1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:19,240 Greetings Invisible Ears! Me, Sully and Nix are on our way to my stash. As you know I'm 2 00:00:19,240 --> 00:00:25,680 a kobold so my stash is very important to me. In my village we each need to get a stash 3 00:00:25,680 --> 00:00:31,840 together so we can get our wings from Bathanax the dragon. It's not just about being able 4 00:00:31,840 --> 00:00:38,760 to fly. Without wings we can't get home. I haven't told the others this yet. They probably 5 00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:44,080 just think I'm a greedy guts or that I'm like a nabber and just like collecting shiny things. 6 00:00:44,080 --> 00:00:48,980 It's not that at all. If I don't have wings then I can't get back to my home and see my 7 00:00:48,980 --> 00:00:54,000 family again. But even though Sully and Nix don't know the truth they've still agreed 8 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:59,480 to come along and protect me. And that means a lot. It certainly makes me feel a little 9 00:00:59,480 --> 00:01:04,920 bit braver about whatever we might meet on the road. We've got as far as the river at 10 00:01:04,920 --> 00:01:13,160 the edge of Sully's base. First things first we need to cross it. So who's going to cross 11 00:01:13,160 --> 00:01:21,480 the bridge first? Me I guess. Yeah I reckon. Do you want to make a wisdom roll? Three. 12 00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:29,560 Plus one is four. So for you Sully, maybe it's because you're leaving your bit of land 13 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:35,880 where your base is. You have a real sense of stepping out into the unknown. Very exciting. 14 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:47,080 I wonder over. Going to meet Sully on the other side. 19. Wow. I'm all eyes and ears today. 15 00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:52,720 Well this is very interesting because when Nix, when you put your foot onto the bridge 16 00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:58,880 you feel the shiver rippling up the back of your neck making the hair stand on end. And 17 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:05,680 you lift your foot up. That's electrifying. And it passes. Right. You put your foot down 18 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:14,040 again and up it comes again. I'm getting some vibes kid. And you know Nix that there is 19 00:02:14,040 --> 00:02:23,040 some magical vibes. I'm doing a little goblin dance on the bridge. Getting down with the 20 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:30,800 vibes. Oh I feel that magical beat. So I don't know how much you want to share Nix. I have 21 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:37,560 an open book. Someone or something has placed a sanctuary. It's not so much that the magical 22 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:43,600 effect is on the bridge. What it is is that the moment you step onto the bridge you leave 23 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:49,440 a magical effect. OK. Do I know about it? What does he tell me about it? I'll tell you 24 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:56,640 right about it. So kid there's a very calming haven like energy surrounding your territory. 25 00:02:56,640 --> 00:03:03,520 Have you heard about that before? The thing that we should have placed here is a vibe 26 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:14,520 stadium. You all have a bit of a vibe. What I'm thinking. Throw it around. What I'm thinking. 27 00:03:14,520 --> 00:03:24,240 Big fish little fish. Whopper dingle whopper dingle. I think I might know what it could 28 00:03:24,240 --> 00:03:32,280 be to do it. The snow sprites. Could be something to do with them. Maybe. Maybe we should bring 29 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:38,680 the globe with us then and bring their protection. I tried that. Did you? It wouldn't budge at 30 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:45,800 all. I'd have to remove the entire manhole piece. Tempting. We've only got a bit of 31 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:50,000 a faff. We've only got a little bit. We've got two pit ponies and a donkey. I don't think 32 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:57,800 that's going to work. Nah we need an elephant or something. I was thinking like yeah I do 33 00:03:57,800 --> 00:04:04,400 really not have many bad occurrences there but always when I go out I have quite a few 34 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:10,560 bad occurrences. When I'm inside my base I don't have as many. Yeah I completely agree. 