Bloodstone #31 | Nightreach pt. 2 | Terra Prime

[00:00:00] You're listening to a Saturday Night Gaming Podcast, Bloodstone, run by the Game Master, Scott Hibbard. Hope you enjoy.

[00:01:12] I'm gonna go into slum form. So it's basically like, these are the get over to your vampires. Like if you hit them, they're like, here I am! What was that thing, was it Jessica that was gonna get it? 15. Oh and then say jump scare. Actually I think she did get it. I think she did get it. Did she? Yeah. I think that's what these guys have, they have jump scare. You hit them and then they're like, bah, boo.

[00:01:39] So 25 damage on the first attack as vampire number 3 flies in and strikes and claws you. Uh. Now, since you're marked and you took damage from them, you also mark your stress. So I mark an extra health? So you mark an HP, yes. That's not good. Does the one that marked me have to die to stop that or? Nope. They last them to the end of the fight? Yeah.

[00:02:08] Until they die. Now, number 16 proceeds to strike. You see where I'm going with this? Yeah there. That's a 22 to hit. Yep. Which one we do?

[00:02:33] That's a 22 damage. That's actually a marker. And then, uh, mark an armor. You also still mark another stress because you are attacked while marked. Okay. And then number 4 attacks. I'm gonna spend these fear to do this. That's a crit.

[00:03:01] I'm gonna get it. I'm right on track to get my re-rolls out. No! That's 53 damage. Uh. Geez. Or, I don't know. Then of course you mark a stress. Or another baby. No. It's 3 total. I've already done that now. Oh, okay.

[00:03:29] I can't compliment anyone yet. I should compliment someone. Oh, I didn't do the... You're taking those blows like a champ. I didn't do the second wind thing yet. Because I wanted to actually have the stress. So, next attack... Does anybody need, like, more of these lower chips? More of chips? I have two, uh... Can you... I am currently empty.

[00:03:58] Yeah, so can you have them now? Yeah. Okay. He has none. Why don't you compliment him? I did! He just said he's taking the hits like a champ. Oh, there you go. Then both of y'all get 3-0. But is it something you have to do on your turn? Or like when it's our turn? It has to be not his turn. Yeah, when it's player spotlight. You have to wait until it's our turn again before you can do that. Fine. I'm leaving until it's my turn. I'm gonna go get caught. Does anybody need anything like that?

[00:04:27] Uh, I could use some extra stress. Uh, you want more stress? He is currently hitting HP instead of stress. I'm gonna start with one HP. Wait, can you wait? Before... I'm doing two attacks against you. See, I got you to do that. Take the feet off and down. It's like getting up to leave, you're like... And that is a... yeah, 22 and a 20 to hit. Uh, yeah, they both succeed.

[00:04:56] You know my... I just looked at it! I just looked at it and saw what your patient was. How do you see so well? She has good eyes. 26 is like the minor of the minor. No, no, no. What your evasion is. Your evasion is a 7. Oh, my evasion is like nothing. 23 on the first attack. Oh, that doesn't even hit the 26 number. Does that mean it hits me? That means it's a 1. It's a 1. It's a 1. Okay, that's not bad. And what's the second one? Also 23.

[00:05:26] Okay, so just 2 HP? However, yes. But you are marked, and since you're marked at that second attack, you also mark your stress. I'm so stressed. Can you touch yourself? What? Once per... You're within close to rest. Yep. Is that how you heal your stress? I can also do the healing field and heal everybody. Nice. Honestly, probably wouldn't be good if I had an idea this turn. Yeah. I'm going to put a healing field down and heal everybody 2 HP. And...

[00:05:55] Nope, once per long run. Traveler. To the vampires, they basically flank you and move into strike as well. I tell them no. Well, that might actually work. Because the first one only got a 12. And the other one got a 13. Are you within close range? Well, tell the first one the fuck off. I'm going to fuck off. You have to be within close range. The second one, yeah. Close range of him. Close range of him. I'm almost close range of him. Um... Oops.

[00:06:25] I'm close. Yeah, the healing field is within close range of where I'm at. I was. The damage is... So you should still be in close. 23 damage. 23? Okay. And then since you are marked, you also mark a stress. Then I'll mark a stress and an HP.

[00:06:54] Oh, yes, because you only have three? I'm down to three now. Yeah. Yeah. So I had three of them swarm you, Mike. Uh-huh. One of them flying, the other two not. And then the other vampires on the ground, two flanked Greg, the other two flanked Traveler. They still don't see Sybil as much of a threat as the other two guys. Wow. So... Wow. I'm going to prove it. Any heals that don't require... Yes, you guys go. I'm going to put...

[00:07:23] I would recommend we do running. Okay, are you within close range? Uh, am I... Is it from a point that you place? Oh, yeah. Close range from you. From me, because it's... Center to center. Center to center of our tank, Denise. We're exactly close. Awesome. I'm going to put down a healing field.

[00:07:54] It's just a... Then you drop? Mm-hmm. Okay. It's just kind of like the big bonus magic field that we have. Well, you don't have to put it down, because it's only one time. Oh, it's one time only? Yeah, it's a one-time thing. Um, and then I'm going to spend two hope, so everyone within close range of me will heal two HP. Allies. Yes, allies only. Uh... These vampires can be an ally right now. Uh, no! I'm choosing to not heal them. Is he hit?

