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- 0:00Dad's Dungeon Dudes Welcome back to another adventure around
- 0:10the Verdant Awakening
- 0:12SPEAKER_01: or through the Verdant Awakening campaign.
- 0:15SPEAKER_01: My name is Chris,
- 0:16I'm your DM for this adventure and as always we are a family
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- 0:42questions that you might have share one of your favorite
- 0:46moments or that sort of
- 0:47thing but today around the table we have Reuben playing Ebony
- 0:52Claw Shadow Tooth
- 0:54Teddy playing Thorns and Shadowscale Isaiah playing Sons and
- 0:58Log And you got to
- 1:01SPEAKER_03: play May and Gabriel Brightwyn All both faster
- 1:05Now,
- 1:05last time when we played,
- 1:09we had an incredibly intense encounter in the Jade Spires.
- 1:15SPEAKER_01: As our party had been travelling in to meet Silas or confront Silas,
- 1:21SPEAKER_01: Thornsley had a terrible accident.
- 1:25So the party ascended into the grand glass staircase and a
- 1:29jagged chandelier above
- 1:31SPEAKER_01: them discharged this petrifying trap beam straight at Saldren.
- 1:37But in an act of ultimate heroic sacrifice Thornsley tackled
- 1:41Saldren out of the way
- 1:43and he took the full blast on himself and he turned into a
- 1:46solid emerald statue.
- 1:49Now as Thornsley started freezing up he took some deliberate
- 1:55actions to imbue a
- 1:57SPEAKER_01: good berry with some of his personality and he gave it,
- 2:01he threw it to Ebony Claw and then the party continued up the
- 2:06staircase driven by
- 2:07grief and by anger and they confronted the alpha beast with the
- 2:12three of them.
- 2:14This was a massive glass stag,
- 2:17and inside the stag was a beating sapphire core.
- 2:20SPEAKER_01: So Gabriel used his crossbow.
- 2:22SPEAKER_01: Soldron cracked the core with a heat-seeking guiding bolt.
- 2:26Ebony claw shattered the whole heart completely in the end with
- 2:29a shatter spell.
- 2:30And so the beast was cured and he turned back from this glass
- 2:36perfect creature an
- 2:38organic one and grew back his fur Ebony Claw then fed up his
- 2:42magical good berry
- 2:43which we had termed the god berry and the burst of restorative
- 2:47magic ultimately
- 2:51SPEAKER_01: went into the stag and he recognized Thornsley's essence with ink
- 2:57And so the stag left from where they were fighting him back to
- 3:01Thornsley where
- 3:02Thornsley was standing as this jade crystal person and he
- 3:07ultimately melted the
- 3:08SPEAKER_01: jade and brought our favourite druid safely back to life.
- 3:13SPEAKER_01: Now Hugo,
- 3:14I know that last time at the end of our last session you
- 3:16mentioned that you were a
- 3:17little worried that Thornsley might have gone mad or drunk
- 3:21while being frozen.
- 3:23SPEAKER_01: Let's see how he's feeling as we jump back in.
- 3:28SPEAKER_02: First, would I be able to grab some of those sapphire hearts?
- 3:34SPEAKER_02: And is it worth anything?
- 3:36SPEAKER_01: You can have a look.
- 3:37SPEAKER_01: As you reach for the sapphire heart,
- 3:39there are a couple of shards that are really sharp and pointy
- 3:43and they won't hold
- 3:45SPEAKER_01: any value.
- 3:46SPEAKER_01: They are in fact starting to melt away into really a puddle of water.
- 3:50SPEAKER_01: But there is three or four pieces of its core that are still solid.
- 3:58SPEAKER_01: So you can pick those up.
- 3:59They're worth about 20 gold pieces each as raw gemstones that
- 4:07can be cut into
- 4:09SPEAKER_01: beautiful gems for rings or things like that.
- 4:12SPEAKER_02: Okay, I'm keeping them all.
- 4:13SPEAKER_02: How many is there?
- 4:16SPEAKER_01: There's four.
- 4:17SPEAKER_03: Can I eat that one?
- 4:19SPEAKER_03: Well, I'm like...
- 4:22Wow,
- 4:23wow,
- 4:24wow,
- 4:25wow Then I'm like,
- 4:27hey everybody,
- 4:28um,
- 4:28hi,
- 4:29can I bite something?
- 4:30SPEAKER_02: No, hey everybody, can I bite something?
- 4:38SPEAKER_02: I love you!
- 4:39SPEAKER_01: So, how do you feel slappy and I say, should I count it?
- 4:47SPEAKER_00: How do you respond?
- 4:53Hello So as Thornsley shakes himself awake a little bit you
- 4:59look around the
- 5:00greenhouse where you were fighting the stack and inside there
- 5:05was this beautiful
- 5:06SPEAKER_01: glass of jade and as you look at Alpha Beast has been destroyed
- 5:12SPEAKER_01: The freezing fog within this greenhouse starts lifting.
- 5:17SPEAKER_01: It's been replaced by a warm, almost golden kind of light.
- 5:22SPEAKER_01: And so the stag,
- 5:24SPEAKER_01: now the alpha stag,
- 5:25lets out a soft and a peaceful kind of deep rumble within
- 5:30himself and he nuzzles at
- 5:32your hands and then he steps back down heading into the forest
- 5:36that has started
- 5:37SPEAKER_01: healing within this giant glass house.
- 5:40SPEAKER_01: Now,
- 5:41SPEAKER_01: ahead of you,
- 5:42SPEAKER_01: past the shattered remnants of the glass staircase,
- 5:46SPEAKER_01: there is a set of massive,
- 5:48SPEAKER_01: see-through,
- 5:49SPEAKER_01: translucent double doors.
- 5:52SPEAKER_01: And they lead into the highest point of the central spire that you're in.
- 5:59Now,
- 6:00would you like to explore the room that you're in or anything
- 6:02like that?
- 6:03SPEAKER_03: Thornsley.
- 6:04SPEAKER_03: Well, I want to explore all the rooms that I'm in there.
- 6:11Roll an Investigation check for me please Investigation I'm not
- 6:17very good Can I
- 6:20SPEAKER_02: give him advantage if I'm,
- 6:22SPEAKER_02: because I want to be walking around for sick
- 6:26SPEAKER_01: Alright,
- 6:26SPEAKER_01: so with a six,
- 6:27you look around and you start seeing that all the bits of glass
- 6:32that had encased
- 6:33SPEAKER_01: all the plants within this room have started dripping away,
- 6:37SPEAKER_01: shattering,
- 6:38SPEAKER_01: and as they fall,
- 6:39SPEAKER_01: they kind of disintegrate.
- 6:41SPEAKER_01: So even with a six,
- 6:42SPEAKER_01: you recognize that these are,
- 6:44SPEAKER_01: in fact,
- 6:44SPEAKER_01: magical things that have been trying to preserve this forest,
- 6:48SPEAKER_01: and they're starting to disintegrate.
- 6:51SPEAKER_01: The source of the magic, however, seems to have disappeared.
- 6:54SPEAKER_01: Thorns of
- 6:55then would I be able to like say to everybody since the control
- 7:00crystal is still on
- 7:01me right no no that went to someone else so I think it went to
- 7:09from Soldren to
- 7:10SPEAKER_03: Reuben last time so Reuben or Ebonyclaw roll a D4 for me please okay
- 7:20So how this will work is Gabriel It was a d6 which divides into
- 7:283 but now since we
- 7:29have 4 players Alright so now it goes to Thornsley Thornsley
- 7:34you have the control
- 7:35crystal once again Well Would I be able to say to everybody Hey
- 7:40come over here help
- 7:41me push these doors open Hang on I thought you were still
- 7:45slacked silly No
- 7:49I know what you were doing while you were trapped inside the
- 7:51jade in your own
- 7:53personal hell being slapped silly by me going and me going yeah
- 7:59all right so as you
- 8:02push open the double doors you you enter into a place called
- 8:06the shattered atelier
- 8:08now atelier is is uh is just a fancy french word for like a
- 8:13artist factory or a or
- 8:15SPEAKER_01: a place where beautiful things are created
- 8:18So you step into this atelier and in front of you is really a
- 8:24truly breathtaking
- 8:26SPEAKER_01: and dizzying sight.
- 8:28SPEAKER_01: Your eyes can't quite make sense of what you see in front of you.
- 8:32Now it is a massive circular spherical dome that you're in
- 8:38that's made all of glass
- 8:39SPEAKER_01: and it's floating high above a model,
- 8:44SPEAKER_01: a scale model of the forest around you.
- 8:47SPEAKER_01: And so as you look at it,
- 8:48you realize that there is no solid floor from where you're
- 8:53standing as you've
- 8:54SPEAKER_01: entered this room to where Silas actually,
- 8:59SPEAKER_01: the glass shaper actually is.