35 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:15,760 I was very surprised about the nabba because I was like oh I haven't had this before. I 36 00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:22,760 think that like nabba's are just part of nature aren't they. See a shiny thing. They're more 37 00:04:22,760 --> 00:04:31,760 mischievous. They're more mischief makers than dangerous. They've got no malicious intent. 38 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:38,280 Just want to steal something nice and shiny. Yeah. Goblin like I'd say. So I'm imagining 39 00:04:38,280 --> 00:04:43,600 that we're having this conversation as we're trotting along and you make some excellent 40 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:48,160 headway for the next few hours. You cover lots of ground. Maybe you stop for a little 41 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:57,360 bite of lunch. A bite of the head of the fish. That's for tea. It's just the head bit. It's 42 00:04:57,360 --> 00:05:03,920 crunchy. I love the texture. Here kid do you want a bit? I think Sully should look after 43 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:09,920 the fish if we're going to have any left by tea time. Yeah. I'll go with that. I can get 44 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:14,560 some fish. Yeah. Do you want to look after this lot? Yeah. So like we're going to put 45 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:18,600 it all on and then we continue going dillons dillons dillons. You're a good cook. You're 46 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:24,000 very handy. So after lunch you travel along this quite a light dirt track. It doesn't 47 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:30,400 have much traffic at all. But after about 45 minutes your little track converges with 48 00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:36,720 another wider track and this wider track looks like it definitely gets more traffic. More 49 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:41,520 like a trade route or something. More like a trade route. Exactly. It's a minor sign 50 00:05:41,520 --> 00:05:48,800 of civilisation anyway. So then I say we should zoom down there. Oh yeah. Go full power. Okay. 51 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:54,440 Okay well so you know this wide track runs from east to west. Sully you don't actually 52 00:05:54,440 --> 00:05:59,600 know much about this road because you tend to stay normally on your side of the river 53 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:05,600 or just a little bit over. So you're not quite sure where this road leads to. Excited. So. 54 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:13,360 Well you can always just follow your footsteps. So I'm like charged. Okay so which way are 55 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:22,000 you going? The way. The way. Shall we find out from tech which way this gets some directions 56 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:28,560 off. Hang on hang on Sully. Which way are we heading off? Yeah. Well you watch him he 57 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:35,560 has a little rummage and he pulls out a little purse of deep blue silky material and he keeps 58 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:41,080 it tied to his waist normally. You've seen it on him and he takes something out. Nix 59 00:06:41,080 --> 00:06:47,440 you might like this. I think this is right up your street. And what he's got is a little 60 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:55,600 crystal that's been worked into the shape is like half an egg and then it's been set 61 00:06:55,600 --> 00:07:00,640 in a fitting of beautifully carved copper coloured wood and you notice that the way 62 00:07:00,640 --> 00:07:05,680 he's holding it he's tipped the gem out and then he's put the purse on his hand and he's 63 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:11,040 put the gem on top of the purse so the gem is not touching his skin. That's a gorgeous 64 00:07:11,040 --> 00:07:17,880 bit of apparatus. It's a hide and seeker gem have you heard of that? A hide and seeker 65 00:07:17,880 --> 00:07:24,560 gem yes. Well how it works is they come in pairs. There's another one that this is paired 66 00:07:24,560 --> 00:07:30,760 to. Originally it was one bigger gem and then the smiths that have got the skill they can 67 00:07:30,760 --> 00:07:37,560 divide it up into two separate gems. That is marvellous. How small can they make this 68 00:07:37,560 --> 00:07:43,920 gem? I've seen ones that are a little bit smaller but the smaller they get the less 69 00:07:43,920 --> 00:07:50,000 powerful they are the less distance they can cover. Yeah makes sense. Because this one 70 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:55,880 is paired with another gem that I've put with my stash and they can talk to each other. 