[00:08:24] Yeah, he marked two HP already, but he can clear them. And then... So, to be clear, I just got down to one. Sweet. I'm... gonna use... something. I can spit on somebody, you know? Or something I've got. Or grab somebody else, since the other guy's... So, I also am going to touch myself. Grab and spit. I can do both, actually.

[00:08:52] I can grab somebody and then spit on him. She's like, look, y'all feel better. I can grab somebody, I can spit on somebody. Maybe this Hank has some... Cagle death. Pretty sure consent's given. I can grab and... Uh, while you're doing that, I'm gonna go ahead and touch myself. Okay! I'm gonna grab and spit like he's gonna touch himself. Are you doing it? I'm stressed. I now know why Dan labeled me as the watcher for this session. Oh, God. Changing my name to the voyeur.

[00:09:23] I think I'm gonna go ahead and... spend this to gain two work. Alright. So, I... While you can? I healed you two HP. Oh, thank you. He already marked it. Okay. Could you mark it? I can heal.

[00:09:55] I still have all the stress there. I can't do anything with the stress, I'm sorry. I might have a name. Dan can only heal his own stress. Now, I am where I can receive... Okay. Can I... Or stress. Wait a second. Oh! You have... Who's... Who's the... You said six was hurt? I get... Do you get it now?

[00:10:25] What does that do? Is somebody... Is it somebody like... Number six is... Number 11 is also... It doesn't help your stress. That's fine. And number... Seven is bloodied, and so is number nine. Yes, all the vampires around you are bloodied. Okay, I'm gonna spit on number six. Greg has used his compliment with me. I can't cement at him. Three hope. And I believe it also gives him three hope. Gives you three hope too, doesn't it?

[00:10:54] He gives everyone free hope that is me and him. Yes. You're on target, gotcha. I have hope. I can do teamwork. Alright, we should teamwork. Let's not do it with each other. Yeah. Yeah? That's not even fair. 20 with fear. Well, that's a success with fear. You spit on number six. Oh, yeah.

[00:11:40] 16 damage, and I'm gonna mark... 16 damage? And... corroded with... Okay, that was minor damage.

[00:12:16] But it just became easier to do. Just let me know if you need me to blow somebody. Oop. Actually. I'm gonna mark the enemy. So you spit on one of his back to you. So like it hits his wings. He can't play anymore. Ha ha ha ha. And... In reaction, he turns around and he strikes save.

[00:12:46] Let's see if he hits. That would be 14 to hit. Yeah. Oh. I thought you were gonna have the invasion. I have 11. It's close. You got almost double my invasion. I know, like... 24 damage. What's your rate? Seven. One's six. One's 11. 24 does what to you?

[00:13:13] 24 is in between, so... So two. Or you can use an armor to reduce it by one. Marked. Marked. Marked. What does that do anyway? The mark causes us to mark stress when we get hit. Oh. And then I'm gonna spend three for your... Mike. Hey, how you goin'? You really pissed him off, you know?

[00:13:44] But all of a sudden I'm feeling a whole lot healthier. That is an 18 to hit. Yep. That hits. And that is a 30 damage. Okay. And then, of course, Marked Stress. Yep. Oh, that was a low. That was an 11 to hit. Yep.

[00:14:19] And that is a 24 damage. Marked Stress. Yep. 14 to hit. Yep. That is 22 damage.

[00:14:53] Marked. Marked me up. Death move? Death move. On the last one? Yeah. As the last one completes his attack? Wait, are you dying? Well, let's see what happens. No, we're doing a death move. Nope. It's different. So, the two that are flanking you basically just take turns. One swipes at you as your face goes to the left, the other one swipes at you and your face goes the other direction. And then you see the one that's flying, he swoops in and just basically gouges right there at your throat.

[00:15:21] I'm trying to take out a jugular. So, we're going to risk it all. He doesn't have a jugular, does he? He's flying. He's flying. He's flying. Risk it all, what'd you get? Nine hope versus three fear. Ooh. So that's six. You want to roll one of those again? I can help you. No, that seems good. Nine hope. Because I get to put nine. Nine. You take the hope nine. Yeah. Because I get to put nine. Yeah.

[00:15:52] Risk it all. Man, look at you. And you still roll on highway hope. So. So we get to clear. Oh wait. Yeah. That's. So you get to split between HP and stress. So we put four stress and five HP.

[00:16:12] So describe it as he basically tries to take out your jugular and you start turning into a pile of ooze. I act like it's really, really hurting me. And then I reform and just smile at it. Yeah. My turn. As you see, as it kind of flies backwards, kind of like, it's shocked.

[00:16:41] It's not sure what you are. They attacked me while I was reforming. I finished reforming and then they hit me one last time and I'm like, okay. My turn. Here we go. Y'all want me to attack or y'all want to? I think that one of us should and probably give you a little bit of health with it. I mean, I'm at five again.

[00:17:11] And four stress. So now I'm not burning up the health whenever I lose the stress. I have two minor health issues. I risk it all on my death. I'm not burning up the health whenever I lose the stress. I'm not burning up the health. You did? Oh, I healed it all back. Yeah. I healed back half. Alright. Um, so I am okay. Regardless, I think that Greg, y'all are currently surrounded by more of them than me. Okay. You can initiate a teamwork at this point. Since you have learned clothes.

