EE-3-1 - Reawakening

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I'm Damien, I'm the Dungeon Master.
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I'm Krista, and I play Ariel an Asmar Sorceress.
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I'm Chris and I play Rim, a human paladin.
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I'm Chantel, and I play Kenina, a tiefling sorcerer.
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I'm Caitlin, I play Tempest, a Water Genasi Ranger.
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Previously, on Adventures in Aurelia, our group of adventurers had traveled to the region of Isilia to speak with the dwarves of Steringeld about some items they had found within a cave system in their home region of the Chrysal Valley.
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While traveling to meet the dwarves, they were attacked by gnolls and later found out that these knolls were part of a pack led by a mythical knoll known as Grimfang.
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Before heading back to the Chrysal Valley, our adventurers decided to investigate this Grimfang situation further.
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Ultimately, they located his camp, slew him with the help of the dwarven Blackguard, and recovered his spear, a weapon that gives off a similarly powerful evil aura to the Great Axe they had found previously.
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Our story continues with the group on the road leaving the village of Stirren where they had been staying previously.
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As we begin Arc 3 of the Aurelian Epic, you guys have had your return back to the village of Stirren with a the way the village received you, at least, was a pretty warm welcome.
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They were very appreciative of what you had done, especially uh Lydia, who didn't have the means to take care of the problem with Grimfang, but recognized that it was something that she needed to have some responsibility over, just didn't have any way to force that to happen, and you guys did her and the village a great service in doing so.
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Many of the villagers, whether that played out in the episode or not, came by and thanked you for your work.
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And it seemed like the next day you guys were ready to start your way back towards Riven.
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So heading along the Norgeld Road back to Port Norsall.
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You guys know by now, especially the number of journeys that you've had back and forth along this road over the last few weeks, that this is roughly a three-day journey.
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And you guys headed back.
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We're kind of speeding things along, but on your guys' journey back to the city of Port Norse Hall, I need someone to go ahead and roll me a flat D20.
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I'll do it.
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16.
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So it is about midday on the third of Monanon.
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You guys are roughly at about the halfway point.
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You're nearing the eastern edge of Lake Iselia, which is the major lake that is just north of the Norgeld Road.
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You guys had actually camped there a couple times previously.
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There was actually a section of fishing that happened within the lake at one point in time.
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That was not very fruitful, but was very entertaining for those that partook.
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Is that that one?
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Yep.
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As you guys are traveling, who would be driving the cart right now?
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Not me.
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So I'm not against switching spots with someone else if they wanted to ride in the front.
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If we say that Rem's driving, who would want to be up front with Rem?
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Uh, Ariel would be up front with I I mean, she'd be willing, because she'd probably be very happy to be talking to Princess the whole time as well.
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Okay.
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How about Ariel and Rem?
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Go ahead and roll me a perception check.
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Ariel, what did you get?
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Eleven.
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And Rem?
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15.
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Makes sense.
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Ariel is uh is conversing with Princess along the journey.
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And uh Rem, who is actually driving the cart, is being a little bit more uh in tune with what's on the road.
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Um, probably in the next half hour, like distance-wise, uh somewhere that you would reach in about the next half hour or so, uh, something catches your eye over on the tree line to the south, which is um the same forest that Grimfang had been in and that you guys have spent quite a bit of time in over the last few weeks.
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You see what looks to be a large draft horse with seemingly someone sitting on its back.
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But it doesn't look quite right to you from a distance.
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Maybe it's a distortion with them being up near the tree line, maybe it's something to do with how far away that you guys are at this point.
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They're like wavy or something?
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Like, can you explain what looks wrong?
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If there were a person sitting on it, it almost looks like they're hunched forward over the horse's head.
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Tempest.
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Huh?
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Can you bring your spy glass up here?
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So is this a thing where Rem is going to stop the cart, bring it to a to a slowdown, or are you just asking Tempest through the window?
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Right now I'm just asking Tempest through the window.
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Like, because I don't want to look like I'm changing any kind of actions.
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Just keeping things slow.
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You said they were pretty far away.
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Okay.
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Tempest will reach into her bag.
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Is the window large enough to reach through?
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Or are we talking like No, I'm thinking like six inches tall, twelve inches across, give or take.
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Okay, so she'll she's not even really gonna get up.
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Just reach into her bag.
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Arm out the window.
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Here.
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Don't break it.
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He's gonna hand the reins to Ariel.
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To Ariel.
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As long as all she does is hold them.
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It's kinda like, you know, it'll drive itself.
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Just hold these.
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Hold this.
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And then reach back and take the spyglass, and he's gonna attempt to get a closer look at this thing.
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I don't feel that Rem would have much experience with a spyglass, so I'm gonna go ahead and have you roll perception again.
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Uh go ahead and take advantage, though.
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Because you are zoomed in, even if the aiming might be a little iffy for you.
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22.
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As you you pan around, it takes you a moment to really get the spyglass dialed in.
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This is a large distance, so you know, moving moving a fraction of a degree is is a quite a large movement.
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But you manage to find this draft horse up against the the edge of the forest, and what you thought was a man slumped over the front of the horse, kind of covering its head.
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You actually see that in place of a horse's head is the torso of a man jutting out from this draft horse's body.
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And you can see they're bare chested, very muscular.
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They have a uh quiver slung over their back, and you can see what looks like an almost inhumanly designed bow across their back as well.
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Something that like the strength that it would take to pull this back is this isn't a typical archer's bow.
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Would Rim know what this is?
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Would Rem have any reason to to know what a centaur is?
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Like to actually know what a centaur is.
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I guess it would depend on how common they are, if they're written in stories.
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I think that this is one of those things that would come to Rem as fabled.
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There's definitely accounts that would suggest that they exist, but they're known to be very reclusive.
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You have met a pixie fairly recently, so you're starting to realize that some of these things that have been talked about through books and through stories that people are like, oh well, I've I've never seen one of those.
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Those don't exist.
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Those are just story storytales.
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You're seeing that those that might actually exist.
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They're just creatures that don't make themselves known to the human world very much.
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And and with this, you know, bare knowledge, would it would it be the same kind of knowledge we have of centaurs or are they known to be amiable or are they more like reclusive?
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Um, I think you would know them to be more not necessarily reclusive, but defensive.
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They're they're very protective of their lands, but it's also one of those things that if you were to say that you ran into a centaur on the road, people in Port Norsaw would be like, you know what now?
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Like you'd find people that would believe you.
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There's probably even people that would corroborate that, oh yeah, they live in the forest down there.
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But it's definitely something that people would do a double take for.
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It's like, oh, that's an incredibly rare thing.
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Okay, so he's gonna as he takes a focus, he's gonna be like, can't believe it.
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Can't believe what?
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There's a centaur on the side of the road up there.
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Would Ariel know what a centaur?
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Has she read enough books in her life at the monastery to have read about a centaur among all the other animals that she read about?
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Even beyond what you've read at the monastery, you specifically chose to look through the books in Lyrian's hut.
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So it's very possible that you found some sketches of a centaur within the books that you found that you were flipping through there as well.
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So while it's not something that you have any firsthand knowledge of, you don't know anyone that has had an encounter with a centaur.
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I feel like you would have a much stronger, like, especially if Rem were to show you, like, oh, I saw this in Lyrian's books.
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Or if he described it to you.
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It's about how far away is the centaur now?
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About 25 minutes.
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So Rim will, you know, re-collapse the spyglass and then kind of knock on the window and hand it back through to Tempest to take the reins back.
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Gonna keep going slowly.
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Act casual.
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He stops us or hails us, we'll we'll hail him back and then go from there.
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If not, I don't see any reason to uh become too alarmed.
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As the next 20 minutes or so passes, you are starting to come to a more parallel line to this centaur creature, and they start walking towards the road.
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At this point, you all of you can just see it.
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You're close enough that you can see.
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And as they leave the tree line, anyone that is looking sees a centaur uh approaching the road near you guys, but they're not approaching in any sort of threatening manner.
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Ariel's gonna smile and wave, hi!
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As we pull even, you know, Rem will slow the horse down and then come to a stop.
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Can you know probably be like peering out one of our windows or curtains or whatever they we have and be just like, wow, just like what my grandpa used to tell me about.
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Does Rem begin to bring the cart to any sort of halt?
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Yeah, he'll he'll slow the cart as the, you know, obviously obviously as the centaur approaches, he'll kind of pull up to where they looks like they're gonna meet and come to a stop, as he would for, you know, somebody that hailed them on the road.
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Uh, the centaur essentially approaches you guys directly and then kind of makes pace with you.
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As the cart slows down, they look over you and oh, no need to slow your pace on my account.
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I can pace with you.
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Alright, if that's what you want, and they'll give a little snap to the reins to get the horse moving again.
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How are you, Mr.
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Centaur?
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You're amazing.
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I find it interesting that you would have such a strong opinion of me without knowing who I am.
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She really, really likes horses.
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No offense.
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Understandable.
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Not a horse, though.
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It appears that your cart has uh befallen some damage.
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It looks somewhat recent.
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Uh, we did have a run-in a few days back uh with some gnolls, but uh we took care of that.
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You took care of that?
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Yes.
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I we believe so.
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We killed Grimfang.
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Yes.
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Go ahead and uh roll insight, both of you.
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And while this is happening, um, what are Kanina and Tempest doing in the cart?
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Uh, Tempest is just sorta leaning out the window, you know, checking out what's going on.
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As as Nina said earlier, like, oh my god.
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It's a centaur.
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I have heard of these.
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He's talking to us.
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He's running as fast as us.
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I mean, you're not running, you're you're at a slow pace, but he's But he did say, Don't bother slowing down, I'm fine.
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So it's just like, what?
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Kenny would probably be uh, you know, uh looking out the window at the same, you know, and kind of just very curious at this, you know, instance, because it's very unexpected, and you know, she'll greet him as he walks up, you know, and do her cheerful, cheerful wave kind of thing.
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But yeah, for now she'll just kind of listen to see what he has to say and let Rem talk.
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As the other part of the conversation is started up, just a momentary glance at Oh, there's more of you.
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Yeah, hello there.
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And he he steps away from the card a little bit to make it easier for all of you to be able to see and actually have a conversation with him as you guys are walking.
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Ariel, what'd you get on your insight?
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Uh, a natural 20 plus five, so 25.
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And Rem?
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15.
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Ariel notices almost immediately that as she said that you guys had killed Grimfang, a like shock across the Centaur's face.
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And Rem notices it as well, but I think especially as Ariel was the one that said it, got that instant look in his eyes of like, what?
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You guys, you guys killed him.
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Well, we had help from the Blackguard.
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I uh I noticed that the trouble along these roads with the gnolls had stopped.
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A few days ago.
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I had not heard yet that Grimfang had been taken care of.
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Oh, were the uh knolls troubling your people as well?
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They weren't troubling my people.
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I don't have a people here per se.
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But I used to defend this road as travelers would come through.
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I would keep watch over them as they slept.
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But over the last few months the knolls in the forest had begun to be too much for me to handle.
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Times that I would be out overlooking travelers and trying to fend people off on the road, they could overwhelm me.
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They could almost meet me pace for pace as far as me having to escape from them.
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They were very quick.
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They did run us down, that's the damage.
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They were chasing us as we attempted to flee.
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Yeah, we didn't expect them to be quite so fast.
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It's very uh noble and quite brave of you to fend them off as much as you could, especially alone as you are.
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Yes, I have helped try to keep peace with the creatures in the forest.
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I help keep people from venturing in, and I try to keep things from venturing out.
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Have you ever spoken with the Blackguard at Sterin?
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I have not.
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I don't venture to either of your settlements on either end of this road.
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Well, I don't want to put you out, but I would say if something like this were to happen again, if you found anything beyond your own strength, speaking with the Blackguard there, they may find ways to help you if you were to maybe help them locate, you know, nests of bandits or dens of kobolds or gnals that have been bothering you.
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I could see doing that, however, the issues with the gnolls had gone on plenty long, and many people met their end when their knoll presence grew here, and neither settlement did much to help.
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But if Grimfang is dead, as you say, and from what I've seen around the area, that does make sense to me.
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I I noticed that that many days ago the gnals had stopped venturing out into the wood and had stopped making their way to the road.
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And as I noticed that they had less of a presence, I've started to bring myself closer to the road again, keeping an eye on things.
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Did you approach us because of the damage on our cart then?
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I mostly approached you as a way to introduce myself as your protector along the roads here.
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I actually didn't expect you to be as formidable as you seem to be.
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Many of the people that that journey along this road is a a single cart by pulled by two horses aren't able to defend themselves against some of the larger creatures around these parts.
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When he says introduce himself, that triggers Ariel.
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I'm Ariel, what's your name?
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Greetings, Ariel.
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I am known as Derodim.
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So Rim will be like, it's very nice to make your acquaintance.
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We are a uh small group representative from the town of Riven, from their adventurers guild.
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Ah, the town of Riven.
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That's not something I am familiar with.
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It is a a larger settlement, uh few days travel by boat from here.
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Ah, uh, across the Across the Sea is not a journey that I am one to make.
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I prefer to live within my forest and try to keep things peaceful here.
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My name is Rem.
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These are my companions, as you've met Ariel and Canina! Behind is Kanina and Tempest.
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Hey.
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That's uh quite the interesting group of companions that you surround yourself with, Rem.
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They are at that.
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He he chuckles a little bit at that.
00:19:08.960 --> 00:19:30.480
Well, I mostly just wanted to introduce myself as a way to allay any concern that you might have having potentially seen me along the the edge of the road, but also to let you know that you will have someone watching over you.
00:19:31.039 --> 00:19:31.920
I appreciate that.
00:19:32.400 --> 00:19:38.559
Believe I have actually uh watched over you guys a few times in the past at this point.
00:19:38.799 --> 00:19:39.839
It's good to know.
00:19:40.079 --> 00:19:46.160
Uh, we yeah, I've definitely had some times where I've been on watch and heard uh larger creature roaming the woods.
00:19:46.240 --> 00:19:48.240
I suppose that could have been you then.
