Are you not gonna count me in?
The hell?
I thought this was professional and shit.
You can go.
You're listening to Dubstep and Dragons, a D&D 5e actual play podcast.
Hey, I thought this was Dubstep and Dragons.
Where's that at?
There it is.
Thanks, man.
Oh, this is gonna be painful.
Anyway, a D&D 5e actual play podcast with a cyberpunk twist.
My name is Matthew and I will be your Game Master.
I'm Dan and I'm Alphonse.
I'm Luke, I'll play Ash.
I'm Bo and I'll play Norse.
Oh, goody.
Got Norse, your voice just... something today. It sounds great.
Are you hearing the banjos?
That's the songs of my people.
Those are my people.
So we begin our story.
In Chicago at Union Station, Earth 2093, Alphonse,
you're walking through a crowded train terminal.
There's people all around you.
It's very well lit in here, which is unusual.
Most places that you've been in Chicago since you've been here,
they keep the lights dim just to conserve power.
But you can tell that because this is such an important hub for travel between here and Kansas City,
that they keep it really well lit.
People are shoving you aside trying to get to where they're going,
in spite of your government escort.
You have two guards with you that are making sure that you get to your train.
Two rather large men, heavily modified.
They're wearing full suits and everything,
but just your inherent understanding of cybernetics.
In fact, give me a perception check.
Just to see...
Yes, so, perception check.
That would be 23.
23?
You start spotting, you see right behind the ears a little pill-sized piece sticking out,
which you would know are audio receptors, so they have increased hearing.
You see at the ends of their sleeves where their hands coming out.
They have what looks like skin,
but you know that it's a synthetic skin covering their cybernetics.
These are men that don't want to be seen as frightening.
They want to be subtle.
So, kind of like a secret service.
Yes, exactly.
And this seems excessive to you.
You're just a government employee on your way being transferred from Chicago to Kansas City.
But you don't question it because the government even today still loves to just waste money,
and so they're going to pay these guys their salaries to escort an IT guy, essentially, to his train.
With that, you also spy...
Which, excellent, perception role.
You spy towards the front of the train.
You see the typical military transfers.
You see a group of heavily armed, heavily armored men moving what looks to be just a giant steel box.
And they are loading it on the military car, which is typically towards the front of the train.
Can I make out any details on this box?
It seems fairly nondescript.
You see...
From the looks of it, it looks like this is just a standard shipping container.
It's hard to tell what would be inside.
Okay, but there's clearly military type people loading it on.
Yeah, they're definitely hauling something of value in order for it to have the escort that it's got.
Okay.
Other than that, you see behind the military cart is the...
I guess you would call it a law enforcement car.
And you see them hauling, bringing inmates on there.
Likely heading to Leavenworth.
Oh, okay.
You know that they keep...
They made sure that Leavenworth stayed active because they still needed some sort of prison system.
So they built one of the filter towers in Leavenworth to maintain that small area outside of Kansas City.
Outside of that, you see your standard passengers just loading on.
The train isn't packed, but definitely a busy day.
There's a fair amount of people going to and from Kansas City in Chicago.
Does it look like my handlers or does it...
Do I perceive that my handlers would handle your mama joke very well?
Give me an insight check.
Your mama.
12.
They look fairly serious, but at the same time...
They haven't really paid you much attention.
So you don't think they give too much of a shit about what you say or do.
They just... they're there to do a job and make sure you get on that train.
That's good because I definitely didn't have your mama joke to tell them.
I would have failed utterly.
I just wanted to see what they would do.
Just wondering how serious these two are.
They seem fairly serious, but also fairly disinterested.
In their current task at hand.
I definitely want to ask one of them what I think of the weather.
I would turn to the guard on the right and ask him how about the weather here?
It's cold. It's always cold.
And I haven't seen the sun in six years.
The weather is exactly how it was yesterday.
And exactly how it's going to be tomorrow.
You take life way too serious.
Thank you for reminding me.
And then he just turns forward.
And you see him kind of give a little shake to his head.
You can almost hear him thinking,
This fucking guy.
So with that, I immediately say, Oh, and turn to the one left.
How's the kids?
And after listening to your exchange with the other guy,
this guy is just stone face and just just trying his damnedest to ignore you.
This is going to be an excellent trip.
I cannot wait.
So they they walk you have your ticket.
You know what car you're headed to and they know what car you're headed to.
They they bring you to the door.
You walk on and they stay outside.
They don't enter the train with you.
They are merely there to make sure that you made it to the train.
And make sure that you don't get off the train before it leaves.
Okay.
So so and before you go in the one that you somewhat spoke to prior.
They'll somebody will be there to help you out and take you where you need to go once you get to Kansas City.
Oh, are they sending Darrell?
I don't know who Darrell is.
Yeah, me either.
And he's he rolls your eyes and he just points inside just just go just sit down.
Stay put.
Do not leave this train.
Fine.
Yes, I get it.
Okay.
Please sir.
And next time someone asks you about the weather, just say it's lovely today.
Lie out your teeth.
Why?
Small talk buddy.
Just small talk.
I don't like small talk.
Yeah, it's just just sit the fuck down.
Have a lovely day.
I won't.
It's shitty outside.
It's cold.
So when you get on the train, every program you're fucking out of when you get on the train, it's, it's, you know, you're, you're in coach.
It is, it's pretty packed in there.
Your shoulder to shoulder.
You have, you have an elderly woman on one side and you just can't figure out how she survived this long.
Like, like this lady is pushing triple digits and somehow surviving a hellscape.
And she's, she's probably the oldest person you've seen in, in years.
So you have her sitting next to you.
And then on the other side, you have a, you have a gentleman looks to be 30s, 40s seems very anxious.
He's, he's holding a briefcase and he's kind of, he's kind of rocking back and forth just nervously.
Just not, not sure what's going on with him.
But, but he would definitely make you feel uneasy outside of that.
You have families, you have just a wide variety of individuals on this train with you.
Cool. The one that is sitting there jittery.
I'm going to tell him he's in my seat.
Very good.
Sir, you're in my seat.
No, no, I'm in, I'm in, I'm in six C. This says six C. This is my, where's your ticket? Where's your ticket?
It's right here, but you're in my seat.
No, no, I am in six C.
You're in my seat.
I am in six C.
Roll persuasion.
So that is a 17.
I'm going to get my dice out because I am ill prepared.
So while you're doing that, one thing to note about Alphonse is he is very, very persuasive.
He has a modification where he is able to alter someone's thoughts through CyberNex.
Very good.
Do you use that on this gentleman?
Yes, it's actually a government mod that I like to play around with frequently.
Is this a spell?
No.
Is this what would normally be considered a spell?
No, I'm just describing my CyberNex upgrade with persuasion.
Very good.
So your voice rings in his ear and he's, you're gaslighting the shit out of this guy.
Oh yeah.
But he's looking at his ticket.
Oh boy.
He's looking at his ticket and he's looking at his seat and he sees six C and he sees six C on his ticket.
And you can see that his heart is just racing.
He is so sure that he's right and yet so sure that he's wrong at the same time.
Yes, sir, I have, by all means, by all means, I'm so sorry for the misunderstanding.
They must have double booked this seat.
I will, I will sit in B and hopefully nobody else is double booked, hopefully.
No hard feelings.
Just wanted to make sure I had an aisle seat.
I have a problem with windows and I don't like being in the middle.
Very, very, yes, yes, yeah, I'll sit there, no problem.
Hopefully nobody else comes to sit in the seat.
No, you'll be fine.
Don't worry about it.
Oh, oh God, this is so stressful.
I hate travel.
It's okay.
Don't don't.
It's fine.
Just don't worry about it.
And he just he just he's just watching his his his his.
What's in your briefcase?
His briefcase.
Thank you.
So he's oh, I have to make a presentation at Noogle.
I have I have a an upgrade.
It's it's kind of it's like a software upgrade that that people can use.
I don't I don't know if anybody's going to want to buy it.
It it makes it.
You know what?
Let me set.
What's your name?
I'm Ricky.
Ricky.
Oh, I know a thing or two about a thing or two.
Maybe you should pitch me your idea.
I we have a train ride ahead of us.
We can talk about it here.
The only way you're going to get unnervous about it is to talk.
He's looking at this old woman.
Don't worry about Leather next to you.
You're fine.
My name is not Heather.
Sorry, Heather.
It's Winifred.
See, she won't even be able to judge it.
I just.
Okay.
Yeah.
Yeah, you're right.
You're right.
If I can do it in front of you and strangers and not Heather, you got this.
I can I can do this.
I got it.
Yeah, I'm going to be fine.
This is going to be great.
It'll be great.
So, Romeo Constitution saving throw.
That would be a seven.
This shit is boring.
No, it is.
It is essentially software that allows you to communicate with animals.
The problem is there's very few animals left.
So there's there's not going to be a whole lot of demand for it.
But maybe, you know,
you know, Newgles always, you know, Newgles always looking for for new things to sell and new new products to offer.
Can I help him with his pitch?
Yeah, redead said on it.
No, give me a.
What what would you is there a specific direction you want to go with it?
Yes.
I would like to tell him to take his software and turn it into something that projects an image of an animal that talks like a human.
So almost like a.
So thinks like an animal.
But but can communicate acts like an animal just more of a Furby kind of friend.
Very good.
Give me a.
Give me a performance check.
Let's let's see how good of a presentation you do for this.
That'd be 20.
With a dirty 20.
You like.
People people are riveted by your pitch.
