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Welcome to Vikings and Valkyries, an actual play podcast. We are playing When the Wolf

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Comes, a role-playing game where the sun never sets on the Viking Empire. My name is Ian

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Stuart Sharpe and I will be your wand bearer for the ongoing campaign which we call the

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Thought and Memory Saga. Joining us this week are the three sole surviving members of the

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Bloodbath ongoing. Welcome to you, eagle feeders. Good evening. Thank you. We haven't learned our

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lesson yet. Still alive. Now, Bill, we've all been waiting with baited breath for you to start

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playing on Start Playing. How is it all gearing up? Are we going to see a New Year resurgence?

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Yes, absolutely. It's ramping up nicely. I'm about to launch some short games in Gamma World,

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which is a really old post-apocalyptic role-playing game, which has got some crazy systems that sound

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like a lot of fun. Just quick one-offs and then I have an existing dungeon up there that's the

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original AD&D. We'll be adapting that to 5e and then there are two more in that series that'll

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be going up. So a lot of new content going up and I'm always looking to add additional titles. I'm

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hoping there'll be additional interest in some of these really old things. I have a bunch of old,

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old games being old, old myself, so might provide a new experience for everyone. So yeah, I'm quite

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hopeful about all that. You're using the word old when you should be using the word classic.

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That's right. I'm a classic. That's what I'm going to start telling my adult children now.

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Very good. Well, we look forward to getting the invites so that you can do the DM ing for a change 

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and give my larynx a rest. Let's resume with the usual format. So every week I like to see you earn

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your author or your inspiration points. And so let's see if you are overcome with divine madness

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this week. I don't know if you've detected, I always kind of link it to the adventure that is

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to come. So there is some kind of... So the clues are in the stuff we haven't been exposed to yet.

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Is that correct? I just want to understand. Yeah. I'm giving you a kind of thematic intro to the

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episode with these questions. Well done. He said since. All right, so you know from the end of the

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last episode that Bjarnie Bjarnardson is now a draugr, a revenant, also known as a haugbui or barrow

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dweller or an aptrganger and again walker. These are perhaps less familiar to the modern listener

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or modern reader than the vampire that we all know from Dracula and Interview with a Vampire,

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Everything Anne Rice. So we all know how you deal with vampires. It's the crucifix, it's the garlic,

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it's the stick through the heart. What I'm going to ask you today for your inspiration point is,

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can you give me three precautions that Norsemen would take to prevent the dead wandering round?

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Obviously throwing them off a cliff is not one of them. Right. Well we thought it was. That was my guess.

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That was the go-to. Yeah. Burning the bodies. Oh good. Yeah, good guess. I will give you that one on

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the basis that destroying the corpse was definitely one way to make sure that they wouldn't wander

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around afterwards. But generally speaking, the Norse buried their corpses in these barrows and

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so those are the bodies that I'm talking about here. The barrow dwellers, the revenants, the grave thralls.

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Was there some sequence of runes that they could carve or apply or something that would have an effect?

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I will grant you that on the basis that there were all kinds of runic curses against the dead.

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Runes were secrets. The magic words behind them would tie the corpses to their coffins or to wherever they were interred and prevent them from rising again.

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How about something to do with the, and I'm not sure they have one, but the bone from a whale penis.

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Maybe just use that to pin them down. They use them for everything. It feels kind of in the right genre.

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The right worldview. Well maybe that's just my worldview. It's in the right kind of direction.

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So we got all the points. The penis of something. No, no, no. I didn't say you got all the points.

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I said you're in the right kind of direction. How about tying down or constraining the body?

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You know, like put them face down and then if they wake up then they can't move.

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I'm going to give you that one in the sense that you were close enough. Let me explain.

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So generally the position of the body in the barrow or in the burial mound was indicative of whether they might rise again.

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So the Norse did a whole bunch of things according to tradition to confuse the dearly departed.

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One of the things that they did was to tie together their big toes or to put needles through the soles of their feet to stop them being able to walk.

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Another thing they did was to take the corpse and to turn it around in midair so as to confuse a possible draugr sense of direction.

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All of those things were very similar to what you said. So in the interest of keeping you alive a little bit longer will give you that inspiration point.

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So did they have a lot of trouble with the dead walking the land back then?

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They did. It's a common occurrence and there's different types of draugr as well.

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There's the land draugr and there's a whole subset of sea draugr who would return with seaweed for heads.

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It's being a nautical group the Norsemen would have foes from underneath the waves as part of their superstition and folklore.

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Now you did get an inspiration point last week when your valiant cop heroes were here to answer those questions about the afterlife.

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You didn't tell them that they could spend those points and you just let them die.

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Which means they're yours to trade in this time around.

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Just so you're clear on the rules, it's not just converting a success to a failure.

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You can also use it to change a dice six roll to a six which is valuable for damage, fate rolls, weals and woes.

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You have a finite pool. They may run out as you found before. Again, feel free to use them in the first five minutes.

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Feel free to use them for when you might want to really make sure that stick of dynamite lands where you want it.

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May I just add that this impending battle with the undead is really good timing.

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Because this episode is going to release somewhere in the holiday season.

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And my understanding is in Norse mythology around the winter solstice is when the activity of the undead starts to increase.

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For them the winter solstice was more about staying inside because outside there are dangerous things.

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And Steve, Bill, we have ventured outside.

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Yes, repeatedly. Yeah, and I think CJ even in modern times there's a similar problem at this time of year.

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Relatives that we thought may have been long dead actually show up at the door.

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So, still a problem.

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What's the Norse for bah humbug, I wonder?

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If anyone should know, Ian.

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The sentiment is a good one. It's certainly the case that these winter nights are all the more chilling in the Norse mythos.

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And as you will see from where you're sitting in the Troll's Tongue with the evenings drawing in and the perpetual daylight changing, shifting towards 24 hours of night.

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You will probably find even more ghostly times ahead.

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Let's open up and zoom in on the scene where we left it.

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So the three of you survivors are standing on the Troll's Tum, a large and imposing cliff that stretches out prominently from the surrounding tundra.

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Its rough weather-beaten features rise sharply against the sky and they create a sharp contrast to the open expanse around.

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You are standing there in a state of shock and awe because you have just seen your new friend and colleague.

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Or perhaps you didn't care for him at all, but Grettir Greycloak has just plummeted over the side of the cliff in the cold embrace of another former character,

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Hulif the Horse Gelder, who has now become Hulif the Headless.

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And that is where we pick up the endless daylight of summer, giving way to these shorter days and lengthening in shadows.

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And out of the shadows lurch these gravedrawls.

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Also, you heard the sound of Bjarnie Bjarnason returned to life, walking again as a draug.

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Somewhere out there, Bjarnie is lurking.

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But as far as you're concerned right now, you just have these five grave thralls lurching towards you, arms outstretched.

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Some of them have heads and utter guttural cries.

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Others are decapitated and as silent as the grave.

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All right, guys, what weapons do we have?

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I got a Hrithskottabisa.

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Oh, yeah.

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Storm shooter.

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It's a machine gun.

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Gigi with a machine gun.

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Yeah, dangerous.

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Yeah, I was going to say that's going to end well.

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In the previous episode, Gigi had arranged for you to take two storm shooters, one of which has presumably gone over the troll's tongue into the Abyss Beyond with Grettir Grey Cloak.

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He arranged for you, Bill, to take a hail stick or what we would know as a shotgun.

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Presumably we're in combat right now, right?

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So if I wanted to enhance my Hrithskottabisa with a spell, it would burn a turn.

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Yeah, we'll launch straight into combat and give you the ability to take that fast turn and go first.

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Troll's tongue is a long, not very thin precipice, but certainly there are choke points.

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There is the ability to retreat further up the cliff, there'll be less room for all of those ghouls and ghasts to surround you.

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Oh, so gather them in a smaller area.

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A choke point, if you will.

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I came up with that myself.

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I want everyone to know that.

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Do you think it'll catch on?

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It might.

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It might.

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You should also be aware that, as I've said before, there is a 700-metre drop to the icy depths below.

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Falling off the troll's tongue would prove fatal.

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Quick confirmation, the undead do not have weapons? Outstretched hands, you said?

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One or two of them may have a seax or some kind of rusty blade.

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They don't appear to have the ability to wield melee weapons or ranged weapons with any degree of competence.

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Okay.

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They're effectively feral beasts ripped from the grave.

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Then some kind of entangled spirit is animating the mouldering body and driving them with this terrible rage.

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Okay, so above the table still, guys, should we be finding a choke point where we can kind of force them to come into a concentrated area and then just blast away?

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Yeah.

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Are we between them and the edge of the cliff or are they between us and the edge of the cliff?

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Good question.

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If the apex of my hands is the tip of the tongue where you would have no choice but for them to dive off the edge,

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then they are appearing at the base by my thumbs. They have effectively cut you off.

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If you were to burst through them, then you would be able to get to the mainland, to the tundra, and flee back in the direction of Hjalpmakaar.

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Otherwise, you have to retreat up the troll's tongue.

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May I take a quick action and start shooting to cover their retreat to the choke point?

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There's at least 20 yards between you and these creatures, so it puts them at medium range.

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They all homed in on poor Grettir, so you've got two turns before they were right on top of you, and more were you to retreat to a different vantage point.

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I'm going to take a fast turn to try and take one down, explicitly to see if they have any resistances.

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If the machine gun doesn't work, then we can run.

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I will also take a shot at long range, then, or cast a spell at long range, then.

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I'm going to move back towards the choke point, and then I want to cast the biting charms on my shotgun to make it more effective.

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Should those two fall in battle, I will remember them.

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That's a given, then, Bill. We'll let you do that. You're going to back off, putting perhaps 10 yards between you and your comrades.

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CJ, did you want to fire using the automatic fire rules, the burst rules?

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Yeah, I'm going to Rambo this.

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Atta boy!

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Automatic. Also, I have special dice that my friend gave me that are quote unquote Viking dice, so hopefully I roll higher than a three today.

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Awesome.

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Alright, so you're going full auto.

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Yeah, so how many turns does that give me with 20 ammunition?

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You have 20 ammo total, so that's going to give you two bursts with that before you have to switch to your shotgun.

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Gigi is going to be quite imprudent with this, and he's going to full automatic first round with two.

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I can hardly believe it.

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He's honor bound, he's stood his ground every time, he just has a roll high.

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I was being sarcastic, I apologize.

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So the rules for this are a little bit different.

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You don't actually have to roll because you're spraying the whole area and these creatures don't have cover because they're standing out in the open.

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So why don't you describe to me your stance and what you're doing with this storm shooter.

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And then I will tell you how it's affected the creatures.

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Ooh, that's a good one.

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So can I still use, can I use Orlog on this spray?

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Because as a Varangian I can use Orlog on a successful roll.

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Yeah, so what's going to happen is creatures in an area, which is pretty much all five of them,

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are going to make a slight challenge roll to reduce the damage and they'll take half damage unless they roll a 20 or more.

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Oh, but I can try and hit all five with the machine gun and then with Orlog I get 1d6 and because they're haunts I get an additional 1d6.

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Let's do this.

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Wow.

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Let's go.

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All right, so Gigi is going to take a, if there are any tennis players out there, wide stance, shoulder length apart, aim it like Rambo.

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And he's going to say, more lead bullets please, and fire.

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Now Orlog, it's 1d6 extra damage per rank of spell that you expend.

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So minimum is 1d6.

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So are you expending a rank 0 spell, a rank 1 or a rank 2?

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Oh, well it's my first shot.

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Let's do 2.

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Yeah, baby.

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Yeah, baby.

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Yeah.

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Big out of the gate.

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You're going to do 2d6 for the storm shooter in general, 2d6 extra for the spell you just expended, and 1d6 for the fact that they're haunts.

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So it's going to be 5d6 that they're going to take at least half of.

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OK, so a total of 13 plus one more.

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Another three.

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16 total.

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Your hail of bullets flies into the charging grave thralls and blasts some of them backwards onto the icy ground in a shower of rotten flesh.

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Two of them stumble forward still.

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They are limping as opposed to looming.

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Excellent.

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OK, I would like to cast Wounding Wand at one of them, if I may.

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They're at medium range, you said, right?

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Correct.

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OK, so this is medium range.

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So a shockwave is directed at them.

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I compare my wits against their might.

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I'm going to get a, because of Deep Minded, I'm going to get a weal.

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Now remember, as a Scratcher, you can also boost that spell.

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Yeah, you know what, might as well.

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I think Gigi has really set the example here to just go all in from the word go.

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And the consequences are a problem for future us.

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So that's going to be OK.

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So two weals then, if I'm reading this right?

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Yep.

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OK, that's eight.

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And then I take the best one.

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So that makes a total of 13.

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Then your shockwave strikes home.

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That's happy news.

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Your Gand spell delivers the shockwave and it knocks one creature right off its feet,

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toppling it to the ground.

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Do you want to give me the damage?

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Yes.

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2d6 plus one adds up to eight.

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Eight points of damage.

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The feet that you just knocked it off remain on the tundra as they separate and sever from

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the shins.

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It will now only be able to crawl towards you.

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Yeah, it's loaded down pretty good.

209
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All right.

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Now we do have to do a couple of things though here because these are frightening creatures.

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So I've let you give those volleys, those bursts of attack, but I do want you to all

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make a will roll.

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I'm going to give you one wheel because you have responded with extreme prejudice and

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you've already blasted them.

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That's not good.

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Nine minus three.

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Are you using the Viking dice?

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Yeah.

219
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Okay.

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Total of six.

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I have a feeling Gigi is about to run for the hills.

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Again as a reminder, you do have the steadfast ability that enables you to revolve.

223
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Oh yes.

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May I?

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I invoke the steadfast gift.

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Oh yes.

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Here Odinn.

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So your ancestral spirit bolsters your belief when you become frightened you can use a triggered

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action to make a will challenge roll.

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Let's go with the first roll.

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Just kind of a feeling.

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The second one's not worth mentioning.

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I rolled a natural one.

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These are the Viking dice, are they?

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Are these the Viking dice?

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Yes.

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Yes.

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There's no helping you, C.J.

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I had a good Rambo moment.

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I rolled 16 plus two and then I minus one because of my will is low.

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So altogether I got a 17.

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So I'm having no problem.

243
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Okay.

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Altogether I'm a 10.

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Said with confidence, Steve.

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Okay.

247
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No, I'm confident it's a 10.

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Gigi has got the frightened affliction which means that three woes on any attacks that

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you make, the good thing about burst fire is because you're not making a roll that is

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rolling for damage it doesn't necessarily affect you but it sounds like you're down

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to your last spray.

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Let's go to the top of the next round.

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The creatures will all take a slow turn and move towards you as best they can desperate

254
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to grab you in their grave like a grasp.

255
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I recommend more violence.

256
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Can I shoot at them from where I am without endangering my fellows or am I too far back

257
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now?

258
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No, I think your field of fire will be clear if needs be.

259
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Well, go ahead.

260
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Go ahead, Gigi.

261
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I was just going to ask, can I take a slow turn and move back beside him and then do

262
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a second round of machine gun burst?

263
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You can.

264
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Good luck.

265
00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:04,400
Good luck, Eir.

266
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I'll take a slow turn.

267
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No, also a slow turn to move back and cast.

268
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Good choice.

269
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I'm dumb but I'm not that dumb.

270
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Okay, so you all three stand shoulders abreast now ready to face the onslaught of the great

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heroics.

272
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Very heroic.

273
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Let's go with Gigi first as he backs up stammering and spluttering not steadfast at all but

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able to cover his retreat with a blaze of hail.

275
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More god than man.

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Yes, absolutely.

277
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It's not them I'm afraid of, it's the awesome power of this gun.

