WEBVTT 00:00:02.680 --> 00:00:10.259 Hey, fans people. It's Jeremy. You all kick ass. 00:00:11.099 --> 00:00:56.090 That's all I wanted to say. Enjoy the show. of 00:00:56.090 --> 00:00:58.810 the artistic edge of their craft. The shanties 00:00:58.810 --> 00:01:01.390 of Rihanna, the performance of Diva Luma, the 00:01:01.390 --> 00:01:03.390 forgework of the mage smith, the carpentry of 00:01:03.390 --> 00:01:06.430 the fall men. I could go on and on and on. So, 00:01:06.510 --> 00:01:08.650 it probably isn't surprising to hear that there 00:01:08.650 --> 00:01:11.790 is a painter luminary as well. Though, this might 00:01:11.790 --> 00:01:13.430 not be the sort of painter you're thinking of. 00:01:13.569 --> 00:01:16.370 No, no, this painter uses only one color, one 00:01:16.370 --> 00:01:21.390 pigment, and that is blood. That's right, you 00:01:21.390 --> 00:01:23.469 know him, you love him. Well, at least you love 00:01:23.469 --> 00:01:26.510 to fear him. It's Uthys Hilltucker, the luminary 00:01:26.510 --> 00:01:29.890 known as the Paintbrush. Hailing from the Hilltucker 00:01:29.890 --> 00:01:32.909 Goliath clan or more, Uthys is a towering, terrifying 00:01:32.909 --> 00:01:35.709 figure. He is named for his very singular weapon, 00:01:35.870 --> 00:01:38.989 a massive glaive, the butt end of which forms 00:01:38.989 --> 00:01:41.450 into the bristles of a paintbrush, ever crusted 00:01:41.450 --> 00:01:44.370 with the blood of the fallen. Using this tool, 00:01:44.510 --> 00:01:46.989 Uthys is able to channel the magic of his ancestors 00:01:46.989 --> 00:01:53.450 with ancient giants and more. Fresh blood spilled 00:01:53.450 --> 00:01:56.269 with the blade of his glaive. When these runes 00:01:56.269 --> 00:01:59.189 come to life on the battlefield, well, then the 00:01:59.189 --> 00:02:02.769 horrors really begin. One example, and a favorite 00:02:02.769 --> 00:02:04.890 of Uth's, is a runing symbol that conjures flaming 00:02:04.890 --> 00:02:07.530 shackles that lock onto its foes, binding them 00:02:07.530 --> 00:02:10.430 and burning their flesh. Given this, it's no 00:02:10.430 --> 00:02:12.610 surprise that Uth is specialized in bounty hunting, 00:02:12.750 --> 00:02:15.310 especially hunting those famed fiendish figures 00:02:15.310 --> 00:02:18.669 that we now know as gloomilaries. Though some 00:02:18.669 --> 00:02:22.030 people, not me, mind if you listen to Oothis, 00:02:22.090 --> 00:02:25.849 but some other people would call Oothis a gloominary 00:02:25.849 --> 00:02:28.349 as well for the fear he inspires in the public. 00:02:28.430 --> 00:02:31.969 Personally, I respect the paintbrush. I really 00:02:31.969 --> 00:02:35.189 do. It's just that I don't want to meet him anywhere 00:02:35.189 --> 00:02:40.590 outside of my nightmares. Thank you, Andrew! 00:02:41.050 --> 00:02:44.310 Holy shit. Third gloominary! in the mix or luminary. 00:02:44.449 --> 00:02:46.909 Oh, shit. I didn't say gluminary. Hey, he's coming 00:02:46.909 --> 00:02:49.430 for you. No, fuck. No, no. Look up behind you. 00:02:49.449 --> 00:02:57.409 It's a paintbrush. That was dark. Yeah. Painting 00:02:57.409 --> 00:03:02.629 in David's blood. Yeah. Ooh, listen to that crack. 00:03:02.770 --> 00:03:05.550 Nice crack, Steven. Yeah, nice. It's a pants 00:03:05.550 --> 00:03:08.349 on that crack. Man, I haven't been here in a 00:03:08.349 --> 00:03:11.120 while. Yeah, we didn't record last week. That's 00:03:11.120 --> 00:03:12.860 right. That's right. We couldn't get together. 00:03:12.979 --> 00:03:14.819 I kind of forgot how to do this. Speaking of 00:03:14.819 --> 00:03:19.000 last week, I gotta say, thank you to Hunter and 00:03:19.000 --> 00:03:22.960 to DJ Donnie Dubs for those awesome voice work 00:03:22.960 --> 00:03:25.000 you put in the episode. Bringing your sort of 00:03:25.000 --> 00:03:27.379 luminaries into the fold in a pretty cool way. 00:03:27.920 --> 00:03:29.860 Yeah, that was awesome. That was fun. It was 00:03:29.860 --> 00:03:31.960 a lot of fun. It was fun recording it. I just 00:03:31.960 --> 00:03:34.000 sat back and listened. Yeah. And thank you, David, 00:03:34.020 --> 00:03:37.419 for your creativity and coming up with something 00:03:37.419 --> 00:03:40.419 that you wanted to do anyways that would enable 00:03:40.419 --> 00:03:43.740 me to make my Christmas plans come true. Well, 00:03:43.740 --> 00:03:45.340 hell yeah. It was a good time. Did all your dreams 00:03:45.340 --> 00:03:47.400 come true, Steven? All of them. Every single 00:03:47.400 --> 00:03:49.599 one. Nice. But now I'm like, how do I do this 00:03:49.599 --> 00:03:51.900 again? I don't know what to do with my hands. 00:03:52.159 --> 00:03:55.780 We roll number rocks. Okay. Math rocks. You point 00:03:55.780 --> 00:03:58.210 at me when it's my turn to roll. Okay. Oh my 00:03:58.210 --> 00:04:02.349 gosh. Point. I hope you remember what happened 00:04:02.349 --> 00:04:04.669 many sessions ago, because we are doing that 00:04:04.669 --> 00:04:06.830 weird flip -flop thing. We're running two arcs 00:04:06.830 --> 00:04:09.650 at once. Before we get into the arcs, before 00:04:09.650 --> 00:04:11.830 we get into it, before we roll those math rocks, 00:04:12.210 --> 00:04:15.550 I believe there's a box right there on the table. 00:04:15.750 --> 00:04:19.189 There is. And if I'm correct, this box is also 00:04:19.189 --> 00:04:22.129 an Andrew gift. It is. So you know what that 00:04:22.129 --> 00:04:25.910 means? It's a paintbrush. Wait, no. Oh, shit, 00:04:25.970 --> 00:04:27.589 shit. No, that's what it is. That's what it is. 00:04:27.589 --> 00:04:34.230 Mail time! Oh! God, I love a good mail time. 00:04:34.490 --> 00:04:37.550 Yeah. Oh, God, he got the knife out. Got the 00:04:37.550 --> 00:04:39.689 knife out. Oh, the stuff of nightmares. Dude, 00:04:39.769 --> 00:04:41.529 even in my normal day -to -day life, that is 00:04:41.529 --> 00:04:43.670 referred to as the murder knife. Yeah, look at 00:04:43.670 --> 00:04:46.490 the way he just slides it like a throat. I don't 00:04:46.490 --> 00:04:48.769 know. Wow. Yeah. Dude, you are dark tonight. 00:04:48.769 --> 00:04:51.250 No, that's even... I actually didn't even... 00:04:51.420 --> 00:04:53.399 get all the tape the first time, so. He's coming 00:04:53.399 --> 00:04:56.540 back for seconds. Oh, the sick man. Read me. 00:04:56.800 --> 00:04:59.560 Okay, so the flap opens to a read me. Give me 00:04:59.560 --> 00:05:01.660 that. Oh, I have a thing. Give me that. I have 00:05:01.660 --> 00:05:05.319 a thing. I'm reading that. From Andrew that I 00:05:05.319 --> 00:05:06.980 was supposed to read. Let me check to see if 00:05:06.980 --> 00:05:11.360 it's as we're opening, before we're opening. 00:05:11.500 --> 00:05:13.160 I want to be. Wait, how many things are we reading? 00:05:13.339 --> 00:05:15.399 I got this thing, I got that thing. Oh, look 00:05:15.399 --> 00:05:17.720 at this paper. It's cool paper. What the hell? 00:05:17.939 --> 00:05:20.379 It looks so old -time with scorched edges. Okay, 00:05:20.459 --> 00:05:22.439 mine says read after opening. Okay, so I read 00:05:22.439 --> 00:05:24.959 mine now first? Yeah, I think. Okay, all right. 00:05:25.180 --> 00:05:26.959 Now, I read somewhere I have to read something 00:05:26.959 --> 00:05:29.040 that's in a goblin voice. Is it this? Probably. 00:05:29.300 --> 00:05:33.839 All right. I think so. Hello. Hey, guys. I was 00:05:33.839 --> 00:05:35.459 traipsing through the woods and stumbled upon 00:05:35.459 --> 00:05:38.300 an evil druid lair. Took some loot on the way 00:05:38.300 --> 00:05:40.779 out. I thought it was just an overgrown box. 00:05:40.860 --> 00:05:43.850 Imagine a shot of it. I got when I learned... 00:05:43.850 --> 00:05:46.329 Shit, sorry, I'm not good at reading in this 00:05:46.329 --> 00:05:51.370 cockney accent. Imagine the shock I got to learn 00:05:51.370 --> 00:05:53.829 that there was a lightning vine trap. As it's 00:05:53.829 --> 00:05:56.110 season had given, I thought I'd pass on the loot 00:05:56.110 --> 00:05:59.149 to you. I peeked inside, saw some green parchment 00:05:59.149 --> 00:06:01.889 with writing on it, top of a pile of gems. Didn't 00:06:01.889 --> 00:06:04.370 read too closely, drew with curses and all that. 00:06:04.730 --> 00:06:07.350 But the box seems a bit too heavy for just a 00:06:07.350 --> 00:06:10.430 bunch of gems, don't you think? And happy and 00:06:10.430 --> 00:06:13.670 stressed for all day season, aye. From Andrew, 00:06:13.769 --> 00:06:16.310 I think. Or maybe just from a goblin. Who knows? 00:06:17.089 --> 00:06:20.889 Huh. Well? Well, well, well. Shall we dig deeper? 00:06:21.009 --> 00:06:22.290 That was fun. What is in the druid grove? What's 00:06:22.290 --> 00:06:24.769 going on over here? I don't know. Get that box. 00:06:25.829 --> 00:06:28.209 Open that box more. Color me curious. Open it 00:06:28.209 --> 00:06:31.449 faster. There's a lot of packaging. Is there 00:06:31.449 --> 00:06:34.569 another read me over? No, there's no more. Okay. 00:06:34.910 --> 00:06:39.439 Whoa. That is a box inside a box. Whoa. Whoa. 00:06:39.579 --> 00:06:41.240 I hear clickety -clacks. Can you hold that? I 00:06:41.240 --> 00:06:43.319 just want to make sure that I'm leaving it in 00:06:43.319 --> 00:06:46.139 line. A lot of clickety -clacks. I think it's 00:06:46.139 --> 00:06:48.819 just that. I just want to knock my mic stand 00:06:48.819 --> 00:06:54.800 over. Oh, my gosh. That was a really heavy box 00:06:54.800 --> 00:06:56.480 drop. I don't know. Are you sure? Dude, there's 00:06:56.480 --> 00:06:58.180 a lot of packaging material in there. Okay, gotcha. 00:06:58.379 --> 00:07:01.399 It was very safely shipped. Oh, man. What is 00:07:01.399 --> 00:07:04.959 in that thing? It's clacking so hard. I don't 00:07:04.959 --> 00:07:08.720 even know where to start. It feels like Christmas 00:07:08.720 --> 00:07:14.600 all over again. Oh, gosh. There's more layers. 