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Episode 116: The Weave Mind

Last we left off, the Mighty Nein (after trekking alongside Bell’s Hells to the red mooon Ruidus) keeping low within the core of the city Kreviris until they were notified that the assault on the Malleus Key had commenced (and when they were likely in the best position to separate and tackle their two separate goals). The Mighty Nein set off with the Volition waiting for a detonation on the outskirts of the Prime Pillar citadel, known as the Arx Creonum.
With a massive explosion, a portion of the outside of this stronghold was destroyed and left exposed. You trudged up these cables that were fired upon it and then some of you fell from them. But you managed to salvage the arrival. The battle along the outskirts of the exposed portion of the citadel (the exterior battlements, where numerous Reiloran guardians were defending against the arriving attackers and yourselves as well): defeating a number of them and managing to dart into the exposed interior (among one of the many broken floor openings to the core of the stronghold).
You began to sprint down one of these long marble hallways with the sound of Gaz Tomo covering your rear, charging towards where you think the Weave Mind might be hiding within. You hear the sounds of echoing footfalls throughout distant hallways. You’re uncertain to figure out at the moment if they’re getting closer or further away. You also hear the sounds of shouts, the impacts and crumbling of stone, and the occasional shaking of the Arx Creonum. The chaos right now is so fresh, that you’re unable to really ascertain any specific details, but you do know that there are other figures moving throughout these halls ahead and beyond.

Previous Episode: “To the Arx Creonum”

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    Sam’s Flask


    image of a trophy with a large “1st” on it
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    Flask #2


    “Best Spider Climber”

