Part 5: Exploration & the Unexpected | Starter Kit - D&D Edition

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Podcast Summary

Critical Role & Sagas of Sundry

Episode: Part 5: Exploration & the Unexpected | Starter Kit - D&D Edition
Host/Dungeon Master: Jason Charles Miller
Cast: Mike, Deborah, Moon, and others
Release Date: September 8, 2025

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Episode Overview

In this immersive session of "Starter Kit – D&D Edition," the adventuring party finds themselves deep inside a perilous dungeon, led by Dungeon Master Jason Charles Miller. As they edge closer to their goal, exploration takes center stage—along with a series of unexpected challenges and twists. Central themes include party improvisation, trust (and distrust) between factions, the thrill of treasure-hunting, and outsmarting magical deceptions. True to the classic D&D style, the episode captures both the camaraderie and tension of players reacting to the unknown, learning to adapt on the fly.

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Key Discussion Points & Narrative Highlights

1. The Aftermath of Battle and Shifting Allegiances (01:37–04:27)

• The session resumes after a victorious skirmish against a Hobgoblin patrol and a Goblin duet.
• The orc NPC, Lalacra, reveals her true intent: “Let's take out everyone here so that my orcs can move in.”—Jason Charles Miller as Lalacra (02:09)
  • The party bargains for exclusive rights to the library's content, exploiting the orcs' illiteracy.
  • Lighthearted banter surfaces about whether the party trusts orcs, and contemplations about priorities: "If we're out of here before they come in, we don't care because what we're mostly looking for is treasure and experience." —Deborah (02:45)

2. Rest, Recovery, and Strategic Planning (04:27–05:40)

• The group uses the library as a secure location to rest, regaining spells and health.
• Rotating watches discussed to ensure safety; playful party bonding moments: “Anybody need a hug or a sandwich or a pep talk?” —Deborah (04:02)

3. Lockpicking, Perception, and the Mysterious Wizard’s Chamber (05:40–11:31)

• Lalacra points the party toward a locked wizard's chamber, rumored to hold valuable treasures unreachable by prior intruders.
• The party checks for traps, with a standout roll:
  • “I got high perception. I got 20.” —Deborah (06:12)
  • “A natural 20?” —Jason Charles Miller
  • “No, modified 20.” —Deborah
  • “Okay, modified 20. Great. Or as people like to call it, a dirty 20.” —Jason Charles Miller (06:18)
• Successfully bypassing locks and traps, the players study the chamber’s decorative mural and investigate furnishings, finding valuable but cumbersome objects and further clues about the wizard’s ego.

4. Discovering Illusions and Surviving Traps (11:31–14:24)

• The group uncovers a seemingly massive treasure hoard behind a second door—but suspicions are high.
• A crucial use of magic reveals deception:
  • “There’s an aura, like, crazy around that treasure. 100%.” —Jason Charles Miller (13:23)
  • “You feel that it is an illusionary kind of magic. It's an illusion.” —Jason Charles Miller (13:45)
• The magical gold vanishes upon contact, leaving only a barren, damaged room.
• A player quips about taking practical pewter mugs as treasure instead: “For practice, grab the pewter mugs. Because treasure.” —Deborah (14:24)

5. The Magic Book and Eccentric Treasures (15:20–19:50)

• In a large closet, the group investigates garments and more.
• Detect Magic highlights a mundane-looking tome with hidden powers:
  • “You realize…there’s five books on this little shelf and one of the books is glowing.”—Jason Charles Miller (16:23)
  • “It actually…says ‘Outdoor Survival’.” —Jason Charles Miller (16:32)
• They also collect a stone paperweight branded with a “Z,” possibly a future key item, and notes inventorying Zelligar the Wizard’s mundane affairs.

6. Moving Toward Confrontation: The Goblin Sighting (20:05–20:39)

• Lalacra urges further action, when a lone goblin spots the party and flees, likely to warn others.
• Lalacra cautions: “Don’t enter just yet. A lot of them could be holed up in there. Alright, so we need to make a plan.” —Jason Charles Miller (20:39)

7. Planning the Ambush (20:39–24:31)

• The group debates tactics: reconnaissance, stealth tactics, and use of environment.

• They settle on using rogue abilities for ambush, bottlenecking enemies at the doorway for ranged attacks.

  • Strategy Summary:
    • One member runs in to draw out enemies, others hide or prepare ambush.
    • “Once we get to the bigger map, we leave a little pathway and we stay back a little bit. And as they come to the door, we just fire stuff into the doorway…” —Mike (24:49)

8. Goblin Battle! (24:31–39:04)

• Upon opening the targeted door, the party finds six goblins—no hobgoblins in sight. Weapons, supplies, and a cart of spears crowd the room.
• Combat Highlights:
  • Initiative rolled; battle begins.
  • Creative enemy tactics: “He tries to push the cart on you…You can try to dodge out of the way with a dexterity check.”—Jason Charles Miller (30:11)
  • Successful and failed attacks mix with comedic misfortune: "He rolled a natural one. So the arrow…he hurt himself on the bow. Yeah, he shot himself on the finger." —Jason Charles Miller (31:46)
  • Magic Missile, Sacred Flame, and crossbow attacks are deployed.
  • As the goblins falter, surviving enemies flee, leaving uncertainty about what warnings will reach the hobgoblins.

