Livetweets of 2-140 Long May He Reign
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"I didn't think that would work."
"HOW DID YOU DO THAT?"
"I asked politely."
Monster Analysis: Lucien, The Neo-Somnovem
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First Appearance: 2-111 New Homes and Old Friends
Encounter Appearance: 2-139 Rebirth
Armor Class 22
Speed Unknown
Darkvision, Truesight
Resistant to fire and necrotic damage
Immune to psychic damage
Immune to charmed, frightened, and stunned
670 damage taken
While Lucien the Nonagon may have carried nine eyes gifted by the Somnovem, the eyes of Lucien the Neo-Somnovem were the Somnovem’s actual corporeal forms. With full control over the emotions made manifest, Lucien’s sheer power and washboard abs were a terrifying, magnificent sight to behold.
Read MoreMedia References and Puns of 2-139 Rebirth
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Say that name, say that name,
He's burning up those actions, keep up that distraction
Say that name, say that name,
He's going really crazy, using Somnovem gaze-y...
Media References
(0:00:20) Sam: I thought the sponsor was Toys”R”Us.
(0:37:58) Essek: So keep it safe. Ashley: I’ll keep it secret as well. (The Fellowship of the Ring)
(0:43:44) Marisha: What happens to grave clerics when they die? Taliesin: Same thing that happens to everything else. Travis: Don’t you bring that first X-Men movie in here. Laura: It’s the same thing, captain.
(0:44:19) Sam: What’s Fjord’s favorite bean? The Pinto.
(0:44:31) Sam: What’s Yasha’s favorite basketball team? The Orphan Lakers.
(0:44:43) Sam: What’s the Clay family’s favorite philosopher? Play-Doh.
(0:47:23) Liam: Look, we didn’t think they’d go so fast, we only made two bins, and there was a rush. (Eddie Izzard from Dressed to Kill)
What Does the Mighty Nein Have Left: Neo-Somnovem Edition
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Between the fiery rage of the eye of Ira, the withering disgust of the eye of Fastidan, and the psychic assault channeled from the full chorus of the Somnovem, Lucien the Neo-Somnovem inflicted a ton of damage to the Mighty Nein. We’ll save the battle analysis for its usual place as we focus on where we expect the party to begin 2-140.
Read MoreLivetweets of 2-139 Rebirth
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“I'm not Billie Eyeless.”
*groan*
”Haha. Kill me."
”Yeah, that's the plan.”
Stats of Narrative Telephone: Of Heists and Horses
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So, if you can keep quiet, here’s the plan. No, not the plant, the plan. The plan, yes yes, the plan. The plan, the plan, plan plan plan. The PLAN, muahahaha, the plan!
Horses.
Want a reminder how past stories went? We maintain our Narrative Telephone page here, where you can check out graphs overlooking the entire series as well as consult our index for past individual tales.
Read MoreMonster Analysis: Cree Deeproots
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First Appearance: 2-13 Lost & Found
Encounter Appearance: 2-138 Where There Is A Will
Armor Class 19
Speed 30 ft
Base: Darkvision 60 ft
Potential Truesight granted by the Somnovem
Resistant to psychic damage
500 total damage taken
Cree Deeproots: 289 damage taken, 78 finishing blow by Yasha
Cree, Vessel of the Pattern: 211 damage taken, 80 HDYWTDT by Veth
After Cree and Lucien split up to place separate their threshold crests to bring the Cognouza Ward back to the Material Plane, the Mighty Nein chased after one of them in an attempt to interrupt the ritual. Just outside the threshold Vault, the party discovered that they had chosen Cree’s trail. Cornered, alone, and facing an overwhelming threat, Cree was forced to sacrifice herself to buy time for her Nonagon.
Content warning: body horror mid-article.
Read MoreThe Eyes of Nein
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Several critters have asked where all of the Nein have their Somnovem-gifted eyes. We’ve also been keeping our eyes on the eyes; here’s the list. Updated to 2-138.
Beau
(2-122, 3:31:18) Back of left hand
(2-126, 0:15:28) Back of neck
(2-135, 0:17:14) Center, upper sternum
Caduceus
(2-138, 1:21:23) Center, upper sternum
Caleb
(2-122, 3:32:19) Right shoulder, just above where the bicep and deltoid meet
(2-126, 0:15:06) Middle of back, between shoulder blades
(2-135, 0:18:05) Palm of left hand
(2-138, 3:01:43) Over the heart
Fjord
(2-138, 1:16:56) Palm of left hand
Jester
None
Veth
(2-138, 1:15:58) Center of forehead
Yasha
None
Essek
(2-138, 1:18:59) Right shoulder blade
Media References and Puns of 2-138 Where There Is A Will...
