Hello and welcome to Pine of Cthulhu Season 5,
Bloodborne Edition. This will be Episode 7. How
about we get one of our lovely players to give
us a recap? Have you prepared anything, Kev?
Have any of the rest of you? They're so good.
Looks like we're going back to the confessions
then. Please do. Confess to me, Daddy. Herein
lies the confession of Dominicus Aeternus, the
cleric. The eastern street burned behind us.
We only found one soul left amongst its ashes,
a young noble who mistakes safety for faith.
The rest had already confessed to the fire. When
we returned to the fountain square, the gate
screamed in its hinges, and a strange light glimmered
atop the old stone cross, pulsed like a heart
that did not belong to any god I knew. I reached
for it, believing it to be judgment, trial, or
perhaps just some sort of damnation made manifest.
I prayed as I touched it. Then the world fell
away. That's all he's got because he disappeared
at this point in the last episode. Yeah, he wasn't
here for a half a bit. So, Dominicus, you did
indeed see a white light spread across your vision,
and it quickly got the rest of your companions
to one after the other. However, Marcy... God,
Marcy... I don't remember if you got the noble's
name, but his name's Elias. No, we never got
that. And the deer dog were all left behind.
Yeah, the little pussy bitch boy. Yeah, Twinkerbell,
that's what you were calling him. Twinkerbell
was sadly left behind, along with Marcy and the
dog, as the gates barring that courtyard were
getting battered in. Oh, my dog! Yeah, your dog's
not here. Sorry, Snuffleup is back. Yeah, can't
help that. Good. We should have left it where
we found it. I should have left you in that straight
corner where I found you. He was a good minion
while he lasted. Maybe he might come back to
me. He will ascend to heaven, as all dogs do.
Right, and heaven is not here. Here is an odd
garden of sorts. There are white looms scattered
around. You've all kind of fallen into a pile.
Dominicus is getting crushed basically at the
bottom by Hank, by... Vince, by all of you just
sandwiched on top of him as you fill in one after
the other. I didn't realise it was this kind
of party. God damn, where the hell am I? Alright,
one of you guys just touched my tit. Someone
just grabbed my boob. That might have been me,
my apologies. Okay, alright, alright. As long
as there wasn't these fucking men. I mean, Daddy,
you're more than welcome. I'll say it's a bad
thing. The other two stay the fuck away from
me. Easy now. I ain't touching nothing. See,
y 'all are in a beautiful garden. At least ahead
of you scrolls cobblestone steps and flowering
plants, twisted, warped -looking trees, and in
the distance, what looks like a chapel. Fairly
small one, but there's a light on inside. Behind
you, however, is a sheer drop. into what looks
like pure, dense fog. You can see down past the
edge of what seems to almost be an island for
a little ways, but it drops off into white smog
fairly quickly. The island isn't too big, it's
decent enough size, it would take you a while
to walk around it, but it's not huge. You can
see the shape of some kind of collapsed form
far ahead and amongst the weeds, but nothing
else seems to be here. Stay close. We appear
to be above the clouds. I have been this high
since college. Which for you was like two weeks
ago. That's fucking wrong. We know you've never
been to college, Hank. I'm a highly educated
scholar. And propane accessories. Exactly. I
can make you a propane gear out of nothing. There's
a janitor at Yharnam Technical College. The Bergamorf
School of Pyrotechnics. I'm going to have a little
explore. This is going to go up the path towards
the chapel. Yep. I see you coming with him. There's
a closed gate this way. Can I open it? You've
gone up ahead, and no, you can't. It's closed
and locked. But what you can do is get better...
I see you edging your token back the way you
came, Carmen. Stop fucking... Get your ass back
here, you motherfucker! I got confused. I was
on the wrong side of the path. What you can see
is that the form collapsing the bushes appears
to be that of a woman. Lying very, very still.
I think we've all been in that situation a few
times before. So that's a bit strange. Stand
back. We'll check for signs of life. Can I check
her out? You can absolutely check a woman out.
Anything after that's up to you. There's a pervert
on there. I want to investigate this lonely,
distressed damsel. Stand back, Vance. Do not
touch that woman. There might be signs of corruption.
Let me investigate. And if you inappropriately...
I swear to God, if you do anything to that woman,
we're going to have some serious fucking talk,
Vance. That's what I was going to say. Maybe
let Gertrude do that. Vance, you're making all
of the women uncomfortable. Get away from that
girl. I am a noble man. I mean good intentions
to this kindly woman. I mean to know what is
troubling her. You're convincing no one. Step
away. Noble man, I'm fairly certain you're probably
on the Yarnstein list. I still want to investigate
this tripled woman. Right, who's going up and
investigating the world? I am. I said I'm going
to do it. Whoever's going up, move your character...
Well, I've got a 1, so... Whoever's going up
to move your character tokens up to... Did you
just offer to roll perception and then rolled
it without even... Yes. You rolled a nat 1, which
is... I've been saying for like 2 minutes I want
to investigate this person. We managed to get
through quite a lot of a game there without somebody
rolling when they weren't asked to. Yeah, he
also wasn't going to be rolling a perception
check. For him it would have been blood tinge,
but it's not going to be anything now, you fucker.