00:07:14.939 --> 00:07:17.240 It's like an onion. All the way to the bottom 00:07:17.240 --> 00:07:20.699 and there's nothing. It's just like, where are 00:07:20.699 --> 00:07:22.699 the cracks? It's just the rattling of packaging 00:07:22.699 --> 00:07:30.240 material. How many layers? Andrew, you mad man. 00:07:30.399 --> 00:07:32.759 Oh, I see a sign. Oh, there's the chest. We're 00:07:32.759 --> 00:07:34.639 getting there. That's the druidic chest. Yeah. 00:07:34.680 --> 00:07:37.389 Yeah. A lightning trap was endured for this. 00:07:37.930 --> 00:07:41.569 Holy shit. Oh, we didn't check for traps. Wait, 00:07:41.629 --> 00:07:42.870 we didn't check for traps. It could be a mimic. 00:07:43.029 --> 00:07:45.389 It could be a mimic. Oh, God. Oh, I got a sweet 00:07:45.389 --> 00:07:49.370 mimic pen for Christmas, by the way. Okay. Is 00:07:49.370 --> 00:07:51.290 that sound on perception? All right. We're seeing 00:07:51.290 --> 00:07:54.329 a, looks like a classic, you know, treasure chest. 00:07:54.449 --> 00:07:57.209 That is a slicking chest. And it looks like some 00:07:57.209 --> 00:08:01.949 lightning painted over it. I think somebody else 00:08:01.949 --> 00:08:03.389 should open this. I feel like I opened the rest 00:08:03.389 --> 00:08:06.750 of it. That's cool. I'll pull the... Oh, yeah. 00:08:06.910 --> 00:08:08.790 Holy shit. Pull that. I'm lifting it. I'm lifting 00:08:08.790 --> 00:08:12.829 it. Oh, my goodness. I know what this is. I know 00:08:12.829 --> 00:08:16.069 what this is, too. We've just received our own 00:08:16.069 --> 00:08:19.970 copy of Goblin Grab. Or maybe, like, the first 00:08:19.970 --> 00:08:24.550 copy of Goblin Grab from Goblin Game Company 00:08:24.550 --> 00:08:29.459 at Goblin Game Co. Yeah, check him out on Instagram. 00:08:29.800 --> 00:08:32.759 We've seen this coming down the pipeline. This 00:08:32.759 --> 00:08:35.440 is... That's so many dice. This is insane. Holy 00:08:35.440 --> 00:08:38.440 shit, dude. This is a lot of dice. Whoa. Maybe 00:08:38.440 --> 00:08:42.940 a gross of dice. Yeah. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, 00:08:42.940 --> 00:08:45.600 oh. What, what, what? And these are the... Oh, 00:08:45.620 --> 00:08:48.759 those are forged dice? The... Holy shit. Okay, 00:08:48.840 --> 00:08:50.399 hold on, hold on, hold on. I gotta read Andrew's 00:08:50.399 --> 00:08:53.039 thing, though. Hold iron. Oh, my gosh. They're 00:08:53.039 --> 00:08:56.700 so sick, dude. What is this? What the fuck? Oh, 00:08:56.759 --> 00:08:58.539 it's like thunder in my tower. The treasures 00:08:58.539 --> 00:09:02.360 at the bottom are my first prototypes of big 00:09:02.360 --> 00:09:06.519 hand -forged D6s. Damn. One for each of you. 00:09:06.539 --> 00:09:08.799 Fingers crossed they fit in the dice towers from 00:09:08.799 --> 00:09:11.980 the captain. I think mine does. Oh, they do. 00:09:12.200 --> 00:09:16.159 They shake the tower. They're so badass. Oh, 00:09:16.159 --> 00:09:19.600 my gosh. I forgot I had my sticker in there. 00:09:19.659 --> 00:09:24.039 Oh, that's so cool. I love it. They utilize notch 00:09:24.039 --> 00:09:27.059 lines for the numbers, but it works so well. 00:09:27.179 --> 00:09:29.039 Oh, dude. Okay, hold on. Let me keep reading. 00:09:29.639 --> 00:09:32.200 I would be surprised if there's a full set of 00:09:32.200 --> 00:09:35.539 anything in there. Oh, sorry. I missed a sentence. 00:09:35.639 --> 00:09:37.620 The rest of the shiny math rocks are for you 00:09:37.620 --> 00:09:40.700 to split at random slash blindly. Dude. I'd be 00:09:40.700 --> 00:09:42.620 surprised if there's anything in there. I gave 00:09:42.620 --> 00:09:45.500 it a good mix. I thought it might be easier to 00:09:45.500 --> 00:09:47.600 wager these than it would be to potentially split 00:09:47.600 --> 00:09:49.559 up any of the beautiful dice sets the lovely 00:09:49.559 --> 00:09:52.720 pants people have got you. As well, the rule 00:09:52.720 --> 00:09:54.940 card can be taken to Reckless on Neuro Knights. 00:09:55.000 --> 00:09:57.659 Actually, that's a great idea, yeah. Have fun 00:09:57.659 --> 00:10:01.000 taking each other's dice. Oh, and may your skylights 00:10:01.000 --> 00:10:05.820 be bright and joyous. Hell yeah. I have an idea. 00:10:06.039 --> 00:10:10.019 I have a fun idea. What's that? Let's spread 00:10:10.019 --> 00:10:14.110 this out a little bit. At the beginning of next 00:10:14.110 --> 00:10:17.190 step, play a round of Goblin Grab. Okay. Sound 00:10:17.190 --> 00:10:19.830 cool? I'm in. Yeah. I'm in. Sweet. Hell yeah. 00:10:20.269 --> 00:10:22.669 Yeah. Thank you, Andrew. This is phenomenal. 00:10:22.669 --> 00:10:24.950 Thank you again, Andrew. Oh, my gosh. This is 00:10:24.950 --> 00:10:26.730 absolutely phenomenal. I'm trying to get to the 00:10:26.730 --> 00:10:29.289 bottom of this. I love this. Hand -forged dice 00:10:29.289 --> 00:10:32.490 are insane. Yeah. Incredibly cool. I love this. 00:10:32.509 --> 00:10:33.549 It looks like the kind that you could throw in 00:10:33.549 --> 00:10:38.450 a ghost to kill it. Cold iron die. You can take 00:10:38.450 --> 00:10:42.490 six ghosts. But, yeah. Next episode, listen to 00:10:42.490 --> 00:10:45.210 us play a round of Andrew's really cool game. 00:10:45.309 --> 00:10:48.669 But please do go check him out at Goblin Game 00:10:48.669 --> 00:10:50.509 Co. I know he's on Instagram. I'm going to guess 00:10:50.509 --> 00:10:53.190 he's on other places as well. I think he's starting 00:10:53.190 --> 00:10:56.190 a Kickstarter soon, or at least he's threatened 00:10:56.190 --> 00:11:01.009 to. So super stoked to see that and support that. 00:11:01.789 --> 00:11:07.409 Hell yeah. Yeah. Oh, man. Oh, man. Well, I am 00:11:07.409 --> 00:11:09.850 pumped to play me some Goblin Grab next step. 00:11:10.720 --> 00:11:12.460 You know what else I'm pumped for? You know what 00:11:12.460 --> 00:11:14.159 else I'm pumped for, gentlemen? What else am 00:11:14.159 --> 00:11:18.759 you pumped for? Getting the ball rolling on Sensa. 00:11:19.019 --> 00:11:21.919 Oh, that's right. We're doing the other arc now. 00:11:22.159 --> 00:11:23.399 You want us to do what's going on with Jules 00:11:23.399 --> 00:11:25.879 and Salome and the gang? Well, too bad. It's 00:11:25.879 --> 00:11:27.600 time to go back to Blanche. Hey, that means we 00:11:27.600 --> 00:11:32.620 get a map now, right? You're gonna regret that. 00:11:33.740 --> 00:11:35.700 When you see what Rochelle and I have cooked 00:11:35.700 --> 00:11:40.919 up for you, idiots, you're gonna cry. Dude, this 00:11:40.919 --> 00:11:44.740 is going to be insane. I can launch World 20, 00:11:44.820 --> 00:11:48.519 right? We good? Yeah, you're good. Before we 00:11:48.519 --> 00:11:51.639 can get to any map, before we can get to anything, 00:11:51.899 --> 00:11:55.960 any scene, any kind of environment, we must escape 00:11:55.960 --> 00:11:59.620 from the darkness. For our party find themselves 00:11:59.620 --> 00:12:03.399 within the confines of a portable hole, wrapped 00:12:03.399 --> 00:12:05.980 up and placed neatly in a briefcase which is 00:12:05.980 --> 00:12:09.360 being carried through citadel customs, you assume. 00:12:09.460 --> 00:12:11.740 Some kind of, uh, just moving through to another 00:12:11.740 --> 00:12:15.440 world. You cannot be seen. And you don't know 00:12:15.440 --> 00:12:17.120 how long you're going to be in the darkness. 00:12:18.090 --> 00:12:20.110 i've been thinking about this i've wanted to 00:12:20.110 --> 00:12:23.909 have fun with this for a while because this plan 00:12:23.909 --> 00:12:28.669 was crazy this plan was brilliant but could go 00:12:28.669 --> 00:12:31.850 so wrong and thankfully the handy haversack you 00:12:31.850 --> 00:12:33.250 guys have is with jewels because if one of you 00:12:33.250 --> 00:12:35.870 guys had a uh uh if you went over the portal 00:12:35.870 --> 00:12:38.529 with a bag of holding or handy haversack i believe 00:12:38.529 --> 00:12:40.289 it just like teleports you into the astral plane 00:12:40.289 --> 00:12:42.330 and you die yeah it does some weird stuff it's 00:12:42.330 --> 00:12:45.480 the whole last paragraph but yeah Jules has a 00:12:45.480 --> 00:12:46.960 handy haversack, so you don't need to worry about 00:12:46.960 --> 00:12:50.980 that. What you do need to worry about is suffocation. 00:12:52.299 --> 00:12:57.440 Now, as you... We zoom in on our four heroes, 00:12:57.500 --> 00:13:01.299 all resting at the bottom of this hole, waiting 00:13:01.299 --> 00:13:04.039 in the darkness for anything. And you know you 00:13:04.039 --> 00:13:06.159 can get yourself out of here. It's a pretty small 00:13:06.159 --> 00:13:08.799 strength check to push your way out, but what 00:13:08.799 --> 00:13:11.940 if you do it too soon? What if you do it out 00:13:11.940 --> 00:13:14.929 in the open? Beauregard, as soon as it's clear, 00:13:15.009 --> 00:13:16.629 is going to let you out of here, right? So if 00:13:16.629 --> 00:13:18.830 you do it early, there will be consequences. 00:13:20.350 --> 00:13:22.690 According to the rules, a creature can hold its 00:13:22.690 --> 00:13:25.070 breath for a number of minutes equal to one plus 00:13:25.070 --> 00:13:30.289 its constitution modifier. Now, the only creatures 00:13:30.289 --> 00:13:32.110 that need to worry about this are Dresden and 00:13:32.110 --> 00:13:34.370 Akio. Dresden, what is your constitution modifier? 00:13:35.009 --> 00:13:39.070 It is a plus two. So you have three minutes. 