each person. 03:00:03.706 --> 03:00:03.827 [Riv (DM)]: DM. 03:00:04.007 --> 03:00:09.214 [Riv (DM)]: So I'm going to cross off the stealth check because you guys are in fog and no stealth check will be... 03:00:09.194 --> 03:00:11.196 [Riv (DM)]: Necessary here, so I'll just call that one a success. 03:00:11.276 --> 03:00:26.211 [Riv (DM)]: So the next one will be a survival or nature check to try to sort of find a good way to angle the boats or anchor the boats in a way to stop them from shifting and moving around in the river. 03:00:26.291 --> 03:00:28.233 [Riv (DM)]: So with your... 03:00:28.273 --> 03:00:29.494 [Riv (DM)]: I'll give the nature check a shot. 03:00:29.755 --> 03:00:32.297 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, so with your walk on water, you can take it with advantage as well. 03:00:34.599 --> 03:00:37.142 [Lacer (Kai)]: I'll give it to someone. 03:00:39.687 --> 03:00:40.549 [Vael (Berberis)]: Pretty shit roll. 03:00:41.751 --> 03:00:43.614 [Riv (DM)]: Pretty shit roll, 21's still pretty good though. 03:00:43.634 --> 03:00:56.438 [Riv (DM)]: I think that you very very easily find a good sort of area, you look around up and down 5-10 feet or so to find like the perfect spot. 03:00:57.019 --> 03:01:03.231 [Riv (DM)]: There's a bit of rock that's built up just underneath the spot, you can tell the guys to 03:01:03.211 --> 03:01:06.276 [Riv (DM)]: Line up on top of that, chuck the anchors down when they easily hold. 03:01:06.717 --> 03:01:10.583 [Riv (DM)]: And the river, the water itself isn't moving too fast at this point either. 03:01:10.864 --> 03:01:15.692 [Riv (DM)]: So I think that we count that one as a success. 03:01:15.772 --> 03:01:17.615 [Riv (DM)]: And then the last one will be the lashing. 03:01:17.695 --> 03:01:21.662 [Riv (DM)]: So again, I'm going to be giving you guys advantage on this because you got the water walk. 03:01:22.083 --> 03:01:24.527 [Riv (DM)]: It'll be a athletics or a sleight of hand. 03:01:31.207 --> 03:01:34.658 [Riv (DM)]: With advantage too, because all the boat guys will be helping out. 03:01:42.063 --> 03:01:43.026 [Riv (DM)]: Okay. 03:01:43.046 --> 03:01:43.367 [Riv (DM)]: Cool. 03:01:43.387 --> 03:01:44.170 [Riv (DM)]: 18's pretty good. 03:01:47.187 --> 03:01:58.526 [Riv (DM)]: After not too long you've got the boats in position from the same way that that man you'd seen earlier run and now a large group of people start to quickly run through and push through the fog. 03:01:59.107 --> 03:02:03.335 [Riv (DM)]: How far can you see within the fog? 03:02:03.355 --> 03:02:04.757 [Riv (DM)]: Is it like literally just fully 03:02:05.885 --> 03:02:07.427 [Riv (DM)]: Heavily obscured. 03:02:07.447 --> 03:02:09.631 [Vael (Berberis)]: Heavily obscured, so you're basically five foot. 03:02:09.671 --> 03:02:10.913 [Vael (Berberis)]: You're actually like literally fancy. 03:02:11.013 --> 03:02:11.914 [Vael (Berberis)]: They gotta walk slow. 03:02:12.575 --> 03:02:14.078 [Vael (Berberis)]: Walk slow. 03:02:14.098 --> 03:02:18.004 [Riv (DM)]: And in front of your face as far as, like hand held out straight as far as you can see. 03:02:18.525 --> 03:02:20.968 [Riv (DM)]: So in fact, you actually don't see anyone. 03:02:21.189 --> 03:02:26.898 [Riv (DM)]: What you do see, or rather what you hear is a little, psst, Barrack, you out there? 03:02:27.819 --> 03:02:29.682 [Riv (DM)]: In Barrack's voice response. 03:02:29.662 --> 03:02:30.122 [Riv (DM)]: We're here. 03:02:30.683 --> 03:02:31.244 [Riv (DM)]: We're in position. 03:02:31.564 --> 03:02:35.348 [Riv (DM)]: We got the pontoon ready. 03:02:36.129 --> 03:02:36.789 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, we got it. 03:02:37.210 --> 03:02:37.791 [Riv (DM)]: We worked fast. 03:02:37.811 --> 03:02:38.732 [Riv (DM)]: It should hold, we think. 03:02:39.212 --> 03:02:46.340 [Riv (DM)]: Alright, come over to the edge and we'll chuck a rope down to help make it easier to get it to the first one. 03:02:46.360 --> 03:02:47.721 [Riv (DM)]: We'll run some rope lines. 03:02:47.741 --> 03:02:49.503 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, some rope lines get ran up. 03:02:50.404 --> 03:02:56.310 [Riv (DM)]: You see the rope gets tugged taut so you get the feeling that someone up on top has grabbed it. 03:02:56.290 --> 03:03:07.195 [Riv (DM)]: This is so awkward not being able to see anything but you get the idea that they've managed to find the right spot by grabbing the ropes and you hear the sound of wood sliding on rope as 03:03:08.575 --> 03:03:30.607 [Riv (DM)]: And then you hear a knock as this first lashing of planks hits the first boat and the sailors there on the boat will grab it and pull it along and sort of pass it down the line of boats towards the very very end and this continues sort of like a train of people just passing the wooden bridge along the way. 03:03:31.268 --> 03:03:36.456 [Riv (DM)]: So the bridge is probably between five and ten feet wide I would say. 03:03:37.077 --> 03:03:58.630 [Riv (DM)]: Not like the most elegant thing ever built it's clearly just been thrown together um very rapidly but it looks decent looks like it should hold and with your checks that you've made um the lashing was good the angle of the boats was good um the bridge will hold securely and there won't be any dexterity checks required for the soldiers as they run across 03:03:59.183 --> 03:04:00.385 [Riv (DM)]: So I think everything's in position. 03:04:01.246 --> 03:04:08.037 [Riv (DM)]: At this, Beric will just call to the runner again and say, Alright, I think everything's ready to go. 03:04:08.057 --> 03:04:10.281 [Riv (DM)]: Go give it to Marius. 03:04:10.561 --> 03:04:12.925 [Riv (DM)]: Tell him that we're in position and that he can start sending the soldiers this way. 03:04:14.548 --> 03:04:19.275 [Riv (DM)]: You hear the guy just say, Alright, on it. 03:04:19.295 --> 03:04:19.836 [Riv (DM)]: We'll be back soon. 03:04:21.078 --> 03:04:22.761 [Riv (DM)]: And footsteps as he runs off. 03:04:25.846 --> 03:04:30.532 [Riv (DM)]: After not too long you hear, this time now very very obvious, the sounds of many feet. 03:04:31.894 --> 03:04:38.241 [Riv (DM)]: And some armor boots, some leather boots, but many hundreds, potentially thousands of footsteps coming your direction. 03:04:38.822 --> 03:04:41.606 [Riv (DM)]: And that same voice calls out, okay, I think we're ready. 03:04:45.991 --> 03:04:47.032 [Riv (DM)]: What are you guys gonna do here? 03:04:47.433 --> 03:04:53.200 [Riv (DM)]: Do you plan to stay with the soldiers or are you gonna stay on the loyalist side? 03:04:53.220 --> 03:04:54.081 [Riv (DM)]: What's your plan? 03:04:58.195 --> 03:05:03.702 [Vael (Berberis)]: My plan was to hold the bridgehead to get the people across. 03:05:06.425 --> 03:05:09.289 [Vael (Berberis)]: Our last experience showed that we're not that great at the whole meeting thing. 