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Hey, Pants people. Thank you for tuning into

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That Sturge man is on the way. How and why he

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was contacted, we still do not know. We do know

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that his travel between worlds has been delayed,

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though, as he is currently working to foil his

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arch -enemy, the Roper, on the cities of Wrathal.

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Hopefully, he can resolve matters quickly and

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safely, and find his way to Noiri by morning.

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The Silent Bursts remain tight -lipped by the

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situation, but rumors abound that the tragedy

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of Mixmacy Lane's family was not the only tragedy

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to strike on this day. The air of celebration

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here has been muted by a sense of despair, and

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a single burning question. Who else? has been

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killed. Sturgeon battling the Roper and Rotham

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is a good joke, and I don't even care. I don't

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even care. One could say it's the culmination

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of everything I have done in this show. One could

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say. That was... There are layers. Ropers are

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a subterranean monster type. Rotham is a subterranean

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world. Sturgeon's a bat. Mosquito. Anyway, it

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doesn't matter. It's too highbrow for you. Yeah,

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I guess so. Rumors abound. See your confused,

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drooling face. Trying to comprehend this. Drooling

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over this silver bullet. Oh, yeah. Oh, Stephen,

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what are you drinking? This is a silver bullet

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from Reckless Brewing Company. Reckless Brewing

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Company? What did you say? Silver bullet? Silver

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bullet. But what could possibly be in the silver

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bullet? Well, we don't know. Delivery! I was

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hoping that you'd say, Fiona, our dry hopped

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red ale. You can find it at Reckless Brewing

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Company. Oh, yes, you can. No, the moment's passed

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now. Come on down. Immaculate. Incredible. Go

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check out our sponsor, Reckless Brewing Company,

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Bethlehem, New Hampshire. Thank you. One would

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think we haven't been doing this for two years

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now, almost. Yeah, two years in September. That's

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coming right up. Isn't that crazy? Right before

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episode 100. Seriously, right before 100. We're

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on the march to 100. We're so close. We're right

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there. I don't know if it's going to be special.

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Don't get excited because I don't know what's

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going to happen. There's so much stuff in flux

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in the universe, especially tonight in this episode.

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In the pants -verse? In the pants -verse. Would

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it be the pants -verse? The seams are about to

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split, gentlemen. That crotch ripped open. Two

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timelines, four timelines. Timelines abound because

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the decisions you make tonight. The ramifications

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of them are actually kind of crazy. Ramifications

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abound. Abound! So gentlemen, let's get down

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to business. Because there were some reservations

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about the way I handled that last combat. Or

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to be more precise, the fallout of that combat.

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Two set deaths rolled randomly on a D20 table.

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And I'll tell you right now what that table consisted

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of. One, DiPiero. Two, Ledoux. Three, Xenia.

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Four, Margus. Five, Fyodor. Six, Samira. Seven,

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Larissa. Eight, Amos. Nine through ten, nameless

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Duergar officers. Nine through ten? Yeah, so

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most likely. Twenty. Damn it. Hey, don't correct

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me. I'll kill all the characters. Most likely.

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Look at that. Nine through ten, nameless Duergar.

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No -name characters are going to die, right?

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I mean, what are the chances? The chances that

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I would roll beneath nine twice? I don't know.

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Tell me the chances, Stephen. What are the chances?

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I mean, a little worse than 50 -50. Yeah. What

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are the chances? Well, no. A little worse than

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one in four. You don't know anything. I'm just

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saying it's not like, it's not insane odds. Look.

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So let's pull all the cards on the table for

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the pants, people. I've been talking to you guys,

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and I had planned on opening this episode with

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a courtroom drama bit. I was on a call with my

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wife, have her play judge, while I stood as defendant

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to your combined prosecution. But then she didn't

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show up. What's up with that? I'll tell you what's

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up. I called the judge off. I called the bit

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off. No more bits. We canceled the bit. We couldn't

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get the slot. Bits are kind of our bit. Well,

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look. I got a lot to say in this coming episode.

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There's a lot, a lot to do. And that bit sounds

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like it would take a lot of time. So here's what

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we're going to do. I'd like to hear your thoughts

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on my mechanics, talk my own thoughts on them,

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and then get to the brass tacks. Because as one

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might generally expect of our beleaguered and

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corrupt criminal justice system, I'm willing

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to offer you both a plea deal. Yeah. Criminal

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justice major at it again. My people have put

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some stuff together. So where are you guys at?

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You didn't like what I did. Why didn't you laugh?

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So hold on. Steven, you can articulate this a

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lot better than I can. Can you summarize the

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whole, like from the start of the fight to the

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end of the fight? No. I'll summarize this. Summarize

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this. I'll tell you my side of things. All right?

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My mechanic was simple. Complicated, but simple.

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Here we go. In this combat, every round, basically,

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the chances that people were going to die as

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you fought went up. In the end of the combat,

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we did 1d6 minus 6 plus x, x being the amount

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of rounds the specters got to go after the first

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round. Three rounds had passed, which means two

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rounds of active specters attacking people. You

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stopped them from going even further before they

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attacked in the third round. You got in right

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before. That would have been another death. 1d6

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minus 3 would have been the case there. Danny

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rolled a 6. Danny's fault, not mine. That means

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two people, 1d6 minus 4, 6 minus 4, 2, died.

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Now, I know what you're thinking. Death saves,

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right? Come on, you gotta give them death saves.

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And there are arguments to be made either way,

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because the stat blocks I was using, everyone

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listening, even though they didn't actually get

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involved in the combat, I did have the stat blocks

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for these beings up. And they were specters.

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Spectre is having a special ability that when

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they attack somebody, they drain life force.

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And if the person attacked fails a constitution

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saving throw, they don't just lose their HP,

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they lose their max HP, which means instant death.

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They would likely one -shot most characters involved

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in the sidelines here. And so there is a reasonable

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world. Right? Something along the lines of 50,

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45, 50%, where I straight up kill these two characters

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that I attacked. But did they get attack rolls

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to hit? No. Exactly. That was your job. Exactly.

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You had to hit the thing, and you hit the thing.

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You did good. But you rolled bad at the end.

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Again, Danny's fault, not mine. You badmouthed

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Danny one more time, this show is over. So that's

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the situation. I rolled two d20s. Two characters.

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Probably just Duergar, right? Probably. Yeah.

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Probably. Yeah. But probably. But there's a really

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great chance that not. Yeah. And the odds mean

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probably means probably any single one of them.

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Probably this guy. Probably that guy. So. So

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we're talking about some really cool and interesting

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fun homebrew mechanics to a fun like homebrew

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mix. of this monster, right? Like, whatever this...

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You said it was a wraith? It was actually...

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I teased them. I took out the balls. We had to

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wait until they unzipped for that. Okay, you

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can bleep that. You can bleep it. You can bleep

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it, fine. Do I go back? But, like, whatever this

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stat block is based off of, like, the ability

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to summon a bunch of ghosties... all throughout

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this whole map thing. And we also have the fun,

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amazing homebrew potion spell thing from Hooli

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Forge that arguably could have extended the fight

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an extra round, which then increased the chances

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of somebody else dying in the end. It's like

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we're talking about like homebrew stuff on top

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of homebrew stuff on top of homebrew stuff. So

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like where there is really – where it is very

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difficult to – it is very cool. But where it

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is very difficult to balance and there is such

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a high probability of somebody who is like really

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important to the story and for reasons that I

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can't tell the pants people why yet, that somebody

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could die to like – I just want a chance to save

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my people. I understand. I understand. And hey,

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man, I'm not your enemy. I'd love for you to

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save things. Like I said, I have taken notes

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and plans I had and burned them after last week.

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I can bring them right back because here's my

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plea deal. You ready to hear it? Ready to hear

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it? I feel like that was a threat. Uh -huh. I

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think this is a fair way to handle this. I am

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going to allow death saves, but I'm going to

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make my first round of saves. immediately on

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top of that uh i'm gonna make those saves until

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these characters are healed by you or dead no

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stabilizing that is the uh uh we'll say that's

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the that's the that's the con sort of for this

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this con draining effect the wraiths have there's

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more We're going to return to our initiative

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block when we left before. We're going to continue

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right from that specter's turn, which is where

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I'm going to make the save. On the specter's

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turn each round, I'm going to keep making those

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saves. And one more complication. Death was fated

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for these two. We cliffhangered it. We're doing

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another fake cliffy? Come on. No one's going

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to take us seriously anymore in Hollywood. Death

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was fated for these two, and no action of mine

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is going to undo it. I have crafted scenarios

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in which no NPC help will come for these two

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before death. Only you, our heroes, our players,

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will be able to influence this moment. The future

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is on a pivot, gentlemen. We may be looking at

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very different outcomes, different stories, depending

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on how you play out these next few rounds. No

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pressure, though, huh? You don't have any spell

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slots left, do you? No, I do. Oh, okay. I do.

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So will that be... I do, I can heal. ...sufficient?

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Does a court accept my deal? I have one slot

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left. One. Wait, so hold on. What was the deal?

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The deal was I'm going to kill them very, very

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fast? The deal is I'll give you a chance to stop

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it. Slower. He's giving us a chance, but we can't

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stabilize. We have to be able to heal. You went

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from absolute death? Remember what I said to

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you this morning, Jeremy? Yes. It's not far off.

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I fucking called it. It's not far off, yeah.

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What? What? Well, we don't have to. Well, no,

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we don't have to. Blanche can sit there and watch

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them die. That's what I'm saying. It's not far.

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Oh, that's right, because she's not going to

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be able to take Jaune that quickly. The only

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way Blanche has to heal is with that potion that

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we got from the spider cave. Yeah. I said that

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to Jeremy this morning. I was like, Dave is going

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to make us a deal. Of superior healing? Yeah.

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Dude. That's beautiful. Hold on. Hold on. Wait.

