S100 Recap: A Lesson Dreamt | Ep.43: Corazón, I want to help you!

General Summary

Ok so we pre–rolled initiative in which Nova #GoodCrits but at the same time I forgot to count the crits as we went so I'm just gonna leave those out until the recording gets posted lol > Ok so anyways the fucking liondrake right? > #FucksUpWithThat? > Paralyzing fear effect roar. That's the fuck's up with that. > #Condos > (Technically both Kirin & Nova went before the lion drake but Kirin couldn't do anything because of Reasons & Nova spent their turn setting up flame blade and summoning their own ink kitties lmao) > So anywhomst, Nova & Corayas both fail the save by more than 4 (I think Nova #BadCrits here?) but it's ok because Kirin once again saves thanks to her handy dandy neck tattoo and covers all the tag–alongs in ink ☻ > #WildMagicFeelsAmicableToKirin #InkcatCanHasLittleAFear #AsATreat > Unfortunately the liondrake doesn't get to auto capitalize on paralyzing its prey so Nova manages to save before I can multi–autocrit them :( > #SadgeWhenNoMurder > Of course this doesn't stop Nova from turning around and fucking critting the everloving fuck out of the liondrake… So hey Nova… There was a point to this encounter & you're kind of missing it… > #FuckinDemiGodSTRONK > No but seriously the number of times you've dodged saying #TheMagicWord really cements the point I was trying to make here > Oh yeah also so the crits you're usually blessed with come from the Kouretes Daktyloi (or, as I chronically mispronounced in session, the Corybantes)—who are actually dancing their war dance all around you— but Rhea specifically said you would not receive help from her & you could tell it wasn't their blessing this time… > #ButWait #IfNotThem… #ThenWho?? > ☻ > “Behind the dancing Corybantes you see a figure you've seen twice before. Once in a dream just like this one, standing in a river of milky white waters, and the other the briefest glimpse of a statuette in Prof. Vellum's office… Make A Constitution Saving Throw.” > #RuhRohShaggy > jukes, Nova saves so it's fine — for now> Anywhimsies, this back and forth between Nova & the liondrake continues until eventually the liondrake is like “Actually, fuck this.” /disengages/ > Corayas, finally free from paralysis (but still covered in ink) takes this opportunity to talk some sense into Nova: “Hey so you remember that time with Pazuka where you looked her in the eyes cause you felt you had to when really you didn't?” “Have you considered you might be doing that again?” > #Novaaaaaa? #HaveYouBeenEnablingYourLearnedHelplessnessByConstantlyRelinquishingYourFateToHigherPowersAndNowYouNeedToLearnToAskForHellllllppp? > Yup. Yup they do. > “Corazón I want to help you.” >

> So Nova asks specifically Corayas for help so literally only he can do things right now but that's fine because he fucking shatters the liondrake & also his limits as his previous pull on the #TidesOfChaos surges all his action spells into becoming bonus action spells > #SurgeForTheSurgeGods #WildMagicLovesCorayas > But don't worry Nova! It's only like halfway through the session cuz y'all are pros at combat now so I'm just gonna improvise a mythic encounter right quick > #NoBiggee > “As you loose the deafening spell, you feel it not only resonate the liondrake but through the very mountain you stand before as well. Quickly the resonance turns to rumbling & the rumbling to eruption as the peak of the mountain explodes, sending lava, ash, & pyroclastic flow scorching towards you.” > #BadaBING #BadaBOOM > so yeah the liondrake is made of lava now, is lookin healthier than ever, hellish rebuked Corayas (resulting in him using #TidesOfChaos), & just fucking demolished our two lion friends > #:( #RestInPieces > “Hey uhhh, what's going on here?” > Oh yeah Knick–Knack is also here btw > The Oureadic Liondrake: “So anyways I had my heater on me so I started Blasting!” > Luckily Kirin was #Ready (because Nova has now asked everyone else for help too) & inverse steps Nova out of the way (We're gonna ignore that the attack roll was a #BadCrit & would've missed anyways because that was dope) > Also I think Nova failed a con save after another #GoodCrit they got around this point and learned that it exhausts them! > Fun! This Isn't #Burdensome™ At All > Oh also some cracks definitely start appearing on Nova > Glitch: #I'mBeggingYouToLetMeKeepTheCracks #PleaseGiveMeMoreThematicAndVisualRepresentationsOfMyTrauma > #Can'tAskForHelpButWillAskForAngstNoHesitation > Isati #SummonsHimOnceMore so he can swallow a fire bolt (I fired 2 #BadCrits & a #GoodCrit in that order like what the hjell) > Anywellies, Mush constricts the lava liondrake outta the air (those beneath expertly dodging except for a fire lion who rolled a 5 (oh yeah also there're fire lions now)) > #WeirdSoup > Corayas then hits us with another #SurgeForTheSurgeGods off his triple hop chaos bolt so now there's three of him (Except one is Ório & the other's Scribius) > #WildMagicLovesCorayas > Kirin back on her bullshit pulls some #DopeDreamShit and inverts Nova's flameblade into a frozen inkblade > #HotGirlShit #TransMascTransFemmeSolidarity #EnablingFriendsToFuckShitUp > Nova gladly accepts this enabling & goes all in on that #DemigodSTRONK with a double #BlessingOfTheWarS҈̌͂͒h҈̒̈́̎ȧ̸̉t̷̆̃t̵̑͆e̴͆̐r̵̈́͂e̵̒̏d҉̓̏͊God followed succinctly by a #BadCrit con save to endure the price of calling on The Burden™ > #RuhRoh #FinalCritCountBelow > So Anywhores, Nova runs along Mush's back, jumps of his head, & just fucking absolutely mercs the lava liondrake with a spire of ice only for shining ichoric cracks to spread from Nova through the spire, *shattering* along with the name of Nova's dad > “As Nova falls they find themself held in their mother's embrace” | “Oh you foolish child. This is exactly what I was trying to prevent.” > #… #…Welp… #That'sAllFolks See You Next Monday! P.S. Serenas & Romad have spent this entire time deeply concerned & confused by the #BadNewsBreeze (*NOT* having gay sex, no matter how much y'all rib them about it lmao)
S100 Crit Count: Nova nat20 initiative, liondrake nat1 strength save against lion pounce, Nova Nat20 Flameblade strike, Nova Nat20 Intelligence check To know to ask for help, Nova Nat20 Dagger toss, Ink Lioness (rolled by mark) Nat20 claw, Liondrake nat20 claw attack, Liondrake Nat1 firebolt, Kirin Nat1 attack, Nat1 x2 firebolts + Nat20 firebolt from lion drake, Kirin & Nova Nat20 Dex saves from falling Mush, Kirin Nat 20 Control Check, Nova Nat20 Attack x2, Nova Nat1 Con save | #CritCount19, #GoodCrits13, #BadCrits6 #FinalCritCount