WEBVTT 00:00:02.060 --> 00:00:04.459 Hello, friends. I just want to reiterate that 00:00:04.459 --> 00:00:08.099 we are in the horror arc now, and there are going 00:00:08.099 --> 00:00:10.380 to be some scary moments, and there might be 00:00:10.380 --> 00:00:12.939 some adult themes that aren't appropriate for 00:00:12.939 --> 00:00:20.320 everybody. So be warned, and enjoy. Guys, we 00:00:20.320 --> 00:00:23.079 are running our first Fantasy Pants giveaway. 00:00:24.019 --> 00:00:27.059 We're giving you the chance to win a full -body 00:00:27.059 --> 00:00:31.589 custom D &D character portrait. of your D &D 00:00:31.589 --> 00:00:34.469 character done by a real portrait artist, and 00:00:34.469 --> 00:00:37.270 it's really simple to enter. All you have to 00:00:37.270 --> 00:00:40.710 do is tag Fantasy Pants anywhere on social media. 00:00:40.869 --> 00:00:43.130 I don't care if it's an Instagram story, an Instagram 00:00:43.130 --> 00:00:46.929 reel, a Facebook post, Facebook, do they have 00:00:46.929 --> 00:00:49.549 stories? I don't know. We're also new to TikTok, 00:00:49.829 --> 00:00:52.590 so all you have to do on TikTok is follow us 00:00:52.590 --> 00:00:54.530 there. You don't have to like or tag anything. 00:00:55.149 --> 00:00:59.049 Tag us on Instagram or Facebook. Follow us on 00:00:59.049 --> 00:01:02.359 TikTok. That's it. And you'll be entered for 00:01:02.359 --> 00:02:12.310 a chance to win. We'll be right back. And he 00:02:12.310 --> 00:02:23.669 waits. Oh, he waits. Knock, knock. Anybody home? 00:02:27.169 --> 00:02:29.990 Who's there? No, it doesn't work now that we 00:02:29.990 --> 00:02:32.889 have the space in between. You say, and he waits. 00:02:33.069 --> 00:02:36.210 Oh, he waits. I said, knock, knock. Anybody home? 00:02:37.250 --> 00:02:45.400 Why? Well, we got to restart this now. Take it 00:02:45.400 --> 00:02:47.960 from the top. Just do it again. No, because then 00:02:47.960 --> 00:02:53.860 it's fake. Just do it again. No. All right, Steven, 00:02:54.060 --> 00:02:58.639 follow it up. What do you got for us? Probably 00:02:58.639 --> 00:03:01.419 stop. Do it stop. No, just so the listeners understand 00:03:01.419 --> 00:03:03.360 what the hell is going on. Right after he finished 00:03:03.360 --> 00:03:05.699 the intro song, I was going to say knock, knock 00:03:05.699 --> 00:03:07.500 anybody home. But then Steven paused because 00:03:07.500 --> 00:03:09.960 he had to check his phone. So it makes no sense 00:03:09.960 --> 00:03:11.659 jumping back into it. Neither of them got what 00:03:11.659 --> 00:03:15.199 I was doing. So on to Steven. Steven. Steven. 00:03:16.539 --> 00:03:21.699 What have you got for us? Well, I wanted to talk 00:03:21.699 --> 00:03:26.539 about our little pre -show dinner. Oh, it was 00:03:26.539 --> 00:03:29.840 so delicious. Yeah. Better than corn. Better 00:03:29.840 --> 00:03:33.259 than corn. We made a hominy casserole that we 00:03:33.259 --> 00:03:38.360 threw up on the Instagram. I went to our Shaw's 00:03:38.360 --> 00:03:40.979 here. That's the local sort of grocery chain. 00:03:41.580 --> 00:03:43.939 To try to find hominy. In this backwater burg. 00:03:44.120 --> 00:03:47.580 In this backwater town. We didn't have hominy. 00:03:48.800 --> 00:03:52.199 But don't worry. Our friends from the south sent 00:03:52.199 --> 00:03:56.219 us some. Wait, what? Rochelle, sound pukey girl, 00:03:56.460 --> 00:04:00.229 mailed us hominy. So damn cool. You're kidding 00:04:00.229 --> 00:04:04.310 me. The hominy that I use to make that casserole. 00:04:04.330 --> 00:04:08.330 I had no idea. That's awesome. Yeah. Oh, my goodness. 00:04:08.330 --> 00:04:10.050 And you want to know what else she sent us? What? 00:04:10.729 --> 00:04:16.589 I do. All right, let's go. What is this? She 00:04:16.589 --> 00:04:21.550 returned some very special items. What? Something 00:04:21.550 --> 00:04:25.829 that our listeners may not know is that Rochelle. 00:04:26.029 --> 00:04:31.439 What is happening? Is a Episcopal priest. And 00:04:31.439 --> 00:04:35.199 Rochelle. You're. Blessed. Fucking with me. Our 00:04:35.199 --> 00:04:38.259 dice sets. Oh my God. Take a look at these bad 00:04:38.259 --> 00:04:44.720 boys. A couple of weeks ago. Okay. You know, 00:04:44.720 --> 00:04:46.420 if you win now, you know, if you win now, you 00:04:46.420 --> 00:04:49.139 are cheating. This is a big asterisk over everything. 00:04:51.800 --> 00:04:54.079 Give me those. I'm going to unbless them. Give 00:04:54.079 --> 00:04:56.060 me five minutes in the bathroom to be unblessed 00:04:56.060 --> 00:05:07.560 so fast. Jesus Christ. All right, so our previous 00:05:07.560 --> 00:05:09.279 dice are going into the dice jail. There you 00:05:09.279 --> 00:05:14.600 go. Yeah, a couple of weeks ago, I sent a package 00:05:14.600 --> 00:05:18.600 down to Rochelle with, among some other things, 00:05:18.699 --> 00:05:26.560 our dice sets. And during Holy Week, Rochelle 00:05:26.560 --> 00:05:32.300 put them up on her church altar and gave them 00:05:32.300 --> 00:05:36.899 a good old blessing and sent them back to us. 00:05:37.199 --> 00:05:43.620 So now, hopefully, fingers crossed, toes crossed, 00:05:44.060 --> 00:05:48.779 sign of the cross. Basically, David, you're fucked. 00:05:49.220 --> 00:05:54.120 Honestly, like. It could not be more fitting 00:05:54.120 --> 00:05:57.500 as you are about to walk into an encounter against, 00:05:57.579 --> 00:06:00.899 I would argue, the most unholy thing I have ever 00:06:00.899 --> 00:06:04.699 ran in any campaign. I would argue that we can 00:06:04.699 --> 00:06:08.839 make it a little more fitting. A little more. 00:06:08.839 --> 00:06:11.300 What else do you have? Stop it! First, let's 00:06:11.300 --> 00:06:14.120 show the other wonderful wares. Yes. What? Like 00:06:14.120 --> 00:06:16.699 the many a dice sets that she gave us. What'd 00:06:16.699 --> 00:06:20.420 she give me? Nothing. Damn it. She actually was 00:06:20.420 --> 00:06:22.339 like, hey, I just realized there's kind of like 00:06:22.339 --> 00:06:26.540 nothing in there for David. Yeah, you know. So 00:06:26.540 --> 00:06:30.379 Rochelle is what some people, including herself, 00:06:30.519 --> 00:06:34.519 would call a dice goblin. So we got lots of dice 00:06:34.519 --> 00:06:36.899 like these. We'll post a picture on Instagram. 00:06:38.000 --> 00:06:41.560 Look at all those. Oh, dude, check out this set. 00:06:43.360 --> 00:06:46.220 Let me see that thing. Oh, those are gorgeous. 00:06:46.360 --> 00:06:50.290 Let me. Ooh. Yeah, I forgot exactly what they're 00:06:50.290 --> 00:06:52.610 made of, but they're one of those UR wizards. 00:06:52.889 --> 00:06:55.649 The die are all clear. They look like ice cubes. 00:06:55.769 --> 00:06:59.269 What are these? Beautiful dice. Dark. Beautiful, 00:06:59.389 --> 00:07:02.310 wonderful dice. Oh, my gosh. I get it, though. 00:07:02.389 --> 00:07:03.990 Jules is going to be killing NPCs with those. 00:07:04.230 --> 00:07:06.170 Nobody wants to give me the D20 that's going 00:07:06.170 --> 00:07:08.709 to kill these characters. Oh, you want to see 00:07:08.709 --> 00:07:11.269 a banger D20? Let me see a banger D20. We have 00:07:11.269 --> 00:07:16.470 the D20. Holy shit. You want to describe this, 00:07:16.550 --> 00:07:19.410 Steven? It's been nicknamed the Red Dragon. What? 00:07:19.810 --> 00:07:22.389 Yeah. Let him see it first, and then we'll... 00:07:22.389 --> 00:07:26.589 Oh, my God. So it is... I mean, it's not a super 00:07:26.589 --> 00:07:28.350 chonker. It's a little bit bigger than... There's 00:07:28.350 --> 00:07:30.990 a dragon in it. Yes. It's a hollow metal die 00:07:30.990 --> 00:07:34.509 with a dragon on the inside. That is one of the 00:07:34.509 --> 00:07:36.170 coolest D20s I've ever seen. It's going right 00:07:36.170 --> 00:07:38.250 in my dice tray. Oh, shit. We let him touch it. 00:07:38.329 --> 00:07:41.889 Oh, shit. Give me five minutes. You'll never 00:07:41.889 --> 00:07:44.050 use that dice again. Take this back. Take him 00:07:44.050 --> 00:07:47.589 back. They are now on our side of the table. 00:07:47.790 --> 00:07:50.370 Well, I'll tell you right now, my dice were a 00:07:50.370 --> 00:07:53.529 present from my darling wife, my Norse foundry 00:07:53.529 --> 00:07:58.310 turquoise gemstones. The power of love will smite 00:07:58.310 --> 00:08:02.889 you. I think we decided that we're not going 00:08:02.889 --> 00:08:05.850 to give you the red dragon. I don't need your 00:08:05.850 --> 00:08:15.129 red dragon. I have love on my side. What do you 00:08:15.129 --> 00:08:17.310 have? I did think about it. Oh, we got these 00:08:17.310 --> 00:08:20.709 ones, too. What's that? Oh, those are pretty 00:08:20.709 --> 00:08:23.470 real cold ice look to them. Okay. Right, right. 00:08:23.610 --> 00:08:26.629 All right. You know what? Bring armies and armies 00:08:26.629 --> 00:08:32.230 of your dice. Let me get chopsticks. What? Explain. 00:08:35.350 --> 00:08:37.850 What is happening? I have been building up this 00:08:37.850 --> 00:08:41.250 surprise. For literal weeks. What is happening? 00:08:41.389 --> 00:08:45.269 It's a show tonight. What are you on for a banter? 00:08:45.330 --> 00:08:47.250 Oh, don't worry. I got it. I've had it for fucking 00:08:47.250 --> 00:08:49.789 months. I'm Steven fucking Rodriguez and I'm 00:08:49.789 --> 00:08:52.570 so cool. Okay, we have our tools. Steven. What 00:08:52.570 --> 00:08:54.149 are you doing with chopsticks? Steven, explain. 00:08:54.570 --> 00:08:57.730 Yes, elaborate. We have one more surprise. Why? 00:08:58.990 --> 00:09:03.250 What is happening tonight? Pants people, are 00:09:03.250 --> 00:09:05.049 you turning against me? We're going to bless 00:09:05.049 --> 00:09:09.419 Fantasy Pants Studios right now. What? We were 00:09:09.419 --> 00:09:14.840 sent a vial of real life holy water. And if it 00:09:14.840 --> 00:09:18.220 doesn't burn my skin off, we're going to use 00:09:18.220 --> 00:09:20.440 these chopsticks. Don't let it touch me. To bless 00:09:20.440 --> 00:09:23.360 the studio. Oh, you're the first thing, my man. 00:09:23.419 --> 00:09:27.480 No, don't do it. No. Oh, no, I'm actually fine. 00:09:27.600 --> 00:09:32.620 All right. It's going to be real funny when I 00:09:32.620 --> 00:09:36.620 kill you both. Yeah. Wait, Stephen. Stephen. 