The Unwritten Favor Part 5: The Continuation

0:00 Previously on Crit happens inside the High Dominion Administration complex. The truth was waiting in chains of ink and blood. As the agents dug deeper into the magistrate's records, they found the name that changed everything. Orion has day. A son not lost, missing one more life broken beneath the hand of the magistrate Halvis Corin. From that moment on, this was no longer just a mission. It was personal.

0:41 With Nero's demand hanging over them like a blade, the party moved to find Corin, subdue him, and drag him out alive. But the Dominion does not surrender its monsters easily. In the heart of its power, surrounded by guards, steel, and the weight of every cruel secret buried in the halls, the fight began. Now blood stains the floor, alarms threaten to rise, and every second tightens the noose. The agents have corn in their sights. But the real question is, can they break the magistrate before the Dominion breaks them? The hardest part was a great goodbye. I've been lost inside my name.

2:08 All the mirrors look the same, but I don't see my face. Face. Welcome back to Crit Happens here on Spotify, iTunes, player.fmpoddirectory.com and live on our website Crit happens dot show. So that's a hard back here in the Crit Happens studio. Now, if you had just listened to part 4, you would know that we did cut the episode basically directly in half.

2:50 So this will be the continuation of that three hour episode. So let's go ahead and get back into the action here with Crit Happens at the top of the order and you wanna know see, so I'm going to move you here for no reason whatsoever. At the top of the round you hear the door to the to the chamber bust open and two more Flame guards appear. I didn't read the nettle. No reason totally wasn't slip throwing one of them off a third story window. What? Yeah, I I thought he walked off that voluntarily. That's what I was told.

3:35 Sure, give me a bullshit check. No. All right, You want it? You're up. We oh gosh, I like I was talking, Oh, there was some sort of attacking happening in a, in a, in a Baxter and a hole fail again. That's what I got, all that. I'm going to go for the guy closest to me because he seems resonating. He seems like a bitch. OK, yeah, go ahead. Are you What are you attacking with just your dagger? Your. Dagger of Venom, but I'm just going to try and use it as a regular dagger. Cool beans.

4:16 All right, go ahead and give me a tack roll. Yeah. And then I have mastery with that, so I can make that do it, OK. Look at rich fancy pants over here. I'm kidding. All right? Yeah, go ahead and give me. You can give me two attacks right away. Same one after another. 9th and 28. I was both hit. Good job. Yay, yay. Dagger OK then 20. 01 of them is a nine and one of them is A8.

4:59 19/8 so 17 is that plus anything no typically let's see here I I don't think so it's 1D4 plus your strength or dex modifier yeah so yeah so you've added like that three and. Then I added six to both. Gotcha. OK, so. What did I say? 17 damage. All right, cool. Anything else? And then, Oh my gosh, dandy at the break. Else can I do?

5:42 I'm going to. I love having so many features and traits. I don't know what the sorry, I saw the random roll in the corner of my screen and that was so silly. Sorry, that was me, I was testing something. Action I'm gonna disengage as a bonus action. OK.

6:36 All right. And then where are you disengaging to? Just on the map. It's like or Yonder over. Yonder. OK, perfect. Just like or Yonder. I'm just. Gonna straight fuck off. OK, cool. All right. Andy, I can reach never I'm. Just, I'm just over here if you need me. All right, cool. Next up is going to be Zebulon. All right, let's see who is still outside of the hole. And I guess did the guards entering the room see me outside of the room?

7:24 They did not. I guess I think my best move would be to try to hit the two guards on the outside with an ice storm. OK, ice storm. All right. 20 foot radius. Yep. Centered at a point within range. Hail of rocks, hard ice pounds to the ground in a 20 foot radius. 40 foot high cylinder in a center on a point within range. Each creature in the cylinder must make a Dexterity saving throw. Each creature takes 2D8 bludgeoning damage and 46 cold.

8:04 And a failed saver Half as much as unsuccessful 1. OK, why don't you indicate to me on the map where you would like the? So I mean, if you're looking to not hit anyone within, it's a 40, I'm sorry, 20 feet. So I mean, we're looking at C&D and not OSISA, so like this region. So, I mean, if we do 20 feet like this region, we'd be looking at right about there, something like that. Yeah. Actually, I'm sorry, here's 20 feet right here. So. Well, then higher up, so it's not hitting myself. So right there.

8:48 Yep. Cool. OK, DC-20 Dexterity save. I'm just going to roll two of these. What was it, DC 20? Yeah, they both fail. So let's roll damage here real quick. That was, what did I just say? 2D8 and 4D62-D8 and 4D6. So both of them will take.

9:32 So it's 26 damage to both of them there. Then I need to reroll the two D6 because they were exploding, so an additional 8 damage to each. All right, OK. The one that is further away from you, he's starting to stagger a little bit. He he took that ice really hard. And then we are going to indicate on here with this blue circle this no, this no. Jesus Christ, what is it?

10:16 My first day using this blue is now difficult terrain, right? Yeah, Hailstorms turn the storms area effect into difficult terrain until the end of your next turn. Now, you casted that at 4th level, correct? Did you cast that at the higher level? Nope. Yeah, standard level. Cool. All right, all right. And then I guess with my bonus action, I'm going to restore some sorcery points using font of Magic. OK. Jeez, this has been forever since I've actually played a level 2 spell slot for three sorcery points. 4 sorcery points.

11:02 The other way around. It's a one for one. So that was if I was turning a spell slot or, sorry, trying to recover a spell slot. I'm trying to recover sorcery points. So a Level 3 spell slot. OK, You can spend one slot and then it's the slot. OK. Yep. So you'll lose a Level 3 slot, you'll gain your sorcery points back. Anything else? That'll be it. Cool beans. All right, Baxter, the good boy. What's he attacks Corin. He attacks Corin. Yep. That's what he must do. OK, well, he will take an attack of opportunity. He is a good boy, though. OK, he will take the attack of opportunity from this guy.

