S94 Recap: Ascents & Animals | Ep.37

General Summary

Ayyyyy I'm back to writing these from memory the week of!! (Still not gonna post it until the backlog is finished lol but this way I can keep the goal post in relatively the same place lmao) > #BehindTheCurtain #HappyRecapathonBtw > So Anyways! We OUT! > Ok but actually first we track down & say goodbye to Apple who is only slightly confused for what it's worth (by both the goodbye itself and the very cheerful cinnamon roll now sporting an infernal neck tat) > #Don'tBeSadGoGettaTattoo #There'reWorseCopingMethodsOutThere > The party then manages to escape the capitol without getting in any legal trouble or Knick-Knack getting noticed by the epic level bard whose diary he “found” and then sold to the party > #BelladonnaSilmaris #LuckyLug > On The Road AGAIIINNNNNNNN!! > Enhanced Vehicle is a real funky spell btw > #BiggerOnTheInside > After a week of peaceful travel (#Day127 #21stActe2018) we have our first notable watch night! > Nova & Corayas are #Who'sOnFirst & are admirably not getting distracted > #TeamOppositesAttract #Corova/Novarayas > Selah (after confirming that both Corayas & Romad get darkvision for their watches): “brb” > #BestPossibleTiming > Camillo (with a voice so clearly restraining something): “So… I don't have disadvantage right? Cool, that's a Nat20 Perception then!” > #CritCount1 #GoodCrit #Rusty18 #WisdomOf7 > “In the moonlit night, you see the reflective eyes of a predator you've grown all too familiar with in the last few months. Oh but wait… You can't see Kirin in the dark tho?? And she's over there by the fire… So if she's over there, then… Oh. Oh that's like a wild jaguar. Yeah no, it's not wearing clothes. Also it looks really kinda pissed? It's like stalking the edges of the camp. > #NatureCheckTime! > “So yeah, jaguars are territorial as fuck and some new jaguar bitch is on her turf and she's Pissed about it.” > #TheGirlsAreFighting #Catty > Anyways with a fresh cast of speak with animals, a failed persuasion, and some real good Animal Handling, Nova manages to resolve the situation. > DM: “Man, I absolutely adore that Selah wasn't here for this.” | Selah (finally returning from dog duties): “Here for what?” > #PerfectTiming #NobodyTellHer!! (#SheFiguresItOutInstantlyAnywaysLol) > “Yeah, but she doesn't count, that was a real jaguar!” > #WeeklyOutOfContextQuote > Kirin (Noticing Nova acting a lil sus): “NAT 20 INSIGHT!” “NAT 20 DECEPTION FUCK YOU!” > NovaWillAvoidSocialConfrontationAtAllCosts #CritCount3 > #TimeSkipTime! #Day141 #5thHesperis2018 > #Songbows have a relatively uneventful watch but they do take notice of some deep grooves in the hill side that are definitely not foreshadowing anything > #Never > Also Serenas #GoodCrit so #CritCount4 > In the morning we get some #DivaLore, some concern about racial differences regarding safe alcohol habits, a tour of her many wigs, and then hit the road once again! > “And as you come around one of the many bends of this uphill highway, you start to feel/hear a rumbling…” > #RuhRohGang > “Oh also our old friend the #BadNewsBreeze signals the arrival of the #ArmadilloAvalanche ☺” > #Autobots!RollOut! > And by out I really mean Roll In because… > Roll Initiative! > Serenas, Nova, Kirin, & Isati (with the help of Diva) beat the DC while Corayas, Gwyf, & Romad go after first impact. > First off, Kirin tries to #InverseStep with the #Squishies (Which doesn't include Isati anymore!) but Gwyf refuses, electing instead to stay behind > #GodsDammitGwyf! > Nova bursts out that ol favourite entangle and manages to stop 4/7 giant armadillos but one of said dillos tears a path through with #ExtremeSpeed > #GoodCrit #Nat20StrengthSave #CritCount5 > Serenas #Shatters the road (and also everybody's eardrums), slowing the incoming #Armadillorbs but thankfully not killing any of them > #Yet… > (Also Isati just flew straight up pulling Gwyf with her) > BOOM! The first giant armadillo crashes into the cart! (except it doesn't because Nova utilizes that #DemigodStronk for another #GoodCrit and just bats the fucking thing away which is what actually shakes the carriage) > #Critcount6 > Oh btw Corayas used #TidesOfChaos & Klipper Von Kiel Meister also got a #GoodCrit > #BuiltFordTough #CritCount7 #FinalCritCount #WildMagicTemptationIsn'tEvenNecessaryAnymoreLol > Romad hits the remaining rolly boi with a witch bolt but isn't able to slow it's charge. He does however soften it up enough for Corayas to finish the job with an earth tremor, which #WildMagicSurges right into an immediate extra action (because #WildMagicLovesCorayas), which Corayas uses to cast chaos bolt bringing the now unballed giant armadillo skidding towards the cart to a full Force-Smooshed stop. > #OkNowWe'veKilledOne #JkHe'sJustUnconscious #WeHealHimLaterDw #JusticeForJamal > We then notice that Gwyf has apparently been weaving some weird curved ramp structure out of glowing orange string he can pull out of cracks in his arms??!?!? He can do that‽‽‽ > #HeCanDoThat. #Level2ButBetter #Hmmmmm -_- > Afterwards we take the time to chat with the armadillos and lecture them about looking before chucking themselves down hill at high speeds. Also the party congratulates Gwyf on whatever the fuck he just did and we hit the road again > #TimeskipTime! #Day156 #20thHesperis2018 > (Oh wait, Kirin rolls on the Dreamstride Destination table first & the result is a bigger one so we put that on the backburner for next session because the DM has Plansᵗᵐ >:3) > “As you all come to that last uphill straight before you're out of the Valley of Atlas for real, you begin to reminesce about how that feels after all you've been through.” > #DefinitelyNotStallingOrAnything #Nope!NoTensionBeingBuiltUpHere! > “…As you come over the final ridge, a few things in that instant quickly put you on edge… First is the bucking of the horses who usually maintain their composure exceptionally well, second is the startled yelp from Knick-Knack, and third —most damning of all— is the dark lumbering form… with two curved tusks… and buzzing like a swarm of flies; a key warning sign that was obscured by actual swarms of flies forever laying siege to your senses in these hot tropic days that've persisted even into the fall. > Yes. There in front of your very eyes once more stands the nightmare of your early adventuring days. The Beast. > And that's where we'll pick up next week? Nah it'll prolly still be a few seconds for y'all lmao who am I kidding xD.

S94 Crit Count: Corayas Nat20 Perception 18, Kirin Nat20 Insight, Nova Nat 20 Deception, Serenas Nat20 Perception, Giant amardillo (Jamal) Nat 20 Strength save, Nova Nat 20 Strength Save, Klipper Von Kielmeister Nat20 Strength Save