WEBVTT 00:00:00.810 --> 00:00:04.549 Welcome to the Arcane Amphitheater, a Dungeons 00:00:04.549 --> 00:00:06.969 & Dragons actual play centered around a cast 00:00:06.969 --> 00:00:11.150 of morally ambiguous re -deviants. Join us as 00:00:11.150 --> 00:00:13.689 our cast attempts to atone for the sins of their 00:00:13.689 --> 00:00:16.649 past in this roleplay -heavy, character -driven 00:00:16.649 --> 00:00:19.609 story. He's a really good friend. Are you all 00:00:19.609 --> 00:00:22.750 really good friends? Our troupe is sure to bring 00:00:22.750 --> 00:00:26.269 you laughter. I am in the position of magic -enhancing 00:00:26.269 --> 00:00:30.719 drugs. Tears. The pain that I've endured. It 00:00:30.719 --> 00:00:34.780 can't be for nothing, right? Hope. I did the 00:00:34.780 --> 00:00:37.659 unthinkable, and you better believe I will do 00:00:37.659 --> 00:00:42.340 the impossible. But most importantly, characters 00:00:42.340 --> 00:00:46.200 worth rooting for. I summon a visage of a person 00:00:46.200 --> 00:00:48.920 that I wish I could have become, but never could. 00:00:49.179 --> 00:00:52.140 Don't miss out when the curtain rises at Arcane 00:00:52.140 --> 00:00:54.759 Amphitheater, available anywhere you get your 00:00:54.759 --> 00:00:57.659 podcasts, with new episodes dropping every Wednesday. 00:00:57.820 --> 00:01:38.239 We hope to see you there. Gang ho. Storage Hall 00:01:38.239 --> 00:01:46.560 Rune is... not here. Huh. I wonder why not. Well, 00:01:46.819 --> 00:01:49.640 I suppose if we aren't going to hear from our 00:01:49.640 --> 00:01:51.780 old buddy Rune, then we should probably check 00:01:51.780 --> 00:01:56.280 up on him. And so we open on the opulent hallways 00:01:56.280 --> 00:01:58.920 of the fourth floor of the House of Convalescence. 00:01:59.019 --> 00:02:01.420 We see white tile, white walls, splashes of gold 00:02:01.420 --> 00:02:03.920 and trim and decor, wildflowers from various 00:02:03.920 --> 00:02:07.659 worlds, decorate hanging vases. All in all, we 00:02:07.659 --> 00:02:10.479 take in a sight far closer to a palace than a 00:02:10.479 --> 00:02:15.280 hospital. And we see Rune Rusong in a mint green 00:02:15.280 --> 00:02:18.199 suit. It's awful. Surrounded by diva guards. 00:02:18.680 --> 00:02:20.719 They move in unison around him, their marching 00:02:20.719 --> 00:02:23.680 steps echoing down the hall. They reach a door, 00:02:23.879 --> 00:02:25.960 magically reinforced wood with a gold nameplate 00:02:25.960 --> 00:02:29.560 bearing the gnome's own name. We see Rune stealth 00:02:29.560 --> 00:02:31.780 steps forward, placing his hand upon an arcane 00:02:31.780 --> 00:02:35.669 symbol on the wall at Rune height. He speaks 00:02:35.669 --> 00:02:39.110 a command, an audible click sounds from the doorknob. 00:02:39.409 --> 00:02:41.270 He turns and looks up to the foremost of his 00:02:41.270 --> 00:02:44.750 guard. After you. Just try to be quick about 00:02:44.750 --> 00:02:46.770 it. I've got another recording in two hours, 00:02:46.830 --> 00:02:49.009 and I need to do some digging into my files before 00:02:49.009 --> 00:02:53.210 then. All right? With a silent nod, the angel 00:02:53.210 --> 00:02:57.090 opens the door and moves inside, and we see Rune 00:02:57.090 --> 00:03:00.889 watching and waiting, his usual sly smirk plastered 00:03:00.889 --> 00:03:04.530 passively on his face. Up until he hears the 00:03:04.530 --> 00:03:09.189 angel shout in alarm. And Rune's smile drops 00:03:09.189 --> 00:03:11.250 as his eyes go wide as a few small figures come 00:03:11.250 --> 00:03:13.430 bounding out of the open doorway, screeching. 00:03:14.750 --> 00:03:18.150 He stares slack -jawed at the strange cat -rat 00:03:18.150 --> 00:03:21.069 creatures with bony frames and razor teeth, all 00:03:21.069 --> 00:03:23.169 fucked up looking. One of them spins its head 00:03:23.169 --> 00:03:25.930 around and lets out a yelp of laughter towards 00:03:25.930 --> 00:03:29.009 Rune. As the group scrambles away, we see the 00:03:29.009 --> 00:03:30.770 D .Va guard burst out of the doorway behind them 00:03:30.770 --> 00:03:34.620 and leads half of its security team in. And at 00:03:34.620 --> 00:03:37.960 this, Rune finally snaps into focus. He calls 00:03:37.960 --> 00:03:41.639 for the guards as they fly down the hall. Catch 00:03:41.639 --> 00:03:44.680 the pests! Quick! Those are Gromishkas! Don't 00:03:44.680 --> 00:03:46.280 let them hear anything magical! They are allergic 00:03:46.280 --> 00:03:50.979 to magic! It might explode if... If... He trails 00:03:50.979 --> 00:03:54.120 off and slowly turns his eyes towards the open 00:03:54.120 --> 00:03:57.639 door. Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no! 00:03:57.740 --> 00:03:59.800 And Rune charges through the door, leaping out 00:03:59.800 --> 00:04:01.659 of the protection of his very, very alarmed remaining 00:04:01.659 --> 00:04:05.039 guards. He dives into his office, eyes wild, 00:04:05.219 --> 00:04:08.580 taking in an absolute disaster. What had been 00:04:08.580 --> 00:04:11.419 an office to match or even surpass the sheer 00:04:11.419 --> 00:04:13.900 opulence of the hall outside has now been turned 00:04:13.900 --> 00:04:17.120 into a torn ruin. Papers are scattered all around, 00:04:17.300 --> 00:04:20.399 many chewed into wet pulp. His fine shag carpets 00:04:20.399 --> 00:04:22.540 have been ripped into piles of stuffing. His 00:04:22.540 --> 00:04:25.459 desk of fine mahogany reveals more scratched 00:04:25.459 --> 00:04:27.980 surface than smooth. A portrait of Rune himself 00:04:27.980 --> 00:04:30.980 lies just beside it, a yellowish liquid staining 00:04:30.980 --> 00:04:34.399 the canvas and floor around. Rune takes this 00:04:34.399 --> 00:04:38.079 all in, but seems to barely notice. He turns 00:04:38.079 --> 00:04:41.519 instead to the far left wall, to an alcove cut 00:04:41.519 --> 00:04:45.399 into it. An alcove that shouldn't be visible. 00:04:45.600 --> 00:04:48.459 The etchings of illusory magic marking the wall 00:04:48.459 --> 00:04:51.579 are laid bare, revealing marks of damage, recent 00:04:51.579 --> 00:04:54.899 damage. The contents of the alcove, a variable 00:04:54.899 --> 00:04:57.560 library of blackmail and secrets, some of which 00:04:57.560 --> 00:05:01.240 belong to Rune himself, have been viciously destroyed. 00:05:01.779 --> 00:05:03.860 A number of recording contents spilled into the 00:05:03.860 --> 00:05:06.139 floor, and we see Rune slowly reach down for 00:05:06.139 --> 00:05:08.620 one of the diamonds. He lifts to his eyes, wills 00:05:08.620 --> 00:05:12.300 it to reveal its secrets, and sees no images. 00:05:14.000 --> 00:05:17.819 Erased. All of it. He looks at the shelves and 00:05:17.819 --> 00:05:20.160 the wet pulp that remains of the folders and 00:05:20.160 --> 00:05:27.459 files. All of it. And he just stares at the wreckage. 00:05:27.839 --> 00:05:33.160 Stares and stares and slowly his eyes move upwards 00:05:33.160 --> 00:05:38.439 to a tiny vent near the ceiling, the cover hanging 00:05:38.439 --> 00:05:48.040 open. And Runru Song screams his rage. We follow 00:05:48.040 --> 00:05:49.920 that scream through the vent shaft and through 00:05:49.920 --> 00:05:53.060 a network of shafts. It echoes all around and 00:05:53.060 --> 00:05:55.860 finally it breaks free of this imprisonment outside. 00:05:56.600 --> 00:05:59.480 And here it echoes around a singular gromishka 00:05:59.480 --> 00:06:03.220 hanging on the wall outside of an external vent. 00:06:03.399 --> 00:06:07.139 One ordered to return the way it came in. A gromishka 00:06:07.139 --> 00:06:10.920 carrying a single diamond yet in its mouth. The 00:06:10.920 --> 00:06:13.139 rat -cat creature scrambles up the exterior wall 00:06:13.139 --> 00:06:16.000 of the House of Convalescence and into the presence 00:06:16.000 --> 00:06:18.800 of a waiting figure on the roof. A halfling, 00:06:18.879 --> 00:06:21.339 cloaked in black with a dark braid hanging down 00:06:21.339 --> 00:06:24.180 her back. A blade of violet light swirls around 00:06:24.180 --> 00:06:28.519 Luminary Shrike's fingers. The scream reaches 00:06:28.519 --> 00:06:32.379 her ears very, very faintly, and she smiles. 00:06:33.399 --> 00:06:35.120 And we follow the phantom with that scream even 00:06:35.120 --> 00:06:37.399 further away, down the walls of the hospital 00:06:37.399 --> 00:06:39.879 and into the surrounding streets, into an alley 00:06:39.879 --> 00:06:42.759 on the street. Here we see a copper -skinned 00:06:42.759 --> 00:06:44.540 tiefling wearing a trench coat and full -brimmed 00:06:44.540 --> 00:06:47.500 hat. Plumer needs steadfast bright orange mustache, 00:06:47.579 --> 00:06:50.079 parts, and a grin as he stares up at the layers 00:06:50.079 --> 00:06:52.439 of the house of convalescence and places his 00:06:52.439 --> 00:06:56.699 hand on an opened crate covered in anti -magic 00:06:56.699 --> 00:07:02.920 runes. From there, we fade to a new scene. A 00:07:02.920 --> 00:07:06.019 scene of the interior of a giant jet black gemstone. 00:07:06.319 --> 00:07:10.480 The Obsidian Conquer Jewel. We see an excited 00:07:10.480 --> 00:07:12.759 crowd bunch up all through this gemstone as it 00:07:12.759 --> 00:07:15.639 makes its descent into a new world. And we see 00:07:15.639 --> 00:07:19.259 a gap in this crowd. Around the figures of Blanche 00:07:19.259 --> 00:07:24.560 Trudeau, Jules LaRoche, and Akio the Akita. Two 00:07:24.560 --> 00:07:28.660 luminaries and a sidekick. For now, at least. 