Critical Role: Jester and Fjord’s Wedding: Live from Radio City Music Hall Part 2

Summary

Critical Role: Jester and Fjord’s Wedding — Live from Radio City Music Hall (Part 2)

Date: November 28, 2025
Podcast: Critical Role
Episode: Critical Role: Jester and Fjord’s Wedding: Live from Radio City Music Hall Part 2

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Episode Overview

The second half of Critical Role’s epic live wedding event delivers a rollercoaster of battle, heartbreak, hilarity, and heartfelt emotion. The Mighty Nein, gathered for Jester and Fjord’s wedding, are ambushed by the vengeful hag Isharnai and her coven. Together, the party faces high-stakes combat full of legendary actions, powerful spells, and emotional consequences. As the magical dust settles, we finally witness the long-awaited wedding vows and celebration, ending in a night of love, laughter, and friendship.

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Key Discussion Points & Highlights

1. The Battle: Isharnai Crashes the Wedding

• Initiative Chaos: The live show’s energy erupts as the guests realize the wedding is under siege. Players eagerly roll initiative, launching into high fantasy action.
  • "I would like you all to roll initiative." – Brian W. Foster [03:28]
• Yasha’s Opening Fury: Yasha unleashes a massive opening assault, dealing 59 points of damage in her first round.
  • "That’s 59 points of damage on the opening round of battle from Yasha." – Brian W. Foster [07:41]
• Legendary Actions & Spell Flurry: Isharnai counters with devastating legendary actions, including unique spells like Entropic Swarm (a ninth-level twist on Meteor Swarm) and life-draining magics that siphon power from chained witches strapped to her back.
  • "The chains have like a protective force field or something!" – Marisha Ray (Beauregard) [10:38]

2. Combat Escalates: Risks and Sacrifices

• Resilience and Healing: The party weathers massive damage thanks to smart use of Haste, evasion abilities, and clutch healing from clerics Jester and Caduceus.
  • "Describe to me how you avoid this terrifying spell." – Brian W. Foster to Sam Riegel (Veth) [19:10]
• Witch’s Regeneration: The bound witches allow Isharnai to rapidly regenerate, forcing the party to strategize about breaking the chains rather than focus solely on damaging her.
  • "We gotta take out the witches!" – Ashley Johnson (Yasha) [14:05]
• Counterspelling Showdown: The magic-users engage in a tense battle of counterspells and legendary resistances.
  • "She's going to use her reaction to use Tongue Twister. She counters your counterspell." – Brian W. Foster [58:48]

3. Critical Moments & Emotional Stakes

• Memory Loss—A Fraying Bond: Isharnai’s magic temporarily severs Jester’s memory of Fjord, adding chilling stakes.
  • "You look to your groom and see a stranger." – Brian W. Foster [37:40]
• Beauregard Dropped to Zero: Multiple party members are nearly wiped out, with Beauregard dropping to zero hit points after Isharnai uses “Destined Tragedy” to crush all accumulated Luck points against her.
  • "Beauregard, you drop to zero hit points." – Brian W. Foster [51:34]
• Thematic Use of Spells: Caleb capitalizes on the narrative weight by casting Wish to create a temple dedicated to the Traveler, providing both magical and emotional sanctuary.
  • "And I will use wish. To cast temple of the gods..." – Matthew Mercer (Caleb) [53:15]

4. Turning the Tide: Breaking the Chains

• Freeing the Coven: Yasha and Beauregard focus on breaking the witches’ chains (with a healthy dose of table banter and musical references!), weakening Isharnai’s arsenal.
  • "As Fleetwood Mac would say, always break the chains." – Marisha Ray [71:21]
• Isharnai’s Last Stand: Removing her tethered coven limits Isharnai’s legendary resistances, tilting the fight in the Nein’s favor.

5. Epic Finish: Defeating Isharnai

• Disintegration—The Killing Blow: Caleb deals the killing blow with Disintegrate, carving out Isharnai’s heart.
  • "How do you want to do this?" – Brian W. Foster [86:15]
  • "The beam of pure green light carves a circle around the heart in her chest, blasting a hole..." – Matthew Mercer (Caleb) [86:46]

Notable Mechanic:

• Isharnai’s Hag Soldier Spiteful Escape: Unless within 30ft of her “true anathema,” Isharnai cannot be killed and teleports away instead. The party targets her amulet to circumvent this, breaking it in a final joint effort.

  • "Yasha, your sword impacts and slides into the chain...the blade shatters the glass amulet outward. You gasp. As suddenly all the memories come flashing back into you – Yasha, Marion, Fjord." – Brian W. Foster [91:48]

• Victory & Sudden Return: Once defeated, reality rights itself and the group is transported back to a sunset wedding ceremony.

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The Wedding Ceremony (Vows & Speeches)

Ceremony Highlights

• Emotional Recovery: The group regains memories, presence, and composure, reuniting with family and friends (including Marian Lavore and Kingsley).
  • "If we could bring out the podium once more…Let’s get married.” – Brian W. Foster [93:35]
• Fjord’s Vows:
  • "You are chaos wrapped in kindness, a whirlwind with frosting on it...I will match your mischief with patience, your spontaneity with steadiness, and your boundless heart with one that is forever yours. I will follow you into every storm, every strange scheme, every wild dream, because anywhere you are, that's where I belong." – Liam O’Brien (Fjord) [94:43]
• Jester’s Vows:
  • "No, and you are a seaman so we got that part right. And you do have a bulging—wait, note, the rest…You taught me that love isn’t about being swept away, it’s about standing solid. It’s about choosing to stay. It’s about painting the same face a hundred times because I never get tired of staring at it. I don’t want the kind of love that looks perfect in a story. I want the kind that’s real. So I promise to stand next to you and hold you tighter every single day…" – Ashley Johnson (Jester) [97:04]
• Official Pronouncement:
  • "Then in the presence of friends, family, and any who may be looking down upon us, I pronounce you man and wife. You may kiss." – Sam Riegel (officiant) [99:58]

Reception: Laughter, Music, and Toasts

• Band and Guests:

  • "For one night only, returning vocalist Scanlan Shorthalt..." – Brian W. Foster [101:52]

• Best Man’s Toast (Beauregard):

  • "Ford, you are now setting sail on what will be the greatest adventure of your life. You are trading in your ring of fire for your sapphire...You’re no longer a boy...Now you’re a man who will have a ball while eating." – Marisha Ray (Beauregard) [104:29]

• Yasha’s Toast:

  • "May all your ups and downs come only in the bedroom." – Ashley Johnson (Yasha) [107:03]

• Caleb’s Toast:

  • "It is a gift that this day is possible, in spite of all improbability. Yes, I am bringing math into this...It was always meant to be. This. What a miracle. We get to be here together, in this place, on this day, with two people we love so dearly, holding on to joy." – Matthew Mercer (Caleb) [107:06]

• Caduceus’ Banter:

  • "Now, ladies and gentlemen, I am told that…there’s food on the table, there is dancing to be had, and apparently some sort of fountain with chocolate that I did not..." – Sam Riegel (Caduceus) [110:05]

Wedding Epilogue

• Mysterious Gift:
  • "A flash of white catches you at an immense speed...it is thick, viscous and liquid. As you look into the rafters and find an owl staring down at you before it flutters out of the chateau into the night sky…" – Brian W. Foster [110:40]
• Closing Words:
  • "And thank you all for joining us for this wondrous celebration. We love you all so very much. And is it Thursday yet?" – Brian W. Foster [111:58]

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Notable Quotes by Timestamp

• On Memory Loss and Rediscovery:
  • "You look to your groom and see a stranger." – BF [37:40]
• On the Battle’s Stakes:
  • "We gotta take out the witches!" – Yasha [14:05]
• On Love and Belonging:
  • "You showed me that the best things in life don’t always come with a plan. Sometimes they arrive covered in paint, laughing too loud and leaving pastries and dicks in places they shouldn’t be…and somehow, that’s exactly what my heart was waiting for." – Fjord [94:43]
• On Found Family:
  • "You are my best friends. You took me in when I was a wayward, feral creature and became the found family I never had." – Yasha [106:14]
• On Destiny:
  • _"But those other outcomes...they were never going to happen. It was always meant to be. This. What a miracle." _ – Caleb [107:06]

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Key Timestamps (in MM:SS)

• Initiative & Battle Start: [03:28]
• Yasha’s Opening Turn: [06:07]
• Isharnai’s Regeneration: [13:40]
• Entropic Swarm Spell: [17:20]
• Jester Forgets Fjord: [37:40]
• Temple of the Gods Wish: [53:15]
• Chains Broken, Witches Freed: [71:48]
• Final Blow (Disintegrate): [86:46]
• Wedding Ceremony: [94:43]
• Jester’s Vows: [97:04]
• Wedding Pronouncement: [99:58]
• Reception, Toasts: [101:52] – [107:06]

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Tone and Style

The tone of the episode swings from the high drama and tension of a climactic battle, to signature Critical Role humor (banter, puns, song references), and deeply sincere, emotional storytelling as characters reflect on their found family and enduring bonds. Epilogue moments bring laughter, closure, and a feeling of cathartic celebration—the perfect ending to a saga years in the making.

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For New Listeners

This episode showcases why Critical Role is beloved: expert improvisational storytelling, unforgettable character moments, and the real, loving camaraderie of its cast. Even if you missed the lead-up, the heart of this episode—the fight for love, for memory, and for one another—shines through.

"It was always meant to be. This. What a miracle. We get to be here together, in this place, on this day, with two people we love so dearly, holding on to joy."
– Matthew Mercer (Caleb) [107:06]

To Jester and Fjord, the Mighty Nein, and to friendship, laughter, and love: Is it Thursday yet?

Transcript

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[Brian W. Foster]

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[Sam Riegel]

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[Brian W. Foster]

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[Ashley Johnson]

Hey, can you wrap these please?

[Brian W. Foster]

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[Ashley Johnson]

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[Brian W. Foster]

I'm the worst. I only got my mom a robe.

[Ashley Johnson]

Well, it's better than socks.

[Brian W. Foster]

So I have to trade in my old phone, right?

[Ashley Johnson]

No, AT T Mobile, there's no trade ins needed when you switch. Keep your old phone or give it as a gift.

[Brian W. Foster]

Incredible.

[Ashley Johnson]

In fact, wrap up my old phone too for my Aunt Rosa.

[Marisha Ray]

Forget that.

[Ashley Johnson]

Aunt Liz will be jealous.

[Brian W. Foster]

Sounds like my family drama.

[Ashley Johnson]

Oh, I got it. I'll give it to my abuela. I'll take reindeer paper with. Hey, where are you going?

[Brian W. Foster]

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[Matthew Mercer]

Hello there, it's Liam o' Brien, and you're listening to part two of this episode from the Critical Role podcast network. If you haven't checked out part one yet, pause this now and head over there first. Otherwise, enjoy part two.

[Brian W. Foster]

All righty. Oh my God.

[Ashley Johnson]

I gotta take this off.

[Sam Riegel]

Yeah, They're not.

[Ashley Johnson]

Some of them are.

[Sam Riegel]

Some of them are That's. Oh, really?

[Matthew Mercer]

Don't do it.

[Ashley Johnson]

The cupcakes are.

[Sam Riegel]

No, look, Juan, you cupcakes are real.

[Matthew Mercer]

The tarts are bestis.

[Brian W. Foster]

Don't eat it.

[Ashley Johnson]

Oh, where's the other.

[Matthew Mercer]

Oh, no, you don't know where those have been.

[Sam Riegel]

Really? Don't. I put my glasses.

[Ashley Johnson]

I have hair.

[Sam Riegel]

Use my glasses.

[Travis Willingham]

Okay, how do we win?

[Marisha Ray]

Her dress is like a challenge. Raging Five.

[Ashley Johnson]

It really is. I'm gonna scooch it.

[Liam O'Brien]

No, you're good.

[Ashley Johnson]

Oh, we have a map.

[Sam Riegel]

Oh, wow.

[Ashley Johnson]

It's the ceremony.

[Brian W. Foster]

So first and foremost. Oh, God.

[Ashley Johnson]

Look at the big feet.

[Brian W. Foster]

Let's go ahead and drop a Shai onto the battle. That's huge.

[Sam Riegel]

Oh, no, wait, what goes to charai?

[Brian W. Foster]

Ah. I would like you all to roll initiative.

[Marisha Ray]

Let's go.

[Ashley Johnson]

Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay.

[Marisha Ray]

Oh, there she is.

[Sam Riegel]

That's okay. That's okay. That's okay. That's good.

[Brian W. Foster]

Alrighty, so 25 to 20.

[Marisha Ray]

Hang on, hang on. Let me think for a second.

[Ashley Johnson]

22. Okay.

[Brian W. Foster]

Okay.

[Marisha Ray]

14 plus 8 is also 20. 22.

[Brian W. Foster]

Rollies. Let's go.

[Ashley Johnson]

All right, let's go.

[Matthew Mercer]

SENTINEL 3.

[Ashley Johnson]

All right.

[Marisha Ray]

2.

[Brian W. Foster]

All right, so Josh is up first.

[Marisha Ray]

Josh is up first.

[Ashley Johnson]

I don't know if that's ever happened.

[Liam O'Brien]

Nice.

[Brian W. Foster]

All righty, and then we have 25 or 20 to. So Yasha, then Beau. All righty.

[Ashley Johnson]

20 to 15.

[Brian W. Foster]

20, 15.

[Travis Willingham]

17.

[Brian W. Foster]

17. Veth. That's it.

[Sam Riegel]

We're gonna get.

[Brian W. Foster]

All right.

[Travis Willingham]

Yikes.