9. End-of-Episode Cliffhanger (39:04–39:14)

• The DM signals a pause: “So even though you’re victorious, you’re not sure what’s gonna happen next. Okay, so we're gonna stop here for now, and we’ll be back soon for the conclusion.” —Jason Charles Miller (39:04)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On trusting orcs:
  "Then I don't trust orcs. I'm just gonna say…I don't mean bad, but I can hear you."
  —Mike (02:27)

• Classic D&D meta:
  “I've got tools…Let me use them and see if I can get in the door.”—Deborah (05:40)
  “Great. Or as people like to call it, a dirty 20.” —Jason Charles Miller (06:18)

• On magical illusions and suspicion:
  "You feel like maybe there's something's not right."
  —Jason Charles Miller (12:01)
  "Nobody just leaves a bunch of gold and jewels sitting out behind a locked door. Two locked doors in a crypt."
  —Mike (12:12)

• Player humor—treasure priorities:
  "For practice, grab the pewter mugs. Because treasure."
  —Deborah (14:24)

• Planning for chaos:
  "You could roll a one…You can't automatically do it…"
  —Jason Charles Miller (24:43)

• On party tactics:
  "As they come to the door, we just fire stuff into the doorway with all of our range weapons. If it turns out to be full, if it's that one guy in there by himself, it really won't matter."
  —Mike (24:49)

• Final moment:
  "So even though you're victorious, you're not sure what's gonna happen next."
  —Jason Charles Miller (39:04)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

| Timestamp | Segment Description | |-----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 01:37 | Post-battle negotiations with Lalacra and orc motives emerge | | 04:27 | The party rests, rotates watch, recovers spell slots and hit points | | 05:40 | The group investigates the locked wizard’s chamber | | 11:31 | Discovering the illusionary treasure room | | 15:20 | Checking the mage’s closet, magical "Outdoor Survival" book found | | 20:05 | Lalacra proposes moving against remaining goblins & hobgoblins | | 24:31 | The goblins' lair is breached; battle commences | | 30:11 | Goblins deploy a cart of spears, innovative combat encounter | | 31:46 | Goblin misfires—comic relief during tense moments | | 39:04 | Surviving goblins escape; DM suspends for next episode |

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Summary Takeaways

This episode masterfully blends classic D&D exploration—puzzles, politics, and peril—with humor, camaraderie, and the thrill of the unknown. The party’s adaptability is tested by false leads, magical traps, and the machinations of their orcish “ally.” The skill checks, strategic banter, and sharp roleplay exemplify why tabletop RPGs remain engrossing and unpredictable. With the escape of the surviving goblins heralding new dangers, the party’s saga is poised for even greater chaos in the upcoming conclusion.

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Transcript

[Jason Charles Miller]

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[Deborah]

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[Jason Charles Miller]

Welcome back to youo Starter Kit. I'm your Dungeon master, Jason Charles Miller. In this episode, our players are getting closer to their ultimate goal in the adventure. But they're not there yet. They're going to have to learn to improvise when their plans don't quite go as expected. And I'm gonna have to do the same as I'm sure they won't go into that one room I didn't want them to go into yet.

[Mike]

Right.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Okay. And we're back.

[Mike]

Mm.

[Jason Charles Miller]

So you just defeated the Hobgoblin Patrol Group duet and. Yeah. And the Goblin Duet. And so Lacra, who you notice didn't join the combat until the very end, says, I see you are indeed worthy. We should make our way to the Hobgoblin chieftain. I've taken you to the library. Now I want you to do something for me.

[Mike]

What is it? What do you want us to do?

[Jason Charles Miller]

Let's take out everyone here so that my orcs can move in.

[Mike]

Oh, I see. Can we have the library, though?

[Jason Charles Miller]

You can have the library.

[Mike]

We just want the. We want the contents of the library.

[Jason Charles Miller]

You could absolutely take the lot. Also, we can't read. Most of my orc friends can't read common anyway.

[Mike]

That's right.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Yeah.

[Mike]

Then I don't trust orcs. I'm just gonna say I don't mean bad, but I can hear you.

[Deborah]

Do we trust orcs? I don't have a charm.

[Mike]

I'm okay with it. They're fairly earnest be. Unless they have an evil leader.

[Deborah]

If we're out of here before they come in, we don't care because what we're mostly looking for is treasure and experience.

[Mike]

Yep. And We've gotten the experience. We found the library. She says we can keep the contents of the library. Any of it we want. Yeah. But I would suggest her let her know that our great magic needs time to rebuild before we confront them.

[Moon]

So that we need it now.

[Mike]

Bring everything. So we need to rest.

[Jason Charles Miller]

I am familiar with spell casting.

[Mike]

Yes. So we all need to shut the door, lock the door, and we are going to rest in here for eight hours. Are you cool with staying?

[Moon]

Will you keep an eye out?

[Mike]

One of us stay awake?

[Deborah]

Yeah, we'll do, like.

[Moon]

Because I only have to do four.

[Mike]

Hours, I have nothing to regenerate other than. I mean, like, I'm at 14, so I could actually take turns watching her. But basically, we'll respirate out.

[Jason Charles Miller]

You could do it in shift.

[Deborah]

Let's do it. Okay.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Okay. All right.

[Mike]

Door lock.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Door lock barred.

[Mike]

This is us.

[Jason Charles Miller]

You could use some of the hobgoblin weapons to, like, bar it.

[Mike]

Yeah, jam that in there.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Okay.

[Deborah]

Perfect.

[Mike]

Somebody turn out the Beatles.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Everybody, take back your. Take back your spell slots. Take back everything.

[Deborah]

Great.

[Mike]

Keep an eye on while you guys sleep. Thank you.

[Deborah]

Everybody's healed up. Everybody feels okay.

[Mike]

So.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Yeah.

