Editing Episode 138

This is '''[[Episode]] 138''' of ''[[Dice, Camera, Action]]''.{{#ev:twitchvod|v412432028|600||||}}

==Summary==
===Episode 138 - The Scarlet Marpenoth ===
====The Party====
([[Commander Holly|Holly]]) [[Strix]] - Tiefling Sorcerer

([[ProJared]]) [[Diath Woodrow|Diath]] - Human Rogue

([[Nathan Sharp|Nathan]]) [[Paultin Seppa|Paultin]] - Human Bard

([[Anna Prosser Robinson|Anna]]) [[Evelyn Marthain|Evelyn]] - Human Paladin of Lathander

The adventurers had tracked the kids to a submarine owned by [[Jarlaxle Baenre|Jarlaxle]]. [[Strix]] and [[Diath Woodrow|Diath]] freed the kids from their bonds. They came upon a central area where gnomes and drow were lurking. [[Strix]] declared that she and her allies were pirates.  

====Nice Pirates====
The gnomes look genuinely scared. [[Paultin Seppa|Paultin]] is in the hallway near where [[Strix]] is. An automaton wielding a rapier approaches him in a threatening manner. He convinces the nimblewright to leave him be.     

[[Evelyn Marthain|Evelyn]] comes in to the bridge area and tells the gnomes and drow that she is commandeering this vessel. The submarine decouples from the ship above it. Water starts to pour in. The heroes realize that the nimblewright left the hatch open.      

[[Paultin Seppa|Paultin]] is in a hallway that is filling with water. He wants to cast ''animate object'' to shut the hatch. The hatch is unable to close because of the force of the water.      

[[Evelyn Marthain|Evelyn]] tries to recruit the nimblewright to help her get the hatch closed. It stabs her for 15 points of damage. She runs over an tries to shut the hatch. [[Anna Prosser Robinson|Anna]] rolls a 23 on her Strength check, but it's not enough.         

A drow wizard tries to cast a spell, but [[Strix]] tries to ''counterspell'' it. The ''counterspell'' fails and the drow fills the bridge with a ''cloudkill'' spell. [[Diath Woodrow|Diath]] and [[Paultin Seppa|Paultin]] fail their saving throw and are choking on the poison gas. The gnomes die and float in the water. As a gnome dies, it pulls a lever and the vessel start to go down.          

[[Strix]] ends up pushing buttons on a console. An alarm goes off throughout the vessel. A drow rushes [[Diath Woodrow|Diath]] and stabs him for 5 points of damage. Another drow stabs [[Strix]] for 6 points.           

==== The Flood ====
Elsewhere, [[Squiddly]] spots a diving suit. It is airtight. He whispers to the other kids, "OK. We're going to pile into that suit." [[Jenks]] is in the torso area, [[Murderbot|Simon]] and [[Nat]] are in the legs. [[Squiddly]] gets on [[Jenks]].

[[Evelyn Marthain|Evelyn]] tries again to shut the hatch, but the water coming through is too strong.  

[[Diath Woodrow|Diath]] tells a drow that everyone is going to drown. It says, "Not me." 

A drow casts ''lightning bolt'' on [[Diath Woodrow|Diath]] and [[Strix]]. [[Strix]] ''counterspells'' it.   

A gnome voice speaks through an intercom, "I can't help but notice that we're going down!" The gnome tells [[Strix]] how to make the vessel ascend.  

[[Strix]] casts ''passwall'' underneath the feet of the drow wizard, hoping to dump it into a hole and then turn off the spell. The drow leaps out to the way as it forms. Water erupts through the hole and begins to fill the area.  

The vehicle hits something and tilts.  

[[Diath Woodrow|Diath]] spots two drow who were ''charmed'' by [[Paultin Seppa|Paultin]]. They are trying to activate a bilge system to flush out the water. The kids, in the diving suit, slide into the room where the adventurers are and sink to the bottom window. [[Squiddly]] spots a shimmering reptilian dragon swimming around in the briny depths. He also spots a shipwreck which the submarine might have just collided with.   

[[Evelyn Marthain|Evelyn]] continues to try to shut the hatch, but is unable to make it happen. She begins to cry in frustration.   

[[Jarlaxle Baenre|Jarlaxle]] is on the aft section of his ship, looking at bubbles in the water. He tells his crew, "I think I may have underestimated them."   

A drow casts ''darkness'', but [[Paultin Seppa|Paultin]] ''counterspells'' it.   

[[Strix]] tries to dispel her ''passwall'' and fails. The water rises and merges with her tears. Her hat starts to float away. She swims after it.   

The drow pull a lever and are able to steer the submarine in a safe direction.    

The kids, in the diving suit, try to swim up. [[Paultin Seppa|Paultin]] casts ''animate object'' on the diving suit. The suit is able to swim up and rejoin the group.    

==== Evelyn Is Drowning ====
Out in the hall, the nimblewright stabs [[Evelyn Marthain|Evelyn]] two more times and drops her. Her body washes into the main room where the other heroes are. Her heavy armor sinks her right to the bottom. She makes her death save, but also takes an automatic failure because she is drowning. [[Diath Woodrow|Diath]] dives down and pulls her body up to the bridge area.    

[[Strix]] casts ''word of recall'', bringing her, [[Evelyn Marthain|Evelyn]], and the kids minus [[Murderbot|Simon]] appear back in Trollskull Manor. [[Murderbot|Simon]] is not willing, so he does not go with [[Strix]]. [[Diath Woodrow|Diath]], [[Paultin Seppa|Paultin]] and [[Murderbot|Simon]] are still in the submarine.     

[[Paultin Seppa|Paultin]] grabs [[Murderbot|Simon]], swims through the hole, and is about to cast ''dimension door''. He is in the dark water, and is able to determine which way up is. [[Paultin Seppa|Paultin]] and [[Murderbot|Simon]] teleport to the surface of the water near ''the Eyecatcher''. Two figures leap of the ship onto surfboards made of waves.      

Meanwhile, [[Evelyn Marthain|Evelyn]] rolls a death save and gets her second success.      

[[Diath Woodrow|Diath]] is still in the submarine. The nimblewright attacks him and does 21 points of damage. [[Diath Woodrow|Diath]] provokes from it and takes another 14 points. [[Diath Woodrow|Diath]] swims over to the diving suit and puts it on. He ''misty steps'' out into the water and is able to slowly swim to the surface.       

A big creature comes up underneath him. Its big metallic wings start to envelop him and it hauls [[Diath Woodrow|Diath]] up to the surface, then lets him go.       

The dragon fends off the waveriders, and [[Paultin Seppa|Paultin]] and [[Diath Woodrow|Diath]] are able to escape.      

[[Strix]] realizes that [[Waffles]], the owlbear, is still on the ship.       

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