00:07:29.220 --> 00:07:31.459 It is... Interesting that you've not had your 00:07:31.459 --> 00:07:34.540 passports and privileges removed yet. You had 00:07:34.540 --> 00:07:36.139 expected what happened earlier this week, at 00:07:36.139 --> 00:07:39.019 least. Perhaps something has happened that has 00:07:39.019 --> 00:07:43.199 distracted the powers that be? And perhaps, Blanche, 00:07:43.360 --> 00:07:45.879 the message you now hold in your hand could explain 00:07:45.879 --> 00:07:48.949 that. You remember distinctly moving through 00:07:48.949 --> 00:07:51.089 the crowds and the passage of respite and having 00:07:51.089 --> 00:07:52.910 something pressed into your hand. You looked 00:07:52.910 --> 00:07:54.490 around. You could not see the figure that gave 00:07:54.490 --> 00:07:57.829 it to you. But as you found a subtle place to 00:07:57.829 --> 00:08:01.689 look at the scroll as you unfurled it, you see 00:08:01.689 --> 00:08:05.750 a very simple note. Keep your eyes on the network. 00:08:06.569 --> 00:08:14.009 Justice undying. The Shrike. Oh. There will be 00:08:14.009 --> 00:08:16.389 more fallout from what we saw at the start of 00:08:16.389 --> 00:08:20.189 this episode, but the first boon is that travel 00:08:20.189 --> 00:08:24.629 is going to be easy for now. Whatever this might 00:08:24.629 --> 00:08:26.790 mean, this message you receive might mean, however 00:08:26.790 --> 00:08:29.009 it may relate to your continued ability to move 00:08:29.009 --> 00:08:32.649 between the worlds, who can say? What matters 00:08:32.649 --> 00:08:35.149 most now is that this situation allows you a 00:08:35.149 --> 00:08:36.429 chance to travel between the worlds right now, 00:08:36.570 --> 00:08:41.629 today, for a mission of vital, vital import. 00:08:42.830 --> 00:08:47.610 But before we get to all that, let's level up. 00:08:47.610 --> 00:08:51.029 You want to level up? You want to level up? Mail 00:08:51.029 --> 00:08:56.230 time. What? You received a level in the mail. 00:08:56.889 --> 00:09:06.190 No. Trumpets, maybe. You do trumpets. Oh, hell 00:09:06.190 --> 00:09:08.110 yeah. You got that letter for strike. That's 00:09:08.110 --> 00:09:16.200 mail. Yeah. um let's talk level eight because 00:09:16.200 --> 00:09:19.000 there's a lot going on you guys just amped up 00:09:19.000 --> 00:09:21.480 in more ways than one because uh yeah i just 00:09:21.480 --> 00:09:24.259 finally have money yeah you guys have money uh 00:09:24.259 --> 00:09:26.580 i did not i will say pants you don't let them 00:09:26.580 --> 00:09:28.700 have all their money yet they've uh i will say 00:09:28.700 --> 00:09:30.440 they're see that money it's been a little bit 00:09:30.440 --> 00:09:32.019 of time they probably see the money about two 00:09:32.019 --> 00:09:33.759 weeks following genito and it's been maybe two 00:09:33.759 --> 00:09:36.769 weeks since then and so i allowed them each The 00:09:36.769 --> 00:09:39.809 possibility of up to two magic items per player 00:09:39.809 --> 00:09:42.529 to be received by psychic player, whatever, at 00:09:42.529 --> 00:09:45.250 this point. The rest can happen over time. Magic 00:09:45.250 --> 00:09:47.190 items, you know, they're hard to get a hold of. 00:09:47.230 --> 00:09:49.549 They take time to gather them. So you don't get 00:09:49.549 --> 00:09:51.870 them all at once because I'm mean. And I gave 00:09:51.870 --> 00:09:55.549 you 50 ,000 gold. For the first time ever. Get 00:09:55.549 --> 00:09:57.850 on the ground and worship me. Worship my feet. 00:09:57.970 --> 00:10:01.009 I was talking with David about this today. And 00:10:01.009 --> 00:10:03.070 I was like, wait a minute. You've nerfed me as 00:10:03.070 --> 00:10:05.289 a wizard so hard because I've never been able 00:10:05.289 --> 00:10:10.909 to afford spells. Look. So now I can finally 00:10:10.909 --> 00:10:13.090 buy spells. You can't complain anymore. You're 00:10:13.090 --> 00:10:16.870 rich. Not for long. No, I spent most of it already. 00:10:17.129 --> 00:10:20.690 So let's talk level ups. Let's talk magic items. 00:10:21.070 --> 00:10:23.149 And before we get to anything, let me do a Keo 00:10:23.149 --> 00:10:25.230 because he's definitely the most boring one here. 00:10:25.509 --> 00:10:28.850 They powered up. A Keo. And also, those are the 00:10:28.850 --> 00:10:30.870 characters. I know. Other sidekicks. We'll get 00:10:30.870 --> 00:10:32.909 to them. We'll get to them. We'll get to them. 00:10:32.909 --> 00:10:34.730 But right now, these three are the ones that 00:10:34.730 --> 00:10:36.850 matter. Huh. Something's happening. It's weird. 00:10:36.950 --> 00:10:40.349 I bought Jean a little something something. Oh, 00:10:40.349 --> 00:10:43.669 yeah. He threw it away. That would be hard. It 00:10:43.669 --> 00:10:47.029 was gaudy. You are a lot kinder than I would 00:10:47.029 --> 00:10:51.450 be to Jean -Francois. Ola Keogh. I'm just kidding. 00:10:51.509 --> 00:10:54.950 I love Jean. Really only actually got an ASI 00:10:54.950 --> 00:10:56.809 this level up. And I actually gave the choice 00:10:56.809 --> 00:10:58.169 to Steven because he was sitting right next to 00:10:58.169 --> 00:10:59.929 me and I was doing this sheet like an hour ago. 00:11:02.019 --> 00:11:05.120 keo the akita has a bonus to his con bringing 00:11:05.120 --> 00:11:07.220 from 12 to 14 so he's beefed up a little bit 00:11:07.220 --> 00:11:09.159 he's been uh taking some heavy hits and maybe 00:11:09.159 --> 00:11:11.460 it's time to survive a little better poor doggo's 00:11:11.460 --> 00:11:13.840 gone down a lot yeah plus with his hp from leveling 00:11:13.840 --> 00:11:19.019 up he is now at 68 hp nice oh yeah yeah uh uh 00:11:19.019 --> 00:11:22.340 tougher beefy little boofer beefy little boofer 00:11:22.340 --> 00:11:25.940 pretty tough for a nine going on 10 years old 00:11:25.940 --> 00:11:31.340 akita that's uh it's old boy teddy's 10 Whoa. 00:11:32.000 --> 00:11:34.840 A little Aussie. Teddy's got a, what's his con? 00:11:35.320 --> 00:11:39.059 Low. I'm going to guess a nine. Oh, no. Oof. 00:11:39.480 --> 00:11:41.120 Negative on those. Yeah, he's got a minus one. 00:11:41.320 --> 00:11:43.960 When he levels up, it's like, oof. Hell yeah. 00:11:44.179 --> 00:11:50.600 Hell no. I don't know. That was Akio. Let's talk. 00:11:50.659 --> 00:11:52.740 Who wants to go first? Who wants to go first? 00:11:53.299 --> 00:11:55.850 Steven. I don't mind going first. Go first. Tell 00:11:55.850 --> 00:11:57.789 me about Blanche. Do you want to level up? Do 00:11:57.789 --> 00:11:59.610 you want to roll HP first and tell me about Blanche? 00:11:59.769 --> 00:12:02.350 Oh, no. Let me tell you about what I did first. 00:12:03.210 --> 00:12:07.330 I got a couple spells from the level up. So I 00:12:07.330 --> 00:12:11.370 got a couple new spells. And then since I actually 00:12:11.370 --> 00:12:16.250 had money and time, I got a boatload more spells. 00:12:17.909 --> 00:12:20.669 Nice. My spell is actually looking like a spell 00:12:20.669 --> 00:12:24.830 book rather than a spell pamphlet. Are you going 00:12:24.830 --> 00:12:26.029 to tell us all these spells? Are you going to 00:12:26.029 --> 00:12:29.809 hide them? Oh, God, no. I'll give you a couple. 00:12:30.029 --> 00:12:35.429 Let me see. A couple. I'm actually really excited 00:12:35.429 --> 00:12:38.429 about a level one spell that I took. Yeah? I 00:12:38.429 --> 00:12:41.950 took Chromatic Orb. Okay. I mean, it can be upcast. 00:12:42.210 --> 00:12:44.289 I just think Chromatic Orb is great. Get that 00:12:44.289 --> 00:12:47.960 elemental coverage, bro. Yeah. I did a couple 00:12:47.960 --> 00:12:50.500 other elemental things. I'll kind of leave it 00:12:50.500 --> 00:12:56.399 at that. Let's see. I'll give you one more because 00:12:56.399 --> 00:12:59.080 I wanted to get some bonus action stuff going. 00:12:59.600 --> 00:13:04.759 So I got Minute Meteors. Whoa. Okay. That's a 00:13:04.759 --> 00:13:06.779 fun one. So I can pop that and then I've got 00:13:06.779 --> 00:13:09.620 bonus actions for a little while because I feel 00:13:09.620 --> 00:13:13.539 like a big weakness of Blanche's was that she 00:13:13.539 --> 00:13:16.320 had her blade song. That was a bonus action, 00:13:16.460 --> 00:13:18.679 and that was pretty much it. Sounds like a wizard 00:13:18.679 --> 00:13:24.000 to me. So I wanted to start to expand that action 00:13:24.000 --> 00:13:26.080 economy and get some more bonus actions in there. 00:13:26.159 --> 00:13:28.039 So I got a couple things with that in mind. That's 00:13:28.039 --> 00:13:31.720 a smart choice right there. Then I maxed out 00:13:31.720 --> 00:13:35.820 intelligence. So I did the ASI up to 20 intelligence, 00:13:36.200 --> 00:13:40.700 which is great. So that's a... Higher to hit. 00:13:41.059 --> 00:13:45.279 My spell saves are a little higher. And yeah, 00:13:45.340 --> 00:13:47.879 that's cool stuff. Higher history checks. That's 00:13:47.879 --> 00:13:50.279 an exciting part of the game. Yeah, for real. 00:13:50.440 --> 00:13:53.360 A plus five to history. Holy shit. Yeah, right? 