hello one and all and welcome to role in
the family presents the slumbering
forest I'm your humble Dungeon Master
Brennan Lee Mulligan and we're so excited to
bring you a brand new adventure with
some family-friendly games of Dungeons
and Dragons we have a bunch of friends
here three different families grownups
and kids alike to come play a game of
Dungeons and Dragons to raise funds for
Direct Relief specifically for a
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adventure
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and being real-life heroes IRL as I said
before my name is Brandon Lee mulligan
I'll be the dungeon master for this
adventure and I would love to introduce
before we introduce our fantastical
characters let's introduce our amazing
players ray Dave I'll kick it over to
you first if you want to introduce
yourself and your wonderful family uh
hang on let's see I gotta take my
reflection here cool be Dave Walters
apparently I played Ben
and Dragons about 90 hours a week my one
regret is that I cannot play 91 hours a
week I do you want them to introduce
their characters yet adjust themselves
adjust ourselves so we could say hi to
everybody in you over there my youngest
child what's your name my name is Kalyan
and I am B Dave whatõs doddle you over
here my look at that smooth transition
hi I'm Lexie Walters and I am meeting
Walters eldest daughter
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Kelly I'll turn it over to you hi I'm
Kelly Knox I'm a freelance writer at a
few places star wars IGN artist and this
is my first indie live stream but every
really enjoying playing D&D lately over
here yes I did it that's Maddie so I'll
let her introduce herself hi I'm Maddie
I really like Kermit and I'm her
daughter
I think that leaves me pressure Adam we
all got the point right that's all I'm
saying well yeah I had to play around
with it at the bottom of my frame to see
if I could do it I'm still not quite
sure if this is gonna work but I am Adam
Bradford I'm the VP of tabletop at
fandom co-founder of dandy Beyond and
this over here
yes on Luke Luke Bradford son of Adam
Bradford wonderful well thanks what'd
you say hi everybody so this is a
function we'll be doing not only to
raise funds for a very worthwhile cause
but also while we're all being very
responsible and diligent and doing
making sure that we're quarantine in
washing our hands taking care of our
fellow human beings by being as
responsible as possible we wanted to
show that yes Dungeons and Dragons
it could be played not only with the
pals but also with your family members I
have played with many of my family
members for many many years it is a
family affair here and so without
further ado I think would be jumping
right in to our adventure ooh boy
picture now in your mind if you can a
realm of sweeping fantasy where pegasi
fly across a sky of white clouds and
cerulean blue as two moons hang in the
sky that's one extra warning people we
see a glittering coast with white sails
and gulls calling in the breeze as we
need to send upon the port of sapphires
which is a glittering marketplace with
open-air markets and there are magical
piles of gems being sold by bugbear
merchants there are sailors with strange
magic runes and floating stones around
their head giving natural properties to
them a bustling trade city in a magical
land filled with sorcery and fairy tales
and all manner of strange beings at the
very top spire of the port of sapphires
is the castle of prince amon Waverider
who is the lord of the sapphire port
overlooking the beautiful docks of
devlin the cream and peach sandstone
colors of this hot warm climate this
port city glow in the late afternoon
light with evening approaching and we
see that trumpets blare and courtiers
and men-at-arms wearing sort of
resplendent blue and white wave crested
tunics look out over the bustling
courtiers assembling as a council of
heroes has been called yes indeed
from across the vast landscapes of Lyra
seven powerful heroes have been called
to attend at the behest of prince amon
and the powers that be
in the realms of Lyra for a matter of
grave consequence as trumpets blare
overhead a vast outdoor staircase of
this creamy stone ascends to a somewhat
outdoor colonnade there is a large stone
pagoda but with open columns that the
sea breeze can sweep through the throne
room
so the throne room looks almost like an
ancient Greek temple where it is open to
the sky and the rest of the city
overhead and we see the old prince Amon
Waverider a man whose wears resplendent
gold and blue robes sitting in his
throne overlooking as the heroes begin
to come there are dozens maybe even
hundreds of courtiers and men-at-arms
too very bustling big city however a lot
of respect is given in a lot of space
given to the seven heroes that now
approach one by one I would love
everybody here to introduce your
character and as you reduce your
character please tell us your
character's name their class and race
and also what they look like and what
they are doing as they walk up the steps
if they are speaking to anybody or sort
of how they look or how they feel as
they're walking up the steps we can go
one by one and we'll go ahead and Sonny
we'll start with actually our friend
from we'll start with the contingent
from the far north so we're gonna start
with talisman and hatch first if you'd
be so kind
alright I'm playing talisman I human
sword sage monk from the northern lands
and as he's he's wearing just some warm
stuff because you know it's it's pretty
cold up there and as he walks up he's
kind of keeping to himself hand on his
weapon and I'm playing I'm from kind of
everywhere
and I'm God like this groovy gold and
black and I cast Alma Turkey so that my
voice booms so that everyone can hear it
and I just say hey be cool that walk by
thundering out over the vast steps of
Prince Amin's castle
go ahead date him give me a persuasion
check with advantage due to your
authority spell
lucky for that advantage otherwise we
would have been off to a poor stuff that
is an 18 ah the voice of this mystical
total rings out over the assembled
peoples here and you see the captain of
the guard bangs the butt of his poll arm
twice into the ground boom boom and says
you have all heard the mystical total
hatch be cool or there shall be grave
consequences
no did I misunderstand you want the
people will be punished fiercely if they
are less than cool no no just take it
easy I I'm sorry I misunderstood boom
all present shall take it easy or they
shall face the gallows on the morrow a
loser am I not getting me something I'm
so sorry will workshop it let's go tell
his men hatch and talisman walk along
you see that this captain of the guard
tells me she walked by seize you with
your hand resting on your blade and says
hail northerner be wary of your cleric
friends words you two must be cool in
these coming days
Oh trust me I will be cool and the two
of you walk forward the next two people
that start coming up the staircase are
two ambassadors from the Elven folk
Trinity and Ren would you guys tell us
your character's names race and class
and then what they look like and also
sort of what they're doing or how
they're feeling as they're walking it
mysterious so all right now
Trinity's name is she's a water for
Angel and while she's walking up though
she's talking Lowen and she has like two
long black boys in Ohio and was a green
and brown dress awesome very cool and
RAM is a half elf druid she has dark
leather on a lot of pouches around her
waist and belts and poking out her a
bunch of maps star maps Crystal's spell
components that sort of stuff and she's
nodding at Trinity and looking around
and she has short black hair with a lot
of leaves on in it so she's kind of like
trying to get her leaves out of her hair
and straighten up because she's noticing
the surroundings are a lot nicer than
what she's used to
wonderful you to arrive at the top of
the staircase and you see that there is
a tall very wise she's not old but
there's a tall very like gaunt wise
looking woman she has her hair cut very
short to her head and you recognize her
in these deep indigo robes holding on to
a white staff this is xariah the master
of storms
she is the arc mage of the port of
sapphires and one of the key advisors to
Prince Amon um you would both knows
Araya very well she deeply respects the
wisdom of the elven Foulke and also
knows that you two have traveled the
most
slumbering forest she speaks with even
though she is called the master of
storms her attitude you know is very
much like the weather of the sea where
she spends 99% of the time being very
gentle and calm but her wrath knows no
bounds if she has her anger raised but
right now she's feeling very very calm
and she looks me and says my dearest
friends Ren and Trinity you honor us
once again with your presence here in
the port of sapphires I trust that your
journey here was easy is there anything
I can offer you to eat or drink upon
your arrival here do you require rest or
healing just now you see if she says
self-reliant as always I'm happy to hear
that and I hope you don't take this as
judgment the only reason I ask is
because Ren you've got a lot of twigs
and leaves in your hair right yet
there's one there's one right up this
one right up here you know what you got
actually it's good you got it that's
good and you see that xariah turns to
you Trinity and says as always Trinity
the braids lovely they're exquisite they
look they look perfect do you do those
yourself or do you get them done
somewhere no I do them myself i goodness
fabled elven dexterity it's incredible
you see xariah puts a caring arm on your
shoulder and walks with you into the
throne room finally coming up the steps
last of all is a very strange group
indeed and you can hear that the tone of
the assembled people here in the port of
sapphires shifts a little bit into
hushed murmurs and small pointing and
things like that as a very magical
contingent of people has come an envoy
from
the slumbering forest itself will de
Moura Michel and Barnaby please
introduce themselves tomorrow take it
away
okay so de maras tiefling paladin she
has red skin and her horns her horns are
really long and she has like a long tail
as well and she's just walking out like
holding her sword like behind her back
like she always does and she looks
