Icebound | Ep. 9 | Fear Overwhelming
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Welcome to Legends of Avantris. I'm Queenie, and you're listening to Icebound. Here's what happened last time. ♪

The beast! It hunts us! There are a tremendous number of undead animals in this woods now. Oh, Jesus. They are all dead. What? Dead? How is that possible? What do you mean? We don't know how these curses work. We tried to avoid them, but our voyage was doomed from the beginning. And it feels like it's right outside the door. And it is!

There's a slam right at the front door. I'm going to kill some monsters! Everyone, there is an exit through the shithole. Let's get some provisions and move. What the fuck does that mean? Your body is moving without your control. Very calmly walks over to the wall, picks up the...

and hugs it, throwing this oil-filled lamp directly at the feet of Yorneir and Barnabas. It shatters, exploding in flames. It is time to run. Yeah, I mean, when you say it like that, you know, you got a point. You saved our lives. We owe you. Nice.

I suppose there's no way but forward then, and I'll just point off into the darkness. Where do we go? Morning doesn't seem to be approaching. This is not right. There should be light. You think it's about that time? It should be dusk, yes. But how long it has been, I'm certain of it. This whole place is cursed, then. If it should ever happen, we should find running water. True to her word. We're in the middle of the river. We'll be able to see it coming for quite a ways. Through the darkness.

you see what is very obviously a mature version of what you initially encountered when Roald transformed. It's directly in front of you, and when it's

It skids to a stop, seeing its prey. It looks up into the darkness of the sky and screams once again. The scream shatters the entire space. No longer are you standing on a frozen river, but the entire river shatters in all directions and begins to swim forward. You are on a ice floe, down a rapid river,

experiencing the horror of the Wendigo ready for its next meeting. It is the night before Winter's Eve. In all directions, save for the severe snowstorm that rages around you, there is darkness. Standing now on a great frozen river, you recognize how truly alone and lost you all are.

Both banks completely shrouded from view, the sky is veiled by gusting, turbulent, violent ice and snow. The events that brought you to this place fade as you gaze upon that which hunts you. Before you now, the terrible, monstrous, dreadful vision of a monstrosity stands poised, nearly ten feet tall in its vicious posture.

Nightmares would shrink from its malevolent force. Gray skin stretches taut over its enormous muscled frame. Four wicked antlers twist out of its shuddering skull. It arches its back and screams at the sky in seeming delight for the coming meal. A veritable banquet before its cursed, empty, cavernous eyes. No breath is visible as it howls.

Only three baleful and bloodied skeletal jaws. The shriek is over in an instant. All goes silent from the pain and you feel your ears pop. The river ice you stand on shatters and breaks free. What was a stable frozen water course suddenly releases from its jam and the already slick surface rocks and bumps and grinds and turns under your feet.

The thick layer of ice breaks apart, and the rushing water underneath immediately begins carrying you down its rushing current. Everything is muted, echoey, soft, as though you've been submerged underwater. The sudden shift pulls you all off your feet, and you fall hard to the unyielding floor of ice. Cold.

deafened, scared, your minds momentarily retreat into yourselves and your lives flash before each of you. Barnabas, what memory occurs to you in this moment? I think back to being a young Triton on my first

tide hunting ship, sea monster ship. And I think back to how scared I was when I encountered my first sea monster. And despite its massive size dwarfing this creature, it still is even close to as terrifying as what's before us. - Yornir, what memory occurs to you? - Yornir thinks back on all of the blight and sickness that he's seen in his long life.

in the moot, animals rotting away from the bin, plants crumbling and dying. But all of that felt natural. It was sort of the natural way as he looks at this thing that seems of nature, but is so unnatural. - Queenie, what memory flashes before your eyes? - The image of Honey being killed by one of these things.

and knowing that, looking towards her sister and knowing that this is the time for justice. Scrim. Scrim thinks back to the moment that he was the most scared that he's ever been in his entire life, which is right before the quill touched that parchment paper, and he began to sign his name, and thinking, well, if I'm to fall here and be devoured, then maybe the chase will finally be over. T'ai Shen.

I think back to the first morning I woke up and couldn't find Mei Li. When I set out into the forest and came across the crossing, the first crossing to jump across, I feel like I could always see it in my head and peering into blackness and almost feeling like it's extending miles out in front of me, like impossible.

The five of you stand, reliving these moments. You land on the ground, reliving these moments, and then look up and are snapped right back to reality. Adrenaline fills your veins. You feel it pumping in your heart. There is no flight. Could this be your end? Everyone roll for initiative.

This could be our lunch. The answer to that question is yes, this could be. Don't fuck me, Kimma. Don't fuck me, Kimma. Here we go. Oh boy. That's really impressive that you did all that because I feel like, honestly, you could have turned the camera on, blown the whistle, and been like, roll. All right. What the fuck do I do to you people? 20 to 30, perhaps? 22. 22. Nice. 15 to 20. 17. Not me, not this guy.

Who's got two goblin thumbs and didn't get 15? Two, you got green thumbs, two of them. That's right. Oh my god. 10 to 15? Nine. 12. No, sorry. Still not me. Oh, sorry, I got 17. 17. And Daisy got 11.

Sorry, I'm rolling for her hit points. Okay, I think I have everyone. Barnabas, what were you? 17. Queenie first. What was Queenie? Selza 17. Okay. May I go first, Queenie? Huh? May I go before you with that 17? No. Yeah, I don't care. I'm last. Scrim's the last. And then after Taishen is... Something horrible, I'm sure. I'm getting my 3d20s. Daisy...

So Daisy goes here. All right. You don't have proficiency to do it like this. I'm going to take a little extra time to get geared up here for one moment. Yeah, please. I mean, I do because I'm a heron gone. Can I just... Darwit? Can I just thank you right in this moment?

Thank me? Oh, yeah. Duh. It's real sloppy, but if you're going to look at him, you can. I mean, I couldn't have even done that. It would have been one coat all the way around. It's extremely sloppy. You should look at Jericho. I just like, that was my best effort, and it's a disaster. He's literally just one shade of brown. Wait, feral instinct. Maybe it's a beast. Maybe only I get it.

Let's take a moment. Put yourself where you want to be so long as it is on the central ice flow. Do we know where the beast is? It would be close to the back. It's fine if you want to... I think I would have been like... Shall we all quickly pause here? Can I mat-mode it? Yeah. Pardon me, that was a burp. Oh, what the fuck? Oh...

Can we just for a second appreciate it? Yeah, can I see it? Holy smokes! This is what we're fighting tonight. That is amazing.

Look at this. Jesus. Wow. What a great paint job. You want to look at it? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Thank you for your guidance, Rich, in painting. A million percent of my break-in. For the varnish that you have provided that makes his hands look especially clean-y and naturally bloody and reflective. Speaking of which, where did you fuckers put my varnish? Oh, it's right over here. Okay, cool, thanks. I know where it is. It's got two.

like separate entirely complete deer skulls that form the mouths yeah that's fucking insane that's fucking horrifying yeah but like they form that they come together like a clam oh my god we lost two horns and it actually it actually made it look better after after how did you do you want to like look at it yeah I repaired it

My name is Nikki. I'm kind of like every antler. No! Every antler? It fell from the top of the bookshelf, is how far it fell. And it landed head first. And I was like, this honestly is incredible. I didn't know what she was talking about. She didn't tell me what it was. It was crazy. That you were paying something, dropped it. And there it is. Okay. That's it. Oh, Jesus. I'm unsettled. Everyone feeling good? No. Great. That's what I want to hear.

You're near. Top of the round. Let's go. Oh my god, it's right in there! Description! There's already a description! Bear in mind, you are all prone in terms of the D&D condition, and you are all deafened in terms of the D&D condition, and you are all on difficult terrain.

What is that mechanically? What does that mean if you're prone on difficult terrain to stand up? Do you have a quarter of your speed? I guess it would be a quarter to stand up, yeah. Or half and half? No, you have to use half of your movement to move across difficult terrain. Actually, I don't know. Stand up. I'm just going to say that it's going to be half to move and half to get up. I'm not going to combine them.

Okay. Yeah, because that'd be three quarters to stand. Yeah, so you would cut it in half to stand and then you can move half of what the remainder is. Exactly right. Jesus. I can move one square. Oh, God. You're lying on your back, Yornir, and you are staring up. Wind and snow is blowing in all directions, coating your clothes, getting into your eyes and face, but you can still see...

but 15 feet in front of you, this towering monstrosity bearing down. It is clearly still finishing its howl. Fuzzily, you are trying to make sense of the situation and think, how do you survive? How do you save your friends? How do you get out of this place? I am going to, I guess, get up and use half my movement, presumably, because I'm prone. So I will stand up.

I will see the score and knowing that there's, you know, and we're all a little, at least I'm pretty beat up. I say, Mahmoud, we need you now, protect us. Regenerate us and I'm going to summon sort of an icy blue, almost like a spectral mammoth visage. Not quite like an actual mammoth,

But this sort of, it's hard to tell what it is, but it's almost like, like it has a mammoth head and it's sort of this ethereal spirit that is of a mammoth. And I will cast Healing Spirit as a bonus action.

And for everyone at home, or for everyone here, rather... We're at home. Until the spell ends, whenever myself or a creature I can see moves into the spirit space for the first time on a turn, or starts its turn there, you can use the spirit to restore 1d6 hit points to that creature. No action required. Holy shit. It can't heal constructs or undead. The spirit can heal a number of times, equal to one plus your spellcasting modifier.

After healing that number of times, the spirit disappears. I can also move it as a bonus action. So I will put it... Let me find a d2 here. If you want, I can give you one of my beans. A bean would be... Actually, it may be a little more visible. Totally up to you. I also like the color of the token.

Yeah, it's nice. So I am going to, I think I'm gonna place it here for now. So we have to choose to use it? Yeah, is this difficult terrain? All of the ice blows are difficult terrain. Okay.

If I happen to be a walrus, would it be difficult terrain? Yes. If I happen to be... I would say that it is ice, it is snow, it is moving on rapids. Bear in mind, this is not floating along gently along a thing. It is rocking up and down, back and forth. It is colliding with other pieces. It almost feels like you're on a

a ship's surface again during a storm of great proportion. Ice is very dangerous. It has a taste for blood, like it knows it killed a Vantress once and it thirsts for more. Ooh!

Is that the conclusion of your turn? No, so then I will move this way diagonally to step into it, heal, and I'll roll the healing. Then I will step this way to join my brother-in-arms, Barnabas.

and I will turn to Daisy, and I will say, "Whatever you do, stay behind me!" And you'll see sort of my form glow bright light blue, and my form will shift into a large walrus. And I don't have a walrus, I don't have a walrus miniature, but I have...

I have this sort of fluffy brown thing that is walrus-like. Yes! So, just imagine this is a walrus. So cool. I too play Diddy Kong Racing. And that is my turn. Nice.

Oh, wow.

Nikki's there too. It's not just Queenie. I might die in real life. Yeah, yeah. If you die in this game, you die in real life. Yeah, this is Jumanji. No! Five initiative counts from Yornir to Barnaboth occur, and so we are going to rotate the floats.

Five additional amounts and I'm gonna ask everyone to start participating in the map manipulation that's going to be required for this outrageously chaotic space. Oh wow. So for each initiative account you see I have these pips on the exterior of the main flow here. Oh my god. So I would move it one two

three, four, five. And all of these, everyone just give them a little twist. We're going to start doing this between each of the initiative counts until these turns because of the chaos that is happening in the rapids that you are flowing down. - So these little hashes move like one square, but five times? Is that what you were doing?

You twist the whole board? I'm twisting the whole board at its anchor point, at its center point, but I'm twisting it per pip. So you see those purple pips on the exterior? Oh, one inch. Effectively 15 degrees, because it's 24 rotations to complete an entire round. So the other ones, as they get pushed, just feel free to jump in and turn them as you feel is appropriate. Okay.

That being said, that happens. The-- And one quick question. This river is flowing this way, correct? Yes, I put those arrows to give you an indication that we are flowing from my left to my right, towards you both, away from you both, just to give you a sense of some directionality. We don't really have an idea of what that means yet. What's that?

We as characters don't really know what that might entail. You as characters can look down at the rushing water and go, "Oh, I guess we're going sort of this way." We're like careening in a direction. Like carried, that is correct, very much. Also, Yornir, make a constitution... Con, you say? One moment. Do I have it written down? This is a very epic soundtrack for what is essentially... It's a ability check. Constitution, just a con check. A con check? Yeah.

- Not a save. - It's against effort. - So it's not a save, just confirming. - That's correct. - Okay, that's a nine. - It's a nine, enjoy that nine. We've turned the board, Barnabas, you're up. - I'm going to look at it.

as I'm not able to hear anything that's around and I'll just clutch my anchor and I'll say, "Hello, beastie!" As I say that, salt water splashes on me, barnacles grow. As I get a little bit larger, my head gets taller and elongates a little bit and some of my skin turns rubbery gray as a huge sperm whale tail grows from

my spine and I'm going to smash into him with my anchor. - So you're basically a sperm whale version of the street sharks? - Yeah, basically. - That's awesome. - That's my intention. What am I doing here? Which die am I using? Okay, I'm doing, do I get two attacks at this moment? No, I don't think.

I'm going to recklessly attack. I'm going to recklessly attack. I don't think either are going to hit. Do you have the one that has the battle map?

I'm switching back and forth. You shouldn't. Well, just to even have it on the screen. Don't you have one that has it on the screen? Yeah, you know what? This is all... Oh, I need to get up, and I'm going to move forward. I said just leave it on this one. Okay. You race up to this beast, and it is coming down from the high of its scream, and looking at now a walrus, and this strange transformed triton. I get a 13. Misses. Yeah. Oh boy.

- It's okay. - It's gonna be a good one. - That's all I can do. - And it should happen at the beginning of your turn and it should happen at the beginning of all of your turns until this condition goes away. Roll a constitution check to see if you can un-pop your evil. - Oh, no, I failed. - Check or saving throw? - Check.

What does a check mean? Just like the stat? You just add the stat at the top? Exactly right. It would be Queenie's turn, but it is going to reach up with its huge ice claw that is one arm and immediately slash down and attempt to hit Barnabas. I add advantage.

Thank you. Because I recklessly attacked. That was ill-advised. That's definitely going to hit. I'm not going to tell you how hard, but I am going to roll for it. It actually is important for me to know what number you got. I rolled a 26, modified. That's fine. I'll let it stand. I'll let it stand. I'll let it stand. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. And it does. Holy smackers.

It's going to do 10 points of slashing damage. And it's going to do 4 points of cold damage.

Four points of cold? Yep. Okay, so... You're resistant to that as well. Yeah, thank god. That's nice, that's nice. Now it's Queen's turn. Is balance a thing, or is it just difficult terrain sort of represents... Difficult terrain is how I am representing the shifting ice flows, and lest I decide narratively later that might change. I was going to say, for now. Yeah, yeah. You look up at this beast, and you attempt to slash at it, and it reels back, and then with one quick swipe, it...

scrapes across your chest. It doesn't do as much damage as it thought it would, but you are clearly now grappling for your life. Queenie, you see this all happen. You see Yornir turn back to you, say something, and with deafness and darkness in all directions, what do you do? So I roll the con at the start of my turn, you said? Yes. Good for you. No. And so I am, from the ground, I am going to...

open up my honeypot and fling my wand and just cover this thing in honey and bees. Okay. Honey and bees! I believe that's a form of torture in some historical ways. Yeah. And then I'm going to use half my movement to stand up. So I have 15 movement speed. No reactions. Could I use my movement speed to get on that ice floe behind us?

You can attempt the jump, and we talked about jumping rules. It takes 10 feet in order to jump your full amount of jump, which would be equal to your strength score. 10? 10. So if you took 10 feet to get up to that point, then you could jump 10 feet and potentially make it across.

- You can see a rabbit. - You have some rabbit stuff. - You're a rabbit. - But I am out of my hops. - Oh. - I'm out of hops and spell slots, basically everything. - When I was evaluating the character sheets, I was like, Nikki's gonna need something to do. Here's the lady of silence. - So yeah, so could I do that? 'Cause I'm 15 feet. - You can certainly make the attempt. - Cool, I would like to do that. - So basically you're going like, here, here, hop.

Yeah, yeah, totally. Should be good. Okay. I will, in my judgment, say that you will not need to roll to make the jump. That is a short enough gap, a short enough distance. But when you land, you're going to need to make an acrobatics check.

- Don't slide off. - It's like Pokemon. - Don't be Pokemon rules, I was just saying. - If you blow the DC 10 out of the water, you are able to land and keep your footing without falling prone. You look at the water rushing down underneath you. Make a perception check for me.

Ooh, I like this one. 25. 25. As you jump, you look down and you realize that underneath this ice, there must have been

some kind of battle or some thing. You can see quickly a hand, a skeletal hand pass by. You can see a face disappear underneath the ice flow, scratching. You can see these creatures are underneath the water and now broken apart are trying to climb out, having been animated by the necrotic force. Shut the hell up.

The Windigo is back down! Great. Okay, so with my action then, I am going to fire a attack at him. Hit me. Put me down. I miss.

- She say so. - Oh, sweet heavens. - I do. I rolled a two. - Wait, hold on. So they're in the water, but Yorner doesn't know that they're in the water. - No. - No. - Not without perception. - And nobody can hear, so I can't tell you anything. - Oh, God. - I'll scream it out. There's something in the water. Just look down, I swear it. I see it, the dead thing's in the water.

Make a perception check to see if you hear Queenie. Anyone who wants to. I fail. Even if we're deafened? The deafened condition is that you automatically fail. Okay, one... Very cool.

Two, three, four, five. I need somebody to make another five rotation pips on the ice flow in the center, and everyone just grab some ice flows and start shifting them around. What is it? One pip, two pip, three pip, four pip, five pip. Fell pip. Fell pip. Music to my ears, I mean a horrible tragedy. I don't know.

Oh, we're losing Queenie. Oh no! That's fine, she can just stay. Oh, she's safe! Sniper mode. Okay, it lashes out and this time it attempts to bite down onto the head of this walrus creature. Oh thank god. A curtain in front of it. That's gonna be a 22 to hit. My AC is nine, so it clearly misses. Nine!

I feel like walrus would be very agile. Oh, wow. Minimum damage. You take eight points of piercing damage and as it attempts to drink your blood from your veins. Oh.

Gluttonously and greedily. Oh no. You take... You might be in a little bit of trouble. It's about to age. You take nine points of necrotic damage, and it seems to be nourished by this damage. Of course it does. It doesn't even do any damage to it, so... That's the conclusion of its legendary action. Taishan, you're up. I'm still walrus. I think...

I think my body would respond before my mind would even catch up. Like muscle memory would kind of kick in and my palms would go out and they would alight. But I would think I'd be as close to about as catatonic as you could imagine in this scenario. Like I don't even think my mind's functioning right now. You basically black out, but you're still in fighting spirit. Right, yeah. And I'm just going to cast a...

Second level Scorching Ray. Love that. And just... Is he metamad? Yeah, it's not very good for this. I remember stepping into my thingy, Heal Z-16. Oh. So don't forget. You do see a magical thingy appear, and you're not sure what it does, but you see Yornir walk past it, and one of the wounds, a scratch on his face, almost like wipes away as if...

Oh, I don't even know that. It's easy to deduce what happens when you walk into that map. Okay, okay. Yeah, it's easy to deduce. Oh, wait. Do I do the con thing? You probably can't get there, though, is the problem. I can move one square. Yeah, there you go. So I can stand up. Get a little closer. Oh, that feels pleasant. I don't want to go closer to him, though. Maybe I'll go here. How close do I have to be to it?

Touchless face. It's going to be hard. It's going to take me a couple of... What's the con thing? To see if you unpop your ears. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Constitution check. You push against your ears, but you have bigger priorities right now. You rush into battle and you attempt to wield the natural magics that exist inside of your body, gifted to you by Fu Xiao. Okay. And...

