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The Ending of All Things (Part 2)
What happens
- 00:00:53 Brennan opens and the table plays at being in a library. Recap (recap): Snow White has been struck down by an arrow from Sleeping Beauty; Rapunzel and the Beast are defeated; Cinderella is grappling in the air with the Baba Yaga; Elody and Mira have for the moment joined the party; Scheherazade is at zero hit points but stable, her book in Cinderella's hands; the whole conclave of fairies has burst in and is leaping into action with access to the ink, "the will of the Authors made manifest"; the thrum of the ink attracts the attention of horrifying things far away. Initiative order continues with Gerard (00:00:53, 00:01:18, 00:01:28).
- 00:02:54 Gerard's turn: asks whether Scheherazade's book could be used (Brennan: it opens doors, and she is "down but not out"), jumps to Scheherazade and gives her a Goodberry, then goes to Tom Thumb. Scheherazade rises at one hit point and asks for her book; Mother Goose points to Cinderella and the Baba Yaga. Mira asks Ylfa "Are you going after them or are you staying here?" and, on her answer, gives a thumbs up, sprints down the ziggurat and stands in front of Rosamund with a knife. The Fairy Godmother hits Gerard for 7 radiant (00:03:05, 00:03:22, 00:04:35, 00:04:52, 00:05:09, 00:05:19, 00:05:58).
- 00:06:06 Pib: Perception 22 for the cutbacks (they lie under the sheets of paper), returns near Pinocchio, Stealth 25, Insight 15 on the ink (volatile, "Something could definitely set it off"). The fairies fire: three shots at Mira (all hit), three at Elody (all miss, she raises her shield). Mother Goose asks Scheherazade what is happening: Snow White's spell is still locked up in the ink; the two storytellers can turn all their effort to unweaving it or to Mother Goose's plan, and if both spells are in the ink "maybe they would both happen". Mother Goose Healing Words Rosamund, moves to Snow White's old spot, tries for a book as cover (Arcana 7 against DC 15), and begins concentrating on a spell; cold voices say "Once more, something draws us back." (00:06:16, 00:06:58, 00:07:19, 00:07:35, 00:08:14, 00:09:24, 00:10:14, 00:10:35).
- 00:11:34 Cinderella (invisible) struggles in the Baba Yaga's grip; Mother Goose's Cutting Words keeps her held. Elody climbs the ziggurat and gives Gerard a friendly kiss; her aura gives allies within 30 feet a d4 on saves and attacks. Ylfa, as a brown bear, leaps onto the Baba Yaga's flying mortar, rips the book from Cinderella (24 to 24), throws it to Scheherazade, and falls to the narrow bridge (Dex save 13; 12 damage). The Orange Fairy rolls a critical hit on her; Ylfa saves (00:11:47, 00:12:35, 00:13:29, 00:14:02, 00:15:47, 00:16:51, 00:17:49, 00:18:09, 00:19:35, 00:19:54).
- 00:20:20 Scheherazade, book in hand, puts her concentration on Snow White's spell to take away a round and opens a door: Aesop arrives ("Keep it simple!"). Rosamund summons birds, one of them Beaky as Pib's mount, goes into Starry Form Archer and crits the Blue Fairy for 25; Pinocchio animates five book-objects (including Flat William), giving the storytellers total cover, and fails another Persuasion on Cinderella (DC now 15). The Fairy with Turquoise Hair begs Pinocchio to let them fix it; he says he gave up being a boy; the Baba Yaga says what the fairy wants for the boy is hers now (00:20:43, 00:23:39, 00:25:13, 00:27:45, 00:30:19, 00:31:19, 00:31:34, 00:31:48).
- 00:32:04 The Red Fairy hurts Elody. The Baba Yaga freezes Cinderella with Hold Person and tosses her; Ylfa catches her. The Wicked Fairy drops Mira and speaks to Rosamund. Gerard's Persuasion (19) on the Turquoise-haired fairy: she listens, "considering your words"; the ink moves and the hand of an Author appears; the fairies panic; Ylfa takes 12 and 19 necrotic and is Frightened (paralyzed) alongside Cinderella. The Godmother orders the book holders destroyed (00:32:04, 00:32:44, 00:33:28, 00:34:48, 00:36:13, 00:37:04, 00:37:25, 00:38:03, 00:39:14).
