Part 4: What's Lost Is Found | Starter Kit - Advanced D&D

Summary

Starter Kit - Advanced D&D
Part 4: What’s Lost Is Found (Critical Role & Sagas of Sundry)
Host: David Nett
Date: November 24, 2025

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Episode Overview

In this action-packed session of Starter Kit, the party delves deeper into the tangled criminal underworld of the Thieves’ Quarter. Trying to unravel the fate of missing gang members and their own mysterious adversaries, the group faces tense negotiations, a rooftop chase, and a chaotic combat filled with shocking transformations. GM David Nett expertly blends narrative improvisation with crunchy D&D Fifth Edition mechanics, giving listeners both thrilling story beats and practical rules explanations.

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Key Discussion Points & Major Segments

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1. Interrogation & Information Exchange with Geralt

[01:04–10:39]

• The party meets Geralt, a powerful figure in the Harpies gang, to uncover what happened during a violent incident the previous night.
• Geralt, visibly angry yet controlled, shares that he sent four men on a "smash and grab"—none returned. He suspects interference from another gang.
• The party confirms their involvement at the scene but denies responsibility for his men’s deaths, instead pointing to a mysterious creature and the rival Rivers gang.
• Psionics and Insight checks:
  • Narlak uses Detect Thoughts to probe Geralt’s intentions but is quickly rebuffed (05:12).
    • Geralt: “You’ll be wise to stay out of my head, sir.” (05:14)
  • The party’s high Insight rolls suggest Geralt is honest but withholding some details.
• The Rivers, led by Shiren, are identified as upstart rivals who have grown bolder and possibly more dangerous.
  • Geralt: “Sheeran and her band have grown bold. I’ll tell you, they’ve taken several of my corners...” (06:51)
• The exchange ends with an uneasy agreement: if the party delivers Shiren to the authorities, the Harpies can reclaim what remains of her gang.

Notable Quotes:

• Geralt (to Narlak, after Detect Thoughts): “I don’t know that I’ll let it slide this once. But I’m gonna be watching you and keep my eye on you.” (05:20)
• Geralt (on The Rivers): “Those upstart bastards. ... She formed her small group perhaps a year ago. ... I don’t know how she would have found her way into any dark magics.” (07:32)
• Leona: “There may be greater powers here that we are dealing with.” (09:40)

Timestamps:

• [01:04] – Meeting Geralt; setup for the interrogation.
• [04:53] – Narlak pushes Detect Thoughts, rebuffed.
• [06:22] – Stakes established; Geralt’s offer.

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2. Group Strategy & Rest Considerations

[10:40–12:24]

• Discussion around whether to press on or take a much-needed long rest after 36 hours of activity.
  • Leona: “Should we clear our heads?” (11:54)
  • Shywin: “Might as well do it. Get fresh eyes.” (11:55)
• Mechanics: The GM reviews D&D’s rest mechanics and clarifies the benefits for listeners newer to the game.

Timestamps:

• [11:14] – Leona asks about long rest benefits.
• [11:54] – Consensus on taking a rest.

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3. The Rooftop Chase Begins

[12:24–16:56]

• As the party attempts to exit the Quarter, Narlak detects they’re being followed and discreetly warns the others using the cantrip Message.
  • Narlak (via Message): “We are being followed.” (12:48)
• Leona abruptly pivots to confront the pursuer—a cloaked woman—who flees. The party chases her through crowded streets and over dangerous rooftops.
• Eraviel’s rooftop pursuit is marked by skill checks and minor setbacks, illustrating D&D’s use of Athletics/Acrobatics for dynamic scenes.

Timestamps:

• [12:24] – Narlak perceives the tail.
• [13:19] – Leona confronts the follower.
• [14:44] – Rooftop pursuit with Eraviel.

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4. The Ambush: Trapped in the Alley

[16:17–20:22]

• The chase leads the party into a courtyard surrounded by enemies—an obvious trap.
• An imposing lieutenant of the Rivers, standing atop boxes, confronts them, demanding to know Liam’s whereabouts—hinting Liam was the monstrous creature referenced earlier.
  • Lieutenant: “We know that you are inquisitors... We just want to know, where is Liam?” (16:56)
• Leona tries to negotiate but realizes the group’s fate is sealed.
  • Lieutenant: “I... am not authorized to allow you to live.” (20:40)

Notable Quotes:

• Leona: “In exchange for safe passage out of here, we’ll tell you what we know.” (20:36)
• Lieutenant (coldly): “I, unfortunately, am not authorized to allow you to live. And there’s gonna be an initiative for everybody.” (20:40)

Timestamps:

• [16:17] – Entering the trap.
• [17:10] – Confrontation and threat.
• [20:40] – Combat initiates.

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5. Combat! Shapechangers, Dagger Mastery & Spellcasting

[21:27–47:45]

• D&D 5e is on full display as the GM walks players and listeners through grid-based combat, initiative, movement, spell targeting, and combat maneuvers.
• Highlights include:
  • Narlak casts Sacred Flame and later Burning Hands, demonstrating spell usage and area effects.
    • Narlak: “I actually want to cast burning hands now... pull out my two hands, and I go like that.” (38:13)
  • Shywin slays an enemy with a critical dagger hit, then grabs a crossbow for ranged support.
    • David Nett: “Natural 20. So you swing that dagger, you spin around and run up to this guy... and just stab him in the gullet.” (26:36)
  • Leona seizes the action, using Action Surge and a distracting strike to deliver a devastating blow, then parries a sneak attack, reducing potentially fatal damage.
    • David Nett: “...you just did. Okay. Crazy amount of damage to him just with your dagger.” (30:42)
  • Igneous uses Moonbeam to reveal and damage shapeshifters, forcing a foe to revert to human form.
    • Igneous: “Now that I have a better sense of what we’re dealing with here... I am gonna moon beam the crap out of that shapeshifter.” (34:30)
  • Eraviel attempts a dramatic rooftop attack but rolls a natural one, breaking her ankle upon landing—still manages a dramatic (and grotesquely described) finishing blow with her flail.
    • Eraviel: “My blades are thirsty. Okay, here she comes. Come on, Galash... That is a natural 20.” (43:00)
  • The enemies—members of the Rivers—reveal their monstrous natures, transforming into a black bear, giant rats, and coyote; one’s transformation fails horrifically.

Memorable Moments:

• Transformation Horror: Several Rivers members painfully shapeshift—one fails, turning into “a steaming lump of twitching flesh.” (31:51)
• Leona’s Parry: “As the dagger starts to go into you, you actually try to grab the arm and pull it out rather than pushing it in further with a parry.” (33:56)
• Shapeshifter Reversion: “This bear shrinks away... and what you see, actually laying prone on the ground, is the man who was standing there before...” (36:09)
• Eraviel’s Fatal Flail: “As it flails... it just sinks in so hard that you actually hear it hit the cement underneath. And everything that used to be in his body cavity just leaks out.” (43:08)

Timestamps:

• [21:27] – Combat begins.
• [26:35] – Shywin’s critical hit.
• [30:03] – Leona’s distracting strike.
• [34:30] – Igneous casts Moonbeam.
• [36:09] – Shapeshifter reverts.
• [40:33] – Eraviel rolls a natural one (broken ankle).
• [43:00] – Eraviel’s killing blow.