[00:17:40] I can also take a wonder twin powers actually. Okay. So you teamwork with me. Alright, I'll turn. I'll be the water. And then you two, you can be the bucket of water and she'll be the falcon. I wanted to be the wave. You need a bunch. Yeah. I'll be the elephant actually. I'm going to hold you in my snout. Oh my god. It's weirder.

[00:18:10] And then I just spray it everybody. Squirtle. I mean. Oh, squirtle. Squirtle. Squirtle. If y'all are able to move all this thing to where you're not surrounded, I might be able to use my tank team to do blood boil. Or do I not have that anymore? You're invincible? No. That'd be cool if I was. The war thing, like where you get to count of four. Yeah, yeah. Might be more. Go ahead and add that. I mean she does have some health potions.

[00:18:37] I think that's just a setting for her being protecting. I just realized that I have two minor health potions and a regular health potion. Other than that. Can you give me one of those little things? I don't have one. If y'all could include in your attack. I'm using that one, but.

[00:19:01] If y'all can include in your attack a movement out of the center of all of them, then we could do blood boil on them. Yeah, this did you. We made a fun mess. And the blood boil does two HP on them. Well, that's only if we're in how close of range to you? Very close of whatever I hit.

[00:19:31] Right. Okay. So if you can move to that wall over there at the end of your attack team, I can target over here to where it doesn't hit. She would need to move too. She will be moving on our tag team. Okay. When I'm attacking. Okay. All right. Go ahead and initiate our, so he set up his, what is it called? I don't even know.

[00:20:01] I can't remember. It's on my sheet. Why is there a counter bag on that? Oh, because it's all counting. Ray Joe, is that what you're talking about? No, no, no. He's got another thing called like invincible or unstoppable. Unstoppable. Unstoppable, yeah. So he just started that. I don't know where it is. It's on his personal actual actual actual paper. I didn't draw on it. This is on the plastic. Yeah, we have once per long rest.

[00:20:32] It's a plastic drawing, Sam. Oh no, it's on this. It's on the plastic sheet. He could take the sheet, the actual paper out. I could lick this off. Oh God, please don't. Or do. That's weird. Yeah. It's like ink. Dive for decor. It says right here, my character's unstoppable now. So that's it. Unstoppable one, yes. I don't know what that means. That means you do extra stuff.

[00:21:00] That means you do extra damage with that die. Extra damage. So each time you make an attack, that D4 goes up one tick. Yeah. And then you add that number to your damage roll each attack. Oh wow, that's like nothing. It's something. It is something. It's not nothing. It's not nothing. It's not nothing. It's free. It is free.

[00:21:30] And when we first started it was very high. I don't think too. Oh shit, I took HP the walls down. Oh yeah. Now how will we know where we're going? So you want us to go to the edge of the tool? I don't know where we should be marked. Uh, just the edge of that cliff. So the vampire one is no longer restraining. Yeah, anybody was in it. And what three was in it? Uh, yeah, but the three is restrained by the bind. Oh yeah, three is restrained by the bind still. Yeah. Yeah.

[00:22:00] Alright, so give your three to him. We'll initiate tag team. Alright. Are you marked, Jack? I might be a little stressed. On the inside.

[00:22:29] Oh shit, I need to be hexing people. I forget I can do that. Hex. Hex. Hex. Before you're on the top. What's hexing you? Um, when you or a creature causes you- I can heal. When you- When a creature causes you or an ally within close range to mark any number of hit points, you can mark a stress to hex them. Mm-hmm. Action and damage rolls against a hexed creature gain a bonus equal to your tier. Oh, that's a plus three bonus.

[00:22:59] Yeah. Yeah. Hexing. So, remind me, Jessica and I both have this. Yeah. I'll remind you to start hexing. Scarlet Witch put a spell on you. Jessica and I can both hex people. Where is she? Like, she's- She's being protected. Yeah. She's being- Ulrich and, uh, Trevian are detecting her against other vampires. They're elsewhere. Hiding in a cave. I think there was a ground under the rock that we-

[00:23:27] They got cornered in a cave. The party got separated by vampires. There is a vampiric worm in the cave. It's kind of like Doom but worse. I should use some- That's actually a pretty good idea. I know it is. Why'd you say it? Out loud. You're so- Dan Drew! That's a thought that you keep in your head. It's okay. Because the sun-puppies- Say out loud as one of the- You know how many dangerous things I put into this universe that we play inside of?

[00:23:56] Like, you can just curse my name anytime you get here to press on it. Fuck you. So, while y'all are attacking, remember your movement. Alright, Greg, do whatever your attack is. Alright, I attack the darkness. Attack the darkness. With my blade. And remember you can also double your damage by doing that thing if you want to. I'm doing all that stuff. The rage up? Yeah, yeah. How much do you want to rage up? Twice. Yeah, two stress. So, two stress to rage up.

[00:24:26] That's assuming I even hit him. So, I could just be wasting stress. I'm gonna hit eight. Do you mark the stress before you hit him? I don't know. With the fireball? Yeah. I don't know. That's what I did though. I figured these guys are already getting hurt. We're moving this way. Like as he's cutting, we're running over to these bushes. And as we're running over to the bushes, I'm shooting eight to hit him and fifteen. And which one are you attacking, Greg?

[00:24:57] I am attacking the one to your left. How about this? Slice through six so that you can run behind me towards the bushes. And six is already hurt for you. Yes. And he has a slice in one away. And he also has an easier difficulty because I thought he's put on him. Can I hit more than one? Okay. I'll slice him. I don't know. Can you? Do you have a tag that makes you hit one? I don't know. No. Let's see. That's not very good. Alright.

