The Glass Cannon Podcast - Giantslayer Episode 84 - Heads 'Em Off at the Pass

Episode Date: January 3, 2017

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Starting point is 00:00:00 This week on the Glass Cannon Podcast. No, I think I would like to give out more bottle caps. I would like that too. I don't have any on me today, but... I like to start my resolutions the week after. You're such a jerk. A run-in with some unexpected travelers. Show yourselves. We're passing through. We want no trouble.
Starting point is 00:00:19 Maybe we could use them as tribute. That's a great idea. Well, let's see what they are first. I can hear both of you. We'll escalate quickly. Oh, you're gonna get in trouble. And things get ugly. Natural one. Yeah!
Starting point is 00:00:35 I rolled another natural one. Natural 20. Oh, my God. Two episodes in a row. Damn it! Holy shit. You can't even fake that. 23, 23.
Starting point is 00:00:47 Damn it. This is the Grian all over again. The adventure continues. Next time it takes three rounds to load that crossbow. Right now. should old acquaintance be forgot and never come to mind? Hey, happy new year! Everybody out there from us at the Glass Cannon Podcast, it's me, Skid. And while 2016 was an objectively terrible year in almost every way for all of humanity,
Starting point is 00:01:39 it was pretty good for us at the Glass Cannon Podcast. Got a lot of new listeners. It was pretty good for us at the Glass Cannon Podcast. Got a lot of new listeners. Our first annual Glass Cannon Podcast retreat together an incredibly fun and very thorough, uh, survey of the best moments from the podcast for 2016. It's a,
Starting point is 00:02:12 it's great. It's great to look back and he did a lot of research on his re listen and it's great. So check out, uh, uh, our Facebook page, a glass cannon podcast on Facebook or our Twitter feed at Glass Cannon Pod on Twitter for a link to the survey.
Starting point is 00:02:29 Vote for your favorite moments. It's a blast. And that'll be up through the end of the week through probably Friday, January 6th. So get your votes in. But enough of the past. Let's move on to the future. This is 2017. And let's start with the first new Glass Cannon Podcast episode of 2017.
Starting point is 00:02:52 Let's see what horrors await us around the bend. In episode 84, hedge them off at the pass. Happy New Year, everybody! Happy New Year! Should all the grandad be forgot? Should all PCs be forgot? Any New Year's resolutions just for Pathfinder, Matthew?
Starting point is 00:03:14 You got anything? Not to fuck up any more rules for 50 episodes. That's your resolution? No, no, like how I... Well, it wasn't 50 episodes. It was what? Episode 53? Oh, since the creation of Della to you realizing how Spell Combat worked. Right. That's a very complicated New Year's resolution.
Starting point is 00:03:31 You say realizing as if it was something I, a realization I came through. And not thousands of people pointing it out. And me being like, I'm... Literally thousands. Grant, you got any Pathfinder New Year's resolutions? I mean, mine is I'm living by a mantra this year, which is tonight I celebrate my love for you.
Starting point is 00:03:50 And every time we get together, I want to celebrate my love for each of you, for Pathfinder the game. But being in love means that you never have to say you're sorry. And I never have to say I'm sorry. For shooting your character on a fumble? For killing Lexington by shooting him in the head. I have to say I'm sorry for shooting your character on a fumble for killing Lexington by shooting him in the head
Starting point is 00:04:06 I have to say my experience of love means I have to say sorry a lot ooh hey it looks like we're really getting to something here let's go back to Matthew meow one resolution each everybody oh wow Dr. Phil alright alright
Starting point is 00:04:22 we'll talk about your marriage pathfinder resolution well um I know you're a very resolute man Dr. Phil. All right, all right. We'll talk about your marriage. Pathfinder Resolutions. Well, I have... You're a very resolute man. I'm pretty resolute. I've decided to watch the movie Pathfinder. Oh, good one. That's good.
Starting point is 00:04:36 2007, Marcus Nisbel movie. Every day for the entirety of 2017. That is a lot of viewings. I've never seen it, so I hope it's good. Okay, all right. That's a bold goal. It's going to be just like your new gym membership. It's going to fall out of practice in one month.
Starting point is 00:04:57 You're going to watch it on New Year's Day and then never use it again. Joe, I guess it's definitely not not drinking at sessions. That's not your... I have a's definitely not not drinking at sessions. That's not your... I have a full one to start this one off. To kick the... Hey, it's New Year's, man. I'm off.
Starting point is 00:05:11 I'm firing off. No, what do you got? Anything good? I don't think I understood the assignment. I had an actual serious Pathfinder New Year's resolution. I want to hear it. What is it? To use a coaster on my nice table?
Starting point is 00:05:22 That'd be nice, too. I want to say that I love Sir Willamette. I love him. I think he's fantastic. I do, too. But my New Year's resolution is to bring Lork back. Oh! I'm just telling you.
Starting point is 00:05:37 Wow. I want Lork back. You're not just telling me. You're telling thousands and thousands of people. I'm just saying what I want. They know it's out of my control, but it's partially under my control. Because I can lean on you, and I'm going to keep leaning on you until it happens.
Starting point is 00:05:50 And I love Sir Willamette. I mean, more than many characters I've created right now. Be careful what you wish for when next week you find Lork's corpse. Brought him back! I wouldn't be the first person whose New Year's resolution failed. Only lasts in a week.
Starting point is 00:06:06 I thought Lurk was basically like, what is it, Roman Polanski after the whole problems he had. I thought he just moved overseas and was never coming back to America. The extradition treaty in Poland. All right, so we ended last one on a rare cliffhanger don't laugh at that joke it's getting old what's your resolution
Starting point is 00:06:36 oh yeah what's your resolution my resolution is to give away more bottle caps yeah I'll shake your hand on that. Once I find a Pathfinder group worth giving it to. Oh! I bring you up, and I bring it down!
Starting point is 00:06:52 No, I think I would like to give out more bottle caps. I would like that, too. I don't have any on me today, but... I like to start my resolutions the week after. You're such a jerk! Gotta stop buying cans. Now I understand. Now he's into canned craft beer.
Starting point is 00:07:10 So it's ruined our whole economy. The whole bottle cap economy. Dale's KLA, pork slap. That's all he's drinking. If this was Fallout, we'd all be destitute. So last week, you guys handled the Lucratas. I was really excited to do a full attack with them. I knew they weren't super dangerous.
Starting point is 00:07:29 They did have this thing called Powerful Bite. I think we talked about it on Cannon Fodder, where it just does extra damage. Like I think they get more strength damage on their bite, and it crits 19 to 20. It's like a very powerful bite. But they were doing Bite, Hoov, Hoov. I thought maybe I'd get a couple of good attacks in. But you guys, when it crits 19 to 20. It's like a very powerful bite. But they were doing bite, hoove, hoove. I thought maybe I'd get a couple of good attacks in.
Starting point is 00:07:47 But you guys, when it comes to certain combats, I think we're finding out you're very well trained for that. So it'll be interesting to see how today works out. If you evil, we'll even get into combat, because we left last episode with someone or some things saying, Who's there? Or something like that. Now, what do you guys remember of the conversation that Umlo overheard?
Starting point is 00:08:12 I'm sure Umlo is making this out and telling you guys at the same time. Do you remember? My vague recollection was just that there was an indication that someone... How many people? I don't know how many people, but I know there's two. I think there's two giants and a creature. A female creature who they called her or she. And she smelled something, right?
Starting point is 00:08:34 And I was like, oh, shit. Because once they smell you, you're done. You're not going to hide. It's like sending the dogs after you. What are you going to do? So I don't know what to hide. It's like sending the dogs after you. What are you going to do? So I don't know what to do. This whole time I've just been thinking we're going to have to fight.
Starting point is 00:08:50 I really don't know any other way around it. They said something about pit fighting and that they didn't get recruited. Yes. They're loser giants. Yes. I forgot that. They're like the guys in the scene
Starting point is 00:09:02 in The Dark Knight that lost in the fight when Joker was recruiting new members of his team. They were going back and forth. Don't you blame me. It's your fault. You wanted to join this army, not me. Of course I wanted to join it, but if you had fought better out there, the recruiter would have taken a sin. So whoever these people are, these things, these creatures, they are being sent back. You hear this.
Starting point is 00:09:26 You hear a snarl that everyone except Sir Will hears, the growl. And then, who's there? From one of the voices. You hear that, Sir Will, but you don't understand the language. Only Umlo. He's like, they're asking who's there. Who's playing Umlo this week? I do speak Orc, so did I understand any of that?
Starting point is 00:09:49 He said it was a mix. Yeah, it's a pigeon of giant goblin and Orc. So yeah, if you speak Orc, they're asking who we are. Right, okay. Baron says, this is an old-fashioned ambush. We've got to figure out a way to get the drop on these guys that come at us. I'm playing Baron this week. You're playing Baron? I'm sorry.
Starting point is 00:10:09 I'm low. I get them all mixed up. I'm playing I'm low this week. You're a dwarfist. I'll turn to Baron with wild nervous eyes to explain what was said because nobody else heard it, right? Yeah. So explain quickly what is being said and nervous eyes kind of explain what was said because nobody else heard it right yeah yeah so kind of explain quickly what is being said and just like should i should i talk to him wait damn it what's
Starting point is 00:10:32 that northern accent that's what i want to get skid help me come on coach me northern design the contract sign the contract should i talk to him maybe go back to your old accent. What should I say? Should I talk to him? I said, Umlo, well, if you want to get any type of talking in, you better now, because it seems like the armor you're wearing is going to make him raring mad at you. Oh, right. What time of day is it? It is afternoon.
Starting point is 00:11:02 I suggest to Umlo, I say, if we can find two bushes to conceal ourself in what you can do is use the 15 foot reach on your spear to kind of jab them from the side as they come down the road and i can use dragon's breath and load it up with my entangling shot cartridge i just put up i said who's there there? Alright, alright, you all, you all, to the trees. To the trees. And he'll push you guys to the side, like say, like, go to the side, go to the side, and he's about to talk to them. Now just to give you an idea
Starting point is 00:11:34 of the map here, there's a slope going upwards on your left, and there is a river, or stream, to your right. So it's pretty barren. Oh, so there are no trees to hide behind. I mean, there's rocks, and whatever this voice is coming from is around the band. You haven't seen them yet. I'm going to hide behind a rock.
Starting point is 00:11:50 I'm going to... I was also going to... I can cast Vanish on you. That'd be great. Yeah, but Vanish lasts for rounds, not minutes. Yeah, when we hear them coming. It's super quick. I want to... Well, you talk, but what I want to do
Starting point is 00:12:05 if talking fails is make a pincer kind of maneuver at them as they come through. All right, so you're going to have a second to put yourselves in position.