[Brian W. Foster]

15 to 10, 14, 11, 12. All right.

[Ashley Johnson]

Whoa.

[Brian W. Foster]

We are Caleb, Ford, then Jester.

[Liam O'Brien]

Leave all these witches.

[Ashley Johnson]

That's right. Just go into the honeymoon suite.

[Liam O'Brien]

Yeah, just a honeymoon suite.

[Sam Riegel]

Seven.

[Brian W. Foster]

Yay. Glad you were consistent.

[Sam Riegel]

Well, you know.

[Brian W. Foster]

So here amongst this empty space where the wedding once was, this Sharnai curled gnarled arms with Beauregard to one side having gotten one solid blow, and Jester to the other. Yasha, you're up first with bow on deck. What do you want to do?

[Ashley Johnson]

Okay, so I'm going to start with my bonus action. And I'm going to unleash a battle cry so that everyone within 60ft will have an advantage on attack rolls and saving throws.

[Brian W. Foster]

All right, you shout out. That fury that released you now doubles over into a secondary bellowing cry. All of you feel invigorated, except for Caleb, unfortunately, who's somewhere advantage on attack rolls and saving throws. For the next round.

[Marisha Ray]

For the next round, saving throws.

[Ashley Johnson]

All right, Attack.

[Brian W. Foster]

That's your bonus action, Yasha.

[Ashley Johnson]

That's my bonus action. So first attack.

[Brian W. Foster]

All right, you're not Raging yet. Because you used it to do that shit.

[Travis Willingham]

It was good move.

[Ashley Johnson]

That's all right.

[Liam O'Brien]

It was a good move.

[Ashley Johnson]

Okay.

[Brian W. Foster]

Yeah, that's all good.

[Ashley Johnson]

I'm going to take a stab. All right. 22.

[Brian W. Foster]

22 just hits.

[Sam Riegel]

Yeah, writing that down.

[Ashley Johnson]

All right.

[Marisha Ray]

Did you say 22 just hits?

[Liam O'Brien]

Yeah.

[Ashley Johnson]

All right, so here we go.

[Brian W. Foster]

We got.

[Ashley Johnson]

That's double sixes. All right. Plus we got Divine Fury. All right. That's all right. Okay, so we got 12 really good rolls. 14.

[Travis Willingham]

Plus.

[Ashley Johnson]

Okay. 14 plus 13. Sorry, guys.

[Travis Willingham]

This is exciting math.

[Ashley Johnson]

27. 27 action math. So that's 27 points of slashing damage.

[Brian W. Foster]

All righty.

[Ashley Johnson]

Six points of fire damage reduced to three. Plus an additional 13 points from. Nope. Nine points. I'm sorry. Cause I'm not raging.

[Brian W. Foster]

Right. All righty. 39. All righty. Does that include your.

[Ashley Johnson]

That does not include radiant soul, so. Plus another 20. Wah.

[Brian W. Foster]

Oh, yeah. 59 points of damage on the opening round of battle from Yasha. All right, that's your first strike.

[Marisha Ray]

Yes.

[Brian W. Foster]

A heavy carved through is Sharknick. It impacts. You can see kind of like the protective runes around her body. The magical cords that are wrapped around her and her two companions flash at the impact, leaving a bit of a carved dark splatter of blackened blood across the ground. Seemed like a big hit, but she takes it like a champ. Keep going.

[Ashley Johnson]

Second hit. Ooh, that's good. That's better. 16 plus 15.

[Brian W. Foster]

Go ahead and roll damage.

[Ashley Johnson]

31. Okay, here we go. Plus a D8. Okay, 11. 11 points of slashing. Another two points of fire, which I know she's a round trail. Plus nine.

[Brian W. Foster]

Alrighty.

[Ashley Johnson]

Yes.

[Brian W. Foster]

21 points of damage on that round. Okay, thank you for that good looking out. Awesome. Two heavy hits in that round. Nisharnae like for the most for the first time really clocks your presence. Like, nice try, but even I don't know who you are, let alone her. That finishes your turn. Beauregard, you're up.

[Marisha Ray]

Okay. Whereabouts am I on the map? Can I get around to the cages on her back of the other two witches?

[Brian W. Foster]

If you want to.

[Marisha Ray]

Yeah, yeah. I'm going to move around and I'm gonna swing. So we said we know one's. One witch's name is. I don't know. No, Sage is the. It's the charnock Erathonia.

[Brian W. Foster]

E R Y T H I O.

[Marisha Ray]

N A Aretha Franklin. I'm going for Aretha. First hit. And I got advantage on these, right?

[Ashley Johnson]

Yes.

[Brian W. Foster]

They do have half cover, so. Yeah. Because they're partially in the Basket. So that's plus two to their ac. They have half cover.

[Marisha Ray]

That's okay, Bishes. Okay, that's going to be 26 a hit.

[Brian W. Foster]

That hits.

[Marisha Ray]

All right, let's just go ahead and do it one at a time just because of everything.

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[Marisha Ray]

That is going to be 12 points of damage.

[Brian W. Foster]

12 points of damage. Alrighty. So impact, like is this with your fist or with your staff?

[Marisha Ray]

With my staff. With the belabor heavy staff.

[Brian W. Foster]

You leap kind of climbing up in the air. Wham. Crack onto it. As you impact, the chains that currently keep them bound inside, like flare back and it seems to rebuff it. It impacts and there is some give, but you get the sense that they're actually also protecting them somewhat. So they take half damage.

[Marisha Ray]

They're protecting them.

[Brian W. Foster]

The chains are.

[Marisha Ray]

The chains are protecting them. Okay, I'm gonna shout out to everybody. These chains have like a protective force field or something. And I'm going to take my staff, spin it over and whack to the other. The other witch in the cage.

[Brian W. Foster]

Let's go.

[Travis Willingham]

She's always shouting things at us mid combat.

[Marisha Ray]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. That is my feat. Anti metagaming. Okay. And that one misses, unfortunately. I am gonna go ahead and just do flurry of blows.

[Brian W. Foster]

Let's go. Two more attacks.

[Marisha Ray]

Two more attacks. Because I got advantage here. That one just hits at 22.

[Brian W. Foster]

22.

[Marisha Ray]

And then for the second attack, they.

[Brian W. Foster]

Have a plus two to their armor class because they are half cover. So it's 24.

[Marisha Ray]

Son of a bitch. Okay, well, the first one misses. The second one does hit at 29.

[Brian W. Foster]

That does hit.

[Marisha Ray]

Okay. And then. Okay, here's my question.

[Brian W. Foster]

Yes.

[Marisha Ray]

Okay. First and foremost, that is going to be for my unarmed strikey. Strikes is going to be 10 points of damage. If I do extract aspects on these witches and the ones on the cage, will I get something different?

[Brian W. Foster]

You have a way to find out?

[Marisha Ray]

Yeah, I'll extract aspects on this last one.

[Brian W. Foster]

They are also resistant to cold, fire and psychic.

[Marisha Ray]

Okay.

[Brian W. Foster]

And they are immune to blind charm and frightened but not stun.

[Marisha Ray]

Is this the one?

[Ashley Johnson]

Is this the one that they're not immune to stun?

[Marisha Ray]

Stun. They're not immune to stun. They're not immune to stun. Can I stunning strike her?

[Brian W. Foster]

You want to? Yeah.

[Marisha Ray]

Stunning strike.

[Brian W. Foster]

All right. Constitution saving throw. Natural 20. I'm not even.

[Matthew Mercer]

Next time. Next time.

[Travis Willingham]

Boom.

[Marisha Ray]

Wait, Caduceus, can't you do something about that?

[Sam Riegel]

What? Wait, I was looking at the. There's a.

[Travis Willingham]

Can't you Negate a natural 20?

[Sam Riegel]

These are like evil donuts. I'm at the bottom of the.

[Marisha Ray]

Can't you get into natural 20 or you're going to say the crit.

[Sam Riegel]

Oh, I can't save yours. I can. I can stop someone else's.

[Ashley Johnson]

Yeah.

[Sam Riegel]

Oh, oh, but not. But it has to be an attack.

[Marisha Ray]

She has to be.

[Brian W. Foster]

Yeah, it's an attack. As opposed to a safe.

[Ashley Johnson]

The.

[Brian W. Foster]

The witch.

[Ashley Johnson]

Oh, got it.

[Marisha Ray]

Okay, okay, okay.

[Travis Willingham]

Witch in a bag.

[Marisha Ray]

Well, I. I pout about that and then I stand nearby and don't move.

[Brian W. Foster]

All right, so there. As you hold the back, point to Isharnai and her companions. It's now going to be the companions go. Both of them still bound. You watch as Asharnai. The heavy impact from Yasha spits out the black blood on the ground and looks up. She reaches her hand up and the hand begins to glow. The chains around the two other figures begin to glow and they both together go. The collars in their throats glow widely. And you watch as Ishane pulls power and life force and arcana from the companions. And her wounds begin to heal.

[Ashley Johnson]

Oh, she's so mean to them.

[Brian W. Foster]

Roll 2D10 for me.

[Marisha Ray]

Me?

[Brian W. Foster]

Yeah, me.

[Marisha Ray]

A total. Yeah, total of 10. I got a nine and a one.

[Brian W. Foster]

Great. So it's plus five. Both of them take 15 points of damage. Oh, and a Charnai regains 60.

[Ashley Johnson]

60.

[Travis Willingham]

I don't think we can kill her.

[Ashley Johnson]

We gotta take out the witches.

[Marisha Ray]

Grab a cage, witches.

[Brian W. Foster]

So bow.

[Marisha Ray]

Bow. Bow. Me bow no. Bow.

[Brian W. Foster]

No. You watch as the majority of the wounds that Yasha had just inflicted begin to stitch up and sew together. Son of a bitch. And a slow chuckle kind of growls from under her throat.

[Sam Riegel]

That changes my time.

[Brian W. Foster]

All right, that's going to finish their go. At the end of their turn, Ashanae is going to go ahead and use legendary action to use a Dooming Claw attack jet on you, Beauregard. That's gonna fucking another natural 20.

[Sam Riegel]

No.

[Brian W. Foster]

What's the range on it?

[Sam Riegel]

My range is, I believe, 30ft, I'm pretty sure.

[Ashley Johnson]

No, no, no.

[Sam Riegel]

Looking for it. Sorry. Yeah.

[Ashley Johnson]

We'Re getting married.

[Sam Riegel]

I know. I'm working on it. Yeah, 30ft, but 30ft from Bo, not from. Not from the witch.

[Brian W. Foster]

Unfortunately, you're too far away. So, Beauregard, for this Dooming Claw you take, you got this.

[Liam O'Brien]

He's a badass bitch. You ain't worried?

[Marisha Ray]

Oh, boy.

[Sam Riegel]

This is gonna. I don't like this.

[Liam O'Brien]

Now you're worried.

[Ashley Johnson]

Why is he doing that face?

[Brian W. Foster]

That's gonna be on plus 76 points of force damage. Oh.

[Marisha Ray]

And.

[Brian W. Foster]

And you feel like.

[Matthew Mercer]

That's sad.

[Brian W. Foster]

A frank fraction of your destined luck is pulled from your body as the Shauna gains a luck point under your name.

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Oh, she's mean.

[Ashley Johnson]

Oh, my God. Are we gonna die at the wedding?

[Brian W. Foster]

Beth, you're up.

[Liam O'Brien]

Jester, I change your mind. Be her best friend. Yeah, you change your mind.

[Travis Willingham]

Veth will.

[Brian W. Foster]

Oh, boy.

[Travis Willingham]

I should probably do damage, but I'll run up to Ford. Ford, I have to confess. I forgot to get you a wedding present. I'm so sorry. So instead, I'm gonna give you something now. Haste. Okay, you are hasted. And now I will use my bonus action to run and hide.

[Brian W. Foster]

Yes, and you are hasted there, Fjord. You're going to run and hide. Which direction then?

[Travis Willingham]

Closer to the hags. But I'm gonna pick a table, like a cocktail table, and see if I can scoot under the.

[Brian W. Foster]

There's, like, benches where people were sitting. You could easily kind of try and dive and roll under and vanish beneath them.

[Matthew Mercer]

Yeah.

[Brian W. Foster]

All right, go ahead and roll Stealth Check for me.

[Sam Riegel]

30.

[Brian W. Foster]

You feel fairly hidden.

[Matthew Mercer]

Great.

[Brian W. Foster]

You're tiny and easy to fold. All right, so that finishes your go. Veth is done. You are hasted forward. However, at the end of Veth's go, Charna is going to use legendary action. Is going to use three of them. Oh, she has four Legendary action.

[Matthew Mercer]

Whoa.

[Brian W. Foster]

To cast a spell. Nah, she's going to cast Entropic Swarm. Oh, I hate it. A ninth level twist on meteor Swarm. Oh, I hate it.

[Travis Willingham]

Ninth level.

[Sam Riegel]

What am I gonna do?

[Brian W. Foster]

But in the blackened cloud space above, you hear this shattering sound like thousand glass houses shattering into a million separate pieces. And you watch as the smoke instead becomes millions of tiny glass spears that all rain down onto the battlefield. For the radius of this, it's going to avoid beauregard because Ms. Charny doesn't want to hit herself. But it does hit everything else in that radius. I need a dexterity saving throw from everybody but Caleb and Beauregard.

[Travis Willingham]

Do we get any damage on these?

[Brian W. Foster]

Yes, you do.

[Ashley Johnson]

Oh, okay.

[Brian W. Foster]

Okay, okay.

[Marisha Ray]

That's a D12. That's a D12.

[Sam Riegel]

Thank you.