03:05:09.469 --> 03:05:12.593 [Vael (Berberis)]: A meeting would be good, but... 03:05:12.613 --> 03:05:12.894 [Vael (Berberis)]: True. 03:05:13.414 --> 03:05:21.064 [Vael (Berberis)]: I would like to turn up to the meeting at some stage, but maybe just using sending or something just to find out when he needs to call us in for the show of force. 03:05:21.803 --> 03:05:22.244 [Riv (DM)]: Okay, cool. 03:05:22.584 --> 03:05:30.377 [Riv (DM)]: So let's say that you get to the bridgehead, ensure you look around to ensure that there are no soldiers that have somehow camped out and been watching this. 03:05:31.679 --> 03:05:35.645 [Riv (DM)]: Roll a perception check to see if we can give you a bit of confidence on that. 03:05:38.169 --> 03:05:41.214 [Vael (Berberis)]: I am blind in the fog, but my ally's in the air. 03:05:41.494 --> 03:05:42.636 [Vael (Berberis)]: Yeah, ally can do a look around. 03:05:42.676 --> 03:05:46.242 [Vael (Berberis)]: Flat roll. 03:05:48.044 --> 03:05:49.766 [Riv (DM)]: Very foggy. 03:05:49.886 --> 03:06:01.781 [Riv (DM)]: Very foggy, pretty tough to tell, but you take stand at least at the bridgehead and hold it as the sound of many feet running across wooden planks catches up to you from behind. 03:06:01.801 --> 03:06:08.889 [Riv (DM)]: The rest of your group I will assume also will come over to the side of the river unless anyone says nay. 03:06:09.009 --> 03:06:09.290 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yep, cool. 03:06:10.591 --> 03:06:16.178 [Lacer (Kai)]: I was just going to inform Burra that they could use the Corcalis Bridge alongside this 03:06:16.816 --> 03:06:24.121 [Lacer (Kai)]: Since we secured that, they could run soldiers across it as well, if people were not comfortable running across the... 03:06:24.141 --> 03:06:26.047 [Riv (DM)]: It's like an hour downriver. 03:06:26.308 --> 03:06:27.853 [Riv (DM)]: Oh, the gatehouse, yeah, quite far away. 03:06:27.953 --> 03:06:29.037 [Lacer (Kai)]: Oh, it's an hour, right, right. 03:06:30.400 --> 03:06:55.530 [Riv (DM)]: And it's also like you'd have to go through a couple of doors up a couple of tight sets of steps getting a thousand people to go through a very very narrow space like that would take quite a while and that's sort of why this you know we could have opened up the tunnel and gotten people through that way as well but the idea is that when you're trying to get a thousand people it takes a while to do that and the idea is we need speed yeah. 03:06:55.510 --> 03:07:07.383 [Lacer (Kai)]: I was trying to remember, did King Marius ask me to be present at the meeting to help him with the parlay? 03:07:07.984 --> 03:07:12.209 [Vael (Berberis)]: I don't think so, no. 03:07:12.249 --> 03:07:22.260 [Vael (Berberis)]: Wouldn't hurt to send him a message, or a sending, probably a sending, just to say that we're crossing the river now, call if and or when you need us. 03:07:23.033 --> 03:07:28.402 [Vael (Berberis)]: Although he may not have sending, so you may need to do regular check-ins to see if he needs it. 03:07:28.422 --> 03:07:30.365 [Lacer (Kai)]: I don't know. 03:07:30.385 --> 03:07:34.492 [Lacer (Kai)]: I'll send a message along the lines and I'll tell him to sound a horn. 03:07:35.113 --> 03:07:36.876 [Lacer (Kai)]: Are we the loyalists? 03:07:38.378 --> 03:07:39.921 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, you can say that. 03:07:39.941 --> 03:07:41.544 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah, do they have a distinct horn? 03:07:41.904 --> 03:07:43.066 [Lacer (Kai)]: Like a combat horn? 03:07:43.407 --> 03:07:44.248 [Lacer (Kai)]: Like a war horn? 03:07:47.063 --> 03:07:53.252 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, I mean, I think you would have heard them use the horns when the zombie attack happened on the bridge the other night. 03:07:53.472 --> 03:07:54.353 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah, yeah. 03:07:54.373 --> 03:07:57.758 [Lacer (Kai)]: So I'll just say, sound your horns if you need us to attack. 03:07:57.778 --> 03:08:01.183 [Lacer (Kai)]: We are ready if things go south. 03:08:01.203 --> 03:08:02.044 [Riv (DM)]: Cool. 03:08:02.064 --> 03:08:02.785 [Riv (DM)]: The voice comes back. 03:08:04.548 --> 03:08:04.848 [Riv (DM)]: Excellent. 03:08:04.928 --> 03:08:05.349 [Riv (DM)]: Good to hear. 03:08:06.551 --> 03:08:07.392 [Riv (DM)]: Stay close as you can. 03:08:07.412 --> 03:08:14.522 [Riv (DM)]: If something goes wrong, we'll need to show our force as quickly as possible. 03:08:17.287 --> 03:08:18.529 [Lacer (Kai)]: Alright, cool. 03:08:18.629 --> 03:08:20.812 [Lacer (Kai)]: I don't respond, I just... Yep. 03:08:20.832 --> 03:08:21.292 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yep. 03:08:21.452 --> 03:08:21.833 [Lacer (Kai)]: Cool. 03:08:21.853 --> 03:08:22.614 [Lacer (Kai)]: I'll leave it at that. 03:08:22.634 --> 03:08:24.476 [Lacer (Kai)]: Let me burn the setting spell. 03:08:26.379 --> 03:08:28.121 [Riv (DM)]: So... 03:08:28.141 --> 03:08:37.033 [Riv (DM)]: The trick of marshalling a thousand, nearly maybe two thousand soldiers through a city without getting seen. 03:08:39.477 --> 03:08:50.255 [Riv (DM)]: I think that you've got some benefits going for you because most of the enemy soldiers have all kind of amassed and grouped up but it's not super clean. 03:08:50.876 --> 03:09:04.438 [Riv (DM)]: There are a couple of cases where you round a corner and there was a stray group of soldiers immediately jumped on and sort of captured or killed a force of a thousand soldiers. 03:09:04.418 --> 03:09:11.236 [Riv (DM)]: It's not necessarily going to be something that we're going to have to roll out. 03:09:11.897 --> 03:09:13.502 [Riv (DM)]: You'll be able to slay these people pretty quickly. 03:09:14.564 --> 03:09:16.369 [Riv (DM)]: But there are a few tense moments, shall we say. 03:09:17.362 --> 03:09:42.728 [Riv (DM)]: You eventually mess up as close as you feel is safe to the bridge but you can now see the bridge and you can see this just sea of red cloaks and soldiers gathering up here on your side and at this you look back over your shoulder and you just see your soldiers now all packed into the alleyways lined up backs to walls soldiers 03:09:43.585 --> 03:09:50.814 [Riv (DM)]: Adjusting their weapons, getting their bows ready, checking their steel is sharp, encouraging each other. 03:09:54.339 --> 03:09:56.241 [Riv (DM)]: The dusk is fully and truly setting in now. 03:09:58.664 --> 03:10:05.834 [Riv (DM)]: The clouds are starting to break a bit and the moon starts to peak between a few clouds and the bridge lights up. 03:10:07.536 --> 03:10:11.601 [Riv (DM)]: And so you can see that there is a bit of movement on either end. 03:10:14.129 --> 03:10:16.673 [Riv (DM)]: A small group has approached the ends of the bridge. 03:10:18.235 --> 03:10:23.604 [Riv (DM)]: They pause at either end and you see one figure from each side start to cross and meet in the centre. 03:10:29.232 --> 03:10:30.574 [Riv (DM)]: Is there anything you guys wanted to do at this point? 