Input: so it's a very strong means of tracking and the scent of a duergar is a very terrible mix between like salty brine and earth. Like Axe for Men? Uh yeah essentially yeah yeah it's ye old axe. You concentrate on this and you recall the stronghold you begin to see a trace where all of a sudden her path in the stronghold is fading and is cold. A new path has opened up in the center of the duergar city at the base of the stronghold. It seems to have moved slightly in that direction but you can't pinpoint where and is currently at rest somewhere in that vicinity. She is still close. Um the city they're close. So that is right in front of the keep? Wait. Are they in an underground base? They are in the city. Essentially where the cavern kind of rises up and meets the wall Emberhold is at the top of that rising of the ground and Emberhold lies there where all the lava pours down and trickles down. You guys are off to the side. This whole portion of the floor that crawls up to Emberhold is covered in duergar buildings. It is a small city that surrounds it. She resides somewhere in the center of that. So we're on the same level as them or are they above us? They are a little bit above. You guys are at a lower point as the actual ground you follow curves around and descends. But once we walk out of here we will be at the same level. I have a theory. I've a new skill that I've recently learned and was practicing a lot when I was with the Earth Ashari while we were gone for the past six months. They taught me the ways of the earth elementals. Oh that's fun. So. And as an earth but I am still new at it. That's okay we all start somewhere. Thank you Pike. You're welcome. Thank you. I mean I am a little self-conscious about it still but I can travel through the earth. And pop up perhaps where she is? Uh like a little gopher. All of us? Or just you? It is not a burrowing thing right? You glide through the earth. More like a Shadowcat kind of thing? Essentially. Is it all of us or just you? Just me. But I could get inside. Well but then you will be alone surrounded by duergar and Grog. Well I am not talking about right now. Could we put invisibility on her? If we do some sort of flanking thing. Well that does sound useful. It is. It is going to be useful. I am wondering if we can make a tunnel though. I can theoretically okay theoretically we

Output: The party successfully tracked the scent of a duergar target, discovering her trail had shifted to the center of the duergar city at the base of the Emberhold stronghold. They learned the city sprawls on rising ground below the keep, with their current position at a lower elevation. One member revealed a newly learned ability to glide through earth, like a "gopher" or "Shadowcat," but only for themselves. The group began strategizing, considering how this power could be used for infiltration, possibly combined with invisibility, to flank or reach the target alone.


Input: through the earth more like a shadow cat kind of thing essentially is it all of us or just you just me but i could get inside well but then you will be alone surrounded by duergar and grog well i'm not talking about right now could we put invisibility on her if we do some sort of flagging thing well that does sound useful it is it is going to be useful i'm wondering if we can make a tunnel though i can theoretically ok theoretically we could rest and i could keep all of my spells and use all of my magical focus to tunnel us out depending on how far we are going we can do an underground approach but concretely right now we need nappies yeah let's sleep but what if they leave while we sleep but we are essentially powerless and what are we going to do if we find them i'm going to only sleep for a little bit cause i didn't use all my spells i only need to rest for half the amount of time maybe it doesn't work that way all laugh a solid six hours you'd probably be able to since you guys are in a hidden area you'll feel more comfortable depending on how you set your bedding here you could probably do it in six hours i think we'll be fine because she needs to rest as well we hurt her pretty badly i think it is safe to assume she's brought grog back to her seat of power why would she go anywhere else she's at her strongest where she is i think they're staying we're going to rest sleep ok all right we've got to sleep keyleth i know you're right i see what you're saying but we need to grog will be fine he's at a two i'm so mad at him why'd he get stolen kima comes over kima puts her hand out a little bit and says it's all right he's a strong one he can handle himself if i could survive what i've been through he can do far better than that rest is good i think we need to take some time discuss our plan of attack our current direction and decide on how we'll move forward she glances briefly over at clarota who's now further back towards the wall just sitting in this meditative state so let us rest brilliant idea one last thing before we lay our heads down for the night pike do you have any salve or anything you could help me put on my foot or could your god help with my little toe i could help you with some natural mediciney stuff maybe it stings a bit

Output: The party debated using magic to tunnel out of their hiding place but ultimately decided to rest and recover their strength. They chose to sleep for six hours, trusting that their hidden location was secure. NPC Kima reassured the group about Grog's resilience and suggested they use the rest to plan their next move. During the discussion, it was noted that the duergar leader had likely retreated to her stronghold with the captured Grog. Before sleeping, one party member asked Pike for help with a minor foot injury.


Input: so we should take some time to discuss our plan of attack and our current direction and decide how we'll move forward she glances briefly over at clarota who's now further back towards the wall just sitting in this meditative state so let us rest brilliant idea one last thing before we lay our heads down for the night pike do you have any salve or anything you could help me put on my foot or could your god help with my little toe i could help you with some natural mediciney stuff maybe it stings a bit you have not encountered a person with any sort of physical marring to this degree necessarily and those that usually did it was a permanent thing so this is something that you would have to experiment with could i try healing a very concentrated energy just on his foot a healing spell you could certainly try you can do it pike is there any way i could assist her possibly all right let's try it possibly i mean a clockwork foot from percy does sound cool if we're going to rest it doesn't hurt to try that way we can sleep on it you can sleep on it literally maybe this yellow vial of potion could do something for it as well that's ben-gay i'll try cure wounds at i'll try fourth level since we're going to sleep all right so go ahead and roll the corresponding dice for that so i roll uh four d eight plus five is what it would be why do you keep putting your foot up near me can i keep an ear out for anything approaching very much so wait plus my spell caster plus your modifier which is five i start building a positive chi like a healing key ball is she doing a standard healing here is my song of rest going to help at all your song of rest would actually be of aid to this okay so i'm going to sing while you heal if that's all right please do all the healers convene scanlan begins i light some sage okay ready wherever you go whatever damage they've done we will be right here waiting to heal you no matter what hit points you take or how your foot breaks we will be right here waiting for you all that improv school paid off as you take the healing energy you've gathered from your own nature-based casting you infuse the healing spell you do how many points of healing from the spell twenty-seven twenty-seven go ahead and make a medicine check is this what i can maybe assist her with it looks really disgusting by the way

Output: The party decided to rest and plan their next move, with Clarota meditating quietly in the background. They focused on treating Grog's injured foot, with Pike attempting a concentrated healing spell at fourth level. Scanlan provided a supportive song of rest while another member lit sage to aid the process. After the healing energy was applied, they requested a medicine check to assess the result.


Input: we will be right here waiting to heal you... no matter what hit points you take or how your foot breaks... we will be right here... waiting for you... all that improv school paid off... uh... as you take the healing energy youve gathered from your own nature-based casting you infuse the healing spell... you do how many points of healing from the spell?... twenty seven... twenty seven... go ahead and make a medicine check... is this what i can maybe assist her with?... it looks really disgusting by the way... its so gross... what do i roll... do i roll the twenty?... roll a d twenty and add your proficiency modifier... can i apply my luck feat to her?... you dont have any feet left... feet pun!... twenty one... twenty one... as you finish the spell you can see where the mostly-gone second small toe has grown to mostly a full toe and theres a small stub where the little one is... youve got a toe nubbing... hey man we got a little stub... a little bit... um... youre promoting a level of divine regeneration at a very very slow pace... youve never attempted this before and there is some progress but this may be an over time thing you have to do... over time i just keep doing it?... once a day you might want to attempt this and eventually he probably will recover but not immediately... until then hes a gimp... i think i see pikes deity in my toenail... its gonna take time... that was just a little manicure that we did real quick... we could just own it and call you... little piggy?... well i was going to say vax the nine-toe... and put a knife on it?... could put a very tiny knife on it... a teeny tiny little knife... could actually give you a nail clipper... you could clip your own nails... we can get you a prostetic little toe that has a little compartment for poison... i would take a brass claw... or a brass claw toe... thats fun... maybe we could get you a raptor claw... thats cool... lets sleep... before we go to sleep i go over to kima and i say to her lady kima i think were all going to take a rest and you as well correct?... i think i should... we can trust you while were all asleep not to do anything to any of our companions correct?... if youre worried about the mind flayer ill be keeping an eye but nothing beyond that... remember he has to make the side-step the wrong step before i take any action... trust and know that if i were to strike a blow its at his own poor choice and actions...

Output: The party used nature-based magic to heal severe foot injuries, successfully regrowing partial toes but discovering full recovery would require repeated daily attempts. They discussed creative prosthetic options for the damaged foot before deciding to rest. During this, one member spoke with Kima, seeking assurance of her trustworthiness during their sleep, particularly regarding the mind flayer in their group. Kima agreed to keep watch but clarified she would only act if the mind flayer made a hostile move first.