[Ashley Johnson]

I'm gonna stick with that. Natural 20.

[Brian W. Foster]

You take 41 points of necrotic and piercing damage. Holy.

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Matt, wait.

[Brian W. Foster]

You're not raging.

[Ashley Johnson]

Fucking dumbass.

[Brian W. Foster]

All right, so 41 points of damage.

[Sam Riegel]

Caduceus, does that mean that that's actually half damage of the effect or no?

[Brian W. Foster]

Yes.

[Sam Riegel]

And then in that case, natural 20, plus ShieldMaster evasion.

[Brian W. Foster]

That would be no damage, right?

[Sam Riegel]

That Means no damage.

[Travis Willingham]

Nice.

[Brian W. Foster]

Describe to me how you avoid this terrifying spell.

[Sam Riegel]

I see this all coming down and I just managed to. Where am I? I just managed to find a little bit of COVID just next to a small pile of donuts. And I've got that shield up and I am.

[Brian W. Foster]

You hear?

[Sam Riegel]

Feeling it.

[Brian W. Foster]

Everything. Just hit it and roll off. The sound of a thousand tiny accelerated pins firing towards your shield. It's like the sound of a week long rainstorm in the matter of seconds against your roof.

[Matthew Mercer]

That's full donut cover.

[Brian W. Foster]

You avoid it. Veth.

[Sam Riegel]

No.

[Travis Willingham]

Hold. The bridal party is very lucky. Also natural 20.

[Liam O'Brien]

What?

[Brian W. Foster]

And with evasion, you take no damage.

[Travis Willingham]

Evasion? No damage?

[Marisha Ray]

Oh my.

[Brian W. Foster]

That's insane.

[Travis Willingham]

I hide under a pile of Traveler pamphlets and they protect me.

[Brian W. Foster]

Can't be true.

[Travis Willingham]

Oh, and. Oh wait, it didn't affect me. Never mind. Keep going.

[Ashley Johnson]

I rolled a 17.

[Brian W. Foster]

A 17? You take 82 points of necrotic and piercing damage.

[Ashley Johnson]

Oh my goodness.

[Brian W. Foster]

Ford.

[Liam O'Brien]

22.

[Brian W. Foster]

22. You take 82 points of piercing and necrotic damage as the battlefield now is littered with all of these shards of piercing glass before they dissipate and seem to be reabsorbed in the shadow above.

[Travis Willingham]

Matthew, was that a spell?

[Brian W. Foster]

That was.

[Travis Willingham]

Can I try? This is not going to work. Can I try? Spell Thief?

[Brian W. Foster]

Sure. Remind me what that does.

[Matthew Mercer]

If.

[Travis Willingham]

If I am in the range of a spell, I can steal it. If they fail a DC17, I don't know what the check is.

[Liam O'Brien]

Hold on one second.

[Travis Willingham]

Spell Casting Ability Modifier.

[Brian W. Foster]

Okay, gotcha. Okay, it's gonna be Charisma. Let's see, let's see. Oh.

[Sam Riegel]

Oh.

[Brian W. Foster]

That's a 14.

[Ashley Johnson]

Oh.

[Travis Willingham]

Oh. So I have that spell now.

[Liam O'Brien]

So you what?

[Travis Willingham]

I have that spell.

[Brian W. Foster]

Yeah, yeah. Unless I burn a legendary resistance.

[Travis Willingham]

Oh my.

[Brian W. Foster]

Good for you.

[Travis Willingham]

Get out of here.

[Brian W. Foster]

Go.

[Travis Willingham]

Back off.

[Matthew Mercer]

No, no. You burned a legendary.

[Travis Willingham]

I did?

[Brian W. Foster]

I did. You did. All right. Great. That's going to finish her legendary action.

[Marisha Ray]

Jeez.

[Brian W. Foster]

Now it's Isharnai's turn. She gets all of her legendary actions back. But she has burned that ninth level slot her only one. Isharnai is going to leap into the air, kind of almost grabbing the side of the pillar as it kind of creaks slightly. And then is gonna attempt to land behind Beauregard. It's not actually leaving Beauregard's battle. However, it will leave your combat field. Yasha, you have Sentinel.

[Marisha Ray]

Sentinel. Sentinel.

[Ashley Johnson]

Yes, I do.

[Brian W. Foster]

Okay, make an attack roll, please.

[Ashley Johnson]

Okay. All right.

[Marisha Ray]

Come on.

[Ashley Johnson]

Am I adding anything? I'm Adding my.

[Brian W. Foster]

She's your attack.

[Ashley Johnson]

Roll my regular attack.

[Brian W. Foster]

Okay.

[Ashley Johnson]

Yeah, Just making sure. Fuck.

[Brian W. Foster]

It's a 1, 20s and ones. We're getting the spectrum here. Charnay leaps behind.

[Ashley Johnson]

Damn it.

[Brian W. Foster]

Beauregard there. And is going to make two dooming claw attacks on Beauregard. And then is going to do a crackling wave strike. So against you, Beau, that's going to be a 20 to hit.

[Marisha Ray]

You miss.

[Brian W. Foster]

That's going to be a 33 to hit.

[Marisha Ray]

Yes. Yeah.

[Brian W. Foster]

Oh, okay. So for that one, you take. Oh, boy. 32 points of force damage.

[Marisha Ray]

Okay.

[Brian W. Foster]

And takes another luck point from you. From that strike has two on you. And then now he's gonna do crackling wave. You watch as Sharon eye goes. I will keep her. You will die. And slams her fist on the ground. You watch as weird blue energy begins to crackle through her entire body. And as she slams her claw to the ground, waves of energy begin to burst outward in a massive cone.

[Liam O'Brien]

Should we counterspell this?

[Ashley Johnson]

We don't have Caleb yet.

[Brian W. Foster]

That's.

[Ashley Johnson]

So we have Caleb back yet.

[Matthew Mercer]

I'm gone.

[Brian W. Foster]

Everybody except for Caduceus and Caleb.

[Matthew Mercer]

Yeah, Fjord's got it.

[Brian W. Foster]

Has to make a dexterity saving throw.

[Liam O'Brien]

Counterspell.

[Brian W. Foster]

At what level?

[Liam O'Brien]

It's a fifth.

[Brian W. Foster]

All right, go ahead and roll. Roll D20. Add your spell casting modifier.

[Matthew Mercer]

Come on.

[Brian W. Foster]

Actually. Actually, no. Fifth level would do it. Honestly, like, it's. Yeah, fifth level would do it. It's right. It's right at fifth level. There's other things above that that that would. You have to roll for it. But that's just a magical ability. That's about fifth level adjacent. So as the energy begins to immediately fades away as you reach into yourself, and with the sight of the now still magically superimposed Wildmother's Lighthouse looking down upon you, you find the strength to rob that magical wave of its disastrous intent. Boy, that's going to end is Sharnai's turn. With that, we come to Caleb with Ford on deck. Caleb, what would you like to do?

[Matthew Mercer]

Okay, so when you teleported him here, a bunch of conversation happened afterwards. So in that time, Caleb ripped a tiny hole in space and his entire spellbook plopped out of it. Because Essek has helped him perfect wrist pocket over the years.

[Liam O'Brien]

I bet he has.

[Matthew Mercer]

And this was after like 10 seconds of rapid thinking, and he just starts rifling through the pages as fast as he stops. Not at the very beginning of the book, but not too far from the beginning on a page of spell exploration. And Also a bunch of dicks, that Jester of John and lollipops. And there's also a little doodle of Caleb on this page, and he is, for that time, uncharacteristically smiling. And Caleb thinks of Jester, beautiful on her special day in love, happy, deserving of the man she loves. And he rubs his thumb across that drawing of Caleb. And I cast teleport, touching the ink, her shitty ink on my high quality paper, and teleport to her side unerringly.

[Brian W. Foster]

So Caleb appears right beside Jester and Yasha in a boom of fire. And suddenly he's back.

[Matthew Mercer]

Okay, what is going on?

[Ashley Johnson]

We are getting attacked.

[Travis Willingham]

Basket people.

[Brian W. Foster]

Basket people.

[Matthew Mercer]

That's it for me.

[Sam Riegel]

Break the bridge.

[Brian W. Foster]

That finishes your turn. Sharonite's gonna go ahead and take a legendary action. All right. To doom Claw again on Beauregard.

[Ashley Johnson]

I thought she. Okay, she has four legendary actions.

[Brian W. Foster]

Yeah.

[Ashley Johnson]

Oh, my God.

[Marisha Ray]

She's trying to take me down, man.

[Sam Riegel]

Yeah.

[Brian W. Foster]

That's going to be 21 to hit.

[Marisha Ray]

That's my AC.

[Brian W. Foster]

All right.

[Marisha Ray]

Yeah.

[Brian W. Foster]

With that, you. Oh, that's not. You take 29 points of force damage.

[Marisha Ray]

Okay.

[Brian W. Foster]

And a third luck point is grabbed from Beauregard.

[Ashley Johnson]

Oh, my gosh.

[Matthew Mercer]

It's all right. We have one cleric here.

[Brian W. Foster]

That brings us to Ford with Jester on deck. What are you doing, Ford?

[Liam O'Brien]

I stand up, having countered her spell, and I try and stay in the light, but seeing parts of Jester's wedding dress disheveled, the darkness starts to take over and my eyes blacken over. I summon Dwethvar as I start striding towards ishanai. I'll use 40ft of my speed to close on her. Can I get within?

[Travis Willingham]

You're hasty.

[Brian W. Foster]

You're hasted so you can get there. Really? Yep.

[Liam O'Brien]

I'm right in there. I'm going to. I'm gonna take three swings with Dwethvar.

[Brian W. Foster]

The star race, with her hasted speed, you could get behind her and flank with Beauregard.

[Marisha Ray]

Let's go.

[Brian W. Foster]

Remind you, all of your attacks have advantage right now because of Yasha. So up to you.

[Liam O'Brien]

That is a 25 to hit.

[Brian W. Foster]

That hits.

[Liam O'Brien]

Thank you. Second one is a 19. Oh, I should have motherfuck. 20. That's a 33 to hit.

[Brian W. Foster]

33 to hit. That definitely hits. Did you want it to?

[Liam O'Brien]

Not yet.

[Brian W. Foster]

Okay, just double checking. It's been a minute, so I want to check it.

[Liam O'Brien]

I should have done it though, cuz. That's also a natural 19 for 33 to hit. And on that. On that one, that hits. I'm going to pump Divine Smite into that one as well. Yep. A 1d10 plus 8 is 16, 14. 14 and 28.

[Brian W. Foster]

Now, is it Faithian or Undead? For that extra d8.

[Liam O'Brien]

18, 30. 32 points of damage.

[Brian W. Foster]

Sorry, is it just Fiend and Undead or is it Fae, fiend and Undead?

[Liam O'Brien]

For that extra D8, it's just undead.

[Brian W. Foster]

That's what I thought.

[Liam O'Brien]

So, 33 points of damage on the first hit. On the. On the all. All three of the Star Razor hits. And then on the last one.

[Ashley Johnson]

It's fine.

[Travis Willingham]

You're so Pretty for 22.

[Liam O'Brien]

22, 25, 29. 31 points of Divine Smite damage.

[Brian W. Foster]

64 points of damage out of that.

[Liam O'Brien]

First try with my. With.

[Matthew Mercer]

Yeah.

[Liam O'Brien]

My bonus action was Divine Smite. So now I'll use my hasted action to pump four Eldritch blasts.

[Brian W. Foster]

Let's go.

[Liam O'Brien]

Okay. That is. First one is a God. Natural 19.

[Brian W. Foster]

If I had just done my Eldritch.

[Liam O'Brien]

It's fine. It's all good. It's all good. 31 to hit.

[Brian W. Foster]

That definitely hits.

[Liam O'Brien]

Second one is a 26 to hit.

[Brian W. Foster]

That hits.

[Liam O'Brien]

24 to hit.

[Brian W. Foster]

That hits.

[Liam O'Brien]

And a 29 to hit.

[Brian W. Foster]

That hits.

[Sam Riegel]

Eight.

[Liam O'Brien]

10, 15. That's 13.

[Brian W. Foster]

24.

[Liam O'Brien]

Oh, plus six. So that's 29 points of damage. 32 points of damage for Eldritch Blast.

[Brian W. Foster]

That is 96 points of damage in that opening round of combat. Forward. Damn. While Yasha's blow was mostly healed, you came in and reopened that wound quite steadily. And the two of you now are standing on opposite sides of her. Beauregard. And both of you side by side with Yasha behind. Blade at the ready. Charnai's, you know, showing an open wound. Does that finish? Your turn, Fjord?

[Liam O'Brien]

Yes.

[Brian W. Foster]

All right. End of your turn. Gonna spend a second legendary action to malicious magic. To dimension door. To Jester. Oh, no.

[Matthew Mercer]

Dammit.

[Marisha Ray]

Can I sentinel that?

[Brian W. Foster]

Unfortunately, it's a teleport, so no. However, that does bring us to Jester's turn with Caduceus on deck.

[Ashley Johnson]

Okay. She's hitting some of us pretty hard. Yeah.

[Travis Willingham]

Yeah.

[Ashley Johnson]

Okay. I don't think it's time for. Okay, I'm. Oh, God. I don't want to be choleric, though.

[Travis Willingham]

It's your wedding day. You do what you do.

[Brian W. Foster]

Whatever you want, girl.

[Sam Riegel]

Only the dead will judge you.

[Brian W. Foster]

Incredible.

[Ashley Johnson]

You're right after me. You're such a healer.

[Sam Riegel]

Yeah.

[Ashley Johnson]

Yeah.