- 9:01SPEAKER_01: You see him.
- 9:02there's no solid floor instead as you enter through these gates
- 9:06you are on what is
- 9:08effectively a little cliff edge and there's just a sheer drop
- 9:13of empty air beneath
- 9:14you between the doorway and the far side of the room now
- 9:18between you and where
- 9:20Silas is there are these giant concentric spinning rings now
- 9:25inside there are glass
- 9:27SPEAKER_01: and clockwork gears within these rings
- 9:30SPEAKER_01: And at the very centre of the room,
- 9:33floating inside an absolutely flawless glowing triangular prism
- 9:38of solid glass is
- 9:39SPEAKER_01: Silas the Glass Shaper.
- 9:41SPEAKER_01: Now his hands are busy moving around.
- 9:43SPEAKER_01: They're waving in all kinds of circles and threads.
- 9:46SPEAKER_01: You can hear his busy spellcasting.
- 9:49And as he moves his hand around,
- 9:52they look sort of like a conductor conducting an orchestra.
- 9:56And he's weaving these threads of cold,
- 9:58blinding light into the air as he does so.
- 10:02And as he looks at the four of you stepping through these glass
- 10:05double doors,
- 10:06SPEAKER_01: his eyes look at you and he says,
- 10:08SPEAKER_01: Chaos!
- 10:09SPEAKER_01: Imperfection!
- 10:11SPEAKER_01: You have ruined my forest, but you will not ruin my flawless world.
- 10:16SPEAKER_00: Yeah, we're up for initiative as well.
- 10:18SPEAKER_00: The four... We're up for initiative.
- 10:21SPEAKER_00: Maybe.
- 10:23SPEAKER_00: Well, maybe.
- 10:24SPEAKER_00: I should say...
- 10:26SPEAKER_00: You should unleash your grasp on this world at once.
- 10:30SPEAKER_00: I load my crossbow.
- 10:32SPEAKER_01: Alright, you go loads of... yeah, very good.
- 10:35SPEAKER_01: Closely.
- 10:36SPEAKER_03: I prepare... well, no, I do the ready action to...
- 10:45SPEAKER_03: I'm going to ready my poison spray.
- 10:49SPEAKER_01: Okay.
- 10:51SPEAKER_01: Have a new call.
- 10:52SPEAKER_02: Two questions.
- 10:53SPEAKER_02: Firstly, how wide across is the cliff?
- 10:56SPEAKER_01: So it is at least 100 feet from where you are standing to the central,
- 11:01SPEAKER_01: centre bit of this giant glass dome where Silas is.
- 11:05SPEAKER_01: There are these basically spinning rings.
- 11:09SPEAKER_01: One goes sort of up and down around the centre where Silas is.
- 11:14One is sort of diagonally tilted and the other one is spinning
- 11:18in a diagonal kind
- 11:20SPEAKER_01: of motion and the other one is spinning in a...
- 11:22SPEAKER_01: I guess you would say 180 degrees from that.
- 11:25SPEAKER_02: Okay,
- 11:25SPEAKER_02: since that's the case,
- 11:27I'm going to use the ready action to ready shatter and that
- 11:32looks like two balls of
- 11:35SPEAKER_02: energy just slowly forming in my hands.
- 11:39SPEAKER_01: Sure.
- 11:41SPEAKER_02: Lansley?
- 11:43SPEAKER_03: I'm going to go like the fight is on.
- 11:47SPEAKER_01: Okay.
- 11:50SPEAKER_01: So,
- 11:51SPEAKER_01: So that's where you find yourself,
- 11:53in the centre of all these spinning gears and rings is
- 11:59basically a pyramid,
- 11:59SPEAKER_01: a glass pyramid and Silas is inside So is Silas a human?
- 12:05SPEAKER_01: Silas is a human,
- 12:06SPEAKER_01: yep,
- 12:07and he's standing on the inside of this giant pyramid which is
- 12:12being surrounded by
- 12:13SPEAKER_00: all these rings shining So if I cast a guiding ball,
- 12:19SPEAKER_00: those rings could take the hit instead
- 12:22SPEAKER_01: Yes.
- 12:23SPEAKER_00: Would they disappear?
- 12:25SPEAKER_01: Don't know.
- 12:26SPEAKER_00: Are there any spots where you can get good at the rings?
- 12:29SPEAKER_01: So, roll... All of you roll a perception check.
- 12:36SPEAKER_03: I'm good with perception.
- 12:38SPEAKER_03: Plus five.
- 12:39SPEAKER_03: I am.
- 12:41SPEAKER_03: Am I bad with you?
- 12:42SPEAKER_02: 23.
- 12:44SPEAKER_01: Just a single roll, Ruben?
- 12:45SPEAKER_02: 12.
- 12:47SPEAKER_02: Let me see.
- 12:48SPEAKER_02: 22.
- 12:49SPEAKER_02: 12.
- 12:49SPEAKER_02: 18.
- 12:51SPEAKER_01: Okay, so 22, 23, 12 and 18.
- 12:56SPEAKER_01: Between the three of you who rolled higher than 12,
- 13:00SPEAKER_01: you have a look and you perceive,
- 13:01SPEAKER_01: you see,
- 13:02SPEAKER_01: that each of these rings is about 10 to 15 feet wide.
- 13:09SPEAKER_01: As you look at the rings, you notice that the outside one is spinning
- 13:15SPEAKER_01: slower than the other two.
- 13:17The middle one is spinning faster than the outside one and the
- 13:21inside one is
- 13:22SPEAKER_01: spinning the fastest of them all.
- 13:24Now inside the rings themselves you see all this kind of
- 13:29beautiful glass clockwork
- 13:31SPEAKER_01: and it's filled with all kinds of stained glass patterns.
- 13:33SPEAKER_01: There's triangles,
- 13:34SPEAKER_01: there's squares,
- 13:35there's hexagons and as you look at it you realize that this
- 13:39has a kind of magical
- 13:40SPEAKER_01: reason for being there.
- 13:42SPEAKER_01: Now the rings are constantly spinning and they're
- 13:45The rotation keeps changing So it's not constantly spinning in
- 13:50one way or the other
- 13:51way It keeps kind of changing as Silas is moving his hands to
- 13:55direct whatever he's
- 13:57SPEAKER_01: directing
- 13:59Now from high above you look up and you see that there is a
- 14:03giant crystal at the
- 14:05SPEAKER_01: very top of this sphere that acts as a kind of skylight.
- 14:09Raw sunlight is pouring into the room as being concentrated by
- 14:13this crystal poured
- 14:14SPEAKER_01: down into the space where Silas is working.
- 14:18SPEAKER_01: It may be some sort of energy collection device of some sort.
- 14:25SPEAKER_01: Um, well...
- 14:45SPEAKER_03: Could I be able to, um, car, uh, poison, wait, um, Firebolt on Silas?
- 14:56SPEAKER_01: You sure can.
- 14:56SPEAKER_03: Which range is 120 feet.
- 14:58SPEAKER_01: Yep, you can reach, that's fine, you can try that.
- 15:01SPEAKER_03: Natural 20 plus 5, 25.
- 15:03SPEAKER_01: Very good,
- 15:04SPEAKER_01: so your Firebolt,
- 15:06SPEAKER_01: uh,
- 15:06SPEAKER_01: races across and,
- 15:09SPEAKER_01: uh,
- 15:09SPEAKER_01: with your natural 20,
- 15:11SPEAKER_01: even as the rings spin,
- 15:14SPEAKER_01: By sheer luck or chance,
- 15:16the fireball from your firebolt itself passes through each ring
- 15:20and it just
- 15:21narrowly misses every time one of the rings is moving and so it
- 15:25sails straight
- 15:26SPEAKER_01: through the whole contraption and hits the central prism flat on.
- 15:35You notice a little bit of charring as it must have collected
- 15:39some dust through the
- 15:40SPEAKER_01: air or something where it hits the prism.
- 15:42But the prism itself is totally undamaged and does not seem to
- 15:46be affected at all.
- 15:47SPEAKER_02: Oh, I know what we have to do.
- 15:49SPEAKER_01: Soldier.
- 15:49SPEAKER_02: How far up is that crystal?
- 15:51SPEAKER_02: That's what I was going to say.
- 15:52SPEAKER_01: So the crystal is about 120 feet above.
- 15:56SPEAKER_02: I can reach that.
- 15:57SPEAKER_02: Go, Teddy, go.
- 15:59SPEAKER_02: Okay.
- 16:00SPEAKER_02: You two do it at the same time.
- 16:02SPEAKER_03: Would it be 120?