Input: go over to Kima and I say to her Lady Kima I think we're all gonna take a rest and you as well correct I think I should we can trust you while we're all asleep not to do anything to any of our companions correct if you're worried about the mind flayer I'll be keeping an eye but nothing beyond that remember he has to make the side step the wrong step before I take any action trust and know that if I were to strike a blow it's at his own poor choice and actions that first part of what you said rhymed does she seem to be telling the truth make an inside check a what what check inside insight okay 18 she seems to be true okay she is legitimately concerned about Clarota but also understands that at this moment it has not done anything to necessarily draw her blade Lady Kima Clarota may I suggest you take the first watch oh my god what if they start uh so it's going to be that sort of evening excellent rated M for mature Clarota says should you insist and Clarota's image shimmers and vanishes sweet I'm falling asleep as you guys are all going to sleep Kima's still sharpening her sword and she stops for a second and goes everyone I'm sorry you've lost your friend if he lives we shall find him he will live and we will find him no he will Scanlan you just calm down but if they have indeed taken him prisoner and Emberhold is lost there is only one place they would bring him Yug'Voril with the dude with the black horn considering the mess that you've made since entering their realm of living and work you'd make for a great gift to their current standing demigod if we aren't able to find him within the city I think that may be the next place to look once again are you afraid they're going to take him while we're asleep is this a genuine concern is this something we should move on now not as long as you're keeping concentration we should be fine I'm concentrating so hard we're busted up there's legitimately nothing to be done there's a softness that hits Kima's face and you can see a bit of a quiver to her chin and she goes the guilt I feel for unknowingly putting you all in danger for my sake is immense it's because of me and my actions that you even delved this far and nearly lost life and limb merely at the behest of Allura and I want you all to know that I appreciate it I really truly do that's great if you can mention

Output: The party decided to take a long rest, with the paladin Kima agreeing to keep watch alongside the mind flayer Clarota after an insight check confirmed her trustworthiness. Kima expressed deep guilt for endangering the group and gratitude for their efforts to rescue her. She then revealed that if their missing friend wasn't found within the city of Emberhold, the drow of Yug'Voril would likely take him as a gift to their demigod. The session concluded with the party settling in for the night, their immediate goal being to recover strength before pursuing this new lead.


Input: We’re busted up. Uh there’s legitimately nothing to be done. Matt? There’s a softness that hits Kima’s face and you can see a bit of a quiver to her chin and she goes… the guilt I feel for unknowingly putting you all in danger for my sake is immense. It’s because of me and my actions that you even delved this far and nearly lost life and limb… merely at the behest of Allura and… I want you all to know that I appreciate it. I really truly do. Oh that’s great. If you can mention that to Allura that’d be wonderful. I would really appreciate it to speak to Tiberius. Um… I would really appreciate it if you mentioned that to Allura. I’m trying to get into her good graces and whatnot. She chuckles a moment and says… all right. Allura is a good friend. Well we’ve known each other for… gods, fifteen years now. Since we defeated the Scourge Rider together. But she has always had more of a political mind than I do so when we were both offered a seat on the council of Tal’Dorei and Emon she stayed and I… I’m a woman of action and I knew my destiny was out in the world. We share something in common, Lady Kima. I too have left my home and land because I did not want to sit on the council of Draconia. With blessings from my father and such I gained ambassadorship on a mission for them but really just so I could— Her eyes have glazed over and are staring off into the distance. —to get all the things out and I saw this wonderful lamb in this field one time… I will speak to Allura of your honor and deeds, Tiberius. We try to have drinks and swap stories every few months. She’s a good one. Yes I think so. She takes a moment to herself and looks around at the rest of you and says… the cruel king. Who dealt the final blow? Uh… that would be the kingslayer. Me. She steps up and walks over to you and puts a hand on your shoulder and gives you a stern look in the eye and shakes your shoulder. She’s a halfling so she’s not too much taller than you. Oh okay. Good. The cruel king is down and I thank you for that. She walks back to the little perch on the rock at the side of the wall and says… he tried to break me. Relish in his false superiority. Dragging hooks across my flesh, underestimating the will of a servant of Bahamut. Are you congratulating us for being murderers? Is that what you’re doing right now? Murder and justice are two entirely different things and the deities of…

Output: The battered party recovered after their victory, with Lady Kima expressing deep gratitude and guilt for putting them in danger. She spoke of her long friendship with Allura and her choice to leave the council for a life of action. Tiberius attempted to bond with Kima over their shared experience of leaving home, but she grew distracted. Kima then personally thanked the party member who landed the final blow on the cruel king, distinguishing their act as justice rather than murder.


Input: shoulder uh she's a half-ling so she's not too much taller than you um all laugh oh okay good the cruel king is down and uh i thank you for that she walks back to the little perch on the rock at the side of the wall and says he tried to break me relish in his false superiority dragging hooks across my flesh underestimating the will of a servant of bahamoot are you congratulating us for being murderers is that what you're doing right now murder and justice are two entirely different things and the deities of all good saw to it that this king's time was limited are you suggesting now that we control the wills of the deities no but we enact them as long as we work within your plans to keep us safe that's like mighty bold and presumptuous of you my life has been given to guidance of the platinum dragon who has not seen nothing but the positive direction for all of your species mine and the rest of humanity that exists in the material plane you would do well to not disrespect one who looks out for you even though you may not look up to him for guidance the reason these lands that you grew up in are safe and free as much as they are are because of the sacrifices of my brethren who came before me under his light and guidance i'm not saying you to worship him each one has their own gods of choice i just say show some respect i do show respect lady kima i show respect when i feel that respect has been earned she's royalty you have to understand we're all a bit cranky maybe we should just turn in i watched as they executed my companions the wondrous men and women who came down to these caverns at my sides with my coin in their pockets with the promise of justice and they laughed as they cut their throats before me hoping it would be able to crack me it was bahamoot's strength that held me there lady kima i am not saying that what we are doing here is not just i only wish that you understand and i humbly thank you for your appreciation and thanks for coming down here to rescue you but you are correct we have lost a friend someone who we have been through a lot with way more than we have been with you so before we start boasting congratulations and you start thanking us why don't you wait and we'll see what happens when we all get out of here first she's suffering from p t s d why are you poking the badger maybe we should just calm down and go to sleep kima takes a step forward towards keyleth and as you look up at her face there's a tension but you

Output: The party rescued Lady Kima from the duergar, having slain their cruel king in the process. Kima offered her thanks and began to speak of divine justice, which prompted a tense philosophical debate with Keyleth about the nature of their actions. The conversation grew heated, touching on matters of faith, respect, and the party's recent losses. To defuse the situation, the group decided to postpone further discussion and rest for the evening.


Input: Yeah to rescue you but you are correct we have lost a friend someone who we have been through a lot with way more than we have been with you so before we start boasting congratulations and you start thanking us why don't you wait and we'll see what happens when we all get out of here first uh she's suffering from PTSD why are you poking the badger maybe we should just calm down and go to sleep Kima takes a step forward towards Keyluth and as you look up at her face there's a tension but you can see now that she's stepped near in to you towards what little bit of light seems to cascade through this cavern there are tears streaking down her face how do you feel now all laugh they tried all they could to break me but I knew my destiny would not end here I have a destiny that does not end here and I reach out really slowly and give her a handkerchief all laugh and then retreat Lady Keema as I'm sure you know grief speaks before sense all I'm saying Lady Keema is that after what we have done and what we have been through and the lives and the blood that even I have on my hands you had better be worth it let us wait for talk of worth and talk of might until we are reunited she puts a hand up towards you child let me explain to you why we are here as while you may have stepped into the pretense of keeping me out of harm's way there is a purpose that I and now all of us serve here in the Underdark now I've been on this journey for more than a year traveling wherever the wind took me finding where my gift would find an end to suffering justice to the wicked and comfort to the downtrodden I'd just returned from the frozen tundra northeast of these Cliffkeep mountains heading to meet with Allura the same friend who brought you here uh I pop out of my sleep did you say Allura again shh I'm sorry Tiberius shh my vision came to me I'm sure you're familiar with visions the great plattman dragon bestowed upon my humble self a dream I saw an ancient vision of the great and terrible god of undeath himself Orcus his crimson leathery skin and endless wings rumbling through the Abyss itself he had chosen a champion one that would unite the material world and the heart of the Abyss bringing a doorway of oblivion to our world he cut from his own head two of his terrible black horns placing them upon the brow of this chosen warrior his avatar to these realms granting him power no mortal should ever have I saw heroes long forgotten rise up to destroy this shadow champion losing

Output: The party rescued Kima, who was emotionally strained but resolute after her ordeal. She revealed she had been traveling for over a year on a divine mission, having just come from meeting their mutual contact, Allura. Kima then shared a powerful vision she received from the god Pelor: she witnessed the demon lord Orcus bestowing his power upon a chosen champion, an avatar destined to open a portal of oblivion to the material world. She spoke of ancient heroes rising to confront this threat, implying the party may now stand in that same role.