03:10:30.815 --> 03:10:32.958 [Riv (DM)]: I think you were mentioning you wanted to get close or something? 03:10:37.225 --> 03:10:40.069 [Vael (Berberis)]: How far away is the bridge right now? 03:10:41.787 --> 03:10:43.829 [Vael (Berberis)]: It's probably... 03:10:43.869 --> 03:10:46.452 [Riv (DM)]: I'm gonna guess it's more than a hundred. 03:10:47.093 --> 03:10:54.802 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, I think it would have to be because if you... Yeah, in order to get closer than that, you would be standing in amongst the Imperials, I think. 03:10:55.944 --> 03:10:56.765 [Vael (Berberis)]: Yeah. 03:10:57.365 --> 03:10:59.248 [Vael (Berberis)]: I can't spy through my familiar. 03:11:00.189 --> 03:11:08.158 [Vael (Berberis)]: I'll just have the owl up scouting, scouting, scouting, trying to get as good a night vision owl eyes on what's going on as possible. 03:11:08.799 --> 03:11:08.959 [Vael (Berberis)]: Yeah. 03:11:13.732 --> 03:11:16.255 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Do we have a signal to do anything if something happens? 03:11:18.277 --> 03:11:19.098 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: A war horn. 03:11:20.340 --> 03:11:22.963 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: Oh, that's right. 03:11:22.983 --> 03:11:24.865 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: You'll see it if something happens. 03:11:26.047 --> 03:11:28.309 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah. 03:11:28.329 --> 03:11:29.050 [Riv (DM)]: A minute goes by. 03:11:29.090 --> 03:11:33.075 [Riv (DM)]: Another minute goes by. 03:11:34.757 --> 03:11:36.499 [Riv (DM)]: So there's tense energy in the air. 03:11:40.715 --> 03:11:48.160 [Riv (DM)]: You can't hear anything that's too far away, I think, to hear the sort of quiet conversation of the two people on the bridge. 03:11:53.523 --> 03:12:08.105 [Riv (DM)]: But then you see Marius, who goes to him to be Marius on your side, well I guess it's the other side here, takes a step back and a loud voice rings out, just loud enough for you to hear him all this far, far down. 03:12:08.125 --> 03:12:12.392 [Riv (DM)]: It's not the voice of Marius, it's the voice of someone else, and it just calls out. 03:12:12.372 --> 03:12:14.435 [Riv (DM)]: You speak of peace, pretender? 03:12:14.775 --> 03:12:16.217 [Riv (DM)]: The Empress does not bargain with ash. 03:12:16.998 --> 03:12:18.981 [Riv (DM)]: Surrender the keep and we will give you a swift death. 03:12:19.221 --> 03:12:22.306 [Riv (DM)]: Refuse and the city will burn until not even history remembers its name. 03:12:22.946 --> 03:12:27.012 [Riv (DM)]: And you see him sort of lunge forward with a sword and swing it directly at Marius. 03:12:27.172 --> 03:12:32.660 [Riv (DM)]: Marius steps back but takes a slash across his shoulder, you assume, as he sort of crumbles to the ground. 03:12:33.160 --> 03:12:35.684 [Riv (DM)]: People from either side of the bridge start running towards the center. 03:12:36.965 --> 03:12:38.127 [Riv (DM)]: The 03:12:38.107 --> 03:13:05.616 [Riv (DM)]: The person on the imperial side you see with a sword just sort of aims it across and says attack destroy these mongrels and um all hell breaks loose horns blow horns blow from the loyalist side and the armies clash across the bridge now i'll ask you guys you're gonna work yeah what are you guys gonna do 03:13:07.030 --> 03:13:12.383 [Vael (Berberis)]: We're going to make as much noise as humanly possible to make our numbers seem bigger than they are. 03:13:13.662 --> 03:13:16.525 [Vael (Berberis)]: Full advance, weapons slamming on shields, let's go. 03:13:17.106 --> 03:13:18.968 [Riv (DM)]: At this, Barrack stands up. 03:13:19.509 --> 03:13:20.690 [Riv (DM)]: Attack! 03:13:20.710 --> 03:13:25.436 [Riv (DM)]: And just a wave of Loyola soldiers pours out from between the alleys. 03:13:26.157 --> 03:13:34.006 [Riv (DM)]: The Imperials who had all begun to march towards the bridge now turn behind and see another sea of enemies just crashing upon them. 03:13:34.987 --> 03:13:39.212 [Riv (DM)]: Swords clashing, sparks flying across as weapons hit armor. 03:13:40.374 --> 03:13:42.336 [Riv (DM)]: It is a mess. 03:13:42.772 --> 03:13:43.974 [Riv (DM)]: What are you guys doing in this fight? 03:13:44.535 --> 03:13:46.958 [Riv (DM)]: Anything in particular that you want to do to try and help out? 03:13:49.743 --> 03:13:51.165 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yes, I joined the Vanguard. 03:13:51.425 --> 03:13:53.288 [Lacer (Kai)]: I had Twilight Sanctuary then. 03:13:54.450 --> 03:13:55.031 [Riv (DM)]: Nice. 03:13:56.813 --> 03:13:58.536 [Riv (DM)]: And... Yeah, that will be good actually. 03:13:59.718 --> 03:14:01.320 [Lacer (Kai)]: And a second... 03:14:02.802 --> 03:14:05.887 [Lacer (Kai)]: After my, well, that takes a whole turn. 03:14:06.248 --> 03:14:08.913 [Lacer (Kai)]: I guess I will, um, starry form, dragon form. 03:14:09.534 --> 03:14:10.115 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah. 03:14:10.135 --> 03:14:10.375 [Riv (DM)]: Nice. 03:14:10.936 --> 03:14:13.020 [Riv (DM)]: So Kai becomes a blazing ball of light. 03:14:14.022 --> 03:14:17.548 [Riv (DM)]: The aura spreads across him and out into the nearby soldiers of the vanguard. 03:14:17.929 --> 03:14:27.325 [Riv (DM)]: You see a few soldiers take a slash to the shoulder, maybe one takes a spear to the side, but they kind of look down expecting the wounds to be more grievous, but for some reason they... 03:14:27.305 --> 03:14:28.086 [Riv (DM)]: Don't seem that bad. 03:14:28.127 --> 03:14:33.857 [Riv (DM)]: They have been somehow bolstered by Kai's aura of vitality. 03:14:35.961 --> 03:14:40.028 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yep, they get 7 temporary hit points every turn. 03:14:40.329 --> 03:14:41.972 [Riv (DM)]: Oh yeah, that's easy. 03:14:43.049 --> 03:14:45.633 [Riv (DM)]: Yep, for low level soldiers that's gonna be huge. 03:14:46.274 --> 03:14:48.397 [Riv (DM)]: It'll very very easily swing the tides here. 03:14:49.358 --> 03:14:57.010 [Riv (DM)]: You see on the bridge now, in between the swings and the attacks that you were making, there are soldiers clashing on the bridge. 03:14:57.030 --> 03:14:58.612 [Riv (DM)]: You don't know what happened to Marius. 03:14:59.433 --> 03:15:00.715 [Riv (DM)]: You don't know what happened to the other figure. 03:15:00.995 --> 03:15:02.257 [Riv (DM)]: It's just chaos. 03:15:03.840 --> 03:15:05.462 [Riv (DM)]: Half an hour goes by of combat. 03:15:06.590 --> 03:15:07.474 [Riv (DM)]: 45 minutes. 03:15:07.494 --> 03:15:15.385 [Vael (Berberis)]: I was going to say, I'm waiting on that, but before I go, I'm going to tap Ryo on the shoulder and just say, watch the owl. 03:15:16.192 --> 03:15:25.143 [Vael (Berberis)]: And as I'm fighting I'll just have the owl come in and tag squad leaders and commanders so that he knows who to pick out of the melee. 