Hello and welcome to Roll Bravely, a live play
Pathfinder second edition podcast where five
friends battle imaginary monsters, solve pretend
problems, and generally use their imagination
to have fun. I am your game master, Charles Reno.
Let's introduce the table. Hey, everybody. My
name is Kenny. I play Amaris, a Niflim ranger.
I know I've been saying beefling, but... I had
that shit wrong because they updated the character
sheets. I think tieflings are still technically
like a subclass of Nephilim. It's just like a
type of Nephilim. But it's like touched by demons
or whatever. But anyways. Hey, don't get into
my backstory yet, okay? I'm Zach. I play Taldir
Stronghammer, who is also a Nephilim and a Liberator
slash champion. A chaotic good paladin called
the Liberator. I'm Sammy. I play Taz, who's an
alchemist. He's a gob. I don't think I've said
he was a goblin in any of the intros, so there's
that. Hi, my name is Michelle. I play Wesley
Nixon, an elf damn fair investigator. Who dabbles
in historical reenacting and just got into fantasy
books. I don't know what kind of fantasy books,
though, because we're in a fantasy land, so.
It's just normal human shit. Futuristic. Just
some guy goes to work at a data center. Driving
his fucking 1989 Honda. No one would live like
this. It's impossible. I like how with every
intro you're adding another little slice of Wesley
into it. Like, historical reenactments. And now
she's getting into fantasy books. This is all
happening in game two while we're all just drinking
and battling. She looks over, someone else at
another table just has a book. She's like, what
was that? Also, I'd like to correct Charles.
There are four friends here who are... Okay.
There are four friends here who are battling
monsters. Yeah. Four friends. You don't battle
them. You are the monster. He does consider us
monsters, though. Because he rolls so poorly.
This guy just said he was a demon. I don't know.
She's half vampire. A real role reversal. The
DM is the good guy. Yeah. Exactly. Look. everyone's
the hero of their own story, right? So... My
monsters just want to get by. That's what they
want to do. Yeah, we were talking about how this
is a homebrew campaign in a homebrew setting.
And we are attempting to kind of play the game
as close to raw as we can manage and where we
choose not to, informing the audience of those
decisions. I don't know if you guys remember
where we were last time when we left off, but
you guys had returned to the Blushing Goldfinch
to await the arrival of Falk Cloudfang, who had
gone to see the governor to arrange for an introduction.
Had a run -in with the Kenwick brothers that
went exceptionally poorly for them before two
individuals, or three individuals, approached
your table. Asking Taldir about his business
earlier around town. Identifying him. Dwarf,
who had appeared kind of sickly and in poor condition,
took this pill and began to transform and shift
into this horned beast. The clothes just rip
off and the body parts become... malformed they
stretch and pull in ways that are unnatural and
incapable of supporting ordinary life as everyone
in this bar flees kind of screaming and in chaos
and in mere moments you find yourself alone with
this creature let's go ahead and roll initiative
quick question as everyone is doing that Do we
still have the items from the campaign before
or the little, you know? Yeah. So we covered
this at the top of session one, but it's worth
revisiting. We did play a little bit of the box
set and a little bit of another adventure. We
decided to keep that experience and the items
that were involved as it just kind of makes boring
work to recover the same steps with the same
characters. So you guys do have those items.
You are second level. So, yeah. Yeah, I was just
asking. Yeah, no worries. 25. Ooh, 25. I'm also
drunk, so do I get a penalty on my initiative?
That's right, so we'll cover that. You've got,
um, you were... Level 3 drunk, I think, or something
like that? Level 3 drunk, which... Hell yeah.
Been there. Which meant you were clumsy one,
flat -footed, stupefied two. You need to just
add those to your character sheet in Demiplane.
Oh, Demiplane, I love you. I think flat -footed
is a legacy term. It's off guard now, right?
Yeah, it's just a minus two theory, so I don't
know if you need to add it. Yeah. Okay. I will
definitely add those stuff. How do you add stuff?
No. So there's a box next to your speed called
conditions and active effects. Hit the little
cog icon and then you have all the conditions.
Okay. Clumsy. What else? Flat footed. Which if
it's there is going to be called off guard now,
I believe. And then you are clumsy one, stupefied
two. Sounds like an insult. You clumsy, flat
-footed. It sounds like you're stage three drunk,
right? They did a pretty good job. Off guard.
Okay. Beautiful. Everyone go else. I got to see
what the fuck is going on over here. 21 for Amaris.
21 for Amaris. It's a good thing I got these
new dice so that I could continue rolling like
shit. I got a nine. That's a plus five to my
perception, by the way. Well, if your luck is
anything like mine, anytime I rolled horribly
with one character for initiative, I just fucking
smashed people. But every time I had a good initiative,
I would just be like, uh, I don't know what to
do if you guys don't go first. So, yeah. Good
luck. Maybe get the bad one out of the way. Taz,
you ready? Yeah, so 23 total with the penalty.
It's just a minus one to mine. Yeah. 21. Drunk
Taz is ready to go. All right, so we open the
round with Wesley. I see what you mean. Also,
roll 20 is up if you guys are, I don't know.
Yes, sir. Yeah. What happened last? That dude
turned into something? Yeah, so she took this
pill and her body just began to shake and shift.
You could see the bones inside rearranging, her
skin kind of pulling and breaking as she kind
of became this four -legged beast with these
gigantic tusks made from rib bones. Think like,
it's probably, I don't know if this will help
anyone because it's so old. But think like Zergs
from... Nobody knows what a Zerg is. Okay. No.