Input: skills as a bard uh extraordinaire a loner much of his life scanlan has never quite come to terms with the violent death of his mother at the hands of a goblet invasion while his years on the road provided many um shall we say educational experiences with the opposite sex deep down scanlan yearns for the one thing he's never known the true love of a fellow gnome still scanlan considers himself a lover first performer second and fighter distant third on the battlefield he'll support his allies but rarely draws blood unless it's to protect fellow gnome pike count on scanlan for a hearty laugh a rollicking song and a twinkle in his eye that melts hearts and makes the females swoon greetings and salutations i am tiberius stormwind i hail from a town called ty'rex located in the heart of draconia from a politically respected family at the age of fifteen i succeeded in passing the sorcerer's rite showing prodigy-like control of my magic the judges and the draconian high council were amazed at how powerful my spells were for how long i had been training at twenty years old i was the youngest appointed member of the magic guild in draconian history for the next few years i almost went mad from the malaise of being a guild member as it's rather boring however one day i happened upon a chamber unused for quite some time in the room were stacks of books and maps of the surrounding cities and areas around the known world for months i would frequent the chamber and learned of artifacts from legend after a long period of research i made a list of artifacts that caught my eye i brought these findings to the high council and was told that all of the information in the chamber i had stumbled upon was either believed to be fiction or unsolvable mysteries and hence were lost forever i found those answers to be unacceptable a year later i devised a ruse and managed to convince the city council to lend support in me leaving draconia on a mission of peace and diplomacy for the surrounding kingdoms going from town to town and making friends and allies in and for the name of draconia being a red dragonborn i had quite the task on my hands in that respect but it was exactly what i needed so i could explore the world and find these artifacts as i felt the truth was out there some may describe me as buffoonish but i say poppycock to all that i am much sharper than most give me credit for i just don't pay attention to things sometimes i've also been known to be rather cunning loyal happy-go-lucky and well dangerous i can't help but show my true scales every now and then but overall i think i'm quite friendly for a dragonborn never entirely welcome in the company of elves or men vax'ildan learned at a young age to skip past formality preferring instead to invite himself in your door along with twin sister vexahlia vax was born by a chance encounter between elven royalty and human peasantry raised by their mother in their early years the twins were eventually sent off to their father in the elven capital of syngorn but their cool reception among the elves there never warmed and their time in the capital didn't last the siblings stole away one autumn night and set out on the open road after a few years of wandering they eventually decided to return to their mother and journeyed back to the lands of their youth but instead of finding their childhood home they returned to a pile of rubble their mother was gone their home burned to ash pressing the townspeople for answers they learned of the day the dragon came roar with their ties all severed vax'ildan and his sister set out to find their fortune together in tal'dorei an outsider since birth vax quickly learned to solve life's challenges in his own particular way often by side-stepping them entirely and when his knack for circumventing adversity isn't enough knife scraping the way of blades the elves schooled him in more than makes up the difference like so many half-elves vexahlia has spent most of her life suffering the cool reception of a people who don't fully accept her born of a human mother and an elven father who only later in life took an interest in their existence vexahlia and her twin brother vax'ildan quickly realized the only people they could truly rely on in this world were each other it was at the age of ten when the two were taken from their mother and brought to live in syngorn

Output: The party's introductions revealed deep personal histories: Scanlan shared his past as a bard haunted by his mother's death and his longing for true love. Tiberius Stormwind, a prodigious sorcerer from Draconia, explained his secret mission to find legendary artifacts after growing restless in the magic guild. Vax'ildan and Vex'ahlia, half-elf twins, recounted their difficult upbringing, their rejection in the elven capital, and the tragic loss of their mother to a dragon attack. Through these stories, the group learned of each other's motivations and the shared theme of seeking purpose and belonging in the world.


Input: spent most of her life suffering the cool reception of a people who don't fully accept her born of a human mother and an elven father who only later in life took an interest in their existence Vex'ahlia and her twin brother Vax'ildan quickly realized the only people they could truly rely on in this world were each other it was at the age of ten when the the two were taken from their mother and brought to live in uh Syngorn the isolated elven city for which their father was an ambassador he quietly took them in but always kept an icy distance and after too many years of disdainful looks the pair decided to leave his indifference behind and set out on their own Vax took to the cities stealing small trinkets and learning the ways of the thief while Vex kept to the woods she preferred the isolation always the keen observer she learned to hunt and to track to spy to shoot and through a series of fateful events earned herself a companion in the form of a bear her own stolen Trinket to fight alongside her and protect her fiercely also he is adorable and gives expert massages uh dramatic music uh hello and welcome back so before we start a couple of quick announcements and things we want to get out to you guys one unfortunately Ashley cannot be here tonight so we're missing Pike sadly I'll be controlling her as the terrible AI for the evening apologies in advance guys she's only your healer all laugh also as a note we're still doing the subscriber giveaways tonight our next goal is twenty seven hundred subscribers we'll be giving away another tabletop promo kit that are exclusive only to this now you cannot find them anywhere else so we'll be giving one of those away to somebody in the chat room once we hit twenty seven hundred subscribers which is awesome also we have our charity we run every week eighty two six LA Marisha if you want to explain that a little bit yes eighty two six LA is a non-profit tutoring program for kids K through twelfth grade and they're really big on creative writing and storytelling and they also have a storefront the Time Travel Mart in uh Echo Park thank you and Mar Vista there's also one in Mar Vista and there might be an eighty two six in your city I know there's one in Seattle and Chicago and New York so look them up they're awesome and yes they do great work and you can also tutor for them you should volunteer which is also great yeah volunteer to be a tutor for eighty two six tutor to teach them to write modules for D&D think you're smart huh think you're smart do you think you're smart think you're smart can you teach a fifth grader exactly and also if you donate to eighty two six LA at the end of the show today we'll read off some of the messages you guys wrote as part of donations at the end of the show so we'll give you personal thanks for that at the end of of today so that's be cool also I'm wearing a shirt you notice it's grey-ish colored this is our second run of the first and I say first because there's hopefully more to come soon Critical Role shirt you guys keep asking for it we finally set up a Teespring it'll only be up for the next two weeks and we're trying to hit certain goals so that if we manage to hit a thousand tees sold we're going to go ahead and do another full cast Q&A if we can all find any that we're available for oh awesome but yeah so these shirts are available they're on Teespring dot com slash Critical Role we've already had a few trolls go in there and create their own t-shirts and say that they're official when they're not so don't buy those not ours it's those that's what it looks like so this grey with full cast setup there they didn't even ask us so the first ones we did in navy these are done in grey second edition and then we'll probably retire this design after this after this this'll be your one chance to get this design and we have more stuff coming down the road hopefully but yeah so check it out Teespring dot com slash Critical Role if you guys want one go grab one also quick little things you want to promote that we've been working on recently Marisha and Taliesin you said you wanted to yeah we we just did some voices for the new Marvel Age of Ultron pinball game

Output: The session began with a recap of Vex'ahlia and Vax'ildan's shared history, detailing their difficult upbringing in Syngorn and their decision to strike out on their own. It was noted that the party's cleric, Pike, would be absent for the evening. The Dungeon Master then made several announcements to the audience regarding subscriber goals, a charity fundraiser for 826 LA, and the availability of new merchandise. No active gameplay or party decisions occurred during this introductory segment.


Input: uh so after this this is gonna be your one chance to get this design and we have more stuff coming down the road hopefully but yeah so check it out teespring dot com slash critical role if you guys want one go grab one also quick little things you want to promote that we've been working on recently marisha and taliesin you said you wanted to... yeah we we just did some voices for the new marvel age of ultron pinball game yes i did the voice of ultron so you can hear me be evil and i voice black widow and doing a little little scar jo up in there yeah no doing a little marisha ray up in there speaking of black widow and speaking speaking of black widow oh yeah so now two black widows in the house black widow yeah cause we all do avengers assemble on disney xd every sunday morning what what what avengers assemble thor black widow red skull you bastard don't say anything he also plays black widow it's a whole new weird arc black widows woo and then the episode of tabletop that i did just dropped today as well that's awesome nice go check that out watch and destroy a bunch of folks on another game yeah a very scary horror rpg ooh that sounds awesome is there anything else i have something but you're next and my comedy troupe i eight a thumbtack on youtube we just put out a video called helping the homeless you should check it out there's this douchebag called fousey tube that we were parodying and we think it's funny awesome but yeah that just came out a couple days ago and i should have done this a couple of weeks ago but transformers robots in disguise is now on the telly and i play a decepticon named underbite who eats everything it's a really well done show and decepticons are better than autobots and check it out you're villains on everything are you hell yeah do you have a lisp in that show he gives good villain not on this show what what yeah there you go also i have the pleasure today to announce that i am the voice of tim drake robin in arkham knight yeah so i'm excited about that tim drake that game looks boring i know pfft who's going to touch it yeah that was a huge honor so i'm really excited about that so if anyone has anything else those are our announcements for this evening we can hop on in also those that the t-shirts i think it just got set up in the chat room that if you scroll all the way to the bottom there will be a button for you to find the t-shirts so even easier way of getting to them check it out anyway so into the game let me go ahead and get the music going because i think that's a required aspect of this as far as i'm concerned i'm always nervous in the first five minutes you remember how to play i got dice here we go so as a quick overview as to where we were the party essentially was given a quest from the capital city of emon to find the missing folk hero lady kima of vord a halfling paladin very well known who had gone missing while on a pilgrimage vision quest over the past year she had been missing for a number of weeks nearly months at this point and you were sent to the dwarven city of kraghammer to find and bring her back safely after going to the city you discover that she had delved into the mines seeking some sort of extremely dark evil that was seated somewhere deep beneath kraghammer proper in searching for her you managed to find your way through the mines into the entrance passage into the underdark the underdark which is a very scary place you've encountered a number of subterranean beasts and creatures some of which are unnaturally mutated or altered by some sort of magic you cannot place upon going through these caverns a few battles with duergar the ashen skinned evil subterranean dwarves further subterranean dwarves i guess you'd say and encountered your first mind flayers illithids which seem to have allied strangely with the duergar normally enemies by nature they're working together under what you discovered in sense is a common enemy referred to as k'varn nothing

Output: The party was tasked by the city of Emon to locate the missing paladin Lady Kima of Vord, who had vanished while seeking a dark evil beneath the dwarven city of Kraghammer. Following her trail, they delved deep into the mines and entered the treacherous Underdark. There, they battled subterranean creatures and duergar, and made the unsettling discovery that the normally hostile mind flayers were allied with the duergar. This alliance appeared to be orchestrated under a common enemy, a being or force known as K'varn.


