Session 069: The Mark of the Adventurer Report

The party gets a "mark" of unusual power.

General Summary

03/30/2024

Wild Cards

Redfall 16, 2023 KC, Evening (on Dierde, at least)

Floating Keep of Tharros Near Outding Recap

A species of creatures has long been Dead and someone was erasing knowledge of it from all sources. Upon attempting to leave the room, the party was killed by an electrical trap. Their consciousness was then transported to a Celestial conversation between the Deities Bast and Silvanus, who discussed their plan to use the party, referred to as "Wild Cards," to reignite the old Realms and bring back a powerful entity. The party then woke up in a metallic, steam-filled room with mirrors and pipes. After navigating the strange maze-like area, they discovered a loose pipe that led them to a lower level filled with steampunk-like machinery, including Tesla coils and automatons. They were immediately attacked by several of these creatures, including a large one with blades who referred to himself as the "Lord of Blades." A voice that sounded like Bast's then messaged Sas, instructing her to break the power Crystal in the room. The party battled the automatons while attempting to reach and destroy the large Crystal. After a difficult fight, Calliope, in the form of a Tyrannosaurus Rex, successfully broke the Crystal, causing a massive explosion. The party was enveloped in a white Light and phased through the walls, watching as the city below was destroyed by the falling Kaiju and military forces. They were then transported to a hillside where they were met by a new group of beings, including a Halfling, a crystalline creature, a Warforged, and a bengal Tabaxi. They also saw their Unconscious companions, Arktos and Bastion. The Tabaxi spoke to the Halfling, confirming a deal, before turning to the party and explaining that they were needed to fulfill a purpose.

Summary

The party found themselves in a mysterious realm after their apparent deaths, brought there by the powerful entity Bast who had made a deal to help handle a dangerous situation. They learned that they had been inside a massive kaiju-like Warforged automaton, and when their Friends destroyed a Crystal within it, the entire construct had collapsed. Bast explained the nature of magical orbs - dying worlds that become frozen in time during their final moments and are transformed into these spheres, with the ultimate goal being to collect 300 such orbs to potentially destroy everything. The group was introduced to several companions including a knowledgeable Warforged who explained the history of his people, created originally for war but now led by the Lord of Blades in a Resistance against all other intelligent life. There was also Elliwick, a Halfling who possessed plane-running abilities and had spent a decade searching for their companion Gearlock. The party received valuable gifts including Adamantine bars worth thousands of Gold, Bracers of Celerity that provided speed and protection against paralysis, an acid ring that enhanced attacks and allowed casting of Magic Stone, and special glyph stones. Bast transported the party to a hidden mountain location where they were led through an illusory cave entrance by their Warforged guide. The cavern was lined with glowing Crystal veins that provided enough Light to navigate the winding passages. When they reached what appeared to be another Dead end, each party member experienced a personal spiritual trial where a mysterious, genderless voice questioned them about their greatest strengths, weaknesses, and deepest curiosities. Shadow spoke of her strength in helping people forget reality through distraction, though she admitted she perhaps didn't take things seriously enough and had no permanent purpose. Sas revealed her greatest strength as appreciation for life and trust in others, with her biggest curiosity being about her ancestry and the source of her beast transformations. Bastion acknowledged his determination as his strength but admitted to overconfidence, driven by a desire to learn more than others. Calliope's responses focused on her selfless nature and willingness to risk herself for others, though she struggled with cynicism about people's true motivations. After being deemed worthy by the mysterious voice, each party member participated in a ritual involving a Silver Flame. They placed their hands into the mystical fire, which felt cold rather than hot, and directed magical marks to appear on different parts of their bodies. Shadow chose the back of her neck, Sas selected her left foot, Bastion picked the back of his lower torso, Calliope chose the top of her right hand, and Barlo opted for his left hoof. These marks, called the Mark of the Adventure, granted them potential abilities including initiative bonuses, additional skills or languages, cantrip learning, or enhanced unarmed attacks. The party was then led to a magnificent forge chamber surrounded by flowing lava and filled with complex clockwork machinery. Crystal formations dotted the walls, and a central apparatus allowed lava to bubble up and spill down the sides. The Warforged craftsman began working on repairing the magical orb that contained a dying world, using the Silver Flame energy that the party had channeled from their marks. As he worked with hammer and anvil, incorporating crystals into the cracked orb, the chamber began to shake ominously. Suddenly, a massive automaton construct crashed down from the ceiling, having been camouflaged within a hollow stalactite. The creature was built from Wood, stone, and Metal with embedded Adamantine Armor plates, wielding a primitive stone hammer in one arm and a large blade in the other. Despite the danger, the Warforged craftsman continued his delicate Work on the orb while the party engaged the hostile construct in battle. The fight was intense as the party coordinated their attacks against the towering automaton. Shadow used her swarm abilities to gain tactical advantages while firing her bow, Sas employed her Druidic magic and spores to weaken the enemy, Bastion danced through combat with enhanced speed and precision strikes, Calliope supported with crossbow bolts and magical assistance, and Barlo raged with his natural claws. The construct retaliated with devastating sweeping attacks that caught multiple party members, but their combined efforts eventually brought down the massive enemy. With the threat eliminated, the Warforged craftsman completed his Work on the orb, channeling the last of the Silver Flame energy into it until it glowed brightly. He then turned his attention to the party's weapons, explaining that they contained tracking devices that had allowed their enemies to spy on them. Using a special Metal called Mhornar, he offered to reforge their weapons to remove these tracking devices while enhancing their magical properties. Each party member participated in the reforging process, striking their weapons with hammers as the craftsman worked his magic. Bastion's rapier was enhanced with thunder damage and improved defensive capabilities that would boost his Armor class. Calliope's dagger was transformed into a short sword with radiant damage properties and the ability to deal partial damage even on near misses. Shadow's bow gained force damage enhancement, while Sas's club was imbued with poison damage that complemented her natural spore abilities. Barlo's situation was unique as he rarely used his maul, preferring his natural claws. The craftsman creatively transformed the weapon into claw enhancements, creating magical gauntlets that would boost his natural attacks with acid and poison damage while improving his accuracy. The process required additional magical components, including a ring of good fortune that was incorporated into the Crafting. Throughout the weapon enhancement process, the party learned more about the Warforged culture and their ongoing struggles in this realm. The craftsman and his companions expressed hope that they might be able to travel with the party when they returned to their home realm, as they wished to help restore their friend Gearlock who had somehow ended up in the party's world in a damaged state. As the Crafting session concluded, the Halfling companion prepared to transport the party back to their original location. The craftsman stored the repaired orb safely and gathered the remaining Silver Flame energy into a special orb for future use. The electrical sparks and magical energies that had filled the forge during their Work gradually dimmed as the process completed. The party found themselves transported back to the top of a stairwell, though the passage behind them had collapsed and was now blocked with Rock and debris. While the structural damage wasn't severe, it was clear that this route back to the forge was no longer accessible. They now possessed enhanced weapons free of tracking devices, magical marks that would grant them new abilities, and valuable knowledge about the nature of the orbs and the greater threat they faced. The session concluded with the party needing to decide which specific abilities their Marks of Adventure would grant them - whether to enhance their initiative with additional dice, gain new skills and languages along with cantrips, or improve their unarmed combat capabilities. Their weapons had been significantly upgraded and they had gained powerful new allies in the Warforged craftsman and his companions, setting the stage for their continued adventures as they worked toward their ultimate goal of reaching the mysterious City in the Mist.

Scenes

Discussion about Weapon Forging and Marks

The party discusses getting their weapons forged and potentially receiving magical marks at a special forge

Barlo tosses his weapon to be improved

Discussion about Warforged marks and their heritage

Explanation of how worlds become orbs when they die

Party learns about the potential purpose of collecting 300 orbs

Discussion with Warforged about Marks and Artifacts

The party discusses potential marks, artifacts, and their implications with the Warforged companion

Party learns about Dragonmarks and their potential powers

Discussion about potential risks of traveling between planes

Warforged explains background of Warforged and the Lord of Blades

Journey to the Hidden Forge

The party is transported by a Halfling to a mountain with a hidden cave entrance, where they follow a Warforged through an illusory wall to a mysterious location with glowing crystals.

Bast sends the party to a new location

Party follows Warforged through an illusory wall

Each party member experiences a personal spiritual test

Party members are asked about their greatest strengths and curiosities

Party members receive Dragonmarks

Dragonmark Ritual

Each party member is individually questioned by a mysterious voice about their inner qualities, leading to them receiving magical marks.

Mysterious disembodied voice interviews each character

Characters reflect on their personal strengths and weaknesses

Characters are deemed worthy of receiving magical marks

Silver Flame is used in the marking ritual

Receiving the Mark of Adventure

The party members receive magical marks from a mysterious process involving a silver flame, each choosing a location and potential ability for their mark.

Each character places their hand in a silver flame

Marks appear on different body parts (neck, foot, hand)

Characters can choose between different mark abilities

Marks are called 'Mark of the Adventure'

Battle in the Forge

The party fights a large automaton construct while a Warforged works on reforging an orb with a Silver Flame

Large automaton drops from the ceiling

Party members attack the construct using various attacks and abilities

Warforged craftsman continues working on the orb during combat

Party members take damage from the automaton's axe attack

Party ultimately defeats the automaton

Weapon Reforging at the Forge

The party visits a magical forge where a Warforged craftsman reforges their weapons to remove tracking devices and enhance their capabilities.

Warforged craftsman throws items into Silver Flame

Each party member's weapon is reforged with unique properties

Bastion's rapier gains thunder damage and improved AC

Calliope's dagger becomes a short sword with radiant damage

Shadow's bow gains force damage

Sas's club gains poison damage

Barlo's maul is transformed into claw enhancements

Weapons are placed in a Silver Flame forge

Each party member strikes their weapon during reforging

Tracking devices are removed from the weapons

Mark Selection and Weapon Upgrade Discussion

The party discusses potential mark abilities and weapon upgrades after their recent adventure.

Discussion of mark options including initiative bonus, skill additions, and cantrip learning

Exploration of weapon enhancement possibilities

Consideration of new combat abilities

Session Conclusion

They are back in the keep and the tunnels to the basement are blocked with debris. Experience & Leveling

t Combat & Milestone Experience | 2000 ea Total: 100000 (Next Goal: 100,000 ) t t Group Levels up to Level 12 t Current Location ...

Rewards Granted

Experience

t Milestone Experience | 2000 ea Total: 100000 (Next Goal: 100,000 ) t Level up did not apply until after Session 70: Exploding Fire Skeletons Report, blame it on Eberron ;)

Missions/Quests Completed

Character(s) interacted with

Created Content

2023

10 (Redfall)

Redfall 16, 2023 KC

The Wild Cards are still in Eberron and are the only ones known to ever receive the Dragonmark of the Adventurer

— Timeline of The Mighty Menagerie

Locations

Items of Note

Factions

Wild Cards

Misc

Related Reports

Npcs

Bast

A powerful entity who sent the party to this realm and is helping them understand their mission and the nature of the orbs

Warforged Companion

A knowledgeable Warforged who explains the history of Warforged, their Creation for war, and the conflict led by the Lord of Blades

Elliwick

A Halfling Warforged who is a plane runner and has been searching for Gearlock for a decade

Warforged Guide

A mechanical being who leads the party through the hidden cave and assists with the Dragonmark ritual

Mysterious Voice

An ungendered, disembodied voice that interviews each party member during the Dragonmark ritual, asking about their greatest strengths and curiosities

Warforged Craftsman

A skilled Warforged artisan who helps the party reforge their weapons, removing tracking devices and enhancing their magical properties while working on repairing an orb using a Silver Flame forge

Halfling

A companion of the Warforged craftsman who assists in transporting the party back to their original location

Locations

Cannith Forge

A mystical forge where Warforged can craft and modify weapons, located in a realm with special magical properties

Unspecified Realm

A mysterious plane where the Warforged and their companions are located, potentially connected to Eberron

Mountain Cave

A hidden cave with an illusory entrance, containing glowing crystal-lined walls and a mysterious ritual chamber with a Silver Flame

Magical Forge

A large cavern-like forge with lava flows, Crystal veins, complex machinery, an active lava pit, clockwork mechanisms, and a central forge apparatus where magical weapon Crafting occurs

Spells

Magic Stone

A spell that can be cast using the acid ring, typically used by casters when traveling

Dragonmark Ritual

A magical Ceremony that grants special marks to individuals after testing their inner qualities, allowing them to receive unique magical abilities

Haste

Bastion casts Haste on himself to increase his speed and combat capabilities during the fight with the automaton

True Strike

A newly modified cantrip that allows casting on a weapon attack, providing additional damage and using the caster's spellcasting ability for attack and damage

Shillelagh

A Druidic spell that transforms a club or quarterstaff into a magical weapon using the caster's wisdom modifier, used by Sas to enhance her club's magical properties during combat

Silver Flame Crafting

A magical forging technique using a Silver Flame to enhance and transform weapons with unique magical properties

Items

Magical Orb

A cracked orb that represents a dying world, potentially dangerous if not fixed. The party is tasked with helping repair it.

