Episode 17

This is Episode 17 of Dice, Camera, Action.

The Party
(Anna) Evelyn - Human Paladin of Lathander

(Holly) Strix - Tiefling Sorcerer

(ProJared) Diath - Human Rogue

(Nathan) Paultin - Human Bard

Tsolenka Pass
The group heads to Tsolenka Pass, where it is very cold. Anna is distressed that Evelyn hasn't had a rest in forever thanks to her lycanthropy.

Tsolenka Pass consists of a bridge and some gate towers.

As the adventurers approach, the portcullis goes up. Kasimir walks through. There's a curtain of green flame. He walks through it. The group is a little weirded out.

The waffle crew is worried about walking through the flame. They really don't want to take damage. Evelyn is very concerned about Valentina the horse freezing to death, so they stick her near the flame.

There are vrock statues out here. Evelyn checks them out, and she's pretty sure they can become real. She hits a statue with Lightfall, her magic axe. Both statues become real and they attack.

Vrock Battle
Evelyn switches to Treebane, thinking maybe it will do more damage.

Evelyn is up in the air thanks to her flying boots. A vrock hits her with a stunning screech. She falls. Diath catches her.

A vrock grabs Diath and flies him over the crevasse. It's going to drop him. Diath escapes the grapple and tries to grapple it. The vrock rolls a one but, after modifiers, it still wins.

Diath falls! He hits the angled side of the crevasse. He takes 18 points of damage.

The group scatters and tries to run, then goes back, then runs again. Strix is in gaseous form, and she tries to pretend to be a demon lord. The vrocks sort of buy it, and they explain that she should have announced herself. They turn back to stone.

The Green Flame
Evelyn and Paultin pass through the sheet of flame and take 33 points of damage each. Paultin is down to 6 hit points.

Strix casts gaseous form on Diath so he can go through the green fire without taking damage. Then Strix goes through the fire. She takes half damage from fire because she's a tiefling.

The group is severely injured and distraught. Strix starts yelling at her Strahd doll. Paultin can't bring himself to play an encouraging song.

The group decides to take a short rest inside one of the guard towers. Their friend Kasimir is off trancing (he's an elf).

They hear the portcullis shut.

The adventurers decide to rest here for the night. They're going to have to survive another long rest with werewolf Evelyn. They tie her to a ladder and deprive her of her weapons. As the night goes on, Evelyn doesn't transform.

In the middle of the night, Strix is keeping watch when she hears a loud noise - the flapping wings. Something gigantic is outside. That's where we stop.