[A1S4] Drilfi: Tell Us A Story

[20:18] <Mathmatt878> You have just slain the lich, and are now alone in the hallway with Bear Buddy, Aleado, and the three koala spirits, one of which looks familiar for some reason.
[20:19]  * Drilfi_Pythia reaches out to touch the familiar koala.
[20:19] <Mathmatt878> Your hand passes through it, for it is a spirit.
[20:19]  * Drilfi_Pythia frowns at it.  "Who, are you?"
[20:20] <Mathmatt878> No reply. No acknowledgement. The koalas all stare directly at the words scratched onto the opposite wall. "Abandon all HOPE."
[20:20]  * Drilfi_Pythia scratches in WHAT DOES IT SAY? and points to the words.
[20:21] <Aleado> "Abandon all hope..."
[20:21] <Aleado> "That's not very nice."
[20:21] <Drilfi_Pythia> Hmm.  So it's the same in both lands now...
[20:21]  * Drilfi_Pythia continues frowning as he moves on down the hallway.
[20:23] <Mathmatt878> You arrive at the end of the hallway, which opens off to the right, entering a wide open room containing little more than an imp, and a dark vision cloud. Roll perception.
[20:23] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 1d20+1+1d4
[20:23] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+1) [10+1] : {11}
[20:23] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 1d4
[20:23] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d4) [4] : {4}
[20:24] <Mathmatt878> Wew lads, that's exactly what you needed to match the DC.
[20:25] <Mathmatt878> On the south wall of the room, you see a very faint crack, and you realize that part of the wall is clearly fake. On the east wall, an opening leads to another room.
[20:26] <Mathmatt878> The imp is currently staring into the dark vision cloud, and hasn't noticed you yet. If you would like to remain unnoticed, roll stealth, or you can just enter normally.
[20:26]  * Drilfi_Pythia shoots the cloud.
[20:26] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 1d20+6
[20:26] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+6) [11+6] : {17}
[20:26] <Mathmatt878> The cloud dissipates, and now rolling stealth isn't an option.
[20:26] <Mathmatt878> The imp jumps, and charges at you, claws raised.
[20:27] <Mathmatt878> (This was mostly going to involve the cloud, so you can just use your reaction to shoot him, if you want.)
[20:27] <Drilfi_Pythia> (Sure why not)
[20:27] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 1d20+6
[20:27] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+6) [12+6] : {18}
[20:27] <Mathmatt878> He dies.
[20:27] <Mathmatt878> Gain 10 EXP
[20:27] <Drilfi_Pythia> "Nice."
[20:27] <Mathmatt878> And like, 4 grist.
[20:28] <Mathmatt878> !Roll 1d2
[20:28] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d2) [2] : {2}
[20:28] <Mathmatt878> !roll 1d10+10 build grist
[20:28] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d10+10) [6+10] : {16}
[20:28] <Mathmatt878> !Roll 2d8 tier 1 grist
[20:28] <Tyche[Dice]> (2d8) [10] : {10}
[20:28] <Mathmatt878> Close enough to 4.
[20:28] <Drilfi_Pythia> Nailed it
[20:28]  * Drilfi_Pythia moves on to check out that false wall.
[20:29] <Mathmatt878> There's not a lot more to it, just a cracked wall.
[20:29] <Aleado> "What do you think she's doing?"
[20:29]  * Drilfi_Pythia stops.
[20:29] <Drilfi_Pythia> WHO?
[20:29]  * Aleado points at the wall.
[20:29] <Aleado> "Her."
[20:30] <Drilfi_Pythia> I DON'T SEE.
[20:30] <Aleado> "Oh. What do you see?"
[20:30] <Drilfi_Pythia> FAKE WALL.
[20:31] <Aleado> "Oh. I just see a window to another room. There's a koala sitting on a bed."
[20:31]  * Drilfi_Pythia tries to peek through the crack in the wall
[20:32] <Mathmatt878> Roll investigation at disadvantage.
[20:32] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 2#1d20+2+1d4
[20:32] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+2) [13+2] : {15} (1d20+2) [9+2] : {11}
[20:32] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 2#1d4
[20:32] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d4) [4] : {4} (1d4) [1] : {1}
[20:33] <Mathmatt878> That again does give you just enough to match the DC of 12. Inside, you vaguely see some kind of creature (probably a bear), sitting on some kind of big furniture. It definitely does open up into another room, though.
[20:34]  * Drilfi_Pythia knocks on the wall.
[20:34] <Mathmatt878> Nothing of note happens.
[20:35]  * Drilfi_Pythia shoots the wall.
[20:35] <Mathmatt878> Nothing.
[20:35]  * Aleado jumps backwards.
[20:35] <Drilfi_Pythia> WHAT?
[20:36]  * Aleado looks confused.
[20:36] <Aleado> "You just broke the window!"
[20:37] <Drilfi_Pythia> DOES SHE REACT?
[20:37]  * Aleado nods, and eyes the wall.
[20:37] <Aleado> "Are... Are you okay?"
[20:38] <Drilfi_Pythia> I AM FINE.
[20:38] <Drilfi_Pythia> WHAT HAPPENED?
[20:38] <Aleado> "No, I was talking to the koala."
[20:39] <Aleado> "Oh... Um..."
[20:39]  * Aleado seems to be very awkward right about now.
[20:40] <Drilfi_Pythia> WHAT IS HAPPENING?
[20:40]  * Drilfi_Pythia steps closer to Saint Aleado.
[20:40] <Aleado> "She's crying."
[20:40]  * Drilfi_Pythia frowns.
[20:41] <Aleado> "I think you scared her..."
[20:41] <Drilfi_Pythia> PLEASE APOLOGIZE FOR ME.
[20:41]  * Aleado nods.
[20:41] <Aleado> "We're... We're sorry..."
[20:41] <Aleado> "He didn't mean to..."
[20:44]  * Drilfi_Pythia decides Saint Aleado isn't in any immediate danger, and looks through the crack again
[20:44] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 2#1d20+2
[20:44] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+2) [2+2] : {4} (1d20+2) [4+2] : {6}
[20:44] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 1d4
[20:44] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d4) [1] : {1}
[20:44] <Drilfi_Pythia> Nailed it
[20:45] <Mathmatt878> You do see something;
[20:45] <Mathmatt878> A wall.
[20:45] <Mathmatt878> The world is shocked by this newfound discovery.
[20:45] <Drilfi_Pythia> ???
[20:45]  * Drilfi_Pythia writes that for Saint Aleado.
[20:50] <Aleado> "She's still just crying..."
[20:51] <Drilfi_Pythia> WE SHOULD SWITCH LANDS
[20:51] <Aleado> "Okay, if you think so."
[20:51]  * Drilfi_Pythia directs Saint Aleado back to the stairs.
[20:51]  * Aleado calls over his shoulder, "Sorry, we'll be right back!"
[20:51] <Mathmatt878> Switch lands?
[20:52] <Drilfi_Pythia> Switch lands
[20:52] <Mathmatt878> Bear Buddy turns into Koala Buddy, and passes out after switching lands.
[20:53]  * Drilfi_Pythia pushes him back through the portal
[20:53] <Mathmatt878> Koala Buddy turns back into Bear Buddy, and wakes up.
[20:54] <Mathmatt878> You are now on LOPAL.
[20:54]  * Drilfi_Pythia goes back downstairs
[20:56] <Mathmatt878> You see the baby koalas sleeping peacefully, one of them again with the little stuffed koala doll.
[20:56]  * Drilfi_Pythia continues on through the room.
[20:57] <Mathmatt878> You arrive in the same hallway splitting off to the left and right.
[20:57]  * Drilfi_Pythia goes right.
[20:58] <Mathmatt878> You find that the wall on the right still reads the identical words; "Abandon all HOPE." However, rather than spirits gazing upon the letters, there are three koala masks hung against the wall.
