Episode 268 - The Orcus Onslaught Part 2

The Circle of Seven continues their fight against Orcus and his undead minions. Fortunately, this is the most hardened crew of god-slayers in all the realms so if anyone can bring down the dreaded Orcus it is them. But at what cost...

## **Story**

The fight between the Circle of Seven and Orcus rages on. The heroes fight valiantly. Tephiroth in particular deals an absurd amount of damage. Neev casts *Contagion (Slimy Doom)* on Orcus, meaning that, if he ever takes damage, he is stunned until the end of his next turn, and this proves invaluable to the heroes. Aelar is eventually able to take down the god. With his final, dying breath, he summons an Adult Blue Dracolich, but Tephiroth is able to take it out in one round. Level 20 characters, baby!

At the after party, there are several points of nonsense remarked upon:

* Aelar has a lampshade on his head
* Tephiroth is crying that he has survived another battle
* Eckhart is not drinking or dancing, but he does play with the Wand of Orcus
* Neev has a rat in her mouth
* They all may or may not eat Orcus

Bigby, who had recovered from his wounds, congratulates them on a job well done. Eckhart Dayhammer gifts Bigby his pinky toe. Mordenkainen had been here previously and left a note for them, saying that they had done a good job.

## **Trivia**

* This episode and the previous one were recorded during the GeeklyInc TableTop Day 2018, to raise money for the Alzheimer's Disease And Related Disorders Association
* Orcus' AC is 20
* Orcus casts *Power Word Kill* and there is some debate as to what the spell saving throw should be. Actually, there is none. If the victim has fewer than 100 hit points, they just die. There is no saving throw
* During this episode, the charity stream raised $5,000, the reward for which was Owen swearing. He says "shit" and it made Daddy DiMauro uncomfortable

## **In This Episode...**

### **Cast and Player Characters**

* Michael DiMauro - *Dungeon Master*
* Tim Lanning - Tephiroth
* Nika Howard - Tyffani
* Jennifer Cheek - Neev
* Matthew Morris - Eckhart Dayhammer
* Carly Shields - Lady Adira Harper
* Owen DiMauro - Aelar
* Bee - Adira's Cat

### **Non-Player Characters**

* Bigby
* Orcus

### **Locations**

* The Abyss
	+ Thanatos
		- Naratyeer
			* Orcus' Lair
* The Astral Plane
	+ Wizard's Tower

## **Rolls**

*Combat Resumes vs Orcus, two ghouls, a Death Knight, and a Zombie T-Rex*

* **Initiative (from last time)**
	+ Tyffani - 26
	+ Aelar - 15
	+ Adira - 15
	+ Adira's Cat
	+ Orcus
	+ Eckhart - 11
	+ Tephiroth - 9
	+ Neev - 7

*Round One (cont'd)*

* **Orcus (legendary action)**
	+ Casts *Chill Touch* on Eckhart - ~~Nat20~~ 17
		- Miss

* **Tephiroth**
	+ Is *Hasted*
	+ Runs full speed at Orcus, prompting an opportunity attack from a ghoul - 10
		- Miss
	+ Does a *Reckless Attack*
	+ Uses *Rapid Strike*
	+ Attacks with his blade - 27, 35, 18
		- Hit, Hit, Miss - 28+16+6 damage
	+ Attacks three more times, but this is hours later, because Tim doesn't know yet how to play his level 20 character so he forget he gets another action - 24, 28, 21
		- Hit, Hit, Hit - 33 damage
	+ Uses an action surge to attack three more times, because Tim is a monster, who must be stopped - 24, 30, 24
		- Hit, Hit, Hit - 33 damage

* **Orcus (legendary action?)**
	+ Swings his big ugly tail at Tephiroth - 23
		- Miss

* **Neev**
	+ Moves forward 50 feet
	+ Casts *Toll the Dead* at Orcus
		- He is immune to necrotic damage

