272 - Not Even Yourself

• Find Drusilia Chaepetor
• Untie & explain situation
• Discuss Lathaeril
• Leave, double check that she knows how to use the door
• Head to next room
• Durlan Chaepetor trap
  • Feeblemind (miss)
  • Firestorm
  • Spesof Beegstick axe
• Regroup & plan
• Check on Moonblade
  • Still doesn’t like me
  • Furious about drow
• Lathaeril missing, found in underwear closet
• Healing (including Tittlin max health reduction)
• Wake up Lathaeril, hold him back
• Ask about tying up Drusilia
• Someone else wearing similar armour?
• Scry on Iladrien Lassagaseer (letter)
• Bathroom (see enemies & stalls, but not him)
• Blade decides to go with the pervert
• Head out
• Realize zombie burnt to crisp
• Reach Beiydark
• Snark with Drusilia
• More healing
• Large group now
• Bathroom
• Cast intellect fortress on spes & lath (1 hr)
• Spes kicks down door
• Quickly dispatch dark elves
  • Too fast for Lath to do anything
• Rescue Lassagaseer & Skyseer Roderick Onus
• Too late to interrupt ritual from the corpse here (ethereal)
• Planning
  • Worried about splitting up due to mind control, but need to due to multiple tasks
  • Our group + Lassagaseer + Durlin → rescue estate → litch
  • Other group → clear temple → smite brain
• Fly to estate
• Double check places we’ve been
• Not-so-carefully disable teleportation carpet & take it
• Slowly go through building room by room, quietly taking out infected
• Guards give us headcount for upstairs
• Tit crowbars golden fish out of gallery
• Upstairs
• One fight where we didn’t get the drop on them
• Two more maids, Durlin escort back to guards
• Say another maid in chambers
• One more fight
• Save maids in chambers (Durlin)
• Laboratory
• Magic pick-melting lock
• Momen trying to convince them to check

DM: Are you oh yeah, yeah, yeah. Momen Tomori: Oh we forgot. DM: I can’t believe we forgot, Mr. DM: Now recording. Spesof Beegstick: E member of the party, Craig. DM: All right. Momen Tomori: We we need a little reminder that if there aren’t five people in the party when we unpause time or five people in the Discord when we unpause time, we have forgotten someone. DM: Uh Yep. DM: He didn’t did he say now recording? DM: I didn’t hear the Okay. Tittlin: Yeah, yeah. DM: Okay, maybe I just forgetful. DM: Recapping. DM: Uh Moman walked into the room, saw Lady Drusilia, who was tied up and gagged, sitting on some pillows, and also blindfolded. DM: He walked over, untied her. DM: She mutters a bit and then says, ah, Professor Tamari, thanks for the help. DM: What the heck is going on out here? Momen Tomori: If if I knew if I knew this would be significantly easier, all I can tell for all I know for now is that we know how practically nothing. Momen Tomori: We have a we’ve at least four different types of enemies and and uh all telepathic communications are be are being monitored by mind flayers. DM: She nods in size. DM: Ah, that is unfortunate. DM: Is anyone dead? Momen Tomori: I’m I’m de I’m damn near certain someone is, but I don’t but but we haven’t encountered any actual uh fatalities so far. Spesof Beegstick: Well, but wait, what? Spesof Beegstick: Yes, we have lots of the normal box. Momen Tomori: We know yes, you’re you’re right. Momen Tomori: Uh sorry. Momen Tomori: You’re right, I forgot the staff. Momen Tomori: I forgot the staff. Momen Tomori: You’re right. Momen Tomori: Sorry, I how did I forget we didn’t see anything up until that one room, right? DM: You’ve the cry set both of the criers were dead. Momen Tomori: Well but my brain has entire apparently has a blind spot a mile wide, so I am going to revise that sentence to say unfortunately, yeah. DM: Several of the Moonlight Guardians were dead or unconscious. Momen Tomori: I we haven’t been able to get to get any tallies yet as the place is still within the fog as it was fog of water is still overwhelming, but it ain’t looking good out there. DM: She nods. DM: Very well, then I suppose our first course of action should be to regroup and go from there. Momen Tomori: That makes sense unfortunately. Momen Tomori: We have the we have the small issue of you have said that Lethral top tied you up and tossed you in here, but uh everything I have seen appear me seems like Lether is at is acting normally, so I’m not sure what is going on. DM: She thinks for a moment. DM: He did seem a bit out of sorts. DM: You don’t suppose he’s been controlled by the mind flayers, do you? Momen Tomori: He he hasn’t he’s been acting in character for the last bit that we’ve seen him. Momen Tomori: Unfortunately, I’m not I I don’t possess any sort of mental magics with with which to to detect any influence. Momen Tomori: Actually do I don’t do I did try and start did try and uh see if he uh well when the alleged uh when the uh when the impersonator or info uh intruded on the link, I I tried checking him to see he if to see if he would uh follow suit, but he didn’t and see seemed to be caught by surprise when I uh switched to him. Momen Tomori: So entirely uncertain carefully will he watches her to me to verify that she can’t he actually appears to uh he’ll be familiar with how to disarm the enchant or to manipulate the enchantment All all looking normal and practiced. DM: Very well. DM: Then for now we should regroup and then decide our next course of action. DM: Yes, she uh waves her hand. DM: You see some uh magic circles trigger, and then she walks through the wall. DM: Yep. Momen Tomori: All right, yes, but make it make it quick as as you know we have very little time for anything now. DM: You see her speaking with Durlin for a second before she continues forward. DM: As you move, Durlin uh stops you for a second and says, Professor Tomori, may I have a moment of your time? DM: We’ll catch up with you later, Drusilia. DM: And with that, Drusilia opens the door and leaves the room to go regroup. DM: Alright. DM: Moman. DM: Now that you are alone with Durlin, he casts feeble mind on you. Momen Tomori: Uh I was expecting him to to tr I was I was wondering about about about this as he as uh I’m like we’re being alone together do I get any kind of advantage from moment being uh wary actually based on the based on the fact that there is no no magic uh def preventing me from walking through the uh hidden doorway. DM: Yes. DM: Give me an intelligence saving throw. DM: You can feel the mind flares, tendrils, psychic tendrils assault your psyche, but you manage to resist them. DM: Roll for initiative. DM: I want everyone to roll. Momen Tomori: I assume that I’m I’m also safe to go through the other walls Does it does it have any somatic components or is the door thick enough to block any that it has the uh feeble mind does that have uh verbal components rather he’s gonna he’s gonna hear more than that? DM: Yeah, probably. DM: Tidalin. DM: Sorry, what you hear a shout from the other room, and then the sound of combat. Momen Tomori: Yeah, you hear chanting from the south dance less subtle. DM: Drusilia’s chambers. DM: Fifteen feet. DM: Darylin, having failed his attempt to control your mind. DM: Moves for something a little bit uh more practical, shall we say? DM: And instead casts a firestorm, baby. Momen Tomori: Why is the elder brain on the turn order? DM: Good question. Momen Tomori: I really hope that’s not on the turn order, and I really hope that that square is not where it is. DM: A firestorm. DM: Rage is through. DM: Let’s see. DM: One, two, three, four. DM: Five, six, seven, eight, nine. DM: Ten. DM: Alright, everyone within the Firestorm, please make a deck saving throw. Momen Tomori: Oh wow. Momen Tomori: That ain’t good. DM: A burst of flame uh spills out through the room. DM: Uh all right, moment you take forty-six fire damage. DM: And both Drusilia’s office. Spesof Beegstick: What the fuck? DM: Ignis is all right because he is immune to fire, but everything else pretty much immediately burns to ash. Spesof Beegstick: Why does Momens twenty one constitution saving throw roll show an X? Momen Tomori: Because I failed. Momen Tomori: The D C was twenty three. Spesof Beegstick: Oh, one more thing. DM: Durlin speaks in a strange monotone voice. DM: Darn. DM: It appears you are smarter than I thought. DM: Spezzov, your turn. Spesof Beegstick: Was it was was it not a deck saving throw? DM: Twas. DM: The he failed the deck saving throw, got hit, which triggered