- Thanks. - Well, fuck. - A 16 to hit with Scorching Rye. - That misses, I believe you roll for each beam. - Let's twist it. - Oh. - You do. - We only have five. - We only have five twists. - There's gonna be a saving throw. - Oh, three rays of fire, okay. - And at second level, you may have boosted it to four, I can't recall. - Yeah, you get to add a ray per extra level, I believe. - Okay, let's go, let's go. 25 to hit on the second. - That hits.

And not great, not great on that one. Um...

I mean, less than the first. Fourteen. So you do hit with one of the Scorching Rays. Do you have a fourth ray? Yeah, you should. At second level, you should. Oh no, it's second level spell. No, you're using a spell spell. I thought you were saying you were upcast. Well, it's a second level spell. Okay, okay. Our apologies. I was confused. Get in here. It might be a week too far.

I doubt it. It's about to take, I'm about to find out, it's about to take seven damage. Seven damage. And it takes all seven of that damage. We're heating up. We're warming up here. It's okay. Cooking them. We're getting a little loosened up here. It doesn't look at me though, does it?

No, it hits by the fire, and it's clearly so focused by the monster's foes right in front of it. You can see that it takes some of its flesh away. Immediately, it starts to almost look like it's forming over. That's the conclusion of your turn?

Yeah. That'll be it. I believe that it's Daisy's turn. Yes, it's Daisy's turn. Okay. Daisy is going to use half her movement to stand up. This is her whole, not her whole world because she's not deaf, but all of a sudden everyone's silent and she's able to communicate whatever she needs to through very quick hand motions, should you need to. Perfect. Oh. She is going to move 15 feet towards this ice floe. She stands up and that's her rest of her movement.

Oh. Because she takes 15 feet to get up. Oh, yeah. And so if you want to move her 15 feet, then that's her full name. She's there. So she's going to do that. And then she is going to... Does she get to perceive? She can perceive if she wants to. Because she's right next to the water. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. She looks into the water. Her perception is...

- With a 16, she looks down and she sees a hand grab onto the ice. And then just as it's, the ice flow rocks, it gets pulled under and it gets clipped on the chin. It is clearly some kind of a totally skeletal submerged creature underneath this water. - Using her hand code, she will motion to everyone that there are dead things active in the water.

Okay. Everyone make a perception check. Oh! Oh, I got an 18. 19. Which is unfortunate because I'm going to fail my next roll. Perception 22. 19. 13. And Queenie?

- Oh, Queenie's already seen it. - Queenie's already seen it. I would say that it would be very hard because you're all focused in this direction. - Yeah. - So look back, but only Scrim, as you are still on the ground, starting to figure out, you look over and she's - Blast! - Winning underneath the ice flow. She's doing this and she does a motion that she's done a couple times that says to you, "Undeath." - Okay, I perceive that. I'm not sure I understand.

And she will take out her longbow and she'll fire two attacks at the Wendigo. Terrific. Her sister's longbow that she recovered from the lodge, she pulls from her shoulder and she pulls back, aims one arrow, and immediately releases the second. 17 misses. The other one is a 21. 21 hits. Oh, it's a B8. So I roll at least an 11 on my die. Okay.

I'll do seven piercing damage. Seven piercing damage is seven piercing damage. The arrow lodges into its back and immediately sticks up and out, and it just continues to roll as if undistracted by what should be pain in its undead body. It doesn't register, but it does damage. Is that the conclusion of Daisy's turn? That's the conclusion of her turn.

It's going to, once again, it snapped its head and attempted to bite into the walrus, was successful. It scraped across Barnabo's chest. And then it's coming back with the other arm now and slashing down into Barnabo's.

That's gonna be a 22 to hit. - Thank you, tanks. - I am going to whip my tail around. I whip my tail back and forth, yeah. And I'm going to attempt to block it by rolling, oh sorry, I should have remembered what die was. - I'll put my damage die down for a moment. - Just for a moment. - Come on! - No, I may have an 18 AC now.

Oh, I see what you're doing. It's a parry. You could have, but you rolled me. Yeah, I rolled a one. Okay. Oh, boy. Okay. That's going to be an additional 13 points of slashing damage, and it's going to be an additional six points of cold damage. God. 32. Thank God I'm resistant to all this shit. Oh, have Daisy make a constitution check. The DC is 19 for this round. No. No.

Grim Grim, you are feeling your namesake as you are grinning and grinning. That's my name. That's Gricko's last name.

Just because we're goblins! How dare you! That's some shit! That's not me. That ain't me, man. Who the fuck is Grimgrin? He sounds like an asshole! How could that happen? Who the fuck is this guy? Wow, I just went to a goblin place. Puppy gun! I'm so sorry. Oh, my love, I'm so sorry. Scrim, go. Constantine, can you save it for a start? Yep. 15, 19. 18, unfortunately. So I still can't hear. Can you roll an 18 and then add your... I rolled a 14 and I added 4. Okay.

As I'm standing up, I'm looking around, I'm seeing what Daisy is signing, and I'm thinking to myself, no, no, fuck, no, not like this! I didn't sign up for this! Okay, wherever you are, whoever you are, if you're there, I need your help. And I will use my bonus action to cast Hexblade's Curse. To use Hexblade's Curse on this creature.

And if everyone wasn't deafened, they would hear potentially the bang of a creature. They all make perception checks and they fail. But anybody looking at me will start to see that there's almost a smoky texture surrounding me as I cast Blur.

It's a concentration spell, and it is gonna use one of my spell slots. It is an action. And my body becomes blurred, shifting and weaving to all that can see me for the duration, which is one minute, concentration up to one minute. Any creature has disadvantage attacks against me, and an attacker is immune to this effect if they don't rely on sight to attack, or if they can see through illusions with true sight.

- Okay. - And then I will basically, because I can't hear anything, I'm saying all this way louder than I think that I am, and I will scream as I charge at the creature, and I can only move seven and a half feet, because I only have 15 feet. - Oh, 'cause you use your bonus action to use Hexblade's Curse, right? - No, I mean, I stand up, that puts it at 15. - Aren't you a goblin, can't you use a bonus action to dash? - Oh, well, I don't have that. I only have 30 movement, so 15 to stand up, and then half to move, got seven and a half feet.

That's my turn? That's what I got. It's a good turn. Let's advance the rotation of the flow an additional ten notches. Oh my god. One. Back up so we can see everything here. Coming with us. Oh, that's actually a great shot. Ooh. Wait, you don't have a walrus mini for this shit? All right.

What a hack of a druid. Imagine not having a mini for every form you can possibly be. I'm going to try to do that for Graco. Top of the round. Everyone is still death, correct? Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Let's go with...

An additional six notches on the turn because that needs to get us to Yorneir. This thing is spinning around. There is flurries of snow. Huge knuckle-sized snowflakes falling in all directions and twisting around you. And you can feel these lurches as you are clearly the ice flow is going over rocks and feeling like it's speeding up. The actual snow, as flurrying as it is, is starting to

Be pulled in a direction almost as the current takes you who knows where. You're near. Let's go. I will look at him with my walrus face. I look exactly like the walrus from Diddy Kong Race. Yeah. That makes sense. Try again and see if you can beat my time. Yeah, I sound like this. Hey, guys.

So I'm purple, I'm a purple walrus, and I will use the incredible spell of tusks. Oh shit, tusks. Prepare to meet your power. So I'm using the action of tusks. You attempt to dig into the spirit that has transformed into this malevolence. Uh...

So actually, I'm gonna move here to heal again. One, two... Can you move closer to me, you bastard? Hold on, give me a second. So I use it again to heal, and I failed my attack. Yeah. And then I will use my bonus action to move the spirit. Oh, thank god.

so that it's more central to everyone except Lady Silence. - We can pass through it, right? It doesn't take up space or anything? - Correct, you can stand on it, you can pass through it. - What is the Wendigo's range when you've taken an opportunity to?

I'm assuming he's at, yeah, what's his size? I'm assuming I can hit him from there because we don't have a round base. He's large. Large? Yeah, he fills four squares. I'm going to be short, I think just short. I'm sure it would be like here. Yes, exactly. So he would hit, yeah, he'd hit that corner. That's a good point. So he would have taken an opportunity. He could have taken an opportunity attack. He has his reaction.

He's going to get a 13 to hit. That hits. Only a walrus could that hit. I was like, what? 16 points of piercing damage and 7 points of cold damage. I'm not resisting the cold damage. That's why I was surprised. That's why I was surprised. Let me see how much I heal.

Do you heal from tusks? I would heal as I... I would touch it as he hits me, right? So I'd get the healing, or no? I would say let's subtract it from the amount of damage that I just did. Okay. So I rolled two, so... Maybe it shouldn't have moved. Probably not. That's how I feel like it has Lethica all the time. Is his range ten?

Does he have reach? He does not have reach. So he only has five foot range? That's correct. Oh wow. So then, well I guess I used up his reaction, so that's fair. So I'm going to go get healed now. So I am going... Oh, he has an icy claw reach. My apologies. Yes. Technically, yes. His bite is five feet. I was thinking a bite. Okay, but he used icy claw, so he wouldn't have... He used icy claw.

But if it has reach that I never got out of his range with Icy Fall. Then undo the damage. Okay. Would he bite me? He can't bite you. Well, he would be able to bite... Well, it depends on how you roll Attack of Opportunity. Yeah, how does that work, actually? It's when you leave its range. You have to leave its reach. And so if his reach is... And so he left the reach of bite. So I'll re-roll... Literally, I just have to roll a one. That's interesting. So what...

Yes, you left the reach of right, but you didn't leave the range of the monster, which is the range of its longest attack. That's kind of what I would agree with that assessment. So if he never left the range of his claw attack, he doesn't get an attack of opportunity. It wouldn't think, oh, he's getting away. Okay, so as well, what I would say, 16 plus seven. Okay, I didn't take the damage, so I'm just going to heal two.

And that's my turn. That's D&D, folks. That was very well judged. That was important. Because obviously every hit point is going to matter in this fight. So you back up as a walrus. You enjoy Magical Healing Pool for a moment and then you lunge forward Tusk style. Like a Tusken. I'm going to think Tuskar. Yeah, that's what I was thinking.

Did you tusk? Yeah, I missed. Okay. It's my turn? It would be your turn, except for the fact that it has one more legendary action left. Oh, no, no, no. They don't refresh until it's turned. Until it's turned, yeah. And I did attempt a legendary action. Yes, so it's out. Do you want this five more? I do, thank you. Please be my spin master. And now it's your turn. Also...

It occurs to me, if you are deafened as your near, does that condition transfer to your wild shape?

Should. I would think so. So you still do need to make a constitution check. And actually it's lower because I'm a walrus, so I need to use the walrus's constitution. Ten. Not even close. But the DC is now lower because of... We're naturally healing. Because it's easier to hear. Because you care. Yeah.

- All right, the Arnabos, you're up. - I am going to just slightly back up. I mean, I'll just dip my tail in there and then come back in. I'll heal myself after my turn. I don't know if you can reaction. I'm going to recklessly attack because I am pissed. - So how long is this claw reach?

His claw reaches 10 feet. Okay, so if you dip into that space you are outside of his, you've gone 15 feet. Well no, just to touch it. All he's gonna do is touch it. Oh, so. Be an adjacent square. He's gonna do an adjacent square, not into the square. Gotcha. Then yeah, you don't have to move at all. You feel this warming, healing pull. You feel your wounds close and stop hurting and bleeding. It's a remarkable sensation. Seriously one closer, right? To be in melee range. There. I think.

You lift up your anchor. I'm going to swing in. Either way, you only need a back five. I think that should hit. Thank god I recklessly attacked. That's gonna be a 26. That hits, and now that we've experienced our first round with this creature, the Malevolent Spirit is AC 18. Okay. That's doable. That's doable.

Can I get out of Dryerese? I'm actively getting the chills here. 13 points of bludgeoning damage. That's just because he's cold. It's because he's icebound. It's because we're icebound. I need to actually have a calculator up hilariously. I am also... A calculator? What are you there for? Get that out of here! You don't need a TI-89. I am also going to...

- Try to push him off the ice floe. - Not a bad idea. - 'Cause I hit him with Crusher. And so I'm going to just move him back five feet. So I'm just gonna keep. - He does move back five feet. - I don't know if it's possible. - And his hooves scrape against the surface of the ice. It is clearly terrified.

It has as much fear of the water as you have of it. And it is resisting with all of its might as you push with the edge of your anchor into the river as best you can. And it is scrambling like a wild animal against your motion. - Well, that changes things. - Oh, now look who's afraid!

And that's my turn. There's no way this is a humanoid, right? This is a creature, not a humanoid. It's got to be an undead amongst us in your navigation. It is Queenie's turn.

I am going to-- - Don't turn, is that what you said? - No, we don't turn. Queenie will face him, 'cause I'm turned around now. - Oh yeah, Queenie's got all turned around. - These ice loaves are knocking into each other and suddenly you find yourself quite a bit away from the creature, but I don't think, is that 30 feet away?

From the beast? No. No way. That's 30. That's 30. Okay, so ranged attack with all of the wind and commotion being what it is. I believe that your bow is 3120. No. That's way more than that. 150, 600. 150 with 600, you're fine. So I am going to use my longbow attack. Okay.

No. Even as an archery? It's +9, that's all I've got. And I, you know, if I roll a 6, that's 15. Yeah, half the numbers don't work. Yeah, no, that's...

Do you do anything movement-wise, screaming-wise? You're just watching and attempting to hit this thing. You shoot, you loose an arrow. I got a three. And one of these arrows that you've crafted yourself in your many times here, survival-wise, disappears into the darkness, probably disappearing into the waters of the river. That's gonna look like five turns of the flows. It is now its turn.

And I need to roll this just to see. It doesn't. And then... Right, okay. It looks down and it is ready to feed. It thinks that, given the fact that you've pushed it, you can imagine that it is quite angry. It is going to go all in on Barnabas, which looks like a delightful sushi to him.

Oh jeez. 14. 14 misses. 20. I'm going to whip my tail back and forth.

And my AC is now 24. - Yes! - As I smack it out of the way. - Is that a thing? - Is that until your next round? - No, no, so it's a parry. So I just parry that attack. - For that attack. - You whip your tail up and it is about to slash down and you smack its hand away in the last moment. So your AC is still, what was it? - It's just for that attack. - No, no, just for that attack. - Just for that one attack? - Yeah. - So it does an 18 hit.

Yes, it does. Okay. It bites down. Somehow expecting the parry, it bites down and... Is Barnabas just gonna die? 13 piercing damage. And 10 necrotic damage. And it feeds on your blood. Jesus. So parry the bite next to him.

That swallowing action, you can see it almost brighten from undeath. What was like a gaunt, stretched skin seems to be made holer and firmer and slicker and better from the nourishment that it experiences feeding on you as it bites down and pulls away tendons, blood. - Oh, and that's the heel too, okay. Very cool, Derek. - I need a pair, I need a pair of the bite. Okay, got it, good to know, good to know.

And that's going to be... Its turn. Is it Pour Moi? No, that was its turn. So that's going to be the conclusion of its turn. Let's look at an additional...

Three points of turning in the chaos of the ice flows. And then it's going to be... I mean, you know, it's all going to crash because the ice is grinding against it, screeching like metal. Yeah, you guys are doing the right thing. Make sure that they're really turning those ice flows as they twist. Oh, yeah. I guess we're going to be twisting these, yeah. Taishin!

Okay, okay, okay. - That's all right, I'm fine. - One, two. - She's in the best spot. - Yeah, she's like safe. - If I have 15, can I get here? Is this fine? - Yeah, yeah, yeah. - You can walk through it. - Well, I have 15 movement and that's like 17 squared. - And you're gonna get adjacent to it too. So you can pass through this square. - No, no, no, I'm trying to get to this square specifically. - Oh, yeah, yeah, you're good. - Okay. - Can I touch you?

Yeah, you can. Okay. Thank you. All right. So I will blast out with another Scorching Ray. Thank you for reminding me. You did fire damage to it, didn't it? Uh-huh. It did not...

Haha! Heal. Oh, okay. I thought it did heal. It's like a troll! Okay, I got a little something special. Let's go. Oh, then I'm going apeshit. Let's do this. Just you guys be adjacent to me, you know what I mean? I can't fucking get to the damn thing. I'm so far away. Okay, uh, so I, I, you know, I power up, uh, and I try and hit it with another Scorching Array. Um...

You again channel that same energy. At this point, you're just lobbing ray after ray after ray of white hot fire energy. 24 for the first beam. Oh!

18, I believe? That hits. That hits. Oh, thank goodness gracious. Here we go. Gray balls of fire. 12, okay. That's okay. Two for threes, guys? It sparks, nightmare sparks in an insane light you're all seeing in the darkness and snow that is billowing all around. Like a firework, it goes off, it hits him and smokes against him. It's starting to scream about the pain of it.

13 flame damage. That does good work. And I will also, let me see. Just kidding, I'm trash. I got nothing. And I'll also swirl for just a second with a golden flame and I'll use two sorcerer points to transition my elemental burst to a bonus action.

and cast Elemental Burst at a Quicken spell level. Let's go! And shoot at a... Quicken is so nasty. That's what that's there for. Quicken spells so good. You're starting to really push now, and you're thinking about what Fu Zhao wanted you to learn in exploring the world. It feels right to be pouring yourself into this moment, to try and defend your friends, to try and survive yourself. I'm gonna twist a second level spell. No, this has been fun.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no. No, I got a plan for mine. I only have one more second level spell slot and I can pump it out. Come on, here we go. Oh, 21. Boom, let's go. Big money. All right, all right, all right, all right, all right. All right, so I need two of these guys. One's piercing and one will be flame damage.

Almost equivalent. Yeah, three and four. Three and four, so seven. Three is piercing, four is flame, or the other way around. Thank you. If it's resistant. It is not resistant to or immune or

vulnerable to fire damage. So it just happens at the same amount as piercing. Cone head. Let's do one pip of rotation. Just a tiny little rotation with everything. And then we're going to daisy it up. Daisy's going to move two more feet towards the edge towards that little

- Cut a little bit. - Oh boy. - Yeah. And she is going to make two attacks against it. - Oh, my apologies. Barnabas, Queenie, and Tyshen, did any of you guys do your constitution saving throw? - I did and I failed. - I failed, yeah. - Four. - Yeah, yeah, yeah, we're not doing that. - My ears get worse. - She missed both of her attacks and she also failed her constitution saving throw, so.

She's terrified and losing arrow after arrow and pulling them from the quiver, but with the amount of crashing around her and how unstable this is, there's no... She's not fine purchase, let's say. That's going to be the conclusion of her turn. Two more notches on the pip. Scrim! Yeah. I'm sorry, Grimgrin, right? Yeah, Grimgrin. Con check.

Fail. Ten. Okay. If there's any way in hell my 15 feet somehow magically gets me to him, then I'd like to make an attack. If not, I'm gonna Eldritch Blast him. So I'm gonna leave that up to you math wizards and you let me know whether I can physical attack or Eldritch Blast. Two and a half.

I'd say you can get here, but you're still not in melee range. Oh, shit. Okay, I'm gonna fire off a smoky... Are you gonna take that movement, though? Oh, yeah. Okay. So you're racing forward. But I'm not within melee range, so I should not be disadvantaged on my health. You take a step and you slide five feet. You take another step and you push another three feet forward. It is difficult to walk.

I mean, no, I know. You are making your way closer and you can see everyone is in solidarity, joining together. It is flashing and biting in all directions. And as I use up my movement, I steady myself and the smokey kind of mist around me actually emanates in my hand and blasts forth an inky tendril of Confucian magic. Ooh, damn. Smells like sulfur. Ha! That hits. 17. Is that it? No, it's 18. Wait, what? I plus a...

And unfortunately, I get plus two damage rolls not to hit with the X-Plane's curse. So I am just trash. You release...