really brave and like alert because she
always is awesome and Michael what's
Michael doing I like Michael he's a
crown wizard so a frog wizard he's a
green frog and he has a very badly made
pointing with her hat on with black
round glasses and a big blue mountain
road he got lost in the summer rain
forest one time and then just ended up
getting a horse from so he's just
walking up normally looking around being
a little intimidated at this point you
see Barnaby who is a satyr warlock that
is taking up the rear a little bit but
he's also walking with a very large boar
beside him and he is kind of leaning on
the boar at this point is that man it
had to be stairs
so many stairs oh my goodness I have I
haven't told you before that stairs I
just I I don't trust them they're always
up to something
I and then he continues to talk and as
he is that as he starts on the stairs
the clip-clop of his hooves is so loud
that everything that he say it's just
getting drown out and he's having a
full-blown conversation with his boar
companion and Ally here as he's cresting
the stairs but not not a word is heard
because of the sound of his hooves
Beauford the boar who is not just he is
like a full giant boar you know he is
maybe like five and a half or six feet
tall the shoulder goes my Lords gonna be
yes very much sir these stairs clearly
some kind of the fangled human trap a
natural that the ground should be cut at
right angles like this do you worry that
they've done some sort of strange magic
to make the ground so sharp and at these
strange turns you can see piggledy which
way in that the human world is is really
really strange beautiful that's all I
can tell you and and I hear you kid it's
it's really strange and we're gonna have
to be on our best behavior here but also
on top of our guard because who knows
what they're gonna have to say to us
here because people aren't used to us
kind of folks in this place Dave yes
when I see them warily whispering about
the suspicious nature of the stairs I
used our maturity again to make strange
whispers come out of the stairs just
Duford is immediately tricked because
the chairs themselves are talking I knew
there is nothing more sinister than work
stone you say that Barnaby is unaffected
because he is used to everywhere he goes
hearing strange voices whispering all
around him it's completely unaffected as
you guys around the top of the staircase
demora you walk up the stairs and you
notice a lot of people as you to the top
there is the captain of the guard you
see the captor the guard looks at you in
regards you with strange wonder and you
can hear people whispering that's
tomorrow she's the champion of the
underworld what's she doing here in the
realms above and you see that there's a
couple of members of various leaders
various like priests and clerics who are
sort of shocked that you're here leaves
you there's just as many warriors who
kind of look like they're fanboying out
and maybe you want to go ask for your
Graff you see there's a lot of them -
that's - oh she she's the tiefling
paladin of the underworld
what does demora do as she hears these
whispers and you don't think they've
noticed that you've noticed I just
ignored them cuz they think I can't hear
them but they actually can you dismiss
them and you get to the top all seven if
you get to the top and xur I the master
of storms she spreads her arms wide and
says welcome one and all heroes of Lyra
thank you for answering the call so
quickly uh you guys hear a noise behind
you amongst the courtiers which are sort
of like they're unarmed but they're
dressed very richly sort of fancy
nobility you hear a woman sort of burst
into sobs and you see a much older woman
with her gray hair in a big kind of
poufy high hairdo lots of jewels burst
into sobs Michael you recognize this
this is what do you think Michael would
have a distant relative in the nobility
or a close relative distant so you see
your great-aunt
you're not from nobility but your
great-aunt married into nobility this is
the lady
Higgins be and you see she bursts into
tears and says lady hey lady
calm it down it's an improvement I
assure you the forest never did anything
bad to anybody
yeah ankle is just fine look at that
nice green glow rebuffed by especially
like these sort of magical authorities
and these traveling heroes but you see
that she says she's been reprimanded by
a man
no pants on you see that she ever worn
pants you see she says it's I know that
my great nephew has a golden heart but
he wants to be married off and now he's
a frog
she looks mean since Michael I know that
you are a talented wizard have you done
any research into being able to turn
yourself back into a man he shaking his
head and he tell her that he prefers
being a frog more since it's fun she
crosses her eyes and goes faints back
and is caught by some of the guards as
you the sort of commotion goes up you
hear a very soft but resonant voice say
quite enough excitement for just now and
the crowd parts and you guys see a
carpet is laid out in front of you and
there's a small dais that has been
covered in small glittering sort of mica
shells and seaside blossoms for you to
ascend to to face the throne of Prince
Amon and Chris Amon says come forward
heroes of liar and kicks the leaves and
sticks on the ground behind her like
yeah bashfully going up you guys
alight on top of the dais Prince Eamon
smiles all of you and you can sense a
deep gratitude that you have come to
answer this call and he begins to speak
more to the assembled Nobles and
merchants and guards rather than to you
as he is well aware that you guys all
know what the deal is
you see he says
friends of the Port of sapphires nobles
merchants warriors as well you all know
almost eighteen years ago the kingdom of
kaverley was put under a dreadful curse
by the queen of dusk there was a failure
in rural etiquette by the king and queen
Leonor and Laura Bell of the kingdom of
cavalry to invite all four of the fairy
Queens to the naming day of their
newborn son the infant Prince Lyon they
had invited the queen of midnight the
queen of dawn and the queen of midday
but the queen of dusk was forgotten and
thus on the naming day of their infant
son did she curse Caverly and thus the
slumbering forest was born the enchanted
woodlands of Caverly that had stood for
an age and age and age long passed grew
and covered the castle and all of the
fields and farmlands of Caverly until
the lands of Lyra grew dominated by the
presence of this enchanted accursed
forest the queen of dust my home he's
just kind of like talking to you from
that's our home he's talking about see
Buford says it's slightly cuz the
property values have gone through the
floor but there but still it's a nice
place
some people like cobwebs in their day :
I do too you see that Prince a man
speaks up and says almost eighteen years
ago the queen of dusk spoke her prophecy
saying that if Prince Lionel had not
returned to wake his mother and father
from the curse of sleeping
that all the realms of Lyra would fall
asleep forevermore
it is but seven days until the birthday
of Prince Lionel who has been vanished
since the day of his name and has not
been found and thus has it fallen to
those of us that steward the realms of
Lyra to see what can be done and if the
slumbering forest may be saved and the
realms of Lyra along with it and the
curse finally lifted we speak now to
heroes from the north heroes from the
mystic arts ambassadors of the elven
Fulk champions of the underworld and
even a denizen of the slumbering forest
itself travelers you have been asked to
come here to give your wisdom but I
would ask you now if you have wisdom to
share or if maybe you would have acts of
heroism to share as well a hatch
hatch bells in bells by his legs sink
down into his shell in his head sinks
into his shell and I stand up and I say
hey I got it in a kiss Michael on the
head fully expecting Michael to turn
into the lost Prince thank ya Prince
Lionel Hey hmm I thought that'd work I
just you're muted minute
hey I just sort of get back Barnaby
starts to just kind of trace some runes
in the air very subtly and then he casts
minor illusion on Hatch's lips to put
like a few giant warts all over his kind
of the snapping turtle beak that he has
there you see the moment that so yeah
how do you feel to see this illusion on
your face from Barnaby Buford the moment
that hatch goes in for the kiss his eyes
go wide and he goes mark Jove it's going
to work and then nothing happens at all
Buford looks at you hatch and says
master hatch I really thought that was
going to happen for a moment I mean
wouldn't that have been so easy you see
that Prince a man looks at you and says
I also do not wish to speak on behalf of
those who have journeyed in the
slumbering forest before and may no more
than myself the question remains rumors
of the slumbering forest or that it is a
place of great danger in great magic
many that go in there do not come out
and instead fall into deep slumber
or if they do return they do not return
in the same form they wore going in I
would not ask any of you to tread
lightly there but as you are some of our
realms greatest heroes I would ask is
there anything you know and would you be
willing to enter the forest once more
yeah I would that's my hangout spot I go
there often to explore the ruins within
would you love to go again I mean it's
already my home so III kind of like
sleep anyway and and yeah I do a lot of
it but I woke up for this so that that's
what I'm gonna do you see that the the
captain of the guard Trinity as you say
it's your hangout spot you see the
captain of the guard sort of goes as
like a hundred different like dispatches
of soldiers have gone and immediately
like run screaming from the forest so he
says well must be some great hero to
have been able to go and hang out in the
slumbering forest full of monsters
ghouls and goblins all you see that
seraya the master of storms looks out
and says
for those that have not traveled there
before such as the hero of the north
talisman is there we would not require
you to go is it is a place of great
danger no matter how brave those that
the elven Foulke may be but we do need
some solution to the crisis that now
faces us it is my duty so I feel good
the only thing I can say is the only
thing that is certain is uncertainty so
we will just have to see for ourselves