[Travis Willingham]

It's your special day.

[Brian W. Foster]

What do you want to do, Jester?

[Ashley Johnson]

Okay, I'm going to. I'm going to. I hate it. I'm going to attack. Power word fortify.

[Brian W. Foster]

Okay. Okay.

[Travis Willingham]

Pretty cool.

[Ashley Johnson]

And I'm. Shut up, you guys. And with the six creatures I can see within 60ft of me, I can cast temporary hit points on you and get you up some. So, Beau, I'm going to give you so many. You're down how much?

[Marisha Ray]

I'm down, like, three quarters of my health.

[Ashley Johnson]

I don't know what that means.

[Marisha Ray]

Okay, okay.

[Ashley Johnson]

80. I'm gonna heal you 80 hit points or give you 80 temporary hit points.

[Marisha Ray]

Killer.

[Ashley Johnson]

And. And then I'm gonna give myself the rest. Sorry, guys.

[Travis Willingham]

That's our gesture.

[Brian W. Foster]

Respect. Is that your turn? Do you want to move or stay put? She's gonna hit me probably.

[Ashley Johnson]

Okay. Yeah. I'm going to try to run away from her.

[Brian W. Foster]

Okay. Which direction?

[Ashley Johnson]

I'm going to. Oh, wait. I'm gonna try just to run around to the backside so that somebody can get at least flanking there.

[Marisha Ray]

Yeah.

[Brian W. Foster]

All right. As you kind of dart around, kind of leaping over, you barely see veth out of the corner of your eye underneath one of the nearby benches.

[Ashley Johnson]

I'm going to look up at the little witches in the basket. Do you want to get out? Would you like to leave?

[Brian W. Foster]

They both just shoo a look.

[Ashley Johnson]

I can't tell what that means.

[Brian W. Foster]

I know. All right, end of your turn. Ashana is going to spend another legendary action to. As you dart around tracking you, she's going to grab the amulet and the chain gets longer than you think and reaches back to smack you with it. I need you to make a charisma saving throw. You have advantage.

[Ashley Johnson]

Okay? Come on. Big money, big money. This is a 26.

[Brian W. Foster]

That's a success. I will wear you down. I will strip you of all offense. That's gonna finish the reaction to that. Caduceus, you're up with Yasha on deck.

[Sam Riegel]

How bad are we all feeling?

[Travis Willingham]

We're fine.

[Sam Riegel]

Everyone's fine.

[Marisha Ray]

Don't worry about me.

[Sam Riegel]

All right, so in the meantime, I'm gonna. You good. I'll try something unusual.

[Ashley Johnson]

Look, I healed, so you get to attack Caduceus.

[Sam Riegel]

Yeah, I'm gonna do.

[Ashley Johnson]

Isn't that cool?

[Brian W. Foster]

That is.

[Sam Riegel]

But you forget, I don't really. I don't do that. So what I'm going to do instead is I'm going to set up a. I'm going to get close enough within 30ft to set up a. Where do we go? Path to the grave. Channel divinity. Which means the next time someone hits.

[Brian W. Foster]

Her.

[Sam Riegel]

She'S vulnerable to.

[Brian W. Foster]

So double damage from the next.

[Sam Riegel]

Yeah, double damage. Double Damage from the next hit.

[Ashley Johnson]

Oh, great.

[Travis Willingham]

Attack to a charnai.

[Ashley Johnson]

Okay, okay, okay.

[Brian W. Foster]

All righty. So that's your action. Any bonus action?

[Sam Riegel]

Anything for my bonus action? I don't really think I have anything particularly fun. Yeah, considering that I just did that. She's going to be pissed. I'm going to use my hidden step to vanish as I run by.

[Brian W. Foster]

Okay, so you turn.

[Sam Riegel]

I'm an indivisible after, and I'm. I just. I'm gonna book right around her.

[Brian W. Foster]

All right, well, it took you 20 paces to get there, so you have 10 more feet of movement.

[Sam Riegel]

Yeah, I'll get. I'll get. Just put me somewhere where I'm not in a group. Probably within, like, 30ft of everybody.

[Brian W. Foster]

Yeah. All right, I'll do it.

[Sam Riegel]

All right, that's my roll.

[Brian W. Foster]

That finishes your go. At the end of your turn, you use your last legendary action to strike back a gun at you. Jester with the amulet. Need you to make another Christmas saving throw. All right.

[Marisha Ray]

Jesus.

[Ashley Johnson]

No, I lost one. It's fine.

[Brian W. Foster]

I saved it.

[Ashley Johnson]

Wow. Thank you. No, that was better. I rolled a 17.

[Brian W. Foster]

17. Could you please roll a D8 for me? Oh, no.

[Ashley Johnson]

Oh, I don't like it. I rolled another four. Does that mean Yasha's gone?

[Brian W. Foster]

That means you roll again.

[Ashley Johnson]

Oh. One.

[Brian W. Foster]

Oh. At first, it was the book, the thoughts of Oscar, the handsome captain. Oh. Who appeared from nowhere and showed you more to life than dick jokes and pranks. And the traveler himself. Even took a back seat to the love and support this man gave you. What was his name? You look to your groom and see a stranger.

[Ashley Johnson]

God, that guy is hot.

[Brian W. Foster]

Yes, kind of. Glances.

[Liam O'Brien]

Getting married.

[Ashley Johnson]

Okay, never mind.

[Sam Riegel]

Oh, hey.

[Brian W. Foster]

Welcome to gift wrapping.

[Matthew Mercer]

Whoa.

[Brian W. Foster]

So is Saldana.

[Ashley Johnson]

Hey, can you wrap these, please?

[Brian W. Foster]

Wow. IPhone 17s. You splurged.

[Ashley Johnson]

At T Mobile, you can get four iPhone 17s on them. The new center stage front camera is amazing for group selfies. It's the perfect gift for everyone.

[Brian W. Foster]

I'm the worst. I only got my mom a robe.

[Ashley Johnson]

Well, it's better than socks.

[Brian W. Foster]

So I have to trade in my old phone, right?

[Ashley Johnson]

No. @ t mobile. There's no trade ins needed. When you switch, keep your old phone or give it as a gift.

[Brian W. Foster]

Incredible.

[Ashley Johnson]

In fact, wrap up my old phone too, for my Aunt Rosa. Forget that. Aunt Liz will be jealous.

[Brian W. Foster]

Sounds like my family drama.

[Ashley Johnson]

Oh, I got it. I'll give it to my abuela. I'll take reindeer paper with. Hey, where are you going?

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[Ashley Johnson]

All right. I want to do something called rage.

[Brian W. Foster]

There we go.

[Marisha Ray]

There it is.

[Brian W. Foster]

You are raging, Yasha.

[Ashley Johnson]

All right, first hit. First hit. First hit.

[Sam Riegel]

Advantage.

[Travis Willingham]

First hit.

[Ashley Johnson]

Advantage. Do I still. Well, no, I think it's over.

[Brian W. Foster]

That's faded now. However, you do have flanking with Beauregard. Great.

[Ashley Johnson]

Okay, so that was pretty good though. Okay, 28 to hit. That hits the first hit.

[Matthew Mercer]

Great.

[Ashley Johnson]

All right, all right, all right. Here we go. Start here. All right. That's not awesome. You know what I'm gonna do? Savage attacker.

[Marisha Ray]

And I'm gonna re. Roll.

[Brian W. Foster]

Let's go.

[Ashley Johnson]

Those were. Those were ones. Same exact roll. That's awesome.

[Marisha Ray]

Are you for real?

[Ashley Johnson]

Yeah, that's okay. All right, so we got. Okay, let me add this together. Okay. So that's 20 slashing, 20 slashing plus. Oh, actually. Okay, 11 points of radiant damage.

[Brian W. Foster]

Okay.

[Ashley Johnson]

And let me do my D8 plus.

[Brian W. Foster]

Your 20 because it's your first hit of the next round.

[Ashley Johnson]

My 20. Thank you. 50 plus three for fire.

[Brian W. Foster]

Okay, so 51 points of damage.

[Ashley Johnson]

But I have. Yeah, I have my, my plus 13 for raging and my plus 20 for.

[Brian W. Foster]

From the 20 I added. Does that make it to 64 then? Great, 64 points of damage.

[Sam Riegel]

Yeah, but then double doubled, double.

[Brian W. Foster]

That's 100, 128 points of damage.

[Marisha Ray]

Let's go.

[Ashley Johnson]

All right, all right, all right, let's go.

[Marisha Ray]

We can do that.

[Ashley Johnson]

We can do that.

[Brian W. Foster]

That is a massive Ishanai. At which point has, like taken a few hits and still grinning, focused on Jester, focused on. On robbing her of everything that matters. This hit draws all of her attention and ire as you carve down with your blade clutching her chest. Now you can see the bone itself exposed from the somewhat dark green and gray skin that's pulled away and just. Oh.

[Ashley Johnson]

Sup, bitch? I'm going to take my second shot.

[Brian W. Foster]

Let's go.

[Ashley Johnson]

All right. It's pretty good. Okay, 25. That hits, right?

[Brian W. Foster]

It hits.

[Ashley Johnson]

Yeah. Okay. Okay.

[Brian W. Foster]

I certainly hope it hits.

[Marisha Ray]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay.

[Ashley Johnson]

Oh, that's so much better. Okay, that would be. Oh, let me roll my fire damage.

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4.

[Ashley Johnson]

So we have 11 points of slashing, 4 points of.

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Of.

[Ashley Johnson]

Of of fire damage, plus 33, which is 20 from Radiant Soul. And 13.

[Brian W. Foster]

Well, Radiant. So you only get once per.

[Ashley Johnson]

Oh, that's right. That's right. Okay, so it's.

[Brian W. Foster]

And for the radiant, you also get your one attack per round. So it's just your weapon damage and.

[Ashley Johnson]

I didn't do that one. I, I just did my, my. Oh, I don't have fire.

[Brian W. Foster]

Well, no, your radiant damage, you only get once per round also.

[Ashley Johnson]

Yes, that's gone.

[Brian W. Foster]

Okay, so what was the total now?

[Ashley Johnson]

The total was 11 seconds slashing.

[Brian W. Foster]

Plus.

[Ashley Johnson]

Your raging and plus my raging, plus the 4 of fire damage.

[Brian W. Foster]

Okay, all right. 21. All right, cool. A heavy round of damage on a Sha' an who is just like now, the curled double bent arms kind of pop out the claws at the ready. I will eat of your destinies one by one. You'll be forgotten and I will feast on your corpse. Does that finish Your turn, Yasha.

[Ashley Johnson]

Yeah.

[Travis Willingham]

All right.

[Brian W. Foster]

Doesn't have any more legendary actions. Beauregard, you're up.

[Marisha Ray]

Enraged as. This bitch has fucked me up and she also fucked my dad up. We all have connections to this hag. I am going to clench my fist and my head throws back as my eyes turn white. And I am going to take my action to do empty body and spend 4 ki points. You see, as Bow's eyes gloss over white from her head down, it follows into the rest of her body and Bow goes invisible. I also have resistance to all damage, minus force for one minute. So Bow is invisible and resistant.

[Travis Willingham]

Whoa.

[Marisha Ray]

I am now going to sprint across the damage field and take my bonus action to do flurry of blows. I'm going to target a Charnai in this instant.

[Brian W. Foster]

Here's a note to believe. I think for flurry of blows, you have to make the attack action to flurry.

[Marisha Ray]

You're probably right. Okay, I will then stick. Can I still move up? Can I get to a point where I can still flank other people?

[Brian W. Foster]

Sure. I mean, Yosha's here and Jester's flanked. You could try and flank on the opposite side. There's nobody on the other side right now, but you could leave that space if you want.

[Marisha Ray]

Yes, that makes sense. And then I will instead use my bonus action to do patient defense.

[Brian W. Foster]

That you can do. All right, that finishes your go, Beauregard.

[Marisha Ray]

That's it.

[Brian W. Foster]

It is now. The two witches turn Sharnai. At this point, wounded goes. I'll draw the ancient knowledge of my coven. Come, Rythiona. You're a chaos. I will draw from you our purpose. And as she raises her hand up as it is their turn to magic siphon from each bound member. You know what, Fjord? Go ahead and roll 2D6 for me, please.

[Liam O'Brien]

No problem.

[Sam Riegel]

Seven.

[Brian W. Foster]

Seven. All right. Isharnai regains some spell slots. She's only spent one. Well, she regains her ninth level slot. Oh.

[Sam Riegel]

God damn.

[Brian W. Foster]

Okay. Coven's useful, y'. All. That's going to finish their turn. Veth, you're up.

[Travis Willingham]

From my cover. My hiding cover. I'm gonna poke my head out, and I am going to see the woman who took two years of my life from me. And I'm going to fire with a fury and rage right at her butt.

[Brian W. Foster]

Aim for that tuch. You got an advantage on this strike because you were hidden.

[Marisha Ray]

Crossbow bolt up the butt.

[Travis Willingham]

Oh. First bonus action to bless my bolt with. Brunato's voltaic bolt.

[Brian W. Foster]

Let's go.

[Travis Willingham]

I rolled a 26 to hit.

[Brian W. Foster]

That definitely hits. Go ahead and roll damage with sneak attack.

[Travis Willingham]

Oh, yeah. Oh, God, so many.

[Brian W. Foster]

Okay, very good.

[Travis Willingham]

Oh. Plus another da. 39 points of damage.

[Brian W. Foster]

39 points of damage. All righty.

[Travis Willingham]

And I get to it shoots again.

[Matthew Mercer]

Wait, no.

[Travis Willingham]

I just used my bonus action.