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Hold on. No, never mind. I do not have a healing

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potion. I mean, I'll let you make medicine checks

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if you get in a situation, but they're not set

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things. I want a DC 15. Oh, actually. To see

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stabilization. I have two potions of greater

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healing. What? Solid. Damn. Nice. Okay. All right.

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Suck on that. Suck on that, kitchen boy. So you

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accept my deal then. I don't see what, I mean,

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we get a chance, right? We just have to get there

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and use a potion. He's giving us time to get

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there. Maybe. Cool. Then let's go. I am making

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two rolls. Blanche is hopping on a broom of flying

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and splitting. Shame they're not allowing stabilization.

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Anyway, we're staying in initiative order, and

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actually the first one to move is going to be

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Jean Franklin. Does he want to do anything? Is

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he able to move at all? Um, yeah. I mean, he

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can move. Um, maybe free action, he'll ask Harlan

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where his father went. Harlan! My father! LeDoux!

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The damn LeDoux! Where are they? Where? Uh, I'll

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free action to see. I'll send them all out. The

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torturers were going out the back way, down the

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stairs, through the hallway, back towards the

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kitchen. The rest, Xenia, Margus, Shmira, were

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heading out the front gate. I couldn't get to

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the Grand Master and Larissa. They were still

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locked up and Fiona wouldn't leave. You hear

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sounds of, of... Uh, like, the combat has just

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ended in the room beside yours. In fact, I will

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reveal the fog of war, as you should be able

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to see in there. And I'll tell you this. Two

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Dwargar and Fjodor stand alive. Um, they immediately

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begin to move in and start, like, trying to,

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like, try the door to open up the closet, uh,

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where Larissa and Amos were last seen. So you

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know that. Sorry, go ahead. Sorry, can you say

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one more time where Depiero went? Uh, DePiro,

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going down the stairs, moved north through the

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hallway towards the back exit, basically. Uh,

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Xenia, Margus, and Samira went towards the, like,

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basically went, uh, uh, uh, east? Yes, that's

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the one. East, towards the main entrance hall

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to go out the front. They split them up to get

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them all out in different ways in order to, like,

00:14:19.379 --> 00:14:23.580
split any enemy attention. Okay. What would happen...

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Can we see the whole map? Yeah. This is your

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second floor. So we are here? No. No, we're here.

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And they went out this door to go out the exit

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that's located. This is the second floor. They

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all went down the stairs, and then from there

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would have gone. So one group would have gone

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down the stairs just north of here, and they

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would have pushed northwards towards the bag

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exit on the first floor. The second group would

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have gone... down the hallway, down the main

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stairs that lead into the main entrance room,

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and that's where they would be. I'll show you

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the first floor now. So one group would likely

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be, I can't ping for some reason. I'm trying.

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It's not working. David, can you ping it? I wouldn't

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ping. I have no idea what you just did there,

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but there are like four maps on the map now.

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Why did that happen? Okay, hang on. No, wait.

00:15:19.179 --> 00:15:21.980
This isn't what I wanted. What are you doing?

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Ignore those other maps. What is happening? I'm

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trying to ping. I can't. Oh, wait. Is this the?

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There. You see that ping? I saw the ping. That's

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the entrance they're going for? That is the one

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that DiPiero and Ledoux should be heading for.

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Going down the stairs, then northwards up the

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hallway past the kitchen and the salon doors

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and towards this back door that leads into that

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back patio you considered bringing everyone out

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to before. Everybody else would have been going

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out the great hall down that grand staircase

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leading to the second floor. There's one more

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thing to consider. You can move down those stairs.

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You could also, you also now know there's a roughly

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Devaluma -sized and shaped hole in the interrogation

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room you had made where the moss had reached

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the floor. It's actually more like a 10 -foot

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wide circle. The moss kind of spread out in that

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much and sort of burned to the floor at this

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point. It's sort of benign now, but that would

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drop you down into the mourning room right there.

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Okay. A quicker way to get down the stairs, but

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you'd have to maneuver around the wall. I don't

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know which way is faster. I don't know what your

00:16:28.669 --> 00:16:31.990
plan is, Blanche. Yeah, I don't think Jean's

00:16:31.990 --> 00:16:33.750
going to be the one to save the day here. He's

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just not fast enough. So I'll send Jean running

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the regular way down the stairs. Okay. Double

00:16:43.490 --> 00:16:46.769
move? Double move. All right, that's going to

00:16:46.769 --> 00:16:49.990
be... They'll move him again right to the bottom

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of the stairs, basically. Yeah, okay. So, Jaune

00:16:53.889 --> 00:16:56.450
reaches the bottom of the stairs and is pushing

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out into the hallway. Just, just, Father! Father!

00:17:00.269 --> 00:17:04.029
The Dew! Anyone! Anyone! Just screaming out as

00:17:04.029 --> 00:17:05.950
he's running. As this is happening, we're going

00:17:05.950 --> 00:17:10.349
to cut to Chester, actually. Sidekick's going

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first. A question. That sunroom, how high is

00:17:15.369 --> 00:17:18.480
it above the ground? Probably about 20 feet drop.

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Oh, fuck. Never mind. Pretty high ceilings and

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walls here. So there's no easy way for him to

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get down that way. Is there like a trellis? Is

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that the term? What? Yes, I had my interior decorator

00:17:33.000 --> 00:17:35.279
put a trellis under here. Diva Luma landed on

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a coffee table, which we talked about how she

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wants to start eating through. This would mean

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that there's probably a couch right beside it.

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No, I'm talking about the sunroom in front. I'm

00:17:45.160 --> 00:17:46.559
talking about going outside to meet them at the

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front door outside. Oh, going out the front door

00:17:48.619 --> 00:17:50.980
that way. Yeah. No, I don't. Actually, I think

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there is a, let me go back to that. Well, what

00:17:53.079 --> 00:17:55.420
would happen if Chester decided to jump from

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the second story? Yeah. No, there actually is.

00:17:58.539 --> 00:17:59.940
Oh, you see, so you're jumping out of the morning

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room going out the sunroom. Yeah, you can jump

00:18:01.519 --> 00:18:03.039
over that. You can jump over that. I didn't realize

00:18:03.039 --> 00:18:04.619
what you're talking about. Yes. Oh, yeah, sorry.

00:18:04.720 --> 00:18:06.480
Oh, wait, hold on, hold on. Oh, no, wait. No,

00:18:06.799 --> 00:18:08.779
I'm looking at the full map on the actual second

00:18:08.779 --> 00:18:11.690
floor. This guy's got a morning room and a sunroom?

00:18:11.769 --> 00:18:14.490
Come on, that is clearly confusing. Okay, so

00:18:14.490 --> 00:18:16.890
we are on the first floor currently. You are

00:18:16.890 --> 00:18:18.170
on the second floor currently. I'm just showing

00:18:18.170 --> 00:18:19.650
you the first floor because that's where everyone

00:18:19.650 --> 00:18:22.230
else is. Okay, so yeah, what's above the sunroom

00:18:22.230 --> 00:18:25.250
in Amos' nearest suite? Can he get down that

00:18:25.250 --> 00:18:27.990
way outside? Is he able to go out onto the balcony?

00:18:28.150 --> 00:18:31.809
Some gutters? Yeah. There's a balcony. I'll allow

00:18:31.809 --> 00:18:34.490
a climb. It's me athletics to just move around

00:18:34.490 --> 00:18:37.190
and start climbing down. Okay. So he just pushes

00:18:37.190 --> 00:18:39.150
down, pushes through the door onto the balcony,

00:18:39.289 --> 00:18:41.910
looks outside. He's trying to go down? Yeah,

00:18:41.970 --> 00:18:45.549
fuck it. Okay, okay. Go scout the situation.

00:18:46.089 --> 00:18:47.630
Yeah, like I said, I don't know what he's going

00:18:47.630 --> 00:18:49.809
to do. Maybe there will be sticks in the path.

00:18:49.869 --> 00:18:51.509
Chester's not going to just stand there in the

00:18:51.509 --> 00:18:54.269
room. Like, okay, you guys go handle it. No,

00:18:54.289 --> 00:18:56.309
it's a good move. It's a good move. All right,

00:18:56.349 --> 00:19:02.120
you said athletics? Yes. That's an 11. Okay.

00:19:02.120 --> 00:19:03.859
Jules, I'm checking things out. He just runs

00:19:03.859 --> 00:19:05.799
over, leaps over the side, kind of like slowly

00:19:05.799 --> 00:19:07.660
getting down. I think within 11, he's not quite,

00:19:07.839 --> 00:19:09.579
he's sort of struggling a little bit on the way

00:19:09.579 --> 00:19:10.799
down. He doesn't fall or anything like that,

00:19:10.839 --> 00:19:12.880
but he's not making a lot of gains. He's about

00:19:12.880 --> 00:19:16.019
halfway climbing down, just like, I'll let you

00:19:16.019 --> 00:19:18.720
know. I'll yell up. There's this feeling of dread

00:19:18.720 --> 00:19:20.740
that pervades like everyone here, like that feeling

00:19:20.740 --> 00:19:22.700
of something has happened. There's still silence

00:19:22.700 --> 00:19:25.339
following the fight, but you know something bad

00:19:25.339 --> 00:19:29.019
is happening right now. You all feel it. That'll

00:19:29.019 --> 00:19:33.460
be Blanche. Blanche sprints for the hole in the

00:19:33.460 --> 00:19:35.980
floor. She doesn't say anything. You can see

00:19:35.980 --> 00:19:37.420
in her eyes there's something different now.

00:19:38.000 --> 00:19:41.380
She leaps for the hole, and as she's, like, midair,

00:19:41.480 --> 00:19:44.339
she grabs the broom, and she, like, starts to

00:19:44.339 --> 00:19:46.799
mount the broom as she's falling out of sight.

00:19:46.940 --> 00:19:52.279
That's so cool. Okay. Okay. If you're double

00:19:52.279 --> 00:19:53.720
moving with this thing, I'm assuming you are.

00:19:53.759 --> 00:19:56.339
That gives you 100 feet of speed. Yeah. Okay.

