Part 3: Class Roles & Battle Tactics | Starter Kit - D&D Edition

Summary

Critical Role & Sagas of Sundry

Episode: Part 3 – Class Roles & Battle Tactics | Starter Kit: D&D Edition

Host: Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller
Release Date: August 25, 2025
Main Theme:
A hands-on, roleplay-focused session for new and experienced D&D players, featuring live dungeon crawling, tactical combat, and discussion of teamwork, class abilities, and improvisation. Players explore, battle goblins and monstrous creatures, use their class features, and demonstrate both basic and advanced group decision-making in tense, often hilarious situations.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Navigating the Dungeon – Exploration and Group Decisions

• Players discuss where to go after surviving their first fight. They debate whether they're seeking treasure, experience, or reputation.
  • "Are we looking in this place for the library of their experience? But also they have a treasure in this place. Allegedly." (Player 1, 01:40)
• The party chooses to explore a “sinister” left corridor, engaging in light-hearted decision-making about blood trails and possible danger.
  • “Left looks kind of cool. Let’s go left. That’s the sinister way." (Player 1, 02:18)
• The group manages their marching order (how they line up in the dungeon) for safer movement and tactical advantage.

2. First Combat: Goblins and the “Theater of the Mind”

• An encounter with two aggressive goblins results in the DM running combat without a grid map, emphasizing imagination and spatial reasoning—“theater of the mind.”
  • "We're not gonna pull out the battle map. I'm just gonna place you guys in my mind as to where you are." (DM Jason, 03:35)
• Players roll initiative and launch attacks, using class abilities and rolling natural 20s (critical hits).
  • Quote: “A natural 20? …That means it’s a critical hit. Roll for damage, and then roll for damage again. Add them both together.” (DM Jason, 04:58)
  • Memorable Moment: Player 1 delivers a vivid kill description:
    "Swing, all time slows down. Just splits perfectly symmetrically down the middle. He falls into two." (Player 1, 05:42)
• Discussion of combat mechanics: modifiers, initiative, marching order, attack rolls, damage, and critical hits.

3. Tactical Movement and the Importance of Checks

• The group encounters a room carpeted in multicolored fungi and mold.
• They debate whether to use a valuable spell slot for Detect Magic or investigate through skill checks (Nature, Arcana).
  • "**Detect Magic is a level one spell… so she can only use it until the next long rest." (DM Jason, 09:04)
  • "Let me do a Nature check… 13." (Player 2, 09:17)
• Players inspect the fungi, and (after Player 1 licks a mushroom) the group experiences their first saving throw against poison—learning about conditions and disadvantage in D&D.
  • Quote: “You start to feel nauseated… for the next six minutes you’re going to make every roll at disadvantage.” (DM Jason, 13:04)
  • "**Disadvantage means… roll two d20s and take the lower roll.” (DM Jason, 13:30)

4. Looting, Magic Items, & Group Strategy

• Discovery of a decayed body yields valuable items, including a magical dagger.
  • Arcana checks are used to confirm magic, and the party learns how magical weapons function.
  • Quote: “It’s a dagger +1. …it gives you +1 to hit and +1 to damage with your dagger.” (DM Jason, 15:30)
• Group discusses equitable loot distribution and what to do with extra weapons, showcasing teamwork and communication.

5. Encounters and Combat Escalate: Traps, Foes, and Party Roles

• A maze-like area and garbage-filled room hide a giant centipede which surprises the group by attacking from stealth.
  • “Jumping out of the garbage, completely surprising you, is a monstrous giant centipede.” (DM Jason, 19:39)
  • Players experience the consequences of poor perception checks and learn about surprise rounds.
• The cleric’s healing abilities are showcased for the first time when a player is injured:
  • Quote: "Here is where I really shine… I would like to do some heals.” (Player 2, 23:36)
  • "**Cure Wounds… a creature I touch regains a number of hit points equal to 1d8 plus my spellcasting modifier." (Player 2, 24:01)
• Combat is a mix of creative spellcasting and cooperative tactics, with characters using ranged attacks and melee efficiently.

