Thank you. And welcome back to Beginner's Luck,
where I guess we open with Bella coughing. This
is a non -coughing podcast. It is a D &D podcast.
Thank you. I am your host, DM, GM, you know,
your dungeon daddy, Larry. And I am joined with
my players right here, starting from the top,
the notorious coffer, I guess. Hi. i'm bella
i play annie the goliath artificer uh hello i'm
robert and i play a non -coughing gorda sevrok
the yanti draconic sorcerer the pleasure is all
yours hi i'm also non -coughing and i'm zen who
plays avia i play avia yes of course i play avia
i also play rainer You are Zen, who's also known
as Avia, who is playing Reiner. Yes. Exactly
that. I think the coffin got to me. It's 12 levels
deep. Bella, you ruined the entire podcast. We're
going to have to shut it all down. We're going
to have to shut it down now. Please don't. Please
don't. I need to pay rent. Take it back to episode
one. Yeah, we're going to start all over again
at the very beginning. Thanks to you. Off. Why?
You're going to find a letter in your email.
It is a letter of... We just have to let you
go, to be honest. I'll just put it bluntly. We're
going to have to let you go. It was in your clause
that you couldn't cough on the podcast. And unfortunately,
we don't believe in three strikes. So I'm sorry.
I'm fine. Wait a minute. She's the only female.
We have to keep her. Bella, come back. Bella,
come back. Okay. Before we get into the recap,
let me ask you all a question for each of your
characters, for Annie, Godard, and Raynor. So
how would you celebrate your birthday? I have
a birthday. Presumably you were born. I don't
think I've ever celebrated it. It's just another
day for me. Okay, that's not sad and depressing
at all. You're welcome. Gorda... How would Gorda
celebrate his birthday? I think he spent a lot
of time with his sister, Sarah, and probably
some of the other siblings. They tend to do a
celebration kind of together. It's one day a
year where they all celebrate together, rather
than individual birthdays. Oh, interesting. Okay.
I'm not going to get too much into that. It might
be very backstory stuff, but I like that. And
lastly. I do the same thing I do every year.
What, you wanted to know? Why? I would like to
know. I'd definitely like to know. I find the
strongest bit of booze I can get. And I find
a nice picnic bench. And I drink until I see
daylight. Ah, that's how I celebrate my birthday.
Yeah, I know. I got it from your book. Okay,
alright. Now we know. Speaking of... So... Oh
my god. It's all ready for the upcoming celebration.
For the audio listeners, our lovely GM has pulled
out a bottle of something that looks quite nice.
yes so uh my mother recently returned from the
homeland and my relatives there they decided
the best gift for me was several bottles of alcohol
so yeah that's just one of five okay let's just
uh let's get into the recap shall we A restful
day, though not long enough before being assigned
a new mission, our serpent sorcerer clings to
memories found in a pendant, the awkwardly stern
artificer works her way single -handedly around
her rifle, and the exasperated bard experienced
a ghastly vision that thrust himself and Gimbal
to the manor's library. With the assistance of
Hamlet, the two studious individuals dove into
studying any mention of Gold City and Red Silk.
Joining Godard and Annie in the breakfast room
some hours later, the two readers discuss their
findings, sonnets within a substantial text titled
Maleficorum Infernum, references of a being that
relinquishes in greed. Godard not having a steady
recollection at the topic of hand, and Annie,
whose aversion to the discussion dissipated at
the idea of a golden city, decide to assist their
deeply worried friend. Embarking on a new assignment,
to travel southwest and survey the lands ahead,
our four prepare for their many hours of hiking.
A sizable crater houses a large crystal in its
center, radiating magical aura. Our resource
-starved artificer, drawn to potential, reached
for the shining core and fell noxious to its
presence. The serpent sorcerer perceives this
area as highly potent in toxicity, and no one
is an exception to the magical sickness. Exhausted
and drained, the crystalline forest of sensitive
trees literally shook our tentative four to the
core. Every sound they made, fragments of sharp
leaves and twigs would burst and shatter all
around. Their quiet steps proved almost fatal
as they gathered their senses in the midst of
their trek. Making it out alive, their tiresome
journey continued through the evening until they
reached what they had been looking for. The city
of gold. And this is where we're going to pick
it up. As you see there, not too far off the
distance, buildings is tall and seems to glisten,
all made of gold. And as you're continuing to
move forward, you see that the ground itself
slowly patches of gold and the trees are now
all gold and as you approach even closer you
can now see people just mingling about about
their day it is now nightfall and twilight is
upon you what do these people look like like
what are they wearing they are wearing for the
most part they are wearing clothes from where
you're standing uh you can see that they're all
dragonborn of golden complexion uh robes shirts
and pants uh nothing too crazy but it seems to
signify opulence and wealth huh expensive okay
well what do you want to do um i'm Not entirely
sure. Gora looking over these outfits and that
kind of stuff, how similar would it be to the
nobles and everything that he's dealt with? Is
it very different in style? Very, very different
in style. This is not something that you see
in Antili. As you're approaching ever closer,
you see the buildings now while all golden. it
is a mixture of different also different metals
to support the structure some gold plated but
it's not 100 gold but the streets themselves
the the cobbled street you can see it is all
gold the the gas lamp uh gas lamps along the
streets gold The only true color that you're
seeing are from the outfits of these people walking
around. If this area is as dangerous as what
we've come across, how are they still alive?
Perhaps the gold protects them. Somehow. Maybe.
I don't know enough of this to understand it
fully, but... Well... Don't really have much
of a choice, do we? Suppose not. You're now beginning
to notice that there are some onlookers of just
looking at the three of you warily. Some avoid
your gaze, while others just don't even notice
you're there. Are they ignoring us? Maybe. Some
of them seem to be looking at us, but then again,
we've No one has really traveled here, then I'd
be wary too. Could this be another one of those
illusions from before? Like how we saw a battle
that was supposed to end some decades ago? Potentially.
Well, we can speculate all we want, but I see
a lot of gold in front of us, so I'm going to
walk ahead. You walk forward through the streets,
and it's as if you're just walking through any
city streets. People minding their own business
again with... the occasional stare. The more
closer you walk amongst these people, Raynor,
you notice amongst these folks that something's
not right with these people. Some of them seem
to have one of their arms is a bit longer than
the other. You can see you now notice a guy with
three legs. Some of them are heavily wrapped
up in clothing, and you can see almost growths
on them, which is wrapped and then clothed over,
hunched back. Definitely something isn't right
with the people here. Mutations, great. What
did you say? Mutations. I got it from an old
girlfriend. Oh. I'm not even entirely sure that
I want to know. Oh, you would love to know. But
that's a story for another day. It seems that
I'm guessing that whatever happened to Annie
happened to these people as well. Oh, so they're
not living well? Yeah, I don't think so. I think
we should... We should stay outside the city.
Agreed. I'm guessing that any sort of crystal
in the middle was probably emanating this sort
of sickness. As you mentioned the crystal, you're
now also seeing huge crystal shards that are
littered around the city. Some small, some as
big as people. And they seem to have... built
around it the city is built around these shires
they haven't been moved they haven't been removed
they're just still present as ever the crash
site that we were supposed to investigate do
you think this city was built on the crash site
it does seem to be that way um hmm now with a
mention of the Whether you are at the crash site
or not. Not too far through the streets, amongst
the buildings, you can see a huge towering crystal
that is almost unlevel with all the buildings
that you currently see. It sparkles gold and
yellow and red. It doesn't tower over the rest
of the buildings, but it is slightly taller than
the rest of the buildings that you can see here.
And it shines amongst the city, almost like a
beacon. That looks like our next stop. What do
you say we go inside and see what's really going
on here? I think we should, but I think we should
be quick. I want to spend the least amount of
time in the city as possible. Good point. I can't
afford to have my beautiful looks taken away.
And with that, Annie will walk. march towards
the tower you can see as you're marching all
these people again just still trying to mind
their own business but you do have onlookers
occasionally you'll see what appears to be well
not what appears to be it does appear to be guards
uh moving along the streets uh plated uh plated
and carrying spears Raynor, you feel a weight
on your arm, on your right arm. And for some
reason, you feel your arm heavier than what it
used to be. Oh, great. I'm going to die in this
city of gold. Exactly what they said would happen.