278
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No one suspects a thing.

279
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Full machine gun burst, number two.

280
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Slightly less dice now because you can't use a second level, you can't expend the casting

281
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of a second level spell so it would be four dice.

282
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Because I could still do Orlog with a level one spell.

283
00:24:12,920 --> 00:24:13,920
Correct.

284
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Lovely.

285
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Alright let's do it.

286
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Let's spray him.

287
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Let's see, first roll is seven plus, ooh, twelve, nice.

288
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So nineteen.

289
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Nice.

290
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Okay, you.

291
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You unload your submachine gun rounds into the creatures, the two ones nearest you are

292
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reduced to a shredded heap of tainted carnage.

293
00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:42,600
Nice.

294
00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:50,400
The other three behind them are still walking forwards into your onslaught.

295
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They are hit by the bullets and blood and fragments of bone enrich the chilling arctic

296
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wind.

297
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Oh god, the smell of the gun, not them.

298
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The shambling horde is very much reduced, Steve and Bill, so take your attacks.

299
00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:14,160
Steve, what did you want to cast?

300
00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:17,960
Well I was thinking, a point from last time, they cannot be frightened can they?

301
00:25:17,960 --> 00:25:18,960
They cannot.

302
00:25:18,960 --> 00:25:19,960
Yeah.

303
00:25:19,960 --> 00:25:22,200
I didn't miss anything there.

304
00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:27,320
Whether out of mindlessness or fury, they are immune to the frightened condition.

305
00:25:27,320 --> 00:25:30,920
Or just bloody mindedness.

306
00:25:30,920 --> 00:25:34,000
Wounding wand hits the hardest, so I'm going to try it again because it worked so well

307
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last time.

308
00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:39,200
And yeah, he's slow to adapt, so what the hell.

309
00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:44,120
So we're going to make another wits, we're going to cast Wounding Wand again.

310
00:25:44,120 --> 00:25:47,440
That would be another wits attack roll against their might.

311
00:25:47,440 --> 00:25:50,240
And are you again using your Scratcher ability?

312
00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:52,880
They're still coming aren't they?

313
00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:57,960
Yeah, I think he's getting alarmed about the whole thing already, that they've been sprayed

314
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twice and they haven't gone down yet.

315
00:26:00,120 --> 00:26:03,720
So yes, we will use it again because bad choices are how we move forward.

316
00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:07,080
Now's the time, and use an inspiration should the thing arise.

317
00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:12,160
In fact, maybe Gigi should have used one of our inspirations on that roll.

318
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Anyway.

319
00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:17,600
So it's 16 and then we add the alert, so that makes a total of 20.

320
00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:20,200
Okay, roll your damage.

321
00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:25,680
20, okay so yeah, attack roll 20 plus, target takes an extra die six, so that's 3d6 plus

322
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one.

323
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Come on dice, don't disappoint.

324
00:26:29,760 --> 00:26:30,760
Total of 10.

325
00:26:30,760 --> 00:26:39,720
So with Grim Resolve, you cast your Gand spell and the nearest grave thrall, one with  a head,

326
00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:46,680
at least temporarily, for it explodes in a gruesome splatter of gore and mist.

327
00:26:46,680 --> 00:26:47,680
Nice.

328
00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:50,160
Or I mean, that's terrible.

329
00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:58,640
You are now faced with just one of the horde lurching forward.

330
00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:05,360
Clearly one of the bodyguards that's still wearing the livery of Finnbogi Asbjornsen is

331
00:27:05,360 --> 00:27:10,360
the only one that is still advancing.

332
00:27:10,360 --> 00:27:14,960
Before we do that though, Steve, I do need you to make a will roll.

333
00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:16,960
Oh yes, yes, yes.

334
00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:23,440
Because such is the path you have chosen that you hear the whispers of the yawning void

335
00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:26,320
and the entities that dwell there.

336
00:27:26,320 --> 00:27:29,320
So roll a will roll with two woes.

337
00:27:29,320 --> 00:27:34,280
Okay, reduce and subtract the largest one, so my total is six.

338
00:27:34,280 --> 00:27:39,720
There's no way for this to go wrong.

339
00:27:39,720 --> 00:27:47,280
So what happens is this, at any round in which you've strained yourself by tinkering with

340
00:27:47,280 --> 00:27:53,880
the tapestry of probability, by willfully warping the environment with your troll scat,

341
00:27:53,880 --> 00:28:02,960
what happens is that reality begins to fracture around you and you've got two power, correct?

342
00:28:02,960 --> 00:28:08,320
I have, that's a great question, I'm glad you asked that question.

343
00:28:08,320 --> 00:28:10,400
Yes, I have two power.

344
00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:18,560
So there is a fracture in reality and unless you're spending an inspiration point to convert

345
00:28:18,560 --> 00:28:26,480
that to a different result, your comrades are both going to take nine down.

346
00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:30,960
What are you going to choose, Steve?

347
00:28:30,960 --> 00:28:36,000
Just this once, just this once, I'm going to choose the inspiration instead.

348
00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:37,480
Next time, though

349
00:28:37,480 --> 00:28:44,680
Okay, so your strain is still building, this is the challenge of being one of the wayward

350
00:28:44,680 --> 00:28:49,120
wise that can snap reality.

351
00:28:49,120 --> 00:28:54,480
You're best to cast your spells a little bit away from your friends, because that way if

352
00:28:54,480 --> 00:29:00,120
you do detonate existence, they won't be caught in the blast radius.

353
00:29:00,120 --> 00:29:05,880
Okay, from the radius in yards equal to your strain total.

354
00:29:05,880 --> 00:29:09,640
Oh, so it's only two yard radius.

355
00:29:09,640 --> 00:29:12,440
You just need to not be right next to them.

356
00:29:12,440 --> 00:29:15,280
I'll just angle off a bit as I back up.

357
00:29:15,280 --> 00:29:24,620
We now go to, Ljomi, the gun-toting alfar and the avenging angel of Yggdrasil is now

358
00:29:24,620 --> 00:29:27,680
about to, are you going to unleash the gun?

359
00:29:27,680 --> 00:29:28,680
I am.

360
00:29:28,680 --> 00:29:33,040
I'm just going to let this last one have it right in the, does this one still have a head?

361
00:29:33,040 --> 00:29:35,800
If so, in the face.

362
00:29:35,800 --> 00:29:39,160
Or body, chest, you know.

363
00:29:39,160 --> 00:29:45,440
Is it a case of, you know, you want to wander up, insert the barrels into the head of the

364
00:29:45,440 --> 00:29:46,440
grizzly moor?

365
00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:51,440
I am tempted, but that sounds more like a Gigi move than a Ljomi move.

366
00:29:51,440 --> 00:29:57,420
I think Ljomi will take a step back and blast with both barrels, hopefully moving the other

367
00:29:57,420 --> 00:29:59,480
two slightly in front.

368
00:29:59,480 --> 00:30:03,180
Okay, give me your damage roll.

369
00:30:03,180 --> 00:30:08,880
So it's 2d6, but no reduction for haunts or whatever, because I cast that spell.

370
00:30:08,880 --> 00:30:12,080
What do you mean, oop?

371
00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:14,960
I made a typo.

372
00:30:14,960 --> 00:30:18,960
Six points of damage.

373
00:30:18,960 --> 00:30:29,360
Six total, you take your hailstick, you pump a blast into the grave thralls chest and the

374
00:30:29,360 --> 00:30:38,560
pellets all rip through its rib cage and fly off into the tundra beyond the creature.

375
00:30:38,560 --> 00:30:47,600
Doesn't so much as a grimace or bat an eyelid, it remains fixed on you, determined to reach

376
00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:54,120
out and drag its putrid claws along your bark.

377
00:30:54,120 --> 00:31:04,760
However you sidestep just in time and it stretches its grasp into the air, missing you entirely.

378
00:31:04,760 --> 00:31:10,520
It's about time somebody else missed, don't you think, fellas?

379
00:31:10,520 --> 00:31:13,620
Next round!

380
00:31:13,620 --> 00:31:23,080
So one remaining adversary standing toe to toe with you, its toes a little bit more rotten.

381
00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:29,520
Alright well I'm going to use the shotgun as a club, which I believe is an option.

382
00:31:29,520 --> 00:31:35,320
I blame CJ.

383
00:31:35,320 --> 00:31:37,320
I rolled a one.

384
00:31:37,320 --> 00:31:41,640
Let's get him out now.

385
00:31:41,640 --> 00:31:43,760
I'm curious how you blame that on CJ.

386
00:31:43,760 --> 00:31:44,760
Just unfairly.

387
00:31:44,760 --> 00:31:45,760
I unfairly blame it on CJ.

388
00:31:45,760 --> 00:31:46,760
Oh okay, fair enough.

389
00:31:46,760 --> 00:31:47,760
It's straightforward.

390
00:31:47,760 --> 00:31:48,760
No, that's fair.

391
00:31:48,760 --> 00:31:51,800
Hey, at least we're getting them out now.

392
00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:54,320
Yes, don't want to waste them on combat.

393
00:31:54,320 --> 00:31:57,960
I'm wondering if I should use an inspiration on that, but I'm going to open it up to the

394
00:31:57,960 --> 00:32:00,760
group to see what we think.

395
00:32:00,760 --> 00:32:05,240
Should I use an inspiration to re-roll?

396
00:32:05,240 --> 00:32:08,920
Well we have one creature left.

397
00:32:08,920 --> 00:32:10,520
And it's already wounded.

398
00:32:10,520 --> 00:32:12,520
You have no bullets left.

399
00:32:12,520 --> 00:32:13,520
That's fine, I've got a sword.

400
00:32:13,520 --> 00:32:14,520
I have spells.

401
00:32:14,520 --> 00:32:15,520
Oh okay, okay.

402
00:32:15,520 --> 00:32:18,920
I can also, I can heal you with analgesics.

403
00:32:18,920 --> 00:32:23,800
Well I have a lot of healing spells.

404
00:32:23,800 --> 00:32:28,800
No one has as yet been wounded and this grave thrall that stands in front of you is sluggish

405
00:32:28,800 --> 00:32:29,800
but forceful.

406
00:32:29,800 --> 00:32:34,360
Alright, let's save it then, I think is what we're leaning towards.

407
00:32:34,360 --> 00:32:41,440
What's aiming to swing is decaying arm at you again, perhaps with a rot infected claw

408
00:32:41,440 --> 00:32:43,480
at your face.

409
00:32:43,480 --> 00:32:49,880
But if you're taking fast turns, you may well dispense with it before such time as it lands

410
00:32:49,880 --> 00:32:50,880
below.

411
00:32:50,880 --> 00:32:51,880
Dispense with it.

412
00:32:51,880 --> 00:32:54,000
I'm going to take a slow.

413
00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:55,000
What about you, GG?

414
00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:56,000
You're taking a slow?

415
00:32:56,000 --> 00:32:57,000
I'm going to take a...

416
00:32:57,000 --> 00:33:02,840
Yeah, because I'm going to back, I'm going to get 13 plus feet away from you.

417
00:33:02,840 --> 00:33:04,200
Oh, I see.

418
00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:05,200
Remember that?

419
00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:12,880
Grotgarth is going to draw his sword and hack at the thing.

420
00:33:12,880 --> 00:33:15,440
In the legs to try and take it down.

421
00:33:15,440 --> 00:33:16,920
Drop it, drop it down.

422
00:33:16,920 --> 00:33:20,440
Okay, make your might attack roll.

423
00:33:20,440 --> 00:33:24,640
Now I have a, I have a woe, correct?

424
00:33:24,640 --> 00:33:34,160
You do actually have three because this frightening creature in front of you, it's teeth gnashing

425
00:33:34,160 --> 00:33:41,160
as it tries to take a bite out of the enemy's branches.

426
00:33:41,160 --> 00:33:46,360
The barrow fiend causes you to recoil in horror.

427
00:33:46,360 --> 00:33:50,240
All right, here we go.

428
00:33:50,240 --> 00:33:52,240
Not too bad.

429
00:33:52,240 --> 00:33:54,480
What does that mean in the context of the night's woes?

430
00:33:54,480 --> 00:33:55,480
I like it.

431
00:33:55,480 --> 00:33:59,960
Oh, it's a 15.

432
00:33:59,960 --> 00:34:02,480
And then my highest woe is five.

433
00:34:02,480 --> 00:34:06,120
So 10, does a 10 hit?

434
00:34:06,120 --> 00:34:09,560
Does a 10 hit?

435
00:34:09,560 --> 00:34:12,920
It does not.

436
00:34:12,920 --> 00:34:13,920
Poop.

437
00:34:13,920 --> 00:34:21,560
You strike wide and growling with unadulterated hunger.

438
00:34:21,560 --> 00:34:27,960
That last grave thrall prepares to lunge with its decaying fist.

439
00:34:27,960 --> 00:34:29,680
Apparently it's a vegetarian.

440
00:34:29,680 --> 00:34:33,960
It's probably screaming grains, grains.

441
00:34:33,960 --> 00:34:37,360
Oh, wow.

442
00:34:37,360 --> 00:34:45,320
Fortunately for you, that decaying fist again passes wide.

443
00:34:45,320 --> 00:34:48,480
So Steve, your slow turn, you may resolve that.

444
00:34:48,480 --> 00:34:49,480
Yeah.

445
00:34:49,480 --> 00:34:55,400
Error will back up away from, away from the undead and from the rest of, and from his

446
00:34:55,400 --> 00:35:00,000
companions so as to not blow them up.

447
00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:03,680
And then, you know, cause he's a humanitarian that way.

448
00:35:03,680 --> 00:35:07,840
And I want to make sure we drop this thing.

449
00:35:07,840 --> 00:35:15,680
So we will use, yes, it's gandfly that gets, let's be, yeah, let's be automatically hit.

450
00:35:15,680 --> 00:35:19,040
I don't have to worry about any rolling or anything like that.

451
00:35:19,040 --> 00:35:23,320
One dissects damage and it must make a might, if it's a creature, make a might challenge

452
00:35:23,320 --> 00:35:25,160
roll or become fatigued.

453
00:35:25,160 --> 00:35:28,200
I'm not sure how much fatigue applies to the dead.

454
00:35:28,200 --> 00:35:29,200
Okay.

455
00:35:29,200 --> 00:35:32,200
So roll your damage.

456
00:35:32,200 --> 00:35:35,240
Oh, that's spectacular.

457
00:35:35,240 --> 00:35:36,680
That would be a one.

458
00:35:36,680 --> 00:35:37,680
Jesus Christ.

459
00:35:37,680 --> 00:35:38,680
Boink.

460
00:35:38,680 --> 00:35:39,680
I blame CJ.

461
00:35:39,680 --> 00:35:40,680
Again?

462
00:35:40,680 --> 00:35:46,360
Now you could use your inspiration point again to turn that one into a six.

463
00:35:46,360 --> 00:35:47,360
Could.

464
00:35:47,360 --> 00:35:48,360
Do it.

465
00:35:48,360 --> 00:35:49,360
Yeah, do it.

466
00:35:49,360 --> 00:35:50,360
Seriously?

467
00:35:50,360 --> 00:35:51,360
Yeah.

468
00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:52,360
Okay.

469
00:35:52,360 --> 00:35:59,640
And I will, I will, I will defer to the will of the collective and Eir will somehow find

470
00:35:59,640 --> 00:36:08,800
inspiration to guide the, to guide that destructive pulse rate into the face or facial area of

471
00:36:08,800 --> 00:36:10,520
the, of the recently departed.

472
00:36:10,520 --> 00:36:11,520
Yeah.