Adamantine Bars

Five Metal bars worth approximately 1,000 Gold pieces, gifted to the party

Bracers of Celerity

Bronze bracers lined with purple velvet that make the wearer faster and help resist being Paralyzed or Restrained

Acid Ring

A ring made of goldish-silvery Metal with a green stone that adds acid damage to attacks and allows casting of Magic Stone

Glyph Stone

A special stone from the Warforged, similar to one possessed by Gearlock

Silver Flame

A mystical silvery fire that has transformative and testing properties, used in the Dragonmark ritual and weapon modification process

Eberron Ore

A special ore brought by the party and used in the Crafting process by the Warforged

Silver Flame Orb

A magical orb that is being repaired using a special silver flame forge, potentially containing a dying world's essence

Mhornar Metal

A special Metal used to reforge weapons and remove tracking devices

Reforged Rapier

Bastion's weapon enhanced with thunder damage and improved defensive capabilities

Reforged Short Sword

Calliope's weapon transformed from a dagger with radiant damage properties

Reforged Bow

Shadow's bow upgraded with force damage

Reforged Club

Sas's weapon enhanced with poison damage

Claw Enhancements

Barlo's maul transformed into claw upgrades with acid and poison properties

Notes

Bast puts them in a protective bubble of magic force to protect them as the ring in the sky is breaking apart Sending shards of Crystal from space. They tell the party that they may be recepients of a magic "mark" that will enable them to assist in repairing the Orb of Eberron, Crafting a Gem to revive Gearlock, and to recraft their weapons as they are being tracked by Ursa. Barlo doesn't care about his weapon. Shadow asks what will change. The weapons will be altered, and they should be better than what they had before. The plan is to go to a Creation Forge, these are the Arcane Forges of Eberron long used to create the Warforge. Now outlawed and banned to use. Bast says she believes they come from the Spellweavers and are to be found in almost every realm. Sas asks about the Mark, and they learn about Eberron's marks which are a part of their societies. A rare sign of one gifted with magical powers in various ways. There seems to be a mark unlike any other, it is the Mark of the Adventurer. The mark is supposed to help with the forging here and other things... The party realizes that they are inside of the Orb of Eberron in its final days, this destruction was slowly occuring within the orb they hold. Barlo asks if they help stop the destruction, does that affect the orb. Bast says they believe it might since the party is not of this realm, and by being of another realm it could change things. Even a minor influence, such as helping defeat the Lord of Blades. Bast is going to leave soon, but wants to give them some time if they have questions as she won't be able to speak with them again until they get to her home. The only reason she could do this was due to the very large obelisk at the Floating Keep of Tharros Near Outding. Sas remembers how they are sure of how to get to the City in a Mirage. She asks if they are on the right track. Bast said she hadn't pushed them to go too fast as the journey is just as important as it helps them gain power which they will need when they get there. The food is enough to stave off Exhaustion and to fill up their HP. They were warned to not take a nap or long rest here as it can be dangerous. Sas asks if there is anything else they need before they get there, Bast says not really - besides the orb. She thanks her for not using the orb's power as it is dangerous and corrupting. They are of unlimited power, but dangerous. Shadow asks if there is anything else they can know about the goal... Bast says she can't really tell them much right now as it is all a part of a ritual to save her pharoah. There will be challenges that they seem to be preparing for with their journey. This is a short rest. The party thinks of the conversation they overheard when they died. The conversation between the gods in session 68

female: .. You know when I represent these of my kind I prefer Bast. Male: Fine, Bast,… Bast: Thank you, Silvanus. I only came in this form as I know it pleases you and your Faerunian kind the best… Silvanus: Bast, what you ask is no longer done. We let them choose these returns. Bast: Silvanus, I know you don't like my plan to return my brother -- but I am sure in the end it will help our kind. All of our kind. Silvanus: Bast, we don't know how your judgemental brother may be these days.. Labelas has had difficulties in seeing to the Toril past and how it connects with this Dierde ever since that Human interloper… well since his hexad-soul-split working for Mystra to be fair, but the one that messed with time it has even changed so many parts of fate that most gods are almost of the mind to release Tharizdun and be done with it anyways. They no longer Fear it will be the final death, and some almost seem to welcome it either way. Bast: Silvanus, there is no fun in death -- besides of they feel no longer tethered by the tablets of fate then why not bring my brother back? Besides the pharoah's rebirth he can help any gods seeking their time to float in the Astral Sea. Besides… these Wild Cards may be the key to re-igniting the old Realms. I have some ideas, but we have to bring them back at least this one time. I think if we [garbled] then it will be like travelers from Eberron and not some deific intervention. That will keep the Raven off our backs for, not like a kitty is ever really afraid of a silly bird -- but her and I have made our arrangements when I can get away with toying with the deaths of these mortals that I don't need her changing those deals. … hard to hear ... Silvanus: And what of the Feylords? Bast: They don't keep that close an eye on their Eladrin and feyfolk when they cross into the Prime, you know that. Besides, if my ultimate plans Work… they will find so many more canvases to create upon. Besides, Titania's avatar in the Vale is quite smitten with this group and relies on them to help protect their stake in the Prime… Which is also why I think Labelas will want us to help this group… If they help that interloper out of the time stream he can regain his control and it should be a reason why the Raven might not be as confrontational when she learns of what I know about Jergal Silvanus: what about Jergal? Bast: Oh, I can't tell you yet. The death of Vecna is still too fresh, deifically-speaking and that avatar might still return in which case I will lose control of the plot. Not gonna lie, love -- but the focus is on my people first, because even I fail to save Dierde I can still save my people… I have contigencies. Some forget that I come from the War Domain of our flock and I don't always fight on the open battlefield. My machinations come from the shadows, but they succeed. Silvanus: I hope you are right. I am risking a lot with this… Bast: You are risking everything, but it is the only chance we have… An earpiercing scream…. Then Silence. The Slow sound of sand as you are now buried in sand… you feel it choking you…. Then it is gone. A whisper in your ears, Bast it sounds like. Bast:I have given you a chance. You died in that tower, but I think we have a way to bring you back, first though I need you to assist someone for me…

Barlo thanks her for saving their lives, and asks if there will be any problems with other dieties with what she did here.... specifically with Jergal. She says it shouldn't as Eberron doesn't exactly have Deities like other realms, so that avoids a lot of problems. Additionally, she was able to transport them quick enough for the death to not exactly "register" with Jergal, so he should be unaware. Since they will return via a transport from another realm it will seem as if they went to another realm and came back, nothing to do with death. It's a loophole. Shadow asks if they would be able to come back here. Bast says the Planewalkers have their ways -- looks at the Halfling. She says she is not sure if this the kind of plane they would want to come to and at that moment a large Crystal shard hits their forcefield. Bast continues with saying that hopefully with them stopping the Warforge invasion it might help the people here in being able to take care of other things. Barlo asks if the forge is where the Warforged are created. Yes. he worries about the knowledge of that Creation and if it can happen in Dierde. He fears Ursa doing it. Bast says Ursa was seemingly trying such an event, with Gearlock. Shadow asks if that is why she wanted the orb, and Bast believes she did plan on using its power for such a ritual. Although Bast says it wouldn't have worked out the way Ursa would have wanted. The orb would have destroyed the island nation. It was damaged in the ritual Ursa had used with the Beholder. She looks at Amalgam who says he is sure he can repair the orb if the party do have the marks and can assist with the Silver Flame. Bastion asks about the marks and what they mean. Amalgam notes that he is sure, based on what Bast has said to him, that the Wild Cards possess the unique mark within them which will help with handling the Silver Flame. As he understands it they unlock power within the individual. Shadow asks if they will benefit them when they leave, and Amalgam is sure they should. They also learn that Pradam's realm has no magic. The only time restraint is that the party can't Sleep here. The Warforge pulls out a side pouch with their reward. It is a Bag of Holding, he then pulls out an Enchanted Glyphstone. 5 bars of Adamantine, worth 1,000gp each wt. 1 lb. ea. a ring, bracers, and a Potion. The bracers turn out to be Bracers of Celerity Acid Sling Ring and a Potion of .... Gearlock has an Enchanted Glyphstone so they will able to communicate with him. Gearlock had died, but his body somehow was being moved around realms it seems. The party here had spent over a decade to find him. and the Halfling Planewalker NTO had a connection with Bast so she was able to secure this deal. Bast brings up they need to repair the Orb of Eberron as they will need 4 orbs for the ritual for the pharoah. Barlo asks who the Warforge are and who are they fighting and why. These Warforge are fighting for the Lord of Blades who wants to eradicate all other sentient life not Warforge. He has powerful connections to stop any powerful force here in stopping him, but by using people from another realm it is possible this can stop his forces. When they are ready. Bast says until she sees them again, best of luck. Hopes they make it in time. the Halfling plays a flute and they Teleport to a mountain. The ring is still breaking apart, but shifted, so same planet but different place. The Warforge looks around the cliff wall and his hand goes inside the wall. an Illusion. The others go into the Illusion. The party does as well. It is dark, but the Warforge has a torch. Various twists and turns. Finally they get to a wall where he tells them to go through so they can be tested for the mark. As they enter it is very dark, as the eyes adjust there is a soft glow with veins of crystals like they saw in the Kaiju, with a soft glow. As they get to the Dead end they drift and find themselves alone. Shadow's test

What is your greatest strength? curiousity What is your greatest weakness? curiousity What is your greatest curiousity that eludes you? What is the connection with Bast to her people, to Shadow, and this whole thing? It tells them they can put their hand in the fire if they are willing to take on the mark.

Calliope's test

What is your greatest strength? A distraction for others so they can temporarily forget reality. What is your greatest weakness? Plays into the same as she isn't taking things serious enough. What is your greatest curiousity that eludes you? purpose It tells them they can put their hand in the fire if they are willing to take on the mark.

Barlo's test

What is your greatest strength? Like helping others and selfless when risking for others... courage? selflessness maybe (a bit of a lie, but not really) What is your greatest weakness? arrogance... no cynicism. cynical when others come off as altruistic What is your greatest curiousity that eludes you? More about himself. His ancestry and where it came from, especially with the beast transformations. What am I?

Sas's test

What is your greatest strength? Appreciation for life, spores and others What is your greatest weakness? Trust in others What is your greatest curiousity that eludes you? How everything in life is connected...

Bastion's test

What is your greatest strength? Determination What is your greatest weakness? Over confidence What is your greatest curiousity that eludes you? Mastering of magic & bladesinging.. I think that was what said...

So they all pass and are able to gain the mark if they put their hands into the Silver flame. They go down and see a ring of stones with a silvery flame burning. A hallway to the right. Also the voices they heard were genderless and at timed multiple voices it would seem. The party come down and Amalgam tells them to come down. Shadow puts her fist in the fire. On the back of her neck a small marking appears made almost of the crystals it would seem. Sas does the same, it goes on the top of her left foot. There hands are lit with the silvery flame. Barlo does the same, the mark is directed to the base of his back. It even affects the fur of the Tabaxi. Bastion tries to scoop his hands through and they are lit. His on the top of his right hand Calliope directs hers to her left ankle.

The Mark of the Adventurer bestows upon them the choice of one new power:

Advantage on initiaves
add 1d10 to high and long Jump
add 1 skill proficiency or language
learn 1 cantrip form any list
Unarmed attacks add +1d3 damage of bludgeon

Next session the players made their choices, which were:

Bastion: Proficiency in Investigation
Shadow: Cantrip, Thorn Whip
Calliope: Proficiency in Sleight of Hand
Sas: Cantrip, Eldritch Blast
Barlo: Cantrip, Mage Hand

Now Amalgam says that he thinks that should Work. He takes them to another room that is encircled with magma. He then asks for the Orb of Eberron, which Sas hands over. He points to an apparatus where he wants the Silver flame put and the others start messing with some dials elsewhere.

One by one they put their hands into an opening where the flame then leaves their hands, it lights up the magma that is being funneled into this machine and from there it goes out to the outside magma, now it is mixed in it. sparks start to shoot across some wires Amalgam throws in some various items and jewelry, then with some crystals from Eberron he starts to Work on the orb. Hammers things and works on it. As he hammers there is something going on above them. Dust from a stalagtite. As the party tries to make things out it begins to crack and it falls. it was hollow and had a large automoton Warforge Creation. Warforged Titan has been released.




link to creature page here

The Battle:

R.1

Bastion casts Haste, then bonus action: Bladesong. Calliope casts True Strike, choosing to lock in Weapon's True Strike. Using it with her crossbow and it misses. Shadow shoots a few times. Sas Shillelagh, misses. It hits the club aside. Barlo rages, swipes with his claws... recklessly. one hits. The Titan takes some spore damage from Sas. It then strikes out with an arcing attack of its blade to those around it. Including Amalgam.

R.2

Bastion Attacks. Also he can switch whichever True Strike when he can normally change them out. so he attacks/attacks/weapon True Strike/weapon strike Calliope casts True Strike again, and it hits. black viscous with red tinges fluid comes out where the crossbow hits. Shadow shoots her bow. Arktos moves. Arktos also grants some healing with his gives a hoot ability. Sas moves. Shillelagh and hits. Barlo takes his swipes. hits. The Titan takes some spore damage which hits into a weakened plate exposed by Barlo. Just as it was going to hammer onto Sas.