I owe someone ten coins. As you... As you move
on forward, Raynor, you notice that your entire
arm now, while still mobile, still being able
to move your fingers and such, it has turned
to gold. Oh my god. Gordar? Gordar, my hand is
gold. Yes. Oh my goodness. Annie? Oh my goodness.
What? Oh my god. Is that... You can't move it
at all? I'm moving it, see? This might happen
to any of you, and I would not like to see what
part of you turns to gold. Fascinating. Oh, I
would hope not. Gold is not my color. No, you're
more of a silver person. Anyway, can any inspect
this arm of Raina's? Yeah. What exactly are you
trying to glean from his arm? If it's actually
turning into metal or if it is still, like, fleshy.
It has the appearance of gold from as far as
you can tell. It is not metal. It's still kind
of fleshy still, but you're noticing it's beginning
to harden. Is it hardening quickly? No. But there
is a difference at the moment of between... flesh
and metal so it is in a state of transition okay
um when you were researching for the city of
gold with gimbal yesterday a few days ago was
any of this mentioned did you find anything that
referenced something turning into gold no if
that was the case i would have mentioned it all
right all right damn i don't okay uh Let's just
go into the tower. See if it's... People are
now beginning to notice this conversation that
you're having and this transition of gold that
Raynor is experiencing. And a crowd is beginning
to form. And you can hear people murmuring, He's
turned into gold! He's turning into gold! And
you can see... a few people now like heavily
mutations on some of these people where their
upper torso is just a huge hunk of meat with
spindly legs that are supported like you know
this individual supported with crutches uh you
can see all sorts of mutation where one dragonborn
has two extra arms coming out of his back and
you can now hear some of them are saying to some
of the gods Quickly call the guards and you can
see Rainer, as you're beginning to move your
fingers, you are beginning to feel some sense
of stiffness to them. While not fully thin, it
is getting pretty stiff. Annie, Annie, Annie,
it's getting... I can't move it as easily. Damn
it! I think we need to go. They seem to be calling
some kind of guards. Let's just get out of here.
Let's get away from the city. Which way are you
going to head or run towards? Shit. Goddard,
where do we go? We're looking around. What pathways
do we have? So you are, let's just say you're
on a main street. Okay. There are several alleyways
along the way from ahead of you and also behind
you. But behind you is currently cut off with
a group of people now gathering. You can try
and break way through them. And there's also,
if you go straight ahead, you know that will
also lead you towards that huge crystal that
you can see amongst the buildings. And just several
different alleyways around. Quick, down one of
the alleyways and we'll try to lose them. Go.
All right, let's go. Let's go. all right so let's
just go ahead uh give me i was gonna say streetwise
but that's not a thing streetwise so are you
playing too much call of cthulhu yeah clearly
all right uh let's go with are you being sneaky
about it or are you just liking it A bit of A
and B. We're not going to be just running straight
out into the open. We're going to look and make
sure it's... You know? You know when you're running
away from someone, you, like, dash down an alleyway,
you, like, look out the corner to see if it is
safe, then you, like, go across to the next one,
like, it's not. I'm just trying to think what
would be the appropriate role here. Because it
is... I mean, that wouldn't... It's a group check,
right? Okay. You guys can either decide on athletics
or stealth. Hmm. Okay. I'm going to roll for
the guards right now. Well, I would imagine that
stealth would make sense since we're trying to
evade the guards. But also, I feel like we're
being loud enough and we're already getting noticed
by the public. So maybe just athletics? All right.
So the DC that the three of you have to beat
is 13. And I'll just need two successes. Okay.
So what'll it be? So are we individually choosing
or are we choosing for all three of us? You have
to decide for all three of you. Oh, okay. Okay.
He's just following, so I think he's not really
being stealthy at all. He's just kind of like
freaking out over his hand right now. He's like,
oh my god. Alright, guess we're going athletics.
You all have to be 13. Well, two of you at least.
That's a four for Gordar. That's an eight for
Annie. It is a 17 for Raynor. Okay, so Raynor
in his sheer panic is able to weave through most
of the people, the crowd that is now building
also in front of you, making his way to an alleyway,
whereas Annie and Gordar... aren't quite so successful.
You can see people are now trying to grab you.
Annie, this is the thin narrow way. Why did you
try and run through when I did? Stop. Move. You
need to go this way. Hey, let go of me. Oh, this
is not good. What is going on there? Oh no, that's
not good. Guards now approach and you can see
four armored dragonborn, golden dragonborn. These
four? Don't seem to be affected by any form of
mutation from what you can see anyway. And you
hear one of them. Where's the other one? Who?
What are you talking about? The one with the
golden arm. I don't know what you're talking
about. And he shakes her head. Take these two
away. So you can see the other two guards are
now... Reina, you're watching as you hide in
sheer panic. You see two of your companions are
now being dragged away. And are the two of you
causing some sort of commotion as you're getting
dragged away, being arrested? And he is. Get
your hands off me. My father will hear of this.
God damn it. No, not again. So the two of you
are now being dragged away. And you can see...
most of the people now are, like, making way
for these guards to take you to where you need
to be taken, I suppose, to the local jailhouse.
Rainer, what are you doing? He is just watching,
and he's just, like, holding Gimbal's array,
and he's like, Gimbal, don't do anything stupid.
Oh, yeah, Gimbal's here. He has been relatively
quiet. He's at all. Half the time he's had his
book out, like drawing everything that he's seen.
Shouldn't we do something? What do you think
we can do here? We can, well, not me, but you
can fight the whole city. If I had a full day
to explain to you why that wouldn't work. But
you're very, um. Smart. Rainer is going to use
his golden hand and just kind of hit him with
one of the fingers that are going a bit hard.
Does that work for you? Did that hurt? See, you
can do that to the other people here. As he rubs
his head. Well, what are we supposed to do? They're
getting arrested. They can't go back to jail.
Didn't you guys just come from a jail? Yeah,
and we got broken out. It'll be fine for them.
They got broken. You guys didn't break out. You
guys got... What are we supposed to do? Avenge
me, Kimball. Avenge me. Kill them all. As I use
my message spell. Hey! Hey! You can hear Rainer.
It's just someone calling out to you from the
end of the alley that you're in. You! Come quickly!
And you can see now two figures are like huddled
just over this huge dumpster calling out to you.
From where you're standing, it's hard to see.
The illumination in here isn't too great in this
alleyway. Quickly! Come on, Gimbal. okay and
as you approach you can see two dragonborn now
one of them quite short and tubby and this one
they say you notice that he has several eyes
on his right side And you can see the other one
who seems to be rather tall and really skinny.
And he's got an extra arm growing out from his
left side. See, Gimbal, we don't need Annie and
Godar. We've got two replacements here. I don't
know what you mean, but keep it down. Is it...
Is it true? Do you have a golden arm? Yeah, I
do. See? you see the you see the fat one lean
in even closer you can see his multiple eyes
on his right side just like blink staring at
this golden arm of yours this is you must be
the herald oh god great i'm a herald or something
can this herald status get these two freed the
ones that went to the no because anyone that
shows any sign of being transformed, transcends
in your particular situation, are generally killed.
Of course. There are some, such as ourselves,
and he puts a hand on his chest, and my companion
here, we believe in the old ways. We believe
in a herald that will bring us to prosperity.
But the current mayor seems to think otherwise,
that you will bring us doom. See, I love this
entire thing that you're talking about, honestly.
But right now, I'm just really concerned about
my hand and my two friends who have disappeared.
Friends, yeah. They're gone. We need to take
you somewhere safe first. But it's good. It's
fascinating. Don't you think, Michael, it's fascinating?
And you're beginning to feel your arms stiffen
even more now at this point. It is getting stiffer
and stiffer. Okay. I'll go with you. Just...
Will they die? I don't know what we can do about
your friends. Well, you're not there, so... Probably
not. Cool. Great. They'll be tortured first.