00:19:56.839 --> 00:19:59.849
Let's do a quick calculation then. 20 feet to

00:19:59.849 --> 00:20:02.210
the hole. I won't count the distance down as

00:20:02.210 --> 00:20:04.950
you're basically just using that to sort of move

00:20:04.950 --> 00:20:07.710
diagonally downwards. So let's... Do you intend

00:20:07.710 --> 00:20:09.609
to move through the reception room or northwards

00:20:09.609 --> 00:20:11.609
around the stairs? Both look like they're around

00:20:11.609 --> 00:20:14.630
equally complicated. Well, the stairs is the

00:20:14.630 --> 00:20:18.309
direction they're going. So... At this point,

00:20:18.329 --> 00:20:20.470
they're likely already downstairs. They would

00:20:20.470 --> 00:20:22.950
have been downstairs when things went down. Sure.

00:20:23.089 --> 00:20:27.190
Okay. Hold on. Let me decide. Can you ping where

00:20:27.190 --> 00:20:33.000
the hole is? Maybe. It's not there. Okay. Yeah,

00:20:33.019 --> 00:20:35.180
so, I mean, I think the quickest way is to go...

00:20:35.180 --> 00:20:40.960
The hole is here. I guess out to the left this

00:20:40.960 --> 00:20:44.099
way and then down. I think that's... That'll

00:20:44.099 --> 00:20:46.740
put you just beyond the case. You weave around.

00:20:46.980 --> 00:20:49.200
You pull through. Jaune's just pulling out the

00:20:49.200 --> 00:20:51.579
stairs, just thundering down. You can hear him

00:20:51.579 --> 00:20:54.859
moving. I'll wait for any of this. You're double

00:20:54.859 --> 00:20:58.039
moving on the broom. I need... An acrobatics

00:20:58.039 --> 00:21:00.539
check to see how you handle this thing. You are

00:21:00.539 --> 00:21:03.240
going full throttle. You're literally pulling

00:21:03.240 --> 00:21:05.940
this thing out mid -flight, pulling out, getting

00:21:05.940 --> 00:21:08.299
onto it, and just taking off. This is definitely

00:21:08.299 --> 00:21:12.119
an acrobatics maneuver. Okay, one sec. I have

00:21:12.119 --> 00:21:14.079
advantage on acrobatics check while in blade

00:21:14.079 --> 00:21:19.380
song. Yeah, you do. And it's a plus four. I think

00:21:19.380 --> 00:21:21.799
I'm going to... I'm not going to keep my button.

00:21:21.819 --> 00:21:25.740
I'm going to use the button. No, that's... Because

00:21:25.740 --> 00:21:27.980
then it's just a plus two, right? On advantage.

00:21:29.099 --> 00:21:30.900
I think the button's worth more than a plus two

00:21:30.900 --> 00:21:33.740
in this situation. Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck,

00:21:33.740 --> 00:21:37.519
fuck. Okay, here we go. No button. Advantage

00:21:37.519 --> 00:21:41.619
anyways. Okay. Okay, first roll's a 17. I feel

00:21:41.619 --> 00:21:45.460
like that's pretty good. All right, first roll

00:21:45.460 --> 00:21:48.160
is the one. The 17, you manage to do it. You

00:21:48.160 --> 00:21:51.640
slide down. You grab the broom, the rod of flying,

00:21:51.759 --> 00:21:54.400
the Marfil rod of flying. You tuck it in. You

00:21:54.400 --> 00:21:57.279
weave around the corner. Perfect sort of arc

00:21:57.279 --> 00:21:59.880
down the hallway, down sort of the narrow turn

00:21:59.880 --> 00:22:02.720
there. You hear Jean thundering down. Just as

00:22:02.720 --> 00:22:06.039
he pulls out, you're blasting past him. You slide

00:22:06.039 --> 00:22:08.680
around the corner of the hallway. You don't see

00:22:08.680 --> 00:22:12.920
anybody in that northern hallway. But you can

00:22:12.920 --> 00:22:15.660
move far enough to move up past the kitchen door.

00:22:16.170 --> 00:22:17.710
In the salon door where you're pretty close to

00:22:17.710 --> 00:22:21.710
the exit outside, about 15 feet away. Do you

00:22:21.710 --> 00:22:25.950
want to go your full distance? Uh, I mean, yeah.

00:22:26.750 --> 00:22:31.609
Okay. You slide up. You pass two doors, both

00:22:31.609 --> 00:22:35.710
of which look mostly closed. And you move to

00:22:35.710 --> 00:22:39.470
this sort of open hall, a dining room. Table

00:22:39.470 --> 00:22:43.410
still set for a meal you never had. You can hear

00:22:43.410 --> 00:22:52.630
a commotion. But I'm going to need an action

00:22:52.630 --> 00:22:55.029
for a perception check if you want to get more

00:22:55.029 --> 00:22:56.849
or you're going to need to get closer. And you

00:22:56.849 --> 00:22:59.369
have no actions left. Wait, what? You need an

00:22:59.369 --> 00:23:01.609
action? I don't have it. Yeah, no. Are you saying

00:23:01.609 --> 00:23:04.230
this is the end of my turn? I'm saying it's the

00:23:04.230 --> 00:23:05.390
end of your turn. I'm going to save a bonus action.

00:23:05.789 --> 00:23:10.910
Damn. No. Nothing. Let me look up a rule. Something

00:23:10.910 --> 00:23:12.509
I've actually wondered about for a long time

00:23:12.509 --> 00:23:16.339
and never fully... thought about. Just an idea

00:23:16.339 --> 00:23:18.519
of what I'm looking into. I know there's one

00:23:18.519 --> 00:23:20.259
action you can do in combat. It's called the

00:23:20.259 --> 00:23:22.880
search action. This is typically, I kind of forgot

00:23:22.880 --> 00:23:24.940
about this, but typically when you use a perception

00:23:24.940 --> 00:23:27.759
check or investigation check during combat to

00:23:27.759 --> 00:23:30.299
look for somebody, that is a full action. I believe

00:23:30.299 --> 00:23:32.440
we've ruled it as such in the past as well, such

00:23:32.440 --> 00:23:35.359
as with mesmerize during that first initial conflict.

00:23:35.740 --> 00:23:38.940
There was an action used to see the invisible

00:23:38.940 --> 00:23:42.240
mesmerize while she was hiding in plain sight.

00:23:42.839 --> 00:23:45.059
That is why I think that in order to get more

00:23:45.059 --> 00:23:47.500
information, you would need to use an action

00:23:47.500 --> 00:23:50.799
right now. I can't give it to you for free or

00:23:50.799 --> 00:23:52.539
even for a bonus action. I was technically, there

00:23:52.539 --> 00:23:54.759
was like a reasonable in between on that, but

00:23:54.759 --> 00:24:00.000
I don't think that works. Okay. So you slide

00:24:00.000 --> 00:24:02.380
down the hallway, past the two closed doors,

00:24:02.480 --> 00:24:04.480
towards that last door ahead of you. You see

00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:08.049
the door leading outside is mostly open. which

00:24:08.049 --> 00:24:09.730
implies people have moved through and you could

00:24:09.730 --> 00:24:12.029
hear some commotion out there, but you can't

00:24:12.029 --> 00:24:14.670
quite catch the wind whistling past you as you

00:24:14.670 --> 00:24:19.430
sail across. And that is your turn. Jules, that's

00:24:19.430 --> 00:24:22.210
you. Chester's moving down. He doesn't have information

00:24:22.210 --> 00:24:23.970
for you yet. Yep, Jules is going down the hole.

00:24:24.630 --> 00:24:28.309
Going down the hole, okay. Yeah. You weave, dive

00:24:28.309 --> 00:24:32.910
down the hole. You land where Blanche has just

00:24:32.910 --> 00:24:35.900
landed. You see the moment Blanche... jumps on

00:24:35.900 --> 00:24:38.720
the broom and zoops around the corner. And Jules

00:24:38.720 --> 00:24:42.720
grabs on to the end of it? I'm kidding. I'm kidding.

00:24:43.920 --> 00:24:46.039
As you land, you see there's two ways out. There's

00:24:46.039 --> 00:24:48.640
one way to the north and one way to the east.

00:24:48.940 --> 00:24:50.839
The northern way will likely bring you closer

00:24:50.839 --> 00:24:52.720
to Tepiro Ledoux. The eastern way will likely

00:24:52.720 --> 00:24:55.039
bring you closer to Xenia Margus. Yeah, I'm going.

00:24:55.339 --> 00:24:58.599
Okay. You push out that door into the reception

00:24:58.599 --> 00:25:01.839
room. And there is an open sort of pathway, like

00:25:01.839 --> 00:25:05.200
straight up opening. No door that leads into

00:25:05.200 --> 00:25:08.160
the Great Hall. You are running. As you push

00:25:08.160 --> 00:25:11.579
through that door, no check necessary or passive

00:25:11.579 --> 00:25:16.920
would be enough. Okay. You see Samira, Margus,

00:25:17.000 --> 00:25:21.740
Xenia, and two Duergar officers, and they are

00:25:21.740 --> 00:25:25.019
fine. They are rattled. They are breathing hard.

00:25:25.039 --> 00:25:29.099
They are scared, but they are fine. Oh, fuck.

00:25:29.960 --> 00:25:32.960
Oh, fuck. You hear a crashing sound upstairs.

00:25:33.619 --> 00:25:35.880
The duergar and Fyodor are trying to open that

00:25:35.880 --> 00:25:37.940
closet door, but something, you hear like a Martin,

00:25:38.000 --> 00:25:42.700
something's going wrong. What has happened to

00:25:42.700 --> 00:25:46.859
Amos and Larissa? And with that, I'm rolling

00:25:46.859 --> 00:25:54.579
to die. That's Jean. Can you ping where Jean

00:25:54.579 --> 00:25:58.880
is? Okay. With full movement, John would basically

00:25:58.880 --> 00:26:00.460
just reach where you're at. Gets to the dining

00:26:00.460 --> 00:26:03.000
room. Yeah. Okay, I guess that's what he's going

00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:06.819
to do. Okay. He's thundering up behind. He's,

00:26:06.839 --> 00:26:08.319
like, using everything he can to catch up to

00:26:08.319 --> 00:26:09.619
you. You're already kind of blurring ahead at

00:26:09.619 --> 00:26:11.240
this point, but he's doing everything he can.