Input: uh subterranean beasts and creatures um some of which are unnaturally mutated or altered by like some sort of magic you can't place and going through these caverns uh a few battles with duergar the ashen-skinned evil subterranean dwarves um further subterranean dwarves I guess you'd say and encountered your first mind flayers illithids which seem to have allied strangely with the duergar normally enemies by nature they're working together under what you discovered in sense is a common enemy referred to as K'Varn nothing really is known of K'Varn other than it has a great power and has united these two forces for some nefarious purpose apparently these abominations and these strange mutations you've encountered these experiments also seem to have been created by K'Varn though no one knows quite why or how as you traversed down you managed to uh befriend an arcanist mind flayer that was cast out from the colony named Clarota who has aided you under the intent that you would help him free his people of the slavery of K'Varn and release the mind flayers to their own normal state of mind and you've made your way to the duergar fortress Emberhold found and released Lady Kima who underwent many many weeks of torturous experiences to come through still firm of mind and ready to kick some ass through a very painful battle in the Emberhold you managed to pull your party out only a few of them turned to stone and with a foot burned off all laugh and Grog being dominated and Grog-napped by the surviving queen duergar Queen Ulara what everybody needs a nap we're going to have to get one of those child leashes for you maybe we can get a chip implanted in him so we can track him all the time oh yeah like a dog chip so get on enchanting that Tiberius I like chips yeah or like one of those tiles you put on your keys yes that's actually not a bad idea can we do that there's an app for that a Grog-jack Percy you can make that Grog-jack whenever he gets taken it gives a little beeper in your pocket yeah so the party then in trying to locate Grog's position found their way delving past the lava fall-based element of the obsidian rock duergar Underdark deeper into discovering this cursed pit of undeath bone shards and glass upon traversing it they encountered one of these abominations that you've seen traces of left before this weird half partial elven partial tentacle monstrosity that slashed through your party nearly killed Trinket but was defeated by you you managed to make your way across this bone field and discover what appears to be a camp across a number of pillars in the distance Vax went ahead and stealthed up looked over and saw that there was a camp of duergar and apparently the surviving Queen Ulara giving them orders next to Grog who is currently bolted by iron bands to some sort of a cart that they've been dragging him through this tunnel passage with and that is where we have left off so uh I think I've got a plan oh because I did too you have a plan no I want to hear yours let's do them both without telling and just see what happens I'll Roshambo you for it I actually I actually like this idea Scanlan Keyleth can meld through rock so if we can get the attention of everyone who's guarding Grog she could slip through while we're drawing them out and get through and let him go in the midst of the fight that works with my plan that works with your plan my plan was to was to go in there and distract them while you did something all laugh perfect plan I like that plan I hadn't completed the thought because the something hadn't been worked out you were 80% there actually let me tell you all that Grog is up here you didn't know I assumed you'd come back by now no I'm still up there that raises the stakes all laugh last week I said come up now and that's when he called it and I had already taken off so I'm already headed there all right well he's at least said come up now so we're we're there so Tiberius roll a stealth check great great Tiberius go for it damn it hold on let me show you my collection of tin cans tied to my tail actually

Output: The party delved through subterranean caverns, battling mutated creatures, duergar, and mind flayers who were unnaturally allied under a mysterious power called K'Varn. They befriended an exiled mind flayer named Clarota and successfully rescued Lady Kima from the duergar fortress Emberhold. During their escape, Grog was dominated and captured by the surviving duergar queen, Ulara. Tracking him, the group traversed a cursed bone field and discovered Ulara's camp, where Grog was seen bolted to a cart. In response, the party began formulating a rescue plan involving Keyleth's ability to meld through stone and a coordinated distraction.


Input: (all laugh) Last week I said come up now uh and that's when he called it and I had already taken off so I'm already headed there you know all right um well he's at least said come up now so we're we're there so Tiberius roll a stealth check great great Tiberius go for it damn it hold on let me show you my collection of tin cans tied to my tail actually you know what no I'm fine I'll just roll yeah roll the shit out of that 16 16 okay so as Tyberius coasts up along the back portion of Vax's arrival point where is everybody we're on our way I don't know I heard you you notice one of the dwerger looks over his shoulder in your direction and plan over and begins to make a few steps in that direction wait who you yeah he went in anyway yeah and he's not stealthed enough all right I grab Tiberius by the snout and pull him back around the edge of that rock I'm just doing it pulling my dagger out all right so the dwerger continues to move forward towards the edge of the rock oh come up here please okay we stealth can I head that way and I'm throwing a knife into the dwarf's neck oh Jesus that's not very stealthy at all well it's coming over all right so the rest of you guys go ahead and roll stealth he's not waiting we've been doing this for 30 seconds we're already in a fight I was going to distract them I'm not going to stand here and wait for the dwerger to walk around the corner I was going to distract them too and you got one of them it's a classic movie moment I'm going in I'm walking into the camp what wait okay wait are we abandoning the plan no we're just going for it right now all right oh my god all right so the rest of you I rolled a nine so it doesn't even matter it doesn't matter at this point I rolled a ten yeah okay so the rest of you begin trudging in down this tunnel towards the edge goddamn Clarota and Kima are holding up the back rear end you know if you wait five minutes I can at least take one out as Scalin approaches the dwerger immediately turns around hi dwerger right up behind him cut his neck cut the throat I turn into an earth elemental all right simultaneously as you approach the dwerger looks behind gives you a glance and you can see his eyes normally pupil-less eyes of the ashy-skinned dwerger are now glowing with an odd dull green color that you haven't seen in dwerger previously and he starts rushing towards you he's going to make a simultaneous round rushing up to you for an attack while you release your two attacks against him and you release your dagger go twinsies who hits Scalin this calls for a music change well the best laid plans my first one was an ultimate fail okay good to know all right the first dwerger swings at you with his war hammer to you Scalin that comes down with a 12 12 versus armor class versus your armor class yeah I'm okay you pull back and the giant war hammer swings past you and you duck out of the way thankfully though the dwerger are relatively small you're much smaller and as a gnome you slip right out of the path of the actual hammer blow your first arrow misses second one you said hits 25 25 definitively hits go ahead and roll damage ugh why why oh I'm cursed today eight eight damage eight damage all right so after he swings past Scalin who ducks out of the way one arrow just cruises over his head and you hear it scattering and clattering against the rocks in the distance he looks over in your direction as the second one just grazes his shoulder you can see a little bit of blood begin to spill but it doesn't even turn his head towards the wound he's still just glaring at you angrily while you throw your dagger from behind him not even aware of your presence

Output: The party attempted to approach the dwerger camp stealthily, but Tiberius was quickly spotted. Before the dwerger could fully react, Scalin abandoned the plan and attacked, throwing a dagger and drawing the creature into combat. The rest of the party then abandoned stealth and moved in to support, with Scalin narrowly dodging a war hammer strike. During the fight, they discovered the dwerger's eyes glowed with an unusual dull green light. The skirmish began with Scalin landing an arrow shot while Tiberius attacked unseen from behind.


Input: way one arrow just you know cruises over his head and you can hear it scattering and clattering against the rocks in the distance he looks over in your direction as the second one just grazes his shoulder you can see a little bit of blood begin to spill but it doesn't even turn his head towards the wound he's still just glaring at you angrily while you throw your dagger from behind him not even aware of your presence currently um twenty natural twenty first of the night there is a magnet inside this die I should be just full disclosure okay so natural twenty yeah we're buying you new dice next week yeah yeah will you buy me new dice as well thank you so as you pull Tiberius back clutching the front of his snout keeping him quiet you pull a dagger out toss it in the air catch it and fling it at full speed striking true go ahead and roll damage with sneak attack bonus also multiplied because of the crit yes he's gone he's gone okay uh 47 all right so as he turns and the arrow strikes off his shoulder and he glares at you Vex he pulls back his hammer again looking down at Scanlan coming down for a blow to basically bash his skull in but he stops suddenly as you see this blade protruding from the front of his skull his glowing eyes fade back to a dull pale whitish color and his body slumps onto the ground as your dagger magically returns to your hand from below Dwerger down I nod to you good job I step forward and say is her name Ulara Ulara Queen Ulara Queen Ulara show yourself step out and talk to us everyone hold and the rest of you are you all staying where you are are you coming forward with Scanlan oh you're talking we're doing a talking thing let's step up behind him I want to step up and make him look more imposing with me and Trinket behind him I am I am going hang on wait what are you do what I want to step up behind Scanlan with a bear behind him and make him look more imposing I'm going to slink back into the shadows and turn into an earth elemental and sink into the ground okay and hopefully they don't see that happen Keyleth is no longer Keyleth whoa you're huge and then fades underneath the earth somewhere just slips into it almost like sand through an hourglass you just vanish beneath the surface of the rock great way to leave a party Kima steps forward making a point to step angrily onto the corpse of the Dwerger you hear the crunching of bone and metal as she steps over his corpse Percy you're approaching as well I'm staying a little bit back okay so about there yeah about there all right Clarota is going to move off to the side here and Pike is going to come and get the center point she feels the most applicable to heal DM yes where on the map is the queen right now you don't see right now don't see her she's in the tent she's in the tent right Grog which is right over here I see what's going on and I rub my ring and I go invisible okay Greater Invisibility all right so Tiberius also vanishes from view you glance over your shoulder Vax and notice that Tiberius is just gone just vanished all right so as you shouted this out the secondary Dwerger now turns and first off make a persuasion check well no in this case intimidation I think is what this is going to be do I roll again I'll say okay because it is a different skill so yeah Matt I'd like to move to the other side you'll get about there with this round 22 22 fucking love this game all right as you shout this the Dwerger grabs this warpick from his side looks at you angrily and begins to step forward as a giant grizzly bear and the rest of the party filters up behind you in full flying V formation he puts his pick to his side and yells off his shoulder My Queen we've got company as he does the flaps of the far end of the tent here open up there's a dwarf

Output: The party defeated the Dwerger with a critical sneak attack, then immediately shifted focus to demanding an audience with Queen Ulara. As they pressed forward, Keyleth transformed into an earth elemental and vanished underground, while Grog used greater invisibility to disappear from sight. Kima stepped aggressively over the fallen enemy, and the group formed an imposing line as Vex issued the challenge. Their intimidation check succeeded, prompting the remaining Dwerger to call out for his queen, and the tent flaps opened to reveal a dwarf—presumably Ulara herself.