00:19:48.720 --> 00:19:50.559
It's definitely possible.
00:19:51.279 --> 00:20:16.799
Since noticing the reduced presence of the gnolls in this area, I have begun to take up some of my previous duties of keeping track of what's going on on the roads, and when I notice that foolish travelers have set themselves up near where the gnolls live, I've tried to do what I can to keep watch over them.
00:20:17.119 --> 00:20:24.880
Potentially drive away any gnolls if they decided to suddenly become bold and make their way out to the road again.
00:20:25.440 --> 00:20:30.880
But you now know me, and I now know you guys.
00:20:31.200 --> 00:20:39.039
I just want you to know that as you guys rest for the night again, you shouldn't have anything to fear.
00:20:39.359 --> 00:20:40.319
We appreciate that.
00:20:40.559 --> 00:20:43.519
Yes, it's certainly very helpful to our situation.
00:20:44.079 --> 00:20:53.440
And with that, Gerodim starts to make their way off the side of the road, heading back towards the forest.
00:20:54.400 --> 00:20:59.519
Did he seem pretty earnest in his uh sayings and whatnot?
00:20:59.839 --> 00:21:00.720
Wanting to protect us.
00:21:00.960 --> 00:21:02.319
Would you like to roll an insight check?
00:21:02.480 --> 00:21:03.039
Yes.
00:21:04.799 --> 00:21:05.359
13.
00:21:05.920 --> 00:21:11.680
As far as Kanina feels, she feels that what he said he he meant truthfully.
00:21:11.920 --> 00:21:12.079
Yeah.
00:21:12.400 --> 00:21:23.839
Kanina's not really the type to really be super suspect, but you know, she understands that desire to want to help people and help protect people, so I think she's probably just looking to see if he had uh similar inclinations.
00:21:24.160 --> 00:21:42.559
It's essentially with that, you're not getting a reading off of them that they're pr like happy to do this, that that this is it doesn't seem like something that is a calling to them, more so as it is something that they feel they need to do.
00:21:43.039 --> 00:21:48.160
They they feel yeah, they feel a responsibility more than they feel a calling to it.
00:21:48.480 --> 00:21:59.279
But you are getting the sense that they mean what they say when they say that they're out there to protect you and that they are out there to protect the people on the road.
00:22:00.000 --> 00:22:08.400
And you didn't get any sense that they were being dishonest when they said that the increased presence of the gnolls drove them away from that duty.
00:22:08.880 --> 00:22:19.839
Keena appreciates it, and she is kind of like uh just kind of like curious about the situation that brought them to this kind of role, but she's happy to have met someone who's willing to help us out.
00:22:20.240 --> 00:22:27.759
And at this, go ahead, have time advance towards night on the third of Monanon.
00:22:28.000 --> 00:22:35.279
Does does anyone in the party feel the need to actually set up a watch given what Derodem had told you?
00:22:35.519 --> 00:22:40.960
I think Rim, even though that Derodem said that, would still feel more comfortable setting up his own watch.
00:22:41.119 --> 00:22:43.440
Maybe being a little bit more lax about it.
00:22:43.759 --> 00:22:58.160
Yeah, I feel like Canina would would be willing to like maybe do like a two-person watch or something like that, like just have a couple of us, you know, make sure things are going fine throughout the night, especially in the night where some of our party can't see, you know, she'd feel better if uh she could keep watch over some people.
00:22:58.559 --> 00:23:09.440
So if there's going to be a sort of watch, what does the party do as Rem flicks the reins, stops the cart, unhitch the horse and take care of it?
00:23:09.920 --> 00:23:22.480
So we'll definitely set up camp for the night, and I feel a lot safer with uh Darodim here protecting us, but I certainly think uh it might be wise for us to still kind of keep an eye out, just because I don't think he can be in all places at all times.
00:23:22.880 --> 00:23:24.240
Four eyes is better than two.
00:23:25.039 --> 00:23:28.319
I'll stay up for a while to keep an eye on things.
00:23:28.400 --> 00:23:31.519
I'm not quite tired yet, being stuck in the cart all day.
00:23:31.759 --> 00:23:33.920
And I don't see as well in the dark.
00:23:34.240 --> 00:23:36.400
So I'll take it while the sun's still up a bit.
00:23:36.720 --> 00:23:38.079
I can take it just before sunrise.
00:23:38.720 --> 00:23:42.000
That works out, and I'd be fine with staying up in the darker part of the night.
00:23:42.400 --> 00:23:43.759
I can see fairly well.
00:23:44.240 --> 00:23:46.880
But do you think Derodim is gonna be around?
00:23:47.039 --> 00:23:49.279
Because he said he would watch, then we could get more sleep.
00:23:49.519 --> 00:24:05.599
Yeah, he's definitely going to be around, but I don't know, we are still in a in a big open, exposed area, and I I do trust him to keep uh part of uh part of our area safe, but it'd be nice to have a little extra set of eyes open just in case anything manages to get past him.
00:24:06.000 --> 00:24:16.160
Okay, well, if you uh it's like I I f I do feel a lot safer, and we do have him basically working as an extra to watch, so if you want to get some rest airl, I have no problem uh staying up through the night.
00:24:16.480 --> 00:24:18.000
I have energy to spare.
00:24:18.400 --> 00:24:23.119
Okay, well, if you if anything, um if you start getting tired, then wake me up.
00:24:23.200 --> 00:24:27.839
Or if you hear something or something, because I'll obvious obviously be getting like the most sleep.
00:24:28.079 --> 00:24:28.880
That sounds like a plan.
00:24:29.039 --> 00:24:31.920
If I hear anything or see any disturbances, I'll let you know.
00:24:32.880 --> 00:24:37.759
As the party starts forming up for their watches.
00:24:38.559 --> 00:24:41.359
Are we gonna be able to say what we want to do before we go to sleep?
00:24:41.599 --> 00:24:42.079
Sure.
00:24:42.400 --> 00:24:52.319
Ariel wants to look and see why that this staff is different and stronger than the current staff she has, since Rem said it's stronger, but didn't tell her why.
00:24:53.279 --> 00:25:03.839
So what you're saying is that Ariel would like to spend an extra hour before her long rest to uh to study and potentially attune to the staff that she has?
00:25:04.079 --> 00:25:04.480
Yeah.
00:25:04.799 --> 00:25:05.680
Alright.
00:25:06.160 --> 00:25:14.799
Kenina and Rem get their bed rolls out, they eat whatever they're going to eat for the night, and begin to retire for the night.
00:25:15.119 --> 00:25:19.359
Tempest starts setting up her stuff for a watch.
00:25:19.680 --> 00:25:23.920
And instead of getting ready for bed, what does Ariel do?
00:25:24.319 --> 00:25:41.359
Ariel knows that she's gonna be getting a lot of sleep, so she wants to figure out why Rem said this other staff that he brought to her room is stronger and basically better than the current staff she has, because he didn't really tell her anything.
00:25:41.599 --> 00:25:45.680
So she kind of wants to study this and see what it's all about.
00:25:46.319 --> 00:26:08.640
Okay, so before going to sleep for the night, Ariel's going to essentially spend the the time of a short rest to study the staff, and you are going to find out that this is a staff of power, and it has all of the stats and all of the abilities that I went over in the last episode, because I'm not going to spend 10 minutes going through that again.
00:26:08.799 --> 00:26:16.720
But Ariel now knows what it is, what it does, and the significance of being given a staff like this.
00:26:17.039 --> 00:26:21.680
She's probably like, oh, wow, he was right.
00:26:23.119 --> 00:26:32.240
And I imagine that as you've been doing this too, you've you've had this staff laid across your lap in your hands, studying it, kind of getting a feel for its magic.
00:26:32.400 --> 00:26:51.119
You're almost feeling a warmth from behind you, and almost like someone has their hand on your shoulder and is guiding you along the traces of magic as you start to piece together and pull out what this sword is, what it does, and how to use it.
00:26:51.279 --> 00:26:54.079
Does Ariel wish to attune to the Staff of Power?
00:26:54.319 --> 00:26:56.079
Yes, she wishes to attune.
00:26:57.759 --> 00:27:18.640
And suddenly, after what feels like an hour of study along this, it's it's like all of the dots have finally been connected, and Ariel almost feels a pulse of energy surge through her body as your bond with this weapon has been made.
00:27:20.240 --> 00:27:22.880
The sun sets over the party.
00:27:23.200 --> 00:27:28.799
You guys have about one more day after you wake up to get to Port Norsaw.
00:27:29.680 --> 00:27:32.319
Tempest is taking the first watch.
00:27:32.799 --> 00:27:33.359
I am.
00:27:33.839 --> 00:27:36.160
Go ahead and uh roll for roll perception.
00:27:38.079 --> 00:27:39.039
24.
00:27:39.359 --> 00:27:40.480
I see everything.
00:27:41.279 --> 00:27:46.559
Especially given that Tempest is taking watch earlier in the night.
00:27:46.720 --> 00:27:49.039
Um, there's still a little bit of sunlight.
00:27:49.359 --> 00:28:01.599
And as Tempest is making her rounds and taking a look around the camp, you see a large horse-like figure off in the distance, nearer to the forest side of things.
00:28:02.000 --> 00:28:06.319
They seem to be keeping somewhat of an eye over you guys, you've noticed.
00:28:06.480 --> 00:28:11.839
Over the the time of your watch that they have paced back and forth a few times.
00:28:12.079 --> 00:28:25.599
They're they're walking a good ten minutes in one direction, then they come back, and occasionally you see them cross over the road, head over to where the lake is, and it seems like they're just keeping a wide perimeter around you.
00:28:25.839 --> 00:28:27.599
Keeping an eye on what's going on.
00:28:27.839 --> 00:28:32.240
Based on what you had been told earlier, you believe this to be Derodim.
00:28:32.720 --> 00:28:36.960
It is reassuring to see that he is actually out there.
00:28:37.119 --> 00:28:38.799
They are actually out there.
00:28:39.039 --> 00:28:45.119
And um, she'll just settle into uh probably sitting up on the cart.
00:28:45.359 --> 00:28:48.559
Like on top of the cart, or like in the driver's seat of the cart.
00:28:48.799 --> 00:28:50.720
The seat's probably a little more comfortable.
00:28:50.880 --> 00:28:51.200
Okay.
00:28:52.880 --> 00:29:02.000
You know, so have a little bit of a higher vantage point, but especially with Deredim around, not expecting anything exciting to happen.
00:29:02.319 --> 00:29:05.200
And you said that you got 24 on perception, right?
00:29:05.440 --> 00:29:05.920
Correct.
00:29:06.079 --> 00:29:15.759
Uh the the one thing that you do notice on one of their journeys towards you that they have since drawn their bow.
00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:21.200
They don't seem to have it drawn and ready, but they are holding it in their hand as they pace around.
00:29:21.519 --> 00:29:23.039
I will do the same.
00:29:23.279 --> 00:29:25.599
No, I like from the start you notice that.
00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:32.960
Oh, so they if they didn't just as as nights fall in, you've noticed that they are just walking around with their bow at the ready.
00:29:33.279 --> 00:29:38.000
Well, in that case, I mean I've got mine with me as well, just sitting up there.
00:29:38.319 --> 00:29:43.519
And a couple hours passes, and what do you do?
00:29:44.160 --> 00:29:46.079
Um, oh no.
00:29:46.319 --> 00:29:49.200
Trying to think of how she would occupy herself.
00:29:49.440 --> 00:29:54.640
Probably like whittling away at a stick, but not doing anything in particular.
00:29:54.960 --> 00:30:09.599
Is this a thing where like by the end of your watch, the stick that started out as two feet long is now just six yeah, is now just you know, three inches long, and you've just kept sharpening a point further and further down, or are you trying to carve?
00:30:09.920 --> 00:30:15.119
No, it's probably just mindlessly doing something with my hands.
00:30:15.680 --> 00:30:21.039
So a couple hours pass with Tempest fairly mindlessly whittling away.
00:30:21.279 --> 00:30:22.400
What do you do?
00:30:22.640 --> 00:30:24.319
This is the end of your watch.
00:30:24.640 --> 00:30:35.519
She'll hop down off the cart, stretch out, because back's all cricked up from being hunched over, whittling and sitting in the same spot for two hours.
00:30:36.000 --> 00:30:38.640
Go, nudge, Nina, awake.
00:30:38.880 --> 00:30:41.440
Like, alright, I'm ready to turn in.
00:30:42.000 --> 00:30:43.039
Oh, yeah, okay.
00:30:43.200 --> 00:30:43.519
Yeah.
00:30:43.759 --> 00:30:44.720
Have a good sleep.
00:30:45.039 --> 00:30:45.839
Thanks.
00:30:46.319 --> 00:30:54.799
Oh, uh, I have seen the centaur, you know, wandering around making his rounds, so ah, well that put my puts my mind at ease.
00:30:54.880 --> 00:30:55.279
Mm-hmm.
00:30:55.359 --> 00:30:58.640
Don't be worried if you hear anything.
00:30:59.039 --> 00:31:06.799
Can you know get up, rub a sleep out of her eyes, stretch a bit, a couple upper torso twists, and then go ahead and start her watch.
00:31:07.119 --> 00:31:09.519
Would you like to roll perception for your watch?
00:31:09.839 --> 00:31:10.480
Yes.
00:31:13.519 --> 00:31:14.160
13.
00:31:14.880 --> 00:31:29.519
With a 13, Tempest had already clued you into Eridim's presence, and you are able to notice them kind of as they they make their their end of the round closer to where you guys have set up to make a camp.
00:31:29.839 --> 00:31:37.519
But unlike Tempest, you had the the aid of it being lighter out, much nicer perception check.
00:31:37.599 --> 00:31:41.359
You there's times that you lose them off in the distance.
00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:47.359
And uh we end up to about a couple hours into your watch.
00:31:53.039 --> 00:31:56.000
The cart, and uh she's trying to keep perceptive.
00:31:56.079 --> 00:31:58.960
You know, she's kind of a fidgety individual, I'd imagine, as well.
