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Episode 407 - The Tarrasque

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Episode 407 - The Tarrasque
(Campaign 1 - Episode 407)
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Information
Release Date: May 10, 2021
Recording Date: May 6, 2021
Episode Length: 1:17:35
Cast & Characters
Michael DiMauro: Dungeon Master
Tim Lanning: Toby Treacletart
Jennifer Cheek: Rowan Grey
Mike Bachmann: Skud Derringer
Nika Howard: Lahnik "Lahni" Caplain
Guide
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Facing down a mythical monster that you were not even sure existed is never fun. Doing so while looking over your shoulder worrying that your mom and dad could get hurt, well, that makes the whole thing worse. Let’s hope we are prepared for our biggest challenge yet.

Story[]

Long Story[]

In The Majestic Hog Inn, Adira Harper asks River Grey if she has any advice for fighting the Tarrasque. She tells them that the last time they fought this thing, they were loosing. They lost many good people, friends of theirs, until Bigby had an idea. He cast a spell on the creature's heart, sending it into Bigby's own private demi-plane. This gives Adira an idea of her own: If they can get the Tarrasque's heart, it will most likely have traces of that same magic on it. That means, they could use it to find Bigby's plane, and go there! This is good, because Bigby's been hiding, and Adira wants to find him. King Theonjon Dayne is also there. Lahni asks if Toby could shrink her, and then she'd run inside the beast, and then he'd make her big. Unfortunately, Toby can't do that. Before they can continue this line of questioning, a sudden hubbub draws their attention outside. And as they look across the great river, they see some encroaching clouds. Birds are flying away. Creatures are running from it. The Tarrasque has arrived...

They approach the bridge, and suddenly, in a flash of light, Uthgar appears before them! He vows to help them, despite the Ring of Exhaustion rendering him effectively mortal. (At this point, the party has a massive feast that gives them a lot of perks, such as some extra HP, and immunity to being frightened. This is a pretty eggresious retcon, but what can you do?) At the end of the bridge, some guards with spears hold back the wild beasts attempting to cross. There are so many creatures that they begin bumping into each other and pushing each other into the river! The party crosses the bridge, entering the fray, and Toby begins throwing out pamphlets for The Tower of Grey. He then roars and turns into an Ancient White Dragon!

From the clouds, out of the chaos, a large creature appears. It has a huge mouth, many rows of sharp teeth, two tiny little arms. Wait, that's not a Tarrasque, that's a T-Rex. Suddenly, a gargantuan mouth emerges and swallows the T-Rex whole!!! This... is the Tarrasque. It's impossibly massive, covered in spikes, and standing on its hind legs. Scary stuff.

The fight begins with Lahni running up on it, of course. She does punches, but then it bites her and swallows her whole! Uh oh! Adira Harper casts Haste on the two -obies, while Uthgar sends a Blade Barrier right in the Tarrasque's area. That's gotta smart. He, along with Skud and Adira, casts Spiritual Weapon, resulting in one golden rapier, and two little itty bitty Tarrasques all trying to hurt this massive thing. It's quite the sight to see. River Grey is also bitten by the beast, but she's able to wrestle her way out of there. Toby, in Dragon form, does some damage, but it's Hoby who really shines. He flies into the creature's mouth and begins tearing it up from the inside. This is aaaaaaalmost enough to make it spew out the swallowed Lahni, but it's able to keep her down. Also, Rowan and her father, King Theonjon Dayne, both fail to hit this thing with arrows. So that's funny.

Short[]

There's a brief discussion as to how to fight the approaching Tarrasque, but then the Tarrasque approaches. No time to talk! They are met by Uthgar, who vows to fight with them, and then... it arrives. The battle is fierce, and unfulfilled, as the episode draws to a close...

Trivia[]

  • When was the last time Skud used is BattleBot, you ask? I'll tell you! In it's BattleBot form, it was last used in Episode 377, but in general, in Episode 400
  • No one owns the region known as The Westerlands, and as such, it has a bunch of different names. I'm just going to call it "The Westerlands"
  • Because there are so many NPCs running around, the players have taken on some of Michael's stresses, by playing 2 characters each!
  • Adira Harper has magical tattoos, in much the same way that Titus Harper did, though hers are gold

In This Episode...[]

Cast and Player Characters[]

Non-Player Characters[]

Pets/Familiars[]

Locations[]

Inventory[]