Starting point is 00:12:16 You can't cast any spells. They're going to be dead by the time they start. You can do that in the first round of combat, but if combat happens. I'm just going to hide. So Nestor hides.
Starting point is 00:12:24 He's going to hide. Everyone stays mounted. You stay mounted, Della? No, I'll dismount. I'm just going to hide. He's going to hide. Everyone stays mounted. You stay mounted, Della? No, I'll dismount. Dismount Reginald. Okay. Umlo's going to say there's no whispering like, they already know we're here. We'll try to deceive them. But you hide,
Starting point is 00:12:38 Nestor. For sure. I'm hiding behind the rock. Sir Willamette can't hide. So he's going to step just a few feet behind Umlo on Lexington and ready, you know, have the banner high and appear almost as if a guard. You're like bait for them. This is good. So, Baron, you go closer to the stream. Sure.
Starting point is 00:12:55 And Nestor and Della go behind. I'll put a rock there. We'll say that makes perfect sense. And coming from that way. Umlo. Yeah, they're coming. Is there a rock for me to hide on? No.
Starting point is 00:13:12 He pointed the marker at the map as if to draw a rock and then pull it. Umlo and Sir Will begin moving around the corner? Yes. Okay. We'll just start moving and Umlo will say in giant,
Starting point is 00:13:26 Who goes there? Show yourselves! And in his most gruff, most intimidating voice, in giant, You show yourselves! We'll attack! We're standing in the open. There's only two of us.
Starting point is 00:13:44 Show yourselves. We're passing through. open. There's only two of us. Show yourselves. We're passing through. We want no trouble. Oh, you're gonna get trouble. Maybe we could use them as tribute. Oh, that's a great idea. Well, let's see what they are first. I can hear both of you.
Starting point is 00:13:58 You sound ridiculous. Them's fighting words. Around the corner comes a cave bear oh god you've seen bears before umlo
Starting point is 00:14:14 oh my god umlo has to roll a will save oh no shit you know what I mean like come on like he's like like as soon as he sees a bear
Starting point is 00:14:22 he's flashing back he's flashing back to the pits he's like Stephen Colbert with bears I'm saying it's like a DC soon as he sees a bear, he's flashing back. He's flashing back to the pits. He's like Stephen Colbert with bears. I'm saying it's like a DC-8 will save. They're dead to him. America's greatest threat. What players impose their own will saves on themselves? I don't think you're playing Pathfinder, right?
Starting point is 00:14:35 Sadistic players. I appreciate it. Don't worry. He'll have to roll a will save because behind the cave bear is not two creatures, but one creature with two heads. It is! Oh, my God! Is this our first Etten? This is our first Etten.
Starting point is 00:14:53 Oh, my goodness. A giant, large, for Pathfinder purposes, two-headed Etten. Oh, my God. With a flail in each arm. Oh, one, two, three, and a little one. eating my gut with a flail in each arm oh one two three
Starting point is 00:15:07 and a little one go get em Bessie get out of here roll for initiative come on no conversation no conversation at all oh
Starting point is 00:15:16 Nestor and Della were hiding they figured easy prey they're about to get a for Highbury I'll tell you that much right now
Starting point is 00:15:22 Highbury Highbury Highbury I don't know why I'm standing away from everyone, not behind a rock. It just doesn't even make sense. Do you want to be behind the rock? No, you know what? I'll do whatever you want, Troy. A rock is not safe anymore.
Starting point is 00:15:37 There's a sound set on here called Dance of the Damned. Let's see if that'll work. Oh, okay. Sounds fun. Damned with two M's or MN. Eddins are giant subtype, correct? They sure are, buddy. Joe, 23 on UMLA. Instead of 19 for AC.
Starting point is 00:15:52 Yes, yes, I know. Thank you. But not against the bear. And very important, a couple things we've been... I love it. I love this sound set. They're weirdos. I like this. All right, a couple things we've been forgetting is the will save.
Starting point is 00:16:08 We haven't been forgetting. We just kind of do it like three rounds into it. The will save of this giant nail scale mail. So this Etton is going to have to roll that against that. But I guess I never even told you guys. Although I feel like I did. We've got to go back to the videotape. The steel hand.
Starting point is 00:16:21 I feel like I did. We got to go back to the videotape. The steel hand. Umlo has to roll a save every time he sees a giant. Or the hand compels him per suggestion. The exact same thing that the Lucratas cast on Umlo and Will. And he will fight the giant creature until either it dies or he dies. Shit.
Starting point is 00:16:46 Compelled. Oh, my God. Compelled. Oh, man, I don't want to. No one of us is going to cut off our hands at the end of this episode. I have a terrible feeling. I think so. So let's rock out.
Starting point is 00:16:56 He only has 46 hit points. Let's rock out initiative here. All right, what did you non-giant speaking clowns get? And who's over 20? 23 for Della. 23 for Della. 25 for Bear. Oh, you one-upper.
Starting point is 00:17:12 Okay, any other 20s? 18 for me. 18 for Nestor. It's 15 for Sir Willamette. 15 for Sir Will. 14 for Umlo. What's Sir Will's modifier? Plus two. Plus two.
Starting point is 00:17:24 And you said, I'm sorry, for what was Umlo? 14. 14 for Umlo. What's Sir Will's modifier? Plus two. Plus two. And you said, I'm sorry, for what was Umlo? Fourteen. Fourteen for Umlo. Man, you guys have been pretty good with your initiatives. Nothing below ten. Gone are the days of Galavris's ones. Yeah, yeah. That was the main thing, dragging down the class average.
Starting point is 00:17:38 That's true. Ruining the curve. We were doing the initiative on a curve. That's right. Okay. They round the corner. Della and Nestor are hidden behind the rock. Baron is just sort of standing in the background, rockless.
Starting point is 00:17:53 Classic Baron. Umlo and Sir Will are standing there saying, You come to us! They turn the corner and they see Baron, Umlo, and Will. A halfling on a wolf and two dwarfs. Tribute. Whatever they got rejected from, they're about to exact their revenge. I'm loving this music right now.
Starting point is 00:18:12 Especially for the revenge and the tribute. This needs to be our go-to Edmund music. Yeah, yeah. I love it because it's kind of comical. You've got the two-headed guy arguing with himself. You know, I like it. It's perfect. That's right. God, I love Sirenscape. One. You know, I like it. It's perfect. Right? Yeah.
Starting point is 00:18:26 Round. God, I love Sirenscape. One. I love Pathfinder. Baron the Rockless. Baron the Rockless. So Baron is going to move adjacent. No, no. He's just going to take a shot with range penalty at the bear against his flat-footed
Starting point is 00:18:46 AC and see if that helps. Shooting against the bear's flat-footed... Wait a second. Giant's Bane crossbow. How about that? Okay, so you have to draw it. Sure, I'd have to draw anything. Right, but then it's a full round to load it. It wouldn't be loaded on my back,
Starting point is 00:19:02 right? It's a matter of some contention in our circles. A loaded crossbow on your back. I don't know. There'd have to be a safety on it, like a gun. One would think. I love this music.
Starting point is 00:19:17 To these arguments, too. It's gonna take you a while. Alright, I'll pull it out and load it. Okay. That's fair enough. We'll call that. Plus one giant Spain crossbow.
Starting point is 00:19:33 Let's be clear. This crossbow is deadly. It's huge. So you are setting it on the ground. It's like a ballista for a dwarf. Using both hands just to grab the wire. And then clink, clink, clink, clink, clink, clink.
Starting point is 00:19:47 Pulling it back. People are going to say, it's a move action to draw it in the full round. You can't do it. I'm allowing it. Yeah. Be careful when you're spending the full round not to throw your back out loading that crossbow. Yeah. That's not an experience based on it.
Starting point is 00:19:59 Lift with the legs. Yeah. True experience. Minus four to dexterity. Delanarn. Delanarn, Cat Delanar Cat's Grace That's your opening go-to move When we're fighting giants
Starting point is 00:20:09 And Can I do a knowledge check on the Bear I guess On the bear I would know No I'll do it on the Etten You want to do it on the Etten Knowledge local Knowledge local.
Starting point is 00:20:25 Yep, we're knowledge locs. Not great. 15. 15, you know nothing. Nothing. Nothing. Scimitar is out, by the way. Scimitar out.
Starting point is 00:20:38 Swift action Keenan's jacket. Okay, who's in the front there? Always I'm low. I've given you a giant human shield in this NPC. Has the Ettin rolled his will save yet? He has not. So let's do this. Let's just get this right off the bat here.
Starting point is 00:20:53 All right, so the Ettin has to roll a will save, right? Yep. What's the DC? 16. Failed. Yes! So he, I'll roll it. I'm going to roll it. 1d4. Joe's going'll roll it I'm gonna roll it
Starting point is 00:21:05 1d4 Joe's gonna For one round Motherfucker Never should've rolled it So minus four It's not sickened It's a
Starting point is 00:21:13 For literally that one God damn it So for this round It has a minus four To its attacks And saving throws Hey Oh yeah
Starting point is 00:21:23 Don't just blah blah blah, blah that. Do something that requires a save. I'll blah, blah, blah. Yeah. Go against the save. I'll blah, blah, blah you all day. I'll blah, blah, blah all your day. Try my level one bard spells. Just be aware,
Starting point is 00:21:37 once he moves from 15 to 10 feet to umlo, that's an attack of opportunity. Right. So from there, that's an attack of opportunity. Right. So from there, that's an attack of opportunity. Right there. Are you going to take it? From here to here? Yep.
Starting point is 00:21:51 He's got to take it. He's got to have the spell. I'll allow it. Dang. It has reach, so at that point it can hit. So roll for the attack of opportunity. So we've been playing Umlo's spear incorrectly, too, or we just really weren't paying attention. It's a large weapon, so it's 15 feet.
Starting point is 00:22:08 So Umlo can only attack from far away, but it also keeps Umlo away from these giants. Yeah. He's also going to do combat expertise and power attack. Okay. So it's going to be very hard to hit, but it's going to increase his AC and his damage if he does hit. Miss. He missed. hit. Miss. He missed. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:22:25 Okay. One of the arms makes one attack with the flail. From 15 feet away. He's 10 feet away. Oh, from 10 feet away, because he moved into 10 feet. Yeah, he moved into 10 feet away. What did he roll? 15?
Starting point is 00:22:38 11. 11. Oh, yeah. That'll miss. 28 to hit. Yes, that's a hit. Miss. 13 points of damage.
Starting point is 00:22:46 Just... Right on old Amlo. And that hit with the bonus to his AC? 23 would be his AC. Okay, yeah. No, it's 25 now because of combat expertise. Motherfucker! Oh, yeah!