Yeah, you know what? Dominicus barges past him,
moves on his side, and checks the young woman
for a pulse. For you, you can choose religion
or perception. This is going to be a religion
one for me. Go ahead and roll that thing. Oh,
god! God, you can do any better. Perhaps the
scholar should have a turn. You're a religious
man. Can't do any better than me. A non -religious
noble. You should feel humbled. What do you mean
humbled? I can't find a pulse. That's all I checked
for. What are you talking about? You know what?
For Nat 1, you do notice that you can't find
a pulse. And her skin is very cool and very white.
Yeah, she appears to be dead. I'm pretty sure
it's a statue. What would you like to show for
a hoe? I think I'm going to leave it there for
you guys getting to investigate the woman. I'm
sure she's fine. Moving on. You will see that
there is a graveyard here. There are about...
Oh god, one, two, three. Seven gravestones, I
think. Yeah, seven gravestones and two almost
birdbath -looking wells over here as well. Except
to Cartman and... At Cartman and Dominicus, they
just look like rocks. They don't even know they're
gravestones with those napkins. It appears that
somebody was trying to prepare this young woman
for burial, but has been distracted. And you
see the entrance to the chapel. We should look
around for a caretaker or gravedigger. Well,
I mean, I'm getting lombarded too much with these
people around me, so I'm going to head towards
the chapel. I just said we're getting abused.
Oh, sorry, we'll just sit here. We'll sit here
in silence. You carry on, mate. Fantastic. You
guys have fun. Yeah, you know what? I'm going
to go a different direction. It's fine. You go
over there. It's fine. You carry on, Cartman.
You do the whole thing on your own. I'm going
to sit here. Carry on. This starts episode eight
of the Cartman Files. Yeah. It's just all Cartman.
Right. Are you guys investigating the gravestones
or are you coming with Cartman? I'm going to
be visiting the gravestones looking for some
sort of caretaker or somebody digging graves.
Right, Cartman, you are not allowed to move back
from where you are. You can go into the church
further, but your ass is stuck there at least.
The rest of you walk up to this birdbath in the
graveyard and white ghostly figures crawl out.
Oh, hell no! Yep, you guys remember these from
your blood -soaked dreams back in the clinic.
There was a wolf made of blood and gore and there
was these little dudes crawling up towards your
face. they are actually glowing with the same
light that brought you to this area. And as they
offer their hands out to you, you will get the
chance to level up. Except Cartman, because he's
not here. Ah, ha ha ha. Good. Nice. Hey, level
up yourself. What do we need then? And whether
he will get to level up right now depends on
whether you guys want to tell him. Tell his character
about these little guys. Nobody say anything.
What do we do for leveling up? So, leveling up
in this game works a little different than most.
We just all level up and we come in slightly
buffering fancy characters. What happened? We're
just like, nothing. Nothing at all. This should
teach you a valuable fucking lesson, Carmen.
So in this game, your blood echoes act as both
your currency, your gold, and your XP. So can
you guys, starting with Matt, tell me how much
blood echoes you have? I have 560. 560? Token?
I do believe I have like 600, but give me one
second. I have 790. 790? You've got a lot of
kills, yeah. Yeah, you're doing a lot better
than I am. Kev, how much have you got? Yeah,
I've done a lot of damage, but I rarely get the
last shot in. So, I think I've only got, what
is it, 360? Hold on. Oh dear. I've got it here.
Yeah, I've only got 360. 360, and Rich? I've
got 341. 341, ooh. And Cartman, even though you're
not getting this right now, let me know. Oh,
just 890. Yeah, so this is a great thing for
you to be missing out on. Is it? Yeah. Oh, so
you're telling me they're poorer getting poorer.
Oh, no. Oh, dear. Poverty. Ew. How disgusting.
Right. I'm just curious. What's the benefits
of a level up? It's up to you guys if you're
going to let me know about it. Fair enough. I'll
sit in the bed I made, but I would like to know
the disadvantage or advantages of actually leveling
up. So, leveling up doesn't really have any disadvantage
other than it's costing blood echoes. If you
level up and use all your blood echoes, there
might be items you can't buy later. Its advantage
is stat increases to your primary stats, so your
strength, your vitality, your stamina, your arcana,
all those. You can choose which one to level
up, so you can choose which one to gain in and
build your character that way. Does this heal
us in the same way a long rest would for the
game itself? Or are we not healing on these level
ups? You are sadly not healing on these. Oh.
Full health anyway. Yeah. Tragic, ain't it? Anyhow.
Anyway. Anyway. Sucks to be you anyway! The way
the cost works is it works on what level you
guys are now. And to level up, any of your stats
will cost more. So if you put a level in Strength,
it'll still cost more the next time to put in
a skill. You guys are all currently technically
level 10. So any stat increase you want will
cost 166 for the first one. Then 180, then 200,
then 240. So, starting with, I guess, Tugan,
because he has the most moolah of an avia. What
are you looking to increase on your character?
Yeah, I can only afford one. You technically
can level up your blood tinge, but I wouldn't.
I wouldn't suggest it. Considering she's going
to be kind of a what I said before, like a Tinkerton
character, it's all going into strength. All
strength, okay. So for strength, as much as you
can, yeah? Yep, as much as I can. So I have 790,
so how many levels does that take? I think, because
you said it was 160, 180, 200, 240, right? Yep,
I'm going to get a calculator up for this one,
because I'm bad at math, as we've already established.