11:43 He will roll. Oh, God, a 14 meets it beats it meets it beats my friend. All right, this might hurt our good boy probably goes down. That is going to be 9 that's going to be 12 damage that will take him down Yep he's gone all right he just he just kind of dissipates correct Yep bye bye Baxter and you didn't see any of it. You feel as as Baxter takes this this hit points. You know, you've used Baxter for quite some time. Even though he's effectively just an illusion, you still formed like an emotional bond to Baxter and you feel like this like funk in your chest for just a moment, like a was like a skip of a heartbeat as you hear, I'm going to silently swear vengeance. Cool.

12:38 All right, Jesus, for against my better judgement slip. Yes, it's my turn. So I think what the others will see is I'm going to whisper something into the magistrate or in's just I'm going to whisper something to him. OK, and then I'm going to God, What is it I get to do? I'm going to use one of my one of my focus points. Got it. Big cast darkness, focus on oh, what's the range here? 60 feet.

13:33 I'm going to focus it on Flame Guard C like his, his weapon, his armour. I'm going to focus it on his armour so it follows him. OK. And then I'm going to say to everyone else, I've got Corin. The rest of you just get out of here now. And then I will another spell and we will. Well, first, assuming he listens to what I said, I'm going to cast Dimension Jordan with my with another focus point.

14:17 OK, you will cast. And we're going to go. We're on the third floor. Correct. How tall were the floors and. All stuff I was paying attention to. Roughly about from floor to ceiling, we'll say 30 feet. So 90 feet to the first floor. Well, actually it's actually be 60 feet to the 1st to the 1st floor. Oh, it can be a place I visualize. Never mind. So it can be you teleport to a location within range 500 feet. I'm gonna visualize a place roughly 500 feet out the front of the actually it'll be where we fought the freaking demon devil dude. Oh yeah, just on the outskirts.

15:08 Yeah, yeah, yeah. We'll we'll forsake of argument. We'll we'll say yeah, that's Yep. So what the rest of you see? Nothing there in darkness. Well, what was the spell that you casted on the third on on Flemingrad Sea again? Darkness. So I suppose Zebulon can see things. And what's the, what's the circumference of that range? 645015 foot area. From from Flame Guard seas. From where it's focused on, yeah. So 15 feet both the all four directions basically, yeah.

15:57 Yep, cool. Zebulon can see into it and through it, I'm pretty sure. Yep, cool. And then I'll end my turn, OK? Big click or blocking the door. Where'd everybody go all? Right, so from there it will move to Dominion Flame Guard's turn, and I'm just going to eat these two out of here. All right, so Flame Guard a let's see here. He will move to right here.

16:44 No, he will move to right here. He will use his sigil crossbow aimed at Joanna, which will be a + 7 to hit. That's a 22 to hit. A 22. 22 and then he will roll 70. I'm sorry, that's a nine. So 1214 damage and I need you to make me a Constitution saving throw. OK. OK. Oh oh joy. How about a 10? That fails.

17:25 So as you take this crossbow shot, you take it kind of in the the right shoulder and all of a sudden on all of your limbs there are deciduals burning into your skin and you are restrained until the end of your next turn. Yay, yay all. Right Flame Guard B, we'll step up your. Stream is still on dimension door attributes by the way. I'm on The Who. What? Oh, yeah. Yeah. Thank you. Thank you very much. Next will be Fling Guard B, and I'm sorry you're the only one you can see. So he's going to do that again.

18:11 I can't do anything about it bro. It's a 23 to hit, that'll be two D 10 again. That will be 8 damage and I guess you're double. Restrained until your next turn. Well, I mean, you can give me a. It's not going to matter. You're, Yeah, you're restrained. So OK, so dominion flame guard C now again DMS in the room help help brother out here darkness they can still move, but it is it is it difficult terrain? I mean, it's not difficult terrain as much as it is they don't know where they're going.

18:52 Sure, but I mean reason could argue is if he was facing, we'll say towards the towards the altar, within 6 seconds he would know. He could just kind of run forward and try to get out of the darkness. Yeah, let me look it up just to make sure. Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's how it works. Yeah, so I mean he's got a movement, you can look it up and if I'm wrong, I'll move back, but. No, I think that. I think that is, yeah. He just would have disadvantage on everything he does within the darkness basically. So he's going to move his full he's so I'm going to I'm going to grant this, he's going to move his full movement to get I'll try to get out of darkness.

19:33 He's just going to kind of take off at a dead Sprint, 30 feet, he's going to take. Him. No, sorry, it's on his armor so it follows the flame guard C. Oh, the flame guard. C goes. It goes. Oh. OK, well I mean shit, I've already said I'm doing it, so that'll follow him. I'm. Restrained. That I can't see, yeah. Here you are fubernucked. Yeah, but now they can't see you either, so they take the disadvantage. If they try to attack you, that is correct, so OK. I feel like I'm in the hole. So here's the thing.

20:14 Well, I'm sorry you want us restraint. You can't do anything. I am going to say that Dominion Flame Guard D is going to move towards Yoanna taking attack of opportunity from Osisa. Is. So if you want to give me an attack. Roll on that, could I? Could I cast a spell on him? Only if you have warcaster. Yeah. Oh Dang it, no, see, it's been so long since I've actually physically attacked something. Just bonk them bonk.

21:00 Well, I do have bonk the gooper snoots. Let's. See what a 17 hit. It would not. He'll go right by you, go towards Yoanna. Or at least he knows last known location of Yoanna. Excuse me? He will make an attack with disadvantage. Well, actually, I'm sorry, I'm I'm going to that's going to count as my role. But because she's restrained, isn't it advantage against her? No I So I guess rules as written maybe, but rules as intended. If he can't see what he's attacking, it doesn't matter if they're restrained or not.