Starting point is 00:22:59 Still hit because I rolled really well. Yeah, we know. Oh, I didn't take a minus four to the attack oh what did I say 28 28 24 that's a miss that's a miss because it's a giant because it's almost
Starting point is 00:23:13 a giant and I'm looking combat expertise nice combat expertise do again you trade your attack bonus plus two attack bonus four plus two AC so you take minus two to hit to get plus two AC
Starting point is 00:23:23 and you can just activate that at any time yeah as far as i know yeah i could be wrong but whatever uh no it's a feat uh it's like saying i'm gonna power attack that's not a standard right right uh okay so that but that's all you can do for that round i can't change that for the it's like yeah exactly same as power attack it stays on active till your next turn all right right, Nestor. All right, so Nestor's going to pop up. You haven't had a turn yet, so how could that be on? It's not an action, really. Yeah, but neither is power.
Starting point is 00:23:51 You have to decide to turn on power. I'm ruling it that it's fine. All right. Nestor, very smart move by Nestor standing back there. The Ettin doesn't even worry about leaving the bear in front of them and out jumps Nestor. Yeah, I'm going to pop up. Yeah, popcorn!
Starting point is 00:24:03 And just fire off a couple of shots. Study target. Okay, plus four to AC. 29 to hit. 29 hits, yeah. Alright, and so that's with sneak attack and target, deadly aim, 23 points of damage. Okay.
Starting point is 00:24:19 And I'm going to fire a second shot. Oh, 23! Yep. And sign factors at play. 20 points of damage. 20 points of damage on the second attack. Shoo, shoo. Whoo.
Starting point is 00:24:35 All right, Sir Will. Sir Will is going to... There's another one back there. Behind that rock We were willing to just speak with you But you had to go and get aggressive too soon Now you will face the wrath of my friends And he will sort of step Lexington to the side
Starting point is 00:24:56 Roughly five feet And he will use a standard action to enact Shared defense Which will give Um uh, um, low a plus one bonus to AC and saving throws, uh, for the round. But he's basically,
Starting point is 00:25:12 he's also positioning himself for a charge. Okay. So he stepped to the side and he stepped to the side because, you know, we need to do the tilting thing and he needed to step to the side just so he could have a side pass at the Etten. Okay. And that's going to boost Umlo's AC by one and his save.
Starting point is 00:25:29 So Umlo's in great shape and it's Umlo's turn. Oh, okay, brilliant. Umlo's going to take a five foot step back, still staying adjacent to Willamette. So he gets that AC bonus and he will attack from 15 feet away. Okay, and now where Sir Will is,
Starting point is 00:25:45 that doesn't provide cover. No. Okay. No. It's melee. Yeah, no, no. Plus it's fine because the front corner of his square goes through to the giant without touching Willamette.
Starting point is 00:25:57 Ah, right. You pick one square. Okay, good. You pick one square, and he's going to keep this going, this combat expertise and power attack. Natural two. I should never play Umlo in combat.
Starting point is 00:26:09 I should never play him in combat. Wait a minute. Still have a full attack. Still have a crit on heart attack. Full attack. Second roll. I could get a 90-20. Here we go.
Starting point is 00:26:17 It could happen. I could. 15. Miss. All right. Damn it. You should delegate your roles to Troy. That's what I should do.
Starting point is 00:26:27 I should hire an independent contractor to roll my dice. Yeah. I'm not for sale. All right. The bear is up to end the round.
Starting point is 00:26:40 The bear has 40 feet of movement. So it is going to move around here. I'm low on combat reflexes. Not to my knowledge. No, I don't think so. He's just a cook, man. No, he does not.
Starting point is 00:26:57 He's just a cook. He's just a simple cook. And it will do one bite. Oh, no, he gets an attack of opportunity. Sir Will? Yeah. No. I'm low already used his attack of opportunity. Sir Will? Yeah. No. I've already used his attack of opportunity.
Starting point is 00:27:07 No, he acted since then. So this is a new round for him. Okay, it's still round one, but that's not how it works. However you want. I usually do it within the character's round. Yeah, it's his round. It's a new round for him. I've never thought about this before.
Starting point is 00:27:23 Yeah. We've talked about it on the show once before. Because of how you were doing your combat expertise or whatever. Right, right. I always get a headache when I start thinking about this. It's very simple. It's either his round or it's the round. The round
Starting point is 00:27:37 makes more sense to me at higher levels especially with something like Come and Get Me which is the barbarian feat where you stick your chin out and can take as many... Sir Will can have the attack of opportunity. I'm going to say the round. Sir Will would not get an attack of opportunity. He doesn't.
Starting point is 00:27:53 He's not using... The lance doesn't threaten. I just don't know. What's the reach on the lance? That's all you have to know. Yeah, I mean, it's 10 feet, but it's... Actually, no, it's not. It's a reach on the lance? That's all you have to know. Yeah, I mean, it's 10 feet, but it's... Actually, no, it's not. It's a small lance, so it's not.
Starting point is 00:28:09 It's 5 feet. Okay, so it comes right up into your grill and goes to bite Sir Will 29. Yeah, that fucking hits. 14 points of damage. Gah, gah, gah, gah, gah! Bears love halflings. 13 points of damage look it up round two
Starting point is 00:28:28 oh yeah no shit like every oh this is the new one this is the new one uh baron you're up. So Baron has just clink, clink, clink, clink, clink, clink, snapped the crossbow string into place with his foot on the edge of it. He lifts it up. It's a little heavy, but it's Dwarven made, so it's made for his body type.
Starting point is 00:28:57 And he takes aim at this Etna and said, I've never shot a two-headed giant before. This'll be fun. And you're standing over here, so yep, the bear is not blocking him. Come on, baby. And I'm turning off deadly aim because this is against regular AC. Baron doesn't like that.
Starting point is 00:29:17 Right, and in the crossbow range, you don't lose any range pills. Oh, yeah, you're fine. You're good. All right, fire away. Natural 20. Oh, my God. Two episodes in a row. Critical, critical, critical.
Starting point is 00:29:30 Critical, critical, critical. Plus one giant's vein heavy crossbow. Oh, come on, baby. 19. That is a confirmed critical. Jesus Christ. Thank God we gave it to Baron. Times two. So what happens with times two again? It's times three, isn't it? No, a giant it to Baron. Times two. So what happens with times two again?
Starting point is 00:29:45 It's times three, isn't it? No, a giant... 19 to 20 for a crossbow. Oh, nice. So read what it says, and if it says double damage, you'll get double damage, but the bane damage doesn't double.
Starting point is 00:29:55 Right. Kill my end. This is piercing or bludgeoning? Piercing. Piercing. You didn't beat him over the head with an arrow. I thought maybe it was a blunt arrow. Who knows?
Starting point is 00:30:08 Normal damage and target is sickened for 1d6 rounds. Do you want to roll sickened? Is there a fortitude save for the second or no? It's the same as my... Is it a save fortitude negates? If it doesn't save... No, it doesn't. No.
Starting point is 00:30:23 Stinga. So it is five rounds. Nice. The Etna is sickened. All right, roll normal damage. Don't forget the 2d6. Awesome. Awesome!
Starting point is 00:30:32 Is it 2d6 extra for Bane or 1d6? 2d6. 2d6. 2d6. So 1d10 is my base damage. I find it weird that you never played Pathfinder before you started this episode. I'm so confused. So that's 14 points of damage.
Starting point is 00:30:43 Plus. Oh. 25 plus 2 is 27 total. And you killed the Ettin. Why are you kidding me? You absolutely killed the Ettin. Oh my god. This is the Gryon all over again. Well that heavy crossbow is an amazing weapon.
Starting point is 00:31:04 You have got to be kidding me I keep wasting these cats Oh my god Oh my god My end I sweetened it At four attacks Superior two weapon fighting
Starting point is 00:31:16 It would have been Even more damage By like four points If I had left That aim on Damn it Holy shit You can't even fake that!
Starting point is 00:31:26 He crit on this brand new giant killing heavy crossbow. Well, he gave up a round. He can shoot it. Yeah. It was worth it. Hey, that was worth it, Baron. Awesome, bitch. Della, you're up. Della. High fives all around.
Starting point is 00:31:41 That felt so good. I just love the idea of everyone paying attention to this Russell and this Tussle and this bear and this Ettin and this wolf and this halfling and this dumb dwarf without a hat is in the corner. I'm gonna get him. I'm like looking. Does it have regeneration? Does it have anything?
Starting point is 00:32:00 Della had a plan. Wait, that was it? Wow. That's a... Wow. It's still a bear Okay It's still a bear It's still a fucking giant bear Well If this was a real life If this was a real life cave bear
Starting point is 00:32:11 We would absolutely be fucked It's true But Pathfinder 60 something Pathfinder always short changes Real life animals Hey Always
Starting point is 00:32:20 Yep you're right But let's also remember that Story wise This guy Already Failed at his attempt to get into anything. It's true, very true. So he's one of the losers. Bottle cap.
Starting point is 00:32:32 You think he's going to give one out right after his monster got killed in one round? I'm going to start taking him away. Where are they? Next time it takes three rounds to load that crossbow. I don't want to hear it. It takes three rounds to load that crossbow. Della's going to lean over to Nestor and whisper in his ear. Sneaky, sneaky.
Starting point is 00:32:53 And cast Vanish on him. Cast Vanish on Nestor. All right. I need more monsters. All right, and it is... Another Eddin comes out. And another Eddin. Can you want to move? I'll save.
Starting point is 00:33:07 All right, so Della makes Nestor vanish. The most dangerous man in Galarian. It still doesn't know I'm here. Oh, that's right. You're still back behind there. You did Cat's Grace, and now you made him vanish. Nestor is up. I pop up again, and I don't say anything this time
Starting point is 00:33:26 and I fire up a couple of shots. Deadly aim, study target, all that shit. Natural one. Oh no! Willamette's in melee! Wait a minute. Yep.
Starting point is 00:33:39 Let me see if it was a fumble. You missed the second one too. 16 to hit. Miss. That's a fumble. Well, that's a fumble. Regardless of the fumble, you still roll the D100. Right.
Starting point is 00:33:53 Okay. Don't roll it. I'm okay with this now. Those are weighted dice from Troy. Don't roll those. We explained this, right? Yeah. So 86 or 1, you crit.
Starting point is 00:34:05 You crit Willamette. You crit Willamette. Yeah, but under 10, you hit Willamette. Under 10. You crit Willamette. You crit Willamette. Yeah, but under 10, you hit Willamette. Under 10, I hit Willamette. 41, okay. Okay, 69 or 100, it turns back. It was pounding, but it did fumble. Now I fumble.