I'm sure they can handle torture. We'll be fine.
They'll have their skin removed and flayed to
find you. Okay. They'll have their little toes
cut off. They'll get new haircuts. There will
be scalp. Not the haircuts! Annie already has
a horrible haircut. It can't happen. No. And
Gordai, he really can't handle that. We need
to get them out. This is not good. Okay, listen.
What were your names again? Michael and... Oh,
this one is Michael. Okay. And I'm Foe. Okay,
Foe Michael. Tell you what, if we break out my
friends, I'll do whatever your Herald thing wants.
Yeah? But you are the Herald. Yeah, but whatever
you want. This revolution, this thing you want.
We'll make it happen, yeah? We need to take you
to safety first. Don't worry about your friends.
Your friends should be fine. If they can live
without their skin, they'll be okay. They can't.
They're pretty weak. We'll need to take you to
our base, where some of us meet. I'm sure we
can organize something to free your friends.
You are the Herald, after all. Well, if they're
not freed by end of today, I'll make sure that
there's no more herald. See, now you've given
me a lot of power here. Yes, we understand. We're
supposed to follow you. Yeah, so let's go to
your base and let's figure out a plan. And let's
get them out before their skin and their hair
is out. Because honestly, those two look horrible.
Right this way. And you can see the... Just...
Oh. You see... uh the short fat one take off
the cloak that he's wearing and he wraps it on
you and covers you up be sure to hide your arm
yeah okay oh this thing smells it smells like
gold it does smell like gold you hear the closing
of a uh cell door and he Gordar, you are now
seated in this tiny cell together. And you can
see the guard in heavy plight just standing with
his back to the both of you. How many times do
I need to tell you? Let me out. I'm not supposed
to be in here. I am innocent. Whatever you said,
I am not supposed to be here. When was the last
time you cleaned this place? You were both seen,
you can hear the voice now of this guard that
was, that is back to you. You were both seen
in the presence of the so -called Herald. You
will help us find him and destroy him. Otherwise,
it is your heads. We don't take kindly to outsiders
here. Right. One question, though. Who is Herald?
What is a Herald? The so -called Golden One.
Stupid name, if anything. The Golden One that
would bring destruction to us. Fine little city.
So? Oh, you mean like the Golden Dragonborn who
came and got us? Sorry. Makes a point. Did I
get that wrong? What are you referring to? Everybody
here's a dragonborn. Yeah, wasn't it a golden
dragonborn who grabbed us? Yes, all of them are
golden dragonborn. Oh, okay, I didn't realize
all of them were golden. All the dragonborns
here are all golden. Sorry, can you give me another
quick rundown? Are we tied to... You are in a
cell. I'm in a cell? Both of you are in this
jail cell. right bars uh two simple beds that
are here for the both of you and just this guard
that is standing there with his back towards
you having this discussion and occasionally turning
to face you guys also golden dragonborn the golden
one the one that was seen in town when you three
arrived I'm not entirely sure what you're talking
about. There are many golden people in this town.
You, for instance, and all of your little friends
and lackeys. The scales may be that of the color
of gold, but there is one individual whom you
came in with who is gold. What are you talking
about? We didn't come in here with anyone else.
It was just us two. And frankly, we're lost.
Yes, well, witnesses suggest that there was at
least four of you. What are you talking about?
And seeing as two ran off before we could get
a hold of you two, I think we're fairly certain
that there is another. At least two more. I think
all of this gold is making you see double. Yes,
well, you might want to consider your words considering
your inner self. Oh, gods, sweet gods, help me
now. Oh, they can't help you. And neither can
any of them. We didn't come in with anyone else.
I don't understand this at all. We're just traveling
through, saw some gold town with the large crystals
and thought we'd give it a look and then we're
instantly thrown into prison. Yes, quite disrespectful
if you ask me. No wonder there's no tourism here.
Yeah, absolutely dreadful. We don't take kindly
to outsiders. I can see why. Considering your
words and lies, it would seem that the two of
you will have a mess of your dinner. The guard
now begins to march off. Is it just the one guard?
No, actually. Flares up. I suggest you open our
cage and leave us alone. As a cast suggestion.
What is the DC? A spell I just got. Could you
spell start? So, you suggest a course of activity
described no more than 25 words to one creature
you can see within range and hear and understand
you. The suggestion must sound achievable and
not involve anything that would obviously deal
damage to the target or its allies. For example,
you could say fetch the key to the cult's treasure
vault. give it to me or you could say stop fighting
and leave the library peacefully and don't return
the target must succeed on a wisdom saving throw
or have the charm condition for the duration
unless we attack it um and then the charm target
pursues the action to the best of its ability
the suggested action can continue for the entire
duration but the suggested activity can be compelled
or completed in a shorter time if the target
of what i've said has been done So the spell
ends if he completes the task. So Gordar stated,
let us out and leave. Okay. And leave us alone,
I think he said. So it's a DC 16 wisdom saving
throw. So this guard, as he marches towards the
exit and you say these, as your snakes begin
to flare and you make this suggestion. He stops
in his tracks. He turns to face you. The both
of you. Of course, what was I thinking? He walks
over to the cell door and you see him pop it
open. You guys shouldn't be in here. What am
I? Feel excuse me and... You see the guard now
walk out to the exit. You can see as you peer
out from your cell, there's several different
other cells in here. And it's just this one hallway.
And at the end of the hallway, you can see where
he had exited, where it has remained open. Annie,
we need to go now. This only lasts... Wait. Sorry,
let me take that again. Um, Annie, we need to
go now. I have compelled him for a little bit,
but once he completes what he's done, he's going
to come back and be very annoyed at us. Yep,
way ahead of you. And she's already walking towards
the exit. Go, go, go, go, go, go. Reiner, you
are taken to this, another dingy alley. And amongst
all these refuse, trash bins and dumpsters, you
can see there is this huge... Well, not huge,
but this very sturdy wooden door. And you can
see Fo, the little dragonborn, fat dragonborn.
He knocks in a particular rhythm on this door.
And then a few moments later, you can see this
little slit opens up at the top. And you can
see a pair of eyes. He looked... Closes it once
more and the door opens. Quickly, inside. And
as you step into this place, you can see it's
almost like an AA meeting with like posters of
like, oh, here cometh the Herald. There are folding
chairs. There's a little coffee machine over
there at the side. and you can see a few people
are now just sort of mingling and then as you
approach they're beginning to approach you and
they're now beginning to circle you and they're
like the arm let us see the arm at this point
now your arm is almost very much stiff and you
don't know how much longer till it becomes fully
gold he's just going to be like great great great
great He's gonna use his other hand to lift it
up as he, like, pries open a finger and just
kind of, like, flips everyone off. Yeah. It is
a gesture that they are unfamiliar with. They're
all at awe. We'd never think that the Herald
would come. But here you are. Yes, the Herald!
You hear another one. And... As your arm is beginning
to stiffen even further, you can feel now that
the weight is ever growing and it is now encompassing
your shoulder itself as well. Well, your herald's
not going to last very long like this. Would
you happen to have any ideas on how to slow this
down? No. All we know that the herald, the golden
one, is to come and save us all. Oh, God. yes
as you say oh god yes and they all sort of like
begin to bow at you okay well my two friends
that are in the in the prison go free them the
herald needs to confer with his loyal minions
and servants you see now fo face the others the
herald's companion has been captured as he sort
of lowers himself. We will need one of you to
break them out, or at least four of you, or as
many as it takes. I can't promise you that any
of you would return alive, but you need to ensure
that the Herald's companions return. And you
can see two of them now exit the room. This whole
little area, this AA meeting setting, it bolts
out and Fo returns to you. They should be back
shortly with your companions as you wished. Great,
great, great, great. Gimbal. Yes? Look at my
arm. Yes? The notes we have. Is there anything
to do with that? I can't flip my pages. No. There's
stories about people turning into gold. But that
has more to do with a lesson to be learned about
greed. Great. Great lessons. Oh, my God. There's
nothing here about everything. This place wasn't
even in any records. Okay, great, great, great.
