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GB Chapter 46: The Trial of Drastonius Moanius

General Summary

Pre-Sesh

Admin

  • Gaiobros Item Catalog: To the best of my ability, I've updated through GB Chapter 45; update any inventory that you have based on my updates & the session reports, but feel free to let me know if there is a discrepancy between what the caalog says and what you think you should have. Full disclosure: I have NOT kept track of your individual gold amounts, but I've included how much you spent on your new items in the session reports where you purchased then. Going forward, I'll be focusing on Group Inventory and may not update individual inventory very often, but I'll put the date/session of last update next to the Individual section so that you know how current it is. I'll make sure to include any item additions/removals in the session report where they occur. Gaiobros Item Catalog
  • Gaiobros Library: updated through your current adventures (Gaiobros Library )
  • I've separated the group inventory item distribution between the Bag of Holding, Santa's Sack of Holding & the carriages. As such, we must resolve these questions:
  • Fork currently has the Sack of Holding, so who would like to be carrying the Bag of Holding into this Gothicca situation?
  • Drastonius (Alex) & Stoconius (NPC) swapped bodies, meaning that they have each other's inventory. They will not be able to swap in battle without making an effort/spending Actions, so what would Drastonius like to take from Stoconius before the fight?
  • Master Obu: your new Greater Staff of the Darkvine has an important caveat, which Martel at Martel's Mech gave you a 500 gp refund for (details are in Item Catalog, but you can record that gold back in your inventory)
  • There are various weapons & items in the Bag of Holding that would be useful in the direct inventory of some players, like the Candy Cane Javelins (Chazzle), the Arctic Darts (Fork), the grenades (anyone), and more. You can also check the Sack of Holding for anything you'd like to use in your plans.
  • Draconius & Fork still have one retroactive chance to buy something from the shops listed in GB Chapter 42 (GB Chapter 42: Rebirth & Reunion ) before this fight (can't remember if i already asked this or not)

XP Earned from Session 45

  • Balcazar: 13,000 XP. Figure is made up of: 3,000 for attendance, 5,000 for successful Soul Swap against Thalonius, 5,000 XP for successful Counterspell/Dispel/Redirection against Thalonius
  • Master Obu: 13,000 XP. Figure is made up of: 3,000 for attendance, 5,000 for successful Soul Swap against Thalonius, 5,000 XP for successful Counterspell/Dispel/Redirection against Thalonius
  • Chazzle: 18,000 XP. 3,000 for attendance, 10,000 for killing MB, 2,500 for successful Soul Swap against Thalonius, 2,500 XP for successful Counterspell/Dispel/Redirection against Thalonius
  • Draconius: 12,000 XP. Figure is made up of: 2,000 for attendance, 5,000 for successful Soul Swap against Thalonius, 5,000 XP for successful Counterspell/Dispel/Redirection against Thalonius. In addition, I added 500 XP to the previous session report due to how I changed the attendance calculation
  • Fork: 7,000 XP. Figure is made up of: 1,000 for attendance, 1,000 for carrying unconscious Draconius, then the Sack of Holding, 2,500 for successful Soul Swap against Thalonius, 2,500 XP for successful Counterspell/Dispel/Redirection against Thalonius.

Gaioforce Spellcasting

  • The Gaioforce Master Spell List (link: Gaioforce Master Spell List ) is the universal home for all spells that feed into the aura-specific spell lists, which can be found in the Gaioforce Documents channel on Discord. As of 11/13/2023, there are 122 completed Gaioforce cantrips/spells & 104 5e cantrips/spells on this list, as well as 68 incomplete Gaioforce spells in the Spell Workshop (bottom of the article). I've included a psuedo-Dewey Decimal System to organize the spells, including these reference numbers on the aura-specific spell lists (this system is explained on those lists).
  • Going forward, you will prepare (Master Obu, Fork, Draconius' daily spells) or learn (Balcazar, Draconius' spellbook) spells in accordance to the rules from your class, including your Gaioforce spell list as part of your main list (if you have one). Your aura-specific spell list also has rules regarding casting Gaioforce spells and 5e spells that you access through the Gaioforce.
  • After you've finalized your known Gaioforce spells (Balcazar, Draconius' spellbook), you can swap out any one of those spells for another one on your list once per Long Rest. Master Obu and Fork can prepare their spells once per Long Rest, as is normal or on-brand for their classes.
  • Try to have these choices made by the first 10/15 minutes of this session (GB Chapter 46, Wednesday 11/15/2023), as I will be asking you to send me your most up-to-date character sheet.