Starting point is 00:34:16 I like this rule a lot better. No, this is much more fun. Range. Mix it up. You are unable to make ranged attacks for the next 1d6 rounds whoa holy crap oh 6 rounds
Starting point is 00:34:32 you better get out your dagger vanish me again vanish me again holy shit what if we kill the etna in a round and the bear kills all of us I think my
Starting point is 00:34:45 The string like slipped off the loop Or something and I don't have time to like put it back on You could spend six rounds doing it I could spend six rounds putting it on but yeah Restringing your bow No no no Oh no no He was drawing us in
Starting point is 00:35:02 From behind A break Comes flying in Oh, no, no, no. He was drawing us in from behind. Or a box. A drake comes flying in and spits acid on Reginald, Dusty, Nestor, and Della. Oh, holy shit, dude. Let me show you a picture of this particular drake. He was playing us for the long con. He was. He was. Oh, man. He played playing us for the long con. He was. He was.
Starting point is 00:35:26 Oh, man. He played us so well. Oh, man. This combat is the worst. It's the Gareon again. Wait, dragon's main gun? Does that work on Drake's? It'd have to be within ten feet, but sure. It comes out and spits some sort of
Starting point is 00:35:41 corrosion. Does it count as a breath weapon? Um, let me see. Shit. I didn't mean to. Yes it count as a breath weapon? Let me see. Shit, I didn't mean to... Yes, it is a breath weapon. Yeah! Yeah. But you're not in there. You're not exposed.
Starting point is 00:35:53 Okay. Well, I will be shortly. Let me just see if I have to roll for this attack. You don't. It's a reflex save. It should just be a reflex save. So everybody roll a DC 20 reflex save. Don't forget for Reginald and the horse, too.
Starting point is 00:36:08 And Dusty. This was acid? Am I in there? No. Della makes it. Della makes it. Fail. Nestor fails.
Starting point is 00:36:15 Of all people. Baron, how did Dusty do? Oh, great question. Reginald rolled a 20 exactly. Oh, Reginald's all right. Eight points for Dusty Alright so Dusty I want you to be Combat trained not be turned into Elmer's Glue so Nestor
Starting point is 00:36:35 And Dusty failed I don't even Have enough D10s Oh come on Get off your high horse I can't hold on to all these D10s. He's so excited. He knocked his screen over.
Starting point is 00:36:54 My DM screen! Oh my god, this is for real. Very bad. 29 points of damage to Nestor and Dusty I'm assuming is dead Dusty will never die
Starting point is 00:37:10 Dusty is that's almost double his hit points Dusty gets immediately like burns burns to the ground in acid
Starting point is 00:37:21 and Della and Reginald take 15 points of acid damage oh man and so Nestor cannot make ranged attacks and is
Starting point is 00:37:37 slowed for three rounds oh no oh my god oh this is so bad. Slowed and acided. Oh this turned so quickly. And it is now Will's turn.
Starting point is 00:37:54 The music seems a little Yeah a little inappropriate now. Alright I will change it once I'm done here. Are you sure it Oh it is Will's turn. He does go before And that thing is flying, by the way. So it's not like I attack it with my sword. All right.
Starting point is 00:38:10 So I'm going to say that Will has not seen the drake yet. No. You hear screaming in the background. Right. He's face to face with this bear that charged up at him. So Will is going to drop the Highbury Lance. Boom. With banner and all, it crashes to the ground.
Starting point is 00:38:25 Swing. He draws Rose Light, his long sword, in front of this creature. And fighting defensively, he is going to say, for the rose and the light. And swing at this bear. 17 to hit. 17 misses. 17 misses. 17 misses. So off its natural hide.
Starting point is 00:38:48 Off its natural hide. Did you get a second attack with that sword? No, because I had to draw it. So that's the move action. And then, yeah, he swings and he doesn't. He hits him. Oh, so you dropped the Highbury Lance? I missed that.
Starting point is 00:38:59 Yeah, I dropped the Highbury Lance, yeah. So now he's fighting with the sword of Iomadai, hoping it will strike true, but it does not, Troy. Umlo sees this happen. What does Umlo do? Umlo is going to... Umlo distinctly hears the sound of a horse being burnt alive
Starting point is 00:39:16 by acid. Is Reginald unconscious? No. No, she's good. Umlo is going to take a five-foot step back and attack the bear. Ah, okay. Five-foot step back? Five-foot step back and full attack actione.
Starting point is 00:39:33 Oh, boy. First attack. 21 to hit. That is a hit. That is a hit try. Umlo and the bears. That bear bared that. He hates those bears.
Starting point is 00:39:48 But remember, he did combat expertise and power attack, so that equates to 17 points of damage. All right. On the first hit. First time the bear has been hit. And then the second stab, miss. That was plus zero. All right.
Starting point is 00:40:04 All right. And it is now the bear's turn. Full attack action. Miss That was plus zero Alright Alright And it is now The bear's turn Full attack action Bite Claw Claw And then we'll try to grab
Starting point is 00:40:15 If it hits on the second claw All these fucking grabs You have these days First attack Bite sir will 27 That is a miss Yeah
Starting point is 00:40:24 Alright Claw number one Natural one Yeah Fight Sir Will. 27. That is a miss. Yeah. All right. Claw number one. Natural one. Yeah! Oh, with your AC so high. I was fighting defensively. I said I was fighting defensively. I rolled another natural one.
Starting point is 00:40:38 Oh, my God! There you go, baby! Yes, Sir Will! The bear fumbled! Knocked prone. Triumbled! Knocked prone. Tripped. Knocked prone. Coup de grace.
Starting point is 00:40:52 Phenomenal. Excellent. Knocked prone, so it does its final claw at a minus two, right, from the ground? Minus four. Minus four. 26 minus four, 22. 22 missed. Was the first one a 20?
Starting point is 00:41:04 Oh, no, it was 27, right? Yeah. That does hit. It's exactly 27. The 27 did hit. The bite. The first bite, yeah, that did. The bite hit, okay, but the claws missed,
Starting point is 00:41:13 and one claw sent him reeling. Right. So the bite then would have done eight points of damage, minimum damage. No wonder this Ettin has a dumbass pet, by the way, that just went, ooh, ooh, ooh. My stupid bear. See, it was comical and then this fucking Drake showed up.
Starting point is 00:41:29 I'm going to change the music. Give me some good round three music here. Yeah, I'm on it. This is only round three? This has been a crazy comment. Just play some Drake. Do we have the rights to Drake? Yo, been here for a minute in this house right here.
Starting point is 00:41:45 I'm going to shut up this Drake. In 15 minutes. If we start playing Drake. Apple will just sense us even doing our own renditions of it. I did not mean for that to happen. Started with a fumble, now we're here. Not that either. Classic.
Starting point is 00:41:59 That's classic. A little too classic. Yeah, it's a little too classic. I'm going to change it up. But I'll let this play for a moment. What sound set is that? People keep asking. This is Elemental Earth or Elemental Fire.
Starting point is 00:42:09 Okay. It's literally one of the only viable battle sound sets on this thing. Real intense fighting music, there's not a lot of it on Sirenscape, unfortunately. Probably because making it is very difficult and getting the rights to it is hard. There's more whimsical mime music like what we were just listening to. Yeah, I mean, I could play all the stuff that you can get
Starting point is 00:42:34 easily for battle, but it's just not as good. I am a little tired of this song after nearly a hundred episodes I gotta say there we go round three Baron
Starting point is 00:42:54 this is round three music Baron you see you hear behind you you see the horse just melt away and Nestor is like slow motion. What do you do?
Starting point is 00:43:06 Baron barely even notices it because he looks down at his crossbow, and he says, Hot damn, this is one hell of a dwarven-crafted weapon if I ever saw one. And he, normally seeing old trusty Dusty turn into Elmer's glue, would kind of drop it and go attack the Drake, but this weapon's too valuable, so I think Baron in his head is going to take the move action to put the crossbow back on his back, and he's going to take the second move action
Starting point is 00:43:40 to pull out Dragon's Breath. Yeah. Oh, right. Double move, put the crossbow away, pull out dragon's breath. Oh, it's so slow. You can see it happening. And he
Starting point is 00:43:54 vows to everyone, I promise to take quick draw next round. Can you just see it? Like in slow motion, the image of the two dragons on the hilt as he's pulling it out from behind. Little sun flare on the edge. Come on.
Starting point is 00:44:11 Come on with this. Stella, half your clothing is starting to burn away from the acid. You see Reginald just, the other horse just melting. Stop trying to get Stella naked. That's what I want. It's my New Year's resolution. Stella, put your top back on
Starting point is 00:44:26 How far How far away Is the Drake In the air How high up The Drake is 50 feet up in the air Okay great
Starting point is 00:44:33 Della is gonna cast Glitter No I'm sorry The Drake is 30 feet up in the air Okay Della is gonna cast Glitter dust On the Drake
Starting point is 00:44:41 Glitter dust On the Drake Matthew it's been so long. Tell me again. I have to roll a... Joe is giving me a very diffused glare. I'm just curious. I'm curious what you're doing. I'm trying to blind it. All right, so...
Starting point is 00:44:54 We've got to buy time for Nestor. What save do I need to roll? Will. DC 15 Will. DC 15 Will. Do dragons have a high will compared to their other scores? It's their lowest score. Oh, okay. Do I have a bottle? I wouldn't be surprised if that wasn't the case.
Starting point is 00:45:10 Dragons are like really intelligent. A dragon probably would, but this is not. This is a dragon. Yeah, this one doesn't talk. But it has the dragon sub. It does. I'm just trying to see if I have any bottle caps I can cash in. We have not. We have yet to award you with any.
Starting point is 00:45:26 And you wonder why I don't give them to you guys. That was one of the suggested house rules, is we are able to give Troy a bottle cap. Remember? They're going to give me a taste of my own medicine. We never would. Natural 20. Wasted. Well, maybe not. Now it's not blind. Well, he's covered in gold dust. In case he wants to go invisible.
Starting point is 00:45:42 He looks fabulous. It's not a Rift Drake, it's a Wigga! I mean, he would still go invisible after the glitter. Like, if you cast it after he went invisible, then he would be visible. Etten's done. Nestor. Della is gonna...
Starting point is 00:45:57 Oh, I can take a five-foot step to Reginald, but I can't mount him as a free action if I don't have the move action available, right? Right. Correct. Okay, so Della will move to Reginald, but I can't mount him as a free action if I don't have the move action available, right? Right. Correct. Okay, so Della will move to Reginald. Move towards your acid-burnt horse that took a liking to Gorm.
Starting point is 00:46:15 You're not a five-foot step away? I am a five-foot step away. Yeah, that's a free action. So you can do a five-foot step and then try to roll the fast mount. And if I fail, I do it as a move action. Right. Great. I'll do that.
Starting point is 00:46:27 It's a 20. That's DC 20. So it's a free action. You're on it. So Della swings up onto Reginald. Swings up onto Reginald. Okay. And she's going to ride out around back towards the bear.
Starting point is 00:46:39 Wow. Okay, so you can use Reginald's movement in that case. Okay, wow. So you are going to swing around. I'm sure you have plenty of movement to come back towards the gate. Like a hundred feet. And it can't provoke because it's laying on the ground.