Input: all right uh as you shout this the duregar grabs this warpick from his side and looks at you angrily and begins to step forward as a giant grizzly bear and the rest of the party filters up behind you in full flying V formation he puts his pick to his side and yells off his shoulder my queen we've got company and as he does the flaps of the far end of the tent here open up there's a dwarf there not a duregar but a dwarf that is standing there to the side that steps out of the way and Queen Ularah steps out as well you see her angrily look off to the side well then it appears that we have some business to discuss and she begins to step past the front of the fire way stopping right next to the fire pit keeping a good 15-foot distance with her arms crossed the dwarf comes and flanks her on this side and you now see while I cannot seem to find the figure for the life of me right now to represent it we'll use this for the time being there is an elf also flanking her normal looking elf dressed in what looks like a fine chainmail attire longsword at the side so there's an elf and a dwarf both flanking and they're clearly with her they are at her side like they're ready to defend her they could be charmed Queen Ularah if I may have a word let us spare each other lots of bloodshed and just have a chat before we fight is that all right uh talk small annoying creature and perhaps it'll delay the inevitable my friends and I have come hello hi yes we've come from the above world the normal world let's say to your fine kingdom down here below and we were on a mission we're a bit of I don't want to brag but we're a bit of an elite task force sent in by kingdoms and kings that you probably haven't heard of way down below but anyway I'll spare you hold that thought just for a second Percy go ahead and roll a perception check oh shit when it's out of the blue like that it's always bad ten okay continue wait DM Vax is creeping along the back of that tent and curving around all right thank you I'm going to do the earring and go to Scanlan and be like keep it simple will you I mean really calm down copy that yeah how could you my lady we have come on a mission to save someone that you were holding captive we have completed our mission and in the melee in that hovel you called a palace back there we lost one of our own and we would like him back now I'll make it very simple because my fellows are begging me to keep things simple it's a simple binary choice you can all die right now or you can turn over our friend and we will probably probably leave you in peace I would promise but I don't make promises to dogs ooh oh snap oh shit I move in behind where the pillar is but in the ground behind where this pillar is in the ground no I'm yeah I'm there-ish all right so at that response and you're noticing now as you're getting a better glance at the queen too the normally white pale duregar eyes have a strange green glow-ish hue to them as do the two individuals to the right and left of her and she just looks you square in the face you took my king from me came and slayed him in his own throne room you took something I love I take something you love he's mine now and I'm bringing him to his greater destiny at which point a loud horrendous streaking sound pierces the ears of everyone in this vicinity as appearing out of a ripple of energy a once-invisible mind flar goes cascading out a mind blast in a cone that just tears through the entire group here Scanlan Vex Pike as well Trinket Percy go ahead and roll an intelligence saving throw I'll die once I finally come back saving throw yes what is that roll your saving throw for intelligence okay small square near the top upper left hand at least I don't have to roll for intelligence 21 all right Percy do I roll for Trinket too 16

Output: The party advanced in formation and attempted to negotiate with Queen Ularah, demanding the return of their captured friend. The queen, flanked by a dwarf and an elf, angrily refused, blaming them for her king's death and declaring her intent to keep their companion. As tensions peaked and the party prepared for a fight, an invisible mind flayer suddenly revealed itself and unleashed a devastating mind blast on the group. Percy managed to resist the psychic assault, but several others were caught in the cone of energy.


Input: uh okay so third attack yeah third attack spin the barrel again on the pepper box uh natural twenty get on it murder him that's eleven points of damage is it doubled all righty that's doubled with the critical that's two d ten I double the dice right yeah yeah or roll and double the dice number but that's fine okay so that's that and now I'm going to take a sharp shooter bonus so oh that sucks that's eleven that doesn't hit unfortunately so the first one hits the second one actually clips part of its chest and you can see as it tries to use its psychic abilities to resist the bullet it still pierces its chest in the side missing everything vital still causing it to uh sucks in the air for a moment that was a terrible roll I'm going to use some movement to dodge left to get out of the way of that guy okay so going this way yeah I'm going to go yeah about there okay cool probably should get out the laser pointers I'll bring him one hey is Grog stone Grog's tied Grog is held by iron bands he's down Grog's been hitting the peace pipe he's unconscious you guys don't know you haven't seen him yet I saw him you described it to me last week he's in iron bands held on a cart but he's awake right yeah on a cart you haven't checked iron bands yeah he's tied down he's on the whole cart though right Tiberius you're up next great I peek over the little thing and I go ooh and I throw a fireball from my ring okay where are you throwing it oh right in the juicy spot of those three right here yeah okay so as they're all sitting there looking ready to pounce for this series of battle all of a sudden there's a slight streak of reddish energy in the distance as you all are watching it looks almost like the fire pit behind them just explodes in this giant fiery ball of red angry magical fury so go ahead and roll your eight d six damage uh I'm missing d sixs there's two more wonderful that's thirty one damage thirty one points of damage okay Queen Ulara you notice as the duergar are generally considered as this blasts in this area as well both her and the duergar make their saving throw they have magic resistance innately against it against magic yeah they're hardy creatures man however the elf on this side ends up being thrown to the side and its entire body gets thrown about twenty thirty feet across from the force of the explosion landing on the ground lifeless next to you on the ground a burnt cinder the dwarf takes the brunt of it as well appears to still be alive but looks very horribly burned and is looking at its hands now like barely standing and then I spend two sorcerer points to form an ice knife before we get to that point Grog you also take that damage oh how many points he's a freaking sponge he'll be fine why because you said you threw it in the fire there Grog's right there on a cart I said the juicy spot of those three I knew Grog was there of course I wouldn't throw it there I can take it okay fine I pointed here yeah but I thought I don't know be specific next time but yeah that's okay he can take it we're down all of our laser pointers and I throw that right in the back of Queeny's head okay all right go for it so as you coalesce this arcane energy into this blue cold freezing plume of moisture in your hand it forms into this giant jagged blade of ice and you chuck it in a straight line go ahead and roll a d twenty plus your spell attack modifier get it get some nineteen nineteen does hit even with her mage armor sweet and then that's one d ten so that's a ten and then it shatters and then does where the fuck is it two d six damage as well okay to her and everyone go for it in a five foot radius so yeah right and that

Output: The party engaged in a fierce battle, with one member landing a critical hit from a pepper box that dealt significant damage. They then strategically repositioned to dodge incoming attacks. Tiberius cast a powerful fireball from his ring, aiming at a cluster of enemies; the blast killed an elf and severely burned a dwarf, but also struck their ally Grog, who was bound on a cart nearby. Following this, he used sorcerer points to hurl an ice knife at Queen Ulara, which struck true and shattered, damaging her and nearby foes. The party coordinated their attacks while managing the unexpected collateral damage to Grog.


Input: a straight line uh go ahead and roll a d20 plus your spell attack modifier uh get it get some and that's like a 19 19 does hit even with her mage armor sweet and then that's a d10 so that's a ten and then uh it shatters and then does where the fuck is it uh 2d6 damage as well okay to her and everyone go for it in a five foot radius so yeah right and that guy's like right next to her right yeah hey matt how much damage did i take what was the damage on the fireball 31 31 31 points of fire damage cool cool and that's four points of damage to both of them are you dead to both of them all right well for one four damage is enough as the shards of ice from the back of ulalas torso explode into this spray of jagged ice chunks it pierces continuously the right side of this dwarf who then falls to the ground grasping at his wounds and trying to stand to his feet before falling over unconscious right there and i have greater invisibility so i'm still invisible and i just peek back behind the rock mysterious fireball ice dagger source okay you come to consciousness in extreme pain as your entire body is immersed briefly in flame we'll get to that in a second vex vax sorry okay i'm going to use my feat cunning action for one extra action per turn of combat use for either dash disengage or hide so i'm going to double distance and go one two three four five i still can't see her six maybe seven eight nine ten stop right here by clarota clarota clarota and dagger dagger at this jerkface over here right here yep all right that was stealthed by the way right roll a stealth check all right okay and i'm going to use luck okay so stealth is 23 okay and he hasn't gone yet so for the assassinate feat for rogues if he hasn't gone yet this is a critical hit in theory combat already began when he attacked the rest of your party okay combat's begun sorry the feat says if you have the jump if you go before the person's gone but we can talk about that later correct but they've already attacked half your party with the mind blast so in theory the battle's already begun all right okay so keen dagger flying through the air all right oh i didn't hit to okay so that hits 16 plus 27 that definitively hits yes okay so three plus kill him 36 total 36 points of damage all right so the mind flayer which is after it finishes a mind blast you can see it beginning to eye what its next target would be as percy goes running off to the side it looks over at its three freshly stunned prey and begins to lumber towards what looks to be either pike or vex but before it gets a chance to advance though out of nowhere your dagger pierces it in its shoulder it looks at it and it grasps for it as its hand tries to pull the dagger out the dagger disappears in a plume of black shadow energy back into your hand as you throw the other dagger oh sorry asswipe okay that is a 19 19 does also hit and that is eight damage all right the other dagger the creature actually puts up a little bit of a psychic field for a second and it stops its momentum it does still manage to strike it but with nowhere near the damage you were hoping it would cool that ends your turn that brings us to scanlan okay so all that's remaining on the battlefield is the queen and the mind flayer the mind flayer the queen and this duergar here that has not acted yet all right i'm going to just bum rush the queen yes i mean and just dive at her just dive full head on straight for her and bear hug her with banishment oh yeah baby okay you know you can cast that from a distance no you have to it's touch is it oh yeah it's a touch spell it's touch all right so what's your spell dc i assume