03:15:25.744 --> 03:15:26.165 [Riv (DM)]: Very nice. 03:15:26.866 --> 03:15:27.126 [Riv (DM)]: Cool. 03:15:27.146 --> 03:15:31.311 [Riv (DM)]: So I actually want you to make a perception check through the owl as you're doing this. 03:15:31.712 --> 03:15:34.876 [Riv (DM)]: Probably just a straight roll since you're also engaged in combat at the same time. 03:15:35.437 --> 03:15:43.667 [Riv (DM)]: So I imagine what you'll want to do is like take a swing with your shillelagh and then quickly go blind and look through the owl and then snap back to attention just as a blow is coming towards you. 03:15:43.647 --> 03:16:06.128 [Vael (Berberis)]: I mean, I was honestly tempted to get up on top of a rooftop to try and get a bit of a line of sight, but yeah, there's a bit of marking. 03:16:07.188 --> 03:16:08.129 [Riv (DM)]: Not the greatest, not the worst. 03:16:08.890 --> 03:16:09.170 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah. 03:16:09.190 --> 03:16:09.711 [Riv (DM)]: It's just chaos. 03:16:10.311 --> 03:16:14.536 [Riv (DM)]: Ryo can pretty easily scale a roof, start taking potshots. 03:16:15.317 --> 03:16:20.502 [Riv (DM)]: So with the owl, I think it's probably difficult to actually see who the leadership would be. 03:16:21.203 --> 03:16:24.386 [Riv (DM)]: It's chaos, and there are a few things you do see, actually. 03:16:24.406 --> 03:16:27.429 [Riv (DM)]: Anyone with a plumie hat. 03:16:28.590 --> 03:16:36.739 [Riv (DM)]: So yeah, the soldiers on the Imperial side look extremely disorganised, and their morale is rapidly crushing. 03:16:37.073 --> 03:16:38.124 [Riv (DM)]: Um... 03:16:38.255 --> 03:16:50.886 [Riv (DM)]: As the owl sort of like does another flyover and goes deeper towards the backside of the bridge, you see now quite clearly the loyalist forces have actually pushed right across the bridge and up to the imperial side. 03:16:50.946 --> 03:16:54.009 [Riv (DM)]: So now they're starting to actually pour out onto the imperial bank. 03:16:54.630 --> 03:17:00.395 [Riv (DM)]: And the reason why this is, is that there are imperial soldiers starting to abandon. 03:17:00.435 --> 03:17:03.077 [Riv (DM)]: There are weapons being thrown down. 03:17:03.097 --> 03:17:05.079 [Riv (DM)]: There are groups of soldiers starting to back away. 03:17:05.560 --> 03:17:08.262 [Riv (DM)]: Some are just sort of like kneeling down, heads on the ground. 03:17:08.242 --> 03:17:15.050 [Riv (DM)]: But what you do see are five soldiers standing almost back to back. 03:17:16.311 --> 03:17:20.917 [Riv (DM)]: Massive red cloaks, fully plumed red plumage across their helmets. 03:17:21.417 --> 03:17:23.340 [Riv (DM)]: Five hands of the Empire standing strong. 03:17:23.680 --> 03:17:29.327 [Riv (DM)]: A ring of dead bodies around them as any loyalist soldier that tries to get in immediately gets slain. 03:17:29.367 --> 03:17:32.490 [Riv (DM)]: The bodies are just starting to pile up around them. 03:17:32.871 --> 03:17:37.236 [Riv (DM)]: It seems like the leadership, whatever remains of the leadership, is here. 03:17:37.722 --> 03:17:41.508 [Riv (DM)]: And so that's why your owl wasn't able to see many sensible looking leadership nearby. 03:17:41.548 --> 03:17:44.853 [JC (Ryo)]: How far away are they from me? 03:17:45.654 --> 03:17:52.605 [Riv (DM)]: I think probably at this point, probably within your longbow range, like, you know, maybe 300 feet away. 03:17:52.705 --> 03:17:54.047 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Fireball, fireball, fireball! 03:17:55.189 --> 03:17:58.033 [JC (Ryo)]: 300 away are they? 03:17:58.594 --> 03:17:59.356 [JC (Ryo)]: Yep, I'd say about 300. 03:17:59.376 --> 03:18:05.485 [JC (Ryo)]: That's alright, I was just trying to think, trying to see what else I can tackle onto it. 03:18:08.080 --> 03:18:09.662 [JC (Ryo)]: My range is 180. 03:18:10.482 --> 03:18:12.184 [JC (Ryo)]: This doesn't have a range. 03:18:12.324 --> 03:18:12.645 [JC (Ryo)]: Lovely. 03:18:13.806 --> 03:18:15.027 [JC (Ryo)]: Alright, I see the five hands. 03:18:15.187 --> 03:18:17.149 [JC (Ryo)]: They're all back to back to back, are they? 03:18:17.270 --> 03:18:18.090 [JC (Ryo)]: Pretty much. 03:18:18.130 --> 03:18:19.772 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, they're in a ring. 03:18:19.812 --> 03:18:28.982 [Riv (DM)]: Just completely surrounded by Loyalists and there's almost a standoff happening where a Loyalist tries to jump in to swing at them and they're just immediately slain by this god tier soldier. 03:18:30.683 --> 03:18:33.126 [Riv (DM)]: And there's just like a ring of bodies around them. 03:18:35.857 --> 03:18:41.546 [JC (Ryo)]: I would happily start launching shots at them and attack and hail the thorns onto each shot. 03:18:43.029 --> 03:18:43.770 [Riv (DM)]: Nice. 03:18:43.790 --> 03:18:52.004 [Riv (DM)]: I think that we won't get you to roll a bunch because you can attack every 6 seconds, start launching attacks at them. 03:18:53.987 --> 03:19:01.459 [Riv (DM)]: You see your arrows fly through, the occasional one hits, nice big barrel of thorns just slashes down through them as well. 03:19:01.709 --> 03:19:08.721 [Riv (DM)]: Other soldiers nearby you also start taking shots at them and every now and then one of them takes a good solid hit and almost stumbles to the ground. 03:19:09.542 --> 03:19:14.411 [Riv (DM)]: You see a loyalist takes this opportunity to jump in, stab with a sword and step back. 03:19:15.152 --> 03:19:17.616 [Riv (DM)]: One of the hands of the Empire just sort of stumbles to his knee. 03:19:18.457 --> 03:19:21.282 [Riv (DM)]: You see him like hand up, like brush his blood away from his mouth. 03:19:21.302 --> 03:19:26.451 [Riv (DM)]: He stands back up again trembling but hands strong on the sword. 03:19:26.431 --> 03:19:34.220 [Riv (DM)]: You guys press forward against the Imperials and you see just waves of them starting to throw down their weapons and some bow, some flee. 03:19:34.260 --> 03:19:45.974 [Riv (DM)]: The Loyalists here just kick them to the side and start moving through towards the main remaining, I guess, strength of the Imperial forces. 03:19:47.416 --> 03:19:50.139 [Riv (DM)]: More arrows fly towards the hands of the Empire. 03:19:50.199 --> 03:19:51.982 [Riv (DM)]: None of them have died yet. 03:19:52.002 --> 03:19:54.885 [Riv (DM)]: Anyone else doing anything? 03:19:56.587 --> 03:19:57.469 [Riv (DM)]: Yes. 03:19:58.791 --> 03:19:59.533 [Riv (DM)]: You go, you go. 03:20:02.078 --> 03:20:03.100 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Fireball right in the middle. 03:20:03.841 --> 03:20:04.082 [Riv (DM)]: Alright. 