You don't have the software to back up shit.
You you just have an idea and and you you present this idea to him you present this idea to the whole train car.
And at the end it's you're so passionate about it.
And people are on the edge of their seats and a standing ovation just breaks out across the car.
People are just they're so excited to buy this product that doesn't exist.
Rick's going to sign a contract with me right here right now.
You don't have anything to offer him.
So so are you trying to get him to sign a contract giving you creative credit.
Yes so that you get like royalties.
Yes essentially.
You're a greedy guy.
Give me a you don't know me.
You're a I don't know you.
I'm going to regret this because you're a bard.
Give me a persuasion check.
So you tie.
Okay.
I rolled a flat 17.
I can't remember when it has the circle and the other circle.
So that means you get to add your your proficiency modifier twice.
So I gave him a flat roll of 17.
So you guys tied.
So what he's going to do is he's going to ask for your contact information and and he's going to.
This is this is a great idea.
I'm going to pitch this.
I need all your contact information.
And if I if this goes well then then I'll know how to get a hold of you and you can help me develop it.
Ricky Ricky Ricky Ricky.
I really don't like that answer.
I don't have any other answer to give you.
I don't have anything.
I don't I don't have anything to sell.
You don't have a napkin inside of that briefcase.
But the napkin would give you what it what it.
I just want a little bit of money if this is successful.
I'm trying to help you not fail.
And he like and he like nervously jots down giving giving you creative credit and and he's he's looking at you and he's you see his he kind of steals his gaze at you.
I almost let you feel like he's sizing you up.
So he's looking at you and he writes.
It's a number.
And it's offering you 5% royalties.
Ricky I'm not greedy.
This is perfect.
Oh yeah.
Well hopefully it sells just signed.
I already signed.
You just have to sign and then we'll make a copy of it.
Great.
Do you have two napkins?
I do.
Let's just go ahead and sign two different napkins and we each go our separate ways.
So he starts filling it out.
And he he signs the other copy and he OK sign this one this one's for me.
I take a look at it just to make sure it's still says 5%.
Yeah.
It's the exact same.
Ricky I believe in you.
I pitch your ass off.
And he kind of puffs out his chest and puts his shoulders back.
Yes I'm going to do this.
This is going to be the greatest presentation that Nugol has ever seen.
And before he finishes I basically kick back and start falling asleep.
You're so nice.
Love it.
And there we move up to first class.
So we're on the train and ash you're you're sitting in your comfortable seat hot towel
that they just gave you is is draped around your neck just just to help you relax you
know.
It feels great.
They have they gave you a nice glass of wine and and as far as wine goes this is shit.
You can you can taste the replicator in it.
You can tell what brand replicator they used and it's and it's not one of the good ones
but it's still better than bathtub wine which is what a majority of people have to drink.
So you're enjoying your glass of terrible wine.
Hey it's wine.
Yeah.
The important thing is it has alcohol in it.
Yeah that is important.
Give me give me a perception check just to see how much of the environment you pick up
on.
That is a 1515 with that you when you were boarding the train you noticed a an average
size gentleman probably about 510 511 looks look he's very well very well dressed.
He's he's wearing a nice suit.
He's his hair is is perfectly it's pulled back and kind of a ponytail.
He's got the man bun going his his shoulder he's got shoulder length hair that's kind of pulled back
and then the the he's got I guess my my daughter would call them curtain bangs that come down
and kind of frame his face.
He's he's very pretty as far as men go.
You can see though though they're they're very high quality.
You can see the scenes throughout his throughout his exposed face for his cybernetic upgrades.
He's he's very clearly fairly heavily in enhanced.
Other than that you see your your typical first class clientele people that you some of them
would probably even recognize from just there there are still new stations and and you recognize
notable business people on this train.
Give me a history check.
History said yes.
What is an 1818 so with an 18 you you recognize several people in this train especially the
gentleman that that I was previously describing.
You know him as Corbin cross or excuse me carbon cross.
C A R B I N K R O S S.
You would definitely note him as the son of the head of the Crimson Cross Brotherhood.
Do I know anything about the Crimson Cross Brotherhood.
Yes.
So the Crimson Cross Brotherhood is a notable crime family.
That operates even even before the war before all this they've they've been around for a very long time.
And they were involved in the early mob dating back to prohibition.
They've they've stayed a prominent horse in in Chicago Kansas City and several other Middle America cities.
You also would notice that he's he's carrying a kind of a hard shell cylindrical case.
He's a very well made seems that you can't tell what's in it.
But it it it seems to be fairly hefty.
And he's what a couple seats away from me.
Yeah he's he's up about two rows and across the aisle from you.
Okay.
So if if you're if you're looking across the aisle he's he's probably six to eight feet away from you.
Okay.
So in this car there's not a whole lot of windows in the trains because they are underground.
But they they do have some windows.
I would say on each side you have the doors and then you have two like four by six windows on each side of the train.
And and the train hasn't left the station yet.
So you can you can see out into Union Station.
Okay.
So we're just sitting at the platform right now.
Yes.
Yeah.
Getting ready to leave.
There's no one else sitting next to me or anything like that.
So you have you have a business woman looking person sitting next to you.
She's she's well dressed probably mid forties.
She has she has you can you can see that she's got these they look like just tiny little pills in her here but you would recognize them as as the modern equivalent of head.
Ones.
Once you get rolling once the once the train gets moving is there anything you want to do before we move on now that Alphonse is sleeping.
Now I kind of keep to myself most of the time.
Okay.
Yeah.
That's kind of the way first class is.
Yeah.
And we all kind of keep to ourselves very much.
There's not a lot of conversations we all listen to music a whole lot.
So very good.
Yeah.
Now for the fun part.
Give me a perception check.
Perception.
Mr. Mr. Norris.
That's a 23.
Wow.
That's a good perception.
You're a barbarian with good perception cow.
So say again 23.
So with that 23.
You.
You actually can't see a whole lot.
Because you are bound.
And muzzled.
And and you have your head is strapped.
To whatever they have you attached to.
What you do notice is.
You.
The familiar feeling of your arms is gone.
For the last several years.
They've allowed you to keep your arms.
Just so you can function in your prison cell.
Still go to the bathroom without somebody having to help you.
Things like that.
But they turned the strength way down on it.
To make you weaker than the average person.
But at the moment they are transporting you without them.
You are just your flesh and bone self.
You are just strapped heavily to a gurney.
And you can you can feel.
As you can you can hear the people you know you're you're.
You know you're being transported to.
Leavenworth.
So you can gather that they're bringing you through Union Station and traveling on the train.
To feel the gurney that you're attached to go across the threshold onto the car.
And.
In the back of your head where your cybernetic link is where it's anchored into your skull.
You can feel it trying to connect to your arms.
You can tell they're close.
But but you can't tell a direction.
You can't tell a location.
You just know they aren't attached.
And that that connection that your your link makes with the arms it's it's it's there.
It's you just don't have any control over them.
In there you can see you can hear to you presume guards.
They sound like they're standing in front of you a few feet.
And you just hear.
I don't understand why we have to transport this guy.
It'd be so much cheaper to just put a bullet in him and be done.
Why do we even have a prison system?
We can't maintain anything.
We don't have shit for infrastructure.
Somebody breaks the law.
We should just put a bullet in them and call it good.
Well that's just not how it works.
This is still we still have to be civilized.
And this goes on for a while.
You.
You can't move anything.
All you are you are just at the mercy of these two assholes talking about your fate.
And you're just being jostled around.
As the train starts moving you can tell that they have you well anchored in.
But it's still whenever the train turns you still feel like it's kind of leaning back and forth.
And it no matter what you're standing essentially on a moving train.
And you just can't quite get your bearings.
So you're you're in just constant this constant state of just kind of discomfort.
And this carries on.
For quite a while.
It's a it's a it's about a day's trip.
Because of the war and all the craters that were created and all the all the toxic mass and then also the the areas that tunnels were collapsed and things like that from raids.
They have to constantly reroute these these train tunnels.
And so the trip takes much longer than than it logically should.
And you know especially Alphonse and Ash you've you've made the trip back and forth a few times at this point.
You know there's there's some points where they have to come above ground and it travels across and those are always the scariest.
Because when it's above ground it's the most exposed.
And so they try to route the train around problem areas.
So you're traveling along and and.
Is there you just sleep the whole time. Everybody's just relaxing except for you.
I was just done talking to Rick.
Okay.
The pitch was bullshit.
So you continue on and you you know that you're about halfway there.
You've been traveling for a decent part of the day.
And you two give me a perception check.
That'd be 19.
Okay.
Dirty 20.
Excellent.
So both of you feel the train accelerate.
You get the feeling that you're at pretty close to maximum speed.
They would only do this in a situation where they have to.
Because right now they're just burning through fuel.
With those perception checks you can look out the window.
When you feel this you look out the window and you can see.
Out along the horizon.
A.
What looks like a dust storm.
You can't see super far although over the years the at the.
Ash and stuff like that is kind of settled.
So you have a little bit of a.
A decent distance that you can see out.
And you can see dust and ash being stirred up.
But from this distance you can't make out what.
Give me a general intelligence check to see.
How much you would know.
Carol and really good tonight.
Nine nine.
Dirty 20 again.
Dirty 20.
With that knowledge you would know that you are in work territory.
At this point you wouldn't know.
But Ash does.
You are currently passing through.
Orc territory.
For those and.
All of you would know this would be common knowledge.