00:31:59.039 --> 00:32:03.680
So but she tries to keep a mental note of where she's seeing Darodim and whatnot.
00:32:03.920 --> 00:32:11.119
And uh, since nothing has happened so far and she knows Darrow Dim is out there patrolling, she'll go ahead and continue with the second part of her watch.
00:32:11.519 --> 00:32:11.839
Okay.
00:32:13.200 --> 00:32:13.920
Ariel.
00:32:14.880 --> 00:32:19.359
You find yourself coming awake in the middle of a forest.
00:32:20.079 --> 00:32:21.839
Do I see my friends around?
00:32:22.480 --> 00:32:23.359
No, you do not.
00:32:24.160 --> 00:32:26.079
Go ahead and roll perception.
00:32:27.279 --> 00:32:27.680
12.
00:32:29.200 --> 00:32:32.400
You feel that something is wrong.
00:32:32.640 --> 00:32:36.319
Like something that should be close to you is missing.
00:32:36.640 --> 00:32:38.480
I immediately look for the spear.
00:32:38.799 --> 00:32:45.279
You reach up to your back where you've been carrying it around, and it's not there.
00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:49.359
I'm gonna scramble looking around for it.
00:32:49.839 --> 00:32:55.519
As you look around, you're in essentially a clearing in the forest.
00:32:55.680 --> 00:33:00.160
The the trees all look very similar and much the same to one another.
00:33:00.640 --> 00:33:08.480
Approaching from one side of this clearing is a large black figure.
00:33:08.960 --> 00:33:16.880
They almost seem covered in shadow, even though what you're seeing is in the light of about a midday.
00:33:17.599 --> 00:33:19.519
I'm I'm gonna be like.
00:33:20.559 --> 00:33:21.680
Who are you?
00:33:22.799 --> 00:33:29.200
From seemingly out of nowhere, you see the spear appear in this figure's hands.
00:33:30.160 --> 00:33:34.319
I think you know who I am.
00:33:36.079 --> 00:33:41.519
I'm gonna grab my necklace and just be like, leave me alone.
00:33:42.400 --> 00:33:58.799
Coming about 45 degrees off to the side of the figure in front of you, you see a very similarly like cast and swirling shadows, canine-esque creature also approach out with a low growl.
00:34:00.640 --> 00:34:08.639
Did you think it would be so easy to take this from me?
00:34:11.360 --> 00:34:12.320
Roll for initiative.
00:34:13.519 --> 00:34:14.000
What?
00:34:17.440 --> 00:34:18.079
Just her.
00:34:18.320 --> 00:34:18.880
Uh oh.
00:34:20.079 --> 00:34:23.039
That sucks because she doesn't have me drummer on right now.
00:34:23.920 --> 00:34:25.519
I'm shaking right now.
00:34:28.000 --> 00:34:29.840
Ariel, what did you get for initiative?
00:34:30.159 --> 00:34:30.320
Ten.
00:34:32.320 --> 00:34:50.159
Ariel, suddenly as you are clinging to your amulet, thinking to Cosin, trying to figure out what to do, this figure in front of you, in the blink of an eye, has closed half the distance and starts charging in your direction.
00:34:50.960 --> 00:35:09.840
Suddenly, with you having no idea where they came from, there is a winged human standing in front of you with a long sword in one hand and a shield in another that is directly put themselves in between you and Grim Fang.
00:35:10.880 --> 00:35:15.760
So as it as he comes closer, he does look like Grim Fang now, not just a shadowed creature.
00:35:16.719 --> 00:35:23.360
Grim Fang thrusts out with the spear at the creature that put themselves between you two.
00:35:24.559 --> 00:35:43.039
With one thrust of the spear, you see the winged creature in front of you bash the tip of the spear away with the front of their shield, and Grim Fang takes that momentum, swings it around, and slashes across them on the other arm.
00:35:44.960 --> 00:35:56.960
You hear just a as the creature has blood drawn from the tip of the spear, and they retaliate.
00:35:59.440 --> 00:36:02.639
Oh, almost a crit on the second one.
00:36:03.039 --> 00:36:03.679
There you go.
00:36:04.000 --> 00:36:08.000
Currently they are at 36 hit points.
00:36:08.400 --> 00:36:20.239
But as they have a second where they gasp and you hear them sucking in air, and with a grunt, they swing out twice.
00:36:21.039 --> 00:36:27.840
Almost in an X-like pattern across the front of the shadowed Grim Thing in front of you.
00:36:28.159 --> 00:36:32.639
Dealing, for meta purposes, a total of 32 damage.
00:36:33.360 --> 00:36:34.960
And it is your turn.
00:36:35.280 --> 00:36:36.559
Ariel is.
00:36:37.199 --> 00:36:40.719
I don't think she's even thinking to mage armor at this point.
00:36:40.960 --> 00:36:42.880
She's very flustered.
00:36:43.119 --> 00:36:48.800
So she's gonna shoot a guiding bolt at Grimfang.
00:36:49.920 --> 00:36:51.039
23.
00:36:51.599 --> 00:36:52.719
That will hit.
00:36:52.960 --> 00:36:55.360
Oh, I'm actually using my big one.
00:36:55.519 --> 00:36:59.280
Because I imagine she would be like going for it at that point.
00:36:59.519 --> 00:37:02.239
Because this is beyond freaky.
00:37:03.440 --> 00:37:04.639
22.
00:37:06.079 --> 00:37:23.840
So as all this is happening with Kosein attacking and stuff, as soon as Ariel sees like a clear moment, she snaps her fingers, and in Celestial says, Light upon you, and radiant lightning shoots towards uh Grimfang.
00:37:24.320 --> 00:37:31.440
And then as it hits Grimfang, like a celestial prayer starts glowing around him.
00:37:31.679 --> 00:37:39.360
And then it binds to his fur and lights up and singes, and the light gives advantage to the next attack.
00:37:39.679 --> 00:37:47.360
And the the shadow canine comes bounding out of the side of the clearing.
00:37:47.519 --> 00:38:01.840
Um, since the angelic creature in front of you had kind of put themselves in the path, the shadow warg charges straight over to it and is going to lead with a bite.
00:38:02.719 --> 00:38:04.880
Does a 12 hit.
00:38:05.119 --> 00:38:05.440
No.
00:38:05.760 --> 00:38:17.119
Okay, so it's going to kind of give a running bite at Kosein and skid across the dirt as Kosane moves to the side.
00:38:19.280 --> 00:38:21.360
Kanina! Hello.
00:38:22.159 --> 00:38:32.639
You find yourself jolting awake in the clearing on the side of a mountain to the sounds of birds and a moderate amount of rain falling.
00:38:33.599 --> 00:38:35.360
Do I know how I got here?
00:38:35.760 --> 00:38:36.559
You don't.
00:38:37.039 --> 00:38:43.199
You were laying on the ground and you woke up to this feeling of rain on you.
00:38:43.920 --> 00:38:46.079
Uh, I didn't go to sleep though.
00:38:46.559 --> 00:38:48.239
You don't remember falling asleep, no.
00:38:48.480 --> 00:38:49.039
Huh.
00:38:49.760 --> 00:38:50.079
Okay.
00:38:50.559 --> 00:38:52.000
Kanina's very confused.
00:38:52.079 --> 00:38:54.639
Like, it was just like, wait, I was I was on watch.
00:38:54.880 --> 00:38:55.599
What happened?
00:38:55.679 --> 00:38:57.760
I was my watch isn't over yet, did it?
00:38:57.840 --> 00:38:59.280
Did I did I go to sleep?
00:38:59.679 --> 00:39:00.719
Don't remember.
00:39:01.039 --> 00:39:07.760
I guess you'll look around, see where she's at, I guess, if it's familiar to her or anything, or if it's new territory.
00:39:09.119 --> 00:39:09.360
Ah.
00:39:10.880 --> 00:39:12.320
You're awake.
00:39:13.679 --> 00:39:18.880
Sitting, curled up behind you, pushing some trees back.
00:39:19.280 --> 00:39:21.840
Is a large red dragon.
00:39:22.079 --> 00:39:28.400
Yeah, she'll probably jump a bit out of the voice, you know, because I imagine, you know, dragon voice deep and booming somewhat.
00:39:29.199 --> 00:39:32.000
And uh kind of turn around and be just like.
00:39:32.400 --> 00:39:33.039
What?
00:39:33.519 --> 00:39:38.239
You it's been some time, Fire Child.
00:39:39.119 --> 00:39:40.400
Indeed, it has.
00:39:40.639 --> 00:39:42.559
And what are you doing back here?
00:39:43.679 --> 00:39:45.199
I was resting.
00:39:46.079 --> 00:39:47.039
Why am I here?
00:39:47.119 --> 00:39:48.159
Did you bring me here?
00:39:48.320 --> 00:39:49.840
Where are my friends?
00:39:50.719 --> 00:39:54.480
Believe it or not, you've brought yourself here.
00:39:57.199 --> 00:40:02.079
Well, I don't remember getting here, and I had no desire to leave my friends and my party.
00:40:02.800 --> 00:40:11.280
Well, since you're here, it feels like a good opportunity for some more conversation.
00:40:12.000 --> 00:40:15.599
You never struck me as the conversational sort.
00:40:15.840 --> 00:40:18.159
Especially when you're burning my village.
00:40:19.280 --> 00:40:23.599
That was merely a potential.
00:40:24.559 --> 00:40:25.679
Potential.
00:40:27.920 --> 00:40:35.440
I needed to see how strong of a bond there is between us.
00:40:36.320 --> 00:40:45.519
Well, speaking of potential, I've had a friend inform me of another possible vision that she had of us burning her monastery.
00:40:45.679 --> 00:40:49.440
And I don't really like this potential of having any kind of relationship with you.
00:40:49.679 --> 00:40:54.800
I'm a good person, and I don't need someone of a dubious nature like yourself around me.
00:40:55.199 --> 00:41:07.199
The dragon in front of you stands up and uh begins walking towards you, stepping essentially to what would be behind you as you stood up to start talking to this creature.
00:41:07.679 --> 00:41:11.519
Would the monastery happen to look anything like this?
00:41:12.480 --> 00:41:16.079
As he's peering off a cliff down the side of the mountain.
00:41:26.719 --> 00:41:27.119
Yeah.
00:41:27.280 --> 00:41:36.320
She didn't see it herself because this was not her vision, but from the descriptions that Ariel had given her, she'll assume that this is said monastery.
00:41:36.639 --> 00:41:39.599
I suppose that could be a monastery.
00:41:39.840 --> 00:41:46.559
I've never seen it myself, but I would assume, since this is a strange place, you could show me anything you wish to.
00:41:47.519 --> 00:41:50.000
And you wish to burn it down?
00:41:50.320 --> 00:41:50.639
No.
00:41:51.440 --> 00:41:54.559
This is people's homes, so why would I do such a thing?
00:41:54.880 --> 00:41:58.639
Well, you said your friend's vision showed you doing it.
00:41:59.119 --> 00:42:03.360
Yes, but it was, like you said, a possibility, and it doesn't have to happen.
00:42:03.440 --> 00:42:05.039
I'll make sure it never happens.
00:42:05.280 --> 00:42:09.760
And she'll kind of tense up a bit, step aw stepping away.
00:42:10.159 --> 00:42:19.920
And the dragon sits down, lowers its its forelegs so that its head is a little closer to being eye-level with you.
00:42:20.159 --> 00:42:22.719
I never decided to burn this down.
00:42:23.519 --> 00:42:26.480
Your friend is the one that said it's going to happen.
00:42:26.719 --> 00:42:31.360
It seems as though neither of us have any intent to do so.
00:42:36.239 --> 00:42:37.440
Go ahead and roll insight.
00:42:39.039 --> 00:42:39.679
17.
00:42:40.239 --> 00:42:53.760
Um, as you try and get a sense of how truthful the dragon in front of you is being, you aren't getting a sense that he wishes to burn down this building in front of you.
00:42:54.320 --> 00:43:02.639
Essentially, I guess the way that Kanina might get a readoff of things is that you feel he is leaving the decision up to you.
00:43:02.960 --> 00:43:03.679
You see.
00:43:03.840 --> 00:43:05.199
What are his eyes?
00:43:05.519 --> 00:43:06.159
Yellow.
00:43:06.320 --> 00:43:10.079
Uh kind of a golden yellow, not like a cat's eye yellow.
00:43:10.400 --> 00:43:33.920
Yeah, I guess peering into his uh draconic face, trying to get a read-off of him, she'll she'll kind of believe what he says, so she's still kind of on edge because the things she's heard from Ariel and the things that he's shown her in the past have not been exactly soothing to the soul, so she's she's a bit on edge, and she wants to make sure she makes the right decisions and doesn't want to be led astray.
00:43:34.320 --> 00:43:39.760
And as as he gazes into your eyes, he continues to speak.
00:43:40.079 --> 00:43:43.119
I don't understand why.
00:43:44.719 --> 00:43:52.159
But for some reason, the two of us have formed a bond.
00:43:53.360 --> 00:43:55.360
Hmm, a bond, you say?
00:43:56.079 --> 00:43:59.599
I suppose we have seen each other on more than one occasion.
00:44:01.199 --> 00:44:07.119
You always seem to enjoy striking up these conversations and showing me odd things.
00:44:08.400 --> 00:44:11.760
So what is to become of this relationship of ours?
00:44:12.239 --> 00:44:13.519
What do you want?
00:44:14.480 --> 00:44:15.760
Fire child.
00:44:17.440 --> 00:44:20.239
I am broken.
00:44:21.599 --> 00:44:22.239
Broken?
00:44:23.679 --> 00:44:24.320
Yes.
00:44:24.719 --> 00:44:28.239
Well she will look at his physical body from what she can tell.
00:44:28.480 --> 00:44:30.159
Does he look broken?
00:44:30.480 --> 00:44:38.800
He he I imagine, especially given the size of this dragon, Canina would have to, like, physically look to see.
00:44:39.199 --> 00:44:40.000
She'll do so.
00:44:40.079 --> 00:44:43.199
She's looking for, you know, like damage scales, broken wings.