* **Ghoul**
	+ Attacks Eckhart - 14
		- Miss

* **Ghoul**
	+ Attacks Aelar - 6
		- Miss

* **Death Knight**
	+ Throws a *Hellfire Orb*, hitting Tyffani, Eckhart, and Aelar, requiring a DC 18 DEX saving throw
		- Tyffani - 31
			* Success - 34 damage
		- Eckhart - 21
			* Success - 34 damage
		- Aelar - 8
			* Fail - 70 damage

* **Z-T-Rex**
	+ Bites Eckhart - 19
		- Miss
	+ Tail Attacks Tyffani - 19

*Round Two*

* **Tyffani**
	+ Moves within 10 of Orcus
	+ Uses her *Radiant Consumption* ability - 10 radiant damage
	+ Shoots him with her Oathbow - 23
		- 6 damage

* ~~**Aelar**~~
	+ ~~Casts *Invulnerability*~~

* **Orcus (lair action)**
	+ Casts *Power Word Kill* on Aelar, requiring a DC 23 CHA saving throw - 16+7
		- Success - Not Power Word Killed

* **Aelar**
	+ Casts *Foresight* on himself

* **Adira**
	+ Casts *Imprisonment (Burial)* on the Z-T-Rex, requiring a DC WIS saving throw - 7-4
		- Fail - He is buried

* **Adira's Cat**
	+ Yells "Revenge! Taste this!"
	+ Bites harder into Orcus - 1 more damage

* **Orcus**
	+ Uses his "Wand of Orcus" to cast *Circle of Death*, requiring a DC 23 CON saving throws
		- Neev - 20
			* Fail - 28 necrotic damage
		- Eckhart - 23
			* Success - 14 necrotic damage
		- Tyffani - 24
			* Success - 7 necrotic damage (resistant)
		- Tephiroth - 25
			* Success - 7 necrotic damage (resistant)

* **Eckhart**
	+ Attacks the damaged ghoul - 26
		- Hit - 11 slashing damage + 14 radiant damage - kills it
	+ Attacks the second ghoul - 19
		- Hit - 12 slashing damage + 18 radiant damage - kills it
	+ Moves to the Death Knight
* Neev uses her *Keeper of Souls ability to siphon HP from the dead ghouls to Aelar - 10 HP*

* **Orcus (legendary action)**
	+ Casts *Chill Touch* on Neev - 24
		- Success - 22 damage

* **Tephiroth**
	+ Attacks him x3 (*Reckless Attack* x Rapid Strike) - 34, 25, 28
		- Hit, Hit, Hit - 21+22+23 damage
	+ Attacks him again x3 - >20, >20, >20
		- Hit, Hit, Hit - 36 damage

* **Orcus (legendary action)**
	+ Attacks Neev - 18
		- Hit - 19 necrotic damage

* **Neev**
	+ Casts *Contagion (Slimy Doom)* - 20
		- Hit - he has disadvantage on CON checks and saving throws. Also, if he takes damage, he is stunned until the end of his next turn
	+ Casts *Spiritual Weapon*
	+ Melee attacks using her new Spiritual Weapon - 19
		- Miss

* **Orcus (legendary action)**
	+ Tail attacks Neev - 25
		- Hit - 21 piercing damage + 9 poison damage

* **Death Kight**
	+ Casts *Destructive Wave*, requiring DC 18 CON saving throws
		- Aelar - >18
			* Success - 4 thunder damage (*Absorb Elements*) + 8 radiant damage
		- Eckhart - ??
			* Success - 8 thunder damage + 8 radiant damage
		- Adira - Nat20
			* Success - 8 thunder damage + 8 radiant damage

*Round Three*

* **Tyffani**
	+ Casts *Sunbeam* on Orcus, requiring a CON saving throw - 9
		- Fail - Chooses to not fail - Success - 30 radiant damage + 11 also radiant damage - stuns him until the end of his next turn

* **Aelar**
	+ Casts *Disintegrate* using *Overchannel* to deal maximum damage
		- Hit - 136 damage - kills him

* **Orcus (final action)**
	+ Summons an Adult Blue Dracolich

* **Tephiroth**
	+ Attacks the Dracolich x8
		- Hit x8 - 249 damage - kills it

*Combat Ends*