[Deborah]

Anybody need a. Like, a hug or a sandwich or a pep talk?

[Mike]

What kind of name is it?

[Deborah]

I'll take a juice box.

[Mike]

Half of me that isn't health needs a hug and a juice box.

[Deborah]

Okay. I'll tell you stories about Helm and how powerful and protective he is.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Eight hours have passed.

[Mike]

Okay. Did anything happen?

[Jason Charles Miller]

Malakra's still there.

[Mike]

Okay.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Just chilling with you guys. Everything seems normal.

[Mike]

Backwards. What happened?

[Jason Charles Miller]

Okay, so Lalacra basically says, I know where the hobgoblins are, but we need to make a plan. It's not going to be easy. Your rogue may be able to do some reconnaissance for us as well. They may know by now that the rest of my emissaries have left, and the orcs are not really interested anymore in negotiating with the Hobgoblins.

[Deborah]

How big is the Hobgoblin army?

[Jason Charles Miller]

There's only a few Hobgoblins, but they have lots of little goblins working for them. And that is Hard to figure out. How many were here? I counted at least 20. But I know you took out probably at least 10 while you were here. So let us get closer to where their hideout is, and I will show you a few things along the way. So, Lalacra leads you to that door and says, legend has it that the wizard's chamber was beyond this door. The hobgoblins haven't been able to break through this door or pick the lock. But if treasure is what you're looking for, this might be the place to look for it.

[Deborah]

I've got tools.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Excellent.

[Deborah]

Let me use them and see if I can get in the door.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Excellent.

[Deborah]

Do I roll?

[Jason Charles Miller]

So whoever has the highest wisdom should do a perception check. This is where we're going to check. We're going to check for traps on this door. And she's already told you that the door is locked. But what you're going to want to do is check for traps first.

[Mike]

And if we know a wiz was here, probably a quick magic thing.

[Jason Charles Miller]

You never know. Yeah, you know, it could be a magic lock or just a regular lock, but no one's been able to get in that room yet.

[Deborah]

All right, I'm doing a perception. I got high perception. I got 20.

[Jason Charles Miller]

A natural 20.

[Deborah]

No, modified 20.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Okay, modified 20. Great. Or as people like to call it, a dirty 20. Each one, you know, some people call it.

[Deborah]

That's good.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Great. Okay. So there are no traps on that door.

[Mike]

All right. Yeah.

[Jason Charles Miller]

You are fairly certain that there are no traps on that door, but the door is locked.

[Deborah]

All right, so I've got. I pull.

[Jason Charles Miller]

You've got your thief's tools. Go to work, thief. So now you're going to roll to pick the lock. Picking a lock is a straight up dexterity check. But if you have thieves tools, you can actually add your proficiency bonus to that.

[Deborah]

I do. So I have a dexterity. My dexterity is 18. And there's a four.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Four below before I add that together. So you add the four to the two, and then you add that to whatever you roll. So roll the D20 and then add six to it.

[Deborah]

So 16 total.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Great. You actually picked a lock.

[Mike]

Nice.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Yes.

[Deborah]

You're so good.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Okay, let's pull that.

[Mike]

It's a trap.

[Jason Charles Miller]

As you enter the room, positioned in the center of this long hall is a rather plain table and three chairs. A detailed stone carving adorns most of the length of the north wall, some 90ft in overall length. The wall carving depicts a mighty wizard on a hilltop, casting a spell in the air over the valley below, with an entire army fleeing in confused panic. The east and west walls are devoid of detail, although there are several wall pegs on each, apparently for hanging garments. In the southeast corner of the room is an ornate wooden bed.

[Moon]

That's the bed.

[Mike]

Let's examine the table first.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Okay.

[Moon]

Is that a California team?

[Deborah]

No.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Zelligar was the wizard.

[Deborah]

I feel like that's A message of some kind?

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Jason Charles Miller]

What, the carving?

[Mike]

Yeah, yeah. The mural.

[Deborah]

It's just, like, him hanging up his, like, Emmys on the wall or something. Like, I did a great job scaring a bunch of people away.

[Mike]

So magic.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Put this in a carving.

[Mike]

Mike's so magic right now. I'm, like, totally magic.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Okay, so you're gonna examine the table. Okay, so give me a perception check.

[Mike]

Okay. I'm lower on the perception. Yeah, absolutely. You can. Three.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Three.

[Mike]

Maybe I'll do one after all. Oh, I got an 18, so. And my. Yeah.

[Jason Charles Miller]

So the table and the three chairs are of typical wooden construction. They're a bit dusty, but on the table is a pewter pitcher and three pewter mugs. They look like they're actually worth something. And they have a Z engraved on them. Oh, majestic.

[Mike]

And I feel like this is the trap.

[Deborah]

Can I go examine the bed?

[Jason Charles Miller]

Yes. Give me a perception check.

[Deborah]

Absolutely. It's gonna be 13.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Okay. The bed in the southeast corner of the chamber has a frame of ornately carved rosewood. The headboard, besides showing the carved designs to advantage, boldly features Zelligar's name highlighted in gold leaf.

[Mike]

This guy's really into himself. Hello, bed.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Obviously, of value is a fine workmanship and construction, but it really feels like there's no way you could remove it. It's, like, bolted in with some sort of. I mean, it's part of the room.

[Mike]

Got it.

[Jason Charles Miller]

It looks like it's worth a lot, but, you know. Have you ever tried moving a bed? Probably not gonna want that.

[Deborah]

It's not like an IKEA one with a red. It's not the treasure, though.

[Moon]

What about the wizard painting?