00:13:54.440 --> 00:13:57.519 Do you want to talk about magic items? Let's 00:13:57.519 --> 00:13:59.700 talk about magic items. What did you get? I'm 00:13:59.700 --> 00:14:04.460 really excited about both of these. This is like 00:14:04.460 --> 00:14:06.500 the biggest, most substantial power -up you've 00:14:06.500 --> 00:14:08.659 probably ever gotten. I mean, Ichigenko was pretty 00:14:08.659 --> 00:14:11.940 decent. Ichigenko was fantastic, yeah. Now I 00:14:11.940 --> 00:14:16.159 have a plus two of a different kind. Oh? I got 00:14:16.159 --> 00:14:19.639 the plus two one of the War Mage. Hell yeah. 00:14:19.899 --> 00:14:23.659 So now with that... And max intelligence, that's... 00:14:23.659 --> 00:14:26.539 And max intelligence, we're talking plus 10 to 00:14:26.539 --> 00:14:30.110 hit on those spells. Those minute meteors are 00:14:30.110 --> 00:14:32.049 going to look like our meteors, if you know what 00:14:32.049 --> 00:14:34.169 I'm saying. Ha ha, ha ha. Because it couldn't 00:14:34.169 --> 00:14:37.470 hit so hard. And then you want to talk about 00:14:37.470 --> 00:14:41.830 bonus actions and action economy. I spent a pretty 00:14:41.830 --> 00:14:47.210 penny on Boots of Speed. Okay. So Blanche is 00:14:47.210 --> 00:14:51.730 going to be one fast little tortle. Okay. Buzzing 00:14:51.730 --> 00:14:54.250 around the battlefield. Hell yeah. I mean, battlefield 00:14:54.250 --> 00:14:57.909 control. That's Blanche's bread and butter. I 00:14:57.909 --> 00:15:00.789 mean, getting anywhere, being everywhere, solid. 00:15:00.950 --> 00:15:03.409 Yeah, so now it'll be a lot easier. Bonus action, 00:15:03.549 --> 00:15:06.590 click the heels, and boom, speed is doubled. 00:15:06.789 --> 00:15:08.230 Hard thing is, which one did you use first? You 00:15:08.230 --> 00:15:10.029 go into a fight, do you boot to speed? Do you 00:15:10.029 --> 00:15:13.889 blade song? What do you do? Yeah, it's got to 00:15:13.889 --> 00:15:16.029 be blade song first. Blade song is kind of what 00:15:16.029 --> 00:15:19.250 Blanche is built upon. And then after that, it's 00:15:19.250 --> 00:15:22.470 like, okay, do I need mobility? Boot to speed. 00:15:22.629 --> 00:15:25.980 Do I need more damage? minute meteors never gonna 00:15:25.980 --> 00:15:28.779 hit you again no never gonna hit you again no 00:15:28.779 --> 00:15:31.379 i don't think sucks this sucks so now hopefully 00:15:31.379 --> 00:15:34.860 i can just get a couple hit points because blanche 00:15:34.860 --> 00:15:37.919 i'm pretty sure we mess this up every time i'm 00:15:37.919 --> 00:15:40.019 pretty sure blanche is sitting at 50 hp from 00:15:40.019 --> 00:15:44.679 level seven okay so uh i hope you're right i'm 00:15:44.679 --> 00:15:47.019 i also hope i'm right we should get that in the 00:15:47.019 --> 00:15:51.240 wiki get that in the wiki um you want to roll 00:15:51.240 --> 00:15:56.080 that hp yeah i'll roll my uh Oh, D6, yeah. My 00:15:56.080 --> 00:16:02.240 D6 is a wizard. Damn. Foie. Hey, pretty good. 00:16:03.179 --> 00:16:05.059 What are you looking at me for? You're not doing 00:16:05.059 --> 00:16:07.000 the thing anymore? You think a 9th level, 8th 00:16:07.000 --> 00:16:08.860 level, whatever the fuck you are, needs a double 00:16:08.860 --> 00:16:11.759 advantage on HP? You're not doing the thing anymore? 00:16:11.960 --> 00:16:14.360 Your training wheels are off. Oh my god. Time 00:16:14.360 --> 00:16:15.500 for the big kids to ride their bike on their 00:16:15.500 --> 00:16:19.259 own. No more handouts from the David. You got 00:16:19.259 --> 00:16:22.480 your 50 ,000 gold. Lame. You got your little 00:16:22.480 --> 00:16:26.679 time skip to get your spells. No more hand holding. 00:16:26.779 --> 00:16:29.200 Now I'm going to get mean. Hand punching. That's 00:16:29.200 --> 00:16:32.820 what I do. Jeremy, let's level you up. Yeah. 00:16:33.600 --> 00:16:35.659 You want to start with HP? Just when we thought 00:16:35.659 --> 00:16:38.639 David couldn't get any harsher. Well, where my 00:16:38.639 --> 00:16:42.059 HP is at currently is tied to my magical item. 00:16:42.179 --> 00:16:43.820 Yes, yes, we're going to get to that first. I've 00:16:43.820 --> 00:16:46.059 only got one magical item so far that I've decided 00:16:46.059 --> 00:16:48.500 on, and that is the Amulet of Health, because 00:16:48.500 --> 00:16:50.970 I'm already attuned. to the Amulet of Minor Health. 00:16:51.149 --> 00:16:53.389 So all it is is just a little swap. And guess 00:16:53.389 --> 00:16:56.909 what? A little swap. That brings my con up to 00:16:56.909 --> 00:17:02.309 19. Jesus. Which brings Jules' HP up. Wait for 00:17:02.309 --> 00:17:07.849 it. Wait for it. Two. 70 fucking two. Yeah. That's 00:17:07.849 --> 00:17:12.650 so crazy. Jules is now the frontliner. He's actually, 00:17:12.730 --> 00:17:14.950 we're getting into end game and he's actually 00:17:14.950 --> 00:17:18.730 a contender now. Does Jules just put this thing 00:17:18.730 --> 00:17:24.130 on and just like, boom, full abs? He's yoked. 00:17:24.130 --> 00:17:26.869 Yeah, he's got the full abs and then maybe his 00:17:26.869 --> 00:17:30.190 thighs grow like. Oh, man. They triple in size. 00:17:30.829 --> 00:17:32.910 The bigger the dance is now. There's just lots 00:17:32.910 --> 00:17:36.890 of veins on his neck. Boom. Yep. Yep. He's full 00:17:36.890 --> 00:17:42.549 on Jim, bro. All right. So, yeah, 72. Do we want 00:17:42.549 --> 00:17:45.210 to roll? Let's roll. Well, you can roll. You 00:17:45.210 --> 00:17:47.890 get one fucking roll. I'm rolling for Jeremy 00:17:47.890 --> 00:17:50.250 still. I'm just kidding. I'm just kidding. No 00:17:50.250 --> 00:17:54.430 one gets help. You know, I was nice to you for 00:17:54.430 --> 00:17:56.509 the last time with that 50 ,000 goal. That's 00:17:56.509 --> 00:17:59.730 it. It's over. Yeah. The first man last time. 00:17:59.829 --> 00:18:02.269 Making up for lost ground. Yeah. You got the 00:18:02.269 --> 00:18:03.990 pants people on your side. You don't need me. 00:18:04.170 --> 00:18:06.430 Six. Six. Damn it. You guys are rolling good. 00:18:06.690 --> 00:18:12.289 78. 78. That's crazy. Suck it. So, David, how 00:18:12.289 --> 00:18:15.250 do I do this without fucking everything up? Go 00:18:15.250 --> 00:18:17.349 to override? Yes, over HP and just, it'll say 00:18:17.349 --> 00:18:18.930 72, go to 78. Because we had to do some weird 00:18:18.930 --> 00:18:20.210 stuff because I couldn't figure out what was 00:18:20.210 --> 00:18:26.109 happening to the sheet. 78, baby. 78, that is 00:18:26.109 --> 00:18:28.910 nuts. And then I do get an extra spell. Oh, yes. 00:18:29.329 --> 00:18:32.690 Ooh, and another fourth level spell slot. And 00:18:32.690 --> 00:18:35.509 you had your ASI feat level. What'd you go for? 00:18:35.710 --> 00:18:39.670 Oh, fuck yeah. So I had the ASI. I put both into 00:18:39.670 --> 00:18:42.569 charisma, so my charisma is now maxed out. Our 00:18:42.569 --> 00:18:47.269 casters are max casted. So my save DC is 16. 00:18:48.480 --> 00:18:51.319 And yes, I do get an extra spell and I got an 00:18:51.319 --> 00:18:53.480 added fourth level spell slot. I haven't decided 00:18:53.480 --> 00:18:56.200 on a spell yet. I'm leaning toward Dimension 00:18:56.200 --> 00:18:58.240 Door because I think that's just cool as hell 00:18:58.240 --> 00:19:02.180 for 50 % of us to have Dimension Door on top 00:19:02.180 --> 00:19:04.359 of Misty Step. It tells a story too because you 00:19:04.359 --> 00:19:08.019 saw Chester use that magic. Right, exactly. So 00:19:08.019 --> 00:19:11.059 Chester. It's very fitting. I'm not set on it 00:19:11.059 --> 00:19:13.940 yet. I'm going to take the week to look around 00:19:13.940 --> 00:19:16.059 and figure it out. But that's a front runner. 00:19:16.599 --> 00:19:21.849 Okay. I love it. I actually feel powerful now. 00:19:22.349 --> 00:19:24.549 It's great. It's wonderful. Yeah. Wait until 00:19:24.549 --> 00:19:26.730 David gets to bring out his enemies. I know. 00:19:26.789 --> 00:19:30.410 One shot. One shot. 80 damage. There you go. 00:19:30.549 --> 00:19:35.750 Yeah. Now, I think we can agree that a lot has 00:19:35.750 --> 00:19:37.569 happened in these last few weeks in the Concord 00:19:37.569 --> 00:19:42.410 worlds. You've watched as Atash's control has 00:19:42.410 --> 00:19:48.700 become unstoppable. You have trained in secret, 00:19:48.799 --> 00:19:51.420 learned new spells, gathered powerful items, 00:19:51.640 --> 00:19:55.440 carefully preparing yourselves for what comes 00:19:55.440 --> 00:20:00.019 next. A lot has happened, but for Blanche Trudeau, 00:20:00.059 --> 00:20:04.359 I think what has not happened is a matter of 00:20:04.359 --> 00:20:09.440 great concern as well. You see, since your rumble 00:20:09.440 --> 00:20:11.720 with the snake eaters in Danatu, Blanche has 00:20:11.720 --> 00:20:14.119 been receiving regular letters from M 'rath. 00:20:14.670 --> 00:20:17.029 detailing his adventures and his hunt for other 00:20:17.029 --> 00:20:20.569 snake eater poachers it was one of these very 00:20:20.569 --> 00:20:22.630 letters that tipped you off to the ogre clan 00:20:22.630 --> 00:20:24.650 of hell's killing and their hunting ritual and 00:20:24.650 --> 00:20:29.250 more known as say it with me mountain mania mountain 00:20:29.250 --> 00:20:32.710 mania mountain mania all right let's move on 00:20:32.710 --> 00:20:39.279 we did it steven yeah yeah post No. Don't you 00:20:39.279 --> 00:20:42.119 dare. The most recent letter you received informed 00:20:42.119 --> 00:20:44.000 you of a breakthrough in Emon Rath's investigation 00:20:44.000 --> 00:20:45.960 into the leader of the Snake Eater Posters, though. 00:20:46.140 --> 00:20:49.160 He and Bink found another one of the group's 00:20:49.160 --> 00:20:51.299 leaders on the subterranean world of Rotham, 00:20:51.400 --> 00:20:53.960 a prolific dark elf hunter named Rhea Chelray. 