Thank you. hey welcome back it is larry uh this
is beginner's luck uh welcome again this is a
dnd podcast i am the gm for this uh for this
podcast here this game that we're running uh
you all know the shtick you guys have been listening
uh what is this episode what is this episode
eight nine uh It's somewhere there. It's one
of those. So if you've listened thus far, you
know what this is. Again, I'm Larry, the DM,
and let's go ahead and introduce our players.
Starting from the top. Hi, I'm Bella. I play
Annie, the Goliath Artificer. Hello, I'm Robert,
and I play Gorda Sevrok, the Draconic Sorcerer.
Hi, I'm Avia, and I play Raynor, the Elf. Okay,
that's all three for three. And before we do
start, I always like to begin with a question
for our characters, not the players. So this
week's question, well, this episode's question
is, if you were given 500 gold to spend in an
hour, what would you be spending that on? I'm
not much of a material person, so I would get
the gold and go thrifting or go to the markets
just to buy some basic materials so I can fiddle
around with them. Otherwise, just invest the
rest of the gold. Invest in what? You're supposed
to spend it. You can't invest. You're given it.
You're like, here, you have to spend it. If you
don't spend it, then it gets taken away from
you. She spent it on investments. Yeah. Unless
the redhead man is right. Okay, so what would
you invest it in? Well, shit, Larry, I didn't
think about this much. Crypto. Well, you're the
one who said that you want to invest, so now
you gotta think. Can Annie invest in the bank
of Rainer that he will somehow put up and scam
more people? Oh, so you're going to fall for
one of his scams. Interesting. Okay. Not fall.
Not fall. Become a partner. Oh, okay. So some
sort of like, here's some capital for your next
scam. I want in. Yes. Okay. Interesting. All
right. Next. Well, how much did you say I got
again? 500 gold pieces. How many platinum is
that? You can have one platinum credit card.
Is that... That's all? That's all I can spend?
Oh. I guess I'd go and get a pastry, I guess.
Not much I can do with that much money. Godot,
are you aware on how much things cost? Yes, I
get a large amount into a sack, give it to a
servant, and they go and get me stuff. Okay.
Godot, I just want you to know that, uh... A
single pastry of your choice is not going to
cost you 500 gold. Oh, okay. Well, get me two
then. I see. So it's safe to say he has no idea
and would just instantly spend it. Either he
would spend it on something that wasn't worth
or he would just go into the first shop and...
Still need more money because he needed more
money for something. Just like buy the most extravagant
gown thinking that he will have enough and he
doesn't. Yeah, okay. Okay, lastly. You said 500
gold. Why didn't you just give it to me then?
Fine. Whatever has the highest resale value.
Pokemon cards. Pokemon cards. Okay, I hear that
does well. What is Pokemon? Excuse me. We don't
want Nintendo on our ass, Larry. Please rename
that. Perker. Perkerman. Perkerman cards. That's
not distinct enough. Yes, it is. There are several
R's in that. You can capture them, but you can't
make them fight. And you also cannot ride them.
No. They just copyrighted the whole capturing
thing! Yeah, I know. It's insane. They banned
it. At least go with Digimon. No one cares about
that one. But then there's no resale. Exactly!
Larry, this is your world. There can be. This
could be the universe where Digimon succeeded.
No, it still has to be Pokermoon. But hear me
out. I have a really good idea. If I do need
more coin, there's this guy who doesn't know
how much pastry he's got. I just usually take
it from him. Okay, that's some great investments
on your 500 gold pieces, everyone. And I suppose
we should just go into the recap now. An easy
and pleasant morning for all, their routines
as ordinary as the Briar Rose Village itself.
Godar running the inn alongside his beloved sister,
Raynor giving a helping hand to his grandfather
with the chickens, and Annie, a devoted wife
to her wonderful husband Jeremy. All was right
with the world until visions of their recent
past echoed in their minds. Upon waking from
the horrifying delusion, the darkness that enveloped
the wedding ceremony dissipated and the true
form of the village and its people revealed itself.
Figures with appendages and extremities crawl
and writhe. The leader, grim to be and stub of
a man Jeremim, mutating to his true centipede
design, wreaked havoc upon his seventh wedding.
While valiantly defending themselves, the village
surrounding them dropped its idealistic visage.
Ruins and rubble upon desecrated walls and broken
ceilings lined the pavements. Exploring the remains
of this town, our triumphant trio and Gimbal
stumble upon riches beyond their comprehension.
A barrel of dragon coin is poured into Annie's
bag of holding for safekeeping, with everyone
taking a few coins for themselves. Feeling the
success of their discovery, they decide to search
the Delacroix's manor. With the gates opening
up and its roses blooming with colour, the stress
of the day slowly fade as a charming and attentive
butler figure introduces himself. And Raynor,
you've entered this house, and you see the lights,
the gas lamps, all flicker on. And you, just
standing at the precipice of this manor, you
hear a voice. Welcome to Delacrombe, how may
we be of service? Are you real? Oh, forgive me.
And you see... Oh god. An individual just sort
of appear before you, just almost like two feet
from you. A tall, well -groomed gentleman. He
appears to be tiefling, ashen skin, brown hair
swooped back, two tiny horns on his forehead.
And he's well -dressed. Yes, I am Hamlet. I am
the house. You're the house. Yes. I have been
expecting you. Oh, it appears that there's four
of you. And you see Gimble, like, wave. And he
steps into... Ah, this place is... rich. Oh,
you call this rich? Yes. Yes, it is one of the
smaller homes. Quite small. I think my gardener
had a shed about this size. Your gardener had
a shed about this size? This is like... Half
the blocks of the Narrows. You're joking, right?
This is where gardeners live. Did you not see
the thing at the front? I'm assuming the bigger
mansion's behind it, correct? No. Well, it's
a good thing you didn't see where I live. If
you could all just make your way inside here
into the foyer, shield yourself from the outside
world. Goddard is absentmindedly walking. forwards
while just like spurting about how like this
isn't that rich as you all walk into the uh foyer
of this um manor uh you can see these two huge
uh staircases that sort of curve its way up to
the upper landing and to the next floor with
the three of you and it looks like there may
be a fourth I am to provide services. There are
services that will be available for you during
your stay. You will have courses of your own.
You'll find that you'll also have your own storage
of things that you may need. And you'll find
that there is also a kitchen where you'll be
also provided with food. A lot of my services,
however, are limited and limited to to you. I
was told that if there is anything else that
you do require, we'll come at a cost. What kind
of cost? Monetary, I believe. Of course. You'll
find your chambers in any rooms. It will hopefully
be to your liking. I would ask, though, however,
if you do not wander the halls, lest you be lost.
I don't think I can be lost in something this
small, but which way to the master bedroom? You
would be surprised, sir, but Master Gordar, I
believe, if you head up to the landing, up onto
the second floor, pick any door, and it will
be the room that you require. That's an unusual
spot for a master bedroom to be anywhere that
I want it to be, but... Magic B, what? Magic
B? I'm just going to walk upstairs. Okay. You
head up the stairs. What are the two of you doing?
As you see Godard walk up towards the staircase
up to the second floor. And he's going to walk
up to Hamlet and ask him a question. Hamlet,
is it? Yes. With these services, does that include
sending letters out to people outside of the
manor? That can certainly be arranged. Great.
Because if you've been made aware of our situation,
then you would know that we have to report back
to a certain Samson. That would be outside my
capabilities, unfortunately. If they are outside
the city, then I cannot reach them. I see. Okay.
Well, thank you for your time. And she'll turn
around and walk up the stairs following Godot.
For those of you who care to notice, Gimbal has
begun to wander. Let's just pull him right in.
I wanted to see what's down the hall over there.
You don't get to do anything. We already discussed
this last time. I said, go out, and then you
decided to just go out and disappear. I just
did exactly you told me. You told me to go look
for them. Yeah, you're being a little too creative
with what I told you to do. Oh. Um, Hamlet, was
it? Yes, sir. Make sure you watch this one here.
This one doesn't leave and do anything stupid
and dangerous. Yes. While I am here for the most
part, my services often require me elsewhere.
Would there be a way of ensuring that he doesn't...
Is there anything inside this manor that would
get him into any sort of danger? Well, yes. If
left unattended, he could get lost. Do we have
a dungeon? If you wish to have a dungeon, there
certainly is one, though it will have a cost.
How much would that cost? Is there a particular
size you require? Big enough for this one. A
single cell? You're not really going to put me
down at a dungeon, are you? Gimble, I'm discussing
here. If you'd like, we could perhaps put a cell
by the vault? Keep him away from the vault. We
don't want him touching anything. Very well.
You see him walk just onto the east wing of the
manor. You see that there is a door. He opens
the door and when you look into this doorway,
the hallway here is ever expansive. First door
on the left should lead you down to a dungeon.
How much would it cost? Services in render, perhaps
ten gold a night. Ten gold a night for this one?
Yes, unfortunately. Gimbal, you are so lucky
you're not worth ten gold. Oh, good. Oh, good.
I don't have to stay. Do I get my own room, sir?
Yes, well, you aren't on the assigned list, but
considering that you are tethered to another,
I suppose we can provide a room for you, too.