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    Cooldown

    06:51 TLC - Waterfalls

    Highlights

    • 00:10:54 Jester:“Hey! New rule: Let’s not try to kill each other while we’re fighting all of this bad stuff, okay?”
    • 00:12:45 Fan Art Moment The design mashup of what a Reiloran Giant Eagle would look like for Caleb and what a massive Reiloran Flying Beetle would look like for Caduceus
    • 00:18:59 Caleb:“Thank you, Caddy.”
      Fjord:“Thank you, Ducey.”
    • 00:19:51 Veth:“That twiggy bitch called me ‘stubby’!”
    • 00:20:00 The special investigator magnifying glass, an empty pickle jar.
    • 00:21:46 Sam:“So we follow the veins to the base?”
    • 00:25:20 Caught
    • 00:32:14 “Shut up, baby, I know it.”
    • 00:35:17 ??:“Ah, visitors…”
    • 00:37:09 Reiloran attack creatures
    • 00:38:25 Beau actually runs out of ball bearings.
    • 00:41:32 Nat 1 for Caduceus
    • 00:44:09 Fan Art Moment Caduceus as the “Hang in There” cat poster.
    • 00:49:00 More gambling. Veth:“Goddammit Caleb, you fucked me!”
      Caduceus:“There’s no pockets in your burial shroud. Just try and remember.”
    • 00:52:38 The door holds
    • 00:54:21 Space Admiral Fjord Stone, Moon Captain
      Taliesin:“I believe in you Sailor Moon.”
    • 00:55:15 Fan Art Moment Veth Brenatto’s “Bookie” outfit with the green dealer visor.
    • 00:57:52 Butt Pinch Guidance
    • 00:58:30 Fan Art Moment The Calendar carved into the Ruidian Glass, marking the illuminated phases of Exandria and Catha (the other moon).
    • 00:59:35 Fjord:“These doors don’t look promising. We should go down and keep looking.” (The cast has famously had poor dice rolls when interacting with latched entryways throughout all three campaigns)
    • 01:00:30 Fortune's Favor for Jester.
    • 01:03:16 Fjord’s sword Star Razor is used to cast See Invisibility
    • 01:09:29 Fjord’s taffy pull
    • 01:12:05 A clutch cast of `Far Step’ breaks Fjord free
    • 01:13:04 The rest of the team thinks Fjord looks like he is pulled apart.
      Beau:“One thousand gold!”
    • 01:13:31 Beau spends four Ki Points to take an exalted Monk form Empty Body granting invisibility and resistance to damage (except force damage) for 1 minute.
      Veth:“Oh no, they killed Beau!”
    • 01:14:33 In twain!
    • 01:14:49 Yasha gets 2d8 bonus radiant damage from Holy Weapon
      INTERMISSION
      After the psychic tug-of-war upon Fjord Stone, he vanishes into a puff of magical energy. Beauregard turns invisible and charges in after, where you see him within the chamber standing there at the ready. You’re uncertain, you cannot actually see anything in here at the moment, but you can see where he’s standing and where he’s focused on. You rush up to feel that static sensation (this intense pressure on your consciousness is just by proximity) is strong, right next to where this crystal is. You’re uncertain if it’s the crystal or where this entity might be, but you can (given that you’re a monk with high enough wisdom) know that it’s nearby, and you also have initiative. Beauregard, what would you like to do?
    • 01:33:30 Sam gets startled by something
      Marisha:“I thought you farted and it spooked you.”
      Ashley:“I smell a fart.”
      Matt:“That’s the smell of fear.”
      Laura:“Slowly leaking out.”
      Marisha:“Why does my butthole tickle?”
    • 01:38:19 The Caduceus
    • 01:40:42 Sam reveals his shirt picture is of a young Taliesin Jaffe
    • 01:43:06 Fjord attempts diplomacy
    • 01:46:57 Weave Mind:“We ensure the future of our people. We seek the Blue Dream that you squander. We are the vessels for its will, and we will see our people freed…You arrive here for the purpose that all do in times of challenge and war, to stop us. A shame. Throwing your lives away when they could be so much more useful…Exandrian rodents. Insignificant beings…Ludinus is serving his purpose. When his purpose is complete, he won’t be of concern. You may sit down and watch as we work, or we can finish this charade and send you on your way.”
      Veth:“There’s no chairs in here. So I guess we have only one choice.” loads crossbow
    • 01:56:26 Fjord’s Faerie Fire fizzles.
    • 01:59:41 Fan Art Moment Jester calls upon The Traveler with Divine Intervention and swarms of small spectral golden dicks shatter the illusion hiding the Weave Mind.
    • 02:01:17 Marisha:“Bitch, be cool.”
    • 02:01:18 Ashley:“You’re doing it, Peter.”
    • 02:02:11 The most ‘Ginas’ lollipop with serrated blades
    • 02:03:50 Ego Hunter: Sentient fragments of a single individual. In other words, partial mind-clones with incomplete memories that have been “forked” from an original personality in order to carry out some specific task.
    • 02:07:58 Caleb casts Time Stop granting five turns at once.
    • 02:09:13 Marisha assumes ‘Battle Perch’ position
    • 02:16:23 Discovery! The Weave Mind share a health pool
    • 02:17:32 Hard to hide when you’re a glowing ball of fire
    • 02:18:00 Gouge Ether cast on Caleb
    • 02:20:08 Veth screams as one of the Weave Mind teleport nearby
    • 02:21:21 Bachelor party
    • 02:21:33 Entropic Storm
      Sam:“Entropic Thunder.”
    • 02:25:17 Veth rolls a 35 for stealth
    • 02:29:30 The Weave Mind’s Drain Prowess ability is about to go off which reduces attack rolls by 1d6
    • 02:33:37 Yasha destroys the crystal arch.
    • 02:35:27 Caduceus’ Divine Intervention prayer to the Wildmother:“The first body in our charge was made entirely of violet crystal. It never sprouted any plant. It never sprouted tea. It never sprouted a flower. It only gave us the grove itself. This is where we’ll begin the next graveyard. Which of you will be the first to be interred?”
    • 02:38:15 Matt admits that the destruction of the crystal arch removed one of his “cool” lair abilities.
    • 02:40:06 Taliesin:“This may be the one-inch punch.”
      Liam:“One Punch Girl?”
    • 02:41:59 Laura:“We’re nerds.”
    • 02:44:56 Fjord gets up to an important looking crystal on an elevated dais and destroys it
    • 02:47:03 Loose butthole
    • 02:49:22 Lair Action: Psychic Pressure all players within 20ft or a crystal, or pass within range during their turn, have their movement speed halved.
    • 02:50:28 Taliesin:“Doing the big arms.”
    • 02:54:02 Sam hates Krispy Kreme?!
    • 02:54:54 Giant Vaginal Weapon
    • 02:57:41 Rend Arcana reaction by the Weave Mind
    • 03:03:00 Sam and Ashley harmonize SFX
    • 03:05:47 Two Natural 1 rolls from Sam.
    • 03:08:07 Weave Mind (Sense Render) uses the ability Divide Cognition: All creatures within 30ft make a CON save.
    • 03:13:24 Fan Art Moment Caleb’s midair cast of Gravity Fissure through three of the Weave Mind
    • 03:19:12 Taliesin:“Yep. Fuck a duck.” (Tal’s grandfather directed a film called Lord Love a Duck)
    • 03:20:35 Caduceus falls
    • 03:21:55 Sam:“How do you want to screw this?” (teasing Taliesin’s difficult choice of which spells to remove)
    • 03:23:47 Horrid Puppet is cast on Beauregard
    • 03:27:11 The return of Silvery Barbs
    • 03:29:27 Teef?
    • 03:34:31 They’re showing a little wear and tear.
    • 03:36:27 Marisha:“Fucking triangle.”
    • 03:38:09 Marisha:“That’s balls.”
    • 03:41:31 Beau scares the crap out of a blind Veth
    • 03:43:27 Another crystal down
    • 03:44:37 Taliesin:“It’s not my fault that no one took it well.”
    • 03:46:03 Drain Nerve
    • 03:51:36 “They’re starting to look a little hurt.”
    • 03:53:36 Jester heals! 9th level Mass Heal
    • 03:55:17 Fjord is left out of the healing party
    • 03:58:00 Caleb’s Mirror Image fails to protect him a second time
    • 03:59:32 Sam chooses which spells Caleb loses
    • 04:03:19 Psychic Tempest hits everyone except Fjord
    • 04:07:37 Gouge Ether ability hits again.
    • 04:10:30 Veth decides to hide in the container of one of the shattered crystals
    • 04:11:11 “Absolute dogshit, my life is ruined. We’re great.”

    (continued)