00:20:54.059 --> 00:20:56.160 I forgot I wrote that. That's so stupid. Oh, 00:20:56.180 --> 00:20:59.160 my God. That's so stupid. Never mind. Let's move 00:20:59.160 --> 00:21:02.700 on. Before Rhea Chelray died, she left Emon Rath 00:21:02.700 --> 00:21:07.180 and Bink with a few parting words. The obsidian 00:21:07.180 --> 00:21:11.619 world, the world of fire, Teletopec, the head 00:21:11.619 --> 00:21:14.900 of the snake eaters, is one of that world's gods. 00:21:15.460 --> 00:21:20.460 Go there and die. Become my final offering to 00:21:20.460 --> 00:21:25.240 the ultimate predator. He said he was going there 00:21:25.240 --> 00:21:29.839 to investigate, to see his quest finished, him 00:21:29.839 --> 00:21:35.700 and Bing together. That was weeks ago. Now, he 00:21:35.700 --> 00:21:37.819 usually sends a letter every two weeks, and he's 00:21:37.819 --> 00:21:43.319 about two weeks late for his last one. And so, 00:21:43.339 --> 00:21:46.920 you find yourself in this situation. You have 00:21:46.920 --> 00:21:50.180 perhaps one last chance to leave the world without 00:21:50.180 --> 00:21:53.500 some trouble, right? I mean, perhaps there's 00:21:53.500 --> 00:21:56.720 ways to slow yourselves off following this removal 00:21:56.720 --> 00:21:58.720 of your passports, but it's going to be hard. 00:21:58.839 --> 00:22:00.420 Your movements are going to be so difficult, 00:22:00.500 --> 00:22:03.460 and you'll have to move in such secret. But right 00:22:03.460 --> 00:22:07.940 now, For whatever reason, you are free. And your 00:22:07.940 --> 00:22:13.019 friend, Emon Rath, a fellow disciple of Ozen, 00:22:13.140 --> 00:22:16.700 someone who's saved you jewels on multiple occasions, 00:22:16.759 --> 00:22:20.400 come to your help when you needed it, may be 00:22:20.400 --> 00:22:24.220 in a dire situation himself. The others of your 00:22:24.220 --> 00:22:27.839 group, Gabriella, Sean, Arhalon, and Dresden, 00:22:28.019 --> 00:22:31.819 all stayed behind to take care of things to Coyote. 00:22:32.359 --> 00:22:34.680 wanting to make sure security is as beefed up 00:22:34.680 --> 00:22:38.880 as possible. But old Akio was very, very interested 00:22:38.880 --> 00:22:41.460 in meeting another one of Ozen's disciples and 00:22:41.460 --> 00:22:43.299 gave you the old puppy dog eyes, big, beautiful 00:22:43.299 --> 00:22:45.160 eyes, until you said, all right, come with me. 00:22:46.839 --> 00:22:51.799 And that's where we find ourselves now. Before 00:22:51.799 --> 00:22:56.319 this jewel lands, do you want to make any checks 00:22:56.319 --> 00:22:58.220 about this world? Do you want to make any history 00:22:58.220 --> 00:23:01.420 checks? Want to answer any questions? this would 00:23:01.420 --> 00:23:04.420 be the time as your investigation into Emon Roth's 00:23:04.420 --> 00:23:09.839 movements into this apparently villainous god 00:23:09.839 --> 00:23:12.900 of this world. I'll be down for a history check. 00:23:13.000 --> 00:23:15.119 Yeah, now that I got a beefed up history bonus. 00:23:15.539 --> 00:23:20.619 Alright, okay. Roll some beef on history. Oh 00:23:20.619 --> 00:23:23.279 no. If there's anything to roll a natural one 00:23:23.279 --> 00:23:28.000 on. I'm glad it's just a check. Probably a water 00:23:28.000 --> 00:23:32.019 world. All oceans and stuff. Is that Kevin Costner 00:23:32.019 --> 00:23:35.220 over there? Come on, you got it. Somebody's got 00:23:35.220 --> 00:23:38.000 to get that. I heard Jules in a bathing suit 00:23:38.000 --> 00:23:42.480 with a rubber blown up duck. Water wings, like. 00:23:43.900 --> 00:23:45.819 Blanche did a little bit better. She got an 11. 00:23:46.519 --> 00:23:52.430 11. You know the basics. Actually, you know what? 00:23:52.450 --> 00:23:54.150 I'll give you a little more than the basics because 00:23:54.150 --> 00:23:55.789 of one interesting detail that you would have 00:23:55.789 --> 00:23:57.509 come across in your reading. And I'm going to 00:23:57.509 --> 00:23:59.970 give you on that level and give you that. You 00:23:59.970 --> 00:24:02.029 know it's called the World of Fire because it 00:24:02.029 --> 00:24:05.029 is a world dominated by volcanoes and volcanic 00:24:05.029 --> 00:24:10.089 activity. A world where the constant eruptions 00:24:10.089 --> 00:24:13.890 and ash fall and lava flow is kind of destroying 00:24:13.890 --> 00:24:16.730 and recreating life, creating sort of a verdant, 00:24:16.730 --> 00:24:23.119 you know, climate. amidst all the flame and smoke. 00:24:24.420 --> 00:24:27.220 And I'll give you this. You were researching, 00:24:27.359 --> 00:24:29.599 some time ago, before the events of the Shrine 00:24:29.599 --> 00:24:32.079 of Storms, the history of Mazir Drakon throughout 00:24:32.079 --> 00:24:34.619 the worlds. And so one thing you would have come 00:24:34.619 --> 00:24:38.900 back on tidbit is that the capital city of Tlalepac, 00:24:39.039 --> 00:24:42.259 known as... You know what? Hang on. Let me double 00:24:42.259 --> 00:24:44.480 check this pronunciation. I'm pretty sure... 00:24:44.480 --> 00:24:47.009 I know what it is. I just don't like it. It goes 00:24:47.009 --> 00:24:48.730 against my tongue, but I actually did it this 00:24:48.730 --> 00:24:50.150 time. I looked up pronunciations. I'm going to 00:24:50.150 --> 00:24:54.150 do this right. Z -O -Z -O -T -L -A, Xochotl. 00:24:54.650 --> 00:24:58.430 X -O -X -O -T -L -A? Fuck. I want to say Z, because 00:24:58.430 --> 00:25:00.809 Xochotl is what rolled off my tongue, but it's 00:25:00.809 --> 00:25:07.029 Xochotl. Xochotl is the capital city of Tlalepic. 00:25:07.450 --> 00:25:13.490 It was founded when a person seen as a great 00:25:13.490 --> 00:25:16.750 hero to the people of Tlalepic. But someone that 00:25:16.750 --> 00:25:20.210 history remembers as a Mazir Drakan named Metzli 00:25:20.210 --> 00:25:25.490 essentially came to this place in the center 00:25:25.490 --> 00:25:29.690 of this sort of world map and asked the gods 00:25:29.690 --> 00:25:34.769 to create a plane untouched by flame and quake, 00:25:34.890 --> 00:25:39.089 a place of stability and peace where they could 00:25:39.089 --> 00:25:44.359 build a city. And the gods answered. The mountains 00:25:44.359 --> 00:25:48.140 moved, and a great vast plain now sits amidst 00:25:48.140 --> 00:25:52.559 the mountains of Tletepec. This is where the 00:25:52.559 --> 00:25:55.900 jewel will be landing. But that's all you know. 00:25:57.019 --> 00:25:59.960 With an eleven, I think you're not sure what 00:25:59.960 --> 00:26:04.119 that means. The gods of this world. Whatever 00:26:04.119 --> 00:26:06.759 Emonrath is chasing, you have some work to do. 00:26:07.519 --> 00:26:12.710 To find his trail. And that brings us back. to 00:26:12.710 --> 00:26:19.690 the obsidian conquer jewel as you finally land 00:26:19.690 --> 00:26:24.549 and as the door slides open the crowds begin 00:26:24.549 --> 00:26:27.809 to move again very much avoiding you just the 00:26:27.809 --> 00:26:33.690 dark stairs that look your way the scowls a heavy 00:26:33.690 --> 00:26:37.309 heat falls over all of you the air feels thick 00:26:37.309 --> 00:26:40.500 with moisture and Even now, just like flowing 00:26:40.500 --> 00:26:42.660 in through that open door, a thin white haze 00:26:42.660 --> 00:26:45.019 just lingers all around. Like the world itself 00:26:45.019 --> 00:26:48.880 is a natural sauna. You know what this haze carries? 00:26:48.960 --> 00:26:53.339 A faint, kind of unpleasant scent. Vaguely sulfuric. 00:26:54.259 --> 00:26:56.859 I take it you leave the jewel. You don't just 00:26:56.859 --> 00:26:59.220 wait around and go and take it home. You gonna 00:26:59.220 --> 00:27:02.640 give up? You done? No, we'll walk off the jewel. 00:27:03.700 --> 00:27:07.390 And you... Walk off the jewel, seeing that it 00:27:07.390 --> 00:27:09.769 comes to rest on the edge of a great flat plain 00:27:09.769 --> 00:27:13.400 just outside the capital city of Shoshotla. Streaks 00:27:13.400 --> 00:27:15.900 of colors paint the exterior walls of these stone 00:27:15.900 --> 00:27:18.619 -wrought homes ahead of you. Paved streets stretch 00:27:18.619 --> 00:27:20.980 beneath them, shadowed beneath the branches of 00:27:20.980 --> 00:27:22.819 vine -covered decorative trees and the vibrant 00:27:22.819 --> 00:27:25.359 canvas -covered of shop stalls. You see a good 00:27:25.359 --> 00:27:27.660 crowd of folks milling about. Most are humans 00:27:27.660 --> 00:27:29.660 and dwarves with brown skin and dark hair, their 00:27:29.660 --> 00:27:31.579 clothing well adorned with jewels and colorful 00:27:31.579 --> 00:27:34.220 dyes. There are also a few tieflings mixed among 00:27:34.220 --> 00:27:36.700 the crowd, with skin that holds a sheen, not 00:27:36.700 --> 00:27:38.559 unlike the gemstones that tend to dominate the 00:27:38.559 --> 00:27:42.180 combined cultures of the conquered worlds. You 00:27:42.180 --> 00:27:45.119 can see beyond the city, too. You find, looking 00:27:45.119 --> 00:27:48.180 out over everything, that the world of fire is 00:27:48.180 --> 00:27:50.920 surprisingly verdant. The skyline of the city 00:27:50.920 --> 00:27:53.720 is dominated by mountains, many of which release 00:27:53.720 --> 00:27:57.019 constant plumes of steam from their apex. You 00:27:57.019 --> 00:27:59.240 see thick forests covering the sides of these 00:27:59.240 --> 00:28:02.839 mountains. That good, good green stuff we love 00:28:02.839 --> 00:28:06.319 so much on this show. And as you're taking this 00:28:06.319 --> 00:28:10.890 in, you hear a voice from behind. A figure also 00:28:10.890 --> 00:28:12.789 stepping down the ramp of the Obsidian Conquer 00:28:12.789 --> 00:28:15.150 Jewel, one that doesn't seem to be afraid to 00:28:15.150 --> 00:28:19.990 stand by you. Beautiful, isn't it? We are so 00:28:19.990 --> 00:28:23.369 very blessed to live on Mitsli's plane of peace. 