- 16:04SPEAKER_03: Would it be 120 feet from where we are?
- 16:07SPEAKER_01: We'll say you're within range.
- 16:09SPEAKER_03: Okay.
- 16:09SPEAKER_03: Okay, you can do it at the same time.
- 16:11SPEAKER_03: Soldier.
- 16:12SPEAKER_03: Level 1 got involved.
- 16:14SPEAKER_03: Alright.
- 16:16SPEAKER_03: You two,
- 16:17SPEAKER_03: I could shoot my crossbow,
- 16:18SPEAKER_03: then you hit the,
- 16:20SPEAKER_03: and that,
- 16:20SPEAKER_03: my,
- 16:21SPEAKER_03: I,
- 16:21SPEAKER_03: uh...
- 16:21SPEAKER_03: Yeah,
- 16:21SPEAKER_03: we,
- 16:22SPEAKER_03: um,
- 16:22SPEAKER_03: we get the light to wrap,
- 16:24SPEAKER_03: like,
- 16:24SPEAKER_03: um,
- 16:24SPEAKER_03: we get our bolts to,
- 16:26SPEAKER_03: um,
- 16:26SPEAKER_03: uh,
- 16:27SPEAKER_03: wrap around Hugo's thing,
- 16:28SPEAKER_03: and then it's like a supercharged arrow.
- 16:30SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
- 16:31SPEAKER_02: And I could add, and I could add shatter to it.
- 16:34SPEAKER_01: So, what I want you to do now is, uh, roll a, um,
- 16:39SPEAKER_01: I'm so good with performance
- 17:06SPEAKER_03: 7,
- 17:07SPEAKER_03: 9 7,
- 17:09SPEAKER_01: 9 and 16 Alright,
- 17:10SPEAKER_01: so you do actually waste your spells,
- 17:14SPEAKER_01: the 7 and the 9 So you need to mark them off Wait,
- 17:18SPEAKER_02: no,
- 17:19SPEAKER_02: 19,
- 17:19SPEAKER_02: 19 No
- 17:21SPEAKER_01: You need to mark them off as having cast that spell, Ruben.
- 17:26SPEAKER_02: Yeah, I'm going to shut up.
- 17:29And the 16 actually succeeds,
- 17:32and so it starts wrapping itself around the bolt that you go
- 17:36cast.
- 17:36SPEAKER_01: You go roll a bolt attack roll for me, please.
- 17:39SPEAKER_03: Crystal heavy, six.
- 17:42Okay,
- 17:42so with your six,
- 17:44surprisingly,
- 17:44you actually hit the giant prism thing in the sky.
- 17:49SPEAKER_01: And that's purely out of luck because it is so big.
- 17:52SPEAKER_01: You hit it square on and you can,
- 17:55SPEAKER_01: with the infused magic around it,
- 17:58SPEAKER_01: and it hits that and also no damage is done.
- 18:01And so you've spent a bunch of spells and a crossbow bolt and
- 18:06nothing has happened.
- 18:08SPEAKER_01: Soldiers.
- 18:10SPEAKER_00: I should just do my normal thing with, um...
- 18:15SPEAKER_01: Okay.
- 18:16SPEAKER_01: So roll a, uh, roll an Arcana check for me, please.
- 18:22SPEAKER_00: Oh, I'm good with Arcana.
- 18:24SPEAKER_00: Am I Arcana?
- 18:26SPEAKER_00: I've got plus seven.
- 18:28SPEAKER_00: Arcana, I've got plus one.
- 18:30SPEAKER_00: As low as possible for me.
- 18:32SPEAKER_01: Okay, so, uh, did you roll a one then?
- 18:35SPEAKER_00: Yes.
- 18:36SPEAKER_01: So with a 1,
- 18:37SPEAKER_01: you notice that you can,
- 18:40SPEAKER_01: these spinning rings are the key to getting to Silas,
- 18:45SPEAKER_01: but you can't figure out how that works.
- 18:48SPEAKER_01: Thornsley?
- 18:49SPEAKER_03: Well, would I be able to?
- 18:55SPEAKER_03: Well, maybe it's like that game.
- 19:02SPEAKER_03: What if?
- 19:03SPEAKER_03: You know how there were those like mirrors that are on like tracks?
- 19:07SPEAKER_03: Where do those tracks lead?
- 19:09SPEAKER_01: So they run around the outside of this room.
- 19:12So you can actually walk around the outside of the room and
- 19:16move these mirrors.
- 19:17They're kind of like on little tracks that run around the room
- 19:20and in the centre is the prison.
- 19:23SPEAKER_03: Well, would I be able to like
- 19:26Um do like something like you know those light games um like
- 19:32where you have to aim
- 19:33as a mirror um to like get the light to bounce off it in like a
- 19:38specific pattern
- 19:39SPEAKER_03: Roll an investigation check I have so much investigation Because you're
- 19:43investigating to see whether you can do this Seven can I have a
- 19:47roll a conclusion
- 19:48SPEAKER_03: someone?
- 19:49SPEAKER_03: No he can do calculate No that's calculate That's for an attack Soldier
- 19:56SPEAKER_00: Um, can I like do the same thing as me?
- 20:01SPEAKER_01: You can also roll an investigation check Eight
- 20:09So both of you have a look at these mirrors and you notice the
- 20:14tracks run the full
- 20:16length of the room so they can be moved in any direction around
- 20:19the room but you
- 20:20cannot see any light specifically actually being able to be
- 20:27shone onto the mirrors
- 20:29themselves and so the mirrors are obviously there to reflect
- 20:35light or reflect
- 20:36SPEAKER_01: something but they're not
- 20:38So the light from the central crystal up the top is being
- 20:47concentrated straight
- 20:49SPEAKER_03: into the prism and it seems like that is a way in which Silas is
- 21:02Getting Energy To Perform Whatever Thing He's Busy Doing Would
- 21:06I Be Able To Like
- 21:08SPEAKER_03: Like How Far Is The Track Like How Close Is The Track From Silas
- 21:14SPEAKER_01: So think of it this way,
- 21:17SPEAKER_01: big circle in the centre of the circle which is about,
- 21:23SPEAKER_01: what did we say,
- 21:23SPEAKER_01: 120 feet?
- 21:24SPEAKER_01: 100 feet or so.
- 21:26SPEAKER_01: In the centre is where Silas is.
- 21:28SPEAKER_01: The track runs all the way in a big circle all the way around.
- 21:31So at any one point along the outside you're about 100 feet
- 21:35away from the mirrors
- 21:38SPEAKER_01: are about 100 feet away.
- 21:39SPEAKER_03: Would I be able to do my famous wild shape?
- 21:46SPEAKER_01: And?
- 21:47And turn into the swarm of crows Ravens You can do that Now
- 21:55remember these big
- 21:56rings are spinning in all kinds of directions So just take that
- 22:00into account So as
- 22:02you start thinking about what you want to do we'll go to Ebony
- 22:05Court Does anybody
- 22:08SPEAKER_02: have a spell that summons clouds?
- 22:12SPEAKER_03: I have Dusk of Wind I have Disguise Self
- 22:17SPEAKER_02: I need something that makes a cloud because I have an idea.
- 22:24SPEAKER_02: I could disguise myself as a cloud.
- 22:26SPEAKER_00: Can I do two things?
- 22:31SPEAKER_00: One, can I do one thing?
- 22:33SPEAKER_00: Can I please use detect magic?
- 22:41SPEAKER_01: Sure, you can cast Detect Magic.
- 22:43SPEAKER_01: How do you want to cast it?
- 22:44SPEAKER_01: As a spell or as a ritual?
- 22:46SPEAKER_00: Ritual.
- 22:47SPEAKER_01: Alright, so you sit down and you start casting Detect Magic.
- 22:52SPEAKER_01: Now what does that look like?
- 22:53SPEAKER_01: Describe that for us.
- 22:55SPEAKER_00: Oh yeah,
- 22:57SPEAKER_00: it was like putting two fingers up to my head and going...
- 23:05SPEAKER_01: Yeah,
- 23:06SPEAKER_01: so as you do that,
- 23:08SPEAKER_01: Thorsley,
- 23:08SPEAKER_01: are you going to...
- 23:10SPEAKER_01: Take a wild shape or no?
- 23:13SPEAKER_03: Uh, well, um, I might not.
- 23:18SPEAKER_01: Alright,
- 23:19so as you all consider and you wait now for Soldrons Detect
- 23:22Magic to finish,
- 23:24SPEAKER_01: the magic itself finishes and this is what you get.
- 23:27SPEAKER_01: Can you roll an Arcana check for me, uh, please?
- 23:31SPEAKER_00: Another Arcana check.
- 23:32SPEAKER_00: Oh, Arcana isn't.