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6. Aftermath and Cliffhanger

[47:45–End]

• With all immediate threats neutralized and the last shapechanged coyote fleeing to warn others, the party is bloodied but alive.
  • Leona (joking): “Two rats in one move. I’m not sergeant for nothing.” (48:04)
  • Shywin: “Now we really need bed.” (48:44)
• The gravity of their discoveries and the threat posed by the Rivers gang and their monstrous transformations sinks in; the group stares into the darkness of what’s to come.
• The GM pauses play, promising more revelations and horrors in the next session.
• Sneak peek: Next time, the group will examine the body of “Liam”—the creature from the mansion—and discover yet more disturbing truths.
  • David Nett: “She peels back part of the skin and brings up his liver. You’ve seen nothing like this before.” (49:04)

Timestamps:

• [48:21] – The coyote flees; party regroups.
• [49:03] – Preview of the next episode.

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Notable Quotes & Dramatic Exchanges

• Geralt on cooperation:
  “I believe I’ve been fairly cooperative meeting with you at all. I think if you try such a thing again, you will find that I am not a fellow to be messed with. Are we clear?” — Geralt to Narlak (06:14)

• Shapeshifter reveal:
  “You see them sort of twist and twitch a little bit and their faces start to bubble as they start to transform.” — David Nett (31:02)

• Critical combat moment:
  “My flail is actually two... And as they, I’m coming down, and, yes, I break my ankle, but who cares?... Everything that used to be in his body cavity just leaks out.” — Eraviel describing her final attack (43:08)

• Leona, fierce as ever:
  “I’m not sergeant for nothing.” (48:04)

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Conclusion & Takeaways

• Political dynamics intensify between rival gangs and the city authorities.
• The Rivers are confirmed as a supernatural threat, using monstrous transformations against their foes.
• The party’s teamwork, tactical thinking, and mastery of Fifth Edition rules are on full display amid a cinematic, horrifying brawl in the city’s shadowed alleys.
• The episode closes on tension and exhaustion, hinting at even darker discoveries when the adventure continues.

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For more, tune in to the next episode of Starter Kit, where the mystery of “Liam,” Shiren’s ambitions, and the malign forces in the city are sure to escalate…

Transcript

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[Jacqueline]

Should we go?

[Narlak]

Perhaps not in our uniforms.

[David Nett]

You will be so happy Aldous has come through for you.

[Leona]

We're here for our meeting.

[Eraviel]

Yeah, meeting.

[David Nett]

I of course am Geralt. Welcome back to your Starter Kit. I'm David Nett, your dungeon master for this D and D adventure. However you play it, at its heart, Dungeons and Dragons is an adventure and combat game in fifth edition. The designers have been careful to create a combat system that works equally well for fluid gridless combat, the way we played in the older versions of D and D, and tactical combat on a grid. I do both in my games and when I pull out a battle map for tactical combat, my players know something big is about to go down. You find yourself in this cramped shack that you have gone back to behind the little shop, and you are there with this man who has called himself Geralt. He stands there with his arms crossed. He has named you Leona. He clearly knows who you are, and he says, I am Geralt and I am told you are looking for me. I can only assume it is about that business last night. There is much that I need to know as well.

[Leona]

Perhaps we could make an exchange of information, he says.

[David Nett]

That seems fair. I will start. I sent a crew of my men to perform a small mission for me through the sewers and up into the Garden District. A small simple smash and grab. I think we're all adults enough here to not have to pretend that I wasn't up to nefarious business. My men went and none of them came back.

[Igneous]

How many did you send?

[David Nett]

I sent four. Four men? Four men. None of them came back. It was supposed to be a simple smash and grab. The owners are out of town, the guards are bodyguards for hire. We didn't think that they would be any trouble. And yet they didn't return, from what I hear, I did have, of course, a watcher watching the house. From what I hear, there was quite a mess. My watcher saw some other people going into the house behind my men, Screams and whatnot. And then the city watch arriving on the scene. My watcher also saw the group of you arrive on the scene and have a scuffle with some kind of creature.

[Eraviel]

So.

[David Nett]

So that's what I had learned. I am keen to find out what happened to my men and recoup my losses. If it is possible you weren't working.

[Shywin]

In conjunction with another gang.

[David Nett]

Absolutely not. We are Harpies. Why would we work in conjunction with another gang?

[Eraviel]

I incite the hell out of him right now.

[David Nett]

Okay, roll it for me. So, insight again. It's a D20.

[Eraviel]

Does anyone else want to join me?

[David Nett]

Yeah, you can all.

[Jacqueline]

Yeah, you can all.

[Narlak]

I would actually like to use my psionic ability of Detect Thoughts.

[David Nett]

Okay, so while you guys roll it, you guys are using your kind of trying to read his face. We'll go around here.

[Leona]

Leona, I've got an 18.

[David Nett]

Okay. Igneous.

[Igneous]

I've got a 14.

[Eraviel]

10.

[Shywin]

21.

[David Nett]

21. From what he's said thus far, you guys, you two, actually, you all think that he's telling the truth. He's, you know, he's maybe hiding something, holding something back. He certainly knows more than that. But you think he's telling the truth. So you cast Detect Thoughts for you. It's a psionic power, and I think you can do it once per.

[Narlak]

Once per day or once per long, rest for one minute.

[David Nett]

Okay. So when you cast Detect Thoughts, the first thing that Detect Thoughts does is right away, without him making any check or resisting it or anything, you can detect surface thoughts. So what you get from him right away is he's quite angry. While he seems pretty composed talking to you, he's quite angry. And as he talks about the mission that has gone awry and the screams that he heard inside and another group following them in, and especially when he's asked if he worked with another crew, he's quite angry about the idea of that. He really does want to find out what happened. And while he hasn't said it to you out loud, he clearly wants to punish whomever is responsible for his men being killed. So the other part of Detect Thoughts is that you can try to push deeper if you want to. Is that something you'd like to do?

[Narlak]

Yes, I would.

[David Nett]

So when you push deeper, he does get to make a saving throw. Okay, he's going to make A wisdom saving throw against your. For psionics, you'll use intelligence as your modifier. So it'll be eight plus your proficiency bonus, which is three there. Right, so 11, plus your intelligence modifier.

[Narlak]

Which is another two.

[David Nett]

Okay, so 13. So he's gonna make a wisdom check against the 13. So as you try to push a little harder, he snaps his head around to you and he says, you'll be wise to stay out of my head, sir.

[Narlak]

I'm not from this world. We communicate differently than others. Forgive me, sir.

[David Nett]

I don't know that I'll let it slide this once. But I'm gonna be watching you and keep my eye on you. In fact, go stand over there. And he points to the corner, and there's not much where you can room. You can shuffle past other people and go stand in the corner if you want to.

[Leona]

Please forgive my associate. He's not from this world.

[David Nett]

Yes, so he said. So he said. And clearly upon him, I also like.

[Eraviel]

To add that he is not from this world.

[David Nett]

So what happened is he made his wisdom saving throw. And when that happens is your spell ends. He pushes you out of his brain and he knows that you did that. So that's the bad side of detect thoughts. If he had not saved, then you would have been able to push him further. So you shuffle over into the corner, he turns back to you and he says, that was uncalled for. I believe I've been fairly cooperative meeting with you at all. I think if you try such a thing again, you will find that I am not a fellow to be messed with. Are we clear?