Is that Power Ranger? Is that a Power Ranger?
Those are Zerg Rush. Nerd! Oh, I think it's Zoltan.
What's the big dude's name? Zoltan's from Dude,
Where's My Car? Oh, what's the guy with the big
head in Power Ranger? What was it? Zoltar? It's
close. You're close. Yeah, it is a Z name. I
don't remember what it is, though. I think it's
Zoltar. Yeah. Zofran. No, that's a medication,
I think. Yeah, I think that's like antidepressants.
That's my Power Ranger. Zordon. Zordon. Zord.
Okay, I would like to devise a stratagem. I don't
want to interrupt you, but I have to because
Zoltar is the machine that makes Tom Hanks big
in the classic movie Big. That's right. Yes.
That's my second favorite Tom Hanks. Oh, what's
your first? You Got Mail. Really good one. That's
a really good one if you're not comparing it
to any of the other movies Tom Hanks has been
in. You know what I mean? I was joking about
Big. I don't think I've ever actually seen it.
You were joking about Big? It's fantastic. It's
not my second favorite. I just love basically
anything that Tom Hanks is in. We're fighting
a horrific monster and we are doing an excellent
job of setting the mood. Devise a stratagem.
Sorry, yes, Michelle, let's get to your turn.
Okay, yeah, I want to devise a stratagem. Okay.
So I see this bitch. Roll a d20. 12. Do I add
anything to it? I always... Yeah, you can add...
Either your ordinary modifier to hit or your
intelligence modifier when you devise a stratagem.
I think we found that yours were the same, but
you can check that out if you want. Okay, so
then that's 7 plus 12. 20? 19? Yeah. Close enough.
That's a hit. Roll your damage. Remember the
extra D6. Yeah, and I think you also get... a
free recall knowledge on it if you want to as
well. Okay, recall knowledge. Oh, okay. So if
I do devise a stratagem, then I can automatically
use recall knowledge? Yeah, I'm pretty sure you
get it for free if you succeed when devising
a stratagem. Okay. I would say you can use either
nature or occultism for this creature. Who's
a cult? Oh, I see it. I'll do occultism. Do it.
Oh, to do the check, you just roll another d20
and then add your, in this case, your occultism
modifier to the result of that roll. 17 plus
2. 17 plus 2, yeah. So this isn't the greatest
of creatures to get recall knowledge on, but
it is useful. Is there something in particular
you would like to know? The weakness. I will,
in an effort to honor the success of the role,
I will say that it has no weaknesses and has
a ranged attack. Good to know that I will use
my crossbow. Okay. Am I too close to use my crossbow?
There's no penalties, right? I remember we did
this. Yeah, I don't think so. I'm pretty sure
crossbows don't have penalties in close range.
I think bows do, but crossbows don't. You're
fine. You'd be fine anyway. So to kind of help
paint the picture, they are sitting in this tavern
portion of the inn. There's a large kind of bar
to the north there at a circular table. Wesley
is positioned nearest to the monster, but still
I would say you're 10 feet away at this point.
It's kind of 10 feet to like the southwest of
you. So you could definitely, even if one would
apply in close quarters, you are far enough that
you'd be fine. Eight. Plus... No, it's not. It's
just eight. Eight points of damage, yeah. As
your bolt lands, it sinks into the flesh that
remains on this creature, and you hear it just
kind of growl like... So I think that's two of
your actions, but I think you have a third still,
so... I just would like to turn my chair around
and kind of dip behind it, so that way I can...
protect... What am I trying to say? Trying to
get a little cover. Yeah, thanks. You're not
AC Slater -ing it. I'm looking pretty cool when
I do it. Are you? The coolest cower behind a
chair any of us have ever seen. Welcome. All
right, Taz, I believe you are up. Amaris, you're
next. I think now just kind of start noticing
that there's a creature in front of me as I kind
of close one eye to focus real hard. Try to figure
out if there's eight of them or one. And then
after I realize that there's this demon -looking
fucking thing there, I'm like, I'm going to stumble
out of my chair and I'm going to pull a syringe.
Pull the cap off and spit it. And I'm going to
inject it in a towel deer. You get it. So I have
two of them here. Surprise me. Don't ask me.
I want to surprise myself, too. I want to flip
a coin because I have two of them here. I don't
want to say what they are, but I want to flip
a coin. Charles, you roll a d6 if it's... Odds
and evens? Yeah, odds and evens. Roll a one.
Okay, that's awesome. By the way, this is just
the worst night of the bar ever, right? This
woman transforms into a horrific monster. Combat
breaks out. A drunk goblin stumbles into you
and stabs you with a syringe. I don't think you're
going back. I like the single -use plastic in
the... Fantasy setting as well that he ripped
off the syringe. Yeah, just the orange. Yeah,
and I hit you with a juggernaut mutagen. Okay,
what is that? You are... You have temporary hit
points. There's a drawback. You have a minus
two to will saves, perception, and initiative,
but you already did your initiative. And now
you get... Plus one bonus to your attacks and
damage. And then you gain five temporary hit
points for one minute. Okay. Thank you. Nice.
And then, so that's one action, right? Well,
movement, right, to get here. Movement, interact
with the syringe. Yeah, so you do that as one.
So you would have one more action left. And then
I'm going to reach into my bag. And I'm going
to pull something out and throw it. Which you
can do as one action because of your feet, right?
Yeah, but I can only do that if it's a bomb.