Starting point is 00:46:51 Alright, Nestor Coin. Cannot take ranged attacks for how many rounds? Six rounds. Six rounds. And it slowed for three. Yeah, so I'm going to double move, go 20 feet. I'm trying to... Oh my god. This just changed completely.
Starting point is 00:47:10 I'm trying to move my way towards the bear. Yeah, that's it. The drake's turn. The drake comes. Swooping in. You know what? I don't have the speed... Oh wait. Fly. 60 feet. Boom.
Starting point is 00:47:25 The drake is going to do a fly-by attack on Nestor. It's going to come in, go to bite Nestor, and then fly back up. That's the closest. Baron's the closest person there. All right. I am going to go after Baron. I'm sorry, Baron. I'm swooping in on Baron. And going for a bite. 20 to hit. That's exactly my AC partner.
Starting point is 00:47:55 Oh, Baron. Do I get a no attack of opportunity with a ranged weapon? I don't believe so. No. Baron takes. You have to have a snapshot. 24 points of damage and one point of bleed damage. On my next turn.
Starting point is 00:48:12 On your turn. Is that a 1D something? 1D6. So you roll that every round. Okay. So the first one's going to be one, but 24 points of damage. It just swoops down and then it flies up 20 feet above you. And it's there now, right?
Starting point is 00:48:26 Fly-by-attack right above you. Sir Will, bear fell, tripped right in front of you while trying to claw you to death. Sir Willamette, at this point, he's heard the screech and the flight of the drake. He turns to the side, sees this dragon, and immediately it's like, you know, these memories are coming back to him of what happened to his family. It's like, oh, dear God. But he's got this thrashing bear in front of him, so he's just going to stab down quickly at the bear,
Starting point is 00:48:50 who has a minus four to its AC, and Will gets a plus one because he's mounted over top of it on higher ground by the rules, and will stab at him for 24 to hit. Yeah, no shit. I saw the stats for the Draco. No shit.
Starting point is 00:49:10 For six points of damage. All right. And then he'll do it again. And that is a 14 to hit. That is a miss. Okay. Roselight, not your favorite weapon, as it were. Well, it is, but he's just not very strong.
Starting point is 00:49:28 He's not very strong, right? He needs that charge to take him. So what I picture is he actually hit the bear, but he didn't get through the fat, like the layer of fat. Right, right, right. Well, it is coming up on winter, so. Yeah, exactly. It's getting ready to hibernate. Why isn't this guy hibernating?
Starting point is 00:49:42 Umlo. Umlo, the bear has not moved. Listen to the music. This is the bear's death music. This is a full attack at an opponent laying on the ground. Minus four to AC. Two stabs with this brilliant, phenomenal spear. Here we go.
Starting point is 00:50:01 First attack. Changing up my dice. 19. That is a hit. Yeah. 19 while. Changing up my dice. 19. That is a hit. Yeah. 19 while he's on the ground for a juicy 18 points of damage. Oh, baby. And then second thrust with the spear.
Starting point is 00:50:16 Miss. God damn it. If I could have hit that one, that would have made it all easier. Damn, man. But that first one hit. The bear's turn. The bear goes to stand up. Attack of opportunity by Will and Umlo. And Della. And, man. But that first one hit. The bear's turn, the bear goes to stand up. Attack of opportunity by Will and Umlo. And Della. And Della.
Starting point is 00:50:30 And Della, okay. So, Umlo. Attacks 17 to hit. Miss. Miss. Will attacks. Miss. Della. Natural one. Oh! And that is a fumble for Della. It is a fumble for Della!
Starting point is 00:50:46 Shit balls. Is this our third fumble this combat? Yeah, Nestor, the bear, and I. It's been a lot of rolls. Nestor, the bear, and I.
Starting point is 00:50:54 New book by Troy LaVallee. Not terrible. Wide open. You are flat-footed for one round. But that's bad for you. A lot of your AC comes from Dex.
Starting point is 00:51:05 If that bear swings at you, try swinging her. You're going to be in rough shape. It's the bear's turn. Three attacks. It's going to do... No, no, no. It stood up.
Starting point is 00:51:14 It stood up, excuse me. One attack. At Del, obviously. It's going to do a claw attack. At Sir Willamette. You know what? There's three options. You all swung at it.
Starting point is 00:51:23 I'll say one, one, two, Della. Three, four, Will. Five, six, Umlaut. Will. Will. Ah, the highest AC. Goes to claw at Will. Will. Twenty
Starting point is 00:51:36 one. Miss. Kink right off the arm. I wanted to rip you off that wolf so bad! Don't fuck with my armor, bitch! Round four! Only round four. Baron draws dragon's breath for the first time. Perhaps a relic.
Starting point is 00:51:51 Perhaps for the last time. A possible ancestor? Who knows? Perhaps for the last time. Baron looks at the drake and says, I killed one of your kind off the river S before. You ain't so tough, you son of a bitch. And he
Starting point is 00:52:07 does two things before he fires. He takes one point of bleed damage. Three things. A couple things are going to happen. Three things are going to happen. He is going to load this is the first time this has been used
Starting point is 00:52:22 on the show. He's going to load Dragon's Breath with a new alchemical cartridge entangling shot which will deal half damage but will require a reflex save or else he'll be entangled. He'll fall to the ground. Nice. He's going to take 10 feet back to be
Starting point is 00:52:38 outside of where it would fall so it doesn't fall on top of him. Sure. And he is going to use a grip point to use targeting which will allow me to use a grip point to use targeting, which will allow me to spend the grip point to target his wings. If I hit, you have to make a DC 20 fly check or fall 20 feet. Ooh, all right, roll the hit. Wow, okay, roll two.
Starting point is 00:52:56 This is so much fun, it's ridiculous! Could you imagine not playing Pathfinder? Could you imagine a life where you don't play Pathfinder? So this is not against Touch AC, and it is minus... He's 30 feet up. So minus 4, so that's 9 plus 13 is a 22 to hit. Yes.
Starting point is 00:53:14 Tough creature. Dude, I loved it. I loved it. That would have been great. Still figuring this gun out. First time he's fired. Do you remember your New Year's resolution? Troy? Give out more bottle caps? Yeah. For reasons like that. For great ideas. This is very smart thinking. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:53:29 I gotta get myself a crew. Alright, this thing comes... This thing sees a bullet. Give him a bottle cap for missing? 2017, Nazi Germany. Yeah, because they were all about failure. Yeah, Hermann Goering was always giving up bottle caps.
Starting point is 00:53:53 All right, this thing... For failed bombing runs. Wait a second. Well, you almost got it. You know what? That was a very good try. Here's a bottle cap. That was a very good try. This thing comes down and does a power attack bite on Baron. Fly-by attack.
Starting point is 00:54:10 Critical threat. Oh, come on. Threatens 19 to 20. It does on the bite. You know this. Yes, it has a... Oh, I'm sorry. You know what?
Starting point is 00:54:20 You know what? If I really want to take this back, and I know you've already made this rule, this is a... I think it's too late, Grant take this back, and I know you've already made this rule, this is it. I think it's too late, Grant. It is, but I'll listen. It's too late, but I'm still going to tell you. It's treated as plus two better enhancement,
Starting point is 00:54:33 so it's two points better to hit than what I just said. Good to know for next time. Critical threat. There's nothing away. Its bite threatens at 19 to 20 Because of critical focus Yeah it must be nice I mean to just always roll 19 to 20
Starting point is 00:54:51 On every roll This was a power attack bite To confirm 27 Fuck man Alright so I'm going to roll twice the amount of dice 4d8 plus 19. Oh, my God.
Starting point is 00:55:09 4d8. I will say you had me completely fooled in this combat. I thought we were done. Yeah, I was too. Joe, this is why people enjoy our show. This is why you enjoy our show. People, me. What's the difference?
Starting point is 00:55:25 Sadists around the world. I need a calculator. That's because you're an idiot. Exactly. Exactly. The funny thing is, he actually does need a calculator. He's not making a joke. Did you see him take his socks off so he could count his toes, too?
Starting point is 00:55:43 Adding double-digit numbers flummoxes him for at least ten minutes. You guys are playing with fire, mocking me right now. 35 points of damage. I desperately need healing. Does bleed stack? What do you mean, stack? Like, this is a bleeding critical. Oh, it's a bleeding critical?
Starting point is 00:56:01 Yeah. Yeah, then it stacks. Oh, whenever you score a critical hit with this, your opponent takes 2d6 points of bleed damage each round on his turn in addition to the damage dealt by the critical hit. Right, so he had, what, 1d6 bleed before? Yeah. So it's 3d6 bleed on his next turn.
Starting point is 00:56:18 Can someone stabilize me, please? You're unconscious? No, but I need to have my bleed stopped. I'm losing 3d6 per round. I will try. This thing came down and flew back up. Same thing as last time. I will try.
Starting point is 00:56:31 And it's hungry. Sir Will. All right, so Sir Will is going to hear this. You scream in agony. You know, Baron screams in agony. And Sir Will, I mean, after all we've talked about religion, about Torag, about, you know, Yomadai, everything. He turns, he hears this scream, and he's going to run from the bear, provoking an attack of opportunity in the process to try to get to Baron.
Starting point is 00:56:57 Okay. This is bravery at its finest. Oh, man, this is dangerous. It will go to, you know what? It's going to keep trying to claw you so that if it hits, it'll grab you and not allow it. No, no, no. Free grab on... I can tax my opportunity, too.
Starting point is 00:57:12 16, it missed. Yeah! It clinks off the armor. He rides easily up to you, buddy. Just correct me if I'm wrong, and I want to know the rules on this. If I do magical healing, does that
Starting point is 00:57:28 immediately stop bleed damage? Or do I have to do a heal? Any magical healing will stop. Then I'm just going to lay on hands. I'm going to lay on hands Baron. So he rides up and is like... This is enormous because then it stops all the bleed damage.
Starting point is 00:57:43 So he rides up and he's like, It is you and me, my friend, against this dragon. We will take him down. And, uh, sorry, I forgot it was 2d6. And he wrote 10 points of healing on one lay on hands, bitch. Excellent. Bitch. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:58:00 Bitch! Bitch! All right. Uh, Umla. This is insane. Uh, All right. Umla. This is insane. All right. Umla. Imagine if the...
Starting point is 00:58:08 I'm just thinking, if the Ettin had lived. I mean, I was really more excited about the Ettin. Thank God we took out that goddamn Ettin. Four attacks that Ettin was going to do it. A plus 12, plus 12, plus 7, plus 7. Okay. Here we go. He is going to do a full attack with Heart Spit.