00:44:43.440 --> 00:44:50.800
He lifts a wing on your side, and you don't see anything out of the ordinary for what you would expect a dragon to look like.
00:44:51.039 --> 00:44:52.480
And he just continues.
00:44:53.199 --> 00:44:55.119
It's nothing physical.
00:44:55.840 --> 00:44:56.480
Hmm.
00:44:57.360 --> 00:45:17.599
You see, myself and the rest of the mothers and fathers, my brothers and sisters, have been banished from your world for some time now.
00:45:18.480 --> 00:45:25.039
I suppose that would make sense with the legends we've heard and the vanishing of your kind.
00:45:25.360 --> 00:45:34.400
Nobody's seen a dragon, you know, for ages now, and what little we know of dragons is in passed into myth, essentially.
00:45:35.119 --> 00:45:38.400
Those that remain have had to go into hiding.
00:45:39.519 --> 00:45:47.679
Those that can birth the rest of our race have been removed from your realm.
00:45:48.159 --> 00:45:48.800
I see.
00:45:49.039 --> 00:45:51.039
Are you in our realm?
00:45:51.679 --> 00:45:52.960
I am not.
00:45:55.679 --> 00:46:00.480
That is how I know that you and I have a bond.
00:46:01.360 --> 00:46:03.360
So what do you know of an axe?
00:46:03.920 --> 00:46:08.000
Got her inquisitive face on, kind of peering at him suspiciously.
00:46:08.559 --> 00:46:18.719
The look that you get from him, like very large dragon, but you get that kind of he he pulls his head back and tilts it to the side.
00:46:22.079 --> 00:46:24.000
That explains a lot.
00:46:24.800 --> 00:46:25.360
Hmm.
00:46:26.159 --> 00:46:31.920
I see I've uh struck some sort of recollection there.
00:46:32.639 --> 00:46:36.880
The axe is the axe of my champion.
00:46:37.920 --> 00:46:39.360
Your champion?
00:46:40.079 --> 00:46:46.480
There was a time, probably before any of your races will remember.
00:46:48.000 --> 00:46:52.000
Back when the dragons were able to roam free on Aurelia.
00:46:53.119 --> 00:47:07.440
That me, my brothers, and my sisters shared a connection with some of the more mortal races of your world.
00:47:08.639 --> 00:47:13.840
The axe signified my bond.
00:47:22.400 --> 00:47:23.039
I see.
00:47:23.440 --> 00:47:31.199
Me and the rest of the mothers and fathers, as far as we are concerned, are immortal.
00:47:32.079 --> 00:47:36.320
Though, we do believe that we could still be struck down.
00:47:37.280 --> 00:47:45.599
However, those that you guys consider gods put us away a very long time ago.
00:47:46.320 --> 00:47:48.800
And broke our bonds.
00:47:50.000 --> 00:47:55.119
That fire child is how I am broken.
00:47:55.679 --> 00:47:56.320
I see.
00:47:57.360 --> 00:48:03.280
My axe needs to be reunited with its other side.
00:48:04.239 --> 00:48:05.679
Its other side?
00:48:06.320 --> 00:48:07.599
It is broken.
00:48:08.079 --> 00:48:12.960
I guess thinking back to her memories of the axe, did it seem like broken in any obvious way?
00:48:13.119 --> 00:48:14.719
I know there was wounds on it.
00:48:15.440 --> 00:48:24.239
I'm going to give it to you because it coming up was so long ago that I don't expect you to remember it, but Kanina might.
00:48:24.559 --> 00:48:33.440
At the base of the axe, there was a dragon's claw that was in a somewhat opened cupped hand position.
00:48:35.199 --> 00:48:36.880
It's not obviously broken.
00:48:37.039 --> 00:48:37.360
Yeah.
00:48:37.840 --> 00:48:42.719
But it's something that you could see something being in.
00:48:43.199 --> 00:48:53.519
I remember there was a dragon part on the end of it, but yeah, I didn't notice it being obviously missing anything, I suppose, at the time.
00:48:54.159 --> 00:48:54.800
Huh.
00:48:55.920 --> 00:49:03.199
So, you need this other part of the axe, but what happens when the two halves join?
00:49:03.679 --> 00:49:11.119
It is only when our bonds are put together that our individual seals can be broken.
00:49:12.239 --> 00:49:14.639
So you mean to come back to this realm?
00:49:15.199 --> 00:49:16.400
We would like to.
00:49:16.960 --> 00:49:18.320
Then why is that?
00:49:18.880 --> 00:49:21.679
Is the realm you're in not good anymore anymore?
00:49:21.840 --> 00:49:23.519
Or is it a bad place?
00:49:24.480 --> 00:49:30.960
The realm we are in is devoid of all significance.
00:49:32.400 --> 00:49:33.920
We miss our kind.
00:49:35.519 --> 00:49:56.159
I guess that kind of uh strikes a chord with Nina in a way, because she's always been uh well when she was younger, she was alone quite a bit, so having found a group of her own that she's grown close to, you know, she kind of understands that whole wanting to reconnect with basically his family or his kind again.
00:49:57.519 --> 00:50:02.639
You know why you don't see dragons anymore?
00:50:03.679 --> 00:50:11.519
Well, if they're on the realm that you're in, that wouldn't be my main guess why, but Oh no.
00:50:11.840 --> 00:50:16.639
It is only my brothers and sisters that are locked away.
00:50:17.039 --> 00:50:30.000
Many of our kind still exist in your realm, but they've been driven into hiding because they cannot bear children for themselves.
00:50:30.960 --> 00:50:36.239
But there were a number of eggs that have not yet hatched.
00:50:36.559 --> 00:50:36.880
Oh.
00:50:37.280 --> 00:50:46.320
And they have all taken it to be their life's duty to ensure that their kind's children can remain safe.
00:50:46.880 --> 00:50:47.519
I see.
00:50:48.159 --> 00:50:50.800
So you're ensuring the future of your kind?
00:50:51.679 --> 00:50:55.679
And you wish to come back to keep them safe, then?
00:50:56.480 --> 00:51:03.440
It is only my brothers and sisters and I that can create new life for the dragons.
00:51:04.559 --> 00:51:05.199
I see.
00:51:05.840 --> 00:51:16.000
I understand that, and it is a noble cause, but at the same time, what kind of coexistence can do you want to have with the rest of the people who are here?
00:51:16.239 --> 00:51:22.079
I imagine if you're banished before from the realm, then perhaps there was a reason.
00:51:22.320 --> 00:51:30.719
I I can't help you and your kind knowing that I might be letting in people who wish to harm the rest of us here.
00:51:31.199 --> 00:51:37.440
Banishment of my kind was led by the pettiness of those that you call gods.
00:51:38.079 --> 00:51:41.840
But that doesn't quite answer what I was asking.
00:51:42.079 --> 00:51:44.400
Basically, I'll let me be blunt with you.
00:51:44.719 --> 00:51:47.280
Do you mean the people of this realm harm?
00:51:47.760 --> 00:51:49.280
I don't have to.
00:51:51.760 --> 00:52:00.480
We were able to live a somewhat peaceful existence next to your kind's ones.
00:52:02.000 --> 00:52:05.679
We don't see why that couldn't happen again.
00:52:06.480 --> 00:52:16.800
But there's a level of acceptance that would have to come between both sides for there to be any chance of that.
00:52:17.679 --> 00:52:24.960
That is why my brothers and sisters and I bonded with our champions.
00:52:25.920 --> 00:52:33.039
They were able to serve as a mediator between our kind and yours.
00:52:34.880 --> 00:52:35.519
I see.
00:52:35.920 --> 00:52:51.280
And Canina will think back to the illustrated scroll that we found, you know, in the Dwarven city, and, you know, about the champions, especially the one writing on the white dragon and the whole formation of the valley there and whatnot.
00:52:51.360 --> 00:53:02.320
And she'll kind of draw the connections because we did kind of think of in the past that perhaps there are weapons that hold special significance to dragons and you know, the dragon riders at the time.
00:53:02.559 --> 00:53:07.360
So she's not entirely opposed to the idea of helping this dragon.
00:53:07.599 --> 00:53:21.599
And thinking of that, she'll be like, well, I'm not entirely opposed to the idea of helping you here, but before we do that kind of thing, uh perhaps we should introduce ourselves formally.
00:53:21.679 --> 00:53:23.119
I'm Kenita Kojen.
00:53:23.440 --> 00:53:24.880
What is your name?
00:53:26.159 --> 00:53:28.880
I am known as Doitan.
00:53:31.599 --> 00:53:42.239
There is little more that I can do with this bond than to occasionally meet with you.
00:53:43.039 --> 00:53:52.719
That is, until you have found a piece of the bond will help make our connection stronger.
00:53:53.360 --> 00:53:54.320
I see.
00:53:55.039 --> 00:54:00.079
Well, I'm not unsympathetic to your cause, and I'll see what I can do to help.
00:54:00.400 --> 00:54:06.559
But I'm not entirely trusting of you yet, so to speak.
00:54:06.800 --> 00:54:15.360
I'm not happy with the idea that things could go so wrong in the visions that have been presented to me so far.
00:54:15.599 --> 00:54:21.119
I don't wish harm upon anyone, and I don't want to be a villain in this situation.
00:54:21.360 --> 00:54:23.039
I want to do good things.
00:54:23.199 --> 00:54:28.159
If helping you will ensure that I can help others, I'll do so.
00:54:28.400 --> 00:54:34.000
But know this: if you mean any harm to our realm, I will stop at nothing to stop you.
00:54:34.960 --> 00:54:40.320
Your trust is not a thing that I can demand.
00:54:41.599 --> 00:54:53.599
If I wished to be truly and unabashedly evil, you wouldn't have a choice in what were to happen to this building.
00:54:54.719 --> 00:55:02.719
And Doitan perches up, kicks off with his back legs, and flies off into the sky.
00:55:03.760 --> 00:55:25.360
Kenina will watch him go, and she has a bit of a resolve set in her eyes, and she's decided to help out Doitan while she can, and hopefully keep a watchful eye because if she can ensure this connection with him, then she can hopefully maintain some uh security on what he's doing.
00:55:29.519 --> 00:55:30.079
Ariel!
00:55:30.480 --> 00:55:32.400
Yeah! The battle's over.
00:55:32.559 --> 00:55:33.519
We win.
00:55:34.239 --> 00:55:43.599
Grimfeng moves to shove Kosein aside and pushes past him, closing the rest of the distance between.
00:55:44.480 --> 00:55:52.719
So as Grimfeng tries to shove, Kossein's gonna swing her longsword for the attack of opportunity.
00:55:53.039 --> 00:55:53.599
Alright.
00:55:54.000 --> 00:55:55.519
Uh 21.
00:55:56.000 --> 00:55:57.519
21 will hit.
00:55:58.000 --> 00:56:06.880
So Kossein swings and slashes Grimfeng's side with uh 11 points of damage.
00:56:07.199 --> 00:56:10.880
So Grim Fang will take 11 points of damage.
00:56:11.199 --> 00:56:13.360
Close the distance to you.
00:56:14.320 --> 00:56:19.920
He reaches out with his hand and grabs you by the throat.
00:56:20.159 --> 00:56:21.360
Does a 20 hit.
00:56:21.679 --> 00:56:21.920
Yep.
00:56:22.320 --> 00:56:25.440
It hits even with my stuff if I had it on.
00:56:27.280 --> 00:56:32.639
Ariel takes 25 points of necrotic damage.
00:56:33.199 --> 00:56:37.360
Uh she's resistant to necrotic, so does that mean anything?
00:56:37.599 --> 00:56:39.119
I mean to take half damage.
00:56:39.360 --> 00:56:40.400
Ooh, thank god.
00:56:40.639 --> 00:56:42.239
It is Kosane's turn.
00:56:42.320 --> 00:56:47.119
Uh Grimfang is now behind Kosein by about 20 feet.
00:56:47.440 --> 00:56:51.920
And there is a Shadow Worg standing directly next to Kosein.
00:56:52.239 --> 00:56:52.559
Okay.
00:56:53.199 --> 00:56:56.880
I don't like making choices for my god or my angel.
00:56:58.000 --> 00:57:04.000
Okay, so Kossein is going to swing at the Shadow Warg.
00:57:04.159 --> 00:57:07.920
So hopefully there won't be two things charging at Ariel.
00:57:08.559 --> 00:57:10.000
17 to hit.
00:57:10.400 --> 00:57:12.719
For the Shadow Warg, that will hit.
00:57:13.199 --> 00:57:15.039
Would be 23.
00:57:15.360 --> 00:57:18.719
And uh 15 of that 23 is radiant damage.
00:57:18.960 --> 00:57:22.320
Oh, and then I do I roll the hit again for the second attack?
00:57:22.960 --> 00:57:24.079
So 18.
00:57:24.639 --> 00:57:25.679
18 will hit.
00:57:26.000 --> 00:57:28.719
17 as she swings again.
00:57:29.039 --> 00:57:37.519
As Kosane takes two rapid slashes across this shadow ward in front of her.
00:57:37.840 --> 00:57:40.639
She nearly cleaves it in two.
00:57:40.800 --> 00:57:54.639
Like it is brought down to its knees, struggles, and pushes itself back up, and you can just hear the the huffing coming from this ward standing in front of her.
00:57:55.119 --> 00:57:56.960
Ariel, it is your turn.
00:57:57.280 --> 00:58:01.920
Is there any sort of disadvantage for how close he is if I cast a spell?
00:58:02.159 --> 00:58:03.119
I don't believe so.
00:58:03.280 --> 00:58:12.239
Okay, well, Ariel is going to shoot another guiding bolt, but this time at second level.
00:58:12.960 --> 00:58:15.039
Uh 18 to hit.
00:58:15.280 --> 00:58:19.119
Um, this is against Grimfang, and that will hit.
00:58:20.239 --> 00:58:20.880
10.
00:58:21.679 --> 00:58:29.280
He lights up again with uh advantage on the next attack with her player scripts going around him.