So I'll throw an alchemist's fire at it. You
created some distance, too, because originally
you were right behind Wesley, who is a six -foot
-two elf now sort of crouched behind the chair
you were kind of directly across from. But you
kind of moved out into the open. I'll say you
have a clear line of sight here. Perfect. And
I rolled a 17 total. 17 to hit. That is going
to hit. Beautiful. Okay. Not beautiful. Damn.
Okay, so one point of fire damage and then one
persistent. Okay, nine points of damage. Just
remind me of the persistent. The creature takes
that at the top of its turn, right? Yes, let
me check real quick. I believe so. Yeah, I believe
it's on their turn because that's also when they
rolled a flat check to get rid of it. Yeah. Yeah,
so there's that. And then when I get here, I'm
going to kind of stumble. Back scoot the chair
a little bit and then try to get my bearings.
That's my turn. Awesome. Amaris, you are up.
I'm going to give the tie to the players. So
Taldir, you're next. Okay. And then is it an
action to draw my sword? Yeah. Okay. So I'm going
to draw my sword. Oh, fuck. I need movement to
get close to it. I think what I'm going to do
instead is I'm going to draw my longbow and back
off into this corner near the bar. My apologies.
I thought I knew what I was doing. Okay, dude.
I'll edit it and make it seem like you know what
you're doing. Nice. Good to explain the things
we don't know, but we don't have to seem like
fucking buffoons. Yeah. Just five minutes of
Kenny going, I can't do that. Okay. All right.
So I'm going to back off. Draw my bow. Oh, shit.
I can't use gravity weapon because drawing the
bow is a weapon. All right. I'm just going to
fire at this wild bitch. Take your shot. And
that is a 21 to hit. 21 hits. So as you kind
of stand, you were directly across from this
creature originally, but you move kind of into
the eastern corner of the room between a wall
and kind of a bar that traces the edge of the
tavern. Release the arrow. Hit. What's that damage?
That is a whopping three damage on a D8. Three
damage? Okay, so you guys should be doing a lot
of damage. You're just not. I was curious. I
just like to hit things a lot, you know? It's
more fun. It's like, you know, gotta keep the
kitty gloves on. Make it last longer. At this
rate, you're gonna have to hit it a lot, so...
It is the creature's turn. It is going to turn...
Didn't you just say you were gonna give the tie
to the player? Sure did. Dang! Yeah, but I really
wanted to do something now. Taldir, it's your
turn. I don't know why you open your mouth sometimes.
Taz is going to come up and stick Taldir in the
arm, and he's going to reflexively spin around
on him, like, what the fuck did you just do?
But as he's spinning around, he feels this mutagen
take effect, and he can feel like... some fucking
alchemical power like coursing through him i
read the description of it and it says you literally
glow with power when you like get this and so
he like kind of looks at his hands and like sees
that it's glowing and then he looks back at the
creature and he's like all right like fuck it
and he uh go he's gonna move up to the creature
which he has the movement for as his first action
And then he has to draw his hammer. So I'll do
that. And then he will swing at this creature
with the plus one from the mutagen. Oh, that
might be a crit. 27? 27 is a crit. Nice. Good
job. Would a 26 have been a crit? Yes. Oh, okay.
Never mind. The mutagen didn't do anything. No.
I'll give it back then. It's a placebo effect.
I gave you nothing. Almost max damage for 13
points of bludgeoning damage. 13 points as the
party makes some headway. And if it matters,
I think technically that's all good damage. Just
by being a champion, all of my damage is good
damage. Okay. Get to the choir boy. Okay. And
then, yeah, that is my turn. All right, yeah,
so you get up from this chair and make your way
around the table, pushing this. secondary chair
out of the way smash into this creature it kind
of like almost like a dog who's afraid to get
hit kind of like sinks into itself and it's just
like it's it is its turn it is going to use it's
going to make it takes one damage it does take
one damage and it's going to attempt to gorge
taldeer with one of these Not to interrupt you
again, but it also gets a flat check against
the persistent damage. Just flat DC 15 to see
if it continues to take it. Awesome. Good to
know. It will continue to take it, and that is
probably a miss. That's a 15 total. That is a
miss. All right. For its second action, it is
going to... Separate from Taldir. One, two, three,
four, five. It's got the movement to get over
here towards the kind of northeastern side of
the bar behind another table kind of directly
to the west of the party. And it is going to
like start sucking in like and then as it just
belches forth this like red green. acid at uh
let's say wesley oh that's gonna be a 24 to hit
is that with the map i mean it probably doesn't
matter even with the map and be like 19 or 20
which probably still hits accurate that's a 19
to hit my apologies it hits so you take six points
of acid damage oh that's damn And that is the
creature's turn. Not to drag us down even further,
but would Wesley have cover from that attack?
Because that could actually turn it to a miss
depending on her AC. She is hiding behind a chair.
I mean, and there's a whole table with chairs
in between them. I'm going to give you a plus
one to your AC for the chair. Does that change
it? Yep. What's your AC? 18. Oh, so it's still
a hit. Tie goes to the attacker. Tie goes to
the attacker. Tie goes to the attacker. Tie goes
to the runner, man. Tie goes to the bots. Or
tie goes to the target. No, sorry. Tie goes to
the attacker. No matter who it is. Yeah. All
right. It's fine. So you do take the damage.
You know how many times I get into these combats
and never do anything to you guys? miserable
on this side of the table sometimes. He's going
for a TPK right now. You do get a chance at revenge
as we are back at the top of the order and it
is Wesley's turn. Taz, you're up next. Okay,
so with devise a stratagem, that's still going,
correct? I think you have to do it each turn.
