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date:: [[2023-09-19]]
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# [[104_20230919 How to fist a ghostly archmage]]
## Session Summary
> [!tldr] [[104_20230919 How to fist a ghostly archmage]]
> We battled Vespin Chloras, trying to stop him from finishing whatever ritual he was beginning while also battling demon oni that came out of the water. Vespin was immune to nonmagical damage and could not be grappled. But we still killed him! Wally got The Soulfire Sacrifice.
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> I Sent a message to Yussa and asked if we could come over, and he said yes. Xenia teleported us to Yussa's tower. We examined the Soulfire Sacrifice, and when Xenia placed the gem from [[Aygonath]] on its hilt, it began to emit a bright light. ^summary
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## Video
### [Andy's video](https://youtu.be/2bgmh8daN-o)
00:00:00 Recap
00:02:23 Impressive for a goldfish
00:04:05 The battle of wits that Andy lost
00:12:01 Roll for initiative
00:13:26 Andy just likes to deny me
00:16:07 Round 1 - Vespin's turn
00:17:43 Dax's turn (Who's keeping initiative?)
00:19:58 Wally's turn
00:21:23 Whatever the grapple one is
00:24:11 Xenia's turn (I'm muted)
00:24:51 I'll show you later
00:25:30 I saw what Murathan did but Andy didn't
00:26:06 Milla's turn
00:26:45 Scura's turn
00:27:28 She's going down into the hole
00:35:43 Round 2 - Vespin's turn
00:37:36 It's your turn, Vespin
00:39:14 Dax's turn
00:41:38 Wally's turn
00:44:11 Andy makes a request for the break
00:44:55 Xenia's turn
00:46:03 Can you put a large hand there?
00:49:01 Xenia tries to fist Vespin
00:50:24 Back channel chat doesn't count, Lulu
00:50:46 Milla's turn
00:52:25 Fisting hand
00:54:43 Scura's turn (Andy totally distracts me)
00:57:08 Does it look like he takes it?
00:58:14 Round 3 - Vespin's turn
01:01:12 Tingles and who am I into now?
01:02:03 Wait until he says Vespin moves
01:05:43 Dax's turn
01:09:43 Wally's turn (keep up)
01:11:14 What's the monk's name?
01:12:18 Xenia's turn
01:14:04 Milla's turn
01:15:51 Scura's turn
01:16:29 Andy distracts me again
01:18:02 I don't like the crap he's using
01:19:42 Round 4 - Vespin's turn (Andy was distracted too)
01:21:35 Don't you hate when people aren't ready on their turns?
01:27:37 Wally's isn't a math equation
01:29:11 Dax's turn (needles in his arse)
01:31:17 Wally's turn
01:31:56 Xenia's turn (just do the math for Andy)
01:36:48 Water creature attacks Wally
01:38:38 Milla's turn (with Scura on deck)
01:40:54 Scura's turn (Andy mocks me)
01:41:45 Tyler is concerned that I'm angry
01:43:57 Break (I take a long drink)
01:44:40 Round 5 - Vespin's turn
01:45:27 Fuck you, and I spoil Andy's crit
01:46:34 Aura of Life (what do you mean, luck?)
01:50:16 Dax's turn (Fucking Scura, such a killjoy)
01:51:40 Andy can't say incorporeal
01:52:20 Wally's turn
01:56:15 Xenia's turn
01:58:14 44 points of fisting damage
01:59:55 Milla's turn (checking your dock?)
02:01:54 Scura's turn (stand there and take it)
02:03:45 Round 6 - Vespin's turn (Andy is indecisive)
02:08:15 Lair action (fuck me)
02:09:44 Dax's turn (HDYWTDT)
02:19:46 Squiggly circle circle, and Murathan can teleport
02:21:14 Sending to Yussa and teleportation
02:23:16 Serious mountains
02:24:21 Are those pajamas bespoke?
02:25:14 Wally always has a sword in his hand
02:28:41 Me shipping Wally and Wensforth
02:32:27 Well we're going to do Planeshift now
02:33:05 Andy didn't end it right
⭐ That Sjoerd was back and that we were complete.
⭐ The Xenia-Wally combo move with the Arcane Hand.
⭐ How Xenia's fisting came in hand-y.
⭐ Spoiling Vespin's crit on Wally with Aura of Life + Dragon form. It's the first time I've used that spell, and it was very satisfying to have it be useful.
⭐ Having a fight where I came close to running out of spell slots. Love a good meaty battle sometimes.
⭐ Everyone concentrating on something. Love spellcasting in D&D.
🪄 More spellcasting opponents. It's so much more dynamic and more of a head game than hitting a bag of HP.
🪄 A longer downtime. Maybe it's just me, but while rushing from adventure to adventure is fun and frantic, it's also nice to get to do some longer-term character development or create a larger impact on the world around us that we can't do with individual battles. I wonder if we could just do some of this async to cut down on real time required?
🪄 Next week would get here already. Anxious to have met all of you in person.
### [Murathan's video](https://youtu.be/yzyXk-WCHOw)
00:00:00 Recap
00:12:42 Roll for initiative
00:16:35 Round 1 - Vespin's turn
00:18:20 Dax's turn
00:20:37 Wally's turn
00:24:47 Xenia's turn
00:26:44 Milla's turn
00:27:22 Scura's turn
00:36:04 Round 2 - Vespin's turn
00:39:52 Dax's turn
00:42:16 Wally's turn
00:45:33 Xenia's turn
00:51:52 Milla's turn
00:55:22 Scura's turn
00:59:16 Round 3 - Vespin's turn
01:05:43 Dax's turn
01:10:19 Wally's turn
01:11:48 What's the monk's name?
01:12:56 Xenia's turn
01:14:43 Milla's turn
01:16:28 Scura's turn
01:20:59 Round 4 - Vespin's turn
01:29:49 Dax's turn (needles in his arse)
01:31:54 Wally's turn
01:32:35 Xenia's turn
01:37:25 Water creature attacks Wally
01:38:16 Milla's turn
01:41:30 Scura's turn
01:45:10 Round 5 - Vespin's turn
01:50:47 Dax's turn
01:52:50 Wally's turn
01:56:46 Xenia's turn
01:58:17 44 points of fisting damage
02:00:25 Milla's turn
02:02:23 Scura's turn
02:04:19 Round 6 - Vespin's turn
02:08:44 Lair action
02:10:15 Dax's turn (HDYWTDT)
02:21:59 Sending to Yussa and teleportation
02:24:51 Are those pajamas bespoke?
02:32:50 Well we're going to do Planeshift now
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## Recap
![[ttrpgs/Temporary White Circle/103_20230912 Facing the shadows in the mirror#^summary]]
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## Log
Around the flower and the sword, floating 10 feet above, is a spectral form of Vespin Chloras.
![[1695148586439 - Combat]]
Wally got [[The Soulfire Sacrifice]]!
#sending to [[ttrpgs/Temporary White Circle/Yussa Errenis|Yussa]]:
> Aygonath gave us the sigils for your teleportation circle. May we please come over? Right now? We have an artifact of import. Fleeing danger.
From Yussa:
> Scura, yes, of course. Come. I will arrange for Wenceforth to come.
We teleport to Yussa's tower.
![[twc-soulfire-sacrifice.png]]
It's made of steel, belonging to Raei. On the back side of the hilt where the wings are, there's an indentation of the phoenix. Xenia puts in the phoenix gem. It emits a bright light.