00:58:29.519 --> 00:58:33.360
And Ariel's going to stay standing face to face with him.
00:58:33.920 --> 00:58:39.679
Uh she's tried getting away from him before and he's knocked her on her ass.
00:58:40.159 --> 00:58:44.639
And I don't know that she can take another hit of opportunity at this moment.
00:58:44.960 --> 00:58:52.239
So, yeah, she's just gonna stand there holding her necklace tightly and just constant praying.
00:58:52.960 --> 00:59:05.119
He is staring you down even as you are burning him with his radiant energy, and he just says to you, You've seen what the corruption has done to me.
00:59:05.920 --> 00:59:09.280
Do you think that you are so different?
00:59:10.559 --> 00:59:36.559
It is now the Shadow Worg's turn, and the Shadow Worg is going to take essentially the last bit of its energy to run around Kosane or run over to the back side of you opposite of Grim Fang and lash out basically raking you with both sets of its claws.
00:59:37.519 --> 00:59:40.559
Well, um, does the 11 hit?
00:59:40.800 --> 00:59:41.119
No.
00:59:42.000 --> 00:59:43.599
Does a 22 hit?
00:59:43.760 --> 00:59:44.559
Oh yeah.
00:59:45.199 --> 00:59:50.800
Aerial takes uh seven points of slashing damage.
00:59:52.800 --> 00:59:54.719
And 23 is gonna hit.
00:59:54.880 --> 00:59:55.199
Yeah.
00:59:56.320 --> 00:59:59.760
And a 11 points of slashing damage.
00:59:59.920 --> 01:00:13.760
As this warg has basically taken the last breath that it it can, charges over, and just one paw and then the other come down across Ariel's back.
01:00:17.119 --> 01:00:17.679
Rem.
01:00:18.400 --> 01:00:18.719
Yes.
01:00:20.159 --> 01:00:26.000
You come to on a road out in the middle of an open plains.
01:00:26.559 --> 01:00:30.480
You feel like you've been walking for a while, but you don't remember any of it.
01:00:31.360 --> 01:00:39.280
In front of you, off in the distance, a couple miles or so, is a fort garrison.
01:00:40.159 --> 01:00:43.760
And it looks like you were walking in the direction of it.
01:00:44.079 --> 01:00:45.199
And I'm alone?
01:00:45.440 --> 01:00:46.079
Yes.
01:00:46.400 --> 01:00:49.119
Is it a familiar fort garrison?
01:00:49.360 --> 01:00:55.599
Uh, as you scan the area around, it it does look quite familiar to you.
01:00:56.000 --> 01:00:59.760
Interestingly enough, as you're kind of panning the area.
01:00:59.920 --> 01:01:01.599
Go ahead and uh roll perception.
01:01:01.920 --> 01:01:02.639
22.
01:01:02.960 --> 01:01:19.360
As Rem does a a wide sweep with his eyes looking like 220 degrees all around him, it's almost like the areas to your your left and right are in sort of a haze to where you can't make out anything.
01:01:19.599 --> 01:01:26.079
However, straight in front of you, you you do make out that the fort garrison does look very familiar.
01:01:26.239 --> 01:01:32.000
The trees around it, the mountain up behind it, all give it a very familiar feel to you.
01:01:34.960 --> 01:01:36.800
How does the garrison look?
01:01:37.119 --> 01:01:43.840
Um, the garrison looks like it had recently come under some sort of attack.
01:01:44.239 --> 01:01:47.599
Like it's still smoking recently, or like No.
01:01:47.840 --> 01:01:55.199
In fact, as you are making your way closer to it, you can actually see people milling about the area.
01:01:55.360 --> 01:02:07.760
It looks like trees from the surrounding forest are being chopped down and are being brought in to help create lumber to make repairs on anything that had been damaged in the attack.
01:02:07.840 --> 01:02:12.239
So it looks like they've gone through the worst of it and are in a sort of rebuilding.
01:02:15.599 --> 01:02:22.079
As you make your way, do you enter the the central kind of courtyard of the fort?
01:02:22.559 --> 01:02:24.639
If I'm not challenged and stop yet.
01:02:24.960 --> 01:02:29.920
No, it seems like everyone around almost acts as if you aren't there.
01:02:30.159 --> 01:02:39.119
They they make their way around you, but they don't draw attention to the fact that they were going on a path and then swerved to avoid you.
01:02:39.440 --> 01:02:44.000
Seems like everyone is is fairly busy just doing the work that they're doing.
01:02:44.559 --> 01:02:45.840
So do you enter the fort?
01:02:46.079 --> 01:02:46.400
Yeah.
01:02:46.639 --> 01:02:47.519
I'll walk in.
01:02:48.400 --> 01:02:55.280
As you are inside the walls of the fort, you know where the barracks was.
01:02:56.159 --> 01:03:01.039
And it seems that over by the barracks there is a man.
01:03:01.280 --> 01:03:04.719
Uh, looks to be about his early to mid-twenties.
01:03:05.039 --> 01:03:10.000
He has slightly long but well-groomed blonde hair.
01:03:10.079 --> 01:03:11.280
He's kind of tall.
01:03:11.440 --> 01:03:17.440
Uh a little lanky, but you can get a feel for some lithe muscle build behind him.
01:03:17.920 --> 01:03:22.320
And it seems that he is the one in charge of giving people orders.
01:03:22.639 --> 01:03:24.079
I'll walk towards him.
01:03:24.400 --> 01:03:27.920
As you approach, he is very familiar to you.
01:03:28.239 --> 01:03:33.280
Belted at his hip is a rapier that is of remarkable make.
01:03:33.840 --> 01:03:39.199
In fact, it is something that you are very familiar with yourself.
01:03:39.679 --> 01:03:43.679
He sees you approaching, and a look of recognition comes over his eyes.
01:03:43.920 --> 01:03:46.480
Does he have any ranking insignia?
01:03:46.800 --> 01:03:48.719
No, none whatsoever.
01:03:49.119 --> 01:03:59.920
He abruptly, and what would be seen as rude to any person, walks away from the person that had been speaking to him walking down the steps, approaching you.
01:04:00.239 --> 01:04:02.239
We'll stop at the bottom of the steps.
01:04:02.880 --> 01:04:04.719
Didn't I kill you?
01:04:05.199 --> 01:04:08.000
Do I recognize him as you do?
01:04:09.039 --> 01:04:10.559
And he's not military.
01:04:10.880 --> 01:04:11.199
No.
01:04:12.000 --> 01:04:15.679
Is this a visage that would immediately anger me?
01:04:16.239 --> 01:04:21.280
I don't think that the first sense that Rem has would be anger.
01:04:21.599 --> 01:04:32.639
The first thing that Rem feels as those words come out and he realizes why he recognizes this man is a pain in your chest.
01:04:32.960 --> 01:04:35.199
A slight burning sensation.
01:04:36.880 --> 01:04:39.920
Well, how are you here?
01:04:40.239 --> 01:04:42.639
Rem will just stare at him for a moment.
01:04:43.039 --> 01:04:45.920
He'll put his hand to his chest where he feels the burning.
01:04:46.400 --> 01:04:47.519
So you are him.
01:04:47.760 --> 01:04:49.679
He's gonna look towards the walls.
01:04:50.239 --> 01:04:50.880
Yes.
01:04:51.360 --> 01:04:54.400
It's a work in progress.
01:04:55.280 --> 01:04:56.639
How are you here?
01:04:57.920 --> 01:04:59.039
How far away is he?
01:04:59.199 --> 01:05:00.320
Ten feet or so?
01:05:00.719 --> 01:05:03.599
I'm just gonna look back and be like, it doesn't matter how.
01:05:03.760 --> 01:05:05.039
It only matters that I am.
01:05:05.599 --> 01:05:08.639
He's gonna reach down to his hip and feel for his pick.
01:05:08.960 --> 01:05:09.679
It's right there.
01:05:09.840 --> 01:05:10.960
He's gonna draw it.
01:05:11.039 --> 01:05:12.880
And and pulling my shield around.
01:05:13.519 --> 01:05:18.719
I have a sense that you feel we have some unfinished business, old man.
01:05:19.199 --> 01:05:23.039
With you and your kind, my business is never finished.
01:05:23.360 --> 01:05:24.000
Alright.
01:05:24.320 --> 01:05:27.599
He draws the rapier, points off behind you.
01:05:28.320 --> 01:05:31.039
About 30 paces that way.
01:05:31.840 --> 01:05:38.159
And he looks at the people around him, kind of points around him with the rapier.
01:05:38.480 --> 01:05:41.280
None of you are to interfere.
01:05:42.159 --> 01:05:44.320
Me and this man have business.
01:05:45.039 --> 01:05:47.840
I've killed him once, I'll kill him again.
01:05:48.079 --> 01:05:49.920
Go ahead and roll for initiative.
01:05:51.679 --> 01:05:53.360
Rem, what'd you get for initiative?
01:05:53.519 --> 01:05:54.159
12.
01:05:55.679 --> 01:05:59.760
As Rem and this man make their way.
01:06:00.320 --> 01:06:02.880
Towards the center of this courtyard.
01:06:03.119 --> 01:06:05.360
The people working around him.
01:06:05.679 --> 01:06:08.639
Most of them actually continue on with their work.
01:06:08.800 --> 01:06:16.159
You see a handful that had been helping direct kind of form up to create a sort of a ring.
01:06:16.320 --> 01:06:17.760
They don't have weapons drawn.
01:06:17.840 --> 01:06:20.079
They don't look like they're planning to interfere.
01:06:20.320 --> 01:06:28.880
They look more like they're planning to keep you guys contained within a, let's say, 60-foot diameter circle.
01:06:29.119 --> 01:06:30.800
Alright then, old man.
01:06:31.280 --> 01:06:32.400
Come at me.
01:06:32.880 --> 01:06:34.960
Is he you got you got first in an issue?
01:06:35.360 --> 01:06:37.360
I didn't know if he was like letting it.
01:06:37.519 --> 01:06:40.960
So Rim's gonna hunker down behind his shield.
01:06:41.199 --> 01:06:45.280
And using his bonus action, he's going to cast Shield of Faith.
01:06:45.599 --> 01:06:46.800
How far away is he?
01:06:47.039 --> 01:06:55.039
We'll say that you guys essentially, that that 60-foot circle, you guys went in about 20 feet from each edge, which will put you at about 20 feet away from each other.
01:06:55.280 --> 01:06:58.159
So Rim will approach five feet.
01:06:58.480 --> 01:07:01.599
And he'll take, I believe I get two attacks now.
01:07:01.920 --> 01:07:12.159
And as you approach, you see him flick his rapier into a readied stance, crouches down a bit, and in a flash, a dagger appears in his other hand.
01:07:12.400 --> 01:07:15.760
And so I will attack with my war pick.
01:07:16.320 --> 01:07:16.960
One.
01:07:17.519 --> 01:07:22.719
With your first swing, he just kind of backsteps, letting it swing in front of him.
01:07:23.119 --> 01:07:24.559
Take my second attack.
01:07:24.800 --> 01:07:25.519
Twenty-two.
01:07:25.760 --> 01:07:27.119
Twenty-two will hit.
01:07:27.440 --> 01:07:28.559
Or nine damage.
01:07:28.800 --> 01:07:29.679
Piercing.
01:07:30.000 --> 01:07:33.599
Is uh Rem's uh war pick magical?
01:07:34.079 --> 01:07:34.400
No.
01:07:34.960 --> 01:07:43.360
So he had backstepped Rem's first attack, and he was stepping back into a readied position to strike.
01:07:43.679 --> 01:07:51.679
Unexpecting as Rem makes like the backhand swing, bringing the pick back up and gouges him across the chest.
01:07:51.920 --> 01:08:00.000
And he he looks down, puts a finger into the blood where the tip of that war pick grazed him.
01:08:00.239 --> 01:08:03.360
Well, I see you do mean business.
01:08:03.679 --> 01:08:07.039
And he strikes out at you with the rapier.
01:08:08.159 --> 01:08:11.280
Uh so that's a 24 to hit.
01:08:11.440 --> 01:08:12.400
It hits.
01:08:13.039 --> 01:08:16.720
For 13 points of piercing damage.
01:08:17.439 --> 01:08:20.319
Plus six points of poison damage.
01:08:20.560 --> 01:08:22.640
And make a constitution saving throw.
01:08:23.039 --> 01:08:23.680
14.
01:08:24.159 --> 01:08:28.159
Rem becomes poisoned until you take a long rest.
01:08:28.720 --> 01:08:45.760
So he had returned himself to a readied position and strikes straight forward with his rapier, twisting his wrist at the last second to get around Rem's shield and stabs him in the side.
01:08:46.720 --> 01:08:49.039
Does a 17 hit.
01:08:49.199 --> 01:08:49.520
No.
01:08:49.920 --> 01:08:51.760
He draws it back out.
01:08:51.920 --> 01:08:58.479
You see a smirk across his face as he lunges in for a second strike with the rapier.
01:08:58.560 --> 01:09:02.800
But knowing his tricks, Rem gets his shield in the way to block it.
01:09:03.359 --> 01:09:04.239
Alright, so.
01:09:04.560 --> 01:09:06.000
Are you going into your next turn?
01:09:06.239 --> 01:09:06.640
Yeah.
01:09:06.880 --> 01:09:07.199
Okay.
01:09:07.680 --> 01:09:09.359
Back over to Ariel's battle.
01:09:15.039 --> 01:09:25.039
With the distance to Ariel closed off, uh, Grimfang pulls back with the spear and thrusts it into your midsection.
01:09:26.399 --> 01:09:39.359
He must have caught the spear on the ground on his first thrust, ripped it back out of the ground, and readjusts his grip on it.
01:09:39.600 --> 01:09:42.479
Uh, does 15 hit.
01:09:42.960 --> 01:09:43.439
Meets it.
01:09:43.600 --> 01:09:44.560
Here it is about to go.
01:09:46.000 --> 01:09:53.439
Um, so that's gonna be eight points of piercing damage and two points of necrotic damage.