- 23:37SPEAKER_00: 13.
- 23:37SPEAKER_01: Okay, so that's enough.
- 23:39SPEAKER_01: So what you realise is that indeed it is as you suspected.
- 23:43The light that is being collected from that central crystal is
- 23:46being funnelled by
- 23:47SPEAKER_01: Silas to perform some sort of magic.
- 23:51From your 13 and from your...
- 23:55roll a history check for me as well,
- 23:57please.
- 23:57SPEAKER_00: History.
- 23:58SPEAKER_00: History.
- 24:00SPEAKER_00: History.
- 24:00SPEAKER_00: I've got plus 4.
- 24:01SPEAKER_00: 8.
- 24:03SPEAKER_01: Okay,
- 24:03SPEAKER_01: so even with an eight,
- 24:04you remember reading about a specific ritual that takes a
- 24:11couple of hours to
- 24:11SPEAKER_01: complete,
- 24:13SPEAKER_01: or at least the final part of which takes a couple of hours to complete.
- 24:17SPEAKER_01: The whole ritual itself takes a full year.
- 24:21SPEAKER_01: But what you are seeing before you with your Detect Magic,
- 24:25SPEAKER_01: your 13 on Arcana and your 8 on History,
- 24:28you are seeing the final chapters or the final moments of this
- 24:32ritual coming to
- 24:34SPEAKER_01: fruition.
- 24:35What this ritual will do is it will permanently freeze this
- 24:40entire world into the
- 24:43SPEAKER_01: glass shape that Silas has been trying to make it into so that the world,
- 24:49SPEAKER_01: according to him at least,
- 24:51SPEAKER_01: can be perfect.
- 24:52Now this ritual requires an enormous amount of energy and that
- 24:56is why it is being
- 24:58collected basically from the sun at this point concentrated and
- 25:02into this central
- 25:03SPEAKER_01: prism that he is in.
- 25:05SPEAKER_00: Will it include turning everything into us?
- 25:07SPEAKER_00: Will that include us?
- 25:10SPEAKER_01: If you are still here,
- 25:12SPEAKER_01: when that happens,
- 25:13SPEAKER_01: that will include you and every other living being,
- 25:17SPEAKER_01: including Lyra,
- 25:18SPEAKER_01: who you met in the forest a few episodes ago.
- 25:24SPEAKER_01: So that's what you get with the knowledge, Ebony Court.
- 25:28I'm gonna sing a song and it's gonna be Chicken Nugget
- 25:31Meatballs Yeah I'm having
- 25:34Chicken Nugget Meatballs for dinner Chicken Nugget Meatballs
- 25:40And the purpose for
- 25:41SPEAKER_01: singing that song is what?
- 25:42Tearing everyone out Okay and so for the,
- 25:46can you roll a performance check for me please?
- 25:49SPEAKER_03: Plus 7 Performance 18
- 25:55Okay,
- 25:55so with your 18 and that performance,
- 25:57your party's spirits and morale is boosted.
- 26:02SPEAKER_01: And so for the next one minute, they will have advantage on all rolls.
- 26:08SPEAKER_01: Soldier.
- 26:09SPEAKER_00: That is very helpful.
- 26:11SPEAKER_00: Because I was going to shout at Silas, why are you doing this?
- 26:17SPEAKER_00: What is your cause?
- 26:19SPEAKER_00: And I'm going to use intimidation.
- 26:21SPEAKER_01: Okay, so roll an intimidation check for me.
- 26:23SPEAKER_02: Well, advantage.
- 26:25SPEAKER_02: Yes Wait,
- 26:27SPEAKER_02: does anybody here have...
- 26:29SPEAKER_02: That's a 20 plus 2 Okay,
- 26:31so Silas in the middle of this ritual of his he looks towards
- 26:36you and he sees this
- 26:37cleric of knowledge and logic and even as you ask him that
- 26:42question he's visibly
- 26:45shaken by the power in your words and so the immediate the
- 26:51little bit of the ritual
- 26:53SPEAKER_01: he's been up to
- 26:54SPEAKER_01: Kind of resets and you notice that as he's being intimidated by you,
- 27:00all the rings that have been moving kind of grind to a halt for
- 27:04a moment and then
- 27:05SPEAKER_01: restart up again as he continues.
- 27:09SPEAKER_01: Thornsby?
- 27:11SPEAKER_03: Well, would I be able to like move the...
- 27:20Would I be able to move the mirrors and stuff to see if there's
- 27:24a good angle for anything?
- 27:26SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I'll let you just do that.
- 27:29SPEAKER_01: So as you walk around,
- 27:30you grab one of the mirrors and you notice that it can move the
- 27:33full length of the
- 27:34SPEAKER_01: circle that is around the central prison.
- 27:38SPEAKER_01: So they're on these kind of little tracks with,
- 27:40SPEAKER_01: I guess you'd say,
- 27:40SPEAKER_01: ball bearings and they can move the whole length.
- 27:44SPEAKER_01: Anywhere that you move it to does it actually do anything though.
- 27:49SPEAKER_03: Um, well, would I be a...
- 27:51SPEAKER_03: Wait, is there a way I could pry the mirror off the, um, thing?
- 27:56SPEAKER_01: Uh, you can do that.
- 27:57SPEAKER_01: Roll a strength check for me.
- 27:58SPEAKER_03: We'll just use a crowbar.
- 28:01SPEAKER_03: Oh yeah, I have a crowbar.
- 28:02SPEAKER_01: Alright, with advantage.
- 28:04SPEAKER_03: But I already have advantage.
- 28:06SPEAKER_01: Then you still just have advantage?
- 28:09SPEAKER_03: Just have double advantage.
- 28:10SPEAKER_01: You can't have double advantage.
- 28:12SPEAKER_03: No, you roll four times.
- 28:14SPEAKER_03: Thirteen.
- 28:15SPEAKER_01: Okay,
- 28:15SPEAKER_01: so yeah,
- 28:16you jam your crowbar into the little hinges that attach it and
- 28:20it rips off and you
- 28:21SPEAKER_01: now have a mirror in your possession.
- 28:24SPEAKER_01: Go back to Soldier.
- 28:26SPEAKER_00: Well, is Silas going to answer me?
- 28:30SPEAKER_01: So Silas doesn't answer you.
- 28:31SPEAKER_01: He...
- 28:33After being paused and frightened by you for a moment he picks
- 28:37up his ritual where
- 28:40he stopped it or restarts that last bit you can see the
- 28:43frustration in his face
- 28:44because this is clearly the moment that he's been waiting for
- 28:47and working towards
- 28:48for quite some time but he isn't yet like he seems very safe
- 28:54and secure within his
- 28:55prison and so he doesn't seem to really care even though he did
- 28:59get frightened by
- 29:00SPEAKER_01: you he just picks up again and keeps going
- 29:03SPEAKER_01: Ebony Paul Um,
- 29:04SPEAKER_02: two things Firstly,
- 29:07SPEAKER_02: actually no,
- 29:08SPEAKER_02: one thing Um,
- 29:10SPEAKER_02: can I cast vicious mockery on him?
- 29:12SPEAKER_00: The range is 60 feet Oh wait, no No Hang on Um, can I try that again?
- 29:22SPEAKER_00: But, like, shooting fire?
- 29:24Uh,
- 29:26so you've already learnt that the fire does not affect the
- 29:29prism Well,
- 29:29like
- 29:31Shoot fire out of your hands and like be like be scary I mean
- 29:38you can roll a second
- 29:39intimidation check which will be your last one get a but I'm
- 29:45also shooting fire out
- 29:46SPEAKER_00: of
- 29:47SPEAKER_01: Yeah, sure.
- 29:47SPEAKER_01: And so with the 17, again, he's a little bit shaken.
- 29:50SPEAKER_01: The wheels of the rings kind of grind a little bit.
- 29:54SPEAKER_01: They just slow down this time.
- 29:56SPEAKER_01: They don't actually come to a full stop.
- 29:58SPEAKER_01: And even though Silas is intimidated,
- 30:00SPEAKER_01: he nevertheless continues through it and continues his ritual.
- 30:05SPEAKER_01: And it seems to have no further effect on him.
- 30:07SPEAKER_03: What was it?
- 30:08SPEAKER_03: Well...
- 30:11SPEAKER_03: If Ruben could sing his song again,
- 30:13SPEAKER_03: would I be able to,
- 30:15SPEAKER_03: on the tracks,
- 30:16SPEAKER_03: like I'm just going to put down my mirror,
- 30:18SPEAKER_03: but on the tracks,
- 30:19SPEAKER_03: I'm going to cast Thunderclap a bunch of times,
- 30:23SPEAKER_03: and I'm going to be singing my song.