6. Escalating Stakes: Boss Fight & Near-Death

• The party encounters two goblins and a formidable humanoid leader.
  • "Standing as tall as a human, this muscular gray skin creature peers about with tiny, observant eyes. It wears chainmail and carries a shield and sword." (DM Jason, 27:13)
• The leader demands surrender, but the party chooses to fight, debating the wisdom/foolishness of negotiations.
• A brutal round: Player 1 is hit for 9 damage and drops to zero hit points—leading to explanation of death saving throws and stabilizing an unconscious ally.
  • Quote: “When you reach zero hit points… you’re unconscious. You’re gonna save every turn against death. If you fail three times, you die. If you succeed three times, you live.” (DM Jason, 32:13)
  • Cleric casts Spare the Dying:
    • “I touch a living creature that has zero hit points — the creature becomes stable.” (Player 2, 35:00)
• The wizard uses Magic Missile, an iconic spell, finishing a goblin with “three glowing darts of magical force.”
  • “You can direct them to hit one creature or several… And you don’t even have to roll to hit!” (DM Jason, 36:03)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Theater of the Mind:
  "[We’re going to] do this one in what they call theater of the mind… I’m just going to place you guys in my mind as to where you are." (03:35)
• First Critical Hit:
  “It’s our first natural 20 in combat.” (05:02)
  • “Swing, all time slows down… splits perfectly symmetrically down the middle.” (Player 1, 05:42)
• Bad Choices and Consequences:
  “I’m very unwise, so I’m going to lick one.” (Player 1, 12:29)
  • “You start to feel nauseated… every roll at disadvantage.” (13:04)
• Dungeon Ecology:
  “The floor is covered with a carpet of tufted molds… a rainbow assortment of colors.” (DM Jason, 08:03)
  • “Very Willy Wonka on the chocolate factory.” (Player 1, 10:20)
• Loot Discovery:
  “You find a short sword and a silver dagger… a black dragon skin handle.” (DM Jason, 14:35)
  • “It’s a dagger +1. …If you choose to use it as your main weapon…it’ll be easier to hit your opponents…” (15:30)
• Cleric Powers Unleashed:
  “Here is where I really shine, which is that you’re very injured and I just can’t go by, like, let you be that injured. I would like to do some heals.” (Player 2, 23:36)
• When Things Go Wrong:
  “Dang, dude, I’m dead.” (Player 1, 31:59)
  • “You’re not dead, you’re unconscious. …First you fall unconscious, and then you’re gonna save every turn against death.” (DM Jason, 32:04)
• Iconic Spell Moment:
  “Magic Missile. You create three glowing darts of magical force… The darts all strike simultaneously.” (Player 3, 36:03)
  • “You don’t even have to roll to hit… Roll for damage!” (DM Jason, 36:34)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• [01:11] Show Introduction / Recap & Objective
• [02:12] Player Decision: Choosing Direction & Exploring
• [03:35] Combat (Theater of the Mind) with Goblins
• [05:02] First Critical Hit & Descriptive Kill
• [08:03] The Fungi Room – Investigation and Analysis
• [12:29] Fate Tempted: Licking the Mushroom (Saving Throw, Poison)
• [14:02] Discovering Loot & Magic Dagger
• [18:33] The Maze, Garbage Room, and Surprise Centipede Attack
• [23:36] Cleric Heals Party for the First Time
• [27:13] Encounter: Goblin Boss and Negotiation Attempt
• [32:04] Explanation: Death Saving Throws & Stabilizing Unconscious Party
• [36:03] Wizard Uses Magic Missile to Finish Combat

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Episode Tone & Style

• Playful, collaborative, and full of friendly banter between the Dungeon Master and players.
• Teaching moments for new players are naturally woven into play (“the DM as coach”).
• Action and planning shift quickly between high-stakes combat, dungeon exploration, puzzle-solving, and practical joking.

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Summary

This episode of D&D Starter Kit vividly demonstrates the heart of tabletop RPGs: teamwork, creative problem-solving, and memorable storytelling. Through tactical fights, moments of folly (like licking dungeon mushrooms), the exhilaration of magical loot discovery, and brushes with disaster, the group learns and teaches core concepts: class abilities, healing, advantage/disadvantage, and the drama of a well-run dungeon crawl. A perfect listen for both new players looking to understand group tactics and RPG fans seeking laughs and dice-rolling adventure.

Transcript

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[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Welcome back to your starter kit. I'm your dungeon master, Jason Charles Miller. In this episode, as the adventure heats up, our players are going to learn more about role playing, group decision making and combat tactics with a focus on cooperation. Okay, we just made it through our first combat alive. What do you guys want to do next?

[Player 1]

I'd say we keep pushing forward. Are we looking in this place for the library of their experience? But also they have a treasure in this place. Allegedly.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Allegedly. Yeah. I mean, allegedly. Rogan and Zilligar had massive amounts of treasure of which they used to build this complex.

[Player 1]

Right. So. So they probably don't have any left.

[Player 2]

You never know. We're also looking for respect and entry into the adventures.

[Player 1]

That's true. Right? That's just. We have to live through this. We don't actually have to find anything for that. We don't even need to find the treasure for that. You don't have to, you know, so forward. All right, so let's move forward. Yeah.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

You got three ways you can go.

[Player 1]

Yeah. This way. What do you think?

[Player 3]

I don't know. Left looks kind of cool.

[Player 1]

Left looks kind of cool. Let's go left. That's the sinister way. That was the way he was crawling, right? Right. He was crawling this way. So blood trail was this way. So I don't know.

[Player 3]

Yeah, let's go.

[Player 1]

Yeah. We want to find Dangerous or exciting. How far do we go?

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Great. You can go to that corner here.

[Player 1]

Okay. And this one? We pull this one off?

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

No, which one? One you're actually. Yeah, pull that one off and then pull that one off as well.

[Player 1]

Okay. Cuz we can kind of see both. You can see both direct. So ultimately there's another set of hallways on either parallel of this.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

That's what it would seem like. Yeah.

[Player 1]

Yeah. So maybe we go down further. Further down to this hallway on the side to here.

[Player 2]

Sounds great.

[Player 1]

Yeah. Check this out.

[Player 2]

Does this all kind of look like the same stuff we've been.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

The building material looks the same. It's all of that carved out of that dark rock.

[Player 2]

Sweet. Let's keep going until we find something.

[Player 1]

Yeah, let's keep going.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Yeah.

[Player 1]

Is that a doorway or anything? It's just over here. This is a doorway.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Yeah.

[Player 1]

Moving through here. Hallway again.

[Player 2]

Do, do, do. I'm singing a helpful song. I'm not a bard.

[Player 1]

I'm just. We're all glowing.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Okay. At this point, when you turn the corner.

[Player 1]

Yeah, yeah.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

You see two goblins.

[Player 1]

Oh. Ooh, more goblins. Okay, wait. Nice goblins.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

They're not nice.

[Player 1]

They're very grave.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

They're growling at you. And we're gonna do combat differently this time.

[Player 1]

Okay.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Because there's only two. And I know where you guys are. We're gonna do this one in what they call theater of the mind. So we're not gonna pull out the battle map. We're just gonna. I'm just gonna place you guys in my mind as to where you are.