00:09:37.889 --> 00:09:40.470 You need some too. Oh, thank you, thank you. 00:09:40.490 --> 00:09:42.870 What are you doing? These winged wafts are just 00:09:42.870 --> 00:09:46.149 spraying water all over the tech, all over themselves, 00:09:46.450 --> 00:09:48.610 all over me. Nice thing about using a chopstick, 00:09:48.690 --> 00:09:51.370 we can make this stuff go far. Oh, I know, I 00:09:51.370 --> 00:09:53.450 know. We can make this go far. For the entirety 00:09:53.450 --> 00:09:55.850 of Fantasy Pants, this will last us. Does it 00:09:55.850 --> 00:10:03.490 expire? That's a good question. Well, Rochelle, 00:10:03.610 --> 00:10:08.539 despite your betrayal. You're still a damn fine 00:10:08.539 --> 00:10:13.539 map maker. I love your maps. Thank you so much, 00:10:13.539 --> 00:10:15.860 Rochelle. This was one of the coolest things 00:10:15.860 --> 00:10:18.100 I've ever seen in my entire life. Yeah, really 00:10:18.100 --> 00:10:19.720 and truly from the bottom of my heart. That was, 00:10:19.799 --> 00:10:22.059 yeah, really, really cool. Absolutely wild. I 00:10:22.059 --> 00:10:26.659 am nervous now that I am now going to have the 00:10:26.659 --> 00:10:31.360 worst rolling streak of my entire life. There 00:10:31.360 --> 00:10:34.279 was a joke somewhere in the conversation about 00:10:34.279 --> 00:10:38.190 adding holy damage or something like that. Hell 00:10:38.190 --> 00:10:47.809 yeah. There is no universe. I mean, fair. Fair. 00:10:49.529 --> 00:10:54.210 That timeline does not exist. But damn, this 00:10:54.210 --> 00:10:57.210 is cool. This is pretty cool. Yeah. Yeah, this 00:10:57.210 --> 00:11:00.370 was wild. It was fun to do. Well, you know what's 00:11:00.370 --> 00:11:03.990 not going to be fun to do? Stepping into this 00:11:03.990 --> 00:11:07.419 house knowing full well. What's coming for you? 00:11:07.779 --> 00:11:10.259 We're not going to do that quite, quite, quite, 00:11:10.299 --> 00:11:14.620 quite yet. First, I want to take us on a little 00:11:14.620 --> 00:11:19.759 journey through time. A short jaunt, one might 00:11:19.759 --> 00:11:25.820 say. God, that was really short. The thing I 00:11:25.820 --> 00:11:28.919 made disappeared. It does it sometimes. There 00:11:28.919 --> 00:11:36.009 we go. We open up in the rattle. See a light 00:11:36.009 --> 00:11:41.470 mist on this afternoon. Blue sky overhead. Not 00:11:41.470 --> 00:11:43.730 this afternoon, but it's very early afternoon. 00:11:43.850 --> 00:11:46.629 Maybe 10, 11 o 'clock suns. Still low in the 00:11:46.629 --> 00:11:50.490 sky, still climbing. Breaking through the foliage 00:11:50.490 --> 00:11:54.750 above. Shimmering across the ground. On this 00:11:54.750 --> 00:12:00.129 old road. A familiar road. Heading towards Cradle 00:12:00.129 --> 00:12:05.840 Ace Lake. We see along this road. Three travelers. 00:12:06.679 --> 00:12:10.559 We see Coley Sr., looking much like the man that 00:12:10.559 --> 00:12:13.840 travels with our heroes now. Though his face 00:12:13.840 --> 00:12:16.980 is less wrinkled, his eyes more filled with youth 00:12:16.980 --> 00:12:20.940 and life. See his full lips crack open into a 00:12:20.940 --> 00:12:23.879 white grin at every hint of bird song or glistening 00:12:23.879 --> 00:12:29.000 web he sees in the sun on this day. You can see 00:12:29.000 --> 00:12:31.519 his frame is much more filled out, very athletic. 00:12:32.519 --> 00:12:35.120 is evidenced by the huge pack he carries easily 00:12:35.120 --> 00:12:38.340 on his back. And of course, you see that same 00:12:38.340 --> 00:12:43.440 straw hat perched easily on his head. He looks 00:12:43.440 --> 00:12:49.220 back nervously to a child just behind him. A 00:12:49.220 --> 00:12:53.980 young boy. Cully Jr. Despite similarities in 00:12:53.980 --> 00:12:55.559 their appearance and their faces, they really 00:12:55.559 --> 00:12:58.120 couldn't be more in opposition to each other. 00:12:58.840 --> 00:13:03.049 Cully Jr. is small -framed. breathing hard on 00:13:03.049 --> 00:13:06.409 this trail. His eyes are nervous and darting 00:13:06.409 --> 00:13:09.409 to every shadow off the path. You see his clothes 00:13:09.409 --> 00:13:12.570 are much too large for him, sort of hanging off 00:13:12.570 --> 00:13:17.610 of him as he moves. And sort of around in the 00:13:17.610 --> 00:13:21.149 side of him, we see a young, young girl, strong, 00:13:21.210 --> 00:13:24.470 built, adventurous, with a smiling face, just 00:13:24.470 --> 00:13:26.769 like her uncle, smiling at everything. We see 00:13:26.769 --> 00:13:30.649 Kiana. Small raids spilling out from a head wrapped 00:13:30.649 --> 00:13:34.210 in a red cloth. Clothes rough and ripped and 00:13:34.210 --> 00:13:36.769 covered in mud. She's climbing happily over every 00:13:36.769 --> 00:13:38.909 stone or downed tree off the edge of the path. 00:13:39.590 --> 00:13:42.669 Where Junior carries no pack, Kiana seems to 00:13:42.669 --> 00:13:46.350 be bursting with all this survival gear. She's 00:13:46.350 --> 00:13:49.529 just going on. Come on, come on, Cody. You can 00:13:49.529 --> 00:13:55.570 do it. And the boy's just... Okay, are you sure 00:13:55.570 --> 00:13:59.889 about this? This is the rattle, right? It's... 00:13:59.889 --> 00:14:03.990 I mean, it's supposed to be scary out here. What 00:14:03.990 --> 00:14:07.409 if there's direwolves or the like? Keanu kind 00:14:07.409 --> 00:14:08.970 of looks at him, shakes her head disappointedly, 00:14:09.009 --> 00:14:11.110 and we see Senior kind of turns around to his 00:14:11.110 --> 00:14:14.590 son, breathes out this kind of long sigh, and 00:14:14.590 --> 00:14:19.070 gets real low to the ground, crouching. Hey, 00:14:19.070 --> 00:14:21.929 hey, hey, come on now, boy. No need to worry, 00:14:22.029 --> 00:14:25.549 right? You got me with you, and I've seen these 00:14:25.549 --> 00:14:28.720 past time and time again. Now, Cradle East Lake 00:14:28.720 --> 00:14:32.100 is scary. That's what they say. But I find when 00:14:32.100 --> 00:14:33.779 you see these places in person, they're really 00:14:33.779 --> 00:14:38.440 not that bad. They're just stories. And that's 00:14:38.440 --> 00:14:40.159 sort of the point. We see where the stories begin. 00:14:40.379 --> 00:14:44.559 See the humble origins. It's never like what 00:14:44.559 --> 00:14:50.360 they say. Like solving a mystery or disproving 00:14:50.360 --> 00:14:53.799 a lie. You'll come to like it, I promise. And 00:14:53.799 --> 00:14:57.870 the boy's just kind of like... He nervously nods. 00:14:59.049 --> 00:15:04.669 Listen, listen. I know this is a lot. And I promise 00:15:04.669 --> 00:15:06.129 when we get back, we'll take a little break from 00:15:06.129 --> 00:15:07.809 these little adventures of ours, alright? But, 00:15:07.870 --> 00:15:13.690 I mean, we gotta see it. Look, son. If you ever 00:15:13.690 --> 00:15:18.669 get scared, you just take my hand, okay? If I 00:15:18.669 --> 00:15:20.690 ain't right beside you, you take Kiana's hand. 00:15:20.750 --> 00:15:22.850 You take your cousin's hand. We're a family. 00:15:23.350 --> 00:15:25.629 And we can get through anything together, alright? 00:15:27.149 --> 00:15:32.629 You remember that? All right? Boyd just nods 00:15:32.629 --> 00:15:37.409 nervously. All right. Now come on. Crayley's 00:15:37.409 --> 00:15:40.470 Lake is waiting. I think it's going to be a fine, 00:15:40.490 --> 00:15:46.649 fine day. And we pan away. You don't deserve 00:15:46.649 --> 00:15:54.429 any gifts. No. You're an asshole. You know? I'll 00:15:54.429 --> 00:15:59.610 take it. We pan away from that to the present. 00:16:00.169 --> 00:16:03.570 Where night has set over the farm pact that we 00:16:03.570 --> 00:16:06.990 know that Kiana has been working on. Where we 00:16:06.990 --> 00:16:12.330 know that small boy, he's awaiting. Somewhere 00:16:12.330 --> 00:16:15.629 in this farmhouse that you are just now stepping 00:16:15.629 --> 00:16:19.269 inside. Now I want to direct your attention to 00:16:19.269 --> 00:16:23.230 roll 20. Because I think today we're going to... 00:16:24.009 --> 00:16:26.070 Step away from theater of the mind for a moment. 00:16:26.110 --> 00:16:29.350 Get into this dynamic lighting so you can really 00:16:29.350 --> 00:16:33.029 look into what it is you're exploring. I said 00:16:33.029 --> 00:16:35.870 it before. We have this 50 by 50 foot farmhouse. 00:16:35.929 --> 00:16:38.110 Really not something huge. Amongst the other 00:16:38.110 --> 00:16:40.289 houses, this is the biggest. They are not large 00:16:40.289 --> 00:16:42.009 buildings. And you know they were built fast 00:16:42.009 --> 00:16:48.330 to capitalize on what potential land, the potential, 00:16:48.529 --> 00:16:52.850 what's the word? Growth. Soil. Planting. Give 00:16:52.850 --> 00:16:55.450 me something. Farming. Farming. There we go. 00:16:55.529 --> 00:16:58.409 Okay. It's a harder word than you made it sound. 00:17:01.730 --> 00:17:04.349 Damn it. You made it sound hard. Cut all of that. 00:17:06.349 --> 00:17:09.829 No. Damn it. You know, like, with the potential 00:17:09.829 --> 00:17:11.369 farming that can be done here, they had to, like, 00:17:11.369 --> 00:17:13.970 move quickly, build these houses fast, find shelter 00:17:13.970 --> 00:17:15.609 as quick as they can out here in the rattle. 00:17:15.710 --> 00:17:18.470 And so, like, it's a pretty rickety little building 00:17:18.470 --> 00:17:23.509 you're stepping into now. As a door opens out 00:17:23.509 --> 00:17:25.569 into this long hallway. I'll tell you what you 00:17:25.569 --> 00:17:29.349 see. You see, stretching out before you, this 00:17:29.349 --> 00:17:32.890 hall has three doors. One to your immediate left, 00:17:33.049 --> 00:17:36.009 one to your immediate right, and then one further 00:17:36.009 --> 00:17:40.210 down to your left. You also see that on the right, 00:17:40.269 --> 00:17:44.690 the hallway curves and drops down at a 90 degree 00:17:44.690 --> 00:17:47.549 angle. Which you would imagine leads to the front 00:17:47.549 --> 00:17:50.289 door that you passed over. When you were exploring 00:17:50.289 --> 00:17:53.490 the exterior of this house. So there could be 00:17:53.490 --> 00:17:58.029 more doors. More rooms. You know what's in the 00:17:58.029 --> 00:18:00.329 first two rooms. You saw through the windows. 