It's a tree with splinters. A splinter gets in your eye. You're blind and deaf. You're hundreds of feet away from a tree. Yeah, it's 120 foot range. Yeah, no, you're hundreds of feet. It soars out. Imagine a firework in the movie Titanic disappearing into the night water.

Yeah, that's nice. Oh, that's nice. Well, there's no starry sky. It's just chaos snow in all directions. And it just immediately folds into darkness. It disappears. That's the conclusion of a turn. We need eight pips.

8 tips. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Everything is twisting around all of you. You are spinning and attempting to deal with this monstrosity. It is attempting to stay on the ice floe just as much as you are, but clearly ravenous for your flesh. And the dead rise. Oh no! And the dead rise.

Four sudden skeletal beings emerge. The raging torrent of snow around you flies in all directions and it's getting faster. It's getting faster. You are at the top of the round. Six pips on the rotation of the flow. We just did eight. There's another six. It's getting jammed up. Yikes.

and it'll use its last legendary action to attempt to crush and bite into, can it reach a bite attack on the walrus? Nope. Is that five feet? Can it reach an icy claw? I'm here. It can reach a claw on the walrus, yeah. It'll reach down and I can only mess with a natural one and it is not a natural one. Oh!

Got him! So, oh, hilarious maximum damage. So that's going to be 18 points of slashing damage and an additional 7 points of cold damage to the walrus as it reaches down and swipes right at your throat and you feel this cut deep in your walrus body. Derek basically just told you that that had an 80% chance of afflicting you with Ds. LAUGHTER

Come on, Steve! I filled that. He's nuts! Let's see if I proc to Lickma. Exactly. I'm sorry to inform you that you have Lickma. How much damage total, Derek? That's going to be 18 plus 7, 25. Derek said that I felt that in my walrus body. I'm like, oh, keep it a game. Dude, how much health does your walrus have? Oh, oh, oh, you mean, oh. You mean your hair? 22.

Laugh? No, no, no, I'm out. Oh, oh, oh, oh. Holy smokes. He pops into Fearbolg mode. Well, that's like a whole bunch of free health, though. Yeah. Which is why people argue that an archdruid cannot be killed.

Because you need ultimate damage. A level 20 druid can just go back and forth and back and forth. That's going to be your turn, Yornir. You are still a walrus, I assume. No. Are you kidding? Oh, you got zamped? Yeah, I got zamped. Well, zamp your mini.

- Oh yeah, same thing. - Oh yeah. - Shloop. - So you take the remainder over. He cuts into this walrus so hard that you see a magical pop and what twisting blue energy had worked Yornir into a walrus undoes and suddenly reshrinks and creates the form of Yornir very much. Make a constitution check. The DC is now 15. - No.

Nope. And now it's your turn. Uh, yikes. Okay, well. How's, uh, how's this Barnaboost looking? Well, you can't communicate. I'm very bloodied. I'm very, I'm beyond bloodied. It's an, I'm looking very rough. There's a, there's a, there are harpoon marks in my whale tail and a bit of irony. I wish I could heal you. I appreciate that, thank you. I don't have that ability. Um, not very much.

I'm gonna go... I can't do everything at once. Can't be everywhere at once, people. Oh, you can heal people, can't you? That's right, so I'm gonna go this way. And I'm going to use my healing spirits. To heal your spirit. The spirit rises. Are you even making the necessary concentration, or is it not concentration? Yes, I have. Oh, wow. I'm succeeding.

And then I will touch myself and I will cast Cure Wounds. And that will be my turn. Queenie. Five more pips. Yes, sir. Five more pips. And that looks like...

It really, really dislikes this creature that's done so much damage to it of the creatures that have done damage. It's going to swipe down with its icy claw. It's a natural 20. Oh! On who? I might be out here. But it's a claw, so I'm resistant to all of them. That's true. Do you have a parry thing? I can't parry a natural 20. You can say parry this, bitch. Parry this, bitch! Ah! Ah!

Well, you survived this if you could parry the fight. That's gonna be 20 points of flashing damage. Oh, 20 points, okay. Sweet lord. We are both sweet baby weegers. I haven't even had a chance to really attack yet. I'm so slippery. And it's going to be eight points of cold damage. Okay. You're up. And I'm up. I have three hit points left.

Well, alive is good, man. Oh, gosh. Queecer. Alive isn't dead. That's for sure. Is it my turn? Didn't Yorni just go? It's Barnabas' turn. Just kidding, Barnabas. I can't use my racial spells while I'm raging, right? That's bullshit. Really? Why not? I thought we ruled. I don't know. I don't know if we ever ruled. Anyway, I'm just going to smash him.

What kind of rule is that? Does it literally say in Rage you can't do that? Yeah, you can't cast spells in Rage. Well, it's a mechanic-based- It's a specific Rage restriction. Yeah. Okay, hey. I don't make rules. I'm going to hit him. I'm going to- Nice work here. That's great. Uh, two plus... You need some lifesteal. That's what you need. Yeah, I do actually have lifesteal if I was able to- if I chose the bite. Maybe I should have done that, actually.

So that is four plus five, nine plus two, 11 points of bludgeoning damage. - Oh, nice. - And he's going to be pushed back five feet. So I don't know if he's able to cling on or I don't know what he does there, but...

And then I'm going to use my movement. Can I get past Scrim like this way? You keep knocking him out of my range. I can't get close. You can still hit him. You can still hit him next to him. Is he going to... I don't know if he's in the water. He's on the edge of the...

You're able to continue to drive and push him in. You are slashing, and it doesn't matter how much pain you're in, you are pushing through that agony and just trying your very, very best to down this fell creature, and it reaches the edge and it starts to slip. Afraid to get wet. It rolls a natural one, and it starts to fall into the water, and it disappears over what you see as the edge of the ice flow, and

- Evaporates in some sort of twisting, shrieking motion. It pulls itself apart and it turns into what appears to be almost like black, dark fog. Even in the darkness and cold winter storm, it disappears and evaporates. - I've lost time. - You can remove the mini from the battle piece. - What the hell?

Man, I'm so helpless. Can you really dare break that? Oh, sorry. Yeah, yeah, it's super fragile. Oh. But it looks like it's about to hit the water, but before it even touches the surface of the river, it clearly had some instinctual ability that it uses its reaction in order to achieve and evaporates. It can't touch the water. It has to, like, get away. It had to, like, mystify itself.

Wait, what was that? I'm not gonna limp over. Oh, you're like, "Ever this fell?" I'm gonna go here. Excuse me, Mr. Staviskosch, Mr. Fireblossom. I was gonna do something really cool, too. Fudge. Just spilled coffee out of my cump head mug. Wouldn't it be "cum-feed"? What? Cum-feed. No, cump head. If you spill that.

See? Oh, P-H. P-H can't be comfied. No, it's, it's, it's comfied. Oh, got it. Queenie, you watch, and you are keeping a bead on this thing. Even as the colliding ice flows shake you, you are, you are watching, and you can see Barnabas in his bestial form slam into it and take a hit. Slam into it and take a hit. He is clearly, uh, perhaps the loser of, this was just a one-on-one, but

he is able to push it over the edge and you have a moment of optimism a positive feeling of celebration as it nearly hits the water and then evaporates and disappears now it's your turn I have my bees on it let's adjudicate that after you make a constitution check DC 15 natural 20 do you heal? natural 20 it's in this moment that your ears pop and oh fuck

I need some chewing gum. So after Barnabo's heals from the spirit, you see it sort of shiver away. Wait, they nerfed it? They only have it a couple times. I have six charges. Oh, that's new. Yeah. You still have a full minute. Can we do my turn? Yeah, sorry. You can hear the crushing ice and you can see suddenly that there are

What appear to be dragon-born skeletons pulling themselves up and over and onto the ice flow. One, managing just at the last second to grab onto the ice flow and start to pull itself up. It is readying itself for what clearly is some sort of an attack with no weapons on it, barely any armor, a bloated pure skeleton from underneath the water managing to pull itself from this necrotic energy. In all of this,

As you are looking around, hearing the snow, hearing the screams for the first time of all of your brethren, you also hear in the background of all of this a very strange sound. Son of a bitch. A waterfall. Very faint, but clearly approaching very quickly. And in this moment, you do what? So I have my bees on the Wendigo thing, so I should know where it's at.

Yes, you are correct. I don't want to do anything with it, but I would like to hone in on its location. I have a connection with them. It's not the mist that you follow, but the bees are clearly tracking something. And it is winding, winding, winding around and starting to come...

Towards the side where you can see that not just Daisy is but behind your near it looks like it is about to re-capitulate. What's the word I'm looking for? Re-corporealize? Re-corporealize. Just on that side of the bank on the bank. That's how it works. Perhaps 10-15 feet to the left of Daisy. Okay, cool.

I'm gonna yell out to Daisy and let her know that. She's deafened, so she doesn't hear it. Yeah, I know, but I'm doing it anyway. And then I'm going to take my bow and I'm going to fire at the one next to her. I'm calm. With a natural one. That's my turn. Let's twist it. Sorry.

I think we're gonna need them for the one-on-one. Oh yeah. There's gonna be some saving throw that we're all gonna need. I just don't want her to literally get one shot, is my concern. If she does, she does. That's life out here in Drakkar. It is the creature's turn and it re-emerges, suddenly reforming in smoke. And it appears 15 feet next to Daisy.

- Like, so-- - You're like looking at her? - Let me actually place it myself. - Yeah, please, I'm gonna drop it. - I just got to the other side of the iceberg. - We're like Roebuck on King Kram Fight. - Yes, yes! - I did hit him once. - Yes!

- That was the funniest thing in the entire universe. - Son of a gun! So he's in these four squares. - Yes, that's correct. He reemerges and is clearly hungry for Taishen. He races forward and he's going to go in with his attack. - No, whoa! Yes, I'm in range!

So does he want to get 10 feet or 5 feet? No, he doesn't want anything at all. He has his full movement. This would be cool, I guess. He can reach him. Does he want to get full melee range up to 5 feet? He wants to bite. He wants to get it. He's hungry. He's always going to get into bite range if he can. I'm going to just move him here so it's more clear. Oh, yeah. Taishan. That definitely hits. Okay. That definitely hits. Okay. And that definitely hits. No, well, hang on. With what? You might just be blocked here unless you have shield.

- Do you feel? - What are the rolls? Is that a curiosity? - The lowest I rolled was a 13, which would be a 24.

that's close what's fine that's pretty high that's pretty high i'm all over with this hang on hang on hang on hang on hang on it's a cr thing because you need well no even then it's me to beat right so it's like you can't you got that 20 ac yeah shield's not going to help you yeah okay no yeah yeah i'll let it happen yeah 13 13 damaging damage six cold damage okay

- We just have one round to touch in here. - Wait, 13 and then six on top of that? - Yeah. - And that's the whole thing? - Yep. - And then for the bite, 10 piercing plus seven necrotic. - Okay. - And it feeds on your body, enjoying that seven to its ability. - How much does the third attack do?

I wrapped everything into the one I see. Oh, okay. Oh, you're unconscious. Yeah, if there was more, what kind of hand was it? Yeah, no, the bite took him down. You fall prone. The last thing you see is this being suddenly materializes in front of you is its lumbering 10-foot-tall form, and the first hit

Darkness. Blackness. You've been deafened. You've been staring around. Embarrassment. You've been punching and attempting to do anything to attempt to stop. But it wasn't enough. And in this moment, you fall. You're lucky that it's snowing so much because that was really pathetic. That is a terrifying amount of snow. Imagine being on this thing. It just comes at you, swipes at you, and then nothing.

Yeah, I can't feel any fear anymore. I'm dead so But that's the conclusion of its turn and you did hit it with Fire damage, so it does not heal this round that looks like boop boop boop five pips on the rotation Yes, sir plenty of time we had nothing but time and it's actually Tyshen's turn

So how do we do this? Everyone covers their eyes? Everyone except for Nicky gets to see what happens because you're all within five feet of Daishen, right? That's right. Yeah. We're all huddled right there. Okay. So Nicky. And there's nothing else special about it. We homebrew it that in Icebound he has to give a thumbs up for success, a thumbs down for, double thumbs down for critical success or failure. And this, if he actually died, dies. Twisted bread.

- Are we dreading on a death save? - Are we allowed to do that? - You're the DM. - No, he used it, he used it. - I'm gonna regret she used it. - Yeah. - Damn it. I mean, we don't know, we don't know what it is. - Okay. - That's the conclusion of Taishen's turn. One pip on the rotation. - Yeah, you can't have it. - Daisy, you're up. - Daisy, okay. Daisy is going to use her movement to hop onto that ice floe.

Potentially I'm taking an opportunity attack, but at least... And then she's going to move towards the middle of it. It's going to take that attack of opportunity. Can you move towards the middle of the ice flow? Yeah. If she only has like 30 glues, she's like 1-1. She needs to land first. She needs to make a DC 10 acrobatic saving throw. She slips. It gets a 14 to hit.

Yeah, that hits. Oh boy. I think you should twist the acrobatics. If she slips, she's done, right? She just lands prone. She just lands prone, and she doesn't get any more movement. No, there's no fall off. She just lands prone. She's got to gain her footing. I will make a different roll if there's a chance that you could fall off the ice floor, or if you get pushed off the ice floor for whatever reason, but be...

The rules as written in Dungeons & Dragons is if you are jumping into difficult terrain, there's a DC 10 acrobatics saving throw. Otherwise, you fall prone. Really? She falls under her ass. I had no idea. Welcome to the PHP DMG. That being said, the undead dragonborn does have enough ability to slash at her. Perhaps this is why she loses her fitting. Yeah. Because it hits and it does maximum damage. She takes seven bludgeoning damage. Oh.

scraping across the back of her legs just as she leaves the ice floe. - She's gonna eat hit points, though. - She's okay, she's a little beefy. She's all right, she's no commoner. She's gonna be just fine. That being said. - I got a legit one shot. - That's the conclusion of Daisy's turn? - Yeah, well, no, she still has her attacks. So she is going to take her multi-attacks at disadvantage, 'cause she is prone, but she is going to shoot at the one to go.

Perfect. So, yeah, the first one hits. And then, so the first one hits. So she will do... Nice. And she can make a constitution saving throw to, or a check to see if she, her ears. Eight piercing damage. Eight piercing damage. That's not bad, actually. Bad, honey. I mean, Daisy. So she stood up? 14. No, she didn't. She can't stand up.

No, she made those at this point. She fell after the fact. And she is not popping her ears? 14. Just barely. You can feel the sound coming back and the rushing water, but she doesn't get anything more than that. Let's do two pips of the rotation. Taking a flight when you have a head cold. Scrimbo. Con check. Yep. 20. I can hear it.

I can fight! I can sing! Just like Queenie, you suddenly hear this sound as a sound emerges in your ears. You can hear the screaming of everyone around you. You can hear their words. You can hear the screaming of the Wendigo. It snarls and it yips as it takes damage. And...

Underneath is this current of sound that seems to be growing closer. I hear it, but I'm much more concerned about my friend Taishen who has dropped to the ground. I will use 15 feet of movement to kind of get on the side of the Wendigo over here and swinging with all of my might, I swing the brutal blade and I pray to whatever D&D gods are out there, particularly RNGesus. Let's go for a 19 or a 20. I just want to hit, actually.

No, no good. Completely a mess. It's a 14. Yeah, you do. That's my whole turn. That's all I can do. I feel you on that one, Andy. I've missed every single turn. We're just warming up. First half. When you attempt to dive in with your blade, it turns and it has refreshed its legendary action. I lose my footing on the ice and I miss. If it's attacking me, it's disadvantaged.

I'm blurry. Oh yeah! I'm a serious Truesight. But I'm screaming. I got two 12s. Get fucked. And with a 23, it hits. Wait! He rolled two 12s and has a plus 11. I would like to formally retract my get fucked. That was rude and impolite. I apologize. I wish I could swipe my tail. You were saying it to yourself. Yeah, it's exactly right.

I meant scrim, get fucked! Hold on. You take 10 cold damage. Okay. And you take 16 piercing, slashing damage as it rakes its nightmare ice claws across your face and body. Sick! Okay.

With that, I spit up a massive amount of blood. I mean, it's just red mist. It's like anybody, Taishen's covered in my blood. Anybody close by, blood everywhere. I mean, it doesn't look like a goblin body could hold that much blood.

Just dashing the ice. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, the surface of this particular ice flow would look insane. It would look like cherry icy. It's rough. It's rough. That being said, we already did the eight pips, right? Six more pips to get to the top of the round.

He likes strawberry too. And the dead move in. Oh no, dead speed. One creature is going to take a swing at Queenie.

That's gonna be in 11 to hit. Misses. Misses. The other creatures are gonna move in. One's gonna get on Taishan. I'm sorry, on Scrim. Yeah, Roger. That one's gonna get to Scrim. That one's gonna get to Yornear. Is it difficult terrain now? It is difficult terrain and that movement is 30. They can't get to Scrim. Oh.

So wait, it was 26 damage, so I have to roll a 13 or better. Yeah, it can only get to the next square over. This one? Yeah, because it's legendary. But that one can get to Barnabas. That one can get to Barnabas. Two sources of damage. So hold on, it was 10 and 16, so I have to roll twice. So you roll twice, but get 10 on each. Seven to hit. Oh, but it's not, it's one attack. It's not just two forms of damage. No, it's just one. Either way. Well, either way, I got a natural 20, so I maintain my blur. Yep, good.

Hell yeah. Hey! Hey! Alright. We're at the top of the round. Yeah, really helped there. The DC for Deafness lowers, and it is your and yours turn. I'm gonna roll. I'm no longer a walrus, so I have an extra turn.

12? To what? For the con save? Oh, no, the DC is 13. 13. Then we drop by two. 19, 17, 15, we're in the fourth round. I thought it was going to drop by five. I will reach down and

and Touch Taishen, who's bleeding out. I thought you were gonna say something else. ♪ Touch Taishen ♪ I think I need to do it in a second level, 'cause otherwise first level's not gonna be anything. Yeah, I'm gonna-- I mean, you max me out. I'm gonna-- Who's the punching bag? Oh, it is not your time yet, and I'm gonna put my hand on your chest, and you'll feel this kind of coldness as your conscience returns.

And I roll for that. Oh, the icy grip of death has just come. Oh shit, we have special moves. Can I drag him away from-- Are you unconscious? No, I'm not. Okay. You are not shocked. I don't know what you're asking, but it's your turn. Am I able to drag Tyshen away or would that be an action?

It's an action to drag people. Isn't it? Yeah. It would take an action and then you would... It's not a free object interaction. It's an action to grapple a creature, but to grab a willing creature and then pull him away. Yeah, because you're essentially giving another person movement on a turn when they don't have movement. Yeah. It's however you want to rule it. That's fine. And then let me just check my bonus actions. This is dire, dire, dire, dire dogs. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. Um...

Can one grab a PC and drag them? I'm sure you can. When you move, you can drag or carry the grappled creature, but your speed is halved. When you move, you can drag or carry the grapply with you, but your speed is halved. So you have to use your action to grapple them. I won't have to grapple them. That's fair. So I won't do that, but I will... Am I in melee range of this fella? You're in ice...

Uh, no. You are ten feet away from that fella. Unless you have ten feet. So, I guess what I'm saying is if I back up, will I trigger... Did he get his reaction back? He did get his reaction back. And he hasn't used it yet? Yeah, he has not used it. And if I back away, will that trigger an opportunity attack? That's what I'm asking. It might. Okay. Uh, I will stay right there. Uh, and as a bonus action... Oh god. Um...

You know what? No, I'm healthy enough right now. It's fine. So I'll roll the health and pass turn. Pass your turn? I'll just stay within ten feet. I don't know if he has a legendary action still. Otherwise, it's my turn. It's five pips of rotation. Oh. Seventeen. Okay.

Oh, that's pretty good. Hey! Food for me? That's pretty good. Hell yeah. 17. That's more than half of Taishen's. How do I get at it? You just put healing. I'm just thinking... Yeah. This is... This is bad. I can breathe. It's gonna go in for a bite attack on Taishen.