[Deborah]

Yeah, that's what got my attention.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Jason Charles Miller]

I mean, the wizard painting is huge, but it's a carving, so once again, it's not like it's a tapestry that you could roll up.

[Mike]

Any chance those little things that look like pegs are movable?

[Jason Charles Miller]

You can try.

[Moon]

Is there anything next?

[Mike]

Can we try. Can we try pulling on pegs?

[Jason Charles Miller]

They're regular pegs.

[Deborah]

Is there a way to use perception to figure out if there's anything we need in the room or if we should be just leaving the room?

[Jason Charles Miller]

You can. I mean. Well, there's also. There's another. There's another door there.

[Deborah]

Oh, yeah.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Another inner chamber thing.

[Deborah]

You're so good at doors. Shut the door.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Yeah, yeah.

[Mike]

Go over and open that. Let's go in that door.

[Deborah]

So how does that work?

[Mike]

Is it open?

[Jason Charles Miller]

It's not open.

[Mike]

Oh, it's locked.

[Jason Charles Miller]

It's closed. But do you want to check the door?

[Deborah]

Yeah. Should we?

[Jason Charles Miller]

Okay. Yeah, I think we should.

[Deborah]

Can I try it? Who rolls when we're checking a door? I'm gonna check the door. I'm like, hey, door, what's up 8?

[Jason Charles Miller]

The door is unlocked and it doesn't seem like it has any traps.

[Mike]

Great. Okay, we'll open the door and look inside. Oh, no, it's the number seven. I hate the number seven.

[Jason Charles Miller]

The door reveals a ten foot wide passage that extends for 30ft beyond widening. As your light source pierces the darkness, you are greeted by a magnificent sight. The spectacle is indeed impressive. Two large wooden chests, each studded with jewels, overflowing with riches. A pile of gold pieces is arrayed around and within them and scattered among this treasure trove is an assortment of glittering gems and jewels.

[Mike]

Score. I mean gtfo. Who carries the most? Who's strongest and carry the stuff? Do we. Should we inspect? Wait, wait, wait.

[Deborah]

We have to inspect.

[Mike]

Inspect it for magic or something like that. Like if we grab it and it sucks us in and kills us. Something like that. Should we check it?

[Jason Charles Miller]

Yeah, you can do an arcana check magic. Okay.

[Moon]

Which one is that?

[Jason Charles Miller]

It's a D20. Yeah.

[Moon]

Okay.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Cause it's a skill.

[Moon]

Seven plus five twelve.

[Jason Charles Miller]

You feel like maybe there's something's not right.

[Mike]

Yeah, yeah.

[Jason Charles Miller]

You can't really discern much more than that.

[Mike]

Nobody just leaves a bunch of gold and jewels sitting out behind a locked door. Two locked doors in a crypt. Yeah.

[Deborah]

It's booby trapped. Well, there are ways to figure out if it's booby trapped. We are looking for treasure. We could start grabbing it. We could use a detect. Magic. I was thinking magic.

[Moon]

That's what I was going to say.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Yeah, that would be a good. Probably a good time if you're feeling that.

[Moon]

I'm feeling it.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Okay. And read to us. What?

[Mike]

Detect magic.

[Moon]

Detect magic for the duration you sense the presence of magic within 30ft of you. If you sense magic in this way, you can use your action to see a faint aura around any visible creature or object in the area that bears magic. And you learn its school of magic, if any so detecting.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Okay. And how long is the duration for? It should say towards the top.

[Moon]

10 minutes. Up to 10 minutes. One action self up to 10 minutes.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Okay.

[Mike]

Can we use it? So for 10 minutes, anything around her she can like.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Anything magic.

[Mike]

Maybe you should like quickly check the mural. Quickly check the bed.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Quickly.

[Deborah]

Yeah, check it all.

[Moon]

I want to check all that stuff.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Cool. So you cast detect magic. You notice that her dagger has an aura about it.

[Deborah]

Sure.

[Mike]

Cause it's magic.

[Jason Charles Miller]

You don't notice anything else in the wizard's chamber, but in that small chamber with all the treasure, there's an aura, like, crazy around that treasure. 100%.

[Moon]

Can I detect what kind of magic it is?

[Jason Charles Miller]

You can actually. You can use the spell to try to detect what kind of magic it is.

[Deborah]

Is.

[Jason Charles Miller]

And you feel that it is an illusionary kind of magic. It's an illusion.

[Moon]

It's a trap.

[Mike]

That's why I was gonna, like. Okay, I'm gonna.

[Moon]

It's not really.

[Mike]

Yeah, so I'm gonna go over and touch it.

[Jason Charles Miller]

As soon as you touch. Disappears.

[Mike]

Yeah, there you go.

[Jason Charles Miller]

It completely disappears. And now you're in a stark room with a bunch of, like, on that farther wall, there is just like a bunch of. It looks like maybe someone threw a bunch of fireballs or like, just like blast points all over the wall.

[Mike]

We should get out of here. Yeah, yeah, let's get out.

[Jason Charles Miller]

So maybe it was.

[Mike]

Yeah, I think we could use.

[Deborah]

For practice, grab the pewter mugs. Because treasure.

[Mike]

Let's grab. Yeah, let's grab the pewter.

[Deborah]

Probably not me, because I'm awful good, but somebody else should.

[Jason Charles Miller]

And then the lock road just goes. Well, like, you know, I heard somewhere he was a wizard.

[Mike]

Well, there's another door here, right?

[Jason Charles Miller]

There is. There's another door there.

[Mike]

You want to try that door in there? Yeah.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Okay, great. Great.

[Mike]

Doors, open doors, closed doors.