00:18:01.089 --> 00:18:05.049 The room to your right leads into a sort of destroyed 00:18:05.049 --> 00:18:07.930 living room. Where you saw this strange sort 00:18:07.930 --> 00:18:10.309 of like hundreds of handprints moving around. 00:18:10.490 --> 00:18:12.730 And almost like a whirlpool like storm design. 00:18:13.349 --> 00:18:16.410 Around some central image that was covered by 00:18:16.410 --> 00:18:18.549 a sofa. But you thought there was something there. 00:18:19.359 --> 00:18:22.079 Just need to push things out of the way to get 00:18:22.079 --> 00:18:26.259 a look at it. And to your left is that kitchen 00:18:26.259 --> 00:18:30.559 where you saw four figures standing silently 00:18:30.559 --> 00:18:35.039 right in the middle of the room. And the way 00:18:35.039 --> 00:18:37.859 they were standing, if you open that door, you'll 00:18:37.859 --> 00:18:39.259 be looking right at them and they'll be looking 00:18:39.259 --> 00:18:43.559 right at you. Now, I want to have another Uncle 00:18:43.559 --> 00:18:46.799 Polder situation where I completely forget about 00:18:46.799 --> 00:18:50.730 an NPC. Until episode's halfway through. What's 00:18:50.730 --> 00:18:52.490 happening with the horse right now? Percy the 00:18:52.490 --> 00:18:55.009 horse. He's not going in this house. Because 00:18:55.009 --> 00:18:58.549 that's ridiculous. Don't even try, Steven. I'm 00:18:58.549 --> 00:19:03.289 not going to want to try. Don't do it. Is Percy 00:19:03.289 --> 00:19:06.250 tied up or do we just let Percy go? Percy's tied 00:19:06.250 --> 00:19:11.289 up outside. Okay. Percy's tied up outside. Here, 00:19:11.349 --> 00:19:16.140 one last snort and whinny as you move in. Zebulon 00:19:16.140 --> 00:19:18.640 and John Franklin, you are the front row here. 00:19:19.200 --> 00:19:21.079 It's always about 10 feet wide. You can stand 00:19:21.079 --> 00:19:23.799 next to each other as you move in. Where do you 00:19:23.799 --> 00:19:28.079 want to go? I also need to say this. It's getting 00:19:28.079 --> 00:19:31.519 dark outside. Zebulon, you can see what's happening 00:19:31.519 --> 00:19:34.099 in there. Nobody else is going to see much soon. 00:19:34.779 --> 00:19:37.099 Okay. Not unless you find some way to get some 00:19:37.099 --> 00:19:44.220 light. So the door to the left. Which is the 00:19:44.220 --> 00:19:49.799 door that we saw the swaying zombie people through. 00:19:50.240 --> 00:19:56.319 Indeed. Which way does that door open? Hmm. One 00:19:56.319 --> 00:20:01.359 moment. It opens out. Out towards us? Out into 00:20:01.359 --> 00:20:04.380 the hallway towards you. Okay. Sweet. So I'd 00:20:04.380 --> 00:20:06.539 like to prop something against the door to keep 00:20:06.539 --> 00:20:09.710 it locked and shut. Is there anything nearby 00:20:09.710 --> 00:20:12.150 that would fit the bill? The hallway is entirely 00:20:12.150 --> 00:20:14.990 empty of furniture. You looked into the living 00:20:14.990 --> 00:20:16.329 room. There's stuff in there you could use for 00:20:16.329 --> 00:20:19.630 sure. Okay. Does it look like any lock on the 00:20:19.630 --> 00:20:23.589 door? No. So Zebulon will step up to this door, 00:20:23.769 --> 00:20:26.690 put his foot against the bottom of the door, 00:20:26.730 --> 00:20:28.970 and brace his shoulder into the center of the 00:20:28.970 --> 00:20:33.289 door. Guys, go get something to block this up 00:20:33.289 --> 00:20:36.210 with. I'll hold it here. All right. Stand by. 00:20:36.289 --> 00:20:39.950 Stand by. And Jules is going to pull out his 00:20:39.950 --> 00:20:45.210 rapier and cast light on it. Oh, okay. For light, 00:20:45.329 --> 00:20:47.109 I touch an object that is no larger than 10 feet. 00:20:47.269 --> 00:20:50.069 Until the spell ends, it sheds a 20 -foot radius. 00:20:50.710 --> 00:20:53.750 And it sheds bright light in a 20 -foot radius 00:20:53.750 --> 00:20:56.509 and dim light for an additional 20 feet. Yeah, 00:20:56.549 --> 00:20:59.930 whatever buffs you've got, now is the time, I 00:20:59.930 --> 00:21:02.069 think. You know what? It's funny. I actually 00:21:02.069 --> 00:21:03.630 already had light on you, so I'm glad you did 00:21:03.630 --> 00:21:07.349 that. Because I had it still from the... The 00:21:07.349 --> 00:21:10.390 battle in the third trial on Suzunko. So I just 00:21:10.390 --> 00:21:12.509 looked at your token like, oh, here he has Lightcast 00:21:12.509 --> 00:21:15.430 on him. Perfect. Wonderful. Thanks for doing 00:21:15.430 --> 00:21:19.410 that. So, yes, and then I'm going to go into 00:21:19.410 --> 00:21:23.509 the living room. Okay. Do you want me to move 00:21:23.509 --> 00:21:26.650 you? Yes. Can you move up to the door of the 00:21:26.650 --> 00:21:28.589 living room? John Franklin steps right beside 00:21:28.589 --> 00:21:31.849 you, and you creak open the door. I think I'm 00:21:31.849 --> 00:21:34.549 going to stick my rapier in first and then kind 00:21:34.549 --> 00:21:36.250 of poke my head in before I go in all the way. 00:21:36.619 --> 00:21:41.819 Okay. As your light shines into this room, you 00:21:41.819 --> 00:21:46.160 see what you saw before. Okay. Yeah, furniture 00:21:46.160 --> 00:21:49.140 haphazardly arranged, pretty much falling apart. 00:21:49.180 --> 00:21:51.920 Looks like some kind of struggle. Stuff is, like, 00:21:51.920 --> 00:21:54.019 all over the place. But you see a couple small 00:21:54.019 --> 00:21:55.960 chairs. That would be perfect to slide under 00:21:55.960 --> 00:21:58.220 that doorknob outside. Sweet. I'm going to go 00:21:58.220 --> 00:22:01.160 and grab those, or grab one of them. As you step 00:22:01.160 --> 00:22:04.839 in, you do see there's that larger sort of sofa 00:22:04.839 --> 00:22:10.730 lying. over the center of this floor mural. You 00:22:10.730 --> 00:22:13.710 couldn't quite make out before. You can move 00:22:13.710 --> 00:22:15.509 it and see what's under it. Real quick, John. 00:22:15.630 --> 00:22:18.529 John, can you help me out with this? What? How 00:22:18.529 --> 00:22:22.309 do we push this? Right. Yes. Sure. He's looking 00:22:22.309 --> 00:22:25.089 around nervously and steps in the room. That 00:22:25.089 --> 00:22:27.630 hand in the window is gone, by the way. The one 00:22:27.630 --> 00:22:32.529 that beckoned you in. Just gone. John moves over 00:22:32.529 --> 00:22:37.079 to the sofa, grabs one side. And I'll say, you 00:22:37.079 --> 00:22:39.619 guys have no trouble. You pick it up, slide it 00:22:39.619 --> 00:22:43.319 off, and you see in the middle of this swirling 00:22:43.319 --> 00:22:48.779 pattern, also painted on with this red mud, is 00:22:48.779 --> 00:22:52.500 a depiction of two children. One, a young girl, 00:22:52.539 --> 00:22:55.920 is reaching out for the other. Small -framed 00:22:55.920 --> 00:22:59.940 boy who is being dragged into water by large 00:22:59.940 --> 00:23:05.039 hands. Scrapes in the muddy image form the name, 00:23:05.980 --> 00:23:10.200 Cully. The art style is very familiar. Just the 00:23:10.200 --> 00:23:13.920 sort of realism of these faces. This was Kiana's 00:23:13.920 --> 00:23:20.140 work. Holy shit. Then I guess I'll grab the chair 00:23:20.140 --> 00:23:24.740 and bring it to Zeb. As I'm handing it to him, 00:23:24.799 --> 00:23:28.279 I say, Zeb, go and check that out in there. Okay, 00:23:30.019 --> 00:23:35.200 what's that? Zebulon goes in to look at the... 00:23:35.519 --> 00:23:37.539 Slide the chair under the doorknob? Yes, that 00:23:37.539 --> 00:23:40.440 first. Okay. Yeah, sorry. I meant to imply that 00:23:40.440 --> 00:23:43.220 that happens first. Just make it sure. Just make 00:23:43.220 --> 00:23:46.000 it sure. Or as we're doing it. I'll say at this 00:23:46.000 --> 00:23:50.460 point, like, Coley's stepping in now. He's going 00:23:50.460 --> 00:23:52.680 to follow Zebulon into that room, and you guys 00:23:52.680 --> 00:23:57.400 move into the mural. You see Coley just staring 00:23:57.400 --> 00:24:01.359 down at it. God. I should have believed her. 00:24:02.420 --> 00:24:08.700 I should have believed. That place. Evil. And 00:24:08.700 --> 00:24:10.440 he just walks out of the room back into the hallway. 00:24:12.099 --> 00:24:17.019 Damn. I really don't want to use my first roll 00:24:17.019 --> 00:24:19.319 with these new dice on a dumb perception check 00:24:19.319 --> 00:24:22.480 in a room that probably is empty anyways. Right. 00:24:23.359 --> 00:24:26.279 So I'm just going to say with my nine passive 00:24:26.279 --> 00:24:28.980 perception, does Zebulon pick anything else up? 00:24:29.019 --> 00:24:33.200 Anything useful? Anything curious? No, you don't 00:24:33.200 --> 00:24:36.240 see anything else in there. Just the downed furniture, 00:24:36.500 --> 00:24:38.920 painting on the floor. What about with a 12 passive? 00:24:39.920 --> 00:24:44.039 12 passive still. Okay. I don't think that's 00:24:44.039 --> 00:24:46.079 worth a die roll then. Yeah, I think you're right 00:24:46.079 --> 00:24:50.279 in this very specific instance. Yes. All right. 00:24:50.319 --> 00:24:54.660 Well, I guess there's nothing to do but go deeper. 00:24:55.480 --> 00:24:58.700 Kali, you're going to have to stay behind us. 00:24:59.180 --> 00:25:02.839 Let us lead the way. I'll be right behind you. 00:25:03.619 --> 00:25:07.539 If it comes down to it, Cully, what are your 00:25:07.539 --> 00:25:10.619 capabilities? Have you ever been in a fight before? 00:25:11.599 --> 00:25:16.579 Not for a while, but I can do a thing or two. 00:25:17.339 --> 00:25:20.039 And actually, you would have noticed this already. 00:25:20.119 --> 00:25:25.539 He does have, he is armed. At his waist, he does 00:25:25.539 --> 00:25:28.470 have like a scimitar. I do believe that's the 00:25:28.470 --> 00:25:30.269 first time you've ever mentioned that. It actually 00:25:30.269 --> 00:25:33.769 is, yeah. He hasn't really been involved in any 00:25:33.769 --> 00:25:35.710 combats, but he does have a scimitar at his waist. 