Who can it bite attack? Scrim, Taishen. Yeah, that's it. It sees Taishen is down and as hungry as it is, it knows that it is in a fight. And so I think it's going to go for Scrim. Disadvantage. Unwanted of true sight. That was a 13 hit.

- Are you adding 11 to that? - No. - That's the whole mouth. - Then it misses. - Now you can get fucked! - It's a dirty 13. - I stumble. I have the massive blow, I'm bleeding, but somehow this thing, I see it.

And I duck! It goes over my head. It misses barely, and you're terrified, horrified by the strength of this thing. You've never in your life been punched like this. And that will look like, we just did the five pips? Yeah. Barn, barn barn. Barn barn. Barn barn. Or not those.

I'll stumble forward, not being able to hear anything as I'll just look down. You didn't get the DC 15? Oh, let me actually roll that bad boy. Oh, Khan, yeah, I got 15. Okay, suddenly your ears pop and you can hear the screaming and you can hear the gasping nightmare breath of the creatures, these undead dragonborn around you. You can hear the screeching of the Wendigo, the blowing of the wind, and you hear what is clearly a

growing groundswell, a water swell of sound that is coming in the direction of the current.

I would be focused on this thing. I'd look down and I'd say, "Laying down on the job, Mr. Fuller Blossom, "that get you 30 lashes before the mast!" And I would just smash as I just walk past him as I'll pop open my health potion that I have as I am going to down it. Yeah, I never, it's been in my fucking notebook and I downed it. I never added it to D&D Beyond, it's been in my notebook, so I should have added it. - The minion should get an opportunity attack on you, though.

Oh yeah, you should, yeah. I don't think I've ever had one. Down it, and I'm going to smash into... Does the minion hit before you take your potion? It does hit before he takes the... We'll see. 19, he's gonna... I mean, he's a minion. What are you gonna do? Five bludgeoning damage. So two. I'm gonna roll. Wait, what did he roll? That's so funny. You were at three, right? What did he roll? No, no, I was at six. I was at six. Imagine...

- That'll be a natural 20. - To hit? - Yeah, to hit my-- - Are you gonna do your healing? - I would very much like a natural 20 of it right now. I'm going to heal though. - He should heal. - 'Cause this guy, he's not looking bloody. - Is he, is this a-- - Yeah, that's a standard one. - Plus four? - 44. - Plus four? - Plus four. - It's 44 plus four, yeah.

- Not bad. - Could be worse. - No, that's not bad at all. - So eight, 10, 11, 13. So 13 healing, thank God. - There it is. - There it is. You pull out this tiny little bottle and you crack the cork. It feels ancient against your thumb because of how long you've had this on your person. You pour it into your mouth and as soon as it does,

the rejuvenation. Breath fills your lungs, your muscles feel sturdier, and you feel your wounds close and the pain evaporate. Eh.

And as I smash my anchor, he gets pushed back another five, getting away from Taishen. I believe I have enough movement to get here. And I'll step forward. If that pushed it out of the reach of anybody, they may take an opportunity attack. Oh, I don't think so. I don't think it did. It did not. So he's just like sliding. Yeah. That's one of the fun benefits of Crutch. Well, unless Taishen...

Let's be cool, dude. Let's be cool. Oh, like, no, I'm within 10. If you're awake and you have a reaction, which you would, you could take a disadvantage attack against it. Disadvantage him with Scorching Ray? No, but you can take an attack action. You need Warcaster. Do you have the Warcaster feat? Probably not. I use that as Sarnac so much. Yeah, it's really nice. But he's not going to be in close range. Oh, yeah.

If you want to try, you know, I don't know, like get him with a. Yeah, I got a little dagger. I mean, I use my claws. You literally bite into it. However you want to do it. I'll bite into him. I drank tea with this man. I was going to say, you'll turn into a. I don't want that. Yeah, I don't want that. God damn. Civilized. Screw that noise. Get out of here. Hey, guy. All right, chump. Maylee, did I ever tell you about the Wendigo? 21. That hits. 21.

- That's not true, I think you did 13 earlier. - I'm kidding, I'm kidding, I'm sorry.

Let's go, let's go. Four? Four damage. Four damage. Four slay him! Or pierce him? You've actually done more damage than scrim. Oh wait, you have already done that. And now you have a natural 20 that hits, right? Yeah, oh yes, that's right. I've not rolled that, yeah, I've not rolled that. And you'll see as I knock him back, as I smash into him, his bones will crack and all attacks until the end of my next turn are advantaged.

Okay. Against him. Is that Crusher? That's Crusher. I can't miss. I cannot fucking miss. Come on. Here we go. Oh, wait. Can I roll this to advantage just in case I hit a 20? Because he moved back and I got the opportunity. Yeah, I guess technically, yeah. Come on. I'm going to be very gentle now. Nah, nah. It was almost there. 23 points of bludgeoning damage. 23 points of bludgeoning damage, yeah.

i'm gonna have to get out don't sound shocked mr 32. yeah mr one shots the sorcerer is the spell catcher sorry that was a fourth level party yeah yeah that's meaningful how's it looking by the way can we tell

It wasn't looking bloody at all before, and then he hit him with a 23, so at best, he's under half. No, no, it's actually covered in blood. It's just horrible. It's not in the blood. It's looking bloody, but it likes it. It's bloody as fuck. As you smack into it, it is losing skin. Perhaps an anchor gets chipped away, an antler gets chipped away. It's still looking okay. Terrified. I'll just knock off the antler I glued back on.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, that flies off. The foreshadowing, yeah. That's your turn, Barnabas? Uh, yeah. Um, it has no more legendary action, so Queenie, you're up. Oh, thank God. Yay. Um, I am going to look at it and do the only thing I can do and fire an arrow at it. And you'll start him at your advantage.

Oh yeah, your advantage. I hit. Let's go, let's go. Bees. Can you push him with bees? Oh, what? Can you push him with horns? Yes, I can. Come on, for me. This is a beehive. Nine piercing damage from the arrow. And then actually, I'm not gonna, yeah, no, I think it does do bee damage as well.

Sorry, just a second. They call me Bees. No, I won't do that. It needs to make a strength saving throw. And it'll do two more piercing damage from the honeybees. Gets a 22 strength.

Okay, well, so nothing happens. But it still takes two damage. Oh, it takes two? An additional two. An additional two. On top of what it already took. Bees are swarming around it and getting into its body and starting to make work in there. And you think that there's going to be more work to be done as the turn ends. It's turn.

I mean, this is a thing of brute force. It reaches down and it slashes against the closest thing that it can find that's standing, and Barnabo's did such a tremendous amount of damage. I mean, oh. Natural one. Let's go. Twist of dread. That's a hit. And that's a hit. What was the bite? The bite was... Does that hit? I presume with a bite hit. The bite was a natural 15, so it was a 26 to hit. Can you get up there?

What die do you have? I cannot get to a 26. How far away are you? Five feet, yeah. How far from a 26 are you? I can... If I roll max

That would be a 25. So if he gets a 26, then he'll still get plus one. If you roll a seven or an eight and Taishan uses his ability to lose to AC by two, then you could get out of it. I mean, it's worth a try. Yeah, I'm using my reaction. It's worth a try. Against the bite. What else do you need to react to? If Taishan's willing to do it. Wait, is there an opportunity to attack a reaction? This is his turn.

But when I opportunity attacks the boss, that was your reaction? That was the reaction, yes. Oh, so there's no way to do it. Should have saved that four points of damage. Yeah, I mean... No, I don't know. What was the claw attack? So I don't... I don't remember anymore. Never. But it was higher than a 15. Okay. Then I just... I'm probably down. Probably. 13 slashing damage. That's six. Um...

Ten necrotic damage, uh, sorry, cold damage. Oh, that's only one hit though. That's five. There's another hit coming, yeah, you're fucked. And then the bite is... Low damage. Twelve piercing damage. Not necrotic, he doesn't have necrotic. And eight necrotic damage, which he heals. So it was, uh... Are you down? I'm down, yeah. It was over twenty.

Okay, here we go. And it gets its legendary action back. My tail. And it gets its reaction back. And that is the conclusion of this nightmare monstrosity, this embodiment of winter and hunger, starvation and greed. Come on, come on.

We need to move five pips. You're still advantage though. I know. His armor is still crushed even though I'm unconscious. I need a big hit. I need a big hit. Taishan, you're up. Oh. Okay. So you should probably stand up first. Yeah, I'll do one of these. Give it the old shuffle. And then maybe get out of dodge. Actually, if you move, you take an opportunity attack, so...

Because he just got his reaction back. Fuck. I certainly wouldn't move. Yeah, definitely don't. He's dead fast. Maybe he'll just kill me instead of... Can I go right... Oh, I almost broke that. Can I go right behind Barnabas? So he has reach? And I'm still... Well, right, but I'm within 10 feet of him. Yeah, so... I can shift over one square and he's still hitting me. Yes, right. Yeah, so I wouldn't take... You can get in this square here. Okay. And Barnabas is... And we're all sort of crowded up.

Okay. Do not break Barnabas. Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay. I stand up, cough blood onto the ice, so it looks just like a double cherry mixture slush. It's snow cone. And one...

Last time, I will call upon the power of the gold dragon flight to twin a second level spell of Cure Wounds. Not what I thought you were going to say. I was going to say originally, but now it's what I'm going to say. That is amazing. So I'll shine with the glory of the golden dragon flight and then just like

Push out and touch Scrim and touch... I think it's touch. Yep, it's touch. Yeah, touch Scrim and touch Barnabos and punch Golden Flame into them. You strike a pose that allows you to touch both at the same time. And then thinking hard about how you would normally cast this, you channel Foozow's wisdom. Pfft.

So it's 2d8 plus 4. Let's go! I don't know, do you guys roll that? I think you roll a tell us. Alright. And you roll them separately. Ah, shit. Right? So it doesn't consume two spell slots. I just copied the spell. Oh, yeah, maybe just one. I don't know, if you were doing damage, I don't know if you'd roll twice or not. Quirking spell. I don't know. I'd have to see what it does. Twin spell.

- So Spell's level. - We'll roll it if it's high and then we'll keep it. And if it's low, we'll reroll it. - Decide who you're healing first. - Yeah, who you're healing first. - All right, well I'll start with Scrim. - Okay, okay. - 'Cause he's had Scrim first. - Let's get the low one out of the way. I'll take it. - 11? - I'll take it. - That's still better than 11. - 11? - 11. And then reroll for Barnapose, yeah.

You're twinning the spell, but it's still two spells. I'm out of instant death range now. Oh. No. 11. Well, plus four, 15. 15, I'll take it. Yeah, I can't be like instant death. I can actually survive a hit, I think. No, you can't. He'd have to crit, and he'd have to roll very high to one-shot me. Oh, you mean like per-medacle, yeah. Yeah, all right. Because I only had five hit points, so he could, in theory, have one-shot me. Oh yeah, absolutely. Like actually kill me out of it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Now it's a little harder.

That's it? That's my turn? I'll come back. You know, Barnabas, you would get at least 30 lashings for- Why do you prefer 30 lashings to this? The creature, uh... Oh.

It screams into the night sky. Doesn't scream in the same, like, echoing, billowy way that deafened you initially, but it screams up excited about the challenge of this particular meal. And it looks around, seeing what it saw, it takes a swipe at Taishan. And that's going to be a 15 to hit.

I would miss. We're getting a little bit of luck here. By the glory of-- Natural four. We're getting a little bit of luck here. Oh god, I thought the next word you'd say was 20. Nope. Oh god. That's its legendary action. Just put me to bed, tuck me in. And that's the conclusion of its action. Daisy, you're up. She's gonna stand up. Yah-heap. And she's gonna move like one space.

Two spaces, yeah, basically right there. And then she is going to fire both of her shots at the Wendigo. - Evand and Vee. - Well, great. First one's gonna miss. - Oh no. - No way. - Yes. The second one is, her hit is plus four. - Oof. - Okay, so she's not like a PC. - She has a 25% chance to hit. - And so it's gonna do damage. And her damage is not very big, so. - Oh, cool. - Don't get excited.

Wow. A three. Three piercing damage. Hey, every little thing counts. It's starting to look like a porcupine on this side. It gets pelted every time that you or Queenie actually hit it. I did. I rolled a one, and it's plus two. She's done gesturing. She's not making any moves. All she's doing is just attempting to hit this creature. And she passed her con. She passed her con. And suddenly your...

Earring. Ear hearing. She's able to hear. Me. Oh, I didn't... Eight pips of the rotation. Jesus. Keep them moving. All of them. Swing them around. Top of the round. That looks like the creatures now. One is going to attempt to hit Queenie. No, it's my turn first. Scream gets to go. I am after Daisy.

I skipped your turn. It's okay. I forgive you. This is the Iron Forge music. I forgive you, if you die. This is Ogrimmar from... Ogrimmar. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Ogrimmar, huh? I'm going to bonus action rapid quaff my potion. But not in that order. Just like, you know, I'm gonna go ahead and suck out the dice. I am... Tears are streaming down my face. Bloody all over the place. All against my better intuition and judgment, I double. And I strike with the...

advantage 19 20 19 20 come on come on come on come on okay okay thank you crusher veins okay so i need i need to borrow two d-force i'm using fury of the small as well for an additional d for an additional four damage you double that too don't forget you don't fear the small i don't think it's a die it's just no it's just oh yeah

Because I have crit with the brutal blade, I may re-roll any number of these dice that I want. And I must keep the second roll. Let me just give you the... Force. Better. That's slightly better. That's gonna be eight, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, plus five is 23, plus two is 25, plus four is 29,

And I strike with the fury of the small. 20 damage. What's the damage? I did something!

That's a chunk. You are seeing this creature swing down and swing down, scrape with its insane three maws, chomping and destroying your enemies. Everybody's using all kinds of magic surround. And you pull out the brutal blade. And you go up and you get right into the inner thigh. You're able to dig in like a chainsaw. Yeah!

And then I heal. 11, 12, 13, 14. Nice. It's amazing. God, I love Crusher. What? And with that damage... I crit enough. It looks bloodied. Oh! I'm just scratching the surface.

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You guys are still deafened. Okay. Remember that as you are yelling to each other over the course of this round. I'm not going to talk to anybody. Fuck them. The sound of that watery rushing sound is getting louder and louder and louder. And yet, there are still these undead dragonborn who are going to take their actions. One is going to go into... I'll have to do this. Music. Queenie!

Does a... Does an 8 hit? No. Alright. And, uh... I think one can get into scrim. Disgust. Oh, man, that's really important. It still hits, but it was a natural 20. Oh, my God. Wiener beats. He wants your supple goblin flesh. 5 bludgeoning damage is it.

slams down into you. It's nightmare hand. If I hadn't been healed all those times, that would have been a good exact. And the other one can get to your near. One can get to your near and one can get to Barnabas. Oh no. Okay, let's do your near now. That's absolutely going to... Well, Barnabas is technically where his face is, so he's not here. Yeah, he can still get to me. He can still get to him. Yeah, he's going to go there. Okay. And that definitely hits. You're going to take...

and it'll be advantage in Barnabas. Two bludgeoning damage. I'll fish for the crit. It doesn't. So two bludgeoning damage. So you take one bludgeoning damage, I think. Not you. Oh, that tickled. Oh, no, no, bridging. You're not raging. Nope. Right. Wait, just...

Oh, you're not unconscious. No, not anymore. Not anymore. You were at advantage, right? Yes. Okay. I did fish hit the crit, but I rolled an 18 to hit. I'm a creature of chaos. That's fine. I love that about you. A wild child, right? That being said, we need six pits of rotation. This is getting crushing. We smash to atoms.

And in this moment, I think that we're going to go with a bite attack of Legendary Action against Scrim. Disadvantage. Oh wait, wait, wait, actually hold on. I need to roll my Concentration saving throw. We are twisting this. And I'm good. Okay. So, it is blurred, I am blurred. It is a disadvantage. Does a 16 hit? Nope. I have 17 AC.

I duck again. I just keep moving. I don't know what else to do. I just keep moving. Perhaps it's your small stature and its great height. It is reaching down with these huge lumbering arms, but you're able to nimbly move her out of the way. I'm also mostly red against the background of red. And you're starting to feel a little camouflaged by the violence. That's the end of your... My violence!

Yeah, that's my new band name. Thank you. Camouflage by Violence is a great way to think. That's a great, like, emo name from the early 2000s. Yeah, agreed. Man from Yorn. That is me. I have never been so angry in my life. I am the poor friend ever before. So...

Do I feel like there's enough kind of ice and snow on top of the ice that I can form a snowball? Easily. A snowman? It'll be a little bloody. It's shifting around. It'll be a little pink. And there's enough snow in the air, almost, for how severe this snowstorm is that you feel like you could grab it out of the air and toss it if you needed to. Here, check. Did you pass? Oh.

No. The DC is dropped. It doesn't matter. It's 11. It's 8. Fuck. Fuck. What? You have plus zero to your con. Who? I have plus three. Oh. That's a five. As this is raging around you, you're still just hearing... Is everyone still really bloody as fuck? No. I'm very bloody, yeah. Yeah, I'm...

I have 15 hit points. Getting on one of these ice floes was the best choice I've ever made. I'm slightly unblooded. I just feel like this would be a really good time to do this. Do it! Let it rip, brother! What would your near do? I'm going to lean down and I'm going to pack a snowball really tight. Mm-hmm. If you can, now's the time. And I'm going to chuck it, and as I chuck it, it's going to swirl with arctic magic, and hopefully...

- Uh, collide. - JC stole 18. It hasn't fed. - It's tough to do, tough to do. - It's advantage, right? - Yeah. - It is advantage. - Yeah. - Come on, I just need better rolls. - Can I twist it? - Twist it. - I feel like this is like, yeah, this is your finishing move. Come on. - Natural 20. - Make a con saving throw for me, Liam. - I would be happy to.

I can't wait for him to blow it out of the pot. He gets a three. Clayton shows up. I'm here. Clayton joins the battle. Please, please, please, please, please. Never feed. He rolled a nine. He has a plus 12. 21. Okay. Well, I tried. Plus 12? Well, I mean, he also has legendary resistances, too, so there's no way I would be able to... That's true.

He does not have legendary resistance. What's it meant to do? I start the balance because you're level four. Why did you have to roll to hit on something that's a save? It's both. It probably does less damage. And then if you hit, if he had failed, he would have been stunned for an entire round. Oh, okay. There you go. And if he was stunned and we go off the waterfall, you know. I forgot there was a waterfall. Oh!

Are you still dead? 12. Oh, I'm still dead! 12 points of damage? Yeah. 12 points of damage. I'm blissfully unaware that there's an impending waterfall. Okay, it's starting to get rougher. You are able to wield this snowball. It's not a snowball. This is a baseball of ice, and you whip it forward, and it crashes against the frame of this nightmare creature, and you can see a good chunk of it disappears into the night. Is that snow ox? Snow ox.

Snailox? That's hail. That's a custom snail. That's an icebound cantrip. Oh! The wizard's name is like Snailox. I thought you were saying Snailox. And I'm like, so I was imagining an ice snail. Okay. I am going to stand and I'm going to say, uh... I'm just gonna stand there. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

and I'll say, "Oh, you killed plenty bigger beasties than you!" And I'm going to Rage, and I'm going to... Not a crit, but it does hit.

And that is going to, I'm going to, once again, go back into whale form. Okay. And. Are you using your second rage? I'm using my, yep. Okay. No, my third, that is my last rage. Oh. I used one at the cabin. I had forgotten. So I'm going to do this, do this. Yeah. Another double two, double one. It's going to be seven plus two. It's going to be nine points of bludgeoning damage. And he's going to be knocked back five feet. And that's it.