☠️ killed by Sas (Spores)

 



t Combat Experience | 2000 ea Total: 100000 (Next Goal: 100,000 ) t

Shortly after this the Warforge has a spark of Silver flame from the apparatus shoot into the orb.
That should do it, he says as he hands over the orb to Sas. He then reminds them how Ursa has been tracking them and he is sure he can reforge their weapons. He is able to magically transform the weapons into new weapons, now with additions of the purplish Mournlode Dragonshard crystals Each has to strike a hammer during the process, and each time that Amalgam works on the Crafting he has to put various items and jewelry into the "flames" Bastion gets a +2 Rapier of Eberron, +1d8 Thunder damage, Parry +1 AC when wielding Callipe gets a +2 shortsword of Eberron, radiant (1d8), glancing blow Shadow gets a +2 Longbow of Eberron, +2d8 force Sas gets a +2 Club of Eberron, poison 1d8, Crit on a 19/20 Barlo gets a Claws of Eberron +2, acid 1d8, crits on a 19/20 He needed a common magic item to do this one as it was changing the shape of the weapon-- he threw it in the fire. Throws a red Gem into the fire, then holds a different orb into the flames. This one takes all the Silver flame and has electric sparks. then tells the Halfling NTO they are ready. She plays some notes on the flute and they go back to Dierde... Retcon: Barlo wanted to have talk to him about Warforge... They can do this on the ship as they plan on going with the party to Thornwinds They are back in the keep and the tunnels to the basement are blocked with debris. Transcripts