03:20:04.803 --> 03:20:06.747 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: I have a range of 180 feet. 03:20:07.969 --> 03:20:09.212 [Riv (DM)]: I think you can get within 180 feet. 03:20:11.276 --> 03:20:14.983 [Riv (DM)]: You'll have to be careful to make sure you don't hit 03:20:15.233 --> 03:20:18.058 [Riv (DM)]: Any of your loyalists because they've sort of surrounded them. 03:20:18.539 --> 03:20:31.181 [Riv (DM)]: But what you could probably do is you could have it like explode and detonate like above the hands of the Empire so that the sphere is, you know, up and slightly out of the range diagonally of where the surrounding forces are but still manage to clip them. 03:20:32.202 --> 03:20:33.324 [Riv (DM)]: So if you wanted to do it like that. 03:20:35.849 --> 03:20:37.191 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Yeah, that's a good idea. 03:20:37.340 --> 03:20:37.560 [Riv (DM)]: Cool. 03:20:38.422 --> 03:20:48.936 [Riv (DM)]: You sort of flick your fingers, hand to your forehead, you channel the power through your rune and the fireball launches out and just explodes and the flame just like pours down over top. 03:20:48.977 --> 03:20:51.981 [Riv (DM)]: You can see the plumage and the cloaks start to catch fire as well. 03:20:52.782 --> 03:20:56.547 [Riv (DM)]: They all sort of put their hands up instinctively and try to cover their faces from being burned. 03:20:57.088 --> 03:21:06.942 [Riv (DM)]: At this distraction several loyalists take the opportunity once again to jump forward, stab through the armour, try and find any purchase before stepping back again. 03:21:06.922 --> 03:21:14.092 [Riv (DM)]: Two hands of the Emperor at this point crushed to their knees, one hand on the floor trying to steady themselves. 03:21:16.355 --> 03:21:21.802 [Riv (DM)]: You now are even closer, 50 feet away, close enough to see their expressions on their face. 03:21:22.483 --> 03:21:27.310 [Riv (DM)]: Their eyes are focused, full of hatred, staring around them at the next person that they can slay. 03:21:28.612 --> 03:21:36.743 [Riv (DM)]: But as you approach, they see the rains of arrows pouring down upon them, they see the fireball, they see their position. 03:21:38.596 --> 03:21:39.999 [Riv (DM)]: They've killed as many people as they can. 03:21:40.060 --> 03:21:41.744 [Riv (DM)]: They aren't going to be taken alive. 03:21:42.365 --> 03:21:55.137 [Riv (DM)]: One by one they stand, salute in their swords, they lift up, slide straight up under their throat, up into their head, and one by one, just in a clatter of armour, they collapse. 03:21:58.137 --> 03:22:06.406 [Riv (DM)]: At this, any remaining Imperial soldiers who had been fighting see this and their morale resolve completely shatters. 03:22:07.147 --> 03:22:13.114 [Riv (DM)]: All weapons are thrown down and almost as quickly as it started, it finishes. 03:22:16.518 --> 03:22:22.845 [Riv (DM)]: You look around, there are wounded soldiers on your side, there are dead and wounded soldiers on the Imperial side, but 03:22:27.095 --> 03:22:27.956 [Riv (DM)]: The river has been taken. 03:22:27.996 --> 03:22:34.422 [Riv (DM)]: The city appears to be now back under the control of the loyalists. 03:22:35.123 --> 03:22:35.523 [Riv (DM)]: Alright. 03:22:39.968 --> 03:22:40.248 [Lacer (Kai)]: Wow. 03:22:41.469 --> 03:22:51.920 [Lacer (Kai)]: I would like to rush towards the bridge to see the state of Varius, and as I do so, any dying soldier I see, I cast Spare the Dying. 03:22:52.901 --> 03:22:53.001 Nice. 03:22:53.808 --> 03:22:58.559 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, there are plenty of Loyalist soldiers that some are just dead already, you can tell. 03:22:58.820 --> 03:22:59.822 [Riv (DM)]: Limbs removed. 03:23:00.463 --> 03:23:08.863 [Riv (DM)]: But there are a few that are sort of bleeding out, resting an arm on the railing trying to trying to catch themselves and you can pretty quickly seal their wounds with Spare the Dying. 03:23:11.273 --> 03:23:20.926 [Vael (Berberis)]: I'll be running around somewhere between Spare the Dying, Limited Magic and my plus seven medicine skill, just triaging and securing. 03:23:21.507 --> 03:23:22.228 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, awesome. 03:23:23.330 --> 03:23:31.020 [Riv (DM)]: Kai, as you make your way across the bridge, you do see Marius actually starting to push his way as well. 03:23:31.270 --> 03:23:35.636 [Riv (DM)]: He had retreated back to the other side but is now coming across the bridge. 03:23:36.998 --> 03:23:43.748 [Riv (DM)]: With him is the woman, Anaya, his advisor, just sort of helping steady him. 03:23:46.832 --> 03:23:48.655 [Riv (DM)]: You kind of look around and 03:23:49.175 --> 03:23:55.525 [Riv (DM)]: The soldiers on your side are all, you know, supporting each other, you're helping heal, everyone's sort of starting to rally. 03:23:56.486 --> 03:24:06.542 [Riv (DM)]: The Imperial soldiers are being pushed together into a group of kneeling, just a mass of kneeling people, their weapons removed, armor starting to be stripped. 03:24:09.543 --> 03:24:20.690 [Riv (DM)]: Marius comes forward closer towards the side of the river and you can see him standing up on the bridge still slightly ascended in height because the bridge is sort of one of those curved bridges that is built up a bit. 03:24:23.035 --> 03:24:28.007 [Riv (DM)]: Soldiers on your side turn to see him approach and there's 03:24:27.987 --> 03:24:35.165 [Riv (DM)]: Kind of a, it's almost like a singular breath is held across the entire gathering of people here. 03:24:36.308 --> 03:24:41.541 [Riv (DM)]: There's a thousand people or more, multiple thousand people, all turned to wait in anticipation 03:24:43.748 --> 03:24:46.212 [Riv (DM)]: You see Marius, he has a big slash across his shoulder. 03:24:46.673 --> 03:24:47.455 [Riv (DM)]: Blood's pouring out. 03:24:48.236 --> 03:24:49.739 [Lacer (Kai)]: I see that. 03:24:49.819 --> 03:24:53.245 [Lacer (Kai)]: Can I cast Aura of Vitality to heal him up to full? 03:24:54.086 --> 03:24:55.248 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, I think so, yeah. 03:24:56.110 --> 03:25:00.137 [Riv (DM)]: So you can kind of go over to him and stand on his other side beside Anaya and 03:25:02.547 --> 03:25:13.023 [Riv (DM)]: As he's kind of walking across, slowly your aura just starts to seal up the wound and you see him reach up and touch it and he just looks over to you and gives you a nod. 03:25:13.504 --> 03:25:16.348 [Riv (DM)]: His eyes are very stern at the moment. 03:25:18.652 --> 03:25:27.525 [Lacer (Kai)]: And I put my hand on Sholdath and I cast Volniturgy so that he can burn his voice if he's going to speak. 03:25:28.940 --> 03:25:32.965 [Riv (DM)]: As you do this, can you make a perception check for me? 03:25:34.747 --> 03:25:38.873 [Riv (DM)]: Sure. 03:25:38.893 --> 03:25:39.754 [Riv (DM)]: You already got it active. 03:25:40.895 --> 03:25:41.817 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Is it actually him? 03:25:43.779 --> 03:25:45.541 [Riv (DM)]: Oh wow, that's great. 03:25:46.783 --> 03:25:52.230 [Riv (DM)]: You cast it and out of the corner of your eye you see Anaya sort of cock her head. 03:25:52.632 --> 03:25:58.240 [Riv (DM)]: And like, a bit of a smile curls in the corner of her mouth as you see that she had also started to reach forward. 