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[Spoilers C3E120] Episode Discussion

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4h 52m 3h 06m

Episode 120: The Red End

Bell’s Hells, after trekking deep into the depths of the red moon of ill omen, Ruidus, you found yourself at the very core. After sending Ludinus’ form scattering into some oily bubbling substance, you stepped into the central chamber, where the two Ruidusborn accepted a meeting. As you watched it swell and grow to a monstrous size, and begin to step towards its exit, you all rallied around this terrifying entity. Trying to beseech your friend who seemed beyond your reach as Imogen (somewhere within the consciousness of Predathos) sought to engage with the shreds that remain of the two gods it once swallowed and forgot in history. As you battled it, trying to peel back its hardened carapace (and the blue-green crystals that armor its torso and body) you began to see opportunities to reach for your friend where you managed to free one of the two lost entities.
In a moment of crisis and panic, Laudna placed the (bequeathed) legendary mask of The Matron upon her face, discovered it was a fake (crafted by one of her own companions, Braius) and through some rapid fenagling with your terrifying Form of Dread you placed your face into it and briefly transported the consciousness of you and the rest of your troop into the Matron’s realm to have a discussion with her. There in that stretched moment of time, you came up with a very curious possibility on how to deal with the current Predathos-God situation on Exandria. After expressing this possibility in a bit of banter, your moment came to a close and you had to choose two from a number of boons that the Matron could provide.
As you stepped back out of her realm and into your conscious selves back here on the moon, you chose the recovery of some of the arcane knowledge that your group had expended as well as a brief swell of lively experience (temporarily gaining two levels from 15 to 17). Finishing destroying this entity (as it crumbled, it’s form shattering across the room in innumerable shards of broken Ruidian glass) you had a moment to breathe in the silence and process what had happened before the room itself began to shake. As (erupting from across the chamber) a massive kaiju-head Predathos (currently furious) began to burst through the ground where two of its massive claws reached out to claim vengeance and possibly reclaim its vessel. To ride out and beyond, to feast upon the quaking gods beyond the divine gate.
As these massive claws come streaking through the air (their fingers reaching, the scythe-like claws cracking in the air as it expands),
the gargantuan crested head of Predathos roars.
It’s mouth lighting up with a bright glowing-blue light, and you see a flicker of black energy inside that seems to pulse.

Previous Episode: "Predathos Awakened"