[Brian W. Foster]

You did. Poop shapoop ship hoop. But the. But it does. And shocks through the back, rubbing it like a bad bbl.

[Liam O'Brien]

She's.

[Brian W. Foster]

Where'd that come from? Who did this? I know you.

[Travis Willingham]

Oh, no.

[Brian W. Foster]

Oh, you. I can put you right back in the body I sent to you. You'd like that, wouldn't you? And looks towards Jester from behind. That finishes your turn. All right. That brings us now to a Shaunae's turn. She gets her legendary actions back from where she's standing. She is going to use her multiattack to do two dooming claw strikes on. Let's see here. Yeah, that Sentinel's making it sticky. All right. Just gonna go ahead and make two claw attacks against Veth. Since you've revealed yourself, Sentinel. Yeah, go for it. That's gonna be 23 to hit.

[Travis Willingham]

Oh, yeah. Shield.

[Brian W. Foster]

Shield. Shield. All right.

[Travis Willingham]

So that Caleb taught me this one.

[Brian W. Foster]

You got it. Second attack, the same roll. So no. No damage on that one.

[Travis Willingham]

Not this time.

[Brian W. Foster]

Both attacks averted. So that's two attacks.

[Marisha Ray]

Your attack was a 26 to hit.

[Brian W. Foster]

26 hits roll damage.

[Marisha Ray]

Okay. Wait.

[Ashley Johnson]

I am I close within five feet too.

[Brian W. Foster]

You are.

[Ashley Johnson]

Attack as well.

[Brian W. Foster]

Sure.

[Ashley Johnson]

All right.

[Liam O'Brien]

Yeah.

[Brian W. Foster]

Since this isn't the leaving the area Sentinel attack. This is the.

[Marisha Ray]

You didn't hit us.

[Brian W. Foster]

Yeah.

[Ashley Johnson]

20 total.

[Brian W. Foster]

That misses.

[Marisha Ray]

Unfortunately nine points of damage. However, I would like to hit her and then do debilitating barrage.

[Brian W. Foster]

Okay.

[Marisha Ray]

Because all I have to do is hit her with an unarmored attack. It doesn't have to happen on my turn. Correct?

[Brian W. Foster]

That's correct.

[Marisha Ray]

All right. So I'm gonna spend 3 ki points. A' Sharnai is going to become vulnerable to radiant damage for one minute or until radiant damage happens next.

[Brian W. Foster]

Uh oh.

[Marisha Ray]

So let's fucking go bride to be.

[Brian W. Foster]

Alrighty. You got it. So the next time she takes radiant damage, she'll take double. With that, the end of the the two strikes she's gonna finish. She could either choose crackling wave or destined tragedy. She's gonna choose destined tragedy. She's gonna spend all three luck points that she had amassed on Beauregard. Beauregard, could you please make a constitution saving throw?

[Travis Willingham]

Dying sounds like a caper.

[Marisha Ray]

Even though I'm invisible. Does she need line of sight for this?

[Matthew Mercer]

No.

[Marisha Ray]

Cool shit. Constitution saving throw.

[Brian W. Foster]

She puts her hand up and you see these three little dark beads of faint energy. The same color as your key and her grip. And she holds it up and crushes them with her fist. So go ahead and roll that. You do not have an advantage anymore.

[Marisha Ray]

So because she is using my luck point, I have to make a constitution saving.

[Brian W. Foster]

Correct. She's using all three.

[Marisha Ray]

All right, I'm gonna use Diamond Soldier reroll. I'll take the first one instead. Is 17.

[Brian W. Foster]

17 fails. Okay, Beauregard, you drop to zero hit points. What?

[Ashley Johnson]

Even with her temporary ones?

[Brian W. Foster]

It's not about temporary. It's not taking damage. As she crushes these beads of fate in her hand, Beauregard, you feel the very cord of your soul almost sever, and your entire essence blinks to darkness. You all watch as Beauregard, just after this transformation onto the ground, the chardonnay goes. Who's next? As a bonus action, she's going to use conjure tangle. She's going to amass a web of vines in this area area here that is going to get both Veth and Yasha. You are both. If you start your turn in this area, you become. We have to make a strength saving throw or become restrained. With that, Isharnai is going to go ahead and move.

[Marisha Ray]

Agreed. Yes.

[Brian W. Foster]

Yes. Oh. Spin around that way. Because you already use your reaction to hit, you cannot settle her in place. It's going to back away that way. That's going to finish her turn. Caleb, you're up.

[Matthew Mercer]

She got her witches in a bag.

[Brian W. Foster]

Yeah, well, they're both in baskets and they're like chained and attached to her with these magical chains that seem to both hold them and protect them.

[Matthew Mercer]

Cool. To quote the great Taliesin Jaffe, let's get weird.

[Brian W. Foster]

I love you.

[Matthew Mercer]

Caleb turns at this terrible presence ruining my best friend's day, and I will say, artagon, where the hells are you? And I will use wish. To cast temple of the gods. A cleric spell open to me through wish. 120ft on each side. One door where I choose to place it. The decor looks like anything I want, which is translucent. It's hard to see through. It is green, but just able to see through it like green glass. There is a large statue of Artagan bending over, shining his ass at the doorway, which is on the side of this newly formed shimmering temple. Opposite Isharnai. She is outside the temple. We are inside the temple. Fay must make a roll to enter. If they fail, they can't come in. If they succeed, they are basically baned while they're inside. And all of our healing spells in here get a small buff. But again, she's got to travel all the way around to the door opposite her from this building.

[Brian W. Foster]

Wait, so where is the door? Here? Show me. Okay.

[Sam Riegel]

I have been waiting for someone to fuck with the this spell for so long. I love this spell so much.

[Matthew Mercer]

And Caleb yells to the mighty nein.

[Brian W. Foster]

Ready yourselves.

[Matthew Mercer]

And aims his hand at the door.

[Brian W. Foster]

Is sh.

[Liam O'Brien]

Goes.

[Brian W. Foster]

Not him. Glances past and you hear the voice. Boom. But of course, it's always me. Like what you see. See, See?

[Travis Willingham]

See?

[Brian W. Foster]

That's rad. Alrighty. Do you want to stay put, Caleb, or do you want to move?

[Matthew Mercer]

Hey, you know, I'll move away from the door as much as possible and maybe stand behind Yasha.

[Sam Riegel]

Smart. Good roll.

[Ashley Johnson]

Great, great.

[Brian W. Foster]

Alrighty. Finishing over the end of your turn. She's going to go ahead and use a legendary action to use malicious magic to dimension door. Oh, yeah, right over there.

[Matthew Mercer]

I'm sorry. I do. It's just flavored. I forgot one detail. Of course. There are towers on four corners of this temple of the Gods. Temple of Artagon. And you know that 1989 poster for the Little Mermaid where the towers look vaguely like dicks? We got them.

[Brian W. Foster]

Hell yeah. I love it.

[Liam O'Brien]

A full quarter. Yep.

[Brian W. Foster]

Alrighty. That finishes your go. Caleb Fjord, you're up.

[Liam O'Brien]

How far away did Asharnai teleport from where we are?

[Brian W. Foster]

Or about 65ish feet from you?

[Liam O'Brien]

I'll use 40 of my feet to stride towards her. And once I'm within 30ft, I will use Hexblade's curse to have shadows and vines reach up from the ground and start to encircle her legs and her body. And I will unleash another four Eldritch blasts.

[Sam Riegel]

Yeah.

[Liam O'Brien]

Eldritch blasts back towards her.

[Brian W. Foster]

You got it.

[Matthew Mercer]

Get her in The Gooch.

[Liam O'Brien]

That's 21 to hit.

[Brian W. Foster]

21 chest misses.

[Liam O'Brien]

23 to hit.

[Brian W. Foster]

That hits.

[Liam O'Brien]

24 to hit.

[Brian W. Foster]

That hits.

[Liam O'Brien]

And natural fucking 20.

[Ashley Johnson]

There we go.

[Brian W. Foster]

Two hits and a crit. Let's go.

[Liam O'Brien]

Okay, that's 5. 15. 20. 20 points. Second one gold 16. Second one is 9. 18 plus 5, 4, 9. But because it's Eldritch Hexblade's curse, they get plus plus three damage on all those. So 3, 6, 9.

[Sam Riegel]

I know.

[Liam O'Brien]

It's happening spontaneously.

[Matthew Mercer]

So much math.

[Liam O'Brien]

42 points of Eldritch blast damage.

[Brian W. Foster]

Amazing. Arcing through this ethereal looking temple to the glorious traveler itself. Framing through the doorway and slamming into parts of her body. You see the cords flare trying to resist the damage, but you can see she's starting to look pretty hurt. There's a little wear and tear to Shauna.

[Liam O'Brien]

That's my turn.

[Brian W. Foster]

That finishes your turn. End of your turn. She's going to use the last three legendary actions to cast heal on herself. No.

[Travis Willingham]

Counterspell.

[Brian W. Foster]

Counterspell.

[Sam Riegel]

No.

[Brian W. Foster]

And regains 70 hit points.

[Ashley Johnson]

She regains 70 counterspell.

[Brian W. Foster]

Counterspell, sure. What's the range on counterspell?

[Matthew Mercer]

It's 60ft, I believe. Yeah, 60ft.

[Brian W. Foster]

60Ft. You are within. You are just within 60ft. She's going to use her reaction to use Tongue Twister. She counters your counterspell. What level were you casting it at?

[Matthew Mercer]

Let's do eighth level.

[Brian W. Foster]

All right. She gets a plus nine to the roll. So she has to beat an 18. She has to roll a nine or higher on this D20.

[Matthew Mercer]

She's outside the door, right?

[Brian W. Foster]

Yes. That's a five. That's a fail. It begins to conjure this twisted fey energy to weave her wounds closed, and then suddenly it just fitters out of her. Looks up through the door, right into you, and goes. Foul wizard. The list grows longer and longer.

[Marisha Ray]

Tongue twister.

[Sam Riegel]

All right, Matt, I'm so sorry.

[Liam O'Brien]

Also on that critic, I didn't. I didn't double the 13. And I also rolled an additional damage die because of savage attacks. So it's 22 additional points of damage.

[Brian W. Foster]

Oh, good to know. Thank you.

[Liam O'Brien]

It's been a minute.

[Sam Riegel]

It's all good.

[Brian W. Foster]

It's all good.

[Matthew Mercer]

That was like 49 plus.

[Marisha Ray]

Been a while.

[Brian W. Foster]

Alrighty. Yeah. Okay, cool. So you managed to to counter that spell, and the Tongue Twister fails to try and rob you of that. You feel this swelling in the back of your tongue for a second as the effect tries to reach for you, and you just shrug it off. No impact. That finishes Ford's go. Jester, you're up with Caduceus on deck.

[Marisha Ray]

Sling.

[Ashley Johnson]

Is that still effective or because she went to zero. Does it go away?

[Brian W. Foster]

The enchantment's still there. She's just zero hit points with a lot of temporary hit points.

[Marisha Ray]

So technically. Because when I hit her, it put it on her, so it's still there.

[Ashley Johnson]

Okay.

[Marisha Ray]

Bonus to radio.

[Ashley Johnson]

Okay, I'm going to.

[Brian W. Foster]

Oh, yeah. That is the status.

[Ashley Johnson]

That's still going.

[Brian W. Foster]

Yeah.

[Ashley Johnson]

Okay. Okay. Jester's gonna look down a bow.

[Brian W. Foster]

No.

[Ashley Johnson]

And I'm gonna stand up and I'm gonna shove both my hands out and I'm going to cast. Sunbeam.

[Brian W. Foster]

Do you want to move or do you want to catch Ford in this?

[Ashley Johnson]

No, of course I'll move.

[Brian W. Foster]

You don't know who he is.

[Travis Willingham]

You don't know who he is.

[Matthew Mercer]

No.

[Ashley Johnson]

He seems Like a hot guy. I'm not going.

[Brian W. Foster]

All right, so you can move there.

[Ashley Johnson]

Sunbeam, but I'm going to cast it at eighth level.

[Brian W. Foster]

Okay. Maybe you should have saved that tongue twister. Fair enough. So, is that a constitution saving throw?

[Ashley Johnson]

It is.

[Brian W. Foster]

All right. That's gonna be a 16.

[Ashley Johnson]

19.

[Brian W. Foster]

Gonna burn a legendary resistance.

[Matthew Mercer]

You bastard.

[Ashley Johnson]

That's fine.

[Brian W. Foster]

However, you'll notice with each of these resistances that she's done, she seems to have drawn power from the coven attached to her back for each of these.

[Ashley Johnson]

So it could be affecting them, too, this one.

[Brian W. Foster]

Or it could be. It could be. I'd say, because you're not born yesterday, this being is quite a few resistances at their disposal when the coven is present.

[Sam Riegel]

Yeah, we got it.

[Ashley Johnson]

Okay, look, I can't upgrade a sunbeam, I just realized, but I can cast. I can cast Sunburst at eighth level, so it still is fair.

[Brian W. Foster]

Let's go.

[Sam Riegel]

Same.

[Ashley Johnson]

It's a blah, blah, blah. 12D6.

[Brian W. Foster]

12D6 have doubled. So it's just full damage on this.

[Marisha Ray]

Full damage. Okay. Okay, so it'll go away after this. Come on.

[Liam O'Brien]

Okay.

[Sam Riegel]

Lot of dice. All right.

[Travis Willingham]

Come on. Come on.

[Ashley Johnson]

I know, I know. Come on. Okay.

[Travis Willingham]

Come on. And guys, check out the store.

[Ashley Johnson]

39.