Output: The party engaged in a fierce battle against a mind flayer, a duergar, and a queen. After a combined fireball and ice dagger attack heavily wounded the enemies, Vax used his stealth and luck to land critical dagger strikes on the mind flayer. The creature was severely damaged but still standing as it prepared to target the stunned party members. Meanwhile, Scanlan moved to directly confront the queen, attempting to use the touch spell *banishment* on her. The session ended with the outcome of that spell cast still unresolved.


Input: right uh I'm going to just bum rush the queen yes I mean uh and just dive at her just dive full head-on straight for her and bear hug her with banishmint oh yeah baby uh okay laughing you know you can cast that from a distance no you have to it's touch is it oh yeah it's a touch spell it's touch all right so uh what's your spell DC I assume you're using your hand cone I do most things through that as you charge forward you pull out your enchanted hand cone and shout the incantation towards her with an angry glare ooh get lost motherfucker all laughing it had a DC of 19 for that yeah okay even with her spell resistance she does not resist it it's not you it's me all laughing is it an intelligence or wisdom save oh I don't know things target plane of existence banishmint I don't know where does it say it should say what saving throw it is find it all laughing I will do this for you on a charisma saving throw or be banished so if it was on anything but a charisma saving throw she would have shrugged it charisma she does not have in spades as you reach out she pulls back and you see her beginning to form this crackling bolt of energy you've seen once before in the throne room that shot out and hit multiple members of your party once for a severe amount of damage this would have been a very dangerous round if you hadn't connected with her right in front of her clavacal she looks at you with this look of confusion and completely caught-off-guard frustration before her entire form uh sucking sound blinks out of existence and is no longer visible on the board bard ass yes get the hell out of there laughing do I get my bonus yeah I'm going to give inspiration to Grog because he needs it all right so Grog as the flames die down you look over and watch Scanlan rush up and completely as far as you know disintegrate the duergar queen who took you and has been torturing you these past few days wow all laughing with that he looks over to you and gives you a little wink and a smile go ahead and take an inspiration dice which for him is now a d10 an upgrade heck yeah so you can add that inspiration die to any ability checks any skill checks saving throws for instance busting through iron bars thank you thank you all right well it would be Ulara's turn she's going to go ahead and attempt to make her saving throw does not make it still somewhere in some other plane that you're unaware of she's in a better place Keyleth it's your turn all right I'm going to phase through the ground because I can and pop up right there next to Grog all right crashing sound Grog you all of sudden as you look over from Scanlan with this smiling face this giant mountain of rock and earth just lumbers up out of the ground oh shit and in rock speak I say Grog it's okay it's Keyleth you hear deep gargled sounds screams in terror laughing I still don't really grasp that you can't it's your first time doing elemental form you're still trying to figure it out seeing that he's still tied up I'm going to pick up the whole crate and put him over my no I'm going to football carry him like this okay laughing is he on something he's strapped to a giant cart she's carrying the whole thing yeah awesome because earth elemental awesome so you're there now you still have about what's the speed of 30 30 so you've got about say ten more squares or I'm sorry ten more feet you can go I'm going to start football rushing that way this way all right one two all right there we go get the fuck out you're now being carried by this giant lumbering earth elemental that is just bringing you under its arm great Vex do you make your saving throw intelligence plus intelligence intelligence saving throw that should be at the top 23 23 using your mind you shrug off the remainder of the ability that

Output: Scanlan charged the duergar queen and successfully cast Banishment using his enchanted hand cone, overcoming her spell resistance with a high DC. The queen failed her charisma saving throw and was banished just as she was about to unleash a dangerous area attack. Keyleth then used her earth elemental form to lift Grog, who was still bound to a cart, and began carrying him to safety. Meanwhile, Vex shook off the lingering effects of a previous ability. The party secured their escape route with the queen neutralized and Grog being rescued.


Input: to start football rushing that way uh this way all right one two all right there we go get the fuck out you're now being carried by this giant lumbering earth element that is just bringing you under its arm great uh vex do you make your saving throw intelligence plus intelligence intelligence saving throw that should be at the top twenty three twenty three using your mind you shrug off the remainder of the ability that does end your turn but you're no longer stunned which is nice that's great that's the end of my turn that's the end of your turn do i roll it for trinket too yes trinket as well thank you little trinket gets the little bitty dice oh i don't think he got it no he still rolled an eight yeah so trinket's still on the ground slowly digging his nose into the dirt trying to find a way to his oh does that mean he takes more damage no more damage but currently is unable to function he's dreaming of honey okay he's dreaming of pain yeah very bad news okay that brings us to pike who's also going to try and make her saving throw fails it unfortunately pike dropped her shield dropped her mace and is clutching the side of her head screaming silently as the pain is wracking her brain from the inside that brings us to this duergar who's going to rush over to the one who just banished his queen and attempt to his physical form begins to swell with strength and frustration the duergar swings at you with his war pick that is oh don't hit me i cast a little count cutting what is it cutting words okay so it's a sixteen go ahead and roll your d ten number it's a d ten now that's d ten it's a d ten now you leveled up yeah i don't even i've never rolled a d ten before now you have this is a d ten yep so it's a sixteen it was a four it was a four so it takes that down from a sixteen to a twelve which does miss he misses so as he rushes towards you no don't hit me he stops for a second confused he puts the war pick down for a second like wait argh you gnome doesn't know why he listened to you and is equally frustrated with himself now as he is you so good all right that ends the duergar's turn that brings us to here comes the illithid not yet this is going to be kima is going to try and make her saving throw kima does make it does shrug off the effect turns around angrily holding the greatsword that you gave her staring off at the mind flayer right there clarota however is going to go ahead and turn this way coalesce a giant ball of electrical energy into his hand and release an arcing blast of lightning energy towards this mind flayer who does make its saving throw however it's still a nice eight d six lightning damage do they know each other are they friends not anymore soulmates i think that guy dated clarota's ex-girlfriend so twenty points of lightning damage as the blue energy arcs off and you see it grounds itself on the incline of this tunnel you guys have heading down the mind flayer visibly is burned charred wounded it looks really really rough that ends clarota's turn kima's turn back to the top of the round the mind flayer looks at its certain circumstance puts its hands together like this it seems to concentrate i see it i cast counterspell okay all right it's a reflex counterspell in this edition is so good that's great all right so this would be counterspell come on tibs tiber-hoods all right counterspell so make an ability check so add a d twenty plus five to it that's nothing that's no numbers oh there we go that's a good number what is that twenty two twenty two that'll do it so as this entity you've seen before they tend to like create this small localized portal into some other plane and then like step through and vanish you see it begins to coalesce the same arcane energy and for a moment you see a spark of some sort of door beginning to open as tiberius steps from behind the rock releases this

Output: The party was carried to safety by a loyal earth elemental while Vex managed to shake off the stunning psychic assault, though Trinket remained incapacitated. Pike succumbed to the mental pain, dropping her weapons in agony. A furious duergar attacked but was momentarily confused by Vex's cutting words, causing it to miss. The drow ally Clarota retaliated, hurling a lightning bolt that severely wounded the mind flayer. As the injured mind flayer attempted to escape through a portal, Tiberius successfully cast *counterspell*, thwarting its retreat.