[Jason Charles Miller]

The. That door. You want to do perception check on it really quick?

[Mike]

I do want to do perception check. 7. No one.

[Deborah]

Come on.

[Mike]

14.

[Jason Charles Miller]

The door to you. The door is a Pegasus.

[Mike]

Yeah, it's a window. It looks a lot like a window. Yeah, my perception is 14. I got a 14.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Okay, great. Yeah, the door. It seems like a pretty normal door.

[Mike]

Not locked.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Not locked.

[Mike]

Okay, let's open it. We have not entered, but we are looking inside.

[Jason Charles Miller]

The door opens to reveal a somewhat large closet 20ft by 20ft with an alcove situated in the opposite corner of the room. In one corner of the room, several bolts of cloth are stacked, and on one wall, several garments are hung, mostly coats and cloaks.

[Mike]

Can you do a magic detect?

[Jason Charles Miller]

Yeah, her detect magic's actually still going.

[Mike]

Right. So is there any magic from the cloaks?

[Jason Charles Miller]

Is there really? I'm gonna have her check the whole room.

[Mike]

Yeah, the whole closet area. That in particular just sounds cool.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Yeah. Actually, you. You're getting. You're getting a glow from one area sort of in that little alcove in the back. And Then you, as you, as you sort of follow the glow, you realize that there's also a little, sort of little small bookshelf with some books on it and one of. And there's five books on this little shelf and one of the books is glowing.

[Moon]

Is it a spell book?

[Jason Charles Miller]

It actually, on the outside it says, it says written in common. It says outdoor Survival.

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[Deborah]

Can you tell what kind of magic kind of magic that is?

[Jason Charles Miller]

It's actually sort of a general magic. It looks like it's a book that was written with magic, but you can't tell any further than that.

[Moon]

Should we grab it? Yeah, okay.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Okay, great.

[Mike]

I'll pick it up.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Just put it in your pack. You also notice that holding in the northwest corner of the closet. Also, there is a small table with a stack of papers upon it. And they're all very dusty, and they're held in place by a stone slab paperweight monogrammed with a fancy letter Z.

[Mike]

Take that.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Great. Grab all the papers.

[Mike]

Sorcery notes that might fit in a door or lock later. And we just think it's a paperweight, and it turns out to be a keystone. Right.

[Jason Charles Miller]

You never know. If you look at the papers a little bit. If you examine the papers, they're written in common, and they reveal notes on mundane matters and inventory of foodstuffs, Spencer notes on construction work for the complex, a couple of routine messages received by Zelligar and other unremarkable writings.

[Mike]

So I'm gonna take the papers and put them in my backpack with the stone. And we got the pewter cups and stuff, too. That should be proof for the Adventurers Guild.

[Moon]

Yeah. Have blueprints and wine in his cups.

[Mike]

Right?

[Jason Charles Miller]

So Lalacra says, well, it was worth a try, but I know where the hobgoblins are, and we should go there now.

[Mike]

Let's do it.

[Moon]

Yep.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Okay. So as she leads you back out of this door right there, you actually notice that there is one lone goblin right here.

[Mike]

Oh, no. He's easy enough.

[Jason Charles Miller]

He made a force, and he totally sees you, and he just goes and then, like, runs. Runs through that door and then slams it shut.

[Deborah]

Uh. Oh, okay. That's gonna be the goblin that goes and warns his friends.

[Mike]

Probably nothing. I don't know. More blueprints.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Well, so Lalacra says, don't enter just yet. A lot of them could be holed up in there. All right, so we need to make a plan.

[Mike]

Decent advice.

[Deborah]

All right, should we do reconnaissance? What do you suggest in terms of a plan?

[Mike]

Yeah, I don't see another way to look into the walls. They're all brick and concrete. Can we cast a spell to see through the walls and see if there's personnel? There's people. Can we see people through a wall? Anybody got something like that?

[Moon]

Nah, we can shield ourselves. Maybe while we go, can I run.

[Mike]

Into the room and then run right back out again?

[Jason Charles Miller]

Yeah.

[Deborah]

Well, isn't that a success?

[Jason Charles Miller]

You could.

[Mike]

I could do 30ft in six seconds. And I'm a complete moron, so there is no looking around a corner through a window or a box. But I could just run in, into the first box and run straight back out and tell you what I saw.

[Deborah]

We also got. I mean, does anybody have good stealth? That's Me, I think.

[Jason Charles Miller]

I mean, your rogue does for sure. The only problem is opening of the door.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Jason Charles Miller]

So they would know. And whoever just saw you ran in.

[Moon]

There and told everybody.

[Deborah]

Yeah, but he already.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Yeah.

[Deborah]

Here.

[Jason Charles Miller]

The nose.

[Mike]

What do we want at this point?

[Jason Charles Miller]

Well, the lock rope wants you to clear out the goblins and the hobgoblins for her. And if so.

[Mike]

And she's saying this is the only way.

[Jason Charles Miller]

That's where they are. She's saying that's where the. That's where they.

[Mike]

But we need to make a plan first about how we're gonna attack.

[Deborah]

All right, so let's make a plan, because we have to get them anyway.

[Mike]

That's our whole point. Right? Okay. Is there another way into that room besides that door?

[Jason Charles Miller]

That's the only way.

[Mike]

That's the only way. Logra says.

[Deborah]

Okay, what if we do that? Send someone in, you know, so they go after them, and then the others are waiting over here to get them.

[Mike]

I'll go in. Mm. Okay.

[Deborah]

We've also got sneaky people too.