[00:25:25] I hope that spit worked on him. I have only eleven. Twelve, thirteen, fourteen. I'm gonna go ahead and time will dilate for me again. Is fourteen enough for that guy? Let's see what he rolls. The one that was spat on? I remember you're tag teaming right now. Oh yeah, yeah. I forgot about it. I remember a sixteen does not. That's a twenty, but this one's corrupted.

[00:25:54] Oh yes, that's true. That's a twenty with hope, ten over four. That's better than I got. Twenty with hope. We'll go with mine, twenty with hope, and my fireball is hitting over there. Alright, I'll roll reaction. So now you roll your damage. Damage? Yep, you roll damage. And I got fifteen and eleven. So we'll go with fifteen right here. The one on the outside takes half. Fifteen and a half fifteen? Okay. Yeah, yeah. Eight here I was aiming at. Exactly.

[00:26:23] We'll go with him taking the full. I'll see seven. Where was she? I need those. I need those. I need those. I need those. There's one. Take as many as you want. I'll take this. Nice. I think those are all new twins. I'll take this one. Yes, I'll need four. You'll have very, very... Here's one that's in a different language. I got it. What am I going to do with that? I don't even know how to do that.

[00:26:52] Tell them Oxy, I can't do anything. I can't either. There's only one person that will get you Japanese dice. I think they're pretty, but I can't read them. There's one with koi and glitter in it. Nice. Can you shake it up? Shiny. I have one with just glitter, but I don't have koi in it. Is it Ellie alive? Oh, you can all sea monkeys in it. No, I want sea. It's good. Koi and glitter. Oh, no, it's only a monkey well. Yeah.

[00:27:22] I rolled three nines. This one has ladybugs. Oh, my D20s. No. But it doesn't have, it doesn't move. And then this one's in Japanese. Alright, so that's 45 damage to... Wait, what is that? 50. 50 total. It's like, I don't read Japanese. It's 50 total. So that makes it 25 to 15 and 50 to 8. There. In case you need a board. It takes a bigger damage and then 15 to 8's major damage.

[00:27:56] Mega or major? I say mega. Like mover. Like what's his name? Mega prime or... Mega prime? Yeah, this one of me and John like going together to win. That's the opposing prime. The prime that's like shadows. I'm John prime and he's mega John. Okay. They disappeared. And they cow him. And then they came right to... Okay. Now, you and I...

[00:28:25] Wait, the ones that I just hid just decided to bamf? No, they came to you. Oh. They just appeared and did something. Yeah, they have that... It's the jump scare thing. I'm sure of it. You were trying to get out of that radius so that I can hit everything within very close of... But I have to hit somebody or do something. Yeah, you're tag teaming to do something. So, I'm probably going to hit number 11. Maybe like... So just make sure you are...

[00:28:53] As you're tugging and rolling backwards, you spit. Just try to be there. Or... Or be here? Like bearish. Over by us. Right there? Yeah. Yeah. And... Because I'm going to be hitting 11 with blood boil that deals 2 HP.

[00:29:23] Just 11? Or... Who's it... Who all does it hit? Uh, everybody within very close of 11. Okay. Now, here's an additional question. I think 11 is already damaged. Which of these vampires here is the least damaged? Uh... I think... Quick question. One... Seven, nine, 11... I think all that's happened to one is he got restricted. No one was in the wall, so he's got stresses and everything. He's got stresses but no real damage. Right. I can put the wall up again. I can put the wall up and then move.

[00:29:53] What if you put the wall up here? And it... Trapped the wall up. It puts the wall in it. Yeah. Right. Let's do that. Six is the most damaged. I figured six would be the most damaged. Can... Can I... I mean six, nine, 11, and seven are all bloodied, but six is taking more damage. Can I put the wall up and then move? You sure can. Can I put the wall up like right here to get as many of them as possible? Yep. So you're trapped in the wall. So that would be her action? Yes.

[00:30:21] Two points within far range. Yep. I shouldn't have deleted that wall. Uh, within far range, can you also hit 13? I can... It's within far range, so... I can literally put it... Like this. Like that, right there. Okay. Is that where you want it? Yeah, that's what she was saying. Sure. To get all these guys inside of it. Like pretty much any vampire that's there should be touching it.

[00:30:52] Right, so the end of the wall starts at Vampire 4. I have to succeed on a spell catch roll to put up the wall, though. Yeah. Not hitting Mike. Oh. There you go. Like that. Does that look good? Uh, how does that look? Okay. So you got 4, 9, 6, 11, whoever he is. And whoever he is.

[00:31:18] So I think 7 is just outside and 13 and 16 are outside. Okay. That's pretty good. Yeah. Pretty good damage ratio. Or... They're all like, what the fuck just happened to me? Alright. I hit the point. Which I'm scared. I rolled a 9th minute here. Okay.

[00:31:39] But this has succeeded enough spell cast roll 13 to create it. So I only needed to roll a 13. Yeah. Okay. That's great. Let's take your 19 with fear. Uh, this is only going to deal 1 HP to each of them instead of 2. Because otherwise we're doing...

[00:32:09] 11. Oof. For our spell...oh 12. For our spell cast roll. If she's got a 19 with fear, that still succeeds you. Is it a 20 with fear actually? Oh yeah. It's a 20 with fear because we're within the thingy. Yeah. So let's use hers. And everybody who's within the wall marks 2 stress and has to do a reaction roll passing 60. That's a lot of rolls you gotta do now, buddy.