Input: there we go that's a good number what is that twenty two twenty two that'll do it so as this entity you've seen before they tend to like create this small localized portal into some other plane and then like step through and vanish you see it begins to coalesce the same arcane energy and for a moment you see a spark of some sort of door beginning to open as Tiberius steps from behind the rock releases this torrent of sparkling arcane energy that closes the gate entirely and the mind flayer for a second looks confused before it looks across the way to wherever it came from and sees nothing oh so sorry are you still invisible so sad so sad and is going to turn tail and run just running with his feet can I shoot him he ran well yeah essentially levitating away does he have a goofy run it's more it's a gliding it's a whoosh about five or six inches off the ground shoot her Percy you're up shoot him Percy okay I'm going to take a step towards who's buggering Scanlan over there a doorgar it's a doorgar I'm just going to take a shot at him really quick don't hit me okay not going to hit you hard to see him right now there's a big tent in the way if you want to take a step forward continue moving I'll take a step forward I'm going to continue moving this is going to be a running shot okay so as you turn pull your gun off to the side explosion offhand fire eighteen eighteen does hit I don't like guns that's don't go anywhere that's nine damage nine damage all right and I'm going to shoot again all right eighteen eighteen that also hits bad news eight damage bad news has not come out yet this is just my little pepperbox all right so as you turn the corner you fire once take another step forward go click click over the next barrel fire a second time the doorgar which was attacking you you see part of it's still burnt from the fireball which was tossed the first round he's frustrated and angry that you caused him to somehow lower his guard when he attacked you last yeah you see him gearing up for another two-handed strike down at this tiny gnome character in front of him the first blow hits the war pick knocking it out of his hands he looks over confused at you as the second blast hits him right in the side of the face completely destroying this side of his head entirely this wet gurgle as the doorgar slumps to the ground almost on top of you but you step out of the way as his body boof hits the ground right there nice nice Percy bam where does he get such wonderful toys I make them that's Percy's turn Tiberius you want to chase them I'm going to slink my way all the way behind the other rock over here towards everybody closer yeah back there you go okay I'm going to yeah screw it I'll do another fireball at the illiterate going away where do you think you're going fwoosh so as you fire this beam over here it detonates in the distance safely far enough away from the party go ahead and roll damage for that fireball as the mind flayer that is drifting away glances over its shoulder you see its greenish glowing eyes go wide for a second cartoon style oh shit did you go fireball as you do it Hadouken and with its advantage against the spell it's a dexterity save correct yeah so that's doesn't make it nineteen nineteen all right nineteen damage yep okay as the mind flayer's drifting away you guys see this arc of red beaming energy whoosh off in the distance explosion you see rocks cascade off the top of the wall hitting the ground with a force as the entire tunnel shakes and rocks as the smoke and the flames dissipate all you see is this pile of blackened creature on the ground from where the mind flayer once stood oh peace out mind gobbler is that everybody's fellows gather around she might come back at any moment and we should be here to surround her when she comes back okay

Output: The party confronted a mind flayer attempting to open an escape portal. Tiberius countered by closing the gate with arcane energy, forcing the creature to flee. Meanwhile, Percy stepped forward and eliminated a duergar attacking Scanlan with two precise shots from his pepperbox. Tiberius then pursued the retreating mind flayer, launching a fireball that destroyed it in a distant explosion. With the immediate threats neutralized, the party decided to gather and hold their position, anticipating the possible return of their foe.


Input: Here’s the transcribed text, rendered as a noisy, imperfect Whisper-style output. I’ve removed speaker tags, stripped most punctuation, added natural filler words, slightly misheard some terms, and merged the dialogue into a continuous flow—all while keeping the core meaning intact. ``` off the top of the wall uh hitting the ground with a force as the entire tunnel shakes and rocks um as the smoke and the flames dissipate all you see is this pile of blackened creature on the ground from where the mind flier once stood oh peace out mind gobbler is that everybody's uh fellows gather around she might come back at any moment and we should be here to surround her when she comes back okay yeah and someone get Grog out of that thing oh crap I forgot about that one yeah how do we get Grog out Grog what while they're all doing this what do you want to do well am I still chained up to the cart yeah these iron bands are across your entire body being carried by an earth elemental excuse me giant rock thing could you perhaps get me out of this shit I start hiking back towards Grog Pike and Trinket are they still stunned or are they better they've shrugged it off by now okay then I run over and try to see what I can do Ulara still can't make her saving throw for the life of her even with resistance can I go try to mess with the things on oh yeah as you guys approach and begin making your way up to the front here grab these dwarf guys and I'll move on the other side of that rock so I can see better and have line of sight over here no on that side yeah okay all right so as the rest of you all slowly trudge up and gather around this vicinity Grog are you hurt I can't tell yet I'm keeping my distance there yeah all right so I'm still in this wonderful therapeutic chair so you go ahead and you try and pull the bars off is that what you're doing what are you doing are they bars they're iron bands that surround you don't want to hurt him but it's a wooden cart is it a wooden cart maybe bust the wood on the bottom or just smash the cart or he can pick a lock it's what I do oh is there a lock on the bars yeah yeah there's an intricate lock mechanism try that first before I suplex Grog all right so so the earth elemental lumbers forth and presents the cart on the ground in front of you uh impact sound one of the wheel breaking noise thank you cracks a little bit in the process give me a little space let me look at this can I detect traps on his bands checking for traps she could come back at any second hurry up I keep my arrow notched in case she does come back that's a seventeen seventeen yeah okay they appear to be just general locks and are there locks contraptions on them there is a lock on them yes so go ahead and make your nineteen nineteen tink the band that's part way across the waist opens freely on the hinge on the one side was there just one yeah that was the one uh groans in relief oh my god so go ahead and make an athletics check I mean there's multiple bands around you across your shoulders your torso your legs your ankles I'm going to move on to the next one twenty-five and a twenty-five on my lock pick okay you get a second band you rolled a twenty-five and Marisha do you want to go ahead and make an athletics check as well or that would be a strength check for you for what for your form your elemental form to try and pull the bands off of Grog okay unless you want to do something else I'm going to recommend to Pike that she do a bit of healing oh Pike can you heal Trinket he's really almost dead is Pike okay Pike comes over and spends a third-level healing spell I failed you failed what life oh wow yeah you did strength check okay Trinket heals twenty-one oh good Vax is moving to the next band that's a twenty-four I got a twenty-five does that not help yeah between the two of you over the next few seconds ``` This should feel like a raw, live transcription—just as if you’d overheard it through a noisy channel. Let me know if you’d like any adjustments or further refinements!

Output: The party defeated the mind flayer, reducing it to a pile of blackened remains. They then discovered Grog was still trapped, bound by iron bands to a wooden cart. Working quickly, they used lockpicking and strength checks to free him band by band while keeping watch for the enemy's return. During the rescue, Pike healed the nearly dead Trinket. The session ended with the party still in the process of freeing Grog, tense and alert for further danger.


Input: Pke can you heal Trinket he's really almost dead uh is Pke okay... Pke comes over and spends a third-level healing spell... I failed... You failed what? Life. Oh wow yeah you did... Strength check. Okay Trinket heals 21. Oh good. Vax is moving to the next band that's a 24... I got a 25 does that not help? Yeah between the two of you over the next few seconds or so you pick the next one and with that remaining push you force the rest of the bands off. Grog you make your way up to your feet... (groans in relief) There we go. At that point in time there's a slight ripple in the space right before this fire pit and in that place Ulara Queen Ularra reappears again... Hold her! I've been waiting for it... Can I grab her? Wait can I do something can we react to this? Yeah... I see it and I cast Hold Person. Okay all right as you finish the spell you can see this glow of yellowish holding energy almost like these mystical shackles begin to tighten around her and then fade unaffected... I release an arrow! I also cast Hold Person. Okay so you go ahead and loose your arrow so go ahead and roll for your attack all right... Uh 29... 29? Okay that does hit. You can see now the second set of shackles spins around her she brings her hand up like this and they just scatter around her resisting a second Hold Person now all her saving throws are coming through... Can I just grab her as an earth elemental just like (mumbles with a deep voice)... If you want to... Yeah. So damage on the attack? I Hunter's Mark her as well... Oh there you go see that chatroom? What is that 13? 12... 12 plus that's 16 total... 16 damage all right... I'm gonna take a headshot with Bad News... Wait! Oh are you doing something? We need to talk to her... Okay. I bear hug her. Okay so go ahead and make an athletics check... Athletics I don't have that... I know it's just a strength check then roll a d20 and add your strength modifier... Ooh that's better 23... 23. You bound up behind her and as she looks over her shoulder the arrow piercing her shoulder she's looking pretty rough you can see the blood beginning to pool underneath her robe there her eyes go wide... It would be in your best interest to not struggle... At which point the giant arms go (impact noise) behind her and the earth elemental lifts her off her feet (groans in pain) You can see her now her feet dangling angrily in the air. A couple of seconds pass before she (pants) all right so let's make a deal shall we? (laughs) You're in no place to negotiate... We have everything that we have come here for what can you possibly offer us that we don't already have? Valid point what purpose do I serve you should let me go... Let you go? I tried to talk to you and you almost tried to get us killed! Vox Machina our purposes here are done but Lady Kima she has further to go and I am curious your Highness if you know anything about this K'Varn chap or gal or thing we have heard his or her name they seem to be famous in these parts I was wondering if you know anything about K'Varn... Are you rolling Persuasion for this? Yes I am so well that's a two... So bad... She goes I know many things and she leans forward a little bit and then spits right in your face... Oh wonderful Clarota do you want to suck her mind? I tighten my grip on her a bit... Vex'ahlia would you come up and talk to this... I'm already here. Clarota at which steps forward and brings his hand up... Oh that's true we don't need her we just need her brain. As Clarota steps forward putting his hand out this voice echoes through all of your minds communally now tell us what you know and you see his eyes flicker with a strange blue energy... Yeah Professor X... Man's got to eat. And you see Ulara's eyes glaze over and fill with the same blue arcane energy

Output: The party managed to heal Trinket and free Grog from the restraining bands just as Queen Ulara reappeared by the fire pit. They attempted to subdue her with Hold Person spells, but she resisted both attempts. Vex'ahlia landed an arrow shot, and Grog, in earth elemental form, successfully grappled her from behind, lifting her off the ground. Despite her captured state, Ulara refused to negotiate and spat at them. In response, the party opted to have Clarota use his psionic abilities to forcibly extract information directly from her mind.