He's not spending it in my room. Send him to
Gordar's room. Didn't you hear? I get my own
room. Right. Do that then. Yes. I also had one
last question. Yes. Just before we do this. You
said that there is a storage area. Correct. The
vault. Would it be possible to put a large amount
of gold in? I imagine that is what storage room
and vaults are for. Okay. So, I have quite a
bit of... Quite a bit of gold on me. I'd like
to deposit. Would that be safe and away from
Lady... Whatever her face was? If you mean Mistress
Delacroix, unfortunately, no. Everything that
happens within this house, anything that is kept,
they will have knowledge of. I see. Though if
you do fear that they may... Interject with your
own spoils. Rest assured that the family has
enough money of their own and they would not
be interested in it. Okay. Okay, and if I were
to pay you to retrieve a barrel, would that be
possible? Unfortunately not, sir. I cannot leave
the premises. Cannot leave the premises. Okay,
I'm going to come back soon. I would like to
deposit some gold that I have. Very good, sir.
Cool. In terms of the vault, all you need is
to walk into any of these doors, but thinking
of the vault itself. Very good. Would there be
anything else? Nope. I will head to my room.
He disappears. You see Gimbal trying to run off
to find his own room. And he gets pulled back
by you. Gordar. You look at all these doors,
trying to figure out which one is the master
bedroom. Majority of the doors here are very
unassuming and all very plain, but you do find
one that is large enough and is double door and
it is definitely to your taste. Ah, finally,
grabs it and goes to pull. You open this door
and this room is exactly to your liking. Ah,
I have finally found it. How does it look? It
is the most gaudy room you could ever think of.
Four -post bed with the shale and the curtains
going all around it that are of a silver and
gold tapestry with bits of green. The deep chestnut
and red wood throughout the floors are marble.
And the walls themselves are intricately painted
upon with all different murals. And I imagine
that it's quite a large room. Quite a large room,
yes. You'll also find that at the far end of
the room are huge arch windows. And looking out
onto the window, you do not see the town outside.
Looking out these windows, you have this picturesque
image of a bountiful garden with nice topiaries,
and you see a little fountain where birds seem
to flitter and swim. Very picturesque. Ah, so
this is the gardener's home. As you enter the
room, and you've examined it, and it is... much
to your liking uh just behind you you hear a
voice i suspect that this is everything to your
liking sir ah that it is um not so much surprised
as the servants that he held were kind of forced
to be quiet themselves and to be there when needed
so kind of ah yes um it is adequate enough I
see. If there is any changes that you require,
please let me know. And if there's anything else
that you do need, be sure to call upon me. Just
call my name and I'll be there. Do you have a
library here? Ah, yes. There is access to the
library, but I understand that there will be
a charge for that. How much would this charge
be? Most likely be five gold a day. That is adequate.
May I use it? Yes. You'll find the library down
the hall, and he points to his right. You'll
find a huge green double door with an image of
a book. You'll find there on its side a little
collection box, if you will. Place in the five
gold and it will open up to you. Oh, also note
that you will not be able to remove any books
from the library itself. They must remain in
there. I would not want to carry them with me
anyway. Very good, sir. Is there anything else
you require, sir? That is all. You seem to just
disappear. I wish my ones were able to do that.
Annie, what particular door are you looking for?
Something basic, rectangular, nothing too extravagant,
simple enough that the door works. Okay, so describing...
An unassuming simple door is every single door
that you see before you. You decide you pick
one at random and you open it. How does the room
look like? Simple pink single bed in the corner,
a singular large window, and to the right of
the window on the other wall is a massive, massive
workbench. Okay. You also find that there is...
a wardrobe of uh if need be a change of clothes
uh the window you look out into the window and
you can see not the village before you but the
city streets of Antili what the hell how is this
what she spends a few minutes just looking outside
of the window is it like a busy street of Antili
or is it just yeah We can say it's a street in
Edgewater where it's very industrial. It's a
very busy street. Oh, okay. Well, the wardrobe,
does it have a mirror on it? Yeah, sure. She's
going to take a few moments to herself to look
at herself to see how much she has changed age,
given the fact that she hasn't seen her reflected
in ages. Yeah! You don't even recognize yourself.
Oh, shit. Like, from someone who was in their,
like, mid to late 20s when you last saw yourself,
and then locked up. Yeah. Maybe Godal was right.
Maybe this was the wrong haircut. Man. Look at
all these wrinkles. And she's, like, playing
with her face, like, stretching it, fiddling
with it. Oh, God. Well, these clothes are also
not for me anymore, I guess. Let's take a look.
He's going to open the wardrobe. As you open
the wardrobe, you hear a voice behind you. Is
the room to your liking, miss? Oh, my God. Do
you always do that? I am the house, yes. I would
appreciate it if you would knock. on the door
before making yourself known. Please. He disappears.
And you hear a rap on your door. Yes? It is I,
Hamlet the House. May I enter? You may come in.
He comes in the old -fashioned way. The regular
way. That was rather unusual, but to the point.
Is the room to your liking? Yes. Am I able to
make amendments as I see fit, though, in the
future? Of course. All you need is a mask. Okay.
My first request, then. Just one. Do you have
a picture frame that can fit this? And she brings
up the photo of her and Skinny Pete. Pete points
to the table. You see his hand gestures towards
the workbench. You'll find that there's one right
there now. Okay. Now there is a picture frame
now on the workbench where there wasn't one.
Okay. Thank you. I see that you have taken interest
in the window. He walks towards it, watching
the streets. How is this possible? Well, the
room itself, the outside, you are not in the
city, but these windows are enchanted, if you
will. You are seeing the city. This is what is
current. And it is a glimpse of something that
I imagine the, well, I have created for you.
Something that you would enjoy. Yes, it is. It
is nice. Thank you. I understand that your original
workshop was also in Edgewater. Hence why I chose
those streets. Is it possible to see an image
of Edgewater 30 years ago? You see him wave his
hands. And the image of current Edgewater completely
changes what it was 30 years ago. Few hands have
been changed. The whatever businesses that you
had view of now. completely changed to something
that you're more familiar with. Annie takes a
very deep breath, very deep inhale, and her arms
tighten, and you just see her face become, not
angry, but just more tight and reserved. That
will be all, Hamlet. Thank you. If you need anything
else, all you need is ask. I will keep that in
mind. He disappears. Rainer. What door are you
looking for? Rainer is unsure. He's just kind
of looking. He's just like, all right, well,
let's try this one. Oh, no, not that one. You
see, like monsters sort of quickly shut in. Eventually,
after going through several doors, you find...
Yep, definitely not. Also... It seems unassuming,
but it does stand out to the rest of the doors.
This particular door in itself looks to be beaten
and a bit ramshackled. Okay, this one. He's going
to open a door very hesitantly. His hands a little
bit shake, but he's just like... I don't... Okay.
This is odd. Just open it. And he's going to
open and step through. What does your room look
like? He sees a bed. a very single bed, a bedroll
on the floor, a small desk with like a candle
on it, with a little hot plate for enough light
and food and sustenance, and not very much else.
There's a little chest for where you put your
stuff. You also find a arched window, which seems
to - is seemingly out of place against the setting
that is presented before you. And you look out
the window and you can see the narrows, the street
that you grew up in. You can see children out
in play. You can see the mud, the dirt. You can
see people milling about, swearing. I didn't
expect this. It's fine. It's fine. I can move
on. I take it it is not to your liking? No, it
isn't. Why do you show me this? It is what I
sensed in you. We can have this changed. What
would you like? Whatever isn't here. Use your
brain and do it. Thank you. As you say that,
you see the entire room shift and wobble before
your eyes as it changes. And the entirety of
the room, its size itself, seems to grow and
expand. All the furnitures that you once saw
now sort of disappear and then reshape and change.
And you find yourself in a penthouse. It is not
just a room, but an entire penthouse for yourself.
And these arch windows now before you, you see
a skyline of skyscrapers and tall buildings.
I imagine that this would be more to your liking.
Yeah, whatever. Send a message to... Gordar and,
um, Annie and, uh, let him know that we need
to meet tomorrow morning. Very good, sir. Is
there anything else that you need? Just leave.
You see him disappear. He's going to be throwing
shit everywhere. You see, any time that you break
anything, as it smashes up against the wall,
it's almost that rewind effect where it... comes
back together and back in its place from where
you had taken it. Whatever. Free bedroom. Yeah.
Kadar, Annie, you find a small note on your respective
desks and workstation. A small note with your
name on it, folded. Gonna pick it up and read
it? It is requesting your presence in the morning
with Raynor. Of course. He puts it back down
and heads off towards the library. It is nicely
written, too. Very nicely written. Is there anything
anyone wants to do before you all take your place?
I want to visit the library. Okay. So, you head
to the direction into where hamlet has directed
you and you find that you walk down this hall
and sometimes you see some of the doors kind
of like shift at the corner of your eye unsure
whether they have moved or not and at times as
you walk past and then you look behind you and
you can now see a new hallway that has formed
that is leading elsewhere but you continue on
and You eventually find this huge double green
door with the iconography of an open book. And
on the side of it, you find that there's a little
collection box. I'm going to put five gold in
there. Okay. Tick, tick, tick, tick, tick. As
the last golden coin drops, the door opens for
you. As you step into this library, the door
closes behind you and it is a massive library.