[Narlak]

Yes, sir.

[David Nett]

Yes, sir.

[Igneous]

Sure.

[David Nett]

All right then. So what can you tell me of what happened to my men?

[Leona]

Are you familiar with a group called the Rivers?

[David Nett]

You see, his face goes dark. He's not even trying to conceal his anger. The Rivers. His jaw clenches. Those upstart bastards.

[Leona]

Before you do anything retaliatory, we don't know that the Rivers killed your men. The Rivers were also dead. The creature you saw us battle, it may have killed all of them.

[David Nett]

I will tell you that the Rivers involvement makes sense to me. They're a young gang, but they've been unruly these past couple of months. Mostly, they had kept to their place. Small burglaries here and there. But these last few months, Sheran and her band have grown bold. I'll tell you, they've taken several of my corners, a handful of my businesses. I've sent my men out after them and no one has come back.

[Igneous]

You said her Name?

[David Nett]

Her name is Shiren. Shiren.

[Leona]

Have you heard anything about them dabbling in dark arts magic, dealings with underworld creatures?

[David Nett]

Not that I have heard. It would seem out of character for Sheeran. Until recently, she was a two bit thug. She formed her small group perhaps a year ago. Six months ago, they could call themselves a gang. They had enough members, a few dozen to call themselves a gang. But I don't know how she would have found her way into any dark magics.

[Leona]

Would any of your men have?

[David Nett]

My men? No. He says there's a few of my men that have some talents, but nothing like what you've described. That's the province of wizards and others of those. If they have those kind of powers, they can usually make their living without turning to me.

[Eraviel]

You may underestimate Shiron. And then at some point she may have had dealings with or been infected by a demon or a minor deity.

[David Nett]

That is fair. That's a fair assessment. Would not have given her much credit previously. It is true she's risen up this gang and taken much from me. It is possible she has had help.

[Eraviel]

How long has it been since you've seen Sheeran in person?

[David Nett]

Probably since the gang began to rise? Several months. Several months? I did hear that they were recruiting young people out of orphanages to fill up their ranks. Distasteful business. I would never do such a thing.

[Igneous]

You said about two months ago they became unruly.

[David Nett]

Yes. Two months ago I lost my first corner to them. My men did not come back. One day we sent someone looking and the rivers had marked the corner, claiming it for them. We began to pursue them at that time, and it was a back and forth game. We would find a couple, rough them up, only to find our men missing entirely the next day.

[Shywin]

Where are these corners that she.

[David Nett]

He names a couple of streets. Corners around the city. What he said about them being kind of low level corners. Things where there's not much activity that checks out in your brain. Drug sales, you know, other kinds of illicit business, prostitution, kind of places like that around the city.

[Shywin]

In case we want to go poking around.

[David Nett]

Sure. Absolutely. So he gives you a couple of names of some streets. You recognize them? Sir?

[Leona]

Your men, they traffic in the sewers often?

[David Nett]

Rarely. We use the sewers sometimes to travel under the wall into the higher parts of town.

[Igneous]

Have any of your men gone missing in the sewers?

[David Nett]

No. The men that I have lost have been either on the corners or last night.

[Igneous]

Do they have a hangout? Is there a locus for them anywhere?

[David Nett]

If I knew, I would Send my men in and burn her out.

[Leona]

The City Watch may find itself in debt to you if rather than enact justice on her, you turned her over to us for further questioning. I say this not to interfere with your business, but to protect the city at large. There may be greater powers here that we are dealing with.

[David Nett]

You're trying to persuade him.

[Leona]

Sure.

[David Nett]

Let's roll a persuasion check then. Persuasion skill.

[Leona]

15.

[David Nett]

He nods and he says, perhaps if I find her, I will reach out to you. You may owe me a favor. I will not interfere with your search for Shiren. But once you have found her and done with her, whatever you will, I ask you, leave the rest of the rivers to me. Do we have a deal?

[Igneous]

I'm okay with that.

[Eraviel]

I know what it's like to lose some crew members.

[David Nett]

I appreciate that. And he makes a little bit of a sad face, but this one, he's not even really trying to be super believable. And he says with that, then I bid you adieu and I will check in on you soon. Thank you, guys.

[Igneous]

Thank you.

[David Nett]

Leave the shack.

[Igneous]

Yep.

[David Nett]

You go out to the door, open the door and go out the door. The two thugs are hanging back a little bit from the door. This time. They're a little scared of you. They do a little French again and you guys head out. You've now been awake for about 36 hours straight on this investigation. Do you guys feel like you want to explore more in the Thieves Quarter? Do you want to go home and rest? Do you want to go back to the precinct? What do you want to do?

[Shywin]

I mean, our shift starts up again soon, right?

[David Nett]

How's it. Well, now that you've caught a case, you're not on a regular shift. So you're not going to go back to your night shift and wait for more cases until this is solved. This is on you.

[Eraviel]

I'm okay on sleep.

[Jacqueline]

Yeah.

[Leona]

Can I ask the benefit of long rest?

[David Nett]

Great. Yeah.

[Leona]

Because none of us need.

[David Nett]

It's a good point. Well, in the gameplay, you've been going for 36 hours, but you are heroes. You can continue to push ahead mechanically. When you go to a long rest, you would heal your hit points back, you would get your spells back, some of your hit dice back if you spent them. But as you say, you guys haven't taken any damage or anything and you haven't cast many spells.

[Narlak]

We will get those back and I can get my mind reading ability back and piss somebody else off.

[Leona]

Is there any disadvantage in the game to take longer?

[David Nett]

No, you'd just Be taking some time to take the long rest. And since you're not in danger right now, going back and resting should be perfectly safe.

[Leona]

Should be clear our heads.

[Shywin]

Might as well do it.

[Leona]

Get fresh eyes.

[David Nett]

Seems good. All right, so you guys have been awake for 36 hours. So you head through the quarter. As you approach the door, into the newer part, the gate, through the wall, into the newer parts of the. I need everybody to make a perception check for me. Now, there are a couple ways perception is used. You all have a passive perception on your sheet. This is an active check because you're in a dangerous place. So you're looking around pretty regularly. This isn't just kind of a passive thing. So go down right here. Gnarlak, What'd you get?

[Narlak]

18.

[Shywin]

All right, 15.

[David Nett]

12.

[Igneous]

15, 14.

[David Nett]

All right, Narlak, you realize just as you're about to, before you get to the gate, you realize you're being followed. There's someone shadowing you.

[Narlak]

I actually use my Sorcerer Cantrip message.

[David Nett]

Okay.

[Narlak]

And I believe. Can I send that to everyone in the corner?

[David Nett]

I think it's just the one person, but I can check really quick. Actually, you've got the sheet. There we go. Check really quickly.

[Narlak]

Yes. To a creature. So you hear a telepathic message from me, and you know that it's me. We are being followed.

[Leona]

When I hear this, I give an almost imperceptible nod of my heads so that Narlak knows I've heard him. And I continue walking slowly so as not to tip my hand. And I turn very suddenly upon who's following us.