[Player 1]

Yeah, perfect. I'm gonna nail these out. I'm for it. Let's do this.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

So, yeah, we're gonna roll for initiative now. Everybody roll?

[Player 3]

Everybody.

[Player 1]

Okay. I'm 14.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Four.

[Player 1]

Four plus four, right? 18.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

18.

[Player 1]

Technically, I'm 6.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Five. So.

[Player 1]

Yeah.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

So 18. 14.

[Player 1]

Yeah. Mine's technically 16 because I have two.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Okay. Yeah. Did you add your modifier to it?

[Player 1]

Okay, great.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Then who was next?

[Player 1]

I had two and you had. I have six. I'm six. She's six. So she's next.

[Player 2]

And then I. I have five.

[Player 1]

Yeah.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Five.

[Player 1]

Wow. Third. Okay. You're always in the back, and yet you can throw the flame over top of it. So it kind of works out. I'm just saying it's not a bad thing.

[Player 3]

I told you guys I had your back.

[Player 1]

That's right. Although in this situation, we're all kind of clogged up. Oh, yeah. So we are standing in a line.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Yeah, we should probably. Well, it's the the halls are. The halls are 10ft wide.

[Player 1]

Okay.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

So we can still two can maneuver. So you put two in the front. So the way the marching order would be, would be the two of you guys would be in front and you go for it.

[Player 1]

Got it. 20.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

A natural 20.

[Player 1]

Natural 20. And if I add four for Maul.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Great. It's our first natural 20. In combat.

[Player 1]

In combat.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

So what that means is that's a critical hit. So what will happen there is you will roll. You will roll for damage, and then you will roll for damage again. Add those both together.

[Player 1]

Nice.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

And that will be your total damage. So.

[Player 1]

So he's doubled it.

[Player 2]

Oh, my gosh.

[Player 1]

Wow.

[Player 2]

Plus two. So that's.

[Player 1]

Oh, so 12 plus 12.

[Player 3]

Wow.

[Player 1]

Wow.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Well, actually, what it is that. That plus two. You'll only add that to the end. So technically. So it's. It's 22 instead of 24. Okay. I want you to describe to me what happens to this goblin as you clearly have killed.

[Player 1]

Swing all time slows down, goes and just splits every. It just splits perfectly symmetrically. Symmetrically down the middle. And he falls into two.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Nice. With a blunt weapon. That's very impressive. Yeah.

[Player 1]

The point four sided. I just had like Jennifer Gallagher fantasy about the whole thing. Like this goblin suddenly a watermelon just. And I'm next. You're next.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Yeah, yeah.

[Player 1]

One goblin left nine and. Oh, sorry, I didn't say longsword, but longsword. So 13.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

That's a miss.

[Player 1]

That's a miss.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Yeah.

[Player 2]

I'm gonna squeeze on up there with my hammer.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Okay, well, actually, we've got. So we have the two guys in front, so I don't know if there wouldn't be any room left for you to engage. Although. Yeah, at this point there wouldn't be.

[Player 2]

Okay, sweet. I will use a crossbow.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Okay.

[Player 2]

It's a 12 total. Yeah, you miss. Okay, Sorry. All right, I'm gonna use a crossbow.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Great.

[Player 1]

12 plus 6 plus 6. So 18.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

You definitely hit. So, yes. Roll for damage, please. That would be your sixes.

[Player 1]

Oh, yeah.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

See where it says crossbow?

[Player 1]

Crossbow. Use your eight sided dice.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Oh, eight sided die.

[Player 1]

My bad.

[Player 2]

This is a hefty crossbow, though.

[Player 1]

Too bad, because that was a good number. It was six plus plus four.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

You missed. He died instantly.

[Player 1]

Yeah. Cool. They're both dead. Cool. So I say there's a doorway right here. Let's go. Hold on.

[Player 2]

Let's hear about the bodies. Are they interesting or anything?

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Oh, yeah, they are pretty much. They're like the other ones. They're pretty much, you know, let's never.

[Player 2]

Hear about the bodies.

[Player 1]

Yeah, yeah.

[Player 2]

They're gross.

[Player 1]

I just want to go into your body. I think this door right here interests me. Right here. Because right here. Here. It leads to another series of stuff like that. I just feel like we should go in there.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Yeah.

[Player 2]

Oh, nice.

[Player 1]

Like this business in here.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Okay.

[Player 1]

Straight ahead. Left. Right. What do you think? Because there's a room over here. Straight.

[Player 2]

Always straight.

[Player 1]

Okay. All right. Yeah.

[Player 2]

That's just my deal.

[Player 1]

Ever. Straight ahead down this. Oh, nice. Big room. Very exciting. No door?

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Nope. I'd like to describe the room to you.

[Player 1]

Oh, yes, please.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

So the floor is covered with a carpet of tufted molds that extends to all the walls and even onto parts of the ceiling, obscuring the rock surface. The molds appear in a rainbow assortment of colors, and they are mixed in their appearance with splotches, clumps, swirls, and patches presenting a nightmarish combination of clashing colors. This is indeed fuzzy fairyland of the most forbidding sort. Although beautiful in its own mysterious way.

[Player 2]

Same.

[Player 1]

So investigate it. Like, look for. Sounds dangerous, right? It sounds like something's about to, like. Yeah. I think because of the nature of what's on the floor, and it sounds so fairy like and mysterious, we should detect magic. We should try to. I mean.

[Player 2]

Yeah.

[Player 1]

That's neat.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

And before you do that, you could also do a nature check and an arcana check too. I don't want you to waste that spell.

[Player 3]

I think I have that. Yeah.

[Player 1]

Is that a one time thing? Magic?