Well, if that's the case, then it is... So you
said 160, 180, 200, and 240, so not 220? Nope,
it goes up in varying amounts. Because I tried
to balance this as much as I possibly could.
Okay, so then I literally am right at it. Because
then, so, if I go all the way up to 240, so I
level up four times, it's 780. Oh, jeez! Thank
you for doing that for me. I will have ten black
echoes left. Okay, nice. Do you want to do it?
Yeah. And that will bring you up to... So, four
times. So, one, two, three, four. Brings you
up to level 14. Okay. So you can note that where
you can. And that will change your strength.
Where's your strength? What's your strength at
currently? 10. 10? Nice. So that will bring it
up to a strength of 14, so plus 3. Awesome. So
14 for your big number, and then plus 3 for your
modifier. Nice. Awesome. Hell yeah. This ultra
buff small girl. Yeah, you just see Gertrude's
muscles, not Gertrude's, Brittany's muscles bulge.
She suddenly has an eight pack now. What's up,
guys? How's everything going? Let's start my
hot girl era. It starts today. Let's give our
gains, guys. Today's leg day. Oh, yeah. Matt
is up next. You had 560. I'm not too sure what
I'd need. I mean, my strength is a minus one,
so I probably would like to get that up to at
least a zero. But I don't need to do a lot of
strength stuff. That's kind of what the others
do. Remember, this is also currency, so if you
get the opportunity to buy stuff, you'll be using
blood echoes then. So Tukun has 10 coins to his
name now. So if you want to save some and try
and buy items... She's the same as Dominicus
now. What does it take to get to a plus 2 on
things? Because my skill is 13, my arcane is
14. I have no spells either. So... You're not
going to get spells yet. Your arcana does impact
stuff like molotovs as well. Any elemental effects,
yeah. Anything that is not straight up damage,
like slashing, bludgeoning, whatever, will be
arcana. Except for ranged weapons, which are
Bloodstained. To put a plus 1 in any of your
stats, essentially to bring it from 10 to 11,
11 to 12, for you right now it would be 160.
To bring you down to 400. If you want to clear
up that strength and get flat. About from 7 to
10. That would be 3 levels, right? Yeah. Just
to get rid of that minus 1. Because my endurance
is minus two, that's even worse. Yep. I don't
last that long. I give a good shot at first,
and then after that I kind of just group off.
So, for 506, which would be most of yours, you
can get it up three levels. Don't. I tell you
what, if I can get the endurance up one, then
I can get it to a minus one, can't I? Yes. Alright,
I'll do that. Actually, what's your endurance
at currently? Six. You said it's 160, do you?
No, you'd need to get that up three levels to
get it out of the negatives. So you'd have to
spend 506 to get that to not be a negative number
anymore. No, I'm just saying to get it from minus
two to minus one. Minus two to minus one would
just be one level, yeah. So that would be 160
off you. Bring it down to 400. Yeah, I'll do
that. Just to get it up at least one. Make the
change to your sheet. I am already doing that.
So that's 160. I've got 400 left. Are you going
to spend any more on levels? I'm going to keep
it. I want some spells, dammit. My arcane's plus
one. Actually, what would it take to get arcane
to plus two? What's your big number for arcane?
Fourteen. I'm the mage of the group, but I don't
have any spells. You see, that's quite interesting,
because I'm not far off. I'm 12, and I'm plus
one as well. Yeah, you shouldn't be plus one.
You should be plus three. On arcane? Yeah. Oh,
now you tell me. You've got 14. Hey, you didn't
have to spend anything. So, should that then
mean that skill, which is a 13, should be a plus
two? Skill, skill, skill. Rather than plus one?
13, yes, it should be. Never mind, I'm okay.
I don't need to do anything. Right, next person
up. Yeah, it's because you couldn't figure out
how to update your sheet, that's why. Probably.
Cap, you're up next. Yeah, what would it take
to get my vitality up to 14? What's it currently
at now? It's at 13, so just one level. One level
is 160. Aye, go for it. Let's get the vitality
up to 14. I guess that gives me a plus 3. Plus
4? What was that? Vitality is... Oh, Vitality
will also change your HP. Yeah. Okay, that's
what I was going to ask. Yeah, because I'm doing
the tanky business here. Yep, so what's your
current HP again? Should be 63, I think? 63 max,
yeah. Yours is now 65. Alright. And is that plus
3 for the Vitality bonus? Yep. Likewise, stamina
will increase your stamina amount as well. Or
endurance will increase your stamina amount,
rather. And that was 160 blood echoes. Yep, leaving
you with 200. That's you sorted. We'll go on
to Rich. I'd like to increase my vitality as
well, please. Cool. I think we'll just do it
by one level so far. 160 as well, and what are
you going from and to? I'm at 14 at the moment.
So you're going to 15? Yeah. 68 HP then. Nice.
Is that still the plus 2? Yes. Hang on. You're
to a 15? Nope, you're plus 15 I believe. Beautiful.
I might leave it there for now. Depending on
how much things cost to buy. Cool. Took, remind
me what stat you changed? My strength stat. I
added four to my strength stat. Nice. Okay, good.
