Input: really smart how smart are you not smart enough apparently so it wouldn't necessarily it wouldn't make my intelligence higher it wouldn't make your intelligence higher and it wouldn't necessarily help with your vulnerability all right never mind he's smart who's our smartest person who has the highest intelligence here what are these scores you keep talking about I don't know what anybody's talking about it's okay Vax I don't know what a lot of people are talking about all of the time IRL yeah whoever's the smartest should be in the front that's true I'm sitting at sixteen sixteen sixteen well it's about like having high it's not necessarily being smart it's about having resistance to willpower but if they take you down if they take down your intelligence then whoever has higher intelligence right no one's going to take down our intelligence we're too strong and we're too awesome I don't want another catatonic all right and we know what we're going into all right well we sort of know what we're going into does that mean we get to run into a fight oh no this music sounds very fighty hang on or festive oh no okay so here's my question yeah so we've already fought two things where we can't look at them and they mess with our heads right yes so is there something we can do going forward to like boost our willpower or something or like you want Magneto's helmet what you want is Magneto's helmet I like Magneto's helmet or even if we I haven't built Magneto's helmet do we have a bunch of mirrors or where we can look through things with reflections I gave you some mirrors do you remember I have mirrors we do have a big dressing mirror but that's more for for looking around corners I don't know if that's going to help it could help I could make a mirror yes I have them of course I always I always have them they were a gift we have one mirror in the bag of holding that's good with like an ice type of thing we could put a mirror kind of like a Medusa's gaze thing you know where you like look in the reflection but that's a Gordon that's talking about the gaze right we're talking about the mind I think right yeah I have a whip and a forgery kit it would just be about making us less vulnerable to the mind could you forge some professor hats for us all so what our option is to keep moving forward then yes just be cautious that's all we can do that's all we can do all right we move forward what do you want to do you want go back as quietly as possible to keep moving forward it's difficult to prepare for what we're not prepared for and on the lookout for anything in this ramshackle town that's true sorry I mean I can cast enhance ability to help our willpower or our will so you leave behind the pile of dwarven corpses you leave behind the goblin corpses with the wounds and start seeing more of a pattern and if I may I suggest Tiberius you work your light spell and Vexahlia and I scout ahead about sixty or seventy feet so that we can see in the dim light catch anything coming using your magic yes and I light up the hooded lantern we have in the bag of holding okay so you put the hood on and light that up very good leaving the leather armor behind oh well I thought you said it would get ruined if we took it and it was dwarf sized no it would be nasty pulling it off a corpse oh well then fuck it let's pull it off isn't it dwarf sized or is armor also shrink and expand it's magical possibly it's dwarf sized magical it's fine I cast prestidigitation and clean it all up I take it okay so you shake off the element all the goo the remaining elements of the dwarven corpse just falls off out of the armor you have

Output: The party debated their vulnerability to mind-affecting creatures, noting their lack of magical protection like "Magneto's helmet." They decided to press forward cautiously despite this weakness, with Tiberius lighting a hooded lantern to aid their advance. While scavenging, they discovered and claimed a set of magical dwarf-sized armor from the corpses, which was cleaned with prestidigitation. The group then formulated a plan to scout ahead in the dim light, preparing for whatever lay ahead in the ramshackle town.


Input: uh said it would get ruined if we took it and it was dwarf side um no it would be nasty pulling it off a corpse oh well then fuck it let's pull it off isn't it dwarf side or is armor also shrink and expand it's magical possibly it's dwarf side magical it's fine i cast prestidigitation and clean it all up i take it okay so you shake off the element uh all the goo the remaining elements of the dwarven corpse just falls off out of the armor you have to kind of shake it and eventually all of it escapes yes thank you dwarven corpse it's like pulled pork mm make an arcana check it does have a magical aura what is it nice 20 all right it appears to be a simple but powerful enchantment it is a pair of studded leather armor with a +2 enchantment uh +2 enchantment to what +2 enchantment to your ac if i try to pull on the sleeve does it come up to my elbow or does it stretch out and fit it comes up to your elbow and then given a moment it fits to your form ooh yeah that's nice go take that studded leather armor brother i'll take this hold on thank you i go into the smelly corpse hut and start to change my armor what did you get let me see that so wait does he get a bigger or higher ac what is that yes it is considered it works as studded leather armor but that gives him a +2 bonus to his armor class on top of that wow that's huge yeah so he just took it i'll take it he already took it hey dungeon master um asking as the dungeon master yes if i cast owl's wisdom on people it gives people advantage on wisdom checks would that count on saving throws against willpower no damn it not checks specifically would it help anything i mean would would any advantage to wisdom under enhance ability help some let me double-check it i'll give you all dice before we go in some of these i remember we rolled charisma saving throws though for the umbers they were charisma right and for the brains it was versus willpower while the dm looks this up everyone subscribe to the geek and sundry twitch channel support the show support the channel yeah and don't forget about our charity 826la which helps children be literate and write stories well it makes them smarter in the head and keep sending us food all laugh we like food and more presents if you want a thousand years uh there's more food on the way so don't ask them for more what oh no no food no more food yeah we have enough food guys thank you if you want a thousand years of d&d we've got to pay the overheads so please subscribe it's true so yeah unfortunately it helps ability checks those are not considered saving throws all right i don't know if i have anything we'll be all right we'll be all right as we start to walk i cast stoneskin on myself you cast stoneskin on yourself all right stoneskin's on you tiberius once you've got the dwarf gunk off it's rather nice oh yeah yes it's supple all right shall we keep on keeping on let's go let's go let's keep on moving let's get it done keep on keeping on you guys keep pushing forward is that what we're going to do all right all right as you begin to press through the goblin ghost town we've got to get it closer than that i'm still tracking looking for anything interesting which you do you catch off in the distance another faint moving light source oh shit hey everybody calm down huh sh there's something moving in the distance everyone roll a stealth check stealth check yes oh god roll a stealth check natural 20 nice 30 15 11 20 12 softly six okay as you all buckle down and be as quiet as you can you rolled a six he

Output: The party cleaned and claimed a pair of +2 studded leather armor from a dwarven corpse, with one member donning it after a magical cleaning. They then discussed the mechanics of spell effects before continuing onward, with one caster applying *stoneskin* for protection. While moving through the goblin ghost town, they spotted another faint, moving light source in the distance. The group immediately attempted to stealthily observe this new potential threat.


Input: okay so um we're still tracking looking for anything interesting and then you catch off in the distance another faint moving light source oh shit hey everybody calm down huh sh there's something moving in the distance everyone roll a stealth check stealth check yes oh god roll a stealth check um gasp natural twenty nice thirty fifteen eleven twenty twelve six okay as you all buckle down and be as quiet as you can you rolled a six he rolled a six you begin to see oh whispers grog rolled a six whispers stay put you asshole no noted that's okay that's okay it's a group check in which case people offset each other's difficulty yay bell curve so you seem to be comfortable in the stillness of the moment best you can see in the distance you see figures shifting moving away from you whispers sh figures many figures a fairly large group of seeming to be humanoid figures moving steadily away from you can we scout ahead we're both really super stealth can we like yeah we're gonna start kinda quickly dash after them yeah using your same stealth rolls you push forward humanoid figures you say could mean anything yes best you could tell as you guys start reaching the outskirts of the opposite side of this small gobin village that has been completely sundered you see a cliff but a large cliff the actual surface here comes to a very direct end and seems to just disappear into a dark abyss there is a singular ten foot wide rope bridge that is bolted into the side of this cliff and stretches out across this giant crevasse for what you can't see the other side awesome this feels like the descent i don't like this you guys it very much has that kind of a feel it just goes on for a good sixty seventy feet and then darkness and you can see what looks to be a cluster of about twelve to thirteen duergar whispers oh no making their way in lines of two across this bridge amongst them they have chained up three dwarf miners that they are also dragging across the bridge we have to save those ones just cut the bridge no no what do the miners look like are they are they docile or are they do they seem to be fighting back they don't appear to put up much of a fight in their current circumstance how wide is the bridge ten feet ten feet that means two people wide grog goes by himself yes but if we go out there it's going to be close combat whispers we have a flying carpet you can't get to the ones at the back i mean how many are there like ten or so twelve twelve i count from what you can see it looks about twelve ish and they have a light source with them so we can definitely see them they do it's a very faint light it's like a small cluster of the red stone that's been mined and put into a spherical element and is hanging from a chain like a lantern we have two options we can fight them we could fight now or follow them follow i think we follow them do i see any are there any bats make a perception check if we follow them on the bridge won't they feel it bouncing i failed we gotta wait til they cross it scanlan we can't see the end of it i grab my ear and keyleth i heard you through tiberius earring why don't you just become a bat and follow along she's trying to do that i was gonna see if they're in the you've never seen a bat in the woods best you can tell and from your knowledge of bats and their existence they generally live in caverns that have readily available openings to the outside world where they do their nocturnal hunting this is a very very deep cavern that does not have easy access to the surface bats are probably not a good chance in this cavern i've got an idea i run back to grog stealthed i get our flying carpet a hand suddenly mysteriously reaches into the bag sputters gimme the carpet

Output: The party successfully used stealth to approach a distant light source, discovering a large group of duergar moving across a narrow rope bridge over a vast crevasse. They observed the duergar were escorting three chained dwarf miners who appeared subdued. After debating whether to attack or follow, the group decided to trail the captors across the bridge to see where they were being taken.


