S123 Recap: Friends Of Dorothy | Ep.66

General Summary

A moment of silence for Isati who we must leave behind due to the cruel whims of fate > #BlindspotMoments > (also Diva and the other Erekeri's stay with her but they'll all catch up via teleportation later so it's okay) > anyweeblies we're #OnTheRoadAgain and tis business as usual honestly. Some passing conversations with other travellers, Nova is just absolutely conked out in blanky land all day every day, #Sevendipity all in #MissingIsatiHours / engaging in mass cuddle puddles, Serenas desperately repressing his emotions… > #TheYuushe > So when a quartet of armed individuals with unseeable features starts plodding up the road the gang's immediately on edge (#ExceptTheTiefling #They'reSleemp) > #PerceptionChecksWereCritHere #GoodCritBadCritIfYouWill #CritCount2 > Sadly Kirin remains too genre savvy for my dastardly plans and calls bullshit on them being Bad Guys™ right out the gate. > #(┬┬﹏┬┬) > This however doesn't stop shit from hitting the proverbial whirlyblade as the #BadNewsBreeze triggers the #FightOrFlight response of this mysterious quartet! (Spoilers: ||None of them choose flight.||) > anyways this fight goes... *well enough*… The quartet were ready and all release held actions at the #BadNewsBreeze and the assassin who was up first very nearly dealt enough damage to Corayas to trigger one of Romad's new abilities but afterwards promptly got crushed by extreme retaliation from said barbarogue > #HeHeldHisRageInAtLeast #Could'veBeenWaayyyyWorseXD > But yeah, Corayas creates some mischief (Also #GoodBadCrits his surge check allowing him to recharge all 0 sorcery points he's expended!) > #CritCount3 #SurgeForTheSurgeGods > Kirin locks them in further with some spike growth and now these bitches are well and truly slowed (One of them can literally only move 5 feet a turn without dashing currently lmao) > But anyways, this goes on, shit gets ouchied, a wargod has it out for some brambles, Kirin and Corayas do real good at dodging, and the quartet get increasingly agitated! > #RoughDay #CritCount6 #GoodCrits4 #BadCrits2 #FinalCritCount > And Then Romad Got Banished. > Serenas: “In retrospect I reacted exactly the right amount and will take no criticism in my methods of emotional regulation nor will I address the fact that I just might have worse seperation anxiety than my fiance and that it has just gone uncommented on because I have a decent poker face.” > #I'mTakingThatShitToMy*GRAVE* #PleadTheFifth > It lasts like 3 turns but Serenas does take his turn with the #CatatonicDoNothingTurn > (I think more than half the party has gotten a turn at this point?) > OH! Speaking of #CatatonicDoNothingTurns Corayas used the wand of wonder to create a dream of something so awesome happening he was stunned for a round! :D > Okay listen we all know how this ends right? Romad misses the nuances of how pointing a magic spearblade at the enemy's fallen comrade when offering to heal him might come across (even after having cast calm emotions), Kirin goes #GigaBrain again; invoking her goddess and commanding herself to speak truth when calming the war cleric, and Corayas “#ThrowYaOffYaGroove” Nutizum proves he's still got it (voice or no voice!) > Sigrid (with deep distress and confusion at the skinny sorcerer “dwarf” signing kind words at her): “*Why are you **blue**??!*” > #DabaDeeDabaDye > Yeah so you know that wind of warning that has played right before anything dangerous has happened since rescuing those snadies (snake ladies) outside Zona Rosa? Turns out it might be a lil sus y'all. Yeah, yeah I know! Crazy right? Yeah it's totally the sound of pipes that are just way too fucking big and it honestly has like fuck all to do with Hekate's domain thematically. But I mean it's not like there's any other powerful entity out there that promised to keep the party entertained for the extent of their roadtrip and thus would both have motive and means to orchestrate all of these events or at least know in advance when bad things happen right? And even if there was! What are the odds it would be an entity that would've been able to make these four adventurers have a month from hell by manipulating them into states of extreme paranoia while also throwing harrowing event after harrowing evenet at them. That would be just wayyyy too specific a thing to ever take place in a D&D game about a roadtrip where a evil nightmare entity and her hoards of bloody rat bois promised to keep you entertained on said long ass roadtrip and who has also given you all lots of nightmares and in fact raised the paranoia level of multiple party members on different occasions! > #LMAO > Anyforeshadowing that's all folks! I'll see y'all bitches in Asland!

S123 Crit Count: Romad Nat1 perception, Kirin Nat 20 Perception, Corayas Nat1 Surge Check, Sigrid nat20 attack on brambles, Kirin Nat20 Dex save, Corayas Nat 20dex save,