03:25:58.860 --> 03:26:02.405 [Riv (DM)]: And as she sees you do it, she just kind of gestures with her hand. 03:26:03.166 --> 03:26:03.587 [Riv (DM)]: By all means. 03:26:09.235 --> 03:26:16.885 [Riv (DM)]: Marius just stands, takes a moment, and speaks out to the crowd, anticipating his words. 03:26:20.543 --> 03:26:25.514 [Riv (DM)]: For too long I stood by and watched the great people of this city slowly be choked under the heel of the Empire. 03:26:25.775 --> 03:26:26.316 [Riv (DM)]: But no longer. 03:26:27.499 --> 03:26:29.884 [Riv (DM)]: They thought they could waltz in here and break us. 03:26:30.766 --> 03:26:32.510 [Riv (DM)]: This city has stood for a thousand years. 03:26:32.530 --> 03:26:37.000 [Riv (DM)]: A resilient vanguard that breaks under the force of nothing and no one. 03:26:38.110 --> 03:26:40.692 [Riv (DM)]: Tonight, Val Noren is not a city of the Empire. 03:26:40.973 --> 03:26:42.254 [Riv (DM)]: It is the Shield of the North. 03:26:42.554 --> 03:26:47.259 [Riv (DM)]: And he puts his hand up in a salute and all the soldiers around just burst into cheers. 03:26:48.540 --> 03:26:50.502 [Riv (DM)]: Shields slamming against swords. 03:26:51.983 --> 03:26:58.570 [Riv (DM)]: And the cheer goes on for several minutes as the soldiers, the relief just wave, like washes over like a wave. 03:26:58.710 --> 03:27:03.054 [Riv (DM)]: People realize that the fight, it's not just the fight that has finished. 03:27:03.534 --> 03:27:04.315 [Riv (DM)]: Yes, they are wounded. 03:27:05.777 --> 03:27:07.358 [Riv (DM)]: Many friends were lost. 03:27:08.367 --> 03:27:10.850 [Riv (DM)]: But the fight wasn't the only thing that was won by this. 03:27:11.270 --> 03:27:14.294 [Riv (DM)]: The city itself is back under the control of the Loyalists. 03:27:15.836 --> 03:27:19.380 [Riv (DM)]: This means that families can be reunited with their old homes. 03:27:20.881 --> 03:27:22.123 [Riv (DM)]: Repairs can begin again. 03:27:22.183 --> 03:27:30.072 [Riv (DM)]: Semblance of normalcy can potentially be started to be found, potentially. 03:27:36.987 --> 03:27:44.715 [Riv (DM)]: Marius looks down across at the Imperial soldiers who are sort of bowed, just waiting. 03:27:49.019 --> 03:27:50.600 [Riv (DM)]: He turns his head, kind of looks around. 03:27:52.462 --> 03:27:57.207 [Riv (DM)]: You hear him say to Anaya, Well, what do you think we should do with them? 03:28:00.250 --> 03:28:04.294 [Riv (DM)]: Kai, I guess you're probably the only one who can hear this as you're standing beside them, but you hear Anaya say, 03:28:05.253 --> 03:28:07.396 [Riv (DM)]: Well, there's a lot of repairs to be done. 03:28:10.180 --> 03:28:10.661 [Riv (DM)]: We could use them. 03:28:11.161 --> 03:28:12.063 [Riv (DM)]: We could use them to help with that. 03:28:12.884 --> 03:28:14.005 [Riv (DM)]: After that, we'll see. 03:28:16.008 --> 03:28:17.571 [Riv (DM)]: See how many of them remain loyal to the Empire. 03:28:18.972 --> 03:28:24.040 [Riv (DM)]: Marisnod says, well, it's not one to dwell upon tonight. 03:28:25.402 --> 03:28:26.423 [Riv (DM)]: We can discuss it some later time. 03:28:26.443 --> 03:28:29.047 [Riv (DM)]: For now, make sure they're bound, taken to a secure place. 03:28:30.128 --> 03:28:30.970 [Riv (DM)]: We can discuss it later. 03:28:32.412 --> 03:28:32.712 [Riv (DM)]: Alright. 03:28:35.932 --> 03:28:36.713 [Riv (DM)]: City's ours again. 03:28:37.274 --> 03:28:38.315 [Riv (DM)]: Go back to your families. 03:28:39.877 --> 03:28:41.339 [Riv (DM)]: Let them know what happened here. 03:28:42.600 --> 03:28:43.862 [Riv (DM)]: Tomorrow is a new day for the city. 03:28:45.404 --> 03:28:46.826 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: And close the portcullis. 03:28:51.291 --> 03:28:56.658 [Riv (DM)]: Marius turns as the dwarf says that and says, Actually, you know what? 03:28:57.139 --> 03:28:59.862 [Riv (DM)]: Let's leave it open. 03:28:59.882 --> 03:29:00.483 [Riv (DM)]: We've won the city. 03:29:00.503 --> 03:29:01.965 [Riv (DM)]: There's no need for it to be closed anymore. 03:29:02.826 --> 03:29:03.627 [Riv (DM)]: Bring the ships back. 03:29:06.104 --> 03:29:08.508 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: As you wish. 03:29:10.270 --> 03:29:18.482 [Vael (Berberis)]: Any of those on a point to the Empire that want to take their chances on the open sea, they're welcome to it, but I don't think they're gonna have much luck out there. 03:29:20.084 --> 03:29:21.206 [Riv (DM)]: Marius nods, indeed. 03:29:24.190 --> 03:29:28.176 [Riv (DM)]: Alright, go back to your families, sleep well tonight, you have earned it. 03:29:29.038 --> 03:29:30.019 [Riv (DM)]: And with that... 03:29:30.961 --> 03:29:49.695 [Riv (DM)]: Mary Stearns, Anaya follows along with a contingent of a few soldiers and as the sort of tension leaves the gathered troops here with their king, their acclaimed king now leaving their presence you can see they fall at ease and they start 03:29:50.553 --> 03:30:01.512 [Riv (DM)]: Laughing, cheering, some are crying, but I guess the tension of several months of dread is almost unimaginably starting to leave these people. 03:30:03.796 --> 03:30:10.909 [Riv (DM)]: The Imperials are rounded up, gathered, they're bound, they're placed into buildings and watched. 03:30:13.113 --> 03:30:15.497 [Riv (DM)]: And where do you guys head after this? 03:30:18.768 --> 03:30:20.950 [Lacer (Kai)]: We're looting their hands. 03:30:20.970 --> 03:30:21.311 [Riv (DM)]: That's suicide. 03:30:21.331 --> 03:30:21.651 [Riv (DM)]: Jesus. 03:30:25.095 --> 03:30:29.560 [Riv (DM)]: Actually, I think their bodies probably would have been taken. 03:30:29.620 --> 03:30:36.047 [Riv (DM)]: And sort of as like the rest of the soldiers are saying to be gathered up. 03:30:39.831 --> 03:30:43.155 [Riv (DM)]: Do you want to try and sneak in there and get a cheeky little loot going before that happens? 03:30:44.992 --> 03:30:52.500 [Lacer (Kai)]: No, I would actually like to detect magic and see if there was anything set up as I walk around, just in case. 03:30:52.741 --> 03:30:56.665 [Lacer (Kai)]: I feel like there was something sass just in the back of my mind. 03:30:59.989 --> 03:31:01.911 [JC (Ryo)]: We must think alike because I was thinking the same thing. 03:31:03.252 --> 03:31:04.874 [Riv (DM)]: So what specifically are you looking for? 03:31:06.476 --> 03:31:13.564 [Lacer (Kai)]: I'm looking for any magic items or runes or anything magically 03:31:14.017 --> 03:31:18.202 [Lacer (Kai)]: Cast in an area around the bridge. 03:31:18.502 --> 03:31:27.233 [Lacer (Kai)]: I feel like something was going to happen or could have happened if there were spell casters around, which I didn't see, which is concerning to me. 03:31:27.253 --> 03:31:33.000 [Lacer (Kai)]: So all the red mages dropped off and they had just limited shitty casters? 