Ep. 86 The Lair of the Shaper

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The Lair of the Shaper | Khyber Shards #86 | D&D 5e Actual Play

—Tyris

Having just defeated Falko, the Stryke Force and Nardalee find a little house in Blackbriar. Nardalee is the only one to stay outside, still panting and raging from the fight. Inside the house, they find it's actually a lush greenhouse, with Tyris and his two owlbears, and Daine, retrained by plant life. Battle ensues. Ari and Pog sprout gills and begin suffocating. Nardalee hears the commotion and goes inside to help.

Tyris records the fascinating results of his gill test—it seems Ari has gotten rid of his gills, but Pog is still enchanted with it.

When the fight gets too close, Tyris decides it's time to end the experiement. Touching a mechanism on his glove, poisonous plant spores fill the air, and the room explodes in fire.

## Synopsis

The party have just defeated Falko and are headed towards the little house. They peek in the window and see just a regular interior, but when Pog opens the door, it's actually a lush greenhouse inside. Every goes through the door, except Nardalee; hyped from her rage still, she's patrolling and snorting.

Standing on the far end is a man, and on either side of him are two monstrous creatures that look like a bizarre mating of a gigantic owl and a grizzly bear. Tyris is speaking through a dragonshards. On the wall, Daine is unconscious, being restrained by plant life. Tyris tries getting information about their fight, unsuccessfully.

Esri shoots a chill touch at him, and in response, he pulls a potion from his belt and hurls it at the group. Ari and Pogs sprout gills and begin suffocating. Tyris helpfully starts timing how long it will be until they suffocate.

Kael grabs Ari and pulls him to the fountain. The owlbears go after Kael and Shade. Nardalee hears the commotion; her rage flares back up and she runs in to defend them. Esri throws a poison out as she whips at them, enhancing her strike. Ari mentally strikes at an owlbear, and Pog swings hard with Fury's Edge.

Tyris records that one subject has successfuly gotten rid of the gills(Ari), but one is lasting longer than estimated(Pog). He flicks a mechanism in his wrist and a sticky liquid splashes onto Esri, Shade, and Kael. Ari shoves Shade out of the way and takes the fire damage for her. Shade takes care of an owlbear with Shatter, and Kael drags Ari into the water to dowse the fire. Nardalee takes out another owlbear, and then goes for Tyris. Pog pulls the now out of fire Ari back out of the fountain, and Esri heals him.

Seeing his owlbears go down, Tyris acticates some plant spores, poisoning everyone except Kael and Esri. Tyris decides it's time to end the experiment. Through the mechanism on his arm he causes fire to explode throughout Blackbriar.

## Spells

* **Ari**
	+ Tasha's Mind Whip
* **Esri**
	+ Chill Touch
	+ Cure Wounds on Ari
* **Shade**
	+ Shatter

## Quotes

"We don't murder in half-measures here."
*—Eric*

"I don't wanna be the center of the cube!"
*—Casey*

"The coroner's gonna be so confused by you."
*—Colin*

"We wouldn't call these *willing* beasts, would we?"
"They're willing do to *something*."
*—Casey and R.A.*

"How many points do you have, Shade?"
"Well, I still have more than zero."
*—Eric and Casey*