your mystical pronouncement you see that
masters Araya raises one eyebrow the
captain of the guard scratches his
helmet and goes the only certainties
that's deep man you see that lady
Higgins be who has become unfeigned 'add
at this point stands up and and goes
your highness prince amon whatever
wealth my house can offer to fund this
expedition we shall offer is there any
possibility that my great nephew Michael
could journey back to the forest and
become unfrocked if any distinct
possibility you see that bastard's Araya
makes an expression she often doesn't
make which is she kind of does it she's
sort of like shrugs and goes I suppose
it's magically speaking the possibility
wizard Michael it seems that becoming
unfrocked which I don't think is the
technical definition or or or
nomenclature is not something you would
desire but as a wizard is there anything
we need to fear from the slumbering
forest for sending an expedition
I don't think so but I would prefer to
be a bigger frog that'd be cool I could
be like the ultimate from you see that
lady his B just goes clutches her face
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you see that another Noble steps forward
this one who's wearing a symbol of sort
of this like the god of the sea steps
forward and says your highness prince
amon as the scion of house chesterfield
i cannot help but notice that standing
amidst these number of heroes is a hero
of great renown but also a hero of some
ill repute you see that Barnaby looks at
our Beaufort looks up a new Barnaby and
says but all that I don't think they're
talking about you I wouldn't bow just
yet why the heavens not you see that the
leader of a special field says heavens
is exactly right do we not feel that it
may anger the gods but a champion of the
underworld has been brought here you see
some hushed whisperings go along and you
see that a couple people look over at de
Moura standing there with this enormous
great sword on her back when they do
that head hits the matter gee again to
cause us faint tremor under everyone
yeah you see that masters Araya looks
offended that de Maura's like heroism
has been questioned but de Moura you see
that Sariah
makes eye contact with you and she gives
you a kind look where she basically she
looks at you in a way that she's like I
want to speak up on your behalf but I
don't want to speak over you if you'd
rather defend yourself does de Moura
lets Araya speak for her or does de mora
speak on her own
I speak on my own behalf and like Damara
just like looks around real quickly and
says even though I look like a big scary
monster I'm here to help
um you see that as you say that the
tremor fades and Zarya smiles at you and
you see that the the Lord who's spoken
he's kind of like hangs his head and
embarrassment and sort of says of course
of course I I meant no disrespect and
you see that the Prince says the
intention does not matter in this case
master of house Chesterfield we are
blessed to have the champion de Moura
here and on behalf of the Port of
sapphires we thank you for coming here
you see oh sorry Lexi I think you're
muted right now so you guys see that
Prince Eamon says then the quest is
settled we have our seven heroes um you
guys see that Prince Eamon turns to the
master of storms xariah and says sir aya
will you speak now on behalf of what you
have learned psoriasis yes highness
the prophecy was clear the queen of dusk
spoke and said that if Prince Liam Moone
did not return to wake the king and
queen then slumber would befall all the
realms of Lyra in my study of prophecy I
believe that there may be a possibility
that if the king and queen can be awoken
by someone other than Prince Lionel that
perhaps the curse may be averted in that
way or at the very least it may not
solve the problem of the slumbering
forest but it may save the realms of
Lyra beyond and as we have seen the
denizens of the slumbering forest
do not necessarily agree that the
slumbering forest needs safe it's not so
bad I mean it really is a pretty
charming place when you get used to it
and what are we talking about here to
wake the king and queen lady is it like
just kind of like a little little smack
across the cheek or we're talking
something a little more in-depth than
that you see that seraya looks up at you
and says the inscription of the prophecy
is lost in the dread castle of de
nemours the words of the queen of dusk
were transcribed exactly at the moment
of her pronouncement but as the years
passed on and those original stone
tablets were left behind the exact
wording of the prophecy was forgotten so
I am afraid that we must send you into
the heart into the eye of the storm
itself before you can discover the
solution to the curse we know that the
answer lies within the castle but by the
time you arrive there you must hope that
you have the ability to unmake it
because the exact prophecy itself has
been lost you oh sorry hatch go for it
I would like to inside check her just to
see if there's something she's not
saying oh go for it give me an insight
check and leans over to Trinity while
this is happening as you see it's like
another treasure hunt that is a 24 very
wise turtle an astute observer of people
very humble too okay I'm gonna tell
something pretty intense to hatch right
now the master of storms xariah is lying
to you but you do not sense malice in
her lie what you sense is that this
quest may in fact be doomed from the
outset that this stone tablet with the
rest of the
see on it um is not something she is
certain exists and maybe is even
something she made up however the reason
that she's making it up is not
necessarily because she has a diabolical
plan it's because there it's because she
is hoping you will find something in the
forest because otherwise all hope is
truly lost
when H looks at her and says
yeah no problem and I give her a huge
dramatic wink like incredible you guys
hear another voice coming from the group
of officials gathered by the foot of
Prince Eamon stone you see that there is
a gnome in deep in deep burgundy red
robes with a belt of gold who steps out
and a long braided beard this gnome
stuff you recognize him as Viserys who
is an advisor to Prince Eamon along with
xariah so this is Araya as the master of
storms and then there's this Eris is
another advisor the gnome steps forward
and says your highness prince amon of
the port of sapphires I am extremely
grateful for the assembling of the
heroes here however moments before
arriving at court
I bring wonderful tidings you see Prince
in a sort of furrows his brows and he
suit xariah kind of skulls and looks at
this gnome speaking and you see he turns
opens his arm why arms wide and says
fear not brave denizens of the realms of
Lyra for indeed Prince lion-o has
returned and you guys all look behind
you see the crowd gasps a sort of Gaunt
looking human man steps out he sort of
has like a slat a little bit of slack
jaw and not not a very strong chin kind
of just goes like from his mouth to his
neck he was like a little bold cut of
like blond hair and his wearing armor
that is like one's like maybe two size
is too big for him so he's kind of
clanking along
you see he steps forward and you see he
looks at all of you people gasp and look
astounded uh he I guess he could still
be seventeen but he looks a little bit
older than that you see he says hello
people it is I Prince Lionel of
carefully I have the chance just in time
to fulfill the prophecy uh are you
joking with me with this chump you see
that that as everyone gasps hear that as
you Sarah says Oh dreadful to say to
speak not how to turn don't you see that
the prophecy has come to pass real quick
as people are gasping and shouting and
muttering um you seven up on the dais
have a second to talk with each other
real quick as this big uproar has
happened what are the seven if you guys
say to each other up on the dais
I can see if he's lying shut
hey you northerner yeah yeah that tall
drink of water they're like haven't you
haven't you studied this for like years
or something didn't you say that on
weigh-in could this really be this guy
very doubtful second you see you guys
see xariah as there's this big uproar
happening Sariah is actually going to
use the message can trip um to talk with
you guys
silently kind of like telepathically
real quick you guys all hear her sort of
calming voice in your mind you see she
says heroes of Lyra do you believe this
to be the Prince Lionel of capital II
let me ask I walk over to the guy and I
can zona truth don't lie Barnaby sees
this going on and he recognizes the
spell and he takes one little step back
[Laughter]
cross-legged on the ground and we go and
look into a pouch get some some little
berries and snacks out in distance just
watching the show specifically Zona
truth he is debita charisma 13 in in
within 15 feet of me if no one can
consciously lie you can be wrong about
things but you cannot consciously lie
incredible so he gets a -2 to charisma
saving for us let's see how he does he's
crossed you see he looks up you see he
looks horrified as you cast this spell
summon the force of truth you see he
looks up at you yeah I will tell you
right now he rolled a natural one
and he looks at you and says and says um
he says you are right to question me I
know that I do not strike the figure of
a heroic Prince but sadly Prince I am I
am the lost Lionel of kaverley I spent
my life not knowing I was raised by a
fishmonger in a fishing village and only
very recently was I told that actually I
was adopted and I I am very important
friends I don't know very much about
sword fighting and I am very afraid of
everything but I will be only too happy
to serve my prophetic responsibilities
I'm so scared
Barnaby whispers over to Buford at this
one I sense an escort quest coming on
and I just really ain't feeling it I put
my arm around him and I found maturity
again to make my voice loud and I go hey
Prince Lionel and like and you you pull
his hand up and you can see kind of
shout says he was worried that he's
gonna be hurt no one's ever held his
hand up before and you see he looks out
the crowd kind of Wang Lee cheers um and
you see that you guys actually anyone
here who wants to roll an insight check
I just believe everything critical myth
no yeah awesome
let me know if anyone okay let me know
if anyone gets above a 15 20 to 22 from
Ren
