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Bearing the Scars
What happens
- 00:00:39 Aabria opens; changes her cast greeting to "mystical mustelids"; the cast answers "Hi, mystical mustelids."
- 00:01:14 Recap: the dust storm swept through the Red Warren and the Lukura camp; the party has escaped with only Olliver and Teedles.
- 00:02:35 Woods, no heading: Viola reports what she saw from the tree; Tula proposes finding a new home like their ancestors; Lila asks how they will know it is safe; Thorn says he has seen the creatures repelled.
- 00:05:14 Lightning talk: Viola's Arcana check; Viola tells Ava she is scared; Tula asks how many monsters Thorn has repelled: "One, probably, kind of."; Tula steers to shelter and food.
- 00:09:52 Where is Jaysohn? Stealth check; Tula's Divine Sense joke; Lila and Jaysohn are found in a tree.
- 00:11:28 Tula goes up the tree; Lila's long speech about the Blue and the missing answers; Tula promises a conversation tonight.
- 00:14:37 On the ground Ava sniffs Thorn and gives him the family's fate: "Don't fuck it up."; she then makes Teedles and Olliver back off with an Intimidation of 28.
- 00:18:29 Thorn apologises to the Beacons; Olliver and Teedles go to scout.
- 00:21:24 Viola uses Lay on Hands on herself; Arcana checks; a sheen of blue crosses her fur; Lila and Jaysohn notice; Thorn feels it is the same thing as his lightning.
- 00:24:53 Jaysohn hears a thump; Bless, Shield of Faith, Thorn's tracks check; bear tracks; Thorn orders everyone to hide; Acrobatics up a tree; Viola slips and Lila catches her.
- 00:28:55 A brown bear arrives (map); a chipmunk drags Ava into the bear; initiative.
- 00:32:06 The bear is opened up as the battle map; Jaysohn dives in after Ava; fight inside the bear in turn order: Jaysohn, Ava, Lila, the bear's cough and the chipmunks, Tula, Viola, Thorn.
- 00:46:00 Tula orders the children out of the bear, hops to the heart, and rips into it; the bear is staggered.
- 00:51:38 Viola stabs the bear's eye and sees blue behind it; she pushes into the brain.
- 00:56:48 Thorn cuts into the spine at the base of the neck and finds a blue field; the bear's roar deafens and hurts everyone inside.
- 01:06:36 Chipmunks swarm; Lila grabs a tongue; Jaysohn kills a chipmunk; Ava severs nerves; Lila is thrown, then crits and kills the chipmunk holding Tula.
- 01:25:53 Tula: "I've only ever seen one stoat do that."; Lila's Intimidation; Tula's Lay on Hands to cure the bear's disease.
- 01:30:51 Blue pulses through the bear; Lila sees her mother's heart glow wrong; Jaysohn bites flesh (whose is not said; his thought was a chipmunk); Ava remembers the day long ago; the chipmunks drop dead and the bear dies.
- 01:37:51 Viola and Thorn bite the blue brain and both pass out holding hands.
- 01:39:51 Aftermath inside the bear; Tula cries; Jaysohn finds Viola and Thorn; Tula tells Lila "We're all the Blue".
- 01:45:52 Tula gives one Lay on Hands point each to Viola and Thorn; both level up; the family leaves through the eye.
- 01:47:28 Dusk: the family rests by the dead bear; Viola puts Sanctuary on Lila; Tula tells Lila the grown-ups' biggest secret; Lila tells Ava to shut up and eats a candy with the wrapper on.
- 01:53:17 Aabria ends the session; "next time" clip (see Table talk).