Input: You never seen a bat in the woods uh well best you can tell and from your knowledge of bats and their existence they generally live in caverns that have readily available openings to the outside world where they do their nocturnal hunting this is a very very deep cavern that does not have easy access to the surface bats are probably not a good chance in this cavern I've got an idea I run back to Grog stealthed I get our flying carpet a hand suddenly mysteriously reaches into the bag sputters gimme the carpet what the carpet gimme the carpet just you you're gonna go on the carpet alone and him we can both go on the carpet what if something happens we just gotta see where they're going we'll come back and get you I'm coming with you all right Scanlan I give them her carpet but I also tie the endless rope thread around oh yeah okay so we have an endless rope with us now we're a kite you pull out the carpet and lay it out at this point in time they're a little over halfway across the bridge okay so we which you can see it swaying in a very uncomfortable way Scanlan you better be stealthed you hear the stretching of ropes oh you can hear the rope as you hear the rope just tense as the bridge is slowly swaying so you guys lay out the carpet the two of you get on and Scanlan I grab Scanlan by the scruff of his neck the three of you guys hop on and it's probably big enough for the three of you it's about the right size shotgun the carpet begins to lift off and you kind of will it towards are you going straight over the bridge or are you taking a side route we're going next to the bridge side and up because they can look sideways I think we should go down below the bridge if you're on a bridge you're looking down at your feet let's go above them all right fine fuck it go above them okay so you guys you take up over first off the three of you guys make a stealth check I thought we were still stealthed maneuvering on a flying carpet is a different type of locomotion we have a flying carpet by the way that's a thing not great thirteen twenty nine seventeen okay were you guys trying to stealth is that what happened so as soon as you reach the edge of the crevasse immediately the air itself is warmer and there's actually a bit of a strange breeze blowing up from underneath this giant crevasse and you look down and you can see faintly light sources long thin trickling streams of what looks like molten rock shit way down below way down below that's a ways it's at least a thousand feet down we don't want to fall don't fall it's very bad the air itself has a very sulfurous smell there's a lot of various strange chemical scents that's a bit pungent to the nose there's a lot of chemical reactions that are causing this atmosphere it's a little difficult to take any air at first you have to get adjusted it is a very very deep cavern below when you look behind you can see the river that's been cascading through this cavern goes rocketing off the edge and disappears into the darkness below are you keeping your distance or keeping a good distance distance because they have a light source so we want to follow that yeah so we need to stay kind of out of it but see it okay you guys push forward keeping at a safe distance you eventually follow them across the crevasse and you can see now them entering what looks like a shanty town of tents and small stone structures better built than the goblin village that was previously there but it looks almost like a temporary or pseudo temporary series of homes for the duergar in this section there's a bunch of military tents and cloth pup tents put up in sections you can see some easy to construct one or two day constructions of stone buildings very square very rigid and dwarven in their design more for utility that any sort of visual presentation or beauty this is a temporary war camp it is

Output: The party used their flying carpet to cross a deep, sulfurous crevasse, choosing to fly above a swaying bridge to follow a distant light source. They navigated carefully, keeping their distance to avoid detection while tracking the lights. This led them to the edge of a duergar war camp, a temporary settlement of sturdy tents and rudimentary stone structures. The camp appeared functional and militaristic, built for utility rather than comfort. The discovery confirmed the presence of an organized force operating within the caverns.


Input: So they're entering what looks like a shanty town of tents and small stone structures, better built than the goblin village that was previously there, but it looks almost like a temporary or pseudo temporary series of homes for the dwerger in this section. There's a bunch of military tents and cloth pup tents put up in sections you can see some easy to construct one or two day constructions of stone buildings very square very rigid and dwarven in their design more for utility that any sort of visual presentation or beauty. This is a temporary war camp. It is. There are also a series of these uh yes of these redstone good dialogue yeah it's legit guys a series of these redstone torches that they were holding or these lanterns are hung up all throughout the village on these giant poles that have been placed in areas to give a little bit of an occasional light source throughout this entire camp. About how many people does it look like I mean how big is this camp? How big the camp? How many buildings? At a first glance you can only check out elements of it from your distance you're only making out shapes from how far back you guys are without actually getting inside. You gather you've probably seen throughout just this portion that you've come into anywhere from 30 to 40 duergar moving through as well as a few larger shapes. Oh shit. You swear you catch one or two other very large humanoid hulking figures just thudding noises oh no stepping through the camp. How are we gonna get through this? How are we what are we gonna do what are we gonna do? The view up here is beautiful. A whole new world. Hey hey what do you guys see? Scanlan what's going on? Okay so uh is the range how are the range is getting a little broken you can hear the words are coming through but you're cutting out I can't hear you. Okay. I think well one of us we'll update you soon well one of us let's put down put down in the volcano? No no no how are we like just go straight down at a place where we can land the carpet and stand around. They'll probably see us. Or should we go back? We're past the chasm at this point or still afloat? You've just now crested the other side the crevasse the other side and you're feeling uncomfortable pushing further forward because you're now starting to get a lot more eyes in your vicinity. Okay are there any does it look like do we see any cavern openings in the vicinity does it look like there's any? Looking around there are no side caverns this is actually a pretty smooth cavern that kind of circles around where this camp is built there is one large tunnel entrance on the opposite side that continues past. But they're blocking it or you can't see anything beyond the fact that the tunnel the walls kind of convene you can see a little bit of a tunnel opening and just darkness beyond that. So bridge to land and then a tunnel. A tunnel on the other side and where the land starts there's a giant portion of the cavern that continues and then closes off kind of pinches to the entrance to where the camp is. How far away is the camp from that? The camp is completely filling this side of the cross it's blocking pretty much the whole. Oh so we can't get to that. Not without going through or over the city. What about so it's bridge town tunnel tunnel correct. Do we see any closer under the bridge are there any openings underneath the bridge that look like do you want to swoop down and check? Yes. Yeah. Okay you swoop down and the rock there the warm air is still kinda bothering you in general. You find yourself kinda taking your cloak and putting it over your mouth just to get the scent out. The side of the rock surface is worn through what looks like maybe a possible river that also came from the other side that has since dried out so you can see there is while

Output: The party cautiously approached a large, makeshift duergar war camp from their flying carpet, observing approximately 30-40 duergar and several larger, hulking figures within a fortified settlement of tents and rigid stone structures. They noted the camp completely blocked the main cavern passage, forcing a decision between going through or over the encampment to reach the tunnel on the far side. After debating whether to land or retreat, they opted to swoop down and investigate the area beneath the bridge for potential openings. The warm, foul-smelling air from below was uncomfortable, and they discovered a dry riverbed carved into the rock, hinting at a possible alternate route.


Input: uh you want to swoop down and check? yes yeah okay you swoop down and... the rock there... the warm air is still kinda bothering you in general... you find yourself kinda taking your cloak and putting it over your mouth just to get the scent out the side of the rock surface is worn through what looks like maybe a possible river that also came from the other side that has since dried out so you can see there is while no water on this side of the crevasse a lot of the stone has been smoothed just through rapid water running for thousands of years possibly but there are no visible openings or other additional caverns on this rock surface what are we gonna do um are they still on okay listen leave me behind I'll follow the party with the hostages I'll see where they go don't worry I'll be invisible go back tell our fellows get them across the bridge and we'll meet here in about an hour okay Scanlan I like it what I'm super brave and hung come on let's do this all right I'm down should we do it all right we drop him off I turn invisible Scanlan the best bard and I'm gonna just hang behind the party that's got the hostage dwarves and just kinda see where they go okay should one of us protect him do you activate hung at the same time don't have to activate he's invisible though okay I mean we can't go invisible we can't be as like... no it's passive it's a racial bonus he's sneaky we can't be as invisible as him all right yeah but I might make I might snap twigs last question where are the people the figures we were following did they finish the bridge at this point they're long past the bridge they're inside the city proper at this point okay okay so then I'll stay by the edge of the bridge you go back Scanlan go ahead I'll wait for you here if there's trouble ding-a-ling-a-ling yes got it all right all right I go back thanks shit thanks for sending me back I go back go get the others all right okay Scanlan as you go ahead make your way in towards the city go ahead and make a stealth check with advantage c'mon buddy 16 18 18 okay you push kind of falling behind the main group and they're heading towards this kind of more or less a loose thoroughfare in the center of this town you can see a few duergar coming out and kind of inspecting as they enter speaking in a language you don't understand asking questions some of them are coming out and slapping the dwarf captives as they go across or spitting on them the dwarves look very broken and unhappy with the circumstance but brimming with anger you see a couple of them are like true dwarves they haven't given in to it they're just looking for an option or a moment to get some vengeance they're stripped of all armor and weaponry they're brought through some of the alleys and paths between these pup tents and these stone structures you can see there are some of the hulking figures there are two trolls wandering amongst these duergar yes trolls now you've encountered trolls before but these trolls uh yeah we have also have a similar pupil-less clouded over white-eye appearance ooh they're slave trolls as you begin to follow them further in you manage to see two ogres that are currently stationed across this main open center location in this campsite and both of these ogres also have the same pupil-less white glazed-over look to their eyes and they're both just kind of glancing about the rest of the duergar are in the process of constructing other tents some of them look like they're actually in the process of forging weaponry it feels like it's a war camp it's definitely preparing for something however in the center of this main area you do see there is a wooden platform about 20 foot by 20 foot that is raised up and you see a group of about six duergar that are all wearing very intricate black iron plate armor and they're all just sitting on the

Output: The party split up, with Scanlan turning invisible to scout ahead while the others returned to guide their companions across the bridge. Following the captured dwarves into the city, Scanlan discovered the settlement was a war camp, with duergar forging weapons and constructing tents. He observed enslaved trolls and ogres with the same clouded, white-eyed appearance guarding the area. In the center, a raised platform held six duergar in intricate black iron armor. The captured dwarves appeared broken but angry, and the party planned to regroup at the bridge in an hour.