I was just checking that it wasn't stamina or
anything. Right. That is you guys done levelling
up. Except for Cartman. Fuck you, Cartman. As
you wander around, you can look at the gravestones
if you want. Alright. And I'll want a perception
check from anyone doing that. Yeah, I'll definitely
be doing that. Ten. I get three. Right. That
is a ten for me. Nice. So, two tens there from
Hank and Brittany. You will notice that these
are fairly... old looking for the most part.
There's a couple that seem newer. One of them
looks downright ancient and most of them have
names that you don't know. The name you do know
on one of them is Yharnam. It says Central Yharnam
in fact. And as you get closer to these gravestones
you will hear the chiming of a bell. You will
also note there's a small path sort of up here
and round to get to the second birdbath. While
they're doing that, can I explore the chapel?
Because that's the direction I went. Uh -huh.
Okay. While they decide what they're going to
do with that, I will let you go in the chapel.
Certainly. Awesome. Take a brief aside to Carmen's
business. Meanwhile... At least I'm doing the
cuts over to Carmen. Okay, so is there anybody
in the chapel? Is it empty? So, in the chapel,
you will see the place is in disarray. There
are a bunch of tables with books piling out of
them onto the floor. Empty bottles and flasks.
There's a roaring fire about the centre of the
chapel and some torches on the walls. And at
the very end of it, you will see A figure kind
of strung up, a stone statue of one or other,
strung up by the arms, like that. We're on camera,
by the way. Kind of like that. A little YMCA
quote. For audio listeners, she put her arms
above her head. Yeah. Arms above her head, head
down, and before that you will see an old man
sitting in a chair, heavily leaning on a cane.
He's old, but not ancient old. You know, like
maybe 50 or whatever. Not Gertrude Old. Yeah,
not Gertrude Old. So, um... Yeah, I mean, I guess
I'll have to talk to the old man quickly and
see. Hey, what's happened here? Why is the place
in disarray? And you walk into his house and
shit on the floor. Why is your house shit? Why
does your house fucking suck? I'm a man who gets
to the point, I think. I want to know why the
place is, you know, gross and a mess. Talking
to that man like you're a fucking robot. Vance
just walks up to the nearest counter and just,
like, scrubs his fingers across it like, What
the fuck is this? Oh, God. Good evening, good
sir. This house is a scanning. I mean, in the
grand estate, we had a couple of... Your house
appears to be dirty. It was a much better estate
than this. But yeah, come on, I want to ask the
man what's happened here. You must be the new
hunter. Welcome to the hunter's dream. I'll be
your home for now. I'm German, so I assume the
jurors sent you. I'm sure you're in a fine haze,
but don't worry too much about it. All I need
you to do is go out, kill a few beasts, buy some
time. Oh, well, we've been... That's pretty good.
We've been doing that anyway. Um... We? Yeah,
we've got some other folks down the road. They're
just looking around the graveyard, I think. Oh,
no, being strange. Um... Fundus. Me though, I
come in and really insult you about your house.
I'm not the weird one. Hey, you're not here right
now. You're in the graveyard. You're like through
the window. Hush your gums. First through the
door like the Kool -Aid man. Did you fucking
say to me? So yeah, I'll turn to the man and
say, yeah, so I think me and my friends could
definitely be up for some contract work, going
out hunting some monsters. Where are you getting
this story? Where the fuck did this come from?
What the fuck? You should have conned an old
man out of money. Yeah, you are all outside at
the moment, having freshly leveled up. Yeah,
there's a cost to that. We'll see where this
goes. You level up and I get the financial benefit.
That's how it works. Financial. You carry on.
So, yeah, my good sir. I mean, this is a fantastic
residence. We could happily turn into our hunting
den. We go out and hunt for you, you know, and
you help us out by giving us some merchandise.
Merchandise? Yeah. You weren't sent by Jorah,
were you? How did you get here? We came up the
path. We got the most social person to now try
to negotiate on our behalf. It was nice knowing
you all. We're probably going to get kicked out
of this if this hunter's dream before it even
started. Like the first of the four players to
come back to the Hunter's Dream. Let them keep
going. Let's see where this goes. Let the man
cook. Yeah, he is. Nah, I can work this. This
is good. This could be our place of operations.
I'm thinking in my head, because you guys aren't
here. Remember that. I wonder then. Are you even...
Yes, I have killed many a kin. We came from the
village across the... I want to say river. I
think we sailed it. I hope so. What? Is that
actually genuine, Cartman? What the fuck? I can't
remember that bit. Oh, no. Okay. Have you ever
on a boat? That's the answer to the question.
I'd like to point out, the other day, Cartman
had a conversation with me and said, I'm really
trying on this one, just to prove the point that
it's not my first time every time to prove you
wrong. And voila. Jesus Christ. Are you? Jay,
have the conversation. We're still outside. Keep
having this conversation. I will. It's a guy
really, you know, saying that I'm not a hunter.
I mean, I'm covered in blood. I've got a gun,
I've got a sword, a cane. Hold on. No, hold on.
He's passed to the special task force. Yeah,
the short parts of the hunter's dream. But actually,
Cartman, I'm going to need you to roll me a couple
of checks. Okay. I will need you to roll me,
in quick succession here, an arcana check, a
skill check, and a blood tinge check. No, this
is good, this is good. So I roll three tens.