21:49 I agree. OK, that is still an 18 to hit. OK. So that hits OK. No, Joanna. No. OK, so he would have used this long sword. So that's to be two D 8 + 3. Go in in the dark, restrained. Just get more. 1316 damage to you. I'm sorry, 16 slashing damage and then 14 fire damage to you? What? Excuse you.

22:29 Yep. All right, that will be it for the Flame guards Turns next will be Corin's gone. Oh, Sisa. Yes, Sir. You are up. All right. Let's. See. All right, Flame Guard D, Is he still visible or is he in the dark? Flame Guard D is not in the dark. OK, just on the edge of it. Yeah. So if if you're on the on the the VTTI have the darkness notated with the darkness symbols. So he is just OK, he's just outside of that. Just outside of it, yeah, swinging into it sort. OK, so I'm going to act on him harm. And this is going to be a con save of 15. OK, I do just want to remind you that they have a con multiple modifier of 13.

23:38 OK, almost an actual 2027. Oh damn it. OK, let's see. Hang on, I'm I'm going to, I'm going to change this just a bit because a lot of how the the Dominion Flame guard is built is to be around Corin. So because slip has taken Corin, what I'm going to say is that any constitution saving throws are going to be made a disadvantage with any of the flame guards.

24:23 I think that's a fair thing because like I said, the modifier is completely built around Corin being there. So I'll roll again. Corin gives them that basically correct? Yep. OK, so while it's a 32 so the the first one will stand. Yep, Yep, that absolutely. Yep, Yep, that's how that works. In. That case I'm going to cast Spiritual Weapon. OK. That's a bonus. Action. See. Sorry, I'm just reading through the thing here quick. It doesn't say I need to make a ranged attack roll so I just roll it I guess.

25:21 Yeah, you would say you would simultaneously to casting spiritual weapon, you will then essentially make a range spell attack. We'll say, OK. With it's not listed on there. That's why I was like. Yeah. And that let me double check that's, I believe that's how that works. You create a fully special weapon within range that lasts for the duration or until you cast the spell again. When you cast the spell, you can make it, I'm sorry, a melee spell attack against a creature within 5 feet of the weapon. So you can cast it right next to the work Flame Guard D and it will be able to simultaneously make a melee spell attack all. Right, so do I need to make a range or?

26:03 No, you'll make a. You'll make a melee spell attack, so go ahead and just roll a just roll an attack. Yep, Yep, math not mapping 16. That will miss. Damn it, that's it for now, all. Right, cool. Next is going to be Castea. Kezia, she must have ran to the bathroom, so I will say then we'll come back to her and we'll go to. Well Joanna, did you enjoy your turn? I mean, I know you didn't ask me, but I don't know if I would enjoy it.

27:23 I thought it was delightful. I thought it was delightful. Oh, it was a great. Turn. It was a great turn. Cool. All right, Zebby on. All right. How's this group looking health wise? Are you talking the the flame guards A far of them? Yeah, the flame guards. I mean, right now you can't see them all right? I move 5 feet over into the doorway, peek into the room. How do things look in that veil of blackness? What's your What's your speed? Dawn is just like groaning 30. 30 OK, I just want to make sure so yeah, so you can make it right there.

28:11 I think he just wants to go into the door and then look. Oh, like, kind of peek in. Yeah. So what you see when you open the door is Osisa on the other side of the door and one flame guard next to a floating spectral weapon. I can see through the darkness also. And I mean, to assess the health. Oh, flame guard. Yeah. So then at that point, they're all looking. I mean the ones that are the farthest away are perfectly fine. The one that's in the middle of the darkness, it's not looking that great and neither is the one that's right outside the darkness. You do see however you wanna as you kind of peek in. The sigils are still kind of semi burned into her arms, but she's starting to move just a little bit. If you think of like you've been asleep for like 6 years and just kind of stiff moving.

29:05 She's starting to move her limbs again a bit. I think I'm going to cast another Ice storm at AB and C. OK, so I'm just going to duplicate this. So to get all of them, you'd want to cast it right there. Yeah, right around there. OK, So what was the save again? It was a funny Dexterity. Dexterity. OK. Also, the ice that I'm standing on should be gone at the end of my turn.

29:48 OK, we'll just do that for now. And then we'll just do this all at once. And Flame guards. I'm sorry. What? What save was it again? I apologize. Dex. Dexterity 5020, so we'll just row for all three of them. First one fails, so it'll be AB dare ask. Yeah yeah yeah. B will fail, C will succeed, so A&B will.

30:38 For fuck's sake. For A&B, what was the damage again? It is 2D8 plus 4D6 bludgeoning and cold. OK, so that's 21 damage in total to ABA and B we get an exploding 8. Yep, I'll get that in a moment. And then half goes to C, which is half of 21 in favor of the player would be 11. And then one more D8 for the exploding die, so two more to each. Cool.

31:36 All right, anything else? I think that'll be it. All right, I swear to God, all right, Next will be flame guard a who will he will use his he will go 30 feet this way, right? That's 30, 3530.

32:20 We put him right, Jesus, right there. What are we going to call that inside the circle out? Your call. What I've always done is like how home rule for me has always been. If like a radius or diameter or something splits a square, I count that square as impacted. OK, I will do that then. So he's still technically within darkness. However, he will still he will be barely be able to see Osisa. He will take a swing it or not a swing. He will shoot his crossbow at her with disadvantage.

33:04 That will be a Yikes, 22 to hit. Ouch. All right, so that'll be two D8 plus three, which will be 8 slashing damage and then 2D8 fire damage, which will be 5 fire damage. Oh, I'm sorry, that was I apologize. Ignore that. That was the damage for the long sort. I apologize. So you can take back your damage from that. The damage for the crossbow is 2 D 10 + 2 which is 7 piercing damage.