[Brian W. Foster]

39 points of radiant damage.

[Liam O'Brien]

Is that doubled?

[Ashley Johnson]

No, because it's. It would be half. So now it's okay.

[Brian W. Foster]

What's. Yeah.

[Ashley Johnson]

Oh, no, wait. It's not half because she failed.

[Brian W. Foster]

No, she. She.

[Ashley Johnson]

Oh, I remember.

[Brian W. Foster]

That's okay. Good looking out. But it's 39 points of radiant damage on her. Heavy impact on the outside of this temple kind of almost falls to one knee a little bit every.

[Ashley Johnson]

All of the creatures that I choose within a 60 foot radius. So those coven creatures would have taken damage, too, potentially.

[Brian W. Foster]

As is the mounted coven ability when Rythionia and Virakelos are each bound to a charnai, attacks that don't directly target them like Aoe count.

[Ashley Johnson]

Only for her.

[Brian W. Foster]

Only for her.

[Ashley Johnson]

Good to know.

[Brian W. Foster]

But as the shiny takes the heavy impact and it falls to the near, you hear Vera Chaos go, like, what's wrong, dear? Are you losing this fight? That'd be a real shame. After all that planning goes like you shut your trap and just, like, puts her hand up right there. And once again, the other mouth gets like. She briefly muted one. The other one's mouth gets shut again, like, the eyes go wide. All right, that's going to finish your go. Jester Caduceus, you're up with Yasha on deck.

[Matthew Mercer]

Just a reminder to Everyone. Because it's not on the map. There is a wall extending in front of her. She's at a choke point that's like 10ft wide, just big enough for her to come in. So if you're like 30ft off to her left or 20ft off.

[Ashley Johnson]

I'm gonna move.

[Matthew Mercer]

There's a wall there.

[Brian W. Foster]

Where do you want to move?

[Ashley Johnson]

I'm gonna move to the right so that I'm not in like, a cone. If she's like, does a cone like this way? Yeah, I'll do that.

[Brian W. Foster]

Okay. That's on the edge of the temple.

[Matthew Mercer]

Yeah. I mean, it's right.

[Brian W. Foster]

It's like this. Okay.

[Sam Riegel]

Yeah.

[Liam O'Brien]

Push her towards it or the only.

[Sam Riegel]

Way she can get in.

[Ashley Johnson]

Okay, great.

[Brian W. Foster]

Yeah. So you moved 10. 10ft to get out of Ford's way and then 20ft back this way to kind of pull to the side.

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[Brian W. Foster]

You got it. All right, finishing that caduceus. You're up with the OSHA on deck.

[Sam Riegel]

Well, I, of course, reappear because I was invisible.

[Brian W. Foster]

Yep.

[Sam Riegel]

And I reappear staring right at. Right at her. Right the front of the door. You're just a terrible friend. Just come on. And I.

[Brian W. Foster]

You don't know what she's done. What she left me.

[Sam Riegel]

I stab my staff directly into the ground, and I cast mass heal. Level? Well, you know, level nine.

[Travis Willingham]

Oh, my God.

[Sam Riegel]

How many.

[Brian W. Foster]

What's your. What's your. What's your top?

[Sam Riegel]

How many hit points?

[Marisha Ray]

Oh, normally 199.

[Sam Riegel]

You're at 199. Okay. So that leaves me 501. Who else needs some?

[Travis Willingham]

I could use 45.

[Sam Riegel]

You have 45. That's. I'm doing math. Who else needs some?

[Liam O'Brien]

I could take 60 to 70.

[Sam Riegel]

All right, take 70, which is then 8, 9, 10, 11.

[Brian W. Foster]

Which is what 82 is. 82.

[Sam Riegel]

So that becomes 790, 197. I have so many left.

[Ashley Johnson]

I could take, like, 102.

[Sam Riegel]

I'm making sure I'm not fucking this up.

[Brian W. Foster]

2, 3, 4.

[Sam Riegel]

Oh, yeah, I'm fine. Yeah, take 100.

[Matthew Mercer]

Feeling fine.

[Liam O'Brien]

Can I take 10 more?

[Brian W. Foster]

Yeah.

[Sam Riegel]

No. You didn't take my advice about who to hire to, like, run this wedding.

[Liam O'Brien]

You think I decide who runs this wedding?

[Sam Riegel]

Fair point. Ten points.

[Ashley Johnson]

What wedding are you guys talking about?

[Brian W. Foster]

Oh, God, no.

[Ashley Johnson]

It's so sad.

[Sam Riegel]

So, yeah, that 700 hit points, I think, is nicely, nicely.

[Marisha Ray]

Wow, wow, wow, wow.

[Brian W. Foster]

All righty.

[Sam Riegel]

And now I'm. I give a little bow to our. Our poor witch at the door, and then I back up into one of the corners and ready myself over there. Yeah, just.

[Ashley Johnson]

Just.

[Sam Riegel]

Just to give her, you know, so that she's got to make. Yeah. Just to.

[Matthew Mercer]

See you there.

[Sam Riegel]

Well, we're gonna be. If she comes in, she's gonna be in.

[Brian W. Foster]

Yeah, I'll back up to you.

[Travis Willingham]

It's up to you.

[Brian W. Foster]

Okay.

[Sam Riegel]

Stick there a little out of line of sight. Out of line of sight.

[Brian W. Foster]

Site. Which way towards.

[Sam Riegel]

I know.

[Ashley Johnson]

It's towards the portal. Towards the portal.

[Brian W. Foster]

Okay. Gotcha. Okay. All right, Perfect. All right, that finishes your go, caduceus.

[Sam Riegel]

Yeah, we're good.

[Brian W. Foster]

Yasha.

[Matthew Mercer]

You're up.

[Ashley Johnson]

Hello? Okay.

[Sam Riegel]

Hello.

[Brian W. Foster]

Hello.

[Ashley Johnson]

I want to try to attack the basket, friends. Or try to at least take one off. Is there a way I can try to do that?

[Brian W. Foster]

You can certainly try. All right, now, your fly speed on this is fly.

[Ashley Johnson]

Fly speed is 30ft. But if I walk, it's 50. Can I just walk over?

[Brian W. Foster]

All right, fine. 4550 will get you right at the doorway. So you're now standing in the door, more or less, and you're trying to strike at what specifically was I supposed.

[Ashley Johnson]

To make a strength check because I was in the vines.

[Brian W. Foster]

Oh, yeah. Yes, sir. Thank you.

[Ashley Johnson]

Make that with advantage, I think, because I'm raging.

[Marisha Ray]

I get.

[Brian W. Foster]

You get advantage. Go for it.

[Ashley Johnson]

Okay, are they attached with, like, handle, like, shoulder straps.

[Brian W. Foster]

They have chains around them, and the chains are affixed to, like, the cording that's wrapped around her body and torso.

[Ashley Johnson]

29.

[Brian W. Foster]

That succeeds. You're fine.

[Ashley Johnson]

Okay, great.

[Brian W. Foster]

You just break out of the vines like the juggernaut you are and just step over towards her. Play to the ready. You're aiming for what?

[Ashley Johnson]

I am going to aim for one of the baskets. Let's go for the sage. Can I?

[Brian W. Foster]

Well, she's.

[Marisha Ray]

Yeah.

[Brian W. Foster]

There's the two witches of the coven. There's the kind of feral, Druidic looking one, and there's, like, the kind of pale, thin one.

[Marisha Ray]

There's Aretha Franklin and varicose veins.

[Brian W. Foster]

Right.

[Marisha Ray]

Those are the two names.

[Ashley Johnson]

All right, I'm gonna go varicose veins.

[Brian W. Foster]

Okay, let's go. This is so silly.

[Liam O'Brien]

They come for us all.

[Brian W. Foster]

I'll remember this.

[Sam Riegel]

Yep.

[Ashley Johnson]

28.

[Brian W. Foster]

That should hit.

[Ashley Johnson]

Okay, great.

[Brian W. Foster]

All right, so striking the basket. The basket is just a wicker basket, but as you carve through it, you hit the chains that are holding them there, which seems to be the real thing that's binding them in place. Go ahead and roll damage for those chains.

[Ashley Johnson]

Get the chains.

[Travis Willingham]

Okay. As Aretha Franklin would say.

[Ashley Johnson]

Oh, that's so bad. Savage attacker.

[Marisha Ray]

As Fleetwood Mac would say, always break the chains.

[Ashley Johnson]

Yes. All right, so I'm. Let me calculate this. Okay.

[Liam O'Brien]

Fleetwood Mac.

[Marisha Ray]

Shut up.

[Ashley Johnson]

As Miley Cyrus would say, party in the USA Oh.

[Brian W. Foster]

All right.

[Ashley Johnson]

57 points of damage.

[Brian W. Foster]

Yeah. Chain change.

[Ashley Johnson]

Do you want me to break it down?

[Brian W. Foster]

Well, no, I got you.

[Ashley Johnson]

Okay.

[Brian W. Foster]

So you slam into the chains with your weapon. You watch them carve. The runes all around them spark and brighten. They are resistant to all damage, so it only does half damage. But the chains take a heavy hit, and you watch them begin to pull at the weight and Virakaos. The witch of the Covenant. There goes.

[Ashley Johnson]

Like.

[Brian W. Foster]

I was right and kind of just looks at you with an enticing grin.

[Ashley Johnson]

Come on out. All right. I might take my second hit.

[Marisha Ray]

Yeah.

[Brian W. Foster]

Let's go.

[Marisha Ray]

Come on, Come on.

[Ashley Johnson]

Yes. Naughty one.

[Brian W. Foster]

Barbarian twin.

[Ashley Johnson]

All right. Damn, I wish we had that on. First one. Okay, okay. All right.

[Brian W. Foster]

A thanks.

[Liam O'Brien]

Take your time. Take your time. Take your time.

[Ashley Johnson]

All right. Okay, that's cocked somehow. Okay. All right, so where did the.

[Sponsor/Ad Voice]

Oh, great.

[Ashley Johnson]

All right, so we got.

[Sam Riegel]

You get a bonus the die for.

[Ashley Johnson]

I don't. I only have that on my first hit. All right, so what is six plus eight?

[Liam O'Brien]

14.

[Ashley Johnson]

Sorry, I'm tired.

[Brian W. Foster]

It's okay.

[Ashley Johnson]

14. 14. Okay, so. Okay, so that's 27 points of damage.

[Travis Willingham]

Doubled.

[Ashley Johnson]

Doubled.

[Brian W. Foster]

Right. Okay, so that's enough to do it.

[Sam Riegel]

You.

[Brian W. Foster]

The first hit strikes the chain and kind of resists it. You pull back, you get that look. One secondary, you carve through the chains shatter and the witch tumbles out onto the ground. The chains come loose and. Which means that she now.

[Ashley Johnson]

Is going to kill us.

[Brian W. Foster]

It now has her own.

[Ashley Johnson]

Oh, my bad.

[Brian W. Foster]

Is now outside and how. You weren't planning on this, were you? Sweet sage?

[Marisha Ray]

Help.

[Brian W. Foster]

She begins to stand, her arms free. You see this dark white energy begin to rise off the hands and charna goes a beacon that change you for the newly released verekaos just kind of looks up at her and goes, oh, the creature has fear in her eyes. I believe that finishes your turn, Bo or Yasha? Yes, Bo, you're up.

[Ashley Johnson]

Can I. No, I'm gonna stay there.

[Brian W. Foster]

Okay. Oh, it did take all your movement to get there, so.

[Ashley Johnson]

Yeah.

[Marisha Ray]

Okay. A lot changed.

[Brian W. Foster]

You are prone, but you're conscious at full hit points with all the templates.

[Marisha Ray]

Hit points. And I'm a monk, so I don't care. I stand the up. Do I go after Aretha Franklin or do I just.

[Travis Willingham]

Chain, chain, chain.

[Marisha Ray]

Yeah.

[Ashley Johnson]

All right.

[Marisha Ray]

I go after the chain, chain, chain.

[Ashley Johnson]

Yeah.

[Brian W. Foster]

Okay, so as a monk, you ignore prone, Is that what you're saying?

[Marisha Ray]

No, I just have a bajillion. I've got a walking speed of 70ft.

[Brian W. Foster]

Okay, so it's 35 when you stand 5. 10, 15, 20. 25, 30. 35 will not get you to her because you are that far back.

[Marisha Ray]

How far away am I?

[Brian W. Foster]

You're about 10ft.

[Marisha Ray]

All right, then I am going to.

[Matthew Mercer]

Go.

[Marisha Ray]

And smash together my fist and light up my lightning gloves, which give me a range of 20ft. Baby.

[Brian W. Foster]

Let's go.

[Marisha Ray]

I'm gonna try and aim for the other basket if I can.

[Brian W. Foster]

Let's go. Roll the attacks.

[Ashley Johnson]

All right.

[Brian W. Foster]

Yeah, you're still hasty.

[Marisha Ray]

Okay, Pop, pop. Oh, that's good. That's good. Okay, wait. Do I have advantage on these?

[Brian W. Foster]

Oh, you do not.

[Marisha Ray]

I do not. Okay, that's fine. First attack is going to be 29 to hit.

[Brian W. Foster]

That hits.

[Marisha Ray]

Second attack is going to be 25 to hit.

[Brian W. Foster]

That hits.

[Sam Riegel]

Okay.

[Marisha Ray]

Shoot. D10 plus. Plus 14. Ooh, icky. 14. So that's going to be 19 points of damage.

[Brian W. Foster]

19 points of damage already.

[Marisha Ray]

And is that hitting specifically, since it's my lightning attacks. Specifically the basket.