- 00:39:37 Pib and Beaky: a firework hits three fairies; the bird fires it; Pib's sneak-attack dagger kills the Green Fairy. Aesop, hurt by the hand, summons a shark and takes another round off Snow White's spell. Mother Goose holds concentration (two rounds), heals Scheherazade (19), readies Telekinetic Shove. Elody leaps at the hand ("I don't like my story!") (00:44:44, 00:45:52, 00:46:38, 00:48:30, 00:49:35, 00:51:19).
- 00:53:14 Scheherazade defies the Author's hand and removes another round. The Blue Fairy dies at the start of Rosamund's turn (her earlier critical injury); Rosamund tries to turn the Wicked Fairy ("Happily Ever After isn't real"), shoots two fairies and hands her book to Gerard. Pinocchio's books flatten the hand against the ziggurat; he reaches the Turquoise-haired fairy (Persuasion 21) and she dives into the pages ("What's the point of magic if you can't rewrite destiny?"); the Red Fairy calls her Turquina (00:53:37, 00:55:47, 00:56:27, 00:57:56, 00:59:38, 01:01:14, 01:02:20, 01:02:36).
- 01:03:04 The Baba Yaga kills the Red Fairy; the Wicked Fairy shoots Aesop. Gerard, with Rosamund's book, sucks the Fairy Godmother and then the Wicked Fairy into it. Mira asks the Baba Yaga for a ride. The Stepmother rises from the pages ("Do I strike you as a poor piece of writing?"); the hand slips Pinocchio's grapple to go for her and fires ink at her (01:03:29, 01:05:48, 01:06:26, 01:06:34, 01:07:14, 01:07:35, 01:08:10, 01:09:21).
- 01:09:42 Pib loses Beaky to the hand's presence ("I die a winner!") and kills the Yellow Fairy. Brennan explains the stakes of Mother Goose's spell: each round held is another chance. Cinderella, released by Ylfa, drops to fight the Stepmother. Ylfa wins over the Orange Fairy, who leaves her hat and moonwalks into the pages; Ylfa's first successful Persuasion (01:11:13, 01:11:46, 01:13:01, 01:15:31, 01:19:46, 01:20:43, 01:21:13).
- 01:23:12 Scheherazade has no door out; a brainstorm leaves only the Gander. Rosamund hits the Stepmother with three arrows for 49; the Stepmother burns a Legendary Resistance; she then cones the Authors' hand with pages and the Baba Yaga leaps in and vanishes (01:23:35, 01:24:01, 01:26:08, 01:27:40, 01:28:28, 01:28:48).
- 01:29:12 Pinocchio, thrown by Flat William, shouts her name, "Minerva"; Geppetto is lifted out of the battle in golden light, and the Stepmother has disadvantage on saves and ability checks from then on. The Turquoise-haired fairy returns and takes a direct stand against the Authors, with three rays at the hand (01:30:01, 01:30:08, 01:31:24, 01:31:53).
- 01:32:18 Gerard hits the Stepmother (20); Mira drops again; the Stepmother's claw takes Gerard down (48); Tom Thumb and Ylfa block the stair; the hand crushes the Turquoise-haired fairy into the ink. Pib's critical dagger (39 total) makes the hand collapse into raw ink; the Authors recoil in fear (01:33:21, 01:34:01, 01:34:39, 01:36:32, 01:37:32, 01:38:20).
- 01:39:06 The Stepmother burns three legendary actions: everyone fails a Wisdom save and takes 22 psychic; Rosamund and Tom's cat go down. Mother Goose writes in his book and touches the ink; Cinderella fights the Stepmother; Ylfa becomes a dire wolf; Pinocchio banishes (the Stepmother burns a second Legendary Resistance); the Stepmother nearly throws Ylfa off the ledge and swallows Tom Thumb (01:39:55, 01:40:10, 01:42:10, 01:42:51, 01:43:19, 01:46:44, 01:47:18, 01:49:43).