[Player 2]

Detect magic, Right.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Detect magic is a level one spell, so she can only use it until the next long rest, so.

[Player 2]

Oh, it'll take up the other spells you can do.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Yeah, it'll take a while.

[Player 2]

Let me do a nature check and.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

See if I can.

[Player 2]

What's this moss Like, I've certainly seen it before at home. 13.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

13. Is there a bonus modifier to that?

[Player 2]

I already did that.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Okay. 13. Yeah. I mean, it looks like maybe at one point it was a tended garden that has now been long since abandoned. So every thing in here is kind of grown amongst each other.

[Player 2]

Got it.

[Player 1]

Should we just press on? Yeah, let's press on.

[Player 2]

You said arcana check too. We just do that.

[Player 1]

What is arcana? Yeah, what's that?

[Player 2]

It's like knowledge of magic, right?

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Yeah.

[Player 1]

Yeah.

[Player 2]

Unless anybody has a higher intelligence that can do it.

[Player 1]

I'm not.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

You may have a better user intelligence. Is 16.

[Player 3]

Check for Arcana. Just the 20.

[Player 2]

It's in our skill set, the D20.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

And it's in your skill set. Oh, you got plus five.

[Player 2]

Nice. Wow.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

I can see that.

[Player 1]

Good.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

That's good.

[Player 2]

Real good.

[Player 3]

Do I roll? Okay, six plus five. Plus five is 11.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

11. Okay, cool. You don't really discern too much to you, most of it. It just feels like it's just a moldy room. It's a moldy room with lots of egg, mushrooms, and crazy things everywhere. Very Willy Wonka on the chocolate factory.

[Player 1]

I cannot tell from the way this is. I guess not. Okay, so for the most part, unless we want to really check this, we should. We can go back and go back around to the other side of this wall. You want to go?

[Player 2]

Well, let's go in the room and see what happens.

[Player 1]

Okay.

[Player 2]

Like, there's no doors or anything.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Right, Right. As far as you can tell. I mean, it's very hard to see through because, like, they're literally like little spores flying through the air.

[Player 2]

It's probably treasure. I don't know. I mean, it's a cool, dark room.

[Player 1]

Yeah, let's do it.

[Player 2]

Usually treasure place.

[Player 1]

Sure. Okay. All right, so we're entering.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Great.

[Player 1]

Basically just closes shut like a fly crab.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Yeah. No, you see, there's a grove of giant fungi kind of in the middle. So you want to approach that.

[Player 1]

Sure. Inspect the fungi. Do I inspect the fungi? Inspect the fungi.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

And I'm actually going to do a little round here. What you find just kind of built into the adventure. Okay. You basically. So when you. You notice that there are all these different multicolored mushrooms everywhere. So you can choose to pull them off, inspect them, lick them, eat them, or not, depending.

[Player 3]

We should all inspect the mushroom.

[Player 2]

Let's see. I mean, I'm a cleric. I'm interested in healing properties. I also have a very low intelligence. So I'm gonna go touch one.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

You're gonna touch one?

[Player 2]

Yeah.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Okay.

[Player 2]

I'll pick it up, see if I recognize it.

[Player 1]

Yeah. Also lick one, and if anything goes wrong, you could be, like, on deck.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Yeah. Go ahead and give me a perception check.

[Player 2]

Okay. Oh, that's really bad. Six.

[Player 1]

Okay.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

You touch one and you don't feel anything.

[Player 2]

Cool. I'm just gonna grab a few and put in my bag.

[Player 1]

Sure.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Okay.

[Player 1]

I'm very unwise. So I'm going to lick one.

[Player 2]

Sounds great.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Okay, so this is actually gonna be our first saving throw roll of the game. What you're gonna be doing is saving against your constitution and basically seeing if whatever you licked affects you or not.

[Player 1]

Okay.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

So I have a secret number here that you need to roll higher than based on your constitution. And then I'll let you know what happens.

[Player 1]

Or not. Good luck, dude. What? You get two plus two, which is a plus two.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

All right? You start to feel nauseated, and for the next six minutes, you're gonna feel nauseated. So be sure to mark that down.

[Player 1]

Cool.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

And what that'll do is you're gonna make any roll at a disadvantage.

[Player 1]

Gotcha.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Because you're just. Oh, God, this is terrible.

[Player 3]

Shouldn't have licked that mushroom.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

He licked the mushroom, you know?

[Player 1]

Yeah, man.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

And disadvantage means wanderlust.

[Player 2]

Disadvantage means. What's it.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

The opposite of disadvantage means that you're gonna roll 2d 20s and you're gonna take the lower roll.

[Player 1]

Right.

[Player 2]

That's no good.

[Player 1]

That's no good in the next six minutes, though. So.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Yes, for the next six minutes. So hopefully nothing crazy happens in the next six minutes. You'll be okay. You don't know that, but I'm telling you, as a player.

[Player 1]

Gotcha.

[Player 2]

Anything else interesting in this room? A reason we shouldn't leave?

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Give me a perception check.

[Player 2]

Okay. Oh, my gosh. Anybody else want to make a perception check?

[Player 1]

I'll make a perception check. 20?

[Player 2]

Yeah.

[Player 1]

Yeah.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Great. Okay. One little move over there to the right. You notice a body. It looks like it's very well decayed. The body is because the fungus is sort of eaten into it. But the body looks like it has a couple of items on it that you might be interested in.

[Player 2]

Moon, do you want to loot the body? I can.

[Player 3]

Of course I want to loot the body. Finally.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Great. Okay, cool. So you loot the body and you find a short sword. And you also find a silver dagger.

[Player 2]

Nice.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

A black dragon skin handle.

[Player 1]

Ooh.