Arcana first. Do I roll three tens, is what it
is? Yeah, you roll ten each time, but you roll
them separate, bud. Arcana first. So two, plus,
because I got a plus with an arcana of one, so
three. Okay. Four? Right, leave the last one
for a minute. So you roll a three on Arcana,
and you do not successfully hide what you are
at all. He knows exactly what you fucking are,
and is not happy about it in the slightest. You're
kind. You started this whole mess, you shouldn't
be here. And with your skill roll, you will successfully
dodge what appears to be tentacles coming out
of the floor and smashing a line straight towards
you. But you managed to dive to the side. I'm
gonna let you get past it with that roll. And
now I need you to roll... I mean, I do get a
plus three on that. Plus three? Yeah, seven will
do it. Now I need your blood tinge. Okay. Anyone
else here smell? That's a bit... Blood tinge
plus five, so that's twelve. Cool. So, you can
smell blood when you try. And currently, that
fucker ain't human. Not entirely, at least. And
he's not infected with the beast play. He doesn't
smell the same. He's also not what you are. At
that point, the rest of you guys are going to
hear a loud crashing sound as the tentacles come
for your boy over there. Now you know. I've done
something wrong. And we're going to cut back
to the main group who are... Just discussing.
Chilling in the garden. It's lovely around here.
It is. Thank you. Seems to have a keen sense
of smell that appears to be hentai coming from
that there chapel. You see, just as I was thinking
here, we could put a nice little grill up on
this place here and make a nice little smoker,
you know, put a couple of propane bottles over
there and oh my god, it's hentai. What's that
boy doing now? I'm sure he's fine. Let's leave
him to it. I'm just making some calamari for
dinner, that's all. You're not here. Dominicus
is going to start stomping towards the doorway
where the tentacles are coming from, of course.
Wait, Dominicus, I need you to help me build
a deck here. Yes, I'd like to see your deck too.
Hold your dream for construction, Hank. Britney's
lounging in a lawn chair, like, got the full,
like, the stereotypical, like, mirror for sunbathing.
Like, can y 'all calm down? I'm sorry. Can y
'all calm down? I'm trying to get this tan on
my muscles. Get him a tan on, motherfucker. Yeah.
What a little good and dark man. Big huge balls
in my bikini. Just, like, nodding. We've got
hentai. We've got that. He's been a lolly girl
from the start. Don't be surprised. Vance went
inside. That noise is his doing. Or his undoing.
Cap, can you move your token? To where? To wherever
you want to be. You're still at the start. I
just noticed you're missing. I haven't moved
that yet. I was in the graveyard and I'm stomping
up towards the entrance. He's still shouting
from the top of the stairs. I think we should
go inside, go! What did you say? I'm very old.
I can't hear you. So, as Dominicus and Hank,
I see, get to the top of the stairs, you will
see an old man, some really cracked up floorboards,
and Vince, looking somewhat stressed. Hey, I've
been trying to tell this gentleman here about
our great enterprise of monster hunting, but
he just doesn't seem to believe my words. Vance,
stop your madness. What is happening here? Dominicus,
ah, my friend. Please, convince me... Did you
nearly call him Vince? No. No, I did not. No,
it's me. You said I was stressed, but anyway.
Dominicus, please convince this man here, this
strange tentacle -armed man, that we are monster
hunsters. We have been... What's a hunster? Shut
up. I'm on a roll. We have been... Are you? Hey,
it's not a good roll. True. He's got us there.
So Dominicus positions himself in between Vance
and the old man. Stomps his way inwards. And
puts his hands towards both of them. Beckoning
them both to hold fast. He says, stand still,
speak, before I take your silence as heresy.
What is happening here? I'm speaking towards
the old man at this point. I think the old man
just up and left. Yeah, what the hell just happened
there? We've lost our DM. All right, so I'm frozen.
I'm frozen in place. I'm just staring down this
old man right now. Yep. You stare down the old
man and he pauses, turns his head, looks between
you and Vince and stops for a second. How many
of you are there? I told you, man. There's like
five of us. He speaks through. There are indeed
five. How did you come to be here? This idiot
told me something about a boat. You know, we
should be able to sail here. I was kind of asleep.
Some sort of weird glowing light bulb at the
top of a fountain that some sort of twinkerbell
couldn't use, but somehow we could. About two
hours ago, we awoke as strangers in the same
clinic. We have no memory of how we got there.
However, by the time we found ourselves in the
fountain district, a light was glimmering atop
a fountain. It seems to have transported us here.
So this is your doing? Well, explain yourself,
man. How did we become here? Aye. They have their
hands heavier in the world these days than they
once did. One of them chose me and has trapped
me here. But that's a willing sacrifice enough.
Though I hoped it had not gone on so long as
it has. You sacrificed your future in the name
of the old gods. I can appreciate that. Well,
you might. It has chosen the five of you as well.
They're not to stay here, I think, and why it
has chosen your foul companion, I have no idea.
I cannot answer that either. As I said, we woke
a stranger not two hours ago. Well, this place
was once a safe haven for hunters before the
god claimed it. A workshop where they used blood
to enhance their flesh, their weapons to rest.