[20:58] <Mathmatt878> Again, the same one still seems... Familiar.
[20:59]  * Drilfi_Pythia tries taking down the first mask.
[20:59] <Mathmatt878> You do so with ease.
[20:59]  * Aleado seems scared.
[20:59] <Aleado> "What are you doing with that?"
[20:59] <Drilfi_Pythia> WHAT DO YOU SEE?
[21:00] <Aleado> "Ghosts..."
[21:01] <Drilfi_Pythia> I BELIEVE THEY ARE HARMLESS.
[21:01]  * Drilfi_Pythia captchalogues the masks, and moves on.
[21:02]  * Aleado looks wearily, but follows.
[21:03] <Mathmatt878> You arrive back in the room from before, and the only thing different is that the once cracked wall is indeed shattered glass.
[21:03] <Mathmatt878> You hear a female voice crying and whispering something to herself.
[21:03] <Drilfi_Pythia> "Hello?"
[21:03]  * Drilfi_Pythia walks in.
[21:04] <Mathmatt878> You find a mostly empty room, containing nothing more than a singular bed with a female koala sitting on it, her face in her hands, weeping.
[21:04] <Mathmatt878> In between her gasps, she sputters the words "Ignore the music..."
[21:05] <Drilfi_Pythia> "What, is Wrong, child?"
[21:05]  * Drilfi_Pythia approaches
[21:05] <Mathmatt878> The koala looks up from her hands, and visibly jumps as she sees you, gasping for breath.
[21:05] <Mathmatt878> You note that Aleado does not follow you into the room.
[21:08]  * Drilfi_Pythia stops approaching and smiles, friendly.
[21:09] <Mathmatt878> She stares at you in terror, gasping for breath. After a few moments, she speaks.
[21:09] <Mathmatt878> "You're not going to hurt me?"
[21:09]  * Drilfi_Pythia writes NO while saying "No."
[21:10] <Mathmatt878> The koala begins crying again, this time more like a relieved crying.
[21:12] <Aleado> "Drilfi?"
[21:12]  * Drilfi_Pythia looks at Saint Aleado.
[21:12] <Aleado> "Drilfi?" he repeats.
[21:13]  * Drilfi_Pythia remembers he's on the other side of the wall and hurries back
[21:13]  * Aleado jumps a bit as you step through where the wall is on LONAD, but relaxes when he sees it's you.
[21:13] <Aleado> "Is she okay?"
[21:13] <Drilfi_Pythia> I DON'T KNOW
[21:13] <Drilfi_Pythia> SHE IS AFRAID
[21:14] <Aleado> "I think that probably makes sense."
[21:14] <Aleado> "I got scared too when you did that."
[21:15] <Drilfi_Pythia> I'M SORRY.
[21:16] <Aleado> "I'm okay, but she seemed really upset."
[21:17] <Drilfi_Pythia> I WILL SPEAK TO HER.
[21:17]  * Drilfi_Pythia goes back over and puts a hand on the koala's shoulder.
[21:17]  * Aleado nods.
[21:17] <Mathmatt878> The koala tenses a bit as you rest your hand, but seems to visibly calm down at the comfort.
[21:17] <Mathmatt878> "Are..." She sobs more.
[21:17] <Mathmatt878> "Are the children okay?"
[21:18] <Drilfi_Pythia> "Yes."
[21:18] <Drilfi_Pythia> YES.
[21:18] <Drilfi_Pythia> "Can, you hear me?"
[21:19] <Mathmatt878> "Yes?"
[21:19] <Mathmatt878> The koala seems to be confused by the question.
[21:19] <Drilfi_Pythia> "I, see.  Thank, you."
[21:19] <Drilfi_Pythia> "My, name is Drilfi.  Who, are you?"
[21:20] <Mathmatt878> "My name is Risca. Are you sure the children are alright?"
[21:21] <Drilfi_Pythia> "I, believe so."
[21:21] <Mathmatt878> She seems relieved.
[21:21] <Mathmatt878> "Good, good."
[21:23] <Drilfi_Pythia> "I, need to reach the apex.  Can, you help us?"
[21:24] <Mathmatt878> "The apex? Why would you want to go there?"
[21:24] <Drilfi_Pythia> "To, silence it."
[21:24] <Mathmatt878> "You... Want to silence the music?"
[21:25] <Drilfi_Pythia> "Yes."
[21:25] <Mathmatt878> "But... Why?"
[21:26]  * Drilfi_Pythia frowns.
[21:26] <Drilfi_Pythia> "... Because?"
[21:27] <Mathmatt878> "Because why? The music is important to us."
[21:27] <Drilfi_Pythia> "But, you just said to ignore it."
[21:27] <Mathmatt878> "I did?"
[21:27] <Drilfi_Pythia> "Yes."
[21:28] <Mathmatt878> "That's... Strange."
[21:28] <Mathmatt878> "Are you sure?"
[21:28] <Drilfi_Pythia> "Yes.  What, is the music's purpose?"
[21:29] <Mathmatt878> "It helps the children sleep peacefully."
[21:29] <Mathmatt878> "Without it, they wake up horrified."
[21:29] <Drilfi_Pythia> "Of, what?"
[21:29] <Mathmatt878> "Of their nightmares."
[21:30] <Drilfi_Pythia> "I, don't understand."
[21:30] <Drilfi_Pythia> "Please, explain."
[21:31] <Mathmatt878> "Well, they would always tell us about how they had horrible nightmares. But then Abraxas, bless his heart, built the music boxes. From then on the babies never had nightmares again.
[21:31] <Mathmatt878> "
[21:32] <Drilfi_Pythia> "But, did they ever wake up?"
[21:32] <Mathmatt878> "Of course they did! What kind of question is that?"
[21:33] <Drilfi_Pythia> "Why, were you afraid of Me, when I, arrived?"
[21:34] <Mathmatt878> "I thought you were one of the monsters."
[21:34] <Mathmatt878> "I thought when the window broke open, I had finally succumbed to those horrible Daydreams, and I would hurt the children."
[21:34] <Mathmatt878> She begins to tear up.
[21:35] <Drilfi_Pythia> "I, Think, Perhaps, we should go and see the children."
[21:35] <Mathmatt878> She seems off put by your comment.
[21:35] <Mathmatt878> "... Why?"
[21:36] <Drilfi_Pythia> "Just, to be sure."
[21:36] <Mathmatt878> She nods.
[21:36] <Mathmatt878> "Alright."
[21:37]  * Drilfi_Pythia brings her out to Saint Aleado.
[21:38] <Mathmatt878> The koala follows, being careful around the broken glass, and looks at Aleado.
[21:38]  * Aleado looks to you shyly.
[21:38] <Drilfi_Pythia> ARE YOU OKAY?
[21:38]  * Aleado nods.
[21:39]  * Drilfi_Pythia brings them all down to the nursery.
[21:40] <Mathmatt878> The koala breathes a sigh of relief as she sees the babies.
[21:40] <Mathmatt878> "Oh thank Abraxas."
[21:41] <Mathmatt878> She runs up to the nearest one, and rests her hand on its face gently.
[21:41]  * Drilfi_Pythia watches carefully.
[21:42] <Mathmatt878> She stays there for a few moments. She presses lightly, and whispers a few words.
[21:42] <Mathmatt878> And then she begins to cry.
[21:43]  * Drilfi_Pythia frowns, and closes the distance.  "What, is wrong?"
[21:43] <Mathmatt878> "Please... Tell me this isn't true..."
[21:43] <Mathmatt878> Risca turns to you, a small anger in her eyes.
[21:43] <Mathmatt878> "Why did you ask me if they ever woke up?"
[21:44] <Drilfi_Pythia> "Because, that is what I, have been told happens to those having nightmares.  They, never awaken."
[21:44] <Mathmatt878> She shakes her head.