[Mike]

Yeah, but there's. If he ran in and slammed the doors, I don't see.

[Deborah]

There's only one entrance.

[Mike]

What.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Just not yet. So what would. If he did do that, while he was doing that, but before he did that, you could use another rogue ability called hiding in the shadows. And you. And you could use that ability, hide yourself in the shadows so that when all the. If the goblins presumably came out, you could surprise one of them. At least that's a way that you could use your rogue abilities for your adventure.

[Mike]

Well, does she have a plan? Or is she just saying, Suggesting making a plan? Because there's two ways to deal with this room since there's no other entrance to it.

[Deborah]

We have to go in or we.

[Mike]

Have to come out besides open the door and just fill it with fire, you know, essentially. Which is an option, you know. Yeah. Literally just shoot through the door. Everybody just take turns shooting through the door. There's not much because that corner you can't reach, everybody would have trouble. So burning them alive in the room or drawing them out.

[Moon]

I like that.

[Mike]

And then just as they come out, killing them off. Yeah. As they're bottlenecked in that box.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Great. Mike, go ahead and pull that one off too, because you would be able to see that around the corner.

[Mike]

So there's a little doorway down there, I think. Here's. Here's my strategy. I'm offering this up as a strategy that we each position ourselves in a place where, like, somebody who can shoot really far. Can be down the hallway. Like, you could move. Be right here. You could be. You will follow. Whoever runs in, will run in and run out during our moves. And you can stay inside, just inside the door, hiding in the shadows, and attack. You could stab people as they're engaging out the door or something. Yeah. And each of us have sort of a position to.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Now, I'm gonna have a bigger map in a second.

[Mike]

Basically, I would run in the door with her because she can hide in the shadows and stay right next to the door. So if anybody's fighting at the doorway, she could just.

[Deborah]

Sounds like a good.

[Jason Charles Miller]

So you're gonna run in and stay in.

[Deborah]

So he's gonna come back and draw him out.

[Mike]

No, I'm draw him out.

[Jason Charles Miller]

So you're stay in and try to hide.

[Deborah]

Right.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Okay. Okay.

[Mike]

Nice.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Now, let me caution you, though. If that doesn't work, then you're in there with all of those. Whoever's in there.

[Mike]

It's true. Well, we would come in if it becomes bad.

[Deborah]

Why wouldn't it work? I thought I was able to hide in the shadows.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Well, there's always that. You could roll a one or you could roll. You know, there's always a chance that you can't. You can't automatically do it, especially at.

[Mike]

Level one, but you can escape past anybody who's half your size or your size +1. So you can kind of get out as long as we keep it clear. But the point is, we need to. Once we get to the bigger map, we leave a little pathway and we stay back a little bit. And as they come to the door, we just fire stuff into the doorway with all of our range weapons. If it turns out to be full, if it's that one guy in there by himself, it really won't matter.

[Deborah]

Yeah, we need to see what's in there.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Okay.

[Deborah]

I'll risk it.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Yeah. So I suppose you could always run back out.

[Deborah]

Give us, like, all the stacks.

[Mike]

So I'm gonna open the door right away. That's our primary move.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Okay.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Deborah]

That way we know what's in there.

[Mike]

Because I have a shield and I have 16 armor class.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Pull that off. But then let's get the map going. So on opening the door to this room, a faint whistling can be heard. The rock walls of this room are mostly smooth, and there are carved ledges within several of them. Wooden pegs also abound. And there are some items still left in place on the wall. A few shields. A handful of rusty swords nearby, several spears lean against the wall. And a wooden cart bristling with numerous spears rests nearby. But you also see six goblins. So they're. Where are they?

[Mike]

Are they down at the end of the hall, or are they just spread out throughout?

[Jason Charles Miller]

They're spread out. Okay, so I'm gonna place those on the map.

[Mike]

Six regular goblins, no hobgoblins.

[Jason Charles Miller]

No hobgoblins in this room.

[Mike]

I feel like. Then we could storm in and take them if we.

[Deborah]

There's a lot of six goblins.

[Mike]

Yeah, there's, like, enough space in here.

[Deborah]

All kinds of stuff.

[Mike]

Yeah. And maybe what's.

[Moon]

And then we'll take a nap after.

[Mike]

Maybe.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Maybe not.

[Deborah]

Just real quick in between battles.

[Mike]

Maybe she'll help us. Maybe she won't. I think she will, because even if she's going to betray us, she won't do it until we've cleaned out the hobgoblins and the goblins for her, because she's using us. If that's the. The worst thing that's happened is that, you know she's using us. So I'd say then if this is only if this is the case, and we don't see any hobgoblins, Nobody. That door down at the end is closed.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Right.

[Mike]

Okay.

[Jason Charles Miller]

You don't see any hobgoblins. All right, I'm gonna place this on the map, too. This is the cart of spears.

[Mike]

Okay.

[Jason Charles Miller]

So just so you can see.

[Deborah]

Okay, so how are we.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Okay, so what's your plan?

[Mike]

Since it's just them, I think we can take them. I think we enter the room sort of as a group, spread out, and start attacking, depending on initiative and who gets in there first. So I think they weren't. Do they have the jump on us because of the screaming?

[Jason Charles Miller]

Dude, they knew you were coming. But we're still going to roll for initiative.

[Mike]

Okay, great surprise.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Because you knew they were in there.

[Mike]

Let's engage. I say. What do you think? Yeah.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Okay.

[Deborah]

Eight as well.

[Mike]

17 dirty. 16 dirty.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Okay, eight. Sweet 16.

[Deborah]

Eight.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Eight. So who had the highest? 17.