01:09:53.680 --> 01:09:54.720
So it's one point?
01:09:55.039 --> 01:09:56.640
One point with your resistance.
01:09:56.800 --> 01:09:57.199
Mm-hmm.
01:09:57.279 --> 01:09:58.319
Is it her turn?
01:09:58.560 --> 01:10:01.439
No, it is Kosane's turn next.
01:10:01.760 --> 01:10:02.479
Alright.
01:10:02.720 --> 01:10:07.119
Is the warg in between the warg is all the way on the backside now?
01:10:07.279 --> 01:10:10.159
So it's Kosane, Grimfang, Ariel.
01:10:10.479 --> 01:10:11.439
And then the warg.
01:10:11.600 --> 01:10:11.920
Okay.
01:10:12.239 --> 01:10:21.680
So Kosane's gonna turn around because she was facing the warg, and uh, she can feel that Ariel is like about to die.
01:10:23.279 --> 01:10:28.079
So she's gonna turn around and swing her long sword at Grimfang.
01:10:28.319 --> 01:10:29.600
17 to hit.
01:10:29.840 --> 01:10:30.880
17 will hit?
01:10:32.000 --> 01:10:34.960
Eight again, and then 12.
01:10:35.279 --> 01:10:36.239
So 20?
01:10:36.399 --> 01:10:37.680
Uh 20 points of damage.
01:10:37.840 --> 01:10:39.680
Yeah, and then a second attack.
01:10:40.079 --> 01:10:46.239
Describe what happens as Kosane destroys this shadowed figure of Grimfang.
01:10:46.479 --> 01:10:50.079
Okay, does Kosane's sword is it like lit at all?
01:10:50.399 --> 01:10:54.319
It would have a like celestial glow to it.
01:10:54.479 --> 01:10:54.800
Okay.
01:10:55.039 --> 01:10:57.680
I believe it's uh based on the stat block.
01:10:57.920 --> 01:11:05.439
Any weapon that is wielded by Kossein is magical uh based on the angelic weapon.
01:11:05.680 --> 01:11:10.640
Okay, so in my imagination, Grimfang's back is to Kossein.
01:11:10.720 --> 01:11:31.760
Kossein turns around and raises her sword up and just slashes it through his back and um it goes piercing into like through his chest, and he's like pinned to the ground, and the um celestial light is just coming out of the sword.
01:11:32.319 --> 01:11:44.640
And as this light grows around Grim Fang, um, who had already been lit up by your guiding bolt from the last turn, too, so that light just continues to intensify.
01:11:44.800 --> 01:11:53.279
And by the time your vision like recovers from the blinding light, the body is gone.
01:11:54.079 --> 01:11:57.920
Hossein still has another attack and more than enough movement.
01:11:58.239 --> 01:12:02.479
Alright, she's gonna finish the job and go after the warg.
01:12:02.560 --> 01:12:05.199
She's gonna swing back around to the where she was.
01:12:05.439 --> 01:12:07.119
Actually, it would be going around Ariel.
01:12:07.439 --> 01:12:09.119
The warg is on the other side of Ariel.
01:12:09.520 --> 01:12:10.319
It's not good.
01:12:10.560 --> 01:12:12.319
It would be it would be a nine.
01:12:12.720 --> 01:12:22.720
Okay, so with that that movement in between is lit a little bit thrown off, and the swing goes wide on the shadow warg.
01:12:23.039 --> 01:12:24.319
It's Ariel's turn.
01:12:24.640 --> 01:12:48.880
Ariel is she's like barely holding herself up at this point with her staff, and she's going to just tap the staff on the ground, and there's gonna be a wall of force goes in a circle of um around her, so that way the warg can't do anything, nothing can penetrate through it.
01:12:49.039 --> 01:12:50.880
And I can do me to read the description.
01:12:51.119 --> 01:12:52.960
Sure, tell me what you're casting and read it off.
01:12:53.600 --> 01:13:00.159
Wall of force, and an invisible wall of force springs into existence at the point you choose within range.
01:13:00.239 --> 01:13:08.079
The wall appears in any orientation you choose as a horizontal or vertical barrier barrier or at any angle.
01:13:08.319 --> 01:13:11.920
It can be free-floating or resting on a solid surface.
01:13:12.079 --> 01:13:22.159
You can form it into a uh hemispherical dome or a sphere with a radius of up to 10 feet, or you can shape a flat surface, blah blah blah.
01:13:22.319 --> 01:13:27.039
Uh, she's gonna be doing the sphere, so she's completely encompassed.
01:13:27.279 --> 01:13:46.000
In any form, the wall is one-fourth inch thick, it lasts for the duration of 10 minutes, and uh, if the wall cuts through a creature's face when it appears, the creature is pushed to one side of the wall, your choice of which side, obviously, if that worg is near, it would be pushed out.
01:13:46.159 --> 01:13:53.600
Uh, nothing can physically pass through the wall, it is immune to all damage and cannot be dispelled by dispel magic.
01:13:53.760 --> 01:13:57.600
Uh it can't a disintegrate spell can destroy the wall instantly.
01:13:57.760 --> 01:14:02.960
Uh the wall also extends into the etheral plane, blocking etherol travel through the wall.
01:14:03.199 --> 01:14:13.039
So basically, Ariel's down to two hit points, and she does not even want even a tiny little bite to hit her.
01:14:13.359 --> 01:14:14.079
Two hit points of the power.
01:14:14.239 --> 01:14:16.079
So she's like getting super defensive.
01:14:16.399 --> 01:14:19.039
And you said no creature can pass either direction?
01:14:19.199 --> 01:14:19.439
Yep.
01:14:19.680 --> 01:14:23.600
Okay, so Kosane would also be locked into the wall with you.
01:14:23.840 --> 01:14:24.239
Yeah.
01:14:24.479 --> 01:14:24.800
Okay.
01:14:25.279 --> 01:14:27.520
But the thing is out of the wall.
01:14:27.760 --> 01:14:30.800
That took five of her charges.
01:14:31.119 --> 01:14:32.399
Oh, using your staff.
01:14:32.560 --> 01:14:32.800
Yeah.
01:14:32.960 --> 01:14:33.199
Okay.
01:14:33.520 --> 01:14:37.199
She hit the staff to the ground and cast wall of force.
01:14:37.439 --> 01:14:39.920
Is that going to be it for Ariel's turn?
01:14:40.239 --> 01:14:44.079
Um, that's considered a spell, so she can't cast any other spell, right?
01:14:44.239 --> 01:14:46.239
Uh, it's gonna be an action regardless.
01:14:46.560 --> 01:14:50.720
Because she has bonus actions, but they're spells, so that's why I don't know how.
01:14:51.359 --> 01:14:52.479
Are they canon trips?
01:14:52.720 --> 01:14:53.039
No.
01:14:53.279 --> 01:14:53.600
Okay.
01:14:53.920 --> 01:14:55.600
But that's considered using a spell.
01:14:55.920 --> 01:14:56.479
I believe so.
01:14:56.720 --> 01:14:58.800
So no, she can't do anything more.
01:14:59.520 --> 01:15:21.279
The warg suddenly kind of like shoved back a little bit through the dirt, furiously charges back at the dome that you have just created, this shimmering light field in between you and the war, and is chomping at it, striking out with both of its claws, and cannot get through.
01:15:21.600 --> 01:15:31.279
But essentially, the whole time that you are trapping yourself in this dome, the shadow ward is going to be striking at it from the outside.
01:15:31.600 --> 01:15:33.119
On all of its turns.
01:15:34.720 --> 01:15:36.079
Tempest! Yep.
01:15:36.880 --> 01:15:44.239
You find yourself in a panic suddenly as your lungs are filled with salt water.
01:15:45.039 --> 01:15:45.920
Well shit.
01:15:47.039 --> 01:15:49.199
Am I fully submerged?
01:15:49.840 --> 01:15:50.479
Yes.
01:15:51.039 --> 01:15:52.960
Can I tell which way is up?
01:15:53.359 --> 01:15:54.000
You can.
01:15:54.560 --> 01:15:56.800
You can see clearly.
01:15:57.279 --> 01:16:00.399
You can also breathe normally.
01:16:01.199 --> 01:16:03.680
Well, I wasn't expecting that.
01:16:04.800 --> 01:16:10.000
So I know which way is up, and I can breathe normally.
01:16:12.319 --> 01:16:18.640
The couple seconds, or even just a half a second, of panic fades away.
01:16:19.119 --> 01:16:20.479
Gain my bearings.
01:16:21.039 --> 01:16:22.720
Take a look around.
01:16:23.520 --> 01:16:25.680
Alright, go ahead and roll perception.
01:16:27.119 --> 01:16:28.079
24.
01:16:28.640 --> 01:16:34.079
With a 24, you see a shape moving through the water.
01:16:34.399 --> 01:16:35.760
Coming towards you.
01:16:36.159 --> 01:16:40.239
The shape is rather confusing to you.
01:16:40.319 --> 01:16:52.000
Uh normally when you you see something in water, like it's it's a dark spot, especially with how clearly you can see, you would expect to be seeing an outline of some sort of creature.
01:16:52.319 --> 01:16:58.640
But instead, you are getting a vague sense of a humanoid shape.
01:16:58.800 --> 01:17:09.279
It's almost like you would expect to see if, say, a human that was invisible were standing in a fountain.
01:17:09.840 --> 01:17:10.159
Okay.
01:17:11.600 --> 01:17:15.920
Um I I don't think I would do anything.
01:17:16.159 --> 01:17:21.039
Just if they're coming towards me, I guess just float on guard.
01:17:21.680 --> 01:17:23.439
Uh on guard, are you drawing?
01:17:24.319 --> 01:17:28.399
No, no, just just a little more at attention.
01:17:29.039 --> 01:17:40.319
After a few moments, the shape in front of you it appears to be like a human, but made out of water.
01:17:40.800 --> 01:17:41.680
Greetings!
01:17:42.479 --> 01:17:44.000
What the hell are you?
01:17:44.800 --> 01:17:46.800
I am Alverin.
01:17:47.359 --> 01:17:51.840
I am a member of the elemental guard of the Sea of Mists.
01:17:52.640 --> 01:17:54.479
What are you doing here?
01:17:54.960 --> 01:17:57.359
I honestly couldn't tell you.
01:17:57.920 --> 01:18:02.479
And uh the creature settles down in front of you.
01:18:02.800 --> 01:18:05.199
And you see the shape where its head would be.
01:18:05.439 --> 01:18:06.800
Tilt to the side.
01:18:07.039 --> 01:18:08.239
Who are you?
01:18:09.039 --> 01:18:10.479
My name is Tempest.
01:18:10.800 --> 01:18:14.720
I I guess I'm an adventurer now.
01:18:15.199 --> 01:18:17.920
But I don't know what I'm doing here.
01:18:19.039 --> 01:18:19.760
Tempest.
01:18:20.720 --> 01:18:23.439
Does the name Raina mean anything to you?
01:18:24.960 --> 01:18:27.520
That was my birth name.
01:18:28.159 --> 01:18:29.600
How do you know that?
01:18:30.479 --> 01:18:31.199
Tempest.
01:18:31.680 --> 01:18:33.600
I believe I'm your father.
01:18:35.760 --> 01:18:40.079
My my mother always told me that my father was a pirate.
01:18:40.640 --> 01:18:42.159
Indeed, I was.
01:18:42.880 --> 01:18:45.840
And then one day, I went over.
01:18:46.880 --> 01:18:53.359
And I don't remember the course of events that led to me being here.
01:18:54.560 --> 01:19:00.640
But I woke up and I was the man that you see before you.
01:19:01.359 --> 01:19:09.199
So you just disappeared one day and turned into water.
01:19:10.319 --> 01:19:14.640
That is a way to put things.
01:19:14.960 --> 01:19:28.640
It would appear that my side of the family has some deep-rooted connections with the plane of water.
01:19:29.439 --> 01:19:36.560
I see through yourself that you are displaying some of my lineage.
01:19:37.279 --> 01:19:39.119
So this is your fault?
01:19:40.079 --> 01:19:44.239
About as much fault as it is that I am what I am in front of you.
01:19:45.039 --> 01:19:46.960
Is it a problem?
01:19:48.159 --> 01:19:54.479
I mean, it was a little hard to fit in once things started changing.
01:19:54.880 --> 01:19:57.279
It's hard for many people to fit in.
01:19:57.600 --> 01:19:59.039
Just ask a tiefling.
01:19:59.680 --> 01:20:01.359
Oh, I know one of them.
01:20:02.640 --> 01:20:04.960
She's crazy.
01:20:06.560 --> 01:20:08.000
But in a good way.
01:20:08.319 --> 01:20:10.560
And hard to fit in.
01:20:10.960 --> 01:20:13.199
I mean, she's pretty good at making friends.
01:20:13.439 --> 01:20:14.880
A little forceful.
01:20:15.439 --> 01:20:20.000
But she's the only one I've ever met, so I guess.
01:20:20.640 --> 01:20:22.640
Uncommon, you might say.
01:20:23.520 --> 01:20:24.640
Different.
01:20:25.199 --> 01:20:26.640
Hard to fit in.
01:20:27.279 --> 01:20:32.159
I seem to surround myself with people like that so it doesn't feel as uncommon.
01:20:33.439 --> 01:20:36.399
The other girl in our party has glowy eyes.
01:20:36.960 --> 01:20:37.920
Interesting.
01:20:38.399 --> 01:20:43.039
Well, Raina, it still doesn't explain what you're doing in the Sea of Mists.
01:20:43.279 --> 01:20:45.039
Sorry, please don't detonate me.
01:20:45.119 --> 01:20:46.640
I go by Tempest now.
01:20:47.119 --> 01:20:49.920
A lot's changed since you disappeared.
01:20:50.399 --> 01:20:51.680
My apologies.
01:20:52.159 --> 01:20:55.680
Even through my change, I have kept the name that I was given at birth.
01:20:55.920 --> 01:20:56.399
Weird.
01:20:56.720 --> 01:20:59.760
Alvrin still feels like it fits me.