We don't have as many tools as we once did, and
few can come here. But you're welcome to use
whatever you find. Even the doll, should you
wish it. It's going to say doll with a question
mark at the end of that. Doll. It kind of seems
like that Vance wanted to use the doll anyway,
and I don't think it was in the way that you
think. She may have a punch of repair kit. Do
you speak of the corpse at the bottom of the
stairs? And he'll flinch when you see a corpse.
But she's no corpse. What was never alive can't
be killed. She's merely a recreation of something
better. You may use her in any way you wish.
Don't tell him that. Yeah, I really wouldn't
tell the fucking weird twink that you had in
here beforehand. He'll take that thing no way
to Sunday. Please choose your words carefully.
I do find it hard to understand what is going
on here. He's saying if you want to fuck the
doll, you can. He ain't going to contradict that.
Hey, who knows? He's the only one here and the
doll's the only companion ship he's had. Just
wipe it off first. Okay, so can I ask the old
man? Because you spoke earlier about hunting
beasts. What would you like us to do? Would you
like us to go out and hunt for you and bring
you back trophies? I do not require trophies.
You are or claim to be hunters and hunters must
hunt. You know your duties. You claim to be doing
them already. I head for bargains at the shopping
mall. So does that count? It does not. Like TJ
Maxx has deals. I think this is TJ Maxx. Who
is Maxx? Who is TJ? Why did you seem to attack
our companion here? I mean, I know he's a dumbass,
but... I don't know about killing him. You just
answered your own question there, buddy. I'm
a dumbass. I was just under the assumption that
he was being a dumbass. I've got no reason to
ask that question. That's why I didn't strike
him after you tried to strike me. I knew I plunged
up somewhere. I'm sorry, what? Creature? I mean,
I know he's an asshole, but... What kind of creature
are we talking about here? Yes, focus, old man.
I assure you that I am here to strike this world
from heresy. A noble enough cause, once I once
saw it myself. Hunt as you have been, come here
to rest if you need it. The door can guide you
if it is required. But more than that, this plague
is to no one's benefit. Its cause must be found.
and eradicated. That we can agree on. That you
must do. My strength is only here. I can't leave
this place until it is gone. This is the way.
Well, in that case, sir, we need to get back
to the fountain as soon as possible. There is
an imminent attack and innocents in the area.
He called him a creature. Why exactly do you
call him a creature? The man's mind is perverted.
I have no doubt he's a creature. What about in
the game? You saying we should kill his ass?
Do as you wish. Get him! I'll hold him down if
you guys beat him up! As for your return to the
hunt, death returns all. For loss of life or
through the grave markers, either work. We must
leave quickly. We must get back to the fountain
square. Into the gravestones you should go. Excellent.
Please, sir, I'll view any healing before we
get back into the fight. For that, you should
see the doll. She wakes. How do we wake her?
Go and see. I've got something that'll wake her
up. Yeah, with a swish of his robes, he turns
back towards the doorway and stomps out back
to the graves. I assume if we found Dura's brother's
cell, then maybe we can get it dancing again.
Hang on a second, no, I'm still in the chapel.
Oh, have you left Vince alone with this man?
Yeah, no, no, I'm still there. Hank, are you
in the chapel or not? No, I'm leaving. Yeah,
I feel a certain degree of urgency here to get
back to the fair, so I have left. You two get
some makeup now. Be good boys. I want to talk
to the doll. That's what I'm doing. I know, crazy,
crazy, I know. But this is the first of knowledge,
because this old man kind of touched upon something
about me being noble. And so, yeah, I'm going
to turn to his doll and say, doll, what is the
direction of my fortune? Carmen, the doll isn't
in the chapel. He's walking out with you. I'm
going to let Domenicus speak first because Carmen
keeps jumping the fucking line. Right. What are
you guys going to do with the doll? Nothing fucking
X -rated, hopefully. Domenicus walks up to it
and not knowing what to do with the doll, he
just sort of bows his head, claps his hands and
says a short prayer over the doll. Your prayers
are not needed for me. Good, my God feels alive.
Yep. Her head will snap upright within human
quickness, and she'll look at you and bow her
head in return. Now Vince walks up, cock in hand.
I'll wake her up. If you want to do perception
checks on the doll now, I will allow it. Oh,
I'm just going to speak to her. Very well. What
do you require of me, dear hunter? We have seen
your graves, and we have spoke to the man in
the chapel. We need to get back to the battle
as quickly as possible. Are you able to give
any healing? I can heal. Just come to my arms
and I will heal you. I don't think I want to
come in your arms. You'll see us right away,
Vance. Dominicus very respectfully goes to one
knee. She will embrace your shoulders, tilt her
head to yours, and you will be healed for...
Say 3D10. Fabulous. Alright, 21. Does that get
me back to full? Almost, yeah. If any of your
companions are in need of aid, any hunters at
all, I'll be glad to aid them. Oh, go on then.
Yep, same thing for you. Embrace from the doll,
wraps her arms around you, and you are here.
For nine. I guess I really need to. I really
need to. So would you mind helping me? Of course.
All hunters here are welcome. 3d10. That is 17.
Yep. 17. You're healed for that amount. Hell
yeah. Which I think that brings me to... Oh.
18 would have healed me directly. I have 52 out
of 8. 53 now. Anyone else looking for healing?
No, I'm good. You said you wanted to return,
dear hunter. Yes, there are civilians in danger.
We've left a young girl unattended with a twink.