How long will it take them to reforge our weapons? She looks at him and he's like, it's probably gonna take about, like, an hour for each weapon, but I could get it done within that and take about another hour to get that orb reforged.
Barlow tightens weapon immediately. Yeah, Sam. I'm sorry. What happened? I don't use this thing anyways. You can have it. Oh, I can improve it. I think it'll be an improvement, but it's up to you guys. but in what ways? Like, will it get rid of that extra force damage it might crash at other abilities, is what I'm saying.
Obviously, whatever the, the dwemer that is on it currently will shift. so who knows what kind of powers you'll have on it then? But but it won't be lesser. It shouldn't be. Yeah. I'll give it to her. Well, you can hold on to it until we get to the into the. We have to get to the Kenneth Forge first.
yeah. We're, And so she then speaks up. Yeah. He's going to take you guys to a forge. you guys will have to do a little test, though, to kind of make sure you guys can kind of help with it. from there, though, you guys are going to, assist them as he fixes the orb.
And while he's doing that, if you guys wanted to, he could assist you with your weapons. That was kind of my plan. at least give you guys an opportunity to get rid of the tracking devices. Yeah. What sort of a test? it kind of varies. as I understand it, there's the this realm, the,
For a long time, the inhabitants have had a, a mark of some sort for various marks, depending on, heritage and, how the gift was kind of given to them. And I have a feeling that there's a, a mark that each of you guys can have that could benefit for both. the situation of helping this orb.
And when you guys are able to finally help me with my feral. And what kind of mark like a tattoo? It is very much kind of like a tattoo. it's because it is branded into the skin.
the way it works usually is. For example, the forge that you guys will be going to has been hidden for a very long time. they are illegal to use because they are. How warforged are created. You. warforged have not been made in a very long time. Legally, I should say. And those who have been historically been able to make it, they had the mark of the Kenneth family.
But, I mean, it was more similar to the sports that we were doing all world. It's interesting you say that. I have a theory that they are very similar. I do believe that, they have been used in different meat, different ways, both in your realm, in this. But I have a feeling they come from a very similar source.
What source do you know? Let's just say that I've been having knowledge that I thought was long lost, coming back to me slowly and, I do think it has something to do with, that species that you guys have been learning about in that keep. I'm not comfortable saying the name right.
Otherwise. John, can you explain to me what the hell's going on? With what part? All of it. I did. That's what I kind of said at the beginning. What happened? Pretty much. You. We died, and then we awoke somewhere else. Yeah. So everybody. You guys woke up on this other realm? and so there was a whole conversation here, let me do this.
When you guys were dead and kind of like, in or dying or something. There was a discussion that you can kind of here before, but for you, you would have heard it and then just still been unconscious. But what it turns out is that it had kind of sent your party here. it seems that she had a deal with this halfling, to kind of help them handle the situation here, figuring that you guys might be able to kind of help with the situation.
You guys were sent inside of a very large, like, kaiju kind of adamantine, like Godzilla sized, kind of, warforged, when you guys were, when you party, when the your friends were inside of there, they started exploring it, and they destroyed a crystal that pretty much made the whole thing fall down and go boom. so after it went and fell, went down, that's pretty much when they all came out of the inside, outside of the kaiju.
And you guys were all kind of brought together. And that's kind of where we are now, where she's kind of letting you guys know that she brought you guys to this place to do that and to help fix the orb. And, that's it. That seems that she wants you'll be able to send you guys back to the air deck.
Which orb is it that's broken? It's the. Is it the one that we owe everyone? It's the one you guys got from the beholder, okay? The one that's cracked that we knew never to use. Okay. The one that Ursa was asking for and that instead you guys held on to. But she said that it might blow up. It seems that they might be able to fix it, but they have to fix it here, and it's probably because it's made for this role, and that's why it would have blown up.
And dirty. Yeah, maybe, possibly. So it's not an orb of ever on like another orb. It is. It is that inside of that. So kind of whatever on this. So what happens. We're in it. The last days we inside the orb. What you guys have learned is that in the last days of these worlds, as it's like dying, it's like, almost like near frozen, like time slows down to a crawl for that realm, and then it becomes a ball.
It becomes one of these orbs, and then it's transported to some other realm. The goal is that 300 of these orbs will appear in one realm at one time, and somebody could be able to bring them together and destroy everything. That's pretty much the core of it. But then how can we have the world in a ball but also be on the world?
It's called magic, right? Have you ever seen Men in Black? It's pretty much like. Yeah, it's kind of like the little marbles. Like 30 years ago, but it is very much whatever it, I didn't steal from that, but it is kind of now, it's a very good analogy of kind of what happens. And what you guys had learned was what it comes down to is that the reason would whisper into early culture, tell I will give you secrets of great magic and power, and it convinces these people to do some spell.
So when they do that spell, it pretty much establishes that when this that world dies, it will be held in a state, as in its final days as these orbs and the goal of making the 333 of these.
So that's kind of the crux of that.
So right now, US wants to get this one fixed, that you guys do have an opportunity though. If you have any other other questions for this one, get this.
Yeah. So we help her fix this or is that is that helping us fix this world as well, or is that still going to what? I'm still going to die? That I don't know. I'm hoping that by bringing you guys here as a, outside influence upon the battles, that seems to be part of what was going wrong here, that in the long run, it might assist.
But as far as how it will completely change it, that I'm uncertain at this time.
I will say that's my hope, though. And you see the others because they kind of shared in that, mostly because it seems like this is their home.
You just have to follow her to the forge. Well, I'm going to leave you guys with them. They're going to go to the forge with you and then, head back with you guys to actually, they are going to help you. The warforged that you guys had found in the custody of Ursa. But I just wanted to give you an opportunity, since, like I said, I won't be able to talk to you guys again to till you guys get to the city.
The only reason I was able to pull all this off is that it seems that the floating island had a very large obelisk, which was allowed me the to channel as much energy and power as I did for this.
Remind me how we figured out where to or how to get to the city in the mist. Or that someone was very. As it stands right now, you guys know that if you guys will, there are one. There's one thing that you guys, that one of your party members knows about. there's also, as it stands right now, you guys were planning on going to Tradewinds and then to drop off, some cargo and passengers, and then from there fly out to where you believe it should be.
All right. But now we have based here. So. Or that's what ask, Yeah. Go ahead. So you know best you can ask her. You said you can't. You will talk to us again until we get to the city. But we're a little unsure of where that is. Are we on the right track? Can you tell us anything?
Oh, you guys are going the right way. my goal was that you guys. And it's the reason why I've never pushed you guys too fast to get there. Because I need you guys to be strong and powerful enough for when you guys get there. And when I first saw you in your studies that day and kind of started this with you, you were not ready.
But I think through you guys journeys and I've seen how you guys have matured and progressed in your various vocations, I find that you guys are getting more and more ready for the challenges that will lie ahead. By the way, as you guys, if you guys are eating the food, like I said, you guys have not taken a long rest in the last couple games yet, so your spell slots are still spent, but if you guys eat during this meal, you will be able to regain all of your hit points.
So is it a hero's feast or just not a hero's feast? Of course. Okay, just enough, but it is enough to kind of replenish your health is chanted in that way. going back to fast, replenish the health, but not the spell slot. Right. Okay. and then see, it also warned that it might not be a good idea to sleep while you guys are here.
so as I was saying, is that you are on the right path. you are gaining in strength and power as you get closer to where you where I am. You guys have all the tools necessary to get there. kind of looks at shadow and you have the, the tool, the tools and methods that you would need point, isn't it?
Yeah, that would be enough to get you there. Do we have what we will need to accomplish our goal once we get there? That's my hope. a lot of that's going to come from you. I will say that, so far, I am glad that you have not, found the. That you've been able to resist any urge to use the power that is in the orbs for as much as they hold.
Unlimited power, it would seem. They also are very corrupted. it's one of the reasons why I did choose you. I was sure that you would be able to resist that. And, I think if you've been able to do that, I think you guys will be fully prepared to handle the challenges and helping my Pharaoh continue to lead my people.
Can you tell us anything about what we need to do there? there will be challenges that will, that. It's kind of hard for me to do because it's part of the the ceremony, if you will, that allows, my pharaoh to survive is to not reveal too much until things are done.
But, I can tell you that there will be challenges that I think you guys have been preparing for.
Just use the coin where we would put the orb right in the ship. Well, there's a coin slot in front of the orb, but it's the same box. Yeah. for all intents and purposes, this can be considered a short rest. if you want to. Yeah. If there's anything that you need out of a short rest, we'll know.
That way I can restore my spell slots. because you have a feature. Yeah, yeah, it's a short rest. So if there's any feature that or. I mean, you don't need to use. That's what I'm saying. You don't need to use hit die, though, because you just eat the food and you get the hit points back. It's just the act of a long rest.
Going to sleep is a problem, right? Right. But as far as the short runs, yeah, this would count as a short rest. Yeah. You guys are having a good time to eat and talk. I'm just using all my arcane recovery points.
Just in case we need them.
Oh, okay. let's go to this question.
So, and this was on the conversation that you posted. That's something we heard. Yeah. It does hurt when you guys were kind of transitioning between points.
but.
On names are brought up that come into our hard melons. Recently I was going to ask,
Did you cut out?
A feeling you're cutting out their chunk of.
Check. Oh. We lost him. Yeah. I don't see him in the roll. 20. I don't see anybody in roll 20. Oh, we went back to the other board. Sorry. That's right. That we did that was, I noticed there was too many things missing on the other board. So that was kind of bugging me a bit because the back up one.
So. Yeah. Go to the back up. Yeah, yeah. There's a map at the that was.
In the list that it didn't have any of the pictures done through the pictures flash page. You mean you see the big old white box and. Okay, we're okay. Right. Messed. You backtrack. I thought I heard something.
I don't know, am I back? There you are. Yep. I'm. I'm back. Okay. I said I wanted to thank you. I appreciate, best for obviously saving lives. spring is here to help her out with what she was built up. is that going to cause any problems with any other deities that might be looking upon us now because of what you just did is specifically, sure.
You mentioned travel, and we've had some encounters with, some folks here as well. So make sure it's not going to be a problem. It shouldn't be. That's the, the great thing about it, Byron, is, they have a different connection with their gods here. to the point where I don't even know if they even exist here anymore.
The, the gods here seem to be more faith based and don't interact with the the denizens of this plane, whereas, as far as is concerned, your death was too quick for it to for him to have registered, and it will just appear to him, well, to any other gods, as if you traveled to ever wrong or to another plane, and then just came back to that plane, which is pretty normal for adventurers, and it shouldn't trigger any issues.
That was kind of my hopes. Is that bringing you here at the right time allowed me to just send you back there, and anybody spotting it would be like you just walked into that plane and instead of dying, will we be able to come back? Oh, here it is. Who knows? There's always ways that, plane riders and others have traveled back and forth between planes.
I mean, I don't know if this is exactly the kind of plane that you'd want to be traveling to. And at that point, you even see, like, another, red crystal fly from the sky near the, the the, orb. You guys are in. Yeah. There. there's a lot of things kind of hitting the fan here, and, hopefully by stopping the warforged invasion, that will allow them, a little bit more time to handle some of the other issues they have going on.
Dang it. How often you get a chance to insight check on God to see if they're lying, but I totally believe. I mean, you can try. I think shadows. Yeah, I believe it. anything? Yeah. I mean, yeah. okay. one more question then about these forwards. We're going to you states where they would have these war forged people soldiers.
That is correct. Is that something is that knowledge protected or, I'm just worried about this forged in our world. And if Ursa could start pressing her own war forged soldiers, that would not be very good. Well, I think that was, her goal. I think that's what she was trying to do with the, the one you guys freed, from underneath that church.
Is that why she wants the orb from us? I do believe that she had, plans on trying to find a way of channeling that energy into it. and that's why I do fear that, it wouldn't have worked out the way she wanted to. And, I think you guys kind of were able to pretty much keep all the people on that, city safe by your actions and not handing that over to her.
I will admit, though, I don't know how much longer it has until something does damage it. It seems that it got weekend with the, the ritual that the beholder was working on it with.
hopefully we can fix it over here. yeah. The, the warforged. Yeah. I'm pretty sure I have it figured out and how to handle it. It's. I'm just going to need you guys to kind of help me handle this silver flame. But, once you guys get your marks, it should be fine. What are the marks going to specifically do for us?
And she he looks over at best. And, it's just for a moment and says, my understanding is that. With most of the marks, they usually grant some type of ability or knowledge to those. Or, joining a cult state that it's more of like unlocking the potential that is within you. we we are pretty certain that it might be possible, due to some factors, that you guys would be actually a, a new mark that has never been seen on camera.
would they still benefit us when we go home, or does it only work on ever on? I would. Curious looks back at best. And she's. I'm pretty certain that's it. If you guys are actually, do have the proper gift for the mark that it. The power should still work on Abra. back in the day, it's pretty rare that.
Well, I can't say that because, in four little, problems, rolled magic doesn't work at all. It seems, But that's, because the fact of how ever on and, the air they work. You're certain that the magic should should still work? Is this a time thing? Do we have to do this in a timely matter?
Well, only in the sense that, obviously, at a certain point here, you will probably get a little bit too tired to keep staying awake. And at that point, if you fall asleep here, I can't really stop what might happen that I just mean, like, is it do we need to, like, get up and go right now?
Is it that sort of emergent? I mean, if you guys are ready to go, I mean, I just wanted to give you guys an opportunity to kind of, talk about things.
If you have any questions, like I said, I mean, I'd like to just give you an opportunity since, I'm not gonna be able to talk to you guys until you guys get to my, my little domain.
I'm good to go. Yeah. Okay. Well, in that case, well, I guess, there was some things that we wanted to make sure that we gave you guys since, it was kind of the deal as far as, helping out here with their little problem, and, the, warforged pulls out a, a, haversack, like a, a side pouch and kind of, puts it on the table and kind of slides it over to you guys.
You open it, you open the bag and, he's like, oh, right, right, right. It's he grabs you, kind of takes the bag back from you for a second and kind of starts putting his hand in and starts pulling things out and, And he pulls out, a black stone back. It looks something like, this one.
can you guys see that for, like. Nope. Oh, yeah. There's all the other things that you could see. Them, party members. So this little creatures, that guy that you see flying around, you in this.
this is the little halfling that's with you guys.
You you are there. You are.
There you go. So it's a smooth black stone with, like, a little sigil on the front.
We've seen that before. Haven't we? Know? I think we have. We were supposed to. Oh, okay. It might have been on the map when I went over there. Okay. yeah. I think one of the times you're trying to show us something, this popped up instead, because we have seen it, so. Yeah. Let me put this. Yeah, we did Arcanum.