[David Nett]

All right, so you spin around quickly and you catch there's a person coming around the corner behind you, that when you spin around and you kind of moving forward, the person stops and locks eye contact with you. And so a woman in her mid-20s, black cloak, black clothes, and she makes eye contact with you and is startled, looks at you for a moment, and then turns around and runs.

[Leona]

Do we chase her? Yes.

[Igneous]

Well, you chase her.

[David Nett]

We're. Do you chase her?

[Jacqueline]

Yeah.

[David Nett]

So you take off running after her. You guys see? Now, you heard, saw the person, or felt the person following, Right. You see Leona taking off after this person. What do you do in Narlak?

[Narlak]

Well, I guess the jig is up. So I say run this way.

[David Nett]

And you follow Leona Igneous. What do you do?

[Igneous]

I guess I follow Narla.

[David Nett]

So you're following as well to Raviel.

[Eraviel]

I'm gonna get some height on this, and I'm gonna climb up on the Roofs.

[David Nett]

Okay. So you just find a building and start to scramble up on the roof there. Okay, cool. And what are you doing, Shywin?

[Shywin]

I will follow as well.

[David Nett]

Okay, so you're gonna run after them as well. So you guys run, and this person's got a fairly good lead on you, and she's running with her cloak billowing behind. She takes a turn and then another turn and rounds the corner. You are up on the roof kind of trying to run, jumping from roof to roof. I need you to make an athletics check for me.

[Jacqueline]

Okay.

[David Nett]

And what I'm gonna say is it's a DC of 15 to keep up with them, because you're finding roofs and jumping across and scrambling.

[Eraviel]

Okay.

[David Nett]

You can take your time and move across the roofs, but in order to keep up with Everybody on the DC15, athletics.

[Eraviel]

All right, that's not great. I have no bonuses for this.

[David Nett]

Well, actually, so because you're up on the roof there and you're jumping across spaces, if acrobatics is better for you, you may use that instead.

[Eraviel]

Thank you.

[David Nett]

Okay.

[Eraviel]

It's plus two.

[David Nett]

All right.

[Eraviel]

Yay. Thirteen.

[David Nett]

So 13. So you're kind of moving around. You're finding places to jump across roofs and running into places where the alley's too wide and having to negotiate around them, and they actually move a little bit ahead of you. Okay. You can hear them running, but you can't see them anymore. As they round corners, you know where they're going. You'll be able to follow.

[Shywin]

Okay.

[David Nett]

But you're a little bit behind them.

[Eraviel]

Okay.

[David Nett]

Okay. So as you race after this cloaked figure, Leona's in the lead, the rest of you following. Araviel, crawling on the roofs behind you. Round a corner, and you find yourself in sort of a courtyard with a bunch of small alleys connecting to it. I'm gonna put this out here. If you will move the little guys there for me.

[Narlak]

Here we go.

[Eraviel]

Move the babies.

[David Nett]

I'm gonna drop this guy right in the middle of the map right there. Hey, nice. And can you hand me the miniatures there? We will start with Leona. Leona, you come around this corner here. You're followed by Narlak, who is after you, Igneous, and Shywin, who's a little faster than the rest. So she's right there in front. You are on the roofs, coming from this direction. As you round the corner, what you see, Leona, is a figure standing on top of a set of boxes here. And the rogue that you followed has rounded the corner and taken up position in front of this person, and you kind of skid to a stop, and you see that the thief that you were killing, chasing has turned to face you. And the person on the boxes says, thank you for joining us.

[Eraviel]

Oh. Oh, boy.

[David Nett]

In the alleyway behind you, you guys hear a noise. Oh, my gosh. And moving from the shadows behind you in this alleyway, my big weapon.

[Leona]

It's gonna be fine. I'm very good with my smile.

[David Nett]

It's gonna be fine.

[Jacqueline]

It's gonna be great.

[David Nett]

Stepping out from the far side of this alleyway. I'm just gonna come around the table here.

[Eraviel]

Damn it.

[David Nett]

A little boar.

[Shywin]

I should have gone up top, too.

[David Nett]

Stepping here, here. And David, we are surrounded.

[Igneous]

That's how that looks here and here.

[Leona]

Look at this one with her rooftop action.

[David Nett]

That's right, guys.

[Eraviel]

Wait for me.

[David Nett]

Oh, God. The person who's standing on the boxes says, don't bother to try to talk your way. We know that you are inquisitors of the city Walk. We just want to know, where is Liam?

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[Leona]

Are you Sheeran?

[David Nett]

HE LAUGHS no, no, Sheeran. Sheeran is my boss and she's keen to understand what's happened to her man.

[Leona]

Can you tell us what Liam looks like?

[David Nett]

He says, we know that you have encountered Liam. You chased him through the sewers and we want to know what's happened to him. Liam is the creature that is one of his forms. Oh, boy. Will you tell us?

[Leona]

In exchange for safe passage out of here, we'll tell you what we know.

[David Nett]

I, unfortunately, as he steps down from the boxes, I, unfortunately, am not authorized to allow you to live. And there's gonna be an initiative for everybody. All right, Again, initiative is what happens at the beginning of combat.

[Leona]

I don't think I'm gonna tell you anything.

[Eraviel]

Can I still roll, even though I'm a little behind?

[David Nett]

You will roll. Yeah. Because you'll be part of this. Coming up.

[Leona]

Seven.

[David Nett]

So we'll go, yeah. Leona, you have seven.

[Igneous]

Six.

[David Nett]

Six for igneous.

[Eraviel]

Sixteen.

[David Nett]

Sixteen for Ravio Shywood.

[Leona]

Ten.

[David Nett]

Excuse me. And Narlac 17. Seventeen.

[Eraviel]

Aw, you couldn't let me have that, could you?

[David Nett]

So you find yourself there in the alleys. You've just been told by the leader of whoever these people are that he's not authorized to let you live. Narlak, you are up first. What are you doing?

[Narlak]

I would like to move to this square and then cast Burning Hands at those two.

[David Nett]

Oh, okay, fair enough. Move yourself into there. So now we're on a gridded combat guy, so things become a little bit more precise. His movement can be up to six squares. Each of these squares is five feet. And you can see his speed at the top of his sheet. His speed is 30. So he can move up to six squares. He's just moved a few. And then he's going to cast Burning Hands. What's the range of Burning Hands?

[Narlak]

Oh, you know what? Actually, I guess I can't because the range isn't long. The range isn't long enough, so I would. I'll probably cast Sacred Flame instead.

[David Nett]

Okay, so Sacred Flame on which one of them?

[Narlak]

On the speaker.

[David Nett]

So Sacred Flame requires him to make a dexterity check. Is that correct? Right. All right.

[Narlak]

Against a flame. 14.

[David Nett]

14. So he does not make his dexterity check. Great. So how much damage does he take? Roll that damage for the.

[Narlak]

It says it increases by 1d8 when you reach fifth level. Yes, even though I'm technically still fifth level. Even though I'm three levels of one and two levels of another.

[David Nett]

That's true. So you're multi class, but you are a fifth level character, so that should be the same.

[Narlak]

So 2d8. 2d8 2 plus. So six points of damage.

[David Nett]

Okay.

[Narlak]

Nice little opening.