I think we should get back as soon as we can.
In danger from monsters, not from each other.
What place did you come from? The Fountain District.
In central Yharnam. Yes. That's the one. Sure.
Follow the bell, lay your hand on the tombstone
that matches it, and you will be brought back
there. So we follow Vance to the gravestone.
He still has a chalk in his hand. For the love
of God, can you please put that up? For fuck's
sake. Hey, screw you. I wish you luck in your
hunt. We're going to need it. So, yeah, we need
to find a gravestone. Brilliant. Didn't you guys
find a gravestone? So I kind of missed that bit.
You should head great. If I were you, I would
avoid those fountains at all means. They're no
good. Just head straight for the gravestone so
we can leave. Really good, that's really interesting,
because I might go check out those fountains
very quickly. I mean, they seem very interesting.
They're very dangerous. I could use a drink too,
I seem to be very thirsty right now. Unbothered
by Vance's distractions, Dominicans turns and
walks towards the graves. Just because, like,
up to you guys what you do, you did only visit
one of them. Out of the fountains. Go to the
second one. We'll die. No, but I have a feeling
it's going to come up for Hank in particular
if I don't tune the direction of the second one.
I'm going to do something. I heard the lol say
something about these gravestones. I haven't
seen the gravestones, so can I actually walk
to try and find this gravestone myself? You absolutely
can. These are the gravestones here, so you can
wander up these stairs here. Ooh, what are these
fountains? Don't touch it! Hyke, are you going
up to the second fountain yet? Yes... You will
get nearer to it, you will see the little white
glowing critters spawn up again, but this time
they're offering you things. Various bottles,
it seems. One of them's pretty familiar. You
know what a Molotov looks like, of course. You
also know what blood vials look like. How many
molotovs? How many blood vials? As many as you
can afford. Oh. This is the shop. This is the
shop. I didn't want you walking out and wondering
where you could spend your blood echoes. So how
much are the molotovs? And how many can I buy
for 400? Well, molotovs are... Pretty cheap.
They're about 50 blood echoes. So, Brittany's
realizing she only has, like, Brittany realizes
she only has 10 blood echoes, just trying to
talk to one of the little white guys and see
if she can, like, flash her tits, if that'll
get her anything. Like, listen! Listen, like,
not many people see these, alright? As much as
it seems like it, I'm not, I mean, I, you know,
as hot as I am, like, I don't go around as much.
Over the fountain? It'll reach out to you and
then it will make a motion towards its mouth
and mind pulling something And handing it over
and then nod It is offering to trade you a few
of your teeth for the amount to make up to buy
one item. Um, yeah, that's - no. It'll shrug
and then turn back. You sure you don't want a
little tit slip? She's like got her shirt ready
to go like are you sure? I'll point out I'm right
here. Fuck you, Hank. I can do the same and I'll
just lift up the bottom of my blouse and they're
already there. Just at the very bottom. There
we go. Yeah, she doesn't even ask if it works.
She's just already showing off her tits. Like,
how about that? Should I make you guys take psychic
damage for your psychic tits? Just right above
the ankles. Oh no. Going for the tracer leg.
I'm like trying to help her roll them up. I'm
like, Gertrude, Gertrude, stop! Gertrude! Rolling
them up? I'm trying to roll them up. Roll them
up! Right. It will seem completely uninterested
in both you and Gertrude offering that. Healing
vials are 40, and the strange blue potions it
has are 30. Just so you know, Gertrude, I would
have given you something to see your tears. Thank
you, dear. I'd like to buy four molotovs, two
blood vials, and two of the blue ones. So that's
200 for the molotovs. How many blood vials did
you say? Two, which would be 80. And then how
many of the nameless blue potion? Two. So that'd
be 60. I have 60 left. Yep. Cool. Is it worth
drinking one of the blue ones now? You can do
whatever you want with the buddy. And now yours.
Maybe later. I'm looking for this grave we're
trying to find to get back. Okay, sure. Roll
me a perception. Looking for this grave there.
Can I also, in that perception chance, have a
chance to find a level up, please? If I get lucky
with a decent roll. I want my chance. Roll it.
Fuck's sake. Yeah, no. In fact, yeah, you can't
find the shop. You don't know where the level
up is. You don't even know there is level ups
here. White guys, you haven't seen them since
your dream. No gravestones either. He's distracted
because Domenicus is over there tapping his feet
going, for the love of the old gods, I cannot
leave. Everybody, there's a fight we need to
get back to. For God's sake. We're shopping,
dear. Wait a moment. Be patient. Anyone else
want anything? I know, right, Gertrude? Men just,
like, not liking shopping. I know. There are
lives on the line, Brittany. We need to leave.
I am here shopping. Yeah. Right, anyone else
want to buy anything, or are you guys going back
to the main area? I think it would be quite hypocritical
right now if I was to check the shop, so let's
end that. I'll check the shop next time. Fair
enough. Just see Hank coming away clinking. Yeah,
and behind you just see Vince falling out a bush,
like, oh, there's a fantastic bush here. You
better not be looking at the doll. I didn't see
anything. Yeah, canonically, he sees nothing.
Right, you guys all walk up to the gravestone.
the one with central Yharnam on it, which is
chiming like a bell as you get closer and closer.
