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Media References and Puns of 3-03 The Trail and the Toll

Thanks to @ekkiart​ for this art piece!

Media References

(0:10:13) Liam: Sorry, Freaky Friday…

(0:29:43) Various: *singing* Making my way. (“A Thousand Miles” by Vanessa Carlton)

(0:30:10) Matt: To be fair… (Letterkenny)

(0:30:25) Travis: Bertrand is doing his best CIA thing. He looks like Val Kilmer in The Saint where he’s being the French poet and the artist.

(0:32:21) Liam: Yeah, Kris Kristofferson.

(0:34:34) Travis: Meet me outside, meet, meet me outside. (“Meet Me Inside” from Hamilton)

(0:36:11) Liam: She’s going to do the Molly Ringwald. (The Breakfast Club)

(0:36:26) Sam: Wild and Crazy Guys! (SNL)

(0:37:23) Liam and Laura: *singing* Don’t be suspicious. (Parks and Recreation)

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Monster Analysis: Mutated Shade Creepers

Thanks to @migelcoronado3 for this art piece!

Standard

First Encounter: 3-003 The Trail and the Toll

Armor Class 12-14 (earlier battles were 12, later battles were 14)

Hit Points 10-15

Abilities:

Claw Attack +5 to hit, deals physical + necrotic damage

Dagger (rarely)

Death explosion: Anyone within melee makes dexterity save or takes fire damage. Whether the person took half damage on a success varied by battle.

Larger

First Encounter: 3-015 The Tunnels Below

Armor Class 14-16

Hit Points 50

Abilities:

Claw Attack, deals physical + necrotic damage

Acidic Spew, DC ≤ 17

Death explosion: Anyone within melee makes dexterity save. On a success, the target takes no damage. On a failure, the target takes fire damage.

Shade creepers were introduced pre-stream; Laudna and Imogen battled against some breaking into Zhudanna's house before they met Bells Hells. Shade creepers are known as pests in Jrusar, looking to steal from homes, but are not violent.

The shade creepers that battled Bells Hells throughout their time in Jrusar were anything but violent. Through the mutation they experienced through their interactions with the Shade Mother and the Gnarlrock, their appearances changed, and their countenance changed.

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Monster Analysis: Dugger

Thanks to @lappuncheung for this art piece!

First Encounter: 3-003 The Trail and the Toll

Armor Class 17-20

Abilities:

Rapier

Shortsword

Dagger

Poison Spray

Birth Shade Creeper

Cunning Action: Slippery Dash

122 damage taken, 15 HDYWTDT by Dorian

Dugger was a dwarf originally associated with the Hubatt Corsairs, a group that had styled themselves to be the Robin Hoods of Jrusar. He worked largely in the Smolder Spire, the hub for Jrusar's mining industry. About six months prior to Bells Hells' encounter, Dugger started getting weird.

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Livetweets of 3-03

"What kind of music do you like?" "Oh, I've had my phases, all sort of music. The hard stuff, the light stuff, orchestral. Jazz, I don't f*** with."

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I managed last week but my brain is already shutting off so I shan’t be liveblogging tonight - I’ll go for it around lunchtime here (so in like ten and a half hours)

Happy Thursday and Happy Friday to all the critters out there, I’ll catch you at stream time next week!