We just need... So we just need Annie to figure
out how to slow this down, and we need Gorda
to see how much the sickness has progressed.
And then we can figure out our next steps from
there. You find now that your arm is completely
stiff in this L -like fashion with still the
middle finger out. That is so great. Oh my god.
I can't even... I can't even put it down. I can't
put it down, Gimble. Gimble knocks on your arm.
Ding, ding, ding, ding. Which... I think your
arm is now full gold. Yeah, you think, Gimble?
Really? It's gold? Ding, ding, ding, ding. He
knocks on it again. Yes. Oh, my God. I'll need
another arm like Annie. Oh, this is going to
be awful. i'm sure it'll be fine and you can
see now the uh the shorter dragonborn with the
extra eyes foe he begins to lead you ah it is
close at hand the transformation you will be
our herald soon and he looks to the others and
he whistles and he waves his hand and you can
see all uh a few of them run to what looks like
a little storage room a double door storage room
and as they come out they're pulling out this
huge throne also made of gold and they're like
dragging this thing you can hear it across the
floor it being dragged and they've propped it
down and fo goes your seat um gimbal you said
something about greed right In a lesson? I'm
getting tested here. Yes. I... Well... That's...
Those were like fairy tales. Gimble, I'm going
to give you a very amazing opportunity right
now. Knock me out. What? Knock me out, Gimble.
Solid punch. Hardest he can do. You see him prep
himself. And he goes for a leap and punches you
in the face. And it's like a feather tap. You
are so useless. Oh, my God. I don't know how
to fight. And he leaps again and he punches you
again on the face, which is like a feather tap.
Literally like a feather tap. Oh, my God. Am
I doing good? No, you can stop now. Oh. You.
He kind of points at, I think it was... Foe.
Foe. And he's like, what about my friends? I
don't want to sit down on anything just yet until
I can figure out what my friends are. But Harold,
surely you must... I don't listen to you, you
listen to me. You are right. Forgive me. Forgive
my insubordination, sir. Rest assured that your
friends will arrive shortly. Annie. Godar, you
break out of this, what seems to be like a police
station, jumping out of the front door, and you
can hear all the guards behind you screaming
and yelling to chase after you. Shit! You're
now at the front step. We need to go, we need
to go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go! I don't know
where to go! In the alley, just break the line
of sight! Alright, this way! The both of you
are now running through these streets with gasps
from the golden dragonborns around you. One woman
goes, oh my! With another little dragonborn coming
out of their shoulder here. And you break away
to an alley. And as you break into this alley,
you can see... two guys just at the end of it
are now beginning to approach you and they're
running towards you oh damn it do dragonborns
have tails sorry do your dragonborn have tails
some do some don't okay um yeah uh these two
that are running towards us they're golden dragonborns
as well yes do they look like they're in the
military garb or common no They look like in
just whatever fashion that is current here in
this place. Have they fully seen us? By the looks
of it, the way, the speed that they're approaching,
yes. Damn it, I'm not taking any chances. And
you see Annie flick her left arm back and does
a click. with her middle finger and thumb as
she casts Magical Tinkering and creates caltrops
on the ground in front of them. Okay. So, as
you create these caltrops in front of you, these
two that come running begin to step on them and
fall over and they begin to get... Are you friends
of the Herald? We're supposed to... Ow. Ow. What
are you talking about? Your friend. What is a
herald? Your friends are the herald. We're supposed
to take you to him. Did this herald by any...
Oh, goodness. Did this herald by any chance have
a golden arm? Yes, that is the herald. Oh, he's
fitting quite well already, it seems. We need
to bring you there quick. Hurry. And as the other
one is like trying to get up and throws these
two robes towards you, put these on, hide from
everyone else. And you can see the one, the first
one that was speaking sort of gets up as well
and is now gingerly walking through these caltrops
to the other end of the alley. You have to follow
us quickly before the guards arrive. I don't
want to do this. Gordar isn't even going to grab
the cloak. He does grab the cloak, actually,
but he casts Alter Self and slowly morphs and
twists into a golden dragonborn himself. Who
are you? Cool. Because, yeah, I have Alter Self
now instead of just Disguise Self. So the actual
flesh itself becomes the golden dragonborn flesh.
This is disgusting. You look quite handsome.
How does one... Oh, it's so top -heavy. No wonder
some of you have tails. I can't grow a tail.
Come on, let's go. Quickly, this way. What? Anne.
Throws the cloak over herself. Alright, I just
want a stealth check from the both of you. As
Annie throws the cloak over herself, she also
kneels down and picks the caltrops up from the
ground. Okay, there's like 600 of them. That's
going to take time. That's going to take time.
She picks up 20. Okay, fine. I got a 17. Okay.
Annie? That's a 7. Okay. Alright. So. It's taking
you some time to keep up with these other two.
And ducking and weaving, the city now seems to
be on high alert on looking for the both of you
and also looking for this herald so these two
that is leading you is doing the best they can
to keep you both hidden but it is taking some
time Rainer as you're waiting for the return
of your companions on occasion Fo would come
to you with a cup of coffee with his head hung
low you don't need to do that coffee thanks thank
you all right and they're like they're just all
these other ones they're all like just staring
and waiting expectantly for you to say or do
anything any slight movement that you make they
go and all a gasp and you see gimbal walk up
to the uh coffee table where he's beginning to
make himself a cup of coffee And it's that awkward
situation where it's just, you don't know what
to say, but they don't know what to say. And
there's just simply at all with you of being
here. And as time goes on, it has been a very,
at least an hour at this point now. And you're
feeling more weight upon your chest. I can't
stand for this long. Okay. And you're noticing
now on your left hand as well, your digits are
beginning to become golden. And I'm going to
die here. Great. And you said I would die like
this, and I didn't listen. And now I'm going
to die here, and I'm going to die amongst people
that I don't know. And I'll never get to... Oh
my god, I'm going to die. All of you, stop being
so weird around me. One by one, tell me your
names. As you know, sir, I am Foe. Foe Fam. This
one over here is Michael. And then the rest of
the people that are in here are beginning to
give their names from Jerry to Sally to Billy
and so forth and so forth. The same with several
different mutations from most likely from the
magical sickness from this area with tumorous
growths here and there. Some of them permanently
seated in a wheelchair. You see that their legs
are grown to the point where it cannot be lifted,
where it's just all weight. And you can see the
scales. on his leg it's it it pulls apart and
you can see the flesh in between so it is very
grotesque at this point uh as they're making
the introductions and they're giving you their
professions and they're now beginning to tell
you their life stories and such you hear a bang
on the door a rhythmic bang, a similar bang that
Foe did earlier. Could you check that for me?
Of course. And you see Michael goes towards the
door and he opens it. He opens the little slot
and he peers through, closes it, and he opens
the door. Annie Goddard, the two that had been
leading you led you to this dingy alleyway. and
coming face to face with this door you can see
one of them give this rhythmic knock on the door
and you see a slat that opens up and then closes
once more and it opens ah this way quickly quickly
and you can see the two of them hurry in goddard
hurries in but looks down the alleyway either
side just before heading in just to make sure
as best as you can tell you weren't followed
and there is no one in this alleyway As the both
of you enter this room, which, again, looks like
this AA meeting sort of place with folding chairs,
the one thing that is very standout -ish in this
room is this gigantic, well, not gigantic, but
this huge golden throne, which have now been
propped up in this back wall centered among...
with the rows of folding chairs, almost like
in a setting of a church. And you can see now
Godar, sorry, Rainer, and you see Gimble having
coffee in some of the biscuits that are available
there. And you can see Rainer standing there
amongst all these dragonborn. Oh, what the hell.
That doesn't look good. Yes, that doesn't look
good at all. Rinna, are you okay? Who are you?
I see a... Oh. Click's fingers and just the head
transforms back to Gordar. Oh, God. What have
they done to you? Yes, um... Oh, it wasn't them.
I can just shift my physical form. Um, what has
happened to you? None of you did this, did you?