- 30:25SPEAKER_03: I can use the Court of Courage.
- 30:28SPEAKER_01: Okay, so what does the Court of Courage do?
- 30:31SPEAKER_03: It heals people.
- 30:33SPEAKER_03: How do you know that?
- 30:37SPEAKER_01: The Chord of Courage is this.
- 30:39SPEAKER_01: Once per day, once per day, you can strain this Chord as a bonus action.
- 30:45An ally of your choice gains temporary hit points,
- 30:491d4 plus Charisma and 1d5.
- 30:51SPEAKER_01: That's basically it.
- 30:53Okay,
- 30:53then I'm going to be singing my song and Teddy,
- 30:59what were you going to be doing?
- 31:00SPEAKER_02: Sunderclap.
- 31:02Okay Chicken Nugget Meatballs I'm having Chicken Nugget
- 31:06Meatballs for dinner
- 31:08Chicken Nugget Meat Meatballs It spells thunderous sound can be
- 31:12heard up a thousand
- 31:14SPEAKER_03: feet away
- 31:18SPEAKER_01: Yeah, so as you do so, the things in this room kind of reverberate.
- 31:23Your thunderclap acts almost like the drum beat to this song of
- 31:28Ebony Claws.
- 31:29SPEAKER_01: And as that happens, you notice that the rings themselves
- 31:33SPEAKER_01: have joints.
- 31:34They must be attached somewhere in order for them to be
- 31:38spinning in this kind of
- 31:39SPEAKER_01: circular pattern.
- 31:42If somehow you can stop a ring,
- 31:46you will be able to build a walkway to the prism where Silas
- 31:50is.
- 31:51SPEAKER_01: But you need to figure out a way to stop the rings to be able to do that.
- 31:59SPEAKER_00: Solvin.
- 31:59SPEAKER_00: Can I also please show you how full
- 32:03And also,
- 32:05as Ribbon is singing his first song,
- 32:07I'm just dancing around,
- 32:09I quit fighting.
- 32:10SPEAKER_01: Sure.
- 32:11SPEAKER_01: Paws me.
- 32:12Would I be able to maybe poison spray,
- 32:19would I be able to poison spray the gears itself?
- 32:25SPEAKER_01: You can do that, yep, sure.
- 32:27SPEAKER_01: And so, roll an attack roll on that from you.
- 32:30SPEAKER_03: Nine.
- 32:32SPEAKER_03: Who's advantage?
- 32:33I forgot advantage You've got advantage and your advantage is
- 32:36about to run out but
- 32:37SPEAKER_01: that's fine you can roll it still this time Yeah I'm gonna roll again 13
- 32:44So you poison spray right at the connection point of where this
- 32:48outer ring is and
- 32:51so as it turns out the DC for that particular ring was 13 and
- 32:58so as you do so the
- 32:59SPEAKER_01: gears of that ring
- 33:03Grind to a halt and they kind of rust in place and as they rust
- 33:08in place that ring
- 33:10as it comes around settles on a perfectly flat surface and so
- 33:13now you've got one of
- 33:15the rings completely stationary the outside one you notice as
- 33:19you do that You take
- 33:21a tentative step onto the ring and you realize it's quite
- 33:25secure you can actually
- 33:26SPEAKER_01: stand or walk on it without any
- 33:29And as you do so,
- 33:31you can see the beautiful intricate patterns within the ring
- 33:34itself.
- 33:35SPEAKER_03: Can I try on the second one?
- 33:37SPEAKER_03: Wait, I want to try.
- 33:39SPEAKER_02: Would a constitution save?
- 33:42SPEAKER_02: No.
- 33:44SPEAKER_01: No, because you're not trying to save against something.
- 33:47SPEAKER_01: So that's what happens as you do that.
- 33:49SPEAKER_01: So now you've got a choice.
- 33:51You can either stay on the edge where you are or you can step
- 33:54onto this ring as a pattern.
- 33:58I am stepping on then how many feet away will I be once I step
- 34:04on so you step onto
- 34:06so now there's the the ring itself comes to a halt and so
- 34:11whatever the math is
- 34:12about 30 let's say it's 30 feet wide I think I said before it's
- 34:1610 but let's call
- 34:17SPEAKER_01: them 30 feet wide and so as you step onto
- 34:19So as you do so I need you to do something for me and that is
- 34:23to roll for initiative
- 34:43SPEAKER_01: We're going into initiative order here.
- 34:45SPEAKER_03: Finally!
- 34:46SPEAKER_03: Twelve.
- 34:46SPEAKER_03: Twenty!
- 34:47SPEAKER_03: Not natural.
- 34:47SPEAKER_03: What do I get?
- 34:48SPEAKER_03: I get a... Twenty-three.
- 34:51SPEAKER_03: Twelve.
- 34:54SPEAKER_01: Twenty-three, twenty, twelve and?
- 34:57SPEAKER_02: Uh, let me see.
- 34:58SPEAKER_02: No, thirteen.
- 34:59SPEAKER_02: Yeah, thirteen.
- 35:01SPEAKER_02: Seven.
- 35:02SPEAKER_03: No, three.
- 35:02SPEAKER_03: No, it was this originally.
- 35:04SPEAKER_03: We rolled it three times and we got a 14 the first time.
- 35:08SPEAKER_01: So then that's what it will be, Ruben.
- 35:10SPEAKER_01: We don't cheat in this game.
- 35:12Cheating is not fun for anybody It ruins the game for everyone
- 35:20else So 23 was
- 35:22SPEAKER_01: Gabriel And then we had 20 for Thornsley 13 for me And 14 for...
- 35:31SPEAKER_01: Okay, so then it's Ebonyclaw and then You shall go last for Saldren
- 35:39SPEAKER_01: Alright, so now I need to explain a few things.
- 35:42What is happening is that you are not actually in a battle but
- 35:47it makes sense to do
- 35:48this in initiative order because things now will start
- 35:54happening that you need to
- 35:56SPEAKER_01: think about and deflect and those sorts of things.
- 36:00SPEAKER_03: But can I do the thing I wanted?
- 36:01SPEAKER_01: No.
- 36:02SPEAKER_01: So as you have now stepped onto the central ring
- 36:07SPEAKER_01: As soon as you align that ring and you step onto it,
- 36:10SPEAKER_01: all of a sudden,
- 36:12SPEAKER_01: from the crystal in the roof,
- 36:15SPEAKER_01: it emits a sharp beam.
- 36:18SPEAKER_01: Now, I'd like for you to roll.
- 36:21You've got the control crystal,
- 36:23so I want you to roll a D4 for me,
- 36:25please.
- 36:26SPEAKER_03: A D4?
- 36:27SPEAKER_01: Yeah, four-sided.
- 36:28SPEAKER_00: Someone's going to get hit again.
- 36:31SPEAKER_03: Wait, do I need advantage on it?
- 36:33SPEAKER_03: No, it's just a D.
- 36:35SPEAKER_01: Okay, so two.
- 36:37SPEAKER_01: So this is,
- 36:38SPEAKER_01: uh,
- 36:38so the light that starts shooting from that is bright blue and
- 36:44it's targeting the
- 36:45SPEAKER_01: walkway.
- 36:46So as it hits,
- 36:48I need you all to roll a constitution saving throw for me one
- 36:50at a time.
- 36:51SPEAKER_01: We'll start with Gabriel.
- 36:53SPEAKER_03: Am I good at it?
- 36:55SPEAKER_03: Um, I have place to, I guess I am.
- 36:58SPEAKER_03: Five.
- 36:58SPEAKER_01: Okay.
- 37:00SPEAKER_01: Uh, then Thornsley.
- 37:02SPEAKER_03: Wait, no, we have advantage.
- 37:04SPEAKER_03: Oh no, it has to one minute being over.
- 37:05SPEAKER_01: One minute's over, advantage is gone.
- 37:07SPEAKER_03: Okay, eight.
- 37:08SPEAKER_01: Yep, then we'll go to Ebony Claw.
- 37:11SPEAKER_02: Let me see, I almost rolled charisma.
- 37:16SPEAKER_02: Eleven.
- 37:18SPEAKER_01: And lastly, Soldron.
- 37:22SPEAKER_00: 11 as well.
- 37:23SPEAKER_01: Okay,
- 37:23so all of you have failed and so what happens is that this blue
- 37:28light has hit the
- 37:30SPEAKER_01: ring that you're on and it's created an ice surface basically.
- 37:35SPEAKER_01: So you now take,
- 37:38basically the floor underneath you is frozen and so with your
- 37:42failed save you have
- 37:43SPEAKER_01: fallen,
- 37:44SPEAKER_01: you've slipped and fallen and each of you take one damage,
- 37:48SPEAKER_01: one cold damage as a result.