00:26:11.299 --> 00:26:14.559
Like, Father! Father! Ledoux! Damn it! Ledoux!

00:26:14.980 --> 00:26:18.940
Just screaming out, and there is no answer. It's

00:26:18.940 --> 00:26:22.240
going to be Chester. Okay, so can we... I don't

00:26:22.240 --> 00:26:24.450
know if this is crazy backtracking. But when

00:26:24.450 --> 00:26:28.769
Jules sees that they're fine, if he yells toward

00:26:28.769 --> 00:26:31.210
the front door to Chester, can Chester hear him?

00:26:31.630 --> 00:26:34.150
You're standing in the reception room. There

00:26:34.150 --> 00:26:37.630
are open windows in the reception room. Chester's

00:26:37.630 --> 00:26:40.930
hanging off the sunroom right beside of it. I

00:26:40.930 --> 00:26:43.509
like it. Stephen's holding up the D100, and I

00:26:43.509 --> 00:26:44.710
think that's a good idea. We're going to do a

00:26:44.710 --> 00:26:46.150
luck roll here. I think that's the only way.

00:26:46.589 --> 00:26:48.029
I think there's a chance he can hear it. I'm

00:26:48.029 --> 00:26:49.490
going to say it's a 50 -50. There's a lot of

00:26:49.490 --> 00:26:51.329
noise outside. Everyone's been watching this

00:26:51.329 --> 00:26:53.509
place. I want to roll the D100 through the guns

00:26:53.509 --> 00:26:55.349
of heaven. I'm almost positive it won't fit.

00:26:55.529 --> 00:26:58.690
It looks like it'll fit. Let's try it. All right.

00:26:58.710 --> 00:27:00.730
What are the numbers? If it gets stuck, Chester

00:27:00.730 --> 00:27:07.990
dies. I'm taking that risk. I want 1 through

00:27:07.990 --> 00:27:12.630
50. He does not hear. Okay. 51 through 100. Okay.

00:27:12.670 --> 00:27:26.190
He hears. There's a tension breaker. I'm like,

00:27:26.190 --> 00:27:28.609
I don't know how to break it to you, man. God,

00:27:29.789 --> 00:27:41.490
okay. And positively shaking. Fuck. 45. So close.

00:27:41.509 --> 00:27:44.579
He hears your voice? And he kind of perks up,

00:27:44.680 --> 00:27:47.460
tries to hone his ears towards it. But there's

00:27:47.460 --> 00:27:49.119
too much. As he would move around the corner,

00:27:49.380 --> 00:27:50.819
people are watching from outside, waiting for

00:27:50.819 --> 00:27:52.420
some activity, and suddenly someone appears in

00:27:52.420 --> 00:27:53.720
the second balcony and starts going down. You

00:27:53.720 --> 00:27:57.779
just hear, there's paparazzi, guild members,

00:27:58.000 --> 00:27:59.960
flashes of light. People are yelling, and he

00:27:59.960 --> 00:28:01.619
can't quite make you out. It's all the people

00:28:01.619 --> 00:28:03.619
are yelling from far off. It's all blending together.

00:28:03.680 --> 00:28:06.400
He can't hear you, Jules. God, then he's going

00:28:06.400 --> 00:28:10.279
to still run towards the front door. Fuck. Okay.

00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:13.559
Go ahead and make me an athletics check. Real

00:28:13.559 --> 00:28:16.160
quick. I mean, we'll just see if he falls. He's

00:28:16.160 --> 00:28:17.960
about 10 feet off the ground at this point. But

00:28:17.960 --> 00:28:20.180
anything above a 10 will get him through now.

00:28:20.279 --> 00:28:28.000
He's found some good footing. Nine. With a nine,

00:28:28.059 --> 00:28:31.079
he like slides a little bit. He doesn't really

00:28:31.079 --> 00:28:32.960
take damage, but he kind of slows him down a

00:28:32.960 --> 00:28:34.200
little bit. He's kind of limping as he gets up

00:28:34.200 --> 00:28:37.319
running. At this point, he just makes it like

00:28:37.319 --> 00:28:40.019
almost towards the door, but he's not quite able

00:28:40.019 --> 00:28:43.529
to open the door yet. Fuck. Okay. That's Blanche.

00:28:45.430 --> 00:28:48.849
You may use an action to try to listen closer

00:28:48.849 --> 00:28:50.690
if you want to stop, or you can just keep blazing.

00:28:50.750 --> 00:28:53.490
She needs her action for the potion. Okay. So

00:28:53.490 --> 00:28:56.329
she's going to grab the potion from her back

00:28:56.329 --> 00:28:58.750
or her belt or whatever as she blasts out the

00:28:58.750 --> 00:29:01.690
door. You blast out the door onto the patio.

00:29:02.470 --> 00:29:06.490
You see at the fringes of this patio, DiPiero

00:29:06.490 --> 00:29:10.119
Montelio. is being held back by two Duergar officers

00:29:10.119 --> 00:29:14.079
and screaming out, No! No! My financial advisor's

00:29:14.079 --> 00:29:16.559
in there! He's still in there! What are you doing?

00:29:17.240 --> 00:29:19.559
You're the higher priority target. We can't let

00:29:19.559 --> 00:29:23.980
you get back in. No! No! Blanche! Blanche! Where

00:29:23.980 --> 00:29:27.779
is he? I don't know. He ran. He... You remember

00:29:27.779 --> 00:29:30.420
that Ledoux is fearful. They're fearfully afraid

00:29:30.420 --> 00:29:35.000
of spirits. He's talking about the Biza. His

00:29:35.000 --> 00:29:38.220
greatest fear is... This exact scenario, where

00:29:38.220 --> 00:29:41.799
is he? Where did he go? Where did he run? All

00:29:41.799 --> 00:29:44.359
right. So how much movement has already been

00:29:44.359 --> 00:29:46.319
used just getting there? That would have been

00:29:46.319 --> 00:29:50.200
20 feet to get outside and see. That leaves you

00:29:50.200 --> 00:29:53.859
with 80 feet of movement. Okay. So the way I

00:29:53.859 --> 00:29:57.039
see it, there's really two options. Either the...

00:29:57.039 --> 00:30:01.200
Or no, 80 if you double action. Okay. 30 if you

00:30:01.200 --> 00:30:04.370
want your action. All right. Well, let's... So

00:30:04.370 --> 00:30:06.710
30 feet, I think, will get me into the dining

00:30:06.710 --> 00:30:08.730
room door. Because the way I see it, there's

00:30:08.730 --> 00:30:10.529
two places you could, or I'm sorry, not the dining

00:30:10.529 --> 00:30:12.890
room door, the kitchen door. Yes. So the way

00:30:12.890 --> 00:30:14.329
I see it, there's two places you could be, either

00:30:14.329 --> 00:30:17.029
the kitchen or the salon. I don't think I can

00:30:17.029 --> 00:30:20.029
get to the salon in 30 feet. You're taking a

00:30:20.029 --> 00:30:25.589
risk. Yeah, I guess so. You can reach the kitchen

00:30:25.589 --> 00:30:28.410
in 20 feet. Is that what you want to do? Get

00:30:28.410 --> 00:30:32.109
you 10 feet left? Yeah, that's really all I got

00:30:32.109 --> 00:30:34.700
to do. That's really all I got. You whirl around

00:30:34.700 --> 00:30:40.539
on a dime, blast back into the building, rushing

00:30:40.539 --> 00:30:43.140
over the dining room table, curving, pushing

00:30:43.140 --> 00:30:45.799
towards the door. Jean stops dead right behind

00:30:45.799 --> 00:30:47.339
you as he just catches up and looks at you. Sir,

00:30:47.420 --> 00:30:50.940
what's happening? Sir! You, boom, push open the

00:30:50.940 --> 00:30:55.279
door to the kitchen. And immediately, five feet

00:30:55.279 --> 00:30:57.200
into the room at the intersection of these two

00:30:57.200 --> 00:31:01.059
doors, you see Le Deux Limoires on the ground.

00:31:01.299 --> 00:31:07.799
Oh, Jesus. Pale. but breathing very slowly. And

00:31:07.799 --> 00:31:11.880
you are close enough to take an action. I'm going

00:31:11.880 --> 00:31:16.180
to fucking give a potion of healing greater to

00:31:16.180 --> 00:31:25.980
an NPC. I know, I know! It's the story. I need

00:31:25.980 --> 00:31:31.359
Ledoux. Okay, you rush into the room, slide down,

00:31:31.500 --> 00:31:35.690
pull him over. and just give him the potion.

00:31:35.930 --> 00:31:38.490
Yep, down the gullet. Hell yeah. Describe what

00:31:38.490 --> 00:31:40.049
this looks like. It's probably really cool. How

00:31:40.049 --> 00:31:41.109
are you getting off your broom? How are you doing

00:31:41.109 --> 00:31:44.730
this? She blanched when the door opens, and she

00:31:44.730 --> 00:31:49.190
sees Ledoux. She just jumps. She just dismounts

00:31:49.190 --> 00:31:51.089
the broom, and the broom goes flying into the

00:31:51.089 --> 00:31:55.250
kitchen, and she just skids to a stop. She's

00:31:55.250 --> 00:31:57.490
already got the bottle in her hand, unstoppered,

00:31:57.529 --> 00:32:00.849
and as soon as she stops moving, her hand is

00:32:00.849 --> 00:32:03.880
already under Ledoux's head. And she just, like,

00:32:03.900 --> 00:32:07.220
pinches his cheeks from the side and pours it

00:32:07.220 --> 00:32:11.539
right in. Holy shit. You pour the potion in,

00:32:11.660 --> 00:32:15.240
and color begins to flood back into the turtle's

00:32:15.240 --> 00:32:18.400
cheeks and the turtle's body. His eyes slowly

00:32:18.400 --> 00:32:25.559
open on you, Jules. You're going to owe me, like,

00:32:25.579 --> 00:32:32.240
100, 150 gold. Okay, so when Jules is in the

00:32:32.240 --> 00:32:34.539
room, You are in the reception room, so you're

00:32:34.539 --> 00:32:35.920
right beside the Great Hall. You're looking out.