71 00:07:55,880 --> 00:08:01,040 What a marvellous concept. So the smaller it is you can find things that are quite close 72 00:08:01,040 --> 00:08:06,100 by but if you're going travelling a little bit you can get a larger one and yeah my mums 73 00:08:06,100 --> 00:08:12,360 gave me this one before I left it was one of my going away presents. It was that in 74 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:19,960 a parachute but that's another story. Where's your parachute? A parachute? Yeah. A parachute 75 00:08:19,960 --> 00:08:27,920 you got it? Yeah it's very good actually and this rucksack is actually a parachute that 76 00:08:27,920 --> 00:08:33,280 you fold in a certain way and you can put other things in it to carry them. It's a very 77 00:08:33,280 --> 00:08:38,600 clever little thing it's a cobalt design you know we're very good with textiles. I can 78 00:08:38,600 --> 00:08:44,680 see. I really hope that works. Right kid let's check this gem. How does it work? So the other 79 00:08:44,680 --> 00:08:52,000 half of this one is with my stash and this one knows where it's other half is so watch 80 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:59,200 this. He gently takes the gem and actually places it on the palm of his hand this time 81 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:08,040 and you see as if it's drawing in the warmth of Taks body which it can't be that because 82 00:09:08,040 --> 00:09:15,440 Taks cold blooded you expect but you can see a misty light starts to gather and swirl within 83 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:23,280 the gem until the gem begins to pulse. It's faint and uneven at first but then it settles 84 00:09:23,280 --> 00:09:31,280 into a steady beat. He says right okay so now it's that's our starting beat and Taks 85 00:09:31,280 --> 00:09:38,840 looks up and down the road he says so we can go this way and he walks east down the road 86 00:09:38,840 --> 00:09:43,800 holding out the gem on his hand. I keep following right behind him. I'm hypnotised to this scene 87 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:50,080 it's really cool. Watch the gem. Yeah I'm watching. And the rate of the pulse gets slower 88 00:09:50,080 --> 00:09:56,120 okay and he stops he goes oh no stop this way okay let's try that way and he turns 89 00:09:56,120 --> 00:10:01,920 round to go west along the road and as you watch this time the gem starts to pulse a 90 00:10:01,920 --> 00:10:08,720 little faster. Ah that's it do you see it's this way. Okay and then he puts the gem back 91 00:10:08,720 --> 00:10:14,600 in his little purse and attaches it to his belt. Let's head west then. Right. I'm very 92 00:10:14,600 --> 00:10:21,240 impressed with your mechanism there Taks. Oh thank you. Your hide and seeker gem. Right 93 00:10:21,240 --> 00:10:26,800 no there's no time to lose we can talk about this while we're at the horses. Go go go go 94 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:33,680 go. This is all human charles wants a race. Okay. You got it. Well yeah the rain starts 95 00:10:33,680 --> 00:10:40,160 to get a little bit heavier and the road suddenly gets a lot steeper as you head into some mudland 96 00:10:40,160 --> 00:10:44,760 and it gets rocky on either side and it gets much more slow going because you've got to 97 00:10:44,760 --> 00:10:49,640 kind of pick your way up round the stones. The ponies and the donkeys don't like it you're 98 00:10:49,640 --> 00:10:55,120 just trying to figure out whether to get off and lead rather than ride them but at least 99 00:10:55,120 --> 00:11:00,640 the tree canopy is giving you a bit of shelter from the rain. Suddenly you hear what sounds 100 00:11:00,640 --> 00:11:07,840 like a medium sized animal startle nearby in the undergrowth. Again. What is it? Did 101 00:11:07,840 --> 00:11:14,440 you hear something? It sounded like a medium sized animal startling in the undergrowth. 