33:53 They need you to make me a Constitution saving throw. Oh, that was bad. That was bad. That was very bad. That was a six. Six, yeah. OK. So same as you on the before, when you get hit with the with the the crossbow arrow, your skin and your limbs just kind of begin to burn and you kind of lock in place and you'll be restrained until the end of your next turn. OK. Just. Remind me because I was a little confused there how how many damage right now that was? 577 piercing damage.

34:46 OK. All right. Flame Guard B is going to step into the darkness. Take a shot at you wanna with this advantage, that'll be a 13 to hit you wanna. No. No, they're so excited. OK, Dominion Flamegrass, he's going to come in with his long sword towards Joanna.

35:30 That will be with this advantage again. 14 to hit. No, no. OK, D will not have the disadvantage because he's outside. He will, however it's. Not a breeze, I felt. I felt he will turn around and he will kind of piggyback off of flame guard a he will use he will go towards Osisa with his long sword. You wanna you get an attack of opportunity with disadvantage. Yippee, yippee.

36:11 Hold on, am I wrong? Well, your call, but she can't see what she would be taking an attack of opportunity on. I would oh, I I would assume. That how would she, how would she know to take the attack? Does that make sense? Yep. To be able to see the thing leaving. Yep, I'm incorrect. Yeah, you're right. OK. However, does the spiritual weapon get an attack of opportunity? Probably. I believe so. There's just so many footsteps happening bro. Yeah, what the Hell's happening out there I can't see. Shit, did everyone go? No, by well rules is written the spiritual weapon cannot make an attack for opportunity. It is a spell effect, not a creature or a wielded weapon. Therefore it doesn't have its own reaction. So OK so he will go towards a sea show with a flame bound long sword.

37:04 He will get the attack. Oof, that's a, that's a 10. All right, cool. That sucks. And that'll be it for all of the Dominion Flame guards. So next is going to be Osisa. Sorry, I'm just double checking if I can do something here. Yeah, you're good and. That won't. Help raw. Why do I have to be a healer? Geez, I have.

37:56 Just don't have. Great options now. Like what do I have? Nothing. Yeah, I was going to say, like a lot of this stuff is like con saves and if they've all got such icon, it's not going to work great for me. Well, the guy isn't here anymore, so. For the record Spencer, I have clicked like on the TikTok 6000 times 1000. I have a 6000 like chain right now. Jesus Christ, gorgeous half. And away. I've downloaded an auto clicker. Oh my God. I'm clicking once every 10 milliseconds.

38:37 Oh my God. Patty, do you have spirit Guardians? Oh yeah, that's a great reminder. Thank you. Yes, I'm going to use my necklace. Oh, and Spirit weapon doesn't require concentration, does it? I. Don't think so. No, I. Don't think it does. That's what makes it so awesome. Love another crit happens when you in the chat it's like cool name. Yeah, I've made my necklace appropriate, and that is guardian of faith, I believe. That isn't the spell I was thinking of, but it is also good.

39:26 That'll work too. A large spectral guardian appears and hovers for the duration in an unoccupied space of your choice. You can see within range. Guardian occupies that space and is indistinct except for a gleaming sword and shield emblazoned with the symbol of your deity. And that is Shantaya. Yep. Yes. OK, Any creature hostile to you that moves to a space within 10 feet of the Guardian for the first time on a turn must exceed a deck save. Creature takes 2020 radiant damage on a failed save, or half as much on a successful one. All right, cool. Like try me. Exactly. OK, where would you like the Guardian to go? I don't.

40:09 I don't have a marker. Let me. I have AI, can I can just spawn up a guardian token? We'll just use this. Nope, that's a large creature. Huge. Well, it is large, so. You know what, we're going to use Orban for a marker, so this is going to be your guardian right about. Yeah, right next to me, right. About yeah, right here.

40:50 Yeah, OK. Let's see. And then I don't know if that would immediately then. I don't, yeah. I don't think it would go off because it says when they when it when the hostile creature moves to within a space within 10 feet of the guardian for the first time. So I I it wouldn't it wouldn't trigger because the the the flame forge is already there. OK, so as soon as they do move then? Yeah, yes. I would say if they move whatsoever, yes. Yes. And then sorry, close my. Both of them too, because Guardian is a large creature. Yeah, you're right.

41:40 Hang on, let me let me get rid of orbit. Everybody think about. Orbit both of those areas. All right, so let's. Do this and then we're just going to put a Guardian token down because it's it's a large creature, so we'll just set it right there. Yep, and then I'm going to make a melee spell attack using the. Spirit weapon. OK, where are you going? To which one are you going? To move it to to flame guard D. All right, go ahead and make an attack.

42:25 That is 23. What? 23 damage O23 to hit. Yes, that will hit. OK, all right. So that's 4D3. Sorry, 21 damage. Good God. OK, 21 damage to D OK. Anything else?

43:05 That'll be it. Cool. All right, because there are you still awake? Kinda, kinda. All right, It's your turn. Oh joy, I flip has the man right. None of you saw that. Well, I mean, what you assume is that Flip just, I'm sorry, Flip just kind of poofed out of existence with Corin, leaving you all to fend for yourselves.

43:48 But I did say when I left words. True, but I could also throw a $5.00 bill at you and say here's $1,000,000 and then yeed off. Yeah. Are Dan's going to leave the room? She ain't haven't any of this. OK. She's fine. Nah. So where you are currently, I mean, you're going to take at least one attack of opportunity to get out of the room. That's fine. OK. Hey, 12 to hit.

44:37 Yeah, yeah. No that. Does not hit. Nope. And you'll make it to right about there, all right. Anything else? You can. Use your dash. Yeah, you'll just fuck off, OK. All right? Uh huh. You want make sure. Everyone sees me leave the room like. Well, you wanna can't. Yeah. Say you wanna get me sick. Oh, wait. I'm sorry, Yoanna, I'm not going to charge everybody for this now, but this darkness would move to about here. So actually, well, I mean, it's not going to matter. You won't hit anyway. But OK, All right, Yoanna, you're up.