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If we spend our big spells on this weird rock I found, time after time
We can rest, in a blink, and alter reality, time after time...
Media References
(0:00:45) Travis: My Suddenly Susan protocols won’t budge it!
(0:02:49) Taliesin: Now, stick your thing in, flip it, and reverse it with love. (“Work It” by Missy Elliott)
(0:16:53) Travis: This fold’s taken! (Forrest Gump)
(0:25:00) All: *singing* Makin’ my way! (“A Thousand Miles” by Vanessa Carleton)
(0:25:19) Marisha: *singing* Reach out and touch me. (“Personal Jesus” by Depeche Mode)
(0:30:36) Sam: *singing* I’m still standing. (by Elton John)
(0:38:27) Ashley: Get over here! (Mortal Kombat)
(0:51:41) Matt: You may Legolas this.
(0:52:40) Liam: It’s Audrey II going (lip smacking). (Little Shop of Horrors)
(0:57:39) Sam: The McRib is back!
(0:57:46) Travis: *singing* I want my baby back, baby back. (NSYNC Chili’s ad)
Livetweets of 2-138 Where There Is A Will...
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"The Flesh is Lava is the WORST game."
"The Floor is Lava is one thing. The Floor is Flesh is f***ing another."
Monster Analysis: Cognouza Flesh Horrors
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Encounter Appearance: 2-137 Welcome to Cognouza
Armor Class 15
Speed 20 ft
Estimated Average, Max HP range: 40, 90
Old Lady Flesh Horror: 90 taken, 33 killing blow by Caleb
Flesh Horror 1: 53+ taken, Unknown killing blow by Essek
Flesh Horror 2: 58 taken, 24 killing blow by Jester
Flesh Horror 3: 72 taken, 36 killing blow by Yasha
Flesh Horror 4: 40 taken, 16 killing blow by Caleb
Flesh Horror 5: 73 taken, 42 HDYWTDT by Caleb
Among the distorted architecture and twisted remnants of the Cognouza Ward, the Nein stumbled across the maddened flesh puppets of the city, as well as two members of the Somnovem who briefly inhabited them: Timorei and Ira. While the person inhabited by Timorei melted into a pile of flesh, the individual Ira commandeered and several nearby citizens were spurred to furious rage upon Ira taking their leave. These maddened husks crawled toward the living Nein, sprouting screaming mouths full of gnashing teeth.
Read MoreQuick Answers 86
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Updated to 2-137
When did the Nein last leave the Xhorhaus to their housekeeper, and how much do they owe her?
The Nein hired Vedalla on Thunsheer 24, at a rate of 40 gp per month. According to our Goods, Services, and Items Exchanged tables, we only have a record of a single month’s payment. As of 2-137 (Sydenstar 3), they’re in the middle of the third month of her hiring, with 21 days left in the current pay period. Either they owe her 80 gp more, or she stopped showing up. Had they gone with her daily rate of 1 gp, 4 sp, they would currently owe the 40 gp they paid plus 58 gp for 70 days worth. (The three combined months would end up around 127 total gp, 4 sp, opposed to the 120 total gp of the current plan.)
Do you have the translation for what Matt’s damage phrases mean in terms of how many hit points a creature has left? "Some Wear and Tear", "Bloodied", “Starting to,” "Looking Rough", "Barely Holding On," etc.
Based purely on a rough estimate, phrases like “wear and tear” and “starting to look rough” are based on percentages (maybe 75% total health on the former, just past 50% on the latter). “Bloodied” is an unofficial state in which the creature is below 50%. A creature who is “Looking REALLY rough” or “Barely holding on” is more in line with actual HP remaining, in which Matt is telling the party that any one of them could get the finishing blow based on how much damage he knows they can deal. Even with phrases like these and the hindsight of numbers behind us, Matt is still really good at not broadcasting when a creature has enough hit points to fall to a single simple attack.
Do you know how many times Beauregard has rolled a natural 20 and gotten a 1 on the damage die?
Of the 31 Nat20 attacks that Beau landed and rolled damage for, only four of them resulted in 1s on the damage die.
(C2E010, 1:04:29) Unarmed Strike against Rat
(C2E052, 2:50:40) Staff against Shoosuva 2
(C2E085, 0:26:55) Throwing Star against Caedogeist
(C2E132, 1:30:08) Belabor against Zombie Frost Giant (with advantage)