102 00:11:14,440 --> 00:11:21,320 That's exactly what I thought. Rolling. Roll for perception. Do you want to go first? Five. 103 00:11:21,320 --> 00:11:25,800 You don't see what it is I'm afraid sorely. Eleven. You've got eleven let's see what 104 00:11:25,800 --> 00:11:36,320 Taka gets. Five. Doesn't see anything. That was the sound of Dungeon Mummy eating her 105 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:46,000 own hair. Yeah it wafted down my throat. Sorry. So Nix it looks like something has dislodged 106 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:52,000 a rock. That's what that noise is. I think something's just dislodged a rock. Let's 107 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:59,040 go and check it out. We want to make sure we don't get any ambush or. Maybe it was a 108 00:11:59,040 --> 00:12:08,320 rustle. It was a rustle in the bushes. Is that you Russell? I'm getting slightly creeped 109 00:12:08,320 --> 00:12:17,600 out now Russell. Hello. Right well let's go and investigate. So yeah you're going to where 110 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:23,320 the rock got dislodged. Yeah. OK so that takes you to the crest of the hill and from that 111 00:12:23,320 --> 00:12:29,240 point the track rolls down the other side and the rocky area settles back into mossy 112 00:12:29,240 --> 00:12:37,680 woodland and you hear another odd noise. It's a low bubbling coming from a dip at the bottom 113 00:12:37,680 --> 00:12:44,880 of the hill and the track that you've been riding along runs directly through it. It 114 00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:51,040 looks like this is a sunken spot of land where all the water runoff gathers so it gets really 115 00:12:51,040 --> 00:12:56,240 quite boggy here and probably only rarely dries out you know just at the very hottest 116 00:12:56,240 --> 00:13:01,320 points of the summer it's probably always a bit boggy and the low bubbling sound is 117 00:13:01,320 --> 00:13:08,640 coming from there. Suddenly from the cover of the ferns something bursts out and piles 118 00:13:08,640 --> 00:13:16,560 into the mud. Immediately the mud swells up in tall glondola tendrils and they're the 119 00:13:16,560 --> 00:13:23,160 height and depth of really thick ropes of mud and they seem so... I just stare at it 120 00:13:23,160 --> 00:13:32,080 just expressionless. So something has piled into the mud. Does it look like it's a thing 121 00:13:32,080 --> 00:13:40,720 from the swamp or does it look like the water's moving by itself as tentacles? OK well would 122 00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:50,520 you like to roll perception? Roll yes please. It's 12 plus 1. 13. And then yeah go on you 123 00:13:50,520 --> 00:14:01,280 roll as well. 18. 18? Plus your perception which is plus 1. So you've got 19, you've 124 00:14:01,280 --> 00:14:13,880 got 13. Oh 19. Got two 19s. 19, 20, 21. OK so Nix it doesn't make sense what you can 125 00:14:13,880 --> 00:14:19,680 see it's like there's some kind of fight going on in this mud but you can't make out what's 126 00:14:19,680 --> 00:14:27,280 fighting what. Soley as the mud tendrils lift up and then pound down you can see that the 127 00:14:27,280 --> 00:14:33,480 mud is directing itself at whatever it was that just burst out of the ferns and piled 128 00:14:33,480 --> 00:14:45,000 into the mud. Tack he got 21. It's a big chunk of stone and the mud's fighting a big stone. 129 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:49,480 And you look and the scene starts making sense of itself and you can see that yes the mud 130 00:14:49,480 --> 00:14:55,520 is rising up and pounding down against this chunk of what looks like limestone which is 131 00:14:55,520 --> 00:15:01,720 rapidly getting covered in mud itself. It's trying to get through the mud to the other 132 00:15:01,720 --> 00:15:09,280 side of the track but the mud keeps swelling up like a like a wave to keep bringing it 133 00:15:09,280 --> 00:15:16,000 back in and then it starts pounding it again. We'll have to leave it there for this week 134 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:20,880 but join us next time when it looks like we might be in for a bit of a scrap. It's very 135 00:15:20,880 --> 00:15:27,560 strange indeed when things like mud and rock start biffing each other about don't you think? 136 00:15:27,560 --> 00:15:33,320 What's going on there? What about Tack's hide and seeker gem? That is one marvellous 137 00:15:33,320 --> 00:15:39,160 bit of kit and no mistaking. I wonder if we'll let me have a go on it next time we need to 138 00:15:39,160 --> 00:15:46,120 check our progress. Thanks for listening. I can't see ya but I know you're there. Call 139 00:15:46,120 --> 00:15:53,560 it me 16th sense or is it me 17th? I can never keep track. Don't forget you can catch us 140 00:15:53,560 --> 00:16:01,640 on Insta or by writing to dnddoodoo at gmail.com. It's nice to have something to read around 141 00:16:01,640 --> 00:16:08,320 the campfire in the evenings. I've heard mutterings on cfax about the creation of a web page one 142 00:16:08,320 --> 00:16:15,200 day too. I've never seen paper made out of webs before but if anyone can do it a spider 143 00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:22,200 could. Anyway have a great week podlins. Whatever ya dnd do do. Laters.