a concentration, a constitution saving throw for concentration. Spesof Beegstick: Oh, that’s concentration. Spesof Beegstick: Okay. Spesof Beegstick: Uh Drusilia, are you are you all right? Spesof Beegstick: How is she looking? Spesof Beegstick: I’m assuming she looks like kind of singed. DM: She looks uh quite hurt, uh, though much better than her maid, who is currently dead. Spesof Beegstick: Is she looking like phased by this? Spesof Beegstick: Um I’m gonna just uh since she looks uh alive I will push past her uh Oh should it be difficult terrain to go through Ignis? DM: Uh no, it shouldn’t be. Spesof Beegstick: Yeah, it’s showing me ten feet for each uh I can I I can just do it manually. DM: That’s strange. DM: There shouldn’t be anything blocking you there. Spesof Beegstick: I’m at twenty Yep. DM: Well, I mean, just moving this out of the way. DM: Does that fix it? DM: Okay. Spesof Beegstick: Thirty thirty five door I look at Durlin and Moman uh did did they get Derlin? Momen Tomori: Think it’s mind control as opposed to shapeshifter as it as he seems to have have wait. Momen Tomori: Does Fire do I know if Firestone was a is a spell that he knows? Momen Tomori: Fairly so I said that it’s mind control instead of an imposter as in uh uh as um fire thought is a druid spell. Spesof Beegstick: Uh going to I guess I’ll dash and use charger Couldn’t tell ya haven’t had to fight him before Um What am I doing? Momen Tomori: Now here now here’s the question. Momen Tomori: What is Durlin’s constitution still core? Momen Tomori: Do you guys think advantage because I’m on the other side? Spesof Beegstick: What weapon am I holding? Spesof Beegstick: Sure. Spesof Beegstick: Yeah, I’ll just be making an attack with this, and that is a right oh wow. DM: Oh. Spesof Beegstick: And that’s a plus did that didn’t roll the crit, did it? DM: No, you have to click the uh dice on the left of the damage. DM: There you go. Spesof Beegstick: And then a plus I’m using Charger. Spesof Beegstick: What does that give me? Spesof Beegstick: One second. Spesof Beegstick: Uh plus five to that, so wow, fifty two. Momen Tomori: Fifty two. DM: You deal fifty-two damage to Durlin, and he simply crumbles to the ground, and you hear a uh a ringing noise, and he gasps for air. DM: What am I? DM: Ha! DM: He looks at his shoulder just bleeding all over. DM: Ah, what? DM: He looks up at Spesov. DM: What there was a loud loud noise, a bang. Spesof Beegstick: You were you were taking over. Spesof Beegstick: I’m sorry. Spesof Beegstick: What’s what’s the last thing you remember? DM: It sounded like it was coming from the entrance. DM: Oh what is going on? Momen Tomori: Aside from Special hit hitting like a fray train, we’re being invaded simultaneously by four different factions, including Mind Flair. DM: Durlin’s size. DM: Ah. DM: Really? DM: Oh gosh. DM: He slowly gets up and looks around. DM: Who’s is anyone dead? DM: He looks at the guards dead around him. DM: I’ll take that as a yes. Momen Tomori: And the significant trouble. Spesof Beegstick: Sorry, we’re out of combat, right? Spesof Beegstick: Drusilia, uh, you wanna come back in here for a second. Spesof Beegstick: Maybe let’s let’s regroup in here. Spesof Beegstick: Uh, do you have any healing you can throw our way? DM: Well. DM: Drusilia looks around and then says, Where’s Lethrill? Spesof Beegstick: He I was outside with Ellideer when I turned around at least. Spesof Beegstick: I did it. Spesof Beegstick: ‘Cause I I was out in this room. Spesof Beegstick: Did I not see Lether go past me? DM: You did not. Spesof Beegstick: When I turned around, uh, Lether was gone. Spesof Beegstick: I thought he was still in here, actually. Spesof Beegstick: That’s not good. Spesof Beegstick: Do we think that was actually? Spesof Beegstick: Lethral Okay. Momen Tomori: As opposed to a combined hallucination, no way to be certain has everyone who’s been banished to another plane secretly been replaced with imposters. Spesof Beegstick: What what can we actually trust right now? Spesof Beegstick: Am I real? Spesof Beegstick: Are you real? Spesof Beegstick: Are we an Elven set? Spesof Beegstick: Am I still in the plane of chicken? DM: Where’s Tidalin? Spesof Beegstick: Where where is Tidlin? Spesof Beegstick: All right. Spesof Beegstick: Well, I’ll assume that Tidlin is still tiddlin. Spesof Beegstick: He’s pretty careful for the most part. Spesof Beegstick: Yes. Spesof Beegstick: Great. Spesof Beegstick: Uh Drusilia, what well, what about you? Spesof Beegstick: Uh what is so sorry, did Lether actually tie you up? Spesof Beegstick: I wanted to hear it to hear it from you in person. DM: Yes, that’s right. DM: He did. DM: It was uh quite confused. Momen Tomori: Asking if he if he he uh later had anywhere under, but figures that she would have volunteered that information to that extent had even relevant. DM: There was a large uh bang at the uh sound like it came from the front gate. DM: Uh I heard some people scream. DM: The next thing I knew. DM: My guards were fighting amongst themselves. DM: Then Lether came in. DM: Put them down for the most part. DM: And then for some reason, he uh came over, tied me up, threw me into the uh she points at the room into my secret room. Momen Tomori: Is there any change in demeanor between uh the two events? Spesof Beegstick: All right, what one second? Spesof Beegstick: How how did he get you into the secret room? Spesof Beegstick: I thought only you could unlock that. DM: Yes, it was on it was still unlocked. DM: We had been meeting in it all day. Spesof Beegstick: Oh, and he just but how did he how did he know about it? DM: That’s an excellent question. Spesof Beegstick: Huh. Spesof Beegstick: Oh, well, I guess. Spesof Beegstick: If he was taken over by the elder brain, um and I mean Durlin knows about the room, obviously, then I’m assuming the elder brain or the mindflyers have kind of access to all that knowledge, so anyone that they take over, they can use that. DM: She nods, that seems likely. Spesof Beegstick: Well, we’ve got a lether on the loose. Spesof Beegstick: Uh where’s the moon blade? Spesof Beegstick: Are you sure about that? Spesof Beegstick: I respectfully, if uh what you just did was was telepathic, I don’t know if we’re really trusting that right now. DM: I can assure you it is not uh it cannot be uh this particular connection cannot be snooped upon by the mind flayer. DM: If you really want to see, we can go check it. Spesof Beegstick: Umbelievable this why fucking Lethral is trying to get in here, actually. Momen Tomori: Well, we should have we should at the least do something to verify that it hasn’t that it is secure. DM: Get out of here, Durlin. DM: And Drusilia comes over to her dresser. DM: It opens up a secret. DM: Tunnel. DM: Into the darkness. Momen Tomori: Wait a second. DM: It’s so dark. Tittlin: But slowly sweaty. Momen Tomori: The door was closed, you couldn’t see us leave. DM: Places a hand on the display case and says, there we go. DM: Moonblade. DM: Secure and safe. Momen Tomori: So there is a third way out of that out of the room that Lether was in. Momen Tomori: Lether could have gone past here. DM: It would take him straight to uh straight to Bidark’s chambers, which, as I understand, are currently filled with drow. Momen Tomori: Is there anything here that that would be useful in this fight that is that is uh whose use would be would outweigh the risk of losing it? DM: She nods, opens up the case, and pulls out the moon blade. Momen Tomori: That dire, isn’t it? DM: And the moon blade begins to speak. DM: What on earth are you doing, drawing me in the presence of that stupid dirt muncher? Momen Tomori: Shakes his head and turns around. DM: The moonblade continues to rant. DM: We’re being invaded by Drow. DM: Drow! DM: Dark Elves! DM: What the hell are you people doing? DM: Get off your asses and start killing some Dark Elves. DM: Those stinking spider fuckers. DM: Right, right, yeah, yeah, yeah. DM: We’ll we’ll kill those lolf acolytes. DM: Now I’m just gonna put you in the sheath. DM: Wait, don’t put me in the sheath. DM: I still have more to roll. DM: She sighs and then says, You can see why I left him in this room. Spesof Beegstick: Yeah, it makes sense. Spesof Beegstick: I mean it’s it’s important to keep it safe regardless, but uh I don’t know, dude. Spesof