Orcs were a government experiment after the third world.
World War.
It was a.
Failed attempt at creating super soldiers.
They knew that.
Standard soldiers were not going to cut it.
In future wars.
So they started genetically modifying.
People.
And they ended up with.
What the fantasy and his what the fantasy books would have.
Considered orcs so that they've just taken on that name.
And you would know that it's it's likely an orc raiding party.
That's what they were trying to do.
And they were trying to get across the death dels.
Do you do you say anything.
You pointed out to anybody or do you.
Hope for the best and don't want to start a panic.
So being up in first class there I kind of look around.
See if there's any is there any.
Train staff or anything around.
And you have like the servers.
You have and you have a security guy standing at the back door making sure that nobody comes up from coach.
That's about it.
Can I flake down.
Actually I'm going to get up and walk towards security guy.
Yeah.
I walk up and walk towards the security guy.
And I'm kind of keeping things so we don't charge like start a very big commotion.
I'm going to lean into him and just kind of be like hey.
So.
Yes.
I see them.
We're on alert anybody or we alert anybody.
They've they've been they've been informed at the front.
That's why we increased speed.
I did feel that.
Yeah.
We just we should be able to outrun them.
Typically they have a hard time keeping up with these trains.
And we'll just hope for the best.
Sounds good.
And I.
Go back to my seat.
And as I walk by the business woman I kind of give her a nice wink.
Well she's sitting right next to you.
Yeah.
And I just sit down and I give her a nice wink and she's still she can't hear me or anything.
So I just give her a nice wink and look her up and down.
Check her out.
She looks up and she gives you a little nod and then she goes back to what she's doing.
She's watching something on like a tablet.
Yeah.
And I put my headphones back in and go back to listening to what I'm listening to.
Okay.
I'm assuming you keep an eye on.
I keep a very steady eye on this dust cloud and then also.
Not.
Being more attentive than normal.
Okay.
So.
It continues on for.
Another hour.
You can see the dust storm that this this does storm seems to stay fairly constant.
But it it almost seems like they're cutting across and looking for an opportunity to get
in front of the train.
After a while.
You can see that other passengers start to get nervous.
This does storm is closer closer.
At a certain point.
You see carbon cross stand up and go to the window.
And and as he does you can look out and you see what looks like a massive armored bus.
With a with a plow on front armored up like a battering.
And it's just charging across the delts.
He turns to everybody and screams brace for impact.
You don't get a chance to prepare for this.
You're strapped.
You two give me a dexterity saving throw.
Can I talk at all?
I know you said I was like.
You were.
You have a muscle holding your mouth.
I rolled a net 20 for 27 perfect.
I rolled a terrible eight.
You're rolling so good.
I know.
I'm going so good.
I jinxed myself.
Yeah you should have never said shit.
He doesn't count in combat typically.
Yeah.
It's very scary.
You're in your seat or standing as the world just turns to chaos.
You feel the impact.
This bus flows into the front of the train.
Just T boning it from the side and the train is knocked off the tracks at the head.
So what you're saying is we're going off the rails.
Yes.
You're going to see him in the back of the train.
He's going to see you drop the rails on the train.
Inspiration for the bar.
The upside is down.
Downside is up.
You see carbon cross move so fast.
It's hard to comprehend before you are just thrown totally out of control.
Watch him running up the walls running across the ceiling running down the other wall staying upright as this train is tumbling side rolling six seven eight times at very high speeds and the train is and much of the train is just turned to scrap.
With your dexterity saving throw you you successfully brace yourself and are able to move with the train.
I'd like to use Rick as a meat shield.
I grabbed him.
So as I the impact happened I grabbed him because I'm pissed off about the whole napkin thing at this point and his stupid idea.
And I'm hanging on to him and using him to take most of the impacts.
Excellent.
So you what I'm picturing is you grab a hold of him and you pull the seat belt across both of you with him above you as kind of a cushion.
Yes.
And so you feel you feel the train just rolling over side over side over side and the whole time you can feel him getting pushed almost like cheese graded through the seat belt and you can feel his bones breaking on top of you.
You can feel his rib cage get crushed from your weight his weight against this seat belt his body is being destroyed and you can feel every crack of the bone.
That poor man.
Because of because of using him to protect yourself you will take no damage from.
And because you are so well secured you're going to take half damage you unfortunately are going to take full damage.
I'm I did try to save the lady next to me too.
Like I tried to brace her.
Oh I know right.
Sucker.
So that next safe.
She grabbed you instead.
You probably.
You look big.
You take.
Oh I actually didn't roll super high damage you take 32 damage.
You take 16.
As the train comes to a rest laying on its side.
Norris.
Feel your restraints release.
The electromagnetic latches lost power and you're released from your harness and you fall to the floor.
Give me a perception check.
With advantage.
Well.
Definitely.
There's better.
That's a 21.
Now I gave you advantage because of your connection to your arms.
With a 21 you see a steel case that's been that's been thrown across the ground.
It's about 50 feet from you across across this just desolate wasteland.
But but you know that's your arms and I'm still in the train.
You're you're right next to the train.
You're you're well you are in the train but you're off of the track.
You're you're a ways from the tracks.
Okay.
You probably rolled a good hundred and fifty feet off of the tracks and you can't tell how far it went forward while tumbling.
But but you're about 50 feet from your from from the case that holds your arms.
You too.
Give me a perception check as well.
Eight 14.
So with an eight you don't you don't gather a whole lot about your environment.
Is my face covered in blood.
You are soaked.
Okay.
You are you are head to toe covered in Rick Rick.
That was my cash cow.
Yeah I don't think you're making any money off of Rick.
You unbuckling your seat belt and you're you're free to move about what you roll 14 14 with a 14.
So because you were a you weren't able to brace yourself you were thrown clear of the train.
You're now you're now lying on the ground about 50 about 50 60 feet outside of the train.
You it seems you were tossed through the window looking about you see bodies strewn everywhere.
You get the idea that very few of them are alive.
What you do see are green and blue skinned orcs in vehicles on motorcycles.
Mad Max style just armor plated yelling holding out weapons guns and they're and they're tearing across there.
They're entering the train and seem to be looking for things and you get the idea that this is this is another raid.
I kind of get up slowly.
Okay.
Draw my sword and start walking towards it as well as I can describe describe your sword and describe your your appearance and your sword.
So right now my appearance and wearing long trench coat and everything long black trench coat typical probably just leather pants normal probably hoodie underneath my trench coat and everything give me a hood style.
I get up my sword is it doesn't look big until I unsheath it and then once it's on sheet then it kind of like grows itself into a big six foot great sword.
Excellent so to say so.
Yeah.
Okay.
I'm going to have everybody roll initiative.
Now I can roll good.
20 to 25.
20.
21.
Actually, where's my mission.
So yeah, you were whatever you roll plus five.
He should have advantage.
He's a.
We.
Bo is, Bo is new.
So we're making sure that he gets everything.
An advantage on initiative.
It doesn't say.
Oh, okay.
No.
Okay.
Very good.
Norris did not roll well.
What did Norris get Norris.
I'm 11 and that makes perfect sense with where your heads at your primary focus is on getting your fucking arms.
I could just see I could just see like Norris, like getting out of this fucking train after not even knowing what just happened.
No fucking arms after being bound and gagged for fucking a day, like just dazed.
So because you two were thrown from the train, you have, you have at least one round before anybody is going to be to you unless you move towards that.
That could be a problem for Norris.
Yeah.
Let's see.
Interesting.
So it works out really well that Alphonse is first in initiative.
So you are inside this site, this overturned train car bodies everywhere.
It doesn't look like there's much alive in here.
You can hear the orcs.
You can hear the yelling.
You can hear the war cries.
You can hear the grunts.
You can hear all of it.
You can.
And they're not far.
Do they orcs do they speak their own languages is common?
Have they adapted?
So for the most part they speak common, but it's it's almost like a different dialect.
Okay.
And they have their own their own slang and stuff like that.
So it, it almost might as well be a different language.
Okay.
It's a lot of it's a lot of guttural sounds.
And so often you it appears like it's a couple of cars up.
So you probably have a little bit of time to move and maybe position yourself or hide yourself or whatever you want to do.
So as being part of NATO, what kind of military training do they give their IT people?
So you wouldn't have you wouldn't have necessarily combat training.
They want to put me through like a Sierra school or anything like that.
They would they would put you through they would put you through maybe some basic self defense stuff like that.
Okay.
Other than that, you do have your your government issue pistol.
Okay.
Most almost all almost everybody in this world is is carrying some form of self defense, especially when you cross the death cells.
Okay.
So what am I going to do? Well, I'm going to make my way towards I believe the safest thing would be make my way towards the armed people that were transporting that what I initially that box I initially seen that really didn't have anything marking it.
But at least I know that they would be able to help defend if they're alive.
Absolutely. Good call.
Give me a survival check just to just to make sure that you you're you're not turned upside down and you can you can kind of find your way 1111.
So you you get out of the car.
There's a there's a hatch in what would be the roof, which is now the wall.
Okay.
And it's it's real quick easy just pull the lever and it releases.
Once you get out there, you see boxes, you see luggage, you see bodies, you some alive.
But most of them look like they've like they're no longer with us.
And you can see that that that military car has has been overrun by orcs.
There's gunfire coming from the inside and and and it looks like they're holding their own as the orcs are enter are trying to flood through the doors.
They're getting blown back out.
Okay.