01:21:00.079 --> 01:21:01.680
Why did you never come back?
01:21:02.000 --> 01:21:04.319
He gestures to him.
01:21:06.239 --> 01:21:11.840
Unfortunately, it appears that it is hard for my kind to return to land.
01:21:12.079 --> 01:21:13.760
Why did you never send word?
01:21:14.159 --> 01:21:16.239
Mother assumed you dead.
01:21:16.960 --> 01:21:23.840
In many senses, as far as the world on land is concerned, I am dead.
01:21:24.399 --> 01:21:28.640
I'm here, but I'm not the man that I was.
01:21:29.119 --> 01:21:37.520
I understand that this is a lot to take in, and I probably shouldn't have given away my position in things.
01:21:37.760 --> 01:21:40.800
I see that that was a bit of a mistake now.
01:21:41.520 --> 01:21:43.600
However, it was important.
01:21:44.479 --> 01:21:46.159
You aren't supposed to be.
01:21:46.960 --> 01:21:48.479
Tell me about it.
01:21:48.800 --> 01:21:57.760
I was essentially sent as a scout when it was noticed that a creature was within the Sea of Mists.
01:21:58.239 --> 01:22:00.000
It didn't belong here.
01:22:00.720 --> 01:22:03.359
Where is here anyway?
01:22:03.520 --> 01:22:06.079
The Sea of Mists is pretty big.
01:22:07.039 --> 01:22:12.960
Somewhere about thirty or so miles off of the eastern coast of Saval.
01:22:13.600 --> 01:22:20.800
Um I believe we are somewhere in between the cities of Port Noorsal and Tumeria.
01:22:24.720 --> 01:22:27.039
You just woke up here.
01:22:27.199 --> 01:22:28.159
Mm-hmm.
01:22:28.479 --> 01:22:29.920
Yeah, I'm confused too.
01:22:30.239 --> 01:22:31.439
Problematic.
01:22:31.840 --> 01:22:34.000
What do you know of the Misty Sea?
01:22:34.239 --> 01:22:35.600
Not a whole lot.
01:22:35.840 --> 01:22:39.600
I was on a boat for a few years, but it's more fish tails.
01:22:41.119 --> 01:22:43.279
Yeah, I was hoping to find you.
01:22:43.760 --> 01:22:46.560
Maybe connect with you somehow.
01:22:46.800 --> 01:22:48.000
But I wasn't a pirate.
01:22:48.239 --> 01:22:49.520
Did you find a pirate ship?
01:22:49.760 --> 01:22:51.520
I wasn't a pirate.
01:22:52.079 --> 01:22:55.359
That might explain why you weren't able to connect with me.
01:22:55.680 --> 01:22:58.319
I don't think I would have been able to connect with you anyway.
01:22:58.800 --> 01:23:00.880
You're made out of freaking water!
01:23:01.760 --> 01:23:02.720
Fair point.
01:23:03.680 --> 01:23:10.560
Though if you had at least associated yourself with pirates, you may have been able to learn a little bit more about me and what became of my fate.
01:23:10.800 --> 01:23:13.119
At the very least, you would know that I'm dead.
01:23:13.359 --> 01:23:16.079
Well, as far as anyone on the ship is concerned.
01:23:17.600 --> 01:23:28.640
And they would have been able to confirm it until you suddenly woke up in the misty sea, and I was standing in front of you, and I had to explain to you that I'm not in fact actually dead, I'm just different.
01:23:28.960 --> 01:23:30.720
There's no need to yell.
01:23:31.199 --> 01:23:38.640
I feel he turns around, backed up against a wall, in the middle of the fucking ocean.
01:23:39.600 --> 01:23:40.239
Again.
01:23:41.039 --> 01:23:43.039
You aren't supposed to be here.
01:23:43.600 --> 01:23:50.720
By all rights to the elemental guard of the misty sea, I should kill you.
01:23:51.119 --> 01:23:54.239
But you're my daughter, and I can't do that.
01:23:55.119 --> 01:23:57.520
I appreciate that.
01:23:58.319 --> 01:23:58.960
I think.
01:24:00.479 --> 01:24:07.840
There's a reason that ships known to venture into the misty sea do not return.
01:24:08.159 --> 01:24:14.399
And there's a reason that those that do are often seen as crazy.
01:24:14.640 --> 01:24:18.239
Do you know the stories about anyone that has returned from the misty sea?
01:24:18.479 --> 01:24:20.720
Well, sure, everyone knows the stories.
01:24:21.039 --> 01:24:22.640
What do they see out here?
01:24:23.039 --> 01:24:28.000
No one can give a straight answer, but there's horrors.
01:24:28.720 --> 01:24:30.239
Unknown to man.
01:24:30.479 --> 01:24:33.680
Large winged beasts that fly through the skies?
01:24:33.920 --> 01:24:34.560
Yes.
01:24:34.960 --> 01:24:37.600
Larger than the largest ships.
01:24:38.319 --> 01:25:01.279
There is an agreement that goes back essentially to the beginning of our recorded history that the Elemental Guard, those of us that are water elementals, and the Air Elementals, created the Misty Sea as a place to hide the things that the world cannot know.
01:25:02.239 --> 01:25:03.199
Like what?
01:25:03.920 --> 01:25:09.760
Like large winged beasts, larger than a ship that has ever been built.
01:25:10.479 --> 01:25:14.239
And yet you are here and you do not know how.
01:25:14.800 --> 01:25:15.760
Nope.
01:25:16.399 --> 01:25:24.319
And at this point, I'm a little concerned with how I'm gonna get back.
01:25:29.199 --> 01:25:33.359
How is it that you can be in the water?
01:25:33.760 --> 01:25:35.680
I don't really know.
01:25:36.079 --> 01:25:43.359
Just one day after all of this stuff started happening, I felt like going for a swim.
01:25:43.840 --> 01:25:47.439
And uh wanted to see how long I could hold my breath.
01:25:47.760 --> 01:25:56.560
Found out it wasn't super long, and when I started choking, I didn't actually start choking.
01:25:57.119 --> 01:26:02.800
Thought I was dying, and then everything just kinda was okay.
01:26:03.119 --> 01:26:04.800
Sounds quite familiar.
01:26:05.039 --> 01:26:07.039
But I didn't turn into water.
01:26:07.359 --> 01:26:08.479
Evidently.
01:26:08.800 --> 01:26:14.079
A different part of you awoken that chose not to kill you and turn you into a water elemental.
01:26:14.319 --> 01:26:16.079
Perhaps it's because I'm still here.
01:26:16.479 --> 01:26:20.800
There's not room in our lineage for another yet.
01:26:21.279 --> 01:26:24.079
So you think I'm gonna turn into water when you die?
01:26:24.720 --> 01:26:26.640
Because I don't want to turn into water.
01:26:26.880 --> 01:26:29.039
I don't know if that looks unpleasant.
01:26:29.279 --> 01:26:35.600
I don't know if it'll be when I die or if it'll be when you die after I have died, if you're killed by one.
01:26:36.560 --> 01:26:37.039
Noted.
01:26:37.520 --> 01:26:42.560
That seemed to have been an important part of the uh change.
01:26:43.439 --> 01:26:44.000
Drowning.
01:26:44.479 --> 01:26:47.439
Sounds like you went through something similar.
01:26:48.159 --> 01:26:50.159
So you said you woke up here.
01:26:50.479 --> 01:26:51.119
Yeah.
01:26:51.520 --> 01:27:04.800
Last thing I remember was waking Nina up to go on her portion of the watch, and and I had just finished mine and I was just in my bedroll.
01:27:05.119 --> 01:27:07.600
Perhaps it's time for you to wake up, Tempest.
01:27:07.920 --> 01:27:08.239
What?
01:27:12.319 --> 01:27:14.319
Ram, what was your next action?
01:27:14.640 --> 01:27:17.359
So he's going to remain where he is.
01:27:17.520 --> 01:27:25.600
He'll place his hand against his chest again, and he's going to expend uh ten points to cure the poison and heal himself five.
01:27:25.840 --> 01:27:27.039
It's his action.
01:27:27.279 --> 01:27:32.399
He's going to use his bonus action to look at the man in facing him.
01:27:32.560 --> 01:27:36.319
He's gonna say, You and your kind are a scourge on this land.
01:27:36.399 --> 01:27:40.000
And if it takes every breath I have, I'm going to wipe the slate clean.
01:27:40.479 --> 01:27:42.720
He's casting his vow of enmity.
01:27:43.439 --> 01:27:45.680
And is that the end of Rem's turn?
01:27:46.079 --> 01:27:47.840
Other than movement, that's everything he does.
01:27:48.880 --> 01:27:53.680
Being able to do things like that, this might almost be a fair fight.
01:27:54.000 --> 01:27:56.399
You call me a scourge.
01:27:56.560 --> 01:27:59.840
I've seen what your kind does to the villages around here.
01:28:00.560 --> 01:28:04.159
I've seen them come in and take what they want.
01:28:04.319 --> 01:28:06.079
What they feel is their right.
01:28:06.640 --> 01:28:11.439
All because of the little badges that they wear on their uniforms.
01:28:12.159 --> 01:28:19.600
And he's going to move himself into a stance to strike out at you with his rapier again.
01:28:20.880 --> 01:28:23.039
Does a 19 hit?
01:28:23.279 --> 01:28:23.600
No.
01:28:23.840 --> 01:28:30.159
Okay, so he has gotten himself back down into a readied pose and thrusts out with his dagger.
01:28:30.640 --> 01:28:36.800
Rem moves his shield up in front again, being the defensive trained fighter that he is.
01:28:38.239 --> 01:28:41.600
So a uh 18 is also not gonna hit.
01:28:41.760 --> 01:28:42.079
Nope.
01:28:42.319 --> 01:28:49.199
And so another clang rings out through the uh the courtyard of this fort.
01:28:49.680 --> 01:28:52.560
Ha! You are a challenge.
01:28:52.720 --> 01:28:54.079
A worthy opponent.
01:28:54.239 --> 01:28:56.399
Let me know when you'd like to end things.
01:28:56.640 --> 01:29:00.000
Having blocked the attacks this time, not as tricky as last time.
01:29:00.159 --> 01:29:04.159
Rim will step forward and strike out with his uh war pick again.
01:29:04.239 --> 01:29:05.680
That's a natural 20.
01:29:05.840 --> 01:29:06.560
Oh yeah.
01:29:06.800 --> 01:29:07.600
That hits.
01:29:08.000 --> 01:29:11.279
Um, criticals here are double damage, double dice.
01:29:11.600 --> 01:29:12.479
Double the dice.
01:29:12.560 --> 01:29:14.800
So roll all your damage dice twice.
01:29:15.039 --> 01:29:26.479
And then he's going to expend a spell slot of first level to divine smite as well, which adds another 2d8 radiant damage to the target.
01:29:26.560 --> 01:29:28.399
It's 3d8 on a normal strike.
01:29:28.479 --> 01:29:29.520
So I'm 6d8?
01:29:29.840 --> 01:29:30.960
Because part of it's divine.
01:29:31.039 --> 01:29:32.079
Do you want that separate?
01:29:32.239 --> 01:29:32.720
Nope.
01:29:32.960 --> 01:29:35.920
Okay, so that's altogether 28 damage.
01:29:36.159 --> 01:29:40.800
And as your pick can act just a well then.
01:29:41.119 --> 01:29:43.920
And then he'll pull back in strike for his second attack.
01:29:45.520 --> 01:29:46.560
An 18?
01:29:46.800 --> 01:29:48.000
An 18 will hit.
01:29:48.079 --> 01:29:49.520
Just barely, but it hits.
01:29:49.760 --> 01:29:54.800
And he'll expend another spell slot to do another uh divine strike.
01:29:55.039 --> 01:29:56.079
12 damage.
01:29:56.399 --> 01:29:58.560
This ends when you die.
01:29:59.119 --> 01:30:05.119
And he was knocked back catching himself, like shuffling to get his feet under him.
01:30:05.359 --> 01:30:12.560
As he stands back up in front of you, he wipes blood off the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand.
01:30:13.840 --> 01:30:14.880
Oh well then.
01:30:15.119 --> 01:30:18.000
I haven't been hit like that in quite some time.
01:30:18.239 --> 01:30:20.239
If we must continue, though.
01:30:20.560 --> 01:30:24.880
And he's going to move back into a lunge with his rapier.
01:30:25.680 --> 01:30:28.720
And that's gonna be a big fat miss with a 12.
01:30:30.000 --> 01:30:33.119
12 again! Still hiding behind the shield.
01:30:36.079 --> 01:30:38.079
Now we move back over to Ariel.
01:30:38.960 --> 01:30:41.840
On your first turn inside the bubble.
01:30:42.079 --> 01:30:44.880
What do Ariel and Kosane do?
01:30:45.199 --> 01:30:49.520
Uh Kossain is going to heal Ariel.
01:30:49.760 --> 01:30:52.000
2d8 plus 2.
01:30:52.640 --> 01:30:55.600
It's healed for seven points.
01:30:55.920 --> 01:30:58.239
There is Kossain's turn.
01:30:58.399 --> 01:30:59.920
And on Ariel's turn.
01:31:00.159 --> 01:31:04.159
Uh, Ariel is going to turn on her mage armor.
01:31:04.399 --> 01:31:10.079
And Ariel is going to ask Kossain, do you think Grimfang is coming back?
01:31:10.479 --> 01:31:16.319
I think that for the time right now, we have taken care of that problem.
01:31:16.960 --> 01:31:24.479
I don't know how he came back this time, so I cannot guarantee that he won't return in the future.
01:31:24.880 --> 01:31:25.199
Okay.
01:31:26.000 --> 01:31:31.760
Well, I guess we just need to gather our strength and take down this warg.
01:31:31.920 --> 01:31:33.199
It looks like it's almost dead.
01:31:33.439 --> 01:31:34.000
That it's a good idea.
01:31:34.239 --> 01:31:35.279
We can do it, right?
01:31:35.680 --> 01:31:36.960
I believe so.
01:31:37.359 --> 01:31:39.840
Did I touch the spear?
