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A Second Sun
What happens
- 00:00:39 Aabria opens with a new cast greeting, "excellent ermines"; the cast says it back and jokes about the word and ermines.
- 00:01:25 Recap: the bear and the chipmunk parasites, the children's work in the fight, the level-up; the family now rests in the evening under the dead bear.
- 00:02:33 Evening: Jaysohn asleep across a bear claw; the family licks the dirt off him; Viola says she was at the brain.
- 00:03:22 Aabria adjudicates a natural 20 from Adventuring Party for Lila: Lila sees that the Blue is everywhere and gets a second answer about her uncle's wants.
- 00:07:12 Thorn goes to Lila for a sidebar: praise, his reasons for the Lukura, the creatures he saw; Lila ends with "love you, bye" and goes to Tula.
- 00:12:46 Lila tells her half-asleep mother that Uncle Thorn is up to something; Tula wrangles both children; Lila whispers to Tula "Shut up, Grandma!".
- 00:14:46 Thorn sidebars with Viola: he must find Olliver and Teedles; Viola Blesses him; he slips away as a bush with Pass Without Trace (Stealth 22).
- 00:17:55 Viola watches him go; a vision of tough mother and tender mother, embryonic diapause, and her litter among a hundred hundred stoats in walls of pale gray stone.
- 00:22:33 Viola cannot sleep, wakes Tula; a dex save (nat 20) as Jaysohn's fist swings; Viola tells Tula that her time to have children is now.
- 00:28:20 Viola asks if the children would mind a cousin named Geoffrey; Tula takes it well; Viola asks about power and the Lukura; Tula's advice; Ava is awake.
- 00:33:38 Tula casts Ceremony as a funeral rite for the bear; an Insight 27 turns her thoughts to Geoffrey.
- 00:38:08 Ava tucks everyone in, mentions Kenny and the lost litter, and sleeps.
- 00:39:46 Thorn tracks Olliver and Teedles; Survival rolls; a memory of the field of blue flowers and the yellow creature; a second Survival 23 finds their trail.
- 00:50:27 Thorn surprises Olliver and Teedles at a felled tree with writing in the stump; Teedles carves it out; Thorn breaks down, fails a Dexterity save, and cries with Olliver.
- 00:58:01 Long rest and a new day; Tula takes Lila aside; the quarrel over Lila's father; Tula shouts, then apologises.
- 01:06:08 Viola announces the coming litter; Jaysohn jumps Teedles; Ava calls it the worst time; Viola doubts herself; Viola's Intimidation of Teedles.
- 01:13:09 The carved wood is shown; Investigation; Ava's memory of the day she lost the children's grandfather; the dust has too much Blue; the moving tree idea.
- 01:19:50 Arcana checks; Lila's eyes glow and she reads the stoat writing: "Follow your instincts towards the Light."
- 01:23:34 Lila feels sick; Jaysohn brings down an egg and breaks it; Lila explains reading with the wall-shadow story; Jaysohn's Wisdom save and the light behind his shoulder.
- 01:28:59 Tula reports to the group; Thorn proposes scouting from a tree; Ava climbs with him.
- 01:32:43 Thorn calls a wood pigeon with the Actor feat and casts Beast Sense; he sees a second, blue sun due north and a meadow of blue flowers to the south.
- 01:40:58 Survival 26: the Blue covers an area miles wide, centred on the blue sun, with a gradient at the edge; Ava climbs and sees a gray rectangle with a red and white spire.
- 01:45:28 The group is told; Thorn makes his pitch to follow the Light; the children agree; Tula gives in with sarcasm; Olliver and Teedles go ahead as scouts.
- 01:53:12 Walking, Tula and Ava talk; Tula tells Lila that she liked Lila's dad the most.
- 01:55:57 Three days and three nights later the family stands before the biggest, strangest structure; session ends.
- 01:56:52 "Next time" clip (see Table talk).