The Sesh

Scheming

  • The guys plan their attack, eventually deciding to have Master Obu cast Dark Tunnel (teleport spell for the Daidrin Aura) to drop their Winter Bomb on Gothicca, all while remaining at the entrance to the Aeortic Tunnel (safely out of the bomb's 300 ft AoE).
  • Balcazar (taken from the Bag of Holding): 2 Icy hot potions, 2 Necrosenol potions, 1 dark lightning quarterstaff, 5 absolute zero grenades, 2 gems of impertfect revivify, and 2 soul slurps.
  • Drastonius (taken from Stoconius): magitech robes, Hat of Disguise, Daidrin silly stick, Thugoran Callstone
  • Chazzle was given one of the Sending Transponders (unclear whether it was Balcazar or Drastonius that gave it to him) and took the Candy Cane Javelins out of the Bag of Holding. Chazzle offered to carry the Bag of Holding, to which no one objected
  • Fork (taken from the Bag of Holding): Arctic Darts (10)

Combat: Gaiobros vs. Gothicca

Initiative

  • Lair: 20
  • Gothicca: 11, 0/385 HP (dead)
  • Balcazar: 19
  • Drastonius (Alex playing Stonius): 14
  • Master Obu: 3
  • Fork: 20
  • Chazzle: 22
  • Stoconius (NPC in Wizard Moanius body): 2, 21/95 HP (bolstered by Aid for 5 extra HP, already included)
  • Agent B: 12, 65/180 HP
  • Mummy Blights: 12
  • Blizzard damage: 1

Surprise Round

  • Master Obu: casts Dark Tunnel (7th level) on the Winter Bomb after activating it, dropping it beneath Gothicca's butt like an egg. It detonates with a blizzard, dealing 47 cold damage to Gothicca (succeeded on her Con save) and blowing winds up the tunnel.

Round 1

  • Chazzle: rages and deals 10 piercing, then 21 piercing.
  • Fork: runs up to the dragon, punches her twice but it hits a hard scale
  • Lair: Blight Spiders web up Stoconius, Drastonius, Fork & Master Obu.
  • Balcazar: Goes invisible, then Madrakor's Gauntlets her for 5 force damage. Legendary Resistance to succeed, deals 10 damage. Afterwords, Gothicca casts Haunted Forest (3 Legendary Actions)
  • Drastonius: Casts Antishock (4th level), but misses
  • Gothicca: breathes Toxifire for 54 fire damage, then heals 11 HP
  • Master Obu: Slams his staff and cast Bless (3rd level, concentration up to 1 minute): d4 to any attack roll or saving throw for Chazzle, Balcazar, Draconius, Obu & Fork.
  • Stoconius: Casts Silent Image (1st level) of himself, then hides behind some foliage.

Round 2

  • Chazzle: 16 slashing/4 fire, 13 slash/6 fire (39 total), then uses Warchief's Mantle to give everyone advantage
  • Fork: Casts Faerie Fire on Gothicca, then breaks out of that shit
  • Lair Action: Gothicca raises a Wall of Thorns between herself and Chazzle
  • Balcazar: Madrakor's Gauntlet for 10 necrotic (5 to Gothicca due to resistance), then 121 Lightning Strafe (8th level). Afterwords, Gothicca casts Fungal Swarm (3 Legendary Actions) for 23 poison damage to Draconius & Balcazar while dealing 11 to Chazzle. The draconic bois were poisoned for a bit, but they worked it out of their systems quickly (the DM forgot)
  • Draconius: Runs up with the Blood Mallet for 72/12/12/15 damage (111 total). Used a 4th level slot & a 1st level slot (I think?)
  • Gothicca: Casts Bio Drain: Balc 21, Fork 21, Draconius 21, Chazzle 10 (73 total). Casts Fungal Rush on Stoconius, but hits his illusion
  • Master Obu: Points his staff at Stoconius and casts Aid (2nd level), bolstering his HP max by 5 for 8 hours
  • Stoconius: Tries to save resources on his illusion by casting Minor Illusion, but doesn't realize that it can only make sounds or objects, not people. Gothicca sees him do this and knows where he is now

Round 3

 
  • Chazzle: Pentaphant Wrath for 17 slashing/4 fire (23 total), then uses the Horn of Soiling. Gothicca Legendary Action to tail attack for 8 bludgeoning due to rage (1 Legendary Action)
  • Fork: Runs up and punches/high jump kicks for 14 bludgeoning & 10 bludgeoning (24 total). Then does a Flurry of Blows for 12 bludgeoning.
  • Lair Action: Agent B appears
  • Balcazar: 6 force with Madrakor's Gauntlet, then GeoRift (5th level) for 7 thunder. (spell has been buffed in light of this). Gothicca uses Wing Attack (2 Legendary Actions) to soar towards the wizard
  • Draconius: Cast Heat Wave (3rd level) for 14
  • Gothicca: Full multiattack on Stoconius 19,13, 30 (62 damage). Flies up to the ceiling
  • Agent B: Tosses Dildorang at Balc (misses), trnaforms into Chazzle's physique, rages, then cuts Chazzle for 18 damage (9 due to Chazzle's rage)
  • Master Obu: Casts Bane on Agent B, but the charismatic death knight shrugs it off.
  • Stoconius: Casts Mirror Image (2nd level) to protect himself from further onslaught.