473
00:36:11,520 --> 00:36:22,800
The spell was the divine madness comes upon you and the spell hits with a bone crushing

474
00:36:22,800 --> 00:36:31,080
thud and the skull of the grave thrall crumples into blood and gore and falls in pieces to

475
00:36:31,080 --> 00:36:33,680
the tundra below.

476
00:36:33,680 --> 00:36:43,120
All five of those thralls are now dispensed with leaving you alone on the trolls tongue

477
00:36:43,120 --> 00:36:45,120
somewhere.

478
00:36:45,120 --> 00:36:49,000
Bjarnie Bjarnardsson still resides.

479
00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:52,560
He was not amongst those bodies.

480
00:36:52,560 --> 00:36:56,280
Do I have to, do I have to deal with the strain now?

481
00:36:56,280 --> 00:37:01,400
No, because you didn't incur an extra strain in that.

482
00:37:01,400 --> 00:37:02,400
Okay.

483
00:37:02,400 --> 00:37:04,640
So you didn't have to add a wheel.

484
00:37:04,640 --> 00:37:09,440
So it's only on a round where you incur additional strain.

485
00:37:09,440 --> 00:37:10,440
Okay.

486
00:37:10,440 --> 00:37:14,280
So the strain that has already been incurred remains.

487
00:37:14,280 --> 00:37:15,280
It doesn't disappear.

488
00:37:15,280 --> 00:37:16,280
Okay.

489
00:37:16,280 --> 00:37:17,280
Yeah.

490
00:37:17,280 --> 00:37:20,160
Now this is, this is a, this is a slowly building problem.

491
00:37:20,160 --> 00:37:21,160
That's great.

492
00:37:21,160 --> 00:37:25,160
I'm looking forward to it.

493
00:37:25,160 --> 00:37:27,680
You are a ticking time bomb.

494
00:37:27,680 --> 00:37:30,680
In so many ways.

495
00:37:30,680 --> 00:37:43,200
So standing alone on the windswept trolls tongue behind you, the path back to Hjalpmakaar,

496
00:37:43,200 --> 00:37:50,920
there's nothing that would reveal immediately where Bjarnie Bjarnardson is hiding.

497
00:37:50,920 --> 00:37:58,720
Treesight certainly reveals no hidden or illusory characters.

498
00:37:58,720 --> 00:38:05,720
Gryotgarth is going to investigate the fallen haunts.

499
00:38:05,720 --> 00:38:11,480
And if they still have legs attached to anything that resembles a body, he's going to cut them

500
00:38:11,480 --> 00:38:16,440
off with his sword to make sure that they can't start walking again and follow.

501
00:38:16,440 --> 00:38:17,440
Wonderful.

502
00:38:17,440 --> 00:38:18,440
Good thinking.

503
00:38:18,440 --> 00:38:22,200
Will you perform a little, a little bit of a cliffside dismemberment?

504
00:38:22,200 --> 00:38:23,200
A little, yes.

505
00:38:23,200 --> 00:38:26,200
An eloquent way of putting it.

506
00:38:26,200 --> 00:38:33,800
A little, little hack and slash and yes, reduce everything to bloody chunks.

507
00:38:33,800 --> 00:38:35,680
Just so that they can't get back up again.

508
00:38:35,680 --> 00:38:37,240
Very wise.

509
00:38:37,240 --> 00:38:39,240
Very wise.

510
00:38:39,240 --> 00:38:46,240
And while doing that, also looking around for the tracks where these haunts came from.

511
00:38:46,240 --> 00:38:49,640
See if there are any tracks to be followed.

512
00:38:49,640 --> 00:38:56,440
So the haunts all came from, all wandered, all shambled and shuffled from the direction

513
00:38:56,440 --> 00:38:57,760
of Hjalpmakaar.

514
00:38:57,760 --> 00:39:07,880
Anyone that was killed in the course of the proceeding adventure obviously then arose

515
00:39:07,880 --> 00:39:14,120
and followed you to the cliff top Val Toki and the law speaker, Krapti Thordfridson, and it

516
00:39:14,120 --> 00:39:17,120
both asked you to dispose of the bodies.

517
00:39:17,120 --> 00:39:23,640
You didn't, you left them lying around and they all got up and just followed you to the

518
00:39:23,640 --> 00:39:25,120
edge of the world.

519
00:39:25,120 --> 00:39:27,280
I believe we just disposed of them.

520
00:39:27,280 --> 00:39:28,280
Yes, yes.

521
00:39:28,280 --> 00:39:29,280
We were getting to it.

522
00:39:29,280 --> 00:39:33,760
It was just, there was just a time delay.

523
00:39:33,760 --> 00:39:37,800
We were going to, we were going to deal with them eventually and in actual fact you did

524
00:39:37,800 --> 00:39:44,280
save yourself some of the kind of legwork and brow sweat because you just let them perambulate

525
00:39:44,280 --> 00:39:45,280
you.

526
00:39:45,280 --> 00:39:49,600
So the fact that it was a delay was actually a brilliant plan.

527
00:39:49,600 --> 00:39:55,440
Now I will remind you of the riddle that was daubed in the wall in cows Blood that

528
00:39:55,440 --> 00:40:01,720
said, I hold to a secret land ward, the rudder of speech, the oar of words, the guardian

529
00:40:01,720 --> 00:40:10,680
of the corpse fjord, there the icy stream under dark hills goes downwards.

530
00:40:10,680 --> 00:40:20,560
That was the clue that was left in the barrow and you had determined that there might be

531
00:40:20,560 --> 00:40:32,440
some kind of hidden cave underneath the Trolls Tongue

532
00:40:32,440 --> 00:40:37,440
Of course, getting down to that cave is a different matter entirely since there is a

533
00:40:37,440 --> 00:40:45,400
truly terrifying drop of 700 meters and the last person that attempted it, Grettir Greycloak,

534
00:40:45,400 --> 00:40:51,240
oh let's just say that there's not much margin for error.

535
00:40:51,240 --> 00:40:54,200
The first 699 meters are actually pretty straightforward.

536
00:40:54,200 --> 00:40:58,000
Yes, it's just the ending that's a bit tricky.

537
00:40:58,000 --> 00:41:01,640
Do you have featherfall among your spells Steve?

538
00:41:01,640 --> 00:41:04,600
Just blue-skying here a little bit.

539
00:41:04,600 --> 00:41:05,600
No.

540
00:41:05,600 --> 00:41:12,840
That's a very relevant question.

541
00:41:12,840 --> 00:41:19,440
Ironically in Old Norse there would be something like Fjaldahamr, which would be feather form,

542
00:41:19,440 --> 00:41:20,440
feather shape.

543
00:41:20,440 --> 00:41:27,640
The Norse gods like Freya had a falcon cloak that would often go flying.

544
00:41:27,640 --> 00:41:29,360
That's what I meant.

545
00:41:29,360 --> 00:41:30,360
What did I say?

546
00:41:30,360 --> 00:41:32,240
I meant to say that's exactly what I meant.

547
00:41:32,240 --> 00:41:35,240
That's exactly what I meant.

548
00:41:35,240 --> 00:41:39,240
CJ does have things in his repertoire that are of value here.

549
00:41:39,240 --> 00:41:44,520
He could probably climb down one-handed while singing his own praises, I imagine.

550
00:41:44,520 --> 00:41:46,520
Yeah, he would.

551
00:41:46,520 --> 00:41:49,080
I mean, he's a rope-pulling expert.

552
00:41:49,080 --> 00:41:51,080
That's got to count for something.

553
00:41:51,080 --> 00:41:54,200
If only we had rope.

554
00:41:54,200 --> 00:41:57,240
If only you ever came out prepared.

555
00:41:57,240 --> 00:42:01,560
Well you know, Ian, you say that but it's really not our style and I think it's added

556
00:42:01,560 --> 00:42:04,480
a lot to the adventure over time.

557
00:42:04,480 --> 00:42:09,840
That need to just improvise in every sense.

558
00:42:09,840 --> 00:42:11,920
At least now you have flares.

559
00:42:11,920 --> 00:42:13,920
Eight episodes in, you have flares.

560
00:42:13,920 --> 00:42:18,600
And in fact, I'm carrying them in private life now as well since you sent that news

561
00:42:18,600 --> 00:42:23,200
story about the bear attack in Ontario.

562
00:42:23,200 --> 00:42:25,720
Sorry CJ, you were trying to do something useful.

563
00:42:25,720 --> 00:42:26,720
Go ahead.

564
00:42:26,720 --> 00:42:27,720
You were trying.

565
00:42:27,720 --> 00:42:28,720
What's in a bailout bag?

566
00:42:28,720 --> 00:42:34,880
A parachute, ideally.

567
00:42:34,880 --> 00:42:38,520
Yeah, sounds like it.

568
00:42:38,520 --> 00:42:46,640
Stuff in a bailout bag is all of the things that are necessary for you to survive in one

569
00:42:46,640 --> 00:42:49,480
handy kit form.

570
00:42:49,480 --> 00:42:56,280
So it includes a pack, sleeping bag, mat, multi-tool, lighter, tinder, headlamp, lantern,

571
00:42:56,280 --> 00:43:03,800
tarp, a week of ready-to-be-machined 20 yards, 20 yards of cordage, and a water tank.

572
00:43:03,800 --> 00:43:05,800
Oh 20, yeah we've got ropes.

573
00:43:05,800 --> 00:43:08,160
Please no ropes.

574
00:43:08,160 --> 00:43:14,080
Do you all have a bailout bag with 20 yards of cordage?

575
00:43:14,080 --> 00:43:18,560
If we tie three 20-yard ropes together we get 700 meters.

576
00:43:18,560 --> 00:43:19,560
That's correct.

577
00:43:19,560 --> 00:43:20,560
Yeah, yeah, that's right.

578
00:43:20,560 --> 00:43:21,560
The math works.

579
00:43:21,560 --> 00:43:28,720
And of course we have a bailout bag because we're not idiots despite recent evidence.

580
00:43:28,720 --> 00:43:29,720
You don't have one do you?

581
00:43:29,720 --> 00:43:34,440
No I have a bailout bag.

582
00:43:34,440 --> 00:43:40,100
Are there any tracks leading to the side from where we're standing along the edge of this

583
00:43:40,100 --> 00:43:42,640
cliff in any direction at all?

584
00:43:42,640 --> 00:43:43,640
He's smart.

585
00:43:43,640 --> 00:43:44,640
He is.

586
00:43:44,640 --> 00:43:45,640
Good thing he's here.

587
00:43:45,640 --> 00:43:51,920
And no they were not.

588
00:43:51,920 --> 00:43:53,520
Well nothing more we can do.

589
00:43:53,520 --> 00:43:55,920
Back to town.

590
00:43:55,920 --> 00:43:57,560
I could use a drink.

591
00:43:57,560 --> 00:43:59,960
I could use a latte.

592
00:43:59,960 --> 00:44:03,220
If you recall two things.

593
00:44:03,220 --> 00:44:11,480
There was a lot of confusion around flying bears and thrown rocks and all kinds of other

594
00:44:11,480 --> 00:44:16,600
things that were potentially the cause of Finnbogi's death but there were no tracks

595
00:44:16,600 --> 00:44:19,600
of him either.

596
00:44:19,600 --> 00:44:31,920
Now CJ you've dabbled with rune or runecraft and you should have spells that can alter

597
00:44:31,920 --> 00:44:35,400
reality itself by carving the runes.

598
00:44:35,400 --> 00:44:37,600
And you've got Limbrunar?

599
00:44:37,600 --> 00:44:38,600
No?

600
00:44:38,600 --> 00:44:42,880
No that is not one of the ones they have picked out.

601
00:44:42,880 --> 00:44:44,160
No check again.

602
00:44:44,160 --> 00:44:47,840
I think you'll find it's there.

603
00:44:47,840 --> 00:44:55,720
I'm fairly sure from the New Level 3 character you did.

604
00:44:55,720 --> 00:44:56,720
I'm editing it.

605
00:44:56,720 --> 00:44:58,800
I mean I'm checking it now.

606
00:44:58,800 --> 00:45:03,480
Yeah it's right here in pencil.

607
00:45:03,480 --> 00:45:05,480
I think it's called Branch runes.

608
00:45:05,480 --> 00:45:07,320
Branch runes yeah.

609
00:45:07,320 --> 00:45:10,840
For the duration it can move.

610
00:45:10,840 --> 00:45:17,800
Oh I can move across walls, ceilings, overhangs and I don't even need to make a challenge

611
00:45:17,800 --> 00:45:19,800
roll to climb.

612
00:45:19,800 --> 00:45:28,660
Yeah so CJ Branch Runes is a spell that you have and would enable you to cut those magic markings

613
00:45:28,660 --> 00:45:31,960
onto a rope or some such.

614
00:45:31,960 --> 00:45:37,800
It would give you the ability to scale down at least a portion of the choice done while

615
00:45:37,800 --> 00:45:41,000
that spell was in effect.

616
00:45:41,000 --> 00:45:42,000
How tall is this thing?

617
00:45:42,000 --> 00:45:45,000
Isn't it 600, 700 feet tall?

618
00:45:45,000 --> 00:45:46,000
Metres yes.

619
00:45:46,000 --> 00:45:47,000
700 meters.

620
00:45:47,000 --> 00:45:48,000
Oh yeah that's worse.

621
00:45:48,000 --> 00:45:49,000
It is quite a bit.

622
00:45:49,000 --> 00:45:51,000
Almost three times worse.

623
00:45:51,000 --> 00:45:57,640
But the duration is one hour.

624
00:45:57,640 --> 00:46:03,640
So I mean but I would be climbing down the...

625
00:46:03,640 --> 00:46:04,640
Well what do I do with my companions?

626
00:46:04,640 --> 00:46:05,640
You carry us clearly.

627
00:46:05,640 --> 00:46:08,360
You string us on ropes when over each shoulder.

628
00:46:08,360 --> 00:46:10,960
You're more god than man.

629
00:46:10,960 --> 00:46:12,760
Good god god man.

630
00:46:12,760 --> 00:46:17,720
Yeah we've seen that work in my favor a few times.

631
00:46:17,720 --> 00:46:23,080
Okay so I could use branch runes and tie these ropes so that I can bring everybody down.

632
00:46:23,080 --> 00:46:25,440
And if you drop the robot no one's upset.

633
00:46:25,440 --> 00:46:33,520
And then climb down but the key here is can I make, can I do 800 meters in an hour?

634
00:46:33,520 --> 00:46:34,520
Probably.

635
00:46:34,520 --> 00:46:36,120
I mean if it runs out we'll just go faster.

636
00:46:36,120 --> 00:46:45,080
I'm gonna make your dilemma a little lighter in that if you were to do as I said and cut

637
00:46:45,080 --> 00:46:53,840
the branch runes into rope or your climbing equipment then it's actually you don't have

638
00:46:53,840 --> 00:47:03,000
to go all the way to the ground because about 50 meters down there is a series of hidden

639
00:47:03,000 --> 00:47:09,200
ledges hidden from the vantage point of it but being on the troll's tongue proper the

640
00:47:09,200 --> 00:47:17,360
hidden ledges are used by nesting seabirds and they reveal the entrance to an ice cave

641
00:47:17,360 --> 00:47:24,360
where the constant summer sun has warmed the ice and the melt water has created a channel

642
00:47:24,360 --> 00:47:34,160
that goes down all the way to the bottom of the glacier and so while it is this is kind

643
00:47:34,160 --> 00:47:41,240
of elemental confluence of ice water and rock but this cave as you see it from your

644
00:47:41,240 --> 00:47:47,520
vantage point on these hidden ledges is the epitome of polar beauty.

645
00:47:47,520 --> 00:47:55,760
It is stark and glistening and also incredibly dark within.

646
00:47:55,760 --> 00:47:58,760
Like me.