00:25:36.690 --> 00:25:38.890 I think we just have to slowly move in. Yeah, 00:25:38.970 --> 00:25:43.990 I think it makes sense for Zebulon to take the 00:25:43.990 --> 00:25:47.690 lead. He's going to walk around the corner here. 00:25:48.130 --> 00:25:50.509 All right, you walk around the corner. You see 00:25:50.509 --> 00:25:54.029 another door leading into that same living room, 00:25:54.130 --> 00:25:57.460 hugging that same side of that wall. And then 00:25:57.460 --> 00:26:00.819 right across the hall from it, which would be 00:26:00.819 --> 00:26:03.119 to the right of the front door, which you now 00:26:03.119 --> 00:26:06.539 have your eyes on. Okay, yeah. So I can see the 00:26:06.539 --> 00:26:09.619 door we just came in behind me. The front door 00:26:09.619 --> 00:26:13.700 is now in front of me. You have the full scope 00:26:13.700 --> 00:26:15.160 of this building from where you stand, and you 00:26:15.160 --> 00:26:18.460 can see there are four rooms total. Four doors. 00:26:18.559 --> 00:26:20.579 Okay, and two we haven't explored. Two you have 00:26:20.579 --> 00:26:25.240 not explored. I guess, uh, eeny, meeny, miny. 00:26:25.930 --> 00:26:30.470 This one? And Zebulon walks up to this door and 00:26:30.470 --> 00:26:36.289 looks back at the party for confirmation. Jules 00:26:36.289 --> 00:26:40.950 gives a nod. Zebulon knocks on the door. You 00:26:40.950 --> 00:26:46.710 knock on the door? Only a perception check. Here 00:26:46.710 --> 00:26:49.750 we go. First roll with the new blessed dice. 00:26:49.890 --> 00:26:56.619 Let's see how we're going to start. It was a 00:26:56.619 --> 00:27:00.799 ten, so tweener, but minus one for Zebulon, so 00:27:00.799 --> 00:27:04.420 just a nine. You don't hear anything. I think 00:27:04.420 --> 00:27:07.299 at that point, Jules comes up behind Zebulon. 00:27:08.240 --> 00:27:12.299 If Cully's following, Jules puts his arm out 00:27:12.299 --> 00:27:18.279 behind him to hold Cully behind us. You go first. 00:27:19.359 --> 00:27:22.940 I ain't the fighter you two are, but you let 00:27:22.940 --> 00:27:28.140 me know if you see her. What if a state she might 00:27:28.140 --> 00:27:31.519 be in? You let me know. Oh, you'll know. All 00:27:31.519 --> 00:27:33.660 right, let's do this. And Zebulon just grabs 00:27:33.660 --> 00:27:36.559 the door handle and opens it all the way. Everyone's 00:27:36.559 --> 00:27:38.920 gathered outside this door. Sean Franklin beside 00:27:38.920 --> 00:27:40.859 your side, Zebulon. Chester's kind of taking 00:27:40.859 --> 00:27:43.599 up the rear, looking around nervously, eyes just 00:27:43.599 --> 00:27:48.039 comically wide. You open the door, and you're 00:27:48.039 --> 00:27:52.299 looking at a dining room. You can see immediately 00:27:52.299 --> 00:27:54.220 there's another door into that same kitchen. 00:27:55.609 --> 00:28:00.390 Hugging the wall to your left. See, it really 00:28:00.390 --> 00:28:02.369 sucks being terrible at lefts and rights. You 00:28:02.369 --> 00:28:03.849 don't understand. I have to do the finger thing, 00:28:03.890 --> 00:28:06.470 the L on my fingers every time. Really? I have 00:28:06.470 --> 00:28:08.809 a thing. I cannot do them. I don't know what 00:28:08.809 --> 00:28:12.430 it is. It's probably because I'm so handsome 00:28:12.430 --> 00:28:18.289 and smart. You see a long, plain table, a wooden 00:28:18.289 --> 00:28:20.690 sideboard, and several chairs lie shattered on 00:28:20.690 --> 00:28:24.779 the floor. The debris is streaked. With crimson 00:28:24.779 --> 00:28:28.039 stains. Zebulon's going to take one of the dining 00:28:28.039 --> 00:28:30.859 room chairs and prop it up against the door to 00:28:30.859 --> 00:28:34.660 the left, which is the second door to that four 00:28:34.660 --> 00:28:38.140 zombie room. Yes, you slide that into place, 00:28:38.240 --> 00:28:41.539 blocking off the door to the kitchen. As you 00:28:41.539 --> 00:28:44.539 look around, you see that there's still the one 00:28:44.539 --> 00:28:48.420 strange in this room. I will give you this. Like 00:28:48.420 --> 00:28:50.500 I said, the furniture, the chairs, all destroyed, 00:28:50.720 --> 00:28:54.119 thrown around. That table is still standing fine, 00:28:54.220 --> 00:28:56.079 and there's actually a tablecloth draped over 00:28:56.079 --> 00:28:59.079 it, hugging all the way down to the floor. Oh, 00:28:59.180 --> 00:29:02.700 I don't like that. No. Zebulon's going to, with 00:29:02.700 --> 00:29:07.759 his sword in each hand. Hold on, guys. Wait, 00:29:08.079 --> 00:29:11.660 hey, no, wait. Don't do that. You don't know 00:29:11.660 --> 00:29:13.660 what I'm going to do. You're going to do something. 00:29:14.339 --> 00:29:18.519 Yeah. All right. Room's almost clear. Jules puts 00:29:18.519 --> 00:29:22.339 a hand on Chester's shoulder. We got this. You 00:29:22.339 --> 00:29:25.180 feel he's trembling. And with the tip of the 00:29:25.180 --> 00:29:30.579 sword, he's going to grab like a corner of the 00:29:30.579 --> 00:29:36.700 tablecloth and yank it off. Scuttling sound. 00:29:37.400 --> 00:29:41.900 You see a hand, a couple hands actually. A board 00:29:41.900 --> 00:29:43.599 is, like, almost, like, lifted off the floors. 00:29:43.599 --> 00:29:46.759 One of them jumps inside. One almost, like, the 00:29:46.759 --> 00:29:49.140 board slaps down in a rush, and one hand's kind 00:29:49.140 --> 00:29:51.380 of, like, struggling, trying to, like, open the 00:29:51.380 --> 00:29:53.519 board to get in. You see, like, a floorboard 00:29:53.519 --> 00:29:57.359 loosened and a hole disappearing beneath the 00:29:57.359 --> 00:30:00.400 house. Not a large hole, just small enough for 00:30:00.400 --> 00:30:03.839 these small, singular hands. The one you're looking 00:30:03.839 --> 00:30:07.980 at, Zebulon, just turns towards you and very 00:30:07.980 --> 00:30:11.730 familiarly points a finger. To the kitchen. So 00:30:11.730 --> 00:30:15.890 everyone stabs it. Give me an attack roll. Holy 00:30:15.890 --> 00:30:22.890 shit. Natural 17. Oh, that's going to hit. Nice. 00:30:23.509 --> 00:30:26.910 You don't need to roll for damage. It's impossible 00:30:26.910 --> 00:30:28.450 for you not to kill this thing, so just describe 00:30:28.450 --> 00:30:32.950 what it looks like. Just sword, hand, through 00:30:32.950 --> 00:30:36.299 it. Into the floorboard. Right into the floorboard. 00:30:36.519 --> 00:30:39.440 You can hear more almost like panic scuttling 00:30:39.440 --> 00:30:41.119 beneath the floor as your blade pokes through 00:30:41.119 --> 00:30:44.940 the board just a little bit. Dirt moving, something 00:30:44.940 --> 00:30:49.980 digging down below. All right, guys. Well, the 00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:55.559 hands went down under the floor, but they want 00:30:55.559 --> 00:30:59.420 us to go in the kitchen. Are we going in the 00:30:59.420 --> 00:31:03.000 kitchen? I don't want to go in the kitchen. Not 00:31:03.000 --> 00:31:07.480 yet. Not just yet. Not just yet. So Zebulon pushes 00:31:07.480 --> 00:31:10.559 the table out of the way, opening up that spot 00:31:10.559 --> 00:31:13.539 on the floor. Maybe we can rip these floorboards 00:31:13.539 --> 00:31:17.759 out, see what's really down there. All right. 00:31:18.619 --> 00:31:21.759 Got your back? Do we want to clear out that other 00:31:21.759 --> 00:31:23.140 room first, make sure nothing's going to come 00:31:23.140 --> 00:31:26.960 up behind us? Well, we know there's zombies in 00:31:26.960 --> 00:31:30.059 one room. I was kind of guessing that there'd 00:31:30.059 --> 00:31:34.460 be maybe zombies in the other room. That's a 00:31:34.460 --> 00:31:36.140 random thing to think when we just cleared out 00:31:36.140 --> 00:31:41.119 two empty rooms. But okay. Well, my thought process 00:31:41.119 --> 00:31:43.720 is there's a way forward here. There could be 00:31:43.720 --> 00:31:45.359 loot in the other room. All right, let's go check. 00:31:46.339 --> 00:31:50.279 You can get this one. It is not in my nature 00:31:50.279 --> 00:31:58.039 to skip a room in the crawl. By all means, friend. 00:31:58.279 --> 00:32:01.990 Okay, let's go. And Jules is gonna... Break through. 00:32:02.430 --> 00:32:04.730 Push through everybody. I'm just going to go 00:32:04.730 --> 00:32:06.529 check the damn room. So you're going down to 00:32:06.529 --> 00:32:08.470 the last room you haven't seen yet. Yep. I'm 00:32:08.470 --> 00:32:10.049 going to open up the door and stick my rapier 00:32:10.049 --> 00:32:13.009 in. Chester's right beside you. I think Coley 00:32:13.009 --> 00:32:15.509 is going to hang out in the hallway between both 00:32:15.509 --> 00:32:17.769 of you, sort of keeping an eye on the hall, watching. 00:32:18.829 --> 00:32:22.069 Stick your rapier into the room. And you're looking 00:32:22.069 --> 00:32:25.630 at a bedroom. Can I roll investigation? Absolutely 00:32:25.630 --> 00:32:33.119 you can. First roll. With my blessed d20. That's 00:32:33.119 --> 00:32:35.519 a 17. Okay. These rolls are going pretty good. 00:32:35.599 --> 00:32:36.440 Yeah, we're doing all right. We're doing all 00:32:36.440 --> 00:32:40.259 right. You peek into this room. You see it's 00:32:40.259 --> 00:32:43.480 actually surprisingly well put together still. 00:32:43.539 --> 00:32:46.319 It looks like the only room not touched and wrecked 00:32:46.319 --> 00:32:49.059 and destroyed. The furniture all just as it was 00:32:49.059 --> 00:32:53.799 left. The bed neatly made. You see there is a 00:32:53.799 --> 00:32:57.539 desk on one side of the room strewn with art 00:32:57.539 --> 00:33:00.160 supplies and like a little pile of scraps of 00:33:00.160 --> 00:33:03.380 paper. And with your 12, you pick up those papers. 00:33:03.420 --> 00:33:06.460 You're looking through them. 17. 17. Oh, yeah. 00:33:06.519 --> 00:33:09.079 With your 17. I was like, that's considerably 00:33:09.079 --> 00:33:14.319 higher than 12. It really is. You start looking 00:33:14.319 --> 00:33:17.880 through, and you see repeating images at first. 00:33:18.579 --> 00:33:22.680 Hands, lakes, wide eyes looking up through water. 