Input: their eyes and they're both just kind of glancing about. The rest of the durgar are in the process of constructing other tents. Some of them look like they're actually in the process of forging weaponry. It feels like it's a war camp. It's definitely preparing for something. However in the center of this main area you do see there is a wooden platform about 20 foot by 20 foot that is raised up and you see a group of about six duergar that are all wearing very intricate black iron plate armor and they're all just sitting on the outskirts of this platform. White eyes? All the duergar seem to have that natural look to their eyes as well. Shit. Okay. As the party you've been following enters the center of this vicinity make another stealth check with advantage. Gah. 19. All right you kind of step off to the side a duergar steps out of one of the tents near you and you just barely manage to pull out of the way without making any sort of squeak or noise. He goes by. Sniffs. Oh god! Oh god! Careful Bilbo! And begins stepping out looking intently for something but right past you by inches as he walks past. You look over again to the camp and you can now see toward the very back end of this open midsection by this platform there is one large stone construct. It looks like a makeshift barracks has been placed there with double stone doors that are currently opened and you can see two figures stepping out of the stairs that lead into these barracks heading towards the main platform. They step up onto the platform. One of which is a very very well-decorated duergar who's wearing similar blackened plate armor as the other kind of elite guard that you saw surrounding this platform but with gold and silver scrolling on it a long tattered dark dark purple cape and has a nasty scar across the cheek that leads into this kind of gnarled grey beard. As it steps forward you can see sheathed off to its back in a large scabbard a gargantuan for a dwarf especially two-handed sword that should be unwieldy for a creature of its size but nevertheless looks dangerous and a creature next to it is... we can't fight these guys... not so small not dwarven actually very tall lanky long black and purple robes a hood obscuring its features stepping roughly two feet behind it as they both step on to the platform to address the rest of the guard and the approaching party of dewargar dwarves you've been following. You can see some conversation happening but you're too far away to really make out anything that's being said do you want to move closer? Do I speak their language? Do you speak Undercommon? Nope! Then you it all sounds gibberish to you! Then no thank you laughs. Okay. But you see some conversation happening. This seemingly officious duergar this general that steps out and commands the attention in the room makes a few gestures shouts out to amongst the other nearby. Not quite sure but you get the idea he's giving orders or directions. The war party then begins to pull the slaves back away and... The captives? Okay. The captives. Begins pulling them away toward another section on the side. As it does the tall lanky figure which you now get the sense that it's not really walking it's just kind of drifting... uh... holds its hand out. This long long finger and lanky hand and as it does every single duergar in the vicinity whatever it was doing stops in place and all turn and look at it as one. Whoa. At which point this creature brings its fingers in a beckoning gesture loosely in your direction. I'm wearing my ring of mind shielding by the way. For a split second you feel your heart at your throat and the entire back of your body stands on pins and needles as one of the duergar carrying one of the captives begins to pull one of the dwarven captives back towards the platform. As it does the dwarf who is giving kind of a fight and looks nervous looks over at the figure and its arms go limp to its side and it begins to walk out of its own volition taking two three steps. Steps onto the platform and approaches this tall lanky figure with the hood and long robes behind it. As it does its hand reaches out and caresses the...

Output: The party stealthily infiltrated a duergar war camp, observing the construction of tents and weaponry around a central platform guarded by elite black-armled duergar. They witnessed a scarred duergar general in ornate armor and a tall, hooded figure in dark robes emerge from a stone barracks to address the camp. As the general issued orders, the hooded figure used a magical gesture to command the attention of all duergar and psychically compelled a struggling dwarven captive to walk onto the platform. The session ended as the creature reached out toward the entranced dwarf, leaving the party uncertain of its intentions and wary of its power.


Input: so your whole body is like pins and needles right as one of the duregar carrying a captive starts pulling a dwarven prisoner back toward the platform and as this happens the dwarf is kind of fighting looks nervous and he looks over at the figure and his arms just go limp at his sides and he starts walking on his own taking like two three steps onto the platform toward this tall lanky figure in the hood and the long robes and as he gets close a hand reaches out and like caresses the side of his face and the dwarf just seems to have given up all fight just staring up into that dark hood and then the tall creature reaches out with both hands and pulls the dwarf forward and you see these awful purple tentacles just writhing out from inside the hood wrapping around the dwarf's head pulling him in and as the hood falls back you see this horrible smooth purplish blue head no hair these sunken yellowish green eyes and the tentacles wrap around the dwarf's head and just pull it into its mouth there's a brief struggle and then the dwarf's arms fall limp and the tentacles unravel and the creature pulls back and there's like some eeker and dwarf blood dripping from what looks like a lamprey mouth with all those teeth and it just thrusts the body to the ground with a thud lifeless uh poor son of a bitch and there's this horrible bored hole in its forehead the creature pulls its hood back up releases its hand kind of casually and all the duergar whip back around and keep doing what they were doing and the two remaining dwarven captives look completely stunned white with fear as they're dragged off and the tall lanky figure just gives a nod to the duergar general who nods back and turns to walk away oh god worst show ever okay that was one of the captives do i see where the others were taken uh the two other captives you follow them they're both pulled to like a western side if you look up this is where the barracks building is where you entered and this is the main area they're pulled off to the west taken to a big tent and they pull them in and close it behind and you can hear some muffled sounds and growling from inside okay i assume bad things are happening in there i don't need to see it right i think i'll just kind of is there anything uh do you speak dwarven no oh no do i what do i speak where does it say shit should be on the lower left of your player sheet did you choose languages i play a shawm no i just speak common and gnome you hear what sounds like guttural dwarvish being shouted angrily cursing from inside and a few other dwarven voices join in more than two and you hear some horrible sick thuds and impacts and cries of pain and eventually the five duergar who were dragging the captives walk out carrying cudgels still dripping with fresh blood and they just kind of go about their business okay i think i'll go back to my fellows there's nothing i can see that door doesn't lock does it lock by chance it's just an opening tent open tent there's nothing lying around none of that black armor or anything any extra things not on the street okay i think i will just make back for my friends then okay make a stealth check oh god with advantage with advantage uh 21 you maneuver your way out back the way you came best you can remembering you get disoriented in general trying to find your way out go ahead and make a survival check oh no survival check so plus zero 17 17 that's a good roll yo okay you take a moment orient yourself looking about the cavern this is a really confusing network and the passages you've gone you paid more attention to what's happening it's like venice kind of yeah you nearly get lost twice but eventually find your way back to the southern portion entrance of this war camp

Output: The party witnessed a tall, hooded creature with purple tentacles brutally execute a dwarven captive on the duergar's platform, absorbing the victim through its lamprey-like mouth. While observing, they saw the remaining two dwarves dragged into a large tent in the western barracks, where sounds of a violent struggle and multiple dwarven voices could be heard from within. Five duergar later emerged from the tent with bloody cudgels, confirming the captives' grim fate. With no way to intervene and nothing useful to scavenge, the party member made a stealthy and successful check to navigate back through the confusing warren of passages, eventually reuniting with their fellows at the southern entrance.