647
00:47:58,760 --> 00:47:59,760
Magnificent.

648
00:47:59,760 --> 00:48:03,680
Did you say 50 meters?

649
00:48:03,680 --> 00:48:05,120
50 meters yep.

650
00:48:05,120 --> 00:48:11,840
So our three things of cordage could have gotten us there.

651
00:48:11,840 --> 00:48:13,520
But you did it with style.

652
00:48:13,520 --> 00:48:17,200
You did it with runes.

653
00:48:17,200 --> 00:48:20,280
Now you're thinking with runes.

654
00:48:20,280 --> 00:48:22,880
Alright so cut the runes into the ropes.

655
00:48:22,880 --> 00:48:23,880
Got us down.

656
00:48:23,880 --> 00:48:26,560
Okay we're in 50 meters.

657
00:48:26,560 --> 00:48:33,640
Gigi looks around and says who has the flares?

658
00:48:33,640 --> 00:48:34,640
I guess I do.

659
00:48:34,640 --> 00:48:35,640
I kept insisting on them.

660
00:48:35,640 --> 00:48:36,640
I certainly do.

661
00:48:36,640 --> 00:48:37,640
Here they are.

662
00:48:37,640 --> 00:48:38,640
You kept telling us.

663
00:48:38,640 --> 00:48:40,520
Great handfuls of them.

664
00:48:40,520 --> 00:48:46,200
Do not some of us see in the dark as well or am I misconstrued that?

665
00:48:46,200 --> 00:48:48,240
Not Gigi.

666
00:48:48,240 --> 00:48:51,600
No, Eir has, well it's infrared.

667
00:48:51,600 --> 00:48:54,240
It's not quite the same thing.

668
00:48:54,240 --> 00:48:56,680
It's not quite the same thing.

669
00:48:56,680 --> 00:48:57,680
Exactly.

670
00:48:57,680 --> 00:49:04,480
So without man, well not in this instance because without man made light the darkness

671
00:49:04,480 --> 00:49:12,000
is so complete your infrared vision can't detect any temperature variation.

672
00:49:12,000 --> 00:49:19,640
Once we light the flare you better cover your eyes.

673
00:49:19,640 --> 00:49:24,400
Lighting a flare in front of your face would effectively dazzle you.

674
00:49:24,400 --> 00:49:28,960
So yes you are going to need to shine a headlight, a headlamp.

675
00:49:28,960 --> 00:49:32,600
You do have those in your bailout bags as well.

676
00:49:32,600 --> 00:49:38,680
So all of this time you've had all of these things in the bottom of a rucksack and now

677
00:49:38,680 --> 00:49:39,680
they're coming in.

678
00:49:39,680 --> 00:49:41,520
Well no we all thought they were parachutes.

679
00:49:41,520 --> 00:49:46,080
That's all that's happened there.

680
00:49:46,080 --> 00:49:48,240
Even then you still have the trolls.

681
00:49:48,240 --> 00:49:49,240
Yeah that's true.

682
00:49:49,240 --> 00:49:53,800
Okay, okay, my cover story is falling apart.

683
00:49:53,800 --> 00:50:00,640
So if you do shine your headlamps or light these flares the darkness gives way to this

684
00:50:00,640 --> 00:50:11,280
main passage which reveals a glittering cathedral of snow and ice.

685
00:50:11,280 --> 00:50:13,720
No footprints.

686
00:50:13,720 --> 00:50:19,920
Still no footprints but here it would be hard to leave a trace.

687
00:50:19,920 --> 00:50:29,120
The ice cave has been etched into the side of this glacier and you can hear the haunting

688
00:50:29,120 --> 00:50:37,760
sound of trickling water that echoes as it drips from the icicles that hang overhead.

689
00:50:37,760 --> 00:50:46,400
The floor itself is a very slippery plane of hardened ice and there are dotted here

690
00:50:46,400 --> 00:50:50,560
and there with air pockets that are caught in time.

691
00:50:50,560 --> 00:50:58,680
The cave might offer a haven away from the winds outside but it is cold and unforgiving

692
00:50:58,680 --> 00:51:03,560
and the floor is incredibly slippery.

693
00:51:03,560 --> 00:51:05,520
We should investigate further.

694
00:51:05,520 --> 00:51:08,720
Let's go.

695
00:51:08,720 --> 00:51:19,280
From the back of the cave out of sight somewhere amidst the glistening ice you hear a voice

696
00:51:19,280 --> 00:51:20,280
call out.

697
00:51:20,280 --> 00:51:21,280
Call me Bjarnie.

698
00:51:21,280 --> 00:51:27,680
I think we got off on the wrong foot.

699
00:51:27,680 --> 00:51:32,360
See Bjarnie  just took what was rightfully his.

700
00:51:32,360 --> 00:51:36,720
The deed to the whole shebang.

701
00:51:36,720 --> 00:51:38,800
I believe he mentioned the deed.

702
00:51:38,800 --> 00:51:39,800
He did.

703
00:51:39,800 --> 00:51:41,900
That we've been looking for.

704
00:51:41,900 --> 00:51:43,160
How convenient.

705
00:51:43,160 --> 00:51:45,620
I think he's narrowed down the search.

706
00:51:45,620 --> 00:51:47,480
Should we ask him for it?

707
00:51:47,480 --> 00:51:48,480
We could start with that.

708
00:51:48,480 --> 00:51:52,640
Yes let's ask him for it.

709
00:51:52,640 --> 00:51:53,640
I'll start.

710
00:51:53,640 --> 00:51:54,640
Bjarni!

711
00:51:54,640 --> 00:51:55,640
Hello!

712
00:51:55,640 --> 00:51:58,440
Show yourself!

713
00:51:58,440 --> 00:52:03,520
Come say hello!

714
00:52:03,520 --> 00:52:06,560
Foul spoken coward!

715
00:52:06,560 --> 00:52:13,280
You thunder with your tongue but with your weapon nothing dare perform.

716
00:52:13,280 --> 00:52:15,160
I'm reloading my shotgun.

717
00:52:15,160 --> 00:52:26,000
Ljomi, Ljomi darling, lighten my life I'm not gonna hurt you.

718
00:52:26,000 --> 00:52:29,000
Not for you, old friend.

719
00:52:29,000 --> 00:52:33,160
You didn't let me finish my sentence.

720
00:52:33,160 --> 00:52:35,160
I said I'm not gonna hurt you.

721
00:52:35,160 --> 00:52:39,840
I'm just gonna bash your branches in.

722
00:52:39,840 --> 00:52:41,680
I snap the shotgun closed.

723
00:52:41,680 --> 00:52:47,920
I have to be able to see him to use cause, mocking, taunts.

724
00:52:47,920 --> 00:52:50,120
Yeah and it would affect him in combat.

725
00:52:50,120 --> 00:52:54,080
But feel free to yell out abuse.

726
00:52:54,080 --> 00:52:56,600
There is a gulf between you.

727
00:52:56,600 --> 00:53:05,840
A gulf of icy cathedral floor between you and wherever he is lurking presumably holding

728
00:53:05,840 --> 00:53:11,240
the deed that you believe he may have.

729
00:53:11,240 --> 00:53:14,920
Bjarnie why are you hiding from us?

730
00:53:14,920 --> 00:53:20,320
I can't see you come closer.

731
00:53:20,320 --> 00:53:25,720
I had a most terrible nightmare.

732
00:53:25,720 --> 00:53:32,040
I dreamed that I killed you but I didn't just kill you.

733
00:53:32,040 --> 00:53:40,240
I cut you up into tiny little pieces.

734
00:53:40,240 --> 00:53:43,400
I believe we've gotten off on the wrong foot.

735
00:53:43,400 --> 00:53:46,120
Bjarnie you and I have not formally met.

736
00:53:46,120 --> 00:53:50,040
I'm Gryotgath the Magnificent.

737
00:53:50,040 --> 00:53:54,120
My friends call me Gigi for short.

738
00:53:54,120 --> 00:53:59,520
Come in further and I'll tickle your catastrophe.

739
00:53:59,520 --> 00:54:02,880
I'm gonna cast sharp runes on my sword.

740
00:54:02,880 --> 00:54:03,880
No heat sources right?

741
00:54:03,880 --> 00:54:04,880
No heat sources.

742
00:54:04,880 --> 00:54:10,720
Everything within the ice cave is the same temperature.

743
00:54:10,720 --> 00:54:13,320
Air, bodies, ice.

744
00:54:13,320 --> 00:54:16,120
Gryotgath is gonna start walking toward the voice.

745
00:54:16,120 --> 00:54:20,520
I'm casting weapon song on my shotgun.

746
00:54:20,520 --> 00:54:28,280
You're less casting weapon song and you're more bursting into the alfar song.

747
00:54:28,280 --> 00:54:37,240
You're banging your winnowing drum and you're very much announcing your arrival in melodic

748
00:54:37,240 --> 00:54:38,240
tones.

749
00:54:38,240 --> 00:54:40,200
Indeed, indeed.

750
00:54:40,200 --> 00:54:41,200
Exactly that.

751
00:54:41,200 --> 00:54:44,120
That is what I meant to say.

752
00:54:44,120 --> 00:54:48,400
Eir is casting helm of concealment to become...

753
00:54:48,400 --> 00:54:49,760
That would enable you to become hidden.

754
00:54:49,760 --> 00:54:50,760
Yes it would.

755
00:54:50,760 --> 00:54:51,760
Yes.

756
00:54:51,760 --> 00:54:52,760
I don't want to complicate things.

757
00:54:52,760 --> 00:54:59,280
I am gonna ask all of you to make a sleight roll.

758
00:54:59,280 --> 00:55:00,280
Sleight roll with...

759
00:55:00,280 --> 00:55:01,280
No that's...

760
00:55:01,280 --> 00:55:02,280
1d20.

761
00:55:02,280 --> 00:55:03,280
Okay.

762
00:55:03,280 --> 00:55:04,520
Slight roll of 13.

763
00:55:04,520 --> 00:55:05,520
Same here.

764
00:55:05,520 --> 00:55:06,520
13.

765
00:55:06,520 --> 00:55:07,520
Also 13.

766
00:55:07,520 --> 00:55:08,520
Wow.

767
00:55:08,520 --> 00:55:11,520
We are totally in lockstep.

768
00:55:11,520 --> 00:55:14,840
Lucky 13.

769
00:55:14,840 --> 00:55:23,800
You threaten to slip and slide and fall flat on your face but you manage to steady yourselves,

770
00:55:23,800 --> 00:55:29,040
perhaps leaning up against each other with those rolls and you do realize that were you

771
00:55:29,040 --> 00:55:35,000
to move with any speed here, then you might come a cropper.

772
00:55:35,000 --> 00:55:44,120
So if you move faster than half speed during your turn, I'm gonna ask you to make a sleight

773
00:55:44,120 --> 00:55:52,560
roll, unless within your pack of many things you have crampons or any kind of...

774
00:55:52,560 --> 00:56:00,400
Are the feet of the droid body have treads or cleats of some sort?

775
00:56:00,400 --> 00:56:03,520
Your antiquated hunk of junk.

776
00:56:03,520 --> 00:56:04,520
Excuse me.

777
00:56:04,520 --> 00:56:07,680
Is as susceptible to falling over as anyone else.

778
00:56:07,680 --> 00:56:09,320
Don't hold back in your description.

779
00:56:09,320 --> 00:56:12,320
No need to be rude.

780
00:56:12,320 --> 00:56:14,320
Wow.

781
00:56:14,320 --> 00:56:18,440
I guess we advance carefully.

782
00:56:18,440 --> 00:56:20,200
I mean I don't know what else we can do.

783
00:56:20,200 --> 00:56:22,840
We have to go find this...

784
00:56:22,840 --> 00:56:23,840
Shit head.

785
00:56:23,840 --> 00:56:24,840
Yeah.

786
00:56:24,840 --> 00:56:25,840
Okay.

787
00:56:25,840 --> 00:56:33,440
This cave is also filled with an evil reek.

788
00:56:33,440 --> 00:56:43,360
A foul stench of decay that wafts out from the broken body of the draugr beyond.

789
00:56:43,360 --> 00:56:46,440
Can you all make a might roll for me please?

790
00:56:46,440 --> 00:56:48,640
Is this to hold back the vomit?

791
00:56:48,640 --> 00:56:55,520
In this case Steve, I am going to accept you though because your nasal sensors are immune

792
00:56:55,520 --> 00:56:56,520
to this kind of thing.

793
00:56:56,520 --> 00:56:57,520
Also...

794
00:56:57,520 --> 00:56:59,240
Bill's rolling his eyes and holding his hands.

795
00:56:59,240 --> 00:57:01,440
Also I don't have to breathe.

796
00:57:01,440 --> 00:57:03,680
I rolled a 30 I think.

797
00:57:03,680 --> 00:57:04,680
No a 3.

798
00:57:04,680 --> 00:57:05,680
Turned out it was a 3.

799
00:57:05,680 --> 00:57:06,680
Yeah.

800
00:57:06,680 --> 00:57:07,680
Not a 30.

801
00:57:07,680 --> 00:57:10,680
Oh, that's my point.

802
00:57:10,680 --> 00:57:12,680
Oh my god.

803
00:57:12,680 --> 00:57:20,880
Unfortunately, you suffer from breathing in the stink of the bloated and hideous creature.

804
00:57:20,880 --> 00:57:28,720
The vile stench means that you are impaired for the next round.

805
00:57:28,720 --> 00:57:36,840
That's an extra whoa.

806
00:57:36,840 --> 00:57:40,320
You know I feel like I wrote the rule book just for you to make that.

807
00:57:40,320 --> 00:57:41,320
Yeah, absolutely.

808
00:57:41,320 --> 00:57:44,360
Hopefully I've been keeping it down to once a week.

809
00:57:44,360 --> 00:57:49,920
But I probably haven't.

810
00:57:49,920 --> 00:57:56,880
Because this creature is horrifying, I will need you all to make a will roll please.

811
00:57:56,880 --> 00:57:58,240
Not a problem.

812
00:57:58,240 --> 00:57:59,760
You've been rolling really well.

813
00:57:59,760 --> 00:58:01,800
Use the Viking dice CJ.

814
00:58:01,800 --> 00:58:06,080
Yeah, I got a 19 plus what's my will?

815
00:58:06,080 --> 00:58:07,080
1.

816
00:58:07,080 --> 00:58:11,480
Can I give a guest council because of deviancy?

817
00:58:11,480 --> 00:58:14,400
This seems like a pretty abnormal messed up thing going on.

818
00:58:14,400 --> 00:58:15,880
It's worth a try.

819
00:58:15,880 --> 00:58:19,600
But not connected with magic or ritual.

820
00:58:19,600 --> 00:58:22,080
That's when I've ruled that you can use that.

821
00:58:22,080 --> 00:58:23,080
Well, it's worth a try.

822
00:58:23,080 --> 00:58:29,360
This is simply a creature that craves its former life so much that it's clawed its way

823
00:58:29,360 --> 00:58:32,440
back to terrorize the living.

824
00:58:32,440 --> 00:58:35,480
I think Eir would actually empathize with this.

825
00:58:35,480 --> 00:58:37,440
You could be buds.

826
00:58:37,440 --> 00:58:38,440
Sure.

827
00:58:38,440 --> 00:58:42,200
He's going, oh no, I understand this guy.

828
00:58:42,200 --> 00:58:46,720
Feel free to bond in heartfelt embrace.

829
00:58:46,720 --> 00:58:51,080
I rolled a 13 and then I add 3 for my will so 16.

830
00:58:51,080 --> 00:58:52,080
Resolute trio.

831
00:58:52,080 --> 00:58:53,080
Brave and brave.