No, they've been pretty good. That's Phil. That's
Michael. That's Jerry, Sally, Billy. They're
helpful. Well, we need to slow this down. How
is... Can we see any of it on your chest? I would
assume that it is not on his chest yet, but it
is on his shoulders so far. And spreading on
his left hand now. You can see a bit of tinge
of gold coming up through the neck as well. Annie,
are you able to... What? I can't hear. I don't
know this. Magical, it just comes naturally to
me. I'm not a studied person. Damn it. I don't
work well with biology. All right, let me see.
And she's going to try and cast Identify on Raina's
golden limbs. So you touch an object throughout
the spell's casting. If the object is a magic
item or some other magical object, you can learn
its properties and how to use them. So basically
if the transformation is something that is artificial
or if it's something that's just happening. You
place your hand on Rainer's arm and you hear
a voice in your head. you have contacted the
identify spell how may I help you I forgot this
is how it works uh um uh I don't what is this
um uh what is what is going on with the gold
on this man's arm is it permanent is it magical
is it A punishment? As far as we can tell, it
is transmutation. It would appear that the flesh
is slowly turning into gold. What's causing it?
Magic. Transmutation. That's... very vague. Alright,
um, is there any way to reverse this? Remove
curse might be a possibility. Okay, and what
is the curse? Remove curse the spell might be
a possibility of removing said curse. Again,
incredibly vague. Alright, I guess that's it.
How do I hang up? Thank you for contacting Identify
Spell. Have a good day. God, that is... Your
head is now clear from the voice. Oh my god,
that changed so much. There's no dial -up tone.
Okay. Here I... beep beep beep beep beep beep
what um are you okay you spaced out there for
a little bit um yeah so apparently this is a
curse of some kind and it's magical uh what was
the t word sorry transmutation that's it it was
a magical it's a magical transmutation done by
a cursing spell or something. We just need to
remove that spell. I don't know what it is or
how it came to be or who it was done by. Raynor,
do you know anything of this? No, I don't. I
don't know what cursed me and how it only started
affecting us now. So that means that... I don't
know. Raynor, you're feeling like hazy. Like...
with everything that's been going on you chalk
it up to perhaps the stress of the current situation
but whenever anyone speaks to you it sounds distant
and muffled and almost like you're having a migraine
as well guys you guys are sounding my head is
spinning where is Where is... Godar. Where are
you? There. I'm right here. He kind of tries
to reach for his pocket with his, like, free
hand as he's just kind of stumbling. He's like,
this is all the gold I have. If I die, make sure
my father gets it. That's silly. You're not going
to die, but... Look, it's me. Let's not pretend.
Um... We can find a cleric of sorts, a healer.
Let's, let's just, can you please? Okay. Thank
you. I'll take it, but you're not going to die.
My lord, as the, as foe comes to your side. Yes,
foe? You do not look well. Perhaps you should
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grindhog day this right now You are sitting on
this throne. Everything around you has disappeared.
You close your eyes and everything is black.
You feel a hand on your cheek. And you hear a
voice. Oh, my dear Harold, you have come. Awaken.
Open your eyes. Raynor is going to open his eyes
and you see the woman once more with the large
flowing golden hair and you see her red dress
satin dress draped on the floor the place that
you once were this meeting room this meeting
place is no longer it is stark white and all
you see is this woman before you and the ground
almost a sea of satin red just flowing from this
woman. You're so very close, my herald. You can
free me. Like this? I can free you like this.
I can barely move. Free your mind. Accept the
gift. Accept a gift or accept turning into gold.
It is the only way. You will be a conduit. My
hero. And I will die. That wasn't part of the
deal. No death. You will transcend. You will
free me. You will free these people. You will
free them from their greed. And all can be yours.
Just accept the gift, my child. Accept you and
turn into whatever this is. You were always meant
to be this. Beautiful. Shining. Golden, as you
feel her lips press upon your forehead, a gentle
kiss. No. I want big things in my life, but I
won't be under anyone's control. You will be
free. Free? I promise you everything. That's
not what you just said. You will be my herald
for a time. And you will be free as soon as you
free me. And what if I reject you? What happens
then? Then you will die. And so will your comrades
and everyone here. Can he do insight on that?
Oh, most certainly. He got a nine. She continues
to speak. She puts her arms around you lovingly
like a mother would. I hear the mayor of this
city and he knows of your presence and your companion's
presence. Soon he will send men after you all.
You have to confront him. But first you must
transcend. If I transcend, nothing bad happens
to the other two. Not by my hand. I don't know
if I want this, but it sounds like I don't have
a choice now. We all have a choice. I'll accept
you. You feel her hold you tighter, hugs you,
and kisses you upon the forehead once more. Kadar,
Annie, you watch Raynor as he approaches this
golden throne, and you see him take his seat.
You see him close his eyes. And there's a moment
of silence in this room. Except for the crunch
from Gimble eating biscuits and cookies just
off the corner. Can you eat quietly? Sorry. That
is a disgusting habit, Gimble. Sorry. And you
see him huddle down. But as the rest watches
on, you're beginning to see... Be gold. Overtake
Raynor. Oh, that's not good. It is growing quite
rapidly. You see the gold now wrap on half of
his face to his entirety till eventually he is
all gold. Raynor? Are you there? There is no
response. God, just... like taps on his like
chest kind of shoulder area just like there is
no oh you see as you approach him you see his
chest rise and fall he is breathing what the
breathing yeah i see that how i i don't know
rainer you wake Are you... Are you Raynor? Yeah.
Okay, that is good. You've had a bit of a makeover,
and... Gordal's gonna pull out one of his daggers
and, like, hold it up so he can see himself.
Oh my god. When Raynor speaks, it is... Raynor's
voice, but at the same time, not. So when he
speaks, his voice is also overlaid with a woman's
voice. As you can tell, you look a little different
and you also sound a bit like there's two people
inside of you. A female in there. That is because
I am the Herald. Oh, he's completely gone into
the cold side. Great. Renner, you have full autonomy
where your right arm was stiff before stuck in
this middle finger pose. You are now free. Your
digits feel as good as ever, except you look
at your arms, you look upon your reflection on
the dagger that Godar has presented you. You
are gold. Well. We should get to work. Rainer,
are you okay? Yes, I'm fine. We have a job to
do here. So let's do it. Yes, we do have a job
to do. We're supposed to inspect this area and
make sure to see what caused the explosion as
Gimble raises his voice. Yeah, you're right.
I think it is pretty obvious. The big crystal
hit the ground and things went boom. I'm more
concerned that our travel companion is gold and
we don't know how to fix him. Is he broken? Are
you not concerned at all that someone who's just
turned into gold and now is speaking as if there
are two people inside of them? It's a good look
for him. Gimble? Yes? Shut up. Oh. Annie? Okay.
We need to find something. A cleric or something.
I would like my gold back. Please, Gordar. Oh,
yes, of course. I take that. It's like, absentmindedly,
just like, I'm going to cast the message cantrip
to Annie. Mm -hmm. Doesn't have verbal components,
just a little somatic at the hand. Mm -hmm. And
it's going to, you hear Gorda's voice inside,
a bit more serpentine and like, kissy. Um, Annie,
I think we should keep an eye out for any kind
of cleric or something to heal him. We should
go along with this for now, but we should keep
a close eye on him. We don't know what's gotten
into him. Annie looks towards Gorda after hearing
the message and just nods and... walks out of
the little um what do you call it she walks out
of the intervention room yeah you as you're walking
out you notice that all the dragon boar in in
here are down on their knees with some with their
hand raised upon uh upon rainer you now also
beginning to notice that a lot of the gold in
this room the walls and everything you can see
it all recede As if a fluid -like motion, as
it recedes, it then swells into Raynor himself.
Okay, that is... That is strange. That is concerning.
Raynor is going to walk to those people and with
a very noble gesture, unlike himself, he's going
to touch these people who are kneeling. You can
see whatever gold within their possession that
they have, you can see it almost liquefy and
travel along their arm or their head, wherever
Raynor touches them, and it's almost being absorbed
by Raynor. He couldn't do that before, right?