[Player 3]

You guys can have it.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

And what I might recommend is maybe doing an arcana check on it because there's something. It looks really nice.

[Player 1]

That sounds magical. Yeah.

[Player 3]

I just rolled this thing. Right 20.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

15 plus 5. Right.

[Player 2]

20.

[Player 3]

Like you said, you predicted that you.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Are fairly certain this dagger is magical.

[Player 1]

Yay.

[Player 3]

A magical dagger.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Yeah.

[Player 3]

Now what do we do with it?

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

You can use it.

[Player 1]

You can use it.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Yeah.

[Player 3]

Well, you guys will probably.

[Player 2]

I am a dagger.

[Player 3]

You want the dagger?

[Player 1]

I love the dagger.

[Player 3]

You have the dagger.

[Player 1]

Well, you have a. What's your dagger already? It's a. A plus six plus four. Mine's a plus four plus two. So if I had it.

[Player 3]

I gave it to her already.

[Player 1]

I don't know what that means. Can I have your old dagger?

[Player 3]

You mean I don't get both?

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

So normally you would have to rest for an hour and kind of examine it, but I'm gonna give it to you since you rolled that 20. It's a dagger plus one. So what that does is it gives you plus one to hit and plus one to damage with your dagger so that you'll add. You'll add one if you choose to use it as your main weapon. When you're in combat, it'll be easier to hit your opponents than with your shortsword.

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[Player 1]

See for [e-mail] so you get better points. Okay, your dagger is now a plus seven and a plus five. Okay, good.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Your first magical item, everybody. All right, cool.

[Player 1]

Thank you. Now can we leave?

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

The real word? Yes, leave.

[Player 1]

And which way do you want to go? Left or right, guys? This way or that way? This way.

[Player 2]

Yeah.

[Player 1]

Yeah. Okay, we'll take a piece off. That's another hallway. Anything in it or do we keep moving?

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

You can keep on moving.

[Player 1]

Okay, take this one off.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Oops.

[Player 1]

Is this a wall? This black thing? Yes. Okay. And that's also a hallway. That Goes this way. Keep going, Vance. Yes, keep going.

[Player 2]

I feel like we're going in a circle.

[Player 1]

There's a door right there. There's a door here. We enter the room, whatever it is. Go. Okay, we're going to enter here. It's another hallway, which is. It's more like. Yeah, it's a little. We're in a maze. Yeah, yeah, it's another hallway. Okay, keep going. And we enter, I guess this way or this way. That way. This way. Yeah. Okay.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Whichever way you want.

[Player 1]

All right. Oh, it's a. It's a maze. It goes in.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

So the turning corridor winds inward until ending in a dead end room measuring 20 x 30ft Feet. The walls of this room are unfinished. The stuffy room smells of rotting flesh. You smell it before you make the final turn. The final 10 foot by 10 foot section of the room is filled with refuse, garbage, scraps of cloth, wood. You even see bones amongst the pile. It stinks of death.

[Player 2]

Mike's rolling out.

[Player 1]

I'm getting ready. Something's coming. Perception. Perception check.

[Player 2]

I mean, I feel like we're going to go all the way in.

[Player 1]

So maybe you would enter the room.

[Player 2]

I can do perception once we get in there.

[Player 1]

But the problem was there. Garbage. Was it like piled up.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

The garbage is in that. That whole last square.

[Player 1]

This one.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

All garbage.

[Player 1]

Oh, I see right here. So, okay, so we've basically cleared the corner here like that. So perception. Okay. Yeah, don't worry. I'm going to do a perception too. 12. And there we go. Plus one. So 13.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Okay.

[Player 1]

Okay, you've reached goblins, and they are horny. And a. 14. Perception.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Okay. Jumping out of the garbage, completely surprising you is a monstrous giant centipede.

[Player 3]

I mean, oh, no.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

And we don't need to pull out the battle map because it's one guy. Yeah, he's just going to be wailing on you and you're just going to be whaling on him. Yeah, look at that. That is a lot of garbage he gets because he surprised you guys. And it was higher than any of your. He had a great stealth. And it was higher than any of your perception checks or anything like that. Because he surprised you, he gets to have one free attack and then you guys roll for initiative.

[Player 1]

Okay, okay. Okay. We are surrounding him basically effectively. Right. The way we would design this is we would have all walked in and kind of were all, oh, no, I'm.

[Player 3]

Totally way in the back.

[Player 2]

Except her.

[Player 1]

She's way in the back.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

So he'll probably attack one of the two. I'm gonna Basically roll at random to see which one he attacks. He goes for the dwarf right in front. Nice little tasty morsel. All right, and let's see, just like.

[Player 2]

When you brew the beer.

[Player 1]

Yeah, exactly. Have I told you about beer?

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

And snap. He snaps at you, but he misses. So now you're not surprised anymore and you're in combat. And now I want you guys to roll for initiative.

[Player 1]

Oh, four.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Okay.

[Player 2]

19.

[Player 3]

9.

[Player 1]

Yeah. 10.

[Player 2]

14.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

We have like all extremes here.

[Player 1]

Yeah.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Okay, so 1914.

[Player 2]

Mm.

[Player 1]

Right. Okay, wait, that one doesn't have the name on front.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

I know it doesn't. Oh yeah. That's what you're fighting. That's the. And then who was after that? Who's after 14?

[Player 3]

I had nine.

[Player 1]

Nine. And I had six with my initiative.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Nine. Six. And what'd you get, Thumper?

[Player 1]

Two.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Two. Okay, so nine, six and two. Okay, yeah, you're up. What are you gonna do? Stab him with your new magical dagger?

[Player 1]

Yes, I am.

[Player 2]

Yeah.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Okay, let's go for it.