03:31:33.260 --> 03:31:33.620 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah. 03:31:33.841 --> 03:31:36.784 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah, but it doesn't mean there wasn't casters, you know. 03:31:36.764 --> 03:31:37.605 [Riv (DM)]: There were some. 03:31:38.346 --> 03:31:43.112 [Riv (DM)]: In the fighting you would have seen the odd mage who was casting firebolts and things like that. 03:31:43.553 --> 03:31:46.697 [Riv (DM)]: And so your detect magic would probably pick out their spellcasting focuses. 03:31:48.359 --> 03:31:49.581 [Riv (DM)]: But you wouldn't notice. 03:31:49.601 --> 03:31:53.406 [Riv (DM)]: There was no arcane wards or traps or anything like that placed on the bridge. 03:31:55.668 --> 03:31:57.511 [Riv (DM)]: They thought they had won. 03:31:58.372 --> 03:32:05.421 [Riv (DM)]: It wasn't until later in the day that the message came out that their leader had been killed that 03:32:05.553 --> 03:32:11.588 [Riv (DM)]: They realized something might not be right, and then the confusion that followed, they didn't have time to prepare for anything. 03:32:13.232 --> 03:32:16.941 [Lacer (Kai)]: Well, at least I'm relieved. 03:32:17.082 --> 03:32:18.505 [Lacer (Kai)]: Kai's relieved that he didn't find anything. 03:32:18.525 --> 03:32:18.786 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah. 03:32:23.693 --> 03:32:23.953 [Riv (DM)]: Cool. 03:32:24.334 --> 03:32:25.155 [Riv (DM)]: Barak comes up to you. 03:32:25.315 --> 03:32:29.840 [Riv (DM)]: You can see he's sporting just a little bit of a slash across one of his arms. 03:32:30.320 --> 03:32:36.247 [Riv (DM)]: Ahri is with him and she's like trying to bandage and he's almost like showing her off like, it's fine Ahri, it's fine. 03:32:37.068 --> 03:32:42.754 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, well, Lurien's gonna kick my ass if she sees that I let you get injured like this. 03:32:43.235 --> 03:32:45.818 [Riv (DM)]: Come on, just let me... Alright, fine, fine, just make it quick. 03:32:46.539 --> 03:32:48.721 [Riv (DM)]: At this, Barak looks over at you guys. 03:32:48.741 --> 03:32:49.242 [Riv (DM)]: You're alright? 03:32:49.322 --> 03:32:51.024 [Riv (DM)]: No... no wounds? 03:32:51.524 --> 03:32:52.165 [Riv (DM)]: Made it through okay? 03:32:56.498 --> 03:32:59.181 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yep, pretty, pretty good for me. 03:32:59.201 --> 03:33:03.967 [Lacer (Kai)]: I look at everybody else, are they banged up a bit? 03:33:03.987 --> 03:33:08.892 [Vael (Berberis)]: I think the only one that took a scratch was Erendor in the gatehouse. 03:33:08.912 --> 03:33:09.012 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Yeah. 03:33:09.032 --> 03:33:09.753 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: That's my pride. 03:33:09.773 --> 03:33:12.877 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: I didn't manage to fire all three fireballs. 03:33:16.621 --> 03:33:22.007 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yeah, I put my hand on Erendor and give him a, what is it? 03:33:22.508 --> 03:33:24.210 [Lacer (Kai)]: Not healing mode, the other one. 03:33:29.742 --> 03:33:30.783 [Lacer (Kai)]: Killings? 03:33:30.803 --> 03:33:31.063 [Lacer (Kai)]: Yes. 03:33:31.784 --> 03:33:33.366 [Lacer (Kai)]: I hardly use this spell. 03:33:35.669 --> 03:33:41.415 [Riv (DM)]: Dondar, we can say you launched a few well-placed fireballs into the hordes of the soldiers if you want. 03:33:42.516 --> 03:33:43.838 [Riv (DM)]: You would've done some numbers. 03:33:46.861 --> 03:33:50.385 [JC (Ryo)]: Oh, alright then. 03:33:50.405 --> 03:33:51.586 [JC (Ryo)]: Cool, alright. 03:33:51.606 --> 03:33:58.534 [JC (Ryo)]: I was gonna say assuming you were gonna make us like target and stuff, enemies, I was gonna go mages and then leaders. 03:33:59.172 --> 03:34:00.796 [JC (Ryo)]: That would have been my target priority. 03:34:01.177 --> 03:34:02.762 [Riv (DM)]: I think you would have taken out a few mages for sure. 03:34:05.148 --> 03:34:11.906 [Riv (DM)]: With a large scale combat like this that you didn't really have a risk of losing, I'm not going to do rolling. 03:34:11.926 --> 03:34:15.375 [Riv (DM)]: I think we just treat it like a scene. 03:34:16.925 --> 03:34:22.373 [JC (Ryo)]: Yeah, on that and I would have wanted to be up on a roof hiding behind a chimney just taking shots. 03:34:22.413 --> 03:34:23.955 [JC (Ryo)]: Yeah, definitely. 03:34:25.116 --> 03:34:25.397 [Riv (DM)]: Awesome. 03:34:26.719 --> 03:34:31.285 [Riv (DM)]: Beric and the rest of the Mawbreakers start to make their way across the bridge and sort of like gesture for you guys to follow. 03:34:31.325 --> 03:34:37.954 [Riv (DM)]: You can head back to the garrison, drinks can be had, stories of the fighting can be shared. 03:34:37.934 --> 03:34:41.558 [Riv (DM)]: Barrack recounts how they made it through the city. 03:34:41.999 --> 03:34:45.502 [Riv (DM)]: They had taken a small little raft across the river, like miles upstream. 03:34:46.343 --> 03:34:50.468 [Riv (DM)]: They had plotted their way through the city and managed to avoid patrols. 03:34:50.568 --> 03:34:56.795 [Riv (DM)]: They got through the gate by convincing them that they had been requested as soldiers to go to the docks for something. 03:34:57.916 --> 03:34:59.158 [Riv (DM)]: Killed a couple of people down in the docks. 03:35:00.039 --> 03:35:03.823 [Riv (DM)]: Took the boats without really any conflict since you guys rolled so well for them. 03:35:05.305 --> 03:35:19.400 [Riv (DM)]: Lirion comes in a bit later on, just like concern across her face as always as she seems to be these days and immediately goes to Beric and instantly sees as women seem to have the superpower of determining whenever something wrong has happened. 03:35:20.701 --> 03:35:27.108 [Riv (DM)]: Beric has been trying to cover it up with like his sleeve but she just sees immediately and she's... Care to explain this? 03:35:27.949 --> 03:35:30.972 [Riv (DM)]: Oh it's it's nothing it's nothing Lirion, it was just a little scratch. 03:35:31.733 --> 03:35:33.895 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah that's what you said last time as well. 03:35:34.550 --> 03:35:37.436 [Riv (DM)]: Alright, there's no way I'm getting out of this with my dignity, is there? 03:35:40.321 --> 03:35:53.327 [Riv (DM)]: You see she like, puts her hands on her waist and instead of berating him, she actually just leans forward, grabs both sides of his face and kisses him on the forehead. 03:35:54.590 --> 03:35:55.191 [Riv (DM)]: I'm glad you're safe. 03:35:55.953 --> 03:35:56.153 [Unmatched Speaker]: Aww. 03:35:58.192 --> 03:36:03.581 [Riv (DM)]: She wanders off back to the bar to get a refill of his drink and he looks at you. 03:36:04.723 --> 03:36:10.993 [Riv (DM)]: Massive dude, big fiery beard and kind of grinning like a little boy. 03:36:17.323 --> 03:36:25.296 [Riv (DM)]: The evening gets later and you can continue the celebrations or you can pack it in for the night. 