What as I get out what else do I see so I clearly see that what I probably so first off Alphonse is more of a pacifist he's not looking to fight so he wouldn't have drawn his gun.
Okay.
Just really trying to get his bearings and figure out who he can help how he can make this a better situation.
Perfect.
So give me a give me another perception check just to I'll give it I'll give with advantage because you're kind of taking your time to 18 with it.
Okay. With an 18 you see you see people the few survivors.
Most of them seem to be running for kind of a nearby hill.
You suspect trying to find cover.
Some people are like frantically running around, you know, head wounds.
They look like they're in pretty bad shape looking for their family members and stuff like that and yelling out for their kids and and it's it's chaos.
You and then you see an armless man running across running across after God knows what and then probably a good 30 feet from you you see ash you see you see a a tall man.
Tall man with a very large sword.
I think I tried to maybe help get the bearings of anyone around me.
Okay.
Just just if I can immediately help someone in my vicinity maybe just point them in a direction.
Hey there's people going over the hill and just kind of like directing and helping.
Okay.
Where okay where to navigate since clearly there's someone heading with a sword I probably don't need to worry about that and the carts have holding its own and the armless dude that.
God only knows.
Knows what he's doing.
So with that, close by you, there seems to be some some some people injured that are that are kind of hobbling their way.
You can you can just direct them point them to the towards the group that's headed over the hill.
And yeah, yeah, that's that's what I would do.
Perfect.
Next we go to ash.
Yes.
So you're seeing, like I said, you're about 5060 feet from the train and you're watching the same thing he is.
You're seeing orcs kind of blood into the train.
They don't seem to be going after the civilians.
They're they're mainly concentrated on getting into the train.
Well, I'm running towards the train.
It's going to be my first thing going to probably take my movement is 30 feet action.
I'm going to dash with my action and then as my bonus action, I am going to.
And most of them are heading towards the rear of the train mostly there.
They're they're going towards the like the military car, which is towards the front.
That's typically where the best cybernetics and stuff like that are kept.
So that's their primary target.
And as a bonus action, I'm just going to do on my sword.
I feel there's a hill underneath the hill, kind of a dial on that dial.
It lets me choose pretty much whatever smite I want.
And I turn it towards Syrian smite and turn on Syrian smite and it's my bonus action.
So with that, you said you dashed as an action.
Yes.
Do you want to get right up in the business?
Oh, yeah, we're getting right up in it.
As you as you come up, there's about 10 orcs that are between the ones trying to get into the train and the ones around that train car.
There's about 10 of them in front of you.
I'm going after the nearest one.
I can see it towards me.
Okay.
The group.
Okay.
So there's there's going to be three that are directly in front of you.
Okay.
So those three are going to be trying to keep you from helping out the military in the car and they're all going to take swings at you.
So they only have one attack.
That's a 23 to hit a 21 to hit.
Well, and a 13.
As one of my reactions.
So to hit.
And it but as one of my reactions also on my sword, I'm going to click and there's going to be a shield.
Okay.
So describe how the shield comes out.
So as I see that they're going to be taking a swing at me once I see them taking that swings.
I basically go to a defensive on my sword and defend like almost a Perry and all of a sudden just just blue shield like electronic shield pops up in front of me.
Okay.
Perfect.
What were the three again?
One more time.
So it was 23, 21 and 13.
Okay.
They all miss perfect.
So they come up and they're they're swinging at you with with these axes and clubs and whatever it almost seems like ramshackle like none of their stuff matches.
It's just whatever they could get their hands on one of them is just this this metal arm that he's beating on your on your shield with.
And they all come to swing and this shield just develops in front of you and all their blows just bounce off.
Nice.
And that brings us to the red.
What do you think?
A motherfucker.
So you got you got about 50 feet.
Yeah.
So for my action, my walking speed is about 40 feet.
So I'm going to dash towards the box that I'm fairly certain and hopeful is my arms.
Okay.
So before I dash do I do is the box.
Can I see if the box is open or not or cracked or the box is not open the box.
It's it's it looks like it almost looks like a pelican case.
Okay.
With with an electronic lock.
Gotcha.
Okay.
So I'm going to dash and I'm going to get to the box.
Okay.
And I'm looking at the box that I'm fairly certain has my arms in it.
And I'm confused as to how I'm going to open said box.
Give give me so it would normally be an arcana check.
But this is tech based.
So roll an arcana check but that's a tech check.
A tech on me or a tech on the box.
You're trying to understand the box.
All right.
That's a two.
So with with a two you you you're just kind of like grunting and kicking the box.
Oh god.
Fucking open.
All right.
So you said it's like a pelican box right like yeah like a four latch like box.
Yeah.
All right.
So I'll give you one more check.
You can roll an investigation check to see if you could figure out.
Good either.
No the downside of being a barbarian.
It's a 12 a 12 with a 12 you know that you cannot open this box on your own.
God.
So since I know I can't open this on my own I'm looking around and obviously I can see
the orgs.
Yeah the the the orcs aren't really bothering with you.
They're away.
They're they're back at the train.
They're they're busy with sword boy and and the soldiers inside of the car and and they
seem to have their hands full.
Do I notice anybody that is either NATO based or just a real nice civilian type that might
have been on the train close to this box.
So a little ways off you see a man kind of directing people like like pointing over the
hill and and and directing them away from the train.
You see Mr. Alphonse.
Okay.
So I'm going to yell.
Hey buddy.
Over in Alphonse's direction.
Well how far is Alphonse from me about how many feet.
He's about just for simplicity sake we'll call it 30 feet.
Okay.
So yeah I'm just going to yell and I don't think that math works out but yeah it's it's
fine.
I just yell over in this general direction of this guy that I see direct in traffic.
Hey buddy.
Come help me out please.
Do I hear it.
You hear it.
Roll Roll persuasion.
We'll see we'll see if he's if if he's got time enough for you.
That's a minor.
Do you take pity on the armless man.
Yes.
Your charisma.
I mean I'm I'm directing and trying to help people so I'd probably go find out what the
hell he needs.
He's armless.
Come help again.
Help the game.
So we're we're back in you.
After this things start getting more serious.
Oh it's your turn.
What does Alphonse do.
Alphonse just got yelled at probably help most of the people get them in the right direction.
That were around me.
Yeah at this point there's there's not a whole lot of people that are in that are in good
shape enough to even move.
So you've you've helped about as much as you think.
Perfect.
Now I make my way over to the guy yelling at me without arms staring at what we are
considering a pelican case.
Yeah.
Give me an investigation check.
Or Arkana.
I gave him Arkana too so.
That would be a 17 17 17 you you look at this thing and it's it's it's got like a code
encryption but you just bust through it like it's it's pretty simple like you were you
were playing with stuff harder than this as a kid.
Okay.
So so you open it up and inside you see these two massive metal arms.
That look like he could this tall lanky dude could barely carry them.
But it makes sense.
Okay.
I would.
So I peeked in I see what's in there.
I probably wouldn't fully open it because I don't know what's in the box.
Yeah.
Just enough to see these arms.
Yeah.
I'd look at this armless gentleman and be like are you a bodyguard because that's clearly
what I need right now.
It depends.
Are you going to open the box so I can see what's in it.
I can lock this back shut.
Try me.
But you also need a bodyguard.
So are you one or not.
If you open the box.
I will get you these items if you promise to protect and help these people need it.
People need it or just you.
Doesn't really matter.
It does to me.
All right.
That's all we have time for.
No more talking.
This is you got to remember this is six seconds.
That's six seconds.
So I'm done.
Okay.
Ash.
You have you have these three or standing in front of you.
I am going to.
I.
I'm going to take a swipe at the one in the middle.
Okay.
Get him off.
I'm guessing he's probably the closest.
So I'm going to run these as a group.
Oh, so I've pulled their hit points.
So depending on how much damage you do, you can kill more than one.
Okay.
So yeah, taking swing at number one.
Jesus.
Math right now.
12.
The hit 12 to hit.
That does not hit.
So you swing at the center one and one of the ones off to the side and it takes his kind
of metal arm and deflects your blade up covering for his buddy.
Yeah, and that's pretty much all I do.
You're level five.
You should have two attacks.
Oh, I do have two attacks.
I got you.
There's more.
So yes, I'm going to take another swing.
It's a good thing that the right.
No kidding.
God.
That is 14 hits.
Yeah, that one hits.
So the 2d6.
Now this was with Syringe might.
Okay.
So this will be 2d6.
10 damage.
Okay.
So this one, this one in the middle standing there.
You swing towards him and it embeds in his rib cage.
He's still standing.
But he's he's not in very good shape.
Anything for a bonus action?
No.
Okay.
So those same three are going to take their swings at you.
That is a natural 20.
Every time a 17.
That one misses and a 22.
That one hits.
Okay.
So you're going to take 19 damage from the crit and nine damage
from the other.
I'm knocked out.
You're knocked out.
Yeah, you did 35 damage with the train thing.
Oh my goodness.
Oh, that's right.
I forgot about that.
Paladin down.
Wow.
So we're going to Norris.
So Norris is standing there and at this point Norris is just
irritated with the talk.
So he just looks at Alphonse.
He says, fuck it.
I'll protect whoever you need me to protect.
Just open the box.
Okay.
So you open the box and they're in front of you in all their glory
are your arms.
Just shining in the non sunlight.
So you can't install these yourself.
So I will let you hold your turn until after his Alphonse is
going to be an action or bonus action.
It's going to be full action.
I guess I take my action to help put on his arm.