[21:44] <Mathmatt878> "No, they've had nightmares before, and they've woken up."
[21:45] <Mathmatt878> "Who told you this?"
[21:46] <Drilfi_Pythia> "The, medics.  Daydreams, are Violent, and nightmares last forever."
[21:47] <Mathmatt878> "But..."
[21:47] <Mathmatt878> Risca goes quiet.
[21:47] <Drilfi_Pythia> "What, has happened?"
[21:47] <Mathmatt878> "He's... Not waking up."
[21:48]  * Drilfi_Pythia doesn't respond.
[21:48] <Mathmatt878> She turns, and goes to another of the cribs, shaking it lightly, but with purpose.
[21:48] <Mathmatt878> Nothing happens, and she moves on to the next one.
[21:48] <Mathmatt878> Then the next one.
[21:48] <Drilfi_Pythia> "Risca."
[21:49] <Mathmatt878> She ignores you, panicking.
[21:49] <Mathmatt878> She checks every crib, and every baby, but to no avail. None of them wake up.
[21:49] <Drilfi_Pythia> "How, long have you been sealed in that Room, Risca?"
[21:50] <Mathmatt878> She begins to tear up.
[21:50] <Mathmatt878> "I don't know..."
[21:51] <Mathmatt878> "Days?"
[21:51] <Mathmatt878> "..."
[21:51] <Mathmatt878> "Weeks?"
[21:51] <Mathmatt878> "I can't tell..."
[21:52] <Drilfi_Pythia> "Then, how can you help us to fix this?"
[21:52] <Mathmatt878> Risca takes a deep breath.
[21:53] <Mathmatt878> "There's a key. But the monsters took it."
[21:53] <Mathmatt878> "Please, just bring the children back..."
[21:53] <Drilfi_Pythia> "I, will.  But, I, need you to help me."
[21:53] <Mathmatt878> She nods.
[21:54] <Mathmatt878> Anyt
[21:54] <Mathmatt878> "Anything."
[21:54] <Drilfi_Pythia> "Then, where is the key?"
[21:54] <Mathmatt878> "The monsters took it. I don't know where they have it."
[21:54] <Mathmatt878> "We can check the rest of this floor, or maybe higher up?"
[21:55] <Drilfi_Pythia> "I, have searched every floor above."
[21:56] <Mathmatt878> "Then down here is our best hope."
[21:56]  * Drilfi_Pythia nods.
[21:56] <Drilfi_Pythia> "Lead, the way."
[21:57] <Mathmatt878> She nods as well, and leads all four of you back down to the room connected to the one she was held in, then heads through the door on the west wall.
[21:58] <Mathmatt878> You can't actually see the layout of the room, as it appears to be made entirely of blankets hung from the ceiling, designed to be a sort of maze.
[21:58] <Drilfi_Pythia> WHAT SEE?
[21:59] <Aleado> "Blankets. What do you see?"
[21:59] <Drilfi_Pythia> BLANKETS.
[21:59] <Mathmatt878> "Oh, okay."
[22:00] <Aleado> "Oh, okay."
[22:00]  * Drilfi_Pythia steps into the room and lifts up the blanket in front to look through.
[22:00] <Aleado> "Is... that good?"
[22:00] <Mathmatt878> To answer Aleado's question, no. No it is not.
[22:00] <Mathmatt878> As you lift the blanket, it becomes heavy, weighing you down, and trying to pin you down to the ground.
[22:00] <Mathmatt878> !Roll 1d20+10 to grapple.
[22:00] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+10) [11+10] : {21}
[22:01] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 1d20+12 resist
[22:01] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+12) [6+12] : {18}
[22:01] <Mathmatt878> You become pinned, and the others rush to your side to try and help you.
[22:01] <Mathmatt878> Roll initiative versus THE BLANKET HORDE.
[22:02] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 1d20+7
[22:02] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+7) [15+7] : {22}
[22:02] <Mathmatt878> !Roll 1d20-2 group initiative.
[22:02] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+-2) [11+-2] : {9}
[22:02] <Mathmatt878> You go first.
[22:02]  * Drilfi_Pythia shoots THE BLANKET HORDE.
[22:02] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 1d20+7
[22:02] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+7) [12+7] : {19}
[22:03] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 3d8+7
[22:03] <Tyche[Dice]> (3d8+7) [13+7] : {20}
[22:04] <Mathmatt878> One quarter of the BLANKET HORDE is eliminated.
[22:04] <Mathmatt878> While part of THE BLANKET HORDE keeps you pinned down, the rest of THE BLANKET HORDE attacks you.
[22:04] <Mathmatt878> !Roll 8#1d20+2
[22:04] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+2) [6+2] : {8} (1d20+2) [2+2] : {4} (1d20+2) [13+2] : {15} (1d20+2) [11+2] : {13} (1d20+2) [20+2] : {22} (1d20+2) [20+2] : {22} (1d20+2) [18+2] : {20} (1d20+2) [17+2] : {19}
[22:05] <Mathmatt878> (Those are four attacks being made with advantage, not eight attacks)
[22:05] <Drilfi_Pythia> ((HAH that means only one crit!))
[22:05] <Mathmatt878> (Dang, one of them crit twice.)
[22:05] <Mathmatt878> !Roll 2d4+2 damage.
[22:05] <Tyche[Dice]> (2d4+2) [5+2] : {7}
[22:06] <Mathmatt878> After THE BLANKET HORDE finishes its turn, Aleado, Risca, and Bear Buddy help you out of the blanket, picking you up.
[22:06] <Mathmatt878> Your turn now.
[22:06]  * Drilfi_Pythia , free, fires some more.  Multistrike 1.
[22:07] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 1d20+7
[22:07] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+7) [12+7] : {19}
[22:07] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 3d8+7
[22:07] <Tyche[Dice]> (3d8+7) [11+7] : {18}
[22:08] <Mathmatt878> Part of it dies some more.
[22:08] <Mathmatt878> There is roughly one half of it left.
[22:08] <Mathmatt878> Anything else on your turn?
[22:10] <Drilfi_Pythia> No, end.
[22:10] <Mathmatt878> In that case, part of THE BLANKET HORDE attempts to pin you down again.
[22:10] <Mathmatt878> !Roll 1d20+10 grapple.
[22:10] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+10) [17+10] : {27}
[22:10] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 1d20+12 resist
[22:10] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+12) [2+12] : {14}
[22:11] <Mathmatt878> You fail, and get pinned down below a giant mass of fluffiness.
[22:11] <Mathmatt878> The rest of THE BLANKET HORDE takes this chance to attack you easier.
[22:11] <Mathmatt878> !Roll 4#1d20+2
[22:11] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+2) [15+2] : {17} (1d20+2) [5+2] : {7} (1d20+2) [6+2] : {8} (1d20+2) [19+2] : {21}
[22:11] <Mathmatt878> ONE OF THEM HITS WITHOUT NEEDING TO CRIT!
[22:11] <Mathmatt878> !Roll 1d4+2 damage.
[22:11] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d4+2) [3+2] : {5}
[22:11] <Drilfi_Pythia> Wowzers
[22:12]  * Drilfi_Pythia is mildly inconvenienced
[22:12] <Mathmatt878> Again, your companions help you out of the blanket, bring you back up.
[22:12] <Mathmatt878> Your turn again.
[22:12]  * Drilfi_Pythia shoots the horde some more.
[22:12] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 1d20+7 normal attack
[22:12] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+7) [18+7] : {25}
[22:12] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 3d8+7
[22:12] <Tyche[Dice]> (3d8+7) [22+7] : {29}
[22:13] <Mathmatt878> One third of THE BLANKET HORDE remains.
[22:14] <Mathmatt878> Anything else?
[22:14] <Drilfi_Pythia> No
[22:14] <Mathmatt878> PIN!