- 37:51SPEAKER_03: Is it dry ice?
- 37:54SPEAKER_03: No,
- 37:55SPEAKER_01: it's wet ice So as a result of that,
- 37:59SPEAKER_01: you are now prone So what is going to happen now is that Silas is,
- 38:06SPEAKER_01: during his ritual,
- 38:08SPEAKER_01: it is starting to pulse this white mixed with green light
- 38:14and each time one of these rings of light that's part of his
- 38:19ritual happens it will
- 38:21shoot out effectively the magic that is going to freeze this
- 38:27whole world but you're
- 38:28being affected with it as well at the same time and so it is
- 38:33now Silas's turn and
- 38:35so now I need for you all to roll a constitution saving throw
- 38:40we'll start with
- 38:42SPEAKER_01: Gabriel again I'm not going to do things
- 38:44SPEAKER_01: Yeah,
- 38:44so I'm assuming that you're going to spend your next action to
- 38:48get back up so as to
- 38:50SPEAKER_01: do your next thing.
- 38:50SPEAKER_03: Wait, do you need half the amount of money?
- 38:53SPEAKER_03: Non-natural 20!
- 38:54SPEAKER_01: Okay, so you've got 20.
- 38:56SPEAKER_03: I've got to use my reaction.
- 38:58SPEAKER_03: 14.
- 39:00SPEAKER_01: Yep.
- 39:01SPEAKER_01: Teddy, what reaction?
- 39:03SPEAKER_01: What for?
- 39:04SPEAKER_03: I remember I readied my fireball.
- 39:08SPEAKER_01: That doesn't do anything to the magic of this ritual.
- 39:12SPEAKER_03: No, but I can use it as my reaction to fire it.
- 39:17SPEAKER_01: At what?
- 39:18SPEAKER_03: At the gear.
- 39:20SPEAKER_03: But my constitution was 18.
- 39:22SPEAKER_01: Reuben, Ebony Claw?
- 39:24SPEAKER_03: Okay, con save.
- 39:26SPEAKER_02: 15.
- 39:29SPEAKER_01: Okay,
- 39:30SPEAKER_01: so all of you actually saved this time and you take on this ring,
- 39:33SPEAKER_01: you take no damage this turn around.
- 39:36SPEAKER_01: So now we are up to Gabriel who's first in the initiative order.
- 39:40SPEAKER_00: Are we still pro?
- 39:42SPEAKER_01: No,
- 39:42I'm assuming that you've stood up and we'll just assume you've
- 39:47done that because
- 39:49SPEAKER_01: movement doesn't really matter in this encounter.
- 39:52SPEAKER_01: So now it's Gabriel's turn.
- 39:53SPEAKER_01: So now what do you want to do?
- 39:55SPEAKER_03: Can I poison spray it?
- 39:58SPEAKER_01: You can poison spray.
- 39:59So what you need to do is to move to where the particular gears
- 40:04are of this inner ring.
- 40:05SPEAKER_01: Now because this ring is moving a whole lot faster than the first one,
- 40:09SPEAKER_01: the DC is going to be higher.
- 40:14SPEAKER_02: Is it a lot higher or?
- 40:15SPEAKER_02: 22!
- 40:19So what happens now is with your 22 your poison spray exactly
- 40:24the same as before
- 40:26you succeed you hit the gears exactly where they are connected
- 40:30and so that as you
- 40:31do that though the you hear this really high-pitched kind of
- 40:36screeching sound of
- 40:37SPEAKER_01: metal on metal and the
- 40:41the the ring does come to settle down and is almost flat but
- 40:47it's slightly ajar so
- 40:48you now have difficult terrain on the next one because gravity
- 40:52is just pulling you
- 40:53SPEAKER_01: down so as you walk on the next
- 40:57SPEAKER_01: across the next ring,
- 40:59SPEAKER_01: you will need to,
- 41:00SPEAKER_01: you only have half the movement,
- 41:02SPEAKER_01: the distance you've got,
- 41:04and so you'll have to spend at least two turns on the next ring
- 41:07in order to move
- 41:08SPEAKER_01: forward because of its difficult to run.
- 41:11SPEAKER_01: Remember it is 30 feet across.
- 41:14SPEAKER_03: So you have to use 60 feet of movement.
- 41:17SPEAKER_01: So you'd have to use 60 feet of movement,
- 41:19SPEAKER_01: which means that you will have to be at least double,
- 41:22SPEAKER_01: yeah,
- 41:23SPEAKER_01: two things,
- 41:23SPEAKER_01: solve the question.
- 41:25Top question but um wait oh it's not my go it's not quite your
- 41:32go yet no it is
- 41:33Thornsley next so the gears have stopped you're all still
- 41:36standing on the same on
- 41:38the outside ring but now the gears have stopped for the middle
- 41:42ring and you can
- 41:42step onto it if you so choose Thornsley um well first as my
- 41:49reaction for my turn
- 41:51SPEAKER_03: would I be able to use the firebolt that I readied on what
- 41:55SPEAKER_03: On the gear.
- 41:56SPEAKER_01: Which gear?
- 41:58SPEAKER_03: The inside.
- 41:58SPEAKER_03: The closest gear to me.
- 42:02SPEAKER_03: The spinning.
- 42:03SPEAKER_01: Oh, of the inner ring?
- 42:05SPEAKER_01: Yes.
- 42:05SPEAKER_01: What's your distance?
- 42:07SPEAKER_03: 120 feet.
- 42:07SPEAKER_01: Okay, so that's fine.
- 42:09SPEAKER_01: You can do that as a reaction.
- 42:11SPEAKER_01: So roll an attack roll for me.
- 42:16SPEAKER_03: 12.
- 42:16SPEAKER_03: I'm going to fail.
- 42:18SPEAKER_01: So, yes you do.
- 42:19SPEAKER_01: So what happens is that this bolt of fire shoots out from
- 42:23Your Spell Focus And it actually does hit the gear But because
- 42:28these are metal
- 42:29things That doesn't really matter And with a 12 it does no
- 42:33damage Doesn't do
- 42:34anything It just gets slightly warm for a moment And then you
- 42:37are in an ice world
- 42:38SPEAKER_03: And so it doesn't really seem to do anything What do you mean by damage?
- 42:44So that was your reaction You still have an action and some
- 42:47movement speed
- 42:48SPEAKER_03: Well,
- 42:49would I be able to travel 40 feet using all my movement to get
- 42:55as close to Silas as
- 42:56SPEAKER_03: I can?
- 42:56SPEAKER_03: Sure.
- 42:58SPEAKER_01: Yep, you can do that.
- 42:59SPEAKER_01: And I think that's fine.
- 43:01SPEAKER_01: So you're about halfway through the second ring.
- 43:04SPEAKER_03: How far away is Silas?
- 43:09SPEAKER_01: So Silas would now be, well, what is, 45 feet away.
- 43:14SPEAKER_01: Maybe 50 feet away from where you are.
- 43:17SPEAKER_01: Or at least his prism, the giant pyramid that he's in.
- 43:21SPEAKER_03: Okay.
- 43:23SPEAKER_03: Well then, what did you say again?
- 43:27SPEAKER_03: 30 feet?
- 43:29SPEAKER_03: No, 45.
- 43:30SPEAKER_03: About 45 feet.
- 43:31SPEAKER_03: Okay.
- 43:33SPEAKER_03: Well, would I be able to manifest my flame blade?
- 43:39SPEAKER_01: What does that do?
- 43:40SPEAKER_03: Um,
- 43:41SPEAKER_03: it's a second level spell,
- 43:42SPEAKER_03: um,
- 43:43SPEAKER_03: basically,
- 43:43SPEAKER_03: um,
- 43:44SPEAKER_03: it makes this blade of fire,
- 43:46SPEAKER_03: um,
- 43:47SPEAKER_03: which,
- 43:48SPEAKER_03: um,
- 43:49SPEAKER_03: like,
- 43:50SPEAKER_03: it does some damage,
- 43:51SPEAKER_03: um,
- 43:51SPEAKER_03: and I can throw,
- 43:52SPEAKER_03: wait,
- 43:53SPEAKER_03: can I throw it?
- 43:56SPEAKER_03: Uh,
- 43:57SPEAKER_03: no,
- 43:58SPEAKER_03: I don't think I can throw it,
- 43:59SPEAKER_03: but,
- 43:59SPEAKER_03: um,
- 44:02SPEAKER_03: uh,
- 44:03SPEAKER_03: but,
- 44:03SPEAKER_03: yeah,
- 44:03SPEAKER_03: it makes this,
- 44:04SPEAKER_03: like,
- 44:05SPEAKER_03: oh,
- 44:05SPEAKER_03: no,
- 44:05SPEAKER_03: I'm not gonna do that,
- 44:06SPEAKER_03: because if it goes out of my hand,
- 44:08SPEAKER_03: it actually disappears.