Input: so you go the best you can remembering you get disoriented in general trying to find your way out go ahead and make a survival check oh no survival check so plus zero seventeen seventeen that's a good roll yo okay you take a moment orient yourself looking about the cavern this is a very confusing network and the passages you've gone you paid more attention to what's happening it's like Venice kind of yeah you nearly get lost twice but eventually find your way back to the southern portion entrance of this war camp you can just see the crevasse and you start getting the familiar scent of that sulfurous wind that was billowing out from underneath you step out a few more feet and you can see the edge of the bridge where the rest of you have finally come to converge on the other side of the crevasse ooh whoa I am going to tell you everything that just happened in detail in real time all laugh maybe he can tell us while we are taking a bathroom break you know what let's go ahead and take this moment to have a bathroom break guys as sort of the halfway mark holy shit we will continue this in just a moment in the meantime take a rest take ten or eleven minutes we are going to play our character backgrounds for those who haven't seen it we will be back here in about ten minutes guys what are we gonna do we are gonna fight the shit out of them we're going to risk it all break no audio for her as well so look forward to that some point in the near future as we left off the party had just reconvened on the other side of this gargantuan crevasse in the underdark after scanlan had stealthed into the duergar war camp witnessed a number of dwarven captives being taken somewhere however one of which was devoured by some strange creature left-brained and dead on the platform in the center outside of a giant barracks-type building you reconvened and expressed all of this information to the party and that's when I came back to see you guys all laugh great wonderfully detailed what are we going to do I give scanlan some water from my water skin you are a brave little fellow thank you has anyone come across these creatures before these weird tentacle brain guys I've heard rumors of those can we make a check for those it sounds like it would be a mind flayer of sorts a mind flayer a mind flayer or mind slayer I'm not too sure what is that I'm pretty sure it flays your mind I've never encountered one myself so I have no idea really oh right let me check my books intelligence fourteen you probably call it a mind flayer it says right here mind flayer the rest is all inked up I got water on it all laugh how big was this mind flayer was he like twenty feet tall scanlan he was tall I mean everyone looks twenty feet tall to me I'm a gnome was he bigger than me he was bigger than you by a little no roughly a little shorter than him but taller than most he carried himself big he was lanky let's go fuck him up no grog what do you want to be unconscious again we have to be careful here it was rather restful how many dwarves did it sound like there were locked in that prison cell several did you see lady kima no sign of lady kima at all just a bunch of dwarves being held against their will and then one by one being brain sucked by mr lanky man and those two big trolls percy could you take a look at this two big trolls and ogres don't forget ogres there's ogres too there are ogres yes there were two big ogres as well and duergar aplenty maybe four dozen or so three dozen spread throughout the city throughout this little camp scanlan wandering yes you know my tactic would it be a nature check to actually think if I never learned about this in school this would be an intelligence check this would be an intelligence check we should use the volcano as part of our strategy like moses

Output: The party regrouped on the far side of the crevasse after Scanlan's scouting mission to the duergar war camp. He shared his observations of dwarven captives and a tall, lanky creature—identified through group discussion as a mind flayer—devouring prisoners. The party debated the threat, noting the presence of trolls, ogres, and dozens of duergar guards. They decided to pause and rest, using the break to strategize about incorporating the nearby volcano into their plan of attack.


Input: at this uh two big trolls and orgers don't forget orgers there's orgers too there are orgers yes there were two big orgers as well and duragar aplenty maybe four dozen or so three dozen spread throughout the city throughout this little camp scanlan wandering yes you know my tactic would it be a nature check to actually think if I never learned about this in school this would be an intelligence check this would be an intelligence check we should use the volcano as part of our strategy like moses there's a volcano well no the pit oh the lava down below yeah there's a shitload of that can I meditate to see if I know anything about this this seems to match up with the tales that my instructor master tharendril told me about back in syngorn I wonder if I remember something if only I had a small polyhedral to roll wow holy moly you guys oh shitcakes it's a stack of pizzas why are you guys so awesome you guys are amazing yeah what the hell do they know the address here that's kinda creepy ah thank you I was wanting some ice tea thanks chat room thanks chat room thanks thank you long list may your list be ever long with your list so best you can ascertain you've never heard the term mind flayer but in your people you've heard stories and tales growing up about something referred to as an illithid a what an illithid an illithid a nasty entity from beyond illithid with a d or a t with a d as far as you know all that you've heard is that they were considered ghost stories as a kid to keep you from wandering dark caves and spaces they would take your minds and you thought this whole time that that was just a fable that it was just a tale but you do know that they normally aren't solitary they usually keep company of a colony gasps fudge shit but I've never heard them called a mind flayer but I guess they could be called a mind flayer but we call them illithids I didn't know they were real though what do we do why don't we listen when my herd used to wander through the trees and we came upon a force that was greater than our own we used the landscape to our ad-van-tage so why don't we provoke an attack and then retreat over the bridge and have them all jump over the edge of the cliff you said they were all gray-eyed right at least they'll have to go one at a time or two at a time across the bridge but scanlan didn't you also say that they were like levi-tating what the one lengthy creature the one lengthy creature was levi-tating well I mean can he fly or can he levi-tate well yes but I think what grog is talking about is the bulk of the fighting force getting them to follow us over the bridge and then cutting the bridge yeah like in three hundred which was a great puppet show I saw oh grog I heard that where they used three hundred puppets yeah it's amazing okay I like this plan what if all but a couple of us snuck into one of these buildings and waited and a couple of us made a stink and got a significant number of them to chase across the bridge that's a good idea but then how could we cut the bridge behind we have a flying carpet so we can go back and forth but we could drop a significant number of them down into the lava can we have tiberius standing there to just firebolt it what's the bridge made of do you want the rope wait a minute we want to bait them is that what we're trying to do no we want to drop the bridge and have them fall to their deaths or scanlan yes or what if you let off a stink bomb in the middle of the camp well they would run willy-nilly some of them would try to leave across the bridge well remember there's a tunnel on the other side of camp they could run that way as well it's also a huge and your stink-cloud is only you

Output: The party scouted an enemy camp, identifying two trolls, two ogres, and roughly three dozen duergar. While discussing strategy, one member recalled childhood tales of "illithids"—a creature they now realized might be a mind flayer—learning they are rarely solitary and often command colonies. The group debated using the volcanic landscape to their advantage, ultimately deciding to bait a portion of the forces across a bridge before attempting to cut it and drop them into the lava below.


Input: rope or something wait a minute we want to bait them is that what we're trying to do no we want to drop the bridge and have them fall to their deaths or Scanlan yes or what if you let off a stink bomb in the middle of the camp well they would run willy nilly some of them would try to leave across the bridge well remember there's a tunnel on the other side of camp they could run that way as well it's also huge and your stink cloud is only you know twenty or thirty feet across twenty feet only how long is the bridge the bridge now that you've traversed it it's ten feet wide and runs about a little over two hundred feet or two hundred and fifty feet in length you can get a lot of them on that bridge and then cut it true makes their numbers count for nothing I think I've heard that one that puppet show I like that idea I think I might have a solution yes Tiberius speak your mind I think it's about time I used these oh shit for non-combat things I think we should create a diversion but let me do it I can use my deck of illusions to generate any kind of number of sorts of creatures or whatever that I can control I can simply toss one out I believe fifty feet ahead of me and control it and get their attention I can draw them back through the bridge using the illusions taunting them along the way they of course will give chase because they are idiots and as soon as we get enough we can all you can hack away at the bridge all you like Grog we could both burn it we could hack and burn what kind of creatures can you make well that's all up to the deck it's up to the deck or it's up to you it's up to the deck let's try it so what if it's a scary thing that scares them away if I generate something such as as exquisite as a red dragon say I'm sure somebody like the mine fellows if they do flee the camp will be empty and we can search it and free the slaves if not they will give chase and they will come and bait it either way it works in our favor can I test something real quick if I pull out the magic carpet or I take it back from whoever the fuck had it and I stand on it does it hold me up or do I sink you get on top of the carpet and you will it to begin to shift and the carpet around you lifts but you are anchoring it to the ground so this is a big problem but you've got Feather Fall you've got Feather Fall is that still a thing yeah which just slows my fall it doesn't take me across that might not be a thing anymore I do have Feather Fall but Levitate or something but we could tie a rope to you and it can it makes him lighter yeah it makes you really light and we can just drag you behind us yeah it'll work why do we need to float Grog if we cut the bridge in case we destroy the bridge oh don't worry about that Grog I'll just cast Fly on you because I can fly you can just Fly me yes we can both fly okay and you can Fly Trinket too of course the bear of course I'm down for doing this let's do it do it flying from the we have ways across okay okay hang on hang on this is a good plan wait wait wait are we so let's have a failsafe in case a few get across the bridge let's also recap which plan we're going with one of us creating a diversion and running away or these mystical magical I like the mystical magical weird dragon creatures what if they scare them the other way it would have to be pretty scary and then hey that works I just said the path would be clear what if well are we scaring them or are we luring them also might I remind it's all up to the deck

Output: The party decided on a plan to lure their enemies onto the long bridge using Tiberius's Deck of Illusions to create a diversionary creature. They debated whether the illusion might scare the foes away entirely, which would still allow them to search the camp, or draw them into a chase onto the bridge. Once enough enemies were on the structure, Grog and others would cut or burn it to eliminate them. As a contingency, they also confirmed magical methods like the *Fly* spell to ensure the party could cross the chasm after destroying the bridge.