It's pretty easy.
Like as soon as you put them up to the socket and these things are
heavy, but as soon as you put them up to the socket, you see
these gears inside the shoulder.
Like you see gears inside his shoulder and the arm spin and
line up and then they just lock into place.
Okay.
Yeah.
So that's okay.
So we will go back to Norris.
I'll let you take your turn now that you have your arms.
Okay.
So what are their orcs around us now?
There's some headed towards you.
Yeah.
There's only a couple.
Okay.
You've got about 20 feet to get to them.
About 20 feet.
Okay.
So I'll look back at Alphonse and I'll say thank you.
It feels nice to fill my arms again.
And as soon as he hooks them up, like these things aren't turned
down anymore.
These are at their full strength.
Yeah, buddy.
All right.
And so after I think Alphonse, I'll say I'll turn and look at the
orcs that are making their way to us.
And these things are just slobbering, just full sprint
rabid sprinting towards you.
So I'll look at the orcs and then I'll look back at Alphonse
and be like these things are uglier than my ex-wife.
And then I just take off sprinting towards these
drooling ugly orcs.
Okay.
Well, I guess I wouldn't have to sprint because my walking speed is
very high.
Yeah, they're within your regular movement speed.
So you have your action bonus action.
All right.
So my action would be to just walk up right to these orcs.
Well, that's just your movement.
Oh, I thought movement was an action.
No, movement is a separate deal.
You have movement action bonus action.
So action is...
I think you want to do a bonus action first.
She had to do an action first.
Sorry, ladies and gentlemen, I'm still learning.
As a barbarian, you want to bonus action rage right now.
Yes.
Well, that was my plan, but I didn't know I could bonus action first.
Yeah, bonus action.
You can do them in any order.
Perfect.
Bonus action, I will rage.
So what you see when this happens is I'll let you describe how
you do it and then the flavor of your arms.
So like as to how I rage.
Yeah.
What does what does Norris look like when he goes into his rage?
So Norris normally in his non-rage state is obviously a very tall,
slender, but ripped man.
When I rage, my lats just rip out of my back.
I mean, you can see like just the skin rip apart and just
biomechanicals, just muscles just extend and then my arms,
like where every muscle cut is just rip out even more.
I mean, just get massive.
And then so I can describe the other fact if you'd like.
Yeah.
So, so whenever, whenever he does this and his, his, his lats grow
and his arms grow in between each seam in the plating on his arms,
you just see fire erupt from inside and they're just these two
flaming limbs on each side of them.
Yeah.
So as I am, as I am raging, my attack is I'm just going to swing
my giant arms at these orcs that are running in front of us.
Okay.
Go ahead and you're not frenzied.
I'm not friends.
You're a standard rage.
So take your two attacks against these two orcs standing in front of you.
That's a, that's a 19.
Yeah.
And that one is a 10.
Okay.
10.
Yeah.
You have a plus seven, I believe.
Oh.
For my attack, rage attack plus, plus two, right?
Oh, yeah.
Yeah.
So plus seven.
So the 19 plus seven, 26 and then 17.
Yep.
Both hit.
All right.
So then 26 for damage.
So that's a six.
He rolled good.
Six again.
So six and six plus four, so that'd be 10 on both.
So with your arms flaming, you also have two D six of fire damage.
Correct.
You do 46 plus six while raging.
Is that per strike?
So you 46 strike.
So 12 for one hit.
Roll your four again.
You get twice.
We need to get you more D six.
Yep.
Five.
Bo just got his first dice set.
Just today.
He's very proud.
I'm a real D and dear.
So how much damage did you do?
Is it per each 46 per hit?
Right?
Yeah.
You have two more rolls.
So, so I'm going to make this short.
That's great.
The six and another six.
I'm going to make this short because you definitely killed these guys.
17.
So, so you grabbed a hold of each of them with your flaming hands
and just scorching your hand print into their into the base of their
necks and you just smash them together.
Blood and Icker just sprays all over you and they collapse to the ground.
Ash death saving.
Don't roll one.
All the seven.
Okay.
So that's one family.
So, so you're going to have a lot of fun.
So you so now you're seeing the orcs are now seeing a threat and
they're headed towards you but you do have a brick wall between you and them.
Oh, more like a steel wall.
Yeah, steel wall.
Flaming steel wall.
Yeah.
I've really my character wouldn't want to fight.
I don't I'd all cost I wouldn't want to really get in a scuffle unless I absolutely have to.
Okay.
So, I guess I probably just kind of chill where I'm at the pelican case and hold an action in case I get attacked.
Okay.
But I draw my I at this point I would fortunately would draw my pistol because I feel like there's no way out.
Yeah.
If I get attacked.
Okay.
Do you I tell you what give me a perception check.
Okay.
1111.
Okay.
So you're you're just holding an action if somebody comes within threatening range.
I'll take a shot.
Take a shot out.
Yep.
Okay.
So, that brings us to Norris directly in front of you.
You see at the train.
Somebody somebody who was who was defending the train lying at the base of the train and the three orcs that were attacking him are on their way to you.
Perfect.
Are they within walking distance to me.
Yes.
All right.
So my movement I'm going to walk up to those three.
Okay.
And then I'm still raging.
Correct.
Yeah.
And you and and you can see that the the orcs coming towards you the military personnel that are still in the train are pretty handily taking care of a majority of the orcs.
Okay.
And and they're actually starting to make their way out of the train.
The military guys.
Yeah.
Okay.
So.
Well, I'm just going to attack.
Okay.
I don't really feel like asking questions.
Finally got my arms back.
I'm just going to start beating shit.
All right.
So.
I get two rolls and then 46.
Yeah.
So 14.
14.
Hit.
And that is a nine.
Nine does not hit.
Yeah.
That's okay.
All right.
And now we're going to get to the next one.
That's okay.
All right.
And then for the D6 is here.
One of those hit.
12.
Yeah.
12.
17.
18.
18 damage.
Okay.
So.
The first one.
Just you hit and it just crushes its skull.
Nice.
The second two are now up in your face and they're going to take two attacks at you.
That's a 21 to hit and a 17 to hit.
So.
17 misses.
Okay.
21 hits.
Okay.
They do nine damage on that hit because you're raging.
This is bludgeoning damage.
So it's halved to four.
Perfect.
Okay.
Sure.
You don't crit on him.
No.
First one is right there.
Let's see.
So.
Coming, like I said, coming out is the military personnel.
They see you laying on the ground and one of them is going to pull a.
Stimpack.
and and you regain
your game eight hit points to
ahead less 홍
Most of the civilians have moved their way to the other side of the hill.
You do see more and more orcs coming in.
From which direction?
From the other side of the train.
Okay.
Yeah, they're coming from essentially the right-hand side of the train.
You are all on the left-hand side.
Okay.
How many is it?
It's hard to tell.
From what you can see, you can see at least 20, 30 of them.
So in the spirit of my character, I truly want to know what they were hauling.
Okay.
What they have up in that.
Just whether it's something you can use or sell or like this is a disaster anyways.
I might as well make some money off of it.
Yeah, absolutely.
So I'm going to make my way over to where the military personnel is and lend a hand
out over again.
Okay.
So you'll have to kind of skirt your way around Norris and his or you can just follow
behind him and help him clear a path to the train.
He's the bodyguard.
He's the muscle, not my style.
So what I will do, you know, just to kind of speed things up and kind of get what I
want is I'm going to actually do Misty step.
Okay.
This is kind of a it's weird because it's not like the normal magical action.
I'm not just jumping over to this area.
I just kind of fade into this sand terrain area and it's more of like an active camo
that lets me just run essentially uninterrupted to where I need to go.
Okay.
Yeah.
So I just Misty step over to over the military personnel.
Okay.
So far trying to get behind them almost to see what's inside of that.
So so you would be able to get right up next to Ash essentially.
So they've the train is overturned.
Ash is late was laying or still is laying next to the train.
You would essentially be next to him right next to the door into the military train car
and you have you have three military personnel coming out of the train.
Okay.
Great.
Do they say anything to me or they are focused on the probably dozen.
Orcs that are on the other just on the other side of the train from you.
Okay.
So Missy step was my bonus action in an effort to make it seem like I'm trying to do something.
I have my pistol drawn.
I'm going to just take a shot at one of the orcs.
Okay.
That are coming not not that he's dealing with that are coming around the train car.
Okay.
So I basically go and take my revolver out and I go to make a shot.
It is for 19 to hit.
It's the bullet that comes out of it is not a normal bullet.
Okay.
Has like a purplish glow to it.
Essentially what this is in D&D standard D&D terms I'm doing an Eldridge blast out of
this guy.
So at level five you get two beams of Eldridge blast.
So you get two shots at level five.
Oh perfect.
And you roll separate attacks for both.
Great.
Same thing 19 on both.
Perfect.
So I need 10.
So totaling damage on that.
So you're looking at 15 damage and another 8 damage.
Okay.
So you drop one as soon as it hits it just it just punches a hole through their chest
cavity.
You can't see through the other side but it kind of it hits with such force that it kind
of collapses their rib cage.
Almost like a bludgeoning weapon.
And then and then the second one you hit in the shoulder and it almost takes their arm
off.
It's just kind of flailing around at their side but it doesn't seem to slow them down
for a second.
Ash you're up.
Yay.
Back alive.
I'm alive.
So.
How far away are the orcs coming around the drain?
Beat.
Like you have you have three military guys standing between you and them.
I think the guy whoever stuff that.