So you guys can keep the bag? It's a bag of holding. You know, the bag holding. you see the black stone? See, there's five, metal bars. this is adamantium. they're worth about a thousand gold pieces to each, I believe in your own, we were thinking we could give you guys coins, but, that might get a little suspicious since, the coins we have our minted for our realm and not yours like ingots.
Adamantine. But these are. These are for cars, like, like a gold bar. But adamantium ingots are usually like little bits. I think those are nuggets. Yeah, and ingots can be either. How much did you say they were worth? Those are, I believe if you play Minecraft, you know the difference between it and a nugget. Minecraft. Been a while.
what does Minecraft, What a thing is in reality. So, so I believe those are probably worth about a thousand gold pieces each in a row. I'm sure you'll be able to get that. there is a ring and a set of bracers. Oh, and a potion.
Don't do the ring or the bracers. Look familiar? no. The, the ring. What you notice on the ring is it looks like to be like some type of goldish kind of silvery, maybe electrum metal. and on the top, it's got, like this, like, green stone in there. the bracers, are made of bronze. They seem to be lined with, like, a soft purple velvet.
you see a couple, like, engravings of swirling designs on those. And then it tells you at least, at least I know what the potion. That's a potion of healing for you. in case you need one of those, tell us what these are. the bracers are, called, they're the bracers of celerity. they will make you a little bit faster.
And, they can, kind of help you with, center. In certain situations where you want to, keep yourself out of being paralyzed or, or restrained, it can be helpful in those situations. that ring is what we call an acid slinger. And, what that will do is, it will help give you a little bit of extra acid damage.
when you attack somebody, if you happen to be a, a of some sort, it will allow you to cast magic Stone three times a day. it's usually a ring that some casters like to have when they travel. and that final other thing is called a, a glyph, glyph stone.
And those are from our realm, very, helpful for people. in fact, when you guys get back to your homeland and I'm able to fix gear lock is the, warforged that you guys have, saved, he's got one as well. Oh, the one that we have on our ship. Yeah, his name is Gear Lock.
And when we go, we're going to go back with you, and we're going to help, kind of bring him back. back to life. Did we tell them that we had him? No, but best told us. Oh, that's was or he. Oh, no, we thank you. You were, the the experiments that Ursa, as we understand, that was doing, me and my friend here,
Oh, God, I forgot her. little halfling friend here. we had been looking along for him, though. What was his name again? the one that's, back there is Kieran Locke, one that's talking right now. I forgot.
To find out that. Oh, I meant the one on our ship. His name is Gear Long. Oh, Elly Wick is the halfling.
The halfling. Oh, the, warforged you are talking to is not there.
You know, starts with me. Okay.
Or something like that. it's gear luck. T like the powerful. Like, what is it? Was it you? It's. He knows how to do a little bit of this and that. mostly he, he studies, the, the draconic prophecies of ever on and, Oh, he he he might also be a little bit of reason why.
My understanding is that your guys's realm has a little bit of talk about the prophecies a lot. Talk about it. How did Earth's, like, get a hold of him if he's from here? he. Well, that's the thing. Is he. Long ago, he ended up finding his way to your realm. when he found his way there, though, he, had pretty much already died.
but somehow his body had kept moving on its. It's kind of hard for us to really fully understand it, but me and, my friend. Look here. We had been long looking in various places. Elswick has a great power that she is actually a plane rider. She's able to go in through different planes and we spent a couple out a decade or so actually trying to figure out where he had gone.
By the time we had found out, it was a little bit too late, to really do much about it until work said that she might have a connection that would help us. Turns out the connection is best.
Taken.
To just be. That other thing that.
That no government.
All right. but we're here to help you fix the orb and drop the warforged. Well, you've already done what you can for the warforged situation, so hopefully. And she looks down. Hopefully that'll be enough to keep them from getting destroyed. And they'll be able to handle some of the other situations here. looks over at the halfling, and I'm pretty certain that should be enough, at least for now.
But no, the only thing you guys still need to do here is just fix the orb, because I'm going to need that when you guys get to, get to me because, Yeah, we're gonna need four of those for the, ritual.
And. You know, I didn't make it to this visit. Or. What's the warforged? Who were they fighting? But that's who was, So the warforged are being that are down there that are fighting are all led by the Lord of blades, and he doesn't like the other sentient races. you have to understand, the warforged were created during a larger war that they had here.
They were created just for war. And, once that war was over, a lot of them felt their purpose was,
Unfulfilled. And so he had spent the last few decades creating a resistance. And his goal was to, pretty much destroy all life on this planet that is intelligent outside of the warforged, the Lord of blades. Yes.
And and my understanding is that he could have done it, but we and he has some powerful friends that we're keeping most of the other powerful beings on this realm from stopping him. Which is why you guys came in handy. Bringing in somebody from another realm out of nowhere was unexpected.
And that, the stone. Is going to be on a hand up in a second.
so this this stone, actually, it's got quite a bit that it can do. the six inches by 2.5in, quarter of an inch high. you can see the single glyph, the other side, there's, like, the little long row of tiny little runes on it as well. this one does require attunement, but it's a special attunement.
Once the you once you spent an hour or two attuned to this, item, you can then choose one item, the other item that you, are attuned to. And now you can actually switch between them with a five minute ritual. And what that means is this is not a, really great for a combat purposes, but it allows you to be able to go back to it without having to spend an hour or two attuned to it.
but then you can kind of see the, the abilities that it has on the hand I just shared with you.
but if you guys are, if you guys are done eating and have no other further questions, you guys can go and, go ahead and go down to the, Hidden Forge.
Did you see some gems? he said, all right.
At the show us where it's, Oh, of course. the halfling stands up and, they all start sending off a bit and the, the vest says, well, well, then my time with you guys is done until I see you again. best of luck. And I do hope you guys continue to, in your travels and are able to make it in time.
And, with that, she disappears. The halfling, pulls a loot from the back. That's all right, guys. And she played it as she starts playing a few notes. you guys disappear and reappear in front of a large mountain, as you guys come out into in front of the mountain, you can still see the breaking crystal ring up in the sky.
It's shifted in position. So obviously you guys are on a different place on this, planet. but you can still see, as you guys look off to the horizon, you can still see a weird darkness at the edge that seems to be kind of trying to grow up, to come up past the horizon.
And,
The, halfling, looks to the warforged who starts looking around, the edge of the mountain. There's this, cave. It's actually more of like a cliff facing in front of you. So it kind of goes up quite a bit, and then it kind of goes up towards the mountain top. but this sheer wall that you guys are kind of looking at, he starts kind of like filling around various parts of the wall.
And, you see, at some point, though, his hand goes inside of the wall. He's like, okay, here we go. And you see him walk into the, the cliff side. And it seems that there's some type of an illusion that's kind of hiding whatever's inside of it. You see the other, characters that are with you, the crystal guy, the halfling, the little flying guy, and the, robotic dog.
They kind of look at you, and then they all start walking into the cliff wall. I guess we'll follow. Yep. All follow that. as you guys follow into the cave wall, you can see it's pretty dark. the warforged pulls out a torch. He had pulled out a torch before you guys had gotten in there, though, and he was just lighting it with a tinderbox.
they kind of start taking you through these, various twists and turns, of this, caverns, as he gets to a, another area where he's like, I think it should be here. and he kind of points to a wall, and he puts his hand into that wall right there as well, and he says, okay, this is where you guys will need to go to see if you can get the mark.
if the mark, if you would like to be tested, we need this mark to help you with, let's go join a cult, guys. Over. Oh, shadow will. All right, let's do it. As you guys go into the, the wall. it's still it's pretty dark in here for a second. And as you're eyes adjust, you see that, you kind of had done the same thing in the scene.
The wall was an illusion. but as you come into this area here, there's a soft glow. Even in the walls. There's, like, veins of, some other crystals. very much like what you had seen in the, the kaiju automaton you guys are in, it's these crystals are not like, the exactly like the ones you guys have back at the day, but, these ones seem to have a little bit of a glow enough that you guys are able to kind of make your way through a little tunnel wise, as you guys kind of get to at what seems to be, another dead end,
each one of you guys kind of, feels like you're kind of drifting a bit. And you don't see your friends anymore. and what I'm going to do is just go.
To the discord. so I'm going to have each one of you guys go in the discord one at a time, into the private chat. we'll start with Jamie, since she's right there. And so here, everything this.
All right, so you hear you hear a voice in your head, and it asks you what is your greatest strength.
And what would you say is your greatest weakness?
And what would you say is the biggest curiosity you've ever had without an answer?
What is it that you've sought most to know about? And you have yet to learn?
About that.
Bit. So it's hard for me to hear. Because you're not talking to think so about best in connection to what? You. To me and our people. And even with this interaction with her, with her being so cagey and not really giving straight answers, it's just made that she's even more confused. It is a side note that is actually the question I had was your biggest curiosity.
And it's funny you kept saying that word. Well, because it it makes sense for her, I guess her her strength is that. But then it's at the same time, it's also her greatest weakness. I know, it's just it's funny that that also, the next question I have to ask you is your biggest curiosity read. That's like, oh crap.
you hear the voice now say in your head.
The answers that you seek are obtainable. You have an opportunity. If you choose to take on the mark. What you'll have to do is when you guys get to the silver flame, put your hands into the flame. It will not burn much, but it will give you the brand.
What's, on and write everything down.
Okay, so she has to go into the other room and just stick her hand in the fire. You'll see. You'll see the the silver flame. And you'll put your hands in the fire. Yes. If you are willing to take on the mark.
Go ahead and have become attached to so your.
So, as you are, you feel like your friends are not near you anymore, and kind of. Everything's in dark shadow. You hear this voice in your head and ask you what is your greatest strength?
You want me to answer yes, or am I thinking about it? Oh, do you mean you hear the voice? But it's asking you the question.
But I'm. I know it's, Dan. Yes? Am I telling you the answer, or is it, like, for my character if you think it would be your character? Yeah. This is a yeah. It's all from the viewpoint of your character. But I'm telling you, my voicing it aloud to you right now. It's just asking what the greatest strength is that Calliope thinks she has, I guess.
But the you need to know it for the game. Or maybe just, like writing it down. No. Yeah. You're just. You're saying it out loud. Okay? Okay. I think that's another question. Sorry. Okay. her greatest strengths. is probably to make people to help people forget reality.
She's a distraction. Distract? What would you say is your greatest weakness?
I think that kind of plays into her greatest strength for. Maybe she doesn't. Take things seriously enough. Like it's not. It's not a permanent thing. And. What would you say is your biggest curiosity for that? Which you have no answer. What is it you seek? No.
Yes. I guess curiosity.
Purpose.
I find that that is something that is obtainable for you. If, you wish to take on the mark, you guys will be. Find yourselves in a room with the silver flame. If you put your hands into the silver flames, you will be granted the mark. And with that, the voice kind of disappears. go ahead and have Barlow come in.
As you get closer to that area, you feel like everything kind of goes black and you don't see your friends around you anymore. And then you hear a voice in your head and ask you. What is your greatest strength?
Check, check my chat. Can you hear me? Okay. Yeah, I hear you. Did you hear what I said? I said delay? Nope. Nothing was coming through. So just small research community. So as you, as you get into this area, everything kind of goes dark and, you don't see your friends around you anymore, and you hear a voice in your head and ask you, what is your greatest strength?
Greatest strength? Strength. Oh. That as much. Right. That strength.
Oh.
Strength. I really like helping or helping others. For the selfless one. Risking self for other people. There it is. Strength. So I guess it would be.
Not one person's human nervous courage or, selflessness. Maybe selflessness. maybe. And I mean, that's kind of what I mean, he he kind of. It's kind of a lie. He puts it on like he's, I mean, you know, kind of doing some things for himself, but in, in, in, in the grand scheme of things, it is for other than the other people besides not you.
Yeah. He kind of was himself first. But if the helping is to other people don't do that good. Okay. And so then what would you say is your greatest I guess. Oh well I would rather quickly whip up arrogance, but, I would say cynicism because I believe that is a flaw I put on my character sheet.
so I'm pretty cynical for toward people that actually present themselves as virtuous just for the you know, I know it's a it's a, it's an oxymoron for me to say that. So but my belief is I don't believe it in other people. You people don't do the good things for the kindness of their own heart. There's they're doing it to get something.
No, I gotcha yeah. Cynical. I hear the voice ask you, what is your biggest curiosity without an answer? What is that that you seek the most to know about?
More about myself. I, know my personal my personal backstory, but that's mostly more of, like, my answer. My ancestry of where my apartment bloodline came from because of these strange beast transformations. I'm always curious why? What? Why does that happen?
Then it's something. I think that that's my biggest answer. Number one, am I? I think you are on the way to coming to those answers. And for that you are worthy of the mark if you so choose. When you see the silver flame, you can put your hands into the fire and you will be gifted the mark in your choice.
And with that, it's gone. Go ahead and have Veronica come in next. Oh brother two oh, I have to choose a mark now or later. what he's told you is that you will put your hand into the what it's called the silver flame in the flame. And then that will can give you. Okay. Okay. We don't get there.
oh. Hello. So, everything kind of goes dark, and, you hear a voice that comes into your head and says. So what is your greatest strength?
My greatest strength? Yes. This is possessed, by the way. Yes, yes. That's clear.
Please. My greatest strength is.
My appreciation for life. And I was once.
And what would you then say is your greatest weakness?
My trust in others. And finally. What is your biggest curiosity for that? For which you have no answer? That you must seek to know about?
How all of life is connected.
I will say that is, that could be one of the harder ones to learn more about, but I think you are on your way for finding that. And so if you so choose to have the mark put upon you, when you find the silver flame, put your hands in inside of it, and you will be granted the gift.
And with that, you're out of that, you're back around your friends. Go ahead and send them in. All right.
and I clarify.
Get. Low. We'll talk about that later. Changing and clarifying. Okay. You can talk to me about that later.
Okay. So best in everything goes dark. and then you hear this voice in your head and it asks you what is your greatest strength.
And.
Determination. And what would you say is your greatest weakness?
Overconfidence.
Finally, what is your biggest curiosity without an answer? What is it that you most seek to know about?
The inner workings of magic itself.
There are many that have spent their lives learning to explore that question and not finding any answers. I find that you are well on your way though, of learning much more than others have, and for that you are worthy of the mark. When you see the silver flame, and you so choose to have the mark put upon you, put your hands inside of the flame and you'll be given that gift.
And with that you are sent back in front with all your friends, right? And you go back.
I wonder if that's why you started laughing. He was like, just tell me later. I'm like, no, no, no, I'm not changing, man. I'm just clarifying. And he was like, just tell me later. That's good to me. That's what the whole story is about. Clarifying. Yeah, yeah. Followed. I think I had the longest conversation, and I only realized after I started doing this with you guys, I did not mean for the sound like a job interview.