Starting point is 00:58:23 First attack. 21 to hit. That's a hit. Umla needs to get this bear out of the equation. There we go. He is going to do a full attack with Heart Spit. First attack, 21 to hit. That's a hit. Umblo needs to get this bear out of the equation. There we go. That is 18 points of damage. 18 points of damage, okay. Chipping away. Chip, chip, chip, chipping away. This thing had more hit points than the Ettin.
Starting point is 00:58:38 16. You can't get the daily double there, Joe. It's plus zero on a second hit. But that's because I'm using Power Attack and Combat Expertise. I guess I could tune that down, but... All right. I want him to live. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:58:48 It's going to do a bite on Umlo, two claws on Della. Bite on Umlo, hits Umlo. Just... Bites Umlo for nine points of damage. Claw one on Della, 20. Miss.
Starting point is 00:59:03 Claw two on Della, natural one. Yeah! Wait, wait, wait, wait. Weren't you flat-footed? Was that before? Are we done with that? It was one round. Was that this round? That was when you fumbled. That was the attack of opportunity.
Starting point is 00:59:20 So have you acted since then, and are we good? I don't think so. Della has not acted since then. So that's against your flat-footed AC. So it does hit since then, and are we good? I don't think so. Della has not acted since then. So that's against your flat-footed AC. So it does hit. Wait, the bear provoked the attack of opportunity that caused you to be flat-footed. Yes.
Starting point is 00:59:33 And now the bear's coming around again. Yeah, but that... Yeah, so... So, yes, it hits. It hits. It's at the end of the bear's turn, right? It hits Della for eight points of damage, and now the next one was a possible fumble.
Starting point is 00:59:50 And it didn't fumble, but it missed on the second attack. So it did not grab Della. Round five. You know, I was just thinking about our rule. Just something to keep in mind. It's not going to happen here, but you need to also keep your monsters to that house rule, too. Don't you tell me about my monsters. If you have monsters that are doing ranged attacks with their allies nearby that
Starting point is 01:00:08 has to be wrong don't forget that's interesting i bet it never happened oh no i did i know it didn't i know but we might have some giants with ranged attacks and like boulders and shit with other giants nearby but that was one of my main arguments against the rule in the first place was that it only ever affects PCs. 99% of the time it would punish us. It's not like a world rule. It's an anti-skid rule. That's basically what it boils down to.
Starting point is 01:00:34 That's why I hated it. Now that we've changed the rule so much, Carlo Emanuel, can you just send us back the core rule book? By now it's gone through so many permutations. It's so bastardized
Starting point is 01:00:45 and I'm gonna need you to pay for the shipping times are tight here in 2017 I'm a little cash poor right now hang on if it succeeds on a claw attack it gets a free attempt to grapple doesn't it? it does, I chose not to use it because I was gonna do it on the second claw
Starting point is 01:01:00 because if I had used it and grappled you I would have been a minus two to attack on the second claw I chose not to your class act Because if I had used it and grappled you, I would have been a minus two to attack on the second claw. I chose not to because... Your class act. Oh, you benevolent dictator. Baron. Dragon's Breath. Dragon's Breath, which is supposed to be plus 15 instead of plus 13,
Starting point is 01:01:16 which I now know, he's going to do the same course of action. Okay. And this thing is what now? 20 feet above us? Above Baron and Willamette? Willamette is right next to Baron! This is his first dragon he's ever faced
Starting point is 01:01:28 in his life. Fucking... Oh, 18. Yeah, that hits! You still have that die that I can't see anything else? Yeah, it rolled under my iPad. Alright, so you're firing at its wing. So it will take half damage first off, and then
Starting point is 01:01:44 do you want to resolve the targeting first or the entangling shot first? Let's do the damage first. Okay, the damage first. So that is... This is insane. This is going to change everything. Wait, why does he take damage at all if you're not using a bullet? Entangling shot is a chemical cartridge that does half damage and does an entangling chance. Yeah. Okay.
Starting point is 01:02:04 So you're not shooting... So the bullet damage is half. entangling chance. Yeah. Okay. So you're not shooting. So the bullet damage is half. It's up to you guys. The damage is half. Okay. Is the 2d6 for the dragon's bane half as well? That's the question. No, no, no, no.
Starting point is 01:02:15 Because you don't double that damage. You don't have it. Okay. So the regular damage is two plus six, eight plus nine, 2 plus 6 8 plus 9 17 points of damage Because it's a dragon's bane pistol And then you get 2 different saves
Starting point is 01:02:34 This is insane Your first one is A Reflex 15 saving throw DC 15 reflex. High reflex. Obviously pretty good reflex. But fumble. 17.
Starting point is 01:02:50 Okay. Oh, you motherfucker. You mother... So then I don't have to roll the fly check because it didn't entangle, right? Well, that's the entangle roll. That's from the bullet, but I targeted. I used a grip point to target your wind. This is a special class. There's a lot going on here. Matthew just fell asleep. On a hit, the target... See target your win. This is a special class. There's a lot going on here. Matthew just fell asleep. On a hit, the target...
Starting point is 01:03:06 See you guys later. You must make a DC 20 fly check or fall 20 feet within range of the spear. DC 20 fly check. Plus 14 to its fly. Oh, wait. Hold on. Coming on out here in front of the table.
Starting point is 01:03:25 This goddamn fucking iPhone. Fuck you. All right. Here we go. Troy's gonna roll. Troy's gonna roll. Get rolled, Ali's crew. Five or lower, it falls to the ground five feet away from Baron.
Starting point is 01:03:45 Oh, an eight. I thought it was a two. That was very far away. You pass the test by two and three points. So close. Well, it's a good thing I have more entangling shots. If I'm not dead. Which is totally possible. Is there anybody else over there? Oh, Sir Will's
Starting point is 01:04:01 over there. Fuck yeah, Sir Will's over there, man. Come on, Delanarn. All right, let's deal with this bear, shall we? Let's deal with this bear. Let's deal with this bear. Spell combat, spell strike, shocking grasp. Fucking kill it. Casting defensively.
Starting point is 01:04:13 Kill it. Got it. Now I'm rolling to attack. Oh. 15 for the spell. Miss, I assume. 15 against the AC? Yeah.
Starting point is 01:04:24 Just regular AC misses the bear. Now I'm going to take my attack to try to deliver the spell. Okay. 25. That is a hit. Yeah. All right. There we go.
Starting point is 01:04:35 Here we go. I feel like it's been 17 episodes since you've hit and then... Yeah, for real, man. Dude, you've been on a real slump. A slump. Like a batter's slump. It's true. This is like Carlos Delgado from
Starting point is 01:04:45 2007 to 2008. Maybe it's because you only rely on evil to accomplish anything. That was dark time. I think it's also because the two of the past four combats, Della has gotten the chance to stand up and cast a spell before the creature's been dead.
Starting point is 01:05:01 That's 38 points of damage. There we go. And the bear is dead. Yes! The dog just swipes down with the scimitar. By the way, that's Joe cheering, not Willamette. He doesn't like your dark ways. I thought they smelled bad.
Starting point is 01:05:17 On the outside. Slow, rangeless nester. Can I do a knowledge check on the drake? I'll allow it. It's going to be a knowledge dragon. Arcana. It's not magical beast, but it's dragon.
Starting point is 01:05:37 It's not a dragon's arcana. They're magical beasts. It doesn't say that. Dragon falls under arcana. Dragon subtypes are knowledge arcana. 22. 22. I can give you some information about this.
Starting point is 01:05:49 Excellent. In fact, Matthew, I can give you one piece of information. That acid attack it did early on, it recharges. Yeah, it's coming again. And it can use it again. And it could be very, very bad. Spleds into... Spleds. Delves into... coming again. And it can use it again. And it could be very, very bad. Splends in a 15-foot area. The thought
Starting point is 01:06:10 occurs to her from the reading she's done from Galabras' books that these things can be charged. Awesome. Awesome. Nice. Get clear! Get clear! It is Nestor's turn. But it's shot at 50 feet. Where do you get clear from? And then it is the Drake's turn. Alright, well shot at 50 feet. Where do you get clear from? And then it is the Drake's turn.
Starting point is 01:06:26 All right. Well, honestly, at this point with this thing in the air and that fumble, Nestor, there's nothing Nestor can do. Literally, Nestor can try to stay alive. Yeah. So he's going to double move and duck behind the same rock on the other side that he was hiding behind initially. Smart. Acid comes down. He's going to get
Starting point is 01:06:45 a huge bonus to his reflex and probably not get hit by it. That's Nestor playing Nestor. Love it. It's time for the Drake's turn. The acid has not recharged as of yet. It swoops down. Oh boy. You know what? It sees Sir Will down there as well
Starting point is 01:07:07 So it's gonna swoop down And it's gonna stay down there Within range of you guys So that next round it can do a full round attack If it chooses to It's going to come down and bite Baron again Power attack
Starting point is 01:07:21 23 What the fuck in here Again, power attack. 23. What the fuck in the head? Baron. Fuck, I wish he attacked me. That's a miss. Yeah, why wouldn't he? You said he saucer will.
Starting point is 01:07:35 That's what I thought. This thing has a modus operandi maximum power attack damage. I rolled two eights. 16 plus 19. Holy shit. 35 points of damage. Again. Oh, Jesus. I rolled two eights. 16 plus 19. Holy shit. 35 points of damage. Again. I'm down.
Starting point is 01:07:53 And bleed will come into effect. No, it won't. On your turn. No, we got the bleed healed, unless this caused new bleed. Every bite causes bleed. That's the part of this. Oh, fuck. It has that feat.
Starting point is 01:08:02 Please channel. 35 points of damage. It has that feat. Please channel. 35 points of damage. Baron. I don't think Baron's been hit in 48 episodes. Not since the Screed fight. No, we can't. It's just not an option. You can't
Starting point is 01:08:17 have Baron. You can't not have Baron. And the drake stays floating there above you. That doesn't fucking matter. Just painting a picture for Sir Will whose turn turn it is, followed by Umlo. And then it's just you guys and the drake. This music is perfect. This is crazy.
Starting point is 01:08:34 Oh, my God. So Baron just- All you need is Nestor to just- No, Baron just went down, right? He's unconscious. Down, unconscious, bleeding out. Oh, my God. And this thing is...
Starting point is 01:08:45 The thing that killed your family. One of its descendants is just flapping above your head. I'm getting chills all over. Troy is flapping at Joe. Taunting him. He's doing like a Joe Bluth chicken dance. It's actually very similar to a Joe Bluth chicken dance. Caw, caw, caw, caw, caw.
Starting point is 01:09:02 Caw, caw, caw, caw. Coo, coo, caw, caw. Isn't that George Sr.? Yeah, I think that's George. They all have their own. very similar to a jib. Cock-a-cock-a-cock! Cock-a-cock-a-cock! That's exactly... That was actually... Cuckoo-ka-cha! Cuckoo-ka-cha! Yeah. Isn't that George Sr.? Yeah, I think that's George. They all have their own. Yeah, Joe is cock-a-cock-a-cock!