00:28:24.289 --> 00:28:27.250 Observers of nature's miracles, yet untouched 00:28:27.250 --> 00:28:32.470 by the scorn of our gods. You turn to see, as 00:28:32.470 --> 00:28:34.970 the book actually notes, an impossible figure 00:28:34.970 --> 00:28:39.289 to ignore. A tiefling with skin of shining jade. 00:28:39.349 --> 00:28:41.049 You see, their features are masculine. Their 00:28:41.049 --> 00:28:43.410 clothes are more feminine design, flowing and 00:28:43.410 --> 00:28:46.990 free. They move with a natural grace that feels 00:28:46.990 --> 00:28:51.450 so familiar to you both. Much like Gabriello's 00:28:51.450 --> 00:28:55.369 own movements. A trained dancer's movements. 00:28:56.170 --> 00:28:59.730 This tiefling, very tall, moves up towards you. 00:29:00.730 --> 00:29:05.130 I'm Olin. just a simple fire dancer that occasionally 00:29:05.130 --> 00:29:08.390 demonstrates their art to the people of the Radiant 00:29:08.390 --> 00:29:14.710 Citadel. And you, well, I know who you are. You 00:29:14.710 --> 00:29:21.190 are, slight smile, unpopular to most people of 00:29:21.190 --> 00:29:24.230 these worlds. But you've done me no personal 00:29:24.230 --> 00:29:27.890 wrong. I do hope you intend no trouble here on 00:29:27.890 --> 00:29:31.039 Tletepec. Many will find your appearance here 00:29:31.039 --> 00:29:38.359 to be a poor omen. But tragedy comes in the wake 00:29:38.359 --> 00:29:41.559 of Ozen's wave. Neath the brackened midnight 00:29:41.559 --> 00:29:45.940 sky, run and hide, scream and die. Luminaries, 00:29:46.000 --> 00:29:49.859 branch and jewels are nigh. It's become a pretty 00:29:49.859 --> 00:29:53.700 popular poem. A little apologetic smile and shrug. 00:29:55.309 --> 00:29:58.490 You have popular poems here on Talatapak, eh? 00:29:58.890 --> 00:30:02.390 That one's been shared throughout the worlds. 00:30:03.029 --> 00:30:08.470 You have a reputation. I do hope you try to destroy 00:30:08.470 --> 00:30:11.950 our world. If you can help it, I am not one who 00:30:11.950 --> 00:30:17.349 is eager for the ash rice. We are more concerned 00:30:17.349 --> 00:30:20.849 with saving worlds than destroying them. And, 00:30:20.849 --> 00:30:25.150 uh, to that end... We may be more aligned than 00:30:25.150 --> 00:30:28.509 you think. You seem to be one who loves nature 00:30:28.509 --> 00:30:34.369 very much. I enjoy beautiful things. Then you 00:30:34.369 --> 00:30:38.990 must detest the ruining of those beautiful things. 00:30:39.890 --> 00:30:46.269 Of course. Only a monster would not. We're here 00:30:46.269 --> 00:30:56.009 hunting pouches, she whispers. Poachers on Teletopec. 00:30:57.269 --> 00:31:05.089 Has there been no word, no discovery of unsavory 00:31:05.089 --> 00:31:10.569 acts in the forests here? Ah, nothing I am aware 00:31:10.569 --> 00:31:16.029 of. But I do know of an inn nearby that may make 00:31:16.029 --> 00:31:20.250 for a font of information. The Jory Katinga, 00:31:20.410 --> 00:31:23.799 they call it. If you keep to this road heading 00:31:23.799 --> 00:31:27.380 south, five blocks down, you won't be able to 00:31:27.380 --> 00:31:31.259 miss it. Well, Jules, would you care to get jolly? 00:31:32.559 --> 00:31:37.779 Yeah, I could jolly it up. Will we see you again? 00:31:39.680 --> 00:31:44.839 Perhaps. I travel to the Citadel often, and it 00:31:44.839 --> 00:31:49.539 seems very soon you'll be locked in place. Come 00:31:49.539 --> 00:31:52.930 and see my shows sometime. If you get bored of 00:31:52.930 --> 00:32:02.450 your captivity. Ta -ta. And they very elegantly 00:32:02.450 --> 00:32:08.769 stroll away from you. Well, Jules, I don't know 00:32:08.769 --> 00:32:11.150 about captivity. I think that's maybe a little... 00:32:11.150 --> 00:32:18.410 It's not the point. I'm trying to drink, dammit. 00:32:18.630 --> 00:32:21.819 Let me have my beer. That's not the point. I 00:32:21.819 --> 00:32:24.859 think we should... It's the only lead we've got. 00:32:24.900 --> 00:32:27.619 I think we should continue to do this in. Also, 00:32:27.660 --> 00:32:31.099 side note, did they just say ta -ta? Perhaps 00:32:31.099 --> 00:32:33.619 a common expression here on Toledopec. Yeah, 00:32:33.619 --> 00:32:37.880 so we go, ta -ta! Ta -ta! We'll have to learn 00:32:37.880 --> 00:32:43.319 the local vernacular. Well, let's go. Ta -ta, 00:32:43.339 --> 00:32:51.920 Jules. Ta -ta! You can't say that! We get to 00:32:51.920 --> 00:32:54.440 move down the busy streets. And again, as you 00:32:54.440 --> 00:32:58.440 move, it's like a crowd parts around you. People 00:32:58.440 --> 00:33:00.960 whispering. You hear that word a few more times. 00:33:02.839 --> 00:33:09.759 People just like talking, whispering about you. 00:33:09.839 --> 00:33:13.400 You, I imagine, ignore them and push on. Yeah. 00:33:13.559 --> 00:33:15.539 You know, Blanche is very interested to hear 00:33:15.539 --> 00:33:19.690 about what they think is coming. what they think 00:33:19.690 --> 00:33:23.049 we are the heralds of. You've been the heralds 00:33:23.049 --> 00:33:27.309 of a lot of things. You keep moving until your 00:33:27.309 --> 00:33:30.069 eyes fall on a large square structure ahead, 00:33:30.170 --> 00:33:32.549 single -floor building. You see bands of yellow 00:33:32.549 --> 00:33:36.029 and red paint, the exterior stones, and a bird 00:33:36.029 --> 00:33:39.329 -shaped sign hanging above and between the two 00:33:39.329 --> 00:33:43.250 entrances showing the Jolly Katinga, which is 00:33:43.250 --> 00:33:46.750 a bird, by the way. It's a bird. Cool. Nice. 00:33:46.849 --> 00:33:48.410 Because you want to know which Katinga was. It's 00:33:48.410 --> 00:33:50.170 a bird. Birds love them. As you're moving up 00:33:50.170 --> 00:33:52.289 to it, actually, you do notice someone kind of 00:33:52.289 --> 00:33:54.369 passes by you, crossing the road, carrying a 00:33:54.369 --> 00:33:56.990 crate of fresh red peppers around, sort of going 00:33:56.990 --> 00:33:59.390 around towards where they head to the back of 00:33:59.390 --> 00:34:03.930 the building. As this person passes you, they 00:34:03.930 --> 00:34:10.210 just look so familiar to you, Jules. A young 00:34:10.210 --> 00:34:12.690 man, very handsome, dimpled cheeks, dark stubble, 00:34:12.690 --> 00:34:15.469 wavy black hair. He's wearing sort of white robes, 00:34:15.469 --> 00:34:17.690 bands of color wrapping all around. And there's 00:34:17.690 --> 00:34:21.329 something in his eyes, almost sad or tender, 00:34:21.369 --> 00:34:22.889 as you see him raise a particularly impressive 00:34:22.889 --> 00:34:25.909 pepper up for inspection and then place it back 00:34:25.909 --> 00:34:29.829 in the crate. What's the crate say? Peppers. 00:34:31.630 --> 00:34:34.230 Nondescript. It doesn't say peppers, peppers? 00:34:35.439 --> 00:34:37.179 You know what? No, I think they're grown here. 00:34:37.280 --> 00:34:39.619 These are grown on this one. I want to give it 00:34:39.619 --> 00:34:44.599 to you, but these are grown by this person. But 00:34:44.599 --> 00:34:46.099 you're looking at this person, Jules, and you 00:34:46.099 --> 00:34:50.380 just know that you know him. But this is an interesting 00:34:50.380 --> 00:34:53.320 one because this is such a... The kind of thing 00:34:53.320 --> 00:34:55.099 that I don't know if Jules would actually remember. 00:34:55.300 --> 00:34:56.300 You don't want to just give the information for 00:34:56.300 --> 00:34:57.500 free, but I think this is the kind of thing that's 00:34:57.500 --> 00:35:01.500 so obscure. Okay. I want you to roll to see if 00:35:01.500 --> 00:35:03.159 you can immediately catch on to this. I'm going 00:35:03.159 --> 00:35:04.300 to give you a chance to be rolling intelligence 00:35:04.300 --> 00:35:06.539 or wisdom because I don't know which one's more 00:35:06.539 --> 00:35:08.940 fitting for just a memory, right? It's like how 00:35:08.940 --> 00:35:10.679 much did you perceive in the moment of that way 00:35:10.679 --> 00:35:14.840 back when versus, you know, remembering and activating 00:35:14.840 --> 00:35:17.119 your neurons and going back there. Like, do your 00:35:17.119 --> 00:35:19.960 instincts tell you who this is? Does your mind, 00:35:20.039 --> 00:35:23.199 like, do you search it and find it? Your choice. 00:35:23.780 --> 00:35:25.360 I'm going to go intelligence because that's a 00:35:25.360 --> 00:35:28.150 plus zero. Wisdom is... you said wisdom yeah 00:35:28.150 --> 00:35:32.070 yeah negative two i forgot you're terribly unwise 00:35:32.070 --> 00:35:34.929 right yeah well actually with my stats now it's 00:35:34.929 --> 00:35:39.269 like uh plus zero for strength dex and intelligence 00:35:39.269 --> 00:35:43.130 negative two for wisdom plus five charisma plus 00:35:43.130 --> 00:35:47.650 four con just that's weird oh lopsided the weirdest 00:35:47.650 --> 00:35:55.989 bar anyways intelligence uh 14. 14 14 is pretty 00:35:55.989 --> 00:35:59.130 good okay i want to start what i want to do is 00:35:59.130 --> 00:36:01.650 i want to give you like clues with the 14. okay 00:36:01.650 --> 00:36:03.929 you can guess it and if i give you a few clues 00:36:03.929 --> 00:36:05.550 and you guess it i'm going to give you a button 00:36:05.550 --> 00:36:09.889 oh are you maxed out no i don't have any then 00:36:09.889 --> 00:36:12.030 yeah that's your button right steven yeah i have 00:36:12.030 --> 00:36:14.949 one i have jeremy has zero we've done a lot of 00:36:14.949 --> 00:36:16.909 really cool lately you don't do this because 00:36:16.909 --> 00:36:19.710 first clue you weren't there well that's not 00:36:19.710 --> 00:36:22.860 a clue blanche wasn't there I think Steven maybe 00:36:22.860 --> 00:36:25.639 has an idea, though. You see this person, and 00:36:25.639 --> 00:36:31.099 you feel very sad for some reason, Jules. That's 00:36:31.099 --> 00:36:32.880 the first thing, this impression, this feeling 00:36:32.880 --> 00:36:38.519 of sorrow. Okay. And you feel like this is someone 00:36:38.519 --> 00:36:43.099 you did not meet personally. You never saw them, 00:36:43.179 --> 00:36:47.760 but you saw an image of them. You look at the 00:36:47.760 --> 00:36:51.940 peppers, and you're almost there. Do you know 00:36:51.940 --> 00:36:53.800 what, Steven? I think so. Do you think you know 00:36:53.800 --> 00:36:58.300 it? I'm 90%. This is a long -ass callback. Okay. 00:36:58.420 --> 00:37:02.039 Is this somebody from Sonsonko? Sort of. Sort 00:37:02.039 --> 00:37:08.219 of. You saw that image on Sonsonko. Do you mind 00:37:08.219 --> 00:37:11.960 if I go pee while you think of it? Yeah. Go pee. 00:37:13.019 --> 00:37:16.219 That'll tell you. Okay, Steven peed all by himself. 