No, I. Like I had I hate those questions in job interviews. What are you supposed to say? I didn't realize it until the first call. I said, hey, go ahead, send the next one in. And I'm like, Holy crap, this is a job interview. It totally was the. So the voice that you guys all heard all happened at the same time.
So you guys kind of got towards the end of this cave work. And as you got into like, you all took a step, you all had your own personal experiences with, The Voice. And at the same time, when you guys were done, you guys kind of were back together again. And at this point, the wall in front of you does open up.
And as you look down the hallway, there's a little bit of, like a stairwell that goes down and at the bottom of the stairwell, you can see a, a, ring of stones with a, a silver flame, a fire. But it looks as if it is silver that is on fire down there. you can see the other members of this party is now is down there waiting for you.
and you can see that it kind of the hallway then kind of goes off to the right.
I guess we'll head down. That was voice that was gonna head wasn't wasn't recognizable. Recognize it? Wasn't it? okay. You couldn't even believe until the gender of it. it almost did. Kind of, kind of, did almost seem like it would change in tone from time to time throughout it. So it was not any, specific voice.
Objections. Okay. as you come down to the rest of them, the, the. Warforged fighter group is why this place to stay? he, says if you guys are ready, we need to take the flame to the, other room so we can get the forge going. I will say, once we start working on it, I am concerned there might be something that I'm not sure what the the the protocols were that were left behind.
so I would just say just be ready for anything. what do you mean, take it? we're not supposed to touch it. Obviously.
We need to find a way of taking, the flames to the other room. You know, it doesn't seem like it's working with the, the torches or anything. But I know that we need to use it to get the the forge going.
Before you do that.
And shadow sticks your hands in the flames. Okay? As you stick your hands into the flames. it's neither cold nor hot. you can see, like your fist. They start to glow with the silvery light. and then you can kind of feel a tickle. is there any specific part where you would want this marking?
The back of her neck. so as you feel something kind of happening to your, it's almost like, subconscious, you kind of directing it there.
And this little mark appears on the back of your neck. it's almost looks like. It's like of the crystals that you see here. And this is the pattern, and it looks like.
as shadow did that says, okay, that's another one that it.
So then where would you like to direct yours off of my foot?
Left to right. Left.
And you? To see your hands kind of glow. This like silvery fire that kind of lights them. And you're able to kind of hold this flame. at the moment.
Is it the same mark that appears on her body, too? yeah. This one's on. appears on her foot, but she's wearing boots, so you don't really see it, but she knows it's there. Oh.
And are they now carrying this thing? Their hands are lit. They are holding the flame, like. Kind of like, It's like their hand is on fire. That's what it looks like. And it's a silvery kind of flame that's burning their on both of their hands. because, that's your hands into the forge, and I'll put my hand and get my hand with her.
Okay. so as your hands start to light up, you feel the, the tingle, and you feel like you can direct where the mark is going to form. Where would you like it to form? so I have a feeling of how big it is. you feel like you can cover my entire chest or, like, on my shoulder?
I would say that you feel like you can kind of, even as it's kind of forming as it's coming through, is that you can even if you want it to be smaller or larger, you would have that kind of control right now.
All right. I get to try and stamp.
Please tell me. It's like the whole of your lower back. And what I should actually say with the. I'm sorry, I just realized with the tobacco. See, right above my butt cheeks as it kind of forms on the skin there, it even kind of alters a bit of the fur that grows out of those parts to kind of like it reaches the fur.
Yeah, but it kind of might turn some of this, almost like thin pieces of crystal.
Ooh. Okay. And then how about, Calliope and Benson? Do you guys do the same?
I do the same. You're on mute. I did the same. But I try to, like, scoop up some of the flame as you to see if I can, like, hold it. Well, so as you kind of scoop your hand through there, like. And then you pull your hand out of the. It's your hand is on fire. Like you don't feel any, you don't feel any pressure or hot or cold from it, but your hand is as if it is on fire.
The flame is kind of encircled around your fist and kind of like, lit up a bit, like maybe a couple of inches above your hand as it's kind of, burning. No real fuel, but it's on your hand. And where do you feel that you want to direct the mark as it starts to come on the top of my, right hand.
How about you, Calliope?
Yeah, I'd probably poke it. Right. Where do you, direct your mark?
Or is everybody else doing it again? So you see shadows, forms on the back of her neck? you don't see where this is? Barlow, the forms on the back of his body is. But pretty much hers was on her left foot. Barlow was on it as a tramp stamp, and. And it seemed, forms on the on the back of his right hand going up.
What was that movie? I think it's the baseball on the back of his hand.
I'll put it on one of my, like like by her ankle will be okay. Left there. right. And then, left. So as these things form on you guys, you guys can choose one thing.
So give me a second here.
So you can choose to have more advantage. On initiatives.
Or you can add one d10 to your high jump and long jump.
Or you can choose one, skill proficiency.
Or language of your choice. you can or you can even learn one cantrip.
From any branch.
So it doesn't even have to be like, if you want to learn a cleric or whatever, or you can have it so that your unarmed attacks add a one, three, 1D3 damage of bludgeoning.
Yeah. So those are the choices, as you guys have all received, the what? This called the mark of the adventurer.
I will let you guys, if you don't know which one you want to pick, you guys can tell me at the next game. But those are the choices that, you get to pick one of those abilities. Rob the mark. Yeah. I'm going to take. That's pretty sweet.
The, at this point, the war forces. Well, I guess that will work. And he directs you guys into, into another room. as you guys come into that room, it is very warm in this room. as you see, it is mostly lit because of the lava that is all around. you can see the map and, or.
There simply. No, let me do this.
Let's.
You guys will be coming down, so. Oh, there we go.
Okay. So blind. And you're still on mute. You're still breathing. It's still black. Yep. I don't see any. Oh, there you go. I thought Artie was not with me. He is now. he was there with everybody. Oh, yeah. it was because he was with, Bastian. he doesn't have as much hit points as you guys.
or it, actually, Clive, he has more than, has less than him. So that does not fly.
And fix what's going on with Bastian? That's what I thought. I fixed that.
Does you have vision?
drag your mouse and try and find your character in there. That's the kind of near the south of, the map. Like, right about here. I don't think my character's on the map. It is. I don't see my character. So, like, if you grab your mouse, I do drag it around that area. You should be able to select it.
Oh, there we go. And then move it and see if that helps. No. And let me do this. And maybe if you drag it here. Drag it right about here. Yeah. Here we go. There is some of that. Yeah. It's nice. It's a drag and drop that. I don't know why, but, so you see, in this large room, it's circled by, like this lava flow that's all around you.
the, You can see, there's a little, like, pit of, like, crystal here. There's like a, a active lava pit here. there's a weird, kind of apparatus that's over here, some type of liquid over here. And then there's all types of machinery and, clockworks like you've seen when you guys are inside of the automaton.
obviously.
One second is loading.
Come on.
It's the loading. Give me a second.
Was a movie where, like, it was like the beginning of the internet. And they're trying to, like, download some porn picture and was taking forever. Like, line by line.
Just kind of gives you guys a view or not. Sure if you guys can see it properly.
That look like it's the size of a warforged. So, Oh, the the thing that's right there. it. No, it's it's not a it's not an automaton of any kind. It's just that it's like, looks like some type of, like, machinery where, it looks like there's, like lava that's coming up through the center of it, and then it kind of comes off to the side and then goes back down.
So like, the love is kind of bubbling up in the center on the top of that thing, and then it kind of spills off to the sides. And then I kind of pause back down, pointing like you can see what I'm pointing up. but yeah, that's what that that right there is what you're seeing up here.
the, yeah, I did put down some. Let's put, see if you have an iron defender that's with you.
We'll put down a warforged soldier to be our little friend here. The warforged, I'll tell you. So, first of all, I'm going to need the, the or the orb. Whoever's got that.
And I help you. Yeah, it's in the, I think I have it. Yeah, yeah, I handed over.
Half the the flying. So, So he takes the from you. and he kind of sets himself into place over here. you see these guys go off over here to kind of start dealing with to start messing with some dials over here.
And, he tells you. So what I'm going to need you guys to do is to take that silver flame in your hands and put it into this little apparatus that's in front of this, machine here. this thing right here.
I do it, yeah. So one by one, you guys put, as you guys put your hands into, like, there's, like, this large opening and you put your hands into. And it kind of like the the flame wisp off of you. And as it goes into the apparatus, you see it, first of all, form up on the large machine that's chained behind it, where it the the lava that's kind of spouting out through the center.
It is, it pops up, you can see the silver flame kind of mixing in with it and, a little bit of that silvery glow slowly kind of starts even going out into the lava that's around you. he takes the orb and he puts it into there for a moment, and it starts taking on the silvery light.
the little flying creature floats over to where there's, this little thing of crystals and kind of grabs a bit of that, and you see him take the crystal and start kind of hammering it on to the, the anvil, almost as if he's, like, hammering the crystal into, wedge into the broken parts. he would then take the, the hammer once again, this time taking the hammer into where the silver flame was put.
And it takes on that silvery glow, and he kind of goes at work trying to repair this thing.
There's a point, as he's kind of working on this, that you start to hear some kind of like sound of, like some of the rocks kind of breaking up, on the rooftop a little bit, though, you see, like, just like a little bit of dust kind of falling down. It would be mostly, Shadow and Barlow.
At first. I would start to see some of this kind of happening as the ringing of the. The hammering kind of lays out.
down to the roof, sure. To how high is the ceiling? it looks to be,
Probably, let's say, like about, 60 to 100ft above you at places. For the most part, it's not exactly like a well carved room. It's very rough hewn up there. So it kind of varies. is it actively cracking or just like, dust? Give me a perception check.
2222 which you actually see is you see, just various parts, but then you kind of know it's it seems to be mostly centered on the, about the center of the room, almost, where you see, yeah. As you're kind of trying to make out what you what's going on? You see one that like, I was going backwards.
The leg might. Eight toes. It's tight to the ceiling. the it's the leg tight. kind of starts cracking a bit. And as it falls down, you can see, like, it was a little bit hollow. Almost. And out comes this, a very large automaton. you.
Have a description of what you see.
If you.
you see this massive construct where it's got like, one, one arm has this, like, large stone and metal, like, almost like primitive hammer. And the other one has a very large blade that kind of comes out,
it seems to be constructed of wood, stone and metal, much like the other warforged that you have seen. its towers, though, over your size. You see that there's even bits of, like, adamantium crafted into the, the armor as well. Embedded maul in place of a hand. And an embedded ax for the other. And we are going to go ahead and roll initiative, as it definitely wants to stop you guys from doing what you are doing.
I'm going to get to, He was in the stalactite. It seemed that it kind of was kind of like camouflaging him a bit. And, it might have been a bit hollow. So, that kind of help him stay up there. But as the work was going on, it was able to actually wake it up.
And it wasn't one.
Of.
These. Anybody else? Hey, what about me? Come on.
Well, normally I'm the one rolling down there. Barlow. I'm not. I'm not 28. Yeah. Goodness. And while the bad guy gets a one, I'll get mine on it.
All right. For a bit, then,
Why did it put in that? Backwards. So, Bassett, as you see, this thing land on the ground, what do you do? I am I unmuted? No. Yeah, yeah, I was going. Oh, I was just going to say it definitely seems hostile. I just want to make sure that that's clear. That's it. You see it?
I'm going to cast your wing. And still one strike.
You know one thing, but that those the. It's up to five creatures. You can make a melee attack against each target. I don't know if you can use them all on the same target. Yeah, it still was. It's for groups, so I'll give you the chance if you. Because you're only going to really be able to go off.
Yeah. You wouldn't know that. So Okay. let's, let's go with your.
Go go go. Yeah. It's a nasty spell. Six and three. The five creatures. That's fucking insane. Level five. Spell cheese.
looks like you haven't played this in a while. I haven't played this in a while.
So I'm not. I'm going to kill this one elsewhere. I'm going to cast haste on myself first off, and then I'm going to bonus action for Blade Song. Okay.
You gave me a little thing to toggle last time.
right. I know there's some changes in this. You should be.
then I should be able to move close to him and attack.
this should be 24. And then just normal rapier attack.
Oh, and are you the 20? Goodness, why are you guys cheating?
In. So. Yes.
I'm making up for those which are not rolling. And do I double it? And it's only one right? It's, No, no, my role is a two plus five plus the modifier. Right. The two is the crit. So you rolled a nine and you got to. You rolled a two for the two, you roll two twos. Essentially what you did this is rolling two plus five plus two.
And then you have crit was a two. And then your cold damage got a three and a two. Yeah. Oh okay. Yeah. So it it gave you the 20 but then it's an oh no no no we're giving you low rolls on the damage. Not that.
So that's 11 16. no. And my turn. your. Oh, wow. I'm actually much higher than that. What? Nothing. I forget when I pop haste and and blade Song. I'm at 26 AC. ready? Liar.
Okay, I'm going to. Yes. where is it? point to the automaton and cast true strike. and that will give me a brief insight into the target's defenses, right. To see where he's got. Well, that if I remember, I, I think that'll does just gives you an advantage on your next hit. So it's flavor that it does the defenses because that's what happened last time too.
But actually thinking of which that is actually one of the spells.
Give me a second here in that thing I was talking about earlier, the spell changes. Yeah. It's complicated. So they updated that spell. So the way that this is working now is the original true strike. I'm calling it lucky. True strike. and but all it does is I think it just gives you an advantage on your next attack against that creature.
if you want, though, there's a secondary version, and you get. I will give you a one time chance to decide which one you want. The other one is, I'm calling it weapons true. Strike. And that is a cantrip. The difference here, though, is a you have to have a component as a weapon with which you have a proficiency.
And so you make one attack with that weapon, and the attack uses your spellcasting ability for the attack and the damage rolls instead of using strength or dexterity. If the attack deals damage, it can then be radiant damage or the weapons normal damage. Type your choice. It also has an upgrade whether you choose to deal radiant damage or the weapons normal damage type.
The attack though, will deal extra radiant damage when you reach level 511 and 17. so pretty much what it is that it allows. It's almost like in a way, like, with the weapon you choose, when you make that attack, instead of making an attack with it, you're you're casting the spell through strike, but you're actually using that weapon as the component.
And as you do that, you can use your in your case, your charisma, ability for your attack and damage roles, as well as get extra damage in that attack. Would that be something that's close range or it can be anything. It's got to be a weapon. it doesn't say whether melee or ranged. So as long as it's a I will allow right now and unless they change it, but it will be allowed melee or ranged weapons before.
Okay. So I'll give you the chance right now. Like because since it is a cantrip, but it's a rule change. So you can choose which one, which version of two strike. Do you want to have? I don't have any weapons. Like I'm not a fighter, so I don't think that that would be an advantage to me. Well, you do have weapons.
You have that one. You have it not really finding anything that would. Yeah. All right. So, well, remember, it's going to do an extra two d6 damage to your level 11.
It will make whatever weapon granting you with this bullet through this response. Yeah. Using that actually makes you have weapon attacks that are pretty awesome. But yeah, you do have to get up in there and you do a weapon attack with I work with my ranged with that can be considered a weapon with what if I used it on a Ram range?