There is a faint ethereal ghoul, and as your
hands touch the stone, the hunter's dream disappears.
You blink, and you are standing on top of the
fountain, right back where you left off. And
is my dog back? Yeah, snufflepuff! Hell yeah,
brother! So, everything is where it was, with
the exception of the gate. It seems like while
you spent minutes upon minutes in the Hunter's
Dream, only seconds have passed. But seconds
were long enough for the gate to give. And you
note that everyone is a little bit further back,
except for Snuffle, little thing, away from the
busted gate as something has crashed through
it. A towering, mutated figure, hunched back
and grasping on to a big ol' brick, has lumbered
its way through, is now groaning. Scarce fur
bursts from its arms, its fingers are clawed,
and it is easily twice the height of Dominicus.
Oh, what a handsome young man's come through
the door. Hello. Macy is screaming and cringing
away. Elias has fully ran for cover, abandoning
the girl and the little dog to their feet. Molotov,
pussy. Molotov. Molotov's away. Molotov's away.
All four of them. All at once? Five of them.
I'll have you know. Yeah. Okay, my apologies.
Macy, hold fast, child. Faith stands with you.
Behind the barricade again. Thank God. And she
will hop. Right next to Elias, actually. Behind
the barricade where she was before. She can fit
in the little nook there. He can't, he's too
big. Form up! Shield the girl and the noble!
Hank! Fire and oil! Now! I will let you have
one round before we go into initiative against
this bastard because you did just appear out
of thin air. If you want to throw some autos
at him, by all means. How many can I throw in
one go? I'm going to say one a turn. I think,
yeah. Got him. I'll throw the one. Again, you'll
have to remind me what damage is on that. 5d10,
I believe. 5d10. It is fire damage, so it does...
By the way, not out. 31. You say the arcane thing
should have a difference on that, right? Yeah,
arcane. So your plus for arcana will be your
plus to that. Right, so that's now 34. Yep. Don't
think anything else should upgrade that, should
it? No. No? Cool. Wait, it's the same damage
as a torch? Yeah, but with throwable distance,
so you don't have to be up on his ass. As you
can imagine with this big old guy, that might
be an advantage. And while it is about on par,
I think, with the guns, the guns only deal damage
once. This will keep burning him. Yep, fire away.
Yep, if everyone wants to roll initiative just
to get that out of the way. Well, before I do
that, I do want to actually fire a bolt towards
it, sort of just after Hank's thrown his. I want
to chuck a gun chuck at him too. It's going to
be like, oh gods, if this is your messenger,
then I will send your word back in pieces. and
he fires his little, uh, manapole he grabs on
to his wee rosary beads, and fires a bolt towards
him. Sure thing. It's not gonna dodge any of
this, because it can. Didn't know you were here.
Well, I can change this for the, for the manapole
roll. Hold on. What is it, one ammo cost? Yep.
98. It's, um, blood tinge for ranged. Yep, blood
tinge. Excellent. Alright, 25. Plus... Oh yeah,
plus 4 is already on it. Nice. Nice. Can you
roll me initiative and Cartman also? Yes, I want
to do a gunshot first. Yeah, just roll me your
initiative and then describe what you're doing.
So initiative is... Do you have a plus to that?
Technically, yeah. But from my perception, I
have a negative 1, so I'm actually 0. I got the
highest roll I ever could in the perception there.
I got an 8. Check that out. And my gunshot did
35. Yeah, blood tinge, 35. I'm pretty sure that's
the third nat 1 you've rolled. That is. I'm getting
a lot this game. Jeez, so that is a 30 for Cartman's...
Wait, you're shooting a gun, right? Yes. So you
add your blood tinge on, yeah? Yeah, it's 35.
35, yeah, 35. So that's Brittany still to have
their free turn of surprise, and Gertrude as
well, right? Yeah, I haven't really got anything.
I've got a blunderbuss, but I'd probably be too
far away to get closer, I would think. Well,
I can, I guess, if we're going to go ahead and
do that, then I will go ahead and do my... pretty
pink pistol, I do have a bullet. Let me just
go ahead and use it. And it is 4d8. And if we're
doing surprise... Okay, I have 7 bullets. Okay.
So obviously he knows we're here right at this
point. He's pretty slow though, so he's not great
at reacting to it. You have a bonus for surprise,
don't you? I do have a plus 3 to stealth. Is
that, like, plus three to my damage, or...? Uh,
that is usually a plus three to shooting something
and not getting noticed. So if you were trying
to sneak someone, you could fire your gun, and
they'd have to be checked to know you were there.
Ah, okay. But obviously he knows we're here,
so I'm just gonna go in and shoot my D8. Let's
do it. Yeah. That is 20. Blood tinge added? Um,
what's my blood tinge? Oh, it's a plus four,
so that is 24. Sweet. So you guys have taken
a fair whack at this thing from a distance, and
it is on fire. Particularly the bandages on its
arm and the rough shawl wrapped around it are
aflame. But it doesn't seem too bothered by it,
as the bullets and, I believe, a crossbow bolt
thunk into its skin. It keeps on slowly lumbering
towards you all. seems to have wounds on it already
potentially from your civilians attempts to take
it down from a bit of a distance as well maybe
macy found some bullets somewhere and it is still
marching on still looming tall and doesn't seem
cowed in the slightest as you face off with this
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