Yeah, you do it every turn. Okay, so then when
I do devise a stratagem again, then I could use
strategic strike? Yes, yep, yep. Alright, I'm
going to do that. 20. Natural. Hell yeah. So
that's 27. Get a hero point too. Hero point.
Get a hero point and a crit. Double everything.
Okay, so then strategic strike is one piece.
Yeah, it's an extra d6. So you get two extra
d6. Whatever the normal damage dice for the crossbow
is, which I think is a d8, you double that, so
it's 2d8, 2d6, and then whatever bonus you have
to that damage, you also double, if you have
one. Double everything in Pathfinder. So this
is also, while Michelle's rolling Wesley's damage,
this is a good time to point out that this is
another homebrew -ish rule that we've implemented.
Pathfinder 2nd Edition. at least in the remaster,
seems to contemplate that you will just roll
whatever dice you're supposed to roll and then
double the total result. We like to roll dice.
So we've decided that if you want to, you can
roll double the dice. I understand. Yeah, I understand
wanting to speed the game up. And so I'm not
saying it's a bad rule at all. I just like the
clicky clacky rocks. If you got them rolling,
man. Yo. So I got 9 plus 8. Wait. Yes, 9 plus
8. 17. 17, alright. Michelle doing addition could
be the podcast. I could do it on my... I just
get so nervous because I know you guys could
do fast math so then I get nervous and then I
stop thinking. For the listening audience, we're
all on camera. It looked like Michelle said nine
plus eight and then just was waiting for someone
else to answer. That's exactly what I was doing.
Winner if these video clips ever get released,
there's going to be some gold mixed up in there.
So my trick to doing fast math is when I don't
know, you just make it up. And then someone corrects
you and you go, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, my bad.
Yeah, that's what happened earlier. So that's
like, I don't know, 11? All right, awesome. Works
70 % of the time every time. I've lost total
track of where you are in your turn. Do you have
anything else you'd like to do? I think that
was just your first action. Yes, that was...
Oh, no, you did the devise a stratagem and then
the attack. Yes. Awesome. And then I would like
to do a backflip on the other side of the table
to get over there. Yeah, you got the movement.
It's cool. I'll allow it. No check necessary
in this situation. Cool. Take your hero point.
I did. Oh, awesome. That was the first thing
I did. Taz, you are up. Amaris, you're next.
Okay, so Taz is going to reach for one of my
little thingies. I'm trying to decide which one
I want to throw. Nope. Yeah. All right, so I'm
going to fucking throw this, not like a glass
bottle, but a... Bag. It's a Tanglefoot bag.
I'm going to throw it at his ass. Nice. I assume
you make an attack roll with that? Yeah. So it
is one of my thingies. Hero point. Hero point.
Yeah. That wasn't cool. Okay, nice. So 18 with
the Tanglefoot bag. 18. That's a hit. 30 feet
away. I assume you can throw it that far, but
I just wanted to confirm. I can't, so I'm going
to... What's the diameter? I think it's a 20
-foot range. Yeah. The range is 20 feet, so I
have to get closer. Oh, but does it have to hit
the character, or does it spread out? I think
I get... Yeah, I have to hit. Yeah, it has to
hit. So I'll get closer. It's fine. I'll move.
I'll stumble and knock over a bunch of chairs
along the way and then throw, hit. I'll just
read the description of it. Okay, a Tanglefoot
Bag is filled with sticky substance. When you
hit a creature with a Tanglefoot Bag, the creature
takes a status penalty to its speed for one minute.
Many types of tingle for that. Okay, blah blah
blah basically the target can critical His movement
is fucked basically minus 10 to their movement
and in order to move from to escape from it they
have to roll a 17 okay so he basically yeah you
throw this bag it explodes he gets kind of like
stuck or she gets kind of stuck in the substance
and is unable to move uh currently and then yeah
and then uh i'll fucking my last action i'll
throw a actual bomb at him but you had to move
interact with the bag and throw the bag oh yeah
you're right so i'm done The three action economy
giveth and it taketh away. Charles, did you draw
a penis on the character? I did not. I don't
know why you would assume it was me. Fucking
Herb. Very likely. Jesus. Grow up, guys. Come
on. Who am I that it was like somebody drew a
dick? It's gotta be Charles. Just assume. I think
you're the only one who has that ability to draw
and stay on the map. Oh, no. Everybody does.
Oh, really? Yeah. And it's also color -coded.
If you look at the top of the page, you can see
everybody's color. That says Kenny? Yeah, Kenny,
you fucking jackass. Why would you do that? Man,
I'm just over here trying to enjoy my water.
It was Sammy's dick. Oh, it's Sammy. He's just
moving the balls. They're cups. They're just
cups. We don't need to be talking about cup and
balls. So Amaris will activate gravity weapon.
It is a spell. And then I'm going to use hunted
shot. And what that does. I take two quick shots.
Basically, if both hit the same creature, I get
to combine them for damage and resistances. In
case you're fighting a particularly strong monster,
you can go two and one to pump up the damage
and hit die. Do you have to hunt prey first for
hunted shot? No, that's just activated. I believe.