Nope, not that I've seen. Otherwise he would
have gotten all the gold he ever could. Right,
but the barrels. Arise, foe, Michael, Jerry,
Sally. You see them rise, all with their heads
bowed towards you. We will have to deal with
this mayor, for they are stopping, and stopping
the word of the Herald. Yes, and bring us...
To an age of prosperity, as Fo says. For the
moment, I would like to confer with these four,
or these three, alone. Of course. And you see
Fo turn to the others. Shall we return in the
morning? Yes. Be safe. Yep. he turns to the others
and he begins to speak to them telling them to
watch out on the streets be mindful on who they
speak to about anything and one by one they exit
this place the room now is devoid of gold even
the golden throne that you sat upon looks to
be base metal now uh any Gold or gold -tinted
or gold -plated had now been absorbed within
Rainer. Rainer, what is going on with you? Told
you I heard a voice. And the voice is of a woman
who has asked me for something. And I took the
deal and now I'm here. Will you always be like
this? They said after I... help them and free
them that i won't be right okay all right it's
the only way to stay alive not only for me but
only for you guys too they're hunting us down
right okay all right yep yep and you see annie
just like really start to hastily pace around
the room like sort of panicking Off the distance,
within the city, you now begin to hear sirens.
Fog sirens, I think they're called. Very loudly
throughout the city. It would seem that whatever
it is going on, there is a city -wide alert.
Great. Great. Now there's sirens. Okay. Well,
we did break out of prison, so I have a feeling...
They're not too happy about that. Oh my god.
What do we do? I don't want to go back to prison
again. I can't deal with this. What the fuck
is going on with Raynor right now? What do we
do? I don't know. Did this being, this thing
you've been seeing, did it tell you exactly where
we need to go? The mayor. We have to deal with
the mayor. Oh, that's just... Yeah, we can just
easily do that. Yeah, I mean, he's the one who's
looking for us. If we take over the town, then...
No more mayor, no more people looking after us.
Looking for us, and... Yeah. Do we know where
the mayor is? Probably in the biggest building.
Just based on... This general vicinity, right?
Annie? What? Take a breath. Great, and now he's
telling me what to do. You are unusually calm,
Rayna. Well, there's no sense in, like, freaking
out. Oh my god, Rayna, go back to normal! Your
unusual panic is not boding well for our situation.
Oh my god. Gods help me. Our leader is panicking,
Godar. Well, yes, our friend just turned into
gold before our eyes and now is speaking to some...
unknown... something. Well, Gimble's not having
an issue with it. Yes, well, he's an imbecile.
Gimble has now laid his sleeping pack and you
see him, like, just pulling the covers off his
back over him. I think it would be best to stay
here for now. Stay low, especially with so many
people out in the city. They don't know about
this place. We can at least rest up for tomorrow.
But we need to figure out a plan on how to get
in there. We need information. We can't just
walk down the street. Can you not alter yourself
and collect information? I can only once more
for about an hour, and then I'm done. It's going
to take longer than an hour to get information.
That is true. Perhaps the followers can aid in
information gathering. We can perhaps use this
hour wisely. Can you still go invisible? I can.
But with every step I take, gold follows. That
is a real issue. It is not much of a stealthy
method. When Raynor, um... Did that thing when
he kind of touched all his followers and the
gold came out of them. Did their mutation stop
or? They're still golden dragonborn, but whatever
gold possession that they had within their person
was absorbed into you. I see. So I robbed them.
That's very on brand. Yes. Very on brand indeed.
Okay. You notice though. That on occasion, when
you would walk in this room, a slight touch of
the chair, you see part of it where you touch
turn to gold. But then again, as you move, the
gold follows and back into you. Do we have any
other ideas, frankly? No. I cannot think of anything
else. We need more information. We can't just
willy -nilly go out there. And if we're versus
a city with an army, a military of sorts, we
need to have surprise and upper hand tactics.
Otherwise, they're going to overwhelm us. We
can't face that. Perhaps tomorrow we find some
information from foe. And then we find an elevated
spot to get our bearings. Get information from
our foes. Yes, that's the plan. From foe. What?
Faux -femme. The short dragonborn with the eyes.
Oh, I thought you were just saying that your
family were part of the foes. I was very confused.
Who names themselves that? Why don't you ask
him that? I prefer not to. They kind of creep
me out. Yes, their mutation is quite uncomfortable
looking. Oh, it's not the mutations. They're...
Dragonborn, the last time we saw one, it wanted
to eat our faces. Ah, yes, the bloodletter. The
one that had a thing for Annie. I think he kind
of had a thing for all of us. Oh, yes. But the
thing was us being on his dinner plate. I think
you're his favorite, though, Godard. But anyway,
I think we should get some rest. Hopefully, whatever
you have, we don't get. Annie. as you're stressing
out pacing this room you do find a white board
a small white board and you can see that there
is a map of the city with certain markings on
them uh denoting on uh followers of the herald
and such and other safe houses and you're now
getting a greater view of what the city is like
it is built the city is built around a crater
and the crater itself you can see that there
is a uh there is a marking there which shows
a huge building where the crystal would be and
there it says how uh house of commerce Which
is the most likely place where the mayor will
be. If there is a mayor. Okay, alright. Hey guys,
come over here. What is this? Look at this board.
Yes, it is a very pretty drawing. Idiot. So,
layout of the city. Big tower right there. It's
most likely where the mayor is residing. Also...
Our assumptions at the beginning were right.
This is... This entire city is built within the
crater. Presumably the crash site. The very same
we were sent to investigate. Oh goody. Well,
at least... We know we came... Well, we have
seen what we have come for. Perhaps... You two
should not go into said building. What? Last
time, we had a... Smaller... Crystal. that had
made you vomit profusely. Such a crystal may
cause mutations that we have seen around us.
I fear I may only be able to approach, unless
we have other reason to suspect. Oddly enough,
entering this city, none of you have felt ill.
Even being in the proximity of this large crystal,
there has been no same sense of sensation that
you previously had gotten, and the projectile
vomiting and such. There is no prickling on the
skin, there is no raising of the little hairs,
no goosebumps. I'm pretty sure the effect of
this city is like when you're in the middle of
a tornado. The outside of it can be quite dangerous,
but once you reach the center, it's as if nothing
is happening. I think we'll be fine in the Tower
of Commerce. Great. You can go first, then. As
per tradition. Sure. Oh, wait. You're back to
normal now. Good. I've always been back to normal.
Never mind. He's slipping in and out. I had an
uncle like this once. He didn't last much longer.
Your uncle turned into gold and was possessed
by another person. No, he kept slipping in and
out with his mental health. Ah. Yes. Unfortunately,
no magic was able to save him. Rayna, would you
like to organize the last will and testament?
I think you're going to need it. Thank you, Godar,
but that would not be necessary. Nor do I think
sharing your story of your uncle was very inspiring
or helpful at all. Oh, a story's supposed to
be helpful. Oh, God. By the way, Annie, I'm glad
to see that you are no longer panicking. Oh no,
I am panicking. Quite much, on the inside. You're
doing a better job of hiding it. I appreciate
that. Alright, let's rest for tonight and see
what happens in the morning. Yes, you should
rest, because you are exhausted looking. Your
skin is more pale than usual, and your - Hair
is a greasy, kind of dry thing. Thanks. And with
a click of her fingers, she casts Presidigitation
and cleans up her hair so it's less greasy and
more neatly tucked away in a ponytail. I see.
That is good. Now you must do that with your
eyebags. That's not how it works. I know. I also
have Presidigitation. Says my - Godar in a bit
of a half -light roll, like, lays down, like,
rolls over a little bit. Says my stories aren't
helpful, but then goes and starts attacking fellow
teammates. Would you like presentation too? Oh,
he said that quietly to himself. He's rolled
over going to sleep. He didn't say that out loud.
When - when Annie turns around and looks like
Godar, is he, like, disheveled or dirty in any
way? I don't know. That's up to Godar. Um, I
think a little bit. Yeah? Okay. One second. Just
gonna make it dirtier? Gonna make it dirtier?