Beegstick: Are do we really think that like what with with the current state of things is is uh are we trying to save Elven set or are we getting to a point where we need to cut and run? Spesof Beegstick: I guess you don’t have full awareness of the situation, but things are looking pretty dire. Momen Tomori: The question is if we if we can get the uh enemies fighting each other instead of us. Momen Tomori: The difficulty is that we know what uh we’re pretty sure that we know what uh let what uh Amon Sim was after this point, he’s looking for his ritual, but I have a feel feeling that it that if it’s interrupted, he’s just going to cut and run and and uh find somewhere else. Momen Tomori: Uh the drow unfortunately and unfortunately the drow and the uh the drow, the mind flares and the uh and the diseased seem to all just want to cause chaos. Momen Tomori: I need to find my power cable. Spesof Beegstick: I mean, chaos is what we’ve witnessed so far, but Spesof Beegstick: Sewing chaos is often helpful to uh make it easier to achieve a goal, right? Spesof Beegstick: So it is very possible they are here for something. Spesof Beegstick: I just don’t know what I mean, Bidark was in pretty rough shape. DM: Drusillion nods. DM: First things first, we should regroup with everyone who actually has some power and fighting ability. DM: I would say that is Eladrian Lasigos here, Lether, Durlin, Bi Dark, Transcendentalist Eladir. DM: Is there anyone else we should be regrouping with the planning to regroup? Spesof Beegstick: Uh we we actually found her underneath her T Rex curled up, uh and she was all out of spell slots, it seemed. Spesof Beegstick: Um I mean, Letherol is seemingly a TBD. Spesof Beegstick: We might need to give him the same treatment as Darlin as in nearly bashing his head in in order to get him back uh on our side. Momen Tomori: I missed what people were saying. DM: We’re thinking about all of our fighters. Momen Tomori: Professor Professor Lasigus should be similar to Moman and abilities, if not combat knowledge, so that’ll be useful. Momen Tomori: Yeah. Momen Tomori: I believe so. DM: Let me check to see if anyone has entered this other room. DM: As she walks over to the other end of the hallway. Momen Tomori: Oh, suddenly I followed the lighting changes the thing that’s killing the frame rate. Spesof Beegstick: D D D Yeah. Momen Tomori: Why does tokens movement cost so much So is it so had anyone touched it? DM: Whatever happened to Lethrill, he didn’t leave through there. Momen Tomori: Can mine flare us teleport? Spesof Beegstick: And can mine players who have taken over bodies teleport? DM: Looks at this closet and then sighs. DM: She opens the door. DM: And inside you see Letherill unconscious amongst a whole bunch of Drusilia’s underwear. Spesof Beegstick: Unconscious. Momen Tomori: I definitely know that it wasn’t that Darylin was possessed now, because there’s no and no way in hell Darren would put a put Lether there in his right mind. DM: She picks up Lether and throws him onto the bed before whistling and saying, Derlin, get in here. DM: Does so and then she looks at you two and says, Where’s the where’s Tiddlin? Spesof Beegstick: Yeah. Spesof Beegstick: You too. DM: You all make it into the room. DM: Drusilia looks around and uh shakes her head. DM: We seem to be at pretty we seem to be in pretty bad shape. DM: She looks at Durlin, Tiddle Tidlin and Moman and Letheril. DM: Luckily, our two actual fighters are still in good shape, she says, looking at Spesov and Eladir. Spesof Beegstick: So uh what can the moon blade do for us? Momen Tomori: It’s not what the that seems like a significant number to me. Spesof Beegstick: That’s not what the moon blade can do for you, but what you can do for the moon blade. DM: Moonblades are particularly powerful weapons that can only be wielded by elves. DM: Around, how many ruins they have carved into them. Spesof Beegstick: So uh how many’s this guy got is that good. DM: She takes a look five. Spesof Beegstick: Enough to kill an army of drow. Spesof Beegstick: Well, um we could anybody have any strategic ideas here? Spesof Beegstick: I’m not even sure where to start. Spesof Beegstick: Like we could try clearing the temple, getting rid of the drow that are inside at least, but my worry is that our efforts there are gonna be slowed or prevented by the elder brain and mindflayers wreaking havoc. Momen Tomori: As it is, I don’t think that we know for certain that the uh mind flares and the and the uh are working with the disease in a more formal manner. Momen Tomori: But but we haven’t seen any sign of uh any of the others groups actually cooperate. Momen Tomori: Well no, the drought came in when the when the psychic screen went out. Momen Tomori: Regardless, we don’t we don’t we time is not on our side. Momen Tomori: The first thing we need to do is heal up the group here so that we so that we are are good enough. Momen Tomori: And I think then I think I need we need to make our way to the library to f to find uh Professor Lasagas here. Momen Tomori: And after that moment moment does some th some uh mental calculations to figure out the time. Momen Tomori: How how long do we have on uh Amon’s ritual? Momen Tomori: After that, we probably need to interrupt Amen’s ritual as as we only have as we have roughly an hour and a half before that completes. Spesof Beegstick: Well push to the library, then, all of us together. Momen Tomori: So first off, uh healing up. Momen Tomori: I I have a little bit of healing, but I’m running starting to run low on s on spells. Spesof Beegstick: Sorry, I thought I thought when I asked, uh I thought Drusilia said she was gonna be able to heal some people. DM: She does have some healing, as does Durlin. DM: Let me just take a look. Spesof Beegstick: I was actually I I was proposing that uh ideally before Moman blew his uh Potion of Supreme Healing. Spesof Beegstick: That’s why I was asking. DM: For starters. DM: Derlin comes over to actually no Durling can’t see Tidlin. DM: Drusilia comes over to Tiddlin and casts Lesser Restoration. DM: Fixing his max health reduction. Momen Tomori: Excellent. DM: That was wrong. Tittlin: I I don’t know what to do about this, man. Tittlin: Where’s my Max Alpha? DM: That’s not right. Tittlin: He killed me. Tittlin: God smit me down. Tittlin: Smaided him. DM: You’re at 14. DM: After that, Drusilia casts Mask here wounds. DM: Weird kids. DM: Mask your wounds. DM: And you all gain twenty-nine HP. Spesof Beegstick: So healthy, I think. DM: Lether for his part. DM: Jumps up. DM: Looks around, stares at Durlin and draws his uh hammer. DM: You says, pointing at Durlin. Momen Tomori: Oh I was puts his arm in front in front of them. DM: Don’t hold me back. DM: I know it! DM: He’s a traitor. Momen Tomori: There’s mine there’s my mind control a foot. Momen Tomori: Do not knock some sense into him. Spesof Beegstick: Yeah, it’s already been done. DM: Lether looks around, realizes everyone is calm and then sighs. DM: I see. DM: So all the important stuff happened while I was asleep. Momen Tomori: The only the only important part that that preceded that was that you saw for some reason, apparently it went when first coming in here, tied up the Rosillion and locked her away. DM: Do that. DM: So that’s right. DM: After that, I was alone in the room. DM: No, I met up with Darlin in the other room. Momen Tomori: No gaps in your memory. DM: I don’t think so. DM: Although he thinks for a moment. DM: I did see someone wearing similar armor to me during the fight. DM: He looks around at all the corpses. DM: And I don’t see anyone wearing any armor to me, similar to me now. DM: Do you think it was a ghost? Momen Tomori: I don’t think ghosts would be the cherry on the top on the on the top. DM: So no ghosts then. Momen Tomori: Not as far as we can see. DM: He shakes his head. Momen Tomori: And we need him higher than that. Momen Tomori: So quickly quick recap for what you’ve for since you’ve been out. Momen Tomori: We we’re planning to uh head to the library to try and find Professor Lassigasir. Momen Tomori: To further bolst our ranks, and then we are and then depending on the timing, our most likely course of action is going to be disrupting the Aemons and Syrians ritual. Momen Tomori: After that, it’s less clear. Momen Tomori: We’re probably going to