Episode 268 - The Orcus Onslaught Part 2

Episode 268 - The Orcus Onslaught Part 2 (Campaign 1 - Episode 268)
Toby Treacletart drops an Astral Boulder on Sinu the Red during The Battle of Tarry Hollow
Information
Release Date:	June 11, 2018
Recording Date:	April 28, 2018
Episode Length:	1:04:36
Cast & Characters
Michael DiMauro:	Dungeon Master
Tim Lanning:	Tephiroth
Jennifer Cheek:	Neev
Nika Howard:	Tyffani
Guest Host:	Matthew Morris Carly Shields Owen DiMauro Bee - Eckhart Dayhammer Lady Adira Harper Aelar Adira's Cat
Guide
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The Circle of Seven continues their fight against Orcus and his undead minions. Fortunately, this is the most hardened crew of god-slayers in all the realms so if anyone can bring down the dreaded Orcus it is them. But at what cost...

Story[]

The fight between the Circle of Seven and Orcus rages on. The heroes fight valiantly. Tephiroth in particular deals an absurd amount of damage. Neev casts Contagion (Slimy Doom) on Orcus, meaning that, if he ever takes damage, he is stunned until the end of his next turn, and this proves invaluable to the heroes. Aelar is eventually able to take down the god. With his final, dying breath, he summons an Adult Blue Dracolich, but Tephiroth is able to take it out in one round. Level 20 characters, baby!

At the after party, there are several points of nonsense remarked upon:

Aelar has a lampshade on his head
Tephiroth is crying that he has survived another battle
Eckhart is not drinking or dancing, but he does play with the Wand of Orcus
Neev has a rat in her mouth
They all may or may not eat Orcus

Bigby, who had recovered from his wounds, congratulates them on a job well done. Eckhart Dayhammer gifts Bigby his pinky toe. Mordenkainen had been here previously and left a note for them, saying that they had done a good job.

Trivia[]

This episode and the previous one were recorded during the GeeklyInc TableTop Day 2018, to raise money for the Alzheimer's Disease And Related Disorders Association
Orcus' AC is 20
Orcus casts Power Word Kill and there is some debate as to what the spell saving throw should be. Actually, there is none. If the victim has fewer than 100 hit points, they just die. There is no saving throw
During this episode, the charity stream raised $5,000, the reward for which was Owen swearing. He says "shit" and it made Daddy DiMauro uncomfortable

In This Episode...[]

Cast and Player Characters[]

Non-Player Characters[]

Bigby
Orcus

Locations[]

The Abyss
- Thanatos
  - Naratyeer
    - Orcus' Lair
The Astral Plane
- Wizard's Tower

Quest Log Updates[]

~~[Complete] - Slay Orcus!~~

Quotes[]

"Spit in my moth!" ~ Tim Lanning

Rolls[]

Combat Resumes vs Orcus, two ghouls, a Death Knight, and a Zombie T-Rex

Initiative (from last time)
- Tyffani - 26
- Aelar - 15
- Adira - 15
- Adira's Cat
- Orcus
- Eckhart - 11
- Tephiroth - 9
- Neev - 7

Round One (cont'd)

Orcus (legendary action)
- Casts Chill Touch on Eckhart - ~~Nat20~~ 17
  - Miss

Tephiroth
- Is Hasted
- Runs full speed at Orcus, prompting an opportunity attack from a ghoul - 10
  - Miss
- Does a Reckless Attack
- Uses Rapid Strike
- Attacks with his blade - 27, 35, 18
  - Hit, Hit, Miss - 28+16+6 damage
- Attacks three more times, but this is hours later, because Tim doesn't know yet how to play his level 20 character so he forget he gets another action - 24, 28, 21
  - Hit, Hit, Hit - 33 damage
- Uses an action surge to attack three more times, because Tim is a monster, who must be stopped - 24, 30, 24
  - Hit, Hit, Hit - 33 damage