832
00:58:53,080 --> 00:59:01,840
Facing down the draugr, the bloated and hideous creature described in Norse legend as Hellblar

833
00:59:01,840 --> 00:59:03,640
or Hellblue.

834
00:59:03,640 --> 00:59:06,200
How would you like to proceed?

835
00:59:06,200 --> 00:59:14,680
You have overcome the general hideousness of its necrotic dead flesh and reek of decay.

836
00:59:14,680 --> 00:59:20,080
You are now face to face with this second abomination.

837
00:59:20,080 --> 00:59:21,820
Oh, so we see it.

838
00:59:21,820 --> 00:59:22,820
What range is it at?

839
00:59:22,820 --> 00:59:28,160
It is within the penumbra of your headlamps.

840
00:59:28,160 --> 00:59:31,760
I think you should try and talk to it, Eir.

841
00:59:31,760 --> 00:59:33,480
So medium, medium well.

842
00:59:33,480 --> 00:59:34,480
Thank you.

843
00:59:34,480 --> 00:59:35,480
Medium well.

844
00:59:35,480 --> 00:59:36,480
I'm going to taunt it.

845
00:59:36,480 --> 00:59:37,480
Mocking taunts.

846
00:59:37,480 --> 00:59:40,080
What is your mockery?

847
00:59:40,080 --> 00:59:45,160
You smell like my grandmother's cat's fart.

848
00:59:45,160 --> 00:59:47,280
And slightly of elderberries.

849
00:59:47,280 --> 00:59:54,000
It's almost as if Snorri Snurlson came up with that one himself.

850
00:59:54,000 --> 00:59:55,000
Well is it effective?

851
00:59:55,000 --> 01:00:00,560
Were he to attack, he would be forced to do so with one word.

852
01:00:00,560 --> 01:00:02,720
Steve I think you should talk to it.

853
01:00:02,720 --> 01:00:06,120
I think that you're... or are you hiding?

854
01:00:06,120 --> 01:00:07,120
You're totally hiding.

855
01:00:07,120 --> 01:00:10,920
Okay never mind.

856
01:00:10,920 --> 01:00:11,920
Do we have the flare?

857
01:00:11,920 --> 01:00:12,920
Do we have a flare?

858
01:00:12,920 --> 01:00:13,920
Yes.

859
01:00:13,920 --> 01:00:20,240
These abominations don't particularly enjoy fire.

860
01:00:20,240 --> 01:00:22,040
You should light it.

861
01:00:22,040 --> 01:00:26,200
Perhaps not me, being that I am made of wood.

862
01:00:26,200 --> 01:00:27,200
I will pass you the flare.

863
01:00:27,200 --> 01:00:28,200
I will light it.

864
01:00:28,200 --> 01:00:29,200
Give me the flare.

865
01:00:29,200 --> 01:00:35,120
I would like the GM to acknowledge that my character is learning.

866
01:00:35,120 --> 01:00:39,760
Staying away from the fire.

867
01:00:39,760 --> 01:00:51,400
Bjarnie says to you as you insult him and taunt him, he says, you minion are far too saucy.

868
01:00:51,400 --> 01:00:56,720
The tartness of your face sours ripe grapes.

869
01:00:56,720 --> 01:00:58,240
Wow he's out taunting you.

870
01:00:58,240 --> 01:01:01,240
How dare you!

871
01:01:01,240 --> 01:01:02,240
Light...

872
01:01:02,240 --> 01:01:03,240
Gigi's gonna light the flare.

873
01:01:03,240 --> 01:01:04,240
We're doing something next now.

874
01:01:04,240 --> 01:01:05,240
Yeah I know it's good.

875
01:01:05,240 --> 01:01:06,240
It was a good one.

876
01:01:06,240 --> 01:01:10,160
It was A.P. Audio.

877
01:01:10,160 --> 01:01:16,640
And so you're lighting the flare and tossing the flare?

878
01:01:16,640 --> 01:01:19,160
Nope just pointing it at him.

879
01:01:19,160 --> 01:01:22,200
See if he's affected by the light, the fire.

880
01:01:22,200 --> 01:01:32,560
He doesn't appear to be and he just says, your kiss is as comfortless as frozen water

881
01:01:32,560 --> 01:01:36,000
to a starved snake.

882
01:01:36,000 --> 01:01:38,760
Your face is not worth sun burning.

883
01:01:38,760 --> 01:01:40,200
Don't take that.

884
01:01:40,200 --> 01:01:41,200
Come back at him CJ.

885
01:01:41,200 --> 01:01:42,200
Yeah come on.

886
01:01:42,200 --> 01:01:43,200
You got this.

887
01:01:43,200 --> 01:01:44,200
He's really good.

888
01:01:44,200 --> 01:01:52,840
Try to think of any insult that I can...

889
01:01:52,840 --> 01:02:01,240
Ljomi says to the creature, may we see the deed, the famous deed that proves your rights

890
01:02:01,240 --> 01:02:02,240
to the land?

891
01:02:02,240 --> 01:02:03,240
You may.

892
01:02:03,240 --> 01:02:04,240
Up close and deep.

893
01:02:04,240 --> 01:02:08,320
Up close and personal.

894
01:02:08,320 --> 01:02:17,280
He then his body dissipates into a roiling cloud of smoke that flies towards you like

895
01:02:17,280 --> 01:02:26,600
a gale force that then resumes its normal form right next to you and glares at you fearfully

896
01:02:26,600 --> 01:02:37,000
as it swipes one of its long necrotic claws in your direction and your defense is?

897
01:02:37,000 --> 01:02:39,400
My defense is...

898
01:02:39,400 --> 01:02:42,560
Insanity.

899
01:02:42,560 --> 01:02:45,280
So my defense is 12.

900
01:02:45,280 --> 01:02:52,720
His talons rake down your side and you suffer nine damage.

901
01:02:52,720 --> 01:03:01,080
You realize that this grave walk ability, this ability to transform into a gaseous cloud

902
01:03:01,080 --> 01:03:08,600
is how you saw the creature depart from the rooftop and presumably how it slew Finnbogi

903
01:03:08,600 --> 01:03:15,160
without leaving the place.

904
01:03:15,160 --> 01:03:17,880
May I taunt him again?

905
01:03:17,880 --> 01:03:19,880
Seems the least you could do.

906
01:03:19,880 --> 01:03:22,440
Taunt at will.

907
01:03:22,440 --> 01:03:24,000
You call that a swing?

908
01:03:24,000 --> 01:03:30,000
My grandmother churns butter harder than that.

909
01:03:30,000 --> 01:03:37,120
What would you like to do in the face of the onslaught of this creature from beyond the

910
01:03:37,120 --> 01:03:38,120
grave?

911
01:03:38,120 --> 01:03:39,680
Well I guess I'm going to unload the shotgun on him.

912
01:03:39,680 --> 01:03:43,680
He seems to have suggested this is, you know, we're not going to have a discussion about

913
01:03:43,680 --> 01:03:45,480
real estate law.

914
01:03:45,480 --> 01:03:46,480
No?

915
01:03:46,480 --> 01:03:52,680
By all means, off you go, roll your sleight roll.

916
01:03:52,680 --> 01:03:53,840
Oh that's better.

917
01:03:53,840 --> 01:03:56,240
I rolled a 12 and then I add two.

918
01:03:56,240 --> 01:03:58,680
So 14 together.

919
01:03:58,680 --> 01:04:07,280
The creature is as bloated as an ox and so it's just all target.

920
01:04:07,280 --> 01:04:10,640
It's almost impossible to miss.

921
01:04:10,640 --> 01:04:11,640
Okay.

922
01:04:11,640 --> 01:04:17,680
So I'm firing both barrels, I guess I'm doing 2d6 and then I add 1d6 because I sang the

923
01:04:17,680 --> 01:04:19,680
song of extra damage.

924
01:04:19,680 --> 01:04:21,680
The weapon song.

925
01:04:21,680 --> 01:04:23,680
Yep, okay, roll your damage.

926
01:04:23,680 --> 01:04:26,680
See, I'm also one who can refer to the rules you guys.

927
01:04:26,680 --> 01:04:31,680
I can come up with things that are a little clever.

928
01:04:31,680 --> 01:04:32,680
Nice.

929
01:04:32,680 --> 01:04:35,680
12 points in total.

930
01:04:35,680 --> 01:04:36,680
Nice.

931
01:04:36,680 --> 01:04:46,120
Despite the fearsome report of your shotgun, your hell stick, the draugr, he appears unfazed,

932
01:04:46,120 --> 01:04:53,200
the discharge causing no more damage than the faint hiss of cold vapor.

933
01:04:53,200 --> 01:05:00,960
Gigi's going to take a gamble with how bloated this thing is and cast fart runes upon it

934
01:05:00,960 --> 01:05:03,160
to release the gas.

935
01:05:03,160 --> 01:05:05,040
Oh no.

936
01:05:05,040 --> 01:05:08,120
With a lit flare.

937
01:05:08,120 --> 01:05:11,680
With a lit flare.

938
01:05:11,680 --> 01:05:12,680
It's the Hail Mary.

939
01:05:12,680 --> 01:05:21,600
Again, the Eddas, the sagas are full of these kinds of stories of using the fretrunir

940
01:05:21,600 --> 01:05:27,760
and the fart runes, carving them to bring down the swollen forms of your foe.

941
01:05:27,760 --> 01:05:30,760
So make a will attack roll.

942
01:05:30,760 --> 01:05:31,760
Wits attack roll.

943
01:05:31,760 --> 01:05:32,760
This is the one, Gigi.

944
01:05:32,760 --> 01:05:37,160
So you're going to add your wits modifier to a roll.

945
01:05:37,160 --> 01:05:40,160
That 20, doesn't matter.

946
01:05:40,160 --> 01:05:42,560
Yeah, buddy.

947
01:05:42,560 --> 01:05:46,400
Do you know, this is actually quite interesting.

948
01:05:46,400 --> 01:05:54,000
Because rolling a natural 20, not only does your target become uncontrollably flatulent

949
01:05:54,000 --> 01:05:57,880
for the next minute, during which time it is impaired and you make attack rolls against

950
01:05:57,880 --> 01:06:00,360
it with one will.

951
01:06:00,360 --> 01:06:05,600
It's also dazed for the next round.

952
01:06:05,600 --> 01:06:09,600
I made him fart so hard he can't do that.

953
01:06:09,600 --> 01:06:18,440
So your carving of the secret fart runes has proved very telling.

954
01:06:18,440 --> 01:06:27,040
Bjarne Bjarnason is beside himself with wind, flatulent and impotent rage.

955
01:06:27,040 --> 01:06:33,520
For the next round, he can do nothing, so you have a free round in effect.

956
01:06:33,520 --> 01:06:39,960
Steve, you can have, you didn't have an action, you can do two things sequentially.

957
01:06:39,960 --> 01:06:48,260
You can have this free round to wail upon the bloated, farting, fetid form.

958
01:06:48,260 --> 01:06:51,800
It was already noxious and noisome to begin with.

959
01:06:51,800 --> 01:06:53,480
I've used all of the N words.

960
01:06:53,480 --> 01:06:56,480
That was pretty good though.

961
01:06:56,480 --> 01:07:07,160
And, but now it is standing in between you all, just exuding stench and vitriol.

962
01:07:07,160 --> 01:07:17,960
Eir will back off and chuck a big lead shot at it, a gandball, which is wits versus might

963
01:07:17,960 --> 01:07:18,960
Okay.

964
01:07:18,960 --> 01:07:21,520
That's okay.

965
01:07:21,520 --> 01:07:24,480
That adds up to, am I reading that right?

966
01:07:24,480 --> 01:07:25,480
I think so.

967
01:07:25,480 --> 01:07:26,760
That looks like 27.

968
01:07:26,760 --> 01:07:30,880
Yeah, because you rolled 17 plus four and then a six.

969
01:07:30,880 --> 01:07:32,920
And then six more.

970
01:07:32,920 --> 01:07:34,380
Yes.

971
01:07:34,380 --> 01:07:43,120
So the damage, a glorious three points of damage that he won't soon forget.

972
01:07:43,120 --> 01:07:45,640
It sounded so promising.

973
01:07:45,640 --> 01:07:50,960
It starts off really strong, like so many things, start off really strong and then just

974
01:07:50,960 --> 01:07:52,800
kind of fizzle.

975
01:07:52,800 --> 01:08:03,280
Your spell hits home, leaving a gruesome splatter of necrotic flesh on the floor as the draugr

976
01:08:03,280 --> 01:08:06,440
spins round to face you.

977
01:08:06,440 --> 01:08:07,440
That was the end of your turn.

978
01:08:07,440 --> 01:08:10,880
He's still paralyzed or dazed for the next turn.

979
01:08:10,880 --> 01:08:16,360
One of the things that you could do is ask your companions to back off and then unleash

980
01:08:16,360 --> 01:08:20,680
your fractured fate whilst next to the creature, because that would do him damage.

981
01:08:20,680 --> 01:08:22,520
I can voluntarily release it?

982
01:08:22,520 --> 01:08:26,960
No, but if you failed the roll, having supercharged yourself.

983
01:08:26,960 --> 01:08:31,520
Because if you spend a strain this time around, it will be three woes.

984
01:08:31,520 --> 01:08:32,520
Oh, right.

985
01:08:32,520 --> 01:08:33,520
Okay.

986
01:08:33,520 --> 01:08:39,080
So if I could run next to him, everyone else backs off, Eir runs in close to him, uses

987
01:08:39,080 --> 01:08:43,800
strain to boost a spell, sort of in the hopes of failing.

988
01:08:43,800 --> 01:08:44,800
Is that an accurate statement?

989
01:08:44,800 --> 01:08:46,800
Yeah, so then you go boom.

990
01:08:46,800 --> 01:08:48,000
I do go boom.

991
01:08:48,000 --> 01:08:52,120
And as long as on the next round you get the hell out of there or you self-fortify, it

992
01:08:52,120 --> 01:08:55,360
is a tactic that you can potentially use.

993
01:08:55,360 --> 01:08:57,840
I like the sounds of that.

994
01:08:57,840 --> 01:08:59,120
Okay.

995
01:08:59,120 --> 01:09:01,800
If that works for everyone else, let's try that.

996
01:09:01,800 --> 01:09:05,960
Bjarnie Bjardarsson is dazed, is venting gases.

997
01:09:05,960 --> 01:09:09,240
You can all effectively take a free turn.

998
01:09:09,240 --> 01:09:12,400
How far is Gigi from him?

999
01:09:12,400 --> 01:09:14,140
Are you not next to him right now?

1000
01:09:14,140 --> 01:09:17,040
Could you strike and then move away?

1001
01:09:17,040 --> 01:09:22,520
You are within striking distance with your sword.

1002
01:09:22,520 --> 01:09:26,480
Well, I'm not going to use my sword.

1003
01:09:26,480 --> 01:09:28,520
So describe to me this thing.

1004
01:09:28,520 --> 01:09:36,080
Because in the town it was, wasn't it big and wasn't it big and kind of nebulous and

1005
01:09:36,080 --> 01:09:37,880
round, right?

1006
01:09:37,880 --> 01:09:41,680
Or does he still have the shape of a person or is he kind of like monstrous?

1007
01:09:41,680 --> 01:09:43,240
Okay, so he has two forms.

1008
01:09:43,240 --> 01:09:45,040
So it's to be clear, he has two forms.

1009
01:09:45,040 --> 01:09:50,920
He has, he's generally this hulking zombie-like monstrosity.

1010
01:09:50,920 --> 01:09:55,240
He is a bloated ox.

1011
01:09:55,240 --> 01:10:02,520
He has the ability to grave walk and turn into a kind of shimmering mist where he can

1012
01:10:02,520 --> 01:10:06,960
zoom forward and then reassemble his body.