[00:32:38] I'll have to mark that stress. Yes. Everybody has to mark 2 stress and then... And then react. And then react. Or get stuck. If they fail, they're stuck. Let's see who we got. If it helps the math at all, like with deciding who all needs to roll, everybody within very close of 11 just took 1 HP. There is the button.

[00:33:23] Any answer they all up to 1? Yeah. To help you by not having to roll any of them. No, it's not. 2. But then make some bloody.

[00:33:46] I need to roll 6 because that one's already restrained. What's the difficulty?

[00:34:16] 16. 16? Mm-hmm. Only one of them made it. So at least they're all gonna stick around for me to try to hit him again. We'll say this guy's not made it because he's right down the edge.

[00:34:50] There you go. Buddy is trapped. He's sick. Set number 7. But he did mark 2 stress. Yeah, so number 1 is not bloodied. And then, yeah, all those vampires in that line, every one of them is at least bloodied. Bloodied. I think I just drew aggro.

[00:35:21] Number 4 and number 6 are hurting pretty bad. Unfortunately, they can't come at me. You're right. Except for 7. Well, 4 doesn't have to move to attack you. No. But 4's already been attacked. You're on that side of the wall too, so 7 can come after you without having to go through the wall. Yeah. Well, damn it. I mean, I could have moved as part of that also. Can he still move?

[00:35:56] I marked a hit point. You did? I'm going to go into where slime. You went back into slime form. Oh my god. Because if they attack me, they are also making me lose stress. Oh, oh my god. And if they make me go stressful, then I frenzy. You now have a new friend. Hey! That is a 20 to hit. Yes. For Mike.

[00:36:30] It has 27 damage. Okay. Hold. Uh... Rolls. Take that down. Take that down. Two, three. Oh wait. No, that was just three. And I'm going to pass. That's it? That's all you're doing? Yes.

[00:36:58] You want to auto trigger my firework? I have that one move in to join. So it's our turn again? It's your turn, yeah. Um... So, the ones that are stuck in the wall, we can just like attack them. Yeah. Because they're just like stuck in the wall. They're restrained. They're restrained, yeah. Yeah, they're just fish in a barrel. That's what that's called. Unless they decide to spend one fear for each of them. Bats in a wall. You know, same thing.

[00:37:28] That's actually a phrase here in this world of Wachovia. Bats in a wall. Just shooting them like bats in a wall. Well, that... they're... okay. Um... It works. I don't know what you're worried about. It's a shadowy wall. They're bat people. I would like to... And they're bad people. They're bad bat people. And some of them are men. Fuck yeah. And some of them don't identify.

[00:37:58] You know? So... There's a girl, there's a woman, there's a man. There's a bat girl, bat woman, bat man. Okay. And there's a lot of bat wings. I would like to move here. Ah, you see a whole bat show up. Who knows? That would be bad for us. I would like to move right here. That's the wrong side of the wall, Daniel. He's already on the wrong side. Yeah, he's already on the wrong side. He was. Can we...

[00:38:27] He's born on the wrong side. Can we pass them? I'm going to... What does it already not say? It... It doesn't say anything about allies. Does it say any creature? All adversaries. Adversaries, so yeah. Allies are immune to it. Um, I'm going to... Yeah, it just says all adversaries.

[00:38:50] Mark a hit point and a stress to allow all of my allies within close range to heal one of each. Oh, nice. One stress and one HP. A few things today that go on. You gotta lick it. And then... Did you lick it? There's a wipe right there. I am going to... So you don't have to lick it. Is that what that was? Yes, it's a wipe to wipe. I was like, what is she wiping? I'm going to attack number 11.

[00:39:19] Oh. Oh. These baby life small. It's so you don't have to lick it. Uh... Unless you really, really like it. Oh. One stress and one HP, he said. One stress and one HP, he said. Mark a hit point to Crimson right. I'm also going to delete Wolverine. I'm going to... Oh no! Why isn't he deleting? Oh wait, he's only partially on me. Why is he not deleting? Is that the other side? Is that the other side?

[00:39:50] No. Well, yes. So then there's this one right there. I took... I took a little bit of the initiative. I'm sorry. What's up? So I am attacking number 11. Okay. I'm going to get some babies. With... My act... Or my sword. Yes. But you didn't fail. It is... Oh, what did we do? 18 with hope. There. Which you mark as stress, right? Oh yeah. Or a slime. Yes.

[00:40:19] But, once per rest, when I succeed with an attack against an adversary, I can clear three stress or a hit point on a success with hope, I also clear three stress on a hit point on an ally within close range of me. Nice. So who needs one of those two things? Who has the most stress or daily? I just have four stress. Her. Okay. So you can clear three stress or a hit point. Three stress. Three stress.

[00:40:50] I use the stress for spitting on people. She likes spitting, so... And then, I'm also going to... Uh... I think it was... Mark a stress. You keep marking stress. He's a very stressful character. Um...

[00:41:16] I keep running around in a battlefield with a were blob that's actually woody out. So I get... I don't know guys, but I'm gonna go ahead and attack him, but it might not work out! Ah! And I'm doing... Feels like red traps. We're all gonna die! So I'm doing 3d8 of d10... Spirit animals. And 2d6... To...