Almost as nice as public libraries are, this
is like a private library. And you have tomes
and books and grimoires all lined up along the
wall with those ladders. You have in the middle
of this place kind of like this huge tower? No,
like a pylon? A pillar, which a staircase wraps
around it, and along it you see that there's
lines of books against the staircase, and it
leads up to somewhere higher. Is that all that's
in here? Huh. I thought it would have even rivaled
fathers, but this is nothing even close. I'm
just going to walk in, and is there some kind
of, like, uh, what do they call it a breakdown
of what books are in there or is it like how
is this organized that he starts going through
you find uh not too far from the entrance there's
this huge uh rows of uh file cabinets and you
can see up atop uh book uh book reference a book
collection reference as it's labeled and you
open these file cabinets and you can find like
these little cards, which reference books and
also where they're located. It is using the Dewey
Decimal System. After, like, three minutes of
starting to flick through, she's like, Butler?
Sir. Ah, good. I'm looking for books regarding
the manipulation and alteration of spells. I
see. One moment. And he disappears and then just
reappears before you with a stack of books now
placed upon a work table. Can you please read
them and tell me exactly what I need? What is
it that you exactly... What exactly is it that
you need? I'm wanting to find a way to manipulate
and change a spell that I use called Sorcerer's
Burst. And how do you wish to alter the said
spell? At the moment, it seems there's a small
chance for it to get stronger. I'd rather be
able to bounce to somebody else. Interesting.
Allow me a moment to see what I can find. And
you see him glide his fingers across the book,
almost in a way where it seems like he's... gently
consuming them. And no less than 30 seconds,
he turns to you. This is possible with the requirement
of a diamond? A diamond? That's such a basic
gemstone. Do you happen to have any on hand?
I will be more than willing to acquire a diamond
for you, but of course for a cost. I wouldn't
expect anything less. How much of this gold coin
do you require? I believe for the size that I
can attain, 50 gold pieces. Well, that works
out quite perfectly, doesn't it? And he pulls
up his sack, which has 51 gold, and sits at it
and hands it. You see Hamlet wave his hand and
the bag disappears and you now see a diamond
floating on where the bag once was. Picks it
up. Looks through it. Oh. This is 50 gold worth.
Looks at the clarity. Holds up the light to get
the light to reflect. Where the single beam comes
in and the rainbow comes out. Ah. That is all
that is needed? Father used a bigger one as a
paperweight. Ah well. If this is what is needed
then I suppose. Let's have a look shall we? And
he does the um pointer and ring finger the little
beads and flicks it into the diamond which then
uh the orangey green light starts to flicker
and spin before expending out as a larger condensed
mass of energy before just into a bookshelf before
you ate like you feel the magic uh You feel that
magic well inside you, and just before you send
it out, you feel yourself muted. I should mention
that a lot of magic will not work within the
confines of the house. Oh, oh, I don't like that
feeling. Well, it's good to know. Unless we get
attacked, then I guess we're all doomed. Rest
assured that you'll be safe within the confines
of this house. I think it is time for me to retire.
Very good, sir. Gorda just walks out in a bit
of a huff. He just stands there. No emotion.
You don't show less that you have emotions. And
as you're walking away, you see Hamlet. Just
as you pass him, he disappears and you walk through
this double door once again as it closes behind
you. Is there anything? Else anyone wants to
do. Hamlet? You hear a gentle rap on your door
once more. Come in. Ah, you see Hamlet enter.
Miss? Annie's still looking out towards the window.
And she looks a bit more calm now, a bit more
relaxed. And this window playing music. Not the
window itself, madam, but we can have music played
in the room if you wish. Do you think it's possible
to play music from this exact scene 30 years
ago? I do not quite understand. What do you mean
music from this scene? I used to have a warehouse
in this area and whenever I was done with my
day, I would always go out and I would be the
same. busking on the street. I'm wondering if
I could get that. No. With your permission, would
you allow me to see within your mind? She pushes
her body away from the window that she was leaning
against and she walks over to Hamlet and she
sort of like bows her head as if saying, yes,
you may. You, uh, with his hands behind him,
right hands come before you and he slowly brings
it towards your head as his fingers begin to
slowly seep into your head no feeling no pain
but his hand is now inside your head no more
than 10 seconds as he pulls it out with your
eyes closed you still and you slowly begin to
hear the music that you are referring to You
find now that it is that comfort that you're
looking for, that street performer, his music
playing. Thank you. You may go. And Annie's face
is scrunching with sadness as she makes her way
towards the edge of the bed and sits on the floor
and just is herself in the moment. is there anything
else anyone else wants to do okay you may take
a long rest and with your long rest you may also
level up so you are now all level five all right
five baby let's go so let us just quickly discuss
on what is it that you all get at your fifth
level starting from the top hey let me bring
up my uh my sheet my physical sheet okay so uh
level five addy as a artillerist can get her
arcane firearm which is when you finish a long
rest, you can use woodcarver's tools to carve
special sigils into a rod, staff, or wand. But
first, Annie needs to create a rod, staff, or
wand. But that's exciting. And what does... Once
you do these carvings on said object, what can
you do with it? So I can inscribe those sigils
into the object, and it becomes my firearm. Basically,
I can use my arcane firearm as a spellcasting
focus to my artificer spell. When I do cast an
artificer spell through the firearm, I can roll
1d8 as a bonus points to damage using that spell.
Okay. If that makes sense. Do you want... Because
you have such huge ties to your rifle. Do you
want to be able to use, yeah, do that on the
rifle? Because currently your rifle is still
in its prototype stage. Yes, I was thinking about
that actually, because it's still the basic model.
It would be nice, but that means I'd have to,
well, Annie would have to add in some extra parts
to it, because the rifle right now is mostly
made out of metal. So it has to be... I imagine
using wood carver's tools, it had to be inscribed
into wood. Would it not have wood stock on the
end, or is it all entirely metal? I would say
it's all entirely metal, so there would have
to be some wooden parts put onto the rifle itself.
Maybe some kind of decoration, not exactly changing
the structure of the rifle. Some form of wood
plating at some places. I mean, because it does
tie into your character... your rifle, I think
we can do that and have that there. Okay. I decided
that right now. Gordar, what do you get? I got
a little bit stronger. I got an addition to my
dex and charisma, so it rounds me out from 13
and 17 dex. 13 dex, 17 charisma is now rounded
up, so I gain a plus 2 to my AC because of Draconic
Sorcery subclass. but i'm not going to tell you
what spells i took i'm going to wait to show
you rather than tell him how dare you how am
i supposed to prepare for a combat so you have
access to my sheet oh yeah but it's more engaging
for the fans to find out in the session i guess
it's for more fun for me as well to find out
in the center You never did your homework, did
you? No, I never do. And lastly, Raynor, what
did you get? So Raynor got a little bit stronger
as well, but he also got font of inspiration.
So he can regain expended uses of bardic inspiration
on short rest or long rest and can expend a spell
slot to regain one expended use of bardic inspiration.
All right, that'd be pretty cool. Okay. And two
more spells, which... I would love to say and
tell the viewers, the listeners, but unfortunately
I don't also remember. We'll both find out. Awesome.
Alright, so you've all taken your long rest.
It is now a new day. How do we all wake up? I
feel like Annie's eyes are red and swollen. You
wake up with swollen eyes. Did you sleep in the
bed or did you sleep on the floor? I want to
say that it's like half and half. uh he was on
the floor um being melancholic and then she tried
to crawl her way into bed but there's like one
leg hanging off this do you take off your arm
when you rest normally yes but in this circumstance
no you would also find along the um the workbench
that in your room there is also a place to hang
your arm that's nice how's goddard wake up goddard
wakes up and looks grumpy as all hell even though
this is probably the comfiest bed he slept in
a long time very similar to back home he just
wasn't able to he he slept but it was a restless
that you woke up a lot um stressed new environment
all the stuff that's been happening you know
the amount of combat that he's had to face recently
that he's never had to deal with it's kind of
wearing on him mentally and more frustrated as
well the fact that he is in a nice bed but he
didn't sleep well yeah oh yeah because it's well
i imagine it's not that he's used to bad beds
he's definitely not it's more that he should
have slept well but his mind is racing on all
the things that are happening and dealing with
all that that he's then snowballing into being
frustrated that he didn't sleep well in a bed
that he should have slept well in that he always
sleeps well in kind of thing kind of like when
you um i because i do sometimes get that when
like staying at a hotel where the bed is nice
but it's not your own bed so it's comfortable
but at the same time there's no sense of there's
something missing similar to that yeah rainer
Before you wake, you find yourself at home. There
are... You look around you and everything seems
ever so familiar. You can hear voices downstairs,
talks. But at the same time, you're in your childhood
room and everything points to this was a time
before. But your mind is of now. You wander the
old familiar halls and you find yourself shorter
than you remember or what you do know of yourself
now with the realization that you are a child
you head downstairs and you see your father you
see a man leave as you descend down the stairs
and then your father looks up to you he's gonna
freeze He doesn't know what to do. He's kind
of like frozen in places. He's just kind of like
I Swear if this is the house Playing tricks on
me. It's not funny Get me out of here, please
No, no, it's not real it's not real it's not
real not real He's not there. You hear his voice
once again. Wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah,
wah. It's not real. It's not real. I just have
to wake up. As you say you have to wake up, you
close your eyes ever so tightly and you open
it once again just to see your father and...