00:13:39.929 --> 00:13:42.649 You can hold your breath. I'm going to give you 00:13:42.649 --> 00:13:45.570 a free 13 minutes. You have 10 minutes of air. 00:13:46.330 --> 00:13:48.929 And the turtles don't use air. And I figured 00:13:48.929 --> 00:13:51.029 the way this is working is turtles each get to 00:13:51.029 --> 00:13:54.809 take a deep breath, go in, give you guys that 00:13:54.809 --> 00:13:57.389 breath when your first round runs out. Therefore, 00:13:57.690 --> 00:14:00.049 you have 10 minutes free air, an extra breath 00:14:00.049 --> 00:14:03.009 to carry you for the next. You run three minutes, 00:14:03.070 --> 00:14:04.649 so you're almost suffocating. They, boom, give 00:14:04.649 --> 00:14:06.710 you the air. And then you have three minutes 00:14:06.710 --> 00:14:11.149 with no backup oxygen supply. That's it. When 00:14:11.149 --> 00:14:12.629 a creature runs out of breath or is choking, 00:14:12.850 --> 00:14:14.789 it can survive for a number of rounds equal to 00:14:14.789 --> 00:14:17.909 its con mod. Minimum one round. The next turn, 00:14:18.009 --> 00:14:20.730 it drops to zero hit points and is dying. It 00:14:20.730 --> 00:14:22.490 cannot regain hit points or restabilize until 00:14:22.490 --> 00:14:29.110 it can breathe again. So, we'll move in 13 minutes 00:14:29.110 --> 00:14:34.879 into this play, this scheme. 13 minutes, you 00:14:34.879 --> 00:14:37.860 have waited. You have Dresden and Akio both kind 00:14:37.860 --> 00:14:40.740 of held your breath so long until you couldn't 00:14:40.740 --> 00:14:45.340 anymore, and then your allies leaned in for a 00:14:45.340 --> 00:14:48.860 very provocative breath -sharing kiss. Who kissed 00:14:48.860 --> 00:14:50.720 who? I have to know. Did Jean kiss that dog? 00:14:52.080 --> 00:14:55.879 Did Jean kiss that dog? Sure, yeah. Oh, no! You 00:14:55.879 --> 00:14:57.740 think Blanche is going to give up the opportunity 00:14:57.740 --> 00:15:02.720 to lock lips with Soldier Boy? Oh, hell yeah! 00:15:05.230 --> 00:15:11.870 Okay. Breath is shared. And now, as these gulps 00:15:11.870 --> 00:15:14.029 of fresh air come in, I want to start making 00:15:14.029 --> 00:15:19.210 luck rolls, pure D20 fortune rolls, to see how 00:15:19.210 --> 00:15:22.190 long it takes Beauregard to get to a safe place. 00:15:23.070 --> 00:15:27.929 Can I do odds and evens on my new D6? No. I'm 00:15:27.929 --> 00:15:31.159 sorry. It's not that. Not that kind of fortune. 00:15:31.379 --> 00:15:33.879 It's a lot more stacked in my favor. And I want 00:15:33.879 --> 00:15:35.879 you to roll it in my table, and I don't want 00:15:35.879 --> 00:15:38.720 you to see what you roll. Because you don't know 00:15:38.720 --> 00:15:41.100 in the darkness what's happening outside. Only 00:15:41.100 --> 00:15:43.600 I know what's happening outside. But you may 00:15:43.600 --> 00:15:45.679 roll the die to determine. Actually, you can 00:15:45.679 --> 00:15:50.220 use your die. Each die roll represents one minute. 00:15:50.820 --> 00:15:54.899 If after three die rolls, you are not freed, 00:15:55.220 --> 00:15:59.379 two of the party will begin to suffocate. You're 00:15:59.379 --> 00:16:04.779 sick. Don't you know it. Now, roll your die. 00:16:05.100 --> 00:16:10.639 Do we get to know anything about? No. It was 00:16:10.639 --> 00:16:12.940 cracked. It fell out and onto my computer. They 00:16:12.940 --> 00:16:20.000 got cracked. All right. Tick. Tock. Breath is 00:16:20.000 --> 00:16:28.539 running out. Roll again. Fuck. Getting so light. 00:16:28.799 --> 00:16:36.860 hard to keep yourself awake. Roll again. Look 00:16:36.860 --> 00:16:40.840 at his eyes. Look at his twisted, twisted eyes. 00:16:42.039 --> 00:16:48.919 A third minute dwindles down. Your oxygen is 00:16:48.919 --> 00:16:56.019 gone. Dresden, Akio, there's nothing left. You 00:16:56.019 --> 00:16:59.600 feel your eyes Watering, everything going blurry. 00:17:00.000 --> 00:17:03.460 The darkness all around you comes cloying in. 00:17:04.960 --> 00:17:07.599 Blanche and Jean just watch helplessly as you 00:17:07.599 --> 00:17:13.619 are suffocating. Oh, this is the... Breath has 00:17:13.619 --> 00:17:16.440 already been shared. Next time, the next roll, 00:17:16.500 --> 00:17:18.079 they'll go unconscious. Do you want to do anything? 00:17:19.039 --> 00:17:23.480 Or do you want to take one more chance? So, Jeremy, 00:17:23.579 --> 00:17:26.940 so you know it's a DC 10 strength roll to just... 00:17:26.970 --> 00:17:30.410 Bust out of the hole. But if you do it too early, 00:17:30.490 --> 00:17:33.589 it's a problem. You could be seconds away. You 00:17:33.589 --> 00:17:35.490 could be seconds away. Do you want to make one 00:17:35.490 --> 00:17:39.049 more roll? One more roll? Or do you want to try 00:17:39.049 --> 00:17:41.369 to burst out now? After this, they go unconscious. 00:17:41.509 --> 00:17:42.589 It's going to be a lot harder to resolve the 00:17:42.589 --> 00:17:44.750 situation. They won't die right away, but they 00:17:44.750 --> 00:17:47.589 will go unconscious if you fail this. What are 00:17:47.589 --> 00:17:49.430 you doing? You rolling? You rolling? I think 00:17:49.430 --> 00:17:51.150 we need to try to hold out for a few more seconds. 00:17:51.410 --> 00:17:54.539 Yeah. Yeah. Don't bother. You passed on the last 00:17:54.539 --> 00:17:56.779 one. I just wanted to make you sweat. You sick 00:17:56.779 --> 00:18:00.240 fuck. Because as you go to wait that next minute, 00:18:00.500 --> 00:18:03.680 with a nat 20 on your last roll. Oh, my God. 00:18:03.740 --> 00:18:10.380 Nice. Nice. Light. Boom. Oxygen pours in above 00:18:10.380 --> 00:18:14.940 the hole is reopened above you. And you may all 00:18:14.940 --> 00:18:21.660 climb free. Wow. All right. Okay. In the nick 00:18:21.660 --> 00:18:29.980 of time, Beauregard. Sorry. It was tricky to 00:18:29.980 --> 00:18:36.339 get away from the public eye. The second the 00:18:36.339 --> 00:18:41.440 air hits you, you feel air that is dry and hot. 00:18:42.340 --> 00:18:44.720 I think you can look up to the top of the hole 00:18:44.720 --> 00:18:48.000 and all you see is the top of a tent flap with 00:18:48.000 --> 00:18:50.359 a bright light sort of beating in, sort of faded 00:18:50.359 --> 00:18:54.880 from behind Beauregard. It's 10 feet down, right? 00:18:54.960 --> 00:18:56.240 I think he just tossed a rope down to you or 00:18:56.240 --> 00:18:58.279 something, right? Can you just get out of that? 00:18:58.460 --> 00:19:00.339 I think it... Was it five feet? Did you just 00:19:00.339 --> 00:19:04.579 plump out? Yeah, any creature inside the open 00:19:04.579 --> 00:19:06.799 portable hole can exit the hole by climbing out 00:19:06.799 --> 00:19:08.460 of it. Okay, so it's like you reach into the 00:19:08.460 --> 00:19:10.240 darkness on the side and your hands almost sink 00:19:10.240 --> 00:19:12.619 in. It's almost like this weird ethereal moss, 00:19:12.920 --> 00:19:15.900 but it holds your weight and you just sort of 00:19:15.900 --> 00:19:22.039 all climb up out into this tent. You see Beauregard 00:19:22.039 --> 00:19:25.359 kind of... shuffles over to like the open sort 00:19:25.359 --> 00:19:27.220 of entrance flap. And you look around, you see 00:19:27.220 --> 00:19:28.660 it looks like some kind of storage tent, just 00:19:28.660 --> 00:19:31.319 like crates and such around you filled with various 00:19:31.319 --> 00:19:33.819 kind of exotic fruits and dried meats and such. 00:19:34.339 --> 00:19:36.079 But it looks like for whatever reason, no one 00:19:36.079 --> 00:19:39.920 is here. Your entrance here must've been unnoted. 00:19:40.220 --> 00:19:43.799 And Beauregard opens the tent, just a tiny flap 00:19:43.799 --> 00:19:48.140 to let you all look out upon the city state of 00:19:48.140 --> 00:19:52.420 Neba. You can hear, I think right now, as you 00:19:52.420 --> 00:19:56.460 pair out the sound of the amber Concord Jewel 00:19:56.460 --> 00:20:02.660 sort of vanishing just outside. You see this 00:20:02.660 --> 00:20:05.279 plaza that you're kind of into, the plaza of 00:20:05.279 --> 00:20:07.680 the jewel that you're nestled right beside, opens 00:20:07.680 --> 00:20:11.539 onto a bustling bazaar. Just this massive, massive 00:20:11.539 --> 00:20:13.519 market city of tents and stalls stretching far 00:20:13.519 --> 00:20:15.619 out until it touches the rising structures of 00:20:15.619 --> 00:20:17.539 the city true. You can barely make out the buildings 00:20:17.539 --> 00:20:21.970 as the tents... reach out to them. You hear cheers 00:20:21.970 --> 00:20:24.609 rising from anything you can barely see in the 00:20:24.609 --> 00:20:26.410 corner of this great stadium that rests just 00:20:26.410 --> 00:20:29.130 beside the plaza. You can hear the thundering 00:20:29.130 --> 00:20:32.289 of racehorses somewhere sort of within there, 00:20:32.450 --> 00:20:36.230 just echoing out. And from the slight glimpse 00:20:36.230 --> 00:20:38.269 you're given now, you see there's a true melting 00:20:38.269 --> 00:20:41.190 pot of people from all the worlds here in this 00:20:41.190 --> 00:20:43.529 bazaar, the vast majority of whom look to be 00:20:43.529 --> 00:20:46.500 tourists. Behind the stalls are true -born sensins 00:20:46.500 --> 00:20:48.380 that you see are primarily dark -skinned human, 00:20:48.539 --> 00:20:51.180 dwarves, and elves with tightly coiled black 00:20:51.180 --> 00:20:55.740 hair. I will say, though tourists are not a strange 00:20:55.740 --> 00:21:00.299 sight here in Neba, far from it, turtles are 00:21:00.299 --> 00:21:04.579 rarely seen outside of Noari. Only two very notable 00:21:04.579 --> 00:21:08.180 ones have been. You've crossed your first hurdle 00:21:08.180 --> 00:21:09.940 in getting off the citadel, but now you need 00:21:09.940 --> 00:21:13.230 to reach the city -state of Anissa. which is 00:21:13.230 --> 00:21:16.490 some ways away from here, and you kinda gotta 00:21:16.490 --> 00:21:20.329 do it unnoticed. Beauregard closes the flap and 00:21:20.329 --> 00:21:26.430 turns to regard you. So, we made it here upon 00:21:26.430 --> 00:21:31.990 the world of Senza. Now the true test. How do 00:21:31.990 --> 00:21:36.730 we escape the city? I have purchased this tent, 00:21:36.869 --> 00:21:41.259 let us say, for the eve. No one will come to 00:21:41.259 --> 00:21:46.519 bother us. I can promise you that. We could hold 00:21:46.519 --> 00:21:50.019 out till night and then make a move in the dark, 00:21:50.160 --> 00:21:53.220 but we need to find a way to disguise you yet. 00:21:53.900 --> 00:22:02.920 Any ideas? What is the... What are the clothing 00:22:02.920 --> 00:22:05.859 like of the locals? Like, you said it's like... 00:22:05.859 --> 00:22:10.180 You said it's... Sandy, right? Yeah, dry, loose 00:22:10.180 --> 00:22:15.880 flowing garb from what you've seen. So like would 00:22:15.880 --> 00:22:20.740 Blanche and Jean be able to throw on like these 00:22:20.740 --> 00:22:24.180 big sort of flowing cloaks? I'm thinking like 00:22:24.180 --> 00:22:29.240 a Roman sort of tunic. Yeah, all right. I could 00:22:29.240 --> 00:22:30.640 do something like that, yeah. I imagine there's 00:22:30.640 --> 00:22:31.900 like this, you probably can see a few people 00:22:31.900 --> 00:22:33.500 out there maybe like wearing, you know what? 00:22:33.539 --> 00:22:35.079 I like this. I'm gonna give you something on 00:22:35.079 --> 00:22:39.099 this. There is, in this world, I think it was 00:22:39.099 --> 00:22:42.200 talked about by Beauregard before, a being known 00:22:42.200 --> 00:22:45.339 as the Faceless Prophet. I think as you peek 00:22:45.339 --> 00:22:47.059 out, you might see one or two figures that go 00:22:47.059 --> 00:22:50.279 around, and they have their heads fully covered. 00:22:50.359 --> 00:22:53.200 They're just long, flowing. Have you ever heard 00:22:53.200 --> 00:22:56.690 of the game Journey? I don't think so. There's 00:22:56.690 --> 00:22:58.349 a very particular style of clothing. Anyway, 00:22:58.430 --> 00:23:01.289 never mind that. But I just imagine these long 00:23:01.289 --> 00:23:04.750 flowing garbs that kind of cover the head as 00:23:04.750 --> 00:23:10.009 well. There's almost crowned hood and mask that 00:23:10.009 --> 00:23:14.250 you see a few maybe religious sorts are wearing. 00:23:14.390 --> 00:23:16.329 People maybe like prophets of the faceless prophet 00:23:16.329 --> 00:23:21.970 or followers of her teachings. So through the 00:23:21.970 --> 00:23:25.539 small hole in the flap. Blanche will point them 00:23:25.539 --> 00:23:29.259 out to Beauregard. Jean and I can dress like 00:23:29.259 --> 00:23:34.819 those folks you see over there. Speaking of Jean, 00:23:34.880 --> 00:23:36.339 he's just like drinking from his canteen and 00:23:36.339 --> 00:23:39.279 spitting it. I can't believe I kissed that dog. 00:23:40.440 --> 00:23:46.059 Gross. Thank you, Jean. It was a delightful kiss. 00:23:46.240 --> 00:23:49.180 But I do wish I could have kissed Master Blanche. 00:23:54.569 --> 00:24:00.890 Soldier boy, you took my breath away. Damn. Take 00:24:00.890 --> 00:24:08.109 a button. I like that. That was good. Yeah. Call 00:24:08.109 --> 00:24:13.809 me after this is all over. Oh, shit. My Dresden 00:24:13.809 --> 00:24:15.410 voice is a little off because I'm still coming 00:24:15.410 --> 00:24:20.930 off being sick. It's not fully back yet. Well, 00:24:21.130 --> 00:24:25.240 I think that should be. That should be a last 00:24:25.240 --> 00:24:29.859 resort. Jean and I can stay in the portable hall 00:24:29.859 --> 00:24:34.019 for quite a while. Over an hour. That's true. 00:24:34.920 --> 00:24:39.220 Oh. That's right. Damn. Shit. We should only 00:24:39.220 --> 00:24:42.500 need to come out if there's an emergency. You 00:24:42.500 --> 00:24:44.559 just need about once every hour to get one gulp 00:24:44.559 --> 00:24:47.299 of air and you can go back in. Yeah. Sir, how 00:24:47.299 --> 00:24:49.240 long are we going to sit in there? It's not comfortable. 00:24:49.339 --> 00:24:52.339 There's no cushions. Fine. You're right. You're 00:24:52.339 --> 00:24:55.609 right. We get things at stake, dog. I didn't 00:24:55.609 --> 00:24:59.349 do anything. Are there any cushions around here 00:24:59.349 --> 00:25:02.130 in this tent? Something comfortable? You know, 00:25:02.130 --> 00:25:04.109 you look over and you see there's like, I think 00:25:04.109 --> 00:25:06.130 there's one crate that has like nice sort of 00:25:06.130 --> 00:25:10.829 blankets that could be bound up and used to make 00:25:10.829 --> 00:25:12.970 your journey a lot more comfortable. Yeah, because 00:25:12.970 --> 00:25:16.049 I think it says... Grand sort of flowing patterns, 00:25:16.450 --> 00:25:20.569 red and gold and gray sort of mingled. It says 00:25:20.569 --> 00:25:23.759 no matter what's in the hole, It weighs next 00:25:23.759 --> 00:25:27.000 to nothing. Damn. That's... Yeah, so you can 00:25:27.000 --> 00:25:28.940 just throw more things in there. Yeah, that's 00:25:28.940 --> 00:25:30.160 pretty sweet. They get lavish. There's food in 00:25:30.160 --> 00:25:32.339 this tent, as said before. You can throw some 00:25:32.339 --> 00:25:35.420 food down there. Sweet. And hopefully there's 00:25:35.420 --> 00:25:38.099 some sort of clothing that Jean and I can don, 00:25:38.279 --> 00:25:42.519 or will we need to leave for that? Roll a little 00:25:42.519 --> 00:25:47.539 check for me. Straight luck check. Natural one. 00:25:47.839 --> 00:25:50.619 No. No, nothing in here that's remotely usable. 00:25:51.339 --> 00:25:56.059 You will be going without. Well, we can send 00:25:56.059 --> 00:26:01.539 somebody out who fits in a little better to our 00:26:01.539 --> 00:26:05.500 market stall, secure some clothing for Jean and 00:26:05.500 --> 00:26:09.480 I. Beauregard, once we get in the hall and start 00:26:09.480 --> 00:26:11.259 to leave the city, how long do you think it'll 00:26:11.259 --> 00:26:16.950 take until it's safe for us to emerge? The city 00:26:16.950 --> 00:26:20.829 states of sense are spread far and wide, but 00:26:20.829 --> 00:26:24.230 once you leave the bazaar, it should be easy 00:26:24.230 --> 00:26:27.569 to find opportunities to get out if you travel 00:26:27.569 --> 00:26:31.730 mostly at night. You will need to be careful 00:26:31.730 --> 00:26:37.509 still. Very careful. Will you help us leave the 00:26:37.509 --> 00:26:43.220 city, or do we part here? I could... give you 00:26:43.220 --> 00:26:47.519 some tools to help on your quest, but I do have 00:26:47.519 --> 00:26:53.099 some work to help oversee on the Citadel. I will 00:26:53.099 --> 00:26:57.539 return here to offer you passage home if I can. 00:26:58.720 --> 00:27:01.400 All right, soldier boy. I guess we're on our 00:27:01.400 --> 00:27:06.220 own. Will you and Akio be able to secure some 00:27:06.220 --> 00:27:10.730 clothing for Jean and I? Of course. I think Dresden 00:27:10.730 --> 00:27:13.390 will take off his armor a little bit, so he has 00:27:13.390 --> 00:27:15.670 a little more, you know. Hell yeah. Like, maybe, 00:27:15.690 --> 00:27:17.750 like, brown pantaloons and, like, a, you know, 00:27:17.769 --> 00:27:19.930 beige -colored shirt, just really unassuming. 00:27:19.930 --> 00:27:21.430 Doesn't stick out in the crowd. Yeah, exactly. 00:27:22.150 --> 00:27:25.109 So I think he'll put it in the hole. Hell yeah. 00:27:26.009 --> 00:27:28.609 And I think Borger can also help you in, like, 00:27:28.630 --> 00:27:30.930 finding some stuff, too, for now. He just isn't 00:27:30.930 --> 00:27:33.390 going with you when you leave. Sure. Maybe, like... 00:27:33.640 --> 00:27:37.160 We see a moment of the two of you, Keo kind of 00:27:37.160 --> 00:27:39.759 standing by the door to sort of stay guard, Blanche 00:27:39.759 --> 00:27:41.920 and Jean kind of holding out inside the tent 00:27:41.920 --> 00:27:43.940 and maybe getting behind some crates in case 00:27:43.940 --> 00:27:46.619 somebody peeks in, and Beauregard and Dresden 00:27:46.619 --> 00:27:50.079 stepping out into the crowd outside. Yeah. Hell 00:27:50.079 --> 00:27:52.579 yeah. Oh, wait. Hey, just for shits and giggles, 00:27:52.759 --> 00:27:55.640 I'm supposed to be rolling for Dresden for Grown 00:27:55.640 --> 00:27:58.839 Up Beard. Oh, my God. Yes, please. Please. Oh, 00:27:59.019 --> 00:28:02.019 I'm just saying this could add to the disguise. 00:28:02.140 --> 00:28:05.039 Oh, my gosh. This is what we want. A beard. Yeah. 00:28:06.220 --> 00:28:08.720 It's like every day. So we roll 100 times. Honestly, 00:28:08.880 --> 00:28:10.900 we'll just roll once. It's so good. Because it's 00:28:10.900 --> 00:28:14.500 fun. Oh, it's just a 50 % chance. Okay. Thank 00:28:14.500 --> 00:28:18.160 goodness. Okay. D20. D20. Come on. I want beard 00:28:18.160 --> 00:28:19.480 dressed. What are we doing? What are we doing? 00:28:19.819 --> 00:28:24.029 One through. Do you want a beard or not? I don't 00:28:24.029 --> 00:28:25.930 know. One through ten? One through ten is beard. 00:28:26.170 --> 00:28:32.109 Okay. All right. Damn. Thirteen. Shit. No beard 00:28:32.109 --> 00:28:36.170 for you. Damn. I love that we're not really paying 00:28:36.170 --> 00:28:37.509 attention to that. We're just whipping it out 00:28:37.509 --> 00:28:39.890 when it's fun. Or when it's relevant, I guess. 00:28:40.109 --> 00:28:41.809 We have to roll for, like, months otherwise. 00:28:42.029 --> 00:28:45.950 Yeah, exactly. As long as I remember to do it 00:28:45.950 --> 00:28:48.980 in these times. I'm okay with it. Yeah. We have 00:28:48.980 --> 00:28:51.059 a few more nights to go to even reach the next 00:28:51.059 --> 00:28:53.380 city, so we have a few more roles to make. Sweet. 