No, no, no. So Annie's going to look at Godard,
flick her fingers, and any sort of dirt and not
desirable features on Godard go away. A shiver
runs down his spine. All right, everybody take
a long rest. As the sirens continue to blare
throughout the city, occasionally you'll hear
footsteps just outside, heavy footsteps of metal
and plate, though never disrupting the door,
the place that you are currently in. Oh, goodness.
Oh, this floor is not comfortable at all. Goddard's
like stretching, looking around. Well, it seems
we were able to survive. I thought I was going
to die from those alarms all night. It's still
going off. How does anyone sleep through this?
Goddard, when you say, how does anyone sleep
through this, you just hear in the corner of
the room Annie going... Still asleep. How does
anyone sleep through that? Brainerd, you did
not sleep. You did not need to sleep. In fact,
you feel fine. You do get the effects of a long
rest, however. And for the time being, you will
have advantage on ability checks. You also have
a resistance to piercing, bludgeoning, and slashing
damage. And... You don't poop. You do not need
to poop. Okay, I think that may be it. So you
have advantage on all ability checks and you
have those resistances. Brainerd has gone supersonic.
I cannot wait for him to eventually get the repercussions
for this action. Well, now that... Oh goodness,
still asleep. Just kind of walks over and just
like kicks Annie in the leg a little bit. Come
on. God. As he leans back, getting used to waking
you up and having a swing come towards him. Alright.
Come on. I don't know how you managed to sleep,
but it is the new day. We need to start making
some moves. The longer we wait here, the higher
chance they'll find us. Can you all give me a
D100, please? Larry needs D100s. Gulp. Uh, 31?
73. We don't know if high is good or bad. We
have no idea. That's what I'm afraid of. There
is a knock on the door. That same rhythmic knock
that you heard yesterday. One second. Godar is
going to flick the fingers and instead of the
form himself changing, you see a shimmer of magic
extend his features and cover him as I cast Disguise
Self. And then he's going to walk up and open
the door and look through the little slot, sorry.
Not the door, the slot. You can see Foe and Michael.
Okay. Opens the door. You see the two hurry in
in a panic as Michael assists you in closing
the door. Foe approaches you. Uh, it would seem
that the others were captured last night. Some
of us got away. It would so happen that Michael
is currently staying with me and we managed to
escape. We hid until we could make our way here.
Where are they being held? We do not know. The
city is at a panic. And the mayor seems intent
of capturing you. That is not good. Um, do you
know exactly where the mayor is? Yes, and you
see him walk over to the board. In the House
of Commerce. Right here at the center. These
searches of the city, are they done night, mainly
at night, or mainly at day? It would seem at
the moment that... They are taking shifts throughout
night and day. Oh, that's just great. What time
do they change their shifts? There has to be
some sort of lull period. Well, normally we would
have the time of when the guards do change shift,
but currently they have changed everything up.
Judging by the faces that I have seen, it is
most likely changed every four hours. We're probably
going to have to try and time that. We can't
go full force, but we're not exactly the sneakiest
bunch either. I take it that you're going to
confront the mayor? We are going to try. This
is the job of the herald. Are you there to assist
him? I am there to assist my friend. Of course.
You can see now Foe has retrieved one of the
markers and is beginning to make marks upon the
map. And he is laying out the roots of what he
observed from guards on which routes they had
been taken. Do any of these routes come nearby
this alleyway? There is one, but... it's still
not close enough for you to be noticed uh depending
on the route you take though you foe begins to
point out possible routes that you can take here
though because he doesn't know everything so
he's only pointed out the roots that he has noticed
throughout the night so it's just a small section
of the city if anything these are the only ones
that i did notice throughout uh Hidings last
night. So we go through them. When they are doing
their searches, how big are the groups? Generally
10 to 15 men at a time. We can't even try and
split them up and take one for information. They
have been going house to house, breaking doors,
demanding searches. Great, we're fugitives. Weren't
you guys already fugitives? Shut up, Gimble.
Oh. Um, technically, no, because we were prisoners,
and then we were let out on this weird probationary
still -prison thing, so no. We were never wanted.
Well, I wasn't. Don't know about you two. Anyway,
we need to figure this out. because what if i
lead them in the opposite direction go invisible
and then come back to meet you all potentially
so you're the bait yes we can't have that if
you were to if something were to happen to you
you're supposed to be leading the charge my liege
technically he is leading the charge he's just
creating an opening for us to enter the house
the tower of commerce House of Commerce. I had
it right the first time, damn it. That's twice
now you said Tower of Commerce. Technically,
he is leading the charge. He's just creating
an opening for the rest of us to enter the House
of Commerce. If a distraction you need, then
perhaps we may be able to lend a hand. What will
you be doing? He points at the map. showing a
route that you could possibly take. And at the
mouth of the crater, just where it dips, we can
create a distraction here to draw away a lot
of the guards. And then you can make your way
down to the House of Commerce. This, most of
these areas, and he's pointing around the rim
of the crater, is heavily guarded. From what
I can see anyway, from this point here, which
is the closest point of the rim, it is heavily
guarded. I can only assume that they've done
the same along the rim. That might be a good
idea. I think once we get closer, it might be
just to cover our backs in case we are seen.
I will look like one of these golden dragonborns.
If we do get caught, Annie, unfortunately, I
think you might need to be a prisoner again.
Quote -unquote prisoner. And say that I have
gotten you and I saw the others run towards and
point towards the distraction. Raina can be invisible
and we should be able to get in at least with
maybe only one other guard accompanying us. We
can easily overpower that. And what you want
me to break out of the prison so that they'll
hold me in? No, we're just getting you through
the front door, not putting you in the cell.
Oh, good. The rest will go after whatever's happening,
the loud bangs and destruction, thinking that
the rest of us are there. And then, as we enter
the building, going to put you up in a cell,
that is when we strike. Alright, fine. Sounds
like a good plan. Fall approaches you, Rainer.
My liege. For our distraction, we figured this
would come in handy. And you can see Michael
now coming out of that storage room. And amongst
him are a whole bunch of explosives. Hello. And
Annie has a smirk on her face as she reaches
for the explosives. While we get you there to
the... Rim, we can set off some of these explosives
off to a building. These explosives, do they
do any major damage? It'll take a whole building
down. I'm going to keep one on my person, just
in case. And she pockets it. Add a C4 charger.
And that's it. Inventory, you have one explosive.
One sticky explosive. So this is how we teamwork.
Sirens are still blaring. If we are to make a
move, we should take that move now. Yes. Okay.
So you see now all of them are beginning to prepare.
Gimbal has now his pack ready. You see Michael
with a whole swath of explosives in a bag. And
Thor is ready to lead you. I want stealth checks
from everyone. That will include... How long
is the road to the commerce? To the rim, it'll
take us 20 minutes to get there. Longer if we're
taking our time and remaining hidden. From the
rim down to the house of commerce, it should
take you 15 minutes. A bit longer if you're remaining
hidden. Okay. DM, just a quick question. For
the explosive, is it bomb or is it something
else? Just put explosives or bomb. It will not
be in the forms that we have. It's an item that
I just made. Okay, got it. And that was a stealth
check as well? I'm going to use my heroic inspiration
that I get because I'm a human on my long rest.
So I'm going to reroll that because I need that.
That was a nine. Please, RNG gods. Okay, 16.
So Gordar got 16. Quick question. Is Annie's
exhaustion... Gone now? It should be level...
She was previously at 2 exhaustion. Well, it
should be at level 1 now. Okay. Alright, I'm
gonna roll that again. Oh, just mine? Okay. 12.