[00:41:45] Number 11... And number 9. Uh... that is... Is that a good book or...? Level 1... 15... 19... 21... Plus 7. So 28.

[00:42:08] You just took both of those out. A mess. With your spirit sword. Yeah. As you just cleave them. And then throw it through the wall, get the other one. Now it's... both parts are stuck in the wall. And then... I'm just a plasmoid right now.

[00:42:38] I'm horrible. I'm horrible. Oh my god. Uh... I wish the spit was more of like an AOE thing. Like if I rolled really, really good, it should be. That was with hope. Scatter spit. That was with hope. It's spit on multiple people. It should have like... So... Like if I... If it does it like really good, it should...

[00:43:10] It should... I could spit on multiple ones. Y'all have an action. Unless you want me to run back... No, uh... And attack the other group again. No, I can't run up and... Cause I'm just gonna run back and forth. I'm gonna... Is 6 still standing? 6 is still standing, yes. I'm gonna go spit on him again. I already spit on him like twice. Alright.

[00:43:44] What's that one? 10 total. 10? Yup. Yup, that's a failure of fear. So, that didn't happen. Nope, that just hit the wall. It was a failure of fear. Yes. Mike, some spit lands on the side of you. Hey! Sorry!

[00:44:15] On the bright side. It's what he's made of. He's like, uh, yes. I guess number 6 just kinda like... I'm already dead. So very close as 3 squirts. What was a hit for you? Yes. Retarian customer. He's already had enough again.

[00:44:44] That is 28 damage. Plus Mark of Stress. Too hot to us 10 today. And I frenzy. Oh wait, hold on a second. Let me check that. Yeah, that was 28, yes. And I frenzy? And you frenzy. I'm gonna need to come down with this to close. Here you go. Here you go. Oh, I think it's the pink one in there. The pink one's in Japanese.

[00:45:14] That's not what I use that one. Is it close? Very close? Close. Very close. Just outside of range of those two. But you did hit these two. I did hit all three of those. All three of them. Yeah, you hit the ones in the wall, plus the one that's attacked you. And the one that's attacked you, yeah. So he comes in, he strikes you, and takes some more of that goo. Oh. And you just... Wait, should we go with your slime spikes again? They realize they're addicted to him? Yeah.

[00:45:44] They're like, wow, this guy keeps doing damage to us, but we're really addicted to him. They're trying to kill the unkillable. Okay. Can you say it's lots and lots? It's not small. Uh...

[00:46:04] 23, 25, 22 is 47, 29, 69 plus 31 is 100. Damn. 100 damage? Yeah. Even, wow.

[00:46:37] Woof. You're not an actual wolf. No, I'm a worse... Well, now I'm not. I'm back to being... When these were... Yeah.

[00:47:06] So, of the four that you hit, two of them died. The other two are very badly wounded. Whatever happened to the one that I hit? He's dead now. He just died. How'd he die? Damn. What'd he die? Mike killed him. So, the spikes... And does the wall only hurt friendlies, or is it a wall? Or it hurts almost? Adversaries only.

[00:47:35] So I could move through the wall? Yes, it does not hurt friendlies. You can move through the wall. But that was not my action. That was theirs. Yes. And I'm going to spend two more fear... To give me another death action? Since you're on this side of the wall. Why not?

[00:48:05] I get another death action. That was a 23 to hit? Yep. If you do more than 22 damage. Yeah, that's... Cool. Yeah, 20... Well, plus marker stress. Yeah. I'm not even going to bother to mark armor that time. I'm going to go ahead and just roll. Oh, so this one moves on the other side of you. He kind of, uh, he moves with quickness.

[00:48:34] He moves as you kind of reshape back to human form. And suddenly he strikes and tries to gut you this time. But keep trying to do it while I'm reforming. Yes, exactly. That's when you feel that you're the weakest. Yeah. Now, which... What are you using for death? I'm risking it all. Risking it all. Okay, let's see what happens. Which one's higher? Oh, fear. Fear is higher! Ah, it happened. It finally happened. He just killed himself. What? Yeah, I don't know.

[00:49:04] Is this the second time you... Yeah. In the same... No, the last time I actually killed myself, it was... Less spectacular. Or it was more spectacular. So this one comes in and guts you. Uh-huh. And then, right when you begin to try to reform, the other ones jump in and they basically start tearing you with the pieces. Splashing me all over. Just throwing you all over. Yeah, to keep you from reforming.

[00:49:35] They learned for the first time. I helped as much as I could, guys. Good news is, they're still on the other side of the wall. Yeah. And I'm down in one fear. Here we go. Dan! I cleared almost half of them.

[00:50:04] That was fun, man. Oh, now it's time to start doing things on our end. You just sit here. So am I actually dead? Oh yeah, you died. Like full of death. Oh yeah, you full of died. You risked it all. When you risked it all, roll on a fear die and get the fear die as the highest, you die. That's the first time I've actually gotten the fear as the highest. You died. Yeah, you died. Dead days? Dead days? I've rolled. Well, you sat out there, you jinxed it, you sat out there before you even started and

[00:50:34] said you were going to roll a new character. I have already rolled five new characters that are all Mike. But this one won't be, will it? Now you get to be a druid. I've been leaving pieces of myself. It's just like basically he'll read it down. And now you get to be a druid. Yeah. He evolved. So he's not dead. He's dead. No, he's not. Just like the previous Mike is dead. Well, they have the same memories? Yeah. So he's like regenerating. Does he? Yeah. He'll have the same memories if I can piece all of myself back together. Yeah.