Renne you notice that this saris the
gnomish advisor is about to speak again
sort of you see that he is smiling very
broadly at Prince Lionel see he's about
to speak again
Jiraiya notices you noticing him winks
at you and says then it is settled
thanks to the quick work of the advisors
the saris for discovering Prince Lionel
we have assembled a royal escort here
for the Prince to Shep you see Buford
under his breath goes ooh um I hate
being always right you see that
[Music]
Sariah says the heroes shall accompany
Prince Lionel on this quest to ensure
that this the true Prince of Caverly as
we all now can be certain will make it
safely to the dread castle of dinner
mourn the slumbering forest for tonight
a feast and on the morrow our heroes set
forth awesome as people begin to shout
and be jolly and joyful you guys see
that a big spread gets set out let me
know what your characters do during the
feast or if there's anything you guys
want to investigate or explore or anyone
you want to talk to during the feast I
want to explore the feast in exquisite
detail and I want to find whatever
utensils are the largest that I can find
and if I can't find any that satisfy my
needs my hands are pretty large utensils
and just plop down wherever the most you
know fantastic part of the spread is and
I start trying to move benches or chairs
or whatever it is to make sure that
Buford has a spot next to me and I'm
just kind of shoveling things onto a
plate that then gets eclipsed by all the
food
kind of start spilling out onto the
table and then you know ultimately I
think I wouldn't be doing anything for
Buford and since he doesn't have
opposable thumbs
I imagine he's just kind of looking
they're sad for a little while and it's
a good five minutes before he says
anything or before I realized he has no
food in front of him and then I finally
like get him an apple and set it in
front of him who accepted says where he
says look I'm not going I don't want to
be rude but an apple really one one
Apple look at your plate it's enormous
III thought that's what you your kind
ate I mean I've seen like when we eat
your kind it's like you have an apple in
the mouth right I like this Apple I'm
still going to eat it because I'm hungry
but I resent the whole situation it
would be a little strange for me to give
you some of this fat back or some bacon
you know it's so inappropriate yes I can
see potato salad over there I can see
other stuff this looks tasty you see
that yeah you and Buford begin to heat
much of the Apple and you were just
shoveling food I mean these human lands
are no are no slumbering forest but the
meal is very much not bad
how about anyone else does anyone else
doing any export yeah talisman so
talisman does the exact opposite he kind
of goes around and he like grabs like
the small fruits and nuts and and he
like nibbles on one it says not bad
incredible you yeah do a little bit of
munching staying to yourself does anyone
else do any exploring or eating yes Wren
what time of day would you say ah the
Sun has set and now beautiful stars in a
big sweeping arms of the galaxy overhead
are out so it's it's just into evening
where the stars are coming out Wren eats
a little bit she kind of stashes a few
of those
and that's some variation with the notic
talisman and she she pets the prince on
the back and says welcome to the party
and she finds her way out to to a
balcony to stargaze for a little bit uh
you are not a super strong character
when you pat lion on the back he
stumbles forward and clanks and his huge
armor and turns and says thank you very
much for your kind words you have
journeyed much in the slumbering forest
before yes I have we've we've explored
the woods and a little bit of through
ins that we can find but well you
haven't been able to get far by
ourselves so I'm looking forward to
seeing what we might explore yes um I
had a question are there spiders or
snakes in the forest oh yes okay I
really hopefully they don't get that big
because you know that would be I can't
really can't stand spiders you look at
and start looking at the Stars um you
behold wonderful stars go ahead give me
a nature check if you'd be so kind seven
um you look up into the sky and see a
constellation overhead that is sort of
like ascendant in the sky right now the
the constellation is called the Hermit
and one of the aspects of the Hermit as
a constellation is that it represents
the possibility for things to be both
true and untrue at the same time
and at the beginning of the quest is a
very auspicious omen it's a it's a
little bit of a scare it's not scary as
in danger but it's a little bit scary as
in things being murky at the outset cuts
through her patches and gets a little
piece of paper and starts drawing for
our other four heroes what are you all
do our you talking anyone during the
feast are you exploring anything Kahlan
what are you doing well Trinity gets up
and goes out stargaze with Oh wonderful
treaty you're looking at me start using
um go ahead and give me I a nature check
as well okay nine nine awesome you see
the same constellation as Ren up in the
sky but you also see something else with
a nine nature check which is off to the
west from here where the slumbering
forest is you see gathering storm clouds
that the clouds hang heavy over the
slumbering forest to the west of here
you also see Prince Lionel nearby that
Glenn was talking to you see that Prince
Lionel smiles you Trinity and says hey
hello thank you very much for agreeing
to escort me to the slumbering forest if
I noticed that you are a keen
swordswoman if you ever have any tips
for sword fighting that you would want
to pass on and I would be more than
happy to take it under advisement and
and Lexi did you say that d'amour is
just eating
yep just eating awesome
what's demora eating over there what's
the food you're going for anything
really she's just starving awesome
you're just showered down Dave did you
raise your hand for hatch - yeah yeah
but just when she's done okay go for it
oh and then we have one more and then
what is Michael doing during the feast
my brother's taking notes in his
notebook he still doesn't fully trust
the prince he like no matter what he
says he still doesn't believe him most
of the time he's just taking notes maybe
occasionally eating food
Barnaby just looks across the table at
where demora is geez do they not beat
you in the underworld
I guess well they do
just I have a big stomach okay no
judgment coming from here trust me
demora um you you're eating a huge meal
you see that there is someone who looks
a little talent you notice this guy
there's a big northern half orc
barbarian who looks over at de Moura
looks at you eating and goes well de
amor champion of the underworld looks
like you can really put it away maybe a
champion that you are you interested in
some sort of eating contest I am known
from the frozen wastes where I come from
to eat the most and the fastest the
hardest I never have a stomach ache I
always go back for seconds really cuz
that was my title in the underworld well
we see a huge crowd of samples here
circle going Oh like putting their hands
up um you see looks at you and he says
my name is Cognos
maybe you like to go around for round
you see the two servants just put a
whole turkey in front of each of you and
you see he looks at you and says maybe
we make a bet you and I how we make it
interesting
maybe if I win whenever I am defeated
and I go to the underworld I get to be
champion instead of you okay and if I
win I'm known as the champion to
everyone uh you see that he goes looks
around he see that a field goal sort of
mutter and he says you goodie you are on
I'm gonna go ahead now and say that
we're gonna have a little eating contest
here and I want demora to mate this is
funny what would you roll for an eating
contest a constitution savings right as
Barnaby sees this he climbs up onto the
table at this point and the the hooves
just to come onto the table he's kind of
impaling different kinds of meats as
he's doing it and he kind of notices
this and he raises his leg and grabs it
off and kind of chomps down on a little
bit of it he says ladies and gentlemen
and other kindly races we have a big
event going on right here at this table
I give you on one side I can't remember
his name is like rush cough or something
half org barbarian on this side we got
the champion of the underworld de Moura
and my money is on one of them but I'm
gonna try to stay a little bit balanced
here so so listen if you gots the money
you can place your bets right here and
barnaby starts like trying to see if
people will place bets and take money on
this contest
you guys rush over this big eating
contest that is broken out Barbie go
ahead give me a performance check I'm
gonna say if you can beat a 15 you can
start you can start running a book for
the bets and I'll say if you can be the
20 I'll even let you give advantage to
one of the contestants well that is a
twenty one Brennan so I'll let Barnaby
give advantage to one of the contestants
to kind of like so I am definitely just
you know I go over to the half barbarian
si hey good luck good luck listen I wish
you nothing but the best and then he he
kind of walks
clip-clop sober to where d'amour in and
says listen I got a lot riding on this
kid you're gonna have to come through
for me listen no one no one's gonna know
it but I'm giving you just a little bit
extra kind of from the Fae while you
know it's it's gonna it's gonna just
infuse shit just a little bit I'm gonna
help you out you see and then he he
backs away de Moura you feel hungry so
we're gonna roll now de Moura you're
gonna get I'm gonna make this in
athletics check so de Moura go ahead and
roll an athletics check with advantage I
also would like to bless her good luck
tomorrow so you can add one of these d4
to the roll Lexie okay great good so you
go ahead and roll twice take the higher
of the two rolls
add your athletics and add a d4 um
where's that little second top of that
skill okay
I got 18 18 oh man
Kagura my buddy ooh okay let's see he's
got a +4 so he's got a roll a 14 or
higher just to match so he needs a 15 to
win for the second time in a row
I have rolled a natural one it's the
fates
it's the fates demora
you look across the table a cog rush
gets about halfway through his turkey
you can see all expression is - his face