[22:14] <Mathmatt878> Roll 1d20+10
[22:14] <Mathmatt878> !Roll 1d20+10
[22:14] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+10) [16+10] : {26}
[22:14] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 1d20+12
[22:14] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+12) [8+12] : {20}
[22:14] <Drilfi_Pythia> Pinned...
[22:14] <Mathmatt878> ATTACK!
[22:15] <Mathmatt878> !Roll 2#1d20+2
[22:15] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+2) [14+2] : {16} (1d20+2) [19+2] : {21}
[22:15] <Mathmatt878> DAMAGE!
[22:15] <Mathmatt878> !Roll 1d4+2
[22:15] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d4+2) [2+2] : {4}
[22:15] <Mathmatt878> GETTING HELPED UP!
[22:15] <Mathmatt878> YOUR TURN!
[22:15] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 1d20+7 MULTISTRIKE
[22:15] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+7) [7+7] : {14}
[22:15] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 3d8+7 DAMAGE
[22:15] <Tyche[Dice]> (3d8+7) [9+7] : {16}
[22:16] <Mathmatt878> DEATH!
[22:16] <Drilfi_Pythia> YEAH
[22:16] <Mathmatt878> THE BLANKET HORDE is defeated, and you gain 60 EXP. It also drops a bonus item: "The BLANKET."
[22:17]  * Drilfi_Pythia takes THE BLANKET.
[22:17] <Mathmatt878> You receive THE BLANKET.
[22:18] <Mathmatt878> It's pretty fluffy.
[22:18] <Mathmatt878> And for some reason, you have a sneaking suspicion that it's about to get a whole lot fluffier.
[22:18] <Drilfi_Pythia> Ooh, fluffy.
[22:19] <Mathmatt878> But like, the bad kind of fluffy.
[22:19] <Drilfi_Pythia> Oh no, fluffy.
[22:19] <Mathmatt878> Your companions rush to your side, seeing if you're okay.
[22:20]  * Drilfi_Pythia feels pretty okay right this second, besides the overfluffed blanket.
[22:21] <Mathmatt878> Risca urges you to stay safe. "There could be more dangerous monsters here."
[22:21]  * Drilfi_Pythia nods, and continues through the room.
[22:22] <Mathmatt878> You find that the room contains another doorway, leading into an empty room that serves as a crossroads.
[22:22] <Mathmatt878> On the wall on your right, there is another doorway, leading into a massive, daunting room. Directly ahead of you, there is a room that contains little more than a bed.
[22:23]  * Drilfi_Pythia checks out the bed room.
[22:25] <Mathmatt878> The bed room is does, in fact, contain little more than a bed. The "little more" in this case, is two doorways. One of the right, also leading into the massive, daunting room, and the other, leading to a dead-end room with only a single, white vision cloud floating in it.
[22:26]  * Drilfi_Pythia looks into the vision cloud.
[22:26] <Mathmatt878> You stare, and you do see a vision.
[22:35] <Mathmatt878> A meteor floats harmlessly in space. It is surrounded by a ring of other meteors similar to it, but of varying sizes. But there's more; this meteor has a building on it. You see the inside of the building, it's a laboratory. It contains tubes, slime, somewhat similar to sopor slime, but you can tell it’s different. There’s… That girl. The human girl, inside the laboratory, surrounded by… Grubs? Yes, there is no mistake about it, the girl is surrounded by newborn grubs, and probably what you assume is the human version of grubs. She’s not wearing her prospit clothes, she’s wearing some kind of burgundy outfit.
[22:35] <Mathmatt878> You see another vision, this time of Saint Aleado. He stands alone in an open field, the winds blowing. Before him, a giant menacing demon stands, larger than Alternia, larger than the UNIVERSE.
[22:35] <Mathmatt878> And the young saint stands tall. He believes. In himself, in what is right, in you. Saint Aleado does the duty his Shepherd requires of him. He stands tall against the apocalypse, and he holds the line.
[22:37]  * Drilfi_Pythia looks to the young saint beside him, and smiles.
[22:37]  * Aleado has seen the exact same vision as you.
[22:37] <Aleado> "Am I going to be okay?"
[22:38]  * Drilfi_Pythia nods solemnly.
[22:38]  * Aleado does the same. He believes.
[22:38] <Mathmatt878> Consider that vision a short rest, spend as many HD as you need. You'll need them.
[22:39] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 5d6+10
[22:39] <Tyche[Dice]> (5d6+10) [18+10] : {28}
[22:40] <Drilfi_Pythia> "Shall, we go?"
[22:41]  * Drilfi_Pythia turns to look at the ominous room.
[22:42] <Mathmatt878> It seems to be entirely empty.
[22:42] <Drilfi_Pythia> Somehow, that's even worse.
[22:44]  * Drilfi_Pythia looks around for any features at all that might give a clue as to what awaits in LONAD.
[22:44] <Aleado> From what you can tell, absolutely nothing.
[22:44] <Mathmatt878> From what you can tell, absolutely nothing.
[22:44]  * Drilfi_Pythia gulps.
[22:45]  * Drilfi_Pythia sighs, and starts walking back to the portal.
[22:45] <Mathmatt878> Switch lands?
[22:45] <Drilfi_Pythia> Switch lands.
[22:45] <Mathmatt878> You do so, and Risca begins having a mental breakdown.
[22:45] <Drilfi_Pythia> "What, is it?"
[22:46] <Mathmatt878> "WHAT IS THIS?! WHAT HAPPENED TO EVERYTHING?!"
[22:46] <Drilfi_Pythia> "Calm.  Be, Calm, child."
[22:46] <Mathmatt878> "I want an answer. What is this place?"
[22:47] <Drilfi_Pythia> "Honestly?  I, don't really know."
[22:47] <Drilfi_Pythia> "I, don't know very much at all about why this place exists."
[22:47] <Drilfi_Pythia> "But, it Does, and so we are going through it."
[22:48] <Mathmatt878> Risca, not entirely happy with this answer, frowns, but does not question anything further.
[22:49]  * Drilfi_Pythia goes downstairs, to the nursery.
[22:49] <Mathmatt878> Aaaaand cue mental breakdown number two.
[22:49] <Mathmatt878> She cries at the sight of the baby bears, scared of what has happened to the nursery.
[22:49] <Mathmatt878> "Why...?"
[22:49] <Mathmatt878> "Who would do this?"
[22:50]  * Drilfi_Pythia puts a hand on her shoulder again.
[22:50] <Drilfi_Pythia> "I, am sorry."
[22:50] <Mathmatt878> She shakes her head.
[22:50] <Mathmatt878> "That's not enough."
[22:51] <Drilfi_Pythia> "No.  It, is not."
[22:51] <Drilfi_Pythia> "But, perhaps fixing this will be."
[22:51] <Drilfi_Pythia> "We, need to keep going."
[22:52] <Mathmatt878> The baby bear from before calls from the corner.
[22:52] <Mathmatt878> "SLEEP."
[22:52] <Mathmatt878> "GROWN UP BEAR SAID SO."
[22:52]  * Drilfi_Pythia suddenly realizes which bear is being talked about.
[22:53] <Drilfi_Pythia> "We, need to see the grown up bear."
[22:53] <Mathmatt878> "Which one?"
[22:53] <Drilfi_Pythia> "The, one who said to sleep."
[22:53] <Mathmatt878> "And do you have any idea of who that might be?"
[22:54] <Mathmatt878> "There are a lot of old koalas around LOPAL."
[22:54] <Drilfi_Pythia> "Not, in LOPAL.  Here."
[22:54] <Mathmatt878> "I have no idea about any... Bears..."
[22:54]  * Drilfi_Pythia strides through the nursery.
[22:54] <Mathmatt878> Tears still streaming down her face, Risca and your other companions follow.
[22:55]  * Drilfi_Pythia checks on the three spirits while he's here, though
[22:55] <Mathmatt878> You find that every the room that had THE BLANKET HORDE is just as empty as when you left it, as well as the crossroads room.