[Mike]

17.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Okay, and who's the second highest?

[Mike]

What'd you have?

[Deborah]

I got six.

[Mike]

Okay, six. Oh, I had 16.

[Jason Charles Miller]

16.

[Moon]

Okay, so you.

[Mike]

You.

[Moon]

Us two. You go first. And then.

[Jason Charles Miller]

So you guys have the same number.

[Mike]

Eight.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Okay.

[Mike]

Match. And then as one.

[Jason Charles Miller]

There as one. So they're going to be third. And then Deb and. Oh, I needed to roll for the little lock right now. Okay, she's back here. And did I put. She's not on the map yet?

[Mike]

No, we need her. Oh, yeah.

[Jason Charles Miller]

So she was hanging back there.

[Mike]

She is not quite there yet.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Yeah. Actually put her, like in that corner here. Yeah.

[Mike]

Okay, cool.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Okay.

[Mike]

And now it's just kind of arbitrary spacing of where they were. Yeah. We're charging. We can pass each other. So we can go into this doorway at whatever our initiative is.

[Moon]

Okay.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Deborah]

So who's first?

[Mike]

I am first.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Hunter's first.

[Mike]

I can go 25ft.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Okay, so you can reach that first guy.

[Mike]

Let's do it. Okay, so right here.

[Deborah]

Bring it.

[Mike]

14 plus 4 is 18.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Nice. You hit 100%.

[Mike]

And Dewey using the maul. 7 plus 2, 9.

[Jason Charles Miller]

He's dead.

[Mike]

Oh, yeah. You took him out. Look at that.

[Jason Charles Miller]

All right.

[Mike]

Sweet. Okay. And I'm going. I can go.

[Deborah]

Thank you.

[Mike]

I'm gonna go for that guy because I can go five spaces. So 1, 2, 3. I'll just be here.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Okay, great. Long sword attack.

[Mike]

Yes. Yeah. Long sword attack.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Great.

[Mike]

One. No, no, seven. Sorry. Seven. Seven.

[Jason Charles Miller]

It looks like a one.

[Mike]

Seven. Seven plus a four. So 11, but I doubt it. Eleven. Yeah.

[Jason Charles Miller]

You missed. Okay, now it's the goblins turn. So this goblin's going to take a swing at you.

[Mike]

Sure he is.

[Jason Charles Miller]

He actually hits you for four points of damage.

[Deborah]

Okay.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Sorry. With his sword.

[Mike]

Can I take my second wind?

[Jason Charles Miller]

You can take your second wind anytime in the. Yeah, you could do it on your next turn.

[Mike]

Yeah, I'll do it on my next turn.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Now, this guy actually sees you and tries to push the cart on you. So he's rushing towards you with the cart of spears and just pushing it over to try to knock you over.

[Mike]

All right, so can I step out of the way?

[Jason Charles Miller]

You can, but. But he's gonna have that opportunity to try first, so he succeeds. But I will give you a chance to try to dodge out of the way with a dexterity check. All right, so that would you.

[Mike]

I have one dexterity.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Well, you would roll. That's your bonus. Your dexterity bonus. So you would roll a D20.

[Deborah]

And is this a saving throw?

[Jason Charles Miller]

Yeah, it's a dexterity saving throw.

[Deborah]

8.

[Jason Charles Miller]

8 +9. So you miss your saving throw. It hits you, and it actually. You actually take six points of damage. You take some bludgeoning damage and you take some. Some piercing damage. A few of the spears were sort of faced at you.

[Mike]

It's a cart of spears.

[Jason Charles Miller]

I imagine I'd get caught by disintegrate upon impact.

[Mike]

Oh, good.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Yeah. So he can't push it at you again, the way to go. Sorry, we're still on that. Okay, so now these Three goblins are going to fire their arrows at the two of you. So the first one is firing at Haldor. He misses. In fact, he rolled a natural one. So the arrow. Just like he hurt himself on the boat. Yeah, he shot himself on the finger.

[Mike]

Ouch.

[Jason Charles Miller]

The second one misses. And the third one, they all miss. All three of them miss. So it's now Moon's turn.

[Mike]

Nice.

[Moon]

I think I'll do the magic missile.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Okay.

[Moon]

And try to hit as many of them as possible.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Okay.

[Moon]

Maybe the first. These three.

[Jason Charles Miller]

From where you're positioned, you're gonna need to move yourself into the room. So you have.

[Moon]

I can go 30, right?

[Jason Charles Miller]

So that's six squares.

[Moon]

Okay.

[Jason Charles Miller]

So show us where you wanna move.

[Mike]

Where would you like him to be?

[Moon]

We can't reach it, can we?

[Jason Charles Miller]

Okay, maybe.

[Moon]

Maybe what?

[Mike]

Right.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Yeah, yeah.

[Mike]

There or there.

[Deborah]

That's good.

[Mike]

Here. Okay.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Okay, great. So there are five opponents. Do you want to split? How do you want to do it?

[Moon]

I get with the magic missile, I can hit three. And I get how many?

[Jason Charles Miller]

Three? Yeah, you have three missiles, so.

[Moon]

All right, so let's do this. This guy, this guy, and this guy.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Okay, great.

[Mike]

Okay.

[Moon]

And I roll 20.

[Jason Charles Miller]

You roll. No, because with Magic Missile, you'll hit automatically. You're gonna roll a D4 three times and add one to it each time. So one did four.

[Moon]

Okay, that's right.

[Mike]

That's good.

[Moon]

Four.

[Jason Charles Miller]

One did five. Excellent.

[Moon]

And two.