00:37:17.219 --> 00:37:20.989 Like a big boy. Like a big boy you are. And I 00:37:20.989 --> 00:37:22.530 have no clue. You're going to say it and I'm 00:37:22.530 --> 00:37:25.969 going to be like, oh, duh. I'll give Steven a 00:37:25.969 --> 00:37:28.610 chance for this button then. If you can recall 00:37:28.610 --> 00:37:31.150 who this person is. I don't remember the kid's 00:37:31.150 --> 00:37:33.829 name. I'm going to guess it's the kid that Zebulon 00:37:33.829 --> 00:37:37.909 saved from the fire. Nope. I asked him, is it 00:37:37.909 --> 00:37:39.889 related to the fire? And he said loosely. That 00:37:39.889 --> 00:37:43.449 was a dragonborn child. It was either that or 00:37:43.449 --> 00:37:45.329 I was thinking about the people that were fighting 00:37:45.329 --> 00:37:49.070 over the, was it the green beans? It's not them. 00:37:49.110 --> 00:37:51.269 Well, because wasn't there a kid that was working 00:37:51.269 --> 00:37:56.449 with Pepper to pick Pepper's Peppers? Oh, my 00:37:56.449 --> 00:37:58.070 gosh. What's his name? Something Young Goon. 00:37:59.010 --> 00:38:02.110 Oh, the kid was... So not that kid. Not that 00:38:02.110 --> 00:38:05.869 kid. Okay. My other guess was... If this is a 00:38:05.869 --> 00:38:07.530 man, it hasn't been that long enough for a kid 00:38:07.530 --> 00:38:10.170 to grow up. Yeah. Oh, I guess then this is probably 00:38:10.170 --> 00:38:13.329 wrong, too. My other guess was... Remember when... 00:38:14.010 --> 00:38:18.550 uh when zebulon died one of the um hostages that 00:38:18.550 --> 00:38:24.070 didn't live was the mother and she was like oh 00:38:24.070 --> 00:38:27.630 my son my son that's a fun one uh but no okay 00:38:27.630 --> 00:38:31.070 so i remember lots of kids but i will tell you 00:38:31.070 --> 00:38:33.170 because i think a 14 is still good enough he 00:38:33.170 --> 00:38:37.530 wasn't on like some banner at the games no damn 00:38:37.530 --> 00:38:43.500 in subsunko you arrested the uh sort of criminal, 00:38:43.719 --> 00:38:46.860 sort of mischief -maker -turned -murderer Kasim 00:38:46.860 --> 00:38:51.500 Arun. When you fought Kasim Arun, his brother, 00:38:51.659 --> 00:38:56.619 Vi Arun, died. And what caused Kasim to go down 00:38:56.619 --> 00:38:59.780 this path was concern because his twin brother 00:38:59.780 --> 00:39:03.440 was leaving. That's right, with, um, what's his 00:39:03.440 --> 00:39:06.679 face? Oh, son of a bitch. Oh, God. What was his 00:39:06.679 --> 00:39:08.679 name? Fuck. I don't think I said his name, actually. 00:39:08.679 --> 00:39:09.940 I think you said his name. Did I say his name? 00:39:10.119 --> 00:39:12.800 You might as well say it. I hope not, because 00:39:12.800 --> 00:39:16.340 the name I have is Yowali Aka. No, you didn't 00:39:16.340 --> 00:39:17.659 say it. You don't have that name. You didn't 00:39:17.659 --> 00:39:19.699 say it, but I remember what you're talking about. 00:39:19.800 --> 00:39:26.340 This is, Jules realizes, Vaya Runes' former fiancée. 00:39:26.460 --> 00:39:29.159 Yeah. Oh, that's what you meant when you said 00:39:29.159 --> 00:39:30.800 we've seen a picture. You saw a picture. Yeah, 00:39:30.900 --> 00:39:33.300 yeah, yeah. I remember the locket. He held that 00:39:33.300 --> 00:39:37.110 picture when he died. It should have been worth 00:39:37.110 --> 00:39:38.590 like a thousand buttons. We never would have 00:39:38.590 --> 00:39:41.670 got it. Yeah. I would have got it. I don't understand. 00:39:42.150 --> 00:39:45.130 Yeah, of course. Hey, write in, pants people. 00:39:45.309 --> 00:39:47.710 Show us in the Discord if you got it. Yeah, uh 00:39:47.710 --> 00:39:50.550 -huh. After the fact. I got the world and the 00:39:50.550 --> 00:39:53.130 Ark, right? Should I get a button for that? No. 00:39:54.150 --> 00:39:58.650 Anyway, this figure passes by you heading around 00:39:58.650 --> 00:40:00.150 the building. I don't know if you have an interest 00:40:00.150 --> 00:40:01.869 in talking to them or if you want to just go 00:40:01.869 --> 00:40:04.829 inside. No, I think... It's one of those things 00:40:04.829 --> 00:40:07.050 where as he passes, Jules kind of does a double 00:40:07.050 --> 00:40:08.949 take and is not quite sure, and then it kind 00:40:08.949 --> 00:40:11.210 of hits him, but it's just a little too late, 00:40:11.269 --> 00:40:13.150 and it would be a little too awkward to stop 00:40:13.150 --> 00:40:15.329 him. You see him around the corner. And he wouldn't 00:40:15.329 --> 00:40:19.309 even know what to say. Yeah. What do you say 00:40:19.309 --> 00:40:23.250 to him? Yeah, it's... What kind of feelings? 00:40:23.449 --> 00:40:26.869 You know, you were there, but you caught the 00:40:26.869 --> 00:40:30.010 brother, didn't save the other. You guys going 00:40:30.010 --> 00:40:33.239 in? Guys going into the building? No, we're just 00:40:33.239 --> 00:40:35.579 going to loiter out front. Well, Blanche isn't 00:40:35.579 --> 00:40:37.920 hesitating because Blanche didn't just see somebody 00:40:37.920 --> 00:40:41.320 from her past. You're inside. Boom. You push 00:40:41.320 --> 00:40:45.039 the guy over. After the way. Peppers go everywhere. 00:40:45.199 --> 00:40:51.820 Move it, nerd. And so you push into the Jolly 00:40:51.820 --> 00:40:56.420 Cotinga. You step inside and see a, I guess. 00:40:57.070 --> 00:41:00.070 probably somewhat rowdy establishment kind of 00:41:00.070 --> 00:41:02.170 earlier in the day but i think what you notice 00:41:02.170 --> 00:41:04.130 immediately is there's a lot of off -worlders 00:41:04.130 --> 00:41:06.309 in here it seems to be more of an off -worlder 00:41:06.309 --> 00:41:09.329 catering uh in slash pub which is why you were 00:41:09.329 --> 00:41:11.349 probably sent here if you're looking for poachers 00:41:11.349 --> 00:41:15.909 um just peoples of all sorts you see dragonborns 00:41:15.909 --> 00:41:19.510 you see you know gnomes you see halflings humans 00:41:19.510 --> 00:41:23.909 all around various clothing skin tones uh this 00:41:23.909 --> 00:41:26.150 is kind of a melting pot sort of city haha or 00:41:26.150 --> 00:41:28.670 the fire joke and so you are sort of pushing 00:41:28.670 --> 00:41:31.309 through all this push past these tables you notice 00:41:31.309 --> 00:41:34.820 immediately the air is like heavy with spice. 00:41:35.019 --> 00:41:36.139 And you kind of look at these tables, you see 00:41:36.139 --> 00:41:40.039 like a lot of peppers everywhere. A lot of the 00:41:40.039 --> 00:41:41.780 food is heavily peppered. I think you catch one 00:41:41.780 --> 00:41:44.579 person just like falls over off his chair, almost 00:41:44.579 --> 00:41:46.920 like choking. You see a black pepper bearing 00:41:46.920 --> 00:41:50.639 a image of a skull on his table. Jules has full 00:41:50.639 --> 00:41:55.400 war flashbacks. And you're just like smelling 00:41:55.400 --> 00:41:58.460 a lot of this like pepper and a lot of the scent 00:41:58.460 --> 00:42:03.550 of, do you pronounce it cacao? c -a -c -a -o 00:42:03.550 --> 00:42:06.070 and it's more raw form yeah i think so okay yeah 00:42:06.070 --> 00:42:09.789 a lot of those cacao um some people are enjoying 00:42:09.789 --> 00:42:12.710 like these sort of looks like these strange almost 00:42:12.710 --> 00:42:18.230 dried fruit uh cover coated candies uh that also 00:42:18.230 --> 00:42:20.150 seem to have some form of peppers on them people 00:42:20.150 --> 00:42:22.329 are eating those and their faces grow hot you 00:42:22.329 --> 00:42:25.849 could tell this is spicy is the way of life here 00:42:25.849 --> 00:42:29.909 um you're pushing past you do see a figure sitting 00:42:29.909 --> 00:42:33.400 at the bar i think Standing kind of on a raised, 00:42:33.500 --> 00:42:37.579 almost like bench behind the bar is a dwarf. 00:42:38.559 --> 00:42:40.940 Sort of a couple feathered earrings in his hair. 00:42:41.159 --> 00:42:44.880 He has a thick, thick, very curly black beard. 00:42:45.960 --> 00:42:49.460 You know, brown skin. A lot of purple and red 00:42:49.460 --> 00:42:52.880 sort of mingling in his outfit. And he's very 00:42:52.880 --> 00:42:56.679 happily sort of sliding drinks down the bar to 00:42:56.679 --> 00:42:59.440 other patrons. But there's a spot open on the 00:42:59.440 --> 00:43:00.639 edge of the bar if you guys want to head over 00:43:00.639 --> 00:43:03.329 and hit it up. Yeah, Blanche will walk over, 00:43:03.389 --> 00:43:07.289 pull one stool out for Jules, and she'll sit 00:43:07.289 --> 00:43:12.469 in the other. Figure steps up to you. Hello there. 00:43:12.610 --> 00:43:15.909 What can I get you? I'll have what he's having. 00:43:16.670 --> 00:43:19.070 What are you having? It's the fantasy version 00:43:19.070 --> 00:43:25.269 of whiskey. Fantasy whiskey. I'll have a fantasy. 