[22:55] <Mathmatt878> Spirits are gone.
[22:56]  * Drilfi_Pythia doesn't care about the blanket room or the crossroads room.
[22:56]  * Drilfi_Pythia checks the room with the fake wall.
[22:56] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 2#1d20+2 Investigation
[22:56] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+2) [15+2] : {17} (1d20+2) [15+2] : {17}
[22:56] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 1d4
[22:56] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d4) [4] : {4}
[22:57] <Mathmatt878> You see a good majority of the room, but it seems to contain only a bed, just like when you left it.
[22:57] <Drilfi_Pythia> "..."
[22:57] <Mathmatt878> With that high roll, however, you note that there are a number of bloodstains inside.
[22:57] <Drilfi_Pythia> WHAT YOU SEE?
[22:58] <Drilfi_Pythia> WHO IS RISCA?
[22:58] <Aleado> "Is that the new one?"
[22:58] <Drilfi_Pythia> YES
[22:59] <Aleado> "She's just a bear with her eyes closed."
[22:59]  * Drilfi_Pythia nods.
[22:59] <Drilfi_Pythia> "Back."
[22:59]  * Drilfi_Pythia goes back again.
[22:59]  * Drilfi_Pythia tells only Risca:  "I, need you to go through."
[23:00] <Mathmatt878> She looks at you questioningly.
[23:00] <Mathmatt878> "Why?"
[23:00] <Drilfi_Pythia> "Just, in case it works."
[23:00] <Mathmatt878> "In case what works?"
[23:00] <Drilfi_Pythia> "You, going through alone."
[23:01] <Mathmatt878> She seems hesitant, but follows through.
[23:01] <Mathmatt878> Immediately as she does, she collapses.
[23:01] <Mathmatt878> A bear completely asleep.
[23:02]  * Drilfi_Pythia picks her up and carries her through again.
[23:03] <Mathmatt878> Only her, or do you go with her?
[23:03]  * Drilfi_Pythia goes with her
[23:03] <Mathmatt878> Then you both switch lands, and she wakes up, now a koala. You are both in LOPAL.
[23:04]  * Drilfi_Pythia only steps through
[23:04] <Mathmatt878> She passes out again, and you are back in LONAD. Aleado and Bear Buddy are awake.
[23:05] <Mathmatt878> Risca is asleep.
[23:05]  * Drilfi_Pythia sighs, and pushes her through
[23:06] <Mathmatt878> You are all now awake in LONAD again.
[23:06] <Mathmatt878> Risca shakes her head.
[23:06] <Mathmatt878> "May I ask what all that was for?"
[23:06] <Drilfi_Pythia> "I, wanted to see what would happen."
[23:06] <Drilfi_Pythia> "The, answer was very Little, as it would seem."
[23:07] <Mathmatt878> "I suppose so."
[23:07] <Mathmatt878> "Are we able to continue now?"
[23:07] <Mathmatt878> "My children are waiting."
[23:07]  * Drilfi_Pythia nods.
[23:07] <Drilfi_Pythia> The continue on, to the dreamcloud room.
[23:09] <Mathmatt878> On your way there, you discover that the bed room has been replaced by a sole IV bag attached to a stand. It stands silently as you enter the room.
[23:09] <Mathmatt878> Anything you want to do with that, or continue to the cloud?
[23:09]  * Drilfi_Pythia examines the bag.  Is it labelled?
[23:09] <Mathmatt878> It is.
[23:09] <Mathmatt878> "Violet."
[23:10]  * Drilfi_Pythia gulps.
[23:10] <Drilfi_Pythia> But he continues on.
[23:11] <Mathmatt878> You arrive in the cloud room, and now, the previously white vision cloud has been replaced by a dark vision cloud.
[23:11]  * Drilfi_Pythia takes a deep breath, and looks through.
[23:12] <Mathmatt878> You stare, and you do see a vision.
[23:24] <Mathmatt878> A meteor descends angrily in space. It is surrounded by others of its kind, a wave, no, an ARMY of meteors fall towards the glowing orb from Prospit’s sky; Skaia. A checkerboard battlefield awaits below, where thousands, even millions of Prospitian bodies lay dead, as well as a similar number of Dersite bodies. Four indistinguishable heroes stare down a giant behemoth of a monster. It wields a pair of giant sceptres, and it appears to be channeling some sort of energy through it. The meteors fall, and three of the heroes fall, dead. The only that remains wears an eggshell-coloured, flowing outfit. For the second time, they have watched their friends die in front of them.
[23:24] <Mathmatt878> You see another vision, this time of your church from the perspective of the meteors. They descend without mercy, their sole purpose of bringing the apocalypse about to be fulfilled. Except, they cannot, for there is an obstacle in the way. The solid embodiment of Hope creates a barrier around your church, freezing the meteors in place. Far below, standing outside the church is your flock, using their psionics to hold back the meteors. Among the group, your newest, and youngest saint.
[23:25] <Mathmatt878> And then the flock falls. They believed. In themselves, in what is right, in you. And now they are dead, because they did not run. Their faith that you would save them drove them to their death. Behind your dying flock, you see a silly troll who needed his children to save him. Who wanted nothing more than adoration from the heroes he gathered around himself, and then convinced them to help one another in his name. Who, when faced with insurmountable enemies… ran away.
[23:26]  * Drilfi_Pythia doesn't smile when he looks at Saint Aleado this time.
[23:26]  * Aleado looks scared.
[23:27] <Drilfi_Pythia> "I'm... I'm, so sorry."
[23:27]  * Aleado shakes his head.
[23:27] <Aleado> "You shouldn't be."
[23:27] <Aleado> "You made us happy."
[23:28] <Aleado> "You gave us something to believe in."
[23:28] <Aleado> "And I still believe in you, Drilfi."
[23:28]  * Aleado hugs your leg.
[23:29]  * Drilfi_Pythia doesn't move.  He only looks back into the cloud.
[23:30] <Mathmatt878> The vision only repeats itself. You see the same images of the heroes being killed, the meteors charging towards the barrier of Hope, and then breaking through to kill all but one of your flock.
[23:32]  * Drilfi_Pythia watches.  He watches and watches and watches, as his flock dies one by one, over and over.
[23:32]  * Aleado hugs you tighter every time.
[23:32] <Aleado> "It's not your fault."
[23:32] <Mathmatt878> Thud.
[23:32] <Mathmatt878> Thud.
[23:32] <Mathmatt878> Thud.
[23:33]  * Drilfi_Pythia realizes that at some point he started crying.
[23:36] <Mathmatt878> Well, let me ask you something, Drilfi. The same question I asked you when you were walking over that bridge.
[23:36] <Mathmatt878> Do you believe?
[23:37] <Drilfi_Pythia> "I..."
[23:38]  * Drilfi_Pythia stops.
[23:38] <Drilfi_Pythia> "Believe, in what?"
[23:39] <Mathmatt878> In yourself.
[23:39] <Mathmatt878> Because they sure did.
[23:39]  * Drilfi_Pythia is not someone to be believed in.
[23:39]  * Drilfi_Pythia is not a hero.
[23:39]  * Drilfi_Pythia never wanted to be a hero.
[23:40]  * Drilfi_Pythia just wanted trolls to be happy.
[23:40]  * Drilfi_Pythia just wanted to make the world a better place.
[23:41]  * Drilfi_Pythia just wanted to live somewhere where the heroes can win.
[23:42]  * Drilfi_Pythia wanted to CARE!
[23:43]  * Drilfi_Pythia wanted to be more than another highblood, another VILLAIN, for the heroes to save the day from.
[23:43]  * Drilfi_Pythia wanted to be kind.
[23:44]  * Drilfi_Pythia wanted to make sacrifices.
[23:44]  * Drilfi_Pythia wanted to support justice.