- 01:49:59 Pib's dagger misses; another Wisdom blast (38 psychic, halved on a save): Gerard is dead and Mira is "gone"; Elody, Pib and Aesop go down. Mother Goose feeds Pib a Goodberry by Mage Hand and releases the spell with five rounds; the Gander appears too late; the corruption count is announced and 18 or higher is needed; rolls 17, 12, 12, 18, 19; the spell works (01:51:49, 01:52:20, 01:54:00, 01:54:24, 01:55:00, 01:55:44, 01:58:43, 01:59:14).
- 02:01:05 Pib's knife, with true ink, strikes the Baba Yaga's hand rising from the pages; Cinderella drives her spear into the Stepmother's heart; ink rains and each person ingests a piece of the true book. The Gander plummets. Brennan says the story is ending and asks for goodbyes (02:01:05, 02:02:09, 02:02:32).
- 02:04:31 Goodbyes: Pib steals back the names and memories from the Baba Yaga; Mother Goose and Scheherazade clasp hands; Ylfa carries Gerard; Rosamund and Ylfa as a little girl; Rosamund and Cinderella; Gerard gives Elody the Sword of Truth; Pinocchio's father is carried to the hut; Pinocchio shares whiskey and gum with the Stepmother; the fairies and princesses leave; Snow White weeps; a new feather sticks a quill piercing the Gander's heart and the voice of a Golden Goose asks what new story he would write (02:04:35, 02:07:09, 02:07:52, 02:09:40, 02:10:16, 02:11:44, 02:12:52, 02:14:19, 02:15:18, 02:16:29).
- 02:16:41 Epilogue in Hapley and neighbouring kingdoms: Rosamund (speed dating, spindle), Mother Goose (Hapley's counsellor, Jack and the Gander), Pinocchio (a real boy at 21), Pib (the Trickster Prince's court, Minerva), Gerard (a handsome prince with a frog's powers), Rosamund and Snow White's waking, Ylfa (rebel and the Baba Yaga's friend, "Nocchi"). Brennan ends: "And they all lived happily. And that's the end of our story." (02:17:25, 02:19:24, 02:23:28, 02:26:48, 02:30:20, 02:32:59, 02:34:43, 02:38:01).
Frames
Key quotes
- “Cinderella is grappling in the air with the ancient witch Baba Yaga” — Emily 0:01:28
- “It's like she's on a hoverboard and two people have now jumped on her.” — Brennan 0:15:53
- “I'm being crushed to death! Get your friend to stop and we'll talk!” — Cinderella 0:30:56
- “Quickly! Destroy the book holders!” — Godmother 0:39:14
- “Do you really want to be the bad guy forever? Do you like that?” — Rosamund 0:56:27
- “Do I strike you as a poor piece of writing?” — Stepmother 1:07:35
- “Counterspell doesn't work against Legendary Resistance.” — Siobhan 1:27:43
- “Once upon a time, the sun rose again and a new day started, and everyone had a pen.” — Timothy 1:42:10
- “That's five for your five rounds.” — Brennan 1:59:17
- “I don't deserve your kindness, but I will take your bubblegum.” — Stepmother 2:14:37
Who and what appears
Player characters
- Mother Timothy Goose
- Pinocchio
- Prince Gerard of Greenleigh
- Princess Rosamund du Prix
- Puss in Boots
- Ylfa Snorgelsson
NPCs
- Aesop
- Baba Yaga
- Beaky
- Big Bad Wolf
- Cinderella
- Flat William
- Mira
- Prince Alphonse
- Princess Elody of Greenleigh
- Scheherazade
- The Authors' hand