Starting point is 01:09:11 The reality of the situation is, Baron, I don't know if he'll take... It's going to be 1d6 because it was not a crit bleed damage. Is that going to be enough to kill Baron? Maybe not. But this thing, it's going to attack one of you.
Starting point is 01:09:24 Probably going gonna attack you might just grab Baron and fly off with it take it back to its lair and eat him I think that's the most likely course of action that's the most likely
Starting point is 01:09:32 the unconscious dwarf why not not a lot of meat on the dwarf though alright so so Baron falls next to him Willamette is gonna
Starting point is 01:09:40 someone vanish me he's gonna stand for a moment you see your brother's face in Baron's fallen face. You motherfucker. This is why you never emailed Troy your backstory. God damn it.
Starting point is 01:09:54 You just look quickly and you see... That's why. You see your sickly brother. You see your sickly brother in fallen Baron. And above you, a remnant of the people who wiped out the family you will never know. Well, I would never do anything to hurt my brother.
Starting point is 01:10:13 So I will, he's going to, Willamette is just going to yell at the drake. We're coming for you and all your kind. Unless you strike me down, you'll have no hope of living, nor will anyone you know or any dragon you know. And he's going to just kind of try to take his attention because Baron fell. So instead of trying to lay on hands on him right now,
Starting point is 01:10:39 he's going to try to do a total defense and take the Drake's attention so that the Drake doesn't attack. Okay. So he's just going to do total defense this round. Okay, so it's hoping, assuming, possibly, that Baron can live. Assuming Baron can live through one round. One round of bleed. I mean, you can tell me.
Starting point is 01:10:58 Would you not be able to live through one round of bleeding? I don't know. 1d6, right? Yeah. You tell us. Does he look like he's going to die right now? Like, you know what I mean? I mean, I think these are. 1 D6, right? Yeah. You tell us. Does he look like he's going to die right now? You know what I mean? I mean, I think these are legitimate things. Roll Deception check. Because I don't know what Baron's character is.
Starting point is 01:11:12 Fucking 7. You're not sure. Ah, fuck. Yeah, he doesn't think Baron's going to die this round. So he's going to try to take the Drake's attention and hope it attacks him next round. I'm low. This is insane. He doesn't think Baron's going to die this round, so he's going to try to take the Drake's attention and hope it attacks him next round. Umlo. This is insane. Umlo is going to...
Starting point is 01:11:30 He's going to double move to the Drake. Double moves to the Drake. Now, is he getting within range? He doesn't have to. He single moves, and he's within range. Oh, because he doesn't have the armor thing, because he's a dwarf! So he's 15 feet away from the dragon, so he can take one swing. And a miss. 18. That's a dwarf. So he's 15 feet away from the dragon so we can take one swing. I miss. 18.
Starting point is 01:11:48 That's a miss. Yeah, miss. But I'm those up in there as well. Round six. Fuck. Baron takes. Wait, it's Baron's turn? It's Baron's turn. Takes this many points of bleed damage. Four points of bleed damage.
Starting point is 01:12:05 Do you roll to stabilize if you're bleeding? No. Yeah, you do. Absolutely. I think you do. No, no, no. Absolutely not. You don't. We looked this up. You don't. You're helpless. You have to be healed by someone else. It's a DC 15
Starting point is 01:12:21 heal check to stop the bleeding. Yeah, if you have specific bleeding out, someone has to heal you. So magical healing or heal check to stop the bleeding. If you have specific bleeding out, someone has to heal you. So magical healing or a heal check to stop the bleeding. Correct. But he can't heal check himself because he's unconscious.
Starting point is 01:12:31 Right. It is Oscar's turn. I'm going to try to do that. Oh, I can't read my own writing. Wait, wait. It's your turn, but you're not dead yet, right? Mm-hmm.
Starting point is 01:12:39 Okay. I'm going to try to do that. I'm going to try to do that. The drake will be attacking you before it does. Sure. But I have total defense on. Della. Okay. Della is going to... Chris, 19 to try to do that. The drake will be attacking you before it does. Sure. But I have total defense on. Della. Okay. Della is going to... Chris, 19 to 20
Starting point is 01:12:48 on the fight. Della is going to ride up to Baron. Now, here's what I want to do. I want to try to do a fast dismount to do as a free action, and then cast some healing on Baron. So you're going to just try and run up to... Wait, wait. What are you going to do? Jump off the horse. Ride up to Baron, jump off the horse, and cast
Starting point is 01:13:03 a spell on Baron. Yeah, that should be fine. Because even if you fail the fast dismount, that's only a move action. You're just healing. Yeah, you don't need to do the fast dismount. Is it a move action to dismount? To cast a spell. Yeah, yeah.
Starting point is 01:13:18 You're using a horse's move. You don't need the fast dismount to pull off that action. Reginald's moves, you move off. Well, I'm going to do it because it was dramatic. All right, do it. Unless you roll a 1. Well, I'm not going to act. So Della's going to see this and spur Reginald right over and leap down.
Starting point is 01:13:30 Did you want to actually spur because that's 1d3 points of damage. No, that was also it. I love Pathfinder! She fails the check, so she's not as swab as it might have been. And she's going to cast Infernal Healing. Infernal Healing.
Starting point is 01:13:45 But that's less immediate than anything else you Healing. Infernal Healing on Baron. But that's less immediate than anything else you have because I only get one point around. Right, but it'll stop the bleeding. She's going to anoint you with the demon's blood and cast Infernal Healing. Don't forget, guys, that that acid could be coming at any moment. And if you all draw the attention towards an unconscious
Starting point is 01:14:02 No, I was trying to not draw that attention. Della, how many points of healing? So what do you get, one point? No, one point on his round, yeah. Whatever. I think it starts there. All right, so you get one point, but it stops the bleeding.
Starting point is 01:14:16 Well, hold on a second. Do you want to just maybe just use the wand? Yeah, that's what I was saying, too. I mean, I understand where you're coming from. Then I could die if you don't use the wand. That's part of a move action. Oh, but you failed the dismount. Okay, well, that makes a difference. So Demon's Blood is your only recourse.
Starting point is 01:14:32 Actually, no, I can cast Cure Light Wounds. Do that. I will cast Cure Light Wounds, even though the story would be so much better the other way. Yep, casting Cure Light Wounds. You mean the story that Baron dies? That was more interesting. Max, nine points.
Starting point is 01:14:47 I'm conscious. Oh, that's bad. But I'm staying down and playing dead. For the first time, Will was trying to not make someone conscious. Yeah, but if acid hits me and I'm down lower... If this thing does the acid thing right now... Can I take my turn now that I'm conscious? Baron will be dead. You can't.
Starting point is 01:15:05 It is Nestor's turn. Can I do an intimidate check against something that doesn't speak my language or anything? Absolutely. Yeah, I don't see why not. Intimidate is a... it's not a language thing. It can be, but it can also be
Starting point is 01:15:22 you know, just by body language. I'm taunted by people can also be just by body language. I'm taunted by people speaking German all the time. Yeah. You mean intimidated? I wouldn't go that far. You can try it, Nestor. Okay.
Starting point is 01:15:36 You can try it. Yeah, so I'm going to pop up from behind the rock. And he says, Get all the damaging you're going to do because one of us will kill you, mate. And get all
Starting point is 01:15:52 the damaging you're going to do. Ooh. Nice. It's a high roll, Troy. You're going to have to deal with it. 33. You're going to have to make decisions right now. 33. I am going to have to make decisions. And that's going to cause me to make a decision I wasn't planning.
Starting point is 01:16:10 So, Nestor, I don't know what you do over there. Cover it in acid. We had to look up the rules. Slow on this. You know, but... Get in all the channels you're going with you. But explain, you know, what we figured out.
Starting point is 01:16:28 What you can do. You can demoralize it. I'm trying to demoralize the creature. I want to give it the shaken condition by frightening it. You definitely shake it. I would hope so. I'm trying to think of how this all plays out, what Nestor does. He's just ripping off his clothes.
Starting point is 01:16:43 I'm just pointing at it. Nestor just gets this look in his eye where, I mean, you've all seen it, where it's just that thing where it's just like... That ice-cold assassin thing. Yeah, this thing that doesn't care whether you live or die, and you
Starting point is 01:16:59 know he can make you die real quick if he wants to. Just, yeah. yeah shaking it gives it a minus two and holds off its acid for one more round however it is going to do a full attack on sir will bite tail slap bite crits at 19 to 20. And I guess you always just roll 19 to 20. I'm getting out in front of the table. Troy's gonna roll...
Starting point is 01:17:32 17. So that's going to be... And you're fighting defensively. No, he's total defense. Total defense. It is a 32. That hits. Motherfuck.
Starting point is 01:17:44 Still powering attack. That's 34 points of damage. Still powering attack. That's 34 points of damage. And bleed is coming. You unconscious? Are you dead? No, I'm not unconscious yet. Oh, you just rubbed my D20 on Jose. Yeah! Let me roll it. Hey, how about I roll
Starting point is 01:17:57 this next roll? And now, the tail slap. Be lucky it wasn't a 19. Nine. Tail slap, 18. Miss. Misses. That would have tripped you. Nine. Tail slap, 18. Miss. Misses. That would have tripped you. Now, it is your turn.
Starting point is 01:18:09 You take one point of bleed damage. Man, I've been rolling 35 damages on Baron twice. And was that 34 or 35 on you? Either way, ouch. Sir Will. It's because your dice always hits 19 or 20. Sir Will is down. That's what happens. Sir Will is down very low. Sir Will is It's because your dice always hits 19 or 20. Sir Will is down. That's what happens.
Starting point is 01:18:26 Sir Will is down very low. Sir Will is at 17 of 70. Oh my god. Baron is down. He can barely even act like he's conscious. This acid does 5d10 damage, half on a DC 20 reflex save, and spreads in a 15-foot area.
Starting point is 01:18:43 I mean, this is the most intense situation the PCs have been in in many episodes. It would be a totally different story. That one particular fumble card that I drew. One of our two major ranged characters
Starting point is 01:19:01 can't do ranged attacks. For six rounds. That's what fumbles are. Yeah, but that's the thing. It's just like out of all those cards, that's the one that I fucking drew. You guys, we should be able to do checks maybe to see how hurt it is.
Starting point is 01:19:14 And we have rounds of attack. So will. Yeah, I don't have knowledge Arcana. I just, I don't know. Look, Will would really like to know about dragons. He has always wanted to, but he doesn't know enough. This is the first time he's ever faced something. Well, yeah.
Starting point is 01:19:31 Wait, can you? This is the first time he's ever faced something of this sort. Can you just drag me away and leave Umlo to die? I think that's what you do. That's what your whole thing is. Save the day. You're almost dead. You can't win.