is like pale with effort he looks sick
how is demora looking at the tail end of
her turkey I look completely friend is
d'amore eating messily or is she like
using an Afghan man like a fork and
knife
I look fisca can't doing it but a
perfectly clean plate you look dab at
the corners of your mouth and demora is
declared champion huge roar I'm gonna go
ahead demora you see that Prince Amon
who you didn't even know was watching
claps his hands and says Tamura champion
of the underworld and the realms of Lyra
and for our good friend Barnaby you show
me - cheddar uh I'm gonna do 44 times 10
you clean up with 90 gold pieces made on
the books from running these each time
that I'm collecting the money I'm
wanting to continuously cast minor
illusion to make it look like less than
I'm actually receiving just where no one
thinks that I'm loading incredible
you see ya cog rush comes over
afterwards stumbling eyes legs shakes
your hands in sort of burps looking not
he says I should never have angles with
a champion of well now a champion of the
overworld as well and sort of stumbles
off excellent ah
the last thing I'll do at the feast
unless anyone else is anything else is
Michael you're writing a bunch oh did
you have one other thing too Michael
you're writing notes so I'm gonna let
you go ahead and actually make an Arcana
check if you beat a ten I'll give you a
little bit of information if you'd be
the twenty I'll give you a lot of
information so you can roll up keep yeah
roll a d20 and add your Arcana skill to
it I got eight so Michael you're looking
at your books um you're just sort of
studying some stuff you're actually
studying some some elements of the zone
of truth spell that hatch cast earlier
but zone of truth is divine magic so
it's not really coming up in any of your
wizard texts you're not seeing any real
notes about it but there's just
something there's a little question mark
left in your head Dave did you something
you wanted to do at the feast as well if
I can find the Raya yes you find xariah
over in a corner you see that a a like
steel gray crow with almost like a
metallic gray sheen to its feathers has
landed on her shoulder and she's looking
out over the gentle sea in the bay she
smiles and looks at you and extends a
hand to you to take her hand and hold it
as she says asked her hatch it has been
many long years since I have seen you it
is good to behold you once more good to
be beheld after a second I say hey don't
lie there's no tablet
her eyes go wide uh but she knows that
she's she's caught dead to rights she
says in all of my vast research I could
find nothing no shred of hope no chance
at redemption or salvation and
it was wrong to lie to you you and your
companions
but I did not know how I could look the
people of the port of sapphires in the
eyes and tell them that we had no
answers for them
there's always hope we'll think of
something he kind of her eyes gonna go
wide and she's like nods she says yes it
seems that hope came faster than we
imagined as Prince Lionel has returned
he's not lying you see that she nods her
head and says yes he's not lying maybe
that's it then maybe we should have
relied on the prophecy all along maybe
maybe not
she smiles and says I've forgotten how
much you speak in riddles hatch and your
comfort with the unknown is as always
deeply unsettling and at the same time
comforting so I appreciate that
hey thanks she'll see and says well feel
free to tell your companions that I did
not speak truth about the tablets but I
hope they'll understand why I held back
that truth from them hopefully you will
have a simple mission ahead of you to
escort the Prince back to the dread
castle of dinner more and as strange as
it may seem perhaps all will be well go
ahead and give me a perception check
[Music]
oh sorry there's uh you're needed there
Oh
22:27 Westham you notice you notice her
say hopefully all will be well you just
noticed over in a corner of your eye
that there's a small circle of people
speaking with Prince Amon um
the advisers the saris is there or
holding a little goblet in the middle of
talking with the Prince and a people you
notice and see him with his gaze locked
on xariah in a way that he's been like
staring at her lost in his own thoughts
and doesn't notice you looking at him
are you guys dating
you see she looks notices him by the
time she looks he's figured out and has
looked away but she's like like nians
the saris know its zone a safety know
saris is extremely not my type
he's kind of odd he is somewhat odd I
would agree and heaps to his own Council
for the most part although he has
certainly helped the port many at times
strange that he was able to find Prince
Lionel I truthfully didn't even know he
was looking for the prince
so it does seem convenient convenient is
the word I would use as well it's fine
[Music]
all you sleep very well that night
having had a wonderful feast and the
next morning take out on the Imperial
highway to the west of this place at the
edge of the city a big fanfare flowers
are thrown in the street as you all make
your way to the slumbering forest you
see that you are given a small satchel
of goal
old by a weeping lady Higgins be who
once again says but Barnaby takes care
of that be tricky um you see yes a hefty
satchel of 250 gold pieces is put for
you guys to buy supplies buy potions if
you need to do all kinds of stuff on
your way to this one invest and all of
you take off you see that lady Higgins B
says spending some of the money on
transmogrifying My dear sweet great
nephew surely some sorcerer will be
willing to part with the spell for a
modest seller go my dear boy you see
lady Higgins me looks over you Michael
and says Michael promise me you'll at
least consider Nobby froggen without
consent the spell has frogged his mind
as well you guys head out it is easy
traveling on the road it's only two
short days of traveling to get to the
slumbering forest and this is in all
within the realm of the port of sapphire
so there's no danger of anything there's
no bandits on the road yes just to be
clear Lionel does come with us right you
guys have Prince Lionel there tromping
around in his armor every step he takes
like when he steps on his foot it like
shunts look like Greaves of his armor
against his like a codpiece so that one
of his shoulders that kind of pops off
one thing it's a real Tin Man scenario
as he kind of prompts along you say that
Barnaby like as soon as we are out of
where the flowers are raining down and
all of this he he walks up to the prince
and grabs him by the breastplate just
like right on the front and kind of you
know pulls him down because he's a good
bit taller than Barnaby I imagine and
he's just like listen here buttercup
you're not gonna slow us down we're
gonna get this done and we're gonna stop
this prophecy or make it happen Oh
whichever direction we're supposed to go
with this but listen you're not gonna
slow us down because we got lives that
we want to get back to you hear me I
prefer a fawn thank you very much yes
master fun trust me
the last thing I ever wanted to do was
literally anything so I will do my best
yes Michael this isn't really but he
said the groom treat I mean race says
that he has to soak in water for an hour
a day awesome great
you see if you're worried about getting
water you could you just pass so much
farmhouses and ends you could just get a
big old barrel and a little wagon for
Buford to carry hydrater died raid and
me awesome
Barnaby for the low low cost of I'll say
five gold pieces for the wagon and two
gold pieces for a barrel full of water
well worth it to have a frog tank I'm
all onboard the countryside there's a
giant boar pulling a two-wheeled wagon
and a little frogs head with a wizard
hat is popping out of the top of the
barrel you gotta hydrate it's good for
your skin we get Michael squared away a
long way out of the kingdom I'm like
okay so there's no tablets
yeah damn prophesies not true maybe not
true Michael sticks his head up from the
water because he heard him Shh
and he's very matter-of-fact like it's
no big deal like yeah this whole thing's
not a thing what do you mean by that
well she wasn't sure like xariah hopes
it's true she doesn't know I ain't
buying it
you see Lionel says wait wait I'm
dreadfully sorry are you are you saying
that the the master of storms of the
port of sapphires doesn't know that the
tablets are real or like the whole
prophecy no no no well yeah you see yes
so I'm I'm about to walk into the
slumbering forest for maybe a shot at
this being true we're about to you see
he just quakes in his armor as so I will
leave it up to you as you walk out on
Prince Amin's highway away from the port
of sapphires you have your water barrel
you have you guys can either make so
I'll leave it up to you guys as to what
you want to do to get to the slum blame
for us if you want to get to the
slumbering forest faster you can travel
through the night a little bit and just
try to get there sort of as soon as you
can
make camp if you'd rather take more time
though and spend a little bit of money
you could like stop at an inn on your
way there which would also maybe mean
that you could like buy some more
supplies before heading into the forest
so I'll leave it to a discussion but
our brave adventurers so Trinity what do
you think kid I think we should just
keep going cuz I don't want to waste
money a woman of action I love it how
about you d'amour well I think we should
keep moving but it's also a good idea
like to maybe pick up resources if we
can cuz it's not necessarily wasting
money just if we buy stuff that would
come and use but if we don't spend the
money we keep the money and we could use
it for other things I I keep my room
with me and I just like shrinking it
Michelle I mean listen I'm a simple faun
I mean I barely wear clothes but I mean
money gets you some nice little shinies
you know what I'm saying yeah so it
sounds like there's if there are
supplies you guys definitely want to get
before you go in we can feel free to get
those but it sounds like people mostly
want to get to the slumbering forest so
you guys bypass the in you make camp for
a little bit get a couple hours of sleep
the elves trance and you arrive at the
foothills of the slumbering forest the
slumbering forest overhead is a tangled
web of trees there is almost no patch of
grass in the forest the instead the