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Key quotes
- “Everyone you've ever known is dead.” — Aabria 0:02:12
- “One, probably, kind of.” — Thorn 0:07:30
- “Just say what's going on.” — Lila 0:13:20
- “Auntie V, you turned blue.” — Jaysohn 0:22:54
- “We're all the Blue, the Blue's in all of us.” — Tula 1:44:32
- “Bring out the map.” — Aabria 0:28:36
- “Young lady, you put that tongue back in your mouth.” — Ava 0:44:30
- “it's like yelling into Jell-O” — Aabria 0:57:03
- “I can't help but think to myself that this would actually make a nice burrow” — Erika 1:21:18
- “Meet me at the brain.” — Rashawn 1:38:22
Who and what appears
Player characters
NPCs
Locations
Items and artifacts
- Ava's baculum
- Ava's strawberry candy
- Chipmunks' "little letters
- Flesh Jaysohn bites
- Moss
- The chipmunk face
- Thorns
- Viola's blade of grass
Factions and organizations
Creatures
Roll log
| Time | Character (player) | Roll | Result | DC / AC | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:05:25 | Viola (Rashawn) | Arcana check | 12 | — | cannot fathom the size of what she saw |
| 00:10:05 | Jaysohn (Siobhan) | Stealth check | 19 | — | disappears into the tree |
| 00:10:43 | Lila (Izzy) | Stealth check | 12 | — | sits with Jaysohn in the knot of the tree |
| 00:14:48 | Ava (Erika) | Insight check | 8 | — | "it's nothing" |
| 00:17:18 | Ava (Erika) | Intimidation check (Thorn gives Help) | 28 | — | Teedles and Olliver back off |
| 00:21:48 | Jaysohn (Siobhan) | Arcana check | 12 | — | Arcana check for everyone |
| 00:21:48 | Tula (Brennan) | Arcana check | natural 1, "actually zero" | — | Aabria: "My 12s and the 14." |
| 00:21:50 | Viola (Rashawn) | Arcana check | 10 | — | sees the blue sheen on herself |
| 00:21:51 | Ava (Erika) | Arcana check | 10 | — | — |
| 00:21:52 | Lila (Izzy) | Arcana check | 12 | — | — |
| 00:21:53 | Thorn (Jasper) | Arcana check | 14 | — | — |
| 00:24:57 | Jaysohn (Siobhan) | Perception check | 19 | — | hears a thump |
| 00:25:56 | Thorn (Jasper) | tracks check, "investigation or survival" (not said which), with Help | 24 | — | bear and smaller creatures' tracks |
| 00:27:57 | Lila (Izzy) | Acrobatics check | natural 20 | — | up the tree, disappears from frame |
| 00:28:04 | Jaysohn (Siobhan) | Acrobatics check | 11 | — | up the tree |
| 00:28:05 | Tula (Brennan) | Acrobatics check | 11 | — | up the tree |
| 00:28:06 | Ava (Erika) | Acrobatics check | 12 | — | up the tree |
| 00:28:07 | Viola (Rashawn) | Acrobatics check | natural 1 | — | bark falls away; Lila grabs her |
| 00:30:34 | Jaysohn (Siobhan) | Initiative | 23 | — | — |
| 00:30:38 | Tula (Brennan) | Initiative | 12 | — | — |
| 00:30:40 | Ava (Erika) | Initiative | 22 | — | — |
| 00:30:41 | Lila (Izzy) | Initiative | 20 | — | — |
| 00:30:43 | Thorn (Jasper) | Initiative | 7 | — | — |
| 00:30:45 | Viola (Rashawn) | Initiative | 11 | — | ("plus two to initiative", 00:30:30) |
| 00:31:22 | Ava (Erika) | Acrobatics check | 21 | vs 23 | grabbed by a chipmunk, dragged into the bear |
| 00:35:13 | Jaysohn (Siobhan) | grapple attempt on a chipmunk | "a critical failure" | 12 | fails |
| 00:36:41 | Ava (Erika) | Reckless Attack, advantage | 22 | — | hits |
| 00:36:50 | Ava (Erika) | damage | 12 | — | — |
| 00:37:16 | Brittany (Aabria) | Wisdom saving throw vs Menacing Attack | natural 18 | 14 | not frightened; Ava deals 6 more, 18 in all, breaking the grapple |
| 00:40:46 | Lila (Izzy) | attack roll (Sneak Attack, Primal Savagery) | 18 | — | hits Simon |