No movement, nothing else? I'm actually gonna just move here so we can't get to Tyshaun. You crush into it with your anchor and you're able to like dig into its shin bone and it's weakened by it. That is the conclusion of your turn? Yep. All right, let's move five pips. I should have done that before Barnabas. You don't have to make constitution checks anymore. You're safe, right? Yeah. Then it's Queenie's turn. Actually, it's gonna take a legendary action.

It'll take its last legendary action and for the shin kick it'll go into Barnabas with a icy clock that's going to be a 29 to hit. Yeah, yeah that'll hit. 15 slashing damage and maximum damage to double sixes on the 2d6 cold damage, 12s cold damage. Oh boy.

Queenie, you're up. I think I'm just dead. I'm going to fire off an arrow at the... Nope. That's my turn. Let's twist it. Nah, not for arrows. You don't think? No. Every hit we gotta get. Yeah, that's what I'm saying. I think we're down to five or six. Nah, it's lower than that, I think. We got a couple. We used a couple. Yeah.

I think you twist it. What's your plus to hit? My plus to hit is 9. Yeah, let's twist it. Every attack, 9 or better. You can knock him too. You can start knocking him off. I can't because my DC is 14. Well, maybe he'll get a natural 1. He won't. I missed. I rolled a natural 2. Switch your dice. I've been switching between them. It's not like I'm only using the same die. Holy cow. Two more pips of rotation.

Boop, boop. Getting all sorts of... I need some over here. Let's just re-shift. They're all traveling together. Yeah, yeah. It's the way that I don't shift this. But pushing this is a little more rough. Well, and the ice would get all jammed up. I mean, it's like, you know. Okay, okay. There we go. Create the terror. Create the terror. And ice back.

It's turned. It would normally heal 10 points on its turn. It hasn't had any fire damage, but it did have a crit, so it does not heal. I am the fury! I am the small! That being said... Get a little light out of there. I think that all it can do is go into Barnabas for its first dicey cloth.

That's gonna be a 14 to hit. Oh my god. Not enough. It's got more. 25 to hit. I have to use it here, unfortunately. And I need to hope that the other one misses. Yeah, no, that's legit. So 25, so I need to roll...

Oh, no, I can't get a 25. No, I can't. I can't beat it. Well, then we'll see if you... Hold on, hold on. Yeah. I can get 25, but you're out of your dragon stuff, right? No, but you walk forward, so you're not... It's only within five feet. Oh, yikes. Yeah. Okay, well, here's my luck. I can't, I can't without Taishans. 13 points of flashing damage. Yeah, I'm down. And nine points of cold damage, but that doesn't matter because you're at zero.

Seeing that you are down, is it within five feet of any other creature? No. Not five, no. It's within ten of me, but not five. Make him prone, and as soon as he goes down, Wendigo is going to move on and go to touch. He's caught up in his hook. He can't go anywhere. I don't think he would. He's caught up in his harpoon. I think he would bite Barnabas because that's what he's done in the past.

What's he gonna do? Do a little, uh, he's gonna do a little easy phone call? He can easily climb. He just steps over. We know where Barnabas is. He just steps over Barnabas. He would probably go to Scrim instead, because Scrim's right there. He attempts to bite into Scrim. Yeah, a distraction. Oh, wow, yeah. Okay, the first was a modified 20. 20 to hit. I use my last ball start, I call Shield.

You see this creature slash down Barnabos and seeing Barnabos drop down to the ground, bloodied. You can see bones on Barnabos and it clambers over the body of Barnabos and it starts to come down with three massive maws clamping down and they stop. They hit this invisible bubble.

It sees a red sheen of magical energy, but you just see the mouth and the actual, like you can see its uvulas as it is attempting to grapple down and it is horrifying. You can hear, right?

Yes. It is screeching and screaming and growling and... Unhappy. And I'm holding up my hand as if to shield myself, and it's just on the bubble. You've not felt this way since encountering Graveyard Jack for the first time. And that'll be the conclusion of its turn turn. He would be here. Yes. And I need five pips of rotation.

Five. Five. Taishan, you're up. Five. One, two, three, four, five. One, two, three, four, five. Out of spells. I think I would... Constitution check. Oh. Nice flow.

No. The answer is no. Nah. You're still blind to all sound. Blind, deaf, dumb as hell. You can't hear a thing. You know that there's crashing around you. You can hear that undercurrent, like you were submerged underwater. You can hear people. You can hear screaming, but you can't make out the noise of it. But you still know that you need to fight. Your turn.

- I, once again, so is Barnabo still like under the Wendigo? - Yeah. - So presumably with the fire. - I'm probably like right here. - I'm probably right here. - Of the Wendigo. - Yeah. - I just didn't want to like break them. - Good plan. - So seeing Barnabo go back down, I didn't have to rush over to him or, I mean, he's still right next to me.

And I would knock him with another golden dragon punch. - Oh my God. - And hit him with that cure wounds. Let's go. - Cure wounds. - I'm all out of my own golden energy. - Better magics. - Well, actually, hang on, hang on. I know this, I know this. Let me do the math, let me do the math. - You're out. - I don't know why I'm out. - That's really sad. - Can you convert? - I was honestly kind of pathetic.

Wait, wait, wait, wait. Do you even know how to read? No. I'm embarrassed. There's so many pens. I'm kidding. I'm being such a dick to me, so I'm sorry. Use your sorcery points to gain additional... The camel's still going. I don't have a migraine. To gain additional sorcery points. The camel's still going. I'm still drinking out of my cumphead mug. I see that. I got nothing left. Even if I come back up, I can't rage. We're pretty tapped. Yeah.

I'm spent! It's too complicated, it's too complicated. I'm too dumb to understand it. He can't put it on his glass! It's too- You wouldn't understand. So if I was your dad, I can't do basic math. Yeah. I'm gonna sit here for the next ten minutes trying to figure out what the hell that even means. I know this is a children's game. Oh! You've redeemed yourself. Yeah, thank god. One, two, three.

12. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. What a god. Your charisma modifier should be plus 5. 5. Right? Dude, I don't know. I mean... Just look at your stats. I'm plus 4. Yeah, I don't... It's plus 19. I do this every time. Every time I do this stuff, you're like, you've messed it up. You dumb idiot. Do you use the array? Yes. Oh, my God.

You know what? It's fine. If you took like a feat. Oh, I took the golden dragon feat. So I didn't take a bump to... I didn't take stats. I took the feat of the golden dragon. Which is like, that's the heal and that's the imbuement of the... What a great fucking feat. So that's the AC bump and that's the heal. Totally.

And that's me. It's going to attempt to ice the claw. You, Taishan. 24 to hit. I hope I Taishan. Whatever that was. I'm going to allow this one. 15 flashing damage. And 10 cold damage. As it digs into you and rushes across your body to Taishan. See you, buddy.

Light will guide... As I fall to the ground in slow motion.

A few golden blossoms, little leaves. I do this with tea leaves as I drop slowly to the ground. Oh, again. Sweet, sweet floor of mischief's a tenderly. You fall. You're still aware of your surroundings. It's not complete darkness. You hit the ground and it is... You know that you are struggling against death. Shit. Shit.

I can hear the maid's call. Daisy! What's Daisy got? Well, nothing really. So she is going to do two attacks into... What's his face? Ah.

Are they at advantage? No. Just asking. No. No, 14 doesn't hit, and I'm assuming that... So 16 doesn't hit, and neither does 12, so she misses both of her attacks, and that will be her turn. She's difficult to reign. She can't do what she needs to do. That's going to be the conclusion of her turn. Yeah. I'll spend another legendary action to dig into...

Let's go scrim again. Disadvantage and my AC is 23. And I'll see you in a while. No, AC's back. You will attempt to bite. Yep. All right, the first one is a 12, which is a 23, which can't possibly hit, right? No, it's meter beat, so that hits. Okay, so the second one needs to be higher than a 12 in order to be successful. It's also a 12, so...

My shield cracks. And he takes a big bite of my goblin ass. There's plenty of room on the ground. The Wixico eats me from behind. You can see that Scream has been eaten from behind. Eats me from behind like groceries. And he takes 18 piercing damage and 11 necrotic damage. Okay.

Can you down Taishan as well? I can. I'm already down. Oh, no, I'm not. No, that's Barnabas. I'm down. Eight. I'm at zero. So you said that was 18 plus. That was 18 and then... It's okay, go.

No, no, no. It's more than 11. And an 11 necrotic. 11 necrotic, yes. I know because I wrote it down because that's how much he heals for as he enjoys your various bits and pieces. My goblin ass. He loves your goblin ass. That was my turn. He's like when you come home from the groceries and you've got all the bags and you shuffle them all into your elbow and he's walking into the... Okay, anyways. It's your turn.

I'm no longer blurry. I'm now crystal clear to this creature for the first time since-- It suddenly realizes what a delicious sushi you could be. Hexblade's curse is not a concentration. Correct. So that will just last a minute regardless if things go my way. Death saving throw. I'll close my eyes. Oh, do I have to roll one? It isn't your turn yet. Oh! I need to close my eyes too. Oh. Oh, and you too because you're unconscious. I'm dead, I can't see? Yeah, that's right.

Okay. Done. You can now reveal your eyes. Reveal your eyes. I love what Winnie said. The party was not okay. We were not prepared. For those of you who can hear, the rushing sound of water is getting louder. It's starting to sound like it's right around the corner, just around the river bend. Oh, Jesus Christ.

Beyond the shore? Somewhere past the seas? Sure. And life goes on for however long it might go on. Top of the round, that looks like eight pips rotation. And an undead dragonborn is going to attempt to swipe into you, Queenie. Yeah.

It's going to get a natural 20. Yeah, that misses, unfortunately. Unfortunately, that doesn't miss. Yeah, I have a rabbit from the Feywild, so I can't be crit. That's how that works. A crit is a natural 1. You're going to take 6 bludgeoning damages. It slams against the back of you. And then...

Who else have we got? We've got one on Barnabas, I think. Yeah, you're advantaged, because I'm on the ground. And are you also dying? No. Okay. That's going to be... It's Tysha's last act. I got two 12s again, unbelievably. So 15 to hit? 15 does not hit. Unbelievable. And then that's going to be one on Yornir, I think. Where's the other one? It's on me. There's one on me. There is one on me, too. There is one on Yornir as well.

Oh yeah, he's hiding back there. I couldn't see where he was. We've got four. So let's do Yornir first. You're up, right? My turn is next, yeah. 19 to hit. He also means you're alive. That's gonna be seven bludgeoning damage. Instead of being at disadvantage, you're at advantage.

Natural 20. I'm immune to bludgeoning damage. To who? That's an automatic. It's an automatic crit. It's an automatic crit. That's two death saving throws? Two death saving throws, yeah. That's two death saving throws, yeah. For who's scrim? What do I need to tell you? A hit is an automatic crit. Or should I have everyone close their eyes or something? Close your eyes if you're not within five feet. Okay. Done. Oh, you actively. All right. My heart's racing.

And, uh, scrimping down as he is, this silver dragonborn undead creature slamming down into his body. You can see that it is just shifting now, looking very, very, very rough. That's going to be the top-- It's like a bag of loose meat. Like a burlap sack full of vegetable soup. Oh!

- Is the inside of your flesh green too? - You're up. - We might find out. - Is Barnaboose conscious? - I am. Covered in blood. I have 12 hit points.

I can't rage though, so I'm absolutely fucking useless. I'm absolutely fucking useless. How did we get here? It's partially my fault for saying that the zombies were shitheads. You've invited their ire. You know, it's just another day that ends in a lie. Jesus. What I will do... Who's next? You, Queenie.

And then the boss, oh jeez. Well, do something. Barnabas is good. Sorry. Nicky! Can I try to perceive if Scrim's alive? You can. That's in the rules books. Yeah, I can do it at range, right? But I have to make a check. Yeah. That takes up your action.

- No way. - And now I finally roll high. That wasn't like, okay. - But the rest of us can't know. - Correct. That is a 24. - Re-hide your eyes. Re-emerge your eyes.

Does it use an action? No. It doesn't say. I just remember we talked about, like, you can perceive it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'll always be like, someone with a high medicine has invested in choosing that as a skill and wants to roll high, and I want to reward that. So seeing someone from a distance and being like, oh, they're okay versus not. Clearly their head is severed from their body. I'm not in pieces yet. There are so many teeth on the ground. Two.

- Too many teeth. - You can only lose seven. - Too many teeth. - Nah, there's eight teeth on the ground. - Every tooth you lose is a lower to your death save. - Every tooth you lose. - Oh, look at that bruise. - Oh, that's so good. - I know how to go from there, that's amazing. - We're gonna collaborate on that. - Take your time.

We got, it's a Friday, we got all night. It's Friday and I'm not in a snappy fight mode, so like, tactical meta, however you need to with the exception of the rules about dying and take your time. Your life you will lose. Shouldn't have gone on this cruise. Pleasure cruise. It's all difficult terrain, so we can't even like... This is a great turn. We can't even like go very far. No.

We're trapped with a giant monster. What do I get being a Landruid? Do I get anything? No, being a Landruid sucks. Don't I get like... You get a turn that you could use right now. Yeah, I know, but I just really need to make sure that this is good. Well, I have one thing I can do on my turn, so...

- Unleash the bees. - While you're mulling over it. - Thank you for giving me Lady Silence. - Emerus. - I can't imagine. - You guys, you don't know if I'm staying there this entire time. - I shoot an arrow. - So can I get a sense of exactly like where everybody is? - Yeah, exactly where they look. - I'm that right there, 'cause this guy was on me here. - Oh, you're here? - Yeah. - Stand everybody up, stand everybody up. - Or it was shifted one this way. - Please be careful with that. - You know, one or the other, but I'm right there.

And I'm here. Yeah. So when you knock people over, put their base in the spot that they're standing. Really? We should have prone minis. I tried to do it. We should replace minis with like a

Like some kind of a death token or something. Yeah. You are dead. But if we just always know... What would you do to beans? Do you have beans? Are they black? I've got so many beans. But here's the thing. I love beans. If we always know that the circular base is in the square they were standing, then it's fine. Because then we always know that. Yeah, I guess if we just move them off the map... We have bases for the icebound creatures, too. Because we made those before we were using minis. What? We have...

- Oh, the tokens that have our faces. - Yeah, I know. I'm pretending like I didn't understand what he said, which is hilarious because he's actually listening to me. - That's a great idea. - I didn't know that.

- I took you seriously. - I know you did. - Oh, I didn't notice. - What a liar. - The gaslighter strikes again. - It was helpful in May. - It is I, the gaslighter. - Okay, can I run something? This guy is in this space here? - Yeah. - You've run out of time, we're moving on. - Yes, you take the dodge action and that's the end of your turn. - I'm going to heal, I'm going to bonus action, heal Taishan.

What? With Healing Word. Oh. What's the word? I don't know. The word doing his legs. Don't fuck. That's true. Oh, shit. We're going to die. We're going to die here. So you go three, four, five, six, seven, eight. You go eight. I'm going to go here and here. I will like to use my action to pick up Taishen.

And because I moved 10 feet, can I jump my strength score into the water? Into the water? I love where your head's at. Into the water. But you can't, because you can't move with someone on your turn. What? No, you can't. I'm using my action to grapple. Oh, then yes, you could totally do that. Yeah. You're diving into the water.

Not to the next ice flow, you're diving into the water. I just want to make sure that I understand your intention. Yeah, into the water. If I can make it to the ice flow. You know that there are like dead dragonborns in there. Nah, not once we get in. No, he's afraid of the water. One more to the pile. Yornir's gonna take his odds in the water. So what I would say is you can see that there are two rangers that have taken their chance on other ice flows and been fine.

I'm with you on this. As soon as he can start flying around and missing, there's no one else to eat. You guys are fucked. He's going to be like, ah! The second roll.

It's gonna be the forsaken. Yeah. Oh my god. I love it, dude. I'm ready. You don't have to roll and we don't have to worry about the rules for jumping. You just hop into the water with Taichen because you used your action to grab his body and jump in. And I will shout to Barnabas, if you can, get Scrim. And I can't hear that, but I'm hoping that someone can hear him. We're going in. Here we go.

Oh, I feel so much better.

- Keep in mind your boots, your mittens, your coat, all water-logged. - And I'm deaf. - And you should immediately take some damage. - I'm getting sucked in. - Because you're now in freezing ice cold water. - Hey listen, let's not get caught up in the minutia of it all. - You probably can't breathe because-- - He doesn't have that prepared. - The cold water. - Look at him, look at him. - Constitution saving throw. - The cold at disadvantage because he's wet now. - As soon as he hit the water.

It's called the Cold Shock Response. At disadvantage, yeah. Let me just pass on that pass to you. What if I just Firebolt my own body? It's not your turn. Yeah, all right. Yeah, it's not your turn. It's like trying to light a big lighter underneath frozen water. You have to pass this. I am the devil on the DM shoulder. That's my job. Wait, what am I doing? Con save? Yeah, hold low. At disadvantage because it's water? No. Damn it.

Oh, yeah. Oh, you did fine. Listen. Yeah, you did fine. Toshan was built for the icy waters of Icebound. That doesn't sound right. He plumbed your car. It's unbelievably refreshing. Yeah. You think, as you're being pulled by Yornir, and you're kind of thankful for the circumstance, and he jumps off of what is a four or five foot thick block of ice and into the water, you think, is this going to hurt? What's going to happen? And as soon as you hit the water, you steel yourself.

And you realize it's cold. It's very cold. You are going to struggle with this cold, but it almost reinvigorates you. It pumps your blood full of adrenaline and you are okay. And I heal. You are not stunned for one minute. I mean, you are or are not. I'm not. You got him, though. I got you, man. I love you. This was maybe your best idea.

You jump into the water. Do you want to do anything else when they return? That's it, I'm done. I'm out of everything. Sorry, that's why it took so long. I was trying to, like, math it all out. Yeah, math it. Yeah, it's fun. We got nowhere to be. Give me five pips of rotation, everybody. Oh, no. Would that crush us in the ice flow? Yes. Yes.

You're dead now. You're smashed between two ice floes. As that turns, that's important. One moment. You're getting meat grinder. You're coming out like a chicken and salsa on the other side. Here's the problem, right? The ice floes are moving this way because they're really heavy floating on top of the water. Something in the water is going to move much faster. You guys are going to zip. You don't know about water speeds. You're in Taishan. Wrong.

Roll D100. Oh my god. What the hell is that? You take a zero and a double. So you can roll these two. These bad boys. A single and a double. Well, I have these. Yeah. So this one and this one. Yep. Okay. And we'll tell you what you got. And then the double one are the ten increments and the single digit. This one? So that way if you got this and this, that would be 79. Got it. Okay. And if it's all zeros, it's 100. Oh no.

- 44. - 36. - If you had rolled a 33 or lower, you would have had to roll bludgeoning damages. You are crushed by the ice flows in between these spaces, but you're both okay. The flows move away and you're taken by the current. Snow is falling all around you. There are still small blocks of ice around you, but you are not crushed by one of these giant flows. - Thank you, Winnie, for that fantastic Titanic quote.

I'm telling you, water that cold, like right down there, it hits you like a thousand knives stabbing you all over your body. It's when Rose is trying to commit suicide. - Let's watch Titanic later, Windy. - Yeah, let me tell you, this Windy Gaze Claws is like a thousand and one knives, all right? Trying to hit you right in your goddamn face. - All right, I have one more legendary action and I am going to use it on Barnabas.

Welcome, cup. Fancy a cuppa? Can I make a bite attack on a bite in a apartment? Yeah, of course you can. You mean you're allowed to use a dungeon mask? Am I in reach? Yes, sir. Oh yeah, I'm right next to him. I have 12 hit points left. You're basically in him. 13. Oh! Your turn. Please, please, please, please, please, please. Woof!

I'm gonna look over and see how Scrim's doing. Oh yeah? Yeah, I'll look. I'm gonna look over and I've been killed 8,000 times. Make a medicine check. I've had a whale tail rip out of me. Close your eyes. Well, he's gotta make a medicine check first. He's gotta make the medicine check first. Yeah, I'm in the goddamn ice flows. Oh man, medicine actually not too bad, 21. 21 with a 21, hide your eyes. Let's tell them what's happening.