- The Gander
- The Golden Goose
- The Stepmother
- Tom Thumb
- Tomas
Locations
- Greenleigh
- Hapley
- Marienne
- Tapestry
- The Canonade
- The Land of Birds and Beasts
- The Lullaby Lands
- The pages
- The place of the ending
- Toy Island
Items and artifacts
- A spindle
- Aesop's scroll
- Cinderella's glass shard and spear
- Fireworks
- Goodberry (Neverafter)
- Mother Goose's book
- Pinocchio Reserve and bubblegum
- Rosamund's book
- Scheherazade's book
- Sword of Veritas
- The ink
- The orange top hat
- The page given to the Baba Yaga
- Tom Thumb's pin and button
Factions and organizations
- The Authors
- The Daughters of the Crown
- The Talking Animals Army
- The Times of Shadow
- The fairies
- The storytellers
Creatures
Roll log
| Time | Character (player) | Roll | Result | DC / AC | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:06:16 | Pib (Zac) | Perception | 22 | — | feels cutbacks |
| 00:06:58 | Pib (Zac) | Stealth | 25 | — | hidden |
| 00:07:19 | Pib (Zac) | Insight | 15 | — | ink volatile |
| 00:10:14 | Mother Goose (Ally) | Arcana | 7 | 15 | no cover |
| 00:13:05 | Cutting Words die | d8 | 8 | — | Cinderella stays held |
| 00:16:51 | Ylfa (Emily) | Athletics (shove) | 24 | 24 | takes the book |
| 00:18:09 | Ylfa (Emily) | Dex save | 13 | 10 | lands on bridge |
| 00:19:54 | Ylfa (Emily) | Con save | 16 | — | survives crit |
| 00:25:35 | Blue Fairy | Con check | 10 | 12 | dies later |
| 00:30:36 | Pinocchio (Lou) | Persuasion | 19, 9 | 15 | fails |
| 00:33:49 | Ylfa (Emily) | Sentinel attack | 15 | — | catches Cinderella |
| 00:35:51 | Gerard (Murph) | Insight | nat 1 | — | — |
| 00:36:13 | Gerard (Murph) | Persuasion | 19 | — | fairy listens |
| 00:38:00 | Ylfa (Emily) | Con save | 21 | — | 12 |
| 00:38:17 | Ylfa (Emily) | Wisdom save | 3 | — | 19; frightened |
| 00:41:04 | Pib (Zac) | Firework 5d10 | 18 | — | |
| 00:43:44 | Beaky | firework attack | 21 | — | hit |
| 00:44:21 | Pib (Zac) | Stealth | 19 on the die | — | |
| 00:44:26 | Pib (Zac) | Dagger | 20 damage | — | Green Fairy dies |
| 00:47:47 | Mother Goose (Ally) | Con save | 12 | — | 17 necrotic |
| 00:48:28 | Mother Goose (Ally) | Concentration | 16 | 10 | holds |
| 00:49:43 | Mother Goose (Ally) | Cure Wounds | 19 | — | Scheherazade |
| 00:53:23 | Scheherazade (Brennan) | Con save | 18 on the die | — | holds |
| 00:58:47 | Books | Con saves | highest 12 | — | 24 damage |
| 00:59:16 | Pinocchio (Lou) | Grapple | 22, plus d4 3 = 25 | 24 | pins hand |
| 01:01:14 | Pinocchio (Lou) | Persuasion | 16 on die, 21 | 15 | fairy turns |
| 01:08:21 | Ylfa (Emily) | Sentinel | 26 | — | 8 damage |
| 01:10:00 | Pib (Zac) | Perception | 15 | — | |
| 01:10:36 | Beaky (Zac) | Con save | nat 1 | — | dies |
| 01:11:46 | Pib (Zac) | Stealth | 17 on die, 27 | — | |
| 01:11:55 | Pib (Zac) | Attack | 24 | — | 18 damage |
| 01:16:35 | Ylfa (Emily) | Insight | 22 | — | |
| 01:17:59 | Ylfa (Emily) | Persuasion | 11 and 15 | needs 16 | Call of Destiny 9; bardic 8 |
| 01:23:50 | Mother Goose (Ally) | Insight | 19 | — | |
| 01:26:08 | Rosamund (Siobhan) | Attacks | 27, crit, dirty 20 | — | 49 |