be trying to clear out the temple, but we need to figure out some way to break the the uh enemy factions apart. DM: That’s complicated. DM: Is Lasikasir in the library still? Momen Tomori: Unless anyone unless anyone else has seen him since since uh we since the monster bash has left the temple. DM: Might I suggest that rather than go deep into the library where I suspect there are lots of drow, we instead clear out the orphanage and the washrooms and the kitchens. DM: Presumably the drower in the temple, either to destroy us, or to steal our artifacts. DM: If so, they’d be going deep either into this chamber or into Bidark’s chamber. DM: Thus he probably would have if they came from the if he was in the if he was in the library when they charged in, rather than fleeing into Bidark’s chambers. Momen Tomori: You think the Lasagasier would have would have fled in that direction then? DM: I would have suspected that he would flee into the dining room, the kitchen, that area, fleeing north. Momen Tomori: Do I do I have my see what the crystal well no’s a turn to the crystal ball? Momen Tomori: Uh Pillin. Momen Tomori: Are you able to use the crystal ball to see where where Lasigas here is? Tittlin: Don’t have the crystal ball on me. Tittlin: Whoever has it, they can surely hand it to me, and I’ll do so. Spesof Beegstick: Rummages around and uh produces it. Spesof Beegstick: Here it is. Momen Tomori: I thought Yeah. DM: I don’t see Scry. DM: Scrying. DM: You got first hand knowledge familiar. DM: Are you guys familiar or do you have first hand knowledge? DM: I’d say I’d say you’re familiar. DM: Yeah. DM: He’s Mullins. DM: Yeah, you guys know him well. Momen Tomori: We visited a year. DM: Uh do you have any part of him? DM: A likeness or picture, a possession or guard. DM: A body part, lock of hair, bit of nail. Momen Tomori: Does Moman happen to ha ha have uh a piece of mail from him? Tittlin: It would have licked the mail. Momen Tomori: All right. Momen Tomori: They did not have lit licked postage stamps back then. DM: So this is a possession. DM: So you’ve got a minus whatever. DM: Get minus minus four DC. Spesof Beegstick: So it’s minus nine, then, and it’s a DC seventeen. Spesof Beegstick: So eighths, yes. DM: Let’s go, Lassica. DM: Uh, you get do I have the how did I do this before? DM: Yeah, I don’t remember. DM: I don’t remember what I did. DM: Okay, can you see? DM: Can you see over here? Momen Tomori: Yeah, oh we found the black dagger. Tittlin: Yes, we can. DM: That was the previous one. Momen Tomori: Looks like it. Momen Tomori: So I’m assuming that’s only wait, no, we can see that in the actual globe, right? Momen Tomori: That’d make sense, and then I’ll two drown there, so we better get over there quickly. Momen Tomori: Is that is that still the best the quickest way to get up there then? DM: Everyone sort of shrugs and looks a little unsure. Spesof Beegstick: Get back to the entrance, right? Spesof Beegstick: Because that’s the yeah, quickest way to the bathrooms. DM: Before you go any further, Drusilia holds up the moon blade and unsheaths it and says. DM: Oh mighty moon blade, please. DM: Tell us your champion. DM: The moon blade says, Ah, finally getting the respect I deserve. DM: It thinks for a moment and then says. DM: Give me to the pervert. Momen Tomori: What what’s Letharos reaction to being referred to as the pervert? DM: Everyone turns. DM: Everyone turns to Letherill, who looks completely unfazed and says, huh? DM: Who’s that? Momen Tomori: Does Drusilia just silently hand him the sword? DM: She shakes her head slightly and passes it to him. DM: He says, me, I’m not a I’m not a pervert. DM: No one makes eye contact with him. DM: I’m not a pervert. DM: I hey, hey. DM: He looks at the moon blade. DM: This is this is slander. DM: The moon blade sh you can hear the moon blade shake its head if it had one. DM: It is not slander, young man. DM: Unfortunately, I have a psychic connection to you. DM: Slander, he says, slowly sheathing the blade and sighing. Momen Tomori: Let’s move. Momen Tomori: Alright. Momen Tomori: We move as a group. Momen Tomori: We’ll have the zombie well it puts the head of the zombie drought back on right, and we put that in front. Momen Tomori: Wait, where where is my uh? DM: As we all just leave Tiddlin behind. Momen Tomori: Where is my wait, where is my zombie draw? Momen Tomori: Don’t think so. DM: Yeah, it died in the fireball. DM: It got turned to ash, baby. Momen Tomori: Oh, so Moment asks. Momen Tomori: What did the where wait did it get to make the Constitution saving thrill? DM: And it died. Momen Tomori: Got it. Momen Tomori: Bam. Momen Tomori: First time I get finger to death to work, and it doesn’t even last. DM: That’s it. Momen Tomori: He did. Momen Tomori: We have our marching order. Momen Tomori: Pretty much. Momen Tomori: Do we want uh? Momen Tomori: I’m assuming we’re moving pretty much everyone here. Momen Tomori: Or are we taking the I got disas I got disassembled? Momen Tomori: Oh, the guard’s stopping Ignis from moving. Momen Tomori: I cannot move with with the guard blocking the doorway. DM: Well, that’s why they’re blocking the doorway. Spesof Beegstick: Um there any kind of exchange between the rest of the folks in Bay Arkansas. DM: Drusilia looks over at Bay Dark, who is clearly not having a good time and says, good work, I suppose. DM: You almost stopped the drow. DM: Baidark sneers. DM: If you had approved my budget, I would have. DM: Eventually, Bidark or Drusilia cast another thing of cure mask cure wounds. DM: Healing up Bidark. DM: And the T-Rex and Tiddlin. DM: And Lethrill. DM: And Derlin. DM: And Moman. Momen Tomori: Uh do I okay? Momen Tomori: I think uh Ignis could have used it more, but oh well. DM: And Ignis. DM: It applies to everyone in the in range. Momen Tomori: Ah and Iladir. DM: And herself. DM: Elodir’s still at full health. DM: Oh no, he isn’t. DM: Why do I not have his sure? Momen Tomori: And the near death moonlight guardian. DM: Why not? DM: Anyone else you want me to heal? Tittlin: What about what about that bookshelf over there? Tittlin: That bookshelf is a raging a little bit. Momen Tomori: I mean, hey, what do we what do we got when I got down to like eleven hit points? Momen Tomori: I’m taking every point of hay like I can get. DM: At this point El Deer holds up a hand. DM: Given that we are now at the entrance to the temple, and we have nearly a dozen combatants. DM: Should we split up? DM: Some of us going to interrupt the glitch, some of us going to fight the Elder Brain. Momen Tomori: For interrupting the lich, do we just need to ruin one of the bodies involved in it? Momen Tomori: I thought I knew what I thought this was already established. Tittlin: What the fuck is that? DM: Uh you will need to do something to interrupt his connection with the body that he’s currently working on. Momen Tomori: Okay. Momen Tomori: And we have no idea which one that is. DM: Correct. Momen Tomori: Or it’s somewhat usable. DM: So what would we like to do? Spesof Beegstick: I’m a little worried about splitting up personally because having us split up uh just leaves a little more room for mind control shenanigans to happen. Spesof Beegstick: Now, as much as I’d like to deal with the elder brain as soon as possible, I’m uh a little worried about saving Lasiga Sear. Spesof Beegstick: Um I don’t know, are there any other like mental protection magics that we can uh use if we are going to split up? Momen Tomori: Well, we could put up the connection, but we have no idea if the uh well, we know for certain the mind flares are going to be uh dropping eaves on it. Spesof Beegstick: Oh, I did I didn’t mean like any kind of communication. Spesof Beegstick: I meant like uh I don’t know, like a like anti feeble mind. Spesof Beegstick: What do you call that? Momen Tomori: I could I can easily put it on one p uh no two people. Momen Tomori: Any more than that in the end uh started to eat into my uh very limited supply of higher spell slots. Momen Tomori: Who do we think is most susceptible to the mind flares? Spesof Beegstick: I mean, granted uh Durlin was the one who was taken over before. Spesof Beegstick: I no offense, but okay. Tittlin: Carolyn is going to remember this. Momen Tomori: Darling has as well lethal doesn’t s doesn’t seem like he has been I have to pick