[23:45]  * Drilfi_Pythia wanted to have resolve.
[23:45]  * Drilfi_Pythia wanted to be FEARLESS.
[23:46]  * Drilfi_Pythia didn't want to be a hero.
[23:47]  * Drilfi_Pythia didn't need to be important.
[23:48]  * Drilfi_Pythia didn't need anything for himself.
[23:48]  * Drilfi_Pythia just... wanted a softer world than the one he was hatched in.
[23:49]  * Drilfi_Pythia wanted a more merciful world.
[23:49]  * Drilfi_Pythia wanted a world where children didn't have to fear being taken by slavers, or falling into an endless sleep, or their friends transforming into savage monsters.
[23:50]  * Drilfi_Pythia wanted a world where there were no heroes, because everyone was their own hero.
[23:51]  * Drilfi_Pythia stands up.
[23:51]  * Drilfi_Pythia doesn't live in that world.
[23:51]  * Drilfi_Pythia isn't a hero.
[23:51]  * Drilfi_Pythia doesn't have to be.
[23:52]  * Drilfi_Pythia draws his wand and marches to the ominous room.
[23:52]  * Drilfi_Pythia hisses as he walks.
[23:52] <Drilfi_Pythia> "I do not understand."
[23:53] <Drilfi_Pythia> "My weapon is little more than a flashlight."
[23:53] <Drilfi_Pythia> "Just like everything else, I don't even get asked."
[23:54] <Drilfi_Pythia> "I am standing on the mouth of the abyss, and it's going to swallow me whole."
[23:54]  * Drilfi_Pythia enters the room.
[23:54] <Drilfi_Pythia> "And it'll choke on me."
[23:55] <Mathmatt878> Well said, Dream Shaper.
[23:56] <Mathmatt878> You enter the room, and as soon as you do, a single imp appears out of nowhere. But this is not a normal imp. This imp is wearing a woolbeast costume.
[23:56] <Mathmatt878> It charges at you, claws raised.
[23:57] <Mathmatt878> Again, far enough for you to just shoot it as he runs towards you, if you want.
[23:57] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 1d20+7
[23:57] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+7) [12+7] : {19}
[23:57] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 3d8+7
[23:57] <Tyche[Dice]> (3d8+7) [13+7] : {20}
[23:57] <Mathmatt878> You hit, and it dies.
[23:57] <Drilfi_Pythia> No words, only pain.  He meant business.
[23:57] <Mathmatt878> But it does not give any EXP, nor any grist.
[23:57] <Mathmatt878> Because it doesn't explode.
[23:57] <Mathmatt878> It disappears into a small cloud of fluff.
[23:58] <Mathmatt878> Suddenly, in the same spot as before, another identical imp in a woolbeast appears, and charges once again.
[00:00] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 1d20+7
[00:00] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+7) [3+7] : {10}
[00:00] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 3d8+7
[00:00] <Tyche[Dice]> (3d8+7) [19+7] : {26}
[00:00] <Mathmatt878> Hit, dead.
[00:00] <Mathmatt878> Another explosion of fluff.
[00:01] <Mathmatt878> Another woolbeast imp.
[00:01] <Mathmatt878> Another charge.
[00:01] <Mathmatt878> Your turn.
[00:01] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 1d20+7
[00:01] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+7) [8+7] : {15}
[00:01] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 3d8+7
[00:01] <Tyche[Dice]> (3d8+7) [13+7] : {20}
[00:01] <Aleado> More fluff.
[00:01] <Aleado> Another imp.
[00:01] <Aleado> It charges.
[00:01] <Aleado> Your turn.
[00:01]  * Drilfi_Pythia marches steadily forward.
[00:01] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 1d20+7
[00:01] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+7) [6+7] : {13}
[00:01] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 3d8+7
[00:01] <Tyche[Dice]> (3d8+7) [12+7] : {19}
[00:02] <Mathmatt878> Fluff. Imp. Charge.
[00:02] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 1d20+7
[00:02] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+7) [13+7] : {20}
[00:02] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 3d8+7
[00:02] <Tyche[Dice]> (3d8+7) [9+7] : {16}
[00:02] <Mathmatt878> Fluff. Imp. Charge.
[00:02] <Drilfi_Pythia> Forwards.
[00:02] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 1d20+7
[00:02] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+7) [2+7] : {9}
[00:02] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 3d8+7
[00:02] <Tyche[Dice]> (3d8+7) [9+7] : {16}
[00:03] <Mathmatt878> As you step forward into range, the next imp gets a chance to attack you.
[00:03] <Mathmatt878> !Roll 1d20-1 to hit.
[00:03] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+-1) [6+-1] : {5}
[00:03] <Mathmatt878> Misses, your turn again.
[00:03] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 1d20+7
[00:03] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+7) [7+7] : {14}
[00:03] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 3d8+7
[00:03] <Tyche[Dice]> (3d8+7) [10+7] : {17}
[00:04] <Mathmatt878> Fluff. Imp. Charge. Strike.
[00:04] <Mathmatt878> !Roll 1d20-1 to hit.
[00:04] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+-1) [16+-1] : {15}
[00:04] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 1d20+7
[00:04] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+7) [13+7] : {20}
[00:04] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 3d8+7
[00:04] <Tyche[Dice]> (3d8+7) [12+7] : {19}
[00:04] <Mathmatt878> Fluff. Imp. Charge. Strike.
[00:04] <Mathmatt878> !Roll 1d20-1 to hit.
[00:04] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+-1) [4+-1] : {3}
[00:04] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 1d20+7
[00:04] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+7) [3+7] : {10}
[00:04] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 3d8+7
[00:04] <Tyche[Dice]> (3d8+7) [12+7] : {19}
[00:04] <Mathmatt878> This continues on, with no sign of stopping.
[00:04]  * Drilfi_Pythia keeps closing the distance.
[00:05] <Mathmatt878> Eventually, you arrive where the imp spawns, and again, it spawns only to swing at you.
[00:05] <Mathmatt878> !Roll 1d20-1 to hit.
[00:05] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+-1) [13+-1] : {12}
[00:05] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 1d20+7
[00:05] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+7) [18+7] : {25}
[00:05] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 3d8+7
[00:05] <Tyche[Dice]> (3d8+7) [16+7] : {23}
[00:05] <Mathmatt878> Fluff. Imp. Strike.
[00:05] <Mathmatt878> !Roll 1d20-1 to hit.
[00:05] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+-1) [17+-1] : {16}
[00:06] <Drilfi_Pythia> Multistrike.  Drilfi hits both the imp and the ground it spawns from.
[00:06] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 1d20+7
[00:06] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+7) [10+7] : {17}
[00:06] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 3d8+7
[00:06] <Tyche[Dice]> (3d8+7) [16+7] : {23}
[00:07] <Mathmatt878> Striking at the same does little more than displace the cloudy ground slightly. A new imp still spawns in the same place, and swings at you.
[00:07] <Mathmatt878> (For all intents and purposes, we don't have to roll anymore. The imp always misses, and you always hit.)
[00:07]  * Drilfi_Pythia continues killing them in this manner for quite some time.
[00:08]  * Aleado watches for about a minute before he speaks up.
[00:08] <Aleado> "Are... Are you okay, Drilfi?"
[00:09]  * Drilfi_Pythia doesn't respond.  Fluff, Imp, Strike, Kill.
[00:09]  * Aleado approaches you, standing by your side as you mercilessly kill the costume-wearing imps one after another without hesitation.
[00:09]  * Aleado hugs you again.
[00:10]  * Drilfi_Pythia falters.
[00:10] <Mathmatt878> Fluff. Imp. Strike. Kill.
[00:10] <Aleado> "This isn't working, Drilfi."
[00:12] <Aleado> "I think you need to stop."
[00:12]  * Drilfi_Pythia keeps going.  Fluff, Imp, Strike, Kill.  He can't let them reach the children.