[David Nett]

So a flame flies down out of the sky and bursts onto this leader who kind of stumbles back into those crates.

[Eraviel]

And are all the crates and barrels filled with oil?

[David Nett]

They are not, unfortunately. This is a Sacred Flame. So it's Divine Flame. Anyway, it wouldn't actually start them on.

[Leona]

They don't divine Burning Hands.

[Narlak]

I could, but it's too far.

[David Nett]

So now you only moved, what, four, like, 20ft? So you've got 10 more feet of movement if you want to. So in combat, you can move but up to your speed and take a standard action. But if you don't use all your move at once, you can continue to move beyond that. You can split your move up between your actions.

[Narlak]

I think I'll actually move back too.

[David Nett]

Okay, so you can move back.

[Narlak]

I'm pretty squishy, especially without my arm.

[David Nett]

Hide behind Leona. You stepped out and Thrown your sacred flame. And then next is Eraviel. You are up next. Okay, so you're running along the rooftops, and you hear conversation happening. And then you hear this bursting explosion. You've heard his.

[Eraviel]

Oh, Narlak.

[David Nett]

So you know what's happening. You speed yourself up, you leap to a roof, and you actually end up on a rooftop right above. Right here. You step out and you can see these two guys hanging out in the alleyway behind your friends. And all these people in the center of the.

[Eraviel]

Okay, I need to. It's time for me to summon my flail. I will do that subtly and secretively. Okay, that's a full action, actually.

[David Nett]

Yep.

[Eraviel]

It looks like they might not be going anywhere. As a bonus action, I will hex the one closest to me.

[David Nett]

Okay, so this one right below you. Right here.

[Eraviel]

The one right below me.

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[Eraviel]

Oh, by the way, when we took the short rest, warlock spells all refinish.

[David Nett]

Oh, yeah. You get your spells back.

[Eraviel]

Spell slots.

[Jacqueline]

Yeah.

[Eraviel]

This counts as just one again. And I get an extra one later.

[Leona]

So.

[Jacqueline]

Yes.

[Eraviel]

He has been smitten with my hex.

[David Nett]

Perfect. So you've hexed him. He doesn't even know it.

[Eraviel]

But I do get to check, choose an ability. So I'm going to choose since we're doing some fire stuff.

[David Nett]

Okay.

[Eraviel]

Dexterity. His ability checks. Okay, with dexterity, we're at disadvantage now.

[David Nett]

So your movement was moving into here to see this. You took your action doing the hex and draw, and I think hex was my bonus action. That's your bonus action. And getting your weapon was your action. So now we move on to Shywind. Shywind, you're up. You can move an attack. You can try to climb up the wall. If you want to get better advantage, you can can just leap into battle with somebody. Now you do have your bow with you. It's not strung, so you have to take an action to string it if you want to do that.

[Shywin]

Who has ranged weapons here? Which guys?

[David Nett]

We'll say this guy has a crossbow because it's easy because he's carrying that bow there. And that guy over in the corner appears to have a crossbow. And this leader appears to have a crossbow. So one of the ones near you does.

[Shywin]

Yeah, I guess. I will move and attack the guy with the crossbow behind us.

[David Nett]

Okay, and using your daggers.

[Shywin]

Yes.

[David Nett]

Okay, so you move 5, 10, 15, 20, and you're going to attack him with your daggers. Now you have two daggers, right? So you're gonna fight two handed here. Fighting two handed means you can take A bonus action and make an extra attack. So you are a Ranger Level 5. You have two attacks with your on hand. And then, remember we talked about bonus actions, things like Hunter's Mark and stuff, doing a bonus action. You can also, if you have two weapons that you're fighting with, use your bonus action to attack A again, just one time with that extra weapon on your offhand. So if you want to, you've got three attacks with your dagger here if you want them.

[Shywin]

Okay, let's see how the first one goes.

[David Nett]

So we'll start with the first two. Yep, certainly.

[Shywin]

What am I rolling?

[David Nett]

So you're gonna roll your D20, and you've got a dagger listed on your equipment sheet there. So you'll use the bonus, the attack bonus that's listed by the dagger, roll a D20 and add that to it. Natural 20. Natural 20. So you've created the first time out. So we'll talk about how a critical hit works. So you swing that dagger, you spin around and run up to this guy who's got a crossbow and just stab him in the gullet. So what the critical hit means is that you're gonna roll twice as many dice for that weapon as you would normally do. So a dagger is normally one D4, plus whatever your additional plus five. In this case, you're gonna roll two D4 for your damage. You double the dice. Now it's D4, not D6. D4 is a pointy one. The little triangle counting thing, there you go.

[Leona]

Really bad.

[David Nett]

So you'll roll two of those.

[Leona]

Okay.

[Shywin]

The first one, three, four.

[David Nett]

So that's seven points plus plus five plus five. So 12 total points of damage. You just turn around and just stab this guy in the gullet.

[Shywin]

Yep.

[David Nett]

And you drop him. You pull out your dagger, and he just falls to the ground. So I'm gonna let you. So you moved a little bit and you stabbed him. But you've got more move action left here. So there's a couple things you can do. You can continue attacking, there's another guy standing next to you, or you can use the rest of your action to pick that crossbow off of that guy that fell.

[Shywin]

Yes, I will do that. I will pick up his weapon.

[David Nett]

So while you sheathe your dagger, as you kneel down and pick up his crossbow, grab a sheaf of bolts out of his quiver, jam him into your belt, and you turn around, crossbow in hand.

[Shywin]

Damn it.

[David Nett]

So this guy, that guy right there is down. Little bloody spot on the ground here to remind us that we dropped somebody. Right. All Right, Leona, you are up next. You find yourself sort of surrounded in here by all of these bandits.

[Leona]

So I only brought my dagger.

[David Nett]

So you do have a dagger in hand. That's what you've got.

[Leona]

Which is a close up weapon. So I also have a speed of 30, so I can move six squares.

[David Nett]

Six squares? Yep.

[Leona]

But it does look like I have an action surge. Once per rest, I can do an additional action in combat.

[David Nett]

Right. So the way that that works is normally in combat you have a move and then you have an action and the action continues. Lots of different forms. You can dash to move again, you can attack, you can cast a spell. So what this does action surge. If you use it, it adds another action. So you have a move and then two actions that round. So you could use those again to move again or attack twice or anything that you wanted to, which is different.

[Leona]

Than a bonus action.

[David Nett]

So bonus action. Some of your powers, like your combat maneuvers, take a bonus action. This is a whole nother action. It's a full on action.

[Leona]

Well, with the distance I have now, since I don't have any long distance weapons, it seems the only way I can get a strike in is if I move dash and then use an action surge.

[David Nett]

That seems right. So where are you going to move to?

[Leona]

I think I'm going to go towards the leader. I think that's who I'm going for.

[David Nett]

So 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Almost gets you there. And then you've got one more five foot square to get to him. So that's your dash.

[Leona]

Yep.

[David Nett]

Now you can take another action. This can be an attack if you want it.

[Leona]

All I've got is a dagger, so I'm gonna go for the ribs swing.

[David Nett]

At him with the dagger. So you're gonna roll your D20 and add your dagger's attack bonus to that.

[Leona]

5, 7 12.