That's what the thing was last time. So you are
in the kind of northeast corner. You do have
a clear line of sight on the creature as it's
kind of standing behind this table. But where
does 40 feet fall in your range increment? Oh,
for me, I'm using a bow, so it should be... I
think I'm fine. I just wanted to point it out
because Pathfinder, unlike D &D, has several
range increments and they can be both good and
bad. Yeah, Hunted Shot says nothing about using
Hunt Prey first. I think Hunt Prey is its own
separate thing and then Hunted Shot is its own
separate thing. So it's not like in D &D where
you have to activate... I think it is. The description
for hunted shot is you take two quick shots against
the one you hunt. Make two strikes against your
prey with the required weapon. Oh, good point.
Oh, yeah. So it might be like hunter's mark.
You just mark them and then you can do that.
But you're still fine because you would use the
hunt prey. No, you didn't even move. So you'd
use hunt prey. And then you would have... Because
you could still take the two shots as one action.
Yeah. Nah, fuck it. I'm not hunting shit. I'm
just shooting this bitch. 13. Total? That's a
miss. Well, I'm going to use a hero point because
I've got them stacked. 15. 15 is going to hit.
Go ahead and roll damage. Ah, you motherfucker.
Two plus the two for the gravity weapon, so four.
Okay. I'm going to take... I'm going to take
another shot with the penalty. That's a natural
one. I'm going to use another hero point. Like
I said, because, you know, you got them, burn
them. Can you use a hero point for damage? Like,
if you're real shitty on your damage, can you
reroll? It's on me. Only d20 rolls? Yeah, only
d20 rolls. So I'm just going to go ahead and
blow through all of my hero points now, so that
way I can refill them in this session. Because
that was a 5. That's a good idea. I didn't like
that. Aha! 19. 19 total? Yes. Alright, that is
a hit. No, goddammit. Hang on a second. 14. 14
total? Oh, because of the multiple attack penalty.
Yeah, that's going to be a miss. Goodbye, hero
points. They were fun while they lasted. Hey,
keeps the economy going. Circle, circular flow.
And that is my turn. All right. Amaris, Taz,
or sorry, I believe Taldir is next. And then
the creature. Sick. Yeah, so Taldir is going
to fucking chase this idiot. He has the movement
to just follow it, get up to it. And then he's
going to draw, well, he'll draw a shield first
and then follow the creature. And then he is
going to swing. Take that attack. Ooh, another
natural 18. We are keeping this die. So that's
another crit. Just the exact same roll. That
is another crit. Go ahead and roll your damage.
I did not double my damage last turn. It took
13 extra points of damage. So it's dead. We'll
find out. I rolled a 1 and a 2 on that one. So
now it actually takes 13 points of damage when
I double it. 13 points of damage, okay. So you
do, you swing into this creature, and as your
hammer, like, connects in its ribcage, you see
it, like, bend in. The creature lets out a yelp
and falls lifeless to the floor. It is dead.
I'd like to. I'm going to run up to, like, the
back of it. and get ready to throw a fucking
bomb on it. And be like, Taz, no! But I'm going
to go ahead and run up to, well, not run up,
but I'm going to make my way up to the clothes
that shredded off of it and start searching them.
Yeah, can Taldir make a perception check slash
a memory check slash a did -he -see -where -the
-fuck -the -people -who -said -they -knew -about
-Veil -went check? Roll a perception check. A
decent roll, but the juggernaut mutagen is a
minus two, so it's a 15 total. Nice. 15 total.
I would say with a 15, you don't have any idea
where they would have gone, but you have a clearer
than expected memory of their faces. It was not
a long interaction, but... Yeah. Was there anything
like noticeable about that? Like notable, like
this guy had a giant scar on his face or anything
like that. That's a really good question. I'm
going to say. Find out next time on. I would
say. Not particularly distinguishable, but, you
know, relatively tall and. thin, with kind of
dusty brown hair that's kind of shoulder length.
The woman that he was with, again, very dark
hair, kind of olive -in complexion, dark eyes.
Nothing particularly distinctive in terms of
details, but it's a description you can start
to work with. Okay. Why is everybody laughing
at me? Is it because of Sammy? What? I was like,
what did I accidentally say? Yeah, so you have
a description I think you can work with. Go ahead
and roll. I don't even think you would have to
roll, really. You can, as you search through
the belongings, you see that she's wearing what
appears to be kind of a uniform of sorts, like
a button -up. jacket and pants on the uniform
there is a name tag kind of like a name sewn
into it not really a tag that says onyx fist
and there is a patch on the left arm with the
numbers uh 616 sewn into it uh aloe valley i
want to throw up all over that as soon as you
like sees that just like Taz working through
it I'm just gonna like as it splashes on my hands
I'm like god damn it Taz not again dude I'm just
gonna kind of take my hands and like over like
overly done just take them and like you know
splat the shit off of them so it kind of goes
like unintentionally goes everywhere but just
kind of like fuck it's all over me again sorry
I think everybody should have to dodge that.
Roll to dodge that. I'm just kidding. Is there
anyone still in the inn? It is empty right now,
but a couple of moments pass, not a long time,
and you see town guards just kind of burst into
the room, probably a half dozen of them, and
they are trailed by... Paul Cloudfang. And as
he kind of like rushes into the room, he's sort
of pushing chairs aside. And, you know, there's
kind of this general clamor and uproar as the
guards kind of approach all of you and this creature,
uncertain of the source of the panic. And Falk's
just like, there with me, there with me. I draw
my dagger. We should studio pause. Yeah. Where
did we... Anybody remember how much time we killed
in the beginning of this thing? I thought it
was about 15 minutes, but I'm not certain. For
what reason? Like, just time? Are you talking
about... Oh, so we can cut an episode? Yeah,
if it's like... If we want to do one more scene
that adds about 15, 20 minutes onto it, or if
we think we have about an hour of content here.