00:32:35.980 --> 00:32:38.039
You actually are at a point where I think you

00:32:38.039 --> 00:32:39.700
can look up and maybe just right out the door

00:32:39.700 --> 00:32:42.319
you can hear the sound of Blanche and Jean's

00:32:42.319 --> 00:32:43.779
movements. You know they're up to whatever they're

00:32:43.779 --> 00:32:46.140
up to. So he hears this commotion from upstairs.

00:32:46.680 --> 00:32:49.380
Yeah. You see everyone's okay. And he turns back

00:32:49.380 --> 00:32:52.019
to the door that he just came through, looks

00:32:52.019 --> 00:32:54.220
to the north. Is that where the dining room is

00:32:54.220 --> 00:32:56.200
in the kitchen? Yeah. He looks in the direction

00:32:56.200 --> 00:32:58.900
of the north, just a slight little pause, almost

00:32:58.900 --> 00:33:01.000
like a camera zoom on his face where he pauses

00:33:01.000 --> 00:33:03.759
and thinks for a second. He knows Blanche has

00:33:03.759 --> 00:33:07.279
this. We got to try to save everybody. And he

00:33:07.279 --> 00:33:09.019
goes back to the room. And you said there's a

00:33:09.019 --> 00:33:11.599
couch under the hole? There'll be one close to

00:33:11.599 --> 00:33:13.059
the hole, yes. Okay, can Jules climb back up

00:33:13.059 --> 00:33:16.480
through the hole? I think I said it's 20 feet

00:33:16.480 --> 00:33:18.019
high. It's going to be a challenge. Oh, 20 feet

00:33:18.019 --> 00:33:20.960
high. Fuck. You need to find some way to gain

00:33:20.960 --> 00:33:22.539
leverage up there. God damn it, I already used

00:33:22.539 --> 00:33:30.250
Misty Step. What about College of Creation? Because

00:33:30.250 --> 00:33:32.890
if it's set on the floor, if it's set on the

00:33:32.890 --> 00:33:36.130
floor, holy shit. How high can you make something?

00:33:36.430 --> 00:33:37.910
We can actually use this. Well, I mean, you could

00:33:37.910 --> 00:33:39.970
make, like, a grappling hook. Dude, I forgot

00:33:39.970 --> 00:33:43.009
I had it because we've, there's, what fucking

00:33:43.009 --> 00:33:45.349
use is it going to be? Holy shit. College of

00:33:45.349 --> 00:33:47.289
Creation. Hold on. Yeah, hold on. Stand by. Stand

00:33:47.289 --> 00:33:49.930
by. Yeah, as an action, I can create one non

00:33:49.930 --> 00:33:52.309
-magical item that has a maximum value of 100

00:33:52.309 --> 00:33:55.250
gold in an unoccupied space within 10 feet of

00:33:55.250 --> 00:33:59.660
me. The maximum size is medium. Five to seven

00:33:59.660 --> 00:34:03.500
feet, basically. He's going to create a seven

00:34:03.500 --> 00:34:07.599
-foot ladder. It'll be ten feet to hit large.

00:34:07.980 --> 00:34:10.119
Hold on, hold on, hold on. Let me think about

00:34:10.119 --> 00:34:11.800
this for a second. Why not just make a rope with

00:34:11.800 --> 00:34:14.280
a grappler? That would be a check involved in

00:34:14.280 --> 00:34:17.900
that one. How come it would be a check? To use

00:34:17.900 --> 00:34:20.219
it afterwards. Let me see if I can get creative

00:34:20.219 --> 00:34:23.219
with this. Okay. Hold on. I like creative. Make

00:34:23.219 --> 00:34:28.829
a jet pack. Okay. So after a little bit of discussion,

00:34:29.230 --> 00:34:33.730
Jules will create a grappling hook. David, do

00:34:33.730 --> 00:34:34.969
you want to explain to the Pants people how this

00:34:34.969 --> 00:34:38.550
works? First of all, we just see, like, what's

00:34:38.550 --> 00:34:39.989
it look like to you? This is the second time

00:34:39.989 --> 00:34:42.550
you've used this. This golden light? Is it like

00:34:42.550 --> 00:34:44.329
the motes you have when you... I think so. It

00:34:44.329 --> 00:34:47.329
kind of spawns this hook? Yeah. Yeah, I think

00:34:47.329 --> 00:34:50.329
he holds out both of his hands, and it just...

00:34:50.510 --> 00:34:52.750
twinkles and appears. Like, I love this too,

00:34:52.789 --> 00:34:54.170
because in both cases, like before, it's like,

00:34:54.210 --> 00:34:56.869
I need a lockpick, and then it happened. Here

00:34:56.869 --> 00:34:58.050
you're having the same thing, like, I need to

00:34:58.050 --> 00:34:59.329
get back up. I need to get back up, and then

00:34:59.329 --> 00:35:03.630
overall I need Paul's magic. I like the idea

00:35:03.630 --> 00:35:07.809
that he's not thinking specifically of the actual

00:35:07.809 --> 00:35:10.849
object, but his emotions are projecting what

00:35:10.849 --> 00:35:13.329
it needs to be for him in that moment. That is

00:35:13.329 --> 00:35:18.179
awesome. And it just happens. Okay. You. Find

00:35:18.179 --> 00:35:19.760
this in your hand. You look down for a second.

00:35:19.860 --> 00:35:23.239
Jules, you caused some havoc back on Tythos.

00:35:23.260 --> 00:35:24.840
I'm going to say you've probably used one of

00:35:24.840 --> 00:35:27.440
these at least sometimes before, right? You're

00:35:27.440 --> 00:35:29.079
giving your backstory. It just makes sense. Yeah.

00:35:29.760 --> 00:35:31.860
So I'm going to make this a ranged attack roll.

00:35:32.380 --> 00:35:36.619
Proficiency plus dex. Okay. Two. You see a spot

00:35:36.619 --> 00:35:39.880
up ahead where there's a good piece of floor

00:35:39.880 --> 00:35:43.769
that's on a hanging... You could latch around

00:35:43.769 --> 00:35:45.730
it and pull up. The moss didn't really create

00:35:45.730 --> 00:35:48.070
an even hole. There's this jagged edges kind

00:35:48.070 --> 00:35:52.070
of facing in. Right on the chaise lounge. You

00:35:52.070 --> 00:35:56.050
see the core of the chaise lounge. Yes. Amos

00:35:56.050 --> 00:35:58.090
buys quality furniture. That thing is heavy.

00:35:58.170 --> 00:36:00.849
It will support you. It's a beast. All right.

00:36:00.909 --> 00:36:03.269
So my dex is a plus zero, but my proficiency

00:36:03.269 --> 00:36:06.269
is a plus three. So let's see what we get. Oh,

00:36:06.349 --> 00:36:14.050
damn. Okay. I don't know. 13. 10 on the die.

00:36:14.809 --> 00:36:18.570
I was looking for a 10. That was, yeah. 20 feet.

00:36:18.630 --> 00:36:20.349
You can see your target. It's not going to be

00:36:20.349 --> 00:36:23.369
too terribly hard. Latch it. You feel it fall

00:36:23.369 --> 00:36:26.849
into place. It will cost you the entire rest

00:36:26.849 --> 00:36:29.309
of your movement. Yeah. Do what I got to do.

00:36:29.429 --> 00:36:30.650
Moving up. Yeah. So I'm going to say the creation.

00:36:30.969 --> 00:36:32.889
I'm calling the throw essentially a bonus action.

00:36:33.030 --> 00:36:34.190
And then you're just kind of using your movement.

00:36:34.989 --> 00:36:37.190
You can move up the rope. It doesn't take a flex

00:36:37.190 --> 00:36:39.369
check. It's just kind of slow. When you reach

00:36:39.369 --> 00:36:41.469
the top, your hands are kind of onto the floor.

00:36:41.590 --> 00:36:44.110
You're about to move back onto this floor. You

00:36:44.110 --> 00:36:48.030
can hear, I don't know what's going on. How can

00:36:48.030 --> 00:36:51.909
we get through it? Theorist. He has looked it.

00:36:51.949 --> 00:36:53.730
I don't understand. He has put something in front

00:36:53.730 --> 00:36:56.409
of the door. It is not breaking. You hear this.

00:36:56.449 --> 00:36:58.070
I was about to scream, bring him out, bring him

00:36:58.070 --> 00:37:05.429
out. Is it a pull or a push door? Um, okay. And

00:37:05.429 --> 00:37:08.789
with that, with that, I'm making a roll. Just

00:37:08.789 --> 00:37:15.050
one this time. Okay. Wait, there's two of them

00:37:15.050 --> 00:37:18.389
in the room. Why are they... Good question. Oh,

00:37:18.389 --> 00:37:22.349
yeah. Oh. That's a fine question. Blanche, you

00:37:22.349 --> 00:37:25.929
have accomplished your objective. DePiero, or

00:37:25.929 --> 00:37:28.570
LeDoux, begins to awaken beneath you. The door

00:37:28.570 --> 00:37:31.289
bursts open as Jaune rushes in behind you. Just...

00:37:32.349 --> 00:37:34.869
The dude, damn it! And comes sliding down beside

00:37:34.869 --> 00:37:37.869
you. I'm going to turn the camera off on you.