[David Nett]

So that does not hit him. So you scrape your dagger across his armor. But that's only your first attack. You get a second one here.

[Leona]

Okay.

[David Nett]

Because you attack twice per round. Because you're a fifth level fighter. Now you can also in the middle here, let me talk about your bonus actions. Because you've got your combat maneuvers as well. So you've got something called distracting strike.

[Leona]

I do.

[David Nett]

As a bonus action, you can choose to spend one of your four combat maneuver dice and make a distracting strike against him. What it'll mean is if you hit him, you'll add more damage to him and the next person to hit him will also have advantage on that attack.

[Leona]

I would like to use that.

[David Nett]

Okay, so on the second attack, you're going to do a distracting strike. So you'll take one of your D8s and kind of put it out there. That's your. Your combat maneuver dice are D8s. Just put it right there in their dice tray. So remember to use it. When it comes to my rolling, you're spend that guy. You have four of these. So mark down, you now have three. Because you can do four of these in a day, just wherever you want on your sheet or in your note paper. And then you're going to try a distracting strike. So you're going to roll to hit again using your dagger.

[Leona]

8, 7, 15.

[David Nett]

15 does hit him. So the second time, the first time you slash across his armor. The second time you stab him right in the body. There's. And so you're gonna roll your damage. Your damage is a D4 plus whatever.

[Leona]

The bonuses there are four plus four.

[David Nett]

So it's eight points there. And then you get to roll your combat maneuver dice, your marshal dice as well. So it's eight plus eight. So 16 points of damage as you this time just stab that guy. I only have a spiritual flame, but yeah, you just did. Okay. Crazy amount of damage to him just with your dagger. He does not, however, fall. He is still standing.

[Leona]

But so does that include distract. So that includes.

[David Nett]

So the distracting blow was that you just used that. So the next person attacks.

[Leona]

So somebody go for him.

[David Nett]

So the next person will have advantage if the attacks made before the start of your next turn. So after your turn, it is now the bandit's turn. Now the bandits and their leader. I've drawn different initiatives for that.

[Leona]

Glad I put myself right up next to him.

[David Nett]

He actually is startled by you. Attack, attacking him. And he's not able to respond right away. The other bandits actually are. So the first thing that happens is a couple of these bandits. You see them sort of twist and twitch a little bit and their faces start to bubble as they start to transform.

[Eraviel]

No, make it stop.

[Leona]

All of the rivers are these.

[David Nett]

So Shywin right here beside you, this guy, his skin sort of. His chest opens up and he sort of peels away. And emerging from his chest is a huge black bear.

[Leona]

They're all different weird things.

[David Nett]

Beside you over here on that far side. Actually, Jason, I'll ask you to do these for me. The two of them kind of fall to the ground, writhing. And emerging from their bodies are two giant rats.

[Narlak]

Your bodies.

[David Nett]

All right, all right.

[Eraviel]

You're beautiful.

[David Nett]

Over here across the way. This person starts to transform. He kind of gets down on all fours and his body starts to change as he moves into looking like a kind of a dog like creature. But then you hear a yelp. He kind of screams as his head twists and it's like he turns partly into a dog. And then his body starts to turn inside out. It's almost as if he's transformed too far and he falls on the ground just in sort of a steaming lump of twitching flesh right here as his transformation has failed.

[Leona]

Fantastic.

[David Nett]

And this guy over here does reach down on all fours and turns into sort of a mangy coyote.

[Leona]

That's interesting because that seems like they're using some spells or power.

[David Nett]

This guy here steps forward and comes beside you and takes a stab at you. And now she's a thief. That's just a person. That's just a person. She's just a thief. She's the one that you chased into the alleyway. This one happens to be a halfling. Yes. So when she attacks you, her friend has also attacked you and she's a rogue, so she's going to get extra bonuses to her damage if she hits. So she stabs at you with her dagger. What's your armor class now? 12. Armor class. 12. So she stabs you in the side with your dagger, but you're occupied with her companion and she kind of dances around and stabs you where you don't expect it. So she does three points of damage with her dagger, but as it gets into you, she reaches it in and then twists it. And you can feel it sort of like passing around through your organs. And you take 10 more points of damage.

[Leona]

Oh, my God.

[David Nett]

So 13 total points of damage just from her little per stab there. So on your hit points there, we have 54. Do you have a lot of hit points? Take 12 points of damage off of that.

[Leona]

I think it was 13.

[David Nett]

It was 13. I'm sorry, 13. Yes.

[Eraviel]

Side am I on?

[Leona]

I know I have a question about. Because one of my things, I can't remember if it's parry or riposte is about striking back immediately. If I get that is true.

[David Nett]

So if you are missed on riposte.

[Jacqueline]

Oh, only three seconds.

[David Nett]

If you are missed, you can strike back right away. Now parry, however parry is. If somebody hits, you can try to parry that weapon. You can use your reaction. So you do have a reaction. You have one reaction on everybody else's turn. So you could use a reaction here if you wanted to to parry it. And you're going to roll some dice and Subtract from the damage that was done to you if you want to try to parry this blow.

[Leona]

Yeah.

[David Nett]

Okay. So as the dagger starts to go into you, you actually try to grab the arm and pull it out rather than pushing it in further with a parry. So you're going to roll another one of your superiority die. So one of your D8s. And then when you roll it, you're going to add your dexterity modifier.

[Leona]

Six plus two eight.

[David Nett]

So you eight. So you're gonna subtract eight from that 13 that was done to you, so five instead. Okay, not bad. So now you've used another superiority die, so you're gonna mark that down to two. You now have only two left, but still you. So you can do those kinds of things. Four times, guys.

[Leona]

Told me not to hold back, told me to use my tricks.

[David Nett]

There you go. There you go, those tricks. All right, so igneous, you are up. What do you think you're gonna do?

[Igneous]

So I. Now that I have a better sense of what we're dealing with here, I'm gonna turn around and go here. And I am gonna moon beam the crap out of that shapeshifter.

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[David Nett]

So moonbeam's a cool spell for you in this situation, right?

[Igneous]

Yes, it is.

[David Nett]

Not only does it do damage, but it hurts shape shifters more.

[Igneous]

Especially more.

[Leona]

Yeah, that's what they are.

[Igneous]

Well, he shifted some shapes.

[David Nett]

I'm gonna make that call and let him be a shapeshifter.

[Igneous]

I'm gonna go with that.

[David Nett]

So now what happens with the answers?

[Igneous]

So with the moonbeam, a beam of pale light shines down on a five foot radius, 40ft high. It makes sort of a cylinder center on a point within range. The range is 120ft.

[David Nett]

You've got plenty of range to him.

[Igneous]

Yep, definitely that, dude. And a creature enters the spell's area for the first time on a turn or starts its turn. There it is engulfed in ghostly flame.

[David Nett]

Nice.

[Igneous]

That causes searing pain. And it's got to make a constitution saving throw, which as a shapeshifter, it's got to do with disadvantage.

[David Nett]

Oh, wow. Okay. So he'll do that saving throw. The big bear's roaring and this beam of moonlight strikes down. I did roll one 18, but the other one was a two. So disadvantage, he'll take the two. So he fails that saving throw.

[Igneous]

So on the fail, he takes 2d10 radiant damage.