00:33:23.720 --> 00:33:28.660 Eyes with handprints for pupils. And as you're 00:33:28.660 --> 00:33:30.299 moving these, shifting them out of the way, you 00:33:30.299 --> 00:33:33.740 get down to a pile of images in the bottom. Despite 00:33:33.740 --> 00:33:37.599 being in the bottom, these ones look newer. And 00:33:37.599 --> 00:33:39.559 at first, it just looks like landscapes. It doesn't 00:33:39.559 --> 00:33:42.619 really look like much to you at all. What strikes 00:33:42.619 --> 00:33:44.900 you suddenly is how familiar these landscapes 00:33:44.900 --> 00:33:48.920 are. And you realize the first image. That was 00:33:48.920 --> 00:33:51.660 the coast of Cradle Ace Lake. Looking north, 00:33:51.720 --> 00:33:56.380 a POV shot. The next image. Somewhere in the 00:33:56.380 --> 00:33:58.480 woods, you vaguely remember the downed tree in 00:33:58.480 --> 00:34:03.019 it. Again, looking and moving north. The next 00:34:03.019 --> 00:34:06.640 image. You see the farm. Polder's Farm on its 00:34:06.640 --> 00:34:10.980 hill. Next image. You see the old road heading 00:34:10.980 --> 00:34:16.059 into the farm pact. Next image. You see the farmhouse. 00:34:16.119 --> 00:34:19.800 The one you stand in now. I thought you were 00:34:19.800 --> 00:34:21.679 going to say something like, you see an image 00:34:21.679 --> 00:34:25.500 of the five of you. Yeah, I was like, what are 00:34:25.500 --> 00:34:27.000 the hand motions for? That's where I thought 00:34:27.000 --> 00:34:28.320 you were going with that. That'd be pretty fucked 00:34:28.320 --> 00:34:36.400 up. Yeah. But it's strange. I'm going to take 00:34:36.400 --> 00:34:39.940 these drawings, fold them up, put them in my 00:34:39.940 --> 00:34:43.739 pocket. Okay. Stick them in the back. You also 00:34:43.739 --> 00:34:49.480 notice with your check, you're 17. Thank you, 00:34:49.480 --> 00:34:54.219 Michelle. There's a chest against the wall. You 00:34:54.219 --> 00:34:56.980 realize it's unlocked. You open it up. Yes, I 00:34:56.980 --> 00:35:01.260 do. Reach down. You pull open the chest and you 00:35:01.260 --> 00:35:08.659 see overalls. I put them on. You do actually 00:35:08.659 --> 00:35:10.900 feel like if you reach in, there's actually like 00:35:10.900 --> 00:35:12.460 some weight to them and there's like a sort of 00:35:12.460 --> 00:35:15.039 bulging pocket with a number of like plain rings, 00:35:15.219 --> 00:35:20.280 wedding bands, formal jewelry. Could be worth 00:35:20.280 --> 00:35:23.780 some money. Plus two denim overalls. Holy shit. 00:35:23.920 --> 00:35:28.400 All right, I'm going to take this stuff. Okay. 00:35:28.460 --> 00:35:31.179 You count 13 rings in total. You don't know what 00:35:31.179 --> 00:35:34.659 they depraise at yet, but. Can I roll a check 00:35:34.659 --> 00:35:41.679 for the rings to see if they might possess some 00:35:41.679 --> 00:35:45.420 sort of power? Arcana. Do you have detect magic? 00:35:45.679 --> 00:35:53.610 I do not. It's a 12. You see no arcane script 00:35:53.610 --> 00:35:56.349 etched in the side of any of these rings. They 00:35:56.349 --> 00:35:59.409 look plain. All right, I just pocket them. And 00:35:59.409 --> 00:36:01.429 that's all you see in this room. All right, well, 00:36:01.449 --> 00:36:03.070 we're going to start ripping up the floorboards. 00:36:03.369 --> 00:36:05.349 All right, I'm coming. I'm coming. I'm coming. 00:36:05.530 --> 00:36:11.050 And Zebulon and Jaune try to get fingers under 00:36:11.050 --> 00:36:13.989 that loose floorboard, see if they can pull it 00:36:13.989 --> 00:36:16.650 up. Hell yeah. I'll say, as you guys are stepping 00:36:16.650 --> 00:36:20.489 out of your room, Chester almost looks calmed 00:36:20.489 --> 00:36:22.329 by the fact that you just pilfered some rings. 00:36:22.570 --> 00:36:25.590 It's kind of like old style, Tytho style Jules 00:36:25.590 --> 00:36:29.429 and Chester antics. Yeah, I don't think Jules 00:36:29.429 --> 00:36:32.329 has thievery on the mind here. He's just more 00:36:32.329 --> 00:36:35.409 like... That's just second nature. Yeah. If he's 00:36:35.409 --> 00:36:37.550 got a handful of gold rings. I'm just going to 00:36:37.550 --> 00:36:40.429 pocket it. I mean, I fully intend on, you know, 00:36:40.469 --> 00:36:43.090 if after all this we end up selling him, like 00:36:43.090 --> 00:36:47.530 it's, you know, zebs in on this too. Oh, yeah. 00:36:48.179 --> 00:36:51.719 Potentially Cully, depending on... Hey, I stole 00:36:51.719 --> 00:36:54.880 gold rings from maybe your daughter's bedroom. 00:36:55.000 --> 00:36:57.659 Here's some of the money from the sale. No, no, 00:36:57.659 --> 00:36:59.559 no. I mean, more like I think he's going to have 00:36:59.559 --> 00:37:01.659 a moral... He's going to let Cully know he has 00:37:01.659 --> 00:37:05.780 them at some point. Oh, wow. I mean, they belong 00:37:05.780 --> 00:37:09.639 to his family. I just don't know if I want to 00:37:09.639 --> 00:37:13.239 stir anything up at this moment, which is also 00:37:13.239 --> 00:37:16.199 why I pocketed the drawings as well. Hell yeah. 00:37:17.099 --> 00:37:21.360 So the two of you step in, and just down the 00:37:21.360 --> 00:37:24.579 hallway in the dining room, John Franklin and 00:37:24.579 --> 00:37:29.679 Zebulon begin to tear up boards. Come up pretty 00:37:29.679 --> 00:37:32.880 easy. Slide them to the side, and you're just 00:37:32.880 --> 00:37:34.880 looking down a number of, like, golfer -sized 00:37:34.880 --> 00:37:39.519 holes, just straight down. Looks like maybe seven 00:37:39.519 --> 00:37:42.079 holes. I guess you can't climb down there, so 00:37:42.079 --> 00:37:45.699 whatever that big hand thing was, I don't know, 00:37:45.699 --> 00:37:49.340 maybe it's not. Jules, it's not here. I'm coming, 00:37:49.400 --> 00:37:51.780 I'm coming. All right, I'm back. I'm back. What 00:37:51.780 --> 00:37:55.039 do y 'all mean it's not here? It has to be here. 00:37:55.119 --> 00:37:58.800 He's here. I can feel it. Well, I mean, unless 00:37:58.800 --> 00:38:02.619 you can find a different secret tunnel network, 00:38:02.920 --> 00:38:08.719 this is all I got. Cully's in here, looks to 00:38:08.719 --> 00:38:12.820 the kitchen. And he says, he thinks about for 00:38:12.820 --> 00:38:15.420 a second. Actually, let me roll a check for him. 00:38:17.360 --> 00:38:21.500 A natural one. He doesn't say anything. All right. 00:38:21.679 --> 00:38:24.760 Let's go home. Clearly ain't here. So, Jeremy, 00:38:24.920 --> 00:38:27.460 let me tell you what I'm thinking. My thought 00:38:27.460 --> 00:38:33.380 is to take Cully on the porch around to the window 00:38:33.380 --> 00:38:37.679 and see if he recognizes anybody. That's an idea 00:38:37.679 --> 00:38:42.539 I had not thought of. And I like it. Okay. I 00:38:42.539 --> 00:38:46.570 don't think we should split up. I agree. So I 00:38:46.570 --> 00:38:49.349 think we should all go. I'm not going to bother 00:38:49.349 --> 00:38:52.070 with the map for now, then. I'm just going to 00:38:52.070 --> 00:38:53.789 move every token outside. Just move them all 00:38:53.789 --> 00:38:56.809 back inside. So you all gather up in a group. 00:38:57.090 --> 00:39:03.130 Step outside. Wave hi to Percy. Hey, Percy. Percy's 00:39:03.130 --> 00:39:06.849 doing fine. Percy's okay. Move around to the 00:39:06.849 --> 00:39:12.329 back. Cully looks in the window. No. No way. 00:39:13.420 --> 00:39:16.559 I ain't seen these folk before. Y 'all ain't 00:39:16.559 --> 00:39:19.280 in there. Do you think now would be an appropriate 00:39:19.280 --> 00:39:24.340 time to tap on the window? Sort of. I would rather 00:39:24.340 --> 00:39:29.460 instigate something outside of the house than 00:39:29.460 --> 00:39:34.099 inside. All right, Cully, well, stand back. And 00:39:34.099 --> 00:39:38.599 Zebulon draws his bow, knocks an arrow, and aims 00:39:38.599 --> 00:39:41.320 it. Whoa, hey, what are you doing? You're gonna 00:39:41.320 --> 00:39:43.760 hurt those folk. They must be farmers from the 00:39:43.760 --> 00:39:45.920 pact here. This would be the central house where 00:39:45.920 --> 00:39:49.179 they come to eat. Kiana must be their cook. Ain't 00:39:49.179 --> 00:39:51.219 gonna kill those folk, are you? They were farmers 00:39:51.219 --> 00:39:54.880 from the pact. Kali, look at them. You don't 00:39:54.880 --> 00:39:57.539 know this is permanent. What if Kiana's got those 00:39:57.539 --> 00:39:59.719 red eyes? You gonna kill her too? Zeb, I was 00:39:59.719 --> 00:40:02.219 just saying knock on the window. Knock kill them 00:40:02.219 --> 00:40:07.059 through the window. All right, well. Zebulon's 00:40:07.059 --> 00:40:12.119 gonna use steady aim. I'll hold here if you guys... 00:40:12.119 --> 00:40:15.460 I mean, you can give it a shot. Maybe let me 00:40:15.460 --> 00:40:17.440 knock first. You think you can reason with them? 00:40:17.659 --> 00:40:20.719 I don't... Let me knock first. I mean, we have 00:40:20.719 --> 00:40:24.559 to get in that room, apparently. And we know 00:40:24.559 --> 00:40:27.579 from Promise that these guys are going to attack 00:40:27.579 --> 00:40:32.039 us. It's them or us. Unless you want to go tie 00:40:32.039 --> 00:40:36.360 them up, Kali. I don't have that much rope. Let 00:40:36.360 --> 00:40:39.579 me tell you something. What might call me the 00:40:39.579 --> 00:40:45.820 expert on luminaries? I know my heroes. That 00:40:45.820 --> 00:40:49.059 ain't heroic. Y 'all want to be luminaries? Y 00:40:49.059 --> 00:40:50.980 'all want to be popular? It ain't just about 00:40:50.980 --> 00:40:56.000 the mortals. You don't do this. Kali, I'm trying 00:40:56.000 --> 00:40:59.179 to survive and make sure that you survive and 00:40:59.179 --> 00:41:01.539 make sure that Kiana survives. I want you to 00:41:01.539 --> 00:41:07.039 roll me a persuasion check. Holy shit. Still 00:41:07.039 --> 00:41:11.059 so blessed now, Dice? Eighteen. Oh my god. Sounds 00:41:11.059 --> 00:41:14.519 like it. You see he just, like, his anger begins 00:41:14.519 --> 00:41:20.659 to fade. Like in his lips. Alright. Shit. Shit! 00:41:21.980 --> 00:41:26.400 Alright. I... I'll do anything to put this behind 00:41:26.400 --> 00:41:31.599 me. I won't like it. But I'll keep my mouth shut, 00:41:31.699 --> 00:41:34.480 whatever you do. Just get Keon out of there alive, 00:41:34.659 --> 00:41:37.420 that's all I'm asking. Zebulon turns over his 00:41:37.420 --> 00:41:43.159 shoulder and looks at Jules. Jules? You're really 00:41:43.159 --> 00:41:47.500 gonna let this happen? I mean, I get it, but... 00:41:47.500 --> 00:41:54.059 Fuck off, David. I'm having a hard time seeing 00:41:54.059 --> 00:41:55.880 another way to go. Like, we gotta get in that 00:41:55.880 --> 00:42:00.719 room. I suppose. Zeb... We have the legal stance 00:42:00.719 --> 00:42:03.860 here. They would be dangerous. Self -defense. 