two people. Spesof Beegstick: Well, Letherol is the one wielding the moon blade currently, so maybe even historically, if he hasn’t been affected by it, maybe we should ensure that he’s well protected. Spesof Beegstick: Does the moon blade give him any kind of uh additional fortitude or powers, or is it mostly uh offensive? Momen Tomori: Then in that case, I’m thinking Spezzov and Lethrel. Momen Tomori: Any objections? Momen Tomori: Yes. Momen Tomori: Alright, this will last one hour. DM: Enough time to interrupt the uh thing. Spesof Beegstick: Sorry, are we are we sticking together? Spesof Beegstick: All right, sounds good. Momen Tomori: Clock’s ticking. Spesof Beegstick: And then kicks in the door. Tittlin: Far away from the team. Tittlin: Uh problem is with I’m on the ceiling, so you know what I’ll sneak in here. DM: Lethril nine. DM: Tiddlin, take it away. Tittlin: Uh, how do I roll for crit? Tittlin: One right, and then this guy. DM: And you’re attacking this guy, or the Tittlin: I don’t have advantage on that other guy, so I didn’t attack him. Tittlin: Oh, and I’ll I guess I’ll hide while I’m at it. Spesof Beegstick: Sorry, you said that like uh drows don’t take extra from Radiant, right? Spesof Beegstick: It really feels like they should. DM: Fifth edition removed most of the resistances and such. DM: Or uh vulnerabilities. DM: Didn’t want to deal with it. Spesof Beegstick: So that’s uh twenty two and twenty four. Spesof Beegstick: Um and uh also shout out uh Lethrow or not Lethral. Spesof Beegstick: Uh Lazica’s here. DM: You hear Lazigarseer shout from the stalls. DM: Oh, thank goodness. DM: Hellodir comes forward. DM: Moves into position. Momen Tomori: We move forwards. Momen Tomori: Marking is why is that ten feet of movement? Momen Tomori: What is counting as difficult terrain here? Spesof Beegstick: Okay, it’s uh it’s your it’s Ignis. Spesof Beegstick: Ignis was counting as difficult terrain for me. Momen Tomori: But what’s counting the allies are counting as difficult terrain for Ignis, though. Momen Tomori: Anyway. Momen Tomori: Regardless, that’s not actually difficult terrain. Momen Tomori: We move in, and I give Ignis the command to bite to attack it. Momen Tomori: So that’s two claws in a bite, I believe. Momen Tomori: One bite and two claws, yes. Momen Tomori: Pretty sure that hits. DM: Uh he’s rolling, he’s rolling. DM: That first bite misses the two claws both hit. DM: Uh yes, both hitch. Momen Tomori: And then because I cank. Momen Tomori: No one ever expects the mage with the melee attacks. DM: Durlin. DM: Daryl for his part sees you guys all ganging up on the drow warrior, sees that he doesn’t have a clear shot, and instead just uh heals up uh lether a little bit more. DM: This Dread Warrior comes here. DM: And attacks with his short sword. DM: And attacks with his short sword at Spesov. DM: Twice hitting once for ten slashing damage. DM: After you bonk him, Lether charges in. DM: I’m here holding up the Moonblade as he looks around and realizes everyone’s already dead. DM: You hear the doors open and Skyseer Onus comes out as well as Lasigus ear. Momen Tomori: You both are looking pretty good for all things considered. DM: Onus size. DM: I’d rather not have spent the last hour hiding in the toilet, but yes, we’re unharmed. Momen Tomori: Look at what Moon looks down at the at the charred blood on it his shirt. Momen Tomori: We quick quickly filling you in on what what’s going on on so far. Momen Tomori: Dra have invaded the temple. Momen Tomori: Well mine flares are outside causing havoc with with people’s minds. Momen Tomori: Oh, amplifying the the uh the the uh I forgot the name of the virus. Momen Tomori: Whatever. Momen Tomori: Or amplifying the minimum the outside. Momen Tomori: And some Syrians ritual is near is uh starting to near completion. Momen Tomori: Our current plan is to split up into two teams to try and to try and uh interrupt the ritual and uh and d defeat the elder brain moment dismounts. Momen Tomori: First thing to first things first, though, we need to figure out exactly how that’s not dismounting. Momen Tomori: Wait, why am I now moving Lethral? Momen Tomori: First things first, we need to see how far the ritual is progressed. Momen Tomori: What do we see? DM: All right, moment taking a look at the body. DM: You can now see that it has uh almost faded out of existence. DM: It’s transparent. DM: It feels like if you reached out to touch it, your hand would go right through. Momen Tomori: And the anti-magic device. DM: The anti-magic trap is still in place. DM: No. Momen Tomori: Baased can he get any hint based on the runes, at least as to how close it would need to be? Momen Tomori: Or what direction it would be in, or the are the runes directional at all? Momen Tomori: Is it or is it just giving a di or is it just telling a distance or nothing? DM: There isn’t very much information here. DM: Give me an Arcana check. Momen Tomori: All right, right. DM: Unfortunately, you can’t tell very much. DM: This isn’t well, you are familiar with necromancy. DM: Lichedom is, of course, somewhat outside of your purview. DM: You’re not entirely sure exactly where this uh ritual is being conducted. DM: At least not from this not from this body. Momen Tomori: And then it doesn’t seem like I can do anything useful here to interrupt the ritual. DM: No, it doesn’t look like it. Momen Tomori: That’s a shame. DM: True Celia holds up her hand. DM: Rather than heading to go fight the brain itself. DM: Uh I suggest we simply clear out the temple and part of us go find the I suggest we split it into two teams. DM: One team that clears out the temple, the other team that goes into interrupt the uh lich. DM: Once we’ve cleared out the temple, I’ll be able to smite the elder brain. Spesof Beegstick: Sounds like a plan to me. Spesof Beegstick: Um, I think that’s a good one. Momen Tomori: We should either have potentially we we were able to clear out the kitchens and the uh and the uh servants corpse, but we weren’t able to clear the rest of the building. DM: Are there any civilians left at Bidark’s estate? DM: Then I think it makes sense to send one team to go ensure that Bidark’s estate is clear while the other team clears out the temple. DM: That Bidark’s estate is clear of civilians, while the other team clears out the temple. DM: Once that’s done, the team that was clearing out the civilians goes to fight the necromancer, while the team that was clearing out the temple smites the brain. Momen Tomori: But for dealing with the uh civilians and the necromancer, we uh and the ritual, we are going to want we are going to want flight for dealing with the civilians, and we’re going to want to uh an uh either myself or lasagaser for dealing with the ritual, so out of the two, I think it makes the most sense for it for me to go me to go outside the temple. Momen Tomori: Uh as with Ignes, I can fly. DM: I wish to smite the unbelievers. DM: Lethrill nods and says, Then I think it makes sense for myself to stay in the temple. DM: Onus says, I’m not a combatant. DM: And he steps back. DM: Drusilia says, I of course need to be in the temple team so that I can do the smiting when required. DM: So that’s Las of Gasir, Moman, Spesov, and Tidlin. DM: We’re going to be going out. DM: And then Which do you guys want? DM: La uh Eladir or Durlin. Momen Tomori: See, I think let’s see. Momen Tomori: Between they’re let’s see, Lether is rather low, so they could probably use the use Eldeer more. Momen Tomori: I think ‘cause they’ll they’ll need a tank on their side. Momen Tomori: Moment moment is kind of tanky. DM: Special titling. Momen Tomori: Special is pretty full. DM: Special Elodir. DM: Elodir has more than twice Durlin’s HP. Momen Tomori: When when you half shot the Durlin, I I realized that even if Durlin had almost had all like forty percent more hit points, I could still uh stun him at him from full hit points. Spesof Beegstick: So we’ll bring Darlin with us and give them Melodyer then. DM: Then these are the dodgeball teams. DM: One, two, three, one, two, three, four. DM: Then off we go to Bidark’s estate. Momen Tomori: That makes sense. DM: As you’re heading off, Drusilia just shouts out. DM: Remember, you don’t need to fight the brain. DM: Simply make sure that the estate is clear of any civilians. DM: By the time we’re finished