Your father, as he speaks, wah, wah, wah, wah,
wah, wah, wah, and gold begins to pour out of
his mouth. My God. Gold upon gold, and then you
see the walls and the staircase that you're in
all change to gold as you begin to drown in all
this gold. No. Sucking you in. No. And you wake.
where do you find yourself in this penthouse
are you in the bed are you in the sofa where
are you he's leaning against the door oh okay
you find yourself leaning against the door and
whether it was the house or yourself you are
unsure but it was a very unsettling dream you
all take a moment to prepare yourself for the
day. And the three of you reconvene at the foyer
of this manor. You two look like you've slept
well. We're absolutely peachy. I mean, at least
Annie's married. That's a plus. Yeah, I guess.
Do not mention that again. Where's the fucking
rat? There is no sign of Gimbal. Great. Isn't
he a mouse? Whatever he is. Butler, where's Kimball?
Yes, you see him just a -pee in front of you.
I do believe he's in the kitchen, sir. Okay.
Just a quick thing. I figured it out yesterday,
but there happens to be a vault here. Oh? So
we can probably put off the gold that we found
yesterday from the bag into that and then just
collect the rest of it from the barrel outside.
I have a feeling the stuff outside is... Gimbal
will instantly dob on us. It's kind of... I don't
think we'll be able to claim that. But at least
what we have, we can keep that. hidden, then
that'll be good. I was thinking we could use
that second barrel and bargain for it. You know,
sort of like an exchange thing. Could be very
valuable, you know. That is true. But they do
currently own us, do they not? They wouldn't
know where it is. If we hide it, then we can
bargain the location. We are the ones who found
it. It could be a commission payment of sorts.
We're slaves. We don't get anything. We could
always try. Did you see how easy it was for him
to zap our necks just because we said something?
You think he wouldn't do that if we were withholding
information? Yeah, the fishbowl. We could cut
off the mouse's tongue. And he can... Okay, that's
a bit much. He can write. It'll cut off its fingers
too then. Don't think you understand. Information
can easily be gotten through many means, including
magic. You're thinking too small. Should we make
him brain dead then? That's good enough as being
dead and then we're dead. Right. It's better
just to avoid it rather than keep poking the
ant's nest. Alright, whatever. We already have
our own. We can leave that barrel where it is
for now. And we can just go about our day and
get it back later. Now is later. Much later.
Greed is what gets ones killed. Take what you
can. Continue to survive. Try and take it all.
Do you know nothing about survival? Shh. No,
but I know business. And I know people. Fair
enough. Looks like you're useful for something
after all, Goddard. I am useful for many things,
thank you very much. Did you see the dress you
were going to wear? I got you a better one. Did
you? Yes. Literally. I sure did like that dress
as Gimble walks in from the kitchen with two
wedges of cheese. You know what? Maybe that dress
wasn't good. I'll get you something much better.
Excuse me. It was very nice. Next time you get
married to some random person, I'll get you something
much better. You could get me a suit. That would
be much better. I don't really care for skirts.
That is doable. You see... You see Hamlet just
reach over you, Annie, and over his arms you
see a suit you requested. I... I believe it is
your size. Thank you. And she, like, reaches
for it, and her hands are, like, shaking. As
your hands shake, as you take it, Gimble is now,
like, standing next to you. I think he's magic.
Uh -huh. Okay, I'm gonna put this away. She's
gonna go back into her room and put the... She's
gonna try on the new suit. It's nice. It's a
nice cut of suit. uh it fits very well it even
came with like as you've put on the pant legs
right shoes just appear on your feet that matches
the suit itself oh my god wow as you're checking
yourself out with this nicely cut suit downstairs
at the foyer gimbal turns to the both of you
so what are we going to do about that gold As
he's eating like this huge wedge of cheese. Well,
we can't exactly carry it with us, but it's not
like anyone else is around this area. We just
cover it up. Figure out what we can do when we
come back. So you're going to tell Samson about
the gold? I mean, it is what we found, is it
not? Are you trying to keep it for yourself,
little one? I didn't realize that you... I don't
know what you're talking about as he slowly heads
towards the door. Gora leans in, the snakes flicking
out their tongues, sniffing him. I didn't realize
that you had such avarice. I don't know what
you mean. And you can see that he's actually
put on a little weight. He's been eating all
night. And he's slowly heading towards the front
door. I think I forgot something outside. Goddard
steps behind him. I don't think you are. I sure
am. Are you now? Yes. Butler? Sir. You have handcuffs.
Yes, it'll come at a cost of two gold. Guara's
going to put his hand into the pouch of... Why
am I forgetting his name right? The mouse. Gimble?
The mouse Gimble. He's going to just reach in,
grab whatever coin he can, and just pull it out
and go to hand it. Wait, hold on a second. Did
we... Because last time, did you guys give him
a split of a gold? He took it. Yeah, he got some.
I think he took like three. Okay. So that would
be in his pack because there were sizable coins.
Yeah, there were big palm -sized coins that were
like 10 kilos each. As you take it and as you're
about to hand it... Look, I say that we keep
the gold. Oh? Look, I have three here, and this
isn't enough to pay for my school fees. So I'm
still in debt. I took this job to pay off what
I need to pay off, my student loan. That's real.
Gora is very snake -like and is kind of like
leaning around, just like... And how much gold
do you need for this? Well, I am currently in
debt of 10 ,000 gold. Do you think there was
10 ,000 gold there? No, but it's a start. If
we can split it, and if we find anything of greater
value along the way, and if we keep it off the
books, so to speak, And it leans in even closer
that he's like only an inch away, nose to nose.
The snakes as well are like licking just off
the fur, tasting him. What guarantee do you have
that you're not going to squeak? The others.
As he squeaks. Well, as I said, we keep it from
the rest. Yes, but if they ask you. A little
bit closer. What makes... What guarantee do you
have that you're not just going to fold? Well,
I don't tell Samson everything. I only tell him
what is pertinent to my job. And if he asks,
what did you find that could help? Well, to my
understanding, we're already well stocked on
what we do need to have some sort of... reclamation
or rebuilding of this town. It is not... He's
not funding this expedition that Delacroix is,
if I understand. Yes, my brother and sister are
the one who is funding this expedition. And rest
assured that whatever you do find, they have
little to no interest to it. Monetary, that is.
Do I believe Gimple? Uh... You can go ahead and
give me an insight roll. Can I also do it because
I'm listening? Sure. For those of you who don't
believe him, you can go ahead and give me an
insight roll. I don't have a great insight. I'm
the other way around. I'm the intimidation persuasion
person. That's a total of 11. Five. With the
11, you can tell that he is telling the truth.
From his words, he is... You know, he only...
The only information that he does give is pertinent
to his work. What he's asked for him. Rainer,
you're like a bit... I don't know! I don't know
about this guy! Yeah, he seems like a weasel.
What the hell? Yeah, you're more of a weasel
than a mouse, if anything. After he... Here's
this, does the whole like around the back, like
head first, like kind of snake movement, comes
up behind Gimble. And how much did you want of
your cut? Well, I think it may be fair for maybe
splitting everything four ways. There's four
of us. Ah, interesting. How much of the combat
did you do? I can write. I can write. As he pulls
out his book, he puts down the wedges of cheese
that he has and he pulls out his book. And so
can I. Yes, but you forget I hold leverage, sir.
And how is that? I can tell Samson what you have.
And surely he would like to line his own pocket,
too. And you would lose it as well. That may
be the case, but... I still have the upper hand.
I fail to see so. Fine. Dora, he's got a point.
But, look at it this way. You start walking around
doing stupid things, we won't try to save you.
It's increased cut for us. You die. Well, we
do have to report you, but we die with you. That
means no one wins. So you have to listen to us.
I did listen to you. You didn't. You told me
to go out and look for them, which I did. Okay,
we're back to negotiation. Gaurav, feel free
to do whatever you want. How about, leans over
him, intimidatedly, nudge, nudge, and is going
to say, 15 % for you. The rest is split amongst
us. If you deem more positively towards us in
future endeavors, we can start pushing you towards
an equal cut. Let us test his resolve. Give me
an intimidation check with advantage. I just
have to beat a 15. That's a natural 20 plus 7,
so 27. Deal. what a perfect natural 20 at that
point he doesn't want to just like negotiate
like you can tell like just from body language
all of you can tell sort of like he's biting
more than he can chew and it's it's clear that
this is something that he hasn't like sort of
done you could almost say that you are all slightly
rubbing off on him with some shifty dastardly
deals goddard stands back up perfect i'll get
right to writing the contract contract for what
the the amount that uh this one gets of the cut
of what we find oh fair enough may i suggest
something yes It would seem that the four of
you have entered some bond. Perhaps we can make
that an unbreakable bond. This way, no one is
cheated, no one can cheat, and everyone is true
to their word. And what would that entail? It
is a spell that will bind you all, and whomever
breaks this bond, whomever breaks this deal,
is punished. Sort of like the smuggler's code.