Input: steps forward and brings his hand up oh that's true we don't need her we just need her brain as Clarota steps forward putting his hand out this voice echoes through all of your minds communally now tell us what you know and you see his eyes flicker with a strange blue energy yeah Professor X man's got to eat and you see Ulara's eyes glaze over and fill with the same blue arcane energy that Clarota was briefly having drift out of his eyes Ulara stops struggling and the mouth goes into this weird grin for a second and just calmly says liberation liberation is what it brings us liberation from physical limitation liberation from the pain of the light and she looks up as she says that we all shall rise K'Varn the Guiding Darkness the sun shall hold no sway and we shall walk the surface once again what is all this poppycock what is K'Varn K'Varn came to us showed us how through unification we could be better than we ever were I didn't ask what he did I asked what he is K'Varn at which point there's a shudder in her body and her eyes go from this strange blue color to this strange swimming black that covers the entirety of each eye at which point she shakes for a second her shoulders shift and you clutch her in your arms as you do you see the blackness now has that same green glow that the rest of them had but it's framing the pools of shadow that her eyes have become her jaw falls slack for a second and this voice comes through ah there there we are I can see you all so clearly not me you'd be surprised dragonborn you're pretty good word has reached my ears but to see you to look upon you is everything come you are close yes come to me as my guests I invite you the temple doors are open I'd like to see you in person uh can you be more specific like do we go left or right or specific you're already on the right path come to me you are my treasured guests at which point the blackness in the eyes begins to intensify and begin to spill like black tears from the face her body shudders before the back convulses and then falls limp a little bit of smoke rising from the mouth I check her pulse she has definitely given up the ghost try to heal her does she have anything awesome on that we can take I wasn't going to say it you're looting her already I was waiting for someone else to say it what a mercenary is she dead can we take her outfit all right so as you guys glance around you find other than the usual assortment of objects you find are the armor the duergar the Emberhold make Vax'ildan is going to go pick at the charred remains of the illithid I'm going into the tent to look I want to check out the queen okay you go and check out the charred remains they are charred they are remains there is what looks to be about eighty six gold on the body but most anything of use has been charred or destroyed there is the remnants of a breastplate that is burned over that most of the mind flayers use as a basic form of protection as you inspect her body as the earth elemental drops her with a thud to the ground I rolled an eighteen for arcana and you know I wanted to check for okay you do notice there's a silver circlet across her forehead that does give off a magical aura she carries on her one viscous reddish potion that is familiar to you in the healing accoutrement of various potions you've had in the past it is a potion of greater healing yeah and we haven't used the yellow potion yet and nobody ever drank that no there is another potion that has almost a blue frosty color to it as you take the vial from where it sits in the rest the actual glass that contains the liquid has a layer of frost crystals around it I'm going to remember that you're the one who suggests drinking random yellow liquids and I'm going to bring you a vial of yellow liquid I'm just saying make an investigation check me yeah sorry

Output: The party used Clarota's telepathic abilities to interrogate Ulara, who revealed that a being named K'Varn promised liberation and a return to the surface. The interrogation was interrupted when a darker presence, presumably K'Varn, took control of Ulara's body and invited the party to the temple. Ulara then died from the strain. The party proceeded to loot her body, finding a silver circlet with a magical aura, a potion of greater healing, and a mysterious frosty blue potion.


Input: No there is another potion that has almost a blue frosty color to it as you take the vial from where it sits in the rest the actual glass that contains the liquid has a layer of frost crystals around it I'm gonna remember that you're the one who suggests drinking random yellow liquids and I'm gonna bring you a vial of yellow liquid I'm just saying uh make an investigation check me yeah sorry can I also check we already checked the queen you already checked the queen he's almost done with checking the queen can we check the elf and the dwarf that we knocked out as well yes you can and can I ask Pike to heal me because I look like a game of tic-tac-toe okay I know we should check on Grog oh no don't think of me please I've only been fucking missing for two weeks you're standing up I'm so happy you're back with us what'd you roll on investigation 13 13 okay you can't seem to find anything out of the remains of the mind flayer unfortunately I drop my earth elemental form okay um the earth around your form seems to crumble like a layer of rock it hits the ground and dissolves into the stone beneath you see I told you it was Keyleth were you watching Grog Grog you weren't watching no totally was it was amazing what you did could you do it again after we take a short rest anything in the tent you check inside it looks like there's some traveling blankets some furs you do also find a small case that contains a bunch of empty vials there is one filled vial a very large vial oh superior healing all right great and you find can you fucking heal me please can you please heal me what the hell I place the circlet on my head what is it probably a cursed item you can't have it with an Ioun Stone either by the way it's one or the other uh I thought that was a it's a head slot and for Ioun Stones I can have up to three in the head slot correct okay maybe give it to Scanlan Scanlan do you have anything in your head slot just my cunning wit I don't even know what a head slot is it's where a hat goes then for the time being I take off the Ioun Stone and I um dissipate it and put it on okay oh can you share this essentially allows me to anyone who wears it anyone who wears it can maintain two concentration spells for two rounds oh that's great for you it's great for a lot of people could you do that cheer where I feel a lot better after you do it Pike comes up and says I'm sorry I'm sorry Grog goes over and places her hands upon you as she's about to Kima pushes her aside and says I've got this walks up and you can see this divine glowing energy it fills her hands she reaches out and touches you and this warmth fills this warmth fills your torso using her Lay On Hands ability Lady Kima of Vord heals you for 38 points of damage did I find anything on the other people thank you Kima you look through the bodies it looks like most of their adornments other than the natural armor and weapons they have nothing of particular interest make an investigation check oh wait I get to go twice because it's Underdark that was great 16 okay 16 yeah you're not able to really pull anything from their bodies unfortunately however after Kima finishes healing you Kima walks over to the dwarf corpse as you're inspecting it and gives it a look over and shakes her head what do you see Kima uh this was one of my companions oh no well judging by the scars across his body he had already been made a thrall of one of the illithid most likely the one that we finished back there killed her friend he was already a thrall there wasn't much to really bring him back at this point I fear is that what they would've done to Grog and as you guys all look at Grog now you

Output: The party investigated the mind flayer remains and the surrounding camp, finding a superior healing potion and empty vials in a tent. They examined the unconscious elf and dwarf, with Kima stepping in to heal a heavily wounded member using her Lay On Hands. Kima then identified the dwarf corpse as a former companion, revealing he had already been transformed into an illithid thrall, which cast a grim shadow over what might have happened to Grog. The group also managed equipment, with one member attuning to a newly found circlet while another dissipated an Ioun Stone.


Input: my companions oh no well judging by the scars across his body he had already been made a thrall of one of the illithids most likely the one that we finished back there killed her friend he was already a thrall there wasnt much to really bring him back at this point i fear is that what they wouldve done to grog and as you guys all look at grog now you can see him he has hundreds upon hundreds of small scars across his body fresh wounds that have just barely sealed it looks like theyve done a number on him with a bunch of small blades hooks razors its hard to tell but he is coated with small cuts its been interesting you look really manly now now have we done some healing has healing been done you guys can short rest if you want to heal yourselves with your hit dice this is the time for an intermission oh it is yeah is it what time is its eight twenty four its only just begun weve only just begun because we went right into battle i wanted to talk to my team can we talk now or talk after break its up to you lets talk now vax is walking off into the distance to urinate on a stalagmite or stalactite whatevers the one on the ground well wait for vax to get back well bring him up to speed later just talk loudly well i dont wheres kima shes right here kimas with you kimas still looking over the body of the dwarf thats fallen speak oh thats a relief oh do you not want to talk in front of kima i dont want to talk in front of kima kima earmuffs kima no thats awkward you want me to distract her its the longest pee ever ill distract her ill distract kima grog goes and distracts kima i might be better at that kima can you take a walk with me i would like to persuade you to take a walk with me go ahead and roll persuasion twenty four okay kima gives you a concerned look and goes oh dear no please scanlan do not drop the mack and the two of you begin to walk away for a moment away from the party briefly while the rest of you are left behind scanlan do you have an earring i have an earring okay so scanlan can hear i use my minor illusion to create a purple third nipple on me that i show her and ask her if its okay or if its okay things are getting a little weird is this normal none of this is normal at all its just i trust you i feel like i know you you know we had that thing back there and then keyleth was yelling at you what was that all about were all under duress lets girl talk were under a lot of duress the more and more things people have emotions and i understand that its all right and she pulls the leather gloves off that are part of the full leather armor set and begins to inspect you in the meantime you guys can continue your discussion i think we should get out of here what why well weve got grog weve kima we came here to find kima that was our mission i dont trust her we found her but we cant leave without her so im walking back from my pee and ive overheard this we were sent here to bring back kima and now you want to abandon her shes not going to come with us until weve killed this kvarn keyleth whats your problem with kima well look shes been she just gave me the wrong vibe up front okay vibe what did she do shes been very rude shes been very tortured tortured keyleth right but look what happened shes brought countless people down here only to meet their end well none of those people are us right theyre dead because they got captured were stronger do

Output: The party discovered a scarred dwarf who had already been turned into an illithid thrall, realizing the same fate had befallen their companion Grog, whose body was covered in fresh wounds. They decided to take a short rest to heal themselves. While Scanlan distracted the paladin Kima away from the group using persuasion and a minor illusion, the remaining members debated whether to continue their mission with her or leave her behind. Keyleth expressed strong distrust toward Kima, citing her rude demeanor and the many lives lost following her, but the party argued they were stronger than those who had fallen.