[00:12] <Aleado> "Drilfi."
[00:12] <Drilfi_Pythia> Fluff, Imp, Strike, Kill.
[00:13] <Aleado> "DRILFI."
[00:14] <Drilfi_Pythia> Fluff, Imp, Strike, Kill.
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[00:14] <Aleado> "DRILFI!"
[00:14]  * Aleado punches you in the side of your stomach.
[00:14] <Mathmatt878> Take one damage.
[00:15] <Aleado> "DRILFI THIS ISN'T WORKING!"
[00:15]  * Drilfi_Pythia stops.
[00:15]  * Drilfi_Pythia is crying.  Had he ever stopped?
[00:16] <Mathmatt878> And now, Aleado is too.
[00:16] <Aleado> "Why are you doing this, Drilfi?"
[00:19]  * Drilfi_Pythia doesn't respond, shaking in place as the imp continues failing to hurt him.
[00:20] <Aleado> "You didn't do anything wrong, Drilfi."
[00:21] <Drilfi_Pythia> Yes he did.
[00:22] <Drilfi_Pythia> How many are dead because of him?
[00:22] <Drilfi_Pythia> How many more will be before this is done?
[00:23] <Mathmatt878> The imp rams into you, but accomplishes nothing.
[00:24]  * Drilfi_Pythia murders it.
[00:24] <Mathmatt878> Add one more to the kill count.
[00:24] <Mathmatt878> Another appears.
[00:25] <Aleado> "Drilfi, please."
[00:26]  * Drilfi_Pythia stares vacantly at the imp.
[00:26] <Mathmatt878> It tries to do anything, but fails.
[00:26] <Mathmatt878> It was clearly not designed to kill, or even harm.
[00:27] <Mathmatt878> The single woolbeast imp stares at you, hatred in its eyes.
[00:28]  * Drilfi_Pythia stares back, with nothing at all in his.
[00:29] <Aleado> "..."
[00:29] <Aleado> "Please say something..."
[00:30]  * Drilfi_Pythia opens his mouth, almost, but there's nothing to say.
[00:30] <Mathmatt878> Yes there is, Drilfi.
[00:31] <Mathmatt878> There is always something to say.
[00:31] <Mathmatt878> A story to tell.
[00:31] <Mathmatt878> And sometimes, all it takes is one, single word.
[00:32]  * Drilfi_Pythia doesn't know what that word is anymore.
[00:33]  * Drilfi_Pythia has run out of stories.
[00:34] <Mathmatt878> Then make your own.
[00:34] <Mathmatt878> Do it one line at a time.
[00:34] <Mathmatt878> What's the best way to start a story?
[00:35] <Drilfi_Pythia> "Once, upon a time..."
[00:35] <Mathmatt878> And the woolbeast imp disappears.
[00:36] <Mathmatt878> This time, two woolbeast imps appear.
[00:36] <Mathmatt878> They charge at you.
[00:41] <Drilfi_Pythia> "There, was a silly little troll who had two hives."
[00:41] <Mathmatt878> And the woolbeast imps disappear.
[00:42] <Mathmatt878> This time, three woolbeast imps appear.
[00:42] <Mathmatt878> They charge at you.
[00:46] <Drilfi_Pythia> "This, silly little troll was named Drilfi.  His, symbol was a triangle with three points on the corners."
[00:46] <Mathmatt878> They disappear, and four more take their place.
[00:48] <Drilfi_Pythia> "Drilfi, didn't have a lusus.  He, had four.  Drilfi, was raised by trolls guided towards Him, like ripples in a pond converging on a point."
[00:49] <Mathmatt878> Five more appear.
[00:53] <Drilfi_Pythia> "Their, names were Essylt, and Seldra, and Korrok, and Ilcarn.  And, guided by either destiny or the gods Themselves, these trolls left behind a legacy for a troll who would hatch five hundred sweeps after each of them had passed away."
[00:54] <Mathmatt878> Six.
[00:56] <Drilfi_Pythia> "Drilfi, is six sweeps old right Now, and he is somewhere new.  He, is in a great deal of Pain, and he is trying his best to keep going despite it."
[00:56] <Mathmatt878> Seven.
[00:59] <Drilfi_Pythia> "Drilfi, cannot afford to stop yet.  Drilfi, is going to keep going through each of his seven Gates, until he's fixed this entire world."
[00:59] <Mathmatt878> Eight.
[01:01] <Drilfi_Pythia> "To, this End, Drilfi, has tools.  Saint Fisher's Resolve, Saint Pius's Sacrifice, Saint Lu's Kindness, Saint Tiburon's Glory, Saint Edgardo's Spirit, Saint Dervish's Relentlessness, Saint Fairgrave's Rancor, and Saint Garg's Might, all support him.  These, eight holy relics allow him to challenge any evil that attempts to stop him."
[01:01] <Mathmatt878> Nine.
[01:04] <Drilfi_Pythia> "There, are people who need Drilfi's, help right now.  Nine, of them in particular are natives to this Place, this singing tower's Basement, and of Those, most are children.  Drilfi, will not ever allow children to come to Harm, be it direct or indirect.  Ever."
[01:05] <Mathmatt878> Ten.
[01:05] <Drilfi_Pythia> "Ten, trolls have died because of his failure."
[01:06] <Mathmatt878> Eleven.
[01:07] <Drilfi_Pythia> "And, count Them, ELEVEN, woolbeasts are not going to stop him from making sure nobody else ever does.  BEGONE!"
[01:08] <Mathmatt878> And then, they're gone. Instead, in their place, one giant amalgamation of all of the eleven imps' fluff come together, creating one giant, monstrous woolbeast. You get the feeling this one won't be defeated so easily.
[01:08] <Mathmatt878> Roll initiative.
[01:09] <Drilfi_Pythia> It doesn't have to be defeated easily.  But it will be defeated.
[01:09] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 1d20+7
[01:09] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+7) [20+7] : {27}
[01:10] <Drilfi_Pythia> Saint Sameo smiles.
[01:10] <Mathmatt878> !Roll 1d20+3
[01:10] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+3) [6+3] : {9}
[01:10] <Mathmatt878> Your turn first, Dream Shaper.
[01:11] <Drilfi_Pythia> Flurry 1.
[01:11] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 2#1d20+7-2
[01:11] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20) [6] : {6} (1d20) [3] : {3}
[01:11] <Drilfi_Pythia> +5 to both of those darn it Tyche
[01:11] <Mathmatt878> Both of those still miss.
[01:12] <Drilfi_Pythia> Mindkind 2 into minor action follow-up
[01:12] <Mathmatt878> Anything else?
[01:12] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 1d20+7
[01:12] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+7) [8+7] : {15}
[01:12] <Mathmatt878> That is barely a hit.
[01:12] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 3d8
[01:12] <Tyche[Dice]> (3d8) [10] : {10}
[01:12] <Drilfi_Pythia> End.
[01:13] <Mathmatt878> The woolbeast takes his turn, and uses Discharge. Fluff erupts from his body, raining down from the high ceiling for three turns.
[01:15] <Mathmatt878> As he ends his turn, and the initiative order resets, some fluff falls on you, sticking to you. You gain one stack of Fluff, which reduces your speed by 5ft, and gives you -1 to hit. As a major action, you may remove all stacks of Fluff that you have.
[01:15] <Mathmatt878> Your turn.
[01:15]  * Drilfi_Pythia shoots.
[01:15] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 1d20+7
[01:15] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+7) [12+7] : {19}
[01:15] <Mathmatt878> Hit.
[01:15] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 3d8+7
[01:15] <Tyche[Dice]> (3d8+7) [13+7] : {20}
[01:16] <Drilfi_Pythia> End.
[01:16] <Mathmatt878> Anything else?
[01:16] <Mathmatt878> The woolbeast uses a different attack; Nuzzle.