It is punished through excruciating pain of death.
So if you believe this one will step out of line,
he will pay for it with his life. But what are
the specifics of this if one accidentally does
this without realizing it? Would one still die?
I'm not sure that I want to willingly take that
chance if I am... unknowingly swindled and do
not realize it yes well you'd have to be hyper
aware of your own agreed no loopholes straight
to the word i think you guys are forgetting about
these and she's pointing towards the collar on
their neck if he dies we die i have not forgotten
about this That was why I was about to say, no,
I do not want to do this agreement, because if
he is absent -minded, or one of us does not realize
they are going against this code, then all, or
individually, we could just die without realizing
it. This is not a safe nor sound business venture.
Especially with him. Do you wish me to draft
this contract, then? No, I will do it myself.
Very good, sir. Do any of you require any assistance
from me at this present? The vault. Show Annie
the vault. Ah, and he gestures to the west wing.
And you'll find the first door on your right.
If you open it, it'll lead down to the vault.
Cool. Do you want me to come too? Yes. Oh, I
want to see the vault. No, you're good here.
Contract. We will know. You stay. But he's writing
the contract. And who's signing it? I thought
we were all signing it. We are, but I'll get
them to sign last. You'll be signing just after
me. Oh, okay. And wouldn't you want to make sure
that you're as favorable as possible and look
over this contract? Even I would know. metaphorically
he's already shit his pants metaphorically yeah
he's just twisting the knife a little bit yeah
goddard has gone into full business mode it's
just loose like the loopy handwriting it's in
common but he's writing the the contract yeah
you'll find that there is a desk ready for you
with papers and everything so uh Rainer, Annie,
you head to the west wing and the first door
on your right. You open it and you see a stone
staircase heading down. You see torches begin
to light up along the way. I'm not one for basements
like this, but you go first. And she's like pushing
you forward. Okay, fine. Whatever. You head down
this basement. And as you descend and reach the
bottom of the stairs, you find yourself in this
massive room, which is a workshop. And there
you see standing just by the archway at the bottom
of the stairs is a hulking orc. with his arms
crossed, hairy, with wolf -like features, with
a huge, you can see a huge greatsword just by
his side. And he looks at the two of you. And
he gestures towards a desk, which sits at the
middle of this room. And you can see a warforged
just sitting behind the desk. And behind him,
you see a huge sort of vault door. A very McDuckian
-style vault door. Wow. Yes, you, you, you, you,
you, oh, I know you too. You do? How? I drove
you guys around town, town, town. Oh, I see.
It's good to see you again, I guess. What do
you want? We're here to inspect the vault. You
can see the vault door right there. We're here
to make a deposit. You hear him sigh. And this
guy, he's like wearing rags and he's got like
this tattered cloak over him. He's got these
welder's goggles on and also a gas mask over
his face. As he adjusts his cloak, as he moves
to Below his desk. You can see that he has what
his right arm is this gigantic sort of Metal
robot arm and then you can see his left arm,
which is like really thin and spindly His giant
robot arm has like three digits the thumb and
two big phalanges And then the thinner one, you
can see far more intricate fingers. And you see
him reach over and he pulls out a piece of paper
as he slides across the table. Make sure you
put your name and the amount that you're depositing.
Or whatever item or treasure that you're putting
away. Just a few questions. Question, question,
question, question, question, question. Just
a few questions. How do we reach this gold if
we were to withdraw it? You return here. Do we
have to come back here? Most likely. You were
provided with documents, a bag, bag, bag? A document
bag. Or even a horde's person, person, person
bag? No. Then you'll have to come down. Where
would we get those bags? Were you not assigned
- wait a minute. And then you just see he turns
and you see him put a finger to where you would
assume where his ear would be. And you just sort
of hear him whisper. If you want to listen in
on what he's saying, go ahead and give me a perception.
DC 12. And he got a 12. And we only got 11. Okay.
So. Renner, you're just making out a few words
here and there. You're not getting the full sentences.
Annie, however, you're hearing the sentences
that he is saying. And he says, you can hear
him say, how come they don't have a bag, bag,
bag, bag? What do you, oh. What? So they should,
should, should. So they have to cut more work
for me. Work for me? Me? More? You see him adjust
himself. And... He looks over to the... The orc.
And he looks at the both of you. I can't give
you any of the bags. Unfortunately, they are
well counted for. For, for, for, for. So... If
any retrievals of items that you need that is
stored here, here, here, here, you'll unfortunately
have to come down and also fill out these forms,
forms, forms, forms. What if we were to make
our own bags? What do you mean by that, that,
that? Well, you said that you have some yourselves,
but you can't distribute them to us four. Whatever
reason, if I were to make one and give it to
you so that I have access to the vault with only
items that we deposit, is that possible? You're
a fellow tinkerer, aren't you? Something along
those lines. You can... You're unsure of, like,
he just goes silent. But you can feel his eyes
on you. You can't see him. through the welding
goggles but you can just feel him almost sizing
you up and he's gonna do the same he's also gonna
size him up and then he takes a moment he looks
around i can't give you and he looks again kind
of trying to what's the word uh trying to be
subtle i'm looking over to see if the uh the
orc is watching I cannot give you one of the
bags, bags, bags, bags. But I do have one of
these, these, these. And he puts down a smaller
section. About A4 size. Annie, you've got this,
right? I believe I do. Why? Raider's gonna stand
up and then just walk towards the orc. Kind of
like trying to get him to look away from the
desk. And he's going to be on the other side.
He's like, so big guy. What's your workout routine?
Those muscles real? Not here to talk to you,
little one. Well, we're talking right now. Come
on, just tell me the routine, man. I'm trying
to get it swole for the ladies. Give me a distraction
roll. Is there a distraction roll? Performance?
Yes, performance. Thank you. You know what? He'll
go against his insight. Okay. So you just have
to beat a 13. He has a 9. He uncrosses his arms
and you feel these huge meat hooks just grab
you by the shoulder. Picks you up and then puts
you to the side. Oh, just so greedy. Wouldn't
even share your tits. What, is it diet? You see
him adjust himself and he glares at you for a
brief moment. You know, I used to cut elf ears.
Is that how you went buff? You could say that.
Some elves that don't shut up. Couldn't be me.
So, these elves that don't shut up, where do
you find them? Like markets? Annie, as Raynor
has left your side, and you can hear him behind
you speaking to the big orc man, almost trying
to distract him, you can see this individual
before you, this warforged, sort of straightens
himself out slightly. And you can see his hands
are just on the desk. But you notice on his left
hand, one with finer fingers, one of his fingers,
his index finger, you can see that he is writing
with it on a piece of paper. And as he finishes
writing, he subtly glides the paper towards you.
He's leaning forward over the table and is...
Going to read it without actively touching it.
What does it say? It's upside down, but yeah.
Okay. She flips it around then. Yeah. The note
that he had written says, take the bag. You may
have access to the vault via this bag. But you
will still need request forms. Both for deposit.
and deposit and withdrawals. I'm just going to
lean in a bit more towards this warforged. Just
going to whisper. Is this vault shared by anyone
else? Yes, yes. This is the Delacroix vault and
it is holds an immense amount of wealth, wealth,
wealth, wealth. Do they have access to whatever
we deposit? I understand that what whomever whatever
let me try that again again again whoever deposits
anything in there is is this so only they may
withdraw it okay good to know on the piece of
paper is there like a place to sign The one he
wrote on? Yep. You see he put his finger on it
and it burns away. Ever so slightly. To leave
no evidence of the favor he's giving you all.
I see. Well, it was a pleasure doing business.
But here is the deposit form, form, form. And
he slides over a, um... a stack of them so you
know uh how like it's on a pad and then you can
just rip them from the top so he gives you two
stacks one for withdrawals and one for uh depositing
i see and we just have to keep these on our person
at all times correct very well oh he looks over
uh what would you right now what would you be
saying right now to the big guy Okay, what would
he be saying? I heard that, like, orcs were big
everywhere. Is that real? Because that can't
be true, right? Because then you'd need bigger
pants. I guess not. And Tink, as Tink looks over,
he leans in towards you. Just be sure that you
put in the forms in first. before making a deposit
understood understood it's a pleasure doing business
with you and she extends her left arm to shake
his her his left arm okay yeah interesting so
he extends his um he looks at he looks at you
for a moment and unsure of like this interaction,
like almost hesitant at first, but then reaches
out and shakes your hand. What is your name?
What is it with you people and name, giving things
names, names, names? It is a light. Nothing's
ever real to, he now goes and rants on of having
names for things. And it's just like, nothing
is ever real to any of you unless you've given
it a name. And as he raises his voice, yes, Raynor
is like talking to this big guy. I keep it down
there. Settle down. Yeah, we're having a conversation.
You see him sort of stiffens in front of you,
Annie. They call me the Tinkerer. The Tinkerer.