00:37:37.949 --> 00:37:39.449
I don't think you're going to make it in time,

00:37:39.469 --> 00:37:41.329
make a difference anyway. Yeah, but it's really

00:37:41.329 --> 00:37:44.170
cool when you see a shot of the outside of the

00:37:44.170 --> 00:37:46.969
building, and Blanche kicks open the front door,

00:37:47.090 --> 00:37:49.650
and she walks out carrying the dude in her arms.

00:37:50.349 --> 00:37:53.849
That's awesome. Cheering, just like, Master Defense,

00:37:54.070 --> 00:37:58.070
you've done it again! Hello, Maybutt. He's alive.

00:37:59.710 --> 00:38:02.059
I'm going to cut the camera on you then. We're

00:38:02.059 --> 00:38:04.880
going to focus primarily and wholly on Jules.

00:38:05.199 --> 00:38:07.659
Chester moves into the, he finally opens a great

00:38:07.659 --> 00:38:09.579
hall door, just as like, he's just going to the

00:38:09.579 --> 00:38:11.739
door and the door opens up as Margus, Xenia,

00:38:11.840 --> 00:38:15.079
Samira, Tutu, Ergar rush out. He's just, oh shit,

00:38:15.139 --> 00:38:20.679
shit, shit. Jules climbs into the interrogation

00:38:20.679 --> 00:38:24.519
room, the closet. Let's go back to our battle

00:38:24.519 --> 00:38:29.940
map. It's all up to you now. You can move around

00:38:29.940 --> 00:38:33.719
this room. You see, There is a door behind you

00:38:33.719 --> 00:38:36.300
that does lead to a second entrance towards that

00:38:36.300 --> 00:38:38.679
closet, you know. Connected by this bathroom

00:38:38.679 --> 00:38:40.820
that goes between the two closets. Or you can

00:38:40.820 --> 00:38:43.719
loop around and help them somehow break open

00:38:43.719 --> 00:38:45.920
the door they're trying to open. He's going to

00:38:45.920 --> 00:38:49.980
go the back way. My thinking with that is that

00:38:49.980 --> 00:38:52.000
they've already tried to freaking bust on the

00:38:52.000 --> 00:38:55.059
door. Having a scrawny -ass guy like Jules is

00:38:55.059 --> 00:38:59.340
not going to really do much. Here, let me help.

00:39:00.119 --> 00:39:01.860
With your movement, you're able to reach that

00:39:01.860 --> 00:39:03.340
door. You move into the bathroom. You see this

00:39:03.340 --> 00:39:05.900
fancy, ornate bathroom. You know, just gold and

00:39:05.900 --> 00:39:09.139
white porcelain everywhere all around you. Marble,

00:39:09.159 --> 00:39:11.820
it's beautiful. You don't care. You're thundering

00:39:11.820 --> 00:39:13.920
across, running towards that door on the end.

00:39:14.500 --> 00:39:18.070
You go to open it? Yeah. I need a strength check

00:39:18.070 --> 00:39:19.909
-in action. As you go to open, you see this too

00:39:19.909 --> 00:39:22.610
is also something's in front of him. Something

00:39:22.610 --> 00:39:24.389
is stopping you from getting into that room.

00:39:25.550 --> 00:39:30.349
So weird. Yeah. Is that strength? Yes. Shit.

00:39:30.849 --> 00:39:33.670
You know, Amos was pissed, and he's kind of crazy.

00:39:34.010 --> 00:39:36.949
Maybe he just walled off the doors. Wouldn't

00:39:36.949 --> 00:39:38.869
let anyone come in, and then things went south

00:39:38.869 --> 00:39:40.730
in there. If there was ever a time I really need

00:39:40.730 --> 00:39:45.730
a crit. Yeah, Jules, notorious strong man. What's

00:39:45.730 --> 00:39:48.889
your strength there, buddy? Plus zero. Oh, okay.

00:39:48.949 --> 00:39:50.670
Which is not the worst. It's not a negative.

00:39:50.909 --> 00:39:52.909
I will tell you, as you go to open it, like you

00:39:52.909 --> 00:39:55.250
push it, there is some give here. You get the

00:39:55.250 --> 00:39:58.230
impression this is not as reinforced as the one,

00:39:58.250 --> 00:40:00.949
the hammering hearing over there. So I don't

00:40:00.949 --> 00:40:03.269
necessarily need to entirely bust it open. I

00:40:03.269 --> 00:40:05.130
could just get it a little bit to where I could

00:40:05.130 --> 00:40:05.769
squeeze through it. You just need to push it

00:40:05.769 --> 00:40:08.809
a little bit. Okay, okay. It's DC 10 again. Okay,

00:40:09.050 --> 00:40:14.440
so 50 -50. Not with a two. It slides. You're

00:40:14.440 --> 00:40:16.219
trying to go. You bounce it off. Something is

00:40:16.219 --> 00:40:19.320
holding this door closed. Does it have enough

00:40:19.320 --> 00:40:22.079
give to reach my hand through? Not with a two.

00:40:22.179 --> 00:40:25.780
Fuck. With a five? God. I would have given you

00:40:25.780 --> 00:40:30.800
that. I have no buzz. Holy shit. Holy shit. That

00:40:30.800 --> 00:40:34.380
was your action. Yeah. And that was your movement.

00:40:34.500 --> 00:40:36.599
Do you have anything else you can do? No. Can

00:40:36.599 --> 00:40:38.820
I see your spell list? No, I'm not using a...

00:40:38.820 --> 00:40:41.679
I have one slot left and it's Cure Wounds. I'll

00:40:41.679 --> 00:40:44.460
call a strike to have one. Nothing. I'll call

00:40:44.460 --> 00:40:46.619
a strike to have bonus action. Every single slot

00:40:46.619 --> 00:40:50.300
is... What level? Gone. Level one. Everything

00:40:50.300 --> 00:40:52.639
is gone. Yeah, there's nothing that would help.

00:40:53.039 --> 00:40:55.559
There's nothing that would help, yeah. Okay.

00:40:55.960 --> 00:40:57.940
And Blanche can't get there in time anyway. Oh,

00:40:57.940 --> 00:41:00.980
no. Nobody else has a potion that we know of.

00:41:01.760 --> 00:41:03.039
I'm calling a strength to have bonus action.

00:41:03.179 --> 00:41:04.420
You could reach through, potentially, if you

00:41:04.420 --> 00:41:07.369
get a five. Okay. But you did not... Get through

00:41:07.369 --> 00:41:10.230
on that. Nope. Okay. Apparently not. We're going

00:41:10.230 --> 00:41:11.630
to loop around to your turn again, but first

00:41:11.630 --> 00:41:18.170
I'm making a roll. Okay. That's four. That was...

00:41:18.170 --> 00:41:22.230
I need three fails and someone is dead. That

00:41:22.230 --> 00:41:25.110
was... I don't like the fact that that was a

00:41:25.110 --> 00:41:28.230
non -reaction from him. I know. Well, I've been

00:41:28.230 --> 00:41:29.389
watching him the whole time. He's been trying

00:41:29.389 --> 00:41:31.789
to be pretty stone -faced. Yeah. Yeah. I'll give

00:41:31.789 --> 00:41:34.079
you this. When you hit the door, even with a

00:41:34.079 --> 00:41:36.179
two, it opened enough just to like, you can't

00:41:36.179 --> 00:41:37.440
reach a crack through, but it's like as you shoved

00:41:37.440 --> 00:41:40.440
it a little bit. Okay. And you can hear, Larissa.

00:41:41.659 --> 00:41:44.380
Larissa, what? There's something wrong with Amos'

00:41:44.400 --> 00:41:47.619
voice. He sounds vague and far off. Okay. Larissa,

00:41:47.719 --> 00:41:50.559
stand. What are you doing lying there? Stand.

00:41:51.340 --> 00:41:55.880
Stand. Stand, girl. Okay. Okay. You're up again.

00:41:59.840 --> 00:42:03.500
It's an eight. You. slam me against the gun and

00:42:03.500 --> 00:42:06.800
jump in just a little bit. Can I reach my hand

00:42:06.800 --> 00:42:09.960
in and feel what's behind the door? You reach

00:42:09.960 --> 00:42:14.079
your hand in. Feels like luck again. Try to have

00:42:14.079 --> 00:42:16.199
his luck again because given where the token

00:42:16.199 --> 00:42:18.219
is in the map, tell you what, it's a luck check.

00:42:18.300 --> 00:42:22.019
And as I reach through? Yeah. Is it Larissa?

00:42:22.119 --> 00:42:24.460
Give her the me, give her the me. Oh, there you

00:42:24.460 --> 00:42:26.659
go. I like that better. Yeah, me too. Because

00:42:26.659 --> 00:42:28.460
if he already has, if it's already got a place

00:42:28.460 --> 00:42:34.849
on the map. Yeah. I need to touch her. Let me

00:42:34.849 --> 00:42:43.090
rephrase that. There's post -credits. Okay. Okay.

00:42:43.789 --> 00:42:47.289
You say that. I think I want something. Something.