Input: have a failsafe in case a few get across the bridge let's also recap which plan we're going with one of us creating a diversion and running away or these mystical magical uh i like the mystical magical weird dragon creatures what if they scare them the other way it would have to be pretty scary and then hey that works i just said the path would be clear what if uh well are we scaring them or are we luring them also might i remind you it's all up to the deck we're luring them and also might i remind you all that they're being mind controlled by this what illythid davy jones i feel like we should try to illithid and if the illithid recognizes that your wait wait your things are false then he's not going to send his men that's true off to chase them or he may send them to kill whoever is creating the illusion exactly however if we were uh hm either way they're coming for us maybe we could create a distraction and bring them away from the tunnel's entrance and we can just sneak around them no i mean did you see a way to do that what to sneak through the village to the tunnel no not all seven of us and a bear are you crazy oh no he's trying to kill us all right i'll stay on this side of the bridge who wants to go be a distraction who wants to be the bait who's real fast wait are we doing his bait or are we doing a real bait i don't we can try both what if you cast something big and they turn it against us that could suck oh it's fake it's just a hologram it's not it's an illusion that i control how about we throw one of those and send yeah how about fifty fifty it one fake one real one of us one of the cards i'll go somebody be gambit and throw that bitch we really just need someone to keep them from running through that tunnel yeah we need some way to keep them from coming going can you send a card that looks like a dragon on the other side in the tunnel and then they run towards us oh oh oh wait wait what's wrong with them running away from us oh snap i actually have a spell while i was reading through my book last night catching up on spells that i kinda forgot about i learned something called hallucinatory terrain where i can make the entire terrain look like whatever i want other terrain or an animal other terrain they're mind controlled what i can do is you can make the chasm look like it's solid ground can you make the chasm look like it's solid ground ooh i can make the chasm look like it's solid ground can she do this she can try yes i like it i can make the tunnel across the way look like it's caved in make the big chasm look like solid ground they'll fall off the edge that's a great plan that's a great idea but let's i'll throw the illusion on the fake lands let's stack the deck all right i'm still gonna be live bait because i have an inkling that that thing whatever it is with the tentacles on its face is gonna see through that is going to see through it so if we've got one real half-elf in the mix he'll focus on me so i'll take the flying carpet and tie it around my back you better run fast and not get taken i have boots of haste are you good with hauling ass mm okay as long as you can haul ass all right so i take the rug from grog yep i'm gonna roll it up and i tie it i have a rope to tie it to my back it's a big rug on your back saddle up let's do it it's a very big rug is it what's your strength it is it's a big-ass rug wait fourteen it'd be like carrying a it won't

Output: The party debated tactics for dealing with mind-controlled creatures guarding a tunnel, ultimately deciding on a combined strategy. They planned to use the *hallucinatory terrain* spell to make a chasm appear as solid ground and the tunnel entrance look caved in, while one member volunteered as live bait using a flying carpet to draw the creatures' attention. The goal was to lure or trick the creatures away from the tunnel so the group could pass. They discussed the risk of the illithid seeing through the illusions but agreed the layered approach was their best option.


Input: so uh i'm gonna set up the bad news gun and get ready to train it on whatever might try and come across okay are there any big rock formations that i can sort of use as a shelter and kind of stay behind that but also peek around about twenty feet off from the edge on the goblin side there is one outcropping of like a large stalagmight that you could probably get behind oh on the goblin side on the goblin side oh do you wanna be on their side i want to be on our side your side meaning the side that the war camp is on no i thought we were all on the other side of the bridge we're gonna stay on the side that doesn't have all the bad guys on it right there's the goblin side which is where you guys first went through there's the bridge and then there's the war camp side goblin side goblin side yep goblin side for percy setting up the bad news your crazy gun oh yeah you're on the war camp side gonna be great and scanlan as well right and i'm gonna run that but you guys are all going back to we're on the goblin side the safer side the further side yeah i'm gonna be can i be like halfway in between on the bridge is that a bad idea you can do that it's up to you go for it you can fly can she fly turn into birds i can turn into a bird she's a drew it oh you can turn into a bird yeah she's fine how long does your spell cast i mean your spell last shut up my which one your illusion spell it's a concentration thing so as long as i can keep it up so maybe you should do that oh yeah for up to thirty twenty four hours actually it's not a concentration spell so how far does it reach three hundred feet okay one hundred fifty square feet right okay just needs to and it looks sounds work around the edge of the bridge smells like some other sort of natural terrain so what are you going to make the terrain look like what is your alteration so what i'm doing whenever we can i make it look like there's a cave-in happening through the tunnel wait no make it look like it's really far keyleth what if you fudged it so the cliff well that's what i'm gonna do looked like it went thirty feet further out yeah what i'm gonna do i just want the terrain to look on my side close to what they're used to i want the terrain to look exactly like what it is but i just wanna stretch it out a little bit so it looks like they've got like an extra running space okay okay yeah so if it looks too different so like an additional forty or so feet out from the actual yes of actual yes like the bridge is an extra forty feet away okay the actual ceiling is maybe about a hundred twenty feet up so it might be a little hard to do that and cause a cave-in-type illusion okay then i'll do that then i'm gonna just you know what i'm gonna stay on the opposite side of the bridge and i'm gonna focus on making that illusion okay cool so you go ahead and you cast hallucinatory terrain yep you now see an additional forty feet of the cliff stretching out it looks very realistic thank you and you can actually see that the bridge looks attached to it it's a very very convincing illusion and you kind of have to remind yourself that it's an illusion just so you don't fall for it either yes be careful guys please be careful all right so you're kind of chilling in the middle of the bridge mm-hm all right the rest of you are all right i'm on the outside of the bridge on the other side outside of the bridge i'm out with them okay so you're off the bridge now gone yeah all right so now

Output: Percy and Scanlan positioned themselves on the goblin side of the bridge, with Percy setting up his "Bad News" heavy weapon behind a large stalagmite for cover. Meanwhile, Keyleth cast *hallucinatory terrain*, creating an illusion that extended the cliff face an additional forty feet, making the bridge appear farther away to any approaching enemies. The rest of the party took up positions on the safer, non-goblin side of the bridge. The group coordinated their placements, with one member planning to remain on the bridge itself to maintain the concentration spell. Their preparations focused on creating a deceptive and defensible choke point before the war camp.


Input: uh it it's a very very convincing allusion and you kind of have to remind yourself that it's an allusion just so you don't fall for it either um yes be careful guys please be careful uh all right so you're kind of chilling in the middle of the brige mm-hm all right the rest of you are uh all right I'm on the outside of the brige on the other side outside of the brige I'm out with them okay so you're off the brige now gone yeah all right so now uh Tiberius Vax you guys walk across the brige keeping grip both side rails feeling it rock to and fro from the continuous warm bellowing of wind up from the cavern beneath you eventually you bring your way across what looks like you should be stepping on terrain is still the brige and it takes you a minute to adjust to the fact that you're still going across the brige but it looks like rocky terrain eventually you make it to the other side and you grab purchase on stone looking ahead of you you can see about 60 feet ahead of you the outskirts of the war camp uh okay Tiberius you wait here ready to run I take Tiberius by the arm like this Vox Machina um Vox Machina all laugh okay so I stealthily walk up to the closing distance to the edge of town and I stand there I click my boots of haste together oh god as he runs off I cast Greater Invisibility on myself uh all right I cast Fly on myself and I hover both of those are concentrashun spells fuck you can only have one of those up at any given point in time I'll cast Fly then okay yes so you're now floating up okay okay and I'm at enough edge to where her allusions are as well okay but over the brige just in case I fall laughs okay all right so you're now just kinda hovering above the brige now you I just clicked the boots you feel the sudden surge of magical energy through your body like adrenaline just pumping into your system and I cry out full voice listen up you walking prawn doom has come for you today step forth you slimy bastard oh fuck all laugh as he does that I toss out three cards all right oh gosh your trolls can't save you right at the rim of where the allusion stops I will find you no matter how far or how long been awhile since you've used those laughs all right oh okay you shuffled these right we should call this a rim job yes all right this will be very very interesting uh oh Jesus oh god this is a good plan you got your dice sure it is it's a great plan use your dice are you convincing yourself or are you this is a good plan we're on the safe side with Bad News and me we're fine yeah I'm with you guys we're fine so currently one of the cards bursts and you can see rising up from its energy this awful-looking humanoid skeletal undead creature with long golden red robes with this gnarled gold crown and these glowing blue eyes and just pure arkane energy across this horribly gnarled skeletal face okay there stands this hideous-looking lich cackling to itself ah the ace of spades two of spades it changed dammit looking at Pathfinder right now all laugh two of spades Tiberius can we hit it and quit it what are the other ones the other one poof and you see before you a kind of flip them over they have good graphics on the cover it's nice through the smoke you see what looks like some sort of a human kind of long long-fighting warrior grizzled ready to fight has a big old longsword out armored up in scalemail one eye is kinda wounded and he just kinda sits there and growls with his blade ready the third card from the smoke appears a red-skinned dragonborn with long blue robes and a staff with a glowing beam of light on it yes oh it must be a joker you see an exact duplicate of Tiberius now standing there as the three illusions stand all laugh outstanding that's perfect

Output: The party carefully crossed the illusory bridge, with Vax and Tiberius reaching the far side near the outskirts of a war camp. Vax attempted to combine Haste and Greater Invisibility, but was reminded that only one concentration spell could be active at a time, so he chose to Fly instead. He then boldly challenged the camp, shouting for their leader and throwing three magical cards. The cards summoned three powerful illusions: a menacing lich, a grizzled warrior, and an exact duplicate of Tiberius, creating a chaotic diversion at the camp's edge.