01:31:40.239 --> 01:31:42.319
I was trying to be so careful.
01:31:42.640 --> 01:31:49.199
I don't know if um whether or not you touched it would have made any difference for what we're dealing with right now.
01:31:49.600 --> 01:31:49.920
Okay.
01:31:50.640 --> 01:31:54.479
It's not a thing that we know about.
01:31:55.199 --> 01:32:00.720
Perhaps merely the how close you've stayed with it is what is causing this.
01:32:00.880 --> 01:32:06.880
Perhaps this is a one-time thing built into the magic of the spear to torment you.
01:32:06.960 --> 01:32:07.920
I do not know.
01:32:08.079 --> 01:32:10.960
But I'm here for you and I'm here to protect you.
01:32:11.520 --> 01:32:14.560
Okay, let's uh heal up and do this.
01:32:14.800 --> 01:32:20.399
So the warg spends its next turn striking at your dome on Cosane's next turn.
01:32:20.720 --> 01:32:22.479
Cosane's gonna heal me again.
01:32:22.640 --> 01:32:24.880
She can do it three times, it looks like.
01:32:25.199 --> 01:32:26.960
Ooh, that's 12.
01:32:27.199 --> 01:32:29.199
So then on your next turn?
01:32:29.520 --> 01:32:33.840
On my turn, Ariel will cast a shield of faith.
01:32:34.319 --> 01:32:36.880
And is that the end of Ariel's next turn?
01:32:37.119 --> 01:32:37.680
Yep.
01:32:37.920 --> 01:32:44.319
And continuing the onslaught, the warg is thrashing about on this dome.
01:32:47.920 --> 01:32:48.800
Kenina.
01:32:49.920 --> 01:32:51.439
Where were you taking watch?
01:32:52.000 --> 01:32:55.760
I imagine I was taking watch probably on the wagon or the uh cart.
01:32:56.560 --> 01:33:02.560
You jolt awake sitting in the front seat of the cart based on looking out at the sky.
01:33:03.039 --> 01:33:06.319
Seems like you may have been asleep for ten minutes or so.
01:33:06.800 --> 01:33:12.640
I don't remember dozing off, but you're in the second watch that you decided to take.
01:33:13.279 --> 01:33:18.239
Kina's kind of like looking around and seeing that she's back where she remembered being.
01:33:18.479 --> 01:33:27.920
She will think to herself, like, if this was if that was all a dream, that whole meeting, that was something she just thought up, but I don't know, it it kinda seemed very uh very real.
01:33:28.239 --> 01:33:31.359
Seemed like more than she could just dream up by herself.
01:33:32.239 --> 01:33:33.920
She's gonna continue with her watch.
01:33:34.319 --> 01:33:36.640
Does she see anything new in the area?
01:33:37.119 --> 01:33:37.439
No.
01:33:37.920 --> 01:33:47.039
Um are you going to spend pretty much the next watch just sitting up in the cart, continuing your your watch as normal?
01:33:47.359 --> 01:33:54.079
She will, but she'll probably move to more of like a standing type position somewhere where she can't really get comfortable and fall asleep in.
01:33:54.560 --> 01:33:56.159
She doesn't want to doze off again.
01:33:56.479 --> 01:34:26.239
The most the that you see change uh about the area around you is as you near the end of your watch, and probably what triggers you to begin uh waking up Rem is that the sky is starting to move from that deep dark, almost black blue to starting to lighten up where it's still a very dark blue, but you can see the shade lightening ever so slowly.
01:34:26.640 --> 01:34:34.960
Having nothing else happen other than her strange dream vision, she'll uh go ahead and wake Rem up for his shift.
01:34:35.199 --> 01:34:38.640
Just kind of gently grab his shoulder and shake him awake.
01:34:38.960 --> 01:34:41.119
Be like, Rem, it's time for your shift.
01:34:43.680 --> 01:34:45.279
Rem, it's your turn.
01:34:45.520 --> 01:34:47.760
So Rem will uh attack again.
01:34:48.000 --> 01:34:49.279
That's a natural 20.
01:34:49.439 --> 01:34:53.920
And this time he's gonna expend a second level spell slot to do 3d8.
01:34:54.319 --> 01:34:56.800
So it's gonna be 8d8 this time.
01:34:57.199 --> 01:34:58.720
35 points of damage.
01:34:58.960 --> 01:35:14.880
Jeez! Rem, you put everything you have into this next blow, and the pick breaks right through this man's guard as he put his his rapier and dagger up to try and block you.
01:35:15.039 --> 01:35:20.560
You crush right through it as the tip of your pickaxe sinks into his heart.
01:35:20.800 --> 01:35:22.079
He's gonna do it again.
01:35:22.319 --> 01:35:24.079
The man is dead on the ground, though.
01:35:24.399 --> 01:35:26.720
He doesn't care, he's making sure.
01:35:27.039 --> 01:35:44.079
Rem drives the tip of his war pick into this man's heart, driving him into the ground, rips it out, and just shoves the spike back into like the other side of his chest to make sure that this man is dead.
01:35:44.319 --> 01:35:52.880
And as you are looking down at him, watching the light fade from his eyes, you notice that he is familiar.
01:35:53.359 --> 01:35:58.399
More than in the sense of being the man who killed you.
01:35:58.800 --> 01:36:02.880
It's almost like looking into a mirror into the past for Rem.
01:36:03.600 --> 01:36:06.000
And you hear Kanina's voice.
01:36:07.680 --> 01:36:08.800
Rem, wake up.
01:36:08.880 --> 01:36:10.079
It's time for your shift.
01:36:10.399 --> 01:36:13.039
He's just staring at the man on the ground.
01:36:13.760 --> 01:36:14.399
Rem?
01:36:16.000 --> 01:36:17.920
Man, you're sleeping real deep.
01:36:18.239 --> 01:36:19.920
Full body shake!
01:36:21.840 --> 01:36:25.760
Using her strength to kind of so at the shake he'll he'll wake up.
01:36:25.920 --> 01:36:29.359
His eyes will snap open and he's got almost a feral look on his face.
01:36:29.439 --> 01:36:41.520
And he's gonna stare straight back at you, and he'll reach up and grab your tunic, and he'll ball his fist as if he was about to attack, but then he'll stop himself, and he'll look around like you know, he doesn't know where he is for a second, and then he'll let go of the tunic.
01:36:41.760 --> 01:36:42.239
Sorry.
01:36:42.479 --> 01:36:44.159
Oh, uh bad dreams.
01:36:44.399 --> 01:36:45.520
Yeah, apparently.
01:36:46.079 --> 01:36:47.359
Sorry to put you on edge there.
01:36:47.520 --> 01:36:49.439
And he'll stand up and he's gonna be rubbing his chest.
01:36:49.600 --> 01:36:49.920
Hmm.
01:36:50.079 --> 01:36:51.920
Old one bugging you again?
01:36:52.159 --> 01:36:53.199
Something like that.
01:36:53.520 --> 01:36:56.960
And in the back of Rem's mind, he just hears.
01:36:57.279 --> 01:36:57.920
Good.
01:36:58.319 --> 01:36:59.840
So you can do it.
01:37:00.479 --> 01:37:06.399
He'll move closer to the fire pit, stoke it a little bit, start his watch.
01:37:06.800 --> 01:37:08.159
Are you gonna be okay for your watch?
01:37:08.560 --> 01:37:09.520
Yeah, I'll be fine, thank you.
01:37:09.840 --> 01:37:12.079
You little you look a little a little shooking up there.
01:37:12.560 --> 01:37:15.279
Uh old bad memories.
01:37:15.680 --> 01:37:16.399
I'll be okay.
01:37:16.800 --> 01:37:17.119
Hmm.
01:37:17.520 --> 01:37:19.680
Well, feel free to wake me up if you need anything.
01:37:20.560 --> 01:37:21.439
I'll cook breakfast.
01:37:21.920 --> 01:37:22.079
Alright.
01:37:22.239 --> 01:37:22.880
Sounds delicious.
01:37:23.039 --> 01:37:24.399
You know where to find the spice pouch.
01:37:25.680 --> 01:37:28.159
Has Rem ever offered to cook for the party before?
01:37:28.560 --> 01:37:28.720
No.
01:37:29.439 --> 01:37:31.760
Kenine is a bit off put, but she'll go to sleep.
01:37:32.000 --> 01:37:34.720
She has uh her own dreams to uh think about.
01:37:38.000 --> 01:37:39.199
Alright, Ariel.
01:37:39.840 --> 01:37:40.319
Mm-hmm.
01:37:41.119 --> 01:37:43.840
It is Kossain's turn once more.
01:37:44.159 --> 01:37:49.680
Kossain's gonna hold her action until after Ariel drops the wall.
01:37:50.000 --> 01:37:53.039
It takes an action to drop a concentration, right?
01:37:53.199 --> 01:37:54.399
No, you just do it.
01:37:54.640 --> 01:37:59.760
Okay, so Ariel's going to drop the wall.
01:38:00.079 --> 01:38:02.880
Which will trigger Kossain's action.
01:38:03.279 --> 01:38:08.880
Is going to swing her longsword at the Shadow Warc 15.
01:38:09.039 --> 01:38:10.000
15 will hit.
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Oh, cool.
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Three slashing damage and then eight radiant damage.
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I mean the the Shadow Warc had one hit point left.
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So the bubble comes down and Kosane just immediately like twists around Ariel, bringing her longsword up right through the Shadow Warc's neck.
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Like in an instant before the Shadow Work even realizes that this bubble is gone.
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At least here I can protect you.
01:38:42.640 --> 01:38:43.840
That's good to know.
01:38:44.000 --> 01:38:46.399
I know you can protect me there too.
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Rem, you said you'd like to do something before everyone wakes up.
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Yeah, so basically, after he's gone to the fire and waited a couple of minutes for Nina to bed down, he's going to uh cast his uh divine sense off to see if there's anything in the area.
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How big and what is it sensing?
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Sixty feet.
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It can sense good, evil.
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It'll know if the location we're in is hollowed, it can detect any celestial or fiend undead.
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Um I believe you detect a celestial and a fiend?
01:39:20.239 --> 01:39:21.600
Well, knowing them.
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In the cart, uh, I think they're all good aligned.
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Nothing is out of the ordinary or Rem.
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That's mostly what he was checking for.
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See if there's an email.
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I think you've done this before.
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Yeah, I've caught both of them before and been like, okay.
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There is nothing that Rem is unfamiliar with.
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Would the spear be extra glowy?
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Because it's like evil?
01:39:44.479 --> 01:39:50.640
Yeah, I suppose it would, but it's also entirely possible that Rem has I mean Rem already knows.
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Yeah, he's he was looking for something that was new.
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That's the thing, I I don't know if that because it hasn't been explicitly said, I don't know that Rem hasn't done this in the time that you've gotten the spear, but you know that that thing is exudes an evil aura.
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And then basically, once it gets light and it's almost closed into watch, he'll actually start cooking up some breakfast for everybody.
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And the rest of the party wakes up to the smell of whatever Rem is cooking taken out of.
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Given how things went, you guys would have restocked when you were in uh in the village of Sterin just a bit ago.
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So Rem has some fresher ingredients to work with sausage, beans, black coffee.
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You guys wake up to the the smell of a nice breakfast.
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Unusual for when Rem is taking last watch.
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And as each person wakes and comes out, he'll actually present them with a plate.
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Someone woke up on the right side of the bed today.
01:40:54.079 --> 01:40:55.359
We didn't say that.
01:40:55.680 --> 01:40:57.039
Wait, you like coffee?
01:40:57.279 --> 01:40:58.239
No, I do.
01:40:58.399 --> 01:41:00.000
I don't understand you.
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When Ariel wakes and goes and gets the breakfast presented, sh she's gonna smile softly at Rem.
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You know, because she's kind of a little bit traumatized, but at the same time, she's happy and she's gonna be.
01:41:14.319 --> 01:41:18.159
Uh I learned about the staff you gave me.
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You're right, it is a lot more powerful.
01:41:22.880 --> 01:41:23.840
Take good care of it.
01:41:24.079 --> 01:41:24.640
I will.
01:41:24.880 --> 01:41:26.560
It will help a lot.
01:41:27.039 --> 01:41:29.920
He's gonna hand some coffee, he's gonna hand her orange juice.
01:41:31.760 --> 01:41:33.680
Ariel doesn't get to have coffee.
01:41:34.079 --> 01:41:36.079
Something tells me she wouldn't like it.
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I imagine Canina would probably wake up a little later than normal, just which is a little unusual for her, but she did take a double shift, and she also had a lot in her mind, so she'll probably sleep a little bit longer than normal, so she'll be the last one to join the uh gathering of breakfast.
01:41:53.359 --> 01:41:56.800
But she might actually forgo exercise for once this morning.
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Get that extra little bit of sleep in.
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And Rim will will actually make one extra plate.
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And he'll just leave it out where if Darodim wants it, he could come get him.
01:42:06.319 --> 01:42:07.600
Thank you for breakfast, Ram.
01:42:08.000 --> 01:42:08.319
Yeah.
01:42:08.560 --> 01:42:12.159
That was nice of uh Darodim to help keep watch last night.
01:42:12.239 --> 01:42:14.159
I definitely felt a lot safer with his presence.
01:42:14.239 --> 01:42:16.159
I saw him a couple times wandering by.
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Did you see anything odd on your shift?
01:42:23.199 --> 01:42:24.479
Uh quiet.
01:42:24.720 --> 01:42:25.119
Hmm.
01:42:25.359 --> 01:42:25.760
I see.
01:42:25.920 --> 01:42:28.640
You still shook up about your awakening?
01:42:29.039 --> 01:42:30.399
You shook me real hard.
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She has this doubtful look on her face, just like, mm-hmm.
01:42:34.159 --> 01:42:34.640
Yes.
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At this point, unless anyone has anything that they would like to wrap up before you guys get to Port Norsaul.
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I think we'll go ahead and end the episode evening on the fourth of Monanon as you guys are approaching the gates to the city.
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