[Player 1]

So I got 10 and I get to add seven. Seven. Right.

[Player 3]

17.

[Player 1]

17.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Yeah. Great. You hit him.

[Player 3]

Woo hoo.

[Player 1]

Okay, now roll for damage.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Right, so you hit him. And because you're next to Thumper, who the centipede was also engaging with, you get your sneak attack damage. So roll your D4 for the dagger, add your bonuses, and then roll a D6.

[Player 1]

Okay, I roll this guy first. Yeah.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Roll that guy first for my damage. Yeah. And. But not the. You have to decide what die. It's the dagger.

[Player 1]

So it's the four sided dice for the dagger.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Yeah. And then you add all your bonuses. That's the little.

[Player 1]

Yeah, yeah. Come on, come on.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

One plus.

[Player 1]

Wait.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

It'S what's on the top. Oh, okay, what's this one? Add your bonuses.

[Player 1]

Okay, so that's eight. No, plus five.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Plus five.

[Player 1]

Oh yeah.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

So you've got six. And then now roll one more D6 for your sneak attack damage.

[Player 1]

Oh, I get.

[Player 2]

Okay, so two.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Two. Okay, so you gave. You gave. Gave him eight points of damage.

[Player 2]

Nice.

[Player 1]

Yeah.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Okay.

[Player 2]

You're so sick.

[Player 1]

Most centipedes cannot take.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

No, but he's a monstrous giant centipede.

[Player 2]

Normal situation. You attack a scorpion with a dash, it's over.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Yeah. Okay, now he is gonna attack you.

[Player 1]

Literally me?

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Yeah, literally you.

[Player 1]

My first attack might be fine.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

And he hit you for.

[Player 1]

Centipedes are not known for being very agile with attacking, are they?

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

You take four points of damage.

[Player 1]

Oh, I see. That's like the worst out of anyone. Yeah, yeah. So you got. So where do I Put five hit points right now.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

You just write it in your regular hit point.

[Player 2]

Okay, so right here.

[Player 1]

Four.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Yep. Okay, cool. So, Deborah.

[Player 2]

Yes.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Your turn.

[Player 2]

Okay, so here is where I really shine, which is that you're very injured and I just can't go by, like, let you be that injured. I would like to do some heals.

[Player 1]

Great.

[Player 2]

Which we haven't done yet, and I don't really know how to do, but I'm excited to try.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Okay. So you're gonna wanna cast cure wounds.

[Player 2]

On her, I think. Yeah, I don't think I'm gonna do a healing potion. I'm gonna use one of my first level spells, which is called Cure Wounds.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Great.

[Player 2]

A creature I touch regains a number of hit points equal to 1d8. Plus my spell casting ability modifier, which is.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

That's against your wisdom.

[Player 2]

Okay. Because I'm a cleric.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

And so what is that? It should be right under your wisdom.

[Player 2]

Yeah.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Three plus three. Okay, great.

[Player 1]

Okay.

[Player 2]

Spell has no. Okay, great. All right, here we go. You ready to heal some hit points. You're down four, and now you are back up four. So you're at full.

[Player 1]

Hey, great. All right.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Back to nine hit points.

[Player 2]

This involves me going like, oh, I'll take care of that here, just like, wrapping you up. And you're like, I'm in combat. Come on.

[Player 1]

Thank you. Thank you.

[Player 2]

Never.

[Player 1]

Great.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Okay, so now it is Moon's turn.

[Player 3]

I'm gonna do a firebolt.

[Player 1]

Hit it.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Do it. Set that thing on fire.

[Player 3]

Three. I know.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

No, I know. Not happening.

[Player 3]

But we set the garbage on fire.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Yeah, it does hit the garbage. You have success successfully.

[Player 3]

Wait, is it with this too?

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Even with the plus five, it's not gonna still. Yeah. So you've successfully.

[Player 3]

So he's. He's gonna attack me now, huh?

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Wait, well, no, no, not yet, because you're in the back. So he's.

[Player 3]

Oh, yeah, that's right, you guys. Sorry.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

But you did successfully set the garbage on fire.

[Player 3]

Okay, thank you.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Thanks.

[Player 1]

So the smell is great. Yeah. Three. Whatever. Five. Yeah. So three.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Okay. So that's a. That's a. That's a major wish.

[Player 1]

Swing and a miss.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Thump bar. It's all up to you, man.

[Player 1]

Nine plus four. So 13.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

That's a hit.

[Player 1]

Is it?

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Yeah, it is.

[Player 1]

Good job. We'll find out. All right. Senor.

[Player 2]

Nice.

[Player 1]

9 plus 2, 11 dead. Yeah. Nicely done.

[Player 3]

High fives.

[Player 2]

You really nailed it. I'm very proud of you.

[Player 1]

Cool. Can we make boots out of it or anything? Is there 100 boots you could.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

I mean, it's kind of all screwed up. If you wanted to, like, drag it through the dungeon, maybe.

[Player 1]

Yeah.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Yeah.

[Player 1]

Probably save it for later. It's in the front. We'll come pick it up later. Leave it there. No one's gonna find it. Let's find this treasure, huh? Yeah.

[Player 2]

So it seemed like we should search it for.

[Player 1]

Oh, yeah. Keep it as a trophy for the time being, I suppose.

[Player 2]

Should we search, see if there's any loot it was hanging out on or.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Well, the garbage pile's now on fire.

[Player 1]

I agree. Escape. So I think we go back out the way we came. Do we want to try this other hallway that's really short, or do we want to just bugger off and go back to the hallway and try to head down this way?

[Player 3]

Yeah, I agree.

[Player 1]

Okay.