ground is made up of tangled roots beds
of moss ancient ferns there's almost not
enough space or sunlight on the forest
floor for there to even be grass in the
forest instead there's like fall and
rotting tree trunks covered in moss and
little white flowers everywhere
the forest smells of that deep earthy
smell of rotten wood and then also like
honeysuckle and jasmine so it's almost
like the smell of the wood makes your
lungs fill with like moisture and water
so you're like breathing a little bit
more heavily and then the flowers kind
of have a heady violet taking a big
sniff of a warm cup of tea and you can
feel things getting a little bit sleepy
here even in just the Li of the forest
you guys see the road goes up to what at
one point was a small guard post and the
guard post has just been eaten up by the
trees of the forest the stones cracked
apart the roots have broken it apart you
see moss everywhere as you approach I
will need you guys can choose and make
either a perception check a nature check
or a survival check whichever one of the
three you want to make and let me know
if anyone gets above 15 I got 22 22
awesome um you guys are approaching it's
like bright daylight you guys can hear
birds singing so it's everything seems
okay Trinity your ranger senses kick in
you sense real danger the path ahead is
blocked with old rotting foliage and on
a 22 were you rolling a survival check
or a nature check survival um your
ranger senses kick in you know for a
fact that um something magical in the
forest is aware that people are entering
now you and Ren could very easily bypass
this but you don't think you could get
all your friends in the forest is
reacting
- probably Lionel and all this armor and
you can sense that these plants at the
beginning there's a huge chunk of like
rotten tree trunk with tons of moss in
it and you see it's also got some vines
growing out of it you think that there
might be some plant creatures waiting in
ambush and that one of them might be
truly truly dangerous so that role has
probably just saved you and your party
from an ambush you sense danger but
Trinity notice is it way before anyone
else notices it so it's up to Trinity to
warn everybody I don't think we should
move on something dangerous is coming I
can tell how can you tell kid I don't
know probably because I come in here all
the time but something is annoying
almost like something's gonna come and
attack us urine
[Music]
Michael sinks into is water into you
Michael is you do that you see lie and
all comes up and says I beg your pardon
Michael could I hide in the barrel with
you he shakes his head awesome so
because you've spotted this way ahead of
time um you guys actually have a second
to try and like if you want to cast
spells or do other stuff before battle
Trinity has bought you a tremendous
amount of time so your choice is you can
either prepare for battle here using the
extra time you just got though the you
see the trees of the forest on all of
their sides the trees are so close grown
together that it would probably take you
a day or two to find another entrance to
the forest
so it's either fight
way through here or takes extra time to
try to find another entrance what do you
think catch while we're preparing I
detect detect evil and good you detect
evil and good um as you detect along
good I'm gonna say go ahead with that
and give me a perception check as well
that that is twenty-one you don't detect
any evil presence on the entrance to the
forest which means that you know Trinity
was truly on some next left the
Trinity's reign defenses have come in
really close you don't detect anything
there you detect a very mild Fae
presence on Lionel almost more mild than
you could have ever caught it's not
coming in mate Lee from him it's some
kind of little aura clinging to him that
you almost would have missed hey Michael
something's weird with Lionel as you
guys as you guys as Michael says I know
you both look over and we see Lionel
going now which side of the sword do I
hit them with this larger part or the
very skinny part we are in so much
trouble
Barnaby kind of walks up to where
talisman is and says a kid you know how
to use that thing I mean you had your
hand on it for like two days now yes yes
I do I think we're about to have two so
I'm just gonna stand behind you if you
can make sure that you you know protect
me I'm the one that has all the gold
remember that that's not important but
can do I point in the direction the
Trinity
indicated and I say well they're not
evil and I will say this now - you guys
are about you guys are more than 30 feet
away from the entrance to the forest so
you're still a little ways away from the
trees Trinity
you look and think you can see the shape
the biggest danger is the shape blocking
the path you think it's possible that
that is not innocent plant matter but
that might be a monster disguised as
plant matter you you think there might
be other monsters nearby but that's the
main one if because you were so cool at
spotting that danger before it happened
you guys you think that those things
won't wake up unless you get within 30
feet of them or unless they're attacked
so it's possible that you could use the
fact that they're not animated yet to
your advantage you guys could get a full
surprise round of attacks on them which
would give you a big big big advantage
or you could cast some spells before
going into battle but again if you don't
want to go into battle and you want to
avoid this entirely that's ok you'll
just end up having to take a day or two
to find another entrance and you'll lose
some time so I'll leave it up to you
guys to decide between you what you want
to do there is no time to lose I'm with
this kid I'm not really the best at
sneak in if you know you know I'm kind
of like I'm a little bit large and my
hosts make a lot of noise a little bit
you got magics do you I do I'm willing
to try anything
because if it wakes up the monks gonna
protect me anyway
I think Michael has an idea yeah um so
if you guys want to uh what was Michaels
idea I don't know it's possible could I
cast friends on the big monster
potentially you could cast friends on
the big monster give me I'm I said give
me a nature check Michael I'm gonna hit
Trinity talisman and demora with bless
so when you go to fight when you try to
attack you can add that one of these D
fours to your attack but only once so
you decide when you use it but you can
only do it once you nine um you you're
not certain if friends would work on
something without a mind or social
graces like it's possible that these
things are not fully sentient so that
kind of Enchantment magic maybe might
not work but so hash casts bless it
sounds like you guys do want to go
through this entrance I think your
options right now are there's the
sneaking plan which could totally beat
this encounter by getting you all
through but if someone rolls badly then
suddenly a fight breaks out the other
plan would be to start the fight which
means you get an advantage because you
you're kind of like getting that extra
round of attacks but then there's no
chance out of winning the fight maybe we
just take a little vote and we see what
people want to do everyone who wants to
try to sneak past go ahead and vote for
sneaking past raise your hand
one two three and everyone wants to
fight go ahead and raise your hand for
fighting one two three and there's a tan
abstention from hatch
it looks like hatch has to break the tie
let's try sneaking cool here's the
important question you have seven heroes
Buford and Lionel here that's nine
people how many people can read cast
pass that trace on each creature you
choose within 30 feet Oh
each picture with that you can see
within 30 feet okay awesome cool let me
just double check the action everybody
get in close okay pass me a trace yeah
Oh Lionel has a +10 bonus to dexterity
stealth checks and can't be tried okay
very very cool so everyone gets a plus
ten bonus to dexterity you say at this
point in time
Barnaby uses Thousand Faces to kind of
like create some illusory clothing on
himself that is dark black and has like
you know kind of almost like a ninja
type hood mask and alright ready to go
incredible
so uh these creatures are not su they
they are not super perceptive so the
difficulty here is only I believe a
twelve it's only twelve to get past them
and you must want to have plus ten so
really the only bad thing that can
happen is if somebody rolls a like a
natural one so we'll go one by one here
let's go red
first so give me your stealth roll first
okay Ren you the magic of stars and
nighttime surrounds the adventurers you
get all the way past the plant features
you are in the forest now moving through
Michael go ahead and give me your
stealth check 1990 so 29 you like tree
frog 29 you are a shadow this little
wizard tree frog leaping from tree trunk
to tree tree trunk incredible talisman
go ahead and give me a stealth check oh
you're muted muted you're muted 3030
talisman you were born for this the
magic surrounds you you are a shadow no
chance of being spotted let's go ahead
and Barnaby give me a stealth oh my it's
a one on the die 13 total hey barn you
see yeah it's a natural one
you see Barnaby like zoom and then he's
like tiptoeing and then he like is just
zooming tree to tree before he even gets
into the forest and he's trying to and
then he in his last thing he tries to he
saw what talisman did where he just kind
of left over these creatures and like
back flipped and it was all quiet and
acrobatic and he tries to do the same
thing okay
Barnaby tries to do something acrobatic
lands in the midst of a huge thing of
brambles and branches makes an enormous
noise I know that rules is written there
are not critical failures on natural
ones as long as I live in every game
that I run I
always house rule that Matt ones are
Auto fails you see boy
Barnaby lands just just for fun though
I'm going I want to let's go ahead and
get the other rolls and quick just so we
can see because you'll at least start
battle hidden which means you'll attack
with advantage on your first attack so
de Moura go ahead give me a stealth roll
as well 24 awesome super hidden a hatch
go ahead and give me a stealth rule I
rolled a six doing my best rock
impression but thanks to ran in Trinity
let's go ahead and get our elven Rangers
stealth rock well I'm 24
