Episode 193 - Outside the Tower

The episode starts with the remaining party covered in the viscera of their dear friend, Titus Harper.

## **Story**

The episode picks up immediatly where episode 191 left off, with the remaining party covered in the viscera of their dear friend, Titus Harper. After a bit of a panic, they hear sounds of battle outside. They run outside, and see the group they left out there fighting more men in animal masks. There are three guys attacking the good guys, and several archers in the back. Our heroes join the frey. Jett makes a wall of thick vegetation, Aludra crackles, and many many arrows blot out the sun. After basically everyone has been hit by a few arrows, Wren and Lex, the changling witches, arrive flying on brooms to help the fight. During the skirmish, Aludra becomes a tree once again and begins crying tree sap, as Jett turns a man wearing a baboon mask into an actual baboon. Jalea wrecks shop and the witches take out the archers. Lex destroys the last of the baddies and after the battle, they ask about Harper.

## **Trivia**

* Michael refers to Erynn Colleen as Erynn Cole, it will not be the last time.
* Aludra is a Mountain Dwarf, meaning she has resistance to being poison damage

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

### **Cast and Player Characters**

* Michael DiMauro - *Dungeon Master*
* ~~Tim Lanning - King Titus Harper~~
* Jennifer Cheek - Queen Aludra Wyrmsbane
* Mike Bachmann - The Jett Razor
* Nika Howard - Jaela

### **Non-Player Characters**

* Bucky
* ~~Erynn Cole~~ Erynn Colleen
* Lex
* Marlamin Windlore
* Wren
* Ros

### **Quest Log Updates**

* [Active] - Curse of the Raven Queen
* [Active] - Investigate merchant deals in Glain, the Jewel of the East, and the Crescent Moon Coins
* [Active][Sidequest] - Deliver a very small bag of coins to Wilma in Glain, the Jewel of the East
* [Active][Jaela][Sidequest] - Deliver a letter to Reginald Thornberry
* [Active] - What are birds?
* [Active] - Who are the masked assassins?
* [Active] - Save the shrinking high elf city of Galanthis

### **Quotes**

**"He died doing what he loved: exploding."** ~ *Jett Razor, being reassuring*

## **Rolls**

* **Recap**
	+ Jennifer - 12
	+ Nika - 8
	+ Bachmann - 2

* Michael once again has them all roll **Perception** instead of using their Passive Perception stats.
	+ Jaela - ?? - *"Oh, shit. I see nothing."*
	+ Aludra - 15
	+ Jett - 12
		- Aludra hears yelling from outside

*Combat Begins*

* **Initiative** against the guys in animal masks
	+ Bear Mask
	+ Ros
	+ Jett - 20
	+ Wolf Mask
	+ Aludra - 19
	+ Animal Mask
	+ Animal Mask
	+ Animal Mask
	+ Jaela - 5
	+ Archer 1
	+ Archer 2
	+ Archer 3
	+ Archer 4
	+ Archer 5
	+ Archer 6

*Round One*

* **Bear Mask** vs Ros
	+ Melee Attack (Shortword)
		- Hit - The swords are poisoned

* **Ros** vs Bear Mask
	+ Melee Attack (Sword)
		- Miss

* **Jett** vs enemies
	+ Plant growth, which makes vegetation grow wildly, making everyone move slower.

* **Wolf Mask** vs Bucky
	+ Melee Attack (Shortword)
		- Miss

* ~~**Jaela**~~
* **Aludra** vs 2 enemies
	+ *Crackle* requiring a DC 16 DEX saving throw
		- One succeeds, Baboon Mask fails - 5, 11 lightning damage, respectively

* **Jaela**
	+ Activates her boots, to fly 50 ft. into the fight.