Thank you.
Really appreciate it and in my action I cast her a dookie wounds but it's a little different
and how I do it.
So I have a cybernetic upgrade that will let me basically heal whatever I roll of course
but it kind of comes out like a bead.
It just out over gens and it's a little crushed beat and I crush it in my hand and it just
regents so.
And it just soaks into your skin and then.
Okay.
So I'm going to cast.
Yeah.
And 2d and that's that's going to be my go to explanation for things as a nanotech.
And I heal myself for 13 perfect.
So not the greatest but and then as a bonus action.
I still have my sword in my hand and everything turned the dial again and then hit for thunderous
might do you stand up I do.
Okay.
Yeah.
I wanted to make sure my movement is a stand and I do that.
Okay.
That's my turn.
So the two orcs that were on him are now on you so they're going to take their two swings
at Norris.
That's going to miss that's a 13 and a 16 they're both going to miss.
So that is correct.
So as they swing at you it's almost like the flames are kind of blinding them and making
it hard for them to swing at you to really get good focus.
And so you're able to just easily shoe them away.
And with that right behind you you're right in front of you and you you would see the
orcs coming over.
They're going to take their swings at the military personnel that are firing on them.
How the last one misses but the other four hit.
So you're going to see one of the soldiers just gets hacked pieces.
Yeah.
And drops in front of you the other two are still are still standing strong but they've
they've definitely taken some damage.
Everybody give me a perception check.
10.
8.
15.
So you see and actually this works because you're back a little bit from the train.
You see a man that's not that you don't recognize.
Well dressed man.
And you see him he's got this this very nice hard case that he's he's kind of taking his
time and he's he's sitting behind the train and he's opening up this case and you see
him pulling out these this pair of Katanas and a giant revolts just a hand cannon of
a revolver.
And he's unbuttoning his shirt and just kind of taking everything and folding it and placing
it on placing it inside of this case and and just just taking his sweet fucking time.
Seems entirely too calm for the situation.
And that brings it.
That brings us to you.
So you still have one.
Oh actually yeah it's just the one.
You dropped one last time.
Or is it to know I think only yeah.
I dropped to you.
You only dropped one.
So yeah there's two in front of you.
So since I noticed this guy you know just getting this sweet box out and undoing his
shirt like Fabio.
Since I'm already in a rage state probably like piss me off the fact that I even noticed
it like here I am fighting all these orcs you know I was like what the fuck is this
guy doing back there just like nonchalantly taking his fucking shirt off.
So that's probably going to make me more mad.
So then I'm going to take it out on the two orcs that are in front of me.
Perfect.
And I'm just going to sleep.
So that's a 13 and a 13 hits.
So they both hit.
And then my 46 for damage.
Come on.
9 and 1.
So that one had already taken leftover damage from your previous attack.
So that first attack crushes one of the two.
Hold the damage for your second attack.
So close.
Or no he took he would have taken leftover damage from last one so that is enough.
So you drop these two guys.
How do they die?
How brutal do you make it as angry as you are as angry as I am the one the first one
that I kill I just grab them by his throat and I just rip this whole freaking half and
then I take the head of the one I just ripped off and I bash the other one with it.
Holy cow.
Their heads explode like grapes and I'm picturing with you holding the first one.
It probably lights on fire.
Yeah.
It is a flaming head that just straight head butts the other one does that the stringy
hair that it's got just catches on fire and you're bludgeoning one with a burning one.
You know it reeks like like just old moldy flesh and burnt hair.
Just smashed.
I'm going to roll initiative for carbon.
He rolled initiative.
But yeah.
So he'll jump in at the end of this next round.
Mr. Alfon.
So I feel like this well just gentleman with a sword that is now so you did not see him.
No I'm talking about Ash.
I don't know.
Oh I'm sorry.
I don't know his name.
So yeah.
So your sword is now lightning whose swords turned to lightning.
I can see they had a pretty rough time.
Someone saved him.
So out of a pure mockery I'm going to start whispering and I'm whispering kind of with
that like cybernetic hacking thing that we talked about earlier and I'm doing Bartik
inspiration and I'll see here's in the back of his head.
I think I can.
I think.
Love it.
I just there's more orcs so I take two more shots.
Okay.
I'd cover fire.
Perfect.
Those definitely hit that 19 or 18.
Oh you have plus nine.
Damn.
Yeah.
Okay.
Holy cow.
Shooter.
Oh that's right because it uses your charisma.
That's right.
And I do a total of seven damage.
Seven damage.
Kate that's enough to drop one.
So yeah you fire at you fire at the one that you hit last time that you took the shoulder
out of and this time it just right the base of the neck.
The first one hits and knocks him back and second one hits him at the base of the neck
and it just like holds and and his his head drops down and he just crumbles on the ground.
Right.
For Mr. Ash but I don't really know his name.
You gain an inspiration die one D8 for 10 minutes.
The creature can add it to one ability check attack roll or saving throw.
This can be added after seeing the role but before knowing the outcome.
Perfect.
My turn.
Yes.
How far away are they now.
They're just on the other side of these two men.
So all you got to do is step around.
So I step around one of them and yeah I take a swing at him.
Okay.
This is just one of them right now right.
Mm hmm.
And with that yeah that's that.
Okay that'll hit 15 15 hits.
Oh 16 that's so that is 2D6.
12 damage 12 damage.
Okay.
And you have a second attack.
Yep.
Rolling again.
I cannot math 14 14.
Okay.
So that's enough to strike down one and damage another.
How do you want to do it.
So I take down the one.
Yeah.
So as I grab him and I'm kind of a little I'm a little angry right now just because
the way this battle is going out and I just shove that sword right through his gut and
just pull up.
No.
Okay.
Yeah.
So it goes through and the and as you stab through him it almost you almost push the
tip of the blade into the one behind him and when you drag it up it just puts it in
this nasty gash from belly button the throat on the one behind him.
But the other one's split into.
Yeah.
Just split into and everything and I see him now through the split body.
Could you imagine just looking at another work.
I'm really torn whether he's pissed about the battle or pissed about hearing I think
I can't.
No that helped.
I was like.
He's inspired.
You know what I can do this.
He's right.
Thanks little boys.
Don't know where that voice came from.
Little confused.
But yeah.
So there's there's five orcs standing directly in front.
Four of the attacks are going to go towards the other the two military personnel that
are standing.
One is going to go towards you now I'm really awful.
I would say jokingly the 20 is going towards you.
Right.
Exactly.
No the natural one is going towards you because I was making it the last attack and that was
the natural one.
Actually I only landed one attack that out of the five.
So the the one of the military personnel takes a pretty nasty gash but they're both still
standing and one of them comes up and swings at you and you just definitely period.
Yeah just as like child's play.
That brings us to Norris.
So I took out the three that were.
Yeah so the rest of the orcs are on the other side of the train correct.
Yes.
Around you you see there's there's these orc vehicles that they've pulled up in.
There's more coming.
You see it's it's a bunch of old vehicles that have been kind of retrofitted for for
life out in the middle of nowhere and you're seeing just it almost seems like a never ending
feed of these orcs coming in.
Do I see so in the vehicles that I see do I see any that would fit more than just one
person.
Give me a perception check.
That's a 10 perfect.
Yeah that's that's plenty you're just looking at vehicles.
Perfect.
If you'd rolled lower I would have said you're distracted by something or something along
those lines but you do see well they pulled up in that armored bus they hit the train in
the armored bus but it is destroyed.
You do see what looks like kind of a military do some half so it's got a large bed in the
back.
They used that to bring a lot of these orcs in.
It's kind of a troop transport.
Yes you could say you see that the rest are like mostly motorcycles and like smaller
buggy type vehicles.
How far is this decent.
You're a good it's it's on it's it's basically on the train tracks so it's probably good
5060 feet from you.
So and does a dash count as my movement or is that a dash is an action dash is an action
and it doubles your movement.
So yeah I'm going to dash to the decent which would get me there.
And then so I've never driven a vehicle in D&D before but would that be so we're we're
going to use animal handling.
So I'm going to try and get in this doos and a half and go pick up the two people that
I recognize.
You don't recognize any or you know you people that I you're his bodyguard right.
Actually Alphonse I know him because he helped me pick out my my arms or give my arms and
then I just feel sorry for the guy who had to be resurrected from the ground.
So I'm going to pick him up to that's a dirty 20 damn you drive this like you were born
with a wheel in your hand.
So yeah well you still have a little bit of movement left over.
So we'll say that you're able to drive the car about halfway to where they are.
You get a good 30 feet out of it.
And that's where we will end your turn.
And this is where Orban Cross comes up or Carbon Cross.
So for his act for his movement you're going to see him run up around you to and enter
the fray and he moves fast just concerningly fast.
He's obviously heavily modified and as he comes through he starts he's got these two
katanas out and he just starts swinging.
So he is a he's he's a fighter who's got three attacks.
He's going to take his three.
That's a natural one.
That's not going to do jack shit.
And then he's going to action serve for another three.
That'll hit.
Oh god his base damage is plenty.
So as he's coming through you see there's a there's these this group of orks that are
all coming towards and you see him five of them just as he's running down the middle.
He's just the katanas are just slicing through them.
And it's like that it's like that silly scene where they slice through and then the top
half slides off.
So he goes he dashes through these this group and then he stands at the end and these five
bodies just onto the ground.
Immediately after that he does take some hits because there's more orks coming in.
Oh I'm rolling pretty good on this.