Toby Rowan Skud Lahni Others General Inventory
Robe of Stars[241]
Broom of Flying[299]
Crystal Ball of Telepathy[299]
Sending Stone[353]
Dossier on a Warehouse Owner[356]
Diary/Letter opener of Silga Darvo[357]
Scroll of Teleportation {x2}[374]
Leather Helmet[379]
Doug the Astral Dreadnought[381]
Treasure Map on the back of a portrait of Burt Ballista[382]
Rare books {x3}[382]
The Arcane Grimoire, Tsugrix Zelentiri[387]
Alchemy Jug[387]
Scroll of Plane Shift[392]
Potion of Greater Healing {x2}[392]
Bag of Holding[406]
Oathbow[234]
  • Arrows of Dragon Slaying {x4}[349]
Dancing Rapier[241]
Eyes of Charming[299]
Sending Stone[353]
Kevimp McBallister's groin shotgun[354]
Bag of Infinite Chicken Fingers[369]
Leather Helmet[379]
Rowan's Tattoo[387]
Scroll of Plane Shift[392]
Potion of Greater Healing {x2}[392]
Gold Bone Coin that lets him enter the Bones championship[255]
Heavy Armor, atop of his robe, adorned with fish[349]
Sending Stone[353]
Longsword of Wounding[354]
Water Badge[371]
Earth Badge(s)[378]
Air Badge[383]
Leather Helmet[379]
Deck of Many Things[387]{17 cards}
Scroll of Plane Shift[392]
Potion of Greater Healing {x2}[392]
Ferret Wine Ferret[253]
Bag of Beans[274]
Boots of Phasing[299]
A Longbow[349]
Sending Stone[353]
Leather Helmet[379]
The Caplain's Secret Ferret Pie/Cake Recipe[387]
Scroll of Plane Shift[392]
Potion of Greater Healing {x2}[392]
None
"Several" Potions of Fire Resistance[349]
Potions of Haste[349]
Dark Blade[352]
More Sending Stones, just in case[353]
Potions of Underwater Breathing[365]
Bag of Infinite Burgers[369]
Bag of Infinite Moscow Mules[369]
The BTS[380]

Quest Log Updates[]

Quotes[]

  • "Sometimes, I just think real hard, and I think so hard that my brain just, like, runs out of my body!" ~ Lahni Caplain
  • "I am essentially mortal right now, because of this terrible ring. But, it's the only gift you've ever given me, so I'm keeping it." ~ Uthgar

Rolls[]

  • Recap
    • Tim - 9
    • Jennifer - 17
    • Nika - 11
    • Bachmann - 13
  • Some of them roll Perception when the Tarrasque approaches
    • Lahni - 27
    • Skud - 24
    • Rowan - 26
      • They all see the many beasts running away from the Tarrasque
  • Skud rolls to give everyone extra maximum HP using his Heroes' Feast spell - 14
    • 14 extra HP

Combat Begins vs Tarrasque

  • Initiative
    • Lahni - 25
    • Tarrasque
    • Adira Harper - 18
    • Uthgar - 18
    • Rowan - 14
    • Skud - 14
    • River Grey - 11
    • Toby - 5
    • Hoby
    • King Theonjon Dayne

Round One

  • Lahni
    • Stunning Strike vs Tarrasque {x2} - 28, 14
      • Hit, Miss - 11, requires a DC 19 CON saving throw - 27
        • Success - not stunned
    • Runs back, prompting an opportunity attack (Bite) from the Tarrasque - 27
      • Hit - 36 8 piercing damage, also grapples her
  • Tarrasque
    • Attempts to swallow Lahni - Nat20
      • Hit - 56 damage, and she's swallowed!
  • Adira Harper
    • Uses Twinned Spell to cast Haste on both Toby and Hoby
    • Casts Spiritual Weapon to make a golden rapier
    • Flies 30 ft back and hides
    • Spiritual Weapon attacks - 19
      • Miss
  • Tarrasque
    • Uses a legendary action to move up toward the party
  • Uthgar
    • Casts Blade Barrier right in the Tarrasque's area, resulting in him taking damage every turn as long as he doesn't move (DEX saving throw)
    • Casts Spiritual Weapon to make a "teeny tiny Tarrasque"
    • Spiritual Weapon attacks - Nat20
      • Hit - 27 damage
    • Moves further away
  • Tarrasque
    • Uses a legendary action
    • Melee Attack (Bite) vs River Grey - 31
      • Hit - 36 piercing damage, also grapples her
  • Rowan
    • Makes Tarrasque her sworn enemy
    • Casts Hail of Thorns (at 4th level)
    • Ranged Attack (Oathbow) vs Tarrasque (x2) - 23, 23
      • Miss, Miss
  • Skud
    • Casts Spiritual Weapon to make another teeny tiny Tarrasque
    • Spiritual Weapon attacks - 20
      • Miss
    • Casts Meteor on Tarrasque, require a DC 18 DEX Saving Throw - 18
      • Success - 72 36 damage
    • Moves back
  • River Grey
    • Attempts to escape the bite of the Tarrasque, requiring a DC 20 DEX Saving Throw - 22
      • Success - she escapes the Tarrasque's mouth
  • Toby (Dragon)
    • Uses Breath Weapon against Tarrasque, requiring a CON Saving Throw - 28
      • Success - 39 Cold damage
    • Flies up to 20 ft away
    • Melee Attack (Tail) vs Tarrasque - 31
      • Hit - 17 0 Bludgeoning damage
    • Flies 80 ft up in the air
  • Hoby
    • Flies into the mouth of the Tarrasque (this counts as Hoby getting grappled in its mouth)
    • Melee Attack (Bite) vs Tarrasque - 29
      • Hit - 29 piercing damage, also requires a CON Savong Throw - 20
        • Fail - It's Poisoned It is immune to poison
    • Melee Attack (Claws) vs Tarrasque (x4) - Nat20, 32, 21, 33
      • Hit, Hit, Miss - 35 Slashing + 12 Bludgeoning + 18 Fire + 25 Piercing damage (Immune to fire)
    • Casts Misty Step to move 30 ft away
    • Flies 100 ft up in the air
  • Michael rolls some die because Hoby did more than 60 damage inside of it - ??
    • Success - it seems like it was about to vom up Lahni, but doesn't
  • King Theonjon Dayne
    • Ranged Attacked vs Tarrasque - ??
      • Miss

Episode Ends Mid-Combat

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