45:22 Yeah. It's dark in here. Help me it's. So dark I'm my joints are sore. I know I need a hug. Someone like me with I I got burnt for some reason like Oh my God what is happening? What I am I Click to stop. OK, when it's action it just says. Of course. OK, so on occupied space you can see I can't see shit. I can't see shit. I'm gonna run in the, you know, the general direction of which I got attacked by Guard D or whatever. So like, that's the wrong button. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

46:12 You'll just run. Yeah. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, that's fine. So you'll get out of the out of the darkness. Yeah. And you see, you see a flame guard, Osisa and a giant fucking guardian. Well, that's new. And Sebulon just kind of like peeking in the door a little like, hey, I'm out here if I, I'm out here if you guys need anything. Well, I mean, it seems like we're all kind of wandering. We're at the door. Oh, I'm gonna like a I'm gonna move in close to that was happening.

46:56 Yeah, I'm more than enough. Just go next to this guy and then 'cause I'm Oh my God, so many things I'm within. Would I be able to sneak attack? Yeah, I'm, I'm gonna follow the actual rules of sneak attack and you have 3 allies within within range. So yeah, you've got sneak attack. You've you've got sneak attack. In this case, I'm I'm going to need more time. Because the reason I'm not going to name names. So the last time I tried to use sneak attack on something, the person was like, yeah, you can't do that unless you're actually sneaking. I'm like, but the rules say that. Hello.

47:45 I believe it says right here if you don't need advantage on an attack if one of your allies is in five feet. It's what makes the the the like rogue gloom stalker build assassin build so crazy is because you don't need to be hidden necessarily. Yeah, you just need advantage. So I'm going to use Nick and I'm going to again go for two attacks with my dagger. OK, I'm going to have you make your first attack 1st and then give me damage if you succeed on the first one. Well, the first one is only a 17. I'm going to say this, it's going to fail, but give me a damage role.

48:32 OK, I'm going to I'm going to have you have it. The reason I'm going to have you say do this is because he is so focused on Osisa and the Guardian that even though his AC is an 18, I'm going to have you fail forward and do half damage because he's he's got no idea where you are. Gotcha. I just, I just ran out to darkness, you know? Yep, pretty much. That's what you did, yeah. Instead of advantage you have. Yeah, you have. Swan. You have technically 3 allies around him. Right, so the 789. He falls to the floor, dead.

49:18 Oh cool, 'cause 16, Yeah. Yep. OK. And then you may proceed with your second attack if if you wish. And actually there was another place lol. Second attack. Well, who? Yeah, that's The thing is who do you want to? I mean, I don't, I don't have to. You know if you push one of the flame guards within 10 feet of the guardian, they'll just. Attack, right? Yeah, technically if you attempt to, we'll say grapple and drag, but I don't think you have enough movement left. You've already moved I think 23. Well, no.

49:59 Yeah, I have. However I can blessing of the wavering Queen and teleport behind him. I'm guard a if I can see him. Actually, he might be in darkness. I mean, you can attempt to teleport where you think he is. I just see a big black sphere of where I came from, so I kill the guy. I'm going to do this hang out here. Because they're in darkness, I'm going to hide them from you guys. Except for Zebulon. Zebulon knows where they. Are Zebulon does know? Yeah, you're right. So I will.

50:41 I will give you a ping or Zebulon. I'll tell you where they are. I'll tell you right now, they haven't moved, so makes sense. Well, I'm just, I'm assuming that's the guy that hit me. So I'm just kind of like huffing and I'm like, you had it coming. He had it coming, He had it coming. I'd have thrown you out a window if I could. You're lucky at him. You've. Done the same. OK, we're not going to Copyright started. OK anything else from you, Joanna? You do have an attack left, but. I mean, I don't really, I don't really need it. I moved. So I can't do that. I can just I'm just gonna hang out in all these these allies, OK?

51:34 As we're seemingly heading towards the door, maybe all. Right. Next will be Zebulon. So I guess I'd like to start by glancing over my shoulder. Is there anybody else coming up the stairs, or does this look like the last of the resistance? From what you can tell, you can't see any additional. And I'm assuming you're taking your passage here. Yeah. OK. Yeah. The only thing you see. I say the only thing you see is cast a just fucking off. All right, I'm going to summon Baxter between the two remaining guards, and I'm going to twin spell disintegrate. Oh, my God.

52:17 OK. That's beautiful. We got to get out of here. Where's the good boy? He's here somewhere. Dog. I just do. Dog. Yeah. Blink. Dog. Yeah. He's a good boy. Right here again. As of right now, they're here. Possible. Yeah, exactly. OK. And then yeah, I just like kind of .2 fingers and the little beams come out. Disintegrate automatically. Disintegrates a large or smaller. Wait, where is it? A thin green ray springs from your pointed finger that you can see at Target.

53:01 It can be a creature, object, whatever creature talking about the smell must make a deck save. On a failed save, they take 10D6 plus 44th damage. If this reduces the target to zero, it is disintegrated. OK, well this is the ball game right here. I think we'll start with Flame Guard BI. Would argue they get disadvantage. They do get disadvantaged because of Baxter. Baxter, Yeah. Yeah, I, I I'd argue they get disadvantaged anyway because they can't see it coming and it's a deck save. Yeah, but because of if, if Baxter wasn't there, I would agree with you, but I'm not going to give them AAA disadvantage. They the dice landed on top of the OK, here it goes. That's a 10.

53:48 No, that's a 5. So I'm just going to tell you right now based on just the average of that, which is did they have 50 health because that's the minimum. So I'll just kind of break the 4th wall here. B has 67 hit points, so I'm going to have you roll because that's that's way above the minimum. But I have a strong feeling we're about to see Flame Guard B just get Thanos snapped out of this encounter.