19. So, Gimble got 16. Foe got 17. And Michael
got 10. So you see... Foe open the... door and
he sticks his head out for a brief moment and
he looks to the rest of you hurry we need to
make way as you all step out and foe uh taking
the lead michael takes a moment at the end and
you see him throw one of the explosives inside
the the old hideout And then rushes back to all
of you. A few moments later, as you're at the
end of this alleyway, as Foe's looking around,
you hear the explosion behind you. Amongst the
sirens and everything. Foe is hurrying. And you
can see now on the main street, you can see a
few guards now hurrying off to your right. And
Foe leads you through the main street to the
next alleyway to your left. It's taking you some
time to get to the rim of this crater. And you've
been ducking and weaving these guards for the
last 30 minutes. A few houses or a few buildings
away from the rim. You're in this alleyway and
Foe points down. down the road and you can see
that they have there has been a checkpoint that
has been made you can see several dragonborn
guards just at this checkpoint this is one of
the main roads that leads down to the house of
commerce unfortunately there are no side streets
that lead down there and this is one of the only
few places that we can go you can set the charges
on this building here and it's like a delicatessen
Where you are. I suggest you prepare yourselves.
Move up ahead. Just through this alley. Up ahead
there. And wait for us to take this place down.
Okay, let's go. Alright, so get another stealth
trick from the both of you. DC will be... 14
this time. So that's a 12. That is a natural
1 for a total of 6. 6. 22. Unnatural. Gimbal
got a... What's that? 16. As you're making your
way through this alley, trying to reach the next
alley closest to the checkpoint where all those
guards are awaiting. And you wait there for a
moment, making sure that you're not seen by the
guards here. There's at least four of them at
this checkpoint. You hold your breath, waiting,
and you hear an explosion. Just behind you, the
delicatessen had the explosion. You now hear
people screaming off the distance. A few folks
running out of the building. You peer over. You
can see one guy on fire going, Ah! My arm! And
all that sort of thing from an explosion. And
you begin to see the guards look upon in horror
as they begin to rush towards the site and spot
the four of you. They come to a halt with their
spears ready. There they are! and that's where
we're going to end it oh no what i'm sorry guys
it's like the shimmer of it'd be about the time
where like gorda's um disguised self would have
shimmered off so he would have been a bit more
like confident like golden dragonborn and it's
just gorda's face she's like oh shit you see
one of the gods What? I also imagined, like,
a spotlight just coming onto, like, the four
of us as we're standing, like, in front of a
brick wall and we're just there, like, up. Hi.
Oh, no. Yeah. The oldest gang, one golden person,
Annie, Gorda, who's, like, wearing oversized
clothing. Thank you all for listening. Oh, no.
The building. It's falling. Thank you for playing,
guys. Say goodbye, everyone. And we'll see you
all at Table Talk. Bye, everyone. Catch ya. Help.
Good night, Mrs. Suckmonic, wherever you are.
Who? We're getting closer. We will find you.
And welcome back to Table Talk. How are y 'all
feeling? What the fuck, Larry? How y 'all feel?
I don't feel good. I don't feel good, Mr. Star.
No! No. I was not expecting this at all. Nope.
My goodness. Oh, boy. How does it feel to be
a herald? i did not expect it i didn't i was
like i don't know how to play this i can't play
like normal rainer so it needs to be a little
bit more so you would have noticed as well when
you guys were traveling here and there like ducking
and weaving all the gold around you would have
been sucked up into you oh so that could have
also been well no not from you specifically but
you could imagine this alleyway that you're all
like stopped at like all the gold has just is
now gone and it's just base metal or concrete
that is around you even the ground and occasionally
when you see Rainer walk like one of the things
I envisioned as well which I didn't get to mention
in the the meeting room whenever Rainer would
like pace or just walk around the room he would
leave a trail, footprints of gold, but then would
immediately get sucked back into him. So you
see the footprints appear and then disappear.
Yuck. Damn. So, um, we can just sell Rayna, right?
Yeah. That's so much monetary value right there.
He's just a walking philosopher's stone. He can
just create gold. Yeah. Oh my god, that's so
true, actually. Just walk into a bank, yoink
it all, we just walk back out. Yeah. If we didn't
have these collars around us. Yeah, true. I wonder
if Raynor still has a collar on him. No, he would.
It'd just be gold collar now. Like, even Raynor's
clothes are, like, golden. Like, they still have
their... their own movement and everything but
it's just like gold so in the video game he's
gotten the gold shader which just turns every
single thing on the person's body like completely
shiny gold god damn it i hate that i hate that
so shiny damn it okay my goodness highlights
from the top i feel like my highlight was uh
the initial entrance into the city of gold and
just hearing about how everyone's like avoiding
eye contact but is also super curious and then
reina's hand all of a sudden getting that golden
effect that was my highlight oh yeah what about
you robobo uh highlight for me honestly was just
how quickly everything just went south they're
just like oh we're just strolling through a city
la di da di da oh he's turning gold oh shit everyone's
getting there's panic oh the gods are coming
oh we've been thrown in prison like that's what
i wanted the pacing for this because look if
this was a home game i would have drawn it out
of reyna slowly turning into gold and then but
because it is a show i wanted to ramp it up quickly
and so i'm trying to move the pieces quite uh
quickly and now there's this sense of urgency
that's going on and but yes i also i am just
i'm i like little bits of like uh between reina
and gorda the session those little bits of them
just like the whole like we're not friends but
we're friends like like there's like the little
things are just like without when they're in
a stressful or quick -thinking moment, they refer
to each other a bit more affectionately. But
if they actually have time to consider what they're
saying, they're just like, fuck you, pretty much.
Just like, ah, I don't care. Whatever, I do what
I want. Like, but in those moments of passion,
it's like, no, they're my friend. Like, what
are you doing? Leave them alone. Like, you know,
I'm here to help them. Like, that kind of stuff.
So I like that little bit of, like, little bit
of growth there. Zen. For me, I have a couple.
There's Annie's panic moments where they were
pacing and they were freaking out and we could
see Bella just pacing around their things going,
I don't know. And that was real fun. Gordar immediately
kind of going, yeah, I'll help. I'll do this
thing. And getting to build that with Gordar,
even though if they had spent a little bit of
time, he was like, wait a minute. What do you
mean you're... Like, we haven't even established
any of this stuff. But because they're wrapped
up in that emotion, I think they're just kind
of like, yeah, yeah, I'll do it. Don't worry.
Yeah, and I guess even for Raynor, it would be
the moment of him kind of like hesitantly stepping
or sitting on the throne. Yeah, I think that
was a great moment. For me, I liked all the little
interactions, like not only amongst yourselves,
but like with the NPC. stuff that's happening
inside the prison cell uh going out on like how
to escape and then this imagery of just the both
of you just running out of this police station
style and you're hearing all the screams i love
uh reyna like just dealing with like these i
guess cultists as you guys referred to them as
such And this change now that Raynor currently
possesses where he's Raynor, but at the same
time, he's not. And having that dual voice of
both man and both his own voice and a woman's
voice as well is, I guess, spine tingling in
a way. I liked all that. I enjoyed it. I guess
to a degree also enjoy the bullying of Gimbal.
To a degree. Only to a degree. Only to a degree.
Try not to go overboard. I like the imagery as
well with Raynor, how all this gold just almost
like a shadow that seeps into him with the gold,
how it all gets sucked up into him, essentially.
That's what she said. Hey, yo! And also, I think
I liked that moment where Raynor was in that
empty space with the woman. I really, really
liked that. Like, the whole embrace, the kissing
on the forehead and all that. And Raynor accepting
his role as the Herald. I thought that was really,
really good. Like, he could have said no. But
then safety was never guaranteed. And look at
you now. A shining beacon. That teaches you children.
If someone offers you a deal, always take it.
No. Oh my god. But that was episode 10. We made
it to 10 episodes. That's wow. It's a big wow
for me. Like episode 10. and releasing fortnightly
which is cool and i think we've come a long way
yeah i mean very long way definitely on the back
end learned a lot i still feel like that we're
still like fumbling and learning there's always
going to be yeah let's be honest yeah like all
protection stuff fail forward it's been it's
been such a journey thus far which is great And
I'm excited to see where you guys take this.
Where it will lead. I cannot wait to see Supersonic
Zen. Yeah, sure. Emerald Chaos. Chaos Emeralds.
But yes, for those who are listening, be sure
to leave comments. ask questions like and all
that sort of stuff we'd really really appreciate
it as rob said earlier it would help us a lot
but for now that's us and we'll see you all next
episode say bye everyone bye bye good night mrs
akmonic wherever you are