Episode 12: Everyone Dies…Again.

Next! Four heroes are all that stand between the dragon queen’s hordes and their beloved city. Can they hold off wave after wave of draconic destruction?
No.

I believe it was the American poet Emily Dickinson who said,
“Dying is a wild night and a new road.”

DM - John Ciccolini
Tower Armorer - Bill Rehor
Amalla (Autumn Eladrin Paladin) - Mica Burton
Norty (Goliath Artificer) - Amy Vorpahl
Tsogomo Scruggs (Bugbear Cleric of Bahamut) - Kyle Newman
William Smallwood (Human Ranger) - Matthew Lillard

You stand at the top of the Keep of Greenest. Greenest is a provincial town on the Uldoon Trail. All around, billows of smoke fill the sky, as you look down on the town that as been destroyed beneath you. The forces of the Army of the Dragon have surged forward to take the city, and you all have been charged with defending the roof of this tower keep. This 50’ diameter, crenelated tower. Below in the keep, is where all the townsfolk have congregated. Those who have survived, and they’re depending on you.
Okay, so your captain, Captain Homer Lockjaw, comes running up the steps onto the roof. He barks at you,
“You best be prepared for a very, very long night of battle. The longer you can stay alive, the better off we’ll all be. I suspect forces are coming to aid us. But they may not be here until morning.”
There are forces all throughout the town. The problem is that there’s smoke everywhere. So your visibility is limited, but you can hear them moving about.
Captain Lockjaw goes down into that trapdoor. As you’re all casting and huddling up, out of the smoke, riders come swooping in to attack. They’re riding these dragon-like creatures. You don’t think they’re dragons, but they have masks that look like dragons on them. They swoop down and attack with spears, and they appear to have military training because they’re attacking in coordinated ways that seem to be giving them advantage.

Highlights

• 10:20 World Record for fastest TPK
• 10:45 Bahamut saves the day! But…
  Each of you have now been resurrected. You’re back on the roof, and there’s only one change. As each of you were resurrected, there is some little tweak…
  Norty goes through a “second puberty”.
  William Smallwood becomes Willhelmina and readies an arrow in her bow.
  Tsogomo’s traits (stinky, hairy, contrarian) are slightly amplified
  Amala gives herself bangs for breaking up with her previous diety, Oberon.
• 20:10 World Record for fastest Double TPK
• 21:50 Another rez…
• 31:52 World Record for fastest Triple TPK
• 32:50 Level boost to 10!
• 33:20 Tsogomo is a believer now.
• 34:08 Willhelmina becomes non-binary.
• 35:00 Muthafuggin’ TIAMAT
• 36:12 24 to hit…JUST misses
• 42:50 Last Resort: Summoning Bahamut like a cat in the Ethereal Plane