smiting it, there will be no more estate. Momen Tomori: A broad spectrum smiting. DM: Off we go. Momen Tomori: Then before we go, moment is just based on what moment knows of Lasigus here, how much how much uh combat experience does he actually have he probably actually has his necromancy spells prepared. DM: He’s primarily researched focused. DM: But I mean, he is he is still a necromancer, but he’s not, you know, he’s not an adventurer. Momen Tomori: If he has dance macabre, we’re actually gonna be in a good place to use it. DM: Heading off to Bidark’s estate. DM: You head off to Bidark’s estate and fly in. DM: You fly in. DM: I definitely add different music playing for this. Momen Tomori: And do we want to just quickly check that the servant corridors are empty? DM: You emptied them out the last time you were here. Momen Tomori: Yes, but to make sure no one moved back in. DM: Sure. Momen Tomori: Are are the i aren’t there? Momen Tomori: Well, Ignis can squeeze, right? Momen Tomori: We’re not gonna have Ignis taking the lead. Momen Tomori: Actually, do we have him here? Momen Tomori: Yes, we do. Momen Tomori: So after we check the servants’ quarters is empty, we go back in through the lockers again, I suppose isn’t my specialty, but messing up r ruins is significantly easier than trying to uh make them work in the first place. Spesof Beegstick: We were here. Spesof Beegstick: Is there anything that we can do to mess up that conjuration circle? Spesof Beegstick: So it can’t be used as a destination anymore. Momen Tomori: Uh stack up on the sides of the door just to make sure in case they send anyone else in I’m assuming messing up the runes will will break it. Momen Tomori: Is it is am I correcting that? Momen Tomori: Is there any chance of is there any backlash that we need to worry about? DM: Simply tearing it up will work. DM: Potentially. Momen Tomori: Okay, how how to dismantle an atomic rune. DM: Lassicer steps forward and says, Oh. DM: This is interesting. DM: Uh huh. DM: A mobile teleportation circle. DM: This is a fascinating piece of magic. DM: He looks it over closely. Spesof Beegstick: You got any qualms? DM: He looks at you take it aback somewhat. DM: Destroy it, but this is this is some groundbreaking stuff. DM: I mean, this most of the time when you need to do a teleportation circle, you need to spend a year setting up the the destination. DM: But this this is exactly it. Momen Tomori: I’m casting the same spell over and over for that that whole year to make sure that it sticks. Spesof Beegstick: Well, it’s currently being used to teleport mineflyers in, so we can’t keep it here. Momen Tomori: If we roll up. Spesof Beegstick: Unless you have another way to disable it. Momen Tomori: Moment thanks for a moment. Momen Tomori: Can we just roll it up? Momen Tomori: Will that stop from teleporting it? Spesof Beegstick: Wait, is it on like fabric? Spesof Beegstick: I thought it was it looked like stone, or is it a rug? Momen Tomori: It’s on a rug. DM: On a rug. Spesof Beegstick: Oh, so brandishes the crystal great sword and cuts out the room. Momen Tomori: Are they gonna get teleported into the rug? Momen Tomori: If we put it in a bag of holding, how many dead dead uh mine flares do you think we’re gonna be left with anything by the end? DM: Lassicas here looks over the circle. DM: If you truly intend to destroy it, he looks it over, then points to one. Momen Tomori: We need to at least disable it. Momen Tomori: We we we can’t afford to have more mind flares teleporting in using it. DM: He points to one ruin. DM: Simply cut this ruin, and we should be able to keep most of the circle intact while disabling it. Momen Tomori: Moman uh looks it over quick quickly and uh actually do I have any cutting tool on me. DM: You don’t have a knife. Momen Tomori: I’m certain someone someone has a knife, whether or not it’s Moman or someone else mo moment. DM: And with that, the light fades. DM: And the magic circle is deactivated. Momen Tomori: We roll it up then and uh Mom’s fixing in the uh portable hole for now. Momen Tomori: Actually, no, in his bag of holding. DM: Where to next? Momen Tomori: Uh there wasn’t let’s see, the kitchen connected to the dining hall. Momen Tomori: We can lay out, yes. DM: You guys can see the uh hallway. Momen Tomori: Let’s see. Spesof Beegstick: We need to go through storage regardless, right? Momen Tomori: Well, we we could go up through the kitchen, presumably then into the dining hall and then to the gallery. Momen Tomori: I think places where we are most likely to find people the god if I had to guess what we’re gonna find uh people barricaded, the guard room seems like the most likely place and the bathroom. Spesof Beegstick: I mean, we did just find Lasigus here and uh what’s the other guy? Spesof Beegstick: Otis in the bathroom. Momen Tomori: I think we’re I think we’re just gonna have to go through the entire place. Momen Tomori: So in that with that in mind, what which way do we want to circle around? Spesof Beegstick: Sorry, are laundry and kitchen connected? Spesof Beegstick: I forget. Spesof Beegstick: Uh maybe let’s stick with what we know for starters. Momen Tomori: All right, so kitchen then dining. Spesof Beegstick: Right. Spesof Beegstick: Still clear those room. Momen Tomori: Ignis glows, doesn’t he? DM: Little green blue. Momen Tomori: And let’s let’s leave him far enough behind that he doesn’t give us away. Spesof Beegstick: Or is Tedalin? Spesof Beegstick: There’s Tidlin. Spesof Beegstick: Oh three. DM: Oh, sorry, this door was locked from this side. DM: Should be open now. Momen Tomori: On the on the count of three We did that and I saw that best of it already opened the door, so I guess three I cannot move I cannot squeeze. Spesof Beegstick: Okay, clear room full plates. Spesof Beegstick: Everybody it looks like Emil is interrupted here, I guess, which makes sense. Momen Tomori: Do we do we see anything outside? DM: You can see uh a little bit of garden, but uh and of course the white sinewy ground. Momen Tomori: No sign of any guards or enemies, though. DM: Nope. Momen Tomori: All right to the guard room next Impossible to tell. Spesof Beegstick: Yep. Spesof Beegstick: Sorry, once again, where where is Tidlin? DM: A mystery. Momen Tomori: Are you already? Spesof Beegstick: Matt, are you here? Spesof Beegstick: Classic. Spesof Beegstick: Oh. Spesof Beegstick: Which side is this locked from? Spesof Beegstick: Uh Tudlin. Spesof Beegstick: Special uh says, uh well, we don’t really have an element of surprise here, so he raises his voice a little bit and says, uh, friendlies here to get you out. Spesof Beegstick: Uh please don’t try to hit me. Spesof Beegstick: Uh if you’re not a minefly. Spesof Beegstick: And he opens the door. DM: You open the door and see several guards pointing bows and arrows. DM: They look surprised to see someone. DM: Oh my gosh. DM: What? DM: People are alive. Spesof Beegstick: Uh yeah, not too many, unfortunately, but uh we got we got a couple cooks and some of the servants out. Spesof Beegstick: Uh are you folks aware of um where anybody else might be holed up? DM: The guards nod. DM: Yes, there should be uh at least two maids upstairs. Momen Tomori: All right, and Moment goes over the list of staff that we’ve rescued so far. Momen Tomori: Uh uh, and out of all that, how much and the two maids upstairs, how much more staff uh uh should we be expecting here so potentially five more people to rescue? DM: Probably somewhere between three and five, depending on how many people have been killed. Momen Tomori: That’s including the maids or excluding them. DM: Including the maids. Momen Tomori: Is that a Gatling gun there? DM: You take a look at it. DM: It’s a flamethrower, baby. Momen Tomori: Uh that’s wrong. Momen Tomori: I’m s can be I’m seeing ghosts. DM: Well, then stop looking at them. Momen Tomori: What’s my elevation? DM: Elevation. Momen Tomori: Oh, it’s zero. DM: I don’t know why it does this. Spesof Beegstick: Uh sorry, did they say that the maids were upstairs or are likely to be? Spesof Beegstick: What’s the uh what’s the quickest way to the second floor? DM: Main stairs, they say, pointing to the west in the hall. Spesof Beegstick: Um, do we want to see if they’ll come with us, or should we instruct them to just stay hold up in here and then we’ll get