1013
01:10:06,960 --> 01:10:08,680
And so that's what you've seen.

1014
01:10:08,680 --> 01:10:15,720
You've seen him both in mist form and in humanoid form.

1015
01:10:15,720 --> 01:10:17,440
So he's in humanoid form.

1016
01:10:17,440 --> 01:10:20,680
Now he is dressed, right?

1017
01:10:20,680 --> 01:10:22,800
In his trapper fur, that's correct.

1018
01:10:22,800 --> 01:10:23,800
Okay.

1019
01:10:23,800 --> 01:10:29,880
They are strewn with ice crystals and icicles hang from him.

1020
01:10:29,880 --> 01:10:32,880
He's blended into the ice cave.

1021
01:10:32,880 --> 01:10:34,200
He has no body temperature.

1022
01:10:34,200 --> 01:10:38,960
Yeah, I still think it's going to be a hard play to pull Trou and stuff.

1023
01:10:38,960 --> 01:10:41,280
You're looking for an opening is what you're telling us.

1024
01:10:41,280 --> 01:10:43,400
I'm looking for an opening.

1025
01:10:43,400 --> 01:10:45,440
So I'm going to have to go down the front.

1026
01:10:45,440 --> 01:10:52,000
So I'm going to, so Gigi is going to flip the flare around and reach out and grab him

1027
01:10:52,000 --> 01:10:57,740
by the jaw and kind of press in the jaw, you know, where in the hinge and then shove the

1028
01:10:57,740 --> 01:11:01,640
flare down his throat like, night, just like it's a grenade.

1029
01:11:01,640 --> 01:11:07,840
And then he's going to step back and go, I was going to have a really good line for that,

1030
01:11:07,840 --> 01:11:13,920
but really he's just going to look at me like, just, I'm proud of this.

1031
01:11:13,920 --> 01:11:22,280
His whole esophagus begins to glow with an eerie spectral light as the flare catches

1032
01:11:22,280 --> 01:11:26,760
light in his throat and begins to spark.

1033
01:11:26,760 --> 01:11:31,120
His whole face erupts in flame.

1034
01:11:31,120 --> 01:11:40,720
Unable to move or defend himself because of the fart runes, the maneuver has been especially

1035
01:11:40,720 --> 01:11:41,720
effective.

1036
01:11:41,720 --> 01:11:48,280
He's beginning to smolder and his ice blue face begins to blacken.

1037
01:11:48,280 --> 01:11:53,720
I was hoping it would light the methane.

1038
01:11:53,720 --> 01:11:56,880
Still a fabulous effect.

1039
01:11:56,880 --> 01:11:59,640
Next round, let's see what happens.

1040
01:11:59,640 --> 01:12:02,240
So Bill, you've got a round.

1041
01:12:02,240 --> 01:12:04,720
CJ, CJ's backed off.

1042
01:12:04,720 --> 01:12:11,480
Yes, I'm stepping as back as I can back away because now we're setting off a cloud of methane

1043
01:12:11,480 --> 01:12:12,480
creature.

1044
01:12:12,480 --> 01:12:17,960
So, yeah, I don't want to be anywhere near that before Steve self explodes.

1045
01:12:17,960 --> 01:12:18,960
Yay.

1046
01:12:18,960 --> 01:12:23,080
But you do, you can fire off some more buck shots.

1047
01:12:23,080 --> 01:12:24,080
Yeah, okay, sure.

1048
01:12:24,080 --> 01:12:25,400
I'll take another shot.

1049
01:12:25,400 --> 01:12:26,400
Let's do it.

1050
01:12:26,400 --> 01:12:27,400
My pleasure.

1051
01:12:27,400 --> 01:12:33,880
That is a slight roll, correct, for the shot.

1052
01:12:33,880 --> 01:12:37,480
So 15 plus 2, so 17, a palpable hit.

1053
01:12:37,480 --> 01:12:38,480
And your damage?

1054
01:12:38,480 --> 01:12:40,800
Coming up.

1055
01:12:40,800 --> 01:12:44,360
You pepper the draugr with lead shot.

1056
01:12:44,360 --> 01:12:45,360
It's brutal.

1057
01:12:45,360 --> 01:12:46,360
44.

1058
01:12:46,360 --> 01:12:47,360
It's just 4.

1059
01:12:47,360 --> 01:12:48,360
4.

1060
01:12:48,360 --> 01:12:49,360
Just 4.

1061
01:12:49,360 --> 01:12:50,360
Yeah.

1062
01:12:50,360 --> 01:12:53,360
Well, instead of peppering maybe, here's a dash.

1063
01:12:53,360 --> 01:12:54,360
A dash of salt.

1064
01:12:54,360 --> 01:12:57,360
A bay toss of salt.

1065
01:12:57,360 --> 01:13:05,360
And Steve, what would Eir like to do to complement this feast of attackers?

1066
01:13:05,360 --> 01:13:10,040
I think this calls for some bad decision making.

1067
01:13:10,040 --> 01:13:18,560
So he will roll forward until he's close, like, I mean, not within claw range ideally,

1068
01:13:18,560 --> 01:13:24,520
but within, certainly within 10 feet, somewhere 10 to 5 feet away from the horrible monstrosity,

1069
01:13:24,520 --> 01:13:26,920
you know, one monstrosity to another.

1070
01:13:26,920 --> 01:13:31,880
And then he's going to summon everything he can to throw another gandball in the hopes

1071
01:13:31,880 --> 01:13:34,720
of overstraining himself.

1072
01:13:34,720 --> 01:13:38,000
Wow, there's a theme here.

1073
01:13:38,000 --> 01:13:43,560
Now in the hopes of overstraining himself and causing something interesting to happen.

1074
01:13:43,560 --> 01:13:46,560
You are actively attempting to fracture reality.

1075
01:13:46,560 --> 01:13:50,680
So roll your, so what spell is it that you're casting?

1076
01:13:50,680 --> 01:13:53,840
We'll give him another gandball in the face.

1077
01:13:53,840 --> 01:13:55,880
Another nice lumpy lead shot.

1078
01:13:55,880 --> 01:14:01,160
So that's a wits it's going to be with two weal, if I'm reading this right.

1079
01:14:01,160 --> 01:14:04,760
One for deep minded and the other one for straining himself.

1080
01:14:04,760 --> 01:14:08,600
Oh, it might be just as well.

1081
01:14:08,600 --> 01:14:11,040
No kidding, huh?

1082
01:14:11,040 --> 01:14:16,280
Okay, so that adds up to nine.

1083
01:14:16,280 --> 01:14:17,760
Rolls up to, that's your roll to hit.

1084
01:14:17,760 --> 01:14:19,240
Yeah, that's the roll to hit.

1085
01:14:19,240 --> 01:14:20,240
Yeah.

1086
01:14:20,240 --> 01:14:29,120
Still enough because the bloated monstrosity really does just take up all of your half

1087
01:14:29,120 --> 01:14:30,960
of the cave itself.

1088
01:14:30,960 --> 01:14:36,440
And so your shot flies true, roll for your damage and then make your will roll.

1089
01:14:36,440 --> 01:14:38,440
Damage three more damage.

1090
01:14:38,440 --> 01:14:41,160
Totally a trend here.

1091
01:14:41,160 --> 01:14:43,880
Damage and then the strain roll.

1092
01:14:43,880 --> 01:14:44,880
So that's a will.

1093
01:14:44,880 --> 01:14:48,400
So that's a will now with three woes.

1094
01:14:48,400 --> 01:14:49,840
Yeah.

1095
01:14:49,840 --> 01:14:51,920
That would be six.

1096
01:14:51,920 --> 01:14:57,600
Then your slightly maverick plan has paid off.

1097
01:14:57,600 --> 01:15:08,280
Reality begins to fracture within your reach and the creature takes another ten damage

1098
01:15:08,280 --> 01:15:19,440
as it straddles the line between this universe and whatever part of the yawning void you

1099
01:15:19,440 --> 01:15:20,440
tap into.

1100
01:15:20,440 --> 01:15:21,440
All right.

1101
01:15:21,440 --> 01:15:22,440
Broke reality.

1102
01:15:22,440 --> 01:15:24,720
What a great round.

1103
01:15:24,720 --> 01:15:28,880
You are standing perilously close to it though for the next round.

1104
01:15:28,880 --> 01:15:31,400
Do you want to take fast turns or slow turns?

1105
01:15:31,400 --> 01:15:33,640
I would like to take a fast turn and fortify.

1106
01:15:33,640 --> 01:15:34,640
Very good.

1107
01:15:34,640 --> 01:15:42,240
Then you will take half damage as you reassemble your molecular basis in order to defend yourself

1108
01:15:42,240 --> 01:15:47,840
against or resist or reduce damage from any incoming blows.

1109
01:15:47,840 --> 01:16:00,560
CJ, the farting belching burning monstrosity is now looming above your dokkalfar friend.

1110
01:16:00,560 --> 01:16:08,640
Gigi is going to draw his hand pistol and he's going to take a shot in the midsection

1111
01:16:08,640 --> 01:16:16,760
in the hopes of puncturing whatever organ is between the flare fire and the gases so

1112
01:16:16,760 --> 01:16:18,320
that he can ignite the thing.

1113
01:16:18,320 --> 01:16:21,040
You can do something called a called shot.

1114
01:16:21,040 --> 01:16:26,520
So if you're aiming for a specific point, a called shot requires that you make your

1115
01:16:26,520 --> 01:16:32,960
shot with two woes but on a success the attack has an additional effect as determined by

1116
01:16:32,960 --> 01:16:33,960
the GM.

1117
01:16:33,960 --> 01:16:36,960
No way that could go wrong.

1118
01:16:36,960 --> 01:16:39,880
No, no way at all.

1119
01:16:39,880 --> 01:16:43,960
All right so with my woes I rolled a two.

1120
01:16:43,960 --> 01:16:46,640
Well it's twice as good as a one sir.

1121
01:16:46,640 --> 01:16:55,840
I mean you squint, you focus, you level your pistol aiming for the immense belly hoping

1122
01:16:55,840 --> 01:17:02,320
to rupture it and instead at the last minute the shot flies wide and hits an icicle that

1123
01:17:02,320 --> 01:17:05,480
begins to rent itself from the ceiling.

1124
01:17:05,480 --> 01:17:06,480
What will Ljomi do?

1125
01:17:06,480 --> 01:17:07,480
It's all up to you.

1126
01:17:07,480 --> 01:17:09,640
I'm going to have another shot.

1127
01:17:09,640 --> 01:17:11,280
Have you reloaded this shotgun recently?

1128
01:17:11,280 --> 01:17:13,120
Well not after the last two shots.

1129
01:17:13,120 --> 01:17:14,120
Say yes.

1130
01:17:14,120 --> 01:17:15,120
Yeah I mean yes.

1131
01:17:15,120 --> 01:17:21,400
No I had two shots in a row so perhaps not.

1132
01:17:21,400 --> 01:17:25,040
I'll be reloading them.

1133
01:17:25,040 --> 01:17:28,000
Your round is going snap.

1134
01:17:28,000 --> 01:17:29,000
Very aggressive snap.

1135
01:17:29,000 --> 01:17:34,960
All right well we now have to see what Bjarnie has to say about things.

1136
01:17:34,960 --> 01:17:44,200
Steve you take half damage from this because you are fortified so that will be six damage

1137
01:17:44,200 --> 01:17:53,360
as Bjarnie slams you with his shoulder aiming to toss you to the ground and jump on top

1138
01:17:53,360 --> 01:17:54,360
of you.

1139
01:17:54,360 --> 01:17:55,360
Knocked down.

1140
01:17:55,360 --> 01:17:57,800
So we can go to the next round now.

1141
01:17:57,800 --> 01:18:00,840
Does Gigi have any more flare tricks ready?

1142
01:18:00,840 --> 01:18:09,920
Biani does say as he shoulder barges you to one side he says I'll huff and I'll puff and

1143
01:18:09,920 --> 01:18:12,520
I'll bash your brains in.

1144
01:18:12,520 --> 01:18:17,320
Could you do that again but more muffled since you have a flare in your mouth?

1145
01:18:17,320 --> 01:18:22,440
Kind of right down his throat if I understand.

1146
01:18:22,440 --> 01:18:23,440
Wow nice.

1147
01:18:23,440 --> 01:18:25,840
The flare is still fizzing.

1148
01:18:25,840 --> 01:18:30,920
There is the opportunity for more mayhem if you just get your shot right.

1149
01:18:30,920 --> 01:18:35,200
Grjotgarth is going to take another cold shot before.

1150
01:18:35,200 --> 01:18:40,520
He's going to mock again and this time he's going to get very personal because he is so

1151
01:18:40,520 --> 01:18:41,520
well dressed.

1152
01:18:41,520 --> 01:18:45,160
He's going to say are those the clothes you died in?

1153
01:18:45,160 --> 01:18:47,560
Where did your mother shop for those Costco?

1154
01:18:47,560 --> 01:18:53,920
At least the living know how to dress.

1155
01:18:53,920 --> 01:18:57,520
Costco obviously being a franchise that has got all the way to Hjálpmakaar.

1156
01:18:57,520 --> 01:19:02,480
It's the Norse references, the cultural references that I really appreciate in CJ's

1157
01:19:02,480 --> 01:19:03,480
performance.

1158
01:19:03,480 --> 01:19:10,520
I'm sure he's got a Platinum membership card.

1159
01:19:10,520 --> 01:19:13,520
So roll 20 with two woes.

1160
01:19:13,520 --> 01:19:17,200
Man this is just not getting better for me.

1161
01:19:17,200 --> 01:19:18,960
Oh that was okay.

1162
01:19:18,960 --> 01:19:19,960
That was not okay.

1163
01:19:19,960 --> 01:19:23,120
Okay with my will a one.

1164
01:19:23,120 --> 01:19:32,640
I'm going to remind you of the wonderful world of Óðr the inspiration.

1165
01:19:32,640 --> 01:19:34,840
This is the moment with my shot.

1166
01:19:34,840 --> 01:19:36,520
So with the d20 what does that do?

1167
01:19:36,520 --> 01:19:37,520
I just reroll?

1168
01:19:37,520 --> 01:19:38,520
Nope.

1169
01:19:38,520 --> 01:19:40,200
Turns a failure into a success.

1170
01:19:40,200 --> 01:19:41,840
Oh okay well then let's do that.

1171
01:19:41,840 --> 01:19:45,280
Is everybody in agreement that your shot should have a success?

1172
01:19:45,280 --> 01:19:46,280
100%.

1173
01:19:46,280 --> 01:19:47,280
Absolutely.

1174
01:19:47,280 --> 01:19:53,680
Well then inspiration point and shooting right for the separation between the flare and the

1175
01:19:53,680 --> 01:19:58,360
gases to ignite this bulbous ball of.

1176
01:19:58,360 --> 01:19:59,360
Bobosity.

1177
01:19:59,360 --> 01:20:03,200
Of course you'd have to have an inspiration point for that to work.

1178
01:20:03,200 --> 01:20:04,200
Do we not have one?

1179
01:20:04,200 --> 01:20:06,240
No of course you do.

1180
01:20:06,240 --> 01:20:07,240
Wow.

1181
01:20:07,240 --> 01:20:15,840
You cock your pistol fire into the belly of the brute and this time it clearly hits some

1182
01:20:15,840 --> 01:20:23,280
kind of organ that's expelling ruptured gases and the thing goes up like fire.

1183
01:20:23,280 --> 01:20:31,800
It begins to belch fire like a dragon and flail its arms in panic.

1184
01:20:31,800 --> 01:20:37,920
It's burning from the inside like an internal combustion engine

1185
01:20:37,920 --> 01:20:38,920
Wow.