03:36:32.465 --> 03:36:39.657 [Vael (Berberis)]: I'll have a few, but I'll probably crash early because I have plans to go start talking to prisoners in the morning. 03:36:42.122 --> 03:36:42.382 Alright. 03:36:50.776 --> 03:36:51.417 [Riv (DM)]: Cool. 03:36:51.498 --> 03:36:52.079 [Riv (DM)]: Anyone else? 03:36:52.099 --> 03:36:56.987 [Riv (DM)]: Kai, did you want to have a look at their armor again tonight? 03:36:57.507 --> 03:37:02.393 [Lacer (Kai)]: Oh, tonight's probably not the best time because everyone's celebrating. 03:37:02.633 --> 03:37:24.679 [Lacer (Kai)]: I don't want to take away from the celebration, but I do want to sneak out and I want to, while everyone's celebrating, I can pull out the Moonstone from the bag I hold in, focus on it for a split second, put it back in the bag, and I cast Locate Item and see if I can find another Moonstone in the city by flying around 03:37:25.030 --> 03:37:30.096 [Lacer (Kai)]: As a mouse and a raven in the middle of the night for 10 minutes. 03:37:30.556 --> 03:37:31.437 [Lacer (Kai)]: Okay, alright. 03:37:31.457 --> 03:37:33.400 [Lacer (Kai)]: Trying to locate and see if I can find a ping. 03:37:34.000 --> 03:37:37.865 [Lacer (Kai)]: So before that I give Eyes of the Night to my raven. 03:37:38.145 --> 03:37:40.247 [Riv (DM)]: Yeah, okay, cool. 03:37:41.308 --> 03:37:47.055 [Riv (DM)]: So LookAtObject will give you a ping if something is within a thousand feet, I believe. 03:37:47.035 --> 03:37:47.916 [Unmatched Speaker]: Yeah. 03:37:48.276 --> 03:37:56.084 [Riv (DM)]: So no roll should be necessary there in terms of sort of perception, but why don't we just roll an investigation check to see sort of how thoroughly you can sort of scan the city. 03:37:58.487 --> 03:37:58.967 [Riv (DM)]: Sure. 03:37:58.987 --> 03:38:08.797 [Riv (DM)]: Go. 03:38:09.118 --> 03:38:09.498 [Riv (DM)]: Okay. 03:38:09.698 --> 03:38:10.619 [Riv (DM)]: You don't get any pings. 03:38:10.639 --> 03:38:14.443 [Riv (DM)]: From the area that you do cover, you don't get any pings of an additional Moonstone. 03:38:16.786 --> 03:38:17.267 [Lacer (Kai)]: Alrighty. 03:38:17.907 --> 03:38:20.190 [Lacer (Kai)]: And then I fly back in collar tonight. 03:38:20.210 --> 03:38:20.470 [Riv (DM)]: Cool. 03:38:20.771 --> 03:38:21.672 [Lacer (Kai)]: No luck tonight. 03:38:22.473 --> 03:38:32.965 [Riv (DM)]: As the evening starts to wind down, um, Beric's sort of finishing his last drink sitting beside Lurie and he just kind of looks across at you and says, well, what's next for all of you guys? 03:38:33.565 --> 03:38:38.531 [Riv (DM)]: You're rapidly becoming the most valuable heroes of the realm from what it looks like. 03:38:41.514 --> 03:38:42.135 [Riv (DM)]: We've got planned. 03:38:52.223 --> 03:38:52.563 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: You know. 03:38:53.905 --> 03:38:55.127 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: People to save. 03:38:55.147 --> 03:38:58.432 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: Empires to top. 03:38:58.452 --> 03:38:59.593 [Deathmouse (Eryndor)]: Emperors to replace. 03:39:01.536 --> 03:39:02.497 [Riv (DM)]: Well, if anyone could do it. 03:39:03.959 --> 03:39:05.221 [Riv (DM)]: It's looking like it would be you guys. 03:39:09.067 --> 03:39:09.287 [Riv (DM)]: Um. 03:39:13.393 --> 03:39:13.593 [Riv (DM)]: Okay. 03:39:15.916 --> 03:39:16.797 [Riv (DM)]: Evening comes to a close. 03:39:16.857 --> 03:39:18.560 [Riv (DM)]: You will find your respective places to sleep. 03:39:20.603 --> 03:39:20.863 [Riv (DM)]: Um. 03:39:25.315 --> 03:39:26.276 [Riv (DM)]: Kai comes in a bit later. 03:39:28.198 --> 03:39:29.099 [Riv (DM)]: Back in his mouse form. 03:39:29.879 --> 03:39:34.844 [Riv (DM)]: And you all gather up. 03:39:34.864 --> 03:39:37.226 [Riv (DM)]: And evening comes to a close. 03:39:42.571 --> 03:39:42.872 [Riv (DM)]: All right. 03:39:43.692 --> 03:39:45.634 [Riv (DM)]: And I think we'll probably call it there for the session. 03:39:47.216 --> 03:39:50.018 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Thank God. 03:39:50.038 --> 03:39:51.119 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: I'm falling asleep. 03:39:51.139 --> 03:39:53.922 [Riv (DM)]: Crazy. 03:39:54.661 --> 03:39:57.908 [Riv (DM)]: Cool. 03:39:58.730 --> 03:39:58.990 [Riv (DM)]: Sweet. 03:39:59.010 --> 03:40:11.016 [Riv (DM)]: So I think we should talk a bit about what you're going to want to be doing as sort of the next arc that was 03:40:11.772 --> 03:40:14.656 [Riv (DM)]: Barrack asking you guys what your plans were but also the DM asking you. 03:40:16.038 --> 03:40:19.963 [Riv (DM)]: Didn't get much but that's alright. 03:40:20.043 --> 03:40:28.194 [Riv (DM)]: Why don't you guys have a think about what you want to do next and you can drop us a note on Discord or something so I can sort of start planning. 03:40:29.857 --> 03:40:31.078 [Vael (Berberis)]: Long term, I don't know. 03:40:31.479 --> 03:40:38.809 [Vael (Berberis)]: Short term, I want to go through the prisoners and find out as much as I can about these red priests. 03:40:40.325 --> 03:40:44.109 [Vael (Berberis)]: How long they were attached, who they were attached to, anyone who knew anything. 03:40:45.350 --> 03:40:55.321 [Vael (Berberis)]: And I would also, I imagine we would need to sort out what to do with the prisoners, but I imagine some of them will be sent back because keeping them all in the city is a shit ton of food and stuff like that. 03:40:55.341 --> 03:41:00.967 [Vael (Berberis)]: And when they do, I would like to send a message back with them to the Empress. 03:41:03.770 --> 03:41:09.336 [Vael (Berberis)]: Letting her know that there's red priests acting in her name, and if they are hers, 03:41:09.434 --> 03:41:16.526 [Vael (Berberis)]: Then she needs to be a bit careful, because there might be power there, but there's no power in an empire of ash and grave dust. 03:41:17.588 --> 03:41:20.573 [Vael (Berberis)]: And if they aren't hers, she needs to clean her fucking house. 03:41:23.378 --> 03:41:24.760 [Vael (Berberis)]: Alright, that sounds fun. 03:41:25.422 --> 03:41:27.225 [Vael (Berberis)]: That's once they get information out of the prisoners. 03:41:31.813 --> 03:41:31.893 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Yep. 03:41:31.913 --> 03:41:32.474 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Well, well, well. 03:41:32.714 --> 03:41:34.918 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: We are now the Gestapo of the Emperor. 03:41:37.025 --> 03:41:42.738 [Vael (Berberis)]: Just saying, like, if they're hers, then she's on a bad path, and if they aren't, then she needs to do some work. 03:41:47.528 --> 03:41:48.651 [Vael (Berberis)]: Cool. 03:41:48.671 --> 03:41:49.893 [Kiwi (Dondar)]: Better improve yourself, honey. 03:41:51.798 --> 03:41:51.958 [Riv (DM)]: Alright. 03:41:52.800 --> 03:41:53.722 [Riv (DM)]: Sweet, alright. 03:41:53.742 --> 03:41:55.185 [Riv (DM)]: I'll switch the screen off.