* **Archer 1** vs Jaela
	+ Ranged Attack (Bow and Arrows) x2 - *Disadvantage* - 15, and <15
		- Miss, Miss

* **Archer 2** vs Aludra
	+ Ranged Attack (Bow and Arrows) x2 - 20, 9
		- Miss, Miss

**Archer 3** vs Aludra

* + Ranged Attack (Bow and Arrows) x2 - Nat20
		- Hit - 15, Miss

**Archer 4** vs Bucky

* + Ranged Attack (Bow and Arrows) x2
		- Hit, Hit

**Archer 5** vs Erynn

* + Ranged Attack (Bow and Arrows) x2
		- Hit, Miss

**Archer 6** vs Jaela

* + Ranged Attack (Bow and Arrows) x2
		- Miss, Miss

*Round Two*

*Wren and Lex show up*

* **Wren** vs Archer 5
	+ Makes one of them dissapear with a magical wand.

* **Baboon Mask** vs Jaela
	+ Melee Attack (Shortsword) x2 - *Advantage* + *Disadvantage* = *Cancels Out* - 26, 19
		- Hit, Hit - 12 damage, and poisoned, requiring a DC 15 CON saving throw
			* 28, 19 - Not poisoned, but takes 24 more poison damage

*Longest Battle Ever*

* **Ros** vs "One of these guys"
	+ Melee Attack (Shortsword)
		- Hit

* **Jett**
	+ ~~Polymorph one of the Witches!~~
	+ Polymorph Baboon Mask into an actual baboon, requiring a DC 17 WIS saving throw
		- 9 - *It's baboon time, biiiiitch*

* **Aludra** vs Wolf Mask
	+ Turns into a tree person, Melee Attack x2 - 25, 25
		- Hit, Hit - 22 piercing damage total

* **Wolf Mask** vs Aludra
	+ Melee Attack (Shortsword) x24 - 24, <24
		- Hit, Miss - 6 (9 temp hit points from tree form, so now 3 temp hit points) piercing damage, and poison, requiring DC 15 CON saving throw
			* Nat20 - 6 poison damage

* **Erynn** and **Marlamin** are ganging up on the bear guy

* **Jaela** vs Bear Mask
	+ Melee Attack (Halberd) x3 - 21, 20, 19
		- Hit, Hit, Hit - 39 total damage

* **Archer 1** vs Ros
	+ Ranged Attack (Bow and Arrows) x2
		- Miss, Miss

* **Archer 2** vs Jaela
	+ Ranged Attack (Bow and Arrows) x2 - 18, 16
		- Hit, Miss - 8 Damage

* **Archer 3** vs Aludra
	+ Ranged Attack (Bow and Arrows) x2
		- Miss, Miss

* **Archer 4** vs Erynn and Marlamin
	+ Ranged Attack (Bow and Arrows) x2
		- Hit, Hit

* **Archer 4** vs Erynn and Marlamin
	+ Ranged Attack (Bow and Arrows) x2
		- Hit, Hit

*Archer 5 had been vanished by Wren, but Archer 6, who was alive and well up to this point, seems to not be a concern anymore?*

*Round three (?) It's getting hard to keep track*

* **Wren** vs Archers
	+ Fireball, engulfing the Archer's in flames

* **Lex** vs Archers
	+ Firebolt, which kills an archer

* **Baboon Mask**, now an actual babboon
	+ Drinks his own pee

* **Ros** vs Wolf Mask
	+ Stabs the shit out of him

* **Jett**
	+ Bag of Tricks - MacKenzie the giant rat!
	+ Bardic Inspiration on Jaela

* **Aludra** vs Animal Mask
	+ Melee Attack (Hammer) x2 - 29, 14
		- Hti, Miss - 7 damage

* **Wolf Mask** vs Aludra
	+ Melee Attack (Shortsword) - ??, 21
		- Miss, Hit - 6 piercing and poison requiring a DC 15 CON saving throw
			* 18 - Pass, take 6 damage

* **Erynn** and **Marlamin** who are now best friends, and are attacking as one take out the Bear Mask

* **Jaela** vs Wolf Mask
	+ Melee Attack (Halberd) x2 - 18, >18
		- Hit, Hit - 35 total damage (kills him)

* **Lex** vs last three archers
	+ Chain Lighting, killing all three of them

*Combat Ends*