[Brian W. Foster]

Well, it's going through. The basket's burning away, but it's hitting the chains behind it that are holding the other witch in place.

[Marisha Ray]

All right, flurry of blows. Let's go. Two more attacks. One of those is bad. One of those does not hit. But the other one is 26 to hit.

[Brian W. Foster]

That hits. Roll damage.

[Marisha Ray]

That's good. That is going to be 14 points of damage. Damage. Okay, can I do. Does it make sense to do stunning strike here?

[Brian W. Foster]

You're affecting the chain.

[Marisha Ray]

The chain.

[Brian W. Foster]

The chain has taken a hit. It looks damaged, but it's still holding.

[Marisha Ray]

Okay, that's it. That's my turn then.

[Brian W. Foster]

All right, that finishes. Bows. Go. That brings us now to Ariona and Vera Kalos.

[Liam O'Brien]

Veracriz?

[Travis Willingham]

You mean Aretha Franklin and Veracriz?

[Brian W. Foster]

Yes. Sean is like. And reaches back and places her hand on Thrysiona's shoulders. Like the chain's partially damaged now and draws life from it. Beauregard, roll a D10 for me.

[Marisha Ray]

Why? Why?

[Liam O'Brien]

Cause you's a bad bitch. She recognized danger.

[Marisha Ray]

10.

[Brian W. Foster]

10. So that's 15 points of damage to Rifiona. And that's gonna be 30 points of healing to Isharanai as she uses Coven regeneration again to draw the Life Force from the still remaining Chain member. However, because Vera Chaos is free, she's going to bring that energy up and use Wither Captor. Yes. So because she's unbound, she's going to focus to undermine Asharnai's power. Okay, Great. Asharnais Luck Points that she had gained or remove a Luck Point. And all of her attacks are at disadvantage until the start of the next turn.

[Ashley Johnson]

Amazing.

[Brian W. Foster]

She starts drawing this like, we'll see you fall after all this time, I can't wait to see you die. And Vishwanga's like, I'll drag you with me, too. I love you. I love you. The jaw kind of dislocated, and her Features exaggerate to this monstrous nightmare frenzy of desperation and fury. Finishing there. Go. Veth. You're up.

[Travis Willingham]

Okay. Yes. I will attack the chain of fools.

[Marisha Ray]

Come on. Come on.

[Travis Willingham]

Because I can't let her. She wants to turn me again into a goblin. I can't let it happen. I think of Yeza. I think of Luke. I think of the young branato growing in my belly.

[Liam O'Brien]

I told you she gets busy.

[Matthew Mercer]

You were just in a Minotaur strip club.

[Sam Riegel]

I saw you eating soft cheese.

[Travis Willingham]

And I will attack with voltaic bolt as well.

[Liam O'Brien]

Somebody hydrate. Yezza.

[Travis Willingham]

Yes.

[Marisha Ray]

You are grumpy about milk shots.

[Travis Willingham]

Yeah, because they upset my stomach. I want pickles.

[Brian W. Foster]

Wait.

[Ashley Johnson]

Can you not have soft cheese when you're pregnant?

[Liam O'Brien]

I don't know.

[Brian W. Foster]

Roll for damage. What do you got?

[Travis Willingham]

27 to hit.

[Brian W. Foster]

That hits. Roll damage. It's on the chain, Right?

[Travis Willingham]

But she's engaged. Like. This is sneak attack.

[Brian W. Foster]

The chain doesn't take sneak attack. Fuck it. I'll allow it. Why not? It's fun. Let's go. Being attuned to the arcane. Thanks to your time with Caleb and being an arcane trickster. I'll say. You know how to sneak attack an enchantment?

[Travis Willingham]

Yeah. Yeah. 52 points of damage.

[Brian W. Foster]

Halved. Because that's resistance that destroys the second chain.

[Marisha Ray]

Yes.

[Brian W. Foster]

And with that, the other captor and member of Asharnaya's coven is now freed as well. Rolling to the ground. Getting up. Oh, the things we will do to you. Prison Sage. That ends. Your turn. Bethany, you want to move?

[Travis Willingham]

No, no. I can't see where I am, so.

[Brian W. Foster]

I'm just going to stay put right there. Okay. That's going to finish. Yorgo comes to a Sharnai's turn. Gets her legendary actions back. Tries to step through the doorway. What does she have to roll?

[Matthew Mercer]

It is. Oh, gosh.

[Brian W. Foster]

Actually, before she does that.

[Matthew Mercer]

Yep.

[Brian W. Foster]

Is going to look around and be like. Because she did get her slot back from earlier. Is going to go. I will tear you down. Rend you with this realm until it collapses upon you. Brings her hands forward and once again is going to call for the entropic swarm. That's going to get everybody in this radius inside the house. So I need everybody to make a dexterity savings throw.

[Matthew Mercer]

By the way, it's a charisma save in case you move forward with that.

[Brian W. Foster]

Good to know. Thank you.

[Marisha Ray]

All of us.

[Brian W. Foster]

Correct.

[Ashley Johnson]

What are we making? What's. What's the save? What's the save?

[Marisha Ray]

Is this something that evasion would count into?

[Brian W. Foster]

This is Dexterity save.

[Ashley Johnson]

It would have advanced.

[Travis Willingham]

Holy.

[Liam O'Brien]

Natural 20 for a 26.

[Matthew Mercer]

Yo.

[Ashley Johnson]

Nice.

[Marisha Ray]

Go.

[Ashley Johnson]

16. Oh, God.

[Brian W. Foster]

Sorry.

[Sam Riegel]

Wow.

[Brian W. Foster]

Carried the three. Okay, so write that number down. All right. Ford. Natural 20.

[Liam O'Brien]

Natural 20 for 26.

[Brian W. Foster]

All right, so you take half damage. That's going to be 59 points of necrotic and piercing. Boy, oh, boy. Jester.

[Matthew Mercer]

Yeah.

[Ashley Johnson]

16.

[Brian W. Foster]

16, you take 118 points of necrotic and piercing damage. Beauregard.

[Marisha Ray]

20.

[Brian W. Foster]

20. You take 118 points of necrotic damage.

[Sam Riegel]

Oh, wow.

[Marisha Ray]

Evasion. I have evasion.

[Brian W. Foster]

So you take half that damage. So it's 59.

[Matthew Mercer]

Yeah.

[Ashley Johnson]

Seven.

[Brian W. Foster]

That's a failure. Not to brag, however, because part of its piercing you are raging. You take half of that. So you take three quarters of it. So it would be. Let's see, 59. 29 on top of that. So it would be. Yep, there you go.

[Ashley Johnson]

38.

[Brian W. Foster]

88.

[Ashley Johnson]

88.

[Brian W. Foster]

Sure. Caduceus.

[Sam Riegel]

19.

[Brian W. Foster]

118 points of piercing. So.

[Sam Riegel]

But shield master. So I cut that in half.

[Brian W. Foster]

Okay, let's go.

[Sam Riegel]

So that's how much.

[Brian W. Foster]

Caleb. 58.

[Matthew Mercer]

59 of fail. But ring of evasion allows me to succeed.

[Brian W. Foster]

So 59.59points of damage and fail.

[Travis Willingham]

But I'll use evasion or whatever.

[Brian W. Foster]

Yes, you take half damage. Yeah. Or whatever.

[Travis Willingham]

Yes. Some. Some rogue thing.

[Brian W. Foster]

Fair. And then she's going to try and step through the doorway. Charisma saving throw. That's a natural three. Is going to use third legendary resistance to succeed and is going to third and final.

[Travis Willingham]

Third and final.

[Brian W. Foster]

No, actually, wait.

[Marisha Ray]

No.

[Brian W. Foster]

You freed both of the coven members, so she loses two of her existing legendary. Unused legendary actions. So that. Yeah, that's her final legendary resistance. Because both the cub members were gone. It's going to step through to there. Not leaving Beauregard and Yasha's combat range.

[Matthew Mercer]

Given she succeeded on combination coming in correct. So she is basically baned. D4 minus D4 on anything she does. Fair action attacks, saving throws. Yes.

[Brian W. Foster]

You've got it.

[Sam Riegel]

Awesome.

[Brian W. Foster]

Alrighty. That finishes that. Go. Caleb, you're up.

[Matthew Mercer]

Caleb is already dragging the lodestone up his arm, which glows green. And I send disintegrate towards her.

[Ashley Johnson]

Yeah.

[Matthew Mercer]

DE save minus D4.

[Brian W. Foster]

She is going to use tongue twister to try and counterspell it.

[Matthew Mercer]

I have a reaction. Counterspell.

[Brian W. Foster]

What level?

[Matthew Mercer]

Let's do. Let's do seven.

[Brian W. Foster]

So you know what? Let's see. So her counterspell, we have it plus nine. So go ahead and roll. Roll an add. Add your intelligence modifier to it.

[Matthew Mercer]

My intelligence modifier, that is 22.

[Brian W. Foster]

That'll do it.

[Travis Willingham]

You're so smart.

[Brian W. Foster]

So she gets a Dex save, you said, right?

[Matthew Mercer]

Yes. Minus a D4.

[Brian W. Foster]

Minus a D4. Even with the minus a D4, she didn't roll that well. That's gonna put her at a 14.

[Matthew Mercer]

Fail versus my 22.

[Travis Willingham]

What does that do?

[Brian W. Foster]

Oh, wow.

[Ashley Johnson]

Is she dust? Is she just dust?

[Matthew Mercer]

75 points of force damage.

[Brian W. Foster]

Come on, Caleb. How do you want to do this?

[Matthew Mercer]

In a split second, I think of the damage this woman has done to my friends, to Jester today, to Veth Branato, to Beauregard Lionite in the Lionette family. I look at these two other women that she has had chained for God knows how long, and it will end. And the beam of pure green light carves a circle around the heart in her chest, blasting a hole out back and leaving a gaping, visible hole through her body.

[Brian W. Foster]

She falls. To one knee, the massive hole just kind of leaving dust plummeting from it. I'll find you. She's still clutching the amulet. I'll find you.

[Ashley Johnson]

Let things go.

[Brian W. Foster]

As part of the Hag soldier spiteful escape. When it drops to zero hit points, it is not within 30ft of its true anathema. It instead drops to one hit point and is about to teleport away with the Amulet of Lost.

[Marisha Ray]

Who's got counterspell? Who's got a counter spell?

[Matthew Mercer]

You got it.

[Sam Riegel]

Or a reaction?

[Travis Willingham]

He doesn't.

[Matthew Mercer]

Doesn't who?

[Ashley Johnson]

Is anybody.

[Brian W. Foster]

Is anybody going to take a reaction?

[Matthew Mercer]

Just used mine.

[Sam Riegel]

Wait a minute.

[Brian W. Foster]

Ford, Beauregard and Yasha are all right next to her.

[Marisha Ray]

Sentinel.

[Brian W. Foster]

Well, in teleport, Sentinel's not gonna get a teleport. But if you want to take a reaction right now, what do you want to do?

[Marisha Ray]

If I can take a reaction, I'm just gonna fucking punch her in the fucking chest.

[Liam O'Brien]

Yeah, I would take a swing.

[Matthew Mercer]

Yeah, yeah.

[Travis Willingham]

You know, Travis didn't use his haste last time, so he still got a little pent up.

[Liam O'Brien]

It's true. I totally forgot it last time as.

[Travis Willingham]

An extra action he never used.

[Brian W. Foster]

So to clarify, whenever the Sahag drops to zero hit points and it's not within 30ft of its. Whatever its anathema might be, it just drops to one hit point, teleports away. So if you bring it to zero, do more damage to it, it'll just drop back to one hit point.

[Travis Willingham]

Oh, forever.

[Brian W. Foster]

So damaging her. Unless she's near whatever this thing is, she cannot be killed.

[Marisha Ray]

Can we target the amulet?

[Brian W. Foster]

What do you want to do?

[Marisha Ray]

Can I try and break the amulet off of her neck?

[Brian W. Foster]

You can give it a shot.

[Marisha Ray]

Oh, I hate this. All right. Okay. Guidance. No, Fearne's not here. Fuck.

[Ashley Johnson]

I'm here. Can I guide you?

[Brian W. Foster]

Not as a reaction, unfortunately.

[Marisha Ray]

All right, I'm just gonna, like, try. Oh, I hate this. I'm gonna fuck this up. I'm just gonna try and take my staff and see if I can, like, break the chain off of this. The amulet.

[Brian W. Foster]

Let's go. Roll an attack. Roll. No pressure, no pressure.

[Ashley Johnson]

Got this.

[Liam O'Brien]

We got this.

[Ashley Johnson]

We're going to do it. Big money, no win.

[Travis Willingham]

Single attack.

[Marisha Ray]

No, no. No advantage or anything.

[Brian W. Foster]

Right?

[Marisha Ray]

Seventeen. Seventeen.

[Brian W. Foster]

Seventeen is beyond 19. Is it 17 or 18?

[Ashley Johnson]

Twenty.

[Marisha Ray]

It's a plus 5. Plus 13, which is 18.

[Brian W. Foster]

Eighteen does succeed. Eighteen was the DC on this, so you almost missed it with your math.

[Travis Willingham]

Stay in school, kids.

[Marisha Ray]

Story of my life. Missed it with your math.

[Brian W. Foster]

Ford, you have your reaction?

[Liam O'Brien]

Oh, I do. I would take a swing with Star Razor.

[Brian W. Foster]

All right, go ahead and roll.

[Liam O'Brien]

Natural. 19 with Hexblade's Curse is a crit.

[Brian W. Foster]

All right, Yasha.

[Ashley Johnson]

Yeah, I'm gonna take a swing.