Okay, Unhide your eyes. I'm gonna look and I'm gonna say, uh, I hope, Mr. Urenear and Mr. Fireblossom, I hope you find fair winds and following seas. Oh no. You're mine, Beastie. And I'm going to just recklessly attack. I love it. Yep. They'll hit. Oh boy, come on.

I didn't hear no fucking bell. That'll happen. I thought this was a miracle. I thought this was your car. I didn't hear no bell. I thought this was your car. This ain't good.

Your damage rolls. I'm so sorry. Can we twist it? No, you can't. We wrote it down in the shit. Eight points of bludgeoning damage. And I'm going to knock him back five feet this way, I guess. Yeah, he's looking rough. He's looking real rough. And I'm going to walk over this way.

I'm gonna stand right here. I'm gonna stand right here. You can leave your friends behind, like you and your entire shed did. Because if your friends don't jump in the water, then they ain't no friends of mine. At least I'm going to die near the water. I'm gonna spit blood.

Is he a legendary actioning? No. We're going to do two pips on the ship. Why? Uh-oh, are you guys going to get crushed again? There are no two pips between me and Barnabas. We're free. Oh, we're not doing that. No, we're not doing pips. Just leave it. Just leave it where you had it. It's Queenie's turn. My apologies. My apologies. My sincere apologies. Queenie, let's go. I do hit, okay? I hit this time. And I'm not going to try and push him.

I'm going to use it to do extra damages. There's my d8. Those dice are so beautiful. It's crazy. Even from over here, they glow. They are really pretty. I know how to do damages. 8, 1, 2, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 points of damage. Huge. 24? Yeah.

Why don't we twist? How would you like to continue your turn? Because I'm not... You're a scumbag! You're a scumbag! There's a special place in the Nine Hells for people who do that. That was very rude. I wouldn't like to continue my turn because that's it for me.

24, we're twisting all the queen's attempts. He's still, he's hurting. He's actually starting to stumble. There are 14 arrows on this side. There's crushing blows on this side and he's not getting nourishment. He's not getting food. He's not getting the things that he needs in order to, and he's being prevented from regenerating. He's starting to look pretty rough.

Cool. Sounds great. All right, now we can move two pips. Two pips. And then it's his turn. Goodbye Barnaboos. Winnie the Druid said more of a "when to gwent." Did somebody say gwent? Because you're in the water, I need your Nier and Taishen to make an additional d100 roll. We're nowhere near these ices.

It's a representation of life. It's an imperfect representation of what's actually happening. 55. You're both fine. Easy money. That's going to be the conclusion of Queenie's turn and the pips, so it's its turn. Barnabas, with only one target, you stare at a creature of nightmares. It opens its three maws, slashing down at you like a rabid animal. 27 to hit.

11 slashing damage. 10 cold damage. I'll look up as this is happening. Oh, because you're not raging, so you take a full damage. Yeah. I will look up and I will, as it's looming over me, I will say, Clemens, it took all this for you to be able to land a punch. Do it.

And he will just claw me. He claws you the first time and that takes you out. That takes him out. He claws the second time, gets a natural one. Wow. He doesn't expect you of the creatures that it has fought so sturdy and so... He's at advantage, you know. Oh yeah. Because... 27 again. Which is an automatic crit. I don't think everyone needs to close their eyes.

It eats. It starts to feed on the body that is Barnabos. That is the conclusion of its turn. Taishen. That's it? I drown. He's in the water. I mean, what do I see?

What do I do? How does it, like, fit? Am I, like, in a current? Like, am I just, like, getting fucking swept away? I'm still holding you. The ice flows and Barnabas and Yornir and yourself are moving along with the currents of the water. At this point, it is...

40 or 50 miles per hour strong. This is a rapid. You can feel underneath your feet occasionally rocks are lifting up and smacking into the back of your heels, but other times you feel like you're completely treading water. It is cold, but you've managed to still yourself. Looking up, these ice flows, they're four or five feet thick, so in order to get up and onto the ice flow, it is like grabbing something. Imagine if you were in a pool.

Imagine in real life you're in a pool, and if the actual edge of the pool wasn't just where the water line was, but was a full foot or two feet up. Grabbing that and pulling yourself up would be a challenge. If I catch the edge, I'm not pulling myself up. And it looks sharp and icy and broken and shattered. There's flurrying snow in all directions, darkness in all directions, screams in all directions.

- What do you do? - Do I see a horde of undead brethren that I could rally to my cry? - Don't give him ideas, what are you doing?

What were you gonna ask? I was gonna ask if you could like see if he's tall enough where you can see him line of sight and still shoot him from the one side. Oh, that's not what I was gonna ask. Oh, no, no, no. Can I rally a deus ex machina? You can definitely see the top of this creature. Right, right, right. Back to my question. Even as it starts to scoop down and it's clearly eviscerating your companion. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Can I rally a deus ex machina of a thousand undead? You cannot. Damn. Okay. What?

I'm handcuffed by the rules of Dungeons and Dragons. I wrote this like the devil. I will DM like an angel. But...

I can't break the rules. I'm not gonna do that. Is that what this is? Yeah, no, no. I hear you saying it all, but like... I've been surprisingly generous. I'm kidding. I'm teasing. I'm just teasing. I'm just kidding. Okay. So we're above the water, though? Not like getting sucked down. No, no, no. I'm in the warm embrace of your... You're being pulled down and looking around underneath you, it seems that whatever...

- A horde of bodies. - The second is with a steel chair! - Whatever grouping of skeletons were being animated far, far up the river. And a few of them managed to grab onto the ice floes and are now evil in their way. They're not underneath you now. They're not underneath you now. Okay, okay. All right, okay. May I roll to beat my Defon?

Oh, I attempt to hear once more. Absolutely. And it's DC 11. Don't embarrass me. There's water in there now. What? Did somebody say tea?

All right. This is called gallows humor. In the bear hug that is Yornear's warm embrace behind me, I open my mouth, and in one last attempt, I summon what strength I have, and I shoot out an elemental blast that arcs through the sky and will attempt to land. From your mouth.

Well, he's got me wrapped up, you know? I mean, I'm super into it. Yeah. No, I like breath style. You like, you hawk a dragon loogie and flame flies out of your mouth. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You get it. You get it. Yeah. Okay. Okay.

Are these the Chessix dice over there? Yeah. No. These are not. Oh, they're not. This is not. This is from a Kickstarter, I swear. Look, shit's serious. No, no, no, no, no. We can't be using Chessix right now. This is a Chessix dice. But Chessix, if you want to spot me, I'm going to burn in hell. I haven't rolled these yet. I haven't rolled these yet. This is a metal dice. Do it. Do it. Oh. Metal dice always roll like crap. That's bullshit. Tell it to Caprice. Take my breath away.

25. That has to hit from the water. Like a mortar. And pestle. Yeah. Jeez. It's riding that ass. All right, so I'm gonna do... To dust. I'll do bludgeoning first, and then fire damage. Oh. Seven bludgeoning. Okay, okay. All right, all right. And eight fire. Eight fire. Eight fire. Let's go. 15 points of damage. Yeah. So 15 points of damage, almost absolutely maxed.

for the elemental burst. - From out of nowhere, you're being hugged by Yornir. He is murmuring in your ear, basically unable to hear himself, but trying to communicate anything, all of the things that he's been trying to say this entire-- - We're both dying, do nothing but heal! - And-- - Burst! - But filled with--

What's the word for what emotion you're filled with in this moment as you spray this fire out of your mouth? Catatonic.

You're just in shock. I'm not even sure I'm alive. You're in shock. I think my body's operating on the spirit of Fu Xiao alone. You feel that spirit and it fills you and you like this and it smashes into the side of the face and one of the skulls crashes away, only two remaining. It is looking pretty terrible from this blow, but not dead. No, of course not. It's gonna look a lot like me. Daisy! Daisy!

Well, we gotta move the flows. They gotta take damage. One flow pip. One flow pip, please. Oh, only one? Yeah. Roll your d100s. Just a one pip? That's nothing. That's nothing. That's nothing. Daisy. Well, they don't have to... No, I can't kill her. Do they have to roll their d100s? Are you in the party or what? It was only...

Twice per round. Oh, okay. At the top of the round and then at the center. I melted the ice around it, so I shot the elemental. Oh, yeah, that works. Daisy is going to go ahead and attack the thing. Get revenge. Oh, yeah. Well, this was a 5, not a 15, so don't get excited. But this is an 18, so one of them does hit. Okay. But once again, don't get excited because...

She's uh, she does no damage. So I'm very excited For piercing damage. Oh, that's enough. It sticks into its back. It's starting to look even more porcupine Like porcupine. I love porcupines. Yeah, porcupines. Yeah Uh, give me two more pips of rotation Gotta go fast

Oh no! Scrim needs to roll a death saving throw. That's right. Everybody close their eyes. I guess, except for you guys, you already know the outcome. Oh yeah. You can look, I suppose. Well actually, I guess not. No, I think you would have to close your eyes because you're not close to me anymore. Oh, that's true, yeah. So go ahead, close your eyes. Okay, that is the result. I'm done.

Okay. And Scrim, that's the end of your turn. Let's move to eight pips. Eight pips? So do they have to roll a d100 now? No. Stop. Gosh. I love being an agent of chaos. Me too. Queenie, you have been...

beset upon by this weird dragonborn entity. Watching your honeybees, you've been watching Daisy, you've been watching all of this chaos, you've been trying to fire arrow after arrow. It's almost impossible in this darkness and this snow. And as you approach this situation...

The sound behind you, the rushing sound behind you is impossible to ignore. Turning around, you realize that you are watching the other ice floes that are ahead of you disappear.

And there is nothing beyond it. It is like the water river stops and comes to a complete curtain. It's not even stars. There's snow all around you, and you realize that you are about to go over the edge. Daisy makes this next revelation. Yornir, Taishan, you...

similarly see the ice flows bouncing and grinding around you suddenly reach a peak and disappear, and you realize only in the last final moments that you are going to go over an edge. What distance that edge looks like is impossible to say, but...

There it is. You watch Queenie disappear over that edge. You watch the main flow that you've all been combating on that's covered in gore and viscera suddenly start to turn and pull over the edge of this waterfall.

for lack of a better word, Wendigo, disappears. You can see it scraping into the air. You can see the two bodies of your friends, Barnabas and Scrim, also disappear. You can see undead Dragonborn screaming and scraping up, and you are the last to go over along with these giant chunks of ice suddenly disappearing over into an abyss.

Queenie, you suddenly realize that there is no thing to stand on as the ice flow dips underneath your feet and you look down and you do not see a ground or anything. It's just darkness. You fall. What are you thinking in these last moments as the stomach pulls into your chest and you feel gravity release?

Okay, roll a d100 for me. 57. Very good. Everyone else needs to make that same d100 roll, including Daisy, by the way. Taishen, Barnabas, sorry, Yornir, what are you thinking as you slip over the cascading waterfall that you have come to in this short time?

Can we attempt to do anything as we're going over the lines? Mechanically, you don't have an action or anything along those lines. Barnabus, can I use your gold D100? Yep. Okay. Just find out where your dead body's land. I would be thinking going over the edge, like falling with Barnabus. I think I would try and turn. Yeah.

be like, no, not... We've come so far, we've tried so hard, and I would try and wrap my arms around them and extend a shield to the two of us, which mechanically I know that wouldn't happen, but I'd be trying to protect them with golden dragon might. Do you feel the grasping arms of Taishan around you, and you can hear his words in your ear as you start to go over the crest of this waterfall? I will be holding Taishan with a jingling...

And with that, it doesn't take an action. My item says as long as I just speak their name, I can use one of my tusks to give someone temporary HP. So I would like to do that. It's not much. It's not going to protect us against a horrible Wendigo attack, but maybe a fall damage might help. And would I be able to do that?

I'll give it to you. I can't hear what he's saying, but I know how he's making me feel. You slip and you disappear into the vapors, the mists of this waterfall. And all goes dark for all of you.

And I think now is the time for us to update the game state and remove the battle map and start to figure out where you land. Do you want these in any kind of specific way? Can we just take these all away? Take these all away. Just don't set them on fire. Barnabas, what did you do? 100. 49. Yorn. 86. Queenie. Oh, you already got mine. 57. Yep. Daisy. 21.

Rim. 35. Tysham. 77. Okay. It's the power of love, so... It is. Uh, yeah, let's move these iceblood chunks out of the way completely. Iceblood? You can stack them on top of here. Let's pull the, um, Wendigo off the battle ramp here. Drop that. I'm gonna just end you.

The final boss. Wario. He does have a rotten day. Thanks, Wario. That'll be the final boss for a faint while. Wario. It's Wario with a steel chair. Yeah.

He didn't need it. I think I didn't need any help from Wario. We needed that help. Wario, what are you doing here in Jakar? He also has a bite. Horrible.

Please present the hexagerm armament. Armament. The hexagonal armament. The hexagerm armament. Yornium. Poor Derek's trying to take this seriously. He's so good. The waterfall crashes. You don't know how far you fall, and you are terrified that you will land in the plunge pool of the waterfall hitting rocks.

or hitting into ice, or where the Wendigo is, where these creatures are, where your friends are, and submerged underwater for a brief period, you start to swim out, and you're able to pull yourself up

to get breath again. It's still impossible to see in all directions, but there is a bank just 5, 10, 15 feet away. You're able to swim over and you are able to, coughing, find yourself at the bank of this space.

Looking around, you turn and you can see Queenie. Queenie is there too. She has also pulled herself onto the bank and she's able to, and she's still also recovering from this terrifying experience. Taishen is not but five feet behind you, able to find your way to the bank. There's no sign.

of Scrim, Barnabas, or of this malevolent creature looking around in the immediate vicinity. What about Daisy? What are the three of you doing? Um... I'll look around. Are you okay? I can't believe it. Are we alive? We are alive. I don't believe Scrim and

Barnabas made it. Well, we won't know until we find their bodies. We've got to find Daisy. We've got to find Scrim. We've got to find Barnabas. I'm going back in that water if I have to. I want to look up, like, is there still a roaring river? Does this feel like a natural place to me? Like, does it follow the same laws of a waterfall and how I would see it in the fjords of home? Completely natural. I won't even make you roll. This was a tall waterfall, and it fell of what appears to be about 200 feet. Shhh.

And you can see that there's rocks, but more importantly, the ice flow has created a bit of a mound in the center of this plunge pool, and there's still water shattering and pouring down against it. The sound is almost deafening. I'm not going to continue to play it because it would be extremely annoying narratively. However... However...

You could see that it would have been very easy for a body to smash into one of these ice floes.

by the gods of Antris, the three of you have managed to slip through that space and are now on the bank of this pool that's around as it continues to rush and then continue down to who knows where. Where is the beast? What happened to the monster? I'm not particularly worried about where the beast is right now. I'm worried about where my friends are. Can you turn into something that can swim through that?

Yes, we need to go where the beast stays. We'll worry about finding the beast. You get in there and find our friends. I turn into a walrus and jump right in. You jump in as a walrus. You see him twist and shift a blue flash of light and he dives into the water and you immediately start making your way towards this hill of ice, making an investigation check.

He just shifts into the aquatic form for druids. Better luck with animation. I think that's a D. We are hot fire tonight! Better luck next time.

Yeah. The Circus of Valium. You rush up to the first bank of ice flows and you start to swim around. You start to make your way. You don't see anything on the surface. You dive down. And as you dive down, you realize it's going to take a while for you to go and look through every nook and cranny. Queenie and Taishan, I need you both to make a...

perception check. My bees are still on the Wendigo, so I should know where it's at. Oh. By the way. In case you were wondering. It's Hunter's Mark. It's literally the only thing I'm good for, apparently. That's right. So Hunter's Mark, you just know. There's a range. Yeah. You can feel a deep rage underneath the plunge pool. A buried hunger that...

Scraping to get out. Surrounded by its own phobia. Surrounded by water. Trapped. Trapped and attempting to scrape through, scratch through and release itself. It can no longer use its instinctual magics to free itself. It seems...

like fury manifest the bees even underwater are crawling in and around its body just trying to to give you that same that sense that that that parody that you enjoy with your fey friends and They're doing a good job of it. You can tell that you have some time for us. It might release Oh

before the one show might release yeah before the window that is still alive itself is able to free itself it's watery prison so that's that's what i can sense thanks to my beef rings uh we need to uh here i'm gonna hand you my potion all right i don't have a potion did you both make the perception check that i asked you oh no i didn't 21 21. no

Taishen, you are offered a healing potion by Queenie, and then looking over, she's quite short, as you recall, and you look down, but over her ears, you see on the other side of the bank a form, what looks like a body. Did we just send... Do you want this potion or not? Yes, thank you, I'll take the potion. Did we just send Yorner into the water where the beast is?

And also there's a body right there! What do you mean there's a body right there? Hold on, one question at a time. Let me deal with the body. As soon as you see the body, hear Taishin's words, you turn and you can see it looks like a small body. It looks like a body floating against the bank of the river as it's being pushed and it's starting to turn and make its way down the... I am going to cast my Mage Hand.

And I'm going to, which looks like a swarm of bees that turn into a hand. And they are going to zip over and grab onto him and try and keep him from continuing down the road. You're able to stop the forward motion. Just for me to get out there and help start driving him in. And...

Whatever this small body creature is, very likely Scrim, you're able to stop him from continuing to be pulled down by the current. So I'm going to rush straight over there with all of my bunny speed. You rush and you are able to see Scrim. He's plainly apparent. Tashi, Tashi, Tashi, come on, we got to get him out of the water. Can I roll and not be deaf anymore, actually? Oh, that faded along with the undead dragonborn. Okay. Okay.

Is it Scrim, do you think? Yeah, I'm looking at him right now. Oh. Let's get him out. Yeah. I'll run over. Give me that potion back. Okay. And I'm going to pour the potion in his mouth. You pour the potion in Scrim's mouth? Yeah. How's he looking? It's my potion. I don't care. I don't know medicine. I don't give a shit. I'm going to try and save my friend. Yeah, that's fair. I'm just wondering. Maybe you make a medicine check? Yeah, but I'm going to pour the potion in his mouth regardless. You do that. Okay.

The potion is expended. Remove it from your inventory. And then I'm going to just do anything? 16. 16. Scrim looks bloodied, torn apart, eviscerated. And you're kind of shocked and horrified to see...

queenie's actions as she takes this small vial and i'm like i'm like holding scrim on my arms i'm like it's gonna be all right buddy don't you worry queenie's got you it's gonna be okay and i start feeding the the potion and i'm like rubbing his neck it's gonna be all right just you know give yourself some time just hold on tashi it's gonna be okay

We gotta give him like a minute or so for it to start working and then Yornir will be back and he can, you know, Yornir can do a lot with magic, you know, so it's gonna be okay. I've got you and I'm just gonna hold him close to me and start walking. - Breath fills Scrim's lungs. An impossible choking breath. He seems beyond the pale of death.

As something brings him back to life. Zero HP? One HP? One. Oh my god! I thought we were gonna need Yornir for this! Scrim! Scrim! How are you doing, buddy? And I'm just gonna give him the biggest hug. And in this moment, Yornir, it's when you're twisting around as a walrus. You're able to find under a chunk of ice, but loose, you see deep underwater the floating body of Barnabas.

I'll immediately swim down and bite him gently if I can, like on his arm. It seems that you could chunk away at the ice perhaps with your tusks. And are able to eventually pull free the body and...

start to swim up with him to the surface of the plunge pool. You're able to start to looking around, not on that bank, no, over here. Snow is still coming, pouring down, but you're able to very slowly tug the massive form that is Barnabas to the bank. And that is when you arrive to find Queenie

thanking the gods of Evantris for the breath that Scrim is clearly intaking now. - You just pull up? - Mm-hmm. - Your Honor, quick, out of the water! The Wendigo's in the water! Get him out! - You stop being one of those weird water horses!