Frames
Key quotes
- “Hello and welcome back to Dimension 20: Burrow's End.” — Aabria 0:00:39
- “When they're dead, they're royal. When they're alive, they're virgins.” — Siobhan 0:01:12
- “You gotta watch the Adventuring Party.” — Brennan 0:03:32
- “Everything that's been touched is not quite right.” — Aabria 0:03:53
- “I wouldn't spend life chasing power.” — Tula 0:32:30
- “Funerals are so often not for the dead, but for the people they leave behind” — Aabria 0:35:53
- “I hope the sun is warm, and I hope there are places to rest.” — Tula 0:34:15
- “A moving tree that fights!” — Lila 1:18:38
- “Your grandma is the scariest person that's ever existed.” — Teedles 1:53:08
- “Stoats contain multitudes, okay?” — Thorn 1:55:42
Who and what appears
Player characters
NPCs
- A grandfather
- A wood pigeon
- Beatrix
- Geoffrey
- Kenji
- Olliver
- Teedles
- The chipmunks
- The stoat who wrote the wood
- The tall creatures
Locations
- The Red Warren
- The blue sun
- The felled tree trunk
- The field of blue flowers
- The gray rectangle
- The ring of Blue
- The structure at the end
Items and artifacts
Factions and organizations
Creatures
Roll log
| Time | Character (player) | Roll | Result | DC / AC | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:03:22 | Lila (Izzy) | a natural 20 from Adventuring Party | natural 20 | — | Aabria adjudicates it here; Lila gets answers about the Blue and her uncle |
| 00:16:46 | Thorn (Jasper) | Stealth check (Pass Without Trace) | plus 19; die 3; "22" | — | slips away from the camp |
| 00:23:35 | Viola (Rashawn) | Dexterity save as Jaysohn's fist passes | natural 20 | — | the fist swings past her head |
| 00:24:19 | Tula (Brennan) | Acrobatics check, advantage | 22 | — | slides out from under her children |
| 00:29:25 | Tula (Brennan) | Deception against Viola's Insight | 15 | Viola 13 | Aabria: "All right." |
| 00:29:27 | Viola (Rashawn) | Insight check | 13 | Tula 15 | — |
| 00:31:41 | Viola (Rashawn) | Perception check Aabria asked of "both of you" | natural 20 | — | — |
| 00:31:44 | Tula (Brennan) | Perception, same request | 21 | — | — |
| 00:31:48 | Ava (Erika) | Performance (inferred from Aabria's wording; Erika names no skill) | 4 | — | Ava has been listening: no snoring for two minutes |
| 00:35:46 | Tula (Brennan) | Insight check | 27 | — | the funeral rite turns her thoughts to Geoffrey |
| 00:40:52 | Thorn (Jasper) | Survival check to track, Aabria's d20 | 10; with doubled proficiency "13" | — | moves "slightly less ineffectively" |
| 00:46:35 | Thorn (Jasper) | Strength saving throw (memory) | 9 | — | the pulse of fury follows the creature but is unfocused |
| 00:49:35 | Thorn (Jasper) | Survival check, advantage | 23 | — | finds a pair of stoat tracks and the trail |
| 00:52:02 | Thorn (Jasper) | Intelligence check | 6 (minus one) | — | sees writing, struggles to decipher |
| 00:53:18 | Teedles (Aabria) | attack roll to cut the stump | 17 | — | carves the writing out |
| 00:56:04 | Thorn (Jasper) | Dexterity saving throw (d4 added) | "13 in total" (die 3) | 17 | fails; Olliver pins him and he cries |
| 01:07:31 | Jaysohn (Siobhan) | attack on Teedles (grapple) | 18 | — | no outcome stated |
| 01:07:51 | thrower not named | seed-shell throw at Jaysohn ("Does a 16 hit you?") | 16 | — | misses ("No!") |
| 01:12:44 | Viola (Rashawn) | Intimidation check | 16 | — | Teedles hugs and then holds her; Aabria: "With a natural 20, she just gives you a huge hug." (no roller is named; not counted) |
| 01:14:15 | Lila (Izzy) | Investigation, advantage (Thorn's Help) | dice 2 and 2; total 11 | — | sees it is different from the Lukura's symbols, a message (Aabria's answer to Lila) |
| 01:14:27 | Ava (Erika) | Investigation, advantage | 18 | — | has seen it before, "on the side of those great, what to call-" |
| 01:20:57 | Lila (Izzy) | Arcana, advantage (Thorn's Help) | natural 1 on one die; the other 7 plus 9 = 16 | — | eyes glow; she reads |
| 01:21:07 | Viola (Rashawn) | Arcana check | 11 | — | — |
| 01:24:14 | Jaysohn (Siobhan) | Acrobatics, disadvantage | natural 1 | — | the egg drops and breaks |
| 01:27:51 | Jaysohn (Siobhan) | Wisdom saving throw | 19 | — | recalls the light behind his shoulder |
| 01:32:09 | Ava (Erika) | Acrobatics or Athletics, Help | 18 | — | climbs fast |
| 01:32:06 | Thorn (Jasper) | same, Help | 14 (a roll of 16 first mentioned) | — | goes up carefully |
| 01:33:20 | Thorn (Jasper) | Stealth check | 22 | — | well hidden |
| 01:33:46 | Thorn (Jasper) | Performance, advantage | dice 1 and 3; total 12 (plus 9) | — | wood pigeons answer |
| 01:34:24 | Thorn (Jasper) | Persuasion check | 16 | 14 | pigeon hops over |
| 01:37:57 | pigeon (Aabria) | Perception check | 15 | — | sees the blue meadow to the south |
| 01:40:23 | Thorn (Jasper) | Survival check (favored terrain, plus 12) | die 14 (shown as 13 later); total 26 | — | sees the ring of Blue |
Natural 20s: Viola 2 (Dexterity save 00:23:35; check 00:31:41), Lila 1 (Adventuring Party 00:03:22) · Natural 1s: Jaysohn 1 (Acrobatics 01:24:14); Lila's "Nat one" at 01:20:57 was one die of an advantage pair and not the result. Aabria's "natural 20" at 01:12:46 is not tied to a named roll.