Fitting. You know that name, Annie. He invented
the camera. So, you know, those photos that you
see in the newspaper and everything, the original
design was by this man, which was, oddly enough,
80 years ago. 80 odd years ago. Thank you for
your service, Igor. Oh, I'd like you all to do
me a favor while you're all out there, there,
there, there. Never been, well, I say that. Anyway.
And you see him beginning to rummage through
the things just by his desk. He's like pulling
out these boxes and he hands you a cube about
the size of your palm. It fits in the size of
your palm. And you recognize this to be one of
the earlier camera prototypes. You just press
this button on the side and then the lens comes
out to the front and takes a picture. And it's
an early prototype, but it's the only one I have
here, here, here. Holds about 24 pictures. If
you do see any dragons, take pictures for me.
I see. Okay. That's all. And he's like tapping
on his desk with his fingers. You may all leave
now. All right. Thank you. Takes the camera and
she walks towards the stairs, tapping Rainer
on the shoulder. Let's go. Fine, don't - Wait.
Fine, don't tell me that. Hold on, you forgot!
And you forgot he points to the forms and also
the small satchel. Oh shit, yep. She goes back,
takes the satchel, puts the forms underneath
her right arm, and she walks off. You all reconvene.
You find - Godar has now finalized this contract.
Sign here. And here. Yes. And here. Yes. And
here. Yes. And here. Oh my god, how many do I
have to sign? It's like I'm back at school! Yes,
well, if you want this to be actual - If you
want your money, then you will sign here as well.
Fine. Walks over to the rest of them. He didn't
need to sign, Dora. Just sign here. You're a
funny thing, Godar. Very funny thing. Well, thank
you. I'm good at everything. Okay, so we need
to get back because we were supposed to be back
yesterday afternoon. So we need to let the expedition
know that they can return here. At first? Yes,
I think it probably is good that we head off.
You said we had a couple days leeway, correct?
At least a week before they kill you. Well, Samson.
I, for one, don't want to die when we've just
gotten a small week's worth of pocket money.
Um, wait. Shouldn't we bring the gold in the
vault? Right, about that. And she's going to
get the documents out, the withdrawal and the
deposit forms, and put them in front of Raynor,
like hand them to him. So in order for us to
put the gold inside the vault, we have to sign
this form, and then we put it in. Okay. And whatever
we deposit can't be accessed by anyone else besides
us. We just have to do this withdrawal form and
then we can take it out whenever we please. Okay.
Well, we better head to that barrel. We'll deposit
everything that's in there. Do you mind if I
can deposit whatever's in this bag as well? I
want to use it for something else. We'll do it
all at once then, because then I don't know if
we have multiple sheets. No, there seems to be
plenty enough unless we find even more gold.
There's at least a hundred sheets on each of
the pads. Okay, well, we can test it then. Alright,
let's make our way. Actually, wait, Gimble, where
did you get those giant blocks of cheese? In
the kitchen. Alright, I'll be right back. There's
a lot of food there, and then he rushes over,
and then he pushes the double door just between
the two staircases, and he opens it, and as he...
opens this double door you all see a large um
dining table with an entire breakfast spread
on it a continental breakfast if you will which
continent uh each and every one of them uh -huh
wow that is uh oh goodness i was that's a lot
of food well that is good i was starting to be
a bit peckish We have a long road ahead of us
and it might be good to get some food while we
can. Indeed. Sounds like a good idea. I was just
going to walk forward to grab a plate and start
filling it up. And as the four of you have breakfast...
Is there fish? Fish for breakfast? Maybe. Brother,
are you... Am I Filipino? I don't know. Am I?
I'm like, are you not Asian? What? Am I? Are
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three of you heading towards the house that is
across the street. As you exit the house, you
find that just outside the confines of the manor
itself has now changed. It has been well manicured.
The worn out sort of topiaries are now back in
place, like restored. would be the word you can
see a few uh fountains to your left and to your
right and the pathway uh the pathway towards
the gate is now uh well uh well groomed it is
no longer overgrown with grass and the uh the
thorns that engulf the uh the vines and thorns
that engulf the house once more you can uh not
once more sorry uh The vines and the thorns that
once engulfed the house no longer engulf the
house and is along the lines of the fencing.
You can see that it has a sense of order to it.
The fence and the gate itself has now been restored
to its former beauty. Except the town. The town
is still a shithole. Beautiful. So you make your
way through and you enter the house once more
and you enter the room where you have the remainder
of the one barrel of dragon coins. Okay, let's
get this over and done with. And Annie removes
the A4 size pouch from her backpack. She sets
herself on the floor and she starts filling out
the deposit form for what was in her bag of holding.
So, you don't know the value of the gold that
you do have, but you do have it in weight. So,
that is what you need to put in the form. You
need to put, like, dragon coin's weight of X.
1 .16 kilograms. Hello. Gold. Duh. Um... Yeah,
I guess that's it. And then she's going to rip
off that sheet of form, shove it into the bag,
and wait for anything to happen. As you slip
the page into the satchel, you see as it slides
in, it sits there, and then it disappears and
you now see the satchel is a whirling vortex
okay cool he removes her bag of holding opens
it dumps all of the coins in there the noise
the sound of clanking gold metal pouring into
the satchel every each piece it is almost comical
to see the small satchel And you see all these
coins as it sort of pours into this bag in this
impossible manner. And you all manage to put
every last coin in. Well, that was easy. Okay.
And you see a piece of paper fly out of the bag.
He grabs the piece of paper. What does it say?
It is a receipt. It has... It says Dragon Coin
Deposit, and it has the amount in weight, and
it also has the date today. And it has three
of your names on it. Huh, cool. Gimbal's name's
not on there, is it? No, it's... He only knows
about three of you. Fair enough. Alright, well,
that was easy. Raynor, do you want to hold on
to this receipt? Sure. There you go. Alright,
next barrel. If my bag has the capacity of 226
kilograms, we can try and fit it into my bag
and just do the same thing. We need to get an
accurate reading after all. We can say it's about
the same. Alright. We'll add another form. 226
kilos. Does the thing. Stubs the barrel's worth
of dragon coin into bag of holding. shoves the
form into the satchel shoves the bag of holding
gold into the satchel two pieces of paper flies
out as you grab them one of them is a receipt
and the other one is a note and it is in Tink's
handwriting with a simple question of why did
you deposit it twice why didn't you do it all
at once that's all it says With several question
marks to it. Can she write on it and send it
back into the back? You can try. Okay. Gimble.
Can I borrow a pen? You have one there. How did
you fill out the form? Shut up, Gimble. Oh. Shut
up, Meg. She writes down his response to Tick.
I had to get the exact weight. She shoves it
back into the bag. As you shove it in the bag,
it doesn't go anywhere. It just stays. She shoves
it in again harder. Not change. It seems that
it would only accept forms and then the items
that follow within. Okay. Alright. She shoves
that note into her pocket. puts the satchel on
that's it it's still kind of early but if we
leave now i think we should make it back to the
encampment maybe around the evening and then
we can get everybody to make their way here and
travel with them all right okay what we're going
to do here is instead of doing a whole backtracking
thing we're gonna fast forward two days and you
are all now here at Briar Rose along with the
expedition team and work has now begun on rebuilding
this town you can see that the first building
that they have worked on has been Samson's base
of operations if you will and then with still
a few places that they can put up tents for their
sleeping arrangement. They're also building up
the inn that you all stayed in. And you've spent
the past few days not doing much. You've also
discovered that with your... What would your
report have been to Samson? Like, what details
would you have given him? I think Rainer was
just... Rainer is not very nice to Samson. So,
he would just be very snarky and get shocked.
You also find that Gimble has also given his
report. to Samson. He has presented it to you
guys to show the information that he's giving
in part of the deal and the information that
he's given Samson in terms of what he's learned
about whether any of you were affected by any
magical sickness whatsoever. He's reported in
terms of the wildlife and he did report the incident
that had happened here. at uh briar rose uh and
a lot a lot of his wording was straight to the
point so is it still written as if he thought
that everything that was there because he was
a bit confused yeah it is he still thinks that
it was like it went to a different place yeah
it is most definitely there goraz would be yeah
straight to the point uh the similar thing but
it wouldn't have his uncertainty it would be
the same of like this is what happened we came
here some creature was appearing to be like this
the villagers were infected they uh forcefully
tried to marry uh annie and then we stopped it
congratulations on your maritals it'd be like
filled with like you know very formal uh business
lingo and all that kind of stuff like Breaking
it all down. Synergy. Synergy. Would the... Would
the... Would the mana be mentioned in any capacity?
I mean... I don't think... No, I don't think
the mana itself... I'm assuming we would have
talked about this on the way here. I feel like
the manor would just be known as like, oh, we
found a building that's safe to live in. Okay.
So during your time as well, considering on how
pretty this manor is, Samson would have tried
to take in it as his base of operations, but
you would find that no one had been granted access
to the house. He doesn't have a key. regardless
on whether you guys opened it he would not be
let in but gimbal is able to go same thing about
simpson the um america australia america sort
of thing so uh he reluctantly had to have his
own place and you've spent the past few days
just either if any of you do help out or just
spend your time in the manor uh on the second
day uh you would uh gimbal would come to the
three of you uh guys oh hey fellas hello he's
in the he's the manor like in the foyer fellas
hello my goodness yes gimbal Samson wants to
see us all. All right. Well, I don't know where
the others are, Goros. Didn't even check. Suddenly
heading down the stairs. Annie! Rainer! Oh, for
God's sake. What? We're being summoned by Samson!