54:29 Is there going to be a lot do? 10D6 I can do it here real quick. Known for his crowd control and charming, All of a sudden blows things up. OK, I see two. I see two exploding dice. So that's 34 + 40. That's 74. He's gonna, you're just gonna hear like A and he's just gonna snap out of existence and everything just disintegrates. All right, I'm gonna tell you. Yeah. Flame Guard C He's gonna do the same thing. He's got 28 hit points, and that would disintegrate his armor, so I think the darkness would dissipate too, Correct? Yeah, you are correct. Very, very nice.

55:10 OK. And then this is also good. Voldemorted them on a cadaver. OK, I'm going to say forsake of argument as both of those creatures are disintegrated Flame Guard D. He's like fuck this I I don't get paid enough, I don't get paid enough shit for this. He's going to attempt to fuck off. I need the guardian of Sisa, Yowana and Zebulon to all give me a a tax of opportunity. Yup. Where do you think we're going? OK, apparently wherever you want 'cause I rolled a 14. Flame Guard's going to need to make a deck save against the Guardian.

55:58 Well, I've got Warcaster. I'd like to hit him with that would be a 12. Does that fail? I'm not sure it doesn't list it on here, that's the crazy thing. It would be. Your spell save. It's 8 plus your proficiency plus your spell casting modifier. Yeah. Which I'm assuming because you're a what, 11th level, 12th level clerk it's going to be, it's going to be more than 12.

56:38 Yeah, easily. More than that. So it'll do 20 damage. So it's oops, that's it's still up. Oh, see. So why don't you give me one next? Let's see a 19. Yeah, it hits. All right are. You just giving him like a power to the kisser kind of as as he goes by or. Then what I would do would be a take my quarter staff and just absolutely bomb. On him, Yep, sure. All right. Give me a quarter staff damage. Does that say 0? That says 0.

57:22 I'm going to say it because you hit, you did one damage to them. You just kind of like glanced him. So as I will say that as he's running by you, you you kind of you kind of come right down on him, but you just miss him and just kind of like scrape his back and he gets a sliver. Next, a little back row. Yeah, a little back row with a quarter staff. Joanna, if you want to give me a opportunity attack next take. 2. 22 that hits now DMS in the room. Does she get sneak attack on this because Ossetia's within 5 feet?

58:05 I would argue yeah, yeah. Yeah, I agree. Or. Or a sneak attack a per turn thing. I don't think it's a per per turn thing. Like kind of like a reaction. Right like like some some features and abilities. So you can do this once per turn. It says once per turn. Yes, yeah, yes you can. You use sneak attack as a reaction because it is a once per turn. Yep. Right, but she already had her turn and she used the. Attack right, So it has to it has to reload at her next turn. Right. So she can't do it right now, correct? Yes, that's what I'm saying. OK, so you can go ahead and do normal damage with your dagger, yeah? 10. 10 OK, All right. It's still up. Nothing on. It's up to you. Is he on the brink or does it look like he's going to get away?

58:50 It depends on what kind of damage you can do here. Options are, But I will tell you right now is at the end of his turn. He'll be right here and the door is wide open. So he's going to attempt to fuck off. So I'm going to say this. More than 10 health. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. All right. Well, then I'm going to hit him with a whole person. A whole, a whole person. OK, I thought you said I'm going to hit him with a whole person. I was like, what? Supervised weapon. Improvised, yeah. Yeah, improvised weapon. I'm going to use the woman from the from the office. Grab Osisa by. One arm this guy by the.

59:32 Other arm and clap. Oh my God. No. What? Hold person? The magic spell. OK, that is a what save? Is that a Wisdom? Yeah, DC 20, that is a 25. This car is brilliant. Well, that does nothing then. Cool. All right, so that'll be in the end of his turn. And then next we will go to. Well, actually, that is, I'll use that as his turn. Osisa, it is your turn.

1:00:14 Jeez, I don't know. I mean, at this point, I'm kind of inclined to just let him go. It's not like it's a secret that we're here at this point. We need to get going. But he's seen our face. No. Witnesses. He's seen our face, says the shapeshifter. I knew I like Joanna. OK, so he's held right now. No, no, no, he's, he's actively run. Yep. No, he, he, he succeeded the save. No, he's just terrified. Yeah, I want to check something quick. I just don't know if I can do that. I got us up to 67,000 likes on TikTok. Oh damn Jesus.

1:01:11 Christ. What was that like 16 last I checked? Do I? Still have my. Spiritual weapon. Yes. Oh yeah. OK. So in that case I'll attack with that. OK, give. Me a give me a attack rule please. That was 16. To hit. It does not hit with a 16. Yeah. But he's hanging on like a thread. He's having shit rolls tonight. Are we still doing one at a time or I'm just? You can.

1:01:58 If you have more than one attack, you can attack again. I'll. Try one more time for this spiritual weapon. OK, go for it. Oh my God, no, that's worse. That's worse. That's definitely not going to hit. OK. Anything else? I rolled A3. Yeah. Yeah, all right. Nothing else. Cool. All right, top of the order you want to. I'm chasing after him. Yep. Hell yeah you are. We that'd be long within 5 feet. I don't want to be in the way that I am on top of the. I think not.

1:02:40 Because I got an opportunity attack. I'm going to say you are. I'm going to say he's within, yeah. I'm going to say, well then I'm going to try to let a sneak at that. Game. Sure. Yeah, yeah. That's a night team. That hits. For that one, OK, I'm I'm so dice galore. So that's oh, oh, whoa, Evan Evan 16/20/24. 2024 damage. All right, next attack, not 20.

1:03:26 How do you want to do this, Kelly? That's great. So I'm just, I'm just going on him with my dagger and I, I slash him one way kind of across the chest. And then it didn't work. And so I go across his stomach and kind of got him a little. You're going, you're trying to give him like a reverse. What's that thing? The the, the retro Sebuku, a reverse Sebuku. Just gut him like a fish. All blown cesarean. And he will explode, Patty.