- 44:09SPEAKER_01: Okay, so what do you want to do?
- 44:12SPEAKER_03: Maybe I should cast a poison spray And what's the range of poison spray?
- 44:21SPEAKER_03: Remind me The range of poison spray Oh no,
- 44:26SPEAKER_03: 30 feet Then I might do another firebolt actually Okay,
- 44:33SPEAKER_01: sure And your attack for that is?
- 44:37SPEAKER_03: I'm not going to hit
- 44:39SPEAKER_01: What is it?
- 44:39SPEAKER_03: Seven Yeah,
- 44:41so that actually as you send that bolt out it's just at exactly
- 44:46a moment that a
- 44:48Freak gust of cold wind from this ice land passes by and the
- 44:52actual fire just
- 44:54SPEAKER_01: disappears even as it travels
- 44:56Alright so now we're up to Ebony Claw Now before Ebony Claw
- 45:00goes something happens
- 45:02though Since you are now at least one of you is on the central
- 45:07ring or the middle
- 45:08SPEAKER_01: ring I need you Thornsley to roll for me a D4 Yep D4 D4 I really hope one
- 45:25And then I need you to roll another D4 Oh another D4 The two
- 45:29effects One and the
- 45:32two Okay so by freak accident the lights that come or the two I
- 45:40guess lasers that
- 45:41get shot from the central crystal the one is a fire one which
- 45:48is the number one
- 45:50and the second one is bright blue which is the cold one and
- 45:53they coalesce together
- 45:55as they come down the fire and the ice and so steam issues four
- 46:03and surrounds the
- 46:04central ring so you are and anyone who steps onto the central
- 46:08ring now has the
- 46:10blinded condition oh come on does that make you have
- 46:13disadvantage on attack rolls
- 46:15SPEAKER_01: disadvantage on attack rolls and all the other things that blindness does
- 46:20SPEAKER_02: Okay, now it's my turn.
- 46:22SPEAKER_01: So now it's up to Ebony Claw.
- 46:24SPEAKER_02: I am blinded.
- 46:24SPEAKER_01: So this is steam.
- 46:26SPEAKER_01: So something like wind or something would actually blow it away.
- 46:31SPEAKER_02: Firstly,
- 46:32SPEAKER_02: I'm going to,
- 46:33SPEAKER_02: um,
- 46:34SPEAKER_02: would use it in my Misty Step that's not a spell count as a magic action.
- 46:43SPEAKER_01: It's a bonus action, I think, is it not?
- 46:46SPEAKER_02: Uh, yeah, I think it is.
- 46:47SPEAKER_01: Yep, so you can use that as your bonus option.
- 46:49SPEAKER_02: I'm going to step across then teleport using my Misty Step.
- 46:55SPEAKER_01: Onto where?
- 46:56SPEAKER_02: Um, at 30 feet across the, um, blinded condition area.
- 47:03SPEAKER_01: So that would take you right to the very edge of the second ring.
- 47:07SPEAKER_01: However, the rule for Misty Step is you must be able to see it.
- 47:11SPEAKER_02: Oh, yeah.
- 47:14SPEAKER_02: So...
- 47:15Because otherwise you might materialise halfway inside the ring
- 47:19and effectively die.
- 47:21SPEAKER_01: So that's the problem.
- 47:24SPEAKER_02: Okay, so then I just wasted it before you used it.
- 47:29SPEAKER_02: That's okay.
- 47:30SPEAKER_02: It's alright.
- 47:30SPEAKER_01: You didn't actually, we're just talking about it.
- 47:32SPEAKER_01: That's fine.
- 47:33SPEAKER_02: Okay.
- 47:33SPEAKER_01: Come up with a new solution.
- 47:35SPEAKER_02: Then I'm going to step across.
- 47:38SPEAKER_02: How many feet would that take away?
- 47:40SPEAKER_01: About 10.
- 47:41SPEAKER_02: Okay, then I'm going to walk 10 feet because of the difficult terrain.
- 47:45SPEAKER_01: So you are walking into the mist, the steam basically.
- 47:49SPEAKER_02: Yes.
- 47:50SPEAKER_01: That's fine.
- 47:51And then I'm going to cast Cloud of Daggers on the final ring
- 47:54and it always hits.
- 47:56SPEAKER_01: Onto the gear.
- 47:56The Cloud of Daggers also requires you to be able to see,
- 48:01I think,
- 48:01does it not?
- 48:02SPEAKER_02: Let me see.
- 48:03SPEAKER_02: What?
- 48:04SPEAKER_02: I don't have good internet.
- 48:07SPEAKER_03: He doesn't like Cloud of Daggers Wait Does it not?
- 48:12SPEAKER_03: Sounds very posh Does it not?
- 48:15SPEAKER_01: Yes,
- 48:15sounds very posh I just had to go out then go back in on the
- 48:20end Does he have to be
- 48:22SPEAKER_02: so posh?
- 48:23SPEAKER_02: Well that's just not that Cloud of Daggers What does it do?
- 48:30SPEAKER_02: Nothing!
- 48:31SPEAKER_02: It only doesn't need to snap across the face
- 48:35SPEAKER_02: On a point within range.
- 48:39SPEAKER_02: That does not mean I cannot, I don't have to see it.
- 48:43SPEAKER_02: It's a verbal somatic.
- 48:45SPEAKER_01: Yeah, so all you need to be able to do is move your arms and speak.
- 48:48SPEAKER_01: So rules as written means you can do that.
- 48:51Okay,
- 48:53so now you need,
- 48:55so it always heats,
- 48:56but I need you to make a spell attack anyway.
- 48:59SPEAKER_02: What does that mean?
- 49:01So basically do a spell save I don't know what that means In
- 49:07your saving throws
- 49:08page Saving throws page One of them is a spell save No there
- 49:13isn't He means like
- 49:16What's your spell save for like Charm Person No it's 13 So all
- 49:23these things are 13
- 49:25SPEAKER_03: for his saves Spell saves
- 49:28SPEAKER_01: Alright,
- 49:29SPEAKER_03: so roll a d20 for me Come on D20 8 And then go to your intelligence No,
- 49:45SPEAKER_01: you're a bard,
- 49:45SPEAKER_01: so your wisdom,
- 49:46SPEAKER_01: sorry What's your wisdom modifier?
- 49:49SPEAKER_03: Plus 1
- 49:51SPEAKER_01: Okay, so that's a 9.
- 49:52So your cloud of daggers does actually hit and gets to the
- 49:57gears pretty much
- 49:58SPEAKER_01: exactly where Thornsley cast his fireball before.
- 50:03SPEAKER_01: And oddly,
- 50:05SPEAKER_01: because the gears there are quite warm,
- 50:07SPEAKER_01: as the daggers keep hitting it,
- 50:09SPEAKER_01: they just clink off the metal bits.
- 50:11And so they keep just clinking off,
- 50:13but they just don't seem to be doing any damage.
- 50:15SPEAKER_01: So you can hear them ringing, even though you can't see them.
- 50:19SPEAKER_01: But it hasn't succeeded at doing what you want to do Alright,
- 50:23so that now brings us to Saldron I should also move across
- 50:28using like my 40 feet of
- 50:30SPEAKER_00: movement Yes,
- 50:31SPEAKER_01: so you're basically next to You're where I am Yeah,
- 50:34basically next to the other two And I should use Ray of Frost
- 50:36to freeze her gears
- 50:38SPEAKER_03: Why not cook that?
- 50:39SPEAKER_03: That might freeze the steam though Okay,
- 50:41Ray of Frost So do a spell or just roll for attack on the Ray
- 50:46of Frost So hit DC?
- 50:47SPEAKER_01: Yep
- 50:49SPEAKER_00: Death and very sad Did you target and strike?
- 50:54SPEAKER_00: You could do that Well, do I fail?
- 50:58SPEAKER_01: You do fail, yes.
- 50:59SPEAKER_00: Yes, hold on, I'll figure you targeted.
- 51:01SPEAKER_00: No, you can have one.
- 51:02SPEAKER_03: I need inspiration first.
- 51:05SPEAKER_01: Alright, well you can re-roll with Nugo's inspiration.
- 51:08SPEAKER_03: Okay, now I lose my inspiration.
- 51:10SPEAKER_03: 20!
- 51:11SPEAKER_01: Okay, so that does actually, that does actually hit.
- 51:17So what Thornsley and Ebony Claw experienced is they're in this
- 51:22cloud that
- 51:23SPEAKER_01: basically is like a giant mist.