00:28:53.660 --> 00:28:56.299 Which is very fun. Sweet. So, no, he does not 00:28:56.299 --> 00:29:03.720 have a full beard. Big, sexy beard. Sad. I'm 00:29:03.720 --> 00:29:05.400 not going to make this a hard thing for you. 00:29:05.440 --> 00:29:07.579 If you're just going out in this scenario where 00:29:07.579 --> 00:29:08.980 you're kind of already getting rid of some of 00:29:08.980 --> 00:29:11.660 your stuff, you're... Notable Dresden, but you're 00:29:11.660 --> 00:29:14.240 not one of the most notable luminaries. And without 00:29:14.240 --> 00:29:16.279 your armor and kind of like trying to cover yourself 00:29:16.279 --> 00:29:20.700 a bit, roll for me one more luck check. If you 00:29:20.700 --> 00:29:23.059 roll a one or a two, you have a problem. But 00:29:23.059 --> 00:29:24.900 right now it's so crowded, I don't think you 00:29:24.900 --> 00:29:26.400 are going to have as much of a problem here. 00:29:26.460 --> 00:29:32.940 On a d20? Yep. Okay. That's an eight. Okay. You... 00:29:33.289 --> 00:29:36.250 move out Beauregard kind of leading you around 00:29:36.250 --> 00:29:40.789 and you find uh some clothing maybe like do you 00:29:40.789 --> 00:29:42.670 want to aim for I'll ask you Steve do you want 00:29:42.670 --> 00:29:44.289 to aim for like the more like religious garb 00:29:44.289 --> 00:29:46.269 of like the the followers of the faceless prophet 00:29:46.269 --> 00:29:48.190 that would totally cover you you're still going 00:29:48.190 --> 00:29:50.150 to have a very weird lumpy shape so it's not 00:29:50.150 --> 00:29:51.730 the best thing or do you want to get like just 00:29:51.730 --> 00:29:54.190 general something to cover your face is a hood 00:29:54.190 --> 00:29:57.779 or or you know kind of like a scarf or No, I 00:29:57.779 --> 00:30:00.579 think the religious garb is fine, and I'm thinking 00:30:00.579 --> 00:30:04.859 that we can maybe find something like a basket 00:30:04.859 --> 00:30:08.920 or something to carry that sort of makes our 00:30:08.920 --> 00:30:11.740 shells look more like a burden that we're carrying. 00:30:12.279 --> 00:30:18.200 Oh, good idea. Yeah. Okay. I like that. So we'll 00:30:18.200 --> 00:30:20.380 say maybe an hour passes. You got here, I think 00:30:20.380 --> 00:30:24.099 it must be around 3 .30 now, and Dresden and 00:30:24.099 --> 00:30:26.769 Beauregard return with... whatever provisions 00:30:26.769 --> 00:30:31.349 you need to sneakily escape the city. You could 00:30:31.349 --> 00:30:33.750 choose to travel now during the day, or you could 00:30:33.750 --> 00:30:35.430 wait. And actually, I'll say one other thing 00:30:35.430 --> 00:30:40.430 Beauregard brings is a map of Senza. And I'd 00:30:40.430 --> 00:30:43.769 like you to look at roll 20 now. Aha. I've already 00:30:43.769 --> 00:30:46.170 been looking at roll 20. I said it was okay to 00:30:46.170 --> 00:30:48.170 launch. I know. You said it was okay. It's not 00:30:48.170 --> 00:30:51.440 that important, Matt. You're looking over this 00:30:51.440 --> 00:30:53.640 map. You see that Anissa is probably around two 00:30:53.640 --> 00:30:55.920 days' travel from the city -state of Neva that 00:30:55.920 --> 00:30:59.140 you're in now. Okay. Roughly 60 miles on a well 00:30:59.140 --> 00:31:01.859 -maintained, well -traversed road. Now, if you're 00:31:01.859 --> 00:31:04.480 looking to travel quick, now in the open, that's 00:31:04.480 --> 00:31:06.460 what you're looking at, two days' travel. If 00:31:06.460 --> 00:31:08.640 you want to keep yourselves undercover... You're 00:31:08.640 --> 00:31:10.859 looking at close to three full days or nights 00:31:10.859 --> 00:31:13.500 on the road. Because these states, like he said, 00:31:13.559 --> 00:31:15.579 they tend to stretch and spread out far along 00:31:15.579 --> 00:31:18.359 the roads between their sort of main hubs. And 00:31:18.359 --> 00:31:19.779 there will be little privacy on your travels 00:31:19.779 --> 00:31:23.079 unless you purposefully wait until late to make 00:31:23.079 --> 00:31:26.880 your move. So it's 3 .30 now. You could choose 00:31:26.880 --> 00:31:30.579 to take off, start moving, but there will be 00:31:30.579 --> 00:31:33.099 risks. I mean, either way, there's going to be 00:31:33.099 --> 00:31:36.259 risks. Sure. And I'll actually mechanically break 00:31:36.259 --> 00:31:39.640 down what these risks are. Thank goodness, now 00:31:39.640 --> 00:31:42.500 you're speaking my language. I might allow performance 00:31:42.500 --> 00:31:44.579 in the case of what you're doing to blend in, 00:31:44.660 --> 00:31:47.660 or stealth, your choice. But when you, if you 00:31:47.660 --> 00:31:50.180 were to choose to take the two -day route, I 00:31:50.180 --> 00:31:53.380 will need you to make two separate checks, one 00:31:53.380 --> 00:31:55.759 for each day, and they'll be made at disadvantage 00:31:55.759 --> 00:32:00.740 against a luck roll that I'm going to roll. Likewise, 00:32:00.819 --> 00:32:02.740 if you choose the long route, three days, you're 00:32:02.740 --> 00:32:04.680 going to make three separate checks, one for 00:32:04.680 --> 00:32:06.200 each day, but they'll all be made with advantage 00:32:06.200 --> 00:32:11.890 against... three luck rolls. So more checks for 00:32:11.890 --> 00:32:15.869 the longer, slower journey, but more likely they 00:32:15.869 --> 00:32:18.450 will succeed. But I'll allow performance or stealth 00:32:18.450 --> 00:32:21.390 because either you're trying to stay unseen or 00:32:21.390 --> 00:32:23.329 you're trying to blend in. I think performance 00:32:23.329 --> 00:32:26.049 fits the blending in feel. You want to look like 00:32:26.049 --> 00:32:27.890 you're carrying a heavy burden? You got to act 00:32:27.890 --> 00:32:32.190 your heart out, sir. Would we gain anything anywhere 00:32:32.190 --> 00:32:35.619 if we left at night? Yes, that's where the three 00:32:35.619 --> 00:32:37.619 -day journey would kind of kick in. You have 00:32:37.619 --> 00:32:40.259 to wait until night to make a move, and that's 00:32:40.259 --> 00:32:42.900 going to cost you time. Okay, okay. In three 00:32:42.900 --> 00:32:47.619 weeks, the worlds will end. Yeah, it's such a 00:32:47.619 --> 00:32:50.180 toss -up for me. Okay. If you want to wait until 00:32:50.180 --> 00:32:53.059 night, then let's just do that. Because for me, 00:32:53.079 --> 00:32:55.660 I can't decide what I think is the best move. 00:32:56.299 --> 00:33:00.339 I like the idea of the two -day thing. I don't 00:33:00.339 --> 00:33:02.920 know what the trouble is going to look like. 00:33:03.740 --> 00:33:07.019 You know, if it's just some nosy neighbor on 00:33:07.019 --> 00:33:10.779 the road or... You don't know. It'll be a big 00:33:10.779 --> 00:33:15.319 risk to leave now, Dresden. Would you be more 00:33:15.319 --> 00:33:18.160 comfortable if we waited until night and took 00:33:18.160 --> 00:33:21.799 the three -day route? Until we get out of the 00:33:21.799 --> 00:33:25.380 city, Sean and I will be in the hall. Most of 00:33:25.380 --> 00:33:29.640 our security will be your responsibility. I want 00:33:29.640 --> 00:33:31.279 to make sure whatever we do, you're perfectly 00:33:31.279 --> 00:33:35.109 comfortable with. I just realized, not to break 00:33:35.109 --> 00:33:36.910 up the scene, but given the time, maybe this 00:33:36.910 --> 00:33:40.589 adds context that matters. Not sure. You would 00:33:40.589 --> 00:33:43.990 hear a kind of somewhat of a commotion outside, 00:33:44.349 --> 00:33:47.450 a quiet commotion, a lot of hushed whisperings. 00:33:49.210 --> 00:33:52.630 And Beauregard kind of peeks his head out. And 00:33:52.630 --> 00:33:54.910 he looks kind of around the corner. And you remember 00:33:54.910 --> 00:33:56.650 where he's looking, Dresden, when you stepped 00:33:56.650 --> 00:33:59.190 up before, there was this large kind of gilded 00:33:59.190 --> 00:34:03.549 projector screen in that direction. This is just 00:34:03.549 --> 00:34:05.829 great sort of gilded frame standing above the 00:34:05.829 --> 00:34:08.530 bazaar that showed the crystal network. Beauregard 00:34:08.530 --> 00:34:12.769 pops back in and he looks like his fishy face 00:34:12.769 --> 00:34:15.409 paler and clammier than you're used to seeing 00:34:15.409 --> 00:34:18.610 it and kind of, oh shit, shit. And he sort of 00:34:18.610 --> 00:34:20.730 moves over to the wall and he pokes a little 00:34:20.730 --> 00:34:22.650 hole in that direction so you guys can like, 00:34:22.690 --> 00:34:23.909 maybe a few of them so you guys can look out 00:34:23.909 --> 00:34:26.150 and see. Do you want to see what he's referring 00:34:26.150 --> 00:34:28.630 to? What he's looking at? Yeah, Blanche will 00:34:28.630 --> 00:34:31.550 put her eye up to a pinhole. You look out and 00:34:31.550 --> 00:34:33.869 see a crowd surrounding that screen, looking 00:34:33.869 --> 00:34:39.550 up. And you see Storyteller Rune is talking with 00:34:39.550 --> 00:34:41.989 a banner hanging beneath, just kind of a moving 00:34:41.989 --> 00:34:45.730 sort of news illusory banner that says, Storm 00:34:45.730 --> 00:34:50.030 Giants Assault Calipang. Hush murmurs just surround 00:34:50.030 --> 00:34:53.610 this. As all eyes are fixed on the screen, no 00:34:53.610 --> 00:34:55.710 one's looking towards you. You can hear people 00:34:55.710 --> 00:34:57.949 just, how is that possible? Shouldn't the party 00:34:57.949 --> 00:35:01.059 have seen this? Storm giants. This is Ozen, right? 00:35:01.139 --> 00:35:04.000 It has to be. The worlds can't take any more 00:35:04.000 --> 00:35:07.960 of this. Ardosh has to do something. Goddamned 00:35:07.960 --> 00:35:10.079 incarnates. We all know they're pulling these 00:35:10.079 --> 00:35:14.380 strings. You know that the other party, who have 00:35:14.380 --> 00:35:17.340 just at this point in time arrived on Calipang, 00:35:17.519 --> 00:35:20.880 are facing some great danger of their own. I 00:35:20.880 --> 00:35:24.880 think when Dresden realizes this, he will turn 00:35:24.880 --> 00:35:30.000 to Blanche. We go now. Blanche solemnly nods 00:35:30.000 --> 00:35:35.059 her head. I'm sure they're fine, you know. Jules 00:35:35.059 --> 00:35:39.880 can take care of himself. We don't stop. Jean, 00:35:40.079 --> 00:35:44.940 get in the hole. No, all right. Very well, sir. 00:35:46.039 --> 00:35:50.780 Into the hole we go. Dives in. Blanche dives 00:35:50.780 --> 00:35:54.139 in. As you're kind of, before it gets folded 00:35:54.139 --> 00:35:58.710 up, Beauregard looks down to you. Well, I shall 00:35:58.710 --> 00:36:04.610 be off. Good luck. Your mission is given by show 00:36:04.610 --> 00:36:11.110 layers of paramount purpose. Blanche! Show Franklin! 