Orcus (legendary action?)
- Swings his big ugly tail at Tephiroth - 23
  - Miss

Neev
- Moves forward 50 feet
- Casts Toll the Dead at Orcus
  - He is immune to necrotic damage

Ghoul
- Attacks Eckhart - 14
  - Miss

Ghoul
- Attacks Aelar - 6
  - Miss

Death Knight
- Throws a Hellfire Orb, hitting Tyffani, Eckhart, and Aelar, requiring a DC 18 DEX saving throw
  - Tyffani - 31
    - Success - 34 damage
  - Eckhart - 21
    - Success - 34 damage
  - Aelar - 8
    - Fail - 70 damage

Z-T-Rex
- Bites Eckhart - 19
  - Miss
- Tail Attacks Tyffani - 19

Round Two

Tyffani
- Moves within 10 of Orcus
- Uses her Radiant Consumption ability - 10 radiant damage
- Shoots him with her Oathbow - 23
  - 6 damage

~~Aelar~~
- Casts Invulnerability

Orcus (lair action)
- Casts Power Word Kill on Aelar, requiring a DC 23 CHA saving throw - 16+7
  - Success - Not Power Word Killed

Aelar
- Casts Foresight on himself

Adira
- Casts Imprisonment (Burial) on the Z-T-Rex, requiring a DC WIS saving throw - 7-4
  - Fail - He is buried

Adira's Cat
- Yells "Revenge! Taste this!"
- Bites harder into Orcus - 1 more damage

Orcus
- Uses his "Wand of Orcus" to cast Circle of Death, requiring a DC 23 CON saving throws
  - Neev - 20
    - Fail - 28 necrotic damage
  - Eckhart - 23
    - Success - 14 necrotic damage
  - Tyffani - 24
    - Success - 7 necrotic damage (resistant)
  - Tephiroth - 25
    - Success - 7 necrotic damage (resistant)

Eckhart
- Attacks the damaged ghoul - 26
  - Hit - 11 slashing damage + 14 radiant damage - kills it
- Attacks the second ghoul - 19
  - Hit - 12 slashing damage + 18 radiant damage - kills it
- Moves to the Death Knight
Neev uses her Keeper of Souls ability to siphon HP from the dead ghouls to Aelar - 10 HP

Orcus (legendary action)
- Casts Chill Touch on Neev - 24
  - Success - 22 damage

Tephiroth
- Attacks him x3 (Reckless Attack x Rapid Strike) - 34, 25, 28
  - Hit, Hit, Hit - 21+22+23 damage
- Attacks him again x3 - >20, >20, >20
  - Hit, Hit, Hit - 36 damage

Orcus (legendary action)
- Attacks Neev - 18
  - Hit - 19 necrotic damage

Neev
- Casts Contagion (Slimy Doom) - 20
  - Hit - he has disadvantage on CON checks and saving throws. Also, if he takes damage, he is stunned until the end of his next turn
- Casts Spiritual Weapon
- Melee attacks using her new Spiritual Weapon - 19
  - Miss

Orcus (legendary action)
- Tail attacks Neev - 25
  - Hit - 21 piercing damage + 9 poison damage

Death Kight
- Casts Destructive Wave, requiring DC 18 CON saving throws
  - Aelar - >18
    - Success - 4 thunder damage (Absorb Elements) + 8 radiant damage
  - Eckhart - ??
    - Success - 8 thunder damage + 8 radiant damage
  - Adira - Nat20
    - Success - 8 thunder damage + 8 radiant damage

Round Three

Tyffani
- Casts Sunbeam on Orcus, requiring a CON saving throw - 9
  - Fail - Chooses to not fail - Success - 30 radiant damage + 11 also radiant damage - stuns him until the end of his next turn

Aelar
- Casts Disintegrate using Overchannel to deal maximum damage
  - Hit - 136 damage - kills him

Orcus (final action)
- Summons an Adult Blue Dracolich

Tephiroth
- Attacks the Dracolich x8
  - Hit x8 - 249 damage - kills it

Combat Ends