00:42:47.769 --> 00:42:50.349
Here's what it's going to be. Up until this point,

00:42:50.469 --> 00:42:53.690
you have made enemies with Amos Nier. I need

00:42:53.690 --> 00:42:55.530
one last persuasion check from Jules. It's your

00:42:55.530 --> 00:42:58.349
forte. It doesn't need to be a high one, but

00:42:58.349 --> 00:43:02.340
just enough to convince this man in shock. That

00:43:02.340 --> 00:43:06.440
you are here to help. You can hate me all you

00:43:06.440 --> 00:43:08.239
want. I don't care, but nobody's dying on my

00:43:08.239 --> 00:43:16.719
watch. Dirty 20. Oh! Your hand is outstretched,

00:43:16.780 --> 00:43:18.679
reaching around the corner. You feel something

00:43:18.679 --> 00:43:23.340
soft slide into your hand. You feel like a wrist,

00:43:23.420 --> 00:43:26.059
the bones of a wrist. Your hand clamps down around

00:43:26.059 --> 00:43:28.360
them. What do you do? I cast Cure Wounds. It's

00:43:28.360 --> 00:43:30.079
a bonus action to open that door. Kirun, so you

00:43:30.079 --> 00:43:32.260
do on this turn as your action. I'm not going

00:43:32.260 --> 00:43:35.019
to make another check. Magic funnels out of you,

00:43:35.039 --> 00:43:40.179
but are you too late? Magic. This healing magic

00:43:40.179 --> 00:43:49.280
rushes from you. And it is received. That was

00:43:49.280 --> 00:43:52.519
loud. Yeah, I'll tell you right now. I rolled

00:43:52.519 --> 00:43:55.719
two fails the first two rounds. Holy shit. And

00:43:55.719 --> 00:44:00.599
two saves the next two rounds. That energy, your

00:44:00.599 --> 00:44:04.780
last spell slot funnels into... That's it. A

00:44:04.780 --> 00:44:07.280
potion couldn't have done that. A potion couldn't

00:44:07.280 --> 00:44:09.019
have done that. It had to have been a touch spell

00:44:09.019 --> 00:44:11.000
because of the situation you were in, reaching

00:44:11.000 --> 00:44:13.579
around. Dude, all bardic inspiration, all my

00:44:13.579 --> 00:44:15.960
spell slots, performance, literally Jules is

00:44:15.960 --> 00:44:19.659
spent. All he has left is melee. That is it.

00:44:20.480 --> 00:44:27.019
Your magic floods in. And Larissa... gasps awake.

00:44:28.539 --> 00:44:32.199
Amo sort of collapses back into a corner. You

00:44:32.199 --> 00:44:38.260
can hear almost some soft weeping as the door

00:44:38.260 --> 00:44:42.519
smashes again a few more times in this sort of

00:44:42.519 --> 00:44:45.260
frozen moment that you hear Dwargar pouring in.

00:44:45.320 --> 00:44:47.480
Fjodor, what is happening? Is everyone okay?

00:44:47.840 --> 00:44:51.280
Harlan barking orders. Everybody's fine. Everybody's

00:44:51.280 --> 00:44:57.409
fine. And everybody is. Fine. So let's cut ahead

00:44:57.409 --> 00:45:01.469
in time. Let's cut to a scene of everyone beginning

00:45:01.469 --> 00:45:07.190
to gather. Perhaps on that back patio, we see

00:45:07.190 --> 00:45:13.269
Margus, Xenia, Samira, Jules, Chester, Blanche,

00:45:13.489 --> 00:45:19.110
Jean, DiPiero, Ledoux. No Larissa, no Amos. Harlan

00:45:19.110 --> 00:45:21.230
comes out a moment later, kind of informing you

00:45:21.230 --> 00:45:24.340
that the two are in a state of shock. After being

00:45:24.340 --> 00:45:28.239
attacked by Azra's spirit. But they will be okay.

00:45:29.300 --> 00:45:34.559
Because of you. I think. You see. Ledoux's been

00:45:34.559 --> 00:45:36.659
like. He's still barely. He's coming into consciousness.

00:45:36.760 --> 00:45:38.480
He's not used to this. Perhaps the fright itself.

00:45:38.639 --> 00:45:40.539
Is what kind of. Has him out of. Sort of out

00:45:40.539 --> 00:45:45.239
of his wits. He starts finally kind of. Coming

00:45:45.239 --> 00:45:49.239
to. His eyes sort of. Blurring and hazing. Over

00:45:49.239 --> 00:45:53.019
a Jaune. Who's just. Distraught. Kneeling. Over

00:45:53.019 --> 00:45:57.780
him. Like. Ledoux? Ledoux? Ledoux? Shaken. I

00:45:57.780 --> 00:46:03.000
sort of focus in. Some night you are Jean Franklin.

00:46:03.800 --> 00:46:05.780
Callously leaving me to die while you played

00:46:05.780 --> 00:46:09.500
around upstairs. No, no, Ledoux, it wasn't like

00:46:09.500 --> 00:46:12.400
that, I swear. I just... And he cuts off as he

00:46:12.400 --> 00:46:14.539
catches the weak smile creeping over Ledoux's

00:46:14.539 --> 00:46:18.710
face. Hi. Just underestimated how pathetic you

00:46:18.710 --> 00:46:20.769
are. You can't even run away properly, it seems.

00:46:21.329 --> 00:46:25.269
Meat -headed brute. Pompous ass. They just share

00:46:25.269 --> 00:46:29.610
a smile in this moment. Any awkwardness melted

00:46:29.610 --> 00:46:33.610
away. As they're speaking, I think, Margus approaches

00:46:33.610 --> 00:46:37.449
the two of you. I'm waiting for a fucking kiss,

00:46:37.469 --> 00:46:41.090
man. Come on. You don't get it that easy. You

00:46:41.090 --> 00:46:43.710
don't get it that easy. I'm a tease. I tease

00:46:43.710 --> 00:46:49.699
people. Margus approaches you. They just, like,

00:46:49.760 --> 00:46:53.960
hands out wide, like, You really? You did it?

00:46:54.500 --> 00:46:58.880
Everyone alive? Well, everyone left. And the

00:46:58.880 --> 00:47:02.019
killer caught? I... This calls for celebration.

00:47:02.239 --> 00:47:04.900
Obviously, events here are not going to continue

00:47:04.900 --> 00:47:07.980
as they were, but... Please, please, Branch,

00:47:08.260 --> 00:47:12.010
Jules, you're retinue. Please accept. My invitation

00:47:12.010 --> 00:47:14.409
to the thorn apple. I have the best sweets. Remember,

00:47:14.489 --> 00:47:17.969
I am the king of tavern keeping. I can hook you

00:47:17.969 --> 00:47:21.369
up. We have a ten day of celebration ahead of

00:47:21.369 --> 00:47:25.510
us. And now we have something to celebrate. Please,

00:47:25.670 --> 00:47:31.269
be my guests. Magus, I couldn't possibly refuse.

00:47:32.909 --> 00:47:37.610
Just like, big, burly, like... muscles rising,

00:47:38.150 --> 00:47:40.269
fists in the air, very excited. Zenya kind of

00:47:40.269 --> 00:47:43.929
hiding behind them, like, just sort of, you know,

00:47:43.929 --> 00:47:47.630
nervous, but happy, so happy. Obviously, just

00:47:47.630 --> 00:47:49.710
like the somber energy of what's happened today,

00:47:49.809 --> 00:47:53.889
but this, surviving this. Maybe something happened

00:47:53.889 --> 00:47:55.969
there in that moment when they faced Meloara.

00:47:56.590 --> 00:48:00.769
You see, as she stands behind Margus, a hand

00:48:00.769 --> 00:48:04.949
sort of slides onto her shoulder. Samira's hand

00:48:04.949 --> 00:48:09.440
and the two. Also share a somber but joyful look.

00:48:10.260 --> 00:48:14.420
At some point, Harlan comes around. Well, we'll

00:48:14.420 --> 00:48:16.300
be investigating here for some time, of course.

00:48:17.019 --> 00:48:20.219
But, matters seem settled. If you have any evidence

00:48:20.219 --> 00:48:22.780
to support, you know, what happened, I'd happily

00:48:22.780 --> 00:48:26.260
take it. I'm assuming, perhaps, Sneak pulls out

00:48:26.260 --> 00:48:28.119
his own recording diamond, you know, he's used

00:48:28.119 --> 00:48:32.139
before. Gives you a shrewd eyebrow. Shrewd eyebrow?

00:48:32.780 --> 00:48:35.550
Uh, yes, we, uh... You recovered it earlier.

00:48:35.829 --> 00:48:40.110
I'm sure we can copy that for you. Oh, lovely.

00:48:40.269 --> 00:48:41.989
That's lovely. That's going to help things along.

00:48:42.190 --> 00:48:47.110
Great. Whew. On top of that, I think maybe I

00:48:47.110 --> 00:48:49.730
wouldn't need everything I collected at the scene

00:48:49.730 --> 00:48:54.070
then to persecute. He pulls out a bottle, a very

00:48:54.070 --> 00:48:56.289
similar looking bottle. Another bottle of hungry

00:48:56.289 --> 00:49:00.190
moss. Now this is a dangerous weapon. Might be

00:49:00.190 --> 00:49:01.570
you should find yourself in the right hands.

00:49:01.949 --> 00:49:04.519
Hands that can do some good. I'm going to give

00:49:04.519 --> 00:49:06.239
you guys a bottle of Hungry Moss. Who forges

00:49:06.239 --> 00:49:09.219
Hungry Moss? Oh, yeah. Sounds like an even trade,

00:49:09.400 --> 00:49:12.760
Holland. I don't know about that, but something.

00:49:12.920 --> 00:49:15.280
It's at least something. All right, give me that

00:49:15.280 --> 00:49:17.599
jar, David. Give me that jar. Take the jar. Where's

00:49:17.599 --> 00:49:19.619
the jar? Here's the jar. Where's the jar? Nice.

00:49:19.780 --> 00:49:25.739
Yours. You guys get a new jar. Ooh. As Jaune

00:49:25.739 --> 00:49:28.860
kind of finally stands and recovers, he casts

00:49:28.860 --> 00:49:31.739
an awkward eye towards his father. These two

00:49:31.739 --> 00:49:34.469
haven't actually talked. Yet, not since this

00:49:34.469 --> 00:49:36.650
all started, not since Jean realized that DiPiero

00:49:36.650 --> 00:49:40.849
was investigating as well, not since he realized

00:49:40.849 --> 00:49:43.889
that DiPiero had done everything he'd done to

00:49:43.889 --> 00:49:48.610
protect his son. So Jean shuffles awkwardly over

00:49:48.610 --> 00:49:54.650
it. Listen, Father, I was wrong. I have dishonored

00:49:54.650 --> 00:49:56.949
us all with my foolishness. I thought you were

00:49:56.949 --> 00:49:58.940
some... common murdering thug when all along

00:49:58.940 --> 00:50:00.840
you've been protecting me from the witch? You

00:50:00.840 --> 00:50:02.440
weren't even trying to expose the matter yourself.