So I gave him another group of five orks and three of them hit.
So I will mark off this hit point.
That brings us back to Alfon.
At this point does Alfon's feel like there's really a way out or like are we going to get
overran.
Give me a perception check.
14 14.
So you see him driving this truck heading towards you.
You also see that some of them are splitting off because they saw him getting that truck.
Some of them are splitting off and going to their vehicles likely to pursue him in the
truck.
And you also have seen this this gentleman that you don't recognize just start cutting
them down.
So at this point my I would feel comfortable enough to search.
Yeah there's there's there's nothing in your immediate threat.
Give me a stealth role with it with advantage to see if you can just slip past these these
military guys.
15 15.
Okay I rolled a five so regardless of what their modifier is they are not going to see
you.
Okay so yeah you you slip in past them and you just you sneak in this door and you see
that you see that trunk that that large container is on its side and the lid is popped open.
Oh inside what you see is what looks you you would recognize it as a cryo chamber.
Oh and on the side you see something that you.
Recognize.
It says realistic artificial intelligence neurological system rains.
Oh shit.
And inside is a young girl dark complexion dark hair wearing kind of like a wearing kind
of like a onesie type thing like she's she's she's fully she's fully covered almost to
a ridiculous extent it's got this like high collar that goes just below her jawline and
she is asleep and looks like she's asleep inside the chamber is not on.
You can assume that it lost power during the attack.
Okay wow.
I would use what would I use to try to get this thing on to try to get that get out of
here.
So you would need to move the cryo chamber where you could get it open because right
now it's on its side and this container is kind of over top of it.
So you would need to you'd need to figure out a way to move the container off of it
to open up the cryo chamber.
Okay.
Get her out.
Okay.
Anything immediate in that room that I could do that with.
It's it's there's not a whole lot in there.
It was mainly just just seats and then this this container.
You do see you see some weapons stuff like that but those are all inside of a inside
of a lock box like a like a weapons cage in the corner.
Outside of that you don't you don't really see much in here.
So this one I would know I probably can't move this myself.
I probably can't get her out of there but I could try to unlock the web.
I'll use my action to try to unlock the weapons cage.
Okay.
So just a slight of hand.
That's 16 16 16.
It takes you a second but you're able to pop it open.
Great.
I'm going to grab as many as I can and try to drag him out to the front.
Okay.
We're going to count that as your turn.
That brings us to ash.
Okay.
So you would have just seen him because you two were right next to each other.
He slipped inside of the military car.
Okay.
I kind of figured he's doing his own thing.
So I am just going to continue to attack.
I have that one orc in front of me still right.
You have you have several in front of you.
Yeah.
But yeah that the the injured one is standing in front of you.
Right.
So I'm going to attack him.
Okay.
It's funny.
Excellent.
How do you this guy's definitely going to die.
And and in all actuality it'll probably kill the one next to him.
So yeah because it's a thunderous might.
Yeah.
So it would how do I want to do it.
So as I like split his buddy horizontally this time I split him like I just kind of
do just a swing across it like a horizontal swing swing and just cut him right at right
at the waistline.
Okay.
And and because of the thunderous might as soon as you hit and you you cut you cleave
through.
Yeah.
And that that thunder wave goes off and it and it actually blows the two body parts
away.
Yeah.
And then it almost accelerates your blade into the orc next to it.
Love it.
And I'm just going to continue on to the orc next to it.
Well he's dead.
Oh they're both you killed both with it with a crit you he had so few health points left
over you definitely killed.
So now there's there you have just a never ending.
You could you could you could fight for a while if you wanted to.
I step up probably next to Corbin.
Okay.
Yeah.
Carbon.
Yeah.
You're doing I know I started that to you.
You started it.
Absolutely.
Step up to him and I tack the next one I can see.
Okay.
And that is not mad today.
Twenty two to hit.
Okay.
Yeah.
That definitely hits.
It's dirty.
So I'm going to do my 2d6 for that.
6d6 for thunderous.
I believe you only get thunderous on one attack.
How does it continue to its concentration.
Yeah.
But I believe once you use it it drops.
It doesn't say.
Oh it just says concentration first in it.
Okay.
But you can play.
Yeah.
Okay.
As long as you're not the Smites were one and done.
I'll verify that after but for now we'll just play it like a key.
Okay.
So eight six.
And.
Oh my God.
15.
Oh 15 damage.
Yeah.
That's enough to kill one.
Very poor rolls.
Yeah.
That's enough to kill one.
That's cool.
He done do that.
Yeah.
Um.
Yeah.
That is.
Okay.
and
it
, a
okay
.
against you, Carbon and the two military personnel.
Two threes in a row.
That's a hit.
Three threes.
So only one connects and that's going to be against Carbon.
But he's going to take another nine damage.
Good for you to say, Corbin.
Yeah.
I was really concentrating that time.
He made me say it last time.
So I was like,
And that brings us to Norris.
Norris in this big, doos and a half.
Yeah.
So you just watched the guy who helped you get your arms.
Right.
Go inside of the train.
Perfect.
And then, and then there's all the fighting still outside.
So I got 30 feet from where I was driving, which would leave me about 20.
Oh, you, you have far more than that.
You're in the vehicle.
I believe the vehicle movement speed.
I don't remember.
I was just saying 20 to get to them.
Yeah.
Oh, yes.
So I'm just going to turn this big doos and a half towards the herd of orcs.
Okay.
And I'm going to hammer down on it.
Just plow as many as I can.
So I'm not going to go through and roll bludgeoning damage from getting hit by a doos and a half.
What I will do is I'm going to roll a d 20 and whatever number is on there is how many you smash.
Nice.
Where do you want to end your movement at?
I want to end my 16.
Oh yeah, it is.
Dang.
I'm going to end my movement between the man that I don't know is Ash and the train.
Okay.
That way I'm right between the two right between the two.
Okay.
Yep.
Kind of giving people a sign to get the fucking the truck.
Yeah.
And I'm just going to I'm just going to yell get in or keep on keeping.
And you are outside with a handful of guns, right?
Yes.
Okay.
Well, that brings us.
Oh, actually it's it's Corbin.
Corbin is going to he sees you with the truck.
He's going to run back, but he runs past the truck and you see him.
You see him kind of run up and peek inside.
Because he's I mean he's a crime.
He's the son of a crime boss.
He wants to know what's in there.
And with his perception, he sees the open box and he sees he sees inside the car.
And he is going to turn and cut down a few orcs in front.
Take this three attacks.
Oh, actually that does hit because he's got a.
And he's going to cut down three of them just immediately and he's going to turn.
You all need to help me get that in the truck.
And he's pointing inside.
And the military, you see the military personnel.
They're like, nah, fuck that.
And that brings us to our Alphons.
How many so are the orcs still flowing in there?
There's still there at this point for four Alphons.
They're not much of a concern.
Okay.
You have Ash and him plowing them over with a truck.
Like you, you're pretty clear at this point.
Okay.
So at that point, I would load the weapons into the truck and I would go back into the container.
And I would probably start looking for any sort of medical supplies that might have been in there.
Okay.
Roll investigation.
2424 you you find a first aid kit or 25.
Sorry.
25 you find a first aid kit.
At this point, technology first aid, first aid kits are basically just syringes.
They're it's almost like an EpiPen.
You just hit it against your skin and it's spring loaded and goes in and and you find.
Two Stimpaks left in there.
They used one on him and there's two more.
Okay.
Two Stimpaks.
Those are essentially a greater healing healing potion.
Okay.
I rolled really terrible on yours before.
I think I think his mind is truly just collect all we can because this is going to be a really shitty track.
Yeah.
We always have to get across the death bells.
Yeah.
So yeah, fair enough.
Is there anything else you would like to do with your turn?
No, that's really it.
I'm just looking to collect stuff.
Okay.
Very good.
That brings us to ash.
And there's still more orcs in front of us, right?
There are.
But they're they're kind of at this point kind of scrambling to their vehicles.
And they've they've taken much heavier losses than they were anticipating.
Okay.
And you get the idea that some of them are still going to stay in fight, but but a good number of them are are just kind of go and lick their wounds.
Okay.
So now I'm really sticking around, so to say.
Yeah.
And the the two soldiers, the two NATO soldiers are.
Are pursuing their they're staying close to the train because they have to protect the cargo, but but they're they're shooting down most of them that come.
And you brought out did I see him bring any weapons out of those weapons?
Give me a perception check.
Not very good.
Eight.
You didn't see shit.
I was too worried about the deal.
Yeah, you just saw it.
You just saw a truck plow over 16 orcs.
Yeah, scary.
And there is a truck between you and the train.
Is he parked between the two of you?
Which would explain why you didn't see him.
Yes, it would.
That would be that would explain that.
X-ray.
Don't got that.
No, got that upgrade.
I kind of want to just make sure the scene is safe and everything, but there's no other sort works around us right now.
There's still yeah.
Okay, I'm going to attack and continue clearing out what's left.
I'm going to clear what I can.
So the nearest work towards me.
I'm going to swing in before we hit 15.
Yes.
The thunderous is done.
So it's just just regular.
So.
Not so.
13 damage.
Okay.
Doesn't quite drop it.
I'm going to swing at him again.
Okay.
Or 18.
That definitely hits.
Eight.
That's enough to cut him down.
Perfect.
I decapitated.
He doesn't deserve his head.
This is my head now.
With your remaining movement.
So most of the orcs are splitting.
Do you want to go to the truck?
Do you want to go to the train?