So we... From everything we're going to cut out,
We, right now at this moment, have approximately
50 minutes. Okay, yeah, we'll go one more then.
That sounds good. So, we're back. Yeah, Falk
is going to kind of push into the room past all
these guards and just yelling like, They're with
me! They're with me! What are you guys going
to do in this moment? Taldeer would like to make
a society check on the emblem that you said and
the name Onyx, whatever the hell, to see if he
knows anything about it. Go ahead. I'm going
to jump behind the bar and just try to wash up
a little bit. I'm over finding trinkets and pockets.
I'm going to try to get the puke off my hands
and then... I'll come back and join everybody.
I want to use no calls for alarm. I can make
sure that the people coming in are chill. Okay.
What does that do? You want to explain it to
us? Yes. So you attempt to reduce panic. Attempt
of diplomacy. Diplomacy. Diplomacy. Diplomacy
check. Comparing it to the will DC of creatures
and a ten foot. emanation around you who are
frightened. Well, does that count? I mean, they
came in hot, so. Yeah, go ahead. Okay. Lily,
you got something to share there, Zach? Yeah,
well, I rolled a five on my society check, and
I said, you know what? I'll use a hero point.
And then I rolled a natch 20, dude. Plus four.
So 24 total. So go ahead and take your hero point
back. And I would say with that roll, you're
new in town. You don't know a lot about this
place, but you have heard things. You have done
a degree of homework to figure out where you
are going and what it will take to... Locate
your target and you would recognize the uniform
and the patch as representative of a dwarven
mining company. The patch itself likely represents
either a site that is being worked at or a unit
that was being worked with depending on which
mining company it ultimately is associated with
is do i know what the onyx would what'd you say
again onyx fist yeah do i know like what that
is like is that the company no i would say with
your role your society role you probably would
get a little bit So the dwarves are generally
organized into clans that hold a number of families.
The Onyx Fist family falls under the Forgeflame
clan and is kind of a disgraced portion of it.
They were once considered kind of like high nobility
and they've sort of fallen from grace. Okay.
Okay, cool. I got 17. Yes, 17. Total, right?
So I can see kind of the scene as you maybe gather
the guards around you with Falk and are just
kind of using those diplomatic skills. How do
you want to, what do you want to say? How do
you want to approach it? I would like to just
explain. Okay, so we were just minding our own
business, just drinking. playing a game and then
this person just comes in changes their appearance
and then just starts a fight so all we we just
we were defending ourselves really she lost yeah
yeah they're gonna kind of look from you and
then look down at the monster and then look at
you and then look back down at this like deformed
creature that has like you know human rib bones
like coming from its face and has kind of been
mutated into this monstrosity and just be like
yeah that not uh yeah that sounds right that
sounds like probably what happened yeah um are
you all unarmed or uninjured i mean please be
unarmed we're we're on the same side i threw
up Like a little kid, I'm going to wipe my mouth.
He's going to kind of kneel and put an arm on
your shoulder or a hand on your shoulder and
be like, yes, what you have endured is terrible.
I can understand you must be in horrific shock.
I'm going to yell from behind the bar and be
like, you might want to stand back because he
might not be done yet. As I'm scrubbing my fingers
furiously. He's just going to hurry and back
away. He's like, I just smell acid and liquor.
I think this thing's name is Kenwick. Yes. It's
not Kenwick. It's not Kenwick. That's not Kenwick.
It's not Kenwick. Take him no mind. Yeah, just
ignore him. He's in a lot of shock, as you said.
Yeah. I understand. That's why I can can't wait.
Taldir is going to talk to Thal about the patch
and basically tell him like that's from this
like Dwarven it looks like what I've read about
the Dwarven mining company and the Onyx Fist
like clan i guess um and then he's gonna ask
him if he knows like where they're working like
basically does he have any information on them
oh yes this is terrible indeed um i was intend
intending to send you to the governor's office
in in the morning but What you say is true. This
is a pressing matter. Please, will you come with
me to the governor's manor and we can inform
her of what you found. I believe she may be able
to provide additional insight into what you've
discovered. She's familiar with all of the companies
in operation here. Yeah, I mean, Taldir's definitely
down to go. This is like the first lead he's
had in a while for Vale, so. He's down to get
it moving right now, right away. He'll just pick
up Taz and carry him. Yes, the rest of you, are
you available? I assume that I didn't hear very
well what's happening, but I'm going to jump
back over the bar and just kind of go with the
flow. Ready to go. Yes, you smell like shit.
I wish we had time to draw you a bath, but no
time, no time. Kent, I would just like to put
Taz in like outside. You know how usually they
have water areas for the horses? Yeah. Just put
him in there and just kind of like wash him off
real quick. He has to be presentable. Just tell
Deer and Wesley just fucking grab him by the...
ankles and the wrists and just fucking back and
forth they just laundry ring them out can i roll
to see if maybe that helps a little bit you know
i'm gonna i'm gonna go for it yeah go ahead and
roll just a flat check nine nine no you are just
like oh god now you are drunk at half drowned
it is at least he smells better i'm now wet Yeah,
he smells like horse water instead of vomit.
So it's an upgrade. The water's like thick. It's
like... Ew. Slimy. Yeah, we don't have to get
into the discussion of the quality of the film,
but like the new Star Wars movie when Rey gets
into town and she like dunks herself into that
pit that that huge creature's drinking out of
is very similar in appearance to that. That water.