oh. Using a ram attack? No, that's using your body. Yeah. It's going to be a weapon. You have the the outgoing dagger, I think, which I have the dagger. I have a hand crossbow and a short. Sorry, that's mentioned. That dagger is not just a dagger. If you remember right.
it can actually turn into other melee weapons. Okay. You will be. But you can also decide, though, if you want to change that, by the way. Oh, really? I lose that power on that one.
Sorry, guys, so long as you're fishing with the weapon, especially with within crossbows. I'm only to a professional with. like instruments. Well, you have weapon proficiencies. probably simple. English weapon. A hand crossbow or a longsword. Oh, short shortsword. I have a short right here. You have hand crossbow, long sword, rapier, short swords, and simple weapons.
Okay. you got some good weapons then, and I believe. Okay, so I trust your judgment. And should I just deal with the the weapons, then I think it's a better version of the spell. Okay. And I will admit, with your character, I get the fact that you are squishy. So you have to be careful about when you get up close to you.
But, Yeah, but as far as between those two spells, are you allowed to use with ranged weapons? You can use a spell with ranged weapons. her dagger, though, doesn't turn into range weapons. So, that's what I mean. Yeah, but if she has, like. Well, she has a hand crossbow. Yeah. So her spell could work on that.
Oh, yeah. It just says weapon. So I'm allowing truth to strike. Yeah. Would I be able to use an onslaught of daggers? That's that. That's not a one. Because the other. That's a spell I see. Well, the other two strikes sucks because you always had the waste return. Yeah. And that's. And that's why I waste one turn to cast a spell.
You don't necessarily. Yeah. I just found that there was a wish. No one ever uses that spell because you're just losing all your action. And. And what I when I like this new, there are two different spells. I find I get what they did, but I think that's two different types of spells. So I'm saying that it's two different spells.
You can either have the old version or the new version. Is it? But because it's a new rule change, I'm allowing her to switch it over now. But it's a one time switch if you wants it. Otherwise it stays. Okay, I'll take the what you guys are telling me is the better, so I will. I will fix your sheet, by the way, for truth.
I will fix it. So that way it's got the proper things on there. So what that means now is so are you going to use it on the, using the, the bow across. So yeah. So let's see here. so with the hand crossbow, well what's your modifier? So first, for you to use your charisma to attack was in the right.
So you so pretty much just do this. Roll a d20. Okay.
was. So, three and but you have eight because of your charisma and your proficiency. So eight, nine, ten, 11. Yeah. honestly, I didn't even look to see what his AC was. Oh, I didn't think about because the last attack was, actually, you know, crit. Oh, he's actually got a pretty good AC, though.
I think it's because the adamantine is on there. So as you see, the bow the the the the bolt hit there. what's that said. 120 plus two plus four. Yeah.
unfortunately that one doesn't hit the because I'm going to go with your three, yeah. We did add all the right numbers in there. okay. So yeah, that was your, your attack. So does that mean that for this fight, she'll always get the extra two d6 if she hits? Or is it just a one time thing?
If she if her two strike attack hits that she gets that. Yeah. But yes. Cast her strike. Yeah. It's just on that one so it doesn't stick for like, a minute, right. Weapons. True. Strike right now. The other one, she's using weapons to strike, so she's. She's switching over to the weapons two strike, form of the cantrip.
And then. So if she cast that with and does a weapon attack with it, that it allows her to use. So instead of, plus two or plus zero on her attacks, she gets the plus four and then it gives, that as well as the extra damage. So we didn't get to see it happen that time.
Get. Anything else? Colby? Nope. That's it. Ready, shadow? You are, oh. Right. Oh. I'm go. I think you're all out of invisibility, aren't you? I am, I am all out of invisibility. I'm going to hide in this little corner behind the pillar. Okay? Me? We shoot him. Oh, God. I'm not using my swarm for the damage, so I'm letting my swarm move me.
Do you see that? Even if you've burnt up, all your. My swarm is. Regardless, I thought some of that burned up the range of things to, the invisibility. I can use it up to the amount of times of my proficiency. Right. I thought also the same thing with your swarm, I thought was limited to no favored foe is.
Gotcha. so I'm having my swarm move me to five feet. So now that it gives me half cover until the start of my next turn. Okay. and then I'm just going to shoot him twice.
27 to hit seven. that's going to hit a while. You guys are doing the. So you see the other people, they're messing with different tiles. Oh, you know what I forgot to do? Shoot.
Dang it. I, wouldn't you guys have put the silver Flame in there, by the way? Yes. you saw that the, there was a little bit of action that happened around you as well. you see that there was these little things that started lighting up over here with electrical sparks as well, and over here as well.
I forgot those are supposed to be sparking off with the Silver Flame as well, but don't go in those areas.
I forgot about that. Cool. All right. so. Yeah, your attack hit. Okay, so then I'm going to call upon my favorite foe, because that's the first time I hit it.
Sure. The first time on each of my turn. So it's only once. Okay, but doesn't that use the same or. That's concentration. My swarm is is just automatic. No, I just thought. I thought that the favorite foe was using the same pool of resources as her invisibility thingy. Okay, no, because the invisibility is nature's veil. It's a different, ability.
Yeah. And that will be worse. Damage the bow damage and.
Your vehicle? Oh, God. Oh, your, 21 damage.
So your arrow as the, you see that it was able to kind of cut into, like a, a it looks like softer wood. So it was able to kind of get in there a bit, cause some damage on them. Hey, I'm going to try to hit him again and, hit us. 14. So 25 okay. So that hits.
Oh, that's just the bow damage. It's not oh, so yeah, because I only get that once on my turn. The Lord of, 13. Oh, come. Okay. And then,
Bonus action. I'm going to tell already to do his bullshit. Right. I should have pulled this up ahead of time. Got distracted. As you see, that second arrow kind of cut into another piece of wood, you see, actually, like this viscous, dark red kind of fluid kind of come out a little bit.
Okay. And he can move and use her own reaction and bonus action independently just that. And I think he just makes a signature attack. Oh.
Should've done this ahead of time. Pretty.
I'm going to swipe up at his plus. And as he swipes, he, you see him kind of scrape across a piece of adamantine armor plate and that does nothing.
That's all, writing. we have sass. While you were up on deck.
I'm going to move on. Movement.
Y'all. In the middle. And then this dude here is lost. All right? No. He's friendly. He's there, though. He's the one that's working on the, the orb. As you guys are fighting this, he can't really start. He. You can see that he can't stop. Those are all friendlies, too. Those are the guys that came in with you.
They're working on dials and stuff down the machinery. They're the only real enemy is this big guy that jumped from the ceiling. Okay, Sean? Yeah. Why can't I? You sit. This guy was made out of adamantine. You can see bits of Adam down and all kinds of stuff. Okay.
You guys remember I credit I crit, so I wasn't sure if that was supposed to affect him or not. You know what? You got a good point. There. I think that's why actually it's got the adamantine on there.
Of you actually that's it's in the in the description. But actually looking at a stats, it doesn't say anything about that.
Doesn't have two platforms that are built on to its chest is though. Oh looks like somebody could have ridden it. we can right this thing. Let's go. Well, if it was friendly, but yeah, you're right. but it doesn't say anything about that, though. we'll make it friendly, Sean. Not hitting it. You're not, it hit us.
Version, hence the challenge. do you see? It says or no. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Okay, so since I'm pretty much right next to it, I'm going to. Sure. Like, you got it. And like I said, I have a fixture sheet with that. So it's got all the extra damage all figured out and whatnot right now. Should be right because it's got the yeah, wisdom plus proficiency plus magic.
Then the damage is one D12 plus wisdom plus magic 13 to hit. Fortunately, 13 is not going to hit it as the ukulele. You see, the, club light up and as you smack down on it, it actually kind of hits the club away with its, right arm with the hammer fist kind of punches it away. You almost lose your balance a little bit.
well, when it starts its turn, my, spores will come. Anything else? Not that you got, Barlow. You are,
You really?
Oh, God. Yeah. You're going to move towards this kind of rage. Oh, violence. Rage. Oh, no. this is a huge creature. It is a huge. Oh, I get around it before I get inside of it. It was on that side, like the other side. And I would rage whilst out and swipe against. And what am I going to go with?
Oh my God. oh God. Before. Recklessly, we don't swipe.
Oh, like it's swipe.
And then swipe. Right. So I think it's this one is the first one will hit the other two. Don't.
You. Yes, please.
So what is it, 13 two. And that is it. reduces speed by ten, because I hit them. So minus ten for its use. And that'll be much. Oh. Right. Warforged turn. I actually don't have flowers. And so what was that? What's this forest do again? Right in me.
Yeah. Okay.
So my well, my spores attack when, when a creature moves within five feet of me or begins its turn, there. necrotic damage.
on the one d8. Oh, so it's automatic damage. God. necrotic damage. So I'll roll one d8.
Oh, yeah. I mean, that's automatic. It's automatic. Oh, come. So this points it's not big, but every little bit counts. You.
All right. So as the, the spores that kind of surrounds us. And from time to time, you guys also notice that she kind of, like, leaves it some places. Kind of like little droppings, if you will. you can see some of them start kind of digging in through the, cracks of the metal and wood and cause a little bit of damage on him.
you see it take its ax and it lifts it up into the air. And it does this like its back kind of goes a little bit to the to its right side, and then it swings all the way around. You guys, I need all of you that are next to it within ten feet of it to do a Dex saving throw.
he's even my guy here needs to do it to, which could cause a problem. Oh, already? Oh oh, oh, we're at Dex. Yeah. For, if. All right. The advantage would.
It's Oh it's. So Chuckle you are the only one.
If. You so you take half. So everybody takes 20 points of slashing damage except for, Barlow. You take ten points. Okay. You see, as it's license in through each of you cuts, you, you see, your warforged companion kind of gets sliced pretty hard. I'm going to actually have him because he's doing.
And this to can crafting to see if that causes any problems. Can't you see he's having a little bit of problems, kind of holding everything in place there? but that's that. Yep. Oh, you hear a little bit of steam come out of the, this warforged titan, and that is his turn. Bastion, you were up. Okay.
First attack will be a normal attack. Oh, don't we do doing, I'll just take the 28 I we're getting advantage, right? Because we're flanking. Yeah, you would be, because you guys are on opposite sides for you and follow you. I'm okay. So that's attack one is, attack two. And then for my third trick, I'm going to use that fancy new weapon strike, which I don't have it actually set up, but it says I can just make a normal.
So. Right. So in that case, so you want to you want to switch to the new two because you had two strike already or no. no I didn't. Well, in that case you'll have to wait to till you can change out cantrip then. Oh no you can. Oh I can, yeah. Could you do it on, you know,
That's fine. that's a change. It's a rule change. You know what? That's fine. Well, I'll let you go and do right now, because it's a new rule. But, so. Yeah, it's fine. Okay, so you do the cantrip tech. I'm confuse that with the so the other follow on confuse with the other rules. Then. Well so I have my haste action, which is an attack.
I have my normal attack. Now I have my cantrip attack. Gotcha. I gotcha with my bonus action. Yup. Well, no, that's not even a bonus action. That senior. No, no, no, because of my bracers. No, that's not even bracer action. You get to do an attack and a cantrip, right? Right. That's just, That's. So now, because of haste, I can do two attacks and a cantrip, and then I can use my bracers to do a second cantrip.
Yes. Yeah. Why did I let you have. All right, so here's know. So there's, I don't know, one. So second one. Yeah. That's a lot of damage. Well hold on here because it's going to get a little confusing here. Oh, Jesus. And then, oh what is it. three sticks. Well, hold on, because those rolls are not going to be exactly right technically, because this is going to.
Well, no, actually, it, Well, I guess it's the same your intelligence. The same as your index. So, Yeah, so I guess so. That's fine. and so, yeah, you have the, the the the the the. Okay. So yeah, that's fine. So now what you get is so now we just need to add, 56 plus 36 or 46.
Yeah. All right. So let's see what is that. That's a lot of damage. So I'm just gonna do it this way. So -12. You swipe in. Swipe it over for 11 points. 14 plus 12 plus 15 or 64.
It's too late. I've already done it to slow it. What's up with all the nine for the piercing? Yeah, I don't know.
Yeah, that cut it down pretty good. you swipe in there, with the hasted actions and your extra, control shit. you start swiping across with your rapier as it starts, like carving, like almost you. It's just weird how it's able to sort of kind of slicing through this wood just in the moment of your dance and energy and everything going on.
Anything else? no, I think that's it. All righty. You know, your middle, Calliope. Okay, I'm going to try it again. I'm going to try that. Yeah. Literary strike again. with. So just, I'll let you either roll the the the weapon or the die. d20 and we can figure it out from there. I'll just do this.
what I'm going to do is add the damage in the in crossbow. Sorry, I have still an advantage. No, it doesn't matter if you roll it with advantage, you just count them left number anyway, so it doesn't matter. so the only thing we need to do is in there. It's a two plus two for the dexterity.
It should be plus more, but that actually is enough to hit. So that means you're going to attack it. Actually though for eight points of piercing damage plus, two d6 last few days, it's okay.
You know, so so 13. Yeah. 13.
No. There's also plus there's no, no, there's there's plus two. So it's eight plus seven equals 715. Yeah.
So you swipe across. All right. No actually you well, shoot, I just I know you're way back there. You're fine. There should have been a disadvantage with all your friends, but he's pretty big. So you can get over your friend, so I'm not going to worry about that. You're good. Anything else? As you see your crossbow bolt stick inside of, one of its wooden planks, and you see this, dark, almost black, viscous, but little tinges of red, kind of like oily substance.
Kind of leak out a little bit from the wound. shadow, you are up.
I don't hear you. I'm going to see where I'm at. Okay, but I do need to roll. Artie's, rusty points because he's doing it. Okay. Two have two points.
Okay. Then I will use my swarm so that I can get half cover. Move me back. Careful. Okay, y'all be cool. As you move back a bit, you can feel the heat from the, lava flowing below you. This way. I mean, I wasn't saying you're taking any damage. I'm just saying feel it. Okay. All right. 25 to hit you.
Flavor. Flavor. Okay. So I'll do you favorite foe on this one because it's the first hit of my turn. yeah.
Yeah. 19 piercing. Yeah. It's an okay. yeah. 27 to hit. Yeah, it's going to hit force. Is 18 okay. And then already with his two point.
I just so since I'm giving up my bonus action for him to hit. That's not using his points right. It's just his signature attack. And then he if he has other points than he can do the other attacks.
I think I think though if he can do the the points attacks he can choose to do that. It's like he can up the attack I think that's right. So he can always do his signature attack point. Yes. Okay. So if he was his regular attack, whatever his attack is. Yeah. He always had that. Okay. He's just going to do.
It's been a while since I, we did that whole thing. Yeah. Because I haven't used him a lot in combat yet because it's been like on the ship and stuff. 20 to hit for seven. Okay. You guys are. You can see that it's it's, as you guys are slicing through it. I mean, it's still standing, but it's definitely getting wounded.
you can see bits kind of like, even as that one hits, you see, like this little spring, kind of like. Well, you guys only really, maybe because I know the spring is, this piece of, like, wound up metal that shoots out from it.
And then he's going to use his bonus action to give me a hoot. Okay, five times four. So 20 temporary hit points. Oh, God. Your, sass. You are up, Barlow. Let's keep the bullet hit points. What do you say your PB hit points? Get some butter. Peanut butter, a peanut butter. Hit points.
Says sassafras. And I still have half cover because my swarm. Okay. He doesn't. He hasn't done any ranged attacks, so much, but the, I'm going to move over here so that, I am. Opposite of already. That gives me advantage right. All right. Doing additionally this time with advantage hit 28 ahead. I didn't even take advantage of that.
16 bludgeoning 22.
All right. Yeah. And was, as you sure, little smack down. You can see that you actually, like, break off a piece of stonework off of it.
He's on a he doesn't have much more farther to go. Oh, my spores. My spores are poised and ready. Get them that. Barlow, you are up to. All right, so you're going away. Just baby, do it. On. Movement. Oh, the the stuff is alive. Sideswipe. Oh, shit. although I, So the damage is the last one.
0.36. What is that? Just like. Oh. Oh, no. You read is always three points, right? It's on a roll. so sorry about that. I was just 18, 28, 36. Oh, actually, I think the spores are going to be what kills them. Yeah, yeah. it better be you guys. Damn worse. I better not roll one. yeah.