[Brian W. Foster]

Take a swing. All right, so all three of you at once in the moment that the magic begins to resonate to pull her from this rotted realm. In that flicker, you all focus on the amulet that contains the memories of family that, in this instance, could be lost forever. I'd like you all to roll damage against the chain to see if you're capable of breaking the amulet.

[Ashley Johnson]

Who?

[Marisha Ray]

All of us?

[Liam O'Brien]

Yeah, on that crit. Plus Hexblade's curse. Plus the radiant damage from Star Razor and Savage Attack.

[Marisha Ray]

I get a singular attack here.

[Sam Riegel]

Correct.

[Liam O'Brien]

That's 42 points of damage.

[Brian W. Foster]

All right, it is resistant, so it takes 21.

[Marisha Ray]

Okay. I'm gonna have 13 damage just with my single belabor strike.

[Brian W. Foster]

Yep. All right, it's gonna be six points of damage on that, so that's 27.

[Travis Willingham]

Come on, Yasha. Be strong.

[Ashley Johnson]

Big attack. It's pretty big.

[Brian W. Foster]

58.

[Ashley Johnson]

Whoa.

[Brian W. Foster]

Barbarian shit.

[Liam O'Brien]

That's some barbarian shit.

[Brian W. Foster]

I love barbarian shit. As all three of you strike down onto the chain, the chain itself holds. You carve past your blade goes wide forward as it carves away. Beauregard, you impact it, but it just cracks. Yasha, your sword impacts and slides into the chain. It's now taut against the Sharnai's throw. Right as she begins to cackle and back up into this doorway. And you just continue to push through. And the blade shatters the glass amulet outward. You Gasp. As suddenly all the memories come flashing back into you. Yasha Marion Fjord. And as she begins to vanish. I'll find you again. I'll. Her two coven mates go, oh, we're coming with you, dear. All three of them vanish into this pocket. Suddenly, that nausea comes over again. The space around you begins to spin. You all feel like you're about to fall, like the dizziness is about to cause you to stumble backward. A trust fall, but nobody there to catch you. Before you land, your eyes pull tight. It's too bright. It's too bright. And as you blink, you find yourselves standing at a sunset. With a crowd of people having just stood that look confused.

[Liam O'Brien]

I don't need this stress, man.

[Brian W. Foster]

If we could bring out the podium once more, I hope it.

[Ashley Johnson]

Holy.

[Marisha Ray]

Holy. Let's get married.

[Brian W. Foster]

Oh, boy.

[Ashley Johnson]

So stuck on this.

[Marisha Ray]

Do you need help? I can't.

[Ashley Johnson]

Freaking out. What the. Thank you.

[Brian W. Foster]

As essential. And Kingsley, having just been pushed away like Esther goes. Is everything all right?

[Sam Riegel]

Oh, yep. Ford, I believe you have something. You have something prepared to say, right.

[Brian W. Foster]

Fjord? As you look out in front of you, kind of taking everything in, you see in the front row, the red skin and horns and hair of Marian Lavor, your mother to be, makes your eyes and goes, it's okay. Be brave.

[Liam O'Brien]

Jester. Lavor, from the first day you crashed into my life, quite literally, you've been the chaos I didn't know I was missing. I spent a long time trying to figure out who I am, what path I'm meant to walk. And I've chased power, wrestled with destiny, and made more mistakes than I care to count. But through every storm and every shadow, you were there, reminding me that joy isn't something that you have to earn. It's something you choose. You are chaos wrapped in kindness, a whirlwind with frosting on it, a hurricane of joy that barged straight into my life, flipped every map I thought I understood, and somehow made everything finally make sense. You showed me that the best things in life don't always come with a plan. Sometimes they arrive covered in paint, laughing too loud and leaving pastries and dicks in places they shouldn't be. And somehow, that's exactly what my heart was waiting for. So here is my promise. I will match your mischief with patience, your spontaneity with steadiness, and your boundless heart with one that is forever yours. I will follow you into every storm, every strange scheme, every wild dream, because anywhere you are, that's where I belong. In the quiet mornings and the chaotic nights, and the moments where we're laughing so hard we can hardly breathe. And in the ones where the. The seas get rough and the path ahead is uncertain. I will be your anchor, your partner, and your home, just as you have been mine.

[Sam Riegel]

So, Jester, if you. When you're ready.

[Ashley Johnson]

Hold on.

[Sam Riegel]

Yep.

[Ashley Johnson]

I wrote them down.

[Brian W. Foster]

You need help?

[Ashley Johnson]

No.

[Travis Willingham]

Okay.

[Liam O'Brien]

Thank you for the pearl. Thank you for the pearl.

[Ashley Johnson]

Oh, Ford, Ford, Ford. Such abs.

[Marisha Ray]

Okay.

[Ashley Johnson]

Ever since I was little, I believed that the romance would be like the stories I read in my mama's books. With sweaty semen and bulging biceps full of magic and big sweep you off your feet, declarations of love. And then I met you. No. And you are a semen, so we got that part right. And you do have a bulging. Wait. Note. The rest. The love part. You know, you showed me something different, something better. Because real love isn't always fireworks or ripped tunics. It's you making sure I eat something other than donuts for breakfast and lunch and dinner. Because I get cranky if I do that. You know, it's you listening when I can't stop talking about my thoughts on generations of grass societies. It's sitting on the deck of the ship with nothing but the ocean in front of us and realizing I'm completely happy just being next to you. You taught me that love isn't about being swept away. It's about standing solid. It's about choosing to stay. It's painting the same face a hundred times because I never get tired of staring at it. I don't want the kind of love that looks perfect in a story. I want the kind that's real. So I promise to stand next to you and hold you tighter every single day, because this. This moment is the best adventure I've ever had.

[Sam Riegel]

So, Ford, you did someone stepping. Still has the ring, right?

[Brian W. Foster]

That.

[Ashley Johnson]

You'Re a monk.

[Matthew Mercer]

Levitate.

[Marisha Ray]

Sorry. I didn't expect Ford's club to see this.

[Liam O'Brien]

Thanks. Damn.

[Sam Riegel]

Ford Stone, do you promise to support, love and cherish Jester Lavore for all the days that to come?

[Ashley Johnson]

Get it on my. Get it on there.

[Liam O'Brien]

I do.

[Sam Riegel]

Jester, do you have a ring?

[Ashley Johnson]

Yes, I do. Here we go. I hope it fits you.

[Sam Riegel]

Jester Lavore, do you promise to love, support, and cherish Fortstone in all the days to come? I do. Then in the presence of friends, family, and any who may be looking down upon us, I pronounce you man and wife. You may kiss. And kiss.

[Marisha Ray]

Yeah.

[Travis Willingham]

Yeah.

[Sam Riegel]

Yeah. Yeah. Oh, they're gonna. They're gonna need a Bandage for that?

[Brian W. Foster]

Did nobody get it? Nobody got it.

[Matthew Mercer]

Hey.

[Sam Riegel]

That'S. I normally do funerals. That's all the notes I. I took. I don't. Everything else gets really kind of sullen.

[Ashley Johnson]

What do you do now?

[Brian W. Foster]

Artagan steps out from behind caduceus and says, my friends, I think it's time to celebrate. Is it not? To the reception. As everyone gathers at the lavish chateau, the sunset becomes a night of stars and an evening of laughter and cheers. The band plays loudly out of retirement. Dr. Dranzel and his band. And for one night only, returning vocalist Scanlan Shorthalt.

[Ashley Johnson]

He's so, so famous.

[Marisha Ray]

Still a centaur.

[Liam O'Brien]

He showed up for our wedding. That's incredible.

[Ashley Johnson]

I know, I know.

[Travis Willingham]

He char.

[Brian W. Foster]

He charged a lot. But the drinks are flowing, the laughter is merry, and in the midst of it, the sound of clinking glass hits. Which one of you is standing to make their wedding speech?

[Matthew Mercer]

Oh, goodness. We're there.

[Marisha Ray]

I thought we were going to skip these because of time.

[Brian W. Foster]

We still have some time.

[Matthew Mercer]

Me too.

[Marisha Ray]

Beth, you first.

[Travis Willingham]

I don't know where I put it.

[Ashley Johnson]

Did you all write speeches?

[Matthew Mercer]

Oh, yes. Oh, yes.

[Marisha Ray]

We were.

[Ashley Johnson]

We were writing them as we were playing the game.

[Marisha Ray]

Just in case.

[Brian W. Foster]

But keep them snappy.

[Liam O'Brien]

I'll go fast.

[Travis Willingham]

I'll go fast.

[Brian W. Foster]

We do have to be done by midnight.

[Ashley Johnson]

Yes.

[Travis Willingham]

When Jester fell in love with Ford, we all asked the same question. What does she see in him? Jester was delightful, charming, strong. And Ford was. I mean, how was this weak wannabe sailor whose sleep barfs worthy of the sapphire of the sea? And yet, she did see something in him. Persistence. Despite our misgivings, Ford rose to every occasion and emerged from the depths of insecurity to become the man she saw from the beginning. He proved me wrong. There's magic in this couple. But Jester's most powerful spell isn't hamster unicorns. It's seeing someone's heart. She saw it in me. She saw it in the traveler. And in Ford. And Ford's special power. Isn't Eldritch blessed. It's the willingness to persist. It's to be there for his friends. And now his wife. Ford completes Jester and Jester completes us all. So, a toast to persistence and to Mr. And Mrs. Ford. Tough.

[Ashley Johnson]

Best man.

[Marisha Ray]

Yeah. Hi. Hello. Hi. I'm Beau. I'm also first mate and best man. Hell yeah, brother. You know, when Ford Stone first came into our lives, into my life, he was kind of a hot mess. He was an ass backwards captain who didn't know port from starboard. He was a confused seaman who once got hustled into buying a ring of fire protection. Despite being able to control water.

[Ashley Johnson]

He.

[Marisha Ray]

Was a timid orc who was once bullied by a turtle.

[Ashley Johnson]

It was a scary turtle.

[Marisha Ray]

But now all of that has changed. Ford, you are now setting sail on what will be the greatest adventure of your life. You are trading in your ring of fire for your sapphire. Thanks. You're no longer a boy who was one once, a bit of a with a thing for eating balls. Now you're a man who will have a ball while eating.

[Travis Willingham]

Oh, my God.

[Marisha Ray]

But in all.

[Brian W. Foster]

But in all seriousness, Essex, spit takes.

[Marisha Ray]

It's great. You're gonna love it. But in all seriousness. Ford. Oh, Captain, My captain. You have and always will be my fearless leader. And I hope that you know, no matter what, whether you need help on the high seas or building a high chair, I will always be there when you need your first mate. Ford and Jester, I love you both more than my cold, bitchy heart could ever express. Congratulations.

[Matthew Mercer]

Slay, girl, slay.

[Ashley Johnson]

Hello, friends. Fornication.

[Marisha Ray]

Excuse me?

[Ashley Johnson]

For an occasion such as this, raise your glass for a toast to the bride and the groom. I love you both so very much. You are my best friends. You took me in when I was a wayward, feral creature and became the Faith family that I never had. Jester, you opened my heart to chaos. And Ford, you're the brother I never had. May all your ups and downs come only in the bedroom.

[Marisha Ray]

Bring his home. Caleb.

[Matthew Mercer]

It is a gift that this day is possible in spite of all improbability. Yes, I am bringing math into this. Bear with me. Think of it. I have known you, too, a decent number of years now. And in that span of time, we have witnessed no shortage of adversity. To put it mildly. You have achieved triumphs together, weathered loss, sometimes hand in hand. There were moments of great upheaval and change in your lives and in this world. So many things that potentially could have undone this happiness today. Consider every step you took, leading from then to now. How everything had to happen. Just right and sometimes wrong. Just so to come to this moment, this day, instead of countless other possible realities. But those other outcomes, they were never going to happen. It was always meant to be. This. What a miracle. We get to be here together in this place, on this day, with two people we love so dearly, holding on to joy. To Jester and Ford, one of the finest couples in Exandria. And if I may, above the table as well, You will find no fairer seas to sail, no truer faith to lend your fervor than this pairing of two souls as one. So please take to your feet and toast the wedding couple with us. To Jester and Ford, man and wife.

[Sam Riegel]

And now, ladies and gentlemen, I am told that. That there's food on the table, there is dancing to be had, and apparently some sort of fountain with chocolate that I did not.

[Ashley Johnson]

Oh, it's so good.

[Brian W. Foster]

Oh, we spent, like, months on it. You guys are gonna love it. It flows endlessly. It's based on a flask technology we designed a few years back.

[Ashley Johnson]

Anyway, have fun, you guys, at the party.

[Brian W. Foster]

As the cheering commences, the glasses clink, the merriment fills the space. Beauregard. A flash of white catches you at an immense speed.

[Sam Riegel]

What do you do?

[Marisha Ray]

Deflect missiles? I catch it.

[Brian W. Foster]

You catch it in your hand. It's hot, not burning, but warm. And as you open your fingers, it is thick, viscous and liquid. As you look into the rafters and find an owl staring down at you before it flutters out of the chateau into the night sky. As it sweeps, wings take flight behind it, the vision of Ford Stone and Jesse Lavore kissing and laughing amongst their family and friends. And thank you all for joining us for this wondrous celebration. We love you all so very much. And is it Thursday yet?

[Matthew Mercer]

One more time.

[Brian W. Foster]

Good night, everybody.

[Liam O'Brien]

And that concludes this episode of Critical Role. If you like the adventure, please consider leaving a review on your podcast platform of choice. We love welcoming new critters, and your review could be the map that leads other kindred spirits our way. We hope you enjoyed the story and thank you very much for listening.

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