Oh. I imagine, like, while we're walking to the
governor's house, because it sounds like we're
all following Falk or whatever, I think Taldir
will, like, because I assume it's, like, going
to be a couple minutes or whatever, and so he'll
be, like, carrying Taz, and then he'll go to
Amris, and he'll just be like, you did a good
job, like, spotting those people. earlier while
we were like fucking around with kenwix you did
a good job like noticing those people and bringing
them to my attention basically so i'd like give
him props thank you i try to keep my eyes open
it's always a useful skill all right so we don't
have to do the whole thing you uh take a walk
up onto the mesa that is sort of existing at
the center of town here and to a I wouldn't say
lavish, but relatively large estate. Servants
are sent for. Some time is taken as the governor
must be summoned. You're brought to her office.
When you kind of arrive there, you know, the
guard kind of lets you in and he's like, please
take a seat if you would like. The governor will
be with you momentarily. And you see the room
is just... Sort of compact. It is well designed.
Not ornate or overly distinct in its style, but
all of the shelving and furniture within appear
to be of quality and well made. The walls are
surrounded by bookcases that are just stuffed
with parchment, maps, books, scrolls, a variety
of would look to be trinkets, some kind of vials
for liquid that stand empty right now. Sorry,
I was going to say while we're waiting, I was
going to see if I can look around to see if they
had a copy of a book that I used to read and
just see if there was something that looked similar
to it, see if I could cross -reference it. Yeah,
go ahead and make a perception check. My bad,
I thought you were describing that. I sure can
be. That was a 3 plus an 8 for 11. Yeah, you
don't recognize anything on these shelves. These
are college -level books. As you're kind of going...
Sorry, go ahead. Can I also go to the books?
But I want to look at the books, but also, be
paying attention to what they're talking about.
I just want to kind of throw the mayor off for
her to think that I'm not paying attention, but
I am. Okay. That makes sense. Yeah. So I guess
depending on what you're actually trying to accomplish,
go ahead and roll either a perception check or
something related to your performance. Okay.
I also would like to try to convince everybody
that I'm not drunk anymore. You failed. Yeah.
I would say just a flat charisma check at disadvantage.
I got 19. And what I'm trying to do is try to
catch her slipping. If she doesn't feel like
I'm paying attention, she might misspeak. And
then I could just quickly turn around and be
like, oh, whoa, whoa. Nice. Okay. So as you're
kind of like going through the things, the door
opens and she enters the room. You just hear
a... Hello. Nice to meet all of you. And in walks
Governor Victoria Crew. She's kind of in her
uniform. Kind of a middle height human female.
Getting towards her middle years. Not yet old,
but no longer young. She just kind of has a stern
expression as she kind of eyes each of you. Unreadable,
in a way. I am Governor Victoria Crew. Pleasure
to make your acquaintance. I assume you are...
We know who you are. The narrator just introduced
you. Not aware there is a narrator. What did
you get on your check, Taz? I got a natural 20
and an 8. Also, Tyler, are you still glowing?
No, no. I also reread the description because
I kind of skimmed it the first time. And it just
says you have a healthy glow. But you're an idiot,
basically. So I may not have literally been glowing.
You were beaming, not glowing. Yeah. I do like
that you looked at your own hand and saw it glowing.
That's how dumb he got. I am a god. You basically
just did Pathfinder speed. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
But no, he'll actually be like, well met, governor.
I'm not sure how much information you've gotten
from your aides, but we were in the tavern. We
were attacked by some beast, and it appears that
they are linked to a Dorvan mining company, and
specifically the Onyx Fist family. Yes. Falk
has informed me of the actions which occurred
prior to your arrival. My lady. I'm just going
to interrupt my lady. I'm just going to kind
of take him and turn him in. and turn him towards
a bookcase and kind of like just point at something
and just kind of see if he'll stay there looking
at it and then kind of turn back to pay attention.
As I mentioned, we were in the tavern before
this. I'm going to lean on the bookcase and just
fall asleep. Taz has reached that level of drunk
where you think you're charming, but... Yeah,
that's great. She's just going to kind of like...
look at you and just be like, well, at least
I know you did, in fact, come from a tavern.
No, I have been informed of your journey and
your difficulties before here. I wanted to meet
with you to thank you for the assistance. While
Cloudfang is not a part of the government, Cloudfang
Consortium is a well -regarded local establishment,
and frankly, failure to receive the shipment
would have been disastrous. That said, you find
yourself in trouble once more. I hope it does
not become a habit of yours. And then she's going
to kind of like... Gratefully, I think I have
to inform you that it is a habit for us. Hopefully
it's not a bad habit for your town. One can hope,
yes. And she's going to kind of notice Wesley
and... sort of hold her hand out and be like,
I can assume you are Miss Nixon. You've been
sent by your mother, yes, to serve as a type
of liaison between our people. Before I turn
over, I get defeated because I was hoping to
keep my... just be hidden. Yeah. So I'll turn
around and I'm like... Yes, hi. I'm Wesley Nixon.
Yeah, great role, but you were specifically the
only person she wanted to meet. As the governor
says that to her, though, I kind of want to look
over like, hold up, what the fuck? It's just
kind of new information to me. I'm like, oh,
all right. Yes, and I assume the drunk goblin
is Taz, and young man is Amaris. You come with...
Great recommendations and good regard from Dr.