Starting point is 01:19:45 The Drake just went. These next decisions from the PCs, the decisions you make right now are going to forever change the combat by the time the Drake goes next. Yeah, so I think Sir Will is going to sacrifice himself before he would sacrifice anyone else. Anyone else at all, especially Yomlo.
Starting point is 01:20:03 And he will say, You killed my family. My blood. Anyone else. Anyone else at all. Especially Yomlo. And he will say, You killed my family. My blood. If it is me you seek, then come and chase me. Oh, wow. And he will channel positive energy first. That's his dying act.
Starting point is 01:20:21 Fucking three. Like perfect Sir Will. Perfect Joe. Joe character. Joe so sad. They need like... I can't laugh, Skid. Nick needs a sad version of that.
Starting point is 01:20:36 Like when a player, like it's an NFL player, gets a concussion like during an NFL game and they play the sad version of the song. That's what they need. I'm unable to laugh. Yeah.
Starting point is 01:20:45 And Will is going to attempt to taunt it in some way, and then ride away from the party. It has 10-foot reach. You tell me, does it get attack of opportunity? Yeah, it gets one. Does it have multiple? Well, it doesn't matter. It's one move action. So yes, it gets an attack of opportunity.
Starting point is 01:21:00 It goes to bite Sir Will. Okay. Crits on a 19 to 20. 17 again. Not a 19 to 20. I mean, that's Sir Will. Okay. Crits on a 19 to 20. 17 again. Not a 19 to 20. I mean, that's a hit. 28 points of damage. On one bite.
Starting point is 01:21:14 One claw? One power attack bite. One power attack bite. He does 28 points of damage. Okay, so Sir Will is unconscious. Sir Will falls out of the saddle. Meanwhile, Nestor is... I can't believe it's 28 on one random attack
Starting point is 01:21:32 of opportunity. It's Ublo's turn. Well, that means certain death. Can I... He's going to take a 5-foot step back, because he's within 10 feet of the creature right now. Man, would a crit be good here? Man, would a d20 crit be good here?
Starting point is 01:21:48 Anybody else want to roll it? Oh, fuck. No, do it. I guess I gotta do it. Hey, I'm gonna turn things around here. It's gruesome. Here we go, dude. I'm gonna turn things around against you right now. Actually, I'm gonna take off power attack. Do you want a bottle cap? I'm gonna take
Starting point is 01:22:04 off combat expertise and power attack. If this thing does an acid drop, it will kill three characters. So what does it matter? What does it matter, right? That's a reflex save. So I'm taking off combat expertise. I'm taking off power attack. I'm giving him his highest possible bonus to hit.
Starting point is 01:22:18 And then I roll a 19. That's not a hit. Roll again. You're one of the worst people I've ever met in my life. And then 18. So, miss. Miss, miss. Oh, I'm low.
Starting point is 01:22:34 Round seven. Baron. Let's also remember this guy's down like six strength. Yeah, right. Yep. Baron, what are you going to do? We're all still... What you gonna do, brother?
Starting point is 01:22:46 Um, well... Run! Run! Baron would have to get up, which would provoke an attack of opportunity if he wanted to run, right? Well, it's flying above. I mean, even if he got up, it would provoke. Fire from your back. But he already provoked this round.
Starting point is 01:23:02 Yeah, right. Correct. Yeah. So does he have combat reflexes? Barrett! You feel like gambling, Charlie? You feeling lucky? You never count your bottle caps when you're sitting at the table.
Starting point is 01:23:17 How far above me is he right now? 30 feet. Still 30 feet? He was within range for people. Oh, no, I'm sorry. He's down with us. He's down with you. I mean, he, no. Oh, no, I'm sorry. You know, he's down with us. He's down with you.
Starting point is 01:23:28 I mean, he's floating. He's six feet above the ground. Okay, so he's 10 feet away from me. Yes. So I get touch AC on this. Shoot him, Will. So you're shooting from your back. Yeah. Shoot him, Will.
Starting point is 01:23:37 Which gives him a higher bonus for ranged. Plus four, I believe. Something like that. Or plus two. So we're going to say this is a plus 18 to hit. Oh, there you go. Now, tell me what you're doing. You're just shooting it.
Starting point is 01:23:49 You're not doing any entangling, wing clipping, and all this other stuff. You want to take its hit points, then. I'm going to use my last grip point to get up close and deadly on top of the regular. Thank you, dude. Talk to me, Baron. Don't misfire. That is a hit at 28 against Touch AC. 28 Touch AC. Touch AC.
Starting point is 01:24:05 Baron hits the dragon with dragon's breath. He turns around on the ground, beaten, almost dead. Aims. Baron fires from his back, hits. How many points of damage? 23 points of damage. 23 points of damage! That is the best attack that it's gone on.
Starting point is 01:24:25 What I'm really confused about, though, is I'm wondering if this is an issue with Hero Lab or with scatter weapons. When I activate rapid shot, I'm not given two attacks at all with this thing. But should I be able to get two attacks? This is why you have to look at your character sheet outside of Session of Scraps.
Starting point is 01:24:43 I do. No, it's a new gun. It's a new gun, so that's why I've never had to use it. Is there something special about the gun that doesn't allow you to do to it? No, not that I know of. Let's just move on for now. Your turn's over. I think I should be able to shoot it twice.
Starting point is 01:24:58 Oh, from the ground? Sure, if you're not moving. Yeah, I'm not moving. Without rapid shot on. If you're proficient in guns you should be able to if you can attack twice let's do it I'm going to shoot again
Starting point is 01:25:07 okay alright shooting again natural 20 obviously natural 20 fuck that's plus 18 that's 26 against Touch AC
Starting point is 01:25:16 that is a hit Touch AC is nice I have no grip points left because I used two targeting and that was my last grip and he's not dead as long as you have a potion of cure serious wounds
Starting point is 01:25:24 you'll be fine. I can't believe I'm even laughing. I love Sir Will and he's dead. He's dying. 18 points of damage. 18 points of damage. Alright so Baron from his back with a dragon's bane dragon pistol
Starting point is 01:25:40 does crazy damage. I'm so dead. Della you're up. Run away and find a new group to adventure with? Jump in the river. Run back to the shadow plane? Dive into the river. Jump in the river?
Starting point is 01:25:54 Yeah, that river is right there. It's got to be tempting. If you heal me a little bit more, I might live. Can I do a perception to see if we've damaged it at all? I'll tell you what's happening. Sir Will is seconds away from permanent death. Nestor is starting to regain some mobility in his body and you feel like,
Starting point is 01:26:13 alright, Nestor's gonna be okay. Baron is on his back, shooting for his life. Lexington is in the next county. And the drake has taken significant damage. It came here for an easy meal, and now you're starting to put up a fight. But
Starting point is 01:26:29 it is one action away from killing one to three PCs. What do you do, Della? I want to attack it and shock and grasp it, but I'm afraid it's not going to do anything, and I could also try to fascinate it. No, you can't. Fascinating
Starting point is 01:26:45 does not work in combat at all. No. Okay. Well, that makes my decision for you. Yes. That was something that a fantastic listener wrote into us, which I read about and they're absolutely right. Hey, Della, do you maybe want to try the whip? That's been
Starting point is 01:27:02 so useful in the past. Get off my microphone. He's on his mic. He's been so useful in the past. Get off my microphone. He's on his mic. He's on his mic. All right. No, but yeah, we should say that fascinate is something that basically you do like in a social situation, not in a combat situation. If you have the Rift Drake over for tea, perhaps.
Starting point is 01:27:18 Rolling to cast defensively, Shocking Grass. It literally says if the person you're trying to fascinate sees an unsheathed weapon, they don't. They're not fascinated. He barely passed, but he passed to cast defensively. Okay. Shock and grasp. 24 to hit. AC, 23.
Starting point is 01:27:40 Holy shit. Willamette would never hit this thing anyway. Shock and to death. 35 points. Oh! Holy shit. Willamette would never hit this thing anyway. Chaka-da-da! 35 points of damage. Oh! Oh! Holy shit! Hold on, do the math.
Starting point is 01:27:53 Oh, I just press a button. And now she's going to take her actual attack. Oh my god. Della, you back with a vengeance. Ooh. Uh, 23. Yeah! 23 exactly.
Starting point is 01:28:04 Yes! So that's 3d6 plus 6. Yeah. Uh. Yeah! 23 exactly. Yes! So that's 3d6 plus 6. 14 points of damage. 14 points of damage. Needed that crit, didn't I? Does not kill the dragon.
Starting point is 01:28:16 You gotta be freaking kidding me. Nestor's turn. Nestor's toying. Jump at it with your dagger. I think this is your last round of not slow, of not being able to use ranged weapons.
Starting point is 01:28:26 No, he has multiple rounds left. Yeah, I've got at least two rounds left. Oh, that's right. He has five rounds. Six rounds. Nice. Six. You rolled it.
Starting point is 01:28:33 That's right, I did. See, the thing is, like... There are bodies everywhere. Even though I'm not slowed, even though I'm not slowed, I'm encumbered because I still have fucking strength drains. I mean, I don't think I could get into melee range anyway, but... I don't know what to do, man.
Starting point is 01:28:52 Nestor might just peace out. You could take a potion and intimidate it again. He might just try to get away. Run into the river. Hopefully you survive a bit of tech. Dive into the river, swim away. I mean, the decision Nestor makes, regardless of how this outcome is you know people are gonna people are pointing fingers who knows i think he's more than anything like i think he's mad at this fucking thing of course like he feels like like
Starting point is 01:29:15 after the slowing and uh and like slipping the bowstring like he's just like fuck days it's personal it's personal now. He wants to take it out on this thing. Right, like regardless of your new feelings, whether they exist or not for your party members, this is personal. Not unlike the giant. Fuck you, mate.
Starting point is 01:29:33 Not unlike Zorik. Fuck off, mate. That you fucking killed. This is awesome. Whatever's going to happen. He's going to double move and draw his short sword on the way. How many hit points does Baron have?
Starting point is 01:29:49 Why would I tell you that? You're just going to kill me. So that he can keep you alive? Seven. Seven hit points. Seven hit points. How many hit points? And Sir Will is at negative 11 with a con of 17.
Starting point is 01:29:59 Yeah. Nestor, is it 20-something? I'm at 23. 23. Della? 47. And Umlo. Umlo is, I'm not going to bring it up quick.
Starting point is 01:30:14 He's in the 30s. With the ability to do 5d10 points of acid damage. 37 for Umlo. It can do it every 1d6 rounds. And it came back up again. It came back up on this round. This is like TPK. The Rift Drake rears
Starting point is 01:30:33 its head back. And we'll see you next week. No, no, no, no! Ow! Ow! Ow! Oh, God! Outro Music

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