1186
01:20:38,920 --> 01:20:42,720
Aren't we lucky that I passed anatomy class?

1187
01:20:42,720 --> 01:20:47,480
Steve, Bill what did you want to do?

1188
01:20:47,480 --> 01:20:55,640
I'm gonna shoot because I did reload as we all heard as the recording will show.

1189
01:20:55,640 --> 01:20:56,640
And here we go.

1190
01:20:56,640 --> 01:20:57,640
Oh that's better.

1191
01:20:57,640 --> 01:21:00,640
16 plus 2 so an 18.

1192
01:21:00,640 --> 01:21:07,120
And then we got a total of 11 that's a little bit more like it.

1193
01:21:07,120 --> 01:21:15,800
Put the shotgun to the side of the creature's head and blast away most of its grinning skull.

1194
01:21:15,800 --> 01:21:16,800
Excellent.

1195
01:21:16,800 --> 01:21:18,320
Is it dead?

1196
01:21:18,320 --> 01:21:20,400
As a life giver and a healer.

1197
01:21:20,400 --> 01:21:25,640
Well sometimes one has to cut in order to save.

1198
01:21:25,640 --> 01:21:28,640
Take it away.

1199
01:21:28,640 --> 01:21:37,960
Yes, Eir will back up so he's not in the range of infinite peril next to the Hindenburg here

1200
01:21:37,960 --> 01:21:43,600
and then he will lob his last gandball at it.

1201
01:21:43,600 --> 01:21:52,160
Well, you say that Steve but I think we need to just check one thing.

1202
01:21:52,160 --> 01:21:59,480
We need to check one thing because when you do trigger your fracture your strain total

1203
01:21:59,480 --> 01:22:00,480
drops to zero.

1204
01:22:00,480 --> 01:22:01,480
Oh yeah and I gain a trauma.

1205
01:22:01,480 --> 01:22:03,600
But you gain one trauma.

1206
01:22:03,600 --> 01:22:08,360
Now what happens Steve when you gain a trauma?

1207
01:22:08,360 --> 01:22:11,440
Well I go to therapy usually.

1208
01:22:11,440 --> 01:22:15,960
But you're also because of the trials and tribulations in the past few episodes aren't

1209
01:22:15,960 --> 01:22:18,960
you narcoleptic?

1210
01:22:18,960 --> 01:22:22,360
Narcoleptic.

1211
01:22:22,360 --> 01:22:26,960
Strange you should mention that.

1212
01:22:26,960 --> 01:22:29,440
I'm fairly sure you go to sleep.

1213
01:22:29,440 --> 01:22:31,720
You're absolutely right.

1214
01:22:31,720 --> 01:22:34,920
That's glorious.

1215
01:22:34,920 --> 01:22:36,360
That's eight minutes.

1216
01:22:36,360 --> 01:22:42,600
So you've effectively broken reality and then just had a little nap.

1217
01:22:42,600 --> 01:22:43,600
Yes.

1218
01:22:43,600 --> 01:22:51,120
He tears reality apart bit by bit and then it then reassembles himself sort of and as

1219
01:22:51,120 --> 01:22:59,520
the pieces come together he goes to roll away and the lights flicker and he just sort of

1220
01:22:59,520 --> 01:23:07,080
I don't know maybe he just says oh balls and powers down for a while.

1221
01:23:07,080 --> 01:23:08,080
Nighty night.

1222
01:23:08,080 --> 01:23:14,760
And Gigi's response is unusual behavior.

1223
01:23:14,760 --> 01:23:15,760
Laughing at inappropriate moments.

1224
01:23:15,760 --> 01:23:21,480
So you just also hear at the same time he falls asleep and you hear Gigi go.

1225
01:23:21,480 --> 01:23:29,280
We're so fucked.

1226
01:23:29,280 --> 01:23:30,800
We're all horribly damaged.

1227
01:23:30,800 --> 01:23:32,840
This is wonderful.

1228
01:23:32,840 --> 01:23:35,440
Oh my word.

1229
01:23:35,440 --> 01:23:37,320
Oh that's great.

1230
01:23:37,320 --> 01:23:47,960
This time the hideous beast lurches towards you Gigi ignoring everyone else as the person

1231
01:23:47,960 --> 01:23:54,520
who has insulted him most and displaying this terrifying strength.

1232
01:23:54,520 --> 01:24:02,120
The again walker advances aiming a bone crushing kick designed to send you sprawling on your

1233
01:24:02,120 --> 01:24:06,880
back and that is twelve damage.

1234
01:24:06,880 --> 01:24:08,840
Walk it off.

1235
01:24:08,840 --> 01:24:10,160
Walk it off.

1236
01:24:10,160 --> 01:24:15,240
We should come up with a way of dealing with this guy.

1237
01:24:15,240 --> 01:24:27,600
The creature exhibits supernatural speed and prepares again to charge with horrifying intent

1238
01:24:27,600 --> 01:24:31,720
its grimy claws swiping for your throat.

1239
01:24:31,720 --> 01:24:36,200
Let's go to the top of the next round.

1240
01:24:36,200 --> 01:24:40,960
Well I feel like I should be healed by someone.

1241
01:24:40,960 --> 01:24:45,400
I mean one of you is asleep one of you is dying.

1242
01:24:45,400 --> 01:24:49,320
I think I have a shot left but I could also heal.

1243
01:24:49,320 --> 01:24:55,720
Alright well I'll do a cure on Gigi then.

1244
01:24:55,720 --> 01:25:04,560
Cure runes heals damage for you up to half of your healing rate.

1245
01:25:04,560 --> 01:25:12,800
It's really a bit like him giving you a kiss on the knee and saying you've got a boo boo

1246
01:25:12,800 --> 01:25:14,280
isn't it.

1247
01:25:14,280 --> 01:25:20,600
I will also say to you Bill that narcolepsy doesn't mean that he's fully asleep for eight

1248
01:25:20,600 --> 01:25:22,800
rounds if he is awoken.

1249
01:25:22,800 --> 01:25:30,480
So if you are able to amuse me with your description of how you awaken your narcoleptic dokkalfar

1250
01:25:30,480 --> 01:25:33,440
friend then he will turn to the friend.

1251
01:25:33,440 --> 01:25:41,880
I banged violently on the case with the butt of the shotgun just bang bang bang bang bang

1252
01:25:41,880 --> 01:25:44,800
bang bang.

1253
01:25:44,800 --> 01:25:47,360
Just hammering on him as if he's like the shutters.

1254
01:25:47,360 --> 01:25:53,080
He's a stupid machine I don't really speak to him.

1255
01:25:53,080 --> 01:26:05,760
There you spark back into life perhaps with a robotic snore of a laugh.

1256
01:26:05,760 --> 01:26:10,280
CJ the creature is right on top of you affording you a point blank shot.

1257
01:26:10,280 --> 01:26:11,280
Sword time.

1258
01:26:11,280 --> 01:26:15,680
Gigi draws his sword he's honor bound and feeling like this fight is starting to get

1259
01:26:15,680 --> 01:26:22,880
interesting and he says back you foul flatulent beast even a troll wouldn't stand downwind

1260
01:26:22,880 --> 01:26:32,040
from you and he's going to stab the sword as close down whatever throat is left since

1261
01:26:32,040 --> 01:26:35,440
Eir blasted the top side of the head off right.

1262
01:26:35,440 --> 01:26:38,720
Yep and you've got sharp runes on this right.

1263
01:26:38,720 --> 01:26:43,720
I've got sharp runes on it and also I have oar log and I can do it at level one still

1264
01:26:43,720 --> 01:26:46,000
right I still have level one slots.

1265
01:26:46,000 --> 01:26:49,560
So stabby stabby.

1266
01:26:49,560 --> 01:26:51,720
Like a bull fighter right down the top.

1267
01:26:51,720 --> 01:26:54,280
Now let's see what happens.

1268
01:26:54,280 --> 01:26:55,280
Wooo.

1269
01:26:55,280 --> 01:26:59,360
So sixteen and six twenty two.

1270
01:26:59,360 --> 01:27:02,720
That means that you've rolled higher than twenty on your attack roll with the sharp

1271
01:27:02,720 --> 01:27:08,920
runes so you're going to roll two die six damage another two.

1272
01:27:08,920 --> 01:27:11,440
I think your total is going to be five die sixteen.

1273
01:27:11,440 --> 01:27:14,080
Alright so fifteen plus four nineteen.

1274
01:27:14,080 --> 01:27:17,520
Nineteen damage is an impressive amount.

1275
01:27:17,520 --> 01:27:22,000
It reflects the wisdom of the runes.

1276
01:27:22,000 --> 01:27:30,360
All of your powers have been brought to bear and the sword slides into its gullet severing

1277
01:27:30,360 --> 01:27:36,640
the head that slumps to the floor and rolls away on the icy surface.

1278
01:27:36,640 --> 01:27:47,280
The rest of the body slumps and lies heavily on top of you dripping ichor and fumes all

1279
01:27:47,280 --> 01:27:50,840
over your fancy silk clothes.

1280
01:27:50,840 --> 01:27:54,800
Now is it dead?

1281
01:27:54,800 --> 01:28:00,680
It does appear to be but if you wanted to continue the torching and set fire to it and

1282
01:28:00,680 --> 01:28:06,160
make sure there's absolutely nothing left the twitching remnants can be easily disposed

1283
01:28:06,160 --> 01:28:07,160
of.

1284
01:28:07,160 --> 01:28:10,280
First loot the body then set it on fire.

1285
01:28:10,280 --> 01:28:11,560
Order of operations is critical.

1286
01:28:11,560 --> 01:28:12,560
Wise words.

1287
01:28:12,560 --> 01:28:15,400
Yes find the deed.

1288
01:28:15,400 --> 01:28:19,040
And his and his wallet.

1289
01:28:19,040 --> 01:28:28,360
Tucked into the trapper furs kept close to his body at all times is a vellum scroll that

1290
01:28:28,360 --> 01:28:35,360
allegedly transfers the whole archipelago of Heimslit from the local tribes to Bjarnie

1291
01:28:35,360 --> 01:28:37,120
and his descendants.

1292
01:28:37,120 --> 01:28:44,920
The reason why this scroll has survived its icy interment and perhaps its nautical adventures

1293
01:28:44,920 --> 01:28:52,920
in the Helsund when you tossed Bjarnie over the edge is vellum is water resistant and

1294
01:28:52,920 --> 01:28:56,160
so has survived the travail.

1295
01:28:56,160 --> 01:29:05,240
There's also at the back of the cave two things that catch your eye glistening in the light

1296
01:29:05,240 --> 01:29:06,760
of your headlamps.

1297
01:29:06,760 --> 01:29:19,560
The first is an ornate sword and the second is a purse containing 50 crowns.

1298
01:29:19,560 --> 01:29:20,640
You actually recognize the sword.

1299
01:29:20,640 --> 01:29:22,720
I was going to ask that.

1300
01:29:22,720 --> 01:29:25,200
Is it in fact bear paw?

1301
01:29:25,200 --> 01:29:28,320
Look at you with the recall.

1302
01:29:28,320 --> 01:29:35,520
It is bear paw the sword that sliced poor Legsko in half.

1303
01:29:35,520 --> 01:29:41,960
Should we take it?

1304
01:29:41,960 --> 01:29:43,960
Asking for a friend.

1305
01:29:43,960 --> 01:29:45,600
We take everything.

1306
01:29:45,600 --> 01:29:51,640
Then you may decide amongst yourselves who is best to wield the ancient Viking sword

1307
01:29:51,640 --> 01:30:00,240
and also pack the land deed somewhere safe and pocket the 50 crowns before we conclude

1308
01:30:00,240 --> 01:30:03,840
proceedings because that was a relatively successful.

1309
01:30:03,840 --> 01:30:08,880
No one died and we killed things intentionally.

1310
01:30:08,880 --> 01:30:10,880
We hit things intentionally.

1311
01:30:10,880 --> 01:30:11,880
We bordered on competence.

1312
01:30:11,880 --> 01:30:14,040
Can you kill something that's dead?

1313
01:30:14,040 --> 01:30:15,040
Yes.

1314
01:30:15,040 --> 01:30:16,040
Yeah, we just did.

1315
01:30:16,040 --> 01:30:19,040
Have you not been paying attention?

1316
01:30:19,040 --> 01:30:21,400
It's already dead.

1317
01:30:21,400 --> 01:30:23,240
We just more dead than it.

1318
01:30:23,240 --> 01:30:25,520
We re-killed it.

1319
01:30:25,520 --> 01:30:26,520
It's now double dead.

1320
01:30:26,520 --> 01:30:28,560
Wait, what was the Norse word?

1321
01:30:28,560 --> 01:30:31,080
It's the the the the Againwalkers.

1322
01:30:31,080 --> 01:30:32,080
Aptr genger.

1323
01:30:32,080 --> 01:30:33,080
Aptr genger?

1324
01:30:33,080 --> 01:30:34,280
It's a again walkers, right?

1325
01:30:34,280 --> 01:30:36,520
So, we're the we're apte deaders

1326
01:30:36,520 --> 01:30:39,840
They're never again walkers?

1327
01:30:39,840 --> 01:30:43,760
Is the dad joke signifier?

1328
01:30:43,760 --> 01:30:44,760
Yeah.

1329
01:30:44,760 --> 01:30:50,760
and the podcast screeches to a grinding halt.

1330
01:30:50,760 --> 01:31:01,360
What I would say is think about the ramifications in the repercussions of the dead rising from

1331
01:31:01,360 --> 01:31:02,360
the grave.

1332
01:31:02,360 --> 01:31:09,360
think about the implications of having this land deed and decide, as the kind of epilogue

1333
01:31:09,360 --> 01:31:16,360
to that epic combat, how you might like to proceed back at the town of Hjalpmakaar

1334
01:31:16,360 --> 01:31:24,360
I think at this point the people of the town are at least passingly aware of the perils going around after the killing spree.

1335
01:31:24,360 --> 01:31:28,360
Sure, they don't necessarily know that it was Bjarnie Bjarnason.

1336
01:31:28,360 --> 01:31:32,360
Right, we can apportion blame as a critical part of any project.

1337
01:31:32,360 --> 01:31:39,360
We should go back to the law speaker because he actually assigned us this job to go figure out who killed Finnbogi

1338
01:31:39,360 --> 01:31:43,360
So we go back to him, we tell him what's happened.

1339
01:31:43,360 --> 01:31:48,360
I think Gigi takes the sword, he's honestly the most competent fighter.

1340
01:31:48,360 --> 01:31:49,360
Absolutely.

1341
01:31:49,360 --> 01:31:54,360
And you hide the land deed in one of your slots.

1342
01:31:54,360 --> 01:31:57,360
Oh yes, I have slots, don't I?

1343
01:31:57,360 --> 01:32:00,360
I will insert it about my person.

1344
01:32:00,360 --> 01:32:01,360
Yes, indeed.

1345
01:32:01,360 --> 01:32:08,360
But I don't know whether we take the deed back to Daniel or we take it to the law speaker

1346
01:32:08,360 --> 01:32:14,360
and if any one of our party might have a claim on the land somehow.

1347
01:32:14,360 --> 01:32:21,360
I'm trying to think how to translate possessing this deed into a claim on something.

1348
01:32:21,360 --> 01:32:27,360
So the deed says that it belongs to Bjarnie's descendants.

1349
01:32:27,360 --> 01:32:33,360
It's not like a whoever holds it owns it sort of thing.

1350
01:32:33,360 --> 01:32:38,360
Correct. Inheritance law applies to add to mining law and property law.