00:36:12.809 --> 00:36:16.650 Dresden! What the fuck was that face? And dog. 00:36:17.889 --> 00:36:25.230 Hey. That dog has a name. Good luck. He leaves. 00:36:29.099 --> 00:36:30.500 You can go bother somebody else now. Wait, do 00:36:30.500 --> 00:36:34.500 we know how long until he comes back? He knows 00:36:34.500 --> 00:36:35.380 you're going to be taking a couple days on the 00:36:35.380 --> 00:36:36.639 road, so you assume he'll come back in a couple 00:36:36.639 --> 00:36:38.840 days. Okay. He didn't need to give you information. 00:36:39.099 --> 00:36:40.800 He's a mysterious character, that Beauregard. 00:36:40.880 --> 00:36:42.159 All right, all right. Are you going to get the 00:36:42.159 --> 00:36:44.860 impression he'll find you? Cool, cool. He's good 00:36:44.860 --> 00:36:51.099 at that. He is a spy. He's a spy after all. Okay. 00:36:52.429 --> 00:36:54.409 The hole, I imagine, is closed up, and you're 00:36:54.409 --> 00:36:56.630 just carrying it. It looks like a little cloth 00:36:56.630 --> 00:36:59.230 now, a black cloth, and your friends are in it. 00:36:59.289 --> 00:37:01.710 It's like rolled up under his arm, like a small 00:37:01.710 --> 00:37:04.329 rug or something. It's almost like a little... 00:37:04.329 --> 00:37:06.369 No, Justin's got a little pack, and it looks 00:37:06.369 --> 00:37:08.349 like a little sleeping bag rolled up. Oh, dude, 00:37:08.530 --> 00:37:12.269 yes. I think it's really small, basically, but 00:37:12.269 --> 00:37:13.690 you know what? Yeah, it's a little tiny. Yeah, 00:37:13.750 --> 00:37:15.510 it hangs up on the bottom of the bag. I like 00:37:15.510 --> 00:37:19.260 that a lot. Hell yeah. inside is filled with 00:37:19.260 --> 00:37:22.340 cushions. John got to work. It's like all these 00:37:22.340 --> 00:37:25.380 blankets are just like wrapped around various 00:37:25.380 --> 00:37:27.860 like softer items and makes for a very comfortable 00:37:27.860 --> 00:37:33.099 kind of, you know, lounge outside. I have to 00:37:33.099 --> 00:37:34.820 ask, do you think, is Akita going full armor 00:37:34.820 --> 00:37:36.139 too or are you putting his armor away? No, I 00:37:36.139 --> 00:37:37.400 think we're putting his armor away. There's only 00:37:37.400 --> 00:37:39.719 one armored Akita in all of the world. Yeah. 00:37:39.840 --> 00:37:42.360 Okay. Yeah. Then he's just going to go out and 00:37:42.360 --> 00:37:45.519 he kind of looks to you like, I am going to not 00:37:45.519 --> 00:37:50.659 speak. So I can look like a dog. Good boy. Wolf. 00:37:52.119 --> 00:37:59.119 Bark. This is good. Good boy. Yes. And you step 00:37:59.119 --> 00:38:03.559 out into the bazaar. The crowd of nervous people 00:38:03.559 --> 00:38:08.559 are starting to kind of move away. And you begin 00:38:08.559 --> 00:38:11.800 to sort of move with them. stepping through the 00:38:11.800 --> 00:38:13.960 bazaar, stepping through the crowded streets, 00:38:14.099 --> 00:38:17.380 moving past the grand stadium and the tromping 00:38:17.380 --> 00:38:25.260 of hooves, past various open -air theaters as 00:38:25.260 --> 00:38:28.940 you're seeing dancers on stages and plays going 00:38:28.940 --> 00:38:31.659 on, and you're just moving and moving towards 00:38:31.659 --> 00:38:35.699 the proper city. pushing through the tall, mud, 00:38:35.880 --> 00:38:37.880 sort of reinforced, hardened, like, mud -made 00:38:37.880 --> 00:38:40.360 structures and out the sort of reinforced, hardened, 00:38:40.400 --> 00:38:46.079 mud -made gates and into the streets between 00:38:46.079 --> 00:38:49.940 the long, winding road between Neba and Anissa 00:38:49.940 --> 00:38:55.059 into the desert with the sandy, dry air billows 00:38:55.059 --> 00:38:58.579 your... Yes, what kind of garments do you wear 00:38:58.579 --> 00:39:01.159 under your armor there, Dresden? Like, pale brown 00:39:01.159 --> 00:39:04.699 pantaloons. Hell yeah. beige baggy shirt. Hell 00:39:04.699 --> 00:39:06.679 yeah. I think amphitheater was the word you were 00:39:06.679 --> 00:39:08.380 looking for, by the way. That's the one. Yeah. 00:39:09.420 --> 00:39:13.960 Idiot. We see just a man and his dog on a solitary 00:39:13.960 --> 00:39:18.420 road. But once every hour, you must find a place 00:39:18.420 --> 00:39:22.780 safe to stop. Open it up. Let your allies breathe. 00:39:22.840 --> 00:39:24.679 Probably not exactly an hour. You probably want 00:39:24.679 --> 00:39:26.460 to go a little early each time so that you know 00:39:26.460 --> 00:39:28.840 they aren't suffocating. Oh, no. You felt that. 00:39:28.980 --> 00:39:30.980 No, no. Yeah, no. I'm fucking around with them. 00:39:31.000 --> 00:39:33.619 I'm waiting until the last five seconds. Well, 00:39:33.679 --> 00:39:36.260 hold on, Jeremy. Maybe we need to do a little 00:39:36.260 --> 00:39:39.840 strategizing because my initial thought was to 00:39:39.840 --> 00:39:42.619 just be in the hole. Just to get out. To get 00:39:42.619 --> 00:39:46.599 out of the city. Oh. And then from the city to 00:39:46.599 --> 00:39:50.409 the... And you guys got dressed in the hole. 00:39:50.570 --> 00:39:53.769 Be dressed in. I'll say in one hour, you're just 00:39:53.769 --> 00:39:55.909 getting out of the city proper. Perfect. And 00:39:55.909 --> 00:39:58.630 I think that's probably when you just come on 00:39:58.630 --> 00:40:03.210 out. Let's make the day one stealth check now. 00:40:04.289 --> 00:40:06.989 Okay. Is it for the whole party? Yes. We're going 00:40:06.989 --> 00:40:10.809 to take an average from the party. Oh, God. Oh, 00:40:10.849 --> 00:40:14.329 so all four of us do a stealth check? Stealth 00:40:14.329 --> 00:40:16.530 or performance. Hold on. Hold on. So you want 00:40:16.530 --> 00:40:19.030 us to roll eight die and take the average? Yep. 00:40:19.150 --> 00:40:23.230 Boom. Dude. Okay. Hold on. So I already had disadvantage 00:40:23.230 --> 00:40:25.570 for stealth. Yeah. But then I realized I'm not 00:40:25.570 --> 00:40:27.190 wearing my fucking armor. No, you're good. So 00:40:27.190 --> 00:40:30.150 disadvantage just from the, but not minus two 00:40:30.150 --> 00:40:31.829 on that as well. Okay. Hold on. This is insane. 00:40:34.409 --> 00:40:35.650 What am I going to do? What am I going to do? 00:40:35.750 --> 00:40:37.889 I can do a luck roll instead, but this is a little 00:40:37.889 --> 00:40:39.989 more fair. I mean, we could simplify it. How 00:40:39.989 --> 00:40:42.690 do you want to simplify it? Half the number of 00:40:42.690 --> 00:40:46.090 rolls. You want to not roll this advantage? No. 00:40:46.210 --> 00:40:51.449 You chose this path. Okay. So let me do Akio's 00:40:51.449 --> 00:40:55.630 roll. Hold on. What is his? What did you roll 00:40:55.630 --> 00:41:00.429 for guys then? 11. It was a 20. It was a dirty 00:41:00.429 --> 00:41:04.469 20 on the second one. Damn it. Nine for Akio. 00:41:04.730 --> 00:41:12.269 Okay. Far right of 10. 13 for planche. Okay. 00:41:13.630 --> 00:41:18.010 And Jean. Do I have Jean? Yeah. Do I? I think 00:41:18.010 --> 00:41:20.469 he's in your sidekick, right? No. Is he? Extras. 00:41:20.469 --> 00:41:23.090 Is he? When did they get Jean? When did they 00:41:23.090 --> 00:41:25.789 get Jean? I didn't know I got Jean. Yeah. This 00:41:25.789 --> 00:41:27.869 is news to me. You forgot about me. This is news 00:41:27.869 --> 00:41:29.510 to me. Okay, cool. I'm pretty sure he's a zero 00:41:29.510 --> 00:41:32.550 in that. Yeah, zero. Cool. Not a stealthy guy. 00:41:34.889 --> 00:41:38.110 10. 10. Okay. So I think we're above average. 00:41:38.190 --> 00:41:41.429 We're above 10. Average looks to be 11. Did we 00:41:41.429 --> 00:41:42.809 talk about this earlier and I'm just forgetting? 00:41:43.909 --> 00:41:46.909 It was many episodes ago. Okay. It was before 00:41:46.909 --> 00:41:49.369 we started this arc. No, we haven't. Okay, that 00:41:49.369 --> 00:41:54.909 makes sense. Okay. You remove yourself from the 00:41:54.909 --> 00:41:58.230 hole. You find a quiet spot made behind a building 00:41:58.230 --> 00:42:00.730 where there seems like no one's really loitering. 00:42:00.730 --> 00:42:04.170 It's a safe... shadowed area where you drop the 00:42:04.170 --> 00:42:06.829 hole, open it. You guys climb out very close 00:42:06.829 --> 00:42:08.769 to the end of your hour. I imagine you're fully 00:42:08.769 --> 00:42:11.610 dressed in your sort of garb with your baskets 00:42:11.610 --> 00:42:15.250 and you don't think you see any prying eyes. 00:42:16.150 --> 00:42:21.309 Cool. And so we push on. Get to stepping. You 00:42:21.309 --> 00:42:27.929 move down the long winding trail and like Beauregard 00:42:27.929 --> 00:42:30.409 said it's kind of like the city seems to shrink 00:42:30.409 --> 00:42:33.269 alongside you the buildings get smaller and smaller 00:42:33.269 --> 00:42:35.789 as you move further out into sort of like open 00:42:35.789 --> 00:42:39.389 uh desert plains and by the end of the first 00:42:39.389 --> 00:42:42.190 day you reach a point where the buildings have 00:42:42.190 --> 00:42:45.699 mostly entirely fallen off And you are just on 00:42:45.699 --> 00:42:50.840 a long trail, maybe like inns and rest stops, 00:42:51.039 --> 00:42:53.219 just places of comfort for travelers on a long 00:42:53.219 --> 00:42:55.239 road are all you really see, dotting the way 00:42:55.239 --> 00:42:59.159 along with just various farms and cattle ranches. 