00:42:05.150 --> 00:42:08.650 The laws would agree with this path. I will not 00:42:08.650 --> 00:42:13.590 stand in the way. Chester. Jules. We trust each 00:42:13.590 --> 00:42:18.929 other? Of course, yeah. Through anything? Yeah. 00:42:19.710 --> 00:42:26.070 Anything. Yeah. Seb, do your thing. Shit. Alright. 00:42:26.349 --> 00:42:29.949 Oh my god. Well, I mean, what do you want me 00:42:29.949 --> 00:42:32.670 to do? You want me to talk to them? Do your thing. 00:42:33.159 --> 00:42:36.539 I'm not the asshole. You're the asshole. Zebulon 00:42:36.539 --> 00:42:39.940 shoots his arrow. Holy shit. Let me show you 00:42:39.940 --> 00:42:42.420 what you see in that room, actually. Is that 00:42:42.420 --> 00:42:43.980 going to change my mind? I'm putting you in the 00:42:43.980 --> 00:42:46.659 room so you can see what you're hitting. You 00:42:46.659 --> 00:42:49.599 see there's four targets. There's one. They're 00:42:49.599 --> 00:42:51.400 all kind of like lined up in sort of a box in 00:42:51.400 --> 00:42:52.940 the middle of the room, just standing there. 00:42:54.320 --> 00:42:56.639 There's one closest to you. Blocking the way 00:42:56.639 --> 00:43:00.059 to the others. You fire your shot. Give me his 00:43:00.059 --> 00:43:03.860 aggro. Can windows just break glass? Can windows 00:43:03.860 --> 00:43:06.460 just break glass? Can arrows break? You know 00:43:06.460 --> 00:43:10.599 what I meant! I'm guessing so. The thing with 00:43:10.599 --> 00:43:12.820 D &D is I always assume it's like, if a movie 00:43:12.820 --> 00:43:15.639 can do it, then we can do it. Right. Perfect. 00:43:15.840 --> 00:43:17.820 I mean, it's also not like modern day glass. 00:43:17.960 --> 00:43:22.559 It's sugar glass. For stunts. My guess is this 00:43:22.559 --> 00:43:24.699 glass is thinner than the glass that we know 00:43:24.699 --> 00:43:30.519 of. Yeah, that makes sense. 24. Go ahead and 00:43:30.519 --> 00:43:36.659 roll damage. Max damage, nine. Right in the back 00:43:36.659 --> 00:43:40.760 of the head. Spray of blood. Just all over the 00:43:40.760 --> 00:43:42.699 heads of the others in front of them. And the 00:43:42.699 --> 00:43:48.199 body drops. And as it drops, you see three figures 00:43:48.199 --> 00:43:54.360 turn in your direction and smile. I want you 00:43:54.360 --> 00:43:57.260 to roll for initiative. Oh, my God. All right. 00:43:57.920 --> 00:43:59.539 Now, I will put everyone on the map. I wasn't 00:43:59.539 --> 00:44:05.920 expecting this. Everyone's outside. All right, 00:44:05.940 --> 00:44:10.420 Jules got an 18. I'm sorry, 19. And Chester got 00:44:10.420 --> 00:44:16.840 a 4. Zebulon got an 18, and Jean got 7. Very 00:44:16.840 --> 00:44:19.599 well. With a 19 then, Jules, you're going to 00:44:19.599 --> 00:44:23.039 start this off. Behind Zebulon, you're looking 00:44:23.039 --> 00:44:25.780 into this room. You see his figures are smiling, 00:44:25.880 --> 00:44:29.400 and... immediately just brandishing weapons like 00:44:29.400 --> 00:44:31.599 they can find at the tables nearby. One snatches 00:44:31.599 --> 00:44:33.480 like a butcher knife. One snatches just like 00:44:33.480 --> 00:44:37.059 a carving knife of some sort. They're just grabbing 00:44:37.059 --> 00:44:40.260 what they can, bladed objects, and it looks like 00:44:40.260 --> 00:44:43.000 they're about to make a move towards the door. 00:44:44.039 --> 00:44:47.760 What do you want to do? I think at this point 00:44:47.760 --> 00:44:51.400 I just want to ready an action. Okay. So you're 00:44:51.400 --> 00:44:54.059 holding strong, waiting. I ain't going in there. 00:44:54.159 --> 00:44:56.059 Hell no. Hell yeah. Watching those porch steps. 00:44:57.210 --> 00:45:00.530 Zebulon, that's you. All right. Zebulon's going 00:45:00.530 --> 00:45:04.889 to knock another arrow. I said that he used steady 00:45:04.889 --> 00:45:08.429 aim last time. I didn't take two rolls this time, 00:45:08.469 --> 00:45:11.349 though. I am going to do steady aim and roll 00:45:11.349 --> 00:45:23.230 with advantage. Nice. 21. That'll hit. First 00:45:23.230 --> 00:45:26.300 six damage. With that, you see one of these figures 00:45:26.300 --> 00:45:29.360 holding their weapon, looks up out the window. 00:45:29.559 --> 00:45:32.059 You raise your bow and arrow about to strike, 00:45:32.119 --> 00:45:33.659 and they just say, they look over your shoulder 00:45:33.659 --> 00:45:37.599 a little bit, just say, There you are. I see 00:45:37.599 --> 00:45:41.119 you, Cully. Cully, see me. I'll be waiting. This 00:45:41.119 --> 00:45:45.119 is all your fault. All your fault. All your... 00:45:45.119 --> 00:45:47.559 And your arrow, whoosh, right through the eye. 00:45:48.440 --> 00:45:50.239 Okay, so I probably didn't need to roll sneak 00:45:50.239 --> 00:45:56.630 attack damage then. No. Okay. Let's make good 00:45:56.630 --> 00:46:01.250 jobs. Yeah, these things are easy. As easy to 00:46:01.250 --> 00:46:03.630 kill as the hands. We just need to get them out 00:46:03.630 --> 00:46:05.070 of the room so that we can go in there. Because 00:46:05.070 --> 00:46:08.309 they're just innocent little farmers. Yeah. This 00:46:08.309 --> 00:46:11.849 is wild. I am a bit flabbergasted. This is crazy. 00:46:12.070 --> 00:46:14.530 No, I love this. That's what horror does. It 00:46:14.530 --> 00:46:19.070 forces hard decisions, and I think that's amazing. 00:46:19.269 --> 00:46:20.889 Right, but this isn't even really a hard decision. 00:46:21.659 --> 00:46:24.280 I'm imagining myself watching a horror movie, 00:46:24.400 --> 00:46:28.159 and this party of adventurers is in the middle 00:46:28.159 --> 00:46:29.980 of an unfamiliar world, in the middle of an unfamiliar 00:46:29.980 --> 00:46:32.000 country. They've been chased by all these horrible, 00:46:32.099 --> 00:46:35.280 evil monsters, and they know that there are whatever 00:46:35.280 --> 00:46:37.639 these zombie things are in the room that they 00:46:37.639 --> 00:46:40.780 have to go into. I mean, you're not wrong. Yeah. 00:46:40.860 --> 00:46:46.219 But you're also with, like, Jules and Kali and 00:46:46.219 --> 00:46:49.179 Chester. Chester was the only one who stood up. 00:46:51.309 --> 00:46:53.170 Cool, we tried. You talked him down. Hey, wait, 00:46:53.230 --> 00:46:57.050 no. I told you no. Jules told you no. Jules said 00:46:57.050 --> 00:46:59.329 I just wanted to knock on the window. And I did 00:46:59.329 --> 00:47:00.489 steady aim, and I said, if you want to knock 00:47:00.489 --> 00:47:01.530 on the window, go ahead, but I'm going to hold 00:47:01.530 --> 00:47:03.929 this. And then we had a discussion, and Jules 00:47:03.929 --> 00:47:06.469 shifted. Zebulon just, I mean, like, that's, 00:47:06.469 --> 00:47:08.250 Zebulon's force of will just talked everyone 00:47:08.250 --> 00:47:11.849 into this path. Um, what happens now? It's on 00:47:11.849 --> 00:47:16.400 you. Bloody claws. Speaking of blood, you do 00:47:16.400 --> 00:47:19.079 see, of course, the telltale shimmering blood 00:47:19.079 --> 00:47:22.079 in these figures' eyes, not falling out, just 00:47:22.079 --> 00:47:25.139 kind of a liquid pool. So you know that they 00:47:25.139 --> 00:47:27.599 at least have that going on. So that's your turn, 00:47:27.639 --> 00:47:32.219 Zebulon? That's my turn. With that, one of these 00:47:32.219 --> 00:47:37.000 figures runs to the door and tries to open it. 00:47:37.340 --> 00:47:39.699 Can't. I'm going to make an athletics check to 00:47:39.699 --> 00:47:44.199 try to bust the door down. Oh, you see the door. 00:47:45.299 --> 00:47:48.000 caves in just a bit. The chair scrapes on the 00:47:48.000 --> 00:47:49.860 outside. Looks like they'll need one more good 00:47:49.860 --> 00:47:51.860 hit, though, to break it down. This figure's 00:47:51.860 --> 00:47:55.119 just kicking that door. You crack the window 00:47:55.119 --> 00:47:57.380 open. This other figure's going to step up towards 00:47:57.380 --> 00:47:59.260 the window, just obscuring your vision, bloody 00:47:59.260 --> 00:48:01.780 eyes staring out at you, and just smashes the 00:48:01.780 --> 00:48:04.699 glass. I'll make a small check to climb out. 00:48:06.960 --> 00:48:10.000 Yep, that'll do it. So they just heave out of 00:48:10.000 --> 00:48:12.500 the window, landing in front of you, and it goes 00:48:12.500 --> 00:48:18.460 to strike. with a kitchen knife. And misses with 00:48:18.460 --> 00:48:22.079 a nat 7. Awesome. Weaves. You easily just kind 00:48:22.079 --> 00:48:24.260 of dodge out of the way. This figure's standing 00:48:24.260 --> 00:48:28.059 before you. That is going to be Jean Franklin. 00:48:28.679 --> 00:48:34.340 All right. Jean Franklin's going to step up and 00:48:34.340 --> 00:48:42.880 swing at this guy. 14 to hit. That'll do it. 00:48:43.759 --> 00:48:46.000 John Franklin steps up, and he just raises a 00:48:46.000 --> 00:48:49.480 spear, goes to plunge it in. He says, like, I 00:48:49.480 --> 00:48:51.820 am sorry, but this is self -defense. I will see 00:48:51.820 --> 00:48:55.920 that your family is compensated. And just stabs 00:48:55.920 --> 00:48:59.239 in. All right, I see you miming with two hands. 00:48:59.980 --> 00:49:04.179 So that's a D8 instead of a D6. One hand, never 00:49:04.179 --> 00:49:06.840 mind. Here's a shield. All right, fine, D6 plus 00:49:06.840 --> 00:49:11.719 one. Minimum damage, only two points of damage. 00:49:12.000 --> 00:49:14.380 So they just kind of weave back, almost like 00:49:14.380 --> 00:49:17.239 him, almost being hesitant. The weapon kind of 00:49:17.239 --> 00:49:18.940 turns in the last second, strikes the shoulder. 00:49:19.559 --> 00:49:24.019 Damn it! And they just smile, a bloody smile. 00:49:24.880 --> 00:49:29.559 That's Chester. Can I see the map? I will say 00:49:29.559 --> 00:49:35.059 this. He won't do it. He won't do it. Not this. 00:49:36.000 --> 00:49:37.880 You look, Jules, you look at him, and you can 00:49:37.880 --> 00:49:41.860 see in his eyes, his eyes are swimming with tears, 00:49:42.099 --> 00:49:44.400 hands shaking. He can't bring his weapon up. 00:49:45.179 --> 00:49:48.639 He's trying. He wants to be strong for you. He 00:49:48.639 --> 00:49:54.199 can't do it. Can Jules walk over and grab his 00:49:54.199 --> 00:49:57.599 short bow? You just reach over and grab it? Mm 00:49:57.599 --> 00:50:00.559 -hmm. Yeah. I mean, I'll call that your reaction, 00:50:00.619 --> 00:50:02.360 but they'll see they're coming out in your range. 