That's it. All right. On the sensor can sit.
All right, so warforged turn. Go ahead and roll your spore damage on it. One d8. Oh, yes. So, as you guys see, Barlow kind of swipes in for those three attacks. That last one, like, as he like, swipes into him. He actually pulls off this large plate off the back of him. You see these spores around size like they see an opening and a bunch of them start like stinging and like these little spores, like almost like biting at things in their, like little mosquitoes.
The warforged pull up its right arm, about to, like, hammer down on sass. And as he does, the hand goes up, and then it starts going farther back and farther back, and then the thing falls down and is dead little tiny biting mushrooms. Get them smaller and get them. At this point, we are out of initiative. You can see that the warforged who was working on the, the orb, was having a bit of problems in the middle of all the combat, but with one final swipe of the hammer that he's using.
you can see this, like, large, this bright flash that is around him. You see, at that moment, the spark of silver flame that you guys have put into that apparatus, shoot over his shoulders, into the orb a bit as well. At that moment, he picks it up and he looks at it up and his hands up, above his head.
He's like, I think that should do it for now. he looks at you, says, and here you can put it back in the, the receptacle that, bass had given you. Yeah. And, as we had said before, I could hear.
the weapons that were given to you guys before I was to understand, had, have tracking devices. And that's why you guys have been spied on a bit. I have the the stuff here, including some, what's called mourn mode. It's a type of metal that we have, I can reforge your weapons if you would like me to, I, as I understand it, they have attributes from the forge that they were crafted in, which is very similar to this forge that we are in now.
In some ways. But the choice is on you. I don't want to be tracked anymore. Yeah, likewise. I throw in my rapier. I'm game. All right. So, and then, Calliope, did you want to have your yours crafted? Do I it's up to you. He wasn't. Calliope is the only one that wasn't from Ursa.
It still was from Ursa. It was later on. Oh, it was a commission that the, this is the dagger, the elder hatchet. The dagger to be crafted for her. and, it's delivered it. When you guys were at the keep, you know. Yes. Well, is the problem is that she's tracking us through the weapons, and they can take that off.
So, as he does this, he will start with the,
Know, let's just do it this way. He starts with the rapier. Since I was one of the first ones that he was throwing. And you see him take the weapon. this, this weapon made of the the wood and, because it has the fossilized wood in there as well with the crystal, and he starts kind of using the the crystals that are here.
and he starts using this purplish kind of metal, and almost kind of as he hammers it with it and mixes them inside of the, the apparatus behind them, the weapon itself starts changing a bit. And so, the it starts taking on these other new crystals as well, and this like purplish kind of metal that goes into it as well.
he then tells bastion, since this is your weapon, I will need you to do, one strike on this weapon as well. So what I need from you is to do a, a strength check. When you have strength, check. Can't I have Barlow do it? Well, this is your weapon. So if you want it to kind of be into your benefit.
Sorry, I'm on the wrong side. All right? I'm stronger than Barlow. Oh, that okay, so. Oh, and also, as you saw him doing this, too, you start to see. And I'm also sorry, I forgot one thing he was suppose to be doing as well. you also notice that from time to time, he throws in various, various, like, rings and items into that fire as well.
and so as he throws in, you see him pull out a, a bracelet and he throws it into where the silver flame is, and then he puts the, the rapier into that fire. He pulls it out, he puts it in, on the anvil. And that's he, like, gives Bastian the kind of the sign to hammer in and has hammers into it like this.
You can even see it this time where because of the force of bastian's. hammer hit, you can see the silver flame kind of light up a bit on the blade as well.
Used strikes. All right, so for you. but you have no bonuses. Okay, so, go ahead and roll a d100.
To me. Okay.
I will let you do this with to do it, with an advantage. So you can do it twice. Since you did get a Nat 20 on that.
1442 all right, so now the universe. What I need from you, do, roll a 2D six, and I will let you do that twice because you got a Nat 25. What the. What is going on? as you kind of hammer on it, you have a choice. Would you like this weapon to have fire or thunder damage?
Neither one of those are great. What? Thunder, I think. Is that better? Yeah. Thunder. Thunder is better. There's resistances to thunder. Yeah, for the most part. And then I need, a d20 again. once again, you can do this with advantage. Since you had rolled that that 20 on your hammer. Strike 15. Oh eight and a 15.
So I see what you did. Okay. well, you actually get both rolls. You get to choose. That's why so, so pretty much your what new weapon is going to still be a plus two. you get thunder damage of one d8, and then you can choose to have, parry effect where it will add a plus one AC when you wield this weapon, or 15 is when you score a critical hit.
You can also double the strength or dex mod that is applied. Well, yeah. So whatever the I said strength or Dex, but whatever the modifier is you're using, I should say it that way. Now since you have things like Shillelagh and whatnot and true strike to your damage. But the point though is that when you get a, you can choose the.
Yeah, it'll be so when you get a, critical hit with this weapon, you can choose to have it that it also adds that part doubled. So the the plus five for your deck would actually add normally just 15 zero. All right. I'll take just the AC. Okay. So you have a plus two. Oh. Like you need more.
Yeah. Right. Well I'll have off. I'll have 27 now. 27. Yeah, sure. Okay. that's most thunder damage. And I thought my monk sitting at a 22 was great. Look, man, I get hit for like, 20, 30 a hit, and it's like, half of my life.
Yeah, that's the better. It turned out they did it as a one hit gets through. There was actually two different parry effects that were possible. You got the better one. So this one adds a plus one AC when building. I'm putting it all in chat for you.
So that's what your weapon is now. And as far as you are sure of, it doesn't seem to be tracking you by force anymore. so then we will do. Calliope. He grabs the dagger. This is. Wow. This is different. Is there any specific type of melee weapon? You would prefer? This because I will not be able to keep that part of the enchantment.
Which part of the charm? So it'll. You can ask, what kind of weapon do you want this to be? This thing seems to be enchanted where it can change its shape. Yeah. So do you want to be still a dagger, or do you want to be another weapon that's bigger, that you're more proficient with, or.
it'll stay that way forever. Yeah. It's going to be one weapon.
you have proficiency. Rapier long swords and short swords. So. Yeah, I'll swap it for the first person. Okay, so I will make this into a short sword. when, when I'm ready for you to hit, you will also have to to, strike with that. he gives you a hammer. I need you to strike on it as well.
So you go through the same process as you saw before. this time, though, you can see as he's trying to shapes the blade out and it turns it into a short sword. but very much the same. It's got the, the the purplish metal. You see him throwing various, items also back into the silver flame as he works on this.
And then there's a point where he gives you the signal. So go ahead and do a strength check.
Regular? yeah. unless you have something that gives you a bonus, but I don't think so. Come on. What is your strength? Is it negative? I think it's zero. Yeah, zero. Why is it not?
Oh, sorry. That's okay. Yeah, that's not too bad. 18. so then what I need you to do is roll a d100. Oh, and the good.
Possibilities of.
And, I need a 2D six.
So it's going to be radiant damage 28. And I need a one d20.
1A8. And, What say that? Plus, again, a one d20. Okay.
13. So, when you missed this. So when you missed the armor class by one hit, by one, you will deal half the damage of the main weapon damage. No modifiers of any kind or added. So what that means. Give me a second here. Plus two. Give a miss, basically. All right. Yeah, if you missed by one.
So if I hit the eight, missed the one and you get a 19, you still damage it.
Okay. but it'll be half damage and it's just a half weapon damage. So the radiant damage doesn't get through. Your modifiers don't get through, but you'll still be able to give it some damage. glancing blow. Yeah, that's actually pretty much what it should be called. But glancing blow and glancing. so that's now your new weapon?
He then picks up the, the bow and starts working on the bow. starts adding more items into the, the severe fire. He takes some more Mourne Wood kind of crafts. It, and then he puts the, he signals for shadow to now glance, to do the hammer blow. Going to be if it. Yep.
All right, so now give me a one. give me AD1 hundred.
Nice. Oh, almost. okay, so then, roll a two d6.
so this is going to be plus two with, force damage. The same. Is it still a d6? It's a one d8. force. Yeah. The the the bonus type is actually a one d8 on this. so regardless of what kind it is, it's still better in that case. and then I need a d20.
These, by the way, these weapons still do need to be tuned. By the way, if you are attuned to what it was before, you are still attuned to it. I should say that so you don't have to do another hour. The attuned to it, if you were attuned to it before, you're still attuned to it. But to use these, for all of its powers, you have to be attuned.
so d20 was a 12. You get actually, you get two d8 force damage. Now what? Wow. So plus two, longbow of ever run?
Plus two d8 force. picks up the club, starts working on the club, and then, after handing you the hammer, says, go ahead and do a strength check.
Okay. Just the where. It's a strength. You should just hit that. Yep. And nothing's happening. That's what happened to me, too. It took a bit. Took a bit? Yeah, yeah. Oh. So sorry.
On d20. Is your strength just plus one? Anyways, okay, so it's the same. All right. Yeah. roll me a d100 now.
See, you guys are so close. And what happens if we get 100 plus three? Oh, a plus three. Oh, yeah, I put a one. I put a one. Yeah, it's. But you guys, it gets a close up. It's like, dig it. so. Yeah. So this is a plus two. go ahead and roll the two d6.
and this is just going to be poison damage, though. It kind of goes with your spores, though. And roll a one d20.
18 so now, though, it will crit on a 19 or 29. So a plus two plus. Well, did you say how much acid damage it's one. Yeah. All the the that bonus is a one D8.
The, ring that you said it's A12 or is it just plus two? Give me a second here.
The acid sling ring. yeah.
Plus 1D2. Yeah. So the other either adds 1 or 2 points. Yeah.
All right. And finally, Barlow, uses a mall, right? Three Barlow. Yeah, it's a mall, but, he can have it. I don't want it back to. Well, let's see what you get out of it. I mean, I don't use it again. This is so. You can always sell it. You can just destroy it, you know? see if you can, get money from this, like the socket armor.
Do. You don't want me to redraft it? Then maybe just do it. Just do it. Well, okay. We can. I was see if you can recast into something else that's not a mall. What were you like? I was hoping to do something. I could upgrade my claws with it, but I'll just try and see if I can. Just like some sort of, like, maybe a gantlet.
But when my claws come out, I'm like a Wolverine kind of thing. Like I can play the gantlet kind of like nail tips. That's. I could see that what I might need is, Yeah. You just have like, for that, for me to do that, I'm gonna need to to kind of really throw in something into the the mix here.
You guys have like, like a common magic item that you don't need of any kind.
Of. Sure. But you know what? Let's just go ahead of this crafting. Maybe I can get some good points, if you don't mind me selling your work. No, I mean, this is a favor that I'm doing, for best that we going to be my friend. What about a ring of good omen? All right. This was very serious.
Okay. Yeah, that might like. He looks at it. That should probably work. I can do that. So you see him throw that into the fire, starts crafting it. this one takes a little bit longer, though, as he's actually having to shape it, and kind of break things down a bit. but finally, there's a point where he does ask you to kind of use your use the hammer on it, and, go ahead and give me a strength check.
And take that item off your, sheet of, Yeah, I just did. All right, give me a d100.
I think pretty much I'm getting 100. Please get 100.
I'm. Is he just typing in 100?
Trying to figure out how to cheat and, Yeah. all I see is chuckle typing.
It's worth. Yeah. Let's go. Yeah. Lower. I got 100. Yeah.
Damn it. I typed so slow. I gotta do it this way. I still had this up, but I think that's still good. You still get the plus two because there was a threat. There is a risk. You guys could have got a plus one. But none of you guys got that. What would have happened with the plus one?
It just would have been a plus one instead of a plus two weapon. That's all.
the odds are in your favor to make it a better weapon, but, so let's see here. So it's a plus two. go ahead and give me a two d6.
Nice. 11. And is acid.
And give me a d20. Okay.
Put the poison on offer. You also will crit on a 19 or 20. So he makes you this, these claws will make it a pair in sense. claws. ever run? so, because these are, not an actual weapon is just enhancing your physical attack. there is no, actually, I guess there would be no other damage that adds to it, but it would add.
So you get a plus to the hit and plus two damage poison. So I think it's still adds. It's still pretty decent though. poison one. That's an acid. yeah. Sorry, I don't want, get confuse the acid one d8 and crits 19 or 20.
with that, He then takes out. But that creates two of that now. What was that? I just bought arena crits. Allows me to crit on 19 oh. you also see him then, take a couple more items, and he kind of puts them into that apparatus, and then he pulls out a, red gemstone and throws it in there and, he takes out, a little orb out of it, out of his bag, and he holds that orb into that, that silver flame for a while, where as he has it in there, you see the last bits of the silver flame that's in the lava kind of start slowly
whispering out. You see it all kind of start. disappearing from the other parts that are there. and then you even see. The, little, electrical sparks kind of start to dimmer out a bit as that last bit goes into the orb that is holding in there, and it glows bright, brighter. he then puts that into his bag and, it checks.
Okay, I think that's about it. he looks at the halfling and have things like, okay, you guys ready?
To go home? Yeah. Oh, I just need all you guys to kind of get a little bit closer here. Kind of brings you guys all in, and, you see, you're kind of, sorry to, to cast a few things. And then she pulls out a flute and plays a couple bars on it. And as she does so, you guys fill everything on a blank out.
and then you guys would find yourselves and more of that guy. So you're still with these guys? But. But he did ask. That's fine. I was just, let's just say that this entire time, the entire time we've been doing this crafting, we're just sitting around just chatting. I would like to hit him up, and I want to learn everything I can about his people, about what I want.
Know the history. Barlow's really fast. What I will say is that he would have told you that he's got to kind of concentrate on what he was doing. But when they get to your guys's realm, he, he was hoping that they'd be able to travel with you guys anyways to where you guys are going, because they don't want to hang out at the castle.
but he can he can hang out with you for a bit and answer questions if you need. So we'll retcon that in there. this is where we want to go. This floor here.
So what will happen is, as you guys find yourselves back in the tower. you guys kind of pops right out, right at the top of the stairwell. you can see now the stairwell behind you. It's it's all blocked off now. there there's, like, just rock and, and, what a mess that's over there. luckily, it didn't seem to damage too much of the structure.
It was more about the sides of the walls that were in there. But. So that's not going to be a way back down to the basement. but I think we got we can leave it there since we have everything going on tomorrow. Okay. Where are you guys? Yeah, back in the day. New powers. next game. But the next game, just let me know which,
What you guys want your mark to have granted you? the options were listed earlier. it can be. initiative on the initiatives. you can add a one d10 to your high and long jump. add one skill, proficiency or language. you can learn one cantrip from any branch or an add A1D3 damage to your unarmed attacks.
So.
Weight on our attacks or bludgeoning damage. Even if you're not doing bludgeoning damage, it'll be bludgeoning damage.
Bludgeoning. Yeah. Just like the fact that I mean. So you guys have automatically, slashing. Not. Yeah, one d4, I think. But the idea would be that this one's had a little bit of the. Okay, one or. So I'm not sure.
It sounds good, but man, I think I'm far enough. Hey, can I answer that in there? Just in case? If you wanted it. Really? I thought of you the most. that one. Yeah, but then you knife long range attack so I can let people fucking run away from me. The idea, too, is the mark is meant to be.
Because you guys are. I got no really good weapon. And adventurers tend to get in bar brawls. Oh. I like it, so I hope you guys like that. You guys have new weapons? yeah. Happy with that. And, yep, we can finish exploring the keep next time. Nice side. Mission done. And you guys may have saved everyone. And just to say, okay.
All right guys, I really like that. Wish that through strike. upgrade now for, quite true love. Let's go like a pestilence. That's really dude. Really glad.

08 - Flying Keep

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