00:50:02.619 --> 00:50:06.059
Please, please, accept my... Enough, John. Do

00:50:06.059 --> 00:50:09.420
not shame our house with another word. So it

00:50:09.420 --> 00:50:12.719
turns towards you, towards everyone. You should

00:50:12.719 --> 00:50:15.219
know that my intention was not some foolhardy

00:50:15.219 --> 00:50:18.719
pursuit of justice for justice's sake. I knew

00:50:18.719 --> 00:50:21.369
of the murder all along, didn't I? Despite the

00:50:21.369 --> 00:50:24.090
matter of proud Edom's cost, I still profited

00:50:24.090 --> 00:50:27.010
from it. We all, Lucifer Kings, profited from

00:50:27.010 --> 00:50:31.630
it. But now, for our people, I saw it was best

00:50:31.630 --> 00:50:34.110
to bring down the flourishing market of the jelly

00:50:34.110 --> 00:50:37.050
flower, as the Grand Messer was the most outspoken

00:50:37.050 --> 00:50:39.650
about our continued advance into world politics.

00:50:40.510 --> 00:50:44.889
Sort of sighs, and you see a strange look entering

00:50:44.889 --> 00:50:47.250
the old turtle's eyes, something wholly weary.

00:50:49.409 --> 00:50:54.130
Master Defense, son, we will speak of this and

00:50:54.130 --> 00:50:56.030
everything after you've made your way to the

00:50:56.030 --> 00:51:00.070
Golden Bay. I will depart immediately with some

00:51:00.070 --> 00:51:04.710
silent verses my retinue. For now, though, you

00:51:04.710 --> 00:51:08.090
should stay here in Zinda and enjoy the hospitality

00:51:08.090 --> 00:51:11.670
of Mix Margus Ruba. It is important for you to

00:51:11.670 --> 00:51:14.730
build bridges both as a prince of coin and a

00:51:14.730 --> 00:51:16.570
luminary in this directed right towards Jaune.

00:51:17.099 --> 00:51:19.340
They can't turn you aside. Financial advisor,

00:51:19.440 --> 00:51:28.239
the Dule -meow. The Dule -meow. Sorry, the cat.

00:51:28.380 --> 00:51:30.420
I got bit by a cat earlier. I think I'm changing.

00:51:31.460 --> 00:51:34.539
Oh, God, the ears. It's starting with the ears.

00:51:35.559 --> 00:51:37.699
Financial advisor, the Dule -moir, will join

00:51:37.699 --> 00:51:40.179
you here as he needs experience with the people

00:51:40.179 --> 00:51:43.139
of Zinda. The two turtles share a quick, awkward

00:51:43.139 --> 00:51:47.050
look at each other. What? Stay with him? I'm

00:51:47.050 --> 00:51:57.190
also mad. We are yet. And so, I think we can

00:51:57.190 --> 00:52:01.110
start to close the screen here, fade to black

00:52:01.110 --> 00:52:05.329
on this scene, as we can push forward with what's

00:52:05.329 --> 00:52:08.750
going to be ten days of celebration and fun.

00:52:08.849 --> 00:52:11.789
Ten days. During which, I'll tell you now, you're

00:52:11.789 --> 00:52:16.599
going to level up. Nice. Oh, yeah. Yeah, baby.

00:52:16.920 --> 00:52:18.780
I'll let you mark that this episode's end. Hell

00:52:18.780 --> 00:52:21.659
yeah. At the episode's end, but not, we're not

00:52:21.659 --> 00:52:26.059
done yet. We level up so infrequently, I forget

00:52:26.059 --> 00:52:28.219
that that's a thing. It's a thing, damn it. By

00:52:28.219 --> 00:52:33.139
episode 100, we're going to be level six. Okay.

00:52:33.840 --> 00:52:36.980
Let's cut ahead in time again. DePiero has left,

00:52:37.139 --> 00:52:40.400
and our four adventurers with Le Doulamois in

00:52:40.400 --> 00:52:44.039
tow. I'll go to the Thorn Apple, this raucous,

00:52:44.039 --> 00:52:46.000
wonderful establishment. It's probably the biggest

00:52:46.000 --> 00:52:50.659
inn. If Zinda has a full -on, super modern -day

00:52:50.659 --> 00:52:53.739
suite hotel, it's that. This is the Hilton. Like

00:52:53.739 --> 00:52:56.519
the casino hotel? Oh, absolutely. Yeah, yeah,

00:52:56.559 --> 00:53:00.519
yeah. Margus Ruba knows how to party. They are

00:53:00.519 --> 00:53:03.599
great at that. And they've hooked you up with

00:53:03.599 --> 00:53:07.159
the best suites they have. Top floor, huge, sprawling.

00:53:08.039 --> 00:53:10.550
As many as you want. How many suites? Are you

00:53:10.550 --> 00:53:12.630
guys getting? They're large enough you could

00:53:12.630 --> 00:53:13.949
ever would be, but you could also split up and

00:53:13.949 --> 00:53:17.989
be, like, more comfortable. I mean, I don't think

00:53:17.989 --> 00:53:20.150
it matters. Roll a die about it. I don't give

00:53:20.150 --> 00:53:22.349
a shit. You tell me. You tell me. Roll a die

00:53:22.349 --> 00:53:25.010
or tell me. Let the dice decide, Steven. All

00:53:25.010 --> 00:53:26.829
right, I'm going to roll a d6. What does that

00:53:26.829 --> 00:53:30.949
mean? Well, there's Jules, Blanche, Chester,

00:53:31.130 --> 00:53:34.710
Jean, Ledoux. Okay. So I'll re -roll. Well, Jules

00:53:34.710 --> 00:53:37.590
and Chester are all in the same. Okay. So then

00:53:37.590 --> 00:53:39.539
I'll roll a d4. Jean wants his own row. Okay,

00:53:39.599 --> 00:53:42.820
then we're getting three sweets. Why did this

00:53:42.820 --> 00:53:45.840
have to be so hard? Ledoux wants his own room,

00:53:45.900 --> 00:53:48.480
too. Okay, so it was one for Ledoux, one for

00:53:48.480 --> 00:53:50.900
Blanche, one for Jean, one for Jules and Chester.

00:53:51.360 --> 00:53:57.280
We got it. Okay. Settled. Great. You all, I imagine,

00:53:57.320 --> 00:54:00.059
enjoy a wonderful dinner. Maybe finally, finally,

00:54:00.260 --> 00:54:02.699
Fyodor comes to the Thorn Apple and makes you

00:54:02.699 --> 00:54:05.519
some omelets. Oh, yeah. Yeah. This is seconds

00:54:05.519 --> 00:54:09.760
for me. It really is. The sommelier, I can imagine,

00:54:09.820 --> 00:54:11.920
comes to the table with a bottle of jelly wine.

00:54:12.400 --> 00:54:16.260
And Blanche is like, no, I can't. Not anything

00:54:16.260 --> 00:54:19.239
but that. But just a quick montage. Just like,

00:54:19.300 --> 00:54:23.920
yeah, you can't with the wine. But you see Blanche

00:54:23.920 --> 00:54:26.079
hand up, refusing the wine. Maybe Jules, like,

00:54:26.139 --> 00:54:27.900
stringing out in his lute and all. You got some

00:54:27.900 --> 00:54:31.909
celebration in you? Yeah, why not? Xenia just

00:54:31.909 --> 00:54:33.750
hands together, marveling. Chester grabs the

00:54:33.750 --> 00:54:35.170
bottle of jelly wine and starts chugging it.

00:54:35.349 --> 00:54:40.590
Oh, hell yeah. Just under a table. Jean and Ledoux

00:54:40.590 --> 00:54:42.949
kind of give each other the cross stares. You

00:54:42.949 --> 00:54:46.610
know, Margus just raising a glass up, just like,

00:54:46.750 --> 00:54:50.889
to new friends and heroes! The whole establishment,

00:54:51.090 --> 00:54:57.710
new friends and heroes! As night fades to morning.

00:54:58.730 --> 00:55:04.960
Jules. Your eyes open, and your opulent, sweet

00:55:04.960 --> 00:55:09.519
kind of rise. These suites, of course, have blackout

00:55:09.519 --> 00:55:11.380
curtains, because, you know, you gotta have them.

00:55:11.900 --> 00:55:13.800
It's the best part of staying in a fancy hotel.

00:55:15.260 --> 00:55:18.880
Chester kind of, Oh, what happened? I don't remember.

00:55:19.440 --> 00:55:25.340
What did I drink? Am I old enough to drink? As

00:55:25.340 --> 00:55:28.260
he asks himself these. Important questions. Perhaps

00:55:28.260 --> 00:55:31.320
you sort of rise and start to move towards the...

00:55:31.320 --> 00:55:32.940
Or maybe Chester actually rises. I bet he's kind

00:55:32.940 --> 00:55:35.079
of like awkwardly moving over to the curtains.

00:55:35.400 --> 00:55:38.460
You're kind of getting up, you know, kind of

00:55:38.460 --> 00:55:43.760
feeling your way into this morning as light floods

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the room. Chester turns around and freezes. I

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imagine you freeze too, Jules, as sitting in

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a waiting chair. Two glowing eyes of this proboscis

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mask. Yep. Sturgeman. Yep. Waiting for you. Sturgeman

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does not move his position. Just sitting calmly,

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but a voice rings out, harsh and strong. Calm

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down. If I was here to kill you, you would never

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have seen me. No, I'm not here to kill you, Jules

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LaRoche. Hand reaches up. You begin to watch

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as this proboscis mask is being pulled up. I'm

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here to thank you and to call you friend. And

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we'll call it there.