00:50:02.559 --> 00:50:07.500 And now that this other one is down outside the 00:50:07.500 --> 00:50:10.460 window, do I have line of sight to the one that's 00:50:10.460 --> 00:50:13.340 trying to open the door? No. You'd be pretty 00:50:13.340 --> 00:50:14.780 much right where Zeb is in front of the window 00:50:14.780 --> 00:50:18.480 to see them. Okay. Well, okay. So in that case, 00:50:18.599 --> 00:50:22.300 I think I am just taking a short bow, but more 00:50:22.300 --> 00:50:25.539 as a reassurance. You don't have to do this. 00:50:26.940 --> 00:50:32.690 I'm not going to force you. He just nods in tears, 00:50:32.769 --> 00:50:36.590 being this trickle -down, freckled cheeks. Top 00:50:36.590 --> 00:50:39.829 of the round. Man, am I a villain? That's you, 00:50:39.929 --> 00:50:43.190 Jules. Like, not Zebulon. Is Steven a villain? 00:50:43.449 --> 00:50:46.130 So now Jules is going to go around to the side 00:50:46.130 --> 00:50:50.050 of this thing, next to Zebulon there. Okay. And 00:50:50.050 --> 00:50:55.829 he's going to go in with his rapier. And do nothing 00:50:55.829 --> 00:51:01.710 with a four. It misses. This one's wily. Spear 00:51:01.710 --> 00:51:03.630 takes a shoulder. Rapier takes nothing as it 00:51:03.630 --> 00:51:08.610 weaves to the side again. Barks at a... Actually, 00:51:08.750 --> 00:51:13.250 you know what? I didn't roll for Kali. Okay, 00:51:13.289 --> 00:51:14.570 I put him in the initiative this turn. First 00:51:14.570 --> 00:51:16.670 turn he was hesitant, but now he sees they're 00:51:16.670 --> 00:51:18.409 attacking. He's going to be initiative from here 00:51:18.409 --> 00:51:22.489 on out. That's Zebulon. All right. Zebulon's 00:51:22.489 --> 00:51:25.710 going to put his bow down and draw his swords 00:51:25.710 --> 00:51:33.460 and... Go from there. Okay. Just 11 on the first 00:51:33.460 --> 00:51:39.340 sword. 23 on the second. Oh, the 23 will hit. 00:51:42.760 --> 00:51:46.519 10 damage. What's it look like? Not going to 00:51:46.519 --> 00:51:48.980 give you the satisfaction. You cut this person 00:51:48.980 --> 00:51:51.679 down as they just turn towards Koli and he gets 00:51:51.679 --> 00:51:58.090 a laugh. Come on! Cut him down. It's me again. 00:51:59.130 --> 00:52:02.809 You hear a crash from inside. And you know the 00:52:02.809 --> 00:52:07.489 door has burst open. Athletics check. And I'm 00:52:07.489 --> 00:52:09.030 calling out my actions. You just kind of see 00:52:09.030 --> 00:52:11.409 like a figure poking around the side of the building. 00:52:11.409 --> 00:52:14.489 You hear feet clomping along the deck. Someone's 00:52:14.489 --> 00:52:18.469 coming your way. The last of them. Racing mad 00:52:18.469 --> 00:52:23.530 towards you. Holding a fire poker. And now it's 00:52:23.530 --> 00:52:26.539 Cully. I think he's just going to position around. 00:52:26.780 --> 00:52:28.940 He can't quite reach them, but he steps up to 00:52:28.940 --> 00:52:33.380 the stairs, draws out a scimitar. Can you hear 00:52:33.380 --> 00:52:38.159 me, son? Are you there in those eyes? Come on 00:52:38.159 --> 00:52:44.239 at me. Come on, boy. I ain't scared. That is 00:52:44.239 --> 00:52:47.480 going to be Sean Franklin. All right. Sean Franklin 00:52:47.480 --> 00:52:51.380 is going to step up next to Kali with his spear 00:52:51.380 --> 00:52:55.139 drawn, and he's going to... Hold his action to 00:52:55.139 --> 00:52:59.280 strike when this guy comes in range. Okay. And 00:52:59.280 --> 00:53:02.820 Chester? He doesn't do anything. He just watches. 00:53:03.739 --> 00:53:06.800 That's you, Jules. What would it take to use 00:53:06.800 --> 00:53:09.599 Chester's shortbow? Shortbow is a simple ranged 00:53:09.599 --> 00:53:11.380 weapon, so I believe that means you could use 00:53:11.380 --> 00:53:13.199 it. Okay. With the same to hit and everything? 00:53:14.860 --> 00:53:16.820 Yours is going to be based on your dex. So dex 00:53:16.820 --> 00:53:19.420 plus proficiency. Okay. So it's a plus two to 00:53:19.420 --> 00:53:27.639 hit. That's a 17. Give me damage. That's a four. 00:53:28.119 --> 00:53:32.420 Okay. You hit. It strikes into them. Isn't quite 00:53:32.420 --> 00:53:35.599 enough to finish them as they run shambling. 00:53:37.119 --> 00:53:38.659 Actually, that's going to be Zebulon first. They're 00:53:38.659 --> 00:53:40.900 moving. Zebulon, you go ahead. What are you going 00:53:40.900 --> 00:53:46.179 to do? Yeah. Zebulon will pick his bow back up 00:53:46.179 --> 00:53:50.239 and shoot at him. Okay. You move over beside 00:53:50.239 --> 00:53:54.650 John Franklin. Coley, John Franklin, Zebulon, 00:53:54.769 --> 00:53:56.949 Jules, all lined up at the base of the deck. 00:53:57.329 --> 00:53:59.550 The bottom of the stairs, this last figure, charging. 00:53:59.730 --> 00:54:02.449 What do you get? With steady aim, I'm going to 00:54:02.449 --> 00:54:04.369 take another roll, actually, because that one 00:54:04.369 --> 00:54:09.010 wasn't it. Okay. I don't think that one is either. 00:54:09.050 --> 00:54:13.869 That's 11. You fire. It raises the shoulder just 00:54:13.869 --> 00:54:18.090 over them. And that's them. It's the last figure. 00:54:18.639 --> 00:54:22.400 A burly, bearded man comes roaring down the stairs, 00:54:22.659 --> 00:54:26.960 runs right up to Coley, triggering Jean Franklin's 00:54:26.960 --> 00:54:31.880 action. You may take your spear attack. Just 00:54:31.880 --> 00:54:36.380 a 10. He blocks it, like almost parries it with 00:54:36.380 --> 00:54:39.059 his fire poker, and goes to strike at Coley. 00:54:40.480 --> 00:54:44.739 Completely misses. You see Coley... Very swiftly 00:54:44.739 --> 00:54:48.360 pulls his scimitar out and very skillfully swirls 00:54:48.360 --> 00:54:49.960 it from him. Basically knocks his weapon away. 00:54:51.059 --> 00:54:53.800 And it's his turn. And this man is open to attack. 00:54:56.059 --> 00:55:01.739 That is a miss in the first attack. And a hit 00:55:01.739 --> 00:55:04.739 in the second attack. So he does actually strike. 00:55:04.800 --> 00:55:07.840 You can see Koli's fast. Two blows very quickly 00:55:07.840 --> 00:55:12.179 with his scimitar. And with that second blow, 00:55:12.280 --> 00:55:15.820 the one that does connect. Quick sprakes, and 00:55:15.820 --> 00:55:20.260 this figure drops Poker down into the wood. As 00:55:20.260 --> 00:55:21.860 this figure flops down on the stairs and just 00:55:21.860 --> 00:55:24.760 rolls down them. You watch the blood in their 00:55:24.760 --> 00:55:27.860 eyes run down the side to their face as they 00:55:27.860 --> 00:55:31.219 stare up towards the sky. Under the moonlight, 00:55:31.400 --> 00:55:36.480 you stand. Fog rising up, covering the house 00:55:36.480 --> 00:55:40.320 before you. The last body is lying on the stairs. 00:55:40.760 --> 00:55:42.739 You know the way into the kitchen has been opened. 00:55:43.289 --> 00:55:46.329 For you, and you know it is empty. I will say 00:55:46.329 --> 00:55:49.730 this, though. When those figures dropped, they 00:55:49.730 --> 00:55:54.489 did reveal one thing. One last door in the kitchen. 00:55:55.489 --> 00:56:01.489 A door hugging the left wall for you to walk 00:56:01.489 --> 00:56:03.389 in from the main door coming from the hallway. 00:56:04.010 --> 00:56:10.349 All right. Zebulon stows his bow and withdraws 00:56:10.349 --> 00:56:15.539 both his swords. Well, let's finish this. And 00:56:15.539 --> 00:56:19.380 starts to move towards the kitchen. As we walk 00:56:19.380 --> 00:56:22.679 over, Jules is going to hand Chester Shortwell 00:56:22.679 --> 00:56:27.179 back. You reach out, and he's not reacting. He's 00:56:27.179 --> 00:56:29.679 just staring at the window, at the body dropped 00:56:29.679 --> 00:56:33.599 in front of it. Hey. Huh? Don't have a change. 00:56:35.199 --> 00:56:39.940 He takes it. We got to do this. The others are 00:56:39.940 --> 00:56:44.610 waiting for us. From here on out, it's self -defense. 00:56:46.030 --> 00:56:52.690 Right. Yeah. He just slings his bow over his 00:56:52.690 --> 00:56:58.070 back and follows. One last wipe from his sleeve 00:56:58.070 --> 00:57:01.829 over his face. Do you all move into the building? 00:57:03.570 --> 00:57:08.130 Yeah. Yep. I imagine you all just move into the 00:57:08.130 --> 00:57:11.409 kitchen. Straight into the kitchen. You see a 00:57:11.409 --> 00:57:14.070 room torn apart, pots and pans scattered everywhere. 00:57:14.789 --> 00:57:16.630 Next thing you know, there's rotting food streaking 00:57:16.630 --> 00:57:20.469 the floorboards. Footprints hit it where these 00:57:20.469 --> 00:57:25.469 folks had run over it. And you see a door to 00:57:25.469 --> 00:57:30.010 your immediate left. Last door unchecked. All 00:57:30.010 --> 00:57:33.329 right, is everybody ready? I think we're as ready 00:57:33.329 --> 00:57:37.409 as we're going to be. Let's end this. No one 00:57:37.409 --> 00:57:40.869 else gets hurt. All right. Zebulon opens the 00:57:40.869 --> 00:57:44.929 door. You open the door, and you see a small 00:57:44.929 --> 00:57:48.730 pantry. It literally has been completely ransacked. 