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    Highlights

    • 00:02:34 Classic Naoe
    • 00:03:30 "It's dangerous to go alone take this
    • 00:09:36 Laura:"Tee hee!"
    • 00:12:39 9th Level Foresight from Dorian
    • 00:13:59 Travis:"Poop, spelled backwards, is poop."
      Matt:"It's always been there. Upside down? 'boob'."
    • 00:14:37 Matt mimes slamming a massive Predathos dildo on the battle map
      Fearne:"I got this one!"
    • 00:15:24 Three way rollies for initiative order
    • 00:19:31 Chetney's Brand of Castigation is still on the head
    • 00:24:16 Laura:"Oh my god. He's going to be able to swallow us."
      Travis:"No! Don't say that! He probly wasn't thinking it until you said it."
    • 00:24:34 Marisha:"Herdy Derdy Derdis."
    • 00:26:31 Noone says "Stop it!" after Liam's sneeze?
    • 00:27:56 Travis:"Gurl, those nails are busted...aww these are gels..."
      Marisha:"$18 on these acrylics."
      Matt:"You should see this bitch try and type."
      Travis:"Are Lee Press-Ons still a thing?"
    • 00:28:43 The hand takes psychic damage from Imogen's Mind Sliver
    • 00:29:45 Predathos' special beam attack: Shriek of Oblivion All the crystals and its eyes go jet black, and that small void at the back of its throat gets larger and larger and the surrounding area becomes suddenly quiet before it fires an absolute shrieking beam of black energy. 62 damage on a failed save.
    • 00:32:39 Laura:"Just make triangles."
    • 00:35:22 Predathos the Evolving makes a Meteoric Slam attack with one of the hands
    • 00:37:11 Ball bearings! Kidding! Laudna casts Secret of the Shadow Shard
    • 00:39:14 Ashley's sneeze gets a 'Stop it' from Sam
    • 00:40:10 Imogen:"You can shadow right underneath me, baby."
      Liam:"It's real dark in this crack."
    • 00:41:36 Ruinous Claw misses Orym as he lands on Predathos' head thanks to Truthbearer, fabled plate of Uther Vendrock
    • 00:42:17 Matt:(Thunderfury)"Blessed Blade of the Windseeker?"
    • 00:43:01 Liam:"They were both 18."
    • 00:43:28 Predathos' reaction Condense Glass provides 20 temporary hit points
    • 00:44:26 Travis:"Are you saying, canonically, that if Orym dies, it's Robbie's fault?"
    • 00:45:51 Orym:"Uhh. I think we're kinda fucked!"
    • 00:46:13 Special Attack: Maw of the Red End completely devours Orym...until he uses Misty Step
    • 00:48:17 Predathos gets 4 arms now
    • 00:53:08 FOMO hits the Hells
    • 00:53:45 Fearne lands every Scorching Blast shot
    • 00:54:19 Travis:"Legible dice."
      Ashley:"I am, I am, I promise...I'm not using any of my teeth."
    • 00:56:54 Matt:"If a massive kaiju could look incredulous at 'being shat on from a monkey', it would be."
    • 00:57:53 Legendary Reaction: Telekinetic Vacuum
    • 00:58:45 Matt:"You guys Babe Ruth-ing this shit is crazy."
    • 01:01:18 Laura:"He's giving off Jeff Goldblum energy."
    • 01:03:09 Laura(teasing Sam's minotaur):"I'm gonna moooove."
    • 01:04:11 "I am Brontë Wyvernwind, only son of the Silken Squall." 8th level Crown of Stars
    • 01:04:51 Laura(Aussie accent):"So many motes."
    • 01:07:04 Bane callback
    • 01:07:40 Travis(Slavic accent):"You son of bitch..."
    • 01:10:28 Marisha:"I've seen this hentai."
    • 01:10:30 Screech of the Ravaged Mind
    • 01:13:52 "Thunder! Thunder!!"
    • 01:15:13 Ashley:"This one goes to eleven."
    • 01:16:30 Sam reads an ad for Scanlan's Hand Pies, Pocket Bacon, and Strongjaw Ale charms. Almost hits Ashley with the crumpled paper and quickly acts innocent.
    • 01:17:48 Shout out to Colm McGuinness for making the custom Predathos soundtrack for this battle
    • 01:18:02 Horse girl is going ham. 12D12 damage on a crit.
      Travis:"I have a wood chisel."
    • 01:20:12 Taliesin:"Alright. Shit. Fuck."
    • 01:20:33 Sam:"You don't know."
    • 01:21:37 Sam shows Ashley and Laura a video of Robbie dancing in slow motion
    • 01:24:03 Travis:"We're plotting. Don't look at our faces."
      Matt:"You're stalling."
    • 01:24:49 Marisha:(monotone)"I'm coming, I'm coming"
      Sam:"That's what she said."
      Travis:"That's NOT what she said!"
      Matt:"Very clinical."
      Laura:(imitating)"I'm coming, I'm coming."
      Matt:"Almost, almost."
    • 01:26:09 Braius:"You're sparing me? Why?"
      Laudna:"We'll talk later. You're not off the hook."
    • 01:27:55 Marisha:"Auntie Em!"
    • 01:29:17 Laura is too hot
    • 01:31:34 Predathos regains Shriek of Oblivion and moves its toothy maw to another position
    • 01:34:57 Fearne falls and Mister is distressed
    • 01:36:12 Matt can't hide his satisfaction from finally getting a crit that Marisha can't Silvery Barbs away, "So sorry."
    • 01:37:27 Did someone say Rock and Stone?
    • 01:39:01 2 death saves lost for Fearne
    • 01:41:12 Marisha:"Sam decides tonight to be evil."
    • 01:42:11 Sam:"That's a very high tit roll."
    • 01:43:36 Braius perceives Imogen's Inspirational Titty Flash as a divine sign and heals Fearne
    • 01:44:36 Matt:"Look, I gave you a titty.”
      Sam:”For my bonus action I will...”
      Matt:”Rub one out? Just turn this into the End of Evangelion”
    • 01:45:57 Braius gifts Laudna a portrait he made of her and adds his own nipple/udder flash as a bonus
    • 01:47:57 Dorian takes out one of the massive hands
    • 01:49:34 Taliesin:”The blade abides.” (Big Lebowski reference)
    • 01:51:22 Truthbearer, fabled plate of Uther Vendrock
      Matt:"I'm gonna tell you an old WoW joke when we get to break."
    • 01:52:16 Liam(about Braius):"He's evil!"
      Marisha:"He's doing it for the boobies."
    • 01:52:57 Chetney uses the Staff of Dark Odyssey to cast Blink on Imogen, phasing her out of combat between turns while he maintains concentration
    • 01:57:31 Liam:”Where the Wild Things Are.”
    • 01:57:43 Imogen takes out two of Predathos' arms in one round
    • 01:59:58 Sam's Mario impression
    • 02:00:48 Robbie:"Talk about a Spell Sniper."
      Marisha:"I have that feat!"
      Travis and Robbie mime some "sniper stuff"
    • 02:01:13 Marisha:"My plans keep changing cuz his hands move!"
      Sam:"That's what she said."
      Robbie:"How many can you do?"
      Sam:"That's what she said."
    • 02:01:42 Marisha:"22 to hit the head."
      Sam:(choosing not to make another "thats what she said" gag):"No...low hanging fruit."
    • 02:03:02 Laudna's Eldritch Blast does great for a cantrip; 50 damage.
    • 02:04:04 Fearne's pouch is kinda like Nanna Morri's Tummy Mouth
      Sam:"Do you have a Quatto?"
      Fearne:"I have a 'Tummy' too!"
    • 02:05:22 Top of the Round: Predathos' beam attack fails the roll to be restored
    • 02:05:59 Travis:"You hear a warhorn in the distance"
      Travis and Laura:♪(pitiful trumpets)♪
    • 02:06:32 Predathos Ability: Screech of the Ravaged Mind
    • 02:06:56 Sam:"Dor-i-an!"
      Laura:"Ru! Fi! Ohhh!!"
    • 02:08:46 Liam:"I'm slamming my sword into my shield to get its attention."
    • 02:11:13 Matt grants sneak attack bonus damage to Fearne's Flame Blade
    • 02:12:07 Ashley rolls a nat 20
      Matt:"Holy shit! You can read that dice!"
    • 02:13:44 Matt:"Druid Sneak Attack on the boss battle. I love it."
    • 02:17:39 Braius:”Ugn, that’s terrible. Don’t look at me.”
    • 02:18:56 Ashley has Silvery Barbs too
      Marisha and Ashley:”Witches be bitches!”
    • 02:20:44 Fan Art Moment Ashton’s battle inside the mouth of Predathos
    • 02:22:00 Ashley:”Are you just trying to kill us?”
    • 02:24:12 Robbie:”Nah, baby, I’m in the mix. I’m stayin’ put.”