[Jason Charles Miller]

And one did three.

[Mike]

Okay. Okay, this is good.

[Jason Charles Miller]

So none of them are dead, but they all look really annoyed and injured. Yeah. Especially the one that you did five points of damage to. He's not looking good at all.

[Deborah]

Nice.

[Mike]

Do we know which one's which is the 5 guy?

[Jason Charles Miller]

The 5 guy's the first one.

[Mike]

Nice.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Yeah.

[Mike]

Cart Guy.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Cart Guy. Cart Guy. Revenge of Revenge of the Cart Guy.

[Moon]

That's all my special spells or whatever.

[Deborah]

Great.

[Mike]

Cool.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Okay, so, Tren, your turn.

[Deborah]

I guess we'll do So I guess I'll go for the guy who's hurt the most to start with. So is this guy.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Yep. Yeah. So you can move on in.

[Deborah]

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[Deborah]

There.

[Jason Charles Miller]

And you're gonna shoot or you gonna. Because at that point you wouldn't be able to reach him for handling.

[Deborah]

Yeah, I wanted to try something different anyway, so I'm try the crossbow now.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Great. Okay.

[Deborah]

So I got nine plus six. So 15.

[Jason Charles Miller]

That hits him nice. That hits him good.

[Mike]

Now I roll.

[Deborah]

Okay. For my damage.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Come on. 4. He. He's. He's down.

[Mike]

Nice.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Got him. Good job. Got him.

[Deborah]

You are very good at killing stuff.

[Mike]

Yes, she is.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Deborah.

[Deborah]

Yes.

[Jason Charles Miller]

We got.

[Deborah]

I have been thinking about doing a spell. I can't exactly decide what I'm gonna do. Hold on.

[Mike]

A guiding bowl. Bless you could forgive him for.

[Deborah]

You know what you tried. Yeah, yeah. Let's see. I have a 30 speed. Haldor, could you help me out and just get me kind of into the room?

[Mike]

Okay. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Just here.

[Deborah]

How far can I go?

[Mike]

Six. That's the farthest you can go.

[Deborah]

So I'm gonna have to do some ranged work. But I can do that. I'm gonna do sacred flame.

[Mike]

Nice.

[Deborah]

I can use on somebody within 6, 60ft. So maybe one of those guys down there. Sure. Is that within 60ft of me? Math.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Yes.

[Deborah]

Okay.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Yes.

[Deborah]

Great. Flame, like radiance, descends on a creature I can see within range. The target must succeed on a dexterity saving throw or take one. D8. Radiant damage.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Okay. And you don't have to roll the hit. I just have to roll the save.

[Deborah]

No. Okay. There's no roll involved.

[Jason Charles Miller]

I don't think I'm gonna roll for the goblin. Saving throw. And he fails miserably. So roll for damage.

[Deborah]

Oh, excellent.

[Mike]

Nice.

[Deborah]

Let's do some radiant damage. Take this. Seven points of fire Goblin.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Done. He's nice.

[Mike]

Good stuff, this guy.

[Deborah]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Mike]

You get his soul.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Okay, great.

[Mike]

I love collecting souls.

[Jason Charles Miller]

So, Lalacra. Hmm? What do you know? Lalacra hangs back for some reason again. Yeah, she's observing. Okay. So, Thumper, it's your turn.

[Mike]

All right. I'm gonna scoot up to Jackson over here.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Okay.

[Deborah]

Excuse me.

[Mike]

Sorry. I didn't mean to do that. I was messed up.

[Jason Charles Miller]

I didn't mean to do that. Okay.

[Deborah]

Trip over that.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Roll for hit.

[Mike]

All right, Come on. Thirteen plus four. Seventeen.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Yep, that absolutely hits.

[Deborah]

And.

[Mike]

Six plus two is eight.

[Jason Charles Miller]

You mauled him with your. He's down.

[Mike]

Nice.

[Jason Charles Miller]

He's down.

[Moon]

Two more to go.

[Mike]

Right.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Okay, it's Haldor's turn.

[Mike]

Would my second win take up my turn?

[Jason Charles Miller]

It would. It would take up a standard action.

[Mike]

Okay, so you would only be able.

[Jason Charles Miller]

To move, but you wouldn't be able to attack.

[Mike]

Gotcha.

[Deborah]

How many hit points are you at right now?

[Mike]

Well, I. I took. So I'm down to six. But I'm far enough away I could do a ranged attack on him. I could use my short bow. I think that's a better strategy, even engaging. Then I can heal after if that's a necessity. So I'm gonna shoot the guy right in front of me right here.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Okay, great.

[Mike]

With my short bow. So I hope. 14 plus 4. 18.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Great. You hit.

[Mike]

And a 1D. 6 plus 2. 3. 3. Damage.

[Jason Charles Miller]

3. And that was one of the ones that was. No, he was not.

[Mike]

He's not yet there yet.

[Jason Charles Miller]

He's not been. Okay, so you got three. Okay, great.

[Deborah]

He's single.

[Jason Charles Miller]

He's still alive. Okay, so here's what happens. The goblins, they have decided they've had enough, and they're going to use both their standard action and their move action to get through this door.

[Deborah]

So.

[Jason Charles Miller]

So for all intents and purposes, they're out.

[Deborah]

They're gonna tell on us.

[Jason Charles Miller]

Yep. So they're gone.

[Mike]

We need to get.

[Jason Charles Miller]

So even though you're victorious, you're not sure what's gonna happen next. Okay, so we're gonna stop here for now, and we'll be back soon for the conclusion.

[Mike]

Oh, very exciting.

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