[Player 2]

It's a little unexplored area, but, yeah, but, yeah, let's.

[Player 1]

Do we care about it?

[Player 2]

Let's hit a big person.

[Player 1]

Go this way. Come this way.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Right there.

[Player 1]

Oh, here.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

As you turn, you see three humanoids coming your way. They're not surprised because they heard the. They heard the commotion and everything else.

[Player 1]

Chaotic good.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

They're not chaotic good.

[Player 1]

Sorry.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

You see two goblins that you recognize, and then you see a creature behind them that you don't. That you have not seen before. Like, it's Adam Savage standing, trying to find a path. Standing as tall as a human, this muscular gray skin creature peers about with tiny, observant eyes. It wears chainmail and carries a shield and sword.

[Player 2]

This sounds difficult to kill.

[Player 1]

That sounds difficult to kill.

[Player 2]

Let's kill it.

[Player 1]

Is there a difficulty? It says what?

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

And it says you. Stop there.

[Player 1]

Surrender.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Drop your weapons.

[Player 1]

Oh, I say run.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Where are you? Well, you've got really nowhere to run, right?

[Player 1]

Yeah. No, I say. And let's engage. Yeah, engage. Let's fight him. Let's do it.

[Player 3]

Yeah.

[Player 1]

Swing for the fences. Wait, is there any Talking to him? Is there any, like. Now, hang on a second. You don't know us.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Say something.

[Player 1]

If you're worried about that big centipede thing. We killed it. Maybe we did them a favor. Maybe we trying to get to our garbage all day, but there's this thing, and we'd be like, we just killed it for you. I think your pet centipede is sick. You might want to go look at it. I'll go get a vet. You wait here. And his response is attack initiative. All right. Initiative. Roll. Cause we got. Yeah. Ah, come on.

[Player 2]

I got a 15.

[Player 1]

I have 16. 15, 16, 17, eight. 17, 18, 19.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Okay, so 19 who's second? What'd you get?

[Player 1]

Moon eight. Can I use one? I'm confused.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

You got an eight? No.

[Player 3]

Well, it was six. Two.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

So Haldor got first?

[Player 1]

Yeah. Oh, I'm sorry. I went backwards. Yeah. I thought this was, like. In the time that has passed, can I take advantage of my short rest? No, no, it's too late.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Not yet. Yeah, not yet. Do you need heals you can use?

[Player 1]

Yeah, you can use your ability to use your potion.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Okay.

[Player 2]

But do you have one?

[Player 1]

Yeah, I have one.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

So, Haldor, you got two goblins in front of you. And then the bigger guy is behind, sort of barking orders.

[Player 1]

Tell you what, since I'm. Since the goblins are there and they're kind of holding, he. He can't really do much over top of him. Cause he has a sword. Right. And a shield.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Right.

[Player 1]

He doesn't have a bow or anything. So I'll attack with my dagger.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Okay.

[Player 1]

Yeah. Eight plus six. So that gives me 12 as a hit. I'm sorry. Sorry. 14 is a hit.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

You missed.

[Player 1]

I miss at 14.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

You missed at 14.

[Player 1]

Wow.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

These guys are wiry.

[Player 1]

I guess so.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

They're skinny, they're wiry, and they're, you know.

[Player 1]

Aren't goblins all the same? Like once? Because the other ones would have died from 14, right? No, they would have died from the hit. I mean, of that. But. But the miss. Some of them were.

[Player 2]

They're not all the same.

[Player 1]

They're not all the same.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Yeah. There's a beautiful tapestry of goblins.

[Player 2]

They're all wonderful in their own ways. And we're gonna kill them all.

[Player 1]

Okay, I'm going for the same goblin. Yeah.

[Player 2]

Front goblin.

[Player 1]

16. So 20.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Great. Okay.

[Player 1]

Roll for damage. There we go. 8 plus 2. 10.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Yeah. You hit that goblin down the hall. Like your baby or something.

[Player 1]

Nice. Yeah.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Yeah.

[Player 1]

Okay.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Excellent. One goblin down.

[Player 1]

Okay. And then. Okay, now it's the goblin's turn. Right. Or somebody.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Right. So, yeah. What happens is the other goblin engages with you, and he hit six points of damage.

[Player 2]

Oh, that's a lot. That's just a whole lot of damage. That is. That's just like a whole bunch.

[Player 1]

Wow. All right.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

And at this point, actually, the. The guy that was barking orders walks forward and engages with you.

[Player 1]

Okay.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Yeah.

[Player 1]

So they each get to do a thing like this. They're.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Yeah. Because I have their whole. The way I was way I'm doing initiative is there as a group. Yeah. That's just the way to.

[Player 1]

Yeah.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

One way you can do it.

[Player 1]

Yeah.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Okay. Let's see. He definitely Hit you and he gets you for. Race the rudders. Race the sails. Race the sails.

[Player 1]

Captain, an unidentified ship is approaching. Over.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

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[Player 1]

Dang, dude, I'm dead.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Well, you're not dead.

[Player 1]

No, I have eight hits. Eight points from last time. I haven't healed since.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

So you're unconscious.

[Player 1]

I'm unconscious.

[Player 2]

Yeah. Sounds great.

[Player 1]

Yeah.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Here's what happens when you hit zero hit points like Hal just did. Hal is actually not dead. He's unconscious. When you reach zero hit points, first you fall unconscious, and then you're gonna save every turn against death. If you fail three times, you die. If you succeed three times, you live. So right now, we're still in combat, though, so you've got plenty of time to die or live, right? And it's now Trinh's turn.

[Player 1]

Real quick question. If she jumps in and does some.

[Player 2]

Kind of dynasty out of that, I've got a plan.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

She could heal him and, you know, know in the same room, and then.