Or do you want to stand guard?
I'm kind of going to stand guard.
Okay.
At this point, we're essentially out of initiative.
We're going to stand guard.
But we'll let you.
Do you just stay in the truck?
Yeah, I just stay in the truck and I just yell.
This rig's rolling.
Okay.
Get in or stay.
Okay.
You guys are out of initiative.
You can just.
At this point, I walk towards the truck and everything.
Do I see him?
Do I see you now?
I probably would be coming out with.
Yeah.
Yeah, I would see you.
Yeah, you would be at the back of the truck since just through all the guns in there.
Yeah.
I'd yell, hey captain, fancy arms.
I need help loading stuff into this.
We need supplies.
But there's not in New York.
So I wouldn't care, right?
Yeah, yeah.
So I would.
I would get out of the truck and use my movement to get back there to help load stuff.
Okay.
I didn't introduce myself finally to you like Alfons.
I'm Alfons.
I'm Norris.
Norris.
Nice.
Norris, gloom face.
Sounds seductive.
I like it.
You're not my type.
Fair enough.
I walk up and go, I'm Ash.
Arnett.
Nice to meet you guys.
Alfons.
How's it going?
And you hear from inside the train.
This is all great.
Help me get this thing.
And you can hear him in there rustling around.
Help me get this thing on the truck.
It's worth a lot of money to me.
All of you.
I don't know you and I don't think so.
And I just look at Ash and say,
Alffeller's not too nice.
You have no idea what this cargo is worth.
And then the NATO officers turn towards carbon
and they start pulling their guns.
And just in the blink of an eye,
both of them lose their hands and are cut through.
And both of these NATO soldiers drop.
I think I'm going to help that guy.
Is what Norris would say.
Because he's no longer raging and he can kind of think clearly.
Okay.
I don't know.
I still don't think I should help you with this.
You have one option that doesn't end with you dead.
That's helping me get this box on that truck.
And getting me to Kansas City where we can all be rich men.
He's got hookups.
I do with.
How do you trust him?
Do you know him?
Of him.
Yes.
In what manner?
Good and bad.
I don't know him, but he moves really quick.
And he's pretty lethal with that Katana's he's got.
14 on insight check.
14 on insight.
Let me see.
Beat him by one.
So you what you glean from this interaction is he's definitely in it for the money.
He's not going to double cross you as long as you get him there.
But he does not have good intentions.
Like this thing is going to go to the highest bidder.
Not good.
Not good at all.
Do you know what's so special about this?
So are you helping are you in there kind of helping move the.
I'm not really.
I'm talking to you.
I'm like make my way into the train.
Okay.
Trying to convince these guys that he's pretty deadly.
Yeah.
You know anything about this.
I know a thing or two.
So you know what this is worth a little bit.
Perfect.
Then you'll be reasonable.
We can all be wealthy.
Let's load this up.
Let's make some money.
Yeah.
Okay.
I couldn't do that.
To dare nghi this is a fib lie and fake them out.
Now I was in there late after night.
We we're going to a narrative
walk over the hill you start killing them you finish that up and we'll wait here
now
that's fools
that's fools help me load this up try the or I will just do without you
like to see you move this
you metal arms go move the crate
what this point
I don't know you
I don't know that Alphonse is NATO do I
you don't really know shit about Alphonse
I don't really know shit about anybody so I would just kind of be hitting for myself
so at this point I'm not really raging and I'm not super smart so I just be like
well this guy said he could kill me and I'm seeing a move
and also know there's orcs around so I kind of want to get out of here
so I'm more like either
we move this thing right now and we get the fuck out of dodge
or we just all three try and combat this guy
and we keep the prize money for ourselves
which doesn't seem very smart but that I'm not very smart
so that's my two options what do you do
I'm discussing it is meta gaming we got to make a decision
that's fair that's fair
I keep one hand on the
I keep one hand on the cryo chamber
and I point at Alphonse and I say
get over here and help me move this thing or take a fucking
swing so if you're in there to move that
cryo chamber you see in there a young girl
why is there some chicken here
we don't have time for questions
load it in we'll get it where it needs to go
and at this
point he's swords drawn and he's just
either move the fucking crate
or I'm going to cut anybody down that doesn't cooperate
are you seem like a reasonable man you're going to help me
aren't you I feel like at this point I would just get tired of everybody bickering and I would just
fucking grab it and eat it in the freaking
give me a strength check
15
okay with that you can't just eat it
come on I have metal arms
cryo chamber
but you are able to move it
and kind of drag it across the ground
because metal arms don't make your legs strong
but I always lift with my back to the jerking twisting motion
perfect that's how you're supposed to do it
are there any other vehicles
yeah quite a few undamaged
there's a couple of buggies in a motorcycle left
as an option Mr. DM
what if I were to make a suggestion to him
aka cast a suggestion spell on this motherfucker
go for it get in his cybernetics
I am going to stare at him and the aggression is a little much
you get in one of those vehicles and head north till you run out of gas
whoa
16 with
did he fail
he takes his katana and he sheathed it
and he walks over
and gets on the motorcycle and say again what you told him to do
get in a vehicle and head north until you run out of gas
he gets on the motorcycle
fires it up and rides it north
there goes your motorcycle
I like motorcycles
well done
I like motorcycles
I like proficiency in wisdom saving throws
I look like extremely stunned and I'm like
what just happened
flavor it
read the original and then yeah
screen
to ask
a
travel north. Yeah, I would definitely allow that.
Cool. Absolutely.
So he just he rides off into the mists.
How I would essentially flavor this is Alphonse is pretty skilled at hacking
and back to the gentleman on the train or anything like influencing you.
So it's just a military upgrade that he has that he uses to.
Influence others.
I I picked her almost like Alphonse's eye just like flashing.
Oh, yeah. Yeah.
I'm almost like rewriting a thought.
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
That's beautiful. I love that.
That was really you.
You successfully avoided a pretty rowdy combat.
I figured you took out five people with action surge and attacks.
Yeah. All attacks.
Well done. Very nice.
All right.
This is going to get interesting.
So generally we load this.
Generally loaded now.
No, I don't think it's loaded.
He's he's on his.
It's on its way to the truck.
Yeah. I drag.
I suggest that we band together and make our way to Kansas.
Maybe you don't want to head to Kansas.
I'm not sure why you were on the train.
I'm not sure why you were on the train either.
But going as a group, I feel is the safest thing at this point.
And we need to take this young girl.
Young girl. What age?
But she looks she looks about 18 18.
Yeah.
We need to take this rain with us and ensure her safety rain.
Huh.
OK.
And you would see at this point the the markings on the side.
The what was it?
Realistic artificial intelligence neurological system.
Because you don't need to know that.
But just so you know, that's that's where he's getting the the name from.
It says on the side rains because you know how the military loves their
acronyms.
Oh, yeah.
Do you gentlemen?
I will answer some questions.
Really, I think we just need to get the people some of the weapons to protect
ourselves and travel in a group down there.
I agree with that.
So I'll let everybody make an investigation check just to see if
there's anything worth taking.
Stuff like that.
If you want to make 17138.
So you don't find much on the train.
You're rushed.
The train is scattered.
There's shit everywhere.
What you do spot one of the NATO officers has these really interesting
boots on.
Oh, OK.
They are they are a instead of having like mechanical legs or feet.
They are these heavy boots that seem to have some sort of propulsion system.
Oh, OK.
Like rocket boots.
That's exactly what they're called in D&D beyond because they're an item I built.
How many just one they all have them.
How many?
There's just one pair.
Yeah, just one of those NATO officers is wearing them.
And they're all kind of outfitted a little differently.
He was definitely the most kidded out.
You can assume that he was probably the officer in charge.
Was the mini gun left over or the revolver the big hand cannon?
The hand cannon.
No, he took his stuff with him.
Yeah, he didn't grab the case.
So all his nice clothes and stuff are still there.
But he had his revolver on his hip and then and then his katanas with him.
Okay.
I never saw the case.
You did see the case.
Oh, yeah, with with your I would say with your investigation, you're able to go over
and grab the case.
Good because I need some clothes because I just got kicked out of a fucking trunk.
Yeah, you're you're wearing probably very little.
You would be in like prisoner clothing like an orange jumpsuit.
Yeah, maybe.
Yeah.
Yeah, I need some clothes.
So you go over and you grab the case.
Do you do you try to grab the clothes out?
Yeah.
Okay.
Well, I want to open the case.
Okay.
So so you you reach in and you stick your whole arm in and you're feeling around and
it's just like you can't feel the sides.
So Mary Poppins case.
Yeah, you're not sure exactly how it works because you're pretty dumb.
But somehow you're able to you reach in and you're able to like grab the clothing
because that's what you're that's where your mind is at right and you you pull
the clothing out but you didn't you didn't feel sides and I didn't tell anything
else except for clothing.
Yeah, that's fine.
Yeah, I keep the case.
Yeah, absolutely.
It's nice case.
It's about it's about a foot by two foot and upon thinking about it, you are not
sure how the fuck he had two Katanas in this thing.
But with my my slightly yeah, you're not brain dead.
Yeah, I kind of make sense as you pulled two Katanas out, but I don't understand
why I'm only feeling close.
Yeah, but no sides.
Yeah, I like that.
So I think we'll leave it there.
Sounds good.
So you guys have a truck and I will I will send everybody the statistics for
that truck because it I have them.
And yeah, you have people you have a young lady in a cryo chamber and a pile
of guns.
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