Round 4

  • Chazzle: Says a action-movie one-liner and tries to attack Agent B, but misses. Gothicca casts Fungal Rush (1 Legendary Action) to deal 12 damage to Stoconius & knocks him & Obu prone. Obu holds concentration on Bless, as he did not take any damage
  • Fork: 17 damage to Agent B (8 because of rage) from a punch, then Flurries their Blows for 22 bludgeoning (11 due to rage) (19 total). Gothicca cast Fungal Rush (1 Legendary Action) on Stoconius, but it hits a Mirror Image
  • Lair Action: Raises some Mummy Blights (3)
  • Balcazar: Flies up and superman-punches Gothicca with Madrakor for 5 force. Melt (4th level) for 13 damage and kills Gothicca with disrespect.
  • Draconius: Runs up and hits Agent B; 12 damage, 68 damage, (80 damage). Then, the Blood Mallet impales Agent B on a buttspike for 16 piercing,
  • Gothicca: dead
  • Agent B: Transforms into Fork's physique and does 11 bludgeoning damage and stuns Draconius. Uses half his mobement to get off the buttspike (55 ft movement speed, so has 25 ft left), uses Step of the Wind to disengage from Chazzle & Fork, vaults over the stunned Draconius (costs 15 ft) and runs 15 ft across the room for an advantageous position.
  • GB Chapter 47: Phamily Reunion picks up from here!

Things I forgot about (still a great combat; no regrets)

  • Blizzard damage: will be having everyone retroactively roll Con saves near the start of next session)
  • Haunted Forest (spell cast by Gothicca) had additional effects, but I got lost in the sauce of the game and didn't do anything with 'em
  • Draconius & Balcazar got poisoned, but I forgot to enforce it
  • Gothicca had Magic Resistance, which would have given her advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects. However, this would have had a minimal impact on the outcome, as she succeeded on most of her saving throws and only used 2 of her 3 Legendary Resistances
  • Ain't none of that matters, because I finally got to use an Ancient Dragon statblock (every DM's dream), customized it to make things harder & went all out against the party. I held nothing back with this monster and you guys still won the day; you've earned that level up

Rewards Granted

XP Earned

  • Balcazar, Draconius, Fork & Chazzle: 3,000 XP for attendance, 1,000 XP for a creative usage of the Winter Bomb, 41,000 XP for killing an Ancient Forest Dracolich (permanently; her stitched-together pseudo-soul failed the Death Saves and fell apart) = 45,000 XP
  • Master Obu: 500 XP for attendance + 2,500 XP as an out-of-game token of emotional support, 1.000 XP for teleporting the Winter Bomb into the Heart Chamber, 41,000 XP for clutch support plays for the team with Bless (d4s for everyone's attack rolls/saving throws), Aid (boosting Stoconius' HP max by 5) = 45,000 XP

Items

Additions

  • Balcazar (taken from the Bag of Holding): +2 Icy hot potions, +2 Necrosenol potions, +1 dark lightning quarterstaff, +5 absolute zero grenades, +2 gems of impertfect revivify, +2 soul slurps.
  • Drastonius (taken from Stoconius): +1 magitech robes, +1 Hat of Disguise, +1 Daidrin silly stick, +1 Thugoran Callstone
  • Chazzle: +1 Sending Transponder (?; see Admin section on GB Chapter 47: Phamily Reunion ), +10 Candy Cane Javelins
  • Fork (taken from the Bag of Holding): +10 Arctic Darts
  • Master Obu: His choice next session

Removals/Expended

  • Bag of Holding: -2 Icy hot potions, -2 Necrosenol potions, -1 dark lightning quarterstaff, -5 absolute zero grenades, -2 gems of impertfect revivify, -2 soul slurps, -10 Candy Cane Javelins, -10 Arctic Darts
  • Sack of Holding: -1 Winter Bomb
  • Stoconius (Stonius' soul within Draconius' Wizard Moanius body): -1 magitech robes, -1 Hat of Disguise, -1 Daidrin silly stick, -1 Thugoran Callstone

Spell Slots/Resources Used

  • Balcazar: 1 4th 1 5th, 1 8th, some amount of sorcery points (sorry, I'm terrible at tracking individual class resources outside of spells. Hope that you were able to!)
  • Master Obu: 1 1st, 1 2nd, 1 3rd
  • Drastonius (Alex in Stonius' body): 1 1st, 1 3rd, 2 4th
  • Fork: 1 1st, some amount of ki points (sorry, I'm terrible at tracking individual class resources outside of spells. Hope that you were able to!)
  • Chazzle: 1 rage
  • Stoconius (NPC in Draconius' Wizard Moanius body): 1 1st, 1 2nd, 1 3rd

Character(s) interacted with

  • Gothicca
  • Queen Solya, the Caring Pharaoh (voice only)
  • Agent B (MB 2.0)
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05 Nov 2023
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