00:43:26.829 --> 00:43:33.889 Coming right up. What do they call whiskey here 00:43:33.889 --> 00:43:38.289 on Toledopec? Fuck. Uh, uh, hang on. They even 00:43:38.289 --> 00:43:40.550 have whiskey? It's awful. No, you're not. I'll 00:43:40.550 --> 00:43:43.650 make it easy. I'll have a boybin. After looking 00:43:43.650 --> 00:43:45.929 around, there better not be any capsaicin in 00:43:45.929 --> 00:43:51.510 that whiskey. Uh, uh, uh, I can't find anything. 00:43:51.710 --> 00:43:53.710 So we're going to say they have whiskey because 00:43:53.710 --> 00:43:55.349 it's an off -world bar and they got lots of stuff. 00:43:55.469 --> 00:43:57.269 So he kind of turns around. He sighs. That's 00:43:57.269 --> 00:44:00.929 kind of sad. Um, all right. I think we'll go 00:44:00.929 --> 00:44:03.099 with it. Got some spicy candies that'll clear 00:44:03.099 --> 00:44:05.139 you out. I got some of them, some Sunco skull 00:44:05.139 --> 00:44:07.039 peppers. If you want to try one of those things. 00:44:07.119 --> 00:44:08.960 I mean, I got dishes you wouldn't believe. Had 00:44:08.960 --> 00:44:12.320 mole sauce. It's to die for. Splatter on everything. 00:44:12.420 --> 00:44:18.599 I don't care. Ice cream, mole sauce. I have a 00:44:18.599 --> 00:44:21.219 little bit of a lower constitution when it comes 00:44:21.219 --> 00:44:24.679 to spice. Thank you all the same. How about you? 00:44:24.699 --> 00:44:26.579 Your constitution looks ridiculously high now. 00:44:27.139 --> 00:44:30.019 Look at those pecs! I've had my fill of spice. 00:44:30.260 --> 00:44:33.320 I've had my fill of spice. I'm good. I'm good. 00:44:33.420 --> 00:44:35.900 You could wrestle that black pepper now. Just 00:44:35.900 --> 00:44:38.860 the whiskey, please. Slides over a couple of 00:44:38.860 --> 00:44:41.260 whiskeys. Kind of turns like he's going to walk 00:44:41.260 --> 00:44:42.920 away. You guys want to ask anything? Or you want 00:44:42.920 --> 00:44:45.900 to just drink and get drunk and hang out? As 00:44:45.900 --> 00:44:50.699 Blanche makes eye contact with the bartender, 00:44:50.780 --> 00:44:55.619 she'll ask. Sort of in hushed tones. Do you... 00:44:55.619 --> 00:44:59.719 I realize how this sounds. Yeah. Know who we 00:44:59.719 --> 00:45:04.019 are? Seen you before. And I'm guessing there's 00:45:04.019 --> 00:45:06.019 a reason why. Everyone near you just moved away. 00:45:06.400 --> 00:45:10.940 You're a chair. It's great. Yep. But you're paying. 00:45:11.599 --> 00:45:14.119 Look, if I wanted to throw you out of here, it's 00:45:14.119 --> 00:45:16.900 a fight I'd lose. You're luminaries. Your money's 00:45:16.900 --> 00:45:21.280 good, so... We've... had this sort of welcome 00:45:21.280 --> 00:45:27.000 before on other worlds that we have saved. We're 00:45:27.000 --> 00:45:31.880 here to save Teledipac. Would you help us? What 00:45:31.880 --> 00:45:36.780 is your name? Tonali. Tonali. Would you like 00:45:36.780 --> 00:45:41.340 to help us save Teledipac? Look, if you want 00:45:41.340 --> 00:45:42.760 information, I can give it to you. You want me 00:45:42.760 --> 00:45:48.260 to fight? No. You can leave the fighting to us. 00:45:49.289 --> 00:45:54.869 We are looking for, hoping for, at least a lead. 00:45:56.050 --> 00:45:57.889 I'll give you a lead. Look, let me be straight 00:45:57.889 --> 00:45:59.570 with you. The faster you get out of this bar, 00:45:59.670 --> 00:46:01.289 the faster I can fill up the tables that are 00:46:01.289 --> 00:46:04.849 all vacated all around you. So, yeah, I'll help. 00:46:04.949 --> 00:46:10.829 Cut to the chase then. Poachers. Poachers. Do 00:46:10.829 --> 00:46:14.929 you know of any here on Toledopec scourging the 00:46:14.929 --> 00:46:19.579 land? I'd like you to roll. Die for me. I want 00:46:19.579 --> 00:46:22.679 to do a full -on luck die here. D100. Oh, D100. 00:46:23.019 --> 00:46:27.179 Here, put it through my tower. It won't fit. 00:46:27.340 --> 00:46:29.860 There's a 50 -50 chance he will have this be 00:46:29.860 --> 00:46:32.539 a lead you can follow. If not, you may need to 00:46:32.539 --> 00:46:36.280 find a different path to this goal. Okay, 0 -50 00:46:36.280 --> 00:46:40.039 is good for me. 51 -100 is bad for me. Sure. 00:46:40.539 --> 00:46:47.699 Okay. 50 -fucking -6. Thanks for the moment. 00:46:48.440 --> 00:46:50.960 Yeah, I saw that. How about any... I saw that 00:46:50.960 --> 00:46:53.159 guy there, you know, the one that you killed 00:46:53.159 --> 00:46:56.780 with the spike ant, you know? He was a poacher, 00:46:56.840 --> 00:47:02.260 but... Did you see him with anybody? No, no. 00:47:03.039 --> 00:47:07.440 What about any outdoorsy types? Any hunters, 00:47:07.800 --> 00:47:12.619 backwoods, hobos? Not hobos, what's the word? 00:47:12.880 --> 00:47:14.639 That was a friend of yours, Luminary Emonrath. 00:47:15.280 --> 00:47:17.199 He was here some time ago, too. I don't know 00:47:17.199 --> 00:47:20.179 why I didn't just jump straight to that. But, 00:47:20.260 --> 00:47:24.559 again, I don't know where he went. He's off kind 00:47:24.559 --> 00:47:30.119 of private, you know? Who would know? I don't 00:47:30.119 --> 00:47:32.500 know who would know. You dead -ended on this 00:47:32.500 --> 00:47:36.500 one. Yeah. But perhaps there are other avenues 00:47:36.500 --> 00:47:38.579 to ask. Evanrath did give you some information 00:47:38.579 --> 00:47:41.559 in that letter. Can you remind me what the letter 00:47:41.559 --> 00:47:44.760 said, specifically? I can. I will tell you. Uh, 00:47:44.900 --> 00:47:51.380 the final words of... Rey Achelrey. The obsidian 00:47:51.380 --> 00:47:54.300 world, the world of fire, Tledepec. The head 00:47:54.300 --> 00:47:57.059 of the snake is one of that world's gods. Go 00:47:57.059 --> 00:47:59.480 there and die. Become my final offering to the 00:47:59.480 --> 00:48:03.019 ultimate predator. Can you tell me of the gods 00:48:03.019 --> 00:48:07.599 here on Tledepec? Oh, yeah. I mean, I'm sure 00:48:07.599 --> 00:48:10.780 you've seen them. They're all around us. The 00:48:10.780 --> 00:48:13.510 points. a window behind you, somewhat raised, 00:48:13.670 --> 00:48:16.849 and you look out and you see a distant mountaintop 00:48:16.849 --> 00:48:21.489 with a smoking plume. Volcanoes. Old lore states 00:48:21.489 --> 00:48:23.510 they were once the heroes of our people, who 00:48:23.510 --> 00:48:25.710 transformed themselves to keep vigil over our 00:48:25.710 --> 00:48:28.789 world. So, uh, a lot of folks here worship them 00:48:28.789 --> 00:48:32.429 like gods. Leave them offerings. You know, hope 00:48:32.429 --> 00:48:36.389 they take care of us and don't, uh, you know. 00:48:37.210 --> 00:48:40.110 Until you have an even more interesting question. 00:48:41.320 --> 00:48:45.039 How can the head of the snake eaters be a volcano? 00:48:45.039 --> 00:48:50.940 Be a volcano, yeah. We've got volcano, something 00:48:50.940 --> 00:48:56.500 about predators, gods, sacrifices, or offerings 00:48:56.500 --> 00:49:01.559 anyway. Blanche will ask, what sort of offerings 00:49:01.559 --> 00:49:05.199 are made? Could be anything, really. Anything 00:49:05.199 --> 00:49:10.039 unsavory? There are types that would, I'm sure, 00:49:10.139 --> 00:49:13.820 but typically we just give what we can. It matters 00:49:13.820 --> 00:49:16.719 more how much the offering means to you when 00:49:16.719 --> 00:49:20.000 you give it, right? So rich man gives gold doesn't 00:49:20.000 --> 00:49:22.000 mean much. Rich man gives a lot of gold, maybe. 00:49:22.500 --> 00:49:25.079 A lot of people will give food. Hunters will 00:49:25.079 --> 00:49:30.340 give game, things like that. I mean, food seems 00:49:30.340 --> 00:49:33.860 to be a popular one, which is odd, but it kind 00:49:33.860 --> 00:49:36.769 of harkens back to an old myth. What's the myth? 00:49:36.889 --> 00:49:40.289 Does it have something to do with ash fall? Not 00:49:40.289 --> 00:49:45.369 much with that. Have you heard of telethilatels? 00:49:46.309 --> 00:49:48.869 It's an old word, our word. I can promise you 00:49:48.869 --> 00:49:52.849 I have not. Some people believe that the volcanoes 00:49:52.849 --> 00:49:58.429 themselves, the gods, held spirits. Fire elementals 00:49:58.429 --> 00:50:03.250 that would dwell within their calderas. Like 00:50:03.250 --> 00:50:05.650 I said. Old stories, no one's ever seen one of 00:50:05.650 --> 00:50:08.309 the things, but not that I'm aware of, not that 00:50:08.309 --> 00:50:12.889 anyone's said, but yeah, elementals. Supposed 00:50:12.889 --> 00:50:14.750 to look like big -furred lizards or something. 00:50:15.510 --> 00:50:18.650 Guess they sleep basically all the time, hundreds 00:50:18.650 --> 00:50:21.690 of years. Supposed to be smart, though, at least 00:50:21.690 --> 00:50:24.309 enough to carry stories and lessons from forgotten 00:50:24.309 --> 00:50:26.389 times. My mom used to tell me all about them, 00:50:26.429 --> 00:50:28.489 but that's what people do with food, anyway, 00:50:28.650 --> 00:50:31.389 in case the, you know, the big lizards get hungry. 00:50:33.219 --> 00:50:36.579 Blanche will knock back the rest of her whiskey. 