Mother... Damn it. And she shoves the pen down
on her notes that she was working on at her desk.
And she leaves her room, slams the door shut.
You come down. You see Gimble just standing there.
We need to go. Rainer! Rainer's gonna, like,
stumble, like, kind of walk out. His shirt is
really disheveled. He smells of alcohol and cigarettes.
His hat is kind of on weirdly, and he's like,
what do you want? Samson needs us! Why? I imagine
for work of what you guys are supposed to do.
Oh great, yeah. We're slaves. Great. Do we still
have to look after you? Yeah, I have to be with
you. I need to make notes. Oh my god, this is
a nightmare. Alright, let's go. So you all, the
four of you head to, uh, through town and you
can see that, uh, most of the porters have begun
construction on a lot of these uh building or
restoration of these buildings uh till eventually
you are brought to where uh samson is now housed
uh he you all enter and you can see samson sitting
behind a um a desk a makeshift desk currently
oh it's good to see the three of you just lounging
about and doing nothing what do you want samson
Yes, well, there is a reason the three of you
are here. And unfortunately, I'm going to have
to send the three of you out once more. Hey,
this is a nice place. It's not as nice as my
place in the manor, but it's good. I guess. A
little shock to your neck. Every time you do
that, I think nicely of you. Mind your manners,
boy. Anywho, come. come look here and on his
desk there is a map of matushia uh looking at
this map it is aged it's quite old we are currently
here and he points at briar rose on the map which
is at the east end of the country and we were
we came in through here and he points at the
uh the checkpoint gate of the wall this was before
the wall was built but this is where we came
through now during the war there were several
explosions that happened at several different
points and i'm sending you off to one of them
points which isn't too far from here down south
and you see him glide his finger across the map
southwest of Briar Rose and it is close to the
edge of the border of the country. I believe
that there was one down here from old reports
suggest. I will need you all to go there and
check that place out. Quite interested in knowing
exactly what it was. Whatever it was. Learn what
you can. And when do we leave? Whenever you're
ready. Preferably right now. However, if you
wish to leave in the morn, you're more than welcome
to. Settle your affairs or whatever affairs that
you have left. Okay, cool. And she's going to
leave the tent. Not the tent. The room. I did
not dismiss you, madam. Oh, shut your stupid
face. As before you could even finish the sentence,
a shock runs through him, of course. Now, now,
learn your place. Bring yourself back here. His
face is got like, he's always speaking with this
like wide grin. And he looks at the three of
you. Once again, you'll be taking Gimbal. You
will be needing to take notes of the land. And
the situation still stands. If anything should
happen to him, it'll be your lives. Do we have
an understanding? Yes, we do. Very good. It should
take you at least three to four days to get down
there, by the looks of things. Perhaps even five.
I would suggest not wasting any time, and just
get there as soon as possible. And report back
to me. Are we clear? And how long do we have
to get back? Well, if I don't hear back from
you in two weeks, well, I can only imagine what
could happen. You are now dismissed. Immediately
takes off. Out with you. Out with you! Good day,
sir. Good day to you. It's like the half bow
and retreats. What did you say, Raynor? Eat your
fish, and then he's gonna flip him off. Slight
shock as you flip him off. As you're about to
exit the room, there's that shock that you get
for flipping him off. You see that, Kimboo? They
must learn respect. And you do that by brute
force. As you all walk out. As Gimbal gets flashbacks
all the time, we just dragged him around by rope.
He didn't report any of that. All the awful things
that you guys did, he didn't report any of it.
We kept him alive. He would have died otherwise.
I don't know. I think he's got a bit of plot
armor. i don't know about that that dragon decided
to breathe over us he was definitely dead and
with that with your new mission ready to go oh
let's settle your affairs before we end if any
of you have anything to uh to do for the morn
Please, I don't have any affairs. I'm not tied
down to any single person. I see. You hear a
voiceover. I see. Look straight at camera. Annie,
you do, however, if you'd like to go see Blackburn.
Yes, I would. I would. Okay, so before we do,
I will also ask Rainer, is there anything in
particular you'd like to do as well? Find a nice
bench, get drunk. Okay. You find... We'll go
to that. As simple as it is, you'll find that
at the manor, those things can be provided for
you with a fee. Is there one at the town that's
being rebuilt? They did not bring alcohol with
them. oh okay so a lot of a lot of the supplies
that they bought is essentials like food the
livestock but booze was not on the list of um
essentials that makes sense yeah as unfortunate
as it is because i too would be spewing yeah
like did i have medical alcohol more method method
what's the word um bit of fruit juice bit of
medical alcohol now it's party all right so annie
you find um there is an area in town where uh
where sasha blackburn has set up her her own
base of operations there now has the miniature
forge that she has and you can see some working
on a proper forge being put together uh as you
approach ah annie it is good you're here it's
good to finally see you yes come sit i'll need
to see your arm yes As she's taking a seat, she
detaches her arm from her shoulder. There. She
takes it from you and she places it at the table.
Now, I did manage to make the adjustments that
you wanted. And you can see that she has now
pulled out these aluminium platings as per your
request. I'll need some time with this arm to
be able to have all these attachments on them.
And also, as per your request, I did make a design
and she pulls out this plan for the open palm
as a storage, as you requested as well. You won't
be leaving anytime soon, are you? I'm afraid
I will be heading off in the morning. I see.
So... she looks around and give me a second and
she pulls out a um like a clipboard and she's
you see her going over it there is quite a bit
of things to do but i think i can put those on
hold for today and i can have this ready for
you for tomorrow before you leave do what you
can for now you okay with that just do what you
can for now Alright, leave your arm with me and
I'll have it all sorted. Alright. You see her,
she sits there for a moment and she's like staring
staring at the arm and the pieces and also the
plant as she pulls out a cigarette and she lights
and smokes and with your next mission ready,
set to go to investigate a explosion site. That's
where we're going to end it. Pick it up next
time on the next episode, which would be, this
is episode 8, yes? No. Yes, episode 8. Oh boy.
Or is this episode 9? No, it is episode 8. I
double checked with the folders, it's episode
8. Yeah, okay, good. Cool. Next time. Next time
on Beginner's Lock. Goodbye, everyone. Say bye,
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See ya. Good night, Mrs. Opamonic. What? And
welcome back everyone to Table Talk, Table Talk,
Table Talk. That was a great session, episode.
Guys, I had a lot of fun. That was so good. You
guys were so good. I loved it. It was very good.
Very enjoyable. Yes, yes, yes. I was trying to
think of a very smart joke about, dad joke about
my table not being able to talk, but my brain
went numb. You're not there yet. That's real.
Robert .exe has stopped working. Very good. Not
good. Funny. I like the role -playing for this
session. That was so nice and so refreshing after
all the combat. Oh my god. And a little bit of
character development, too. It's interesting
to see. We see more of Godard's taste. And the
riches that... he thinks he has compared to a
founding family. Yes. Yeah. It's all about perspective.
When you said, when Godard said that, like, oh,
this library is small or whatever it was, right?
I was hoping that you'd try to wander on your
own because you would have gotten lost. Yeah.
Just like how big it is. But it instantly was
too much effort for him. So he's like, all right.
Yeah. You know, butler. Find me what I need.
Delegation. Yeah, exactly. So even with the fact
that you guys are still prisoners, I sort of
want to give some sort of perks. I think that's
what they would have wanted for you, hence why
only you have access to the manor. Nobody else
has access to the manor. And with Tink giving
you also that bag, under the table, so to speak.
Which was kind of funny. Fucking Reiner killed
it. Fucking killed it. I loved Reiner this session
so much, because there's so much happening. It's
like a whole, like, a swirl of all the things
that are happening, the way he's retaliating,
but also the things he's personally going through.
And it's just like compounding, like the spring
is getting tightened and tightened and tightened.
And I'm... I'm loving seeing that. I wish Gordar
was a bit more of a caring person to interact.
But I love seeing that just tighten and tighten
and tighten. And seeing how he's going to react
under this constant, both personal and external
pressure. Oh yeah. That's good. I liked it when
the big guy picked him up and just moved him
to the side. Very comical. He's like, enough
with you. Let's get some highlights up in here.
Okay. My personal highlight was actually finding
out that Hamlet could get the sound of what the
streets were like 30 years ago from Annie's head.
i really liked that and i liked how she had that
little bit of moment to herself um otherwise
i like uh also reina's just whole development
just now it's so good i'll say the same for me
i loving the there's a lot of progression with
um reina's like internal story at the moment
i really like that i like the the flashbacks
and all that kind of stuff and the way he's dealing
with that slash not dealing with it and that
kind of thing and like just seeing that like
turmoil and that that story that underlying story
that's happening at the moment yeah um you guys
have given me a lot of stuff and parts of me
is a bit disappointed so like because I could
fully explore all this stuff if the setting was
within the scenes. Yes. Right? So I'm trying
to find ways on how to explore these things for
you guys so we can develop your characters further.