Bert and Arnold. I do not know you, stranger,
with the mining question. Uh, my name's Taldir
Stronghammer. I'm, uh, looking for someone. Goes
by the name of Vale around these parts. Vale.
No wonder trouble follows you. Yes, he is. Wow.
In this case, I'm the one following trouble,
but... Well, you found it then. Good. He is something
of a blight on the town. I cannot share how distressed
he has made people. He thrived on commerce, trade,
and the movement of settlers. His activities
have hampered that. For all we are capable of
doing here, we do not grow food very well. If
people become overly concerned about the journey,
it would create real trouble for a town of our
size in no short amount of time. I will do what
I can to assist you in your search. Let me see
what you have. uh not much as i mentioned we
just have the uh you know i i asked around town
about him earlier wasn't able to get much uh
but while we were in the tavern uh some people
approached us and i'll give her the description
of the people um and just kind of recount like
what happened in the tavern the fucking monster
etc um and then reiterate and after taking care
of the monster we noticed that they were wearing
a uniform with these patches and uh at 616 uh
onyx fist family or onyx fist emblazoned on it
and a patch uh for a dwarven mining company she's
gonna go to her desk and open this like large
ledger and kind of flip through sheets um and
eventually she lands on one You kind of see a
smile spread across her face for the first time
this evening as she looks up. I'm going to tell
you, I think we could very much be of assistance
to each other. This patch comes from Site 616,
which belongs to the Ember Corporation, a dwarven
mining company based here in Hope's Embrace,
and about which rumors have begun to swirl. This
is most advantageous to both of us. I have a
proposal that I would like to make you. Miss
Nixon, if you've come to this town, garner goodwill.
This is an excellent place to start. If you truly
seek to bring this veil to justice, I think I
know how I can be of assistance. I don't intend
to bring him in for justice, if that's what you're
saying. Can I roll an insight check? Or what's
the equivalent of an insight check? I think it's
just perception. I don't think sense motive is
a thing anymore. You might be able to do society,
depending on what you're trying to find. I just
want to know if she's... I just want to get her
vibe. Okay, go ahead and roll a perception check.
17. 17 total. She is serious and stern, but you
don't get the impression that she is attempting
to mislead you. I think you, probably with your
training and hitting the DC, would probably be
aware that... On some level, she's a politician,
right? So there's some level of trying to use
you, but you don't think she's necessarily being
deceitful or employing some kind of trickery.
Okay. And she's going to say, there are events
that have occurred, which are reminiscent of
the event you described now. and which incite
the Ember Corporation. I would like you to infiltrate
their headquarters and find what you can about
the incident that occurred at Site 616. I don't
know for certain that there'll be anything there,
but rumors have recently floated that some disaster
shut down the mine, and that Ember has been tight
-lipped on... what exactly occurred only insisting
that it is none of the civilian population's
business in addition there was a an attack very
similar to the one you experienced at the bathhouse
run by the arcanum several people were injured
similarly the arcanum has shut down the bathhouse
and insisted that I have no true jurisdiction
over it. Fortunately, they operate on an independent
charter from our queen. I am willing to stress
the limits of that charger, but not without firm
proof. If you can find evidence of misdoing,
I would be happy to take appropriate measures.
But for now, we shall get some sleep tonight,
if you can, after what you've experienced, and
begin in the morning. Talnir will kind of look
around at Wesley and Amrys' not -tats. Specifically
not -tats. Yeah, I'm just quietly kind of nodding
like that. Kind of works for me. Sounds like
the best plan of action at the moment. Yes, I'm
sure Dr. Bert and Arnold would be curious about
what you've encountered as well. He has been
working with me in regards to these related events.
Anyway, I assume do we have an agreement between
us? And she's going to hold her hand out to Taldir.
Yeah, I assume you nodded. in Ascent, Wesley?
Yes. Okay, yeah, then Taldir will be like, sounds
good, works for us, and then he'll shake her
hand. I want to shake her hand. I was going to
say, I go up to Amrys, and I'm like, we got to
leave. You've reached that part of the night.
Bye. So my face kind of goes white like, oh,
fuck. And I don't look back to where he was standing.
And I just try to rotate the other way and kind
of take him and help him walk out the room, assuming
that someone will tell us where to go or something.
but I just want to get the fuck out of here.
I don't want to get puked on again, and I definitely
don't want to see what he's already done or is
about to do. I don't know why, but I did not
put together that Taz obviously either vomited
or pissed in this corner or did something awful.
I'm high and drunk, man. As the party makes its
way from the office, Governor Crew kind of...
Sorry, go ahead. Sorry, I wanted to speak to
Governor Crew first. Please. I'd appreciate your
discretion. It's easier for me to wander this
city without people knowing exactly who I am.
Yes, of course, and I, yours as well. No one
can know that I'm involved in any of this investigation
until we have evidence sufficient to bring some
sort of formal inquiry. Okay, so we have an understanding.
Yes, please, yes. Perfect. I'll turn back and
I just see a pile of shit. And I just walk out
quickly. It's canon now. Oh, man. So you all
leave, and we just kind of linger for a moment
on Governor Crew, who kind of watches Leslie
kind of leave down the hallway, just kind of
making sure that everybody is gone for the night
before turning back into her office, and she's
just like, and she turns to the corner and sees
this, and is just like, fuck. Horatio! And that
is where we will call it tonight. Thank you for
joining us. Please come back next time as we
roll bravely on. Good night, everybody. Good
night, everybody. Good night. Or good morning.
Good afternoon. What did you say last time? International.
International.