| 01:27:36 | Stepmother (Brennan) | Con save (plus 7) | 4 on the die | 10 or higher on the die succeeds, 5 or lower instant death | Legendary Resistance used |
| 01:29:22 | Pinocchio (Lou) | Object dice | 2, 6, 9 | — | |
| 01:31:53 | Hand (Brennan) | save | 15 | — | survives |
| 01:33:01 | Gerard (Murph) | Attack | 27 | — | 20 |
| 01:34:25 | Ylfa (Emily) | Attacks | 23, 23 | — | 28 |
| 01:36:32 | Hand (Brennan) | Con save | 7 | 19 | collapses |
| 01:39:46 | Rosamund / Pinocchio / Ylfa | Wisdom saves | 17 / 13 / 11 | — | 22 psychic |
| 01:46:25 | Rosamund (Siobhan) | Death save | 19 | — | success |
| 01:47:02 | Stepmother | Charisma save | 12 and 11 | 16 | fails |
| 01:47:37 | Gerard (Murph) | Death save | 9 | — | fail |
| 01:48:35 | Ylfa (Emily) | Dex save | 15 | 15 | holds |
| 01:49:22 | Ylfa (Emily) | Athletics (final, Box of Doom) | 19 on the die | DC 21; needs 15 or higher on a die | holds |
| 01:51:04 | Pib (Zac) | Stealth | nat 20 | — | |
| 01:51:26 | Pib (Zac) | Attack | 17 | — | misses |
| 01:52:20 | Pinocchio (Lou) | Wisdom save | 21 | — | halves |
| 01:52:46 | Ylfa (Emily) | Wisdom save | nat 20 | — | halves |
| 01:58:43 | Mother Goose's table | release rolls | 17, 12, 12, 18, 19 | 18+ | succeeds |
| 02:00:39 | Mother Goose (Ally) bardic reroll; Gerard (Murph) help die | extra d20s | 7, 6 | nat 20 | not hit |
| 02:05:23 | Pib (Zac) | Sleight of Hand | 15, 18 with d4 | 17 | succeeds |
Other rolls and results, in order: Mother Goose's Healing Word on Rosamund 10 (00:09:24); the Orange Fairy's damage on Ylfa 12 halved to 6, then 18 halved to 9 on a critical hit (00:19:15, 00:19:28); Rosamund's critical hit on the Blue Fairy 18 radiant plus 7 piercing = 25, Blue Fairy's Constitution check 10 against DC 12 (00:24:48, 00:25:13, 00:25:35); the Wicked Fairy's three shots drop Mira (00:34:48); Rosamund's Insight on the Wicked Fairy 6 and Persuasion 15 with disadvantage (00:56:04, 00:56:19); Rosamund's two arrows 27 and 19, damage 10 and 12 (00:57:30, 00:57:36); four Constitution saves for the animated books, rolled by Lou, highest 12, all take 24 (00:58:27, 00:58:29, 00:58:47); Beaky's 21 damage (01:10:39); the Stepmother's claw on Ylfa 4 plus 9 = 13 halved to 6 (01:22:56); the Stepmother's bite on Ylfa: a claw attack 20 halved to 10, then 35 halved to 17 (01:34:39); the Stepmother's claw on Gerard 48 (01:34:01); Ylfa's 28 damage on the Stepmother (01:34:33); the Stepmother "adds a plus nine" and the DC for Ylfa is 21 (01:48:36); 38 psychic halved to 19 on a Wisdom save (01:52:58). Natural 20s: Pib (Stealth, 01:51:04), Ylfa (Wisdom save, 01:52:46). Zac also says "Nat 20. Where was that?" at 01:52:07 (his meaning unstated). Rolls called critical hits: Orange Fairy on Ylfa (00:19:35; Ally says "nat 20"), Rosamund twice (00:24:35, 01:26:11), Pib on the hand (01:35:54). Turquina's ray "was a nat 20" (Brennan's roll, 01:31:28). Natural 1s: Gerard (Insight, 00:35:51), Beaky (Constitution save, 01:10:36). "Dirty 20": Rosamund's third attack is "a dirty 20 to hit" (01:26:20), a total.