Input: so it looks like some sort of a human kind of long long-fighting warrior grizzled ready to fight has a big old longsword out armored up in scalemail one eye is kinda wounded and he just kinda sits there and growls with his blade ready the third card from the smoke appears a red-skinned dragonborn with long blue robes and a staff with a glowing beam of light on it yes oh it must be a joker you see an exact duplicate of tiberius now standing there as the three illusions stand all laugh outstanding that’s perfect your cards are now spent correct uh no they exist until i dispel them right but i mean the actual cards don’t go back in the deck yes they do they do okay all right never mind okay as you shout out the card illusion appears you see about five or six duergar kind of look out from a nearby tent and go and then start running toward the center of the town come here bitches about 20 seconds pass and then you start hearing this boom boom boom boom it sounds like a drum beat oh my god cut the rope cut the rope not yet not yet not yet leave vax there let’s go all laugh at this point you now see about 16 duergar come running out from the center of town armored weapons drawn a few with crossbows two trolls and an ogre charging out you see the ogres holding this giant it looks like a stone slab for one of its clubs and the two trolls just come with their claws open rushing right towards you and the illusions oh my gosh i start flipping i command the lich to start doing one of his glowy spells and like through him i go whispers come for us your death awaits all laugh all right and i flip the double birds and start walking backwards a little bit oh yes that’s even better just watch your step yes straight back i command the soldier to start swinging his sword as you’re stepping back four of the duergar immediately take using their inertia pull and release javelins in your direction okay oh god all right what’s your ac oh gosh my ac is 19 all right you take two javelins i’m gonna use uncanny dodge for anything i can see i can dodge for half damage if i need to all right good to know the first one strikes you in the torso for a total of 11 damage shit okay oh the other hits you for a total of eight damage is that the halved or total no well you can choose to half one it’s up to you you choose which one probably the higher one okay so it was 11 and eight so it would be six okay six and eight okay 14 14 points of damage with these just javelins hitting you like oh that’s right they have range all laugh right i knew this was coming right you can immediately see one of the trolls goes and just lunges forward and slashes the lich just passing through its form he lunges at the lich yeah sweet it went through it kinda loses its footing for a second stops and kinda looks angry turns and starts slashing at it again run run away fake ground and i’m like yeah isn’t he on the fake ground the lich yes yeah he’s like right at the edge yeah right at the precipice i can’t throw my card on the fake ground they’d fall yeah so the troll kind of steps forward they’re right at the edge though and the troll turns around and starts slashing the other one goes right for the veteran and laughs goes running right off the edge gasps yes the troll that was the troll just falling sounds the ogre goes running forward right towards you i command the yes just their speed they’re just the first ones to get there duergar have tiny legs high-pitched voice where’s the roll for initiative man you’re already back you’re at the bridge this is what i’m saying what are you doing this is your reactionary part we’re just taking this isn’t a battle this is yeah i’m backing it up i’m running man

Output: The party used their illusion cards to create a distraction, summoning a warrior, a dragonborn duplicate, and a lich to draw out the duergar and their allies. As the enemies swarmed—including trolls and an ogre—the party began a tactical retreat toward the bridge. During the withdrawal, one of the trolls lunged at the illusory lich, missed, and tumbled off the edge of the fake ground. The party took damage from thrown javelins as they backed away, deciding to disengage rather than fight the overwhelming force.


Input: running right off the edge uh gasps yes the troll that was the troll just falling sounds the ogre goes running forward right towards you I command the yes just their speed theyre just the first ones to get there duergar have tiny legs wheres the roll for initiative man you're already back you're at the bridge this is what I'm saying what are you doing this is your reactionary part we're just taking this isn't a battle this is yeah I'm backing it up I'm running man all right so you go charging back onto the bridge as you go running all right both trolls and the ogre have just gone off the side badass all cheer you hear them screaming as they tumble into the darkness I'm laughing as I run didn't occur to me that there is a bridge about four duergar also go spilling over the side screaming as they tumble into the darkness yes the rest of them stop kind of look around and this was a great plan I start as that's happening I start to pull back and float away and I'm commanding all of my guys to come through the bridge because I can command them within 30 feet so they're now they're all within 30 feet of me retreating as well okay as this is happening you can now see some of the members of the duergar that are now at the edge are some of the elite guard with the blackened armor you saw they both kinda step forward and put their foot out feeling for purchase give a nod pull out their swords and start hacking at the bridge immediately gasps oh shit shit all right I'm taking a shot can we does our aim reach our ranged attacks do they reach you fly no he's got it do ranged attacks reach from this distance it's gonna be a serious penalty I'm not you don't because you I'm taking that shot because I can shoot forever go for it um I'm untying the carpet quickly all laugh oh for the love of god and all that is holy groans oh no misfire I gotta I can at least try right go ahead and roll as you you're at disadvantage fail so hard as your arrow shooting sound off you and gun misfiring sound and there's a slight delay and you wonder why isn't it working and this horrible explosion sound bursts out as you can now see black and red smoke pouring out of the front of the barrel of Bad News and it burns your hands for a second and you're like ah shit take a second to all right so I gotta stop and clean yeah however because you are unable to halt that both of those duergar take shots at the bridge damn it both hit with their swords are you on the carpet Vax he's getting it out I don't know I said I was get on it now as you're running and pulling the carpet out yes the bridge is cut clean gasps son of a bitch and begins to fall out from under you okay you go pulling out the acrobatics check use them dex saves this is gonna go ahead and be a dex check now you've got advantage you do oh good okay good because the first roll was a one the second roll was a 19 yes plus plus plus plus nine is 28 oh my god you almost died all right you pull out the carpet as you're going to set it down as you feel the bridge beginning to like give out from under you you feel this creepy sensation pushing towards the back of your head oh no mm-hm you guys looking across you can see now a familiar cloaked figure has emerged all gasps oh shit I drew him out clean your gun clean your gun I'm cleaning my gun go ahead and make a willpower saving throw get your bow ready I am I'm ready it's too far I survive a free fall and you hit me with that right after yeah will save willpower save so that's what is it I've never done that that's it's at

Output: The party triggered a chaotic collapse, sending trolls, an ogre, and several duergar plummeting from the bridge into darkness. As they attempted a retreat, elite duergar guards emerged and began hacking at the bridge to cut them off. Vax's ranged weapon misfired catastrophically, and the bridge was severed just as he frantically deployed a flying carpet. He made a desperate acrobatic save to avoid falling, landing on the carpet as it deployed. Looking back across the chasm, the party then spotted a familiar, cloaked figure who had been drawn out by the commotion.


Input: uh your head oh no mm-hm you guys looking across you can see now a familiar cloaked figure has emerged oh shit i drew him out clean your gun clean your gun i'm cleaning my gun go ahead and make a willpower saving throw get your bow ready i am i'm ready it's too far i survive a free fall and you hit me with that right after yeah will save willpower save so that's what is it i've never done that that's it's at the top of your sheet of your stats above your stats on the right of your stats oh it's your wisdom saving wisdom okay wisdom ow not very good seven seven no as you are running you get the carpet out you leap onto it and your whole sense and awareness of your surroundings just fades from you you just feel your entire body going numb for a second and you just feel yourself falling holy shit fly down get him get him falling back oh oh bother shoo i go get him twenty nine dex save right down the toilet you go and swoop down fly you manage to is he conscious he is just staring up at this moment very good i go just to touch him i am not trying to pull him up okay what try to grab him try to grab him fly he can fly me he is falling he is falling fly like superman you cast fly on him all right now fly damn it he is still just kind of standing there not doing anything as you finish casting the fly spell your fly spell dissipates because it's a concentration spell and you can have one at a given time wait you're unconscious i don't know what i am i ask right now is he he's like catatonic he is okay then i don't do that because you can't fly yourself so i do grab him this time okay you grab him as his whole weight goes onto you what's your strength oh my god it has been nice knowing you ladies and gentlemen twelve no no no go ahead and make an athletics check come on tiberius can we see this all happening off to the side plus eight keyleth it's happening very fast oh shit can i use it's a twenty one twenty one you rush down diving you grab the back of his armor as you yank up on him you manage to just pull him across and get him to the other edge the flying carpet however has plummeted down in no son of a bitch you lost our flying carpet you unconscious bastard however tiberius swoops up you guys just see them both plummet into darkness and then flying up at the edge of the crevasse on your side tiberius clutching your brother currently just staring off into space and dropping him down with a dull sound vax the bridge slaps onto the side of the cavern and i run over to vax and i'm like trying to figure out what's wrong with him the magic carpet is done it just disappeared into the darkness below oh no i have to erase it bye carpet no that was our ticket across the chasm yes i loved that carpet damn it about a minute passes or so you come back to your senses oh good i got to get the carpet can i clean my gun i slap him with mage hand snap out of it what happened what happened wait do we leave or no wait they are still across there aren't they you can see across the way that there are a bunch of them just standing at the edge i wanna take a shot at the at the noodle face yeah okay go for it oh man you can see them and they control you right in the noggin shoot it in the eye man not from that distance i don't think his sniper rifle goes far hm that's a twenty three okay go ahead and roll the damage across the way you can hear the resounding ah yeah

Output: The party was confronted by a mysterious cloaked figure across a chasm, who seemingly used a psychic attack that left Vax catatonic and falling. Tiberius swooped down to catch his brother, succeeding with an athletics check, but the flying carpet was lost in the darkness below. After Vax recovered his senses a minute later, the party realized their primary means of crossing the chasm was gone. From their side, they observed several figures standing at the edge, and one member took a long-range shot at the cloaked figure, landing a solid hit.