- 51:25SPEAKER_01: But I thought I was in it.
- 51:26They can hear the inside ring spinning so fast as it's spinning
- 51:33around the central
- 51:34SPEAKER_01: prism,
- 51:35SPEAKER_01: not prism.
- 51:38So they hear the sound of ice coming past this bolt of ice or
- 51:46whatever you call it
- 51:47SPEAKER_01: and it hits exactly where the other two are.
- 51:51SPEAKER_01: There is a bunch of daggers randomly flying inside this gearbox assembly.
- 51:56SPEAKER_01: It is hot because of the firebolt that was in there before.
- 52:00SPEAKER_01: As your ice enters into that place,
- 52:05it cools down the heat from the fireball and that causes a
- 52:11chemical reaction inside
- 52:12SPEAKER_01: the gears and they start rusting straight away.
- 52:16SPEAKER_01: As this happens,
- 52:17you can hear the central ring starting to slow down and so you
- 52:21can hear it starting
- 52:22SPEAKER_01: to slow down.
- 52:23SPEAKER_01: You are
- 52:31SPEAKER_01: All three of you are currently blinded,
- 52:33SPEAKER_01: so you don't actually know whether it has stopped or not.
- 52:38SPEAKER_01: But you can hear that it has slowed down at the very least.
- 52:43SPEAKER_01: Now we are back to Gabriel, but before we go, we can do that.
- 52:46SPEAKER_03: Wouldn't Isaiah have disadvantage because he was in the fog?
- 52:51SPEAKER_03: I don't have to see it.
- 52:52SPEAKER_03: No, but because he was in the fog.
- 52:55SPEAKER_03: Or could we just say that he fired it before he went into the fog?
- 52:59SPEAKER_01: No, it doesn't matter.
- 53:00SPEAKER_01: Don't worry about that.
- 53:01SPEAKER_01: Gabriel, what do you want to do?
- 53:02SPEAKER_01: So you're still on the first ring.
- 53:04SPEAKER_03: I thought I was on the second.
- 53:07SPEAKER_03: You haven't moved yet.
- 53:10SPEAKER_03: Oh.
- 53:10SPEAKER_03: But I went in with my arm movement.
- 53:15SPEAKER_03: No, you haven't.
- 53:16SPEAKER_01: No, you haven't yet.
- 53:17SPEAKER_03: No, you haven't.
- 53:19SPEAKER_01: I don't think so.
- 53:19SPEAKER_03: I was the one who unlocked the second ring.
- 53:21SPEAKER_03: I did.
- 53:21SPEAKER_03: No, he was the first.
- 53:22SPEAKER_03: But you unlocked the second ring, buddy.
- 53:24SPEAKER_03: You didn't move on to.
- 53:26SPEAKER_03: I did.
- 53:27SPEAKER_03: I said that was my movement.
- 53:28SPEAKER_03: Let's speak.
- 53:31SPEAKER_01: Alright, so that's fine.
- 53:34SPEAKER_01: So then you're also in the cloud.
- 53:36SPEAKER_03: Now I need to get blinded again.
- 53:39SPEAKER_01: So you are blinded, yes?
- 53:42SPEAKER_03: And now I will try and poison spray it, which is really risky.
- 53:50SPEAKER_01: So you want to poison spray in addition to what has already happened.
- 53:55SPEAKER_01: Okay, so you rolled an 11 for that.
- 53:58SPEAKER_01: So your poison spray...
- 54:01SPEAKER_01: It hits the same place and as it does so,
- 54:05SPEAKER_01: you're not sure whether it hits or hasn't hit,
- 54:08but you do hear the sound of poison hitting the side of a metal
- 54:12thing and then kind
- 54:14SPEAKER_01: of sizzling away.
- 54:16SPEAKER_01: Yeah, exactly, like a shh sort of sound.
- 54:19SPEAKER_01: And that's what you hear.
- 54:21SPEAKER_03: Let me hear a horsey.
- 54:23SPEAKER_01: And anything else you want to do, Gabriel?
- 54:27SPEAKER_03: I will move away.
- 54:32SPEAKER_03: Have I used my movement?
- 54:34SPEAKER_01: No.
- 54:35SPEAKER_03: Okay, then I'll move back.
- 54:38SPEAKER_01: Back out of the cloud?
- 54:39SPEAKER_03: Yeah.
- 54:40SPEAKER_01: To the first rink?
- 54:41SPEAKER_03: Yeah.
- 54:41SPEAKER_01: Okay?
- 54:42So you move back out of the cloud,
- 54:43you're back in the center of the outside
- 54:47outside ring now from here because the ring is circular you can
- 54:51actually see that
- 54:53what's happening with all three rings so the outside ring
- 54:56frozen in place the
- 54:57middle ring slightly ajar it is now frozen in place the final
- 55:01ring has come to a
- 55:03perfect flat surface right leading right up to the prism so you
- 55:09can see hey guys we
- 55:11SPEAKER_03: made it stop
- 55:13Right and so now you have now you have a way across and so with
- 55:19a final kind of
- 55:20thunderous metallic clang the inner ring finally locks into
- 55:24place and the spinning
- 55:26chaos of this atelier this inside glass factory room workshop
- 55:33stops and as that
- 55:35SPEAKER_01: happens a deep blast of wind
- 55:41runs through this room and it dissipates the mist that you've
- 55:45been in and you can
- 55:46see in front of you now standing right in front of you is right
- 55:52from your feet up
- 55:54to where Silas is you see you see the giant prism you know the
- 55:59giant pyramid of
- 56:01SPEAKER_01: glass with Silas inside and
- 56:06SPEAKER_01: Silas takes a step back inside the triangular prism.
- 56:09SPEAKER_01: His eyes widen in shock.
- 56:11SPEAKER_01: He can't believe that you have gotten this far.
- 56:14So he looks at you and you're exhausted and you're determined
- 56:18faces trying to come to stop him.
- 56:20SPEAKER_03: I yell at him.
- 56:22SPEAKER_03: So you thought you could try to defeat me and me.
- 56:29Yeah and so he looks at you and in his shock he kind of muthes
- 56:34to himself I don't
- 56:36think this was possible I heard that And now as that happens
- 56:43the bridge is
- 56:44SPEAKER_01: completed and you rush forward to go and confront Silas
- 56:50SPEAKER_01: As you step onto the central platform,
- 56:53SPEAKER_01: you know,
- 56:53SPEAKER_01: you whip out your crossbow I load it,
- 56:57SPEAKER_03: I load my crossbow Yep,
- 56:58all of those sorts of things You're ready to tackle Silas
- 57:03inside of his prism and
- 57:04SPEAKER_01: he seems to regain composure of himself
- 57:09And he smiles a cold but kind of terrifying smile And he snaps
- 57:14his fingers And he
- 57:16doesn't even say a word And a blinding flash of ice-cold light
- 57:23Emerges from him And
- 57:25from this triangle And it's sort of Imagine in your mind like
- 57:29what would happen if
- 57:30you dropped a rock into a pond There's this wave of magical
- 57:34energy that escapes
- 57:36SPEAKER_01: from the central prism
- 57:38and the four of you are standing right outside the prison and
- 57:41as this wave of
- 57:43magical energy and light erupts from his triangle the glass
- 57:48beneath your feet of
- 57:49the ring that you're standing on surges upward like freezing
- 57:54ice and you recognize
- 57:57what's happening here it's exactly the same thing that happened
- 58:00to Thornsley last
- 58:02SPEAKER_01: time except this time it's not jade and
- 58:05This is green coloured but it is white freezing ice and it
- 58:10starts crawling up your
- 58:11SPEAKER_01: legs,
- 58:12up your chests and up to your faces and before you can cast a
- 58:16spell or before you
- 58:18can swing your weapon or shoot a crossbow bolt you're all four
- 58:22of you completely
- 58:23SPEAKER_01: encased in this solid unbreakable glass entirely immobilised.
- 58:29SPEAKER_01: You can still hear
- 58:31SPEAKER_01: You can still think, you can still see, but you cannot move.
- 58:36SPEAKER_01: And so Silas floats down,
- 58:38SPEAKER_01: the prism connects to the ring platform and as it does so,
- 58:43SPEAKER_01: it seals the room,
- 58:44SPEAKER_01: everything writes itself and now he stands in the center of this room,
- 58:48the prism disappears and he stands there looking at each one of
- 58:52you as if you are
- 58:54SPEAKER_01: insects caught in amber in a tree.
- 58:57SPEAKER_01: And he clears his throat and says,
- 59:00SPEAKER_01: and now my masterpiece will remain forever unchanged,
- 59:04SPEAKER_01: forever perfect.
- 59:07SPEAKER_01: And that's where we will leave our adventure for this day.
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