| 00:41:01 | Lila (Izzy) | claw damage dice | 5, 2, 7, 12, 14 as said | — | "Simon takes 14 points of damage." |
| 00:41:46 | Lila (Izzy) | Insight check (Insightful Fighting) | 18 | — | advantage against Simon |
| 00:43:03 | Jaysohn (Siobhan) | Strength save (as Wisdom) | 9 | — | falls prone, no damage |
| 00:43:24 | Brittany (Aabria) | claw attack on Ava | 14 | Ava's AC | misses |
| 00:44:18 | Ava (Erika) | Athletics check (rage advantage) | 19 | 14 | avoids the tongue grapple |
| 00:46:23 | Tula (Brennan) | Intimidation check | 19 | — | the bear groans |
| 00:47:27 | Tula (Brennan) | Medicine check | 2 on the die, "an eight" | — | lung collapsed |
| 00:47:52 | Tula (Brennan) | attack on the heart | "17 plus" [?] | — | hits |
| 00:49:09 | Tula (Brennan) | damage (Primal Savagery and Divine Smite) | 21 as said ("10, 17, plus four is 21") | — | bear staggered |
| 00:53:12 | Viola (Rashawn) | attack (rapier) | 13 | — | hits the eye |
| 00:53:39 | Viola (Rashawn) | damage | D4 + D8 = 8, plus 3 = 11 | — | "Heck, yeah." |
| 00:54:06 | Viola (Rashawn) | Perception or Arcana check | 17 | — | flash of blue behind the eye |
| 00:55:52 | Viola (Rashawn) | Athletics check, advantage (Rabbit Hop) | 12 | — | stuck in the eye jelly |
| 00:57:44 | Jaysohn (Siobhan) | Insight check | 13 | — | — |
| 00:57:45 | Ava (Erika) | Insight check | 5 | — | — |
| 00:57:47 | Lila (Izzy) | Insight check | 6 | — | — |
| 00:57:48 | Tula (Brennan) | Insight check | 24 | — | sees the chipmunks' frantic worry |
| 00:58:46 | chipmunk (Aabria) | attack on Tula | 18 hits; second 14 misses | — | 6 damage |
| 00:59:33 | Tula (Brennan) | concentration check (Bless) | 11 | — | made; also made on the second attack |
| 00:59:57 | Tula (Brennan) | Acrobatics check | 14 | 19 | grappled, 3 piercing damage |
| 01:02:10 | Thorn (Jasper) | attack with advantage (Zephyr Strike) | 15 plus five | — | hits |
| 01:02:43 | Thorn (Jasper) | damage | 19 | — | — |
| 01:03:01 | Thorn (Jasper) | Medicine check | 17 | — | blue spinal fluid |
| 01:03:44 | Thorn (Jasper) | Wisdom saving throw | 22 | 17 | not deafened; damage not stated |
| 01:03:51 | Viola (Rashawn) | Wisdom saving throw | 12 | 17 | deafened |
| 01:04:07 | Jaysohn (Siobhan) | Wisdom saving throw | 2 | 17 | fails ("I rolled a two"); 5 thunder damage, deafened |
| 01:04:57 | the bear (Aabria) | Wisdom saving throw vs Rebuke the Violent | 11 (Aabria: "Does an 11 make it?"), DC not said | — | made; "it's still half damage" |
| 01:06:59 | chipmunk (Aabria) | attack on Jaysohn, advantage | 12 | — | misses ("a natural one, thank God") |
| 01:07:34 | chipmunk (Aabria) | attack on Lila | 14 | Lila's AC | hits, 2 piercing |
| 01:07:59 | Lila (Izzy) | Athletics or Acrobatics check | 22 | 14 | grabs the tongue |
| 01:08:28 | Lila (Izzy) | damage to the chipmunk | D8 = 7; Lila takes 3 piercing | — | — |
| 01:09:25 | Lila (Izzy) | Investigation check | "natural 20" (a cocked die counted as a 20) | — | learns the chipmunks' intelligence |
| 01:11:33 | Jaysohn (Siobhan) | attack, advantage | 14 | — | hits a prone chipmunk |
| 01:11:39 | Jaysohn (Siobhan) | damage (Primal Savagery) | 11 | — | bloodied, half dead |
| 01:11:56 | Jaysohn (Siobhan) | bonus attack | crit; damage 9, 10, 11, 16, 16 as said | — | chipmunk obliterated |
| 01:12:37 | Jaysohn (Siobhan) | Intimidation check | 13 | — | another chipmunk flees |
| 01:13:35 | Jaysohn or Lila | opportunity attack | 18 hits (roller not clear) | — | — |
| 01:13:40 | Jaysohn (Siobhan) | damage | 13 | — | Simon crawls away |
| 01:14:39 | Lila (Izzy) | attack (Primal Savagery) | 16 | — | hits |