And Avia gave me a lot of stuff with Rainer.
And they're just good. Like, well... Not to say
that both of yours aren't good. No. They're good
as well. But because I just recently consumed
it. Right. So it's just like, bro. The gears
in your head are turning. That would be a very
difficult thing. Because we've always only ever
been in the city walls. Now that we're going
externally. How do you, if you ever do. tie that
back into the backstory of that kind of stuff
like we are because we are using those things
that have happened to the characters to push
what choices we make and all that kind of stuff
like you know gordar is obviously the way he
is because of the way he grew up because of the
way his father treated because the way his sister
treated him but the way the family is like he's
continuing that path because that's how he is
and just applying that out here it's hard to
actually be like okay well you know here's the
father that's what i like with like us going
to meeting people from our previous lives where
you gave us that opportunity to stop by somewhere
because it showed like here's a little snippet
of their life and the way why they are the way
they are and then get into the fucking war zone
nuclear nightmare destruction place like We're
going to be getting into a lot of nightmarish
stuff. No, what do you mean? What do you mean?
Before that, I do have favorites. Yes. For this
session. I was about to say. Yes, please. Annie's
vulnerability, like, having the picture frame
and then the music and, like, giving that permission
to, like, go through the memories and then just
having to kind of go through that. That was a
beautiful scene that played out in my head. and
i was like that's just really wholesome and it
kind of touches your heart a little bit but even
um i think gordar is like going through the library
and just kind of like planning out how he wants
to do his spells like oh this is a thing this
is a diamond i'm going to use it like this and
he's just consistently building on himself and
i thought that was really interesting because
i think My character wouldn't expect that from
Gordar at all. Reiner would just be like, oh,
so he's training. Why would he be training? Like,
is he dying? So, yeah, I really like that bit.
Yeah. And then obviously Gimbal being corrupted
by us. Oh, yeah. I want a cut of that. I loved,
I'm not going to lie, I did love. really diving
into like the snake businessman yeah that was
yeah but also intimidating yeah that was really
fun that in my mind that's like sort of the first
time gimbal really stepping outside of his comfort
zone like sort of almost kind of speak speaking
up he's kind of been speaking up a bit more yes
like you told me yeah go look for them and it's
just like gold I need that to pace coffee. I
found that so funny. Very obvious, but I was
playing on the whole like, you know, snake and
mouse thing, like wrapping around him and like
tightening. I got that. And then got the natural
20. I was like, oh, you're fucked. That's why
I did the little, the little. Yeah. I'm like,
this is where Gorda thrives is business conversation
and manipulating humanoids. That is his health.
His whole kit is based upon that. like that's
that's how he is so like the moment it's just
like oh well actually i want more than what i
deem you know what should be given to me i'm
like do you now very like um in my head my mind
was going towards like uh the steak from jungle
book oh like sweet talking but also being a bit
more menacing when needed being like getting
real up close and like swirling around and like
Yeah, that's really good. It was very cool. Like,
you all had, like, these individual moments that
I really, really did enjoy from this session.
Like, the deal that Gimbal was making with Godard,
you know, with the party, the whole thing with
Godard, with the library, I really liked that,
and learning that, like... for most part magic
is muted within the confines of the house right
i love the thing with annie the i did not expect
the picture frame like uh i still felt um i felt
as if like originally i thought sorry i thought
that annie would have some sort of um like anger
looking into the past but then asking for us
asking for a photo a frame itself and then asking
to change the scenery of uh the window to 30
years ago and then you know with the music the
music was a nice touch i wasn't expecting that
i was like oh holy shit and but in that moment
like me it's like how would he know that and
so allow me to read your thoughts like have a
feel of this and and then we go to uh raynor
like when you know whatever surface level thought
that he had or whatever um the house could reach
was was his old home right and then the fact
that like no this is all wrong this is not what
i want and then changing it to this penthouse
at the um at the diamond district uh with the
uh the skyrise buildings and then also as well
like just seeing his rage and his frustration
of i'm angry on what was but i'm also angry that
i don't have this Yeah, it was fun to play. And,
like, the smashing of the objects, like, it being
his personal, like, rage room, right? But, like,
when he smashed something and then it would come
back together, like, it just rewinds and then
the object is there once more. And then the dream
that he had... Oh, fuck. The dream was terrifying.
The... Gold spilling from his mouth. Yeah. i
wanted because we've learned that uh raynor has
a particular good week to him yes and i wanted
to play off uh i wanted i wanted to play off
that in like this dream that he was having like
before before he had dreams of wealth and it
was nice but now like through his using your
words rob avarice through his avarice, like,
oh, what is this? Why is there so much of it?
Why is it pouring in from daddy's mouth? But
yes, no, I had a lot, a lot of fun. I can't wait
to see where you guys, what will happen through
your travels to one of these sites, the ground
zero, if you will. but yeah like i wrote a lot
of stuff for it and i say a lot but you're not
you guys know me it's like instead of two lines
i now have two yeah buddy progress is progress
as i like a love of the beginning it's like the
jokes about like just like oh you know you could
just check my sheet you're just like i guess
it's gonna be surprise I am what they call a
lazy. I mean, you're not lazy. Improv is where
you thrive. You're great with just rolling off
whatever we throw at you. Yeah. We throw that
baseball and you're hitting it right back at
us and we're like, fuck, now we have to catch.
See, look, I'll give you the notes that I had
in terms of you guys with the whole manor thing,
right? I go, service provided by the manor. Personal
rooms, storage, food. No resources unless paid
for. The three rooms, kitchen and storage, or
the vault. And I also wrote, one must not wander
the halls, lest you find yourself lost. That's
it. That's all I wrote. I'm curious, actually.
That library, you don't have to tell me. Was
that... the library that's in this manor or is
that the one that's in the one in antilly uh
it this that particular library is in the main
house which isn't the one in the narrows oh okay
i had a feeling if like if you have to pay to
get in there it's you are actually kind of like
in a oh like a public library in no you're an
enclosed version of what is in somewhere else
like oh So I was like, oh, okay. So you're paying
for that transfer kind of thing to get there.
Oh, almost like a duplicate? Kind of, yeah. Yeah,
that's what I was kind of toying with. Yeah,
so it's like you are paying for that magical
essence and effort to create this extra space,
which is, it exists, but not where you are. Yeah.
That's the idea I was toying with. Yeah, that's
the vibe I got. Yeah, cool. All right, awesome.
you'll find that... Good old magic bullshit.
Yeah. So, the idea of the Delacroix homes is
basically a personified version of the Room of
Requirement, right? Yeah. Bella Hood persona.
Hello! So, all these houses are actually linked.
Right? And... But none of you, none of the blood
of a Delacroix cannot travel between all these
houses. Only a blood of a Delacroix can travel
through all these houses themselves, so yeah.
Blood infusions, let's go! To free teleport right
back into the city? Yeah. I'm actually, I'm the
long lost cousin. Uh -huh. Yeah, my great -great
-great -great -great -great -great -grandfather.
We're going to have to do an entire blood test
episode. You are not the father. Breaking into
the blood bank. Oh, my. A heist episode of just
switching blood. That'd be fun. Oh, my God. Okay,
and with that, I think that's where we're going
to end this episode. I'm glad you guys got to
meet Tink. He's been always one of my favorites.
We didn't ask his name, did we? Bella did. Well,
Annie did. Annie introduced herself and then
he went, he did that whole rant. He had a whole
rant about names. Oh, yep, yep, yep. I love the
rant. That's right, yep. so his whole his whole
thing about naming stuff like he never saw a
reason why things should have names it's just
it's a thing it does i do this thing therefore
and i think in his mind it's like when you name
a thing you give it power sort of thing and he
doesn't need a name he exists to his genius i
love it as a gm because then you you don't you're
just like I hate naming things in general. Like,
I have to think of a name now? Hey, I don't have
problem with naming names. Like, I have a whole
list of names, which is, like, I mean, they're
silly names, but, like, I got a name here that
is Scrunt. So, just Scrunt. Just Scrunt. I look
forward to meeting Scrunt. The mighty warrior
Scrunt. The savior of all the kingdoms. Carrie
Waffle. You guys met, oh yeah, you met a couple
of Waffles. From Annie's workshop, right? The
family. They were a family of Waffle. Colin Bracelet.
Annette Curtin. These are just things. Iris Lids.
Does that mean these things are not called those
things in this universe? They are still. That's
why they're still funny. That's why they're still
funny to me. Okay. The first thing they see,
oh yeah, that, her name's Curtain. Yeah. I have,
I have John Carmel here. As someone who has gone
through this their entire school life, I feel
all you people, you would be bullied so hard.
As someone who has a last name that is an item.
Oh. I understand. and a few people have given
me some names which i do like so there's blank
bonnie hopscotch jack um oh that's cool with
a lot i mean like the the sponsor we did for
um the the night watch was mike who works here
Oh, my God. These stupid names just make me laugh
so much. All right, we're going to call it there.
Goodbye, everybody. See you all next time. Bye.
Good night. See ya. Good night, Mrs. Akhmanek,
wherever you are. We will find her. Whoa, whoa!