whoa that's a good stealth roll Trinity
the forest is your second home you are
totally fine
we're gonna roll I'm gonna roll with
disadvantage for Barnaby Lionel gets
disadvantaged because he's in full plate
and Barnaby gets disadvantaged because
he's pulling a wagon so I'm gonna roll
real quick let's see here oh my god oh
sorry Buford the boar
Buford normally gets a minus 2 but even
with disadvantage he still gets a 25 his
his lowest roll with a 17 you see Bart a
Buford the boar takes the wagon like up
a tree into the branches like scoots
through the canopy he's like I am a leaf
on the wind I am a ninja of the Barthold
it's so beautiful talisman says very
quietly I am impressed feels like a huge
thing for talisman to say that's awesome
gotta be the hooves
Lionel normally would get a - - -
stealth full plate isn't disadvantage
with the spell he gets a plus
it's gonna +8 so he only needs to roll
two times and it was roll two times
getting a five or higher both times
that's of 12 and that is a natural one
not my fault
Barnaby you crunch the things I
understand Lionel was almost through
that when Barnaby makes a loud noise
Lionel screams all of the plants animate
we are in combat roll initiative that is
a big old seven for hatch I got 18 hold
on I'm gonna start adding these in a
hatch got a seven
who got him 18 good morning got an 18
what did what did Barnaby get 17 17
would it Michael get 11
what did Ren get and what did Trinity
get 19 Oh 19 what a talisman get 16 16
awesome very very cool
um so we are gonna jump into battle
Barnaby is so the closest to the
monsters that now are no longer like
guarding the forest they have turned
because you guys have already made it
into the forest and are like turning in
to face you which means that a bunch of
you are already starting hidden
however Lionel is right in the midst of
these plant creatures Barnaby you're
like 15 feet away from Lionel so you're
still in the realm of danger but you're
a little bit faster than the slowest guy
for everybody else you guys are all
spread out around Buford is up in the
trees with a wagon
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and everyone else is kind of spread out
in between hidden amongst the trees you
see that immediately a bunch of little
things made out of twigs and thorns that
are only about 2 or 3 feet tall but
these sort of they don't even have faces
they're just little bundles of nasty
thorns and briars and twigs leap into
being and begin to skitter and crawl
towards you and a truly massive 15-foot
tall Colossus of moss and rotting wood
and vines raises up over Lionel who
begins to quake in his armor the first
act uh right at home in her woodlands is
Trinity you are the first to go I want
to go out and help
Lionel so he doesn't die good call
cool you can absolutely get to Lionel
with your movement do you want to help
him by attacking the monster do you want
to help I like getting in front of him
how do you want to help getting in front
of him cuz I'm probably stronger than
him that is a really accurate guess
Trinity you rush forward Lionel begins
quaking in his boots so you go and get
right in front of him and you still have
an action left remember Trinity with
your character since you're a gloom
stalker you can attack an extra time on
the first attack so yes Trinity you see
this big monster levering up it has not
seen you and you are way faster than
this thing so if you want to attack you
could really whale on it this turn
so this is Trinity going to attack or do
you want to take a different type of
action
I wanna attack awesome
very very cool so go ahead and roll your
attacks you are attacking with your
short swords which even get a +6
on the dice every time you roll remember
that you also get that d4 from bless
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wait what do I add again you add +6 when
you roll a d20 and and then you also add
a d4 okay I know I got 22 oh that is a
big hit you hit the big main monster
that's your first attack we can go ahead
and roll damage for that that is awesome
oh joy a wall you're gonna roll 1d6
which is the little cube die okay so
you're gonna do one d6 + 4d and I'm
wondering if you what your favored
Vietnamese dragons this is not a dragon
but you are in a for us just your
favorite type so you're gonna roll one
d6 + 4 and this is also your extra gloom
stalker attacks you're gonna also roll
one d8 for this okay so I got five for
damage and what else try wall you're
gonna roll that d8 which your dad is
holding up to the camera it's that type
of die right there this one oh that is a
12 it's the one that looks like double
into top that's the culprit you're only
5 rolled that one to fall when I add to
it another 4 so that's 5 plus 4 plus 4
on your first attack you deal 13 damage
to this thing heck yeah
awesome and you get another attack and
then if you want you get a bonus attack
so you can do three attacks this turn
and whispers the hatch that's my friend
oh and this one that's very cool so
strong so in total I got a 15 15 hits as
well so roll that six sided die another
time
wait what do I add to it for okay 10
woohoo oh I also forgot your first
attack was with advantage um we should
see cuz it's possible you would have had
a critical
Hey so go ahead and just roll that
20-sided dice and let's see you already
hit let's see if you get a natural 20 no
no I got a 14 no worries and you have
another attack as a bonus action he
wants you can roll one more attack I
really didn't realize how to have gloom
stalkers were 26 26 incredible so roll
that six-sided die twice and then add
four you get the first critical hit
first one of the campaign 1111 and did
you add 4 to that as well yes awesome
oh my goodness
the this enormous towering monster looms
over Lionel and as it does you see there
is a bolt of shadow and in a swirl of
blades Trinity the elven Ranger it's
like a lawnmower going to work moss and
wood is just flying everywhere um in a
world Trinity is just a cyclone of
braids and kicks and short swords this
monster is really scary and it is
visibly hurt in one round of Trinity
attacking it who stumbles back as a huge
chunk of log falls out of its midsection
Trinity this is your forest monsters
don't have a chance here facing you that
is an incredible turn from Trinity we
are gonna go next to de Moura champion
of Lyra and the underworld
after seeing like how much damage that
like big creature just took I decided to
come and invite it as well
awesome you rushed to Trinity's side
both of these awesome sword wielding
warriors back-to-back against this giant
monster de Moura go ahead and let me
know what your attacks are so you can
roll a d20 you're going to add your
attacks with your great sword get a +4
so it's 1 D 20 plus 4 remember you're
also blessed by hacks you're gonna roll
an additional 1 d4 and add that to the
total as well 26 that's a big right out
of the gate you connect with your great
sword so awesome having hit you can also
choose at this point to use a divine
smite if you would like to but you don't
need to I'm gonna use it yeah very cool
awesome umm so you use one of your first
levels you use one of your three first
level spell slots and you're going to
roll two six-sided dice plus uh I
believe you'd be 8 plus d 2 d 8 so
you're gonna do two d6 + 2 d 8 plus 2
okay oh and sorry also you're attacking
from hit from hiding as well roll a d20
again just to see if you crit 15 no okay
yeah roll that to d6 + 2 d 8 + 2
[Laughter]
Barnaby's just like man leave something
for the rest of us 1616 damage awesome
oh man
you see it's a de Moura and Trinity who
Russia and it's so cool cuz Trinity's
fighting style is just a flurry of blows
and then de Moura
you just surged out of the darkness and
you don't take multiple hits it is just
one huge wah-wah and you cut off one of
the enormous Viney arms of a monster in
one hit with your great sword in a flash
of red underworld energy a huge colossal
smite from de Moura this giant plant
monster with howls and pain and that is
going to go and beat Barnaby's turn so
at this point in time we have the large
creature that de Moura and Trinity are
fighting did I hear that there were
other smaller creatures there's some
real itty-bitty little minions yeah
these little twig blades that begin to
rush out after you all right at this
point I'm Barnaby
kind of backs away from where he's
starting to backtrack again he's like
wasn't my fault wasn't my fault and and
then he you see say I this one's gonna
go right in you Kista I don't even know
if you have a Keystone but it's gonna go
there and he starts tracing runes into
the air and then he whispers something
to the runes and then he just does his
hand and you see this kind of bluish
energy just streaked out into an
eldritch blast towards the large
creature awesome
go for it roll me and attack roll
and that is 18 18 hits and this is just
agonizing for it which is it's going to
do 10 points of damage
man you summon your Fae magic the power
of the slumbering forest itself to
disassemble one of these forest own
guardians within seconds this really
horrifying monster is looking badly
badly injured you would guess that it's
lost more than half of its health just
in these actions taken by the heroes
here and with all of his movement
Barnaby is simply going to move behind
the closest tree awesome you duck out of
the way I get full cover excellent that
is going to be talisman that is you how
far away is the big monster within
radius your you have your then faster
movement so you can get to it got it
okay I'm gonna get to it and I am gonna
strike it with my sword go for it give
me some attack rolls all right
it is 18 18 is a hit yeah all right yeah
so I just hit with my longsword and we
deal
eight points of damage awesome go ahead
oh that's great
um deal eight points of damage slashing
at this monster claw your northerners
sword connects with the wood a bunch of
ships go flying and you have a bonus
action still if you'd like to use one
yes I would also like to use key to do
two unarmed strikes go for it let's do
it
it's like a flurry of blows Wow
everyone's so tough I wouldn't say that
I'm okay
first one does eight damage did you roll
to hit first
Oh automatic punches 15 is a hit got it
okay you roll this again
see I got six on that one six is not
going to do it so your second attack
misses but the first one connects for