| 01:14:59 | Lila (Izzy) | damage | 11 | — | Simon is killed |
| 01:16:09 | Lila (Izzy) | Intimidation check, advantage | 16 | — | chipmunk tears at itself to flee |
| 01:17:49 | Ava (Erika) | Luck roll | 1 | — | "you think you've got this" |
| 01:18:55 | Ava (Erika) | attack | 11 | — | digs into the spine |
| 01:19:14 | Ava (Erika) | damage | 8 | — | severs the nerves to the back legs |
| 01:19:47 | Lila (Izzy) | Strength saving throw | natural 1 | — | thrown across the bear |
| 01:19:48 | Jaysohn (Siobhan) | Strength saving throw | 24 | — | — |
| 01:19:50 | Tula (Brennan) | Strength saving throw | 12 | — | restrained |
| 01:19:52 | Viola (Rashawn) | Strength saving throw | 9 | — | "I'm in the brain" |
| 01:19:53 | Thorn (Jasper) | Strength saving throw | 13 | — | — |
| 01:19:55 | Ava (Erika) | Strength saving throw | 16 | — | — |
| 01:20:32 | Lila (Izzy) | D6 | 4 | — | 4 more damage to the tongue; Lila takes 12 bludgeoning |
| 01:22:35 | Lila (Izzy) | attack (Sneak Attack, Primal Savagery) | natural 20 | — | crit on the chipmunk holding Tula |
| 01:24:04 | Lila (Izzy) | damage | 32 (27 plus 5 as said) | 30 hit points | chipmunk obliterated |
| 01:24:58 | Lila (Izzy) | D6 x3 | 9 | — | 9 damage to Tula as the tongue tears out |
| 01:26:25 | Lila (Izzy) | Intimidation check | natural 1 | chipmunk rolled 2 | Aabria: "the chipmunk rolled a two"; Izzy: "She thinks I'm adorable" |
| 01:27:16 | Tula (Brennan) | Perception check | 12 | — | a furious chipmunk remains; the heart is slowing |
| 01:29:33 | Tula (Brennan) | Charisma check (spellcasting) | 4 | — | learns Lay on Hands will not save the bear |
| 01:32:16 | Lila (Izzy) | Investigation check | 15 | — | sees blue behind Tula's arms |
| 01:33:35 | Jaysohn (Siobhan) | Wisdom saving throw | natural 20, "for a 25" | — | the impulse to bite is "a phenomenally good idea" |
| 01:35:15 | Ava (Erika) | History or Arcana, advantage | "Both of them are zero", 14 | — | History; the day long ago |
| 01:38:43 | Viola (Rashawn) | saving throw (ability not named; Aabria asked for Charisma and Wisdom) | 6 | — | faints |
| 01:39:11 | Thorn (Jasper) | saving throw (ability not named; Aabria asked for Charisma and Wisdom) | 11 | — | holds on a little longer, then faints |
| 01:41:33 | Jaysohn (Siobhan) | Perception, History or Investigation | 18 ("A 19, no, 18") | — | knows where Thorn went |
| 01:41:37 | Tula (Brennan) | same | 11 | — | missed it |
| 01:41:41 | Lila (Izzy) | same | 22 | — | knows |
| 01:41:45 | Ava (Erika) | same | "Dirty 20" | — | knows |
| 01:42:35 | Tula (Brennan) | Insight check | 16 | — | "a little bit too much in common" |
Damage and healing without a roll: after the roar, the players who failed the save say so (Lila, Ava, Tula, Jaysohn; Viola 12) and Aabria: "all of you are gonna take five points of thunder damage" — 01:03:49, 01:04:09; Thorn, who saved, is excepted from the deafening — 01:04:13; Tula takes 6 (claw), 3 (piercing), 9 (the tongue) — 00:58:49, 00:59:57, 01:24:58; Lila takes 2 (claw), 3 (piercing), 3 more for the cocked die and 12 (bludgeoning) — 01:07:37, 01:08:28, 01:09:27, 01:20:44. Natural 20s: Lila 3 (Acrobatics 00:27:57; attack 01:22:35; Investigation with a cocked die 01:09:25), Jaysohn 1 (Wisdom save 01:33:40). Natural 1s: Tula 1 (Arcana 00:21:48), Viola 1 (Acrobatics 00:28:07), Lila 2 (Strength save 01:19:47; Intimidation 01:26:25). Jaysohn's grapple is "a critical failure" and Ava's Luck roll is "a one" — neither is called a natural 1. "Dirty 20" (Ava, 01:41:45) is not said to be a natural 20.