00:57:49.630 --> 00:57:52.650 Large cupboard standing open. You do see there 00:57:52.650 --> 00:57:56.389 is a trap door on the pantry floor, already open. 00:57:56.670 --> 00:57:59.030 You see a ten -foot -tall ladder descending into 00:57:59.030 --> 00:58:04.329 a darkened, cold -storage cellar below. Immediately, 00:58:04.869 --> 00:58:09.860 a stench of rot strikes you. Something else, 00:58:09.880 --> 00:58:24.099 too. Something farther off. Humming. A woman's 00:58:24.099 --> 00:58:31.719 voice. From somewhere below. Zebulon turns over 00:58:31.719 --> 00:58:34.900 his shoulder. I guess they keep the harmony down 00:58:34.900 --> 00:58:45.710 there. What? Way to break the tension, Zeb. Oops, 00:58:46.449 --> 00:58:49.849 I meant to say harmony. Of course. All right, 00:58:49.929 --> 00:58:52.409 Zebulon climbs down. You're climbing down? Okay. 00:58:53.510 --> 00:58:58.090 Climb down into the pitch blackness below. You 00:58:58.090 --> 00:59:02.809 stand in this cellar. Shelves bearing root vegetables 00:59:02.809 --> 00:59:05.449 and other foodstuffs line the walls around you. 00:59:05.949 --> 00:59:11.920 And the south wall has partially collapsed, Narrow 00:59:11.920 --> 00:59:16.840 tunnel. And yes, there is harmony. Score. Thank 00:59:16.840 --> 00:59:19.719 you. You're not getting a button for that. Pill 00:59:19.719 --> 00:59:25.460 for some of that. You hear that humming coming 00:59:25.460 --> 00:59:28.460 down from further down the tunnel, which you 00:59:28.460 --> 00:59:31.820 can see moving down about 30 feet and then snaking 00:59:31.820 --> 00:59:35.579 off, curving into a different direction. Do we 00:59:35.579 --> 00:59:39.300 get the map? Oh, scroll down. I'm on the... Scroll 00:59:39.300 --> 00:59:42.820 down! All right, well, that was hardly like... 00:59:42.820 --> 00:59:47.599 Yeah, yeah, yeah. Delete the map. Yeah. Why would 00:59:47.599 --> 00:59:49.539 I think it was on the same page? I don't give 00:59:49.539 --> 00:59:51.539 a shit about your opinions. Yeah, apparently 00:59:51.539 --> 00:59:54.039 not, because I'm wrong all over the place tonight. 00:59:55.840 --> 01:00:00.599 You see how it curves just ahead. You know how 01:00:00.599 --> 01:00:02.920 long this tunnel goes, but you can see that there's 01:00:02.920 --> 01:00:07.039 hand marks, claw marks all over the walls. Whatever 01:00:07.039 --> 01:00:11.679 dug it. It's pretty big. It's a very familiar 01:00:11.679 --> 01:00:16.619 -looking tunnel. I guess I can go first. You 01:00:16.619 --> 01:00:20.880 know I'm right behind you. Yep, and, uh... Thank 01:00:20.880 --> 01:00:26.019 you, Jules. And Jean? Yes? You stay close to 01:00:26.019 --> 01:00:31.079 Kali. He's what we're here for. Kiana's what 01:00:31.079 --> 01:00:35.980 we're here for. That's her. I know that's her 01:00:35.980 --> 01:00:41.650 voice. You stay behind us. I ain't staying far 01:00:41.650 --> 01:00:47.210 behind. Just behind. I'll keep him safe, I promise. 01:00:47.590 --> 01:00:51.949 I need him alive, too. As Zebulon grabs the last 01:00:51.949 --> 01:00:56.309 jar of hominy off the shelf. What are you doing? 01:00:59.550 --> 01:01:06.929 All right, well, let's go. God. And start to 01:01:06.929 --> 01:01:10.409 move forward. All of you begin to move down the 01:01:10.409 --> 01:01:13.510 tunnel. Zebulon, you can move fine, but I think 01:01:13.510 --> 01:01:17.769 Jules, Cully, John Franklin, even a little bit 01:01:17.769 --> 01:01:20.929 Chester has to crouch just a bit. It's probably 01:01:20.929 --> 01:01:24.329 a five foot or so. But yeah, you do have your 01:01:24.329 --> 01:01:26.809 light shining out leading the way ahead so everyone 01:01:26.809 --> 01:01:31.050 can follow. But you see that up ahead, Zebulon, 01:01:31.050 --> 01:01:34.449 as you move. Turn around a curve. You see another 01:01:34.449 --> 01:01:37.719 curve. And it looks like a chamber that opens 01:01:37.719 --> 01:01:42.539 up, dug to be a bit larger than the rest. A chamber 01:01:42.539 --> 01:01:45.039 beneath the house. Probably right beneath the 01:01:45.039 --> 01:01:46.860 floorboards that you saw those small goblins 01:01:46.860 --> 01:01:50.039 dropping down into. And as you move here, you 01:01:50.039 --> 01:01:53.119 start to hear that humming turn into singing. 01:01:54.199 --> 01:01:58.980 If you don't mind, Jeremy, you cue up the Awakening 01:01:58.980 --> 01:02:09.329 song. Another claimed. A boy who took his father's 01:02:09.329 --> 01:02:16.369 name. Curly with Kiana went to play. Rattle's 01:02:16.369 --> 01:02:22.289 maw did grin that day. To water's edge led by 01:02:22.289 --> 01:02:29.809 a fool. Swallowed by the hungry pool. But reunited 01:02:29.809 --> 01:02:37.989 all will be. Hand in hand with a loved colleague. 01:02:40.409 --> 01:02:44.710 And you step into this chamber. The ceilings 01:02:44.710 --> 01:02:47.889 around you are dug out to be about 10 feet up, 01:02:47.929 --> 01:02:52.369 maybe 15. Some open space to move around. You 01:02:52.369 --> 01:02:55.369 see other tunnels snaking off, little gopher 01:02:55.369 --> 01:02:58.050 holes. But you don't see any of those hands crawling 01:02:58.050 --> 01:03:01.690 around here, no. Just two things greet your vision 01:03:01.690 --> 01:03:06.880 in this. About 40 by 40 foot chamber. You see 01:03:06.880 --> 01:03:10.480 a woman standing right in the center, looking 01:03:10.480 --> 01:03:13.880 at you, singing the song, eyes shimmering red. 01:03:15.019 --> 01:03:19.860 Woman in overalls with features that look like 01:03:19.860 --> 01:03:26.360 Cully's. With a red bandana tying, her black 01:03:26.360 --> 01:03:29.980 curls, her black braids, some spilling down around 01:03:29.980 --> 01:03:35.300 her face. She looks... Emaciated. Dark circles 01:03:35.300 --> 01:03:39.619 under her eyes. Mouth open slightly as the song 01:03:39.619 --> 01:03:46.880 ends. And you see where her right arm hangs down. 01:03:48.119 --> 01:03:54.719 A bandage covers her wrist over the stump where 01:03:54.719 --> 01:04:00.960 her hand would have been. Bandage. A dark brownish 01:04:00.960 --> 01:04:07.719 red. Filthy. Her clothing, filthy. You guys are 01:04:07.719 --> 01:04:10.719 stopped in the tunnel. Coley behind you is, What's 01:04:10.719 --> 01:04:12.420 happening? Move out of the way, I gotta see! 01:04:13.260 --> 01:04:15.960 But you do see, as I said, two things in this 01:04:15.960 --> 01:04:20.559 room. Just beyond her. Tucked away in a little 01:04:20.559 --> 01:04:24.300 alcove in the back. On the opposite side of the 01:04:24.300 --> 01:04:31.389 room from you, you see a pile of a rotting Slick 01:04:31.389 --> 01:04:35.590 and bloated and black. Hands look like their 01:04:35.590 --> 01:04:40.409 nails are sharpened to points. Just a pile. Lying 01:04:40.409 --> 01:04:45.170 on the ground, unmoving, just... What do you 01:04:45.170 --> 01:04:47.750 do? So far I only have one idea, but it's not 01:04:47.750 --> 01:04:51.050 a smart one. What's that? Well, I see you scrolling, 01:04:51.130 --> 01:04:52.389 so I'm hoping you come up with something better 01:04:52.389 --> 01:04:55.710 before I have to say it. If you hesitate too 01:04:55.710 --> 01:05:00.840 long... I'm going to force an action here. So, 01:05:00.900 --> 01:05:07.300 yeah, I don't have any ideas. Jan, grab the girl 01:05:07.300 --> 01:05:10.619 and get out. You'll need to move out of the way 01:05:10.619 --> 01:05:12.179 for him to get out of the tunnel. Right now. 01:05:12.659 --> 01:05:17.559 Holy shit. Zebulon, Jules, and Koli stand in 01:05:17.559 --> 01:05:20.860 front of him. Yeah, Zeb's going to walk kind 01:05:20.860 --> 01:05:25.480 of halfway up to stand ten feet in front of Kiana. 01:05:26.670 --> 01:05:30.570 I think Jules is going to ready himself next 01:05:30.570 --> 01:05:37.489 to Cully. If Cully tries to move toward Kiana 01:05:37.489 --> 01:05:41.750 or tries to move to get in front of Jean Franklin, 01:05:41.949 --> 01:05:45.610 Jules is going to grab Cully by the shoulders 01:05:45.610 --> 01:05:50.949 and hold him up against the wall. Okay. You guys 01:05:50.949 --> 01:05:52.449 step out of the way. Jean Franklin begins to 01:05:52.449 --> 01:05:56.699 move out. The second Cully gets his eyes. On 01:05:56.699 --> 01:06:00.420 his knees. Kiana! Kiana! Wait, wait, wait. You 01:06:00.420 --> 01:06:02.659 grab him. You push him up. Give me an athletics 01:06:02.659 --> 01:06:09.460 check, actually. Opposed. Just wait. Just wait. 01:06:12.139 --> 01:06:17.420 Tweener. What do you got? Thirteen. He strolls 01:06:17.420 --> 01:06:19.199 past, tries to kick, and you just manage to get 01:06:19.199 --> 01:06:21.400 your arm around him just right, and he even gets 01:06:21.400 --> 01:06:23.719 a wall. No! Kiana! Just wait. Kiana! Just wait, 01:06:23.840 --> 01:06:27.670 wait, wait. Jean breaks past your group. Zebulon 01:06:27.670 --> 01:06:30.849 staying in the front, just behind him. Koli up 01:06:30.849 --> 01:06:33.750 against the wall. Jules holding them there. Jean 01:06:33.750 --> 01:06:38.050 moves over to Kiana. Goes to wrap his arms around 01:06:38.050 --> 01:06:43.010 her. His spear is sheathed. Shield on his back, 01:06:43.030 --> 01:06:46.429 on his shell. Goes to grab. And Chester at the 01:06:46.429 --> 01:06:49.329 entrance of the hole, just looking out into this 01:06:49.329 --> 01:06:54.340 opened way. And you hear a voice. Not Kiana's 01:06:54.340 --> 01:06:59.940 voice not a Vocal voice not how loud not echoing 01:06:59.940 --> 01:07:02.699 to this chamber, but echoing through your minds 01:07:02.699 --> 01:07:17.130 all of you Me and Kiana have been waiting for 01:07:17.130 --> 01:07:19.750 you. Jean -Francois is grabbing Kiana and she 01:07:19.750 --> 01:07:23.269 starts, ah, no, no, no. Just like screaming, 01:07:23.469 --> 01:07:25.630 trying to fight him off. No, hey. I'm going to 01:07:25.630 --> 01:07:27.110 let Athletics check for them too right now. Give 01:07:27.110 --> 01:07:29.889 me Athletics check, Steven. See if Jean can grapple 01:07:29.889 --> 01:07:36.889 her. Just an eight. He goes to grab her and there's 01:07:36.889 --> 01:07:39.489 something so fierce about her. She's just like. 01:07:39.739 --> 01:07:42.420 Kicks up and hits him. He stumbles back just 01:07:42.420 --> 01:07:44.199 a little bit. His hand's just barely not reaching 01:07:44.199 --> 01:07:47.659 out far enough. And she scoots away from him 01:07:47.659 --> 01:07:50.039 and back towards that pile, back towards the 01:07:50.039 --> 01:07:55.000 far wall. That voice continues. I'm so glad you 01:07:55.000 --> 01:07:59.340 came. There's something I mean to tell you. I 01:07:59.340 --> 01:08:03.159 want to tell you. And that pile begins to rise 01:08:03.159 --> 01:08:09.469 up. Limbs spreading out. Like many legs of a 01:08:09.469 --> 01:08:13.409 spider. Hands start to reach out from this rotted, 01:08:13.429 --> 01:08:17.869 bloated pile. Fingers working towards you. I 01:08:17.869 --> 01:08:21.090 want to tell you I'm scared. I'm scared. I'm 01:08:21.090 --> 01:08:24.550 scared. I'm scared. I'm scared. I'm scared. So, 01:08:24.890 --> 01:08:30.930 so, so, so. This figure begins to move towards 01:08:30.930 --> 01:08:43.470 you. And we'll call it there.