00:50:36.800 --> 00:50:41.639 Careful. So will you tell me about Ashfall over 00:50:41.639 --> 00:50:47.800 another one, or should we move on? Ash. The Ashrise, 00:50:47.980 --> 00:50:51.659 you're thinking of. Ashrise, Ashfall. I guess 00:50:51.659 --> 00:50:57.159 it comes full circle, doesn't it? Ain't a fun 00:50:57.159 --> 00:50:59.239 one to talk about on drinks. Basically, it's 00:50:59.239 --> 00:51:04.059 our world's doomsday event. prophesized. A lot 00:51:04.059 --> 00:51:06.579 of people believe in it. One day, the gods will 00:51:06.579 --> 00:51:10.000 decide to end it all. Volcanoes will erupt, chain 00:51:10.000 --> 00:51:13.480 reaction, and boom. There goes the world. Is 00:51:13.480 --> 00:51:16.920 that what happens if the offerings stop? Some 00:51:16.920 --> 00:51:19.639 people think so. And some people think it's a 00:51:19.639 --> 00:51:23.739 good thing. The destruction beginning life. The 00:51:23.739 --> 00:51:25.900 next life. We'll be moving on to something bigger 00:51:25.900 --> 00:51:28.019 and better. I don't know. I'm not a religious 00:51:28.019 --> 00:51:31.940 type, so... Well... let's pretend that you were, 00:51:32.099 --> 00:51:36.099 or pretend that you were Emon Rath. Excuse me, 00:51:36.139 --> 00:51:40.119 Emon Rath. Yeah, get it right, Blanche. If you 00:51:40.119 --> 00:51:44.059 were to go to one of these volcanoes from here, 00:51:44.219 --> 00:51:48.159 which one would you go to? What's the purpose 00:51:48.159 --> 00:51:50.579 of the visit? Emon Rath's searching for a volcano. 00:51:51.320 --> 00:51:53.099 What does he want with it? I mean, if you want 00:51:53.099 --> 00:51:55.659 to find an easy one to get to, I mean, the... 00:51:56.480 --> 00:51:58.840 Well, what about one with... The twins are just 00:51:58.840 --> 00:52:02.980 up north. Easy path. Wide road. If you want to 00:52:02.980 --> 00:52:06.400 have an impossible time, go to Jade Mount. Path 00:52:06.400 --> 00:52:09.360 isn't blocked for an age. Elementals all over 00:52:09.360 --> 00:52:13.199 the place. In cracks of molten lava scorching 00:52:13.199 --> 00:52:19.159 the forest. Pockets of toxic gas. But, tons of 00:52:19.159 --> 00:52:22.860 options. What if you were hunting valuable game? 00:52:23.900 --> 00:52:28.639 Perhaps something forbidden? Well, if you don't 00:52:28.639 --> 00:52:31.760 want to get caught, maybe you do go to Jade Mount. 00:52:32.440 --> 00:52:36.019 Because nobody's going there these days. Blocked 00:52:36.019 --> 00:52:39.960 by elementals, you say? That's what they say. 00:52:40.960 --> 00:52:45.179 Seems like a hefty bet, Jules. Do we bet it all 00:52:45.179 --> 00:52:48.940 and head for Jade? If you do, bring an offering. 00:52:49.099 --> 00:52:52.780 Here's a favor. It's been a little rumbly lately. 00:52:53.380 --> 00:52:57.750 Sounds just suspicious enough. Just enough. What's 00:52:57.750 --> 00:53:01.050 an appropriate offering? Like I said, food's 00:53:01.050 --> 00:53:04.389 always good. Goes with the old tales. But, uh, 00:53:04.469 --> 00:53:08.929 get what you got. Here, actually. I was just 00:53:08.929 --> 00:53:11.130 gonna say, what's your best dish here? I'll take 00:53:11.130 --> 00:53:14.369 some of those spicy candies. He just puts a plate 00:53:14.369 --> 00:53:17.070 down and smothers it in mole. You can see a bag 00:53:17.070 --> 00:53:21.630 of mole. So much mole. Oh, I think they're offering 00:53:21.630 --> 00:53:25.070 a whiskey, too. You should throw that in there. 00:53:26.199 --> 00:53:29.079 He's, you know, a wise guy, kind of eyebrow -raised, 00:53:29.079 --> 00:53:31.340 and he smiles and hands you his eye. Oh, sweet. 00:53:31.360 --> 00:53:33.920 I was just about to roll persuasion. Deception, 00:53:33.960 --> 00:53:36.019 rather. Well, tell them it comes from you and 00:53:36.019 --> 00:53:40.599 you're in. Hell yeah. Now, uh, please leave. 00:53:41.980 --> 00:53:44.280 Keep people behind you, just, like, staring. 00:53:44.699 --> 00:53:50.340 Because he asked nicely. Blanche grabs a armful 00:53:50.340 --> 00:53:55.519 of mole. An arm full of mollusks. Yeah, you know, 00:53:55.579 --> 00:54:04.059 like, scoop it up. Each of the volcanoes has 00:54:04.059 --> 00:54:05.539 temples built on them as you're kind of walking 00:54:05.539 --> 00:54:07.179 away as they're calling over there. Oh, you're 00:54:07.179 --> 00:54:10.260 not done? Do you have a map? You're the one that 00:54:10.260 --> 00:54:12.880 said, please leave. Yeah, well, you probably 00:54:12.880 --> 00:54:14.800 know this. If you're going to the offering, you 00:54:14.800 --> 00:54:16.480 gotta leave it in the temple. You gotta find 00:54:16.480 --> 00:54:17.940 the, uh, what's it called? Gate of Illumination. 00:54:17.940 --> 00:54:19.960 That's the one on Jade Mount. You'll find it. 00:54:20.559 --> 00:54:22.619 Keep taking the path. There should be steps leading 00:54:22.619 --> 00:54:25.300 up and around towards the caldera. That's where 00:54:25.300 --> 00:54:27.420 you're going to find it. Which path is this? 00:54:28.539 --> 00:54:32.519 Can you draw us a map? There's a map store over 00:54:32.519 --> 00:54:37.840 there. Are there trail signs, perhaps? No. Stephen, 00:54:37.900 --> 00:54:41.079 I want to go to the map store and describe all 00:54:41.079 --> 00:54:45.179 the maps. Let's role play that. Hello. Are you 00:54:45.179 --> 00:54:49.369 here for the map? Here's one. Leave. There we 00:54:49.369 --> 00:54:51.429 go. You have a map now. You spent money. How 00:54:51.429 --> 00:54:53.010 much money did that map cost? No, no, no. We 00:54:53.010 --> 00:55:00.389 bartered for mole. I don't care! You have a map. 00:55:00.469 --> 00:55:02.030 Go on roll 20. It's right there. Check it out. 00:55:02.090 --> 00:55:04.670 It's cool. Yeah, and none of them say anything 00:55:04.670 --> 00:55:08.369 about... It's because it's on the GM layer, you 00:55:08.369 --> 00:55:10.730 son of a bitch. Oh shit, I'm not logged in to 00:55:10.730 --> 00:55:12.469 roll 20. I should probably do that. Yeah, well 00:55:12.469 --> 00:55:15.940 now you can't go to the... Jade Mount. They actually 00:55:15.940 --> 00:55:17.340 don't have Jade Mount on the... So this is actually 00:55:17.340 --> 00:55:18.679 the map from the book. I did move some things 00:55:18.679 --> 00:55:21.500 around because I wanted it to line up with my 00:55:21.500 --> 00:55:26.019 view of things. You are in Shashotla. That's 00:55:26.019 --> 00:55:29.340 what it is. Shashotla. Is that a question? I'm 00:55:29.340 --> 00:55:31.900 so bad at pronunciation. On the edge of the Atiyali 00:55:31.900 --> 00:55:35.539 Lake. As you look out, you see, if you travel 00:55:35.539 --> 00:55:40.400 about 25 miles across the sort of mountainous 00:55:40.400 --> 00:55:44.119 wilderness, you will reach the... mountain known 00:55:44.119 --> 00:55:47.420 as jade mount in the temple known as the gate 00:55:47.420 --> 00:55:50.179 of illumination and you're hoping this is what 00:55:50.179 --> 00:55:51.980 eminrath went but i think as you're thinking 00:55:51.980 --> 00:55:54.900 over this does make sense right if one of these 00:55:54.900 --> 00:55:59.139 mountains is as he said some kind of leader i 00:55:59.139 --> 00:56:03.440 mean if perhaps when he said this or when the 00:56:03.440 --> 00:56:08.280 dark elf mentioned a god of this world being 00:56:08.280 --> 00:56:11.980 the leader of the snake eaters Could it not be 00:56:11.980 --> 00:56:14.440 one of these spirits, one of these elementals? 00:56:14.679 --> 00:56:18.380 If that's the case, would it not be one that's 00:56:18.380 --> 00:56:22.880 hard to reach? One that's out of the way? One 00:56:22.880 --> 00:56:26.059 perhaps that exists in a land where quakes have 00:56:26.059 --> 00:56:30.539 broken the road, where a harsh trek through magma 00:56:30.539 --> 00:56:34.699 -streaked forests and poison gas sort of swamps 00:56:34.699 --> 00:56:39.039 blocks your path? Stands to reason this is the 00:56:39.039 --> 00:56:41.960 right direction to go. You are going to make 00:56:41.960 --> 00:56:47.760 a very long trek. Are you sure of your choice? 00:56:48.840 --> 00:56:55.639 What do you think, Akio? I'm here! Ruff! I was 00:56:55.639 --> 00:56:58.460 waiting for someone to talk to me. I was staying 00:56:58.460 --> 00:57:02.019 quiet. Because I don't like all the people. Ruff. 00:57:03.599 --> 00:57:08.360 But yes, I can try to smell the trail as we go. 00:57:08.440 --> 00:57:12.019 Perhaps I can catch a scent. Do you have anything? 00:57:12.239 --> 00:57:15.280 I was actually just thinking about that. Does 00:57:15.280 --> 00:57:17.980 Jules have anything? I actually don't know if 00:57:17.980 --> 00:57:20.380 you do. Yeah. I'm not sure if there's ever been 00:57:20.380 --> 00:57:25.320 an exchange. No. Damn. Yeah. No. Fuck. Bummer. 00:57:28.119 --> 00:57:32.219 Well, I mean, you have our scent. You know what 00:57:32.219 --> 00:57:35.719 I smell like and what Jules smells like, so perhaps 00:57:35.719 --> 00:57:39.159 if you pick up on a third unique scent on this 00:57:39.159 --> 00:57:46.380 oft -untraveled trail... Ah, yes. I shall do 00:57:46.380 --> 00:57:50.940 my darndest as a disciple of Ozen to find this 00:57:50.940 --> 00:57:54.719 other disciple of Ozen and tell him that he should 00:57:54.719 --> 00:58:02.070 not call Master Ozen the Big O. How did you know 00:58:02.070 --> 00:58:17.750 he says that? Do you have any business in the 00:58:17.750 --> 00:58:22.489 city? Oh, almost certainly, but no, I'm anxious 00:58:22.489 --> 00:58:27.940 to get on the trail. Okay. And so you push onwards. 00:58:28.900 --> 00:58:34.179 Past people that scorn you. Outside of this city. 00:58:34.659 --> 00:58:39.239 You leave Shishotla behind. Moving away from 00:58:39.239 --> 00:58:42.860 the safety and comfort of Metzli's plane. Traveling 00:58:42.860 --> 00:58:45.699 into the forest beset by spewing flame and shaking 00:58:45.699 --> 00:58:49.280 earth. Traveling deeper into this world of fire. 00:58:49.840 --> 00:58:54.739 And into the territory, perhaps, of a raging 00:58:54.739 --> 00:59:19.659 god. And we'll call it there. Go there and die. 00:59:19.940 --> 00:59:25.420 Become my final orphan. Words.