Hurry! Sort of unwilling, because I really don't, this is my last use of this, and it's extremely useful to be able to turn into a walrus. Yeah. I will shift back. Yornir, can you come check on Scrim? I look over at Scrim with absolute fucking horror. I gave him a potion, Yornir, and I thought that maybe you'd be able to help when you got here, but he's- You did this?! What? I gave him a potion? Yeah. Yeah.

It only had one, though. Does it live? What do you mean, does it live? It screams. Scream, do you speak? Am I... I have one inch of pubit in my conscious, or am I, like, basically just completely out of it? What was the last thing you saw? The last thing I saw was my shield breaking. And me being...

A crash of an experience. For you, no time has passed. Suddenly, you're choking and you're on the bank of this pool and Queenie is hugging you. You can hear your ear screaming. Something, something...

impossible to describe, has kept you from falling over the waterfall of mortality and dying. You are somehow alive and not undead. Am I alive? Yes, Grimm, I got you. I gave you my only potion. It's not possible. What do you mean it's not possible? It's clearly happening. Tend to...

I'll motion to Barnabas. You want me to tend to him? And I'll just turn and I will... I'm holding Scrim. I'm going to basically try to... I'll go to Barnabas. I'm going to be like, I saw what that beast did to Scrim. I know, but I gave him one of those magical potions and now he's breathing again. Can you go give Barnabas that other potion? The one you had?

Yeah. Let me see if I have one. What was the last thing you remember? I was taunting Clemens and I got my shit knocked out of me. He just fucking wrecked you, you remember. Losing the fight.

And in this moment, suddenly, you don't know what you would have expected. Perhaps waking up in the arms of your lover. Or perhaps waking up in some of the tales of the afterlife that you were told as a Triton child, as compelling as those tales can be. But instead, you wake up and you are on the bank of some pool. Cold, but 1 HP...

capable of thought. As hurting and as weak as you feel, you are alive. Not bad, Clemens. Not bad. Why are you being such a downer? Our friends are fine. I'm sorry, I'm screaming in your ear, Scrim. You just relax, buddy. And I'm just going to reach down and try to take Scrim from you. How are you, fool?

- What are you doing? - I'm gonna turn him and I'm gonna try to look at his wounds. I wanna like, maybe hold him by, I don't know what clothes are still intact. - I'm gonna stand up and I'm gonna punch you in your calf. - She deadlifts you, high school style. - What are you doing? Can you at least talk to us? - How am I here? - We know that the beast reincarnates and resurrects dead things, not as they were.

- But there's undead trolls. - You look like an undead troll. He doesn't have those blue eyes, does he? - I will determine this. - Remember, you don't have to be so mean about it. They're all friends. - I would like to medicine check. Thinking that, I don't currently believe that, I believe that this is a horrible way to go, Trey. - Are you looking for undeath?

I'm looking for on death, sort of how I could tell that the owl, even though it moved like an owl, I could tell that it was dead. Okay. I want to see if it's, I want to see the owl. Is this like the owl? It moves like Scrimm. It sounds like Scrimm. But does it feel that sense of uncanny? You can make a nature check or a medicine check.

Or a religion or arcana check. There's a Venn diagram center target here that is meaningfully important. I think that it touches all those things. 20. Looking at him, he is on the edge of death very clearly.

and is clearly in need of rest, recuperation, medical healing, and magical healing. He is a slap in the face away from falling over the waterfall of mortality, but he does not have the signs of undeath that you have seen so much over the last 48 hours. You have seen this...

impossible monstrosity. You have seen the dragonborn in their form. You've seen the animals, the beasts that somehow had died by the dozens in the forest and had approached you. This does not look like an animated and filled with undeath scrim. It looks like a weakened and hurt scrim. With a 20.

I will reach and try to find my shell to see if it's still intact. Where do you keep it on your person? I keep it probably on my side, kind of in the netting and with all the other stuff that I keep as well. You reach down and you don't have to see it, but you're able to cup the shell and it immediately gives you that sense of comfort and love.

You did this, my lover, I know it to be true. I do not sense a death on you, Scream. I'm in a lot of pain. So, your honor, you think they're healable? We can help them. I probably have it processed that you told me that the monster's still just like five feet long. Why you gotta be such a big manie?

Ripping him out of my arms and stuff. Not much time has passed, and you can feel shifting. You can feel like an inverted horror. The same joy you would feel feeling a chick crack through its egg for the first time in the nature of the forest that you grew up in, that you were trained in as a ranger.

As opposed to that joyous moment when it finally breaks free, you can feel the Wendigo is starting to make progress in its shell. It's gonna break out soon and I'm gonna be completely honest with you, we could run, but it's gonna find us. I don't know what choice we have but to keep fighting it. Luckily we've got everybody back now. Do we have... how much time? Can you sense how much time we have? Not much time. Did you... did you find Daisy when you were under there? Good question.

You did not see Daisy. Your investigation ended when you grabbed Barnabas and pulled him to the bank. Well, it's time to finish this. That's what I should do, my lover. Let's not see Daisy. She's a smart one, though. I think, you know, she's probably fine, right? I mean, Scrim and Barnabas are fine.

even if they're a little wounded. Can you do something to help Scrim? He's gonna start trying to drink everything. We have to focus on healing them. We get them back up and... And you have anything to eat? I don't. Well, it's just all in the water. I'm not in the water a lot. I'm in some waterlogged rations. I don't care. I'm hungry. I will place my hand on Scrim's chest and I will healing touch Scrim.

I'll reach in, take out some soggy dried fish out of my clothes, feed it to Barnabas, and as he eats, try and heal him with pure wounds. Barnabas is right. I could use some too. That actually sounds pretty good. Yeah, we got to get him something to eat.

Just anything, anything that we might have. Yornir, do you have anything in your pack that you can feed Scrim? I don't carry rations on me because I'm small. My rations were still on this ledge. Oh. Which is at the house. Oh, yikes. I'm going to walk over to Barnabo. I'll set Scrim down. Fine, pal. If you can, you know. I'm so sorry.

And I'm just gonna rush over to Scrim and give him a big hug. I'm so glad you're not dead. Yep, I'm sorry. No, it's okay. You're gonna have to deal with it, though. Yeah, yeah. Thank you for helping. You're welcome. You feel drunk? I feel hungry. Oh, alright. I can't believe I'm here.

I walk over, I don't know if it's fair to say I split the ration in half or give him half, him the other half. Ancient Ashtray, you want some ancient Ashtray on there? Yes, yes, please. There you go. Tyshen Barbas, thank you. Thank you. As soon as you hand it to me, I don't hesitate. I begin to consume it as completely as I can. In these first 5, 10, 15 minutes that you're reunited, you're eating, you're recovering, you're trying to take perhaps a short rest even. But you can feel that energy coming.

It's coming. It's not going to be another 45 minutes. It is right around the corner. And as much comfort as these luxuries bring, flight or fight. I'm going to touch Barnabas' shoulder. If he's not much, but...

Hopefully help you get you on your feet and also heal you for healing time. Nice. Damn! 12? I will, as you do that, I will take one more. I will have finished eating, lit my pipe with some magically dried pipe weed.

And I'll just sit there and I'll blow a huge billow of smoke and I'll sigh and I'll put it down and I'll just grab a harpoon from my back. Let's finish this. I don't think we have any other choice. We could stand at the water's edge and it seems to be weak in the water. We could all just surprise it as it comes out. Charge it with one giant group X attack. Can we

We stand the cold of the water again. We won't go into it, we're staying around here on the edge. I would rather, while it's still under the water, trapped, let us put it out of its misery from a distance. While you're telling everybody this plan, I realize that my clothes, the stuff that we took from the house is crazy waterlogged and heavy. I just begin to take it off.

Yeah. I'm stripping it off as I'm listening to you describe this plant, throwing it on the ground. It's freezing. Negative 33, 35 degrees Fahrenheit.

And as you are pulling things off, it feels warmer as you take off each item. It almost feels invigorating to be out and insane in this cold temperature. And you celebrate the fact that you are ready to take on the challenge of what's to come. Oh, man. I'm going to be feeling this for a while, but I like what your idea is. We can do this. We can do this. Do I see Scream, like, shivering at all? We can do this.

Does he look cold at all? He looks like he will be cold soon, but is burning with the heat of inspiration for what's to come. I attempt to summon the Brutal Blade. I pack up. It appears in your hand without issue. You can see that Scrim has never been one to take on a great amount of work or responsibility, but for whatever reason, on the banks of this pool, he is...

alive with energy. - How good are you at throwing that thing, Mr. Staviscotch? It'll flip my harpoon around to a throwing grip. - I thought his last name was Grim-Grim. - Well, I got a few ranged tricks up my sleeve. I'm not done yet. I'm clearly still here.

It's in this moment that you feel, and you can all see, actually, ice flows shift. Even though there are chunks still coming and swimming down in this huge cascade of ice crystals, vapor, and water at the bottom of this waterfall, you can see that something is clearly clawing and creeping its way out. And it crawls swimming down.

starting to make its way, not directly towards you, but towards the bank, perhaps 30 or 40 feet away, starts to pull itself up and out of the water. And does that feel like where my bees are? That it does feel like where your bees are. That's it. That's the Wendigo. We gotta go now.

30 or 40 feet away. 30 or 40 feet away from where you're currently standing with a blizzard effectively upon you. You can start to see this lumbering creature start to make its way out of the water. Its truest fear. And it is regurgitating water. It is weakened. It is clearly struggling. Not looking for food, but for escape from its own horror.

And now if it gets close, swim to the other side of the river. Now, and if we can, I'm just gonna frostbite it. I'm gonna throw my harpoon.

It starts to pull up and around. It hasn't even looked to see you. And you can see water pouring from its eyes, from its mouth down like drool or like spit. It is wet and slick, and its skin is starting to peel off in sheets. And roll for attack.

Are we running up to it? Everyone's just throwing stuff. You can change it however you want to do it. It is too distracted to care if it is a melee or a melee. Is its AC changed at all? Its AC is still 18. Okay, I miss. I get a 20. It needs to make a con save. 30, 20. What's the... I'd like to run up to it to do... 19 con save. My thing, and I'm going to hit it with...

Shocking Grasp for 24. Hit, hit. Miss. Miss. Passes. Passes. Hit. Roll for damage. Six. Not bad. Not bad. I'll take it. It's better than zero. Eight. Piercing. Take the first four rounds of my combat. Three lightning damage. There's a really, really great D&D feature called Undead Fortitude.

where a creature that is undead gets hit by damage and then if it's reduced to zero hit points it'll be backed up to one if it can roll a constitution saving throw uh well enough uh over the damage that you guys have done oh shit well considering how low that damage was

And it's pluses 12. The DC starts at a level plus the damage. It's not just the damage. So it's not DC 6, 8, and 3. Oh, okay. DC 3 with a plus 13. There we go. Barnabus, what do you... You throw a harpoon now? I'm throwing my harpoon that I have. You throw the harpoon and it lodges through the ribs of...

and it struggles forward. Taishan. - My was a run up and with a crackling claw, like grab onto whatever its closest extremity is and just electrocute it while it's covered in water. - You grab onto it and it is charged with energy and it pulses for a moment before start struggling forward and it starts to turn towards you.

It starts to wake up to the fact that it is still in a fight. Smoky and red, inky black tendril of magic blasts into it, force it to move. As it turns, you manage to hit it right in the eye. It goes off like a firework, and it slumps over. It falls still now against the bank. It never, ever would breathe like this, but it is stiller than any undead creature.

It seems to be gone. Did we do it? I don't know. I mean, it doesn't seem to be moving. Well, Tashi, you're next to it. Careful pie, Sham. It doesn't seem to be breathing, but everything else so far has come back to life around here. Even our furs. I feel like we should burn it. I grab another harpoon. I'm with Barnabas on this one, and I'm going to let an arrow fly and hit it with another arrow. Make an attack with advantage.

You step to the left there, Mr. Fire Blossom. 26. Hits. Gotta be a natural 20. Let's fucking go. Let's go! 11 points of damage. 14 points. The arrows, the bees, the harpoon shunk into it, and Taishen, you're amazed that they miss you because you're right in front of it. And on either side, these attacks immediately go into the body of the Wendigo.

It just gets hit and unmoving looks more damaged than it was before, but just as still as it was before. I hate to suggest wasting resources, but if we need to, we can use one of those bonfire candles and burn the hell out of this thing. We should destroy it entirely so nothing can come back. Nothing can rise up and... I agree. I think it's a pretty good use of a candle if you ask me. I agree. What... I think back to...

the first, or the cabin boy, and what happened when we killed him, and the heart. Did he, like, automatically shrivel? Like, what happened? Oh, yeah. Do I remember? Mm.

He's like, claws melted. Yeah. I don't remember beyond that. He like, he definitely melted a little bit and then like, like kind of dusted. I don't recall melting, but I will say... He's like, ice claws melted. Yeah, I thought he like shattered. With dust. Those kinds of qualities are happening now. Okay. Oh, okay. So I am, this feels like when, this is Garci? Clemens. This is Clemens. Um...

So he feels like he's meeting the same fate. Yes, he's coming to rest. Should he be left alone? Who knows what to say, but you were smart enough to burn the body of the Wendigo the first time. You should burrow it if you can. I'll dig through my pack and I'll pull out one of the candles. Not many left. Is anything about it intact? Like, for instance, does a claw look whole?

This is where the melting starts to come in. Check the tapes. I do want to check the tapes. I don't recall that. My goal would be, so we set out originally. If you're asking, can you harvest anything from this creature? Can you pull anything off of its body? Specifically what I would think would resemble a trophy of a kill of an Elurindia.

We came to get this, like, griffin thing, right? And this is so much worse. I'm looking for a provable kill. You look at it and, um...

There's four antlers, there's the skull, now just two, but an impossible menagerie of mouths connected to an impossible throat. It has two small arms in addition to its larger, huge arms that it has been swiping and clawing with. There is material there, should you want to use it. - Yorner, you're good with bones.

Maybe we should take something from this, if not to prove that we've felled this beast to what was once our allies, potentially to ward off any lesser creature from attacking us. Something we can hang as an emblem of a greater kill. Is there anything you think you could keep with us? I don't want to keep you from your trophy, but I worry that it may do more harm than good in tainting any

Peace. Or Disabomination. Tyshen, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt. Do you have any more rations? I have one more ration. Oh yeah, that'd be great if you wouldn't mind sharing that, Mr. Fireblossom. Can I have that? Oh, you gotta learn how to share, Mr. Saviskotch. Fine, fine, fine, fine. And the last one was just so good. I don't have any. I smoked the fish, so it's by right mine. We didn't get any of that stew. Ugh. Yeah, with all the voles. Ugh.

I threw all them voles into the fire. Maybe we can all split it in just a little bit. We haven't... I'd like an arrow, please. I'm sorry, what were we talking about? There are my eyes in my right eye. My blank eye will flash light blue. And I'll cast tech magic to see if I can... Oh, see any... The bones, right, the bones. Any aura on either of them. Without question, the body is still...

thrumming with magical energy. The Wemigo is? Yeah. He's looking at these guys. Oh, I mean, wouldn't you get an aura of magic from any caster or creature like Barnabas?

Is there like a skull over their head? A big red X? I'll ignore this and I'll walk over to the Wendigo and I'll put my foot on its skull and pull out both of my harpoons and I'll...

uh, try to wash off all of the goop and I'll put it back in the netting. You're able to do this. And I'll just kind of look at it and say, Clemens, you died how you lived, being a coward. I'll present you with the candle. There you go. That's our 28th one out of the 36 that we started with. You handled the heart of the first one, Jorner. Do you think you could, and that was, that saved us the first time around. Do you think, I don't want to keep anything either, but... Oh, you're saying there might be goodies in its body.

Well, maybe it has an even more powerful heart! They could cast protections for us in the land! Is it not even worth checking? Well, burning it will uncover anything similar, just like it did with Coombs.

I think Coombs got eaten by an eagle or something. Yeah, it was the cabin boy. I can't remember his name. It wasn't Coombs. Coombs was the one that took him away to the highest peaks. That was Mr. Stonebridge. Stonebridge, whatever the fuck his name was. Roland Stonebridge, Mr. Stonebridge. Yeah, Coombs got pulled off of a cliff and fell a thousand feet into the water to his death. So many weeks ago. That's pretty terrible.

You bring up a fair point. I would like to, if you want to keep a piece of this skull and plort in an albination, we could, but we would have to keep an eye on it. It is thrumming with magical energy. Taishan and Kriornir, as you're having this debate and thinking through the implications of what it would mean to keep a piece of this monstrosity, make a religion check. Wait a minute, where's...

Where's the girl? We don't know. Seven. I didn't see her in the water. I'm hoping that just like the three of us, she landed safely and maybe made her way to the other side of the bank. And she's precocious. She's probably all right. Fifteen.

With a 15, you feel even more strongly that keeping any piece of this creature would, because of its regenerative qualities, ultimately result in its reemergence. What the fuck? I'll defer to your judgment. I know nothing of the land. So I'm taking out the hatchet about to like, my hatchet about to like, break off an antler.

And I get this weird feeling that's just this sense, as if it's like Mermude speaking to me. Um, no, no. Every piece of this creature should burn. Every piece. Oh, well, then that settles it. Also, Taishan, seriously, give me some of that food, man. I almost died. I could use something to eat, please. Yeah, we almost died. Ugh, fine.

I'll tell you how, on our last ration, split it and toss it to the two of them. Ah, thank God. Agent Estuary? No, no, it's over here. Can we focus on burning the... I mean, we might be iced out, but I'm not a savage. I'm a horrible creature. I'll light the candle and see if I can, like, hold it to it. I would also try... My thought was to kind of mimic the...

guy from the from before I would try and remember some of his motions and just basically use control flames to spread As soon as you apply control flames to the bonfire candle the light Ignites the body and you can put out the other candle for me with this top here the

skin and flesh of this undead creature ignite, and the... Yes, I know. Thank you. The bones start to emerge from the fire. It goes up despite the fact that it was just submerged in water like dry kindling. And it

blights the area. And for a moment, the five of you stand around in silence, looking at what was such a fearsome creature not long ago, so sad and so defeated in its final moments, having been crushed by the waterfall, by the ice, by itself in so many ways, and through your perseverance in this space.

Light illuminates each of your faces. You can look into the faces of your colleagues, your friends. I need everyone to make a perception check. Oh boy. Whoever has the highest wins. I like playing this game. It's always fun. 11. 6. 18. You're near. You're looking for a very specific thing and you see it right away. In the chest cavity, not one heart appears.

not two hearts. The other organs are also malformed, multitudinous, shifting, multiple stomachs, an insanity of intestines. Five hearts glow in the bright of this fire, and they still look like frozen artifacts in the space of this, just as you were able to pull out the heart that you still have on you from the body of Roland.

after he had transformed. This creature, as advanced as he had become in such a short time, had five. And you look down and are able to see these glowing coals like embers pulsating. Cold, hot, impossible to say. But you're the one who spies it first. I'll just take a step over to the river and just dunk my arm in and get it just sopping like cold. And I'll just reach in quickly and try to pull them out.

Remembering that the other one, that the heart itself was cool despite it being in the fire. I assure you it's quite cool. It does not burn you. It does not cool you. It feels like touching ice, but it is unlike...

touching the water, dunking your arm in the water was somehow more chilly to you than this experience. And you're able to pull out these artifacts and pretty soon all of you are able to look bundled in your near arms at five... What's a good... Softball? Fist? Baseball? Like the size of a fist. Smaller than that. Like the size of a cat skull.

small and and and and and why can't I hold all these cat skulls it's like an orange tennis ball you see that he's pulled these items out and you remember that Yornir did this previously with the other Wendigo that this was something that actually saved your life when you were in the lodge feels like forever ago but that's what you see star five

That works out. They feel like they hold the same power. Yes, they do. Do they all look different? It's like a little Chaos Emerald thing going on. Are they all complicated? They look identical. They look identical. But unlike the heart that you got from Roland, these feel like you could crush them and find something inside. These look...