[00:51:03] So basically he gets scattered. I just have to find y'all again. He dies, then he reforms as something new. Well, it's like the doctor when he regenerates, he doesn't really know where he is. He's like the doctor. He's a slime entity that prays to a slime god. Like the doctor does. Oh, I did. I don't know that I'll be different from paradise. Depending on what I roll into. He's a slime lord. Slime lord. Slime lord. I like it.

[00:51:33] I'm a slime lord. So, I think they're down to like half of who they had. Oh yeah, they should be able to take the rest. That's their whole civilization wiped out and all he has to do is just... Well, since you're not there anymore, I can fireball my lord. You can fireball. So, what was the damage? 42. 42. Well, that's enough to take those guys out.

[00:52:04] They're all damaged already by Mike. You can take a mic off of their head. Cause I'm here. Here. There. A little over there. Okay, hold on. I think part of me is floating in the wall. You can spread them out if you want to. There you go. I love it. So, spread love, spread love. I am the party.

[00:52:35] It's been my last fear. To end his status. And then, retreat. These VAMs have had enough. All of a sudden, they don't want to fight you anymore. Yeah. They're, uh... Yes. They fly off. You scared them off? Retreat. What? What the fuck? Because they were shredding.

[00:53:05] What? They splashed me all over the cliffside. Oh no! That means you can't come back now. That's very traumatic. That means you can't come back. That just slows me down. Oh, okay. That is very traumatic. Like, I'm gonna need some therapy now? At least you weren't here to witness it. That's an interesting idea. Being a game therapist for the characters.

[00:53:32] To be fair, I mean, he's this big glob of like... Blades. I made a splash. I never played in 20s. Aww. I love that game. And that was me. And then... They decided to play in the waves. Oh! That's basically the only game that they ever made a note. Of bloodslide. Okay. Oh. I'm done. Who's that at all? What? I imagine it's like Jell-O.

[00:54:03] Oh, God! No! Got a little jiggle. A little chunk. And then a jiggle jiggle. A little wiggle wiggle. Oh, cool! All right. Where are they squelching here? Heh. So... The vampires... Kersplooch? The remaining vampires take to the air and fly off. Why'd they fly away? Because they said, fuck this. They fucked a guy and found out. They're all gonna die. It took half of them to take one guy down. Yeah.

[00:54:33] They kept getting stuck in the wall. There's only half of them left. And there's still how many people up? Three? Plus the ones that they can see where they went. I think they just realized... They did math real quick and realized we need reinforcements. And then there's three more that they couldn't see where they went. Are they going to get reinforcements? They're assuming that we sent three people to go get reinforcements. With that said, what do you do now? Do they all leave? They left. You're on... We hugged them. You're still on the path.

[00:55:03] I'm just kidding. No, we don't. I pull myself back together. Well, don't we like... That's not all of us, is it? Is that all of us? There's no flying things? We killed them all? They ran away. We scared them so bad that they should have a game and ran away. Half of them, yeah. We completely incinerated most of them. They barely did any damage from us. All that happened, we killed Ben in five minutes. Do you want me to... That sounds actually pretty good. ...introduce them to what I look like when I'm on the fly? No! Please don't!

[00:55:33] So, um, what are you doing Mike? Uh, he splashed all over the website. Can I get you together? I was going to say we do, you know, a proper burial, but never mind. He's everywhere. Fuck that! Sorry, Mike! That's okay. Honestly, it's easier to pull myself back together if I'm not covered in sand. Oh, we're gonna wait for him to pull himself back together?

[00:56:00] I hope this is what you would have wanted, but I'm gonna leave you be and just... The little brrrr on your shoulder. Oh God! No! That's gross! Ew, ew, ew, ew! It's in your hair. No! It's on the hair!

[00:56:29] Version of me like handhelds. Like Mike and I? Oh, like a tiny Mike. Like a tiny Mike! It just kind of waddles up to... This is like Flubber. This is like Flubber. Yeah, yeah. Do a little dance. Can we like... Do a little dance? Can we do some sort of a ceremony right here and like try to regather this ooze? Because we know he's gonna reform into something. Can we somehow like... You can try to gather as many pieces as you can. Can we make it Mike-o-risen?

[00:57:01] Mike starts praying. It's vocal cords. You have a little piece of Mike in your hand and you just kind of see it like... Yeah, we just start by collecting Mike's. He's like Groot. Yeah. And we like bury him and then like see what comes out of the... What if each one becomes its own thing? No, it's like Lobo. It's like Lobo. So like when every drop of blood becomes a Lobo... And they all have to fight each other.

[00:57:30] They fight and eat each other because then more drops of blood will become more Lobos. Yeah. So they have to eat everything until the main man is the other one left. That sounds right. Is that what you're gonna do? Like it's look. The new me will be the best of me. So is there a way we can do that right now? I mean you can try and get as many pieces as possible and just kind of carry with you until you got it. I mean vacuum. Yeah, I'm assuming...

[00:57:57] I'm just gonna go around and like scrape him off of stuff or if he's like on a rock I'll just put it around. I'm assuming it's gonna take at least a long rest for me to do a ceremony to put myself back to work. You can put them inside me and I'll hold him. Pretty much. Let's put them all inside you. You're a perfect carrier. Yeah, yeah. He'll be sloshing around in there as I walk. He's... As he walks he's here just sloshing. Gadoom! Gadoom! Oh, hey can I get that out of your hair real quick? Oh God! No!