Input: You can see uh across the way that there's a bunch of them just standing at the edge um I wanna take a shot at the at the noodle-face yeah okay go for it oh man you can see them and they control you right in the noggin shoot it in the eye man not from that distance I don't think his sniper rife goes far hm that's a 23 okay go ahead and roll the damage across the way you can hear the resounding gunshot ah yeah that don't suck 20 points of damage 20 points of damage nice you just see this blast of red and flame across the way and the figure is just knocked off its feet about ten feet back all laugh can you shoot him again yes it's just a carnival game for Percy at this point at this point in time you can now see the duergar looking up and backing away from the cliff side yeah you come to the bridge which is just dangling off the side now we're on the goblin side now yeah you're on the goblin side and the bridge is just dangling down into darkness that felt pretty good too who wants to have a picnic I mean seriously so how many monster sounds are over there you only saw the one and how many duergar left how many yes how many are left after all that after they fell into after all that you saw a few more kind of filter out from the town you have probably about 25 visible at that moment that have all backed I'm gonna hang on him visually and I'm gonna wait to take another shot until he tries to stand up again okay so if he tries to stand up again I wanna shoot him again but wait you can shoot him while he's on the ground can't you that's so much more fun to wait you can shoot him but it's at disadvantage to shoot someone who's prone he's on the ground yeah technically he's got cover and it's funnier to just wait a moment passes and he kind of drifts back up take another shot taking another shot come on Percy come on baby he's such an asshole like fish in a barrel come on Von Rolo 15 15 unfortunately it does not hit ricochet noise at that distance with the darkness it's very hard to get your bead on him at that point so you gunshot fires off you can now see it drift away fudge and all the rest of the duergar are now retreating into the city man what're you gonna do all of our shit's gone okay okay what're we gonna do leave maybe we can can we walk up and see let's take a short rest if we can find another bridge while we're figuring this out if you want to okay so you walk over to the edge and you kind of look across to the sides make a perception check I'll assist oh 20 20 never mind no no assistance needed natural 20 yeah never mind natural 20 yes plus plus my perception natural 20 motherfucker my perception is six automatic win you glance over the side all laugh and looking down you can see the bridge is just kind of like drifting from the air that's flowing and you can just see the and it's not like the whole bottom floor is all lava there's just streaks of it pouring down from whatever the interior of this lower chasm is you see at the edge of the rope break which goes down for a good 150 200 feet or so dangling and there's a tiny little flicker of material oh my god it's the carpet material it's the carpet it's the carpet it seems to be the carpet okay we have an infinite rope oh go we have infinite rope I'm gonna tie it to myself wait hold on a second we're gonna lower you down is it still it's just at the end of the all

Output: The party engaged a group of duergar from a distance, with Percy landing a powerful sniper shot that knocked one off its feet and caused the others to retreat. They then crossed over to the goblin side of the chasm, finding the bridge destroyed and dangling into the darkness below. After a short rest, a natural 20 perception check allowed them to spot the lost magical carpet snagged on a ledge far down the cliff face. This discovery prompted plans to potentially retrieve it using their infinite rope.


Input: so it goes down for a good uh 150 200 feet or so dangling and there's a tiny little flicker of material um wrapped up in the ropes of the rope bridge oh my god it's the carpet material it's the carpet it's the carpet it seems to be the carpet okay we have an infinite rope oh go we have infinite rope i'm gonna tie it to myself wait hold on a second we're gonna lower you down is it still it's just at the end of the all the way down there mm-hm so i fly down there no aww and go get it yeah that makes sense oh all right it's still in effect mm-hm okay watch out for that warm air whatever that was so ooh you're right i take out an empty bottle while i do this all right you glide down along the base of the cut rope bridge and there just barely hanging on by just haphazardly falling and tangling itself in the ropes is the flying carpet as you float down you now get a little bit of a better view as your staff is lit you can see about another 150 feet down below you a little bit of a reflection of your light it's currently just kind of rippling and shifting it's water down there it's water it appears to be some sort of water surface below you about 150 feet down i thought there was lava i run and jump off the cliff there are streaks of lava pouring like from the ceiling and portions of the wall yep and i jumped all the way down it's 1000 feet down but it's all just kind of pouring down and pooling at the edges and then cooling it's 1000 feet that's a big belly flop i have great form in mid-air so there it's a river and you don't know this yet do you want to die and you can see the waterfall it's cascading over the side it's water you're being incredibly childish don't do that is currently rushing past you at about 30 feet to your right and it seems to be splashing into this pool below don't dive 1000 fucking feet waterfall ah i retrieve the magic carpet you grab the magic carpet you roll it up make your way back up to the surface carpet ah here you are by the way cool stuff down there it's actually not lava it's water aha believe it or not water how far down from the bridge it's about 150 feet from the bridge but it's about 1000 feet down all the way we could traverse down somehow and i think it would be a nice place to go explore place to go explore especially because we have nothing else to do and well we could go to the camp and go kick some well look we know we can't get over there but we have a carpet now oh that's right oh yeah but we go over one at a time and then we're waiting for ah fly me down with you the thing is the three of us can fly tiberius and i are going to fly down the thing is we know that deeper down is where they've gone on the carpet yes that's true so probably it'd be best to go down we could have avoided all of this bullshit if we'd just have known but we didn't know and if there's i don't wanna fight i don't wanna fight that guy if there's more than one of them these though he's gone boodle-oodle-ooo to his friends right now i mean right if we can it'd be good to put this guy in the ground i'm all for going i don't know okay take me down there's a tunnel back there hang on let me let's go see let's go see back past that village that they're protecting well i'm still flying you can take percy would you like to come oh all right i've to ride the carpet down to the bottom with percy and tiberius well i whoever's going down should be on the carpet cause i can

Output: The party discovered their lost magic carpet tangled in the ropes of the broken bridge, dangling over a vast chasm. One member flew down to retrieve it, using a lit staff to illuminate the depths and revealing that the surface far below was water, not lava as previously feared. After securing the carpet, the group debated their next move, noting that their enemies had likely descended further. Ultimately, they decided to use the newly recovered flying carpet to carry members down to explore the water-filled depths and the passages below.


Input: uh if we can it'd be good to put this guy in the ground I'm all for going I don't know okay take me down there's a tunnel back there hang on let me let's go see let's go see back past that village that they're protecting well I'm still flying you can take Percy would you like to come oh all right I've to ride the carpet down to the bottom with Percy and Tiberius well I whoever's going down should be on the carpet 'cause I can still fly right so I don't need it me and Percy are on the carpet alright so the two of you get on the carpet you drift down and you begin to make your way down this giant crevass as you get down the air gets warmer and warmer and you begin to see as you come down a good 600 feet now at this point into this much larger space than the one you guys are currently above it's like a giant triangular open cavin down here it kind of funnels up into where the bridge was do I see any tunnels or areas that look like it leads someplace of interest um as you look down there is definitely a large pool of water that leads off into a few other underground rivers that spill off into the mountainside itself there are sections of the wall where lava is pouring out where there seems to be some sort of a vent or some sort of opening into some mag-ma reserve and there are about three of them that are pouring out and kind of drifting down one of them is pooling and cooling as it hits the water and it's just kind of this perpetually glowing mass of slow growing rock there also appears to be one that is just continuing to flow that leads kind of back in the direction where you guys came but underneath there's one big lava pool that is spilling and then kind of giving a little bit of light to the inside of a tunnel that continues further down at a decline the opposite side lava tunnels what are you crazy I keep going sorry yes that's okay are you done on the opposite side you can see there's a small outcropping and a smaller waterfall that is pouring out of the side of the mountain like another sea is now meeting the river underneath and that is just kind of cascading out from the side of the rock dropping about 30 or 40 feet and hitting the edge of the rock pool okay on Cthulhu's side you're talking about on Cthulhu's side yeah I think we should I say Tiberius give me some light oh and I take and I cast Control Water and I just take the pool the water in the bottom of the pool and I bend it and I part the pool and I take it and I cascade it all the way up following the lava flows okay just so you're aware the pool is about 600 feet across all laugh I can part seas with this right so you can part elements of it but like it is a large large large body of water oh okay okay well I'm taking okay I don't necessarily part it but I take the water and I draw it up cascading along the edges following all the lava streams going into the tunnels okay another thing you notice is there are two trolls and an ogre currently trying to stay afloat as one of them just gets pulled under the water gets pulled under yes you begin moving the water to the sides and you begin to cool some of the lava flows oh that's awesome you can see the glowing red mag-ma begin to cool to a dark black and become solid as it does you can see parts of it crack as the mag-ma is still pushing out but you're definitely stanching the flow I'm gonna kind of push it you said there was a tunnel kind of going up into Cthulhu side yeah there is a tunnel that seemed the opening leads to the back and there's a waterfall that is pouring out from that side waterfall there's a waterfall waterfall not a lava fall the lava flow is going down the opposite direction but there's like a tunnel kind of carving out that way

Output: The party descended into a deep crevasse via flying carpet, discovering a vast cavern below with a large pool, multiple lava flows, and underground rivers. They observed a tunnel entrance illuminated by lava and a waterfall cascading from the opposite wall. One member cast *Control Water* to redirect the pool's water along the lava streams, cooling and solidifying some of the molten rock. This action also revealed two trolls and an ogre struggling in the water, with one creature being pulled under. The group noted the waterfall's location as a point of interest for further exploration.