00:42:59.159 --> 00:43:02.139 But you move until you reach the end of your 00:43:02.139 --> 00:43:05.599 first night. You could keep pushing on into the 00:43:05.599 --> 00:43:07.619 next day and not rest. If you do, there will 00:43:07.619 --> 00:43:12.260 be exhaustion checks. Your call. I don't think 00:43:12.260 --> 00:43:15.199 it's worth the exhaustion. Hell yeah. Camping 00:43:15.199 --> 00:43:17.179 or going to an inn. We only go into a whole thing 00:43:17.179 --> 00:43:18.460 for it. If you go into an inn, you can easily 00:43:18.460 --> 00:43:22.460 just go in and take your disguise off in your 00:43:22.460 --> 00:43:25.639 room. Sure. Or get in the hole and go into an 00:43:25.639 --> 00:43:29.739 inn and get out of the... Yeah. I don't know. 00:43:29.760 --> 00:43:31.840 If it makes no difference... It'll just cost 00:43:31.840 --> 00:43:35.980 you two silver per. Even still, that's minimal. 00:43:36.400 --> 00:43:40.519 I think just the image of us camping is really 00:43:40.519 --> 00:43:43.820 cool. Yeah. Desert camping. I like that. Desert 00:43:43.820 --> 00:43:48.179 camping. And as night falls, if you pay close 00:43:48.179 --> 00:43:50.980 enough attention, you'll see Turbo, the bat, 00:43:51.119 --> 00:43:54.199 flying over our campsite. That's so cool. Kind 00:43:54.199 --> 00:43:58.000 of keeping an eye on things. That's so rad. Hell 00:43:58.000 --> 00:44:03.699 yeah. That's a bat sound. So we find this spot 00:44:03.699 --> 00:44:08.440 behind these two towering boulders. We've got 00:44:08.440 --> 00:44:13.840 a little campfire set up. That's better. And 00:44:13.840 --> 00:44:15.940 then he flies into the camera and boom. Dresden 00:44:15.940 --> 00:44:18.460 grabs Turbo and throws him over the top of the 00:44:18.460 --> 00:44:25.659 fire. Oh my god. Dinner. I'll kill you! Boom. 00:44:26.599 --> 00:44:31.760 Shot of a bright sunny sky. Another day of travel 00:44:31.760 --> 00:44:35.420 as you once again hit the road. Let's make your 00:44:35.420 --> 00:44:38.380 stealth checks now. Last day of it and you'll 00:44:38.380 --> 00:44:51.539 reach Anissa. 11 for Akio. 13 for Dresden. Son 00:44:51.539 --> 00:44:56.320 of a... You know what? You suck. 7 for Blanche. 00:44:56.539 --> 00:45:05.199 3 for Jean. Okay. What's that average? You said 00:45:05.199 --> 00:45:12.460 it was 11, 7, 3... 13. Dresden had 13. I think 00:45:12.460 --> 00:45:16.619 it's six. Were they mental braiding? Lord. No. 00:45:16.800 --> 00:45:19.280 No. Because the three was the only one that was 00:45:19.280 --> 00:45:21.760 under seven. Oh, right. Yeah, you're right. We're 00:45:21.760 --> 00:45:23.300 doing that calculator -y guy here. It looks like 00:45:23.300 --> 00:45:25.599 you should be writing these down. You know, maybe. 00:45:26.719 --> 00:45:28.860 Wait, were you just doing the average based in 00:45:28.860 --> 00:45:31.119 your head the last time? The last one was easy. 00:45:31.340 --> 00:45:34.199 The last one was easy. It's an easy average. 00:45:34.460 --> 00:45:36.179 Use a calculator, please. All right, I'll use 00:45:36.179 --> 00:45:39.519 a calculator. It's like school. Show your work. 00:45:40.519 --> 00:45:42.920 8 .5. We round down to 8 because he gets picked 00:45:42.920 --> 00:45:46.820 on me. Oh, dude. No, 0 .5 and higher is rounding 00:45:46.820 --> 00:45:48.880 up. No, we round down. 0 .5 is rounding up. You 00:45:48.880 --> 00:45:52.260 picked on me. Oh, my God. You're going to learn. 00:45:52.360 --> 00:45:53.860 All right. If it makes the difference, then we'll 00:45:53.860 --> 00:45:58.630 have a conversation. Okay. You are traveling 00:45:58.630 --> 00:46:00.590 your second day on the road, and you're moving, 00:46:00.670 --> 00:46:02.409 and eventually, once again, like, you start to 00:46:02.409 --> 00:46:05.650 see buildings dotting the roadside. You start 00:46:05.650 --> 00:46:08.309 to see mountains rising up beside you, the desert 00:46:08.309 --> 00:46:12.510 broken up by just these great stone cliffs. And 00:46:12.510 --> 00:46:14.170 as you look at these cliffs, you notice there 00:46:14.170 --> 00:46:17.710 is, like, mining scaffolding just covering the 00:46:17.710 --> 00:46:21.369 mountains along the road, all sort of just, you 00:46:21.369 --> 00:46:26.590 know, well fully sort of staffed. Dresden, you 00:46:26.590 --> 00:46:29.079 know. that a good number of low -city refugees 00:46:29.079 --> 00:46:31.659 from Cerule ended up here working as gold miners. 00:46:32.179 --> 00:46:36.099 They are always looking to bring in more. A rough 00:46:36.099 --> 00:46:38.800 and dangerous job with a precious, covetous resource 00:46:38.800 --> 00:46:41.159 you gather is handed off to boundless coffers 00:46:41.159 --> 00:46:43.739 of the Empire, and you are left with a mere pittance 00:46:43.739 --> 00:46:46.340 for your constant suffrage. A tale as old as 00:46:46.340 --> 00:46:48.639 time and seemingly universal throughout all the 00:46:48.639 --> 00:46:52.420 conquered worlds and your experiences. In other 00:46:52.420 --> 00:46:54.559 life, had you ingested something pulled from 00:46:54.559 --> 00:46:56.239 the streets and taken into the Laroche Guard 00:46:56.239 --> 00:46:59.340 as you were, You might now be in the depths of 00:46:59.340 --> 00:47:01.880 one of those mining shafts, wielding a pick in 00:47:01.880 --> 00:47:04.920 a very different way. There's been some talk 00:47:04.920 --> 00:47:06.940 on the network, you know, about creating a guild 00:47:06.940 --> 00:47:09.380 -backed support system to advocate for the greater 00:47:09.380 --> 00:47:11.460 respect and earnings of those sentient that work 00:47:11.460 --> 00:47:14.119 with gold. An Aurum guild, it's been called. 00:47:14.840 --> 00:47:16.559 There's naturally been a hefty pushback from 00:47:16.559 --> 00:47:18.280 the Empress and her chosen rulers over three 00:47:18.280 --> 00:47:20.559 city -states. But you know, Atash himself has 00:47:20.559 --> 00:47:23.739 spoken in strong support of the guild. He is 00:47:23.739 --> 00:47:27.179 all about it. Another strange, kind of contradictory 00:47:27.179 --> 00:47:30.480 behavior towards the way you've come to know 00:47:30.480 --> 00:47:33.780 him. But you're pushing past this, through this 00:47:33.780 --> 00:47:38.599 sort of mining -heavy area. And as you push just 00:47:38.599 --> 00:47:40.699 a bit farther to the north, you begin to see 00:47:40.699 --> 00:47:43.699 the city -state of Anissa building out of these 00:47:43.699 --> 00:47:47.030 gold -laden mountains. The wooding scaffolding 00:47:47.030 --> 00:47:49.630 given way to brick -lined roads and raised homes 00:47:49.630 --> 00:47:52.090 of foremen and gold merchants. The valley between 00:47:52.090 --> 00:47:54.150 the slopes quickly becoming cramped with tightly 00:47:54.150 --> 00:47:57.190 packed yet extravagant structures all carved 00:47:57.190 --> 00:48:00.010 from dried mud. You see the towers of a palace 00:48:00.010 --> 00:48:02.090 in the midst of this that rise high enough to 00:48:02.090 --> 00:48:04.530 overtake the low mountains that border the city. 00:48:05.030 --> 00:48:07.210 There's an impression here of a city that, realizing 00:48:07.210 --> 00:48:09.230 it could not infringe comfortably into these 00:48:09.230 --> 00:48:12.190 steep slopes, decided instead to build itself 00:48:12.190 --> 00:48:15.460 taller and tighter together. While it doesn't 00:48:15.460 --> 00:48:17.900 stretch itself out as far as its sister Neba, 00:48:18.099 --> 00:48:20.280 it seems all the more impressive for the ambition 00:48:20.280 --> 00:48:23.219 and for the cost of a city built where it likely 00:48:23.219 --> 00:48:26.940 shouldn't be. But as you're taking this in, you 00:48:26.940 --> 00:48:29.460 see looming behind and above it all, resting 00:48:29.460 --> 00:48:32.019 upon the top of a lone small mountain that serves 00:48:32.019 --> 00:48:35.760 the northern border to the city, is Anissa Academy. 00:48:36.519 --> 00:48:38.340 You can see where the mountain's peak has been 00:48:38.340 --> 00:48:41.039 shaved away to create a flat expanse. The ground 00:48:41.039 --> 00:48:43.059 here has been worked by magic to create a verdant 00:48:43.059 --> 00:48:46.159 open garden in this desert to serve as the campus. 00:48:46.539 --> 00:48:48.980 At its center, the sprawling single -story structure 00:48:48.980 --> 00:48:51.860 of the academy itself. The exterior walls carved 00:48:51.860 --> 00:48:54.500 intricately of rich brown mud and decorated with 00:48:54.500 --> 00:48:57.559 bands of gleaming gold. It has to be around 500 00:48:57.559 --> 00:49:00.280 feet wide, much wider than any of the structures 00:49:00.280 --> 00:49:02.699 that stand in the city below. And there is an 00:49:02.699 --> 00:49:05.840 intention here. The academy built to stand out, 00:49:05.860 --> 00:49:08.559 flat and wide, standing above a city built in 00:49:08.559 --> 00:49:11.159 opposition to this architectural design. The 00:49:11.159 --> 00:49:12.880 heavy use of gold in its frame causing it to 00:49:12.880 --> 00:49:17.199 gleam in the bright sun. The sinking sun at this 00:49:17.199 --> 00:49:20.559 point, I should say. A palace of academia standing 00:49:20.559 --> 00:49:24.400 above the true royal palaces of Anissa. The palace 00:49:24.400 --> 00:49:26.320 of those students that will seize the future 00:49:26.320 --> 00:49:28.440 of the conquered world in their grips. And the 00:49:28.440 --> 00:49:31.840 palace of Kejo Kamal, who may very well see himself 00:49:31.840 --> 00:49:36.539 as higher. and the very empress herself. As you're 00:49:36.539 --> 00:49:41.460 taking all this in, I think you see a family 00:49:41.460 --> 00:49:43.340 is crossing the road, kind of moving towards 00:49:43.340 --> 00:49:46.980 you. A family of halflings. Dad's going, whoa, 00:49:47.059 --> 00:49:49.400 hey there, sonny. Hey, slow down. It's been snowing 00:49:49.400 --> 00:49:51.559 out there. Hey, whoa. And a little boy comes 00:49:51.559 --> 00:49:54.500 running past you. And I think, like, kind of 00:49:54.500 --> 00:49:57.960 laughing. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. Boom, full bumps 00:49:57.960 --> 00:50:01.010 into Jaune. And falls back. I think Jean kind 00:50:01.010 --> 00:50:05.530 of almost recoils. Yeah, what? His mask slips 00:50:05.530 --> 00:50:11.190 just a little bit. And the boy kind of is looking 00:50:11.190 --> 00:50:14.730 up towards him. And kind of mouth drops. Head 00:50:14.730 --> 00:50:18.369 sort of cocks. And as you look to face this boy, 00:50:18.449 --> 00:50:21.730 you realize he's holding something up to his 00:50:21.730 --> 00:50:27.909 eye. A recording diamond. And you see he kind 00:50:27.909 --> 00:50:31.599 of just stumbles. back to his feet and just goes 00:50:31.599 --> 00:50:36.440 running back to his father. Um. You want to do 00:50:36.440 --> 00:50:40.219 some? God damn it. Oh, sorry about that. Sorry 00:50:40.219 --> 00:50:42.159 about that. My boy gets a little excited. First 00:50:42.159 --> 00:50:45.920 time on Senso is all. Hold on. Who has, do we 00:50:45.920 --> 00:50:47.360 have a recording diamond on us? That's what I 00:50:47.360 --> 00:50:50.039 was, I thought we did. I thought we did. Who 00:50:50.039 --> 00:50:51.940 does have it? I thought we did. No, no, no. I 00:50:51.940 --> 00:50:53.880 think our party has two, don't we? Yeah. All 00:50:53.880 --> 00:50:56.039 together? Yeah. Because we took the one from 00:50:56.039 --> 00:51:01.340 Rune at first. I thought we got another one at 00:51:01.340 --> 00:51:03.539 some point. Was it in the temple? Maybe I'm wrong. 00:51:03.820 --> 00:51:06.219 I mean, if we only have one, then Jules definitely 00:51:06.219 --> 00:51:08.059 has it. I don't know if you kept it, but you 00:51:08.059 --> 00:51:11.780 did at least temporarily, you might have kept 00:51:11.780 --> 00:51:17.460 it, have Magistrate Kunonjun. Okay. Well, let's 00:51:17.460 --> 00:51:21.940 say this. Okay. But Chesta has one of them, because 00:51:21.940 --> 00:51:24.000 I'm mean. That's fine. I don't even think I need 00:51:24.000 --> 00:51:26.119 the diamond. Let's not do the diamond right now. 00:51:28.199 --> 00:51:32.900 As the boy turns to run back, Blanche is going 00:51:32.900 --> 00:51:37.760 to cast sleep on him. This is an interesting 00:51:37.760 --> 00:51:40.699 play. What are the components for sleep? Because 00:51:40.699 --> 00:51:42.320 you're being watched, and you'll need to be very 00:51:42.320 --> 00:51:47.800 careful if it is. Yeah, it's verbal and somatic. 00:51:47.980 --> 00:51:49.980 How do you want to do this without being noted? 00:51:50.860 --> 00:51:53.039 The father's a little ways away. We'll say he's 00:51:53.039 --> 00:51:55.239 about... 20 feet away, the boy ran ahead, and 00:51:55.239 --> 00:51:57.079 he's kind of hurrying over like, oh, shoot, oh, 00:51:57.179 --> 00:51:59.280 I'm coming, uh -oh. He sees the boy sort of falling 00:51:59.280 --> 00:52:01.119 down and kind of looking at you as he's kind 00:52:01.119 --> 00:52:04.059 of standing up. He's, you know, moving your way. 00:52:04.380 --> 00:52:06.599 You just see like, you know, fair hair, fair 00:52:06.599 --> 00:52:10.019 skinned, just like a little halfling guy with 00:52:10.019 --> 00:52:12.840 a big mustache. He just looks like a typical 00:52:12.840 --> 00:52:16.300 dad, old dad belly. Hold up. What? Hold up. What 00:52:16.300 --> 00:52:18.659 do you got? I've got the ring of obscuring. You're 00:52:18.659 --> 00:52:22.079 going to fog cloud? Oh, Fog Cloud, why do you 00:52:22.079 --> 00:52:24.840 do this? I think we can get away cleaner. Okay. 00:52:24.940 --> 00:52:26.739 I think we can get away cleaner. I'm so curious 00:52:26.739 --> 00:52:28.500 what you're going to do here. So how far away 00:52:28.500 --> 00:52:30.440 is the father? 20 feet. He's moving towards you. 00:52:30.460 --> 00:52:33.119 Not like running, but kind of like a hushed jog. 00:52:33.440 --> 00:52:39.440 Uh -oh. Okay. I mean, the verbal, I think, is 00:52:39.440 --> 00:52:42.320 hopefully sort of easy. She can do it quietly 00:52:42.320 --> 00:52:45.599 under her breath. The somatic hopefully gets 00:52:45.599 --> 00:52:49.599 lost in her robes. She's going to start to move 00:52:49.599 --> 00:52:54.719 towards the boy and cast it. Okay. Roll me a 00:52:54.719 --> 00:52:58.780 stealth check. Fuck. Button. All right. I'll 00:52:58.780 --> 00:53:01.460 take it. I'll take it. Nice. I just, I don't 00:53:01.460 --> 00:53:11.760 know. Still not great. 13. But if it wasn't for 00:53:11.760 --> 00:53:14.820 the button, it would have been worse. You cast 00:53:14.820 --> 00:53:18.980 the spell. The boy who has 100 HP does not fall 00:53:18.980 --> 00:53:26.019 asleep. You see, he kind of starts to... He is 00:53:26.019 --> 00:53:29.280 also a Mazir Drakon. He starts to stand up, and 00:53:29.280 --> 00:53:31.099 you just kind of see his eyes go a little tired. 00:53:32.739 --> 00:53:38.070 And he falls back. Little diamond plinks out 00:53:38.070 --> 00:53:40.389 of his hand and into the sandal on the side of 00:53:40.389 --> 00:53:42.309 the road. And the dad comes, oh, shoot, shoot. 00:53:42.409 --> 00:53:44.429 Oh, hopefully, hopefully. Nope, nope, nope, nope. 00:53:44.530 --> 00:53:47.230 Neil, Neil. I'm sorry about Neil. Blanche runs 00:53:47.230 --> 00:53:50.389 over. It's okay. I can help. And she gets down 00:53:50.389 --> 00:53:54.869 and she shakes the boy awake and she grabs the 00:53:54.869 --> 00:53:58.429 recording diamond. And you tell me if this is 00:53:58.429 --> 00:54:00.670 stupid, but my plan is to do something like, 00:54:00.889 --> 00:54:04.489 oh, you don't want to delete these precious moments. 00:54:06.190 --> 00:54:09.550 You delete the, you're like viewing it. Okay, 00:54:09.630 --> 00:54:11.429 I think this is cool. I like this a lot. You're 00:54:11.429 --> 00:54:13.489 like, yeah, yeah. You have to kind of put emphasis 00:54:13.489 --> 00:54:15.289 on the word delete as you're kind of, you sort 00:54:15.289 --> 00:54:17.210 of grab it and you're kind of opening your eyes 00:54:17.210 --> 00:54:20.510 to that scene very quickly as the boy's kind 00:54:20.510 --> 00:54:22.590 of fussing over his boy and he kind of picks 00:54:22.590 --> 00:54:24.269 him up in one arm and he's kind of flustered 00:54:24.269 --> 00:54:26.170 looking around. He doesn't see that you're holding 00:54:26.170 --> 00:54:27.510 the diamond. He's looking on the ground for it. 00:54:27.809 --> 00:54:29.809 And you have that moment to say that, holding 00:54:29.809 --> 00:54:33.239 it out loud. And you see that scene. Vanished. 00:54:33.300 --> 00:54:36.179 Nice. And you hand it back. Oh, oh, oh, thank 00:54:36.179 --> 00:54:39.820 you. It must have been the hot sun. Yeah, boy. 00:54:40.059 --> 00:54:42.599 Take a sip of this and Blanche will pull out 00:54:42.599 --> 00:54:46.360 a water skin. And he kind of wakes up a little 00:54:46.360 --> 00:54:49.699 bit. Oh, you hear that? This is a follower of 00:54:49.699 --> 00:54:53.119 the faceless prophet, son. Neil, this is a... 00:54:53.119 --> 00:54:59.159 Well, thank you. And may the prophet be... Benevolent 00:54:59.159 --> 00:55:01.480 always? I'm sorry, I don't know your customs. 00:55:01.480 --> 00:55:04.940 No, you, you, perfectly. You executed that perfectly. 00:55:05.320 --> 00:55:07.500 Here, and she'll hand the boy a ration. Have 00:55:07.500 --> 00:55:11.780 you broken the fast this morning? Uh, uh, uh, 00:55:11.780 --> 00:55:16.360 no, um, thank you. Kind of grabs it and snacks 00:55:16.360 --> 00:55:18.719 and, oh, we're going to spoil it. Oh, it's fine, 00:55:18.780 --> 00:55:20.679 it's fine. Well, thank you so much. That, that 00:55:20.679 --> 00:55:22.960 must have been it. Must have been, must have 00:55:22.960 --> 00:55:25.480 been. Well, we'll be on our way. Sorry to bother 00:55:25.480 --> 00:55:28.630 you. The dad kind of. Hefts his boy up on his 00:55:28.630 --> 00:55:30.590 shoulders and kind of moves back and you see 00:55:30.590 --> 00:55:32.750 like there's another little girl and a female 00:55:32.750 --> 00:55:35.750 halfling all kind of like rushing in from behind 00:55:35.750 --> 00:55:37.650 somewhere going to meet and he kind of turns 00:55:37.650 --> 00:55:40.030 and they all go back together. Blanche waves 00:55:40.030 --> 00:55:42.269 at their backs as they're at distance. Blessed 00:55:42.269 --> 00:55:47.750 day. And you feel like you've cleared what could 00:55:47.750 --> 00:55:50.909 have been a very bad situation. Feel like? You 00:55:50.909 --> 00:55:53.789 feel like. Feel like you got, I mean, hey, you 00:55:53.789 --> 00:55:56.110 know. That was smooth as fuck. It was pretty 00:55:56.110 --> 00:56:03.320 smooth. Good. Shit. Good shit. And you move on. 00:56:04.420 --> 00:56:10.260 Yeah. A sign of relief. That was close. Hell 00:56:10.260 --> 00:56:14.760 yeah. Keep that pin down, Jean. Sorry, sir. Sorry. 00:56:15.699 --> 00:56:21.320 Tighten it up. And so you move. Desert sky is 00:56:21.320 --> 00:56:23.760 vibrant pink as the sun sinks into the mountains 00:56:23.760 --> 00:56:26.570 to the west. Ahead the tall towers of the city 00:56:26.570 --> 00:56:29.789 -states of Anissa, and beyond them your true 00:56:29.789 --> 00:56:34.329 goal, Anissa Academy. You have been fortunate 00:56:34.329 --> 00:56:36.309 thus far in your journey, and more than that, 00:56:36.369 --> 00:56:38.989 you have been clever. But when it comes to breaking 00:56:38.989 --> 00:56:41.590 into the most prestigious magical academy in 00:56:41.590 --> 00:56:44.730 the world, I have to wonder, will cleverness 00:56:44.730 --> 00:56:49.530 be enough? Guess we'll find out next time. Because 00:56:49.530 --> 00:56:50.230 we'll call it there!