[David Nett]

He'll roll that for me.

[Igneous]

So that's a 10.

[Eraviel]

That's a one.

[Igneous]

Oh, it's a one. It one and a two. So three.

[David Nett]

So three. Three points of damage. Three points. And then, because he's a shapeshifter, he.

[Igneous]

Reverts to his original form and cannot change back.

[David Nett]

Nice.

[Narlak]

Wow.

[Igneous]

So you see, can assume different form until it leaves the spells light.

[David Nett]

This bear shrinks away and collapses on itself. And what you see, actually laying prone on the ground is the man who was standing there before, who changed into the bear. You see him transform back. He's naked. His. His skin is sort of pale and bumpy. Looks like he's been burnt, maybe. He looks in really bad shape. Kind of just like startled on the ground on all fours, just trying to catch his bearings. Nice work there.

[Eraviel]

I thought you were going to say nice wordplay.

[Igneous]

There you go.

[David Nett]

Nice working this. And then the last one is this bandit leader who stands in front of you, Leona. And the bandit leader snarls. Sorry. Hold.

[Igneous]

One thing, though. On each turn, after I cast a spell, I can use an action to move the beam 60ft in any direction.

[David Nett]

Oh, nice. And continue to control it as it goes. Right, Nice.

[Igneous]

So can I move it now or.

[David Nett]

Do I have to wait? No, you took your action to make the spell. So on the next round, you'll have a move and an action again. Then you can move it around. So this is gonna be pretty devastating for these guys, probably. So, Leona, you're facing this lieutenant right now. And he kind of snarls at your stabbing him, draws from his belt, two shortswords, and lays into attacks you.

[Leona]

I put myself in the.

[David Nett]

So his first attack. He is also a rogue. So his first attack, your Armor class is 11 right now.

[Leona]

12.

[David Nett]

12. Okay, so that one is gonna hit you. He does one point of damage with his shortsword. But then again, he is also a rogue, and he's gonna get sneak attack damage on you. So a total of 6 points of damage with the short sword. And you can't parry, unfortunately, because you've already used a reaction. And then he swings the other short sword at you, and this one misses. So you're all right there.

[Leona]

Six points. Six.

[David Nett]

Those six points total. Yep. And then we are back to the top with Narlak.

[Narlak]

So, Narlak, first we'll move my maximum move, which is 30.

[David Nett]

Okay, so move into six squares.

[Narlak]

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.

[David Nett]

Yep.

[Narlak]

The reason I move so close is because I actually want to cast burning hands now in a cone on the two enemies. Avoiding Leona.

[David Nett]

So you're just gonna shave right along them. Avoiding Leona.

[Narlak]

Pull out my two hands, and I go like that.

[David Nett]

So they just maybe A spray of fire sprays from your hands. You just catch. You catch the barrels and boxes and you catch just on the edge of it, both the Lieutenant and that thief.

[Narlak]

I'm also casting that as one of.

[David Nett]

My third level slots to give it power so it's more powerful. So how many dice damage will that do?

[Narlak]

And it gives an extra extra D8, I believe.

[David Nett]

Now, with burning hands, you spray that fire at them and they can dodge out of the way, they get a dexterity save.

[Narlak]

Right, Right, right.

[David Nett]

So they're both gonna try to do that. So first, the smaller thief, what's your DC13 for?

[Narlak]

Sorceress?

[David Nett]

So the smaller thief nimbly ducks under your spell and is able to avoid some of it. She'll take half damage though, still. Right? Okay. That's what the spell does. The other rogue rolls a natural 20. And here, when he is high enough, he actually has something called evasion. So since he successfully avoids it, he avoids all damage. He flattens down to the ground and the fire just goes over top of him. Okay, so he's going to avoid it entirely, but she'll take half damage. Right.

[Narlak]

I'm going to roll this four times.

[David Nett]

Yep.

[Narlak]

So 2, 4, 10, 13. So half of 13.

[David Nett]

So even at half damage, you fried her. She starts on fire, screams, and collapses us to the ground.

[Shywin]

She deserves it.

[Igneous]

Halfling led us into a trap.

[Shywin]

Yeah.

[David Nett]

So she's down, but Lieutenant is still standing there. And it is. Eraviel, you are up.

[Eraviel]

Well, since the first person I hexed is now diminished into a pile of pulp, I will use my bonus action to curse a new creature. Same curse, same hex. Dexterity, ability, dexterity, disadvantage, and that thing, it's going to be the prone dude. So hexed. Now it's time to finally attack with my flail Galash.

[David Nett]

So now you are on the roof.

[Eraviel]

I'm coming down on top of him.

[David Nett]

So you're going to try to leap down and take whatever damage you might take. Okay. So you leap down from the roof onto the ground. I am going to let you roll an acrobatics to to try to avoid some of this damage. But you were quite high up, so you're gonna try to roll with it. Okay. But you might take some damage. So acrobatic, check against a DC of 15 for me.

[Eraviel]

Okay? That probably won't happen. That is a natural one, sir.

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[David Nett]

So you leap down and you're kind of trying to move as you leap, getting ready to smack this guy, and you just land horribly wrong on your ankle. And you hear a snap as you go down?

[Eraviel]

No, I broke my ankle.

[David Nett]

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[Eraviel]

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[Eraviel]

Okay. Worth it to use.

[David Nett]

And he's right there beside you so you can take a swing at him.

[Eraviel]

Yep. So cool thing about my flail, that is my pact weapon. So as a hex Warrior, I have once per longed rest, I can choose a weapon where I get to use my charisma score as my ability score instead of strength or dexterity. Can I just say that I have done that?

[David Nett]

Yeah, absolutely. That's just a choice that you make with this main weapon. And you have a much higher charisma than you have dexterity or strength, so we're going to assume that's always the case. Also, as a Hex Blade and one of your invocations, you have Blade three Thirst or something like that.

[Eraviel]

Thirsting Blade.

[David Nett]

Thirsting Blade. Which means, much like our fighter here and our Ranger, you get two attacks.

[Eraviel]

When you make an attack, yes, he's hungry. So thirsty.

[David Nett]

So take a swing at that guy.

[Eraviel]

My blades are thirsty. Okay, here she comes. Come on, Galash. Oh my gosh, I'm so mad. 10.

[David Nett]

10 does not hit, so he's able to kind of scramble out of the way of your flail. We roll another attack though.

[Eraviel]

All right, here we go.

[David Nett]

Natural 20. Natural 20.

[Eraviel]

That is a natural 20.

[David Nett]

So he doesn't have enough hit points left to worry about rolling damage, but talk to me about what happens to him.

[Eraviel]

My flail is actually two It's a chain of two different spiky balls on the end. And as they. I'm coming down, and, yes, I break my ankle, but who cares? As it flails, it flails, it flails. And I just smack it right he's. So it actually goes into the gooey part of a human, and it just sinks in so hard that you actually hear it hit the cement underneath. And everything that used to be in his body cavity just leaks out. It's as if a carrying crawler was crawling out. Except for the carrying crawler. It's his intestines.

[David Nett]

That was extraordinarily descriptive. Thank you for that. And we'll move him and put some blood there on the ground. We're moving on shot. Tywin, you are next.

[Shywin]

Should probably be more than some blood. Let's be real. So I am gonna move.