1:04:06 And you need to check your Facebook messages real quick. Oh yeah, absolutely. All right, so with that, I'm just going to get rid of the guardian, the dog. They all just kind of dissipate the guard or the spiritual weapon. It is just the three of you left. Kasdev fucked off. Slip and corn also to what you see fucked off. Everybody has seemed to. Everyone has seemed to go at least two of them their separate ways. 3 of you are left.

1:04:55 Now what would you where would you like to go from there? I I assume that you would just escape the the complex and try to rendezvous where you originally were. Yeah, for sure. Spells are fair game. Now. I would apply friend invisibility to my two friends for fair game. Don't even need to do that for fair game. You all have religions with invisibility. We're going to say that you used that succeed are your throat service for time because we're almost at 3 hours. So as you all rendezvous back to the do I still have that map?

1:05:38 I might. I do as you all. We're going to get rid of him as you all rendezvous back to here. And actually, it's funny. Everybody's on here except who am I missing? Who am I missing? No one. No one. Nope. I can't count. OK, cool. Yep. So you all rendezvous back to where you originally started. Slip talk me through what's going on with you?

1:06:18 Are you? What are you currently doing? Because this is where you want it to end up. What are you currently doing? I will have had Corin subdued and like we're strained, tied up. OK, So is he not, is he not in your hole? He's, he's physically, he's physically still there. Yeah, I didn't want him to suffocate. Sure. No, I understand. So I just, I just want to make sure I I missed your message, so I apologize. But I will immediately look at them and say, wait, was the was that confirmation for my message correct? OK, then yes.

1:07:03 But I'll immediately look at everybody and be like, did anybody remember my whole? How could we forget your whole? We talk about it all the time. But but did anybody pick it up? Oh, I didn't shit. Where was your hole? It was on the ground. Oh well, I'll have to buy another one. OK, Kaz Daya. Whoops, that's the wrong one. Holy shit.

1:07:44 What that was the wrong token as they are. You just kind of back here too. You're just kind of like you're just kind of like fuck this. And you just, yeah, that's what I that's what you guys. Along Daisy, honey, you cannot he's. Ugly. He's ugly. He's ugly, No? He cannot have a spotlight right now. There you go, No Kaze is leaning against a tree. Just like, what the fuck took you guys so long? At least somebody listened to my my recommendation It's. Kind of hard to get out of the place when we're surrounded by the guards. That's why I made it.

1:08:26 Fart, I thought I told you not to make a scene. Has they is going to stiffen? I specifically said. I specifically said do not cause a scene. You tell me it's going to stare up and show me anyone that thinks there was a scene. There was. Pretty sure they're all dead. There was an air raid siren and there are multiple casualties inside the complex. I warned you what would happen if you did this improperly.

1:09:06 And he will appear right behind Osisa and you will see him snap his fingers and a cease. It will just blink out of existence. You know, put her back. What was that? Put her back, please. Or what? Please or what? Look, they were guards. There was no way we could get around the guards. Do they know? Do you know? Isaiah is just going to go silent. They don't know, do they?

1:09:57 Well, maybe I should tell them. I know. And he will. But you're a little bitch. He will snap his fingers, and Jesse, you will be held in restrained quiet. I want to save peasant. Do you know I? Want to make a save? Do you OK? What do I roll? Against hold person. I think that's wisdom.

1:10:37 Sure, 23. You fail. Darted Mind If you fail an Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma saving thrill, you can cause yourself to succeed instead. OK, he will do it again. Hey, just because you did it once and then you have to do it again doesn't mean you're super cool. You still had to try twice. Do you know the truth? Stop. Or what?

1:11:23 Leave them alone, Nero. So they didn't do anything besides I guess set off and hear a siren. Really. Not so, Castle. So you mean that they failed in keeping this quiet? In fact, they did the exact opposite. To be fair, they were really quiet. The siren maybe not so much. You realize? I see. All right, Castella, I watched your friend slip over there, grab and throw.

1:12:09 Oh, I'm. I'm very sorry. You're right. Your acquaintance toss a guard out of a third story window. I would like to know how that is discreet. You didn't say discreet, you said quiet. Kasda, you know what I meant. Kasda is going to kind of turn and glare. At slip. Am I still held? Yo? Yeah. Let me talk. I think it in.

1:12:51 My head because I know he can hear it let me talk I. Can fix it. You'll hear back. There's nothing to. Fix the mission's not. Over. You want it quiet, I'll go clean up. Anyone. Else. And I'll do it alone so you don't lose any more of your pawns. Oh, these aren't. They're pawns. Oh, he's a bat. Joanna's over here, just like bandaging her arm. Pulling the arrow out.

1:13:34 Who's this guy? I mean I. Was just sent to meet up with you all so. No. Oh, Sisa will be. Held until you arrive. Because again, you don't know how to follow orders. So what will it be? Kasdea will. You tell them, or shall I?

1:14:16 Kasdea's just kind of. Scoff and look away. I think I have my answer. Zebulon, Slip, Joanna. I think it's time you know the. Truth about your. Beloved. Kasdea, you remember when? We met at the Frost line. Tower correct. Zebulon slip course, I think I can't. Talk you can. Speak in your mind.

1:15:04 I think it's time that you know. Because of course you. Know what you heard? You know what you've been. Told. But is that really the truth? And as you. As he says that Zebian and Slip, I will say Joanna. Have y'all ever seen Black Mirror? Which one? The movie, The episode, or which episode there's? An episode where they all go into a. Video game, they have this thing on their head and their their eyes. Go kind of glossy as they see a completely different reality yeah that kind of happens where all of a sudden the. World in front of you. Is just kind of clouded and a white cloud kind of takes over your vision and you see all of a sudden Neros and Kazdea within the frost line tower. And you hear this.