[01:17] <Mathmatt878> !Roll 1d20+4
[01:17] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+4) [18+4] : {22}
[01:17] <Mathmatt878> !Roll 3d4+3 damage, and you gain one stack of Fluff.
[01:17] <Tyche[Dice]> (3d4+3) [8+3] : {11}
[01:18] <Mathmatt878> End of his turn, you gain another stack of Fluff from the previous Discharge. You have -15ft speed, and -3 to hit. Your turn.
[01:18] <Drilfi_Pythia> Again!
[01:18] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 1d20+4
[01:18] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+4) [19+4] : {23}
[01:18] <Mathmatt878> Hit.
[01:18] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 3d8+7
[01:18] <Tyche[Dice]> (3d8+7) [16+7] : {23}
[01:19] <Drilfi_Pythia> End.
[01:19] <Mathmatt878> End?
[01:20] <Mathmatt878> This time, the miniboss uses his final attack: Absorb. The three stacks of fluff on you are consumed, and you are automatically hit for...
[01:20] <Mathmatt878> !Roll 3d4 damage.
[01:20] <Tyche[Dice]> (3d4) [10] : {10}
[01:21] <Mathmatt878> End of his turn, you get one stack of Fluff, and the rain stops. For now.
[01:22] <Drilfi_Pythia> Saint Dervish's Relentlessness.  He keeps going!
[01:22] <Drilfi_Pythia> But...
[01:23] <Drilfi_Pythia> Saint Lu's story echoes in his mind.
[01:23]  * Drilfi_Pythia looks to the others.
[01:23] <Drilfi_Pythia> "Help."
[01:24] <Mathmatt878> Bear Buddy and Risca snap out of the trance they entered as they watched you tell your story.
[01:24] <Mathmatt878> They nod.
[01:24] <Mathmatt878> They are filled with hope.
[01:24]  * Drilfi_Pythia shoots the creature once more, then, with the power of both Saint Fisher and himself.
[01:25] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 1d20+6
[01:25] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+6) [4+6] : {10}
[01:25] <Mathmatt878> Miss.
[01:25] <Mathmatt878> Anything else?
[01:25] <Drilfi_Pythia> Only a miss for now.  End.
[01:26] <Mathmatt878> Risca and Bear Buddy charge forward, they each swing twice.
[01:26] <Mathmatt878> !Roll 2#1d20+3 Bear Buddy
[01:26] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+3) [16+3] : {19} (1d20+3) [16+3] : {19}
[01:26] <Mathmatt878> !Roll 2d6+3 damage
[01:26] <Tyche[Dice]> (2d6+3) [7+3] : {10}
[01:26] <Mathmatt878> !Roll 2#1d20 Risca
[01:26] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20) [2] : {2} (1d20) [12] : {12}
[01:26] <Mathmatt878> Both miss.
[01:29]  * Aleado helps too, in whatever way he can.
[01:29] <Mathmatt878> You feel it. You feel the sheer belief that Aleado holds for you.
[01:29]  * Aleado casts Help to give you advantage.
[01:29] <Mathmatt878> Woolbeast's turn; he casts Discharge. End turn to give everyone one stack of Fluff. Your turn.
[01:30] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 2#1d20+5
[01:30] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+5) [4+5] : {9} (1d20+5) [1+5] : {6}
[01:30] <Drilfi_Pythia> Averted a critfail, still helpful!
[01:30] <Drilfi_Pythia> End.
[01:30] <Mathmatt878> Not a critfail!
[01:30] <Mathmatt878> !Roll 2#1d20+3 for Bear Buddy double swing.
[01:30] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+3) [15+3] : {18} (1d20+3) [20+3] : {23}
[01:30] <Mathmatt878> Roll 3d6+3 total damage.
[01:30] <Mathmatt878> !Roll 3d6+3 total damage.
[01:30] <Tyche[Dice]> (3d6+3) [7+3] : {10}
[01:31] <Mathmatt878> !Roll 2#1d20 for Risca double swing.
[01:31] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20) [10] : {10} (1d20) [10] : {10}
[01:31] <Mathmatt878> Both miss.
[01:31]  * Aleado again, believes. All the stories you shared, even the one you just wrote. He believes in you.
[01:31]  * Aleado casts Help.
[01:32] <Mathmatt878> Woolbeast's turn; he casts Nuzzle.
[01:32] <Mathmatt878> !Roll 1d20+4 to hit you.
[01:32] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+4) [17+4] : {21}
[01:32] <Mathmatt878> !Roll 3d4+4 damage.
[01:32] <Tyche[Dice]> (3d4+4) [6+4] : {10}
[01:32] <Mathmatt878> End turn, everyone gets one more Fluff.
[01:32] <Mathmatt878> Your turn.
[01:32] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 2#1d20+3
[01:32] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+3) [10+3] : {13} (1d20+3) [7+3] : {10}
[01:33] <Mathmatt878> That is unfortunately a miss.
[01:33] <Drilfi_Pythia> Not a great day for me.  End.
[01:33] <Mathmatt878> But, things have been going okay for Bear Buddy. He double swings!
[01:33] <Mathmatt878> !Roll 2#1d20+3
[01:33] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+3) [4+3] : {7} (1d20+3) [14+3] : {17}
[01:33] <Mathmatt878> !Roll 1d6 damage.
[01:33] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d6) [1] : {1}
[01:33] <Mathmatt878> Risca:
[01:33] <Mathmatt878> !Roll 2#1d20
[01:33] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20) [12] : {12} (1d20) [17] : {17}
[01:33] <Mathmatt878> !Roll 1d6 damage.
[01:33] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d6) [1] : {1}
[01:34] <Drilfi_Pythia> They tried.
[01:34] <Mathmatt878> They did more than you did, that turn.
[01:34] <Drilfi_Pythia> They did this turn more than I did in the past three turns.
[01:35] <Drilfi_Pythia> But that's okay.
[01:35]  * Aleado again, believes. The speech you gave your flock.
[01:35]  * Drilfi_Pythia doesn't have to be the hero.
[01:35] <Aleado> "TODAY, we ARE going to believe hard enough!”
[01:36] <Mathmatt878> The woolbeast stares you down.
[01:36] <Mathmatt878> Absorb.
[01:36] <Mathmatt878> !Roll 4d4 damage.
[01:36] <Tyche[Dice]> (4d4) [14] : {14}
[01:36]  * Drilfi_Pythia stares it down.  2 HP.
[01:37] <Mathmatt878> The Discharge gives everyone one more stack of fluff. Your turn.
[01:37] <Aleado> “TODAY, a pebble WILL stop a landslide!”
[01:37] <Drilfi_Pythia> "Today."
[01:38] <Drilfi_Pythia> "We, are not going anywhere."
[01:38]  * Drilfi_Pythia bloodcasts Flurry 2.
[01:38] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 3#1d20+2
[01:38] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+2) [16+2] : {18} (1d20+2) [1+2] : {3} (1d20+2) [1+2] : {3}
[01:38] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 3#1d20+2 Advantage
[01:38] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+2) [5+2] : {7} (1d20+2) [18+2] : {20} (1d20+2) [6+2] : {8}
[01:39] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 6d8+14 damage for two hits.
[01:39] <Tyche[Dice]> (6d8+14) [24+14] : {38}
[01:40] <Mathmatt878> -13 HP.
[01:40]  * Drilfi_Pythia falls.
[01:40] <Drilfi_Pythia> -6 HP.
[01:40] <Mathmatt878> Gain 400 EXP. Level.
[01:41] <Mathmatt878> Roll for HP.
[01:41] <Drilfi_Pythia> !Roll 1d6+2
[01:41] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d6+2) [4+2] : {6}
[01:41] <Mathmatt878> Stabilized.
[01:41]  * Drilfi_Pythia levels up to Rung 10: Not Going Anywhere.