eight points of damage and with that you
guys see that these little Twiggy things
begin to stumble after you and they're
gonna rush
they flank you guys so one of them is
gonna go for de Moura and that is the
first one is a 15 which I believe does
not know tomorrow so tomorrow one of
these little twig things goes blah and
you just boom backhand knock it off of
you no problem another one's gonna go
for Talisman whoo that's a hit on
talisman from one of these creatures not
a tremendous amount of damage only deals
two points of damage to you talisman
scratching at you with little twigs and
claws however two of them are gonna go
for Lionel bit of flanked to go
specifically for him yeah geez
incredible uh they they do that managed
to do damage he is we're in full plate
but they do knock him prone so you see
he goes and goes over is these two
little twig monsters like angry dogs
just trying to get like get any
purchased through the armor that's gonna
be Michael okay can he cast acid splash
okay sure
yes absolutely big one yeah absolutely
um go for it so go ahead and roll me and
attack roll we're not sorry
it's a dexterity savings room made by
the creature or it takes 1d6
of acid damage you might be surprised
this big ol plant monster not very
dexterous and your DC now Michaels DC is
12
oh no the the monster actually rolled hi
enough to pass but gets a minus one and
so takes the damage so go ahead and roll
1 d6 damage 3 3 damage
Michael you poke your head out from
hiding and what does this spell look
like coming from Mike how does Michael
throw acid at this giant plant monster
so you see his little head and stick up
great because he's still in the living
water and he's like yeah and then yeah
just 2 webbed hands and a little like a
spray of acid the kind of monster it
stumbles backwards see Buford on the
other side the wagon goes way to do look
at that how about it some real magic now
the monster and I also want to say it's
5 o'clock right now if we go about
another 10 minutes does that feel okay
to everybody or should we do we want to
pause here we're good tens fine
cool cool this monster has taken a lot
of attacks it's going to make a tack
rolls at the people that have been
hitting it it is mad it's going to go
for alright first attack let's see here
okay it hits talisman with an attack and
brave you see it lashes out at all of
you
Trinity you like skid to the ground and
like a vine roofs whips over your head
talisman is you're doing this flurry of
blows you put your back leg behind you
and overextend a little bit in a vine
you didn't see grabs your leg you are
grappled demora you see a huge mass of
like cobweb vines and thorns wraps
around your midsection and like you're
off arm with your great sword I'm gonna
roll damage now
these two attacks hold on one second
that's 14 damage to talisman and 12
damage to de Moura
Howard talisman and de Moura doing are
you guys are you guys like very lovely
fine about half health right now about
half yeah same for tomorrow too powerful
here's this giant monster clobbers you
both but you're not down for the count
so you resist you are grappled however
so now you can't get away from it you
can still make attacks but it has like
grabbed you in its giant lines you guys
see the the battle has shifted suddenly
in a very scary way red that is your
turn Ren's gonna fumble in her pouches
and pull out of crystal and use it as a
focus to cast guiding bolt on the big
day
ooh awesome go ahead and make your
attack and this is also from hiding so
you make this with advantage as well
11:11 total yes unfortunately the
guiding bolt misses it shoots off you
open your star chart and you guiding
bolt fires off over the top of the
things head any any bonus actions or
movement from red I'll stay you stay
looking at this giant monster that
appears to be like it was on its back he
old for a second and now it's advancing
to do to devour it opens this giant
mouth and a bunch of mods fly out of its
open yeah it's gonna be hatch hey get
out of here
I told the dead so it needs to beat a
wisdom 13 save or it takes 11 points of
damage
it makes the save half of it makes the
save incredible you told the dead and
you see that this thing a bunch of it's
an eight life force is just snuffed out
in that moment incredible you see it
stumbles backwards
that's hashes turn um
Lionel makes an attack on the things
going for him
ooh that's a natural 5 he is barely able
to draw his sword as he rolls around on
the ground Buford is going to charge
from the trees give him what for Buford
Buford is gonna charge from the trees
pig sooie and Oh rolls a seven and
unfortunately mrs. thuds into the mask
she bludgeoning damage doesn't seem to
work that well against this giant thing
but that brings us back the top of the
initiative order that is Trinity in his
door turn again is there any way I can
try and freedom or all she stuck
um I would say you can actually free
demora
let me see that's very interesting I
will say if you are able to do if you
can beat alright there's two ways you
can do it
if you beat uh twenty on an attack um if
you beat twenty on an attack and you do
more than eight points of damage in that
attack
I will let you cut the vines that are
holding demora okay I'll try you may try
you'll still do damage to the creature
it's just that you won't freedom aura so
give me your first attack role let me
know how much it is and remember you add
that D for from bless + what way do I
add again six you add six okay how they
all 15 15 still hits though so roll one
d6 + 4 4 damage 10 Oh awesome very cool
you slashed it and you get another
attack as a bonus action so go ahead and
roll your other attack okay in total
that's 23 whoa
23 go ahead and roll one d6 + 4 and if
you beat an 8 you'll freedom aura yes
Tamura you see this thing dragging you
towards its open mouth and in a flash of
elven blade work you are cut free the
vines drop off of you and Trinity is
standing in front of you not only having
just freed you from these vines and
thorns but all
so badly injured the creature in front
of you Trinity you have rescued your
fellow hero awesome work that is such a
cool turn de Moura that's you um is
there any way for me to heal myself
right now yes you have a lay on hands
ability so you can absolutely heal
yourself for sure okay then I'm gonna do
that very very cool you're gonna go
ahead and heal yourself the how much do
you want to heal yourself for I believe
you can heal yourself for fifteen points
of damage if you want I'm just gonna add
I'll just do five okay you use an action
you heal yourself for five hit points
very very cool and then okay there's
anything else no that's that rules
that's great awesome
now after de Maura's turn that's gonna
be Barnaby the Barnaby's behind the tree
and he's kind of looking out and then he
steps out from behind a tree hey you you
come into my home and you're gonna cause
this kind of trouble and he's like you
let them go and then another elders
blast this one most the time you like
traces the runes very carefully but this
time it's just kind of a flash of anger
and you see the blue bolt streak out
into another eldritch blast awesome go
ahead and roll attack roll that is a
1919 hits ooh big roll so let's say that
is a 15 on the damage they're
recognizing 15 on the deal oh wow this
thing is looking a hurt Barnaby takes
another huge chunk out of this monster
this this walking compost heap is not
looking great right now incredible
that's gonna go back and be talisman
I'm gonna see that it's wrapped around
my leg and I'm gonna be like this is not
fun and I'm gonna Jim you hit it with my
sword go for it give me a sack roll
12:12 does not are you ready to roll
that d for ya I'm gonna use that
actually let's say 13 13 still does not
cut it yeah but you have your bonus
action ah could i potentially yeah I'm
gonna do this I'm gonna do flurry of
blows again as a bonus action two
unarmed strikes okay and to be clear I
do have to roll to see if these hit yes
you do um that would be a 11 later does
not do it does not hit this is not
talismans David that's fine and that
would be a 17 17 hits Babineaux ahead
I'll go ahead and roll roll damage for
that unarmed strike not it that would be
a 6 6 damage you kick out at this thing
it is it is hanging on by a thread it is
so close to God and it picks you up in
the air over its giant open mouth is
here swatting at it that is next in the
initiative is going to be these twig
creatures that are going to make some
attacks again they are going to lash out
and attack two of them attack Trinity
both miss two of them attack de Moura
both
miss Trinity and Tamura you are just
swatting at these little twig monsters
just just kicking them off of you left
and right the big monster has a talisman
hanging over its giant
open mouth hmm there is only one
character who's who goes before the
monster and that is Michael Michael what
is Michael going to do okay
can Michael cast magic missle like he
did with the ashes awesome splash you
absolutely can magic missle there is no
attack roll it automatically hits go
ahead and roll 3d four plus three four
unless you even want to cast it at a
higher level tell me and I'll tell me
how much you roll and I'll tell you how
many hit points this thing has got
before the tedx talisman so how much
damages roll I got five plus sport five
plus four is nine
yes this creature had seven hit points
left talisman you are upside down
looking at a stomach full of like a
rotten log of centipedes and ants and
insects inside this weird rotting plant
creatures gullet you and suddenly boom
there is a colossal eldritch ribbit and
this thing blows up as it blows up a
talisman you like acrobat leap out of
the wood chips flying everywhere
Demura and trinity you guys finish off
those twig lights nope the twig mites
also try to run away the second that
their Big Daddy plant monster is gone
and the heroes are victorious yeah yes
that's what I'm talking about
Lionel turns to all of you
Lionel's helmet in his rolling has gone
backwards on his head he looks up and
says Mike
whoa did we win are we safe some up off
the ground very much so the heroes are
victorious you have entered the
slumbering forest and proven that you
are indeed adventurers worthy of the
title of heroes and that's all for this
our first episode of the slumbering
forest
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