them on our way out? Momen Tomori: Get them out. Momen Tomori: I think the safer option like I don’t anticipate them being significantly mu much use in a f in a fight against the mine flares. Momen Tomori: So I think it’s best to uh get them out sooner rather than later. Momen Tomori: Though if they if they do have this room locked up, then that’s probably for the best. Spesof Beegstick: Yeah, I think just leaving them in here is probably okay. Spesof Beegstick: Grab them on our way out. Momen Tomori: Yeah, they can barricade the doors and listen for our for a for our knock. Spesof Beegstick: Uh, I guess we’ll relay that to them, so uh yeah, just uh stay in here. Spesof Beegstick: We’ll come get you on the way out. Spesof Beegstick: Um let anyone in that isn’t us, I guess. Spesof Beegstick: Let’s go, folks. Spesof Beegstick: Stack up Tidlin is somewhere. Momen Tomori: Stacking up. Momen Tomori: That might need my dragon. Tittlin: I’m at the back. Tittlin: Yeah, I’ll be at the back top right of the room, I guess. Spesof Beegstick: I’m assuming this is locked from this side. Momen Tomori: On the count of three, we open the door. Momen Tomori: One, two, three. Spesof Beegstick: Roll for initiative or no. DM: They’re looking away from you. DM: They haven’t seen you yet. Momen Tomori: Can Tidlin just take them out with one well placed arrow? Spesof Beegstick: Yeah, I uh wave a hand and motion to Tiddlin. Momen Tomori: Take the shot. Spesof Beegstick: Damn this is the most crits we’ve rolled in a while. Tittlin: Sadly, my crit damage this time wasn’t as good, but that’s okay. Tittlin: It’s a lot of ones. DM: Kills the Mercurial Elf. Tittlin: Did I do it? Spesof Beegstick: You done did it. Momen Tomori: Wait, this just straight opens up into the gallery. Spesof Beegstick: Oh, hold on, hold on. Spesof Beegstick: I uh I waved a title in again and then point uh to the tea room and uh put one one one more finger up. Tittlin: I don’t know if that’s gonna be enough to kill him, though. Tittlin: Oh never mind. Tittlin: I guess we’re using imaginary damage. Tittlin: Okay, I I’m invisible, so I’m just gonna keep walking around. Tittlin: I’ll do a quick scout myself. Tittlin: Make sure there’s no more beings. Tittlin: I don’t see anyone else. Tittlin: We’re good. Tittlin: We’re clear. Tittlin: Clear. Tittlin: Clear in the main hall in the gallery in the team room. Momen Tomori: Oh no. Momen Tomori: Quick body so quick body count. Momen Tomori: That’s one more servant here. Momen Tomori: Guard? Momen Tomori: And then are the two Mercurio elves dressed in guard or civ or uh servant outfits? DM: They might just be villagers. Momen Tomori: So they don’t but they don’t look like part of the staff. Momen Tomori: So then given that we are here given that we’ve uh ex checked most of the uh room now, I think the we should might as well clear the washroom and sunroom. Spesof Beegstick: Yep, sounds good. Momen Tomori: Kid Let should probably clear the sunroom, because that probably has a lot of windows. Momen Tomori: Shall we check quickly check the store the washroom? Spesof Beegstick: Yep, we’ll do maybe Tidlin uh while we’re doing this, he can check if the sunroom’s locked. Tittlin: Okay. Tittlin: Always making title and do some work. Spesof Beegstick: Moves into the washroom, uh and then uh knocks on the door and says, uh friendlies here to Here to get you out if there’s anybody in there. Spesof Beegstick: Nobody in the shader. Momen Tomori: I’ll clear. Momen Tomori: Still not still not a servant. DM: Doesn’t look like it now. Momen Tomori: Okay, so we still have four unaccounted four servants up to four. DM: They didn’t know the exact number. Tittlin: I mean. Momen Tomori: Or if you look like the gallery. Tittlin: Hey moment, can I put something in your bag of holding? Tittlin: Yeah, I I oh I I I say it because he’s right in front of me. Tittlin: I’m not like streaming. Tittlin: Fucking push the chair and the table off of it. Tittlin: Uh it’s too late, it’s already rolled. Tittlin: Hold on. Tittlin: It’s already rolled up. Tittlin: I passed it the moment. Tittlin: Put this in your bag of holding, please, thank you. Tittlin: You don’t understand, it’s filled with nicknacks and paddy wax. Momen Tomori: Why is it filled with why is it filled with the with wagons of Irish prisoners? Momen Tomori: Anyway, Moment grumbles a bit and put and puts it in his bag of holding beside the other right or the other rug. Tittlin: I don’t know. Tittlin: Sorry, is this solid gold? Tittlin: Um I look at this statue, is any part of it loose? Tittlin: Like and I like pry the fish off or something. Spesof Beegstick: Aside from the rug begins working his way upstairs of uh lowering his voice quite a bit more than Tiddlin says, No, get get up here. Tittlin: Oh, look at that. Tittlin: I’ve got a crowbar. Momen Tomori: Or something make it upstairs. Tittlin: Are you gonna make me take it out of my bag of holding? DM: And then you’re going to have to do an athletics check with it. Tittlin: It’s okay. Tittlin: I get an advantage. Tittlin: I put the crowbar back in my bag of holding. Spesof Beegstick: Um did we get a description of the layout of the second floor? Spesof Beegstick: Wells off will work his way around to this far door. Spesof Beegstick: He will assume that Tiddlin is somewhere in place. Spesof Beegstick: Uh we went upstairs. Tittlin: I I don’t know where you guys are. Tittlin: Right, there’s stairs. Momen Tomori: Come on, show off some of that second story work you got there. Momen Tomori: This is fancy no one here. Spesof Beegstick: What uh it’s like a prayer room, what is this? Spesof Beegstick: Teeny tiny door. Momen Tomori: Teeny tiny shiny. Momen Tomori: Oh. Spesof Beegstick: This one is waiting. Spesof Beegstick: Do we really expect this to last long enough to go into combat? Momen Tomori: He might get a hit off if he is not surprised. Spesof Beegstick: Oh, I guess so. DM: He is right. Spesof Beegstick: I rolled a fucking seven somehow. Spesof Beegstick: Jesus, all right. DM: Tiddlin’s off. DM: Who knows where Tidlin is? DM: Alright, Tiddlin. DM: Here turn. DM: Let’s see the trick shot. Tittlin: Um, I’m not going to be able to do that. Tittlin: I’m gonna try and make that shot. DM: Through a wall. DM: How’s that supposed to work? DM: With a with an arrow? DM: How does an arrow rebound? Spesof Beegstick: That’s how it works. Tittlin: If I see him, I’ll shoot. Tittlin: If not, then whatever. Tittlin: I can’t let my turn. Momen Tomori: Then I am going to move up. Momen Tomori: That’s fit ten. Momen Tomori: So that now flanking. Momen Tomori: Giving stress off advanced advantage. Momen Tomori: And I am actually going to use my bonus action for something other than uh. Momen Tomori: What’s that? Momen Tomori: Somatic. Momen Tomori: Somatic is hand gestures. Momen Tomori: So I am going to give him the right old smackaroo. DM: Right. DM: That hits. Momen Tomori: Dealing eight physical and twenty-two fire. Momen Tomori: And that’s my is that all the damage it did? Momen Tomori: Tank you mother. Momen Tomori: I’m assuming my my spell or my uh staff counts as a magic weapon. DM: Uh. Momen Tomori: Oh, I forgot I can I can I can do use some uh force damage. Momen Tomori: Uh I don’t need that for now. DM: Who the heck is this? DM: This is a ladrian. DM: Eladrian. DM: Mr. DM: Lasigus here. DM: Steps forward. DM: Of course, be very careful to stay away because he’s not a real adventurer comes forward and takes a shot with his uh arcane burst. DM: Wacha hits him with that straight necrotic damage. DM: Mercurial elf. DM: Kind of annoyed at moment. DM: Takes a swing with its fangs and talons. Momen Tomori: And I am going. Momen Tomori: Go into shield, because I do not want to lose the uh concentration now. DM: Right, both of those miss. Momen Tomori: It it would be really dumb losing concentration on intellect fortress due to a Mercurial health. DM: Take it away. Spesof Beegstick: Indeed, my good sir. Spesof Beegstick: And bonk again. Spesof Beegstick: Actually, these both it beh, huh? DM: Those hit. Spesof Beegstick: Death. DM: Durlin steps forward. DM: And casts. DM: And he misses. DM: Classic Durlin. DM: Tiddlin. Momen Tomori: Apologies. DM: It’s your turn. Momen Tomori: I am going. DM: Wow. DM: Alright, and the Mercurial Elf is dead. DM: On we go. Spesof Beegstick: It’s just a