1:15:58 There is one more condition and it will decide whether this. Ends now, I wouldn't expect that reaching success with something like this would go. Without a condition, speak it. When this breaks, it must look like you took me. Not persuaded, not tempted, Taken. You want to create a lie that Shields you? I want the lie to shield them. The party cannot know I. Chose this. I want the light to shield them. The party cannot know I chose this. They will stop listening and start watching. That path places you directly. Between every blade in the room, I already live there. 'Cause there there's no.

1:16:42 Way. Come back from this once. It begins. There never was a way back, only different. Directions to. Fall, are you afraid? Yes. Of me. No Of. Agreeing. With you and. Being right. And it seems we're afraid of the same thing, say. Yes, or send me away. I will not. Erase your memory. Good. Do not insult me by offering. I. Will not forget choosing this. If I doubt myself later, I want that doubt to be mine. You do understand that remembering we'll. Make this heavier. It needs to be heavy if this is.

1:17:24 Easy. It is a lie. Then the pact finds action, not memory. You. Remember everything, but you cannot reveal the agreement or act on it openly until the terms are fulfilled. A vow with teeth. A vow. Anchored in consequence. Break it and the power withdraws violently. Fear keeps me honest. That works. You will still hate me. I need to. If I stop. They will notice. Seems we're in mind now the. Lie we sell, You want me to take? You the launch.

1:18:08 Tower publicly. And unmistakably, I fight you with. Everything I have, I lose. There will be no hesitation, no mercy they can point to later. And when they move toward you, you stop them. Immediately. Fear first negotiation. 2nd, I'll demand a favor vague enough to dread. Concrete enough? To accept without understanding the cost and when they agree, you returned me immediately. Bound. Gagged. Bruised. No time to explain or soften the image, huh? They'll believe that they saved you. They need to relief Locke's belief. In place.

1:18:55 And and you will choose to still. Remember everything. Yes, and I will hate you for making. Me carry it good. What about Orion? Orion stays out of. Sight untouched. And unclaimed. And when they ask what you did to me? You tell them the truth, the. Binding the pain. The violation? But not the choice, never the choice. This places. You between me and them. Permanently. That is a job I am taking. You will come back changed.

1:19:37 I have to if I do not the lie. Collapses. You will receive new power. Yes. But also new suspicion I can survive that and what if? You. Decide this is wrong, then I live with it. I do not. Rewrite myself to escape. Responsibility. That, Kazdea, is why I trust you. More than I should. Don't stand still. Do not soften it. I won't. For Orion. For truth, for now.

1:20:19 For. As long. As this lie holds. And as the vision. Fades Caste is now. Standing in. Between all of you and Neros with a chain around her. Neck leading to. Neros and his hands, he goes. That's right, Castea has made a a choice and she belongs to me. And he will yank down on the chain, forcing Kazdea to her knees. So do we have an understanding now of where we stand? And.

1:21:16 Slip. At this point he will dissipate the whole person. But you're Neros, yes? Yeah. Yeah, in this in this sense. Oh, that's me asking it because. I, I'm sorry, meet them at the tower. I wasn't. Ever at the tower? Sure. Oh, so you're Neros? Yes, I'm Neros. Huh. I mean she made a choice good for her. Conviction is everything.

1:22:01 I've known every action you take because of our. Mutual. What was it? Castea Acquaintances so. I'll say one more time. Discretion. Will be followed. Otherwise in a circle forms underneath Kazdea and flames just rise up and begin to burn Kazdea. She begins to her skin begins to singe and crackle with the heat.

1:22:47 Otherwise, is this magic fire because I'm. This is This is. Patron. Fire. We'll call it you. Don't. It's it's a, it's a higher. Level of Fair enough, yeah. Otherwise I I lose a subject that I happen to agree with and. And. Seem to. Follow what she believes. Almost as if we're 1. Of the same mind.

1:23:33 So on a. Check to try to understand to see if I. Understand. What happened behind the scenes from like the control and chain perspective? Sure, Yeah. If you pick up what I'm putting down, yeah, give me an Arcana check and I tell you what give. Me either Arcana or an. Insight check. I think insight would probably be a better 128. Yeah. So you can determine based on the chain, this is a a a very special looking chain, a very almost like a forged in fire for the specific. And you basically have this understanding that Kezdea now answers to Neros as a patron, almost like a warlock patron. So I say one more time.

1:24:24 Discretion will be. Followed or another will pay the consequence. And he will yank. Up on the chain to force Castea to her feet. The chain will dissipate and he will shove Castea towards Zebulon. Are we understood if? We define discretion because it seems like there was a misunderstanding. I don't understand what's so do not make a scene. Do not I, I, I, I. You must be of very low intellect.

1:25:09 Because I just. I don't know how much clearer I can make this. How does? A magistrate go missing with no. Scene to be made that's not my responsibility when your. Party agreed to this. They understood the mission. They understood as precious agents. What happens if he dies? I guess we would have to find. Out, wouldn't we? Now you have a long journey ahead of you and I suggest you find a new healer because O Sisa is not available at the moment.

1:26:02 Please leave a message and he will blink out of existence and. That's where we're going to end. Tonight's episode of Crit happens here on. Spotify and iTunes. Oh boy, that was I was that guy. That was a doozy. Whoever fought up a character like that's a Dick. Whoever. Thought about that character. 'S a Dick. I feel like if I had mouthed off to him. Like that I would have got a fireball. He would have gotten 20 fireballs. Yeah, I feel like I was being given a little grace because I never actually met him. Correct. Yeah, yeah, he's yeah. So the very first thing. I said to this group was Neros is waiting. So like.

1:26:45 Well. So that's going to do it for tonight's. Episode. Stick around for Nat 20 and. Unwind coming up here in just a moment. Next on our list from everybody here at the P3 Podcast Network, I am Spencer Hart. We will see you next time. Bye bye, bye, bye, bye.