S152 Recap: Except The Jaguar, | Ep95: She's Anti-Party

General Summary

We kick off this PvP with two nat20s & a Nat1 on initiative > Anti-Kirin: “Nat1? I think you mean Not1 for a Vert20 > #InvertedFate #CritCount3 > From there Inkirin jinxes Isati before refracting all over the place to hit just about everybody with some nasty nasty damage but its the added dread ambusher attacks into Isati intentionally crafted to mirror the moment of her death (and the #InvertedFate curse on her saving throw forcing her to fail) that really hits home :3 (also Inkirin jinxes Romad on her bonus action) > #YouBothOweHerACoke > AnyWings-Of-Wrath, Inkirin's initial barrage into Isati carves more than half of the mothlock's substantial hit points away, which almost sends Nova catatonic and triggers Romad's #ProtectiveLove for a good ol chargy boyo stab!! > #StorgeStronk > Speaking of Romad, it's his turn now! And he #GoodCrits! > #Nyice:3 #CritCount4 > Inkirin: “BOO!” / Nova: “AH FUCK WHAT!?” > #LegendaryActions #JumpScare > OKAY NPC TURN SPEEDRUN GO! Corayas dishes out some inspiration, #CaspaTheFriendlyEidolon takes some swings, and #ThatHeinousBitchOfAnAlbatross lays some hunter mark and arrows into Inkirin's bedazzled blue ass > #Don'tMakeItWeird > Inkirin almost certainly put another legendary action teleport in there but this one wasn't spooky enough :( > Fir Darrigs (watching the failed jump scare): “#SkillIssue” > Nova's Turn! Upsie daisy they go and then we rush for a #SwishSwishBish > #BishSwished #SlightlyWeirdSoup > Okay Isati Time :3 > Isati: “Hey wouldn't it be so funny if I also made a call-back to the dark druid fight?” > #AndThenSheDidThat > MUSH!!!!! > #BelovedDancingStarSnek!!!! #SheCanSummonHimForeverMore > So much like whatever beast it was that got absolutely got by mush all the way back in the day, Inkirin is utterly locked down by some #CosmicConstriction. The Shadowcat may or may not have utilized an #InvertFate interference to make Mush's attack hit >:3 > #YouZigOnFateAndFate'sGonnaZagOnYou #HappyUnbirthday > Oh did I mention that part of said #CosmicConstriction was Isati #GoodCritting a fateweaving check using Mush's starlight motes to create a binding constellation that would prevent the inkcat from teleporting >:333333 > #StarlightSoftMagic #EatYourHeartOutKirin #CritCount5 > Serenas then hits Inkirin with some taunts of his own and the ol reliable dissonant whispers (Inkirin: “19 on the d20 plus—“ Shadowcat: “I think you mean a two on the d20 actually :3”) > #TwoCan(AndWill)PlayAtThisGame >Also I know I haven't been including Inkirin's taunts and barbs but just know she's been doing her best to be the biggest cunt she can ｡^‿^｡ > #MomSaidIt'sMyTurnToBeTheHeinousBitch! > Okay #TopOfTheOrderToYaLaddie! Inkirin #Vert20's her way out of the constriction but fails to escape the cosmic part > #TheFirDarrigsWereRight #SkillIssue #CritCount6 > Kirin (The normal one): “HELLO FROM THE OTHER SIIIIIDDDEEE” > #She'sGotTheRangeDarling #NotVocally #ButSheCanCallHerGirlfriendFromGayBabyJail > Kirin (calling Isati from Gay Baby Jail): “Hey babe, yeah, yeah I know. So anyways, if you cure it of it's fear than I should be able to post bail. You can Help me out, yeah? Okay great! Love you lots!” > #She'sDoneHerTime #HelpIsTheMagicWord > So –like any good warlock with the Devil's Sight invocation– Isati casts darkness –and like the absolute genius of #ThemesAndNarratives that she is– she targets specifically the copper dragon knucklebone around Inkirin's neck. For you see, what Soothes and Alleviates in Truth must surely serve in foil when Inverted— must surely Agitate and Madden. And it is by nature of The Bastion of Kindness that the banes and blights of those near to her shalt Gravitate unto her. And so the darkness she summons upon answering her call to aid is not simply the gloom of Erebos but is The Singularity. The bead of primeval void from which her cosmic gravitation weighs upon the world around her and draws the weight of other's towards her. And it is this weight of Fear and Madness that pulls free from around Kirin as THE INKCAT FUCKS UP AND ROLLS A NAT 1 TO RESIST THIS EFFECT WITHOUT HAVING A REACTION TO INVERT IT'S ROLL XD > #SkillIssueFRxD > Can you imagine not being able to invert your THIRD critical failure of the fight?? > #Couldn'tBeMeLmao #CritCount7, #GoodCrits6, #BadCrits1, #FinalCritCount > Anyways after the fight we mostly just decompress and check in with everyone as much as you can while still being trapped on another plane and also being in a very ill-ominous graveyard of heretical arcana > #WeSureDoBeInSituations > Oh also you remember how last session Isati and The Exile had been super absorbed in conversation? Well that was about this strange feeling of proximity to his Paramour location THAT APPARENTLY ISATI ALREADY KNOWS ABOUT??? Yeah so it turns out that the scrying attempt on Caspadin allowed Isati to connect the dots on where she'd seen The Paramour in her first oracle of her entire fate. Speaking of— > The Exile: “What did you mean by what you said earlier? About being bound to the inkcat even if you might not be bound to Kirin?” > UHHHHHHHHHHHJH > Isati (Totally Not Panicking): “Ah! So…” (She then explains about the whole living to see The End Of Time and looping back around to The Beginning while pointedly leaving out how she's going to live that long.) > The Fallen Exile: “Oh! Well I guess we'll be friends for a very long time than!” > #OOGH #JADE!!! #ThatShitHurted #☺ > Oh also The Exile than extrapolates that seeing the Inkcat utilizing unlock abilities made him realize that he'd seen a few of his old friends he'd abandoned fell out of touch with that had similar abilities but also possessed the unique capacity to seperate their spirits from their bodies and that strange feeling of proximity was him sensing that his paramour was both incredibly nearby and impossibly faraway at the same time. Because her spirit and body were in different places all along! > #He'sSolvedTheMystery #TheMysteryThatSureWasOneAndThatManyPeopleThroughoutHistoryHadInFactConsideredToBeAMystery #AndHeSolvedIt! > OKAY THAT'S ALL FOLKS SEE YA IN TWENTY MINUTES LOL

S152 Crit Count: Romad Nat20 Initiative, Corayas Nat20 Initiative, Kirin Inverted Nat1 (aka nat20) initiative, Romad Nat20 Attack, Isati Nat20 fateweaving, Inkcat Nat1→Nat20 grapple escape, Inkcat nat1 Kirin Resist