Input: you can see parts of it crack uh as the magma's still pushing out but you're definitely stanching the flow I'm gonna kind of push it you said there was a tunnel kind of going up into Cthulhu's side yeah there is a tunnel that seemed uh the opening leads to the back and there's a waterfall that is pouring out from that side waterfall there's a waterfall waterfall not a lava fall the lava flow is going down the opposite direction but there's like a tunnel kind of carving out that way yeah like a large opening that continues further down okay I take all of the water and I really just concentrate and I gather just a big tube and I push it down that tunnel okay so the best uh the water that you gather from this you force into a quick guyser in that direction as it sprays across the front you can see it begins to cool some of the magma it's a pretty hefty flow you manage to slow it and you do cool parts of it but it's gonna be difficult and take you a while if you're just constantly pushing water on it to give the flow any sort of serious stop you notice the lava flow doesn't coat the entire floor of the tunnel just a side of it it's almost like there's some portion of it that is walkable adjacent to the lava we can also go in the not-lava cave Keyleth I'm sorry that lava cave just looks important I know because of the lava yeah let's go tell the others what we've found and then we'll come back and decide which way to go okay okay sometimes a lava cave is just a lava cave I fly back up okay guys blah-blah-blah-blah so here's my thoughts the other troll uh pulled beneath the surface yeah so I don't wanna go down there also it looks like there's something eating those trolls there's things pulling trolls yeah let's not go down there where there's things eating trolls why don't we just uh in the water yeah in the giant water pool in the bottom wait but we're gonna have to go down eventually so maybe why why do we have to go down there there's nothing that we need down there but across the way is a 25-man battle with a huge nasty boss there's seven of us and one of us is Grog well everybody keeps saying that everything is deeper and deeper so I think we're gonna have to go deep down eventually I agree with Vex on this one well hold on deep into the tunnels all those assholes are still standing on the edge across there do we have we've flown out of a falling tower before we were all able to do it can we just fly up and over those shitheads and go towards the tunnel not with the eye of that mind flayer yeah it can grab us yeah look what it did to you I don't trust it exactly can't we go 150 feet in the air and the tunnel doesn't go that high I think you were at least 150 feet across that bridge when he did that to you yeah it can grab us from there we can try I was on the bridge when that happened you were on the bridge when that happened you were and fell down I wasn't way above but the bridge was like 250 feet across right right you were about loosely 80 feet across when it got you when it got me so its range is probably like 100 feet and you said it's 150-ish feet in here though to the ceiling to the ceiling it's about 150 feet yeah we can go but the tunnel oh they have ranged weapons as well quietly I think we should go down but what is down there if we don't find out Kima you can drop me like a depth charge thing but there's no sign of anything intelligent down there other than something that's eating trolls underwater it could be just giant whales down there we have no idea there's no sign of humans at all it's lava and death animals maybe okay if I go down there

Output: The party attempted to cool the lava flow with a concentrated torrent of water, slowing but not stopping it, and discovered a walkable path alongside the molten river. After debating whether to descend deeper into the caverns or confront the enemies above, they recalled the dangerous range of a mind flayer that had previously attacked one of them. They ultimately decided to scout the underwater section first, with Kima preparing to drop down like a depth charge, despite uncertainties about what creatures might lurk below.


Input: so like a hundred and fifty feet yeah and we can go but the tunnel oh they have ranged weapons as well i think we should go down but what is down there if we don't find out kima you can drop me like a death charge but there's no sign of anything intelligent down there other than something that's eating trolls underwater it could be just giant whales down there we have no idea there's no sign of humans at all it's lava and dead animals maybe okay if i go down there there's more like tunnes that go further and look in one of the tunnels tunnels that go deeper can i look in one of the tunnels and see if i find tracks if i do can we go that way how are you gonna go in the tunnels i've got a flying carpet there's lava there's tunnels that don't have lava flowing into them if you burn and i can control water for at least an hour there's so down there there's a big pool of water it lasts a while a tunnel going towards the mind flayer side with no lava exactly and then there's another cave with lava there is a tunnel that we can walk in that we can go going away from him let's see if there's anything resembling tracks yes i'll go with vex that a way i can cool lava as we go please scanlan let me look for tracks please tracks in a river tracks in a tunnel it's not that kind of a tunnel it is there's water flowing in it there is on okay in a giant cavern there is towards the side where you guys kind of entered underneath where you first came in yes there is a descending large tunnel of which there are a series of lava flows that kind of pool into one river of lava that covers half of that path down okay in the direction of goblin town correct okay towards the other side the the cthulhu side the cavern ends and there is a waterfall pouring out of the side of the wall can't go in there that just kind of flows down oh so there's a cavern opening no no there is a there well there is essentially a hole where water is pouring out of can't go in there oh we can go in there but we can go in the one with lava there's water pouring out of it i can make that stop happening but what would we find in a tunnel with water pouring out of it it's not like anything lives up there i'm just i would much rather face random beasts who are just random beasts than mind flayers who can suck my brain out there would be no random beasts though it's just nothing but plumbing yes but kima did not fall prey to random beasts she fell prey to these shits all right fine let's do whatever you guys want to do i think i don't think a boss battle i don't think we can fight this guy and win vote vote for fuck's sake vote put it to a vote vote yes all in favor of going to the duergar village and facing the giant fucker up and over up and over or up and over or at least getting past it that direction that's four of us that's four all in favor of going into the lava flows to find something water holes water holes or fire holes water holes mm mm tiberius you haven't voted a draconian does not vote what are you switzerland come on it's four against us anyway a draconian you come from a political family we gotta go that way well i don't vote i don't believe in our system anyway that's none of your business are you a communist i don't know what that means now tiberius can fly keyleth is an eagle who can carry a gnome and maybe my sister ugh no and that leaves percy and grog and i on the flying carpet can it hold our weight let's give it a little test and trinket okay well if this doesn't

Output: The party debated which tunnel to explore in the vast underground cavern, weighing the risks of mind flayers against the dangers of lava flows. After a heated discussion, they voted to proceed toward the duergar village, choosing the path with lava over the water-filled tunnel. They decided to use Tiberius's flying carpet and Keyleth's wild shape into an eagle to transport the group over the hazardous terrain. Before setting off, they tested the carpet's capacity to carry Percy, Grog, Vex, and Trinket. The session ended as they prepared to navigate the lava flows, seeking a way past their formidable foe.


Input: A Draconian you come from a political family we gotta go that way well I don't vote I don't believe in our system anyway that's none of your business are you a communist uh all laugh I don't know what that means now Tiberius can fly Keyleth is an eagle who can carry a gnome and maybe my sister uh no and that leaves Percy and Grog and I on the flying carpet can it hold our weight let's give it a little test and Trinket okay well if this doesn't work we're going to the tunnel the flying carpet can't carry Grog on his own no then I can't carry Grog you can on the other hand use can't wait wait wait why can't why can't Vex and I just at least go check it out before we do this you lost the vote Keyleth you lost the vote um sigh I think we should go Feather Fall let's do it fuck it going they don't control us we're going let's do it we're going all right so what you ladies hop on the flying carpet yes the fellowship has broken so as you guys are discussing this wait you're stealing our flying carpet all laugh the two ladies have leaped on the flying carpet we're just checking it out we're coming back we're coming back we're coming back throw a red one throw a red one just wait ten god damn minutes they shout as they disappear into the darkness below the cavern the mind flayer isn't on pause okay I could I have wait I have a that was gonna go right in my mouth I have a lantern okay yeah cause I have a dungeoneering kit oh cool yellow all right so you pull out your lantern as the two of you are going down towards the water part the water the rest of you kind of stand at the edge of the crevasse going uh I follow I follow part the water I take the river flow where the water's flow is coming out of this waterfall meanwhile the mind flayer's saying in a gravelly voice I haven't got all day and I reverse it all right so as you guys float down I follow the two trolls that were missing the ogre is not anywhere to be seen fly you fools laughs there's just a slight ripple in the water's surface we don't wanna land we just wanna go towards the tunnel right as you staunch the water supply of this waterfall it just kind of holds it in place with enough of a force that the water coming out is being balanced by the force you're putting back on it it's just kind of holding it there can you lower the water so we can fly however as the water vanishes beneath where the waterfall was you can see an actual small tunnel that's carved into the rock fuck all y'all bitches whoa laughs well wanna go down let's go in there that doesn't do anything yet we don't know let's go into the tunnel meanwhile back up top I'm saying they're not gonna find anything they're not gonna find any tunnels all laugh yeah I'm agreeing with Scanlan and I am mooning off the cliff's face so I'm stealthing let's stealth let's be very quiet okay hold on all right can you turn into an animal I fly back up to tell them what's going on oh I can I go into a black panther form okay Scanlan remember when we had women in this party okay and I stealth laughs okay both of you guys roll stealth panthers have like advantage on stealth something like that they have advantage on stealth check yeah you guys are just in further then 16 13 so 16 plus whatever plus your dex 15 the dex of the panther no it's whatever the dex it's gonna be like oh the dex of the panther it's gonna be like 20 or something like that all right you guys move are you staying on the carpet no we're like hopping down off the carpet and I

Output: The party attempted to use a flying carpet to cross a cavern but found it couldn't support Grog's weight. Vex and Vax then took the carpet to investigate, discovering a hidden tunnel behind a waterfall after magically holding back the water flow. Meanwhile, Percy, Grog, and Scanlan remained at the edge, with Scanlan dramatically mooning the abyss. Keyleth transformed into a black panther and, along with Vax, prepared to stealthily explore the newly found passage.