[Player 1]

He'S out of that whole saving.

[Player 2]

Okay, I've got plans for you.

[Player 1]

Thank you.

[Player 2]

I am here. I have sandwiches and juice boxes. Don't worry about it.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Yeah. Okay, great. All right, Trin, which one are you attacking, by the way? Oh, and you rolled the wrong guy.

[Player 2]

There's only one left. There's only one alive, right?

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

What? Well, no, there's a. There's. There's. There's the tall guy that you just took down. Hell. And then there's the.

[Player 1]

And they're popped right there up against us. Okay, So I can choose who. Who I want to hit, I guess I should get.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Right now, both of them are engaged, so if you do hit, you'll get your back.

[Player 1]

Let's get that Tall guy. Does she get disadvantaged? Is tall guy behind or are they both next to each other?

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

They're both. You guys are right here.

[Player 1]

I need to take him out. I can use my stealth to do that at this time. He just killed my friend. Almost. Great.

[Player 2]

Thank you.

[Player 1]

So I'm going to avenge you. Thank you. Here we go. One.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

You rolled a one.

[Player 1]

Not with a one.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

All right, that's. It's not happening. Oh, wait, you can, because you have your lucky skill, right? That works in combat. Okay.

[Player 2]

That's right.

[Player 1]

I'm lucky.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Yeah, you have a lucky skill.

[Player 1]

15 plus.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Awesome.

[Player 1]

Do I get to add something?

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

No, no. Well, you know, you do add your other bonuses.

[Player 1]

Yeah, whatever. You were attacking with a dagger. Is that what you were attacking with? I didn't say what I was attacking with.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

She did. Well, you had your dagger in for the last one, so I'm assuming you're attacking with your mouse.

[Player 1]

So plus 17, so obviously 15 plus 7. So 23. 22. Sorry. Great.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

You absolutely hit him.

[Player 1]

Yeah.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Yeah. Now roll for damage. First of all, roll for your dagger damage.

[Player 1]

Okay.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Right. So that's two plus your bonuses. So seven. Now roll one of your D6s for your backstabbing damage.

[Player 1]

Ooh, he's goner. Five. Five.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

He is a goner. You took him out.

[Player 1]

Nice swimming. You're welcome. Thank you. We still got one goblin to deal with. Yes, but.

[Player 2]

But you're unconscious.

[Player 1]

Yeah, I don't care about that.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

You don't even know about that. Deborah, what are you gonna do?

[Player 2]

I am going to go up to Haldor and I am going to use my cantrip, which is called Spare the Dying.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Great.

[Player 2]

Isn't that nice?

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Tell us what that does.

[Player 2]

I touch a living creature that has zero hit points, the creature becomes stable. So that means that you don't have to do your rolls, you're just stable there.

[Player 1]

But you're at zero still.

[Player 2]

Yes.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

So you don't have to do your saving throw rolls or anything.

[Player 1]

Okay, great.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Yeah.

[Player 1]

So. And then how do I get my hit points back? Through healing and other stuff.

[Player 2]

Yeah. Well, we can pop a potion in you.

[Player 1]

Because I have a potion. Yeah, because I have those. I'll do those on my next Right.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

You're still unconscious.

[Player 1]

Yeah.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

But you're stable right now. Okay. Okay, great.

[Player 2]

Take care of our dudes and heal you.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Back up, Moon. There's one goblin left.

[Player 3]

Well, you know, I'm a good shot with my fire bolt.

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Go for it.

[Player 1]

I'm just gonna call you the fire bolt.

[Player 3]

I keep doing the fire bolt. Otherwise, I just have light and a shocking grasp.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

You've got magic missile.

[Player 3]

Should I use that?

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

I mean, this could be a time to use it. I got one.

[Player 1]

I just got one, though.

[Player 2]

I mean, we're gonna have to wait a while to get Hal healed up anyway. You might as well do something cool.

[Player 1]

Yeah.

[Player 3]

Cause I'm tired of firebolting.

[Player 2]

Yeah.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Live your life the crap out of it. You don't even have to roll. You just have to roll for damage. Tell us what magic missile is.

[Player 3]

Magic missile. You create three glowing darts of magical force. Each dart hits a creature of your choice that you can see within range. A dart deals 1d4 plus 1 force damage to its target. The darts all strike simultaneously, and you can direct them to hit one creature or several.

[Player 1]

That's like a hackaroo from the. That's cool. Guardians of the Galaxy.

[Player 3]

Use all these darts on this one little goblin.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Do it.

[Player 1]

Yeah, do it.

[Player 3]

All right.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Four or no, you don't even have to. It hits automatically.

[Player 1]

Oh, wow.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Yeah. All you have to do is roll damage. So roll three of those little. Of the D4. The triangle.

[Player 3]

The triangle one.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

So one seven.

[Player 3]

That's a seven.

[Player 1]

That's a one. I said the same.

[Player 3]

It looks like a seven.

[Player 1]

Four. There you go.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Yeah. And another one plus three for the force damage.

[Player 1]

Nine. Nine. Yeah.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

So, yeah, eat him for nine points of damage.

[Player 3]

How much math there was.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

He's destroyed. He killed the goblin.

[Player 3]

But now I can't use my magic missile ever again until you.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

You can. When you rest.

[Player 1]

Yeah, you have to rest.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Yeah.

[Player 1]

That's why they say you can't have your magic missile. And it, too.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

This is a really good place to stop.

[Player 1]

I got it. I was with you. I was totally yondoing with you.

[Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller]

Yeah. This is a really good place to stop. And we will. We'll be back.

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Show sounds like the shambler with the jar of liquid inside of him, Sorin.

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