storeroom. Spesof Beegstick: What’s in here? Spesof Beegstick: Are these like artifacts and shit, or just random? DM: No, it looks like most mostly just a storeroom. DM: You’ve got cops, you got Amphoras, you got beakers and various cloths and you see a maid on the ground, clutching her knees to her chest, crying. Spesof Beegstick: Next door. Spesof Beegstick: Keep going clockwise. Spesof Beegstick: Stack up. Spesof Beegstick: Tiddling is somewhere. Spesof Beegstick: Take that as a yes. Spesof Beegstick: Hello there. Spesof Beegstick: Uh, we’re here to get you out. DM: Everyone’s dead. Spesof Beegstick: We’re here to get you out. Spesof Beegstick: Uh, is the do you know if anyone else is hold up in the second floor here? DM: Uh uh, Lucy, one of the other mates. DM: She should be in Madame Bidark’s chambers. DM: If she’s not dead. DM: She points back to the back to the main hall. DM: The south. DM: Through the hallway. DM: Straight through. Momen Tomori: Let’s have her escorted to with the to where the guards are. Spesof Beegstick: Yeah, do we actually want to just get Darlin to take her to where the guards are? Momen Tomori: Sure. DM: Durlin goes and escorts the maid. Spesof Beegstick: Uh, is it worth checking any of these other doors, or should we just make it straight to Bay Dark’s quarters? Momen Tomori: Given that we know where someone is actually alive, we should f we should prioritize that. Spesof Beegstick: Or maybe where they’re alive, yeah. Spesof Beegstick: Sorry, was it this that she seemed to be referring to, or this? DM: This one. Momen Tomori: You know, I’m just gonna move with Ignis because it’s Momen Tomori: It’s way m easier than trying to move separately at the end, right? DM: That’s what she said. Spesof Beegstick: Oh, we’re not going to have a lot of people. Tittlin: Where did you guys go? Tittlin: Before I I looked away for freaking five seconds to pet my cat, and everyone’s gone, and we’re rolling for anything. DM: We’re down the other hallway. DM: Over here. Tittlin: Oh, okay. DM: We followed the instructions of the maid. Tittlin: And then I ready my action, then I am a turn. DM: Special. Spesof Beegstick: Very funny skirting around all the enemies all the time. DM: Let’s see here. DM: Anyway. DM: Those both hipped. DM: Chao. DM: Wacha. DM: Is that your turn? DM: Lassigasir steps forward. DM: He is completely blind. DM: He casts Arcane Burst Strange. DM: It’s no, I don’t know why he’s targeting Momin. DM: Deals twenty-five. DM: Damage. DM: Swings around. DM: Takes a swing with its fangs and its talons at Spezzoff, hitting for some piercing damage. DM: Durin. DM: Oh, he’s retaliating. DM: Youch. Momen Tomori: Wait, why am I not on the tracker? DM: Did you roll for initiative? Momen Tomori: Did I whatever? DM: I was gonna say. DM: Sounds to me like it didn’t. Momen Tomori: Anyway, turn order is what it is. DM: Unfortunately. Momen Tomori: I guess I was caught by surprise. DM: Durlin does not have any damaging cantrips for some reason. DM: Darlin. DM: Alright, Tiddle and take it away. Tittlin: There are so many people in the way. Momen Tomori: Yes, it is finally my turn. Momen Tomori: Somehow. Momen Tomori: Got uh duh duh duh. Momen Tomori: No, that isn’t my dude. Momen Tomori: This is my dude. Momen Tomori: No. Momen Tomori: Does that finish him? DM: Bubba. DM: That is a miss. DM: That is a hit. DM: That is one HP. Momen Tomori: Mulled by a dragon. Momen Tomori: Note to self. DM: Mauled in a dragon in someone’s bedroom. Momen Tomori: I need to find some way to make uh to make Ignis’ teeth and claws count as magical weapons. Momen Tomori: Gonna need to get gonna need to set up my workshop to a with a car lift and uh put uh and get uh Ignis up there. DM: With that, you see two maids cowering in the corner. DM: Hiding behind the room separator, the room divider. Momen Tomori: Is that a guitar here in the background? Momen Tomori: I just hear I don’t hear all of it. Momen Tomori: I just hear the occasional single note, and I’m just like, what is that? Momen Tomori: It was just confusion as to try to figure out what the heck it was. Spesof Beegstick: And there’s maybe five. DM: That’s right. Spesof Beegstick: Do uh either of you know if there’s any other locations where people might be holed up on the second floor. DM: The maids shake their head. DM: I think we’re the last ones. DM: I don’t think there’s anyone else up here. DM: The library and Lady Bidark’s office and laboratory should be clear. Momen Tomori: So but we we need to we need to double check because this place is getting nuked. Spesof Beegstick: Uh, I guess it’s down to how sneaky he can be. Momen Tomori: So we do it quick so we do a quick check if there are any other I think we’ve explored all the passages right now, right? Momen Tomori: So it’s just checking the checking the rooms, and for that we could just have invisible tidal and just do a do a quick peek inside them to make sure there’s no one else, right? Momen Tomori: You think he’s not sneaky enough to get past these bacurial elves. DM: We are no longer in combat. Momen Tomori: So then do we just do we just say that we have tidal and peek in every room to make sure they’re empty? DM: He can see a few Mercurial elves here and there, but no other civilians. DM: He cannot see into this room. Momen Tomori: Then we still have one room that we need to clear manually. Momen Tomori: Stack up. Tittlin: Is it gonna be on this side or this side? Spesof Beegstick: I asked the maids. DM: That’s Lady Bidark’s laboratory. DM: I can assure you that there won’t be anyone in there. DM: It’s completely locked. DM: The only one who can go in is Lady Bydark. DM: Magical. Momen Tomori: Actually, I’m going to uh do I have oh no, I’m not doing that that part. Momen Tomori: I’m using my ring of white brightness to uh brightness. Momen Tomori: The thing I tried to make it for a secret uh for a secret tool that I wound up never getting a chance to use. DM: What are we doing here? DM: Brightness? DM: Light. Momen Tomori: So looking at the lock. Momen Tomori: What do I see? Momen Tomori: More importantly, how to get by it? Momen Tomori: Also, regardless of whether or not there’s anyone inside, Moman is curious as to what’s going on in the laboratory. DM: All right, looking at the lock, the door lock, you can tell that there’s a spell attached to it. DM: Uh that produces intense heat in a very small area. DM: You can tell that if someone sticks something into the keyhole that isn’t the proper key, it will be melted. Momen Tomori: The thing stuck inside. Spesof Beegstick: Don’t put your dick in there. Spesof Beegstick: It’s good we didn’t bring Lefero along. Momen Tomori: So then there’s no other enchantments on the door itself, right? DM: Doesn’t look like it. Momen Tomori: Does anyone have a so? Momen Tomori: It looks like we’re not going to be able to pick this lock, and any lock picks we put in are just gonna get melted. Momen Tomori: Do we have a saw? Spesof Beegstick: I mean, why why are we trying to get in here anyways? Spesof Beegstick: If we know there’s gonna be nobody in here, we should we should just evacuate the civilians. Momen Tomori: Well that might be important knowledge in there. Momen Tomori: Don’t you want to know what Baedark’s been working on? Momen Tomori: Or do you rather be kept in the dock? Spesof Beegstick: Do you really think Betark is still suspicious here, or like sure, but if she’s truly innocent, then like before Drasilia comes to smite the elder brain, couldn’t we just ask Bidark to if there’s anything in her lab that she wants to be preserved before it’s all nuked? Momen Tomori: Perhaps what am I ever gonna but you don’t often you don’t often hear of uh of holy figures work working in laboratories? Momen Tomori: Doesn’t that pique your interest at all to to figure out what the heck she’s been up to? Momen Tomori: Wait, how are we gonna say no to the other team that we’re clear? Spesof Beegstick: Does she not? DM: Questions that shall be answered next time on Dragon Ball Z. DM: Ten o’clock. DM: We can investigate the laboratory tomorrow. DM: Tomorrow. DM: Next week. Momen Tomori: Next week. Spesof Beegstick: Successful session. DM: Well, yeah. DM: How did that happen? DM: Someone clearly cheated. DM: Ah, yeah, that makes sense. DM: Then with that, I shall see you all next week. DM: Tootaloo, everybody.