Like they could be destroyed as if there was something inside. Do you want my bees to do it? To destroy these hearts? Well, I'm just worried that if you do it with your own hand, that it could hurt you in some way, and my bees can make a hand. A bee hand, if you will. Maybe big bee hand? Yeah, big bee hand. Pretty good. I don't know if there's danger. So what you're describing is I sort of feel the sense of like,

Do I feel sort of drawn to break them? Yeah, I would say that unlike the initial heart, which was felt hardened and ice-like and is still sitting in your pack, you could compare them. This one, you'd be able to squeeze as hard as you wanted and it would remain...

These are flaking. They feel like a snowball. Like you could actually just sift it away if you were to move your hand like so. I'll place one down in front of Queenie. Give me Vuso. All right. And I'll cast my Mage Hand. Go pick it up and have it. A swarm of bees grab and reach and pull up the artifact. Do they do the crushing work? Yep.

They do it.

Do you like jazz? Oh, do I get to crush it? Oh, wow. Or do I just get to open it? You get to open it. It's just a package. Queenie! It's a present. Do I read the back? Inside, as you pull the ice away, is something un-ice-like. Something impossible. You find a small stone therein, and you are shocked that...

it resonates with your very spirit. It seems as though it unlocks something within you. And you feel a tremendous amount of power therein. Do you want me to read this? Not now. If you want to. However you want to do it. I'm not going to prescriptive this, but you are able you all watch this as Queenie crushes this and then from the ice it falls away.

The bees will bring it over to me. The bees bring it over to her and it lands in her palm. And she's got something in her hand. It looks like a small stone. Look at this. A strange artifact. How does it feel, Quinny? Cold. Not dangerous. No sense of power or boon from it at all? Magical.

My bees like it. You can see that the bees are kind of swirling around it. Do you feel a connection to it? I do. All right, you and me, I want one. Give it to me. Give it to me. I don't want to wait. Give me one. I want one. I want one. Give it to me. Yeah, I think you should give him one. Should we break them all open? There are five of us and five of them, and I think it's oddly strange that this one chose me. I agree it may be fate, but if we test our theory, then I'll take one and I'll crush it.

You crush one in your hand and sure enough, just like Queenie, you find something uncrushable therein. The snow falls away from your skin and you look in your hand and you see a small stone. And it shocks you how familial it feels. Well, don't keep them all for yourself. Come on, give me one. I want one. This feels intended for me. Wow.

Does it feel safe? Should we all break them? Does it feel safe? I think it does. The god of the world says it feels safe. I will pass one. Yes! Maybe there's booze in mine. Barnabas, can I borrow a harpoon? Here you go. Don't cut yourself. What kind of stone is yours? Same as mine? No! Why didn't you warn me? The...

Feeling of warmth covers you all. Not because you're breaking the stones, but because there's something of a bonfire nearby. And there's a silence. Even in the rushing sound of the waterfall, as you look at these stones crushing in your hands, you don't feel cold. You feel hope for the first time in such a long time. You feel fortitude. And you look at the stone and it feels like the...

that you experienced is trapped inside of the stone, never to return. Oh. And I guess now is a good time for us to talk about what's in the stones mechanically. Yeah. Probably got, I'll go first. So I got Desert Jasper as my stone, which is pretty cool. Um,

And I got Courageous Host. Though you've never lacked courage, this stone serves as a strong reminder of the bravery and daring you know it will take to complete your journey. This item does not count against your inventory capacity. While this stone is on your person, you have advantage on saving throws made to resist the frightened condition, and you gain the following benefits. Your bee swarm, Mage Hand, is emboldened by your unshakable courage in the face of danger. You can use a bonus action to cast and control your swarming bee spirits.

and you may target creatures in addition to objects. At 5th level, your emboldened swarm can lift and move creatures or objects from a distance. A creature can attempt to resist this movement by making either a strength or dexterity saving throw against your spell save DC. The target can be moved vertically, horizontally, or both, but cannot be moved beyond your range. In addition, the range, speed, and strength of your swarm increase at 5th level and increases at each further level divisible by 5.

Fifth level, 60 feet range, 30 foot speed, 250 pounds strength. Holy shit. And then increases 10, 15, and 20. That's amazing. Yeah, it's amazing. That's so cool. Damn. Thank you. It really is. Big B hand. When you made that pun, I wanted to jump out of my fucking seat. That was Mike. I just wanted to scream into the heavens how fucking good that was. What a fucking hilarious pun. It's a big B hand. It's a big B hand.

Shamanic Verve. Oh. The horrors you've witnessed serve as a powerful reminder of the force of nature, and you now possess a stronger understanding of how to call upon those spirits to assist you. This item does not count against your inventory capacity. While this stones like a person, you have advantage on the frightened condition.

Starting at 5th level, you can use your Wild Shape to transform into a beast with a challenge rating as high as 1. Oh, wow. At 10th level, you can transform into a beast with a challenge rating as high as 3. Whoa. 15th level, you can transform into a beast with a challenge rating of 5. And 15th level, you can transform into a beast with a challenge rating as high as 7. Wow. Holy shit. Very cool.

That's like way over the druid cap normally, right? I think so, yeah. Holy shit! Damn! It's slightly less, but still relatively on par with moon druid. Right, yeah. Well, thank you. That's amazing. As a bonus action, you can expend the use of your wild shape feature to transform the stone into the shape of a beast I've seen before.

appearing in a square adjacent to you. If the space where the creature would appear is occupied by other creatures or objects, or if there isn't enough space for the creature, the stone doesn't become a creature and the use of the wild shape is still expended.

The summoned creature has the chosen beast statistics, except for any legendary or lair actions. This creature is friendly to me and my companions, it understands language and obeys your spoken commands. If you issue no commands, it defends itself and takes no other actions. The beast exists for the same number of hours as typically for your wild shape allows, or until it falls unconscious, drops to zero hit points, or dies. When this happens, the creature reverts into a stone again, which must be recovered. While the stone is transformed, you cannot wild shape yourself.

So I get a little, I can sort of wild shape the stone into something. I have it be a summoning beast. Yeah. That's really cool. That is cool. Do you want to go? Or do you want to go? All right. After you. Yeah. Please. Yeah, he's the live one.

Yeah. I am a demon. What's your stone? Fortitude. Oh. Yeah, you got a cool-ass stone. Oh, yeah. Read your stone. Mine was a picture jasper. Oh. Oh, does it say here? Yeah, it does. He goes, a white one. He said it's a white one.

It's quartz. Yeah, hell yeah. A white one? Yeah. Duh. You have eyes? Yeah. Fortitude. Looking upon this stone, you are reminded of Fu Xiao's words, fortitude to overcome fear. And you realize he did not mean escaping fear, but instead to acknowledge it and look deeply at its source. Fear cannot prevent death, certainly, but it can prevent life.

This item does not count against your inventory capacity. Advantage on saving through is made to resist a frightened condition and you gain the following benefits. At 5th level, you gain a plus 1 bonus to AC. At

At 10th level you gain a +2 bonus to AC. At 15th level you gain a +3 bonus to AC. And at 20th level you gain a +4 bonus to AC. You're never gonna die ever again. Holy shit. You're just never gonna get hit. That's amazing. They keep swinging for 23s, you know. They're gonna find me. That's huge though, yeah. Oh yeah, absolutely.

Well, and also just the golden dragon skills. Everything. Everything. Yeah. Spitting straight facts. Go for it. I got Argonite, which has these really cool variations of blue and white bands through it. Different, you know, shades of blue. Very cool. Sanguine Strength.

Holding this stone exerts a powerful pull on your heart and mind. Some nameless power kindles within you. This item doesn't count through pre-inventory, frightened condition, yada yada. At 5th level, the stone can store up to 3rd level spells. At 10th level, you can store up to 5th level spells. Holy shit. At 15th level, you can store up to 7th level spells. And at 20th level, you can store up to 9th level spells. That's insane. The stone can only hold spells that you do not have prepared and can only store one spell at a time.

If you learn or prepare a spell to store within the stone, it is expended without effect. When you are targeted by a spell or a spell-like effect, unless the ranges touch, you may use your reaction to attempt to absorb the magical energy. You may not use this ability if the stone already stores a spell or a spell-like effect, or if the magic exceeds the level of the spell the stone can store.

Make an ability check using your spellcasting ability. The DC equals 10 plus the spell's level. If the effect is spell-like, the DM will choose the level. On a success, the spell is absorbed by the stone. The effect is negated. On a failure, you are automatically hit by the spell and fail all saving throws.

Bastard. I know you're a gambler. I said it at the beginning of this session. You can cast the spell stored in the stone. The spell uses the same slot level spell save DC, spell attack bonus, and spell casting ability of the original caster at the moment the spell is stored, but is otherwise treated as if you cast the spell, meaning that I would expend the spell slot to do so.

No, no, no, it won't cost the spell slot. It means like as where you're standing or where-- Gotcha. The spell cast from the stone is expended and no longer stored within freeing up space. That's incredible. That's some blue mage shit. I love that. That's fucking incredible. And it comes with a gamble, but it means you can absorb some really fucky shit. I'm excited. I'm extremely excited. Only you weren't dead. If only I wasn't dead. Oh no.

I got the Turritella agate, is that how you pronounce that? Agate. Agate. Which is really cool, this is a fun one, because it was, this is from the shell of the Turritella snail from bajillions of years ago. Oh, cool. And so the fossils have been entirely replaced by agate, and that's what this is. This is kind of like a seashell. That's some ocean rock right there. Yeah, I know, it's very cool.

Unfathomable resilience, having faced true fear, you now know that even in the middle of a hurricane, the bottom of the ocean, the bottom of the sea is calm.

Though the storm may raise, the deep waters sway in gentle rhythm. Below, there is no storm. And then the same effects as far as frightening, whatchacallit. At 5th level, your hit dice are not expended on a roll of an 11 or 12. At 10th level, your hit dice are not expended on a roll of a 10, 11, or 12. At 15th level, your hit dice are not expended on a roll of 9 to 12. At 20th level, your hit dice are not expended on a roll of 8 to 12. Damn! So I can-- Wait, to heal?

Yeah. So he just... Damn. Just heal up, baby. Take an hour to yourself. Heal up. That's amazing. Heal up. That's huge. I like the popcorn dice where, like, if he rolls the first hit dice and it's a 12, you just keep going. Keep rolling. Keep going. See if you can streak it. See if you can streak it.

That's badass. Jesus. That's so cool. So cool. Thank you, Derek. Thank you. This is cool stuff. Do we get to keep these stones? Yeah, they're yours. That's a can. They're from Kimma. All right!

- Thank you, Kimma. - Thank you, Kimma. - She sent us that during the actual, like, last time we got a big package. Remember when I got a DM? - Yes. - Oh, wow. - Lots of GM goods. - So I've been sitting on these forever. - Thank you, Kimma. - Thank you, Kimma. - I'm gonna keep mine in my dice bag, 'cause I always have mine. - Yeah, me too. - It's been a pleasure. - I'm gonna use mine for my rituals. - Ooh. - Thank you, Kimma. - The body of the...

malevolent spirit that attempted to feed on you that was so powerful that took over the crew that became a manifestation of so many evils burns to a crisp, burns to dust at the bank of this waterfall pool. And you find yourselves all standing, sitting, looking at each other, looking at these stones, trying to

come to grips with how close you came to truly shuffling off your mortal coil. What are you doing? I think I was really sitting down to reflect. I'd like to take the harpoon borrowed from Barnabas and just kind of like hang up my clothes near the bonfire a little bit and try and dry them out. Some of the stuff that got really wet when we were under the water. Okay.

Because you're near a fireplace situation, I'll say that you can do that and then immediately huddle down and keep warm. It is crazy freezing. It is the night before winter. And it is negative 30, negative 40 degrees at least. The fact that you were wet would make that band go lower. But for whatever reason, this particular bonfire is just...

doing the work of keeping you warm. Those that are feeling well enough should join me in looking for Daisy, where the signs are. I'll help you. And the three of you will stay here? No, you should check the water. I need to go find me anchor. Well, you know me. All right, fine. At the very least, I'll collect some firewood. How about that? I can keep the fire going.

For now, on my own, relatively easily. I won't wander far. I'll just pick up a few sticks and I'll bring them back. Come on. It's alright. Why don't you accompany Scream? Okay. As long as we don't go far, I can manipulate the bonfire from a pretty big distance. Trust me, I don't want to go far. Just trying to be helpful. Yeah, we can be helpful together. Yes, of course. Wait, teamwork. We're a crew still, after all.

And that, I guess, this is all that remains. This is all that remains of our crew besides us. I guess that hadn't really hit me yet, but I guess you're right. It was their fate to meet their end in this land. That merchant shouldn't have killed that seabird. Trim, you remember that moment on the dock. You were the closest one to Barnabas in that moment as he punched the merchant who had...

grabbed Albatross by the neck and cut it clean. You remember his words, better to be in prison than what's to come from this act. He's starting to realize that however he might feel about Barnabas's words at any moment, he was right in that moment. Don't go too far, Barnabas. Stay inside. I'm just going to poke around the

Ice chunks, look for me, anchor, and hopefully I don't find the young lady. I hope I don't find her. Look, and then, like you said, nobody's going very far, just holler if you need us. We'll all meet right back here. All right, let's go. I'll, uh, here, if you want to post up a few of my prunes, and I'll help try to, like, make a little... Yeah, yeah.

and just use it for drawing stuff, and then I'll dive in and look around for my anchor, which I presume fell from the ice flow into the water somewhere. Make an investigation check. And then also look for...

Honey. Daisy. Oh, wow, natty 20. Investigation. Not intelligent, though. Where the fuck is this guy? 21. I don't normally crit skill check. Not too bad. You get there and you are able to find your anchor. It is not underneath...

the plunge pool. You don't have to worry about the terrible currents that are, uh, that exist just as the water of this tremendous amount of river hits the, hits the, it's, it's, it's,

To be fair, this is like a Niagara Falls style river. It's huge and wide. And so you're swimming through and getting through the ice flows and going deeper than anyone's gone before. And it's behind the waterfall that you're able to find a small intake. And it's here that you not only find the anchor, but you find a body. I'll swim forward and I'll grab my anchor first. Uh...

and lift it up and able to use my swimming skill to be able to propel myself despite holding an anchor and then I'm gonna go swim to the body and see who it is. You swim to the body and you, uh, it is face down. You grab its shoulder and pull and it's what you would expect, it's Daisy's face.

I'll grab her as gently as I can. Maybe I'll put my anchor in my netting and I'll grab her as gently as possible and... Make a medicine check. Wow. I'm actually rolling pretty well right now when I need it. Special medicine checks. Yeah, medicine checks. 18. You grab her and you expect to pull her up and over your shoulder to take her to the others and help them

you know, give them what's needed to ask them to help. But when you grab her and pick her up, this girl is warm and you can feel the breath in her lungs even though she is unconscious. Oh, wow. Whoa. Oh, shit.

I'm going to scream out, I found the young lady! She's alive somehow! And I'm going to basically grab her as tightly as possible and in whatever route is fastest to get to Yornir and the rest of my friends, as well as keep her as dry as possible, if that's possible.

I will try to keep her over the shoulder. You're able to tread water. Okay. And, and, and even though you go underneath a section of the falls, that's a little thinner than the rest, uh, you're able to keep her, uh, lungs outside of, uh, of, of the, of the drink. And, and you were able to get her to the bank very quickly. You're able to lie her down. She's next to the, to the fire. The, the, the rest of you are able to hear his word. This is, this is Daisy. She's still alive and, and putting her down, uh,

- You can see her lungs lifting and even though she clearly needs a night of rest, she is still unbelievably alive. - This is miracle after miracle and I wanna kneel down next to her laid out and I wanna sort of, you know, see how she's doing, just sort of, you know, checking her vitals and get a sense of like how much vitality she has.

I'd also just roar up the fire closest to the section, just make sure it's like, you know, kind of manipulated. Control flame's doing its work. You are able to burn additional fuel to make sure that it's extra toasty. Make a medicine check. Oh my god! 17. 17, easy. She is unconscious, but she is not on the verge of death.

She fell into the water and hit the water hard, but she's not drowning. She's at no risk of death. She needs a good night's rest and warmth and food when she wakes up, and she might be right as rain. By the woman in the show. Only because she didn't land on the rocks. Fate saw her through against all odds. This is incredible. She wasn't part of the group that killed the seabird.

We should make Kemp. We should keep her warm. And I want to, like, you know, I have an herbalism kit. I haven't really, like, used it too much, but I would have had just, like, you know, herbs and nothing mechanical per se, unless you want to make a ruling, but, like...

all the various little medicines and tinctures for like headaches or applying a balm to a wound. Sure. You take a head on and you apply it directly to the forehead. Put some Vicks vape on it. Vicks is fucking great. I don't give a shit.

It's fucking awesome. These tough acting can act. You athletes with like a nice stomach diarrhea. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So yeah, I'll just sort of take out my mortar and pestle and some just sort of like wooden...

Almost like wooden jars that I have of just some various ointments and things and kind of rub it on her forehead and just sort of tend to her so that she is comfortable and, you know, so that I can help her, you know, so that she makes it through the night. You do that and you're all starting to feel...

the exhaustion of the day hit you. It is hard to do what you're doing. What you're doing is a very generous act because it would be so easy to not get out those tinctures and not take the time that it would take to give someone the best chance at life that you are giving them and just go to sleep. But you're blown away when you're starting to be hit by the light as the

snowstorm starts to clear above you, the sky is itself brightening to early morning. Not the sun in the sky, but the

indigo shades of light emerging around the forest around you, the bank of this water pool, the surface of the waterfall itself. It is starting to become morning. And you are exhausted, hurt. You've not enjoyed a long rest. But...

Whatever impossibly long night you were experiencing because of the curse of this malevolent spirit has ended. And the fact that it is slightly brightening and no longer storming feels like the most positive breath of life that you could imagine. What day is it? It is the day before the beginning of winter.

Okay, so it's not midwinter yet. It is not midwinter. That's the name of the next session. It's not midwinter is the name of the next session? Um, it is the, it is midwinter's eve. I believe that Triad is watching over us. So you're saying we did something right? I'm saying that we are fortunate that this all happened on midwinter's eve. It is our holiest holiday. Ah. And...

I see no other way besides divine intervention. But we are alive, and it is morning, and we should rest. Queenie's alive. Or not Queenie. Obviously, Queenie's alive. Daisy's alive. We have her. Yeah, and she's actually pretty good. She didn't hit the rocks when she went over. She's, like, fine. Oh, thank god. The five of you experience intense relief.

There are moments of silence, there's moments of almost chattering. And you know that you need to have a good long rest. Maybe that's what you'll do today, because the weather is brightening. It is clearing up. The sun is coming out. And the opposite direction of the waterfall, there is a shape. You've all seen this shape before. It's the dragon. Present the hexagonal armament.

It is the mountain. You see it and you know it from the many memories that you've shared. Not a day's walk away. That is the manifestation of Vakar. There's no other way of saying it. That is a place of power. And filled now with renewed enthusiasm, you are ready to embark on the next arc of your journey. That is where we'll close tonight's session.

Got it, Yoda. Oh, wow. Are we level five? And you're level five. Yeah! We did it! I had a feeling these wouldn't have happened if we weren't level five, but you never know. I get to enjoy

Two attacks! Or four attacks if I have crab claws. I get two attacks? No, you just roll double the dice, though. Really? Yeah. Oh, that's incredible. I get a third Eldritch Implication. You do? That's pretty good. You do, so you can choose the double attack if you want to. Oh, that's where I see it. Yeah, see if I choose it. But still, I mean... Okay, okay. Manage character and levels.

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