[00:58:27] I need to put that back inside of the armored man over here. Oh! I like the picture of just being like Flubber. Oh! Oh! Now I realize where all these characters are coming from. You just loved that movie. I did. It was such a good movie. Do you uh... That and Alex Matt continue? Yeah. Oh, I remember that. Alex Matt was so good. Yeah, we'll continue. He loved that show with the girl that turned into the silver ooze.

[00:58:56] Yeah, nowadays that would disturb me. But I guess when I was a kid I thought it was cool. Alright. Honestly, the graphics they could do now. Yeah. So as you... I should come back. Pull as much as you can of Mike and his ooze and what's remaining. Uh... You carry it with you and Greg. Yeah, yeah. And you continue. The climb has been relentless. The jagged spine of Dagger Reach rises around you like the ribs of some colossal long-dead beast.

[00:59:23] Black granite cliffs tower overhead, slick with mist and streaked with veins of silver ore that catch the faintest glimmer of light. The air is thin, sharp enough to stain the lungs, and every footstep echoes that the mountains themselves are listening. This is Duskwatch's Borderland. A place where the land remembers rebellion, where the dead whisper in stone, and the living survive by stubbornness alone. You've already felt the presence of the predators who roll these heights.

[00:59:50] The Night Reach vampires, sky hunters of obsidian wings and predatory grace, have circled you more than once. The silhouettes gliding silently between the peaks. But today, they keep their distance. Because today, you walk to one road they do not claim. You find the saint's path. Okay. Saint's Road?

[01:00:20] Is this kind of like a saint's road? We call it that? Yeah. So, this is a path through the mountains. That's pretty. Mm-hmm. That is largely untouched. Vampires. They call it... No. No. No.

[01:00:46] The trail widens unexpectedly, opening to a broad ancient roadway carved directly into the mountainside. Weathered stone markers line the path, each etched with the sigil of Saint Vanessa, each wrapped in faded prayer ribbons that flutter in the cold wind. This is saint's path, the only route through the dagger reach that the vampire courts leave untouched. Not out of mercy, but out of calculation. The mortal traffic that moves along this road, shepherds, traders, pilgrims, feeds the culture and economy of dust watch.

[01:01:16] The bloodlines understand that too much predation here would starve the land that they rule. And so, for reasons as pragmatic as they are in settling, Saint's path is safe. Or at least, safer. The silence here is different. Not predatory. Not haunted. Just watchful. The wind carries a distant clane of a shepherd's bell. A caravan's lantern flickers far ahead, bobbing like a firefly in the gloom.

[01:01:40] The path slopes gently downward, leading toward dust watch inland valleys, toward peat-choked moors, wind-scored highlands, and villages that clean the light with hawthorn hedges and silver bound gates. As you walk, the world shifts. The air grows colder, but not with winter's bite. This is a deeper chill, the kind that settles into the bones. The sky darkens, not from storm clouds, but from the sheer height of the cliffs that loom above, blotting out the sun.

[01:02:09] The dusk watch is a province where the night is the sovereign power. Where the dust-borne rule minds, the hollow veil stalked to passes in barbell shapes, and the night-reach dominate the skies. And somewhere beyond these mountains, the vampire courts whisper of unrest, of omens of shifting alliances, of a shadow rising from Valgaard's turmoil. Your arrival is not unnoticed. For a first time in days, the wind calms.

[01:02:38] The path levels out, revealing a stone archway carved into the cliffside. Its surface is etched with ancient prayers, warred against the geists, against glamours, against the curse that stains dust watch the soil. A small shrine stands beneath it, candles flickering in the mountain breeze. All frames lie scattered around its base. Coins, dried flowers, a child's wooden toy. A reminder that even in land ruled by monsters, faith endures. A reminder that mortals still walk this path. A reminder that you are not alone.

[01:03:14] Beyond the archway, the saint's path would descend into the shadowed valleys of dust watch. You can see the faint glow of distant farmstates, the silhouettes of hawthorn hedges, the watchful flicker of a lone beacon tower. Saints watch. Perhaps burning defiantly against the encroaching dark. And high above, perched on distant spire, you see a pair of wings unfurl. The night-reach are still watching.

[01:03:43] But for now, they let you pass. Now they're like, fight that shit. We just saw that. So you have an opportunity. You're at this shrine. You may stop and take a rest. Or you may continue onward to Gravenmir. Which Gravenmir is? Am I still marked? No, not anymore. I think that we should stop at the shrine.

[01:04:08] Gravenmir is this marshland between Dagger Reach and Castle Dracula. Yeah, let's stop at the shrine so we can like pour the bits of Mike together and wait for... Same point. Travion and Ulrich. Wait for everybody to meet up. Yeah, wait for them to catch up to us. Since we were like, peace out bitches! Yeah. Sounds like a good thing. Yeah. Sounds like a good thing.

[01:04:35] Like we'll bury the pieces of Mike at the bottom of the shrine and then maybe he'll like raise up from it and it'll be like a part of his dominion. We hope you've enjoyed this week's episode. If you did, head over to our website, SaturdayNightGamingLLC.com for some more fun content. Also, make sure to like, share and subscribe on all of our social media platforms. I hope you have a fantastic week. And until next time, this is Laura Hibbard with Saturday Night Gaming signing off.