[David Nett]

Okay, let's see. You have a crossbow now. You took a crossbow from the guy?

[Eraviel]

Yes.

[Shywin]

I wanna get leader dude in my sights.

[David Nett]

Okay. I'm just gonna come around the corner and you can move your full movement and come right around the corner there. And you can see him now. So you're gonna fire your crossbow at him?

[Shywin]

I sure am. Yeah. I think he's probably. Since he's right in front of Leona. He. He's the most.

[David Nett]

Absolutely. He's right there.

[Shywin]

I'm gonna cast hunter's mark on him.

[David Nett]

Okay. So as a bonus action, hunter's mark. And you've marked him now, so remember, you'll have extra damage if you hit him. And you're gonna fire this crossbow. Now, your crossbow, you don't have written on your sheet because you don't only carry a crossbow. However, in order to figure out what you're gonna roll to hit him, this is a ranged weapon. So you're gonna use your dexterity bonus. So your dexterity is quite high.

[Shywin]

Plus five.

[David Nett]

And then you add your proficiency bonus as well, because this is a weapon, your proficiency, okay? So your proficiency bonus at the top of your sheet, plus three. So plus eight total. That will be what you add to your roll. When you roll the hit with this.

[Leona]

Come on.

[Shywin]

15 plus 8.

[Leona]

23.

[David Nett]

You hit. Now, damage for a light Crossbow is a D8. And then you're gonna add bonuses to it. So let's roll this first and see what the main number is.

[Shywin]

Three.

[David Nett]

It's three. So you're gonna add your dexterity bonus to that again. So that was plus five.

[Shywin]

Plus five.

[David Nett]

So now it's eight. And then because you're an archer, as your archetype, you add plus two more. So that's 10. So 10 points of damage to that guy.

[Eraviel]

And the hunter's mark.

[David Nett]

Drop into him. Oh, and the hunter's mark.

[Shywin]

And the hunter's mark.

[David Nett]

Thank you for that. So you roll another D6.

[Shywin]

Another D6.

[David Nett]

Yes.

[Shywin]

Thank you.

[Eraviel]

I'm all about killing these guys.

[Josh Horowitz]

Four.

[David Nett]

All right, so that does in fact drop him. He falls to the ground.

[Jacqueline]

Yes.

[David Nett]

All right, and so next up that you've moved, you acted to use your bonus action. So next up is Leona. So the person in front on both sides of you have fallen.

[Leona]

Cannot. Do they have any better weapons than my dagger?

[David Nett]

They do. Well, the guy in front of you is wielding two short swords. Great. So you can grab one or both of those.

[Leona]

Let's take them.

[David Nett]

Okay, you drop your dagger and grab both those short swords. And then what are you gonna do?

[Leona]

I guess I'm gonna head towards the rats.

[David Nett]

Alrighty, so we'll move you toward the rats. You're just going to move at your full speed. 4. And you can step right in between them with 25ft. And you can make your attacks if you want to. You can attack one or both however you want to do it. You've got two weapons in your hand, which will mean you get a total of three attacks. And we'll work on that as it comes.

[Leona]

Great. Let's go for the rat on the.

[David Nett]

Right or the rat on the left.

[Leona]

The rat on the left.

[David Nett]

Okay. The rat on the left first. Take a swing at him. Now, his shortsword is going to work in the same way that your longsword works. You're stronger than you are. So you'll use the same stats for your longsword there, except where it says 1d8. You'll have 1d6 because it only does 1d6 damage. So roll to attack. A d20 plus 8, actually. Sorry. Plus 7. That longsword is magical. That's why there's an 8, though. So d20 plus 7.

[Leona]

6. 7.

[David Nett]

So with the first swing, actually, I think you do hit. Let me make sure. My giant rat here.

[Leona]

Oh, yeah, it's just a rat.

[David Nett]

Yeah. So you do hit the rat. It's a giant rat. It's like the size of a dog. But you do hit.

[Leona]

Yeah, but it can't be.

[David Nett]

There you go. So roll your damage then.

[Leona]

Okay. Which is the D6.

[Eraviel]

D6.

[Leona]

3.

[David Nett]

Plus your strength bonus. Because you're using strength, you're stronger. So plus four for your strength ability there. Yeah, plus. Yeah. So plus four yeah. So that's it.

[Leona]

Great.

[David Nett]

So seven total. And you smash this rat. It splatters all over the wall.

[Leona]

See? They're just rats.

[David Nett]

And then you have the one on the other side.

[Leona]

Great. Let's say. Look at that.

[David Nett]

Okay.

[Leona]

Seven plus 14.

[David Nett]

14. So you hit this one as well.

[Leona]

Yeah.

[Eraviel]

Great.

[Leona]

Two plus six.

[David Nett]

Six. All right. This one is still alive, but only barely. It's kind of hanging off. I have one more move, but because you have two swords in your hand, you can take a bonus action to swing one more time. Yeah. Now this one, you won't get as much bonus to damage. And we'll show you when you do this. But to roll to hit just like normal.

[Leona]

11. 18.

[David Nett]

So you hit him this time. Now, this is just a D6. You don't get to add your strength bonus to this one. Your offhand attack, your extra attack is just the straight die roll. 5.5points of damage you do. Put that one down as well, Jay, if you want to draw some blood on those guys. Move those guys off the map.

[Leona]

Two rats in one move.

[David Nett]

All right.

[Leona]

I'm not sergeant for nothing.

[David Nett]

And the remaining bandits. It is their turn. And the remaining bandits have. Have exactly one thing that they are going to do. And he turns. This coyote turns and just races off in this direction. He's a coyote. He's fast as shit. And he is gone. He's just gone.

[Eraviel]

That is.

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[Eraviel]

That is great. No, he can be a message to the rest of them.

[David Nett]

So you find yourself in this alley. You lean against the wall, a couple of you taking some pretty serious damage. That was a wholly crazy thing to happen. That whole thing took less than 20 seconds. All that happened in just less than 20 seconds. This monstrous transformation. You guys just find yourself just leaning against the walls of this alleyway, looking around. You were supposed to go to bed. Instead, you found this.

[Shywin]

Now we really need bed.

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[David Nett]

Now, you've been messed up quite a bit, so probably you will need to find your way home. But we're gonna pause there for this time, and we will find our way home next time. And if you want to see what happens when the team find their way home to heal themselves, you can watch us. Next time. Next time on Starter kit.

[Josh Horowitz]

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[David Nett]

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[Shywin]

Oh, the Regency era. You might know it as the time when Bridgerton takes place or the time when Jane Austen wrote her books. But the Regency era was also an explosive time of social change, sex scandals, and maybe the worst king in British history. And on the Vulgar History podcast, we're going to be looking at the balls, the gowns, and all the scandal of the Regency era. Vulgar History is a women's history podcast, and our Regency era series will be focusing on the most rebellious women of this time. That includes Jane Austen herself, who is maybe more radical than you might have thought. We'll also be talking about queer icons like Anne Lister, scientists like Mary Anning and Ada Lovelace, as well as other scandalous actresses, royal mistresses, rebellious princesses, and other lesser known figures who made history happen in England in the Regency era. Listen to Vulgar History wherever you get podcasts.

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