1351
01:32:38,360 --> 01:32:45,360
So it transfers ownership away from, you said, the native people, the local residents?

1352
01:32:45,360 --> 01:32:49,360
The original inhabitants of the archipelago several hundred years ago.

1353
01:32:49,360 --> 01:32:51,360
Do we know who they are?

1354
01:32:51,360 --> 01:32:55,360
I wonder if they would be happy if the deed were to be torn up.

1355
01:32:55,360 --> 01:32:58,360
Because otherwise we tell them here's the deed and they go, great, we'll give it to Daniel.

1356
01:32:58,360 --> 01:33:00,360
And then that's the end of that.

1357
01:33:00,360 --> 01:33:06,360
The law speaker is going to have to basically certify it to say this is real, it's legitimate.

1358
01:33:06,360 --> 01:33:11,360
And then from there that's when the big decisions can be made.

1359
01:33:11,360 --> 01:33:14,360
Gigi is also covered in icky.

1360
01:33:14,360 --> 01:33:24,360
And so he's going to say, before that, could we go back to the hotel and take a bath and with some of this money new clothes?

1361
01:33:24,360 --> 01:33:26,360
Right, new clothes.

1362
01:33:26,360 --> 01:33:28,360
And possibly a dry cleaner.

1363
01:33:28,360 --> 01:33:30,360
Oh, I could just do with new clothes.

1364
01:33:30,360 --> 01:33:32,360
I'm sorry, foolish of me.

1365
01:33:32,360 --> 01:33:39,360
They went out of fashion a week ago.

1366
01:33:39,360 --> 01:33:45,360
We will allow you to perform such ablutions and perfumery as you desire.

1367
01:33:45,360 --> 01:33:57,360
And then we will shimmer dissolve to the law speaker's dining room where you enjoyed a lovely lunch of lutefisk.

1368
01:33:57,360 --> 01:34:05,360
If you present the deed to him, the law speaker is incredibly excited.

1369
01:34:05,360 --> 01:34:11,360
And he says, well, I will need a few days to study the deed.

1370
01:34:11,360 --> 01:34:17,360
But you can tell by the calligraphy and this black wax seal.

1371
01:34:17,360 --> 01:34:22,360
It seems very, very authentic.

1372
01:34:22,360 --> 01:34:31,360
But before I can proclaim that it is genuine, we need to understand the implications, the ramifications, because you do know what this means.

1373
01:34:31,360 --> 01:34:40,360
It means that the Bjarnie's heirs have legitimate claim to the whole of the world's edge, a claim worth untold millions in mineral rights.

1374
01:34:40,360 --> 01:34:42,360
Talk about Draupnir's Dew.

1375
01:34:42,360 --> 01:34:47,360
If I were you, I would find the surviving family and perhaps claim a finder's fee.

1376
01:34:47,360 --> 01:34:52,360
Who did you say it was? Daniel the Jötunn?

1377
01:34:52,360 --> 01:34:53,360
Yes.

1378
01:34:53,360 --> 01:34:54,360
That's correct.

1379
01:34:54,360 --> 01:35:02,360
Well, of course, the challenge of Jötunn inheriting sacred land is legion.

1380
01:35:02,360 --> 01:35:13,360
You can imagine the uproar within the empire for Jötunn to claim imperial soil.

1381
01:35:13,360 --> 01:35:23,360
Fortunately, his DNA is very likely heavily corrupted and will not pass muster.

1382
01:35:23,360 --> 01:35:30,360
It is very unlikely to be able to legitimize his inheritance.

1383
01:35:30,360 --> 01:35:35,360
There may well still be imperial records in Kongstein, though.

1384
01:35:35,360 --> 01:35:41,360
Of course, the problem is that's Dokkalfar territory now.

1385
01:35:41,360 --> 01:35:47,360
Maybe less of a problem if your former colleague had survived.

1386
01:35:47,360 --> 01:35:53,360
Gigi is thinking, and this is the backstory of the Jöfurr, they do not like the Jötunn.

1387
01:35:53,360 --> 01:36:07,360
So he's thinking he's not enjoying the prospect of Daniel, who was not a particularly good host, having access to this deed that carries so much weight with it.

1388
01:36:07,360 --> 01:36:12,360
He definitely doesn't think Daniel is competent enough to do anything worthwhile with it.

1389
01:36:12,360 --> 01:36:23,360
So this is what he's thinking, and then he'll say, well, take your time, and we will do some research of our own.

1390
01:36:23,360 --> 01:36:44,360
Eir has some knowledge of laws and customs. Does a deed like this that gives title to the land, does that include what's below the land, the mineral rights and what have you, the caves and the caverns and all that down below the land to the depth of whatever?

1391
01:36:44,360 --> 01:36:45,360
Yes.

1392
01:36:45,360 --> 01:36:46,360
And what?

1393
01:36:46,360 --> 01:37:00,360
In imperial law, that would be the case. The nature of this deed is to give all of the land and all of the riches that it contains to the legitimate heir.

1394
01:37:00,360 --> 01:37:12,360
So if there is a Dokkalfar colony or settlement or something like that pre-existing below the surface, they suddenly wake up to find that their land is owned by someone?

1395
01:37:12,360 --> 01:37:18,360
Well, you'd have to dispute that and you'd have to claim that you were there first, so to speak.

1396
01:37:18,360 --> 01:37:35,360
Then it becomes a whole legal debate about whether the original owners were able to deliver this deed, whether they did so with sound mind, whether they did so having their arm twisted, whether they were conned, whether they were fooled.

1397
01:37:35,360 --> 01:37:47,360
There's all kinds of legal arguments that you could get into. Of course, that's not necessarily the Dokkalfar way. The Dokkalfar way is more likely to pop up and murder everybody.

1398
01:37:47,360 --> 01:37:53,360
Oh, good, because that's kind of where I was leaning.

1399
01:37:53,360 --> 01:38:08,360
And that's certainly what happened at Kongstein, which was the former capital of this region. Kongstein was evacuated. People like Bjarnie Bjarnson used to live in Kongstein. They're talking about his records being there.

1400
01:38:08,360 --> 01:38:14,360
People left in haste when the Dokkalfar emerged and took control of the diamond mines there.

1401
01:38:14,360 --> 01:38:18,360
Are the Dokkalfar in control of the records?

1402
01:38:18,360 --> 01:38:35,360
To the best of your recollection, having certainly when you left there, the Dokkalfar still reside in the mines below ground and have left the human settlement and habitation to fall to wreck and ruin.

1403
01:38:35,360 --> 01:38:45,360
Kongstein is effectively a ghost town and your people reside in the warmth and seclusion of the dark mines.

1404
01:38:45,360 --> 01:39:07,360
Because speaking about the table, I legit don't know how to proceed with this. Whether it's to go back and find the rest of my heirs people and tell them what's going on and rouse their righteous indignance to do something about it or kill Daniel's family or what, I don't know what to do.

1405
01:39:07,360 --> 01:39:24,360
We have the deed. Yes, we are possessors of it. Let's sell it. I know some rich people in Asgard. I'm a rich person, but I know even richer people who would love mineral rights and don't care about Daniel.

1406
01:39:24,360 --> 01:39:31,360
It's not ours to sell. Yes, it is. Oh, well, when you put it that way, I'm convinced.

1407
01:39:31,360 --> 01:39:38,360
I've got clothes at the hotel with blood stains that tell me otherwise. We own it.

1408
01:39:38,360 --> 01:40:03,360
So right now, Krapti has to run it through the area, has to authenticate it. And once he has proved that it is valid and enforceable land deed, then you may indeed decide how to deal with it, whether to sell it on, whether to give it to someone, whether to enforce one particular group's rights over the other.

1409
01:40:03,360 --> 01:40:12,360
Any and all of those decisions will have knock on effects and ramifications. So he will validate it and then give it back to us.

1410
01:40:12,360 --> 01:40:24,360
He is after all the law speaker. He is the epitome of law. He is the embodiment of doing the right thing, which is giving it back to the people who found it.

1411
01:40:24,360 --> 01:40:39,360
OK, well, that gives us leverage. Yeah. Unless he's murdered, he said casually speaking to almost hopefully.

1412
01:40:39,360 --> 01:40:44,360
I'm just saying we won't get it back if he's murdered and it's stolen.

1413
01:40:44,360 --> 01:40:49,360
Well, literally. Well, OK, who knows it's here. He does.

1414
01:40:49,360 --> 01:40:55,360
We do. And the ghost thing. Well, we killed the ghost thing.

1415
01:40:55,360 --> 01:40:59,360
I mean, now is it dead? Yeah. How dead is it?

1416
01:40:59,360 --> 01:41:08,360
Well, there is this clear evidence that the dead is rising. And so Krapti also says to you,

1417
01:41:08,360 --> 01:41:23,360
My friends, you have done the town a great service, but the town elders have organized a hasty meeting. We need to gather at the Firefox Institute. We've been summoned to explain what you have discovered to date.

1418
01:41:23,360 --> 01:41:38,360
You've been doing some investigation. We still haven't quite put our finger on where the lovely Brynn and my hirling Fulk have disappeared to. And we need to get to the bottom of it.

1419
01:41:38,360 --> 01:41:46,360
Bangsi Ivaldison, who is the lector at the Firefox Institute, he does want to interview you directly.

1420
01:41:46,360 --> 01:41:59,360
OK. All right. So you remember the Firefox Institute was this airy pine building that has the feel of a hall of learning.

1421
01:41:59,360 --> 01:42:17,360
And you remember perhaps two characters from that environment, both Blaine and Bangsi. Bangsi was the white robed overseer who stomped down into the foyer and demanded that the signal be turned off.

1422
01:42:17,360 --> 01:42:35,360
Blaine was the one who addressed you affectionately as grandfather. But also with them, as you enter the building, you notice two other people you've seen before dressed in trim black and white suits.

1423
01:42:35,360 --> 01:42:58,360
They've also got the insignia of the Nóatún Institute. And there are these two gap men, two agents of the Nóatún facility who are standing in the background, peering over their dark glasses, looking somewhat skeptical of you as a trio.

1424
01:42:58,360 --> 01:43:05,360
The prim, well-dressed peacock, the broken down heap of old shit.

1425
01:43:05,360 --> 01:43:07,360
Yeah, screw you two.

1426
01:43:07,360 --> 01:43:10,360
And the lofty long-limbed alfar.

1427
01:43:10,360 --> 01:43:18,360
Since the jöfurr are known to keep dverg around, then wouldn't they just assume that Steve's with me?

1428
01:43:18,360 --> 01:43:29,360
Possibly. I mean, certainly they won't be referring to him as grandfather anymore because he's not in that arcane and exquisite body that he once possessed.

1429
01:43:29,360 --> 01:43:41,360
And Steve, I would suggest to you that one of the ways in which you might be able to regain your former stature is to revisit Kongstein and house yourself in a more suitable body.

1430
01:43:41,360 --> 01:43:44,360
Oh, go home and get a new body.

1431
01:43:44,360 --> 01:43:46,360
Oh, is that how that works? Okay.

1432
01:43:46,360 --> 01:43:53,360
Yeah, in the meantime, there's no sense, there's no reason for the locals to know otherwise.

1433
01:43:53,360 --> 01:44:00,360
So, Eir will reluctantly pretend to be a personal assistant to Gigi.

1434
01:44:00,360 --> 01:44:16,360
Bangsi Ivaldison, the lector, addresses you. He is an academic with a ferocious intellect and almost a snarl playing around his lips.

1435
01:44:16,360 --> 01:44:23,360
You last saw him angrily berating his assistant, blamed for not dealing with the signal.

1436
01:44:23,360 --> 01:44:38,360
He glowers in your direction and says, well, what do you have to say for yourselves? What on earth is going on?

1437
01:44:38,360 --> 01:44:45,360
There are bad things happening, but we have somehow scraped out a life.

1438
01:44:45,360 --> 01:44:47,360
That didn't sound suspicious.

1439
01:44:47,360 --> 01:44:53,360
It is readily apparent that we find ourselves in an unprecedented crisis.

1440
01:44:53,360 --> 01:45:04,360
It has been alleged that the spectres of the deceased, once peacefully at rest, are now roused, stirring turmoil in our quiet haven.

1441
01:45:04,360 --> 01:45:06,360
Is this correct?

1442
01:45:06,360 --> 01:45:17,360
Yes, the dead rise, Ljomi offers, and strange creatures have faced us on the hill. Many mysteries have arisen.

1443
01:45:17,360 --> 01:45:26,360
We are working as we can best to understand them, but it is very challenging and complicated and a great deal of violence.

1444
01:45:26,360 --> 01:45:29,360
There has been much danger. Some of us...

1445
01:45:29,360 --> 01:45:33,360
Do not tax yourself too hard, alfar.

1446
01:45:33,360 --> 01:45:40,360
Now, responding to this burgeoning crisis, the law speaker, Krapti, tells me he has taken appropriate steps to confront it.

1447
01:45:40,360 --> 01:45:45,360
And these appropriate steps would be sending you to deal with things.

1448
01:45:45,360 --> 01:45:54,360
And what of Bryn Ivaldisdottir, one of our esteemed faculty members? Where will we find her?

1449
01:45:54,360 --> 01:46:03,360
We don't know that she... We don't know. Possibly in a different dimension.

1450
01:46:03,360 --> 01:46:06,360
There was a flash. There was a flash.

1451
01:46:06,360 --> 01:46:07,360
It was very bright.

1452
01:46:07,360 --> 01:46:09,360
A flash and strange beings.

1453
01:46:09,360 --> 01:46:14,360
And clearly not a flash of inspiration.

1454
01:46:14,360 --> 01:46:15,360
No.

1455
01:46:15,360 --> 01:46:16,360
No.

1456
01:46:16,360 --> 01:46:19,360
No. No, definitely not.

1457
01:46:19,360 --> 01:46:21,360
She was very brave.

1458
01:46:21,360 --> 01:46:32,360
After a thorough investigation conducted under our vigilant supervision here at the Firefox Institute, a sinister revelation has come to light.

1459
01:46:32,360 --> 01:46:44,360
Contrary to reports of ancient curses or supernatural elements, the sons of Ivaldi have determined that a mutant strain of Raboon fever is at fault.

1460
01:46:44,360 --> 01:46:52,360
Traced back regrettably to unsanitary practices within the Jötnar fish markets.

1461
01:46:52,360 --> 01:46:57,360
Understandably, such a revelation demands swift and decisive action.

1462
01:46:57,360 --> 01:47:06,360
As of dawn tomorrow, the sick house will be under stringent quarantine, restricting the further spread of this contagion.

1463
01:47:06,360 --> 01:47:13,360
And to protect our citizenry from this rampant infection, all trade with Spikborg will be ceased.

1464
01:47:13,360 --> 01:47:18,360
These measures shall be on hold until we have restored our dear town back to normalcy.

1465
01:47:18,360 --> 01:47:29,360
And I implore that you and everyone else cooperate fully in these dire times for the benefit of our town and our shared safety.

1466
01:47:29,360 --> 01:47:33,360
Am I clear?

1467
01:47:33,360 --> 01:47:40,360
Do you mean to tell me that all of this is happening because of rotten fish?

1468
01:47:40,360 --> 01:47:43,360
Are you trying to insult our intelligence?

1469
01:47:43,360 --> 01:47:47,360
I fear it is impossible to insult what doesn't exist.

1470
01:47:47,360 --> 01:47:52,360
However, that is exactly what I am telling you.

1471
01:47:52,360 --> 01:48:01,360
It is fish from the Jötnar markets and dealings with those vermin must cease immediately.

1472
01:48:01,360 --> 01:48:05,360
We the Winter Wise have determined it.

1473
01:48:05,360 --> 01:48:13,360
It's hard not to like him.